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Bedtime Stories Pt 2 | Daniel Ricciardo x Author! Reader
Summary: Daniel made a silly little comment that lost him everything. Over a year later, he tries his hardest to fix his mistakes.
Warnings: Swearing. A tiny smidge of angst but mainly fluff. Redemption for Daniel.
Female reader with various faceclaims (pics found on pinterest). Takes place in 2023. For the purpose of this, Daniel has been with AlphaTauri the whole time.
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danielricciardo monaco, always a delight. P11. so close to the points but racing through your streets feels like being on a podium
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landonorris and whose attention are we trying to grab with that sexy last pic đ
â danielricciardo only yours, mateÂ
â User1 donât act like youâre not dying inside because y/n liked thisÂ
â User2 relax, they never unfollowed each other đ
maxverstappen1 youâll get them next time, mate
â danielricciardo fancy giving me a tow?
â maxverstappen1 never
â User3 i love their friendship so much
User4 um, did anyone see that y/n liked and then unliked this postÂ
â User5 omg yes! sis was caught stalking and we love her for itÂ
â User6 i too would thirst over my ex if he looked like thatÂ
kellypiquet we were watching the whole time
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â User7 what a weird comment to make?
â User8 whoâs we, kelly?Â
â User9 what does this mean?Â
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User10 @ kikiki babe did you hit your head? is that why you were in the ER? they broke up
User11 @ kikiki maybe ask them to do a head scan whilst you're there 'cause ain't no way you saw here there
â User12 literally. like why would she even be in spain right now?
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User11 i think we might have to apologise to @ kikiki
â User10 can we really trust the wag page though? They did report that Lando was having a secret love child the other week..?
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User13 asking the real questions because she's not even hinted that sheâs been writing so itâs not like sheâs on a book tour or anything?
â User14 some people are saying she could be on vacation but please, why would mother choose a holiday destination during a time that she knows is a GP?
User15 guys, guys, I think our sacrifice circle workedÂ
â User16 please, please, đŻïžđŻïž
User 17 how poetic would it be though if they got back together during the spanish GP when they broke up at the spanish GP a year agoÂ
User18 shouldnât you know these answers, and that she was in spain, if you're her so-called updates page
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YourUserName some big news approachingÂ
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kellypiquet i canât wait, my beautiful girlÂ
â YourUserName thank you for being my #1 support
â kellypiquet thank you for letting me help plan
â User1 what does this mean?Â
â User2 miss piquet stop being so cryptic on socialsÂ
maxverstappen1 iâm very excitedÂ
â YourUserName did kelly force you to write that because i could feel the excitement oozing through the screen
â maxverstappen1 i wanted to say something worseÂ
â YourUserName i hope she leaves you
â kellypiquet behave, you two!Â
â User3 i live for max and y/n terrorising each other, even without danny ric being around to encourage it
bloomsburypublishing we look forward to the end result
User4 iâm sorry but is this a soft launch?
User5 who is that in the last slide, miss y/n?
â User6 the inspiration behind a new romance we hope
User7 donât be shy. tag himÂ
User8 soft launches have recently become my least favourite thing
charles_leclerc are you perhaps writing my next plane read
â YourUserName depends how long the flight isÂ
â User9 confirmation of a new book yaâll!! everyone say thank you charles
User10 i like to be edged by her books, not by her hiding her man
User11 don't try and distract us with news of a new book, we wanna know who the feet belong to!
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danielricciardo ciao a tutti. lovely sightseeing in beautiful Italy
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User12 youâre telling me that iâm currently in the same country as THE daniel ricciardo?
kellypiquet iâm still trying to recover from that hike
â User13 kelly and max went on a double date with daniel and the new girl?!
â User14 omg please be y/n. i canât imagine kelly agreeing to it otherwise
User15 i know he's trying to distract us with his beauty but we see the last slide, daniel. we see it
pierregasly so youâre telling me that you were in milan and didnât bother to come and see me? thatâs it. i'm ending our friendship
â danielricciardo iâm sorry, mate. i was doing more important things
â pierregasly clearly ;)
User16 someone check on y/n, please
â User17 babe is clearly having the time of her life in italy (yes, i'm delusional)
User18 does nobody find it odd that heâs posting a soft launch not long after y/n posted a soft launch
â User19 i know! itâs only been three weeks since hers and heâs posting one
â User20 i canât decide whether theyâre soft launching each other or heâs trying to make her jealous by flaunting a new relationship as well
â User21 it HAS to be each other or i will die
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lando.jpg so i attended this event⊠and no, itâs not mine before you all freak out
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charles_leclerc it was a beautiful day â€ïž
alexandrasaintmleux iâm so thankful to have been a part of such wonderful memories
kellypiquet the most beautiful bride i have ever seen
maxverstappen1 this was a nicer caption than i expected from you
â danielricciardo agreed
â landonorris i take offence to that
User1 guys do we think kelly and max got married? theyâve both comments on this?
â User2 yes but so did charles and alex soâŠ
â User3 plus, i know kelly is stunning but do we really think she would call herself the most beautiful bride in 3rd person?
georgerussell63 iâm surprised you remember much after the state you were in
â landonorris excuse you but most of that was just pure happiness
hulkhulkenberg an amazing day
estebanocon so happy to have been a part of this
alex_albon howâs the hangover, mate
â landonorris i didnât drink that much!
â georgerussell63 tell that to the bouquet that you puked on
â landonorris i caught it so it was mine anyway
carlossainz55 beautiful photos. sheâll love those
â User4 whoâs she?!
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fernandoalo_official congratulations to the happy couple
User5 the entire grid are commenting on this post, clearly having been in attendance. who IS IT?
pierregasly câĂ©tait une belle mariĂ©e
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User6 guys, y/nâs name on socials just changed from y/l/n to ricciardo
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YourUserName my husband helped with this project. baby ric coming aug 2024
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kellypiquet you will be the most beautiful mother. iâm so honoured to be part of this with you đ
â YourUserName stop youâre going to make me cry. youâll be the most perfect godmother
â kellypiquet i still think you should've married me instead
maxverstappen1 i call godfather
â landonorris no you donât get to call godfather! you already got to be a groomsman
â maxverstappen1 yeah because who helped get them back together
â YourUserName kelly
â danielricciardo me
â YourUserName no, babe
danielricciardo and before you all ask, no I havenât stopped crying since she told me
â kellypiquet me too, dan, me too
maxverstappen1 on a serious note, i am very happy for the two of you. y/n will be a wonderful mother, and daniel, heâll be there also
charles_leclerc i am so excited. alex keeps telling me to stop buying baby things for you guys but i just donât listen
â YourUserName well at least you can safely say that uncle charl bought little mcqueenâs love
â User7 uncle charl!!!!
lewishamilton congratulations, you two. y/n looks amazing
fernandoalo_official how lovely đ
User8 omg it WAS their wedding lando attended!!!!!
hulkhulkenberg baby ricciardo!!
pierregasly congratulations. i canât wait to be uncle GASSLYYYYYY
alex_albon welcome baby ricciardo
â lilymhe itâs not an alien, alex. you donât have to greet it so formally
redbullracing weâre all so excited for the upcoming grid baby. working on a racer stroller right this minute
â mclaren you stole our gift idea!
â redbullracing you stole our driver!
carlossainz55 congratulations y/n and daniel đ
mercedesamgf1 what wonderful news đŒ
landonorris iâm just so glad i can go back to calling you mum and dad without daniel wanting to drive his car into the barrier
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Please donât hate me for this! I did say from the beginning that Part 2s would be redemption.
Iâve had this planned and written since before Part 1 was published so when half of you then asked for her to get with another driver/move on, I was like noooooo Iâve already planned their baby đ
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sex therapy :: 31. gangbangs
summary: a very self-indulgent chapter/pseudo-oneshot. **naoyaâs ex-wife becomes tojiâs girl. everybody wants a taste, and why not have the younger cousin watch the show?** alternatively, a gangbang with tattooed dilfs and dilf-adjacents.
chapter tags/warnings: five-some, gangbang, sex on tape, gun play (becoming a gun slut), cum play, breeding, creampies, exhibitionism, edging, degradation, praising, mentions of violence (murder, knives, guns), multiple orgasms.
word count: 5.5k
notes: happy kinktober and thank you for waiting! this started off as a concept (in my mind for a year-plus) and evolved intoâŠa monster. too many men, too many hands, too many cocks. got lost in the sauce. despite being a smut chapter in a long fic, this update is borderline porn-without-plot. likes, comments, and reblogs are much appreciated. xoxo
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âI love getting gangbanged."
Naoya woke up in a dark room and to a throbbing headache.
Where�
He looked around the unfamiliar surroundings slowly, blinking past his grogginess to register what almost looked like a crime movieâs interrogation room and groaning when the wrong angle to his head caused a sharp pain in his shoulder.
All around was an ominous and gloomy shade of grayâthe walls, the ceiling, the floor, and heck even the door. How long had he been out for? Without windows, he could not take a wild guess at the time. Not to mention that the room also had no lighting, no pictures, and no dĂ©cor.
Only him and this...random dinky chair he found himself tied up to.
Wait.
Tied up to?
Right. From what Naoya could last recall, he had been stopped by two men who took him out with a single strike.
In a vain attempt to set himself free, Naoya tugged at his limbs which were fastened behind him with sturdy cords. He twisted and turned, then twisted harder and turned even harder, until an unexpected voice startled him.
âYouâre awake.â
Naoya went still.
Having zero visual stimuli sharpened Naoyaâs other senses a little. He could feel the labored huffs in his breathing, hear the heavy footsteps that began in the chamber, and even taste the smoke that lingered in the hazy air.
Leering towards the door, Naoya quickly recognized his captors as they approached.
"Donât give us that foul look, sleepyhead," the taller one whom he remembered as Eso announced as he slowly stopped in front of the scowling blonde. He had on him a wide and nefarious grin. "You had passed out for the last few hours. During that time, you could've been beaten. Or better yet, dead." He glanced up. "Right, Kechizu?"
His accomplice, who stopped on the opposite side, replied with a firm nod. From seemingly nowhere, he had pulled out a pocket knife and grazed the icy blade against Naoya's neck. "Ya feel that? I've been wanting to slit your throat, but I haven't. Lucky, lucky duck. Not everyone is this fortunate. All because our big bro Choso is being super nice to you."
Aware that a wrong move would cost him a jugular vein, Naoya listened intently. Since he worked with the other sex therapists before, he indeed recalled how his former colleague led a tightly-knit assassin ring, in which the members deemed each other 'brothers.'
Kechizu prodded Naoya again with his blade. "Big bro's the only reason you're still alive. Although, I don't know why you'd want to still be breathing now that the whole world knows you've been bumping uglies with your older cousin's ex-wife."
Eso hummed in agreement. "Well, at least for now," he began and he gestured around in vague motions, âyou're already in paradise!â Then, he paused. âWell, correction. Here is where we send people to paradise. Or, more likely, hell.â
Noticing how Naoya uncharacteristically froze, the two snickered. In fact, they likely would've continued snickering if not for a shrill tone that pierced the air. The laughter stopped.
Eso's charcoal eyes flicked downwards.
"Left pocket, Kechizu."
The other man obeyed, lowering his knife (and thus giving Naoya an actual chance to breathe) before grabbing the phone from Naoya's blazer. A notification lit up the screenâa message, from you.
âShe sent a video.â
Eso and Kechizu intentionally held the screen away, and their face quickly lit up with a sinister smile when they previewed the file. âOh, yeah. Let's watch.â
âCome join us, sweetheart.â
You thought you were discreet.
Lingering at the doorway, you had been peering into the Zenin Corporationâs CEO Suite like a lost duck. This past afternoon, news about the leadership changes within Japanâs largest conglomerate had spread like wildfire across business and politics networks across the globe, announcing that Naoya Zenin had been forced to resign with Toji Fushiguro reclaiming his position as head of the company.
For the latter, you had questionsâmany questions. However, an inundated Toji was difficult to approach as he spent his entire afternoon in the office with his also-reinstated directors Sukuna, Geto, and Choso. From your observations, the men had been milling around the table, speaking to each other in hushed but decisive voices in conversations that must remind them of their days managing the Zenin Corporation before Naoyaâs takeover.
They all appeared ridiculously handsome with their expensive custom-tailored suits that emphasized their muscular physiques and complemented their towering heights. Surrounded by legal documents and business reports, they carried themselves differently, too. More mature, organized, and serious, especially after hectic meetings with the Chairman Naobito Zenin, your COO father, and internal and external stakeholders had left etches on their calculating faces.
Now, however, Toji Fushiguro had caught sight of your quivering form at the entrance, and soon enough, all eyes turned to you. When you didnât respond to his first invitation, the executive approached you in confident strides.
âWhy do you look so shy?â
At the unanticipated attention, you averted your gaze onto the floor and tried to slink away into the hall slowly. âYou all seemed occupied, and I didnât mean to interrupt.â
âYou're not interrupting anything," he clarified. "We have some time now.â
He tugged your wrist softly, which was all that you needed to follow him like a fawn into the room and crumble onto his lap once he sat down. Despite his dress pants, the warmth from his thighs heated your skin, and Toji nuzzled his face into your neck. His gravelly huffs sounded like all the other times you had heard him rasp, moments followed by endless endearment.
"About Naoya," the older man brought up from seemingly nowhere. You tensed at the name while Toji's cordial lips assuaged you. "Chosoâs brothers are making sure heâs not going to do anything funny. We can't have him around as we are transitioning the company. As for you...knowing my cousin, he's going to keep claiming you as his property unless you get through his dense head," and his viridescent pupils flicked upward, "and the only way to do that is to show him.â
Although you didnât know exactly what he meant, Toji hoisted you in one fluid motion onto his desk and sprawled you across the surface. He pushed your thighs apart, prompting sharp breaths that echoed in the room as onlookers raked their eyes down your figure. Some (namely, Sukuna and Geto) peered down shamelessly, while others (just Choso, really) tried to come off as cool and observed quietly. Nonetheless, the message in their perverted gazes was clear: what they wouldn't give to kiss you, bite you, and mark you right then and there.
Just as you shrank a little from the overwhelming attention, Toji reached for your phone and pressed the device firmly into your palm.
âLetâs send him a message.â Tojiâs eyes locked onto yours, unflinching and sharp.
You blinked, raising an incredulous brow. âExcuse me?â
âYou heard me.â Leaning forward, Toji offered a clear view of the ink scrolling down his neck, his exhales warm against the beading cold sweat on your forehead. âOpen up the camera. Let's send Naoya Zenin a surprise.â He gently pinched you. "Like I said, that idiot wouldn't understand shit unless you slam the idea into his dumb skull.â
You hesitated, glancing down at the phone in your hand.
âA photo won't be enough, by the way. We need a video. He won't get the fucking idea unless he sees and hears the proof.â When you complied, Toji turned to the colleague closest to him. "Wanna do the honors, Suguru?"
The said man came forward eagerly, the obsidian in his eyes sparkling. "'No' is never my answer to you, sir." Given your compromising position, he had the easy option to tear your lacy panties and stuff himself into your core except he wanted to take his time.
"I heard a lot about you." His compliments were all purrs that sent hot shivers shooting through your veins. "Mind if I take a go at you, too?"
After being passed between his three other colleagues, you must admit that you had at least thought about what sex with Geto was like, too. "Please."
At the permission, the man smiled and bunched your underwear to one side. The cold air hitting your drenched cunt made you shiver, but the collective groan in the room rumbled even louder, a reminder of the many men around you. Men who were being patient for you. Men who could not stop thinking about you. Men who, because of your ex-husband, had been holding grudges against you.
Geto pulled down his boxers just until the waistband fitted snugly under his balls. His cock stood proud with precum dribbling down his length as he positioned himself in the comfy spot between your thighs. He pressed against the table until his knuckles turned white, aligning himself with your entrance.
Without extra stimulation, your saturated folds welcomed him easily and you gasped loudly at the intrusion.
"Shit, youâre soaking," Geto sighed softly as you clenched around him, swarming his veins with gratification. He tipped his head forward, his loose strands framing his face. âTell me to stop if youâre uncomfortable, okay?â He was so sweet, so kind. You nodded and hazily recognized that this was what making love was supposed to feel like: tender, gentle, and loving. This was Suguru Geto's charm.
Before you could say more, an opportunistic Sukuna took his place above you. He moved quickly, undoing his belt and tugging hastily at his trousers, humming loudly with relief when he pulled his pants down and his massive cock sprang free. Despite being jostled by another man, you swabbed at the bubbling precum before pushing your thumb into your mouth, relishing his clean and salty tinge on your tongue.
Amused, Sukuna chuckled darkly. "What a fucking tease," he crowed, then patting your cheek. "C'mon. Open up, baby. Let me get to the back of your throat."
With little resistance, he popped your jaw open and sank his massive girth into your mouth. Gradually, you bobbed your head back and forth, letting your tongue lick every millimeter to him. He, likewise, pushed his hips forward, bringing your nose flushed against his well-trimmed patch of pink hair. He plucked the recording phone from your hands, and you sensed him tapping on the screen to focus on the erotic display where your bodies connected, your sinful lips accepting his fat cock with ease.
"You are such a good girl." Sukuna Ryomen confirmed, his movements mind-numbing as though he wanted to breed your esophagus. He wrapped a hand around your windpipe, constricting your airflow and causing you to gag. "Brat looks like a goddamn goddess sucking dick. Isn't that right, Choso?"
No response.
Curious, your pupils rolled to the side.
The assassin's the man you feared the most.
He was quiet, always guarded, his mysterious eyes pulling you in like two black holes. You could never know what heâs thinking about, although you lucidly remember his crooked obsession with 'disciplining' you.
"Hey, honey.â Geto's deft fingers suddenly gripped your chin, forcing your gaze to return to him. âPay attention to us, m'kay?"
You hummed in response, Sukunaâs dick still bulging visibly in your throat.
"I donât want you to lose focus," an overly aroused Suguru went on to explain. He breathed heavily. Shaking. Or maybe that was you? He clutched your love handles harshly before he pulled out and stepped to the side, making you stroke himself with your delicate hands instead. Briefly, you assumed that Geto preferred handjobs and wanted to ejaculate onto your breasts, only to get your answer when your puffy clit came into contact with the sharp coolness fromâŠmetal?
"Choso," Toji's harsh voice warned.
Brought back to your senses, you looked down to see Choso using the fluids to lubricate...his gun. You recognized the weapon, the same one you had seen in his car. The same one he would use to kill. All air in your lungs left swiftly. What the actual fuck. Sheer mortification was the only reason you didn't have the guts to do anything (because, if Choso became irritated enough, he could pull the trigger and then you would have no guts at all), and your silence only gave him a reason to continue defiling you into his personal gun slut.
He stared at his boss with an unperturbed frown. "You know I like her too much to hurt her."
A squeal tumbled past your lips when the pistol's freezing barrel pressed past your tight hole. Although you partially expected Toji to warn the weapon-wielding man again, Toji instead leaned forward in his chair, jaw resting on his fist. He could seem more concerned, but the mirthful glimmer in his emerald eyes said otherwise.
Meanwhile, Choso's piercing gaze alone made you sweaty, your forehead turned glossy with a sheen. He lazily massaged your inner walls, your warm arousal coating his cool metal before leaking onto the table, the only struggle now was how your body involuntarily twitched. To your fascination (and horror), pleasure began to build with each too-hard pass of his barrel. There were just too many sensations going on. Messy mouth deepthroating one cock, slicked hands stroking another, and sloppy cunt taking in a gun. You did your best to give everybody equal attention because you were a desperate crowd-pleaser, not wanting anyone to feel left out.
With your back arched from the table, you became increasingly frantic, demonstrating through feverish movements that all you were was their obedient little bitch. All these hands on your body, skin on your skin. You felt them all, the senses exhilarating and fascinating.
Toji sternly interrupted from seemingly nowhere. âI can tell from your movements that you want to cum, donât you?â Maybe, but you were too overwhelmed to focus solely on your pleasure. Nothing that your therapists couldn't help with. Leaning over, Toji snaked an arm around your body to press tight circles at your engorged clit. "Be selfish for a little bit," he coaxed. "Cum for us."
His permission sent you immediately vaulting over the edge, your whole body spasming as an orgasm tore through you. Your lips parted, but you didn't scream. Your eyes shut slowly and rolled to the back of your head as every millimeter in your fragile body unraveled completelyâfluttering, cramping, and shuddering.
Your ears became blessed with chorused laughter and praise.
Choso inspected your copious juices that suddenly coated his gun, a translucent thread trailing from the barrel to your now-exposed cunt. Reaching over, Sukuna wrapped his hand around Choso's forearm. He leaned into the pistol and parted his lips, swirling his tongue slowly around the barrel. His maroon eyes were half-lidded, giving him an almost lazy yet focused look as he dragged his tongue along the metal, lapping up your precious essencesâthe syrups rich and just a bit tangy. Drooling and sucking like a little kid with a lollipop, Sukuna didn't care that his spit trailed from the metal down to the other man's wrist and flipped the camera to selfie mode to capture the action.
Towards the end, his tongue swiped over his lips, leaving a luster from your elixir that coated his mouth. âSo fuckinâ sweet.â
After another generous lick, he swished the concoction in his mouth before pinching your chin, and your mouth propped open. Pleased, he hummed when you stuck your tongue out, showcasing just how naughty you were. He drooled the spittle into your mouth, the saline taste blossoming on your taste buds, a thread of spit connecting your chin and his.
"Sharing," Sukuna chuckled darkly into your phone's microphone, "is absolutely fucking caring."
Nearby, Suguru groaned. He hurriedly clambered to the comfy space between your plush thighs, shoving a grumbling Choso aside. "I'm so fucking close."
He buried his dick into your tunnel, the veins on his cock pulsating. Call him selfish or masochistic, but as much as he wanted to reach his high, Geto denied his orgasm to stay longer inside and prevented himself from fucking bursting.
âDon't hold back, Suguru,â you urged.
Geto furrowed his brows, sweat gathering on his forehead as he tried his best to hold out. He admitted earnestly, "I don't want to give you up, baby.â
âI want you to cum,â you said, all whiny with puppy eyes. Free hand slithering down, you cupped his aching balls and gently squeezed his heavy testes. "Besides,â you glanced over at the camera, âshow Naoya how you can breed meâŠdaddy."
Sugaruâs eyes widened at the unexpected nickname that he loved so much. Thatâs it. Heâs done for. His handsome features crumpled from an over-the-top pleasure as he gave his snapping hips one final push and pumped you full, coating your cervix white with his thick essence as he rested his head against your forehed, panting into your ear and moaning into your skin.
Pressing one last kiss on your cheekbone, he pulled himself out of your hot cunt, allowing others to have their way with you.
Sukuna got behind you eagerly. He repositioned your shaking body, his calloused hands tossing you over and leaving you panting on your hands and knees. His harsh squeeze at your sides made you squeal just as he pulled your legs apart for easier access, exposing your cute hole.
"Shit, she's making a mess, dripping onto the desk." The same desk that belonged to Naoya merely several hours ago. Adjusting your phone camera, Sukuna thumbed through your folds like they were pages in a book, scoffing at the viscous dallops that slid out. The tattoos on his wrists gleamed pitch black under the glossy mixed juices.
"Suguru's cock did you well, but this pretty lady isn't finished yet, eh? She can take more. I know she can." His hands weaved into your hair and tugged harshly. "Tell us, missy. You can handle more, correct?"
The threat in his menacing tone only suggested there was one answer. You whimpered pathetically, "Yes."
With a crooked smile, Sukuna pressed his muscular form against your back. That man was starving. After all, he had been waiting to have your pussy properly wrapped around his painful erection when he could've greedily taken you for himself first.
"Stop moving so I can angle myself correctly," Sukuna reprimanded when you wobbled on all fours.
Hardly any time was given to let you register the warning before the man plunged into your sensitive socket. He ignored your desperate wail, amazed at how he plugged you all the way. His pace started off sensual and languid. Each snug press against your battered cervix at first made you squeak, but you became too far caught up in the moment that the discomfort disappeared as promptly as the sensation came.
"Mhm," Sukuna hummed, a squelch ringing through the room each time he would bottom out. He didn't need to say anything for him to feel how wet you were, fluids trickling out from your puffy hole and creating what looked like the Nile River running down your thighs.
"Holy fuck," Choso swore to the side, his emotions a rare display.
Blissful waves rushed to your head, one after another. Arousal flooded into your tummy, your cunt twitching uncontrollably as a second climax started to sneak up on you.
Sukuna groanedâor at least attempted to groanâthrough the exertion of his forceful movements. How he had missed playing with you. A few trickles of sweat on his forehead glided over the ink on his forehead before dripping onto your back. He pumped himself faster, his balls smacking against your clit harderâsavoring how you squirmed underneath his direct influence.
He could not resist peering down at the sacred space where your bodies connected and ensured that the camera, too, had an unobscured view. The problem was he had become so agonizingly turned on that his hold on your phone began shaking. He rasped, back straightening. âGoddamn, your cunny does me good.â
Not long after, he reached his release snarling and grunting like a dog as white ropes shot from his cock and into your uterus, with him nearly dropping your device onto your ass from his sheer ecstasy.
"No!" you protested loudly when Sukuna pulled out abruptly, hissing as your empty hole clenched around nothing. "I..." You balled your fists, thumping the desk in frustration. "I was so fucking close."
"Don't worry." The strawberry-haired man tenderly brushed away the tears by your jaw. Like he hoped to comfort you somehow. "Nothing Choso can't help with. He'll take great care of you." He looked over at the said colleague. âIsnât that right?â
Gulping, you followed his gaze to the other man who had stopped behind you.
"You look nervous," Choso commented matter-of-factly. "Why?"
As if he didnât already know the answer. You rolled your eyes and snorted like a true brat, indeed. "None of your business."
Besides, you had enough encounters with Choso Kamo, each incident more indecent than the last. This time, he naturally noticed your eyes drift to the gun tucked into his back pocket, the saps from earlier creating an ample moist patch on his pants.
âSo, tell me, bimbo," Choso spoke again. He didn't care to announce himself as he unbuckled and pressed in, stretching you with his thickness, aided by your copious reserve containing both arousal and cum, hitting that sweet spot that he had no problem finding over and over. "Did you think I had been done with you already?"
Holding in whimpers from his repeated thrusts, you let out a soft groan.
"I can't hear you."
"Yes."
âBut, do you want me?â
Silence.
âI am not going to repeat myââ
"I want you sâ badly..."
A demon must have possessed you. There was no other way to explain yourself. But those remarks were all Choso needed before he began to move impossibly fast within you. He didnât care that he pounded into you like a beast, creating a commotion that perhaps the floor below could hear your wetness reverberate around the room.
"This is for being a fucking tease." Choso raised his hand high and then delivered an unforgiving blow against your ass. Unprepared, you yelped from the sheer force, which had been enough to leave a handprint on your unblemished cheeks.
"I didn'tâ!" Your attempt to defend proved futile as Choso spanked you again with little regard for your feelings.
"This is for giving me an attitude," he continued, gruff. And again. "For forgetting how to behave, shit." And again, and again, and again. For this, for that, his listed grievances going on and on and on, his punishments making you cry and squirm and wail.
Choso knew he was selfish. If his boss Toji wasn't involved, he would want nothing more than to keep you forever, making you his little gun slut and teaching you to cum all over him. He couldnât help it. As if the roles were reversed. Like he was the inexperienced one, unaware of his partner's feelings and only caring for his pleasure. He remained relentless as he continued his abuse, the tendons along his hands and arms flexing with his efforts, like the crazed killer he was being out for blood.
The distressed expression written all over your face only made him want to go harder. He loved making it hurt, his sadistic personality entirely to blame. With every pump, his testes smacked onto your clit repeatedly, feeling him sink deeper and deeper inside.
âF-FuckâSâ too much, Choso!â A sob wracked your trembling figure amidst his assault. In distress, you tugged at his wrists to get him to ease up on you. That didn't matter. He was too strong, especially when compared to you.
"I thought you wanted to cum."
"I do!" But you didn't think you would be able to cum like this. "This...This is too painful!"
As if he cared.
"Oh, please," Choso scoffed, even rolling his inky eyes in dismissal. "This isn't painful. You're just being dramatic. If you think this is painful...how do you think I felt, hm? Watching Geto and Sukuna take turns defiling you. Hearing you blubber their names without shame. Did you think that Iâwith my cock stiff in my pantsâthat I didn't feel pain? Listen to yourself. God, turns out you're just another selfish slut."
Scorching tears streamed down your face, and you searched around desperately.
"No one here's going to save you," Choso announced, reading right through you. He pressed his face against your earlobe, a hot puff of air fanning out across your delicate skin. "Because it's too obvious. You fucking like this, pup."
Did you?
Even if that wasn't the case, you guess you did now, the unwavering conviction in Choso's tone spurring a change of heart. Itâs sick, you realized, heâs manipulating me.
Yet, sure enough, you soon started to feel lighter, giddier. Your pupils dilated from stimulation and your muscles tingled with excitement. Choso felt so good. You felt so good, and the coil from deep within your cervix compressed tighter and tighter as a pressure built from within.
"I'm close...again." This time, it's a little embarrassing to admit, especially when you were complaining like a puppy just minutes ago.
"What did I tell you, pet," Choso growled, the corners of his mouth quirked upwards in a rare grin. He made you feel glorious. Consequently, you writhed underneath his body, fully submissive under his control. You wanted nothing more than to be a pliant baby girl for him, let him use you in any way he wants. "Cum and squeeze my cock."
âMake me.â
âOh?â
One final blow to your ass was what hurled your body over the edge.
âIââ you choked on your spit. "I'm coming!"
You shrieked the moment you felt your body disintegrate, your shoulder blades caving in as sweat fell like raindrops from your skin. Elbows giving up, your head hit the table, leaving your temples pulsing with dizziness, bliss, and pain; your eyes staring at the wood finishing; your chest rising up and down, exasperated from the intensity of your release.
And oh, your pussy squeezed Choso good. Before he could hold himself back, Choso dug his nails into your ass. "Fuck, you are incredible," was the last thing he muttered before he came as well in one long grunt, splattering your womb with his creamy semen. He made you tremble when he pulled out, releasing the mess inside and leaving you feeling oddly empty and cold. Glob after glob of cum oozed out, semen from multiple perpetrators painting over your labia, which made the surrounding men grin at the sight, knowing that you held all their seed inside.
Nothing except their breeding hole, that was what you had become. There was something they adored about labeling you as their personal whore.
Not long afterward, a warm hand took yours into his own. Toji caressed the skin of your palm before pulling you right onto his lap again. In the end, he was whom you belonged to. If anybody wanted to do anything to you, they had to talk to him first.
Toji helped you straddle him, tucking one leg onto his either side, except you were so fucked out that you didnât know who you were or where you were from.
"C'mon, honey. Don't lose yourself just yet," he murmured gently, brushing a few free strands from your forehead. Otherwise, you would've gone limp and lost all senses completely.
Toji had been waiting for you. He considered this a sign of his maturity, allowing the younger and more impatient men to make a mess with you first. Now, though, was his turn, fair and square.
His exposed length pressed up against his abdomen with fantastic girth and length such thatâdespite your current stateâyour pupils went heart-eyed and your mouth drooled from sight alone. He loved when you made that expression, one he had seen countless times in his dreams; a guilty pleasure in reality. He chortled at your sharp gasps, finding you adorable even after being stuffed by several men.
However, just when you didn't think you could handle more, his red-flushed head brushed over your clit and jolted your veins with the familiar wave of arousal. You shifted, the sticky mess between your legs uncomfortable. In a brief moment of lucidity, you had an epiphany. With one hand resting on Toji's shoulder, you reached down with the other to spread your folds, biting your lip as you clamped down on your sensitive walls hard.
Sure enough, a generous amount of cum trickled out of your used cunt, oozing onto Tojiâs cockhead and sliding down gradually to his balls.
"Holy shit."
Eyes grew wide with surprise, jaws dropped in reaction to your nasty actions. Since when did you learn to become so dirty? Flushed cheeks betrayed their interest as they continued their lustful staring. Generous was what you were, letting them ogle like schoolchildren for a few moments longer before you scooped up the slick and began to suck on your fingers. Softly, you hummed at the succulent flavors concocted by you, Suguru, Sukuna, and Choso combined.
"Next up is you."
âSo fuckinâ filthy," Toji praised with utter adoration.
As you continued, you made sure not to break eye contact as you subtly rutted your sopping cunt against his tip. You coyly batted your long lashes in his direction, making sure he could feel the liquids running down his cock and the throbbing pussy that awaited him.
You smiled. "All yours, Dr. Fushiguro."
He suddenly grew smitten at how polite you could be, and using his hands as a guide, he helped you sink into him slowly. âGoddamn.â The sound that emerged from him was wholly obscene, a carnal desperation only matched by your movements, your thighs constricting his hips and your eyes rolling backward. How cozy, you discovered yourself to be, snug at his hilt. Toji had filled you all the way but a few centimeters of his cock remain, his tip already kissing against your spent uterus.
Something about knowing that his little cousin would watch this made Toji want to do everything to push deeper into you. He started by rocking your waist against a rhythm, and a near-pornographic mewl escaped your lips when his shaft ran over an especially sensitive spot, the ridges rubbing against your cavern and sending pleasure through your every limb. He hummed at the way you squealed and loved how expressive you were with your body and feelings.
His tongue laved across your shoulder before stopping over your collarbone. "You'll still go back to Naoya after this?"
"Absolutely not," you mumbled with sincerity. "I would hate myself if I did."
âExcellent,â he slurred, his spit drooling down your back from where his mouth had latched onto your neck. âThatâsâŠexactly what I wanted to hear, baby.â
Baby. Your eyes squeezed shut, responding with a whine. Although the overstimulation was originally uncomfortable, you began to feel satisfaction cut through the soreness once again as your body prepared for one more climax. You rocked your hips in need, like an animal in heat, a sight that would certainly drive your ex-husband crazy. âF-Feels,â you paused to pant, âFeels good.â
âFuck.â Toji gritted out, breaking through his cacophony of crude moaning and effectively searing your skin. He continued steering your body in the rhythm he learned you liked, his nails nearly piercing your skin despite their bluntness. He cupped your jaw harshly. âWhat are you to us, sweetheart?â
âOh.â You laughed a little, clearly delirious, and then replied. â'M your cumdump.â
âSay that again.â
âIââ
âLouder.â The emeralds in his heavy-lidded eyes skated briefly to the phone. âI want everyone to hear.â
So, you mustered all your energy to give your final answerâand the correct answer. "I am your cum dumpster!"
Toji started saying something, chuckling maybe, but his words werenât clear even as he tossed his head back. His breathing was deep, wet, and sexy, and he was no doubt blistering hot in his business blazer, his slicked-back hair soaked with sweat and hanging limply in front of his flushed face. His expression, on the other hand, was what got you the most; his eyes drawn shut, his brows slightly pinched, his mouth just barely parted.
He panted, raising his head to lock lips with yours, moaning into your mouth lewdly before pulling back, and admiring your fucked out expression, face heated and sweating.
âShit, youâre too good to me,â was the last thing Toji sighed before he added to your womb with his hot cum, his grip on your body tightening as his balls twitched and lodged his precious seed into the sacred cavern. Pussy clamping down, you milked him, not willing to let a single drop go to waste, gasping when the explosive warmth made you shatter with him, leaving you hiccuping and spasming until you were just jolting and crying out from the stretched muscles in your body.
Overheated, you slumped forward. Sweat rolled uncomfortably down your back, spit smeared across your neck and shoulders and chin.
But you looked up and giggled at your latest discovery.
âI love getting gangbanged."
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@steddieangstyaugust 04/08 // angst with a happy ending
wc: 2.3k // rating: G // cw: language // tags: post-s4, eddie lives, eddie in WITSEC, mutual pining, phone calls
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âSo, where are you now?â
Steve knew he wasnât going to get a real answer to this questionâgiven that Eddie wasnât allowed to sayâbut it was basically tradition at this point to ask.Â
Eddie chuckled through the receiver. âHmm⊠itâs windy. And cold as balls. Will probably start snowing soon.â
Steve raised his brows. âSnow? This early?â
Dustin, from Steveâs kitchen island, mirrored his look of interested surprise, and immediately started looking over the map laid out on the countertop. It was dotted with little red and yellow stickers and various scribblings.
âYep,â Eddie responded, popping the P. âPretty shit going out for a smoke, but lots of trees around, so the view is decent at least.â
âLots of trees,â Steve repeats, with a pointed glance at Dustin, who hurriedly starts marking different spots on the map.Â
âHowâs Hendersonâs map going?â Eddie asked, knowing by the tone what they were doing.
âItâs⊠going?â Steve responded with a shrug. âHe thinks heâs worked out the movement system.â
âI have worked out the movement system, thank you very much,â Dustin snarked, not looking up at Steve. âWe can track their movement from the West Coast back up North, hence the snow.â
Eddie laughs again. âKidâs too smart for his own good.â
âYouâre telling me,â Steve grumbles, moving away from the kitchen, as far as the cord allowed him to. He drops his voice low. âHow you holding up?â
âI dunno,â Eddie sighs. âSame shit, different place⊠Same shitty government officials with the same shitty requirements.â
Steve wants to say so much, to reassure and comfort him, but holds back. Keeps it in. âHowâs Wayne doing?â
âHeâs alright, doesnât love the coldâŠâ Steve can picture Eddie looking over at where Wayne is probably sitting nearby. âHopefully theyâll move us somewhere warmer next.â
âDâyou know when thatâll be?â A small pit of anxiety swirls in Steveâs gut. As it did any time they spoke of Eddie needing to move.
âNah, last time was six months, but time before was only three. Hopefully this is just another quick one.â Steve can hear Eddie chewing on his lip, can picture him playing with his hair.
âSteve!â Dustin calls from behind the wall. âAsk Eddie what kind of trees are around him!â
Steve snorts. âDid you get that one?â
âTell him I have no idea,â Eddie deadpans.Â
Lowering the receiver, Steve calls over his shoulder. âHe doesnât know, buddy.â
âWhat kind of treesâŠâ Eddie grumbles, only slightly mocking. âI guess I canât blame him for trying.â
âItâs how he deals.â Steve keeps his voice low. âHe misses you. I miss you.â His brain scolds himâtoo muchâand he quickly adds, âWe all do.â
âYeah,â Eddie sighs, and Steveâs almost sure he hears him hit his head on the wall. âI miss you too. All of you.â
It was a thing that happened often, for how infrequently Eddie was able to call. A kind of vulnerability that Steve supposed came from the fact that they couldnât see each other, and wouldnât for a long time yet. Theyâd skirt around it, but it was there, pulled taut between them, ready to break with one wrong move.
âHow much longer?â Steve asks, like he doesnât already know, like he hasnât been counting down the days since Eddie got taken away.
Eddie exhales heavily, the sound muffling through the receiver. âBit under three years.â Steve can hear the sad smile in his voice.
âRight.â Steve leans back against the wall, head tilted back as longing shoots through his gut. They were almost at the halfway point. There was so much he wanted to say, but he just⊠couldnât. Steve would wait.
Steveâs kicking snow off his boots at his front door when he hears the phone ring from inside. He bolts in, slipping on the floor slightly in his haste.Â
âHello?â he answers breathlessly.
âHey.â
A wave of relief washes over him. âEddie,â he breathes.
âYou okay? Did I wake you up?â His tone immediately switches to one of concern.
âNo, no, I just got back from the Hendersonâs,â Steve says, running a hand through his hair, willing his heart to calm down now that heâs answered the call. âWe wanted to call you, but⊠yâknow.â
âYeahâŠâ Eddie sighs. âI wish you could.â
The silence settles, and they just listen to each other breathe for several long moments. Steve knows that Eddie is holding back, the same way he is. Saying things that are only close to what they mean. Their quiet filled with unanswered questions and things they wish they could say. Finally, Eddie breaks it.
âAre you by yourself?â
âYeah, just me tonight,â Steve says, shrugging his jacket off. âSorry to disappoint.â
Eddie doesnât laugh at the joke. Steve didnât really think it was that funny. Their constant need to skirt around the thing developing between them led to him saying some dumb stuff. He rolls his eyes at himself.
âI donât think I could handle talking to anyone else tonight,â Eddie says, voice growing soft. âItâd be, I dunno, too much. With you, I can just⊠be, yâknow?â
Steve is surprisedâas he often isâat the honesty. He tries to make his next words sound casual, but heâs sure he fails miserably. âIâm glad I caught you then.â
âYeah⊠me too.â Eddie doesnât let the silence linger for too long this time. âSo, any new Henderson theories to update me on?â
Steve snorts. âOf course.â
Letting him talk about his day at the Hendersonâs, Eddie hums in the right moments, asks a few follow up questions, makes little jokes, but is otherwise quiet, seemingly content to just let Steve ramble. Happy to hear his voice. He lets Steve talk until heâs yawning too much to complete a full sentence.
âSorry, I should let you go to sleep, itâs late.â Eddieâs tone is gentle, but like heâd rather be saying anything else.
âNah, itâs cool, man,â Steve argues sleepily. âDonât wanna waste your call.â
âItâs never wasted with you.â
âEddieâŠâ Steve doesnât know what to say. Or rather, he knows exactly what he wants to say, but doesnât know if he should. If he even could. He yawns again.
âCome on, bed time,â Eddieâs voice teases.
Steve feels the pull of his eyelids, begging for sleep. âYeah, alright⊠Talk to you soon?â He tries to ask it casually, but again, canât seem to manage it. Something like pleading coming through in his words.
âAs soon as I can,â Eddie promises, voice tight with sincerity. âGoodnight.â
âGoodnight, Eddie.â Steve pauses. âMerry Christmas.â
He can hear the sad smile in Eddieâs voice. âMerry Christmas, Steve.â
âHow much longer now?â Steve asks, already knowing the answer.
âTwo and a bit years,â Eddie sighs. âPast halfway, at least.â
Even Steve can tell heâs trying to convince himself itâs a good thing, but neither of them feel any happiness about it.
Itâs been almost six months since Steve heard from Eddie, much longer than any gap between calls before. Anxiety gnaws away at him, a constant presence whispering in the back of his mind and sitting like a stone in his stomach. The kidsâbarely even kids now, having graduated high schoolâwere starting to show their worry. He begged and pleaded with invisible entities that theyâd hear something soon.
The phone finally rings.
âHello?â Steve answers with urgency, as he did every time it rang these days.
âSteve?â the voice croaks.
âEddie!â Bringing a hand to his face, Steveâs eyes welled with tears. âEddie, are you okay? What happened?â
âIâm fine, itâs okay,â Eddie reassures him, sounding anything but. âThey just had us somewhere remote. We didn't have a phone.â
âWhat the fuck? Can they do that?â Quiet rage slips through Steveâs chest.
âEvidently, they can do whatever they want,â Eddie seethes. âDidnât stop me from bringing hell at every check up until they moved us again.â
Steve winces at the pain in Eddieâs voice. âIâm so sorry, Eddie. Itâs fucking awful, what theyâre doing to you.â
âItâs bullshit!â Eddie snaps. âIâm so fucking sick of it. I canât believe this was their solution. Like, Iâm the one demonised and hunted down in Hawkins and somehow Iâm the one that ends up punished for it! Itâs not even a solution. All itâs doing is fucking me around.â He takes a breath. âItâs hurting me. Itâs hurting us.â
To anyone else, it would sound like Eddie meant him-and-Wayne-us, or even him-and-the-entire-party-us. But Steve knew. Heard it in the way he almost whispered it. Steve wanted to match his anger, throw something, hit something. Instead, he willed it down.
âIt fucking sucks,â Steve says, keeping his tone soft. âBut weâre so close to the end now. Itâll be over soon.â
âI justâŠâ Eddieâs voice lowers. Steve can picture the way the air deflates out of him. âI wish it didnât have to be this way. I wish⊠you couldâve come with me.â
âMe too.â Steve lets the back of his head hit the wall, eyes squeezed shut. âI miss you. So much.â
âI miss you, too.â Eddie says it like itâs painful. Like it gets caught in his throat halfway up. Like he was saying something else entirely.
âIâm sorry⊠I donât know why I called when I donât really have anything to say.â Itâd been close to silent for more than five minutes before Eddie says it, voice soft. Almost timid.
The corner of Steveâs mouth lifts in a half-smile. âItâs okay. Iâm just glad to hear your voice at all. To know youâre alive.â
The silence settles between them again. Comfortable, somehow. Eddieâs voice is smaller when he speaks again. âOnly six months left.â
âOnly six months,â Steve repeats, slightly more optimistic.
âWe can⊠we can do it, right?â Eddie sounds so unsure. Steve can picture him playing with his hair. âItâll be okay? When you visit?â
Steve knows what he means. Heâs felt the same way for a long time. Scared that once theyâre reunited, whatever this thing wasâthis delicate bubble of vulnerabilityâbetween them would burst. Each phone call found it wound tighter and tighter, pulled like a rubber band that would eventually reach its limit and snap, hurting both of them in the process.Â
âItâll be more than okay,â Steve says, sounding more sure than he feels. He wants more than anything to be able to hold him. To reach through the phone and wrap his arms tightly around him, feel the rise and fall of his breath and listen to his heartbeat.
âPromise?â Eddie asks, and Steve can picture him chewing on his nails.
âPromise.â
âOne month left,â Steve whispers in the dead of night. No one else is there, but something about the late hour makes him quiet. Or maybe itâs what heâs saying. Like a wish that needs to be kept secret, or it wonât come true.
âOne month,â Eddie repeats, just as soft. âYouâll be here?â
âWherever you are, Iâll be there,â Steve assures him.
Heâs sure Eddie can feel it too. The thing between them growing more palpable, more solid, more real. The less time they have left, the stronger it becomes. It terrifies both of them.
The car stops in an urban area of Chicago. Steve glances around as he gets out of the backseat, giving a quick thanks to the government official who drove him. His heart races. This is it. Double checking the address on the small piece of paper, he looks up to the block of apartment buildings, scanning the numbers.
Steve doesnât need to look for long. At the next building, standing in the entryway, with his curly hair pulled into a messy bun, shadow of facial hair around his jaw, face more angular than Steve remembers, isâ
âEddieâŠâ The name comes out in a soft breath, like a prayer. His eyes well up and he quickly blinks, as though the man might disappear if Steve couldnât see him.
Whatever was holding Eddie to the stoop of his building breaks. He jumps down, skipping the stairs completely and landing with a thud of his boots. He runs, as quick as his legs allow him, until he crashes into Steve, almost knocking them both to the ground. With his arms around Steveâs neck, Eddie whispers his name over and over. Steve pulls him tight, arms wrapped around his waist. Steve can feel Eddieâs heartbeat matching hisâracing, pounding, about to jump out of his chest. They hold each other like theyâll never let go, afraid that all of it could be taken away again.
Finally, Eddie pulls back, one hand softly entangled in Steveâs hair, and looks at him, huge eyes filled with tears. âYou look different,â Eddie says with a wet laugh.
Steve canât help but smile. âIn a good way?â
Eddie nods with enthusiasm, grinning despite the tears. âIn a really good way.â
Their eyes are locked on each other, and Steve canât hold back anymore. He leans in, cautiously at first, before Eddie gives him a tiny nod, leaning in to meet him halfway. Their lips finally meet, crashing together, and Steve gasps at the feeling. Itâs messy and desperate and shy. Itâs everything they wished they could say, given to each other in their kiss. Steve brings his hands up to hold Eddieâs face, feeling the tears spill over and wiping them away with his thumbs.
They pull back, laughing and crying. Steve kisses him again and again and again, on his lips, his cheeks, his forehead, before finally just looking, taking in every detail of Eddieâs face. The deep brown of his eyes, the thick lashes, the faint dusting of freckles across his nose. âIâm never letting you go. Never again.â
Eddie laughs again. It sounds like a sob. âNever again. You promise?â
âI promise,â Steve says reverently. âI love you, Eddie.â
Eddieâs smile grows wider, a fresh lot of tears spilling from his eyes. âI love you, too.â
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all american bitch -- ls2
After a successful concert in Miami, your twin sister is caught having a little moment with her boyfriend outside a club. Most people jump to conclusions, but you have a way to shut everyone up (and give half of the F1 community a heart attack in the process)
logan sargeant x singer!reader
warnings/notes: cheating allegations, cursing, so many sexual innuendos, sexual lyrics, terribly written lyrics should count as a warning... also I wrote this to celebrate logan 2024 <3
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urusername: miami!! u were ELECTRIC!! a great finish to the first leg of the tour. oh and thank u to both @ logansargeant and @ sistersacc for joining me in miami tn ahead of the gp <3
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lilymhe: LAST PIC??
urusername: people keep sending logan text posts to me and its amazing
user1: girl explain what u were doing last night
user2: patiently waiting on her downfall fr
user3: MOTHER IS MOTHERING!!!
logansargeant: I LOVE YOU BITCH ASS
urusername: I LOVE YOU TOO FUCK HEAD !!! đđ
williamsracing: y/n. ur electric.
urusername: im leaving logan for u williams admin
logansargeant: dude what the fuck :(
user4: so we're gonna act like no one saw her cheating?
sistersacc: AAAA SO MUCH FUN THANKS FOR LETTING ME MAKE U MAD <333
alexalbon: thank u again for inviting me and lily i cannot express the joy of finally meeting the woman logan never shuts up about
user7: not everyone jumping to conclusions jfc
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logansargeant: thank u williams for the incredible season and for trusting this american guy and taking a chance on me. thank u @ urusername for being my rock. see u all next yr đ
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urusername: so so so proud of u baby <3 u did incredible
logansargeant: thank u <3
alexalbon: see u in a few weeks
oscarpiastri: great job man u did amazing
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extratv: While rumors are spiraling of potential cheating allegations against Y/n L/n, she was spotted with Taylor Swift at a local park in Miami after day two of her residency in the Kaseya Center. Has the checkered flag waved for the American 'It Couple' of F1?
user1: bro its so over for us.
user2: NOOO Y/N SARGEANT PLS </3
user3: people see taylor and think its an immediate break up. taylor literally helped y/n start music bc their moms are besties idk what y'all are on.
user4: reputation era real
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"Do you see this shit?" You turn to look at Logan behind you, who currently has his face smushed into what was previously your pillow as he attempts to recover sleep from his season of traveling just about everywhere. You would be in the same boat as him if you weren't being hounded over doing your skincare and such everyday for tour. Because of that hounding, you had to take off all the makeup you had put on for dinner as soon as you got home. The dinner was with all your family and friends to celebrate the end of a season and the end of the first leg of your tour.
"No?" Logan blinks open his eyes and you cross the room from your shared bathroom, he lifts the blanket so you can slide in next to him in the bed as the fleeting Florida sun nips warmth into your skin before his warmth envelops you in the comfortable blankets you have across the bed as the fan above rotates on high.
You flip your phone, showing him the pictures of your sister people were using to say you cheated on Logan.
"Oh be so serious." He groans into your side as he looks at the photos, arm draped lazily over you before he plucks the device out of your hands and drags you fully under the blankets with them.
"Don't worry," He murmurs, sleep in his voice, "It'll blow over if we just ignore it."
"Logan they're trying to cancel me on Twitter." You deadpan, rolling into his embrace and snuggling against him.
"Write a song about it like everyone thinks you're doing with Taylor, play it on tour or something.'' He mumbles into the skin of your neck before giving you a soft kiss.
You hate how enticing the idea is.
"You're gonna have to review the lyrics before I post it, because I might make it absolutely filthy." You warn and Logan's eyes widen as he perks up from where he's cuddled into your side.
"Oh please, please, do." His little shit eating grin makes you burst into laughter as you nod, pulling out your notebook from your bedside table and a pen as Logan adjusts so he can watch you scribble down ideas.
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urusername: im so sorry to @ williamsracing in advance. my new single miami burn comes out tmrw đ
lilymhe: get em girl.
logansargeant: i apologize in advance to my pr team
williamsracing: logan please.
oscarpiastri: some times i wonder about u two. and then i hear about you and it makes me wish i never asked.
logansargeant: wow love u too man
landonorris: no i heard the demo im with oscar on this
arthurleclerc: prayers to ur pr team !
williamsracing: well now im scared.
#f1 fanfic#f1 smau#f1 x reader#f1 imagine#f1 instagram au#f1 x you#logan sargeant x y/n#logan sargeant x you#logan sargeant imagine#logan sargeant x reader#logan sargeant smau#nicole wrote this
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loverboy | ln4
hi, i finally wrote second part for tinder buddies! im not sure if i like it though, i've got an idea but i dont know how it went.
anyway please enjoy and lets cross our fingers for japan win for this loverboy!
i will let myself tag everyone who wanted to be tagged in part 2: @mickslover @formula-1-04 @petitefaeries @bayleewatts67 @xjval @kapsylia @teamnovalak @slutforln4 @shimmermotorsport @myownwritings @maydiamondsinthenightsky @mikadojohnny
summary: when it turned out that Lando is more of a loverboy than a fuckboy and there is no point in trusting appearances because they tend to be misleading
warnings: none
pairing: fem!journalist!reader x lando norris
Y/N looked as if she had seen a ghost. She clenched her phone in her hand and glanced at the spot where Lando had been just a moment ago. Yes, that Lando, with whom she had a brief interview a few seconds ago, Lando Norris, who drives for McLaren, her Tinder buddy with whom she's been exchanging explicit messages for over a month now, and who knows more about her body seen through the camera than any guy she's had the chance to flirt with in person.
The girl only snapped out of it when the camera operator she had been filming with nudged her shoulder.
"The team bosses' interview is about to start, I saved us seats."
She quickly nodded and tucked the microphone into her bag, throwing it over her shoulder. She glanced at the McLaren garage one last time before heading to the conference. After all, she was here because she had duties.
As she took her place among the crowd of other journalists, instead of focusing on coming up with questions, she picked up her phone again. It immediately unlocked to her conversation with Lando, and she hastily replied to his latest, unambiguous proposition.
"I'm a bit busy at the moment. If you want, we can meet later in the evening."
Lando was scrolling through Instagram when a new message popped up in his notifications. He smiled and swiped it open, reading and replying quickly.
"i'd be honored. give me the address of the hotel you're at. and be ready by 9."
The girl smiled and sent him the address along with a note that she couldn't wait, wishing him good luck in qualifying.
Lando felt his cheeks hurting from smiling. However, he locked his phone and set it aside. He knew that if he didn't restrain himself, he would bombard the girl with messages. He was so excited about the whole situation, the overflow of emotions building up in him could easily secure him pole position that day, which he sincerely hoped for. He wanted to present himself in the best possible way, knowing that on that day, one special pair of eyes would be watching him.
Y/N was also excited, but as time passed, she began to feel stressed. Not because she was going on a date with Lando Norris, but because she was about to confront someone whom she may have known inside out but in reality had no idea who he truly was. She was slightly apprehensive about whether Lando would turn out to be as he portrayed himself on his Tinder profile. There, she dealt with a confident guy who knew how to flirt, who knew how to make a girl's heart beat faster. With a guy who focused only on fun and ultimately only on it. Someone who knew what he wanted and sooner or later would get it, one way or another. Now, knowing her conversation partner's identity, Y/N was certain that their online acquaintance might only exist in that dimension. And just as she had realized before, somewhere in the back of her mind lived a lonely spark, nourished by the hope that something more serious might come out of this online acquaintance. Lando was out of her reach, that was more than certain. However, she didn't plan to dwell on negative thoughts because she had a chance for a pleasant evening ahead of her. She had no intention of ruining it.
Qualifying didn't come as a surprise to anyone, as Max was to start the race from pole position the next day, with Charles in second place. But to everyone's positive surprise, Lando closed the top three, giving McLaren the opportunity to start from third position. Y/N planned to text him and congratulate him on his excellent performance, but she decided to wait until evening with her congratulations. She didn't want to come off as pushy or, worse, as a psycho.
Lando, indeed, was pleased with himself, but not as much as if he had managed to secure pole position. Y/N could notice this on one of the monitors, where post-qualifying interviews with drivers conducted by David Coulthard were taking place.
"Great performance, Lando, you were on Ferrari's heels today!"
"We did well today, not just me, but Oscar and the whole team as well. I hoped for more, but you know, the appetite comes with eating," he replied, but despite the smile on his flushed face, he actually seemed not very pleased with the result. Y/N was packing her things when she observed post-qualifying talks out of the corner of her eye. "I wanted to perform particularly well today, but unfortunately it didn't work out. I hope tomorrow will be better."
The girl sighed and glanced at the contents of her bag, looking at her phone lying at the bottom. She took it out and unlocked it, entering their conversation. She wanted to send him a selfie, smiling and holding up four fingers with a note congratulating him on the result, but she thought it might be a bit silly. So, she quickly wrote an alternative.
"Speaking of appetite, I hope you're looking forward to dinner more positively than to your third starting place. In my opinion, you did great today x"
When Lando finally had the chance to reach for his phone and saw the message from the girl, he sincerely hoped to see her face again. He hovwever, was pleased with her congratulations.
"i can't wait for tonight. and I hope tomorrow we'll have better reasons to celebrate"
Y/N smiled to herself, throwing her bag over her shoulder and heading with the cameraman to the media zone to have the opportunity to talk to some of the drivers or team principals. She replied quickly.
"We?"
"tomorrow I'd also like to invite you to dinner. because i'm afraid tonight may not be enough for us"
The girl felt herself blushing, so she quickly put her phone in her pocket. She didn't manage to run into Lando in the media zone again, but she had the opportunity to gather some more good material. As the drivers began to return to their garages and the paddock slowly began to empty, Y/N and the cameraman also decided to return to the hotel. The girl was absolutely not in the mood to deal with the footage recorded that day, so she was immensely grateful when her coworker offered to spend the rest of the day on preliminary editing and assured her that she didn't have to worry about anything. Y/N breathed a sigh of relief, as in her current pre-date euphoria, she wouldn't be able to create anything suitable for publication. When the girl returned to her hotel room, she decided to take a long bath. Sitting in the tub, her phone lying nearby vibrated again.
"actually, would you mind if i pick you up at 8?"
Y/N smiled when she read his message. She glanced at her watch. She still had 3 hours before leaving, so she should manage without any trouble.
"Why, have you already missed me?"
Lando snorted to himself as he read her message. He would be lying if he said he hadn't. He wanted to see her again as soon as possible.
"if i'm being honest, i would like to be sitting with you at dinner already"
Y/N also smiled. It was cute and completely unlike the image Lando had built and which she had in her head.
"I guess I shouldn't torture you that much. I'll try to be ready by 7."
Lando smiled and squeezed his phone in his hand. Now he couldn't wait for the meeting even more.
"see you then, darling"
The girl blushed when he affectionately called her that. She set aside her phone and immersed herself in the hot water, but even that couldn't wipe the smile off her face.
At the agreed time, both of them were ready. When the girl stepped out of the hotel, she didn't even need to look around, as she easily noticed Lando leaning against his impressive car. He held a bouquet of white flowers in his hand and smiled as soon as he saw her. He walked a little towards her, but he had no idea how to greet her. Offer her his hand? Hug her? What would be most appropriate? He didn't want to make a fool of himself.
"Hi, good to see you," he said, unable to take his eyes off her. He bit his lip, but still couldn't stop smiling. "You look stunning."
"You too, but I'm sure you already know that," she replied, looking into his eyes. They were sparkling, brightening up his already joyful face. Even though he was wearing a dark shirt and dark jeans, his hair was slightly disheveled, and she could already smell his cologne almost on the stairs, Lando at that moment looked adorable, like an elated child.
"Maybe so, but it's always nice to hear it from someone like you," he replied, extending the flowers towards her. "Here, these are for you. And I hope I didn't make a mistake and accidentally buy you flowers you hate."
The girl chuckled softly and shook her head, taking the flowers from him and smelling them.
"No, absolutely not. I love white flowers, and these are beautiful. Thank you."
"Phew, thank god," he theatrically let out a sigh of relief "Glad I started off on the right foot."
"I rather doubt you don't know how to behave around girls," she retorted, following him as he opened the car door for her.
"Well, I'm afraid you might be surprised," he replied, helping her into the car and closing the door behind her.
Lando chose a very pleasant restaurant, located not far from the hotel where the girl was staying. The place was cozy and seemed expensive, but it manifested in a modest way, without any tackiness or artificial wealth. He reserved a table in the corner of the room, so they could expect a bit of privacy. Before taking his seat at the table, he pulled out the chair for the girl. She tried her best to remain composed, but the smile never left her face. This meeting and this whole situation was more than crazy.
"I hope I picked a good place," he said, sitting across from her. "I've never been to these restaurants before, so today's choice was largely based on Google reviews."
He admitted, glancing at her uncertainly. But seeing her smile, he smiled too.
"It's very nice here. Your choice didn't disappoint."
"Second victory in twenty minutes, going better than I expected," he joked, eliciting a quiet laugh from the girl. He then thought it was a good sign that she laughed at his jokes. It meant that this whole situation had potential.
Lando was genuinely stressed about this meeting. He knew well how people perceived him and what kind of guy girls thought he was, but the truth was entirely different. His hands were sweating with nerves in the car, and he prayed that the steering wheel wouldn't slip from his hands and cause some idiotic accident. Upon returning to the hotel, he spent over two hours searching for the right place to take the girl for dinner and did about twenty quizzes on what flowers he should buy her for their first date. Since he met her at the paddock, they had the opportunity to talk, and he managed to connect all the facts. He felt like either his heart would jump out of his chest or his cheeks would fall off from smiling. In reality, Lando was absolutely not who he portrayed himself to be and how he was perceived. And Y/N was slowly starting to realize that.
When the couple placed their orders and the waiter brought the vase for flowers that Lando had requested earlier, there was a moment of silence. Both were equally embarrassed, not knowing if it was because of each other or the whole situation.
"So," Lando started, rubbing his hands on his pants, "oh god, I don't even know where to begin. Should we pretend we don't know each other and this is our first meeting? Or perhaps the opposite?"
"I honestly have no idea, but I'm glad we both don't know how to behave," Y/N laughed. "But we can start over. Like it's our first date."
She smiled warmly at him. He reciprocated the smile and reached out his hand towards her.
"Lando, nice to meet you."
"Y/N, and it's also a pleasure for me, Lando."
She shook his hand. From that moment on, everything started to go smoothly. The conversation flowed smoothly, and there wasn't a single moment when there wasn't something to talk about. Lando turned out to be the complete opposite of the person she met on Tinder. He was also different from the Lando she sometimes observed in the media. He turned out to be a funny and very intelligent guy with interesting hobbies, not just those revolving around Formula 1. His big heart and incredible modesty also made it impossible not to feel sympathy towards him. Lando, on the other hand, wasn't really up for this meeting, he honestly had no idea what to expect. As it turned out, he met not only an attractive but also hardworking girl, for whom motorsport was not just a job but also a hobby. It also turned out that they had a lot in common, so after a while, the remnants of stress and uncertainty disappeared, and they began to feel in each other's company as if they had known each other for ages.
Their conversation was only interrupted by the waiter, who apologized and said that the restaurant was closing in fifteen minutes. Y/N and Lando both looked at their watches at the same time and were shocked to find that it was just before midnight, and the past five hours had flown by like fifteen minutes.
"Sure, of course, we'll ask for the check," Lando replied to the waiter, who went to tally their dinner. As soon as the girl reached for her purse, Lando looked at her meaningfully. "I hope you don't think I brought you here for you to have to pay."
"We can split the bill," she replied, looking at him and clutching her wallet. "People usually do that on first dates, right?"
"It would be a pleasure if you honored me to be a gentleman and let me pay."
Y/N laughed and shook her head.
"As you wish, Mr. Gentleman."
When he paid for their dinner, they left the restaurant together. Lando once again opened the car door for her, and their eyes met when their faces were inches apart as she passed him to take the passenger seat. When they were back at her hotel, the girl reluctantly glanced towards the entrance. She would have loved to spend time with him until the early morning.
She sighed and smiled sadly, looking at him.
"I know, me too," he replied, easily reading her thoughts. "But we'll probably bump into each other in the paddock in the morning. Purely by chance, of course, not like I'll intentionally run into you, absolutely not."
Y/N chuckled at his words.
"It was very nice spending the evening with you, Lando."
"The pleasure was all mine," he replied, smiling at her.
They sat in silence for a moment, exchanging silent glances.
"Would it be inappropriate if I kissed you now? Since we agreed that today we're starting with a clean slate?"
He asked, his gaze moving from her eyes to her lips.
"People don't usually kiss on first dates, but I feel like I've seen these lips somewhere before, and they've told me a lot of different, indecent things, so I think we can make an exception."
She replied, biting her lip. She surprised herself with her boldness, not to mention Lando, who just saw the same girl who he sometimes saw on the screen of his phone in the evenings. As soon as he got her consent, he touched her cheek without hesitation and pulled her into a long, passionate kiss.
Y/N returned the kiss, smiling into his lips.
"Have a good race tomorrow, and after tomorrow's dinner, I'll invite you for dessert."
She whispered, still centimeters away from him, when they separated after a moment. Lando unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car, circling around it, opening her door, and offering her his hand.
"I think I can fit in dessert tonight too," he replied, biting his lip and looking into her eyes. She returned the smile and handed him her hand without hesitation. It seemed that the evening was not ending for these two, on the contrary, it was just about to begin.
#f1 imagines#f1#f1 one shot#formula 1#f1 oneshots#f1 imagine#lando norris#ln4#lando norris x reader#lando norris x you#lando norris x y/n
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everything mine | desktop only: everything mine but chronological
stories snippets everything Gaz everything Soap everything Ghost everything Price everything multi-141 and poly 141 everything Alejandro everything KorTac everything Hesh and Keegan tag games/ask games
---series masterlists---
soulmate Soap
gym partner Gaz
post-apocalypse au
shark mermen 141 AU
---other series---
pick up lines
at Gaz: looking good.
at Soap: do you have a mirror in your pants? because i can see myself in them.
at Soap: whatâs the difference between an enzyme and a hormone? you canât hear an enzyme.
at Soap: do you like magic? because Iâve got a rabbit and a wand we can use.
^ follow-up: i think you broke me. / would you rather i broke your bed instead?
at Gaz: call me bunny, cause i wanna bounce on your lap
^ follow-up in the car
messy sexual tension Gaz
01: Gaz making things sexual on purpose 02: Gaz being jealous 03: Gaz getting your lewd selfie 04: âŠ
soft dom gaz (wholesome route)
01: falling into bed with soft dom Gaz 02: waking up next to soft dom Gaz
soft dom gaz (toxic route)
01: flirting with Gaz on the job 02: spreading rumors about dating Gaz 03: spreading rumors about dating Gaz, part 2 snippet: you like it when Gaz bullies you snippet: Gaz isnât gonna fix you <3 snippet: Gaz âsavior complexâ Garrick
TF-141 and free use medic reader
free use + rough sex + group sex
Soap is pissed
Ghost and Gaz protective over you
Ghost teaching Soap how to take care of their toy
with Alejandro
first time meeting Ghost
Ghost + coworkers with benefits, part 1
Ghost + coworkers with benefits, part 2
dark courtly love au
01. a courtly love au, but unhinged 02. Ghost is a weapon
---misc by character---
Soap
âAnd why would a medic need a call sign?â
Soap is a munch, but itâs not for your benefit
meeting best friend Soap at the airport (hurt/comfort)
Soap indulging himself on you
Gaz
Gaz plays tank; you play healer
snippet: Gaz bites you bites you bites you bites y
Price
smutty collab: Price impolitely asking for your attention
Nikto
Nikto and honeypot reader (a la red sparrow)
Hesh
offering to help Hesh out with his virginity
Keegan
snippet: let me divorce you
snippet: ex-husband keegan
Captain MacTavish
treating you like an unruly kitten
^ soft counterpart: when you keep fighting him anyway
multi
snippet: thinkin about a reader who is a people-pleaser in bed (with TF141)
snippet: people-pleaser reader + Horangi (+ KorTac)
snippet: TF141âs reactions to âcan you get this thing off the top shelf for me?â
snippet: TF141âs reactions to âwant me to paint your nails?â
snippet: topping Gaz and Ghost
^ follow up snippet: biting Gaz and Ghost
snippet: TF141âs favorite sexy clothes on you
snippet: TF141 protecting you because youâre their asset
snippet: TF141 with a Japanese/bilingual reader
totally failed at making a cake for the boys
if the military wanted you to have a wife, they'd issue you one
snippet: TF141 + cars
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Damsel In Stress | Jeong Yunho & Song Mingi â
~ ~ call me chĂ©rie â
Navigation | Kinktober List
â Day 04 : Bodyguards, Shower Sex
⏠[ Synopsis ] : When your bodyguards, devilishly handsome and undeniably sexy, promise you a night to remember, you take it all in stride. Whether itâs bending the rules or indulging in steamy shower sex, youâre ready to embrace the thrill, surrendering yourself completely to the experience.
Word Count : 3.9k Genre : Smut, Angst, Bodyguard Au. Pairing : Bodyguard! Yunho x F.Reader x Bodyguard! Mingi
WARNINGS : Pure smut, shower sex, double penetration, dom/sub undertones, multiple orgasms, praise, petnames ( doll and princess), playful banter and flirting, big dick agenda, mention of alchol and drug consumption.
Tag list OPEN! - let me know if you want to be tagged for this Kinktober list
âââ NOTE : Day 4 is here, and this is huge just like our handsome boys, Yunho and Mingi. :P . Hope you enjoy this ma chĂ©ries. This story contains themes related to alcohol and drug use. Reader discretion is advised.
âYunho, ahh... keep going, please donât stopâ you cried as Yunho mercilessly pounded deep into you, his thrusts turning your brain to mush. âSo good, princess, taking us so well.â
Us? Did he just say âUSâ?
âIs this what you wanted, doll?â Mingi's deep voice purred from behind, sending a shiver down your spine. âFeels good, doesnât it⊠being taken care of like this?â His words heightened the sensation of being at the mercy of your two deliciously handsome bodyguards.
As you pieced together the situation, it felt messy, thrilling, and was definitely going to be hard to explain to your daddy.
Wait⊠how did you end up here?
Letâs rewind a bit.
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Your friends called you âDamsel In Distressâ for being daddyâs little princess, constantly getting saved by him and your bodyguards Yunho and Mingi and being the mischievous talk of the town. Causing trouble was not something you chose to indulge in voluntarily; it was just that wherever you went, trouble followed you like a loyal dog following its master.
Coming from an opulent family didnât help either, because people loved to pick on someone who had everything that they didnât and couldnât have. Taking behind your back, purposely messing up your drinks to see daddyâs little princess act crazy, and snatching your boyfriend Mingyu were a few things that you had been dealing with for the past six months. With your best friends turning their backs on you, your situation got a thousand times worse. Bullying turned into actual harassment, and this daddyâs little princess went feral.
Up until a point, you did tolerate it; you got your dead momâs patience after all. You didnât want anything from a woman who cheated on your S-tier, greenest of the green flag, ultra pro max gentleman daddy, but fate had a way of shoving things down your throat that you didnât want to be associated with at all. Hence, you were a spitting image of your mom, but the good thing was you got your dadâs behavior and morals, making you the most loyal person you would ever meet.
You were more like a âDamsel In Stressâ after multiple failed relationships and a damaged reputation in university. The only people you could gawk at without getting labeled as a âcreepâ were your handsome bodyguards, Yunho and Mingi. Tall and handsome with Greek god-ish builds, they made anything in their vicinity appear minuscule, and your 5â3â tall frame didnât help much.
But where your height lacked, you made up for it with your attitude (short girlies for the win). The last six months were the most nightmarish months of your whole freaking life; getting addicted to substances, smoking weed, and sneaking out at late hours to attend God knows what kind of parties became your choice of escape. Your only option.
These were the only things that somehow filled the empty void, hence your daddy decided to ignore it for a while, as long as you were safely back home at dawn, and Yunho and Mingi, being the most dutiful and uptight bodyguards, made sure of it.
Tonight was different, though.
Why? Because you met this girl online, her nameâs Ryujin.
You both clicked instantly, shared similar past troubles, and were freshly single, addicted to drugs. You girlies had been planning a getaway to spend a wild night out.
Ryujin found this party happening a few hours' drive from your mansion, kinda illegal with everything from dangerous drugs to premium liquor available, but promising a wild night.
You needed that.
Hence, you sneaked out again without anyone noticing, not even your bodyguards. You sneakily tranquilized their drinks, hehe, not advisable, but kinda the need of the hour.
Then how did this perfectly well-planned night take such an unexpected turn?
You were here to forget all your sorrows, so why were you lying on the cold tiles of the bathroom floor, disgusting, your body so limp it felt like you took a thousand fucking punches, not remembering a single thing? The last thing you remembered was Ryujin crying on her knees beside you, fear calling your bodyguards. Yes, they were saved on speed dial just so you could escape out of situations like these without daddy noticing it.
But what happened with you? Did you drink too much? Ingest something so strong that it blacked you the fuck out?
A thousand questions swirled around your mind as darkness took over. You could feel yourself being picked up off the cold and dirty bathroom floor, Ryujin thanking Yunho as he offered to drop her back home, which she declined sweetly, mentioning she could drive back as she had bought her car and had almost sobered up. Fucking traitor! Why call them?!
Wait, Yunho?! What about your drugged drink? Did it not work on them? Who the fuck is carrying you? Is it Mingi? Not complaining at all; you had dreamt of moments like this.
But whenâhow did they knowâwhyâwhat the actual motherfucking fuck is this mess?
Yeah, your intoxicated brain couldnât handle any more, and you passed out.
When the tiniest consciousness slipped into your brain, you opened your eyes to gaze upon the glorious sight in front of you: fine-as-freaking-wine men driving you somewhere.
âWhat are you guys doing here?â you asked, even if you knew what was going to come your way. âArenât you both supposed to be... umm... sleeping?â
It's our job to take care of you.
âItâs our job to look out for you, dollâ Mingi replied with a small smile,just the way you expected, his deep voice slightly registering in your intoxicated mind, and huh, did he just call you doll?
âSleeping? Thatâs cute. Arenât you supposed to be in bed by now, princess?â Yunho asked you, a smug look adorning his face, still not answering your question, his sexy smirk visible from the rearview mirror.
What the fuck with these nicknames?
âGuess the dosage wasnât strong enough, huh?â Mingi chipped in, his handsome frame in the driverâs seat way too distracting for you to register whatever the fuck he said, something along the lines of dosage being strong.
Huh?! You just got caught. Is there a way out of this? Will daddy find out? Will you be punished?
âHe-hehe, what dosage are you talking about?â you nervously laughed, thinking of what to say next.
âCan we not play dumb anymore, princess?â Yunho teased, giving you a look that clearly said daddyâs princess just got caught. âSorry to disappoint you, but boys donât take naps on the job.â That sealed the deal for you; even the freaking drug betrayed you.
Your lips formed a thin line, your mind made up that any more excuses you planned on coming up with were not going to work on them anymore. You sighed in defeat, earning a chuckle from both of them.
A piercing silence fell over the car, soon replaced by a thick tension that made you shift uncomfortably in your seat, filthy thoughts flickering through your mind like a movie reel.
Was it the sexual frustration building up over the last six months, or the effects of the intoxication? You couldnât pinpoint it.
But every time you caught Yunho's intense gaze through the rearview mirror, a jolt ran down your spine, heat pooling low in your stomach. His smirk never faltered, his eyes shifting between you and the road, as if he knew exactly what was running through your head.
Mingi, sitting beside him, wasnât any less subtle. His broad hand casually rested on the steering wheel, but his eyes would drift toward you whenever he thought you werenât looking. That small smile from earlier still lingered on his lips, making your pulse quicken. You couldn't shake the way his deep voice wrapped around that nickname, âdollâ. It felt too intimate, too... dangerous.
Why were your bodyguards acting up today? Was it the aftereffects of the drug, or perhaps... they did feel some kind of way towards you?
So, it wasnât just you after all, was it? They had been battling with the same thoughts, the same desire simmering beneath the surface. You could feel itâthick in the air, undeniable. A flush creep up your neck, only heightening the tension.
âWhatâs wrong, princess? Feeling a little too warm?â Yunho teased, his voice laced with amusement as he noticed the way you shifted in your seat again.
You swallowed hard, trying to steady your breathing, but there was no escaping the heat radiating from both of them.
They knew exactly what they were doing to you.
As Mingi turned down a quieter street, the path leading exactly where you feared, their house, your fears were confirmed. Or perhaps, it wasnât fear at all... but excitement for what was about to come next.
Mingi pulled the car to a stop in front of their house, your pulse quickens heart racing a million miles in equal parts anticipation and fear, as Yunho opened the door for you, his hand reaching out to help you step down. His fingers brushed against your skin, seemingly innocent, but it sent a spark of electricity through your body.
No words were exchanged as they led you inside, the door closing behind you with a soft click. The air was thick with unspoken tension, the kind that had been building for months. You were halfway across the living room when Mingiâs deep voice broke the silence.
âYouâre trembling, dollâ he murmured, stepping closer. His proximity was intoxicating, and you couldnât help the way your breath hitched. âNervous? Or is it something else?â
Before you could respond, Yunho was behind you, his breath hot against your neck as he leaned in. âYou didnât think you could drug us and just walk away, did you, princess?â His voice was low, teasing, and far too close for your mind to stay clear.
You turned to face him, heart hammering, but the words stuck in your throat as Yunhoâs eyes darkened. In one swift motion, his lips claimed yoursâdemanding, taking what had been simmering between you for far too long. His kiss was messy, mind-numbing, filled with hunger. A hunger you hadnât fully realized, or maybe one youâd knowingly ignored given the forbidden nature of your relationship with them.
Before you could catch your breath, Mingi was there. His hand gently tilted your chin toward him, his lips hovering over yours as he whispered, âWeâre not finished with you yet.â The words sent a shiver through you. And before you could process the weight of them, his mouth was on yoursâslow, deliberate, and utterly consuming, like he had all the time in the world.
You were experiencing things you had once only dreamed of, especially given the state of desperation you felt a few months ago. Even though you had deliberately ignored the hints Yunho and Mingi dropped, this moment felt like a culmination of all those unspoken desires.
A wave of validation washed over you, filling your heart with satisfaction as you realized that they shared the same hunger and lust that had been simmering within you for so long.The hunger that had been building for months had finally ignited, and there was no turning back.
As Mingi continued to kiss you, Yunho decided to take over your neck, decorating it with butterfly kisses. âYou taste so sweet,princessâ he murmured, nipping at your skin, urging pretty moans from you that were muffled by Mingiâs skillful lips.
âIs she always this responsive?â Mingi teased, pulling back slightly to glance at you, his eyes dark with desire. âWe could get used to this.â
âDonât let it go to your headâ you shot back playfully, but your breath hitched as Yunho continued his trail of kisses.
Purple marks blossomed along your neck as Yunho explored further, nibbling on your earlobe before kissing you behind the ear. âYouâre driving me wild,do you know that ?â he whispered, his breath warm against your skin. âWe might just want to keep you like this forever.â
âGuess I found your sweet spotâ Yunho smirked, oblivious to the way your body reacted as he kept kissing and nibbling that delicate area.
âMhmm⊠Yunho⊠donât stopâ you gasped, earning a chuckle from him at the way his name rolled off your tongue. Your hands tangled in Mingiâs hair as he maintained his steamy kiss.
Mingi pulled back just enough to meet your gaze, his voice low and husky. âJust imagine what else we can do to you, doll.â
âOh, Iâm counting on itâ you chuckled softly, meeting his gaze. With a playful smirk, you added, âHave a feeling you two wonât disappoint me.â
Yunho caught your eye, his grin playful. âYou have no idea how much weâve been wanting this, do you?â
With a mischievous glint in your eye, you teased, âI might have had a hint⊠but now, I want a full demonstration.â It was true, tensions had always heightened between the three of you. But given the restrictions and the lack of loose moments like this, it had kept you from exploring each other,until now.
Mingi leaned closer, his lips brushing against your ear. âDonât worry, weâll give you a show you wonât forget.â
Mingi's hands found the hem of your top, pulling it up slowly. âLet me take this off for you,â he murmured, his voice thick with desire as the fabric slipped away, leaving your skin bare to his hungry gaze. His gaze had you wet down south, aching to be touched and devoured.
Yunho stepped closer, his fingers eagerly working on your jeans. âYou look incredible, but letâs make it even better, shall we?â he teased, his breath hot against your ear as he slid your jeans down your legs, pooling at your feet.
The cold air making contact with you sent goosebumps all over your body, excitement coursing through you.A faint sound of water running caught your earsâwas it the shower? A knowing look spread across your face. Ah, so thatâs what these two had been planning.
Quite steamy, you thought, and utterly exciting.
The idea of the three of you under the shower, bodies pressed together, both your holes stuffed to the brim,had your arousal pooling, your core dripping with desire.
âFigured it out already, doll?â Mingi chuckled, a knowing look in his eyes as he glanced toward the bathroom where the water was running.
âThen, princess shall not wait any longerâ Yunho added, his voice low and sultry, sending a shiver of anticipation down your spine.
Both of them took your hands, guiding you toward the bathroom. As you stood under the shower, water cascaded down your body, the heat mixing with your own as you surrendered to the moment.
Yunho's hands cupped your breasts, his touch igniting a fire within you. He played with your now-hard nipples as your head rested back on his shoulder, eyes closed, a disheveled mess with your lips caught between your teeth.
Mingi knelt before you, his gaze intense as he admired how the water glistened on your skin. âYouâre absolutely breathtakingâ he said, his fingers teasingly grazing your inner thighs before moving higher.
Your breath hitched as Mingi's fingers finally found your dripping core, sliding through your folds that left you gasping. âHow does that feel, princess?â he asked, looking up at you with a smirk, clearly enjoying your reaction.
âUnbelievably goodâ you breathed, leaning back against Yunho, who continued to play with your breasts, his thumbs circling your nipples, making them harden under his touch.
Mingiâs fingers skillfully explored your slick heat, swirling and teasing, collecting soft moans from your lips. âCum for us, doll. Just enjoy this moment with usâ he whispered, his voice dripping with seduction as he picked up the pace, each back-and-forth movement driving you wild.
Yunho's hands moved from your breasts to your waist, steadying you as Mingi's fingers worked their magic. The tension within you built, a delicious pressure threatening to consume you.
Yunhoâs breath was hot against your ear as he kissed the delicate spot, quickening your heart and serving as the final blow that made everything come undone.
With a soft gasp, you surrendered to the waves of pleasure, losing yourself completely in the moment as you released onto Mingiâs fingers.
Your head slumped against Yunhoâs shoulder as he held you, and you watched Mingi lick your juices off his chubby fingers before shoving them into Yunho's mouth. The sight in front of you sent butterflies racing in your stomach; watching them taste your slick made your core throb with a desperate need for attention.
Without wasting any more time, Yunho twisted your body toward him, his lips glistening with remnants of your juices as hot water cascaded down his face. His hands pulled you closer, signaling you to jump. You wrapped your legs around his waist, a sense of urgency consuming you. In one swift motion, he thrust his hard, aching length into you, filling you completely.
âGod, you feel incredible, babyâ Yunho groaned, his eyes dark with lust as he relished the sensation of you around him, your walls hugging him providing a warm yet tempting sensation. He was hungry, yet he held back, waiting for Mingi to join.
Taking the cue, Mingi closed the distance, positioning himself behind you. âYou ready for more, doll?â he asked, his voice low and sultry, sending a shiver down your spine. You nodded eagerly, excitement pooling in your stomach.
With a firm grip on your hips, Mingi pressed himself against you, slowly pushing his cock inside your ass. âYouâre so tightâ he grunted, a mix of pleasure and disbelief in his voice as he slid deeper. âYouâre going to feel amazing filled up by both of us.â
The sensation was overwhelming; the hot water, both your holes occupied, and the intoxicating feeling of being completely claimed by both men. You let out a breathy moan, a mix of pleasure and slight discomfort as you adjusted to the sensation.
âIâve never felt anything like this. Boys, please move.â you gasped but responded to them, your body trembling with delight.
Yunho tightened his grip on you, his thrusts steady and deep, matching Mingi's rhythm as he began to move behind you. âJust relax and let us take care of youâ Yunho whispered against your ear, his breath hot and inviting. âYouâre going to love this.â
âWeâve got you, princessâ Mingi encouraged, his hands finding your waist, guiding your movements as they both took you to new heights of pleasure. âClose your eyes and let loose.â
You obeyed as their pace quickened, drawing a chorus of moans from your lips, leaving you breathless. The overwhelming sensation, mixed with the heat of the water, only heightened your arousal. The boys were just as breathless, groaning with each hard thrust. Mingi's lips parted in a string of "oh my gods" as he pushed deeper inside you. You could feel him on the edge, just like your own release was building to its peak.
Suddenly, Yunho slowed his thrusts, savoring the moment as he realized both you and Mingi were hovering on the edge. âWhatâs the rush, baby?â he teased, his voice low and sultry. âWe want to feel every single second .â
Mingi chuckled, pressing his chest against your back, his hands gripping your hips firmly. âLetâs take our timeâ he whispered hotly against your ear. âWe want to enjoy you completely.â
The change in pace drove you wild, and you squirmed between them, desperate for more. âPlease⊠donât stopâ you gasped, the need overwhelming you.
âSuch a needy little thingâ Yunho murmured with a wicked grin. âJust the way we like it.â With that, he picked up the pace again, thrusting into you harder, while Mingi added more pressure from behind, teasing and heightening the electric pleasure surging through you.
The urgency in your core built up rapidly. âIâm so closeâ you moaned, eyes fluttering shut as everything else faded away, only the two of them and the pleasure they gave you remained.
âI canât hold on much longer, gonna cum.â you gasped, your body trembling between them. An urged need to release and break apart washed over you pushing you more and more and over the edge.
Yunho and Mingi exchanged knowing glances, their thrusts becoming more conssitent and delicious. âCum for us, doll.â Mingi urged, his sultry voice in your ear. âWeâre right there with you.â
With a final deep thrust from Yunho and Mingi's teasing dicks, pleasure crashed over you like a huge wave. A loud moan escaped your lips as your release hit, sending shock waves through your entire body. âHoly fuckâ
Feeling you clench around him, Yunho groaned, his grip tightening. Mingi pressed against you from behind, both men overwhelmed by your powerful release had their cocks twitching for a release.
âDamn, you feel incredibleâ Yunho breathed, thrusting erratically. âWeâre right behind you, princess.â
With one last powerful thrust, Yunho filled you, followed by Mingi, their warmth mingling as waves of pleasure crashed over you once more.
As they pulled out, you leaned back against Yunho, feeling blissfully satisfied. âBest shower everâ you murmured, wrapped in the warmth of their embrace
"I canât hold on much longer,pleaseâŠaa.aa, gonna cumâ you gasped, your body trembling between them. The overwhelming need to release washed over you, pushing you closer and closer to the edge.
Yunho and Mingi exchanged knowing glances, their thrusts becoming more consistent and deliberate. âCum for us, dollâ Mingi urged, his sultry voice in your ear. âWeâre right there with you.â
With a final deep thrust from Yunho and Mingi's teasing strokes, pleasure crashed over you like a tidal wave. A loud moan escaped your lips as your release hit, sending shockwaves through your entire body. âHoly fuckâŠâ
Feeling you clench around him, Yunho groaned, his grip tightening. Mingi pressed against you from behind, both men overwhelmed by your powerful release, their cocks twitching as they chased their own.
âDamn, you feel incredibleâ Yunho breathed, thrusting erratically. âWeâre right behind you, princess.â
With one last powerful thrust, Yunho spilled into you, followed by Mingi, their warmth mingling as waves of pleasure crashed over you again.
As they pulled out, you leaned back against Yunho, feeling blissfully satisfied. âBest shower ever,â you murmured, wrapped in the warmth of their embrace.
Truly that was the best shower and the best sex ever.
Yunho and Mingi stepped out of the shower, with Yunho carrying you. They took care of you, drying your hair and helping you get dressed before cleaning themselves up. Being taken care of like this was something you hadnât experienced in a while, and it felt nice, you heart did a happy dance as you smiled at them, soaking their warm energy in.
Once dressed, you and Yunho settled on the living room couch, flipping through random channels on TV. Mingi soon joined, bringing refreshments, and settled on your left. The three of you cuddled on the couch, with you sandwiched between their warm, muscular bodies.
âWhat about my dad...?â you trailed off, the thought of explaining this to him crossing your mind as he was set to return from his business trip.
âLetâs worry about that later, yeah princess?â Yunho suggested, stealing a quick peck from your lips.
âLetâs just enjoy being together now, dollâ Mingi added, pressing a soft kiss to your shoulder.
Yeah that for the future you to worry. Weâll take care of daddy, lets enjoy the present for now.
For Now, Damsel no longer in stress.
~ ~ ChĂ©rie â signinâ off
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But daddy I love him - Satoru Gojo [ch.01]
Short series
Summary: If there was a phrase that could describe you, it was; good girl. You had been a good girl all your life, following your father's orders and being as modest as possible. You had focused your entire life on being a perfect lady, one who could be a good wife in the future. This is how you had been raised and how you had been instructed. But your whole world was shaken when one warm summer morning, your eyes met the bold, defiant and sharp gaze of a young man with white hair.
Tags of the series: +18, female!reader, set in 1700s-1800s, loss of virginity, misogyny language and thinking, oral sex, fingering, innocent oc, unsafe sex, vaginal sex, manipulative, eating disorders, abusive parents, no use of y/n.
ch.01 | ch.02 | ch.03 | ch.04 | ch.05 | epilogue
Jujutsu Kaisen materialist
Note: this is going to be a short series, of around two or three chapters, itâs a way to say thank you for the 300 followers. The tags are in general for the series, in this chapter there are only suggestive language and some misogyny comments and actions, according to the time that is set. Oc and Satoru are +20
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You were on the beach, near the house, you had gone for a walk and read a book by the seashore. The morning was warm and your blue dress moved due to the sea breeze that hit you. Placing a lock of your hair behind your ear, you looked at the immense sea before you.
You had rarely left your place of residence and even less had you crossed the sea. But this was a fervent dream that you had longed for since you had started reading stories from different places in the world.
But your parents were strict and you had a weak body to be able to make that journey. So the only thing left was to long for something that would not happen and immerse yourself in your beloved books.
You turned the page of the book you had brought with you and continued reading. It was a romantic book, one of those that made butterflies flutter in your stomach with just words written on a piece of paper. You had always wondered if it really happened, if when you were in love with someone those butterflies appeared and fluttered.
You had never fallen in love, but you had always longed for it. You knew that when the time came, you would be married to someone, but the mere idea of ââmarrying someone, with whom you could never feel those butterflies or any kind of affection, terrified you.
You were terrified of the idea of ââending up like your parents and raising your children in a loveless home, like you had.
âItâs the book good, angel?â A deep voice spoke in front of you.
Resting the book against your chest, you looked up, meeting a face you didn't know. His gaze was sharp and even a little arrogant. You stayed watching him, while his gaze continued to rest on you and you felt like he was somehow undressing you with his eyes. You held the book tighter to your chest and drew your legs up a little.
âOh donât be afraid princess. I donât bite, unless you want me to.â You felt your face heat up at his words.
âWho are you?â You murmured.
âSatoru.â He said, giving a bite to the apple on his hand. âWhat are you reading angel?â He pointed to the book.
You hesitated, unsure if you should keep talking with that unkown man. âI think I should leave.â You said getting up carefully.
The man whose name was Satoru cleared his throat. "Come on angel, don't tell me that my presence scared you."
âI would rather be alone sir.â You whispered. âNow I will take my leave.â You said turning around and moving fast across the beach.
You could still feel his gaze on you, never leaving you, not until you disappeared from his sight. Walking across the dirt road that connected your house to the beach, you looked back to make sure the man wasn't following you. Your breathing was labored and your heart was beating rapidly when you reached the door. Taking another breath through your nostrils, you straightened your back and put on the best of your smiles as you entered the house.
"My lady." One of the household maids approached you. âHer mother wants to see her.â
"Something happened?" You bowed your head.
âNo, miss, I just want to talk to you about the dinner that will be held tonight.â
âOh, yeah okay.â You nodded.
Still clutching the book to your chest, you walked through the house. You were not the wealthiest in the county, but your father had a good fortune and from time to time he held parties, in a desperate attempt to get one of the rich men to notice his daughter and thus marry her.
That night you would once again have to endure the lustful gazes of men three times your age, while you made excuses not to commit to them. But time was fleeting and his excuses were slowly running out.
You knocked on the door and heard your mother telling you to enter.
âMother.â You bowed your head. âI heard you called me.â
âYes.â She said. âTonight as you know there will be a party in our house.â You nodded. âI want you to stay away from one of our guests.â
âStay away? Wouldn't that be rude?â
âNo. That man is no good news.â She stood up and walked to the window. âIt doesnât matter how wealthy he is, he is no good for our family.â Then she turned around and walked towards you. âSo please my beautiful daughter, donât you dare approach that man.â A shiver ran through your body when you saw your mother's threatening gaze and you nodded with fear.
âMay I ask, whatâs his name mother?â You said, still frightened.
âIt's Duke Satoru Gojo. I heard he is good looking but besides that, there is nothing good about him.â
Satoru
That was the name of that man, wasnât it?
âIs something wrong?â Your mother asked.
âNo, nothing is wrong mother.â You responded feeling the nervousness in your words. âI retire to my room to start getting ready for the party.â Your mother nodded and you left the room.
You walked back to your room, thinking about the man once again. Just thinking about him sent a shiver down your spine. Mother had asked you not to approach him, but you had the feeling that he would be the one to approach you. Remembering your meeting on the beach, you wouldn't have thought he was a lord or anything like that. To tell the truth, you thought that he was one of the villagers in town who wanted to bother you, for the way he was dressed up.
He was wearing a white shirt, with the top buttons unbuttoned and the sleeves rolled up. With just one glance you could see that he was well toned. A subtle blush appeared on your face as you realized what you were thinking about. You shook your head to get rid of those improper thoughts.
âMy lady?â A knock on your door brought you back.
âRose!â You smiled at your maid.
âIâm here to start your preparations for tonightâs party.â She smiled with a small nod.
âThatâs perfect. Letâs begin.â
And before you realized it, you were already putting on the final touches of your makeup and the sun had already set on the horizon of the sea. Rose said goodbye to you when you headed towards the door and with a firm step you headed to the entrance where the guests were waiting and where that man would surely also be.
Going down the stairs, you stood next to your parents, to welcome the guests arriving at the party. The faces of people already familiar and new, passed by one by one. Feeling a relief in your chest when you saw that that man did not appear, you entered the party. There were hardly any people your age or people with whom you could start a conversation that you liked.
âMy lady?â You turned to see the face of the man who had called you.
He was a marquis from near the capital, he was approximately 40 years old, you heard that his wife died and now he was looking for a young girl to remarry and thus give him a male heir.
Taking a step back you greeted him. "Sir." You put on the best of your smiles.
âYou look absolutely beautiful, my lady.â He flattered you, bringing the glass of wine to his mouth, his face was dyed a soft red so, it was more than evident, that this was not his first glass of wine. âIt's a shame no one has courted you yet.â He said taking a step forward, you took one step back.
âThe right man hasnât appeared yet, sir.â You wanted to escape that conversation as soon as possible.
âMy lady, how about I invite you to my country side house and let me court you properly?â He raised his hand so you could place yours on top of it.
Your mouth went dry and your hands started to shake. âIâŠâ You wanted to say no, but that would be nonsense and disrespectful.
âI think the lady is not very interested in an insect like you.â A deep voice spoke behind you.
A chill ran down your spine when you heard that voice. It was him.
You raised your face to see him standing behind you, with a frivolous smile looking at the marquis you were conversing with.
âDuke Satoru Gojo, excuse me. How are you? I didnât expect to see him at this party.â The marquis who seconds ago possessed tremendous confidence was now shaking like a wet puppy.
âPretty annoyed, because I have to see insects like you believing themselves to be something they're not.â He scratched his head and took a step forward, standing at your height. âNow disappear from my sight.â You trembled as you heard his tone and saw his murderous look.
Who was that man? Your gaze was fixed on him and you did not see the marquis flee the place in terror. When you realized you were both alone and he looked at you with those same hungry eyes with which he had looked at you that morning on the beach.
âAngel, we met each other once again.â He bowed a little. âYou look even more beautiful than this morning.â He tangled one of your locks in his finger.
âDuke.â Taking a step back from him, you bowed to him. âItâs a pleasure to meet you.â You said without looking at his eyes.
Mother told you to stay away from him, so you needed to escape from there as soon as possible.
âOh Iâm a bit disappointed that you wonât look at me.â You heard him chuckling. âYou are scared of me little one?â
âSorry duke, but I must take my leave.â Trying to move away from him, he held your wrist pressing you against his torso.
âCareful angel.â He whispered into your ear, causing your legs to tremble at his warm breath. âYou almost dumped into the waiter.â
And then you noticed, the waiter that was there holding the tray with more drinks. "Iâm so sorry." You told the waiter.
The waiter shook his head and smiled at you, leaving your sight. "You have to be more careful angel, you could have hurt yourself." He whispered again against your ear.
âThank youâŠâ You whispered, releasing you from his grip and separating you from his muscular body.
Being close to him, his warmth and touch had caused a strange feeling in you.
âAngel, are you avoiding me?â His face came dangerously close to yours and your cheeks turned a subtle crimson red.
âNo duke, that would be rude.â You looked down to your feet.
âSo angel, how about you join me for a walk on this warm summer night.â He extended his hand towards you.
Your heart was beating strongly in your chest, doubting what you should do. Your mind wandered to the conversation with your mother, where she implored you to stay away from that man. But your heart wanted to grab that hand of his and take you for a walk that night. With your hand trembling you grabbed the duke's hand and together you left the house.
The cold of the night hit your body, causing you to shrink subtly, trying not to let your body heat escape. Instinctively you squeezed your hand, causing you to squeeze the duke's hand subtly. Realizing this, you moved your hand away and placed it against your chest, feeling your heart pounding in your chest.
The duke looked you up and down and took off his jacket, slinging it over your shoulders. You don't know if it was because of the jacket or because of the gesture, but you felt an intense heat settle on your face.
âThank you duke.â You murmured holding into his jacket.
The duke just nodded and continued walking. Your gaze focused on his back and your mother's words echoed in your head again. You still had time to return to the party and ignore that you had been with that man there, but as before your heart decided for you and you walked following his step.
âSo angel.â He spoke, taking what it looked like a cigarette out of his pocket. âWas the book you were reading good?â
âYeah⊠it was.â His voice was making you feel things.
âWhat was it about?â He put the cigarette on his mouth and smiled at you while lighting up.
âAboutâŠâ Your words didnât want to come out of your mouth. âAbout a girl and boy that fell in love and escaped.â
âOh⊠interesting.â He smiled. âYou still donât seem to trust me very much angel. Did someone talk bad about me?â
âNo duke, not at all.â You hated to lie but you couldnât expose your mother or else things could get complicated for your family.
âI donât like when beautiful girls lie.â You felt his hand under your chin. âTell me angel. What did they say about me?â
You trembled under his touch. âThat⊠that you are no good news.â
With a crooked smile he spat the cigarette smoke away from you. âAnd thatâs what you think, princess?â He asked you, narrowing his gaze.
âI havenât had the opportunity to meet the duke, so I can not give an opinion.â
With a smile and with the cigarette between his teeth, he removed his hand from under your chin and walked to a stone seat overlooking the sea and sat there. You looked at his figure, muscular and large, feeling that heat in you again.
âAngel, donât be shy and sit here with me.â He extended his hand and gestured for you to come closer. âI would like to know more about the beautiful lady of this house.â
You sat down next to him, placing your hands thighly on your knees, still nervous due to his presence.
âAsk me whatever you want, angel. I already told you.â He got near you. âI wonât bite you, unless you ask me to.â
Taking a deep breath, you spoke. âWhy do you have a bad reputation?â
âWellâŠâ He chuckled. âPeople think I killed my brother, to take the title and the power.â
âBut those surely are just rumors right?â Your heart was beating faster and faster with each passing second.
âMaybe I did kill him, angel.â You began to feel dizzy, was he for real? âDonât look at me like that angel, I didnât kill him. My brother was clumsy and an idiot, he died due to his clumsiness but I loved him, at the end of the day he was my brother.â He threw the cigarette away. âBut everyone started to believe that lie and to say I manipulated him because the title, instead of going to his son, it was leave it to me.â He shrugged. âDo you still think Iâm bad angel?â
You shook your head. âIâm sorry you have to face those rumors.â
âHow sweet of you angel.â He smiled. âThat man⊠he wanted to marry you, right?â
You nodded. âYeahâŠâ
âSomeone your age would be expected to be already married.â He pointed out.
âYeah but I have a weak body, so my parents are trying to push it away.â You explained.
âAre they?â You looked at him confused. âOr are you?â
âWhat do you mean? I would neverâŠâ
âPrincess it seems to me that you donât want to marry any of those old insects and that you use the bland excuse of having a poor body to get away with it.â He cockily smiled. âIâm wrong?â
âThatâs a gross lie, I would never lie about my body being weak.â You blurted out, embarrassed by his words.
He chuckled softly. âOkay angel, I will try to believe in your words.â He turned to face you. âBut honestly, you would need a better match than those suitors your parents want to assign you. A princess like you doesn't deserve to be with those insects.â
You looked down. âI donât have a say on what my father chooses for me. Once the moment comes, I will marry the person he chooses for me.â
âAnd thatâs what you want, angel?â You felt his breath on your ear. âOr you want one of those love stories?â
You took a deep breath. âThose stories never come true, Iâm destined to marry someone I wonât love, but you know.â You smiled looking at him. âMaybe with time love can happen.â
âOr maybe it never happens and you are unhappy for the rest of your life.â He said with those eyes all over you.
âWhy are you telling me these things duke? Isn't it a bit rude to be talking like that to a lady?â You said.
âIs it?â He tilted. âI donât know angel.â He stood up and you followed him with your gaze. âSo you say you will marry anyone your father chooses. Interesting.â He smirked and watching that smirk, it made your body tremble.
You watched as he took a pocket watch out of his pocket and how he looked at it. âDukeâŠâ You called him. âWhy did you come to the party?â It was a question you have been wanting to ask since your mother informed you he was coming. âI donât want to sound rude or anything, but the travel from your residence to here is quite long.â
He put the watch back in his pocket and smiled at you. âJust wanted to see with my own eyes how beautiful the lady of the house was or if the rumors were all fake.â He held your hand and brought it to his lips. âAnd the rumors were not wrong.â He said planting a kiss on your knuckles.
Your legs shook as the duke sank his teeth into the fabric of your gloves and gently began to remove it. But the real weakness came when he ran his tongue between your fingers while his piercing eyes were fixed on you.
An immense heat was established in the lower area of ââyour abdomen and as much as you wanted to remove your hand from its touch, the pleasant sensation it was causing in you, prevented it.
âI will keep this glove with me, angel.â He kissed the glove and put it in his pocket. âWe will see each other again soon, angel.â
And you watched him walk away, disappearing in the darkness of the night. You stayed on the bench for a few minutes, thinking about what just happened and feeling a new sensation on your body that you could not quite understand.
Standing back up you walked back to the house, getting welcomed by the noise of the people speaking, singing and dancing.
âWhere were you?â Your mother appeared. âAnd whose jacket is that?â She raised your voice.
âI was outside and aâŠâ
âOutside on your own?â She held your arm.
âMother, youâre hurting meâŠâ You whispered.
âDonât tell me you were being a slut in our garden?â She asked you.
âWhat? Mother no, I was just taking fresh air.â You felt how your eyes got wet. âPlease mother.â
âAgh.â She let your arm go. âCome with me, your father is going to introduce you to someone.â She turned around and walked.
You followed her in silence and with your head low, still feeling scared for your motherâs tone and angry look on her face. When you looked back up, you saw your father talking with a man, an unknown man for you. He looked the same age as your parents and was laughing with your father while smoking and drinking.
âOh!â Your father said. âLook Marquis Harrison, this is my one and only daughter.â
âItâs a pleasure to meet you sir.â You bowed your head.
âYou have a really beautiful daughter.â The man spoke looking at your father.
âYeah.â Your father laughed. âAnd you know Marquis Harrison, she is still unmarried and in the perfect age to to conceive.â
You felt your pulse accelerate and your breathing shorten, while you listened to your father speak. You knew where that conversation was going and you didn't want it to get to that point, you didn't want to marry that man.
You felt like the corset was tightening you more and more and how it was difficult for you to breathe with each passing moment.
Duke Satoru had been right, you had been lying about having a weak body and you had been paying gold coins to your personal doctor to corroborate it. But that excuse would soon be exhausted.
âOh itâs that right my lady?â The man spoke to you.
You noticed the vein in your neck throbbing strongly, you felt like you would faint at any moment.
âAnswer to Marquis Smith.â Your mother, angrily whispered to you.
âIâŠâ
âAngel.â That deep voice again. âI totally forgot about my jacket.â He approached you causing all eyes to fall on him and then on you when he was in front of you.
Your cheeks turned red as you saw his face again, as if something about him had an instant effect on you.
"What does this mean?" Your mother raises her voice.
âOh ma'am, I'm afraid I didn't get a chance to properly introduce myself to the hosts of the party.â He turned to face your parents. âI am Duke Satoru Gojo, thank you for inviting me to this party.â He smiled, bowing slightly and placing her hand on her chest.
âAre you the one who gave the jacket to my daughter?â Your mother asked.
âThat's right ma'am, I found her daughter outside getting some air and I lent her my jacket.â He lied.
Your mother took two steps towards you and she grabbed you tightly by the arm, she didn't care that all eyes were on you. âDidn't I tell you to stay away from him, donât tell me you are a slut who spreads her legs out there?â
âMother please.â You felt your eyes sting.
Your father shook his head. âOur daughter is a bit poorly raised, Duke, we are sorry if something uncomfortable could have happened.â You felt like crying at that very moment, you wanted someone to get you out of there. You needed someone to do it.
The duke looked at you and then at your father. "I think the only rude people here are the hosts of this party, who dedicate themselves to humiliating their only daughter in front of all the guests, while trying to marry her to the highest bidder." The Duke's words came out like darts from his mouth and his gaze was so extremely sharp, you would swear he could cut the air.
âHow dare youâŠâ your father blurted out with his face slightly red.
âI want to marry your daughter.â The duke cut your father.
A loud gasp was heard in the room and you looked at him stunned.
âStay away from her.â Your mother blurted, still holding your arm thighly.
He completely ignored your mother. âI will be staying in the house, so your daughter and I can meet better.â He sharply looked at your dad. âI hope this is not an impediment or I will have to contact his majesty the King.â He threatened.
"Alright." Your father stammered, looking at the ground. The duke turned and removed your mother's grip on your arm.
He lifted your chin with his hand and smiled. âNow we can see each other more, angel.â
You swallowed dryly, looking into his eyes and feeling that flame light up inside you once again.
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playing for keeps â chapter three
alexia putellas x barçakeeper!childhoodfriend!reader
warnings: coarse language, light angst
(a/n in the tags)Â [chapters: one, two, three]
word count: 8.8k
[1]
Just before you turned thirteen your body, finally, began to change.Â
While Alexiaâd gone ahead of you a year priorâwith her limbs now lanky and sinewy, and her muscles stretched close to the newly grown bonesâyou were left behind. Sheâd grown taller, yes; not by much but the two-inch difference (two and a half, as Alexia was always inclined to remind you) felt like a foot to you. So the change was welcome when it finally started, and more importantly, it happened to coincide with something that completely altered the trajectory of your life.
During the spring after your birthday, your father got a promotion at work. To celebrate this milestone, he took you and your mother for a trip around Europe. And as a gift for your hard work and for getting into La Masia with Alexia just a few months before, your parents surprised you with tickets to at least one game in the country, or area, you were visiting.Â
In Gelsenkirchen, Germany, you found your destiny.Â
Or at least that was how you liked to look at it.Â
Before seeing the match between Schalke 04 against Stuttgart, the idea of keeping never entered your mind; youâd played forward your whole life, and you thought that would be the position youâd play in professionally. But as you saw Manuel Neuer controlling the outcome of the game with his hands, a spark ignited within youâthis overwhelming surgeâand right there and then, you were enlightened to the art of keeping. That spark returned home with you and, playing into the hands of fate, your journey to keeping began.
[2]
The crescendo of the cicadasâ song was this close to lulling you to sleep. It didnât help that Alexiaâd curled herself up beside you in your bed, her head on your lap while her math notebook laid forgotten at the foot of the bed, and her eyes already closed. It was a rare occurrence for the both of you and even more so for Alexia to âslack offââif you were to put it as Alexia hadâbut this afternoon was a particularly hot one. Summer had practically bled into spring, and even someone like Alexia clearly wasnât immune to its soporific effect.Â
The numbers from the homework you were working on began to blur when you heard a knock downstairs. Out of curiosity or just surprise, you snapped awake. And so did Alexia, apparently.
âYou expecting someone?â Alexia yawned, stretching out her long limbs before settling over to her other side. The movement made a lock of hair fall to her cheek which you brushed away with the back of your finger.
âNo, itâs probably MamĂĄâs.â You hummed in answer, relaxing down on your pillow to finally chase that nap that continued to tempt you.
But then came your motherâs voice, âGuille! Hello, my boy! How are you?â
Alexia let out a startled yelp when you jumped out of the bed, now fully awake, tripping on the rug as you rushed into the closet.Â
âWhat the hell? What are you doing?!â Alexia hissed with annoyance but you were too busy trying to get changed to address it.Â
You snatched the closest pair of shorts and jersey shirt, and began to shed the ones you had on before you slipped the fresh ones on in quick succession.Â
As you did, you began to explain, âI completely forgot! I was supposed to meet up with Guille today!â
When your head popped out of your shirt, you found a deep crease between Alexiaâs brows. She was sitting in the middle of your bed, cross-legged, looking very much like a disgruntled cat woken from a nap with the way her hair stuck out in odd places.Â
She looked adorable.Â
You bit your tongue before you could say it.
Crossing her arms, Alexia retorted, âWhy? Itâs Saturday.âÂ
The tone she used made it seem that today being a Saturday was a valid enough reason for you to not go.Â
âAnd it is because itâs Saturdayâand no training, Alexiaâthat I can go with him.âÂ
At that, her frown only seemed to deepen. You had half a mind to tease her but you knew thatâd probably just piss her off even more, although if you were being honest, you didnât understand just why this seemed to bother Alexia so much. So instead of teasing, you tried a placating tone, âYou could come with if you want?â
Alexia opened her mouth, âIââ
Your motherâs shout cut through the air.Â
âHoney? Guille is here for you!âÂ
You sent Alexia one last apologetic glance.Â
âIâm really sorry! Please stay for dinner! Iâll be quick!âÂ
And with a quick hug goodbye, you rushed out of your room and practically flew down the stairs. At the bottom, you found Guille leaning against the bannister, hands in his short pockets, with a small rucksack on his back who, upon seeing you, gave you a bright smile.
âHey! You lookââ He began but then suddenly, his eyes darkened and the quirk of his lips turned upside down, his tone flattening, âOh. Youâre here.â
In the same second you noticed Alexia beside you, Alexiaâd slung an arm over your shoulders.
âLovely to see you as always, Guille. And I could say the same about you.â Alexia deadpanned, flashing Guille a smile full of teeth, her eyes void of any warmth as she stared at him down her nose. Then she turned to you, her face lighting up as she asked with a little too much excitement, âSo, are we going or not?â
âWait, sheâs coming with us?â Guille blurted out, but before you could even answer, Alexia left your side and ran down the steps.Â
âOf course, Guille! Come on, keep up!â Alexia exclaimed on her way out of the door, tapping Guilleâs stomach as she didânot without force apparently with the way Guille expelled air out harshly.Â
When you got to him, you placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.Â
âAre you okay?â
He let out a strained, âYes.â
You gave Guille an apologetic look, grabbing your ball bag.Â
âIâm really sorry for the last minute change. Iâll make it up to you.â
Still clutching his stomach, he said, âDonât worry about it.â
The three of you got to the field near your placeâwhich you were glad to find emptyâwithout any more incidents. You were faced with another problem as it was only after youâd begun warming up that you realized that in your haste to leave, you forgot to bring water with you. When you told Alexia, she offered to go to the nearest corner store to buy some.
You stretched as you waited for Alexiaâs return when Guille suddenly said behind you.
âHere.â
Turning, you found him holding a paper parcel bag. You considered his outstretched hand with curiosity before you met his eyes, taking the bag from him slowly. âWhatâs this?â
âJust a little something to get you started,â he answered, scratching the back of his head. âYou said you wanted to keep, so I thought youâd need them.â
Peering into the bag, you gasped at what you found inside.Â
A new pair of keeper gloves.
âGuille, you didnât have to!â
He shrugged, smiling, âYeah, but I wanted to anyway.â
âThank you! Come here, you big baby!â You laughed, throwing your arms around him. Unlike Alexia, Guille was only taller than you by mere centimeters so it was relatively easy to ruffle his hair as you pulled away.Â
âMess up my hair again and I wonât teach you anything,â He threatened with a faux glare as he swept his fingers through his curling locks in an attempt to tame them.Â
You rolled your eyes, grinning at him. âOkay, Antonio Banderas. So, what are the basics?â
He imitated you, rolling his eyes before he shook his head slightly, his smile never leaving his lips. Then he pointed to a spot by the goal line. âPut your gloves on and stand right there.â
You did, noting the way your new gloves fit perfectly over your hands and fingers. It felt differentâstuffyâand you could already feel your palms beginning to sweat from the trapped heat. When you stood where Guille pointed, he walked around you all the while he instructed you to correct your posture: he told you keep your feet shoulder-width apart, to bend your legs slightly so that your chest was just past your knees, and to hold your palms facing out.Â
âThe main thing to worry about starting out is your stance. It will take time to get the balance right but once you get it down, youâre set.â
âIs this alright?âÂ
Guille took a step back and he gripped his chin as he hummed. After a moment of scrutiny, he nudged you back suddenly. It wasnât quite forceful but it made you tumble down on your rear all the same.Â
You smiled at him sheepishly, getting up. âI guess thatâs a no?â
âYep. It looks like you keep your weight on your heels too much.â He crouched down at your feet, drawing a square over the front half of your foot. âKeep your weight spread out around here and you shouldââ
Guille scrambled back suddenly, yelping as a football went flying past where he was just a second ago and into the net. Turning to the direction where the ball came from with your mouth agape, you found Alexia there with water bottles clasped to her chest, an eyebrow raised, while one corner of her mouth was set in a bemused droop, another ball rolling beneath her left foot.
âWhat the hell was that for, asshole?!â Guille shouted as he stormed his way over to Alexia. He was in front of her now, looking up at her with flame in his eyes but Alexia remained unfazed. She put the water bottles down before she settled her hands on her hips, cocking her head slightly to the side.Â
âIâm sorry, Guille. I didnât see you.â Alexia said flatly, âAnd arenât you supposed to be playing keeper?â
âReally. You didnât see me? Besidesââ
âAle, I asked Guille to teach me.â You huffed, running in between them and separating them with your arms before things got out of handâagain.Â
This wasnât the first time this⊠row between them happened. In fact, you noticed itâs been occurring more frequently lately. For all their similaritiesâthe main one being their short tempersâthe two never got on well together for reasons you never really understood and the only thread that tied them together was you.Â
They werenât always like this though; they were nice with each other the first time theyâd met. Guille transferred to your school not long after youâd joined Sabadell, and if you and Alexia were inseparable there, it was always you and Guille at school. And when an opportunity arose for your two favorite persons to meet, you took it. It went well; they were friendly with each other. You only noticed things had changed after you and Guilleâs school team started playing against Alexiaâs so you were never sure when this all started, and by that point, the friction between them was too great to smoothen out which both saddened and disappointed you.
And it wasnât like you never tried to get to the bottom of it. Youâd asked them what happened, they both gave similar answers. By that, you meant completely avoiding answering.Â
Guilleâd assured you, âI donât know what youâre talking about, weâre friends? Donât worry.âÂ
While Alexiaâd said with a confused frown, âWhat do you mean? Nothing happened.âÂ
And when you pestered her, asked her if the reason was because she liked Guille as a joke, she looked at you without reply, and when next practice came, she made a nuisance of herself enough to let you know the answer to your question and more.Â
And here you were again, with them acting like thisâalways at each otherâs throats.Â
At your answer, Alexia looked at you, confused. âWhy would you ask him to teach you how to keep?â
Your gaze lanced away as you bit your lip.
Maybe you shouldâve told her after allâŠÂ
Mustering up the courage to meet her eye again, you replied, low and serious. âI want to start playing keeper, Alexia.âÂ
Alexia blinked, and then she crossed her arms before she eyed Guille who was scowling at her in return. She looked at you again.Â
âHave you told Alejandro about this?â
âYes.âÂ
âOh.â A pause. âWhat did he say?â
âIâll still start as a forward. But he said heâll put in some extra technical sessions for me starting next week which was why I asked Guille to help me get started. Alejandro said if I get good enough, heâll see if I can start as keeper for the team.â
An uncomfortable silence settled over you three.Â
You caught Guilleâs eyes darting from you to Alexia and back again from the corner of your eyes but you remained focused on Alexiaâs face. At a glance, Alexia might seem calmâimpassive with the way all of her features remained flat. But her eyelids drooped just so they hid more than half of her pupils, how her lower lip was slightly concealed beneath the upper one; she was pissed and even worse, she was hurt. And knowing that youâd hurt her was enough to compel you to reach out and touch her arm, apologetic.
Alexia regarded you for a moment longer. Another word of apology was on the tip of your tongue when she finally sighed, the corner of her lips tilting up to a half-smile as she spoke softly. âOkay. How can I help?â
You couldnât help yourself. You threw your arms around her and it felt like a weight was lifted from your chest upon hearing the chuckle she let out.
The next couple of hours were spent with the three of you working together: Guille by the goal who continuously gave you notes and instructions, while Alexiaâupon Guilleâs signalâwould send some shots to the net so you could try and stop them. The first⊠fifty or so shots went right past youâgoing easy was never exactly Alexiaâs strong suitâbut the more you focused on getting the timing right and reading the language of Alexiaâs body to anticipate the direction of the ball, you ended the session with a few decent saves.Â
It was a rough start but you were satisfied with it.
Youâd left to use the restroom but upon coming back, the two of them were bickering once more.
Oh, no. What was it now?
You heard more of their words the closer you got, but you didnât have to move too close with the way they were shouting.
âCome on, dude! Please, donât tell me youâre still pissed off about that? It was a fair match!â
âHow was that fair, Alexia? The two of you playing together is never fair! Youâre both in La Masia for crying out loud! And even more importantly, she was supposed to be on my team! That was the original plan, but you went ahead and took her away!â
âWhat made you think I took her away?â Alexia crossed her arms, scoffing. âLetâs face it. She likes to play with me more than you.â
âYou donât know that!â
That was the moment Alexia spotted you and before you could even get a word in, she said, âWhy donât we just ask her who sheâd rather play with?â
Two sets of intense eyes looked your way and without meaning to, you gulped, taking a step back.
âSo? Who would you rather play with: me or her?â Guille asked, eyes wide and pleading.Â
Suddenly feeling like you were backed into a corner, you stammered in your panic, âUmm, Iââ
[3]
Alexia stayed over for dinner that night. That was normal; what was unusual was she left you alone to do the dishes. You had a feeling where she might be, especially since sheâd been mostly quiet throughout the whole evening.
After you put away the last dish in the cupboard, and when your arms were finally free from suds, you took a peek into the living room. She wasnât thereâa confirmation of her whereabouts.
Putting on your flip flops, you headed out of the back door.Â
The light from the living room casted a faint glow that dissipated the darkness around the garden when you opened the door that led out to it, aiding you just enough to see Alexia on the swing, sitting still with her back hunched forward. Once you were just a few paces behind her, you saw the contours of her headset, but even with them on, there was no way she didnât know you were thereâthe fact that your shadow stretched to reach her before you did was a dead give away. Yet still, she made no move to acknowledge your presence.
Okay. That was fair.
âAle,â you said softly.Â
She gave you a glance before she went back to looking down at her clasped hands.Â
âAlexia, come on.âÂ
Still no response. You fiddled with your thumbs as the moment dragged on.Â
You sighed, sitting down on your heels next to her.
âI shouldâve told you about the keeper thing,â you muttered. âI wanted to get a feel for it first, to get a bit better at it before I told you. But I didnât consider how that would make you feel⊠and Iâm sorry. Iâm sorry for making you feel that I didnât want or need you by my side, Alexia. I wanted you to think I was good enough for this.âÂ
Finally, Alexia turned to you, taking her headset off, the movement barely above a whisper. And softly, she spoke, âWhat made you think that Iâll think youâre not good enough for anything?â
âI donât know.â You admitted, pulling at the grass in front of you. Your mother would probably see the hole youâd made on the lawn and berate you for it in the morning but you needed something to keep your hands busy. âI just wanted to go through this without too many expectations. And itâs not like I donât want to keep our dynamic going. I love playing forward with you, Alexia, but I think keeping is my calling, just like midfield is to you.â
âYou donât have to apologize. I completely understand. You didnât want any added pressure. Iâm not going to hold that against you.âÂ
âThank you,â you smiled at her. Then, âSo, tell me why are you sulking?â
âIâm not sulking!â Alexia huffed with indignation. Then she looked away again, working her lower lip between her teeth.
You put a hand on her knee. âAlexia, what is it?â
âIâŠâ Alexia sighed, brushing the bridge of her nose with her thumb. You gave her another moment. She heaved another breath before she began.
âThat thing you said⊠Did you really mean it when you said youâd rather play with him than me?â
Oh. So that was what this was about.
âOf course not. We both know itâs always going to be you, Alexia.â
âThen why did you tell him that?â
âI feel like if I didnât, Iâd lose him as a friend.â
âAnd youâre not worried about losing me?â Alexia cried out, her tone inflected while her eyes reflected her hurt.
You blinked at her.Â
There were momentsâjust like nowâwhere youâd feel a sudden urge to shake Alexia. For all her sharpness and unmatched awareness, she sometimes failed to see even the most obvious of things. Couldnât she see that you loved her and that youâd follow her to the edge of the earth if she asked you to?
At the absurdity of her question, you really couldnât help but laugh. You stood up and shuffled behind her before you threw your arms around Alexiaâs neck, draping yourself over her broad back, which made the swing move forward. The dampness of her hair felt cool against your cheek, the scent of your shampoo that clung to them filled your senses as you chuckled into her ear.Â
âWhy are you laughing? Iâm serious!â
âBecause, Alexia, do you hear yourself? I love you, you idiot!â You giggled again. âI know our friendship isnât that shallow that Iâd lose you over this. Or am I wrong?â
Alexia turned her head and you saw a hint of a smile on her lips. âNo, I suppose not.â
A pleasant silence blanketed you both. And then Alexia hummed.
âBut if there was something that could break us, what do you think it would be?â
You stopped to ponder, twirling a lock of Alexiaâs hair with your finger, noting her hair was nearly dry now. When your mind drew blank, you replied nonchalantly, âHonestly, I have no idea.â
âGood.â Alexia leaned away so she could give you a lopsided smileâan earnest one. âBecause me neither.â
[4]
ââyou okay?â
You blinked and turned to Alexia. âHmm?â
She glanced at you for a moment before she turned back to what she was doing, sleeves rolled up as she scrubbed a plate in the soapy water in the sink.
âI said, are you okay? Is there something wrong? Youâve been out of it since practice.â When a moment of silence lapsed, Alexia added, âAnd donât think I didnât notice you on your swing the past few days, too, because I did.â
You looked out the window and watched how the rain sluiced down the glass pane. In the darkness behind the window, you saw glimpses of soaked, curly locks and heard the hasty confession all over again.
You sighed, blinking the memory away.
âGuille asked me out.â
The sound of glass shattering and metal clanging made you jump, and you watched as a casserole pot twirled like a top on the hard, kitchen floor, while fragments of a broken plate skittered out to different directions.Â
âOh, shit!â Alexia cursed, looking down at the mess, while a voice called out from the living room.Â
âAlexia, is everything alright in there?'' Came Eliâs voice. A few seconds later, Jaumeâs head popped into the kitchen. He glanced at you then his eyes settled on Alexia who was crouched down, looking up guiltily at her father.
âAre you okay, girls?â
âYes, PapĂĄ. I just⊠dropped some stuff.â Alexia said. You crouched down, too, about to pick up a fragment when Jaume spoke.
âDonât pick that up, love, you might cut yourself. Iâll do it.âÂ
Jaume shooed the two of you to a corner he deemed safe and the both of you watched as he picked up the pieces, throwing them in the bin by the back door. Afterwards, he gave Alexia a kiss on her temple, and you a hug and a ruffle to your hair, as he retired for the evening, leaving the two of you again in your own company. Alexia went back to the sink to finish up whatever was left, and you returned to your place on the counter beside her.Â
The silence that intruded was cut short by Alexia when she cleared her throat, âSo⊠what did you say?âÂ
âI havenât said anything, yet,â you sighed again, looking back out the window, the questions coming back full force. In the eight years youâd known Guille, how long had he harbored those feelings for you? When did it happen? What did you do to make him feel that way?
âDo you like him?â Alexiaâs question brought you back to the present.
âI donât know.â
âDo you want him?â
âIsnât that the same thing?â You laughed slightly, glancing back at Alexia who shrugged her shoulders in answer.
âNo, I donât think so. Desire is a drive, like it makes you want to act. Attraction is just⊠I donât know how to explain it, but itâs a weaker feeling. And they complement each other but theyâre not the same.â
âAnd you know this how exactly?â You asked her teasingly, a brow raised.
Alexia averted her eyes, and shrugged your question off with a laugh.
In the moment of silence that followed, you traced Alexiaâs profile, and your gaze ended at the elegant curve of the bow of her lips. She looked so pretty casted in the candescent glow of the kitchen light that it made your chest ache just by looking at her. You dropped your eyes to your feet as your mind ran faster than before this entire conversation happened.
Clutching your arms tightly across your chest, you muttered, âI donât know what I want.âÂ
[5]
Maybe hoping it would all turn out fine was a bit naive because naturally, Guille didnât take your rejection well. It was your fault really for expecting otherwise but nevertheless, the inevitable discomfort of disappointment settled like lead in your gut.Â
The thing was, you were ready to give Guille the space he needed to accept your boundariesâfriends, or nothing at allâand to heal. But accusing Alexia of making you turn against him? Now, that was something you couldnât let pass.Â
He knew heâd crossed a line, too, with the way he kept avoiding you. At first, the silence didnât bother you; he was hurt, after all. But when the apology never came, you understood that youâd be going through your last year of high school without your closest friend there by your side.
A fortnight passed without any word from him so it surprised you when he showed up at the local meetup that the three of you used to go to. He refused to meet your eyes but he had no problem leveling with the glares Alexia kept giving him. And when you ended up in Alexiaâs team, the only sign of his distaste about it was the way his lips flattened to a line. He looked like he was about to say something, but with a slight shake of his head, he turned around and made his way to his teammates.
With one last look at Guilleâs retreating back, you tuned back in your teamâs conversation.
ââdoesnât need to play keeper. We need her more in the offensive.â Alexia said evenly but when you met her eyes, there was a clear question in them.Â
You gave her a slight nod to let her know you were okay.Â
She nodded back.
âHow will that work? Sheâs the better keeper.â And then Marco added, âNo offense, Julia.âÂ
Julia only shrugged carelessly, a gesture of nonchalance.
âJulia is perfectly fine and besides, with you, Benji, and Carmen, our backline is already strong. The four of you together lessens our chance of conceding.â Alexia paused, looking over her shoulder to the other team before she faced you all again, continuing, âOur priority is the offensive. What good is a strong backline if we canât counterattack? Thatâs why Iâm suggesting she play as forward in the meantime, while Martina and I will play as interiors. Does that make sense?â
A collective nodding occurred.
âSo just to clarify, weâre playing threeâtwoâone?â Benji asked.
Alexia hummed, nodding her head. âMostly. If we find the space and some opportunities, we can easily do threeâoneâtwo.â
âNo pressure on us defenders, right?â Carmen said with a laugh, if not with a hint of nerve.Â
Everyone laughed but at the end of it, Alexia placed a hand on Carmenâs shoulder. âNo pressure because you guys, as I said, are very strong. You got this.â
Carmen smiled at Alexia at that, nodding before she finally moved to her spot. As you and Alexia moved towards the middle of the pitch, Guille was introduced to your line of sight, and a weight pressed in your gut. Disappointment? Perhaps. Or maybe you just actually missed talking and hanging out with him.
Alexiaâs teasing tone pulled away your attention from Guille. âI hope you havenât forgotten how to play forward from all the keeping youâve been doing.â
âFour years of keeping against the five years of playing forward? You need to brush up on your math âcause I think youâve forgotten how to count.â You said dryly, giving her a look so dirty that had her throwing her head back in laughter.
Alexia leveled you with an unimpressed look but her tone remained playful. âYou are such a bitch sometimes. You know that, right?â
âThank you. I do try, you know. Itâs my only defense against your smart-mouth.â
âStop denying you donât like my teasing.â Alexia waggled her brows as she smirked. The way she looked just thenâwith both hands on her hips, the ball beneath her left bootâyour throat dried, heart racing; a sensation thatâd familiarized itself to you during its recurrent visits over the past few weeks. Your mind blanked out, clear as the white of Alexiaâs shirt, and when no words came to you to retort back, you shook your head and just laughed. By the time the game startedâor maybe it was because it startedâthe feeling finally went away, replaced by the adrenaline that shot through your veins the moment Alexia kicked the ball to you.
It proved to be a tight game. The main strategy of the opposition seemed to be to mark and shut you and Alexia down whenever the ball so much turned your way. Alexia was right to trust your backline: any counterattack from the other team was dealt with immediately, and Julia only needed to save a handful of shots that passed through your defense, which she handled well.
At last, your team finally made a breakthrough.
Alexia cut a diagonal through the box, taking two of the defenders as she did, freeing up the space just behind her. You knew what she was doing so you faked a sidestep, turning quickly to lose your marker, before you sprinted in towards the middle of the box. And as you anticipated, Alexia sent the ball back to you with a flick of her heel. Now, if you could justâ
The ground tilted, and there was a moment where the whole world suspended. It lasted for less than a breath before everythingâthe sensations and soundsâcame rushing back in.
You slammed to the ground.Â
Air was squeezed out of your lungs from the impact, while your skull and teeth rattled within the confines of your skin; the taste of green, earth, and copper spread on your tongue. Muffled shouts and grunts filtered past the ringing in your ear but when you cupped a hand over your tender ribs, your resulting groan was all you could hear.
When you finally came to, Alexiaâs face was over you, the doubled image of her finally merging into one. Her wide, hazel eyes looked on you with worry and you felt the warmth of her fingers as they grazed over your face: from your temples down to your cheeks which she took in a gentle cradle.
âAlexia?â You let out another groan as you turned on your back while Alexia helped you.
âTell me where it hurts.â
There was a tension that constricted around the front part of your head, but you could feel the blood pulsing most on the side that collided with the ground. âMy head⊠it hurts.â
âOkay, okay. Just lay down for now, Iâll get youâŠâ
You seemed to have passed out after that because one moment you were lying on the fields, and the next you were beside Alexia on her living room couch. You had a vague recollection of being carried on Alexiaâs back, but the feel of the strong plane of her shoulder against your cheek remained there, warm and comforting.Â
And only then, after Eli gave you ice for your head, did you see the bruise that bloomed deep in the skin of Alexiaâs jaw, just below her left cheek, and the scuffed knuckles of her right hand which were splotched with deep reds and purples.
You took her hand onto your lap, gently running over the ice for your head over her knuckles, while you looked at Eli sitting on the opposite couch with Jaume beside her. Eliâs face burnt redder than youâd ever seen before, while Jaume held onto her hand, circling his thumb over the top of it in an attempt to calm her down.
Alexia remained quiet the whole time, eyes casted down as she took her motherâs reprimanding words. There was the unmistakable shine of shame in them, her guilt, but also an unwavering quality that stood for what she did. At the end of it, Eli and Jaume hugged the both of you before letting you retreat into Alexiaâs room as you waited for your parents to arrive.
Instead of getting on her bed with you, Alexia plopped down on the floor just by the foot of the bed, her back against the wooden bedframe. You regarded the back of her head, her neck curved downwards, and you suddenly felt the need to be close to her so you shuffled off her sheets, and got down beside her.Â
âThank you, but your mother was right, you know? You shouldnât have done it, Alexia.â You mumbled, unfurling her fingers to rest on your knee so you could access more of her knuckles that way. Gently, you placed ice over it, but she still hissed in pain. âYou shouldnât have punched him.â
âWhy not? He deserved it.â Alexia said evenly as she stared at the far corner of the room. âAnd before you start defending him, you didnât see what I sawâwhat the rest of us saw. He didnât even touch the ballâit was all feet. He meant to trip you up.âÂ
Warmth bloomed in your chest at her wordsâat how her action showed just how much you meant to herâbut the discomfort in your gut marred the surge of your affection for her.Â
You took a deep breath, sighed it out, and it tasted like disappointment.Â
âAlexia, I appreciate the gesture, I do. But you canât just hurt people just because they did something to me.âÂ
Alexia puffed her chest and proclaimed, âI can.â
âStop that nonsense, Alexia. I mean it.â Firmer now, you said, and there was a hint of desperation in the intonation of your words. There was an urgent need to make Alexia understand the gravity of what she did, what future implications it held if what Eli and you told her didnât sink in now. âActions like this can jeopardize you, Alexia, and all the things you worked hard for. Do you understand that? What will Alejandro say when he sees you all bruised up next practice? And if I get tackled dirty during a game and I get hurt, would you risk a red card, or suspension, for behaving like this?â
Alexia became silent, the muscle in her jaw working, and when she turned to you with her mouth open and you spotted a defiant crease in her brows, you were quick to stop her.
âIf the answer to that question isnât no, Ale, I donât want to hear it.â The sound of teeth clattering filled the air. She casted her gaze aside again, her cheeks growing a shade deeper. âLook at me, Alexia.â
When she kept her eyes glued to the floor, you dropped the ice pack to take her face in your hands. She flinched from the coldness of your fingers but as you looked into her eyes, rimmed with redness and framed by drooping eyelids, you found exhaustion and the shine of apology. You brushed away a matted lock of hair from the tail end of her brow.
âYou have a good heart, Alexia, but you have to promise me. Please donât do something like this again. Ever.âÂ
Alexia looked into your eyes, deeply as if in contemplation, and then she closed them. A moment later, she sighed, sagging into your touch as if a weight had left her shoulders, before she opened them again.Â
âI promise.âÂ
This time, you believed her.
Smiling softly at her, you whispered, while you placed a light kiss on her cheek. âThank you.â
Settling into the moment, you rested your head against Alexiaâs shoulder, her bruised hand in yours. In the brief silence before your father arrived to pick you up, Alexia spoke in an earnest tone that made your stomach flutter.
âI know you can handle yourself, but that wonât stop me from having your back.â
At her words, your heart felt like it would burst your chest open. And you shouldâve known that this was where youâd end upâwith her, it seemed inevitable anywayâbecause the years of youâd known Alexia flashed quickly before your eyes, and the memory stopped to this person beside you, haloed golden by the warm glow of her bedside lamp, and you were hit with a realization that took what little breath you had away.
You liked Alexia.
And, even more importantly, you want her.
[6]
When you got on the field in a Barça jersey for the first time after your return, you didnât expect to be welcomed like you did. Jona subbed you on after the first half and as you left the tunnel, you heard the crowd chanting your name. The cheers made you feel excited, accepted and seen, but youâd be lying if you said that it didnât pressure you at all.
It was originally intended for you to come on during the last twenty minutes, but seeing as Caro, Patri, and Alexia gave the team a comfortable enough lead, Jona decided to sub you on ahead of schedule. You didnât see much action on your end though, something that you didnât mind at allâa quiet defensive-third was the best kind. The midfielders kept the midline high to sustain pressure in the offensive-third, while the defenders maintained such a tight backline that any loose through-balls sent to the opposing runners were called offside. Of course, there were a handful of times when you needed to get out of your box to ping the ball back into the offensive, but other than that, it was quiet. When the match ended, you were satisfied that Barça had another clean sheet and four goals to add to the season tally.
For the celebration, you moved with your teammates around Estadi Johan Cruyff, and during the procession, you spied your parents, Eli, and Alba who was talking to a raven-haired woman youâd never seen before, clapping and cheering. Warmth filled you upon seeing your family in the stands againâsuch a scene was a luxury when you were in the States because plane tickets werenât exactly cheapâand when you felt the familiar weight of Alexiaâs arm slung over your shoulders, the fabric of her captain armband against the skin of your neck, it felt like a perfect homecoming.
Well, almost.
After youâd showered and changed to your casuals, most of the crowd had gone while some lounged about, one of which was the raven-haired woman Alba was talking to. When Alexia took her hand, you knew instantly, and your heartâdamn your heartâdropped.
âThis is Diana,â Alexia said after the both of them made their way to you. And if it wasnât their intertwined hands that revealed what they were to each other, their gazeâsaccharine when they metâmade it all the more clear the nature of their relationship long before Alexia said the words, âmy girlfriend.â
Diana beamed up at Alexia, her cheeks deepening in color before she regarded you again, sticking her hand out towards you to shake. Preceding the intention, you took her hand and when you did, Diana placed her other hand over yours, clasping your hand between her warm palms.
âItâs so nice to finally meet you. Alexiaâs talked so much about you.âÂ
She did? Your eyes flitted to Alexia but when she shied away from that, you focused back on Dianaâs face. She was stunning: with her high cheekbones carved to elegance, her brows following the perfect line of her temple, her full lips painted with a terracotta shade made deeper by the bronze of her skin, while her loose, straight, raven hair framed her face in such a way that accentuated the sharpness of her jaws. Her eyes were dark but still light enough to see the outline of her pupils, and they had an amiable shape that reflected her warm nature. And for some reason, her light brown eyes looked really familiarâ
âAh! My favorite cousin made it, after all! Although Iâm not sure it was me you went to the game for!â Toriâs playful voice resonated in the near-barren corridor. Dianaâs eyes flicked somewhere behind youâto Tori, you supposed.
âDonât be like that, Tori, of course I came to see you, too!â
âLies!â
Diana shook her head, laughing, as she took Tori in her arms. âCome here, you!â
In response, Tori said something in Portuguese that made Diana laugh. When they broke apart, Diana said, âForget you? Never. Especially when I owe you one.â
âOwe her what?â Alexia asked with her brows creased with curiosity.
Diana took Alexiaâs hand and squeezed it, looking up at Alexia with a gentle expression. âFor giving us the chance to meet.â
âDamn right!â Tori exclaimed, putting both hands on her hips, as she grinned so wide that her dimple showed. Tori mustâve seen your confusion because she leaned in to whisper, âI brought Diana as my plus one for last yearâs Ballon DâOr ceremony.â
You allowed your mouth to drop open before you smiled, letting out a small laugh that made your chest ache. âAh, I see.â
âShe kept complaining about going but now, arenât you grateful I took you away from your precinct, Detective Beauregard?â Tori teased.
âSheâs never going to let us live this down, will she?â Diana muttered dryly to Alexia but it was deliberately loud enough for all of you to hear. In response, Alexia threw her head back laughing.Â
âYouâre a detective? Thatâs amazing!â You said, impressed.
âPlease, Toriâs exaggerating. I work in forensics. DNA analyst is the correct title.â Diana threw Tori a dirty look to which the other woman raised her shoulders in response. âItâs a whole different world compared to yours soâand please donât let this get to your head, ToriâI am grateful I was able to step into it.â
Her eyes, still locked with Alexiaâs, grew all the more soft.
âGet a room, you guys,â Tori said with a mock sound of disgust, and then she continued to mutter, âAnd to think that youâve only been going out for four months⊠I donât even want to think about how it will be like in another three months.â
At that, Alexia raised a brow and then, âWant to do some extra laps tomorrow?â
You and Tori knew Alexia was joking, but Tori being Tori, she spluttered, âThat would be a hard no, Captain. Iâll justâHave a great night!âÂ
With that, she ran away, arms flailing behind her in an exaggerated manner as she hastily made her exit. The sight drew laughter from the three of you.
âWeâre having dinner at MamĂĄâs, want to come over?â Alexia asked.
You shook your head, flashing a look at Diana, before you told Alexia,âNot tonight. Iâm just about to head over to my parentsâ as well.â
âAlright. But Albaâs going to ask about you, you know? I think she wants to hang out with you.â
You laughed. âTell her to text me. Sheâll know what that means.â
âIs that something I should know about?â Alexia smirked.
Flatly, you retorted, âIf itâs something that concerns you, Iâd be telling you by now, right?âÂ
âYou see what I have to deal with?â Alexia told Diana, almost whining.
Inching backwards, you said as dry as you could manage, âIâll take that as my queue to leave, Alexia might start crying. Sheâs a crybaby, you know?âÂ
âHey! Iâm notââ
âNo need to be embarrassed about it, Alexia. Be proud!â
Diana only laughed, saying, âAlright, kids, I think thatâs enough for tonight.â
Nodding, you grinned at Alexia while she mouthed the word âbitchâ to you. In kind, you mouthed âsmartmouthâ back. With a shake of her head and a smile, she gave you one last hug, and after a pleasant goodnight from Diana, the three of you parted ways.
You sent them a look over your shoulder, catching a glimpse of the watch around Alexiaâs left wrist. It glinted as they walked together down the corridor, hand in hand, looking as in love as any new couple would.Â
The sight made you smile, but it felt heavy, and as if the universe wanted to rub salt to the wound, you found Patri outside the locker room when you turned around with a look akin to pity in her eyes.
[7]
The next day, Guille stopped by at your place. Heâd given you notice a few days prior but even still, the moment you saw him behind the door, you squealed like you were ten again from your excitement. After you hugged him tightâhe made a choking noise when you did to tease youâyou held him at armâs length to see what changes the last few months had done to him.
He looked different. Gone were the long, dark curls; now sheared close to his scalp that left only about an inch of length, his hair retained their luscious shine, their color still as dark as night.Â
His scarâthe one just by the tail end of his left browâthat used to see little light from the obstruction of his hair, now stood apparent and without meaning to, the day he got it came back to you: the bruised knuckles, ice-cold fingers, and the warm blush of a lamplight.
 And your chest ached a little.
Leading the conversation to the living room, the two of you ended up ordering takeawaysâmostly for Guilleâs benefit because you werenât about to subject him to your football dietâand as you ate, the two of you caught up.
Guille was close to finishing his dissertationâthe biomechanics of concussion in sport and its neurocognitive implicationsâand he was both excited and fearful about what would come next. He then talked about his girlfriend, Iris, smittenly if you might add. She was actually with him in the city, but his mother insisted she steal Iris for the day for some quality bonding, and you laughed at the repertoire of stories heâd relayed in great detail about his motherâs teasing of their relationship.
âWhen am I going to meet Iris?â You asked with a teasing tone.
He rolled his eyes, âWell, since youâre actually staying in Barcelona this time, we can arrange that.â
A pause, and then, âIs Alexia staying here, too, or are you here by yourself?â
âNo, itâs just me here.â
âOh. I thought the two of youâd be rooming again likeââ Probably seeing your change in demeanor, Guille cleared his throat as he ate his pasta a bit too eagerly. âSpeaking of, how is she?â
The question was casual but you knew it was anything but.
âSheâs doing good, if not a little stressed. Our first Champions League game is just around the corner after all and itâs against Chelsea, so.â You shrugged to complete your thought. You knew what he was asking but youâd rather not talk about that.
His eyes could burn a hole on the side of your head by the way he stared at you in the silence that followed. Then he sighed deeply.
âShe still doesnât know.â
Tension filled every inch of your body and you shrank tight as a coiled spring. You stood up as you felt a sudden urge to get away from him, taking the used plates on the coffee table as a pretense to move from the couch to the sink.
âWhatâs it to you if she doesnât know, Guille?â You asked flatly, rolling up your sleeves after you turned the tap on.
âI just want you to be happy. Is that so wrong?â
âAnd who says Iâm not?â Your tone was flat and when you glanced at him over your shoulder, Guille only gave you a pointed look.
Then he said softly, âShe could make you happier and you know it.â
And there it was again, that look in his eyes that you just couldnât stand. Gritting your teeth, you gripped the edge of the sink and your voice quaked when you spoke. âPlease stop talking like that.â
âLike what?â
âLike,â you tried to find the words but when they evaded you, you huffed and threw your hands up in the air. âWhy are you making it sound like I have a chance?â
âBecause you do! Youâre the one whoâs not giving Alexia a chance by not telling her.â
âGive me one good reason why I should.â
âShe loves you.â
A pause.
âThatâs bullshit.â You shook your head, letting out a small, disbelieving laugh. As much as your heart wanted that to be true, you knew otherwise.
âItâs really fucking not.â Guille countered.
âIf she did, she wouldnât have said what she did.âÂ
âPeople say stupid shit when theyâre drunk.â
âThat can go the other way, too. Alcohol has a way of loosening whatâs been bottled.â
âOh, come on!â Guille scoffed. âYouâve known her since you were eight. Youâve been through thick and thin together! Do you really think she wanted you to leave?â
With the reminder, the memory sprung up on you and you could hear Alexiaâs voice, grating and wrenching your heart raw again when you heard the words from her lips. You whirled around to face him, eyes burning.
âYou werenât there when she told me, Guille!â You breathed out sharply and then you continued, in a lower tone filled with resignation, you whispered as you buried your face in your palms. âYou didnât hear the way she said it. You didnâtââ
You choked on your words.Â
After all this time, it was still too painful.
Darkness filled your vision but the tears escaped nonetheless, branding tracks down your cheeks. You heard the rustling of clothes followed by soft footsteps. Before you knew it, Guilleâs arms wrapped around your shoulders and his familiar, comforting scent made you sink into the embrace.
âYouâre right. I wasnât there. But if you could forgive me for being an asshole and what I did to you, why canât you do the same with her?â
You didnât say anything after that, only clutched at his shirt a little tighter.
Guille kept quiet, too.
The both of you knew just the reason why.
[8]
âDid you see the news?â Jona asked as he kept the door open for you to an empty meeting room, closing it as soon as youâd gone in.Â
Sitting down on one of the cushioned chairs, you said, âI did.â
You saw it this morning and youâd be lying if you said it didnât faze you.Â
Jona nodded, taking the chair across the table from you. He put his clasped hands on the wooden surface and the way he tapped an erratic rhythm with his thumbs didnât help your nerves.
âLyon paid a hefty transfer fee for her and that makes me worried. I donât know what Bompastor is planning to do with her but her transfer to the European league will be a concern for the club.â With a pensive crease appearing between his brows, he continued. âYou probably know why I asked you to come in.â
âYou want me to tell you what I know about her.â
He nodded, leaning forward as if to emphasize his point. âSheâs a lethal forward and youâre the only one in the club whoâs ever played with her. In fact, you two seemed very close during your time in Angel City.â
You crossed your arms, leaning back into your chair, frowning slightly. âI donât know what youâre trying to say.â
Jona blinked at you.
Then slowly, âSurely you mustâve trained closely together considering sheâs a forward and youâre a keeper? Unless training was vastly different in Angel City, then Iâm sorry for the assumption.â
âOâOh, I thought you were implyingââ You shook your head, uncrossing your arms as you waved the rest of your sentence away. âNever mind. But yes, thatâs right.â
Jona gave you another questioning look before speaking again.Â
âSheâs going to be a big problem. And thatâs why Iâm going to change things up a bit. I want to put you in the starting lineup as soon as possibleâput as many games with our current team under your belt. Weâll most likely face Lyon in the Quarters and thatâs unfortunate but what is great is that youâre here: the best counter to what Lyon acquired. If we could eliminate Lyon early, we have a higher chance of winning this yearâs Champions League. The question is, are you ready for it?â
âThatâs what Iâm here for, Jona.â You said seriously, ignoring the pressure that pressed in the periphery of your mind.
âUse me.â
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Luckyâs KinkMas Event!
Join me for the 12 days of KinkMas with Twelve different filthy fics! đ¶
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12/01 ~ Snow Bitten âą.*âïž
summary: you beg chan to play in the snow with you, but who knew it would be that cold? but donât worry, heâll always be there to warm up his favorite little girl.
tags: daddy kink, caretaker roles, praise, comfort, more coming soonâŠ.
12/04 ~ Gift Wrapped~*đ
summary: whatâs the best way to spend time with your lover if you arenât tied up? minho found a new skill to teach his viewers, and you just so happen to be the test dummy.
tags: hard dom!minho, bondage, camming, vibrator, more tags soonâŠ.
12/07 ~ The Real Present . *đ
summary: you notice how stressed out changbin has been recently about christmas planning, and you just want to show him how much you appreciate him and give his beautiful body a break.
tags: body worship, cum eating, hickeys, more tags soonâŠ.
12/09 ~ Galaxy of Lights âą*.đ
summary: your boyfriend, hyunjin, takes you on a romantic date to see the christmas lights. but, while driving, he has so many words to say to you, and so many things he wants to do.
tags: car sex, semi-public, oral fixation, confessions, more tags soonâŠ.
12/11 ~ Goodnight Moon~*đ
summary: your boyfriend, jisung, wants to stay up till midnight to see santa, but he needs something to keep him awake and occupied till midnight.
tags: cum eating, overstimulation, ruined orgasms, more tags soonâŠ.
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summary: a harmful argument with your lover, felix, ends in a flurry of words you both didnât mean. you make up on christmas eve of all days, and your body canât deny how much youâve missed him.
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tags: mean dom! seungmin, puppyplay, slapping, more tags soonâŠ.
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summary: you miss jeongin so much, heâs been away from home for too long on a travel job reporting overseas. when he comes back home unexpectedly, he takes back what heâs been missing.
tags: news reporter!jeongin photo exibitionism, pent up sex, more tags soonâŠ.
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tags: seungchan doms, facefucking, kinda gay, more tags soonâŠ.
12/22 ~ Christmas Cookie*âą.âąđȘ
summary: youâre single, so your two best friends spend the night on christmas eve. jisung brung some films, and felix made some snacks, but both felt like they had alterior motives.
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summary: your dom, lee know, is just helping his maknae lose his virginity, and you happen to be the testing doll he uses.
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BREAK UP - L HEESEUNG
Pairing: heeseung X fem reader
Warnings: crying, angst heartbreak, depression?
Word count: 1,065k
Note: final part to this short series working on the last part of at your service so stay tuned đ«Ą
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Heeseung had stopped counting how many days it had been since you left. There was no need to; he couldn't keep track anyway because every day without you felt like a month, and that's being generous.
The days seemed to drag on forever, with absolutely nothing for him to do besides watch TV or work, and as one could imagine, that got boring fast.
He knew it was dumb, but he even tried having conversations with himself to help his boredom. But the sound of his voice echoing off the walls was a reminder that you also took the paintings that were once there, canceling the noise when you left.
Needless to say, those one-sided conversations quickly came to an end.
Things just weren't the same without you. The bed he'd rest on was far too big. He only ever took up half, and obviously, you would be on the other side, but not anymore.
Another item on his list of things that were too big was the bedroom, the kitchen, and the living room. The whole house was too big now that he had no one to share it with.
And besides, he didn't use anything other than the microwave, and the bed, and rarely the shower.
He lies in bed his whole day off, staring up at the ceiling with his hands clasped over his stomach, his index finger touching the back of his hand as he contemplates where to go from here.
Clearly, you weren't going to reach out to him. His calls went on deaf ears, which was a dead giveaway that you were done with him.
He just needed to get it through his head that you were gone for good.
Cause apparently, the cold bed, the silent home, and the tasteless heat up dinners weren't enough for him to realize that you were actually gone for real and that you were never coming back or taking him back.
He looked to the side, his white sheets crinkling with movement as he peered over at the clock, which read 3:04 p.m.
Right now, you'd both probably be getting ready to go out for lunch or ice cream to the park or maybe even the beach, given the weather.
But instead, he's glued miserably to his bed.
And you?
He doesn't know.
Cause you wouldn't answer him.
Maybe you're off having a family trip.
Maybe you're at home feeling just like him, but that's wishful thinking that you'd even miss him right now after what he's done to you.
Maybe you're doing better than he is. Hopefully, you're doing better because he never liked it when you were sad.
He dryly chuckles to himself he was the one that made you sad in the first place.
Maybe you're working now.
Maybe you didn't even live with your parents and moved out since he's last seen you.
Maybe you're far away in another country.
And maybe in that other country, you've found someone new, a man that treats you better than he did, a man that replaced his spot in your heart, a man that you lov-
At the thought, he quickly turned on his stomach, burying his face in his pillows to drown out the sounds of his sobs.
He hated the sound. It's the only thing he's been hearing for the past months, and he was tired of it.
He was tired of going to bed cold and lonely, tired of waking up to an empty bed, tired of hearing the constant ringing through the home because of how quiet it was, tired of not being able to taste your food, tired of not being able to hold you, and tired of not being able to love you the way you deserved.
And now he was tired of being tired.
Even his body felt tired. He had zero motivation to do anything. It's a wonder he kept his job, but he supposed it was because he had to find a way to sustain life without you somehow.
But it didn't feel like sustaining. It felt draining, depressing, exhausting, and every word in the dictionary was negative.
Nothing in his life was positive.
And as he wept and clutched onto the softness of his pillow countless times, he finally came to the realization that this was it. There was nothing left of him nor this box he used to call his home.
He weakly sat up, wiping the tears away from his face to no avail because they just kept falling.
As you always do.
Instead of continuing to lose himself in this space, he decided he had to get out. There were too many memories of you and him here, and if he stayed, there was no way he'd even be able to get over you.
Not to say leaving would make him get over you, but at least it would be new scenery, new scenery with new floors you've never walked on, things you'd never used or seen, a bed small enough for just him so when he'd pat around for you it'd be nothing but thin air and not the fabric that tricked his mind into thinking he'd touch you if he patted long enough.
Just a fresh start where maybe, just maybe, he wouldn't be reminded of you everywhere he looked.
Since you left, there was nothing here for him, so he left, too.
He packed up his things tearfully, yet another painful reminder of the night you left. However, he shook the thought off, trying his best not to think about the separation anymore.
He packed his clothes and toiletries, and that's it. The bed could stay, and the furniture could stay. It'd be far too sad for him to bring the wooden chair that you always used to sit in with him.
Once his few items were neatly tucked away in a suitcase, he plopped down on the bed, hugging your pillow once last time, almost as if to say a final goodbye.
The plan wasn't to fall asleep, but he underestimated all the stress and anxiety he'd been under the past few weeks, and within a few minutes, he was fast asleep, holding onto the last little piece he had of you.
In the morning, he'd find someplace to go anywhere but here.
There was no reason to stay, not after the break up.
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the road not taken 04 | myg
part four: a wish
Summary: Were you about to go crazy if you started to consider that Yoongi felt something for you?
<part three | part five>
âpairing: lawyer!yoongi x actress!oc
ârating: +18
âgenre: brother's best friend, one sided pinning (or both?)
âwarnings/tags: slow burn, angst, FLUFF â€ïžâđ©č, eventual smut, angst, sexual tension!!!!! flashbacks, ANGST!! mentions of sex đBtw english is not my first language!
âwords: 9.6k
âa/note: hiiii friends!!! i'm glad to say that it didn't take me six months to post this :D. I genuinely went through the most stressful two months of my life so I'm really proud that I could finish this chapter while trying to survive this thing called being an adult!! Anywayy, Iâm excited for this chapter but Iâm MORE EXCITED FOR THE NEXT ONE⊠đ so please have patience with this story!!! I promise itâs worth it hehehe. As always, you are more than invited to discuss this chapter in the asks, feedback is always welcomed <3 this one is very fluffy i hope you enjoy ittt. (Also if you read a typo, no you didnât)
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Four years ago
Seven days before New Yearâs Eve
Were you too naive to still believe your father when he said that you were granted a wish every Christmas? He used to say that every year when he was still around and you were still a kid, when the clock struck twelve you could wish anything you wanted, as long as it wasnât something material or more presents, you had to wish for something special, something that made you happy.Â
The last Christmas before your father passed away you were seven years old and still believed in Santa Claus. That year, for some reason, your wish slipped your mind, you forgot about it completely. You stayed at your house, watched movies the whole day in your pajamas and at midnight your parents let both you and Simon open only one present before sending you to bed. You remembered how your father chased you to the stairs to tickle you until you cried of laughter and how good the cookies your mother made that night were, perhaps that year you were too happy to remember making a wish, perhaps what you had was enough. When you woke up the next morning, you were sad that you had wasted it, but your father, wise as ever, told you not to worry. He said that it was like you were saving your wish for the next year â maybe then it would be stronger, and maybe, since you waited, you would have a better chance of it coming true.
By the time Christmas came the following year your father was already gone, and with him all the magic of the world. You had to grow up, you stopped making wishes and tried to stop believing in stories, but it was difficult when his words were still at the back of your mind like some sort of tradition every holiday season. Despite knowing that magic didnât exist and perhaps not a single wish of yours had ever come true, you still couldn't help but believe you still had your last wish, and everytime the idea of finally making it crossed your mind, you stopped to tell yourself you could still wait another year, just to be sure.Â
That morning you saw Yoongi leaned over his car, adjusting his cap as he saw you walking over to him and you thought about your saved wish for the first time this year. And then again when he grabbed your hand to drag you out of the room, or when he waited for you at the bottom of the stairs before leaving the house, but you wouldnât admit it, not even to yourself.Â
He dragged you all across your grandmotherâs hometown as if you didnât know it like the palm of your hand, as if the streets werenât filled with kids running and whole families doing last-minute gift shopping, but he didnât seem to care, so for once, you didnât let it annoy you either. You observed the happy families and the kids playing in the snow, and sat in the park for as long as the cold weather allowed.
It was like you entered a trance, you tried to fight the urge to snap out of the moment and talked and talked the whole afternoon about everything and nothing at the same time, Yoongi listened and laughed while playing with the ends of your hair, pushing you closer to the edge of illusion. If you werenât so adamant to stay in that blurry haze, you wouldâve done something to stop him, you wouldâve push his hand away when he tucked a strand of hair behind your ear, you wouldâve hated how easy it was for him to play dumb, how natural it was to touch you without feeling something was wrong. You ignored it instead, you ignored him and his wandering hands and the fact that he didnât dare to mention the moment you shared in the closet, nor the way your noses brushed together, or how his fingers hugged your waist as if you werenât just friends. Even if you wouldâve died for him to say a word about it, to tease you, to attempt to make fun of you just to know that what happened was real and not something you dreamt last night.
If you were really dreaming, you held on to your sleep for a while. When Yoongi found that secondhand bookstore five blocks away from the park, he grabbed your hand when you ran across the street before the traffic lights turned green and stayed inside wandering the aisles with him, you let him lean over to whisper jokes in your ear and you punched his arms when he made you laugh a little bit too loud. You tried to keep your voices low and made a list of books to read the following year. You didnât buy any of them but you read the prologues and the authorâs biographies like it was the most interesting thing in the world. You waited for Yoongi when he started to talk with an old man about a book he needed for college and, when he felt you drifting away, he hooked one of his fingers on the belt loop of your jeans and pulled you close to him again. You felt his hands on your waist, keeping you pressed against the side of your body while he pretended to be focused on the conversation, but he was focused on something else. His long fingers played with the waistband of your jeans as your chest felt tight and your breath felt heavier. Maybe you were beginning to go insane, maybe you had a fever and everything was just a product of your imagination, but a tiny voice inside your head quietly suggested that maybe this time you werenât insane, maybe it was just him.
It was getting dark outside, and you were supposed to be home anytime soon, but he turned his head to you and whispered in your ear that you should save a seat at the coffee shop next door and wait for him while he paid for the book. Even if it was cold and snowing neither of you wanted to return home yet, so you agreed. You made your way to the cute little coffee shop adorned with Christmas lights and sat on a table to wait for him to arrive at the table, until you saw him entering the shop with a book wrapped in brown wrapping paper in his hands.Â
You observed him approaching with your face on the palms of your hands, you watched his eyes scanning the place until they found you in some poor illuminated corner. He smiled, his eyes never left yours as he made his way to your table, and when he sat in front of you, he slid the book towards you.Â
âThis is for you.â He simply said, crossing his arms over his chest like it was no big deal.Â
You frowned, confused. Did Yoongi get you some lawyer book? You didnât know, you grabbed the wrapped book in your hands and scanned it as if you were able to see through the envelope. âThe book you needed for college?â
âItâs not that.â He huffed. âItâs a present.âÂ
You tried to bite back a smile, but you failed. âIs this your way to tell me you forgot to buy me a Christmas present?â You joked, making him roll his eyes.Â
âCâmon, you know me.â He said âI would never give you a Christmas present before Christmas, are you crazy?â
You laughed âSo is this not a Christmas present?â You inquired, teasing him.Â
âIt is a Christmas present, but not the Christmas present that I got for you.â He tried to clarify, and it sounded confusing but you understood him anyway.Â
You nodded, tearing the wrapping paper to reveal that Yoongi just bought you an Anne Sexton poetry book, the title âLove Poemsâ shinned in red on the cover, making you hold your breath for a second.Â
You raised your gaze from the book to find his eyes, which were looking at you expectantly, the same way someone looked at the moon, yearning. The same way you were looking at him.Â
âHow did you knowâŠ?â The question died in your lips.
âI just know.â He cheekily said, and that was enough.
You know me, he said, and you felt your heart aching when you realized that Yoongi knew you too, and it was becoming impossible to escape from it.
You spent these past weeks trying to make it disappear, but there it was again, that strange feeling you felt in your chest, like something tugged from a string tied to your heart to try and steal it away. You were sure Yoongi thought he had his ways with you, that he was some kind of genius that knew exactly what to say and what to do to erase the frown from your face and make you laugh, but the truth was that he didnât need to do much effort to win you over, the truth was that he already had you. He had you then, and he had you now and you werenât sure if that was ever going to change, but today you didnât care, you let him walk you home as he wrapped his arms around your shoulders like that warm wouldnât chill you to the bone when he left.Â
You had successfully gone through dinner without having to answer questions about college, or your future, or anything about yourself at all, part of it was because your grandmother didnât ask any questions to begin with. Maybe you were a bit jealous that she seemed more interested in Eva, your cousin, who was a biochemist and just got engaged, or Aidan, your other cousin, who was just admitted into college, or even Yoongi, who was about to graduate, however, you felt relieved that the attention was not focused on you. You were used to your family thinking that you were a thirteen year old teenager and not a twenty one year adult, the attention was never really on you, sometimes it bounced on you accidentally like a ball and, from time to time, you got to share a glimpse of information about your life, but most of the time your mother answered for you as if you were a kid in the hospital room, trying to include you in conversations and talking about your own projects, and that was enough for everyone.Â
In the past, your mother had sat you down several times to explain that your grandmother was never an easy woman, she reassured you that her judgmental behavior was a reflection of herself, not of you. She always offered to let you stay at home if you wanted to, but you refused only for the rest of the family, you could stand being with your grandmother if that meant being with the rest of them. And you learnt to endure it all: your grandmotherâs judging look, all the talking about your cousinâs achievements, their goals, projects, flawless record, and the fact that everyone seemed to be finding their paths except for you. You had to learn to pretend you were happy for them and not jealous, you took several breaths and moved on, and for a while you thought that after two decades of your life you had finally mastered the art in not giving a fuck about what your family thought about you, until today when you ran to hide in the closet so they wouldnât find you.Â
You had to work on that, you knew that, but at least for now the blatant disinterest for your life spared you from having to explain your life crisis, at least Yoongi was by your side, redirecting attention to him and the real question everyone wanted to ask but no one dared, a question that eclipsed any other topic of conversation: what was happening between the two of you?Â
You looked at him next to you, charming as ever, talking with your uncle across the table. He decided to put on his glasses, his cheeks were pink and the sleeves of his blue sweater were rolled up to his elbows, his arm was casually resting on the top rail of your chair and every time he made a joke he looked at you to check if you were laughing. Every attempt he made to try to make you part of the conversation made your heart swell, but you were more than happy just observing him blending into your family as if he were part of it; you wanted to be as clueless as everyone on the table and believe that Yoongi could be sitting next year at this very same table to be there for you, for a moment you allowed yourself to dream of a reality where he saved you from every family gathering like he was doing tonight.
From the tip of your nose to the tip of your toes you felt warm, almost as if you had a fever. It was probably because you were still wearing your black sweater inside the house or because the memory of the book Yoongi gave you kept your cheeks burning red, or maybe because when dinner was over and your family lingered over the table for the longest time they could, you saw Yoongi tilting his head towards the stairs, meaning it was time to go to bed.Â
There was a couple differences between this weekend and the night Yoongi slept with you after coming back from The Alley, that night you wouldnât have ask him to stay over if you were sober, and he most likely wouldnât have stay if he wasnât high, tonight you had to share the room, but it was impossible for you not to be dramatic and always make big deals out of small things. Unlike you, Yoongi didnât flinch when you told him you were going to sleep in the same room, you failed to remember that you were the one who had a decade-long crush on him and not the other way around.
Now the house was quiet and everyone was scattered around the floors, your cousins were in the living room with your uncle, your grandmother was already in bed, your mom was in the kitchen washing the dishes and Yoongi was upstairs, waiting for you. Before going with him, you changed into your pajamas and went to the kitchen to steal a few cookies that your mother cooked for tomorrow morning. You could wait a few hours more to eat the cookies, but you were desperately trying to look for an excuse to prolong the moment you entered the room you were sharing with the man upstairs.Â
You entered the kitchen, making your mother turn around from the sink to take a quick look at you before coming back to the dishes. âAre you already going to sleep?â She asked, a curious tone on her voice.Â
âYeah, but I wanted to grab a few cookies first, is that okay?â You inquired, already opening the cabinet above her head to grab a big plate.
âJust a few, remember theyâre for everyone.â She warned, and you hummed in response, knowing that you were going to grab more than just a few.Â
The room fell silent for a moment, you heard the water running and your dragging feet making their way to the cookies on the counter before she raised her voice again. âAre they for you and Yoongi?âÂ
You hummed again âYes, just a few, I promise.â You said, grabbing what it seemed to be a whole batch of cookies to put on the plate.Â
You tried to be quick, putting an extra cookie for the road between your teeth and turning around to escape from your mother before she could see you and scold you for stealing way too many cookies. Trying not to make any noise, as if that could make you invisible, you made your way towards the door to escape, but when you thought you were about to succeed, you heard the nickname your mom used for you from the corner of the room, stopping you in your tracks.Â
âWait, darling.â You heard her tone of voice, surprised that it wasnât annoyed, but rather motherly.Â
You turned around slowly with your guard up, as if in that way she wouldnât notice the cookie between your teeth. You took it out of your mouth, hiding it behind your back.
âYes?â You answered, remaining calm. You would not give yourself away when you already made this far.Â
She closed the faucet, turning around to face you. Her eyes fell upon you, offering you an apologetic smile, which was weird, it was the kind of smile she gave you when she knew she was about to upset you. It wasnât the kind of face someone who was about to scold you would make, she looked hesitant, almost worried.Â
âI wanted to-... I mean, I wanted to ask you about something.â She said, stumbling with her own words. Her eyes were not focused on the plate on your hands, not even in your face completely, like she was trying to avoid your eyes. You felt a rush of nervousness running down your body and quickly dissipating, you didnât know why.Â
âAbout what?â You inquired, wiping the crumbs from your mouth.Â
She sighed, playing with the towel in her hands to keep her hands busy. âI know you donât want me to be all over your business, and Iâm aware you are not a teenager anymore, but I canât help worrying a little bit.â She explained, or at least she tried.
You frowned, more confused than ever. The conversation seemed to be taking a completely different path than you thought five seconds ago.Â
âWhat do you mean, mom?â You said, taking a step forward, what did this have to do with the cookies?
Your mom pursed her lips, hesitating for a microsecond until the words finally came out of her mouth. âYou are already a woman, darling, so I wanted to know if you are⊠cautious.â She pronounced, making emphasis on the last word and letting it sink in the air, but you still didnât understand what she was talking about.Â
âCautious with what?â You must've looked like a total fool, asking once again what she meant, but your mother seemed to want you to understand without having to explain.Â
She shifted in her place and you saw a flash of embarrassment in her eyes, but it quickly disappeared. âWith Yoongi, I mean.â She said, making the name resonate in your ears âI know youâre both adults and you can do whatever you want, but I wanted to make sure that you are using protection.â
The realization fell upon you like a ton of bricks, each word she uttered felt like a different punch to your stomach. You opened your eyes widely, almost choking with your own spit. âWhat? No, mom-â You wanted to interrupt her, but she was quick to talk over you.Â
âI just want to make sure!â She said like she was apologizing âI donât mean to be invasive, but itâs important to me that youâre being safe.â
You winced, feeling your face burning as you began stuttering âMe and YoongiâŠ-We are not, I mean-â
âHoney,â She stopped you, looking at you like she was a sex education teacher trying to explain why you should use protection. âI was not born yesterday, I see things happening, and believe me, I have no problem with you sharing a room, but I canât help but ask.â
You were left completely speechless, and her constant interruptions while you were trying to finish a sentence were not helping. You racked your brain to find a logical explanation, but you were incapable of forming a decent sentence when she was looking at you like she was a doctor. The fact that your mother thought that you and Yoongi were having sex made your stomach squirm, and how she stated that it was obvious left your head spinning. Did she see you today in that closet and immediately assumed you were⊠fucking? God, that sounded so bad, so incredibly embarrassing. You still felt yourself blushing when you thought about that moment, you couldnât even fathom the idea of seeing him without a shirt, less alone having sex with him.
âMom, please. You donât have to worry, really.â You tried to explain, but that was not enough to leave your mother content, by the look on her face you knew she didnât believe you one bit.Â
âI know I donât have to worry!â She defended herself âYoongi is a great boy, and I trust you⊠But you know, if things get a bit too frisky...âÂ
You closed your eyes shut, trying not to picture that in your mind, âGod, mom, donât use that word!âÂ
âSorry! I mean⊠You know what I mean! I hope youâre using protection, no matter the circumstances.âÂ
You took a deep breath, ninety percent sure you were about to die of embarrassment, but with your last breath you made sure to be clear with your mom so tonight she would sleep peacefully âBelieve me, mom. You donât have to worry, nothing happened between Yoongi and me, I mean it.â
You could see it in her eyes, she was not convinced, and she was right to be so. That was a lie, and she knew it. What happened today was not ânothingâ, and your mother knowing that only made your cheeks burn.
âFine.â She said, struggling to let the conversation go âBut if something does happen⊠Be safe, okay?â
You nodded repeatedly, trying to end the conversation as soon as possible. âYes, of course.â You promised, but the idea of that ever happening sent a chill down your spine, you tried to shake that thought as far away as you possibly could.Â
Your mom smiled and you took it as your cue to go. You tried to walk away, but before you reached the door, she spoke again.Â
âAnd darling?â She said, making you turn around to see her. âI know you donât like coming here without your brother, so thank you for coming anyway.â
âItâs fine, mom.â You said, and it was true. âAt least Yoongi made up for it.â
She smirked, suppressing a laugh. âOh, Iâm sure.â
You rolled your eyes, in disbelief. âYup, Iâm going now, goodnight!â You said, finally escaping from the conversation. You heard your momâs laugh in the distance as you closed the door behind you to run upstairs.Â
Present
When you visited Simonâs apartment for the first time you could clearly notice it was a boyâs apartment from the lack of decoration, the lack of food in the fridge and the amount of boxes still unpacked weeks after moving in, but after you entered through the door tonight you saw a completely different version of it. It was a part of him that you missed out when you were gone, now there were plants on the living room and traces of Florence all over the place, like her purple slippers on the door and the purple toothbrush on the bathroom, her scrunchies on the entryway table and the framed picture of her beside them. You found it endearing, it was like a secret world made just for the two of them, a proper home.Â
âWhen is Florence coming back?â You asked, leaving your bag on the couch.Â
Simon took off his shoes, wandering through his house as he turned all the lights on âOn Monday.â He replied.
You made a mental note to leave on Monday, even if Simon repeated a thousand times that it was okay for you to stay there on the way here, you didnât want to intrude in his life. Instead you decided it would be easier to intrude in Minnieâs life, whoâs apartment was big enough for the two of you, the only person she shared her apartment with was not an actual person, it was just her orange cat.Â
 âI was supposed to go with her.â Your brother kept talking âBut me and Yoongi are behind on some work and I had to stay⊠Well, Iâm the one whoâs behind, really. Yoongi is just helping me.â
You did not forget that Simon and Yoongi worked together at the same law firm downtown ever since they graduated. You knew that Yoongi got the job as soon as he graduated and then he was followed by your brother, after years it was still impossible to keep them apart, which had become a problem for you.Â
You nodded but didnât say anything about it, you reasoned that Yoongi was still working before arriving at your house, that explained the clothes, the shoes and the messy hair. You sighed just by thinking about it, at least dinner was over, at least your first encounter with Yoongi after four years wasnât the worst thing that happened tonight.Â
It was impossible, but you tried not to think about it too much. Yoongiâs presence was some kind of collateral effect that came with your life, it was too late to detach him from it, but you still tried to run away from it for years and years, only to come back and still find him here, talking to you like nothing ever happened, like you were still friends.Â
Yoongi and you were always on different stages of your life, on different places, on different paths, but you seemed to agree on one thing: keep everything secret, no one needed to know what happened between the two of you, that was why Simon was always talking about Yoongi when you called him, that was why he couldnât stop talking about it him now, he didnât realize that you didnât want to know anything about his best friend, you could never told him why.
You followed your brother to his guest room as he talked and talked about how smart Yoongi was and how he was capable of taking so many different cases and not dying in the process, how nice it was to work with his best friend and blablabla. You swore that if you heard the name one more time you would explode, so you decided to drastically change the subject of the conversation, you were willing to say anything to take his name out of your brotherâs mouth. It took a second, but when the room fell silent, you looked at your feet, a bit unsure, gathering enough courage to finally say what youâve been meaning to tell him since you arrived home.
âIâm sorry for not telling you about the proposal.â You softly spoke, and Simon, who was looking for a blanket in the closet in the corner of the room, turned his head to look at you. âI wanted to tell you in person, but I wasnât planning for that article to come out, I didnât want the whole world to know.â
Simon left the blanket on the bed, turning his body to look at you more clearly. âMom told me that you think Ian leaked the newsâ He mentioned, and you nodded, at the risk of looking crazy.Â
âSally suggested it.â You confirmed, sitting on the bed âAnd if he didnât, heâs fine with it anyway. He doesnât care if people see me as this bitch who broke his heart, I might as well be.âÂ
He looked at the wall behind you, confused. âI think I missed a chapter here.â He said, sitting on the edge of the bed âMaybe more than one. Werenât you in love with him?â
You wanted to grab a pillow, bury your face on it and scream as loud as you could, but for the sake of looking like a sane person you contained yourself. âI thought I was.â You said sincerely. you believed there was a time when you were sure you were in love with Ian, there were moments you thought that the good things about him could outweigh the bad things, but deep down you knew that if you were really in love you wouldnât have to do all that math, you wouldnât have to fight to ignore his arrogance and his big ego.Â
âAnd when did you realize that you werenât?â He continued to ask âOr when did you realize he was a jerk?â
You scoffed, bitterly. âI guess I always knew both, I tried to make it work regardless. I enjoyed being with him for some time, but then he planned an engagement party full of people I didnât even know. He didnât care to call any of you and expected me to say yes⊠Does that say more about him or me?â
He kept quiet, not knowing what to say, but you already knew the answer.Â
âIan was an asshole, kid. He was jealous of you, of your family, of your job, none of us understood why you were with him.âÂ
âThat was not what I asked.â You laughed, rolling your eyes. âIan was a prick, I get it, but I wasnât much better either.â
âYou canât make me think you deserve each other, are you kidding?â He said.Â
âI canât blame him for everything, I made my own bed.â You huffed âI was terrible and it took me almost four years to snap out of it, that was not his fault.âÂ
âYou are right, but youâre here now, arenât you?â He reminded you, calmly. âIsnât that whatâs important?âÂ
You began to become exasperated âCâmon, Simon, donât try to be nice, youâre supposed to be mad at me.âÂ
âI am mad at you.â He corrected you, sending a chill down your spine âYouâre working all the time, you never call, never text back, we barely see you and the only way to know about your life is when we read some article saying you broke up with your boyfriend because he proposed to you, are you kidding? Of course I am mad, but because I miss you.â
You felt a wave of regret hitting all your senses, suddenly your eyes were burning with tears and you are not supposed to cry, you knew that, but the single tear that slid down your cheek was quicker than any thought that could cross your mind. Somehow, you wished your family hadn't noticed how absent you'd been these past few years, that they just shrugged and said âthatâs just herâ and forgot about it, it was not necessary to look at Simonâs face to know that he couldnât just forget about it. He loved you, your mother loved you too, you didnât have a family that you would want to run away from, but you did it anyway,
âIâm sorryâŠâ You murmured, looking at him with eyes full of regret. âIt wasnât you, it wasnât any of you, it was me. I was so angry when I left, I didnât know how to handle it.â
You wouldnât trade your career for anything, it was one of those few things that made you happy, but after years of trying to convince yourself that every decision you made for the last few years was the right choice, this was the first time that you admitted that maybe you werenât thinking clearly when you decided to move to the city and never look back.Â
Simon frowned, thinking about it twice before asking âWere you angry, bug?â
You tilted your head, giving him a sad smile, hoping that it could explain everything.âI was quite angry, yes.â You answered âNot at you, though.âÂ
âAt mom?âÂ
âMaybe a little bit at mom, yeah.â You laughed, shaking your head. You sighed deeply, letting the silence sit in the room for a moment before you could put in order all the things you wanted to say. âI remember when I told her I left college she looked at me like I finally lost my mind, it was like she saw it coming, you know? Me, again, being lost, it was not a surprise, but rather something she would expect of me. I know she was just worried and I know I can be a lot sometimes, but it hurt anyway. I don't blame anyone, Simon, but all I needed was someone to believe in me and no one did. I had to leave.â Something ached inside your chest because that was not the whole truth, but it was all you could say tonight, you couldnât say that Yoongi was also one of the reasons. âIâm not trying to justify myself.â You mumbled âIâm just saying that I was so angry that I didnât realize how many mistakes I made.âÂ
The silence that took over the room was so strong it made your stomach squirm. You shifted in your place, but Simon stayed there, with his gaze lost somewhere in the room as he processed what you just said.Â
âI always believed in you, you know that?â He spoke, causing your head to snap up towards him. âI know a lot of people tried to tell you that you werenât, but youâve always been special and Iâve always seen it.âÂ
âI know you did.â You sighed. âBut I was being so stubborn, I walked away and Iâm so sorry.â
âI know you think youâre too much, but youâre not.â He continued talking âMaybe mom just wanted everything to be simple, for her kids to go to college, graduate, get a job and a home and never have to worry about whether they are choosing right or wrong ever again. But youâre not simple, bug, youâre extraordinary and talented and too brilliant to stay still, but youâre not too much, not for me.âÂ
You held back a sob, feeling ridiculous. âIâm sorry.â You said, once again, because you havenât said it enough times.
âItâs okay now, I mean it.â Simon reached for your hand to squeeze it tightly.Â
You sniffed âGod, I should be comforting you for being a bad sister, not the other way aroundâÂ
âI donât need to be comforted, Iâm okay as long as youâre here.â He tried to cheer you up. âAnd you were not a bad sister, you were sad and acted shitty.âÂ
You smiled, because you told Simon that you were angry but instead he heard that you were sad, you didnât feel like correcting him because he wasnât so wrong about that.Â
âIâm sorry.â You repeated once again like a scratched record, making him laugh. âAre you still mad at me?â
âNo.â he replied, âBut only if you promise not to disappear again.âÂ
You raised your hand, extending your pinky finger in front of his face. âI promise you, Simon, I will not disappear again.â
Simon tangled his pinky with yours, making your promise impossible to be broken, and your soul felt at ease for a moment.
âFine, good enough for me.â he said, throwing himself back onto the bed. âNow I want to hear everything about the proposal, and I want you to describe to me exactly the face he made when you said no.â
You laughed, throwing yourself on the bed the same way he did and tried to summarize the last three years in just one night. Only for today, your body did you a favor and your head stopped spinning at least for now. Something began to feel right.
Four years ago
Seven days before New Yearâs Eve
You could hear the radio at the end of the hallway in your grandmotherâs room, softly playing jazz to cancel out the outside noise. Not everyone in the house liked the radio, your cousins always said that it was annoying and kept them awake, but it was still one of those old habits of your grandfather that remained in the house even if he was no longer here, so you liked it. The music inevitably seeped under the door of your room, Yoongi hummed some Frank Sinatra song as if he knew the lyrics to it, making you laugh and beg him to stop.Â
You know itâs almost midnight, as your roommate just informed you, but you didnât want to turn the lights off yet. All of the cookies already disappeared from the plate, Yoongi was laying on his side the same way you were and the lamp on the nightstand warmly lighted up his brown eyes, you couldnât help but feel you were not supposed to be in such presence, his messy hair and the loose white shirt he wore to sleep, his sleepy eyes, his pink lips; it looked just like the kind of view that was bound to haunt you forever.Â
The nightstand that separated you was not far enough to stop that pull from the string in your chest, not when he was looking at you like that, his gaze fixated on yours like he didnât want to leave you awake alone, and neither did you. You felt yourself shaking because, what was the version of you that existed when you were asleep? And what happened inside his head when you were not there? What was happening inside his head right now?
Did you cross his mind the same way he crossed yours? When you finally fell asleep, would he remember that moment in the closet or would it be just water under the bridge? Did he spend every waking second of the last seven hours thinking of that fleeting moment when you could almost feel his lips on yours?
Or was that just you?
The night was fading away, your eyelids were getting heavy but you still couldnât find the will to sleep.Â
âIâm sorry for today.â You almost whispered, gathering enough courage to mention the little accident âIâm sorry for dragging you with me to the closet.â Â
He smiled softly, closing his eyes for a second. âItâs okay, it was cozy.â He teased you, making you groan in annoyance. He laughed loudly at your reaction, annoying you even more. âIâm serious, it was okay.âÂ
âWas it really?â You asked him âWasnât I being silly?â
âIt's okay being silly sometimes.â He assured you, but that did not ease that anxious feeling in your stomach. He seemed to see it in your face. âWhatâs wrong with being a little silly? I wouldâve run from your grandmother, too.âÂ
You bitterly laughed, covering your face with the palms of your hands âStop, Iâm being immature.â You groaned âIâve got to get my shit together.â
âCâmon Pinky, you have to stop with that.â He said.Â
âI would if I could.â You remarked.
âDidnât you say you were going to get your shit together after the holidays?â He reminded you âWhy are you worrying right now?â
Yoongi was right, that was the initial plan, but ever since you came back home everything was pointing in different directions and it was beginning to drive you crazy, it was like the universe was forcing you to think about it, it was not letting you run away from it, not even temporarily. First, it was Yoongi, showing up every few days at your doorstep, grabbing your hand, squeezing your legs, whispering things in your ear like he wanted you to go insane, it was Minnie, offering you a job, talking about The Alley, saying you were supposed to be on the big screen, and then it was your mother, expecting you to make up your mind once for all. And still, you had your whole life ahead, why were you worrying right now?
âI donât knowâŠâ You sighed âWhat if I come back next year and the plan was not good enough? What if I end up hiding again from everyone?â
Yoongi shifted in bed, curious âDo you have a plan, Pinky?â The nickname rolled off his tongue softly, you swimmed in the tenderness of his voice, something about it made you want to tell him everything.
âNot really, I mean⊠It all sounds so bad.âÂ
âYou have a plan.â He affirmed, smiling âI want to hear it.â
âItâs not a plan.â You contradicted yourself âIf it were a plan, it would suck.â
Yoongi hummed âItâs something like a plan, then.â
You scrunched your nose, unsure. âYeah, but not quite like a plan, something like aâŠâ You said, but the words died on your lips before you got the chance to finish.Â
âSomething like a dream, then?â He continued to ask, but you shook your head.
âSomething close.â You expressed, unable to find the right words to explain your thoughts. You stayed silent for a second, believing he was beginning to lose interest in the topic, until the words slipped past his lips like a spell.
âSomething like a wish.â He pronounced, and he was not asking, it was almost like he knew.Â
You thought there was not much difference between a dream and a wish, but in this case, there was.Â
You smiled at him, nodding, somehow you felt you could trust him with all your secrets âYes, like a wish.â You affirmed, and it felt like a confession. âI donât know Yoongi, have you ever stayed up late and planned something but when you woke up next morning you felt it was stupid? Well, I do that every night.â
âIâm sure that whatever it is, itâs not stupid.â He said, making your heart swell. Â
âI would like to believe youâŠâ You murmured âDo you have a dream, Yoongi? Something youâre too scared to wish for?â
You could see him think about it for a moment, but his eyes were still connected with yours. Oh, how you wished to be inside his mind right now, read his thoughts, witness his dreams, know all his secrets.
âYes.â He confirmed, âBut I canât talk about them out loud right now.âÂ
You laughed, biting your bottom lip. âOkay, fair. What about those you can say out loud?â
âIâm not going to tell you because youâre going to laugh.â He pouted, making you frown.Â
âLaugh?â You repeated, sounding more offended than you actually were. âI would never, câmon.â
He raised an eyebrow, testing you âYou sure?â
âOf course, donât piss me off.âÂ
âFine, fine.â He let out a long sigh, believing you. âMy wish would be⊠to stop time for a while. Sometimes I believe I canât think when timeâs running, all I do is study and come home to my mom, there is very little time that I have for myself.â Â
You felt your chest tighten, but it didn't surprise you that Yoongi felt this way. He already mentioned to you that, even if taking care of his mother didnât feel like a burden, he still felt he was missing out on so many things.Â
âAnd what would you do if time stopped right now?âÂ
Yoongi shifted his eyes for a moment, and you almost missed it but you saw it, the urge to hold back and the words getting stuck on his throat.Â
âMmmâŠâ He hummed, âIâll go to the beach.â
âIn winter?â
âYes, I wouldnât care.â
âAnd where else?â You continued to ask.
âHonestly? Iâll go anywhere but home.â He confessed.
âWhatâs wrong with home?â You of all people knew exactly what was wrong with home, but you wanted to hear why he thought that.Â
âHome itâs okay,â He waved off. âIt just feels like I spent my whole life there. I went to college expecting something to change, and a lot of things did but I still feel like something else is supposed to happen, like there's something else for me to see.âÂ
It was looking in a mirror, it was the same thing youâve told him a few days ago but in other words, in another tone. Yoongi sounded resigned, like his wish was clearly something that was not meant to happen and he needed to come to terms with it, nothing could ever make you more sad.Â
âThereâs plenty for you to see, Yoongi, are you kidding?â You chuckled âYouâre twenty five, youâre barely grasping life.âÂ
He scoffed, bitterly, âItâs not that easy.âÂ
âOf course it is easy, do you know itâs not necessary to stop time to go to the beach?âÂ
âI know, Pinky.â He agreed, âBut what does it feel like running away?âÂ
âRunning away would be so bad?â You asked, hearing the question echoing in the room, letting you know that maybe it was something you werenât supposed to wonder out loud. Yoongi didnât dare to ask such a question, but you seemed determined to make his wish come true, maybe you were the only one who could do it.Â
âDonât ask me.â He said, looking at the ceiling to avoid your gaze. âDonât act like running away isnât your wish as wellâÂ
You snorted, immediately grabbing a pillow and threatening to punch him in the face with it, but Yoongi is quick to cover his face with his arms.
âDonât!â He protested, laughing.
 âDonât expose me like that!â You whined, embarrassed.Â
âWhat, am I wrong?âÂ
âMaybe youâre notâŠâ You dared to answer, leaving the pillow on the bed again âBut how do you know?â
âI told you, Pinky.â He murmured âI just know.â
You shook your head in denial, how could it be? Were you really that transparent or Yoongi really just knew?Â
âWhat else do you know?â You continued to ask, curious.Â
He pretended to think about it, pouting his lips and looking at the ceiling as if the answers were to fall from the sky. His eyes shifted towards yours, tilting his head âI know that you would run away to the beach with me if I asked you to.âÂ
A giggle was built in your throat, you laughed nervously as you tried to decipher if he was joking or not, even if Yoongi could see right through you, it was a bit difficult for you to do the same with him.Â
âI donât know about that.â You said, ignoring the way your heart was beating against your ribcage. âDo you mean in⊠an hypothetical scenario?âÂ
âItâs a hypothetical proposal.â He answered.
âIâll have to check my schedule first.âÂ
A smirk tugged from the corner of his lips. âWhat about⊠two weeks away from now?â
You did the calculation in your head, but you already knew that by then Yoongi would have to go back to class, so you doubted. âWhat about the semester?â You asked, trying to be the voice of reason. âYour last semester, might I add.â
âThat could wait.â He did not hesitate âIsnât it part of running away? Leaving things behind?â
You laughed âAnd what would people say about me, then? That I made you leave college, nuh-hu.âÂ
âHere we go again with that.â He rolled his eyes âI donât care what people say and, besides, Iâm not leaving college, Iâm⊠postponing it.âÂ
That didnât sound like the Yoongi you knew at all, but then again, this whole conversation didnât sound like anything Yoongi from the past would say. A thousand questions crossed your mind, like what do you do on the beach in winter? Wouldnât being alone be a problem? What are you going to talk about, where are you going to stay? If you say yes, would he grab your hand when you crossed the street, would he try to kiss you again?Â
You crossed your arms, thinking about it, not daring to agree right away, but how could you say no? When he was looking at you, convinced that you would say yes.Â
You opened your mouth, not sure what you were going to say but still ready to answer, and before you could utter a word, he interrupted you. âRun away with me to the beach, Pinky.â He asked in a soft tone, looking at you with warm eyes and warm words, making your heart shake violently in your chest âOnly for now, I promise Iâll make it worth it.â
You smiled, ignoring that little person inside you that tried to warn you about something, but you werenât sure about what because all you could feel was your heart racing. âFine, Iâll follow you for now.â You simply said, trying to sound as cool as possible âLetâs run.âÂ
In that moment you forgot about years and years of disappointment and failed dreams, failed wishes, you ignored the reality, deciding everything was false and true at the same time. You didnât need to look at the clock to know that it was midnight, something inside your chest sparkled and told you it was time to make your wish, and for some reason, you listened. It echoed in every corner of your mind, your wish was the beach in winter.Â
Four days before New Yearâs Eve
Two weeks ago, when you bought Yoongiâs Christmas gift, you thought about it like a farewell. You stood in the shop and talked to the tall man with the long face and chose the gift as you tried to convince yourself this was a way of saying goodbye to him.Â
That Christmas morning Yoongi tore the brown wrapping paper and opened the long box to find that you decided to give him a red tie. It wasnât bright red, it was deep dark red, red like a rose. It came with a notebook and a pen with his initials on them. In your mind, you were giving away that version of him that lived in your head and clung to your thoughts and clung to your heart, that version of him you could never let go. Yoongi was about to graduate, he was about to become officially a lawyer, an adult, a man, he wasnât that boy you fell in love with years ago, he was a wish you had to let in the past and your gift was just a way to remind you of it. You had a purpose, a plan, you had everything figured out until he decided to ask you to run away with him, until you said yes.
His gifts for you were a vinyl copy of Is This It by The Strokes, two tickets to watch When Harry Met Sally at the Alley the following week and a pair of red gloves for the rest of the winter.Â
Yoongi looked at you and smiled like you both knew something everyone else in the room didnât. âThe gloves match with the tie.â He had said.
So now you had no plan, what you did have though, was a bunch of pictures of several locations Yoongi thought of booking for your trip to the beach. You were doomed.Â
You thought the only person in this town who could possibly understand what you were going through was Minnie, the only person in the world who knew about your feelings for Yoongi, and the only person who you could call a friend at the moment.Â
You werenât expecting to see Minnie again when you saw her at The Alley a few weeks ago, but she had different plans; it was like she forced you to be her friend again. You tried to stop thinking you didnât deserve it, you had to swallow your guilt and accept her friendship, and after a few five hour calls filled with gossip, you ultimately decided not to be against it, even if she called you everyday and still talked nonstop about that audition in the city, talking with her felt like you were still fifteen, and you liked it.
That night, as she raided her closet looking for a dress for you to wear at the New Yearâs party at The Alley, you sat on her bed and gave her a run down of everything that happened with Yoongi since you came back home, it didnât take her much to get you to admit that you were still in love with your brotherâs best friend, so you might as well be honest and tell her everything.Â
âYouâre being stupid right now, sweetheart.â You heard her muffled voice from inside her closet. The next thing you saw was a piece of fabric flying in the air and landing at your feet. You grabbed it, putting in front of you to reveal a short pink dress that you would never, ever wear.Â
You snorted, leaving the dress on the pile of clothes that you already rejected. You seemed to forget that Minnie was not the most adequate person to talk about âboy stuffâ, perhaps because she was way too honest. You didnât know whether it was a mistake or not to tell her about the trip to the beach, because all the questions she was asking and all the things she was stating to be true were thoughts you were desperately trying to avoid.Â
âHe wants to fuck you, I donât know how else to tell you this.â She said, walking over the clothes to make her way to you. You threw yourself on the bed, covering your face with your palms âI mean, I wish I could only tell you that heâs head over heels for you, and honey, that he is, but he also wants to fuck you.â
You groaned, kicking your feet. âGod, you make me want to throw up.â
âOf excitement, Iâm assuming.â She affirmed âIâm telling you, thereâs no way youâre going on a trip alone and come back without having fucked.â
You looked at her, begging her to stop talking, but she was not finished. âStop!â
âPicture this.â She ignored you, forming a rectangle with her fingers and looking right through it as if she was directing a scene from a movie âFirst scenario, a storm causes the power to go out, thereâs no electricity, you have no way to be warm so you sleep in the same bed to warm up, thereâs tension, you look at each other and kiss, you fuck.â
âOkay, I donât see that happening.â You shook your head.Â
âSecond scenario, you just finished showering, you go out of the bathroom wearing only a towel because you think heâs not there, but he is! He sees you, you kiss, you fuck.â
âThatâs not⊠That sounds like porn.âÂ
âThird scenario!â She exclaimed.Â
âFine, thatâs enough.â You stopped her, waving your arms in the air.Â
âNo, you have to prepare! And when it happens you will know that I was right.â Your friend insisted, but you refused to let any of those ideas in your mind.Â
âWhat if youâre not?â You wondered âWhat if he just wants to be my friend and Iâm just imagining everything?â
âBut you are not, are you kidding?â She laughed âThat man is clearly in love with you, why are you convincing yourself otherwise?â
You felt Minnieâs body sitting right next to you, causing you to sit back on the bed to look at her face to face. You were sure you were about to start crying out of frustration. âI donât know, what if I get hurt?â
Minnie pursed her lips âBaby, I canât answer that question at all, but you have to take the chance.âÂ
You groaned, annoyed. âI donât want to take the chance.â You whined âI was fine before seeing him again, I wasnât even thinking of him.â
âThat is a lie,â She laughed, mocking you. âWe both know you never stopped being in love with him, now you have him in the palm of your hand, do something.âÂ
Minnie stood up again, looking for another piece of clothing on the floor as you kept silent, wondering if any of that could be possible. Did you really have him in the palm of your hand? Was he in love with you and you were being stupid for believing that he wanted to be just friends?
âWhat should I do?â You asked her, hoping that the redhead in the room knew all the secrets of the universe.Â
âInvite him to the New Yearâs party and wear a hot outfit, how about that?â Minnie offered, like that could answer all your prayers.Â
âWould that resolve all my problems?â You joked, talking to the sky.Â
âCâmon, he literally asked you to run away with him, donât you find that a little bit hot? Donât you really think that was not code for âI want to fuck youâ?âÂ
You laughed âYoongi is not like that!â You protested.Â
âI hate to break it to you, but you are hot.â She insisted, throwing another piece of clothing at your face. âAnd if Yoongi is not blind, he knows that, and letâs not forget the most important fact here.âÂ
âWhich isâŠ?â
âHeâs in love with you, letâs start wrapping our heads around that.â She simply said âOnce thatâs done, you invite him to the New Yearâs eve party at The Alley, you wear a hot outfit and confront him about it, tell him to stop playing around.â
You grabbed the dress Minnie just threw at you, which was another short dress, but this one was actually cute. It was black and was covered in black sparkly sequins with thin straps, you were definitely going to freeze to death if you wore that, but you were sure this fitted the description of âhot outfitâ.Â
Minnie was right, you couldnât keep running away from the facts, everything was laid on the table, you didnât need more proof to know that Yoongi felt something for you, even if you werenât sure if it was the same that you felt for him, you needed to gather enough courage to find out what it was.Â
You grabbed the phone in your pocket and opened Yoongiâs chat, you decided to invite him to the New Yearâs party.Â
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DIVORCING ORION BLACK | CHAPTER FOUR
04 : BEGINNINGS
CHPT. SUM. : beginning new things is always fun. getting to know your sons, them finally being able to experience having a loving mother, sirius going to school, and you planning for everything that was yet to come so that everyone gets to the happy ending they deserve.Â
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TAGS : domestic fluff ; orion being a bad father ; original walburga being a nuisance ; reader being an amazing mother and an amazing cook ; regulus has food preferences ; brotherhood between sirius and regulus ; marauders spotted in the wild ; sirius and regulus being precious babies ; reader disrespecting walburga ; mentions of infertility ; mentions of divorce ; lots of future planning
â PREV. 03 : SHOPPING (2/2) | SERIES M.LIST
9th August 1971Â
It, surprisingly, took very little to get past Orion on the topic of changing Sirius and Regulusâ private tutors. However, when you truly looked at his workaholic tendencies, your initial surprise should have been the more startling reaction â of course, he wouldnât care, heâs too fixated on the happenings with his position on the Wizengamot to be aware of much else, discounting the protective wards he put up around the property. Nevertheless, it was good news for you and your boys. Finally, they would be getting more suitable tutors, who catered to their learning needs in a more digestible way. You had only recently sent out the notice, though, so you donât expect many replies to be coming in soon. Your only wish was to have fallen into this universe sooner, that way you would have had more time with Sirius before he left to attend Hogwarts as a first year.Â
Walburga didnât have a formal occupation other than monitor her boys so having Sirius leave for his first year would mean less work for her and, subsequently, you. However, itâs not as if she needed the money; sheâs the matriarch of an incredibly privileged family, meaning that her financial worries are close to non-existent. Both, the affluent family fortune and her lack of professional ambitions have you stumped, itâs something youâre not used to at all. Perhaps thatâs why sheâs so obsessed with control and the activity of her two sons; itâs not healthy and you donât even want to attempt to understand what she was thinkingâ
âOf course you wonât!â Walburga snarls from the depths of your consciousness, her tone dripping with malice and a hint of something sinister. âI donât expect someone who failed at becoming a mother to understand the right and true tribulations of bringing up children,âÂ
ââŠhow did you know that?â you ask aloud, no longer satisfied with simply trying to call for the bitch - Walburgaâs - attention in your head. She didnât seem to want to reply, which only made your blood boil; her prolonged silence, the trigger to releasing your rapidly escalating rage. How dare she?! How dare she strike you where it hurts the most, only to turn completely unresponsive when you demand answers, âAnswer me!â Thick tensions fill the room when she does not answer, the silence suffocating and poisonous. Taking a slow, deep breath, you engage control over your anxious heart and trembling hands once more.Â
Work. You need work. Something to focus on so that you donât dwell on memories that will only bring you heartache. It worked before so itâll work for you now. It had worked so well, in fact, that you were able to build an empire out of it, perhaps you could replicate the same results this time.Â
âScrew you then, ugly pig, I have more important matters to attend to anyway,â pulling out a drawer, you scatter your notes across the desk and move with fretful fever but, also, enthusiasm above them. No matter the change of environment, you can always trust in your habits to push you forward. Walburga mainly worked on keeping the boys in line as the official matriarch of the Black household but thatâs all her world revolved around, she had no hobbies or any close friends other than her relatives whom she communicated with, somewhat, regularly. With a guilty ache in your chest, you kept a gradually growing stack of letters in the bottom-most drawer of the hard oak desk, not yet knowing how to respond to people you barely knew. However, you suppose their relations to a character like Walburaga make it slightly easier to ignore their communications. The affiliation doesnât warrant your precious time. If you could send a passive-aggressive email, you might be more willing, but the extended process of having to write out the letters and then send them via owl wasnât worthwhile.Â
The priority on your list of important affairs is ensuring your boysâ happy and safe future. Sirius will not have to choose between Regulus and his friends, he will not suffer being blasted off the family tree, he will not have to be ashamed of his family, he will not have to witness his close friendâs death through anotherâs betrayal, and he will not be forced to go to Azkaban. Similarly, Regulus will not have to suffer Sirius abandoning him, he will not have to face his prejudicial parents alone, he will not be forced into getting the dark mark, he will not have to make the sacrifice he had to make at such a young age, he will not die a miserable and lonely death, and he will not be forgotten! You will make sure of it.Â
Coming into the world as a Harry Potter and Marauders fan, youâre well-equipped with all the knowledge required to make the right decisions. The only problem is that the Marauders era has been a largely vague timeline that most of the fandom filled in for themselves so youâll have to tread carefully. This will require meticulous planning, a steady rise to power and a conglomeration of useful allies to help set your plans into motion. Modern-day knowledge and business etiquette will serve you well here. Youâve survived toxic work environments, won in the race to riches, and dealt with all manner of manipulative, sexist swine you could ever think to encounter. If you play your cards right, youâre sure to win.Â
âAs if a muggle like you could conquer the wizarding world!â Walburga finally makes her appearance once again. And, of course, itâs for the sake of belittling you whilst making your head throb painfully from her distasteful screeches.Â
âShut up,â you hiss unapologetically, resisting the urge to smirk, âUnlike you, I know the futureââ breathing the words aloud brings a blaring, singular thought to the front of your mind. The vision you witnessed at the Owl Emporium replays in your head once moreâŠ
How in the world did Walburga know about the biting habit of Siriusâ future owl?âŠÂ
Several moments pass achingly slow as you anticipate the aggravating screeching of Walburga to return. When no such wailing occurs or interrupts your train of thought, your mind immediately begins to spiral.Â
How could Walburga remember being at the Emporium, shopping for Siriusâ first year at Hogwarts when she had yet to go shopping with him in the first place? They couldnât have already gone, right? Orion would have said something if they were being inefficient enough to go a second time. That or the boys would have definitely made some commentâŠÂ
This felt like an urgent matter that needed your immediate attention but you had to prioritise other things for now. Itâs not like the original Walburga was going to give you the answers you needed so it wasnât any use pressing on the matter. Itâs best to turn your focus and efforts elsewhere. Peering back at your scattered notes, you raise your newly acquired wand and utter the crafting spell you had learned recently.Â
âLibeligare,â As you wave your wand over the desk, activity springs forth. In a flurry of animated pages and whistling currents in the air, your disordered notes compile themselves appropriately before binding themselves into a fresh notebook. It doesnât have a hard cover and you debate on transfiguring a decorative letter set piece into one but think against it. This will do nicely for the moment.Â
Finally, all your detailed plans are in one place.Â
10th August 1971Â
With nothing better to do and desperate for a decent meal, you address the home-cooked meals situation. Every dish served at the Black household was so unappetising and bland, that you couldnât believe that the family was one of the most influential and richest families to exist in the wizarding world. Youâre beginning to believe that the Blacks were the type of family to indulge in unpalatable spreads with the reasoning that they refuse to eat the same meals as those lesser than them. How childish. Even in your city-centre penthouse, you ordered take-out frequently and ate ordinary home-cooked meals that were comforting and warm. The memories make you compare all the meals youâve had in Grimmauld Place and blanch abhorrently. This wouldnât do, especially for your growing boys. They need to be well-fed so that they grow up healthy and strong.Â
âMistress!â Kreacher shrieks behind you, making you jump and spin around all at once. The hunched-over house elf dashes through the kitchen space clumsily and with much vigour, he pulls painfully at his drooping ears as his eyes bulge out from seeing you, his mistress, the matriarch, in the kitchen cooking! Without magic!Â
âDonât be so dramatic, Kreacher,â you chuckle softly and turn back to your food prep, âIâm just trying to cook an easy breakfast for my boys,â if you could truly have it your way then you would cook enough only for you and your two darling sons to eat. Orion would have to sort his own plate. But youâre not divorced yet so you suppose this is a compromise youâll have to make.Â
âI-It is not mistressâ job, let Kreacher do itâ!â the house elf, reaches forward to take the kitchen utensils from you but youâre too swift.Â
âI want to cook the food Kreacher,â you argue and continue pottering about the kitchen as if it was just another Tuesday morning, all while Kreacher follows you around helplessly. Heâs clearly stuck between letting you have your way or forcing you to let him cook instead. Both felt wrong in different ways considering his position as the house elf, and he was brought to a standstill. The poor guy looked ready to throw himself off a cliff from the indecision and panic. Â
Having sympathy for the elf, you call to him over your shoulder, âKreacher can you please pass me the eggs?â this feels like a good even ground to dance on. Soon enough youâll be teaching Kreacher how to finally relax. Kreacher appeared happy to finally be doing something but as soon as he hesitantly handed over the eggs, he was back to being anxious all over again. Even though you are the matriarch of the household, you supposed youâll have to share the kitchen with a very distressed house elf for the foreseeable future.Â
For the rest of the morning, youâve asked Kreacher to help you with crisping up the beacon, cleaning the mushrooms, opening up the can of beans, toasting the bread and laying out the table. No more tasteless, boring porridge for breakfast with no toppings, today youâre serving a Full English. Admiring the spread, you thank Kreacher for his assistance before undoing your apron and putting the finishing touches to the dining table just as the rest of the family make it down for breakfast.Â
âWhat is all this?â Orion asks in slight surprise when catching sight of breakfast for the day, âIs today very important?â
âNo,â nonchalance keeps your tone controlled just as your precious babies walk through the door and hop into their designated seats at the table, one more enthusiastic than the other, âIâm just tired of plain old porridge every day,â
âPorridge is delicious,â Orion defends.
âEvery day?â from the look in his eyes, you donât know whether or not youâve bested him so turn a serene smile his way instead, âI can always ask Kreacher to make you porridge if you really want,âÂ
Orion takes a moment to observe the full, vibrant plate of bacon, toast, grilled tomatoes, sautĂ©ed mushrooms, sausages, black pudding, scrambled eggs and beans. If he takes any longer to play indecisive, the food will get cold and your precious babies are waiting on his dainty, princess-ass to make a decisionâ can you hurry the fuck up?! you want to scream at him. Every meal is started after his first bite (the pretentious, narcissistic douche) so he needs to make up his mind quickly or else youâll lose yours waiting around!Â
ââŠitâll be a waste, this will do,â he finally picks up his knife and fork to begin eating and you have to reign yourself in before you roll your eyes too noticeably at his conceited behaviour. Your babies behave better than him. The prick!Â
Turning to your boys, you observe Sirius and Regulus digging into their own meals before finally taking a bite out of yours. It felt good to see their eyes light up like that, especially Siriusâ â it makes you want to giggle at how obviously he had been wanting to devour his beans and toast the instant he laid eyes on them.Â
Breakfast continues pleasantly as everyone enjoys their meal until you begin to notice some peculiar movement in the corner of your eye. You try to be as subtle as you can, considering the uncommon calm that has fallen over the dining table; it isnât usually this comfortable around the table so you wanted to preserve the ambience as much as possible. The source of your curious gaze was Sirius and Regulus.Â
Covertly, Regulus sneaks spoonfuls of his scrambled eggs onto Siriusâ plate, who proceeds to eat up his younger brotherâs share as quickly as possible. Regulus was doing this willingly despite this morningâs breakfast being the first appetising meal heâs had yet. It wonât be the last either. However, from the way Sirius is scarfing down the food whilst trying to remain as silent as possible, it wouldnât be surprising if Sirius eventually suffers from a stomachache later on. You wonder what could be the matter with the scrambled eggs. Was the seasoning off? Kreacher helped taste test every element of the meal and gave his stellar praise for your unrealised culinary skills so youâre more than a bit confused at the scene. After swallowing all remnants of food in your mouth, you gently raise a question.Â
âRegulus?â your youngest freezes up immediately, making your brows furrow but still, you continue in a soft voice, âWhatâs wrong?â Deep in your chest, you feel your heart clench in worry at the deer-in-headlights expression plastered across Regulusâ cherubic face.Â
You are met with only silence, âdo you not like your eggs, darling?â you try meeting your youngestâs eyes but heâs terrified to even face your direction. Instead, heâs firmly steered his gaze down to his lap and keeps it there, frozen in place.Â
Thereâs a slam of the table and everyone stiffens. At the head, Orion stares disapprovingly at Regulus, who begins to tremble like a leaf, âHow rude!â the patriarch spits with such force and bite that his saliva lands halfway down the lengthy dining table. Heâs so scandalised by his sonâs behaviour that the cold from his freezing gaze drops the temperature in the room lower than it already is. âHow many times have we talked about this Regulus? Finish your plate at once or else itâll be the last meal you eat today!â
âHeâs not being rude!â you counter, flying out of your seat and making your way to Regulus, âAnd he shouldnât be forced to eat something he doesnât like nor punished harshly for disliking something,â Crouching down, you position yourself to block Orion from Regulusâ line of sight despite his frightened doe-eyes remaining transfixed on his lap. His small hands are turned into small, knuckle-white fists, gripping fiercely at the fabric of his trousers. A paralysed statue of fear incarnate, your little boy doesnât deserve this! If you could âAvada Kedavraâ Orionâs pathetic, prissy ass, you would in a heartbeat.Â
From your peripheral, you notice how Sirius had placed a comforting hand over one of Regulusâ closed fists and the sight made your heart bloom with pride and joy â seeing how well they take care of each other was so heartwarming. âTell me whatâs wrong, RegâŠI promise I wonât get mad,â you make sure to keep your voice in a low whisper so that only your son can hear but also loud enough that Orionâs distant grumbling is disguised.Â
âDo you not like eggs?â your prompting remains gentle and patient, hoping for a fraction of understanding. Thatâs all you really want.Â
Sensing no antagonistic feeling in your tone, Regulus finally wills himself to speak, although barely audible from insecurity, âIâŠ.I donât like scrambled eggsâŠâ
âNo? What about them donât you like?â
"They feel weird in my mouth, I donât like chewing them,â he explains shyly, his confession dripping with shame. His grey eyes look into your own remorsefully and, before he can utter an apology, he is stopped by the shaking of your head.
Smiling warmly, you pat his small hand and voice your reassurance, âThatâs a reasonable preference to have. Do you not like the texture?â Regulus nods in confirmation as his small, tense shoulders slowly ease up, âDo you not like eggs at all or do you like them cooked in a particular way?âÂ
Regulusâ eyes widen with surprise. Never before had his mother been so attentive to his preferences like this. On the contrary, His mother was always the first to make him feel embarrassed for his picky tendencies when it came to food, especially over dishes that make him lose his appetite entirely, oysters and shellfish being the main culprit. He really didnât like them at all. Many times, they were the appetiser to multiple-course meals hosted by pureblood, elitist wizarding families so Walburga was determined to season her sonâs palettes early on in life. It was good etiquette to eat such foods and to know how to eat them properly. If he didnât display appropriate dinner etiquette at the table then he is lesser, he is unworthy of the Black family name and blood running through his veins, he is unbecoming of his heritage, he is a disgraceâÂ
âI can cook eggs in many other ways,â you suggest thoughtfully, voice remaining soft and comforting, âI can fry them for you? Or I can boil them? Do you like your yolk runny or firm?âÂ
Regulus, spurred on by your softly placed questions feels the corners of his lips tug upwards, âfried eggs, pleaseâŠâ
His innocuous answer makes you beam, âwith a runny or firm yolk, darling?â
âRunny, please,â Regulus finds your bright expression infectious and begins to smile a little wider too. Over the slope of his little brotherâs small shoulders, Sirius is grinning from ear to ear; finally, Regulus isnât going to be forced to eat something he doesnât enjoy. The elation makes Siriusâ chest swell as his heart pinches slightly at the memory of his little brother retching up the contents of his stomach in the bathroom. Those disastrous, past meals started badly and they ended badly too. Peering at you with smiling eyes, Sirius knows that he wonât need to worry about that any more.Â
âOf course, right away," youâre eager to leave and fix up Regulusâ plate but you also worry about leaving him with Orion at the dinner table; your husband wasnât too pleased with Regulus having preferences â the pretentious prick could choke on his food and die for all you cared, âhow about we go to the kitchen together?â you offer smoothly as you begin to stand, âthat way, you can watch me cook and make sure I do them just the way you like it,â smiling brightly, Regulus nods and easily offers his hand for you to hold, âSiri, would you like to come?â if one brother was coming with you so was the other. Â
âYes please!â Sirius happily walks to the kitchen, hand-in-hand with Regulus, whose other hand is fully wrapped up in your own.Â
From the head of the table, Orion stares with his mouth agape at what he had just been a witness to. What was happening to his wife?!Â
11th August 1971Â
Sirius and Regulus stand by the fireplace, waving off their newly appointed private tutor as they floo away before eagerly making their way to your home office. Usually, their session catch-ups would make the two freeze up and drag their feet along the plush carpets of their familyâs proud home but not now. Ever since your irregular activities leading up to your fainting spell and subsequent switch in demeanour, theyâve felt safer and happier at home. But only around you, their father still frightened them. The patriarchâs grey eyes swirled with a mounting turbulence that they would greatly prefer to avoid so they quickly make themselves scarce around him but not around their mother. Not anymore.
âI canât wait to show Mother my cursive practice,â Regulus has a skip in his step as he walks beside his older brother, who beams at him proudly.Â
âYeah, youâre getting really good at that Reggie,â Sirius praises, a slightly envious tone edging into his words, but it all remained playful, âsay, how do you do your swirls so good?â
âPractise!âÂ
Sirius rolls his eyes at his younger brotherâs cheek, âThere has to be a secret to it that I donât know about,â Regulus only giggles at his older brotherâs shortcomings. This had been a rare happiness to experience at 12 Grimmauld Place but, gradually, it was becoming common between the two brothers. Suddenly the walls werenât so drab, the furniture not as boring and the decorations not as hauntingly placed. The atmosphere was much brighter as sunlight always seemed to pour magnanimously in from the windows.
âSorry Siri,â from Regulusâ free-flowing, tuneful words, he isnât sorry at all but Sirius can never will up any hatred for his younger brother. Theyâve been through it all together and now that their recent joys were also being shared, of course, they would partake in harmless teasing â teasing that was usually frowned upon by their mother but was no longer a worry. They canât remember the last time their mother frowned â the two greatly prefer this new version of their motherâs expressions much more.
As they approach your office door, the brothersâ footfalls quicken and they barely catch themselves from bursting through the door without knocking. But not before they catch sight of your figure through the crack of the doorway. Curious about your activity, Sirius hushes his younger brother softly and holds him back so that he can lean forward to observe your figure closely. Inspired by his older brotherâs nosiness, Regulus leans forward also and the two peer at you through the doorway crack.Â
Youâre not at your desk but are, instead, seated on the plush, cushioned seats of the emerald sofa placed in front of your desk. Black robes and other familiar attire are piled up beside you on one side while the other gradually assembles the neatly folded aftermath of your sewingâŠembroidery? Was there even a difference? Nevertheless, you had a needle and thread in hand without your wand or the use of magic in sight!
âMotherâs sewing your name tags herself,â Regulus concludes in a whisper following a muted gasp of surprise.Â
Siriusâ eyes widen ever so slightly, âand sheâs not using magicâŠâ he doesnât know how skilled you are at sewing but Sirius doesnât care, the gesture alone is enough to make his chest swell. Even his face began to warm up from the heat climbing up his neck as it tried reaching his ears.Â
ââŠdo you think sheâll sew my name tags too? When I start my first year, I meanâŠâ Regulus asks shyly, the clear insecurity in his timid voice making Sirius slightly defensive.Â
âOf course, she will,â he huffs before grinning widely, âand if we tear up our uniform âaccidentallyâ Iâm sure sheâll sew those up herself too!â Regulus doesnât know whether he likes or dislikes his brotherâs train of thought but smiles anyway; heâs just happy thinking about his mother paying as much attention and care to his first-year robes too. He canât wait until he starts attending Hogwarts as well.Â
Finally willing themselves to stop eavesdropping and return to their earlier task, Sirius and Regulus straighten their posture before knocking on the heavy wooden door. They donât have to wait terribly long for an answering call to grant their entrance.Â
âCome in,â you set your tools aside and smile when the door reveals your babies stepping into your office, âhello, my darlings,â from your periphery, you spot the time on the clock face and jump into conversation with them, âhow was your tutoring session? Did you like your new tutor?âÂ
âYeah!â the two answer simultaneously and with the same amount of enthusiasm â it makes you smile with content. Happiness looks good on them; their characters shine brighter and their faces are more child-like. Theyâre honestly the cutest little boys youâve ever seen and now theyâre your sons to love and protect. Â
âThatâs wonderful news,â you open your arms for each of them to jump into, âTell me all about it,â youâre just about to magic away the robes and sewing equipment so that they can sit beside you but not before you spot Sirius inspecting your handiwork, âIâm afraid Iâm not the best seamstress,â your confession comes out bashfully, âI should have had Madam Malkins sew the tags on for meââ
âNo!ââ Sirius interrupts, looking almost offended that you would consider such a thing, âI like your sewing,â you raise a brow and, together with Regulus, inspect your uneven, treasure map trail of stitches before turning to the eldest brother once more.Â
âAre you sure, darling?â
âYeah, only you can do the stitching on my uniform, no one else,â his firm answer makes your embarrassed expression melt into a warm smile.
âAlright then,â
âThank you, Mother,â he gives you another hug that you happily return.Â
âYouâre welcome, my dear,â
Looking over your plans, you sigh in restrained frustration. This is going to be a little hard. Yes, you know what to do but itâs all about recruiting the right people, trustworthy people and ones who are right for the role youâre choosing to give them. Thereâs a lot on your plate too, with your most urgent goal being divorce. Youâre convinced that it isnât going to be easy, considering the controversies that will surround the separation of a prominent wizarding house. The laws surrounding marriage, divorce and custody at this time are also largely unknown to you. Thankfully, youâve had the privilege of living in a modern âmuggleâ society where marriage and custody laws were pretty equal and fair. Perhaps thereâs a book you can read up on about these things. For now, itâs a safe bet to say that custody will favour Orion as a man in the 1970s â itâs better to over-prepare than be underprepared for any outcome.Â
Despite the importance of this particular undertaking, youâll have to wait until both, Sirius and Regulus, are attending Hogwarts to commence the divorce proceedings. You donât want your boys to be front-row witnesses nor do you want them to rollercoaster through the typical, rough emotions of children caught up in their parentsâ divorce. Youâve been through that already⊠and you barely made it out on the other side. Youâre an adult and theyâre just children; if you can protect them from the brunt of it, you will.
A stray thought pushes forward into your consciousness â it would be too optimistic to confidently wager on the boys siding with you. Although under abusive parenting, children are very loyal and youâre benefiting from that loyalty now; even though Walburga was incredibly cruel to her sons, they were still eager to give you a chance as soon as you took over and began treating them kindly. You need to be cautious. The silver lining of it all is that youâll, at least, have some time to prepare affluently before starting the separation process. That, on its own, however, will require another bout of planning. Â
Saving Regulus is another priority on your list. That requires getting rid of the Horcruxes and killing off snake-faced Voldy but you donât want to be too hands-on with that, especially because youâre not very adept at casting spells yet â thereâll be more experienced and more willing people (Aurors) who would be able to handle this type of mission. All you have to do is pull the right strings and connect with the right people. Eyeing another task on your list, you spot a small connection and smirk to yourself. The nib of your quill dips into a pot of ink and bridges two of your obligations.Â
âThis could be quite beneficial on both ends,â if you play your cards rightâŠ
Making some more careful notes, you gradually begin to piece everything together. But then thereâs the issue of Sirius being sent to Azkaban. Itâs healthy to have faith in yourself but if someoneâs life and wellbeing are in danger, especially if itâs your sonâs, you need to have a second, third and fourth plan at the ready. There needs to be a second, third and fourth plan for Regulus as well. Luck and misfortune will always have some influence on the dice you roll, there will never be an exception to that. Youâve learned this enough times in your previous life already, not just in business but everything else too.Â
Your quill stops and rests beside your plans as the cogs in your brain turn with more purpose. Sirius still needs to become an animagus and Regulus needs to learn how to be a strong enough swimmer so that he can cast a spell to repel the Inferi. It would be beneficial if they both become well-equipped in duelling. Thatâll require your lack of interference (maybe even your support) until Siriusâ fifth year, getting Regulus sorted with swimming lessons and encouraging both on their Defence Against the Dark Arts skills. You make a quick note of both solutions and their reasoning before linking both back to your list of obligations.Â
The progress youâre making with these intervention plans is making headway. You just hope that you wonât tip the scales too far so that what little control you currently have slips right through your fingers and youâll be left floundering.Â
20th August 1971
Youâve fully taken over the cooking for all meals and your boys are looking much healthier. It warms your heart every time you see them happily eating your cooking, it was hard work keeping up with the pantry inventory, planning meals and catering to their individual tastes but it was good work that filled your heart with so much content, you hardly felt the fatigue creeping into your bones.Â
Regulus isnât a picky eater, he simply has a preference for some foods over others. He doesnât like his eggs scrambled, only fried and with a runny yolk; he canât stomach oysters or shellfish; he doesnât like pulp in his juice and heâd rather eat a raw onion than have any trace of offal trimmings in his food.Â
Sirius can practically eat anything and does so healthily, however, heâs more of a savoury person, leaving Regulus to own the sweet tooth palette by himself. Both adore cheese and you often create mini charcuterie boards for them to snack on. It was so adorable. There was plenty of time on your schedule to assign towards aesthetic food presentation so youâve mastered the creation of salami roses. Youâve also found that Sirius prefers caramelised onion chutney to go with his mature cheeses whilst Regulus goes for a sweeter fig chutney.Â
Currently, you were making them their own mini charcuterie boards. Both were displayed on a circular board with their favourite chutney at the very centre, held in a small ceramic container. And, with decorative prowess, you place their selection of meats, cheeses, crackers and grapes around it.Â
âDo they look good Kreacher?â the house elf peers over the countertop surface and gives an affirming nod with a barely noticeable smile.Â
âThe young masters will be very happy, Mistress,â helpfully he suggests bringing the carefully prepared boards and crust-less finger sandwiches up to the boysâ study room for you but you shake your head.Â
âThank you, Kreacher, but I think Iâll bring up the food this time,â youâve met their new private tutor several times already but she was always so tense around you; youâre determined to improve her impression through some good old exposure therapy. âPlease prepare some tea and bring it up as soon as youâre done,â with your wand and a softly uttered âlocomotor charcuterie boards and sandwichesâ, the items lift into the air just slightly and you begin to move them out of the kitchen.Â
âWhat tea should Kreacher be brewinâ this noon, Mistress?âÂ
âOolong would be lovely today. Be sure to brew some Earl grey for Orion too but deliver the Oolong to us first please,â Kreacherâs struggles with your utterance of the polite âpleaseâ persists but he continues with his set tasks regardless. The hunched-over house elf has noticed youâve been prioritising the young masters much more than Orion recently; whenever you want to do something thoughtful, you always think of your sons first. Only last minute do you finally remember your workaholic husband and leave the snack preparations for Kreacher to fulfil and deliver alone. Itâs a peculiar shift in attention, the wrinkled elf admits, but seeing his young master Regulus so happy, he doesnât complain. Kreacher also admits that heâs growing a slight, mutual fondness for the elder Black brother, the two share in their love for Regulus and loyalty to you; now theyâve become friendly acquaintances. The house elf is a little happier and much more willing than ever before to stay loyal to his mistress and young mastersâ sides. And Master Orion too, of course.  Â
Making your way up the stairs, the pretentious cow stuck in your head makes her presence known with inconsequential complaints.
âYouâre spoiling those boys far too much!â Walburga shrieks and immediately makes your temples pound, âSirius and Regulus donât need this much attention, if you continue this theyâre going to grow up soft and weak and unable to carry on the Black family name with the proper dignity and class!â For the sake of avoiding the horrid healing potion Kreacherâs having you consume after every fainting spell, youâve been training yourself to build up as much resistance to her incessantly obnoxious yapping as much as possible â youâre getting there but you still need some practise. Currently, you are traversing the stairs so youâre taking every step with extra caution.
âBitches should be seen and not heard,â her confounded gasp doesnât escape you, âso kindly shut the fuck up,â the sarcastic cheerfulness in your tone makes her gasp once more and, like a coward, makes herself scarce. It seems as though youâve gotten better at shutting the shrew up but she has yet to acclimatise herself to your shameless disrespect towards her. Hopefully, she never gets used to your comments; itâs always such a pleasure being able to render her utterly speechless.Â
With a pleased smile, you give a soft knock on the boysâ study room before entering. The boys gasp happily as soon as they see the levitating charcuterie boards and the plateful of crust-less sandwiches float closer and closer.Â
âIâm sorry to interrupt but I think you all deserve a lunch break,â the boys cheer and happily dig in while you face their tutor with a small smile, âplease feel free to have as many sandwiches as you want, we have plenty on offer,â her smile is hesitant and slightly trembles under your hold so sheâs quick to look away and fix her focus onto the plate of sandwiches â her own, personal reprieve from having to interact with you.
Peony Knight. Sheâs an incredibly timid individual who seems to be in her element only when teaching children rather than in the company of said childrenâs adult parents â she has yet to look you in the eye for an extended period. Her head is an organised plight of feathery, strawberry-blonde hair and her eyes are a pair of opal pendants, so brilliantly blue but incandescent with a kaleidoscope of other jewel colours. Her resume was astounding but her family wasnât very notable so you could only imagine her surprise when she received your response to her application with a test run of her skills. It was important to you that she comes from an uncommon house and family, you didnât want to draw too much attention over switching tutors. At her tutoring trial run, she started very shaky but eventually found her confidence when focusing on your two boys rather than your lurking figure from the corner of the study. She was a good runner-up and quickly became the perfect choice when your boys showed favour towards her â the other candidates appeared to have been more affected by your presence in the room and taught the way they thought you wanted them to.Â
âSheâs nice and patient,â Regulus commented when you went to him after her trial lesson.Â
âI like the way she explains things,â Sirius added beside him.Â
That was all you needed to hire her as their private tutor. Peonyâs timidity of you as an authority figure played in her favour very well. Â
Hidden within a thick pile of stacked parchments and a small mountain of miscellaneous scrolls, you found Walburgaâs carefully curated curriculum for the boys and handed it over to Peony. Walburga would know better than you what would be useful for her sons to learn. However, you were surprised at the amount of âmuggleâ topics on her curated list. Admittedly, you were only expecting foundational wizarding lessons maybe on wands or classic pureblood etiquette so your shock was justified. Walburgaâs reaction, however, wasnât. Â
âI teach them proper pureblood etiquette myself, you useless girl! And how can I expect my sons to grow up well if they arenât taught the basics?! Theyâll be able to advance as better wizards of the Black family that way. Moreover, muggles stick to and remain in the basics so donât get smug with me, you filthy mud-blood!â Walburga screeched without restraint and with much offence after your initial revelation, leading to another fainting spell â the disgusting bitchâŠ
In addition to Peonyâs private tutoring, youâve taken to providing your own private lessons to the boys, much to their surprise and slight hesitancy. However, as soon as you began the extended lessons after their usual morning session with Peony one day, theyâve since grown to love it. This didnât happen every time, however, only on Tuesdays and Fridays. Today was one of those days, a Friday, and youâre so excited to see their reactions to what you have planned.Â
Their schedules typically consist of Peony coming over a couple of hours before noon and she teaches them for two or three hours sessions every day except weekends. Mondays were for English language and literature (wizard and muggle), Tuesdays were for Economics, Numeracy and Financial literacy, Wednesdays were for French and Cursive handwriting practice, Thursdays were for muggle sciences (basic biology, physics and chemistry) and Fridays were for history and philosophy (wizard and muggle).
You reserve the fun lessons for your boys with yourself as their teacher. These were composed of lessons that typically challenged their problem-solving, creativity and other fundamental skills to set them up with a good foundation for school and life in general. This included fun puzzle-solving, art (in every medium the boys wanted), some written/scenario problem-solving and role-play scenarios. The first Friday you did this, you had the boys act out from rough, child-friendly scripts you drafted inspired by the Shakespearian play, Macbeth. It seemed like an innocuous lesson but you wanted to gauge their ethical understandings and reasonings.Â
Throughout the scenes, you would spontaneously make them freeze frame to ask prompting questions that typically go along the lines of, âwhat would you do in this situation?â, âdo think that was the right thing to do?â, and âwhy did you think your character did this even though they knew it was wrong?â. Both engaged very well with their own perspectives on the situation.Â
At one point they got into a small argument that you needed to break up due to slightly differing standpoints on the scenario. It became slightly more heated than you expected but you were thankful for the opportunity to teach them how to communicate well with each other despite their differences. The lesson ended after that because tensions were still high and they were equally very stubborn about who should apologise first.Â
It was going to take more than one lesson to be able to make them understand the rules and the importance of healthy communication, but that was to be expected. This was just the beginning so youâre hoping that if you stay consistent with fostering their ethical reasoning, communication and problem-solving skills, they will be able to remain brotherly despite their opposing Hogwarts houses. In the end, you made them apologise at the same time (to the count of three) and had them hug it out before telling them to say one thing they like about the other person. Evidently, they werenât used to your new way of doing things and making amends but they (grumpily) did as they were told â and looked absolutely adorable doing it, their pouty faces were too much to bear!Â
Approaching the two boys indulging in their individual charcuterie boards and occasionally exchanging bites of their share, you kneel between them and begin pleasant conversations about their current lesson.Â
âAre you two having fun so far?â you could practically see Peony stiffen up like cement behind you, just from the telling gasp she lets out in the background. Being so high-strung isnât going to be good for her health so you hope she gets used to your presence soon enough. You do feel slightly apologetic for her but she needs to know that people can change no matter how drastically. Hopefully, she takes this opportunity to grow some confidence in herself too. Someone so intelligent should walk with broader shoulders and a higher chin.Â
âYeah! Did you know Pythagoras had a cult?â Sirius was practically bouncing in his chair.
âNo, he had a school of very intelligent mathematicians and musicians,â Regulus countered after swallowing his bite of cracker, cheese and grapes.Â
Sirius rolls his eyes but immediately jumps into another topic, âhe discovered the theory of pitch which is surprising coming from a guy whoâs scared of beans,â he cracks himself up laughing at the statement.
Again, Regulus interjects in defence of the philosopher, âhe wasnât scared of beans,â the two brothers exchange narrowed stares, âHe just believed that beans were the vessels for dead peopleâs souls and didnât want to disrespect them by running through a bean field,â a small argument ensues but you donât act, instead, you watch as a bystander in the hopes that your presence alone can keep them in check. If you ever feel the need to jump in at some point, you will.Â
All too well, Sirius and Regulus remain aware of your lingering attendance to their quarrel and make the silent agreement to not escalate things too far. For a moment, they share a knowing look after briefly glancing your way and glaring at each other once again. You watch them huff and inhale a slow, shaky breath. They actively turn their voices down whilst continuing with their argument. It didnât seem to go anywhere but both concluded it with less heat and more of a calm acknowledgement of each otherâs differing sides.Â
âTwo people can have different opinions and still be friends. They only need to respect that the other person holds a different view and that it doesnât make them a bad person,â they remembered your sage advice from their first extracurricular lesson with you. It was a massive shift in perspective to their growing minds and the impact it had on both of them was enough to permanently imprint the message into their heads. Â
Unprompted, you lean forward and press a kiss to each of their foreheads, Sirius first and then Regulus, âIâm so proud of you two,â you watch as their cherubic cheeks flush an adorable, pink hue. Sirius scratches the back of his head bashfully whilst Regulus fiddles with his pen, both of them equally biting back a small smile from the praise, âyou remembered what I taught you,â they look upon your elated smile with shy fulfilment as they nod slightly. âAnother personâs opposing opinions might be something we donât share or appreciate as much as they do butâŠâ they lean forward ever so slightly, wanting to consciously heed your elaboration on the topic, âhearing or witnessing a different view will expand our perspective on the world and help us grow as people. We need to keep an open mind for these sorts of things because they can teach us so much. It might be hard to do sometimes, but I want to ask you two for a small favour,â they nod silently, not questioning or hesitating at your words, fully trusting in your sensible knowledge â their mother was always a brick wall when it came to the opinions of others, they couldnât penetrate her, especially when it came to opposite views on blood purity so, to see her encouraging such undogmatic behaviour, is peculiar but in a strangely motivating way. They find that they want to do whatever it is that you want to ask them to do no matter what, âI want the two of you to try to understand the other side of any argument or opposite view. The world isnât as black and white as we think it is. We have to try to be understanding and empathetic people. There may be reasons someone sees the world a certain way and even if we donât agree or like their opinion, the least we can do is try to understand them. Just try. Thatâs all⊠thatâs enough,â
It was a lot to take in and it was a lot to ask of such young minds that were still developing. But you werenât asking for them to be perfect at it. All you want them to do is try.
âAlright, Mother,â Sirius nods with solid determination in his eyes.Â
âWhatever you wish, Mother,â Regulus says at the same time, also glowing with resolve.Â
Smiling happily, you bring them into a group hug, your arms easily curling around their small shoulders as you press another kiss to their temples, âyou donât have to be perfect, just try,â you reiterate in a whisper, âIâm so proud of you, my darlings, you make mommy so happy,â you donât see it but you feel their bright smiles press into your neck from either side as they return your embrace and nuzzle their faces into the junction of your neck and shoulders.
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Their lesson ended a few minutes ago and, like routine, they wave off Peony at the living room fireplace while you set up the study with all the things you planned on having them do for the afternoon. You asked them if they wanted to take a break before your lesson but they said they were happy to begin right away. They were able to detect the sparkle of excitement in your eyes as you left after their lunch break and were now filled with the same eagerness to begin your lesson.
Setting up their table with tools, aprons and a protective mat warmed your heart. You had planned so many things to do with your future children in your original life, read so many books and attended so many talks, lectures and groups on how to be a good mother that your heart was finally able to heal the scars that resulted from the infertility diagnosis you were slammed with years ago. You felt like a failure, not only as a mother but as a woman to be told that. It wasnât until you were able to recover from that debilitating news that you finally began to consider adoption. It took years and years and the building of a corporate empire to finally get to that point but then, you were doomed once more. At the centre of a collision in the busy city streets, you lost consciously accepting your fate only to end up hereâŠit was all quite a blessing really. Now you have two beautiful sons to call your own and to love with all of your heart. As an added bonus, theyâre also two of your favourite characters from the Harry Potter universe.Â
You could barely contain your excitement when you heard a small knock at the door to the study. They were here.Â
âCome in, darlings,â
Stepping into the room, Sirius and Regulus gasp in awe and begin jumping on the spot ever so slightly from feverish anticipation. In your outstretched hands were two small, grey aprons, one displaying Siriusâ name and the other Regulusâ along the upper seam of the apronâs breast pocket. Without being asked, they step up to their aprons and reach forward to put the article on themselves. As they do so, you announce what you will be doing for the afternoon.Â
âClay sculptures?â Sirius almost squeals in excitement as Regulus bounces on the balls of his feet.Â
âWeâve never done that before,â Regulus chimes as you kneel behind him to help with tying up his apron, eventually moving on to redo Siriusâ clumsy knot as well.
âItâll be fun,â you giggle, âfun and messy,â Sirius appreciates the hint of mischief in your voice and rushes to take a seat at the table with Regulus toddling along close behind him. You take a seat too and begin to talk them through the little sculpting tools they have beside them, the small mountain of clay at their disposal and the use for the bowls of water within reach.Â
Regulus is listening but he canât help glimpsing down at his stitched-on name tag every few seconds or so. His chest feels warm and so so tight that he feels like heâs about to burst. You had hand-stitched his name tag onto the apron yourself. He recognised the inexperienced, inconsistent stitches but he thinks itâs the most beautiful display of embroidery he has ever seen. Thereâs also the revelation that Regulus didnât need to wait to go to Hogwarts to know that you would be attentive enough to do the same thing for his clothes as you did to Siriusâ. He feels special and he loves the affectionate attention you were giving him, all the motherly love he and his older brother had always dreamed of experiencing was finally happening, not only through kind words but in warm hugs, soft kisses and silent acts of service too. He feels a surge of wanting to do well in everything, from studying to writing to eating to sleeping â all of it! Heâll do well in all of it. He only wants to make you proud.Â
âLetâs begin with rolling out a piece of our clay,â you start, encouraging them to get messy, keep their clay hydrated and not worry about the state of their tools because youâll all be washing them at the end together. After that, you had them make little balls using their hands and then roll out one ball into a flat sheet using their small rolling pins. With another ball, you instructed them to attempt making it flat using their hands instead, which helped you explain that moving around the clay with their hands makes the clay easier to mould. Â
âHave you two been learning about muggle sciences?â you gently ask as the two go about flattening their spheres a little more so that they can carve patterns into them using their small wooden tools.Â
âYeah, I like the one called physics,â Sirius grins, eyes still focused on his clay.
âMe too!â Regulus chimes and the two brothers grin at each other, which makes you smile.Â
âThatâs very good,â you nod, spotting an opportunity, âso where do you think the heat comes from when we roll out our clay?âÂ
âFrom our hands,â Sirius immediately answers.Â
âThatâs right, anything else?â
The question is open for the two of them but Regulus is the one who answers next, âFrom all the moving around,â
âBrilliant, my darlings,â you praise and they grin pridefully.Â
âNow, can you name the types of energies those are called? If youâve learned about them, that is,â The brothers look at each other before beginning to ponder separately. The silence draws on so you decide to give them a little help, âWhat are all the energies called?â They do just fine with regurgitating the ten different energy types and that seems to be enough to prompt Regulus.Â
âThe moving around is kinetic energy,â
Sirius jumps to answer as well, âand our hands transfer the thermal energy,â
âGood good!â you give them a small round of applause, which they bashfully smile at, âyou two are so clever!⊠What did I hear about this âtransferringâ of energy, Siri?â your question comes out in a nonchalant tone.Â
âPeony says that energy is stored and transferred,â Sirius answers, âand that they sometimes turn into another type of energy,â
âI see,â you look down at your own clay spheres and sheets, âwhere is the thermal energy from my hands coming from?â once again, theyâre silent, âI think this can link to biology, specifically our biology,â that gets the cogs in their brains turning again and you canât help but coo at their adorable thinking faces.Â
âItâs fromâŠâ Regulus begins, immediately catching both yours and Siriusâ undivided attention, your eyes equally encouraging him to continue with his answer, âItâs from the energy in our food,â
Eyes sparkling with delight, you prompt him once more, âAnd what energy is that called?â
ââŠChemical!â
âGood job!â Sirius claps for his brotherâs success and reaches up for a high five that Regulus happily hits and once again, theyâre grinning at each other.Â
âWhat about for the movement?â This was a trick question but your boys are clever so you have full faith in them. Regulus already answered his share so he silently backs out from the arena by looking up at Sirius who begins to ruminate. ââŠwell the movement has to come from somewhere, doesnât it?â you thoughtfully point out, beginning to play around with your clay and trying to look innocent about it despite it being a definite clue.Â
âIt comes from us!â Sirius explains and looks down to play around with his clay too. You stay silent as you let him think and reach the conclusion on his own but youâre already so so proud of their intelligent displays, ââŠso itâs the same answer, itâs also from chemical energyâŠâ he seems unsure from his tone but the minute he looks up to meet your eyes, the smile on your lips and the applause from you and Regulus has him beaming.Â
âMy sons are so so clever! Iâm very proud of you both!â
That was enough of that â you only remember so much from your younger science education â so you move on to teach them about hatching and being able to stick two pieces of clay together with a little bit of water in order to make a small box with no lid. Thankfully, that was the final thing you intended to teach them before letting them make their own creations.Â
âNow, you can make whatever you want with your clay. After this, Iâll bake them so they become solid, and then, we can paint them together. If you run out of clay, just ask and Iâll get you some more,â the two buzzed in their seats from the excitement and you were just as eager to let them loose with their creativity. âYou can also make more than one thing but limit yourself to just two or three, please. Also make sure that whatever you make suits a function, it can be anything at all; you can even get some ideas from this muggle book on clay crafting,â you present them with the childrenâs clay craft book and place it where they can easily reach, âdonât mind getting the edges dirty, as long as the main text and pictures arenât too muddied up by clay, itâs fine. Itâs supposed to get used earnestly anyway,â they smile at your proactive reassurance but only Regulus goes for the clay book while Sirius goes about making his desired creation right away.Â
For a while, Sirius cannot decide what to actually make. His speediness into action makes his younger brother peer over at him anxiously quite a few times but his initial unease gradually fades when he realises his older brother keeps changing his mind, flattening a scarcely sculpted creation just as quickly as he begins a new one. You donât want to interrupt their independent creative flows and get to work on something youâve already planned to create, a modest gift for your darling boys.Â
Some time goes by in silence before you call for Kreacher to play one of the vinyls you managed to buy from a record shop when out on errands to muggle London. You had bought several along with the gramophone at the shop. When you first bought it home, the boys were eager to find out what it was and spent a lot of time happily winding it up so that you could all listen to the records together. It would have been preferable to get the electrical one but it would have been useless in the predominantly magic-operated house. Â
âGreat choice, Kreacher,â you smile at the house elf who nods timidly by the gramophone and promptly disappears when he feels as though he is no longer needed. The Beatlesâ Abbey Road album plays in the background as the soundtrack to your clay sculpting session for several songs-worth of minutes before you finally get up to independently ask the boys about what they had chosen to make. âOh! Darlingâ sings in the distant corner as you kneel beside Sirius and quietly ask about his creation and what its function would be. In a whisper, he replies without turning to look at you, far too focused on his creation to divert any significant attention from it. Â
âIâm making plant pots,â he begins, his pink tongue slightly poking out of the corner of his mouth, âfor the cooking herbs you said you wanted to grow in the kitchen, but Iâm also making one for Reggie since he says he wants to grow a plant in his room,â after his nonchalant explanation, your heart soars. It would be a fair assessment to say that Regulus has spoken to him about exploring gardening. You didnât know your youngest wanted to grow a green thumb but it was a pleasant surprise â youâll see about taking him to a muggle plant shop soon, you donât quite trust wizarding plants in the household. A succulent or mini cactus would be a good choice.Â
Pressing a kiss onto Siriusâ cheek, you whisper a soft thank you and praise his thoughtfulness before moving on to Regulus. For a moment, the elder brother wishes he could grow out his hair so that you are less likely to notice his flushed cheeks and red-tipped ears. You also kneel by Regulusâ side to whisper the same questions about his creation.Â
âIâm making a little jewellery dish for your rings and necklaces and earrings, Mother. And Iâm also going to make one for Siri since heâll be getting the family ring when heâs older. Siriusâ one is going to be star-shaped because heâs named after the brightest star and yours is going to be heart-shaped becauseâŠwellâŠâ Regulus canât finish his sentence as his blush floods his entire face with heat. But he doesnât need to finish his explanation, heâs said all you needed to hear to coo over his thoughtfulness and press a kiss to his cheek also. Theyâre such sweet boys. That bitch Walburga was blessed to have them and yet she mistreated them so much, they didnât deserve any of that. Tender love and care is what they truly deserve and that will be your sole mission and lifeâs purpose for this existence.Â
âWhat are you making, Mother?â Regulus asks unprompted when you finally sit back down by your humble creations again. The youngestâs question makes Sirius perk up and eye you with interest, his grey eyes flicking between you and the carefully shaped clay by your hands.Â
âIâm making little star-shaped pendants for my little star boys,â smiling at their flustered expressions, you elaborate further, âIâm going to poke a hole near the top point so I can thread it through a chain and you can wear it as a necklace or a bracelet â you can choose,â you show them one with a carved âSâ on it, âthis one is for Siri,â next you present the one with an âRâ on it, âand this one is for Reggie,â they beam in happiness at the getting such a personalised gift from you and continue their clay projects with new-found vigour.Â
It was relatively easy to create the small star pendants so, inspired by Regulusâ creations, you proceeded to craft minimalist ring bands, one each of you. Siriusâ you carved the same sort of archaic patterns as that of his wand, for Regulus, you did simple lines with an occasional dot and for yours, evenly placed mini daisies. At first, it was purely for making sure that Regulus didnât feel left out from Sirius getting the family ring but, looking at your modest creations, your magnate mind begins to manifest an innovative idea youâre itching to begin. Your schedule is going to fill up very quickly and soon â there isnât a chance that youâll wait on this.Â
1st September 1971
Today couldnât have crept up on you quickly enough. One minute you were settling into a cosy routine with your darling sons and now you were sending the eldest away for wizarding boarding school. It was happening too fast and your heart was constantly breaking from being torn between freely letting him go and childishly begging him to stay so that you could spend as much time with him as possible. Even the novelty of rushing onto platform 9Ÿ through the brick wall between platforms 9 and 10 couldnât keep the tears from filling your eyes. However, your unhappiness and woe were quickly wiped away when Sirius expressed muted sadness at the idea that his father was too busy to see him off to Hogwarts. That morning, try as you might you couldnât convince Orion to be there for his son. The git was lucky Sirius had interrupted your argument to express his acceptance and neutrality over the situation or else you would have clocked the pretentious assholeâs jaw. You would be surprised if the hypothetical punch landed hard enough to dislocate both of his temporomandibular joints. He would be eating through a tube if it werenât for your little boyâs interruption but youâll be sure to sink your teeth into your git of a husband as soon as you get home.Â
Regulus seems to be whispering something to his older brother as they share a hug of goodbye. There was plenty of time for Sirius to get onto the train - you made sure of that - and you promised to wave him off as the train left the station so none of you were in any rush to leave the other. You kindly smile down at their wholesome interaction, completely drawn in by their innocence and heartfelt brotherly love for each other. Their relationship was worth preserving and building up. You were once saddened by Sirius and Regulusâ torn apart brotherhood but now, youâll be devastated if your sons ever broke their bond like in the movies and books. So distracted by your loveable sonsâ endearing display, you miss the shocked looks you were receiving from fellow parents of other children who were also boarding to attend Hogwarts â they simply couldnât believe it!Â
Everyone knew the matriarch of the Black family. However, the very picture of her now was not what was to be expected. Rumours of her cold and unsympathetic disposition appeared as slanderous lies when they took in your warm smile and fond stare, looking solely upon your two sons. It was well-known amongst the wizarding community that the famous Black familyâs eldest son, Sirius Black, would begin attending Hogwarts this year. They expected to see a conceited and substantially reserved display of the family by the platform but not⊠not this! This is something for the papers! Had the matriarch of the most ancient and noble house of Black always looked this beautiful and kind? Surely not!⊠But their eyes werenât being deceived, they were seeing the truth! Many gasped and openly stared, thankfully hushed down by the nosiness of the platform, whilst others didnât know how to interpret the display and opted to avert their eyes.
Around his small wrist, Sirius keeps your clay star pendant around his wrist, which had been painted a deep black per his request while the âSâ is marked with metallic silver paint. He has such good taste for aesthetics despite his young age. Every day there was something new to be proud of him for, no matter how little. You love being a mother!
âOh darling, Iâm going to miss you so so much. You must promise me that youâll take care of yourself, donât be scared about making friends,â you look him in the eye as you say so, combing your fingers through his hair and pushing away the curling locks from his forehead, âtheyâre going to love you just as much as I do,â
âMe too, Siri,â Regulusâ soft interjection brings out a mutual laugh from you and the eldest Black brother. Sirius brings Regulus into another hug that you are also brought into.
âAnd if they donât like you then they can suffer having none of those mini pies I baked for you,â the two of you share a smirk and a wink. Sirius had requested some shelf-stable foods to bring such as his favourite chutney, jams and jerky, all homemade by you, especially for him. Of course, you didnât say no. You even suggested bringing along something yummy for the train ride despite already providing him an allowance to spend on the trolley.Â
âRegulus and I will write to you as often as we can so be on the lookout for our letters, okay?â he nods, eyes already sparkling from the anticipation and thought of receiving mail by owl solely for him. A letter addressed only to him, with his name on the envelope, and meant only for him to read â his feverish anticipation was to be expected. He couldnât wait for his first letter.Â
âIâll write back just as much, promise!âÂ
âGood because if you donât,â you scold playfully as Sirius bites back a cheeky giggle, âIâll go to Hogwarts and demand a written letter back myself, Iâll bring Reggie with me too so thatâs twice the heat youâll be under young man, donât forget,â
âNever,â Sirius whispers as he throws himself into your embrace once more. Thereâs never going to be enough hugging to satiate your aching heart, nor squash the sadness of watching your baby grow up too fast but, knowing the mischief and fun heâll be getting up to, makes you almost giddy with excitement. You want to read all about it in his letters home!Â
As much as youâd like to have said your farewells for longer, Sirius still needed to board and needed help with his luggage. Thankfully there were plenty of staff to help him lug it all around, which you smiled gratefully for. They seemed stunned by your courtesy but tipped their caps in acknowledgement and whispered a quick âthanksâ in return, regardless.Â
Stepping back from the platform with Regulus at your side, the two of you try to follow Sirius along the train compartments as closely as you can until you finally see him settling into a box by himself. You wonder if heâll be meeting his fellow marauders soon â god! You wish you could see them as adorable 11-year-old babies like your Sirius right now.Â
Regulus toddles up to be closer to the window, opposed to the thought of separating from his brother and tries to hold one last conversation with Sirius as everyone waits for the train to depart. To hear him clearer, Sirius reaches up to open the window. Smiling at the pair fondly, you almost miss a heart-stopping sight. From your left peripheral, you spot an untameable mess of dark hair and round hazel eyes sparkling in jubilation, framed with an adorable pair of round glasses â you barely withhold your gasp of surprise. But all too soon, from your right, you glimpse a head of neatly trimmed but slightly grown-out brown hair, belonging to a rather spindly boy swamped under a cosy autumn-brown jumper. On his softly curving jaw is a light, nicking scar and when he turns his head ever so slightly, you see another more prominent scar marked across the pudge of his cheek. Youâve seen a wild, baby-ish James Potter and Remus Lupin. Almost all of the marauders were spotted getting onto the Hogwarts Express but do you even want to see the final member? No! Of course not! It was then that you noticed sandy-blonde hair weaving through the crowds of parents wishing their children farewell â a last-minute attempt at getting onto the train on time. Behind him, he is followed by a similarly blonde woman, his mother. Goodness, both share such startling similarities, both have curved edges to their silhouette, pink cheeks and sea-blue eyes. They looked like an adorable pair and you had to admit that Peterâs portly appearance made him incredibly endearing for his age. They looked like an ordinary, harmless mother-son pair, much like you and your boysâŠ
A whistle pierces through the station and snaps you out of your daze. Finally turning back to your Sirius, your eyes tear up again for the umpteenth time that day. Regulus had rushed back to your side, clinging onto the long, black skirt of your dress with one hand as he used the other to wave goodbye. Silently, you mouth an âI love youâ. He isnât as surprised as when you whispered the same affection to him whilst still on the platform so he was able to mouth it back â âI love you too, Mother,â â your heart pinches. Picking Regulus up, you sit him on the curve of your hip and wave Sirius off together. You see the slight shimmer of tears in Siriusâ eyes too just before the train moves too far and takes Sirius away with it.Â
You miss him already.
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àŒâ§âË. episode 04: lonely star
preview: ". . .He knows a part of him is right, what he said wasnât wrong. Perhaps, he couldâve said it in a different wayâwhenever he remembers the dejected expression across your features, the attempt at covering up the hurt behind your eyes by pulling away from him as though he was fireâhis heart sits heavy.
And then the two of you didnât talk again. He didnât bother to try to text you, and you would never text him first."
content warning: cursing, hanma owns a strip club, oral s.ex, unprotected s.ex, choking, hair pulling, no aftercare.
word count: 7k
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Tokyo was a bustling city. People escape from the mundane using any source of entertainment allowed. From going shopping to partying, the city provides numerous remedies for any challenging moment a person might experience. There, in the depths and labyrinth streets of Tokyo and its lively nightlife, exists a world that only unravels to those who dare seek it. Hidden between tall buildings and colorful signs, paradise on earth stands proudly.
A black car pulls up in the alleyway, parking right outside the back entrance of a disheveled looking building. The door opens and cigarette hits the dirty floor. A foot crashes the bud, adorned in squeaky clean shoes that do not fit the vibe of the creepy alleyway. Golden Glow reads in bright neon light right above the back door. The manâs slender fingers push the wooden door open, stepping into a vibrating world of sensuality and allure where reality and fantasy blur for hours on end at night.
The air is thick with perfume and anticipation, a line of rich men of all backgrounds sitting on the deep red plush seating facing the focal point of the strip club. Murmurs of who will be performing next fill the room and the tall man makes his way towards the VIP table.
âYouâre late.â Kisaki doesnât pull his eyes away from the curtains waiting to unravel tonightâs star, more or less used to this kind of behavior from his right hand.
âI had to take care of something.â Announces Hanma as he pulls his seat back and grabs a cigarette. The relationship he had with smoking was more of a toxic affairâa continuous tag of war between depending on the small bud and desiring a whiff of the substance when things get a bit too hectic. With each inhale, he feels a momentary release from existing. Heâs never enjoyed it, not fully at least. Existing meant he had to abide by rules, which he never did. Breakups were nasty, women lashing out insults towards the man they called a God only a few nights priorâthey shouldâve known better, is what he tells them every time. He never claimed to be a good person, just a goodâno, an amazing fuck.
Hanmaâs dick serves as a distraction from his violent nature, he momentarily hypnotizes those women with each sharp and angled thrust from his hips. Deliciously dragging out moans, whines and profanities, proclaims of how godly he feels and how theyâve never had better. He is good at using and not giving much in return, he shows it through prioritizing his orgasm, only speaking when the dirty talk tips him over the edge. Shuji doesnât budge as a pillow is thrown his way, âasshole!â sounds from behind the door heâs just closed and he swears he could feels his fingers twitch. Heâll spare the cleaning staff of the hotel a blood bath tonight.
âYou took too long,â Nahoya adds his two cents as usual, and the tall man wonders what the orange haired even provides for him to remain alive and attending special nights like these.
âItâs your club, youâre supposed to get here first.â Kisaki presses and the lights dim as the curtains open, revealing tonightâs a woman clad in a gorgeous set of deep red lingerie. She commands attention with the way her body carries her across the stage, each step is like a soft whisper, beckoning more people to look at herâadmire her. She embraces the power she holds over the spectators, feeling a surge of dopamine push her to do better.
âYouâre not my fucking dad. Iâll get here when I want to.â His fingers tremble as he drags the cigarette away from his lips, resting his wrist on the table as his whole hand shakes. You would think that years of smoking would get the man used to the motion, familiarized with the aftermath of each whiffâsomehow, it doesnât. Through furrowed eyebrows and behind framed glasses, Kisaki notes the unusual behavior from the man. He is far too moody, perhaps more than usual. Hanma took pleasure into killing, coming back from missions was almost as euphoric as an orgasm after being denied for so long. As far as his report went, the mission was done and Tomanâs men were able to discard of the dead body rather easily. So what was wrong?
The younger man doesnât say anything, he waits until the show wraps up and for peopleâs attention to drift elsewhere to speak to the taller man. As Hanma, not so quietly, slips away from the table and onto one of the VIP rooms upstairs, Kisaki soon joins him.
âSo, wanna talk about whatâs up your ass lately?â
âWhat do you mean?â Hanmaâs voice is devoid of any emotion, but he still looks unimpressed as he casts half a glare towards Kisaki.
âYou know what I mean. Somethingâs up your ass, you need to fucking pull it out and do your job. I donât need a moody bitch as my first in command.â
Hanmaâs heard worse over the years, he knows what it meant to be involved with someone as nasty and as disgusting as Kisaki. However, he was having a bad week and Kisaki came to him at the wrong moment.
âThis moody bitch will blow holes into your brain and make it seem like it was a pathetic attempt to kill yourself. Donât fuck with me.â The tension rises between the two men, silence engulfs the room thatâs hidden to the rest of the audience. Theyâve had to fight before, the scars littering Hanmaâs arms a reminder of Kisakiâs knife slashing the manâs skin. The shorter manâs own scarred hands a grim testament to what Shuji was capable of doing. The two of them donât speak another word.
Kisaki sits on one of the soft chairs facing Hanma, placing his gun on the tiny glass table. The other man does the same, and it feels like a silent agreement that neither of them was going to harm the other.
âI went to her place.â Thereâs no question about who he is referring to. Kisaki knows all too well who you are. Heâs seen you from afar when you were all young, unknowingly grasping the heart of a delinquent whoâs never known what the feelings he had for you even meant. His face twitches as he remembers the conversation he had with the man a couple of weeks ago.
âYou found her?â
âSheâs back in Shinjuku.â Kisaki doesnât miss the way Chifuyuâs body tenses up when the two men mention your name. Heâs managed to keep you away from this mess for years now, his plan was coming crashing down from a single interaction with Hanma Shuji. Like domino pieces lined up, the tattooed man blows on them and watches them tumble just for fun. He was after you just for fun, Chifuyu fears.
âAnd? What do you wanna do now?â Kisakiâs busy rummaging through papers in his drawers, he doesnât lift his gaze as he continues. âDo you want the men to take her away or?â
Sensing his silence, Tetta raises his eyes and notices the deadly look on Hanmaâs face. Had it not been Kisaki, a man whoâs known him for years and was desensitized to his glares, he wouldâve most likely fallen from his chair. His eyes became storm clouds, hiding their usual golden color and crackling with the threat of lightning. Hanmaâs never cast him a look similar to this before, usually blessed with an emotionless face.
âNo. I donât want any of them near her.â
Kisaki leans back against his seat. Heâs seen Hanma get riled up over things like missions going wrong, people pissing him off, testing his patienceâthis was a different kind of negative emotion he was displaying. Dare Kisaki say that it was fun to witness? Perhaps even unexpected from the tall man? But he doesnât say a thing, only gives a curt nod and proceeds to finish the task at hand.
âWhy is that?â he asks, curious to know what lead the man to end up in your place.
He glances towards his fingers which had long ago healed, he could still feel your fingertips against his skin, warm breath fanning over his wrist as you tended to his wounds with so much care, as though you were stitching a tiny tear in a delicate fabric.
âShe cleaned me up.â Kisaki has to blink a couple of times, but he notices how Shuji keeps his gaze fixated on his fingers. He chews on his bottom lip out of habit. The band aid wrapped around them is unfamiliar, the manâs never taken care of himself this wayïżœïżœoddly enough, Kisaki feels that Hanma had a strange attachment to the adhesive strip keeping his healed cuts safe. It has been days since that incident, he most definitely did not need to cover his hands that way.
âCleaned you up?â Kisaki pours himself and the other man a glass of whisky, pushing one of the glasses towards Hanma.
âSaw my hands and thought that I was in pain.â The taller man mumbles as he brings the glass of whisky up to his swollen lips. Downing the liquid like rapid fire, he slams the glass on the table and leans in his chair, head thrown back as he grunts.
âI think I fucked up.â Hanma admits, his hand covering his eyes. He hasnât stopped thinking about you or your touch since that night. So soft, offering him what he has deprived himself of for yearsâyou were so gentle with his hands, treating him as though he was made of glass. Your beautiful eyes witnessed the harm he is capable of causing to others, yet your soul set that aside to make sure he was okay.
Only for him to mess it up.
He knows a part of him is right, what he said wasnât wrong. Perhaps, he couldâve said it in a different wayâwhenever he remembers the dejected expression across your features, the attempt at covering up the hurt behind your eyes by pulling away from him as though he was fireâhis heart sits heavy.
And then the two of you didnât talk again. He didnât bother to try to text you, and you would never text him first.
He was growing impatient with each passing second. He wasnât an expert at solving this kind of problems, let alone when it involved him in the equation. However, one thing was for certain; his insatiable need to feel you again made every moment apart from you feel like heâs been cursed with damnation.
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October comes to an end, you start to accept the atmosphere of loneliness that settles like a heavy cloak over the landscape. The days grow shorter and the nights longer, there are Halloween decorations displayed along the entrance of every apartment door. Itâs adorable. Pumpkins, bats, and your most favoriteâcats are all over the fronts of every store. You look up and find paper lanterns with spooky designs, themed displays in shopping malls, and themed merchandise in stores. You find yourself yearning for the celebration to linger a bit longer.
As the days turn into weeks, Hanmaâs absence becomes palpable. You cannot ignore that the lack of his pestering feels strange and foreign, when you had only started speaking to the man again for a couple of days only. Like a shadow retreating to darkness, it feels like he never existed in your life. Youâre back to living life the same way that you did before he suddenly reappeared in your lifeâyou donât know why youâre disappointed. After witnessing murder with your two eyes, you thought that Shuji would scare you. He should. Such an unpredictable man with a history of violence that remains unknown to you should instill a deep fear in you. Then why do you find yourself craving the presence of a man whose ruthlessness carves a path of destruction? A man whose words made it feel like walking through a field of thorns?
You pay your feelings no mind as you drown yourself in chores, making sure there was no speck of dust left on each furniture of your apartment. A shower soothes your nerves afterwards, the motion of scrubbing the dirt off of your skin a subliminal attempt at getting Hanmaâs aura off of you. You make yourself a cup of hot chocolate, top it off with some marshmallows as you settle on the comfortable couch with a soft yet heavy blanket draped over your shoulders. The movie you picked for the night is nowhere near comforting, but you brush it off for the sake of Halloween vibes.
However, those feelings melt away as soon as ears pick up on the sound of footsteps near your door. It was pretty late for anyone to be visiting you, let alone on Halloween night. You set your hot chocolate down and walk towards the door in quiet footsteps, praying that you donât make a noise by accidentally breathing too hard.
Behind the door, Hanma stands looking almost apologetic. His head hangs low not out of shame, but because he sees your shadow from under the door. He holds back a chuckle.
 âItâs me.â
When he hears no reply, he pushes himself off of the wall and walks away from the door. An uncomfortable feeling gnawed at his chest, but he refuses to acknowledge any of it as his hand reaches for the pack of cigarettes in his pocket. He lets one dangle between his lips as he reaches for the lighter. Until he hears the creaking sound echoing in the hallway.
Glancing back, he sees that your door was no longer closed, but he couldnât see you either. His feet slowly drag him towards your doorstep once again and the moment he attempts to peek inside, your face pops from behind the door. The both of you pull away at the same time, you almost close the door in his face but his foot stops it before you could close it shut.
âI had to hide my cat. He likes to escape when I open the door.â You announce with a tone that appears to be protective, very used to your fur companionâs habits. Hanma nods, cigarette hanging loosely from his lips. It wasnât until you break eye contact that he realizes heâs been staring at you without uttering a single word.
âAre you alone?â He can see inside your apartment, he towers over you with so much ease. You shift your weight from one foot to another, eyes avoiding his as you stare back at the TV screen and the obviously empty living room.
âYeah,â you pause, glancing back towards him. âWhy?â
âI was thinking you couldââ he wiggles his fingers. âSee if theyâre okay.â You stare down at the band aids wrapped sloppily around the skin and have to fight back the urge to smile. âI tried to do it myself but I donât think I did as much of a good job as you did,â which was true and very apparent.
You take a moment to consider your options, chewing on your bottom lip as you fixate your stare on his hands. It was relatively late at night, you were wearing a light sleep dressâthis could either go right or horribly wrong. For now, you donât mind taking the risk.
Pushing the door wide, you see the way his eyes glimmer as they scan your entire body from head to toe. He doesnât hide that he is checking you out, even as he steps inside your place, he chooses to stare at you instead of scanning his surroundings like last time. You refuse to crumble under his gaze nor change what you were wearing, you close the door and make your way to the kitchen without uttering a single word.
Hanma suddenly thinks of something and he bites back the urge to smirk as he makes his way towards the kitchen as well. This is the farthest heâs been in your place, your kitchen is rather small compared to the one he has in his apartment, but he appreciates how full it is. From the fruit sitting on the counter, the coffee machine, the magazines, the small board where you have what looks like a to-do list written thereâit feels homey. It feels like you.
You glance behind you, noticing the pair of shoes in your kitchen and donât bother to look back, but you feel a tad bit annoyed.
âNo shoes in my house,â no response. Surely, he wasnât going to ignore you when you were about to take care of him.
âI saidââ your stomach flutters and your breath catches when you feel something land on your shoulder, hot breath fanning the tiny bit of skin exposed from your sleep dress falling to the side. You hold your breath for what feels like an eternity, body frozen in place.
âNo shoes in the house?â his deep voice sends chills down your spine, his hands resting against the fridge instead of gripping your hips.
His fingers twitch when the smell of sweet vanilla and coconut hits his nostrils, your scent is intoxicating and he struggles with himself. Every instinct urges him to break free and surrender to the intoxicating allure, yet the tether of restraint holds Hanma firmly and keeps his impulse in check. He doesnât want to upset you again, but he thoroughly enjoys seeing you like this. So flustered.
As he pulls away from you, you turn to face him and use the first aid kit to put space between the two of you, like a shield. If you were trying to appear intimidating with the scowl on your face, Hanmaâs smirk tells you that you were failing miserably.
âWhat the hell is your problem?â you donât even sound mad, just completely and utterly embarrassed. You were fighting a war between your brain and your needsâthe warmth of his body lingered on your skin for far too long, and although his breath reeked of cigarette and something minty, it made you feel dizzy.
âYouâre red in the face, doll.â He purrs, making his way towards the couch. This time, you were certainly not going to get down to your knees and treat his cuts. Not after the stunt he pulled.
âShut up.â You groan, sitting on the couch.
âYouâre like, totally vermillion in the faceââ
âI will kill you!â
He snorts and comfortably settles on the couch right beside you. One glance at his hands and you can tell that it really isnât that serious. You bring his hands close to your face, inspecting them as soon as you take off the adhesive strips. There are a few faint scars, but theyâre all healed and he only needs to apply ointment to them for extra measure. You put them back in his lap for a few seconds, leaning forward to grab the ointment you placed on the small coffee table in front of the both of you. You donât realize that you had both gone awfully quiet after that moment, for a few seconds you almost forget what his touch felt like until you feel a pair of eyes burning holes in your face.
âTake a picture, it lasts longer,â you blurt out, never meeting his eyes. You want to appear unbothered by all of this, by his intense way of giving you attention. But god knows how loudly your heart was thumping in your chest.
âWould you let me do it?â oh my god.
You donât respond, you want to focus on the task at hand and step away from him as quickly as you can. The longer you felt him near you, the harder it was to contain yourself from matching his energy, his flirtatious comments. You were supposed to be mad at him, why did you cave into his request of having his minor cuts treated once again when the man ruined your mood the other night?
âNo, I wouldnât.â You say firmly, although your touch against his skin is very soft. Hanma can tell that youâre fighting an inner battle, youâre not good at hiding it. Your furrowed eyebrows make his own skin burn, his thumb craves to smoothen the skin of your forehead, get you to relax that jaw and melt against him the same way he does when the tip of your finger grazes his skin. He snaps out of his thoughts when he sees that you were already putting everything back in the white box, golden eyes staring between your hands and face.
âWeâre done?â
âYeah, you should be fine now.â You get up and head back to the kitchen, leaving Hanma alone with his thoughts once again. He notices that the movie you were watching was paused only 20 minutes in and the hot chocolate sitting on your coffee table was starting to go cold. It seems as though your night was just getting started and him showing up put it on hold.
However, Hanma doesnât want to leave just yet. He canât put his finger on why he feels the need to stay, perhaps the idea of going back into his car, driving to his empty place made him feel a little bit sick to his stomach. It was an unspoken rule for Hanma to never visit his place unless he really needed something. Clothes, moneyâhe always packed those in a bag and left it in his car. His placeâlocated in the heart of the city's shadows, is nestled within a towering skyscraper, its imposing structure casting long, foreboding shadows over the streets below. Whenever Shuji inserts the key card, he is greeted by an atmosphere steeped in mystery and menace. Dark, rich tones dominate the dĂ©cor. Nothing about the 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms apartment made it feel homey. So Hanma avoided it like the plague.
He thinks he can find an excuse to stay a little longer with you. Should he take you out? He canât. You were far too comfortable in your sleep dress to change into something else. The movie seemed interesting, perhaps a few sweet words would convince you to let him stay a little longer before he has to departâ
âHave you had dinner yet?â You break his chain of thoughts so easily, Hanma is a little taken aback at first. Glancing back towards you, he sees you holding two white ceramic plates in one hand. The pot, which he assumed had warm, homemade food in it, is sitting on the stove with a ladle inside. Were you offering him a meal?
âNot yet,â
âI figured you skip meals,â you say with a frown. You forget the grudge youâre supposed to hold against him, it nestles itself somewhere in the back of your head the moment you see Hanma lost in his thoughts. You glance at his faceânot as full as it was when the two of you were kids. Heâs never had chubby cheeks, but you could tell when the man had a good meal and when he hadnât eaten properly in a while. You naturally find yourself reheating the food you made for yourself, grateful you decided to cook more than a singular portion.
âI donât do it on purpose,â he clarifies, as though he needs you to understand where he is coming from but then his lips are sealed shut. Heâs never had to explain himself to anyone, itâs a little foreign for him to be doing it with you.
âYou forget?â you guess, your back facing him as you serve him a good portion of the katsu curry youâve made. You make sure to give him a bigger portion than yours, assuming that the man has probably skipped lunch as well.
âMhm.â With the way he engulfed you in his arms previously, you shouldnât trust him so blindly and have your back facing him again. But you donât seem to care as much, maybe even wishing he does it again. Instead, you hear a chair creak from behind you and see that the man has made himself comfortable in your kitchen. You hand him his food before sitting across from him, then the two of you dig into the food.
Hanma hasnât tasted something this good inâ14 years. Ever since his mother stopped cooking him a decent meal. You made a dish thatâs such a delightful harmony of textures and flavors, engulfing him with a warm velvety blanket he would never throw over his own shoulders. He glances towards you and youâre focused on your foodâat least, you look like youâre trying to focus. He sees that some habits never really left you. You ate fast, way too fast, never truly savored your food. You still had a habit of bringing the food close to your nose and inhaling the scent (he never understood why you did it). He can remember the last time you tried to smell something he was about to eatâa sandwich he had bought that had a weird mixture of ingredients, you leaned down to inhale its scent and Shuji swears he hasnât laughed as hard ever since. The face you made was of pure disgust, pushing the bread back into his hands and away from you. Youâve always had such an expressive faceâeither that, or Shuji stares at you a bit too much.
The present situation mirrors your date at the ramen shop in sad ways. It is obvious that the two of you have grown apart, no longer needing to be so close to one another at any given moment. The person who sits across of Shuji Hanma is someone he recognizes but doesnât fully knowâhe recognizes certain habits that even time couldnât tear away from you. But your touch, your body and soul feel different. On them lingers this love and care you still held for the man along the years, but never to a full extent. It seemed as though even whilst with him, you were thinking of something elseâsomebody else. He could be mistaken and youâre just trying to push him away, but Hanmaâs gut feeling never betrayed him.
His stomach twists in knots when he sees you reach for the jewelry adorning your neckâa necklace with a golden heart pendent. You hold onto it with so much care, cautious not to break the fragile accessory.
He is reading too much into it.
He pulls his eyes away from you once heâs done with his curry, polite enough to put his plate in the sink and wash it off for you. You stare at his large back in silence, contemplating your next words.
âTonightâs Halloween.â
Hanma turns to look at you, his raised eyebrow an indication that he didnât know where you were going with this.
âYeah? You got a costume you want to show me?â he teases, bracing himself against your kitchen counter. You have to pull your eyes away from his hands and arms, ignoring the way your pussy throbs at how large he looks in your tiny kitchen. You realize what he says and make an offended face, standing up with your own plate and utensils and walking towards the sink.
âOver my dead body.â You nudge his side with your elbow, he moves away from the sink but still stands next to you.
âOkay then?â he questions as you turn on the water.
âYou could stay and watch the movie.â You offer without looking at him. You were scared that your face would betray you, you almost slipped and said âwith meâ and that would give him the upper hand, another thing to tease you about.
âLike a date night?â you halt your movements, quickly turning off the faucet and turning to stare at him. Your breath hitches when you see his face so close to yours. He isnât trying to intimidate you, the playful glint in his eyes give away his true intentions. However, you canât deny that having him so close to you was starting to be challenging for your self-control.
âI⊠I donât know.â your voice is barely above a whisper. You try to build a wall between the two of you, put some distance, but itâs useless. Hanma stares at you with golden orbs that mimic lanterns lit up in the night, evoking a sense of nostalgia that felt so strange to youâ
Up until now, Hanma was a mere teenage crush you had parted ways with on less-than-great terms. There wasnât a single time during those twelve years where your heart yearned for the man, remembered the way he would make your stomach leap and be like a light at the end of the tunnelâwhy let such silly feelings resurface so unexpectedly? You could blame it on your celibacy, not having been out on a proper date for a couple of months nowâbut even as you look at it, you havenât been this interested in anyone for a while.
What was Hanma Shuji doing to you? What was so different about him? Could it be that the manâs touch messed you up?
He steps closer to you, tall figure looming over your smaller frame in an attempt at caging you between him and the sink. Heâs got a million things to say and yet, his lips remain frozen. Yearning to feel the warmth of your own softer, plushier ones. As you confess shakily, although your hands far too comfortable holding onto his shirt for it to sound convincing, he chuckles and you smell his minty breath.
Everything about him looksâŠinviting. You cannot look away from his neck, or his jaw or his lips. Youâre lost in a trance, on this terrifying journey where you wish to be able to hear something other than your own heartbeat. Deafening, muting the world around you for a split second as Hanma leans down and captures your lips in a fiery kiss.
Itâs different than the one shared at the ramen shopâthere was no waiting, no longing for your touch for twelve long years. You were at hand reach, so close to him like a dream. Hanma needed you like the moon needs the stars, promised himself to tattoo the feeling of your lips against his for years to comeâthey fit perfectly against his, like a mold made specifically for his body. Itâs surreal. The initial kiss is short, gently easing you into the sea of his passionate and intense loving, because when his lips reattach to yours, youâre being pinned to the wall.
His hands grab your face, they hold you in place like heâs been craving to breathe again for an eternity. You can smell him, feel him on you everywhere even with layers of clothes stuck to your skin, set ablaze like a furnace. His electrifying touch leave goosebumps in their wake, trailing from your cheek down to the back of your neck. There, his hand grips your nape before his fingers dig into your scalp.
When you gasp at his touch, Hanmaâs heart leaps. Like a ticking bomb, it was only a matter of time before he unleashed a side of him he wasnât sure he wanted to offer so early on. Youâre such a tease, he thinks. Why were you giving him those eyes as he pulls away from the kiss? Why are you biting your already swollen lips if you didnât want him to bury himself so deep inside you?
âAsk me to leave.â He says, voice firm as he tries to catch his breath.
âShujiââ you go for his face but he grabs your wrist mid-air.
âAsk me to leave, doll.â
âNo.â
âThis is your chance,â he leans down, close to your face and brushes his lips against yours. ââwonât stop if I start.â
âIf I touch this,â his hand gropes your boob over your dress. âIf I kiss this,â he yanks your head back, brushing his lips against your throat. âI promise you. I wonât be able to stop.â
At this point, youâre more than fed up with his teasing and crash your lips against his. You push yourself off the wall as get on your tiptoes to reach for his lips, and he decides to end your struggle and picks you up, wrapping your legs around his waist. You kiss him harder, teeth nibbling on his bottom lip as he marches towards your room.
âDidnât take you for a biter,â his words are muffled against the skin of your neck as he kisses there. You throw your head back, allowing him more room to work with and you feel your back hitting the familiar soft mattress. The bed was made, but the blankets are quickly discarded to the floor as Hanmaâs mess of limbs loom over your figure and plant hungry kisses on the skin thatâs showing.
Thanks to your choice in outfit, Hanma finds it easy to strip you naked. Skilled fingers undo your bra to reveal your breasts in full display, but his hands are busy groping at your mound. You gasp at how rough he is handling your body, but the wet patch forming in your underwear indicated just how much youâve been craving this kind of attention. His lips attach to your hardened nipple, whilst his left hand twists and fiddles with the other one. It feels like he is attempting to nurse on you with how hard he sucks, golden eyes staring deeply at your fucked out face. Messy hair sticking to your sweaty forehead, and your eyes barely able to stay open as he gives your erogenous zones the right amount of attention.
âMmm youâre so soft,â he teases the nipple with his teeth and chuckles when he feels you try to squeeze your thighs together from under him.
âShuji,â you breathe out, as soft as a silken thread.
Pulling away from your breasts, he admires the hickeys heâs painted across your skinâbranding you as his on your very first night together. Sure, heâs done this before but never this passionately. He wants those bruises to never go away, glued to your skin like a tattoo and a constant reminder that this is what being his meant. He attaches his lips to your skin again, this time on your torsoâhe travels down to your stomach, passes your belly button before kissing right above your panties. He notices how drenched they are and hisses.
âFuck, youâre fucking dripping.â He says as he moves them to the side and his mouth falls open, drool threatening to spill. âAll for me, doll?â his thumb teases at your engorged clit and you whimper.
âDonât tease, fuckâ!â
You react almost immediately as he attaches his lips to your clit. Your legs try to close around his head but he is having none of it as he grips your thighs and forces them open, continuing his assault on your pussy.
âShit, shit!â you gasp as he lays his tongue flat against the bud before moving his head from side to side while watching intently as you writhed and twitched under his touch. There was no way you could escape his mouth, tongue moving down to lap at your folds while his fingers pinched your clit. Hanma craves to exist between your thighs for the rest of eternity, a place so warm and so wet, offering him the best of both worlds.
He pushes two fingers past your folds, grinning from ear to ear when he sees the way your body tenses up. Curling them upwards, the combination of his rough finger fucking and his mouthâs continuous assault on your clit makes you cum hard. Youâre writhing, crying desperately for the manâs head to leave your thighs. Soft âI canâtâI canât!â resonate through the room, but soon die down when he spares your pussy and instead, litters soft kisses over the inner of your thighs.
âYou did so well, took me like a champ,â it seems as though the only time Hanma shows any emotion beside boredom, is when he has you under his mercy like this. Itâs when he makes you blush, flustered, angry or in this case, cum so hard that you have to take a moment to remember your nameâthatâs when he feels alive, as though life is worth living again.
Your heart thumps loudly when you hear him fumble with his belt. A sound that makes your ears perk up, eager with anticipation. You push yourself up with your elbows, licking your lips when you see the obvious bulge in his pants. It makes your mouth water, and your hand reaches down to palm him through his pants. A rough hand grabs your wrist, you look up at the man hovering over you with lustful eyes. You stare at him through your lashes, neither of you uttering a single wordâhe is telling you not to touch, not right now, and you are craving his body like earth needs the sun.
You squeeze the bulge, lips parting when he closes his eyes and leans down towards you. You hear a soft groan emitting from the back of his throat, and itâs your sign to do it again and even go further. Hanma puts a halt to your attempt with a rough kiss against your lips, pushing you back against the soft mattress until you are whining against his lips.
âOh what is it?â he says, almost mocking your sounds. âDo you need something?â
âShujiââ you are way too embarrassed by how he is speaking to you, staring to the side. But he doesnât seem to mind your bashfulness, rather indulging it by kissing your cheek and then your pulse. The kiss on the cheek is a stark contrast to how roughly he finger fucked you, and when he finally releases his cock and you see the way it jumpsâyour stomach twists in knots.
That thing will reach spots your own fingers havenât been able to.
You panic when he starts to tease your folds, hands pushing at his shoulders to remind him to use protection. You did not want to have a kid running around anytime soon.
âIâm clean,â he says and a part of you canât help but not fully trust him. He sees the expression on your face and chuckles, leaning down to kiss your neck as you melt back on the mattress.
âI get tested frequently.â
âIâm not on the pillââ
âDonât worry, I canât get you pregnant.â
You donât have time to question what that could possibly mean, lips forming an âOâ. You are forced to lay back and take it as Hanmaâs cock keeps going deeper and deeperâyou feel full of him. A sob erupts from your chest as you feel him pull his hips back and thenâthrust.
He repeats the motion a few times, piercing eyes scanning your face like a hawk. He wants to memorize your body like the back of his hand, wants to tattoo the feeling of your warm and soft cunt at the forefront of his mindâyou are so soft and pliable, making sweet noises that he easily swallows by kissing you deeply.
âFuck youâre so sweet,â
You moan into his mouth when he angles his hips a certain way, Hanma grins victoriously against your lips and uses his hands to grab the back of your knees. Pushing them to your chest, he enjoys the sight of you taking his cock like a sweet girl. Youâre so cock hungry, practically begging him to fuck you silly with those glossy eyes staring deeply into his.
âYeah? You like that?â he purrs, his deep voice sending chills down your spine. He removes one of his hands from the back of your knee and wraps it around your neck in a possessive grip, watching as the early signs of your orgasm start to creep in on you like a shadow in the dusk.
âSuch a nasty fucking girlââ filth continues to spew out of his mouth at the same rate as your loud whines. Your eyes can barely stay open as he quickens his pace, jaw going slack when his thumb brushes over your sensitive bundle of nerves. He shamelessly leans back to stare at your pussy as he continues to fuck it, watching as his cock slides in and out of you. The room is filled with wet noises, the sound of skin slapping against each other reaching Hanmaâs ears as he takes in the sight before him.
You were so pliant beneath him, no longer putting up walls in his presence. He loved it. Your eyes roll to the back of your head as the tip of his cock keeps nudging at that one spot that makes you dizzy. Your hand wraps around his wrist as he continues to pin you to the mattress by the neck, you stare up at him with glossy eyes, thighs twitching and your back arching off as you finally cum.
Hanma swears he has never seen something as magical. You feel like a magnetic force, pulling him closer with an irresistible allure that ignites a fire in his stomach and sets his senses ablaze. It tips him over the edge, he empties himself inside you with a loud groan as he lets go of your neck and holds onto your boobs as he buries his face into the crook of your neck.
Now what? Itâs not like heâs never had sex before, he was in fact very good at itâbut usually, he gets up and leaves the moment he empties his balls inside. Now, he worries that you would get the wrong idea, that youâd think heâs using youâdoes he want to use you?
Isnât this what he wanted all along? To fuck you senseless the moment he saw you run towards the metro station in your tight skirt. His mind was reeling with all the possibilities of what could be underneath the fabricâperhaps a matching set, or if you wanted to be a tease, nothing.
He starts to wonder what his intentions were with youâhe wanted to be your friend without getting too close to you. He couldnât afford having you near him at all times, that came with a cost he wasnât sure you could afford. In your arms, he didnât feel as though he needed to prove anything to youânot his existence, nor his power. And for a man who lives his life in pure chaos, a house that didnât have a mess isnât one where he belongs.
His hands pull away from your body, his eyes scanning your face only to find that you were fast asleep. He could wake you up and tell you to go pee, but like a puppet, his own fears pulled on the strings as they desiredâhis feet carry him towards your door in speed record. Glancing one last time at the pot you left outside, he closes the door.
Even as he drives back to his place, Hanma canât brush off the burning sensation sitting heavy on his chest.
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Hey Liz! Have you ready any good spn fic lately? :)
I have, and in fact I've been spite-reading. Have a curated wincest rec list you could share with anyone you like:
Bad Blood by astolat
Rating: E Word Count: 3,718 Summary: "Fuck me or I'm going to die isn't the world's best pickup line." // "I've heard worse," Dean said. // "You've used worse," Sam said.
Original post date, 02/22/2007
Reccing because: No wincest primer would be complete without an astolat rec. You probably get fined by the Wincest FCC, otherwise. The flaw in astolatâs wincest, if weâre allowed to say such things about our saint and founder, is that Sam and Dean would sometimes fall into the whole thing super easily â this fic dispenses with that problem with a good olâ classic dose of evil sex pollen, and if magic makes them do it then it could be a hell of a lot worse than how delightfully they do it here. Iâm laughing out loud just remembering one of the scenes. Joys.
Coast On Through by philalethia
Rating: NC-17 Word Count: 7,857 Summary: A post-first-time fic. With a lot of sex.
Original post date, 12/22/2007
Reccing because: This is a true all-timer wincest fic. Though the characterization is of its 2007 time, the Winchesters still feel like themselves, and more important feel like adults who are trying to navigate their very odd circumstances. A real classic of the brothers-with-benefits genre.
Keep Our Minds on the Sum of Each Other by lazy_daze
Rating: E Word Count: 9,593 Summary: N/A; provided tags are Bodyswap
Original post date, 12/26/2007
Reccing because: What a cheerful fuckinâ fic this is, for a fic about incestuous fuckinâ. This takes the apocalyptic stakes and reels them back to a just deeply entertaining romp. Not too worried about the plot and much more worried about how hot these two are when they slam together, itâs a refreshingly non-angsty take on what it means that you just want to slurp on your brother wholesale.
Filthy Mind by rivkat
Rating: E Word Count: 26,384 Summary: Dean acquires unwelcome nightly visitors. Set post-Hell, without details as to how that happens.
Original post date, 10/07/2008
Reccing because: RivkaT is perhaps the all-time understander of the Weird Affect of Dean Winchester (As Played By Jensen Ackles) and the entirely destabilizing effect that affect has on the world. A real reality-warper. This fic deals with non-con and dub-con and who-knows-what-con and everything in between in a way that is more thoughtful than tawdry (although you can certainly enjoy the tawdriness as presented and the fic does not judge you for that). It also, thrillingly, deals with Samâs alarm about the whole thing in a way which is fairly unflinching: he wants and does not want to want and also just really, really desperately wants-- Fans of Sheilaâs analysis will probably enjoy this one.Â
seeing double by candle_beck
Rating: PG-13 Word Count: 5,127 Summary: Dean has a concussion and his better senses come and go.
Original post date, 04/24/2009
Reccing because: I know there are more famous and more favored c_b fics, but this one is such a supremely perfect scene that it should be at the top of all c_b rec lists. It isnât the catastrophic misery or assholery or intensity of some of the other big hitters but this just has this searingly true and singular experience coursing through it: to wit, that Dean is hurt and Sam is upset and then sorry and then in love. Which isnât a half-bad summary of Supernatural itself, really.Â
The incestuous courtship of the antichristâs bride by fleshflutter
Rating: NC-17 Word Count: 48,000 Summary: Sam is trying to become the Antichrist in order to save the world. He has a small army of angels and demons, he has an adoring cult, he has a work of prophecy by Jack Kerouac, and he has Dean. Things are going pretty well until he accidentally signs Dean up as his Beloved Consort, a role that requires sex with the Antichrist on an altar. And that's when things stop going pretty well. Also, the soundtrack to the Apocalypse sucks.
Original post date, 06/08/2009
Reccing because: It is so, so rare to find crack fics that work. This is crack treated like crack and also taken entirely seriously, which is a rare balance to find. When it needs to be horror it works, when it needs to be ridiculous it works, when it needs to be hot as fuck it works, and never has the phrase âapocalyptic cockâ been so appropriate and so wonderful in context.Â
Iâve Got A Hand For You by Edwardina
Rating: E Word Count: 14,938 Summary: Sam's inexperience is showing, and Dean helps the best way he knows how.
Original post date, 03/12/2010
Reccing because: This is underage par excellence, as wonderfully weird and vaguely creepy and hot and alarming as it should always be. Deanâs 19 and Samâs 14 and they should not but they are, and if that isnât just a summary of Supernatural as a whole I donât know what is. On the face of it this is a vaguely gnasty first time fic, but what sets this one apart is how earnestly real it is â the grimy-but-not-OTT reality of the details, Samâs goofy kiddishness being complicated by the reality of what hormones are and do, Deanâs too-cool-ness alleviated by the fact that heâs nineteen and therefore still an idiot, trying earnestly to help and getting it wrong and getting it very right, all at the same time. The attention to detail here just knocks me over with a feather. Gorgeous work.
Two Part Invention by De_Nugis
Rating: T Word Count: 6,938 Summary: Dean settles down, Sam finds him, they settle some things.
Original post date, 12/25/2010
Reccing because: I very much appreciate a fic that, on the face of it, seems like an OOC premise, and then as soon as you think about it for fifteen seconds you realize â oh, of course, of course thatâs how it should be and how it would go. This fic delivers on that feeling in spades. Thereâs a deep appreciation here for how complicated Sam Winchester is and how strange and hard it would be to have his life, and zero judgment, really, for what he and Dean have to do to make that life tenable. I appreciate the subtlety here so much.
Top This by leonidaslion
Rating: E Word Count: 4,076 Summary: Dean's sure he's a top. Only problem is, Sam's pretty sure that's his job âŠ
Original post date, 04/10/2011
Reccing because: Is this crack? It surely is. Is it PWP? You bet. Is it in character? To be honest it hardly matters, but despite the context and conceit it does manage, somehow, to kinda feel like Sam and Dean Winchester from the canon of the show Supernatural, and that is a trick that earns it a spot on this list. Especially the way Sam goes slightly smug there at the end. Delights.
Itâs the Blueprint of Your Life by queenklu
Rating: E Word Count: 38,400 Summary: Sam jerks awake in the middle of the night and everything goes to hell. Well, not literally, though Dean is staring down the barrel of less than a year before his deal comes due. In the midst of dealing (or not dealing) with his impending death, a killer ghost ship, and Bela showing up out of the blue, Dean also has to figure out whatâs going on in Samâs head to make him so twitchy, why heâs suddenly breezing through this case while writing endless notes in a notebook he wonât let Dean see. Damn it, Dean thinks, This is gonna take a lot of chickflick moments.
Original post date, 10/09/2011
Reccing because: Time travel fic is fun as hell, and time travel fic that just soaks you in dramatic irony is even more fun, and more importantly time travel fic where the time traveler doesnât have all the answers is best of all. Very little is better than Dean being somewhat at sea and Sam loving him fiercely and this fic delivers that in spades. I could only wish it were a little longer, which is a very, very rare statement from me.
The Fall Will Probably Kill You by killabeez
Rating: M Word Count: 6,773 Summary: Set between 7.04 and the aftermath of 7.07. Dean is not as okay as he'd like you to think. Neither is Sam.
Original post date, 11/06/2011
Reccing because: This fic is thoroughly in and of and intensely about season 7, which I adored and which doesnât get enough credit from the fandom. It deals with the Samâs Insanity arc in a way thatâs angstier and ficcier than the show itself but it does so in this stupendous and murderously flat way. Dean is at his witâs end and Sam is, too, but Samâs finding a way to deal with it, and Sam will not compromise on what dealing with it means, and weâre all just forced to live with it. Fantastic reading experience, especially for the almost literal jumpscare you get about 2/3s through.
The Hunter Games by theproblematique
Rating: NC-17 Word Count: 92,601 Summary: When the infamous Winchester bad luck strikes twice in quick succession Sam and Dean are forced to compete in the most brutal reality TV show ever created. Itâs impossible to escape the battlefield, hiding can only be temporary, and alliances inside those dark, bloodstained woods last about as long as it takes for the other Hunter to figure out how to use your weapons. And then kill you with them.
Original post date, 06/22/2012
Reccing because: This is a true all-timer wincest AU fic. Weâre mostly all familiar with the source material, but this work blends the universe of the Hunger Games with the characterization & destiny of the Winchester boys in a way thatâs extremely satisfying. The authorâs other works are recced more often, but this piece is more deserving of a place as One Of Those Reclist Fics.
Kevin Tran for President by glovered
Rating: T Word Count: 11,714 Summary: Dean comes back from Purgatory to find Sam working as a barista at a coffee shop near Princeton, watching over Kevin Tran.
Original post date, 10/04/2012
Reccing because: Sometimes you just need a post-Purgatory fic that isnât brutal. This storyâs a light-hearted trip-along froth like most of gloveredâs work, but thereâs something in specific about this unfraught coming-together that makes it incredibly readable. Dean and Sam arenât entirely on the same page but the relief of reunion makes everything else fade a little into the distance, and the charming little job they find themselves on here gives enough of an excuse for them to figure some things out. Also probably the best Cas & Meg side characters in a fic, so thereâs that too.
Clear and simple and plain by Trojie
Rating: E Word Count: 1,893 Summary: After Sam gives up the Trials, things start getting better.
Original post date, 10/26/2013
Reccing because: This is a post-Trials fic where things donât go incredibly wrong, which is a nice AU to sit in for a while. Whatâs impressive about this story, written in the time it was, is that it manages to presage the ~s11 era marriage very well indeed, in tone and vibe and even some content. Theyâre in the bunker and things arenât perfect, but theyâre together, and thatâs a kind of perfection of its own. It isnât sugary but itâs the kind of adult complex sweetness that makes one feel better, anyway.
hello by allwellandgood (formerly askance)
Rating: T Word Count: 4,128 Summary: There's a woman at the grocery store named Evelyn who always rings him up on the days he ventures out for food and she knows him, or likes to think she does. I hope you're not too lonely, she'll say. He chooses not to tell her that his dead brother sleeps at his feet every night. He'd rather not be the cause of her inevitable heart attack.
Original post date, 08/11/2014
Reccing because: So Deanâs dead. Everyone dies at some point. This fic is a beautifully soft and tender and bitterly kind way to deal with that. You feel Samâs loss deep in your chest but itâs okay, because this is the world of Supernatural and there are options, and the relief he gets pours over like cool water. Not enough, and itâs not fixed, but itâs not as much of a misery as it was.
The Time Travelerâs Brother by amypond45
Rating: R Word Count: 55,458 Summary: Dean's life is turned upside down the night his mother dies. But that's also the night a mysterious grown-up version of Dean's brother first appears in his life. While Dean grows up, "Old Sam" is often there, especially when Dean's father isn't, and as Dean learns what the future holds, he begins to question everything his father has taught him about who he is and what he is supposed to become. Can Dean find a way to save his little brother from his own future? This pre-series AU follows Dean from age four to eighteen.
Original post date, 02/26/2015
Reccing because: Itâs rare to have an AU so thoroughly engage with what the alternate universe it constructs means for characterization and plot. This does something outstanding with the Sam and Dean (and Deans) created by the conceit, but also uses that conceit to do something entirely new with the canon plot that just flips me over every time I remember it. There are some fantastic character insights here, both complimentary and not, but Iâll never be over the specific scene of young!Dean looking up at older!Dean and being disappointed. Thatâs him, thatâs our little angst machine.
The King of Imperfections Takes Back the Prince of Mistakes: a fairy tale by britomart_is
Rating: E Word Count: 4,822 Summary: And they lived happily ever after.
Original post date, 06/06/2016
Reccing because: The summary is pretty much the summary and thatâs such a relief, sometimes. Theyâre awful and stupid and theyâre in love and love isnât enough except it is, and theyâre so frigginâ MARRIED in the most wonderful and dorky way. They have good-bad sex and they have idiot arguments and theyâve made it. Back in 2016 this seemed like the best possible option. Reading this story feels like reading 4800 words of relief.
Raw Food Diet by themegalosaurus
Rating: E Word Count: 2,959 Summary: Sam has one more meeting today. This one isnât in his diary; not the public calendar everyone at the firm can access, nor the private one on his cell.
Original post date, 02/14/2019
Reccing because: If you were looking for depressing and almost revolting Lebanon AU, youâre in luck. This is serial killer!Dean at his worst and Sam Jobs at his (still slightly martyred) almost-worst and itâs the frankly gross and logical conclusion to: what would it mean, if those two horrible shitheads were still together, somehow or some way? Itâs always almost a relief when fic manages to do a not-happy ending and this definitely does that. Refreshing, in its way, though you might want a shower after.
Ions in the Ether by nigeltde
Rating: E Word Count: 10,860 Summary: When was the last time you trusted happy.
Original post date, 03/12/2019
Reccing because: For any s2 obsessives as our author here is, this is a deep and alarming and inside-out dive into the obsession with a brother and with monstrousness and with whatâs true and whatâs not and also can you tell the difference, after all. A murky swirl through a shithole town, this fic picks and pries at wincest-as-concept in a way thatâs somewhat achy and alarming and is overall delightful, if youâre willing to take the time to think about it. Plus Samâs hot, which is of course a bonus.
there will be better days by deadlybride
Rating: E Word Count: 9,430 Summary: Sam and Dean settle into their heaven.
Original post date, 11/24/2020
Reccing because: Iâm crass. But also I canât think of another fic that feels as much like heaven as this one and I wanted heaven on the list.
#wincest#fic recs#happy wincest wednesday#this is partly borne from an absolutely shitty reclist i saw the other day lol#i admit to being powered by spite#Those Reclist Fics have a weird power over fandom#and i want better stuff to get read#so! read these!#and comment while you're at it
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