#A/N: also me- exclusively posts two fem posts HAHA

[raz-writes-the-thing]

Bullshite Doctors (Broadchurch Drabble)

Alec Hardy x Fem!Reader / requests are open

Summary: Alec is shocked by the type of care females get at the doctors.

CW: the healthcare systems systematic oppression and negligence of women/girls, also crying

Broadchurch Tag List: @clarina04 @kaylinelizabeth4004 @yeethaw13 (send an ask to be added to a tag list!)

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It’s growing clearer and clearer with every appointment that Alec has not been to many appointments with a woman before. At the first appointment, Alec was just so genuinely baffled by the fact that the doctor didn’t really do anything to help you or look at you that he couldn’t do anything but witness it. 

On the second appointment with a different doctor, he’d done his best to be polite but firm with the doctor, and when that didn’t work, he’d sat quietly chewing on his thumb and bouncing his knee with frustration. This, of course, made the doctor concerned, and the doctor turned his attention to making sure Alec was alright and not tending to his actual patient. 

The third time it happened, Alec was abrasive and irritable with the doctor. Every time the doctor tried to dismiss your concerns, Alec spoke up and did his best to get you the help you so desperately needed. But no, everything was just “normal for a woman your age” or “nothing to worry about.” 

Alec, in a last-ditch attempt, had swallowed his desire to keep his work and home life separate and asked Ellie for advice on who her GP was. It was a female doctor, and Alec had thought surely- surely this time they’d listen. 

Nope. Same shit, different doctor. This was where you were now, one hand pressed to your inflamed gut and the other giving Alec’s arm a warning squeeze. In your experience getting angry at the doctors only slowed the whole process down even further. 

“No, I’m sorry- but- what the fuck d’ya ken? All ‘a you God-f’ersaken doctors. Y’ all say the same thing, and it’s fuckin’ bullshite! I swear t’fuckin God, we’ve been to every doctor in this shithole of a town, and none of you! None! Have taken us seriously.” 

You blink, taken aback by this outburst. You can’t help the coy little smile that starts spreading across your lips, though you’re surprised when you go to brush some hair out of your face and pull your hand back to find that it’s wet. Oh. 

“Darlin’, what’s wrong?” Alec says, noticing and crouching before you. The doctor seems unsure what to do and passes Alec a tissue. 

Your boyfriend blots the tears away and shushes you gently, squeezing your knee comfortingly. 

“Sorry- I,” you take a deep breath. “I’ve just never had someone bat for me like that. The doctors, they- they just don’t listen.” 

“I ken what y’mean, love,” Alec replied, wiping away the last tears and turning away to face your doctor. “I don’t care what you think, but you are gonna listen to this woman ‘n take her seriously. Because otherwise, I’m gonna have t’ investigate you for negligence to y’er patients.” 

Alec stands and adjusts his coat to show the doctor a flash of his badge. The woman nods curtly, and you give her a stiff smile. While you’re extremely irritated that flashing his badge is what finally gets a doctor to listen, you hold onto the fact that there actually is a doctor listening to you right now.

You’re able to actually explain what’s going on after that, and get some help. 

It’s thanks to Alec that you’re able to get a diagnosis and medication. Things start to get better after that, and you always make sure to bring Alec along to your more serious appointments. 

He never refuses, and you always get your answers.

[ponypuffle]

Luna Tour ~ Chapter 2

A/N: I don't typically write action scenes so I hope I did okay haha. Also, so sorry for the long wait! I've been busy with essays and I just finally finished the last few sentences after being put off for some time

Masterlist + Series Warnings

Pairing: Princess Luna x Fem! Alicorn! Reader

Chapter Summary: [Alternate Universe!] After Celestia's suspicions prove to be true, she's devised a plan to ensure she puts an end to her sister's traitorous ways.

Warning(s): arranged marriage, possessive! mean! princess celestia, violence with luna against celestia and guards, celestia's manipulative (lmk if i've missed something)

Word Count: 1600+

“My love, I’ve arranged a trip for you.” Celestia said from behind you as she brushed your mane in front of the mirror. This was a normal routine that she liked to do with you. She figured it was good bonding time, and being able to brush your mane made sure that you looked pristine to her liking.

You looked up at her through the mirror, seeing her eyes focused on the brush. “A trip?” You held back a squeak in your voice. 

“I’ve scheduled a week-long trip out at a hot spring away from Canterlot. You’ll be leaving tomorrow morning, so be sure you’re packed by tonight.” She said calmly as if she hadn’t planned this on a whim with absolutely no consideration for what you wanted.

The way she worded it made it seem like you were going all on your own. “Is anypony else going on the trip, too?” You asked, a hint of hesitance in your voice.

“Just you.” She started before her eyes met yours in the mirror. “Were you hoping a certain somepony would?” Her eyes were deadpan, striking you with a bout of fear.

“J-Just hoping you would’ve come, too.” You lied with a smile, careful not to raise any suspicion. As much as you knew you’d miss Luna, you knew it was safer to listen to Celestia. So, you did as she told you and had a week’s worth of luggage packed by the evening. 

You were ready to go seek out Luna in hopes of saying goodbye to her, but there were too many guards posted just outside in the halls. You didn’t dare question Celestia about the sudden increase in security, much too anxious of raising unnecessary suspicion. Begrudgingly, you bid goodbye to Celestia the next morning and left on the train to spend time at the hot springs with the company of a few maids and guards whose main concern was keeping you safe rather than conversing.

Now that Celestia had you out of the way, it was time to enact her plan. “It’s time to capture Luna.” She said in a monotone voice to the guards that stayed close by. They were her utmost loyal guards, each one of them exclusively vowing their lives and trust to Celestia. 

She had cleared out the wing of the castle from guards who were unaware of the acts she was about to commit. Storming down the halls with her small army of guards trailing behind her, she reached Luna’s door. A few of the guards held ropes and chains while two designated unicorns held the heavy shackles. With a quick glance at each of her subjects, she opened the door to reveal Luna returning from the porch, closing the stained glass doors behind her.

“Sister.” Luna began before she noticed the guards. “What’s this?” She eyed Celestia up and down in a last minute effort to predict any sudden movements that could mean the end of her.

“You’re being arrested for treason.” Celestia stated calmly, but Luna could hear the venom that dripped from her mouth as she stepped closer and closer to the moon princess only for Luna to step backwards. “I know what you’ve done, Luna. She is my fiance whether you like it or not, and you will be punished for even thinking of defying me!” Celestia spat at her.

Luna’s heart was pounding in her ears, her eyes widened in terror. How did she find out? You and Luna were being so careful, hardly ever meeting until late at night when everypony should be asleep. Did she see the two of you? Why wasn’t she asleep? Why was she resorting to this?

Luna’s mind was clouded with thoughts, tears threatening to spill over. Her fight or flight instinct activated as she darted to the side, hoping for a chance at escape. Celestia let out a growl, snapping towards her younger sister. “Oh, no, you don’t!” Celestia lunged at Luna, tackling her down against the floor. “You cannot escape justice, Luna! Not for what you’ve done!”

The guards watched, alert for any means of escape as Luna cried out in pain. She struggled against Celestia, but to no avail. With a gulp, she shot Celestia with a zap of magic right at her shoulder. Luna resented Celestia for all she’s done, but shooting her own sister only managed to make her feel distraught. 

Celestia flinched backwards, releasing Luna enough for her to escape her grasp. Unfortunately for Luna, the guards had reacted to the threat towards their beloved sun princess. Their yells overwhelmed her ears as she attempted to fly away only to feel a rope tugging at her hind leg. Luna grunted, fighting against the guards pulling at the rope as she burned the rope with a zap of her magic.

Luna set her eyes on the porch, figuring that was the only way out of this mess. She darted towards the doors, but was brought down again. This time, the ropes had found themselves around both of her hind legs and around her midsection. No matter how much she had tried to fly against the ropes, the overpowering strength of the guards together were too much for her.

They brought her down to the ground, dragging her towards them all while she thrashed against the force. She had to escape. This couldn’t be the end of it! She never even got to say goodbye to you! Yet, no matter how desperate she was for escape, the ropes were bound around her much too tightly. 

The guards finally dragged her to be in front of them, her thrashes turned into futile squirms as she grew tired and lost hope. The two unicorns with the shackles in their possession made haste to chain up her legs. As if to seal the deal, a heavy steel collar was locked around her neck, uncomfortably digging into her skin. 

Celestia finally walked over after watching the entire fiasco unfold. “Get up or I’ll have the guards drag you to your cell.” She said as she stepped over her sister’s trembling body.

Luna’s breathing was shaky, groaning as she heaved herself up off the floor. She had been freed of the ropes that tightly dug into her skin, threatening rope burns, but the shackles proved to be worse. Each step was heavy as the chains scraped along the floor. Her head was down in an attempt to relieve some of the strain being put around her neck. All she could do now was follow the hoofsteps of the guards that surrounded her, corralling her into complete submission as they escorted her to her new home.

The trudge there didn’t feel long enough to her. The light slowly dimmed as they reached lower and lower down the castle. She’d never see the sky again, at least, not for a long time. She was thrown into a dark cell that was hardly lit up by the flickering of a torch just outside. The guards chained her up, locked the door, and left. The only pony who remained with Luna was her sister.

Celestia didn’t say a word as she stared down her younger sister in disdain. A part of her almost felt remorse at the sight of dried tears on Luna’s cheeks, but her mind overwhelmingly decided that this was the better option. If Celestia hadn’t felt guilty at the prospect of killing her own sister, she would have done it. But, alas, Celestia couldn’t bring herself to murder her. Imprisonment was simply the next best thing.

Once Celestia left the dungeon, Luna hastily tried to use her magic to teleport her way out, but to no avail. Instead, she grunted as her shackles glowed and sent a jolt of pain where they had been wrapped around. She collapsed from the torture before she tore her attention away from her suffering to the shackles that had a mysterious, turquoise glow. Each one of them had runes carved into them, ones that she recognized from her studies that would weaken magic.

Celestia had truly thought of everything. Luna had almost lost hope up until she had come to the idea of meeting you in your dreams. She was the princess of the night, afterall. Surely she could still meet you there. 

When she let herself fall asleep, she was met with someone unfamiliar. This wasn’t your dream. She sighed before succumbing to another bout of pain as she opened up a portal to move to your dream. The portal closed behind her, but this wasn’t your dream either. 

Her heart dropped. With her magic weakened, she could no longer choose which dream to reach. Every dream was randomized, and with how many ponies there were in Equestria, it could take years to reach you. Yet, Luna had pushed through. She was going to get to you no matter how much suffering she had to go through. You were her only hope…

A week later, you had come back to the castle from your trip, eager to catch a glimpse of Luna. All throughout the day, you hadn’t seen her. You pushed it off as bad luck up until dinner. Where Luna usually sat was empty. No food was served in front of her chair. It was as if she was never meant to be here. “Where’s Luna?” You ventured.

Celestia’s eyes flicked up to yours. “Oh, did she not tell you?” Celestia did her best to sound as convincingly innocent as possible, and she succeeded. “Luna had a sudden opportunity to focus on her scholarly studies elsewhere.”

Your heart ached at the fact that Luna had not bothered to let you know, but you kept questioning Celestia. “Where did she go?”

Celestia shook her head. “She didn’t say. She probably didn’t want any distractions.” She told you with a dismissive tone. 

You swallowed hard as you looked down at your plate, nodding slowly as a weak attempt of acknowledgement. You knew she was under plenty of turmoil, but you never thought she’d stoop as low as to abandon you like this.