#Also you cannot tell me that herm is white when one of his dads is Jodie Foster and the other is scam likely actually

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Guys he's not white. I promise

[loveydive]

okay thoughts on stone ocean

i just wanna say that i feel like im in a unique position reading this since some common complaints abt opinions of stone ocean being negative is that ppl rushed thru it to get to sbr too quickly. which just does not apply to me bc i read sbr and jjl first before reading stone ocean teehee x so ya

likes

I LOVE JOLYNE SO MUCH THIS CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED. I LOVE. HER. SO. MUCH. THERE IS NOT ONE THING THAT I DONT LIKE ABT HER I LOVEHER SO MUCH. I LOVE HER DUMBASSNESS, I LOVE HER RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR TO SAVE HER FRIENDS THAT IS TYPICAL FOR A SHOUNEN PROTAGONIST BUT NEVER SHOWN THRU A FEMALE SHOUNEN PROTAG I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE HER. i love her development. i love her. and shes liKE GENUINELY SMART IN BATTLES AS WELL. AND NOT LIKE GIORNO WHO HAS A WIKIPEDIA EMBEDDED IN HIS FRONT CORTAL OR SMTH. BUT LIKE PROPER BATTLE SMART THAT MAKES YOU GO OKAY I DID NOT THINK OF THAT. i love her flaws. i love how she has daddy issues and is complex abt loving her dad or not. i love that she loves her mum. love love love.

fights dont feel like villain of the week format. progresses nicely and logically imo. overall, there were some fights that just seemed to drag foreverrrr, but only 1 or 2 that i outright hated (unlike jjl lmao). fave arcs were white snake: pursuer, ff intro, bohemian rhapsody, heavy weather, c-moon, made in heaven just off top of head

versus was esp interesting as a minor villain. i felt his motivations were justified and it made him interesting. i esp liked the little tension btwn him and pucci and wish it had been expanded more.

perhaps unpopular opinion but i actually liked pucci as a villain. lots of ppl say that hes just another part 3 villain but More. and hes just a lamer version of dio which i just disagree with. i felt that his back story lended a lot to making him his own person, with dio being a mentor and kind of like the like shaping for why he believes what he does when he was dealing with his grief and guilt. like his backstory in particular i loved. the idea of coincidences, fate, tragedy. he obviously frequently questions it when we read his backstory (why did those two have to meet? why did the lady tell him about switching the babies? why did her baby die?) its like a series of events that all reached to a peak with the tragedy of his sister's death and weather's lynching. and AH im going crazy. and ofc he feels guilty over his but at the same time, he wonders why it all happened. because of fate? why was it fate for his sister to die? and he just feels powerlessness over this. CUHRAZYY. and how his stand abilities manifest in direct response to losing his sister?? LOVE THAT. oh my godddd and his relationship with weather and that quote 'you're the ultimate image of evil, but you dont realize that you're evil. this is what makes you the worst kind of evil.' SCREAM. ANW THATS HOW I INTERPRETTED HIM AND I LIKE HIM. TOP 3 JOJO VILLAINS EASY.

i REALLY REALLY liked weather report's backstory and relationship to pucci. LIKE THE DRAMA OF IT ALL. THROUGHOUT READING IT I WAS LIKE GIRLLLL WHY ARE YOU DOING THATTTT. IT FELT LIKE READING A TRAGEDY YK? LIKE SHAKESPEARE. LITERALLY SHAKESPEARE. romeo and juliet but incestuous (rip). even has themes of senseless hatred!!! (side not i cannot believe araki actually put the kkk in there and also weather being a BLACK MAN I WAS LIKE WAIT ARE WE DOING THIS FR?). anw really liked it. made pucci feel wayy more human and made the stakes feel more personal

i liked the character designs just in general. and even tho annasui looks like a diavolo ripoff, i think hes looks very pretty. found myself looking at him sometimes even if i dont rlly like him dgsauids

aside from jolyne, i feel like i REALLY liked f.f. perhaps a tad more than hermes. ff was so bubbly and unique to the story. she was absolutely hilarious and i wish she hadnt died so early in the story but i feel like araki just didnt know what to do with her anymore esp since she didnt have a stand.

i generally overall like the characters individually. they are all interesting to look at/ have interesting personalities, motivations and stands etc etc

i like the little exploration of jotaros weakness being his own daughter buttttt - will explain more in dislikes

dislikes

(dragon dreams arc) kenzo fight is bs - hate fights that are basically just like. im winning… just just bc i am!!! liek you could explain this whole new concept to me that describes how hes winning but if its just some astrology bs that essentially says ‘just bc’ then im calling bs. this fight is bs.

jailhouse rock was. hm. it was an interesting stand in CONCEPT. but execution was like not fun to read at all imo.

im gonna be honest. like compared to the other jojo gangs, this part felt the least like they were friends. EVEN COMPARED TO PART 5 - whose relationships i thought were like eh (prolly cause we’re watching it from giorno pov and giorno has only known them for like. a week LMAO) ANW i think its bc so many times, the gang had to split up to like fight. and i dont think there was a single fight where all of them just like fought tgt. it was always in pairs and one or so was always out of commission. like mannnn. like jolynes individual relationship with each of them was good. but the trio of girls only really felt like real friends and that doesnt last long since hermes gets put out of commission after her revenge and ff dies shortly after like WTF sadface. so like when weather dies and hermes is crying. im like girl why are you crying did you even interact with him 😭 AND i feel like the fact that the gang arent really friends makes itself REALLY obvious when in the c-moon arc. hermes gets hit and knocked away from everyone and. everybody just kinda. continues without her anw??? like THINK ABOUT IT WOULD ANY OTHER JOJO GANG LET THAT HAPPEN IN THE OTHER PARTS?? THEY JUST LEAVE HER?? HUH??

maybe im eheh, more boring, but i prefer my um stories to be a bit more grounded (says the girl reading literal jojo). but yeah the story in general was like super okay good. but the ending battle hm. was a bit too lets say. out there for me teehee. like guess im not a big fan of like space and all that and alternate realities on a grander scale. it was just like a LOT.

moving onto the most controversial thing i think. the ending. a lot of ppl hate it. some ppl love it. imo i had stronger (negative) feelings with the jojolion ending. the stone ocean ending was. eh. like i didnt vehemently hate it, nor did i love it persay. i felt that it was indeed a bit rushed. like araki was like oh shit! i need to end this in the next few chapters and did that dhasuiodasd. like the gang died so quickly i didnt even realise that they actually died i was like no way right.

ANW BACK TO THEMES OF THE ENDING. i wish it was more. like. if youre gonna rewrite the entire universe, at least have it mean something yk? bc even though the ending was technically happy, very happy. i dont think there was a justifiable reason for it i think? like it could have just as easily been an unhappy ending and i get how ppl are like its symbolism!! the joestars dont have to fight evil anymore and its meaningful bc an outsider ended it. (side note, i do think this story was a better way to start off the way jjl started ‘this is a story about breaking a curse’ can you imagine that at the start of stone ocean? ooo goosebumps) but anw, imo i just do not feel that it was set up properly or justified. emporio did not deserve to be the last one standing imo, there just wasnt enough reason or set up for him to be. the use of weather’s stand was satisfying but not the fact that is was emporio. i wish it had been jolyne i think idkk

like even tho it technically is a happier ending for the gang, it doesnt feel deserved in my opinion. like not bc theyre bad ppl and they dont deserve it or that they didnt work hard, like i LOVE THE CHARACTERS. but. hm. it doesnt make sense thematically is what im saying. the characters dont meaningfully engage with puccis notion that he should create a universe where everyone knows their fate and is happy. they kinda are just like. oh hes killed ppl and is evil so therefore, we must stop him!! and im just rlly? like dont you wanna hear him out a bit GDIASUDHASD but yeah i just feel like weather had stronger motivations in this regard. the gang just dont have really strong reasons to fight pucci. including jolyne who already got her father’s disc back

SPEAKING OF WHICH, UM. CAN WE HAVE MORE PAYOFF FOR JOTARO COMING BACK TO LIFE PWEEAASSEEE. like he comes back and its pretty badass ngl but i want MORE btwn him and jolyne. like how abt an apology old man? why does ANNASUI AND JOTARO TALK MORE THAN JOTARO AND HIS OWN DAUGHTER IM GONNA KILL MYSELFFFF like he tells jolyne that shes grown (which, sweet) but can he PLEASE JUTS SAY THAT HES PROUD OF HER OR SMTH?? PLEASE? YOURE JUST STATING A FACT THATS SHES GROWN HDUIASDHASD OLD MAN SAY SMTH MORE USEFUL IM GONNA BASH YOUR HEAD INNN. IF JOLYNE FORGIVES HIM SHE IS DOING ALL THE FUCKING LEGWORK HERE

THAT BEING SAID. even tho jolyne is meant to be the PROTAGONIST of this part, her role in the final final battle is HEAVILY DIMINISHED. AND IM LIKE HUH. LIKE THIS IS THE PART WHERE WE GET A FEMALE JOJO AND THE THREE MVPS IN THE END TURN OUT TO BE THE GUYS LIKE �� OKAY. at least in the other parts, their respective jojos actually FEEL like the protag. jonathan kills dio, joseph kills kars, jotaro kills dio, josuke heavily has a whole badass fight with kira, giorno oneshots diavolo, and jolyne... what DOES SHE DO IN THE FINAL FIGHT AGAIN? 😭 like annasui has diverdown and stuff, jotaro stops time which stops pucci a fair bit, and emporio literally kILLS pucci. EVEN THE STAND USED TO KILL PUCCI WAS WAETHERS LIKEEE PUHLEASEE. and im reading this and itS LIKE SORRY WASNT JOLYNE THE PROTAGONIST? literally after the c-moon arc, i cant really recall like anything SIGNIFICANT that she does despite having just read it yesterday. and it makes me sad bc um. i rlly like her

overall - 6/10 - top 3 protag and antag. the concepts are THERE but the execution was off. definitely more experimental but thematically, it just wasnt satisfying.

[kneesheee]

sun spilled secrets

Day One: Latern!Jason | Secret Relationship

They were tiring down from another mission from the gods. This time they had been forced to enter Pasiphae’s labyrinth to find Cupid’s arrows that Hermes had stolen away.

The two of them had always hated how monsters were reborn every thousand years or so. It would’ve made it easier if they stayed dead.

Which considering that Asterion was technically half human. They put the poor guy out of his misery and let his soul finally find peace in the Underworld. It went against everything they stood for as the Lantern of Life and the son of Healing, but life ended in death. The man bull didn’t deserve that kind of torture. It didn't take long for them to find the bow and arrows. Doves and swans had flocked to the items lying in a pasture of green grass. The little grove they were in was beautiful. Jason checked over the weapons to make sure that Hermes didn't have tricks set forth. He accidently nicked himself on one of the arrows, but being the child of healing, the small cut quickly healed.

Kyle stored the weapons away into his ring as he turned towards his mother's sacred animals. The birds flocked around, and when he turned to look back at his boyfriend, his breath caught in his throat. Swans and wolves and ravens flew around the other man. Kyle itched to grab his sketchbook. The sight was something to behold and never forgotten. He loved moments like this with Jason. Where the two of them could have just a moment to themselves and just be. Not the White Lantern. Not the Red Hood. Not the sons of Aphrodite and Apollo. Just Jason and Kyle.

The sight was beautiful. The little grove they were in was beautiful.

It was a nice place to have a picnic, but Kyle had plans for something else.

Jason was lying on his back with one hand stroking the fur of the wolf beside him. Kyle was so frustrated. Why couldn't they have more moments like this? And why was Jason so pretty?

“Has anything been going on recently at home? Lady Hera and Lady Aphrodite have been looking at me weird. And I’ve been hearing things about the Fates. Has--- Did my dad find someone to marry?”

Kyle felt his own heart break at the look of sorrow on Jason’s face. Despite what Apollo may think, Jason cherishes him completely. And the demigod had wanted nothing more than his father to fall in love and marry someone. He had always been sad about the heart break that Apollo has went through.

“No, he hasn’t, but I have.”

Jason turned to him in shock and probably just a little hurt. But he didn’t expect to see Kyle draped in his most formal chiton. A crown of myrtle leaves a top of his hair. His kaleidoscopic eyes were leaned towards the sapphire scale matching the ring on his finger. A small shy smile adorns his face.

“Wha- “

Kyle pulled a small box out from somewhere. He perched himself on one knee as he looked Jason in the eyes. The hair on their arms rose signaling that they had the attention of their family. Kyle would usually back at away a time like this. They had been keeping their relationship a secret for years now. Probably ever since Kyle managed to help resurrect Jason.

Which granted was extremely hard to hide away when his mother and brother were the goddess and god of love. And Jason’s father was the god of knowledge and truth and prophecy. It was nearly impossible to hide anything from them.

“Jason Peter, I think I have loved you long before I even knew you. The stories that our family wove about you filled with me joy. And maybe the hero community only saw you as a bad dream, but everyone on Olympus saw you as the sun itself. Even the power of Helios and Apollo seem lesser in exchange to how brightly they said you shined.”

There were tears in Jason’s eyes. He knows that his family had grieved for him. He knows that some of them still do. They would look at him and cry for the time they missed but they cried just for the joy of having him back. When he was kid running around in the boots, he hadn’t been close to his grandfather. Now, Zeus took him on as another advisor. As a way to connect more with the humans that they were slowly being forced to interact with.

He was pretty sure that his Aunt Artemis tracked him whenever he was on Earth. One cannot hide from the goddess of the hunt.

For two years, his father refused to even leave his side. Helios had taken over driving the sun chariot again and even then, the titan of the sun made sure to stay by his side also.

“The day of the resurrection had been one filled with confusion. Even after you attacked me and escaped, you never left my mind. And then I met you. And you were different than what the stories painted you, yet you were still the same. An asshole yes, but there was a beauty to you that drew me in. It didn’t take long for me to fall in love.”

Aphrodite was sitting on Apollo pinning him to the ground. Tears were streaming down her face. Oh, her darling boy was really doing this.

“Getting to know you as the gods then started sending us on quests together. I got to learn more about you. You were smart and sweet and funny. One would think it’s because Apollo is your father, but I could tell that it was all you. There was just something about you that drew my attention. A part of me tried to deny it, but suddenly my sketchbooks were filled with you. Suddenly, I wanted to be on earth flying across the globe with you and the other outlaws. I wanted to brave Apollo’s rage and be with you. And I know this was supposed to be a secret. We hadn’t been ready to let the others know and come outside of our little bubble of happiness but—”

Here Kyle took a deep breath as he opened the box in his hands. The ring was a mixture of imperial gold and celestial bronze. Sapphire stones littered the ring with swans engraved into the band. Kyle had worked tiredly with Hephaestus to get it right and pour some of the energy of his ring into the band.

No matter how far away Kyle was… he would always be by Jason’s side.

The ring was beautiful.

“You make my life shine brighter than the sun. And I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Jason Peter, son of the sharpshooter, son of light… will you bind yourself to me in heart and in soul?”

Jason stared at Kyle with naked shock on his face. He swallowed thickly even as tears welled up in his eyes. Kyle was worried that he had done or said something wrong. His worries were for naught when Jason sat up and reached for Kyle. Both their eyes shuttered closed once their lips connected.

Aphrodite was full on bawling on Olympus. Apollo had long stop struggling and just watched the scene take place. He may not have like the fact that her brat was proposing to his son (without his permission!), but he knew that the words that Kyle spoke was true. The boy truly loved his son. And Jason seemed to love him back.

There was no one better for his child (and didn't really help that Apollo also had a hand in raising Kyle).

Jason leaned back to look Kyle in his eyes. The bright teal eyes that Kyle could never color correctly stared him directly the face as if searching for something. A small smile danced across Jason's face as he reached for Kyle's lantern ring that was glowing an almost embarrassing shade of pink. But Kyle could feel what Jason was trying to tell him. He could feel the love that Jason had for amplified by his blood born powers and the ring mixed together.

"There is no other person that I could want to be with. I love you, Kyle. Yes, I'll marry you. I'll bind myself to you, son of sparrows, son of love."

The two leaned in to kiss once more not knowing that the entire pantheon exploded with happiness.

The wheels of fate was turning, but would it last?

[lettersofwrittencollective]

The Pull (16/?)

Summary: The Ragnulf’s are one of the oldest lines of werewolves known. A gift from ancient times was given to the line. Though not all of the line will experience it. There are some who will experience a Pull. This Pull leads them to their true mate, a soulmate. The problem is, just because the wolf finds their true mate does not mean that they are the same for that person.

Author: @lettersofwrittencollective​  

Pairing: Stiles x Hale!Cousin OC (Reader)

Word Count: 3440

Warnings: None?

A/N:  Please note that the first part of this chapter is meant to be confusing. If you are confused good!! If not, well let me know so I can learn/ grow. Also - I just wanted to clarify, when I envision this character- I very much envision this character to be more on the athletic side, a bit lean and muscled, because they are a predator. They are on the shorter side (about 5 ft) which has to do with the fact that research indicates that female wolves tend to be smaller than male wolves.  I have tried to create a character that is Latin with Nordic ancestry (please see part 14) which is why there is some spanish that gets occasionally thrown in and why Odin plays such a huge role in this. I try to stay away from any descriptive features of the reader to try and make them as fluid as possible, but in case I mess up - I would like you to know ahead of time.. (If this bothers enough people, I can definitely change from reader insert to an OC, let me know)

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A groan escaped his lips as Stiles opened his eyes. Blinking, it took his eyes a couple seconds to adjust to the darkness the substation was in. Pushing himself up, he looked around to try and check on his friends and Kira.

He saw that Scott was checking on Kira as he scanned the room. He saw two bodies on the floor. His heart stopped for a moment, and he called for Scott as he ran to the closest body. The large number 24 in white told him exactly who it was and he dropped down beside her, terrified that the electricity had killed her.

Thankfully, the girl was shivering, which meant that she was at least alive. Shrugging off his jacket, Stiles lifted the girl's torso up and wrapped her up in the material. As he moved to set her back down, a whine escaped her lips and he called her name.

When she didn’t respond, he adjusted her body and continued to call her name, gently shaking her. He watched as her brow furrowed and her breathing became heavier. Looking up, he looked at Scott then motioned towards Natasha, trying to indicate for his friend to work his wolf magic and take some of the pain.

Scott looked torn for just a moment before nodding and moving to kneel on the girl's other side. Suddenly, though, she was letting out a gasping breath and pulling on his shirt as she pulled herself up. Almost instinctively, Stiles wrapped his arms around her. He thought he heard her whisper something but was distracted by the sound of sirens.

Groaning, you opened your eyes and looked around you. Honestly, it felt like you had been hit by a truck and you were surprised to find that you could actually move to sit up. As your eyes scanned the area you found that you were actually sitting atop the Nemeton- but you couldn’t remember how you had gotten there.

As you try to think back to what had happened, you hear hysterical laughing. Turning, there’s a flash of white fur going through a bush that catches your eye. Standing, you go to investigate it but as you near the bush, there is a large spider there. The spider is carrying a large, rectangular box and he holds it out to you. Curious, you reach out to the box but the sound of a high pitched whistling distracts you. Turning, you see an eagle flying at you.

As the eagle gets closer, it becomes physically larger and you realize that it means to attack you. Trying to transform, you find that you cannot access your wolf and when you try to physically move from the eagles path, you find that you are rooted to the ground so you watch as the eagle continues towards you and just as it pulls it’s legs forward, a whistling sound passes your ear and you feel the eagles warm blood splatter across your face and the dead animal knocks you backward. Grunting, you stand and see that the eagle had been impaled by a  golden spear. The spear is topped with wings and what looks like welded snakes and you’re confused because, why would Hermes try and protect you in any way?

Trying to figure out the spear, you hear Stiles call your name. The spear disintegrates in your hands but you barely notice it as you’re already trying to find Stiles. He calls your name again and it sounds panicked.

You make your way towards him when out of the corner of your eye, a flash of gold catches your eye. You go to investigate but then Stiles is calling your name again and the panics there again, so you run and find yourself back in front of the Nemeton. There’s a swarm of fireflies surrounding him and a Valkyrie is reaching towards him

You scream his name and suddenly, he’s directly in front of you and you’re wrapped in his arms. Eyes flicking around the room, you see Scott and Kira and you realize that you’re in the substation and that whatever it was you had just seen wasn’t actually here. You can feel Stiles’ heartbeat against your hand and the rising and falling of his chest that indicates that he is breathing. “Oh thank Odin...” you whisper against his shirt.

Feeling a hand on your shoulder, you turn your head and see Scott looking at you with worry and concern coloring his eyes. Shaking your head, you move to stand up. “I’m okay guys,” you tell them before asking Kira, “What about you hun? You’ve had a pretty crazy night.”

“Ummm- I’m okay. Maybe a little freaked out.” She says with an awkward chuckle. You move to step towards her but Scotts already put an arm around her shoulder and is soothing her.

A silence falls among your group and you’re not sure if you’re grateful for it or not but it’s not heavy. If anything, it feels relieved. The silence doesn’t last very long though before you hear a loud sound, it takes you a second to place it as the sound of sirens.

“Looks like we have company coming.”

After the cops had arrived and cleared the scene, they had taken your statements and then you were all headed to the station. Thankfully, they had let Stiles drive and this time, you went with him and Lydia. Kira joined you three and was silent in the backseat. You’d taken her hand, surprising the girl, and offered her a small smile trying to convey that you were there for her should she need you.

Once you had gotten to the station, you had all gone into the Sheriff's office. You had sat on the arm of the sofa, which put you on Kira’s left with Scott sitting on her right. Lydia sat to your left and Stiles sat to the right of Scott. The five of you were talking amongst yourselves when the Sheriff came in quickly followed by Scott's dad.

He nods his head at the group of you and before he can say anything, you’ve demanded to know why he’s here.

He says your name with a sigh and says “It’s my job to be here. Barrows my case.”

“So, what you’re saying is that he escaped on YOUR watch and almost hurt someone?”

You can feel people's eyes on you and you’re sure that they’re surprised at your reaction but if it was this guys job to keep Barrow in custody and he didn’t…”That must mean you’re not very good at your job then.”

Next, to you, you hear Lydia’s sharp intake of breath. Scott is coughing like he’s choking on air and Stiles doesn’t even bother to hide his snickering. Mr. Suit just narrows his eyes at you - to which you return the favor.

He’s the first to look away and with a shake of his head, he leans against the Sheriff's desk. “So when did you get there?” he asks the group of you.

“At the same time.”

“At the same time as who?”

“At the same time as me,” Scott says.

“By coincidence?” Mr. Suit asks and it’s obvious that he’s trying to get the boys to mix up their facts. He turned to look at you merely nodded your head in agreement to the boys’ statement.

“By coincidence?”

“What do you mean coincidence?”

“That’s what I’m asking you. The three of you arrived at the same time?”

Deciding to make Mr. Suit’s day just that more frustrating, you clear your throat and raise your hand and say “Oh I’d like to clarify that I was with Stiles already.”

“Doing what?”

“Your job apparently.”

Choosing to ignore you, the frustrated man's gaze turns towards the other side of the room. When he speaks, he sounds annoyed, “So, again, the three of you arriving at the same time... Was that coincidence?”

“Are you asking me?” Scott asked as if he was genuinely trying to figure it out.

“I think he’s asking me.” Stiles plays along.

You go to open your mouth but Lydia beats you to it, “I think he’s asking both of you.”

“Okay let me answer the question.” Mr. Suit says, the frustration at your run around game evident in his voice. A second later, he realizes the wording is wrong and clarifies, “Let me ask the questions.”

He pulls his notebook out of his blazer pocket and while you can’t recall seeing him at the substation, it seems that he’s got all the information down. It definitely sounds kind of crazy, at the very least far fetched, but he has basically the whole story. Minus the supernatural banshee and werewolves, of course. When he gets through repeating the events you’d just told him he looks like he doesn’t like the story and you don’t blame him because if someone really helped Barrow escape and gave him the direction to kill Kira then you all have much bigger problems than an escaped murderer.

“How’d you know he’d take her to a power station?”

“Stiles figured it out, something about... What was it, Stiles?”

Stiles, for some reason, seemed a bit surprised that you were asking him to further elaborate. He scratched the side of his head before answering, “ Well, cause he was an electrical engineer. So where else would he take her?”

“That’s one hell of a deduction there Stiles.”

“Yeah, what can I say, I take after my pops. He’s in law enforcement.” Stiles smirks and points to Rafael. The Sheriff had to hide his laugh behind a cough but you don’t even bother trying to hide your snickering.

Once the Sheriff composes himself, he gives you a look that says to behave. At least, that’s the way your dad or Aaric would look at you and Ro when they wanted you two to behave. He tells Stiles to answer the questions and Stiles just says that you guys made a guess.

When Rafael turns his attention to Kira and Scott they seem surprised by his attention and you can smell Kira's nervousness and Scott's irritation. It sounds like they’re both lying about what they were doing but you notice that while their hearts are hammering, neither one skips a beat. Rafael looks skeptical, at best, when he turns to the Sheriff, “You believe this?”  

“To be honest, I haven’t believed a word Stiles has said since he learned how to speak.” Your exclamation of disbelief goes unacknowledged and Stiles looks completely unfazed by this information as the Sheriff continues, “But, I think these kids found themselves in the right place at the right time and that girl sitting there is very lucky for it.”

When Kira confirms that she did, in fact, remember the situation the same way, she asks for her phone and is advised that it is part of evidence so she cannot actually get it back.

The group of you are then dismissed, except for Kira who has to apparently fill out paperwork.

Stiles dropped off Lydia and you. As you walked into the loft, something occurred to you. The two of you had a moment in which you were almost… desperate, to reassure him that you were fine. That coupled with the fact that you had fewer nightmares when you spent time with Stiles, and that you had had those moments when you felt like you couldn’t breathe and your senses wouldn’t connect when you’d looked for Malia.

Was it possible that Stiles…? No that couldn’t be it. He’s fully human, he’s just been immersed into your world because of his friend.  Growling to yourself, you pulled the door to the loft open and noticed two scents that had been quite faded.

“You know it’s a school night?”

At that moment, the Stiles situation was forgotten as you ran at your cousins' and launched yourselves into their arms, laughing. “God I’ve missed you, two idiots!”

After disentangling themselves from your grip, Peter walked to the kitchen, only to return and hand you a cup of tea. The three of you sat down to catch each other up on what it was that had been going on.

They asked about what had been going on and you told them about Kira and Barrow and how Scott seemed to like Kira and you were trying to be her friend but if you were honest you were pretty bad at it. You told them about how, apparently, the Nemeton had been playing tricks on Scott, Stiles, and Allison but helping Malia seemed to have helped.

“And have you figured out who it is Little Wolf?”

Shaking your head, you let out a sigh. “Maybe? But the thing is that it doesn't make sense.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s just that, well it doesn’t make sense.. I thought mates were all supposed to be wolves.”

“Are you saying that your mate may not be a wolf?”

“I’m not sure... I have to get a hold of my dad”

Derek looks surprised and Peter looks contemplative. You’re not sure why, but the two of them together at that moment give something away. You look at them and ask “What do you know?”

Peter smirks, he’s proud that you figured it out as fast as you did and Derek just lets out one of his scoffs that sounds like it may actually be a chuckle and shakes his head. Neither one of them responds immediately and you’re almost worried that they’re going to answer but then Derek tells you about his mother's claws and his trip to the spirit world.

“Hurt didn’t it?”  you chuckle when he’s done telling you about what he had seen. The story was there, the only thing Derek didn’t seem to know was that your own father and brothers would have to put you down. Or that Xolotl’s gift had been the ability to burden your mate's pain, regardless of the bond. When Derek looked at you, you simply explained that it was the fastest way to be able to talk to your mom but also, unsurprisingly, one of the more painful options in talking to her.

Eventually, your cousins bid you goodnight. Peter kissed your forehead and Derek hugged you a little more tightly than usual. You had been in your room for less than five minutes before you heard Derek growling and things being thrown about his room. Worried that something may be wrong or that he may be hurt, you got up from the bed and made your way towards his room.

Knocking on the door, his harsh “What?!” only gave you a second pause before you walked right in. Raising your eyebrow, you saw your cousin changing the sheets. Tilting your head, you couldn’t tell anything wrong with them, sure they still smelled like Isaac- oh.. That’s right.

“You let them sleep in my bed?”

“Where else was he supposed to sleep? Besides, it was either him or Stiles or Scott and I figured since he’d been your Beta that you’d handle it better.”

“But he’s not my beta now, is he?”

“But he was. And besides, you trust him so it’s really not that big of a deal,” you said with a shrug of your shoulders.

Derek hissed at you and you merely stuck your tongue out at him.

“You know you’re lucky I love you, you brat.”

“I know.. It’s a good thing I love you, sour wolf.”

Derek raised an eyebrow at you as if to ask really?

You simply kissed his cheek before returning to your own room. You were tired and really wanted to go to bed, but, you had to know if it was possible to have a mate that wasn’t a wolf. It just didn’t make sense to you. So, arranging your blankets into a sort of nest, you grabbed unlocked your phone and got comfortable.  

You call your father but his phone goes straight to voicemail. Looks like it’s gonna have to be up to one of the boys. Calling your oldest brother, it takes him a few rings to answer but suddenly his face is filling your screen and you smile at him.

”You look like shit.”

“Yes well... It’s still better than your ugly mug.”

“You wound me”

“Oh shush Aaric, you know you’re a lovable wet dog.”

Your brother looked like he was going to retaliate when you heard Ro in the background. “Hey, Dad’s just got back, still haven’t found her.”

Aaric takes a deep breath and nods his head. You’re sure that Ro means your Tia Clara but you know better than to ask about it. They’re not going to tell you anything about it anyway, considering you’ve got to find your own mate.

Through the video you see your dad walk into the room. He looks tired, much more aged than the last time you two spoke and you let out a soft whine. It catches his and Ro’s attention and Aaric lifts the phone to show that you’re on the video line.

“Cariño,” your dad says softly.

“Hi Daddy, Hey Ro,” you say to them, a smile on your face at seeing them all together. When you were a child you had not been able to say Alaric or Rogelio and so Alaric became Aaric and Rogelio was just Ro.

The three of you just spend time talking, they’re relieved to see that you’re safe and you tell them about rescuing Kira. None of them are too excited that you put yourself in a situation where you could get seriously hurt but they’re proud that you’re not hiding from any tough situations either.  You and your brothers had been raised to never shy away from a fight.

Your dad used to always say, “Remember, little ones bravery is half the victory.”

When the conversation comes to a natural lull, you take a breath - pulling their attention towards you. “Daddy,” you begin and Alaric handed the phone to him. You could see the worry in his gaze and you could tell that your brothers wanted to jump in but, thankfully, they were deferring to your dad.

“Que paso Cariño?”

“Is it possible for a mate to be, human?”

Your dad looked surprised and you heard Ro and Aaric curse under their breath. You bit your lower lip and could feel a leg bouncing against the mattress you currently sat on.

“You think you found your mate?”

“I don’t know daddy… The ones that were a sacrifice to the Nemeton? They’re all part of the McCall pack. Scott's got human, hunter, wolf, and coyote all involved.’ You tell your dad about the pack. He already knows bits and pieces but this time you’re telling him about how it is that you interact with each of them. Before you can talk about Stiles though, one of your dad sentinels runs into the room, you know what it means and so you sigh and tell them all goodnight.

Your dad stops you from immediately hang up though, “I have no idea if there’s ever been a mate that isn’t a wolf but I’ll look into it Cariño. If you have found them, that’s a gift from Odin.”

“It wasn’t for Tia Clara.,” you say softly and you can see him stiffen in the video. He looks worried for a moment before his face hardens.

“That won’t happen you Ylfa, I promise. Now, I gotta go. Be good, Odin will smile upon you.” Your father blew you a kiss and the next thing that you knew, he had given the phone to Ro.

“Aarics gone to learn more?”

“He’s gotta learn to be an Alpha at some point, right?”

“You realize he may very well have to hunt me down if my mate rejects me?”

“Won’t happen,” Ro said with an icy undertone to his voice. You laughed and shook your head.

“You can’t make a mate accept the other one. Isn’t that what the Greeks ensured?”

“Bah! They don’t know you, Ylfa. You’ve got this unfortunate habit of worming your way into people’s hearts.”

“Goodnight Ro,” you said as you blew him a kiss. He pretended that it was the worst thing.

“I’m sorry about not telling you about T... I just, thought it would be better for you.”

“I get it.. He was your friend before we started dating. Just a sucky situation for everyone involved  guess.” You bid your brother goodnight and laid down to try and get some rest for the next day.

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Posted 10 April 2019