#BILLY DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HAHAHA

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This episode I LOVED it, everything in general, with hen and karen rescuing their son to the dynamic of the trio eddie, buck and tommy, and buck and tommy's relationship and them teasing buck ahhaha

About how eddie found an ally to tease buck and his bizarre theories about curses even though in the end Tommy being the good boyfriend that he is will do anything to make buck happy even dressing up and going to the cemetery where billy boils is and talking to him

Thinking back the only time we've seen tommy dressed not in his usual shirts is either at the promotion in 7x09 or at a mock funeral, this man is hopelessly in love with his Evan

Anyway the friendship between eddie and tommy and buck together I love them, how nobody feels awkward and it's a beautiful thing this thing and this dynamic of friendship between the three of them

And here's a sequence of buck and tommy and in addition Eddie, THE TRIO

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Tommy's worried look when he sees Buck in pain, what a puppy Tommy is who would like to take all that suffering away from Buck.

This episode makes it clear how much they love each other and are there for each other, although we haven't heard the “I love you” yet, but I know we will soon.

That touch to buck's leg, as if the touching him was to see that he actually is okay and at the same time comforts buck, but in my opinion also he that touch was to say that buck is alive and he is okay

Tommy “everyone at harbor station was…” ready to laugh

Evan: angry face

Tommy “ concerned” stops smiling

Eddie laughing meanwhile

We already know that eddie doesn't believe in such things and laughs as buck thought he at least had tommy on his side and then you see him laughing it off

I love the three of them

The look on tommy's and eddie's faces that blatantly are doing their best to believe everything buck says and then not resist anymore

The look between tommy and eddie and like when you're in a serious moment and you don't have to look at your best friend or you start laughing, that's tommy and eddie

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This succession of scenes of Tommy taking care of Buck so casually, as if it's already a thing that happens in their daily life and it breaks my heart into a thousand pieces, because of how cute they are - This scene is so intimate and it's so natural especially with Buck that you see him so quiet, I like this, even though you don't see so many scenes in the everyday life between Tommy and Buck, these scenes make it clear that they are thriving more and more

“how's that?” in that tone of voice, in that voice so sweet, I don't know how buck didn't melt in that instant, I would have died there in that moemnto

Of course we know that buck told him to sleep on the bed and instead no tommy even though he knows that he will sleep not well on that couch, especially after an exasperating shift, he stays there sleeping on the couch even though he may not be able, perhaps, to rest well, but he does it anyway in order to be next to buck and to be near him for whatever buck needs

How tommy takes care of buck, in such a natural way, with gestures full of love

And in all this Tommy surely woke up before Buck to prepare them breakfast, tell me if they don't look like a married couple, because they are, and how Tommy likes Buck and how he takes care of him and stays there listening to everything Buck says, without it being forced but on the contrary, and something so normal and intimate

seeing tommy's reaction, reminded me of tommy with maurice, a panicked tommy AHAHAHHA,

"Evan dont' freak out" he was obviously saying it more to himself, than to buck - like "I must not panic, Evan needs me, I can't run away now, first let's call eddie and let him do all the work" HAHAHA

Tommy “It was super gross.”

Evan “So I am gross”

Tommy “That's not what I said”.

HOW CAN I NOT LOVE THEM, then with that little voice of Tommy when he says that, as if to say “ honey I love you so much, I could never tell you that you are gross, and if you were then you would be my gross”

When Buck said “so I'm disgusting,” I don't know why but his face made me think of this image.

POV Evan after Tommy called his cousin super gross so now he thinks he is too.

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I love this scene, eddie getting scared

It literally makes me think about the difference between tommy and eddie with buck in this state, but in a positive sense I mean: tommy as a boyfriend regardless of how buck is, he loves him anyway and doesn't care about those boils on his face, while eddie as a best friend doesn't give a damn about this thing and gets scared of buck in that state, it makes me laugh because that's exactly what a best friend would do

Eddie saying that he has to see it from the other side, that he doesn't need to wear a mask for Halloween this year, MADE ME LAUGH SO MUCH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WOULD TELL MY BEST FRIEND IF SHE WAS IN THIS STATE, LIKE WHO CARES ABOUT HER FEELINGS, I HAVE TO SAY IT

I LOVE EDDIE

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More moments of tommy best boyfriend

"stop picking", again with that sweet voice, while he tells to buck, and gives them the coffee, more in love and married than this, the wedding is missing and we're fine

This along with 7x04 where Tommy says he was jealous because he wanted to be part of 118 and because they were like a family, and in 7x10 where he says he doesn't talk to his father and has a bad relationship with him and also with this scene it makes you understand how much Tommy's past is a tortuous past and maybe he never had a person who took care of him, and this makes you understand HOW MUCH I NEED TO SEE AN EPISODE OF TOMMY BEGINS

However, I would like to see a scene where we see Tommy having a bad day and if before he had no one to take care of him, or who was just with him, now he has Buck, Eddie and the whole 118 and he understands that he is no longer alone but has a family that is there for him.

YOUR HONOR, THEY ARE MADLY IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER

TOMMY LOOKING AT HIM WITH THAT LOVED LOOK, HE SEES EVAN, HE DOESN'T SEE THOSE BOILS ON HIS FACE OR HE DOESN'T CARE A DAMN ABOUT THOSE THINGS, BUCK WOULD BE LIKE THIS FOREVER, AND TOMMY WOULD ALWAYS BE IN LOVE WITH HIM

BUT WHO LOOKS AT YOU WITH THAT LOVED LOOK WHILE YOU'RE TALKING TO A GRAVE TO WICK A CURSE AWAY, AND ALSO DRESSED IN AN ELEGANT WAY

It's obvious if eddie had been there too, he would have said after seeing buck and tommy dressed elegantly tpo "you're both idiots, but it's clear that you're made for each other", and then continued telling tommy "finally you too who indulges all his weirdness and I'm not the only one, welcome to the club" I WOULD HAVE CRIED IF A SCENE LIKE THAT HAD HAPPENED

"tommy is not in love with buck, he doesn't care about him"

always tommy when he looks at buck:

Tommy even if he doesn't believe it tries anyway and asks Billy Boils to stop being angry with his boyfriend and to stop the curse - that look at the end is like a warning "dear Billy, whoever you are, if you hurt my Evan again, I'll kill you again"

THIS RUN TO GET TO BUCK, HOW CUTE

HE CALLED HIM "MY BOYFRIEND" I REPEAT SHE CALLED HIM "MY BOYFRIEND", THIS IS NOT AN EXERCISE

"My boyfriend doesn't even kiss me"

"that's not true"

And that little smile from Evan, pleased that Tommy always kisses him even with boils on his face

Like Buck says it to make Billy feel sorry, like look what you did, my boyfriend doesn't kiss me, even if it's a lie, then Tommy denies it and Buck laughs because he knows this thing isn't true

This episode is one of my favorites about buck and tommy, not only does buck call tommy "my boyfriend" but he also says that the people around us make life worth living, WHILE HE'S LOOKING AT TOMMY, BRO IF AFTER THIS YOU DON'T SEE HOW MADLY IN LOVE THEY ARE WITH EACH OTHER I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT, LITERALLY THIS IS ENDGAME (I HOPE SO)

This episode made me think of the episode when buck meets mitchell and thomas and told him that you don't find love but you build it, AND BUCK IS BUILDING IT WITH TOMMY

I'M CRYING

[sapphoshands]

I’d be curious about your Agatha thoughts (gives you a corn chip) because I too have feelingsTM about the “discourse” but I just wanted to say thanks for being a fun person to follow who has also been consumed by AAA brainrot but in a FUN way…like can we just enjoy fun things? Oy.

ONE CORN CHIP, you have poked the bear successfully (and thank you for saying nice things; i am glad my breakdown is enjoyable all around hahaha)

okay a couple people have actually poked me about this soooo. snark activated. rant unlocked. disclaimer, i have mostly been avoiding the tags so i'm sure this has been litigated elsewhere, but a few things annoying ME:

people saying the show last night is the wrong kind of queer. because. look. we are all just queer, okay. the show is queer. the show is SO MANY kinds of queer!

also did we accidentally erase the first five episodes because i don't know what show you [generic you] were watching but there has been intense lesbian activity on my screen since 'agnes' first sat down on her couch.

i also will be v sad if agatha and rio don't get at least one smooch, but we have three eps left? a third of the show? so i'm not exactly throwing a fit yet!

even if they don't smooch, their relationship has been such a joy to watch on screen and is so intense and involved and complex and fully-realised. like, we might not get a kiss, because i sure don't think we're heading for a happy ending, but... it's not like a kiss is what legitimises the whole thing, you know? IT'S THERE.

agreed that it's unfortunate we had a short ep last week and a long one this week, but i don't understand people who are saying we were short-changed last week specifically in agatha's trial. because. it is agatha's show. this whoooole thing. it is about agatha. all of it. all along. and it's not like a) she doesn't get the spotlight in everyone else's trial, or b) we didn't get enough character development for many many fanfics.

plus we got a long ep this week specifically so we could get more agnes and more agatha. i'm surprised they got away with putting so much agnes in the ep but oh my god i loved every second of it. kathryn hahn the manspreader dykespreader that you are.

fan hat off, notes hat on, i don't know what i would've cut out of the billy section. maybe a couple minutes of hospital time? couple minutes of bohner? not a lot of fat there! lots of stuff that's almost certainly going to have meaning to agatha's story!

some people will say cut the boring boyfriend but look. look. i am genuinely emotional about the interrelational queerness in this show now. i think this is a spectacular example of how stories that are overdone in pop culture generally can get a whole new life and vibe when they are seen through a diverse lens. this commentary on witchiness, queerness, otherness, coven as found family... it's saying some things, and it's not beating us over the head with them. we needed the queer billy backstory to make those work. plus, we're unlocking all new agatha feelings through billy and so the show has to give us some billy so we know why agatha has those feelings!

maybe i sound like too much of an apologist, and let's be real, i'm certainly not going to be rewatching the first two-thirds of that ep anywhere near as much as the entire rest of the season (so far). i'm not telling anyone they had to love it. i will also say, i've seen some reviewers talking about how this was the best ep so far and i REALLY side-eye that (and now i trust them much less). but i enjoyed the ep, way, way more than i expected. i almost kind of give a shit about billy now, and i absolutely give a shit about agatha's feelings about billy.

that said, it's not an attack to not have rio in the ep (when jac schaeffer has literally said they were rationing her). and neither rio nor billy are the most important parts of agatha's story. but they're both building towards it, in my opinion. we haven't lost anything by getting a little billy; we've immensely deepened the world of the show and agatha's character.

so there is one corn chip worth of thoughts! and now, back to writing fic.

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Rating my favourite fictional characters on how much I'd trust them to do my top surgery

Wander 🎩🪕(Wander Over Yonder) - Bugs Bunny level antics that waste about eleven minutes of everyone's lives and leave every single person convinced he couldn't do it. It would be the cleanest and easiest top surgery on record and I would walk away unscathed.

Commander Peepers 👁💥(Wander Over Yonder) - He'd take it deadly seriously and spend the whole thing nervously sweating. He would get it done but it wouldn't be flawless. Gods help me if Hater walks into the room during the surgery.

Jack Skellington 💀🎃(Nightmare Before Christmas) - A scientific and analytical mind bodes well for surgery. However. He is a skeleton and I'm fairly certain he doesn't understand how human bodies work or that we can't dismantle ourselves like some monsters. 0/10. Love him to bits. Wouldn't trust him as far as I can throw one of his rib bones.

Fantoccio 🧵🎭(Billie Bust Up) - I mean... I think? He'd take it seriously enough but I'm not sure he'd know what he was doing.

Barnaby 🦉☠️(Billie Bust Up) - Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me. ☠️☠️☠️

Alastor 🦌🔪(Hazbin Hotel) - Must I repeat the above. ☠️☠️☠️

Ingo/Emmet 🔼🔽🚂(Pokemon) - Yeah actually I think they'd do well. They'd take it seriously, do it flawlessly and I'd walk away with a chest flatter than Emmet's hopes and dreams after Ingo got Isekai'd

Sun/Moon ☀️🌙(FNAF) - Ha. HA. HAHAHA. I can't trust them with children's safety scissors.

The Innocent 🪁🐕(Koozå) - Sir/Ma'am/Other title. That is a child.

The Trickster 🪄🎁(Koozå) - Wouldn't even need to go under. I have seen this man summon people out of nothing, my chest would be flat before I could blink. He'd make a performance out of it though and probably make me feel not entirely safe because he is peak moral ambiguity.

The Doctor ⏳️🌌(Doctor Who) - One would take it seriously but I wouldn't trust his unsteady hands. Two would probably have an anxiety attack so that's a nope. Three, Four and Five I trust to get it done safely and seriously. Honestly Six is... well he's certainly the most eccentric regeneration so probably not. Seven I'm not sure would do it properly even though he could take it seriously. Then again he could surprise me, he's more compitent than he appears. Eight and Nine? Ah shit I dunno honestly. Ten's a yes, Eleven is a huge nope, Twelve is a very safe yes and Thirteen is also a safe yes. Fourteen is just Ten repeated so also a yes. I don't know Fifteen well enough to say yet.

James "Jamie" McCrimmon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗡(Doctor Who) - He's got the steady hands and seriousness needed, yes. Unfortunately he is from the 18th century and about sixty years before anaesthesia was invented.

Sebastian 🖥🕸(Stardew Valley) - Yeah, actually. I think he'd take it seriously and have steady enough hands for it. I'm in safe company there 👍

Nico the Accordion Man 🪗⚙️(Kurios) - ??? I have no idea??? He's a handyman which bodes well and whatever he was doing with his fingers during Hypnotique tells me he's got the hands for it, but also Have You Seen the Way This Man Moves?

Chief Clown 🤡🎪(Classic Doctor Who) - (Oh yeah I'm getting hella obscure for some of these characters.) I'm pretty sure this man is a homicidal maniac. I have seen the face he makes when he kills someone. I wouldn't trust this lunatic within one mile of me while I am fully conscious and he is unarmed. Especially considering he has been unarmed every time I have seen him kill.

Sweet Cap'n Cakes 🎶🥯(Deltarune) - I love these three adorable sweethearts with my whole chest. And if I let them near my chest with anything sharp I'm afraid I won't have anything left to love them with.

Rouxls Kaard ♥️♦️♠️♣️(Deltarune) - This man. This indigo beanpole. This walking homosexual disaster. Can't make a puzzle more complex than "put box on button." Respectfully and deeply affectionately... ✨️no✨️

Wally Darling 👁🍎(Welcome Home) -

Hatbox Ghost 🎩🦯(Haunted Mansion) - NO. To both film and ride versions for different reasons.

Ghost Host 🪓➰️(Haunted Mansion) - 2023 film Hosty? Never. Put that axe down, sir. Ride Hosty? Well... He's a goober who's not half as dangerous as he appears. But I still wouldn't trust him to know what he's doing or particularly care too much if he accidentally killed me.

The Phantom 💀🎩(Phantom Manor) - Quite honestly I couldn't say. This man was adept at murder but only when given a reason, like his victims wanting to marry his daughter. I can thankfully say that I am queer enough for that to not apply to me. Doesn't make me trust him though.

The Prophet 🖤🎤(Legion of the Black) - Uh. Yeah, I think so. Yeah I think I'd be in okay hands, it wouldn't be flawless but it'd get done well enough.

Captain Rex 🪖🚀(Star Wars: The Clone Wars) - While I'd like to say battlefield first aid would give him some experience - which is true - surgeries are left up to droids. But even so I would say I'd be in safe hands. I trust him to get the job done well.

Ahsoka Tano 🗡🔶️(Star Wars: The Clone Wars) - Oh yeah. OH yeah. Safer than a Jedi holocron in the Jedi Temple library vault (before Cad Bane showed up, anyway).

Natemare 👁🎸(Natewantstobattle) - Ah yes because that is a level of mental instability that I trust to safely and confidently give me surgery. /s

Phantom 📜✒️ (Natewantstobattle) - If you know Phantom you're probably expecting a no, but he holds up his ends of any deal he makes! I absolutely trust him to give me the easiest, cleanest surgery ever. What I don't trust him to do is let me enjoy it for long because whoopsy-doopsy I'm now trapped inside his cane forever.

Lukas 🐈📖(Minecraft Story Mode) - Oh honey no, you stick to your books. He can kick ass and write a good story but he could never perform a surgery.

Helsknight ⚔️🔥(Hermitcraft) - The only things this man knows are Quote Meme, Rap and Be Pathetic. He made a pitfall trap for Welsknight because he forgot that literally every single Hermit has elytra and can fly, and then boasted about it, only to get deeply humbled. He has a total brain cell count of -1. I think you know my opinion.

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Sunflowers and Billie

Hobie talking to Mariana being amused by her wide knowledge of the amount of Spider-heroes just like Pavtri. Yet, she knows more out of the main Spider-heroes variants. He listens until he heard something that caught his interest, "No way? There's a Billie being Spider-woman? How come we haven't seen her?"

"Oh she's nervous. You know, how our canons involves in losing someone we love... her's was Miles. Her big brother was her Uncle Ben, then her dad. It's pretty sad." Mariana said being a bit upset, "I met her in her world and she was surprised to find me and pointed out how much I look like Miles. Then, I told her and invited her here. She sort of freaked out spotting Miles from Earth 1048 and another Miles with the buzz cut."

"Oh yeah, I've seen them before." Hobie nodded. "It's understandable. She can take her time, luv."

"I've told her, it's okay. I've talked to your Miles and the others about it. Miles 42 really wanted to see her and hug her." Mariana rubs her neck. "She might come around since she's having the courage to see them. She really miss her brother."

Hobie nodded, "Well, my Sunflower would gladly open his arms for her. He loves lil Boo."

"OHH! Ohh!" The two hears a little girl's voice.

"Speak of the lil devil." Hobie smirks knowing that's Billie's voice.

Miles came holding Billie in his arms, "Okay. Okay. I'll take you to see the pretty lights."

"No, I wann-wanna go to play!" Three year old Billie pouts, "I wanna play with Gabi, Gerry and May!"

"Okay. Okay. We'll go to day care." Miles carries Billie's baby bag being exhausted with watching his little sister and being Spider-man. Sometimes he doesn't know how to do it.

Then, the two noticed Miles 42 following behind Miles 1016, "I've told you to drop her off first! And what did you do with my baby? You got her dressing so goofy! What is this?" He gently touch the tutu being over Billie's grey sweats and wearing a polka dot shirt and socks. "Where's her jacket? Where's her shoes, man? You're gonna make my baby sick!"

Miles 1016 turns to Miles 42, "Your baby? Man, I've tried. This is all I can come up with. We didn't do laundry this week!"

Billie giggles as she turns her head to Miles 42, who's being so kind to her. He even made kissy faces for her that cause her to laugh. She got two big brothers, now!

"Aye no! Dame mi bebe!" Miles 42 huffs having to carry Bille 1016 in his arms. "Come here, boo-boo. Your too pretty to look all ratchet!"

"Excuse you, man! You're actin' very vicious. Look! This is all I could fine that was clean." Miles 1016 went into the baby bag to pull out odd patterns of shirts and pants that didn't look good at all. "And she's in her princess fairy phase! The tutu never leaves her!"

"Huh uh!" Billie nodded at her big brother. "My tutu!"

Miles 42 kisses Billie's forehead, "Awe, mi bebe. You're so cute. You shouldn't even be wearing these ugly sweats."

Billie laughs having her hands touching Miles 42's face, "Hahaha, yeah! It is!"

"Now, Boo-boo you said you liked it!" Miles 1016 being shocked. "Look we'll change her when we go to the daycare."

"The only thing you did right is her hair. I really like these butterfly clips and these braids!" Miles 42 touches Billie's thick braid to see the love and care of her hair. She had four thick braids with large pink balls hair ties and on her scalp braided with butterfly clips.

"At least that makes you happy." Miles mutters.

Billie pats at her brother's direction, "There. There, Mimi!"

"Mwah," Miles kisses his baby sister's cheek, "Love you, boo-boo!"

"Hehehe!" Billie snuggles against Miles 42 being bashful.

"Awweee, she's so cute! This is the iconic Boo-boo!" Mariana's voice rings as she happily went over to see the famous Billie Mariana Morales. Billie's eyes grew big and gleam brightly spotting a female version of her big brother! She had the same face, but with a feminine touch to it; with softer and fuller cheeks and bigger eyes.

"OHHHH!" She happily wiggle her whole body wanting to launch herself to be hug by her, she wants to smell her, study her face and feel her warmth. How different is she from her amazing big brother?

Surely, she will have that sweet scent like Miles 42. Miles 42 is so sweet to her, too. Oh, so many Miles and she wants to be greedy to have them all! "Oohhphff, careful, boo-boo!" Miles 42 got a hold of her seeing how excited she got. "Wow, your happy to see Mariana."

"She got my name!" Billie giggles.

Mariana hold out her arms, "Awe, come here, chiquita! She reminds me of my baby brother, Gonzalo!" Technically the opposite sex of Billie. Miles 42 handed her the toddler, and Mariana started to sniff her. "Mmm, she has strawberry and cream scented like Strawberry shortcake!"

Billie giggles having to snuggle against Mariana's chest, "Mari!"

"Is he bubbly like Billie?" Miles 1016 asked, being unaware of Hobie coming from the side then to give him a kiss on the cheek, "Oh hey, bae. Sorry I'm late."

"It's alright, Sunflower. I saw how you and..." Hobie side eye at Miles 42, "were talking."

"FU!" Miles 42 scowls.

Billie turns her head to Hobie and use her web-shooter, "Nononono! No Hobie!"

"Miss me, again lil Bloo." Hobie swiftly dodges with both his hands in his vest pockets, "Gotta be quicker, darling."

The toddler pouted with her cute plump lips popping out, "Awe, don't worry, boo-boo. I'll kick his ass for you!" Miles 42 started to stretched his arm ready to throw hands for her.

Mariana snuggles against Billie, "Awe, she so cute. Ugh, I wanna eat her up. Mwah! Mwah-mwah!" She gave the toddler kisses on her full round cheeks, "Que bonita! Que linda, mi bebe!"

Miles 42 happily got close to look at Billie covering her mouth being bashful, "Hehehe." They were obsessed with her.

Hobie spoke to his Sunflower, "Have the other Miles seen her?"

"No, not yet. Miles 42 known her for the longest. Heh, you think they would like her?" Miles asked.

Hobie looks how lovey dover the other variants were with Billie, "I don't think... I know they will. The only thing is... how will the Punks feel when she won their Miles' heart?"

Miles 1016 laughs in amusement, "Yeah, right. Like they would get jealous."

"You don't think I don't get jealous, darling?" Hobie smirks, getting close to kiss his Sunflower.

"Bae, seriously. She's my Boo-Boo!" Miles pouts then kiss him, "You and her are the loves of my life!"

"Mmm, sometimes I don't like sharing!" He kisses him back.

"Nononono!" Billie fumes at Hobie. "My mimi! Mine!" She waves her tony fist at him with a big pout on her face looking so cute being so mad.

"But, lil one," Hobie hugs Miles close to him, "you got two Miles and I got one!"

"Nonono! All mine!" Billie puffs her little chest out wanting all the Miles to herself.

Mariana giggles, "Just like my lil bro. I should bring him, so they can have a play date!"

Miles 42 could only imagine how Billie's male variant would look like, probably adorable and cute. "You need to bring him. I wanna see my lil bro."

"Okay!" Mariana agrees, "I'll bring him today. My mom is probably gonna want me to babysit him."

Miles 42 being happy, "Can't wait!" Billie looking back and forth at their conversation.

The group were unaware of The Punks and Miles walking down the hallway after they spent their time completing a mission. Hobie 138d smirks at Miles 1015, "I'm impressed at how many zombies you shot at."

"My daddy was a cop. He did show me a few things about protecting myself." Miles 1015 giggles holding her Hobie's hand, she had long blond braids and very abstract makeup; a bold purple lips and orange bright eyeliner with glitter eyeshadow and tiny star stamps on her cheeks.

"I still find it crazy that Miles didn't kill as much you did." Miles 43 laughs with amusement. He wore army cargo pants with combat boots, with a tiny black shirt all over his suit. His hair into a curly Mohawk with surgical line on the sides.

Hobie 138c chuckles, "I just loved how you drove that truck into that building, luv."

Punk Miles snorted, "I would if I had better guns! I was the only one with a pistol!" Fuming at how much running he had to do. "It was bullshit!"

Hobie 138e had one arm around his shoulders, "Luv, you were still tremendous. Luv, how you bash your guitar into that fucking pig zombie's brains!"

"Oh, look! There's Miles and Mariana!" Miles 1015 spotted a familiar group. "Hey guys! Why are you huddling around?"

The group pop their heads out to spot their friends, and Miles 42 and Hobie took a step back to show them. Then all the Miles' hearts melt when they see a cute bundle of joy, little Billie being carried by Mariana. The little girl spotted them and smiles widely, "HI!"

"OHHHHHH!" All the Miles quickly went to get a hold of her leaving their punk boyfriends in the dust. "SHE'S SOOO CUTE! OMG, can I call her Boo-boo!" They were talking among each other. "I call my baby brother Boo-boo!"

"What just happened?" All the punks look confused for the moment. Did a baby just won their partners' hearts, even punk Miles, who's already cooeing at the little girl.

"OMD, can I hold her?" Miles 1015 asked being so excited.

"No, I wanna her! Mari, passed her to me!" Miles 1019 said, he wanted to kiss those big cheeks.

"No, me! She's too cute." Miles 43 spoke up!

Billie's eyes gleamed being so happy to find more variants of her big brother. "Hi, I'm Billie. I'm-I'm tree years old!" She put on her cutely acts.

"AWWWEEE! She's too cute!" The Miles were in love.

Mariana handed her to Miles 43, "Here, she seems like Strawberry Shortcake!"

"Mmm, she does. Ugh! She's so warm too!" Miles 43 sniffs Billie's neck smelling her sweet scent, then kisses her cheek giving her hug, "Ugh, I never want to let her go!"

"Me next! Me next!" Miles 1015 wanting to hold her.

Miles 1016 laughs with amusement, "I guess, you were right, bae... they love Boo-boo." He saw how Hobie was grinning widely at the Punks being left out of all the loving, they were getting jealous.

Billie had one the Miles' hearts and she smiles even brighter as she noticed the Punks look at her. This made the Miles more joyful. "Awe, she has such a cute smile!" Miles 43 handed her to Miles 1015.

"Ughhh! She does smell freakin' amazing! I want her. Can I keep her? Mwah. Mwah! Mwah!" Miles 1015 kisses Billie's cheeks giving her snuggles, "Ugh, my baby! She reminds me of my baby brother!"

Mariana nodded, "Right! She's so cute! We need to form a play date!"

"For real. I love you, Boo-boo!" Miles 1015 said to Billie.

"I wuv you, too! Mimi!"

Miles 1015 gasps, "She call me, Mimi like my Gonzalo! This must be a sign! Ugh, that's it! My new name is Mimi!" Giving her kisses on Billie's cheek, "Mwah. Mwah! Thank you, cutie. Love you!"

"She never kissed me like that!" Hobie 138d frowns with his arms crossed, "The bloody lil sprog is taking my flower away from me." He pouts.

Hobie 138c frowns too, "Right!"

Then Miles 1015 handed Billie to punk Miles, the little girl gently touches his face being so fascinated by this version. "Ohh... you-you gots rings..." She tries to figure out what piercings were called.

Punk Miles normally cool, flirty and a bit bratty, but when he hold Billie in his arms all that washed away just like Miles 42's attitude. "These are piercings, nena!"

"Ahh, I got them too. See." She turns her head showing her little earrings.

"Awe, yes you do! Yes, you do!" Miles 1019 cooes and cuddles Billie, "Who's a smart baby? You are! Yes, you are. Mwah. mwah-mwah-mwah!" Giving her kisses on the cheek.

Billie giggles being so happy getting all the love from all these variant. She snuggles against Punk Miles smelling an odd musk with pine and... rain. So different from all the other Miles. Miles 43 smell like sandalwood, ginger and jasmine something along the line of Chanel Bleu. Miles 1015 smells like Rihanna's perfume Fenty; florals and musk. Mariana had a much sweet scent of juicy fresh apples possibly from Kayali perfume.

Miles 42 saw the Punks looming over their partner being jealous. Hobie 138e slouch on Miles 1019, "Darling, why you never kiss me like that! I need attention and love too!"

Miles 1019 snorted, "Boo-boo needs it more. Look at her. She's so cute." He holds Billie with so much care.

"No fair, what about me?" Hobie 138d whines at Mimi.

"Bae, you're fine." Mimi snorted.

Hobie 138c frowns snuggling against his Miles, "Yeah!"

Miles 1016 snickers, "I guess, most Hobies are needy."

"What's that supposed to mean, luv?" His Hobie pouts having his arms wrapped around Miles waist.

"Nothing!" Miles hums.

Hobie pouts with his chin resting on the nape of Miles' shoulder, "Sunflower, I need my daily dosage of your love. How else will I survive?"

"You will." Miles 1016 giggles.

"No," Hobie turns his head to kiss his lover's cheek, "I need your love!"

"Bae," Miles giggles.

Billie pouts, "No! My Mimi!" She waves her hand.

"Awe, look at how jealous she gets! It's just so cute." Miles 43 giggles.

Miles 42 said, "Don't worry, Boo-boo. You got all our hearts."

Billie smirks at the annoyed Punks and said, "Ara ara!" Trying to sound cool like those anime shows her big brother watches.

"Aweeee!" The Miles happily snuggles her!

The Punks were more pushed aside while they watch their lovers giving all their sweet love to the little child. Billie had a dark gleam in her eyes at them, which made them feel a certain stab through the chest. That cheeky little brat!

"See told yeah!" Hobie said to his Miles.

Miles snorts, "You guys really need to work on your jealousy!"

"Hey, where's Mariana?" Miles 43 asked.

A portal open from behind them revealing Mariana holding a three year old toddler, Gonzalo! The little boy had a little braids on his head with big bright honey brown eyes looking like Billie, he sucks his thumb! "Sorry, I went to grab my baby bro real quick!"

"AWE! That's GONZALO!" Miles 1016 pushed his Hobie away being so hype to go over to see the baby boy.

Gonzalo shyly hide his face until he gave a weak, "Hi. I'm-I'm Gon-zah-low! I'm tree years old!" He hold two fingers up still unsure how to count well.

"Oh my gawd, he's adorable!" The Miles went on cute overload. Miles 1016 had the chance to hold the male variant of Bille, his baby sister. "Ohh he smells so good! Like fresh oranges and baby powder!"

"Hehehe, Mari!" Gonzalo giggles being held by Miles, "Mari?" As he touches his face being so fascinated by his sister's variant.

"Awe, he's so cute." Miles 1015 bounced. "I need to bring my baby brother here too! Hold on, I'll be right back." She open a portal to her place to get her sibling.

Billie's eyes widen at Gonzalo as she tilt her head, "Huh?"

"Huh?" Gonzalo tilted his head the same way. It's like they seen a ghost! They stare noticed how they look like each other yet they don't.

Billie said, "Hi, I'm Billie."

"Hi, I'm Gonzalo!" He waves at her.

They were interacting being very happily. "You me? I'm you!" Gonzalo said.

"Ohh, I am?" Billie asked.

"Huh uh!"

Miles 1015 happily kisses Gonzalo's cheek, "Awe, Billie. How's it seeing your first variant?"

"Um... Um... confusion!" Billie and Gonzalo said at the same time.

"AWEE!" The Miles cooed and happily awed.

All the Hobies were in one group being left out. "Welcome to the club, mate." Hobie 138c said to Hobie 138b.

Hobie 138b grunts being left in the dust. Even his own Miles went on to be love struck by little Gonzalo.

Then Mimi 1015 appeared with her baby brother, Gonzalo too. This time he had a little afro and have green eyes. "Hey guys, look who I brought!" She happily said.

Gonzalo waves his hands being cheerful, "Hi, I'm Zalo! I'm three years old!" He had a bright smile.

All the Miles went crazy yet again. Miles 42 had the chance to hold him. They were all sharing the little ones being so in love.

"Why couldn't I get a cute baby brother or sister!" Miles 43 pouts as she holds Gonzalo 1015, "So not fair!"

"Hahaha, it is work tho." Mariana said.

Miles and Mimi nodded, "Yup!" They knew raising their sibling takes a lot of work, they couldn't help wonder how the other Miles would handle it.

Mimi said, "And sometimes you need to be a hero and babysitter at the same time."

"Awe, but they are so cute." Mile 1019 hugs Gonzalo in his arms. "How can you deny this cute face?"

Gonzalo giggles, "Yeah, I'm cute!"

Mariana giggles, "Seeing all of our variants acting like this makes me wonder how you guys will react with Omega Miles. He got triplets with his Alpha."

"WHAT?" All the Miles and Hobie look in shock.

"Oh wow!" Billie and the two Gonzalo had their hands on their faces making a shocking expression like the main character from Home Alone.

Mimi said, "I have to see them! Where is he?" She became hype to find Omega Miles.

The Punks were looking at Mariana, "Darling, who is the Alpha, hmm? It has to us, right? A Hobie, huh?" They were asking. They'll be damn to let an Omega Miles get pregnant with another man! A Hobie need their Miles, that's canon to them!

They were unaware of Punk Miguel coming from the other side of the hallway, he happily spotted his Mariana. Then, his facial expression turns sour when he saw the Punks standing around her.

"Easy. Easy guys!" Mariana looks nervous having all the punks looming over her. "I'm only- Whoa!" She suddenly being picked up by Punk Miguel.

"Oh wow, so hot!" Mimi said out loud.

The toddlers gawks at Punk Miguel never seeing such a huge man! "Whoa!" They said.

Miles 42 and Miles 1016 nodded being impressed at how fast punk Miguel picked up Mariana being protective, "Aye, Qué está pasando aquí? Ellos te aburren, carino?"

Mariana nervously chuckles, "No, bae." She tries to explained but Punk Miguel was ready to fight the other Punks.

The group were unaware of a slim Spider-woman appearing from the other side of the hallway having to walk by herself. She looked lost yet so scared. "Okay, Billie, chill. Relax. You got this. I just need to find Mariana." She walks the other way without realizing Mariana was at the other side.

[slashingdisneypasta]

love Love LOVEEEE ur work btw. on both horror house and the Toon patrol. but for horror house I have a scenario.

say y/n and jason are dating right, and freddy is always third-wheeling. how would the horror house react to this, and what do they tell y/n and jason to do to him?

Thank youuuu! Seeing this just after getting off work was so lovely ^^

And- oh boy XDD Christ alive Freddy go find your own lovelife. Let Jason be happy.

Here's how I think everyone else responds to being asked for Advice about this Pesky Issue-

Billy Loomis: "Freddy Vs Jason 2; The Date Night. Nice. Call me when it happens again."

Bubba Sawyer: *Whines and shrugs, like ... oh that sucks.* // Sorry, if you thought Bubba was gonna be helpful XD 😅 One thing he learnt growing up with his brothers is to

Stay - the heck - out of shit.

Carrie White: "He does that??... I'm sorry, that's terrible- Jason!?? Put me down!! 😨 It doesn't work like that!! 😰😰 " // For context- Jason picked her up and 'aimed' her at Freddy like some kind of telekinetic weapon 😅

Chucky: ... *starts giggling* "hehehe- oh, that's hilarious. HEY! Freddy! You really do that??? You're a fucken dick!... for not inviting me! Count me in for next time!... hahaha... *Turns back to you. Acts surprised* -Oh, you thought coming to me was a good idea?? Well we all make mistakes."

Jennifer Check: *Sighhhhhh* "I hate to say this but you brought this on yourself Y/N- I told you not to get with any of these fucken low budget losers. Now the only way to fix this is to dump Jason. Freddy's got some kinda territorial bi-erotic claim over the big guy."

Jerry Dandridge: "Sweetheart this would not be problem if you were with me. But... hm, I recommend... ghost peppers, perhaps. Or carolina reapers. If he can handle his spice, you can... *shrug* I dont know, put it somewhere else?... " *Gestures meaningfully to his eyes*

Michael Myers: In general Michael is pretty unhelpful. But... this time he did lean over and flick a salt shaker down. And I think that's pretty indicative of what he thinks Jason should do about Freddy XD Or even you. Just let him hear it XD

Pamela Voorhees: *Sharpening a cleaver, smiling* "Oh don't worry dear's, I'll handle this little problem... "

Patrick Bateman: "Why don't you just tie him up for the duration of your date?" // He immediately left and ignored everyone for hours after that, but for that moment- he was very helpful! ^^ It took him against his will, I promise. You didn't even directly ask him, he just overheard you talking to Michael and it came tumbling out-

Pennywise: "Ooooooh, yes, tie him up!! Tie him up like a hog and give him to me!! Hehehe... Hahaha... HAHAHA- " // *There's suddenly a BANG and you notice a Freddy-Shaped hole in the wall.*

Stu Macher: "... wait. Why do you need him to leave? Huh?? *Looking suggestively at them* Hmmm, you wanna get- *Sticks out tongue against his chin* nasty??"

Tiffany Valentine: "He did the same thing to Chucky and I for a while! Sweetheart, I'll just give you this one hint, because how I got rid of him really wasnt lady like and I shouldn't say it outloud. Ehem... Pli-ers. Huge ones."

[the-scarlet-witch-22]

Hiiiiii me again so prepare for a novel length ask 😵‍💫 sometimes I just can’t shush.

I agree with you soooooo much about the finale and Agatha/Rio. It was so interesting to watch it unfold - like the almost kiss in the forest? My impression of that was Agatha had received special treatment from Rio because of their relationship (which we got confirmation of this) and that she had a moment she thought that happened again - that somehow Rio had given Nicholas back as Billy. And Rio knew that, too, which is why she stopped Agatha from kissing her - Agatha was having soft, grateful feelings to Rio, thinking she had her son back - and Rio couldn’t let her believe that. Or didn’t want her to.

But I agree, they aren’t getting back together - Agatha made that hella clear. Even if she still has feelings for Rio, she can’t get past the loss of her son. Rio took Nicholas, and while it was her job to, there are some things that just can’t be repaired.

I also admittedly laughed really hard when Agatha came back as a ghost. Not only did she keep Rio from getting Billy, she siphoned Death’s power in a farewell kiss, and did…whatever she did, to become a ghost and keep Rio from taking her spirit. Total power move.

Plus..Rio does not like ghosts at all. I wish I could stick it to my ex in that next level petty of a fashion.

Ghost!Agatha x Reader has wriggled its way into my subconscious, so there’s that, too. Ahem.

Was Eras completely magical? Did you go with your wonderful girlfriend? Details on your outfit, please? 💜

Also also, sending you a huge hug on the post about your mother. I am so sorry you have to live that way. I live in a red state and while my family is VERY BLUE, my heart breaks for anyone who doesn’t feel they can be safe and supported with their family.

I hope you’re having a lovely night. 💜

- 🌸

Hi my friend <3 (my response is sooo long so I’m gonna cut it hahaha)

Oh wow I really like your interpretation on that moment between Agatha and Rio in episode 4. I almost took it as a warning, I guess, or to maybe set Agatha's expectations. Because yes absolutely Agatha has received special treatment, like Rio said more than any mortal before her ever did, and I think she's aware to some extent the power she holds over Rio. What's interesting to me when looking at their relationship, is the majority of the manipulation comes from Agatha. It's funny that the personification of Death doesn't hold the upper hand, but I do think it's very fitting with Agatha's character. Anyways, I kind of saw it as Rio warning Agatha, 'that boy is not yours and he shouldn't be here'. And I think her reasoning on that definitely was because she still had feelings for Agatha, ya know? Taking Nick destroyed them, and maybe in her mind she thought 'well I'm warning Agatha, so it won't be an issue. He's another woman's son anyways'.

Gosh that was way too long, hahaha. But yes I completely agree! I am super intrigued to watch them interact in the future...especially with Tommy now being back. I fear Rio is not gonna be too thrilled with Agatha doing all of this for another woman's kids LOLL can't say I blame her. And the Agatha ghost bit SENT ME. Taking ghosting to a new level of petty, in true Agatha Harkness fashion <3

I'm really playing around with a ghost!Agatha fic!! I'm sooo behind on writing but the idea I have is kind of depressing, lol but I'm gonna try and think of a more upbeat version.

Oh my gosh the Eras Tour was actually one of the best nights of my entire life, no exaggeration. I love Taylor Swift, she's on a good portion of my writing playlists. I actually started crying when it started, which is embarrassing af but I don't care!! And yes! I went with my girlfriend (who acquired the tickets, she's a rockstar and we love her), and one of my friends & her girlfriend! I love the song Maroon (which she played a night later rip haha), so I found these sparkly burgundy pants and a maroon themed shirt and paired with Nikes that had a burgundy swish on them.

Also thank you for saying that <3 It's really hard being in a mainly conservative family. I'm genuinely so happy that your family is voting Blue, at this point it just feels like a difference between having morals and not. I'm also tired of these past few elections feeling so stressed, idk, things have just taken such a drastically dark turn and I hate that we ended up here. My response is SOOO long and I apologize but I hope you're well, thank you so much for the ask <3 (I'll post a pic of the concert separately because this is already so long asdhasfhjas)

[abracazabka]

Because Billy Zabka is from New York and his accent is very very obvious in the first movie (especially in the deleted scenes), I think it'd be very fun to imagine a hockey au where Johnny plays for the Rangers and Daniel plays for the Devils and they have such a severe rivalry that they can't go any game without fighting each other.

But then Johnny ends up getting traded to the Devils after a bit of a sketchy trade and it is absolute chaos in the Prudential Center.

HI HAHAHA THIS TOOK ME FOREVER TO ANSWER SORRY SIFIEIFIF ... Mostly cuz I don't know anything about hockey, BUT:

I googled the territories and the VERY STRONG rivalry between the Devils and the Rangers. And honing in on this between Johnny and Daniel? HEHEHE I AM OBSESSED!

I have read a couple hockey aus, and even an ice dancer/hockey player au, so they are out there if you haven't read them!! Unfortunately I can't specifically recall titles or authors :/

Also since, as you can tell, I am not a sports person, I googled the teams' uniforms ... and I find it veeeery interesting that, from what I can tell, Daniel is in the red uniform at first while Johnny's in blue. Sort of a switcheroo from their usual color symbolism in Cobra Kai haha.

Not to mention that Daniel's a "Devil" like HAHAHA oh man I can only imagine the shitty corny insults Johnny comes up with. But then Johnny gets TRADED? lol sucks to be you, man (actually no it doesn't, get ready to be hit not with just pucks and sticks and competitive bodies, but the GAYLOVE BEAM as well)

Also imagining the coverage of this is hilarious. "Well, if Lawrence and LaRusso would stop making eyes at each other and undergoing intricate rituals to touch each other's skin, maybe we'd fucking get somewhere in this match!"

Also!! In the movie, Ali is a karate fan! She knows things about karate! She knows how the tournament works! She's watched it! She's engaged! So I can only imagine she's a hockey fan too. And she sees right through these two's idiocy mwahaha. Also, Susan is some kind of hockey player too and they're in lesbians with each other, I'm obsessed with this too.

HEY BOYS IF YOU COULD TAKE AFTER THE GIRLS THAT WOULD BE GREAT. PLEASE NO MORE KNOCKING TEETH OUT. JUST KISS FFS

lmfao I'm sure I did not answer this adequately but given my lack of expertise, I think I did...my best. LOL. thank you anon for the lawrusso delusions <3

[itsjustbyler]

How did you get into byler?

When did you realize byler is endgame?

What are your thoughts on the popular theory, flickergate?

And do you think that Max will wake up?

Oh, this is gonna be long... let's go

How do I get into Byler:

Well, i first watch stranger things last year. I tried to watch it twice but couldn't past the first minutes of the first episodes and I have no idea why. One day i was scrolling TikTok and I saw someone really mad saying that the writes should confirm Will's sexuality because it was queerbaiting and all. After that i decided to watch the show to see what was happening. I already knew there was a debacle about Will's sexuality. When watching S1 and S2, i thought mlevens was really cute and while I knew Will was gay, i didn't notice his feeling for Mike. However, there was something off not with Will, but with Mike for me. But I ignored the feeling after mleven reunion in s2. After season 3? No way, i hated Mlven from the beginning. Those awkward make out sessions, the way they were treating their friends specially Will. The rain fight made me hate Mike, ngl. When Will destroyed castle byers i understood that he was in love with Mike. But the aftermath made me confused asf. Mike biking in the rain after him? By the end of season 3, as i already say here, i was really mad with mlven and it was worse after she kissed him and he doesn't reciprocate. Wdym she doesn't even gave him a choice? His face? Something was really wrong but i couldn't put my finger on it. And then we have season 4. Mike doesn't saying ily to El and I was like "ok, this shit again", then Mike treating Will badly. I was mad with Mike and El throughout the whole season and that monologue made me cringe so much. However, i did notice the chemistry with Mike and Will and how their scenes had a double meaning. When I finish watching, i came to reddit of all places to ask if someone thought about it too and damn. I never felt so hated, that was HORRIBLE. People called me names and said I was stupid and I didn't even know why, but then I saw the byler slide there and decided to read it. That bought me to Tumblr and after reading a lot of theories i rewatched the show in English and BAAANG, Byler endgame for sure hahaha.

When did you realized Byler is endgame?

Reading theories and rewatching the show without the heteronormativity glasses LOL

My thoughts on flickergate.

Is it the theory where Mike and Will kissing caused the light to flicker in S1? I like the theory and I think it's cute but I don't think it's going to happen. I think if they are going for it, it's going to be more realistic if Mike tried to warn himself to go after Will. I imagine Mike and Will in the garage and they hear themselves as kids, Will saying "see you tomorrow", and in a attempt to change what happened, Mike just do the thing with the lights... i dunno if it's actually this that the theory refers, it's been a while since I read about it.

Do i think Max is gonna wake up?

I really really want to but I don't know if she will? They focused so much in her letters to them, that they should read only if she dies. The one for billy was actually a focus for an entire episode called "Dear, Billy". I want so bad for her to wake up but I am not so confident that she will...

ty for the ask and sorry for the bad english!!

[purpledaisiesthings]

Hi.

Thanks for answering my last ask. I just had another thought when it comes to Conrad and Billie -

So I watched Conrad's first appearance in the Pilot and you can see biking recklessly and ruining a man's car when the latter parks in a handicapped area. In Billie's first appearance, she drives her car almost the same way. Thus their first onscreen entries are quite similar. Also, the way they treat/bully Devon at first is quite similar- so you can't help but know that Nic has similar tastes in terms of her friendships and men.

Now, take Conrad and Case- the only similarities between them was that they're gutsy, they have daddy issues and they are passionate about helping people. Other than that, nothing else. And that's why they're better off as friends.

Another reason why Conrad and Billie were better together than Conrad and Cade is seen in the episode Her Heart, where Billie understands the pain that Conrad and how personal it is for not only him but her as well, without anyone having to tell her (unlike Cade who found out about it through Feldman and could merely apologize for Nic's death like what one does for a funeral for the family even if he/she doesn't know the deceased).

What do you think?

Thanks.

Oh yesss.

I definitely noticed the similarities between Conrad and Billie's first appearances. They both didn't give a f*ck hahaha 😄 I loved it.

Nice catch with the Devon part. Now that you mention it, they both had their first interactions with Devon. Amazing. I mean, seriously, we keep uncovering so many similarities and connections with these two that makes me more convinced every time that they were not just a coincidence. The writing for them has just been amazing and if it was mere coincidence, then that's one hell of a coincidence.

Cade and Conrad worked well together professionally. But that did not mean they were going to be good as romantic partners. They didn't get each other and that episode "Her Heart" showed how they both were emotionally unavailable to each other.

One of the things I loved in the episode was seeing Conrad open up to Billie about how he felt seeing and treating someone carrying the very heart of his deceased wife. That was tough and only her could understand. She went straight to him after she found out who the patient was and tried to calm him down. It showed how easily Billie could draw out his emotions or just talk to him and make things feel better.

[the-firebird69]

We've had some humor lately but this is ridiculous. And I guess the Daddio of Billy Hicks has picked out some female combat boots for his little photo shoot you guys to get ready doesn't take long

Mac Daddy

Well this is embarrassing but I probably should do that

Billy Hicks

Hahaha yeah it's got a comical it's kind of comical and it says the max of it grab too and they know about the new computers and they're looking at the size and programs and it's the borg they're not even human and they probably took over their computers

Dan

Yeah this is a damn pain in the ass these computers are rude it's going to come down to they're not worth anything this guy around and his wife Dave and Carol for Christ's sake

Macs

Haha what's the matter won't let you go after retards it seems that way we have to stop the damn things now

And we'll probably get mad at these idiots yeah

Robert Duvall

Staring in I'm going to get you you computer

Zues Hera

Wow that's rude no but really you can make a movie about it why not no one has yet these computers are all nuts the guy gets to him and they're insane they make stupid noises okay telling you they're infected so you think we're stupid

Robert Duvall they keep pointing it out

The computer has some level of awareness and doesn't want to die it's fighting itself and it's disgusting and we have to stop this

Olympus

We're not your friends Billy Hicks but we do see what you're saying

Robert Duvall and the members of HHH

[faretheeoscar]

Alondra!! sorry for taking long into answering!!

First of all I'm okay, I'm totally alive after that angsty dream, it just shook me and tear me up from the inside for like a whole week without being able to concentrate, but I think I'm fine... (?) Maybe my soul left the building (?) who knows!/j

Second of all you already asked me by message but I confirm it again here that of course you have my permission to add to your masterlist all the FanArt I send you for NVC! It's my honor really!

Third:

PETEEEEEEEEER MY SWEET BOY, IS THIS NON STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM EVER GONNA END?! I DON'T THINK SO JUST LOOK AT HIM!!!

Okay sorry for screaming lol

On the brief Miguel side of things because I'm gonna scream about Peter again i just gotta say girl... it killed me when I thought about Miguel noticing the small little details about reader in general, the scrunch on the nose it's definitely a self insert thing lol (and I'm gonna spoil that maybe and just maybe I've been doodling about that).

It gives me a sense of peace the fact that Miguel has found his place finally with someone, although I'm not saying that reader is just his whole world, I thought of her as his lifeline does that make sense(?) brings him to the ground and gives him comfort and that's why he's suddenly shaken up by the fact that he's feeling more and he doesn't wanna loose her and stops sleeping 🥺🥺🥺

Aaaand back to Peter...

PETER IS #1 FAN+SHIPPER+SUPPORTER+SIMP of Miguel+Reader I picture him like this meme trying to ease Miguel's nerves and tease him a bit lol.

No but seriously he's so supportive 😫😫😫😫He just wants what's best for her and her happiness and if Miguel can bring her that he's a thousand percent on board with them, also I don't think I included it on my writing but I remember Peter being nostalgic about the looks reader gives to Miguel, like she used to give to him similar looks and although he knows she still loves him even though he's gone, it brings memories to him about how he wishes he was the receiving end of those gazes, but he knows his time ended and now it's Miguel's turn to get that privilege.... (let me just go ahead and cry over this for a second)

SORRY IF I KILLED YOU WITH ALL MY PETER ANGST BUT AAAA!

I told you he was the main thing on my dream and he was going to lead everything and it was so freaking sweet, like just everything was perfect, i don't know how my brain managed to think of all that and doesn't even remembers what I had for breakfast, it's ridiculous insert sad trumpet.

And to answer this:

YES!! Exactly my thoughts, it's like his own little version of heaven, his projection of what was his love and his home while he was alive, so it doesn't changes, it doesn't need to change cause that was the moment he left, that was his own point of view, the renovations and layout is all part of reader moving on and sadly it doesn't involve him anymore...

IM GONNA CRYYYYYY

I'm sorry for being so angsty hahaha but I do think he sits there and does the usual things he used to do with reader, let me venture me saying that he even tries to celebrate her birthdays his own way there, or just imagine him baking alongside her on his paradise universe and blowing his own candles on his own birthday (?) AAAAHHHHHH

He keeps the traditions of the record player, the readings, everything.

BTW Alondra can I tell you that I developed an addition to Billie Holliday songs because of you? hahaha I swear you reconnected my brain in mysterious ways with this fic!!!

I'm so happy that you liked the art and enjoyed the little writing AU I did cause it means a lot to me too🥺🥺🥺 I'm so glad we bond by sharing this love and hiperfixation about this men (Peter and Miguel) and I can't wait for what's gonna come next!!!!🫶🫶🫶🫶

PROMISE ME MIGUEL…

*Warnings this is long just for being an explanation to my fan art drawing for Non Violent Communication fic of @greensagephase *

Apologies for any mistakes I might have made,I wrote this on a plane hehehe

So a couple of days ago I had this dream about Peter and Miguel meeting each other, keeping the to the canon of NVC in mind that Peter is gone (my heart aches for Peter and I’m having a full brainrot rn)

I can’t remember the full details about it so I’m gonna improvise a bit, but I’m general this is how it went. (in general the premise was that Miguel got to talk to Peter, it was in a dream, the same dreams he has with his family when Gabriel, his mom or Gaby come to visit him in his dreams.)

Cue the dream and the brain rot!

——————

Miguel have been tossing around all night, he have been getting conflicted about his feelings about you, how they started to develop which each passing day, at the beginning he was rely grant to even acknowledge you as his friend cause he was afraid of loosing you, but then everything changed, it’s been 2 wonderful years of what he thinks it’s the most amazing friendship of his life, there’s no one like you, he feels comfort around you, something he had only had with his family, and nowadays it’s not an unfamiliar feeling for him to consider you as the closest person he has in his life.

The thing is that recently his thoughts have been diverted in another direction, you both have been in certain situations that made his heart beat faster than normal, he has been noticing your smile, the way your eyes sparkle every time you look up at him, the way you do a little scrunch on your nose when you think and stick out the tip of your tongue when you are concentrating, his thoughts have led him to think to you in other ways more than a friendship, made him crave to be closer to you, to be more…

But Miguel is conflicted, he doesn’t want to risk the only thing that is a constant in his life, specially not knowing if you are maybe feeling the same thing that he is feeling, he knows something in the air has changed, he can sense it, but still he doesn’t want to put anything in line, that’s why Miguel has been distancing himself from you for a little, he has stopped pairing you up with him on the team missions cause he gets nervous that he’ll screw up and say something he wouldn’t, hell today he was so nervous to be around you that he has cancelled his Saturday dinner with you, and he’s not only nervous about how you might feel about him, there’s other thing that bothers him deeply… and it’s your past, he knows you have had your own hard journey to heal, and he has helped you in what he can first as a boss, then as a friend and now… he wants to help you with your heart, the thing is that, he has never ever wanted to insult Peter’s memory, and that’s what scares him the most about this situation, that’s why he has gotten in an anxious state when he is trying to rest, he tosses and turns on his bed, he has been like this for two weeks now, not even being able to sleep with your hoodie cause it causes him an amount of fear and guilt that he doesn’t know where it comes from, maybe it’s also the same insecurities he has also about thinking… no, not thinking, wanting to be in a relationship again.

Miguel is in front of his monitors this being another night when he tries to get this thoughts away from his head and as he distracts himself with job, but tonight his head is pumping, he hears a slight beep on his ears, the sleep depravation is getting to him, and he even feels that he eventually will pass out with exhaustion, think that doesn’t take long to happen as he suddenly feels his knees weakening, his brain quickly responds to it in a flight or fight situation and he hangs on to the closes surface attempting not to fall, but suddenly everything goes black for him.

Miguel opens his eyes and blinks but he’s not in his lab, somehow he’s now at your house, spread out on the couch, his head still hurts anymore and he feels heavy, there’s a soft hum on the living room, billie holiday plays in a very soft volume, the scratch of the record it’s soothing and helps him with the head ache, he feels his heart warming at the thought of being at your place again, but as he regains his senses he feels the couch, it isn’t the same couch that is now at your apartment, it’s the old one…

Miguel looks at the soft old fabric and touches it with his fingertips wondering what the old couch is doing there, he tries to sit down on the couch and he notices your apartment is also on the same configuration you used to have it, the old bookshelves are there, almost breaking by the weight of the books in them, your old pictures and not the new ones… something weird is happening, and it’s when he curses that he doesn’t have a spider sense to sense of he’s in imminent danger or to be able to read the room he’s in, all his worries get answered then a soft masculine voice comes from behind him.

“Oh hey there, you’re finally awake” Peter says as he looks at him smiling leaning on the pilar next to the kitchen.

That’s the answer he’s dreaming.

It’s a very vivid dream and he starts to be a bit insecure that something might happened to him just like when he saw his family, but this couldn’t be like that, cause why on earth would he be seeing Peter on his dream.

“Relax Miguel, you’re safe, you just passed from exhaustion, but you’re fine” Peter chuckles as he offers him some coffee and sits down next to him in the couch maintaining a safe distance.

“You…know me?” Miguel’s eyebrows furrows as he looks at Peter, he’s still not sure how he is in his dream or why does Peter knows him if it’s really a sort of apparition like the one he saw of his family.

“Of course I know you Miguel, you might think I don’t know you, but you’ll be surprised of how much I actually know about you” Peter chuckles and relaxes on the couch as he says that, as if he was talking to an old friend.

Miguel’s mind starts working a million miles per hour, if this is really Peter, if somehow he is really talking to him those that means that, have you really been talking about him to Peter? Of course maybe he could see you as he took care of you, just like his family did for him, just like Gabriel, his mom and Gabriela were in his dreams, perhaps he was in your dreams too. Miguel was pretty sure Peter was always looking out for you.

“Really?”

Peter nods his head and smiles softly at him.

“Yeah, you see, I look down to her, I protect her from here, take this as my own HQ and my monitors are that old tv over there” Peter jokes as he motions at the exact copy of his old apartment he shared with you.

“No, but in all seriousness, she has told me everything about you, she always talks to me when she gets the chance, when she leaves flowers at the cemetery, when she feels alone, when she dances in the living room…” Peter can’t help but chuckle as a wide and tender smile appears on his face, he of course has never stopped loving you, you were… are his everything and will always be,before he gets distracted more by the thought of you he shakes his head and continues talking to Miguel, after all he is here with him for something important.

“She always talks to me about your friendship with her, about everything you do together from the small little things like the morning coffees, to the big things like Christmas or new years celebrations, your missions, she is always so happy when she talks about you…”

Peter gives Miguel a knowing look that makes Miguel a bit uncomfortable for a second, it’s not his plan to intimidate him or anything, but he can’t help his playful nature.

“She has told me about your dinner weekly traditions, about the food you prepare for each other, the evenings talking and listening to records while enjoying cafe de olla and pan dulce”

This makes Miguel think, the fact that you talked to Peter about everything you two always do, from biggest things like the missions to the smallest things like your traditions of cafe de olla and pan de dulce shouldn’t really surprise him, cause he also tells his family all about them, when he speaks to Gabriel before going to sleep or when his mind drifts and he pictures another reality with his family there, where you are in there too, when he pictures a big family dinner and you two talking about the smallest of things as everybody gathers on the table to eat; in his fantasies he talks to Gabriela about the music and movies you show him from your universe, he talks to his mom about the recipes you share together, and lately he confides to Gabriel about his confusing feelings towards you. Miguel knows the sentiment of speaking to his loved ones about the important things in life even when they are not there anymore, so that makes him sure that you talk to Peter like he talks to his family, but the fact that you eagerly talk about him with Peter makes a small blush comes to his cheeks that he hides drinking some of the coffee Peter offered him earlier.

“I hope you don’t mind that I seem to know a lot about you” Peter smiles softly at Miguel and he shakes his head giving him a soft smile in return.

“Of course not Peter, and same goes to you, that I do hope you don’t mind I also know a lot of things about you either”

Miguel starts thinking about all the times you have shared information with him about Peter, when you have shared memories of your time with him while he was still with you.

Peter nods at him,.”It’s alright” he looks at Miguel as he sees that his mind goes somewhere else, he’s worried about being there with him alone, he knows why Miguel is here with him, he knows the purpose of his brief visit, Miguel is scared of feeling, scared of opening himself to love again, slowly lifting his walls up again, cause even though he has a lot of fears mainly about how you feel and how he doesn’t want to compete with your memory of Peter, what Miguel fears the most is that he doesn’t think he might be good enough for you, that he might be better keeping a distance between the two of you again, building up his walls regarding physical touch that he let slowly crumbled with every spark of electricity and comfort he felt when he got to touch your hand or feel the warmth of your embrace, even though you have showed him and told him that he’s everything and more you could ask to be better, to be happy, he doesn’t think he’s good enough even as a friend, specially cause of his latest actions on keeping distance from you.

“Listen, we are both here to talk about something important, I know how you feel, I know what conflicts your mind and let me tell you, despite what you think of yourself…You’re a good man Miguel”

Peter puts his hand on Miguel’s shoulder and let’s it stay there, his touch only wanting to give Miguel confort letting him know that is was a valid thing to feel, he sometimes felt when he was alive that maybe he wasn’t enough, but that was a thing that you always reminded him an absurd concept, you always told him, that it was enough for you two to be together, that what you only needed for happiness was to see him smile, same thought that always came to him, your smile, your happiness was the most important thing in the world for him.

“I couldn’t be happier with what you have done for her, how you have help her get through, how you changed her world upside down when you let her in the Spiderverse, im happy that you care for her, that you protect her and even more happier because she’s happy when she’s with you, she’s free, she has a confident, a friend to rely on, Im happy Miguel by the fact that she chose you…”

Miguel looked at Peter with big wide eyes, he couldn’t believe how kind he was being with him, but he couldn’t believe either that he told him that you chose him.

“What do you mean?” Miguel asks Peter hesitantly, and it only

“Come on man, don’t tell me you haven’t noticed that she also fell over heels for you,like you did for her”

Peter pats his palm again on Miguel’s shoulder in a friendly way to try to ease his nerves when he sees him getting tense, letting him know with that gesture that it was totally okay with him.

“The other day… she prayed… she was so confused about everything she was feeling and she reached out to me, at first she was scared when she realised what she felt about you, she was unsure about telling me, she felt a lot of guilt, she… well she prayed for hours, prayed for my forgiveness cause her heart aches to move on, although her head keeps on telling her it’s wrong, but her wants to open, wants to get a second chance to love, and she wants you Miguel, she wants to love you”

That statement gives Peter a small heart ache, not by the fact that you fell for someone else, cause he never wanted that, it was the last thing he thought about when it came to you, he knew your heart, how it could love so much and how you can be passionate, caring, sincere, your love is the purest thing he has ever felt and he’s happy that Miguel is probably going to experience it if you two stop playing and let yourselves feel, and that’s what makes his heart ache, the fact that you aren’t letting yourself feel again, that you think you need to ask for his forgiveness, it’s what troubles him, and that’s why he is also with Miguel right now, cause he knows that if he pushes him into the right direction and you see the man that is in front of you and how he cares for you that you’ll understand that is okay to love again.

“All of this talk Miguel, its for me to tell you that, I trust you, I’ve seen how you’ve helped her through the good and the bad, I’ve seen your relationship mix, morph and transform, how you both changed, and how you get the best out of each other” Peter keeps smiling softly at him, getting and immense amount of proud when he thinks how you have changed with Miguel’s help.

“Miguel I want to ask you a favour, remind her? Remind her it’s okay to love, remind her how it feels, how to open her heart to love again, stop dreading what you feel for each other and try”

“I don’t want you to feel guilty about insulting my memory, or to think you’re taking my place, it’s really not the case, I have never want anything more than to see her happy, to see her smile and finally move on, I trust her heart with you, and that’s why I need you to make me the promise to try, to let her know that feeling butterflies in his stomach again is valid, to feel the illusion of love and that her heart is gonna be safe”

Miguel smiles softly at Peter and nods his head, there’s been a weight lifted up his shoulders, he was so unsure of letting out his feelings for you because he feared to insult Peter’s memory, but now that he got his reassurance from the man himself, he could even start to feel butterflies in his stomach as Peter mentioned them, a small blush creeped towards his cheeks when he basically got Peter’s blessing to be with you.

“I promise I’ll take care of her Peter, take care of her heart”

That’s a promise that Miguel makes to Peter with all his heart, a sentence that he was afraid of saying out loud before, a statement he takes pride in now and wants to fulfil.

“I know you will…”

Peter gets interrupted by a soft voice, your voice calling for him, he can clearly hear it, as he looks around your living room.

“Seems like it’s time for me to go, cause your lady awaits” Peter smiles at the sound of your voice, a slight tone of sadness in his voice as he wishes he could go back like Miguel is going to be doing in a few moments.

“It was very nice to finally get to talk to you Miguel, I admire everything you do” Peter offers his hand to Miguel and shakes it gets up from the couch walking towards the bedroom of the apartment living Miguel alone but before he disappears he looks back at Miguel and adds something else.

“You both have a heart and a lot in your future, I can’t wait to see you…happy. Now, go get her”

When he opens his eyes again, he’s back in the lab, his head stopped buzzing but his eyes take time to get adjusted to the lights as he blinks, he’s on the floor and a soft warm hand is holding his face as you cradle his head on your lap trying to wake him up, your eyebrows furrowed and a concerned look in your eyes.

“Miguel, Miguel! Are you okay?” You sigh at the sign of him waking up, your nose scrunches and you try to get his attention to you. “Hey, Miguel, look at me, everything is fine…”

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And… scene! Hahaha

In my dream I just remember him explaining to me that he passed out from exhaustion and then everything got blurry as everything everything led somehow to a romantic confession and me finally getting to kiss him hehehe. 🙈🙈🙈

But yeah, how does this turned into me writing almost 3k words?! idk,my mind went wild, guess this is what happens when the brainrot goes hard.

Anyways Alondra @greensagephase this is just my AU, what happened in my dream, not pressuring or anything with his sort of spin off story of mine lol, hope you enjoy what my brain cooked about Pete and Miguel, but this is all thanks to you and your writing that I got to imagine this scenario 🫶🏼

Ps. I’m including as a bonus the silly expressions I was trying to do of Peter that led me to dream about this and then fully sketch him with Miguel.

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An Unforgettable Christmas Trip

Wanda Maximoff x Reader

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Summary: Being the son of divorced parents, Billy has never experienced a Christmas with his whole family. A whimsical plan may solve not only this wish but also the dormant ones of both his parents.

Warnings: angst with happy ending || Word count: 12.591

Pronouns: she/her

Okay this is just gigantic hahaha but I liked it a lot, I hope you like it too

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For some, Christmas was not always like those in the movies. For Billy, there was no family gathered around the table, sharing love and gifts; rather, each Christmas was spent in a different place, one time at one mother's house, one time at another.

Not that the boy didn't love his Christmases. In fact, he loved the holiday and he loved his families even more.

But what the boy would really love is the opportunity to spend Christmas with both his parents, together. At least once.

So Billy, with the help of his Uncle Pietro and Aunt Natasha, put into practice his ingenious plan that had everything to work out... Or not.

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"What's up kiddo, how was the last day of school?"

You and Billy walk back to the car side by side, his backpack in your hands while the boy carries some Christmas cards in his with a bit of difficulty.

"It was great." He replies happily as you help him with his seat belt and you smile, "Riri invited me to her house for the weekend."

"Oh, that's nice." You say, getting into the driver's seat and driving back home. "Yeah, but I can't go. I'm going ice skating with Mom and Aunt Jean."

"Aunt Jean, huh? Are they close?" You scold yourself before the question has even finished coming out of your mouth, but it seems that everything to do with Wanda has a way of sending away all your self-control. Even after all these years.

"I think so." The boy replies, distractedly playing with a Darth Vader doll he had left in the car this morning. "But not really, I asked mom if she likes Aunt Jean as she liked you and she said no."

"Is that so?" You ask in amusement, smiling at the boy's innocence. Billy doesn't seem to realize that he has said too much. "Mhm, she said she only liked you like that."

Your heart gives an immediate flip to that information. It has been nine years since you and Wanda divorced and that information is only not surprising to you because you feel the same way.

In your case, you have never been able to love anyone else because your heart has always been Wanda's. You wonder whether it's the same with her, or whether your relationship was traumatic enough to prevent her from trying something with other people. Clearing your throat, you push those thoughts away.

"Okay, that's enough, now. Your mother wouldn't like to know we're talking about her." You say looking at Billy through the rearview mirror, but the boy doesn't even react, his eyes glazed over at the doll in his hands. "What do you want for dinner?"

"Pizza!" The excited shout echoes through the car, his eyes flying up to meet yours through the rearview mirror. "Wow, that was very lively." You comment with a chuckle, "Okay, I guess we can order pizza."

Billy celebrates in the back seat and you smile lovingly at the scene. You continue the quick ride home in silence.

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A few hours later you and Billy are sitting at the kitchen table, both of you already bathed while you eat your dinner.

You chat some more about school or whatever subject Billy brings up, from scenes from movies or cartoons he likes to theories about how there are dinosaurs living in space. You listen to it all wholeheartedly.

After a while, however, you become silent. You notice that Billy is pensive, barely touching the slice of pizza on his plate. Before you can ask, he's speaking. "Mama?"

"Yes, dear?" You respond tenderly, giving him your full attention. "Is it okay if I spend Christmas with you?" he asks and you smile confused since this year the boy was supposed to spend Christmas with Wanda. "Of course, my love, but what does your mother think about that?"

"She doesn't mind." He answers simply, "I asked her, she said it's okay since you do it for her all the time." He explains and you nod slowly.

In your shared custody, you have determined that each week Billy will stay with one of you. As for the holidays, you usually took turns.

In the early years of the divorce things were more complicated, you and Wanda avoided each other like the plague, and any opportunity to not see each other was welcomed by both of you.

But as the years went by, and the hurts and resentments went away, being relieved by the filter of maturity and replaced by longing, you tried to reconnect.

Nothing much, just spending a few dates together, like Billy's birthday, for example. Wanda, however, didn't think the same way.

The redhead, besides blocking any of your attempts, spoke to you as little as possible and always on subjects that could not be discussed with anyone else. In time, you also stopped trying.

But you would always have a soft heart for Wanda, that is something you would never be able to hide.

Wanda, as a professor of 'Television: History and Culture' at New York University, works too much and misses a few holidays now and then.

You know that the redhead loves her son deeply, as much as you do. So, having a more flexible work schedule than hers, you end up giving up some of your holidays to her, even if you have already made plans for the day.

You know she feels grateful for that, even if she doesn't show it, and that's enough.

"Well, I'm glad we're spending Christmas together, son. But may I know why?" you ask curiously, but trying to make it clear that you are more than happy to spend Christmas with him, and Billy smiles shyly before answering. "I wanted to go to Westview this year."

Westview is one of the most famous Christmas Towns in the United States. The entire town looks like it was taken straight out of a movie. With its whimsically decorated streets, events, and activities, the place is a true winter wonderland.

"Uncle Pietro offered the trip, but mom couldn't go because she'll be working so I asked her to go with you and she let me. Billy casually explains and you blink a few times in confusion.

"Oh-oh, easy there, what did you say? Pietro offered the trip?" you question in disbelief, but the boy nods with determination and you take a deep breath. "Look, kid, it's not that I don't believe you, but I'm gonna need to call him to confirm this, okay?"

"Okay." He agrees nonchalantly, and you look at him for a moment, suspiciously. The whole thing was very strange, to say the least.

"Can I play video games now?" The kid asks as he finishes the slice of pizza he was eating. "Sure, kid." You agree and giggle as the boy immediately gets up with a grin from ear to ear on his face and rushes off to his room.

"But brush your teeth first!" You shout and when you get a confirmation of the same tone, you smile.

After cleaning up the mess and putting away the leftover slices of pizza in the refrigerator, you decide to call Pietro to confirm what Billy had said during dinner.

With Wanda avoiding you almost every chance she got, Pietro became the main intermediary between the two of you. As a result, naturally, the two of you have grown closer over the years.

So the conversation is relaxed and pleasant, and your former brother-in-law confirms his nephew's exact words, much to your surprise.

He says that Billy has spent the entire last week talking about Westview and he, sympathetic to the boy's wishes, has decided to give the trip as a gift to him.

The initial idea was that he would go with Wanda since he would be spending this Christmas with her. But the redhead would be involved in a new project at the University until the 24th and would not be able to go. So the arrangement was that he would go with you.

With all this information confirmed, you then talk some more updating each other on your lives.

You try hard not to ask about Wanda, but the question slips out anyway. Pietro says she's fine but jokes that you should call and ask her yourself. You just laugh awkwardly at that.

When the call ends you stare at your cell phone, wondering if you should call Wanda or not. Knowing that the redhead wouldn't want to talk to you, you give up. Instead, you decide to distract yourself with some TV.

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Today is Sunday the 13th. Tomorrow is the day that Wanda would leave Billy with you and see him only the following Monday. The routine has been the same for nine years now, but the redhead always felt a twinge of longing for her son.

As on every Sunday, Wanda prepares a snack, cake, and treats that she knows her son loves. The two sit down at the kitchen table when everything is ready.

Instead of chatting, as usual, Wanda notices her son quieter, eating quietly as his attention wanders often.

"What are you thinking about, Billy?" she asks curiously, a gentle smile on her lips, and Billy raises his eyes to her. "Christmas." He answers and she smiles broadly. "Oh yeah? What about Christmas?"

"I wanted to go to Westview with you." The boy confesses and Wanda's eyes widen slightly in surprise. "I was talking to Mama and she said it was a great idea. She even said she would give the trip to me as a Christmas present."

"How's that?" Wanda asks, blinking a few times at how quickly that conversation escalated. That wasn't surprising, though, you've always been very... generous with your money, in the redhead's eyes. In fact, Wanda has been annoyed by this several times, thinking that you were just trying to show off.

"It's true! Mama and Aunt Nat have organized everything. We're going on the 19th!" The boy announces excitedly, and Wanda feels a twinge in her heart at that. "Oh, my love," she says apologetically, "I'm sorry, but I can't make it that day, I won't be in New York."

It's just bad luck that the trip was scheduled for the exact weekend that she would be out of town at a film event to accompany her advisee student. Wanda wonders if this was indeed a coincidence, but quickly dismisses the thoughts. There is no way you could have known about this.

"I know! I told them. Aunt Nat thought about it too, she said she was going to take me." Billy tells and Wanda knits her eyebrows together in disbelief. "Your aunt is going to make a four-hour drive just to drop you off at a hotel?"

In response, the boy nods eagerly and Wanda takes a deep breath, running her hands through her hair as she thinks. "Okay, darling, this is all very confusing. I'll have to discuss this further with your aunt, okay?"

Again Billy nods and Wanda nods too, an assuring smile on her lips. "Good. Go shower now before it gets late."

The boy then thanks his mother for the snack with a kiss on the cheek and Wanda watches him walk away with a tender smile on her lips.

With her head full of thoughts, the woman devotes herself to organizing the kitchen.

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In the living room, Wanda paces back and forth.

All this talk about traveling is very confusing and even suspicious. She needed to talk to the adults involved to fully understand what was going on.

After staring at your contact several and several times, the redhead gives up.

Her relationship with you was quite complicated and more complicated than that only her feelings. With all these years, Wanda imagined that what she felt for you would pass away, would be lost with time.

Instead, the feeling seemed to increase, to the point of making it unbearable just the thought of interacting with you. With all the mixed feelings and complicated history between the two of you, Wanda thought that keeping you away was the best thing to do. And that is exactly what she did, exactly what she would continue to do.

So she looks up the contact on the list and brings the cell phone to her ear. When the person on the other end of the line answers, she says, "Good evening, Natasha, it's Wanda here."

"You don't have to say that, dear, your number is saved on my cell phone," Nat says with amusement and the redhead just giggles shyly. "So, Billy was telling me about a trip you and Y/n organized."

"Yeah, it was Billy's idea, actually, and you know how that one does everything for that boy. But Y/n is terrible at organizing trips, so I stepped in." Natasha tells with humor, but Wanda is still just as confused. "Right... About the ride there-"

"Oh don't worry about it! I'll be working around the area. You know the Wakanda Indian Reservation?" Natasha asks and Wanda hums a confirmation. "There's having suspected embezzlement of public money there. I'm finishing up a case here in the city, but I'm going there right after. I was going to leave on Friday, but I can delay without any problems. That fits in with your schedule, doesn't it?"

"Yes, but... Are you sure about this?" Wanda asks hesitantly. She hates to depend on others. "Of course! No problem at all." Nat confirms and Wanda ponders for a moment.

Although this whole situation seems very unusual, the trip was clearly very important to Billy. Besides, it's clear that a lot of planning was put in place to make it happen, she would hate to be the person who messes it up.

"Okay... All right then, Nat, if anything I'll call you again." She answers finally. "No problem! Good night, Wanda!" The former sister-in-law says goodbye, and as soon as she says her goodbyes as well, Wanda hangs up the phone.

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A few hours later, lying in bed after putting Billy to sleep, Wanda can barely close her eyes. She still needs to talk to you.

But since calling you was not an option, she takes the cell phone from the nightstand and types a message.

Hello, Y/n. Are you in agreement with the trip?

Wanda grimaces at the text, not even with her boss is she that formal. But if that's what it takes to keep you away, then that's what she would do. Before she can put her cell phone back in its place, the device buzzes in her hands.

Hey, Wanda! Of course, I'm sure Billy will have a great time =)

She read your message with her heart in her hands, just imagining you saying those words affected her in a way that honestly should be forbidden. She could only be grateful that she hadn't decided to call you.

Ok.

She answers coldly and locks the cell phone. That was enough. As soon as she puts the phone on the bedside table it buzzes again, the screen lighting up with a new notification from you.

Good night!

Wanda stares at the message until the screen goes off again. Instead of answering, she lies down, turning her back to the device. And although she tries with all her might to sleep, she takes a long time to do so.

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Finally, the day of the trip has come, and after lunch, you put your and Billy's luggage in the car. As you go back into the house to get the last of your luggage, you see Billy standing in front of the door, a small backpack on his back and the Darth Vader doll in his hands.

You giggle at the adorable scene and motion with your head for the boy to go to the car. With a huge grin on his face, he does.

"Okay, buddy, ready to spend four hours in a car?" You ask humorously, helping him to put on his seat belt. "Ready!" he replies promptly, making you laugh. "I'm so excited."

"That's great, son! I'm sure we'll have a great time." You assure, getting into the car and starting it. "Me too." He says, looking out the windows in wonder as if that was already part of the great adventure he was about to experience and not his neighborhood. You smile lovingly.

You turn on the stereo then and some generic songs you both like start playing. "Mama!" Billy scolds and you look at him through the rearview mirror in confusion.

"Put on some Christmas songs!" He asks, almost demanding, and you giggle. "Yes, sir," you reply, searching for a Christmas playlist on the music app right away.

To the sound of traditional Christmas music, you make your way to Westview. Focused on the road, you don't notice Billy's accomplished smile.

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Because of heavy snowfall in Ottawa, Wanda's flight is delayed and now she rushes into the hotel, scolding herself for keeping Natasha waiting, even though it's not even her fault.

Running her eyes around the place, Wanda has trouble locating her former sister-in-law and her son, the place being full of families. But not long after, she sees Billy, and upon seeing who is accompanying him, she freezes.

"Wanda..." You let out in a breath, clearly as surprised to see her as she is to see you, and Wanda swallows hard. Soon after, you smile, "You look stunning."

"Hi, Y/n, that's... Highly inappropriate." She scolds, her heart beating dangerously fast inside her chest. What the hell is going on? "What are you doing here? I thought Natasha was coming to drop him off."

"Drop him off? Billy asked to spend Christmas here, me and him. He said it was a gift from Pietro or something." You reply, a confused expression on your face and it is Wanda's turn to do the same.

"Pietro didn't even know we were coming before I told him." She tells you and you grimace, visibly lost with the whole situation. "He said he was going to pay for the trip."

"Well, I heard you were going to pay for the trip. Your sister confirmed it." Wanda says, crossing her arms, and you widen your eyes. "I didn't pay anything." You say but then smile crookedly, looking at Billy beside you. "I think we were set up."

"Billy, what's this all about?" Wanda asks, breathing slowly as she tries to keep her cool. Billy looks down at his feet. "Sorry, don't be mad at me. It's just that every time I spend Christmas with one of you I miss the other. I just wanted to spend Christmas with both of you."

"Hey," you call softly, kneeling in front of Billy and asking with your hand under his chin for him to look at you too, "don't worry, buddy, nobody here is mad at you. We can do this, if it's important to you. Right, Wanda?"

Wanda clenches her jaw in response, her gaze shifting between you and Billy as her mind races at a thousand per hour. This is not good.

"Good afternoon, family, do you have accommodations yet?" A hotel employee approaches before she can answer and you and Wanda nod in confirmation. He then guides you to the counter. "Great, which number is it?"

"7." You and Wanda answer at the same time and the redhead laughs humorlessly. "Oh, that's wonderful."

You look at Billy then, and when the boy smiles innocently at you, you laugh through your nose, shaking your head. What a setup.

After you have settled the reservation issues, a pair of staff members approach you and take the luggage of the three of you with them. When you look at Wanda, she looks almost furious.

"We'd better talk to our siblings about this." She says, walking away immediately afterward and giving you no room to say anything more. You take a deep breath and then turn your attention back to Billy. "Hey, buddy, wait here, okay?"

"Is mom mad at me?" He asks sadly and you smile reassuringly, kneeling in front of him once again. "No, she's not, my love. She's just confused by all this. It's a rather complicated situation, don't you think?"

"I think so." He halfheartedly confirms and you smile once more before standing up. "I'll be right back."

So you stand just far enough away for privacy, keeping your eyes always on Billy, and pick up your phone.

"Nat! Hi! I was about to tell you about something amazing that happened to me, but I think you already know." You say ironically as soon as she answers, and it takes a few seconds for her to do so. "Are you mad?"

"I just want to understand what's going on." You answer honestly, squeezing your eyes shut with your fingers. "What's Wanda doing here?"

"Billy wanted a holiday with you two so we helped." She answers and you frown. "We?" You ask, confused. "Yes, me and Pietro." She answers casually and you laugh through your nose, the pieces falling into place. "What-"

"Look, just take your chance okay?" she interrupts you next, and you let her talk. "You keep talking about her being the true love of your life so are you gonna keep whining or are you gonna do something about it?"

"Very motivating." You complain sarcastically, rolling your eyes. "I know, I'm great. Hang up now and go enjoy the holiday with your family. Good luck." She says and hangs up shortly after. Taking the cell phone away from your face, you breathe heavily.

Meanwhile, Wanda is talking to Pietro, smoke about to come out of her ears. As soon as her brother answers, she snaps. "Pietro? What's this about?"

"Don't hate me." He answers and Wanda lets out a giggle totally devoid of humor. "It's pretty hard not to."

"It was all Billy's idea I just.... agreed," Pietro argues and the redhead scoffs. "If you, a grown man, are trying to shift the blame to a 10-year-old boy I swear-"

"Hey, easy there, sister! I'm just trying to help you out here." Pietro defends himself then and Wanda frowns in confusion. "And how exactly are you doing that?"

"By giving you a chance to be happy again." He answers promptly, but Wanda rolls her eyes. That was ridiculous. "Come on."

"I know you got hurt and it didn't work out, but it's been nine years. You two have changed and you know it." Pietro argues, but Wanda refuses to let his words affect her. She can't. "Give Y/n a chance again. Give yourself a chance."

"I'm only doing this for my son. After this trip, it's over." She answers resolutely and hangs up the phone right away.

When she looks at Billy again, she sees him in the same place, you standing next to him. When her eyes meet yours, you offer her a small, uncertain smile and Wanda clenches her jaw tightly.

This trip would be a disaster.

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The hotel staff guides you to your accommodations. The lodge is arranged in tiny cottages that look very nice and comfortable.

The lights along the way and the snow accumulated on the ground give the whole place an even cozier appearance.

When you arrive at your cabin, you thank the staff and then enter the place. Unlike outside, the room is warm, the heat being provided by the fireplace in the corner of the room.

The interior is all decorated, with Christmas lights and a tree full of ornaments in the corner. The living room has a large sofa facing a TV and a large coffee table, a fluffy rug under them. Next to the door are your luggage.

Spliced into the living room is a kitchen. It's simple, a stove, a refrigerator, and a countertop with some small stools around it. You imagine that it has everything you will need, though.

Wanda seems calmer now. She talks with Billy animatedly, although she completely ignores your presence. At least it's progress, you imagine.

The redhead instructs the boy to take his luggage and organize it in his room. Stepping a little further into the small cottage, you see three doors. One to a bathroom and the other two leading to the bedrooms. That will be a problem.

As soon as you have checked that everything is okay with Billy in his room, Wanda goes into the other room. You decide to follow her.

Just like Billy's room, there is a bed in the center and a huge window overlooking the outside, just snow and forest in sight.

It would be a beautiful sight to behold if you weren't busy trying to sort out the mess your sister and your ex-brother-in-law have put you in.

"Are we going to talk about it?" You ask and it takes a moment for Wanda to turn to you. "There's nothing to talk about." She replies, avoiding your gaze at all costs. "Our son and our siblings set us up, and now we're stuck here until the 26th."

"Look, I know things are complicated between us, but we're already here." You reply, your tone appeasing. "We can cancel this trip. Or we can do it for Billy."

Wanda stares at you then, thoughtful, and you hold her gaze as reassuringly as you can. "For Billy." She answers finally. "And you'll sleep on the couch." She adds firmly, and you laugh through your nose. It was what you expected, anyway.

"No problem, boss." You respond humorously as you walk back to the door. "Don't do that." She says immediately and you look at her, stopping in your spot. "What?"

"You know what." She answers, her voice fragile, and then turns her back to you, busying herself with something else in the room. When the realization hits, you close your eyes.

Wanda used to be a control freak, and to tease her about it you always said "no problem, boss" when she told you to do something. It was an innocent line, it came out without you even realizing it. But it clearly brought back unwanted memories. You would have to police yourself from now on.

Not having anything else to say, you leave the room.

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By the time you have finished organizing everything, it's about 8 o'clock.

You end up arranging your things along with Billy's in his room. You even thought about asking Wanda if you could leave your things there since the closet is bigger. But you immediately dismissed the idea, knowing that the chances of her throwing her suitcase at your head were high.

While Billy is taking a shower, you take a look in the kitchen and find the basics there: some snacks, bottles of water, and soda. When you hear footsteps coming toward the living room, you turn around.

Wanda doesn't look at you, sitting down on the sofa and distracted by her cell phone. She looks beautiful, in casual clothes, and with her hair wet over her shoulders. Before you can say anything stupid, you turn around and go back to rummaging through the cupboards.

Not having anything else to look at in the kitchen, you go into the living room as well, but you sit in the armchair furthest away from Wanda, knowing she wouldn't want you anywhere near her.

The redhead makes a discreet grimace that you can't quite read, but soon returns to her previous posture, and you sigh. That woman is a real enigma.

It doesn't take long before new footsteps are heard, and you smile at the sight of Billy in his dinosaur pajamas, his favorite.

"Hey, buddy, what you wanna do first?" You ask Billy, who sits in the armchair between you and Wanda. "We could watch a movie together!" He suggests excitedly, looking from you to Wanda, and you gulp.

"That's a great idea." You agree, trying with all your might to pretend you're not noticing the anger of the woman in the room. "We could order room service and-"

"I'll get the phone." Wanda interrupts you, suddenly getting up and heading for the bedroom. You look at Billy again, casting him the most encouraging smile you can manage. "Let's go pick a movie then."

A little less than half an hour later the three of you are on the couch, a classic Christmas movie on the TV as you each eat your chosen meal.

The food is good and the atmosphere is nice. And all the time you have to remind yourself that this is not real. This is only a few days trip. After that, Wanda will return to avoiding you at all costs and you will again miss her every moment of every day.

But for now, you allow yourself to enjoy the moment, dangerous as it is, and your eyes constantly travel to the redhead sitting next to you on the couch, only Billy separating the two of you.

Wanda, on the other hand, was well aware of your eyes on her. Even though she tried as hard as she could to ignore it, she could feel your gaze burning her skin. It takes all of the redhead's willpower not to look back, and the two hours of the movie seem to pass like days.

The movie finally ends though, and Wanda sighs with relief that she can finally go back to her room. At the same time, however, a feeling of longing takes over for a brief moment, wishing she could stay with you a little longer. She quickly pushes it away.

"Alright, champ, bedtime." You say, tickling Billy, who laughs out loud, rousing the redhead from her conflicting thoughts. Before you can get up for good, you look at her. "Do you want to put him to bed?"

"No, you can go," Wanda says dismissively and you nod slowly. "Can you two put me to bed? Please?"

"I don't see why not." You reply, looking at Wanda and the redhead gives you a brief forced smile before getting up as well.

After the boy takes care of his nightly hygiene, the three of you head up to Billy's room. As you carry the boy to the bed, Wanda busies herself with turning the night lights on.

By the time you kissed his cheek and wished him your goodnights, The redhead approaches the bed. As Wanda leans in to place a kiss on Billy's forehead, a fond smile on her lips, you can't help but watch her in awe.

"This is already the best trip ever." The kid says with a happy smile and looks between the two of you with sleepy eyes. Wanda forcers a smile, but you can feel her tensing up by your side. "Enough talk now, we have a long day tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow, kiddo." You say, tapping his foot lightly before leaving the room. You hold the door for Wanda, but she doesn’t look at you as she passes you by. You try not to be too hurt about it.

You think about inviting her to do something, to watch TV or even to talk again, even though the idea sounds stupid even in your head. By the time you close Billy’s door, however, Wanda is already rushing to her bedroom, disappearing from your sight in a second.

Sighing heavily in surrender, you get ready for bed. Or rather, for the couch.

Seeing Wanda again awakened thoughts and feelings that throughout all these years you have been able to suppress. Now, however, they’re all back, and just being in the same room as her made your heart beat dangerously faster.

She seems to be as far away from this as one possibly can and that alone was enough to make you want to hide everything you’re feeling even more. Even though sometimes it seemed like an impossible task to accomplish.

You finally lay down, but with so many thoughts in mind, sleep takes a long time to get to you.

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The next morning, things are surprisingly better.

Wanda says good morning to you when she sees you in the living room and you take half a second to realize she was indeed talking to you.

During the whole process of getting ready to go to the hotel restaurant, Billy talks about a bunch of things, being the chatty kid he is, and Wanda participates even on the subjects you were actively involved in, exchanging a few comments with you as well from time to time.

You have no idea how so much has changed in just one night, maybe it was indeed a Christmas miracle. Whatever it was, you wouldn't ask, afraid that the redhead would go back to her hostile behavior towards you.

As for Wanda, she was trying. She had barely slept during the night, her mind racing a thousand miles an hour. Too busy trying to protect her feelings, keeping her barriers up, she didn't even notice how it all affected Billy.

At that moment, however, passed the first shock, she did. This trip is important to Billy, he put his mind and heart to it- not to mention his uncle and aunt. The least she could do is play along. It's just a few days, after all, how much harm can it do?

So here she was, keeping you at arm's length, but acting as friendly as she can act.

After having breakfast at the hotel's restaurant, Billy asked to visit the wax museum, and there you went.

Westview is such a small village that you barely see cars in the streets. Everyone seems to go everywhere on foot and that's what you decided to do as well. A little bit after 10 minutes, you get there.

The museum is beautiful and bigger than you expect, considering the surroundings. The place is all decorated with Christmas lights and dolls that move and sing famous carols.

At the beginning of the tour, there are exclusively Christmas figures. But as you wandered into the museums, assorted wax figures began to appear, from celebrities and political personalities to characters from TV series and movies.

"Mom, can I go see the Star Wars figures?" Billy asked excitedly, pulling on Wanda's blouse, and you both giggle. "Sure, honey, but stay close." The kid doesn't even wait for the introductions and is already walking away towards the Star Wars section. You smile.

"He loves Star Wars." You say proudly and Wanda glances at you briefly before looking back at her son. "I know." She says and you smile amused. "He has very good taste."

"He also loves sitcoms, you know?" She retorts with a raise of her eyebrows and you laugh through your nose. "Yeah, I notice you're trying to turn the kid into an old man."

"Oh, shut up." Wanda rolls her eyes at the teasing but smiles as well, and you allow yourself to giggle softly. "I never hated sitcoms, you know." You confess, and Wanda looks at you confusedly. "I kind of liked them."

"You spent our whole relationship pretending to hate sitcoms?" She asks perplexedly and you answer with a shrug of your shoulder. She frowns. "Why?"

"I don't know," you answer, shrugging again, "you always looked hot when you were mad at me." You explain and Wanda takes a deep breath, looking away from you. "Y/n, don't."

"What? I just answered your question." You retort, and before Wanda can scold you again, Billy comes running towards you. "Mom, Mama, look! I made a friend!"

By his side, there's a little girl that's probably the same age as him smiling politely at the two of you. "Hi!" She says shily and you smile as you crouch down in front of her. "Hi, little girl, what's your name?"

"It's Morgan." She answers promptly and you smile at her. "That's a beautiful name," Wanda says, bending down and smiling at the girl as well. "Tell me, Morgan, where are your parents?"

"Morgan!" You all hear a male voice before the little girl can answer, and soon a blonde man approaches you. "I told you to stay close to us!" He scolds but doesn't really sound mad, and the girl smiles apologetically.

"She's just as stubborn as her father." He says, looking at you and Wanda, and you both giggle politely. "Daddy, I made a friend!" Morgan tells, poking her father's leg, and the blonde looks down again.

"Hey, sir." Billy greets as he waves his hand and you smile at your child's cuteness. "Hey, buddy, what's your name?" The man asks tenderly and the boy takes no time to answer, "I'm Billy."

"Nice to meet you, Billy." The blonde says with a smile, looking back at you and Wanda. "Sorry to bother you." He says with an apologetic grimace, but you smile dismissively.

"Not at all, she's a lovely little girl." You say, looking at Morgan again before looking back at the man. "I'm Y/n." You introduce yourself, offering your hand for the man to take, and he promptly does so. "And this is-"

"I'm Wanda." The redhead interrupts, not wanting to go through any awkward moment, and offers her hand as well. "A pleasure to meet you, I'm Steve."

"There you are! I was just about to call security." A second man approaches you, looking at Steve after glancing at the rest of the group, and the blonde smiles. "It's okay, honey, she was in good company."

"That's good to know." The dark-haired man says, shifting his gaze between you and Wanda as he smiles. "Nice to meet you, I'm Tony." He introduces himself and the two of you do the same.

"We should hang out sometime, it's always nice to meet couples like us," Tony says excitedly, but Wanda soon shakes her head. "We're not together."

"Oh." Tony lets out, surprised, and you press your lips together in a small smile. "Well, but the invitation still stands, if you guys want it. The hotel restaurant is very nice, and there's a playground for the kids."

The two kids let out their enthusiastic comments and you smile as you nod. "That sounds nice, what do you think?" You ask cautiously, looking at Wanda. Even though she seems uncertain, she nods. "Sure, it sounds like fun."

"Great! We can meet later, around 8?" The man with the goatee suggests and you and Wanda nod in confirmation. "Sounds great."

With that, the three of them say their goodbyes and leave. You and Wanda keep roaming around the museum, following Billy anywhere he wants to go. Neither of you talk about the dinner after that.

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When the evening comes, the three of you go to the restaurant. The place is completely different from how it was this morning. The tables were rearranged, the decorations are darker, giving the area an air of refinement.

You approach the table Steve and Tony's family are in, and you greet each other again. Soon enough, Billy and Morgan ask if they can go to the playground, and they happily do once you allow it.

When the children are gone, Tony calls the waiter and asks for a bottle of wine and four glasses. You then make some small talk, and the drink doesn't take long to arrive.

"So," the man with the goatee starts, his gaze shifting between you and Wanda, "what brought you here?" He asks with a smile, and you let out a clumsy laugh.

"A trap," Wanda murmurs against the rim of her glass, taking a short sip of her drink afterward. By the expressions of the two men, they don't seem to have heard. "Billy wanted to spend Christmas with the two of us, so we ended up coming here."

"That's nice, divorced parents who are friends," Steve says, and you smile awkwardly. By your side, Wanda scoffs. "I don't know if I would use that word."

"So, Tony, you said you work with cars, right?" You asked right away, trying to change the subject, and it works.

The night goes smoothly after that. You drink, eat and talk. It doesn't take long for you to notice that Tony and Steve are very nice people and you truly enjoy their company.

You don't drink much, but you haven't drunk in a long time, so it doesn't take long for the alcohol to kick in, and you start feeling a little slow.

Wanda is a little quiet at first but begins to loosen up as time goes on. She smiles and laughs, and you have to scold yourself every time for the effect the sound has on you. You're sure you're looking at her like a lovesick puppy, but you can't find it within yourself to stop.

When the kids get tired and want to go to bed, you exchange phone numbers with Steve and Tony before saying your goodbyes. Billy asks to go on your arms and falls asleep before you even get to the exit of the restaurant area.

Once you get to the cottage, you take Billy straight to his bedroom. To your surprise, Wanda follows you and, like the night before, turns on the night lights. Before leaving the room, you kiss the boy's forehead gently, and the redhead does the same.

"Hey," you call softly as you close the bedroom door, and Wanda looks surprised you said something, "you wanna eat something together?" You invite, your brain inebriated by the alcohol.

"We just came back from dinner, Y/n." She retorts, her eyebrows slightly raised at you. "Yeah, right." You say clumsily, and barely acknowledge Wanda's amused little smile. "Well, maybe we could-"

"Goodnight, Y/n." She interrupts you, and you take a deep breath as you nod. "Goodnight, Wanda." You say, trying to disguise your sadness, and the redhead walks to her room.

You only move away when she's no longer in your line of sight.

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The next morning you're woken up by little hands urging you to get up or you'll be late for breakfast.

You smile sleepily, telling Billy that the food isn't going anywhere, but the boy only stops when you stand up.

A little less than half an hour later, the three of you are in the hotel restaurant.

For some reason, perhaps because of the time, the place is full and you have trouble finding a table to sit at. When you finally do, Wanda suggests that you and Billy go ahead while she guards the table.

For the first time she speaks to you looking directly into your eyes and you smile silly as you agree before she even finishes speaking.

You and Billy make your way to the buffet then, and you scold with a smile when you see that the boy is just putting sweets on his plate.

He tries to distract you by asking if you can go skiing later while he puts another piece of cake on his plate, and you smile amusedly, agreeing while pretending not to have noticed the boy's trickery.

As the two of you are walking back to the table, you see a man standing next to Wanda, his hand resting on the back of her chair, and from the look on his face you know he's flirting. Before you know it, you rush to your feet.

"Hey, dear, Billy was asking if- Oh, hi, sir, can we help you with something?" You pretend you have only noticed the man now, forcing a smile at him, and feel victorious as you see his posture change completely. "No, no. Actually, I was just leaving."

As the man quickly walks away from the table, you and Billy sit facing Wanda, and the redhead watches you curiously.

"Why did you do that?" she finally asks, slightly narrowing her eyes at you, and you shrug, deciding to play dumb. "That what?"

"Why did you call me 'dear'?" She asks, raising an eyebrow curiously at you, and you smile dismissively, avoiding her gaze at all costs.

"I don't know. It's just a nickname, Wanda, no big deal." You reply casually as you help Billy with his breakfast. Wanda, however, can see through your pretense and has to contain a small amused smile.

"What was Billy asking for?" She asks then, and you look at her confusedly. "What?" you ask, completely oblivious, and this time the redhead can't contain her smile. "You were saying Billy was asking for something."

"Oh! Yeah, right. He wanted to go skiing later." You say, clearing your throat to disguise the awkwardness, and Wanda hums in understanding, watching you intently.

"Can we go, mom?" Billy asks excitedly, looking at the redhead, who looks away from you to her son with a fond smile on her lips. "Of course, honey, but eat properly, okay?" she instructs and the boy nods, turning his attention back to the food on his plate.

Wanda stands up then, walking towards the buffet. And while she tries to push away the effect that the conversation of a few moments ago had on her, you try not to look at her so often.

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A few hours later, the three of you are at the ski stand, and you place your belongings on the counter while you help Billy with his equipment.

As Wanda signs the permission and liability papers, your phone lights up with a notification, and the redhead's gaze is drawn to it. "Y/n, your phone got a message. Carol Danvers. She says it's urgent."

"Can you see what it is, please? The password is Billy's birthday." You ask, arranging the boy's boots, and Wanda unlocks it. When she is about to open the messaging app, however, the device requires another password.

"For heaven's sake, Y/n, even the messaging app has a password?" She complains as you start working on the boy's other boot. "Do you know what people might do if they steal your phone?"

"And I'm the overthinker." She mumbles then, making you smile as you recall all the times you teased her for thinking too much about everything. "I guess I learned it from you."

"What's the password?" She asks, and you freeze for a moment before answering. "Your birthday." You finally say and Wanda doesn't say a single word about it. Busy with your eyes on Billy, you don't see how the redhead blushes intensely.

"It's about the deadline for your next book." She informs next, showing you the cell phone but refusing to look at you and you look away from Billy's goggles to the device to read your agent's message.

"Okay, I'll call her later. Thanks." You say as you pick up the phone and stand up, and Wanda just flashes you a brief smile in response. You watch her for a brief moment before looking at Billy again.

"Shall we go, kid?" You ask and receive an excited smile in response.

As you walk away from the stand and toward where the other families are gathered, Wanda tries not to think about the whole password situation.

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The three of you have fun together, but eventually, you and Wanda get tired and spend your time just watching the kid ski around.

"Watch out, Billy!" Wanda yells at one point when the boy reaches a slightly higher speed, and you let out a soft chuckle. "Relax, Wanda, he'll be fine."

"Do you know how many ski accidents happen every year?" Is her reply as she crosses her arms in concern, and you smile amused. "No, but I'm sure you do."

"After earlier today, you've lost the right to tease me about my worries." She retorts, making you smile. But, remembering the password incident, you decide it's best not to prolong the subject. The redhead seems to think the same way, as she soon adds, "It's dangerous, that's all I'm saying."

The two of you then share a brief moment of silence, until a memory crosses your mind and you smile to yourself. "Remember when we spent the winter break at my parents' winter cottage after school was over?" You ask and Wanda looks at you with her eyebrows furrowed in questioning.

"We had just started dating," you say, a nostalgic expression on your face that the redhead is unable to ignore, "we all went skiing and I offered to teach you? I was just trying to show off to you." You confess and wait for Wanda to push the subject away as she always does when you talk about the two of you.

Instead, she giggles to herself and you look at her with amused curiosity. Noticing your gaze, the redhead explains, "Okay, look. I didn't really know how to ski, but I wasn't that bad at it. I pretended because I liked the attention you gave me."

Her cheeks are red now. Her eyes seem to sparkle with something other than sunlight, something you haven't seen in a long time. You are hopelessly in love with her.

All these facts that present themselves to you as the words leave her mouth need to be put aside, however. You would need to deal with them alone, in silence. Reality hurts, but it is still reality.

"I know." You decide to say then, shrugging cockily, and Wanda rolls her eyes as an amused smile frames her features. "No, you don't!"

"I do!" You assure her, but Wanda still looks at you in disbelief. "I saw you skiing later with Nat and Monica. I'm a good teacher, but not that good." You say, and all the redhead does is shake her head as she looks away.

As the two of you keep your eyes on Billy, skiing back and forth, you both have silly smiles on your lips. Wanda's, however, falters.

"You know what else I remember about that trip?" she asks, her voice in a different tone this time, almost harsh, and you look at her curiously. "What?" you ask cautiously, and Wanda locks her jaw before answering.

"Us fighting all night for the stupidest possible reason and me going to Pietro's room to cry afterward. We did that a lot." She says, the pain in her words enveloping you and making you want to shove yourself into the snow and never come out. You take a deep breath, but before you can say anything, Wanda turns to your son.

"Billy! Let's go! Time for lunch." She calls out, and as the boy approaches you with an ear-to-ear grin, you realize that there is no more room for conversation.

You risk a glance at Wanda, but she doesn't look at you at any point as she guides the boy back to the stand. With a heavy sigh, you follow them.

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In the days that follow, you and Wanda no longer comment on your past.

Although she doesn't treat you as harshly as before, the redhead again keeps you at arm's length. And even though it hurts you, you decide to respect her decision and keep your distance yourself.

In the middle of the night, Wanda wakes up thirsty and decides to go to the kitchen to solve her problem, since going back to sleep didn't seem to be an option.

Halfway there, she sees you on the couch, sleeping peacefully. The place doesn't look uncomfortable, in fact, the couch is about the size of her bed at home. Still, she should've suggested that you share the bed, each using the room one night. She knows you wouldn't accept it, though, it wasn't like you.

She doesn't even realize that she's watching you sleep while the memories flow into her mind so easily. Of all the times you slept together; all the times she woke up early and traced your features with her fingertips until you woke up with a smile on your face and kissed her on the tip of her nose; or when... Stop.

What's wrong with her? She was taken aback by having to spend all these days with you, and this family-like Christmas trip was making her weak. It was just this.

Blinking away the longing she broke the smile on her lips, continuing on her way towards the kitchen. With her mind still clouded by memories, however, she ends up closing the cupboard door harder than necessary, the sound echoing through the cottage.

Squeezing her eyes shut, Wanda wishes you didn't wake up. But the noises coming from the living room show she's wrong, and the redhead mumbles a curse under her breath.

"Some things never change, you're still clumsy." You say in a sleepy voice, getting up from the sofa and walking to the kitchen with an amused smile on your face.

"And you still wake up at any noise." She retorts as you approach the kitchen counter. It's not my fault if I'm sleeping on the couch, is the first thing that crosses your mind, but you think it best not to say it out loud.

Before your silence, Wanda snort. "What? Are you not gonna be mad at me for waking you up?" She provokes and you swallow dryly, remembering all the times you've been mad at her for the most implausible reasons.

"I've changed a lot, Wanda." You tell, your eyes full of a honesty that Wanda didn't expect to receive right now. "I've worked through my anger issues. A lot of therapy so I can learn to deal with them."

"Billy helped me a lot too, I just want to be a good parent to that boy." You add, looking in the direction of your son's room with a soft smile. When you look back at Wanda again, she's watching you with an indecipherable expression.

"Anyway, I'm sorry." You finish as you let out a deep breath, pressing your lips together in a simple smile, and the redhead knits her brows together. "For what?"

"I let my anger get the best of me back then and I know I hurt you a lot with that. I'm truly sorry." You answer, your voice full of sincerity and guilt that weight heavy on the redhead, making her heart act weird inside her chest.

"It's okay, it's over now." She manages to say it, blinking a few times to push the unfamiliar feeling away, and you flash her a sad smile, "I'm not so sure about that."

"I appreciate the apology, Y/n. But seriously, it's okay. I've done a lot of things I regret, too, and I'm also sorry. I was never perfect." She says, involuntarily putting distance between the two of you.

"You were to me." The words escape your mouth before common sense can prevent them from doing so, and Wanda's eyes widen slightly, her breath catching in her throat.

You think you've crossed the line, and you're sure of it when Wanda looks away. "I'm going back to my room now," she says softly, almost an uncertain whisper, "good night, Y/n."

"Good night, Wanda." You reply in the same tone and match the hesitant smile she flashes you with a wistful one.

Wanda leaves next and as soon as you hear the door clicking you notice the glass of water in the sink, untouched by the redhead.

You sigh heavily then and remain sitting there for long minutes even after she'd walked away.

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To your surprise, your relationship with Wanda does not worsen after that late-night conversation. In fact, things seemed to have improved.

Of course, the probability that this was just you building up expectations was high.

On the 23rd Billy asks to go see Santa Claus and the three of you decide to walk around town after dinner.

At some point during the evening, Wanda gets a call from work and you and Billy wait for her while you admire the window of a nutcracker store.

"Oh my god, Y/n Y/l/n? I'm such a fan of your work!" An unfamiliar voice catches your attention, and you turn in its direction. "I've read all your books."

"Awn, thank you! That's very kind." You thank the blonde, reciprocating her excited smile with a grateful one. "Not at all, you are very talented. Besides, you are much better looking in person." She flirts, and you let out an awkward chuckle.

"Mama, can we go now?" Billy tugs at the sleeve of your jacket, looking as uncomfortable with the interaction as you do. Before you can answer him, the woman is speaking again.

"Awn, is this your son? How cute!" The woman says adorably, leaning down to talk to the boy. "Our son, yeah." Wanda's voice right next to you startles you, but you do your best not to let it show. "And you are?"

"Sharon, Y/n's fan." She introduces herself, extending her hand to Wanda, but the redhead leaves it hanging. The blonde clears her throat then, turning her attention back to you.

"I didn't know you were married, I didn't see a ring." She comments pointedly, and you briefly look away. Busy wishing you could dig a hole in the sidewalk and crawl inside, you don't notice the deadly look Wanda casts at Sharon.

"Well, it was nice to meet you. I can't wait to read your next book." The blonde says politely, and you smile as you nod. "Thank you, same to you." With that, the blonde walks away and you clear your throat in hopes of shaking off the awkwardness of the moment.

As you turn to Wanda and notice her hardened expression, a thought crosses your mind, and you smile amused.

"You didn't correct her." You observe, looking at her with a knowing smirk, and Wanda knits her eyebrows together, her expression still hard. "What?"

"She said I was married and you didn't correct her." You say, the amused smile growing on your lips. "Why?"

Wanda feels her neck heat up considerably at your remark. Rolling her eyes, the redhead crosses her arms, deciding to lie. "It's just boring sometimes, repeating the same thing over and over."

You say nothing, just nodding with an expression of false conviction. Before she can give any sign of how her heart was beating faster at that moment, Wanda turns to Billy.

"What do you want to do next, dear?" She asks, and when the boy immediately says he wants to see Santa Claus, you let out a little giggle.

Taking the boy in her arms, Wanda starts walking as she engages in a random conversation with him, and you join the two of them with a small smile on your face.

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The line for Santa is huge, but Billy is overjoyed at the occasion, so you and Wanda wait patiently along with the other families.

The town seems to get more beautiful every day, and despite the accumulated snow, it's really not that cold.

While you wait, you and the redhead chat about some random subjects, never mentioning what has just happened in front of the nutcracker store, although that is the only thing on your minds.

You notice that Wanda is avoiding your gaze, but you have no idea the reason is that she's trying with all her might to keep her feelings inside and not do anything stupid.

And you try to spend as much time as possible without interacting directly with the redhead, knowing that the chances of you saying something stupid, like that night in the kitchen, were remarkably high.

And amid all the tension that you both hide very well, Billy's turn comes rather quickly, and you both watch the boy with silly smiles on your faces.

"Hello, little boy. A picture with the family?" The old man suggests, looking at you both, and you put your hands in your pockets, looking at Wanda. "You can go, I'll go after." You suggest awkwardly.

"I guess we can go together." She says shyly and you freeze for a brief moment in surprise. But she flashes you a smile that makes you weak in the knees and so you smile too. "O-okay."

You join Billy and Santa and you hand your cell phone to one of the assistants to take the picture. When the picture is taken, the three of you look at it with happy smiles on your faces.

You two then step away from the chair, watching from a few feet away Billy's conversation with the old man.

"Tell me, child, have you been good this year?" The older asks and you and Wanda giggle as Billy nods vigorously. When Santa looks at you both for confirmation, you and Wanda nod as well. "Great, that's great. So, what would you like for Christmas?"

"I'd like to have more days like these." The boy answers honestly, looking between you and Wanda. The redhead swallows awkwardly, but you look at her right away.

"That would be nice." You confess, your eyes locked on hers, and your expression at her is so smitten that Wanda can't help but feel her heart sink.

And suddenly everything is too much.

Everything was already too much, in a way. Having you around was always dangerous, her feelings were never far enough away to allow her to deal with it properly. However, finding out about your feelings for her? That just made everything worse.

Because she knew all too well how this story would end, all the pain and suffering that would come with it. She could not allow herself to go through that again.

"I-I can't do this." She says in a breath, so low that you only hear it because you're standing right next to her. Noticing the redhead's watery eyes, you frown. But the next moment she is turning and walking away.

"Wanda?" You call out, confused, but she continues her quick steps. "Wanda!" You try once more, but just as before, nothing stops the woman from leaving and soon you lose her in the crowd.

Taking a deep breath, you turn back to Billy and the old man. Your heart breaks into a million little pieces at the image of Wanda's crying face. Because of you.

Trying to hide your own tears, you flash Billy a reassuring smile.

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All the way back to the cottage you have to convince Billy that he has done nothing wrong. When you get there, you put him on the couch, telling him that everything will be fine.

Walking to Wanda's room, you take a deep breath before knocking on the door. Receiving no answer, you decide to open it anyway.

Inside, you see the redhead walking from side to side, tears streaming down her face marked by concern, and you feel the worry growing. "Wanda-"

"What are we doing, Y/n?" She interrupts you, "this make-believe is ridiculous!" She says, her voice exasperated as she continues her pacing, and you sigh. "There's no make-believe, Wanda, I love-"

"Don't! Don't you dare finish that sentence!" she interrupts you once again, raising an index finger in your direction, but her trembling chin reveals her true state of fragility.

"It's the truth." You insist, taking a small step toward her, and the redhead scoffs. "And we know how that ended." She retorts with false humor, but you shake your head.

"That was nine years ago." You argue, and facing no interruptions this time, you continue. "Look, I know what we went through. It was hard on both of us."

"But, Wanda, I love you." You go on and it's visible the way Wanda shudders at the words, looking away from you and bringing her hand to her face in a sign of distress. "Even if you don't want to hear it, I love you like I always have. Maybe even more." You confess, a sad little laugh escaping your lips.

Wanda looks at you again and, swallowing hard, you take a step closer to her. I know we didn't work out back then, but if you give us a chance... Maybe we can make it work. Maybe you can fall in love with me again-"

"This could never happen, Y/n," she interrupts you, making your heart collapse inside your chest, "how can I fall in love with you again when I never stopped?" The question comes out almost in a shaky whisper, and you widen your eyes in astonishment.

"But it doesn't matter. All our relationship brought was pain and sorrow and..." She continues, but you're no longer listening, your brain having stopped at the moment she said she loved you too.

With steady steps, you close the distance between you two, your hands pulling her eagerly by the waist as your lips silence her speech with a firm kiss.

Wanda brings her hands to your shoulders intending to push you away, but she gives to the feeling she's been craving for so long in midway. You melt when she matches the kiss, and your grip on her waist loosens when you wrap your arms around her waist.

Eventually, Wanda musters the strength to pull away.

"Stop." She asks but keeps her forehead resting on yours, exhausted, and you breathe deeply as you try to regain the rhythm of your breathing. "We were young, Wanda. Young and stupid." You say, pulling your face away from hers just enough to look into her eyes.

"We changed, a lot. I know you've noticed that too. And if back then I was half as smart as I am today I would've never let you go." You say half-jokingly and the small smile the redhead flashes at you makes you smile too.

"Let me show you how good I can be for you, how good we can be for each other." You say in a pleading whisper, tightening your arms around her to emphasize your words.

"I'm scared." She confesses, her voice becoming shaky again as a few tears trickle down her cheeks. "I know, so am I." You say, bringing your hand to her face to wipe away her tears and smile as she leans into your touch. "But it feels so right, doesn't it?"

"It does." She confirms, but soon her expression sketches fear again. "But I don't want to get hurt again." She lets you know, and you immediately shake your head. "You won't, not if I can help it."

Wanda takes a deep breath at your assurance, nodding faintly. You approach slowly, resting your forehead on hers once more. The redhead allows the touch for a moment, relishing the sensation as much as you do before pulling away.

You watch her take a few steps away from you, your body immediately wanting to touch her again.

"How will Billy feel about this?" She asks then, crossing her arms in that defensive way she always does, and you laugh through your nose. "Oh come on, Wanda, we both know this was his plan with this whole idea of traveling together."

"It's true." A third voice makes itself heard in the room, and you both turn toward the door.

"Billy! What did we talk about overhearing other people's conversation?" Wanda scolds the boy, but all you can do is smile at the scene. "Sorry, mom, but I had to. This is important."

Billy steps forward, looking between you and Wanda as if preparing for the most important moment of his life, and you cross your arms as you smile at him.

"Mama, mom has a box under her bed with all the letters you've ever written to her." He tells you and you turn your surprised gaze to Wanda just in time to see her eyes widen, her cheeks taking on an intense shade of pink. "Billy!"

"And mom, mama carries a picture of you in her wallet that she won't take out for anything." He says and the redhead looks at you in disbelief, but you simply nod. "That's true."

"I may be a kid, but I'm not dumb! You love each other and don't do anything about it, so I had to. Uncle Pietro and Aunt Nat helped me." He finishes his argument with determination, and as Wanda looks at him completely baffled, you let out an incredulous giggle.

Taking a deep breath to regain control of the situation, Wanda smiles fondly at her son. "My love, will you please come back to the living room so your mother and I can talk?"

Billy looks at you uncertainly, but you cast an assuring smile at him, so the boy nods and leaves the room.

Alone again, you turn to Wanda, but it takes her a moment to look back at you.

"What's the picture?" She finally asks, her tone low. Instead of answering verbally, you pull your wallet from your pocket and hold out the item to her.

Wanda can't help the small smile that forms on her lips when she sees the small picture, the two of you cuddled on the couch in her house when you were still in high school.

"Still the same one?" She asks, raising her eyes to you, and you smile as you return your wallet to its original place. "I wouldn't dare throw it away." You say honestly, and the redhead lets out a soft giggle.

"My god, Y/n, this is insane." She says, looking away and shaking her head, and you laugh through your nose. "I know. This picture is so old," you agree, approaching her slowly, and Wanda looks at you again, "we need a new one."

"What do you think?" You ask with slight hesitation, which goes away the moment Wanda smiles at you. "I think I agree."

With that you let out a contented laugh, closing the distance between the two of you and kissing her once more.

This time, however, Wanda matches it immediately, placing both her hands on the sides of your face while yours find her waist, the place you think they should never have left.

The kiss is slow this time, lacking the urgency of the previous one, but of even greater intensity, causing your hair to stand on end and a shiver to run down Wanda's spine.

And as you smile against each other's lips, neither of you can think of a time in the last few years that you have been as happy as you are now.

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The next evening you go to the common open area of the hotel, where other families are gathered to watch the fireworks show.

Although you and Wanda have decided to take things slow, the redhead doesn't untangle her arm from yours at any time, and you have a constant smile on your face because of it.

The happiest of you all is undoubtedly Billy, who looks at you and Wanda together very often, always smiling at you.

Enjoying your time together, you hardly notice midnight approaching, and before you know it you are making the countdown.

You hold Billy in your arms the entire time, and when the countdown reaches zero, you and Wanda deposit a kiss on either side of the boy's cheek, making him laugh.

"Merry Christmas!" He says excitedly, and you smile. "Merry Christmas, my love." Wanda, says, stroking the boy's cheek, and you admire her for a second before turning your gaze back to your son. "Merry Christmas, champ."

"Should I make a wish?" he asks, and you giggle. "If you want to, of course." You say, and the boy assumes a thoughtful posture for a while.

"I don't think I need to, I already got what I wished for," Billy says, looking from you to Wanda, and you laugh through your nose in amusement. When you look at Wanda, she is already looking at you.

You watch the lights in the sky for a while, but soon a voice from your right catches your attention.

"Billy! Do you want to go play by the reindeer?" Mogan asks excitedly, just before greeting you and Wanda. "Can I go play with Morgan?"

"Sure, honey, but don't go too far, okay?" Wanda instructs and you put him down, "Yeah, stay where we can see you." You add, but the boy is already far away with his friend.

Wanda watches the two children play with a fond expression, and you watch her with a lovesick one. When the redhead notices your eyes on her, she turns to you.

"What?" she asks amidst a giggle, her cheeks taking on a rosy hue at the intensity of your gaze, and you can only find her even more beautiful.

"Merry Christmas." You say softly, unable to express all the things she makes you feel. Wanda seems to notice this, as she bites her lip in a smile, leaning in next and giving you a tender kiss on the lips that makes your whole body relax.

"Merry Christmas." She replies in the same tone as the kiss ends, and you smile as you deposit a gentle kiss on her forehead.

You and Wanda go back to watching the celebration around you, families together and Christmas lights everywhere.

And as she rests her head on your shoulder, there is no doubt, it is the most wonderful time of the year.

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#Day 9: A Christmas attempted murder (Wanda Maximoff x Reader)

And that's it for today! I hope you enjoyed it, thoughts and comments are always welcome ツ

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[every-dayiwakeup]

I've got a few things to get off my chest:

🔵The next time I see anyone saying "yeah he died and apologized but it's still not enough" my response will be:

So tell Jesus that sacrifice isn't enough and neither is "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing".

Actions speak louder than words, and on top of that Billy's last words were an apology.

But I guess when you add it all up in the Catholic calculator, it means absolutely nothing.

Too much talk of change without mentioning the integral step for change, which would be getting Billy support and him leaving his abusers.

We write fanfictions where he gets to do that because canon would not give it to us, which is ultimately what fanfiction's sole purpose is.

Unpopular opinion maybe, but I don't think Billy is the one that needs to change here. I believe that his environment makes all the difference, and even then it sure as hell won't be easy.

There's nothing wrong with him, and I often see people overexaggerating "what he's done".

Why aren't other characters in the hot seat? Why specifically Billy? Why are any characters obligated to make up for whatever they've done?

Fiction gifts us escapism, and I've seen an uptake in people blurring the lines between the two.

I don't want Billy to change who he is, and I think it's kind of funny that to some, being in a relationship with Steve (or anyone) will "fix him". Let's not act like Steve Harrington doesn't repress his emotions. He's also like 19, and it makes no sense to me that anyone would want to be in a relationship with someone who's goal isn't to love you, but to "fix you" somehow until you're "worthy of love".

You're basically dating a therapist.

🔵Let Billy Hargrove be messy. Quite frankly other characters should be, too! He is a textbook abuse victim, and if you can't accept or bother to understand what abuse does to someone, that's a you problem.

Let characters make mistakes. Relating to Billy aside, I enjoy him because he stands alone among npc characters, and I firmly believe if not for the narrative:

not being able to handle him

trying to reduce him to a joke like damn near every other character (yes hahaha have a bunch of forty year olds creepily watch a teenager, and just for extra laughs let's make him look like a homewrecker and his groomer a feminist!)

framing said victim repeatedly as the big bad teenage "oh he's mature looking" boy (like we don't have enough of that bullshit 😒)

going directly against Dacre's Billy (pushing the whole womanizer thing for one... "happy screams" 😑)

guiding an immature audience to hating a character because he's not a main

refusing to condemn canon abusers while shitting on an abuse victim (for the love of fucking hell, if you feel the need to tell your audience who to hate and who to root for, then I guess you don't think you've done enough of a job as a writer)

... maybe just maybe viewers wouldn't hate or misunderstand Billy as much. Plus in addition to overexaggerating they also tell blatant untruths, so there's that.

I don't know about y'all, but I don't see the point in herding people to like or dislike characters. Let them come up with a conclusion on their own.

I wouldn't even give a flying fuck about what other characters in ST have done, had it not been for the general fandom demonizing one character while putting on their hypocrite hats and their bloated sense of self morality.

They act like Billy is worse than Vecna, Brenner, those bullies in season 1... They refuse to even bring up Neil, and conveniently "forget" that Billy was possessed for most of s3.

The only people I really see making excuses are Brenner and Vecna stans. Oh, and Jason, too.

I don't really care who stans who, but if we're going to keep playing this bullshit morality policing game (with fictional characters 💀), let's not act like the worst character on TV is Billy Hargrove.

Seriously, I can come up with a list of characters (Stranger Things included) who are worse.

The difference being it doesn't keep me up at night... because they're not fucking real.

[strangergrove]

Ooo, been a long time since I've been tagged. Thanks @lovebillyhargrove!

1. Do they get together before the mindflayer possessed Billy or after shit goes down (or maybe during 😲)?

I've written fics for every variation (kinda?) I'm not sure I have a favourite, but I usually lean toward before. The one I'm finishing up right now is kind of during/immediately after.

2. Who kisses who first?

While I think neither of them is shy about going for what they want, I think Billy would be more comfortable being the first to go for it in this situation because I've always hc'd this being Steve's first queer relationship.

3. Where do they have their first sex? (Location) (HJs and BJs count)

First place for non-penetrative sex? If they hook up circa s2, I'd honestly say the locker room after everyone else leaves. As for anal and hooking up post s2... Probably the Camaro, otherwise Steve's house when his parents are inevitably out of town.

4. Who says 💖 I love you 💖 first?

I honestly think Steve would be wary of being the first to say it because of the "bullshit" thing with Nancy. I think that hurt him pretty badly and he wouldn't be keen to open his heart up without fully believing Billy truly loved him.

5. Bottom!Steve or bottom!Billy?

Whichever fits the vibe I'm writing. I like the idea of top!Billy 'cause I just like me some tops hahaha. But I could see them both being vers.

6. Do they give gifts to each other?

I see Steve buying Billy things because he doesn't know how to make anything, and Billy making Steve things because he doesn't have money to buy anything. I also think they'd both be insecure about it, thinking the other one's way of gift-giving is superior, but in reality Billy loves the obscure, thoughtful gifts Steve finds and Steve loves the shit Billy makes him.

7. Where do they end up living? California, Chicago, Hawkins… idk. Alaska?? Any other location?

I usually write them moving to Cali but lately I've really been into the idea of them living in Minnesota. Granted, I'm extremely biased because that's where I'm from, but I like the idea of it. Steve gets to stay in the midwest and Billy still gets to surf, even though he'll be very cold doing so haha.

8. What are their future jobs?

In the 80s? I could see Steve being a coach of some sort. He loves sports and has taken a liking to looking after and teaching kids, so I think it would fit. I can't see him in any sort of job like what his dad does, and although I love the idea of him and Robin working together forever, I don't think they'd actually be interested in the same kinds of jobs. Billy I could see either being a mechanic or a lifeguard/swim instructor/surf instructor. He knows his way around a car and he loves his Camaro, but I think he'd be a mechanic moreso out of a financial need than a passion. Water is his passion.

9. Who’s a better cook?

At the time of the show, I think Steve would be awful because he's never had to cook in his life, and Billy wouldn't be great but he'd know how, because his dad made him help Susan sometimes, or cook for Max while they were out. However, I think Billy would get more into cooking healthy meals and Steve would maybe get into baking.

10. Steve Hargrove or Billy Harrington?

As much as I love the last name Hargrove, I have a very strong feeling Billy would jump at the chance to bury it forever. He wouldn't let that cursed name anywhere near Steve. So, Billy Harrington.

11. What’s Max’s reaction when she hears they’re together?

She would lovingly tease the absolute shit out of them, but she'd be so happy Billy found someone who loved him, especially since Steve's influence would calm the raging fire in Billy.

12. Describe in one sentence Hopper’s reaction when he hears the names Hargrove and Harrington mentioned together.

Just utterly distraught, thinking about the havoc they'll wreak.

13. Does Robin like Billy or does Robin hate Billy?

I'm thinking she doesn't meet him until after he and Steve are together, when he's less volatile and angry, and she adores the shit outta him. However, if she met him in school she'd have hated him at first.

14. What about Dustin?

It takes a while, but once Billy apologizes to Lucas and starts making up for everything, Dustin starts to like him.

15. Fave harringrove AU?

Fuck if I know 😂

16. Billy + Camaro =…?

That's his baby. His Camaro comes second only to Max and Steve.

[asirensrage]

Okay, so I’m rereading the companion fic to TTTotUD. Honestly, I love Max’s POV. Unfortunately, the boys aren’t prone to listening to her about how helpful and badass Kate could be. That’s a shame. 😔 Oh well, as we know in chapter 25 of the main fic, they learned.

Will there be a chapter with Steve’s POV? I would definitely love to see his perspective when he had that first introduction with Kate at the Wheelers’ house and Dustin being there or when she decides to help them with the monster hunting post-concert or even when she invited him to Thanksgiving at her house. That reminds me, what would we find out what happened at the Snow Ball? I remember El mentioning wanting to go but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t touched on in the main fic.

I’m definitely going to do another reread of the main fic. After reading Billy’s POV, I can only laugh and go 🤦🏻‍♀️. Unfortunately for him, he’s only working with the information he has on hand. So he doesn’t know that the Tammy he knows isn’t the same one who had a ginormous crush on Steve. And, let’s be real, Steve wouldn’t give pre-Kate Tammy the time of day. Also, let’s be honest. The reason why Kate is the way she is is because she’s an adult in a teenager’s body. She’s already done all of this before and she doesn’t have time for that kind of drama.

Either way, even if Kate doesn’t have an interest in Steve, she still wouldn’t give Billy the time of day. Mostly because her mental age is older than her chronological one, Billy is probably interested in her because she’s unattainable, and she has other things to do. Also, he can’t compete with Ted Theodore Logan. And really, who can compete with the incomparable Keanu Reeves? He’s just so 👀👀👀😍

I’m still chuckling over how upset he is at Kate’s “boyfriend”.

Anyhoo, thanks for the fics! I’m probably going to reread This Means War too. Matt Murdock and Billy Russo? Yes, please! 😍👀👀🥵😳

Hahaha, yeah, they do and Max will likely tease them about the fact that she knew Kate was the best first.

There will be a chapter with Steve's POV. It's already written but it takes place...a couple of chapters ahead of where we are now. It talks a bit about when the crush starts and how Steve is feeling. We're also going to have a POV from Steve when Tammy's dad comes to talk to him. It's not finished yet but it's planned, lol.

As for Billy, that's it exactly. He doesn't have the whole story and he definitely wouldn't have focused on Tammy if she was herself. It's because Kate calls him out and actively steps forward to give better examples that draws him to her. (Also with the fact that she keeps denying him lol) But Billy is going to go through some things and wanting Kate is going to take a backburner. We'll see ;) We'll also get another pov from him where we see him taking Kate's advice...

That's it exactly. So Steve has his work cut out for him in convincing her to give him a chance once he comes to that realization. Right? Who could compared to Ted? lol

You're very welcome! Thank you for coming and telling me all of this and asking questions. It's amazing! Hahah, TMW is such a fun fic too. I'm so glad you're enjoying it all!