#FINALLLY GOT AROUND TO THE LONG AU POST LETS GO

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welcome to the drifting lilies au!! aka the one-shot that spiraled out of control. banner made by @thestarfilledsea

Arc 1 (part one)

LBD drops Bai He after the s2 finale, she got a big enough power boost to take her true form so there wasn’t much need for a host anymore. but of course she can’t just let her go now though, not after everything they’ve been through

so Bai He basically becomes like a mini mayor. except with zero percent of his loyalty and a shit ton of snarky comments

she runs into Macaque a few times while with LBD. but it’s only mumbled words and tired glares in her direction. he’s busy trying to track down our merry band of heroes after all

Bai He ends up getting herself imprisonment after trying to run away, she’s caught by the mayor

LBD—whose grown tired of her rebellion—decides to just lock Bai He up instead, her very own mortal trophy

Macaque also gets himself locked up after s3ep4 (the winning side). he keeps failing to capture the weakened Monkey King and his powerless successor and LBD’s done with his incompetence

so hard to find good help these days, but no matter. she has other assets at her disposal

anyways, back to Bai He and Macaque, who are now cell neighbors

there’s actually not much to say about them while they’re imprisoned. partially Bai He does most of the talking with Macaque occasionally indulging her with a response, but mainly because the shadow demon isn’t even imprisoned for more than a day and a half before he devises an escape plan

Bai He makes him promise not to leave her if he manages to pull it off

coughs

ANYWAYS

LBD catches wind of Macaques escape plan, but she decides to let it play out. y’know. for funsies

so Macaque goes through with his escape plan, and he does try to get to Bai He, he does. but there’s something weird in the air and he can’t find her cell. odd. he could’ve sworn it was right around this corner..

the hallways are starting too blur together. everything is blue. six ears and he can’t hear a single. like his brain was stuffed with cotton.

thoroughly freaked out, Macaque runs and doesn’t stop, soon the smooth, polished floors are replaced with roots and trees as he barrels through the forest

and stumbles upon SWK, Pigsy, and Tang’s camp site

after much consideration this happens at the *end* of amnesia rules. so after Wukong gets his memories back and Tang is rescued from the scorpion demoness

Macaque hoovers on the cliff overlooking the camp site, watching them gather up the rest of their things and load them into the van. they’ve still got to find MK, Mei, and Sandy

Wukong tells them to finish packing up without him, he’s going to… go on a quick walk. yeah. he’ll be back in a moment

he wanders off into the forest. he doesn’t have to go far

“I know your here. you’re not as subtle as you used to be.”

“yeah? well, you used to be smarter. following me unarmed, away from your little friends.”

the forest darkens and the shadows bend, the wind is still

“oohh. scary.”

and then Macaque materializes behind Wukong. he does nothing, says nothing. just stands there, prepared to attack but not

Wukong chuckles and sweeps his legs out from under him and Macaque goes down hard

“appears I still am. what’s your excuse this time?”

and Macaque’s huffs and tells Wukong that he’s not here to fight this time. he’s just trying to get away from LBD. from all of this end of the world apocalypse crap that’s going on

he doesn’t say a word about Bai He, though

Wukong is understandably suspicious, but he turns and starts walking back to the camp site, gesturing for Macaque to follow (he is sort of a loose canon at the moment, better to keep Macaque where they can see him instead of letting him wander off and potentially cause more problems smh)

the shadow demon hesitates for all of twenty seconds before trudging after him

Pigsy and Tang both look at Wukong like he’s lost his mind when he comes back with Macaque stomping behind him, who, to be honest, is too exhausted to even argue with them. they want him not use his powers or they’ll lock him in a broom closet? okay. they want information on what lbd’s up to? sure. why not. anything to get them all to just stop talking

so after rules are put into place and that’s all settled, they finally finish packing up camp and get on the road. it takes them two days to regroup with MK, Mei, and Sandy, who have the first ring

Macaque spends most of that time avoiding the others (a difficult and kind of impressive task considering how they’re all packed into a van) and the others are perfectly fine with that, they’re more eager to catch up with the rest of their group anyways than spend time trying to figure out if this is all just some elaborate plot to capture them all

Wukong however notices that something is off. that something’s weighing on Macaque. but the shadow demon isn’t going to talk to him of all people about it and Wukong sure as hell isn’t going to ask. they’ve got enough problems as it is

so in conclusion, the two days until MK lands on their windshield with the first ring are tense, sure, but they were also surprisingly tame

things don’t stay that way though, especially once MK, Mei, and Sandy regroup with them

the last time they saw Macaque he had kidnapped them, almost killed Mei and Sandy, and then then left them stranded in the desert. so they didn’t exactly part on good terms

they’ve all got plenty of good reasons to hate Macaque, to end whatever this team up is right then and there. they almost do

luckily for Macaque, MK is generous with second chances. and besides if Mac stays, that’s one more person LBD can’t use against them at the very least, a powerful ally at best

but !! MK still gets to tell him off for the winning side, as a treat

something something “you so much as lay a finger on my friends again, and LBD will be the least of your worries.” it’s kinda cliché but !! i’m tired and MK deserves to call Macaque on his shit. season 3 special? yes more of that pleasesndbjsdfj

anyways, with that settled, they pick their search for the rings back up, a quest that goes a bit smoother with Macaque not attacking them out of the blue

he’s still surprisingly quiet though. snarky and quick to snap as usual, but it’s all subdued. he knows better than to pick a fight now, with the whole crew waiting for a reason to leave him on the side of the road, but this isn’t like the brooding from when he first joined. this is like some… guilt was slowly tearing him up. weird

no matter how the others (read: MK, Sandy, Tang, Wukong once) pressed, their attempts were shot down quickly. Macaque just wouldn’t talk. so eventually everyone dropped it

which!! brings me to episode 7 (cooking with Chang’e). it’s also where i can tie in the one shot

the team going to the moon is the same. Wukong, MK, Pigsy

Macaque stays behind with Mei, Sandy, and Tang

“we’ll be gone a few hours at most. so we better come back to the campsite still standing.”

“no promises.”

“Macaque.”

once the Moon Team leaves, the others settle by the fire, trying to kill time. Macaque—having nothing better to do—joins them for a bit

until he feels a cold prickle on the back of his neck

he stands up and leaves, heads back to the van to calm himself down. he’s imagining things, that’s all. because she’s not here. he left her

but then he hears her, and soon he’s in the woods, following her voice

there’s… someone coming towards him. it could be her. but that’s impossible. he left her thousands of miles away in a cramped, freezing cell

she speaks again and he can’t seem to look at her. her form is wispy and distorted, the air is stale and stifling but her voice is sweet, cool, relaxing

how peculiar

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Performance of a Lifetime :: PART SIX

Actor AU! Kuroo x Reader

Reader is female

WC: 1473 Had this done for awhile now -sorry for being gone so long guys ;~; Cross posted on Ao3 PART FIVE

More time passed and it honestly didn’t feel like it.  You had been spending more and more time with Kuroo during the past weeks, getting ready for opening night. And sometimes you just hung out and had take out. Tonight was one of those nights. You laughed at the tv show you had randomly put on. “Gooooood god this show is so bad. “ you laughed, curling up closer to Kuroo. He snorted and wrapped his arms around your shoulders. “I know. I hate watching this show but honestly it gives me a good laugh.” He adjusted the food container on his lap and continued to eat as you got comfortable against him. 

He wasn’t bad. At all. You guys actually got along well when you let him actually get in close. And Kenma was fun to tease when he was home. Currently you guys had Kuroo’s house all to yourself because Kenma was out with a friend of his. You weren’t sure when he was coming home but you really didn’t care much since Kenma was an adult and could take care of himself. You looked up at Kuroo as he continued to laugh at the show. Oh. Oh.

You knew this feeling well. You felt it around Koutarou Bokuto. Nope you… You couldn’t have budding feelings for Kuroo!! That wasn’t allowed. You wanted to run. Get away from him. But at the same time it was nice to hang out with him. He was a lowkey guy instead of how high energy Bokauto was. You looked at your phone and saw you had a message from Bokuto himself.  You opened your phone and stared at the screen. <b>Text from Owl Head> YOOOOOOOOOOO GUESS WHO GOT HIMSELF A BOYFRIENDDDDD FINALLLY!! Text from Owl Head > oh shit y/n sorry that was meant for Kuroo. 

Text from Owl Head > I mean you can know too. Just dont tell alot of people. Keiji wants it lowkey. </b> Keiji? That was Akaashi. They are dating now?? You didn’t know how to react. Maybe you should have seen it coming with how the two acted whenever you came over. Bokuto was always all over Akaashi. Kuroo brushed his fingers under your eyes and pulled you in closer. “Wanna tell me why you’re crying? Or do you just want me to distract you?” “You can look at your phone.” You muttered,wiping your tears away and looking away from him. “Huh? “ He glanced at his phone and made a soft sound of understanding. “Hey. You had to see it coming right? Akaashi and Bokuto have known each other since high school if not longer. Bokuto has been all over Akaashi since we met.” “You’re not helping.” You muttered placing your food on the coffee table in front of you and curling up into a ball into Kuroo’s side.

“They made you cry. But that will end tonight. You are the only right about this broken world. Go on and cry~.” “You are a dork oh my god stop singing.” You laughed , pushing him softly while still curled up to him. “Made you laugh at least. Look at me Y/N.” you looked up at him and his eyes looked so soft. “You’re gonna be okay. Besides I’m a bit mad at him now too. Why did he text you first and not me?” He chuckled and kissed your forehead before freezing like it hit him what he just did. “Kuroo. Did you just really do that?” You asked, sniffling and wiping your eyes again to look at him with cleared eyes. He closed his eyes and sighed. “Uh yeah. Was kinda hoping you wouldn’t mention it but ya know. You never do anything I want.” he joked.You watched his features and curled up to him closer, hand grabbing his shirt and holding onto him. “I’ll let it slide for now. Let’s just watch the dumb singing show and forget about the world.” “Sounds good to me.” He whispered, holding onto tight. You didn’t know when you fell asleep but you did wake up sometime in the morning to Kenma coming home. You wearily waved at him at with barely opened eyes.  He waved back, looking so uncomfortable, and grabbed a blanket from the closet and drapped it over you and Kuroo. 

"Nice to see you Y/N." He muttered as he headed into his room. You looked up with squinted eyes at kuroo- or tried to as he was laying half on top of you. You hummed softly, so dreadfully tired. You drifted back off to sleep and curled up closer to Kuroo. 

In the morning you woke up to the smell of food. "Kei are you making me food?" You muttered rolling off the couch. Oh ouch. This wasn't your bed - right you slept over at Kuroo's… who was then making food?

"...Y/N… you okay?" Kenma was the answer as he walked out of the kitchen, staring down at you with a blank face. Kenma rolled his eyes as you nodded slowly. "You are so odd Y/N. Just as bad as Kuroo." He muttered walking back into the kitchen. You scrambled to sit up and climbed back onto the couch. 

Kuroo was still sleeping. The rare few times you passed out at his house or vice versa at your house he was always awake before you. It was nice to see he actually slept. 

You curled up to him and smiled softly. He was warm. Nice and warm. Maybe some extra sleep wouldn't be too bad. You shifted so you were laying on his lap and closed your eyes. 

Too bad sleep wouldn't come to you. Because the moment you had laid down kuroo decided it was perfect time to wake up. 

"Y/N… you're so cute…" he whispered , moving your hair out of your face before you rolled over and looked up at him. 

"I'm not asleep Kuroo." 

"I know." He smiled and stuck out his tongue. "You snore."

"I DON'T SNORE!" You yelped slapping your hand over your chest in an offended manner.

"Kenma she snores right?"

"Don't get me involved with your marriage dispute. Or I'll eat all of your breakfast. Both of you." He grumbles from the kitchen. 

Marriage dispute? You chuckled and rolled your eyes. 

"If this is a marriage dispute I want a divorce."

"No. You are stuck with me." He teased as he flicked your forehead. "Sorry Y/N. I'm such a bad husband. Making our child cook breakfast for us."

"Kuroo for the last time I'm not your son!" Kenma snapped , peaking out around the kitchen. "Stop lying to people."

"You hear that Y/N? He's disowning me. What a bad son." He teased his friend more making you laugh more. 

“Son please. Behave for your father.” Kuroo’s eyes twinkled with joy as you played along with his joke. “Please son.” “I hate this family. I’m moving out.” Kenma grumbled, taking the plates of food to his room. You frowned and rolled off the couch onto your feet. “Kenma no come back. I want food.” You whined softly and walked into the kitchen and smiled seeing some food left. Oh he was that kind of friend okay. “Hey Kuroo. Do you want some eggs and rice?” You asked grabbing the left over plate and sat on his lap , him wrapping his arms around your waist as you passed him some food. Kenma walked out of his room and made a sound of disgust. “I’m telling Bokuto that my parents are making goo-goo eyes at each other.” He rolled his eyes and snapped a picture of the two of you, tapping his phone and showing his text conversation with Bokuto and him having sent the picture. “Kenma!” Both of you gasped trying to not drop the food in your lap. Kuroo groaned and threw his head back onto the back of the couch. “You ass. Bokuto is never going to let me live this down.” you groaned as well , slapping your forehead. Now to wait for the bombardment of texts from the owl man. You heard your phone angrily vibrate with text messages. Yep there it was. You sighed and rubbed your forehead. “Damnit. He’s dragged us into a group chat.” Kuroo groaned, having pulled out his phone and was currently scrolling through the messages. You glanced at the last message in this new group chat. <b>Text from Owl Head > GROUP DATE!! DOUBLE DATE!!!!</b> You cringed. A double date with the guy you had feelings for but him not being your date? Yikes. No thanks. Kuroo sighed and buried his face into your neck making your laugh from the soft feeling. “Damnit Kenma. We aren’t dating.” Kuroo chuckled softly. “Whatever Dad.” Kenma taunted with a monotone voice. “Now if you excuse me I have a stream to attend to.” 

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Monster Family (Monster Roommate AU) CH9

HIATUS OVER! Im back! I had to take some time off in the fall because holy hell life got crazy! But Im back and Im determined to finish this and get the story through IT ch2 idk how long that will take me but now that Im financially stable I finallly have time to write!

CH 9 Hospital

When you're on a diet the last place you want to go to is an ice cream shop where temptation surrounds you in every corner. For Pennywise staring at a room full of screaming crying infants was like standing in an ice cream shop with a growling stomach and the world's biggest sweet tooth. 

They were so helpless and plump he could just pluck one up and swallow it whole. No one would even notice! They're all just right there! The Adam's apple of his human form bobbed up and down as he gulped and pressed a hand to the window. 

"First time dad?" A man was speaking to him he sounded disgustingly confident and joyful.

"Yes." He answered distantly.

"Aw congrats son! My wife just popped out number 3 right there! Cute little tyke, those legs look like a future football star's legs I'm tellin ya! Nice and plump gonna be a strong runner!"

Robert Grey wiped his lips with his sleeve as he stared at the squirming drumsticks. 

"So newbie which one of the little rascals here is yours? Wait don't tell me, the one with the fish eyes HA!"

Robert held back a snarl. "My offspring have not arrived yet." He said almost ominously 

"Ah hell don't be nervous pal! You'll be fine!"

"I do not get nervous." Robert did growl this time. He wanted to leave not only because this human stunk of pork rinds and grass cuttings but more so that he was stressed being in this place. There was a lot of fear in these halls possibly some of his own. His mate's seizing body was still fresh in his mind and the blood from her head was still under some of his fingernails. She will definitely kill him when she wakes up.

"Mister um Grey? Your wife is…..well she's stable will you please come with me?" A nurse called to him. Finally an excuse to leave. 

"Go get em champ!" He heard the human male call out to him. The eldritch decided that none of his offspring will be participating in this game of footballs just to avoid ever encountering this loud individual again. 

"We don't know how to tell you this sir but your wife is….well she has no pulse... Medically speaking she should be dead.." Robert stood unamused at the door of a hospital room he really did not want to be in. "I'm aware of that." He growled at the confused nurse. He should probably make her not see the fact that leech was a card-carrying member of the living dead but to be honest he wasn't focusing too much on what people saw and did not see. Most of his attention was on the strange male who insisted they came here instead of home. He didn't like the smell of him and did not like that his mind was unreadable. All he knew about him was that he knew his mate and had more than just a guitar in that case he carried. 

When the man found them it was Robert Grey's face he wore while he stood in the middle of the road. The creature frantically licked his seizing mate whos swollen stomach flashed frantically with muffled light. No matter what he did, he couldn't get it to stop and his silver desperate eyes reflected back in the approaching headlights. The following conversation was a blur,  the man apparently had met them the night before on that wonderfully brilliant bender he went on. Something about getting his mate to the hospital something about a friend who worked there….

"Sir? Are you all alright? " The nurse asked and brought the eldritch out of his thoughts. He let out a very inhuman snarl and pushed past the woman "sir! We need to discuss this more there's the matter of an ultrasound and-" Pennywise slammed the door behind him. He glanced up at the scene before him; another nurse fussed over the unconscious vampire smearing ointment on her stomach as she lay as still as a fresh corpse. He did not like the way they touched her nor the smell of the bandages on her head.

"Oh you must be the father? We're about to take a look at the baby." She said cheerfully. Pennywise's scowl did not change. 

The instrument pressed into his brood and a fang twitched over his lip. How dare this filth touch his mate and his eggs. He moved to protect but stopped when little lights began to dimly glow beneath the surface of Leech's pale skin. The nurse was mumbling something about seeing babies then she froze jaw going slack at the sight of the monitor. The infant deadlights within his vampire all shined through the screen, paralyzing their victim while rotating hypnotically just like their parent lights. The eldritch finally softened his gaze at the sight of his offspring. Pride stole his breath away from him and his scowl slowly warmed into a smile. Not even born and already making kills. He understood it all now, pride in something other than himself. Was he crying? Can he cry? Pennywise was lost in pondering these new emotions not even registering that his mate had come to and had bitten into the brain scrambled nurse. Leech hissed as she sucked the life out of the woman reflecting soulless eyes at the dumbstruck cosmic horror who was still completely mesmerized by all the strange new parental feelings it was trying to process. He didn't move till the empty body fell to the floor snapping back to reality at the sound of the heavy thud. Leech returned to a reclined position resting her palm on her churning stomach feeling the happy buzzing beneath her skin coughing and wheezing as if the blood she just consumed was her first breath of life.

A tissue dragged over her lips and one of her eyes slowly opened to watch Robert hover over her. "You're in trouble." She muttered.

"When am I not." He smirked and licked the tissue before swiping blood from her cheek particularly hard. 

"You didn't even propose you dick!" Leech growled and gingerly sat up. 

"Was tired of being bothered." Her mate tossed the tissue aside and instead switched to running his thumb over her cool lips. He licked his fingers clean with a satisfied groan. 

"That's not really the point of getting married Pen." Leech replied quietly and the mood changed fast. Robert's hands pulled away from her and a coldness filled the air. The eldritch stepped back towards the door and Leech could see the hurt on his features even if he hid it.

"..........You do not want this?" was he sad? Oh great drama queen is upset. 

"Hey I'm having your fucking babies egg head!" She blurted out trying to get out of the bed but struggled from her size. Her mate was already getting ready to walk out. "Pen don't fucking jump to conclusions. I don't want this in the way you did it! That's what has me upset!" She felt fear in her throat followed by the pain of her own children feeding off her. Tears spilled from her eyes as ichor bubbled from her mouth. "I want it to fucking mean something to you, like it does for me!" She gurgled weakly spilling black goo from her lips to the floor. Her mate did finally stop trying to leave much to her relief. She coughed and gripped the bed tightly. "I didn't even get a bachelorette party…." She could feel herself panting and she shifted back to a reclining position. "Hey, I still love you, you big drama queen. Don't ever doubt that. Can we just discuss this post offspring? I got a lot on my plate right now."  After an uncomfortable silence he turned to her with wild golden eyes. "They look like me." Was all he said. 

"They eat like you too." Leech sighed wiping her own blood from her lips. Robert's lip twitched upward as Leech shut her eyes in relief "I hate saying this but-"

"You need my help."

"You're the one who did this to me anyway." The vampire groaned and shut her eyes. "I feel so gross and bloated." She felt a hand reach under her knees and another slither around her back lifting her with ease. "Who's being the drama queen now?" He finally grinned 

"Fuck you." 

"You've already done that darling." Robert smirked with pride kissing her bandaged head. Leech traced the nail of her thumb over his cheekbone and her eldritch leaned into the touch.

"Just mouth stuff then." She smiled and kissed his soft wet lips.  

"What the hell are you doing?! Put her back idiot!" The pair froze at the shout as two men burst into the room. Pennywise's eye cracked open and rolled to the side, eyeing them both with venom. "Oh christ, they killed Bridget." The doctor groaned. Herbert West lifted the dead woman's wrist and dropped it "I suppose I can use the body for research. This will be such a mess to clean, you people are nightmares to work with I hope you know that." 

"I thought you said you didn't work with the living doc." Leech grumbled as her mate eased her back down and stood guard in front of her bedside.

"Your buddy here called in a favor."

"The guy from the bar?"

"Call me Duke darlin, Duke Rivers! Found the two of you in the middle of the road, gave you a lift." 

"I don't remember anything after passing out." Leech grumbled gingerly touching her head. 

"Shoulda seen that old bug of yours! What a worried wreck! Didn't I tell ya he'd come around?" The older man laughed then placed his coat on his shoulder. "I'll bet letting the doc take it from here, consider it my one good deed of the day. Come see my show sometime kid." 

"I- yeah, I think I will thanks." The man studied her as Robert shot a venom-filled glare in his direction then nodded at them as he slipped out. Leech barely had time to think before being roughly grabbed by the chin.

"You seem to be healing slow your um..species.. is known for regenerating yes?" West turned her head and pulled back her dressings.

"You think I'm sick?" Leech sat up taking her mate's hand.

"Do keep in mind I specialize in humans this is completely uncharted territory for me." 

"Well I'm human-shaped….most of the time…"

"I'll need you to go over weaknesses and allergies of both you and your...significant other. Something could have weakened you or the babies." 

"I have none!" Robert butted in with pride. 

"Yeah yeah lucky you." Leech grumbled. 

"And I believe I told you to wait till sunset but ohhhh no someone just haaad to go swimming."

"Oh shut up you were just as into it as I was."

"So you've been weakened by sunbathing despite knowing you're allergic to sunlight. And here I thought legendary monsters would be intelligent." The doctor sighed and turned the vampires head who hissed in annoyance. "Figures you are more vulnerable in your condition. By the rate your head injury is healing it'll take days instead of hours till you're on your feet. Hope the tan was worth it."

"Your bedside manner needs work doc." Leech muttered as he roughly redressed her wound 

"I work with the dead not the living"

"It shows." Robert nearly hissed not liking the way this other touched his mate so carelessly.

Leech rolled her eyes at him "So I don't know about you boys but i need another drink. Hook a girl up doc? Got any A negative? That shits rare!" 

"I would like a baby." The cosmic horror said cooly

"You already have babies Pe-.......wait…..no. oh no you are not eating a baby!"

"Peachy they are literally right there!" The eldritch's fangs split his face as he glared out the small window. His company looked mortified "Just one, one small soft and squealing."

"You are not eating a fucking baby!" Leech growled.

"I deserve one!" The disguised clown snarled glaring at his mate with vermilion eyes and a broken human face. 

"You already got my ass virginity today!" Leech snarled back rolling her eyes at the dramatic display.

"Things I did not need to hear at 5 am….. look I'm not stealing you rare blood types and infants for a grotesque gourmet feast. I will supply you with what you will need and then ask you people to get out of my hospital." The doctor grumbled and began to fuss with the corpse on the floor. 

 "Fine then Pen take me home, I'd rather rot in my own bed anyway." 

"I told you a couple days rest. You will live, are all of you this dramatic?"

"Only the pretty ones doc!" The vampire flashed a parting grin as they left the doctor to clean their mess. He was grumbling something about never working with the undead again. 

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"You should be resting." Her monster’s voice hissed from under her bed. Leech shot a disinterested glance to the floor then back to her window. She felt a puff of hot moist air uncontrollably close to her face then heard a maw of teeth open "YoU sHOulD bE REsTinG." The eldritch gurgled.

"You realize the scary faces are gonna keep me awake right?" Leech cooly said and heard a set of jaws snap shut with enough force to break bones in two. 

"Things other than scary faces are keeping you up. I smell it on you." Her clown’s voice warbled out and Leech subconsciously moved for him to join her. 

"You ever look at someone you've never met and just feel like you know them?"

"No. But I am amused by this continue." The massive horror smiled through his words as he bullishly snuggled his way into his mate’s bed.

"I think I know the guy who helped us. I don't know why though." 

"Hmm too much stressing for you Mrs. Wise. But I will help put your mind at ease when you feel better. Promise promise." Leech felt soft nuzzles against her head as her mate ran his cheekbones over her skull like a cat. 

"I thought we agreed not to talk about that." Leech grumbled and turned to face her apparent "husband". "And its Grey. I like Grey on the end of my name."

"Someone's thought of this before!" Pennywise's smile widened. "Daydreaming about your clown my dear?"

"Don't embarrass me." Leech grunted and buried her face in his ruff. If she was alive, her face would be hot. "I'm not considering this official until we have a real ceremony and I get a ring. Call me old fashioned but your girl has standards."

"Hmm as you wish then Mrs. Grey!" He chuckled darkly smirking at her darkened cheeks and wide-eyed expression. 

"You fucking jackass." She muttered as her clown cackled grabbing her tight and tickling her skin. So much for bed rest.