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welcometogrouchland · 6 months ago

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It's mostly the fault of poor editorial practices that B&R is so heavily misaligned continuity-wise w/ the main batman book. But walk with me for a minute:

You are Damian Wayne. You are 14 years old and have had one of the worst years of your life last year. Which is saying a lot.

Your brother, one of the people you were closest to, got shot in the head and forgot who you were. Your best friend went to space for a week and came back 3/4 years older than you, taking away your previously established dynamic and leaving you to have to bond all over again w/ a new one. You may or may not have gone wayyy too far with your new superhero team, who now all hate you, because you fucked up big time*

And worst of all, when you do try to do the right thing, you end up forced to watch Alfred, a father figure to you, the only one at your birthday that year, the person who has been so patient, loving and trusting with you, even when you probably didnt deserve it...die. you watch him die, and feel it's all your fault.

And your dad never corrects you on that last point. So you run away.

First to your mom who can tell something's up with you, she knows you don't give up that easy, you decide not to stay with her because you remembered how actually, neither of your parents are good at communicating with you despite their best efforts, so now you're 14 and flying solo.

And you do fly solo. For a while. Make new friends, new enemies. You think you're better off for it. You've got your best friend and your brother back. They're not around as much. It's fine.

And eventually your dad tells you that it's not your fault that Alfred died. Bit late but it's appreciated. Really. There's a bit of a hiccup where you get possessed by a demon and wage war against your father but after that, all in all, you two are...together again.

You start to think maybe you want to give him another chance, for the two of you to be father and son.

And in a change of pace, it works out! It's going good, mostly. He insists you go to highschool, you resist, feel like he wants you to be something that you're not (wants you to be normal), but eventually you acquiesce for your own reasons. He cheers you on at soccer and nosies around at your fundraising events with the other parents and gives you a stern talking to about your choice of girlfriend. Because he cares.

Except all the while this is going on, your dad is currently having his brain slowly taken over by an evil version of himself that he created and every time you look away he's slowly tearing your family apart (your brothers are just barely keeping it together. The ones who didn't get lobotmized that is Jesus Christ). You keep taking his side in these conflicts, for whatever reason. Maybe because he promised it would be different this time, and it isn't** and you're going to stick with him until he keeps his word for once.

But at the end of the day?

It's like your brother says. You're not the one who saves him. Broadly speaking, you've made things worse and needed others to come save you. And what else is Robin really for? You thought it was about redemption and teamwork but guess you're wrong. It's about saving your self destructive, apparently two-faced and erratic father. And you can't even do that right.

* TT (2016) by Adam Glass is a racist ooc mess, but unfortunately it's still canon so I'm referencing here, though like a lot of works authors clearly wish weren't canon but are, it's been subsequently glossed over. Win? Maybe? Or not?

** again Zdarky's characterization of Damian is so outdated as to be ooc, and considering the way he constantly and explicitly uses it to illustrate Tim's strengths as robin, I'd argue there's. Also implications there. But the batshit insanity of the main batbook compared to B&R rn is crucial for this post, so I'm attempting to justify it. This time..

#ramblings of a lunatic #dc comics #damian wayne #batman and robin #i know i already made an animatic of steph to tears over beers by modern baseball (you know the bit)#but this post has made me think of damian in this context. weeps #idk i read batman 138 for myself and the ways Zdarsky structures it to portray damian as inferior is just. AUGHH IT MAKES ME SICK #LEAVE MY BOY ALONE #the fact that josh williamson (not a perfect writer but i generally enjoy his stuff) had to single handedly save damian-#-after didio left the company and make him robin/a hero again #ONLY FOR THIS STILL TO BE HAPPENING THE MOMENT DAMIAN IS IN A NON JOSH WILLIAMSON BOOK #SICKENING #anyways. imagine if these titles connected and created a greater narrative besides building to event books. would be crazy huh?#that's not fair B&R is enjoyable in its own right and I'd rather have the main batman book touching less things to be frank #but still #if they ever do the theoretical tim/damian robins miniseries that lives in my brain maybe this could be discussed in some way #anyway <3

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toxicyeuriii · 5 months ago

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Hello friend, may I humbly request, pretty please, a boothill×reader fic? The condiments matter not, for I need sustenance, food to feed myself. Please, oh great weaver of words, make me a tapestry of delectables, all in the image of our beloved boothill.

Hello anon! Thanks for the ask >///< first time writing for a hsr character and tbh I was bluffed with how the fic was gonna be but eventually I thought of something! I was going for a sorta fluff type, though you can interpret the type lmao. But honestly Boothill is such a fun character to read/write! Thanks again for the ask! I hope you aren't hungry after the fic ^^

Before you start reading though, reader is gender neutral and works as like a hardcore hacker/mechanic kinda (silver wolf and vill-v inspired) but honestly the hacker part isnt that noticable, you and boothill are in a relationship (ofc) and he calls you darlin and sugarplum.

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"And then that son of a nice lady came up to me and went pow-pow!"

Boothill exclaimed while you were working on a commission. The commission in mind was a gun repair for guess who? Boothill. His gun got knocked out of his hands during a bounty and got broken on the slide and muzzle, which is being a pain in the ass for you.

"Mhm...."

You said while getting a screwdriver and unscrewing some of the screws that are on the gun.

Boothill apparently thinks that he needs to explain how his gun got damaged, which he doesnt honestly. Though you dont say anything, it's better than silence if you're being honest. And, you know he wont shut up anyways.

"And then when I went to grab my gun, an' then that lil' shirt bag shot the gun outa my dang hand! Ha! But lil' did he know my other hand was a gun too"

"Wait so your gun was shot out of your hand?"

"Yeah, anyways I turned in that mother forker, hehe"

"Huh... Is your hand okay? Do I also have to fix that?"

You said with a little scoff.

"Bingo!"

He said while shooting a finger gun at you.

"You're paying me"

"Wait huh?, but darlin' seriously?"

"Well you shouldn't had been a idiot!"

You said while turning to stare at him, he looked baffled. He was getting a free gun repair while he got to just chill out on the workshops couch.

"Well I thought that you were gonna like, include it was gonna be free, sugarplum"

Sometimes you think he doesnt common sense. Which makes sense, no way you're going to give out a free gun repair to him because you felt nice and hes your boyfriend....

"Yeah well, you can give me some credits, thats the least you owe me"

You said with a little smile, you also like messing with him. You dont have a good poker face to he honest...

He crosses his arms and lays back.

"Fine, whatever"

He was silent for a moment.

"Also quit that smirkin' "

He also said with a little smile, to to which he just covered up with his hat.

You also couldn't keep your 'annoyed' facade up, which you just started to chuckle.

"Stop acting like you aren't! Heh"

"Nuh uh, you seein' things darlin"

"Mhm, sure"

After a little silence his gun was finally done, which you took off your goggles to inspect further, and in your eyes it looked brand spankin new.

"Your gun is donee~"

"Finally, ha. With other mechanics it'd prolly take forever, good thing my sugarplum is the best"

He said while sitting up and coming behind you, while putting his arm over your shoulder.

"Thanks, darlin' "

"Yeah yeah, get on that table, gotta fix your hand now"

You said while getting up and pushing him over to the fixing table, it was mainly for him incase he needed a charge or a fix up. You put back on your goggles and then accessed the damage on his hand.

"Doesnt look too bad"

You said while getting the blowtorch.

"I'll just melt it and mold it back in its shape, good thing the bullet didnt go to deep and into your wires"

You said while also getting some metal scraps from the junk drawer.

"Make sure not to mess up my arm any more, darlin' "

"Trust meee, you know I'm good at what I do!"

"True, do ya thang"

With that you began to get to work, surprisingly it was easier to fix than that gun, which now, that gun is your number one enemy to fix. Though it did save you alot whenever you tagged along boothill in his bounty hunting, you occasionally did to get some data and neat stuff from whoever's yall were hunting for. Sometimes boothill would ask you to hack into security systems for he can get in there without any extra work, but mainly whenever he was feeling lazy.

After some melting and molding, his arm was like new.

"Done"

You said while rolling your chair around to where you put your blowtorch at. You sat up and stretched while taking off your goggles.

"Awe, ya such a sweetheart"

He said while standing up and stretching his metal limbs.

"Dontcha worry, I'll give ya those credits soon sugarplum"

"You better, 'sugarplum' "

"Hey!, that's my nickname for ya"

You chuckle while he comes up to you and ruffle your already messy hair.

"Yeah, sureeee"

He chuckles a little also while bowing his hat.

"Well i gotta get goin' see ya?"

"See you, dont get anything broken again.."

You teased while he hugged you goodbye and talking his departure.

"No promises!"

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Hope you all liked the fic! First time writing him so it might not be in character much, if not then sorry! Anyways have a good day and bye! ^^

#boothill #honkai star rail #hsr #boothill x reader #hsr boothill #boothill hsr #ily #honkai sr #star rail #boothill x you #boothill x y/n #boothill x reader fluff #Boothillxreader #Mechanic!reader #gender nuetral reader

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wiihtigo · 20 days ago

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Your g1->es starbee is so funnie and awesome In your mind how do uou think they got together in g1. Is it pre war. Cross faction romance. I want to go to the world of your transformers fanon

thank youuu^_^ the ES starbee 89 parter is somthn actually cooked up with my friend shayan so i cant took full credit for the vision. but i can take. half credit:)

basically they get together DURING THE WAR for some cross faction drama cuz theyre STUPID theyre so STUPID

(images included for visual aid)

so they start this romeo and juliet sort of relationship where they keep having to meet in secret to hang out

we didnt dwell too much on how this actually came to be bcuz we were thinking of this as like a real episode script for a 3 parter that would never exist and was thinking their g1 relationship would only be shown in flashbacks while it was already well underway BUT in the back of my mind i always thought it was something like: starscream makes the odd offhanded battleground sarcastic sort of flirty comment at bee and bee is like "??" and internally is like Wow thats crazy i never noticed before that starscream isnt just a huge ugly disgusting hideous mean ugly shambling beast, hes all that but also....interested in me?

i think what draws bee to starscream is that hes treated basically as the baby of the autobots, but going along with my favorite bee characterizations (g1 and the g1 mini novel story 'Joyride' where he kidnaps some delinquents and reenacts Christine and is overall really delightfully evil, ES and idw) hes kind of a jackass sometimes and not just the "sweet little bumblebee, friend to all" that everyone sees him as. I think bee finds his relationship with starscream gratifying because its rebellious and forbidden and also starscream treats him so differently from all the autobots. I also think he gets some sick pleasure from feeling morally superior to him and being able to tease and banter with him and having it always be ok no matter how far he goes because its STARSCREAM its impossible to feel sorry for him.

as for what starscream gets out of it: a scheme. clearly. LOL! I think when they first met up it was just out of curiosity and he planned to kidnap him maybe but for some reason didnt. so they kept seeing each other....and starscream was like "ok this is fine, if i build up trust with this scout maybe i can SEDUCE HIM TO OUR SIDE or take him in him as a hostage and get some brownie points w megs or take him apart and use him as scrap metal or SOMETHING"

i think a point of tension in all their little meetups is them simultaneously thinking "hes so easy to manipulate/I CAN CHANGE HIM"

I think starscream tries to pull a "i was born with glass bones and paper skin" on bee every so often but bee is too smart to fall for it lol. (basically what he did to hashtag in ES- he never learns!) but every once in a while during their talks theres..a tiiiiiny glimmer of honesty...something deeper inside past the lies and fakeass traumadumping that keeps bringing bumblebee back for more....

every time bee broaches the topic of joining the autobots it gets shot down and everytime starscream mentions him joining them bee is like "Are you out of your ever loving mind"

eventually things fall apart, as lazerbeak follows starscream out on one of their secret dates and soundwave confronts him at their spot threatens to snitch. Star is like "Wait i was just using him this entire time i actually dont feel anything for him at all but im sooo close to getting him to trust me enough that i can put on a convincing 'i wanna join the autobots' gambit pleeease dont tell megatron"............and then (dramatic sting) bumblebee was there the whole time...and heard the whole thing...........he givse ss a chance ....starscream digs his heels in and is like gah soundwave you just wasted months of work and soundwave is like ok lets just capture him. (lowkey he knows they were serious abt eachother and is using this as a way to make him choose between this bug or the decepticons) so starscream attacks bee and they capture him and in typical g1 fashion the autobots save him before 20 minutes are up but at that point all trust is LOST starbee is OVER theyre BROKEN UP AND STARSCREAM AND BUMBLEBEE HATE EACH OTHER NOW!!!!!!!!! (i think before optimus and crew showed up to the brig to bust him out starscream tried to come and talk to him when no one was looking but they got into a fight and starscream got genuinely angry that bee didnt believe this couldve TOTALLYYY BEEN AN INTENTIONAL GAMBIT...YOU SHOULDVE TRUSTED ME, so he digs his heels in even deeper and is like ITS TRUE I HATE YOU STUPID AUTOBRAT)

the war goes on. fast forward a million years. and they still havent talked extendedly since then. LOL

theres like a million things that happen in the ES portion but i feel like this ask response is long enough and also its not relevant to what you asked

#asks #stupid long post

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mitsuristoleme · 9 months ago

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Ayo it's me !

SO uhhh

Damn that's my first time requesting something and I'm actually nervous, so it's about that nightmare thing I talked about, so maybe I thought you could write something (like anything it can be very short), IF you can write for Choso (if you don't i get it) comforting reader after a very realistic nightmare and reader is still scared after waking up because it was basically taking place in that same room and still feels like they're in the nightmare (I don't know if it's clear, but basically waking up still scared and having trouble calming down and feeling reassured because what if it's real)

Rereading this I'm realizing it's confusing, but hopefully with that post you answered to you understand a bit ;; and if you don't write for Choso maybe you can do it with any other (adult) JJK character, I'd be fine with it!

hihi! sorry this took so long D:

i really hope i managed to write what you described

this is my first time writing choso (and anything nightmare related in general) so forgive me if he’s ooc😭😭 and im also sorry this is a bit short, ive been pretty swamped with finals

cw: nothing particularly??? reader has a nightmare, no pronouns used, not proofread

you shot up in bed scrambling for your glasses, your blanket pooling around your knees as cursed energy rushed to your raised fists, ready to fight.

“sweetheart?” came a rumbling voice from next to you, making you flinch.

“hey, hey, its just me. just choso. whats wrong honey?” your boyfriend’s words were followed by a warm hand gently tugging you back into a sleeping position.

he pulled your face into his chest, careful to not smoosh your glasses, a soothing hand running across your back.

“nightmare?”

you nodded, letting yourself fall limp in his hold, trusting choso enough to take care of any threat.

“you wanna talk about it baby?” he asked, as he leant back to look at you in the dim lighting provided by the barely cracked open door of the bathroom.

“not really.”

he hummed, gently taking your glasses off to rest them on the dresser on his side of the bed, switching on the lamp while he was at it.

“the light make you feel safer?��

“yeah”

you could tell he wanted to say something else, but you really didnt want to talk about the horror plaguing your dreams.

your bedroom was supposed to be your sanctuary and the stupid nightmare had ruined every ounce of safety you felt in your bed.

you tugged your boyfriend closer, hand reaching up to tangle in his hair, that he’d started letting down from his ponytails while slept.

he draped his arms around your waist protectively, something he did often, especially in public (you’d come to learn that he was incredibly protective of people he held close to his heart)

“i gotchu,” he mumbled into your hair.

you sighed shakily against the crook of his neck, a few tears escaping your eyes as the adrenaline wore off.

before you could register the loss of his warm hands from your waist, his thumb was gently wiping away the tears from your face and pressing a kiss to your forehead.

he held your face, thumbs catching the wetness as it fell, kissing you gently, and staying there until you stopped crying.

“cmere,” he said, rolling you over his chest to his side of the bed, further away from the door, “no facing the door tonight, ‘kay? we’ll keep the lamp on so its less scary for you, yeah sweetheart? and if you still cant fall asleep, ill stay up with you.”

you began to protest, but he cut you off.

“aht, aht. i dont need to sleep, and even if i did you’re more important. so shush and cuddle me.”

you smiled softly at him, making your way into his waiting arms.

“thank you choso.”

“anytime, love.”

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certifiedwomenkisser · 6 months ago

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one bed - 1997 daron malakian

OK SO. this is possibly the cringiest thing i will ever write BUT PLEASE MY GUILTY PLEASURE IS THE ONE BED TROPE I LOVE IT SM 🙏

one-shot, reader is gn!! :D

(it got rlly sloppy towards the end but i was so tired when writing this so please forgive me 😭)

daron held open the door to you and his shared hotel room, you thanked him and walked through the doorway before stopping when you got into the room, daron, who was still behind you closing the door, noticed you stop

"hey, what's wrong? is the room ant infested or someth-"

you both stared at the room in front of you, the room itself was fine, the view from the window was actually quite remarkable, the only glaring issue, was the bed, or perhaps lack thereof.

there was only one bed.

how exactly did you end up in this situation? well, you had met daron by chance at your job in the coffee shop in your town, one day he came in to order a coffee and just kept coming back, a simple relationship between a barista and a regular at a coffee shop quickly bloomed into a friendship, which led to you meeting the members of the band he was in (system of a down), you went down a treat and you quickly became friends with all of them, which led to you tagging along with them to their latest concert.

thinking serj was the most trust worthy member, you all decided to put him in charge of setting up accommodation. he booked up a quaint little hotel in the town where they were preforming, everything was well and good, of course until now.

you should've known better than to trust serj, the asshole probably did it on purpose. you were hoping that this was a harmless prank and that he wasn't aware of your crush on daron. you thought you had been slick, maybe slipping up here and there, but surely not enough to be noticable? you looked to daron to see what he thought of the situation

"serj definitely did this on purpose, right?"

he turned to look at you

"oh, 100%."

he sighed before putting his bag on the floor

"well, i suppose i'll sleep on the floor"

"no, no, you don't have to do that!"

"yes, i do."

"no you definitely do not!"

you squinted your eyes at him, determined to win this debate

he sighed once again

"you know what? we can finish this discussion later, i can't win when you're like this"

he chuckled, you giggled back

"haha, i win!"

"for now."

"yeah, yeah. sure."

you both left your room before meeting up with serj, shavo and john in their room, in which they indeed had three seperate single beds each

"so, how do you like your room?"

serj asked teasingly, oh, he knew what he did alright.

"i think we're missing a bed serj, you wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you?"

you punched his arm lightly, he shrugged innocently with a devilish look in his eyes

"not a clue."

serj, shavo and john started laughing while you and daron just looked at each other, embarrassed.

once it was getting late, you and daron went to your room.

he turned to you to attempt to win the debate from earlier

" i am sleeping on the floor"

"are we really still on this? daron, i genuinely do not mind, i'll sleep on the floor"

"i don't want you waking up with aches though!"

the argument went on for another 5 minutes before, somehow, daron finally won, but not without you insisting that he took your pillows to use as a sort of makeshift mattress.

you got yourself comfortable in your bed, you looked at the pillows on the floor beside you, this was ridiculous. you wouldn't mind sharing with daron, in fact you wouldn't mind in the slightest, but you weren't sure where his boundries laid, perhaps he didnt want to share with you because he preferred sleeping on his own? maybe he had a partner that he hadn't told you about, and he would feel bad about sharing a bed with someone else.

before you could get any deeper in your thoughts, the bathroom door opened and daron walked out. he was wearing a tight wife beater shirt with some loose shorts, you couldn't help but stare, the shirt he was wearing showed off his lean build perfectly, and of course, his face was looking pretty as always, you felt your face heat up slightly, you cleared your throat and awkwardly tried to hide your face.

daron, who seemed oblivious, just smiled at you and walked over to the window to close the curtains.

"are you really sure you'll be fine on the floor?"

as daron sat down on the pillows he looked up at you and smiled

"we've been over this, i'll be fine, i promise"

you couldnt help but fold at that smile

"fine."

you turned over to turn off the lamp on the bedside table before turning back over to face daron, who you could now barely see in the dark.

"goodnight daron."

"goodnight."

you werent sure how much time had passed, but you knew that it had to have been a while since u originally said goodnight, since there was no light behind the curtains anymore, daron had been tossing and turning the whole time. you leaned over the bed slightly and whispered

"daron.. daron!"

he turned over to face you

"yeah..?"

you could hear the grogginess in his voice

"please get into bed, ive heard you tossing and turning, you are gonna get no sleep at this rate"

you heard him grumble some excuse in his tired voice

"no, daron, i dont want to hear it! you're preforming a concert tomorrow, we can't have you falling asleep on stage."

he sat up, face inches apart from yours, just staring at you. you couldn't tell if this was supposed to somehow convince you to let him sleep on the floor, or if he was just that tired.

"come on, daron"

you sat up on the edge of your bed and held his face in your hands

"please?"

he was very clearly avoiding eye contact with you for a couple seconds, then he finally looked at you and sighed in defeat, too tired to argue now

"ok, ok."

you smiled at him and helped him pick up the pillows from the floor before setting them up on your now shared bed. daron climbed in beside you and sighed contently as he fell back into the mattress

"now you'll hopefully be able to catch some sleep"

"yeah.."

awkward silence.

"thanks for letting me share the bed"

"no problem dude.."

more silence.

"well, goodnight!"

"yeah, goodnight."

a couple minutes of silence pass, now that you finally had daron in a bed with you, you didn't want to let this chance go. you turned so that you were now facing him

"daron?"

"yeah?"

now that you had his attention, you weren't sure how to ask for what you wanted

"uh... this is probably a stupid question and you can say no if you want and i dont be offended.."

daron looked slightly concerned

"what's up?"

"do you... wanna cuddle?"

you said that so quietly that daron barely heard you, you were so embarrassed that you even dared to ask the question, your face began to really heat up now

"sure.."

daron said back, almost as quietly as you. he had also wanted to cuddle but didn't know how to ask. he awkwardly held open his arms for you. you quickly crawled over to him, laying your head on his chest and laying your arm across his abdomen, while he draped his arm over your body and left his hand at your waist

"are you comfortable?"

you asked, nervous about daron's sleep being more interuppted by you.

"yeah, im good, you?"

you smiled and rubbed your head lightly against his chest

"great."

you both smiled, content laying with each other

"well, i suppose this is the final goodnight" daron chuckled

"yeah..."

"goodnight then."

"goodnight.."

you paused for a couple seconds

"i love you."

you thought you said it quiet enough that daron couldn't hear you, but he heard alright.

that singular phrase kept him up all night.

#system of a down #daron malakian #daron malakain x reader #daron malakian x y/n #serj tankian #shavo odadjian #john dolmayan #fanfic

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xxxsharpcheddar · 2 days ago

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I feel like you have to tell everyone what he did. Did he have a girlfriend?

Well, here goes.

I’m gonna copy and paste what I said to a friend so feel free to skim cuz it’s a lot

There’s so much more to it. The depths of betrayal were throughout our entire relationship. And what sucks is I told him I didn’t wanna pursue anything more serious but he kept at it. He was hooking up with someone when we first started talking and I was fine with that but he said he stopped contact with her. Ok fine. Great. We decided to see if we vibed as well in person as we did online and video chat. I told him if I was going to visit him then we had to be exclusive if we were going to give this a shot. I know some people are willing to meet for fun but I was very clear that that was not the case for me. He told this girl back in January that having me visit him was one of the biggest mistakes of his life and how he and I were nothing but sexy fun. SHE DIDNT EVEN WANT ANYTHING SERIOUS WITH HIM! That’s the kicker. Two days after telling her I was one of the biggest mistakes of his life and that he and I weren’t serious and I was just his feeder, he texted me how dedicated he was to making us work. He said “I want the world to know that I’m yours and I don’t want any room for interpretations on that” among other things. Two. Days. Later. I have screenshots with the dates. I feel so bad for the other person too because he hid me from her. He was pursuing someone who didn’t even want him more than friends with benefits while telling me he was mine, only mine. His heart belonged to me and he would work every day to help me see that.

At the end he gaslighted me and said he couldn’t trust me because I told him I got cold feet meeting someone online before (who didn’t share the fetish) so he was just “protecting himself from me” despite me being honest and vulnerable and choosing to share that. We fell asleep on video call every night. We spoke every day. I carved out time for our “date nights” every night. But he wasn’t sure of my intentions? Give me a break.

Throughout our relationship he was saying things to the other person like “I’ll always be there for you. You deserve comfort. I hope your boyfriend knows how special you are.” He sent her sweaty pictures of him trying to elicit a reaction. This was very recent, like within the last month or so I’d say.

He’s a deeply insecure person who sought validation anywhere and everywhere - at the expense of people willing to make space for him.

I feel sick all over again. He had wronged both of us greatly. I can’t reiterate it enough how I hope he doesn’t hurt anyone again. I hope he gets the help he needs and the validation he so desperately craves. I hope he doesn’t do it at the expense of others. He was so perfect on paper. The perfect manipulator.

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spacedlexi · 8 months ago

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A little while ago you said that you have nuanced feelings on Clem x Louis, and I think that’s how I’d describe my opinion on the ship as well. I was just wondering, what makes you feel that way? Personally, I think they’re romance scenes are cute and sweet, but the whole situation with Marlon makes me unable to see them as anything other than friends. I think they both mean a lot to each other, but the idea that they’d want to date so soon after that whole ordeal’s a bit of a stretch to me.

putting this under a read more so if anyone even Thinks they might get upset about mild louis opinions they can move on and stay happy. seriously people take this stuff too seriously sometimes and i dont want to stir anyone up but also im allowed to have my own opinions OKAY. none of this means i dont like him or them OKAY??

okay

thats pretty much where my opinions are too

the stuff with marlon and the vote is Definitely the biggest thing that influences my opinion about their romance. i always forget just how Cruel he is in EP2 😭 like im on your side dude what aj did was wrong can we just talk about this 😭 but he votes to kick them out. like his reaction about marlon doesnt bother me, its his insistence on kicking them out that does 😔 my clem will always forgive him for it, i believe him when he says he regrets it, but its gonna take some time for trust to build again. for both of them

having only one scene between his apology and the lock in was just not gonna happen for my clem. she was mad at him for it. aj almost died because of it. she might be doing better now but she still has trust issues and her trust was broken just as much as his was. he was fine with never seeing her again, sending her and aj out to their deaths because he struggled to accept his confused feelings about marlon. that pissed my clem off shdfksd she is barely keeping this child alive let alone herself. her face when ajs kicking the wall bro she was like "its so fucking over" 😭 cmon bro look at her shes dead inside have some compassion. and he still hits her with the "i dont know [if i want you to stay]" even after aj gets shot like cmon man...... Cmon.........

and while shes waiting for louis to finally be ready to talk about what happened with marlon (which my clem apologizes for in the dorm, she does genuinely feel bad about it), her and violet are only growing closer, focusing on preparing the school together for the bigger problem. clem knowing vi has her back is a huge source of relief in everything thats going on, and that means a Lot for my clem, who appreciates the idea of having a partner she can rely on. my clem is already sure of her feelings for vi by the time louis apologizes. but she appreciates his apology, and is looking forward to being friends again, because she did genuinely appreciate his friendship at the beginning. but her heart was really truly Broken about everything with marlon and the vote and i think thats gonna take more time to heal. depending on player choice some clems might not even forgive him (some others might say he was right and that clem didnt stop it but... i do not agree with that.. like how could she have... aasim calls mitch a hypocrite for saying the same thing)

the other less important thing is just his general blasé attitude. my clem takes things seriously, but that doesnt mean she doesnt know how to have fun. she Wants to. she just Cant. she has a child to take care of first, and she cares about the survival of the group. its why my clem is looking for someone she knows she can rely on. she never wanted any of this, and she just wants a little support, someone to help take the weight off so she CAN relax. shes so tired 😭. playing with louis while aasim hunts by himself made me feel Dirty 💀 (i literally couldnt do it the first time i felt so bad AASIM WAIT UP). and while i can understand and appreciate his "there might not be a tomorrow so enjoy today" outlook, it cant come at the expense of the group. louis i feel eventually learns this, finding a balance between the two, and Becomes someone clem can rely on. but his change doesnt begin until like.. after the raiders take everyone (because we have to get through the marlon stuff first). and if you save vi, you dont get to see any of it 😔

the thing about these two problems is that, if you were to take them out of this setting and throw them in like, a modern au, suddenly these are not issues anymore. no more life or death. the stakes are a lot lower. so i can see them dating in that scenario and having fun together. they do have cute moments!! but also due to less stakes, theres less to motivate louis to change. and i think they would fundamentally just not click on their worldviews. clem while she can have fun, ultimately takes things seriously, and louis doesnt. that doesnt mean they dont care about each other, and clem definitely appreciates his energy, but its why i see them still ending up as friends instead of romantic partners (esp if vi is around IM SORRY 😭 they just Click too well for me 😔 this is why my messy au exists 💀)

i also understand this is mostly personal preference and some people might like them for these reasons 😭 but the dynamic that they have i prefer as friends personally. theyre supportive of each other and deeply care about each other, just not romantically imo. especially not after the stuff with marlon. and thats ok!!!! i see it a lot like louis' relationship with vi. not romantic. but they Love each other regardless. honestly the reason why i like clem vi and louis as a trio so much is that clem slots between them really well. louis who doesnt take anything seriously, and vi who takes things Too seriously. clem exists between them. knowing having fun is important but also understanding the weight of responsibility. she helps louis become more responsible, and she helps vi chill the fuck out. she brings balance :)

i will say tho louis' "nothing wrong with short and sweet, right?" line was cute he got me there

#louis 🤝 violet: being a huge bitch (lovingly)#violets the bitch of ep1 and louis is the bitch of ep2 (lovingly)(but also seriously)(its important to their Characters lol)#the fact they BOTH mockingly quote their hunting partners to clem is SO FUNNY!!! this is why theyre friends #louis can be Just as mean as vi is and thats important to acknowledge and i feel like its not acknowledged very much?#also i Do just have to say it frustrates me a bit when louis is talking about how he feels bad about leaving marlon on his own to lead #while he is Actively avoiding the task violet Just asked him to do. that she is now doing for him. because he wants to do something else #like.. bro youre talking about how you left marlon with all the responsibility but youre doing the same to vi Right Now 😭#it just rings a little hollow... i have other little annoyances like this but thats more with the writing than louis himself #like i Get the Intention #i get so scared talking about why i Dont like a romantic pairing people always take it as a personal attack ITS ALL PREFERENCE!!#im begging you.. keep having fun... Live Your Truth... im just a random person on the internet with an opinion #replies with lexi #incognito #twdg

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the-heaminator · 3 months ago

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"its no big deal" and "stay please" in one oneshot

A sad little mysh

A drunk Gilbert was one of two things, one of three things really but i am lumping the first two together but this is not the time to be pedantic.

Anyways.

A drunk Gilbert was either happy, horny, loud as the devil and about as horny, or he was quiet, still, silent. It was not common for gilbert to be like that, even sober, he was a man of movement, of work, of barely restrained energy that he now didn't know how to spend anymore.

But if he was still, something had gone wrong. No one noticed, at this stage of the party it would be foolish to even consider that half of the partygoers would realise a Category 5 earthquake was happening with how drunk they were.

Very few were sober, and of those who were, 3/4 of them were fucking someone's brains out. Ivan was too until about three minutes ago when Alfred physically and actively passed out under him.

He had found it strange that Gilbert hadn't lined up for him, and went to go find that little albino bastard. Found him quiet in a corner, observing, watching, filing, categorizing.

Gilbert was only like this while at war, with another country or his own mind, it didn't matter. But wat did matter was that he was fighting.

And he was in no state to do that right about now .

"Gilbert, old friend." They were not, Ivan was tipsy "Why you look like someone blew mortar up your ass?"

"It-it's nothing Braginsky, fuck yourself would you?"

"mmm, no, no time, people want me to fuck them."

"Then go do it."

"No, you, mysh, sad. What is it?"

"I said it was nothing Braginsky."

"Then I go!" He moved to get up, not realising that Gilbert had started to lean on his soft chest. Gilbert himself didnt realise it till the warmth was gone.

"Wait! No, no, do not. Stay please!" He wasn't entirely sure what possessed him to say that, he didn't trust the big lug, not by a long shot, but he needed him right now. In a way words couldn't explain.

"You are strange mysh, but fine. No big deal.

And there they sat, Ivan got the pleasure of sobering up in the house and not in prison for once, and Gilbert, Gilbert. Ivan's little mouse, had fallen asleep, he did not speak once after that, even as Ivan kept saying things for no apparent reason. No one was talking to him.

He didn't know why Ivan was making him feel safe, but he was. And for once.

For once it was okay.

#hws russia #hws prussia #rusprus #aph russia #aph prussia #rare instance of rusprus not being insane #the heam writes #hetalia #hetalia fanfiction

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cherrythepuppet · 23 days ago

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The Hunt

TW: Gun violence, general violence, needles

I definitely didnt write this one months ago and have been waiting to post it... Ha ha

Dante and Ditch: ZeddyZi

Rochelle: @sugarpuffzsstuff

Gram: Me

WINTER

Gram sighed aiming the arrow and shooting a rabit directly through the neck, Gram picked up the rabbit and took out the arrow “Oh, this won't last very long…” Gram frowned putting the arrow awayand walking towards LuLu

He tied the dead rabbit to LuLu’s saddle, Gram looks away, noticing a deer and he grabs LuLu' reins, tossing them onto a branch “You'll just startle it” Gram said crouchinig down and sneaking towards the Deer

Gram slides down a small ledge deeper in to the forest, He chases the buck and wounds it with an arrow. Eventually he gets in another good shot, but it still runs away “Oh man. How are you still alive?”

He pursues it, reaching an old mining camp “What is this place? Everything's cool. This place is not creepy at all. Oh-”

In the snow, Gram runs towards the dead deer, still impaled with his arrow. He observes it only to turn around and aim his arrow at a tree “Who's there? Come out!” He demanded before Two people come out from behind a tree

A man, carrying a rifle on his back, holds out his hand “Hello… we just want to talk” He cleared his throat but Gram kept his arrow up “Any sudden moves and I put one right between your eyes” He warned

“What do you want?” He asked and the man retracted his hand “Name's Ditch, this is Rochelle” the man, Ditch, told him “We're from a larger group - women, children - we're all very, very hungry” He added

“So am I - women and children - all very hungry too” Gram glared as Ditch glanced at the deer “Well, maybe we could, ah, trade you for some of that meat there” He suggested “What do you need? Weapons, ammo, clothes-” He was cut off

“Medicine! Do you have any antibiotics?” Gram exclaimed to which Ditch took a step forward “We do. Back at the camp” He replied “You're welcome to follow us-” He said “I'm not following you anywhere” Gram told him

Ditch stopped and “Little miss ballet can go get it. She comes back with what I need, the deer is all yours. Anyone else shows up-” This time Gram was cut off “You put one right between my eyes” Ditch chuckled

Then Ditch turned to Rochelle “Two bottle of the penicillin and a syringe. Make it fast” He demanded as Gram points his arrow at Rochelle who seemed hesitant to leave Ditch “Go on…” Ditch muttered

Rochelle glanced over at Gram then nodded before leaving cauisng Gram to point his arrow back at Ditch noticing his rifle “I'll take that rifle too” Gram said, Ditch nodded then walked closer to Gram and placed the rifle in front of him on the ground

Then Ditch walks back a few feet. Gram puts his bow and arrow away then picks up the rifle, He pulls back the bolt to see it is loaded then aims it at Ditch while There is a long pause as Ditch looks around

“She's probably gonna be a while. You ah, mind is we take some shelter from the cold?” He asked, Gram thought for a moment then gesutered to the deer “Bring them with us” He said

Ditch walks up to the dead deer, grabbing it's antlers and proceeds to drag it towards a small barn. Gram keeps the rifle trained on him, After a while Ditch was tending a small fire inside the barn they took shelter in with Gram sat a few feet away holding the rifle

“There. You know, you really shouldn't be out here all on your own” Ditch cleared his throat trying to make conversation but Gram only responded with “I don't like company” “I see… What's your name?” Ditch asked

“Why?” Gram narrowed his eyes “Look, I understand it's not easy to trust a couple of strangers. Whoever's hurt, you clearly care about them. I'm sure it's gonna be just fine” Ditch reassured him

“We'll see-” Gram sighed as a moment of silence washed over the two of them but it was cut short once both of them heard a loud cry in the distance, Both of them recongized it as an infected cry as well

Gram and Ditch both stand up, checking the windows just before A clicker runs into the room, stopping at the door as it listens for sound. Gram steps back, causing the clicker to screech and race towards Him

However, a gun fires, two bullets striking the clicker down. Ditch, holding a revolver, walks up to the wounded infected, killing it with a bullet to the head “You had another gun?!” Gram shouted “Sorry” Ditch shrugged

Ditch looks out an empty doorway then He then holds his hand out towards Gram “Okay. I'd really like my rifle back now” He said “No! You have your pistol!” Gram exclaimed holding the rifle closer to his body

“I hope you know how to use that thing…” Ditch sighed looking back at the doorframe “I've had some practice” Gram muttered while Ditch shuts the door and puts a tarp on the deer. “No matter what, we have to keep them out. Cover the windows” Ditch told him

“Make every shot count now…” He added “I've done this before” Gram scoffed before suddenly Numerous runners charge at the mine, attempting to smash through the barricaded windows. DItch shot a few in the head with his revoler

Gram closed one eye and lifted up the rifle carefully aiming at some runners and shooting them perfectly in the head “You weren't kidding. You're a better shot with that thing than I am” Ditch chuckled

He turned to one of the broken windows then trying to push a large container in front of it “Gimme a hand with this” He said and Gram runs over and begins pushing the container “Agh, c'mon, c'mon…” Gram grumbled

They barricade a window, but a clicker grabs Gram. Ditch pulls Gram from its grip and shoots it in the head, saving him “Nothin' over here. Oh lord, there's a whole lot of 'em comin' at us. Don't let 'em come through the windows”

The two managed to kill the infected that got into the room but a horde of infected begin to surface in the distance “Screw it. We're gettin' outta this room!” Ditch shouted kicking down a boarded-up door nearby “All right, kid. This way!” He waved

Clickers begin smashing the windows in the corridor just as Gram and Ditch make up a set of stairs “C'mon. I'll block their path. Cover the stairs!” Ditch exclaimed barricading the stairway “Follow me. Through here”

He kicks open another door and proceeds in to the next room “Do you know where you're going?” Gram asked “I've never set foot in this place” Ditch replied “Oh. Great” Gram groaned as The pair run up to a walkway

“All right. Stay close” Ditch jumps over a catwalk barricade and Gram jumps after him but the floor buckles on impact “Oh shit!” Gram falls down to the ground floor “Hey, kid- you all right?” Ditch called out

“I'm fine-” “More clickers. Get outta there!” Ditch flees from two clickers while Gram returns to his feet and progresses through the ground floor. He eventually climbs back up but a clicker blocks his way

Ditch shoots it dead “ C'mon- door's this way” Ditch turned around and looked around as Gram notices a ladder “Here. C'mere, boost me up” Gram positions himself by the wall and Ditch prepares to lift him up

“You be quick… keep a lookout for those things” Ditch said boostinig Gram up who struggled to climb for a second but got up there, Gram made his way to the other side where the ladder was and pushed it down

Ditch picked up the ladder and set it up against the other wall then climbed up waiting for Gram who was already up there from the catwalks, Ditch blinked then shrugged before kicking open another doorway

They run across an enclosed bridge towards an elevator room “There's gotta be a way outta here…” He grumbled as In a far elevator room, Gram finds a corpse “Geez. Looks like someone already fought those things and lost” He said

Ditch looked over and sighed “Oh, Lord. I've been lookin' for these boys. Doesn't matter. Grab their gear. I'm gonna look for an exit. Keep your eyes open for anything we can use!” He told Gram

“See anything?” “It's a dead end. How on earth did they use this building?” So what do we do?” “We hold our ground” “Is there any other choice?” “We die. Get ready” Several runners climb onto the roof and begin smashing through the windows

A runner came up behind Ditch but Gram shot it with the rifle and dug through his backpack looking for a nailbomb he took for Dante then placed it by the doorway “Stay away from that!” He warned Ditch

More runners joined by clickers begin running up the bridge but the nailbomb effectively blew them all up “Huh… Well aint that something” Ditch chuckled “How many of these things are there?!” Gram shouted

“I have no idea. Just keep at it-” They hear an odd infected noise before a bloater jumps down from the roof onto their level “It's a bloater!” Gram yelled “A what?!” “One of those big fucking guys!”

Gram tooks a moltov from one of the corpse and throws it at the Bloater who screeches “Aim for the spores on its body!” Gram said and Ditch shot one of the spores with his revoler while Gram shot the second one with his rifle

The bloater tossed one of His spores at Gram buut Ditch pulled him out of the way then shot the last spore with his gun and the bloater fell to the ground, dead. “You know, I think we did it” Ditch chuckled

“Like we killed all of 'em?” Gram asked “Don't sound so disappointed” Ditch replied “More like disbelief…” Gram grumbled “I'll check the bridge” Ditch said walking to the bridge and looking outside

“Listen” Ditch added as Gram walks up next to him “No infected…” Gram sighed “No infected. What'd I tell ya? All right. Let's head on back, check on that buck of ours” Ditch and Gram return to the shack, the fire nearly burnt out. Ditch walks over to it, picking up a stick and begins tending it again

He looks at Gram, who sits across from him, having placed his rifle down beside him “You handled yourself pretty nicely back there. Ha, whew. I'd say we make a pretty good team” Ditch told him while Gram warmed his hands on the growing fire

“Psshh. We got lucky” Gram scoffed “Lucky? No, no… No such thing as luck. No you see I believe that everything happens for a reason” Ditch replied “Sureee” Gram rolled his eyes “I do and I can prove it to you”

“Now, this winter has been especially cruel. A few weeks back, I ah… sent a group of men out- nearby town to look for food but nly a few came back. They said that the others had been ah, slaughtered by a crazy man. And get this, he's- a crazy man traveling-”

Ditch looked up at Gram and pointed his stick at Gram “with a little boy” Ditch said causing Gram to tense up “You see? Everything happens for a reason” Ditch smirked as Gram reaches for his rifle, picks it up and stands away from Ditch, aiming the rifle at him

Ditch dismisses it, tending to the fire again while Rochelle enters the doorway, having heard the conversation but Gram hasnt noticed her as She draws her pistol and aims it at Gram “Now don't get upset. It's not your fault” Ditch told Gram

He looks up and sees Rochelle in the doorway then He looked back at Gram “You're just a kid. Rochelle, lower the gun” He demanded and Gram turns, seeing Rochelle aiming at him “Mon amour-” “Lower the gun”

After several seconds, Rochelle complies albeit reluctantly then Ditch turns back to the fire “Now give him the medicine” Ditch added as Rochelle tosses the bag of penicillin at Gram's feet, Gram reaches down and picks the bag up, still aiming at Rochelle

Gram begins edging towards the door “Move the fuck out of the way” Rochelle complies, moving towards Ditch although She keeps watching Gram as he reaches the doorway, still aiming at him

“You won't survive long out there. I can protect you” Ditch offered “No thanks” Gram runs off. Ditch stares momentarily before tending the fire again…

Gram ran through the snow, he stops, looking back briefly before continuing and he eventually reaches LuLu, still hooked to a branch ‘Let's get out of here” Gram remove her reins form the branch then mounts LuLu and races off

The pair come within sight of a small town, Gram dismounts LuLu, pulling him towards a house. They enter a garage, where he shuts the door by jumping up and He briefly stands with LuLu before heading into another room

Grram ran down a flight of stairs into a basement then he stops in front of Dante, lying on the floor with a blanket over him, shaking “Dante?” Gram asked as Dante let ouf a small exhale causing Gram to sigh out of relief

Gram bends down next to him “I only managed to get a little bit of food but I did get this” Gram said pulling out the bag of penicillin, Dante mumbled something but Gram coulnd tunderstand him

“Move your arm” Gram told him moving his blanket to the side as Dante moved his arm and Gram pulls up Dante’s t-shirt, revealing his stitched up wound on him torso and making Gram wince

He prepares the penicillin then injects it into him, causing Dante to grunt in pain before Gram removes the needle “Sorry. All done” Gram puts the syringe away and pulls Dante’s blanket back over him

Gram lays down beside him as Dante shivers intensely “You're gonna make it” Gram mumbled resting his head on his bag and goes to sleep…

Gram startles awake as Dante sleeps, Gram hears a noise and vaults onto an old washing machine to look out a window and he sees a group of men wandering the area, appearing to be looking for someone

He quickly realizes they are from Ditch's group “Oh, fuck. They tracked me” He jumps down to Dante “I'm gonna draw them away from here. I'll come back for you” He picks up his bag and runs up the stairs, leaving Dante behind

Gram leaves the garage, lowering the door quietly. he mounts LuLu and begins riding towards the streets while Several of Ditch's men roam the area, Gram tries sneaking by on LuLu, but gets grabbed by one of Ditch's men

“Hey! I got him! Get your ass ov-” Gram draws his switchblade and stabs them in the throat. The man falls to the ground but The others now face him in the distance “What are you waiting for? Shoot him!” “But Ditch said-” “Fuck Ditch. Shoot him now!”

Gram rides through the deserted resort, evading gunfire from Ditch's men, Gram gets past the street patrol but more men appear from inside the various houses, rifles in hand “Come get me, you fuckers!” Gram shouted

Gram and LuLu reach the town's exit but two more men appear on top a disused van, The last man aims with his hunting rifle and fires, shooting LuLu straight through her neck who lets out a cry before collapsing over the nearby ledge, throwing Gram down a large hill

LuLu lies motionless, dead. Gram picks himself up, seeing LuLu’s corpse “Oh man… No… Oh shit. Okay…” Gram gets up and begins running towards nearby cabins. The gun men above run to the ledge and look down

Gram takes refuge in a cabin nearby. he reaches the front where another group of Ditch's men are searching for him “Are we really killing him? Ditch said he wants him alive” “He doesn't get to make that call. Rochelle said to me it's the boy from the university. How many of our guys were killed there?”

“Oh shit. I didn't know that was him. Screw Ditch, then. I ain't taking a chance with this” “I just want to finish up and go home. I'm freezing my ass off” Gram sneaks past the rest and finds the exit along a broken cliffside path

“Nature track… Okay, that should get me out of here” Gram begins crossing ledge over the lake “You got this, Gram. Okay, don't fall in the water. Don't fall in. Oh, shit… Okay” He makes it across to find a blockage at a culvert

Gram Moves blockage by pulling it out of the way “Agh…” he moves through the culvert to find a large hunting lodge on the riverbank “That's the way back. Hang in there, Dante” Gram moves towards the hunting lodge and sneaks into

As he moves towards the back end of the lodger, three searchers spot him “he's on this side of the lodge!” “Hey, kid! Stop this shit and put your weapons down! You’re outnumbered and outgunned, you’ve got one shot here! Alright, you’ve already had your chance!”

Grams kills the last pursuers and moves to the exit. He pushes against it, but just as He opens it, Ditch grabs him from behind and Gram draws his switchblade, but Ditch grabs his arm and pulls him to the ground

“Relax… Keeping you alive here!” Ditch exclaimed “There you go. There you go” Ditch knocks Gram out with a sleeper hold and slowly lowers Gram to the ground…

#ramshackle #ramshackle gram #ramshackle dante #ramshackle ditch #ramshackle rochelle #ramshackle au #tlou au #au writing #au post

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myfavdeatheater · 2 months ago

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Sweater Weather

one shot after the great war Draco appolzies to Hermione and give her a sweater when she's cold

It was a chilly october night and Draco had found himself in the library studying for class. it was after the great war so everyone was learly about him even though he quit the death eaters and helped harry defet the dark lord he wasnt sure if he would return the same as all the others but if he wanted to restore his image running away wasnt the way to do it so he back a shadow had passed by him he looked up and he froze it was hermione Granger he hadnt seen her truely since that night in malfoy manner sure they were there for the second great war but she was too busy being the hero she looked different she sat down about 5 chairs down and pull out a text book about charms he noticed her arm the jagged pink lines peeking out from her sleeve made him sick to his stomach the night flashes in his mind bellatrix pinning her down and cutting the slur he used to call her all the time into her arm her scream he can still hear echoing he wanted to step in and stop his aunt from hurting his class mate but he didnt and he hated himself for it since that night he has never said the word mudblood since he decided then and there that he would appolizge to her or atleast try to he dosent expect much he picked up his belongings and his quidditch sweater he quit playing but still kept it and moved to sit next to her when he pulled out the chair her head snaped up and met his gaze her eyes widden in shock and little in fear he didnt blame her but she stayed quit as he sat down not being the first person to speak they sat in silence for five minutes while draco put his words together

“Hello hermione” he said softly she looked at him and replied

“ Hello Draco.” she said clipped clear distaste in her tone “ how are you? How have you been?”

She rolled her eyes “ you mean after you helped the dark lord almost kill everyone at hogwarts” she paused “ but myself ive been fine” she tugged down her shirt sleeve more draco sighed “ granger i wanted to appolize for everything ive done to you and otherwise” Hermione put her quill down and turn to look at him and when she did her breath got caught in her throat draco was always handsome but he was a deatheater and he was the bad guy and as a ‘hero’ she couldnt be seen entertaining someone like him but that was before everything happened and she was byherself at hogwarts because harry and ron decided not to return so she was all by herself and the loneliness is starting to get to her she looked at him pointedly “ okay so applozie and you have a small list” that made draco smirk a bit because that was exactly something she would say “ well for starters im sorry i didnt stop my aunt for doing what she did to your arm i wanted to stop her but i would have been killed myself and i was scared i made a lot of choices i regret daily but that one plays in my head alot and i just i feel so awful and if theres anything i can do please let me know” her eyes were blurry with tears shes been trying to forget that night in the manor she had nightmare for weeks afterwards she shes getting over it now and when draco mentioned her arm she unconsciously looked a this and his dark mark he noticed and added “ im not a death eater anymore after my father was put into azkaban and i was on house arrest it gave me a lot of time to think and didnt want my life to end up like my fathers and i quit unfortunately im stuck with the mark forever” she shrugs “ im sorry your stuck with it and i appreciate the apology and i understand why you didnt do anything i mean its not right..at all but i understand. Just be the good guy from now on and it will take a while to fully forgive and trust you because you did so much damage draco.. But with time i think i can find myself forgiving you” she give him her kind smile he smiled back at her a genuine smile in a really long time just then a breeze came through the library and Hermione shivered she tried to play it off but draco noticed “ are you cold Granger?” “ no draco i'm fine thank you” as a another shiver coursed through her body draco pulled his sweater out from behind the chair and handed it to her “ no draco i can take your quidditch sweater..i mean what would people think” he shook his head “ granger you cant let people make decisions for you,come on just for today i'll take it back tomorrow if you'd like just take it your cold” she sighed and took the sweater and put it on and she couldn't help but immediately smell his cologne and it was warm and soft she was distracted by the cozyness of the sweater she didn't notice draco standing up she look at him “ see you later granger” and he winked at her and walked away her cheeks were tinted pink the rest of her studying went on without anymore excitement i mean she got some looks for wearing draco's sweater but she expected it later that day in her dorm a owl came by her window and gave her a letter she look at it and it was from D. Malfoy her heart rate went up she was still wearing the quidditch sweater she just can't seem to take it off she open the letter and it read

Keep the sweater Granger you look better in it than i ever did and don't ever let anyone judge you for wearing it.

D. Malfoy

#harry potter #draco lucius malfoy #draco #hermione granger #october #qudditch #second chances

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q-gorgeous · 2 years ago

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They Think He’s the Ghost?

fanfiction

ao3

word count: 3820

Halfa!Dash AU, where Dash was at Danny's house for a school project, but started screwing around instead of working, resulting in Dash being the one to activate the portal and become a halfa/ghost hero. Being the only person Dash knows with any knowledge of ghosts (who won't try to dissect him), Danny ends up being his human helper who covers for Dash and helps him figure out how to defeat other ghosts. @raaorqtpbpdy The GIW see Danny and Dash phase through something and they kidnap Danny thinking he's the halfa.

i didnt know how to end this but its fine. this is kinda altered from my original invisobang idea but in the dash phantom au instead of canon au

Dash was walking with Danny down the street to the Nasty Burger. They had had a long day at school. There were way too many ghost attacks than what was warranted for one day. Dash was exhausted and he could tell Danny was too.

He was always amazed with how much Danny did to help him. If Dash was in his position, a regular human, he didn’t think he’d be able to do all the stuff that Danny did. But that just meant Danny was just brave as he was. He didn’t need ghostly, other dimensional powers to do it for him. Dash thought that was cool.

They had almost made it to the Nasty Burger when they heard the sound of ectoblasts echoing around between the buildings.

“Come on!” Dash said as he turned around. He watched the sky, looking to see where the ghost was.

There it was, flying above them. Dash was about to run to hide somewhere when Danny grabbed his arm.

“Look.” He pointed.

Chasing after the ghost was a GIW agent suited up in one of their ghost suits. He shot blasts at it from one of his ecto-guns. Many of his shots missed the ghost and instead made holes and cracks in the buildings.

“That guy’s here.” Danny said, still pointing up at him. “We’ve fought so many ghosts already today, maybe we could leave one for the GIW?”

Dash hummed. He did like the sound of not fighting another ghost today.

Before Dash could voice his decision, he was interrupted by the sound of a huge explosion. Him and Danny looked up and panic filled his chest when he saw that one of the buildings they were standing near was collapsing.

They made eye contact with each other and everything seemed to happen in the matter of a second.

Danny leapt at Dash, closing the distance between them as the building fell. Dash wrapped his arms around him and turned them intangible before the building squashed them. It hit the ground and debris flew everywhere, sending dust up into the air.

Danny coughed. “That was a close one. Glad you were here, otherwise I would’ve been a pancake.”

“What would I do with a flattened boyfriend?” Dash sighed. “I guess I’d be forever resigned to using you as my blanket.”

Danny laughed and shoved his shoulder a little. “We need to make sure no one’s hurt. We should get going.”

Dash shook his head and turned invisible. “There’s no we this time. If buildings are collapsing I can’t risk you being here. I’ll drop you off inside the Nasty Burger and start looking for any injured people after.”

Danny scowled. “It’s not fair you got the ghost powers. I want to be able to help more.”

Dash triggered his transformation while invisible and flew across the street to the Nasty Burger. “You help plenty. And trust me, dying was not a fun experience. You should know. You were there.”

He intangibly flew through the wall and into the men’s bathroom. He set Danny on the floor and watched as he became visible.

“Stay out of danger. I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

Danny rolled his eyes. “Don’t be surprised if I eat your food because you’re taking too long.”

Dash stuck his tongue out at Danny and flew back through the wall. He flew back towards the pile of rubble and cement and started scanning through it. He couldn’t see anyone on top of the rubble. That was promising. He went intangible and flew all through the rubble, checking for anyone that might have gotten stuck underneath.

He breathed a huge sigh of relief. There had been no one in the building when it fell. That was extremely lucky.

He was about to fly back to the Nasty Burger when he was being shot at.

“Hey!” He looked up to see the GIW agent floating in the air above him.

“Put your hands up, spook!” He shouted at Dash. “We’re onto you!”

Dash rolled his eyes. “Yeah, okay.”

He went invisible again and flew away. With how incompetent this agent was, leveling a whole building in the middle of town, he didn’t believe that he was onto any kind of secret at all. It was probably just some kind of bluff.

Flying back into the men’s restroom, Dash transformed and walked out of the stall he landed in. He washed his hands and walked out. He didn’t have to look for Danny long before he found him sitting in one of the booths, two orders of food in front of him.

“I’m back!” Dash swaggered over to their table.

“Wow, that was fast. Did you find anyone in the rubble?” He took a drink of his soda.

“Nope! How lucky was that?” Dash picked up his burger and took a big bite.

“Extremely.”

“I guess it wasn’t a good idea to let the GIW agent handle that.” Dash sighed. For supposed government agents, you’d think they’d be better trained at what they’re supposed to be doing.

“Yeah, I guess. At least we know for next time now.” Danny took a bite of his burger.

“Yeah. If this is how they go about capturing ghosts, hopefully there won’t be a next time.”

-----

Dash stood by the stairs leading up to the school’s front doors. Danny was supposed to meet him here ten minutes ago. It wasn’t unusual for Danny to be late sometimes, but this time Dash just had a bad feeling about it.

That was when he saw Sam and Tucker running from down the street. As soon as they saw him they made a beeline for him. They were out of breath and looked like they had run the whole way here.

“Whoa, where’s the fire?” Dash asked.

They were both panting, trying to get the words out.

“Took… GIW grabbed… Danny. They took him.” Sam forced out between breaths.

Dash’s stomach plummeted. “What do you mean they took Danny?”

“They thought he was a ghost.” Tucker said towards the ground as he hunched over, still catching his own breath. “They saw the two of you phase through something and they assumed it was him.”

“They think he’s the ghost?”

Sam and Tucker nodded.

“It’s probably because his parents are the ghost hunters slash mad scientists.” Tucker said. “They have no reason to suspect that it’s you.”

“We don’t even look the same!”

“Okay, yeah we know but that doesn’t matter right now. We need to make a plan to get Danny out of there. Where do we start?”

“Can Tucker figure out where they’re keeping him? Like what floor, wing, building? Are you able to get into their systems?” Dash turned to face Tucker.

“I haven’t been able to yet.” Tucker said solemnly. “But this is as good of a time to try as any.”

——-

The world came back to Danny slowly, and with a splitting headache. He didn’t remember what happened before he fell asleep. Or did he pass out? He couldn’t remember.

He could hear a beeping sound and then the sound of a heavy door sliding open. He pried his eyes open and didn’t recognize the room he was in.

“Daniel James Fenton.”

Who was that saying his name? Where was he?

“We finally caught you.”

What?

He struggled to turn his head to see the man who was standing behind him. Once his eyes were focused enough, he could make out a GIW agent.

His eyes widened and he remembered snippets of him being taken now. Them grabbing him. The looks on Sam and Tucker’s faces. But why were they taking humans?

“Why am I here?” Danny croaked out. His throat felt like sandpaper.

The agent scoffed at him. “Don’t play dumb. We know who you are, Phantom.”

Danny laughed out loud at the agent. He really thought he was Dash? How much of an idiot was this guy?

“What are you talking about? I’m not Phantom.”

“We saw you. When that building collapsed you launched yourself at your friend. When the building was on the ground, the two of you popped up unscathed.”

Danny could feel the pit of his stomach dropping. They saw that? He didn’t know there was anyone watching them.

If he was here that meant that they didn’t suspect Dash. That meant Dash was fine. It was better that they had Danny here. Sam and Tucker could tell his parents and they could get him out of here. They could sue the GIW. He didn’t know if they’d be able to do that if Dash was the one that was caught.

“It’s no use lying to us. Your time parading around in the human world is over, ghost.”

Danny swallowed. He could wait until they came to get him. He had to. “What are you going to do with me?”

“We have all sorts of stuff planned for you, Phantom.”

The agent wheeled over a cart filled with all sorts of different tools and weapons. He could feel his breath hitch.

He had to wait.

-----

“I’ve got something!” Tucker yelled over his shoulder towards the Fenton’s kitchen.

Dash ran over to where Tucker sat. Danny had been missing for a week now and Tucker hadn’t been able to hack into the GIW’s database until today. They were finally making some headway.

“What’d you find?” Dash asked. His hands were gripping the back of the couch.

“They have all sorts of files in here on Phantom. It says he was detained and that he’s currently being held in a compound that’s a ways out of town. It also gives me the floor he’s being held on as well as the room. If you give me a little more time, I can try to find a map.”

“Okay, great. That sounds good. Thank you.”

Dash walked back towards the kitchen where Jazz was sitting at the table. She was fixing them a meal. Something about how they wouldn’t be able to keep working if they didn’t have the energy or something like that. Dash didn’t have much of an appetite though.

Breaking the news about Danny getting captured by the GIW was hard for Dash. She hadn’t known about his secret, but Sam and Tucker convinced him that at least one of the Fenton’s needed to know where Danny was. He was still terrified of all the scalpels in the lab though, so he picked Jazz as the person he spilt all his secrets to.

“What did Tucker say?” She asked him.

“He’s got a location for where they’re holding Danny. Now he’s looking for a map. Once he finds that, we can start making a plan to get him out of there. I’m thinking since Tucker’s already in their system, he can disable the power or all the ghost shields or whatever they have inside so I can just phase in and get him.”

She nodded. “That’s good. I hope he’s doing okay.”

Dash cringed. “I want to be optimistic but it’s hard. The GIW literally collapsed a building on us the other day. My hopes that they’re treating him well aren’t high.”

Jazz took a deep breath. “I guess we’ll just have to hope that he’s still alive when we find him.”

“Yeah.” He looked away from her. He could tell she was worried out of her mind. Her hands were shaking as she stirred the potato salad she was making.

This was all his fault. If he had been paying more attention, or even went to go fight that ghost himself, Danny wouldn’t be in this situation. They wouldn’t have taken him.

“I’ve got the map!” Tucker shouted from the living room.

Dash bolted back to the other room to look at Tucker’s laptop.

He smiled when he saw the map of the GIW compound on his screen.

“Great. Now what’s the plan?”

-----

Danny laid on his back on the hard mattress that was on the floor of his cell. Memories of needles and ectoplasm flitted back and forth through his mind. Of experiments. The experiments with the electrified ectoplasm hurt the worst.

At some point, the GIW must have figured out he wasn’t really Phantom by now. They had to. They’d done enough experiments on him by now to see that he bled red. Why was he still here? They didn’t say anything about them continuing to hunt Phantom down. Were they really that dense?

Danny lifted his hand up and tried to brush back the greasy hair that stuck to his face. Instead of making contact with his hair, his hands clipped through his forehead, clipping in and out of intangibility.

He couldn’t tell if what they were doing to him was killing him. He was still here but the way his hands clipped through things- how he woke up and he was floating. It unsettled him. He didn’t know at what point it would switch from ‘sick with ghost powers’ to ‘dead with ghost powers’. He didn’t want to find out.

He closed his eyes again. He just wanted to go back to sleep. He didn’t know why he had woken up in the first place. He was always so tired now. He could just go back to sleep, maybe it would make this torture go by faster.

He was starting to drift off again, floating up off of his mattress when he heard the quiet whine of the power all around him disappear. Without the static sound of the electricity, Danny’s ears rang in his head as the quiet engulfed him. When he opened his eyes it was dark. He couldn’t see anything.

Then he could hear shouting outside his room. A couple of GIW agents ran past his door, the pounding of their feet fading away as they ran down the corridor. Danny’s brows furrowed. What was going on?

Then suddenly, a bright light was phasing its way into his cell. It took Danny’s eyes a moment to adjust to the sudden light, but when they did he nearly burst into tears. Standing in front of him was Dash.

“I found him!” Dash was talking into the pair of Fenton Phones he had in his ears. “Try to keep them from turning the power back on for a couple more minutes! We’ll be out soon!”

He looked at Danny and quickly walked towards him. When he tried to grab Danny, his hands phased right through him. Danny’s eyes filled with tears.

“This wasn’t what I wanted. When I said I wanted ghost powers to help I didn’t- this wasn’t what I…” Danny trailed off.

“I know.” Dash said. He scooped Danny up off the floor of his holding cell in the GIW compound, his hands able to hold him this time. “It’ll be okay. We’re getting you out of here.”

Danny wrapped his arms around Dash’s neck and nodded. He could feel as they flew away. As they phased through walls and floors, he could hear various shouts from the GIW. He didn’t know if they were invisible or if the GIW were tracking Dash with one of their tracking devices. But soon enough they were phasing through the last floor and then they were in the nighttime air. Danny took a deep breath of it and gripped Dash’s neck harder.

“We’re out!” Dash said into the Fenton Phone’s. Danny could hear Sam and Tucker cheering faintly from the headset.

They flew quickly away from the compound and through the surrounding forest. This was the fastest Dash has ever flown with Danny. How bad did he look that he felt he needed to go this fast?

Even with the speed, Danny could feel himself nodding off in Dash’s arms. That probably wasn’t good, but he was still so tired. Maybe resting wouldn’t be so bad.

-----

The next time he woke up, he was startled by the bright lights above him. How did he get back into the compound?

He thrashed around, trying to throw off whatever was on top of him. He was about to rip out whatever was sticking out of his arm when a big hand stopped him.

“Danno! It’s okay! You’re safe!”

Danny suddenly stopped at the sound of his dad’s voice. Looking around, he could finally take in his surroundings. He was inside Amity Park’s hospital.

“Mads, Danny’s awake!” His dad called.

His mom darted into the room and looked at him. Tears filled her eyes and she rushed her way to his bed and put her hands on both of his cheeks and kissed him all over his face. He wanted to be embarrassed but all he could do was smile as tears ran down his face.

“We were so worried about you!” His mom cried. “You’d been missing and we didn’t know what happened. We were getting ready to assume the worst when Jazz called and said that Phantom found you!”

“Those damned government agents are going to get what’s coming to them.” Jack said. Danny didn’t think he’d ever seen his dad this angry before. “Vladdie’s got all sorts of lawyers and he’s ready to give us all of them to get this agency disbanded.”

“If they think they can get away with hurting my baby, they have another thing-”

His mom got interrupted by a knock on the doorframe. Danny turned his head to look and standing there was Dash holding a bouquet of flowers. His mom smiled at him.

“We can talk about this later. I’ll go get your doctor and let him know you’re awake. I’m sure your boyfriend wants to say hello to you.”

He watched his parents file out of the room. His mom gave Dash a hug on her way out and then it was just the two of them.

Dash walked over and set the bouquet of flowers on the table next to Danny’s bed. He sat down in the chair his dad had just been occupying and grabbed Danny’s hand tightly.

“I’m glad you’re okay.” He whispered. “I thought you weren’t going to be at first.”

“What happened?” Danny asked.

“You fell asleep while we were flying away from the compound. I thought maybe you were just tired, but then you weren’t responding when I got you home. Jazz told me to bring you here while she called your parents to tell them you’ve been found.”

“Oh.” Danny said quietly. “But I’m okay now. You guys saved me.”

Danny’s hand clipped through Dash’s.

“I’m sorry. You wouldn’t have been taken if it weren’t for me. I should’ve just gone and fought that ghost that day.”

“What? No, it’s not your fault. I was the one who suggested we just let the GIW handle it. Besides, they thought I was you because of the way I launched myself at you before you turned us intangible.”

“But if we’d been paying more attention-”

“I would have been so much more scared if it had been you in there.” Danny whispered. “Without you to do the rescue mission, there would have been no plausible way to get you out. We would’ve had to reveal you and fight it legally but who knows how long you would’ve been in there for.”

“But you almost died, Danny!”

“But I didn’t.”

“Yeah, but-”

“Hi, Danny!” A doctor walked in, followed closely behind by his parents. “Glad to see you’re awake already!”

“How long was I asleep for?” Danny asked.

“Only between a day or two, but we expected you to be asleep much longer due to what your body was put through.” The doctor’s voice grew a bit more solemn. “Due to what those government agents did, you have suffered from acute ectoplasmic poisoning.”

“Ectoplasmic poisoning?”

“Yes. This isn’t something we’ve ever encountered before. We’re going to discuss treatment plans with your parents. They’re going to help us find out if it’s possible to separate ectoplasm from living tissue.”

“And if it isn’t?” Danny asked.

“Then we’re not sure that that will ever go away.” The doctor gestured to where Danny’s fingers were clipping through Dash’s hand again.

“Oh.” He said quietly.

“We’re going to keep you here for a couple more days for observation and then you’ll get to go home once we know there’s no more risk of the ectoplasm causing further damage.”

“We’re going to go with the doctor and share our research with him so we can figure out how to treat this.” His mom smiled at him. “We’ll come visit you later.”

“With a bowl of fudge!” He said cheerily.

“Thanks, guys.” Danny smiled.

They walked back out of the room with the doctor. Danny could feel Dash’s eyes on him again.

“Danny, please don’t sacrifice yourself for me.”

He wrinkled his nose. “What am I supposed to do? Tell them you’re Phantom? I didn’t want them kidnapping my boyfriend.”

“How do you think I felt?”

Danny fidgeted in his bed. “It’s one thing for them to make a mistake and kidnap me. If I kept trying to convince them I wasn’t Phantom then they would’ve gone for you next and it would’ve been my fault.”

“Danny, no-“

Paulina burst into the room, interrupting them. “I was gone for two weeks to visit my grandparents in Columbia just to come back and find out Danny got kidnapped and no one told me?”

Tucker ran into the room behind her, out of breath. “We tried to stop her.”

“Like I said, Paulina, we were kind of occupied.” Sam said as she walked in behind them.

“We didn’t want to ruin your vacation.” Dash shrugged. “Besides you wouldn’t have been able to do anything besides worry, being in Columbia and all.”

She turned her nose up in the air. “It still would’ve been nice to know, is all.”

“Your parents told us about what your hands keep doing.” Sam said quietly.

Everyone looked at him where his hands were still intangible in Dash’s hand.

Danny took a deep breath. “It’ll be fine. It’ll go away, or it won’t, or maybe I’ll just be a little like Dash. That’s okay.”

Dash was silent for a moment before speaking. “Even though I’m still upset you’d sacrifice yourself to protect me, thank you for being brave for me. It’s something that I admire about you. I wish I didn’t need ghost powers to be brave.”

Danny smiled at him. “It’s easier to be brave when you have someone else to be brave with.”

“Barf.” Sam said. “You guys are making goo goo eyes at each other.”

“Enough with all this depressing nonsense.” Paulina said. “Who wants to see pictures of my abuelita?”

Danny barked out a laugh. “Way to lighten the mood, Paulina. Sure, let’s see some pictures of your abuelita.”

Even if this ectoplasmic poisoning didn’t ever go away, Danny was at least thankful he had people here to help him be brave.

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“The White Fang are nothing but terrorists and criminals!”

“They’re misguided and tired of always being beat down! What else were they supposed to do when the rallies didnt work?!”

“Not attacking others would be a start!”

“That’s enough!” Ruby yelled out at her teammates, a crackle of purple magic running over her fingers as her anger started to get the best of her. With a deep breath and a pinch on the bridge of her nose, she sat down on her bed and shook her head. “Arguing like this isnt going to get us anywhere. It doesnt matter if the White Fang are robbing dust shops or not, all that matters is why its happening.”

“Which should be a matter for the police,” Yang added. “Not us.”

“Its the White Fang and I can prove it!” Weiss said with a stomp of her foot.

“And how do you plan to do that?” Blake asked. “If it is the White Fang, then that means trying to find whatever shop is going to be robbed next and waiting for something to happen. We dont even know *why* the shops are getting robbed, much less who is doing it.”

Ruby shot a glare at Weiss before she could speak. “We can start figuring this out tomorrow. For now, maybe its best we all separate for a bit, cool off, and regroup about this later.”

“Fine,” Weiss huffed.

Ruby leaned back against the wall and let out a groan as she heard the door slam shut. Everything had gone wrong quicker than she expected, not that she really expected anything to go right between her team. With Weiss getting upset at everything, Blake keeping her distance from the rest of the team, and Yang being Yang, it was a miracle no one had killed the other yet.

Blake sat down on her own bed, hand stopping before she reached her bow. “Do… do you two really think it was the White Fang?”

Yang shook her head. “If anything it was probably that Torchwick guy Ruby ran into before school started. He robbed a store once before, what’s stopping him from robbing another?”

“And you, Ruby?”

Ruby shrugged and sat up again, watching Blake’s bow as she spoke. “Not sure. Even if it is the White Fang, what exactly can we do about it? It’d be one thing to stop a robbery, but another if we run in without a plan. Besides, its not like they’d listen to any of us either. After all, we’re humans. They’ll end up attacking us on sight.” She mentally noted another twitch from Blake’s bow as she spoke. “Anything we do will be seen as an attack on them.”

“They’ll… listen to one of us,” Blake said quietly, her fingers twitching as she moved her hand once more. “They’ll… they’ll listen to me.”

Ruby raised a brow. “What makes you think that?”

“Because I’m… a faunus…” Blake said as she slowly reached for her bow and started to untie it. “I know what they’re going through, so they’ll listen to me.”

“I told you she was one of them,” Salem’s voice echoed in Ruby’s head. “She’ll sell you and your teammates out to them to save her own skin if she has to.”

Ruby closed her eyes to take a deep breath, hand clutching her knee tightly as she tried to drown out Salem’s voice. “And… you thought you needed to hide this from us? You could’ve trusted us.”

“I wanted people to get to know me for me, not assume what they know because I’m a faunus.” Blake slowly re-tied her bow around her ears. “And it was easier to hide it.”

“She doesnt trust you enough to let you know from the start. The semester is already almost over and you’re just finding out about her. Makes you wonder what else she’s hiding, doesnt it?”

“Be quiet…” Ruby whispered under her breath.

Blake looked up at Ruby. “What was that?”

“I… I need some air,” Ruby said as she jumped off from her bed. “I’ll be back before curfew.”

Yang put a hand to Ruby’s shoulder, squeezing tightly. “Are you okay? You seem a bit out of it.”

“I’m tired and need a little quiet.” Ruby pulled back and rushed out of the dorm and through the halls with her semblance, dodging through the other students and making her way out to the courtyard. She stopped her semblance as she blasted through the doors and made her way to the garden and slammed her hands against the stone in front of the water. “Why cant you be quiet?!”

“And how sure are you that you can trust Blake?” Salem asked as Ruby’s reflection turned into her. A smile crossed her lips as she looked back. “She couldnt be bothered to trust you or your team about who she is. And from what I know, she’s hiding a lot more than what she’s willing to tell you. How can you trust her as a teammate if she doesnt trust you?”

“I… I know she wont hurt me.”

“Do you know she wont hurt you? Or is that what you want to believe?”

“If she wanted to hurt me, she already would’ve, right?”

“Or she’s waiting for the right time.” Salem’s image started to disappear in the pond as a smirk crossed her lips. “Just because she hasnt hurt you now doesnt mean she wont in the future. If she is part of the White Fang, hurting you now would do nothing more than cause her to lose whatever standing she has. Instead, she’ll wait for the right time, walk you into a trap, and sell you out to save her own skin. Why else would she hide that she’s a faunus or continue to argue that the White Fang arent the ones causing problems?”

Ruby went quiet as she watched her reflection reappear, her thoughts starting to swirl around with Salem’s words. Of course Blake wouldnt hurt her. Then again, Salem words seemed to be partially right. While Blake did let them know about her being a faunus, it wasnt something she trusted to them until now. And even then, it wasnt something she was willing to tell Weiss, waiting until the Schnee was away before saying anything. She leaned back onto the ground and looked up at the sky as she watched the colors of the sunset and let out a sigh as she closed her eyes for a moment. “If I cant trust Blake, then what exactly do you suggest I do?”

“Keep an eye on her, just like you are with the Schnee. And at the first sign of betrayal from either, you do what you have to in order to stop it.”

“And if I cant?”

“Then I’ll help you.”

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