#I don't think there's gonna heavier or more graphic stuff for the time being

[mostlikelytofangirl]

Summary: They are both having busy evenings, important meetings, and conclusions to arrive to.

Characters: Meng Yao, Jin Zixuan, Jiang Yanli, Wen Ruohan (ft. Wen Chao).

New character appears in the form of one JYL :D! She’s here to be the nice older sister MY didn’t know he probably needed, but what is she if not a didi adopting machine, bless her.

Also WARNINGS!

WRH is doing what he does best here, meaning more shady stuff that includes implied murder happening off-screen, and arson bc why not :’)

[cskv11]

What lore predictions do you have for the b.o.b?

I really hope we find out wtf is going on between him and the Axolotl tbh

I really hope this ages well 😭

When it comes to his personal lore (as in origin story) I believe non of it will be true; he'll dramatize every detail he's physically able to, and he won't even try masking it. We'll be able to see his lies, but the truth will come out to be real clear when we'll read between lines (as in "liberated my dimension" means " Arson is my middle name and everyone that once knew me can confirm that I love burning people). The codes and ciphers Bill will leave hanging around the pages will contain heavier lore drops, but really decontextualized, and will be mostly gossip.

He will definitely give us some juicy lore about all these "higher" beings (?) that the Gravity Falls cast has encountered throughout the series, like Time Baby and Jheselbraum. Maybe he'll introduce us to someone new characters! But the thing about unreliable narrators is that you never know where the lies end and where the truth starts, so it'll mostly be a competition on who he trash-talks about more hahaha.

Of course, OBVIOUSLY, the Axolotl will be there. Not only because of his apparent connection with Bill, but the way Alex has portrayed them both in the promos he's posted on Instagram, makes me believe there's absolutely some deep things going on between those two. Personally, I feel like he sees the Axolotl as some kind of hypocrite and coward. He's envious the Axolotl is respected while Bill is plainly feared and "betrayed" constantly. There will be a bunch of pages dedicated to this guy - half of them just insulting him, the other half explaining how they met (while insulting him, of course). He'll make sure to let us know he's infinitely better than the Axolotl, in all aspects possible.

The Henchmaniacs! They will be there! Tho, I don't know if this book is supposed to be set before or after the events of Gravity Falls. Depending on what part of the timeline the book covers, there'll be more or fewer detriments directed at them. He'll explain the nobodies they were before joining him and how they came to him, dragging on the ground, searching for divine enlightment and loyal servitude. And he, as benevolent as he is, gave them the blessing of being his henchmen. If the book is located after the events of Gravity Falls, this will be flooded with irony (or maybe he's totally oblivious and doesn't actually care they made him a statue saying he's the worst).

Weird anatomical and physiological facts about himself! He knows what we crave, and he'll give it to us. We'll regret ever thinking of wanting to know how his eye-mouth-tongue operates! This will be extensively graphical, and there will be illustrations and schematics of it! I hope!

He'll explain to us what the hell he meant when he said he eats his own exoskeleton! (WE'LL KNOW WHAT'S THERE BEHIND HIS EYE???? IS HE SOME KIND OF MR KRABS BLOB OF FAT AND MEAT UNDERNEATH HIS very jazzy triangle OUTFIT?)

He'll take credit for an innumerable quantity of cults and important historical events he claims to have influenced, participated in, or fully provoked! Ford gave us the info he had about Bill's global influence, and Bill's going to expand on it and give us his side of the story! (Maybe he'll explain more stories like the one document Ford had that talked about "Billius Cipherus"?)

He'll tell us how he got his powers cause he ain't convincing anybody saying he just popped into the Universe like that. Sweet lore. He'll give us clues he had a sibling (<- I hope). He'll justify killing his family and explain the atrocities they commited against him. Maybe there really is some deep trauma buried in there? We gonna see tear marks when (if) he talks bout his family? Man, I WISH

Enchants, curses, summonings and all that stuff. They will be there.

And I'm gonna end this here cause I already have written too much and probably won't be able to correct any grammar mistakes I've made cause I'm ecstatic:

FORD...

You know he'll be there, you know half of the book will be about this poor babygirl, and he's gonna act tough, pretending he doesn't care bout nuthin but YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE DEEP IMPLICATIONS THAT THESE TWO WERE MORE THAN "STUDENT" AND "MENTOR". HE WILL TRY TO HIDE IT BUT WE KNOWWW WHAT THESE TWO LOOSERS WERE, WE KNOWWW THEIR DIRTY LITTLE SECRETT and I'm gonna be drooling about it –I won't sleep I won't eat, I won't drink, my brain will be picturing these two lil mfs wishing each other a good night ASHDHHSHS

Anyway, this is it for now, I apologize for any grammar mistakes that could cause potential brain damage! Thanks for the ask!

[mydearhosea]

Characters: Hosea Matthews, Arthur Morgan, Dutch Van Der Linde, Van Der Linde Gang

Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence.

Word Count: 1,280

This is a mix between two requests. I have little idea on how these sorts of injuries work, so don't mind if this isn't completely accurate.

Anon asked: all creativity has left my head and I think that's a clear sign we've written too much hosea whump, but HEY what about catching a bullet in a gunfight and being forced to keep fighting and/or escape the law afterwards? ft. arthur who's got hosea's back ofc best regards, a loving shyyy mutual :P

Anon asked: For the whump request- maybe Hosea being comforted by Dutch? Love your stuff 💕💕

Story under cut

Arthur couldn't quite believe it. Despite the fresh wound in Hosea's side, he continued to fight alongside everyone as if nothing had happened. His hand remained on his side in a rather feeble attempt to stop the bleeding, but no one seemed to notice what had happened except for Arthur.

As they slowly retreated back to the horses, hiding behind different areas of cover as they did so, Hosea started to become weak, stumbling over his feet and missing shots that he otherwise would have gotten easily. Only Micah out of all the other guys there seemed to notice what had happened, and he only laughed at him, making a few sly comments that made Arthur's blood boil when he knew Dutch wasn't listening. The eldest seemed to ignore them, too caught up in his pain and protecting himself to focus much on the teasing.

The moment everyone was able to mount onto their horses, they wasted no time urging them into a gallop in an attempt to escape the law. Dutch led the way, with all the boys trailing behind him, guns pointed in every different direction in case unwanted people still followed them. They were all more than grateful when things started to finally calm down.

"Dutch! Can we- can we stop for a minute?" Arthur hollered from the very back. He was almost unsure if Dutch had even heard him, but they eventually started to slow, all glancing behind them to see what the problem was. Micah was already snickering under his breath, watching amusedly as Arthur slid down off his horse and rushed to help Hosea off his own mount. "Hey... hey, you still with me?"

All he got was a hushed mumble against his shoulder, and he tightened his grip on him as much as he could without hurting him, having felt his body getting slightly heavier as consciousness began to elude him.

As Dutch slid down from his horse as well, he grabbed a blanket and some bandages from his saddlebag before hitching his horse by a tree and rushing to set up a comfortable spot for him to lie.

"You boys head home," he ordered firmly, waving a dismissive hand in their direction as he moved aside and allowed for Arthur to carefully lay Hosea down on the blanket he'd set up. "Make sure you ain't followed, 'n please Let Miss Grimshaw know that we're gonna be late."

"I'm- ah, I'm sorry," Hosea whispered the moment Arthur leaned in close to him. His voice was strained and low, and he grasped onto Arthur's hand in an attempt to keep himself grounded. "I didn't mean to be an inconvenience to anyone."

Arthur couldn't help but roll his eyes. "You ain't been an inconvenience," he assured him, and after shrugging his coat off and folding it up, he placed it down on the ground before carefully helping the eldest to sit back. "Lie back 'n use my coat as a pillow."

"That ain't necessary-"

Dutch cut him off, finally finished sending everyone on their way. "Let us take care of you," he hummed, and once he'd finally settled down beside him, Hosea took his hand into his own as a substitute for Arthur's, watching as the boy carefully peeled his bloodied shirt back to take a look at the wound. "How bad is it?"

"Ah, the wound itself shouldn't be too bad... the bullet, however, is pretty deep."

Hosea groaned loudly.

-

Arthur had never really gotten the hang of dislodging bullets from wounds. It made him uncomfortable, and he knew that Hosea was already in an excruciating amount of pain as it was. However, Dutch took to distracting him with gentle scalp massages and quiet conversations until Arthur finally managed to get it out.

"Well done, son," the man praised as he watched Arthur carelessly toss the bullet to the side before getting started on the bandages. He released Hosea's hand to help, unaware that the man had nearly fallen asleep, one arm draped across Arthur's knees whilst the other was straightened out beside him. As soon as the youngest noticed, he couldn't help but smile a little, reaching down to run his fingers through his hair, too. It was soft in between his fingers, and he realised he couldn't remember the last time he'd done a gesture like that. "You did well. That'll help with some of the pain, at least. Need help bandaging him up?"

Arthur thought about that for a moment, and then shook his head. "No," he whispered, gently squeezing Hosea's arm in hopes that he'd respond by opening his eyes. "I got this, I think. I just- could you, I don't know... sit him up? I don't think I can bandage him when he's lying down like that."

Without saying anything, Dutch turned his focus to Hosea who had heard Arthur's words and was already attempting to sit up. Before he could even get half way, however, he winced and grabbed hold of Dutch's arm to keep himself steady, allowing him to embrace his wounded body gently for comfort.

Arthur quietly cleared his throat. "Can I..?"

Hosea nodded grimly in response, and with that, Arthur got back to work, purposely taking his time to make sure it was done up properly.

The last thing he wanted was to have to start over, and he was fairly sure Hosea felt the same way.

Some time later, Arthur finally finished up and immediately helped Hosea to lie back down again, knowing well enough that he would be tired. The moment his back hit the blanket, he relaxed a ton and smiled up at Arthur for the first time in hours, his eyes looking heavy.

"Thank you," he whispered hoarsly, instinctively shutting his eyes when Dutch's fingers found their way through his hair. "I truly am... sorry."

Arthur rolled his eyes again as the apology left his lips for the second time. However this time, it was more lighthearted, being most of the stress was now gone. "Hush, old friend," he murmured, his hand gently intertwining with the older man's to give him some comfort. "These things happen. You ain't done nothing wrong. Not at all."

"Arthur's right," Dutch lowly chimed in with a nod. "Now rest up some, old girl. If you feel up to it, we'll continue our ride home tonight but if not, we can wait 'till morning."

It didn't take very long for Hosea to drift off to sleep, just like both his companions had suggested he do. They sat by the little campfire they'd built until the sun went down, keeping a close eye on the eldest until they were sure he was going to be okay. The only thing he could hear when he was conscious was the sound of the two talking softly amongst themselves about things he hadn't been listening to for long enough to understand, but even that eventually died down to nothing when they both decided to set up their bedrolls and get ready for some rest.

Once Hosea knew Dutch had fallen asleep completely, he held his breath and carefully menuvoured himself onto his side before poking at Arthur's side. Almost instantly, the younger man opened his eyes and sleepily hummed.

"Is everythin' okay?"

"Hug?" Hosea whispered.

It took a moment for the request to register to Arthur in his tired state, but as soon as it did, his lips twitched up into the ghost of a smile and he rolled onto his back before holding his arms out to him.

Then, and only then, did Hosea fall into a deep and undisturbed sleep with his face hidden away in Arthur's neck.