#I remember when they had been a duo for 7 years and we were all freakin out cause ‘if you’re friends for 7 years you’ll be friends for life

[phan-and-dil-tears]

15 years since these gay disasters met in person for the first time. Now they’re on their third world tour, living together in a house they designed, and living their best lives being with and doing what they love

[inuyashaluver]

Are we getting any Ona x reader Childhood sweetheart??

mi media naranja (my better half) - ona batlle

ona batlle x reader

description: in which you and your childhood friend watch each other grow up, going through different partners, life stages and miraculously ending up in a surprising result

warnings: it’s a long one - buckle up!! catalan in bold italics, mentions of cheating and tears

a/n: hiya, lovey! i hope you don’t mind that i tweaked this into a childhood friends to lovers situation, i really hope you enjoy❤️

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you and your best friend, ona, were the epitome of inseperable. your special bond was formed by years of shared laughter, inside jokes, secrets and late night conversations that stood the test of time.

you and ona knew each other better than anyone, the years of being best friends proving soulmates existed.

at first you both believed it was platonic soulmates but as the seasons and years went by, so did your dynamic, unbeknownst to either of you at the time.

it began through the subtle shift in stolen glances and unspoken words and conversations lingering in the air, something felt different for both of you.

little did you both know, the journey and progression from being best friends formed the very foundation of your relationship in the present.

—

[ 7 years old ]

it all started in school, a young ona experimentally kicking a football to a lonely you to test out the waters during lunch break.

in the beginning, you were incredibly shy, finding it hard to make friends at the time. her kindness made your heart warm and when you kicked the ball back, you both knew the other would be in your lives forever.

she came up to you and managed to get you to open up, she was pleasantly surprised to find out that you were quite chatty when you talked about something you were interested in. she loved it.

she’d listen to your words intently, each word engraving new lore about you in her mind, making an effort to remember as much about you as she could.

“one day, we’re gonna play together for spain and bring home a gold medal” ona promises, nudging your shoulder with hers as you both sat next to each other on the grass.

you laugh and nudge her back, nodding and holding your pinky up, she smiled cheekily and interlocked her own with yours, a promise you both intended to keep.

everyday at school, you and ona grew closer. your families were so happy with the fact that you’d made a friend so close, both of you at each other’s houses every other day. it just felt right for the both of you and everyone around you.

—

[ 12 years old ]

you and ona were joined at the hip, not even an exaggeration, you were never apart. you and ona had promised each other that wherever the other would go, you would follow in suit.

it was a non verbal promise but something that was just understood between the two of you.

you and ona had been scouted in your local club to join the youth barcelona team, both of you squealing and jumping around on her bed when you both discussed the situation. however, promptly scolded by ona’s mum that had you both in a fit of giggles.

because the two of you played together so often, each other’s playing styles were very much adapted into your own.

ona was a defender while you played in the midfield, the two of you always linking up to score a goal or an assist.

you both didn’t even need to look at each other to know where to pass or aim, the presence of one another being enough to score goals that had people impressed by your performances.

you and ona thrived in the barcelona team, labelled a dynamic duo by not only your coaches and teammates, but the spectators also.

—

wordless communication and care were the foundations of your friendship. the needs and requirements for the other person just feeling like common sense.

“you didn’t rub it in properly” ona laughs, pointing at the streaks on sunscreen left on the skin of your face.

“in case you didn’t notice, onita, i don’t exactly have a mirror” you grumble, attempting to rub the rest of the sunscreen but missing completely, making the brunette laugh even more.

“oh, preciosa (precious)” she teases, roughly rubbing the remnants into your skin causing you to groan and attempt to push her away.

“done” she cheeses out, giving your cheek a light pat before you shove her away jokingly. “you suck,” you stick your tongue out at her and she immediately returns the gesture, making you both give each other challenging glares before giggling with each other.

—

“my house or yours?” ona grins, passing you your water after training. “mhm, let’s go to yours” you smile back at her, she nods and you both chat as normal.

as soon as you got to ona’s, she gave you some of her clothes to change into and you immediately called your family to let them know you’re here and they already knew you’d ask to stay over so they agreed instantly.

you throw ona a thumbs up as she watches you converse on the phone and she pumps her fist in celebration, making you giggle before ending the call.

—

[ 17 years old ]

this was a difficult time for the both of you, it was when you both started exploring the dating world with other people.

ona got into a relationship first with this random girl, she was super nice at first, but when ona would spend time with you, she would get into insane arguments with her, her girlfriend claiming ona cared more about you than her.

and because it was her first girlfriend, she pulled back from you and you only really saw each other at training, and even then, the communication was limited.

you were heartbroken to say the least, losing your best friend over a girl, you decided to give ona a taste of her own medicine and began dating this girl you thought was really nice.

she treated you well, like a princess honestly, you were giddy and all round happier and ona, from a distance was happy for you.

she’d broken up with her girlfriend and she didn’t, well..couldn’t tell you since she rarely saw you. she regretted the whole relationship, it was toxic and manipulative and she wished she never ditched you for her.

but you were happy again and she would never jeopardise that for you. the only thing ona wanted for you was an endless amount of happiness, getting all the love that you deserved.

it was until you found out your girlfriend had cheated on you, coincidentally with ona’s ex that everything fell back into place.

with tears pooling in your eyes, you knocked on the door of the batlle residence with anxiety overtaking your entire body.

ona opened the door with a worried and confused expression, looking down at your kicked puppy expression that was ready to break down at any moment.

“nena? (babe)” she breathes out, a sob escapes from the back of your throat and you rush to wrap your arms around her neck, pressing your face into her collarbone as your body wracked with a heart wrenching sob.

she immediately holds you around your waist, rubbing comforting circles over the shirt you were wearing, saying nothing but just holding you close.

she tries to pull away to look at you but you shake your head and hold her tighter, she frowns at the sounds of your crying, lifting you up by your thighs and hoisting you up on her waist.

she hurriedly closes the door and rushes to her room, sitting on the edge of the bed as you cried into her arms. she whispers sweet words in your ear as you pressed into her.

you hug for a couple of minutes until you pull away, wiping your tears away with the back of your hands as you looked down at her,

“i didn’t know where else to go” you sniff, your nose red and your voice slightly congested. she frowns at you, using the pad of her finger to wipe away the tear rolling down your cheek.

“you came to the right place, this is your home too, i’ve missed you so much” she says softly, making a few more tears leave your eyes while she chokes back on her own. it felt like so much time but no time had passed as you explained the situation.

ona was pissed, making an effort the next day to give both of your now ex girlfriends a piece of her mind.

that’s when you both decided to take a break with dating, focusing on yourselves, football and each other. everything was back to normal and you were both incredibly relieved.

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[ 18 - 21 years old ]

as the years went by, you and ona only grew closer, you noticed the shift in your dynamic. the lingering stares and touching blurring the line between platonic and romantic.

you tried to think nothing of it, ona was always incredibly affectionate and if anything she was just being friendly.

if only you knew how this girl really felt about you. in love was an understatement but she didn’t and couldn’t say anything, respecting you more than anyone in the world.

she wouldn’t want to risk losing you, her best friend, her soulmate.

it didn’t really help that you both followed each other to every club, barcelona, madrid, levante and even making the big jump to manchester united.

the best friend duo left an imprint on every club you both went to, proving to be unstoppable in every league.

you were both so in tune and synchronised, ona even managed to assist you in a hat trick at manchester united, claiming it to be one of her proudest moments.

she’d hoist you up on her waist in celebration as she kisses your cheek repeatedly as the girls surrounded you in celebration. “mi niña (my girl)” she grins up at you.

you kiss her forehead in appreciation and couldn’t help but grow a little warm at the pet name, as well as the way she was looking at you as if you were the reason the run had risen in the morning. (she truly believed this)

sure you both got asked over the years if the two of you were dating and it slightly hurt to shut it down.

you received numerous questioning expressions when you’d say, “no, we’re best friends” but the two of you chose to ignore. you both didn’t like each other like that. (silly)

—

[ 24 years old ]

it was until you both decided to return home that everything took a turn. your comeback to barcelona as the dynamic duo had been highly anticipated ever since the transfer rumours came out. and when the contracts were finalised and you and ona were promoted together, it went viral.

falling back into the team with new and old teammates was fluid, and exciting. you both felt good about the whole situation, excited for the new chapter ahead.

ona had partnered up with aitana for training because alexia had dragged you away as soon as she could.

“you like her” she teased, your eyes widen and you give her a little slap on the shoulder, “no, i don’t” you grit out, making your captain laugh brightly.

“please don’t tell me you’re this stupid, have you seen how that girl looks at you?” she scoffs, “heart eyes, makes me feel sick” she mocks, you can’t help the little smile hinting at your lips and alexia smiles satisfied.

she prys the details from you and you surprisingly complied. alexia helped you realised that you’ve liked ona for a while, just never coming to terms with it.

you felt lighter after all of it was off your shoulders, thanking alexia for slapping some sense into you.

she humbly accepted as long as she was the maid of honour at your wedding, making you swear on your life that it would happen.

—

ona had also been in her own conversation with aitana. being one of your teammates for years as well as a close friend, she knew ona liked you, she always has.

she would beg ona to confess, knowing that you liked her back because it was just obvious to anyone with a pulse. she’d always shut down the thoughts quickly. but this time, she actually listened to aitana.

“ona, that girl is in love with you and if she isn’t, you can slap me in the face” aitana speaks with her hands, making ona follow the movements as she spoke.

“you’d actually let me slap you in the face?” ona laughs, aitana gives her a stern expression and ona stops, glancing your way to see you laughing with alexia. she smiles at your bright smile, making aitana shake her head and whisking she had her phone to capture the moment.

—

it was a team bonding session at alexia’s house, a dinner, movie, drinks type of situation. ona and you lived together, like always, so ona drove you both over. alexia opened the door with a hopeful smile but faltered slightly at the two of you just being friends when you gave her that little look of disappointment.

she gives you a longer hug than ona and it makes her slightly suspicious, she knew you and alexia were like sisters but she couldn’t help the funny feeling bubbling in her stomach.

she’d glare slightly whenever you and alexia would interact and it made alexia laugh, knowing that tomorrow you’d come to training with a girlfriend.

when you got in the car and saw ona gripping the steering wheel so tight her knuckles turned pale, you glance at her in worry.

“are you okay?” you ask nervously, she looks over at you for a split second before looking back in front. “i’m fine” she says flatly, oh you were in for it.

the rest of the drive was intense and quiet. the tension was unbearable. when you both made it home, ona bolted to her room and slammed the door shut, making you wince. you gave her about an hour to cool off before you cautiously knocked on her door.

“ona?” you say softly, you open the door to see her on her bed just scrolling on her phone, she instinctively moves over so you lie down next to her, staring up at the ceiling as she refuses to look at you.

“have i done something wrong?” you break the silence, ona sighs heavily, “no” she breathes out, turning in her side to face you and prompting you to do the same.

“do you like alexia?” she asks softly, you gawk at her in shock, “what? no!” you exclaim, ona’s cheeks burn a little, looking down to see your hand resting on the bed close to hers.

“why? are you worried?” you tease, ona bores her eyes into yours, “and if i was?” she says full of confidence, your mouth falls open slightly, just blinking as you looked at her in surprise.

both of you are pink cheeked with wide pupils, resembling a full moon. “what do you mean?” you utter, “nenita (babe) you know what i mean�� ona says hopefully, you pause for a moment before nodding, your bodies subconsciously moving closer to one another like a magnetic field.

“te amo (i love you)” you say confidently, making the girl in front of you break out into a bright smile, “te amo (i love you)” she parrots, you break out into your own wide smile.

you look at each other lovingly for a moment before ona brings a hand up to cup your face, she glances down at your lips and you inhale eagerly, making her chuckle before she pulled you into a searing kiss.

time seemed to pause at this moment, just the warmth of your breaths and lips mingling unfolding like a gentle melody.

your lips moved tenderly with each other, unlocking the years of whispered promises of love you both never knew you were hoping for. your tongues explored each others mouths and it all felt two familiar, you were soulmates after all.

in that shared moment, the line between friendship and romance faded completely, leaving behind the gentle lull of your now joined heartbeats, the start of forever for the both of you.

—

when you both walked into training the next day with ona’s hand in the small of your back and a gentle kiss to your temple, the room erupted into cheers.

alexia and aitana exchange a high five, a couple of the girls exchanging money making you both laugh brightly at some of the disappointed but happy expressions in the room.

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when you both went to the world cup and managed to win through a goal from you, ona proclaimed your love then and there, unable to hold it in anymore.

when she pulled you into a loving kiss after that final whistle blew, it was a special moment for tje both of you. especially since you were both fulfilling that promise of bringing home that gold medal.

you and ona’s friendship stood as a witness to the growth and transformation for the both of you. standing as a testament of love that began with the simplicity of a girl kicking a football to you because she thought you looked lonely, forming into a profound and everlasting connection.

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you know the drill, just pretend it’s you!!

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ona.batlle: mi media naranja (my better half)

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yourname: mi onita xx

yourname: mi media naranja (my better half)

↳ ona.batlle: pretty baby

alexiaputellas: you two would be NOTHING without me

↳ aitanabonmati: and me!!

↳ ona.batlle: all you two did was make fun of us

↳ alexiaputellas: worked though, didn’t it?

↳ ona.batlle: …….

↳ yourname: she said thank you!

context!! - mi media naranja: the literal translation is 'to find your half orange. ' when an orange is cut in half, the two halves match each other perfectly, but no other orange half is likely to fit so closely’ essentially meaning - your better half, your soulmate

[jeonscatalyst]

So something I have been thinking since the beginning of AYS. I think JM and JK give themselves away. How someone can look at their behavior and not realize these two have more than a friendship/brotherly vibe. Before I go on a tangent, what I am I trying to say again 🤔. Ohh right. In the previews, we see JK and JM have a pillow in-between them as they sit on the couch while watching TV. Why the damn pillow in-between like it's so obvious! That hug when JM wanted JK to feel how cold he was, I mean. Just go ahead and proper. They crack me up. It's too late. We already know you are together. If they just acted normal 😅. To be honest, I don't blame them it's hard faking not being in a relationship.

Ah I have found my person!

Anon, I have been in this fandom for over 7 years and spent about 5 out of those 7 years being a Jikooker and all through my years in this fandom, I have seen many jikookers give different reasons why they believe Jikook are a together but not many people started seeing them as more for the same reason I did.

I have mentioned before that for me, it was never about the GCFs, the soft looks, the touches or any moments that could be described as soft or romantic or beautiful. For me it was always those moments that many Jikookers don’t like to look at or even talk about. The first thing that made me do a double take on Jikook was fetus Jikook. You see, I wasn’t always a shipper and I was one of those people who actually thought it was silly as hell that people could even believe that any of the members could be in a romantic relationship especially because of things like skinship which is the most common thing among korean men but one day I watched a long compilation on Youtube of fetus Jikook and my mind began to change. You see, when I watched that video and read comments many people were either mad at Jk for being an asshole to Jimin while others felt sorry for Jimin and some were mad that Jimin had to put up with all of that from Jungkook but one look at it and I knew that wasn’t normal at all especially because when I joined the fandom at the beginning of 2017, I spent alot of time reading their interviews and catching up on old content (somehow I didn’t really notice the fetus Jikook bickering or push and pull alot) but one opinion I remember having was that Jk kinda liked being around Jimin and hovering. So when I watched that compilation showing Jk basically being an ass to Jimin, that was the first time I thought ��maybe shippers are unto something” because what I was seeing Jk do in the compilation was very conflicting with everything I had learned about Jikook and the opinion I had about them as a duo. I didn’t necessarily think they were the closest but I didn’t think Jk had any ill feelings towards Jimin.

You see anon, one thing I understood while being in this fandom is that, how people interpret or perceive other’s actions and words depends more on them than the people whose actions they are interpreting. Without certain experiences, it is almost impossible for one to understand certain things. Your culture, environment, people around, personal experiences and basically what you are used to, shapes the way you see the world and that is why one person could see a 9 while another person sees a 6. Some people have grown up believing that couples are always soft with each other or with couples it is always smiles and rainbows and roses, you know watching a lot of romance movies or fantasy will do that to you or even only experiencing those first stages of normal romantic relationships will trick you into believing such things. Some people don’t understand context and nuances at all and so they could never understand Jikook even if they wanted to.

It never made any sense to me that we saw Jungkook pushing Jimin away or shoving him in walls or ranking him last in looks yet this same person would choose to put blankets outside to sleep with Jimin at night, or this same person’s would go to cuddle Jimin in his sleep or this same person would be seen hovering around Jimin alottt and wanting to touch him or feel him up (fetus Jk was not subtle). Jungkook already knew that he got his comfort mostly from Jimin. He already understood that the reason he teased Jimin alot was because he really liked him and I think Jungkook’s occasional “bitchy” behaviour towards Jimin was him panicking and not knowing how to deal with Jimin who was obnoxiously loud about how he felt for Jungkook. Jungkook never hated being around Jimin or being touched by Jimin like many people would like to believe because if he did, he would never choose to go spend his nights with Jimin. If he did, he would never go to hug Jimin in his sleep or pile clothes on his bed to go sleep in Jimin’s bed. He clearly loved being around Jimin so how else could anyone explain his behaviour infront of the cameras?

Watching Bangtan, anyone would quickly understand that these boys don’t understand the concept of personal space when it comes to each other. I saw this video on X the other day and it made me laugh…

This is not even the most accurate example I can use but you see how glued they are to each other? Like no care in world. They shower together, sleep together, eat after each other, that is normal for them so explain to me why on earth Jimin and Jungkook would have to put a pillow inbetween them when they sit even though we know for a fact that being glued is literally like second nature to the members?

This is how Jimin and Jungkook give themselves away everytime because you can literally see that sometimes they get overly cautious in a bid to not give too much away but they don’t realize that by doing this, they are actually giving too much away because we know that the members usually don’t have any issues sitting even untop of each other. It’s just like I had once said that when you have nothing to hide, you feel as free as a bird but when you do, you start doing even unnecessary things not to come off suspicious. Why would they need a pillow inbetween them to just sit on a damn couch? If these two are just friends or bros why on earth do they need a pillow? If it was normal to see the members respecting each other’s personal space then we could just see this too as normal but we know that these same people seated right here are the same ones who have had their mouths on various erogenous parts of each other’s bodies so why?

Like you said, if jikook acted normal then I wouldn’t have ever suspected or thought that they are more than friends but the truth is that they don’t act normal at all and this is something everyone can agree on, regardless of whether they see things in a negative or positive way, everyone can agree that Jikook don’t act normal at all and it’s been like this since they were younger.

I have mentioned before that I could never see what taekookers see in Taekook because there is just way too much comfort in their interaction for them to be closeted idols in a romantic relationship. You never see any panic, you never see them acting as if they have something to hide. I have seen some taekookers say that they know that Jikook are not together because their skinship is usually very short or abrupt while taekook’s take longer and I was like ofcourse theirs would take longer because those two have nothing to hide the same way Jk’s skinship with any other member who isn’t Jimin takes longer and they seem more comfortable doing it because they are not worried about how they would come off because those actions are completely innocent. With Jikook, there is a panic and when they start going on at, it doesn’t take long for them to snap out of it and then you see them immediately stopping which sometime makes their interactions come off as awkward.

Imagine yourself in a secret romantic relationship where you are almost always infront of dozens of cameras and staff, who would feel 100% at ease in situations like this? That is why Jikook’s interactions sometimes come off clunky or awkward because of this while you never really sense this with any of the other members interactions. I can sit through any other duo’s interactions without feeling second hand embarrassment, shy or slightly awkward but with Jikook, I go through about 20 different emotions while watching them and that is how I know they are….different. So because not everyone understands the contexts or nuances, they would immediately see this as something bad while someone who understands the context and nuances in this situation expects to see this kinds of interactions. Many people unfortunately are not very smart because if they were, they would really ask themselves why Jk seems to hate Jimin’s touches so much (according to them) or hates being around Jimin so much (according to them) yet this same Jk is the one who voluntarily goes to knock on Jimin’s door everynight at 1am. Why did this same Jk choose to sleep on the floors outside their rooms with Jimin instead of sleeping with Tae or some other member? Why did this same Jk choose to spend majority of his nights and downtime with this person? Why did this same Jk pile clothes on his bed to go sleep in Jimin’s bed? Why did Jk keep going to sleep in Jihope’s room everynight? What was he doing with Jimin at 4am on his birthday after they had already moved out of the dorm and were living in personal apartments? Which one of you knows anyone who would do this if they really didn’t like someone and literally loved being around them? Also, notice how each and everytime we “caught” Jikook in positions where they never expected cameras or weren’t aware of cameras they were always glued to each other and Jungkook especially had no issues being in Jimin’s personal space?

This is one of those cases where someone either gets it or they don’t because it is kinda hard to explain and the truth is, to really understand these kinds of things, you probably need to have experienced something like this or atleast know someone very close who has.

Jikook as a romantic pair was never meant to make sense to alot of people because not very many people have critical thinking skills, not very people know how to piece tiny details together to really understand a situation. So often, people form opinions after watching one single piece of content without caring to look at the history of things. I saw a taekooker say that Jk hated Jimin’s music style because Jk said their show will fail if Jimin sang the OST he joked about singing and you could clearly tell this person is one of those who literally don’t care about context or history because everyone and their mama knows how much Jk enjoys and has always enjoyed Jimin as an artist and a performer and he has made it clear on several occasions just how much he loves the music Jimin makes.

Like I said, Jikook is not meant to be understood by everyone. If everyone understood them then that would mean they weren’t doing something right.

[reader-wandering18]

Yuu Leviathan

Yuu from the world of LEVIATHAN being a 4-star harpooner.

The boys (the one with diasomnia and the Heartslabyul duo) in Yuu's dream. Ortho, along with his brother and Grim, had accidentally gotten separated from them.

Scene from Malleus Overblot

— Where...

Ace was suddenly thrown to the ground, his head had been protected by one hand and he could feel the weight of another on top of him.

She opened her eyes in surprise to focus on Silver.

Beside him was Deuce in the same position as him, only with Sebeck.

I wanted to ask What the hell?! But then he saw him… He remembered that sleepover where Yuu told them about his world. A world under water and monsters. He thought he was making it up so together with Grim they made fun of him, Yuu complained about them but never got angry.

He told them about the Seven Sea Demons, each one worse than the last.

— The most dangerous one is gray and dark blue with yellow bioluminescent spots and, compared to other sea monsters, it is a giant in size. Its name is…

— Kentrassi

In front of him was one of the 7 sea demons. And it was the most dangerous of all.

— Up!

Silver along with Sebeck quickly stood up along with the two first-year boys and ran for their lives. When Ace looked back, he had the chance to see that in the previous place where he was standing, there was a large hole.

A chill ran through his entire body. The monster was crawling around the place.

During their escape, the boys noticed that there was nothing like buildings or the sky, only metal, hallways and many people screaming, children crying and some dying crushed or devoured.

While running through a window they manage to see the sea.

A ship, they were a large ship.

Union Busan

WHAT KIND OF WORLD WAS THAT?

LOST

DESPAIR

How can that be Yuu's world?

The Diamnsonia duo stopped followed by Heartslabyul, they raised their wands to attack that monster with magic, but their magic… It just wasn't there.

— Why isn't it working?!

Sebeck didn't understand what was happening, but Deuce remembered what Yuu had told him.

— He said that in his world there was no magic, also Yuu didn't seem to understand the concept of it or have heard of something like that.

— You can't dream, of something you've never known.

— Damn, Malleus-sama's unique magic helps maintain this dream so he's blocking our magic for the sake of this human's sweet dream! BUT THIS DREAM HAS NOTHING SWEET AT ALL!

— If Ortho was here, would he be able to go against that thing?

Silver was also in a bind, he had nothing at hand that could cut the tentacles. His wand was useless in that dream, so frustrated he could only hear all the people around him scream and cry.

He was a knight without a sword.

A knight unable to protect those people as he did with Malleus and his father.

"I have failed again"

Kentrassi raised his large right arm, his intention was more than obvious, so without thinking Silver along with Sebeck stood in front of the first duo and the other people who had been left with no way out.

Even if none of them had magic or weapons, they couldn't just run away, they were warriors trained by Lilia. Silver wasn't going to disappoint his father.

No more

"We're not going to die here!"

A shadow appeared from the sky, Silver and Sebeck were the first to notice it, it was raising both arms holding what they saw as a sword, it came down like lightning cutting Kentrassi's hand along with much of his face as if they were just butter in a matter of seconds, it moved like a snake all over his body and wherever it passed it seemed to leave its bite.

With a jolt the blood came out of his weapon, he stood up in front of the monster, without showing a hint of fear, his back seemed firm, big… like a protector

— It was very brave of him to stand in front of the civilians, and use their own bodies as a shield.

He turned around and the boys immediately recognized him

— Yuu

Until that moment, both realized that they were no longer seeing a lost human from another world.

They were seeing a HARPOONER.

Seeing that there wasn't much action from my request in the first blog, I finally decided to do it. Believe me when I say that you've been awake for several nights until 1 or 2 in the morning is when the most inspiration comes.

Anyway, my main problem with this is that I couldn't visualize how the boys would react to something like this, so if you see something that makes you say, he wouldn't do this, I'm sorry. I had to watch his letters, the story videos again, and read his personality on wiki to get an idea of ​​how they would react.

The first outline was in the Octavinelle arc in the Overlord of Azul but as much as I thought and wrote this one just didn't end up convincing me. I wanted them to EXPERIENCE how Yuu (from this blog) was forged that way, so I remembered that we are in the Diasomnia arc and I said THAT'S IT.

Once I had the scenario it was time to choose the actors.

At first I thought about all the dorm leaders (among them Jamil) but there were too many characters, too much study and not enough sense so I said no. Obviously Sebeck and Silver should be there since this is their arc, and that's how the duo of a neuron came to mind. After all, they met Yuu from the prologue and they are his friends. I removed Grim, Ortho and Idia because I didn't want to make this as long as people's reaction to a tablet, a robot as advanced as Ortho and also magic so I came up with something like Malleus' thing about blocking them to make YUU's dream more REALISTIC and so he wouldn't suspect.

Anyway, I hope you like it and I'll be thinking about more Yuu x other worlds.

[myobsessionsspace]

One of The Narratives That Turned Canon

Why Jungkook not liking Jimin, when they were younger, is NOT true.

Images like this would circulate and be used as 'evidence' as to Jungkook's dislike for Jimin.

The narrative that Jungkook didn’t like Jimin and that Jimin annoyed/harassed Jungkook, always stemmed from cut off footage, jokey pictures or lack of understanding.

It needs to be remembered that the Rap Line joined Big Hit first, whilst the rest APART from Jimin joined in 2011.

Jimin was the last to join the trainees, around mid 2012. Being the last to join such an intense atmosphere of training, competition and comradery, we can understand that Jimin should have been the odd one out, the one that the trainees would have had the least shared experiences with, the least emotional bonds been the one that would have stuck out from the 'pack.'

The order of the members, as they joined Bangtan, with Jimin completing the group to form the 7 that we now know and love.

The Maknae of the group, Jungkook, had been taken under the wing of the hyung of the group, Jin, who protected him, gave him home comforts by taking him back with him to his family home, which was the closest to the dorms and treating him to meals, as the trainees had yet to make much money.

The maknae had also formed a close bond with the second youngest of the group Taehyung, who when he wanted to goof around and feel his age, he could count on him, who was the more extroverted out of the two and so would bring out different sides to Jungkook, that Jungkook couldn't display on his own and who helped in bringing the younger boy out of his shell.

For Jungkook he found cool, minor celeb underground rapper with a genius IQ and tall manly presence in Namjoon. He found the steady, unassuming presence in Yoongi, knowledgeable in the behind the scenes of music production with a pool of general knowledge also. He found in Hobi the cool street dancer who he could learn from and show sides of his self that he couldn't with the other five, a Hyung that by Jungkook’s own words provided him the most comfort before Jimin became that person to him.

Such a cutie!

People have often believed and carried on with an image of a quiet and mysterious, dark clothed, testosterone filled 'Alpha', when it comes to Jungkook.

He has been called out time and time again by his Hyungs and fans in their early days about his blunt personality, tone and delivery.

But Jungkook was and still is the embodiment of a classic shy introvert.

He’s taken several MBTI tests over the years (there are varied opinions on the validity/reliability and truth of these tests). One thing has remained consistent through them all, the ‘I’ for Introversion.

JK was young, introverted and SHY! Look at this BB titled ‘Jungkook Shy, shy, shy’.

Jimin came into the company and with his wonderful personality, amazing talent and genuine nature, he quickly formed bonds that cemented the 7. Though there were likely many misunderstanding amongst the seven young, hormonal men, all in a new and charged environment.

Rainy Day - both accounts

Jungkook DID find a hyung to look up to in Jimin

A person who would take him under his wing and protect him

A person to help and motivate him in his dance

A person he could be young, wild and free with

A person he could be himself with and feel the lowest of the low and the highest of the high with.

Jungkook wanted to quit being an idol to be a dancer???

ENG TRANS: “I will have a nice business trip to the US. Jimin will take good care of me.”

Though Jungkook was and still is, according to himself, an introvert, he gets moments where he leaps out of his comfort zone, not because he has to (like for example, for work) but because he wants to

Though Jimin has INCREDIBLE emotional intelligence *now* it didn't come from birth, it would have been developed and deepened over time.

In the early years of their bond, what we have witnessed third hand, are some of the workings that went towards the development of their emotional understandings of each other, how their bond evolved in front of people, what needed to be said and not said in front of others.

But make no mistake, they BOTH were fond of each other and equally sought out each others presence, for comfort, for fun, for motivation, for advice, for good times and bad.

The myth was that Jungkook didn't like Jimin in the early days and that they weren't close.

The truth is that, they were the closet of the whole group.

💜💛

This is a blog version of a twitter thread I did

Interesting Links:

Part 1

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[gojos-fr-bae]

Liar pt.4

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8

Pairing: Gojo x fem!eader

Warnings: Mother son power duo, angst, minute fluff, angsttttyyyy, not proof red

Word Count: 1.2k

A/N: Heyyy~~~, It's been a while no? I was procrastinating this for so long and had more to write but i'm too tired, smh. Hope you like it!

(Requests open)

Year 2

Y/N

You stood outside of Jujutsu Tech with your son in one hand and a large suitcase in your other. You planned on getting all your other belongings shipped to you later. You watched as principal Yaga ran down the stairs to greet you before his eyes landed on the small child’s big blue eyes staring up at him. Nonetheless, he still walked to you and gave you a bear hug.

“It’s so good to see you again!” He beamed. And you returned his smile.

“And I’m guessing this must be Kaito?” He said, smiling down at the shy boy who buried his face in your neck, clutching your t-shirt even tighter. “Not very social I see?” He smiled, thinking about how different his personality seemed to be compared to his father. 

“Let me help you with that” He said, picking up your suitcase as you began to make your way up the stairs.

“Thank you”

You walked through the entrance of the school and were immediately hit with gigantic waves of nostalgia. From when you were a student, your days as a sorcerer, and all the time you spent with your friends and loved ones. With Satoru.

You snapped out of your trance when you saw Megumi standing at the end of the long hallway leading to Yaga’s office.

You screamed, startling the child in your arms as your eyes began to water. You gently put your son down and made a sprint towards your (technically) first child. He opened his arms and caught you as you leaped into them, giving him the tightest hug you could.

You pulled back, giving him a kiss on the forehead and both his cheeks. Although he tried to hide his emotions, his eyes still held crocodile tears.

You bombarded him with questions and just as he was about to answer them, you felt something tugging on your jeans. You looked down at your confused baby boy who was making grabby hands at you. You picked him up before explaining the situation to him.

“Sweetheart, this is your brother, Megumi, don’t you remember him?”

He looked up at Megumi, still slightly confused before a bright smile spread across his face. 

“GUMIIII!!”He squealed in excitement, recognising him from all the video call they had throughout the years, reaching out to be carried by him.

Megs extends his arms out to him, holding him gently. 

"Would you mind staying with him for a bit while I talk to principal Yaga?” You asked Megumi

“Sure, no problem,” He said, throwing your baby up in the air, causing him to erupt in laughter. 

You smiled at the two boys before following Yaga into his office.

“Please, have a seat,” He pointed out to the seat on the opposite side of his desk.

You looked around the office, and your eyes landed on all the plushies strewn around the room. Some you recognised, others you couldn’t. 

“So, your back, finally,” Yaga spoke up.

“Yeah, it seems so,”

“And you would like to teach again? And work as a sorcerer?”

"Yea, but only if you'll have me," you responded with a small smile.

“Of course we would love to have you back, you know better than anyone how desperately we need sorcerers, my question is, why?”

“Kaito is getting ready to join kindergarten in three months, but money was short and I wasn’t sure how I would manage, but working as a sorcerer makes me way more than enough money to give him a good future,” you said, smiling softly at the thought of your son.

“Okay…that makes sense, but my second question is, does HE know?”

You knew exactly who he was referring to, the father of your child.

“I haven’t spoken to him since he was sealed and so I didn't really feel the need to fill him in I guess.”

“You understand that he’s going to find out one way or another, and that he has every right to see his child, not to mention that you two had never officially gotten a divorce and so are still technically married.”

You heaved out a heavy sigh, “We’ll get there when we get there I guess”

“If you insist. We have already arranged for your dorm. You will find your uniform in there as well. We’re holding a staff meeting tomorrow at 10am, make sure you’re there.”

“Yes sir,” You said in mock seriousness before thanking him and making your way out of his office.

You picked up Kaito, thanking Meumi for the help before you began to walk towards the dorm.

As you began to unlock, you heard footsteps coming your way before coming to an abrupt stop a few meters beside you.

You looked up and were met with a site you had wished never to see. It was Satoru, but not like you had remembered him. His eyes were sunken, bloodshot, and surrounded by dark circles. He looked unbelievably skinny and barely standing,  but with pure shock on his face, eyes so wide it looked like they would pop out of their sockets. He looks so…different and yet so familiar.

Satoru

He knew it. He knew he sensed her. From the moment she crossed the barrier separating Jujutsu Tech and the outside world. And he sensed him too. His child, his baby boy. At first, he ignored it, opting to stay in his office and focus on his work and reaching the bottom of his Johnny Walker. But he just couldn’t shake the feeling, and truth be told, it was you. His wife…and his and his son.

He stood in front of you in pure shock. You looked so fucking stunning. Your hair was longer and tied back and you were glowing. Seems like motherhood was treating you well. And so was life without him. And his son, he looked JUST like him. He couldn’t help the small sense of pride that bubbled in him as he stared at the big blue eyes that looked back up at him, before his own drifted back to you.

He had missed you so, so much, and all of the pain that had been building up and buried over the past few years all came rushing back to him. He was about to run towards you before you put your hand up in front of yourself, signaling for him to stay where he was.

He watched as you mouthed the words ‘thirty minutes’. You slowly opened the door and disappeared into the room. He couldn’couldn't do anything but wait. And so… he waited.

Y/N

You had to hide, take Kaito away. You didn’t want him to be there as you confronted his father. Your past. The love of your life. A stray tear rolled slowly down your cheek. You didn’t even notice until you felt a small chubby hand against your cheek.

“Mommy? Why you cwying?” Kaito asked, concern evident on his face.

“Nothing my love, sorry. Now come on, let's get ready for bed.” You said, placing kisses all over his face before making your way to the dorm's bathroom. Mentally preparing yourself for the rollercoaster that stood outside the room’s door.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8

Yayyyyy

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 100 FOLLOWERS, AAAAAHHHHH❤️❤️

Edit: I final edited this, I reread it and realised I just, forgot to add some lines, like I said them in my head but didn't type them out😭 this should make more sense now.

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© gojos-fr-bae

[lo-shouldve-been-an-email]

Why hello there.

Listen,I don’t have much to say about the newest LO episode so here’s an ares ranking to go along with the other ones.

Spoilers.

Percy Jackson:

6/10

Look,Ares is a really weird figure when it comes to how the media presents him.

Almost always they present him as this sexist frat boy when in mythology he is:

A reported protector of mistreated woman.

The patron god of the amazons and was worshipped to the point that their leader had 2 babies with him.

Scored the GODDESS PF LOVE AND BEAUTY and there is no way you cannot convince me she doesn’t have some pretty high standards(even though apparently you can convince most of the writers on this list)

And as much as I love Percy Jackson,it is not devoid of crimes.

In the first book,he helps Luke/Kronos steal Zeus’ master bolt and Hades’ helm of invisibility as to start a civil war within the gods.id say this is a pretty good portrayal overall.

…until we get to the second book.

This myth will be very important so long story short:a daughter of ares got r*** by a son of Poseidon so Ares,like any reasonable and bloodthirsty god of war,fucking killed him.

After this,he got put on trial for murder as if he wasn’t the literal god of bloody war,and all the ladies vouched for him so he got set free.

Let’s just say,Rick Riordan didn’t know of this myth.

In the second book,there’s a scene where Clarisse La Rue,a DAUGHTER of ares talks to him through a magic mirror.

There,he threatens her and says he should have sent one of his sons on the quest.and keep in mind she is his FAVORITE DAUGHTER.

So yeah.

I don’t really like this portrayal but he gets points for bringing Clarisse and (technically)Frank into this world since I like them both.also the fact that Percy could tell he had beef with him even without having any other memory.

Lore Olympus:

1/10

FUCK THIS GUY

Remember when I said that modern Ares was more often than not a sexist frat boy?we’ll add “predator” and “Reddit nice guy” to that list because RS can’t write.

If in Percy Jackson Aphrodite had terrible standards here said standards are so much worse.

He spends MONTHS trying to seduce a 19-YEAR-OLD and then tries to marry her without her consent.

Also,sir,YOU HAVE THE GODDESS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY FULLY AT YOUR DISPOSAL AND YOURE PICKING A GURL WHO DOESNT EVEN KNOW HIW TO USE A COMPUTER????

Great.this guy is a predator,Reddit nice guy,AND stupid.

I remember saying that the only character who could get a lowers rating than LO Persephone being LO hades and then I remembered this fuck existed.

Fuck him.

Hades:

10/10

Your know when you see something and then immediately want to wash your eyes with soap?this is my soap.

He is my third favorite Olympian in the game,coming third to Hermes and Artemis.

So here’s a few reasons why I like him:

Doom anything with impending doom and the increasing doom damage boon does absurd amounts of damage.

Curse of nausea is one of the best duos in the game.

He respects woman.(oh look they finally Aphrodite standards)

His quest is stupidly easy and he was the first Olympian who’s bond I maxed out.

I know this joke has been made so many times but.he really is a Chthonic simp.

He doesn’t get too pissed if you don’t pick him is trial of gods.hes just here for the bloodshed.

It may be just the fact that almost every other interpretation of ares is bad,but I really like him.

Also Aphrodite wearing his face paint in hades 2-

OSP:

7/10

He’s cool.

I really don’t have much else to add except the helmet stays on during sex.

Gods school:

5/10

Welp Back to the incels-

Him straight up telling Aphrodite that he can do whatever he wants because she won’t leave is just.why.

I don’t get why people go to this myth,turn it around,and act as if they’ve done a service by making Ares miserable when in the myths it was already a good ending.

What is with the obsession with making ares a toxic ex boyfriend when in the myths him and ‘dite were literally love and war.

Another issue I have with gods school is the fact they made Aphrodite a Karen Smith when in the myths shes a Regina George but that’s a problem for the Aphrodite ranking.

Also I just realized the Aphrodite Hephaestus ares myth is the og “I fell in love with a bad boy story”-

Epic:the musical:

8/10

I don’t have a physical picture of him but I already like him.

The only time he he appears is during a bit of an unfinished song but he does bring up some pretty good points,like the Scylla thing.

Also the fact Athena didn’t directly refute any of his points but instead persuaded him with the fact that the moment Ody gets home the suitors are going to be fucked is surprisingly great.

Also can I just say how absolutely hyped I am for god games?Aphrodite’s part fucking rocks and I’m excited for Apollo and Hephaestus.

Also here’s my ranking for epic Hermes since I wasn’t part of the fandom back then:

10/10

*insert dolphin laugh here*

[animequeen4]

Adam x reader

story take place in the garden of Eden (just wanted to try something)

Here @mamamim thanks for the encouragement to write this please enjoy

Yn pov:

I didn’t know what to do anymore

I was originally made to be a companion for the Angel Lucifer as a way to keep him distracted from the humans as heaven has notice he had been spending too much time with the humans getting in the way of them of what their supposed to do. But sadly it did not work and Lucifer and Lilith had fell I love running away leaving me without a purpose making me feel empty inside. I go to one of the trees in the garden and proceeded to try silently. As I am crying I do not hear the sound of someone coming. When I come to, I noticed the human Adam looking at me annoyed until he saw my face.

Adam was not exactly happy to see another Angel considering one just recently stole his wife. but upone seeing the female Angel he feels pity for her. “what is wrong with you?”

“Oh I’m sorry I thought you were on the east side of the garden I’ll go if I’m bothering you” I start to feel even worse knowing that someone saw me at this sad and pitiful state blushing profusely and about to fly off

“wait!… You don’t have to go we can just sit here if you want”

“Um sure I guess it’s better than being alone” sits back down

after that moment be become closer and even become friends. It was a bit awkward after Eve was created but we still made it work and even after he was kicked out of Eden I keep and eye out on him

when he finally made it into heaven we became even closer and somewhere along the way we fell in love next thing I know I made his 3rd and final wife. Things only got better when we found out I some how got pregnant. Adam says it’s because of his “angelic sperm” but we honestly don’t know 😖 either way we are excited and happy and all though it still hurts to think about luci leaving me in heartbreak I wouldn’t change it any way if it meant I didn’t meet Adam and get our happy ending

one day Adam says he wants me to come with him that he wanted me to come with him to a meeting even though it’s in hell and I was 7 months pregnant. he said it was just a simple meeting with Lucifer and his daughter it would be quick and lute couldn’t go with him since she had the day off and he couldn’t get in contact with her and he trusted me. After much discussion and him promising to get me some pickles and ice cream, to carry me there because flying has become a lot harder due to the extra weight and soreness, and him promising to stop complaining about my weird pregnancy cravings and to give me a massage and cuddles later I agreed to go (let’s just say I used this to my advantage a lot)

We got to the meeting room early and waited to meet the father and daughter duo. Charlie can first and came up to shake our hand's and when she saw the baby bump she immediately had start eyes. She even asked to if she can feel the baby bump but backed off upon seeing Adam’s annoyed face not long after she took her seat Lucifer came in

Lucifer pov:

As I was a bit late getting ready for the meeting so as I was getting ready i a got text from Charlie saying she is with Adam and some women who sounded familiar.

upon thinking I realized it was yn, the girl I left all those years ago. I still feel bad about it but I was in love with Lilith and was thrown out of heaven. What no one know was that I did have some feeling for her but I was in love with Lilith.

upon walking into the meeting room I am meet with my sweet Charlie, unfortunately Adam and yn. Granted she looked a little different now but she was still just as beautiful as when I was still in heaven.

After a bit of talking we are finally done and I decided to talk with her a bit unfortunately though we couldn’t really get close to each other due to us sitting on different side of the take. But as I was hoping she was still the same beautiful girl I remember.

yn pov:

As we are finishing me and Adam get up too leave and upon getting up Lucifer screams out “what the what?!?!”

“what?” “you’re pregnant?!?!” “Yes I am, 7 months to be exact” I smile fondly and start caressing my baby bump

“Oh that’s great! 😃 Amazing even! Who’s the lucky guy?” He asks all nervously

Adam then proceeds to come closer and hug me from behind picks me up and Carry me while making a smug face

“Yup I did that”

“WHAT?!?!” Both Charlie and Lucifer asks surprised but Lucifer says especially

“Yes me and Adam are married and he is the father” I say trying not to act flustered and shows them the wedding ring on my finger

“Wow this is wow I did not expect Adam to want any more children. But I am happy for you” Lucifer says with a little sadness behind his tone

“Thank you and it was nice seeing you Lucifer”

as Adam turns around to walk through the portal still carrying me he looks behind him one last time giving Lucifer a smug smile knowing he now is the one with a loving wife and being loved while luci now know what abandonment he and his wife felt life.

okay this took a while but here it is please be nice this is my first original writing piece thank you hope you all enjoy

[bibitybobityboobies]

Wandanat x GN! Reader

(This is the first thing I've wrote in like 7 years 😭)

Word Count : 2,756

You listened whilst Steve explained what you're to do on the mission you'd been assigned to with some other members of the team.

This was your first mission since you were rescued from Hydra. The focus of the mission was to storm a Hydra base and recover a hard drive with some information about a top secret project on it. Its a 5 person mission, one of those 5 people being the man who your supposed to be listening too. Steve Rogers, the amazing Captain America. After spending 70 years in the ice you'd think he'd be a little faster at talking then this. On your left was the Winter Soldier. Supposedly he was the Captains best friend. James, or Bucky as he'd insist you call him, was once one of hydras puppets as well. Now recovered and ready to take down Hydra he's one of the teams best Soldiers. Across the table from you sits one of the teams best assailants. Natasha Romanoff, The Black Widow. Now you don't know much about her other that she's a great fighter and you don't want to be against her. As scary as she already is, sitting next to her is her girlfriend, Wanda Maximoff. Agent Maximoff is the one who managed to catch you and finally bring you into the Avengers grasp. While you were trying to defend yourself from her girlfriend she'd snuck up on you and trapped you with her scarlet red powers. You live across the hall from their shared room and yet you never talk. You aren't mad at them or hostile but your not friendly either. You are just Agents for the same team. They've tried to be kind to you and welcome you to their team, but you don't understand why. You've already tried to hurt them once and your sure Natasha has a scar on her left bicep from your first encounter. Not to mention when Hydra came looking for their prized pupils and the team had to defend you. So many different members got hurt trying to protect you from going back there and you can't understand why they'd try so hard.

Steve finally wraps up his speech by the time you've remembered where you are and within minutes your on a quintet sitting next to the dynamic redheaded duo that is Agents Maximoff and Romanoff. Your in the middle of the three seats with Wanda on your left and, Natasha on your right.

"So," Wanda begins, "are you nervous? I remember my first mission after arriving at the compound." You don't understand why she's talking to you. It's not like you were friends. You were just the weapon of the team. Wanda frowns upon hearing your thought that are, unbeknownst to you, extremely loud. "No. I was raised to be the perfect Soldier I've no need to be nervous." Was all you said back. But that's not the truth. Despite being through much worse you couldn't help but feel a tinge of anxiety about the mission. What if it's an ambush? What if someone on the team gets hurt? Or worse what if someone dies? What if someone's captured? What i-

You were broken from your thoughts by a hand waving in front of your face. "Hellooo? Y/n?" Natasha's hand stopped waving after you responded with a quiet "Yes, sorry just trying to go through the plan again."

"Hmm." You look over at Wanda, "Are you-" before she can finish, you hear Steve's voice. "Alright! Buck, Nat, and I are going to walk ahead and clear the east wing while, you two," he says pointing at you and Wanda, "are going to go through the west wing. Remember were looking for a hard drive it should be on the Bases main Guard's belt. Any questions?" When no one asked anything he nodded and walked back to the cockpit yelling out, "We should arrive in about 30 minutes. Since we are in the air your free to unbuckle and do whatever."

You immediately unbuckle and go over to the weapons area to insure yours are all in check. And also to avoid talking to either of the beautiful redheads who seem to constantly plague your mind. After insuring all your blades are sharpened and all of your firearms are loaded you, place them in their rightfully spots. Three throwing blades strapped to your left thigh, and one on each calf. A regular blade strapped to the right side of your hip, a pistol holstered on your right thigh and another on your left hip. And your last weapon, a silenced assault rifle on your back. By the time your done the jet has landed and your on your way towards the base.

"Alright," Steve whispers to your left, "when we get in there you two take the west side of the base, and keep comms on at all times." You nod and follow Steve towards the entrance. With Steve and Natasha on both sides of the door with James and Wanda getting ready to rush in you deliver a swift kick to the door and then pull your gun up from your left hip to rush in after the others. Upon running in you don't hear or see anything. "Odd. Stay on high alert it could be an ambush." Captain says before leading James and Natasha down the East Hallway. You walk away and hear a quick "be safe, Moya lyubov," from Natasha, you wait at the entrance way of the west hallway for Wanda to catch up. "Stay safe Y/L/N, comms on." You hear Natasha say before she takes off. As you and Wanda walk down the West Wing and clear room after room with no Hydra Agents to be found you become increasingly worried at the no signs of life. You come to the last door of the west side and walk up with your assault rifle in hand. "Are you ready?" You ask the Sokovaion with her hands raised in a scarlet hue, she nods and uses her powers to open the metal doors. With the doors open and your gun ready to shoot you run in and quickly look around the room.

"There's nothing on the east wing, no people, no tech, no hardware, nothing." You hear James say. "There's no one on the east side either. We've got an empty place." Wanda replies. "Wait- I think I've found something. C'mere, in this corner there's a draft. And the wall moves a little bit." You say while pushing on the wall the far side of the room. Wanda comes over to you to help you push, "They're right there is a moving wall here." A secret room. Classic.

Captains the one to respond, "We're on our way over be careful." With a nod of agreement from Agent Maximoff you begin pushing. After a few feet in you can enter the room behind the false wall. In the room lies nothing but two briefcases and a table which they rest upon. Knowing immediately something is wrong you try to tell Wanda but the briefcases open before you get the chance one holding the hard drive and the other a bomb that reads 10 seconds left before it explodes.

10. You look at Wanda and she starts to run back towards the room ushering you to follow.

9. You turn back and run towards the cases.

8. Wanda turns around and yells "Y/N WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE NEED TO LEAVE!" You reach the cases.

7. You grab the hard drive and turn back around telling her to run.

6. You run towards the first room that Wanda's already in.

5." THERES A BOMB GO TO BACK!" You yell through comms grabbing Wanda's arm and ushering her towards the hallway.

4. Still a long ways to go to the exit.

3. You grab Wanda's arm and throw her in the containment room with the hard drive. Knowing that the containment rooms the only one that is 100% bombproof. But the door only shuts from the outside.

2. You shut the door and throw your throwing blade towards the nearby 2 story window.

1. The window shatters and you hear the thundering boom of the bomb as you dive through.

As your thrown through the window you hear Wanda screaming your name through comms. As you hit the ground you know you've definitely broken some bones and when you start to lose unconsciousness you see Natasha running up to you while Steve and James run towards the entrance to get Wanda out of the containment room. "I hope she's not hurt." Is the only thing you manage to say to Natasha before passing out.

When you awake again your met with a pat just short of a slap to the side of your face, "C'mon Y/n/n wake up, please." You hear Wanda's voice ringing in your ears. Groaning you open your eyes just to immediately close them at the bright light in your eyes. "Oh thank Thor, THEY'RE AWAKE BRUCE!" Natasha yells. You then open your eyes again to find your in the med bay with Natasha and Wanda looking down at you. "Why'd you go and do that!? You could've died!" Wanda immediately asks the panic evident in her voice. Why was she so worried? You finished the mission and everyone got out safe? Bruce came up and the girls stepped back to give him space. After doing some doctory stuff he told you, "Your incredibly lucky, Y/L/N. You've got a concussion so no TV, or anything overestimating to the brain. The fall also broke your right ankle and 5 of your ribs. So no training, or working out, for at least 6 weeks, though I'd prefer if you waited for 3 months. And because I know your stubborn and think you don't need rest, I'm counting on you two," he looked up from you to look at Natasha, who looked like she was staring daggers into your soul, and Wanda who looked like she was about to freak out, "to make sure they do this, and that the won't go crazy on the nurse I'll send to their room everyday." Both girls seen the look of fear and panic cross past your face. Wanda hearing your thoughts asks if they can speak to you alone for a moment.

After Bruce agrees and walks out, an awkward silence falls through the room. You don't know why but you feel like you've done something wrong and refuse to look at either of the redheads who are currently just staring at you. Trying to break the silence you ask, "Did everyone make it out ok? Did we complete the mission?" That obviously wasn't the right answer because Natasha's answer was nothing short of angry. "No Y/n, everyone did NOT make it back okay. I don't know if you've noticed but you're in a CAST." You finally turned your head to look at them and seen Natasha about to continue until Wanda stepped in. "Nat, wait. Y/n, you did complete the mission but we would've been fine without the hard drive. We could've made it out just fine, so why'd you turn back?" As she finished Wanda walked up to your bedside and sat down. "I didn't want my first mission to fail. And I knew that the containment room would keep you safe. I made sure you and the target were safe and secure. I succeeded in my goal. Did I do good? I tried to. I'm sorry." Upon hearing you say this Natasha sighed and walked to the other side of the bed, surprising you by pulling you into a gentle hug that Wanda soon joined. "You did amazing y/n. Next time let's try to not almost kill ourselves though yeah?" She softly said, laying a kiss on your forehead. "We know you don't want a nurse. So, we're wondering, if you're okay with it, if you'd like for us to help you with stuff?" Wanda murmured not removing herself from the hug. "I'd.. yeah. I'd like that a lot more, Wanda if it doesn't bother you or Natasha." You hesitantly said waiting for them to laugh and ridicule you for being so stupid. "OK! Well I'll go get Bruce and then when he gets back we'll get you signed out and up to our room so you can sleep. And you can just call me Nat, y/n/n." She said removing herself from the hug to go get Bruce. As Natasha went to do that Wanda got up and got everything ready for when Bruce got back.

After signing some papers and Bruce explaining what medicine you needed to take, and at what time. He also explained what you can't and can do. As he explained more and more of the things you'd need help with the more you felt like a burden and felt bad for what Natas- Nat, and Wanda would have to do. "Actually, Dr. Banner- if I may interject?" At his nod you continued, "I think I can do most of that stuff. I don't want to bother Mrs. Romanoff and Mrs. Maximoff." At this they both looked at you with such a look you could feel yourself wanting to shrink in on yourself.

"You wouldn't be bothering us, we insist. Please just let us help you y/n." Wanda said with the most convincing eyes you couldn't help but to nod and sign the last paper. Wanda left to grab a wheelchair while Natasha helped you sit up and grabbed the stuff from Bruce.

When Wanda came back they helped you into the wheelchair and handed you a stuffed (whatever your favorite animal is) stuffie to hold on to. You smiled at Natasha and muttered a small "thank you." Before looking back down at your new friend. Whilst Natasha pushed you Wanda held all your special stuff from Bruce.

When you got back up to the hallways they took you into your room to grab you some pj's. "Y/n you can't sleep in the hospital robe, it'll just take a second I promise." Nat promised after you whined about how you could sleep in this and that you're tired. After you picked out some comfortable clothes Natasha helped you change while Wanda made the bed and got your medicine ready. Whilst helping you Natasha kept making terrible puns to help it not be so awkward and Wanda couldn't help but to smile at every giggle of yours she heard. After getting you into pajamas, brushing your teeth, and washing your face she brought you back into their bedroom where Wanda had changed into her own set of pajamas and done her nightly routine. Natasha kissed your cheek before walking over to grab her own pajamas to go change into. Wanda came over and helped you up into their bed. She helped you move to the middle of the bed and then climbing to the other side, making sure to be careful of your legs that's in a cast. She gave you a glass of water and handed you your medicine. Natasha came back from the bathroom and then grabbed and ice pack from the freezer to put on your ri bs. "Noooooo, that's cold." You whined, "Sorry dorogoy," Wanda said from behind you, "Doctors orders." Natasha added on with a small smile. Sitting next to you on the bed she gently placed it on your bandaged ribs over your shirt. Small talk and asking what you wanted to do tomorrow made the 5 minute timer seem like 1. After Wanda used her magic to put the ice pack away they laid you down and laid next to you on either side. "Goodnight, detka." Wanda said as she laid a kiss on your nose, watching it scrunch up adorably before leaning over to give her girlfriend a kiss.

Remember that y/n girlfriend. They're dating, they're just being friendly.

That night you fell asleep to thoughts of the two extremely attractive redheads surrounding you. Even with broken ribs, a broken ankle, and a headache caused by Thor himself, you found yourself smiling happier than ever. Because even after everything Hydra put you through, you found two new friends. And even if your heart stung at being friends you were perfectly happy with just having at least one person to find comfort in. And to have two makes it even better.

[ninjigma]

QuinFox Week Part 7/7 - First / Previous

Day 7: Back to Back + Fix It Track: 'All The Right Moves' - OneRepublic (Spotify / YouTube)

“When you asked me to help those troopers disappear I didn’t think it would lead us here Foxie.”

“Like you haven’t taken us to worse places on less information.”

“Hey, I just know how to show someone a good time.”

“Maybe if I was a parasite of some sort living in these drains,” Fox scoffed. 

The two were bickering as they moved, using it to ease the tension. Fox had been stressed for weeks handling this alone, and it had come to a head when Quinlan finally broke and confronted Fox, reminding him that they had agreed to no more life-threatening risks without the other right alongside them. They were to stay side by side, back to back. Putting space between them only left them both more vulnerable.

And so today Fox had shown him, taken him to a run-down apartment attached to a much nicer music studio, and explained it all. 

This led the duo to some new conclusions, as Vos’s information suddenly had a lot more pieces of the puzzle to snap together. Some realizations that they needed to act now, as soon as they could.

But for now, they bickered, because discussing how to take down a Sith lord running the entire government when you were a single clone commander and a Jedi not even well trusted by his own peers was a thought that needed a breath. Just some time floating around them in the storm drains they flitted through.

“You are a parasite, one I quite enjoy having around.”

Fox shook his head. “Only you could say something like that and think it is positive.”

“Oh?” Quinlan’s smirk was damned near audible. “Is that because I’m such a sweet romantic?”

“Quinlan Vos,” Fox slowed and turned, headlamp lighting up bright tattoos and twinkling eyes. How he could be so happy still, after everything they’d been through and all they still had to face, Fox didn’t know. But he was grateful for it. “You are an utter sappy romantic with a death wish, a brain cell for taste, and a drop of luck. Sweet is much too docile for how you love, and of everyone, I think I am very qualified to say as much.”

Quinlan’s smile grew wider. Even in the midst of everything, he always offered Fox a smile. And now, almost a year after offering a lot more than just that, he reached forward and took Fox’s hand as well.

“When it comes to me, I think you are definitely a leading expert.”

Fox had a retort, soft in its meaning but sure in its stressed humor, but it was cut short as keen ears picked up other footsteps. Because of course nothing would be simple. Even just walking through drain pipes was going to end as chaotically as they always did for them. 

Hunched down and still holding hands, Fox peeked around the corner in the junction. And immediately groaned.

“Remember that gang you’ve been pissing off digging into the Black Sun?”

He could hear Quinlan swear quietly. Because of course that slip-up the other day had the lower Coruscant gangs on the alert for them. There had been no way to avoid it, having to take more risks as so much of Quinlan’s trails had gone dry recently, but it left a little too much information on them out in the light for the Jedi shadow’s liking. 

“Fox, you know we’re going to have to-”

“We stay together as long as possible,” Fox cut him off. He wasn’t looking at Quinlan, but there was no immediate protest. It was a general agreeance anyhow, but Fox knew exactly where Quinlan was really going with all of this. 

“We have to reach the surface as fast as possible, and you know it is smarter for me to head to the senate-”

“Quinlan, I know!”

More voices, coming from different points around them now. They were moving as quietly as possible, talking in rushed whispers; but Fox’s voice grew a bit colder, angry in how Quinlan reminded him of how there was nothing different he could do. They pulled up short in another junction, this one opening upward and giving them a faster route out. But Fox wasn’t going one step further without making sure Quinlan understood exactly what was happening.

“I know, I’m to find General Koon and you’re going to shadow your ass through the senate to make sure nothing else happens before he and anyone else he can convince can get there. But we stay together as long as possible because I also know you will get yourself in trouble somehow, and you should know that if you die while I’m not there I will drag your spirit back from your Force osik and then kill you myself. Because I am coming back with them, I don’t care what you say about the safety of the chips or anything, you promised.”

Fox had rounded on Quinlan and crowded the taller man against the wall, close enough to still see his pained expression with the filter on his helmet. The gang was circling, and they would most definitely be fighting before they got out of here, so Fox knew there wouldn’t be another time after this point. That they would fight together now, at least one more time before Quinlan went off to shadow a Sith Lord that still made Fox’s chest tighten and nerves ache. Because he knew this was right, but parts of him still felt it was so wrong.

Hands reached out, gently caught the bottom of his helmet and lifted it like it had many times before. His eyes didn’t have time to adjust before soft familiar lips pressed to his and Fox put all of his focus into committing that feeling to memory as he always did, just in case.

“As long as possible. I do promise, with all that I can control Fox,” Quinlan's voice was clearer, close and no longer filtered through the helmet he held just above Fox’s head. “You’ll find me, and I’ll be there. I promise.”

Another soft press, noses bumping lightly. Then it was back as they were, Quinlan replacing the helmet that was so uniquely Fox, and then drawing his saber and a blaster.

“Ready Commander?”

The footsteps were louder, a shout came from the direction behind them and the whole tunnel system seemed to come alive.

“More than you ever seem to be, General.”

Smoothly they moved, back to back as the shots began and they took off down another tunnel, Quinlan trusting Fox to know where to go and Fox trusting Quinlan to guard his back for as long as he could.

Because that was what they did now, two wild souls in search of a peace born of thrill and trust, finding each other by chance and staying together by choice. That if anyone asked Fox he wouldn’t have any better answer than this was his Jedi, his best friend, his trusted partner. That there was at least one person in this whole galaxy they could trust within the cage of their ribs, that they would risk the pain it could cause for the chance at the joy they had found.

Because that is what they did now.

Loved wildly, trusted blindly, and guarded softly, all for the hope of just one more night under the stars together.

[emmatgc]

Wonderful World FanFic

Seon Yul x Soo Hyun sequel 

(A short novel for one of my favorite no labels but rich in chemistry duo, relationship and what if couple in Kdrama. If you are not a “shipper”, better not read this one. New characters are added and will be added. Please take note this is all in my interpretation of the story and the aftermath of the finale. Enjoy! PS. I will try to update this every week if schedule permits)

Part 2: Summertime Solace

Will I be able to go on living like this? Seon Yul asked himself. After he testified for Soo Hyun and against his uncle, he was thinking what awaits the son of a murderer in the real world? He remembered though, that Soo Hyun did it after 7 years of being incarcerated so perhaps, he too, can do it, too. He can give the world another chance and the world will give him another chance. His dream has always been to become a doctor and he continued his studies and applied in Seoul National University Hospital. The first 2 years were so tough but the pain was never like the pain he got when he lost his parents so he carried on. To his surprise, he wasn't bullied in the hospital, perhaps, he said Soo Hyun was right, there is still kindness in the world. His demons are still there, but it is now trauma and not monsters. He wants to forgive his father and most of all, himself and he is getting there, slowly but surely. 

“Dr. Gwon, there is an orphanage 30 kilometers away from Seoul, they need a volunteer for a month but maybe in the future a resident doctor, too, will your team be up to it?”, his Chief surgeon asked. “Yes, we are”.  They packed light and were excited to go especially since it's away from the city,they needed a break. Hospital ships are great but it can be exhausting. Not to mention Seon Yul , as he discovered, can be sea sick. He has to be careful, his heart specifically can't afford to overwork. He was so hopeful for this new adventure, and his team, 2 of his closest friends can’t think of a better way to recharge for their next months of grueling surgeries and exams, 1 last year and Seon Yul will become officially a cardiac surgeon. 

Traveling was fun but Seon Yul, always an introvert, was reading a book. He is reading her book “Wonderful World”. Looking at the window, summer is finally here. Not too cold but not hot either, just fine weather. The sun is sitting in the sky and he can smell a creek, maybe a lake, and he can see green grasses, with tiny huts, a playground and a huge house. The bus stopped, they are here. He read the sign “Wonderful Smiles”. 

Soo Hyun was panicking, she didn't have enough food for the Doctors coming in, she got side tracked by an unexpected visit from her sister and niece. She missed her. Her sister lives in Seoul and opened 3 more branches. Business is good and she is now married, with a daughter of her own. Soo Hyun wanted to cook but there was no time. So she rushed outside to go to the town to buy food and suddenly, she saw something she never thought she'd ever see again, up close. Someone…she looked like she had seen a ghost. She stopped and dropped her list. She wanted to be sure. Seon Yul? She said, It is really him. She smiled. He smiled. She welcomed them and Seo Yul didn't really know what to say and do at that moment, until Soo Hyun reached for his hand, and they shaked hands, for the 1st time, not as enemies, maybe not as friends yet, but acquaintances. 

“It is good to meet you, finally, Dr. Soo Hyun”. It is the 1st time Seon Yul called her by her first name. It is good to finally see you, Dr. Gwon, she replied. She wanted to be more formal, choosing his family name instead. The other Doctors, confused as they are, introduced themselves and wanted to ask how the two knew each other but surprisingly, both Seon Yul and Soo Hyun replied “it is a long story” together. They looked at each other and again smiled while nodding their heads. They went inside and settled down. They toured the house, the compound, more accurately. The staff told them to rest and dinner will be served later. 

Seon Yul is a little bit overwhelmed. He didn't think he will see Soo Hyun again after that day. But maybe, fate has the final say. Maybe it is time.

After showering, he wanted to go outside and see the dawn. Perhaps, tonight the stars.

At the corner of his eye, he saw Soo Hyun going to her car. He ran slowly to her and said “Can I go with you? I’d like to help for dinner”. Soo Hyun said she will be fine but he insisted. In her car, there is an eerie silence. Nobody talked for a polite amount of time. Until Soo Hyun asked “What do you want to eat”, "Do you still like the same foods”. 

“You remember?, seemingly surprised and smirked.  Yes, I still like the same”. Do you stay here all the time? He asked bravely. He was surprised by his question but he can’t take it back now.

"Most of the time, she replied. It is a beautiful place, I love it here. Away from the noise. Just away from everything”

They bought a lot. From tteokbokki to sea foods and live squids, Soo Hyun’s favorite. Before going back, a cozy tea house is still open. Seon Yul looked at Soo Hyun, as if to say “Do you want some tea?” and Soo Hyun, just nodded and smiled as they entered and drank tea. Just like before when they were enemies, tea is a symbol of their indifference and uncertainty. Perhaps now, the tea tastes better, as the new leaf for summer turns a new page. He looks at her everytime she sips her tea and nods her head and when she looks back up, he pretends not to notice. He is thinking loudly. Here is someone I used to hate so much and now, she is having tea with me, a real one, no motive, just tea. The air is thick and it is normal. The air is not gloomy but hopeful. They shared some words and just some silence embracing this peace they thought they wouldn’t find together at least with each other.

Soo Hyun? They heard a voice. They looked up and It’s Su ho.  

(PS: Thank you for reading esp my X fellow shippers & friends. I got inspired by you, few or not, this is for all of you. Till next chapter! It's gonna be more intense, sort of 😳)

[latriii]

*. ⋆ ( 808 ) ONE FAVOR! — yjw x f!reader ★

| 03. HELP ME JUNGWON

growing up, yn and jungwon were inseparable due to their moms being best friends. the public knew them as the ying yang duo since they were born.

jungwon and yn have had their ups and downs but they always stayed friends. they are so close they both ended up choosing the same career path even though they’re still enrolled at alchemy high— which is a school full of idols where they would actually get privacy and a break from the public eye.

it had been a whole week since yn showed up to school due to schedules, a whole week since she’s seen jisung. in that whole week, him and yuna became official. yn was heart broken and she knows jungwon feels a type of way as well.

yuna and jungwon dated for a total of two years before breaking up due to yuna being unfaithful. so, it wasn’t surprising when jungwon found out that yuna and jisung had a little thing behind their backs.

monday 7:30am — alchemy high 2-1 classroom

yn walked into the classroom, she could feel all the eyes on her. the news must’ve gone around that she’s been cheated on.

yn felt her face heat up due to embarrassment, she sat down next to jungwon. he had a warm smile, reassuring her that everything will be fine.

“how are you feeling,” jungwon whispered as he played with her hair.

the girl just sighed and layed her head in between her arms, “i don’t know, everyone knows about what happened and its not the best feeling.”

“i know but you’re strong stop being a pussy,” jungwon replied, snickering.

yn kicked jungwon’s leg, he made a funny face at her that made her snort.

“it just sucks how we have to act like were okay because were public figures.” yn paused, “LIKE WHAT IF I WANT TO CRY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. I CANT EVEN DO THAT.”

“yn, jungwon, stop talking!” the teacher yelled at the two, making everyone look back at them. the duo nodded and stared blankly at the students.

monday 12:30pm — alchemy high lunch room

“jungwon you remember how you owe me,” yn said as she sipped on her strawberry milk.

jungwon nodded back at her, he was also drinking strawberry milk. the duo were alone since their other friends had class at this time. they all had different lunches.

“we should fake date.” jungwon spit out his milk all over yn’s uniform.

“JUNGWON!”

“dont jungwon me, what do you mean fake date?” jungwon was flabbergasted, he thought yn was out of her mind.

the girl stared at boy, she didn’t want to sound like she was jealous of yuna and jisung but she definitely was.

“because, i want to get back at jisung and yuna.” yn replied, wiping her uniform. “please jungwon, YOU OWE ME AND ITS A FAKE RELATIONSHIP. its not like were going to for real date.”

“okay, say we fake date, then what? there not going to care, at least i don’t think they will.” jungwon replied, “and what about the media, what if someone from our school snitches on us and then we’re all over socials because of our stupid fake relationship. do you really want to risk all that?”

“they will care! jisung used to always be on my ass about you, he was jealous because he always thought we had something going on.” yn put her hands on jungwons shoulders, shaking him. “PLEASE YOU OWE ME. ITS ONLY THIS ONE FAVOR.”

jungwon sighed, “no.”

yn hit jungwon’s shoulder. “you’re such a dickhead—”

“hey guys!” a familiar voice spoke. the two turned their heads at the voice.

“yuna? what do you want?” jungwon spoke, staring at her.

“i just wanted to say hey, you dont need to be so blunt.” yuna crossed her arms. she was very uptight. the only reason why she came here was because she didn’t like the sight of jungwon and yn together alone.

“well if you don’t mind, i’d like to be alone with my boyfriend.” yn said smiling proudly, locking arms with jungwon.

jungwon’s eyes widen, turning his head at yn. she must’ve gone crazy.

“boyfriend?” yuna scoffed as she rolled her eyes.

“yes? is there a problem?” yn fired back, pulling jungwon even closer.

“well then you two have fun.” yuna walked away fuming. she did not expect that at all.

“yn what the fuck, why would you say that,” jungwon unlocked their arms, he became paler than usual. he didn’t think yn was being serious but its not like they can just take back what they said.

“IM SORRY IT JUST CAME OUT,” yn defended, “just go with it please jungwon, YOU OWE ME NO QUESTIONS ASKED ANYWAY!

“fine!” jungwon huffed out.

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ONE FAVOR that yang jungwon owed sato yn. one favor he had to obey by no matter what. jungwon and yn are childhood friends that grew up in front of the media due to their famous parents. luckily for them, they were both talented singers so, they naturally became idols. but, one day jungwon embarrassed yn real bad on live television when they were younger, he owed her big time—no questions asked.

TAGLIST (OPEN) @wonniestars

[cerealmonster15]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

ty for the tag @unpredictable-probabilities! I don't usually do tag things but I'm feeling an exception today and I want to ramble lol let's GO!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Right now, 51! I think i started using ao3 back in college with rvb fic lol. I've since orphaned 2 fics so I guess there wouldve been 53.

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

86,956

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Right now, mostly just Twisted Wonderland (and the occasional dndads, I still have a fic in my brain I kinda wanna write for that). Twst was kinda my comeback to wanting to write fics and has been my main inspiration for a lot of things and it's been the most fun i've had writing fics I think, and it's eventually what's gotten me to try to write my first multi chapter fic.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. Slip Ups and Lift Ups (Stardew Valley) 444 Kudos 2. A Fishy Intervention (TWST) 354 Kudos 3. Company (TWST) 249 Kudos 4. Security Cauldron (TWST) 248 Kudos [my first twst fic i think? also has some errors in it teehee oopsie] 5. Because I Care (TWST) 234 Kudos

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes!!! I think I didn't used to? Maybe because I felt weird about my own comments changing the comment count and like it was somehow lying lol. but that's silly and i like talking to people and I Need people to Know that i Love Their Comments

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

hmmm I do not write much angst, and even when I do it's more hurt/comfort, bc permasads make ME permasad. I think it was my rvb fic "forgotten" - which i always forget was my first fic uploaded to ao3 LOL, back in 2015. ironic that my first wasnt reflective of the tone i usually write for. i don't wanna reread it to check [even tho my fics from back then are WAY shorter] bc im scared to face how i wrote when i was fresh outta hs lol BUT if i remember correctly/based on the summary, it was a doc/donut fic and I think it was about how after doc had disappeared from the future cube or whatever in canon and no one knew he was gone, i wrote a scene of doc getting upset with donut bc Of All People Why Didnt You Notice I Thought I Meant Something To You 😔 kdlsjfkdlsj i think it ended with doc walking off and donut being SAD and idk maybe they broke up, idr if they were 'officially dating' in the context of that fic. but um hashtag docnut for life.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

most all of my fics are happy endings with an exception of like one ^ or two lol. I don't know if i can quantify those!

8. Do you get hate on fics?

not to my face if I do lol. I don't think enough people know about me to give a shit if i do stuff they dont like

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

nope!!!! i dont really like smut personally and it's not the kind of genre i have story ideas for.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I don't think i've ever done that 🤔

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that I know of!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

not that I know of!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

nope!

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

girl help i cannot choose. um. well first shout out again to rvb's docnut bc u will always be strong and married in my heart. and in dndads im an oakworthy truther til i die BUT for twst. twst beloved twst i am in that pitfall of i like 50000 different ships. jamiazu is the one i write and draw the most LOL and theyre def a top fave HOWEVER. god. treycater alters my brain chemistry. rookvil marriage real. adeuce beloved fool duo for life. im physically restraining myself from mentioning more KLFJDSKLFJS especially when we get into the multiship/poly web bc god we will be here all day. i can and will be enabled but this post is already long enough GOODBYE!!!!

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

oooh ok well there was a dndads oakworthy thing I started like last year but pretty soon after I started it, we started seeing more of hermies forbidden other 'true' personality traits and i was like ruh roh this guy keeps pulling a fast one on me, i dont think the direction i had with this fic is fitting anymore. i had barely gotten anywhere with it and it wouldve been short anyway, but i think about what couldve been.... lololol and then for TWST umm. Hehe. Teehee even. Back during nanowrimo I used that as time to start 2 fics: kalim and the great relationship rescue, which is my current multichap fic about kalisil and jamiazu, it’s got about 3 chapters, and I’m still writing it. AND IM STILL GOING TO FINISH THAT ONE!!! but the OTHER one I started during that time and have NOT posted any of it yet was the stuff with my first twst oc, Char, and his place in my big caterella multiverse ideas lol. I’ve posted a bit about that story idea and done a lot of doodles and brianstorming for it, but I fear it would be too intimidatingly ambitious to stick to and I’m not sure writing one concrete fic is the right medium for it 🤔 plus I just don’t think many people would like it much LOL it would be very self indulgent and tapping into my soap opera brain. I feel nervous when I talk about it HAHDBFNTG so I’m not sure I could commit. But I still have what I wrote, and maybe I’ll figure out another way to go with it or maybe I’ll just wake up one day and say WHATEVER and write it anyway lol. I’ve gotten shyer again so we’ll see 🧍

16. What are your writing strengths?

umm. i do not know if it is a strength but i feel more light comedy and dialogue come more 'naturally' to me, but i do not know how well i actually can pull it off LOL also shorter, contained stories. Everything I write is a one shot, and I’m struggling on my recent attempt at a multiple chapter fic BDBFFBFNGD

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

hrhrnrngm more descriptive writing, i find im in the pitfalls of writing TOO MUCH dialogue. and i also feel like when i try to do more serious tone things it comes off as cringe or trying too hard kFDKLSHFLDSJ. no one's said that to me but yknow. fear and whatnot. also ending the story is. Hard. I feel like that’s always a weak part of my fics bc I sit there like WELL I WROTE ALL MY IDEAS HOW DO I WRAP THIS UP…. I worry my endings come off kind of half assed but I do my best lol 😔✌️

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

like are you asking if i would do it? or how i feel when it's done in fics i read? i dunno lol. i could maybe do spanish bc ive studied it a lot but i'd get nervous i think.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

on ao3 it was rvb bu teeeechnically back in my neoseeker forums days i was in there writing like, animal crossing or harvest moon or pokemon stuff. it was very bad bc i was like 10 years old LOL

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

ohoho ummmm. Well I always have fun writing jamiazu and I’ve written a LOT of those lol. I have a soft spot for The Comfort of Familiarity. That’s one of the ones hats taken me the longest to write because I was really trying hard to handle it with care, as it was a less light tone than I typically do and I was trying to explore the characters and their situation in a particular way that I really wanted to come across well with who reads it. It was hard, and I’m not sure I fully got there, but ultimately I did like it quite a a bit. on the flipside, one of my more recent fics and I think now my longest oneshot to date, Blue Raspberry Mango was VERY fun to write lol. That one’s a lot more like what I typically write, silly romcom style lmao. Cater and Idia goofing, characters bickering, friendship, me trying to sneak in as many side ships into the background for funsies, jamiazu is there, it was a good time. And that one started as a prompt suggestion which I feel like often times I end up struggling with and not delivering super well… but this one ran away from me and I had a blast lol. Idikei fixed me 😌✌️

Ty for tagging me! Umm. I am too scared to tag other people 🧍 goodbye jk @officialgleamstar 🫵 You Do It

[sorry if I missed any typos or autocorrect, part of this was on my phone and I always miss SOMETHING lol]

[gxbbyhoneybadger]

No Man but You #7

(Final chapter)

Pairing: Joel Miller x !F!Reader

Summary: Joel and Y/n are on the hunt for Elliot and Ellie. Doing whatever it takes to find the teens and bring them back safely, all the while Max was left back inside of a cabin where an unexpected visitor pays a visit. And once they reach the hospital, only bloodshed was left behind.

Warnings: adult language, blood, physical violence, torture, kidnapping, mentions of cannibalism, signs of possible pedophilia, angst, tension, death, fires, mentions of rape, massacres, smut, gentle passionate sex, dirty talk, oral (M&F receiving).

Part I, Part II Part, III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI,

Minors DNI 🔞 18 below the cut

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Y/n opened the door and enters the outside, Joel was right behind her as she loaded her gun. "Where'd they run off to?" Joel murmured to her. "We'll follow the tracks, it's a clear path to wherever the hell they ran of to." Y/n explained.

"Oh shit! They're over there!!" A hunter shouted when he spotted Y/n and Joel. "Shit." Joel growled. Y/n grabbed Joel's wrist and pulled him away, they both ran as fast as they could to get away.

"Move it! Don't let him get ya!" Another said when he leapt at Joel, who punched him straight in the face and shot him. Another hunter grabbed Joel from behind until Y/n ran and jumped onto the hunter's back and rolled him off of Joel. She rolled and threw the hunter off of her before stabbing him in the skull. "Come on!" Y/n grunted while she ran with Joel.

More hunters begin to crowd them, but they ended up being slaughtered by the duo. Soon, Joel and her were sneaking around near a cabin, Joel made Y/n wait behind him when he stepped out—until he's grabbed by another Hunter as he entered a street.

"Gotcha, asshole. Finish him off!" The Hunter shouted. "Hold him still!" The second one said, "Oh shit!!" Y/n attacked them. She grabbed her knife and knocked one off of Joel—allowing him to kick the second guy in the crotch, and headbutt him.

Y/n quickly stabbed her knife into the man's left side of his chest, then his right, then his shoulder before punching his throat and slightly lowering down to fly her hand behind his left knee and slice the knife forward—tripping the hunter backwards on his back in pain. Using her training she had learned from the Jaguars. "Son of a bitch!" He grunted in agony.

"You come with me. Come on." Joel growled as he grabbed the hunter and started to drag him as Y/n dragged the second one. "Let me go. I'll. . .fuck you up!" He weakly threatened

~Fifteen Years ago~

Y/n was sleeping on a small twin bed, it wasn't soft, yet it also wasn't that hard. She gasped when she woke up suddenly, half shaking as she looked around to remember her surroundings. She sat up and rubbed her ring finger, only to feel that her ring was gone. A sorrowful reminder that she threw it away. Shutting her eyes as she remembered his face, at least waking up to him near her, even after their arguments, he'd always end up lying next to her.

But he wasn't here, not anymore. "You alright, girl?" Nica whispered as she turned on a small lamp. "Oh, Nica." Y/n muttered as she wiped her tears looking away from Nica. "You crying-?", "N-No. Just thinking." She sighed.

"Ah. . . About what?" Nica grunted as she sat up. "Nothing important, you should get back to sleep." Y/n saw her sit on the edge of her bed and slide on her socks. "We get up at this hour anyway, might as well talk." Nica smiled.

Nica and Y/n both ate their breakfast before heading to the gym to stretch. "Make sure you got your protein." Nica said to her. "Uh huh. I already got some of Nick's protein bars, he makes them himself?" Y/n wondered. "Yep, he was a CrossFit trainer, he knows more about health and protein foods than I do. But I've been learning." Nica sighed as she stretched her legs, "Here, lemme help you." Nica walked over and stretched Y/n's legs out.

"What's on today's schedule?" Y/n sighed, feeling her muscles being stretched out satisfyingly. "Gonna be lifting some weights, legs and arms, and also do some defense and offense drills. Gonna go through the basic training." Nica said. "The boxing and other stuff?", "Y'know it."

Y/n hummed and groaned when she felt her back pop. "Damn, you really needed that sleep, huh?" Nica chuckled. "It felt good. Best sleep I've ever gotten in five years, Nica." Y/n chuckled as Nica started to laugh. "So, you're not going to tell me what woke you up?" Nica asked. Y/n lost her chuckling and went quiet as she remembered the nightmare.

"I didn't mean to be a prude or anything, but if it's something traumatic, it's good if you take some of the therapy sessions with me." Nica said. "Therapy classes?" Y/n scoffed, "I was always told therapy was for the locos." Nica laughed again and sat up with Y/n. "It helps, it's group therapy, we all just talk. No advice or much, just talk about our troubles." Nica added while getting up to grab some dumbbells.

"Oh, well, I don't think it's really for me." said Y/n. "It's okay, you can still just talk with me. I'm a vault." She grinned. "It was just about my. . . ex." Y/n murmured lowly. "Ooh! Some tea, I see?" Nica chuckled, "Tell me."

"Just, we got engaged. . . And. . . Then this hit us."

"Oh shit, is he? Did he-?", "I don't know. . . I left him and that's how I ended up traveling with Frank a week ago." Y/n added. "This was recent?" Nica asked. "Not really, like more like a few months ago.", "Shit." Nica gasped at her answer, "Why?" She muttered.

Y/n shrugged her shoulders, "We just said some bad things to each other. . . He touched a nerve and. . . I couldn't stand it so, I left alone. Leaving my brother and his brother behind." Y/n confessed while lifting the dumbbells. "What did he say." She questioned.

". . . Just. . . Something about loving me and everything we did being a waste of his time-", "That motherfucker!" Nica hissed, "No way, he didn't say that-!", "He said that." Y/n confirmed it and Nica was flabbergasted. "Well, fuck. . . He's an idiot." Nica hummed. "I just. . . I think he was still grieving and he didn't like when I brought it up."

"Wait, grieving? He lose someone?" Nica inquired. ". . . His daughter. . ."

"Oh. . . Damn, I. . . That's a valid one." Nica sighed as she started to do situps. "I lost my son." Y/n said, cringing from the words she never thought she'd ever say in her life. "That's what my nightmare was about. . . I shot him to put him out of his misery. . . He was bit." Nica looked at her with regret and guilt. "I'm so sorry, Y/n. . . I didn't know.

"It's fine. Least now I can focus on myself and survival." Y/n said, "Let's start training." Nica nodded her head and stood up from the ground, all the while, Fernando was standing behind the corner—listening to the entire conversation.

~~~

They finally bring them to a basement where Joel started to beat them for information all while Y/n watched and waited for her turn to torment the men.

"What do you want? What the fuck?" The hunter tied in the chair grunted out as he tried to escape. "You wait here." Joel muttered, Y/n pulled out a seat for him and set it from of the hunter. "Now. . . the girl and the boy. . . Are they alive?" Joel questioned the hunter, Y/n held her own knife and stood beside them.

"What girl? What boy? I don't know no kids." He lied—Y/n brought her blade down into his knee. "Fuck!" He screamed. "Focus right here. Right here." Joel said as he slapped the man's face. "Or I'll let her pop your damn knee off. The girl and the boy." Joel repeated once more.

"S-She's alive. The b-boy too. She's David's newest pet, Darla feels the same for the b-boy." He grunted. "Where?" Joel said. He didn't answer, Y/n twisted the knife as he squirmed and cried out, "In the town. In the town!" Y/n ripped out her knife before shoving the hilt of the bloody knife in the hunter's mouth as Joel holds up a map. "Now you're gonna mark it on the map. And it better be the same exact spot your buddy points to. Mark it." Joel ordered him.

Hunter leaned forward and marked the location, Joel looked to Y/n as she tipped her head. Knowing which building to find. "It's right there. You can verify it. Go ask him. Go on. He'll tell ya. I ain't lyin'. I ain't lyin." He muttered out as Joel walked around him and began to strangle him until he snapped his neck.

"Fuck you, man. He told you what you wanted. I ain't telling any of you shit!" The second hunter said as Y/n approached him with a pipe. "That's just fine. . . We believe him." She said while raising the pipe. "No, wait-!!"

~~~

Ellie and Elliot were asleep in their cell, James walked in before grabbing Ellie. "Wake-y, wake-y. Come on." He said. "Let go!" Ellie gasped. "Ellie!" Elliot yelled as he stood up. "Get-!", "Stop!" Ellie yelled as James dragged her out of the cell, she grabbed the bars and Elliot shoved James into the wall. Until David grabbed him and threw him back into Darla's arms.

Ellie bit David's hand when he grabbed her, he grunted before ramming his knee in her stomach. Elliot struggled against the larger woman as they lifted Ellie onto the slaughtering table. "I warned you." David growled as he raised his cleaver. "She's infected!! I'm infected! We're both infected!!" Elliot yelled. David paused and looked at Elliot as Darla looked down at him. "Really?" David scoffed.

Ellie knew Elliot's plan and played along, "And so are you. Right there. Roll up my sleeve, roll up his pants. Look at it!" Ellie said. "I'll play along." David sighed as he slammed the cleaver by her head. Darla forced Elliot to the wall with his arms behind his back before checking his legs. They both saw the infected bite marks and remained quiet.

"What'd you say? Everything happens for a reason, right?" Elliot reminded him. "What the hell is that?" James said as he looked at the bite marks, one on Ellie's right arm and one on Elliot's left leg. "They would've turned by now. It can't be real!" Darla defended as she possessively held onto Elliot. "Looks pretty fucking real to me!" James shouted. Ellie quickly takes the cleaver and hacks it into James' neck, rolling off the table towards the doorway. Ellie sliced the cleaver into Darla's knee and Elliot elbowed her nose before David fired a few rounds but misses.

They both ran out the room as Darla yelled in agony. Ellie grabbed a switchblade from a nearby cabinet before following after Elliot who had jumped out into the blizzard.

~~~

"Okay. Shit. Oh man." Ellie muttered as Elliot pulled her hand along, "What the fuck is wrong with these people?" Elliot almost tripped when Ellie ran into his back. "Fucking animals is what they are." Elliot whispered as he snuck into a storage room Ellie right behind him. "Where you going, kids? This is my town!" David shouted.

"I need a gun." Ellie whispered. "It's okay, we can do this." Elliot said. They move to the front of the store and keep an eye out for the hunters. "We heard gunshots!" Someone said. "Infected!" They heard Darla say. "What?"

"The boy and the girl. They're infected and they got out!" Darla snarled. "This is bad, Darla." A woman said. "Alright, I need you to round up everyone who isn't armed and get 'em to clear outta here. We're gonna find those kids and we're gonna kill them." David explained. "No! I want the boy. I want to deal with him myself." Darla ordered.

"Oh fuck. I'll take the kids to the shelter." The hunter said before David, Darla and the woman split up; more hunters come around nearby hunting for the kids. "Oh fuck." Elliot gasped when he almost tripped.

"Tired of this shit. He's crossed the line this time." A hunter groaned as Ellie and Elliot snuck around them. "I've been saying this for months.", "We've indulged them enough. These brats killed our men and now they're infected."

"Let's clean this mess up. . . then we can have a town meeting. Put David's leadership up to a vote. That other guy was a better choice." Ellie and Elliot both snuck into a restaurant before they see Darla and David waiting at the far exit. "You're easy to track." She smirked before they ran towards the kids. Ellie grabbed her knife before Elliot went in and tackled David to the ground—trying to wrestle the gun away from him. Darla attacked Ellie and shoved her into the ground, Elliot kicked at David and got away. Grabbing his gun and running to knock Darla off of Ellie before dragging her away and running to hide.

He knocked over a candle which started a fire on a table, spreading to the walls then to the ceiling.

"That's alright. There's nowhere to go! You want out? You're gonna have to come get these keys. I know you're not infected. No one who's infected fights this hard to stay alive. So what is it, Ellie?" David questioned as Darla shut and locks the doors.

"Oh, hey, Ellie? I'm sorry about your horse. I truly am. I hope you take comfort in knowing we won't waste any part of him." Darla said while she searched for the teens, "I never liked you from the beginning, but the boy, who is he? Your brother? I really like him, I like the young ones. More energetic." Darla cooed as she looked under a table.

"Ah, you fuck." Elliot grumbled beneath his breath.

"You know, I. . . I wish you hadn't killed James. He's a good kid—just doing his job. In fact, all those people you killed. It's just gonna make our group stronger. Fewer mouths to feed. Stronger survivors." David said while Elliot snuck under a table and Ellie hid behind one of the walls. "Ellie! Elliot, come on. I know you're dying to say something to me." Darla called out.

"Creepy piece of shit." Ellie growled.

"No? Nothin'? Sure about that?" Darla muttered before she ambushed Elliot out of the blue, dragging him out as he yelled and kicked her hands. Darla hissed at the hits; Ellie ran out to a distracted David, managing to stab him in the neck. His point-blank shots miss by some stroke of fate. Elliot kicked Darla's gut and crawled away, running to punch David in the face and run towards Ellie when he started to shoot that them. "That was good, kid. It's gonna be alright." David sighed as he put his gun away, grabbing a machete instead.

"Don't shoot the boy, David!" Darla snapped. David ignored her and continued talking to the kids. "You know, you keep surprising me. It's a shame you wouldn't come around. Give up now and I promise to be quick. Promise."

"Yeah, go fuck yourselves!" Ellie cursed. "Okay then. Don't say I didn't give you a chance. You know, I love how you think that you're better than this. Better than us. But you're not." David said. "Ah, you crazy fuck." Elliot c

"It didn't have to be this way, you know. You brought this on yourself. You did."

Ellie charged at him again, before Darla knocked her into the wall—knocking her unconscious as Elliot continued to attack the two adults.

~~~

Joel and Y/n both approach the Silver Lake's outskirts. They killed the guards and quickly sneak inside to find the teens backpacks. "Why is their stuff here?" Joel muttered. "They were driving them away." Y/n said as she opened a door into a meat locker room filled with corpses. She covered her mouth and stumbled backwards. "Joel, we gotta find them!" She said with worry. "Oh, Christ. We gotta find them. We gotta find them." Joel said when he saw the meat locker.

"We gotta go." Y/n said as she exited the room and stepped onto main street, seeing the burning building. "Holy shit. . ." Joel muttered. "Come on!" Y/n said as she started to run towards the building.

Ellie woke up when Elliot was slammed against the wall by David, Darla shoved him aside and grabbed Elliot herself. "You're such a brat. We take you in. Feed you. Shelter you. In return, you bite us, kill our men, and act completely selfish with that little bitch!" She cursed at him.

David found Ellie as she reached for a knife, til David kicked her hard in the stomach. "I knew you two had heart. Y'know, it's okay to give up. Ain't no shame in it. I guess not. Just not your style, is it?"

"Y'know, David, I wanna have fun with him. I wanna make it last." Darla sickly grinned as her eyes wondered up and down Elliot's body, her hand holding his throat as her other caressed his right side. Elliot was reaching over to a brick on a nearby table. "I really wanted to have you all to myself, David would've ignored you if you hadn't gone and screwed it up."

David kicked Ellie down again, before crawling on top of her back and pinning her down. "You can try beggin'." He said as turned her over; Darla shoved and slammed Elliot on the table and started to strangle him.

"Fuck you!" Elliot hissed. "You think you know us? Huh? Well, let me tell you somethin'. You have no idea what we're capable of." Ellie managed to reach and grab the machete before hacking it into David's arm. Darla looked behind her and gasped as Ellie started to crawls on top of him to slash him more. Before Darla could look back, the brick smashed against the side of her skull.

Knocking her down and making her dazed before Elliot kicked her face and straddled her—bringing the edge of the brick down onto her face, again, and again, again, and again. Breaking and shattering her nose, forehead, teeth, and more. "Ellie! Elliot! Stop. Stop!" Joel yelled, Y/n pulled Elliot off of Darla and dragged him away as he kicked a screamed. Joel did the same to Ellie as she struggled to get out of his arms.

"No! Don't fucking touch me!", "We'll fucking kill you!" They screamed in a panic. Y/n turned Elliot around and held his face. "Hey! Hey! Stop it! It's me! Look at me!" Y/n yelled to him. "Shhh. Shhh." Joel hushed both the kids as they still tried to move away. "No-!", "It's okay. It's me, it's us. Look, look. It's us." Joel said to Ellie. The teens stopped struggling as they finally realized who was there with them.

"He—She- They tried to-" Ellie stuttered as Joel pulled her in to embrace her shaking body. Elliot whimpered before holding onto Y/n tightly, hiding his face in her chest as he started to cry. Y/n held his head and whispered: "Baby boy. . . You're okay. . . It's okay, we're here. . ."

"Oh, baby girl. . . It's okay, it's okay." Joel muttered to Ellie, he looked to Elliot who slightly peeked over Y/n's arms and cried as he saw Joel. "Joel." He whimpered as he quickly stumbled towards him to hug him as well. Ellie looked to Y/n as she stepped closer and knelt beside her, Ellie launched herself onto her body and hugged her. "Y/n. . ." She sobbed. "It's okay now." Joel said to them.

The adults held their faces and made them look at each other, telling them how they needed to leave and get Max, adding that they'll be okay. Y/n helped Ellie up and Joel helped Elliot up, both holding the teens near to their sides as they leave the restaurant, letting the bodies burn in the fire.

~~~

Joel opened the door and ran towards the stairs, "Max! C'mon on down! We're back, we gotta leave!" Joel said, Y/n led the teens to sit on the old couch and cleaned their faces as she glanced at the stairs. "Max!" She yelled. A small whine came from a nearby closet and opened—the small light brown headed girl ran straight into Y/n's legs and began to cry as she hugged her.

"Joel! She's here!" Y/n said as she picked up Max and held her, "Baby? Max, what happened? Why weren't you upstairs? Hey, hey, don't cry." She whispered while cleaning her tears. Joel walked to the girls and brushed back Max's hair to look at her, "What's this? Max, where'd you get this from?" Joel asked her when he saw a red bruise forming on Max's frail cheek.

She choked on her sobs and reached for Joel's shoulders to hug him, squeezing her legs around his sides and holding him close while burying her head into Joel's neck, still crying and shaking. Y/n looked at the stairs and carpet, seeing drops of blood and empty bullet shells. "She used the gun, Joel. . ." Y/n muttered as she looked at Joel. "We needa leave." He sighed. "We can find a different house than this, rest up, and leave in the morning."

"Alright." He replied, "I'll keep watch."

~~~

Spring had finally arrived, Y/n and Joel were both healed from their wounds—only their scars remained on their sides; Elliot and Ellie were both zoning out as Max held onto Joel and Y/n's hands—jumping and leaping with a smile on her small face; Y/n was heading towards Salt Lake City via an old turnpike. The distracted teens were staring a deer painting on a wall. "Kids! Did you hear us?" Joel said as Max and Y/n looked at them. "No. . . What?" Ellie asked.

"Look. Hospital. This is where we go." Y/n said as Max giggled. "Let's go, kiddos." Joel said before pulling Max up onto his side, she laughed when he prodded at her side.

Y/n walked and searched the abandoned cars for any supplies as Joel spoke to the kids. "Heh. Feel that breeze, huh? I tell you, on a day like this, I'd just sit on my porch, pick away at my six string."

"Hm, I remember that. . . You used to play for me." Y/n reminded him, "You'd always make me sing and teach me how to play sometimes. . ."

Joel chuckled at the fond memory of Y/n complaining that her fingers hurt from the strings, "Yeah, once we're done with this whole thing, I'm gonna teach y'all how to play guitar. Yeah, I reckon you'd really like that. Whaddya say, huh? Ellie, Elliot, I'm talkin' to you." He said. "Huh? Oh, yeah, sure." Ellie said.

"That sounds great." Elliot added while following the adults. Max picked up a few knick knacks lingering on the ground and started to fiddle with them as she skipped onwards with joy. "You never told me why you're deliverin' them." Joel said to Y/n as they walked. She held the strap of her backpack while moving forward, "Marlene said that their mother was there waiting for them. . . I guess I felt. . . Obligated? I dunno, just. . . It felt like I have to take them back to their mom. . . I don't know if it's the guilt or something but. . . Marlene also said she'd repay me for what she did. . . I just hope it's worth it." Y/n said.

"What did Marlene do?" Joel asked, she turned and looked at him with a woeful grin. ". . . I'll tell you later." She muttered before looking at a sign, "Look at that. Another city, another abandoned QZ. There's the hospital. Come on, kids."

Soon enough, they all hop the over QZ gate and entered a bus terminal, "This is one of the short ways, but we have to be careful." Y/n warned them. "Maybe we cut through here, huh?" Joel suggested before Y/n tipped her head towards the teens behind them who were silent. Joel turned and was curious himself. "Everything all right with you two?" He asked.

"Yeah, we're fine." Ellie said. "Y'all just kinda seem extra quiet today." Joel added. "Oh, sorry." Elliot apologized. "No, it's not. . . it's fine." He sighed.

Y/n looked up to the balcony and groaned when she saw the ladder up there. "How many times is Marcus going to leave that up there?" She mumbled. "Here, lemme help. Here we go." Joel said as he prepared himself into a boost position. Y/n shook her head and glanced at a old chest buried under some planks. "Hold on, Joel." She said before running towards it. She removed the planks and opened the chest, seeing a red climbing axe. "Yes. . ." She muttered as she picked it up, glancing at the kids who were still quiet while Max giggled with Joel.

"Ellie. Elliot." She said. "What?" They both answered. "I'm gonna get the ladder, get over here."

"Right. . ." Ellie mumbled. Y/n ran and jumped on the wall, hooking the axe into the surface and pulling herself up and climbing onto the ledge. She grabbed the ladder and set it down for the rest, she stood and turned her head. "Holy—kids, you gotta hurry up and see this!" She gasped.

"Okay?" Elliot muttered as he and Ellie both climbed up before their eyes grew wide, Joel set Max on the ladder and climbed up after her, "Oh my god. Whoa!" The teens said as they run off. "What is it? Ellie? Elliot!" Joel yelled. "Oh. . . you gotta see this, Joel!" Ellie said. Y/n grabbed Joel's hand and pulled him up the rest of the way, Max squeaked as she followed her older brother.

"What is it? I don't see anything. . . What the hell is-?", Are you kidding me? C'mon, hurry up!" Elliot smiled as he ran off. He and Y/n follow and finally see what's got them so wide-eyed: a wild giraffe roaming around.

"What in the Sam Hill?" Joel mumbled as Y/n chuckled at his reaction. "Whoa. You see this?" Elliot said with a flabbergasted smile. They find another giraffe eating right by a hole in the building as they entered another room. Joel looked at Y/n who was grinning at the sight of wildlife before he started to slowly step towards the animal. "Shhh. . . don't scare it." Ellie whispered.

"I won't. . .I won't. . ." He said as he goes to pet it. "What are you doing?!" Elliot hissed. "It's alright. C'mere, c'mere. Hurry up, c'mon. Go on." He said, Max was the first to follow Joel as he took her small hand and had her reach up to graze the side of the giraffe's large face. Ellie and Elliot close behind soon after Y/n approached them. "Hey there." Elliot muttered.

"So fucking cool. Aw, where's it off to?" Ellie asked. "Here, c'mon. . . Let's go. Come on." Elliot smiled as he grabbed Ellie's wrist and ran after the giraffe. "Slow down, kids!" Y/n groaned.

"Hurry up. C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" Ellie said. Y/n and Joel ran with Max as they reached the rooftop where the teens remained. From the roof, they saw the old zoo and a whole herd of giraffes.

"Oh man. . . wow. Look at those things. . ." Ellie said to Elliot as he watched. "So. . . this everything you two were hoping for?" Joel asked them. "It's got its ups and downs, but. . . you can't deny the view though." Ellie said. "You always liked giraffes, didn't you, Elliot?" Y/n inquired. "Yeah. . . Closest thing that looks related to a brachiosaurus. . ." Elliot grinned.

"A what?" Ellie asked. "A brachiosaurus. . . Those dinosaurs with the long necks?" Elliot said. Ellie shrugged her shoulders as he sighed, "Nevermind." They continued to just watch the giraffes before they head onwards. Joel stopped at a door and let his eyes wander and find Y/n's as she watched him with uncertainty.

He looked at the kids as she crossed her arms. "We don't have to do this. . . You all know that, right?" He said. "What's the other option?" Ellie asked. "We go back to Tommy's. All of us. Just. . . be done with this whole damn thing." Joel suggested, Y/n lifted her head and looked at him while Max held onto her hand, her eyes glimmered with hope.

"But. . . After all we've been though. Everything that we've done. It can't be for nothing." Elliot said. "Look, we know you mean well. . . but there's no halfway with this. Once we're done, we'll go wherever you old two want. Okay?" Ellie grinned at the adults. Y/n chuckled and shook her head. "I'm not leaving without one of you stuck at my side." Y/n said.

"Well, I ain't leavin' without any of ya as well, so let's go wrap this up." Joel added with a grin. Y/n led them out and they exit the terminal and into the old QZ processing area. Max smiled while running around.

"Well, this place takes me back." Joel said while Y/n walked into an old tent. "How so?" Elliot asked. "It was right after everything went down. Me and Y/n ended up in a triage just like this. . . Man, everywhere you looked, you just. . . saw families torn apart. The whole damn world seemed to have turned upside—down in a blink." Joel explained. "I remember seeing a girl sobbing her little eyes out when her father was dragged out of the QZ, poor guy was infected." Y/n added while walking out of the tent.

"Is that after you lost your kids?" Ellie wondered. "Yes, it was. . ." Joel said as Y/n looked at him. "I. . . can't imagine losing someone you love like that. Losing everything that you know. I'm sorry, Joel and Y/n." "That's okay, Ellie." Joel said. "I know they're somewhere better now." Elliot added. "Thank you, Elliot." Y/n murmured.

"Oh, hey, guys. We got somethin' for you. Here. Maria showed me this to me and I, uh. . . I stole it. I hope you don't mind." Ellie said as she reached into Elliot's bag and pulled out three separate photos. She gives one of the pictures of him and Sarah at her soccer game to Joel. Elliot grabbed one and handed it to Y/n, the picture of Noah and her at his basketball game.

Max held the last one and handed it to the both of them: a picture of Sarah, Noah, Joel and Y/n together when he proposed to her. Y/n felt the ache in her heart when she saw the memories in front of her, but she felt the remembrance of herself and Joel in a heartwarming way—softening the ache of her heart with fond and beautiful memories.

Joel sighed as he looked at the family photo of him and Y/n with their kids. "Well, no matter how hard you try, I guess you can't escape your past. Thank you, you three." He said. Y/n smiled and nodded her head at them before Max reached up to her shirt and made her pick her up. But Ellie and Elliot both wore smirks as they glanced at each other, "Great, now what?" Y/n sighed.

"We already know who decided to get engaged with that old man." Ellie snickered as Elliot covered his mouth to avoid laughing. Joel rolled his eyes as he turned away, "Oh, c'mon Joel!" Ellie laughed. "Oh great." Y/n grumbled as she followed Joel.

They cleared the QZ and entered an abandoned traffic tunnel. "This time it's gonna be different. I just know it." Ellie muttered. "What do you mean?" Elliot asked. "They're gonna be there—the Fireflies, I mean. I'm sure of it." Ellie said.

Ellie and Joel gasped when they see a sea of infected in the tunnel, all of them ducked out of sight. "Oh, shit." Joel muttered. "Holy shit!" Ellie muttered. "Shh, quiet, I know a way out of here. We can avoid the infected, but the bad news is: there's a huge current."

"Oh my god. There's so many of them." Ellie continued. "Whatever we can do to avoid those things!" Elliot whispered. "Let's just follow Y/n." Joel said to the kids. She went her own way and found another private entrance into a hidden tunnel; they hopped over a trailer and towards a flooded portion. "Watch your step. That water is pretty deep." Y/n warned them all as she started to cross the strong rushing water.

"Hey, that's what we can do once we're done!" Ellie said. What's that?" questioned Joel. "You can teach us how to swim." She smiled. "You got it." Joel said. "Yeah, you all need it." Y/n teased.

Joel followed Y/n and they both swam ahead in the water, "Where on the other side!" Y/n said. "Cool. Drop that ladder down for us!" Elliot said. "Alright, hold on." Joel added as Y/n positioned the ladder. "Just stick to the edge. It's shallow here." Y/n said.

"Oh, it's freezing!" Ellie shuddered. Y/n continued to find stable footing around the flooded area, slowly making her way across, soon enough they see Saint Mary's Hospital nearby. "Hey, look. There it is!" Elliot pointed out. "Just stay put." Joel said as Y/n swam around to find a pallet for the kids, "Joel, come help."

They continued to move towards another flooded tunnel that has a even faster-moving current. "Shit." Elliot muttered. "Oh no." Ellie whispered, Joel picked Max up before Y/n jumped across a gap. Joel and Max behind her. "Okay. Come on—jump." Joel said as he and Y/n waited with open hands. "You're gonna catch us?" Ellie asked with uncertainty.

"We got you." Y/n said. Ellie was the first to jump, making it on her own. "See? You didn't even need us." Joel said before Elliot looked at them. "Oh fuck.", "Come on, Elliot! You can do it." Ellie smiled. He backed up before running and jumping, grabbing onto Joel and Y/n's hand just in case. "Scaredy cat-", "Shut up, Ellie." Elliot growled, "Let's get the hell off this thing."

The bus they're walking suddenly started to shake from the rushing current. "Oh shit!" The teens yelled. "Oh shit! Kids—Kids, move! Oh shit, I got it!" Joel shouted. Y/n shoved Max towards the teens to catch just as the surface started to break under the adults weight. "Y/n!? Joel?! Here, c'mon!" They screamed

The shifting bus knocks Joel into Y/n and she fell inside of it, he turned and tried to grab her hand but it was too late. "Joel!" Y/n gasped. "Son of a bitch! Aw, shit!" Joel growled when he jumped in to get her. "Joel, wait!!" The teens shouted before the water grew stronger.

The current pinned Y/n firm against the windows as Joel held onto the poles and pulled himself closer as he reached for her hand. Ellie and Elliot jumped back onto the bus, attempting to kick open the doors of the bus. "We made it! We fucking made it! Okay! Open, you piece of shit!!" Ellie cursed. Elliot jumped and kicked the doors open, hitting the half-drowning adults in the heads and face. "C'mon, let's get you—Oh shit, oh shit!" They both said over each other.

"Kids, give her your hands before-!" But Joel couldn't finish his sentence when the bus finally gave in—turning and sending all four underwater. The current thrashed against their bodies as Max watched from above with panic, chasing after them in the dangerous current.

Climbing and jumping over the gaps and almost falling. The teens were dragged underneath the water, Y/n swam towards them and Joel followed. They spotted the two unconscious in the water, they swam with more power and speed towards them. Ellie was grabbed by Joel and Elliot was pulled up by Y/n. They dragged their unconscious bodies to the surface and set them on their backs. Y/n coughed as she listened to their breathing, "Joel! Joel, they're not breathing! Fuck! Chest compressions!" She said as she started to perform CPR on Elliot, Joel copied her moves and started on Ellie.

"C'mon." He growled—Y/n flipped Elliot to his side which caused him to weakly cough up water before lying him back down. "C'mon, Elliot. . . Come on". She hissed as she kept going. "C'mon. . . c'mon. . . C'mon. . .c'mon. . ." Joel whispered. "Joel, Joel! Where's Max!?" Y/n gasped as she continued the chest compressions. "Oh shit-", "Hands in the air!" Two guards shouted as they approached the four.

"C'mon. They're not breathing!" Joel argued as he and Y/n kept going. "Hands in the fucking air!"

"Come on, kids!" Y/n begged. Joel continued CPR until the man knocked him out with the butt of his rifle. Y/n yelled Joel's name and grabbed her climbing axe before hacking it into the guard's knee—until the second guard knocked her out.

~thirteen years ago~

A year had passed Y/n, she adapted to the Jaguars rules and schedules. Had her first patrol, learned more than ever, and enjoyed Nica and Fernando's company. She was in her quarters with Nica as she braided Y/n's hair into two French braids.

"So. . . I see you working up, Fernando~" Nica purred as looked at Y/n in the mirror. "Shut up. Fernando isn't like that-", "Uh huh, I see how he looks at you. Hell, he treats you ten times more respectful than me! And I've been here longer than you."

Y/n rolled her eyes as Nica giggled, "Maybe it's time for you to move on from your ex-fiancee, and hop onto lovely Fernando." She purred. Y/n nudged her side as she relaxed in her seat, "I'm good. . . I don't feel like dating anymore. . ."

"Huh, didn't take you for a one night stand, girl-", "No! I'm not like that either." She sighed, "Fernando is a nice guy, but. . . I'm just done. . . No one night stands, no hookups, no friends with benefits. . . I just want it to be done. I just want a normal friend."

Nica nodded her head as she finished braiding her hair. "You look nice with braided hair." Nica stood back and smiled at her as she zipped up her jacket. "What kind of jacket is that?" Y/n asked. "A military one, has this cover sewn inside, pretty handy when I'm trying to hide my face from Hunters. Has pockets inside, extra heat just in case you're stuck in the snow, or it keeps you cool during the summer." She grinned.

"Shit. . . I need that thing." Y/n said. "Over my dead body, this is the second one left.", "Who has the other one?", "Jeremy." she smiled. Y/n stood and walked to her bed, slipping off her shirt and grabbing a different one. "We have today's patrol, and when we're done, maybe I'll think about finding you one of these." Nica added while tying on her boots.

". . . Fine." Y/n chuckled. "Great, let's go." Nica smiled while dragging Y/n to the doors. "Tonight, I really want to drink some coffee. . ." Y/n groaned. "You gotta hold on then, maybe Fernando's daughter has some." Nica said.

"Fernando has a daughter?" Y/n asked. "Yeah, he keeps her away, also hides his coffee with her as well." Nica answered, "She's probably fifteen or fourteen, depends. But he still treats her like a little girl.", "Why does he hide her?" Y/n inquired.

Nica shrugged her shoulders as they walked, "Maybe outta love and parental protection." She grinned

~~~

Y/n groaned as she groggily opened her eyes, seeing the light and bright ceiling as she slowly woke herself up. "Welcome. . ." She heard someone say. Y/n growled as she sat up to look at her, "Sorry about those guards knocking you down. . . Didn't know who you were." A woman said. Y/n's eyes looked over to the woman, wearing a white tank top with a sweater tied around her hips. She had light brown hair, down to her mid-back, the similar hazel eyes that reminded her of Max's irises. She also had Elliot's nose. . .

"You traveled. . . All this way. . . Just to bring my kids back to me." She whispered as she sat down in a chair. Y/n sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed her eyes, "Yeah. . . Guess I did, but I wasn't alone. They helped, the man and the other girl."

"Right, Ellie. . . She has my sister's spirit in her." The woman said. "Your sister?" Y/n muttered. The woman looked at her with a melancholy grin, "Anna Williams is my sister, we were twins. . . I got pregnant a year before her, I had Elliot. Then she had Ellie soon after, named her after my son for fun before she passed. . . Then a few years later, I had Max. . . We were both blessed with children, immune to this virus. . ." She grinned.

"Max and Elliot. . . Are Ellie's-?", "Cousins, yes. They were separated because Marlene thought it'd be safer if they were all huddled together, plus I was moved to a different QZ." She said, "I never introduced myself, I'm Amy Williams." Y/n nodded her head and sighed. "Max, where is she-?", "She's fine. They found her, she's here now.", "Ellie and Elliot-?", "They brought them back. Now, about the deal with Marlene-", "No. . . I don't. . . Forget it." She muttered.

Y/n sighed and looked at the door, "Lead me to them then-", "You don't need to worry anymore, we're taking care of-", "I'm worried, just. . . please." Y/n said. Amy chewed her inner cheek as she exhaled with regret. "They're being prepped for surgery."

Y/n stared at her with confusion. "The fuck do you mean surgery?" She growled. ". . . The doctors told me that the cordyceps, the growth inside her, Max, and Elliot, has somehow mutated even more. It's why they're immune. Once they take it, they'll be able to reverse-engineer a cure. A damn cure to end all of this." Amy explained.

Y/n scoffed and crossed her arms, "The infected grows over the brain." She added. "I know. . ." Amy muttered. Y/n's brow arched as she clenched her fists. "Find somebody else-", "There is nobody else-", "You're their fucking mother! Her aunt! You're going to let them kill your own children, your own flesh and blood just for a damn cure?! You're not a mother, a mother wouldn't let her children be sacrificed for other selfish bastards in the world. The Fireflies will just use the cure against everyone else I bet!" Y/n yelled at her. "Does it look like I want to do this? This isn't about me, or you, or anyone, this is for the world and humanities survival!" Amy argued back. "Fuck humanities survival!" Y/n snapped.

Y/n stood and walked to her, "You're going to fucking show me-!" Amy pulled out her gun and aimed it at her. "This hurts me. It really does. I said my goodbyes, and now I have to go through with it. For the future." Amy said as she slowly lowered her gun, "Someone's going to escort you out. And don't even try anything." Amy warned her before a guard ran to the door.

"What?" Amy growled. "It's the small one, she got away. She's running around in the hospital! We can't find her." He snapped. Amy huffed as she ran out, "Take her out of here. If she tries anything. . . Shoot her." She ran off.

~~~

Joel suddenly gasped as he wakes up in a hospital bed. Seeing Marlene sitting at his bedside. "Welcome to the Fireflies. Sorry about the. . . They didn't know who you two were." Marlene said to him.

"And the kids? Y/n?" Joel asked. "They're alright. They brought them back and found Max. You came all this way. . . How'd you do it?" Marlene replied. "It was her. . . Y/n. . . She and the kids fought like hell to get here. Maybe it was meant to be." Joel muttered as he sat up correctly.

"I lost most of my crew crossing the country. I pretty much lost everything. And then you and her show up and somehow we find you just in time to save those kids. Maybe it was meant to be." Marlene grinned.

"Take me to them." Joel said. "You don't have to worry about them anymore. We'll take care of-", "I worry. Just let me see them, please." Joel cut in.

Marlene stayed silent until she answered: "You can't. They're being prepped for surgery."

"The hell you mean, surgery?" Joel huffed. "The doctors tell me that the cordyceps, the growth inside her, has somehow mutated. It's why she's immune. Once they remove it, they'll be able to reverse-engineer a vaccine. A vaccine." She said as she stood up.

"But it grows all over the brain." Joel reminded her. ". . .It does." Marlene whispered. "Find someone else." Joel snarled. "There is no one else.", "Listen, you are gonna show me where-!" When Joel stood and walked to Marlene, her guard knocked him down to his knees.

"Stop. I get it. But whatever it is you think you're going through right now, it is nothing compared to what I have been through. I knew them since they were born. I promised her mother and her sister that I would look after them." Marlene said. "Then why are you letting this happen?" Joel questioned her. "Because this isn't about me. Or even them. There is no other choice here." Marlene snapped.

Joel sighed as he sat on the ground with his arm resting on his perched knee. "Yeah. . .you keep telling yourself that bullshit." He growled.

Marlene glared at him, "March him outta here. He tries anything, shoot him. Don't waste this gift, Joel." She then leaves the room, right into Amy. "Max is hiding somewhere, we have to find her.", "Fuck." Marlene sighed as she and Amy ran off.

"Get up. . . I said get up." The guard said to Joel, pointing his gun at him. Joel slowly stood and started to walk towards the door, until he stopped. "Go on. Move. I said move. . . . Gimme an excuse." The guard said.

"Which way?" The guard pointed to the side, continuing to walk on as he passed his and Y/n's backpacks. "What the fuck you doin'? Keep walking. I said keep walking-!" Joel hit the gun away from his head and overpowered the guard before pinning him to the wall. "Where is the operating room? I ain't got time for this." He shot the guard in the stomach and questioned him again, "Where?" He shoots him again, "Where?"

"Top floor. The far end." Y/n cut in before shooting the guard in the head for Joel. He dropped the body as she grabbed and tossed him his bag. "We have to go. Right now." She said. "Gunshots! Search the floor!" A Firefly yelled.

"Oh shit." Joel muttered before grabbing Y/n's hand and leading her to hide in a different place as the guards came searching. Y/n didn't hold back from attacking the Fireflies, slitting their throats open with her knife before shooting another down. She followed behind Joel and made sure to watch out for her as she used her axe to hook it into their throats.

The two jumped and climbed over desks, sliding into the doors and blockading it with more hospital beds. "That should give us some time." Joel muttered. Y/n and Joel turned around when they heard tiny sobs coming from a closed cabinet. She approached it and opened it, seeing a huddled Maxine sobbing as she covered her head.

"Joel! Max is here!" Y/n gasped, Max sniffled before jumping into her arms and crying, Joel approached and hugged Max. "Baby girl." He mumbled, she let out a small and frail high pitched squeal as she cried. "It's okay, baby, it's okay. We have to get your brother and Ellie, okay?" She asked her.

Max nodded and clutched onto Y/n as Joel and her both looked around for the surgery room. "Over there!" Y/n said as she started towards the hospital room. Joel was the first to open the door, Y/n set Max down behind her: seeing Elliot and Ellie is knocked out on the surgery tables.

"Sweet Jesus." Joel whispered.

"Doctor?" A nurse gasped. "What're you doing here?" The doctor asked, he ran to the small table and grabbed a scalpel before holding against the adults, "I won't let you take them. This is our future. Think of all the lives we'll save. . ." He said, Y/n and Joel both stared at the doctor.

Stalking closer as Y/n pulled out her gun and shot the doctor straight through the stomach—he yelled when he collapsed, Joel punched him and continued until he fell unconscious. "No! You fucking animals!" A nurse screamed. "Kari, shut the hell up!" The second warned as he stayed away. "Please. I don't wanna die." She begged.

Joel helped Y/n disconnects the tubes from the teens, she lifted Ellie and he picked up Elliot. "Come on, baby boy. I gotcha. . . Oh shit. Get back!" Joel said as Max ran to them, Y/n nudged the back door open and they all made their escape. Running down the halls and through the obstacles away from the guards. Max ran to the elevator and pointed back at the Fireflies running after the pair. But they eventually make it to the elevator safely. "C'mon, c'mon." Joel muttered as Max clicked the button repeatedly.

"Hey! Stop!" A guard shouted as the lift started to move. "Oh fuck." Y/n whispered as the doors shut and it started to descend. Joel rested his head on the wall as Max hid by the corner of the elevator. Y/n's gun fell from her hands as she held onto Ellie, Max picked it up and handed it to her. "I can't hold it right now, baby. . . Hold it for me, okay?" She whispered. Max gulped and nodded her head with glossing tears.

The elevator stopped and the doors open, he and Y/n both get out in the lower parking garage. Max reached up and pressed the elevator stop button. "Okay. Come on, come on." Y/n said before she and Joel froze when Marlene and Amy both aimed their guns at them.

"You can't save her or him, or Max. Even if you get them out of here, then what? How long before Max and Ellie are torn to pieces by a pack of clickers? That is if they haven't been raped and murdered first. Unlike one of you." Marlene said as she looked at Y/n.

"Keep your mouth shut." Y/n growled. "That ain't for you to decide." Joel hissed at Marlene. "It's what they'd want. And you know it. Look. . ." She said as she started to lower her gun. Amy looked at her with shock as she held up her gun still. "Put it down, Amy—", "No.", "Amy-", "I said no-", "Put the fucking gun down now!" Marlene yelled at her.

Amy complied and lowered her gun as Marlene spoke, "You can still do the right thing here. They won't feel anything." Marlene whispered.

"It's their purpose. . . They're alive just for this. To die and save us. Isn't that what we want?" Amy added, "They need to die for us. . . To save us all."

~~~

Joel was driving out of the town, Max was awake as she watched the windows, Ellie and Elliot both slowly waking up beside her. "What the hell am I wearing?" Ellie groaned. "I hate dresses." Elliot murmured.

"Just take it easy you two. . . The drugs are still wearing off." Y/n said to them as she adjusted herself in her seat.

"What happened?" Elliot sighed as he rubbed his eyes.

Joel looked to Y/n and they glanced at Max who was watching them through the review mirror. "We found the Fireflies. . . Turns out there's a whole lot more like you three. People that are immune." Joel said. Y/n looked at the window as she started to speak, "You're mother wasn't there either. . . Turns out she was one of the immune people, that's how it passed to you. . . They tried making a cure outta her but. . . It failed just like all the others."

"There's dozens actually. Ain't done a damn bit of good either. They've actually st—They've stopped looking for a cure. I'm taking us all home. We're sorry. . ." Joel said.

~~~

Back in the parking garage. Marlene lowers her gun, but Joel shoots her in the stomach. Amy yelled as she raised her gun and aimed at Joel before she was shot in the chest, she gasped and held her wound as she slowly crumbled to the floor. The adults both looked down between them to see Max holding the pistol in her trembling hands, the smoke still flowing from the barrel of the gun.

She let the gun slip from her hands and on the ground, Y/n re-adjusted Elliot in her arms and reached to grab Max's hand, leading her and Joel towards a truck. They both sat Ellie and Elliot against each other comfortably, Max was lifted in and set beside them. "Stay here. . ." Joel said to her. Y/n tapped his arm and looked at Marlene and Amy both gasping.

He shut the door and followed Y/n to the weak bodies on the floor. "Wait! Let us go. . . Please." Marlene begged. Amy reached up towards Y/n with weak eyes as she glared down at her. Y/n watched Joel and he watched her as they both held their guns in their hands and glared at the two.

"You'd just come after them."

Bam!

~~~

They continued to drive on as the adults remained quiet, Y/n looked back at the sleeping three before back at Joel. "They look comfortable." She whispered. "Yeah. . . They do." Joel muttered, he sighed and pulled the car over into a garage. "You want me to drive?" She asked. "No. . . Can we talk?" He mumbled, Y/n nodded her head and he got out of the car shutting the garage door. She followed behind him and quietly shut her car door.

"Joel, what's wrong-? Fuck. . . You're not bit, are you-?"

"No, I'm not. . . It's. . . I wanted to talk to you. Only you, about. . . us." He said as he entered the old house, it was empty and cleared already. "About us?" Y/n muttered as she followed him. He entered the upstairs level and opened a door to scavenge for any useful items as she followed him.

"I miss you, Y/n." Joel said.

". . . I'm right here, cowboy." She chuckled awkwardly. "No. . . I miss you." He repeated as he walked closer to her holding the sides of her face as he looked into her eyes. ". . . I love you, Y/n." Y/n looked at him with a slight anxious sense, she shook her head and backed away while holding her face with her hands as she sighed.

"Don't do this. . ." She muttered. "Do what? Tell you that I love you-?", "Joel-", "When I finally got to hold you again, I never wanted to let you go. When I kissed you, and when you kissed me, I wanted more, Y/n. This entire time, all those months, I've wanted you even more than I ever have." She kept shaking her head as she held her hair, "Don't. Don't. Joel, don't say anything you'll regret."

"I don't regret saying that I love you.", "Joel." She groaned as she turned away, "We can't. This can't happen."

"Why not?", "Because we can't go through that again. I can't go through it again.", "Through what?" He inquired as he held the loop of his jeans. "Getting over us. . . Every time I tried to sleep, I couldn't stop thinking of you. Or Sarah. Or N-. . . I can't do that again. For fifteen years, Joel, I've been trying to forget about everything from before. . . Then I saw you, and when we. . . My mind always flies back to you and Tess. . ." She clenched the sleeves of her jacket as she shut her eyes, "And I know, I know that if this starts again, it'll just lead to more pain. Me and you can't handle more of that. . . We can't. We have them now. . . Whatever we had. . . It's gone." She said.

~Y/n pov~

I didn't want to hurt Joel, nor did I want to reject him. I wanted him, I wanted him so badly, but I knew what it could lead to. Distrust, arguments, fights, and worse. I can't stand walking away from him again. "I don't know what else to say." I sighed, he didn't speak, but I heard his steps. I turned to face him, but stopped when his big arms gently wrapped around my waist.

"Joel, we-", "I know. . . But, let's just remember how it was, just for tonight. . . Then we'll stop and go our separate ways, like we both said at the beginning of this." His southern drawl was husky, just like I remembered it, deeper and rough just how I liked it. A shocked sigh left me when he kissed my neck, fuck, just feeling his beard softly brush against my skin made me squeeze my thighs together.

"Ngh—Joel." I whispered, feeling his arms grow tight around my waist as his kisses traveled up my neck and behind my ear as his hands grazed my stomach and slid up my body towards my jacket zipper, slowly pulling it down and removing my jacket off my arms. "Tell me what you want, like you always did." He said as he pulled me back into his broad and musclar chest, gasping as he nipped my earlobe and let his breath glaze over my skin. "Joel~" I mumbled, he turned me around and held my face in his calloused hands. I let out a shuddering breath as I saw his eyes glance at my lips then back at my eyes, without thinking, I just tipped my head as a response. And he knew my responses better than anyone, he pressed his lips on mine and kissed me.

He slowly walked me to the wall as he continued to kiss me with tongue and hold my body close to his. He swallowed my weak moans as he pushed his larger thigh between my own, I grabbed his arms and squeezed his biceps before sliding them up to his shoulders and to his neck. My hips rolled against his thigh for friction, he groaned when I brushed against his erection that was strained against his jeans. "How do you want me, doll? C'mon, tell me." He growled into my ear as he grinded up against my body.

I bit my lip while whimpering into his shoulder. "W-We should—Ah-!" He covered my mouth when I moaned too loudly, he took my hand and led me to the bed and laid me down. "Tell me, sweetheart." He grumbled into my neck. "Like this." I mewled before taking his lips and messily unbuttoning his shirt, I was growing frustrated by the buttons but his hands stopped mine. "Not yet." He said—placing another kiss on my cheek before lowering onto his knees, his fingers worked the zipper of my jeans—he slid them down my thighs and down my ankles, removing my shoes along with my pants.

His eyes locked on me before kissing my abdomen, my back arched forward as his hands pushed my shirt up even more. I grabbed it and slid it off my head, letting my hand comb through his pepper and salt colored hair. "Joel." I whined. I felt his breath blow over my Jaguar scar before he gently kissed it, "If I didn't say what I said that day. . . This wouldn't be here." He whispered as he continued to kiss my navel before hooking his fingers into my briefs before sliding them down my thighs.

"J-Joel, what're you doing down th-ERE!" I moaned—my thighs quaked as I clenched them around his head, my fingers combing through his hair as my hips grinded into his face. I've missed this. Oh shit! I fucking needed this.

"Joel~ It's been so long—Oh shit! G-Gonna cum~" I gasped. His groan sent vibrations up my body, his tongue prodding at my wet slit as he watched me with those starving eyes. "Right there!" I cried, my orgasm was shattering my reality, my back lifted off the mattress as he continued to suck my clit, he nipped at my labia; I could feel his smug grin against my thighs as he kissed his way up my abdomen and to my breasts.

His rough hands groped them as his lips sucked and kissed each one, I held his head there while my hips lifted up to roll against his erection. I pulled his hair and pushed him over on his back, "Let's see if I remember how to do this." I said as I undid his belt and unzipped his pants, I slid between his legs and spread them apart more for space. I pulled them down just enough to let his cock spring out from his own briefs, I practically gulped at the sight.

I forgot how huge Joel was over the years, that vein on the side of his cock was more prominent, strong and thicker. I gently held his cock and started to slowly pump his length in my hand, I heard Joel hold back his groan when I kissed the head of his length. "Fuck, you're huge, Joel." I whispered—licking a stripe from base to the tip—taking more of him into my mouth. Using my salvia to moisten his cock.

I took more of him deeper down my throat, my memory getting back to me as I thought of the other times I'd randomly surprise Joel with a blowjob. When he came back from his job, in the shower, in the bed in the mornings, or late at night, in his truck, or in a bathroom at an old bar years ago.

I was always the risk taker in our old relationship. I grazed my teeth against his rock hard cock and swirled my tongue around the tip, tasting the precum. I missed that taste, he gently removed me from him and held my neck to kiss me. I cupped the side of his face, his beard brushed through my fingers in such a satisfying way. His hands held my waist and lifted me onto his lap; he moved and lifted his hips halfway to push down his jeans.

"I love you." He whispered against my lips, I whined his name in a whisper when I felt his cock rubbing against my soaked folds. Joel lifted me in his arms and gently turned us around, laying me back on the bed. My head rested on the pillows as he spread my legs, laying over me before kissing and sucking on my shoulders. "Joel." I whimpered.

He brought his fingers to his mouth and sucked on them for a second before lowering his hand down between us, I felt his finger gently push into my cunt. It felt tight and foreign to me now. I hissed when he slowly pushed his second finger inside of me, "Fuck!" He kissed my cheek and distracted me from the burning feeling.

"It's okay, I got you, doll." He whispered to me. "Joel, Joel." I muttered as he kissed my breasts. "Just look at me." He said, I opened my eyes and watched his. I slowly lifted my hand and held his face, pulling him down to kiss me—feeling his cock beginning to push against me. A grunt came from my clenched teeth as he started to add pressure. "It's okay. . . I'll go slow. . . Just how you like it at first. . . Slow." He reassured me.

My legs caressed the sides of his waist and thighs, wrapping around his body as pulling him closer, he stopped me from adding more force as he looked into my eyes. "Slow and steady." He whispered. "Fuck slow and steady, Joel. . . I've been waiting for twenty years to have some sort of release, waiting for you. . . Because I never trusted any other man besides you." I confessed as I shut my eyes, feeling him rest his head on mine.

". . . No one but me?" Joel muttered. "No Man but you." I whispered.

With that, he breached my inner walls, a wanton moan flowed from my mouth as he hugged my body. His warmth was pressed against mine, our legs tangled together. "Yes, come on, Joel, fuck me." I mumbled into his lips, his tongue twisted and turned with mine as he coiled back his hips and thrusted.

A grunt coming from him as he held the headboard, "Damn, sweetheart~ Fuckin' forgot how tight you were—Oh shit." He groaned. Gasping and holding his shoulders as he started to get into a familiar rhythm, pumping his cock in then out of me.

The pain faded and the pleasure began to seep through, his length reaching into deeper parts of me as I winced. "Joel." I mewled, dragging my nails down his back and to his ass, digging into his flesh and pushing him deeper into me. My breasts bounced with each heavy thrust he pumped into me, getting steadier and quicker with the repetition.

His balls were slapping against my flesh, his hair below the belt were stimulating my clit just perfectly. I was wet, I could hear the pornographic sounds echoing from us. "Joel—Shit! Oh, ah, fuck!" I whimpered—covering my mouth as I shut my eyes. "No, no, no, keep yer eyes open. Look at me." He commanded.

"Ngh! I-I can't-! Gonna-!", "I know, baby! I know~ cum, c'mon, cum on my cock like you always did." He growled into my ear before biting my neck. I screamed into my pillow as my body was shocked by my breathtaking orgasm, I felt something flow out of me and wet both me and Joel in our nether regions. My breath was panting as I held his strong forearms, looking at his veins that made him look ten times sexier.

I tried to speak but he kept grinding his hips into me, I realized that he hasn't finished yet. "F-Fuck-! Sensitive-! Ngh! J-Joel-!", "I'm almost there, sweetheart. Just a few more seconds." He groaned out, cupping the back of my head and pushing my thigh upwards to spread me wider.

Choked moans and mewls were drowned in my throat as I felt another orgasm arriving again, "M'gonna pull out-", "D-Don't! C-Can't get pregnant either way—inside, cum inside of me, Joel!" I begged him as I bit down on his shoulder. He snarled into my neck before letting out a strangled moan as he pushed his cock deep, slowly rolling his hips before finally stilling inside of me.

Pumping ropes and ropes of his cum into me, coating my walls with his desire as he weakly grunted. My legs still wrapped around him as he caught his breath, I released my teeth from his skin and sighed. "Sorry. . ." I mumbled. He shook his head and chuckled, "It's alright. . . I missed when you did that. Markin' me as yours." He whispered while kissing my throat.

I giggled and hugged his shoulders—bringing his chest to rest against my breasts. "You do know I mean it, right?" Joel muttered as he laid on his side and pulled me closer into his chest to hug me. ". . . Mean what?" I sighed.

"That I love you." He replied. I looked at his face and let my thumb gently trace over the same small scar over the bridge of his nose. "I know you do, Joel. . ." I said. He held my hand brought it to his lips—planting a kiss on my knuckles. "Say it back." He said. ". . . I don't know, Joel."

"I know you feel the same, Y/n. . . I know you've been tryin' to forget me. . . But it's different now. We're together, after everythin' we've been through. . ." He said. I felt my mouth go dry as I held his hand in mine. It was difficult to say, after so long of avoiding this exact problem. . .

I sighed and looked at him. "Joel. . . I. . . I don't think I'll stay. . ." He looked at me and leaned on his arm to look down at me. "Pardon?" He asked. ". . . In Jackson. . . I. . . I'm not. . . I don't think I'll be able to adjust to it, or feel comfortable in it." He held my arm and kissed me, not letting me go as he hugged me again.

"Don't say that." He told me. "I can barely stand beds anymore, hell, even regular walks.", "How do you think I feel? Y/n, you and me will work through this. Together. . . Stay. Stay with me, with Ellie and Elliot, and Max. They all need you and me." He said.

I buried my face into his chest and sighed. "Joel Miller. . ." I said, ". . . I'm in love with you." I heard the small gasp of relief when he tightly hugged me. "Good. . ." He mumbled.

~3rd pov~

Outside of Jackson, the truck finally breaks down. Both of the young teens remained looking at her bite marks as Joel checked the engine with Y/n standing beside him. "Well, looks like we're walking." Joel sighed as he shut the truck. "It's a straight shot through here." Y/n said as Max held onto her hand.

"Alright." Elliot sighed as he and Ellie followed Joel and Y/n. "Actually kinda pretty, ain't it?" Joel asked them. "Yeah.", "I guess so." The two said. "Reminds me of hiking." Y/n smiled.

"Alright. Now watch your heads going through." Joel warned the three as he and Y/n both lifted the barbed wire fence. The five make it through with ease as Y/n exhaled with exhaustion, "Joel, I'm feeling my age catching up to me." She sighed.

"Oh. . . Feelin' my age now too. Don't think I ever told you three, but Sarah, Noah, Y/n and I used to take hikes like this. I think, ah. . . I think the five of you would've been good friends. Think you really would've liked them. I know they woulda liked you." Joel said. "Noah would've shoved Sarah into one of the lakes." Y/n chuckled. Joel and Max smiled at her energy.

"I bet we would've." Ellie said.

Y/n led them around a small cliff to walk around on, soon they all saw the town of Jackson. Y/n clenched her strap as she took a shaky inhale, thinking about being trapped within those walls. "Alright, come on." Joel said.

"Hey, wait. Back in Boston—back when I was bitten—I wasn't alone. My best friend was there. And she got bit too. We didn't know what to do. So. . .she says "Let's just wait it out. Y'know, we can be all poetic and just lose our minds together."" Ellie said. Elliot crossed his arms and sighed.

"I had a friend in Boston. . . We were both idiots and snuck out, then we were bit. . . He didn't want to turn so. . . He shot himself, and I couldn't make myself do it. . . " He looked to Ellie and they both said: "I'm still waiting for my turn."

"Kids-"

"Her name was Riley.", "And his name was Carl and he was the first to die. . . And then it was Tess. Then Henry, and Sam, then our mom." Elliot said as he and Ellie looked at Y/n and Joel.

"None of that is on either of you." Joel replied. "No, you don't understand." Ellie sighed. "I struggled for a long time with survivin'. And you—No matter what, you keep finding something to fight for. Now, I know that's not what you want to hear right now, but it's-"

"Swear to me, to us. Swear to all of us that everything you guys said about the Fireflies is true." Ellie said.

Joel and Y/n watched the kids, Max didn't look at her brother or Ellie, but she held onto the adults hanging hands and stayed smiling at them. "We swear." They promised.

"Okay. . ." They muttered.

~~~

They continued to approach the gates from afar, on the watch tower looking through the binoculars was Matt and Tommy next to him. "Well, congrats." Tommy chuckled to Matt as he laughed, "Yeah—Shit. . . It's them! They're back Tommy!" Matt smiled as he handed Tommy his binoculars.

"Holy shit. . . Still together. . ." Tommy grinned, "Open the gates!" Matt started to climb down the ladder and to help open the gate for the group. Max was running to the gates and towards Jackson. The teens ran after her and Tommy had his eyes remaining on Joel and Y/n, seeing their hands intertwine together.

Joel was grinning as Y/n smiled, both of them carried a small blush on their faces.

"Those damn Hometown Sweethearts." Tommy chuckled.

~The End~

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW!!!

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Hello everyone, thank you for reading my miniseries of The Last of Us. I hope you enjoyed the story so far. I'm thinking of making a second part of this series if y'all want it. It's your choice.

It'll all be answered soon if you agree to a second part.

And trust me, the second series will definitely have more smut involved heheheh. A deeper story with Ellie and my two other ocs. Y/n will have an old enemy who is rather close with Abby's father and Darla. What will happen when Ellie and Elliot find out about the truth? Who was the stranger who attacked Max in the cabin? The WLFs and the Jaguars will have a history of bad blood, and Fernando has a darker history than what he led on. And Joel of course is our beautiful texan hunk, we need more smut with him!!

(Spoiler: Joel. Will. Not. Die.)

The choice is yours. . . Make your choice.

[random-bs-is-found-here]

Hey everyone! In celebration of Ubisoft releasing Just Dance 2025 edition, I made a little ranking of the soundtracks of different just dance version, from worst to best. FULLY MY OPINIONS, PLEASE DON'T UNALIVE ME.

I'm not going to include spin-offs, such as kids, china or experience.

Let's get started!

16. Just Dance 2025

Jesus Christ. I didn't really pay attention for a few years, ever since it was revealed JD 2023 won't be on Xbox One. I bought the game for the Switch today, and lemme say, I was far from impressed. Sure, coaches, backgrounds and the dance moves are beautiful, but the majority of songs are giving me 'brainrot'. And did Ariana Grande bribe the studio? 6 (including alt and extreme) songs out of the 40 were her songs, which isn't a lot at first glance, but it's still around 16% of the library (correct me if my math isn't mathing). Bang Bang (My Neurodivergent Anthem) or what and Calabria 2007 are pretty cool though.

15. Just Dance 2021

I have good memories about this one. The only problem is that they're pretty forgettable. If I had to pick favorites, I'd say Rare, all the good girls go to hell and Paca Dance were the best.

14. Just Dance 1

Again, somewhat good memories. I never owned it, only danced them from JD unlimited and YouTube. My main problem is that they're not that good quality, and since technology must've been a bit more restricted at that time, there could be only one coach per song. No duos, or anything. Favorites are Hot and Cold plus Womanizer.

13. and 12. Just Dance 2 and 3

I wanted to write about these two simultaneously, and it's for a reaaaly personal reason. It's idiotic, really. While both of these games' soundtracks are good, I would never be able to correctly tell which game they belong to. That's it. That's the reason. Girlfriend and Baby one more time are my all time faves.

11. Just Dance 2015

Boy, did I hate that one. Despite being my second Just Dance game, I barely knew those songs and the scoring system, using Kinect, was waay too harsh on me. To this day, it's the hardest Just Dance version on my mental list. My favorites are Problem, Dark Horse and 4x4.

10. Just Dance 2018

Welp, another petty reason. Soundtrack is awesome, but somebody that I deeply hate now used to (or still) own(s) this version. Many of the songs remind me of them and I hate it. I quite like 24k Magic and How far I'll go, though.

9. Just Dance 2020

The 10th anniversary of Just Dance. I have fond memories of this one. My sis and I competed against each other in a singular song we both exceed in, and I loved the World Dance Floor, where most of the time, the victory was ours as we were so good in these songs. We still join sometimes. If you see Victoria9219, then you've found us🤭 365 is kinda forgettable though. Faves were I am the best, Always look on the bright side of life and Stop movin'.

8. Just Dance 2019

A nostalgic title of mine. The third JD game of my life. I still remember the moments of first launch. The last one to have a pointy edged cuboid as its meter on the left. Just perfection. New Rules and work work raised me into the Just Dancer I am today.

7. Just Dance 2014

My first ever JD game so I'm kinda biased. Still remember playing my very first song (which was Just Dance, hehehe) in clear detail. The only JD game I bought some DLCs for. And, oh, do I wish they kept vs mode in. Those dances between She Wolf & Where have you been, Kiss You& Pound the alarm and gentleman & fine china were awesome. Can't hold us, applause and feel so right took the palm.

6. Just Dance 2024

It's uh... Kinda strange for me, imma admit. When I only had the demo, I took a look at the soundtrack, and it was okay. Not the best, but still better than whatever 2025 is. Since I never danced any of them, I am going to assign How you like that and can't tame her as favorites

5. Just Dance 2023

I had a hard time deciding whether JD2022 or this should be fifth place, but ultimately, I decided it's better to place familiarity over new things. Thus, JD 2023 was placed here. The soundtrack itself is almost impeccable. Except for one thing... In my opinion, Toxic shouldn't have gotten a remake. It was perfect the way it was. Therefore, if I ever buy JD 2023 or JD +, I'm never going to touch the new version. I only danced one of these songs, Telephone, thus it'll be the favorite for this one.

4. Just Dance 2022

K-pop in this generation is perfect. I have a separate list dedicated to just that. Even after all these years, the songs are entertaining, and I scarcely get tired of them. Pop/Stars, Jopping, Black Mamba and Baianá gave me so much dopamine.

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And now, the top 3!

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3. Just Dance 4

Seriously. The amount of songs from that game on my Spotify lists are insane. Words can't describe how much I love this generation, and if it weren't for another version that I came to like more in a short span of time, this would be second place. Here are my top 3 from Just Dance 4:

2. Just Dance 2016

This one was such a hit. I spent long hours, sometimes even days dancing. Because of this sudden hype, JD 4 has been pushed back to third place. Here are my top 3 from Just Dance 2016:

(↑ this one might not be exactly accurate to the one in the game. Best I could find, okay?)

1. Just Dance 2017

22nd of February, 2019. If we don't count a faint memory from a birthday party, Worth it from Just Dance 2017 was the song that piqued my interest in Just Dance. From that moment, my obsession with Just Dance had begun. All songs are hype. So much that I almost broke my ankle while dancing to Don't stop me now. I even got to experience its world dance floor before the servers were shut down. In my opinion, Just Dance should make the newer titles more like this one, including new modes, all time favorite songs and more... My favorites from Just Dance 2017:

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Thank you for listening to this rant.

[diary-of-my-life]

To start this off, hi i am Moon and this is my first diary entry. This is gonna be a longgg one, my apologies in advance.

(TW // suicide attempt , blood , hospital, cancer)

Recently my friends and i got in a kinda rough patch and I am not sure how to go on from this. Our friendship has what most would consider a complicated past and well, that past still haunts me, every summer. This friend group contained of 5 people: Zoe, Nick, Melissa, Jason and me.

Zoe and Nick became very quickly close friends. When they were together they had this talent of leaving others out. Eventually Nick had to move and ghosted us and even Zoe for about half a year. In the meantime Melissa and Jason realised they had feelings for eachother and started dating. Doing the same thing as Zoe and Nick by leaving everyone out once they were together.

So in this group there were 2 duo's and then there was me, alone. Feeling so ignored and left out I decided to leave the friend group. And that was it for 2 years. After 2 years Zoe, Jason and Melissa reached out to me and apologised for everything that happened. They also told me about some promise we made 2 years ago and if i would like the keep on to that promise. I decided to keep on to the promise and the 5 of us met up. We had a blast. And though Nick wasn't a part of the group anymore I became friends with the other 3 again.

In the time we were apart Zoe, Jason and Melissa had made some new friends. And the 7 of them made this tradition of traveling together each summer. At first they promised that the next time i could join, but the new friends were against this. I dont blame them, since i barely know them, but it did hurt. I was so excited to join the next time and now i couldnt. I got really depressed over it and felt lonely. While my friends were having the time of their life, i was laying alone in bed.

This year it was almost the same story. They had the time of their lives and I was alone. Only this time i felt as if my life was falling apart in the meantime. On the first day of their vacation, my sibling attempted to unalive themselves (they are still alive to this day, not to worry). I had to wake up that day to my mother calling me asking if I could bring her wallet to the hospital. While i was looking everywhere for the wallet I walked into the room where it happened. As I saw the bedsheets covered in blood, I couldn't breathe anymore and had a panic attack. Eventually i got to the hospital and my mom realised that she had forgotten her wallet in the bathroom. She was so in shock, that she didn't even remember going to the bathroom. Dementia runs in my family and now i was getting quite worried about my mom too. Depression also runs in my family and a few days later my parents had to rush to my uncle, cause people reported that he was looking quite ill as well as his dog. My uncle was trying the slow attempt by just laying in bed, not eating, not doing anything. I also found out that my aunt apparently has cancer, for a while now, my parents just never bothered to tell me. I'm not sure i can blame em with everything that had been going on. On top of all that, i also got fired and gotten behind on some payments.

I was suffering, stressing and in pain, and my friends weren't there. I know this wasn't in their control, but it still hurts. Not only were they just not there, they were all on this great vacation together, that i wasn't welcome at. It's ironic how i left cause i felt left out, only to come back and feel left out again, every summer. When they came back we had a video call together. In this I said that I just didn't wanna hear about the vacation at all, since it still hurts me that i am left out. They accepted that, but still there were times where they either on purpose, or accidentally slipped up and spoke about it. I messaged them about it clarifying that i still don't wanna hear about it, cause it hurts me. Melissa and Jason responded with a heart, but Zoe just completely ignored it. Later she expressed on twitter about feeling angry and annoyed. I figured it was about this, since she was the only one that didn't respond. I got upset that she got mad at me for expressing my hurt and boundaries. So I made an angry tweet too.

Later on Melissa messaged me, asking what it's about. I explained it to her, to which she responded that she agreed with Zoe's annoyance. This turned into a discussion and now I haven't talked to either Zoe or Melissa for quite some days. I believe Jason and I are still fine, he kinda gets where I'm coming from.

Right now I'm not sure what to do. The last message between Melissa and i, was from me and she ignored that. I've been kinda waiting for either Melissa or Zoe to say something but they haven't yet. I've mostly been thinking that maybe I need some distance. I'm not quite sure if i can get over this vacation depression. Every year i get reminded of all our history and still being left out, is making it very hard for me to move on from all that.

We've made some nice memories the past year, but our needs aren't aligned. I need friends that make me feel wanted and not like a burden, and i feel like they need a friend that is less sensitive. I can't give them that. It feels selfish to stay friends knowing that every summer i will get more depressed because of this and out my hurt through anger. Even if we stay close friends, this friendship feels like a ticking time bomb. I feel like a ticking time bomb. A bomb filled with depression, hurt and anger, that is someday gonna explode over this.