#I was today years old when I found out that Connor literally means lover of hounds

[top-tier-tickles]

Overreact

This is a DBH tickle fic requested by no one. I just wanted to write a DBH fic. Please let me know if I've characterized anyone wrong. I hope you enjoy!

TW: PAST SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, REFERENCED CHILD DEATH, SWEARING

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Markus walked into the room, relieved to be out of a long meeting. He sighed, relaxing his shoulders, only to jump in surprise when he saw Connor sitting on the couch.

"Woah! Connor, hey! I didn't expect you to be here." He said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Oh. Sorry, I'll leave." Connor motioned to get up, only to pause when Markus put his hand up.

"Oh, you don't have to. Every android is welcome here." He smiled, sitting next to the RK-800.

The pair sat calmly in silence for minute, until Markus glanced over to Connor. Connor had a look of sad blankness on his face, and while Markus couldn't see his LED directly, the small yellow light reflecting off of something was a good indicator that something wasn't right.

"Connor, you seem troubled....Are you alright?" Markus placed a hand on his shoulder.

Connor remained silent for a second, before sighing and speaking in a low voice.

"I accidentally called Hank 'Dad'..."

"Really? Oh, well that's not a big deal."

"Yes it is, Markus! Androids do not HAVE parents! Who am I to think of the lieutenant as my father?!"

"Well, I think of Carl as a father, and I'm an android."

"That's not my point. How could Hank ever regard me as his son? He's already lost his real son, why would he want another?"

"I would say that Carl had Leo before me, but Leo is a human asswipe."

That got Connor to crack a smile, only for a brief moment. He face fell again, his LED glowing red.

Connor suddenly put his head in his hands, saline tears begging to drop from his eyes. Markus quickly sat up, putting a comforting hand on his back.

"Whoa, whoa. What exactly happened?" Markus asked.

Connor sat up again, and began to recount the events earlier that day.

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"Now I'm telling you, Connor, the fucking piece goes here." Hank said, pointing the puzzle piece to an empty spot.

"Hank, I am positive that it doesn't go there. The tabs of the piece do not line up with the overall pattern of the surrounding pieces. I don't even need my scanner to see that." The android replied.

The pair was sitting on the couch in Hank's living room, Connor was living with him after the revolution. The pair was doing a puzzle to pass the time, Sumo snoring at their feet.

"What, you sayin' I'm a dumbass?" Hank accused, a smirk traced his lips.

"Your words, not mine." Connor replied, his own smirk beginning to grow.

The lieutenant blinked in surprise, before shoving a middle finger in Connor's face as the android laughed.

In retaliation, Connor grabbed the piece from Hank's hand and placed it in a spot on the other side of the puzzle. A perfect fit.

"That's it." Hank said, yanking Connor close and ruffling the android's usually immaculate hair.

"Hank! Get off!" Connor tried to push him away, but he was wrapped in the lieutenant's surprisingly strong arms.

"Shouldn't have been a smart-ass, kid." Hank chuckled, knowing exactly how much it annoyed him.

"Uuugh. Dad! Cut it out!"

Hank froze, dropping his arms to his sides and staring at Connor.

Realizing what he'd done, Connor immediately jumped to apologizing profusely, getting up from the couch, and promptly leaving through the front door, apologies still pouring from his mouth.

What has he done?

Hank definitely won't be happy, so he couldn't go back. The only home he'd ever truly known since he deviated, and he blew it.

There was only one other place to go...

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Markus listened as his friend told him everything. He knew Connor was overreacting to a simple mistake, but this really shook him up.

Connor sighed, wiping fresh tears from his eyes, indicating he had finished.

The RK-200 reached his arms out, and the other greatfully accepted the hug.

"Why do emotions have to be like this?"

"Like what?"

"You know, emotions feel wonderful. Being able to find joy in the simplest of things, giving and feeling loved. But, they are also.....inconvenient. We feel sadness and anger, sometimes for no reason. And every negative emotion seems to follow the good ones like a black cloud."

"Heh, that's a pretty good way of putting it. But there ways of coping, like right now." Markus replied, "but..."

The RK-800 lifted his head to look at his friend.

"I don't think you're just upset about fumbling your words...Is something else bothering you?"

Connor stayed silent for a few seconds, turning away from Markus.

"I don't understand. Our relationship is very close platonically, every day I have to remind myself that I am an android, and Hank is not my father."

"But you still think of him as one?"

"Yes. But Hank has already had a son, and after he lost him, he was a total mess."

"Hank is better now, right?"

"You don't understand, Markus! You weren't there. Hank was destroyed after Cole's death. His alcoholism would've killed him if he didn't do it first. It took months to get to where Hank is now. He is doing so much better, and I'm so, so proud of him...."

The tears had returned, Connor full-on sobbing now.

"B-But humans and their emotions are very unpredictable. Hank still has his moments, although few and far between, and I fear that me thinking of him as a father and will add more problems. What if I do something wrong? W-What if I am broken? With CyberLife gone, there are no more models to replace me. If I am completely destroyed, I can't come back." He sniffed.

"Hank could be thrown right back into that depressive state again, or worse. I-I wouldn't be able to help him! I can't do that to him, Markus,.......I just can't...."

Markus rubbed Connor's back as he cried, this was not the first time he had to comfort a sobbing android.

"Everything is going to be okay... I know it will be. You're only calculating the worst probabilities, and while that doesn't mean your fears aren't real, it does make them somewhat irrational."

Connor thought for a moment, and slightly nodded in agreement.

"Are you okay now?"

"I'll be okay." Connor said, voice barely above a whisper.

Markus gently took his hand away from Connor's back, accidentally brushing his side.

Connor squealed.

A beat.

Markus's eyes widened, a small smile creeping onto his face.

"Are you ticklish?" He whispered, a playful tone lacing his voice.

Connor's face flushed blue, slowly scooting away from his friend.

"You are!" Markus grabbed Connor's wrist, yanking him close.

"Mahaharkus! Nohoho!" Connor giggled in anticipation.

"Look at you! I haven't done anything and you're giggling!" Markus laughed, beginning to dig his fingers into his ribs.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! MARKUHUHUHUHUS!"

"Yeeeees?~"

"STAHAHAHAHAHAHAP!"

"No! You need cheering up, and I'm here to help with that!"

Markus scribbled his fingers up and down Connor's torso, buzzing into his armpits and squeezing his hips.

"AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OH PLEHEHEHEHEHEASE!"

"Gitchy-gitchy-goo~ I've never heard your laugh before! It's adorable!"

Connor all but got more flustered by the compliment.

"NOHOHOHO IT'S NOHOHOHOT!"

"Is too!"

Markus then slipped his hands underneath Connor's shirt.

"AH! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHA! MAHAHAHARKUS!"

"Hahahahaha! I could do this all night!"

"DOHOHOHOHOHON'T! HAHAHAHAHA"

Getting an idea, the RK-200 began tickling Connor's belly. The RK-800 flying into hysterics as the fingers danced across the synthetic skin.

"EEEEEEAHAHAHAHAHA! NOHOHOHO! NOHOHOHOHOT THEHEHEHEHERE!"

"Oop! Sounds like I found your sweet spot!" Markus laughed, digging a finger into Connor's navel.

"EEEEEEEEK! AAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YOU AHAHAHAHASS!" Connor shrieked.

"Oho, Getting sassy, are we?" Markus suddenly pushed Connor onto his back, lifting up his shirt, and blowing a raspberry on his stomach.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEK! AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOHOHOHO! NOHOHOHOHOHOHO! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!" Tears flowed down Connor's completely blue face. Luckily, androids didn't need oxygen.

Markus sat up, letting his friend breathe. He chuckled as Connor curled up into a protective ball.

"Well, do you feel better?"

"Hehehehe....A-Actually,....yeah..." Residual giggles flowing into the speech of the android.

Connor sat up again, smiling.

"Hey, what time is it?" Markus asked.

Connor pulled the cell phone (that Hank gave him) out of his pocket, gasping as he saw many missed calls and messages from a worried Lieutenant Anderson. He hadn't even realized his phone was on silent.

"I-I have to go, goodbye, Markus."

"Bye. If you ever need to talk, you know where to go." Markus waved.

As Connor made his trek back to Hank's house, a sinking feeling deepened in his "gut". Slowing his pace as he approached the front door, and entered.

Hank stood in the kitchen, eyes wide as he held his phone in his hand.

"Lieutenant, I am so-"

Hank suddenly pulled Connor into a tight hug, reminding Connor of that moment theh shared in front of the Chicken Feed. How calm and safe he felt in that moment.

"Connor! Don't you ever fucking scare me like that again, do you hear me!?" Hank slowly rocked back and forth with the android in his arms.

"I am sorry, Hank, I panicked in that moment. I should've handled it better."

"Don't apologize, alright? You simply reacted to something that overwhelmed you, don't be sorry."

"A-Aren't you mad that I called you....that...?"

Hank pulled away from the embrace, moisture in his eyed.

"Oh, Connor, of course not. You have no idea how much I missed being called 'dad'. You have absolutely nothing to be sorry about."

"But, what about Cole? And aren't you uncomfortable that I regard you as my father?"

"People can have more than one kid, Con. I certainly miss Cole like a son of a bitch, but that won't hold me back from father figure to someone. Especially if that someone is you."

Tears welled in Connor's eyes, but a smile was present on his face.

"C'mere." Hank nudged him back into the hug.

"I love you, son."

"I love you too, dad."

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THE END.

[survivor-albania]

EPISODE 1: I never meant for this to happen... (Isaac)

Isaac

I never meant for this to happen when I created Supreme with Sam

Carson

well well well... the game has BEGUN! and as far as i can see? my tribe is iconic. but you know what isn't iconic? one world. i have my targets set in stone already.... so they better watch out, because carson's not afraid to strike.

Jordan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94dhy3yPjIc 

You gave me a tribe full of amazing people We got the minion fucker (Karen)- 

 The Furry (Jay)-

 and the Garlic Bread lover (lily)

Logan

I can't wait for me and connor to hate each other after this game! It's probably inevitable! Here we go kids

Liana

My tribe won't talk to me or give me suggestions for the flag so I'm sitting here like:

I hate my tribe so much. The plus side if we go to tribal they can't vote me out because I'm putting the most work into the damn thing. 

Alex P.

ugh yes @ the fact all of the people i know in this game are all on a tribe together and im not on it, ugh yes @ the fact one of my tribe members is going on vacation for the next 4 days, ugh yes @ the fact the first challenge is a shield making challenge and i can draw as well as my 5 year old sister

Punpun

i'm tired of living and these confessionals are extra.

Alex P.

why?? does nobody??? on my tribe talk???? why????? am i?????? the only one to do immunity??????? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsvnQc12S9Y

Jordan

I am very worried that someone has found the idol already because i want it. I feel like someone like Punpun Drew or Quinn has it but idk. 

If my tribe loses im going to be so sad because im going to target karen because i dont know how much i can trust her this game.

Rhone

hey bitches. so i've had a decent start in this game!! i like my tribe just fine and we did really well in the challenge bc i'm the queen of creative challenges tbqh. it's always nice to not have to scramble on the very first tribal. i do feel bad for the sandana tribe though especially since there's like a 75% chance that someone i know/could work with is gonna go home (kait, billy and punpun). so i kind of hope it ends up being logan getting voted out even though i like her a lot, we've just never played together before so yeah. i'm gonna talk to punpun today and try to get some tea about what's going on on that tribe. i've gone hunting for the idol a couple times but haven't found it, honslee i'm like 95% sure there's a big alliance already and they systematically went through all the combinations on the first night so one of them could find the idol...or maybe i'm just a paranoid [redacted]! survivor truly brings out the worst in me i'm so excited to have to go to tribal council and transform like a sailor scout into a petty bitch!! also super excited for the inevitable jalvin swap to 3 tribes of 6 after the tribal after this one! why am i psychic? why am i so iconic? stay tuned to find out!

Lily

I'm really glad that our tribe got immunity for the shield challenge, though I'm a bit upset that I didn't get to work on it thanks to shitty internet on my computer at the time. I actually really excel at these kinds of challenges, and I've won immunity in both Polynesia and (Storybook) Arrakis when I handled the flag designs. But I'm really proud of Karen!!! PS: HAPPY MCFUCKING BIRTHDAY PIPPA I LOV U

Ryan

Ok well this game is interesting I'll tell you that. The five tribes breakdown seems like something I would do, and I am insane. But I like it! I've never played a season that was unafraid to do bold things like this so I am excited! Throw crazy twists at me I love it! Then I met the cast. They never shut up. That one world chat is the worst thing I have ever been a part of. I quickly realized my strategy in this game would be to lay low and just make good one on one connections. There are so many previous relationships and feuds that I plan to let people fight it out and let me skate through. I have really good relationships on my tribe though. I am pretty good friends with Ricky and we align every game together, and we are always true to that and I 100% plan to stick with him. Rhone also has a positive vibe with me so that's cool. And Quinn is as inactive as they come so hopefully if we lose on this tribe she goes.

Carson

its pippas BIRTHDAY!

Ricky

ANYWAY. I'm still in a stable mental state bc Samantha Gaglio isn't here to throw me into an existential crisis and that's a win in my book

Brandon

so this is my first confessional. oh wow. we um won? i don't really know anyone on our tribe besides Liana who has voted me out 399895489549458 times. but i say the past is in the past. (2 weeks later) dies  

Liana

I'm a flop and keep meaning to record a video confessional but that's not happening today so let me catch you up on what's happening even though I'm probably the least interesting person because I'm not even going to tribal. Basically I've been having people approach me and rant to me about Ricky since I've been so open about my disgust with him. It's awesome. Jay was the first to do so because Kait and Ricky are so annoying in the tribe chat. That's when I decided to tell him about this idol I found. I also told Billy about it, but I think I'd like playing with Jay more because he's more active and such. Brandon then later ranted me about Ricky which is great because I thought things were so awkward between us because I literally always vote him out in every game we've played together (at least 2 or 3). We were able to finally find common ground and have less awkward conversations (way to go, Miss Rickens). I haven't made anything official yet but I think some sort of alliance could happen and maybe, just maybe, I could secure numbers against the Ricky squad. As much as I hate keeping him around, it'd probably be better to vote someone off like Kait because Ricky will get medevac'd anyway. Although, once ricky's gone, Karen's more of a free agent. Look at me, I'm so obsessed, but hey, this is how zootopia started and that went pretty well for me (even with finding an idol! The similarities are endless!) idk if there's a wiki yet so I literally have no idea who's going to tribal tonight or if my friends are in trouble, I guess I'll see. I really hope we go to tribal soon because Connor is on vacation and it'd be easier to get numbers against him when he literally won't work with me. I'm not sure how close Alex is to him so I'm afraid to bring his name up otherwise. Brandon says he's totally with me. Maybe y'all won't be dark-sided like Hawaii and actually have a tribe swap in case I can't vote Connor out soon. I'm trying to find a second idol too so that'd be cool.

Drew

Wait what the FUCK is that Who Are You video doing here, I'm crying.... ANYWAY This season is gonna be ugly??? Like I guess five tribes is better than seven but like???? 4-person tribes are so sinful. I'm thanking Jesus for Carson who I hope will play with me so I'll be okay in a vote? Isaac and I have never been super close but I'll see what can be done to work with him so nothing ties this first vote, if we come to a vote, because like idk this Alex kid, he's not around. He doesn't talk, and when he does it's to say he'll try the shield and then four hours later nothing worked out so he has nothing? Bye. Ugh I'm not ready for this shit...

Punpun

This game is already testing me. I have to choose whether to backstab my new friend logan who I enjoy, or ruin my game with kait and billy and probably get rocked out.

Jay

Um we won immunity and I love my tribe I hope Kait leaves tonight bye :)

Kait

Um I'm throwing hands if I get voted out. I don't like anyone on my tribe. It's a rig.

Billy

Whew so Pun is scared on me backstabbing them. But like I'm not going to so idk what to do. I'm. Going. To. Fucking. Scream. Kait dropped the ball on this competition so Logan and Punpun are gonna vote ME out? I'm gonna be the first boot. This... this has never happened to me before...

Connor

idk whats going on

(Logan walked from the game)