#Or Jackson gets a pass cuz they both guys
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twpsyn-who Ā· 2 months ago
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WHY DOES HE KEEP GETTING A NEW BOYFRIEND EACH SEASON AVDJDJDHSJJDJSJS THEY DON'T EVEN MENTION THE BREAK UP BEFORE HE'S FLIRTING WITH ANOTHER GUY PLEASE I'M LOSING MY SHIT
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chasedbyatlantic Ā· 8 months ago
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finally alone, joel miller
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masterlist summary: IN WHICH ā€” you and joel miller are nothing but flirty towards each other, no matter the situation. when the two of you decide to take an unauthorized visit outside of jackson, it really shows.
warnings: post outbreak!joel, jackson era!joel, gender neutral!reader, no use of y/n, fluff, implied-ish relationship, friends to lovers type beat, mentions of cheating/death/hooking up, reader is a bit of a player, stripping, swearing. lmk if i missed anything else!
wordcount: 2.3k
a/n: guys comment what u want me to write abt cuz im running out of ideas haha :,). remember to like, comment, reblog and follow for more! xoxo
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It was a torrential downpour right now, the sun had disappeared hours ago and there was nowhere to wait it out. It was nice and sunny this morning when the two of you had left the walls, passing by the sleepy guards with no issues whatsoever. Tommy had given everyone working the walls instructions to not let you or his brother go through without clearing with Tommy first, but some rules are meant to be broken, right?
Not that you had a bad reputation, but not too many of the conservative mothers and elderly were fond of you. It had to have been because of your loud mouth, you had convinced yourself. But the weeks following yours and Joel's arrival, you were sure it was more than just your loud mouth. You were always on edge, and ready to fight people for what you needed- for Christ sake, you lived outside of the walls for ten years, you couldn't have been any different. It probably also didn't help that you hooked up with a married man or two, but that's besides the point.
You and Joel were partners, not literally, but the two of you had been teamed up for a while. You met at the Boston QZ when Marlene, the leader of the Fireflies, had tasked the both of you to move 'precious cargo'. You grew close to Joel, and eventually Ellie. After arriving at Jackson, Ellie had separated herself a bit from Joel and you, but you two remained tied at the hip, despite what everyone thought about it.
People had suspected and assumed what was happening between you and Joel, that you two were a couple and you were cheating on him with married men. First of all, the two of you weren't together, and second of all, those men wanted to fuck you, not the other way around. You and Joel had only laughed off the allegations, not really giving a shit about what anyone else thought about the two of you.
The two of you were completely drenched, right through your clothes, when you arrived at the place you had planned to visit, a Walgreens. Well, an outdated Walgreens. You could tell the place was still stocked with food after twenty years, there were just a few runners the two of you had to get rid of. You two were at the back of the Walgreens, the employee entrance. "Do we have to go in?" You asked, "I wanna stay out and dance in the rain!" You had to have your voice raised a bit, the water muting many of the room tone-like sounds.
He checked the clip in his pistol, before shoving it back in. "Y'ur actin' like we ain't gonna have all the time in the world to dance in there, plum." You hated that, plum. First of all, he knew you absolutely hated the name, second of all, plums were your least favourite fruit. "I'll feed you to those runners if y'ain't careful." You threatened him.
Joel shook his head, knowing you wouldn't do anything. It was funny, really, you saying you would hurt him. He found it cute if anything. "Ya' know what to do in there, you get one'n I'll get the others." You nodded your head as Joel silently opened the door. The three runners in there turned their head and screamed, immediately running to the two of you. They spared you some time, though, from tripping over everything in the way.
Joel went first, shooting at the one that had flew over for him. It went down without a fight, and you had leaped over its body in a careful matter. You were better in hand-to-hand combat, so you had your machete swinging to cut half a head off of the runner. When the runner you had killed fell to the floor, another gunshot and body drop was heard from where Joel was. You turned to see all three down, Joel almost grinning. "Too easy, eh?"
You shook your head, your eyes rolling. "Alright pretty boy," You said, "Help me drag 'em outside." He holstered his weapon, sliding a sly 'yes ma'am' to you before helping, knowing that would drive you crazy. It did, though you chose to ignore it. The two of you were very flirty with each other, it was a second nature in all honesty. Though, you didn't mind it, Joel was anything but ugly.
He helped you bring the former-runners outside, it only took a couple minutes - you two didn't want to go back outside, but you had to do what needed to get done. Once the two of you were finished, Joel had locked the door, which meant the two of you were stuck in here for a while. "Did the list get destroyed?" You questioned him, as he searched through his bag. Joel, not long after, took out a small piece of paper with a grin on his face. "All good."
Not too long after, you were down one aisle, Joel the one beside. You decided to sort of split up, and efficiently scavenge for what you needed to get. You two wanted to keep this place on the downlow, in case things ever went south in Jackson and you needed a place to take Ellie to. It was perfect, really, despite the few runners that were here previously. Food, water, medicine, shelter, everything you needed when the world was in this state.
The two of you were in comfortable silence, until you broke it. "Joel?" You had called out, a small 'hm?' being returned from him not long after. "What type of, uh- lotion did she want? There's forty different kinds." Your eyes scanned the shelf, reading every different label. Ellie had promised you that she wouldn't tell anyone about yours or Joel's whereabouts if you picked her up this certain type of lotion, one to help her bite be less itchy, or something.
"Uh," He began, "Nivea? 'M not sure." Your eyes scanned the shelf once more, before picking up the bottle and sliding it in your bag. It almost slipped out of your hands, you were still completely drenched from the shitty weather outside. Just as you were about to leave that aisle, and join Joel at his, something caught your eye. This is perfect, you thought to yourself, you needed a good laugh and this would crack you up.
You reached for the wrapped box, "Joel?" You had called out once more. You heard shifting around from the other side, "What is it?" He replied. You threw the box over to his side, putting your hand over your mouth as you tried to muffle your laughs. The thud of the box hitting the floor was the only other sound, other than you laughing of course.
"Really?" Was heard from the other side, "Condoms? Real fuckin' mature o'you." This sent you through the roof, honestly. Maybe it was the lack of sleep you had been getting for the last few weeks, or that this was genuinely ridiculous, but you just bursted out with laughter. Let the whole world hear you, you thought to yourself, who cares.
"I'm sorry!" You had exclaimed in between laughs, "It was too fuckin' funny not to!" You slipped past into Joel's aisle, looking for him. He wasn't there. Your laughs calmed down, "Joel?" You drug out the last part of his name, curiously stepping forward. As soon as you did that, you felt arms wrap around you and pick you up. Not arms of a clicker, no, but arms that felt too familiar to your waist.
Joel spun you around, his chin resting in the crook of your neck from behind. The roles were reversed, he was now the one with the laughing fit and you were the unamused one. You had let a few 'let me go!'s escape your lips, trying your best to stay upset, though it didn't work for long. Joel set you down after a few more spins, trying his best not to fall over from the dizziness.
Things between the two of you were complicated, you hooked up all the time but were nothing official. It felt weird, making things official during a time like this. Nobody wanted to care for someone too much, since they didn't know what tomorrow would bring. It was a mutual feeling, you were sure of it, you just didn't know what to do about it.
"I hated that." You flatly-as-possible said that to him, as you turned and faced him. He met your gaze, you could stare into his eyes all day. "That's what you get." He had simply replied to you with, this earned a confused look and a raised eyebrow from you, "Excuse me?" Joel could only hold his smile back, "They were too small, should've at least thrown over the right size."
For fuck sakes, Joel Miller. You slapped him on the shoulder after he broke the shared gaze and walked off, yelling a 'Christ, Joel!' as you chased after him. He drove you crazy, and he knew that. Not a bad crazy, not anything close to that. Whatever crazy it may be, it was mutual.
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With another hour of scavenging under the two of yours' belts, you both grew tired. You were still wet from outside, your hair had started to dry, though. Both Joel and you had found an upstairs to the grocery store, it looked to be an employee break room or something like that. You had brought up a few blankets, candles and matches, and a change of clothes. You had set up the candles around your room, not as a romantic gesture, but as a light source. Obviously the power wasn't working, and the two of you needed to see what you were doing.
Joel had set up the blankets by the time the last candle was lit, a proud look to his face. You took notice, as you shrugged off your bag and bent down to untie your boots. "You're a great blanket-layer, Mister Miller." He tsked when you had said that, "No need to remind me." He took notice of you starting to unzip your pants, and push them down. He rose his brow, waiting for you to explain what you were doing.
You took notice of this after you had removed your pants, and stood back up to get your shirt, "What? I'm soaked." Joel had completely forgot about that, in all honesty. His clothes were soaked through as well, no doubt in that, he was just too caught up in the moment with you that he had pushed it to the side. He had removed his shirt as you took yours off, if someone else was to see this, they would definitely think something else was happening.
You two had stripped down to just your undergarments and towel-dried yourselves off. God bless Walgreens for carrying everything, you had thought to yourself. In no time, the two of you were dressed back up in comfortable clothes for the time being, making an unspoken decision that you guys would spend the night.
You were the first one to lay down on top of the blankets Joel had set up, Joel was looking through his bag for something. "Can we just stay here forever, you'n me?" You asked, eyes closed and sprawled out. He could only chuckle in response, "What 'bout Ellie?" Shit, you had forgotten about her. You were too caught up being with just Joel that you had forgot Ellie was at home, probably wondering where the fuck the two of you were. "Pass me the walkie," You asked, "Let me call her."
That was what you did, you went onto the right channel and began talking into the walkie talkie. It took a minute or two until you actually got a response from Ellie. She had made sure you two were fine, and not 'absolutely fucking deceased' (her words, not yours). With much reassurance and whatnot, you soon bid your farewells to her, and had promised you would be back the following day. Ellie had also made the comment saying not to 'come back knocked up', sounding like your mother. This earned Joel to yell at her from the background, but only made you laugh. You loved that kid, like your own.
You placed the walkie down, moving to one side of the not-so-bed bed. "Joel," You groaned, "Hurry up, I'm freezing." You complained. You were in wet clothes for hours, you were bound to be frostbitten at this point. Joel was your heat source for tonight, though he didn't mind, not one bit. With you basically cuddled up to him the entire night, it brought ease to him sleeping.
He shortly lay down beside you, stretching his arm out which had only caused you to lay on his chest. He was chewing something, it smelled too familiar. "What're you eating?" You had hummed, a yawn following your question. "Dried plum." He only replied, doing everything in his power to suppress his grin.
You shook your head, well, as much as you could with your head laying on Joel's chest. "Where the fuck did you even get dried out plums? That's the stupidest thing ever." Joel didn't think it was, plums were his favourite fruit- he wouldn't say anything about that, though, not yet. If you didn't want to eat any plums, he would help you out. This was another case of the olive theory. "One of Maria's friends does 'em, seriously, you should try 'em."
You bickered with him about it for a moment, dropping it the next. Joel loved when you bickered with him, it made you two sound like an old, married couple- though you weren't, not yet. He loved how you would rant on about your hate for plums, or what you had done during the day throughout Jackson. He was just happy to be finally alone with you, not being able to handle anymore time spent not by your side.
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finally alone, mac demarco
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waitingonher Ā· 1 year ago
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Hi can you do some Percy Jackson x Hades Child hc?
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percy jackson dating a child of hades
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pairing: percy jackson x child of hades!reader
content warning: cursing
word count: 780
author's note: sorry this one's a bit shorttt
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a son of poseidon and a child of hades? ANOTHER POWER COUPLE.Ā 
everyone knows not to mess with either one of you, or else theyā€™re in for a doozy.Ā 
percyā€™s always making sure that youā€™re not overworking yourself. he saw what it did to nico, so he for sure does not want that happening to you too.Ā 
heā€™ll usually ask in more subtle and casual ways like ā€œtraining was rough yesterday, howā€™d you sleep?ā€ or ā€œthe lunch selection was good today, whatā€™d you think?ā€Ā 
it may be overbearing to some, but percy honestly canā€™t help it. the very last thing he wants is you being too hard on yourself.Ā 
when you two first started dating, you guysā€”for some reasonā€”decided to make gardening your little thing together?? but when you had accidentally killed them with your aura, you and percy decided to go forward with something a little lessā€¦alive.Ā 
LOL so now your guysā€™ little thing is baking!!Ā 
somehow chiron allowed you and him to use the camp kitchen??Ā 
anyways, you guys are pretty much pro bakers now! well, if you ignore the time when percy mistook the salt for sugar, then you guys are basically pros.Ā 
you reach your hand out to your boyfriend, ā€œperce, pass me a cookie.ā€ ā€œhere,ā€ he passes you a cookie while grabbing himself one, ā€œon the count of three?ā€Ā  you nod and begin counting, ā€œone, two, three.ā€ taking a bite of the warm cookie, you both immediately realize somethingā€™s wrong. the cookie tastesā€¦salty? you see percyā€™s eyes widen as you two make a dash towards the sink. Ā ā€œoh my gods! why is it salty?ā€ percy screeches, the chewed up cookie muffling his voice.Ā  after what felt like years of rinsing your mouth, the unpleasant salty taste had left your mouth, ā€œbabe, you were in charge of the dry ingredients...so did you use the salt instead of the sugar?ā€Ā  percyā€™s eyes widen to the size of saucers, ā€œnoā€¦iā€™m not that stupid. look,ā€ he grabs the plastic container and turns it around, only to reveal the label that reads ā€˜saltā€™, "ohā€¦yeah, thatā€™s my bad.ā€Ā 
considering the reputation your dad has, percyā€™s always looking out for you. but donā€™t get me wrong, everyone at camp could not give less of a shit about your dad, but itā€™s the newcomers he worries about.Ā 
some of the new kids are so bold??? but donā€™t worry, cuz you and percy ALWAYS find ways to humble them.Ā 
percyā€™s the type of bf to have almost anything you may need on hand. you need a hair tie? heā€™s pulling one off his wrist. your lips are chapped? heā€™s taking out his aquaphor.Ā 
he loves seeing you use your powers, because likeā€¦pretty gf who has cool powers over the dead?? what is there not to love??
sometimes when you two are training, youā€™ll look out the corner of your eye to see your boyfriend just staring at you? percy has ZERO shame and will stare at you whenever he feels like it.Ā 
whenever you guys have sleepovers, he always makes sure you fall asleep before him. itā€™s more of a comfort thing for him. percy just sleeps better knowing that youā€™re already sleeping.Ā 
normally heā€™s a pretty light sleeper, but around you, heā€™s an even lighter sleeper. he just wants to make sure that heā€™ll be awake to comfort you in case you have any particularly alarming dreams.Ā 
when you two eat, he never fails to save and offer the last bite to you. but percy doesnā€™t want you to feel bad about you eating his last bite, so he just nonchalantly offers it to you.Ā 
movie nights with percy!!!Ā 
youā€™d make him watch all the classic horror movies. shit talking the ones with bad acting and graphics is your guysā€™ favorite pastime.Ā 
ā€œoh my gods,ā€ percy groans for the umpteenth time, ā€œi swear, itā€™s probably a mortal who made this movie. they canā€™t even get the stupid ghosts to look right.ā€Ā  you laugh at percyā€™s passion for complaining, ā€œliterally! okay but can they get some other guy to play the main character?ā€Ā 
at this point, you two should make your own horror movie because youā€™re too busy making fun of them instead of actually enjoying them.Ā 
you also made percy watch tuskā€¦Ā 
ever since watching it, he canā€™t look at walruses the same. (me too percy)Ā Ā 
gods forbid he runs into one in the ocean.Ā 
percy also has a cork board in his cabin with a shit ton of polaroids on it jdfsksdĀ 
they range from pictures with you to pictures of the sunsets.
but if you pay attention, youā€™ll find that the majority of the photos include you in them <33
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fixfoxnox Ā· 2 years ago
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omg wait a second so that ask of ā€œwhat celebrity/known person resembles your roachā€ sparked an idea
remember earlier when i gave you the scene prompt of roach doing like music therapy and singing his heart out in his room on base with his old guitar and yadda yadda??
What If!! he Does get convinced by his community to go into music and he ends up getting Really Fucking Popular and like his stage name is Roach and maybe the boys(soap and ghost at least, maybe the rest of the team too idk) end up finding him and really liking him for his really deep, down to earth, heartfelt lyrics and in like interviews and interactions heā€™s this adorable little skrunklo and during leave one time they go to a concert and like get backstage passes or something and have one-on-one time with him and poor buggy has to fucking keep himself in line cuz he just So DESPERATELY wants to jump their bones or just weep in their arms but heā€™s Not Supposed To Know Them and like UGH
work your magic boošŸ˜˜
Ngl, this is lowkey not my best work especially toward the end, but its a very cute idea. I just really like the idea of celebrity! Roach with Soap and Ghost who are whipped for him lol
Missing Pieces
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"Ghost!" Soap nearly trips over himself running into the room, his entire face red with excitement. As he barrels into the small rec room on base, he catches the attention of his entire team. Gaz, whose boyfriend had made time to come visit him on base, was cuddled up on the couch, already rolling his eyes at his friend. He knew that tone that Soap had. He could tell exactly what this was about already.
"Oh great," he muttered, burying his face into Jackson's neck with a sigh. Jackson only glanced down at him, confusion on his face as his eyes tracked Soap running up to throw himself down on the couch opposite of them, a big grin on his face as he cuddled up to Ghost.
"Johnny," Ghost muttered, "Everything alright?"
"He's on tour!" Soap told him excitedly, shoving his phone into Ghost's face, "He's on tour, and he's here. Right fucking now Ghost!"
Ghost's eyes scanned over Soap's phone for a moment, his eyes going wider and wider as he continued reading over the screen. After a moment, he responded, "How the fuck did we miss this?"
"I don't know," Soap wailed, shoving his face into Ghost's shoulder. "We have to figure out a way to get into that concert. Maybe backstage," he ranted to the man, pulling back to grab onto his arm desperately.
"I'm sure you can find someone selling their tickets," Gaz called with a roll of his eyes. "Maybe seeing him in concert will finally make the two of you stop drooling over his interviews. It's getting a little pathetic you guys." Soap and Ghost both shot the man a withering glare.
After a moment, Soap turned back to Ghost, "I've already tried to find tickets but it's like no one is selling them for a reasonable price! I can't find any that we'd be able to afford."
"Even if we dip into the savings?" Ghost asked, his voice sounding desperate. It was clear that he was hoping that would help them. Gaz gave a snort at the sound of hope in his voice.
Soap gave a whine, falling against his shoulder dramatically, "Even if we dip into the savings!"
"It's probably for the best," Gaz called playfully, "It would be hard to explain why two of the taskforce's men kidnapped a country singer. No offense you two but I don't think 'we're in love with him' would be a good excuse." He snickered at the glare that the two men sent him. he was clearly enjoying their suffering.
"Country singer?" Jackson spoke up finally, surprise clear in his voice, "I didn't expect you two to be into country music."
"We aren't," Soap explained quickly, a pout still on his face, "We just like this artist. His music is so much more than country, it's incredible!"
"They've been obsessed with this guy for like a year now," Gaz explained to his boyfriend. "They're in love with him. They watch all of his interviews and any video he uploads to his youtube channel. They're like teenage girls with the way they gush over him." He paused, bringing his hands to his chest and raising his voice just slightly to mock his friends, "God, his voice is so pretty, he's like an angel. That cooking video he uploaded was so perfect, his ass looked so good! Gaz, you don't understand he's so humble and passionate in his interviews! Did you know that he's gay? That means we have a chance!" He dropped his hands down, grinning at Soap and Ghost as they glared at him. "And that's just Ghost," he teased playfully, "You should hear Soap talk about the guy."
"Fuck off," Soap flipped his middle finger up to his friend.
Jackson had to cover his mouth as he laughed, the antics between the three men slotted away in his memory for later. He knew one person who would love to hear about this. After a moment, he asked, "Who is this guy, hmm? I'm curious now."
Soap's face lit up and soon he was jumping off of the couch to hold his phone out to Jackson. Jackson stared at the image in front of him, his face blank as he tried to figure out whether he should laugh or not. "His stage name is Roach," Soap replied dreamily.
There was a moment as Jackson tried to figure out what to say to the man. His mind was running over itself. This was fucking something, wasn't it? A thought struck his mind then and, before he could stop himself, he was blurting out, "I know him."
Silence hung over the room as three pairs of eyes burned into his skin. After a moment, Ghost's voice rang out, "You what?"
"I know him," Jackson tried to keep his voice steady, "We're friends. I could get you guys tickets to the show tonight if you want? I have standing tickets for any of his shows."
Chaos erupted around him, several voices speaking at once with excitement, confusion, and thanks. Jackson had to grin at the chaotic sound, this was certainly going to be something.
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"So, how the hell do you know this guy?" Price was the one to ask, leaning back in the seat that he'd claimed as his own. The entire taskforce plus Jackson were currently in a private box, overlooking the venue below them.
Soap and Ghost had claimed seats at the front of the box, excitedly whispering to one another. It made Jackson grin, he was definitely going to get the reward for best friend in the universe after this, he just knew it. "We met on a squad," he turned to Price, "He was in the military before all this." He tapped his prosthetic leg carefully, "He saved my life, whole reason I'm alive right now is him. They discharged him right along with me after he beat the shit out of some fucker who made a comment about me losing my leg."
"I didn't know he used to be in the military!" Soap leaned closer to Jackson excitedly, "tell us more about him, please."
Jackson couldn't help but snicker, "Why don't you and Ghost just ask him when I take you back stage," he turned to hide his laughter in Gaz's shoulder before adding, "trust me, I'm sure he'll be more than happy to answer any of the questions the two of you have."
Music started then, the lights of the arena dimming down as the opener for the show was introduced, the crowd cheering something fierce in response. Soap and Ghost seemed completely focused on the stage, though Jackson could tell is wasn't really the opener they were interested in, but rather making sure that they could see Roach as soon as he stepped out onto the stage.
It was a bit of time before the opener was stepping up to the mic and telling her goodbyes to the crowd before beginning her introduction of the main event. It was the same introduction that Jackson had heard before. Roach's name was called and, immediately, the music started for one of his quicker paced songs.
The second that Roach stepped out onto the stage, both Soap and Ghost were standing. They were both showing more energy than Jackson had ever seen from either of them and the sight was enough to have his eyes widening. He realized fairly quickly that when Gaz had said that the two men were obsessed with his friend, he very much meant it.
It was interesting to watch the men, especially Ghost, quietly sing along to several of the songs, cheering loudly after each one ended. Soap's face was a bright red from how excited he was, a grin permanently plastered on his face. Ghost's face was still somewhat obscured by his face mask, but Jackson could see that on the tops of his ears and sitting high on his cheeks was a blush. That plus the gleam in his eyes was enough to give away his excitement.
Eventually there was a pause in the music, Roach stopping to get a bit of water before stepping up to the mic. He sounded breathless still, but anyone would be able to hear the grin in his voice. "How are y'all feeling?" There was a resounding cheer from the entire arena and Roach gave a joyous laugh into the mic, clearly excited about the response.
"I, uh, I'm so excited to be here tonight. I was a little nervous, not going to lie," he chuckled into the mic, "I kept worrying no one was going to show up but, I guess I didn't need to worry about that." There was another cheer from the packed house. "Really quick," Roach started again, "Then I'll get back to singing for you guys but, fun fact, my best friend is actually here tonight." Roach could feel the eyes of everyone in the 141 turn to him and he couldn't help the smug smile that crossed his face. "Jackson is both the coolest and most annoying mother fucker on the planet, but I love him, even if he didn't tell me he was coming tonight." Roach chuckled into the mic and Jackson rolled his eyes at his friends words, "Anyways, I've not performed this song in a bit, but it's his favorite, so I'm going to do it again."
The music started up and Jackson could feel himself softening, a feeling of longing filling his chest as the music flooded through the air. It was one Roach had written about their situation, about them both remembering. Only they knew what it was really about, Roach usually skirted around the question in interviews. He couldn't help the smile that crossed his face.
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"Alright, don't be weird," Gaz chided Soap and Ghost for what had to be the sixth time since they'd been waiting in the little green room. The two men were practically vibrating in their seats, both clearly very excited for getting to meet Roach. "This is my first time meeting Jackson's best friend and I don't need him thinking that my friends are weirdos."
"Relax," Jackson chimed from his seat, grinning up at where Gaz had been pacing, "Roach is going to love you guys."
"God I hope you're right," Soap muttered excitedly, leaning closer to Ghost to take his hand in his own. The two shared a soft look, one that communicated their feelings to one another clearly.
A few more minutes passed by before finally the door to the green room was pushed open, a familiar voice ringing out as a man backed into the room, clearly trying to get away from whoever was on the other side.
"Yes, yes I understand, but I told you that I was- listen, you're just going to have to reschedule it, I put the time in, it isn't my fault that you didn't listen to it! Okay yes, well then go talk to Doug, he'll tell you to deal with it, now if you don't mind." Roach pressed the door to the green room shut, an exhausted sigh leaving his lips as he leaned against the wood for a moment, his head in his hands.
Jackson stood up, making his way over to his friend. "Les giving you trouble again?"
"Trouble upon trouble," Roach muttered out. He turned quickly, barely looking at anything as he wrapped Jackson up in a hug, "You didn't tell me you were coming asshole, I thought you were spending the week with Gaz?"
Jackson pulled back from the man, turning him just slightly while giving him a wicked grin, "Yeah, about that," he turned Roach, holding his hand out so that he could see the entire group. He knew the moment that his friend had seen Soap and Ghost, his entire body freezing as his face slowly flushed. "Turns out, that Gaz's two friends, happened to be huge fans," he placed his hands on Roach's shoulders, "So I thought I'd introduce you to them." He leaned forward to add in a whisper for the man, "Get your boys Sanderson, they're already whipped for you."
He gave a good slap to Roach's shoulder before moving back over to wrap his arm around Gaz's shoulder, grinning as he watched Soap and Ghost stand to cross the room, standing in front of Roach who's face was only going redder by the second as he stared up at the two shell-shocked.
"Hi," Soap sounded surprisingly nervous, "We're huge fans, we love you." He paused, before adding in a panicked voice, "I mean your music, not like you. But I mean we do love you but not like in a weird way, more like an admiration way which is way less weird. Probably."
"I'm," Roach's voice was high in his throat as he stared at the two men. So many things were running through his mind, there were so many things he wanted to say to the two. There was a part of him that just wanted to kiss them silly. He couldn't though, they didn't know him like he knew them. "I'm Roach," he said after a moment. "Which," he winced slightly, "now that I think about it I guess the two of you would know." His face went another shade of pink and he looked over to Jackson with clear panic in his eyes, completely missing the look of adoration the two men were giving him.
"You're adorable," Ghost muttered to himself, his eyes tracing over Roach's face. Roach heard though, a shiver running down his spine as he looked back to the two men.
"Can I get your names?" Roach tried to react normally, giving the two men a bright smile despite the heat burning his face.
There was a pause as the two men stared at him before Soap was blurting out, "Can we take you out?"
"Soap!" Gaz scolded from across the room, his voice horrified as both Jackson and Price devolved into laughs beside them. Apparently all it took was to be faced with their celebrity crush for Soap and Ghost to forget how to communicate like normal people.
Soap turned to look at him with wide eyes before turning back to Roach, his own face a bright red now. "Sorry." He sounded sheepish, rubbing a hand along the back of his neck as he shuffled closer to Ghost. "Soap," he motioned to himself, "Ghost," he motioned to Ghost. There was a pause before Soap was rushing, "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable," he fumbled through his words, "we just think you're so cool and sweet and you have such a nice voice-"
"And you're a good cook and a very interesting person and we like to hear you talk," Ghost added on for the man, his own nerves just as frazzled as Soaps as he tried to help the man out of his blunder.
"Yes we really like to hear you talk," Soap agreed, "we just think you're great and we're huge fans and I really didn't mean to make you-"
"You can take me out." Roach cut him off with a grin, his chest feeling lighter as he realized that when Jackson had muttered that these two men were whipped for him already, he meant it. "Tomorrow," he turned away from the men with a wink, "I have a day off. You can take me out tomorrow."
He made his way toward Gaz then, his hand extended so that he could finally greet Jackson's boyfriend for the first time. He allowed himself to look back at Soap and Ghost exactly once, his heart stuttering over itself with excitement as he realized that he'd left both of the men in a shell-shocked puddle on the floor.
Maybe he wasn't in the military anymore. Maybe life had taken from him. But maybe there was still a way for things to work out in his favor. Maybe he could still find that missing pieces from his first life.
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kachow-i-love-being-me Ā· 1 year ago
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Me when I get possessed to write about cars human au
I wish I could write this much about my ocs
This is not a ship!!! Unless u want to interpret it like that :3
Cruz and Jackson (and Danny)
ā€œGreat job out there, costume girl. Third place bronze looks great on you.ā€ Jackson Storm grimaced as he passed Cruz Ramirez after the latest race.
ā€œHey, what is your deal, Storm? Why do you gotta be such a dickhead all the time?ā€ Cruz challenged him. What right does he think he has to speak to her like that?
He didnā€™t even turn to face her. ā€œI donā€™t know what you mean.ā€ He almost singsonged. Everything about Jackson from how he spoke to how he held his stature, even how he wore his hair and the faces he pulled, made Cruzā€™s skin crawl. She thought it was impossible for him not to enrage her.
ā€œYou do too know what I mean.ā€
ā€œDo not.ā€
ā€œDo too.ā€ Cruz really didnā€™t want this to turn into a never-ending back and fourth. ā€œWhatever.ā€
She trudged behind him unwillingly, in his shadow both figuratively and literally, then stopped before Storm had caught up to Danny Swervez, the guy who came in second place. He dapped him up and brought him into a celebratory hug.
ā€œAwesome job, dude.ā€ Danny complemented.
ā€œYeah, yeah same to you.ā€ Jackson half-heartedly responded.
Cruz watched this exchange through slanted eyes. He was so fake, and Danny didnā€™t even realise it. She felt sorry for the number 19 racer.
Swervez always came off quite closed-off at first, even unpleasant at times. This was why he still hadnā€™t made any real friends among the racers. Only Cruz bothered to see past his cold front, hence why she was the only one he seemed to talk to. Of course this then meant that he was going to be buzzed with any sort of positive recognition from any of the others; the perfect chance for Jackson to make a mug of him in his weird, twisted ways.
Storm had another thing to say. ā€œYour technique was incredible. Opening up the inside lane for me to sneak right past ya,ā€ he grinned, ā€œI appreciate it man.ā€
There it was.
Cruz felt her stomach drop as she watched Dannyā€™s eyes switch into a look of embarrassment, he kept his smile but it was clearly weakened by the snide comment.
ā€œY-yeah. It wasā€¦ā€ he struggled to find his words, but that didnā€™t matter because he wasnā€™t given the chance to say anything else.
ā€œIā€™ll see you around, Swervez.ā€ Jackson gave the shorter racer a pat on the back and let his attention be taken by the press waiting to speak with him.
Cruz didnā€™t want to look at him any longer. He took way too much of her attention, but it wasnā€™t her fault he was so infuriating it was too hard to ignore him!
She headed towards Danny and placed a hand on his shoulder. ā€œDonā€™t let him get to you. He doesnā€™t deserve any of your time.ā€
The boy smiled to her but it was clear he was a little disheartened. Jackson really needed a good telling-off. Surely there was at least some small chance of him being capable of acting like a decent human being? Cruz doubted it. He was about as ill-mannered as it gets.
Ouuu I might do more of this later idk
If not continuing this scene then definitely something else related to these characters cuz Iā€™m a little bit slightly obsessed
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guardianofthestarz Ā· 8 months ago
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this year my goal was to read at least 25 books (which now seems too easy) and i decided to start with rick's books cuz i loved pjo
(i then realized i had actually never finished the pjo series - i didnt finish the LAST book... thats crazy)
i went on yt and found a vid that showed the RIGHT way to read all his books so my journey started.
anyway blah blah blah, i wanted to talk about the kane chronicles
obv spoilers if you havent read those and if you care
hell nah. that series was so bad šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ (imo ofc and ill explain why i think so)
i should mention that i read the first and third book, but i only read half of the second book cuz it got very looooooong and boring to me (i just read the wikipedia summary for it)
also the only reason i read these books was cuz i knew there would be a collab between the magicians and demigods and that sounded rly interesting to me!
im usually not that picky when it comes to books/fics/anything so i was surprised i didnt like these books. first of all theyre so long, and for what.. the world ends in 3, 4, 5 days yet each book is 90k words at best and 120k-ish words at worst. it just dragged ooooooon and onnnnn and onnnnnnnnnn. i thought maybe its just the length that im not used to (even tho ive read way longer fics but i thought maybe its not the same..) then i started reading the heroes of olympus series which was a similar length and i sped thru those. which prob means that the kane chronicles were just boring. i was gonna say that it just felt like there were attacks and fights just cuz, but then again, thats kinda similar to percy jackson books. i cant put my finger on why some fights felt kinda useless and filler.. unlike in pj books. also when they beat apophis it felt too easy. there was so much build up to that final battle, and in the end he got destroyed in like half a page or smt.. not satisfying! and since we know the kane siblings are still alive (cuz of the recording being sent etc), it didnt feel like there was anything at stake.
the egyptian mythology was actually pretty interesting, i did like learning about it. however, at times there was just a LOT of info being dumped- so many gods/stories etc that i had a hard time remembering everything. i think w the percy jackson/greek mythology books there was just more time for rick to set the scene and build the world so it didnt feel that overwhelming (even tho it was still a lot, im ngl).
and now my biggest complaint... i thought rick could write powerful female characters butttttttttt maybe that was just annabeth LOL. SADIE WAS SO ANNOYING!!!!!! she was SO unlikeable but i think we werent supposed to dislike her??? yeah shes young but so was percy and annabeth and every demigod from the pjo series and they were much more enjoyable to read about. all she cared about was guys. more specifically, sadie, a 12yo, was head over heels for ANUBIS, a THOUSAND YEAR OLD god, who oh yeah,,, looked like a 16yo guy but idk if its just me, thats still a WEIRD/uncomfy AGE DIFFERENCE šŸ˜­shes so lucky that she ended up w basically both guys she had a crush on, but she still made it such a big deal when that happened.
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like anubis had stabbed her in the back or smt lmfao. also should mention that in the pjo books for ex., percabeth didnt just happen when they were 12/13... a long time passed so that relationship could feel unrushed and natural.
dont get me wrong, liking a guy etc is all normal and very teenage-y (even tho sadie wasnt even a teenager when all this happened). but making that MOST of her personality, or smt she constantly thought about and prioritized during the END OF THE WORLD. she just seemed very irresponsible and immature (which makes sense cuz shes a child.... maybe i shouldnt be reading these books as an almost 20yo) (but i can still tell when some1 has annoying qualities objectively) (even if its still a kids book)
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idk thats just annoying. carter was tryna save the day/world and sadie had other things in her mind. or when she wanted to go hang out w her friends for her bday even tho the world was ending VERY soon and they had to get going. yeah she wants to be a normal kid but rn theres more important things you gotta think about bbg (and yes i do understand that the dance or her bday hang out would help w morale but at least be on the look out for stuff and dont think that youre not still on the job and most likely putting every1 in danger..). save the world first, then enjoy your life. maybe take a cake to go while youre traveling. maybe call your besties and talk to them on the phone for an hour or whatever
carter wasnt perfect, but even his obsession w zia wasnt THAT bad. it felt more normal and smt the reader (or i) could get behind and not dislike him too much for.
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(when carter said that i thought he was in my head cuz i was literally thinking that sadie always leaves him to deal w important stuff)
i feel like theres more i had to say but theres too much negativity in this post already LOL im sorry šŸ˜­ this trilogy wasnt a 0 or 1 star, it was closer to 2 or maybe even 3. i didnt mind ignoring most of these. the only thing i couldnt ignore was sadie's attitude sometimes and ofc the weird relationship between her and anubis, but when walt showed up etc i had hope and it did get slightly better!
ofc im not a writer and i couldnt prob never write anything half as good as any of rick's books, but this is just my experience as the reader. as i mightve mentioned , rn im reading the heroes of olympus books for the first time and im enjoying them quite a lot!
lmk if you agree or disagree w anything, i usually change my mind somewhat easily so id love to see this series from some1 else's pov
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the-firebird69 Ā· 8 months ago
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This is a Volkswagen GTI 2013 and it was the car that Ronald be Rudy had in Canada and he had it in New Hampshire when Arnie was passing or leaving and whatever you people are doing messing around with them gross. The rear end had a lot of space. And he's looking at anything this is a small car but for some reason it was spacious inside and it's utilizing the space very well and he said it a few times and they got sick of hearing it I said no seriously we've had a lot of cars Vans and all sorts of things this fits a lot of stuff in a very small space and Reynolds finally said it's German engineering and that's Ronald be Rudy and he said it because he wouldn't leave it alone but really he knew that they engineered it for comfort function and speed and safety he said it's really a wonderful car and the price is not bad and he wondered why other cars were not like it so we went to the drawing board and a few cars and it actually helps cuz you were saying a little bit much newfound liking and Kathy agreed with you you said I think it's cuz I saw you fit all that stuff in there and Ellie said it's amazing it just kept going in and you were saying it took so long I started getting upset and said we've been here too long it's we're getting bored and they both started laughing and they said that's good it's a nice review she asked how much it was so he's saying 23 it's good gas mileage feels fast and he revved it up you know like that's good and it had power they think this is his car that he's going to get and we think that Ronald b Rudy just not want him to get it. But Mac Daddy does because Ronald be Rudy took his sister and it's our son's step sister and he took his car too and he's really pissed off at him and he should be in our son is pissed off at him he said these people are our friends and you're ruining lives you need people and you keep saying no he doesn't know enough about the world and what's going on to say that and we think that he gets hit and it's not by Mac it's by Tommy have who doesn't know in this case but he has something to do with the firebird cuz he uses that kind of analogy as does the empire and the car doesn't cost anything to Mac they're kind of myths and Ronald be Rudy eventually no he's supposed to it like 100%, and Brian wouldn't care and he would if I didn't have a car that he owned and says it's good luck and it's kind of like a gift and usually works out pretty good and it did it worked okay within a couple cases he did well and nothing happens it's no big deal but with this guy he's a nutcase he's on us all the time and is a pain in the ass and he's wrong and evil but we're kind of pissed off at that guy such a huge a****** so we think this is the car and we finally found it put something in purple one to do that wow the truth it is it's a nice vehicle and it was maintained okay it was maintained well because Kathy had him do it and had him do it at the dealer and knew that he was kind of a klutz and it's in storage and it's not been used since the trip to New Hampshire and her son says there's symbology and Ronald Bay Rudy says you'd be only in driving it and it's not really the right symbology and why don't they Rudy would be trying to get him out of it is the right symbology according to his belief system of making everything a pain in the ass. And he's thinking about it and says it's too much but it might be just right and people are wondering what kind of drugs he's on and it's kind of mean but they also know it means that he came down there with a German golf car to do some golfing and they're saying and it's the max that our son is doing it when he goes to Jackson Mississippi picks it up there but he's kind of doing it for bja
And that's what it means.
Black God and black goddess
Black God and black goddess Hera's side
And we narrated the entire bottom portion that yes they did near the top this is what it is it's a tough subject that our son has opted to go through things and wants to know because he can help if he knows what the truth is and I'm doing very good job he says and he's quiet about things in the right way so we have a great success with it he says and it works nice it's a sad story it's a sad chapter in his life for him and his wife and a lot of people felt very sad about irony I don't know exactly what happened to him and they want to know and this will push that and it will push to pull Lori out AKA Queen Elizabeth II and they will fight to stop and get rid of trump so now it's going to be heated up and massively massive armies are getting up right now on both sides
Thor Freya
Olympus
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huearmy Ā· 4 years ago
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The Smell of Truth - VII
Summary: After years being forced to fight in clandestine hybrid ring, Jungkook is now living in shelter, but life remains bad, the place is abusive, and nobody seems to want adopt him. Until one night a pro-hybrid activist group invades the shelter, and a woman in black smelling like truth promises that things will get better, and he decides to follow her wherever she goes.
Pairing: pitbull!Jungkook x human!Reader
Genre: fluff, angst, future smut maybe.
Words: 5784
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None.
A/N: I know, Y/N and Jungkook eat all the time and spend a lot of time on her car.
Chapter I Ā Chapter II Ā Chapter III Ā Chapter IVĀ  Chapter VĀ  Chapter VI
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"Jungkook, can you help unload the new merch, please?" Jessi said from behind the cashier, where she was talking with a customer.
"Yes, ma'am!"
"Be careful!"
Jungkook dropped what he was doing at the back of the store - cleaning CD shelves and rearranging alphabetically and music genres that customers take out of place - and ran outside by the back exit, where his coworker, another hybrid, was already signing receipt papers in front of a truck. One of the delivery men was already carefully removing some boxes from inside the truck and putting it on the sidewalk.
"What's in the boxes?" He curiously asked.
"These two bigger ones are guitars, they are orders. And those others are smaller instruments, like flutes and harmonicas." The golden retriever with slightly pink hair that he hadn't memorized the name yet said. Was it Ryujin? Ā "Take care, even if the box is light, everything is very fragile."
"Ok." Jungkook stacked the two heavier boxes, as he saw the delivery guy do, and being careful, he went back inside to store it in the warehouse. In one second he was back to pick the others.
It was his first week on his new job, and obviously, it didn't even surprise you, he chose the music shop. The boy has a great ear and an excellent musical taste, besides music proved to be one of the things he likes most in his new life.
The other day you caught him risking singing softly in his room, when he thought you weren't at home, and in order not to make him uncomfortable, you didn't reveal your presence at all, letting him be. He has a beautiful voice. So, the possibility of being able to discover new music and new artists at work and talk to people with the same tastes as him made Jungkook's round eyes shine like the universe.
Up until then, working was fun, and the coworkers were nice. Maybe it was because of the initial excitement, but Jungkook was efficient and learned quickly, so he was praised almost all the time, which made him blush and have an almost permanent smile. The customers usually think it's cute.
"Ah... excuse me."
Jungkook listened to someone calling, he was at the top of a ladder, arranging some instruments on the top shelf, and looked down to see two high school girls.
"Yes?" Ā He asked.
The same girl responded.
"I'm looking for new strings for my guitar. Can you help me?" Her voice shook a little, but at the end of the sentence she smiled confidently.
"Sure!" He went down. "Six strings or twelve strings? Nylon or steel strings?"
The two girls looked to each other in confusion.
"Ah... Six and... steel." It was almost a question.
"Ok. I'll get it for you."
From the cashier, Jessi and Ryujin watched the scene with judgmental eyes. Both of them were free, but it was obvious it wasn't their help that these girls wanted. Who knew Jungkook was going to bring new customers just for being handsome.
"I never saw these two here." Ā Jessi crossed her arms.
"Me neither. Bet she doesn't even have a guitar." Ryujin shrugged.
"I don't care, as long as they buy something." The other shrugged too, leaving to the back of the store.
At this moment Jungkook was coming to the cashier, three packs of guitar strings from three different brands in hand, and speaking the decorated speech they taught him on the first day, followed by the two girls, who were attentively paying attention with heart eyes.
"If you can't or don't know how to put the new strings on the guitar, just bring it here that we put for you... Not we, because I don't know how to put it, but Jessi knows..." Jungkook smiled, and it looked like the girl that didn't talk at all wasn't breathing anymore. He placed the three string options on the counter in front of his coworker, still smiling.
"Are you going to take them all?" Ryujin asked, also with the friendly smile of a good employee.
The girls' eyes widened for a second.
"No." The talkative one replied, perhaps with too much emphasis, and with a quick glance at Jungkook and an embarrassed smile, she added. "Only this one."
Ryujin took the set of strings that the girl chose - the cheapest one - to pass through the barcode reader. After the two paid, Jungkook accompanied them to the exit with a short conversation, implying that the girl should dedicate herself to learning the new instrument and wishing her luck and that she would always return if needing anything. He was happy. Technically this was his first sale ever.
At this moment you pulled over at the other side of the street and jumped off of your SUV. An excited sound left Jungkook's mouth and he beckoned. Remembering to look side to side, you crossed the street, walking straight to him.
"Hey, cutie." You gave him a shiny grin. "I've come to pick you up."
"Hm?" He was surprised, he had walked home by himself everyday since day one, and you didn't say today would be different. "Ok. Want to wait inside till my shift ends?"
You chuckled, looking at your wristwatch.
"Your shift ends in three minutes."
"Really?" His eyes widened, and his hands pulled your arm towards him - consequently you whole - so he could look at the hours too. "Wow. I didn't see the time passing..."
"Go change and pick your things." You bossed, releasing your arm from his hold just to mess up his hair.
He nodded and got back inside, fast stepping to the back of the store. Through the glass in the window you waved to the other two employees, who smiled and waved back. Ryujin seemed torn between running to you to greet you right and giving you love, or staying at her post doing her job, in the end she sent you several different hearts with her hands.
When Jungkook got back, now in his everyday large clothes instead of the shop uniform, you were exactly Ā on the same spot waiting for him, but now with two ice cream cones.
"I was thinking here, you said 'do you want to wait inside bla bla bla...', but like, I'm your boss, JK. If I wanted to pick you up earlier I could. You know?" You said, talking betwing licks on your ice cream.
Jungshook looked at you with a half-open mouth.
"You wouldn't." He stated.
"Why not?" You took his hand to cross the street.
"Isn't that abuse of power or something? I don't think you look like someone who has favorites... Like, you are too pragmatic, too good girl for that."
You looked offended, as if he had slapped you. You entered the car and waited for him to do the same and close the door behind him.
"First of all... The whole town already knows you, know you are my roommate. Everybody already thinks you are a favorite of mine, so no one would be surprised if I pamper you in public, cuz I do it all the time?? Aaaand...!" You aggressively put your seatbelt on."You know very well I'm part of a group considered a terrorist by the government, which automatically takes from me any title similar to good girl."
"The government is dumb. You are a hero, and this absolutely returns your title as a good girl and its variables." He raised a cocky eyebrow at you.
You started the car and turned it off again, looking at him incredulously.
"On one of our first talks, I literally told you about how I got expelled from the only school I attended in my whole life... I only went to college because my parents are rich and know important people." You shrugged at the end.
"That's not true. You are intelligent and had exemplary grades during college, I heard Jackson talking about it ..." He pointed out, before you could question how he knows it." Besides, you were expelled for protecting your family, and that is heroic to me."
"It was actually revenge and pure violence... But I'm dropping this conversation." You started the car again and it started to move just to stop right then at the red light. "Put some music on."
"Ok." Jungkook obliged. "But seriously, Y/N... Why did you get this offended at being called a good girl? Do you want to be a bad girl?"
Your face heated up. One month ago he didn't even know what playing bickering was and now this...
"Shut up!" You yelled.
He gave a loud laugh, losing it with your flustered face, and all you could do was to laugh along with him. ______________________________________________________________________________ Instead of going home, as Jungkook imagined at first, you had different plans for today. You took the road and in forty minutes you were in the neighboring city parking in front of a movie theater - the kind of thing you donā€™t have in your city because itā€™s so small. It was Saturday night and you had reason to celebrate.
"Wow, I've never been to the movies before... What are we watching?"
"You can choose." You pointed to the mural of posters and opening times of the movies. "We can also choose where we'll get dinner."
"I want pizza." He bluntly said.
You chuckled. Of course he wants pizza.
You went to buy snacks and let him get the tickets.Waiting for the big bucket of popcorn, you were humming a song that has been stuck in your head all day and drumming your fingers around the candy display case, considering buying a chocolate bar.
"Are we celebrating something? You look really excited today..." Jungkook came back, stopping by your side, looking you up and down, your whole body expression saying happy puppy to him.
You smiled as if he had catched you on something.
"Is just... You ended your first week of work ever... I finally got what I wanted from my job... We are like, both successful, gorgeous, young and free. We deserve to fill our stomachs with buttered popcorn, gummy bears, pizza and coke."
A wide smile spreaded on his beautiful face, cute teeth showing up and making your own smile wide too.
"What did you want from your job?" He picked the bucket of popcorn from the attendant's hands when you didn't notice it. "Thank you."
"I'll tell you later." You dismissed the question with a hand wave. "What movie we gonna see?"
Jungkook pointed to a dark sign with a putrefied hand coming out of a half-open wardrobe, blood dripping from the doorknob.
"A horror movie? Do you want me to scream in public?" You laughed in self-depreciation.
"I never watched one of these. It should be fun. Don't worry, I will hold your hand." Jungkook inflated his chest and indeed held your hand.
You were actually worried about him, not you. It is not your custom to watch horror movies, usually you only watch the ones with the most hype, but you know they can be very violent, and maybe your cute Jungkook still can't deal with it... Instead of voicing your concerns, you decided to pay attention to see if it really was necessary to worry at all. First sign that he was more uncomfortable than he should be, you would leave the theater.
You reciprocated his hol and scoffed.
"I'm holding your hand." _______________________________________________________________ At the end, your concerns weren't necessary. The movie was kind of trashy, besides some jump scares that got you screaming, and some disgusting, gross special effects that made you feel slightly nauseous, the bloody scenes were funnier than violent, drawing some good laughs from Jungkook. Still, he spent the entire movie holding your hand, as he promised. At the pizzeria the two of you ate until you had to open the button on your pants, still laughing at how bad the movie was, and how the couple sitting in a row in front of you were startled by silly things and made everything funnier. Jungkook was radiant, and that was what you wanted.
"A month from now when I get my first payment, we have to come back here. And I'll pay." Jungkook declared. "What reminds me, what would you say about your job?"
"Hm..." You looked around. The place was considerably crowded, normal movement for a Saturday night, your table was a little isolated, but not enough for you to have this conversation here. "My... friends wanted me to work with a guy. And I finally got the opportunity."
At first Jungkook thought of Jimin and Tae, but then the message sinked in. It was a secret organization's thing.
"Let's go?" You got up from your chair.
"Sure." Jungkook's eyes were big with curiosity. He didn't expect you to tell him about such things, but now you were implying the rest would be said in a more private place.
You two got back to the car with the pizza box with what you couldnā€™t eat whole and a stuffed animal that Jungkook got from a hook machine on the first try. You were feeling tired and sleepy, not in the mood for driving at all - maybe you should teach Jungkook how to drive for moments like that. You didn't put on some music or asked Jungkook to do so as you usually do.
"The organization has been investigating some lawyers, suspected of facilitating illegal hybrid purchases and transfers, and of covering up such crimes. And I basically need to get proof to frame this guy and expose who he works with." Your eyes were glued on the dark road. "Now I'm going to work directly with him."
"He is a lawyer from your firm?"
"Not yet. He is in the process of being the new partner in the firm. I worked hard to be part of the process or to be designated as his assistant." You explained, still too focused on driving. "I just have to do one mission. Whatever you want to call it. The rest is up to the organization. But for that I need to travel, to work in person, for about a week."
Oh." Jungkook looked at his hands.
Until now he hadn't thought about being alone, by himself. But of course at some point it would happen, you can't live exclusively according to him. He's not the only thing in your life, as he feels you are in his. Suddenly a week seemed like an eternity. Suddenly your apartment looked huge.
"Now I need to know what you want to do." You continued, not noticing the change in his mood.
"What do you mean?"
You made a funny face. It was like you were making a lot of effort to talk about it in a serious tone, but he could see the happy puppy in you again, and it made him relax a little bit, even though he didn't understand why.
"I thought of taking you with me, of course. But you may not want to... Which is ok too. You can stay at home taking care of things and going to work normally... Or you can stay with Taetae and Jimin... which would surely make them happy... " You chattered.
"I want to go with you. Iā€™ll go where you go." He decided, almost solemnly. That sentence gave you both a nostalgic feeling, even though it hasn't been much more than a month since he first said it to you, and your lives changed overnight. You smiled, glad that he chose what you wanted him to.
"Awesome."Ā  Your finger drummed on the steering wheel. "Even if it's a business trip, we're going to have some free time, so I chose a super amazing hotel with lots of things for us to have fun together, and for you to have something to do when I'm at the office. Besides... There are others things that you have to decide..."
Jungkook was already excited about the idea of having fun with you on a trip.
"What is it?"
You sighed, as if you were collecting courage to say what was on your head.
"I am thinking about it for a while now... And my friend from the organization suggested it would be a good idea too. If you were in agreement..." You hesitated. "Would you like to help me?"
Jungkook didn't answer. A stiff silence settled in. In the absence of an answer, you panicked, your fingers tightening the steering wheel.
"It wouldn't be really dangerous, because my task is simple... I would never put you in danger, JK. I don't even get involved in really dangerous situations. It's just because you know about us. I ...I'm sorry."
The silence prolonged.
It was selfish, but you saw in the opportunity of Jungkook working with you in the organization a little of your loneliness fading. Loneliness that is created when you keep a secret even from those you love the most, like your family and the guy who always says he wants to spend the rest of his life by your side. Even your best friends since childhood... Even if you don't hide the truth from them, you can't tell everything either... Your fears and concerns. With Jungkook I would be different. He would be your partner. You could lean on him. It is selfish because you promised him a new life, of peace and tranquility, without even a shadow of the horrible things he lived in the past, and you still don't even know exactly how horrible they were. And in your secret work, bad things can always appear, in one way or another.
"Anyways... One thing we are going to do for sure is bungee jumping. And I think you will love it." You cheered, masking any disappointment you could be feeling.
You chose this double life for a much bigger reason than yourself. You knew from the beginning how it would be. So let's push those bad feelings back inside and move on.
"I'm really... grateful." Jungkook whispered, uncertain voice reaching your ears. "To you, and the organization. I truly think you guys are heros. I would like to be a hero too."
"JK..."
"I trust you." He didn't let you interrupt. "I know that you would never put me in danger or in a situation against my will. You respect me. So I don't have concerns about it. I just don't think I'm going to be very useful... I don't know how to do anything... except to fight. And I will never do that again."
Your hand reached to his on his lap, and as it had become natural his fingers intertwined with yours.
"You don't have to worry about that. I just basically need two little things from you, and I'm sure you got it. One of them you are doing right now."
"And is it?" He was confused. He was doing absolutely nothing. Right?
"I need you to be handsome and charming, just like you are doing now, but in a button-up shirt." You winked at him, making him feel hot, and totally thankful for the darkness so you couldn't see him bright blush. "And that you watch a door for me."
"I-I can do that." ______________________________________________________________________________ The sun didn't even rise yet and you are programming the better route in your gps, sunglasses on the crown of your head, sleep still on your puffy eyes. The suitcases were already in the trunk, and the snacks on the backseat, but for some reason your travel partner was not yet seated beside you, the passenger door he forgot open, letting the morning air in, covering your skin with goosebumps. Is too early to be in a hurry, so even though you have a schedule to follow, you patiently reclined your head on the back of the seat and waited. Jungkook got out the back door of the flower shop, checking twice if he locked the door and turned on the alarm, and then ran to the car. In his hands were his keys, cell phone - that you gave him when he first started working -, and his new wallet - papers and old photograph inside.
"All ready, Y/N!" He entered and closed the door, happy smile on his also puffy face. He was about to put on his seat belt. "Wait!"
"What?" You said in your morning voice - you don't like to speak for the first hour after you wake up at all.
"I forgot my toothbrush." He was already with his hand on the door to go back and get it.
You chuckled and started the motor.
"Sorry, JK. We can buy a new one later... Now we need to hit the road." __________________________________________________________
Just like the suitcases and everything else you would need to travel, at the night before you and Jungkook prepared a travel playlist, specifically songs with road vibes and good for singing at the top of your lungs - your plan was to make him sing along with you to finally praise the beautiful voice you already know he has. If it didn't work, the next plan would be karaoke. It worked. In fact, at start your were all by yourself, you always sing in the car, so he didn't saw it as a invitation to join your personal show, preferring to eat m&m's separated by color while watching you, some hours later tho, motivated perhaps by a specific song or by the energy you established, he gave in, and now you two were having so much fun. The lyrics he didn't know - like the 70s and 80s ones you like because of your mother - you explained about the artists and bands, detailing things about their careers and why you like them, he likes it because he knows more about his job an about you, and the next second you started the next song that you both knew how to sing, there you were joyingly screaming again. You forgot to compliment his voice.
With his mouth full himself, Jungkook filled yours with mini carrots and slices of apple cutted in bunny shape. It was about 10 already, your but was square and legs were sore, you needed to stretch, not to mention your bladder, which should be twice as big as you needed to go to the bathroom.
As if he was reading your mind, the boy beside you whined.
"Y/Nnnnnnnn... I need to pee."
"Me too." You whined back. "Can you wait a little bit more? I planned a stop, and we're almost there."
"Yeah... Sure." He smiled, opening another can of energy drink.
Your look went from the road to him, from him to the can, and from the can to the road again.
"I can't see how drinking another one will help with the bathroom issue..." You mocked.
"I'm also thirsty." He answered as if it was obvious.
Almost half an hour later you parked at a gas station beside the road. As you jumped up the suv, a pursehanging on your arm - with toilet paper and other hygiene items that toilets for community use by the roads don't usually have, you are a prepared woman -, you checked your location to make sure it was the right place. You were supposed to be at a specific gas station at 11am. It only had two bathrooms. One was under maintenance, and the other had a broken lock. At least it wasn't as filthy as you expected it to be.
You handed the purse to Jungkook.
"Go first. I'll guard the door for you." You said.
Jungkook just obeyed, having taken another can and a half of soda after the energy drink. You watched the movement of people and cars, a few filling up with gas, customers at the convenience store, truck drivers stopping for lunch at the restaurant next door. There weren't many people. And you haven't seen anyone paying attention to you.
"Are you looking for something?" Jungkook quietly asked, already beside you.
"Oh. Nothing... I just zoned out. My turn." You run inside the bathroom, remembering your physiological needs.
Back at the car, Jungkook expected you to continue the journey right away, instead you grabbed the steering wheel, still looking through the window with a look so intent that a little line formed between your eyebrows. Jungkook didn't know what was bothering you out of nowhere, but he was willing to help.
"Y/N?" He put a lock of your hair behind your ear so softly that you hardly felt it at all. You looked at him, face unconsciously relaxing. "You okay?"
"Yeah. Just a little headache." It wasn't a lie, until he asked you hadn't noticed, but your head was throbbing a little. "We ran out of water, right? I'm going to buy more."
"Want me to go?" He volunteered.
You considered it. He is just so sweet. But not all places are friendly to hybrids on their own, even documented or free ones, you didn't want to find out if the convenience store was friendly or not in the worst way. It was going to ruin the mood of the trip. Strangers mistreating Jungkook for no reason is always the last thing you want in your day.
"Thanks, sweetie." You shook your head negatively. "I'll be right back."
Jungkook followed you with his eyes as you jumped off the car, walking straight with your hands on your jacket pockets, till you disappeared into the store. Last night when both of you were packing your things, you showed him a 'first aid kit bag' you prepared with several remedies you could need, remembering it now, for sure there's something for your headache there. Wanting to help, he got out and opened the trunk.
You said you would put it in your suitcase... Can he open it? Was it an invasion of privacy? Maybe the kit was in the suitcase's outer compartment, and there would be no issue...
A shiver went up his back and a growl formed in his throat, but it didn't come out. Someone was behind him, terribly close, and with a confused smell that made it impossible to know whether they were human or hybrid. Jungkook did not hear the person's footsteps approaching, and that was fearsome.
"Don't turn around, don't try running, and don't scream. Act naturally." A deep voice of a male spoke.
Despite it being low, there was so much force and authority in this voice that Jungkook couldn't desobay. His eyes reached to the store, looking for you.
"Are you Jungkook?" The voice calmly asked.
How could this guy know his name? What does he want? Different thoughts crossed Jungkook's mind, none optimistic, all scary. He wanted you to show up to save him, and at the same time, without knowing exactly what was going on and the risks, he wanted you not to come back, so you wouldn't be hurt. What should I do?
"I'm." He answered, voice firm to not show fear. A voice he is used to using almost all the time, but since you came into his life, he didn't need it anymore.
The man behind him hummed. Jungkook concluded that he must be a hybrid after all, because he had the urge that the guy was smelling him, but he couldn't say for sure, it could just be in his head. How could this guy's voice be so calm and trustful if his presence had all this power that made Jungkook unable to move a muscle? How conflicting, the feelings this caused in Jungkook were unheard of for him, a kind of fear that he never felt before, the fear that his former master imposed through threats and punishments...
Jungkook searched around, wishing the man wouldn't notice it... Somebody... Anybody... At least one person would notice that there was something wrong going on there, and if Jungkook made eye contact, if he managed to ask for help in any way, everything would be fine. But nobody seemed to see them there, nobody noticed. The gas station employees continued to work normally, the customers entering and leaving their cars, totally unaware... How frustrating.
"I'm a Y/N's friend." The man throatily said. "Nice to meet you, JK."
Jungkook's eyes wided. Friend. One of those friends of yours?
The sound of something being placed on the floor caught Jungkook's attention down, next to his feet was now a small black backpack.
"This is for her. Take care, it's fragile."
"What is it?" Jungkook questioned, not trusting at all - he wouldn't give you anything without being sure it's safe - but strangely relaxed for such an unusual situation.
A low, funny sound came from the guy. Was he laughing?
"Something you guys will need." He simply said. One moment of silence and Jungkook thought the guy was gone, but then he spoke again, now his voice seemed a lot less impersonal. "Tell her she's beautiful today. As always. Good luck."
It was not possible to hear the guy's footsteps leaving, just like when he appeared, but Jungkook felt the absence of an extra presence after a few seconds. The guy was some kind of ninja. He bent down to pick up the backpack and slung it over one shoulder, looking around, trying to find someone who could be the intimidating guy... But he found no one. Without thinking much, he took the kit and closed the trunk, returning to the passenger seat, still looking over his shoulder.
A few minutes later you got back, still with a frown in your face.
"I definitely need an aspirin... You got the kit already!" You slammed the door by accident and cringed at the loud noise, you hate to slam your car door. Ā "Thank you, sweetie... What is it?"
You pointed to the backpack, and Jungkook looked at you with doe eyes. Only now you noticed he was looking frightened.
"Your friend told me it is to you."
Your eyes widened as well and your hand reached your mouth. You were instructed to find someone from the organization at this gas station to receive the necessary equipment for your task. So you were stressed about nobody showing up at the appointed time, it even gave you a headache. Even though you involved Jungkook, you didn't expect them to contact him instead of you. Actually you forgot to tell him about it at all.
"Oh my... JK, I'm sorry I didn't warn you. I guess I still haven't gotten used to having a partner..."
Usually, in this kind of situation, you are all alone or needing to be sneaky around your friend and family. It was out of habit.
"It's ok." Jungkook gave you a sympathetic smile. "What do I do with it?"
"Put it on the backseat." You shrugged and started the car.
"Aren't you checking on it?" Jungkook was surprised. What if it was a bomb? You guys have used bombs before...
"Not here. First we leave." Suddenly you were on your pretty good mood again. "Can you give me an aspirin, please?"
Jungkook gave you the pill and you drank almost an entire bottle of water with it. A car honked past you, because you slowed down, but you just ignored it.
"Did my friend say anything else?" You asked, putting on some low music once again.
Jungkook looked through the window, wishing his cheeks wouldn't get red just because he agrees with what he was about to say. He couldn't look at you to say it when the wind was making your hair move to all directions as if it has his own life, or the sun on your skin makes it shine, or your eyes showing above your sunglasses as you look at him. It wasn't fair.
"He said you are beautiful today.... As always.'
A loud, ringing laugh escaped your lips, forming an incredulous smile.
"I can't believe Yoongi came personally..." You laughed again. "Now make sense... He was checking on you... He didn't let you see him, right?"
"No. He stayed behind me the whole time."
You nodded vigorously, as if that obviously confirmed what you were saying. Jungkook was confused, not understanding anything.
"Who is Yoongi?" He uncertanly asked.
Unlike when you talk about your friends of the organization, almost as if you were telling a story of people who do not exist, perhaps because they are people you work with but generally don't know, neither name nor face, when talking about this Yoongi was much like how you talk about Jimin or Taehyung, a real friend. Only with something more... An admiration that Jungkook hadn't yet heard so present in your voice.
"Min Yoongi." You said, and it was almost possible to see the fire on your eyes. "He is not just one of my friends... He is the boss."
Now it makes sense. It wasn't a ninja. It was the super hero. That is why all thatauthority in his voice and the powerful presence, totally intimidating, but at the same time Jungkook did not feel threatened as he felt so many times before... because there was no real threat. Suddenly Jungkook wasn't frightened or uncomfortable with the situation anymore, he was euphoric. He had met the boss of heroes who save hybrids, and soon he would be one too. Now it seemed a little more real that he could help others like him, just like this Min Yoongi and you.
"What are you smiling at?" You brought him back from his daydream with a teasing smirk.
"It's just... It is exciting." He was clearly excited.
Your smirk wided, eyes on the road. Your partner feels it just like you, and you almost couldn't hold yourself back. You never gave a name to it, and now Jungkook used a perfect word to describe it, and since you can't get out of your head. This secret job... secret life... It really does make you feel like a hero. Sometimes you feel guilty for feeling that way, since you were born on the bad side of history, you are human and humans are the villains. Helping hybrids to fight for justice and gain their freedom is nothing more than your obligation... But with Jungkook you can feel how you want, because you are sure that he will understand and never judge.
"Isn't it, JK?"
You two exchanged a meaningful look. The bond between you becoming stronger without you realizing it.
Just moments later you both excitedly increase the volume of the music that just started so you can sing at the top of your lungs again and again.
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The Venture Bros. #1: ā€œThe Terrible Secret of Turtle Bayā€ | February 16, 2003 - 11:30 PM | S00E01
Itā€™s weird to think how much I love this show considering how intensely I disliked this pilot.
The Venture Bros. was created by Jackson Publick, who wrote for the beloved, sorta-similar-I-guess The Tick. He did most of the work on this pilot himself. Doc Hammer came in late in production cuz he wasĀ ā€œon tourā€ and he and Jackson were partners for the regular series. Their partnership IS The Venture Bros, which is maybe why this episode feels a little lacking. Itā€™d be kinda like if Matt Stone did the first episode of South Park by himself because Trey Parker was on tour with DVDA, only to link back up with Matt for episode 2.
The biggest drawback of this episode is that itā€™s animated very cheaply using flash. This is basically a 25 minute Icebox cartoon. I think Mr. Wong made a cameo. Oh! There actually is a fairly insulting Japanese character voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas; even Jackson and Doc note that itā€™s ā€œa little muchā€ during the DVD commentary. It actually gets progressively more racist over the course of the episode. Look, I guess if youā€™re trying to make a Jonny Quest pastiche insensitive portrayals of non-white guys are kinda part of it. But even I tugged my collar a little bit while watching this, I tell ya.
Oh, I should say what the show is about. Doctor Venture is kind of an ex-boy adventurer type, like if Jonny Quest grew up but now heā€™s a bitter pill-popping dickhead with two sweetly naive boys who desperately want to follow in their fatherā€™s footsteps. The boys yearn for Hardy-Boys-style adventures and usually wind up in much more disturbing situations. Itā€™s a comedy of juxtaposition, a word that Iā€™m pretty sure I know what it means. Except for the presence of super-scientists and costumed villains, the world of The Venture Bros. is roughly as harsh and grimy as our own, so when Hank and Dean (Doctor Ventureā€™s sons and the titular Venture Bros.) attempt to go have a wide-eyed boyish adventure it ends with them getting mugged and winding up with a FREAKINā€™ HOOKER!
My reason for not liking this was oddly specific: In my senior year of high school a classmate in my drama class actually wrote a play with a similar premise: a cocky adventurer with two precocious but naive boys (they said ā€œyay!ā€ all the time, I remember) were doing some kind of Indiana Jones style thing. They also had a bodyguard who spoke tersely and dished out brutal violence at the drop of a hat. Sound familiar? Like, holy shit, a teenager I knew wrote the same fucking show! This was 2001; a version of this pilot was allegedly written in 2000. Did he just somehow find an early draft of Venture Bros on a message board or something and pass it off as his own work? I honestly wonder.
I didnā€™t like this pilot. I found it simplistic and not very funny. But, I love The Venture Bros. now, so itā€™s hard for me to hate on subsequent viewings. Itā€™s definitely the worst episode of the series, but... it ainā€™t so bad, right? Itā€™s got the boys in it. They say fun stuff. Thereā€™s a dog with no skin. Thatā€™s kinda cool. There are good little character moments despite the fact that the characters are underdeveloped. The animation though, jeez. I was an insufferable snob around the time this first aired, so thereā€™s also that.
The Venture Bros. pilot aired in 2003, and was pretty popular among early Adult Swim viewers. I remember they heavily promoted a repeat showing that had additional scenes. The version on DVD is the extended cut. The only scene they point out in the commentary is the scene where Hank and Dean are playing with the bidet in the hotel.
Itā€™d be about a year and half until we saw the show air as a proper series, which... actually isnā€™t that long in terms of Venture Bros. hiatuses, actually. Because of the enormous gulf between this and season 1 both in terms of time and quality, most would call this episode zero or theĀ ā€œpilot specialā€ but Iā€™m numbering this as episode #1. Please donā€™t flip out and be mad at me. Iā€™ve had a tough year, dad.
MAIL BAG
MAIL BAG
Sorry, about that previous message about Master Shake. My phone gobbled up half my message somehow. Now if it were what we were talking about, do you think it would work for Master Shake?
MAIL BAG
Do you ever think Adult Swim will stop "bringing the funny"? Has it already happened? I don't know I do watch Toucan and Morty.
MAIL BAG. There was a time in 2006 when I think they spread themselves WAAAAY too thin and they gave shit like Saul of the Molemen 20 episode orders. I think thatā€™s the closest they got, but there was still good stuff on there. I donā€™t know. I think thereā€™s usually SOMETHING good going on over there. And you KNOW daddy like the good stuff
Are you gonna be doing anything fun for 2003
Am I... NO!
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The Crown Princess of Charming - PartĀ 1
Welcome to Charming - its name says it all. Cat needed a fresh start; and though she hadnā€™t planned on that being in the arms of the crown prince of this little townā€™s bikerclub - that was what happened. This Charming CA would either be the death of her - or a whole new life.Ā 
This story is obviously non-canon. It will include characters from multiple seasons; some of them having never met on the show. In this universe, Tara didnā€™t come back from Chicago. Iā€™ve done this to get the story I wanted.
Iā€™ve also decided to give the protagonist a name in this story. I hope youā€™ll enjoy reading it.
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ā€œMove, you goddamn piece of shit!ā€. My car had stalled just a few yards before a sign that read Welcome to Charming ā€“ our name says it all. So far it hadnā€™t been very charming at all. Multiple cars were passing me and blaring their horns. ā€œDo you think I just decided to park here?ā€, I yelled at a white Honda, with a blonde behind the wheel. She gave me the finger in response. ā€œShit!ā€.
I heard a roar of engines behind me; and a leather clad man on a motorbike pulled up next to my window. ā€œYou found a hell of a place to break down, luvā€™ā€, he said, with a Scottish drawl. ā€œYeah, thanks. I hadnā€™t noticedā€, I sneered. ā€œPardon me, I was just stating factsā€, he smirked. I frowned. ā€œSorry. Iā€™ve just had a long ass driveā€, I mumbled. ā€œMind if we take a look at it?ā€, he asked. I gestured for him to go ahead; and stepped out of the tired, beat up car; that had been my home for the last 4 days ā€“ driving from Chicago, to my new home in the town Iā€™d chosen by its name alone. Charming.
I needed something charming at this point in my life ā€“ the last few years having been chaos ā€“ so Iā€™d thrown everything to the wind; and had basically run away from the city, when Iā€™d applied for, and been offered a job at Charming Middle School.
Behind my car, two more mcā€™s were parked ā€“ one of them a tall bearded man who sent me a friendly smile; and the other a blonde, lean guy, wearing a white t-shirt and white sneakers. Interesting choice for riding a motorcycle, I thought. All three men had the same patch on their backs ā€“ a skull-headed reaper. The writing said Sons of Anarchy ā€“ California.
The scot had opened my hood, and was looking into the steaming entrails of my car. He let out a long whistle. ā€œWhen was the last time you checked our oil, luvā€™?ā€. I decided to ignore his choice of nickname for me. ā€œI have no idea. I just bought it a week ago; havenā€™t really done anything but drive itā€. He smiled and shook his head. ā€œJackie!ā€, he called. The blonde man looked up; and took of his sunglasses ā€“ revealing a pair of piercing baby blues. ā€œWeā€™re gonna need the tow-truckā€.
The blonde got off his bike, and joined the scot at the front of the car. ā€œShitā€. He drew out the word, ending it with a full-on laugh. ā€œDarlinā€™, youā€™ve killed itā€. I sighed. ā€œGreatā€¦ā€. ā€œWere you going far?ā€, he asked. ā€œCharming was my destination; but I didnā€™t even make it past the signā€. I ran my hand through my hair. ā€œShit!ā€.
Blonde guy called out to the bearded biker. ā€œOpe! Call TM. Get Rat out here with the towā€. ā€œWe canā€™t leave her here, on the side of the roadā€, the third man answered. Blondie chewed his lip. ā€œYou up for a ride?ā€, he asked me. I was caught off guard. ā€œWhat?ā€, I asked. ā€œWeā€™ll get your car back to our shop. You can wait there for it; and figure out your next stepā€. I shrugged. ā€œYeah, why the hell notā€.
Blondie walked up to me and stuck out his hand. ā€œIā€™m Jackson. Scottie here is Chibs; and the kind man calling a tow-truck for you, is Opieā€. I took his hand and shook it. His grab on mine was firm, but gentle. ā€œIā€™m Catā€, I said cautiously. He smiled brightly at me; a glint to his eyes that made me blush slightly. ā€œWelcome to Charmingā€, he said. ā€œNow, come onā€.
He handed me his own helmet; and got on his bike; patting the seat behind him. I grabbed my purse from the front seat; leaving my keys on the left front wheel. Welcome to Charming, indeed, I thought, and got on Jacksons bike with him, looking for something to grab on to ā€œYouā€™re gonna have to hold on to me, Catā€, Jackson smirked. I put my hands on his waist ā€“ noticing his firm and muscular frame ā€“ and he started up the bike. The force of the engine between my legs made me jump a little; and I heard Jackson chuckle in front of me. ā€œDonā€™t worry, I got youā€. He revved the engine, and we rode in to town.
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We drove into a big lot about 10 minutes later. I noticed a large amount of motorcycles; and more bikers clad in leather. They all wore the same patch as the three men Iā€™d just met ā€“ though some said Nevada. There were two large buildings; one was an auto shop ā€“ Teller Morrow ā€“ and the other seemed to be some sort of a clubhouse.
Jackson halted his bike at the end of the line of motorcycles; seemingly a spot reserved for him. I climbed off, almost stumbling; and he grabbed my hand to steady me. ā€œYou good?ā€, he asked. I nodded.
A tall middle-aged woman, with an amazing rack, came out of the office of the auto shop. ā€œJax; Clays been looking for youā€, she said. Jackson smirked, and backed his bike into his spot. ā€œWhat else is new?ā€, he said. The woman kissed his cheek. ā€œIā€™m picking up the kid in a few. You need anything at home?ā€. ā€œMilk. And coffeeā€, Jackson answered. He looked towards me. ā€œMa; this is Cat. Her car stalled just by the edge of townā€. The woman looked at me; her eyes enquiring, but mostly friendly. ā€œThe one Rat and Juice went out for?ā€. Jackson nodded.
She shook my hand. ā€œGemma Tellerā€, she said. ā€œCat Roseā€, I smiled. ā€œYouā€™re the new teacher down at the middle-schoolā€, she said ā€“ more a statement than a question. I nodded. ā€œYeah, I am. Howā€™d you know?ā€. ā€œGem knows everythingā€, the biker named Chibs said; and kissed Gemmaā€™s cheek. ā€œHi, momā€.
I chuckled. ā€œYou seem a little too young to be his momā€. ā€œAround here, Iā€™m everyoneā€™s momā€, she answered. ā€œThough my only biological kid, is the cheeky blonde you rode bitch withā€. I took that as meaning Jax was her son. The cheeky blonde sent me a smile. ā€œGemma will take care of you from here onā€, he said. ā€œSee you around, teachā€™ā€. I smiled in return; and Jackson walked towards the clubhouse.
I followed Gemma into her office. ā€œWhatā€™s the Sons of Anarchy?ā€, I asked. ā€œSweetheart, stick around long enough, youā€™ll find outā€, she said. ā€œCoffee?ā€. ā€œYeah, thanksā€, I smiled.
I didnā€™t see any of my new biker friends the rest of the day; as my car arrived not long after we did. A mohawked Latino named Juice, of all things; informed me that my cooler was shot; and I needed a completely new starter. None of this made any sense to me; as I didnā€™t know anything about engines ā€“ but looking at the costs of repairs needed to have the vehicle function again; I decided to sell it for scrap.
ā€œToo bad, honeyā€, Gemma said. ā€œI had one of those as a teenagerā€. ā€œYou wanna buy it?ā€, I grinned. ā€œI wouldnā€™t be caught dead in itā€, she answered, and lit a cigarette; offering me one. I accepted. ā€œJuice; is Tig still selling his old chevy?ā€. ā€œYeah, he hasnā€™t gotten a buyer yet. I think itā€™s ā€˜cuz it smells like wet dogā€. I shook my head. ā€œI wonā€™t be able to afford it; with or without the smellā€. Gemma winked at me. ā€œIā€™ll get a you a good deal; and you can make paymentsā€. I smiled. ā€œIā€™m gonna like this townā€. ā€œWe all doā€, she smiled back.
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Gemma gave me a ride to the motel I was going to stay at, until I found a new place. I got my four boxes and two suitcases out of her trunk and backseat; thanking her for all her help. ā€œItā€™s me who should be thanking you. The school had been looking for a good arts teacher for over a yearā€. ā€œIā€™m taking over 6ā€™th and 7ā€™th grade English as wellā€, I said. She laughed. ā€œMrs. Bloom finally decided to retire, huh?ā€, she said. ā€œShe taught both me and Jacksonā€. ā€œWowā€¦ā€, I grimaced. ā€œIā€™m not that oldā€, she said. ā€œThatā€™s notā€¦ā€, I began. ā€œJust pulling your leg sweetheartā€, she smiled. ā€œSee you aroundā€. She drove off, and left me to settle in to my new temporary home.
I spent the evening scanning the newspaper for cheap rentals. Money was scarce; but I knew the motel needed to be short term ā€“ especially after noticing the thin walls inability to hide the sounds of my neighbors having kinky sex. Some woman kept screaming Yes, Daddy!; making it difficult to concentrate on my apartment-hunting .
In the evening; after ordering a pizza; I decided to take a shower. I let the water run for a bit; before stepping in ā€“ trying to ignore the metallic smell of it. Washing 4 days of roadtripping off my body; I finally felt clean enough to face my new situation.
Iā€™d left Chicago in a hurry; leaving my furniture, and only bringing my most cherished belongings. I wanted to get as far away from the city as possible; but a ticket to Hawaii was out of the question on my teachersā€™ salary ā€“ and I wasnā€™t ready to go back to dancing at clubs. Most of my last cash had been spent on the now dead Ford; that Iā€™d sold for scrap through TM.
Chicago wasnā€™t my home town; but Iā€™d thought it was the place for me. Iā€™d been proven wrong, when a relationship had gone wrong. Very wrong. Iā€™d needed to get away from the guy in question; as his possessive nature throughout our relationship had ended up scaring me. Trying to get a restraining order hadnā€™t worked due to his own contacts within the court-system. I wanted a new life. Maybe Charming could be the base for that.
Stepping out of the shower; I wrapped myself in a towel. There was a knock on the door, and I went to open it. Outside stood Jackson; a grin the size of the county on his handsome face. ā€œYouā€™re not pizzaā€¦ā€, I said. ā€œNot the last time I checkedā€, he chuckled. ā€œYou left behind some paperwork at TMā€. I looked down at my lack of clothing. ā€œI should get dressedā€, I smiled. ā€œCome on in. Sorry about the messā€. He stepped inside. ā€œItā€™s fine, darlinā€™. You should see my placeā€.
I grabbed a pair of pajama bottoms, and a tank top from an open suitcase; and went into the bathroom. ā€œDo you usually order pizza in just a towel?ā€, he called after me. ā€œOnly if the delivery-guy is really cuteā€, I called back. Shitā€¦ now youā€™re flirting with the biker. Good one, Cat. ā€œIā€™ll have to change professionsā€, I heard him mutter.
I stepped back into the room, fully dressed. ā€œWhatā€™s the paperwork?ā€, I asked. He handed me an envelope. ā€œJust a signoff for the scrapping of the carā€, he said. ā€œItā€™s too bad. My mom had one of those back in the dayā€. ā€œShe told meā€, I smiled. ā€œCoffee?ā€ He smiled. ā€œNah, sorry, I gotta run againā€. ā€œToo badā€, I said. Dammit! Stop, you idiot.
He chuckled. ā€œItā€™s good to have some fresh blood in town. I hear youā€™re starting at the school. Youā€™ll be teaching one of Opieā€™s kids. Ellie ā€“ sweet kidā€. I signed the papers heā€™d handed me, and gave them back. ā€œIā€™ll remember to give her good gradesā€, I said. ā€œYeahā€¦ā€, he answered sadly. ā€œSheā€™s been through it. Her and Kenny both. Their mom died a year backā€. ā€œIā€™m sorry to hear thatā€, I answered earnestly. ā€œDonna was a good mom. And a good old ladyā€, he said. ā€œWhatā€™s that?ā€, I asked. ā€œAn old lady? Shit, you are new in townā€, he smirked. I shrugged. ā€œJust not used to biker lingoā€, I winked. ā€œIā€™ll have to get you used to it, thenā€¦ā€, he said with a smile. I chewed my lip, a rush of heat going through my body.
He remembered himself. ā€œThe car ā€“ the one youā€™re buyingā€, he said. ā€œTig will be down at the shop tomorrow night. You can pick up the keys thenā€. I exhaled; trying to calm down my budding crush on the gorgeous man in front of me. ā€œThanks. Iā€™ll be there. 7 pm good?ā€. ā€œWe should be done with church by thenā€, he said. ā€œTomorrowā€™s not Sundayā€, I answered. He chuckled. ā€œNot that kind of churchā€. I narrowed my eyes playfully. ā€œBiker lingoā€¦ā€, I said. ā€œBiker lingoā€, he smirked.
We stood there for a while, both unsure what to say; before Jax broke the silence. ā€œTomorrow; itā€™s Gemmaā€™s birthday. Thereā€™s gonna be a party at the clubhouseā€, he said cautiously. ā€œIf you wanna stick around for a whileā€¦ā€. ā€œMaybeā€, I smiled.
ā€œYes Daddy! Slap that ass!ā€, we heard from next door. We both laughed. ā€œIf Iā€™m not mistaken; Tig might be right next door. But itā€™s probably not a good time to disturb himā€, Jackson said. ā€œIā€™ll waitā€, I agreed. ā€œSee you tomorrow?ā€. ā€œIā€™m looking forward to itā€, Jackson winked; and walked out the door; giving me a final grin; before closing it behind him.
Cat. You canā€™t have sex with the biker, I told myself. But the warm sensation streaming though me, told me Iā€™d probably have a problem sticking to that, if I had the opportunity.
ā€”
The next day I slept in; enjoying the feeling of being in an actual bed for the first time in days. I did some light shopping for groceries ā€“ the fridge in my motel room not being very big. The people I met seemed friendly enough, though a bit standoffish. I figured it was because I was new in town.
Walking back towards the motel; a group of bikers rode by ā€“ one of them being Opie. He lifted a hand in a wave at me. I noticed that the bikes were ridden almost in a procession; with a leader in front; and everyone else keeping to their assigned position in the group. It was led by a grey-haired man with a prominent jaw. He looked at me, and nodded. I nodded back.
Back in my room, I had a light lunch; and decided to figure out what the hell one wore for a birthday party at a biker club. I figured some skinny jeans and an off the shoulder, black t-shirt would have to do. Putting on my favorite necklace ā€“ a silvery hand with an eye in the middle; a Hamsa symbol ā€“ I let my hair hang lose; and put on a little makeup. Black cat eye; and red lips. It usually did the trick. Youā€™re actually dressing up for the biker now, I smirked at myself.
I was early; so, I tracked down a coffee shop to sit and read a book. My shoulder bag usually had at least one volume in it. This week, it was American Gods, by Neil Gaiman. I was completely concentrated on my book; when suddenly Chibs and a large curly haired man stepped in to the shop. ā€œWell, look who we have here!ā€, Chibs smiled. ā€œBobby, this is the young lady who killed her car just outside townā€. I grinned. ā€œThanksā€, I said. ā€œI needed a reminder of my bad mechanic skillsā€. ā€œI aim to serve, madamā€, the scot grinned. Bobby stuck out his hand. ā€œWelcome to town, my ladyā€, he said; and kissed my hand chivalrously. ā€œCareful Bob. VPā€™s got his eye on this oneā€, Chibs said. ā€œWhatā€™s that supposed to mean?ā€, I asked. ā€œDonā€™t worry about itā€, Bobby grinned.
I took a sip of my coffee, and shook my head. ā€œWhat are you doing here?ā€. ā€œCoffee run for church. It was a long nightā€, Chibs winked. The man behind the counter handed over some coffees to Bobby; who pulled out his wallet. ā€œYour moneyā€™s no good hereā€, the barista said. Bobby nodded. ā€œHowā€™s your mom?ā€, he asked. ā€œMuch better, thanksā€, the man answered and smiled. ā€œIā€™ll pay you backā€. ā€œWe know youā€™re good for it, Garyā€, Chibs said. He looked at me. ā€œSee you later?ā€. I nodded.
The bikers left the shop; and drove off towards TM. The barista walked up to me with my check. ā€œWelcome to townā€, he said warily. ā€œLookā€¦ Samcro; theyā€™re a part of this town; and they do a lot of good. But theyā€™re in to some pretty bad stuff as well. Be carefulā€. He didnā€™t wait for an answer; but just went back behind his register. I frowned, and tried to wrap my head around his words. I paid Gary, and left the shop myself.
I decided to do some light sightseeing. It was Saturday; so most of the small shops closed early; but I made my way to the middle-school that would be my new place of work the coming Monday. The trek was a bit longer than Iā€™d anticipated; so I was glad that I had a newish car set up for me. The building wasnā€™t large, but I figured it was large enough for the amount of kids in the area. The look of it gave me some peace of mind. It would be an easy start, I thought. And I was looking forward to it.
ā€”
Walking back towards TM, I stopped by a florist who was closing up. I got a nice bouquet for Gemma, and walked into the auto-shop lot. The place was bustling with people. At least 20 bikes were parked in the lot; and everywhere people were shaking hands, and grabbing wrapped presents out of their cars. The men were all clad in leather; except for a man in a sheriffā€™s uniform; and the women were mostly wearing miniskirts and dresses ā€“ their boobs on display as much as possible.
I didnā€™t recognize any faces, and felt a bit anxious, before someone grabbed my shoulder. ā€œHey, darlinā€™ā€, Jax was beaming at me. He leant in and kissed my cheek; his stubble and short beard scratching my chin in a delicious way. ā€œIā€™m glad you made it!ā€. ā€œYeah, me tooā€, I smiled. He took my hand, holding it confidently. ā€œCome on. Iā€™ll introduce youā€.
We walked in to the clubhouse. It smelled like motor oil and whiskey, and the air was heavy with smoke. It should have put me off; but I was enjoying it. It reminded me of my former profession as aĀ  dancer, and the kind of trouble Iā€™d gotten in to then. Jackson let go of my hand, and put his own on my lower back, leading me to the bar counter. ā€œYou remember Opieā€, he said; gesturing at the tall bearded man. With his helmet off, he was now wearing a hoodie, and had a beautiful blonde on his arm. Opie shook my hand and smiled at me friendlily. ā€œThis is Lylaā€, he said softly, and gestured at the woman. ā€œNice to meet youā€, she smiled. I thought I recognized her face from somewhere, but I couldnā€™t make the connection. ā€œCatā€, I smiled, and shook her hand.
Jax led me on. ā€œChibs and Juice, you know as well; and Iā€™m told you already met Bobbyā€. The men both nodded at me. ā€œThen thereā€™s Happyā€¦ā€. A tall menacing man sent me a warm smile. ā€œPiney; Opies dadā€; Jackson said, gesturing at an elderly man with an oxygen tank hanging from his shoulder. Jackson looked at a scrawny looking guy, and a tall heavy man standing next to him. ā€œThose are the prospects. They donā€™t matterā€. I scrunched my brows at him. ā€œTrust meā€, he chuckled.
We walked towards a dark-skinned, kind looking woman, holding a beautiful baby in her arms. ā€œHey Neetaā€, Jax smiled, and took the baby from her; holding it to his chest. His face was glowing with pride. ā€œAnd this is my boy. Abelā€. I let the baby hold my finger, and smiled at his chubby face. ā€œHi, Abelā€. Jacksons eyes met mine; gleaming. ā€œIsā€¦ his momā€¦ā€, I tried ā€“ fearing the answer. ā€œNot aroundā€, Jax answered. ā€œItā€™s better that wayā€, he said meaningfully. I nodded. It wasnā€™t the time.
Abel started fussing. Jax took a baby-blanket from a diaper-bag on a table. ā€œDid you bringā€¦?ā€, Jax said, before Neeta handed him a bottle. Jax smiled warmly in thank you. He put the bottle to Abelā€™s mouth. ā€œHere you go, little dudeā€. He bounced the baby up and down softly. ā€œYouā€™re good at thatā€, I smiled. ā€œMy mom would have my ass, if I wasnā€™tā€, he grinned. ā€œBesides, heā€™s my little manā€. I stroked a finger over the babyā€™s forehead. ā€œHeā€™s perfectā€. Jax looked at me proudly. ā€œYeahā€, he smiled.
I looked around. ā€œWhere is your mom, by the way?ā€. ā€œShit, yeahā€, he said, looking at the watch on his wrist. Jackson kissed the top of Abelā€™s head, and handed the bottle back to Neeta. ā€œGemma and Clay will be here in 5ā€, he called into the room. ā€œShe doesnā€™t know why sheā€™s here. So quiet the hell up!ā€. There was a rumbling of an engine outside. ā€œShit, theyā€™re early!ā€, Bobby said. ā€œTurn off the lights!ā€.
Someone hit the lights; and about ten seconds later the door opened. ā€œGoddammit, Clayā€, Gemma grumbled, as she walked in. ā€œYou promised to take me to dinner, you jerk!ā€.
ā€œSurprise!ā€, everyone yelled; and the lights turned on again. Gemma stood, mouth agape; flanked by the grey-haired man Iā€™d seen on the road earlier; and a black-haired man with piercing eyes, I figured was Tig. ā€œOh my God!ā€, Gemma cried out. ā€œYou assholes!ā€. She laughed, and began hugging the people around her. Jackson walked up to his mom; and embraced her warmly; Abel still in his arms. Gemma kissed first Jackson; and then the baby, taking him from Jaxā€™s arms. ā€œYou guys are dicksā€, she said; happy tears in her eyes. The grey-haired man ā€“ Clay ā€“ put his arm around her waist, and kissed her warmly. ā€œHappy birthday, babyā€, he said. ā€œAt least you remembered it this yearā€, Gemma pouted playfully at him.
She looked towards me, a sense of wonder in her eyes. I smiled, and mouthed happy birthday. She mouthed me a thank you in response; followed by a warm smile. For a second her eyes shifted from me to Jackson, and she narrowed her eyes at him; whispering something in his ear. He laughed in response, and looked at me, biting his lip. He nodded at his mom, and walked back to me.
ā€œDo you want a drink?ā€, he asked. ā€œPleaseā€, I said, smiling nervously. ā€œDonā€™t worry, babe, youā€™re here with meā€. I laughed. ā€œMaybe thatā€™s why Iā€™m worriedā€. He winked at me. ā€œIn that case, you should be worried. Word around the street is, Iā€™m dangerousā€. He kissed my cheek again, and put his arm around me. ā€œRat, get this lady a beerā€. The scrawny prospect handed over a cold bottle, and I took a welcome sip of it.
Opie joined us. ā€œYouā€™re teaching my kid this yearā€, he said. ā€œYeah, Jackson told meā€, I answered. The tall man looked a bit uncomfortable. ā€œSheā€™s been having some issuesā€¦ Itā€™s been messing with her schoolworkā€. I smiled comfortingly. ā€œDonā€™t worry, I wonā€™t be a hard-assā€, I said. Opie smiled softly. ā€œThanksā€, he muttered.
Jax looked at his friend. ā€œI told Cat about Donnaā€, he said. Opie nodded and met my eyes. ā€œSo you get itā€, he said. ā€œI doā€, I said. ā€œLet me know if thereā€™s anything I can do to helpā€. Opies expression warmed. ā€œThanksā€, he said. ā€œCheersā€, he said, raising his bottle at me. We clinked our beers, and both took a sip.
Opie looked meaningfully at Jax. ā€œWe got that thing, brotherā€, he muttered. Jackson frowned slightly, and looked at me. ā€œI need to do some businessā€, he said, and put a strand of hair behind my ear. ā€œBe back in a bitā€. He walked off with Opie, leaving me to sit on a stool by the bar.
The black-haired man walked up next to me. ā€œI hear youā€™re in need of a carā€, he said, accepting a beer from the larger prospect. ā€œIā€™m Tigā€. ā€œCatā€, I answered. ā€œI knowā€, he winked at me. ā€œItā€™s a piece of shit old chevy, but itā€™s better than the one you came to town inā€. ā€œAnything is better than thatā€, I laughed. He handed me a set of keys. ā€œ80 a month for a year work for you?ā€, he said. ā€œThatā€™s cheapā€, I said, frowning slightly. ā€œWe take care of our ownā€, Tig said, and patted my shoulder. ā€œBy the way; if you get sick of the VP, let me knowā€, he smirked. I laughed again. ā€œSure, Daddyā€, I grinned. ā€œSo the was you, next doorā€, he chuckled. I shrugged, and nodded.
Juice stepped up to stand on the other side of me. ā€œHeyā€, he said, giving me a crooked smile, and a lifted brow. Tig tapped him over the head. ā€œHands of, Juicy!ā€, he said. ā€œJax territoryā€. The young biker took a step away from me. ā€œSorryā€, he laughed nervously. I shook my head, laughing. ā€œThis place is weirdā€, I said. ā€œWelcome to townā€, Tig said; and clinked his bottle to mine, taking a sip of beer. I joined him in the drink. We took a shot of whiskey together, before Tigā€™s attention went to a busty brunette in the corner. ā€œExcuse meā€, he muttered; and sauntered off, leaving me alone again.
I decided to look for a friendly face in the crowd, being a bit uncomfortable on my own. Jax hadnā€™t come back for his business yet, and I was worried heā€™d leave me alone all night. Lyla was standing with another woman, looking like they were gossiping about something. She caught my eye and waved me over. ā€œHow are you holding up?ā€, she asked. The other woman walked off; climbing on to Happyā€™s lap, where he was sitting on a couch. ā€œUhmā€¦ā€, I began. ā€œI just got in to town, and Iā€™m already having drinks with the local biker gang. Iā€™d say Iā€™m a little out of my comfort zoneā€. She smiled friendlily at me. ā€œYouā€™ve already bagged the vice president. Youā€™re doing just fineā€, she said. ā€œI havenā€™t bagged anyoneā€, I smiled. ā€œHeā€™s known you for 2 days, and already invited you to his momā€™s birthday. Iā€™d say youā€™re a bit more than some crow-eaterā€, Lyla responded.
I took another sip of my beer. ā€œWhatā€™s a crow-eater?ā€. Lyla chuckled. ā€œOk, quick lowdown on the women in the clubā€, she began. ā€œMost of the women in here, are what we call crow-eaters. They hang around the club, make the men feel good about themselvesā€¦ you knowā€. ā€œAn easy layā€, I muttered. ā€œYeahā€, Lyla smiled. ā€œSome of us are what youā€™d call old ladies. Weā€™re the ones who have locked our men down. See thisā€¦ā€. She showed me a tattoo of a flying crow on her shoulder. ā€œThis means no one but Opie touches meā€. ā€œDoesnā€™t it feel weird to beā€¦ marked, like that?ā€. I grimaced. ā€œSorryā€¦ I didnā€™t meanā€¦ā€. ā€œDonā€™t worry about it, honey. I get itā€, Lyla responded. ā€œThis is just my way of showing everyone around me that I belong to Opie; but also, that Opie belongs to meā€.
She smiled, and took my hand, squeezing it. ā€œYou seem nice, so Iā€™ll let you in on a secret. This lifeā€¦ itā€™s not easy; but I wouldnā€™t have it any other way. I love Opie ā€“ and his kids. He takes care of me and my boyā€. She looked at me meaningfully. ā€œBut if youā€™re unsure about whether this is your idea of a good life; you should walk away. I mean that in the nicest way. Please donā€™t take it as anything elseā€. I gave her a crooked smile. ā€œIā€™ll take it a day at a timeā€. She nodded.
A hand grabbed mine. Jax was standing next to me. ā€œHeyā€, he said softly. ā€œCome say hi to my momā€. I followed him over to Gemma. ā€œHey sweetheartā€, she said. ā€œThanks for the flowers. Theyā€™re beautifulā€. ā€œYouā€™re welcomeā€, I smiled. ā€œThis is my husband, Clayā€, she said, and the man at her side shook my hand. His eyes were deep and menacing; and I was unsure whether to be afraid of him or respect him. ā€œWelcome to town, teachā€™ā€, he said. ā€œThanks. Itā€™s been good so farā€. Clay nodded at me, and looked at Jax. ā€œDid you finish that business?ā€. Jackson clenched his jaw. ā€œItā€™s doneā€, he said. ā€œI made the callā€. ā€œGoodā€, Clay said. ā€œLetā€™s just hope it doesnā€™t blow back on usā€.
Gemma patted his chest. ā€œNo club business on my birthday, babyā€. Clay smiled at his wife, and kissed her again. ā€œYes, maā€™amā€, he muttered. Gemma looked at Jax. ā€œDo you need me to take the baby tonight?ā€. Jax looked at me, and then back at his mom. ā€œWould you?ā€. ā€œYou know I love taking himā€, she smiled. ā€œMake it my birthday presentā€. Jackson chuckled. ā€œShit, Iā€™ll take back the diamond necklace thenā€, he said. He took my hand. ā€œCome on, letā€™s find somewhere quietā€. My breath hitched, and I followed him out of the clubhouse.
We sat down by a picnic table just outside the door. Jax had brought us a pair of freshly opened beers. ā€œYou doing ok?ā€, he asked earnestly. ā€œYeahā€, I smiled. ā€œJust ā€¦ a bit out of my elementā€. He bit his lip and looked at me enquiringly. ā€œWhat element is that?ā€, he asked. ā€œI dunnoā€¦ I usually donā€™t go to mc-partiesā€. He chuckled, and took my hand. ā€œIā€™m glad youā€™re hereā€. ā€œYou donā€™t even know meā€, I said quietly.
He sighed. ā€œTell me, thenā€. ā€œWhat do you want to know?ā€, I smiled nervously. ā€œWhatever you want to shareā€, he shrugged. ā€œWhy?ā€, I asked. He looked at me with a genuine warmth. ā€œBecause Iā€™ve been thinking about you ever since you wrapped these hands around my waist, and it sent chills down my spineā€. He took my other hand, linking his fingers with mine. ā€œWhere did you come from?ā€.
I didnā€™t know how much to tell him. I was still mentally sore from my ordeal with the guy in Chicago ā€“ but his serious expression made me trust him. ā€œChicagoā€, I said. ā€œI was a teacher there as well. It didnā€™t work outā€¦ā€. ā€œWhy?ā€. I sighed. ā€œThe city can wear a girl downā€, I smiled theatrically. ā€œAnd there wasā€¦ a guy. He didnā€™t know how to take no for an answerā€. Jacksons jaw clenched. ā€œWhatā€™d he do to you?ā€, he almost growled ā€œAt first he was fine. We had a few dates, before he suddenly proclaimed his love for meā€. ā€œYou didnā€™t feel the same way?ā€, Jax asked. ā€œNo. I mean; back then, he was friendly, had a steady jobā€¦ He saw himself as a catch; and I guess he was. But I just didnā€™t care about him like that. He wasā€¦ possessive. I tried to call it off, but he acted like Iā€™d never said anything, and continued dropping by at my school; sending me flowers; and showing up at my apartment at all hours of the dayā€. Jackson bit his lip. ā€œSorryā€¦ I guess youā€™re off men for a whileā€, he said, and met my eyes again. I smiled. ā€œNo. Just himā€. ā€œGood to knowā€, he muttered. ā€œBut why didnā€™t you get a restraining order?ā€.
I sighed again. ā€œI triedā€¦ he has connections. When he didnā€™t like my way of handling things, he let the word spread in the school council that I had an issue with drugsā€. Jax shook his head angrily. ā€œAssholeā€. ā€œYeahā€, I agreed. ā€œI managed to get the drug accusations of my record ā€“ but it was too late, and I was firedā€. ā€œSo you came to Charmingā€. I nodded. ā€œI looked at names of towns on the west coast; and Charming seemed promisingā€, I smiled. ā€œThere was an opening as a teacher the elementary school; so I applied ā€“ and they must have been desperate, ā€˜cuz they gave me the position with just a phone interviewā€.
He squeezed my hands again. ā€œIā€™m glad youā€™re hereā€. ā€œMe tooā€, I muttered.
Jax put his hand on my cheek, and stroked my temple. ā€œSo if youā€™re not off menā€¦ mind if I give it a shot?ā€. I bit my lip, trying to stifle a smile, and shook my head.
He leant in, and stroked his nose against mine. Our lips brushed each other for a second; and he kissed me. I parted my lips slightly, and the tip of his tongue met mine. He put his hand on my lower back, pulling me closer to him. He smelled like leather and some musky cologne; a warm smell that fit him perfectly ā€“ and his kiss tasted like the beer heā€™d been drinking, and mint chewing gum.
He exhaled deeply and pulled back a bit. ā€œDo you want to get out of here?ā€, he asked softly. My body was screaming yes, but I was desperately trying to control myself. ā€œJaxā€¦ I just moved into town. Weā€™ve known each other for 5 minutesā€¦ I donā€™t thinkā€¦ā€. ā€œI get itā€, he smiled. ā€œIā€™m not expecting you to jump in to bed with me. But I do want to see you againā€. ā€œIā€™d like thatā€, I smiled.
Our lips met again. ā€œYou taste likeā€¦ pancakesā€, he smiled. ā€œIs that good?ā€, I smiled. ā€œItā€™s perfectā€, he said against my lips, kissing me deeply one more time.
The door opened, and Juice stepped outside with a ginger girl. ā€œShit, sorryā€, he smiled. ā€œItā€™s fine, Juice, the table is yours. Just clean it up afterwardsā€, Jackson smiled. ā€œCome onā€, he said to me, pulling me with him.
ā€œI think itā€™s time for me to go homeā€, I said softly. He looked at me with a kind smile. ā€œYou want a ride?ā€. I jingled the keys in my pocket. ā€œI got a new car; remember?ā€. Jax groaned. ā€œShit; I would have loved to have these legs wrapped around me, in one way or anotherā€. He slid a hand over my thigh; squeezing them gently.
Juice looked impatient; and Jax took my hand ā€“ leading me over to a black, classic looking Chevrolet. ā€œWowā€¦ā€, I said. ā€œI popped an air freshener in there for you. It had a pretty gnarly smellā€, Jax chuckled. ā€œThanksā€, I smiled, and looked at him warmly.
Getting into the car ā€“ immediately thanking Jax an extra time for the air freshener; as it was needed ā€“ I rolled down the window. ā€œThanks for inviting meā€, I smiled at the blonde man. Jax took the hand I had resting in the window-opening, and squeezed it ā€“ winking at me. His face suddenly dropped. ā€œShit, Cat. I didnā€™t get your numberā€¦ā€. I grinned, and rattled of my digits, and he punched the number into a flip phone from his pocket. Who uses flip phones anymore?
Jax leant in, and planted a final soft kiss against my lips. ā€œByeā€, he whispered, and bit his lower lip. I smiled and started up the engine. My new car purred, and I had a wide smile on my face, as I left the lot ā€“ sending a final look towards the picnic table, where Juice was face deep in the red-haired girls cleavage.
Welcome to Charming, I grinned to myself, and drove off.
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k1utzymitry Ā· 3 years ago
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hiii, can i request an aot and a haikyuu matchup?? (i didnā€™t put my sexuality it the last ask, iā€™m pan btw) its fine if you can only do one, but if you can only do one iā€™d like it to be aot.
iā€™m a 5ā€™0, INTP, aries female with adhd.
im shy around people when i first meet them but once i get comfortable around you iā€™m super hyper and loud. i get annoyed pretty easily but most of the time i can keep it to myself. i have a terrible sleep schedule. i love reading, writing, watching shows/movies, listening to music, playing video games and drawing. i play soccer both for my school and as a hobby. i love cuddles, like a lot. i prefer being the little spoon bc it makes me feel safe and wanted but i dont mind being the big spoon every once in a while. iā€™m pretty adventurous and donā€™t mind getting my hands dirty. (i still sleep with stuffed animals but yk itā€™s fine šŸ˜­). my favorite video game s are kingdom hearts, tomb raider, and animal crossing. my favorite movies are the breakfast club, titanic, luca, coraline, tangled, and IT. my favorite book is percy jackson. i love both dogs and cat. i have a shirt attention span.i donā€™t have very many friends but i get along with everyone for the most part. i love stargazing, like a lot, itā€™s very comforting to me especially if iā€™m listening to my favorite songs while doing it.
i have shoulder length mid brown hair and dark grey eyes. my skin is like a medium tan. iā€™m slightly chubby, with like a little bit of a stomach and thick thighs. i have naturally red plump lips if that matters. i have under eyes circles if that matter also??
thank you in advance btw <33333
I read your other ask and, are we the same person??
Your Matchup Is: Connie Springer!!
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The two of you are two peas in a pot. almost the same person. He is loud with you, be ready to get noise complaints. he tries to pull all nighters with you but passes tf out around 2am. he likes to play your playlist cuz his is fucked up(one moment you could be vibing next you could be crying). plays video games with you. He doesn't mind which ones just come quality time with each other. tbh even though he is taller than you he prefers to be little spoon. he is just that type of guy. he likes to lay on your stomach or between your thighs (non-sexually..sometimes). he is absolutely in love with chubby girls! He thinks they're so cute, and there is just so much to love! watches movies with you during his free time(almost all the time). Just imagine his head on your stomach as you play with the little hair he has, snacks scattered all across the table, while you two are wrapped up in your favorite blanket watching Disney movies(I'm so in love with him). for the second date he takes you to the roof of an apartment complex to stargaze(he asked one of your friends what you liked and what would be good for a date). he is also one of those guys that won't give you one of those long speeches on how much he loves you(both of you find them uncomfy) he loves your lips!! There so plump and pink-ish red! he loves kissing you, sometimes he will even sneak up on you and surprise attack you by kissing you. gets dramatic in a funny way when you push him away knowing you're just kidding. hes just that type of guy.
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nullanythorm-ao3 Ā· 4 years ago
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Just Some Random Fanfic Concepts
So I was going to wait and see if anyone else was interested in me posting up some of my general fanfic ideas. However, Iā€™m bored and struggling to work with the CiM update Iā€™m working on right now. So Iā€™m just going to do it? Also, a heads up to look out for another post coming later, because I want to share some of my Variro YouTube playlist, too.Ā  BUT FIRST, story ideas. Youā€™ll get some working titles for the ones I HAVE working titles for, but otherwise Iā€™m just winging it cuz there are a lot of them. These are in no particular order. Things being higher or lower on the list doesnā€™t mean theyā€™re more or less likely to be worked on.Ā 
#1 - A continuation for Land or SeaĀ (title pending)
So a little background on this one. I got the idea for this one at the same time as I got the idea for Trust is Something Earned. I put which one I worked on first up to a vote on the Tangled Amino.Ā 
Itā€™s a mermaid(merman/boy??)!Varian AU that centers on the idea: What if, in Queen for a Day, instead of coming up with a solution that created the amber when interacting with the rocks, Varian creates a different one and winds up getting himself turned into a mermaid instead?
Itā€™ll feature 4 OCs: two created by me, and two created by a friend. The perspective will shift between Varian and an OC that belongs to a friend of mine named Charlotte, Varianā€™s childhood friend and love interest.Ā 
Without spoiling too much, it takes place primarily during the events of season 2 (and maybe stretches into season 3). It switches perspective between Varian, whoā€™s sent to live in the ocean after the accident and becomes friends with an adventurous merboy named Caspian who helps him rediscover his passion for science and alchemy, and Charlotte, whoā€™s left behind in Corona and is trying to rediscover her sense of self and direction after losing her best and only friend. Charlotteā€™s perspective will help show how the premise changes events in Corona, while Varianā€™s is wholly original.Ā 
The other OCs that will be involved in the story will be my OC Adrian Claire, who followers of TiSE will know, and my friendā€™s OC Henry.Ā 
#2 - Stitched Together (originated from Ragdoll)
Okay so the original premise for this was for it to be a Variro story. The focus was Hiro living a double life: a college student in San Fransokyo who realized the existence of the several magical realms that ran parallel to his home after discovering he had magical blood passed down from his mother (maybe even throwing in superhero and making it a triple life - poor Hiro). He finds whatā€™s known in the multi-realm as a living doll - a doll that gained a soul either through devotion and affection of a previous owner and desire to become more human, or having a human soul literally shoved into it.Ā 
Varian, his doll, is the latter. Due to crimes against his home realm of Corona and his own uncontrollable magical talent, they forced him into having his soul magicallyĀ ā€œstitchedā€ into a rag doll, until Hiroā€™s magical talent allowed him to awaken.Ā  However, because of his nature as a living doll, Varian now depends on and is subservient to Hiro, but the two soon grow a bond much closer than expected.Ā 
Now, after working on the lore and world of the story, Iā€™ve grown its scope a little. Rather than simply being a crossover with Tangled and Big Hero 6, I want Stitched Together to be a bigger-scale crossover, including How To Train Your Dragon and the Tales of Arcadia series as well.Ā 
Itā€™s going to be Hiccup/Hiro/Varian, along with Jim/Claire from ToA being close friends with the trio. Theyā€™re all going to be young wizards from different realms, with different magic specialties studying in Arcanum, the central realm that connects all magically advanced realms. Other characters from each series will show up as well! Youā€™ll see a bit of all of them, itā€™s a pretty enormous project.
#3 - Maybe some Hogwarts Shenanigans?
Iā€™d really like to do a short, maybe 7-chapter story on the Hogwarts HeadcanonsĀ for the OT3 I did a while back. The big issue is Iā€™m still trying to figure out where I stand on posting Harry Potter/Hogwarts content after the whole J.K. Rowling thing.Ā 
Itā€™d be a chapter focusing on each year the three spend at Hogwarts together, some key moments through the years, and things like that. Just a small, random story about some kids at Hogwarts having fun.Ā 
Might do it, might not, weā€™ll see.Ā 
#4 - Time Travel Variro Fic (title pending)
This is another one sort of meant to run alongside season 2 of TTS, and maybe s3. It also replaces the S3 of BH6 the series. Just cuz.Ā 
Basically Varian escapes after being put in prison, and decides the best way to save his dad is prevent the amber from capturing him all together. Vindictive, feral little villain raccoon decides that if he canā€™t have his happy ending, he wonā€™t let Raps have hers and plans to make a time machine so he can go back and prevent Eugene from rescuing Raps.Ā 
Unfortunately, a slight user error and hiccup in his plans (namely the fact that Ruddiger doesnā€™t appreciate being left alone and hops in the machine with him and all the noise and flashing lights of a steampunk-medieval time machine spook him) causes him toĀ catapult into the future instead.Ā 
Meanwhile, Hiroā€™s dealing with his friends moving on to find work, his own internship at KreiTech while attending school, and being fifteen and struggling with hormones and his sexuality finally starting to rear its ugly head after being dormant for 15 years of being in an ongoing relationship with SCIENCE (aka heā€™s seeing guys, thinking ā€˜heā€™s cute/handsomeā€™, and heā€™s PANICKING). Then, as heā€™s on his way home from internship one day, a random af raccoon tugs at his pants leg until he finds a boy in weird clothes unconscious in an alley somewhere
Varian, after being woken up, and unsure if he should bring up that heā€™s from the past or not, makes up a fake story about running away from a small town. Hiro, feeling thereā€™s something more but empathetic to Varianā€™s story, invites him to stay with him at the Lucky Cat and introduces him to Cass.Ā 
Varian is stand-offish at first, absorbed in hisĀ ā€œpet projectā€, as he calls it around Hiro. Basically, the machine didnā€™t time travel with him, heā€™s stuck, and is determined to get home and continue his plan. Hiro, however, is drawn in by the mysterious boy and tries to reach out to him and open him up.
Varian catches on to modern technology and science pretty darn quickly. Heā€™s a smart boy. He also stays holed up in Hiroā€™s lab or the room they allowed him to borrow reading all day. Until finally Hiro cracks him out of his shell, he starts attending SFIT, and meets the rest of the BH6 crew.
Thereā€™s more to the story than this but thatā€™s all Iā€™m saying for now. Lots of drama, tension, etc, and just a fun time as boys discover their sexualities, learn where they can call home, and all that good stuff.Ā 
#5 - In Someone Elseā€™s Shoes (Time Travel Team Awesome Fic!)
So this one is kind of meant to work in tandem with the Variro fic. While the Variro fic explores Varian failing in his plan and getting catapulted into the future, this fic shows the results of what would happen if the time travel worked.Ā Ā 
It centers around Team Awesome! Varian travels back to the past, and tells Eugene that he dies if he hides in the tower. He convinces him that heā€™s his partner in his future, by knowing his name and stroking his ego a bit. But inform him that the crown will lead to nothing but trouble and his death (conveniently leaving out the part where he meets the love of his life and gets brought back from the dead because of a magical healing flower).Ā 
The alteration to the timeline erases the former Varianā€™s existence and overwrites the Varian of the new timeline with his memories - giving him the memories of both the former and current timeline. He wakes up in bed at the palace, being woken up by his personal attendant Flynn (Eugene, who only allows Varian to call him by his proper name when theyā€™re alone) and told to get ready for his coronation as crown prince. It turns out, in this timeline, because Eugene and Rapunzel werenā€™t there to stop him from his running water experiments, the devastation on Old Corona caused the death of his dad and several others. Since he was the son of an old friend, and they longed for their missing princess, Frederic and Arianna take him in as their son, and monitor his scientific hobby to prevent him from causing more trouble.Ā 
Of course, this wonā€™t do. He confides the truth to Eugene, that he was trying to save his dad by returning to the past (but again, keeping out key elements), and the two decide to work together to rebuild the time machine and alter the past without the catastrophic results.Ā 
Wonā€™t spoil too much, there are some wild twists and turns here. But itā€™s one Iā€™m really looking forward to, again!
#6 - Maybe some Percy Jackson/Camp Half-Blood shenanigans
Iā€™d just really like to make some Camp Half-Blood AU stuff. Itā€™d be more a series of one-shots, or just a story that jumps around in time in the course of it.Ā 
Crossover with Tangled, Big Hero 6, Tales of Arcadia, and How to Train Your Dragon with a focus on (as usual) Hiccup/Hiro/Varian.Ā 
Not going to say too much about it though, because I want to do an AU Headcanons post with some details on this one! I have lots of ideas.Some you might expect, some you might not.Ā 
#7 - Hercules Inspired Variro Fic (Title pending!)
So this one is wild. Basically, after the events of BH6 s1, Obake escapes. He stays on the run, escaping to Germany, and finds a young boy of genius on par with Hiro, but in the field of Chemistry, and takes him under his wing.
Varian is distraught after his father, whoā€™d contracted an incurable disease, falls comatose. The government does nothing to help him, even though he has friends that hold political power, and Obake uses that to lure him into becoming his protege.Ā 
The pair lie low for a while, wreaking a little havoc in Germany while Varian looks for a cure for his father. The boy dabbles in all manner of fields while trying to help his dad, and before long finds out that the last component he needs is in America, in San Fransokyo.Ā 
Varian, now in his early 20s (which means Hiro is too!), Varian travels to America. Heā€™s currently working as a villain under Obake while daylighting as the head of a German medical research company.Ā 
He meets Hiro by chance. He flirts a little, but tries his best to keep his distance while trying to achieve his goals. Unfortunately, Obake notices how flustered Hiro gets around Varian, and has Varian continue flirting with and pursuing him as a form of distraction, and confides in him about Big Hero 6 and their identities. Varian is against it at first, but goes along with his mentor.Ā 
Varian continues flirting with Hiro, gets in with the group as a friend, and begins distracting Hiro and sabotaging Big Hero 6 while working on a plan to steal the last component he needs for his cure - a solution being stored under high security at KreiTech - where Hiro works, partnered with Krei.
Itā€™s Hercules inspired so thereā€™s a bit more to it, but thatā€™s all you need to know for now!
#8 - Phantom Thief Varian! (Title Pending)
Similar to the time travel one, this one KIND of links with the Hercules-inspired one. Itā€™s not necessarily meant to link narratively or thematically, like the two time travel fics, but it has some similarities.Ā 
Namely the fact that Varian came to America after forming a company to research a cure for his terminally ill father. Whether or not Quirin is comatose in this one, I donā€™t know.Ā 
But itā€™s hard for a small company to get the influence or money Varian would need for his research. So, he steals valuables and rare compounds and materials to fund his research and keep him going, under the nameĀ ā€œder WaschbƤrā€, which Google Translate tells me meansĀ ā€œthe Raccoonā€ so Iā€™m rolling with it.
He meets Varian in a business meeting with KreiTech, or one of those fancy business parties or something along those lines. They become infatuated with each other pretty quickly (as adults that are more sexually aware, I always picture these two precocious kids being pretty flirtatious when attracted to someone so they just kind of click pretty quickly).Ā 
Itā€™s basically the story of Varian, the charming phantom thief who worms his way into Hiroā€™s life, and Hiro, the superhero aiding the cops in his capture. All while being completely oblivious to each otherā€™s identities and flirting/pursuing each other constantly on the side xD I just like phantom thief stories okay?
#9 - POKEMON!!!!!
Yeah, I still want to do something with these pokemon headcanons
Iā€™m still not entirely sure what kind of pokemon thing Iā€™d want to do. Similarly to the other ones centered around my headcanon posts, it would probably be something I write in short bursts or one-shots and such.Ā 
Iā€™m not sure if I want to do something focusing solely on Corona as a region and the Tangled Characters, or continuing the Hiccup/Hiro/Varian that the headcanons focus on.Ā 
#10 - The VTuber AU
Yes, Iā€™m doing this! Iā€™ve fallen neck-deep into the VTuber pit, and I love the idea of a VTuber Varian. I feel like his avatar is probably a combined effort between him and Rapunzel, who would probably be the artist behind his character. Heā€™s probably an independent VTuber, streaming on his own with his own model - either because he was genuinely curious about the boom and wanted to try it, or due to the influence of his friends (whether a bet or something along those lines).
As stated in a previous post, I feel like his vtuber character is super steampunk, and probably raccoon-temed. There are a lot of VTubers that use the animal-ear look after all. His VTubing character is super chaotic, and tends to fly solo when streaming.Ā 
Hiro is a pretty big gamer himself, but never got big into VTubers. He felt it was just a fad attached to regular streamers, and never really got into watching other people play games, so vtubers make it even weirder really.Ā 
He was looking for help getting past a certain point in a hard game, though, and in his search came across Varian(in the fic, his VTuber identity will have a separate name! I just havenā€™t htought of one yet) streaming the game, and stuck around to see what he did in that part, and wound up staying because he was chaotic and fun to watch. Before long, he realized he was watching clips from previous streams and catching his streams regularly. The others start teasing him about it.Ā 
Meanwhile, Varian, whoā€™s recently joined in with the group after having started SFIT the year or semester after Varian (maybe Year, since Hiro can be watching it while the others graduate and start looking for work, since he doesnā€™t really have any other friends in SFIT so he just kind of falls into it to pass time)
Still dunno how he figures out Varian is a VTuber, and whether itā€™s before or after they start planning though. I just rcreated this one it has work to do.
Anyway thatā€™s about it. Thereā€™s probably a few smaller ones I put off to the side of my brain for the time being that didnā€™t get added here. I forget which ones I start planning a lot and I almost never write them down, I just plan them in my brain as I go and the ones that stick are just keepers. Hope you like these though! Curious to see what everyone things and which of the ideas the, like, 20 of you that follow me like.Ā 
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hawkeyes-sanity Ā· 4 years ago
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Oli's babbling post it is 12:13 and he can't sleep
So you ever forget what you're doing as you're doing it that's me all the time I honestly can't sleep right now because I'm not tired so I'm watching binging with babish and I'm just hungry now I'm just falling apart today has been a day of days I have to go to school again at 8:00 a.m. my alarm goes off at 7:10 a.m. I don't do math but I think I have six hours till I have to technically be up for school. I'm 19 and trying to get my high school diploma at this moment so yeah it's exhausting and I know I'm only in my young years but I'm allowed to be tired I'm allowed to complain.
Sometimes I wonder why I hold the movie MASH, top gun, The Green Mile and Pat Garrison and Billy the Kid so close to my heart and I realized I just have good taste of movies. I'm using text to speech right now if I don't know how good it's going I'm just talking in like putting indents not indent spaces where they need to go to show I move from one thought to another even though I didn't put a space between this and the thing in the thought above.
I'm kind of sad that it doesn't put my coughs in but I can understand why cuz over half this post would just be me coughing, I'm not sick anymore I don't know why I'm coughing. I just cough sometimes and it's weird.
It took me so long to realize that goose and Dr Mark green are the same person mostly because connect that Anthony Edward plays both and I feel like that's because he doesn't look like goose in ER so in my little world of my brain it's like it's not the same person that's like when I can't think of his last name but I'm pretty sure his first name is Rene who played Dago in the mash movie was Odo and Star Trek deep space nine right he was in the deep space nine it was deep deep space nine yet it was deep space. I mostly don't connect actors characters together because actors are supposed to be like chameleons for their roles like when I watched a show called say elsewhere I didn't realize Fiscus was Howie from Let's Make a deal wait no from deal or No deal that's what his show was dealing No deal.
I can't wait to read this post after I get some sleep if I ever get some sleep because I'm probably going to be like what was I doing what was I thinking my ADHD went off the record again. You ever think about the guy who made the enema like what made him think to do that you know like word that even come from I'm not even I don't even know if it was a guy who made it could have been a girl for all I know I don't know I don't know I don't know.
Well I've been incoherently babbling for a good amount of time I guess.
I wonder who thought let me dry out corn kernels and make popcorn the world confuses me a lot I've used the excuse I'm too transgender for this I'm female to male by the way and honestly I think that's why I have so much social anxiety I think that's where my real like anxiousness when I'm out and about in public comes from because sometimes I pass and sometimes I don't you know I don't know.
I started watching worst Cooks in America celebrity edition and by started watching I'm like halfway through the first episode I know like four people on it it's got that the kid who plays a Luke from modern family in it Ian from 90210 the original Daisy Duke Oscar from the office the toilet Jackson and other people that I don't know but Ian was looking for whipped cream in and told him he had to make it and he was like I don't know how to make it and she said it's literally whipped cream and he made it before the time ran out and I was so proud of him.
I'm going to keep using the same photo for when I babble so people who don't want to read my babbles can just like scroll by and people who want to read it instantly know oh that's one of Oliver's babblings I want to see if he's mentally stable that guy on the TV kind of look like Glenn Frey and I don't know how to feel about that distracted again I am still watching binging with babish but it's try to stop I can't think of her name and she's making like a fake food and not fake food like a savory food masquerading as a real no savory food masquerading as a sweet food.
I promise I'm okay I also promise that that might be a lie but I'm okay in the sense of I'm not having a panic attack or having a complete another mental breakdown I'm going to bed now I promise I'm probably going to be scrolling on Tumblr for another hour at least and I feel bad for that because I need sleep but I don't don't think I can fall asleep you know you know how you feel like tired but you don't think you could fall asleep that's how I feel right now like I feel exhausted but I can't fall asleep you know I watch this episode already. Good night.
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mariesunflowerchild Ā· 4 years ago
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dating pernico would include: (PERCY JACKSON)
so..i kinda ship pernico now..lmao, itā€™s really cute but sadly wonā€™t be canon,
so take these headcanons, :D
and yes, this is pernico x reader poly-
donā€™t @ me,Ā 
also i literally head smashed my keyboard to come up with the name furuhani lmaoĀ 
warning, there is homophobia in this, if you canā€™t deal with a lgbtq+ couple being excluded, i suggest you donā€™t read this.Ā 
also my next updateā€™s probably gonna be an angst, canā€™t wait to write that- heheheheheh
requests are open btw, dm me for requests,Ā 
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~so, youā€™re a year older than nico, and a year younger than percy.
~as an aphrodite kid, you look a bit older than you actually are,Ā 
~most people assume youā€™re 16, maybe even 17.
~but then- once they get to know you, OHHH BOYY-
~youā€™re quite childish ngl, you absolutelu love board games and video games, just games in general,
~you came from an extremely wealthy family so, you had basically everything you could ever want.
~an xbox? you had it. tv? you had it, a phone? you had it.
~you didnā€™t get your father or step motherā€™s attention though,
~so you did have your issues.
~once you arrived at camp halfblood, you were ecstatic,Ā 
~ā€iā€™m finally gonna meet people like me!ā€
~you became quite close with silena beauregard, she introduced you to annabeth.
~ā€hi, iā€™m [y/n]! itā€™s so nice to meet you!ā€
~ā€okay,ā€
~later on annabeth introduced you to percy and grover,
~cue the lightning theif!
~you went on the quest, you were really useless ngl, but you were able to charm people into giving you money, so you guys could buy food.
~ā€wow [y/n], youā€™re manipulative.ā€
~ā€ehh, not really..i just wanna see us survive this.ā€
~you and percy became closer, staying upĀ ā€˜till 12 am, and things of that nature.
~ā€yo, why is water tasteless?ā€
~ā€donā€™t look at me, iā€™m the son of the sea god, not the sea god.ā€
~once nico came along, you were attached to the hip.
~ā€iā€™m gonna sit this adventure out, make sure nico doesnā€™t get into trouble,ā€
~ā€oh okay..ā€
~percy was bummed out but, meh, they were already a large group.
~once he returned and told nico about bianca, you went after nico.
~you two went on adventures together! for like a year or two,
~once you guys were reunited with the squad, you couldnā€™t stop smiling,
~ā€oh my god, itā€™s been so long! god i missed you guys,ā€
~ā€we did too, believe it or not, it wasnā€™t as lively without you,ā€
~so, some time later, you and nico started going out-
~it was a wholesome relationship right, but..dun..dun..dUn
~nico had a crush on percy too!
~you were shocked, but you did too.
~ā€uhh..i kinda like him too.ā€
~ā€oh my god, weā€™re the same garbage.ā€
~ after the epic battle between kronosā€™ forces and camp halfblood, you and nico confessed to percy.
~ā€it might be weird, but. we both like you, like, like like, like you.ā€
~ā€yeah,ā€
~percy was SHOOOK.
~he nearly fainted,
~ā€i like you guys too, but arenā€™t you two together?ā€
~then, dun dunn! nico had the idea of a poly relationshipĀ 
~you were 100% onboard,
~all you needed was percy to be okay with it and boom! happily ever after.
~ā€iā€™m in,ā€
~lots of handholding,
~cuddles like, every other day.
~you guys have the messiest of cuddle piles,Ā 
~ā€whoā€™s arm is that?ā€
~ā€thatā€™s mine.ā€
~ā€oh okay,ā€
~random hugs, and kisses-
~ā€you guys are too nice- oh my god-ā€
~even aphrodite herself ships you guys.
~ā€hm! this is the first time iā€™ve ever seen 3 halfbloods fall inlove! what a phenomenon!ā€
~some people hate though, smh.
~one time, you guys were at this high end restaurant with some of your mortal friends from primary, and the waitress skipped you guys, just because you were poly!
~ā€hi uhh, my boyfriends and i have been standing here for 15 minutes, and by the looks of it youā€™re not doing anything, can you please attend us?ā€
~you were so polite ngl, but this lady just, looked at you like,Ā ā€˜bitch are u serious?ā€™
~Ā ā€œiā€™m sorry maā€™am, but weā€™re packed,ā€Ā 
~oh HELL NO, they werenā€™t packed, like at all. they had a bunch of tables open, this lady was being rude smh.
~ā€but..why are there tables open? canā€™t we sit there?ā€Ā 
~nico was beginning to get impatient, percy took notice of this and put his arm on nicoā€™s shoulder.
~if it wasnā€™t for you and percy, nico wouldā€™ve already bitch slapped the lady, he decided to cut to the chase and tell you why she wasnā€™t serving you guys.
~ā€she doesnā€™t want to let us in, cuz weā€™re poly.ā€
~youā€™re school friends over heard and demanded she let you guys pass,Ā 
~ā€guys! itā€™s okay, we can just have takeout and watch a movie, this restaurantā€™s over-priced anyway.ā€Ā 
~okay so like, even percy was pissed at this point, being the eldest he was protective over you two, (especially you ngl, youā€™re an aphrodite kid, your cabin doesnā€™t really do sports)
~nico whispered something in your ear, you had an evil idea.Ā 
~ā€œlisten, ms. do you know who my father is?ā€
~the woman scoffed,Ā 
ā€œprobably some low life drug addict if he raised a whore like you.ā€
~nico was seething with rage, and so was percy, even your friends were mad, they were quiet though, knowing what you were gonna do.
~ā€well, ms. my father is the C.E.O of furuhani enterprises, unless you want to be fired, and black listed; i suggest you let us in, and stop treating customers differently for their sexuality,ā€
~the woman paled,Ā 
~ā€r..r..ight this way miss! please excuse my actions!ā€Ā 
~nico, percy, and your friends were so proud of youĀ 
~ā€thatā€™s my girl!ā€ nico and percy wrapped their arms around you, your friends awwed and smiled, perhaps this evening wasnā€™t completely bad.Ā 
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heyyylittlemo Ā· 4 years ago
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Ask game
1. Where did you hide the body??
Me: *pause* No, where did you hide the bodyā€”
*police stare at me with disbelief*
Me: thereā€™s noā€”thereā€™s not a single body hereā€”well stop looking at me like that, youā€™re the cop! You should know! Why are you asking me for! Body? Whaaaaaat. Ahaha.
*cops shake head*
*whispers to my friend* Guys I think I pulled that one off
Police: you know we can hear everything youā€™re saying
me: šŸ‘šŸ‘„šŸ‘
2. Favorite rock? The 1975. Dominic Fike. Arctic Monkeys. Bad Suns. The killers. Pale Waves. Etc. That good good shit šŸ‘Œ
3. Most aesthetic season? Fall. Love them orange colors. The leaves falling. Though spring is also neat if you have a bunch of flowers bloomin in shit and winter is only aesthetic when itā€™s snowing. Boring ass summer tho just be heating me up.
4. When texting do u shorten words or spell out? I used to write stuff out all the time mostly but now itā€™s like half and half bcuz its just faster and nobody got time for it šŸ¤£šŸ¤£
5. Vintage stuff? Hell yeah, but maybe not anything too expensive since some old stuff IS hyper expensive.
6. Colors that pop or blend? Not sure I understand what u mean abt them blending ahaha u mean like when theyā€™re so similar to another?? Well I think itā€™s nice but honestly I prefer a pop and a bang, yā€™Know?
- At this moment I realized I was answering the last few questions from a completely different ask and felt like a dumbass šŸ˜‚ anyways the actual number weā€™re on is three so imma just kickback
3. Worst dream u have ever had? I had sleep paralysis but was imbetween that and a lucid dream. At first I was paralyzed and could see my bed but my eyes felt closed and open at the same time?? A giant dark demon looking dog had towered over me and began to tear at my neck. It looked and felt very real I started to try to scream and it felt like a scream was coming out but no sound exited. Then I went into a lucid dream where I was being chased by this dog and running for my life I was running by and nobody could save me nobody in the dream when it caught up to me I was back in my bed and it was trying to eat me again. I was so terrified I couldnā€™t sleep for a whole week.
4. Lyric that comes to your mind? ā€œAnd I donā€™t think I can be there. Iā€™m paralyzed,Iā€™m terrified of being alone. When you said I deserved what had happened.ā€
5. Blood make u uncomfortable? Yes, I passed out once when getting my finger pricked and a VERY small blood sample and another when dissecting a fish.
6. Even or odd numbers? Well I like the number 5,7,9, 3 so odd. (Like me šŸ¤£šŸ¤£)
7. Something I hate that I love? Anything Iā€™ve ever loved becuz love can be frustrating. Bruh.
8. 1st initial of someone I hate? Hmm...do I hate someone tho? Not that I can think of...
9. *Skipping down the lane* NOPE
10. Corn dogs? Itā€™s funny cuz when I think of corn dogs my mind will always go to when we first moved to our current house because at our initial town we never had Sonic and while we were getting the house fixed up and moving stuff we use to always get Sonic since it was the closest to us most times to eat and that was a bunch of corn dogs and hotdog days šŸ¤£ so thnk u corn dogs for ur service
11. Iā€™m not a huge movie person so...I looked up movies from 2005 and movies Inlike from this time are Brokeback mountain bcuz itā€™s gay af, Shark Boy and Lava Girl damn I rewatched the shot out of it when I was younger, Narnia and the Chocolate Factory(although it low key creeped me out as a kid, and idk why).
12. Least fav music genre? Most country, most EDM, dubstep, screaming/really hard rock, some pop music, mumble raping.
13. As someone who waits on tables, my job is my least favorite restaurant experience šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ just dealing with ppl...like ok, Iā€™m half Hispanic right?? But I look white. Well, I work at a Mexican restaurant and so sometimes racist costumers will say shady shit just bcuz I guess they think itā€™s appropriate to say it to me just bcuz Iā€™m not Hispanic in their eyes?? But it pisses me off and I feel like I canā€™t say anything without causing a drama which I hate and when the ā€œcostumers always rightā€ it can be hard to budge and stand up and say ā€œbitch wtf did u just say??ā€ And thereā€™s just folks who take things the wrong ways or ask too much at once or give u a hard time or just say something that sticks onto you for the whole day. One bad move can turn my whole day upside down.
14. 3 things never come near me? Cockroaches, Needles, and close mind ppl
15. Worst way to die? With regrets. Something really brutual, random, or where something just happened to go wrong (accident). Being killed by someone u love.
16. Unusual habits? Doing a Michael Jackson esque ā€œhee-heeā€ after every sneeze I make, being extremely clumsy and making every task 100% more difficult, having the ability to talk as if I have an accent that comes from nowhere in particular just stupidity also I canā€™t speak my own language half the time šŸ™ƒgetting words confused or misusing them in a sentence so I sound dumb having a very weird imagination and thoughts, I swear it like I never went to school and donā€™t know how the world works, plus many many more
17. Clothing style u want? I want to dress in a way that screams who I am and is a blend of both femininity and masculinity. A little vintage. Grunge. Urban maybe?? What do I know abt fashion šŸ¤£šŸ¤£
18. Song or artist that deserves more? Dijon, hands down. I love his stuff. Heā€™s like Frank Ocean meets light-singing beautiful lyricist with a more rock vibe?? Hidden gem. I also think Durand Jones & the Indications needs more love along with BadBadNotGood they sound like old-times but are new!! Oh, and Pale Waves is like a female The 1975 and kicks it. Bad Suns is a good alt rock band that no one seems to recognize :,D Toro y Moi too! His song with Flume ā€œThe difference ā€œ is a banger!! Kid Cudi is my man when I want a blend of rock and rap. Also Dominic Fike,King Krule, and Roy Blair, who are all amazing!! Ok I need to stop šŸ›‘
Duck I answered the past questions from a different post Iā€™m sorry šŸ˜
17. Emoji never used? Thereā€™s a bunch since I reuse the same over and over again. Lmao
18. 3 sentence Gatorade horror story? A faint quiver overtook the small freezer the Gatorade lay in; no one had come by in days, hours, weeks; when was the last time he met the lips of a thirsty body? Theyā€™d forgotten about him, as his last sips remained glued to his hollowing entrance. ā€˜Help, ā€˜it wanted to say, but itā€™s frozen lips could not be moved; Itā€™d stay here, die here...just like the rest.ā€ What am I doing with my life šŸ¤£šŸ™
19. Do u know what an old bay is? A bay that is old? And old ocean? Idk!!!
20. Can u dance? Sometimes I dance when Iā€™m alone but nothing spectral lol
21. What first comes to ur mind when u see ropes? 2 extremes. Sex and death. Hm. Ok. Moving on.
22. Make an obscure reference. ā€œEven a bra couldnā€™t hold these nipplesā€ *Holds a water gun to chest*
23. Fav balloon color? Pink or yellow.
24. If u were in court would u be innocent or guilty? Depends, what am I in court for šŸ¤£ lmao jk honestly idk bcuz I donā€™t think Iā€™d wind up in there
25. Are u hungry ? Nope
26. Unlucky number? Hm I donā€™t think so but I have a lucky number ā€œ123ā€
27. Whatā€™s ā€œJMDā€stand for? Iā€™m guessing...Jamming my dā€”- šŸ’€lol jk ahaha why am so dirt
28. Random inside joke? *chirpy squeak* Iā€™m making a double batch of cookies
29. What sends chills up ur spine? Seeing disgust food or smell disgust or talking abt disgust things like gore
30. How many questions are in ur inbox? A pathetic zero ahaha no one want to ask me anything šŸ˜‚
31. Someone real who scares u. 2 of my ex friends. One when I was 10 said disturbing things and I was kinda forced onto the friendship and everything they said make me fear for others lives...and then a different ex friend who seemed normal at 1st but became both low key psychopath cult leader type stuff and I booed out of thereā€”-.
32. Run or hide? Uhh probably hide because Iā€™d say even if ppl say ā€œu can run but u canā€™t hideā€ u CAN just hide! thatā€™s the point of hiding they not find u xD also why not combine them? Hide then run somewhere far away once I got them off the trial.
33. Last person who made u angry? A frickin beetle that flew at me and pinched me in the middle of singing in the shed xD also my autocorrect
34. Whatā€™s going on in ur head? I should probably pee soonā€”
35. Little thing that makes u Smile? A lot of little things bruh.
36. Are u a descisive person?
Not sure.
*pAuse *
Ok, I guess Iā€™m not then šŸ¤£
37. Would ppl say Iā€™m paranoid? Hm maybe about certain things social situations, singing in front of others what ppl think abt me etc etc
38. Store least likely in? Any southern clothes shop, Abercrombie & Finch types shit, lol
39. Do I like hats fave type? Hm not wear many hats but I think theyā€™re cool any type is cool for different ppl and their aesthetici just canā€™t rock a hat.
40. Bow ties or ties? Donā€™t really care but now want to see more bow ties
41. Who? You.
42. What? Reading this shit
43. Where? In ur ass
44. When? Now.
45. Why? Not even u know why.
46. How? We all want to know
47. Do u collect anything? Vinyl records.
48. What tome is it? Time to get a watch
49. Fav transportation? My car or walk is possible
50. Would u ever kill someone to save someone? Donā€™t want to think about that
51. Make a joke. Yo, itā€™s time to make a jokeā€”so the other day I was working. And I was practicing my Spanish, yes? Anyone whose trying to learn anew language k n o w s that sometimes words can be so close to another u just confuse then! So apparently churros in Spanish is a desert but if u say it more harshly (it literally sounds almost the same) it makes a whole different meaningā€”diharrea, but like I didnā€™t know that so I legit just walked up to this person and asked if they would like some shit to eat. So yeah, that was great. Letā€™s not forget that I mixed up blood, watermelon, and sangria which is a wine. I legit once said I had mixed wine in my vines and another time watermelon šŸ¤£
52. Iā€™m really confused so I skip
53. Would ur dash be confiscated SFW? By dash do u mean this account? Um not šŸ˜¬
54. Do I like to cuddle? Hell yeah and manhandle ppl all the time itā€™s my affection
55. What makes u angry? Close minded ppl or ppl who jump too fast to conclusions, strict schedules just dumb stuff that people try to force when I just want to be carefree šŸ˜­āœŒļø
56. How many voices are in ur head? šŸ˜
57. Do U consider urself mentally stable? šŸ˜
58. Are u easily offended? Well U just called me mentally unstable and asked it there was voices in my head!!
59. Whatā€™s wrong with taking the backstreets? Uhm...
60. Any questions u want ppl to ask u? Nothing in particular but itā€™s be nice if someone care to ask me something abt me from personal question to my opinions on shit to 19 days fandom related junk šŸ˜Œ
Woooo Iā€™ve finished this game! Thanks to @seiji-amasawa for introducing me to this ^^
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greekgeek21 Ā· 4 years ago
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The Codependency Competition Ch.1
I intend on not writing any more A/N unless absolutely necessary after this, but I just need to get a little bit of info out before we start (not that any of you are actually going to bother reading this, but if you are, good on you!). Anyway, this story is inspired by the story that @Literallyobsessed wrote: "The Highschool Experiment." I absolutely loved their idea, and I think that there should be more stories like it out there. That's why I'm doing this. Plus, once I get a story idea my head, there is nothing that make it go away. I'm going to try and keep this story in 3rd person all the way, but who knows what will happen?! Also, in this story, Percy and Annabeth are both 17, and they are both seniors. This story can also be found on Wattpad, Ao3, FF, and Inkitt.
THIS GOES FOR THE WHOLE STORY: I don't own PJO, sadly. That title goes to Uncle Rick. The plot's mine though. Sorry if any PJO characters turn a little OOC, I can't control that, but I'll try.
And I just wanted to thank my wonderful and amazing beta, JJ. You can find them on Ao3 as nightskywithrainbows. Go check them out!
That's it! I hope you enjoy this story, and please comment, like, and follow! Happy reading!
ā€“ your author
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Percy Jackson: the popular captain of the swim team.
Annabeth Chase: the nerdy new girl.
Both of them are on opposite sides of the popularity scale, and are thought to have never even spoken to one another. However, that rumor is completely wrong. In fact, Percy and Annabeth are dating, just without the knowledge of their classmates.
There are a lot of things about those two that the students at Goode High have no idea about. For example, they are both part of the most powerful group of demigods alive, and they are the unofficial leaders of Camp Half-blood, one of only two safe places in the world for demigods. But enough of that, let's get back to their secretive habits.
Three weeks ago, Percy and Annabeth were enjoying themselves with the rest of the Seven and Nico at Percy's apartment when Leo made a remark about Percy and Annabeth's relationship...
"Look at you two! I haven't seen you guys apart since Annabeth went on her quest! You guys have some serious codependency issues." he said.
Percy and Annabeth gave each other an incredulous look before Annabeth responded, "Not true! I can handle being apart from him!"
The prideful young demigod couldn't just ignore a direct blow to her pride, whether it be intentional or not.
"Yeah, right! I'll believe it when I see it," Jason cut in.
"You know what? We will prove it to you, one day, we will," Annabeth vowed.
Two weeks later, Annabeth was starting at Goode, and the opportunity had arisen for the duo to prove their friends wrong. Just as they were about to leave for school, Annabeth got the idea that they should pretend to not know each other at school and see how long they could last. Percy was hesitant at first, but was evidently convinced by his girlfriend, as always.
Now, another week having passed, Percy and Annabeth were walking to school. When they get closer, they have to separate so that it doesn't look like they came together, but for the moment, they were walking hand-in-hand down the sidewalk.
"Are you sure you wanna keep doing this? I mean, I hate not being able to kiss you at school! It's torture to see you ten feet away, but have us not even give each other a hug!" Percy said.
"I'm sure. This can be good for us; having some space, you know," Annabeth exclaimed.
"Alright, fine," he sighed, and then started to walk faster because Goode was coming into their sights, "Just know that I'm expecting a prize at the end of today for my efforts, ok?"
Annabeth just rolled her eyes and started to slow her strides.
When Percy and Annabeth entered the senior hallway, he walked over to his friends and she walked over to hers, his being a considerably larger group. Percy's real friends consist of mostly the people from the swim team, but there's still a group of people that just use his friendship for popularity. For example, Kelsey Evans, Goode's resident mean girl. She wants to become Percy's girlfriend so bad, but he always rejects her. Unfortunately, she keeps coming back, and when she thinks someone else is going to try something with Percy, she bullies them away. The only reason Percy puts up with her is so that he can keep an eye on her.
Annabeth's friend group consists of four other people, two boys and two girls. There is Nora, Addison, Noah, and Ethan. They are all the 'nerdy' type, so they spend most of their free time either in the library or together. Annabeth met Nora first, and she immediately got the run-down of the school social hierarchy from her. At first, Annabeth was surprised to hear that her boyfriend was at the top, considering how much of a Seaweed Brain he can be.
At Annabeth's friend group, Noah was actually speaking about the 'cool' group, "Look how righteous they are, thinking they're better than everyone else! I mean, do they really have to block the entire hallway?"
It was a well known fact in their group that Noah didn't like the cool kids. Apparently it had something to do with a swimming lesson in PE last year.
"At least Percy's kinda nice," Addison added.
"I guess, but he's also kinda scary. I mean, the way that he's beat up some kids! Maybe people just say he's nice cuz' they're scared of him," Ethan said.
"Aren't the kids he beats up bullies?" Nora asked.
"Whatever, I still don't think someone who keeps company like Kelsey should be given the benefit of the doubt," he said.
Without anyone knowing, Annabeth had actually been staring at Percy. His unruly hair, his bright, sea green eyes, and the way that little dimples appeared when he smiled his big, dopey grin could make any girl swoon. Fortunately, she managed to break herself out of her daze before her friends figured out what was wrong with her. She would never tell Percy this, but she was struggling to remain in control of her actions just as much as he was.
The warning bell rang, and everyone started to slowly head towards their first class of the day. The next time Percy and Annabeth would see each other would be in the one of only two classes they shared: Advanced Greek. All of their other classes were separate because Annabeth was taking almost all advanced classes and Percy was only taking the one.
In that class, Percy and Annabeth just so happened to be seated on opposite sides of the room. So, the only class they have together and they aren't even near each other. It's perfect! Annabeth sits next to Addison, and Percy sits next to someone else crazy enough to take Advanced Greek.
When fourth period Greek came around, Percy and Annabeth gave each other a glance as they entered the room, but that was it. That glance was a secret message that they had come up with on the first day: I love you. I was just a reassurance that this whole ordeal wasn't affecting their love for each other.
"Alright class, today we're going to have a pop-quiz! I know, I know, I'm your favorite teacher!" Mr. Anastas said while handing out the papers for the quiz, "You have 20 minutes to finish, afterwards it is free time."
Annabeth and Percy both loved this class because they didn't really have to try in it, the language just came easily. It may not be Ancient Greek, but it's still understandable.
Percy gave Annabeth a glance with a smirk as a form silent communication to say 'race you!'. Annabeth didn't even answer, she just got to work. It only took her three minutes to finish, and just as she was getting up, Percy was doing the same. They both tried to speed-walk without anyone noticing, but by the time they neared the teacher's desk, they were practically running. Just as Annabeth was about to place her paper down, Percy slammed his down before she could. The noise caused everyone to jump and look up to where is came from. What shocked everyone was what they found:
Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase staring each other down!
Addison's eyes widened when she realized that her best friend was glaring at the Percy Jackson. And he was glaring right back!
"I won! Haha!" Percy exclaimed in Ancient Greek with a huge grin on his face.
"Not true! You cheated, Seaweed Brain!" Annabeth rebutted.
"Careful, your hubris is showing," Percy pointed at her.
Seething, Annabeth finally took the time to realize that the entire class, including Mr. Anastas was watching their exchange. She blushed and said, "We should get back to our seats. Bye."
While she turned away, Annabeth could hear Percy yell something at her before he turned to his own seat: "I love you!"
She just rolled her eyes. Seaweed Brain, she thought.
When she got back to her seat, her friend seemed to be trying to figure out what they were saying. Luckily, the teacher and the rest of the class were doing the same thing. If anyone had caught onto what Percy said at the end of their conversation, their secret would be exposed a lot sooner than anticipated.
The rest of Greek class included people rushing to finish their quizzes, the teacher trying to figure out how his students knew more Greek than him, and Percy and Annabeth trying to avoid looking at each other. They didn't need anyone suspecting they actually knew each other!
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chapter 2 :)
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