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Dewi Fabbri:Â The Artificial Intelligence space is evolving week-to-week as more people and companies adopt AI across different aspects of their life and work. One person whoâs been at it for over a decade is Ashwini Asokan, co-founder and CEO of Mad Street Den.
In 2016, Ashwini and her husband, Anand Chandrasekaran, a neuroscientist, left their life in Silicon Valley to return to India and launch the company. Their first offering was Vue.ai â a product focused on the retail sector. Since then, theyâve built products for many other verticals including finance, healthcare, and logistics.
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The Spark Fellowship is a four-month long program that includes a USD 100K equity-free grant. It is open to all female founders who are in the early stages of starting up. Founders will get access to domain knowledge, mentorship, and exclusive events. Learn more about Spark below. Visit Peak XV Partners
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Big guy + little guys
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Team Sacred Treasures by Tomohiro Nakata
@girlsfightingarena @unshackled-instinct
#PEAK ART#KOF#Chizuru Kagura#Kyo Kusanagi#Iori Yagami#TEAM SACRED TREASURES#King of Fighters XV#official art#rival flames
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Hi, coming out of my normal brainrots these days to say that FFXV: Episode Ignis is an amazing piece of media, and everyone who's played FFXV should play Episode Ignis.
#final fantasy#final fantasy xv#ignis scientia#episode ignis#im not kidding btw#ignis is the best character in 15 actually#i enjoyed 15 and the DLC episodes were a huge reason why#episode ignis is just peak#peak music#peak story#trust me on this one#alright rant over back to the regularly scheduled yakuza posting
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just got back from a party at which i got to infodump abt my spreadsheet project (nice) (everyone was enthralled) and then talk abt the yaoi zine that changed my life (this is bc i mentioned prince of tennis bc i discovered during the course of the project that it was surprisingly relevant to my research, and then this one girl was like "well. ofc it was the people who were being weird abt yaoi" n i was like "ACTUALLY YAOI CAN BE GOOD SOMETIMES AND I CAN GIVE A SPEECH ABOUT WHY"), and i was in the middle of talking about the concept of synthetic yaoi when the host's mom came around to take pictures of us, and one of the other guests was like, "everyone say 'synthetic yaoi'!" n i swear to god that picture has probably captured the realest smile i've ever had photographed on myself bc i could not stop laughing
#it was good i had a lot of fun! i got to go on a lot of tangents n people liked hearing abt them all#i almost had to explain the yaoi that changed MY life tho which would have been. kind of embarrassing even tho i have like#eight essays abt xv on my neocities! like four or five of which relate directly to personal explorations of queerness!!#but this would've been me explaining the Everything with my whole chest to people i knew in high school n am still friends with#so like even tho we're like all chill w/it it's still like. i feel like i'd kind of shrivel up lol#anyway fortunately the conversation pivoted bc this other girl was talking abt her teacher training n the wretched coworker there#so she started over w/that n i never had to explain to everyone why my life changed forever bc i got obsessed w/xv genshinimpact :)#è±è©±#i also sent the pdf of the yaoizine to like four different people bc they wanted to read it LOL#someone was also like 'the existence of synthetic yaoi implies the existence of organic yaoi' N I NODDED MY HEAD SO FUCKING HARD#BC I WAS SO EXCITED I COULD NOT EVEN SPEAK (the peak organic yaoi is stsg from jjk. btw.)
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Of what could have been...
Today marks 41 years since the episode "Temporary Truce" aired and our beloved Galveston pilot named Sim first appeared in the show! Also, the same day that he died by the hands of his superiors...
That's why today is the unofficial Sim Appreciation Day. May of 12 every year from now on.
#remember when Izumo begged Sim to join Rugger Guard and explore the galaxy together?#peak cinema#dairugger#armored fleet dairugger xv#dairugger xv#sim dairugger#sandu voltron#zandu voltron#vehicle voltron#voltron vehicle team
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Mama Earth Talk is a podcast that takes a deep dive into the three pillars of sustainability (environmental, social and economic)
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SalarySe Secures $5.25 million in seed funding form Peak XV Surge
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Top 10 Venture Capital Firms
Top Venture Capital Firms in India-Peak XV Partner is top on list with 37 investments
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A Song of Shadow & Flame
CANON Dark! Aemond Targaryen x OC niece Targaryen. | SERIES
Warning; future chapters will include:
Graphic Violence, XXX content, Targcest, Spoilers, Canon depravity, death and war, troubling being afoot, menacing, mischief making, genocide, murder, blood, guts, dragons etc.
Word Count ~ 2k+
Index
i âii â iii â iv â v â viâ vii â viii âix â x â xi â xii â xiii â xiv â xv
Prelude ~
Princess Visenya Velaryon, had always been cited as a fair & bold creature. Born in 111AC, a smile that gleamed with mischief adorned her face, marking her most like her mother Rhaenyra. She was, indeed, the picture of a Valyrian Princess, the picture of her mother â with wide eyes and demure glances which hid the current of cunning beneath. She was a but harmless thing, playful at best, impish at worse; at least so far as her grandsire King Viserys thought. Proclaimed as the Laenor Velaryonâs only daughter â the Princess did not inherit her fatherâs deeper skin or the ringed seafoam shaded locks of Velaryon women. Visenya in fact, did not possess many of House Velaryon' traits, both of the body and mind she seemed of true Targaryen stock, and it was but her mother Rhaenyra who knew, the young princess indeed was just that. Visenyaâs impish glares and taunts were alike to that of The Rouge Prince, and to the common Lord or Lady of the court, one might think she inherited such a trait from her motherâs uncle. However, other more insidious rumours deemed Visenya a bastard of Prince Daemonâs, conceived by her mother unknowingly, right before she had wed Ser Leanor. Such rumours would be deemed, most truthful.
i - 'Old Wounds'
123 AC ~
The Princess Visenya, having but defying her mothersâ orders found her way to the Dragonpits alone, once more. She snuck through the winding caverns the soft glow of firelight shading the stone walls, her crimson dress dragging along the volcanic sand below. It was a soothing place, she thought, the warmth of the air⊠the smell of dragonfire which would linger upon oneâs flesh, the gentle growls, and mummers of stirring Dragons. A place in which only a Targaryen might feel at ease. However, it was not the mummers of waking dragons which echoed through the caves in which Visenya heard. Her head peaked, her brow furrowing in confusion as she heard stifled sobs. Wrathful sobs.
She walked with caution, following the solemn sound until she stumbled upon him. The silver haired boy with his knees to his chest, his fists tightly scrunched. She stopped, taking in the sight, a most startling one for the Princess. Aemond.
It was only but a few hours ago that she had heard of her half-brotherâs marvellous prank, allying with their eldest Uncle, Prince Aegon; to give Prince Aemond a pig instead of a dragon, to lure and taunt him just to see his face fall from glee to humiliation. Visenya had coiled with hearty laughter as her brotherâs recounted the story, she longed to have been there, to see the propitious Prince Aemond faulter. However, her joy was shortly curtailed as Aemond had stumbled upon the scene, the imprint of his stern furrow upon hearing Visenyaâs laughter still within her mind. Indeed, the sight she saw before her now, was unlike his affectedly stern façade â it was weak, crumbling, hurt.
The young Princess approached him softly, her face washed with a slight uncertainty.
âAemond?â Her voice echoed quietly.
Aemond lifted his chin. A thin veil of tears dampened his lashes, his eyes red, bloodshot, and heavy with sorrow. In response, the prince simply glanced down, his expression sullen.
"Iâve no interested in your gloating." He said.
The silver haired girl raised an eyebrow. Her mouth curved upwards in a bemused smirk. "Why would I gloat? It was a rather clever prank. Regardless, it was not I who did it."
The princeâs fists clenched. His knuckles turning white as he looked up at her, his grey eyes glaring. "Yet you snickered all the same, you all laughed at my expense! I cannot forget what you all did to me, how you all..." His voice trailed off, his gaze falling to his fists. When he looked back at her, there were fresh dampness under his cheeks as his expression turn bitter.
âLeave. I should not like you reporting back to your brothers the details of my misery.â His voice a low warning.
âI had no intention to.â Visenya raised her brow, her arms folded. As she looked upon the prince she couldnât help feeling a flicker of pity, his gaze so bitter⊠so wrathful. She sighed, coming down to sit beside him.
âIt was a mere jest. Do not tear yourself to bits over it. Your thoughts are far harsher than the truth of it.â Her attempt at sympathy making her cringe.
âYou know nothing of my thoughts!â Aemond snapped.
The air settled between them for a moment, the silence brutal as she looked to him, her hand hesitantly placing itself on his shoulder. Aemond snapped his head, his eyes narrowing as he brushed her hand away.
âI do not need your pity.â His tone curt.
The princess rose, scoffing as she extended her hand to him below. âGet up.â She spoke promptly.
His face coiled with both refusal and confusion. âWhat?â He snapped.
âI said, get up. If you do not need my pity, so be it. But I cannot stand to listen to your whining any longer. Come, I am visiting Silverwing, and you shall be my torch bearer.â She smiled mischievously, her hand lifting him up, then walking to another torch mounted on the stone walls, using itâs flame to set hers alight.
Visenya walked back, forcing the rough trunk of wood into his hand. âNo- âHis voice grating as she then shoved her hand upon his mouth. His eyes wide with shock as she crooned into his face.
âEnough of your sulking. Come. You wish for a Dragon, no? Then you ought to learn how to tend to one.â
She pulled him with her, further into the dark caverns of the Dragonpit until they came to Silverwingâs lair. âSilverwing, mÄzigon naejot nyke.â Visenya cooed. Silverwing, come to me.
The sudden shake of the earth bellow accompanied the grumbling of the large beast, her silver scales gleaming by the flickering torch light. Visenya turned, glancing at Aemond, his eyes like moons boring into her dragon.
She watched as he stepped back, his neck tilting upwards, the breeze hitting his silver hair. A smug smile came to Visenyaâs lips as she turned to Aemond. His face was still set in stone, his gaze hardening as he watched the great beast. "So," the princess prompted, "Are you going to pet her? Or shall you remain sulking?â
Aemond's lips parted, he was about to make a snide remark before sighing. "Of course not." He walked closer to the dragon, standing a few feet away from her. The beast was enormous, the sheer size of her body dominating the wide cave, her lithe yet robust frame looming over the two young Targaryenâs. Silverwing's grey head looked down at him, her eyes narrowing. The prince had not stopped to wonder how the dragon would react. Aemond grumbled under his breath, then took a hesitant step forward. He looked at the dragon, its shining silver scales glinting in the dim light, his breathing hitched. The Prince could not help his anxiety, he had never been so close to a dragon before⊠never felt its hot breath warm his skin. He moved closer, swallowing a ball in his throat.
Aemond had taken another step forward when Silverwing's body rattled with warning, her low growls causing his steps to falter, his hand tightening on the base of the torch. He would not allow himself to look away, he would not show fear, nor would he retreat. The torch cast a long shadow upon the cave walls, Silverwingâs breath rapidly increasing as he moved closer, her nostrils flaring with each exhale. The dragon's eyes did not stray from the young prince, studying his every movement as Visenya let out a soft chuckle, revelling in his rattled stance.
"She shall not bite you." An amused smirk curled upon her lips. "Silverwing, mÄzigon." she cooed. The dragon's head turned, her eyes focusing on the princess before she did so.
"There, you see?" Visenya asked, she looked over to him, a small part of her finding the utmost enjoyment in the nervous expression he wore. The dragon raised her chin, letting out a soft whisp of hot air from her nostrils.
Visenyaâs amusement brought no pleasure to Aemond, his expression taut, his neck tilting up to look at the dragon approaching him. The dragon halted, lowering its head almost appearing as though it were sneering at the young prince. Aemond stilled, taking one step back as Silverwingâs jaw neared him. Visenyaâs eyes wide with an intrigue as she watched her dragon interact with her uncle. Silverwing was indeed, sizing him out. Aemondâs chest rose, and with that he stepped back once more, folding his arm as though he were unimpressed with the beastâs size. Silverwing giving out a soft huff as she moved, her large head nudging against Visenya.
âShe was Queen Alysanneâs dragon.â Aemond spoke matter-of-factly.
âYou know of her histories?â The princess raised her brow.
âUnlike you, I have decidedly taken an interest in our Houseâs legacy. It apart of our duty.â Aemond replied, firmly.
Visenya scoffed, turning as she sauntered towards him, her arms folded as a smug smile appeared upon her lips. âI am far too busy actually flying and tending to my dragon to have time to reading of other Targaryenâs doing the same.â Her voice haughty.
âI have yet to see you do such a thing.â He furrowed his brow in disbelief.
Aemond watched as Visenya placed a gentle hand upon Silverwing, whispering a soft farewell before they exited her lair, the princess spoke smugly, âYes, well I do not expect you to pay much attention to my doings. Regardless, I am already rather adapt, Daemon said I did not need a saddle so-â
âDaemon?â Aemond raised his brow, and Visenya shrugged, nonchalantly about the fact. âYes.â
The young prince furrowed his brow in deep disapproval, his stern demeanour returning as he stopped, Visenya turning as he spoke.
âUncle should know better than to allow such a thing.â He barked. Visenya stepped forward scoffing. âSo? Those bloody Maesters- â
Aemond stepped closer, his voice overlapping hers. âThose Maesters are doing their duty in making sure you are equipped to ride properly. You ought not to be going on saddleless joyrides with Uncle Daemon.â The Prince stared sharply, unyielding.
âAre you to tell on me?â The princess gritted her teeth.
A disenfranchised look came to Aemondâs face, he spoke more like a father scolding his daughter than a boy of her own age âDaemon is not fit to minding you. You are a Princess of the Relam, if anything were to happen-â
Princess Visenyaâs eyes widened in both panic and fury, she could not have the precious time she spent with her father ruined by Aemondâs incessant need to dob. âBut nothing did happen! If you dare speak a word of this I shall tell my brothers that I had caught you sobbing and sulking in the Dragonpits all by yourself⊠like a helpless, pathetic babe whining for its mother.â She interrupted.
âDo not dare.â He sneered, his gaze lowering.
âSwear you shall not tell.â Her voice raised, stern. Silence fell between the two as their gazes pierced into each other, they stood opposed in the darkened space. âSwear it.â Her tone sharp.
He said nothing, the silence lingered as he felt his strength faulter. âFine.â
The two Targaryenâs did not speak again as they walked up out from the Pitâs entrance. Visenyaâs eyes expanding in a deep trepidation as she was met with the folded arms of her mother, Rhaneyraâs face stern. âIt may please you to know that youâve had every guard and servant forced to abandon their duties so they may search for you.â Rhaneyraâs voice echoed at the carven entrance, her head tilted downwards as she gazed into the calculatedly soft eyes of her daughter.
âI had told you where I wished to go.â Visenya lowered her gaze in sweet self-admittance as her mother shook her head.
Rhaenyra spoke firmly to remind the young Princess her mother was indeed, well aware of her charmed tongue, often used to evade trouble. "And I had told you no more leisure trips to the Dragonpits without an escort.â Rhaneyraâs doubled down as the young Princess protested. âBut mother- â
Rhaneyraâs tone softens as she steps forward, placing a hand upon her daughter's shoulder. âVisenya, I worry for you.â
Visenya turned her head, gesturing to the seemly meek Aemond which stood behind her âBut I was not alone. Prince Aemond had accompanied me.â Visenya gave the young prince a narrowing gaze, subliminally signalling for him to nod; he did. The future Queen could not help but tilt her head, a small warmth in her chest as finally, it seemed there may be hope for some level of kinship between her own and Alicentâs children.
Rhaenyra regained focused once more, her voice almost lenient, âAemond is but a year your prior and the Kingâs young son no less, tis not his duty to protect you. And while I am glad of the peace the two of you have forged...â Rhaenyra sighed softly, and shook her head a little, clearly unimpressed. âI will not have my only daughter risking her life to get to the Dragonpits, without a proper escort. The streets are most unpredictable, my girl.â She shuddered.
âI did not take the streets.â Visenya protested, a small smile upon her face as though the news would be pleasing to her.
Rhaenyra frowned, stepping forward to Aemond as her concern reignited as she gazed at them both, âYou took the passages?" She leaned towards her daughter, her voice hushed so that her half-brother would not hear. "I ought to have the mind to bar you in your chambers until the moon turns!â Rhaneyra's tone hardened once more.
Visenya looked down, her gaze ruminating on the floor as her motherâs tone grew stern, there was a pause; she felt embarrassment coil within her, why must mother do this in front of him, she thought. Rhaenyra sighed as she noted her daughterâs meek demeanour she let her frustration dissipate, she did not dare scold her own child in front of her half-brother.  Aemond noticed the tension ease between them, he remained still, his arms held behind his back as he watched Visenya. Satisfaction bloomed within him; heâd never seen her so⊠passive. Â
Rhaenyra yielded, her tone softening, âYou must take an escort, sweet girl. Iâve little desire to strip you of your freedoms, so do not force me to do so.â Visenya looked up, her pale violet eyes meeting those of her mother, Rhaenyra placed a gentle hand upon her daughterâs head, stroking her silver hair.
Visenya gave a small and conceded, âYes, motherâŠâ
As the moment came to an end, Rhaneyraâs gaze came to the young green prince before her, Alicentâs son⊠her fatherâs son⊠her younger brother.
Aemond shuffled under his sisterâs gaze, they had hardly ever spoken all he knew was that she bore bastards, that she was the Kingâs favoured child. Rhaenyra spoke again, clearing her throat. âCome, the both of you. I fear the Queen, has sent for your whereabouts, Aemond.â
With that, the three Targaryen's took to exit the Dragonpits, not another word was uttered.
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all hers, part xxii
part i | part ii | part iii | part iv | part v | part vi | part vii | part viii | part ix | part x | part xi | part xii | part xiii | part xiv | part xv | part xvi | part xvii | part xviii | part xix | part xx | part xxi | part xxii | part xxiii | part xxiv | part xxv | part xxvi | epilogue
summary:Â Ghostface has you. Sam and Tara hurry to find you before it's too late.
warnings:Â (+18), Tara is Ghostface, graphic violence.
word count:Â 5.3k
a/n: hi bbies, pls peep the warning for this one, not for the fainthearted. as always, appreciate all the love and let me know your thoughts on the chapter :))
âDrive, Sam, drive!â Tara all but screams.
Her hands are pressed firm against the dashboard of the car, heartbeat in her throat. Her eyes are wide, red, but no tears spill over. Sheâs focused. Determined.
Her body is thrumming, wild, as she feels a familiar force take over. Her eyes blacken.
âI am driving, Tara.â Sam says back through gritted teeth. Her hands are sweaty, pressed firm against the wheel, her foot on the gas.
The car blows through a red light, tires screeching against the tar of the road.
âDrive faster.â Tara growls.
Her seatbelt is unbuckled. She looks wild, as if sheâs about to launch herself across the car and shove Sam out of the way.
âWe go any faster and weâll spin out.â Sam tells her. Sheâs hunched over like a formula one driver, racing through the familiar roads of Woodsboro.
She flies past a stop sign, almost crashing into a nearby car. The car honks, but Samâs gone before he can even make out her license plate.
Tara turns her attention to the backseat. Itâs a mess of kids hockey gear and empty fast food wrappers. This isnât Samâs car - theyâd left it at the house and commandeered it the moment theyâd figured out the truth.
Tara clutches a childrenâs sized hockey stick between her fingertips - the only viable weapon she can find, and turns her attention back to the road.
In the distance, she can make out the house.
Just a few more feet and sheâll be there. With you.
âLet me take the lead,â Sam commands. She grips on tighter to the wheel as she launches it into the drive, âSheâs dangerous, Tara, donât do anything stupid-â
But Taraâs out of the car before it even stops. Charging into the house with her hockey stick drawn like sheâs about to go to battle.
âShit.â Sam says. She hits the brakes, drawing up the parking brake and clambers out of the car, hot on her sisterâs heel.
The house is still. Silent.
Broken glass mars the lawn. The front door is wide open, an alarm blaring loudly in its wake. The noise has drawn a small crowd, near the end of the road. Neighbors peer over, their interest peaked. But Sam pays them no mind.
âYN!â Tara calls loudly. She rushes through the front door, âBaby? Are you here?â
They both hear it at once - a moan, weak, coming from the living room.
Tara doesnât hesitate. She surges forward, and into the living room, Sam hot on her heel.
Your Mom is on the floor, eyes bleary. She canât move, her blood oozing deep red onto the carpet.
Samâs breath catches in her throat.
Tara leans down, eyes wild.
âWhere is she?â She asks, voice desperate, âYN. Where is she?â
Your Mom gurgles.
âGhostfaceâŠâ She gasps, âGhostface⊠he took her.â
âTook her where?â Tara asks, hyper-focused, âWhere did Ghostface take her?â
Your Momâs chest rises, her vision spots, eyelids drooping slightly. She's loosing consciousness.Â
In a panic, Tara takes her by the shoulders and shakes her, somewhat violently.
âTook her where?â She yells.
Sam reaches forward and grabs Tara by the shoulder.
âTara,â She says, voice a hiss, âStop it.â
But Tara isnât listening. She stands, grabs her hockey stick and looks over at Sam, look in her eye determined. Your Mom moans out, but Tara ignores her. Her feet shuffle in a wild pace around the living room, her eyebrows furrowed together in concentration.Â
âWhere would she go?â She asks, âSam, think. If you were the Sheriff, where would you take her?â
Sam blinks.
âSam.â
âTo her house, maybe,â Sam says, mind whirling as she tries to think, âThink about it, Tara, she doesnât know we know.â
Tara shakes her head, âNo, Sam. She isnât stupid. Sheâs thought about this. Planned it. Thereâs no way sheâs dumb enough to kidnap someone and take her home.â
Her chest heaves.Â
"It's somewhere remote. Somewhere she knows she won't be seen." She deduces.Â
Sam presses her hands to your Mom's neck. Her pulse is still there, slightly faint.Â
"The police will be here any minute," Sam tells your Mom, not unkindly, "And the ambulance. And the fire department. We called everyone."Â
Your Mom murmurs, her eyes closed.Â
Tara's head jolts up. She looks over at Sam, as if she's just had a brainwave.Â
âMillwood. Thereâs a house in Millwood.â She says, voice urgent, âWes used to live out there. The Sheriff still owns it. Wes used to drive out there sometimes to think.â
âMillwoodâs thirty minutes away,â Sam says, sounding doubtful, âTara, are you sure? If sheâs not there, weâll never get back in time.â
Tara blinks. Sam watches as the cogs spin in her head.
âIâm not sure,â Says Tara. Her voice shakes, âBut there's no-where else.â
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Thereâs a gentle hum that buzzes throughout the basement.
Itâs an old refrigerator, you think mindlessly. The hum is a welcome noise. Steady, almost peaceful.
The complete contrast to the emotions youâre feeling right now.
The blood on your neck has dried, prickling uncomfortably against the hairs on the back of your neck.
The Sheriff has her back turned to you. Her dagger rests on a small table, only feet from you, police scanner in her hand.
The hum of the refrigerator is suddenly drowned out by the crackle of officers on the radio.
âTen twenty Park, two victims down and unresponsive.â Says one officer, âSending units, over.â
The Sheriff clicks the radio off and turns back to you.
You press back against the seat of your chair, tears leaking from your eyes.
She hasnât said a word since she took off her mask, ignoring your desperate pleas and wild attempts to unseat yourself. Sheâs calm, too calm, as if she has you right where she wants you.
She blinks over at you, and suddenly something new washes through her features.
Regret.
Your heart pounds.
âIâm sorry about your parents.â She says, voice dropping, âI didnât intend to have collateral damage.â
Your heart thuds.
âIs my Dad alive?â You ask, desperately. Your voice shakes, âDid you kill him? Did you kill my Mom?â
She stares.
âI donât know,â She says, and it sounds honest, âThey both took a few pellets to the legs. Itâs just what I had to do.â
She hums, as if sheâs just convinced herself of this.
âBut I didnât intend it,â She says, almost hurriedly, âIt wasnât the plan.â
âAnd what was the plan?â You ask, voice hoarse, âTo drag us all down to the station and have your cop buddies tag team us?â
The Sheriff purses her lips.
âI was going to bring you all here,â She says, eyes sparkling, âI recorded a message. Richie. Heâd been sighted, the call said. At an old house in Millwood. Iâd bring you all here, get you downstairs and then-â
She closes her eyes, as if the thought of it is ecstasy.
âBoom. Boom. Boom. Sam first, sheâs the strongest. Iâd shoot her in the leg, handicap her.â She freezes, voice sharp.
âBut not kill her. Not yet. Not before she knew all about what her precious baby sister got up to in her spare time.â
She leans in, eyes flickering.
âNot before I gave you what you both deserved.â
You swallow.
âAnd you were in it with Richie? This whole time?â
The Sheriff shrugs.
âRichie had a score to settle. So did I.â
At this, you blink, a little surprised.
âWhat did we ever do to him?â You ask.
Tara had been a brat, that you can admit. But a couple of tantrums over a game of Uno was hardly motive enough to don a Ghostface suit and attempt to kill you both.Â
âTara murdered his girlfriend.â The Sheriff sneers.
You blink up at her, eyebrows furrowing. The last time you'd seen Richie's girlfriend was less than an hour ago; alive, well and climbing into the Sheriff's car.Â
âSam?â
âAmber Freeman.â
âAmber?â
Your mouth is dry. You hadn't thought about Amber in months. You remember the force in her voice as she'd thrown herself at you. You remember the quiet confirmation she'd been punished for it. You feel her now, like the ghost of her is here, taunting you in your fibred shackles. You can see her sneer in the Sheriff's face.Â
"They met online, he said," Says the Sheriff, "They had plans of their own. Plans for Sam."Â
You swallow as she twirls the knife in her hands.Â
"Sam's related to Billy Loomis, did you know that?" The Sheriff says, "Richie and Amber had worked it out. They devised some half-baked plan to bring Ghostface back to Woodsboro. But someone beat them to it."
She blinks. Her grip on the knife tightens.Â
"I guess the rumors were true, after-all. Carpenters. They're no good. Related to Billy Loomis or not."
"So you decided to what?" You ask, voice thick, "Join in?"Â
The Sheriff purses her lips.Â
"Richie was devastated." She says, quietly, "He attacked you at the house, that first time. An eye for an eye, he called it. A girlfriend in exchange for a girlfriend.â She laughs, âGod, he was so sloppy. I had him pegged within minutes. I was going to offer him a deal. A lighter sentence in exchange for his testimony against Tara.â
She leans in, eyes glinting dangerously.
âBut then I had a better idea.â
Sheâs so close you can see the pores on her cheeks. Your heart hammers. If you can headbutt her just hard enoughâŠ
But then sheâs retracting before you have the chance.
âAnd, well, you know the rest.â She says. She reaches for the dagger, grips it firm within her hands.
You swallow, desperate to keep her talking.Â
âHow did you find out?â You ask, voice shaking, âAbout Tara?â
She looks over at you.
âIt wasnât difficult,â She sneers, âTaraâs not as smart as she thinks she is. She left a breadcrumb trail of bodies that all led back to you. Aaron, your first kiss? Sadie, your first girlfriend? Chad Meeks told me Amber Freeman openly hit on you just hours before her murder.â
Your head is swimming, but all you can think is: Damn it, Chad.
The Sheriffâs hand tightens around the blade.
âAnd then there was my son.â
Her entire demeanor changes. Gone is the taunt in her voice. Her shoulders draw tight, like a weapon ready to be fired. Her eyes flash, filling back with violence and hatred and vengeance.
âHe figured Tara out, didnât he?â She asks, stepping closer.
Fruitlessly, you tug against the binds around your hands.
âHe worked it out. He was smart, he was always so smart.â Her voice wavers. There are tears behind her eyes she doesnât let fall. Her face is hard.
âAnd he came to you. Not me. Not Tara. You. Witnesses had him at the house. They didnât see Tara, they said you let him in.â
She takes in a sharp breath.
âAnd I want to hear you say it.â She says, voice barely above a whisper.
You gulp.
âSay what?â
Her lip curls.
âYou killed him, didnât you?â She asks, âIt wasnât Tara, not this time. He came to warn you and you killed him for it.â
She grips the knife so tightly it looks as though it might break.
The refrigerator hums loudly, once more.
This is the end, you think, briefly, no matter what you say this only ends with her knife buried in you.
And all you can do now is hope she doesnât make it too painful.
Itâs what you deserve.
Itâs Wes, you see him clear as day. That little version of him that lives in your mind, popping up every so often to taunt you. Heâd warned you this day would come and now here it is.
His mother in front of you, the very hands that had killed her son tied taut around your back.
Itâs justice, Wes sneers.
You could play dumb, but you have the feeling it might make her angrier than the truth. It hardly matters now. The Sheriff, proof or no proof, has herself convinced youâre guilty.
And you are.
âIt was me.â You say, voice strangled, âI did it.â
The Sheriff lets out a sigh. She closes her eyes, like her entire body is filled with relief. She has you now, the person who took her son from her. But it doesnât last long.
Grief floods back into her face.
She has you but not him.
And sheâll never have him again.
Her hands reach out to grip your throat.
You let out a cry.
âTell me what happened,â She growls, âTell me every detail. Every word. I need to know.â Her voice breaks, âDid he suffer? How did you do it? Did he see it coming? Everything.â
âI donât think-â You choke out. Her fingers on your throat loosen slightly. She replaces them with the blade of her knife, âI donât think you want to know, Sheriff. I donât think itâs good for you to know.â
âYouâll tell me every detail or Iâll slit your throat ear to ear, right now.â She snarls.
You swallow. The blade breaks the skin of your throat, only slightly. You flinch at the sting, feel a trickle of blood stream down your chest.
âIt was quick,â You say, voice quiet, âHe didnât suffer. He told me he knew about Tara. He didnât know I knew. He said he was going to tell everyone and I had to protect her.â
It sounds pathetic, when you say it like that.
You know itâs pathetic. Any sane person would have you drawn and quartered for your admission. You deserve to be locked in a cell for the rest of your life.
Your girlfriend had murdered six people and youâd protected her.
Because you love her. Because youâd do anything for her.
Youâd watch in silence as she murdered them all again.
Because youâre hers and sheâs yours and nothing else matters.
Not Sam, nor Dan. Not Aaron or Amber. Not Sadie, not Chase.
Not even Wes.
And she can see it in your eyes.
âWell you failed.â The Sheriff sneers, âWhen Iâm done with you Iâm going back for Tara. Iâll bring her here, let her wail over your mutilated body. And then Iâll do the same to her.â
A gasp catches in your throat.
She would kill you, that you were convinced of. Youâve relinquished yourself to it now. Sheâs bigger than you, stronger. She has a weapon and no matter how hard you tug on the binds around your hands, they wouldnât break loose.
Youâre at her mercy, to which you can see she has none.
If youâre lucky, sheâll slit your throat. If youâre unlucky, sheâll make it painful. Sheâs likely to make it painful.
But you donât care about that. You donât care about anything but her.
âPlease,â You beg, âIâm the one youâre angry with. Iâm the one who killed your son. Tara didnât do anything to him. She loved him. She was his friend.â
The Sheriff moves away from you. Sheâs poised again, calm. Gone is the anger. You donât know which is scarier. She reaches for her dagger, grazes the tip along the tabletop.
âSheâs the reason heâs dead,â Says the Sheriff, âYou said it yourself. He died so you could protect her.â
âBut it was me who did it,â You beg, âDo whatever you want to me. I deserve it. But please donât hurt Tara.â
She looks over at you, and you immediately know youâve said the wrong thing.
Her eyes flicker, like thereâs something she just realized.
Something she can use against you.
She grips the knife between her fingertips and leans in again, blue eyes cold.
âI was going to kill you first,â She says, voice like ice, âItâd be better that way, I figured. Safer. So you couldnât run. But now Iâm not so sure.â
You hold in your breath as she grazes the tip of the dagger along your neck. Itâs so cold it burns.
 She smiles.
âMaybe itâs better if I kill her first. In front of you, so you can know just what itâs like.â Her jaw tightens, âSo you can feel what itâs like to lose someone precious to you.â
It happens in a split second.
Sheâs close again. So close you can feel her breath against your cheek.
Thereâs something in the back of your mind, someone, like sheâs there with you, holding your shoulders and begging you to fight for your life.
âFight, baby,â Tara begs, and you close your eyes, willing her close, âFight for yourself. Fight for me.â
You think of her.Â
Her smile. The way her hair catches sometimes against the smear of her lip-gloss. Her freckled nose. Her deep, pretty brown eyes. You know what sheâll do if you die. If you die, a part of her will too.
You know sheâll never forgive herself.
And so you do it for her.
You launch your head forwards, as hard as you can. Your forehead crashes against the Sheriff. The sound is sickening; like a hammer against a ton of bricks. Immediately, your head throbs, painfully. Bright light careens behind your eyes, and a wave of nausea rips through your body like a storm.
But you ignore it.
The Sheriff cries out, stumbling backwards and careening into the table with the force.
Your legs wobble, and it takes all the strength you have left in your body to stand, bringing the chair up with you, your hands still bound to it. You stand, almost collapsing as you blink the room back into vision.
The Sheriff is on the ground, clutching her head, the knife discarded on the floor. You swing around, using all your might to thrust the chair behind you forwards onto her body.
She shrieks as the wood of the chair catches around her leg. Shockwaves flood through your body at the force. You press down onto her once, then twice, but the binds donât budge and the chair doesnât break.
The adrenaline flooding through you makes you feel like the hulk, but the reality is - youâre too small for this. You panic as she writhes, trying to grab at your leg and spring forward.
Like a lamb running from a lion, you do the only thing you can think of.
You run.
Fast. Towards the stairs and up to the basement door.
You must look ridiculous.
The chair catches the sides of the staircase every second step, and you almost trip trying to reach the top. You donât look behind you, you donât want to know how close she is. You reach the top step and use all your might to ram at the basement door.
You grunt.
Your shoulder hits the middle of the door, almost barreling it open.
But nothing happens.
The door is locked, because of course it is.
What kind of person kidnaps someone, ties them up and doesnât lock the door to their cage?
You cry out, panic flooding through you. Your cheeks are red, stinging with the pain of the attack and the flurry of tears spilling out from your eyes.
You ram at the door once more, but it doesnât budge.
âHELP ME.â You cry out. You smash your shoulder against the door frame once more, âPLEASE, SOMEONE, HELP ME.â
But no-one answers.
And after several moments of banging, and screaming and fruitless attempts to pry the door open, you feel a heavy hand on the base of your calf, and then youâre being tugged, hard, down the staircase.
You gasp, crying out as you hit the staircase, face first. You feel blood smear your cheeks, and a sharp, stinging pain near the top of your forehead. You scream, writhe, with everything you have left in you.
The Sheriff drags you down the staircase, her forehead red, bruised where you hit her.
And she looks angrier than youâve ever seen her.
She tugs you back down into the basement and you feel the chair beneath you crack with the sheer force of her pull.
Blindly, with your vision spotted with your own blood, you untangle your hands from its ruins, but sheâs too quick. She climbs atop your body, pinning your hands above your head. She looks crazy, possessed, like she might kill you right there on the spot.
Madly, you launch your knee up between her legs.
She growls out in pain, but her weight doesnât move.
Instead, she frees one of her hands to clutch at the knife, and brings it up to your neck.
Immediately you still.
The room is cool. It smells metallic, of your own blood. You canât hear the refrigerator, not anymore. Blood pulses through your ears. The Sheriff on top of you feels claustrophobic, like sheâs leaning onto your torso so hard she might crush you with the sheer force of her weight.
Her eyes are black. Gone is the blue.
She chokes on her own tears as she says it.
âThis is for my son.â
And then she lifts her knife, and with all the force of a mother scorned, launches it down and between your ribcage.
You scream.
Your cheeks flush red and the knife sinks deep into your skin. Itâs the worst pain youâve ever felt. Every inch of the knife feels magnified, like sheâs sinking a hundred feet of steel between your ribs. The blood in your ears dulls, replaced by the sheer force of endless, mind-numbing pain that bursts from the broken skin of your stomach and out to every part of your body.
The Sheriff heaves, her grip on the knife loosening.
You furrow your brow, blood and sweat glistening from your forehead as you bring yourself to look down. The nausea brimming in your stomach almost blooms as you look down to see her knife, lodged deep into your body.
Your mind fogs, shock permeating through your body.
You feel dizzy, like you might pass out.
The nausea, the pain, the blood spilling out all at once.
Your scream dies in the back of your throat, replaced with a gentle, quiet, murmur. Sobs that canât quite metamorphize. Quiet, strangled, blubbers as you realize the last moments of your existence.
Youâre going to die here, under her.
Youâre going to die and then sheâs going to kill Tara too. You gag on your own saliva, choking slightly as you writhe under her, desperate for a few final moments of strength.
But itâs too much.
Your body has taken all it can. Itâs failing on you.
Youâre dying.
The Sheriff watches, her own blood trickling down her forehead. She blinks, satisfaction flooding through her features. Her vengeance, realized.
Her justice served.
Youâre going to die and sheâs going to sit here and watch.
Your eyelids fall, heavy.
Suddenly, you feel weightless.
The pain lessens and lessens and lessens, until you can barely feel it.
You feel like youâre floating.
You hear Taraâs voice again. Distant, like sheâs shouting at you to stand up and fight. You want to do it for her. But itâs too much.
Thereâs nothing left in you.
You squint, vision hazy.
Youâre on the cusp of passing out, you can feel it. Inches away from death.
But then you hear it.
A thud, quiet at first. Then louder. A distant ramming, like droplets of thunder that are getting louder and louder.
And then a crash.
Your eyes jerk open.
The Sheriff scrambles off your body, falling backwards onto the floor with a thud.
Her eyes are wide and round, but sheâs not looking at you. Sheâs looking up the staircase, towards the basement door.
You hear Taraâs voice again.
But this time itâs not distant. Itâs not in your head.
You whirl around and see her standing on the staircase, her face contorted in rage. Her dark hair is swept from her face and her eyes are an inky, jet black.
Itâs not Tara, you realize all at once.
This is The Rage.
âGet the fuck away from her.â
Sheâs holding something, something you donât recognize. Itâs a childrenâs toy, some sort of bat. Samâs at her side, your Dadâs shotgun in her hands.
âBack up, Sheriff,â Sam says, voice fraught, âBackup or Iâll shoot.â
Youâd weep, if you had the strength.
Sheâs here.
Tara came for you. Against all odds, sheâd found you. Bound in the basement, god knows where, moments from the Sheriff taking the knife in your stomach and ripping it up to your chest.
You try to call her name but it gets lost in your throat. Your fingers throb, like thereâs needles inside them, all the blood that should be there is pooling around the knife buried deep in your stomach.
The Sheriff is on her back, helpless. Vulnerable.
Tara steps a little closer. Her shoulders are tight like sheâs brimming with unbridled fury.
âSam,â Tara says, voice quiet, âDo it.â
Sam lifts the shotgun, only slightly.
And then lifts the barrel and fires directly at the Sheriffâs chest.
You blink, waiting for the bang of the gun. For the Sheriffâs scream.
But nothing happens.
Only the sound of your heavy breathing and the steady hum of that damn refrigerator.
Sam wrestles with the gun, panic overtaking her features.
âItâs stuck.â Sam says, her voice frantic, âGod, Tara, itâs filled with blood.â
The Sheriff takes her chance.
She launches forward, back atop your body.
Tara isnât quick enough.
She swings the stick out behind her head, ready to launch it forward.Â
âIf I pull it out, she dies,â The Sheriff pants. You gasp at the pressure of the knife as she seizes it, âStay the fuck back or I'll kill her right here."Â
âTara.â You murmur.Â
There's so much you want to say to her. You want to tell the Sheriff to give you a moment to muster the words. You want to pause the world, like a real life slow motion so you can kiss Tara and hold her and tell her the breadth of what you feel for her in broken, mindless, babbling paragraphs. There isn't an encyclopedia in the world that could do it justice.Â
But you can't.Â
The Sheriff's grip on you is too tight. Your mind is dizzy, and you know even if you tried, you couldn't form a coherent sentence.Â
So you settle for three little words.Â
"I love you." You hum. It comes out in a slur. Like you're drunk. But she hears it. She looks to you, stricken.Â
âItâs okay, baby-girl,â She says it soft, her voice fraught, âI love you, too. Donât move, youâre going to be okay.â
But youâre not, even you know that. Thereâs a six inch knife in your stomach and you canât feel your fingertips. Your would-be killer lingers over you, like her only purpose left in life is to take yours. Youâre minutes from death, you can feel it from the flare of your broken skin to the settling realization deep in your bones.
Youâre dead. If not now, you will be within minutes.
You canât do anything about that.
But you can still save her.
The Sheriff has a knife. Tara has a childrenâs toy. Taraâs fiery, and sheâs killed before but she's so little.Â
The Sheriff is bigger. Stronger. Her weapon has a blade.Â
They'd fight like a Doberman against an angry, yapping Chihuahua. The Sheriff would have a knife to her throat in seconds. And in your final, fleeting moments, you can't bear the thought of her taking Tara too.Â
It should be hard, what youâre about to do, but it isnât. You don't think about yourself. You don't think about the pain.Â
You think about Tara.Â
Itâs the easiest decision youâve ever made in your life.
You jerk your body upwards, startling the Sheriff slightly.
And then youâre reaching down with both hands to steady your grip around the handle of the knife buried inside you and tugging it up and out of your body.
It had hurt going in, but this feels a thousand times worse.
It hurts like youâre tearing your own flesh from your body. It hurts like youâre swallowing sandpaper, or eating an open flame.
Pain and shock roar through your body. You cry out in anguish, but your hands don't falter.Â
Tara is the only thing on your mind.
Tara screams out your name.
The Sheriff turns to face you, wide-eyed.
And then you tilt the knife and shove it hard as you can through her throat.
Whatever energy you had left is depleted. The Sheriff gurgles, wide-eyed, hands fumbling to grasp the hilt of the blade buried in her throat.Â
You collapse backwards onto the ground.
Taraâs running, you think, the dull thud of her boots against the ground as you try to blink the world into sight.
You can hear the Sheriff spluttering on her own blood, but the tips of your ears go numb, muffling your hearing.
Your eyes droop. Your legs feel numb.
You donât see as Tara launches herself at the Sheriff, thudding her weapon down against her with the force of a two ton semi-truck. You donât see Sam hurry in after her, tossing the shotgun to the side and skidding down to press her hands against your wound. You don't hear Sam call out your name, desperate to keep you awake.Â
You donât hear Taraâs screams. Carnal. Full of fury and grief and desperation.
You donât see as she pries the knife out of the Sheriffâs neck and rehomes it.
First, into the Sheriffâs gut. Not once, not twice. Three, four, five, six times.
You don't hear the Sheriff scream. You don't hear the wet, bloodied sounds of Tara carving her way through the Sheriff's body, puncturing every span of unbroken piece of skin she can find.Â
You don't hear her sob as she does it.Â
Until the Sheriff is limp on the ground, eyes glassy, blood sprayed over the ceiling, over the floor, all over Tara.
Like Taraâs very own Jackson Pollock.
You cough. Gargle slightly on your own blood. Samâs screaming, you think.
You narrow your eyes, trying to make out her words.
Her eyes are on Tara.
You shift. Your hands are shaking. Your face white. You try, with all your might to listen to what sheâs saying.
âTara!â Sam screams. She abandons you a moment, and you gasp as the weight of her leaves you.
âTara, sheâs dead, stop.â
But itâs not Tara sheâs talking to.
You hear it again. Low, vengeful grunts as The Rage takes out all its anger on The Sheriffâs mutilated corpse.
âTara, YN needs you,â Sam says, her voice urgent, âTara, sheâs dying.â
You try to sit, but the stars behind your eyes take over.
You slump back into the floor.
Thereâs a flurry of movement.
Someoneâs reaching back across your body. You feel the press of someone against your thighs. You wince as a pair of hands reach over to press against your wound.
For a moment, you think itâs Sam. You can barely see, your vision is so dull. This person has dark hair and wide, brown eyes.
A smattering of freckles across her nose, under a thick coating of blood.
And you realize itâs your girlfriend.
âTara.â You murmur.
She ducks down, presses her lips against yours. Her press is firm, but you barely feel it.
âItâs okay, baby,â She says, smoothing your bloodied hair back across your forehead, but her voice is shaking. She looks scared, âI wonât let anything happen to you. Youâre going to be okay.â
She looks like an angel, you think, briefly, sheâs heaven-sent.
Even like this, a mesh of tears and blood that isnât hers.
Sheâs perfect.
She says something, but you donât hear it.
The lack of blood takes over. Your eyes flit as you try to fight it. But itâs no use.
The last thing you see is the tremble of her lip before a flurry of tears spill thick and fast down her cheeks and onto your own.
âYN,â She murmurs, voice high. Desperate, âBaby. Stay with me.â
And then everything turns white.Â
#all hers#scream#scream vi#jenna ortega#tara carpenter#tara carpenter x yn#tara carpenter x reader#tara carpenter x you#jenna ortega x yn#jenna ortega x you#jenna ortega x reader#fanfic#mine
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Second Son (XV) | Regulus Black
Series Synopsis: Forbidden from contacting Harry over the summer, you opt to explore the eerie halls of Grimmauld Place where you stumble upon a lonely portrait of the House's second son.
â Chapter Synopsis: Y/N remains in Reine. Letters arrive.
Part XIV / Part XVI / Series Masterlist
Pairing: Regulus Black x GN!Reader
Notes: Anders lore! I miss Regulus *cry*. Also...emphasis on the canon divergence warning :)
The sun peeked through the dainty window above the kitchen sink of Andersâ house, illuminating the small waves of dust that swirled through the air and bringing light warmth on your back. In front of you, Andersâ stern expression remained unflinching despite how brutally the sun shone onto his wrinkled face.Â
Behind you, you could hear Asger mumbling quietly to Luna about putting on the kettle. Clutched firmly in your lap, Regulusâ journal seemed to burn into your thighs, reinforcing your resolve. Overnight, you had practically sprouted a new spine of steel.Â
âWhatâs in it for me?â Andersâ gruff voice tore through the silence, and you could see how brightly his inner conflict flickered through his eyes.Â
Raising your head minutely, your flat voice rang through the air firmly, âWhat do you want?â Your deadpan masked how anxious you were about the conversation, not knowing where you would turn to if Anders denied you again.Â
Swinging forward in his seat to the creaking protest of his chair, he narrows his eyes into a glare, âThe research. What you found and will inevitably find.â His voice was hard and cold, leaving no room for negotiation.Â
Drawing your eyebrows together in confusion, your voice leaves as a small whisper, âYes?âÂ
âI want to publish it.âÂ
Your eyes slowly widen and you have to clench your jaw to stop your nose from flaring in irritation. He wanted to take credit for Regulusâ research.
You become increasingly aware of the way the sunlight claws at your back, prickling with a steaming fierceness that matches the sudden burning along your jaws as you bury your fury.Â
What would Regulus want?Â
Is this okay to do?Â
Is there any other choice?
Gritting your teeth, you hiss out your answer without even trying to hide your venomous tone, âFine.âÂ
Andersâ eyes flicker around your scowl for a few moments before he leans back and sighs, âGood,â He then grins almost mockingly at you before averting his attention somewhere behind you, âletâs eat, then.âÂ
You gulp loudly and try to steady your breathing, afraid that you would hex the man if you stewed further in your anger. There was no time to run rampant and squander your chances, even if the cost was highly unsavory.Â
You were doing this for Regulus, and he was worth it.Â
Breakfast, thankfully, went by quickly and without much trouble, even if the fish tasted like cotton pads in your distracted state. As Luna put down her fork with a muted clink, you were quick to snap back into reality.Â
Anders wipes his mouth with a cloth before throwing it down and hauling himself up with a small grunt. Asger simply observes his father with veiled interest, eyes following the older man as he shuffles over to place his plate in the sink. You straighten up in your seat and turn to face the older man, âDo you have books then? That I can read through.âÂ
Anders grunts before limping towards the front door, only stopping when silence ensues, âI donât have all day, kid.âÂ
Shooting a flat look at Asger and Luna, they both give you surprised half-smiles in return. Asger wordlessly reaches to collect the rest of the plates, ushering you to follow his temperamental father. As you tread behind the older man, intentionally taking half steps to remain behind him, you decide to try and lift your spirits by looking at the scenery.Â
Reine was just as breathtaking in the morning as it was at night. The vast blues of the water fluttered in small peaks ever so slightly, reminiscent of the much larger rocky peaks that lined the village around you. The bright snow blanketing the rocky mounds seemed to shimmer under the sunlight, pure and thick, and nostalgic of the winters at Hogwarts.Â
Youâre pulled from your thoughts by the sound of clinking chains, raising your eyebrows when you see Anders tugging away a mound of rusty chains from two wooden doors. The small building in front of you was a bit roomier than a shed and had two narrow windows pressed upwards on opposite walls: perfect for ventilation without compromising privacy.Â
As Anders steps to the side to let you move into the building, you hum quietly as you see a small wooden makeshift table pushed up against the back wall, nearly buried away under mountains of books that rested together like building blocks of a dilapidated building. It was a humble research study tucked away in the nook of the village.Â
âThese are all mine, so donât damage anything,â Anders croaks.Â
Raising an eyebrow, your eyes dart sideways in exasperation, âSure. Have you read through all of these?â You slowly shuffle deeper into the room, occasionally leaning to peer at the titles of some of the books.Â
âNo,â the short reply has your eye twitching.Â
As you clasp one of the thick books, cringing inwardly at the coat of dust that clings onto your fingers from the action, Anders trudges past you and drops himself onto one of the small stools in the corner.Â
âHere. This came at dawn, good thing too. The bloody owl would have confused the others.âÂ
Turning to face the man, your face lights up as you see him extending a small envelope towards you, the corner of the paper crumpled a bit from being stuffed away in his pocket. Nodding in thanks, you quickly grasp the parchment and tear through it.Â
To Padfootâs pup,
We understand. Stay safe. We wonât be heading out to school because of nightfall. We will not be at home, we are going hunting for the rest.Â
We miss you. Padfoot is upset with your sudden trip though.Â
Tell Luna we said hi.Â
Prongslet and coÂ
You werenât even sure if speaking in codes was necessary, but the crucial information that Harry just passed to you made you raise an eyebrow.Â
Hunting? For more horcruxes?
Sighing quietly at the revelation, you tuck away the letter into your pocket. As you shift to get comfortable, book in lap, you quietly amuse yourself by thinking of just all the trinkets you were keeping in your pockets.Â
You were practically a walking junk drawer.Â
As you flipped through the book, acutely aware of Andersâ lingering presence, you canât help but relieve your mental itch. Without raising your head to look at the man, you casually ask, âSo, how did you know Dumbledore?âÂ
The man merely grunts and you release a long breath, both entertained and intrigued. It didnât seem like Anders held some newfound affection for you, and you couldnât help but wonder why he gave in to your persistence earlier.Â
âYouâre a friendly lad.â You muse.
The man barely draws in a breath before retorting, âNosy kid, arenât you?â His tone lifted in the slightest, giving you the impression that his words were supposed to be a joke, even if it did sound like he was two seconds away from biting your head off.Â
Anders shifts and you hear a quiet rustling echo around the room, only drawing your attention away from the sea of words in front of you when Anders sighs loudly.Â
Squinting in confusion, you peer up to meet his expectant gaze, âYes?âÂ
âWhat do you know so far about magical essences?â
He leans one elbow on the desk, pencil hovering over a blank paper as you try and formulate a coherent sentence.Â
Resting your forearms on the book, you hum out a quiet answer, âJust that one is able to imbue it into objects and in certain cases, rooms.âÂ
âRooms?â Andersâ voice is edging disbelief.Â
Nodding slowly, you fiddle with the hem of your coat and reiterate your words, âRooms. He was also able to key it to only be accessible by certain individuals,â you smile lightly as your eyes wander off, âI was able to find the room though, even though it wasnât meant for me.âÂ
âSounds like he was an amateur then.âÂ
Andersâ words have you snapping your head towards him with a venomous glare, eyes only growing stonier at his small grin.Â
âYou donât know anything about him.â You cluck your tongue, âBesides, I was able to access it because my magical signature was extremely similar to the intended individualsâ.â
The man considers your words for a moment before replying, âYou love him.â Andersâ words come out as more of a declaration than a question, and you find yourself immediately growing defensive despite how you tried to rein in your emotions.Â
You snap at him, âSo what if I do?âÂ
The man raises a hand to placate you, directing his attention to writing down your previous words, âNothing. JustâŠâ His words trail off and you take it as a sign of him retreating back into his shell, his burst of chattiness receding just as quickly as it appeared.Â
You both work in relative silence for the next few hours, and by the time youâre fully aware of the aching in your back and the dryness of your eyes, you still havenât found anything of use or promise in your book.Â
It is around midday when Anders stretches up from his stool, âLetâs go eat.âÂ
Feeling the faint aching of your stomach, you donât argue as you slowly mark your place in the book and follow the manâs lead. The walk back to his house is filled with a comfortable silence for a while until you come to an epiphany, âWait. Thereâs already a book about magical essences, so why would you need to publish what I know?.âÂ
âThe Norwegian one?âÂ
Balking at his words, you raise your eyebrows as you reply, âUh, yeah.âÂ
Anders quietly snorts and shakes his head, âDid you actually read through it?âÂ
âOnly partially. My life doesnât exactly allow for downtime.â Which was the truth, even though Regulus helped you find the book during Yule, you barely even made a dent in the reading as you became distracted by horcruxes and school work.Â
âEvidently,â Anders muses, âmost of the information is purely theoretical. Your friend is likely the only person to ever succeed in casting such magic.âÂ
You smile slightly at his words, âThat doesnât surprise me at all. He was truly brilliant.âÂ
âSeems so.âÂ
The next few days stretch by in a similar manner: beautiful casts of weather, small conversations with Luna and Asger, hours of skimming through books, riposting with Anders, and occasional daydreams about Regulus.Â
It was around a week after your arrival in Reine when you felt a shift in your dynamic with Anders, the older man slowly growing more comfortable with your presence.Â
âLondon. 1930.â You slowly raise your head up to look at the man, but remain quiet once you see the faraway look in his eyes, âDumbledore found me and offered me a place at Hogwarts â thatâs how I know him.âÂ
Closing your book, you heave yourself up from off the floor, slowly pulling out a stool opposite of him, âWhat house were you in?âÂ
âRavenclaw,â Anders pauses and meets your eyes evenly, âI was a model student in his eyes, so he asked for my help. I was an orphan, and there was a boy in my orphanage who was also a magical child. He was a wayward, deceitful boy, even at such a young age. Dumbledore saw something in him when he came to offer him a place at Hogwarts a few years later.âÂ
The story was sounding eerily familiar, and you suppress a shiver as your shoulders tensed, âVoldemort?âÂ
Anders smiles thinly â bitterly, and nods, âI knew him as Tom Riddle,â the manâs wrinkles seem more prominent than before the conversation started, âDumbledore asked me to guide him onto a moreâŠconventional path. But he was just a kid, so IâŠâÂ
You nod and twist your ring around as you put the pieces together in your head, âYou underestimated him.âÂ
âI let my guard down, and he was able to siphon information from me about Dumbledoreâs intentions.â Anders looks completely worn for wear at the admission, and you feel a pang of pity pool in your stomach.Â
Shaking your head, you steel your gaze in resolution, âYou were just a kid as well. Itâs not your fault.âÂ
âDumbledore said the same thing,â the man murmurs. He sighs and runs his eyes around the ceiling, collecting himself, âBut I couldnât forgive myself. So I left, and fled here with Asger before the outbreak of the First War.â Â
You had an inkling that there was large chunk of the story being omitted, but decided not to press him on your suspicions, instead adding your own piece to the conversation, âHe is adept at beguiling people, there were very few who saw through him, and those who did often met an untimely demise.âÂ
Anders finally meets your eyes and nods, âSpeaking from personal experience?âÂ
Your eyes drop down to your shoes at his question, unsure of how to proceed with the conversation. Deciding that you didnât trust your voice to waver, you simply reach into your coat and tug out the picture that Sirius gave you.Â
As Andersâ eyes scan the photo of Regulus, you see something flash in his eyes.Â
âYour boy? The portrait?âÂ
You nod and slowly take the photo back, eyes running over Regulusâ face as you fall into old memories. In your stupor, you fail to notice the way Anders assesses you with a contemplative expression.Â
The conversation seemed to flip a switch in Anders mind, and he slowly began to regard you with more consideration. The sudden shift in your relationship with the older man was a bit bewildering, but not unwelcome. If anything, you felt a slow foundation of understanding and companionship building with him, much to Asgerâs delight.Â
Luna was often kept occupied with exploring and conversations with Asger, the boy becoming enraptured by her sightly abilities and enigmatic words. It was strangely starting to feel like an unusual family.Â
It was a little over a month after you showed Anders the photo of Regulus when you received another owl, this one all too familiar. The bird arrived at the break of dawn while you were making yourself some tea, the bird perching itself on a nearby post outside of Andersâ window.Â
As you hurriedly made your way out, you were mindful to not make too much noise, not sure how you would explain the birdâs arrival to your neighbors.Â
âHey there, girl. How are you?â Your voice was light as you slowly carded your fingers through the owlâs feathers, smiling brightly when she hooted and nudged her head into your fingers. After a few more pets, the tawny owl flies off into the distance, leaving you with a thick envelope.Â
Your tea was ready by the time you got comfortable reading the letter, leaning against the kitchen counter as you tore open the envelope.Â
Dear runaway friend of mine,Â
Our ward is faring well in light of things, and Theo and I have taken to making sure he eats. The Golden Lions are noticeably absent just like you said. The Carrows have taken up posts as Professor of Muggle Studies and Professor of Dark Arts. Detentions are abysmal as a result, the practice of a certain unforgivable has become the norm.Â
Our lovely ex-Potions professor is now Headmaster. I must say that I have it quite easy compared to many other students, and I am not too worried about my mail being intercepted, but if you wish to owl back, it would be wise to practice caution.Â
Mother has passed along a note as well, enclosed to you. Rest assured, I did not peek as I know you would disembowel me for such a violation.Â
Theodore says hello. He is considering your words from before, and he seems to align himself with your sentiments. Such information should remain discreet given his kin, but I trust your decision-making.Â
Draco also passed along a note for me to give you.Â
I hope you are well. It would be best if you stay far away for as long as you can, he is coming soon.Â
Your friend always,Â
B
You are fairly unperturbed by Blaiseâs words, having expected Voldemort to move his forces into Hogwarts, but you didnât quite anticipate the regular use of Unforgivables against students. Voldemort was utterly, and irredeemably insane.Â
Folding up the parchment and tucking it aside, you reach inside the envelope and pull out another letter, this one coated with a faint sweet scent, likely spritzed with perfume.Â
Dear Y/N,Â
I hope this letter reaches you well. There is talk that a certain group of teenage vigilantes and a certain disgraced Lord have fled elsewhere and are on the run. I will put it bluntly as I have charmed this letter to only appear for you: if you are able to get in contact with them, and they are in need of assistance, I am willing to give them refuge.Â
I am not one for politics, but the disillusioned individuals that run amuck in our sphere are a disgrace to magic and make British wizards unsightly to the rest of the globe. As someone who chose to live here, I simply cannot have such a reputation besmirch my name.Â
I have recently been in talks with Lady Malfoy, who shares such sentiments. We are neutral, and like you, are intent on putting our personal interests first. Offering refuge is not a decision I am making due to a change of heart â there is much to be gained if such a gamble pays off.Â
I hope you are well, dear.Â
Faithfully,Â
Contessa Jezebel ZabiniÂ
You slowly sip your tea as you scan over the words again, eyebrows gradually raising higher and higher at the offer. It was an auspicious offer to consider, but you werenât sure if Harry would put his trust in the Contessa.Â
It was unlikely that the woman would turn your friends over to Voldemort as she had very little to gain from it, especially given how such a decision would put Blaise on the Dark Lordâs radar. Her insinuation that foreign countries were looking down on Britain seemed entirely plausible, and her ties to Italy would make such a prospect risky for her image.Â
You would send a message to Harry and extend the invite, but it was reassuring to know that the Contessa was willing to risk such a thing because you were friends with Blaise.Â
Placing the letter on top of Blaiseâs, you slowly reach into the now, much slimmer envelope, and pull out a small parchment.Â
Iâm sorry about your portrait.
- DÂ Â
You nearly choke on your tea at the short note, sputtering a tad into your cup.Â
It seemed the little dragon was turning a new leaf.Â
Dracoâs terse letter gave you the confidence boost you needed to go forward with messaging Harry. It was very likely that Draco and his mother were put off by the Dark Lordâs regime due to Dracoâs previous mission. Reluctant allies, but allies nonetheless.
Folding up all of your letters, you quickly tuck them away into your pocket with Regulusâ photo. Reaching for your wand, you slowly push off of the counter and bring forth your happiest memories.Â
Regulus. Regulus. Regulus.Â
âIâll find you again, my love.âÂ
â...my love.âÂ
â...my love.âÂ
Inhaling sharply, you wave your wand.Â
âExpecto Patronum.â
The burst of blue light that springs from your wand is nostalgic, and you realize that the last time you casted your patronus, you were rudely interrupted by an exploding wall. Your sparrow patronus swoops around the room briskly before stopping in front of you, flapping its wings rhythmically.Â
Twirling your wand upward again, you cast the messenger spell, âNuntius Harry Potter.âÂ
Your sparrow is engulfed in pale blue wisps that beats as it awaits your words.Â
Stepping forward, you clear your throat and try to remain succinct, âHarry, Contessa Zabini is offering you and the others refuge. She is aware of your current predicament and reached out to me. She is trustworthy, and I recently had a chat with her â she is disconcerted by the state of the world and puts her faith in you. If you are willing, send Kreacher to Zabini Manor to inform her. Stay safe.âÂ
Those werenât her exact words, but your friends were smart enough to deduce that Contessa Zabini had a lot to gain from helping them. As your patronus flies out of the house and off into the sky, you allow yourself to release the tension that was clutching at your spine.Â
Spinning on your heel, you nearly jump out of your skin when you come face to face with a curious Anders. The man moved away from the doorway and trudged towards the table, making himself comfortable before redirecting his attention to your still figure.Â
âLater, we are going to go hiking.â His words left no room for argument, but you didnât mind since you were thrilled to explore the environment.Â
Turning to pour a cup of tea for the man, you canât help the sarcastic reply that rises in your throat, âHiking? Sure you can handle it?âÂ
Anders gives you the stink eye as you place the cup in front of him, grunting a retort into his tea, âIâll have you know that I happen to be a professional hiker.âÂ
âWhoâs a professional hiker?â Asgerâs tired voice floats into the room as he yawns loudly, bringing a calloused hand to rub at his bleary eyes.Â
Shaking your head, you incline your head towards Anders, watching as both men share a look, one of bemusement and the other a deadpan. You were saved from their antics when Luna emerged into the room, immediately making her way to give you a hug in greeting. As you wrap your arms around the slender girl, you couldnât help but become flushed with a wave of affection as you remembered her comforting words to you during the night of your arrival. You truly were grateful to have her by your side during all of this, and your thoughts spur you to give her a firm squeeze.Â
She didnât seem to mind.Â
The hike up one of the neighboring granite peaks was not as tiring as you anticipated, the coolness of the snow permeating across the entire path and quelling the warmth that bloomed from your straining muscles.Â
Anders was keeping up quite well, and you took the initiative to walk beside him, letting Asger and Luna drift on ahead. The sun was beginning to slink away, painting the sky in gradients of pinks and purples, the first glittering of stars peaking through the layers of colors.Â
The bundles of red and white houses of the village were slowly shrinking in the distance, creating accent splotches that complemented the sky.Â
âI can see why you chose Reine. This place is absolutely breathtaking.â Your words come out as a satisfied hum, and you peek out of the corner of your eye to see Anders nodding in agreement.Â
The faintest traces of a smile tug at his lips as he replied, âJust kept moving around until my heart settled on a place.âÂ
âA little cliche, but endearing coming from you.â You tuck your hands into your coat pocket, clenching your hands to try and keep the blood circulating.Â
Anders doesnât speak for a while, but when Luna and Asger look back to indicate that they were planning on trailing back down, the man turns his attention back to you. As the two slowly trek away, you continue on clambering upward towards the peak, Anders grumbling all the way up behind you.Â
The manâs gruff voice breaks through the air as you reach your destination, âitâll be hell getting back down in the dark.âÂ
âI can apparate us back to the house.âÂ
As the sun sweeps away and darkness begins to creep into the etchings of the sky, you pull out Regulusâ photo and hug it to your chest. You can feel Anders looking over at your ministrations, but looks reluctant to speak up, so you take the first step, âIt makes me feel like heâs here with me. I used to take him everywhere with me, and I donât want to stop that habit, even if heâs gone.âÂ
Andersâ eyes seem to soften and he turns to face the distance, eyes focusing on the vast waters that stretched on for miles ahead.Â
âI do the same.âÂ
You tilt your head at his admission, moving to sit on a flat rock nearby. The man follows suit and sits on the rock beside you, hands rustling around in his thick puffer coat.Â
In a similar fashion to you, he tugs out a folded photo. The photograph is visibly older and more worn than yours, the crease especially prominent from constant unfolding and refolding. The man slowly offers you the photo, eyes never moving away from the distance.Â
As you peer down at the small image, you feel your chest ache at the sight.Â
A young couple and a small baby. The man had his arm wrapped around the woman as she positioned the child so its face was visible to the camera, both of them beaming at you with joyful faces.Â
Anders. It was clear that the young man was Anders, but with fewer wrinkles and an uncharacteristic grin that stretched widely across his face.Â
But who was the woman?
âMy wife, Anne. This place was her home.â You donât think you could have masked your shock even if you tried, but he doesnât seem to notice and continues talking, âShe was killed by Voldemort a few weeks after we took that photo.âÂ
Your mouth goes incredibly dry at the utterance, eyes flickering back and forth between the solemn man and the delicate photo in your hands.Â
Andersâ words remain firm as he speaks, seeming to be emboldened by your previous indulgence about Regulus, âTomâŠhe sought me out specifically. He felt that he needed to erase his past, and I think he felt that I failed him in a way. Anne was a formidable witch, but even she was no match for that monster,â he sucks in a sharp breath before continuing, âAlbus helped me flee afterwards, with the condition that I treat him to a meal once I was settled. So, I chose Reine. For Anne. And then I changed my name and Asgerâs name to protect us.âÂ
âIâm sorry,â you whispered. You raise your eyes to look ahead, head spinning from the bombardment of news. Voldemortâs talent for bringing pain and suffering stretched far and wide.Â
âNo need, itâs not your fault,â Anders whispers.Â
Clearing your throat, you run your finger across the photo and memorize each crease and fold as you respond, âRegulus died trying to stop Voldemort. He was a death eater at first, but defected only a year after. I thinkâŠI think heâs an inferi now.âÂ
Anders turns to face you at this admittance, lips parting slightly in shock. âAn inferi?â He mutters.Â
You nod and slowly pass the photo back to Anders, tucking away your own photo as you try and compose yourself.Â
A few beats of silent pass, and you begin to feel as though you divulged too much information to the man.Â
âThere is a ritual that I think you might find useful,â Anders pauses as you glance at him in interest, âItâs an ancient one that was often used to ensure the passing of loved ones to the land of the dead.âÂ
The news has you craning your head to gawk at him, âLike a soul tracking ritual?âÂ
âYes, I suppose.â He raises an eyebrow at you, âThere is very little known about inferis, but I always theorized that they were not truly dead, so perhapsâŠ.âÂ
Your eyes widen at the suggestion and you shoot up onto your feet in realization, âWhen I was in the cave, there were numerous magical signatures bouncing around! I think you might be right.âÂ
Anders murmurs quietly next to you, âCave?â
Thank Merlin for your sensitivity to magical signatures.Â
If Inferis were not truly deadâŠdid that mean that they were all trapped in those mangled bodies? Souls tied down to a gaunt shell of who they used to be?Â
Regulus has been trapped all this time.Â
âFuck. Letâs do this ritual.âÂ
Anders lets out a small chuckle at your conviction, standing up to give you a firm nod, âWe start at dawn.â
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Forbidden Fruit - Part XV
Part I
The insane thing about this night was not only that Laios spoke nothing but the truth - he did end up taking care of Chilchuck in more ways than either of them had planned for or were even aware of - it was that Chilchuck not only allowed it but felt it. He did feel taken care of by Laios in ways he never would have been able to anticipate.
Yes, there was that faraway hissing at the very back of his mind and the distant prickling sensation along neck. But at that moment Chilchuck had no idea why he ever paid attention to them if they had kept him away from this: Laios braced above him, sweaty and glowing, rocking into him with lazy, unhurried motions. His heat radiating, comforting, all encompassing, around and inside Chilchuck.
"Want to make you come again, Chil. Felt so good the first time. Will you? Will you come for me again?" It was a low rumble, a dangerous blend of greed and devotion, as Laios slowly picked up his pace. "Just want to make you feel good. Gonna make you feel so good again..."
Had Chilchuck been able to process the full extent of what was happening the intense ferocity with which Laios began to chase his goal might have either scared him or left him dizzyingly aroused. Probably both. As it were he still had his eyes closed and his mouth stuffed, having blissfully given himself to Laios' care. Because it felt right. And because he was so very tired of pretending it did not.
Laios fucked him good, speeding up to fill him over and over again. By now his body had gotten used to the invasion and took that impressive length with something akin to ease, leaving Chilchuck moaning with nothing but pleasure each time he was stuffed. His head was spinning, his surroundings dissolving until everything left was Laios above and around and inside him. It felt right, perfectly endless.
Until Laios shifted again, pulling his thick thumb out from between Chilchuck's lips to grab the backs of his knees with both hands and push them up.
Chilchuck yelped an embarrassing noise, his eyes flying open as he was folded in half, knees hitting his shoulders as Laios pressed him down with considerable strength and weight, trapping him entirely. At the same time he used the give of the mattress to bounce Chilchuck back up onto his cock with each deep thrust, giving their movements momentum as he picked up even more speed.
"Laios!", Chilchuck cried out, warning or protesting or begging, he had no idea. He only knew that with the change in angle and position and the way Laios was staring down at him as if he were waiting for Chilchuck to accomplish some amazing feat, the thundering wave of his second orgasm was fast approaching.
He wanted to say something, tell Laios to keep going, maybe, but he was choking on his own cries. Being bounced up into Laios' greedy thrusts, wrenching a hand between their bodies to give himself two or three tight strokes, Chilchuck came a second time, shouting curses in a language his lover would not understand.
Laios fucked him through it, steady and dependable as he made sure Chilchuck enjoyed his peak to the very last second. It was only when Chilchuck stopped shivering and twitching that he began to slow, easing Chilchuck's legs down. When he moved to pull out though, satisfied as he seemed, Chilchuck slapped his clean hand up against a thick bicep. His head was still swimming with perfect bliss but this was just wrong.
"No!", he huffed out, breathless but determined. This was not the end, not yet. "Go on, finish inside. I can take it."
Golden eyes stared down at him, hesitant but barely.
"Are you ... sure? I won't hurt you?"
"I'm sure. Now do it before I change my mind."
Never let it be said Chilchuck Tims was a selfish bastard in bed. Anywhere else, gladly. Not with this, though. Especially not tonight after Laios had done so well for him.
Above him Laios grinned, wide and wild, then moved them around again. He sat back on his knees, pulling Chilchuck with him to lie in his lap and sprawled back along his thighs. His back was bowed like this, body on full display with his legs wrapped around Laios' waist.
"Is this alright?", Laios asked, body tense as he still held back, waiting patiently for approval. Chilchuck gave it with pleasure.
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Part XVI
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Sheâs a Fire-Chapter XV
Bradley âRoosterâ Bradshaw x OFC/Reader (no use of y/n)
Hotter than Hell
(previous chapter here, next chapter here)
Warnings: mutual masturbation, pretending to be into your BFF to tease your menâŠso queerbaiting I guess? Sending dirty pictures, unintentional orgasm denial, etc.
Three days pass in radio silence and itâs killing you. Sunny does her best to keep you distracted but she works 12-hour shifts with virtually no phone access.
10 PM on Thursday, you finally get a text.
Bradley: Hey, sweetheart. Sorry to text instead of call, but Iâm sharing a room with Bobby and itâs lights out, so weâre both stuck in here. Howâre you?
You laugh, knowing what heâs hintingâŠPlease donât turn me on right now.
Rowan: Itâs okay, I understand. Iâll send you my dirty pictures next time. Iâm good, just missing you. How are you?
Bradley: Canât fucking wait. I havenât gotten off since we left. Theyâve been running us ragged. Iâm so tired. Bob doesnât cuddle like you. Heâs all âGet off meâŠâ Why are you hard?â
Rowan: LOL, why do I feel like youâre not kidding though?
Bradley: âŠ
Bradley: Kidding. Seriously, Sunny would kill me if I touched Bob (and didnât let her watch).
Rowan: WowâŠsame though.
Bradley: Oh yeah?
Rowan: Definitely. Iâd be ticked if I missed you getting dicked down by Bob. đ
Bradley: No, itâd be the other way around. Iâd be doing the dicking-downing or whatever.
Rowan: Not a chance. đ
Bradley: Wow.
Bradley: Damn it, times up. Hopefully, it wonât be too long before we talk again. Love you, see you soon.
Rowan: I love you too, get some sleep.đ
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Even though Bradley keeps a tidy home, you spend Saturday doing a deep clean. You find some photo albums in the attic when you bring a box of your things up, not sure yet if you want to donate it yet or not.
Tears fill your eyes as you flip through the photos. Thereâs one of Carole holding teeny-tiny Bradley in the hospital, tired but glowing. The next one has the tears spilling overâNickâs holding him, terrified but excited. You laugh at the one of Bradley on his first birthday, frosting all over his face and curly hair, grinning at the camera.
Your smile falls a few pages later when you see Bradley alone in front of his dadâs coffin, saluting. You turn the page, a wave of nausea hitting you imaging your own child in the same position. The next photo is at least a year or two later and you swallow your sob, knowing Carole was probably so devastated and overwhelmed trying to take care of herself and Bradley that capturing memories with pictures wasnât even a thought in her mind.
You decide thatâs enough for now and put everything back where it was and head back downstairs to finish cleaning.
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Sunny picks you up on Sunday for brunch and wedding discussions. She and Bob picked a date next fall back in Minnesota when the leaves should be at their peak color.
Sunny snorts as you show her your conversation from the other night with Bradley about her and Bob. âAgreed. Bradley would definitely be the one bottoming.â
After eating and a few drinks, you both decide to shop off your slight buzz (in truth, neither of you wants to go back to an empty house).
âOoo, letâs stop here, I want to pick something pretty up for under my bridesmaid dress for Jake and Natâs wedding,â Sunny says, opening the door to a fancy lingerie boutique.
You laugh, but follow her in. Never shouldâve let Sunny have that second tequila sunrise.
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Maybe shopping wasnât a good idea, you think as Sunny tosses items at you to try on.
There are only two fitting rooms and one is occupied so you share the vacant one as itâs roomy enough for two, and the girl at the counter barely looked up from her phone when you walked in.
Itâs pretty in the dressing room; walls painted a dark burgundy, accented with a baroque chair and flattering lighting.
âYou know what would be fun? To send the boys some sexy pictures of us together in here. Iâll put this little robe on for the ones we sent to Bradley and you can for the ones I send to BobâŠ?â Sunny asks in a whisper, checking her reflection in the mirror.
Apparently, tequila does more to Sunny than make her clothes fall off. ButâŠitâs not a bad idea. Bradley would lose his mind.
âI like the way you thinkâ you whisper back with a wink.
Sunny wears white, while youâre in black
You take a few photos of her alone; your favorite is her kneeling, eyes closed and your manicured thumb is pressing on her bottom lip. She then does the same for you.
âGo bend over that chair, arch your back, look over your shoulder at meâŠ.yeah like that, bite your lip now. Perfect! Bradley is going to die. Look at that butt!â She whispers excitedly, showing you what she snapped.
Next, you set your phone on the shelf and hit the timer for the ones of you together.
You put on your robe and then start behind her, one hand on her lower stomach, the other skimming her cleavage, eyes half-lidded on each other. You step around to her side, hands still on her body as you press your lips to her neck. A few more positions and then you switch; you drop your robe as she dons hers.
You start off the same way, her hands skimming over your body, she takes it a hair further and puts her fingertips in the tops of the lacy underwear, âHey, buy my dinner first.â She snorts, causing you to laugh.
You take a few more, lips almost brushing in a near kiss before turning to her side and rotating you around, so your ass is to the camera. You bite your lip to not laugh as she squeezes a handful of your ass. âIâm straight but your ass is making me question things.â She whispers before delivering a hard open hand smack to your cheek.
âJesus, Sun,â you whisper, trying not to laugh too loud, âYouâre gonna get us kicked out!â
âNah weâre fine. Wait, donât move. Iâm gonna take a picture of my handprint.â
You canât help but laugh, and let her, knowing Bradley will like it.
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You both end up buying what you had on for your impromptu photo shoot and a few things more. The girl at the counter didnât comment on the fact that you were both in the same fitting room for 45 minutes; you werenât sure she even noticed.
You two sit in the car and go through the pics, giggling as you send them to her.
âIâm not sure I should even send theseâŠâ Sunny laughs as she pulls out of the parking lot.
âWhat?! Why not? It was your idea!â
âIâm kidding. Iâm so sending them. I may regret it though when I canât walk the day after Bob gets home.â
You laugh. âSame.â
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Later, you smile as you hit send, hoping you donât have to wait too long before you can talk again.
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âYour 2 hours start now!â Cyclone yells.
Bradley heads to the common room, giving Bob privacy in their bunk room for the first hour. His phone is vibrating nonstop, incoming messages all coming in at once as it powers on.
Sitting on a chair, he pulls out his phone and scans the roomânearly empty save for a few others scattered around.
Rowan: Dirty pictures as requested, featuring a special guest.
What theâŠoh my fucking God, Rowan, he thinks as he clicks on the first picture of you, his cock hardening in an instant.
He slowly flips through them, looking you over in pretty lingerie, nearly swallowing his tongue as he sees one of you bent over the chair, looking at him so innocently over your shoulder, worrying your lip between your teeth.
He discreetly adjusts (palms) himself as he finds the first one with your âspecial guestâ.
Itâs his oldest friend clad in a silky robe. Sunnyâs a beautiful woman, but heâs never been attracted to her.
There is definitely something attractive about the way sheâs touching you though, skimming her fingers over your breasts. Holy shit, her fingers are almost in your panties.
He groans at the next one but covers it (poorly) with a cough. Sunnyâs got a handful of your perfect ass. Youâre looking at each otherâs lips like youâre about to kiss.
His cock twitches and precum leaks as he swipes to the final one. A close-up of Sunny Girlâs handprint on your butt, the red a stark contrast to the pale skin.
40 minutes later he realizes he couldâve been talking to you this whole time.
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You reach for your phone as a text comes through.
Bradley: Your pictures had me so distracted I forgot I could text you for the last 40 minutes.
You laugh as you type a response.
Rowan: Sorry?
Bradley: Donât be. You are the most breathtakingly beautiful, sexy, gorgeous, hot, woman Iâve ever seen.
Bradley: Sorry, that wasnât even remotely smooth, lol. I donât even know what to say. All the blood from my head is in my dick, which is gonna fall off soon if I donât get to jerk off.
Rowan: Lol, thank you. Youâre always smooth. đWait, you still havenât been able to? Itâs been almost a week.
Bradley: No. Shared bunk rooms, shared showers, shared fucking everything. Thereâs always someone around. We have phones until 9 so Bobâs in there now, weâre gonna switch at 8.
Rowan: 11 minutes and youâll be able to. Iâll even let you watch me.
Bradley: I canât fucking wait. Is the vibrator charged? I want to see you use it.
Rowan: Yep, charged it after I used it last night.
Bradley: Oh, donât even say that. Iâm gonna end up jizzing in my pants.
Rowan: Again? đŹ
Bradley: Ha. Ha. So fucking funny. đ
Rowan: I thought so. âșïž
Bradley: Iâm heading back, Iâll call you in a few.
Rowan: Canât wait.
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A red-faced Bob is coming out just as Bradley approaches the door.
âSunny send you pictures too I take it?â Bradley asks.
âYeah. Never thought Iâd be okay seeing someone else touch her butâŠJesus Christ,â Bob says, running his fingers through his hair. Bradleyâs never seen him flustered like this.
âYeah, I hear ya,â Bradley says, slapping him on the shoulder as he walks into their room, locking the door behind him.
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You answer on the first ring, grinning when you see his handsome face and bare chest.
âPoor Bob looked like he was put through the wringerâ is the first thing Bradley says, smiling when he sees you.
âHey, it was Sunnyâs ideaâŠafter we had tequila sunrises with brunchâ you laugh, âI wore a robe for the ones she sent to him, just like one she woreâ you assure him.
âEh, I wasnât worried. We share everything else nowadays.â He jokes, winking at you.
âOh yeah, Sunny and I talked about it and she agrees, by the way. Youâd definitely bottom if you two were to get together.â
He scoffs, offended. âWhatever.â
âSorry babe, you just give off that submissive vibeâ you tease.
âIâll show you submissive.â He says, changing his tune, âGet naked. Now.â
âYes sir,â you reply sarcastically but oblige.
You set your phone on the nightstand and strip quickly before flipping back on the bed.
âGood girl,â he says lowly, and a shiver crawls up your spine. âNow tease those pretty nipples for me. Yeah, like that. Pinch âem tooâŠgood.â He tells you, his voice rough. You can hear heâs starting to touch himself too.
âI wanna see all of you, baby, please?â You ask, still playing with your nipples.
âYeah, hang on,â he says, setting this phone above him so you can see more of his stomach and his hand stroking his erection.
You sigh as you watch him. Out of all the things youâve done together, this is the first time youâve watched each other masturbate.
âYour body is incredible Bradley,â you say, fingers now circling your clit. You pick up the vibrator from the nightstand, turn it on, and replace your fingers with it. âGod, just look at you.â
He groans, hating and loving your words. Heâs so worked up from not cumming in a week, especially after getting off at least twice daily in the 10 days before deploying.
âRow, fuck, Iâm sorry but Iâm close already. I want you to get there first. Can you do that?â He pants, cheeks ruddy as he fists himself.
âYeah, Iâll try,â you say, pushing two fingers in and pushing the vibrator setting higher. âI canât wait to have you inside me,â you whine, curling your fingers and finding your G-spot.
âIâm almost there-almostâŠI-IâŠâ you canât finish your sentence as your orgasm hits you, whimpering as you do. It feels so good but itâs not the same without him here.
You notice heâs quiet you catch your breath, not yet able to open your eyes. âBradley, did you cum?â
No response. You open your eyes and your phone is black. You pick it up and turn the screen on.
The call was disconnected.
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âRow? Can you hear me?â Bradley pants, so so so close as the screen going black.
âAre you still there? Fuck!â He growls, picking up his phone to call you back. But itâs no use. âNo serviceâ is all that comes up when he tries.
He hears frustrated voices in the hall, so heâs not the only one affected. He looks down at his throbbing erection and sighs before pulling his pants back on, hoping to find out whatâs going on so he can call you back.
Bob is about to knock as he opens the door.
âSomething was detected on sonar, so they cut the phones early. I got a text out to Sun before mine went, Iâm sure sheâll let Row know.â
âThanks, manâ, he says flopping back on his bunk, reciting the flight manual in his head to get his cock back under control.
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A/N: I hope the queerbaiting doesnât offend anyoneâif you read Sunnyâs story, youâll see that she (like Rowan) gets off on teasing her man and loves turning him on at inappropriate times (can you tell I like it too?) I am pro-LGBTQI.
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