#Pulls the kid into a hug and Billy learns that this is his first hug in years

[cerealboxlore]

How long has it been since Billy Batson had a hug?

This kid has been a superhero, fighting against horrors beyond the minds of humanity and far from home in the abysmal depths of space and hell, for so long. He has not only the courage of Achilles, but the courage of Billy Batson, a kid who is constantly sacrificing his childhood to save the lives of others who will never know him.

He endures so much pain, all physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual, because he chose to do good with the powers he was granted by someone who died in front of him, their last wish to see the Champion of Magic rise again to save the world. And he does save the world, but he doesn't save himself.

Billy won't hesitate to save someone, to help them whenever he can, and do whatever he can, and that's what makes him pure of heart. He is a pure soul in a world that forgets he exists when he is not someone else.

I just need Billy Batson to be loved and cared for. He's so precious and in need of someone to tell him, "it's going to be okay". He needs someone to give him a hug, and he needs to learn that it's okay to want to feel safe.

As Captain Marvel he's given all this praise and glory for being a superhero, but as Billy Batson, he is the hero no one knows or thanks. A child abandoned by the village who burns himself to keep them warm.

I'm in a mood rn, haha

[roboenthuser]

Hello! I was wondering if I could request some fluffy relationship headcanons of Billy Kid with a shy GN reader please?

YEAHH! I gotcha anon, thanks for the request🫂

(ZZZ) Billy kid x shy GN! Reader

‼️This is going purely off the few character trailers and gameplay clips there are for Billy so I may not get everything right!‼️

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•Billy would love to show off to a shy s/o any chance he gets! He thinks it makes him look cooler to you (he ends up forgetting to reload and jumps into fights without ammo, or misses all his shots because he’s too busy looking at you LMAO)

•LOVES to show you off (much to your dismay) in more of a “Look at my s/o! Aren’t they so pretty/handsome!” Way. Definitely tries to build up your confidence a bit but he won’t force it

•Date nights with him would probably consist mostly of cuddling up on the couch/bed, binging shows (mostly starlight knight) at each others homes or going to eat in a secluded part of the city.

•Billy is DEFINITELY going to struggle picking up on behavioral cues from you, he may not be able to tell straight away when something’s wrong so communication is extremely important for him! You’d have to speak up about any issues you have with him or he’s gonna be clueless until it hits him in the face.

•As for physical affection, he LOVES holding you/having some sort of physical contact with you most of the time. Whether it’s a hug, hand holding, cuddling, as long as he’s close to you he’s content. He’s a bit down about his lack of lips in a relationship which means he can’t really kiss you, but alternatively he’ll (gently) touch the lower part of his faceplate/visor to your skin in his own little form of kissing<3

•If you’re not comfortable with PDA that’s okay!!! He respects that, but every once in a while he’ll lightly brush his hand against yours when no one’s looking

•THE TEASING!! He will tease you a bit for your shyness (playfully ofc) if he ever goes too far with his teasing he’s quick to apologize and bring you your favorite snacks/drink :)

•Most likely introduces you to Nicole and Anby, although he probably doesn’t want you too involved in his line of work he would like it if his two best friends met his s/o, he’d be especially happy if you ended up befriending them!

•If you ask nicely he’ll let you borrow his jacket, only for a little while though 💔

•I feel like nicknames would be a big thing for him too, Both for you and himself! His names for you would be cutie, handsome/beautiful, sweetheart, and baby, whereas for himself he would refer to himself as your “Starlight knight”

•Tries to be a gentleman (fails)

Pulling your chair out for you? Whoops he pulled it too far and you fell on the floor.

Need help carrying something? He fumbles and drops it.

He tries!! Doesn’t always succeed but he definitely tries his best!

•Overall a great partner with a shy s/o, he’s definitely not perfect but he’ll learn! You’ll have to help him out but he gets the hang of how to adapt to your shyness eventually❤️

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RAHH!! Hope that was alright for a first HC post, once again thanks for the request anon! Reminder to everyone my request listing and rules are still open, I’ll try to get to everyone’s requests asap! Hope everyone has a lovely day/night!🫶

[37-children-of-the-dreams]

If Lighter’s Past Was Revealed To The Rest Of The Sons Of Calydon and Billy

So Lighter’s entire problem with his past is that he’s afraid of what the rest of the Sons of Calydon will think of him when they learn about his past, but with everything that they will go through, I think down the road, someone will reveal Lighter’s past.

So imagine Lighter being horrified that someone revealed to Caesar, Lucy and her boars, Burnice, and Piper that Lighter has a dark past and that they should abandon him because he’s not a good person. And imagine it happening in Blazewood in front of everyone who lives there.

It’s the scenario that he has nightmares about and it’s now happening in real life. The girls are screaming at the person that they’re wrong and that Lighter deserves his title as their Champion, but Lighter doesn’t hear those words. His mind is telling him to run because it’s over for him.

“They finally found out.”

So Lighter runs. Runs faster than he ever did in his life. He doesn’t hear the girls screaming and begging him to come back, nor does he hear Big Daddy yelling at him to stop. Kasa and the rest of Blazewood watch in horror as Lighter speeds off in his motorcycle to who knows where.

The Champion they all love and care about has left. They place the perpetrator in jail and start frantically searching for Lighter. They don’t care about his past as a former underground fighter nor what he had to do to survive, they know Lighter as a good man and a loyal Champion. They know Lighter as someone who would never hurt his family and friends and protect them from all their enemies.

That was their Lighter. Their Champion.

As night falls, Big Daddy calls Billy to help with the search. Billy tells him to give him a few hours.

They don’t know that Billy found him first. Billy was walking through Lumina Square trying to find a good place to plan a celebration party for the Cunning Hares and went to the hotpot restaurant when he saw a flash of a red scarf. Billy instantly checked if the red scarf came from his 'Little Bro' and ran to the tiny playground corner where he found Lighter.

Who was about to jump from the rails and into the cold waters.

Billy instantly dashed to Lighter, pulled him away from the railing to sit him down near the sandbox, and began to wail at him for scaring him. Billy told Lighter that he couldn't die as Billy would become a broken android if his successor were to die in front of him. Billy 'cried' so much that he did not register the slightly cold arms of Lighter hugging him until he saw Lighter crying into his arms. The two Champions stayed in their somber silence until Lighter had no more tears left to cry.

After composing himself, Billy asked Lighter what happened and who he needed to kill. Lighter slightly laughed and told him what went down in Blazewood. Some enemy came to town, and Caesar and Lucy fought them when Lighter came into view, and the enemy told everyone about Lighter's past. Lighter saw Billy was readying his girls for a death match but said nothing as he finally told Billy why his past was so shameful to him.

As Lighter ends his sad tale, Billy tells Lighter that he is not the same person from the underground fighting ring and that who he is now is the person who should be important to him. Billy tells Lighter how he was the same as his successor back then as Billy only felt like a killing machine during his years as the Champion to Caesar's father until other people started telling Billy that he was more than a killing machine since he did pass the Forbidden Fruit Test. He recounted the happier days when he was reminded to feel less like a weapon and more like a person and why his new life in New Eridu with the Cunning Hares makes him happy. To his family, Billy Kid was not a weapon, but the best android to have as a family member.

Lighter nods and thinks about Billy's words. He wasn't lying that he was happier, and Lighter had envied Billy for it. Looking at his current life with the Sons of Calydon made him realize that they would never leave Lighter to wallow in his suffering and make sure he was finally living a happy life.

Just like the Cunning Hares had done for Billy.

When the phone call from Big Daddy came, Lighter and Billy were eating hotpot and talking and comparing their lives. Lighter agreed to go back to Blazewood to face reality and Billy agreed to go with him to support his successor.

The amount of hugging, crying, and relief from seeing Lighter was immense the instant Lighter and Billy arrived. Caesar, Lucy, and Burnice tackled him with hugs and begged him not to leave them, Piper scolded Lighter for scaring everyone, and Bricky, Grassy and Woody weakly hit his knees and hugged him for coming back. Big Daddy patted his shoulder and hugged him, thanking him for not dying, and thanking Billy for finding him. Billy nodded and left to find something.

Kasa, Dorian, and the rest of Blazewood all took a turn welcoming him back to town and telling him that he would always be their Champion. A small gathering at Cheesetopia takes place as Lighter finally sets the records straight and tells them what happened in his life. The girls cry again as they tell Lighter that he will not suffer any more heartbreak with Caesar apologizing to Lighter for potentially retraumatizing him during the Tour de Inferno. Everyone gives Lighter their support the same way he gave them his all.

No one is going to let Lighter suffer alone anymore.

A shot rings out and they all look to the makeshift jail they placed the enemy in. Billy comes out with a gleeful look. He tells them the enemy isn't dead, but has lost their chances to walk perfectly again.

No one says anything. After all, as Lighter's predecessor, Billy had every right to hurt the person who caused Lighter's pain.

And Lighter should not suffer anymore.

[angrygirlromero]

BASTARD LOVE, CHAPTER TWO

WARNING: grammar mistakes, violence, suggestive content! MDNI

Demitra had spent all morning long rushing around camp, from cabin to cabin she had gone making announcements for the week including informing the other campers of the arrival of the new camper who had made quite an entrance late in the night. In reality Demitra had went to see Percy earlier in the day only to discover that the boy was still fast asleep, the Apollo kids had explained that he would be out for quite some time because his body needed to rest.

The daughter of Hera had left the infirmary knowing that Percy had been left in good hand, in other words Grover, who had reassured her that when the boy woke up she'd be the first to know. Demitra sat out in the forest with a young boy, from what Demitra had learned so far he was eleven years old, his name was Billie, and he absolutely loved hot chocolate, he had got to camp a few months prior and he was very disappointed at the fact that it had been months since his arrival and he had yet to be claimed.

Luke had been the one to express his concerns about the young boy as he had taken notice to the young boy slowly fading away into silence amongst the other campers, and as always he had told Demitra about his worries, the young girl taking it upon herself to reach out to the boy.

Billie sniffled softly, with his head hung low as Demitra rubbed his back in comfort, "Deep breaths Billie boy, you know you can talk to me about anything" said Demitra in a soft tone, a trick she found worked best on the kids when they were hurting, Chris described it to be like a mothers touch. "I- I just don't know what's wrong with me" stuttered out the boy with a broken voice, "Nothing is wrong with you Billie, nothing it's their lose" comforted Demitra as she pulled the boy closer for him to cry into her, her heart broke for the young boy before her, she sympathised with him but deep down she knew there was nothing she could do for the young boy but be there for him.

"No. It's me I know it's me" sobbed the boy into her chest, Demitra shushed him trying to calm the boy, "it's not you my sweet" said Demitra firmly slightly pulling away to meet eyes with the broken boy before here, Demitra gave him a sad smile before lifting her hand to his cheeks to wipe away his hot tears, holding his small face in her hands, she then placed a loving kiss upon his forehead.

"You listen to me, all the gods are the same, they think they can do whatever they want and pretend like it didn't happen, they feel free to walk all over us and pretend like we don't exist then when they're bored they come seeking us out to do their dirty work. It doesn't matter who your godly mother or father is, what matters is who you want to be, you live your life for you not for them" Billie nodded before launching forward to give Demitra a hug, "The worst part is she's sick, my mom has cancer and he won't help her" said Billie in a muffled voice, "Apollo won't help her, she speaks of him so much never once has she said anything bad about him, she loves him, all I want is to be claimed before she dies" said Billie.

Demitra sighed softly placing her chin on top of the boy’s head as her eyes watered for a second, of course this sweet boy knew who his father was, the god of healing, diseases, sun and light, he had taken that poor woman to his bed, and now he wouldn’t even bat an eye at her, Demitra’s sympathy had turned to rage, the gods were cruel beings they would pay for their doing, she’s make sure of it, "If that's the closure you need before she goes then we'll get you claimed I promise you " said Demitra as she bit back her anger.

She had stayed with Billie for more than an hour before she took him to breakfast, by then his tears had turned to a bright smile as he sat with the other kids, Demitra walked around the tables saying good morning to everyone before she was pulled backwards onto someone's lap, to which all the campers cheered as Luke sat Demitra on his lap, "Good morning pretty girl" he whispered in her ear causing her to flush, "We're in public, the other campers-" "The other campers literally call you mom and dad at this point" said Chris from across the table with cheeky grin as he stuffed his face with eggs.

Demitra blushed hiding her face in Luke's neck as he laughed at her reaction, “How’d it go with Billie?” He asked quietly, “he knows who his dad is” said Demitra, her eyes turning cold at the mention, “really? Is that why he’s been so distant lately?” Asked Luke in concern as he observed Demitra change in demeanor, “his mom is sick, she’s dying and Apollo won’t do anything, he think by getting claim he might see her or it’ll at least make her proud before she passes” explained Demitra quietly her voice was void of emotion as she stared down at Luke’s hands that laid in her lap.

“Bullshit” cursed Luke under his breath as he turned his head to the table of younger kids where Billie now sat happily eating and giggling, he was a good kid he didn’t deserve to be ignored, his mother didn’t deserve to be ignored, Luke sighed and shook his head as his fist clenched, but his anger was paused in it’s passing as he felt Demitra’s hand on his and on command his fist opened holding on to her's, his hard eyes meeting her soft green ones.

“They’ll soon pay, I promise. But for now we have to stick to the plan” said Demitra her gaze turning soft as she stared at Luke causing his to melt as they stared at eachother, “come one guys your kids are around, they don’t need to see you guys eyes fucking” said Chris causing the surrounding tables to laugh as they over heard his comment, “that goes for you too chris” said Demitra as she gave the boy a playful wink.

“Have any on you heard from Grover, about the new camper?” Asked Demitra her head scanning the other councilors that sat at the table, soon a boy from the Athena cabin spoke up, “I head that Chiron was giving him a tour, and Grover was looking for you earlier” he explained, as he was greeted by a thank you from Demitra and glare form Luke as he had stolen her attention.

“I’ve gotta go, and all of you have kids to attend to” said Demitra to the table with a bright smile before she kissed Luke on the cheek rubbing the palm of her hand over his stubble before she stood to her feet, with Luke’s hands still on her waits, soon she walked away leaving a needy Luke.

After a solid 30 minutes of rushing around camp Demitra had found herself outside the Hermes cabin where she had last heard Chiron being sighted with the new camper, she made her way in confidently only to find the Hermes camper all staring at Chiron and the boy, she paused at the door observing the scene before her, “Chiron?” She called out causing everyone’s attention to snap to her a few campers saying hello and calling out her name as she walked up to Chiron, “oh Demitra there you are, I was wondering where you were, this is Percy Jackson he’s the new camper we spoke about” he said with a polite smile.

Demitra’s gaze fell to the boy before her who only offered her an awkward smile as a greeting, “hello Percy, I’m Demitra I was supposed to be there when you woke up but I got tangled up in some things and when you woke up the message got delayed on it’s way to me” smiled out Demitra offering her hand to Percy, “it’s nice to meet you” said the boy shaking her hand.

“I’m assuming you’ll take it from here” said Chiron to which Demitra nodded offering him a soft smile before turning back to Percy as Chiron left the cabin. “Please don’t give me another award introductions to everyone” pleaded the boy to which Demitra chuckled, “ I’m guessing Chiron introduced you to everyone publicly didn’t he?” Asked Demitra to which Percy nodded, “Well you’re in luck cause Chiron is the only one that does that around here, come on” said Demitra leading Percy farther into the cabin.

“This is the Hermes cabin, it’s opened to the children of Hermes and any new and unclaimed demigods” explained Demitra as she walked having several of the kids greet her and fawn after her, some asking random questions about the weekly events, some complimenting her hair, Percy could only watch in amassment as the kids looked at her with pure adoration.

“I’m assuming you’re the one that usually does the greetings” asked Percy “oh yeah, I’m sort of head councilor, cause Chiron says I connect better with the kids” she said with smile as they stood before a camping bag where Percy’s belongings laid and a few other items, “Here are your things, I got you few other essentials your uniform is the orange shirt I got you a towel and soap, and shower time should be explained by Luke” said Demitra as she turned around frantically looking for Luke, “where is he, Castell-“ “right here, pretty girl” said Luke in a flirtatious tone as he appeared behind Demitra putting his hands on her waist.

“Percy this is Luke Castellan, Luke this is Percy Jackson, Luke is councilor of the Hermes cabin he’ll be in charge of you for the mean time, if you have any question at all or anything you need to talk about you can come to him, or ask him to get me and I’ll come running” joked Demitra with a bright grin, as Luke wrapped his arms around her from behind standing tall, and proud.

Percy looked between the two, his bright blue eyes going from Demitra’s beautiful face to the glowing flower in her hair down to her camp shirt and shots where Luke’s strong hands rested around her wait as if he owned her.

“Yeah thank you Demitra, I'll definitely let you know if need anything" said Percy with a short smile, Demitra almost glowed at his thanks. "Well I'm afraid this is were we must part for today little one, if you don't mind me calling you that?" asked Demitra to Percy who shook his head suggesting that it didn't bother him, "great then I have to leave you with Luke. Trust that you're being left in good hands, I'll see you for dinner and we can discuss what types of actives you'd like to take part in, you'll get to try them tomorrow" said Demitra as she smiled, attempting to take steps back suggesting her departure, she was quick to turn to kiss the side of Luke's lips making his grip on her loosen just enough for her to run for it.

Leaving Percy alone with Luke, who stood there staring at him with an unreadable expression, Percy sighed assuming he was about to give him a hard time as other campers approached him from behind Luke, but much to Percy's surprise Luke had welcomed him similar to Demitra with opened arms, she was right he was in good hands, maybe Percy really did belong here he though.

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a/n: soo here's chapter two it's not much just a bit of context of how Demitra connects with the kids at camp and how much she cares, I love angry lead characters so we'll be seeing a lot more of that very very soon. I might post another chapter very soon, cause Friday is my birthday and I'm in a very good mood, but as always please feel welcomed to comment or message me if you would like to be added to the tag list or if you have any question, make sure to start from the prologue to not get yourself mixed up, once more I apologize for any grammar errors, with love angrygirlromero<3

Tag list: @puppygirlstar @cecilla @random-girls-loves @purplerose291

BASTAR LOVE MASTERLIST

GENERAL MASTERLIST

[joanquill]

Introducing their S/O

Because of a forgotten letter, Billy is now left in charge of introducing you to everyone at dinner.

Billy the Kid/Henry Atrim

A/N: Hi! About "How I Got Sent to Another World", I am planning to continue it, but I have no idea when my brain will help me with it 🙃 however, I have added everyone interested in the taglist of the draft :)

Tag/s: Scenario, 500+ words, Fem!Reader, Established Relationship

Warning/s: MAJOR MANGA SPOILERS!

"Would it kill you to learn how to fix your hair?"

"I don't have to since you always help me," Billy cheekily answered, as you brushed his back as best as you could.

You rolled your eyes and slapped a pile of gel onto his head, making him shiver.

"Rude..." he pouted, making you chuckle as you fixed his unruly hair.

"We have finished everything we needed to do, right?" you asked, checking the documents you brought for the nth time.

"Yep! We discussed everything at the Anglo-American talks with Antenna Onii-san, remember?" Billy reassured, looking in the mirror as he fluffed his hair.

As you flipped through the documents, making sure everything was accurate, a small, unopened envelope fell from the pile.

"...Crap."

"Hello!" Billy cheerfully greeted as he entered the room with Mycroft, "Sorry to keep everyone waiting~!"

"No worries, you're right on time," Louis reassured, courtly walking up to the new guests,

"Pleased to meet you, Mister Henry Atrim." Louis raised his hand to Billy, "My name is Louis James Moriarty. My brother has told me about you,"

"Feel free to call me Billy, Louis-kun," Billy replied, shaking his hand with a warm smile.

"Where's Miss (L/N)?" Louis asked, looking around the door for your presence.

"Ah, (N/N)'s gonna be a little late. She's just finishing some loose ends with Pinkerton," Billy answered, perking the ears of other guests.

"Oh? Another lady will be joining us this evening?" Jack asked with a knowing smirk, earning a nudge from Sebastian.

"Yep!" Billy confirmed with an upbeat tone as you rushed to the manor.

"I brought someone that also helped Sherlock and William during those three years," your footsteps echoed in the hallway, catching everyone's attention.

"Speaking of," Billy smiled, seeing you rushing to the room, panting heavily as you hastily fixed yourself.

"This is (N/N)! My loving partner," Billy proudly introduced yourself, making your face flush as you cleared your throat.

"I am (Y/N) (L/N), it is an honor to meet you all," you politely said, bowing your head.

"So you are Miss (L/N)?" Jack started as he walked up to you, holding his hand out as you confusedly placed your hand in his,

"Words do not give justice to the sight of you," he winked, kissing the top of your hand.

"Quit it, old man!" Sebastian warned, pulling him aside as Bonde approached.

"Sorry about him... It is a pleasure to finally meet you, Miss (L/N)," he smiled, raising your hand to his lips as he kissed your knuckles.

"Master Jack is right, though. You truly are far more charming in person than what you were described as," he added, making you nervously laugh.

"T-Thank you...! I guess...?" you replied, unsure how to react to the attention.

"Isn't she the cutest?" Billy confirmed as he hugged you tightly, making you blush as you tried to look away.

"Too bad, she's already mine!" Billy teased as he showed off the ring on your finger, clasping your hands together.

"Billy!" you shouted, hiding your face in embarrassment as Billy hugged you, hiding your face from the crowd.

"So go find another girl to bother," Billy stuck out his tongue as he shielded you from the men.

"Everyone already knew about your engagement, Mister At- Billy," Louis reassured with an awkward smile.

"(Y/N) already asked us to tell everyone about your engagement, idiot," Sherlock grumbled, walking into the room with a basket of fruits.

"So quit flirting already," Sherlock added, making you sigh.

"Well, this is just the best first impression..."

[eclipsewxtch]

If in KOTN they had met as children (you decide the age) instead of twenty somethings they would hate or like eachother?

im THIS UNIVERSE, as children? yes and no. hold on this is a LONG ONE—

• bruce/vance would be friends but not dating (bruce likes them crazy). in this au, as kid, it’s unreasonable that they would be friends as they didn’t live in the same state but let’s pretend okay? anyway.

bruce is an absolutely sweetheart who is sick to his stomach of being so Perfect all the goddamn time. he just wants peace and quiet and space by the time he’s hit 10. vance, at this point, is alr a goddamn delinquent and has been held back exactly once. (he doesn’t get kidnapped until he’s 13 turning 14)—so he and bruce are in the same grade. they have nothing really in common, but teachers did that Thing they do where they pair up either the quiet kid/the rowdy kid or the popular/talkative kid and the loner. so bruce and vance were FREQUENTLY partnered together in any classes they shared. so they kinda HAD to get along.

bruce is anxious abt grades and tried his hardest to pander to vance instead of antagonizing him so he would work on the project, even offering to take care of it himself; vance is like ??? wtf no it’s fine i can definitely do some work don’t be a goddamn idiot; and they spark a friendship.

vance is DEFINITELY a bad influence but he makes it easier for bruce to breathe. bruce is a better influence for vance and gets him to come to school more often. but, unfortunately, would not date. like in bruce’s childhood he was stifled all the way up until 18. he had no freedom whatsoever—vance gave him freedom, he feels no need to serial date or be a horrible bf. vance is crazy, sure, and their crazy matches but bruce just. likes their friendship; and vance thinks bruce is chill but like. isn’t interested. they’ve known each other too long.

• griffin/billy would be friends first and then date. they would be childhood sweethearts who get married at like. 19. and stay together happy n shit until death. sickening.

like. billy would have his trauma alr by the ages of 8 to 12-13(?) so he’s alr dark and twisty and also, conveniently, by that point so would griffin. they would immediately be like ‘you! you youyou you you’re mine’. griffin would ditch evan in a heartbeat; billy would pull out all the moves he could for griffin except billy didn’t learn to flirt until like. 15, and they’re currently 14, so he’s just being earnest and a little awkward and griffin is just so enamored. and since the trauma(s)? are fresher they would be more suited to help each other out of any self-destructive cycle. not even by playing therapist friend. just by being there

• robin/finney would hate each other bitterly but reluctantly agreed to be frenemies and THEN fall in love. mostly bc of class differences but also nothing in common and as a kid you either 1) become best friends w ur opposite or 2) hate them. in this hypothetical AU they don’t go to the same school/live in the same neighborhood/know the same people. when they meet at any point when they are (9-13) they clash and it’s very obvious they don’t click the way they should by all accounts do. they just aren’t exactly ready yet. still in the oven. gotta bake.

robin would probably still find time to fight off finney’s bullies; finney would tutor him somewhere NOT in public bc he does NOT want anymore attention for being seen w this kid😭 that being said being frenemies still leads to weird intimate moments that come w friendship like: hugs. or hiding out in libraries together. or weird snapchat stories. and, the most scary, secrets.

robin would probably, on some level, admit to finney he’s not exactly a normal kid; finney would be like ‘yeah ik🙄 what fucking private school kid fights like a wild animal??’ and robin’s like ‘😐 can you shut the fuck up dumbass i’m trying to tell you i have more hits on me than a blond bimbo in the 90s.’ ‘…oh!’

finney, on the other hand, would probably have the same issue but instead of robin being a little more straightforward considering he does bump into finn and helps the kid sometimes and it is a dangerous secret… finney has absolutely no reason to tell his own. in fact he BITTERLY keeps it to himself, doesn’t even allude to it in robin’s presence. has, in fact, LIED about bruises or black eyes or bloody noses coming from his bullies and not his father. he HAS, in fact, sat back, innocently, and watched robin lay into kids who didn’t do it. i’m talking he goes to the most extreme lengths so robin DOES NOT FIND OUT. why? well he would love to say bc he and robin are nottt that close; he doesn’t want police involved; that’s still his dad. after everything; it’s none of robin’s business. and that could be true to varying degrees but.

the truth is: if robin knew at night, his dad would be dead by dawn. even before he knew robin was some sort of mafia prince. if finney told robin or alluded to it—he would be completely alone save for gwen. where would he go? foster care? risk being split from gwen? he wasn’t going to let robin know at all. so. he lies.

mutual patching up in a gas station/corner store bathroom? yeah <3 and one day around like 17, finney threatens his dad knowing he’ll be 18 soon and FREE to take gwen w him; and the confidence change makes him actually WILLING to hang out w robin in public and by 17, robin doesn’t have to be so confined all the time and doesn’t have to sneak around either. and then the oven goes off. the food is ready.

• that being said: the angels absolutely would still be besties and so would the little devils they fell in love w. the angels have a deep trauma bond but also they have so many things in common that overlap it would be hard not to—it would probably take them a few years to get to BEST friendship but still.

• now. the devils? best friends from the start. they don’t have a trauma bond in KOTN surprisingly; they just fw each other heavy. pre-existing trauma was not a factor they all just vibe on the same frequencies in different songs.

now. based on geography on who was where at the same time…

• vance and finney were in the same state at the same time from birth until vance was 19 and finney was 19 abt two years after vance left. so. even tho they were in different parts of the state let’s say they met. they would be best friends immediately. vance would see this awkward kid getting ganged up on, immediately get enraged and after dealing with the bullies goes: you have GOT to punch those assholes. at least ONCE. jesus. finney would be rlly grateful and also a little happy he gets to tag along w vance like a puppy. not the same click like in canon bc of small differences but def click. griffin also was in colorado for ten months at 8; a brief stint of two months at 14 (for. reasons.); and then a year at 18 and all three of them would be like a match, lighter, and a house.

• uh bruce was never in the same state w anyone at the same time(?) billy was in south dakota for a year but that happened when billy was 2 for foster care. for fun’s sake let’s say they meet as kids and don’t let go even if billy leaves. they are pen pals, they bicker a lot over small things but it’s mostly in good fun; are always spilling gossip and as soon as they get phones it’s so over. they are calling every night, FaceTime pre-planned friendship dates, even with any time differences. they meet maybe once every few years if they are in the same place like on a vacation or trip.

• (billy and robin were in NYC at the same time but they were friends in the canon verse and they met at 13 and met again at 15-17 so shushhhh)

• griffin and robin were in the same places at the same times MULTIPLE times. colorado, california, and washington. although robin didn’t so much live there as much as he was hiding out. griffin would be baffled at how much he bumps into the boy, really, and robin would be like ‘okay see bird? the UNIVERSE is telling us to be friends. are you going to deny the UNIVERSE?’ and the friendship sparks after the sixth time they find each other. this is the REAL ‘catch me if you can’ friendship. the even have this thing where if they find each other in public and the other hasn’t noticed, they tag each other and say ‘you’re it!’ before either booking it or hugging. it has happened once in a restaurant. griffin saw robin eating w some people (his fucking FAMILY but griffin didn’t know) and snuck in past his guards (impressive) and tapped robin on the shoulder before covering his eyes and going “you’re it!” and then jumping away. obviously robin’s family are all on defense but robin jumps up and chases after griffin, hopping over his chair and they both laugh and scream running down the street. shit is adorable.

if both notice at the same time—one has to chase. usually it’s robin. but griffin gives chase too.

• based on geography—robin, griffin, finney, vance were all in colorado at the SAME TIME. griffin went back (in canon for. reasons. dw abt it) + bruce and billy were there at the same time but bruce was there on a collage tour at 16 and billy was there for funsies and national parks at 15 (also during same time). if all of them met that spring-summer they were all together? they would be fucking inseparable.

in THAT au even with kill of the night—it would be legendary. by this point most of them would have pre-existing trauma (vance’s kidnapping, billy’s foster care, robin’s mafia family, finney’s childhood, griffin’s whole no friends bullshit, bruce’s emotional trauma from his parents and severe anxiety)

finney (15) and billy (15) meet first with finney being clumsy enough to walk straight into billy before he can catch his ride to the national park to meet up w his foster parents & they would chill at the aquarium they’re at and probably wander to different exhibits (the aquarium is important to the story yall) and then bruce (16) meets griffin (14) next—griffin sneaking off around since he didn’t buy a ticket and just wanted to come inside since he was bored and bumping into bruce who’s back from a college tour and just chilling in the aquarium bc he just wants a break from all those ppl from his school n needs space from teachers; they smile at each other and decide ‘yep, this one’ and go explore the exhibits. vance (17) meets robin (15), or at least, keeps meeting robin in spots because vance gets lost and robin bounces from place to place. but they don’t stick together.

robin mets finney next while billy went to the bathroom and they’re looking at the same tank. robin asks him what’s the best part abt the tank since finney’s looking at it that way. finney says: ‘this is the same exhibit my parents looked at before they met and had me’ and points to the plaque date that was a year or two before his birthdate. and robin goes ‘thank god for that. otherwise they’d deprive the world of that gorgeous face.’ and finney is blushing so bad and billy comes back and all three of them are just laughing together. considering the respective ages(?) atp in time both robin & billy learned how to flirt and they tease finney relentlessly.

THEN vance and griffin meet while bruce is grabbing a snack at the vending machine. immediately bantering. it’s sorta vicious in like. an asshole way. like if a reg person walked by they would assume vance/griffin HATE EACH OTHER. and then. they would stop and go “ur not bad. wanna hang out?” bc they are appropriately both dark, twisted, and scary. bruce comes back and trips into vance, vance catches him. cue the ‘hi! ‘hey.’ like UGH cuties. griffin would be gagging.

they all meet together in the deep sea maze exhibit and it’s so dark and they’re the only ones there although they don’t know it yet (all of them having missed the large sign saying the exhibit is closed since there’s no worker to guide the interactive tour or watch the cameras to help ppl especially since it’s a legitimate maze) EXCEPT robin who saw and just didn’t care to say anything.

and it’s so dark that finney doesn’t realize he got separated and is with vance and bruce & billy and robin are with griffin NOT finney. by the time they realize they hit the jellyfish center of the exhibit/middle of the maze and see all the glowing lights from the jellyfish and the lights on the floor. they go ‘hi’ and it’s like everything slots into place. they sit there and talk for HOURS. depending on how funny it would be: billy has weed/vance has a lighter/and finney has a bunch of fucking fidget toys. bruce fucking loves fidget toys so he and finney would have fun. robin would be high as a kite and chatting w griff. vance and billy would talk abt how insane it is to bring weed and a lighter to a fucking aquarium instead of an edible like a regular person.

by the time they get out of the maze; it’s time for bruce to go; billy has to meet his parents at their hotel; vance and finney have to go back since both ditched their different schools and THATS going to be a whole different can of worms; robin snuck away from his guard details; griffin’s just a curious kid by nature and simply came here on his own time since he isn’t exactly supposed to be in the state anyhow. they’re all pretty upset abt it and abt to part ways until billy and bruce go, at the same time: “WAIT WE ALL HAVE PHONES! GROUPCHAT!! GROUPCHAT RN!” which sparks deep friendship, bonds, and a lifetime of love and all that other sappy shit. he friendship doesn’t die out either. they all come to each others graduations and meet up every spring/summer.

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I have a lot of Thoughts about Delacy.

On detail that stood out to me was that Delacy doesn’t have a proper holster for his gun Rooster. This whole time I pictured him having a simple but nice holster that stood out from the straw hat and worn overalls, something that showed he spent what little money he had on his gun or that he got it someone in his home life like his father. But no, it’s homemade from scrapes of leather. Delacy left home with only the clothes on his back, his gun, three crumbled dollars, and a holster he made himself and then got on a train for the first time in his life while not even knowing if he needed a ticket to ride. Delacy ran away.

And after it all and he got his $2000, his home life and parents weren’t something he was in a rush to get back to. The idea of the group going their separate ways was upsetting to him. While he would like his parents to know if he died, he didn’t leave home with the intention of earning money to provide for his family and then returning home. (I would like to note, despite having parents, Delacy doesn’t use a last name. He’s only ever just Delacy, whereas all the other members of the posse have full names.)

While he doesn’t want to go home to his biological family, Delacy still wants a family and to be cared for. He found that with the posse. In the first episode, Delacy intimidated the saloon owner into giving him a bottle of whiskey, which he then found out tasted awful. In multiple instances after that, he requested whiskey or implied he drank it. But when the group was at the saloon after the bounties were done, he doesn’t force himself to drink whiskey because he thinks it’s gross and feels like he can acknowledge it aloud. During their adventure at the World’s Fair, Delacy felt safe enough to act his age with Edie. He’s excited to meet his hero. He takes Edie’s word seriously at the hall of oddities and assumes she has all the answers. It didn’t occur to him that she might not have all the answers to his questions. In their forced duel, trigger-happy Delacy refused to harm Nate and instead of pulling his gun, he sat down like a kid. He trust that the real Nate wouldn’t hurt him and they’d only known each for, what? A week? At Dead Man’s Worth, Garnet didn’t think Delacy was the kid of kid you could hug, but after the duel Nate picks him up into a hug. When Delacy first met the others, he’s putting on a forced act, pretending to be what he thinks an adult is (or acting how an adult in his life actually is, a heavy drinker that solves problems with aggression perhaps), but by the end, he feels safe enough around them and shows much more of his true personality and age.

While he is a bit of a cold killer and hasn’t fully developed an understanding of death yet, he still believes in honesty (see threatening a sideshow barker about the hand), justice in a way (people shouldn’t be lied to in any way and the hand should be buried with its proper owner) and is rather genuine when he feels like he can be. He was starstruck meeting Billy Joe and delighted to just catch a glimpse of Buckthorn the horse. He likes cotton candy and a gun tricks. He liked that Billy Joe liked cotton candy too (at least as far as he overheard). He didn’t even hesitate signing a contract when Billie Joe asked and only changed his mind when Edie reminded him of Nate. He takes what everyone he trusts says at face value (to the point of being ready to shoot someone due to a metaphor).

Delacy is young, naive, a bit dense, and ready to shoot, but he is, at his core, a good kid who just needed adults in his life that will encourage him to find less violent solutions and to act on his kindness in productive ways. Garnet and Nate have helped him learning more about interacting with people. Edie acknowledges his young age but still takes him seriously and trusts him and in the end, she offers him a way to use his shooting skills to help people. She takes him as her monster-hunting apprentice. Even Silas, who barely interacted with Delacy, grew to like the kid enough he would acknowledge Humble Ned (a devious, spindly legged beast, no matter how humble he is) as good people for Delacy’s sake.

Delacy might have left the farm with the help-wanted ad seeking adventure and fortune, but I think he found something he needed a lot more.

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some rambles on my takes on the acachallas <333

papa acachalla is very much a tired dad who doesn’t really care all too much about anything. any which way. he’s hooked up with a guy before to experiment, went “eh” and completely forgot about it. sally puts him in dresses and makeup for her tea parties and he surprisingly never complains. he instantly accepted sue as his daughter, even though he did complain about getting another child. sally told him one day she likes girls and he went “huh. well i guess you got that from me” and then took her out for ice cream. he’s perpetually tired and over time, has become hard to phase. billy sprouts wings and flies around? well, that’s to be expected, it’s tuesday after all. sally’s eyes turns black and she starts screaming for waffles? no big deal, he keeps a freezer of waffles for this. he loves gertrude but doesn’t show it as much as he should, but he’s trying. he does the universal dad stance and squints his eyes whenever the kids show him anything on their phones. his idea of a romantic date is going to the nearest burger place on a busy friday night. he got himself a nice comfy couch in the living room and falls asleep on it regularly. he’s such a dad, but refuses to admit it.

gertrude is tall and thin, with slightly bony features and liver spots scattered across her body. her face wrinkles whenever she laughs, smiles or cries. her shoulders are broad and thick, her hips are blocky and her build is stocky but thin, like a twig. she casually mentions her memories of putting on a dress for the first time and realizing she was a girl the whole time. she still tucks her kids in, even though they’re in their twenties, thirties and forties. she buys ice cream for any kid she sees without enough money for the ice cream truck. she watched hours upon hours of youtube tutorials for afro-textured hair when they took sally in, and now she can do dozens upon dozens of hairstyles for her. she hand-sews dresses for sue and repairs billy’s work clothes. she buys a new computer for spencer every two-three years and leaves it at his door with a snack plate. she takes her beloved granddaughter, ivy, out for ice cream and movie dates so maddie and/or billy can have a day off. she pulls a blanket over papa when he falls asleep in his chair, and fixes hot cocoa for everyone on cold nights. she has a self care day every week where she rests and watches her favorite movie/shows.

sue loves everything feminine, and simultaneously embraces everything non-feminine about herself. she wears pink dresses with frilly lace and bows, and proudly displays her thick arm and leg hair wherever she goes. she works out and shows off her thick muscles and abs. she’s not fluent in spanish, but speaks it regularly regardless. she carries sally on her shoulders and clumsily makes little dresses for her niece, ivy (they’re always messy, but ivy loves them anyways). she grows her hair out to her shoulders and ties it up with the same bow sally got her every day. she has a partner, rebecca, who she even tried to learn how to cook for just to bring her goodies (they’re often burnt, but rebecca never complains). she loves chick flicks, romcoms and comedies, and hides at horror movies. she’s set up a really cozy room for herself and rebecca in the house, with all of rebecca’s things in it that she bought with weeks of saved up allowance money. she loves and loves and loves. her hugs are warm and all-encompassing, and she’ll hug just about anyone for any reason. she’s enthusiastic and genuine in everything she does.

billy is much smarter than he lets on. he has abandonment issues and often hides behind a childish, “dumber” facade as a way to cope. he sometimes can’t look in the mirror because all he sees is his mother’s face staring back at him. he’s lanky but not quite tall. he’s close with his twin sister, charlie, despite being separated for much of their childhood. he goes out to movies and aquariums and zoos with her, and is fully fluent in sign language. he’ll do it so naturally that he sometimes uses sign language at home, because he forgets he’s not around charlie anymore. he never even thought he’d want to be a dad but he is so, so utterly taken with his daughter, ivy. he takes lots of pictures of her and proudly displays each and every single drawing she has ever made for him. he carries her on his shoulders and impulse buys clothes and toys for her all the time. he’s grown to find comfort in maddie’s presence, now that the two are in a healthy relationship. he irons his shirt and picked up sewing from gertrude. he’s started watching shows with papa every sunday evening as a way to bond. he’s indescribably close to sally; the two just understand each other in a way no one else does. they’ll sit in silence watching a movie together. he’ll play tea parties with sally every single time she asks without fail. he’s learned how to do her hair just to spend quiet evenings braiding it. he and sue go to zoos together, and he helps coach her on the few recipes he does know- and gets very proud when she outshines him. he prefers to be around people, but often takes an hour or two in the evenings to just have his own time, and he sits listening to music.

sally is larger than life and makes sure everyone around her knows it. she’s energetic, she’s fun, she’s loud and bright and bubbly and talkative and cheerful and so, so much more. she’s as bright and warm as the sun, and simultaneously just as brutal when she slips into her more monstrous form. she likes all things pink and purple and sparkly and glittery. she likes frills and laces and beads and pearls. she likes dresses and skirts and pretty shoes. she likes just about anything and everything pretty. she’ll befriend any animal she comes across, even dangerous ones, and they never harm her. she’s a complete and total optimist through and through, but isn’t nearly as oblivious or naive as she once was; still, it’s something she struggles with on occasion. gertrude takes her out and helps sally build her confidence and as much independence as possible, and sally loves it. she loves going to new places and exploring- zoos, aquariums, art galleries, museums, lighthouses, libraries, everything. she's become incredibly eager to learn and absorb new information, and her curiosity is limitless. she spends so, so, so much time with her siblings and spencer (even if spencer likes to pretend he hates it most of the time). she's almost never without either one of her siblings, or gertrude. she's a mama's girl and daddy's girl at the same time.

spencer doesn't like to be alone nearly as much as he claims he does. in reality, he hates being alone so much and fears being abandoned again- but he would never admit that to anyone. still, gertrude notices, and goes out of her way to do nice things for him and give him quiet reassurances that he belongs here, that he has a home here now. the basement was completely renovated so spencer can have a nice bedroom, and gertrude got him a complete gaming setup too. he plays video games a lot and streams them, and gertrude, sally and billy all watch every single stream he does (unless they're working). spencer has gradually warmed up to the other family members, and can even be spotted on sunday nights curled up on the opposite couch to papa acachalla, intently watching the movie on screen (which he insisted needed to be some mystery, action or horror movie, and papa always lets spencer have the remote). spencer will happily infodump for hours about computers and video games and computer mechanics and everything in between, to anyone who will listen.

maddie is incredibly passionate over anything and everything she puts her mind to. she used to obsess over billy, until she found out she was pregnant and began therapy- now she obsesses over making sure her daughter is healthy, happy, has everything, is learning everything, and can grow up to be a wonderful person. she sews clothes for ivy, cooks her all three meals a day, bakes her goodies for school, crafts and carves toys for her, and heavily researches all the best places nearby to take her. she's an extraordinarily loving mother who always does her absolute best in everything. she did quit her job for a while, but now finds purpose outside of motherhood in crafting furniture and toys to sell to others. she's learned to enjoy having her own time, and has rediscovered herself- she's learned she likes rock music and occasional heavy metal, she's learned she prefers savory over sweet things except on special occasions, she's learned she has a good eye for fashion and that she enjoys window-shopping whenever possible. she goes to therapy every week and has even taken a handful of community college classes purely to learn new things rather than to get a degree. she's loud and super energetic when she's excited. she has incredibly steady hands and surprisingly sharp focus. she's learned asl fluently, and is learning spanish alongside her daughter so they can talk to each other. she likes museums and art galleries because she gets to learn new things and see new things. she's grown into her own person, and has become an incredible mother as well.

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Shortest satan's waterfall ever- it finished today Anyways- in celebration of Mother's day... Daily Hobie HC! Bringing out step-dad Hobie for this one hehe.. still Billie and Ramona though! They're a bit older here:) Imagine waking up and it's...oddly quiet. Your kids haven't woken you up, nor has Hobie. Concerned if they've possibly blown up your kitchen (again), you quickly get up, walking into the kitchen. You didn't care if you looked like an absolute mess, you needed to see if something hadn't exploded. You'd already learnt that, although a good cook, the babyproofing needed to be kept on for Hobie. The girls, however? They egged him on, as usual. As your eyes adjusted to the bright lighting of the kitchen, the sight tore practically ate your heart whole. Billie was sitting on Hobie's shoulders, and Ramona on the counter, both excitedly chittering as Hobie simply just smiled at the girls. You remember bringing Hobie to our home the first time, anxiety knotting your stomach as thoughts of how he would react to the kids swirled around in your mind. You remember Hobie first meeting the girls, how timid they were around him, swearing to themselves and each other that they'll never call Hobie their dad. The girls and Hobie have come so far ever since the first meeting. You remember the day one of them finally called him dad, with Hobie practically being so overjoyed that he had grabbed both of them and threw them up in the air, swiftly catching them both as they laughed loudly. And now, with this sight, it felt perfect. A full family. Billie and Ramona calling Hobie 'dad'. Him always making sure he's spending time with his daughters. Not wanting to ruin the moment, you sneak away. You're positive Hobie heard you, but he must've ignored it for the sake of having the girls be excited of surprising you. You wait in bed, covers thrown until your wide smile wasn't visible anymore. After around 20 minutes, you're sure you were at least half asleep before you hear the door creak open. Ramona blows air into your ear, a trick learned from Hobie to wake you up. You playfully bat her away, faking your tiredness with an overexaggerated yawn. As you're greeted with a plate full of pancakes and fruit, you couldn't help yourself from beckoning Billie to join up on the bed, wrapping your arms around your two daughters. Hobie carefully joins you on the bed as well, watching your plate so it didn't collapse. Your smile widens as he kisses your forehead, wishing you a Happy Mother's day. Tears brim at the edges of your eyes and he hugs you close, sandwiching Ramona and Billie as they loudly giggle, letting out synchronized 'ewwwww's as Hobie presses his lips against yours. I like how I don't have baby fever at all but I'm giving you guys baby fever PFFT Children don't like me very much- they pull on my hair:( -🐦‍⬛

Oof this just reminded me that it's mother's day 😬

DAILY HOBIE HC!!! (MOTHER'S DAY EDITION)

OH MY HEART 🥰🥰🥰

Hobie is the best step dad fr fr 😭

Billie and mona saying they'll never call him dad in their angry squeaky voice then a year later they're making breakfast with their Hobie aka their only dad 🥹🥹🥹 Imagine b and r slowly adopt Hobie's mannerisms and his style 😍😍😍 that's his babies now

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Confidence is Oft Hard-Won...Especially with Magic

Ok, so when I did my first read of the Walker Papers books, this novella was part of a short story anthology that I did not have the time or energy to track down. Which means that on this series reread, this is actually a FIRST read for me. College me was doing her best, so I'm not judging her for not doing more to hunt the short story collection down. That said, I WISH I had read this sooner, because this is very much the bridge between Urban Shaman and Thunderbird Falls that I wanted. Let's talk Banshee Cries.

SPOILERS AHEAD! Be warned.

We start with Joanne about three months after the end of Urban Shaman, and Captain Morrison is significantly damaging her ability to be in denial about her powers. The thing about Morrison is that this man is extremely results-oriented as a police captain. If one of his people has a skill set that can effectively stop people from committing murder and solve murder cases, then by God he is going to ensure that that skill set is used for those purposes. Even if it makes him DEEPLY uncomfortable in the process.

Which...magic does. It just straight up makes him uncomfortable at this point in the series. But he is so committed to his career, which he equates with a calling, that he is over here able and willing to support his people through pretty much anything. And the WILD thing to me that really struck in this book? Morrison and Joanne are going through a very similar journey in terms of accepting that there are more thing in heaven and earth, Horatio. The difference is that Morrison has a clear goal--being the best possible police officer he can be and leading his people to that same goal--he doesn't have the unresolved trauma Joanne does, and he is a bit older, which gives him more life experience to manage the upheaval. This man's entire worldview and preconceptions are changing just like Joanne's, but he has the maturity and direction to marshal the change and use it.

Joanne on the other hand is FLOUNDERING because she's also dealing with trauma, doesn't have the clear purpose to marshal her power behind, and is also 26, and having been a 26-year-old, lots of us are still just realizing that we need to shift into adultier adult and are figuring out that process. So I kind of love that although Joanne is our protagonist, we get a mirror of her journey in Morrison.

Now that said...I kind of don't love that this means Joanne gets pulled immediately into homicides. Girl was a MECHANIC. She didn't want to investigate murders, she's objectively not emotionally or professionally prepared to investigate murders, and AS BILLY POINTS OUT, she has a soft heart. Homicide is hard, and it takes an emotional toll. It's a LOT to put on Joanne. I literally cannot blame her for wanting the comfort of denial. That said...Gary also wasn't out of line when he said this:

"You got something special, kid. You're gonna have to learn to suck it up and live with it, or walk away. Right now there's some dead ladies out there that maybe you can help, if you stop bitching and get on with it. Are you gonna do that, or what?"

Hard changes happen. Denial happens. But Gary understands that even if Joanne is struggling, our girl's feet are nailed to the floor. She's practical. She can DO something if she chooses to be an adult. And having been on the receiving end of this lecture a few times in my life... Sometimes you need someone to tell you to quit your bitching and get it done. And sometimes you need someone who is going to give you a hug and help once you DO stop bitching to tell you that. We love Gary in this house.

We also love Billy, because once Joanne does stop digging her heels in and takes the step into using her powers, Billy is very much there to support her too. Because Billy and Joanne both understand that Joanne is a BABY shaman. She doesn't have the education or experience to really know what she's doing, and that's not a judgment, it's just a fact. Billy has more experience, and he can lend a helping hand--which he does. Billy comes in clutch and offers Joanne energy to fight Blade and get herself out of a trap.

Another really lovely thing we get from this novella is an expansion of Joanne's relationship with her mother, Sheila MacNamarra. Most of what we get from this relationship in Urban Shaman is that it's empty, there's a metric ton of abandonment and resentment on Joanne's part, and Sheila liked Altoids. What we get in this novella is a deepening of the relationship, and a look at Sheila's side of the story of why she handed a three-month-old Joanne off to her biological father in the US and disappeared back to Ireland.

Sheila had extraordinarily valid reasons to not be a part of her daughter's life. She was a mother trying to do her best for her daughter. And that's validated and understood by the story. What is ALSO validated and understood is that Joanne's feelings were also valid. And she had to grow and increase her understanding. Two things were very true at the same time. And even though understanding doesn't fix the hurt and the resentment, it does allow Joanne to understand messiness and nuance and live with conflicting things in some measure of peace. Which is a really lovely little parallel with Joanne's journey to understand and accept her personality and her powers.

Overall, this novella was a lovely little piece of character work that expands on what we've been given and introduces some elements of lore and worldbuilding that will resonate throughout the rest of the series. Banshees will not stop being important, Joanne's ability to see/feel and manipulate energy will only grow, and this point of growing past denial is so important for Joanne's ongoing journey.

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Carefully Stiles wrapped his arms around Billy and gave him a soft secure hug.

　He's contemplating. His first instinctive reaction is to shove or hit, childish and petulant, a kid who has never learned to accept affection and never had the stomach for kindness. It's strange - to want something so much but never fuckin' accept it. For it to feel wrong for himself despite knowing that leaning into it sometimes might soothe that burning in his chest. Wildfires can run rampant but eventually, they die out too, don't they?

Billy doesn't trust himself to say anything and doubts Stiles is the type to pull any shit. Doesn't seem particularly threatening and in any other circumstances he would be bending someone's fingers back in warning, teeth snarled, and primed for a fight. But he's tired and he's been tired for a long time. So instead, he relaxes or relaxes as much as he can, tense and awkward and not wholly leaning into it.

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Billy and Chrissy as Cousins AU

This started off as a wild and random idea but I wanted to see what would happen if I took it seriously

Imagine Neil moving back to Hawkins because he and his sister grew up there and he knew he could straighten his boy out if he took him away from all of the temptations California has. His older sister loves bragging about her daughter Chrissy so he wanted to see what her influence would do to him since they were the same age and maybe, he hoped that Chrissy would set Billy up with another good Christian girl like her and he’d be able to be as Neil wanted him to be. It’s been years since they last saw each other in person but he knew that they’d been talking for a while, and it may have been what kept his son away from some of the harder drugs and parties.

Imagine tiny chubby Billy meeting baby gymnast Chrissy at every other Thanksgiving and Christmas and all of the major holidays because they used to live in Indiana before Neil moved Billy to California to keep him away from his mother. Imagine Billy writing to Chrissy when they moved after he cries about missing his best friend and his dad just shoves him a piece of paper and a pen to shut him up since he can mail to his sister since he has things to send her anyway.

Once Billy figures out how to send mail, he and Chrissy keep up their correspondence all throughout their childhood and well into their teens. They tell each other everything and she’s the first to know he’s gay and she doesn’t mind at all. She makes sure that Billy gives Max a chance and that they grow to become real siblings because she’s always wanted a sibling so Billy needs to treat his sister the way she would or else she’d stop writing to him. She tells him all about her boyfriend whom Billy says is a complete tool and when she finds out he’s headed to Hawkins after a big beating, she promises to help him in any way she can and that she’ll make him learn to love Hawkins too. She also can’t wait to officially meet Max because Billy’s like her twin so Max is essentially her little sister too.

Imagine Chrissy eagerly telling her cheerleader friends about her cousin who was supposed to transfer to their school today. She hasn’t seen him in years and they don’t send pictures because it costs money to develop. She tells them that he’s a nice choir boy who ran a mini business with baked goods out of his best friend’s kitchen who’s always been on the honor roll and everyone was expecting this fat kid to arrive, looking like every single typical nerd since that was the last picture she had with Billy when all of a sudden a blue Camaro comes roaring into the parking lot and Chrissy squeals because Billy had told her he drove a blue Camaro. She runs to his car and out comes this literal Blond Adonis who immediately pulls her into a spinning hug, straight out of the movies without any difficulty whatsoever. Everyone there just stared in shock for a good minute.

“Chrissy Cat!”

“Billy Bear, you’re here! You look a lot different than you did before.”

Chrissy wrinkled her nose, looking up at him which was odd since the last time they met, they were the same height.

“I told you I got into the gym and working out, but you didn’t believe me.”

“Sorry but you told me you loved to cook and bake. How can you look like that and still cook and bake?”

“My best friend, Argyle and his family eats most of it, so they deal with the weight gain and the washing up while I just do the cooking and baking.”

Just as Billy finished speaking, they heard the first bell ring so Chrissy grabbed Billy’s hand and tugged him to the office, barely letting him lock up his car properly.

“Come on, Billy! We’re going to be late!”

“Hold your horses, Chris. Let me just lock ‘er up.”

“Hurry! First period starts in 15 minutes.”

“I walk fast. Done!”

Since Chrissy was also in all honors classes with her mom’s pressure, she made sure that she and Billy had the same schedule, so they didn’t have any problems. She’d also talked to the teachers in advance, telling them about her cousin and how she’d really appreciate it if they could sit together for the time being while he adjusted to moving to a new town from the city. He had no problem charming the teachers with his knowledge and his smile and by lunch time, Billy Hargrove was the name on everyone’s lips. The old-fashioned teachers pursed their lips at his attire but none of them couldn’t deny that the kid was intelligent, easily assimilating and actually reciting which threw the teachers into a loop since they didn’t expect it. All the girls were wondering who the hell he was and if he was single and honestly, so were some of the boys.

Chrissy didn’t even give Billy the chance to check out the other tables before she yanked him to her table with just the cheerleaders there. Chrissy had been dragging him around the school to every class and he’d just went along with it even if she was a whole head smaller than him. She was very strong even if she was tiny and she was also excited because she got to spend time with her favorite cousin who also happened to be her best friend. Chrissy didn’t even give them the time to interrogate Billy since she speed introduced everyone before asking him about lunch.

Since Chrissy and Billy were the last ones to the table, Chrissy offered to get Billy some food from the cafeteria since everyone else had already gotten food but Billy had declined since he’d packed a lunch and he’d immediately offered to share his with Chrissy once he saw what was offered. After years of wondering what his cooking tasted like, Chrissy happily took the offered sandwich and ate it. Billy had long since gotten used to sharing his food since his best friend in California preferred his food instead, even paying Billy to make his lunch instead of buying from the cafeteria.

 “Hey, Bills, do you want me to get you lunch too? I know what’s good here so I can steer you in the right direction.”

Billy brought out his food containers and water jug, meticulously packed in his bag to avoid being crushed.

“No need, Chris. I brought my own. Who knows what they consider food down here?”

Chrissy slapped Billy jokingly on the arm.

“Hey! Don’t insult our food.”

“Seriously, look at my food and compare it to their lunches.”

Chrissy honestly knew that Billy’s would be better just from looks alone but she was also stubborn about proving that Hawkins was alright, so she didn’t budge.

“Come on, I’ll even give you some,” Billy wheedled. “I brought too much anyway since Max wanted to try the cafeteria food. Bet she’ll be begging me to make her lunch tomorrow.”

“That’s a sucker’s bet, Bills but I’ll try it anyway. You brag about your cooking enough that this better be something amazing.”

“Trust me, Chris. It’ll blow your socks off.”

Chrissy definitely wasn’t disappointed since she finished the sandwich in record time, and she was ecstatic when Billy brought out a Tupperware with cookies for dessert since she’d told him a long time ago that chocolate chip cookies were her favorite. She squealed again and hugged him before sharing the cookies with the rest of the cheerleaders whose eyes all widened at how good it was. Chrissy was in the middle of bragging about the different types of things Billy said he could make when a shadow casts itself over her.

“Babe, who’s this?” Jason grounded out.

Billy was immediately on edge, already puffing up his chest, raring for a fight.

“Oh, Jason! Sorry, I forgot to introduce you. Billy, this is Jason Carver, my boyfriend. Jason, this is Billy Hargrove, he’s my cousin on my mom’s side.”

All of a sudden, Jason’s demeanor changed with a flick of a switch. Billy didn’t trust it.

“Oh! Nice to meet the cousin that Chrissy speaks so highly about.” He said, offering his hand out.

Billy stood up, very obviously noting the height and muscle difference between him and Jason before shaking his hand a touch too firm for most people to handle. Jason winced but didn’t pull away.

“Pity I can’t say the same. Chris, is this the best you can do?” Billy asked, pointing at Jason.

Jason took offense to that but he didn’t dare make a scene.

“Hey!”

“Jason’s a good man, Billy. He goes to the same church as us and he’s the best basketball player in our year.” Chrissy protested.

Billy laughed after looking Jason up and down while Jason tried to intimidate him.

“Him? Sorry, sweetheart but I’d mop the floor with him on the court in a heartbeat. Let me guess, his GPA’s a 2.”

“It’s 2.5 actually!” Jason interjected.

Billy scoffed.

“Like that’s any better.”

“What’s yours then, hotshot?”

Billy smirked.

“It’s 4.0, Carver. See you on the court later. Let’s see if you can keep up good enough that I’ll allow you to keep dating my cousin.”

“Excuse me?”

“You’re excused.”   

Jason huffed before returning to his table. Chrissy slapped Billy on the arm, for real this time.

“Hey! What was that for?”

“Don’t pick a fight with my boyfriend, Billy.”

“Chris, I know for a fact you can do so much better than that asshole. Why are you even with him?”

Heather, Chrissy’s best female friend finally interjected.

“He’s the next in line king of the school after Steve Harrington dropped the crown. She’s the Queen of Hawkins High as long as they’re together and I’m guessing you know how much Sharon loves those things.”

“You’re telling me that Aunt Sharon likes that creep? It makes sense though. He’s the kind of asshole your mom would’ve gone for had she been your age.”

“Ew, Billy.” Chrissy crinkled her nose.

“It’s true though. Don’t deny it.”

“Anyway, lunch is about to finish. We need to get to our next class.”

“Let’s bounce. It was nice meeting you girls.”

“Likewise, Billy.” A few of the girls shouted as Chrissy dragged Billy away.

After classes, Billy had already been asked by Neil to bring Chrissy home after she had been picked up by Jason to go to school so Billy waited for Max before bringing her with him to the cheerleading practice where Heather was training Chrissy to be her replacement for the next year. During the water break, Chrissy officially met Max who was surprised at how bubbly and light Chrissy was. Max didn’t think she could be that type of girl but she couldn’t help but admit she was curious about it all. With Chrissy officially taking Max under her wing, she doesn’t really have time to deal with the boys until a demodog attacks her and Chrissy while they’re on their way to the town. Billy hears their screams and he immediately deals with it and he’s surprised when a bunch of kids in Max’s year show up and explain what the hell that was.

Billy’s been too busy threatening Carver to straighten up his act after he caught him getting handsy with another girl and making sure he stuck to it to properly befriend Tommy. Sure, they were teammates but nothing more than that. Billy still flirted with Steve at practice though but he never pursued the rivalry thing that everyone thought would brew between them. It was pretty much guaranteed that Billy was the new reigning King of Hawkins High after he’d embarrassed Jason and everyone else on the team on the court. Tina’s Halloween party only cemented it when Billy beat out the Keg record Steve had set even though Billy still tried to comfort Steve after watching his girlfriend kind of break up with him in front of everyone. The cousins ruled Hawkins High without giving a damn about it since Chrissy was so focused on making Billy and Max learn to love Hawkins too. She would constantly take them out of the house, always asking Neil politely if she could show Billy and Max around the town, making sure that she would keep them out of the house as much as possible.

Somehow, Chrissy and Billy ended up getting involved with the Upside Down way earlier when a demodog attacks the girls right outside of the Hargrove house and Billy doesn’t hesitate to protect his girls when push comes to shove. Afterwards, Chrissy also takes El under her wing and the trio of Max, Chrissy and El take over Billy’s life. Chrissy acts as their older sister and guru for all things teenage girl and she even helps them shop and get ready for the Snow Ball with Billy’s help. Billy’s also forced to teach El and therefore, also Max and Chrissy how to make all sorts of food and desserts whenever the mood strikes them and he’s their resident chauffer for trips while the boys rely on Steve. Since he can’t exactly cook or bake at their house or Chrissy house and Hopper’s cabin is out of the question, El usually asks Steve if they can use his kitchen. Steve’s fine with it as long as he gets some food out of it and after some time, he starts hanging around while Billy messes around in the kitchen.

With both Chrissy and Billy taking their grades seriously, Steve’s forced to study too and they replace Nancy as his support to apply for colleges. With Billy’s help, he even manages to get accepted into a couple of them but he decides to take a gap year to wait for the majority of his friends. Strangely enough, it becomes pretty normal for the students of Hawkins High to see Billy Hargrove, Chrissy Cunningham and Steve Harrington all together with Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers occasionally joining the trio. It becomes a normal thing for the five of them to study together at Steve’s house while Billy whips up either a snack or dinner for the entire group. Sometimes, the kids would play D&D at the basement with Billy trying his best to get the kids to eat some healthy food instead of just pizza while the older teens would either study or smoke together.

When summer begins, Chrissy encourages Billy to apply for the vacant lifeguard position that Heather told her about and when she notices the moms staring weirdly at Billy, she plots and gets her very Christian mother to loudly rebuke all of the women for lusting after a teenager and almost committing adultery. With that problem out of the way,  Billy’s free to enjoy teaching the tiny tots how to swim and to watch as the kids he’d slowly grown fond of play around in either the public pool or Steve’s pool. Chrissy had gotten a job at the mall so she’d loved having lunch with Steve and Robin who quickly became her lunch buddies. Billy would always pick her up and drop her off, usually with lunch and dessert to share.

When the girls enter their dump his ass phase, they get Chrissy to dump Jason too who heads to the motel to meet up with a girl to feel better about himself. The mindflayer gets him instead but when he immediately goes to flay Chrissy, she realizes something’s wrong and Billy’s there to stop him. They get El to figure out what’s wrong and they quickly get it out of him without killing him. Then, they have to deal with the Russians but with Chrissy and Billy there, things go much easier. After everything, everyone is alive and relatively okay, but Jason is traumatized, and he convinces his family to move away instead after being paid to keep silent about everything.

When Vecna starts his bullshit, Chrissy is in a much better place and so are a lot of the teens, all except Billy who might have friends but is still living with his abuser. Somehow, Eddie is still witness to the first victim but so is Chrissy who was there to support a friend of hers who wanted to try drugs. Eddie and Chrissy still flirted but when her friend started floating and going all weird, they didn’t know what to do! Chrissy immediately got to Billy who let everyone know what happened. All the while, she was dragging Eddie with her to make sure that what she saw actually happened.

With more minds working on the problem, they realize everything earlier leaving them time to prepare but Billy then realizes he’s been dealing with the symptoms. Chrissy is extremely horrified to find out that Billy was still a target after everything she had gone through to save him and she belatedly realizes that he also saved her from being a target so she’s angry at herself because she couldn’t save him. Strangely enough, it’s Eddie who comforts her about it.

Billy gets them to make peace with the fact that he’s a target, something that Steve is strangely bothered extremely by and he agrees to get them to set a trap for Vecna. Without Jason around to ruin things and with the town in chaos over the people dying of unnatural reasons, they manage to successfully deal with him with an especially irate Chrissy throwing Molotovs with uncanny aim and eventually stabbing him when she’s threatened after saying that you don’t scare me. She was almost meant to be a victim but she ends up beating him literally and figuratively. They manage to expose the Upside Down and to finally end things.

Surprisingly, as soon as things settle, Billy tells Chrissy that Steve had kissed him and that they were now dating. She also had news to share since Eddie was dating her now too. The quartet soon makes plans to move to California, far away from all of this nonsense with the Byer-Hoppers and with the rest of the kids promising to meet them there soon. Weirdly enough, all things worked out for the cousins because they had each other to rely on and they didn’t let each other down.

[teddyrb]

It’s not mine.

Billy Hargrove x Reader

Max Mayfield x Platonic!Reader.

Genre - Angst.

Warnings - Swearing, pregnancy, yelling.

Summary - Billy doesn’t react well to the news that you’re pregnant and Max has to comfort you.

A/N - I hope you like it.

Word count - 770

You didn't know how he'd react, the both of you were young and had aspirations for your lives. You we're sat in his bathroom with a positive pregnancy test on your lap, Billy was in his bedroom waiting for you to come back in but you needed to calm yourself down before you did. You placed the pregnancy test in your back pocket and made your way towards his room.

"Where'd you go?" Billy spoke, looking over at you.

You stayed in the doorway. "Bathroom."

He nodded his head at your answer and rolled himself a joint to smoke. "You took a while, you okay?"

"No, not really." You wanted to lie but you couldn't, tears were in your eye's and Billy looked concerned. "Billy, I'm pregnant."

"What? Who's is it?" He looked mad, his accusatory tone made you feel sick. How could he ask something like that?

A tear streamed down your face at his reaction. "It's yours, Billy." You felt a lump in your throat. "I haven't... I haven't been with anyone else. Why would you think that?"

His mouth conformed into an evil snarl. "No. It's not mine, your fucking lying. Y'hear me, that is not my fucking kid."

You didn't think Billy could be any scarier than that moment. "Billy, please."

"No, Y/N. That's not my kid, I don't care what you say. I don't want anything to do with this Y/N." He was moving himself around like a lunatic before he finally opted to storm out of the house.

You sat yourself on the floor next to the wall and began to cry, you pushed yourself up to the wall and pulled your legs towards yourself. After you heard his car drive away you heard a door open and somebody holding you. Max was the only person left in the house and she moved herself to comfort you. There was no doubt in your mind that Max knew what had happened, Billy hadn't been the quietest person when he lost his temper and Max was only in the room next door. She sat besides you as  you cried and she patted your back, whispering comfort into your ear.

"It's okay, Y/N. You're okay." She spoke softly, like she was talking to a small animal. "He's not mad at you, trust me Billy loves you."

You whimpered, Billy didn't love you. Nobody act's like that with someone they love. "It's okay Max, you don't have to lie." It was loud enough for her to hear but your voice was tired from the crying.

"He does, he just doesn't know how to react. It's big news Y/N, he need's to process it." Max spoke more firmly, as if she knew.

"I know it's big news, I had to find out in your bathroom. I didn't learn how to handle this in school." You were annoyed that Max was brushing over how you felt about this. "Why do I have to act like this is okay. I'm freaking out, this is nowhere near okay, Max." You stood up and grabbed your bag.

"Where are you going?" She was stood in the door way so you couldn't get past her.

"Home." Was all you said.

"Y/N, it's raining and Billy drove you here. You cant leave now." You tried to make your way past her. "At least wait until my mom gets back, she can drive you."

You shook your head. "Max, move out of my way. I can't stay here, I don't want to see him if he comes back soon."

Max let you past her, she disapproved but she couldn't do anything to stop you.

You made your way home, in the rain. The first thing you did when you got home was shower, you changed into some fresh pyjamas before a knock came from your front door. You made your way over and opened it. Billy was stood there, a lot calmer than he had been the last time you saw him.

He brought you to himself in a hug. "I'm sorry, I was so worried about turning into my dad I didn't realise that's exactly what I was doing."

"Billy I don't wanna hear it." There were now tear in your eyes. "You said you thought I could cheat on you."

"I said that because I thought it was better for you to have cheated on me than me being a dad." He rushed to explain.

"I know it's scary but we have to do this together Billy. I don't wanna have to raise a kid alone."

"And you won't. But believe me, Max wasn’t lying when she said I love you because I do."

[sakannaz]

Hey! I have a request for Vance hopper if that’s ok! So the reader is the niece of the grabber and max so she living there for a while but what they don’t know is she can see ghosts after a while she learns what is happening and tries to help maybe the grabber kills her or something but the reader gets very close with ghost Vance. Thank you don’t feel like you have to do this request if you don’t like it :)

𝐈 𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔

Yes! I can definitely do this! I’m still watching a bit of the movie since I don’t know much but I do know who the grabber and max are! Thank you so much for the request!

(Update): I watched the rest of the movie and I enjoyed it!

GUYS IM SO SORRY I FORGOT BRUCE

Warning(s): Cussing, violence, and death.

Spoilers below for the blackphone(?)

Btw I changed it up with just the reader living with the grabber, hope you don’t mind! I’m sorry it this took long.

Note ! : Albert Shaw is the grabber’s real name.

You’ve been living with the grabber for awhile now. You’re clueless about the cruel things he’s done, you wonder why he cause himself ‘the grabber’, what for exactly?

He doesn’t like you going outside. But for what? There has to be a reason why he doesn’t want you going outside..you swore you heard a kid screaming downstairs the other night.

Tonight is where you had to go to sleep early, you didn’t want to see him again. You were his niece and you didn’t know what he was doing, as you were thinking you heard something drop from in the corner of your room, you stood up and walked over to it.

The lights went out, you grew scared as you looked around, why’d the lights just go out?

Once the lights came back on, you saw a figure in the corner of the room, you let out a little scream, you noticed their was blood on his face and he had blond curly hair.

Who was this?

“H-Hello? How’d you get in here?” Was your first question, The male titled his head to the side and looked you up and down, “You’re his niece, aren’t you?” The male asked.

“Yeah, I am, why? Who are you?” You questioned, The male walked forward and revealed himself, “I’m vance. Vance hopper. And you?” Vance asked, “I’m..(Y/n).” You answered.

He turned to the door, why was he looking there for? Did he need something?

“Tomorrow night. You need to go down there tomorrow night. You’ll finally find out about him. And you know exactly who I’m talking about.” Vance whispered to you before disappearing, ‘What’s down in the basement?’ You just decided to go to sleep that night.

…

So, you woke up that day. Determined to go downstairs, maybe uncle Albert wouldn’t be home today.

Oh. But you were wrong. So wrong.

You walked downstairs and into the basement, and what your seeing now is a lot at the moment. You don’t know what to say.

Finney Shaw, what was he doing here? In The basement? Why was he here? There was a reason why Vance told you to go down there.

“F-Finney?” You said, his head perked up when you called his name, “(Y/n)?” He replied, You ran towards him and pulled him into a hug. How long has he been down here? Has he even ate anything?

Then, Finney’s eyes widen when he saw the grabber behind you, “Don’t worry, I’m gonna get you out of here, ‘kay? I promise. He won’t hurt you anymore.” You explained, Then, you saw him point behind you.

“(Y/n), you need to run.” Finney said, but instead or listening you ignored him and slowly turned towards Uncle Albert, you weren’t scared of him.

Not anymore.

“What? You gonna kill me like you did your other victims?” Yeah, that’s exactly what he was about to do. Cause next thing you know, he had wrapped a phone cord around your throat and started strangling you to death.

…

Everything felt dark. Why was it so dark? You felt someone carrying you and placing you softly on the bed. Once your eyes opened you checked your surroundings.

You were still in that nasty ass basement.

But…with some unfamiliar people. No- no, you recognized them. You knew who they were.

Billy, griffin, robin, and vance. Plus Bruce.

You would be the 6th victim. And you were his niece. He didn’t seem to care who he killed, long as they didn’t know what he was up too.

“Guess you joined us now.” Billy said, crossing his arms and leaning on the wall, you couldn’t process what you were seeing at the moment. Everything just felt…blurry. You couldn’t remember who you were but you knew these people. You couldn’t remember your name.

“Who- who am I?” You asked, over the past few months the bond you’ve created with Vance, he felt kind of bad for you. You didn’t know any better, you were just trying to help.

So, now it would be his turn to help you.

“Here, take my hand.” He said, you stared at him for a minute before taking his hand, he helped you up and told you all about what happened, something about someone named the grabber? Who was he?

You lost your memories. You didn’t know who he was talking about.

Since he couldn’t protect himself…now he would have to protect you.

Cause you deserved better.

And you deserved to live.

And so did the others.

[hyperfixationgoddess]

I have this head cannon, y'see and I can't really talk about it in real life, so now it's tumblr's problem. Yaaaaay.

Okay, here it is. This is an a/b/o au. The upside down has its own scent, right? And it scents COLD. And only a select few in Hawkins know that scent. Of course, Steve Harrington is one of them. That day in the field, in s2, when the Mind Flayer was taking over Will, what if the high school gym was close enough to that field that everyone could smell it? That overwhelming scent of dark, cold, evil. Steve is the only one who recognizes it .

He'd never run so fast in all his life.

Steve is the first on the scene, sees Will just standing there, his own pup scent overwhelmed by cold. Steve has always run hot, and he learned a long time ago, due to absent parents, how to scent warmth.

He goes up to Will, and just hugs him, scents warm, because it makes sense, right? The upside down was making it cold, so Steve had to warm him up. When the rest of the crew find them, Steve is just holding Will close, scenting warm, and encouraging him to fight off the upside down.

"it's okay, Will, you're doing great, you're so strong, pup, you can do it, you're so strong, stronger than anything that place can throw at you, come on, kiddo, you got this..." Etc., Etc.

When the others arrive, he tells them to scent warm like he is, cause it'll help pull Will out of this dark place. They all end up in this big group hug: Steve, Will, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Max, Joyce. Then, when the basketball team shows up looking for Steve, he just looks at Hargrove, and is like, you're basically a human furnace, get over here and help us get this pup warm.

Fyi, Steve is obviously an omega, and Billy is an alpha, so who is he to refuse.

Finally, Will wakes up mind flayer-free, and he just clings to Steve while sobbing. He accidentally calls Steve mama, which just makes him melt, and then Steve and Joyce and the kids, including Max, take Will home and just gives him all the love he deserves. The next day, Steve takes all the kids to meet the Hawkins High Dungeon Master, Eddie Munson, to help Will feel better

And that, my friends, is how Steve adopts all of the kids in this au. Of course, D'art is still around, so that's how Steve bonds with Dustin specifically. Dustin and Will are his favorites. Billy just kind of fell for Steve after seeing his mama bear side, as did Eddie, because I am a sucker for Harringroveson.

[specialagentlokitty]

quileute pack x reader - family forever

Can I request platonic Pack x Malereader who old friend Sam’s came to visit with like his mate and kid (who they pup) - Anon💜

You hadn’t visited the pack in a long while, not since you had decided to move away with your mate in order to live a quieter life.

Sam had asked you to come visit since everything had quietened down, and after talked to your mate you decided to finally go down.

Pulling up outside, you turned to your partner and smiled at them.

“Hold on, I’ll get Sam to come out first.” You smiled.

“Of course.”

They smiled and got out the car, walking to the back to wake up the sleeping boy.

Heading inside, you stuffed your hands in your pocket as you looked around.

“Oi!” You yelled.

There was a small thud, and someone came running down the stairs.

Emily rushed around and she grinned happily at you as she saw you standing in the doorway.

“(Y/N)!”

Rushing over, she quickly hugged you and you laughed softly, hugging her back with a smile on your face.

Sam came around the corner and smiled at you, walking over, he pulled you in for a hug as well.

“It’s about time.” He sighed.

“I know, it’s been so long. I’m sorry, come meet Jessie and Ryan.”

Leading him out to the car, you introduced everyone, and held your hand out to Ryan who was hiding behind Jessie’s leg.

“It’s okay, come now.”

Ryan looked at you unsure before he came toddling over to you, taking your hand in his as he looked up at Sam.

Sam knelt down and offered a soft smile and held out his hand.

“I’m Sam, I’m a friend of your dads.”

“I’m Ryan.”

Ryan shook Sam’s hand, and you introduced him to Emily.

You let Ryan settle in and get used to the two you would be staying with before you decided ti introduce him to the rest of the pack.

As evening came, you took Jessie and Ryan to the party going on, you smiled as the whole pack turned to you.

They all cheered and rushed over to greet you, happily hugging your and tackling you to the ground.

That’s when they all noticed your partner and child and they all immediately turned to you in shock before looking at them.

“Hey.” Jacob waved.

“Hey.” Jessie smiled.

Ryan offered a shy wave, hiding behind Jessie once again.

You introduced everyone, and you sat Ryan on your leg as you all sat around the fire to listen to Billy tell the story of how you all became to be werewolves.

“Are you a werewolf?” Ryan whispered.

“Yeah.” You nodded.

He then turned to Jessie.

“Are you?”

“No.” They smiled.

He nodded and turned back to you again.

“Will I be one?”

“Maybe Buddy.”

He nodded and looked around, trying to figure out who was a werewolf and who wasn’t.

Deciding he couldn’t figure out it all, he wondered up to everyone and started asking them much to everyone’s amusement.

Once he was happy, he decided to encourage Seth to play a game with him, and the youngest members of the pack shuffled away to join in, so did a few others.

You couldn’t help but smile as you watched them all laugh and play and run around.

Jessie leant into your side and you wrapped your arm around their shoulder, pressing a kiss to their head.

“Maybe we should move back.” They whispered.

“It’s not safe.”

“We’ll be protected, you know that.”

You hummed and nodded your head.

You knew the pack would protect you all, and you did miss them all, so maybe you should move back and Ryan could fully learn about everything.

He could stay with his new found friends, and grow up to learn his heritage