#SORRY IM SO FUCKING LATE GUYS AAAAA

[stilinskiderek]

i'm so excited to actually be making this post! I've been reading fanfiction on tumblr for the entire decade i've been on here and i do have a running #fic rec tag, but i'm consolidating them in part for the stardust reblog challenge hosted by the lovely @natrace!

MARVEL

Bucky Barnes

After by @wkemeup​

Ice Cream by @lovelybarnes​

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Jake "Hangman" Seresin

"did you bring a jacket?" / "no" /  "here, take mine." by @siempre-bucky

flyboy drabble by @kryptonitejelly​ +recommending all of flyboy!! I read it as it was posted so it's not in this list but I loved it

the only thing part 1 + 2 by @justfandomwritings​

alive by @seresinhangmanjake​

texan skies by @mothdruid​

“you could punch me in the face and i would still want you ngl.”  by @seasonsbloom​

habits of my heart by @criminalamnesia​

motion sickness by @clints-lucky-arrow​ i also have to shout out the entire F&F universe Mack has written, I wouldn't have seen top gun without it. i owe her both my life and also blame her for my hperfixation on glen powell.

Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw

speak now (or forever hold your peace) by @softspiderling​ i am not a Rooster girl but Lisi might make one out of me !

[ad-hawkeye]

hello, star anon here! life was kind and gave me a bit of a break so i finally finished my wip. i'm not apparently allowed to embed any links in the ask box, but it's up on ao3 with the title, "How Long Will I Love You? As Long as Stars are Above You (Longer if I Can)". i tried very hard to capture the game's style and artem's manner of speaking, but i deviated a bit from the former. still, i hope all the artem stans enjoy 😅 -🌟

HI. HI. HI. HELLO, HI! AAAAA THIS LITERALLY MADE MY FRIDAY NIGHT I AM NOT EVEN JOKING. OOOOH MY GOD OKAY, i am so sorry for being a day or so late, i purposely set this fic aside as a selfish reward for when i was off work and could get a nice drink to read it with and holy SHIT am i getting this whole thing tattooed to my forehead HAHAH

i am not exaggerating in the slightest when i say this fic literally made me feel Lighter. i also had to comment on all of it (that is all below i have so many thoughts and love and only good things to say) and i will be dropping a comment on ao3 itself very soon hehe

for anyone interested, the fic is here! it's a rewrite of artem's second anniversary card + eventual proposal! full recommendation to any artem stan out there. READ THIS! NOW!

without further ado... my screaming.

the bouquet toss is hilariously adorable i LOVE it!!! celestine fucking BOOKING that thing at him HAHAH

im insanely impressed at how well this fic manages to take what was in the second anniversary card (celestine talking to mc about marriage, the toss, the ride home in the taxi, etc) and just. wow. improve it. i feel like this is such a breath of fresh air

mc saying she wants to wait until she at least passes her exam and avoid claims of nepotism, yes ma’am!!!!!!!!!!! this would be such a dream scenario if it happened in tot omg. the reason why artem’s second bday card was a liiittle disappointing to me was because they brought up the issue of possible rumors and scandals with their relationship. and then just. never resolve it. then have them get ENGAGED a card later!! i wish hoyo wasn’t afraid to address this, your fic is the perf solution imo and another reason why i wished we got a later artemrosa proposal

THE MENTION OF MC NOT BEING READY TO HAVE DINNER WITH ARTEM’S PARENTS AHAHA OMG I LOVE IT!! deliciously petty in calling out the contradictory writing in artem's cards bless you for that

MENTION OF NEIL. oh my GOD i feel like 90% of artem’s cards just forget about this man’s existence and it’s a shame! you did him justice!!! i want him to talk to mc again and see all that’s happened ;_;

THE BAD GUY DUH JOKE REFERENCE SHUT UP HAHAHA personal story 3 was literally artem at his most iconic and i MEAN this

about time…. im gonna sob, like literally. dude this fic is literally healing me as i read it, it’s like a love letter to all of artem’s cards, stories, and events. and . AA

THEM JOKING ABOUT THE AMUSEMENT PARK MAKE OUT SESSION PLEASE THAT’S SO FUNNY

the whole conversation with celestine and artem about proposing is my favorite thing ever. in the second anni card, i thought artem was so oddly cold to her (which goes against previous cards and reads like someone seeing artem’s ‘stop teasing me now’ act back in the early timeline as genuinely mean disinterest????) so this is like. healing. crops watered. “thank you for being my friend” is going to make me sob holy shit.

random but i adore the idea of artem w a therapist. he seems like a guy who’d benefit from that. i say this with love.

HELP HIM TALKING TO HIS FISH. FAV

god the scene with his mother :(((( AAAA the apology and and and and ;_;

keeping the one good thing from the second anniversary card: artem avoiding mc's gaze for weeks before proposing. excellent. thank you

gasp. THE ORCHARD. YOU GENIUS. HOW DID I NOT EVEN THINK OF THAT. THEY NEVER DID RETURN TO THE ORCHARD IN CANON DID THEY.

god this proposal got me sniffling.. the about time reference… the mention of being partners….. dude i’m gonna sob ;_; literally this is the timeline i wish we got, im just gonna be on hardcore copium and accept this as my canon proposal. okay? okay.

PRACTICE FOR SIGNING THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE MC YES

mc yanking artem too hard and him yelping is making me shit that’s the funniest thing i’ve read all week LMAO

HELP THE LIFTING BEING LEARNED FROM AN ONLINE ARTICLE. YOU GET IT!!! YOU UNDERSTAND HIM!!

oh my gosh this whole end section is so wehhh ;_;;;; sweet and in character and with just the right amount of steam and ambiguity! ;p

CELESTINE GIVING THEM BOTH OFF HAHAHA THE PERFECT END

oh my god ok. if this didn't let you know how much i thoroughly enjoyed myself, let me state it here now. thank you SO much for linking this to me!!! oh my god i feel so free?????? EVERYONE READ THIS NOW

[slimeclimbtime]

games i would love to see the wakeonez play (like on a streaming platform)

FNAF

im sorry but i HAVE to push the fnaf agenda. i want to see phanbin screech at the jumpscares in fnaf 1 AND PANIC WHEN FOXY SPRINTS DOWN THE HALLWAY. i want to see jihoo panic over all the shit you have to take care of in fnaf 2. i want everything to go in one ear and out the other for all of them during sister location's endless monologue. i want jeonghyeon to get frustrated with security breach's bugs. i need them to develop an unhealthy attachment to glamrock freddy.

BONUS POINTS if they play fnaf 2 doom on roblox and flip out (i can already imagine them as this video)

FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE

i almost suggested three houses but thatd be too political for them to avoid controversy whereas fire emblem engage has the power of friendship, quirky characters, and most importantly—the whole cast is pretty much lgbtq+. cheers!

would love to see how they would do in a strategy game. there's no like korean subs tho so idk how...

ESCAPE THE BACKROOMS

not only is the backrooms such an intriguing concept but this is imo the best backroom games made and the proximity chat would be fucking hilarious, not to mention the graphics and concept in general would be hella hilarious. plus the game just got a new update with more levels so they'd have so much time to play this. bonus points if jihoo has late reactions to all of the entities i can already imagine it

jeonghyeon: *screaming*

jihoo: what what what what

jeonghyeon: BEHIND YOUUUUUUU

jihoo, turning around to see the skinwalkers rapidly approaching him: AAAAA

FEARS TO FATHOM

i just wanna see how they would react to real life horror situations like these in an american setting, it'd be so interesting to see what they'd do. 100% believe junghyun would try to sabotage them. they'd all freak at the microphone part too

FALL GUYS

fall guys is so much fun ngl. if they have a pc to play it on they'll have the most fun fucking up and getting confused, i feel like phanbin would be scarily good at this game, especially in the survival rounds

FAITH

I NEED THEM TO PLAY THIS GAME SO BAD YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND 8-BIT HORROR WITH THE POWER OF CHRIST!!! only issue is that ppl might think this game is "controversial" but like no im all down for priest phanbin going "TAKE THE CROSS TAKE IT"

[dreamii-yume]

SPOILERSSS for Twisted Wonderland Chapter 6 : 1-16!!!

*rubs hands* aight it wont take long before genshin has me in its gacha hell grasp again, I just barely escaped this time— NOW ITS TIME TO SEE THE BOIS CHAPTER 6 omg— wtf happened last time lol it’s been too long

So, no voice over because of some problems which is understandable but— meh I don’t feel like reading lol So I’m watching otome ayui translations this time, because im that one dumbass student who skipped kanji class and now i cant read without sounding like im five _:(´ཀ`」 ∠): “what up im yume im way passed 19 and i never fucking learned how to read”

Also watching Hanayura Kanon stream for the rest that’s not yet been translated lol Because he’s very good at voice acting for the characters and he’s funny af lol

- OKAY OKAY— WTF HAPPENED EXPLAIN

- Fun fact : I haven’t watched Hercules yet so I legit don’t know what’s about to come lol

- Aw, that’s cute— We called over Ace and Deuce late at night AND THEY REALLY CAME OVER AAAAA

- I forgot how fckin pure their friendship is _:(´ཀ`」 ∠):

- Aight, so we actually have a huge-ass scratch from feral Grim lol That’s just fantastic, isn’t it

- FINALLY— We’re talking about Mickey and the stones my monster cat has been eating with Crowley AAAAA

- “Yeah there’s this bitch called mickey and i took his photo—“

- WE’RE FINALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS. AFTER 6 CHAPTERS.

- Bruh this crystal of blot sounds really dangerous why are we discussing this just now

- Speaking of this crystal, Crowley— you were looking for this crystal in chap one and when we asked you about wtf you’re trying to find you just went— “oH itS NothING.”

- I SUPPOSED ITS NOT NOTHING NOW IS IT

- I didnt see you searching for crystals after every chapter mr. crowley where were you 👁👄👁 dont you think it was weird that you didnt see a single one after like— five blotting incidents

- Oh so its rare i see— BRUH R U SURE ABOUT THAT grim literally found one every single chap LMAO

- Okay okay— see, he may be violent but listen— you aint gonna throw out my fucking cat okay

- Wh— THERE WAS A FESTIVAL!? Im dumb so its not just VDC LOL

- Listen LISTEN— GRIM IS FINE. HOLD UP— NO NEED TO THROW HIM OUT JUST LET ME HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT HIM

- Aww, Ace and Deuce looked pissed about it too AAAAHH THE TRUE DEFINITION OF THE BOIS

- BRUH NO— ALL THE DORM LEADERS TO GO AND CAPTURE GRIM?? HE’LL DIE

- CROWLEY PLS— WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, HONEY

- #Grimportectionsquad

- “It’s bout time for them to come” Who?

- FUCKING— CROWLEY STOP SAYING ITS NOTHING— This is why this school is so fucked, you never tell us anything ahead of time _:(´ཀ`」 ∠):

- Aight he left, Ace Deuce hurry help me what you guys got

- He may be a monster but see— the worst he did is eat the whole tuna stack SO PLS HES STILL BABY AND I LOVE HIM

- THATS RIGHT DEUCE MY MAN GRIM CAN DO NO BAD I SWEAR

- HE WOULDNT EVER AGAIN I SWEAR

- Ace ヽ(；▽；)ノ The character development— im so proud of you, son

- THIS IS THE BOISSS— LETS GOOOO

- Fuck this is so beautiful— just me and the bois on our way in the middle of the night to find our MISSING CAT I—

- CROWLEY REALLY DID ASSEMBLE THEM DORM LEADERS AAAAAAA AT THIS HOUR TOO WTF

- BRUH WE CAN TALK

- Kalim Kalim Kalim Vil Vil Vil— Pls we’ve been through so much last chapter ＨＥＬＰ

- Leona…A big fat ｍｏｏｄ honestly lmao

- Ey ey riddle pls— dont make this any more difficult—

- Shut up azul stay where u are all you’ve done is nothing but chaos since you arrive so SHHH

- MALLEUS IS NOT HERE AGAIN LILIA PLS— where is he when we need him the most LOL

- Ortho, your bro where?? Also— SURVIVAL STATUS BRUH—

- YES PLS DONT HURT HIM OMG

- oh i forgot idia lives in his tablet LOL OF COURSE

- Omg he’s in the apple trees still looking scary as shi aaaaaaa pls kitty come home u just had too much catnip

- OH GOD 15m HE’S CLOSE

- “Starting operation” ORTHO WHAT TF

- EY EY EY oh good he’s knocked out sighhh

- Aight I know this has been translated but I can’t help but to look at the original japanese and im just— wtf is RTS and TAS idia i dont understand this advanced gamer otaku language

- But Idia and Ortho really do be speedrunning on who can fucking kick my cat the hardest LOL

- THATS RIGHT IDIA You understand me— Fellow cat lovers unite, Grim is very cute, he can’t do no bad

- …so can i have him back pls—

- Can we just appreciate the fact that these bois are willing to take the risk of getting their heads chopped off by Riddle by doing all this for us??

- If this isnt what you call true friendship then i dont know what this is

- Lol ambrose is going to appear in this festival again and crowley’s prideful ass is QUAKING

- WHY are we not allowed to see him crowley im sure we can handle it— We’re the BOIS. CMON

- Imagine if they just summon a fcuking— magic vet or something lol

- It’s the next day lol

- HAH ITS THE VDC LOSERS BY ONE VOTE SQUAD

- I mean the NRC Tribe— ٩( ᐛ )و

- VIL. what you have my queen

- Vil pls dont remind me that my cat isnt here but thank you for saying thank you i do not deserve—

- AWW THE ADEUCE SQUAD LOOKS SO SAD AAAAA

- Vil i miss the bad bitch but absolute oneesan energy but the apology— yeah are we gonna cry again lol

- AAAAAAHH why am i so proud— THAT vil is apologizing

- You dont need to maam what we had in chapter 5 was a fucking journey i regret nothing

- I swear if rook goes like— bitch that aint beautiful imma bonk him I WILL DO IT dont think i forgot what u did last chap

- Man i love me a man who can openly admit his mistakes MMMGH

- Rook i swear—

- Im glad that we’re not toning down ace’s brutal honesty lol

- BRUHHH I DONT LIKE IT WHEN VIL US TAKING ALL THE BLAME i mean what he said was kinda true BUT STILL

- Cheer up Vil, it’s not like it’s a complete failure anyways (；ω；) it was fun at least

- Hearing Jamil encourage Vil like this feels surreal BUT YES BOI U TELL EM

- What is this beautiful character development

- Ooff way to hit where it hurts the most vil my queen lol

- AAGH IT HURTS VIL RECOGNIZING NEIGE’S HARDWORK LIKE THIS— THE PRIDE I CAN FEEL IT ＣＲＡＣＫ

- Bruh we appreciate Neige’s impeccable smile in this household— REMEMBER WHEN EVERYONE WAS LIKE NEIGE’S GON BE A BAD BOI??? WELP—

- It was me, i was that person and i shall drown in apple juice for it

- Of course, the ultimate Neige simp already knows that lol

- Bruh the background music has no business being this sad　ｓｔｏｐ

- I hate it when vil is right sometimes omg— TRUEEE KALIM especially wouldn’t be able to stand properly on stage after knowing Neige’s own hardships aaaa

- NOO BABY DONT CRY

- Vil redemption arc??? 👀👀 you can help us cure our cat—

- !? Are we gonna get that money promised in that poster?? 👀👀

- WHAA FUCKING WAHAA VIL IS GONNA PAY THAT US??? THE WHOLE 5 MIL EACH??!! VIL CALM DOWN WHAT I SAID WAS A JOKE

- Damn vil is ＳＴＡＣＫＥＤ He really didnt want to owe anyone anything LMAO YES QUEEN

- WHA— KALIM IS ACCEPTING??? OUT OF EVERYONE HERE, I DID NOT EXPECT YOU TO ACCEPT THAT KALIM

- Kalim is making my heart go boom boom again baby boi ✨👁💧👄💧👁✨✨

- HE’LL DONATE IT TO THE RAMSHACKLE DORM BABY BOIIII

- …sumimasen kalim for having a very rundown dorm 👁💧👄💧👁 but thank you for being nice about it lol

- OKAY OKAY KALIM YOU DONT HAVE TO LIST ALL THE THINGS WRONG IN MY DORM PLS—

- THIS IS EMBARRASSING PLS KALIM IM SORRY FOR BEING POOR

- But this man be such a sunshine holy shit i cant even be mad about it lol

- AW YEAH RAMSHACKLE DORM IS GONNA GET A MAKEOVER

- EVERYONE BE DONATING THEIR MONEY TO US AAAAA Were they always this NICE

- Aight adeuce pls— y’all dont have to force yourself to donate my guys (´；ω；`) being friends is enough lol i get it my bois

- Find me a man who can make me feel like this the way Vil can

- Man if only Grim is here :’) he’d be soo happy :’)) you can have all the tuna you want buddy :’)))

- GRIM PLS ADEUCE IS WILLING TO TREAT YOU TO LUNCH BABY

- Bro this is so wholesome omg

- Im sorry but still up to this day, my understanding of Epel’s accent is still　ｌａｃｋｉｎｇ lmao

- Aight they be talking about how Rook already knew that they were going to lose from the very beginning

- The FORESHADOWING LOL The difference with how Rook said “What a wonderful performance” rather than “What a beautiful performance” sigh

- Honestly we gotta respect Rook’s resolve here lol man just knows what he wants

- Rook and Vil’s friendship lmao

- 👁👄👁 …!?

- EARTHQUAKE WTF How dare you ruin such moment—

- WHAT IS GOING ON

- EY WTF DONT DESTROY MY DORM WTF ARE YOU GUYS

- WHAT ARE THESE ROBOTS OUTSIDERS KILL THEM WITH FIRE

- They look like something that belongs to the Ignihyde dorm HUH

- Oh bruh— Vil in his Dorm Leader mode is so cool AND YES I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE TIME BUT wheww~~ Vil YAS QUEEN

- KALIM TOO AAAAAA JAMIL’S 「はっ！」SO COOL

- so SO— the dorm leader’s have a protocol for outsider attacks like this 👁👄👁 OMG THEY’RE SO HOT

- They don’t seem like our bois anymore aaa just pure professionalism at this point—

- GOD I FORGOT HOW COOL THEY ARE OMG

- HEEEYYY OUR DORM IS GETTING DESTROYED WTF ARE THESE GUYS’ PROBLEM

- We were just talking about renovating it too wtf

- AAAAAHHH HOW DARE YOU— VIL R YOU OK

- Bruh i dont know what is going on but dont touch my man’s face

- They’re targetting Vil and Jamil WHY— overblot men!!??? WHERE ARE YOU— GIVE THEM BACK

- I didnt understand what epel said here lmao BUT—!?

- THEY HAVE GRIM TOO FUCK HE’S BACK LET GO OF MY FUCKING CAT

- WHAT IS GOING ON DARLINGS

- BUDDYY >:’0000 Grimmm MY HEART—

- Are they kidnapping the overblot men?? What— the fucking absolute ｂａｌｌｓ on these robots

- God we’re getting absolutely ｆｕｃｋｅｄ in here

- AND THERE’S A CAULDRON IN THE BACKGROUND LOL DEUCE WENT HAM

- BRING ME BACK MY FUCKING CAT— >:’0000

- I thought there’s going to be a festival not a fucking kidnapping event HEY

- Oh 👀 Rook pls help

- AAAHH SERIOUS ROOK IS HOT—

- IS THE OTHER DORM LEADERS CHILLING WHERE ARE THEY KALIM PLS BE SAFE

- OH RIDDLE IS NOT ANSWERING THEY GOT HIM TOO

- Oh ghad they got him during clubs WTF HOW—

- *nervous hornii chuckling* …angry expression silver 👁👄👁 im sorry

- AAAA Dorm leaders actually be acting like dorm leaders is soo cool i cant—

- Bruh the story is all chaos what is this chapter

- Are they gonna get Leona and Azul too what—

- RIDDLE BABY Jesus christ dont overblot like this again lol

- DAMN HE STRONG FOR A SMOL BOI THO

- Whoever made these robots wtf is their deal lol TO BE ABLE TO BEAT A DORM LEADER—

- …Bruh where is our horned friend when u need him

- Silver and Sebek theorizing with dorm leaders but they took Jamil tho?? It’s probably the overblot men they’re after

- Also Malleus is probably good so you two calm down lol Lilia’s probs having tea with him right now

- Okay, Leona how are you going to get captured KING.

- Omg everything is getting destroyed wtf

- AW LEONA SAVED RUGGIE THATS CUTE AND COOL AF

- Bruh leona these are material robots— cant you just turn them into sand lol

- Oh they do have some kind of brand cmon just turn them into sand pls

- WHAT THE FUCK

- LEONA-SAN!? WHY ARE YOU GIVING UP— OJI-TAN!!!

- OLD MAN WHAT—

- *hearing leona whisper his reasons ✋ 👁👄👁 🤚 okay sir im sorry

- Damn Leona acting like a real prince right now— it’s kinda hot 👀👀

- BRUH PLS COME BACK DONT TALK LIKE YOU AINT GONNA

- BRO WHERE ARE THE TEACHERS

- THE BOARD GAME CLUB

- Idia : “bro we just chilling be cool— MY CHESS PIECE“

- “Aight ortho what’s the situation” “ｆｕｃｋｅｄ＂

- So Idia of course knows about this— why does he look like he’s so done lmao me getting the feeling this isnt the first time idia has encountered this situation before lol

- Man i want to see azul in action too but mehh— Idia told him to settle down cries

- LOL WHAT IS THIS KARONE ROBOTS

- Wait— are they taking idia too?? OH IS THIS THE DOING OF IDIA’S FAMILY

- WHERE IS CROWLEY— THE TEACHERS, YOUR IMPORTANT STUDENTS ARE GETTING KIDNAPPED

- AH THEY ALSO KNOW ABOUT THESE STYX BITCHES WHAT— and they’re just letting them GO whaaat

- Sounds to me that this must be idia’s family taking care of the overblotting students?? Like to protect Idia or something?? I DONT—

- “Gather all the dorm leaders” No, sir, they’re already gone besides my sunshine and the horn boi

- Malleus??? 👁👄👁 TSUNOTAROU

- Pls kill the robots they destroyed my place

- AAH UPSIDE DOWN LILIA long time no see lol

- Bruhh the diasomnia students are so lucky to have Malleus as a dorm leader omg

- BRUH LILIA’S RINGTONE IS SO CUTE LMAO

- Kalim sounds so desperate im so sad

- ARE WE— ARE WE GONNA MEET MALLEUS AGAINNN

- Bruh they just goku teleported their way out of the dorm lol

- AAAAHH EVERYONE IS HERE THIS IS SO FUN

- Wait jack is not here lol did they just forget about him wtf

- Oh shit we here too i did not know LMAO

- S-So are we just gonna..continue school like— like these styx bitches didnt just ruin half the school, my dorm, injure my bois, and took my cat or…???

- GASP AAAA STYX IS A BLOT RESEARCH FACILITY WHAAAT

- So that’s why leona and idia be like bro this is not worth it

- O-Oh yeah— they…they didnt know that Vil overblot— PFFT

- Malleus pls information who are you talking about—

- WHO— LILIA MALLEUS OH NO

- Ey, overblot squad are assembled lol this looks so dangerous

- LMAOO Riddle was sleeping on Leona’s lap for three hours THATS SO CUTE

- Where the fck did they take them, ITS CRAMPED AF

- Bro they’re just exposing Vil and Jamil’s overblot that’s supposed to be a SECRET LOL

- Oji-tan can sound so wise and reliable like this if he really tried lol sugar daddy energy

- Wtf these guys never thought that idia was from a big shot family??? They thought it was just coincidence that they had the same family name PFFT

- AZUL AAAA He was right there my guy BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY MAN

- oh. They finally opened— isn’t this the ignihyde dorm what

- WHAT THE FU— IDIA

- Bro— WHAT WAS THAT IT WAS IDIA ALL ALONG???

- WHAT IS THIS CHAPTER

This chapter is a fucking roller coaster like— literal 0 to 100 ＱＵＩＣＣ From having a moment with Vil and the bois to a FUCKING TERRORIST ATTACK LMAO IM HYPED FOR NEXT CHAP—

It’s been so long, I hope they released the next part soon (๑>◡<๑) I forgot how fine these men are lol at least I want to hear their voices again 👁👄👁

[bonesandthebees]

sd anon once again i have no fucking clue how any of this is happening to me i hooked up w them bc his gf is in a diff state and we went there for a work thing but now we’re back and i slept w him like two nights ago bc his gf was like i think it’d be hot if you guys slept together

I ALSO GOT A TATTOO??? milkweed on my leg it looks sick it hurt like a bitch

will check out that cocktail rec!!!! and also i mean same city for twitchcon… it’d be so funny if i saw you in the crowd

HI SD ANON I'LL FINALLY ANSWER THESE IM SORRY IT'S SO LATE

holy shit you are just. you're living the life. good for you for getting bitches you're really having your hot girl* summer

(*hot girl summer need not have a gender it is simply vibes i dont know your pronouns sd anon so i am not assuming)

milkweed??? that sound so pretty oh my god, i want another tattoo it's been so long since my last one aaaaa

lmao you literally could see me in the crowd i'm gonna be tweeting about it a lot while i'm there

[hollyhomburg]

THE WAY! REASONS WRETCHED AND DIVINE! CH7! ENDED!! A DEAD BODY???KEKK yo my brain lowkey stopped at that i wasnt expecting that at all haha! i thought the chapter was gonna end all sad buT NO APPARENTLY NOT i- great chapter once again!! everythings really heading uphill to that climax huh and tbh i am so excited for it! i'm really curious to see how youre gonna take this part w yoongis owners and mc's little pack-in-progress, and im such a huge fan of your stories 🥺 (1/2)

you write in such a way that i can never predict that comes next, but it always makes when you reveal it!! usually i wind up loving what you had happen over what i imagined would happen too!! your minndddd its so beautifull 🥺 youve really mastered all that whole foreshadowing thing!! 💕 (2/2)

one more bit!! AAAHH i forgot to comment on it so ig its 3/3 ;-; but jimin and yoongis mOMENTTT my heart acheys, i LIVE for that kinda painnn ughhh 🥺 the way you built it up so well (well done on the smut btw 👁) and then ripped it away when yoongi realized what he was doing ohmyyy

AAAAA ohmygod the appearance of jungkook as wellloeisif im sorry it this stream of messages is annoying you and this will be the last now ;-; but i keep remembering bits too late huhuuu jungkooks appearance into reasons wretched and divine!! lowkey badass ngl but also ooooof how he met mc when she was still w her abuser :(( i wonder how its gonna play out if/when(?) he eventually meets her as she is now (4/4??? im pretty sure this is the last 🥺)

first of all: i just want to say that these are like- my favorite kinds of comments to get from you guys: the ones that are basically just stream on consciousness and I really get to see what you guys like! so thank you for sending it to me!! 

you’ll get to see the complete escalation of both their pack and the drama with the owner in the next two parts! I'm so glad it makes sense too you because it’s really anxiety-inducing writing like this- kinda never knowing if the idea in my head makes sense until you guys have a chance to see it!

 and YESSS you totally described the yoonmin scene right- its mostly just yoongi being all like ‘ah fuck! fuck why did I do that!” while also being happy that he did because yeah- he’s kinda whipped for both the puppies! I'm glad you thought he was badass cuz yeah! he definitely thinks in a different way than the others and has dealt with his trauma in a way of avoidance.

 fun fact: the line “why don't you hit me and see how well it works out for you” while tapping your cheek is actually something I said to my older brother when we were fighting once and he said “i could hit you right now.” ITS A DIRECT INSERT OF ME AND IM SORRY 

and dont worry <3 they definitely will meet again  

[patchofsunlight]

Hii sorry I’m sending this so late!💗💗 I got back from work a little bit ago and was eating and watching bnha! I watched 2 eps (I’m on ep 4) and I think I’m gonna watch one more before started my hw loll. So far I really like Midoriya he’s so adorable and hardworking 🥰 I’m glad that’s he’s finally gonna become a hero like he always dreamt. Aww getting to sleep for longer than you expected is the bestt

Aww you’re so sweet thank you!! 🥺🥺 I’m really trying lmaoo

Aw ofc I’ll let you know!! Thank you for being so interested 🥰 he kept saying “what are you doing? Why are you doing that?” And I was like bro idk any better this is the first time I’ve driven on the road with actual other ppl 🥺 idk how I didn’t start crying lmaoo. And he just kept talking and talking and asking me questions and I was like can you stop asking me stuff I’m trying to focus on not crashing the car (keep in mind I didn’t actually say any of this stuff I was just thinking it lmaoo. Wayy to shy to say what I’m thinking 😗✌️) and then at one point he started saying “you need to become more confident blah blah” and I was like so done lmao. Like everyday ppl tell me that I’m so quiet or that I need to be more confident and I’m just like I’m aware thank you. Please let me live I’m trying 🥺 so yeah after that I was like I don’t think I can handle 9 more 1 hour lessons with this guy. Ah feel free to do so that would be greatly appreciated tyy ☺️ aw tyy yes I think it’ll go wayy better now!

Oop- so don’t watch it??😂

Aw I’m sorry it was weird!! And I mean you’re right it could’ve gone a lot more worse! Do you have to see him again?

Aww tyy!!! You make me feel so loved 🥺🥰 I love you too!!!

HAHA NO ITS OKAY!! I was laughing afterwards!! At least you killed ppl. The very first time I played I got impostor and I didn’t wanna kill anyone cause I felt bad lmaoo. And then I found someone’s body and I was gonna run away and then I was like no I should report it but someone saw me and reported it and I got voted off but I didn’t kill them 😂 yess I need to learn how to do the tasks lmao. OMG yeah I saw!! I saved it 🥰

Aw my heartt 🥺🥰❤️ you’re like the sweetest person I’ve ever met! I have so much funn reading your replies and talking to you! I always look forward to them!! Like it’s the highlight of my day especially when I’m having a bad day I’m just like aw I get to talk to Nina and it makes my day better ❤️ ilyt and thank you for existing

How was your day?? -🌙

dont worry bby!!! i love your asks anytime of the day!!!!

yes midoriya is baby but i’m just here to the side like haha..... hey...... how y’all doing...... because if i’m really honest i only started to actually like him during season 4 OOF LMAOOO I MEAN HE’S A SWEETHEART BUT he was always doing stupid shit that WORKED AND THEN I WAS LIKE OH HELL NO THIS IS NOT FAIR why does he get to just aaaa go crazy aaaaa go stupid and then things WORK OUT??? no. i deny. i reject. so he annoyed me a lot but now 🥰🥰🥰🥰 now i LOVE HIM

that guy sounds like a jackass i’ll GLADLY throw hands with him for you. also ughhh i hate when people do that like YEAH you a RANDOM PERSON telling me i need to be more confident will DEFINITELY make me more confident. wow!!! look at that!!!! i’m confident now!!!! shut the fuck up

also being introverted isn’t a flaw???? leave people alone not everyone is extroverted and good with talking to others and that’s none of anyone’s business wtf i hate people like that and i’m GLAD you got a new instructor

xnwjzowk YEAH I WOULD SAY DONT WATCH IT it has some good characters but it just isn’t worth the time yk?? idk the only good thing i got from it was my favorite characters + being a part of the anti clarke griffin community at tumblr. that’s it

i mean i don’t HAVE to see him again but. i meannn like idk idek what happened i’m very confused head full many thoughts

🥰🥰🥰 I LOVE YOU MOONIE BABY

LMAOOO IM SURE YOU DID FINE AS IMPOSTOR LOLOLOLOL i love being impostor but i’m usually bad at it oof AND YES I SAVED IT TOO best ghost friends 😎😎😎

🥰🥰🥰 MOONIE STOP IM GONNA CRY I LOVE YOU OKAY I CANNOT BE THE SWEETEST BECAUSE THATS YOU!!! i always look forward to your asks too!!! you’re amazing!!! i love you!!!

my day was alright!!! i was very productive as y’all see 😌😌😌 FOUR HEADCANONS IN A DAY BRO!!! FOUR!!!!! and i finished a sokka imagine!!! and started writing stay pt 2!!!! YES i feel very accomplished so i’m. im happy!!!!! yes

i hope you sleep well moonie!!! have a good night!!! tell me if you have any weird dreams later hehe

[tumblunni]

HI EVERY BODY AAAA

Gonna try and make a quick half weekly update maybe probably! Sorry that i've only been emailing a few people so far, i have to wait a week to get a library card so i can use the library email service. So i've just been running around trying to catch wild wifi wherever it may be, and then kinda failing so i used up some of my mobile data. And i need to ration that throughout the month so i was gonna try sending only weekly emails but then some people sent me emails so i had to reply and then i was like OH NO i am neglecting the everyone else AAAAA

So umm anyway im on mobile data right now and i cant really browse the tumbl cos images and stuff really burn it up. But i can make this one post!! Yay!! Aaa!!

Umm okay maybe i'll make a second post with Big Rambling About What's Happen, for now i kinda need to make a Dumb Ask For Money Time.

I feel so damn guilty cos i havent even finished paying back the 20 bucks some friends leant me two weeks ago for groceries, cos there was all the stress of moving and i just COMPLETELY FORGOT until it was too late and im already here aaaa! And then i was stupid yesterday and i gave all my money to a homeless guy out in the rain. Like i know i should be calling myself stupid cos it was reckless and i didnt think about taking care of myself also, but like i dont think it was stupid cos that guy needed it more than i did. He actually gave me a hug! I felt so bad, like man nobody must have been donating to him if he got so emotional over just that much! I wished i could have given more!! He was stuck in RAIN nobody was helping him in the RAIN what the hell sort of monsters are they?! It was like the windiest rainstorm all year so far! Shop displays were flying out the doors and people were getting beaned in the head with acorns and stuff! This dude had nothing to his name except a lil not very waterproof looking sleeping bag!! It was hard enough to stay out of the rain just as a regular shopping person, imagine how hard it must be to try and find a place to sleep rough when there's all stupid cops chasing you away from anywhere visible because 'blah blah blah tourism we have the army recruitment rally today'. BOOO! there was a goddamn actual tank up at a historic monument of pre-britain celtic civilization and im just like wow fuck you how dare you market this to literal schoolchildren on a summer trip. Anyway i'm going offtopic, what's really important is the SECOND homeless person that i didnt have enough money to help because i gave it all to the first guy. He was an elderly veteran with a missing arm! SO MANY PEOPLE STUCK OUT IN THE DAMN RAIN INCLUDING FORMER SOLDIERS, GOD FUCK U SO MUCH ARMY. Umm anyway so yeah "bunni it is reckless to throw all your money at a stranger and keep none for grocery" NO it is reckless because what if you find another stranger who EVEN MORE needs it more than i do!!!!

Anyway i've been rambling a lot but i just thought that wtf it probably sounds fake to say 'oh i gave all my money to someone in trouble' that sounds like im boasting about my humbleness somehow. So yeah there's a Detailed Ramble that hopefully proves it i guess?? But yeah i have no money now until the 28th. Whoops. Luckily i dont need as much money while im here at the mental hospital cos i eat most meals at the shared kitchen and you have a 4 bucks a week allowance to buy additional supplies. They said i can get the juice i like, cos im stupidly picky and struggle taking my pills with plain water. And i have a bus pass now! A surprise benefit of being hospital'd! The picture on it looks TERRIBLE, i wish i could show you guys! And of course i dont have to pay gas bills here. So all the biggest money pains are gone! But then i've been signed up for two classes each week that are like two towns away and really early in the morning with me probably only getting back at 2pm cos of the travel time. And i wont have free food there, im not allowed to take anything out of the shared kitchen even if its a lunchbox or somethin. So i kinda just need some spare money so i can grab a sandwich or something in the supermarket along the way. And of course there's the fact its just damn hard to kill your boredom in a place like this, so aaa i wish i could buy some cheap books from the thrift store or something. And then there's the biggest ludicrous temptation of there being a BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP NEAR THE HOSPITAL!! AAAAAAAA!! With the new pokemon collection!! Alola vulpix!! I'm not gonna ask for donations for that, obviously, but i just wanted to tell you cos its AWESOME and its frustrating i have to go past it on this bus route. My goal is to get you by the end of the month, lil snowy friend!!!

SO YEAH SORRY IM GETTING OFFTOPIC HERE I JUST WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT EEEEEVERYTHINGGGGG

Short version: I don't really have a specific amount i'm asking for, im just gonna keep this paypal pool open for the first month and like if you can spare any change it would really help! The help bunni get adjusted to new and terrifying live in hospital strangeness fund! Because bunni was an idiot and gave away all their money on the first damn day! Gahhh!! Okay so seriously if you have anything to spare and ONLY if you have it to spare, i would really appreciate your help. Even if its just 1 dollar/pound/other local currency of which you own! I will hug you greatly!! And if you wanna be added to the weekly email updates list then my email is pineapplegrenade@rocketmail.com and i would super apprecoate keeping in touch! And if anyone wants to be pokemon go friends i will try and send you gifts everyday!! I need 3 more friends for a quest milestone lol.

OKAY IM TALKING TOO MUCH AAA

For to help the bunn, go the here! And umm lol if you want to signal boost then feel free to just take that link and make your own post thats way damn shorter than this nonsense, lol. I JUST MISS YOU ALL SO MUCHHHH

[knitspecibus]

Chelsea’s Bizarre Tendency to Do Battle??

I finished Phantom Blood off screen! It was good! Jonathan was a good boy and he will be missed but now it’s time for a new JoJo to enter the scene!

Episode 10?

No, sorry, new arc, who dis

OH. SPEEDWAGON. I WAS A FOOL, MY APOLOGIES. how you holdin up dude

(okay, it’s been several days since i last jojo’d, am i supposed to recognize these hamon guys?)

man, how old is he tho, im just askin

okay they’re talking about straizo like he’s an old friend, i gotta look him up

ohh, that dude. okay.

aw yis, hittin up that good Aztec? shit the mask is from

 weren’t there like. bodies in this cave or something? yeah, i think that’ll be pretty chilling.

oh, okay not bodies. masks! lots and lots of them! that’s not safe!

listen. listen. am i supposed to know who the guy in gold is? because they...either act like its something shocking or something mysterious and i dont know which so far!

aw yeah, a tourist. easy pick pocketings

is the triangle buying the coke our new jo?

...i dont know why but like, the coke peddler being like “hey! that guy took your wallet, you should chase him!” bothers me? maybe im more used to the response of yelling to everyone around like hey! stop that youth!! idk

wow that is an. unfortunate looking cop

jesus thats a lot of blood for hitting him with a fuckin billy club

lock him up? at this rate theyre gonna just kill him!

i mean that is fair, he did only steal a wallet and its not like he’s even resisting at this point. stop ruffin’ him and start cuffin’ him

holy shit the cops hand is the size of the kid’s head

i don’t. i think you can keep his wallet? I. dude. just give it up at this point, pretend youre an upstanding enforcer of the law ruffing up this hooligan and give the dude his wallet??

oh. he’s pretty.

what is it with joestars being like, way too nice. well i guess he could see the kid was getting roughed up unrightfully and wanted to step in.

wh...wh...picking his nose....

a) i dont think you can just arrest people for nothing? b) wHY ARE YOU THREATENING HIM WITH A BOOGER, STOP.

EWWW

*sigh* thank you, new jo. that was exactly what i was hoping would happen

oooo he got that HAMON

i love how much the finger breaking animates while everything else is still

look at him chug that coke. i love him.

well, it DOES seem you’ve caused a ruckus. might wanna grab your wallet (so they can’t fuckin ID YOU.) and split

granny Erina...ha...cute...

YEAH BECAUSE HE’S A GOOD BOY

oh he got that NATURAL, i-just-kinda-did-it-without-thinking-about-it hamon talent

yer a wizard, jojo

i think they sad the pick-pocket’s name was smokey? is he gonna be the new jojo’s speedwagon

love that fuckin! gotta do a pose to say your name!!!

PART 2. BATTLE TENDENCY

meanwhile, back in the mask cave

oh im sorry, THATS NOT A CARVING???

man, how long ago was jojo 13 because speedwagon looks like, twenty years younger

awwww, what an adorable young lad. he got his grandad’s bow tie :3

i love, how the planes being hijacked and he’s still just reading his comic

this has to be an act, but just. imagine. being this casual about this. “listen, im just minding my bidness, leave me alone.”

okay maybe speedwagon dosn’t look that much younger looking at him again, idk

awww, he lob his grandma :3

jojo. joesph did you just kill a man.

JO THIS WAS A BAD PLAN.

You’re a loose cannon, joestar!!

UUUUHHHHMMMM

WAIT IS HE REALLY DIO OR SOMETHING IN DISGUISE

WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING ALSO  speedwagon noooooooo D:

okay not dio but...idk one of dio’s thralls or whatever?? im too tired for this shit

oh okay he’s just a fuckin dio fanboy. awesome, great, what a fuckin shit

“he was powerful, ***beautiful***....and imortal. and VERY. beautiful.”

:|

i love jojo’s hair

i mean. this dude in the car could SEE jo, right? see this fuckin, enormous young man and decided to tell him to lick a dog butt, which is a weird thing to say to someone?

aw, look at my girl erina, all ripened

pfffffft “hey, granny, speedwagon was grandpa’s friend, right? like. was that all or. we’re they “special” friends?”

seriously tho whats jo asking here???

also seriously....jojo is very pretty

ahh, trying to play matchmaker i see, jo you sly dog

yeah, that probably was a rude thing to ask about tho

wait. erina’s son and the baby girl she saved. who probably grew up as siblings. got married and had joesph.....

oh god

dude have you looked in a mirror lately? asking for a friend

is this guy being racist. this feels racist. he;s probably being racist

jo who taught you to pose like that. was it speedwagon or erina

HEY ERINA RACISM IS NOT A TOLERABLE OPINION

i love their dynamic. “granny, permission to ruin this man?” “well he is very rude. just be mindful of the other customers”

i love. how jo said that he would say it, he sad it anyway, and he was still shocked.

alright, we’re throwing in a dash of that good ole Sherlock Observationalism

fascinating appraisal jo. now just kick some ass

love how everyone else in this restaurant is like, god damn it. not again. we can;t go anywhere in this city for a nice meal without two gents getting into a scrap

AAAAA GROSS

THEYRE FUCKING CLAPPING. i guess everyone else wanted to see this freak get his ass beat too

how. could you know that. straizo killed everyone concious in that room. and the point was so no one...well he did say he wanted the joestars to hate him i guess?

Thank you, Informational Mob Boss NPC

jo you gotta stop doing this parlor trick

okay if you believe him why do you got him by the collar jo

ah i see, hes offended Granny, and we can;t have that!

......joesph. joestar.

oh shiiiiiiiiiit

jo please dont do something dumb

why? would he need fangs if the vampites in this just drink from their fuckin fingers

oh. well. that was unexpected its not gonna kill him but it was unexpected!

JO!!! DONT SHOOT INTO THE DAMN BAR YOURE GONNA KILL SOMEONE!!

oh i thought roundabout was just for phantom blood, sweet

Wow!!! that was a long liveblog, im very tired. i guess this is just gon be one episode for now

[valorousimperial]

> Kankri, Tyfora: Gossip

sugaryexcess I sink I'm like, growing as a person and stuff in really big and significant ways~

valorousimperial Oh, yeah? Talk to me about it! I love hearing when you have good feelings about yourself!

sugaryexcess I've got low standards about my progress sometimes so it mig)(t not be like, excellent~ But Cae's been doing pretty bad lately~

valorousimperial He has?

sugaryexcess And even t)(oug)( we're kinda dating rig)(t now, I can't visit )(im in convalescence becod I'm me, )(e lives on Prosperity, and it's a secret~ O)(, yea)(~ I'm not s)(aring personal stuff, it's all public now~ You know )(ow t)(e Alternian part of )(im was a slaver?~

valorousimperial You're dating???? Also, yeah.

sugaryexcess Only kind of, commitment is )(ard and I R-EALLY don't want to jinx it~

valorousimperial I didn't know you guys were kinda dating!

valorousimperial What's your leaning?

sugaryexcess Reddis)(, concupiscent, but )(e's a quadsmeary kinda guy~ It's not pale t)(o, obvs, I would've told you t)(at one~ We went on like two dates, we're not moving particularly fast~

valorousimperial I'm so interested in this stuff. I didn't know you were polyquad!

sugaryexcess I mean, we did fuck~

valorousimperial Nice!

sugaryexcess But as far as frequency of romantic outings~ Yea)(, I've always tended t)(at way but some timelines find it more illegal t)(an ot)(ers~ I've just got lots of feelings~

valorousimperial Same.

sugaryexcess It's a R-EALLY BIG S-ECR-ET so please be careful, I know you will be but y'know~ I know!!!~ It's your best feature and your one flaw~

valorousimperial Anyway, personal growth, and stuff!

sugaryexcess Well, )(is Psii got )(is permission to get a clown to put Psii's memories of t)(e kinda questionable stuff )(e did in Cae~ So now )(e's got trauma related to )(is own face and is just now coming to grips wit)( )(ow bad stuff was~ So )(e's doing really bad~ And I can't see )(im~ But I'm not creepily trying to find ways to get in t)(ere anywave, or get )(im away from )(is real quads so )(e can come find me~ And I'm talking to )(im and )(e says I'm kelping and I keep being all weird and emotionally mature and smart~

valorousimperial That's a step in the right direction!

sugaryexcess And I've been talking to Nadaya!!!~

sugaryexcess )(e doesn't know t)(e extent of our reeloceans)(ip but I've been really mature and cool and excellent about it, and )(e's not visibly disgusted and s)(owed sympat)(y for my not being able to be t)(ere!~

valorousimperial Oh, shit, sweet!

sugaryexcess Yea)(!!!~ Idk I'm just I would've never been like t)(is wit)(out you And otter people too

valorousimperial Mostly Xanthe, but I'm really glad that you would credit me in this whole thing.

sugaryexcess It's ebberyone You all did t)(is and I love you so muc)(

valorousimperial I love you so much, too, oh my gods.

sugaryexcess 38*

valorousimperial *:B !!! I've been flirting with a Darkleer lately, myself. And also I kissed Xanthe the night before last.

sugaryexcess Oo)(~ O)( MY COD T-ELL M-E ABOUT T)(-E S-ECOND FIN FIRST If you're inclined to s)(are, I mean~

valorousimperial Okay, so??? I've been flirting with him for like. A long time. But he's a goddamn dumbass and hasn't noticed? Gods, he stresses me out.

valorousimperial So for human christmas he gave me this little goofy looking flute thing, and it's very cute. He taught me how to play it a bit, I taught myself how to play it some more.

sugaryexcess )(e's sooo like t)(at omfg~ Aw!~

valorousimperial So I wrote this song, and it's a long one, and I just called it Xanthe. It's a five minute musical description of our entire relationship, from start to now.

sugaryexcess You're so fucking romantic~

valorousimperial So I played that for him, and he was like. "It was very pretty, I loved the end of it," which was the part where I was like trying to communicate "I'VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH YOU, YOU BASTARD!" And I told him that the song's not finished, but I need his help with how the rest of it goes

valorousimperial And he's like "I don't get it"

sugaryexcess COD COD!!!!!

valorousimperial So I had this television monitor, and I turned it on, and it played some music I wrote for my *cello,* and showed a big black spade!!! AND HE GOES FUCKING GET THIS HE GOES "I already told you it's fine that you and Lil date!"

sugaryexcess XAAAAANT)(-E AAAAAAA

valorousimperial AAAAAAA!

sugaryexcess I'M LOSING MY FUCKING MIND

valorousimperial THAT'S WHAT I SAID, WAS "AAAAA!!!"

sugaryexcess CODDDDDDDDDD

valorousimperial Like! While walking toward him, I was going AAAAAAAAAA because my pan had just!!!! Shut down! And I climbed in his lap and kissed himm! And THEN he got it! And I kissed him again and he kissed back a little, but then he made me stop because he wasn't *sure* he felt the same, because he spent so much time thinking THAT THIS WAS JUST NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR ME!!!!!

sugaryexcess I wouldn't )(ave been surprised if )(e was just like "O)(, t)(is is for Lil, rig)(t?" XANT)(-E

valorousimperial I'M LOSING MY FUCKING MIND WAITING FOR HIM TO GET BACK TO ME! AND LAST NIGHT HIS MOIRAIL HIS!!!! MOIRAIL!!!! MESSAGES ME! AND APOLOGIZES THAT XANTHE IS A DENSE FUCKER! (That's what Lil called him) And I have to be cool about it, right? I have to be like "oh, you know, I've been flirting with him this long, I can wait for his answer!" But like!! I don't feel that cool!

sugaryexcess You really do~ It'll be okay, my love~

sugaryexcess Do you want to )(ang out or somefin?~

valorousimperial Yeah. That Darkleer's coming over tolight and I'm going to tease him til he screams, but I would love to see you right now.

sugaryexcess Distractions are good~ I'm sorry about Xant)(e!~

valorousimperial Corvin says he thinks we'll be fine? Which is encouraging? But Xanthe on his blog said, uh Let me grab it, valorousimperial sent a post i mee... The last thing is me.

sugaryexcess )(u)(~

sugaryexcess Do you know w)(at's up?~

valorousimperial Corvin said very ominous things But I don't know specifically? Like, it's something to do with Corvin. Corvin has to go somewhere, and he's taking Xanthe with him, and he doesn't know if he'll be back?

sugaryexcess )(m~

valorousimperial And he says I can hug him if he comes back.

sugaryexcess )(M~ Yea)( okay let's let )(im manage t)(at first~ 38(

valorousimperial Yeah, no kidding.

[sadgirlabi]

get to know me tag!

tagged by @jenodidthat omg

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rules: answer the questions in a new post and tag 20 blogs you would like to know better

nicknames: just abi (pronounced abby or ah-bi like i said in the other tag game)

gender: female

star sign: aquarius

height: 167 cm (tbh i want to be 170 but this is probably the tallest i’ll get)

time right now: 4:10 am lmao im on break

last thing i googled: “60 completely unusable stock photos” lmao it was because of a tumblr post i saw

favourite bands: yikes theres a lot so kpop boy groups: nct, day6 (they’re more k-rock but oh well), super junior; girl groups: red velvet, f(x), blackpink, sistar; co-ed: KARD, and non-korean bands: one ok rock, tricot, paramore

favourite solo artists: ugh there’s a lot here too um hyuna, iu, ailee, jung joon young, banks, tinashe, blackbear, that’s all i can name off the top of my head

song stuck in my head: nct dream - my first and last

last movie i watched: the lego batman movie ahahaha i watched it with my little brother and sister a few days ago

last tv show i watched: do people consider k-dramas tv shows? im watching scarlet heart rn (i jumped the bandwagon hella late also i hate this show it’s fucking with me too much)

when did you create your blog: january 2015, but i wasn’t active on it until 2016

what stuff do you post: a lot of nct + other groups and also non-kpop things i find on my dash

when did you blog reach its peak:  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

do you have any other blogs: i have an aesthetic blog but i’m never on it anymore

do you get asks regularly: nahhh

why did you choose your url: i’m asian and i swear (i’ve been thinking of changing it but idk what to change it to yet)

following: 343

posts: 5,481 and my goal is a million haHA!

hogwarts house: slytherin i think

pokemon team: lmao don’t kill me guys but i’ve never played pokemon go so i’m not on a team, so i just took a quiz instead and i don’t even understand it lmao im sorry guys im not in the pokemon fandom what’s a starter omg fjsksks my result was instinct but i heard a lot of people hate this team fjdks what do i do

favourite colours: black, dark red, most shades of blue, pastel pink, cream/off-white, wow

average hours of sleep: uh i get 3-5 hours on school nights and then 9-12 hours on weekends/break so i guess that kinda averages out to around 5-7 hours?????

lucky numbers: idk?????

favourite characters: rory williams is an absolute angel

what are you wearing right now: just a t-shirt and underwear because i’m supposed to asleep lmao i don’t sleep with pants on HA

how many blankets do you sleep with: it depends but currently 2 because winter

dream job: hmm....i don’t really know yet, but maybe a graphic designer or interior designer??? ooh ohh what if i got to design nct’s teaser images ahahaha that’s a dream job right there

dream trip: aaaaa there are so many places i want to go to, since i haven’t traveled a lot, but some of the places i REALLY want to go to are new york, england, south korea, japan, taiwan, singapore, indonesia (the last time i went there was 10 years ago) and LA (i’ve been there a couple of times already but i love LA so so much i can never get enough of that place)

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tagging @didjeno @hitoyouall @squishywonu @tuknang i told you i would tag yall again lmao sorryyyyy you don’t have to do it i don’t even have 5 people lmao i don’t have enough friends on this site :)))))

[unpopcorned]

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“Veronicaaaaa! Are you here?”

Veronica lifts her head, closes the closet door behind her. In the walkway, there’s Casey - who had somehow gotten in. Veronica makes a face, stops in front of her, “What’re you doin’–”

“What’s up with the mess?” Casey is point blank with her questions, blinking big brown eyes at Veronica, “Are you busy?” Veronica’s eyebrows furrow, she takes a moment to look around, eyes darting the expanse of the apartment. She supposes it does look a little - messy. Couch turned inside out, clothes littering the floor. The only thing remotely neat were the pile of shoes in the living room, which she had took her time putting in a straight line.

Jacob has been gone for the last few hours, he’d left earlier than Veronica had anticipated, she’d still been asleep. She feels sweaty, rubs at the back of her neck, “No, I’m not busy. Just lookin’ for something–”

“Are you finished–” Dawson stands in the doorway, trails off when he notices the two of them, “Oh. Did I interrupt?”

“Fuck’re you doin’ here?” It’s pretty rare to see him in the city, especially around this time. Crossing her arms over her chest, she grimaces, “Business?”

Dawson shakes his head, nonplussed, “Lookin’ for someone.”

“With Casey?”

“She’s the only one who knows where she is.”

Veronica’s eyebrows go up, “She?”

“Are you crazy now?” Casey suddenly asks, twirling a piece of hair around her finger. She’s staring at Veronica curiously, “Like Jax said.”

Veronica looks back over at her, eyebrows creasing. She doesn’t like the look she’s giving her, feels itchy because of it, “What did you just say?”

“Jax. He said you were crazy now. Well–” Casey licks her lips, seems to think on it, “Only for a little while, I think. Jacob told him.”

“Jacob told him what?”

“That you were crazy right now. That’s why it looks like this here, right?” She beams a smile at Veronica, like calling her crazy isn’t that big of a deal. She feels a thousand times more itchy now, flickers her eyes away so she’s not looking at either of them, “I don’t care if you are–”

“Stop talking,” Dawson says quietly to Casey, he’s also looking around the expanse of the apartment. But doesn’t comment on it, “What’re you looking for?” Veronica avoids the look he’s giving her, that knowing look.

She’s still on the crazy thing, wouldn’t be the first time she was called that, won’t be the last. But it doesn’t matter - no matter how itchy and anxious it makes her feel to know Jacob thought of her that way, there’s more pressing things at hand. Finding the gun, first of all - she doesn’t know where Jacob had put it when she’d given it to him. She’s looked everywhere, maybe he had ended up taking it with him.

Things are still a bit strange. At first, she thought it was just her paranoia, that she was thinking a bit too hard about it. But Jacob has been a bit more careful around her for a last few days, ever since she drew that gun on Devin. As if he might say something wrong about it, he’s pointedly strayed from the topic. And if Veronica didn’t know him so well by now, she might not have even noticed.

“…nothing,” she mutters finally, “It’s nothin’.”

Dawson doesn’t look as if he believes her. Not that he has the time to say anything, her phone is ringing the next second, and she jumps a bit at the sound, cursing under her breath next. Once she pulls it from the receiver, she says, “What.”

“Meet me down by Yolanda’s place.”

Veronica’s forehead wrinkles, she holds the phone closer, “Rick?”

“Meet me there. An hour.”

“What did you do–”

And then he hangs up, Veronica frowns at the sound of the dial tone. Finally, she puts the phone back, returning her attention to Dawson and Casey - Dawson looks at her again when she picks up her shoes from the floor, “Something wrong?”

“No–” Veronica shakes her head, avoids his eyes - he’s way too good at reading her, a lot like Rob, “I gotta go,” She glances at Casey once, slipping on her jacket, “What did you want?”

“I was gonna ask if you’ve seen Ryan,” Casey tells her, brown eyes wide and curious, “I haven’t seen her since yesterday.” Dawson scoffs lightly from behind Casey, but says nothing.

Veronica thinks on it - Ryan isn’t anyone particularly special, it takes Veronica a few seconds to even remember her face, “Alex might know. Try him, okay?” Casey nods a bit too exuberantly, Dawson doesn’t look happy at all.

Instead of heading downtown like she’d been instructed, she goes the opposite way, across town - has to take a ten minute train to get there. Three knocks to the door, and then a fourth louder one when there’s no answer. Jonah opens it, as he usually does, all warm smiles and easygoing attitude.

“Hey, Veronica,” he looks at her, “It’s late, what’s–”

“Vito here?”

As soon as she says his name, a sleepy and shirtless Vito makes his way to the door, instinctively trailing after Jonah. Veronica shoves her hands into her pockets - she couldn’t go to Jacob, he didn’t know that she was even speaking to Patrick. She couldn’t go to Rudy, he was too close to Jacob. Tony was out of the question, didn’t want Viola to be mad. And Manuel talked too much. Out of all of the cousins, Vito is pretty much the only one she can find herself leaning on, if just for this once.

“Put a shirt on. Need you for somethin’.”

Vito makes a face, breaks out a ridiculously huge yawn, “Y’serious?” When he spots the look on her face, he inhales and exhales deeply, “Gimme a minute.” The door closes, reopens only a few minutes later, Vito dressed now and lighting a cigarette once he’s in the hall, “I was sleepin’.”

“Sorry to interrupt your cuddlin’,” Veronica mutters, and even with him so grouchy, he holds open the front door for her, giving a quick glance towards the old man behind the desk, “What’s up with you and the old guy?”

“Nothin’,” Vito says, blowing smoke from the side of his mouth, “Gonna tell me what this is about?”

“Patrick.”

Vito’s eyebrow raises, “Crazy guy Rudy was talkin’ about few weeks back?”

“I…I’m movin’ some shit around with him,” Vito’s eyebrow climbs even higher, “Couple days ago, I sent him on this really easy drive uptown to drop off somethin’ for me. Never got a call back from Hector. Rick calls me today to come and meet with him.”

“And you don’t trust him.”

“Trust and Rick don’t really go in the same sentence.”

“Yeah, no shit.”

“Need you to gimme a ride.”

Vito doesn’t need anymore than that, he only takes out his keys with a sigh, and she falls into step next to him, “Just to let’cha know, he tries anything, I’m blowin’ his brains out.”

“Wouldn’t blame ya’.”

.

.

“What the fuck are you doing here?”

Felix only gives a shrug once he’s out of the car. He’s taller than the last time Veronica saw him, or maybe Veronica was just used to seeing him sitting down. He always was when he was speaking with West. Two years hasn’t really changed him, but she definitely hasn’t forgotten what the fuck he can do and how easily he does it. Didn’t trust him as far as she could throw him, and that still stands, even now.

Patrick is out of the car next, whistles lowly when he closes the door and spots Veronica, “Hey, V. Lovin’ the shorts,” She offers no words, only flips him off silently. His attention goes to Vito, his eyes practically light up, “Who’s your friend?”

“None of your business,” Veronica grounds out, “Cut the shit. What’s goin’ on?” Felix and Patrick exchange a look, appear more amused than anything. Veronica locks her jaw, “Rick–” Without warning, Felix tosses a duffel bag in their direction - Vito manages to catch it and look inside. It’s startlingly familiar and filled with cash, takes Veronica a second to realize it’s what she’d given him earlier in the week.

“Hector didn’t want it,” Patrick says when she looks at him, “He’s already pushin’ shit for someone else.”

“Who?”

Patrick shrugs, “One of your friends.”

“I don’t have friends.”

“Whatever the fuck you wanna call ‘im. The prick, the stuck-up one–”

“Vince?”

Patrick makes an annoyed rolling gesture with his hand, like he wants to hurry up and get the conversation over with, “See - pay attention. Hector’s workin’ with Vince, Vince heard I was doin’ business with you–”

“Heard?”

“Y’know what I mean, V.”

“No, I don’t know what you mean. You tryin’ to fuck me over?”

“Point is, me and little Vince got in a small disagreement, wasn’t pretty–”

“What did you do? Patrick, what the fuck did you do?” Patrick is still staring at her, then looks away - pops the trunk, and out he pulls someone. It’s a girl with long blonde hair, wiggling around and making small muffled noises from behind the tape on her mouth. Veronica stares, wide-eyed and furious, “You–”

Patrick lifts the girl from the truck, no problem at all. She’s squirming in his grip, kicking as well - even with her wrists bound and her mouth taped, she’s still loud and overwhelming. Vito is silent from beside Veronica, “Say hello to V, Nat!” Patrick introduces her like she’s the star of the show, and to him, she probably is.

When Natalie catches sight of Veronica, her eyes grow big and watery, almost bugging out of her head - face red, she begins fighting harder in Patrick’s grip, which he only laughs at and catches her around the waist before she can fall over. She’s shouting, and Veronica doesn’t know what she’s saying, but it can’t be good. Fortunately, no one’s around this late.

“What the fuck is the matter with you?” Veronica hisses, shoving hard at his shoulder - it’s a little funny to see, high and mighty Natalie - bagged and gagged like this. Veronica shakes her head.

Vito isn’t amused, “Are you fucked in the head?”

“Do you know what Vince will do if he finds out–”

“He already knows,” Felix speaks up for the first time, he’s smoking leisurely at a cigarette, “Have to and meet with him.”

“He wants you there,” Patrick tells her, flashing his teeth when Veronica fixes him with a look, “Oh, c’mon, baby. Don’t look at me like that. I’m helping.”

“You’re a fucking moron.”

He only laughs, right into her face, “I’m gonna open your eyes, sweetheart.”

Natalie is still kicking and screaming when Felix and Patrick put her back into the trunk. He closes it, rounds back to the driver side of his car, nudges his head once at Felix - which he listens to and gets into the car, “You a good driver, right?” He’s looking directly at Vito, who’s kept quiet most of the exchange, “Keep up.”

Vito pointedly ignores the wink Patrick throws in his direction, looks at Veronica, “Let’s go.” When they are in the car, Vito is already pulling his gun from the waist of his pants, “That guy is fuckin’ off the rails.”

“Yeah,” Veronica laughs under her breath, as if she can’t believe it, “He’s goin’ to get me killed.”

Vito seems a little surprised with her reaction, “I’m guessin’ you ain’t told Jacob.”

“Jacob would make it complicated, Rick doesn’t like him. Vice versa.”

“He could un-complicate it, Veronica.”

“You mean by gettin’ rid of him? That’s the least of my worries.”

“Who’s the guy anyway?”

“Felix? Don’t talk to him, he’s fuckin’ crazy too.”

Vito is frowning, seems to be thinking. And then he reaches over into the glove department, the surprise is that he actually carries another gun inside, he checks to make sure bullets are inside and then hands it over to her, “You know how t’ use one of these, right?”

The weight is familiar and heavy in her hand, makes her feel a little better with the situation, “Eat me.”

They tail after Patrick - he drives fast, merges into lanes whenever he pleases, horns blare after him and Veronica can imagine him doing that crazed laugh inside of his car. Vito is even muttering under his breath, Patrick isn’t really hard to dislike. By the time they make it to the warehouse, she can tell her companion’s patience is wearing thin.

“Should be walkin’ around with a warnin’ sign or somethin’…fuckin’ dumbass,” Vito gets out of the car first, rounds it to help Veronica out next even though she doesn’t need it. It reminds her of Jacob, all of his cousins have this weird quirk where even if they’re rude and smartasses, they still have a basic set of manners, “Did I drive too fast?”

She shakes her head. Tucking her gun in the back of her jean shorts, she turns to face Vito, “I need you to do me a favor. Don’t be stupid, don’t draw attention to yourself, don’t reach for nothin’ or touch your pockets, okay?” If anything happens to Vito, she doesn’t know what the fuck she’d do. Vito, seeming to notice how serious he is, nods.

“It’s fine, Veronica. Ain’t like I’m new to nothin’.”

“Hey!” Patrick is yelling, grinning wide when they look over at him. He drums the top of his hands on the trunk, there’s movement from inside, “Fuckin’ fun, right?! Live a little!”

“He high or somethin’?” Vito mutters to her.

“No, he’s just like that.”

She still can’t pinpoint why Felix is sticking around him, but then again - Felix wasn’t any better in the mental department from what she could tell. It makes her curious, almost want to ask him where his help went, Danilo. Can’t help but wonder if they work together still. The warehouse is dimly lit inside, and at first, she thinks it’s empty. But it’s not, a few guys are lounging on this old couch in the center of it, talking among themselves. Maybe seven or eight of them. They all look up when they hear footsteps, don’t bother to greet them.

“Hey,” Patrick snaps his fingers at one, “Tell your boss we’re here,” None of them move, “Up, up! Dumbasses - ain’t nobody got all day.” One finally listens to him, gets up to go into the other room. Patrick grumbles, “Where the fuck did he get these guys, amiright?” Veronica wishes he would shut the fuck up.

But Vince comes out, three large men trailing behind him. Vince looks even smaller than he usually does compared to them, protected and in charge, a lot like his father. He doesn’t bother greeting Patrick, his eyes fall onto Veronica, “Veronica, you made it.”

“Wouldn’t miss it,” she murmurs, crosses her arms over her chest tight, “…everything good?”

“Unfortunately, no,” Vince finally looks away from her, darts his eyes over to Patrick and Felix, points to Felix in particular, “You were on the cameras, in my home. When you abducted my twin sister from her room,” His tone is pleasant on the surface, even with his choice of words, “Care to explain? Have we met before?”

“Oh!” Patrick suddenly speaks up, “Sorry, Vince. My fuckin’ bad - this is Felix, Felix this is Vince.”

“You should up your security,” Felix tells him offhandedly, a little too casual for the situation, “Easy to get in.”

“Yeah,” Patrick obviously agrees with him, “And your sister’s a real cunt.”

Felix isn’t done either, “Probably gets it from her mother.”

Vince smiles, he doesn’t look happy though. Veronica is shifting anxiously from beside Vito, who’s staring at the both of them with a furrow in his brow. Exchanging a look with Veronica, but he says nothing.

“Where is Natalie?”

“Don’t worry, she’s comfortable,” Patrick nudges his head at the door, “She’s outside.”

“Alive?”

“Of course, Vince. C’mon, y’know me. I would never–”

“Shut–!!” Vince’s patience is a pretty impressive thing, Veronica’s a little surprised when he snaps and then tries his best to suppress it. Face slightly pink, he lifts his chin and looks at Patrick dead on, eyes dark, and then he’s looking at Veronica, “I’m going to give you a chance here, Veronica.”

She meets his eyes, “Yeah?”

He keeps going, “I don’t want to be enemies–”

“For us to be enemies, I’d have to consider you a threat–” Veronica nudges Patrick hard in the ribs, it makes him laugh under his breath, “Right.”

Vince ignores that, “I’m sure Veronica doesn’t want to lose me as someone who endorses over half of her product. If you return Natalie, the money that you now owe Hector for damages, and apologize for earlier, we can definitely sweep everything under the rug.”

Veronica blinks, “You’re fuckin’ with me?”

“Of course not,” Vince looks at her, “I’m not my father. I’m not going to hold a grudge,” And then his attention is back on Patrick, “Patrick? I’m waiting.”

Veronica stares at Patrick, Vito even stares at Patrick, the guards do as well. He looks like he’s considering, licks across his bottom lip with a smile. He glances at Veronica, give her a very deliberate wink before hefting the duffel bag he’d brought inside up, crossing the several feet to get to Vince. Vince is waiting, he reaches out a hand to take it.

And it should’ve went okay. It should’ve been perfect. And it would have been - if Patrick hadn’t pulled his gun from the back of his jeans and fired.

Veronica almost jumps at the noise - one - three - five shots, right in the chest. No one has any time to react, the quickest one is probably Felix, who somehow has his own weapon and he manages to take out the guard to Patrick’s left, who would’ve blown off his head if Felix wasn’t fast enough.

And then it gets bad. Gunfire from both sides, Vito throws an arm over Veronica’s shoulders, and yanks her towards him, makes them duck behind one of the pillars in the room. Vito is a sharp shot, one guard is coming to their right and Vito spots him - one bullet to the left leg and another to his shoulder to take him down.

It’s one of the last guys that take them by surprise, he sneaks up behind them both, and by time Vito notices him, he’s already cocking his gun back. He doesn’t get the chance to fire, Veronica does it before him, grazes him just barely and the guy uses his momentum to force the butt of his shotgun into Vito’s stomach - hard.

And he would’ve hit Vito in the nose next, he ducks under the swing, and the guy goes for Veronica next - barely gets a hit in before Veronica shoots again, gets him directly in the chest this time, enough force to send him on his back. For good measure ( and probably because he’s pissed ), Vito fires off another bullet, directly in the guy’s head.

Really, after that, it’s over before it even really starts. Once the shooting has died down, she’s up, Vito is wiping sweat from his brow, mumbling in Italian underneath his breath from beside her. And in the middle of all the bodies is Patrick.

Patrick looks too excited and adrenaline-fueled to be talked down, coated in a light sheen of sweat from the heat and intensity in the room, “Did you see that, V?!”

“What the fuck is the matter with you?” Veronica shouts when she gets closer to him, her voice is loud in the now quiet room, “What the fuck, Patrick?” Except, Patrick isn’t looking at her, he’s looking over her shoulder, in Vito and Felix’s direction. He’s got this weird, electrified way in his eyes - she’s only seen it a few times, when he races or when a deal goes good, “Patrick–”

And then he’s walking past Veronica, Felix nudges Vito out of the way - last thing either of them expect is for them to lock lips. Veronica makes a face, Vito looks exasperated. And it’s the kind of kisses with wet noises and both grappling at each other a little too roughly, looks like one of them is trying to get the upper hand over the other. She can’t tell if they want to throw fists or fuck.

Vito is scoffing. And Veronica’s too high-strung to sit still. She doesn’t bother breaking in between them, it wouldn’t be worth it.

“I’m leavin’,” she says, kicking at a limp corpse by her foot, “Fuckin’ rot, both of you.”

Patrick leans around Felix, flashing his teeth in a grin, “C’mon, V. It’s gonna work out–”

She doesn’t wait for him to finish, she grabs Vito’s sleeve and pulls him from the room. When they are outside, it’s easier to breathe, Vito glances backwards, “What about–”

“It’s Felix and Patrick - trust me, they’ll take care of it,” Slightly breathless, she turns to face him fully. She’s wired, maybe has a bit too much adrenaline as well, “You okay?”

“’M fine,” Vito grumbles, rubs at his left side a bit - right where the guy had hit him, “What ‘bout you?”

“I’m…” Veronica swallows, pushes hair from her face, “I’m good.” This is one of those moments where she kind of thinks she might need Jacob - her heart is going really fast, stomach twisting into knots. But she doesn’t let it show, just keeps a steady look on Vito, “I think–”

“You’re bleedin’.”

“Huh?”

“Your mouth.”

Oh. She licks at her lips, can tastes it. She didn’t realize the guy had hit her that hard, probably cut the inside of her mouth or something. Up and down, she shrugs her shoulders, “Didn’t notice.”

Vito is eyeing her now, drops his hand, “Listen–”

“Sorry. I didn’t think he would–”

“You need’a tell Emiliano.”

“…I will. Later.”

“Veronica–”

“I’m not worried about Jacob right now, okay?” Her voice sounds frustrated, it feels strange coming out of her mouth, especially towards Vito. She stops immediately, tries to take in a calming breath, “I’ll tell him. Just not right now.”

Vito stares at her for a long time, she’s glad he doesn’t comment on how fast she’s talking, “Fine. Just - I’ll drive you home.” He tucks away his gun, taking the one he’d given her as well.

“I gotta call some people,” Veronica says, shoulders raised slightly higher than normal, “it’s fine.”

“But–”

“Go home ‘fore your boyfriend chews me out.”

It takes longer than she’d prefer to get Vito to leave, he’s definitely reluctant and she can understand why.

.

.

After a few phone calls on both her and Felix’s parts, things are cleaned up and erased, and she manages to talk Patrick down enough to have an actual conversation with him. When she gets home, she’s surprised she’s not tired - can’t really remember when she’d gotten in bed and actually slept.

On the table, there’s takeout boxes, probably Jacob’s. Speaking of him, once she is out of her jacket and shoes, she goes looking for him, finds him in the bedroom. Already dressed in more comfortable clothes, maybe he’s been home for awhile. Veronica is in the bed before she knows it, crawling up to settle in between his legs.

He looks at her, “Hey.”

“Did you talk to Mason today? I’ve been thinkin’, I ain’t seen ‘im lately, and he might be busy with–”

“Ronnie.”

It takes a moment to get her attention, she’s distracted by the sirens going back their apartment outside, “Yeah?”

He doesn’t say anything for a long time, just stares at her, “You okay?” She doesn’t say anything to that, so he takes that as room to continue. He reaches up and slides his hand around the nape of her neck, under her hair. And she wishes he didn’t because it always makes her feel strange, like his touch alone is enough to calm her, “You ain’t been sleepin’.”

“I have–”

“Three hours ain’t sleep, Ron.”

“I feel fine.”

“Yeah, I know,” he doesn’t stop touching her though, “I brought back some of your favorite - you gotta eat–”

“Did you…” She stops for a second, he’s staring at her, “Did you say somethin’ to Jax? ‘Bout me?”

Jacob’s expression changes, only for a moment though. A light frown touches his face, he shifts closer, “Did he say that?”

“No,” she watches him carefully, he definitely said something to him - that’s easy to read, “No, he didn’t say anythin’. I just–” Her voice has dropped quieter, “I don’t want you to think shit like that.”

“Like what?”

It’s barely a whisper now, “…that I’m crazy.”

“Hey,” this time, he takes her face in his hands, forces her to look at him. His eyes are more intense now, it’s hard to look away, “I don’t think anythin’ like that. You’re smart, you’re loyal to everybody around you, you’re–” He stops there, but only for a moment, “You’re–”

He looks like he wants to say more, he stops before he can.

“I would never think or say anythin’ like that ‘bout you. You’re my girl, right?” He kisses her mouth, lets it linger. Before she can complain about the softness, about what he’s saying, “Ron, I’m serious–” He’s laughing some when she tries to squirm away, wraps his arms around her tight.

“Get off.”

“Nu-uh.”

She twists around in his grip, so her back is against his chest, but he doesn’t let go. She gives up after a few half-assed attempts. It’s quiet between them, she doesn’t feel as riled up as before. Veronica presses her lips together, doesn’t say anything for a long time.

“Rick killed Vince.”

Jacob rubs over her thigh with his hand, “Good for him.”

She pauses for only a second, “I’m workin’ with him right now. Patrick, I mean.”

“I know.”

Veronica is still. And then she tries to turn to see him better, “What.”

“I already know that you’re workin’ with him,” Jacob says the words slow, since he thinks she didn’t hear him, “Was I not supposed to?”

“No! Are you followin’ me or somethin’?”

“Nah,” he’s watching her, looks a little amused with her reaction, “Was just - waitin’ for you to tell me, yanno?” She stares back, a bit defensive. He figured her out pretty quickly, it’s a little unsettling. But she doesn’t say that out loud. She fixes him with a look, eyebrows lifting high on her forehead. Jacob relents after awhile, “I just...I knew you were workin’ with him. But I trust you, Ron.”

Veronica clicks her teeth, his smile widens, “Sure. Yeah. Stop followin’ me.”

“I don’t.”

“Uh-huh--”

“I got a guy who does that for me already - ow! Ronnie, I’m kiddin’!”

.

.

Veronica looks up when the car rounds the corner, the shine of the headlights spilling over her. Quietly, she takes one more hit from her cigarette, tosses it and stubs it out with her shoe. Headlights shut off and two car doors slam, almost in unison.

“Hey, V!”

Jax’s voice is the first thing she hears, Veronica doesn’t greet him. Only waits until Rob is in front of her, he’s looking at her curiously, “You’re here late.”

Veronica shrugs her shoulders up and down, “I need’a talk to you.” Rob seems to be fine with that, he lingers by her side while Jax goes up ahead, unlocking the door to Rob’s place and going inside. Veronica follows, Rob is right behind her.

“You didn’t bring Jacob?” He sounds honestly perplexed about that, “You guys okay?”

“Yeah,” Veronica nods once, “He’s tied up with something.”

Rob mumbles something underneath his breath, Veronica’s sure it was a smartass comment, so she doesn’t engage further.

“Haven’t seen you all week.”

Veronica is quiet for a few seconds, “...had some stuff I had to take care of.” It’d been a week since Rafael had came into her house, and Jacob was still more or less on edge. Veronica can’t blame him.

When they’re inside, she strips from her jacket, trailing after Rob and Jax while they head to the basement. Jax is the first to turn on the light, excited to stretch out on the couch. But someone’s occupying it - Veronica recognizes her.

“Ryan!” Jax exclaims, surprised. She’s curled up into a small ball on the couch, hair covering her face and shoulders, “Casey’s been looking for you.” Ryan gives some half-assd reply, mumbling something. She’s definitely out of it, Jax goes to work with helping her sit up. Veronica’s not too concerned, she’ll call Dawson later so he can stop worrying.

Veronica pulls her weight up onto the table so she’s comfortable, there’s a few balled up pieces of paper on the surface. She tosses one leisurely to the trash can in the corner, misses from how far it is. Rob is still watching her, “You wanted to talk.”

Her head definitely feels clearer, like she can get her point across more evenly. Which is a good thing - over the course of the week, she’d definitely felt a little too itchy to sit still. And it’s a bit scary that Jacob seemed to read that so well, took it in and handled it so easily. She doesn’t know how he can keep a cool head all the time, when she’s constantly crawling up the walls. She turns to face Rob, his dark eyes are focused onto her.

“Some money’s missin’.”

Rob blinks, sticks his tongue  out to lick at the corner of his mouth, “Yeah? How much?”

“At least ten grand. I haven’t really...gotten an exact number.”

“How do you know it’s missing?”

“I know.”

“V, maybe you’re being--”

“Paranoid?” Veronica shakes her head, “No.” All she knew was numbers - it was the main reason people kept her around for so long, “I think it’s Devin.”

“Devin’s not stupid,” Rob scoffs, begins clearing the table of the paperwork and trash there, as if he needs to keep himself busy. He’s not looking at her anymore, Veronica shifts, “He wouldn’t do somethin’ like that.”

“Not stupid - but desperate. In debt. And he’s got a kid.”

“So?”

“So - when money goes missin’, it’s a problem, Rob. It’s your people too--”

“Doesn’t feel like it,” he says, meeting her eyes. The brown is surprisingly hard, “This is a partnership, right? We do it together, V. When’s the last time we did anything together?”

She presses her lips together, makes her voice lower, “Ain’t really a good time to start actin’ like a pussy.”

“I’m not. I’m just sayin’--” He cuts himself off, shaking his head, “...you told Jacob? About the money?”

“No.”

“Don’t think it’s him?”

“Why would Jacob take money?” Rob makes another noise of disbelief, Veronica’s mouth is sneering up, “What’s the problem--”

He suddenly leans close, real close, “The problem is that you don’t see what I’m trying to do, V. I gave ‘em a chance - Jacob, his cousins, Patrick and everyone else you keep draggin’ into our shit. Our shit. You’re gonna get yourself killed.”

“I’m handlin’ it--”

“Yeah? And how’s that working out for you?” She glares at him, Rob stares right back at her, “You don’t see the big picture here. West, the Italians, Mexicans - whoever. You’re always right in the fuckin’ middle and I’m tryin’--” He inhales, tries to exhale slowly, “I’m trying to make sure we have something to fall back on. Before you fuck everything up.”

It takes only a second for his words to sink in, Veronica’s face falls slightly slack, “...you took the money?”

“Invested it, yeah.”

“Without tellin’ me.”

“I was goin’ to--”

“You stole from me.”

“V--” He tries to touch her, Veronica forces his hand away with one violent gesture. He looks a little hurt by that, reaches to touch her shoulder again - she jerks away this time. It’s quiet for a long time, Jax is silent too, he’d been watching when they had began to get louder than normal. And she does not blame him, she never argues with Rob, “Listen to me--”

Veronica is already up and pushing past him. He follows after her, because he’s Rob. And when he tries the last time to touch her, Veronica turns to face him - red hot anger has bled into her chest, making it difficult to breathe for a moment. It’s like the same record over and over again, stuck on a continuous loop, putting any type of trust into someone just proved to be absolute shit.

“Veronica--”

“You’re lucky I don’t get Jacob to come here and fuckin’ kill you. Don’t touch me--”

“Like Jacob’s done anythin’ for us so far!”

“You’re fucking me over!”

“I’m trying to help! You won’t listen to me!”

“Yeah? Fuckin’ skip town, asshole. I see you again, it’s not fucking Jacob you gotta worry ‘bout.”

She distinctly hears him calling after her when she leaves, Jax too. Veronica takes the subway home, as she usually does, she sits in her seat - slightly slumped, biting at her thumbnail, too heated to really sit still. Jacob wouldn’t be home tonight, not after what happened with Rafael - it would be a quick job, she was sure of that.

As soon as she is off the train, she notices the chill. Of fucking course she was too pissed to remember to grab her jacket, fucking figures. Tomorrow, the first thing she plans to do is talk to Devin, and maybe he can--

“You still live in this shit hole?”

Veronica stops at the foot of the stairs, lifts her head to see someone leaning against the railing there. Tawny is standing there, smoking like she doesn’t have a care in the world. Veronica makes a face, debates whether or not she should go around her or just step on her to get her out the way.

“What’re you even doin’ here?”

“Lookin’ for you,” she finishes off her cigarette, tosses it and pulls out another, “You gotta light?”

“You gotta fuckin’ clue? Move outta the way.”

“Dex been lookin’ for you.” Veronica stops on the first step, turns her head to see Tawny looking at her, “What you lookin’ all surprised for, tonta? You thought he wasn’t gonna come back or somethin’?” She stands, she’s only a inch or two shorter than Veronica, “You real stupid, huh?”

“Hey, here’s a good fuckin’ idea,” Veronica turns to face her fully, “He knows where I live, right? Ain’t nothin’ stopping him.”

Tawny scoffs, even laughs a bit in Veronica’s face, “He’s tryin’ to turn over a new leaf, V. Be all respectful and shit. ‘Cause, y’know, I got a good reason to come here and fuckin’ kill you--”

“Good reason, huh?”

“Jorge been missin’ for three months and I know--”

“Why don’cha try goin’ fishin’, yeah? You might come up with something.”

“No me jodas, white girl,” Tawny hisses, “I’ll--”

“Hey, Ron. Who’s your friend?”

Jacob’s voice sounds from the bottom of the stairs, from behind Tawny. Tawny turns around, irritated. Veronica keeps quiet for the time being - loosening her grip around the pocket knife tucked away, she’d been pretty close to pulling it. As always, Jacob has good timing. He’s watching Tawny with a slight quirk to his head, flickering his eyes over to Veronica, blowing smoke from his mouth.

“Mind your business, verga,” Tawny is far from in the mood, “This ain’t got nothin’ to do with you.”

“If you’re askin’ about Jorge,” Jacob almost lazily makes his way up the first and second step, stopping one short of Tawny’s, “kinda is my business.”

Tawny’s expression becomes more aggressive, she glares right at Jacob, “Fuck you just say? You tryin’ to get your tongue cut out, little boy? Fuckin’ try it.”

Jacob brings his cigarette back up to his mouth, lifts an eyebrow as she spits her words, “Don’t take it so personally - did the world a big fuckin’ favor, yanno?” Even as he speaks, his eyes don’t stray from Veronica, who’s staring at the girl with an almost volatile look. Odds aren’t really in her favor - if Veronica shoves Tawny, she’s pretty sure Jacob isn’t going to catch her.

Before Tawny can say anything or Veronica can make a move, there’s the sound of footsteps heading in their direction. Veronica scoffs when she sees who it is, Jacob breathes out a laugh, and Tawny just looks more annoyed.

“There a problem here?”

“Nah,” Jacob turns to face Elijah first, breaking his face out into an easygoing smile, “Nice night out, though. Right? Shouldn’t you be enoyin’ it, Officer Sir?”

Elijah crosses his arms, he’s not looking at Jacob really - more of Veronica. She schools her expression to something less hostile, folds her arms so he doesn’t think she’s reaching for anything, “Stalkin’ me?” 

Elijah doesn’t say anything to that, his serious eyes flick to Tawny pointedly, as if he’s waiting for her to leave. They all are. She clicks her teeth again, turns to face Veronica with this sickly sweet smile, “Watch your back, V. Dex don’t like waitin’ no more.” With that, she turns around, shoves her shoulder hard against Jacob’s on her way down and walks past Elijah. 

Jacob returns his attention to Veronica, setting his mouth in a firm line. He heard it too - Dex. The name is enough to send her stomach into anxious knots. As if noticing where her thoughts are headed, Jacob steps closer, only for the Detective to speak up again. 

“Blanche.” 

She looks up. 

“We found him.”

“What--” 

“Miguel. We found Miguel.”

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She hasn’t slept yet. 

Through the windows, she can see the sun is beginning to rise. Wiping a hand over her forehead and down the expanse of her face, Veronica sighs heavily. She hears Jacob shift beside her, the warmth coming from him is definitely a comfort. The only reason she hasn’t gone out of her element, the only reason she’s staying calm in this sort of situation. 

She’s been to plenty of police stations, but every time she steps into one - she feels like she’s being watched, judged. Like she doesn’t belong but does at the same time. Most officers she’s already met. She stands in front of the table, peeling open the box in front of her to get a better look inside. 

Oh. Yeah. This stuff - it’s definitely Miguel’s. 

She recognizes most of it. Elijah said it was a few things Juana had dropped off. Veronica isn’t sure what she’s supposed to do with it, Valerie would probably want it more than her. She picks through the things listlessly, lingering on a particular flannel shirt. It was one of Miguel’s favorites, he was always wearing it. 

She keeps quiet, her eyes are burning again. When Detective Howard had said they’d found Miguel’s body, she felt as if she’d been punched in the gut. Apparently, his remains were found in an abandoned car across town, only a few parts though. Not enough to identify him immediately. Veronica wishes that was enough for her - she really did. 

She wishes Valerie didn’t have to go through stuff like that.  She wishes Jacob wasn’t here to see her cry. 

Frustrated, she blinks back tears, but her breathing gives her away, and Jacob notices almost instantly. He curls an arm around her shoulders, kisses her head, but doesn’t say anything. It’s a simple gesture, but it means more than he probably knew. Most of her weight leans into him, even as she holds the shirt closer to her chest. 

“He doesn’t deserve this,” Veronica breathes, “He...”

“I know, Ron.” 

“I should’ve--”

“There was nothin’ nobody could do, okay?” 

She goes quiet, swallows only once before nodding. She doesn’t look at him though, she doesn’t have the stomach for that yet. The door opens, both of them look up to see Elijah in the doorway, he has a folder under one arm. Like always, his expression is open and maybe a bit too sincere. Veronica glances back at the box, keeps her eyes there. 

“We can keep this,” Jacob speaks up first, “The stuff.” 

Elijah stops on the other side of the table, nods, “Yeah. All his personal belongings. Miss Fernandez - uh, Juana - she claimed most of the things out of the house. She was here earlier, with Valerie--”

“Did she look okay?” Veronica asks, Valerie’s name catches her attention quickly, “Valerie, I mean.” 

“Yeah,” Elijah nods, “Really hyper.” 

That’s a bit of a relief to hear - Veronica wishes she could make the time to see her more. Kid kind of grew on her, which was a a little strange. Never liked her much before, always cried when Veronica held her as a baby. 

“Anything else?” Elijah looks up at this, focuses on Veronica, “’Sides the car, did you find anything else?” 

He makes a bit of a face, like he doesn’t want to say much, but Jacob gives him a look and he exhales, opening the folder in his hands, “We found out who the car belongs to. An elderly women, she lives a few miles up from the station, actually. Her car was stolen a few months ago. That’s as far as our lead goes. Car was wiped clean when it was found.” 

Veronica stays quiet, presses her mouth together to keep from saying anything she would regret. What pieces of shit - to get rid of Miguel like that. Like he was nothing, like he was trash. Like Dex didn’t grow up with the guy, like he didn’t have a daughter. Jacob tightens his arm around her shoulders when he feels her tense, her nails are digging into her palms. 

“What’re you going to do with his body?” 

“He’ll be handed over to his family - Juana said she would call you later with details,” Elijah is eyeing her, “Blanche,” she lifts her eyes from the box, sees him staring at her, “If...If you have anything you want to say to me, now would be a good time.” 

She fixes her jaw, immediately looks away, “Can we get a minute? Alone.” 

Elijah frowns briefly, but he puts up no protest, “I’ll be outside.” 

When he leaves the room, Veronica is biting at her nails, she’s practically itching, “I’ll kill him,” She says it so quietly, she doesn’t think Jacob hears her at first, “I’ll really kill him. Him and--”

“I’m going to take care of it,” His eyes are dark when she turns around to face him, “I’m gonna take care of everything.” 

Veronica stares at him for a few seconds, “Yeah?” 

He uses his thumbs to wipe underneath her eyes, her makeup is probably smearing ut he doesn’t seem to care, “’Course, baby,” His lips linger on the top of her head before he pulls away, “First thing’s first though, we’re gettin’ outta that place.” 

“‘Cause of Tawny?” 

“Is that her name?” 

“Fuck her.” 

“Mmm, yeah. Fuck her.” 

“She can rot like the rest of ‘em.”

He tucks a length of hair behind her ear, “We should move closer to Vito. Or Jax - he was sayin’ some apartments--”

That reminds her, Veronica sniffs, lifting her chin, “I got somethin’ to tell you. ‘Bout Rob.” 

Jacob’s expression changes again - like before. Firm line to his lips, dark of his eyes. He can already tell from her tone it’s nothing good. His eyebrows pick up, “What’s wrong?” 

“He--” 

“Blanche,” The door opens, Elijah is standing there, “Your ride’s outside.” 

She blinks, a frown touches her face, “I didn’t call for nobody.” 

“They’re askin’ for you. Said you called.”

“I didn’t.”

“Humor me, Blanche.” 

Last time she’d left a police station for a ride, she’d ended up running into Rafael. So, she nudges her head at Jacob, cuing for him to come with her - he’s sure to tuck the box of Miguel’s things under his arm and follow her. He gives a playful, one-handed salute to Elijah, which he ignores. When they are outside, the light is annoying enough that Veronica lifts a hand to shield her eyes at first. 

“V! Hey, V! Over here!” 

Beside a bright red car parked illegally across two spaces is Patrick and Junie. She’s hanging off of Patrick’s side, which she usually does - whenever Veronica sees her, that’s typically what she’s doing. And Patrick practically lights up when he spots Jacob, crosses the small length to get to them and meet them at the steps. 

“Hey, jailbirds,” Patrick grins at Veronica, flashing his teeth. And then towards Jacob, “Lookin’ this good this early should be criminal, Jake.” 

“Yeah, thanks,” Jacob’s voice isn’t amused, he fixes Patrick with a look, “Real funny.” 

“Mmm,” Patrick makes a show of darting his tongue out to wet his lips, before looking back to Veronica, “So you told ‘im already?” 

Veronica shrugs a shoulder, “Already knew.”

Patrick grins, “Beauty and brains, hm?” 

“Hiya, V!” Junie pops up from behind Patrick, settling by his side with this big grin. Her smile was always a little unsettling, blonde curls propped on her head in a ponytail, sunglasses holding her hair from her face, “How’s it goin’?” She blows a ridiculously large bubble with her gum, only to suck it back in. 

Veronica can feel a headache coming on, dealing with them at the same time was like talking to a wall, “Junie, I thought you were gonna stay with Hector.” 

“Hector?” Junie blinks big eyes at her, and then looks at Patrick, “You didn’t tell her?” 

“Tell me what?” 

“Killed ‘im.” 

She says that startlingly loud, with confidence. Veronica has to glance over her shoulder to make sure Detective Howard didn’t follow them out, “You - what.” 

“Rick told me to,” Junie says, chewing on her gum, “Heard what happened with the Callaways, fuckin’ sucks.” She nudges Patrick in the ribs, like they have a good joke only they know, “Shouldn’t mess with people like that, V. Fuckin’ animals.” 

Patrick laughs loudly. Veronica stares at them both, narrowing her eyes, “You know how stupid that is, right? T’ off Hector - we shouldn’t even be talkin’ about--” 

“You should’a seen it, V. You would’ve loved it. Head went pop,” She continues like she doesn’t hear Veronica, “Like that time with Caleb and Nico--” 

“Stop, both of you fuckin’ stop,” That makes them quiet, Patrick is still grinning though, “I’m busy so--”

“Not too busy to say bye to our dear friend Vince, right?” Patrick raises his eyebrows at her, “Gotta finish what we started. Can’t miss it.” 

“Yeah, V,” Junie obviously agrees with him, “We’re dumpin’ both of ‘em.” 

“Fun,” Veronica’s tone is dry, “Real fun.” 

Junie continues smiling, “Have a heart.” That’s ironic coming from her.

Jacob has been quiet throughout the conversation, watching them as if he’s trying to figure them out. Veronica doesn’t blame him. But Junie spots it, she flickers her eyes over to him, like she’s just noticing him for the first time, “Who’s the guy?” 

Patrick speaks up, “That’s the guy I was tellin’ you about in the car, June. Veronica’s boyfriend - cute, right?”

Junie makes a face at cute, but keeps her attention on Jacob nonetheless, “What’cha lookin’ at?” 

Jacob doesn’t miss a beat, “Tryin’ to figure that out.” 

“Lemme know when y’do,” Junie’s face is blank now. Her eyes always reminded Veronica of endless pits. She was a lot like Patrick in that aspect, going from sweet to sour in a second flat. It was unnerving. And then Junie is laughing, right in their faces. She shoves at Veronica’s shoulder playfully, she barely reacts to it, “Lighten up, V! It’s a funeral!” 

Junie and Patrick leave them both there, it’s Junie’s car so she rounds to the driver while he gets into the passenger. Veronica and Jacob stays where they are, side by side. Veronica begins muttering things underneath her breath, mostly “bitch” and “asshole.” 

“Fuck is up with them?” Jacob lets out an almost breathless laugh, of course he could still find the humor in this. It reminds her of Vito’s reaction to Patrick before. 

“Patrick is always like that,” Veronica says, shrugging one shoulder. He already knew that, so she’s guessing he meant Junie, “Junie’s fuckin’ nuts. Put the two of ‘em together and four seconds later, you’re ready to blow your brains out.” 

“No shit?”

“No. Shit.” Veronica is silent for a few moments, she glances over at the box in Jacob’s arms, exhales slowly, “Y’don’t have to come.”

Jacob snorts, “Don’t trust Pat as far as I can throw ‘em, yanno?”

“Jacob--” 

“Plus, I’m a people person, Ron.” 

“I’m serious.” 

“So am I.” Junie lays on thick on the horn, and Veronica pointedly flips her off. She’s pretty sure she hears the both of them laughing. She grimaces at Jacob, and he picks his eyebrows up right back at her, “Don’t wanna keep ‘em waiting, right?” 

The ride there is unconventional. Junie and Patrick argue over a station on the radio, and it ends with Junie threatening to stab him and him calling her a series of names. Jacob reaches between the two seats, turning it off altogether, which they don’t seem happy about but seem to know better than complain. It takes thirty minutes to get where they’re going, away from too many buildings and traffic. Every second that goes by, Veronica grows more and more antsy. And Jacob seems to notice, he puts a hand on her thigh, curling his fingers around her knee. 

Junie is excited to get out of the car, she gets out as fast as she can, forgetting to put it into park and retrieve the keys from the ignition. Patrick does it for her before they can roll too far, hes out right after her. When Veronica is out, she stays by Jacob, keeping by his side. She spots Felix further up, he’s directly under the brudge, by the water. 

Leaning against Patrick’s Charger, he looks up when they get close enough. 

“Go okay?” He directs the question to Patrick, who settles beside him familiarly. 

He shrugs, “More or less. Got a little messy, but we’re good.” 

Felix’s eyebrows lift, “Messy?” 

“I took care of it.” 

“Where’s Natalie?” Veronica asks before they can begin to go back and forth. They look at her, “What did you do with her?” 

“Dumped her,” Felix says offhandedly, “She was liability--” 

Veronica faces him, “You killed her?” 

“No,” Patrick answers for him, “Have some faith in us, V.” He shares a look with Felix, who cracks a grin and Patrick winks at him, “Dropped her off.”

“Where?” 

“Don’t remember, memory’s foggy.”

“Patrick--” 

“Point is, she’s alive. Calm down.” 

“When I tell you to do somethin’, I want it done right, Patrick,” Veronica’s voice is low, offers no room for argument, “Clear?” 

Felix doesn’t look happy with that, but Patrick grins - eyeing her, “Crystal. I’ll remember that next time,” he glances in Jacob’s direction, cocks his head a bit, “You’re awfully quiet.”

“Don’t got nothin’ to say.” Jacob tells him, he left Miguel’s belongings in the car, and he’s currently pulling out his pack of cigarettes, searching his pockets for his lighter. 

“Can we hurry up this already?” Junie is the closest to the car, looks annoyed, “Open the trunk!” 

Felix pulls out the keys in his pockets, unlocking and pulling open the trunk for all to see what’s inside. Veronica cringes at the smell - blood and cleaning supplies. There’s a few oddly shaped lumped together trashbags inside, all tied tight. She’s guessing it was Felix’s work. Looked too neat to be Junie’s or Patrick’s. 

Junie’s eyes seem to alight when she sees it, she leans close - pursing her lips in a pout after awhile, “Which one is Hector’s? I wanted to see his face.” 

“One on the left, I think. Legs, lower half mostly,” Felix tells her, seeming to admire his handy work. 

Patrick whistles lowly, “Nice work, Felix.” He even claps him on the shoulder affectionately. 

“I’m gonna miss Hector,” Junie whines, standing up straight, “He was like family.” And then she begins laughing, Patrick soon following after her like she told a good joke. 

Veronica makes a face, glances over at Jacob. He’s smoking his cigarette, watching them as well. They exchange a look before Veronica returns her attention to the three of them, Jacob is he one to clap his hands twice to get them to look over, “Hey, listen up.”

Junie seems eager to hear any news, she turns to glance back at Veronica and Jacob - Patrick does the same, so does Felix after awhile, “We do this - no talkin’ about it, no gloatin’ about it. Anybody comes to you askin’ about Hector, what do you say?” No reply - Junie purses her lips, “Junie.”

She heaves an melodramatic sigh, like she’s heard it too many times to count, “Tell ‘em I don’t know.” 

Veronica gives Patrick a look, he grins again, “Y’know me, V. My lips are sealed.” His grin widens when he catches Jacob’s eyes. Veronica doesn’t have to say anything to Felix, she’s well aware he’s not as reckless as the two beside him. 

“This stays here. I’m fuckin’ serious.” 

Junie looks as if she’s fighting a smile now, “Cross my heart, V.”

When Veronica seems satisfied, Felix pushes off the side of the car, reaches over - and he closes the trunk. 

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