#and sprained his ankle bc he might feel like he's floating

[acowardinmordor]

I would like more fics where Eddie is prone to getting zoomies because things were Very! Good! So he's gotta get up and do stuff or bounce or shred things or just loop the building or something. And before Steve really catches on to why he wants to give Eddie the zoomies, its just a kinda game. Where Steve is trying to provoke Eddie into giving into the instinct, and Eddie is clinging to control because there is no way he is going to let Steve find out that blood carbonates whenever Steve compliments him or gives him a present or sometimes just smiles at him all pretty.

Eddie doesn't make Steve stop because the longer he holds out, the more Steve tries, and that's awesome. And Steve doesn't stop the game, because the longer Eddie holds back, the more adorably ridiculous the run around becomes.

And yes, this is bc of that ficlet by @steddiealltheway a few days ago.

[alyricalberry]

All These Things That I’ve Done || Self-Para

Who: Rachel Berry with an appearance by Hiram and Leroy Berry

Where: The Berry home in Columbus, Ohio.

When: March 2nd, 2017 

What: Hiram and Leroy call Rachel home after being notified that she was charged with obstruction of justice following the events of Samhain. Rachel’s big mouth then gets her into more trouble. I.e. why Rachel has been gone for two months. Definitely not bc Raven is the worst.

Note: Anyone who is close friends with Rachel/has classes with her/is in a club with her would have interacted with her. She’s just been absent from Tumblr.

Warnings: None!

Rachel was nervous.

Usually when her dads called her home, they did so with a promise that they would spend lots of time together. It was always happy. This time was different. Hiram’s voice had been very serious on the phone, simply telling her that they’d called NYADA to arrange a portal for her for the next day and that they’d be waiting for her on the other side.

Rachel was worried. Was something wrong? The only other time she ever remembered Hiram using that serious tone with her was when she was six and had used her magic to “accidentally” make the lead ballerina in a show she was in sprain her ankle, thus giving herself the lead spot.

As she stepped into the portal, Rachel tried not to overthink it too much. Maybe they were acting serious so that she wouldn’t expect a surprise party or something when she got home. She definitely wouldn’t put it past them.

And when she stepped out of the portal, there were her dads, smiling happily at her. She hugged them tightly and followed them to the car. Maybe she’d imagined the whole thing. Maybe they just wanted to see her.

However, when they got to the house, they asked her to go sit at the dining room table, sitting across from her.

“Is everything okay?” Rachel asked with a frown, eyeing the papers Hiram set before them. “You two aren’t breaking up, are you? Please tell me that isn’t why you called me home.”

Leroy chuckled and reached for her hand. “No, Rach, that’s not why we called you home. Don’t worry,” he told her reassuringly.

“We called you home, button, because of this letter we received from the Cardines telling us you were being charged with obstruction of justice,” Hiram said, raising a brow at his daughter.

“Oh... I can... I can explain that,” Rachel said, sitting up straighter. She’d barely had time to come to terms with the events of Halloween herself. How was she going to explain it to her dads? Would they even believe her? She hadn’t believed Adam when he told her that something strange had happened that night. Would her dads not believe her either? She didn’t know. But she knew she had to try.

“It was Halloween. I went to the Greenwich parade with Blaine and Tina and Adam and Elliott. Everything was fine until this... door appeared out of nowhere. It said something to Blaine and then he got swallowed up by it. Then the door started moving, so we followed it. It eventually opened again and Adam, Tina and I wanted to go in after Blaine. I’m not entirely sure what happened, but I’m the only one that got through. I ended up in the forest on the NYADA campus and ran into a few other people. We were trying to find Blaine but then these Cardines came in and told us to go back to campus. But what were we supposed to do? I was worried about Blaine. So, I may have fought back... a little. That’s where the charge comes from,” Rachel said all at once, her hands fidgeting the whole way through.

Looking up at her dads, she could tell they didn’t believe her. Of course, they didn’t. It sounded ridiculous. Or maybe... were they affected by the same memory wipe the Cardines had put on everyone on campus? She barely had time to think about it before Leroy reached for her hand again.

“Rachel, how come we never heard about any of this? This kind of event would make the news somehow,” he said.

Rachel sighed. “I’m not sure. After we gave our statements, the Cardines wiped all our memories. I only remembered this a few weeks ago...” she said. “I know it sounds like a crazy story, but I promise it’s true. I wouldn’t lie about this. I can put you in touch with Adam or someone. They can back up the story. But I was just trying to help my friend and I was frustrated because the Cardines weren’t letting me.”

Hiram sighed. “We believe you, Rachel. I’m not that surprised to hear that the Cardines would have done a large-scale memory wipe like that,” he said. “However, I do agree with them on one thing. You should have gone somewhere safe, not jumped into a random floating door. You could have gotten hurt, Rach!”

“Daddy, please, I would have been fine. I’m a stronger fighter than I was before. I’ve been training with my friend Santana, and I’ve been doing well in my Field Studies classes,” Rachel said.

“That’s beside the point, Rachel. You’re nineteen, you’ve barely had time to develop your powers to be as strong as they can be. Even Barbra Streisand had to wait until she was in her twenties to star in Funny Girl,” Hiram said. “Even if the Cardines can be shady, they were there to protect you that night, and you should have listened to them.”

“My age has nothing to do with how skilled I am. I came this close to winning Midnight Madness, you know. I probably would have if Mike hadn’t broken up with me the night before.”

The minute the words were out of her mouth, Rachel knew they were a mistake. The look on her dads’ faces only confirmed that. She had no idea if they knew what Midnight Madness was, but the name sounded bad enough that they didn’t need to know.

“I’m sorry, Midnight Madness?” Leroy said. “Rachel, tell me you didn’t.”

Rachel just shrugged, knowing that saying anything else would get her in more trouble.

“What’s Midnight Madness?” Hiram interjected. “We’ll get back to the Mike issue later, by the way.”

“Midnight Madness is this stupid competition where students duel each other for a meaningless crown. A few of my friends participated when I was at NYADA,” Leroy said.

“It’s not meaningless,” Rachel muttered.

“It’s also highly dangerous. So many students get hurt, Rachel! What’s happened to you? You used to hate offensive spells,” Leroy continued.

Rachel sighed. “I don’t know... I just wanted to win, I guess, and show that I was strong.”

“You can show you’re strong by enhancing your spells and doing well in school, Rachel. That’s why we let you go to NYADA, not so you could participate in illegal duels and risk your life when mysterious floating doors are involved,” Hiram said. “Listen, Rach, we aren’t angry with you. We’ve already paid the fine. We just wanted to know what happened. And I think it’s a good thing we asked you to come home.”

Rachel’s shoulders slumped slightly. “Thank you. I really appreciate it. I’m fine, though, really. I know everything sounds bad, but I’m fine, really. You don’t have to worry,” she said.

Hiram raised a brow. “We are going to worry, Rachel Berry. That’s our job. You need to stop being reckless, sweetheart. Your ambition is inspiring, but there are real world consequences, and you need to be careful. Especially in the next few mo-”

“Hiram,” Leroy interjected, giving his husband a stern look.

Rachel frowned. “What are you saying?”

Hiram took a deep breath. “We’re saying that we don’t want you participating in any more dangerous... activities. I don’t think your powers are truly strong enough to protect you from actual danger,” he said. “If you get in trouble again, Rachel, it might be best if you came home, or maybe go to another school. I doubt Magic Harvard has as much drama as NYADA seems to have.”

Rachel’s jaw dropped. “That’s not fair! You’ve always had faith in my magic and now you suddenly think I’m weak?” She didn’t even know how to react. Her emotions had already been all over the place because of everything that had happened in the last few months, and now this? Her dads didn’t even trust her?

“Honey, you’re very talented, everyone knows that. But you’ve only been working on your EvoDest spells for a couple years now,” Leroy said. “You can’t jump into danger when you can’t adequately protect yourself, though. Just focus on your schoolwork, okay? It’s what’s best.”

Rachel sighed and thought for a second before nodding. “Okay. I’m sorry to have worried you,” she said. “I’m just going to go unpack my bag, okay? Maybe we can order takeout after?”

“That sounds great,” Hiram said.

Rachel nodded and kissed both of them before going up to her room. She lay on her bed and pulled out her phone, wanting to talk to someone about what had just happened. By who? Mike was out of the question. She and Tina were still on shaky ground. Definitely not Santana. She didn’t want to worry Sam, and she didn’t feel like talking to Adam. Blaine would be the best option but... after everything that happened to him with Ripley... or Marcos, Rachel knew he needed to rest. Not to mention that Rachel felt incredibly guilty for not having stepped in and helped him earlier.

She threw down her phone on the bed and ran a hand through her hair. Maybe laying low for a while would be best. She’d gotten herself into so many messes over her first year at NYADA. Time to focus on her schoolwork would probably do her some good and allow things to settle down...