#and also uh personally would love to see more rep of Aus and it’s huge immigrant population

[deci-doodles]

Imma be a little nitpicky but it’s way too American to me as an Aussie lmao

The notion of the American Dream and how in a dream world literally anything is possible, it being inspired by the jazz age and its hedonism, the Family comprising of five families (like how New York’s mafia became known as the Five Families), and also the mega church vibes (not exclusively American but the American ones are famous) and the consumerism

Also Penacony sounds like Coney Island too ngl

Ok, Penacony really is space Australia. A former colony/prison and all the dream shenanigans. I guess if Square Enix aren't giving me an Australian expansion then Hoyo will.

Aventurine is nothing like Childe (even fanon version). Phew.

WHALES

[pokedash55]

Acronix X Coffee Robot Crack AU

SUGGEST READING MY ECHO MEETS ACRONIX FIC BEFORE THIS

IT BUILDS ON THIS WACKY WORLD OF MINE

Click for Echo Meets Acronix Fic

To summarize//TL;DR: Acronix falls out of the time vortex at the light house a befriends Echo Zane, learns empathy and put Echo on Social media so everyone knows he exists now. 

-After he leaves echo zane with a borg watch he finds himself back in Ninjago

-Stalks borg and his fam like a creep

-Jay introduces Echo to the dyer family

-Echo and unagami are siblings now

-Acronix is kinda like Echos big brother

-But no one else accepts this

-Zane and Pix give skeptical and menacing, “if you touch him” glares

-Unagami is confused babi and likes their new brother echo

-So Like One day it’s Borg, Pix, Zane, Jay, Unagami, Echo, and Milton dyer, and Acronix in a room together  (Fic on that later :3 )

-The whole fam

-Nixie just lingers around borg tower saying random junk sometimes

-Acronix : “You either die a villian or live long enough to see yourself become…”

-Pix: “A very annoying customer who is about to be escorted out of the building?”

-“UH NO. Wrong answer Pix (“dont call me pix”). REDEEMED. Cause I’m like… totally redeemed now”

-Just holds up a high five for the room and left hanging by everyone

-Jay’s like :Yeeeoree not part of our group”

-So like Acronix and Echo Zane are bro’s now cause I said so??

-Everyone: Nix is part of the Borg Family

-Me: Well YES, but actually no

-This isn't really a Future thing

-In this they're mostly frenemies kinda??

-But Acronix does really like him and borg tower and Borg is too nice to throw him out XD

-Acronix has zip money and doesn’t FEEL like looking for Krux rn

-Gets his morning coffee everyday bro

-Starts crushin on the Coffee manager (naming her shannon after the voice actor)

-His routine is basically wake up, coffee, Shannon, stalk borg, watch memes, think about looking for kux than fall asleep on phone

-Posts bout his lil bro alot (echo)

-Posts about Shannon ALOT

-Many many selfies of him an his coffee

-Realizes he may need to get someplace to live since he had yet to venture for krux

-Shoot money is a thing he doesn’t have

-Borg be super kind like, “You can stay at my Newly renovated highly advanced Borg Hotel but you must get a job.”

-Acronix gestures at being one of those technology intern clerks at borg industries. “Is for me?”

-”Must get a job AND leave my family alone…. For now… please?”

-Borg is too nice to the guy who kidnapped him and is infatuated with living at borg tower

-Does borg live in borg tower?

-Gunna say he does

-Cause Acronix just LOITERS in borg tower 24/7

-Like its like hours after closing of the downstairs shop and Pix is like getting her suit on and forcefully escorting Nixie out of the premises

-So anyway Nix has to get a job

-Ugh entry level Jobs are SO beneath him.

-Pouts uwu

-Gets a job as a barista to at least have fun with someone cool

-Ronin notices that sales have gone up in the coffee shop since Acronix has started hanging around there, because the girls think he’s pretty and he posts a lot on social media.

-Ronin wants this, but doesn’t want to have to actually pay Acronix for being a faceman.

-Hires him “as a barista”. Basically he hires Acronix to sit at the counter and look pretty, while giving the joint free advertising.

-Acronix totally doesn’t notice this and is fine with being completely exploited and underpaid.)

-Acronix X Coffee Bot! (In this she’s named Shannon)

-Shannon is like… chill and rude, but never offensive

-Cheats in chess

-Smug about it too like deamn she mean

-Epic moves (Both spinny sign and juggling. And makes epic coffee)

-Unflinching at a fire

-Complete apathy

-Throws "Floyds"  teapot plan away immediately cause she doesn’t get paid enough for this sh*t

-Says she doesn’t drink coffee but than is seen drinking coffee that lier

-Bad habit of Ignoring stufft. Ignores the upgrade, ignores her lie detector, ignores the fact the -machine is literally ice frozen

-She wears a miniskirt and a crop top/bra thingy to WORK. On the clock! savage

-Nixie is confirmed to get crushes easily and like powerful/ mean woman (Machia)

-Also he has no shame in liking nonhumans

-Love technology so would totally vibe with her

-Robotsexual for sure

-Powercouple

-Since she is still A.I, so Nix’s outgoing and I don’t care i'm great loud personality would really surprise her and she’d be inspired/impressed by his lack of chill and lack of care

-She has a bit of sass and goth hot topic to her but also still has that robot innocence that would blend nicely with Acronix since he is also Abrasive and rude on the outside, but is a tad of a softy coward (He hugs his bro and cowers behind him and gets adorably defensive when he snarks at him)

-He’d teach her so much about being more alive… maybe a bad influence but she’d dig it

-He calls her Shay almost constantly

-He hates being called Nix

-Like he is a prideful warrior who expects people to use his full name in respect

-But Shannon is too cool for that

-Calls him Nix sometimes anyway

-Respects her boldness

-The audacity to do so without permission!

-Shannon owns a motorcycle because come on

-Ridin home on a sick bike together

-Stealin stuff when people aren’t looking

-Banned from Ronin thrift shop for sure (they're lucky they weren't fired after that night. But he literally can't fire shannon)

-Chill on friday nights at Laughys karaoke.

-Not singing, just laughing at how stupid other people look singing drunk kareoke

-So a jock dork egotist and a apathetic punk bot walk into a bar

-Dareth honestly doesn’t know this guy was the one sending snakes after his trophies so he just treats him like a normal costumer

-Neither of them care about Dareth’s attempts at small talk.

-Too busy loving themselves like idiots

-She kicks his ass in strategy video games and he destroys her in battle royal stuff

-Both are equally bored by like Animal crossing and other fake life games YAWN so much work

-Shannon enjoys the thrill of racing games

-Nixie plays em but it’s not his best game

-Both GEAMMERS (but in a frighteningly cool way. They somehow both avoid nerd status… nixie still a dork tho. Jock dork)

-She makes coffee art of her hubbies face.

-He gives her so much social media attention

-Acronix gives her coffee shop media rep and he loves the petty feeling of beating Wu at something

-She doesn’t quite get his excitement in it (cause she’s on neutral terms with Wu) but loves the media attention

-She doesn’t get his phrases and he finds that both aggravating and endearing

-“Um I’m Aconic”

-Shannon: “So you’ve been lying about your name this whole time?

-Acronix: “...?”

-“That's honestly sick”

-Acronix “… “

-One day they joy ride on a motorcycle

-End up loitering around borg tower

-Borg officially meets Shannon and is interested in her origin

-Her design is not like he has seen but it also seems familiar

-She says she doesn't remember much other than working for ronin

-"Ronin" borg mutters spitefully

-He has a history of y'know.. Messing with his tech (dismantling pixal and selling zane hmmm)

-Does a diagnostic code scan

-Acronix worried bout his bae and hyped he was actually invited in for once.

-Progress on that "friendship"

-He discovers her model and general code is similar if not almost exactly the same as pixal’s code

-Ronin scrapped together with some mechanical help from his friends the walkers to make a functioning robot manager with borg tech he scrounged up and a stolen copy of pixal’s blueprints ( maybe he took pictures of them when he sold her to chen) and specs so he wouldn't have to pay for multiple employees. Just having the one really efficient one would save him thousands

-So shannon is pixals sister

-And her parents are The walkers, Ronin, and borg

-The family tree only grows people

-So Acronix is apart of the ninja family now if he marries Shannon

-Here's a chart if you're as confused as I am here:

-Anyway Shay doesn't really care much

- Her expression doesn't change

-She had never really gone out of her way to worry where she was from so it wasn't a huge revelation

-It was to nixie tho

-As the extravert he was (and has extensive experience of being a sibling) he had to make sure she got to know her new family NOW

-Like in the middle of the night now

-He never waits for things to happen

-Pix is first and she is about to power down for the night when...

-DOOR SLAMS OPEN

-"Hi SIS!!" Acronix just screams

-"hey. I'm like your sister now." Obvi shannon is more lowkey about it

-Shannon and pixal mildly get along

-Questions her taste in men alot

-Acronix chills in the back already bored and ready to move on.

-Although he's annoyed by them, the ninja were next up

-Zane and Jay are both family now

-Shannon starting to think he's using all this to fill the void of his brother being gone.

-Cause she has no interest for or against meeting these people but Nix sees it as urgent

-But he seems happier than usual so she'll let him throw her name around for a while. She did mooch off his social media so it was only fair

-Anyway eventually Acronix does find his brother, and tries to explain this whole mess to his less-than-thrilled twin

-God once Krux gets back tho

-“Hey bro! I married a robot she’s amazing!”

-He’s just taking selfies with her in hot topic outfits both of them

-“God no my brothers Robotsexual. My worst nightmares have been realized”

-Krux can only stare in horror at the people his brother now considers “family”

-Wu’s students?!, Robots!?, what EVEN IS AI?!?!?

-He eventually gets over it

-eventually maybe

-At least he can admire her attitude

-Will still mess with his bro tho.

-This is the worst timeline imaginable.

-But I can't apologize for art

[wrongmiraculous]

Would you please do a head cannon list in an au where in darkblade Chloe actually read Marinettes diary to their class?

i actually love this concept

hopefully this is what you wanted

so marinette accidentally leaves her diary out of the box

so that sabrina doesn’t get her hand stuck in it

she gives it to chloé

and chloé threatens marinette

but marinette doesn’t see her box

she sees her diary and freaks out

but she’s not going to let choé bully her into giving up class rep

she tries to get it back from chloé without giving up her position but it doesn’t

chloé reads it out to the class

and it’s also the first time she’s read it too

and suddenly everything make sense

with how she acted during darkblade

and all her disappearances

marinette is horrified

heartbroken

everything about ladybug

and adrien

and everything

is out in the open

ADRIEN DIES

RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT

his lady has been sitting behind him??

this entire time???

and he hasn’t noticed??????????

and???? AND?????? has a CRUSH ON HIM?????????????????????????????

too good to be true

alya is SHOOK

like S H O O K

marinette runs out of the class

and the person who runs after her is none other than

Chloé????????

yes this is a chloe redemption arc @ me i love her

“Marinette! I’m sorry, I didn’t think that that would happen. I didn’t mean to tell the class that you’re Ladybug, the words were out of my mouth before I could realize what I was doing.”

“It’s okay, at least it’s not all over the news or something.”

she crying and chloe does something she never thought she’d EVER do

she hugs marinette dupain-cheng

it’s pretty awkward in all honesty

“It’s not okay! Being Ladybug is a huge deal and you’re secret identity should have been protected! I’m so sorry I brought this whole thing to the extremes.”

“It’s okay, really. I’m honestly more worked up that Adrien knows I’m in love with him.”

“Well, who wouldn’t want to be with the saviour of Paris is an idiot. He’d be an idiot to turn you down now.”

“That’s the thing, I want him to like me as Marinette. I don’t want him to date me just because he knows that on the daily I fight akumas.”

chloe isn’t really sure how to respond

she’s never really consoled someone before

chloe welcomes it with open arms when alya comes in

she let’s go of the no-longer crying marinette

“You won’t post this on the Ladyblog, will you?”

“Of course not! You’re my best friend I can’t to that to you!”

“Thank God.”

“Also Adrien wanted to talk with you. Alone.”

Marinette eyes go wide

she looks in the mirror and fixed her composure

she runs out heading back to class

leaving alya and chloe in the bathroom

“I’m sorry, reading her diary was uncalled for and shouldn’t have happened.”

“In a twisted way I’m glad it did. You never wouldn’t have consoled Marinette, and you would probably be just as snooty as you were before.”

“Yeah, I guess your right in that front. I really have been so rude to all of you, and I’m really sorry.”

“It’s all in the past now. You’re redeeming yourself, and that’s all that matters.”

chloe is really caught off guard when alya hugs her

but she hugs back

because now

for the first time

she has real friends

after the bell rings

adrien and marinette talk

in private

and she’s preparing to let him down gently but,,,,,,, he doesn’t ask her out

no no no

he says,,,,,

plagg

claws out

and marinette is in shock

“I- uh- wh- ho- yo- you’re so different as Adrien though, h- bu- huh?”

“Couldn’t make it too easy to figure out my secret identity.”

marinette doesn’t have words

she’s still in awe when he detransforms

“You know how I feel about Ladybug, ad I know how you feel about me. So, I was wondering if, we could, you know, go on a date?”

“But that’s the thing, you’re in love with Ladybug. Not marinette.”

“Marinette, you are Ladybug. It doesn’t matter what you do inside and outside the mask. You and Ladybug are one. You’re confident, brave, and incredibly smart. I love Ladybug for her personality. That’s all you.”

marinette nearly starts crying again

so she just pulls him in for a kiss

which he gladly accepts

“So it’s a yes on the date then?”

“Yes, Mon Chaton.”

i’ll probably add more because y’know i love giving chloe redemption arcs and adrinette so,,,,,,

[valen-but-not-tine]

tezz, blake, agura, and mermista for that ask meme pls?

Fair warning a lot more of the questions have to deal with shipping than I thought when I first reblogged the ask meme this is for a /while/ ago, and I’m not really a big romance person (except one of these is in a HUGE ship of mine and I’m certain that was intentional ave.

got long, it was a long meme, and 4 characters

Tezz Volitov

What I like about them

well. that’s really hard to answer. to quote you, avery when I mentioned having trouble w this question, “I like him because he’s Tezz”

He’s everything that normally annoys me but done well to where it doesn’t?

cocky arrogant tech savvy bastard. but he has extremely strong sense of morals. Like boy took one look at the red sentients and was immediately ready to fight a war by himself and dedicated himself to being a one man rebellion.

What I dislike about them

how long it took me to answer the first question, he’s not my normal type, like for real I think his archetype normally annoys me, but for some reason the exact way he’s written gets around that.

Favourite moment

the entirety of the episode “Lord of the Kharamanos” Tezz making friends with tromp and once again showing his strong sense of morals with his absolute refusal to leave the kharamanos alone to fight the Vandals. I think this ties into why I love him so much, normally his archetype would have been the one willing to leave them to fend for themselves, helping them is a risk, but Tezz doesn’t even consider leaving, and is insulted by Vert considering it for even a moment.

Least favourite moment

The best quality version of his introductory episode on youtube is cut into 2 parts and the uploader split it /right/ in the middle of dialogue.

A situation with this character that I want to see explored more

BACK! STORY! what’s his family life like? what did he eat when he was stranded?

An interesting AU for this character

This is pretty general for bf5 as a show, but in the the bf5 fused webisode “Cold Fusion” Sage is shown making an instruction type video for if they lose, somebody else could potentially take up the fight, and she deletes it at the end as Vert tells her the war will end with them. But what if she hadn’t. And then. what if they had lost? Tezz wasn’t part of the team yet, if the bf5 lost before he joined, but someone else (Grace?) found the video and picked up the fight, and then he joined? I don’t have much thought (well actually I have more than I’d like to admit) put into this idea, but ever since seeing that 50 second webisode, I’ve had that hmm what if idea in my head, and the only way I can really “see” it happening is if there was a similar situation to the shadowzone episode, where our bf5 meet the group that took up the fight when they died, team led by grace, with tezz, zen, and the rest of the group is ocs, but if this were a plotline I’d love for one of the team to be one of Agura’s brothers who came looking for her when she dropped off the face of the planet.

A crossover

umm I was really into storm hawks at the same time as I was into bf5, tho bf5 has withstood the test of time, so combining the 2 is something I’ve put some thought into before, but really w bf5′s setup of being able to go to different dimensions battlezones writing a crossover for really any show wouldn’t be hard.

OTP (or OT3+ etc…. just… favourite ship)

I don’t have a lot of ships for bf5 as a whole, if I had to say one Tezz/Sherman, I love the interaction where someone asks if tezz is the brains of the operation and sherman says tezz is the left brain and he (sherman) is the right

Other ships?

Tezz/AJ I guess, in the finale when they sent the og team in bc “they started it, you should be the ones to end it” they had some cute interactions

BROTP

Tezz and Tromp, lord of the kharamanos gave us so much good tezz content.

NOTP

bf5 didn’t have a lot of romance, so there was never a set up that made me go NO but anyone with zoom is a full stop for me, there’s no canonical ages, but zoom reads as 16 to me, and most of the other cast as young adults, but adults.

An assortment of headcanons!

He’s Autistic!

Boy had a Bad Home Life, the boy was like 9 when he got himself stranded in a battlezone, and wanted to get back to earth because it’s where he’s from, but he /never/ mentions getting back to people. like it’s one thing if his parents just let him do whatever and he was experimenting in his free time, but he didn’t try to find anyone when he got back. and he immediately was ride or die for the bf5. the show probably just didn’t have time to touch on it, but with what we were given I can not see him having a good relationship with his family.

Blake (asuming Belladonna)

What I like about them

Listen I love revolutionaries. love me some characters fighting for a cause. Blake don’t back down.

What I dislike about them

how much Sun is tolerated lol

Favourite moment

When she stared her abusive ex in the eyes after he asked “what made her think she could win this time” and said “I don’t have a choice, I have people who actually care about me, and I promised I’d never leave them agian. So I’m not dying now!”

you tell him blake

Least favourite moment

90% of the scenes she shares w sun lol. why couldn’t we get more time with her parents? oh right sun took up any time they could have had lol.

A situation with this character that I want to see explored more

fambly.

An interesting AU for this character

au where Adam never touched her.

A crossover

She-ra and the princesses of power, blake/yang and catra/adora, blonde jock and their cat gfs interacting

OTP (or OT3+ etc…. just… favourite ship)

Uh Bumbleby without a doubt. they’re the slow burn we never get with queer couples, and while they’re not “canon” yet, that’s because they’re a slow burn, and they’re getting proper developement, but even so, them having feelings for each other is canon, to a point where Arryn Zech, Blake’s va got a motherfucking bee tattoo. like they’re /the/ main couple of rwby, Arryn mentioned Yang as someone who was in love with blake at a panel and had to be reminded to mention Sun. that’s cast tho, their interactions in show?

Yin/yang symbolism where they’re both both at different times, beauty and the beast allusions, character with abandonment issues/character who has a tendency to run, excellent fighting synergy? I could literally talk about how much this ship means to me for hours (you’ve heard a lot of it sporadically ave) and it truly means a lot to me, I’m not normally a romancey person, but something about a show I was into before knowing (or really admitting to myself) that I was queer giving me that rep? in 2 of my favorite characters? I’m used to seeing shows w queer rep bc I heard there was rep and decided to check it out, but Bumbleby seemingly happened around me already here. they’re not a queer bait. one of them isn’t going to die. and they love each other so much.

Other ships?

Listen. no other possible ship for blake (or yang) holds a candle (ha sweet burning the candle reference) to bumbleby. I’m not gonna go into it explicitly, bc the person who sent this ask isn’t there yet >:) but (as much as irl, friendship is just as important as romantic relationships, and I hate the idea of romance being “more”) the show has built up yang and blake in such a way that if anyone else wanted to be even considered they’d have to compete with the other. if you’re considering getting into rwby, Heroes and Monsters was the ep that a lot of the fan base realized that hey, they’re actually doing bees? and that’s bc there’s a scene that is so powerful with the 2 of them. from a storytelling perspective no other ship has the substance to compete with the bees.

BROTP

Blacksun. Blake and Sun work better as friends than they ever could as romantic partners, Sun has feelings for Blake, but they’ve always been one sided, and the only time he’s been on screen that didn’t have me rolling my eyes or wishing he’d leave blake alone so her parents who she hasn’t seen in years could maybe get some of the screentime he’s hogging was when he was recovering from being injured and blake is all “this is why I had to leave, my friends get hurt bc of me” and he was like “that’s our decision to make, I’d do it again, and I know Yang would do the same” like yeah he continues to flirt while in menagerie (sp?), but as soon as he realizes that she didn’t run off to fight the white fang alone he spends his time trying to get her to go back to her team.

NOTP

Tauradonna. I’ve also seen the “ship” called Animal Abuse and ouch if that doesn’t just hit the nail on it’s head.

An assortment of headcanons!

when blake and yang kiss for the first time her ears are going to twitch.

Bi

Agura Ibaden

What I like about them

listen the second thing she does in the show is tear a robots head off do I need to give more words than that?

What I dislike about them

I mean one of my only complaints w bf5 is I want more girls, does that count? I wanted to know more about her backstory in general too, like 5 brothers? at least one nephew? warrior princess? give me

Favourite moment

The first time Vert isn’t there and Stanford challenges her right to be second in command and she just shuts him down hard and takes charge.

Least favourite moment

uhhhhh. idk whatever made agura/stanford a bigish ship in the fandom

A situation with this character that I want to see explored more

Listen. The toy line, which technically yeah sure not technically canon, but the toyline. calls her a warrior princess. was this just to sell toys? yeah probably. am I still intrigued. most definitely. Is Agura a motherfucking princess!!??

An interesting AU for this character

I can’t use the au I used for tezz, cause she’d be dead in that one. hmm. I just had a galaxy brain idea but what if everyone on the team got weapons with their vehicles and not just vert.

Give Agura a big sword.

OH SHIT I forgot about an idea I’ve had in the past but I don’t want to erase the give sword idea, one of those swapped aus shows have, agura and tezz are swapped tezz is on the team since the begining, is a little better w people, not by much he’s still but he didn’t spend his childhood alone fighting robots and sentients, and Agura got stuck on Vandal and becomes warlord within a year. Basically, trapped on alien planet--> I run this now. by time bf5 meet the vandals they’re allies not conquerors.

A crossover

yeah really just read what I wrote for tezz’s, the only way agura’s would change is if she’s a warrior princess like xena that could be fun, but cars and bf5′s whole thing would be super out of place.

OTP (or OT3+ etc…. just… favourite ship)

don’t really have any, Agura/Grace if I have to

Other ships?

Agura/Sage

BROTP

Agura and the Cortez brothers!

NOTP

any straight ship with her is lame

An assortment of headcanons!

I know I’m not over the toyline but like. what if she was just a princess the entire fucking time. and was just way chill about it. imagine the shutdown

Stanford: ~I’m 189th in line for the throne~

Agura: cool I’m 2nd, but if it becomes relevant before my nephew is an adult I’ll be acting monarch until he’s old enough for the responsibility.

Stanford.exe has stopped responding

Mermista

What I like about them

I like swimming, she’s a mermaid

What I dislike about them

she’s vaguely got rude older sister in a sit com where the younger brother is the main character written by people who don’t have siblings, but like not really?

Favourite moment

“mermista will swim through the sewer system” “I’m sorry mermista will what?” but she still does it.

Least favourite moment

hhmmm not sure, she was in 5 episodes and I liked her, I guess early on when I saw her and sea hawk interact before I knew what their relationship was like and I thought she genuinely didn’t like him her intro scene was kinda :/

A situation with this character that I want to see explored more

well I’m expecting a princess with fire powers eventually (I haven’t seen original she-ra so I don’t know if that’s an accurate assumption) and fire/ water powers are always cool to see interacting.

An interesting AU for this character

maybe I’ve been reading too much of that she-ra dnd blog but she’s an eldritch knight with the control water cantrip and that’s gud

A crossover

it’d be neat to see her and Lapis Lazuli interact

OTP (or OT3+ etc…. just… favourite ship)

Mermista/Sea Hawk. It’s a twist on what we normally see where the guy in a het relationship is emotionally distant and the girl does all the emotional labor, but even then mermista obviously cares about sea hawk a lot, she is just not comfortable expressing affection, and he respects her boundaries and absolutely adores her.

Other ships?

did you see how she looked at adora after she transformed into she-ra? I don’t actually ship them but every princess is gay for she-ra

BROTP

With what we have so far I’d like to say frosta, just cause water/ice powers.

NOTP

I don’t think I’ve seen anything with her that I had a negative reaction too   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I mean I guess frosta, we don’t have confirmed ages for any of them except for forsta who is decidedly way younger than the other princesses.

An assortment of headcanons!

the girl is bi

she had the mermaid tail before the people legs, and the tail is the default setting

[daveeddiggsit]

Hooked

Hooked | Guard

Series: Worth Fighting For

Note: Hey! This is Day 1 for write-a-thon! I’m kicking it off with part one to an amazing series that I’m super excited for. Like, seriously, I’m so fucking excited to share this series with you guys. I really enjoyed writing it. Also, I’m gonna try to incorporate boxing terms into each title for this series...I’m gonna fail, but might as well try lmao.

Word Count: 3623

Pairing: Thomas Jefferson x Reader

AU: Boxing

Warnings: No smut...yet.

Summary: Thomas Jefferson, a world-famous boxer who is pegged as a self-centered asshole that has everything — good looks, fame, fortune, talent — trains for his big fight against Alexander Hamilton. When he moves to Washington D.C. to be closer to his family, he meets someone who will look past his outer shell and get to know the real him.

“The #2 pound-for-pound fighter and current world cruiserweight champion Thomas Jefferson is rumored to have moved to Washington D.C. for personal reasons. Many are wondering how this is going to affect preparations for his big match in three months when he defends his title against the rookie Alexander Hamil–”

Thomas turned off the TV with a sigh. He was sick of this. The media never gave him a break; they were always up in his business, exposing everything that went on in his personal life for profit. Thomas felt like he never had a break from anything. But then again, he wasn't supposed to be taking it easy. He was supposed to be training for a huge fight he had in three months, but instead he was in his new, half-unpacked apartment in the center of D.C.

Thomas’ thoughts were interrupted by his phone ringing in his right pocket. He groaned as soon as he saw the caller ID before he pressed the green button, holding it up to his ear.

“What?” Thomas snapped, somehow already annoyed with the person on the other line.

“What the hell are you doing in D.C.?”

“None of your damn business. I don't have to explain myself to you.” Thomas said in a monotonous voice. “I’m not your puppet.”

“Of course it's my business, you're my son.” His father voiced. “You're in D.C. because of your mother, aren't you?”

“I’m in D.C. because I care about my family unlike someone else I know.”

“Oh please,” his father scoffed, “I care.”

“You haven't seen Mom in years. You know what she’s been going through ever since Anna–”

“She's not my responsibility anymore. We separated years ago.”

Thomas clenched his jaw angrily. “You are such a heartless, narcissistic pri–”

“Shut your mouth, Thomas. I didn't call you to argue with you about nonsense. I called you to make sure you were on track with training even though you clearly disobeyed my orders to stay put in LA.”

“Why is everything about my career? Why can't you just be a normal father and care about whether or not I had a safe flight, or–”

“Because I am not a normal father, and you are not normal either. I am Peter Jefferson, boxing hall-of-famer with more world titles under my belt than I can count.” Peter lectured. “And you? You are Thomas Jefferson, my son who followed in my footsteps and became a professional boxer. And you are currently on your way to the hall of fame. It's simple. We are nowhere near close to being a normal family, so don't even try to say anything otherwise.”

Thomas closed his eyes and let out a defeated sigh before his dad continued to speak.

“Listen, you better be training for this fight coming up in three months. This Hamilton kid is rising up to fame and you can't let him knock you off your feet. We can't underestimate anything under any circumstances. You will not lose your title and undefeated streak to an underdog. You're a Jefferson; Jeffersons don't lose.”

Thomas rolled his eyes. “I'm not worried about him. He’s sloppy, acts on impulse. From what I’ve seen, he lacks height as well.” He sighed, rubbing his facial hair frustratedly. “And don't worry, I’m still training. I heard about this place a couple blocks away and it should be as good as the one in LA...so don't get your panties in a twist. I'm still gonna be sharp even though I’m across the country.”

“Thomas,” Peter grumbled. “If Hamilton so much as lands a clean punch to your face–”

Thomas let out a curt laugh. “What are you gonna do, cut me off?”

“That's exactly what I’m going to do.”

“Oh, I’m so scared. What will I do without you? It's not like I’m an adult living on my own with everything I could possibly need...oh wait.”

“I’m serious. If you lose this fight, I’m dropping you from your contract. I may be your father, but I am also your agent/manager. If you're smart and want your career to move forward, it'd be wise to do as I say.”

Whatever. Thomas wanted to say as he rolled his eyes again. Instead, he said something equally as passive aggressive. “Noted. Bye, Dad.” He spat the word out sarcastically before he ended the call, throwing his phone on the cushion next to him. He groaned into his hands. Why was his father such an asshole?

Less than a minute later, Thomas’ favorite playlist was blasting through his newly unpacked sound system. The boxer desperately needed to clear his head before the next day came around, and loud music was the way to do it.

A half an hour into Thomas’ temporary peace, he was interrupted when he heard a couple of knocks on his front door.

You tiredly stood outside of the apartment, wanting nothing more than to go to bed. It had been a long day, and you had to get up early the next morning for work. So when your new neighbor was keeping you awake because of his obnoxiously loud music, you had no other choice but to trek over a couple doors down to tell him off.

The music paused before the door swung open, then you were suddenly face to face — well, face to chest — with a shirtless guy who had a handsome face and a very toned upper body. He was attractive to say the least, and you had to keep yourself from staring.

In Thomas’ head, he was going through the same thing. You were extremely beautiful, and his usual charming persona had completely left him, leaving him to stumble over his words as he blinked at you.

“Can I– uh...can I help you?”

“Um yeah, hopefully. I live a couple apartments away and was wondering if you could turn your music down?” You started. “It’s just– I’m trying to sleep and I can’t because it’s too loud. I have work in the morning and–”

“Oh, yeah, it’s no problem. I actually have a super hard workout tomorrow morning, so…”

Was he attempting to show off or something to try and impress you? You raised an eyebrow at him and he quickly went on.

“–I’ll put headphones on. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that before…” Thomas said sheepishly, nervously rubbing the back of his neck. “Sorry ‘bout that.”

“It’s okay, no big deal. Thank you so much for understanding.” You said gratefully before you spun on your heel to walk back towards your apartment.

“Wait,” He called out after you. “I didn’t catch your name.”

“Y/N.” You stated over your shoulder. “Thanks again, neighbor!”

Jefferson watched you disappear behind a door a few away from his before he went back into his apartment. He had to go to sleep; his training started early in the morning with a run. He needed as much sleep as he could get.

After Thomas’ long morning run, he went to the training place a few blocks away from his apartment complex just like he told his father he would.

“3...2...1, okay stop. Take a break, Jefferson.” Thomas’ trainer, James, said.

The boxer panted heavily, slightly doubling over after jump roping for three minutes straight six times with only a 45 seconds of rest in between each rep.

“You’re out of shape, Thomas.”

“Shut up.” Thomas retorted in between intakes of breath. “It’s only been a week since I last trained. Plus, I had a late night last night.”

“And whose fault is that?” James asked with knowing look.

“Mine,” Jefferson breathed, straightening his back and putting his hands on his hips as he cooled down. “Dad called and stressed me out immensely, like he always does. Couldn’t clear my thoughts afterwards, which meant no sleep for me.”

He sighed before gesturing towards his duffle bag on a bench in the corner of the training complex. “I’m gonna go get some water, I’ll be right back.”

“Alright, but hurry up.” James said. “We’ve got work to do.”

You walked slowly as you tried to balance two decently heavy boxes on top of each other, attempting to transport them from the front door to the back of your family’s boxing gym.

Even though you didn’t box, the sport was still very present in your life. Your dad’s love for it was the spark for him to create his own training facility in the heart of the nation’s capital. He and your mother both worked together to make the gym as successful as it could be. Sadly, your father passed away before he could get the facility fully functioning, so your mom took over and asked you to help her out...and you did. You quit your job as a physical therapist and moved back to D.C. to help your mother make the gym into what your father had envisioned.

On top of managing a boxing training facility, the sport was so evident in your life, even your best friend Alex was immersed in it. He just went pro a few months ago and was currently training for a big fight in three months, causing him to move up to New York and train there instead so he could get more exposed to the media. Today was actually supposed to be his last day down in D.C. with you.

Your thoughts were interrupted when suddenly you collided with someone, making you almost drop the boxes in your hands. A pair of arms instinctively shot out to steady you.

You heard a voice from above you. “My bad, I didn’t mean to...”

You looked up, surprised with what had just happened in the past few seconds. You had somehow managed to bump into your hot, now sweaty — and still very shirtless (like jeez, did this guy own any shirts?) — neighbor while you were at work moving boxes for your mom. Wow.

“Oh hey, neighbor. Funny seeing you here,” you laughed, trying to play off your awkwardness.

“You work here?” He asked curiously, cocking his head slightly.

“Yeah, my family owns the place and needed some extra help, so here I am.” You sent a small smile his way, shifting to get a better grip on the bottom box.

“Oh, here, let me help you with that.” Thomas said, taking the boxes out from your hold, the wraps around his hands making it a bit difficult to have a firm grasp. “Where do you need them?”

You were surprised by his sudden forwardness to help you out. “Um, right over there is fine.” You said, pointing to a spot a couple feet away.

Once he set the boxes down, he jogged back over to you. “I don’t think we met properly last night.” He said.

“You’re right, we didn’t.” You chuckled, before giving him a small wave. “Hi, I’m Y/N L/N. I live two apartments away from you, and I work here.”

He smiled, sticking his wrapped hand out to shake yours before he quickly took it back. “Oh, wait– shit. I’m sweaty, sorry.” He ran a hand through his wild mess of hair.

You smirked at him. “Well, that's not what I expected your name to be, but nice to meet you, Sweaty.”

He rolled his eyes. “Ha ha, very funny.”

“I try to be.” You said before laughing. “No, but seriously. What is your name?”

“You don’t know who I am?”

“Oh no, please don't tell me you're one of those cocky fighters who think they're on the top of the world.”

Thomas’ eyes widened and he put his hands up as if he was defending himself against an opponent. “I'm not, trust me...at least I don't think I am…”

You rose your eyebrows, prompting him to continue.

“Thomas.”

You gave him a blank look. “Just ‘Thomas’? That’s it?”

The boxer smiled. “Wait, so you seriously don’t know who I am?”

You blinked at him. “No. I try to stay away from all this.” You gestured to the training complex. “Boxing is all my parents and best friend really talk about, so I try to separate myself from it as much as possible.”

“Ah, I see.” He nodded. “I understand that.”

After a couple of beats, you spoke up again. “So, no last name? Interesting.”

Thomas sighed, bowing his head slightly. “I don’t usually mention it. I don’t want people to look at me differently just because of a name.”

“What, is your dad a serial killer or something?”

He chuckled, letting a bright smile show up on his face. “No, nothing like that.”

“Then what’s so bad about your last name?”

“Nothing, nothing.” He brushed it off. “If you really wanna know, I’ll tell you, but–”

“No, it’s okay. I won’t pressure you.”

Thomas grinned. “Wow. Gorgeous, witty, funny, and sweet. Is there anything else I should know about you?”

You pondered his question for a moment with a light blush dusted on your cheeks, debating on whether you should be forward or not. Oh, what the hell, forwardness wouldn’t hurt, would it?

“Well, you should know that I'm free at six and we should totally grab a bite to eat somewhere downtown. Y’know, just because you’re new in town.”

“Oh, I’ll definitely take you up on th–”

“Jefferson?” An angry voice interrupted your conversation.

You looked slightly to the left to see your best friend glaring at the man in front of you.

Alexander walked to stand next to you. “Y/N, what are you doing talking to Jefferson?”

“Wait, you’re Thomas Jefferson? As in the undefeated, cruiserweight world champion who's the son of hall-of-famer Peter Jefferson?” You asked Thomas. No wonder he wanted to keep his name a secret; the guy was a world-famous boxer. Even though you didn’t recognize him at first, you had heard the name numerous times.

Alex nodded frantically while still glaring at him.

Thomas sighed. “I don't like being associated with my father. I’m my own person.”

“Yeah right. That’s the only reason you’re as successful as you are right now. It’s all because of your name.” Alex scoffed. “Y/N, this is the guy I’m supposed to fight in three months.”

So Thomas and Alex were supposed to fight each other for the world championship in a few months...interesting.

Alexander continued. “Bro, you can’t train here.”

“What, is this your territory?” Thomas retorted.

You cut in, annoyed with your best friend’s behavior even though you knew he had the right to rival against your new neighbor. He was his biggest opponent at the moment. “Alex, even you don’t even train here. You’re moving to New York tomorrow to train at some other place. Why can’t this guy train here?”

“Because he’s the enemy and I don’t want him anywhere near you.” Alex growled.

“Hey, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.” Jefferson narrowed his eyes at the shorter man in front of him.

Alex balled his fists. “How about I put a fist to your face instead?”

You stepped in between them, putting your arms out to keep them distanced. “Guys, stop. Break it up. This isn’t professional. If this is a fight as big as I think it is, then you guys aren’t even allowed to speak to each other until the week of the match. So, stop now before things get ugly.”

“Alex, don’t you have some final packing to do?” You asked him. “Your flight leaves at 5.”

He sighed, “I just came here to get the last of my gear and say goodbye, then I find you talking to this asshole.”

“Hamilton…” You warned. “Play nice.”

The three of you were interrupted by a voice booming from the other side of the gym. “Jefferson! Get your ass over here! A water break does not take 15 minutes.”

When Thomas turned to leave, you quickly grabbed his arm. “Thomas, I’ll see you at six, okay?”

He nodded, smiling down at you. “Yeah, of course. Where do we meet?”

“I’ll knock on your door or something, then we could choose a place to eat. Sound good?”

“Great.” He replied as you let him go. You watched him walk away as he cast one last look to Alexander before he met with his trainer again.

“You’re going out with him?” Alexander asked angrily, clenching his jaw.

You rolled your eyes. “It’s just for food, Alex. He’s my new neighbor, I figured I’d give him a taste of DC.”

Alex mumbled something incoherent under his breath before he walked away.

You rolled your eyes before following him. He was your best friend, and you loved him to death, but damn was he a pain in the ass.

“I’m sorry about Alex,” you said before taking a bite of your sandwich. “He can be very...annoying, for lack of a better term.”

You and Thomas had chosen a cute little sandwich shop a few blocks away for your meal. After you said your final goodbyes to Alexander, you went back to your apartment to freshen up a bit before you left again to knock on Thomas’ door.

The man across from you chuckled. “You don't have to apologize for him. That's just the way of the job: the trash talking, insulting, etcetera. It's all normal when you're in the same room as your opponent.”

You looked up from your sandwich. “He’s a nice guy, though, I swear. I wouldn't be friends with him if he wasn't.”

“Friends? So, you're not dating?”

You almost choked on your food. “Me and Alex? No, definitely not.” You said, clearing your throat. “He has a girlfriend.”

Thomas nodded in understanding, chewing on his food.

A couple beats passed by before you spoke up again. “What about you?” You asked curiously. “You got a girl back home in LA?”

He swallowed his food and shook his head. “No, I never really had the time,” he answered. “Also, I don’t really think of LA as my home. I was born and raised in Virginia until I finally started boxing like my father in college. Then when I graduated, my dad moved me around the country trying to find the best trainers and stuff to get me good enough to go pro. It took like three years of training before I finally went pro.”

You hummed in acknowledgement while sipping on your drink. “You know, honestly you don’t seem like a boxer to me.”

Thomas raised an eyebrow. “How so?”

“I mean, you’re built for it and everything,” you gestured to his sculpted upper body and height, “but you just don’t seem like the type. I’ve been around boxers my whole life and every single one of them has given off a certain– cocky vibe...my own best friend gives off that vibe. But for some reason you don’t...and it’s weird.”

Thomas breathed out a light laugh. “I try not to let everything get to my head, I guess. I grew up with my dad constantly bragging about himself and I hated it. I try to stay as humble as I can around people who get to know the real me, not the guy they see on ESPN news headlines.”

“Makes sense.” You noted with a nod.

You both sat in a comfortable silence for a few minutes before you felt Thomas’ gaze on you. You looked up to see him studying you curiously for a few moments.

“What?” You shifted slightly under his gaze.

He furrowed his eyebrows. “I don’t understand you.”

“What do you mean?”

“I just don’t get why you still decided to come out with me even though I’m pegged as the arrogant asshole who fights for nothing but pride... I mean, I’m also gonna be fighting your best friend in a few months...wouldn’t the smart thing to do be to avoid me at all costs because I’m the ‘bad guy’?” A couple of beats passed. “N-not that you’re stupid or anything. I was just wondering–”

You cut him off with a laugh. “Didn't you just finish saying that you weren’t the guy the media portrays you as?”

“Yeah, but I’ve never met anyone who actually looks past that.” He said. “Well, besides my mom and sister.”

“You can’t judge a book by its cover, Thomas. You have to give it the benefit of the doubt before you stop reading.” You said. “You’re my neighbor, and just because people say bad things about you doesn’t mean that I can’t try and make a new friend.”

Thomas caught your gaze, sending you a genuine smile. “Thanks, Y/N.”

“No problem.” You returned the smile.

You and Thomas continued to talk about countless things, abandoning the topic of boxing for a good while. You got to know each other a bit more. You’d found out that Thomas was really well read, wanted to go to law school before he started his boxing career, hated country music with a passion despite being born in the rolling hills of Virginia, and that his favorite food was macaroni and cheese.

And Thomas had found out numerous facts about you as well, including your favorite music artist and food, that you were born and raised in DC, graduated university with a degree in sports medicine, and that you really really liked puppies.

“Wait, sports medicine?” He’d asked. “So you could help me if I get hurt in a fight?”

You laughed. “I probably could, yeah.”

“Great.” He grinned back at you. “I'm gonna hold you to that, you know that right?”

Before you knew it, it had gotten dark, which was the cue for both of you to start heading back to your apartments. You had talked for hours and hadn’t even realized how long it had been. You honestly felt like you’d known Thomas for years even though you’d only just met him the day before.

When you approached your apartment, you turned to him.

“So...see you around?”

Thomas nodded with yet another bright smile. “Oh yeah, definitely.”

“Alright, then.” You reciprocated his grin. “Later, neighbor.”

He chuckled before he started to walk to his place.

“Later, Y/N.”