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bawnjourno · 3 months ago
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ha ha what the fuck
i’m gonna eat and walk on the track and then i’m watching the dan’s operation ep for the first time how tf we feeling night court nation
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thetarotwitch111 · 3 months ago
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Beetlejuice's advice - Pick a beetlejuice (Pick a card)
Happy Friday the 13th! 👻
✨help me keep doing the free pacs: tip jar
✨ personal readings - [requests open]
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Good luck with Beetlejuice sweet advice...
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Beetlejuice
Well, well, well! You’ve gone and picked this pile, huh? You must be ready to get wild! And I mean wild, baby! Here’s the deal: You’ve been holding back, trying to play it cool, but I can smell it on ya! you’re bursting to break free and let your instincts take over. Right now, life’s been a bit too tame, hasn’t it? Like a boring old dinner party with those dull folks in the afterlife. You know what I’m talking about!
It’s time to unleash that primal side of yours. Stop thinking, start acting! You’ve got this fire in you that’s been waiting to come out, so let it roar! Whether it’s chasing after a passion, saying what you really think, or just shaking things up, now’s your moment to own it. Don’t worry about making a mess. Look at me, I’m the king of messes, and it works out just fine! You wanna go after something? Do it! You’ve got the instincts of a predator, so go ahead and pounce.
Life’s too short to play by the rules, and you know what? Rules are for suckers! Break ‘em, make some noise, and watch how everything around you changes when you’re the one calling the shots. After all, it’s showtime, baby!
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2. Beetlejuice
Oooh, look at you, picking this one. I can smell the love vibes from here! Someone’s looking for connection, huh? Whether it’s romance, friendship, or just some human contact, you’re in the mood for something deeper. And guess what? It’s coming your way faster than you can say Beetlejuice 3 times!
Right now, you’ve been feeling like something’s missing. You want more than the usual small talk and surface-level stuff. Well, here’s a little secret...when you let your guard down, the real magic happens! Show people that squishy center of yours, even if it makes you feel a little awkward. Hey, if I can try to marry a living one, then you can take a risk on love, right? Open yourself up, let people see the real you, and boom! You’ll attract the kind of connection that’ll make you feel alive again.
Whether it’s a deep friendship, a romantic spark, or just more fun, you’re gonna feel that spark light up soon. And who knows? Maybe you’ll find someone who loves a little chaos, just like me. So how about it? Any plans for a wedding soon? I’ve been trying to get hitched for a long time, but you…you’re a catch. Just saying.
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3. Beetlejuice
Ahh, you’re one of the deep thinkers, aren’t ya? I can tell. You’re not just here for the easy level stuff, no sir! You want the real deal! the big answers to those cosmic questions! And let me tell ya, you’re on the right track. You know what they say: I’m the ghost with the most, babe, and I see some serious mystery heading your way!
You’ve probably been feeling a little tug, haven’t you? Something’s been calling you to dive deeper, whether it’s a gut feeling, a dream, or just that weird sense that there’s more going on than meets the eye. Well, spoiler alert: You’re right! You’re getting ready to tap into something big, and it’s gonna blow your mind. The universe is trying to show you the secret behind the curtain, and you’ve got front-row seats to the show!
So what’s next? Start paying attention. The signs are there! those strange little synchronicities, those moments that make you go, WTF. Yeah, that’s the universe talking to ya. Don’t ignore it! Follow the breadcrumbs, trust your gut, and dive headfirst into the unknown. You’re about to discover something big that’s gonna shake up how you see the world. And let me tell ya, it’s gonna be a ride you’ll never forget. Just remember: You’re dealing with a professional here!
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herearedragons · 6 months ago
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micro story ask! defy or accursed for pillars of eternity <3
The sack is pulled off the hostage's head.
He blinks, bleary-eyed, adjusting to the dim light. He tries to move his arms, and finds himself bound.
His reaction is just a little too slow; maybe the drug still hasn't fully worn off, or maybe it's a side effect of the whiteleaf he seems to favor so.
Finally, he focuses on the three men standing before him.
Captain Alvarro, his fine coat a stark contrast to the filthy interior of his ship's brig, observes the farmer in front of him as if he was a curiously deformed fish pulled up in a net.
Behind the captain, two of his best bruisers stand, glowering.
The bound man stares at them like he's sizing them up.
"Must be the Deadfire hospitality I keep hearing about," he says. "Are these two dancers? Really, you shouldn't have."
The slight smirk on his face and his easy drawl could have fooled some, but they do not fool the captain.
He is a fighter, and he is considering his options.
Captain Alvarro folds his arms, displaying the multitude of rings on his fingers.
"They only know one dance, I'm afraid. Fortunately for you, there is no need for them to perform it right now."
"Shame. Would've loved to see it."
"If your Watcher doesn't see reason, you will."
Something shifts in the hostage's expression; the pretense of humor fades. All that's left is a sharp stare directed square at the captain.
"...What about the Watcher?"
"She has made it a habit to defy the Príncipi on our own turf. Terrible manners for an outsider, especially one so open with her... affections."
Alvarro shrugs and lifts one jeweled hand up, inspecting one of his rings for a moment before rubbing a smudge away from the polished gem embedded in it.
"Do not worry; I hear that she is truly fond of you. Once she makes an appropriate apology, you will be released - in almost pristine condition."
For a moment, the space is silent.
Then, a low whistle disrupts the silence.
"...Sorry, folks," the farmer says. "Don't think I can get you out of this one."
"Trust me, you have aided our negotiations greatly," the captain answers.
"I'm not talking about the stupid apology thing."
It's then that they all hear it: a loud thud somewhere above, then another.
The unmistakeable sound of bodies hitting the deck.
Then, screams.
The hostage watches the captain with a look of something almost like sympathy now, as the noises keep getting closer and closer. There is no clash of blades, nor there are shots fired: only the sound of men and women brought down by something unseen.
Finally, Alvarro snaps out of his trance; unsheathing his rapier, he points it at the farmer's throat.
"Whatever it is, make it stop!" he demands shakily.
Now there is true sympathy in the other man's eyes.
"Sorry, friend," he says. "I can't."
A beat.
"...Yeah, I'm here. Their captain's here too, getting kinda pointy."
These words are definitely not addressed to Alvarro, or to anyone else present in the room.
"What. Is. Hap - "
The captain never finishes the sentence.
White-hot pain flashes through his eyes, his limbs; his rapier clatters to the ground, his grip released as a violent spasm contorts his body.
His vision goes before everything else does.
In his last moments, he hears the bodies of his two bruisers drop behind him, and the sound of a single set of footsteps approaching the holding cell.
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knoxise · 6 months ago
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the way shades linger -- a indie/folk playlist for hades game patroclus + achilles (patrochilles)
tracklist and matching lyrics under the cut (playlist icon by wolfythewitch); will be perpetually updated and adjusted
Memory - Aristos the Musical (I wish I had a secret; I wish I had a thousand; just so I could tell him every single one)
You Woke, I Waited - PigPen Theatre Co. (When we are older, we'll hear our bodies say; Oh; We'd find the mountain, survive)
A Long Way Past the Past - Fleet Foxes (I'll know that it's true; that rebirth won't work like it used to be; and oh, man, was it that much better then?)
Ghost's Fingers - Lambs & Wolves (We'll meet where this body ends; Have you ever met a ghost hiding his hands?)
Another Involved - Cold Weather Company (There's another involved, there's a pain in these walls)
Wait It Out - Imogen Heap (Everybody says that time heals everything; But what of the wretched hollow? The endless in between?)
Can You Stay - The Family Crest (Can you stay; Cause you have my heart; Cause you've been mine for all of time)
Open Water Reckless Fishes - Squalloscope (Left all the good ones behind; Not because I wanted to, but because it was time)
Will Tomorrow Ever Come - Cold Weather Company (If time is our debt, what do we owe? Will I see you soon?)
You, Anything For - The Soil & The Sun (You could be the one who I would bleed for; Salt in my wound and seethe for)
Meet You At The Gate - Jayne Trimble (I will meet you at the gate; I don't mind if I've to wait; Cause, oh, it takes a little time to taste the fruit of the vine; show me the way to your heart)
Fair - The Amazing Devil (And clinging to the moment, "Where have you been?" She'll whisper, "I've waited, oh, so long for you to come")
Two Shadows - Benjamin Verdoes (You wanted to unravel, you wanted to escape; Here's the last place we kissed; But we're not trying to speak)
O Icarus - Aristos the Musical (This moment seems like memory; I'm grieving breathing, and the grief is air)
I Design Disasters - Robert Hallow and The Holy Men (And when I am alone; I trace your shape in the air beside me; Give it time love, I know you're wanting more)
Ribcage - Ash the Ghost (There's a ghost of who we were living in my spine; Maybe if we run away we can bring it back to life; Let it sink into our lines and edges)
Calling It Love - Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Am I another home you lost in the flood; and are you the only living thing that I will ever touch?)
A Better Time to Meet - Adrianne Lenker & Buck Meek (I never feel more found than when I'm wandering; But to hear that quiet voice, I'd give up everything; To follow the soft sighing of the sea)
Always Gold - Radical Face (Yeah, everything goes away; But I am gonna be here until forever, so just call when you're around)
Everybody Here Is A Cloud - Cloud Cult (There's so much more to see in our darkest places; Have you found where your place is?)
The Moon/Awake - The Dear Hunter (How'd we lose our place? Who decided out fate? I'd bare you my heart if I knew that it was still there; I'm too nervous to look)
Rule #33 - Pyre - Fish in a Birdcage (When I looked in your eyes, I said I know you'll be fine; Trust yourself and live it your way)
You and I - Domimi Foster (You and I always were waiting; For the inevitable fall; Can we have one hour longer than this?)
My Love Goes To The Grave - Jayne Trimble (I can't go back, I've done you wrong; This is where I belong, where I'm going you cannot come)
Empty Hall Sing Along - Woodpigeon (Since you came, I don’t know what way is up and where I stand; or where I can; words take on a different plan)
True Love - Emily Brown (True love, tell me what's in your soul; Right when you're most at peace, that's when you lose control)
Shadow Boy - Little Moon (I whisper out your name, knowing you can hear; And you are here; I am here)
The Night We Met - Lord Huron (I don't know what I'm supposed to do; Haunted by the ghost of you)
You Are - Mother Falcon (What is dear to me? You are what is dear to me)
Let's Go Home - Cold Weather Company (Though you know I'll always turn back to you; And wonder what a little more time could prove; I just can't keep being like this)
Resurrection Fern - Iron & Wine (In our days we will live, like our ghosts will live; like stubborn boys with big green eyes, we'll see everything)
Sleeping World - Vancouver Sleep Clinic (I'm a wandering soul, lost in a city of homes; I don't see anything else, cause I'm just learning to hold you above a sleeping world)
Death with Dignity - Sufjan Stevens (Spirit of my silence, I can hear you; but I'm afraid to be near you, and I don't know where to begin)
You Are the Moon - The Hush Sound (Darkness, darkness, everywhere, do you feel all alone?; You don't see what you possess, a beauty calm and clear)
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elderemorune · 10 months ago
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What a week.
TW: Suicide discussion ahead. Please be kind to yourself and don't read if you're not in the headspace for it.
A family friend passed away this week. I first learned about it a couple of days ago. Her name was Emily, and she was a lawyer. Damn fine one too. She and I weren't especially close, but I'd ask her legal questions on occasion, stuff like "Hey, how does founding an LLC work?" or "Hey, I just learned about this really cool business idea, can you point me to someone who can help me work out what I'd need to do for it?" It was professional, and I didn't know that much about her.
What I do know is that she suffered from chronic pain, and didn't have any tools to effectively manage it. The stuff that deadened the pain's addictive, and with doctors basically not prescribing opiates at all if they can help it, she was left in the lurch. Eventually it became too much to bear, and she just couldn't do it anymore.
She leaves behind a husband and children, whom are all kind and gentle folk. I recall meeting her partner at a baseball game with my dad once, he was a swell guy. Shook my hand firmly and made jokes about an ex-con marrying his lawyer. She just gave him a withering look, said "Don't be an ass, I don't even practice criminal law!" and we all laughed.
The pain overtook her, and it's hard to blame her.
I mean, can you imagine? Body aching all the time, no reprieve except when you're asleep? Doctors telling you you're engaging in drug seeking behavior simply because you'd like to have one good fucking day, just one?
My wife lives that life too. She's constantly in pain, her body fighting her at any given moment simply for the sin of having been born to parents who ardently refused to have her medical issues treated when she was a child, her dad and stepmom chiding her doctors when they said "She has a hormone imbalance brought on by precocious puberty".
"Oh she doesn't have anything wrong with her, she's just lazy and fat."
I'm digressing from what I wanted to talk about, sorry. That woman's been through a lot, and it's so hard not to get mad about it. Especially right now. I worry so much about her pain levels that I keep her supplied in marijuana and do everything about the house to the best of my abilities just to limit it as much as I can.
And while that's the worst thing that happened this week, I can't really say the rest was good. I mean, in comparison to suicide, sure I guess, but you know.
It's fucking weird when one finds out that your mom didn't actually want to be polyamorous again.
Oh yeah, my folks were poly in 2019, and that blew up massively in their faces for reasons that are not mine to share.
Anyway, I came to find out that my dad lied to my mom about how he met his girlfriend, Sarah. He said he met her on Reddit, but had lied about taking his dating profile down. He takes phone calls from Sarah every night at 5:00, when he's supposed to shut his office down and stop ignoring my mom for the day.
My mom has no desire to meet Sarah. Says "I can't, I'll hate her, and she hasn't even done anything wrong. I don't want to meet her."
As a polyamorous person in a monogamous relationship, there is a right way to do this, and a wrong one, and FUCK is the wrong one lying to your partner about it. I mean shit, I did that three fucking years ago! And while I would absolutely state that my behavior three years ago was of a significantly different (read harsh, mean, unkind, abusive), it started this way. With a lie.
Sure he came clean, but there's nothing that can be trusted about this relationship now.
So I finish talking to my mom about this because I have other shit to do and being angry at my dad for yet another reason isn't doing me much good. She closes out with this:
"Thank you for caring about me and having my back and being my amazing and wonderful son."
To wit I said "Well it's not like I can be anyone else, right? :P"
And completely unprompted, she says "Well you could be my amazing and wonderful 'child' instead of my son and you would still be the same as far as I'm concerned. I would still love you just as much. You're one of my favorite people."
For those who aren't good at speaking white suburban mom, this translates to "I would still love you if you were trans."
What? I'm still confused by this. About once a year, I sit down and take a mental inventory, you know, see who I was this last year, and compare that to who I want to be. That includes taking stock of my gender identity. That part of the process generally amounts to "Am I comfortable in my body? Yes? Good.", but if it were different then that's fine too.
Like, I'm not GNC, I'm not genderqueer, I'm just queer.
Apparently, because trans folks often use this term to refer to themselves, my mom had simply assumed that I was among that crowd.
Again, what? What a fucking leap of logic, mom! Well, at least we know you're an ally.
And also, I'm honestly crossing my fingers with the hope that you'll divorce dad. I love the two of you, but fuck are you awful for each other.
What else happened this week? Hell, I can't remember. Wednesday was weird, but I think I already talked about it previously. That shit with Ruth was a hell of a thing. I told my wife that I'm not going to any family events that Ruth is gonna be at unless my nieces are there. Then I'll just ignore Ruth and play with the kids. They fuckin love me. Hattie, my oldest niece, makes fun of me for "Talking too big" when she brings up God. They don't like Ruth either.
This is already getting kinda long, and I've got work to do, so I guess I'll update some other time.
Please be kind to yourselves.
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hell-hotel-mkg · 1 year ago
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Chapter 1 - Killing Game Reveal
Though the clocks on the walls tick, telling time is quite difficult. You have no sense of where you are, when you are, or what you have to do. But, perhaps you manage to sleep. And this lasts as long as the morning - you are woken up (or perhaps merely startled) by the shrill ringing of your bedside rotary.
At…7:00 AM, no less. Did everyone back then wake up so early?
"Bright and beautiful morning, esteemed guests! It's a lovely day today. I've received word from Management concerning your stay, so please come down to the lobby as soon as you can make yourselves presentable. Thank you very much!"
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°||° Lobby
Frumpy. You all are so frumpy. Whether lucky enough to have nailed a luxury suite, or forced into economical status like some sort of poor person, it's hard to imagine anything but restless sleep here. Thankfully, you don't plan on spending another night.
... Right?
From the door behind the front desk emerges the man of the hour — Belrose looks as chipper as ever. Not a hair out of place, not a bounce missing from his step.
"Good morning! Oh, good morning, everyone! I trust that the accommodations were to your tastes?"
His exuberance is very warm. Or grating, depending on your mood. After some hesitant (and perhaps forcefully polite) answers, Belrose's smile widens, as though all he's heard is praise.
"That's wonderful. Golly, nothing makes me happier to know!"
"Oh, but, yes. Right! As to what I've called you here for," he rummages around in his pocket, "I don't mean to hold you all from your morning buffet, but I do promise it's important. I sent word to Management last night about your…er, predicament, as per your request, and, oh, you wouldn't believe!"
Finally finding what it seems he seeks, Belrose tugs free a letter with a flourish. It is stamped in the middle by an illustrious golden seal with the detail of a rose. "That's right — I received this letter, just a couple hours ago! It usually takes some time to hear back. You must be important folks!"
What does it say? "Oh, yes! Let's find out!"
Reaching his hand into his pocket once more, Belrose pulls out an antiquated letter opener. It is golden and gleaming, much like everything else in this hotel. The handle, too, is detailed with a rose.
Without further delay, he drags the small knife through the side of the letter in a quick, sharp slit. He is impossibly neat, and apparently (with the use of the opener) careful not to break the wax seal.
Once opened, he slips the opener back into his pocket and tugs free the letter inside. It is a simple sheet of paper. Vacant, green eyes narrow with new focus as he reads over the contents.
And he… pauses. His eyebrows raise, just a little.
"… Oh."
This is not a comforting sight or sound. After some confusion, he quickly speaks again.
"Well…yes, of course, I'll read it out for you all!" Despite a moment of obvious surprise, Belrose's tone doesn't miss a beat. "Ahem-hem."
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"Dear…Belrose," the pause notably fabricated by Belrose himself,
"Thank you for reaching out with such great haste. Accommodations aside, this new group of guests demands your utmost priority and attention. Their stay here is very special, as they are here for…" Another pause. "…business."
Belrose shoots you all a wan sort of smile. This seems to mean something to him, but he continues to read aloud nonetheless.
"Worry not for your position, as there are instructions for you to follow closely. From this day onward, I'll be…"
"…Oh, that's personal, sorry. Shouldn't say."
"…demands retribution. They have been booked indefinitely, until any one of them decides to check out. For this, inform them of the price. They are guests at the finest establishment ever known to New York City; they should know that a refusal wouldn't sit well with our family, or any others."
Belrose fails to mention this price, eyes skipping to the next sentence.
"Encourage them as you can. If nothing strikes you now, that is fine. We know you follow orders best, so check in soon with the other staff and send up our complimentary gifts."
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"And a closing remark of farewell." Belrose frowns a little. "This will be a lot to prepare before the anniversary."
"I apologize, on behalf of the hotel, for any delays or setbacks to your daily lives." Belrose looks genuinely mournful of this. It's an inconvenience to everyone.
As a guest steps forward to receive the letter, Belrose looks up, a little surprised. "Oh! Oh, no, I'm very sorry. This was a letter directed to myself, from Management. Not for guests to have." He folds it crisply. "I can answer any questions you might have about it, though!"
"The price?"
"The price?"
"The price?"
"Are we certain we'd like to hear the price?"
"…"
"Not so swell at all! I am very glad that we…"
There is such an overwhelming push of confusion and demand, not even Belrose, in his happy state, can ignore it.
"… The price… is not… er," Belrose steels himself. "It's not in cash, folks! The price, as detailed today by Management…" Belrose clears his throat. "Is a…permanent check-out."
He glances to the side, a little bashful. An action too casual for such an announcement. "Gosh, I mean, we take in a lot of guests. E-Especially so close to the anniversary gala! If you'd like to leave now, it seems you'll have to free up somebody else's spot, too."
Gloved hands knit themselves together.
"…Take care of a fellow guest's exit, and you'll have grounds to leave. Retribution in blood."
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ravenclaw-daydreams · 3 years ago
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𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨 | 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐧𝐞𝐫
Warnings: mention of assassination, graphic smut, adult content, mentions of murder, pervy men in the workplace, falling for a villain, guns, mentions of pregnancy, unprotected sex, alcohol.
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Summary: Jackson just wants a normal life but thanks to his business, his chances were slim. but after meeting you, his chances it doesn't seem like such a long shot anymore.
A/N: Reading Jack's Villian wiki gave me the idea, and the personality section is what really set it in motion. He's more human than we thought, folks. I felt VERY inclined to write this. :)
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Jack wasn't proud of his work. He never was. But he knew that once he got into the business, he could never get out. And as fate would have it, you met him on the job.
Your boss was a ruthless, lying, manipulative son of a bitch, and you just so happened to be his receptionist. You hated your job and the way your pig of a boss would always make it sickeningly obvious he was starring at your breasts when asking you to make a call. You hated him. Sometimes you would imagine ways to kill the bastard and get away with it too.
Apparently, someone else had the same idea, but actually took the initiative of hiring an assassin. That's where you came in.
It was a late Friday night, and after a long grueling day of putting up with your boss's demands, you were so happy to see the front door of your home. You couldn't wait to collapse on the couch with a glass of red wine and have a leisurely weekend.
You fiddled with your keys as you tried to find the right one. 'Why the hell did I have all those keys anyways?' you thought to yourself bitterly as you shuffled them around.
But the sound of a gun cocking from behind you made you freeze. Air caught in your throat as you tried to convince yourself you didn't just hear what you thought you heard.
"Don't let me stop you," a smooth masculine voice from behind you sneered, pressing what you presumed to be the barrel of the gun point-blank onto your back, "Unlock the door, step inside. Scream and you die."
You gave a small nod, your search for the right key more frantic now, and once you found it, your shaking hand fumbled with it before finally slipping it into the keyhole, your trembling hand opening the door, and you felt yourself get pushed inside.
The door slammed behind you, and that's when you whipped around, now face to face with your captor. The gun was still pointed at you, but the man who was holding it was what stopped you in your tracks.
If someone told you that morning that you were going to be held at gunpoint by one of the most attractive men you had ever seen in your life, you would have laughed in their face. But you weren't laughing now.
"What do you want?" you managed to squeak out, his piercing blue eyes bore into yours.
"Well, I have a job to do, to put it plainly, and you're one of the only people that can help me complete it," he began to explain, "And you don't have a choice."
"What are you wanting from me?"
"Your boss. I want you to call him and tell him that there's something going on and he needs to swing by the office. Once he obliges, my guys who are waiting outside the building as we speak will take it from there."
"You're going to kill him?" you gasped. Sure, you considered doing it yourself, but you never thought anyone would actually try to do it.
"You don't need to worry about that. What you need to worry about is the gun that's pointed at you right now," he concluded, reaching for your home phone, politely holding it out for you to take.
You paused, and he raised a brow. Out of instinct, you tried to bolt past him to the front door, but when you realized it wasn't going to work, it was too late. He grabbed you violently as you thrashed in his grasp before he collapsed the two of you on the couch. He held you in one position until he felt your breathing calm, your neck in a headlock as you faced away from him, panting like an angry dog.
"Stop getting cute," he hissed next to your ear, and even though you couldn't see his face, you knew his teeth were gritting.
He finally trusted you wouldn't pull anything else after he gave a harsh squeeze to your trapped throat, and he let you go, and you immediately scooted to the other side of the couch.
You felt his eyes on you, and with a sudden jerked movement, he held out what you thought was the gun, making you flinch. But with a double-take, you realized it was just the phone.
You reached out, taking it, his eyes never leaving yours. You felt as if you could see something in his gaze. Something longing. Something not quite there. Reluctance.
Shaken fingers press the numbers as you click 'dial', but before you could hold it up to your ear, your captor stopped you.
"Nuh-uh. Speaker."
You nodded, pressing the speaker button before the dial tone echoed through your home. After three times, the line was suddenly picked up.
"What the hell are you doing calling at this hour?" your boss's harsh voice hissed through the phone.
"Yeah, Mr. Snider, there seems to be something happening at the office. Someone from the administration is here and demanding to see you," you tried your best to sound convincing.
"What do they fucking want?" he scorned, his tone making you flinch.
"I wish I knew, sir. They won't tell me anything," you tried to force a smile in your voice.
"Fucking useless," he grunted, making you shift uncomfortably.
"Should I tell them you're on your way?" you proposed.
"Fuck. Fine. I'll be there in 15. And hey, don't get bitchy with me, yeah? Don't forget, you work for me."
"Yes sir," you muttered, loud enough for him to hear.
All the while Jack was watching your reactions. He saw how you flinched at strong tones and saddened at the insults.
The sound of the line going dead was what snapped him back to reality, your still shaking hand setting it down on the coffee table.
"Is that all you needed?" you finally spoke.
"I wish I could say yes," his words made your gaze shift to the floor in disappointment, "I need to stay here until the deed is done."
"How long will that be?"
"After I make this phone call to let the guys know the target is on his merry way, we'll wait until I get a call back. Then we can part ways and you'll never speak of it to anyone. Or else I will have no other choice but to come back and kill you."
You curled in on yourself, resting your chin on your knees as you didn't answer, the sounds of a number being dialed making you cringe.
The sudden movement of him standing up made you flinch, and for a second you thought you almost saw a look of sympathy flash through his eyes before he held the phone to his ear, waiting for the other line to pick up.
"Stu? Yeah. Yeah, she called. He's on his way. He'll be there in 10. Make it look believable, yeah? Clients aren't paying us for anything that looks tacky."
Jack continued his conversation on the phone as he made his way to your kitchen, still in clear view of you. A few moments later he came back, the phone now hung up, a glass of water in his hand.
"Drink," he commanded.
"I'm not thirsty,"
He suddenly set the phone down, taking one of your hands and wrapping it around the cup, "I don't want you passing out on me. Drink," he commanded again.
Now it felt as if you had no choice. You lifted the cups to your lips, gently sipping as he watched you like a hawk until all the water was down your throat.
"Good girl," he praised jokingly, setting the glass on the table.
He then sat down with you on the couch. There was a prolonged silence.
"What's your name?" you finally asked.
He turned to you and cocked a brow.
"Sorry... just trying to make conversation," with an assassin you added bitterly in your head.
He scoffed, the room going back to silence, the two of you waiting... listening.
"Jackson."
"What?" you questioned, looking at him.
"My name. It's Jackson."
"Oh," you replied, "Well, I'm (name)."
"I know," he smirked.
You mentally facepalmed. Of course he did. He was an or assassin for fuck's sake.
"Can I call you Jack?" you asked meekly.
"Seeing as you won't ever see me again, sure. I haven't been called Jack since I was a kid though."
You could tell he was trying to open up. Just a little. Besides, he was right. It wasn't like he was ever going to see you again.
"Why?"
"Rippner. It's my last name," he explained.
"Oh shit," you said in spite of it not being lady-like, "That was a dick move on your parent's part."
"Tell me about it."
The conversation unfolded. You spoke about names, childhood experiences, hell, even what your favorite ice cream flavor was. It was a careless conversation with the mentality of getting everything out there.
You almost forgot that your boss was being killed right as you spoke. You felt the man in front of you open up. He was okay with being vulnerable with you.
That was until the phone rang, Jack rushing to pick it up.
"Yeah?"
His facial expression was unreadable as you watched him. Finally, he hung up the phone, his face returning to the same cold and distant look it had the moment you two had met.
"Well, (name), this is where we part ways," he began, but before he could walk to the front entryway, you grabbed his hand.
He looked startled as he turned around, his eyes searching your face for an answer. Your move was bold. Risky. But you were willing to take it.
"Don't go." your mouth moved before you could stop it.
He narrowed his eyes, almost as if he didn't believe it was you talking. Yet his hand was still being held tightly in yours.
"Please don't go."
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1 Year Later
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You flipped in your sleep, half awake when you realized the spot next to you was bare, the indent of the once sleepless man in his place. You sighed as you flipped back over, looking at the clock.
2:15 am.
You pulled yourself away from your kingdom of soft pillows and blankets and slipped out of bed, your feet pressing against the hardwood of your home. You left the bedroom, crept down the hallway, and when you were finally met with the living area of your home, you were met with the form of your lover.
He was hunched over on the couch, hovering over a glass of red wine that rested in his hand. He seemed to be lost in thought, his blue eyes no longer piercing but distant.
The creak of the floorboards under you gave your position away, the man glancing up at you, spooked.
An instant look of regret graced his beautiful features, "Honey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you."
"Hush," you sighed, "It's warmer out here anyway," you concluded.
"Even without your mountain of blankets?" he smirked, thinking of how adorable you looked cuddled up under the mound of linen.
"The bed is always cold when you're not in it," you whined, stilling next to him as he continued to nurse his glass of red liquid.
"Sorry love," he sighed, setting down the glass before wrapping his arms around you, your head resting on his chest as you listened in on his heartbeat. It was soft and lulling as you felt your eyes begin to droop.
That was, until you felt his hard-on press up against your back. A smirk crossed your lips.
"Is this why you couldn't sleep?" you questioned, subtly rubbing up against his bulge as you heard his breath catch in his throat.
"As I said," he muttered, "Didn't want to wake you."
"You could have just said so," you sat up, giving him a passionate kiss, one hand going in his hair, the other going down to his crotch, where he let out a primal groan at the feeling of your touch.
"I'm gonna be honest, I'm not really in the mood for foreplay," he stated, his hand reaching your lace panties and ripping them off, pulling you on his lap so you straddled him.
He pulled his boxers down to his knees, his cock springing up. The tip was flushed and angry, pre-cum leaking from the tip, the ridges of his veins pumping.
You bit your lip as you hovered over his gorgeous cock before sinking down slowly, the both of you moaning as you become one. Not long after you began to bounce up and down on his cock.
Jack growled as he grabbed a hold of your hips, helping you as he lifted you on and off his cock, searching for solace in orgasm. His eyes locked with yours as you rode him, and in his eyes, you found nothing but love and admiration, every part of him screaming in appreciation for you.
To put it plainly, he loved the way you loved.
You felt yourself tighten, yet to your disdain, your lover found his release first, a loud groan escaping his lips as he poured himself into you, the warmth in your belly growing as you felt him let go.
By the time he was finished, he was completely blissed out, but you weren't done yet. You wanted to cum. You pulled him out of you, and he watched as his spend dripped out of your swollen mound.
Before he could ask if you were okay, you were already back on him, your thighs now straddling one of his.
"What are you doing?" he asked darkly, raising a brow.
"Shut up," you hissed, rubbing your clit on the meat of his thigh, not wanting to lose any fraction that was already built up.
He caught the hint, his hands finding your hips once again as he helped you drag your throbbing cunt against the skin of his leg. All the while, he whispered filthy things in your ear, knowing it would get you there faster.
"Look at you go. Bet you're not so tired now, eh? Humping my leg like a little bunny. Such a good girl, huh?" he coaxed in your ear, and you nodded desperately, immediately agreeing with whatever he was saying. You just wanted to cum.
Finally, you felt yourself come right up to the edge. Jack knew all your body language perfectly, smirking at you as he began to speak.
"Come on, cum for me, baby. Let me watch you cum,"
And you did. Oh, you did. Your ears rang as your eyes shut tight, feeling your body tense and shake as you let your orgasm sweep you away.
Jack helped you ride through it, his words of praise now seeping into your brain.
"Good girl, there you go," he crooned as you began to catch your breath.
You panted as you slumped against him, hearing his heartbeat once more, matching your breathing with his. You felt him press a small kiss to the crown of your head.
"Thank you," he whispered, and all you could do was nod.
Then he began to stand, "Now come on. Let's go take a shower."
"Can I bring the wine?" you asked intently.
"Fuck it," he laughed.
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3 Months Later
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"You're doing it again,"
Jack looked up at you at the sound of your voice. He was sitting there, his hands folded and his jaw clenched, his leg bouncing up and down in anxiety as he went back to staring at the developing pregnancy test on the table.
"What?" he finally said.
"You're overthinking. I can see it in your face."
He rolled his eyes, seeming harsher than he intended. But he was nervous. In complete honesty, you were the first thing Jack had that had any semblance of normal. and after the things he's done and after the things he'd seen, normal was everything he wanted. And that's what this baby meant.
He craved normal. Life as an assassin didn't really scream domestic. But with you, everything he had ever wanted was wherever you were.
"Whatever the test reads, we'll be okay," you ensured, walking behind him and wrapping your arms around the anxious man, doing your best to calm his rapturing nerves.
"Yeah," he agreed, taking a deep breath, "We'll be okay."
The timer suddenly went off, the both of you perking up, chomping at the bit to get to the test, your fingers clutching it as you looked at it.
You gasped.
Jack froze.
You bolted into his arms, test in hand, bawling like a baby.
"You're gonna be a dad, Jack! You're gonna be a dad!!" you squealed, your arms wrapped tightly around him as he held you tight.
He began to tear up, "Really?"
You pulled back and nodded, showing him the test that read positive. He took it in his hands as a means to do a double-take, looking at the two little blue lines.
Without a word, he embraced you again, holding you tighter. His voice was muffled against your shoulder. From him came a small:
"Thank you."
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imaginingmanyfandoms · 4 years ago
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Paul's Lullaby | part two
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It had been a few days since your attack on the beach. Since then, Paul really didn't like when you were home alone. Or walking to work alone. Or anywhere alone really. It didn't have to be with him, but he needed to know he, or someone he trusted could get to you in time.
He was worried that the leech had caught your scent, and would come back. Sam didn't think so, Sam was under the impression that this person was actually testing their lines, and he wouldn't let the same mistake happen again. You were still waiting for Paul to tell you the whole truth, but you were being patient, as he had been with you. It was clear that whatever it was, was hard for him to say.
Your couch was permanently occupied by Paul, who picked you up from work to drive you home. And if he couldn't make it, he'd send one of the pack, or one of the imprints to pick you up and bring you to Emily's house.
You were cautiously optimistic about where things were going with Paul. There was still some trust issues, but you were working on it together. And no matter how much Embry or Jared talked about Paul's anger issues, you didn't really see it.
Currently, you were at Emily's, sitting on the couch and trying to stay awake until Paul got there. He made you feel safe.
"Have you seen this?" Emily asked holding a newspaper. There were missing people all over Seattle. It's what had Paul working overtime. He was pulling more than his fair share, and you knew that had to do with you. But you didn't understand what.
"Is anyone ever going to tell me what's going on?" you asked, but your tone was light, joking. Emily laughed, and sat by your legs on the couch.
"Paul really is taking his time, huh?" She gave you a sad smile. "He's doing that for your benefit."
"I know, I know," you said. "I'm just really confused. I swear the scenarios I'm making up in my head must be worse."
"Probably," she said. You both laughed this time.
"Well he better snap to it."
"I'm heading to bed," Emily said, patting your leg over the thin blanket. "You okay out here?"
"Yeah, thanks Em. Goodnight," you said.
"Goodnight."
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"Wake up honey."
Paul was gently shaking your arm. He was sitting on the edge of the couch, trying to wake you up as nicely as possible. Jared laughed in the background at how soft Paul was around you, but quickly said his goodbyes as he took the night patrol. It takes a tough guy to make fun of someone and then rush out the door. But Paul didn't care.
"Paul?" you asked, finally coming to. "What time is it?"
"Late, it's very late."
"Take me home," you said, holding your arms out to him.
"I like you when you're sleepy, you're very nice." Paul picked you up, and said a quick goodbye to Sam as you closed your eyes again. It made Sam smile.
Paul carried you to his pick up truck, and got you settled into the passenger seat. He even did up your seat belt. You woke up a little more, but your squirming and stretching was the cutest thing to him. He was so enamoured with you. He didn't really care how long it took until you trusted him. Or even if you never wanted to be with him, he didn't care. As long as he got to be around you, he would be fine.
"Let's watch a movie tonight," you said, yawning right after.
"I don't think you'll be able to stay awake," he said, smiling.
"Can we try?"
"How about we watch something tomorrow, after work?"
"Okay," you said, closing your eyes again. "Tomorrow."
You fell back asleep before you got home. Paul was driving slowly, and the cool air was filtering in through his open window. He was listening to some folk band, and the whole thing just lulled you to sleep.
When he parked the truck, he did everything he could to get you into your room without waking you up, and he was pretty successful. But as he was tucking you into bed, you woke up a little. He moved to leave but you grabbed his wrist.
"Goodnight Paul," you said, not letting go of his wrist.
"Goodnight honey," he said, daring to lean down and kiss your forehead. You made a happy sound as you rolled over, getting comfortable in bed.
Paul would've done anything in the world to crawl into bed with you and fall asleep. But he was happy just to be here.
So, Paul went back to the couch. And got as comfortable as he could, and fell asleep, reminding himself that you were safest when he was here. And that he was doing a good job protecting you.
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The next morning went better than most mornings. You woke up in a good mood, and decided to make breakfast for Paul. He'd been working so hard to protect you, that he deserved at least a fraction of that devotion back.
You made the lot, pancakes and eggs. A small fruit salad and a plate of bacon. While the pot of coffee finished, Paul wandered into the kitchen stretching.
"Mmm," he groaned, "something smells good."
"I made you breakfast," you said, a smile on your face.
Paul was in love with you, that much he knew for sure. And today he got his first sign that maybe you were at least starting to fall for him too. It was a good day.
"Eat up," you said. "I have to work in a few hours."
"You're going to eat too, right?" he asked.
"Of course I am," you said, stopping before you left the room. You turned on the radio against the wall. It was some band you'd never heard of, but it was nice enough. Paul was already filling his plate, but you went to pour two coffees. "Cream, sugar?"
"Just black," he said, mouthful of food. "Just come sit."
"All right," you said. "But for the record I wanted the coffee."
You chose the chair beside him, instead of across from him, and he took note of that but didn't say anything. You smiled at him, and he smiled back, like he always did.
Breakfast was relatively quiet, you made small talk about what was going on that day, but mostly you just enjoyed the silence. It didn't feel awkward, it felt right. It felt comfortable. When you were done, Paul wasn't. So you carried your plate to the sink, and rubbed your hand across his back as you passed. His breath hitched slightly, and it made you smile, thinking about how different Paul was.
Maybe it was time you cut him a little slack.
When he finished, Paul helped you clean up. And even shooed you away to get ready for work while he did the dishes.
"Thank you," he said, as you walked back down the hallway. He wiped his hands on a dishcloth and dropped it back on the counter. He leaned back, and you couldn't help but notice how beautiful he is.
"Thank you for being here," you said, suddenly self conscience under his intent stare at you. You pulled your sweater sleeves over your hands, keeping the fabric pinched between your fingers.
"I uh, packed up the rest of the fruit salad. I thought you might like to have it at work." Paul had one of your Tupperware containers sitting on the counter.
"And the bacon?"
He looked guilty. "I ate it."
"It's okay!" you said, laughing at his face. "It was made to be eaten."
He drove you to work, and although you missed to walk, you knew you'd get back to it eventually. When he dropped you off, you hesitated to leave. Paul sat patiently, giving you a moment to collect yourself.
"I want the truth tonight," you said.
"Honey..."
"Just, think about it from my perspective. I have no idea what it is I should be scared of, I have no idea where you work or why you're gone all the time. I'm worried about you, and I'm scared."
"I'm scared too." Paul took a deep breath. "I'm scared that something will happen to you. But mostly I'm scared that if you know the truth you'll be scared of me."
"I wouldn't."
"You don't know that," he said, he looked terrified. "You hated me earlier this month. Couldn't even look at me throughout high school and I am so embarrassed about that. And it's going to be even more embarrassing when I tell you everything because then you'll know that we didn't make eye contact from two years attending the same school."
"I'm sure we made eye contact," you said.
"No." He looked at you, and you could see the pain in his eyes. "We didn't." The look on his face made you hurt. It made your heart deflate, and you would've done anything to see him smile again.
You unclicked your seat belt, but didn't move as it sprang back into place. It didn't feel right to leave the air like this.
The heat he gave off seemed to float right into your space, and there was something about his presence that made you feel more settled than you had in a long time. You wanted to touch him, so you leaned across the middle seat, and placed a tender kiss against his cheek.
"Just think about it," you said, sliding back towards the door and starting to get out. You didn't want to leave him feeling sad, but you had to get to work.
"Have a good shift," he said, watching you leave. He hated watching you walk away.
"You too."
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Work had been horrible. Your boss was kind of a jerk, and waiting tables had really lost it's appeal. You'd been serving tables in La Push's best diner, but when the new owners took over, it quickly began to lose it's charm. You wanted to buy it when they were selling, but coming right out of high school you didn't have that kind of cash.
You just felt kind of miserable, so when you saw Jared and Kim waiting for you outside, you just felt annoyed. You were under the impression you and Paul had made plans.
"Hey," Kim said, smiling from the passenger seat. You got in behind Jared. "Don't worry. Paul said another hour, tops."
"Can you guys just take me home? I had a long day and I just want to relax," you asked, pulling your upper body between Jared and Kim's seats.
"I don't know, Y/N," Jared said, making a worried face. "I don't think Paul would like that."
"C'mon Jared," you said. "I'll lock the doors, and I'll call you if I get nervous."
"Jared, she wants to go home." Kim smiled at you. You really liked her.
He rolled his eyes and started the car. "When he freaks out on me, I'm throwing you both under the bus."
"He won't get mad at us," you said, "he said himself. An hour tops."
Jared and Kim were actually really great travel companions. Kim always made sure you were included in conversation, and Jared was not afraid to sing at the top of his lungs which was hilarious. They really cheered you up.
And of course, they waited until you were in your house to pull away.
Inside, you were tired, and cold. And you had wanted to spend some time with Paul. But he said an hour, and you figured we wouldn't lie about that. It wasn't too late that you couldn't give him some of the patience that he had given you.
So you spent the time bringing out some blankets, and pillows. When that was done you made some popcorn and fresh lemonade.
Paul should've been there any second. So you just spent some time tidying up the place. You saw some fabric poking out from under on the blankets, and you yanked on it, pulling out one of Paul's shirts. You laughed. Because it seemed rare to even see him in a shirt.
You pulled your shirt over your head, and put on his instead. Your shorts were hidden by his baggy shirt, even baggier on your small frame.
Twigs snapped outside the window, and you gasped. You knew you locked the door, but decided on checking the windows too. Just so you could say that you did. They were all locked. When you walked back into the living room, Paul was standing there - jaw clenched tight just like his fists were. But you could see the restraint. You could tell he was actively calming himself. You took a step closer.
"Don't," he said, voice cracking. He closed his eyes, hating the way you stop dead in your tracks. He didn't want to scare you. "I told you that I didn't want you here alone for a reason."
"I was so tired after work," you explained. "I wanted to sit on the couch and watch a movie like normal people do."
"I am trying to make things as normal as possible for you," he said, the anger was already washed away, but it wasn't gone. Not entirely. "You just have to trust me."
"How can I trust you when you don't trust me?" you said, voice starting to raise with unavoidable frustration.
"You think that I don't trust you?"
"I'm not allowed to be by myself, how else would you like me to interpret that?" You felt tears brimming at your eyes, the confrontation bringing out your anxiety.
"If we're going to fight, I need you to take three steps back."
"For what?"
"Your safety."
"What does that mean?" you shouted. "Are you scared you'll hit me?"
"I would never hit you," he shouted back. "How could you even think that?"
"I don't want to argue," you said, quietly. "I'm sorry I shouted."
He saw the sad look in your eyes, and could've kicked himself for driving you to this. He nodded, prying his eyes away from your sad ones to look anywhere else. He looked at your shirt, for the first time, and even though he was angry with you, he loved the sight. It calmed him down knowing it was you, in his shirt, a couple feet away.
He held his hand out, palm up for you to take. You did, and he guided you, as if you were dancing - not fighting, to the couch. You sat beside him, and he kept your hand in his.
"I need you to really listen to me," he said, his eyes glossing over with the realization that if he loses you, he'd never be whole again. "For now, I need you to follow all my rules. Even when they seem excessive, or dumb. And in return I will explain everything. And I won't keep any secrets from you."
"I can do that," you said. "If you're always honest with me, I'll be honest with you."
"Okay, tomorrow I'll explain everything. You're off, right?"
"Yeah," you said, shuffling over so you could lean your head against Paul's shoulder. "Can we watch our movie now?"
He put an arm around you, and you fit to him. Like you were always meant to be there. Well, technically, you were.
"Yeah, honey. We can watch a movie now."
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luna-purple454 · 3 years ago
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Oh man, I just have this crazy idea
What if the Madrigal's have the same reputation as Bruno, or just downright evil.
Like, think about it.
Pepa would be avoided because no body wants to be friends with an emotional wreak, considering that the said emotional wreak can zap you into ashes. People would also probably talk behind her back complaining how tiring she is to hangout with because "We have to do it her way or else a flood might happen."
Dolores considering that she can hear everything, making people think that she would blackmail them. They would usually write the secret they want to tell someone on paper so that she couldn't hear them. The town's folk could also just blurt out insults and Dolores would know it was directed to her.
Camilo could change into anyone, making it hard for everyone to trust anyone. He could also very easily ruin a friendship if he wanted too and nobody might ever find out. That's why everyone is keeping a lookout for him.
Antonio could just go "eat him/her" to his jaguar while pointing at a person. Not to mention that animals are everywhere in Encanto, so he could easily summon an army if he wanted to.
Julieta I'm not really sure about how to ruin her reputation so I'm just gonna vilianize her. She could be a backstabbing type of vilian. If a person wanted to do something bizzar and would include them getting a serious injury, Julieta could go "It's fine, my cooking can heal you" and stuff. But if that injury does happen, she would just look at them, smile, and say "That was stupid. Too bad you trusted me"
Isabela could strangle you with her vines. Like, one moment your looking at some flowers, the next thing you know is that your choking on the ground, Isa looking at you with thorny vines everywhere. She could also just simply create a poisonous flower, give it to them as a gift, and watch them perish.
Luisa can simply crush you if she wanted to, not to mention that she's basically indestructible.
There's a lot of vilian Mirabel AU's, so I don't really wanna bother with her.
Bruno is the same as Mira.
Felix could also be a backstabbing type, or the people could get suspicious about how he acts so happy that they don't trust him.
Agustin is just really clumsy when they first meet him, but that could all be an act and is actually really dangerous.
Alma/Abuela could be labelled as the one who controls them all since she has the candle miracle thing. They would think that she could simply tell them to destroy the village and the family would follow.
If none of this makes any sense, it's probably bcz it's 1 AM and I feel like passing out
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neechees · 2 years ago
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Playing the Quarry to get into the Halloween spirit!
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Me: (you can) show me the map on my fuckin... map in here, bitch.
Cop character: son, stay in the vehicle.
Female character: it's okay, I got this.
Male character: okay.
Me: you wanna tell me why there's blood on your neck, creepy cop in the middle of the woods?
[Clip time jumps]
Cop: well, I'm sure the fine folks at the Harbringer Motel can guide you there... first thing in the morning.
F: right.
Me: suck my nuts!
[Timeskip]
Me: let me look some more! There's a skeleton, maybe I can find some more!
Nox: go go go go go go go go go go go go!
Baby sibling: ...not the investigating type
M: maybe it was a possum or something.
F: no! There was someone in here, I swear
Bby: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
Nox: HELLO?
[Clip time jumps again]
(Laughter)
Me: I'm definitely not gunna mention the human remains I found over there!
M: let's just get back to the motel, we can come back here first thing in the morning, we can check everything out, but...
Bby: he's about to get murdered, he's about to get murdered.
M: I mean, you must be exhausted, I know I am.
Bby: I don't like this zoom back!
M: I think it's our imagination...
Me: *gasp*
F: Max?!
Me: oh, you're fuckin dead. He got bit.
F: Max!
Nox: help him or leave him? That's gunna be the option.
Me: I'm gunna say help him.
Nox: okay.
Bby: fuck that bitch!
Me: no, he's my boyfriend, I already feel bad, I wanna help him.
Nox: this is all this White girl's fault
[Clip time jump]
Me: there you go! He's gunna turn into a werewolf, or some shit.
Bby: someone's gunna like... push her down or something
(Gasp)
F: NO!!
Bby: someone's behind her...
Me: oh god, oh... I bet you it's the cop
[It is the cop]
Me: I KNEW IT. Never. Trust. Cops. Oh my god.
[Time skip]
Me: oh, I hope he dies. I'm gunna... come for him. And not in the good way.
Nox: (laughs)
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freakygirlie · 3 years ago
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Hi. Itk here. Believe me, don't, doesn't matter. Thought I'd drop (after you summoned ha) by given the chaos and try to enlighten the ones who choose to believe me, as much as I'm capable of.
The first thing I wanna say is: stop trying to figure out their relationship. You most likely never will. Fans are stuck on both extremes, when the actuality of it is far more in the middle (perhaps even up or down and all around ha). It's complex and strange and not at all "normal" (as normal as they could be, anyways).
It's not as simple as "oh they're just a closeted couple who engage in bearding and have kids and behind closed doors they're just a regular, old married couple and a big, happy rainbow family".
Doesn't sound like itk info, believe me, I get that but observing the fandom I'd say it almost is because most fans simply hang on extreme simplistic ideas of what their relationship is.
Second thing I'd like to say and unfortunately seems like it's not at all obvious but: do not believe anything they share publicly. Not saying they're lying compulsively, but they are public figures and they have a lot at stake to just casually drop the actual truth of any given situation.
Just don't. The same salt you have regarding itks, have towards them. It'd do you some good...Believe me. Unless you are involved in the entertainment or political life, you cannot even begin to fathom what it's really like, the level of manipulation, falsehood and well, overall deviation of it. It's quite disturbing tbh. So just always take whatever's said and shown with a good amount of salt. With public people hardly anything is accidental or casual.
I think the most prominent question now is...Why? Why would they do something like that? Regardless if you have the ingenuity to believe the little scene they made or not...Still, the question lingers.
With my level of "in the knowness" I cannot for sure say the real reason, yet from the pieces I've collected so far, seems to be a multiple gain scheme. It was a high risk, they were well aware, and it paid out in the way they were expecting, minus small bumps here and there. But overall it seemed to have worked in their favor. How in the hell, one would ask?
Believe me, I used my best sneaky capabilities to find out exactly why but they were smart enough to keep this one locked tight, minus a few loose lips. And from those all I've heard was that "whatever the purpose was, it worked out".
As weird as it may sound to the innocent mind, it's actually not at all, given that even leaked nudes are not at all leaked or accidental, and those tend to (at least in the past) get immense amount of backlash. It's not the first time famous folks fake a fight, surely won't be the last.
A lot goes into public image, it's not black and white as "well but it looked bad on Jensen", "it looked bad on the prequel", etc. You'd be surprised as how little this truly matters given the level of manipulation they are able to pull on the public. And well, even with them...It happens all the time. Both made mistakes far worse than just "not telling my bestie about my new project" and fans would eventually let that go and put them back on the pedestal.
So just remember, always: not in the industry? then don't judge anything because you simply do not understand how it works.
Another piece of itk information I can give besides "this was planned and it worked" is: they are fine. From what I've heard they are not fighting over it or going through anything more dramatic than what they usually have been going through ever since they met haha.
So just sit back and chill out. Breathe, read fanfiction and remember that we will never truly get answers, because even what comes out of their mouths are most of the time carefully thought out and directed to have a specific meaning and effect (why do you think Jared mumbles and rambles so much?).
Another interesting piece of itk: you know how they always say they never fight? Even though that sounds insanely hard to believe even if they were just friends because who knows someone for that long and is constantly together and never fights? Unlikely, right? Yes, as obvious as that was. But unfortunately a lot of you seem to believe that, given the level of shock you had for this little twitter feud (as fake as it was). Yeah. They fight. A lot.
They fight as much as individuals in their situation would. Like I said, not at all what most people absentmindedly seem to think it is. They go through a lot. Way more than anyone who isn't in a similar situation would understand. It's messy, although they try their best to make it simpler in the ways they can.
On top of being in a very complex situation, they both have strong personalities and one of them is quite hard to "pin down". So altercations happen a lot, but they know how to deal, and they are exceptionally good at making sure that doesn't interfere in their work (oh well, at least not any work that doesn't benefit from intense emotional exchanges, anyways 😉...chemistry isn't something random, you know? haha).
I find it quite...interesting (to put it nicely) that a lot of hats easily believe they are a couple that lies constantly about almost every aspect of their lives, yet, they cannot believe they would fake a social media narrative. It makes no sense whatsoever.
It'd do you all good to be a little less tendentious and look at them as, you know...Humans? They are not what they seem to be, just as you guys also take in different versions of yourselves in different situations, they do too. And don't be so hopelessly naive to actually believe they see fans as "hashtag family". This is their work. And as grateful as they are for supporters, they certainly do not consider them family. To the point of never lying and trusting you with their life.
I'm sure they love their fans, but come on, saying they would never lie because that's mean to fans is just beyond naive. They've been doing it all along and oh, another interesting info? They don't think they're doing anything wrong.
Yeah, sounds weird, you'd think they'd feel guilty. But again, unless you were media trained, you'd never get it.
From years now if there's one consistent info I've gotten was this: they don't feel obligated to tell you anything. They believe they are doing "what they are supposed to do, the right thing for everyone involved".
So. Yeah. And hell, they are right about not being obligated to say anything about anything, I guess.
Well, I hope that was helpful or at least entertaining. It's hard to share info without accidentally making it obvious who I am for the lurkers (sure you guys were well aware that they lurk around the fandom). But it's safe because as long as I don't provide evidence, I'm fine. Just walking a thin line between sharing and not sharing something too specific that would be easy fir them to know who has that info and although they can't do anything against itks, they can manage to cut us off somehow and I enjoy having access lol, so that'd be a bummer.
Anyways, take itks and J2 themselves with a ton of salt haha! You are lovely, btw, you seem very kind and I enjoy your blog very much! much love!
itk anon everything you said was <333 and i agree with like almost all of it. very nice analysis and ask thank you ! i don't always believe everything j2 put out but the whole stunt being a false narrative just seems wrong so idk what to make of it. regardless i myself can sometimes get carried away in my star-struck love of j2. and i am a tinhat so well :) and now they look to be really good and taking a break from here was well worth it <3
''You are lovely, btw, you seem very kind and I enjoy your blog very much! much love!'' i love u so much hope u have a great day !
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babeyvenus · 3 years ago
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The Wolf Among Us
Bigby x OC
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Summary: Sonya Blaze, A.K.A. Hell Rider, is a half fable, half mundy girl who comes to Fabletown to learn more about her side of the folktales. She works alongside Sheriff Bigby Wolf's as his newest partner and together they strive to find out who's behind the unexpected murders in Fabletown.
TW: Mentions of death, gore/blood, alcohol, smoking drugs, sex implications, suicide, guns and ofc language.
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Chapter 10: A Trashy Funeral
“That fucking creep…!”, Bigby growls, stomping out of the room. “Spineless little fuckin’ rat!”
“Crane? Ugh! God, you’d think you know a person.”, Beauty said as she followed Bigby down the hall.
“Bigby, you have to tell her.”, she said. “I know!”, Bigby yells at her as he strides down the stairs and enters the lobby.
“What’s going on?”, Beast asked, worriedly. “What did you find up there?”
Bigby storms up to a payphone, dialing the Business Office number, “Crane’s the killer.”, Bigby huffs, angrily. “What? Ichabod Crane? How do you know?”, Beast asked. Bigby didn’t answer him and growled at the non functional phone. “Shit!”
“Crane’s been–”, Beauty was interrupted when Bigby yanked the phone off the wall, even more furious now. “Whoa! Bigby, calm down.”, Beauty ordered. “Everything’s going to be fine, okay? It’s gonna be fine."
"Will someone please explain this to me?”, Beast asked, looking between Bigby and Beauty. “That perverted little fucker might be after Sonya. I need to find her right now!”, Bigby explained, pacing in anger.
"Okay, i-it’s going to be okay.”, Beauty said in a calm tone. “Where did you see her last? Did she say where she was going?”
“She went to join Snow and Holly at the Business Office. To prepare for the funeral.” Bigby explained. “Lily’s funeral?”, Beast asked, his eyes widening. “Yeah.”, Bigby says, looking at him.. Beauty looked at the taller man in confusion. “How do you know–”
“I was just at the Trip Trap, and I heard Gren telling some folks about a funeral at the Buckingham Bridge–” She cut him off. “The Trip Trap? Are you drinking?”
“When?”, Bigby asked Beast.
“Right now. They were on their way out.”, Beast answered, making Bigby rush out of the Hotel. “Bigby!”, Beauty shouts after him, chasing him onto the streets. “Wait!”, Beauty shouts. Bigby stops, huffing to himself before turning to Beauty. “What?!”
“Sonya seems like such a sweet girl. I don’t know her all that well but so far, you seem to know her a bit better. This might change things for her,” Beauty said.
“What are you trying to say?” Bigby asked her, his face scrunching in frustration. “You know how you felt when you saw that picture? Well, it’s going to be much worse for her. Trust me. No girl wants to see, let alone, know that someone they thought they knew would do that to them.”, Beauty said. Bigby sighs before rushing to the funeral.
The Buckingham Bridge
Bigby walks over to the small funeral after getting out of the cab he came in. His ears perk up at the sound of Sonya’s voice singing for the funeral. “You're my backbone. You're my cornerstone. You're my crutch when my legs stop moving. You're my headstart. You're my rugged heart. You're the pulse that I've always needed,” Bigby walks up to see her strumming a guitar and singing with a black button up shirt and pants, in front of a fire.
Holly, Gren, Nerissa and Vivian were watching her from the benches. Snow was standing next to her, smiling sadly and she was in a black skirt and a red dress shirt with a black suit jacket.
“Like a drum, baby, don't stop beating. Like a drum, baby, don't stop beating. Like a drum, my heart never stops beating.”, she sung, catching Bigby’s eyes and smiled a bit before continuing. He walked by a table, reading notes and looking at certain objects.
Bigby picks up a card that had a scenic picture of a bridge over a river and opens it to read it.
“I’ll miss worrying about you. I’ll miss our fights I’ll miss you.”
-Holly
Bigby sets the card down and picks up another one that was blue with a fancy design around the edges.
“Now you will never die from indifference or lead a tedious life. Goodbye, sweetheart. Thanks for everything.”
-Vivian
He sets that card down, as he hears Snow starting to speak, and picks up the last one, this one had a picture of a mountain.
“You were a big bright shining star in this shithole of a town, and I miss you already.”
-Gren
He finishes reading, setting everything down and frowned. He looked at Sonya as she sang her last lyric and looked at him. "Bigby, is everything okay?”, Snow asked him. Everyone turned around to see Bigby standing behind them. “No, not you.”, Holly growled as she stormed to him. “Holly, it’s–”
“He wasn’t fucking invited.”, Holly told Snow. “Holly wait.”, Snow said as she placed a hand on her shoulder. “He has no right to be here. Not after what he did.”, Holly said. “Holly, I’m sorry, but I had to come.”, Bigby frowned sadly.
“You throw my sister down the Witching Well….and you have the nerve to show your face here? After you lie….after you promise me?”, Holly asked, outraged. “Holly, wait, that was Crane, just Crane. He’d….disposed of Lily’s body before Bigby could do anything about it.”, Sonya said as she walked up to Holly. Holly glares at her. “When we left your bar, we never went back to the Business Office!”, she exclaimed.
“Don’t cover for him.”, Holly growls at her. “But this genuinely wasn’t his fault.”, Snow reassures. “You two can’t tell me Bigby gives a shit about this.”, Holly said, looking at Snow in shock.
“I’m sorry, Holly. I didn’t know he put her down the Witching Well.”, Bigby said, shaking his head with a sad look. Holly’s eyes widen for a moment then looks down at her feet.
“Bigby cares, Holly. He’s trying to help.” Sonya said. “We all do.”
"I’m sure he has a very good reason for being here.“ Snow said as she glared at Bigby then looked back over at Holly. "But this one isn’t on him.”
“Why are you here, anyway? And don’t say it’s cause you care about this.”, Gren said as he turned to face Bigby. “Everything okay?”, Sonya asked Bigby. He looked at her sadly and looked away, shaking his head. He turned to Holly.
“I think I know who murdered your sister.”, Bigby told Holly, making her eyes widen. “Who?”, she asked, shocked. “Maybe we should talk about this somewhere else?”, Snow said, hinting she wanted to keep it private.
“What? No! I deserve to know!”, Holly yelled at her in disbelief. “That’s true.”, Sonya said. “I know, I know, but….This isn’t the way to go about this.”, Snow said, shaking her head. “I don’t give a fuck about the way. I don’t care about procedure. If anyone should be told, it’s me, it’s us. Right now.”, Holly ordered.
“I think it was Ichabod Crane.”, Bigby said, shocking everyone. “Crane?” Sonya asked. “Crane.”, Holly growled to herself. “Okay, okay, look, Sonya, Bigby and I are going to have a little chat while everyone else gets back to the funeral.”, Snow said.
“What?! He says that fucking Crane murdered Lily and you expect me to–”
“We promise we will tell you what the hell is going on just as soon as we know there’s something to tell, but just let us do our jobs, first. Please.”, Sonya said.
Holly glares at her and folds her arms across her chest. “Look, Holly, I know how this—” Sonya starts to explain but Holly cuts her off. “No. You don’t know how this feels. You have no idea.”, she growls at her.
Sonya frowns, looking away. “Believe it or not, Holly, I do. Its the reason why I’m here in the first place.”, she says. Holly’s face softens.
She turns to Bigby, “Don’t fuck anything up. Don’t bother anybody. And when the first sign of trouble comes, and it will come, because you’re a fucking walking trap for it, I want you the fuck out of here. You hear me?"
"Of course. You won’t even know I’m here.”, Bigby nodded. Sonya pulls Bigby away from the crowd, he kept his head down as she led him away.
“Crane?”, Sonya asked him. “Yeah.”, Bigby said, not meeting her eyes. She looked at him, shaking her head. “I mean, he was a prick but him??” Bigby finally looks at her. “Sonya, you’re a target.” She held up her hand to stop him. “If this is your way of telling me to lay low or to leave Fabletown, you got another thing coming.”
His shoulders slumped as he let out a sigh, “Its just a suggestion.” Sonya shook her head, “Its a stupid ass suggestion.”
Snow walked up to them. “Okay, Crane?? Are you sure?” Bigby nodded. “This is someone I’ve worked with for decades.” Snow said in disbelief. “This is a guy- he gets the frickin’ shakes when he has to order food. I mean, what are you telling us? It’s all an act? Just what have you found?”
“Lily was Crane’s prostitute. I followed a lead to this shit hole motel. The Open Arms.”, he says, looking at Snow. “Crane had a room there, and he’s been taking prostitutes….or, at the very least Lily…and making her look like you while he was… you know.”, Bigby said to Sonya.
Sonya swallowed, shaking her head, “I looked this guy in his eye, and trusted him to do his job.” She spaced out, scoffing softly, “I don’t even know what to say right now….I really don’t. I’m just trying everything I can right now….to not picture it. To not picture him.” She covered her mouth as she turned away, looking up at the sky, holding back oncoming tears. “I’m sorry, Sonya.” Bigby apologized softly.
“You’re sure this is what happened? This is what he’s been doing?”, Snow asked Bigby. Sonya turned to face Bigby with glassy eyes. “Please, Bigby. Tell me he didn’t. Please tell me this is a trick.” His heart panged in sadness, seeing her holding back any frustration or sadness herself.
Bigby digs in his pocket, hesitantly pulls out the photo and hands it to her. She took it and instantly her heart dropped. The more she stared at the picture, she felt bile bubbling in her throat. “I’m so sorry.”, Bigby said, looking down.
Her eyes fluttered as she covered her mouth, finally letting her tears fall. She handed the picture to Snow, making her gasp. She looked up at Bigby and asked. “You took a cab here, right?”
“Yeah.”, he nodded. Sonya walks away for a bit, letting out a heavy breath. “Snow?” Nerissa speaks up. Sonya quickly wipes her tears away before turning to the mermaid. Snow said, “Nerissa. What is it?”
“I’m sorry, but Holly’s asking for you and Sonya.”, Nerissa said. “Are they starting the burn?”, Snow asked her. “Yes.”, she nodded. “Everyone who spoke should really be present for this part…she’s kinda distraught. You guys are not leaving yet, are you?”, Nerissa asked.
Snow looks at her then at Sonya. “Can you tell her I’m not feeling okay? And that I’m sorry.”, Sonya said, placing her hands in her pockets. "I'm just gonna hang back for a little while." Nerissa nods at her and Snow walks over to Holly while Nerissa stays.
Sonya looks at the floor as Nerissa looks at Bigby, “How’d it go? At the motel? Did you find anything?”
“Yeah….Lily was killed there. It was an awful mess.”, Bigby frowned deeply. “Oh…”, Nerissa said, sadly. “Nerissa!”, Vivian called. Nerissa turned to her. “Coming!”
Sonya let out another shaky sigh, making Bigby look over at her. “You okay?”, he asked, sadly. She chuckled, wiping at her eyes. “I’ll be fine.”
Bigby frowns and hesitantly wraps his arm around her, making her bite her lip, as she felt more tears coming. “This is so stupid...", she muttered, wiping her tears on her shoulder, sniffling and leaned into his hold.
“We’re gonna get this done. I promise.”, he says. She nodded. Suddenly, the atmosphere thickened as they felt something metal pressed against their backs. “Constables.”, a familiar voice said.
“Fuck me…”, Sonya shook her head, looking up at the sky as she recognizes the voices.
Bigby turns to see the Tweedles and stops as a barrel was pushed into his back. “Wait, wait, wait, easy now, girls.”, Dee whispered, smirked. “You know how this goes. The first thing in a visit? You say, “How do ya do?”.”
“How do ya do?”, Dum repeated.
“Now is really not the time for whatever you jag-offs are planning to do.”, Bigby growls lowly, keeping Sonya pressed into his side. “Well isn’t that the thing of it? Plans.”, Dee says. “Except it isn’t our plans you should be concernin’ yourself with.”, Dum grumbles.
“I’m still hurtin’, you know, from our talk in the cell. We’ll snip to the chase, for all’s sake. A little bird told us that you’re fittin’ to go after Crane.”, Dee mentioned to Bigby as he pokes at their backs, making Sonya let out another breath.
Bigby notices this, practically hearing her heart pound into her chest and gets angrier. “And you see, we have an interest in that particular boy.”
“So you leave Crane alone, and we’ll leave you and your girl alone.”, Dum warns, cheerfully.
“Just take a little vacation, is all.”, Dee suggested.
“Don’t even have to go anywhere.”, said Dum.
“Just sit in your office and whistle to Heaven for a few short days. Or spend some time with your girl here.”, Dee said as he pokes his barrel at Sonya’s back again, making her take deep breaths.
“You have three seconds to fuck off before this goes to a place you don’t want it to.”, Bigby threatened.
“Oh, I don’t have my stop-watch on me.”, Dee says, shrugging. “So what’s it gonna be? We have a deal? You leave Crane alone and we leave you to yours?”, he tried to bargain.
Holly looks over and sees what was going on and she starts marching towards them. “Fastly, now,” Dee rushes.
“You think this act you got going scares me? ‘Cause it doesn’t.”, Bigby whispered harshly to the brothers. “That don’t sound like a yes to me.”, Dum said. “Always wanting to do things the fun way….”, Dee mutters, then he and Dum remove their guns away from Sonya and Bigby’s back.
Bigby drops his arms, stepping away and pulled her behind him, backing away. Dee shouts at the crowd. “Ladies! Gentlemen! Invertebrates! Please! Rest easy, this is not–”
“What the hell is going on?”, Gren asked, growled.
“What’s happening?”, Snow asked.
“Very sorry to impose, but we only had a deal to work out with Bigby. And we’re unhappy to report that things did not go as smoothly as planned.”, Dee announced.
“Bigby, what is he talking about?”, Snow asked. “Never you mind that, it ain’t any of your–” Dum was cut off by Bigby. “They want us to leave Crane alone.”, Bigby admitted. “Crane?”, Snow asked, confused.
“Awww, now you shouldn’t’ve done that, old boy, really.”, Dee said, angrily.
“That wasn’t right, tellin’ everyone our dealings.”, agreed Dum.
Both Bigby and Sonya jumped at the sound of a roar. Holly had transformed into a troll. “What did I tell you? What did I say?”, she yelled, angrily, to Bigby.
“Holly…”, Sonya walks from behind Bigby, holding her hands out in warning. Gren transformed into his monster form and snarls at the Tweedles. “You think you mother fuckers can come here uninvited? You think you can just fuckin’ interrupt Lily’s funeral?!”
“Calm down, darling. It was just a simple business transaction.”, Dee warned while Bigby joined Sonya to defend against the Tweedles. “You fuckin’ freaks are not getting away with this!”, Holly roars, angrily.
“Holly! Don’t move!”, Snow ordered.
“Holly, just let us handle this.”, Bigby said.
“Yes, let’s spare all the fuss. It’s just a dead whore.”, Dee sneered with a smirk.
“I’m gonna kill you!”, Gren snarls as Holly roars.
Holly charges at Dee but he shoots her in the chest, making her fall. “Holly!”, Sonya yells in worry and saw Gren smack Dum.
“I got it, Dum.”, Dee said, ready to defend his brother. Bigby charges at him, grabs his gun and shoves him against large pipes.
Bigby pulls the gun out of Dee’s hand and punches him, knocking him out. Dum shoots Gren, making Sonya rush at him with a chain. He notices this and shoots at her, the buckshot grazing her shoulder. She grits her teeth and wraps her chain around him, yanking him towards her and punches him, making him stumble back a bit.
He groans, growls at her and throws her against a pillar. The sound of Sonya’s shout of pain makes Bigby turn his way toward her.
He rushes to get Dum but gets shot in the shoulder instead. “Big..by…”, Sonya murmured, watching everything unfurl through blurry eyesight.
Snow ran over to her and helped her up. “They got away…”, Snow says. Sonya nods and looks over at Holly. Snow goes to check on Holly, placing her hands on her shoulders.
Sonya sees Bigby sit up and looks over at her. She gave him a grimace and got up to check up on Gren, feeling a faint pulse. She sighed and looked at Snow who gave her a worried look.
Business Office
Back at the Business Office, Bufkin was picking up the broken pieces of the shattered mirror off of the floor, putting the pieces back together. Snow,in her normal uniform, was standing by, watching him.
Sonya sits on Crane's desk, stitching her wound up. Bigby, now shirtless, was getting patched up by Dr. Swineheart. He glanced at Sonya from over his shoulder, wincing every time he saw her poke the needle through her skin.
“She’ll be fine, Sheriff.”, Swineheart says, finishing up. “I did as well as I could to take out the buckshots, but there’s still some shards embedded in your shoulder. They’ll eventually worm their way out on their own but….until they do, you’re gonna be sore.”
Snow turned to Bigby, "Bigby, Doctor Swineheart was appointed Fabletown physician for a reason.“
Swineheart shook his head. "It’s okay, there’s only one thing to take away from all this: take it easy.”, Swineheart said as he looked at Bigby then looked at Sonya. “Both of you. I don't want you to become a frequent patient like him.” Sonya sighed, “Yes sir.”
Bigby leans up off of the desk and stands up straight, stretching his arms. “Don’t go looking for any more fights. Keep strain off your heart, Bigby.”, Swineheart ordered.
“How’s everyone else? They all make it?”, Bigby asked, worriedly.
“They’re fine. I had everyone that got wounded sent home. Holly refused to let me see where she lived, so I left her and Grendel back at her bar with a dose of juniper and spring water.” Swineheart informed, but Bigby still had a worried look on his face. “They’re Titans, Bigby. They’ll be fine.”, Swineheart reassured him. “Just remember what I said. The stitches won’t hold up if you continue to act….like you normally do.”
Swineheart walked over to Sonya, looking over her sutures as she finished. “Remember what I said. And keep your ice pack on you for a few minutes.” Sonya gives him a smile. “I’ll try not to melt it.”
Swineheart shakes his head with a small smile and picks up his medical bag, preparing to leave. “Everything in moderation. And, uh, eat more chicken, Bigby.”, he recommended. “I’ll try to.”, Bigby gives him a smile.
Swineheart nods. “Very good then.” The phone rings next to Sonya, and Snow picks up. “Business Office.”, Snow answered. “I know, I’ll have to call you back.” She hangs up and turns to her partners. “The town is starting to find out….”
“Well, I’ll leave you three to it, then. Miss White. Miss Blaze. Bigby.”, Swineheart said and he walked out of the office.
Sonya sighed, hiding behind the desk and switched shirts. She stands up, smoothing her red shirt out and glances at Bigby who was still shirtless. He looks over at her, putting a hand on his hip. “How’re you feeling?’
“Like I got trampled. I’ll live. What about you? You took a whole buckshot to the shoulder.”, she said, looking at his patched shoulder. He smiles at her worried tone. “I’m fine.”
She looked him up and down, scratching her head as she looked down in embarrassment from staring for too long. Snow walked up behind her, “So…”
“So, to recap…”, Sonya said, returning to her place on Crane’s desk. “Crane watched me through the Magic Mirror uncovering his room at the Open Arms Hotel.”, Bigby says, getting dressed. “Then he smashed it so we couldn’t use it ourselves to go after him. And we know this because Bufkin was drinking in the rafters. That about cover it?”, Bigby asked as he sticks his head out, fixing up his tie.
Snow speaks up, “Once Bufkin puts all the pieces back together….it’ll be easy to catch Crane. So….I guess that’s the plan.”
Bigby walks out from behind the blinds, finished. “So that’s the plan? Just wait for the mirror?”
“It’s all we have right now.”, Snow sighed. “What the hell is going on? Just— I don’t know what the Tweedles get out of this. I don’t know if Crane sent them, I don’t know if- I mean, this is gonna sound crazy, but….do you really think Crane did it?”
“I’m just as confused as you are to be honest. I don’t know…” Bigby says, rubbing at his temples. “It just doesn’t make sense.”
“He was a conniver, a-a coward, a liar. And I’ll always hate him for that. And I’ll hate him for how he….held me in his thoughts.”, Sonya growls, looking at her hands. She looks up at them. "But murdering prostitutes…“
They all turned to the sound of Bufkin’s yelp in pain. "Everything okay over there?”, Snow asked. “Yes, Miss White. Just cut myself on a piece of the glass! Nothing to worry about.”, Bufkin reassures. Bigby sighs. “I just feel bad for Holly, really.”, Bigby said, frowning.
Sonya frowns sadly. “Time heals everything, eventually. At least, I hope so….for her sake.”
“Can I, uh, ask you a question? It’s kinda personal…”, Snow said, walking up to Bigby. “What’s on your mind?”, he asked, getting worried.
“It’s just….when stuff hits the fan, like it did tonight, it feels like before we came to the city. It feels kind of like home.”, she says, turning away. “And I’ve heard it said….that maybe….in some tiny bottled up way, deep inside….you enjoy it….when things go wrong. Because it gives you an excuse to….just, you know…stop pretending.”, Snow said.
Sonya looked up at her, scoffing. “You’re shitting me, right?”
“Fuck no, I don’t enjoy it! Are you kidding me?! It’s horrible what happened tonight. I wish it didn’t happen!”, Bigby responded, appalled and angrily. He felt taken aback by what she said.
“Why would you even ask that?”, Sonya asked her in disbelief. Snow looks over at her sadly then looks away. “I shouldn’t have said anything. Forget that I did.”
Sonya narrows her eyes at Snow. ‘She really talks too much…’
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misskittysmagicportal · 4 years ago
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I’m A Creep
Fandom: The Messenger Jack x Rin Davies
Word Count: 5k
Warnings: suicide discussion, oral sex, penetration, mention of masturbation, angsty whomp because OOOOF is Jack a Whomp!character
Note: The events of this fic contain spoilers for those of you who havent seen The Messenger.  It takes place after the end of the movie.  Read at your own risk if you haven’t seen it!  If you want it’s free on Tubi :)
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Present Day:
Jack stood beside Rin in the dead of night watching her sleep for just a moment. Only a moment because she roused the instant she sensed him breathe. Sitting up, she quickly reached inside the nightstand. He knew her routine, Rin was impulsive about making sure her leather motorcycle gloves were on before she let him in.
Jack wordlessly pulled his shirt over his head and stepped out of his sweatpants and boxers. 
Rin lifted her covers and opened her legs to him. Obliging, Jack lowered himself onto her showering her neck with kisses. His tongue and lips trailing down along her collarbone, erection hard against her thigh. A hand found its way under Rin’s t-shirt and over a naked breast where he pinched at a nipple. 
“Jack,” she was breathless. “Stop. Don't touch my skin, please.”
Jack pushed himself up by the arms, “How is this enjoyable to you, duck?” A northern term of endearment. “My thighs ah touchin’ you aren't they?” The moonlight caught his eyes as he teased her with the head of his cock. “What about this, inside you?” Suggestively whispered. 
Rin moaned but held her cool. “It’s not the same. Like you said, that's inside. It's just my.. skin. From my..” her voice trailed off. 
“Would it be so bad? I just want to feel you under me without fuckkin clothes.” Jack took a chance and kissed her. Tongue pushing inside of Rin, but she stiffened. “Sweetheart,” now he whispered, just his fingertips brushed her cheek. “Please, love, just touch me”
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Several Weeks Before:
Rin sat alone at a center table in the middle of the visitation room.  This wasn’t her first rodeo, probably won’t be her last.  She flexed her hands outwards the leather of her gloves cracking and flexing in a satisfying manner.  No one was going to come and see her. Besides, the solitude allowed her to quietly spy on all the other nutters around the room.
Just to her left Rin noticed a pretty redheaded woman and her son as they sat across from probably the most attractive guy ever in an institution.  There was a tenseness to the way he sat, shoulders hunched and hands between his legs.  His hair unruly and a blank stare that wasn’t really focusing on- she came to realize-  his sister and nephew.  Rin knew him from group therapy where he was equally quiet, eyes glassy from a psych med cocktail.  The majority of his speaking hours tucked away in that overbearing therapist’s office.  
“Jack, will you please just look at me?” his sister, Emma tried her best to reach out to her brother. “I.. I think Martin and I made a mistake.” 
Jack only stared straight ahead between Emma and his nephew, Billy. The preteen looked uncomfortable and scared as his mother nudged him softly. “It's ok. Billy tell Uncle Jack.” 
“I did, Mom” , his voice quiet. “I'm supposed to say no. That you should get me help before it's too late.”  Rin watched as Billy folded his arms and laid his head down. “Only I can't. It's all night and day, Jack. I can't sleep because they don't have you.” 
“Best leave him here with me then, Emma.” It was the first time anyone heard Jack speak in weeks. His sister had a posh accent, so Rin was surprised when Yorkshire dripped from his lips. “For good, right?” 
“That's not fair. You are sick, Jack.  You weren't caring for yourself. You.. you got too involved with that murder. You were hurting yourself,” Emma struggled with tears. “I want to take you home.”
“Oh like I'm some kind of fookin dog? Emma you and Martin made it clear I belong here. She's right, maybe it was all dad. That's traumatic you know.” 
“You deserve someplace warm! A home. Please, Jack. I found this in your things.” She slid a newspaper clipping towards her brother. “That's the boy who drowned. Why.. why didn't you tell me?” 
“Loads of kids drown in pools,” Jack stated bluntly with a shrug. “Why should your pool be any different?” 
“I never said it was our pool.” 
“I recognized the address in the article”
“Jack, it's from two years ago.” 
“I got lucky. Ah we doon here? I have walls to stare at. Here Billy you can have this back,” from between his knees he produced a glass paperweight with a scorpion inside. “Tell all ya mates Crazy Uncle Jack sends his loov” 
Jack tried to stand but Emma grabbed his arm. This was Rin’s cue to swoop in. She swiftly moved from her table to theirs. 
“JACKIE!’ I've been looking for you everywhere!” His eyes panicking in her direction. “I'm Wren,” she took her glove off and reached a scarred hand in Emma's direction. “But my brother couldn't say it so you can call me Rin” She smiled brightly. 
Emma tentatively shook Rin’s hand, smiling in turn.  Rin took a moment as her mind’s eye zoned in on what was inside of Jack’s sister.  It was a loneliness, a desperation to take care of her little brother but protect her son from the same fate.  But most importantly Rin felt a small tingling of warmth from somewhere deep inside of Emma’s heart.  It was white and pure and instantly recognizable as hope.  Even though it was tiny it was growing and starting to spread, and Rin knew Emma was eager to share that with her brother.
“Wow,” Rin blurted, “I wish my brother was as invested in me as you are.  You’re a good person, Emma.  Trust me,” she winked.  “Woman’s intuition.”
Emma narrowed her eyes and studied the crazed looking woman standing between her and Jack.  The scars on Rin’s hand raised some alarms, but Emma ignored them.  She omitted a relief and let go, “Well thank you.  Can you talk some sense into my brother?”
Moments later, with the visitors gone, Rin sat down in Emma’s place.  “Thank you is a start,” she teased Jack. 
He rolled his eyes and slowly turned in her direction to face her dead on.  The intensity of his eyes took Rin by surprise.  “Thank you,” the sarcasm poured like a waterfall.
Rin took off her other glove.  “Now, Mr-”
“Jack is fine.”
“Jack.  Tell me,” Rin feigned a German accent, “Und why do zey sink you are crazy.”   
He blinked slowly.
“You got sectioned.  What bullshit excuse did they force you to believe?  Because it seems like Lovely Emma is desperate to get you out, and we know how hard that is.”
Jack took an impossibly deep breath, “Schizo-effective disorder with some dissociation, post traumatic stress disorder, non-suicidal self injury disorder and depression.”
“Fuck me, that's a trail mix of bonkers. Now ask me” 
Jack closed his eyes. They were shut for so long that Rin was certain he had fallen asleep having given in to his meds. His hunched, thin body sort of folded a bit in on itself. A moment of possible self-soothing when he started to sway. 
“Jack?” Rin's tone fell quietly with concern. She poke his arm carefully avoiding touching the skin. “Darling what cocktail did these quacks put you on.” She was an expert after all these years; if the drugs were working, no way would he be this much of a zombie.
Green blank eyes hidden behind enviable eyelashes attempted to focus “Seroquel. Clozapine?” His words start to slur a bit. “Fine. How fucking barmy are you?”
“Well,”  the young woman softened, “I have suicidal ideations with self-injury tendencies myself, severe clinical depression, a bit of the old borderline personality disorder and wait for it..”  she practically whispered a few inches from Jack’s face, “total emotional attachment to partners.”  
The skin around Jack’s eyes crinkled as he squinted just enough to indicate his hazed brain was trying to process everything Rin just unloaded. His lips parted to speak but he paused resulting in a gobsmacked expression.  “You’re barking.”
“Says the sexy scarecrow with journo clippings of dead boys.”  Rin pursed her lips and crossed her arms, “Why are you really in here Jack.”
“I’m fucking mad.” It was matter of fact.
“To quote the Cheshire Cat, we’re all mad here, love.  Look at me,” she held her hands aloft to display gnarled and prominent scars covering both hands in their entirety.  “I developed a gift or two by primary school.  See I can touch a person, and I know what they are feeling.  Except it.. It goes deeper than that.  I can PICTURE their true selves.  It’s a bit overstimulating, but no one can lie to me.  Not really.  Doesn’t do much for my sex life.  Or lack of one really.  Honestly, you put a cock in your mouth only to find out the guy you’re with is fantasizing about slitting your throat and wanking in your blood.”
Jack shook his head, “Jesus christ.”
“Well yes! My parents were religious zealots, right?  They got wind of my gifts.  Tried to use me in the church, but I rebelled.  Long story short, darling Mumsy and Papa decided if they may be stuck my hands in boiling grease I wouldn’t be able to use it anymore.  It’s not in my hands though.  It’s in my skin,” Rin smiled almost pleasantly. “Sometimes I get a bit over the edge.  I stop shielding myself from the pure air around folks, I suffocate in it.  Then,” now she held out her wrists, “I have my little accidents.”
Jack’s mouth hung agape.  His brows furrowed in confusion, “You are off you’re fucking nut.”
“That’s all relative.  Now, you can tell me why they REALLY sectioned you.  What power or ability are they masquerading as mental illness, or I can find out my way.”  Rin shrugged. 
“Why the fuck do you care?  I’m sleeping at night.  I have food and a bed and a shower.”
“Und electro-shock zerapy, und coma inducing psychopharmaceuticals, und most importantly you has lost your voice und a chance to harness your ability correctly.”  that mock German accent again.  “You shouldn’t be here, Jack.  Emma certainly doesn’t think so, and neither do I.  You’re special.  Or that bitch shrink wouldn’t have made you the living dead.”
Jack snorted followed by a rather loud.  “Just fuck off. Fuck off.  Fuck off.  FUCK OFF!” he screamed in Rin’s face.  Not once did she flinch, arms crossed again in a challenge. Disgusted by her, Jack kept bellowing his words thick with anger and cotton from the meds, “I DON'T BELONG OUT THERE EITHER!  I DON'T BELONG IN HERE!  I DON’T FUCKING BELONG ANYWHERE. HE’S DEAD.  SHE’S DEAD.  EVERY SINGLE FUCKING ONE OF THE CUNTS IS DEAD!  DEAD DEAD DYING!  JUST LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!” 
He shot up out of the chair to leave, but Rin caught his large hand.  Skin to skin, hands so small together they barely covered just his one.  Instantly her body stiffened as she gasped for air.  Tears immediately stung her eyes as she crammed them shut.  There in her mind was just a large body of water.  Ocean waves crashed overhead as she sank far below the surface.  Dark, cold, horrifying that sensation of being drowned.  Rin choked on the last bit of oxygen in her lungs and started to suffocate.  The hand she held brought her mind’s eye around to opening under the water to see Jack floating near-motionless in front of her.  It took all of her strength to push against the tide towards him where she held his face in her hands.  Death and decay flashed above them, the dead peering down from boats just waiting for Jack to return to the surface.
Rin strained to convey that tiny bit of hope Emma had passed along to her earlier as she pressed her forehead into Jack’s in the icy deep.  There was no reason in particular that she was drawn to him.  Not in the hospital or here trying to save him from drowning slowly. Was he attractive, undoubtedly, but that wasn’t all or it. Maybe it was now that she knew he was a messenger, a harbinger of death.  That was itself a form of an empathic gift.  Or it was just compassion. 
Suddenly Jack’s eyes burst open.  In that languid way your body moves underwater, he pushed her away.  His arms and legs thrashed around in a panic as if he only just realized he was allowing this place to kill him.  There was an instant loss, and Rin’s inner self slammed into a brick wall.  The physical Jack had severed the connection between her body and his.  To resurface that suddenly forced Rin gulping in blessed oxygen that she never really lost.  It was an illusion, where the two of them had been.  He really had shoved her back though, she realized that now.  Storming out of the visitation center, Jack left Rin alone to cry.
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Several days later
Rin lounged against the wall outside of Jack’s room with her gloves firmly in place.  Patients weren’t SUPPOSED to fraternize outside of the common rooms, but Rin had been here a few times before.  She knew which orderlies and nurses to finess, and which to avoid.  In this case Jerry was the giant, affable St Bernard of a man that kept watch in this particular hallway.
“Wren back so soon?” he teased. “What are you doing hanging around the human handbook for the recently deceased?” 
“Delightful, Jer.  How is he?  I mean really.” Rin hooked her thumb in the direction of the room.
“Easiest patient I’ve dealt with on account of he rarely speaks, pops his meds and keeps to himself.  Gave us a bit of a row when he first got here, but I like the guy.  I don’t know what to believe though.  His sister’s been sniffing around administratives.”  The orderly shrugged his massive shoulders.  “Heard you took quite the piss on visitation day.”
“I didn’t take the piss!” 
“Did ya do your handsy thing,” Jerry made jazz hands.
Rin’s eyes almost rolled back in her head, but suddenly there was a figure in the doorway which caused her to jump.  “How about we don’t talk about the nutter like he isn’t 10 feet away and only 27 years old?” Jack insisted.  His arms crossed and shoulders sagged in their usual way.  
“Can we talk?”  
Before Jack could truly answer, Rin had already pushed past him and sat down on his bed.  His mouth hung somewhat agape before he eventually joined her.  Jack attempted to sit close, just for some human contact, but the young woman beside him shied away.
“Right,” a retort.  “You’ve started being just as bloody fucking annoying as they were.”
Startled, “Who?”
“You know those.. Schizo delusions I’m here for.”
“The dead?”
Jack’s green eyes narrowed and Rin knew there was a sarcastic remark just sitting there waiting to be released.  Instead he curled his posture as if he was trying to fold in on himself.  Make himself smaller, less noticeable.  “Dissociations sparked by my father’s suicide.”
“Psycho babble bullshit jargon.  Congratulations, you’ve become a parrot.”  Rin waved her hand, “Jack has anyone ever-.”  There was a hesitation.  
“Has anyone ever what? Go on, enlighten me then”
Rin started stripping her gloves off but thought better of it.  A sense of foreboding, of drowning and clutching her chest for hair flashed across her mind.  The loneliness emanated from Jack without her touch. That empathic conduction of her skin.  Reaching instead to place the soft leather against his cheek, her thumb brushed his bottom lip.  Her eyes searched for him in that moment where time stood still before a mouth replaced a thumb.  
To not only Rin’s surprise but his own, Jack didn’t recoil.  His body relaxed as instinct took hold. There was a fervor in hands that got tangled up in hair.  Tongues fought each other as arms made their way around bodies in an embrace.  They held one another tight, the desperation apparent.  
The spell broke when Jack laid Rin down on the bed and let his warm mouth trail down her neck. He was awkward and hungry like a teenager.  He fumbled around her chest to attempt massaging her breast. 
A snort came from Rin simply to hide the panic of rushing water when Jack’s lips came into contact with her skin.  Maybe hers found it easier to beg off that inner eye from opening, but now she didn’t have a choice.  They weren’t as deep with the surface just rippling only a few inches away.  
Before she started to lose oxygen again, Rin began to squirm.  “ Stop.  Please?”
Jack sat up and faced forward as if nothing had transpired.  His cheeks flushed and a hand tugged at his tee-shirt embarrassingly then stuffed between his legs. He blinked a few times as he breathing calmed. 
“I only came to ask you if anyone had ever shown you affection.  Held you.  Emma.. Emma”  Rin inhaled deeply as she forced Jack to hold her glove hand.  “I know she sort of longs to hug you.”  Back on his cheek to make him look at her. “Obviously I got my answer,” she laughed. 
Jack silently replied by pushing his forehead into Rin's.  They laid down again this time with their heads on his pillow legs and arms tangled up in each other. Jack nuzzled the edge of his nose into the skin behind her ear; her breath caught. Then the couple seemingly melted together.
“Jack you seem less-” fingers twisted up in his curls.
“Like a walking coma patient?” hand gripped the thick of her thigh.  Then reaching a shelf above Rin Jack seized one of those creepy glass paperweights housing a floating tarantula. Turning it over underneath to show a tiny white envelope. “I started hiding my meds. Pass them along to my sister when she visits.”
Just under the surface of the water, still struggling for air exploded before Rin's eyes. Perhaps she had passed something between Emma and Jack. Was it her own faith that was transmitted to him? That first touch that woke him up after all this time. 
The next few weeks became a game of trial and error. Of how little or much Rin and Jack could consume of each other.  Kissing was no longer an issue once the meds began to wear off, lips and tongues and mouths. It felt more like standing ankle deep in a bathtub. Warm and comforting; it was Jack that was overpowering.  
Eager to make up for a very long very lost amount of time. He stumbled along Rin's body uneasily because of how little clothing she removed at first. Not that he was in a rush to reveal what was underneath his oversized shirt and sweatpants. He wasn’t the one recoiling when the stimulation overwhelmed.  
“I'll take off my shirt. Touch me here, but where the fabric of my bra is. Tease the nipple with just your fingertips. No that's.. maybe under? Touch them. Oh God. Now your mouth. Right there.  Are you.. you took your shirt off too?” (She marveled at how defined, muscular Jack's body seemed despite his slight stature)   
Jack took initiative now and slid his fingers inside of Rin. He pumped them a few times guided by her ``Oh.. maybe you can touch me.. Do you feel.. It’s like a bud or a kernel.. Here let me.. It’s just right.. OH GOD.  Right like.. ”   And she would ride his hand and fingers that circled that bud.  
Rin would cry out in surprise.  Her body exploded in ecstasy. They weren't drowning anymore. Just swimming, bobbed under the water and surface. It was the sense-memory of suffocating, coupled with the dazzling pleasure of Jack's warm tongue as it teased her nipples, his strong fingers teasing her clit at the same time. His hot skin meshed with hers washed out by fear.  She apologized as they scrambled to arrange themselves. 
“Don't think I'm going anywhere for quite some time, my love.”  His words changed with the possessive my in lieu of the once meaningless sentiment. He would steal a chaste kiss from Rin whose cheeks flushed to match his own as he made that familiar adjustment between his legs.  In the future, Rin would come to him without a bra but reluctant to take her shirt off when Jack kept on never minding.
Jerry became an ally of sorts. He always had been on Rin's side after she read him her second section. It wasn't difficult to get him to believe in Jack's abilities. Staff has whispered down the corridors that Jack had suddenly found himself aware of a suicide attempt.  That dead reporter Emma mentioned, his fiancé had taken more pills than Rin ever fathomed any number of her attempts. (She had a flare for dramatics: slit wrists) Jerry mentioned Jack had a tantrum the likes of a toddler screaming the name Sarah whatever over and over, pounding his fists into his head to make whatever haunted him. Sure enough, this Sarah was found nearly having bled out and foaming at the mouth. 
“How would he even fucking know, poppet? Not unless Jack really was chatting up her dead fiancé “ As if that was all he needed, Jerry turned his back and caused distractions all the nights the Empath and her Beautiful Broken Man longed to be together.
It was stunning the way Jack learned to manipulate the system.  Only Rin, and reluctantly Jerry, knew he pocketed his meds.  Safely tucked away in those ugly arachnid globes in the pockets or purse of Billy and Emma.  He started talking more in group therapy and far less in private sessions.  Engaged in conversations with his sister and nephew, true ones that resulted in a simple smile or a laugh free from a facetious tone.  To the staff and doctors those fucking psychopharmeceuticals worked.  To Jack’s sister and nephew and whatever Rin was to him, there was a slowly lifting weight making the air around him lighter. Yet Rin kept her hands to herself.
More trial and error.  In the midst of fervent kisses, Rin took Jack in her hand.  A stroke or two was all she got in before he spasmed and came.  The mortification that flashed in his eyes as he curled in a fetal position between her and the wall while she whispered reassurances in his ear.  Touching him, caressing him and eventually taking him into her mouth became easier and longer with practice and patience.  
They laughed into each other’s mouths before Rin let her tongue trail down over his stomach. Anxiously Jack took off his pants and boxers, lying backwards.  He held the back of her head, moaned and twisted as she licked and sucked on him. His hips bucked and thrust upwards.  
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Present Day, Again
“Would it be so bad? I just want to feel you under me without fuckin clothes.” Jack took a chance and kissed Rin. Tongue pushed inside of her, but she stiffened. “Sweetheart,” now he whispered,  just his fingertips brushed her cheek. “Please, love, just touch me?”
Rin took a moment to think.  He wasn’t drowning anymore.  She could push that old feeling out of her third eye and bury herself in new ones.  She took a hold of her shirt and tossed it on the floor.  She took the erection that twiced against her thigh and held it just outside of her pulsating and ready sex.  With hands that sunk into her vunerable skin, Jack buried himself inside of her. 
That fire from Emma all that time ago poured from Jack’s body into hers.  It pushed back the water as he pumped rhythmically into Rin.  Building into a frenzy quickly, his pelvis crashed into hers before she could really come around to what was happening.  It briefly conquered the fears from before; caused hot tears to spring to her eyes that flowed uncontrolled down her cheeks.
In his fervor, Jack noticed and bent to kiss them away.  The gesture she had made that first time, a thumb brushed across her cheek and lower lip as he slowed his pace. Wren,” he took to calling her that tentatively.  “What is it?”
Before she could answer, Jack became distracted by something in the corner of the room.  Eyes passed between Rin and whatever it was that she couldn’t fathom or see.  She took his chin and focused it on her as they crashed together and apart again in another wave of building friction. It was too late though, he had abruptly pulled out and away from her. 
“NO!  STOP!  LEAVE ME ALONE!  CAN’T I HAVE ONE MOMENT OF FUCKING HAPPINESS WITHOUT ONE OF YOU LOOMING OVER ME LIKE A FUCKING PERV.”  He used fists to beat out a rhythm on his temples as he scurried to the corner of his bed with knees up to his chest.  
In the frenzy, Rin had been knocked to the floor.  Jerry had rushed in, he was never too far away just in case.  In a whirlwind, he picked Rin up with one hand and with the other attempted to intervene between Jack's fists and his head.  What could either of them do?  If attention was drawn to the room, surely the doctors would realize Jack had gone unmedicated for weeks.  Jerry’s eyes wide gestured towards Rin’s hands.  She shook her head, but Jack carried on.  
“Go on Jenny Wren, there has to be something your hands can do.  I’ll lose my job and you’ll be separated.  They’ll put him back in the Zoo.”  He was already yanking her arms forward and trying to remove her gloves before she could consent.
Rin knew The Zoo. It being rooms that could be monitored with two way mirrors.  You got a bed and a blanket.  They controlled when the lights came on and when they turned them off.  No privilege, no real structure.  They fed you, bathed you, and gave you “playtime” when they said.  No matter how you suffered from mental illness no one deserved that. She would never forgive herself.
“JERRY LET ME DO IT MYSELF!”  Rin bellowed if only to out yell Jack and his fit.  “Make her go away!  LEAVE ME ALONE” he cried underneath her.  Her hands free, she flexed them a few times before joining Jack on the bed.  She clutched his forearms and struggled to get a grip enough to pull them away from self-harm.  “JACK!  YOU HAVE GOT TO FUCKING STOP, MY DARLING.”  She slid her hands over his temples before he could punch them anymore.  She used the heels of her palms and pressed.  
It was immediate, the way her mind opened to him.  This time he was floating along the tide in a boat surrounded by what Rin could only guess were dead people.  They grabbed and tugged on Jack’s clothes.   Rin sat on the other side from him between two oars; she used one to swat at the ghosts who tried to pull them back in.  But there, walking along the surface, was a beautiful young woman.  Blonde hair flowed in waves down her back.  Sarah.
“You said we would be together, Jack.”  She was angry.  “That’s what you told him when he warned you I overdosed.  I survived that attempt, but not the second one.  Where is he Jack?  Why isn’t he here waiting for me?”
Jack stood up and the boat began to dangerously rock. Rin took his hand and he squeezed it in return.  He bellowed at the dead woman, “YOU SURVIVED AND HE MOVED ON.  I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU BEING FUCKING STUPID, SARAH.  WHAT I TOLD YOU WAS MEANT TO EASE YOUR GUILT.  HE LOVED YOU.  YOU WERE SO LOVED.  HE DIDN’T CARE ABOUT YOUR MISTAKES.  YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ME ALONE.  ALL OF YOU.  I’M FUCKING DONE.  MOVE ON.  GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.  I CAN’T BE THE ONLY ONE OF MY KIND.  AND FUCK OFF BILLY TOO, MATE.”
“Jack?”  Rin spoke softly.  The hands gripped her tight in place of him.  They started to pull her in with him because he was useless now.  He stood up to them for possibly the first time in twenty years.  They would take her instead then.  
Jack seized Rin’s body before she could go over in his place.  He held her fast and tight and shielded her from them.  “NO.  You don’t fucking get ANYONE I love.  Not Billy.  Not Emma.  Not Martin.  No Wren or Rin.  AND YOU DON’T FUCKING GET ME ANYMORE.”  He took the oar up in his free hand and swung it around the bodies in the water.  He jabbed it forward like a sword at Sarah still pacing the side of the boat.  “GO, SARAH.  HE’S WAITING FOR YOU.  I PROMISE THIS TIME”  Jack insisted and pleaded.
Then it was so silent it deafened both Jack and Rin as they clung to one another in the boat.  In a flash and explosion, they separated and landed back on the bed in the room in an institution.  Jerry panted and pawed at the two of them dazed and uncertain.  Jack blinked a handful of times with no recollection of what just took place in his head and Rin’s.  They never knew or remembered Rin had learned.
Jack scoured the room for any sign of Sarah or anyone else.  He rubbed his eyes a few times then sighed heavily.  “I.. I want to go back to my room now.”  It was matter of fact.  
Jerry nodded and helped him back into his clothes.  Jack stumbled a bit but managed to kiss Rin sweetly before being led away and down the hall.  Rin knew Jerry would probably give him something to help him sleep at least for the night and probably into tomorrow.  She was afraid Jack had woken up a second time.  Not just from his nightmare of the last twenty years, but whatever happened between them.  It was a price she had to pay sometimes when she helped.  There was something Rin longed to say earlier.  What made her cry was an ember somewhere deep inside of Jack that he had never experienced before.  For the first time in his life, he had hope.
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My most used writing Prompts:
(There's a lot)
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1. "I love you... baby"
2. "God, you're adorable"
3. "Hey, cutie"
4. "I promise to love you for the rest of my life"
5. "I don't care if you're sick, catching a cold from kissing you is worth it"
6. "You are so perfect"
7. "You're the best part of me"
8. "Stay here with me. Please?"
9. "I'm speechless you're so beautiful"
10. "Aww! You're adorable"
11. "So romantic"
12. "I'll love you until the end of the universe" "haven't we been there before?"
13. "Do you need a hug?"
14. "I love you, my dearest"
15. "Come here, I need to hug you"
16. "When everything's wrong, it's you that makes it right"
17. "You're the one"
18. "Have i ever pointed out how beautiful you are? " "Yes, all the time"
19. "I'm bored" " then why don't we do something more interesting?"
20. Forehead kisses
21. Hand kisses
22. "That tickles!" Kisses
23. Kisses that make them smile
24. Breathless kisses
25. Cheek kisses
26. Nose Kisses
27. "God, i love you" Kisses
28. Kisses that end with laughter
29. Never wanting to pull away kisses
30. Multiple face kisses
31. Big, long kisses
32. Long Awaited Kisses
34. "Finally, you guys kissed" Kisses
35. Goodbye kisses
36. Kisses accompanied by happy tears
37. Kisses accompanied by sad tears
38. Kisses that get interrupted
39. Kisses to distract them from winning
40. "Just woke up" Kisses
41. Excited Kisses
42. Long awaited kisses
43. "I missed you so much" kisses
44. Sneaking up behind them and surprising them kisses
45. Kisses to help them concentrate
46. Kisses as a reward(passed a hard exam, won a game, etc)
47. "No! No! No! Wake up! Please!"
48. "Please don't leave"
49. "... I love you"
50. "You killed someone, do you really think they'll still love you?!"
51. "They were my world, but now they're gone"
52. "I miss you so much, please come back"
53. "I know you're gone, but i feel you here"
54. "Tears are all I see without you"
55. "You're happy, with someone else. And that hurts"
56. "Just leave!"
57. "Promise me you'll live a great life, without me"
58. "I don't need you"
59. "The world is dull without you"
60. "I miss being in your arms"
61. "Get out of my life!"
62. "I don't love you anymore"
63. "Goodnight, i have always loved you "
65. "I may be dying, but please, don't cry over me"
67. "Thank you, for helping me live the greatest life i could"
68. "These tears will never stop falling"
69. "You were so perfect, but now you're gone"
70. "You were so perfect, but now you're moved on"
71. That's the way to break my heart"
72. "You're happy in someone else's arms "
73. "Take me back to the good old days "
74. Billions of people in the world, and I chose you, how stupid was that"
75. "I wish i didn't have to lose you"
76. "I wish you didn't have to lose me "
77. "I wish that could be me "
78. Character A and Character B, sworn enemies, are chosen to prepare the company Christmas Party.
79. Character A's best friend rigs the Secret Santa, because they know Character A has a crush on Character B.
80. Character A's ex will be at the A is attending. Character B poses as A's fiancée.
81. "Don't look at me, I was still dead at the time."
82. "....Aren't you a little young, to be here?"
83. Character A and Character B meet in the ER on Christmas Eve.
84. Character A can't wrap gifts to save their life. Character B is their neighbor and can help.
85. Character A vows to do something nice for a stranger. Character B is that stranger.
86. Character A and Character B both sign up for a Pen Pal project to exchange postcards.
87. Character A and Character B broke up, but now they meet at a _____ party.
88. Character A is stuck working in a coffee shop on Christmas and Character B is the lonely soul spending their whole day there.
89. Character A's little sibling/child wants to meet their favorite celebrity/writer/person for their birthday. Character B is called "birthday present".
90. Character A can't travel to see their family on Christmas, so they invite their grumpy loner neighbor Character B.
91. Character A and Character B compete in (some kind of) house decoration.
92. Character A bakes too many ______ so they share it with Character B.
93. It's Character A's first Christmas since a tragedy.
94. Character A returns to their birth-town for the holidays. Character B is their estranged childhood best friend.
95. Character A is pretending to be their friend's lover for the sake of the friend's family. Character B is said friend's sibling.
96. Character A loses a bet and has to wear_____ . Character B won the bet.
97. Character A owns a _____ store. Character B is looking for a present.
98. Character A doesn't feel the Christmas spirit but Character B, who lives above them, keeps playing Christmas carols really loud.
99. Character A overhears Character B's birthday wish and decides to fulfill it.
100. Character A was planning to leave dramatically after their confession but character B unhooked their batteries when A wasn't looking so I guess they have to talk about it now.
101. Your doomsday device didn't work but it did put me in the hospital so what are you doing in my room?
102. We've been roommates for seven years and we had a fight but you left me a note right after you moved out saying you were in love with me.
103. "If we get out of this mess you and I are going to have a serious talk about the appropriate time for emotional conversations."
104. "According to these screenshots I need to leave the country immediately."
105. Spontaneously confessed to crush while under the influence.
106. Tried to have a conversation with a cardboard cutout after surgery.
107. "That's it I'm never leaving my room again I can't live this one down."
108. Gave a brutally honest opinion and doesn't remember it.
109. "You said you had the best idea ever and then proceeded to write [extremely stupid thing] as a note to yourself."
110. "tried kissing once and it wasn't for us."
111. We make out at parties and clubs so other folks will leave us alone.
112. "Of course I'm in their lap where else am I going to sit?"
113. Their constantly orbiting around each other.
114. "just because YOUR friends aren't affectionate doesn't mean that there's a problem with US".
115. platonic cuddle puddle.
116. Not so platonic cuddle puddle.
117. "So what we go on friend dates, don't make it weird."
118. Always carries the other's favorite snacks.
119. "I thought I told you to stop calling me 'Your Majesty'."
120. "Lower you weapons!"
121. "I...I am not worthy of this crown."
122. "People are fighting– dying for their kingdom! What kind of Ruler would I be if I didn't join them at the front lines?"
123. "You know I am a prince/princess/royal, right?" "Well yes-" "Then do me a favor and stop telling me what to do."
124. "Since when do you know how to wield a sword?"
125. "Go! If this kingdom goes down, then I will go down with it as it's Ruler"
126. "All the fine silks and perfumes in the world won't mask what a pompous jerk you are."
127. "After all this time, you still don't trust me?"
128. "Get me out of this dress!"
129. "Why so serious, Your Highness?"
130. "How does a walk through the gardens sound?"
131. "I do believe I've proven that you are more than a mere guard to me, ______."
132. "This kingdom cannot go on without you! Please, it's time for you to take your rightful place at the throne."
133. "Your Majesty, is that blood on your dress?"
134. "Walk with me, please. I can't stand another second in that room with their intoxicating pride and old perfumes."
135. "At ease, _____, I know I'm safe with you by my side."
136. "I see we're back to 'Your Highness'. "
137. "A moment with you is far more exciting than a lifetime of cheap conversations and corsets."
138. "...is that my crown you're wearing?"
139. "Promise you'll come back to me." "As long as you promise to wait for me."
140. "Let go of me– that is an order!"
141. "Forgive me, my love."
142. "No, no, it looks far better on you than it does me."
143."This is the part where I kiss the extremely beautiful princess, right?"
144. "how could I ever love someone else?"
145. I'm dancing with my demons
146.I just can't imagine how you could be okay now that I'm gone
147. "I wanna fall wide awake"
148. "You tell me it's alright but its not!"
149. "Tell me I'm forgiven... please."
150. "Nobody can save me"
151. "I don't wanna let you down"
152. "Only I can save me"
153. "There's no getting through to you"
154. "You say I can't understand"
155. "When you leave me, where do you go?"
156. "I'm just talking to myself"
157. "Can't you hear me calling you home?"
158. "You keep running like the sky is falling"
159. "I've got a long way to go and a long memory."
160. "If my armor breaks I'll fuse it back together"
161. "Please just don't give up on me"
162. "I know the words we said"
163. "This is not black and white"
164. "I was not mad at you"
165. "If you ever felt invisible, I won't let you feel that now"
166. "You just wanna know you're being heard"
167. "I don't like my mind right now"
168. "There's comfort in the panic"
169. "I drive myself crazy"
170. "Why is everything so heavy?"
171." I'm pretty sure the world is out to get me"
172. "I know I'm not the center of the universe"
173. "I only halfway apologize"
174. "I'll be sorry for now"
175. "Sometimes things refuse to go the way we planned"
176. "There will be a day that you will understand"
177. "After a while you may forget"
178. "I never wanted to say goodbye"
179. "I've never been higher than I was that night"
180. "Now I remember"
181. "I don't know what I want"
182. "Were there signs I ignored?"
183. "Can I help you not to hurt anymore?"
184. "Who cares if one more light goes out in a sky of a million stars?" "I do"
185. "You're angry, and you should be"
186. "It's not fair"
187. "You're gonna hurt someone"
188. "Watch the friends you keep."
189. "Sharp edges have consequences"
190. "Every scar is a story I can tell"
191. "I loved you like a house of cards, and let it fall apart"
192. "It made me who I am"
193. "We all fall down"
194. "We live somehow"
195. "I can't live without you."
196. "You're the only one for me."
197. "I've never loved anyone the way I love you."
198. "The things you do to me..."
199. "You're too good to me."
200. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
201. "You're the most beautiful person I know."
202. "Stay with me... please."
203. "Nothing has ever felt so right."
204. "You don't know how much you do for me just by being there."
205. "I wouldn't want it any other way."
206. "No matter what anyone says, I'll cherish you forever."
207. "You make it so easy to love you."
208. "I want to hold you and never let go."
209. "Kiss me."
210. "My only wish is to see you happy."
211. "You make me a better person."
212. "I love you more than words can express."
213. "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I just wish you had kept yours to yourself."
214. "I don't know how to tell you this, but yelling at someone to, stop panicking, isn't going to stop them from panicking."
215. "It's not your fault. Sometimes you can do everything right, and things will still go wrong.... This just happened to be one of those times."
216. ".....I'm going to pretend I didn't see that."
217. "Why am I the one who always ends up getting targeted by the creep of the week?!"
218. "Fuck.... I knew I should have bought those light up sneakers."
219. "None of this, seems healthy."
220. "....Should I be concerned?"
221. "I said pass it to me, not 'throw it in my general direction'!"
222. "It is my deep pleasure, to inform you that I am not the one in charge here."
223. "Quick! You hide the equipment, I'll hide the grenades!"
224. "Should I call someone for you?"
225. "Did you take anything?"
226. "Do you want to tell me what happened?"
227. "When was the last time you ate anything?"
228. "Can you walk?"
229. "How do you think this will all end?"
230. "Do you need an ambulance?"
231. "Where you crying?"
232. "Should someone help you get home?"
233. "Do you know where you are?"
234. "Can you tell me your name?"
235. "Where do you want me to take you to?"
236. "Do you need my help?"
237. "How do you feel now?"
238. "Can I do anything that would make it better?"
239. "Do you want my jacket?"
240. "Can you let me see your eyes?"
241. "Should I stay a bit longer?"
242. "Will you be alright?"
243. "Do you have someone who can look after you?”
244. “An interesting crossover”
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pkg4mumtown · 4 years ago
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Welcome to Hawkins PD (Ch. 2)
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Chapter Title: Welcome to Hawkins PD
Chapter 2 of 9?
Read Chapter 1 HERE
AN: Don’t ask me why I’m torturing myself by doing 1st person cover art, now. I have roughly 9 chapters outlined so far and it probably won’t go more than that. Hope you enjoy.
Warnings: Smoking, cursing, Hopper trying to be funny
Summary: You get to know your Chief a bit more as you make your way into Hawkins.
Taglist: @kingphillipblake​
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The start of the drive was uncomfortably tense. My nervousness was more obvious as I took my sunglasses off, allowing the Chief to see my eyes darting around the cab. I eventually let my gaze focus on the passing trees and forestry, getting lost in the green blur.
“Not too chatty, huh? We’ll get along just fine,” Hopper smirked as he basically asked and answered himself. He glanced at me for any kind of reaction, instead seeing me zoned out, “You okay, kid?”
I hadn’t been intentionally ignoring him but was snapped out of my stupor by the word “kid” hanging in the air.
“Kid?” he asked again.
“I’m not a kid,” I snapped and crossed my arms. I mumbled under my breath, hoping he wouldn’t yell at me as the words left my mouth, “I’m twenty-seven years old for Christ’s sake.”
Hopper simply raised his eyebrows and scoffed, “Sure got the hearing of one.” He tapped his steering wheel rhythmically and pursed his lips, “Twenty-seven, huh?”
“Mhmm, why?”
“Just older than what usually passes through the academy is all,” he shrugged.
“Yea, well, I tried to be a good little secretary and then a telephone operator just like mom and dad said but…” I trailed off.
“But what?”
“I fucking hated it, sir,” I sighed, suddenly remembering my manners. “When I told them I wanted to join a police department, they figured I meant as a secretary or a dispatcher. Imagine their horror when I packed up and told them their little girl was off to be a cop.”
“Old fashioned folks,” Hopper nodded.
“Still not an excuse, sir,” I grumbled.
“You can drop the ‘sir’ act, Y/L/N. You’re not a recruit anymore. ‘Chief’ or ‘Hopper’ work just fine at our station.”
“Sorry, s—Chief,” I murmured.
“It’s fine,” he brushed it off with a wave of his hand. “So, they didn’t come to your graduation?”
“Nope,” I punctuated by popping the “p”.
“Christ, I’m sorry…”
“My best friend came, at least. She got me these,” I smiled, pointing to the glasses that hung from my uniform.
Hopper chuckled at the sight of the glasses mimicking his own, “Yea, that’s a necessary part of the uniform. Next is the hat,” he tilted the brim down and winked.
I let out a not-so-feminine snort as both of our laughter filled the truck. I was worried I’d been too rude before, so I was grateful for the break in tension. I covered my mouth as I laughed, feeling Hopper’s stare as his chest vibrated.
“What?” I asked as I caught him staring instead of paying attention to the empty road.
“Nothin', just the first time I’ve seen you laugh. You’ve been so serious up until now,” he looked away quickly. “It looks good on you, y’know?” he added, his voice barely a murmur.
I felt my face heat up at his words and if his ears were any indication, he was embarrassed as well. I didn’t have to be a detective to see that. I cleared my throat and murmured my thanks before growing silent again.
“So, um, they help you get set up with a place in town already?” Hopper changed the subject.
“Uh, no, I’m gonna stay at a motel for a couple days while I get that and transportation sorted.”
“What!? No, no, no, no,” he replied quickly. “Trust me, you don’t want any part of those motels,” Hopper gave me a terrified glance, like he’d definitely seen some shit there. “I’ve got a trailer I moved out of that you can rent from me.”
“Chief, really, it’s okay. I can—”
“Y/L/N,” he cut me off with a pointed glare. “You can stay there as long as you want or until you find somewhere better. I’m not gonna charge you an arm and a leg for rent,” he reassured me.
“Thanks, I really appreciate that,” I gave him a small smile.
“Hey, I’m not as big a jerk as everyone says I am, alright?” Hopper grumbled.
“Who says that?”
“You’ll see,” he shook his head and sighed. “We can swing by the utilities office when we get there and get everything turned on for ya.”
The rest of the drive managed to fly by as we chatted, nothing too personal and mostly more about me than him. He drove me to the trailer after getting everything sorted out with the utilities and setting me up to make payments. The long driveway to the trailer crunched under his tires but the bumpy ride was worth the view in the secluded area.
“This is it,” he grunted as he put the Blazer in park.
“This view is great, why’d you move?” I asked as I took in the surroundings and spotted the lake behind the trailer.
“Eh, it’s just too small,” he motioned towards his torso with his hand.
I rose an eyebrow at him, letting my gaze land on his torso, flick over to the trailer, and back over to his face, “You’re not that big.”
“You know,” he started with a mischievous grin as he opened the driver’s side door, “a less secure man would have taken offense to that.”
“Chief!” was all I could manage to berate him with as he turned away from me and broke out in to laughter.
We jumped out of the truck at the same time and this time I didn’t protest when he offered to help me with my bags. His keys jingled softly as he stomped up the stairs and unlocked the door to the trailer. Hopper and his obscenely thick fingers fought with the keyring for a moment before finally freeing the key and handing it over to me.
“Here,” he murmured and held the metal between two fingers, effectively dwarfing the key, “and there’s a spare key under the first step,” he nodded outside.
Hopper took a couple spins around the living room and sniffled loudly, “Little musty, sorry. Um, I left quite a few things here, so it might just need some picking up and dusting. I kinda moved in a hurry.”
“It’s not a problem, it’ll give me something to do, Chief,” I reassured him.
We fell into an awkward silence, causing Hopper to step semi-discreetly to the door. He fished his pockets for his business card as he spoke, “Well, uh, if you need anything…”
I graciously accepted the card from him, “Actually, Chief, d'ya happen to have a map on you? So, I can figure my way around this place by Monday?”
“Shit, what am I thinking?” Hopper murmured to himself, realizing he’d just dropped me off seemingly in the middle of nowhere without a sense of direction. His brows knitted together in thought, making his thinking face look angry, “I can show you around right now if you want? Maybe grab lunch while we’re at it as a…congrats?” His lips pushed up and his eyes squinted as he waited for my answer.
“You don’t have to do that, really. I’m sure you have better things to do on a Saturday,” I tried to refuse. “I can manage with just a map.”
“My daughter is at her friend’s house, so I would either sit at the station bored off my ass or drink myself to sleep at home,” Hopper pursed his lips and feigned thinking with his hands on his hips, “Or I can give you a welcome tour.”
I laughed at this ridiculous man and his antics and finally relented, “Fine, but let me change at least.”
Hopper agreed and showed me the rest of the trailer. It was hard not to imagine this hulking man living in this tight trailer as he effortlessly stalked through the rooms. I could almost see his body engulfing the small couch or his broad shoulders bumping walls when he’d get drunk. The tour ended in the bedroom with a bare mattress and the floor littered with the odd empty pack of cigarettes. I tossed my duffel on the bed and started sifting through the civilian clothes I had packed. I heard Hopper open the closet and make a low noise of surprise.
“Hey, I left clothes here,” he held up a red flannel shirt from the closet, which contained a couple pairs of pants and a few random shirts. “A change wouldn’t hurt, nothing happens on the weekends,” Hopper brought the shirt to his nose and grimaced, but shrugged and piled it in one arm anyway. “If this shit gets in your way, feel free to throw it in a bag and chuck it in my office.”
I had pulled out jeans, a shirt, and a sweater and laid them on the bed. By the time Hopper turned back around with his findings, I had halfway unbuttoned my uniform shirt without thinking twice.
“Woah, woah, woah!” Hopper held up his free hand to his eyes right away. “At least let me leave first, Y/L/N! For Pete's sake…” Hopper felt his way out of the room, nearly tripping when his foot caught on the threshold.
As we got back in the Blazer, Hopper chucked his uniform in the back seat. He fetched a pack of Camels from his pocket and held them up in question.
“Mind?”
“Not if I can bum one off you, Chief,” I smirked, grabbing my bun and releasing my hair from its confines. I slipped my hair tie around my wrist and shook my hair out, not really caring how it looked, only that my scalp could breathe.
The corner of Hopper’s mouth turned up before he was shaking the box and pulling out a cigarette. He let it rest between his lips, then turned the box toward me so I could grab one for myself.
“First things first,” he mumbled around the cigarette while lighting it. I leaned my head forward as he brought the lighter towards me. After, I leaned back in my seat, hearing the snap of the lighter closing before I saw his hand extending towards me. “Jim,” his lips closed loosely to avoid dropping the cigarette as he waited with an open palm.
I shook his offered hand, fighting the urge explore the ridges of his palm, “Y/N.”
We took off in the direction of town, silently filling the Blazer with smoke. I tried my best to memorize my surroundings as Hopper pointed out different stores and buildings. He rambled about the owners of certain places, far more than just a Chief might know.
“You grow up here?” I wondered aloud.
“Yea,” he let out a silent laugh, releasing smoke from his lungs as he did. “Moved back about six years ago or so. Good catch.”
We pulled into the diner parking lot, just as my cigarette reached its end, “Damn, I’m sad that’s gone,” I spoke mainly to myself.
“Yea, Bridge got mad at me for trying to bring one when I visited ILEA a month back. How long were you deprived?” Hopper joked while getting out of the car.
“Mm, four months and change,” I answered slowly as if I was unsure.
“Ouch,” he grimaced and stepped ahead of me to open the diner door like it was the most natural thing in the world.
I pushed down my tendency to blush but failed, instead using my hair to block my cheeks from Hopper's eyes. What can I say? I had a thing for old fashioned manners.
He nodded a silent greeting to a waitress and made a beeline for an empty booth, because I guess when you’re the Chief you can just do that. After receiving an odd look from the waitress as we ordered drinks and more stares from women in the diner, I shifted in my seat uncomfortably. The waitress came back around to take our food orders and drop off our drinks, my drink earning me a mocking eyebrow from Hopper.
“Milkshake? Really?” he choked out a laugh around his cup of coffee.
“Excuse me, I’m still allowed the rest of the day to celebrate, Chief,” I replied with an air of pride and a smidgen of sass as I wrapped my lips around the straw.
“You’re right, you’re right,” he chuckled and shook his head, staring down at his coffee and then glancing out the window in a quick canvas.
“Thank you, though,” I started, causing him to meet my eyes. “Thank you for celebrating with me when my own family wouldn’t.”
Hopper swirled his coffee before speaking, “Guess you could say…we’re your family, now.” He raised the mug up and toward me, so I did the same with my glass. He tapped our glasses together in a toast and let a satisfied smile spread over his lips, “Welcome to Hawkins PD.”
I nodded enthusiastically and brought the straw back to my mouth, “Yea, I'll drink to that.”
I sipped on the shake, casually glancing around the dining area and seeing quickly averted eyes. I chewed my straw and furrowed my brows in thought. I’d been silently pondering for so long that I hadn’t realized Hopper was watching the wheels turn in my head.
“What’s up?”
“Mm,” I made a noise indicating I’d heard him as I swallowed. “Why am I being stared at by every woman here?”
“Well,” he cleared his throat, “Small town, new face…women gossip, is the first reason.”
“And the second?”
Hopper took a deep breath through his nose, “Remember when I said that everyone thinks I’m a jerk?”
I simply nodded in understanding.
“Well, ‘everyone’ meant…women.”
We sat in silence for a few seconds while his words washed over me. My eyebrows flew up as I realized what he meant while my hand moved to hide my laughter.
“No!” I gasped in amused shock behind my hand as I deciphered his words.
“Yeah,” he rubbed his brow and grimaced at my shocked face.
I leaned forward on my elbows, smiling widely. His playfully forlorn face told me he knew I’d figured it out and was waiting for the impending grief I was going to lay on him. “Chief…you’re a slut?” I couldn’t hold back the giggle that escaped my lips.
“Correction, I used to be a slut, alright?” he rolled his eyes. “I stopped when I adopted my daughter.”
“Mhmm,” I raised an eyebrow at him as if I didn’t believe him.
“I’m serious!”
After eating, fighting over paying for lunch (a fight he won), and taking me to the grocery store (yet another fight he won), we pulled up to the trailer. Hopper helped me take the bags inside and lingered in the living room.
“If I have any questions,” I showed him the map I stole from his Blazer, “I’ll call you.”
“I’ll keep an ear out,” he smirked and opened the trailer door.
I held the door open as he walked out, stopping when I spoke up, “Wish me luck buying my own car tomorrow.”
Hopper stopped in his tracks and turned around, “What were you gonna do? Walk to the dealership?”
“Uh, bus?”
“No,” he shook his head, turned, and kept walking, “I’ll pick you up at ten tomorrow.”
“Chief!” I protested, but he kept walking to his Blazer.
“They’re less likely to haggle you if the Chief of Police is there, alright!?” he shouted back, not giving me another chance to speak as he got in the truck.
Chapter 3
Hopper stuck his arm out of the window, offering a passive wave of his hand and a smile as he turned the truck around. I leaned against the doorframe and waved back, wondering how in the hell I was supposed to survive a career next to Jim Hopper.
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omnivorousshipper · 4 years ago
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Request/Prompt: Owen was wrong about family making you weak. He realises that when his daughter is kidnapped and he sends half of London up in flames trying to find her. He wasn't weak during that time, he was dangerous. Now he knows what Toretto meant when he says don't mess with a man's family.
I absolutely LOVE this!! Just the idea of Owen walking out of a burning wreckage with his daughter in his arms is a beautiful image! And the idea of Dom smirking at him and saying "I told you so" is just so satisfying
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"Didn't your brother tell you not to threaten a man's family?" Toretto asked him with a mixture of curiosity and anger
Owen let out a short laugh.
He had heard Deckard say that countless times, all in vastly different scenarios
But Owen wasn't going to admit that to Toretto, not in a hundred years.
And even though Owen had heard those words, he didn't always believe them
His family was full of dangerous people. If they were threatened, then Owen could trust them to protect themselves
Shaking his head, Owen smirked at Toretto
"Seems like this exciting tale has come to an end." He said regrettably. Toretto had been entertaining.
But, instead of killing Toretto, Owen had ended up with a gun pointed at his heart as well. Forced to leave, Owen clenched his jaw.
Toretto wouldn't get away next time
~~~
Closing the door behind him quietly, Owen shucked off his shoes and headed deeper into Deckard's apartment. Everything was dark as he maneuvered himself into the living room
Only for a light to come on suddenly
"About time you came home, Oh." Deckard said softly, sitting in an armchair
"You didn't have to wait up for me, Deck." Owen said cautiously. Whatever Deckard had planned, it most certainly wouldn't be pleasant for Owen
"Oh, I think I did." Deckard said, eyes narrowing. "Especially when I learned that the job you're pulling is for Cipher."
"Deck-" Owen tried to explain
"Don't." Deckard hissed, his face etched in anger. "Don't you dare try to excuse this. I explicitly told you to stay away from her, Owen."
"I'm not some child you can control." Owen hissed back, and balled his fists. He hated when Deckard acted like his parent
"No, I'm not." Deckard agreed. "But you are a parent, Owen. And how the hell would I explain to Kimiko that her Da was too stupid to listen to me and got hurt? How would I explain that?"
Owen glared at Deckard, but his brother didn't back down. After a few moments, Owen looked away
"Nothing's going to happen. I'll finish the heist and then everything will be fine."
"No. You're going to stop now. Before anything else gets out of hand." Deckard said fimly
"I'll stop when I say I will!" Owen barked
Deckard lunged to his feet, and advanced on Owen. Their faces were only a few inches apart as Deckard looked him straight in the eye
"I don't care if I have to chain you down." He growled. "I'm not going to watch you throw your life away for a stupid heist!"
"I'm not!"
"Then what about Kimiko's? What if something did happen? Do you want her growing up without you?"
"Of course not!"
"Then stop this bloody heist!"
"This isn't going to affect her!"
"How can you be sure?" Deckard asked, voice suddenly gentle as he stared at Owen
"I..."
Owen actually didn't know.
"Do you really want to chance that, Oh?" Deckard questioned further
Owen bit his lip and shook his head. Kimiko meant the world to him
Maybe Deckard was right
~~~
"Alright! Listen up folks," Luke said loudly, catching the crew's attention. "It's been almost a week since we've encountered Shaw and his crew seemed to have disappeared."
"So, what are we going to do about it?" Dom asked
"We're going to have to stay here and wait Shaw out. We were already close to catching him last time, we won't stop now. So, I suggest all of you start look for more permanent lodgings. We'll be here for a while."
~~~
A month had passed since Deckard had made Owen quit his heist for Cipher. He knew she would be coming after him, but Deckard had assured him that he would be the one to deal with her.
In the meantime, Owen was just supposed to take care of Kimiko and focus on nothing else
And avoiding Toretto's crew, who were still running around and looking for him. When Owen had learned of that, he had laughed his ass off. They would have to spend the rest of their lives in London to learn the city well enough to catch Owen
Never try to corner someone on their home turf. It never works out
Even as Owen put on his jacket, he already had a map of London in his head and planning on the best route to pick up their dinner for the night
"Kimi!" He called out and saw his daughter's head pop out from behind the couch. "I'll be gone for only ten minutes. I'll be right back."
"Ok, Da!" She called back
Locking the door behind him, Owen's mind was entirely on grabbing the food and coming back as soon as possible. He didn't want Kimiko alone for too long
Like he predicted, Owen was only gone for about ten minutes. Nothing should important happened within those minutes
Or, so he thought
Walking up to Deckard's apartment, Owen was about to pull out his key, when he saw the door slightly ajar. Owen could feel his heart stop at the sight
Dropping their dinner, Owen rushed inside and found the place empty
"Kimiko!" He yelled
But there was no response
He searched everywhere, but there was nothing. Only Kimiko's knocked over glass of juice showed that anything had happened
Standing in the middle of Deckard's apartment, Owen could feel his arms shaking by how hard he was clenching his fists
Fear and a pure rage were swirling inside him
Someone had taken his daughter
And almost as if someone was watching him, his cellphone rang
Picking up, Owen had a guess of what the person on the other side would say
"Owen Shaw? We have you daughter." The gruff voice grunted
"You're a dead man." Owen hissed, venom dripping from his words
"Ah ah. You're daughter will be the only one dead if you don't do as I say."
"What the fuck do you want?" Owen snapped
As he talked and listened, he had moved through Deckard's apartment and gone for his brother's computer
The idiot who had kidnapped his daughter hadn't even thought to hide his encrypt his call. It only took Owen seconds to find the man's location
"I want you to kill someone for me," the man continued. Owen simply rolled his eyes
The only person dying would be that asshole
Blindly agreeing, Owen hung up and rushed out
He had to rescue his daughter
~~~
"Hobbs! We found Shaw!" Tej called out
Dom and Luke rushed over the video feed Tej had pulled up, and Dom's eyes widened
There Owen Shaw was, racing down London in his flip car and leaving a trail of fire and destruction behind him
"What the fresh hell is he doing?" Luke blurted out
"Whatever it is, we have to stop him." Dom grunted. "Let's go!"
The crew scrambled for their cars as Dom took one more look at Shaw on the monitors.
Something was different. This wasn't how Shaw usually did things
~~~
"Shh, shh. You're ok now, sweetheart." Owen whispered to Kimiko as she tightened her arms around his neck and cried even more
Owen wished he could take the time to properly comfort her, but there just wasn't time
He was already limping because of the bullet in his leg, and they needed to get out of the building before it collapsed on top of them
Maybe he shouldn't have thrown that last grenade
"Daddy!" Kimiko whimpered as the building quickly fell apart around them
"It's ok, Kimi. We're almost there." Owen tried to say gently and hoped she didn't see the pain in his expression
They made it just in time
Collapsing against a car, Owen held Kimiko close as he watched the building fall. With the idiots who thought he would be a good idea to mess with Owen and his family
Breathing hard, Owen kept up a stream of comforting words to Kimiko and stroked her back. He couldn't believe she was back in his arms. The thought of never seeing her again had gone through his head countless times
"I want to go home, Da." Kimiko sniffled.
"In a moment. Let me catch my breath, then we'll go." Owen promised, but didn't know if he would be able to stand again. He had already lost so much blood
"Need a hand?"
Owen's head snapped up and his grip on Kimko tightened as he took Dom Toretto in
The man was looking down at him with curiosity
"Get out of here, Toretto!" Owen barked. He could feel Kimiko start shaking
"And leave you to bleed out?" Toretto scoffed. "Not going to happen. Especially not in front of your daughter."
Owen bared his teeth. He didn't need this right now. Wherever Toretto was, Hobbs most likely wasn't too far away
"What do you care?" Owen hissed
"Because family's everything." Toretto explained, voice oddly gentle. "You know it's not a weakness, Shaw. Your little stunt here shows that."
Owen narrowed his eyes. What was Toretto up to?
"Come on. This is no place for a young girl and her dad." Toretto said and held his hand out
Looking at the offered hand and then back up at Toretto's face, Owen couldn't see any deception
Sighing, Owen took the hand
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