#anyways i might do this for the Senaviev family as well

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Liz Walker (Riley), age 44 // Simon Riley, age unknown Faith Riley, age 16 // Tommy Riley, age 14 Claire Riley, age 13 // Alexander "Alex" Riley, age 11

I was inspired by @leviiackrman when she tagged me in the Rikihisa showcase, so i had to do it for the Riley family because i love them!! [picrew]

Taglist (opt in/out) @playstationmademe @nightbloodbix @captmactavish @carlosoliveiraa @alexxmason @statichvm @voidika @shegetsburned @illmetbymoonlight @inafieldofdaisies @collinnmckinley @carrionsflower @dickytwister @cassietrn @killerspinal @cloudofbutterflies92 @chloekistune

[simonxriley]

The Greatest Gift Of All!

Pairing: Alexsandr “Tachanka” Senaviev x Skylar “Phoenix” Jackson

Summary: Some things in life come and go, but his greatest gift of all will always be his family!

Words: 1,669

Warnings: Pregnancy mention. 

Ao3

Alex has received some amazing gifts on his birthday through the years, some even good and others bad. Though he won’t admit it. This birthday just might be the greatest one of them all! 

He walked around the hospital room cradling his newborn daughter, Marianna in his arms. She was so little and nothing but loved flooded his heart. He couldn’t believe they were finally here; those thirty-six weeks seemed like they went on forever. Now the family of three goes to a family of five. 

He looked down at her with a smile, only to be met with a sleeping face. All he could do was gush at the perfect little child of his in his arms. He turned his head to look at Skylar in her hospital bed with their son, Konstantin in her arms. His face softened at the sight of her with their son, something he’d been picturing the moment she told him she was pregnant. Her holding their child for the first time, little did they know they would be having twins. 

“Kotyonok, how are you feeling?” 

She looked up with a smile on her face that only grew when she saw him and their daughter. “Physically, very sore. Emotionally, very happy!” 

He took a seat in the chair next to her bed and leaned back, keeping Marianna all safe and snug in his arms. She went back to staring at Konstantin, the little guy was all swaddled and asleep in her arms and Alex was painting that picture in his mind to remember for years to come. 

He knew the twins would be born close to his birthday, that’s what the doctor said anyways. And he was fine with that, more than fine with that and bright and early on November third Skylar went into labor. He was hoping they would be born that day, but alas they came into this world on November fourth at 1:40 am. Even though they weren’t born on his exact birthday they’re still the greatest gift he has ever received. 

“We should be home soon and you can recover in the comfort of our own home.” 

“That sounds really nice honestly.” She looked over at him, softly sighing. “And we can finally celebrate your birthday.” 

“No, why don’t we just focus on you and the children. Da?” 

Skylar laughed and shook her head. “I knew you were going to say that. And no, we’re celebrating your birthday. It’ll be small anyways, just us.” 

“Okay. Just please don’t overwork yourself.” 

“I wasn’t planning on it, moya sladost’.” She gave him a genuine smile that seemed to ease his worries. “I was thinking more along the lines of we order food, have cake and spend time as a family. Oh and you get your birthday present!” 

“Kotyonok, you just gave me the greatest gift of all! I don’t need another one.” 

“Yes I may have given you the greatest gift of all, our other daughter still has a gift to give to her dad.” She laughed as his face turned pale looking over at her in fear and embarrassment. “I won’t tell her you forgot about her, don’t worry.” 

“I didn’t forget about Grace, I know you and I know you like buying presents.” He got up to place Marianna in her hospital bassinet. “I didn’t know you and Grace even went out to get one.” 

He sat back down in the chair staring at Konstantin with a soft look in his eyes. Konstantin came twelve minutes after his sister and was a tad bit smaller than her as well, but he knew he'd catch up in no time.  

“We didn’t. Grace found something online she’d thought you would like and we bought it.” She chuckled. “And I do have something else for you, but don’t worry I didn’t pay for it. It was something I’ve been working on while you were at work.” 

“A painting?” His face lit up and a smile that reached his ears appeared on his face. “And can I hold him?” 

She smiled and handed over Konstantin to him. He sat back down in his seat smiling down at him. He had a little wisp of brown hair peeking through the hat he was wearing that matched his sister’s. Skylar switched out the hospital ones that were put on them after they were born to the ones she brought from home. They were plain pink and blue top knot beanies, but looked way better than the hospital ones according to her and he couldn’t disagree. 

“Yeah, I figured with all the time I had, why not make you something!” 

“I can’t wait to see it!” 

“You’re going to love it!” 

“That was already a given, kotyonok!” 

Skylar laughed and leaned back in her bed, softly sighing. As happy as she was about the twins finally being here she would be lying if she said she didn’t feel bad that Alex had to miss out on his own birthday because of her. But deep down she knew he didn’t care about that, hell his face lit up when she said her water broke. He was just as eager about the twins being born as she was and it was stupid to think he would feel bad about missing out on his birthday when his own children were going to be born. It was just silly.

“What do you want for your birthday dinner?” 

He looked up from staring at his son all lovingly to shrug his shoulders. “I. I don’t know, I haven’t thought about it.” 

“You have a few days to think about it.” She chuckled. 

“That’s true.” 

He put his attention back to Konstantin, smiling down at him. When the conversation of children came up after they adopted their daughter Grace, they were expecting one child not two. Twins never crossed either of their minds and when they found out it was both exciting and terrifying. Now all he wanted to do was bring them home and begin their new life. 

                                                             xXx

A few days passed and they were all finally home. Skylar was recovering well and Grace has been enamored with her younger siblings since she saw them in the hospital, not to mention she has been a big help. And with all that out of the way it was finally time to celebrate Alex’s birthday. 

As they waited for their food to arrive the twins were sound asleep in their swings with the cats watching over them. Ever since they brought the twins home all three of the cats have been guarding them, staying close. Everyone thought it was cute! 

“Grace, why don’t you give your present to your dad?” 

“Okay!” 

Grace hopped off of the couch and headed for her room. She was becoming quite impatient and Skylar thought it was cute. She just wanted to give her dad the present she got for him. 

“Is it one of those ‘worlds best dad mugs’? 

“No.” She laughed. “If you want one I’m sure we can get you one.” 

“Maybe someday, kotyonok!” 

She returned with the present in hand, handing it to him. “Here you go.” 

He gave her a smile and began ripping open the wrapping paper, coming to a plain box. He slid his fingers under the edge to rip the tape off and carefully open it. Skylar quickly glanced over at Grace seeing the smile on her face, then looked over to Alex. She could see the softness in his eyes as he pulled out the personalized crystal photo tower that held a picture of the three of them as a family! 

“Do you like it?” 

Alex looked up to Grace with glistening eyes. “Like it? Grace I love it, thank you!” 

“You’re welcome!” She gave him a hug and sat down on the couch. “Where are you going to put it?” 

“Somewhere in our room, like my bedside table.” 

“I think that’s a perfect place to put it, and the first thing you’ll see when you wake up.” 

“Exactly!” He placed the crystal photo tower back in its box and placed it on the coffee table. “What about your present, kotyonok?” 

Skylar chuckled and got off the couch to go grab it, smiling at the sleeping babies as she walked by them. The canvas was placed in a place she knew he wouldn’t look, Grace’s closet. She opened the closet door and grabbed it, closing the door behind her as she walked out. 

When she got back to the living room Alex looked like a kid in a candy store, he was so happy and that made her happy! She walked over with the front facing her so he wouldn’t see what the picture was and handed it to him. 

He grabbed the canvas from her hands and turned it towards him. And his smile only grew bigger. “Kotyonok, I..I don’t know what to say. This is gorgeous, thank you!” 

“You’re welcome, moya sladost’!” 

She sat down next to Grace on the couch watching him fonder over the painting she did of him and Grace playing cards a few months back. It all started with a quick sketch while she was resting on the couch and now it’s a 24x30 canvas painting, something that’ll always be up on a wall. 

Alex looked up, giving both Skylar and Grace a happy and proud smile. His birthday’s were always a hit a miss, he either had to work or it ended up being a small get together with friends and family, nothing too special. This birthday outranked all the others and he has his wife and daughter to thank for that! And as much as he loves the gifts he got, the greatest of them all were the two little ones asleep a few feet away, and the little redheaded girl that became his daughter a few years ago. Some things in life come and go, but his greatest gift of all will always be his family!

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Keep Your Degtyaryov By Your Side! 1/2

Pairing: Alexsandr “Tachanka” Senaviev & Skylar “Phoenix” Jackson (Platonic, I know..shocking) 

Other Characters: Timur “Glaz” Glazkov, Seamus “Sledge” Cowden 

Words: 2,404

Warnings: None

Summary: Skylar and Glaz concoct an April fools joke that might just send the one and only Tachanka into a panic. But things go a little south. 

A/N: This was going to be one long-ish one-shot but then I decided to split it into 2 parts. The first in Skylar’s POV and the other in Tachanka’s up until a certain part. 

Ao3

April first, the one day where it was acceptable to prank people, and so far the base has been fairly quiet. Then again it was still morning and there was plenty of time throughout the day for more people to get pranked. Skylar already expected Thermite, Smoke and Bandit to have something up their sleeves, and felt sorry for those poor unfortunate souls who will get the other end of it. She just hopes she isn’t one of them.

As she made her way to meet Glaz in his room, she couldn’t help but have a little skip in her step. For someone who doesn’t really like pranking people, her and Glaz came up with a fun filled prank, for the one and only Tachanka. Though they were treading on dangerous territory, no one was allowed to touch his beloved Degtyaryov and they were about to take it straight out of his room and have her place it on the roof.

She knocked on Glaz’s door and impatiently waited for him to open it, not like it took him all of three seconds to do so. He moved aside letting her in and shut the door behind her. “What’s the plan again?”

She let out a small laugh and shook her head, it wasn’t like they went over this plan last night via text message. “We go and grab Alex to have breakfast with us hopefully, I pretend to get a text from someone and leave for a bit. You keep Alex occupied while I move his Degtyaryov to the roof.”

He nodded his head. “Okay, what if I can’t keep him occupied? You know how stubborn he can be.”

“Then keep him occupied long enough for me to grab the gun and make it to the roof, so like five minutes.”

“Okay.” A small mischievous smile started to spread across his face. “You ready?”

“Oh yeah.”

They both headed for his room, knowing he would be done with training right about now. Skylar trying to make herself not smile as she makes her way to his room with Glaz, knowing full well that Tachanka would know something was up because of how giddy she was. And she couldn’t have that.

By the time they came to his door, she took a deep breath to calm her excitement, face going neutral as she watched the door open.

Tachanka looked between both of them and leaned against the doorway. “Isn’t this a nice surprise? Two people who didn’t show up for training standing right in front of my door.”

Confusion etched on both Glaz and Skylar’s face and they glanced between one another.

“We did train, it’s Wednesday, remember?” said Skylar. She watched as he contemplated her words and realized she was right. Her and Glaz always trained on Mondays and Wednesdays. “Wow, already forgetting what day it is.”

“Shush!” She chuckled in reply, making him cross his arms. “So what is it?”

“Skylar and I were wondering if you wanted to get breakfast?”

He uncrossed his arms and sighed through his nose, glancing between them once again. “Sure, I haven’t eaten yet anyways.”

“Great! We’ll wait out here until you’re ready.”

Tachanka looked her over, seeing the cheeky smile spread across her face. He knew what day it was and was a little skeptical about this whole ordeal. Glaz wasn’t one to prank people, that wasn’t his thing. Neither was Skylar’s as far as he knows. She never pranked anyone on base that he knows of, but that cheeky smile did make him curious.

“Give me a few minutes I still need to get dressed.”

They both nodded their heads as he shut his door, Skylar letting out a breath and looked over at Glaz. “I think he’s onto us.”

Her voice was just above a whisper, soft enough for only him to know what she said. “Don’t worry about it, he won’t suspect a thing.”

“I think I’m gonna go to breakfast with you guys and act like I got a message there instead of when we’re walking to the mess-hall. Be a bit more believable.”

“I agree.”

Tachanka came out of his room seconds later in more casual clothing than his training fatigues. He turned around after shutting his door to lock it, which sent Glaz into a small panic. She glanced over at him mouthing the words ‘don’t worry I got this’ and he nodded in reply.

“So how was training?” asked Skylar “Did the FBI win like we always do?”

She momentarily forgot that the FBI and Spetsnaz were joint training today, minus her and Glaz, unfortunately due to their sniper training. And ninety-five percent of the time the FBI wins.

He let out a scoff and rolled his eyes. “Da, they did.”

“You Russians need to learn how to work better as a team.” She held her hands up in defense after seeing the offended looks on their faces. “I’m not saying this as a bad thing, I like you guys..well four out of five of you. I’ve watched you guys in simulations, you all have talent, you just don’t know how to materialize that talent as a team.”

Tachanka looked over at Glaz who was rubbing his neck awkwardly, trying to avoid eye contact with his fellow comrade. “You agree with her don’t you Timur?”

“Details is what I do, we plan as a team greatly. As soon as the simulations start, those plans seem to go out the window. Maxim roams a bit too much, Shuhrat doesn’t hold contact with the team. It’s not a coincidence the FBI can kill three out of five of us in a matter of seconds.”

He was quiet for a moment, a little too quiet, then his body relaxed and he exhaled a breath. “The more I think about it, the more you’re right.”

“Try what the FBI does, figure out your guys strengths and weaknesses and figure out how to work them as a team. It’ll take time, but maybe after a while half of your team won’t be wiped in the matter of seconds.”

Tachanka nodded his head, a small smile spreading across his face. “I’ll look into it….thanks kotyonok!”

“Just trying to help my fave Russians.” she laughed. “Now let’s go get something to eat. I'm starving.”

The mess-hall was pretty packed with the majority of the other operators already in there. Unfortunately Thermite was one of them, now she needed to glance around the room to figure out which ones of her friends weren’t in there. Luckily she didn’t see Castle, Ela or Jackal, now just to figure out which one to use to get away.

They all grabbed their breakfast and took a seat at the nearest available table. Skylar didn’t grab much since she knew she needed to leave in a bit. However she was craving a nice cup of tea that she couldn’t have yet.

“I’ve been wondering something about you Skylar.” said Tachanka after a moment. “You don’t seem like the military type..”

“So why did I join?”

“Da.”

“I graduated high school when I was sixteen, took a gap year afterwards to really search for the right college for me. During that gap year a hurricane struck Maine and completely destroyed the families brewery which was our main source of income. I didn’t want my parents to spend money that should go into the brewery on my tuition, so I opted to join the Marines to pay for it.”

“You never told me that.”

She looked over at Glaz and chuckled. “Truthfully it never crossed my mind.” She pretended to have her phone buzzing in her pocket, and picked it up to see who it was. “Looks like Castle needs me for something.”

“Maybe he’s going to prank you?”

“Perhaps.” She stood up, grabbing the little bit of food she grabbed. “I’ll see you guys later.”  

Skylar left the mess-hall after that and headed for her room to get her lock picks. She was secretly hoping he wouldn’t have locked his door when they went to breakfast, now she’s hoping no one walks down the hall while she picks his lock to get into his room.

She opened the door to her room and placed the food and water bottle onto her bed and went into her side table, grabbing her lock picks and put them into her pocket, and headed for Tachanka’s room.

As she came to his room, she slowed her pace down a bit, looking around her to see if she could see anyone around, thankfully no one was. She knelt down and took the lock picks out of her pocket and began to go to work. About a moment later she heard the door unlock, sighing in relief and slowly opened the door and went in.

She quietly shut the door behind her and pocketed her lock picks again. His room was fairly organized, and wasn't really shocked since he’s been in the military for a few decades, that stuff kinda sticks with you. As she walked over to his Degtyaryov, she glanced at his desk, seeing paperwork for his last mission, a few books on old soviet weaponry and a paper with her name on it.

That drew her attention more to it and she picked it up, now seeing it was a letter. Or a half written one to be exact. Her hazel eyes scanning the words and her heart skipped a beat. “What Timur said was true, he does like me.”

She shook her head when she realized she said that out loud and placed the letter back where she found it. Now was not the time to worry about their crushes, but to get his Degtyaryov to the roof. That can come later.

Up close his mounted Degtyaryov was pretty big, and most likely heavy. She went to grab it by the base of the mount and pick it up, groaning as she did. “Jesus this thing weighs a lot. No wonder a guy like him carries it.”

That’s when the light bulb in her head went off. She needed someone strong enough to carry it, the first person that came to her mind was Sledge. She reached for her phone and dialed his number, hoping he wasn’t busy or in the middle of training.

“Hello?”

“Hi Seamus I need your help.”

“Okay, what do ya need lass?”

She let out a small chuckle and placed her arm on the gun. “Uh Glaz and I are pranking Tachanka by moving his Degtyaryov to the roof and it’s too heavy for me to move on my own. Can you help?”

There was complete silence at his end and that made her a bit worried. “Lads gonna go mental over this. But hell yeah I’ll be over in a minute.”

“Thanks Seamus!”

“No problem!”

They both hung up the phone, Skylar putting it back into her pocket - she took a seat on his bed. Though the mattress was identical to hers, she liked the feel of his duvet under her fingers. It made her slightly think of what could possibly happen in the near future, that is if she can survive his onslaught.

Sledge finally walked through the door and she stood up. “Seriously Seamus thank you for doing this. I’m not sure a lot of people would do this considering who this gun belongs to.”

“Skylar you’re the only one brave enough to do this, everyone else would be afraid of his wrath.” He walked over and swung the gun over his shoulders with ease. “And truthfully? I can’t wait to see his reaction.”

“I know I’m walking on some mighty thin ice here, but he doesn’t scare me. However I am looking forward to his reaction when he finds out it was me.”

They began to make their way to the roof, thankfully Tachanka’s room was close to the door. She kept an eye and ear opened to make sure no one was coming near them.

“He’s never gonna see it coming, will most likely blame James or Dominic.”

Skylar laughed and agreed with him. Smoke and Bandit were known pranksters around base, so it would be the first place his brain would go when he finds out his Degtyaryov is gone. That Smoke or Bandit decided to misplace his beloved LMG.

“Poor Smoke and Bandit.”

Sledge laughed as they came to the door leading up to the roof. She opened it for him, letting him go in first and followed behind. With his free hand he opened the other door leading to the roof and stood to the side.

“Where do ya want it?”

She looked around, wanting a place where she knows he’ll be able to see it. “How about right there? It’s near the front door of the barracks, easy to see.”

Sledge placed it down and chuckled. “Please keep me updated on this.”

“I will.” She took one last glance over at the Degtyaryov before turning back to him. “Now I just need to re-lock his door and meet him and Timur back in the mess-hall..and act like nothing happened.”

“Good, this might be the only entertainment I get for the day.” He laughed.

“Probably the only entertainment a lot of us are gonna get.”

“Too right, lass.”

They left the roof after that and went their separate ways. Skylar went back to Tachanka’s room to quickly lock his door and then headed back to the mess-hall. When she got there, they were both still there and that made her sigh in relief.

“Miss me?”

“Terribly.” joked Tachanka

She glared over at him and huffed. “I know you did, don’t lie to me Alexsandr.”

“Someone’s feisty?” He took a sip of his coffee and looked over at her. “What did Miles want?”

“Well maybe you should stop making me feisty. It was nothing, he just misplaced something of his.”

“Ah.” He didn’t fully believe her, but wasn’t going to pry just yet. “I have a gun to clean and polish, so I will see you two later.”

Both Glaz and Skylar watched him get up and leave, and laughed among each other. He was about to get one rude awakening when he opens his door. Hopefully the base is ready for the wrath of Tachanka.

“Everything set?” asked Glaz

“Yup, now we wait and watch it unfold.”