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[sebfreak]

AURORA - My Body Is Not Mine (Warriors Version)

[bethelighthalazia]

Family Vacation

Summary:  You, your daughter and your husband spend the first day of a week's vacation together with the other members of ateez at a zoo.

Genre: fluff

Pairing: husband!wooyoung x fem!pregnant!reader

Word Count:  1636

Warnings: none?

networks: @mirohs-aurora-society

[note: this is part of a mini-series for dad!ateez]

HJ, SH, YH, YS, S, MG, WY, JH

© by bethelighthalazia. Do not repost, copy or translate. Unless stated otherwise, those works are mine and born from my own ideas. I don't have any claim on the mentioned real existing Idols whatsoever.

The well deserved and highly anticipated group-vacation of one week was finally here. This time, Wooyoung and the other members had decided to spend the time in a somewhat secluded spot near the mountains. Hongjoong and Seonghwa had planned a surprise for Wooyoung, especially since he hadn't had much time to be around his family. 

You and Nabi, your and Wooyoung's three years old daughter, were waiting on the porch of the vacation home for the boys to arrive. When Nabi heard the laughter of her father, she couldn't contain her joy and jumped off the porch to run towards the men, giggling happily and calling for her daddy.

“Nabi! What are you doing here, my little butterfly?” Wooyoung asked when picking her up, a bright smile on his lips, looking around. “Eomma and I waited for appa! You bring all the samchons too!” She squeals with joy, already leaning towards her favorite uncle who quickly picked her out of Wooyoung´s arms. It didn't take long for Wooyoung to spot you on the porch, his gaze softening as he hurried over to you to help you up. “Careful, Jagi,” He hummed, pulling you into a gentle hug, making sure to not accidentally push too hard against your belly while doing so. “Please tell me that you didn't come here all alone with Nabi. You were careful and had someone help, right?”

“Wooyoung, baby. I am pregnant, not sick.” You chuckled, cupping his cheek before placing a kiss to his lips. He couldn't hide a little laugh, but then got cut by a loud squeak coming from your daughter. Both of you were quick to turn around, already panicked, but when you see Yunho holding Nabi and twirling around with her, you let out a relieved sigh. Wooyoung however was not as relaxed at this sight. 

“Yah, Yunho hyung! Be careful with her!” He shouted and with a roll of his eyes, Yunho let San take her from him. Nabi´s arms immediately wrapped around her favorite uncle´s arms, giggling and kicking her little feet, which sent one of her slippers flying right against the back of Hongjoong´s head. Wooyoung´s cackle startled you a bit, it is quite loud right next to your ear, yet you soon join in when you see the expression on Hongjoong's face, who seems to be indecisive between being angry or amused. Your daughter quickly hid her face behind her hands, giggling with joy. 

She's probably one of the most spoiled children in Korea, especially with Wooyoung as her dad and seven wonderful uncles, who would give her the world. Shaking his head, Wooyoung wrapped his arm around you to lead you over to the porch to sit down again, handling you with such love and care, as if he fears you could break in his hands. Admittedly, handling a three year old while being six months pregnant is a whole lot of work, but Wooyoung´s family always supported you and helped you wherever they could. 

“How are you, jagi? Has Nabi been very difficult?” Wooyoung asked quietly, sitting next to you to watch your daughter playing with the other members. Nabi´s giggles and happy squeaks reach your ears and you lean your head on his shoulder, his hand gently resting on your belly. “After this vacation, I´ll be home more, I promise.” And you knew that he meant this. Wooyoung always made sure to spend any free minute with you and Nabi, and if it was to just play with her, so you could rest. “Don´t worry, Woo. Nabi is not as bad as dealing with you, you know?” You chuckled, kissing him before he could protest.

“Eomma! Appa! Look, Joonie samchon made me a music again!” Your daughter squeaked as she came running to you and your husband, waving around her ipod that the guys gave her once and which Hongjoong constantly filled with new music for her; of course all of it child friendly and approved by you and Wooyoung. “And Jongi samchon singed!” “I can sing for you too, Nabi,” Mingi then laughed, but a pout replaced his smile when your daughter shook her head, her black locks swinging around. “Noo! Min samchon sounds scary when he makes his speakmusic.”

Her words let all the others burst out in laughter, even Mingi soon joined in. Yes, his rap probably can sound a bit scary for a child. “But he also can sing prettily, little butterfly.” Yunho chuckled, ruffling her hair with a happy smile while looking at you to check if you agree with it. “I´ll show you his music that's not scary, okay?” 

When Nabi nodded and then as she ran around on the gravelly path towards the house, she tripped and fell, staying in that position for a moment as if waiting for something, but before anyone could say anything, your daughter gets up, brushes the dirt off her legs and then smiles at San. “Look Sanie samchon! No ouchies. I'm a fighter like you!” She giggled, lifting her hands to show that she's not hurt, causing you to let out a breath of relief. In the beginning when she was even younger, Wooyoung would have jumped up and checked on her at the slightest bump, but by now, both of you were a little more relaxed in this.

“A fighter? I thought you're a princess, little sunshine?” Seonghwa chuckled, to which Nabi put her fists on her waist, pouting a little. “Princesses can fight too! Sanie samchon says that!” Your daughter spends so much time with all of the boys when they have time, she's been raised to be a very independent, yet loving and strong girl. “Ah, that's true. I forgot that. Did you know your Mingi samchon is a princess too?” The oldest of the boys asked with a grin, making your daughter giggle and run over to you, where she gets her princess crown out of her little bag so she could hand it to Mingi to put on.

“Yah, no one's allowed to look cuter or prettier than Nabi or y/n!” With a laugh, Wooyoung wrapped an arm around you, kissing your cheek gently, he's just relieved to be able to spend the next week with you, their daughter and his friends. Wooyoung loves you and wants to show you that, and unbeknownst to you, he's cleared at least two weeks around your due date in three months, just so he won't be missing the birth of your second baby. “Now let's unpack and then enjoy our vacation, alright? And don't you all dare to bother my pregnant wife to cook or anything!” He added, glaring at his members, who just rolled their eyes at these words. None of them were ever a bother for you, they usually just take over your tasks, so you could rest, which they do throughout this whole vacation as well. 

After Wooyoung and you had unpacked your things, Nabi had been with San the whole time, you all meet in the living area of the vacation home, where you see your three year old argue with Mingi about what you all will do first. He wants to visit the hot springs, Nabi however would like to go to the little zoo she saw on the way here. The final decision would be made by a game of rock paper scissors, which Mingi won, but your daughter truly had all the boys wrapped around her little finger. With a pout and some tears, the child quickly changed Mingi´s mind, which caused the other boys to laugh.

An hour later, the ten of you were walking down a small path, cherry blossoms around you and the sounds of various animals surrounding you all. Your daughter was switching between the other members to hold their hands while walking, your own hand constantly in the soft hold of Wooyoung's hand, fingers entwined. The giggles of your daughter only bring smiles to your faces, a chuckle escaping you, when Nabi drags Jongho after her to show him the red pandas in their enclosure. “Be careful, Nabi! Make sure to watch over Jongho, yes?” You called after her with a little laugh, amused by her enthusiasm, while walking over to a bench to sit down for a bit. “Hey, are you feeling well, y/n?” Seonghwa asked, when he followed you and Wooyoung to the bench, a small frown on his face in concern. “Yes, don´t worry please. I just didn't sleep a lot last night. A little rascal wanted to cuddle with me and snored a lot.” You chuckled, leaning back against the backrest and stretched your legs. 

Seonghwa just nodded and then went with Hongjoong to find something to purchase some bottles of water and some snacks, since you all forgot to get them before coming here. Wooyoung and you kept watching your daughter with Jongho, Yeosang, San, Mingi and Yunho, a content smile on your faces. Nabi is really just a mini copy of your husband Wooyoung, even their laughter is similar, but hers is more adorable and giggly than his. 

The day at the zoo kept being eventful and eventually, Nabi fell asleep being rocked in San´s arms while he carried her back to the car. Since you all ate dinner there, you decided to let her sleep on the way back to the vacation home, where San put Nabi to bed and you and Wooyoung cuddled up on the sofa, where both of you fell asleep soon as well. The others decided to not disturb the two of you and since the sofa was big enough to be comfortable, they placed a blanket over you before then heading to their own rooms, all of them too exhausted to do anything before going to bed as well. 

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[messiahzzz]

You’re one of the most annoying people on this site. And that really says A LOT because WOW! Shut the Fuck up about Gale wanting to be a father or not. He never says that he doesn’t want to be one. You projecting things onto him doesn’t make it Canon.

on a serious note: i’m certainly not the one that continuously brings up this topic unprompted. i personally really don’t understand the entire controversy around the topic or why fandom feels the need to rehash this conversation almost weekly. i truly believe that there’s nothing more of value to learn from it, to address, or add to it… yet fandom won’t let it rest.

to once again clarify: what i mean by “gale wanting to be a father isn’t canon” is that there is no evidence/neither hints anywhere in any of the dialogue that support the contrary. characters like h*lsin, w*ll and la*’zel have entire adoption subplots. all of them mention their children explicitly during the epilogue:

narrator: *your soul warms thinking of lily aurora ravengard, your adopted daughter. a treasure of a girl, found at the entrance of the open hand temple - one grey eye, one brown.* w*ll: ah, the girl could melt the staunchest heart. she might even have brought a smile to old withers' face! w*ll: but tonight is for us - and lily's only four months of age, besides. i promise, the temple will keep her in good care.

player: and our little hatchling? is he safe? la*'zel: of course. i have complete trust in our newest allies. xan is in fine hands tonight. la*'zel: what a wonder he is. he will be a fine warrior, if he chooses. or a poet, or an explorer, or a scholar.

h*lsin: being away from it... i cannot help but worry how they will fare in our absence. player: we'll be back before they know it. h*lsin: i hope so. the children shall miss their bedtime tale tonight - though perhaps i can glean a few new stories from our friends here, to make up for it.

even shad*wh*art has a line where she briefly mentions that children might be a possibility for her in the future.

shad*wh*art: and i get to see my parents almost every day - i need to make every moment with them count, after so much was stolen from us. but they're doing well, [...] shad*wh*art: who knows? perhaps they'll have grandchildren before long.

gale in comparison? he has none of that. he remains childfree during the entirety of the game + epilogue. in fact, his line in the epilogue that addresses the topic of grandkids is this one:

tara: this is why mrs. dekarios and i will be waiting an eternity more for grandchildren. nodecontext: self-pitying gale: psst! shoo, tara. nodecontext: shooing away tara like one would a naughty cat.

i already wrote a post about this entire discourse here [x] but to repeat myself once more: all of the dialogue that vaguely addresses the topic of children in any way in regards to gale are these snippets

player: gale… how would you feel about having another person in our relationship? gale: what, like a child? i’m not quite sure i’d consider myself father material, plus our current lifestyle isn’t exactly what i’d call settled…

gale, upon spotting oliver during their game of hide and seek: ah, i have you! just a shame i don’t want you.

gale treating the children the group comes across with respect isn’t an indicator either. this is a courtesy gale extends to everyone he meets. he’s a character that approves of a protagonist who systematically commits good deeds. whether it’s sparing animals, helping without compensation in mind, or aiding children. wanting children to be cared for… and you know… for them not to die is common etiquette that every adult should extend to a child in need. those are not “dad goals!!!” it’s quite literally just basic human decency. gale is genuinely kind and caring to everyone he meets, there is no reason why this also wouldn’t apply to children.

i often see fandom mention his encounter with mol at last light and how excited he is to talk to her. which i think greatly misinterprets the context of the scenario since he didn’t have much of a reaction to mol before either — gale is ecstatic about lanceboard. again evident by his reaction to the party finding the life-sized board during the wyrmway trials, and how he immediately offers to give tav pointers. explaining different approaches to them in enthusiastic detail if they allow him to. the man just really likes lanceboard… as well as being the smartest person in the room.

gale: ah, lanceboard! why, this might just be the highlight of our misadventures to date.

gale: lanceboard happens to be a game with which i have more than a passing familiarity. might i offer a suggestion? nodecontext: gale's a badass lanceboard player, anticipating showing off

if you want to headcanon your tav and gale raising a big family together that is more than fine and no one is stopping you. whatever you want to happen to these two after the storyline of the game is up to your respective fantasies. no one is policing you on what you should do with your own character. go wild and create whatever fan content you wish, no justification required.

yet once again, as there is no mention in canon anywhere — neither in the main game nor the epilogue — that this is something gale would ever want (whether that may mean immediately or somewhere down the line) gale wanting to be a father remains a headcanon. while gale being childfree is explicitly shown in the game, in strict comparison to other companions that either have children by the end of the game or voice the desire to (eventually) have them.

my personal preferences are of no relevance here whatsoever. i care about accurate and correct characterization and will point out inconsistencies/false information no matter the topic. i, for one, want to appreciate these characters in the way they're written, not how i ideally want them to be.

[ladamedemartel]

Truth or dare? If Aurora wanted to, she could compel him to do anything that she wished, and as for information, Aurora did not know what information the stranger might have possessed that she could not have gotten through other means. Where was her incentive to play with him?

"I not been bored in decades until you decided to begin bothering me." That wasn't exactly true, but Aurora did not feel like discussing it much further. Besides, Tristan and Lucien usually did keep her well entertained. "How about this? I dare you to do something to impress me, to inspire me to seek you out for a change. Do you think that you can manage that?"

@kingofthewebxxx

What did Jim really want out of this encounter, the truth was, that he didn’t know, he was still much in the middle of finding that out. “Oh dear, there is no need to be so hasty! Although I will say I do appreciate someone speaking their mind, it’s quite refreshing. What do I want, hmmm. Let’s see, I want us to play a game, just a little game and if you don’t enjoy the games, well we will call it a day. We both know you could kill me easily, but let me at least entertain the both of us! Infinite games, you will never be bored again and if you are ever bored, well I’ll have to raise my game. What do you say?” he asked with a grin. Moriarty thought she was very intelligent, he had wanted to test the waters, to see how she reacted to being faced with someone with unclear intentions, not necessarily a wise move but it was a key one. “Why don’t we start with a small game, truth or dare? No rules, the truth or the dare can be anything, as long as it’s not fatal to either of us! We still need to be able to play after all, you can go first, truth or dare?” he asked with a playful grin.

@ladamedemartel

[ssweeterthanfiction]

Wait for your love.

content warnings (for the whole series): mentions of drugs and alcohol, age gap, gaslighting, billy being TOXICCCCC, mentions of suicide/suicidal thoughts, mental health issues

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In September of ‘78, both Daisy Jones & The Six and Y/N announced their tours. And while the ticket sales for Daisy Jones & The Six were high, Y/N’s were much higher.

Y/N: “I didn’t think that my ticket sales were gonna be so well if I’m going to be honest.”

“I fell off the face of the earth for a year. It was shocking enough to see that my album take off the way it did. So the fact that my team had to scramble to make my tour go from an all arena tour to a full stadium tour to keep up with the demand of tickets…that was just…wow.”

“The band was also getting a lot of attention after Aurora released. I didn’t want to show it then but…I was proud. I was proud of them. I was proud that they had the world in their hands…that they had everything they wanted.”

Billy: “I should’ve been happy for her. I should’ve been proud. But all I could feel was this fucking pit in my stomach. This jealousy, this resentment… and it was eating me up from the inside.”

“The thing is, I wasn’t just angry at her. I was angry at myself. Angry at how I couldn’t keep it together. How I couldn’t be the man she needed me to be. I couldn’t even be the man I needed to be for me, you know?”

“So I did what I always did when I felt lost. I turned to the only thing that would drown out the noise in my head…drugs, alcohol, you name it. And the worst part? The band getting caught up in the mess of it all and I didn’t even care. I was spiraling, falling deeper and deeper, and I couldn’t stop. I didn’t want to stop. It felt like the only way to cope, to deal with everything crashing around me.”

“And she- she was out there. Selling out stadiums. Living her life, her dreams. She didn’t need me anymore. She was bigger than everything. Bigger than us. And I couldn’t figure out how to hold on to anything. Not even her.”

“I let her go, and she let me go, too. That was the hardest part to swallow.

Y/N: “I didn’t want to let him go.”

"I only let him go because I had to let him go."

“But everyone thought I did."

"They thought I wanted to let him go. They thought that I was this strong, untouchable thing who moved on like it was nothing."

"At first it was true, but that was only because I was angry....but then that anger turned into sadness."

"So, it ended up even being true.”

"I had to pretend I was okay. I had to make myself believe that I was okay. And sure, did I feel better now that I didn't have Billy constantly on me? Yes."

"But I never stopped loving him."

"Not even when I was selling out stadiums. Not even when I was standing in front of thousands of people every night, pretending I was whole without him."

“The truth is…I kept looking for him. Every city, every crowd, I searched for his face. I’d finish a show, and the first thing I’d do when I got back to my hotel room was check the phone.”

“Hoping there’d be a call, a message… something. But it was always nothing.”

“I don’t know what I was expecting. I mean- I just disappeared for a whole year.”

“I guess, I just…wanted to hear his voice.”

She inhales sharply.

"I was standing in front of thousands of people, every night, singing songs about him, and I thought I’d moved on. But how the fuck do you move on from something like that?”

“So I stopped. Not because I wanted to. But because I had to.”

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The crowd was deafening, their cheers shaking the foundation of the stadium as you stood at the edge of the stage. Thousands of voices screamed your name.

The stage lights burned bright, hot against your skin. You could feel it. This moment, this success, this dream you'd built from the ground up.

You should’ve felt alive.

Instead, you felt empty.

You stepped back, pushing damp strands of hair from your face as your heart pounded.

You looked out to the crowd, searching for something—someone.

But he wasn't there.

You knew he wasn't going to be there.

You close your eyes and take a deep breath.

It's okay.

It's better this way.

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Billy: “I got lost, you know? I really fucking got lost after she left. Everything just started spinning out of control, like I was in this dark pit I couldn’t get out of. I thought I could handle it...hell, I thought I had control over everything back then. But once she was gone, that pit just... it swallowed me whole."

"And the worst part? I didn’t even care. At first, anyway. Because, well, I didn’t have to care, right? I was Billy Dunne. I had everything. I had the band, I had the fame, I had people who would have killed to be in my shoes. I could have anyone."

"But it was always her. It was always her that I wanted."

"I remember the shit I used to say to her, though. About how she was replaceable. About how she should be lucky to be with me. I made her feel small, like she should be grateful I even chose her."

"Like she was just something I could throw away if I wasn’t feeling it anymore."

"I used to tell her I could have anyone. That she didn’t mean anything special. That I was the one who was doing her a favor. But it was bullshit. I know that now. It was all to cover up how fucking scared I was that I wasn’t good enough for her. That I wasn’t enough, and if I told her that, if I let her know that she was the best thing that ever happened to me, maybe, just maybe, she’d see it too and leave me anyway."

"I wish I could take it all back. All the things I said. All the ways I treated her. I wish I could go back to when she was still mine, when she was still looking at me with that goddamn hope in her eyes. I wish I could’ve been the person she needed, the person she deserved. But I wasn’t. I was too busy being a fucking mess to see that."

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Billy was drunk.

Not the good kind of drunk where everything felt light and floaty.

No, never that kind of drunk.

This was the kind of drunk where nothing made sense anymore.

He sat slumped on the couch, bottle in hand, the laughter of the band echoing around him. They were celebrating another sold-out show, but he wasn’t there. Not really.

He should’ve been proud. Should’ve been reveling in the success of Aurora, in the fact that they were finally on top. But instead, all he could hear was the distant hum of your name. Every magazine cover, every radio interview—your name.

You were everywhere.

But not with him.

He took another chug, the alcohol burning down his throat, numbing the ache that never seemed to go away. His hands trembled slightly as he reached for the newspaper on the table, the bold headline staring back at him.

MIDNIGHT'S REGRETS—SELLS OUT ANOTHER STADIUM. THE BIGGEST TOUR OF THE YEAR?

Billy’s grip tightens around the bottle as he stares at the picture beneath the headline. It’s you. Standing on stage, arms outstretched, the entire world screaming for you. You’re smiling. You look radiant. Untouchable.

You were on top of the world.

Without him.

Billy stares at the ceiling, the room spinning slightly.

He wonders if you ever think about him.

If you ever stare at the ceiling the way he does.

If you ever miss him the way he misses you.

But then he remembers the stadiums. The flashing lights. The roaring crowds chanting your name.

And he convinces himself that you don’t.

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Y/N: "Other than missing Billy, tour was pretty good for me."

"Sure I was sad, but being up on stage helped. Every night, when I stepped out there, I was surrounded by the kind of love I couldn’t get from anywhere else. The crowd, the music, it was all so loud, so overwhelming. And it made me feel.. seen. It made me feel like I mattered, like I was something more than just a broken heart."

"It’s funny, though. The more I saw myself getting bigger, the more I realized I was just pretending. I was pretending like I didn’t care, like it didn’t hurt."

"But no matter how many stadiums I played, how many people screamed my name…nothing felt right. Nothing felt like it used to. Because there was always this gaping hole where he used to be."

"But honestly....I as much as I wanted to see him...I was afraid to see him just as much..."

"And...I know a lot of people think that I didn't see Billy and the others til the 1979 Grammys...."

"But I actually saw them after my L.A show."

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Billy hadn’t planned on going. He didn’t even know if he could handle seeing you live, seeing how far you’d come without him. But as the hours ticked by, he felt this strange pull. It felt like fate, or maybe it was just curiosity, but either way, he couldn’t shake the idea.

He wasn’t the only one who felt it.

"Are we really doing this?" Warren asks as they walk toward the venue, his voice laced with uncertainty. "I mean, after everything? Are we ready for that?"

Billy shrugs, his hands shoved into his jacket pockets. "We have the day off. Might as well."

Graham’s gaze is fixed on Billy, his expression unreadable. "Are you sure you're ready for this?"

Billy hesitates, but then nods. He doesn’t know if he’s ready. But he knows he has to see you. He has to see how you’ve changed, what you’ve become. If only to prove to himself that you were better off without him.

They all settle in their seats and ehe sound of cheering grows louder as the lights begin to dim.

"Here we go" Eddie says quietly.

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Y/N: "No one knew I was hurting. Sometimes even i think I didn't know I was hurting."

Karen: "When she came out on stage, she looked so...happy. So free."

“You could tell she was in her element. The way she moved, the way she smiled, it was like she wasn’t the same person anymore. Like she had shed everything, all the pain, all the hurt, and just…blossomed.”

Eddie: "You know what stood out to me? The way she looked at the crowd. The way she was in complete control. She was exactly where she needed to be."

Graham: "Her performance was just- wow. That's the best way to describe it."

"Because only she could go from twirling around stage in a long flowing dress to it being ripped off and revealing a sparkly top and skirt- at least at the time."

Warren: "She was killing it." "Her fans were going crazy, and honest I was too, especially during the 'love is embarrassing' dance break."

"And then when her show was interrupted because her team told her she was nominated for three Grammys? I don't think i've ever heard a crowd get that loud."

Daisy: "She looked so happy when she found out. And honestly it was deserved. She deserved to be happy. Not some pretend happiness shit, she deserved true happiness."

"But then something...shifted on stage."

Y/N: "It happened when I was singing Clean."

"I was as okay as I could be, but for some reason I just- I started to feel. Like really feel."

"I felt like everything from the past year was just crashing down on me."

"I don't know why I did what I did, but I changed a lyric while I was on stage."

"The original lyric was '10 months sober I must admit, just because your clean don't mean you don't miss it'."

"I changed it to '10 months sober I must admit, just because your clean don't mean you don't miss him'."

Warren: "I think we all collectively had a 'did she really say that' moment."

"Billy especially."

Daisy: "I was standing next to Billy, and I could see him visibly tense up."

"And that's not even the worst part of it."

"A little bit after the song ended, we got moved to a VIP tent."

"Guess her team found out we were there."

Y/N: "I didn't think much of it at first."

"It was a small change. A mistake."

"But deep down, I knew it was how I felt."

"And then...."

"I started 'Bejeweled'."

"And the choreography for that had me walking all over the stage."

"That's when I saw them."

"That's when I saw him."

Billy: "I don't even know how to describe that moment. One second, she was just…her. Larger than life, untouchable. And then she looked right at us."

Karen: "Her eyes widened. Just for a second. She didn’t miss a beat. She kept performing, kept singing, but I could tell. That second changed everything."

Eddie: "It was like the world stopped. I swear, she stumbled for half a second. Most people wouldn’t have noticed, but we did."

Daisy: "The way she looked at Billy…that wasn’t just shock. That was years of love, heartbreak, regret, and whatever the hell else they never said to each other."

Warren: "I honestly felt like I shouldn’t be watching. Like it was too personal."

Graham: "And Billy? Jesus. He just stood there, completely frozen. I don't think he even breathed."

Billy: "I...I wasn’t ready for that. I thought I was. I thought, you know, we’d see her, we’d hear her sing, and that would be it. But the second her eyes met mine, I knew it wasn’t over. Not really."

Y/N: "The second I saw him, I forgot the lyrics. My own damn lyrics."

"I covered it up, kept singing, let the crowd fill in, but my hands were shaking. My heart was pounding. Because there he was, standing in the middle of my world, looking at me like I was still his."

"And that? That made the anger come back."

Karen: "She kept going, but there was something different now. She wasn’t just performing anymore. She was feeling it."

Daisy: "I’ve never seen anything like it. It was like she was singing at Billy. Every word, every move, it was all for him, but not in a good way."

Y/N: "I made it through the song. Barely. But my head was spinning. My heart was pounding."

"I thought I was going to run off stage again."

"But I thought, "No. Not again.""

"So I kept going."

She laughs. "Thankfully the next two songs were 'Better Than Revenge' and 'Out Of The Woods', so I was able to take all my anger out."

Warren: "Oh, she went for it. Like, full-throttle, no-holding-back, fuck-you kind of energy."

Eddie: "By the time she hit 'Better Than Revenge,' the whole crowd could feel it. She wasn’t just performing anymore, she was calling him out."

Karen: "The way she stomped across that stage, the way she sneered certain lyrics…Yeah, we all knew exactly who she was thinking about."

Daisy: "He knew too."

Graham: "Billy didn’t say a word. Just stood there, jaw clenched, staring at the stage like he was waiting for her to break. But she didn’t."

Billy: "You want the truth? I wanted to leave. I should have left. But I couldn't. I had to see it, see her. Even if it killed me."

Y/N: "I sang my heart out. I screamed my heart out. Every word, every lyric, I meant them all."

"I twirled, I kicked, I let my hair whip around me. The lights were blinding, the crowd was deafening, but all I could focus on was that one damn spot in the VIP tent."

"He was still watching. Still there."

"So I gave him a show."

Daisy: "She didn’t just perform. She owned that stage. Like she was proving something. Maybe to him, maybe to herself. Maybe both."

Warren: "And then she hit 'Out of the Woods,' and I swear to God, I thought the roof was gonna blow off the place."

Karen: "That song has always been intense, but this? This was something else."

Y/N: "I should’ve been exhausted by the time the song ended. I should’ve felt drained, empty. But I didn’t."

"I felt alive."

"Even when final note of the encore rang out. "

"The crowd was screaming, and I just stood there, panting, my heart hammering in my chest."

"I looked back at the VIP tent."

"I saw Billy."

"And when I looked into his eyes..."

"I knew he was back in my life again."

"Whether I liked it or not."

A/N: HOLYYYYY SHIT ITS FINALLY OUT!!!!

hope u guys enjoyed!!! i promise that GOU is next!

tysm for reading and as always my requests/asks are open (if u guys wanna chat abt this chapter <33)

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Jonny: I was recently informed by Ivvy that other families do not express affection via acts of extreme violence.

Brian: You didn't know? That explains soooo much.

Tim: They don't???? How??

Toy Soldier: Oh, Oh, I Did Not Know That, But How Can They Show Friendship and Love If Not Shooting Each Other?

Jonny: Hugs and positive words and other cutesy shit.

Nastya: Sounds weird. *Aurora beeps and hms* Oh, you think it's interresting, love? *Aurora hms and beeps* But also creepy. Yeah, fair.

Ashes: Sounds weak.

Raphaella: Sounds fake.

Marius: None of that! It actually sounds emotionally healthy. I should inclement a hug day as part of my psychological practices.

Jonny: You do that and I"ll kill you.

Marius: Knowing that you just admited your love language is senseless violence that would actually be rather touching. And I love you too.

Jonny: *pointing his gun to Marius* Ew ew fellings gross. You're making me not wanna shoot. That's rude! Stoop.

*chaos ensues*

[sleepyowlwrites]

it's that time of year. I must give you spooky songs.

I'm not just throwing my playlists at you, either. you can find all 200+ of my playlists on my spotify. spooky is a blanket term, okay. the vibes are expansive but there's something...there.

spooky but in the background, mostly

the Ghost songs by Louie Zong

Ancient Souls - The Daniel Pemberton TV Orchestra

Edge of Night - Cullen Vance

The Mist - Max LL

The Inevitable Haunted House - Boqeh

Mass (Re-Imagined) - Phoria

Dispossession - SQUARE ENIX MUSIC

Ceaseless Watcher - harvo

Waltz of the Bone King - Peter Gaundry

Thryy Wyrd Tynns - Alec Holowka

Dance Off - Heloise Tunstall-Behrens & Auclair

Dragon Lullaby - Dave Volpe

The Gambit of Night - Neil DeGraide, Dirt Poor Robbins

Sleep - The Last Bison

Mausoleum - Rafferty

White Specter - Adrian Von Ziegler

spooky but there's something here with you, a creature?

Fangs - Little Red Lung

Rusalka, Rusalka / Wild Rushes - The Decemberists

That Unwanted Animal - The Amazing Devil

Into the Woods - PHILDEL

Into the Unknown - Evetty

The Nowhere King - The Centaurworld Cast

Aha! - Imogen Heap

The Glow - The Last Bison

Nature Girl - Cryoshell

Running with the Wolves - AURORA

Howling Moon - Coleman Hall

The Pines - Roses & Revolutions

Caterpillars (Of the Commonwealth) - Will Connolly

The Night We Met - Lord Huron

Errasuriz - Kiltro

Bloodsuckers - Johnny Hollow

We Have It All - Pim Stones

spooky but maybe it's you

Devourer - Aideoneus

When I Was Done Dying - Dan Deacon

The Yawning Grave - Lord Huron

So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star

The Mortal Boy King - The Paper Kites

Stone Wall, Stone Fence - Gregory and the Hawk

Ghosts - James Vincent McMorrow

Oceanica - San Fermin

Going - Tow'rs

Sticks and Stones - The Pierces

Strange - Runah

All Things Devour - aseaes

Raise the Dead - RAIGN

Sunlit Grave - Saint Mesa

Remain Nameless - Florence + the Machine

spooky but we're having a good time, I think

Let's B Goblins! - Ratwyfe

Death, Thrice Drawn - The Scary Jokes

Great Vacation - Dirt Poor Robbins

Face the Night - Tennyson

Skeleton Song - Kate Nash

Bones - anne october

The Magic - Lola Blanc

All Is Well (Goodbye, Goodbye) - Radical Face

the jester - ratz

spooky but in pastels

In The Beginning - Fahrenhaidt

Kiss the Grass - The Paper Kites

Butterfly Water - Pastelle

I Was Feeling Down, I Found a Nice Witch and We're Friends - In Love With a Ghost

The Ancestor - Darlingside

Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake, Cosmo Sheldrake

Night Owls - Mree

[what-the-dark-has-foretold]

Aurora

Akai Shuichi x fem!reader

Navi.

Warnings: weed use (I know nothing about weed I´m sorry), implied cnc (reader is high, but has consented to high sex some time before!), no smut still minors do not interact, Shuichi picks reader up, the wild police story squad + Gin are kinda into the tension between Shuichi and reader

Notes: this came to me at the last half an hour of work. my head hurt so much I was so tired

Wordcount: 450~

You come home, head aching, mind filled to the brim. You can hear him talk in the living room. In the bathroom, you can barely keep your eyes open, groaning as you force yourself to wash your hands and not collapse on the toilet seat instead.

Slowly, you trudge towards the voices, pouting when your boyfriend doesn´t immediately turn to you. He does help you on his lap however, resting his chin on the top of your head, though eyes not leaving Jinpei who is talking about god knows what. You briefly notice Gin´s eyes follow you, but ignore him in favour of looking up at your boyfriend. He hums, questioning, and raises a joint to his lips.

"Please? My head hurts."

He brushes your cheek with his thumb, dark eyes watching you for a moment. Then, he decides to help you sit up straight. He takes another drag and, gently holding your chin, exhales right against your parted lips.

Your eyes flutter close and a sense of serenity settles over you. There is nowhere else you´d rather be in this moment. As long as he holds you like that, nothing matters.

A small whine escapes you not much after. You don´t notice how the room has grown silent, careful eyes watching as your breath catches his once again.

You nuzzle into Shuichi´s chest with a content sigh, cheek smushed against him.

Someone chuckles. Only when you feel Shuichi nod a minute later, do you recognise Gin´s voice. Fridge, something to drink, favourite juice. Oh! Favourite juice. Already do you taste the drink on your tongue. You lick your lips and your eyes flutter open. You think he chuckles - he definitely smiles - murmuring something; you can´t make out what. You furrow your eyebrows, but a soft touch on your forehead makes you relax again.

Suddenly, you feel yourself being moved. Now, you rest against him sideways. You squint. The laptop before you plays a show you like. It is only then your mind registers the intro music playing through the headphones in your ears.

You´re not sure how much time has passed, still, you crave more. You bite your lips as you try to turn, looking up to get your boyfriend´s attention. He glances down at you and caresses your cheek. Slowly, he leans down, another puff ready for you.

"C´mon now, pretty girl," he murmurs and helps you stand. You stagger against him, then look up at him, eyes hazy and confused.

"She´s extra cute today," someone says.

Shuichi only hums and picks you up.

"We´ll be back in half an hour."

Gin snorts and Furuya grimaces in disgust.

Shuichi pauses.

"Maybe more. She is extra cute today."

[stebbinsgreyhoundfursuit]

(Senseless rant not orginzed)

I've been thinking about garraty using deification as a coping mechanism specifically towards Jan & Baker

Jans deification being obvious going from garratys girlfreind who guesss he"ll see if he makes it to his hometown to his life force beliving he loves her & will marry her & that she is this goddess thst he should have never fordaken by coming to this walk

& how empty he felt having to leave his God presence without anything left to belive in.

While he views jan as a god he views baker as an angel Even in hearing of the terrible things he's done in the past (being one of the only long walkers that has done objectivilly bad stuff begore the walk ), him being surroned by death his entire life , constantly brining up morbid & uncomfortable topics off & him enjoying vulgar humor just as much as all the other boys garraty projects on him. & views him with through a light of inconceivable & a beacon of what is good & what is pure , with his golden hair & baby face (sidenote i know we beef on garraty for his sus behavior toward mcrives so im geniuly suprised NO ONE talks about his with baker especially with his descriptions of being

so diffrent to the ones towards the other boys describing them and attractive & fit but baker with this with mesmerizing otherworldly beauty simalar towards jan i dont think its romantic tho feels like a madonna effect more than anything)

With an honest , ethereal, & ANGELIC aurora around him

His soft spoken deameaner stadining up for what hes sees right never allowing himself to devolve into savegry

Never even THINKING he could betray him even in his most paranoid state

Even not looking at his death while bakers wish feels like a need to preserve his pure image EVEN the lead coffin is preserving & protecting him from rats even thiugh he will still decompose (i also feel like his death a fourth

The death of evreything he views as good & unmistakebly kind makes the final three so much more devastating )

WHICH MEANS STOP UWUFYING BAKER

YALL ARE JUST LIKE GARRATY /J

[h0bg0blin-meat]

So we know our LLS trio (Love, Lust and Spring) most of the times travels together on a parrot. Which people interpret as Suka that parrot being just giant af.

But... What if it's not the parrot that's giant, but rather our trio that's just smol? Like those Tinkerbell or Barbie fairies if you know..

To support my headcanon,

Also won't this be interesting? Seeing as the arrival of spring is often noticed by butterflies flying around. Which are also smol insects.. so Vasant with butterfly wings maybe 👀 not necessarily though.

And it would also be easier for Kamdev to just shoot at anyone, if he's tiny.

Not that they have to be tiny forever, because from what we know atleast all the Hindu Devi Devtas can change appearance.. (atleast that's how it should be) so just when they are travelling.

It would also go with that other headcanon, that Vasant's vahan is a insect (mostly a butterfly) or rather just a flower (a red lotus maybe)

What do you think?

YKW I HAD THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE

Like yeahhh what if they were fairy-sized and shapeshifting all the time to be sneaky af

Like I imagined, for example, Shiva to be like Aurora and these three just flying around him like those three fairies.

Green - Rati

Red - Kama

Blue - Vasant

Yk??

ANYWAYS I LOVE THIS THEORY SO MUCH AJAKASKSJSJ

[bethelighthalazia]

Don´t move, little dove

Summary:  Seonghwa has some fun with his pet during a livestream and is soon after joined by Hongjoong.

Genre: SMUT

Pairing: dom!matz x fem!sub!reader

Word Count:  1285

Warnings: mean!dom!Hongjoong, dom!seonghwa, cockwarming, rough play, oral

networks: @mirohs-aurora-society

© by bethelighthalazia. Do not repost, copy or translate. Unless stated otherwise, those works are mine and born from my own ideas. I don't have any claim on the mentioned real existing Idols whatsoever.

“I told you not to move, little dove.” Seonghwa sighs, shaking his head ever so slightly when you move your head back. You had to, the breathing got a little too difficult around his throbbing length down your throat. His gentle hand resting on your head, slender fingers brushing through your hair, but his gaze stays on the camera that's pointed at him. You can't do much more than nod your head obediently, eyes trained on his face, waiting for a change in his expression, but he's just focused on the livestream he just muted. 

“If you can't stay still and be good, I´ll have you punished. And you know how eager Joong is when it comes to that, right?” His hand wandered to your cheek, then down to your lips, wiping the little trail of saliva running from the corner of your mouth. You´ve been punished by the captain a few times already, and you knew all too well that you did not want it to happen again too soon. The slight bruises on your thighs have not fully healed yet after the last time two days before. 

And yet, you needed to move. the pleasure building in your core applied by the vibrator that he had positioned against your folds. You could feel the slick running down your thighs, but you just didn't dare to move at all. Yet, all your strength and determination was lost, when he turned his attention back to the livestream. His fingers again brushing through your hair, Seonghwa felt the need to remind you of your place, pushing your head down his whole length once again, but this time it drew a gurgled moan from you, an orgasm rippling through your body. The simple “Tsk” that escaped him when he said goodbye to his fans and explained that you didn't feel the best and he had to take care of you already let you know that you were in trouble. 

The moment he turned off the stream, his eyes went down to your face, pulling you off his cock with a harsh yank of your hair. This let you breathe, but you also couldn't hold back the almost animalistic moan that came right from your core. “You shouldn't have done this, little dove~” He chuckled, his voice dangerously low and the smirk that grew on his face tells you that your thighs probably won't stay the only of your body parts with bruises after the night. Seonghwa´s expression doesn´t change as he calmly reaches for his phone, dials Hongjoong´s number and then puts it on speaker for you. 

“Seonghwa, if you-” “Hello to you too, Joong. I just thought our little dove would like to tell you some good news herself.” you could hear a chuckle from the other end of the call, causing you to give Seonghwa a fearful, yet aroused look. “Hnn~ H-hello Joo-” A displeased sigh of Seonghwa stops you mid sentence, shaking his head slowly. “I- I mean…hello, sir.” These words alone cause Hongjoong to chuckle once again, knowing too well what will come next and Seonghwa doesn´t need to say anything. “I'll be over in a moment.”

The click of the phone brings a shiver down your spine. You don't move though, your hands still resting on Seonghwa´s thighs, your knees now feeling sore. One gaze up at his face, you know too well what will await you, the dangerous glint in Seonghwa´s eye when he looks at the door which opens and reveals Hongjoong who steps inside, locking the door behind himself before approaching you.

“Well, look at this mess between your legs, Seonghwa. She still hasn't learned, huh?” The captain snarls, reaching for your head to brush his fingers through your hair, gently and lovingly, before he just pushes your head down, your face pressed against the older one´s hard length. In the corner of your eye, you could see movement, Hongjoong crouching down next to the chair, a sadistic grin on his face.

“Now, use your fucking words to tell me what you did to upset him. And you better not cum as long as I am in this room.” He hissed, letting go of your head and then moving to stand behind Seonghwa, his hands on the older one´s shoulders to massage him, even lowering his head to press a loving kiss to Seonghwa´s lips. The difference in your dynamic always has been like this, at least, it always is like this in these kind of scenarios. and you knew damn well how serious Hongjoong takes your punishments. 

“I- I am sorry, sir. Hnn~ I m- moved and made…made noises while S- Seonghwa was doing a livestream. B-but i didn´t mean to-” You whimper against seonghwa´s crotch, not daring to lift your head to look at him. “You´re stuttering, birdie.” Hongjoong´s voice is calm, yet you could hear the smirk in it. “I'll tell you what you´ll do now. You´ll make it up to Seonghwa, use your mouth and don't dare to make a sound.” You just nodded, quickly opened your mouth again to wrap your lips around Seonghwa´s length, his slender fingers running through your hair once again to push you down. You felt his tip push against the back of your throat, tears appearing in your eyes. But, you did not make any sound.

Hongjoong and Seonghwa just talk while you keep using your lips and tongue to please the older one. They talk about the music, about their day and about you. The three of you were a weird couple, Seonghwa and Hongjoong were in a relationship, but when they met you, they just knew that they wanted you. Not only for the sex, but they wanted you in their lives, and you did want it too, because you love each other. On days like this though, you were nothing more than a pet to them. A pet to play with, to get some relief after a stressful day or week. The others knew about it, but they didn't complain as long as the three of you would keep it quiet.

You could feel Seonghwa´s length twitch and throb against your tongue, the vibrator against your clit suddenly turned higher, which sends another orgasm through your body, but you force yourself to stay quiet. Praising words from Hongjoong reach your ears, your eyes fluttering shut when you feel Seonghwa release into your throat, white coating your tongue as he pulls your head back by your hair. “Hmm~ you always feel so good, little dove.” Seonghwa moans out, his breath going faster as his head drops back against Hongjoong’s arm. 

“You did well, birdie.” Hongjoong hums, his voice now soft as he reaches down to caress your cheek gently. This contrast to his harsher self only moments before causes you to whimper, swallowing hard before you show him your empty mouth. When suddenly the vibrator is turned to max, you can't suppress a squealed moan, sending a heavy orgasm through your system which lets you drop into Seonghwa ́s lap, your breath going fast and your whole body twitching and shaky. A pleased smile on their faces, Hongjoong and Seonghwa caress your head before the younger one crouches down, takes away the toy and then picks you up in his arms to carry you to the bathroom, where a hot bath awaits you. 

Seonghwa followed the both of you, settling into the tub before Hongjoong then let you down into the hot water, resting in Seonghwa´s arms, your head against his shoulder. “We love you so much, little dove.” Seonghwa hums, brushing some hair out of your face to see your face, a smile on your lips.

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[selfixsworld]

I´m bored...

so i´ll give some ideas for quirks for BNHA DRs or OC:

Script Template: @/mx.levias on TikTok — linktree (NOT MY SCRIPT)

ARCHANGEL:

Powers MASTERLIST

Quirk Inspired By: Archangels (Christian Mythology)

¦ ⌈Quirk Type⌉ ⩵ Emitter - Transformation

APPLICATIONS:

Light Weaponry

Light Manipulation

Light Healing

Holographic Construction

Photokinetic Combat

Light Armor

Light Solidification

Photokinetic Creature Creation

Beauty Embodiment

Photokinetic Wing Manifestation

Light Generation

Blindsight

Enhanced Combat Mastery

Battlefield/Combat Adaptation

One Man Army

Enhanced Unarmed Combat Mastery

Enhanced Wisdom

Leadership Mastery

Tactical Analysis/Genius

Enhanced Instincts

Fighting Instinct

Enhanced Body

Solar Invulnerability - Solar Empowerment

Riders Aptitude

Special Moves:

| ⌜Redeemer’s Light⌟ ⋯ Converts a massive amount of energy into a powerful blast of light that temporarily blinds and disorients enemies, while healing nearby allies.

| ⌜Celestial Arrow Rain⌟ ⋯ Manifests a bow and fires multiple arrows of light that automatically seek out enemies, ensuring they hit their targets even at long range.

| ⌜Army of Light⌟ ⋯ Creates multiple clones of herself made of solid light, who can fight alongside her and perform coordinated attacks to overwhelm the enemy.

| ⌜Guardian Angel⌟ ⋯ Manifests wings of light that not only allow flight, but can also envelop allies to protect them from attacks.

| ⌜Aurora Spear⌟ ⋯ Creates a concentrated spear of light that can be thrown with great force, piercing enemy defenses and dealing massive damage.

Backlash:

Light Weaponry

Weakness: Energy consumption is high, and prolonged use can lead to exhaustion. Weapons may also be less effective against enemies with abilities to absorb or nullify light.

Solar Invulnerability - Solar Empowerment

Weakness: Dependence on sunlight for empowerment. In dark or enclosed environments, the user's strength and invulnerability diminish.

Light Manipulation

Weakness: Manipulating light in the presence of powerful electromagnetic interference or anti-light technology can disrupt the user's control.

[slumberingsweet]

My very first headcannons!

TW: Yandere, mentions of assault, mentions of self harm, mentions of broken bones, mentions of d1ath/m1rd3r, Dead Dove Do Not Eat basically

Background: These are three of my seven deadly sins OCs! If you would like to see the other four (Jade, Aurora, Delilah, and Chase) please let me know! These are just some headcanons based off of “Their biggest deal breaker/concern”. Also, the man living with you and Feer is basically Feer's ‘keeper’. His name is Jax. (Also sorry Feer's is so short, I couldn't think of much for him)

Rodney “Gluttony”: Rodney and the parasite (Ryder) inside of him are simple, they do and take what they want. However, Rodney will completely stop in his tracks if you threaten to, or do harm yourself. He has completely baby proofed the castle you are locked in tenfold, so if you manage to harm yourself in front of them? He will lose it. You will subsequently lose every single one of your privileges and have your ankle chain in your bedroom put back on. Ryder cares a little less, his only concern is you leaving, and if you manage to do that? He will go ballistic. He will k!ll everyone in his path to get you back, and once he has you back? Oh you're in for it.

Lucien “Lust”: Despite being the demon of Lust and being constantly associated with just taking what he wants, Lucien's biggest deal breaker is you saying no to him. Sure he locked you up and never let you leave his home, but the man would never hurt you or assault you, because he experienced that himself when he was younger, and that led to him, to put it lightly, losing his mind. Lucien may get carried away after you say yes, but at least you agreed to it and knew what was going to happen.

Feer “Pride”: Feer is, to put it mildly, unhinged. He may have kidnapped you and brought you to a cabin in the woods where another man resides, but if you talk to or get too close to that man? You may just get something broken. Feer will treat you kindly as long as you meet his demands, but one step out of line and you will learn exactly why his name is Feer.

[ssweeterthanfiction]

Wait for your love.

content warnings (for the whole series): mentions of drugs and alcohol, age gap, gaslighting, billy being TOXICCCCC, mentions of suicide/suicidal thoughts, mental health issues

↳ currently playing ;

Aurora (interlude) - 1977

1:56 ——————•———— 3:24

↺       <<         ll          >>    ⋮≡

In July of 1977, Y/N L/N disappeared from the public eye.

Karen: "After visiting her empty apartment, Billy was a mess. We all were really. Even though she wasn't apart of the band, she was always around, always at the house, always at parties with us, always at the studio, she was just always there."

Eddie: "Her presence was something that just- lightened up the room. She was like a breath of fresh air, like the light in our lives."

"Even when she was falling apart, she was just...always there to brighten up any room."

Warren: "We all missed her- what's a good word for this...her sparkle? I dunno. But we all just really missed her. Billy especially."

Graham: "He was always in a mood. For the first like- two weeks she was gone, he was sad. He refused to talk to anyone. He refused to get out of bed. He refused to go out. He refused to go to the studio."

"Hell, I think he even refused to even speak to Teddy when he came by the house. But...Teddy, as always, knew how to get Billy off his ass.

   🎶 .·:*¨🎶💋🎶¨*:·. 🎶

Karen opened the door before Teddy even knocked, her expression a mix of relief and exasperation. "Thank God you’re here. He’s upstairs," she says, gesturing inside.

"Has he even come down today?" Teddy asks.

Karen shakes her head and sighs, "He hasn't come down at all. He won't talk to anyone Teddy."

Teddy nods and starts making his way to Billy's room. Once he reached it, he paused outside, raising his fist to knock but hesitated when he heard the faint strum of a guitar.

Knocking lightly, he pushed the door open to find Billy sitting on the edge of his unmade bed, guitar in hand. His hair was disheveled and his eyes red-rimmed from lack of sleep, or crying.

"Billy," Teddy says, stepping into the room.

Billy didn’t look up, his fingers idly plucking at the guitar strings. "Not in the mood, Teddy," he mutters.

Teddy pulled a chair from the corner and sat down, crossing his arms. "Too bad, 'cause I didn’t drive all the way up here for nothing. Talk to me, man."

"What do you want me to say? She’s gone, Teddy. She just disappeared. She's gone."

"Yeah, and the world didn’t stop spinning. The band didn’t stop playing. You think this is what she’d want? You wasting away in this room, feeling sorry for yourself?"

Billy’s jaw tightened. "You don’t get it. She’s not just some girl. She was... everything."

Teddy leaned forward, his voice firm but calm. "I know that, Billy. Hell, everyone knows that. But you’re not doing yourself or anyone any favors by shutting down like this. You’ve got a band depending on you, fans waiting for something new. You think she’d want you to throw all of that away?"

"I don't know what she'd want." Billy stared at the guitar in his hands, his knuckles white as he gripped the neck. "I can’t write without her, Teddy. She was my muse. She was my anchor. Every word, every note, it was all for her."

"You didn't treat her like it."

Billy finally looks up, his eyes completely red and puffy. "I didn't-" he starts, his voice cracking, "I didn't mean to treat her like that." he says, looking back down.

"I don't know what to write without her Teddy. I don't."

"Then write about this. About how you feel, about missing her. Turn all this pain into something real. That’s what you do, man. You turn the worst parts of life into something beautiful. Don’t let this break you."

Billy didn’t respond, but the tension in his shoulders eased slightly. Teddy took it as a small victory.

"I’ll leave these here," Teddy said, setting the tapes on the desk. "Whenever you’re ready, we’ll get back to work. But don’t take too long, Billy. Life’s not gonna wait for you."

   🎶 .·:*¨🎶💋🎶¨*:·. 🎶

Warren: "Thank fucking god for Teddy. Sure not everything went back to normal, Y/N was still gone. But Billy slowly started getting back to work."

Eddie: "When Billy did get back to "work", he was...really difficult to work with."

Karen: "He was never in a good mood. Never. He was always either super pissed off or super sad. Absolutely no in between. And he was always mad at someone."

Graham: "There was the one time where while we were recording, and I guess no one had told Daisy about...the incident."

Daisy: "I'd just gotten back from Greece when all this happened. So...I was basically walking in blind."

Graham: "She had ask where Y/N was, and...I don't think I've ever seen Billy act the way he did before."

Karen: "Bad timing. Really bad timing."

Graham: "Billy just... snapped. Slammed his guitar down, started yelling. Told Daisy to ‘mind her own damn business’ and that she didn’t know anything about anything."

Daisy: "I don’t scare easy, but... the look in his eyes? It wasn’t just anger. It was hurt. Like the kind of hurt you can’t hide no matter how hard you try."

Warren: "We all froze. I mean, what do you even do when someone is losing it like that? Do you tell him to chill out? Do you just let it happen?"

Eddie: "I told him to calm the fuck down. That went about as well as you’d expect."

Karen: "He cursed Eddie out before storming out of the studio." "And the next day? He came back like nothing happened."

Graham: "The in studio breakdowns never stopped. But everytime one would happen and he would storm out of the studio mid session, when he'd come back he'd have a song written. Always."

"But he really was such a pain in the ass to work with."

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The band was mid-session, the air thick with cigarette smoke and tension. Billy paced the room, muttering to himself as the others exchanged uneasy glances.

"That riff," Billy said suddenly, spinning around to face Eddie. "Play it again. The one you just did. It’s not right."

Eddie sighed, clearly frustrated. "What do you mean, it’s not right? I’ve played it the same way five times now."

"It’s flat," Billy snapped. "It’s lifeless. Do it again, but this time, actually feel it."

Karen pinched the bridge of her nose. "Billy, we’ve been at this for hours. Maybe we need a break."

"We don’t need a break!" Billy barked, slamming his fist on the console. "We need this to be perfect. She deserves perfect."

The room went silent. No one needed to ask who "she" was. But everyone knew.

Teddy, leaning against the doorway, cleared his throat. "Billy, why don’t you take five?"

Billy glared at him. "I don’t need five. I need people who know how to fucking play."

Eddie stood abruptly, his chair scraping against the floor. "You know what, man? Screw you. We’re all busting our asses here, and you’re acting like we’re the problem. Maybe look in the mirror for once."

Billy’s face darkened, and for a moment, it looked like he might explode. But instead, he grabbed his guitar, slung it over his shoulder, and walked out without another word.

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Karen: "That night, he came back with a new song. It was rough, but you could tell it was special. Teddy stayed at the studio late and stayed up with him all night working on it. The next morning, we laid down the first track for Aurora."

Warren: "That’s how it went. Every breakdown, every fight—it all fed into the music. It’s why Aurora feels the way it does. It’s raw, it’s messy, and it’s beautiful. Just like him. Just like her. Just like all of us." He pauses then laughs. "But while Billy was basically writing a love letter/apology letter to Y/N, she was writing possibly the BIGGEST fuck you album to him." "But I don't blame her. Not at all." "Because even though he was writing Aurora as an apology to her, he still found a way to fuck shit up."

A/N: me when i lied about last chapter being the last 1977 chapter...WHOOPS!

anyways, SUPPERRRRR short chapter, sort of...setting the stage for reader's comeback AND I SWEAR THAT CHAPTER WILL BE OUT SOON!!! I PROMISE I PROMISE. anyways, i hope u guys enjoyed this short lil chapter!!! love you all so much <3