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Like yeah I understand that laws and shit exist for a reason, and that a decent enough amount of the time they protect and help people. But goshhhhhhh right now I really wish it was easier to gain custody of a child you know isn't being treated right but there's nothing you can PROVE, because so many people don't think of children as human beings and don't think that they deserve rights.
#ramblings of an arrow#aaaaaaaaaa#gotta somehow stay on good terms with my parents and figure out how to stroke their egos in the right way#in order to try to convince them to give me custody of my fifteen year old little sister#which is SO unlikely#but also this is so actively harmful to her mental health#girl has no privacy and no way to communicate with anyone that isn't strictly monitored by my parents#she doesn't have a phone#if she wants to text me or any of her friends she has to use my mom's phone#and my mom reads through the conversations after the fact#to make things worse my mom WORKS at her school#so she can't get away from the ever watchful eyes of my parents *anywhere*#they completely uprooted and upended her entire life because she kissed one boy one time#made her move schools and moved churches and went so far as to threaten to move to a different state entirely because#because she kissed a boy??#SHE'S FIFTEEN#she lost her entire support system and can't contact any of her old friends#at least not without it being strictly monitored by my parents#like she just wants some room to BREATHE
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if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing
#imagine you're a boy who's going to die. you're in love with the girl you've been watching from afar. you know your fate.#you just want to help herâ but then there's the announcement and she's here in front of youâ kissing youâ risking her life for you and you#thinkâ i could live and i could love. you think she loves you when she hands you the berriesâ when she puts them in her mouth.#then you both survive and you go back home and nothing is real anymore. you have nothing. no family. no friends. no love. just an empty#house. a drunk for a neighbor. the love of your life walking into somebody else's arms. you thinkâ i survived the games. i could survive#this. and you also thinkâ i should've bit down on those berriesâ should've felt the juice burst before i died.#and then the third quarter quell announcement rings in your ears and you thinkâ she will live and i will die as i should have in the first#place. the girl you love kisses you on the beach and somewhere you heart stirs and your mind revolts and you savor every touch she has ever#given to youâ in front of the cameras and off. because you are a tribute and you are always being watched and snow's presence looms and#you thinkâ i know she cares. but you get taken. you get drugged. you get torturedâ your mind altered. the girl is a muttâ a murderer. she's#everything you despiseâ your mind stirs. your heart revolts. you gain more awareness but cannot distinguish reality from fiction and you#have never known katniss' love. the war ends. you heal. you come home. you plant primrose for her. years down the lineâ you grow in love#more than you thought possible. but some daysâ you cannot tell fiction from reality so you ask the love of your lifeâ you love me.#real or not real? and she saysâ realâ and kisses you.#and you sigh and kiss her back and revel in this. a home. a life. a love.#lit#the hunger games#everlark#otp: real or not real?#katniss everdeen#peeta mellark#text#tais toi lys#thgpost
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âSteve, itâs an emergency. I need to kiss you. Actually, I need you to kiss me. But I canât just do it without asking because what if you donât want me to, and I practically attack you? So yes or no? I swear itâs for a good cause.â Eddie comes running up to Steve in the bar, panting so hard Steve can see the chest movements.
They have taken Robin to a bar out in Indy to get her laid finally. Or at least a tongue in her mouth. The girl is pent up. And itâs Steveâs job as best friend to make that happen (Robin has told him to stop saying that, âit is grossâ). Eddie is the only other queer person they know and, luckily, has made quite a few trips to Indy to know which bars were the good ones. He tells Steve that, like Robin, he is desperate to get laid, so this is the perfect opportunity.
Steve does his best to try and ignore the burning jealousy he feels at that. Eddie doesnât know about his feelings (hell about his sexuality), and Steve is pretty sure Eddie doesnât see him that way.
âHuh?â Asks confused, his brain struggling to process.
âOkay, I see youâre stuck on how to answer, but Steveââ Eddie grips Steveâs shoulder, and Steve tries not to swoon. ââmy ex, the extra shitty one, is here, and if he sees me alone Iâll either a) go home with him tonight andââ
Steve cuts Eddie off with a searing kiss. The thought of Eddie going home with someone else was enough for Steveâs brain to catch up to speed. Steve presses Eddie against the bar. The loud bass of the music suddenly becomes a light thrum in the background. All that he feels is the delightful pressure of their lips together. Eddieâs hands slide up into Steveâs hair as he gets pressed harder into the bar. Steveâs hands' grip Eddieâs waist and give them a tight squeeze. The idea of bruises being left behind, a mark of what they are doing here, makes Steve deepen the kiss. His tongue used to massage Eddieâs, tasting the menthol and rum on his breath. Eddie moans loud and heavy, vibrating Steveâs entire body.
âEddie?â A voice interrupts them. Steve feels his anger spark back slightly but wills it down because the interruption is probably needed. They are very close to getting kicked out for public indecency.
âOh hey, Ryan.â Eddie looks the blonde man up and down. Heâs cute, Steve notes, but he lacked personality in his appearance. He isnât what Steve expects from an ex of Eddieâs. He isnât naive enough to think Eddie dates exclusively metal heads, but he expects someone to match Eddieâs energy. This guyâRyan apparentlyâlooks like every other guy youâd find on a Sunday in Supermart. Boring and lacking imagination.
âWhoâs this?â Ryan looks at Steve pissed.
âSteve?â Eddie wraps an arm around his waist, bringing Steve close up against him. âThis is my boyfriend.â
âThis dudeâs your boyfriend?â Ryan snorts. âC'mon baby, I know you can do better.â
Steve feels his anger finally pop. âHe is not your baby. Yea, he can do better than both of us combine, but Iâm lucky enough to get him. Now, you interrupted our time together, and we both know you saw what weâre up to, so donât act like it wasnât on purpose.â
Ryan startles backwards, âIââ
âSorry, maybe I wasnât clear. I meant leave the fuck right now.â Steve grits out, some of his Upside Down protection mode popping out. Ryan scatters quickly.
âJesus, Steve, that was amazing. Iâm sorry I had to make you uncomfortable with that.â Eddieâs eyes find his and cuts Steve off before he can protest and explain no, he really did like that ââand you never even let me explain reason b, by the way! Reason b is b) he would probably humiliate me in the middle of the club.â
Steve nods at Eddie but has one track mind at this point. He grabs Eddie by the face this time before crashing their lips together once again. This time Steve moans into Eddieâs mouth as they both get lost in the kiss.
Steve pulls back ever so slightly and talks directly into Eddieâs mouth, âSorry. I think heâs still staring. Needed to do more.â
Eddie, with swollen lips and a kissed-out face, looks around the bar to find nothing. âI donât see him anywhere.â
Steve smirks and pulls Eddie by his belt loops so they are flushed together. Steve leans into Eddieâs ear and nibbles at his lobe. âHmmm, youâre right. I think heâs actually in the bathroom. Maybe we should kiss in front of him there.â Steve whispers hotly.
Eddieâs brain, which has short-circuited much like Steve only minutes ago, finally catches up. Eddie groans, his face collapsing into Steveâs neck. He licks a stripe up Steveâs neck all the way to his mouth. âFuck. Yea, baby, I think I saw him too. Think kissing, though, wonât be enough. We might need to up our game.â
Steve nips at Eddieâs lips, âI was hoping you would say that. Guess I just know how much you love your games, Eds.â
They meet each other for one last searing kiss before rushing to the bathrooms to share a very tight, very heated stall.
#steddie#robin does indeed make-out with someone#but that's as far as she gets because she panics when she can't find the boys#she is rewarded with being scarred for life at what she finds in the bathroom#getting together#Steve Harrington#Eddie Munson#stranger things#robin buckley#my writing#platonic stobin#jealous Steve#kiss fic#ficlet#first kiss#gay bars#fluff#confident Steve#bitchy Steve#wife guy Eddie#steve x eddie#Eddie being hilarious and cute as usual#bisexual steve harrington#gay eddie munson
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Favorite part of The Dead Boy Detectives for sure is Edwin pulling literally every single age appropriate male character he interacted with. The absolute cunt ever
#Cat king Charles Monty Simon .guy is a gay magnet#yes im assuming charles is in love w him too in my mind he just doesn't know ut yet because he is extremely obvious and from the 80s#he said he liked Chrystal bc she reminded her of Edwin UNPROVOKED yall cant make this shit up come on now#also in the last ep after hugging edwin he put his hand in his hand in his heart just like edwin did when he realized he was in love w him#yeah that happened its not an hallucination im still baffled#also they are the REALEST i do in fact also need him carnally#edwin payne you are so pathetically rizzless I need to kiss you#David was fucking lucky he never directly interacted w him he would've been on the homosexual trenches too believe me#edwin payne#charles rowland#the cat king#monty the crow#simon dead boy detectives#catwin#payneland#chadwin#edwin x monty#edwin x charles#edwin x the cat king#the dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives#dbda#netflix dead boy detectives#tdbd
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Retirement Party
Price has retired from Military life, and he's not handling the change well. But on the one year anniversary of him hanging it up, his boys bring him something special to help keep him busy. You.
Chapter Two - An Understanding
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Contains: No Y/N (Reader is an OC), Kidnapping, Forcible relocation, Generally creepy behaviour, Alcohol mention, Smoking mention (Tobacco), I guess this might count as human trafficking?, Dubcon everything because Reader is terrified (non-sexual), plus-sized reader, fem/afab reader, There is something fucking wrong with these guys for real, More reader details given, but we're still pretty vague about it. Even though it is hard for me. No promises for future chapters though.
~3.8k - MDNI - Dark fic! Please mind the content warning above
The captain looks at you for a long moment, dark blue eyes wide with surprise as he takes you in. You have to admit that heâs handsome, dark brown hair and well-groomed facial hair (muttonchops, no less) flecked with silver, and a nice nose that skews to the large side. It gives him a friendly, approachable demeanour, despite the weight of his stare. His heavy attention shifts from you to the other three, and his expression turns serious. âLads,â he says, his voice a rumble that you can feel through your own body. âPlease tell me this isnât what it looks like.â
âWeeeel. It might be,â Johnny says apprehensively. âBut I did my research, sir. Sheâll be perfect for ye, yeâll see.â
âSheâs a good girl,â Ghost adds. âSweet as can be. Wonât be any trouble for you.â
âAlready moved her in and everything.â Gaz gestures around the room, looking rather too proud of their work.
The captain nods slowly, taking in the new additions to the space. âSo you did. And did this pretty little thing agree to having her life upended, or did you lads just decide for her?â His arms shift around you, and you feel almost protected, oddly enough, even though by the size of him, heâs just as dangerous as the others. Probably even more dangerous, the way they defer to him, standing in a line like cadets, eager for his approval.
âNot⊠Not exactly,â Gaz admits. âI mean, we didnât ask. But thisâll be better for her. She was living in a real rat hole before. Tiny little apartment in a shite neighbourhood. Was only a matter of time before something bad happened. Weâre just looking out for her.â
Johnny shuffles his feet. âDealt with a few neds while I was doinâ reconnaissance, even. Poor lass coulda been in real trouble if I hadna been there. Bawbag employers would ask her to stay past the last bus to watch the bairns anâ noâ even offer her a ride or ta pay fer a cab.â
âIt wasnât that far a walk,â you protest, glaring at Johnny. As if itâs any of his business. âAnd they did offer to drive me, I just wasnâtâ It doesnât matter! You had no rightââ
The captain shushes you, and your words wither on your tongue, your cheeks turning hot under his stern blue gaze. He cups your jaw and turns your head to face him again, the rough pad of his thumb stroking your cheek gently. âSweetheart, you and I will talk in a moment. Soapâs right about that not beinâ safe, and you know it.â
Your stomach flutters nervously. He gives you a little smile, and his crowâs feet deepen, the lines fanning out further. Thereâs a moment where youâre tempted to smile back, but his legs shift under you, and you wince sympathetically instead. âSorry, I should get off of you,â you say quickly. âIâm heavy.â
âI wonât stop you if youâd like to sit somewhere else,â he says, that cheeky smile deepening more. "But youâre not heavy, and I'd like it if you stayed put."
"Told ye he'd like her," Johnny whispers, loud enough that it shatters the isolated pocket of reality that, for a moment, housed only you and the captain. "Hasna even introduced himself an' he's flirtin' like mad."
"Soap!" Gaz hisses back. "Shut up."
Ghost scruffs them both. "Let's finish getting dinner on. Give 'em a minute to talk."
Johnny grins at you and gives you two thumbs up as he circles around to the kitchen, as if youâd actually been a willing participant in all of this.
"I'm John, by the way," the captain says, calling your attention back to him. He drops his hand and settles it on your knee, his fingers curling around the joint. "You alright, doll?"
A loaded question. "Well. Not really."
"You're keepin' it together real nicely, all considered. Wouldn't blame you if you were hissin' and scratching."
"I'm not much of a fighter," you admit. "And even if I was, I don't think it would do me much good."
John chuckles, squeezing your knee lightly. He's gentle, but there's power in those hands, the kind that comes from years of hard work. There's scars all over it, from his the tips of his calloused fingers up to the leather band of his watch, etched in evidence of violence. If there are scars further up his arms, their hidden by the buffalo plaid flannel. "No, it probably wouldn't."
"Are you going to let me go home?" you ask.
He sighs. "The thing is, doll, the boys have put me in an awkward spot here. If I let you go on home, you're going to get them in trouble, and I don't want to see that happen."
"I promise, I won't say anything, I just--"
He shushes you again, and you shut your mouth, biting your lip. "Let me finish, sweetheart. You're being so good right now because you're scared. But that's not gonna last, is it? And worse, it sounds like you don't really have much to go back to."
"I'll find a new job. I always do."
"With another family who doesn't appreciate the work you put in? That doesn't make you feel safe?" His fingertips toy with the edge of your skirt absently, but his eyes are on your face, studying your reaction with rapt attention. This is how a rabbit must feel, pinned under the stare of a grizzly bear, frozen in place and hoping that no claws come down on top of it. "I can read between the lines, doll. That man you were workin' for made you feel so uncomfortable that you'd rather walk through a bad neighbourhood at night than get into a car with him alone."
You can't dispute it, although you're surprised he can glean so much information from half an outburst. "It wasn't like that-- He wasn't that bad."
John hums. "You're tellin' me you've had worse?"
A dozen jobs with a dozen managers or coworkers that took your silence as permission to stand too close, or put their hands on you flash across your mind. Mr. Kinsey was just the latest of many. You know that the thought is displayed on your face, from the way his eyebrows pinch together just slightly, not angrily, but concerned. You try to deflect with a little laugh. "Oh, well. I suppose I have. But hasn't everyone?"
"Soap had a bad lieutenant once and locked the man in his own car when he was just a private. Just because you have a bad boss doesn't mean you have to take it." He looks at you so seriously as he speaks, his fingers dancing distracting circles against the top of your knee, rough fingertips catching on the nylons just slightly. The heat from the arm curled around your waist bleeds through the fabric of your dress, his hand twitching slightly, like all he wants to do is take a handful of soft flesh. âYou should speak up when youâre not comfortable, doll. You just need some practice standinâ up for yourself, donât you?â
If a statement could have teeth, this one would, and youâre not sure if agreeing or disagreeing will have him closing his jaws around you. Heâs probably right, you do need to do a better job of standing up for yourself. But youâre certain that he doesnât want you to start by standing up to him, or his three attack dogs either. âIâll work on it,â you say meekly. You test his commitment to the statement by gently picking his hand off of your knee, although thereâs nowhere to really put it either.
âWeâll work on it,â he agrees, lacing your fingers together. When he rests your now-entwined hands, itâs a little further up your thigh. âYou want a drink, darlinâ?â
âOh, um, no thank you.â You wouldnât mind another tea, but you donât think thatâs what youâre being offered.
The scrutiny he puts you under is intense, like heâs determined to figure out what every microscopic shift in your expression might mean. âYou sure, doll? You gotta ask if you want somethinâ, or you wonât get it.â
âI would like a tea. But I can make it, I donât want to be trouble.â
âNonsense. Lads?â he tips his head back slightly.
âOn it, sir,â Gaz replies cheerfully.
Ghost leans over the back of the couch to hand John a tumbler. Whiskey or scotch, by the sharp smell that hits you. John pulls his hand away from yours to accept the glass. âThank you, Simon,â he says pleasantly. "Good lad."
âSâyour party, sir. Anâ youâre busy, ainât you?â Ghost rests his hands on the back of the couch and studies the pair of you, dark eyes gleaming with pride. The man has the demeanour of a cat thatâs brought in a helpless little bunny to his master, while itâs still alive and struggling.
âGettinâ to know our pretty guest.â John smiles at you over the rim of his glass as he takes a sip. âSheâs a sweet girl.â
âIsnât she just?â
âCould I, um, sit over there?â you ask, glancing at the chair. Somehow John had managed to distract you from the idea of moving for a while, but you were still eager to get a little space from him, especially with Ghost looming over both of you.
âOf course, sweetheart,â Johnâs arm loosens, and you quickly get up and move to the chair.
You almost feel cold, without the heat that radiates off of his body. His attention feels weightier now too, or maybe itâs just that his body isnât shielding the stares from Johnny, Gaz and Ghost, and youâre subjected to all four of them watching you, like youâre either fascinating or delicious (or both). You cross your arms over your chest and shrink into yourself as much as possible, eyes wide.
"Here's yer tea, hen. And may I just say, ye've go' a fantastic rack from this angle." Johnny hands you the mug and sits on the arm of the chair, leaning over you. "Weel. Ye've go' a nice rack from any angle. Nice arse too. Captain's lucky I like him so much, or I'd've gone for you myself."
You breathe in steam, wrinkling your nose slightly. It doesn't smell quite right. "Did you put something in this?"
"Aye. Finger of whiskey. Ye look all stiff and peaky still. Need a pick me up, don't ya?"
You look at him reproachfully. He sighs and plucks the tea from your hands and takes a big sip. "There's nothin' else in there, if that's what yer askin', ye suspicious wee daftie. A little whiskey ne'er hurt no one." He hands the mug back to you, smile crooked, doing his best to be charming, but he's too intense, too fervent, to be anything but unsettling.
âGot Johnny checkinâ everythinâ for poison, do you?â Ghost asks, chuckling. âCanât say I blame you.â He nudges John with the back of his hand. âSheâs smart, worth keepinâ an eye on that. Knowâs âow to âold âer tongue, but sheâs listeninâ and payinâ attention.â
âOf course she is! Wouldna choose a lass withoot a brain in her head. Wouldna be worth the captainâs time. Weel, maybe worth a wee bit of time.â He winks down at you. âBut noâ wife material, ye ken. Chose her because sheâs delightful, noâ just âcause sheâs bonnie.â
The few times youâd spoken to Johnny before youâd thought that he was so nice. Laughing and joking with you in the pick up line while you waited for the children you were respectively responsible, greeting his niece and nephew with big smiles. And Finn and Rory were always so excited to see him, youâd chalked him up as harmless. Clearly you hadnât been paying enough attention then, too focused on the Kinsey kids and your job, maybe. You hadnât noticed that he was appraising you like a piece of livestock, judging your value like youâd been put up to auction.
The whisky-fortified tea is a bit on the strong side, but you take a few sips anyway. Getting drunk would be unwise, but youâre so tense that your whole body is starting to ache, and thatâs not doing you any good either.
âDinnerâs ready,â Gaz announces, untying his kiss the cook apron and setting it on the counter. âHope youâre hungry. Soap made a cake earlier too.â
John raises an eyebrow. âYou can bake?â he asks, surprised.
âAye, picked it up while I was gettinâ rehabbed for the big fuck-off hole in my head,â he replies airily. âWas goinâ mental putterinâ around Kirstyâs waitinâ for the bairns to get out of school, so Ah picked it up. Isnae so hard. Just chemistry, aye?â
âHe did make a big mess,â Gaz says. âHad to wash about fifty dishes before I could get started on dinner.â
âEveryoneâs a fuckinâ critic,â Johnny complains. âSee if I bake ye a cake for yer birthday, Garrick. Yeâll be sorry then.â
âOh no, how will I survive?â Gaz clutches his chest like heâs deeply wounded by the statement, laughing. âI have two mums, Iâm still pretty much guaranteed a cake.â
âAlways bragginâ abouâ that. Thinks heâs more evolved than the rest of us just because his daâs a woman.â He hovers next to you as you get up, and sticks close as you walk over to the table. You donât choose a seat, in case thereâs an order to things youâre not aware of.
âPretty sure the whole point is that he dunât âave a dad,â Ghost says. âNow sit down, mutt. Yer not sittinâ next to the bird. Youâre botherinâ âer.â He points at a chair, and Johnny sighs and slinks into it.
âHere, sweetheart,â John says, putting his big hand on your back to guide you the last few steps and directing you to a seat. He slides the chair in for you too, masquerading as a gentleman, and sits next to you.
Gaz settles in on your other side, all smiles. âFeeling better?â
They keep asking you how you are, as if the answer is going to change. Like all you need to adjust to the reality of being kidnapped and relocated to some strangerâs house in the country is a little time. Like youâre going to be just fine, if you just get a few more minutes to adjust. âNot really.â
"Ah, don't worry, doll. Captain's gonna be real good to you. You'll get there soon enough. Probably'll feel better once you've had a proper meal."
At least they don't try to make you talk much at the table. They fall into easy conversation between them, and let you eat roasted chicken and potatoes and carrots with some kind of sweet and mildly spicy glaze. Ghost pulls the mask down to eat, so you're able to watch when he goes slightly pink from what barely qualifies as spice. Gaz gives you a little side-long glance, and you almost laugh. There's some solidarity to be had, even in a situation like this one, something funny about how a little more spice could probably straight up kill the other three men at the table. Maybe that would be the key to you freedom: Murdering John by feeding him something full of chilies.
Admittedly, you do feel begrudgingly more charitable towards them after eating. You could maybe blame it on the tea too, which, against your better judgment, you do end up finishing.
John stops you from helping clean up when you stand automatically and try to stack Gaz's empty plate with your own. "No, sweetheart. Câmere." He guides you to the door and out into the chilly evening air. You wish that Ghost had let you put on a sweater over your summery dress, but he had been so keen to show you off, and youâd been too scared to insist. You curl your arms around yourself for warmth, and keep quiet, watching as John trims and lights a cigar, looking out into the darkness beyond the porch.
Fear has morphed from pressing terror to something that gnaws at you from the pit of your stomach. You could try to run for it, but youâd probably roll your ankle wearing the stupid red heels, and you have no real idea where you are, or how far you are from someone who could help you. Outrunning John would be a feat anyway. Heâs older than you, but heâs in better shape, nearly perfect shape, broad and strong, that long military career not yet forgotten.
Thereâs a bench by the door, so you sit down to take the heels off. Youâre not used to wearing them, itâs so rare that you have anywhere to go that calls for spicier footwear than your comfortable, worn in trainers.
âHere.â John slides his flannel shirt off and drapes it over your shoulders, and kneels down in front of you, cigar clamped in his mouth, pulling your heels off for you. Smoke curls around you for a moment, thin and blue in the scant light, before a breeze carries it away. He leans on his one leg and studies you, but he doesnât stand. âYouâre beautiful, you know that?â
You put your arms through the sleeves of the flannel, humming noncommittally. You know youâre pretty enough, by most standards, but you feel like his interestâ And the interest of the other threeâ is disproportionate, too intense.
âIâd like you to stay a while, doll,â he continues. âI wonât force you, Iâm not that kind of man, but Iâd have a hard time letting you go back to living paycheck to paycheck in a bad nieghbourhood, workinâ for creeps that donât know how to keep their hands to themselves. You deserve better than that.â Itâs as though he doesnât even hear his own words though, or imagines himself better, because he absently runs his hands over your calf, squeezing the tense muscle gently.
âI have to work,â you protest, biting back a moan. You didnât need to encourage him, even if you werenât quite brave enough (or willing) to stop him. âI have student loans, and I send money to my lola in Vigan. I canât afford to just disappear off the face of the earth.â
He nods thoughtfully. âHow much?â
"Three hundred pounds a month to Lola. I know it might not seem like a lot, but it goes a lot further there."
"And the student loans?"
"Sixteen thousand. Not that much, I worked through my degree, and I inherited a bit of money from my parents. But I still have to--"
"I'll pay for both. You'll stay until you find a good job, and a safer apartment." He says it like it's a final edict, no room for argument.
You pull your leg out of his grip, tucking both further back under the bench. "No, John, I don't want to owe you either--"
"You won't. My boys kidnapped you and disrupted your whole life. I'd pay a lot more if it keeps you from going to the police over it. Least I can do is make sure you're better off when you do leave here, hm?"
You bite your lip. Starting over with a clean slate is tempting, but you're not sure you can trust John. He seems so earnest, blue eyes clear and guileless, but he can't be much better than the other three. Unless he was just holding their leashes tight as their captain, and had to let them loose when he retired.
"Can I think about it?" you ask.
"Of course." He puts his hand on your knee to steady himself as he leans across to ash the cigar in the ashtray that sits on a little table next to the bench. "But I think you'll say yes. You're a smart girl, hm?"
You're tempted to say no, just to test weather or not he's being honest about not forcing you to stay, but there's a niggling worry in the back of your mind that the veneer of civility will evaporate if you push him on it. He's nice enough now. And maybe that niceness isn't a show, maybe he has no darker side, maybe it's all just paranoia on your part. Perhaps the worst thing about him is his predilection to protect his "boys", even though all three are clearly insane.
Military is like that, isnât it? The whole brotherhood thing? Maybe fighting for your life beside someone changes how you see them forever.
âHow long did you all serve together?â you ask. âJohnny mentioned that he was SAS beforeâ I asked about the scar once.â You tap the side of your head, the same spot where Johnny has a nasty bullet scar.
âLong time. Hand-picked Gaz and Soap for my taskforce about ten years back. Simon and I served together longer. Heâs a captain now, even if the lads still call him LT. Theyâre both lieutenants, and Gazâll be a captain himself before long. Probably wouldâve been already if heâd transferred out of the 141.â He gets up with a grunt and settles onto the bench beside you. âDonât think Simonâs long for it. Heâs only still in because he wants to keep an eye on Soap. Manâs a bloody romantic. Live together or die together.â
âI didnât realize that they were together at all.â
âThe way Soapâs been droolinâ all over you, Iâm not surprised.â He puffs on his cigar thoughtfully. âBut Simonâs just like that, as far as I can tell. The worldâs divided into three categories. Enemies, his people, and everyone else. Enemies ânâ everyone else canât touch whatâs his, but heâs never given a damn about Soap sleepinâ with Gaz, or me.â
âIâm not his people.â
John looks at you and shakes his head. âCourse you are, doll. Youâre one of our people now. They mightâve gotten a bit overzealous, bringing you here the way they did, but those lads would do anything you asked of âem now.â
A bit overzealous. You laugh, but the sound comes out bitter.
"Relax, doll. I know you're determined to hate them, but they're good lads. Their hearts are in the right place." He pets a big hand over your head and rests it on the back of your neck, warmth seeping into your bones, relieving some of the ache from all the tension of the day. John has a way of soothing that terrified little animal in your chest that would otherwise threaten to kick itâs way free from your ribs and flee into the dark trees. âLookinâ out for me, in their own way. Lookinâ out for you too. If your situation was a better one, they wouldnâtâve plucked you out of it like that.â
Thereâs hope in his eyes when you look up at him, hope that youâll forgive and forget, that youâll come around to some kind of understanding in time. His thumb brushes a sensitive spot behind your ear, sending an awful, irrefutable thrill through you.
Youâre worried that he might be right.
My favourite John Price to write is the sneakiest, most charming, manipulative bastard on the planet. I definitely take a lot of inspiration from 391780 's portrayal of him. The Rear Window and Neighborly have been forefront in my mind while working on this (Largely because I think my John would have taken a similar approach if the lads hadn't jumped the gun. The Rear Window is dark, so be warned! Early writes delicious dark fics, but that may not be everyone's cup of tea, so mind the tags.)
Image Credits: Banner
Dividers: 1 - 2 - 3 by @/Cafekitsune
#Retirement Party#Chapter 2 baybeee#Doll is coming to terms with the weirdest situation she's ever been in#cod mw fanfiction#John Price x Reader#x reader#Some hints of Poly 141 (I think it'll crop up properly later on)#Gaz wearing his kiss the cook apron wondering why Doll's not kissing him ): (It's because you kidnapped her)#Johnny never change baby boy you're a dog and we love that about you
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had a(nother) nightmare
#deltarune#rouxls kaard#lancer#queen#art#lancer had a bad dream. rouxls comes in to fall asleep in the floor like he always does. queen followed because she needs to#Familiarize Herself with The Rituals and also hey her boy is sad#and then they ALL fell asleep in the floor literally right next to his bed#-- i had tire marks on the bedsheets but they vanished somewhere. damn it#this one isnt old btw i just drew this This Morning HEHEHEHE#its kinda scrungy but thats ok#ok 2 tag ship but not explicitly ship either if ur not into it#i love that half my 'qk' art can very easily be read platonically#i think thats an important aspect of their relationship is that they are good friends and coparents. and THEN they're kissing sometimes#this is hardly the first family cuddle and or sleep pile ive drawn. i never posted my favorite i dont think#i am just all about sleep and cuddle piles. did u know swatchlings love to sleep in piles (headcanon)#if one bird falls asleep in the cafe the odds are very good that one or two more will join them#theres a pile of birds in booth 4 all shoved in there haphazardly and eeping. swatch is coming with pots and pans.
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Louis is such a Catholic good girl btw. Gets courted by a wealthy gentleman for months before they even kiss. Married in a church. Gets himself a precious baby daughter because heâs been dreaming of that perfect family since he was a little girl. Loyal to his man not even multiple deaths can separate them. Says Hail Mary like fifty billion times to cancel out the anal sex he keeps pretending he didnât enjoy but also calls that dick his personal black tar heroin. Gonna lie to everybody he meets including himself. Feels guilt for a century about things that werenât his fault but also kinda doesnât give a shit about the things he did do. Godâs gonna see him through <3
#every semi-closeted catholic lesbian is like yeah I think I saw heaven when we kissed. but Iâm not gay!!!!#saw the gates when she spread her legs but I didnât have a good time. Iâm not a lesbian. Iâm straight.#ldpdl is not at lestatâs concert he is too busy reblogging images of lambs on this website to go outside#like I do think part of him would learn about coquette and feel drawn to it#claudiaâs pink plush coffin was sooooo louisâ doing. that may be his adopted daughter and his gay marriage#but heâs catholic enough to not let go of gender roles completely. her coffin will be PINK because sheâs a GIRL. and she will wear CHIFFON.#I do not want to think about the fight that would have ensued the first time claudia frowned at a dress and asked to wear trousers#he did not raise a young lady with no manners what do you think you are one of those boys out there playing tough? put on the skirt now#anywayyyy heâs sooooooooo <3#ldpdl#louis de pointe du lac#iwtv#interview with the vampire
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imagining a world in which Simon agreed to go with Edwin and try to escape hell, imagining Simon developing an immediate and very inadvisable crush on the cute guy that just threw a grenade at a demon and Edwin's reaction to that, imagining the reaction of Charles Overprotective Rowland when he finds out that the guy Edwin insists on dragging along with them is one of the guys that sacrificed him to a demon in the first place, imagining the Night Nurse's face when three dead boys pop back through the door instead of two
#dead boy detectives#charles rowland#edwin payne#This is very much not what I would have wanted to see in the show because that episode was perfect to me#But I do think it would have been funny#And hey if you wanted to go the angst route and follow sandman comic lore of 'people stay in hell because they believe they should be there#Then you could have Edwin who has come to terms with who he is and Simon who is starting to forgive himself thanks to Edwin#Getting out of Hell just fine while they're being chased#And Charles 'im scared I'll end up like my dad' Rowland. Charles 'i could never be good enough' Rowland. Charles 'rage issues' Rowland#Who doesn't think he deserves to get out. Even if the thought is deep down and buried#Edwin's reaction to that would be. Woof. Yikes. Delicious#Don't get me wrong Charles would absolutely not stay in hell because I love him too much for that#And so does Death and you absolutely cannot change my mind about that there's no way she doesn't know about the boys#So yeah he'd get out fairly quickly#But just. The potential. The pain. Chef's kiss
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Your eyes the most remarkable shade of blue. And yet somehow they shine brighter when you are kind.
#polinedit#dailypolin#dailybridgerton#bridgertonedit#bridgerton#bridgertonblr#onlyperioddramas#perioddramaedit#tvedit#netflixdit#periodedit#perioddramasource#polin#colin x penelope#not ME making her dress Bridgerton BLUE :)#also it feels like this scene is going to be so important? heâs finally starting to see her for who she really is#boys are stupid#not see a flying fck until u smash it into their face#if i was her Iâd smack him in the face and then kiss him just !Because#crying screaming throwing up#$#mine: gifs
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the reason netflix cancelled dead boy detectives is because they're working on a show called alive girl agents btw
#its a very different show from dbd because of Reasons#the first episode opens on niko in her igloo then after the title sequence we see that that was one of Crystal's visions#crystal leads a crusade to find her because those pink clouds around niko when they first met were actually sapphic Feelings#monty is there as well because id riot if he wasn't. eventually he learns how to shift between crow and human#it takes half the season for payneland to get their shit together. they act the exact same once they do#monty kisses a boy and this time the boy kisses him back#obviously this is Not Actually Happening because Netflix Fucking Sucks so I might as well write it myself#eventually#wraith wrambles#dead boy detectives#dbda#dead boy detective agency#crystal palace#niko sasaki#charles rowland#edwin payne#payneland#crystal x niko#edwin x charles#monty the crow#monty finch#the night nurse#<- she shows up Once to collect paperwork. it is one of the most intense scenes in the entire show#also crystal has a bit of a corruption arc bc of david in her mind tree + niko saves her though the magic of love#niko also has genuine magic now#god I need more of this show so badly#save dead boy detectives
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"He knows I'm not the possessive type. I'm totally cool with him having other friends." Girl twenty issues earlier you stole your mom's scrubs to sneak into a hospital and spy on your boyfriend's female friend after he repeatedly told you they were just friends. ARE you cool with it
from Robin (1993) #101
#approximately twenty issues later she will see her boyfriend being kissed by another girl and immediately ghost him and take his old job.#no questions asked#in this issue alone she gets irritated because (wait for it) tim appears to be making friends with his elevator boy#there were plenty of moments in steph's characterization that were....shall we say....male-writer coded#but for real though i have such a soft spot in my heart for steph's jealous streak (and her repeated denial of it)#she's so clearly spent so much of her life without feeling especially loved by anyone in particular. and now she has tim#who tends to be much more secure in his relationships and genuinely DOES think steph is perfectly fine with him having other friends#(BECAUSE SHE HAS TOLD HIM SO AND HE TAKES HER AT HER WORD)#but she's plagued by the fear that she'll lose him. and that fear scares her too#another instance of steph not really *getting* tim's boundaries honestly#altogether genuinely one of the most teenaged girl things ever#she's imperfect and i love her for it with all my heart#i support women's wrongs.#stephanie brown#spoiler#oli reads comics
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Enemies AU with Chat Noir and Argos except while Ladybug and Chat Noir are having a complicated Enemies-To-Tentative-Allies-To-Friends(?)-To-Genuine-Trust-To-Lovers Arc with Argos suffering just watching the whole charade of dancing around each other, the moment Ryuko comes into play, they speedrun that arc in record time and suddenly the tables have turned with Chat Noir third wheeling Feligamiâs (Ryargosâ?) flirt-fighting while he and Ladybug are still stuck in between the Friends(?) and Genuine Trust stage.
Ladybug would lecture Ryuko to stop making out with the enemy⊠If it werenât surprisingly useful at keeping Argos at bay. (Should she start making out with Chat Noir? For tactical reasons, of course. She definitely doesnât think about making out with Chat Noir for any other reasons, uh-uh.)
Also the tables have turned further because usually Chat Noir is giving Argos heart attacks with how reckless and self-sacrificial he is but now Chat Noir has to try and shake some sense into him because, âFĂ©lix, FĂ©lix, she can TAKE your brooch if sheâs that close to youâ she almost did!â And Argos, having recently made out with Ryuko, is still very dazed and in Loverboy Mode so heâs there like, âItâs⊠Fine. I can keep it safe.â Very unconvincingly and Chat Noir is like, âDo you think sheâll stop trying to take it??â And Argos smiles softly and says, âNo.â and Chat Noir just. Stops trying to convince him not to kiss her and just tells him to be careful.
#miraculous ladybug#every other hero is baffled at Argosâ switch from being very focused to very distracted by Ryuko#watching him be head over heels for her#and Adrien is happy for his cousin⊠But could he be a liiiittle bit more careful?#heâs also a little jealous. because he and Ladybug are still figuring things out as they have been for months#but FĂ©lix and Ryuko happened within two weeks#Also Ryuko learns that flirting can help her win so she ups her game#Competitive flirting#itâs a win-win#she gets to do her job as superhero AND kiss the boy she likes. sheâs optimized her fights#felix graham de vanily#felix fathom#kagami tsurugi#adrien agreste#marinette dupain cheng#feligami#ladynoir#definitely there at least#ml spoilers#technically? I keep forgetting Argosâ whole⊠Everything counts as a spoiler#miraculous au#that should be everything#I just. Love enemy aus. can you tell.
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I feel like Crystal is going to have so much going on in season 2, and she is probably not going to handle it super well at first⊠just a guess
Sheâs trying to piece together her old life, coming to terms with who she was (not a very nice person) and who she is now that she has her memories again, her parents didnât even notice that she went missing, Niko âdiedâ saving her and I suspect sheâll have no small amount of grief over that, and David is buried in her mind and we already know heâs going to cause problems with the tree if he stays there too long. Thatâs. Thatâs a lot. Poor Crystal :/
#if Niko does somehow make contact with the group I bet you itâll be through Crystal too.#you know because she wonât have enough going on with everything else fjdjxkcm#itâs also why I donât see any kind of relationship with Charles progressing in s2 beyond like. maybe a few more kisses.#she just wonât be in the right headspace for that. also I suspect Charles will have some discoveries of his own to think about#*cough* âdo I have feelings for my best friendâ *cough*#I do hope we see Crystal getting to talk with Emma. her ancestors more. Jenny.#I think itâs really good how Crystal healing from her amnesia and discovering herself involves not just support from the boys#but from a good array of other women who care about her#dead boy detectives#storyrambles#crystal palace
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I think kissing and gay sex could have saved them both
#im not saying I could fix them im saying they could fix eachother#let them both come back in season two and let us learn all about their complicated history and then let them violently make out#kissing could have saved them both in the long run#shelby wouldnât be dead and maren wouldnât have dated brad#they used to be best friends but shelby ditched maren when she started dating brad and they never really talked again#maren blames herself for shelby k wording herself because she felt guilty for never reaching out to her after brad dumped shelby#dead boy detectives spoilers#dead boy detectives season two#shelby khan#shelby dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives shelby#maren dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives maren#mya lowe#edwin payne#dbd#charles rowland#crystal palace#crystal palace surname von hoverkraft#niko sasaki
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All evidence suggests yes
#starting a new power scaling system for the warlords of the sea but im rating them based on whether i think theyre an ally or homophobic#kuma is an ally because photos dont lie and hes clearly wearing an ally pin#also you cant spend that much time around somebody with the title âQueen of the Queersâ and somehow be homophobic afterwards#unless youre sanji but hes still on his internalized homophobia growth arc. i believe in you buddy you can beat this#crocodile is trans and baroque works is the alphabet mafia in a literal form#with that said. he has the energy of âim not homophobic yall are just annoyingâ#doffy has the energy of a homophobic homosexual#like hed kiss a guy and then call him a f*g and throw him out a nearby window#jimbei joins the strawhats so ofc HES an ally#blackbeard sucks but i dont think hes homophobic#hes one of those people you meet and theyre just the worst all around and youre like âman this guy has gotta be homophobicâ#somebody mentions their partner and you go âoh boy here it isâ but he just has no reaction whatsoever#hes such a problem but at least hes not homophobic on top of everything else#Gecko Moria is such a virgin that i dont think he knows being gay exists any more than he knows being straight does#Typa MFer who thinks âsexâ is just a synonym for gender#also hed see your top scars and get excited because he thinks youre a zombie#gecko moria probably thinks LGBT is an acronym for some branch of the navy that he doesnt know (or care) about#Because Boa lives on Sapphic island i would jump the gun and immediately say she's an ally but i feel that its more complicated than that#not unlike moria. she also doesnt actually have a real strong grasp on being straight vs being queer#but thats just because shes used to everybody being whipped for her equally#somebody tries to explain it to her and shes just like â??? but theyre all obsessed with me?â#if she ever encounters a gay man it will be a reality shifting event for her#id say itd be the same if she met a sex/romance indifferent aroace but like#monkey d luffy#its already happened#mihawk is probably both an ally and queer himself but he just minds his own business so much that we may never know#one piece#seven warlords#warlords of the sea#bartholomew kuma
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Why is Scar Like That abt boat boys. What's going on in his head rn. The only person more obsessed with boat boys than boat boys themselves is Scar.
#the only reason we got those 2hrs of boat boys + friends chatter was because#Joel logged onto the server#and Scar turns like 'I know u need to see him I will take uâ#they get to Joel and Scar is like 'I brough Etho to u he needs u'#Scar's last stream (Sunday?) Etho mentions Joel like once and Scar is all 'oh ur so obsessed with him <3'#like yeah Gem said she ships it#but Scar is holding them like Barbie dolls and making them kiss#what is his deal#what is happening#new theory: Scar is tired of being a part of The hermitcraft ship#is trying to make a new one#smooziespeaks#goodtimeswithscar#gtwscar#boat boys#joel smallishbeans#smallishbeans#ethoslab
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