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Hi!!! Because I am SoftTM, I was hoping to request the moment that either Ollie or Phoenix realize that the weird symptoms they're getting around the other is Love. Thank you!
Lots of people called them Phoenix, obviously, but even the people who didn’t tack on “Agent” at the start said the name like the callsign it was. Impersonally. Like it wasn’t really theirs.
Not Ollie.
He clearly didn’t think too much of it, quickly transitioning into a ramble about movies, but Phoenix wasn’t listening. Sitting there with him on that tin roof overlooking the city, it suddenly felt like they had uncovered the solution to a puzzle, pieces clicking neatly into place.
Oh. Yep, that explains a lot.
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congratulations beloved asker, you got me to finally draw the next part of my ongoing Ollix comic! i’ve had this part planned out for so long and i thought it fit your request quite nicely :3
Phoenix has pieced it together, but are they going to do anything about it? who knows! maybe you guys will get to find out without a several month long wait next time but i’m not making any promises!
#the last update was IN OCTOBER?? that’s longer ago than i thought dang#Reginald still defaults to simply Agent since that’s all he’s been calling them for the years that they’ve known each ofher#and that’s great and they like being called that too#but when ur crush turns and looks at you like that whilst saying your name in a very deliberate manner. ooh boy#i’m gonna post a colored version of the Ollie in the bottom panel too. i struck gold w his design man he’s cute#btw! asker! if you don’t like being slotted into my comic i can repost it separately just lmk#thanks for the ask!#ieytd#i expect you to die#agent phoenix#ollie ieytd#ollix#my art#ollie at the agency
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A/N: This happened because the SAG Awards made me horny. I have no other explanation for my behavior, no other defence. Maybe that I was listening to ur dad by VIAL. Obviously also a huge thanks to @strang3lov3 for being the cutest love bug I know, and for putting up with my brainstorming sessions.
Summary: You have a crush on Sarah’s father. It is summer, it is hot, and you just want a cold drink.
Pairing: Joel Miller x f!reader/you (no y/n)
Tags: +18 smut, best friend’s dad, significant age gap (reader is 19-22, Joel is in his mid-40s), SEXUAL TENSION, bee stings, groping, voyeur to some degree, f masturbation, dirty talk, an endless amount of pet names, sexy play with a soda can, praise kink, car sex, daddy kink, fingering, unprotected piv sex, joel’s cock is huge in this, creampie, premature ejaculation, pussy eating, come eating, squirting
Word count: 6.8k
Link to this work on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54233479
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A warm Texas breeze blows through the open window of Sarah’s childhood room, making the see-through pink curtains move elegantly from side to side. It hits your back right underneath your halter neck as you lay on Sarah’s bed, caressing your bare skin and making you think of him. You wonder if his hands would have the same effect on you because you find yourself shivering but not from feeling cold. He is somewhere here, and his daughter doesn’t even know that her best friend obsesses about that fact.
Sarah hasn’t changed her room since she was a teenager. She told you this the first time she brought you here, which is almost a year ago today. You were here last summer too, thrilled to be invited to spend a few weeks of your summer with a friend from college and you and her have been inseparable ever since, even if you are so different from each other.
You have your face in a woman’s magazine, propped up on your elbows so you can suck on a popsicle stick whilst turning the pages. There’s a page with the recipe for ‘The Best Fudgy Chocolate Cake Ever!’ next to a page on how to lose weight, and it makes you snort.
“What?” Sarah turns on her chair, pausing the video on her computer.
“What kinda woman are you? You can choose one, but only one. Don’t get greedy now!” You make a scratchy voice but then pop your ice pop in your mouth to hold up the magazine for her to see.
“Seriously? We can’t win,” she groans dramatically, “Chocolate cake always. I just want to be happy, and that looks like a serotonin boost.”
Suddenly, the door opens without any warning. It’s him. Mr. Miller. You quickly remove the popsicle from your mouth, not about to show him how your lips are stretched around the sugary snack. The open door causes a draft to blow the smell of his cologne your way, and it is intoxicating beyond your imagination because you relish in it in secret.
“Dad,” Sarah says with exasperation, “I thought being an adult earned you the privilege of more privacy.”
“It’s gettin’ colder outside now,” he states and ignores her comment, hand resting on the doorknob, “The Adlers need Mercy to be walked, and the pavement’s coolin’ down.”
“I walked him when I was fourteen,” she furrows her brow and you suppress a snicker, “I’m twenty.”
“Just ‘cause you’re grown, don’t mean you can’t do right by ‘em,” he states matter-of-factly.
“Hi, Mr. Miller,” you say from your spot on the bed as Sarah fumes quietly, absentmindedly reaching to pull the short skirt of your dress down. He can probably see the start of your ass from how it has been riding up as you lay down on the sheets.
“Hiya darlin’,” he replies and you swear you can hear a restrained sound in his voice. He turns to Sarah again, “Get your butt off that chair.”
“Fine,” she follows through on her orders but still wants to argue, probably embarrassed at being ordered around by her father in front of her friend. She gestures to you, “And what about my guest?”
“She’s grown too, which means she can probably entertain herself the half hour you’ll be gone,” he dares wink at you, and blood courses through your veins.
“I’ll just get that assignment done while you’re out,” you reassure and try not to seem like your core is shaking.
“See?” Joel looks triumphant.
“You’d make a hell of a lawyer,” she deadpans at her father and walks past him.
When he closes the door and leaves you alone in the bedroom, you can feel your popsicle having melted, its syrupy water running down your fingers. You switch hands and suck the sticky fingers into your mouth. The action makes Mr. Miller’s image flash in your mind and you press your thighs together before getting up and finding your laptop.
You find that it’s near impossible to concentrate on proofreading your assignment in the tiny bedroom after just five minutes of being alone. It’s not that you can’t concentrate in the Summer heat but no matter what you do, your mind keeps circling back to Joel’s voice as he called you darling. It heats you more than the sun ever could, and with every tap on your keyboard, your mouth gets more and more dry.
Eventually, you push yourself to stand from your seat at the desk and make a decision to go fetch something to drink, and it is definitely not with the intention of accidentally bumping into Sarah’s father. Not even when you do not find Joel in the kitchen and decide to bypass it altogether to continue into the garage in hopes of being successful in your search for a drink (obviously).
This infatuation started last year. It took you about ten seconds - from walking into the kitchen and shaking Joel’s hand - to realize that Sarah was cursed with having him as a father. Firstly, he was outrageously handsome; always wearing washed-out t-shirts that clung to his shoulders, always smiling with teeth, sporting salt-and-pepper curls, and sometimes even shocking you by entering the kitchen with working gloves on. However, when he opened his mouth and spoke, a southern drawl dripped from his lips and made your whole body tense up. He was charming, respectful, and laughed at the right moments. Most importantly, he laughed at every damn attempt that you made at being funny, and while it was probably an attempt to be nice and make you feel at home, it spurred you on terribly to win him over at every opportunity.
Despite all that, those opportunities weren’t many. He was also cool enough to know that his daughter didn’t want him hanging around all the time, and so he spent many days either in the garden to mow the lawn in competition with the rest of the fathers down the street, in the garage to fix up some old truck, or with his brother, Tommy, and Tommy’s wife who always had some DIY-project going on.
Thus, the summer became one of tanning sessions in the garden, movies in Sarah’s room, stolen glances at Joel Miller whenever he came inside to quench his thirst after hard labor, and secret longing whenever he had kept away for too long.
One particular day last year, Sarah had failed to mention that her father would be home most of the last days you were in their house, and because he was always out, you were getting more and more comfortable with walking around in your towels post-showers or leaving the door unlocked when changing.
The particular event had happened in the morning when the house had been silent except for the kitchen where Sarah was preparing breakfast, using a large box of pancake mix and the whole fruit section of the local grocery store for topping. You had just showered, standing with your head in your suitcase to search for the last few pieces of clothing you had that were clean when there was a rap on the door and a pull of the handle not even a second later.
“Sarah, I need—“
You whipped around at the sound of a new voice entering the room. Your heart nearly burst out of your chest, feeling as though it was fighting its way out between your ribs as embarrassment began to flood your system. Even so, you stood too frozen to reach for something to cover yourself up.
Joel was in the doorway and dead silent, looking as if struck by lightning. Like earlier today, his hand had been resting on the doorknob and in the painfully short moment that the both of you were processing the situation, you saw that his grip tightened enough to whiten his knuckles.
And then it happened, the thing that had soaked you in forbidden desire and delicious excitement; his gaze had flickered down your body and taken you in for the briefest of seconds. His gaze had traveled from the hard peaks of your nipples to the shape of your hips and the softness of your young cunt.
“Fuck,” you heard him utter as he remembered himself and his self-awareness made you finally grab the top you were going to be wearing that day to cover up your quivering body. He slammed the door shut and spoke through it, “Christ, ’m so sorry, sweetheart.”
“It’s okay, Mr. Miller,” you promised but he was already gone. You immediately locked the door afterward to come so hard with two fingers on your clit that you had to hold onto the chair by the desk.
God, you want him to look at you like that again, want to tell him it is all for him. Now, as wrong as you know it is, you find yourself searching for an excuse to get him to ogle you and the chances are higher if he actually spends time with you.
“Hi, Mr. Miller,” you announce yourself as you enter the garage through the door in the kitchen. Joel has his head inside the hood of his truck, leaning over to inspect something that you wouldn’t understand anything about anyway. He grips the front side of the engine room to push himself to stand, closes the top of the hood of his truck, and turns around to face you.
“Hey kiddo,” he returns with a smile, “How many times do I gotta say to ya that it’s just Joel?”
“Alright, Mr. Miller,” you tease, “—I mean, Just Joel.”
You hear him laugh softly but you don’t dare look at him, afraid that you’ll spontaneously combust. He goes to the utility sink to wash his hands, saying nothing more and making you feel insane for coming apart in the silence.
“I’m just getting something to drink,” you explain when it becomes too much, “Sarah’s room is boiling hot.”
“That’s fine, take what you’d like,” he replies, and there’s a kind teasing in his voice. “But don’t touch the orange sodas. Those are mine.”
The concrete floor of the garage is cold on your bare feet as you pad across the floor where an old bottom-freezer refrigerator stands in the corner, humming in the otherwise quiet room. It has seen better days, and it seems like Sarah has tried to cheer up its weathered appearance by covering it in stickers and ugly magnets.
“Now I have to get one of those,” you giggle and pull the door open, scanning the contents and noticing that the sodas are on the bottom shelf. You hesitate for just a second, and then you choose to bend over instead of crouching down. Behind you, Joel Miller is completely silent.
In the beginning, it hadn’t been your intention to let the crush fester in your brain and turn it into something more but last week, during dinner out on the terrace, you had accidentally sat down on a bee and gotten stung on the back of your thigh. The cry you had let out had nearly made Joel tip over the table to get to you, his chair falling backward as he got up from his seat.
“Fuck! Ow ow ow!” You cried and hobbled around on the grass. The pain was unbearable but the shock only seemed to make it worse.
“Sarah, please get some ice and some antihistamines. There should be a bottle on my nightstand,” Joel ordered quickly and she rushed inside. He walked toward you, grabbing at your shoulders to ground you but his touch only heightened all other sensations. He dug his thumbs into you and your head swam, “Sweetheart, ‘tis just a bee, shh, calm down. I need to remove the stinger. Lemme see ya.”
“It really fucking hurts, Mr. Miller,” you said with a whine as he guided you to one of the loungers that Sarah and you had dragged out from the shed earlier that week.
“I know,” he finally let go of you so you could think just a bit more clearly, “Lemme take a look. Lie down on your front.”
You followed orders with the realization of how much you trusted his judgment, that he would treat you right, moving carefully because the flex of your thigh muscle was making the pain worse. The wooden lounger burned slightly against the front of your thighs, and you pressed your cheek into its slats while screwing your eyes shut.
The wood creaked behind you as he knelt on it with one knee and suddenly, his broad hand was perched on the top of your thigh in an attempt to keep your skin taut. You sucked in a breath but he only mistook it for more pain.
“It’s alright, sweetheart. I can see it,” his breath was slightly quicker but you didn’t want to jump to conclusions, “He really got ya right on your inner thigh. Hold on.”
Your eyes shot open when his thumb ran towards the innermost part of the back of your thigh, a sort of panicked arousal spiking from your chest and thighs. He paused for a second then murmured something, a swear word that you tried to take as frustration. There was a beat but then he cleared his throat, “Can you bend your leg a little? I wanna make sure that I get it on the first try.”
“How?” You asked stupidly. The image of how he would be looming over your backside made your heartbeat go down between your legs, “My dress’ll ride up.”
“Just bend the knee a little, pull it towards your chest,” he explained and cleared his throat once more, “On my life, I won’t look.”
So you did as he told you, and sure enough, your dress betrayed you by crawling slowly up to sit around your hip instead of the middle part of your thigh. You looked back at him when he started picking at the stinger with his nails, and you hoped that he would not notice your gawking at his concentrated expression.
A flash of the day he had barged in on you naked flashed in your mind because his eyes were so focused on not staring at you that you nearly whimpered when you saw his eyes flicker to the spot of dampness between your legs for no more than a second.
You had worn white cotton panties that day so they would not be seen through your dress. They were straining against your pussy in this position and all he had to do was reach out, and he’d find your clit poking against the fabric from how excited you were feeling.
He had had the perfect outline of your cunt, and it’s the same now as you bend over to get to the very bottom of the fridge, reaching for a cold drink that just happens to be his favorite. You know that he can see everything, and the worst is that you know he already has. Twice. The mere thought is so dirty that your heart starts pounding in your chest and sends heat through your already hot body, so you hurry to stretch to your full height again.
With a cocky grin that is mostly put on to hide your anxious excitement about what you have just done, you turn to face Joel and walk to stand in front of him and his car. His cologne fills your nostrils again, and the scent seems once again to have a direct line to your cunt because you have never felt more empty. In front of you, Joel’s jaw is clenched but other than that, he seems a lot more calm and composed than you.
That is until you jump onto the hood of the car and scoot back, letting your bare feet dangle out over the edge. You crack open the soda in your hand and take a sip that is a little longer than intended. The satisfying burn of the fizz grounds you in the warm climate, but it is even more heavenly as you tuck the skirt of your dress between your thighs so you can place the cold can there.
Joel shakes his head with a sigh but you know he is playing a game as much as you because he cannot help but crack a smile back at you, “You’re trouble, I knew it the second Sarah brought ya into my house.”
“Oh, whatever will I do?” You ask dramatically and lean back against the windshield.
“Go morally bankrupt?” He raises a brow. If only he knew what is going through your mind. You catch him looking at you in the fashion that you have craved when you sigh deeply and cause your chest to push out.
“Only that?” You take another sip and some of the contents spill down your chin in a thick, sticky trail due to the angle you’re sitting in. You reach up to wipe it away with your index finger and then dare to suck your finger clean with the intention of mimicking the way that you had licked it clean earlier when it had been coated in melted popsicle.
“Give it here,” he says. You lock eyes with him. However, your eyes widen slightly when he nods at the can and takes it from between your thighs. There’s electricity shooting through your nerves the second his fingers touch the fabric of your dress but they intensify to a dizzying degree when he takes a sip of the soda too.
Like a reflex, the sight of him drinking from the can that’s been nestled between your thighs makes your legs fall out to the sides. You’re worse than an obedient dog in your horniness, reacting the same way to the way he moves as it would to the sound of a bell ringing.
Your dress rides up slowly along your thighs, revealing your sweaty skin that feels sticky by now and Joel clears his throat after briefly looking down. He shifts his weight from one foot to the other, and when you realize the effect it has on the poor man, you grab the hem and pull upwards, “It’s so hot outside today. Don’t think I’ll ever get used to the heat here in Texas.”
“C’mon, sweetheart,” he says and his face has got a pinker tint, pulse visible on the side of his neck. With his free hand, he grabs one of your knees and starts nudging your legs together again. He yanks your skirt down, “I know I’m always teasin’ ya but you can’t be doing this.”
“Jesus Christ, Joel,” you say with exasperation and move your legs out again, “It’s just very hot… and it’s not like you haven’t had a peek.”
“Hey now,” he leans forward to place the can of soda on the roof of the truck, “That ain’t a fair accusation.”
“I’m not accusing you of anything,” you reply, chewing on your bottom lip, “But you’re not denying it.”
“Don’t tryna make me look like the pervert here,” he scolds, taking a step towards you and causing your stomach to do somersaults, “I noticed the way you went real quiet when my hands were on you.”
“What do you mean?” You furrow your brows in confusion, “Your hands were never on m–”
“Did that bee sting really hurt that much?” He clarifies. Oh, you think whilst he smirks with triumph. Something has switched in the air surrounding you, the atmosphere has become more daring, “Yeah, I saw her; your pussy wet f’me.”
It’s true. If you think about it too much, you can still feel your heartbeat in the places where he touched you, and the pulse is rapid and overwhelming. You can’t imagine what it'll be like if he touches you underneath your dress, even if it’s simply on the outside of your panties. The thought has your underwear starting to dampen, the fabric starting to stick to you, and make you painfully aware of the wetness between your legs.
“Did ya touch yourself after?” His eyes have darkened slightly. His pupils are dilating with desire for your answer, and you nod hesitantly, overwhelmed by the need to tell him everything.
“During my shower that you told me to take,” you confess and hear him make a sound low in his throat at the mental image, “I couldn’t stop myself— I wanted you so badly. The thought of you inside me...”
This is a crossroad, you realize, you’ve said your deepest secret of depravity. On one hand, you can bolt out the door or you can make a move to show him what you really came down here for. The latter is risky but Joel is so goddamn decent that you know that if he doesn’t want this - which you doubt is the case at this point - he’ll gently reject you and never mention it again if it means that his daughter will continue having a best friend.
However, as your mind races with scenarios of what could or could not happen in this moment, Joel pulls you back into reality as his hand, cold from gripping the can, rests on your knee again but this time, it doesn’t try to make you decent like before. Instead, it slides up under your skirt in such a slow motion that you find yourself holding your breath.
“Is this what’ll quiet down that mind of yours?” He asks in a low voice, eyes flickering from your face to down between your legs and back again, “If I take a peek more to get it outta our system?”
“What are you doing?” You ask as if you do not know. It’s your turn to be scandalized by bluntness, and you find yourself gripping his arm but not hard enough to signal that you do not want him to continue. You hope that he realizes that this is not you rejecting his advances.
“I ain’t doing nothin’ that you haven’t already silently begged me to do. Perhaps sometimes - and God help me, I will probably regret it - you just needa follow your instincts when a pretty girl like you has been sendin’ me heart eyes all week,” he almost sounds annoyed with you, and to stop yourself from being scolded, your hand loosens its grip on him until you remove it altogether. He smiles, “Good girl.”
“You shouldn’t—“ you feel a rush of blood to your head, adrenaline kicking in as your thoughts circle around the repercussions that this can bring. In all honesty, you had only walked in here to have Joel’s eyes on you but now, you are getting more than you bargained for and it is making you so turned on that your mind is clear and foggy at the same time. Boldly, you sit up on the car’s hood so you can reach for the buckle of Joel’s belt, “We shouldn’t be doing this.”
“You’re damn right we shouldn’t be doin’ this,” he agrees immediately but doesn’t stop. His warm and rough palms skim further up your thighs until they settle by your hips, his thumbs teasing the elastic band of your panties. He starts to drag them down, the fabric nearly snapping in two when you barely register that you have to lift your ass to help him.
His fingers unintentionally caress your calves as he slides the underwear down to eventually pull them off your ankles and feet. The sensation makes your body wake up even more, a gush of wetness smearing your inner thighs and you know that you have to pull your dress up soon if you don’t want it stained.
In front of you, Joel reads your mind. He shoves the hem of your dress up as far as he can without a word with desperation in his trembling hands, and you move to let him bunch it up around your waist so he has a full view of what waits - and for long has waited - for him.
When your cunt is revealed to him, he groans like he is in pain at the sight of the slick shining on your soft youthful skin. You can see how hard he is in his jeans, cock straining against the zipper at the front of them.
He looks like he wants to touch but hesitates. The first sign of his inner conflict. You remember that he did say just a peek as if there’s an unspoken agreement that he is not to cross the line of touching what he shouldn’t want to have. It would definitely be a nuclear decision if he chooses to do it anyway. It makes you want it even more, and another gush spills from your glistening slit when you clench from excitement.
Joel swears under his breath, something that sounds like fuck it and it sets it in stone; he is going to ruin you for eternity right here on his car. He steps closer until your spread knees bump into his sides, and without saying anything you move to yank his jeans and briefs down, settling them around his hips with a soft gasp as you take in the sight of his fully hard cock. He is huge. So huge that your mouth starts salivating like you’ve already been fucked stupid and your walls try to clamp down on nothing. It’ll hurt. You want it to if it means that you won’t doubt if it ever happened tomorrow.
“Tell me you want this too,” he seeks your reassurance.
“So fucking badly, Mr. Miller— Joel,” you say without any hint of second-guessing in your voice. You scoot further forward on the car and lean back so he has better access, trying your best to be elegant in your messy state, “Please, want you in me.”
“Jeez, honey,” his breath shakes, “Already so eager. I haven’t even felt if she’s ready f’me.”
With one hand gripping your left thigh, he uses two fingers on his right hand to slide through your wet folds and you don’t think you have ever been this turned on for anyone; when he flips his palm upwards and shoves two fingers inside of you, you feel more arousal drip from your cunt and pool in his hand. The longing you have felt since you saw him for the first time finds somewhere to empty all its desire and desperation into, and you whine like you’re in a state of agony.
“Shhh…” he soothes and curls his digits inside of you until you think you might start crying, squelching cunt trying to pull him further into you as he fingers you lazily. Your gaze drops to how his cock twitches whilst standing in the air, “You’re grippin’ me so good, doll, can’t wait to fuck this pussy. Don’t cry like that. Be patient.”
“Please, I’m so—“ your palms are flat on the hood of the car, your mouth hangs open in ecstasy and you stare down at where his ring- and middle finger disappears repeatedly into you, “It’s yours, please.”
“I know it’s mine, don’t gotta say it, I know,” he coos at each of your whimpers, gets you worked up until you are just on the brink of coming, and then he moves quickly. He pulls his fingers out of you, smears his cock with what you’ve soaked his whole palm with, and leans over your gasping frame to nudge at your quivering hole.
When he finally enters you, the both of you gasp in unison. He struggles with it for a moment, rubbing the skin just below your belly button to make you relax because he is so much bigger than you had first anticipated, and such a tight fit that you think he might split you in two.
“Goddamn, you are tight,” he says through gritted teeth, “Feels fuckin’ amazin’.”
“Ah,” you feel like letting yourself turn into a drooling mess already, pulsating around him from the way your body struggles to take him, “Joel, I can’t.”
“Yes, you can, honey,” he encourages, showing no signs of pulling out of you to free you from the burn of his girth. He growls low in his throat as you struggle with it, and you know it’s because your walls are clenching around him as you involuntarily move, “Stay still, let her get used to it.”
“It hurts,” you whine, sliding slightly on the metal underneath your ass. He presses his hips forward even further and causes you to whimper but in doing so, he holds you firmly in place by using his strong frame.
“I know but ya just gotta relax,” he goes on. He places one hand flat on the hood of the car and then places the other right on your hip, thumb going inwards to find your clit. It pulses under his finger, trying to find out whether to find the pain delicious or not.
When his thumb starts going in circles on you, your thigh muscles start to twitch and flex from burning desire instead of uncomfortable pain. He presses down a little to stroke your sensitive nub with even more determination and smiles at his success when a moan slips from your mouth, “That’s it, honey. Just enjoy this until you’re creamin’ on me, and then I can fuck her real good.”
Your walls start to flutter a few seconds after the first new round of pleasurable sounds leave you, and the more his finger moves on you, the easier it gets to take him because the pain turns into nothing more than a dull ache in the background of ecstasy. He has you breathing faster and faster, and in return, he starts moving his thumb up and down to make his touches more direct.
God, your clit is hardening underneath his torment. He stares at what he is doing, an occasional grunt leaving him from how you involuntarily squeeze his length, and you know that he can sense it, suddenly smirking to himself as you near your climax. He admires the sight of you, eyes glued to the way the hood of your clit has drawn back, “Babydoll, look at that. Such a pretty pussy, clit peekin’ out and all. Does she wanna come on my cock?”
“Please, yes, oh please,” you nod repeatedly, mouth hanging open in an o-shape and breaths coming out in small puffs. Your climax is within reach, and Joel looks concentrated as he more than willingly hands it over to you whilst buried deep inside of you. The concentration on his face is probably from keeping himself from spilling inside of you too soon, but God, he looks gorgeous as he determinedly strokes your cunt.
“Yes, yes, yesyesyes— oh God, I’m… fuck, I’m coming!” You shake with pleasure as he causes your pussy to spasm, your hands barely able to find out what to do and making you grab at both the metal underneath you with one hand and his wrist with the other. Your eyes are squeezed shut but you do not doubt that he is staring at you in awe as you come so hard that reality fades.
“Good girl,” he rasps, voice unsteady and hand hitting the hood of the car as the feeling becomes overwhelming, “Oh sweetheart, you’re choking my dick so g—“
He swears quietly and then loudly, and suddenly, his cool demeanor crumbles because he is spilling his load inside of you with a pathetic and strained grunt. His hips stutter slightly and warmth spreads slowly inside of you, mixing with your own arousal.
You look down to where the two of you are connected, feeling fucked out despite not even having had the chance to feel him move inside of you. His come has started to spill from you already, dripping obscenely from your cunt.
“Fuck,” you hear Joel say above you. He slips out of you and leaves you gaping and mewling for a second, starting to take a step back. You catch him with your legs before he is too far away, and he reluctantly steps close to you again. He looks embarrassed but gives you a smile to hide it, “Felt too good, honey. This pussy’s makin’ me all sweet on you.”
“I’m that irresistible?” You grin in your post-orgasmic haze, not really giving a crap about the lack of a proper fuck from how much dopamine is coursing through your veins.
Joel takes hold of your thighs as they are wrapped around your body and lifts them off of himself, “You’re makin’ an old bastard like me weak in the knees, so maybe. Hah! Comin’ too soon like a goddamn teenager.”
“I liked it,” you admit without hesitation, still basking in the sweet afterglow, “Made me feel sexy and powerful.”
He scoffs but can’t fight the smile on his face, “Now now, don’t get cocky on me. Crawl back a little, spread ya legs f’me.”
You giggle and do as you are told, presenting yourself to him on the hood of his car. You plant your bare feet on the metal, lay back against the windshield, and smile.
“Now look at that,” he tuts as he admires his work; white ropes of come dripping down from your slit and onto the surface beneath you. He lays both hands flat on the car and leans forward, and before you know it, his mouth is covering your whole cunt and he eats from you like he’s paid to do it.
“Jesus,” you groan, throwing your head back and grabbing onto the roof of the car with one hand whilst the other finds Joel’s hair. You tug and he moans against you, sending vibrations through your whole lower body and beginning the first stirrings of another high. You don’t think that you can take it, squirming just like you had done moments earlier.
Joel makes a sound of disapproval. He scoops his arms under your thighs until he can lay his hands on top of them, holding you tightly against his mouth and causing you to cry towards the ceiling when he makes your second orgasm approach so quickly that nothing in your brain makes sense except what he is doing between your legs.
The hand on the roof of his car goes to his head too. You slide your fingers on both hands through his hair until they lay at the back of his neck, and then you yank once more at the curls there. His tongue works at your clit, swiping back and forth over it until you think that you might see God.
However, it doesn’t stay there. Instead, it is replaced by his nose so that he can eat his own spill straight from you by dipping his tongue hungrily inside of you.
“Joel— holy fuck, you’re incredible,” you close your eyes to concentrate on your pleasure. Who knew that the man could fuck with his tongue? He is warm and wet inside of you, slurping pornographically until you are clean of any remains of his come.
You are just about to finish a second time when he halts whatever he is doing. He pulls back only a few inches so you can still feel his uneven breaths against your cunt.
“No! Please,” your eyes fly open, you cry desperately, and throw your head forward dramatically. You want to thrash but he still has your legs locked in his arms, so you decide to pull out the big guns and hope for the best, “Please, Daddy! Pleasepleaseplea—“
“What the fuck did you just say t’me?” He looks up at you but you are too busy screwing your eyes shut in agony whilst whining for more. He growls and releases one of your legs, “I was already gonna make you a happy young lady but now, I’m gonna make you come so hard your little brain goes dumb. See how it feels. Impatient girl.”
His hand goes between your legs. He turns his palm upwards and then shoves two thick fingers inside of your pussy like earlier, curling them slightly and then pumping them so quickly that blood starts speeding through your system a second after and your heart rate goes so fast that you know that you are just about to come.
“Joel, oh my— fuck!” You whimper.
“Wrong word,” he replies.
You correct yourself immediately because there’s no way he is stopping again to chastise you once more, “Daddy, oh I— mhmm, I’m gonna come for you. Don’t stop, please, please Daddy, pleasepleaseplea—!”
He responds just how you had liked: He closes his mouth around your swollen clit and sucks hard, finally severing all connection to your brain and you come so hard that you actually squeal. Joel groans against you, feeling you squeeze the digits he has buried deep inside you. He draws back his fingers, pressing upwards the whole way.
Clear liquid squirts from you the second he pulls them out. The gushes that follow are so intense that the leg he isn’t holding anymore shakes so violently that the metal rattles under you, the car staining with your come. He repeats the move again and again, over and over, and watches the steady trickle down the hood and onto the concrete floor that turns a dark gray.
Euphoria courses through your being as you come in a way that you have never felt before. Your limbs tingle as warmth spreads out from beneath your belly button, your cunt pulses with eager pleasure, and you sob through the waves that crash over you without giving you time to recover from the last. The whole room feels brighter and its colors more vibrant.
“Shh, baby, let it happen, feels so good, don’t it? That’s it,” Joel coos at you the whole way through, guides you through it when you barely know how to use your words. He has straightened to his full height again but you don’t know when, and he has slowed his fingers down to tease out a few aftershocks. You whimper feebly at each one, and when Joel seems satisfied with what he has drawn out of you, he covers your whole mound with his palm to soothe the feeling of overstimulation that settles.
“Soundproof,” he mutters, once again reading your mind when you come to your senses again and start thinking about your noise levels with furrowed brows and eyes flitting from him to the garage door. Your heartbeat has started to slow again, and the relief of knowing no one has been able to hear you makes you slump against the windshield and breathe deeply.
The remnants of your orgasm have made you smile, your body slipping into a deep state of satisfaction when the anxieties have been dispelled. Joel moves his hand up your lower body until it settles between your breasts, still covered by your dress. He caresses your heaving chest, looking at you boyishly for the first time, “You good? Didn’t cause any brain damage, did I?”
“You think this truck has ever seen action like that before?” You joke breathlessly.
“Probably ain’t the first time I disappointed a gorgeous lady in its presence,” he says with an apologetic smile, “Sorry ‘bout that.”
“Disappointed? You’re insane,” you stretch your arms above your head to get some of the last bits of euphoria out of your body, trying to ignore the way he has just called you a gorgeous lady. He probably means nothing by it. As your stretch peaks, you moan gently, “I came two times. Hard. I’m not complaining.”
“Just saying that I woulda liked to do it… properly, I guess,” he talks as he stuffs himself back into his underwear and pants, most likely trying to feel the least uncomfortable about mentioning his overexcitement. Automatically, he steps back when you jump off the car to adjust your dress.
“This doesn’t have to be a one-time thing,” you try to act casual as you say it but there’s no way you are accepting the best sex of your life to be a thing you will never have again, reducing it to a movie merely playing behind your eyelids as a cruel reminder of what is unattainable.
“And when would we have time for that?” He asks, zipping up his jeans. He wipes his hands on them, “We can’t, honey.”
“We just did,” you mumble, picking up your underwear from the floor. You turn the panties in your hands, just about to bend down to put them on before deciding against it. Boldly, you stand in front of him and stuff your sticky underwear into his front pocket; closest to his crotch. There are extra pairs in your bag in Sarah’s room. He can have these.
He looks down briefly and then finds your eyes. His jaw clenches as he weighs his words, “When?”
“Aren’t you driving me to the airport on Sunday?” You smile and kiss his cheek, and then you leave him, your soda in hand and a mess on the floor.
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Once mine, Always mine
!possessive heeseung x !afab reader
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warnings☆: !drunk reader, pet names: princess, pretty boy, baby; heeseung is possessive and SLIGHTEST bit rough until ending part, crying, swearing, unprotected, bsf to lovers, dirty talk ;I think I missed a lot>
☆☆long and even longer smut part☆☆
summary☆: your out in the bar with ur bsf who u have had a crush on for many years, you get drunk and start to confess yourself to him but another man starts touching you, heeseung cant stand the sight and reminds you who you belong to.
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You had about your fifth cup of beer, heeseung watching u as you finished the the last slip, chuckling at ur small eye-twitch to the strong drink. You were so lightheaded, you had forgotten your best friends name. Forgotten your name.
Slowly looking up you notice the handsome man in front of you. You smirked and leaned in closer to him. Touching him the soft material of his jacket.
"What's your name, pretty boy?" he widened his eyes, he didn't know you had so many drinks you forgot his name.
"Heeseung" you gasped, chuckling as that name ran through your head. That name sounded familiar.
"That's my crushes name!" you paused for a second as heeseung slightly raised his brows slowly smirking.
"Oh I see" he said as he leans closer as well.
"Tell me more about this... crush" You cleared your throat ready to describe him.
"Well, he's really cute and hot, Whenever he comes over to my house in his grey sweatpants he makes me soaking wet, I wish he could man-handle me and pin me to a wall with his big veiny hands, stretch me out with his load, but he'll never cuz I'm so ugly and dumb and-" he cuts you off by kissing you, grabbing a handful of your hair, making your lips part, giving him entrance to your mouth.
Your tongues tangled together, he starts sucking on your tongue like you were his dinner. Running it around every inch of your mouth. You ran out of your breath pulling away from him, staring right into his dark eyes. It felt like forever until you heard one of your favourite songs play.
"Ill be right back heesung" you say, all tipsy before blowing him a kiss, you get another drink and chug it down. He chuckled...
"Its heeseung" he spoke to himself, keeping an eye on you.
You were in the middle of everyone, swaying hips, messy hair, short dress and flashing lights, everyone was looking at you whilst you were only looking at heeseung, trying to lure him to you.
He's man-spread on his chair, biting his lips at he watched your every move.
"Fuck, what are you doing to me y/n" he stops talking when he sees a man approach you, and drag you to the bartender, getting you another drink.
You guys seem like your having a lovely time together, laughing, but it got weird when he started touching you, he pulled you closer as if about to kiss you when
boom
He was face flat on the floor with one punch.
"Pathetic"
You looked up to see heeseung staring at the poor guy on the floor, smirking at his work, in disbelief you drag him to a quieter corner, still contaminated by the alcohol.
"Why would you"- hiccup "do that heesung" you said pointing a finger in his face.
He wraps his hands around your waist, as you wrap your hands around his neck, he pushes you to the wall, roughly kissing you, rubbing his raging boner on you.
"cant get enough of you"
He said in between kisses, you nodded you head, going back in for another hungry kiss, not wanting to stop the moment as it felt like forever since you've kissed someone.
"lets continue this at home baby"
You were sitting in the front of his car, rubbing your thighs together whilst whimpering for him to hurry up and get to his apartment. He grabs your thighs separating them with just two fingers. You look up at him to see his face so angry but so full of lust.
He turns back focusing on driving again.
"Gonna fuck you so hard you brat, gonna make your little cunt all red and shiny, 'm gonna have you on your knees begging for me"
He starts driving again, speeding through the highway, before finally reaching his luxury apartment, he quickly runs out the car, going to your side and helping you up.
As soon as he walks in, you both take off your outdoor clothing, he grabs your hand dragging you to his bedroom, he pushes you flat on his bed before hovering above you.
"fuck I've wanted to do this so long y/n" he pecks your lips, you tug at his jeans which he takes of in an instant. They weren't doing a very good job hiding his bulge, but damnn.
He was huge.
"your abs are nice" you say with dozy eyes, motivating him more as you has already took your clothes off leaving you with your light purple lingerie. He noticed it as soon as he looked up.
"you wore that for me right princess?" he says, climbing on the bed again as he pulls down your bra, circling his tongue around one of your nipple. You moaned at the surprising touch, nodding you head at his question.
"Come here, come sit on my dick" He's at the edge of the bed manspreading again you smirked again, making your way slowly to him.
"You're so hot when you spread your legs like that" He grins, holding your hips making you sink onto him both of you letting out pleasurable moans as he stretched you out.
"that feels good, yeah princess?" he slowly starts moving you up and down onto him, you look down in embarrassment as you just realised that he was your best friend but he stops you.
"Eyes up here baby" that nickname goes straight to your core pleasuring you even more as he starts thrusting up into you. You cant even look at him in the eye as he's leaned back a bit, elbows supporting him, his brows are forced together as he bits down on his already red, plump, lips.
"What happened, realised who I am yet?" he chuckles, grabs your hips and starts pounding into you, you start moaning louder, like you were in cloud 9 with the man you've had a crush on for agess.
"Fuck hee- just shut up" you manage to make it out between moan he scoffs.
"Realised your fucking your best friend and you carry on, I see who you are y/n, such a slut, do anything to get filled up wont you" you nod your head, tears rolling down your face in embarrassment.
He pulls out of you earning a whine but lays you on your stomach before pulling you up by your hips and charged into you with no remorse.
"Heeseung!" you yelled as he starts ranting into you again, so close to his release he snakes his hands around you until he reaches your core rubbing up your folds quickly, huffing, and swearing under his breath, you other hand are sobbing because of his animalistic speed.
"Don't cry babyy- fuck- you know it feels so goo- oh fuck" he cums inside of you, shooting his cream right into you, you follow right after, legs trembling. Your neighbours definitely know what your are doing as your practically screaming his name.
He pulls out slowly, laying you on your back, following the same actions he looks at you and you do the same. Both trying to catch your breath but he breaks the silence
"I'm your boyfriend now, right?" he bits his lips at you, you cover your face in embarrassment.
"Why are you so hot" you say under your breath.
"What was that?" he has a huge grin on his face.
"You are my boyfriend" you've moved you hand away from your face and winked at him.
"Heeseung?"
"You got my name right this time" a few seconds past and he starts laughing at his own joke, you hit his chest in annoyance. "gosh your such a tease" you turn away from him but he finds it more funny, putting his arms around you.
He comes closer to your ear,
"y/n?"
you hum in response, dozing off.
"your mine right?" you nod,
he smiled to himself, kissing the back of your head, he thinks to himself...
'once mine, always mine' *cutely smirks*
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆TY FOR READING BABES (I love all of you)☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
(heeseung is so fine)
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If your name isn't underlined then I couldn't find it :(
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LOOK WHO'S BACK
...with another dream to share. it's SFW this time i swear
TW/CW: none
MC - main character, me
ML - male lead (this is another person, rather shorter than i am)
HY - the friend of ML, i put HY because he has a specific name and i want two letters out of said name
SC / OC - side character (or other character)
---[POV, 1]
Lately, I'd noticed that whenever me and ML interacted, it was always something . . . weird on his end. Caught glances, fidgety movements, weaker voice. You name it. I was nearly blaming myself for being too delusional to even suspect that he had a crush on me.
Until that confirmation came around.
I was sitting on my assigned seat on the classroom whilst others were chattering about the group projects, when a baby blue coloured thin notebook was slid on my desk. A ballpoint pen was stuck out inside it — almost like it was bookmarking something.
I opened it, to be met with a half-paged worth of writing.
[TRANSLATED ACCORDINGLY]
: Hi, it's [ML's full name]. It's been coming up for a while now, so I might as well tell you. There's these feelings I'd been feeling all about ever since I saw you. You were so pretty. I couldn't take my eyes off of you, I was in a daze. You caught my eye, to say the least. I asked HY of you, turns out you two were friends for quite some time now. I wanted to know you and more about you. I liked that smile, that laugh. I liked you. It's what I'd realised after recently asked for HY's help.
My eyes wanted to pop out, with a click of an a-ha moment. I knew it. I knew he liked me. It was obvious. But a problem of mine rose once again. I was waiting to choose amongst two to three people, another one had added.
I picked up a gel pen of my own and started writing right below it.
: Hey, it's [MC's full name]. I'd pretty much figured out about your feelings for me since you acted weird. But the more I looked into it, you were similar to me in a way. Though I put my studies first and I don't
SC called for me, asking me a huge amount of questions, I didn't notice ML taking the notebook back since I was chatting with her, answering each question during the two periods. After she deemed it okay to let me go, she did, and only then did I see the notebook gone.
I turned to ML. "Hey, ML? Can I have the notebook back? I'm assuming you have it."
His now-gloomy demeanour suddenly sparked as he took it as a sign of 'I'm not done yet', a glint of hope in his eyes, I guess.
"Sure...!" He hands me the notebook, with him seeing me in a hopeful light.
I read where I last stopped, and I now know why he was acting like that. Poor thing didn't know I wasn't done yet until I asked.
I finished what was left of me to write.
: want for you to waste your time trying to think if I hated you due to my actions. My father might go into the 'stay away from her' route, but I could do and try dating you to see if it's worth to be exclusive. :)
And I gave it back to him, finished with it, for real this time.
His face lit up as he finished reading through the newly entire note, wanting to be all touchy and stuff, until HY saw through and quipped, "PDA, dude, it's not allowed here, remember?"
I chuckled. "It's fine, HY." We won't be doing it in the premises.
---[END]
posting at holy week smh. i tried remembering the notes the best i could alright ?!! ur welc
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I'm glad to hear from you again bae, hope ur having a nice day<3 I noticed your requests are open now and it's not exactly a request but I wanted to share this dream I had and if u could write a small drabble based on it I would be the happiest. So turns out I was in college (i think) with stray kids, they were like super popular and we were not exactly close but ofc I had a crush on Minho. and then one day he got sick and passed out in the middle of campus, for some reason I was there w chan and jisung and a friend of mine, and they asked me to call an ambulance and I did but started crying while on call because I was triggered (IN MY OWN DREAM 😭 and the next is sadly 100% true) and remembered a time when my mom had a pretty bad fall and I had to call an ambulance for her bc i was alone. so the ambulance took him and chan was there comforting me bc i told him why I started to cry and also confessed my crush. my dream leapt to me visiting Minho in his hospital room days after and we talked, and then he was discharged and we started hanging out but life hates me and I that's where my dream ended so, maybe a simple soft happy ending in which he had a crush on me too?
— the feelings mutual
→ PAIRING: Lee Minho x gn!reader
→ GENRE: College!au | fluff
→ SYNOPSIS: After crushing on Minho, you both confess in an unexpected place.
→ WARNINGS: passing out/fainting from exhaustion | hospital setting at the end
→ WORDS: 1.3k
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“You’re drooling, y/n.” Your friend giggles as they nudge you.
“Huh?” You snap out of your daze, focusing back on your task of eating your lunch.
“If you keep staring at him so much, you’re going to burn holes into him.” Your friend laughs, causing you to flush an embarrassing shade of red.
“Oh, shut up.” You mumble as you pick at your food.
“Why don't you just go over there and talk to him?” You choke on your food, eyes widening at the ludicrous thought
“Absolutely not!” You finally manage to say once you have calmed down. Your friend frowns, a distinct pinch between their brows.
“Why not? You stare at him at any chance you get, y/n! Just go over and talk to him. What are you afraid of?”
“Rejection.” You state. Your friend sighs once again, shrugging their shoulders and resuming their task of eating. They start talking about classes and how boring it is and that they cannot wait to go home. You listened for a while, occasionally nodding to show that you are listening, however, your attention soon turns to the table where your crush is currently situated. A loud “YOH!” and laughter erupting from the group.
The table currently holds a group of 8. They’re the talk of campus. You cannot walk the corridors without hearing the name “Chan.” or “Jeongin”. It's not surprising that they're popular, they all have a range of special talents as well radiating with charism and looks. People either want to be with them or be them; there’s no inbetween.
You too, also think they’re a charismatic bunch, however, only one captures your eyes. Lee Minho. You can't quite put your finger on it, but there is something about him that just draws you to him. Is it his looks? His talent? How he teases his members? Or is it his cute little bunny teeth? Or they way his eyes scrunch up whilst laughing. Whatever it may be, your crushing on Minho and your crushing hard.
You notice someone approaches them, handing Minho a letter; most likely a confession of their love for him. You watch Minho politely take it, smiling warmly before the girl rushes away, squealing and blushing pink. You sigh. Sometimes you wish you had the balls to do something like that. Some days you think about just doing it, just confess to him. But when you pluck up the courage to do so, all of it disappears in a second.
“Why is he so cute?” You mumblem thinking out loud.
“Huh?” Your friend looks up at you before looking in the direction you're looking at before rolling their eyes and sighing.
Minho can feel someone staring at him, burning holes into his back. He frowns, looking behind him and making instant eye contact with you. He gives you a small wave and friendly smile, causing your heart to thump erratically against your ribcage. You give him a shy wave, feeling your cheeks go red.
“You look like a tomato.” Your friend laughs. You huff and pout.
“Oh, shut up!”
─── ・ 。゚☆: *.☽ .* :☆゚. ───
“Hey!” You turn in the direction of the voices, blinking before smiling as you see Chan and Jisung running towards you and your friend. “Have you seen Lino?”
You think for a second before shaking your head no slowly. ”No, sorry.”
Chan sighs frustratedly and Jisung chews his lip worriedly. They start talking between themselves, stress and frustration rising between them both. Jisung checks his phone several times, hoping for a message or a call for Lino
“Has something happened?” You ask carefully.
“We can't find him.” Chan states
“I'm sure he hasn't gone far. There can't be that many places to hide on campus.” You laugh softly, hoping it would lighten the mood a little. Chan smiles softly, nodding in agreement.
“We need to go! Lino passed out in the library. Changbin just told me!” Jisung states, worry evident in his voice. You all rush to Minho and true to changbins words, Minho is currently passed out on the floor, the remaining members surrounding him, giving him aid.
You swallow thickly, memories and panic rising to the surface. It feels all too familiar to you. Your friend soothes your back gently, Chan asking you to phone an ambulance. You nod slowly, feeling yourself go into autopilot mode; flight or fight responses slowly kicking in.
You call the emergence services, putting your phone to your ear as you stare at Minho. Your eyes fill with tears due to worry for him but also because it feels familiar to you. Your friend understood straight away, soothing you the best they could. Chan notices, claiming you've gone pale. Your friend explains why Chan nods and gives a sympathetic smile. He, too, also soothes you, rubbing your back gently whilst thanking you.
“Ambulance please.”
─── ・ 。゚☆: *.☽ .* :☆゚. ───
2 days have passed since then. Once you got off the phone to the emergency services, you broke down in tears. You confessed everything to chan, told him about your crush on Minho. It made sense to Chan why you became so worried for Minho. Chan advised you to tell Minho how you truly feel. Told you to go visit him so it's just the two of you. You thought about it and decided to just go for it.
What's the worst that could happen?
You knock on the door, opening it slowly. Minho looks up at you from his hospital bed, currently sitting cross legged whilst watching tv. He smiles softly at you, a small that feels so warm and tender.
“Hi” He greets
“Hey.” You say shyly, walking inside and closing the door. “How are you feeling?”
“Oh y’know.” Minho holds up his hand that currently has a cannula inserted, a tube attached as it drip feeds him liquid. “Could be better.” He gives a light chuckle. You laugh softly, shifting your weight from one foot to the other.
Minho frowns, pointing to a chair that's situated beside the bed. You smile, feeling a little awkward as you walk and sit down.
“Do you know why you passed out?”
“Exhaustion.” Minho looks at your shocked face, laughing softly. “Let's just say I wasn't taking care of myself. Late nights, bad diet, etc.”
“ Minho! It's important that you take care of yourself. You're important to many.”
“Oh yeah?” He asks, “Like who?” You swallow, biting your lip gently.
“Well, your friend and uhm–” You pause, playing with your fingers. Your heart thumping hard against your chests, nerves getting the better of you. You want to tell him so badly, but the words are lodged in your throat. You swallow several times to wet your sudden dry throat, licking your dry lips. You squeeze your eyes shut, opening your mouth to speak only for you to feel lips against yours before pulling away.
You open your eyes. You're instantly met with a flush looking Minho, nervously messing with the skin around his fingers.
“Did you–” You start off, too shocked to understand what just happened. Minho nods slowly.
“I like you. I like you a lot, y/n.” Your brain refuses to understand his words. Heart leaping a thousand beats as butterflies fill your stomach.
Lee Minho. The man whom you've been crushing on since forever, has just kissed you and to top it all off, he likes you too!
“I like you too, Lino.” You whisper shyly. Minho giggles, reaching out to hold your hand.
“I know, Chan told me. He told me to tell you my true feelings and that it may be mutual. So, yeah. I guess it was very ballsy of me to suddenly kiss you too. Sorry if you didn't like it.”
“No! I loved it!” You say, too eagerly.
“Then, once I get discharged from here, will you go on a date with me? That way, I guess I can kiss you some more.” Minho squeezes your hands gently, blushing. You laugh softly, stroking his pink cheeks.
“I’d love that Minho. More than anything in this world!”
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not on the dresser
anon: okay i just found ur blog recently and i literally love it!! and i was wondering if u could write a scenario abt mista getting caught masturbating with his crushes clothes? like he has his face buried in them or something, and they find him and it turns into a flustered confession/sex :3 he or they pronouns please!! if thats okay <3
{cw/ nsfw content ! mdi, masturbation, panty sniffing, confessions ensue}
mista feels adrenaline racing through his body whilst sneaking into your room. normally, he’d never do such a thing without the intent of scaring you, but with you having been away on a mission for so long and the rest of the team having gone out, he was feeling incredibly pent up and needy.
pants already half way down, he fumbles around your laundry basket and after spending very few moments searching, he finds what he’s after; a pair of pretty, red lacy panties. there’s a shameful blush dusting his cheeks, he knows this is a violation of your privacy but right now he’s too overcome with lust. bringing your panties up to his nose, he inhales deeply, the scent of your sex staining the fabric in a heavenly smell that makes mista urgently wrap a tanned hand around his thick cock.
it’s almost too good- your scent -and he has to rest an elbow on your dresser. continuing the gentle strokes of his cock, he spits on his cock and imagines your face beneath him; mouth wide open, tongue sticking out and eyes hazed with desire. he thinks you’d look so pretty, posing with your legs splayed out and chest heaving, your nipples perky and sensitive from prior administrations to them. god, what he wouldn’t do wrap his tongue around them.
it doesn’t take mista long to feel his orgasm approaching, not when he’s essentially buried his face in your underwear and imagining that the spit on his member is from your slick juices. the rhythm of his jerking motions picks up in speed and he moans out your name, as if you could here him. so caught up in fucking his hand, he has yet to register the bedroom door clicking open and the sharp gasp coming from your mouth, until it’s far to late.
when you had arrived back to base, you’d been nothing but tired and craving a hot bath. what you’d expected was a ruckus of men running around, not the base to be ‘empty’ and to see mista ejaculating over your dresser drawers.
finally noticing he wasn’t alone, mista bashfully makes eye contact with you, his mouth agape in equal amount of shock, “i-um… welcome back!”
you go to say something, but pause looking between mista, his hand wrapped around his softening cock and the white cream dripping down the side of your bedroom furniture.
“you came on my dresser?” you say, still shocked at the sight before you.
“i came on your dresser.” realising what he had just done and what you had just witnessed, mista rushes to try and give some kind of explination that didn’t make him look like a total pervert, but is cut off by your voice.
“you came on my dresser whilst sniffing my used underwear?” holding the bridge of your nose with three fingers, you shake your head in disbelief and humour, “you know if you really like me that much, you could’ve just told me? or do you just have some kind of weird fetish about breaking into your teammates rooms and sniffing their stuff? do you do this to everyone else?”
“i- what? no, i don’t have a fetish for this! i mean i do b-but just for you- wait fuck, i mean it’s because i like you, but-” as mista babbles on, feeling bold you waltz up to him and pull him into a searing kiss.
it takes a moment before mista processes that you, kissed him. despite the odds, you actually kissed him. fumbling around, he slips his cock back into his boxers and pulls up his tiger-striped pants, not bothering to buckle his belt up after and pulls you further into him by your waist. the kiss is slow and soft, but full of passion nonetheless and if it wasn’t for the awkward circumstances, it would’ve been absolutely perfect.
lips parting from his, you stare up into his eyes before stepping back, “look lover boy, i’ve gotta get washed off but if you want to, you’re free to join me.”
with that mista watches you walk into the connecting bathroom, momentarily stunned at all of the events that had just transpired. his crush, you, actually liked him back and on top of that, you didn’t scream bloody murder at him for jerking off in the middle of your room, not to mention with your used panties. grinning like the cheshire cat, he catches up, stripping his clothes as he does, almost tripping over in the process with sheer excitement.
“so this means you definitely like me, yeah?”
“for fucks sake, mista. yes!”
#jjba x reader#jjba imagines#mista x reader#guido mista x reader#i’m back#i’m fucking back let’s goooo#not!sfw#bucci gang x reader
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heyyy scarlet <3 i was wondering if i can get eren talking to his crush? love ur writing :)
Hi anon,
Yes of course! And thank you! Sorry it took so long, but it's here. I loved writing it so much ugh!
-Scarlet
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Eren talking to his crush
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fluff
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hcs about how he talks to his crush and how he made her his girlfriend. It's just lots of convos.
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Modern Au
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So this includes talking and flirting with the girl who caught his eye at college most likely.
Now 19+ year old Eren has many ways of talking to a girl he likes and it depends on how he meets like he could have meet her at a subway station when she takes same way he does, he sees her in a library checking out books, she’s in his class, she tutors him for math(I see it’s his worst subject) he can even meet her through Mikasa, at Starbucks or even a grocery store. Like no seriously, it can get that random with him.
But I know I can only pick a few concepts so stay tuned.😂😂
Okay so I will mention what it’s like with he first saw you and then when he realized he liked you, what he’d say to get your attention and how he asks you out, so most will be dialogue, but here we go.
First Meet + Getting your attention
So I see you two were class mates and so you sat next to him in the middle almost back row or back row and he’s just like this extroverted dude and you’re like who is this guy?😂😂
He doesn’t know that he likes you here cause Eren is kinda slow to catch on to his feelings but whatever the case you might think he’s sus even tho he’s somewhat friendly but honestly not. He’s probably an ass in a way.
He’d give you looks and each time you look in his direction he’d look away.
And he has a stupid shit eating grin especially if your uptight or are just quiet.
He will probably ask to share a book with you or something since he most likely forgot it.
So you have no choice but to talk to him.
Okay I’ll shut up and put some convo in.
“Okay is Y/n here today?” The teacher would ask looking up.
“Yes. I’m here.” You’d raise your hand to catch your professor's attention.
Seeing your name given out like that he’d be like oh so that’s your name in his mind.
You heard his name too but it went in one ear and out the other cause you weren’t interested.
So when the teacher said to turn to a certain page and he didn’t have the book he decided to ask you.
“Uhhh you don’t mind sharing do you?”
“Sure, I guess.”
“Thanks, Eren by the way.”
“Im—“
“Y/n, I heard. You were easy to spot with your baby face.” (Sorry if you don’t have one)
“Baby face?”
“Yeah, it’s your first year right? That’s why you look young.”
“Yeah but I don’t have-“
But you couldn’t say anything seeing the teacher started her lecture and you wanted to listen.
At the end of the class you took your book back and put away your things to leave. You were surround by students who knew eren and just awkwardly packed your stuff and left and when you headed out of class. But he’d catch up to you seeing you were walking on campus and on your phone talking to your dad for a ride and you stop at the drive way and he teased.
“Boyfriend?”
“No. My dad.”
“Yeah didn’t think so.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“That you’re a daddy’s girl.” He’d tease whilst walking towards you.
You were on a bench waiting with a few books in hand.
“I’m not, he’s just picking me up today.”
“Okay, Ms. Uptight, I won’t judge. Or do you prefer, baby face?”
“I don’t know Mr. Popular, you’re the nicknaming king not me. Now if you’ll excuse me, my ride is here.”
So yes you were annoyed the first encounter and you were like ugh some annoying guy who’s going to be my partner.
Because this was only the first time you met him you were going to have other weird days with him at school.
Like one time you came in and sat down and you had your hair probably in two French braids and since your hair isn’t covering your face in that moment he’ll talk about your baby face even if you don’t have one to him you just remind him of a kid. (Tbh he kinda has a baby face, like that’s what my friend said)
“Hi, baby face.”
“You always have a nickname, can you just call me by my name please?”
“Hmm, since you asked nicely sure. You know I’m only kidding to light up the mood you always looks so gloomy when you come in.”
“I—I just have a lot on my mind, plus you can’t always be happy and smiling, its weird. Why would I smile here if I don’t know anyone? There not my friends.”
“That was a little cold, your not as bubbly as I thought you’d be. Maybe that’s your charm and why all guys here look at you.”
“I’m pretty sure no guy likes me, that’s just silly. Besides, I don’t care if they do, I’m not interested.”
“Hm, guess they're gonna have a hard time talking to you. But it’s not hard for me.”
“I’m not easy if that’s what you’re thinking, Eren.” You’d huff turning your attention to the teacher who was about to start but little did you know Eren thought you were amusing.
"Uh, planning out our project. You know the one you haven't started." You'd point out.
"You know I'm not a lot of help to you since I suck at math but you know if you help me with the work I could understand it better."
"You know I'm not a lot of help to you since I suck at math but you know if you help me with the work I could understand it better."
"Don't they have tutors for that?" You'd ask looking up at him.
"Look, just meet me here, tomorrow, same time, same place."
"Why? What are we doing?"
"You'll see." He'd say with a smug grin on his face.
"Eren wait--"
And through studying, he got to see more of what you were like and you saw how he was less of a jerk tbh.
He also saw how smart you were and how you weren't actually as monotone or quiet as he thought.
And he did get you to laugh so that's a bonus on his side.
He also probably had his hand go over yours many times when you both tried to find the right page or grab the eraser.
Eren also held most of the books when the two of you walked out.
You were happy he pitched in the project and that you both did 50%.
I see that if you both are taking the train he will have small talk with you and stand next to you on the train.
"What are you listening to?"
"(favorite music artist) wanna listen?"
"Sure."
If there's no room to sit down you're not tall enough to reach the small handles on the train he'll find it cute and tell you that you can hold on to his wrist/arm for support.
"You can hold on to my arm if you want, so you don't lose balance since the ride is never smooth on here."
"Oh thanks but--"
"I'm just doing it to help you. It's not weird, I'm fine with it."
"Okay, sure."
Eren would love the fact that he convinced you to be safe and he honestly thinks you're too cute but he wouldn't be an ass about it.
He'd also protect you from the creeps on the train too.
Realizing his feelings for you
After so many encounters with you, he knew he felt something weird for you he just wasn’t too sure but luckily your friendship with Mikasa really clarified how he felt about you. And he was just hoping he wasn’t going crazy and that maybe you witnessed the same spark he did.
Now I see that you probably were friends with Mikasa but just didn’t know she was adopted and that her brother was Eren.
So you had no clue and you two most likely work together at boba shop (hence the photo above) or at the school tutoring people on a subject you’re good at maybe. But I see the boba thing tho the most since I have ideas😂😂
Now you needed a ride and Mikasa said you could go with her since her brother could drop you off since he’s her ride today and so you accepted since she didn’t tell you it was Eren. And she said he’d be okay with it.
The worst part was when the bell chimed and it was Eren in some casual clothes. (He looked good but you would never say that at all)
Anyways as soon as you saw him you felt nervous and worried he’d tease you, so you hid behind the wall like you were working in the back so he didn’t notice, and meanwhile Mikasa of course just brought more news to you.
“Oh Eren you’re here, awesome. I’d like you to meet my friend from work she's---Hold on Eren, let me get her.” She’d smile before finding you and grabbing your wrist to drag you where Eren was.
When you looked up at him you were shocked but didn’t have anything to say. But he of course did.
“Y/n, this is my stepbrother Eren.”
“Y/n, I didn’t know you worked here.” He’d tease.
“You two already know each other?” Mikasa asked looking surprised.
“Yeah-
“No.” You answer over him, making Eren grin.
“I met her at school cause we have a class together.” He'd answer.
So during your car ride, you’re sitting in the back and he’s just looking at you and is making you feel so out of place. Like you're in his car, looking like a mess cause of the work uniform, and you’re embarrassed he might say something.
But he will do the very thing you don’t want so his stare just lingers and you can see this through the mirror where he can see you and he’s just amused tbh. He’s never seen you look the way you do. And even though he may find it weird himself to say this, he thinks you're cute.
“You’re so quiet back there.” He’d break the silence.
“Y/n doesn’t talk too much. She’s a bit shy around boys.” Mikasa boldly admitted only to have you be mortified and have Eren laugh at you.
“Mikasa!”
“Sorry, it’s the truth Y/n.”
“Well, I guess there is a reason for your babyface.”
“I don’t have one.” You'd roll your eyes.
“You kinda do. Eren has a point.” She'd agree kinda giggling.
“Wha—“
She smiled to have a playful smile on her face this time, “Oh Eren I forgot, Y/n and I have to study so bring her to our house.”
“Wait I thought we were doing that tomorrow.”
“Oh really but you told me today through text.”
“Ohh, okay then today it is.” You’d sigh.
I know she has a different personality in aot but I think in a modern au and as a friend she’s actually like a really fun friend and defiantly teases you or tries to scheme you into relationships if she thinks it’ll work.😂😂😂
So when you got to their house you met his parents and everything and then went upstairs to work with Mikasa.
You were a shy thing for sure when this was going on cause who wouldn’t be??😂😂 it’s awkward.
Anyways you studied with her but you had to ask her why she did that and the whole damn time Eren is listening in by the door cause he’s curious to hear and he honestly is just smiling.
Here’s your convo with Mikasa btw:
“What was the point of that?” You’d mumble.
“Hmm? What do you mean? We have to study and plus you know, I thought it was about time you got to see my room! And meet my family. Although sorry you haven’t met Zeke yet, he works late.” She’d smile at you whilst sitting on her bed.
“No, I mean that’s nice of you but why did you tell Eren that about me?” You’d avert your eyes, looking at the room biting your lip.
“Hmmm, does someone have a crush on my brother?” She’d tease.
You waved your hands in front, “What? No! Oh my gosh, I could never! Why would you even think that?!” You’d shout, shocked by her assumptions.”
Hearing this Eren would kinda frown since he had some interest in you. (I picture he has his semi-beard here and long hair down at home.)
“Well do you think he’s attractive?”
“I—I—I don’t know.” You stumbled, now he got curious.
“Oh c’mon, just be honest with me Y/n. It’s just me—you don’t even have to say it to him.”
“True, but I guess he is, I’ve never really looked at him like that.”
“Hmm, I see how it is."
“Mikasa!"
This whole convo made him want to laugh because he could just imagine how much you're blushing for sure. And he thinks it's the cutest sight. You also probably end up staying the night at her house (cause we have to make things go somewhere) and she so asked Eren to give you one of his T-shirts so it would be a nightgown on you.
And boi he could not take his eyes off you at all.
Even as you were watching a movie with Mikasa in the living room he was just focused on you.
And in the middle of the night you both probably couldn't sleep so you ended up talking and he so scared you by accident.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, Y/n."
"No, it's fine."
"You're still up? I thought you'd be sleeping." He'd look at you confused.
"I couldn't sleep so I wasn't sure what to do."
"So you were just gonna sit here till you fall asleep?"
"Well, I mean it's not my house sooo . . . and I don't where anything is." You'd trail off, not knowing what else to say.
"C'mon let's take a walk, the neighborhood here is safe." He'd smile handing you a jacket.
So you end up taking a walk with him and he'll ask questions about you and you're family. But there will be some teasing.
"You look like both of your parents actually." You'd admit.
"Yeah, what about you---who gave you the babyface?" He'd tease making you hit his arm playfully.
"I don't have one. Neither of my parents do!" You'd smile and giggle.
"Alright, alright I'm just messing around."
He'd also take you on the playground and would sit on the swings and try to push you down the slide even if it's wet at the bottom.
"No, it's wet."
"It's just water."
"Yeah but I don't wanna get wet---Eren stooop!" You'd squeak as he tried to push you down the wet slide.
"Eren stooop." He'd mock. (and that's where that all started)
Would also try to have you go on the monkey bars even though you're only wearing his oversized T-shirt and your underwear.
"I can't."
"Why not, you're wearing shorts."
"I'm not, if someone sees me that would be--"
"It's in the dark, Y/n, I can't see anything."
Overall you two had fun.
How he asks you out
It was out of the blue and he defiantly didn’t ask you directly cause seeing the kind of girl he’d be into i don’t see him asking her that I think it just started happening and the way it became official was by some confrontation.
Like at first I think a lot of things happened before you got into the convo.
For example, your first kiss was before you two kinda started being a real thing yes you two were hanging out and stuff and they were dates (little did you know) but you were nowhere near the stage if kissing and yet you did and it was unexpected. You were probably on a bench studying and he was having you help and explain math to him and he was just looking at you and smiling and then he just leaned in and kissed you. He then pulled away and only then did he acknowledge your reaction.
And Eren realized your guy's tutoring time was up so he just said by to you and he realized it after what he did and what that could mean for him and you.
He felt like shit for doing that cause he thought the timing was off but you both were into it, little did he know.
And you just wanted to avoid him since you assumed he just kissed you cause he was a bored or just cause. Overall, he though that he had to talk about it and that he needed to confess so he did, in a clever way I guess.
You were at school and got out of one of your classes and Eren knew your schedule thanks to Mikasa.
And the minute you walked out you noticed him through the crowd and you hated yourself for it tbh. Seeing you caught his eye and you were walking away he followed.
"Y/n."
"Eren."
"Can I walk with you?”
"Uhh, sure I guess. But I really think you shouldn’t be talking to me.”
“Hmm, why’s that?”
“Because I—I—“
“You what, babyface?” He'd grin, towering over your figure.
“Hey, don’t call me that. I thought you’d grow up a little but your nothing but a boy honestly.” You'd cross your arms upset at his behavior.
“C’mon you know I’m kidding.” He'd nudge you to ligthen up.
“Are you really? I don’t really know you, well I thought I was starting to, till you—ugh why am I even bothering.” You'd turn around about to walk away.
“Y/n, that kiss was real.” He'd say, making you stop.
“You’re just saying that—so you can do it again.” You'd shake your head wanting to ignore him.
“No. No, I wouldn’t stick around if that’s all I wanted.” He'd admit.
You'd turn around to look at him, “Then what do you want? You know it’s not every day I let a guy in and give them a chance. I was willing to give you that chance, Eren.” You’d frown, feeling disappointed in him.
“Look, I know I shouldn’t have done that and I honestly didn’t plan it. I got lost in my mind and just ended up kissing you but it’s because, I like you, Y/n. I know you don’t believe me right now but I really do. I’ve liked you for while I just wasn’t sure how to tell you and kissing you like that wasn’t my plan.” He'd explain
“Then what was your plan, Eren?”
“Spend the weekend with me.” He'd request.
“Eren Yeager, you’re crazy!”
“Give me three days to prove it to you. At least if you’re interested.”
“. . . Fine, three days. But if you blow it, I’m not giving you another chance.”
“Wait really?!”
“Yes.”
“Thank god! Can I kiss you?” He’d grin, now back to his teasing. Although he wouldn’t do it he just wanted to see you be upset.
“No!” You’d blush feeling annoyed that you actually liked him said yes. You couldn’t believe yourself but you believed he was being sincere with you before so why not try?
“Relax I’m just teasing you, I’ll see you tomorrow, Y/n~” he’d smirk ruffling your hair.
Okay that’s how that began. Gosh now I want to write about the three days and how he made you his girlfriend. Ughhhh that would be so cute.💕💕💕💕
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helloo! i was lurking through ur blog and ur writing is so good??? ur angst fic for tsumu was so painful and now i'm 😭😭 so can i pls request for hcs for tsumugi with an affectionate s/o? thank youuu 😭😭😭💖
i promise you i have 5 drafts right now but the moment i thought about this prompt, it wouldn’t leave my mind and i knew i had to write it! also, i’m so happy you liked my tsumu angst 🥺 it’s my least popular writing so i didn’t know if it was just awfully written or T___T but yes! angel deserves love ♡
summary: when all else failed, flower language was there to win over your crush
author’s note: this might be a bit different from what you were expecting, anon! the affection so much isn’t... obvious? well, you’ll have to read it and tell me if you think flower language is affection ♡
i absolutely adore flowers, so i was so thankful to put this romantic knowledge to use! if you are looking to be timeless, woo your crush with flowers please~
word count: 2,992
music: dream – suzy & baekhyun, love is the way – red velvet
yellow tulips means there’s sunshine in your smile.
❄️📚 tsukioka tsumugi
tsumugi loved flowers
it all started when he worked as a florist. the store was the same as always, even after he came back. it was overgrown, with decades of flora & fauna taking over the storefront as there wasn’t a single dead leaf in sight. greenery gave the usual urban, grey road life as the sunshine felt warmer in the makeshift forest. displays of annual flowers made tsumugi smell the roses, and he came by daily ever since he was a teenager
tsumugi liked to check out the produce and greet his favorite little old lady nicknamed “ma” that ran the small store. she always coddled him, pinching his cheeks and affectionately saying he grew up handsome as he blushed under the praise. she liked retelling stories she remembered of his young self working in her shop, laughing at his low stamina but unbreakable will
she reminded him of his own grandmother, and often arrived after work with new flowers he had harvested from the mankai courtyard to impress her
it was a particularly lucky day. one of tsumugi’s blooms came earlier than expected, and the moment he noticed it whilst gardening and whistling a tune, he took one as he left the dorms in his gear. when tsumugi arrived nearly out of breath for attempting to run the entire length, he was about to call the grandmother’s name but noticed someone else was tending the plants
(strange, ma never needed help, tsumugi thought before he glanced at your smile and was blinded. you were the sun)
when you bloomed into his life like the most beautiful flower, tsumugi swore he nearly dropped his pot when he saw you the first time. you saw him in gardening overalls stained by dirt and his rural appearance, and he admired you like you were at full bloom
tsumugi wasn’t good with words, in fact, he couldn’t even speak when he saw you. he just nodded quickly, gesturing to the random new arrivals he was pretending to be interested in. as you went further into the store, tsumugi sighed and could feel the vines within his lungs crawl and tighten around his chest
he wanted to talk to you, but he was afraid you’d be a cherry blossom that lasted for two weeks before fluttering away
so tsumugi approached you the only way he knew how: with flowers
it was your first week working as ma’s apprentince florist, but you had found a minature flower bouquet by your door. it was tarragon, a herb with tiny green & yellow flowers, gently wrapped with a delicate pastel yellow ribbon
tarragon: lasting interest
when ma came upon the boquet, she smiled knowingly, as if she had some dirt on the secret giver. however, you couldn’t get ma to budge (that woman was incredibly stubborn and had seen too many things to yield to a young adult!)
you decided to keep the herbs, pressing the flowers so they’d dry and twirled the ribbon around your finger as the empty lackluster hours expectedly came and went throughout the day. you wondered if the person who brought you such a beautiful present knew of flower language?
tsumugi did
tsumugi was a hopeless romantic at heart despite living in a world of fleeting love. he remembered learning flower language for situations like this, though, this was the first time he ever had to (or wanted to) use it
he still came to the shop every other day to be the victim of ma’s endless teasing, her short frame not stopping her from jabbing him in the ribs with her elbow. but this time, with a knowing smile. nothing ever escaped ma, she was too observant for her own good
(tsumugi was the only person she knew who tied his ribbons that way)
(she only knew because every mother’s day, tsumugi liked giving her the best assortment of flowers she had ever seen ever since he worked for her)
as the days went by, you had begun to notice the quiet, timid boy with the shyest smile and brightest eyes always standing near the front in the sun as you hid away inside wherever the fan was
(perhaps you regretted that, when you heard his gentle laugh twinkle across the shop like wind chimes, you thought of tarragon)
one day, when you decided to look up after intensely reading a library book on botany behind the register, you saw him immediately avert his eyes and awkwardly laugh at something ma said. she glanced back at you, gesturing you over with a flick of her hand. you didn’t even bother arguing against it, closing your book and heading out front
(no one fought ma and won)
“this is my newest employee, tsumugi! they’re such a green thumb, it’s like they bring my flowers back to life.” ma bragged, laying a hand on your arm and pushing you forward so you were even closer to the boy you’ve been noticing out of the corner of your eye. he couldn’t look you in the eye, he was staring at everything but your eyes
(tsumugi couldn’t look at you because you shined so bright, he almost had to cover his eyes)
you introduced yourself properly, and as tsumugi finally tore his sight away from the new red roses in season, his eyes widened at something around your neck. you subconsciously lifted your hand to it and—oh
it was the yellow ribbon you had been gifted last week
ma grinned, feigning shock at your new acessory around the collar of your uniform. “my dear, i never noticed such a pretty little thing! haven’t you been wearing it everyday?” ma pretended to reach out for it but you leaned back, protectively putting your hand over the bow
(for some reason, you had become oddly attached to the ribbon)
“i... i have. just thought it was lovely, that’s all.” you justified, seeing tsumugi’s shoulders drop when he exhaled with... relief? tsumugi complimented the shade of yellow, saying it often fit the summer season and compared it to a dahlia
so, when it was the next day and you saw ma waiting for you with another knowing smile and a single yellow dahlia in her hands, you remembered tsumugi
the dahlia was pastel yellow, just like the ribbon you had on today. when you took it, you turned it over and watched the petals rustle in the summer wind
dahlia (single): good taste
“you know who it is, don’t you?” you interrogated ma, holding the dahlia close to your chest. it was clearly grown with care, in fact, it almost saddened you to see such a beautiful flower given to you when it could’ve kept on growing
ma just shrugged, doing her morning round of watering as she slipped on her gloves and got to work. you were about to do the same before something caught your eye
blue salvias
you didn’t even need to ask ma before she passed you a pen and floral tag you could attach
you bundled up blue salvias, tying a navy blue ribbon (you thought of tsumugi’s eyes and hair that glistened in the sunlight) with a note attached
“thank you, may all your flowers bloom during this summer season!”
you finished it off by signing your name, and left it in ma’s very capable hands. she complimented your ribbon choice with a snicker, but you didn’t question it. ma knew way too much neighbourhood gossip from being the local cupid with her flowers
(you were out back on break, taking notes from a herbs textbook you borrowed. while you were dutifully learning, you never noticed ma pass tsumugi a bouquet of blue salvias and his shocked, flustered blush as he accepted the flowers graciously)
blue salvias: i think of you
(“next time, my boy, just give the flowers to me. you’re much too obvious for your own good.” ma patted tsumugi’s cheek with her wrinkled hand, an aged look to her as if she knew it all)
(when tsumugi went home, he tied the dark blue ribbon around his watering can and put the salvias in a vase)
it didn’t take long before ma whacked a bouquet of flowers over your head, reprimanding you for slouching while reading
you took the gift, noticing a note but before you could read, you smelled the white camelias. but when you realized what it meant, you turned as red as the carnations beside you
white camelias: you’re adorable
“if only you were the sun, then all my flowers would be happy. though, they could never be as bright as you.”
as you unlooped the white ribbon this time, you put aside the note as you tied the ribbon around your neck. now, you had two equally cute ribbons that had you thinking of this secret admirer all day
as the fan blew towards you, the note floated to the floor as you leaned down from your stool to catch it mid–air. you checked the back of the tag, there was a name you would’ve missed: tulip
did they want you to address them as tulip? without a second thought, you had an assortment of red carnations held by a red ribbon and another note
“tulip? why is that?”
(you signed the back with “sunflower”)
red carnations: alas for my poor heart
next day, you received a dwarf sunflower with a bright yellow ribbon and a note you held closest to your heart
“perhaps, i just wanted to make you smile. — forever thinking of you, too, tulip”
dwarf sunflower: adoration
for the next month, you slowly forgot about the shy boy with the blue. tsumugi stopped by less, or at least he came during your break time. you wondered why, since he refused to look into your eyes and hid his face during the rare chances you did get to see him
(tsumugi always gave ma the flowers when it was break, he didn’t want you to find out)
you and your secret admirer kept exchanging flowers like it was mail. by this time, you had so many ribbons and you always received questions on why you wore them all
(“no reason.” you’d lie, and gently ran your fingers over the thread)
(tsumugi began tying the ribbons you gifted him everywhere just so he’d remember you. sometimes even around his pinky when he wanted to feel connected to you like soulmates would. he’d lay his head on his desk, pretending he was pulling on your string of fate and watched the ribbon flow elegantly around his hand with a small smile)
you had grown fond of tulip. his handwriting was delicate and light, you could tell he didn’t push down hard on his pen even when he doodled the flowers he was giving you that day. he had such a unique style, it was comforting to write to someone so genuinely kind and pure–hearted
although your affections to tulip were unparalleled, you often smelled the flowers he gave you and stared out at the horizon, wondering who this person was. you wanted a real name to connect to a face
(maybe, you were scared that whatever you were feeling was too much for a nameless unknown)
you knew it might have been too soon to demand answers, but your actions were readily supported by ma as she took the bouquet without letting you think it over
a purple bittersweet, also known as nightshade, with a deep violet ribbon and short note this time
“i must ask you, tulip, is it truly too much trouble for you to share your name? — best, sunflower”
(when tsumugi received these flowers with an impatient look from ma, he faltered, looking into the store but seeing you were no where in sight. ma jabbed him again, frustrated with his fear. “tell her!” ma insisted, but tsumugi shook his head and left)
(ma sighed, rubbing her temples as she shut her eyes. “kids, these days.”)
bittersweet: truth
“i am afraid, once you know the real me, you won’t want me anymore. i know it is selfish of me, but i just want to have you, just for a little longer. — always yours, tulip”
you read the next day and twirled the red columbine with a sigh. maybe you were afraid, this love would only bloom in the summer and tulip thought the same thing
red columbine: anxious, trembling
(you didn’t respond for a few days. you couldn’t, you were just as scared of what you felt for them)
you had started your day off bright and early, arriving at the local library to continue your research into flower language. you had chosen a book after becoming interested by its familiar drawings on the cover and took it to the shop, waving to ma as you rested in the back moss garden
you wanted to find the perfect flower to comfort tulip. even though your curiousity was overwhelming, you couldn’t help but understand where they were coming from. the relationship you guys had built was so nice, it would be a shame to question it
you turned the page but furrowed your eyebrows, automatically opening to a bookmark. it was custom, with dried flowers and a ribbon at the end through a hole. you noticed two initials at the bottom in light handwriting
T.T.
you were about to take it out to return it before the wind made you lose your place, going to the back of the book where the card pocket was. you put the bookmark at the back and found the letters aligned to a name that borrowed the book most recently
T.T. tsukioka tsumugi
tsumugi... that must’ve been the full name of the blue boy who came by so much. then, you noticed it
the handwriting was familiar, for a good reason. tsumugi crossed his t’s the same way as tulip, the ends of the t’s were curved in a similar fashion, too
you remembered the first time you met tsumugi
(“yellow, like a dahlia.” tsumugi hummed, reaching out to fix the way it was uneven. he almost didn’t notice it, until he looked up at your eyes. he moved back, made some excuse of how busy he was, and disappeared)
(you had touched the ribbon, wondering why you didn’t stop him)
you quickly moved to the front desk, shuffling through the countless stacks of paper and decorations until you reached the drawer where you kept all the notes. you took a random sample, realizing it was one of the more recent ones before you had asked their name
it had been stained with dirt. they must’ve wrote it in a hurry, like they just had to say it
“would it be too soon to say i want to see you, even though i know i can’t? — i miss you, tulip���
(you remembered this. pink camellia, pastel pink ribbon)
pink camellia: longing for you
you put the scrap of paper side by side with tsumugi’s name, tracing the letters with a shaky hand. how had you not realized it, was the boy you had become fascinated with the one you actually liked? sure, you thought the silent affection for the client was temporary, like a cherry blossom
turns out, he had survived the summer and would stay with you even until winter
was tsumugi tulip?
you had closed the book, attempting to process the revelation. all those things you said, all the secrets you exposed to the world, and he felt the same. sure, it was silly to think you could fall in love with the way someone wrote
but then, you thought about when you saw him the first time under the sun. he was glittering and sparkling like a streaming river, blue and beautiful. you wanted to see tsumugi again, you had to know
you didn’t usually send bouquets first, so when you handed one to ma, her face hardened and she seemed to know
“you know who it is, now? are you ready?” ma asked, placing the flowers down to envelop you in a motherly hug. you hugged back, nodding with resolve as you placed your chin on her head
“i... i need to know,” you chose your words carefully, but you glanced up and saw all the floral ornaments you had made from their gifts. their sweet, well–meaning flowers that brightened your day. then, your gaze fell upon the red columbine
“i need to know if this is real love.” you finished, ma patting you on your back comfortingly as she listened
“he loves you, little sprout.” ma simply said, but it meant everything when you waited until the next day with the flowers yourself
it was your break time. tsumugi came in with a bouquet just like you, but his steps stuttered when he saw you standing out front with flowers at your chest
you looked at him and softly smiled, the admiration and affection you had for a mysterious boy flourishing out of you. you took a small step forward, but tsumugi took two steps back. he hid the flowers behind his back
tsumugi was about to apologize, beg for your forgiveness before you smiled, your neck decorated with the tens of ribbons he had gifted you
“i love you, tulip.” you confessed, needing no note to hide behind when you held the bouquet out to tsumugi
red tulips, red ribbon
red tulips: passion, a declaration of love
tsumugi took a moment to admire you, the way you stood tall just like a sunflower. maybe it was too fast and he was being impulsive, but he felt it. he felt love, he wanted you to feel it, too
tsumugi offered you a bouquet in return as you laughed at the situation, pulling him into a close hug and taking in his warmth
yellow tulips, yellow ribbon
yellow tulips: there is sunshine in your smile
“i love you, too, sunflower.”
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crush, fred x reader
request: from anon: I don’t know if ur accepting requests right now but if you are, could you write about Fred having a crush on a girl that happens to be best friends with Ron? Btw I hope that things with your boyfriend are beginning to get better x | hi darling sunshine! of course i’ll write that for you! & yes, requests are open indeed :) aw thanks lovey, we’re always working at it, also this is hella long i got so carried away i am so sorry lmao x also idk how i feel about this ugh cause i tried to make it sound like the reader and ron are best friends but reading it back i’m kind of like ??? but also i rewrote the first portion like literally four different times UGH i struggled with this one but it was a good struggle anon THANK U for the request!
prompt: none
warnings: instability bc weasley perfection? IDK MAN
You and Ron were sitting in the Great Hall, watching as brave students from each house and the other wizarding schools placed their names into the goblet, hoping to be chosen to compete in the Triwizard Tournament. “I wish I could enter,” he told you.
Just then, Harry appeared beside you both. “No you bloody don’t,” he told him and laughed.
“Yeah, Ron, you’ve got to be barking mad to want to enter,” you said. Just then, his older twin brothers ran into the Great Hall, ringing in cheers from everyone around them. They were both holding something in their hands. You just rolled your eyes. “Case in point, Ron. Look at those two.”
Fred and George were showing off whatever concoction they’d brewed up when they came over to the three of you. George asked, “Don’t think we can do it?”
“No,” the three of you said together.
Fred overdramatically fell backwards and into you—pretending to be offended by your doubt that they were going to successfully be able to place their names in the goblet, whilst somehow being able to trick Dumbledore’s age line.
“Y/N,” Fred whined, “I’m heartbroken. Literally heartbroken that you don’t believe in us.”
“Oh, it’s not that I don’t believe in you, Freddie,” you told him and his eyes were swimming with excitement. “It’s just that I believe in Dumbledore more.”
Ron and Harry began laughing next to you when the twins began to shake their vials. The surrounding students were becoming more and more excited to see what was about to happen, and many people began whispering animatedly. The goblet was showing off a deep blue color fire, and Fred and George were more than ready to place their names in.
“Just wait,” Fred told you and swung his arm around your shoulder. “In three days time I’ll have been chosen to compete in the tournament, and by the end of the school year, I’ll be the champion, and you’ll be so impressed that you’ll fall head over heels.”
You scoffed at him. “Is that right?”
“Yeah,” he told you, “It is. Ready, George?”
“Ready, Fred,”
“Bottoms up!” they said together.
And that’s when hilarity ensued.
Later that evening, in the common room, Fred, George, Harry and Ron were playing a game of cards, while you, Ginny, and Hermione were sitting around the fire, chatting about the upcoming tournament and the Yule Ball.
George was scratching his face and saying, “I still have remnants of that bloody beard from this afternoon. Who knew our aging potion wouldn’t work?”
Ron laughed. “Everyone, mate.”
“Oh, it definitely worked,” Harry retorted, “just not the way you wanted it too.” Him and Ron started snickering like little girls.
Fred wasn’t listening. He was shuffling his cards slowly, sort of in a daydream like trance, and Ron was snapping his fingers in front of his face.
He was too busy peering at you to notice anything else around him. He was focused on the way your hair cascaded over your shoulders in soft curls, the rosy pink your cheeks turned after being out in the cold, your voice bouncing off of the common rooms walls every time you let a giggle escape your lips, the clothes you wore other than your Gryffindor robes.
“Hello?” Ron said, slapping Fred across the cheek.
Surprised and brought back to reality, Fred placed a hand to his cheek. “What the bloody hell was that for?”
George just laughed. “We’ve been trying to get your attention for the last ten minutes, Freddie,”
Fred softened and turned back towards you. “Oh,” he said, completely forgetting the moment. He watched you still, and when you looked up from your conversation with Hermione and Ginny and caught his glance, you beamed at him. It’s almost as if you could hear his heart begin to pound.
He turned back towards his friends and told them, “Erm, guys—I’ve something to tell you,”
George, Ron, and Harry couldn’t help but laugh, just a little bit. The common room fire was roaring and the students around were buzzing, but Fred Weasley was nervous. He was actually nervous.
George smirked when he told him, “Yeah? Go on then.”
Fred swallowed over a lump in his throat. He made sure that you were out of earshot. “I’m...kind of mad for Y/N.”
The three boys sat for a moment and then burst out into laughter. Fred furrowed his brows, obviously offended by their laughter and his humiliation, when Harry spoke.
“We know.”
“You do?”
“Yeah, mate, the whole bloody world knows,” George told his twin. “You’re not exactly subtle with it.”
Ron snorted before saying, “Yeah, and your flirting isn’t the best, either.” Fred punched him in the arm. “Don’t worry, she hasn’t said anything to me about it. Pretty sure she doesn’t even realize it’s flirting—” Ron couldn’t help but snicker, and Fred punched him in the arm again.
He turned back towards you, watching you again, wanting nothing more than to run over, spin you around and kiss you, but he held back the urge. He placed his hand under his cheek and rested on it, peering at you with admiration. To the boys, he said, “So what the bloody hell do I do now?”
“What you’re good at,”
Fred looked towards his twin with confusion written on his face.
“Be honest, do your thing and tell her.”
You were suffering silently in Potions with Ron. Across from you, Harry and Hermione seemed to be brewing something perfect, while yours, on the other hand, wasn’t looking terribly great. Ron kept groaning and letting his head fall onto the desk.
Snape was in a particularly bad mood that Wednesday afternoon, for whatever unbeknownst reason. He had given you all the hardest potion to brew, with directions that weren’t clear in the slightest, and left you all to the cauldrons. And the punishment for not brewing it absolutely perfectly? Two weeks detention.
You wished you could be outside in the snow, walking through Hogsmeade, heading into Zonko’s, warming up in The Three Broomsticks with a butterbeer. Anything but this.
“I hate this bloody class,” Ron said as he added a sprinkle of something to the potion that prompted it to turn a nasty, purply-brown color. Ron scowled and peered at the directions on the board once more.
“Just think—in a week, we’ll be at the Yule Ball, dancing the night away, not worrying about this stupid lesson,” you told him and grabbed his hand before he disastrously placed way too many porcupine quills in the potion. “No, no—two, Ron, not five.”
Two did the trick. The grody, brown looking potion in front of you seemed to take a turn for the better when it slowly became a nice looking green color, which is what it should have been in the first place. “Yeah, I guess you’re right. Hey, who’re you bringing to that, anyway?”
“I dunno,” you told him truthfully as you added another mistletoe berry into the potion. “Why? D’you want to go with me, Ron?” you teased.
“Ha-ha,” he said sarcastically, and you could’ve sworn you saw him glance admiringly at Hermione, who was almost finished brewing her perfect potion. Ron cleared his throat when he noticed you saw him. He continued, “No, really, who do you think you’ll go with?”
“I dunno, Ron!” you laughed. “I genuinely have no idea. Why are you pushing this?” You saw his cheeks turn rosy and he seemed to shift uncomfortably in his seat. He was hiding something. “Ronald Weasley, what do you know?”
“Nothing!” Ron jumped up. Snape looked up from the other end of the room where he was observing the Slytherin’s potions. He shot the both of you a look of pure disgust, and went back to his observations. Ron swallowed over a lump in his throat when you kept prodding him with your wand. He rolled his robe sleeves to his elbows and breathed out slowly. You loved how nervous Ron got when he was keeping a secret, because truthfully, he wasn’t very good at keeping them. He kept pushing his long hair out of his eyes and tapping his feet against the floor. When you wouldn’t let up, he finally blurted out, “Enough with the third degree! Freddie’s mad for you, alright?”
You were so taken aback, literally, you almost knocked your cauldron onto the floor. Luckily, behind you, Dean Thomas caught it with mere milliseconds to spare. “What?” you asked Ron. “No he isn’t,” you couldn’t help but laugh to yourself.
Ron’s nervousness seemed to slip away when he laughed and said, “Don’t make me say ‘I told you, so’.”
It’s as if Ron’s words made them appear, because Fred and George slipped into your Potions class, somehow, without Snape seeing. At least, at first.
“What the bloody hell are you two doing in here?” Ron and Harry asked them.
George just rolled his eyes. “I tried to stop him, but he took my advice way too literally.”
“What advice?” You and Hermione wondered aloud at the same time.
Fred stepped closer to you and your heart started to pound. In the middle of class? Was he kidding? With twenty or so other students there? And Snape?
“You’re coming to the Yule Ball with me,” he told you straightforwardly. It wasn’t a question and you didn’t seem to have a choice in the matter.
You asked him. “Is that so?”
“Yeah,” he told you confidently. “Yeah, it is because I’m mad for you,” he winked, “and I know you’re mad for me, too.”
You could feel your lips curl into a sensual sort of smirk. Just then, someone from Slytherin yelled out and pointed towards the twins, and Snape turned swiftly from the back of the dungeons. You could’ve sworn you heard him yell out, “Weasley!” but you were too distracted to even care. All you cared about was the boy in front of you—with his long red hair, his heart melting half smiling, and the fact that he was a bloody idiot sneaking into your class. You didn’t care about anything else. Your heart was racing. The dungeons were bustling with chatter now—about Snape being even more angry than he already was, and about those older, redheaded Weasleys that somehow managed to make their way into a busy Potions class.
George was kicking Fred’s leg, saying, “Bloody hell, mate, let’s go!” but Fred didn’t move. Instead, he stood there, waiting for you to say something, anything.
“So?” Ron, Harry, George and Hermione all asked together.
You looked at them and then back towards Fred and asked him, “Well what took you so bloody long to figure it out?”
His smirk only grew, his eyes enticing you to run out of that classroom and back to whatever empty room you could find. But just then, Snape reached the top of the classroom and tried to grab Fred by his robe sleeves.
George kicked Fred once more before sprinting out of the classroom, and before following his twin, Fred squeezed your hand and said to you, “Being chased by Snape is totally worth it, by the way.” He slipped out from underneath Snape’s grimy fingertips and left the Potions professor seething at the seams.
Professor Snape turned to you, red faced and livid, and announced in front of the entire class, “A week’s detention! Was it worth it, Y/L/N? Was it worth it for that Weasley boy?”
But Fred was still there, outside the classroom. He was careful not to be seen, but he was still peering in at you to make sure you didn’t receive too bad of a punishment for his shenanigans. You knew Fred would probably manage to sneak his way into your detention, too. You smirked at Snape and then turned your attention to Freddie in the corridor. Without skipping a beat, you winked and responded, “Totally worth it.”
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Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, 2 (Branjie) (and background everyone) - Ortega
a/n: thank u for being so lovely to me about this rewrite! this chapter was tricky to rework but i solved it in the end wOO! as always love will always be appreciated so if it’s ur first time reading (or even if it’s not!) feel free to shoot some my way!! here we go with chapter 2 of strictly au 2: electric boogaloo (yes i will be making that joke every time i resubmit a new chapter xo)
fic summary: Strictly Come Dancing enters its 18th series and its producers, after being goaded by a rival dance show on its inclusivity, commission it to be an all-female cast. Unlike Akeria who’s just here to bone her potential dance partner, dancer Vanessa is ready to act like a professional.
And then TV presenter Brooke Lynn walks into the rehearsal room.
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26th September 2020
Vanessa checks herself out in one of the full-length mirrors, her outfit a blur of red sequins and fringing and the flecks of glitter she’s spread across her collarbones and shoulders popping under the lights of the dressing room. She blinks slowly and carefully once, twice, then gives a little flutter of her immaculately-applied fake eyelashes.
“Makeup did a great job tonight,” she smiles appreciatively at herself. Akeria appears from behind her, squeezes her in a hug.
“Mm. Although I guess it helps when they get a canvas like mine to paint on,” she flutters her own falsies whilst framing her face with her hands, and Vanessa bats her away playfully. Suddenly they are nudged out of the way by Aja.
“Do you clowns mind? Some of us have to actually use these mirrors.”
“Yeah, let Aja in. She needs all the help she can get,” Shea calls from across the room, the girls giving a laugh and Aja giving a faux-wounded cry and dashing back across the room to whack Shea. Vanessa has missed this- the dressing room camaraderie, the gossiping and the occasional catfight. She’d marked out her territory in the long, white-and-metal room a few years ago when she’d befriended Akeria and Monique, and the three girls sit at the same three white vanity tables in the same three only-slightly-uncomfortable tan-stained white chairs, with their crushed water bottles and makeup bits and bobs and packets of dried fruit snacks scattered over the area like a bomb has gone off. The blast of hairdryers, hisses of hairspray cans, excited chatter and the playlist the dancers have all cultivated together combine to create one chaotic, noisy sound that Vanessa thinks is a little bit magical. It’s even more magical, more exciting and thrilling, now that she’s actually going to be partnered up with someone and have a proper Strictly journey.
“What’re y’all gonna teach as your first dance?” Monique asks, already touching up her eyeliner despite the fact she doesn’t need to.
“Hmph. Depends who I get,” Vanessa shrugs, a little thrum in her heart. “I wanna get some ballroom out of the way first though. Then it’s one less to choreograph.”
Monique hums in agreement. She knows Vanessa has limited ballroom experience, having competed almost exclusively in Latin competitions. Vanessa looks over at Jan and Jaida who are chatting excitedly with Plastique. They all knew each other from the ballroom circuit before they started on the show and Vanessa knows she’ll never be one of those dancers that exudes grace and poise, little paper dolls that float across the floor practically on tiptoe. Then again, those girls will never be a dancer like she is, all hips and curves, sass and fiery passion and playfulness. Well. Jaida probably could if she wanted to, but Vanessa remembers when the pros all did the Cell Block Tango number last year and Jaida kept getting the giggles at the sexiest parts and setting all the other girls off laughing. For one of the most attractive girls on the circuit, she balances it out with being a bit of a dork.
“You sure you don’t wanna lead with your strong suit? Arrive with a bang, that sorta thing,” Akeria muses, and Vanessa shakes her head.
“It’s a long game, girl, you can’t peak too early.”
“Well my plan is to peak on the first night and then plateau. Tens across the board right through to the final,” Monique pipes up, touching her lashes and pulling a face at the mirror. Vanessa and Akeria share a long-suffering look and roll their eyes.
“Of course,” Akeria indulges her. “I’ll maybe do a Cha Cha Cha or somethin’.”
“Hey! I was gonna do a Cha Cha Cha!” Monique cries, appalled. Vanessa bursts out laughing.
“Bitch! There’s only about four dances you can pick from at the start anyway, if you wanted to be the only one doin’ it then lower your expectations,” she laughs at her friend. Monique narrows her eyes, turns around in her chair and calls on Crystal, hairspraying her long, dark wavy ponytail in place at her own vanity table. “Crys! What’re you doing for the first dance?”
Crystal turns around excitedly, looks to the ceiling in thought. “Oooh…some sort of samba, maybe? Start out difficult.”
Monique pouts, halfway to satisfied. “You heard what any of the other girls are doing?”
“Jaida’s undecided. Aja keeps talking about this vision she’s got for this rhumba to Chan Chan…oh! Jan’s doing a Cha Cha Cha.”
Vanessa stifles a laugh as Monique gives a wounded groan. “Damn it, Jan!”
Crystal laughs, shakes her ponytail out and shrugs. “To be fair, I think Jan’s planned out all her dances until she gets to the final. Nobody’s thought to tell her she might not get that far.”
“Hey! Heard that, asshole,” shouts Jan, a few tables down.
“Love you!” Crystal calls back, her voice typically high and sweet and ensuring nobody can ever get mad at her.
Talk turns to partners. It turns out Crystal’s got her eye on Jackie or Gigi, and Vanessa swears she can see a bit more blush appear on her cheeks when she tells her that Gigi was gunning for her as well. As some of the other girls who’re finished getting ready around them join in, Vanessa sneaks a look at her phone and idly scrolls to Instagram to find a certain comment that’s been running through her mind for the past month. A photo of her in the studio, it’s not even that cute; she’s got her old dance school hoodie on and a pair of black Primark leggings paired with her obnoxiously bright blue trainers, and she’s sitting on the floor fresh from her warmup holding her phone up to the mirror. Vanessa scrolls down, feels her heart give a little excited jump when she reaches the comment she was looking for.
bhytes: 😍😍😍
It’s dumb and embarrassing how much she’s scrolled Brooke Lynn’s profile since the girl followed her all those weeks ago. Vanessa had felt something inside her burst when she’d first seen the notification, and she still tries to tell herself she wasn’t disappointed when she saw that Brooke had followed most of the other pros too. Vanessa is only hung up on the girl because she’d be such a good partner. It’s not like they really flirted when they met, anyway- Brooke had just been joking around, and Vanessa had followed suit. Some jokes between two girls that had just met and had hit it off with each other stupidly well. It wasn’t anything more than that. Vanessa can’t take her eye off the ball this season; she’s in it to win, just like all the other girls. Being benched for two years has struck a determination in her that she’s not ready to let die. She remembers how confident Brooke was, how easily the moves came to her, how she dipped Vanessa safely and carefully but with such skill and how close they were pressed together when Vanessa came back up-
Alright, bitch. That’s enough of that.
Akeria yelling her name makes Vanessa jerk her head up from her screen, the other girls laughing at the surprise on her face.
“What are you even doing, Jesus,” Akeria mutters, grabbing her phone out of her hand. Vanessa gives a little squeak of outrage, trying not to blush as a shit-eating grin spreads across her friend’s face as she looks at Vanessa’s phone and the other dancers ask what she’s seen.
“Well, let’s just say we know who Vanjie wants to be partnered with,” Akeria smirks, the other girls descending into excited squawks as Vanessa clamours for her phone back and Akeria relents.
“Don’t make it weird, bitch, God,” Vanessa murmurs, trying not to be stung with embarrassment. Crystal pulls a sympathetic face, reaches out to place a comforting hand on Vanessa’s arm.
“Aw, Vanjie! It’s normal to get a lil’ crush on one of the celebrities, they’re all so beautiful and airbrushed.”
“Is it, though? Or are you just hung up on a certain model that you’ve not been able to stop mentioning every five minutes since you danced with her?” Jan quirks an eyebrow, the girls all laughing and screaming again. Vanessa thinks about bringing up Jan’s obvious infatuation with Jackie but then decides against it, remembering that her Mom always tells her people in glass homes shouldn’t throw rocks. Or whatever the saying was. Even though they moved here when Vanessa was two and she probably should be used to them by now she still hates figures of speech with a passion.
“Okay I don’t mind admitting it- whoever gets Asia O’Hara, you’re a lucky son of a bitch,” Akeria throws her hands up, and Monique rolls her eyes so hard that Vanessa momentarily worries for her vision.
“My God, Keeks! Mention it one more time, maybe there’s somebody livin’ in a fuckin’…croft in the Scottish Highlands that ain’t still aware you wanna climb Miss Asia like a tree.”
Vanessa bursts out laughing, joining the other girls. Shea whips her head around from her own mirror, her high, sleek ponytail tossing itself over her shoulder as she fixes them all with an unimpressed glare. “Oh my God, will you all stop being so horny on main for like, two goddamn minutes? Jeez. When was the last time y’all got laid, two thousand and fuckin’ ten?”
Aja laughs in outrage as she points an accusatory finger Shea’s way. “Hey, not all of us could marry a contestant, okay? Let these girls get laid already!”
As the girls all hoot and Shea looks ready to fire a playful comeback at her, one of the runners comes into the dressing room and shouts up a five minute warning. The dancers all explode with excited squeals and they all rush back to their dressing tables to do a last touch up of their makeup and strap themselves into their dance shoes. Vanessa feels her heart thrumming so loud and heavy in her chest that she regrets the Red Bull she’d sank earlier, her nerves suddenly consuming her. She walks into the corridor where some of the other girls are waiting, digs her feet into the soles of her shoes and takes two big deep, calming breaths like her first ever dance teacher taught her to do when the butterflies got all too much. They’re not getting their partners straight away- they’ve got the group dance to complete first, but after that they’ll be changing into uniform little white sparkly dresses and standing on the raised steps beside the dancefloor, ready for the celebrities to come out one by one. The very thought of seeing Brooke Lynn again, in person and all fake-tanned with a full face of makeup, is making Vanessa’s hands shake a little.
“Hey,” Courtney smiles at her, coming out to stand behind her in the corridor. “Good luck. You’ll be amazing.”
“Thanks, girl,” Vanessa smiles. Courtney is the Mom of the dancers, always looking out for the other girls and keeping the peace. Vanessa is appreciative of her calm presence just now.
“How’re you feeling?” Courtney asks, a little frown of concern on her face. She rolls her eyes at herself quickly as soon as the words are out of her mouth. “God. Sorry. Silly question.”
“I’m nervous as shit right now, I ain’t gon’ lie.”
Courtney smiles, takes her hand and squeezes it. “You’ll be fine. I’d be worried if you weren’t nervous to be honest. I still remember my first show. Just remember the dancing is the easy bit. It’s what you know. You’ve done it for two seasons already anyway, all that’s changed is that you get a partner! And that’s the best bit!”
Vanessa swallows, takes another deep breath. She looks at Courtney again. “You know before you get partnered? You ever get your hopes up for one particular celebrity?”
“God, obviously. It’s like when teachers say they don’t have favourites, but you know they do. Why?” Courtney gives her a wink which makes her blush out of embarrassment. “You got your eye on anyone specific?”
“Nah. It’s my first season competing, I’ll be happy with anyone! Can’t get too choosy.”
Courtney cocks a disbelieving eyebrow at her. “Hmm. You’re a bad liar, Vanjie, but I’ll leave you alone. Have fun out there! Break a leg.”
Vanessa’s stomach gives a dip as she throws Courtney a supportive smile and turns around in the line. Monique reaches back, squeezes her hand and whispers a good luck to her, and before she can get a chance to compose herself they’re all off snaking their way in single file through yellow strobe-lit corridors, then through a dark maze of black curtains and cables and electrical tape, and finally out into the muffled excitement of the audience and the hot glow of the stage lights from the rigging overhead. As the producers and runners dash about like panicked mice, Vanessa takes another shuddery deep breath and takes her place beside Vixen, thanking God the show isn’t live but also knowing they’re about to do the dance in one whole take. She’s done this before, it’s not new. She can do this. It’s what she loves.
“Right, ladies and gentlemen! Are we ready to make history? First same-sex series of Strictly Come Dancing?” a producer yells out, the audience whooping and cheering and stamping their feet. “And five…four…three…two…one…”
The lights go up, the smile is plastered onto Vanessa’s face, and when she starts to dance everything she has been worrying about melts away. It sounds cheesy, Vanessa knows it, but when she dances her mind literally cannot think about a single thing other than the music and the rhythm and the moves unfolding as if she’s telling a story. Vanessa remembers days spent on the couch with her Mom and a bowl of popcorn watching Billy Elliot, Dance With Me, Dirty Dancing (even though that one was a 12 and Vanessa’s Mom always told her not to tell her Abuela she was allowing her to watch it) and falling in love with dancing. As the pros finish off their dance to rapturous applause, Vanessa wonders what eight-year-old her would make of it all. She’s on the biggest dancing show on UK TV and she’s about to actually compete in it. Jesus.
Backstage, Vanessa’s hands are shaking so much that they fumble with the zip at the back of her costume change. She is a bundle of nerves now that the dance is done- that’s the only part about tonight she can control, and it’s over. Shea sees her struggling, bats Vanessa’s hands out of the way firmly and hoists the zip up her spine. Vanessa feels like a six year old who’s just had to ask their teacher to help them get dressed after a P.E. lesson.
“Thanks,” she mutters, Shea giving her a tight smile in return.
“Stop worrying. You’ll just get yourself in a flap. What’re you scared of?” Shea asks her, her stern voice turning soft at the end of her sentence. Shea doesn’t have a lot of time for nonsense, but the time she does have is precious, so Vanessa sighs.
“I’m just…God, I don’t even know. Worried I get a dud on my first year, I guess. I want to showcase myself just as much as I want to showcase my teaching abilities, if that makes sense,” she shrugs, looking in the mirror and making sure none of her dark brown baby hairs are breaking free from their hairspray prison.
“If I can give you any advice for your first year, I’ll say this,” Shea continues, checking her own reflection out until a runner shoos them back into line with the other girls. “Don’t take it too serious. Establish yourself, yeah, but it’s more about having fun with whoever you’re partnered with. When I let go and did that I ended up winning. Now, shit, don’t tell anyone I’m giving you advice.”
Vanessa tries not to focus on the fact Shea has just mentioned winning. The thought makes her heart give a thud she’s convinced could land her in hospital. She thanks Shea, gives her a squeeze on her shoulder before the girls are led out onto the stage again. Vanessa is positioned on one of the upper levels in between Akeria and Jan. They give each other a smile of encouragement, and Vanessa reaches over to take Akeria’s hand.
“I hope you get who you want, Keeks,” she whispers, as the producers look ready to begin. Akeria squeezes her hand as a thank you and drops it just as the lights go up. Vanessa feels her stomach churn as she looks down. There’s Michelle, contestant-turned-presenter ready to look into the camera and start reading from the autocue, and she’s beside the table of four judges. Vanessa hasn’t had many dealings with the judges before- she hasn’t had to, but the four friendly-ish faces she’s only so much as smiled at backstage now seem so scary to her.
“Ready to go in three,” a producer calls out, and a hush falls over the audience. Vanessa feels herself wobble in her shoes, wonders if she’d get fired if she fainted on the first take. Before she can think too much about it, the lights flood the stage and Michelle is announcing the first celebrity to be partnered- Heidi Cheek, or, to her listeners, Heidi Nina Closet. She’s dressed in a black sparkly dress which contrasts those of the dancers, and Vanessa realises the costume designers’ vision straight away. Vanessa remembers Heidi- she’d been one of the girls she’d danced with after Brooke, and she was sweet and funny and approached learning with a cheerful sense of enthusiasm, even if it had taken her a couple of tries to get the moves right. Michelle asks her how she’s feeling.
“Excited! It’s so different to doin’ my radio show, you know? I’m not used to bein’ on camera. They didn’t tell me I’d be goin’ through makeup at all. Everyone wore their joggers and gym clothes in rehearsals so I just thought we’d all be wearin’ the same things,” Heidi begins, the audience laughing already. “Also these heels! I barely even wear shoes at work, Lord. I can’t walk in these so how I’ll dance in them I’ll never know. Least I don’t need to fake tan like some of these other girls. That whole dressin’ room smells like a pack of biscuits.”
As the audience give another laugh, Vanessa can feel her heart hammer frantically as Michelle turns to Heidi. “Okay, Heidi. This…is…it.”
The lights go down, and Vanessa wants nothing more than to squeeze her eyes shut but she knows the cameras will be giving close-ups and so she stands, poised and ready, practising her not-looking-disappointed face in case she gets partnered with her.
“Your Strictly Come Dancing 2020 pro is…”
Breathe, don’t forget to breathe. Don’t close your eyes. Stop clenching your fists.
“Antonia ‘Vixen’ Taylor!”
Vanessa lets out a massive sigh of relief, her smile huge and genuine as she claps for the newly paired couple. Vixen races across the stage and lets out an excited squeal, Heidi crushing her in a tight hug. Both girls are clearly happy about who they’ve been partnered up with. They give a short post-pairing interview where they both squeal about how enthused and excited they are and Michelle sends them up to the auditorium. Vanessa claps them again then lets out another sigh. One couple down, eleven to go.
Michelle, a seasoned professional, copes well with the stop-start way that pre-recorded TV is usually filmed. Vanessa, however, stands and frets and wobbles in her heels through the next five pairings. Blair St Clair is paired up with Courtney next, and both girls are content with their partner. Blair just seems happy she’s got somebody who won’t eat her for breakfast if she makes a mistake.
“I’m so happy I got paired up with a winner!” she beams in her interview, her arm linked with Courtney’s. “And we had so much fun on the induction day, she put up with me so well. Even though she had to re-teach me the steps about twelve times.”
“Don’t be so hard on yourself! It wasn’t twelve!” Courtney soothes, then gives Michelle a cheeky smile. “More like ten.”
A clearly satisfied Peppermint is given to an equally happy Shea and, to her obvious delight, Akeria is paired with Asia. Jan gives an over-the-top display of sheer unadulterated celebration when she’s paired with Jackie and almost gives Vanessa tinnitus with the amount she screeches, and Vanessa finds herself beaming with joy when Gigi is paired with Crystal, both girls behaving like Care Bears when they reach each other, all soft cuddles and squeezing hands.
Michelle takes a quick drink of water, announces some special guest singer that nobody cares about to perform at the halfway point. The girls who’re waiting to be partnered are called off the stage and the fiftysomething country singer last relevant in 2006 begins setting up. Vanessa scans her eyes over the pros that are left. There’s her, Monique, Plastique, Aja, Phi Phi and Jaida.
“Who’s still not been partnered up?” Phi Phi hisses urgently, her face determined as she addresses the other girls.
“Yvie Oddly hasn’t got anyone yet,” Plastique mentions calmly. “Or the Love Island girl.”
“Farrah,” Aja corrects her, then pulls a face. “Scarlet Envy’s not got anyone yet either.”
“Has Brooke Lynn been given anyone?” Vanessa asks rhetorically, as if she hasn’t been waiting with every embryo she possesses for the girl to come out onto the stage.
“No,” Jaida shakes her head, oblivious to the fact Vanessa already knows the answer. “And there’s Monet and Willam. So there’s three…maybe four girls still left that we can win with.”
“Hey, Scarlet has potential,” Monique shrugs kindly. Plastique snorts.
“Potential to what? Earn the lowest scores ever recorded?”
Phi Phi covers her hand with her mouth as she giggles, and Vanessa frowns at them both.
“Nobody’s winning with Willam either. The woman’s treating the whole thing as a huge joke,” Phi Phi continues.
Vanessa can’t help but send a barb her way. “I don’t know, girl, she seemed pretty clued-up when she was with me. But I guess a bad teacher always blames her students.”
Plastique and Jaida let out a squeal which they muffle behind their hands. Monique grabs Vanessa for support as she splutters a laugh, and Phi Phi scowls at her. “Well I’m not the one that was-”
“Would y’all just shut the fuck up for, like, two minutes?” Aja hisses, lowering the rapidly escalating volume of the conversation. “Unless we wanna be picked up by the mic and get round two of the half-decaying Darius Rucker impersonator that’s out there.”
Aja is friendly and funny but she’s scary when she wants to be, so the girls take a telling and fall silent as the song is finished. It’s not long until they’re led back out onto stage and are assembled onto the same podium as last time, and the cameras are rolling again. Next out is Willam. It says a lot that the stage makeup manages to tone her down, the gentle grey smoke across her eyelids a far cry from the riot of glitter that had been scattered over them on induction day. Michelle begins the interview.
“Now, Willam, you starred in Brittania High a few years ago, that was a bit dance-y - do you think that’ll come in handy during your Strictly journey?” Michelle is asking her. Willam brushes a stray hair out of her face and shrugs.
“I mean, I didn’t do too much of the dancing? I was a leading lady so I got most of the ballads. And most of the lines. More a main character than a backing dancer, really. No shade to any of my ex castmates, of course. Except Detox. Rotted bitch.”
“CUT!”
Vanessa bites her lip hard to try to stop a laugh coming out. Willam looks amused, if a little perturbed. “Is that not allowed? It was just a joke, she knows I love her really. Family show? Oh, okay.”
Vanessa can’t help it and lets out a laugh along with some of the audience. Phi Phi’s face doesn’t move.
“Okay Willam, time to see who your partner will be.”
The lights go down again. Even though it’s now the seventh time this has happened, Vanessa still feels as if she’s surviving a near-death experience every time someone new is paired up. It would be good to be paired with Willam. She’d be fun. She’s got potential. She’d work hard. She wouldn’t be disappointed at all.
“…It’s Phi Phi O’Hara!”
Oh, fuck. Vanessa sucks her lips into her mouth, tries not to laugh as the fake smile takes hold on Phi Phi’s face like a mask as she runs over to Willam, gives her a polite hug. She is raging. Serves her right for being mean.
“Willam Belli! What an enormous…” Phi Phi tails off, gesturing at the woman beside her as she searches for the right word. “…pleasure…it is to be paired up with her!”
Vanessa catches eyes with Monique, almost splutters a laugh. Phi Phi’s delivering everything through gritted teeth. Willam is smiling beside her, although her gaze keeps darting up to someone in the auditorium. Vanessa wonders if there’s someone she would rather have been partnered with.
Phi Phi is led off smiling demonically, and then Yvie appears by Michelle’s side to be paired up next. She is given to Jaida, and both girls seem happy with their pairing. Next out is Farrah. Vanessa’s heart lifts. She didn’t get paired up with Farrah at all on induction day- they’re both too small to be each others’ partners and so far there’s been at least a little bit of a height difference to each pairing. Still, though…Vanessa can’t get too complacent. She puts her hands behind her back and crosses her fingers and hopes she won’t get chosen, feeling like she’s on her first day at Hogwarts and Michelle is holding the sorting hat.
“…Aja Rivera!”
Vanessa is almost sick with relief, but as Michelle interviews the new partners she can’t help but feel almost a little dizzy with nerves. There are only three celebrities left: Scarlet, Monet and, of course, Brooke Lynn. The producers stop filming and arrange Vanessa, Plastique and Monique on the same level so as they’re not too scattered across the stage.
“You look like you’re about to throw up. Or faint. Or maybe die,” Monique whispers to her, concerned. Plastique rolls her eyes.
“Leave her alone, Mo, it’s her first partner,” she chastises her. Vanessa is grateful for the sympathy and doesn’t acknowledge how right Monique is. She does feel as if she’s about to do all three of those things, possibly all at the same time. Just as she thinks things can’t get any more nervewracking, the lights go up, Michelle announces the next celebrity, and Brooke Lynn appears.
Vanessa feels as if all the air has been sucked out of the room. Brooke’s hair is tousled and swept over one shoulder, the black smoke of eyeshadow the makeup department blended onto her eyelids makes the green of her eyes pop, and the character heels and the fringing on her black sparkly dress means that Vanessa’s eyes can’t help but be drawn to her legs. This is the girl she’s been waiting for. If she gets Brooke, she knows she can go far, she knows she can do a lot. She hardly hears a word Brooke says in her interview, all Vanessa is doing is repeating prayer after prayer- she’s not even that religious but her Mom, Tia and Abuela combined have probably said enough Hail Marys on her behalf to garner her a decent amount of favour with whoever’s up there, so she gives it a go.
“Okay, Brooke, let’s see who is going to be partnered with you for your Strictly journey.”
The lights go down. Vanessa swears her heart stops beating. She casts her eyes to the ceiling, not daring to meet Brooke’s. Her palms are way too sweaty to be normal. She clasps them together but they’re still shaking like crazy. The room is silent save from the single drum beat that’s serving to build tension. It’s doing its job too well, Vanessa thinks. She swears this pause is longer than all the others put together. She can hear the catch in Michelle’s throat as she’s about to speak, her heart soaring high with anticipation.
“It’s-”
“Cut!”
There’s a groan from the audience. Vanessa is going to faint right here, right now, filming be damned.
“Sorry, we’ve got a problem with the lights, it’s hitting Plastique’s face all weird. Can we sort that?…Okay. Thanks.”
Vanessa is no longer nervous. She’s now just impatient. As she taps her foot frustratedly and sweeps a glance over the room, she’s determined not to look at Brooke. She wonders if she’s looking at her already. Unable to help herself, she sneaks a look and instantly meets Brooke’s eyes with her own. Her heart leaps as if someone’s just turned the key in its ignition. Brooke unsuccessfully stifles a smile, sends her a wink as if they’re the only two people in the room. Vanessa waggles her fingers in a wave, then snaps her gaze away as the producer silences the audience again. Michelle repeats her line, the lights go down again, and Vanessa’s not scared this time. She’s thinking it into existence. She knows it’s going to be her. Michelle just has to say it.
“…it’s Vanessa Mateo!”
Vanessa screams. She knows her face must be an absolute picture as she sinks to the ground in shock, gripping her face with both her hands. She can hear Monique and Plastique laughing and clapping above her, and she can barely walk in a straight line as she rises back up and dashes across to hug Brooke. Brooke’s smile is almost splitting her face, and she breaks away from Michelle and runs towards her, picking her up and twirling her round in a tight hug that Vanessa never wants to break free from. She’s done it. She and Brooke are partners. She gets to work with her for as long as they’re in the competition together. Maybe Vanessa will start going to mass after all.
“Oh my God,” Vanessa eventually says, as Brooke carries her in the hug for as long as she can manage then deposits her down beside Michelle who is laughing so hard Vanessa wonders if they’ll have to do another take. They do not. Instead, Brooke drapes an arm around Vanessa’s shoulder and pulls her close. Without knowing what possesses her, Vanessa takes her hand. She looks up at Brooke who’s looking down at her and they laugh together, sharing a ridiculously huge smile.
“Sorry. That was too much,” Brooke says apologetically. The audience laughs along with Vanessa.
“Uh, Vanessa,” Michelle starts, laughing a little through her question. “It’s your first year with a partner, I probably- well I don’t- need an answer, but I have to ask…how do you feel about being partnered with Brooke?”
“Listen,” Vanessa composes herself. She’s out of breath and her voice is hoarse from screeching, but she’s getting this out. “If you knew what this girl can do, you’d be screamin’ like a banshee too, Michelle. She’s so talented, I know she’s gonna be incredible…God, I can’t wait to win this whole thing with her.”
Everyone laughs again, but Vanessa’s only looking at Brooke. The girl’s eyes crinkle up when she smiles, and it only makes her look ten times more beautiful than she already is. Not that that’s weird. Just an observation.
“Brooke, how do you feel?”
Brooke looks back down at Vanessa, still smiling. “No, I’m the exact same. I know we kind of look like a bar chart together, but we just work. I knew I wanted to be her partner since induction day.”
Vanessa gives a happy sigh. She wants to wrap both her arms around Brooke and to not let go. Part of her feels like she’s lifting the glitterball already. Brooke is a trophy and Vanessa feels like a winner.
“Well, congratulations to the pair of you. One last time, give it up for Vanessa and Brooke Lynn!”
Vanessa drops her hand down and Brooke catches it in hers, the pair of them running past the audience and upstairs to the auditorium where the other girls are ready with excited squeals and hugs for them both. Vanessa accepts them all gladly, and when she is finally released she is positioned at the bannister beside her new dance partner. She turns to her and smiles, Brooke easily returning it, and Vanessa is suddenly bashful.
“Hey,” Brooke smiles at her cheekily.
“Hey,” Vanessa grins, looking to the floor awkwardly. “Sorry. If I freaked you out. Guess my reaction was kinda too much.”
“Girl, did you see me? I was spinning you round like a fucking windmill. If anyone should be apologising it should be me.”
They both laugh softly. Vanessa shrugs a little. “Least we know we’ll be good at lifts.”
Brooke raises her eyebrows and concedes, and Vanessa tries not to get too excited about the fact she can say the word we. They fall quiet as the producers call for hush and Scarlet is led out. As Vanessa listens to Scarlet’s interview, she can feel Brooke’s eyes on her and she turns to face her, unable to stop the smile creeping back onto her face. Brooke looks caught out for a second before she leans in close to Vanessa to whisper to her.
“I meant it, you know. I’m so happy I got you. I wasn’t just saying it for the cameras.”
Vanessa gives a happy sigh, places her hand over Brooke’s that’s clinging to the bannister. “Me too, girl. This is where it all begins. Let’s win this damn thing.”
They don’t let go of each others’ hands until the final pairing is announced.
#rpdr fanfiction#bet you look good on the dancefloor#ortega#strictly au#lesbian au#branjie#vanessa vanjie mateo#brooke lynn hytes#akeria davenport#monique heart#aja#shea coulee#crystal methyd#jan sport#courtney act#willam belli#heidi n closet#phi phi o'hara#plastique tiara#background jankie#background scyvie#background momo#background crygi
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hii i love ur fics, could u do something cute about losing ur virginity to van, nothing too smutty more cute please ?? 🥺
“Do you want a cuppa love?” Van asked, shifting from behind you. You had been chilling and watching movies all day, so much so that it was now dark outside. But you weren’t thinking wether you wanted a cup of tea. Your stomach was almost an Avery of butterflies and had been like that almost all day. You had decided after careful consideration and months of going out with Van that you'd loose it tonight. Your virginity that is.
It was silly really, no one had forced this decision on you. In fact you were convinced on the fact that Van was Angel for being so understanding, other boyfriends nearly forcing you into things you had just not been ready for. But you had decided that tonight was the night and you couldn’t go back on the promise you had made to yourself before you left the house.
“Y/n..?” Van drew out your name, waving his hand in front of your face, a confused look on his.
“Yeah sorry, tea would be great!” You smiled, getting up and wandering over to the kitchen to help him.
You both had had dinner already, settling on a pizza from town as Mary wasn’t there to tell you both of for not being healthy. Another reason for your decision for your plans that evening, Vans house was empty. The only washing up you decided to get a start on whilst Van turned the kettle on, pulling two mugs out of the cupboard next to you. One of which was pale blue and rather large, your favourite. You smiled at him, touched that he knew exactly how you liked things, he inturn offered you a small kiss on the cheek.
You kept your hands busy washing the few dishes whilst Van hummed under his breath along to the music he'd put on, preparing your drinks. Meanwhile you contemplated when was best to bring up the fact you were ready for him in the way most people in your small town would jump to in a heartbeat.
Soon enough, the dishes were clean and Van was wrapping his arms around you, singing loudly in your ear. You felt so comfortable around him that without thinking you decided to confess to the thoughts that had been plaguing you all day.
“Van, I think I’m ready.” You let out in a midst a flustered tone and the reddening of your cheeks, that thankfully were hidden from him. He stopped singing as soon as your words materialised, you could see the cogs turning in his head when he turned you round in his arms to face him.
“You mean-” He let out, gesturing with his facial expressions to the exact topic you had in mind.
“Van..” You groaned, not wanting him to make a big deal about it, you were already embarrassed enough.
“No baby, baby, I’m just surprised!”He fussed over you, full of love and care, cupping your face with both of his hands, trying his best to calm you. Although at this point you thought he was the one that needed calming! “Are you sure, I don’t wanna rush you.”
“Van, I don't think you would know how to rush me!” You giggled, amused about how innocent and unaware at how caring and considerate of a person he is.
“I just don’t wanna be one of those guys and hurt you ya know. Wanna look after you.” He answered you plain and simple, making your heart melt and become one hundred percent sure, you were ready for this.
“Van, I’m ready.” You smiled, trying to persuade him of your previous statement You stepped closer, between his legs, taking your sweet time with everything before connecting your lips together.
“Are you sure?” He questioned finally, you nodded now serious, firmly set now that this was going to happen. Once again you kissed him softly, letting him take you by the hand and lead you to his room.
The only light was coming from his bedside table, creating a chill and hazy atmosphere. You seemed to be able to see right into his eyes, pooling with desire in greens and blues. He started off with baby steps, testing the waters before going too far. Obviously you had done things with him before but this time you both knew it was going further.
He undressed you slowly, kissing the skin between each discarded piece of clothing. He savoured every moment, taking you in for all your beauty. “Your incredible love.” He beamed, holding your waist in front of him as if you were gold under his finger tips. He moved a strand of your hair behind your ear, kissing the skin whispering words that sent chills down your spine.
He was full of love and care and took in account everything you were saying. He laid you down on his bed, kissing every part of your body, doing things that had never been done before.
“Are you still ok?” He asked sincerely, hovering over you, making sure his body wasn’t crushing yours.
“Uh huh, just...um..go slow,” From there, it all merged together. It wasn’t as painful as all the other girls had said it would be and Van listened to everything you said.
As far as first times go, you listed that one as successful. It washed over and blurred into one until you were snuggled up together, obviously post loo break. Vans hands roamed your skin, played with your hair and soothed you into a deep slumber. Completely forgetting about the cold teas downstairs.
A/n: Wow! This was very different to the last one tehe. I think we all need a bit of fluffy teen consensual Van sex though so who’s complaining! I kinda wish everyones first time could go like this eek! This request is the sweetest lil thing, I love writing these kinda things lovelies xx em
#van mccann#van mccann fanfic#van mccann x reader#vanfic#van#catb#Catfish and the Bottlemen#catfish#catfish and the bottlemen fanfic#catfish and the bottlemen x reader#catfish and the bottlemen fanfiction#van mccann fanfiction#van mccan fic
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uhhhhhh notes HURT WEEK im pains
"They call me eagle-eye fjord where i come from." "maybe raven. i dont know." that theory about Fjord being the Hawker is suspicious rn (Apparently theres a third i missed whoops) sam apparently similar thoughts maybe bc Nott brings it up
Jester finally teaching kiri basic phrases, like "go fuck yourself"
Beau + Fjord taking first watch
Caleb checking out the dodecahedron
(Unrelated odd point: i have a current dislike/distrust for liam, which is bullshit bc... i love liam. and caleb and vax. but apparently smt is wrong.)
Dodecahedron is Very Old, and has been shaped/polished Cay uses the haversack as a pillow
BEAU/FJORD Beau: "I think I messed up. I think I should apologise." I HURT? Oh beauregard. oh marisha. "i wanna try, I guess" F: I think he deserves that. He's been good to us. i regret not writing fic now 8(
"OOH, terrible" "YEP." "five" "five" (collective "ooh")
Nott + Jes second. they roll not great.
Tinkle tinkle "nnhnohfishnott"
Kiri is poofed up asleep aAW
trident goin for FRUMPKIN NOOO (pause whilst they look for range on dismissal)
Kiri wakes up "Go fuck yourself :("
Theyre waiting for fish head they could just reappear Frumpkin tho...
Jester is sacred flaming, Molly has a sword active + stabs, Caleb fire bolt, Nott fires an arrow, Fjord eldritch blast, Yasha stabby
Molly + Nott + Caleb miss Fjord hits, Beau hits, Yasha hits dunno bout jes
frumpkin poofs back but doesn't see anything else.
???? alarm lasts 8 hours, not until triggered yall it should still be up. they need to look up the spells smh
Nott messaging to tell yash to hide the bodies
LAst watch is Yash and Caleb i need to stop shortening names
Caleb asks Yasha for people advice :') He's writing it down... i love him Yashas advice is basically "Fucking Bathe" And cay confirms he keeps himself gross because people ignore him more that way 8( Baby
C: "Do you know what i miss? shaving." Y: "I could shave you right now with my sword. I've done it before, you know, to... not have hair on my arms-" Omg shes doing it omg theyre doing it omg I DONT HAVE TO DRAW FACIAL HAIR IN MY FANART ANY MORE FUCK <3333
cay forgets he has a dagger jesus fucking christ
i love everyone making comments + taliesins just amazed like, borderline heart eye emoji look at this whole scenario
M: (to Caleb) "Well done, she [yasha] likes you!"
Nott is Not Happy About Water N: I'LL STAY WITH KIRI everyone else: Convincing her to come N: I'll stay with kiri, and if there's any trouble... we'll see what happens
Fjord goes first, he sees, with his 60ft darkvision, architeture of room. mistly natural, some bits not.
Fjord botches his stealth roll but matt botches his perception even worse. and my thing crashed im so mad.
Fjord is Not a good swimmer. hes like. 30ft swimming speed. Things being left: Caleb's books (2) Molly's coat
travis willingham going "kiris gotta die" then dragging everyone who gasped through the dirt
beau gets fucking 37 on her stealth check Matt: "That's some vax numbers right there!"
The visual aid is... so extra. lights. smoke. what the fuck matthew. (note: when ur best friend is called matthew this is a phrase you say too much)
Surprise round for erryone but Molly and Yasha (purrsonally, i think they were too busy talking abt how beautiful cay is now ;3c)
everyone rolled shite for initiative tho
Caleb casting haste on molly O:
Fjord is very very adept at everything
everyone on crit role can do maths better than me 8(
the marrow fuck beau and fjord royally
watching call lightning forming + marishas face as she slowly realises :)
jes gets the first hdywtdt + crushes a fish with a lollipop
Caleb is taking blind potshots with the glove of blasting boyy. One even hits!
moll gets 3 attacks i love my beautiful devil child
N: Are you guys alive and do you need anything? you can reply to this message~ C: FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK N: oh,, alright.
Taliesin's relief when ashley actually hits is very good.
Beau goes down! D:
hi unrelated taliesin sticking his tongue out at sam fills me with indescribable joy
NEW: Horny twink gets double penetrated by feisty wet ones.
... which is to say two fish dudes stab molly.
Jes heals Beau, but we all know fine fucking well if she hadn't, Yasha would have done it on her next turn. still might since she's only on 11
Cay using dispel magic O:
Molly gets the second hdywtdt "I'm literally just a windmill at this point"
FJORD gets the third F: "I see Molly loojin' around, give him a little wink-" (murders) M: Fucking arsehole F: (witty comment) PEACE OUT (blinks out again)
"Sevens are scary" - Taliesin
Yash gets the next hdywtdt Xorhasian Neck Tie Jesus christ
I was right tho Yasha was seriously considering healing beau, it just takes her action
Two more fishfucks 8(
More call lightning
Sams flask says "lost my best friend over a bowl" and that hurtie
caleb is boutta die. Yasha is boutta die first lmao oh no. i love taliesin jaffe an inhuman amount. Yash gets pulled OVER beau and marisha makes like grabby hand motions which is VERY cute
ok NOW caleb boutta die. he Shield's, and then fragments "Caleb will remember this"
Beau looks at Yasha, looks at Caleb, and goes to CALEB (sobs) blasts a ki point and everything
Molly gets a nat 20 oh he's such a babe
Nott spending her turn justifying herself to Kiri
Fjord blinks back in and fucks up ANOTHER fishfuck
Yasha casting healing hands on HERSELF good.
"You dont have a printout of your character sheet????" "Oh yeah I do after you asked me nine times" liam wh
both yash and caleb are at ONE hp
B, spening her last ki point: HEYCALEBWESHOULDTALKLATER
Beau gets the HDYWTDT tho
Molly is Very Sick from losing haste
Caleb goes the fuck down Fails his first save
everytime tal says "im gonna try something weird" i heart eyes emoji shame he cant do jack fuck though
Nott Burning Bolt shoots the fishfuck for 24 damage jeeeeez doesnt die but drops lightning
Fjord: (appears, fails, disappears)
if Caleb permadeaths i WILL cry
PLEASE YASHA PLEASE GOD JESTER PLEASE THEY KILL IT IM CRYING SO HARD no like literally i am actually crying bc matt very deliberately did that so that he didnt kill Caleb
Jester uses her pearl of power to regain a slot, and use it to cast prayer of healing for SHIT rolls.
Jester goes back to Kiri <333 baby. baby bird.
Matt mercer keeps using words ive only ever seen written and im ALWAYS ???? about their pronunciation
Fjord finds some L00t Like boxes and longswords and a pool of water with dozens of metallic objects mostly outlawed diety symols. changebringer moonweaver. others i forgot. stormlord. everlight. asmodeus ooh, bane strife emperor. and tiamat.
"a little black bird that's fluttering to try and get dry" fuck thats so damn cute. Marisha has the :D face
Calebs books are dry
wooden box + pool are magic. like. WITHIN.
Enchantment in the box. Molly collecting the moonweaver pieces
JESTER FINDS TWO SYMBOLS FOR THE TRAVELLER? HOLY SHIT Different make, pure silver one, burnished bronze another door arch with the road
Molly gets 12-13 symbols
Nott mage hands just so good even drunk
in the box is a blade, gold, jewel encrusted Molly shoves Nott aside to get it cause its a scimitar style
Caleb finds the arch-heart symbol? Takes one
Yasha takes 4 symbols for the storm god.
Bane/strife emperor symbol Fjord is curious about chained coffin he throws it into the pool. nothing happens.
JEster goes to pll it out and gets a big catseye yellow gem, magical, but not a school of arcane magic. it has a line groove in it, very deliberate, an oval.
"something about that [orb] is very familiar"??? (Matt to Travis)
i was right about the orb being familiar
C: (abt the gold sword) This blade is called Summer's Dance C: "Mr. Mollymauk," M: "Mr. Caleb."
Blade allows user to cast Blink basically, and is stronk
official-europa replied to your post: uhhhhhh notes HURT WEEK im pains “They...
i think its probably misty step and not blink
official-europa replied to your post: uhhhhhh notes HURT WEEK im pains “They...
on the sword i mean
caleb tries to ID the orb
fjord touches it "sky is moonlit + cloudless, clothes not your own, nor body, overcoat + human skin. thick calloused skin. left hand stone. look down, see body of previous owner, dead in blood. natural landmass seawater night. flash. right hand grasps falchion. voice booms. potential. jams the stone into gut, cCONSUME. vanishes into belly. looks into water. REWARD." "Vandrin."
i dont kn ow what the fuck is going on.??? everyone else sees this o shit
oh shit is the eye the symbol of Fjord's patron?
"he was my mentor, a captain of mine. a man named Vandrin." Y: What happened to Vandrin? F: I'm not sure. he captained the ship i worked on for many years, and their was an incident. an explosion, terrible weather, waves, "i was knocked overboard" when f woke up he was back on shore
"how did you survive" "I'm not entirely sure."
explosion was sabotage.
the pool is saltwater.
Molly shoves Fjord's head into the water
comes up "You okay???" "Do it again" "Tap three times when you're done!" Fjord drowns
they take as much as possible up and out and decide to dynamite everything in. dramatic exit..
They take the bodies down and lay them in the swamp to rest and decompose.
Beau tries to pull Caleb aside and he just stonewalls her until she actually apologises.
Caleb "I give beauregard a hug and say 'idont know what im doing. just. go with it." BEau very AWKWARDLY hugs him back Beau consulting Fjord, Caleb consulting Yasha The entire other side of the table clapping.
Beau: UH. GOOD TALK. FRIEND. (awkward silence) Beau: Seriously though. Friend? (pause) Caleb: Uh. Ja. (brb dying)
there is a single yellow eye on the hilt of the falchion.
episode END
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Phan Teacher AU (Part 3)
(Part One)
(Part Two)
It’s Friday evening, finally, and Dan is in his kitchen making pasta, reflecting on the ups and downs of his first week in his new job. He stirs the penne in the saucepan, staring down into the bubbles.
The pasta does not, unsurprisingly, provide him with any insightful comments.
Being a TA is not as bad as he thought it would be, he eventually concludes, considering everything that’s happened to him at the school so far. The children don’t tease him like he feared they would; mostly they barely even register his existence. The faculty, whilst occasionally irritating or dull, are just normal people for the most part. It’s obvious that none of them are living their dreams, but aside from making them a little snarky, that doesn’t seem to matter to them.
None of this applies to Phil, of course.
Dan stops stirring pasta, the tips of his fingers tingling as a wave of admiration sweeps through his body. Phil Lester is an unexpected, but very welcome, perk of this job.
Dan had never even considered the idea that he might develop a crush when he accepted this position. Teaching has never appealed to him, so he has never found teachers attractive in the past. But, as he mentioned to Phil on his first day, Phil is not like any other teacher that Dan has ever met.
He switches the hob off, and finds a colander in one of the cupboards. It’s not his, obviously. Dan would never be organised enough to buy a household item as obscure as a colander, but his housemates won’t mind. Probably.
He drains his pasta, and scoops it into a bowl, then mixes it with some pesto. He adds some chopped cherry tomatoes and a sprinkle of cheese, then takes the bowl through to his bedroom.
He’s glad he has the house to himself tonight. His roommates are out on a date together, being an excruciatingly cute couple, as always.
He blames the exhaustion of first week in a full time job when he climbs onto his bed to eat, opening up his laptop. Facebook is open where he left it this morning, and out of nowhere, Dan gets an idea.
He pauses mid-chew, wondering if it would be crossing a line.
Then, before he can think his way out of it, he clicks the search bar and types ‘Phil Lester’.
A hundred Phil’s pop up at once. Dan scrolls through them, peering at the tiny display pictures, searching for dazzling blue eyes and a mop of jet black hair.
He’s about to give up, but then he sees it. As soon as he notices Phil’s photo, he wonders how he could have missed it amongst the sea of other Phil Lester imposters.
He clicks the image, heart speeding up a little. Phil’s profile fills the screen, and Dan’s eyes widen, skimming over the scant information like he’s trying to soak it all up at once.
Phil Lester [Image]
Intro:
💼 History Teacher at Rawtenstall Secondary School 🎓 Studied History and Philosophy at University of York 🎓 Studied French History at Université Paris-Sorbonne 🏠 Lives in Rossendale, Lancashire, United Kingdom 🏠 Lived in Paris, France 🏠 Lived in York, UK 🏠 Lived in Manchester, UK 📍 From Rossendale ❤️ Single
His eyes are drawn to the ‘relationship status’ part of his bio before he can stop them. Embarrassingly, he smiles into his pasta, as though it changed anything at all.
His photo is the most distracting part of the whole page. Dan stares at it as he chews, taking advantage of the opportunity to study Phil’s immaculate face. There’s something different about the photo-Phil, Dan thinks, trying to work it out. Belatedly, he realises that he’s never seen Phil dressed in anything other than a shirt.
The Phil in this picture is wearing a t-shirt in vibrant blue, covered in rows of white stars. There’s a red hemline around the neck and short sleeves too. It looks a bit like he’s low-key cosplaying as Captain America on his off-day, but somehow it suits him.
The picture-Phil is staring into the camera with that familiar intensity Dan recognises from the times he meets Phil’s gaze in real life. He’s smiling slightly, but it’s nothing compared to the way his beaming fills the classroom.
He clicks the photo, unable to resist seeing Phil’s face larger on his screen. He really is rather unnervingly attractive, Dan thinks, staring unashamedly at the pixels doing their best to replicate the swirling galaxies of Phil’s blue eyes.
He shovels more pasta into his mouth, sighing to himself. Just then, his phone buzzes. Reluctantly, Dan drags his eyes away from the screen, fishing it out of his pocket.
18:54 Unknown Number Hey Dan! This is Phil (Mr Lester)
Dan chokes on a tomato.
He reaches over to put his bowl of pasta on the bedside table, coughing, and turns back to his phone. Phil’s face continues staring out of his screen, those all-knowing, laser-eyes burrowing into his skull. Dan flushes, feeling caught out, and slams the lid of his laptop closed.
His phone buzzes again.
18:55 Unknown Number (the dorky guy who makes you wear capes and help children to build precarious structures out of tables and chairs)
Despite feeling as flustered by this unexpected text as a yanderé schoolgirl encountering her senpai, Dan snorts at the joke.
Fingers trembling a little, Dan adds Phil’s name to his contacts, and spends around three minutes typing and retyping a response.
18:58 Dan Howell did i forget giving you my number in a cringey attempt at gaining friends in my new job or something 😅
18:58 Phil Lester 🌠 hah! no i actually got it from the school office 😳
Dan frowns in confusion.
18:59 Dan Howell Is that even allowed?
19:00 Phil Lester 🌠 Not sure. But I’m very charming, so it wasn’t an issue 😉
19:01 Phil Lester 🌠 I told them I wanted to ask you something important, related to class
Dan’s heart immediately sinks. That makes sense, he supposes, reaching for his pasta again. Phil’s just messaging him to discuss something work-related. Nothing to get excited about, after all.
He types out a quick response, then places his phone aside, filling the disappointment-void opening inside of him with mouthfuls of pasta.
19:02 Dan Howell Oh cool. Do you need me to do something for Monday’s class?
19:03 Phil Lester 🌠 I just need to ask you somethng in preparation
19:03 Dan Howell Ask away Mr Lester
19:04 Phil Lester 🌠 Do you think the Year Nine’s will laugh at me if I wear this in class (Attached: 1 image)
Dan stares at the message, uncomprehending. He scrolls down, laughing in surprise as he sees the photo Phil has included.
It’s a picture of him, close up, with his chin raised, exposing his neck. Around his shirt collar is a bowtie, white with black polka dots.
19:06 Dan Howell Without a shadow of a doubt, yes, they will laugh at you. Sorry bud.
19:07 Phil Lester 🌠 Perfect! Thanks.
Dan waits expectantly, glancing at his phone every few seconds as he finishes up his pasta. After he’s scraped the bowl clean, he picks the phone up again, wondering vaguely if he’s hallucinating this entire conversation.
19:13 Dan Howell Is that it???
19:14 Phil Lester 🌠 Your TA duties are complete. Pls feel free to go forth and enjoy your weekend, Mr Howell
Dan blinks at the text, very confused. He’s about to shove the phone in his pocket, when another text comes through.
19:15 Phil Lester 🌠 And enjoy a cool photo of ur new favourite teacher, now saved to your camera roll free of charge
19:16 Dan Howell How do u know I won’t delete it
19:17 Phil Lester 🌠 Uh, you’d better not. I don’t hand these selfies out to just anyone Daniel
A little thrill shimmers through Dan’s veins at the sight of Phil using his full name.
19:18 Dan Howell dw I’ve got it as my wallpaper already. I might even print it out, frame it for my wall
19:20 Phil Lester 🌠 Beats stalking through my Facebook albums I bet 😉
Dan’s heart actually stops for a moment, he’s sure. No, he thinks, feeling cold sweat pearling on his brow. There’s no way Phil could know something like that, surely.
He decides to try laughing it off, still terrified.
19:21 Dan Howell Pfft as if m8
19:22 Phil Lester 🌠 tbf if you had stalked me I’d be super miffed you didn’t friend request me
Dan’s muscles melt of tension, the relief flooding out of his pores. Phil had just been stabbing in the dark with a weirdly accurate aim.
19:23 Dan Howell aw u wanna be my fb friend? Cute.
Dan opens his laptop again, clicking determinedly off Phil’s profile, feeling his cheeks heat like he’s being watched. He’s just about to click off of Facebook altogether, when he gets a notification.
Phil Lester has sent you a friend request!
Dan blinks at the message, gawping.
His phone buzzes.
19:26 Phil Lester 🌠 yes please
*
Dan spends the weekend wishing for it to end, which is an entirely new experience for him.
His housemates invite him out for drinks on Saturday night at their local pub. Dan doesn’t bother attempting to refuse; Teddy and Tyler are not the sort of people who can be successfully argued with.
They fail to mention, however, that they have invited a bunch of other people to join them for drinks, including Stephanie, Dan’s ex-girlfriend. As a result, the evening turns into Dan downing more pints than he is able to handle in order to deal with the glares from the girl he dumped a few months ago.
At the end of the night, Tyler and Teddy have Dan’s arms over their shoulders, and are merrily singing The Phantom of the Opera as they drag him home. They take off Dan’s shoes and trousers for him and lay him in bed, laughing away at Dan being a lightweight, and then promptly climb in either side of him.
Dan groans, feeling nauseous and irritable. He loves his housemates in many ways, but they are really annoying.
“Unngh, get out,” he says, half into his pillow. Instead of obeying, Tyler and Teddy wrap Dan in their arms, squeezing him tightly.
“Aw, Dan’s a grump because he had to face Scary Stephanie,” Tyler teases.
“She was more terrifying than usual tonight,” Teddy muses. “Have you spoken to her since... y’know?”
Dan doesn’t reply; he’s too focused on trying to pretend he is currently alone in this bed. He has his eyes squeezed shut in an attempt to block out all evidence to the contrary.
“Since he callously ripped out poor Stephy’s heart?” Tyler supplies, giggling. “I’d say he’s prrrobably been avoiding her since then, right Danny?”
In the hopes it might get him some peace and quiet, Dan nods.
“I still don’t get it,” Teddy says with a shrug that jostles the bed. “She’s pretty, and she isn’t a complete bore. Why chuck her?”
“Ted, you know why,” Tyler says, his voice mocking. “Dan’s a big fat gay now.”
Dan groans in frustration, elbowing Tyler in the side. “‘M not!”
“Okay, that is bi-erasure, Ty.” Teddy admonishes, though there’s a smile in his voice.
“Bi, gay, whatever.” Tyler says. “The point is, Dan’s ready to embrace his twink side at long last.”
Dan sighs, rolling his eyes despite them being shut. “Hate you both.”
“Um, no...” Tyler corrects, sounding affronted. “You love us to bits. Especially ‘cause we’re gonna take you to the hottest gay clubs in town and find you a big, beefy bear to help you transition to the dark side.”
Tyler tickles Dan in the side, making him shriek. Teddy joins in then, laughing uproariously at Dan’s reaction.
“No, stop, I’ll throw up on you both!” Dan cries, feebly attempting to fight back.
“Say you love us, Dan!” Tyler cries over Dan’s agonised laughter. “Say it!”
“I’ll say it if you fuck off!”
“Deal!” Teddy shouts.
Despite this, in the morning, as predicted, Dan wakes up with his two terrible excuses for housemates still snoring in his bed.
*
As soon as Dan’s alarm sounds on Monday morning, Dan hops out of bed, eager for the day to begin.
He showers and brushes his teeth in lightning time, then spends twenty minutes sorting out his hair and changing his outfit. He tries not to think about why he’s so obsessed with his appearance today.
After his fifth change of shirt, Dan checks the time and realises he’s about to miss his bus. Swearing loudly, he bolts out of the door, just about managing to grab his bag and coat on the way. Tyler snorts with laughter at him as he goes, blowing a kiss, and Dan just legs it to the bus stop.
He makes it, just, but only because the bus is a minute late. Luck must be on his side today, he thinks as he struggles to get his breath back on the jolting bus, sweaty and already exhausted, his stomach rumbling.
Forty minutes later, he’s wading through the swarms of schoolkids up the front steps, heart beginning to pound as he thinks about what lies ahead.
He doesn’t need to check his timetable to know which class he has first today.
He gets to Classroom Nine ten minutes early, unable to dissuade himself from seizing the opportunity to spend a little bit extra time talking to Phil.
This plan backfires a little when he opens the classroom door to find it empty and dark.
He debates what to do, dithering on the spot, and then decides to just come back in a little while. He turns to leave, and bumps straight into Phil’s chest, spilling the mugs of coffee he’s holding in either hand.
“Ow!” Phil shrieks, and Dan plunges feet-first into the hole opening beneath him in the earth.
“Shit, shit, sorry!” Dan cries, taking the mugs from Phil’s hands as he flaps his hands in distress.
“Ah!” Phil hisses, shaking his sleeves as they drip with hot coffee. “No, it’s cool don’t worry- crap, that was hot.”
“I’ll get some napkins or something- ” Dan says, at a loss for what else to do.
Phil chuckles, shaking his head. “It’s fine, Dan, I’ll live.” He straightens up, smiling at Dan in reassurance. “So, I brought you a coffee!”
Dan stares at him in dismay. “I am so sorry.”
Phil laughs. “I know. It’s fine. I just hope there’s some left in the mug.”
Dan turns his attention to the cups in his hands. “Yeah, there is. Um, thank you.”
“No problem.” Phil says with a smile, then takes one of the mugs from him.
He steps carefully around Dan and through the open door of the classroom, sipping as he goes.
Dan takes a moment to internally scream at himself for being such a prat, and then follows him inside. Phil flicks on the lights, then goes to put his coffee down on his desk.
“So, you’re keen.” Phil says to Dan, grinning as he rolls up his coffee-soaked sleeves.
Dan notices for the first time that Phil is wearing that stupid black and white spotty bow tie he’d sent Dan a photo of on Friday.
Distracted by the sight of it, Dan takes a moment to process what Phil said. His eyes widen. “Um, sorry?”
“You’re here early.” Phil points out, one eyebrow raised. “Not often that you see TA’s getting to class before the first bell.”
“Oh!” Dan says, relieved. “Yeah, well... I just thought...” He scrambles for a reason that might not sound weird, coming up blank.
Phil chuckles. “It’s okay! I’m glad. Setting up for first period alone is always boring.”
“I’ll do my best to entertain you.”
Phil giggles, then goes to one of the cupboards at the back of the room. He pulls out some unreasonably large rolls of craft paper, along with several bundles of bamboo sticks.
Dan sets his mug down immediately, going to help him haul everything out.
“Oh, thanks,” Phil says, surprised, as Dan takes some of the things from him. “Just put them on one of the tables.”
“What are we doing with these, then?”
Phil laughs, glancing at him. “Wait and see.”
Dan rolls his eyes, smirking. “Such an enigma.”
“It’s all part of the experience.” Phil says. “I’ve got to be mysterious and keep the kids questioning everything. Their curiosity makes them more receptive, I find.”
Dan nods thoughtfully, considering this philosophy. “But I’m not a student.”
“True.” Phil allows. He places the rolls of craft paper down on a table, turning towards him. “Maybe I'm just trying to impress you.”
Dan laughs awkwardly, not knowing what to say. He fiddles with the sticks of bamboo, swallowing.
“How was your weekend?” He asks, deciding a subject change is probably for the best.
“Good!” Phil says brightly. “It was my brother’s birthday. I baked him a hummingbird cake.”
“A hummingbird cake?”
Phil chuckles. “Yeah! It’s pineapple and banana flavour with cream cheese frosting. Also I made it into the shape of a hummingbird, because why not?”
“Right.” Dan says, at a loss for what to say. “Why not?”
“Wanna see?”
Dan smiles, nodding, and Phil walks over to him, digging his phone out of his pocket. Dan stares at the device in Phil’s hands as he scrolls through his photos.
This is the object he’d used to message Dan on Friday. Dan’s number is now saved into it. He is, in some small way, more intimately connected to Phil through this rectangular slice of technology.
“Sorry, I took lots of photos of my brother.” Phil says, laughing, swiping through several pictures of a grumpy looking man in a glittery party hat. “He hates having his picture taken. Oh, here it is.”
Phil moves closer, his shoulder pressing into Dan’s. He’s deliciously warm compared to the chilly, early morning air in this room, and he smells strongly of the coffee Dan covered him in a few minutes ago.
He tilts the phone for Dan to see. The cake is astonishing to behold. It’s been moulded into a 3D hummingbird, complete with a chocolate pocky stick for a beak, and covered entirely in a pastel rainbow of frosting.
“Okay, wow,” Dan says, not bothering to hide how impressed he is. “I was expecting a half-hearted attempt to shape a flat cake into the Twitter symbol... but that’s incredible.”
Phil giggles, looking bashful. “Thanks! It was tasty too, which is a bonus.”
“What do I have to do to get you to bake for me?”
Phil turns his head to face Dan, still just a little too close. “Hm, I can think of some things.”
Dan can feel it as Phil leans a little more into him, his shoulder pressing slightly harder. He holds his breath, feeling like a rabbit caught in the path of a devious fox.
And then the bell rings, of course.
Phil leans away again, still smiling, just as the first students begin to bowl through the door. Jonah happens to be one of them, and he lets out a low whistle as he walks through strolls into the room.
“Oi, sir, you givin’ Mr Howell your number?”
Phil laughs, pocketing the phone in his hand and moving swiftly away. “Nice to see you too, Jonah. How was your weekend?”
Dan tries to hide his furious blush by going to retrieve his coffee from the desk where he left it.
The rest of the students file in, and Phil welcomes them all in his usual chipper way. For the first fifteen minutes, Phil does a brief recap of the last lesson about the Algerian War, then introduces the topic they’ll be looking at today, following on from it.
Today they’re going to start studying the failed revolution of May 1968 in France.
To emulate the frustration of the liberals taking part in the revolution, they’re going to make pickets and signs with anti-capitalist slogans out of craft paper and bamboo.
Phil gives them an entertaining rundown of all the issues the left-wing majority of French society had in 1968, and then he tells everyone to get into this mindset, and begin crafting.
It’s a bit of a madhouse from that point on. The students, despite being in Year Nine, seem to love being let loose with the art supplies. They’re excessive with their use of paint and glitter, creating huge, garish signs with aggressive messages.
A few of Dan’s favourites read:
‘We stand, we march, we dab’
‘Marx’s favourite bitchez’
‘Communism ftw’
‘Destroy France’s capitalist infrastructure u cowards’
Phil is loving the enthusiasm so much that he even lets a few curse words slide, though he does insist that Jonah change his sign to ‘We are unTRUCKable’, for the sake of his reputation as a teacher.
Once the signs are more or less completed, Phil claps his hands to get everyone’s attention. “Right! Ready to get out there and protest?”
The class look confused, a hush falling over them as they look at one another blankly.
“Protest what, sir?” Jonah asks.
Phil tuts. “Haven’t you been paying attention? If we don’t protest, then nothing will change! Workers and students will forever be bottom of the ladder! We have to push the change! We must make Marx proud!”
Dan stares at Phil like he’s gone insane, as do most of the students.
“But...” A shy, timid girl Dan thinks is called Anita, pipes up. “This is all in the past, right? They already protested this in France in 1968.”
Phil beams at her, winking. “True. But tell me, gang, has the fall of capitalism come to pass?”
The students shake their heads, looking unsure.
“Exactly, Anita!” Phil cries. “So, did the effort these French liberals put in have any effect?”
“No,” Anita answers, her eyes round as she gazes at Phil. “They failed.”
“So we should continue what they started.” Phil says, picking up a nearby bamboo stick and raising it high. “Who’s with me? For the revolutionaries of ‘68!”
The class cheer suddenly, finally catching the glint in Phil’s eye. They grab their pickets, and follow Phil as he strides to the door of the classroom. Not knowing how else to respond, Dan hurries after them, a little panicked as the crowd of fourteen-year-olds pour out into the hall.
If only his deadly strict advisor from teacher-training could see him now. The Health and Safety of most of Phil’s activities would absolutely not pass regulations.
“What do we want?” Phil cries, oblivious to his own rule-breaking as he marches the gaggle of teenagers down the corridor.
“Revolution!” Jonah shouts, laughing.
“When do we want it?”
“Uh, 1968?” Someone calls out, and Phil chuckles.
“Ideally, yeah, but forty-nine years later works too.”
Marvelling at the boldness of this man, as usual, Dan jogs to the front of the pack of students, marching along beside Phil.
The rest of the class begin a chant of their own, their signs waving above them in the air as they walk determinedly through the school.
Several classroom doors open, and students and teachers alike poke their heads out into the corridor, laughing and pointing as they pass by.
“You’re nuts,” Dan says to Phil, feeling breathless with the adrenaline of this mad activity. “Won’t the other teachers hate you for this? You’re probably disrupting a few classes.”
Phil laughs, shrugging. “Maybe.”
He grins at Dan as he veers unexpectedly to a nearby door leading to the playground. He holds it open for the students as they march through; several of them high five he and Dan as they go.
Dan smirks at Phil. “I think you might be some other people’s favourite teacher too.”
*
Dan tries not to be too gloomy as he helps gather up all the students’ pickets at the end of class. There are now just under three and a half days separating him from his next chance to assist Phil in the classroom.
Sure, he might be able to snag some of Phil’s attention during lunch and break times between now and Thursday, but it’s not the same as having a full hour with him.
“Guys, before you leave!” Phil shouts as the students pack away their things. “I thought that, as we’re studying the ‘68 revolution, it’d be cool for you to see a French film from around that time! Cinema is really important in French history, as a lot of the prominent left-wing figures were filmmakers, and they produced some really cool stuff about this period.”
Dan looks up in interest, wondering where Phil is going with this.
“So basically, as there isn’t enough time to show a whole film during class, I thought it’d be fun to have a little film night this week!” Phil tells everyone, beaming. The class squeal in excitement. “I thought Wednesday evening would work. I’ll bring a film in, and if you’re free that evening, stay behind after school and we can all watch it together!”
The class all begin chattering at once, the excitement evident in their voices, even if it’s difficult to distinguish exactly what they’re saying.
“Sounds like you’re all keen!” Phil laughs. “So if you can make it, I’ll start the film at about four on Wednesday.”
“Have you invited Mr Howell, sir?” Jonah calls out, turning to wink at Dan.
Dan glares at him, trying to suppress his own urge to blush.
Phil chuckles, turning to Dan. “Is Mr Howell interested in coming along?”
Dan reaches up to rub the back of his neck, feeling awkward. At least twenty-six pairs of eyes glue themselves to him, eagerly awaiting his response.
“Um... sure.” Dan says at last, shrugging like it isn’t the most exciting thing he’s been invited to in months. “I’ll try and make it.”
The class laugh, and Jonah chucks a ball of leftover craft paper at him. “Oh, got something better to do, sir?”
Dan chuckles, rolling his eyes. “Fine, fine. I’ll be there.”
“Awesome.” Phil says; Dan catches his eye, and has to keep himself from grinning.
*
“Hey, we’re going to the pub tomorrow.” Tyler tells Dan on Tuesday, falling face first onto Dan’s bed.
“I’m never going to the pub with you and Teddy again after last time.” Dan tells him, kicking Tyler with his foot in a vague attempt to push him off the bed.
He’s been scrolling through Tumblr for an hour or so now, but just because he’s been holed up in his room since he got in from work, does not mean that Tyler gets to just wander in and annoy him.
“Aw, come on, that’s mean.” Tyler says, pouting at Dan. “Stephanie won’t even be there this time, I swear.”
Dan swallows, shaking his head as he turns back to his screen. “Nope, sorry.”
“Dan, you know we’re not gonna let you mope about the house while we go out.” Tyler says, raising an eyebrow at him.
“Well, you don’t need to worry.” Dan says, feeling awkward. “I won’t be here.”
Tyler is quiet for a moment, then perks up, catlike, catching the scent of some gossip. “Oh?”
Dan just presses his lips together, saying nothing. He reblogs a photo of a cute panda, trying to stay calm.
“Teddy!” Tyler yells, making Dan jump. “Dan’s keeping secrets!”
Dan looks up at him with scorn. “Tyler, don’t be-”
Teddy bursts into the room, wearing an apron with a naked man’s torso on the front, a spatula in one hand.
“Secrets?” Teddy asks, wide eyes darting between Tyler and Dan. “What secrets?”
“Dan has secret plans tomorrow night.” Tyler informs him, grinning.
“Plans?” Teddy repeats, acting shocked. “But Ty, Dan doesn’t have any friends apart from us!”
“Wrong.” Dan says gruffly. “You two are not my friends, I hate you both.”
“Is it a date?” Tyler asks, sucking in a gasp.
Teddy leaps onto the bed beside Tyler, squealing. “Oh my God, is it a date, Dan?!”
Dan rolls his eyes. “For Christ’s sake, no. It’s not a date.”
He could never, in a million years, be that lucky.
Just then, his phone pings. Ignoring the probing eyes of his two housemates, Dan plucks the thing out of his pocket to look.
18:34 Phil Lester 🌠 excited for some french cinema tomorrow night? je suis trés joyeux que tu viennes! :)
Dan’s heart flutters, registering who the text is from, and then his phone is being plucked out of his hand.
“No!” Dan cries, lunging for Tyler. “Wait, don’t-”
“Okay, who is Phil?” Tyler asks, holding the phone out of Dan’s reach; Teddy grabs hold of Dan by the waist, restraining him.
“Ooh, Phil!” Teddy repeats, giggling. “I knew you were looking for a man.”
“I honestly loathe you both.” Dan grits out, struggling uselessly against Teddy’s grip.
“French cinema?” Tyler asks, tilting his head to one side. “Is that code for something?”
“Give me back the phone, Tyler.” Dan says, going limp in Teddy’s arms, defeated.
“We’re just taking an interest in your personal life, Dan,” Teddy says soothingly, patting Dan on the head.
“Phil’s just... he’s a guy I work with.” Dan says, feeling the redness spread over his cheeks and neck, betraying him.
“Hmm,” Tyler says, throwing Dan’s phone aside at last. “A guy who is ‘very happy you’re coming’ tomorrow.” Dan blushes harder, not having worked out what the French bit had meant just yet. “Is ‘Phil’... how do you say, un beefcake?”
“Is he a teacher?” Teddy asks excitedly, releasing Dan in order to cover his own mouth with both hands.
“He’s a teacher, yes.” Dan confirms, snatching up his phone and pocketing it.
“God, that’s hot.” Tyler sighs, looking wistful. “And he speaks French. Think of the roleplay opportunities.”
“Aw, we can try some schoolteacher roleplay, babe,” Teddy assures Tyler, patting him on the shoulder.
“Fine, but I get to wear the cute schoolgirl outfit.”
Teddy rolls his eyes. “Fine.”
“I’m pretty sure I can smell burning,” Dan says, sniffing the air in distaste.
“Shit!” Teddy exclaims, grabbing his spatula and jumping off the bed.
As he bolts out of the door, the fire alarm begins to shriek, making Tyler scream with laughter.
“Everything’s fine!” Teddy calls from the kitchen.
Despite the irritation sitting under his skin, eventually Dan finds himself joining in the laughter too.
*
Dan is half an hour early to the film screening.
He would have come straight from his last class, which ended at 3pm, but he decided to make a quick trip to the grocery store round the corner from school.
He returns with two enormous bags, shuffling through Phil’s classroom door with some difficulty. Phil looks at the bags in surprise, coming over to help Dan haul them in.
“What’s this?” Phil asks, clearly intrigued. As he takes one of the bags from Dan’s hand, he looks him in the eye. “Hi, by the way. Haven’t seen you all day!”
Dan chuckles, setting his own carrier bag on Phil’s desk. “Hi. I brought popcorn!”
“Oh, God,” Phil moans unexpectedly. “As if you could get any more amazing.”
Dan chuckles awkwardly, a warm glow spreading through his gut. “Uh, you like popcorn?”
“It’s literally my favourite food of all time,” Phil tells him seriously. “How did you know?”
“Damn, I need to be more subtle with my stalking.” Dan says, making Phil laugh so much that he drops one of the bags. “Anyway, it’s not all for you.”
“In that case, the kids better hurry up before I inhale it all.”
Dan laughs, watching fondly as Phil flits around the classroom, closing blinds and straightening chairs. The projector is on, currently throwing an image of Phil’s desktop background onto the smartboard. Behind his jumble of icons, there’s a picture of what seems to be a large, photoshopped capybara taking up an entire paddling pool.
Dan decides not to question it.
“So what film have you picked for us all?”
Phil beams at him. “It’s called Les Quatre-Cents Coups. Have you heard of it?”
Dan shakes his head, the corner of his mouth twitching in an almost smile. It’s obvious to see how passionate Phil is about this subject; he talks animatedly, looking eager and focused.
It’s adorable.
“Wow!” Phil exclaims. “I’m kind of jealous. I wish I could go back to a time before I’d seen it.”
“What’s it about?” Dan asks, mostly in an effort to keep Phil talking.
“Oh... well, it’s about a little boy mainly. An underprivileged boy living in Paris. But it’s about much more than that really. It’s about the oppressive structures of French economy in the fifties, classism, the bourgeoise... and it’s about growing up, y’know? How even if we all experience it differently, there’s a certain relatability about puberty too.” Phil pauses, reddening a little. He chuckles. “I mean, that’s what I take from it, anyway. I studied the history of French Cinema for a while, so I’m a bit of a geek about it. But you can form your own opinions, obviously.”
“Me?” Dan says, laughing. “I dunno. I don’t know the first thing about film. Apart from that I like going to the cinema.”
“Well that’s a good place to start.” Phil tells him happily. “There’s all sorts of theories about spectatorhood, and why audiences enjoy the activity of going to the cinema, watching films as a collective experience...”
Phil trails off again, shaking his head.
“Okay, you have to stop me if I start rambling, Dan. I get carried away.”
“I think it’s cute.” Dan says before he thinks about it.
Phil’s eyebrow lifts in surprise, but he seems to take the comment in his stride. Dan, on the other hand, blushes furiously, cursing himself for being so transparent.
“I think you’re just too nice to tell me to shut up,” Phil jokes, but he lets his eyes linger on Dan’s, warm and fond.
Luckily, before Dan can shove his foot any further into his mouth, a couple of girls from the class wander in, looking trepidatious.
“Hi, uh... can we come in yet, sir?”
“Of course, Joanna!” Phil says, jumping down from his position on the desk. “Hi Bethany! Would you guys mind helping me and Mr Howell to set up?”
They jump to the tasks Phil gives them happily, chattering to him about the petty dramas of their day, complaining about their homework and the fallouts they’re having with friends.
Dan watches with amusement, marvelling - as always - at the ease with which Phil converses with his students, giving each one his undivided attention while they’re speaking, never replying in a condescending tone.
He’s such a rare gem of a teacher, Dan thinks. Phil sends Joanna to the staffroom to collect bowls, and they put one on each table, filled with popcorn.
Soon enough, the other kids begin to arrive, all wearing the thrilled grins Dan remembers from when he used to stay behind after school. There’s something about being in the building outside of the mandatory hours that just seems a bit naughty. It doesn’t matter that they’re here for what is essentially an extended history lesson - the students are excited to be involved in this extra-curricular activity.
Dan hasn’t asked them, but he’d bet a lot of that excitement comes from having Phil here, providing his ever-shining rays of brilliant, sunny exuberance.
The kids take their seats, restless at first, but settling in once Phil dims the lights and presses play. Dan finds a seat on one of the empty tables at the back, and is all prepared to expand his cultural knowledge with some French Cinema. Then, once he’s sure the film is running, Phil walks to the back of the class and slides into the seat right beside him.
Immediately, Dan releases any hope he was holding onto of immersing himself in the film.
“Ready?” Phil asks in a low, quiet voice that pierces straight through Dan’s gut.
He’s leaning in close, eyes sparkling as the light of the opening credits reflect in them.
All Dan can do is nod silently, and try not to let the squeak out of his throat.
Phil’s one of those people who doesn’t shut up during a film. Dan hates those sorts of people usually, but he can’t seem to find Phil’s inability to keep his comments to himself anything but ridiculously cute.
His musings vary from the way in which the cinematography emphasises certain aspects of the narrative, to the strange dress sense Parisians had in the days of the 'nouvelle vague’, as he calls it.
He talks so much that he is shushed by the students more than once, but he just giggles and apologises in a stage whisper, to which the students roll their eyes.
“See that?” Phil says at one point, basically pressing himself against Dan’s side in order to point at the screen. “The photo of the man Antoine is putting on his shrine? That’s Balzac. He’s one of the founders of realism in literature.”
Dan smiles. “How meta.”
The responding look Phil gives to Dan is something so warm and proud that Dan wants to melt it down and spread it on a thick slab of toast.
“Exactly.”
Their hands meet in the popcorn. It’s like something out a cringey teen TV show. Phil just laughs and winks at him, but Dan about faints from how fast the blood rushes to his cheeks.
Phil seems to have no issues about personal space, and allows their legs to rest comfortably against each other beneath the table. He’ll grab Dan’s shoulder during his favourite scenes, eyes shining, breath held as he watches the screen.
Honestly, by the time the final shot (apparently an incredibly famous moment in film history) appears, Dan is not totally sure whether he’d be able to say what the film had been about. He’d spent quite a lot of it staring at Phil, and the rest of it thinking about how it felt - elating, blissful, drug-like - to sit beside him in the darkness, in a room where everyone else was steadfastly facing the other way.
Phil turns to him as the image fades to black, a knowing glint in his eye.
“Did you like it?”
Dan stammers out something that isn’t really words, and nods emphatically to make up for it. Phil grins at him, tongue slightly visible through his rows of teeth, and then he stands up, much to Dan’s dismay.
“So that was Les Quatre-Cents Coups!” Phil says to the class, climbing up to sit on the desk at which he and Dan had been sat. Dan cranes his neck upwards, leaning back in his chair to watch as Phil crosses his legs underneath him on the table. “Could someone get the lights, please? Thanks Bethany.”
The lights flash on, garish and bright, and the class groan, rubbing their eyes.
“What did we all think of it, then?” Phil asks, beaming.
“Awesome!” Someone shouts.
“I thought I hated black and white films, but that was cool.”
“I loved it! Paris is so beautiful.”
“That kid was well sick at acting, sir.”
Phil nods encouragingly as students call out their opinions.
Jonah snorts loudly. “I couldn’t concentrate on half of it. Kept gettin’ distracted by Mr Lester and Mr Howell flirting in the back!”
Phil laughs, shooting Jonah a disapproving look. His smile stays in place though.
“I’m sure Mr Howell has far better options, Jonah.” Phil teases, and Dan just tries to pretend he’s somewhere else.
He might kill Jonah at some point, he considers.
Then, someone sticks up their hand. Phil points at the kid, smiling.
“Yes, Matt?”
“What’s the title mean in English, sir?”
“Well, the English version of the film is called The Four-Hundred Blows.” Phil answers. “Which is actually an inaccurate translation, as it doesn’t mean anything. The original title comes from a phrase that people use a lot in France - ‘faire les quatre cents coups’ - which kind of means ‘to raise hell’. It suits Antoine, don’t you think?”
“Suits me, sir!” Jonah calls out, making everyone chuckle. “I’mma start sayin’ that. What was it again? Fair lezzer cooper?”
Phil laughs, hands holding his ankles as he leans backwards. It’s such a sweet action, so innocent and playful, that Dan can’t help smiling.
“Faire les quatre cents coups,” Phil corrects gently, enunciating each word. “I think it suits you as well, Jonah.”
Joanna is sat at the table in front of theirs, her chin in one hand as she gazes up at Phil, marvelling.
“Do you speak French, sir?” Joanna asks, obviously smitten. Dan can relate.
Phil beams at her. “Yeah, I do! I spent a year studying in Paris.”
Dan’s eyebrows lift in surprise. He’d suspected that Phil knew a few phrases, but the fact he speaks fluent French is a surprise. Why is that such an attractive quality?
He imagines Phil speaking to him in that low, quiet voice he reserves for when he wants to tell Dan something the class or another teacher shouldn’t overhear, but in French. A warm trickle runs teasingly up his thighs, like light, tracing fingers. A full body tremor comes over him.
Phil throws a glance towards him, presumably having seen that peculiar reaction. Dan doesn’t miss the way his mouth twitches in a smile.
“That’s so dreamy,” Joanna sighs, retrieving Phil’s attention. She sits bolt upright, blushing. “I mean! It’s a dreamy language.” The rest of the class chuckle, and she reddens further. “I wish I could speak it is all!”
“Well, you’re in luck!” Phil announces suddenly. “Because as you may or may not be aware, our Year Nine History trip is coming up in two weeks time!”
The class immediately descend into loud, excited chatter; students grab at each other, squealing.
“Hey, come on, guys! Calm down, we’re here after hours, remember?” Phil calls out, but he’s grinning, evidently pleased by their enthusiasm. The class simmer down gradually, their buzz of excitement still palpable in the air. “So, yeah! We’re off to Paris for a weekend! If you can make it, it’s only fifteen pounds per student, and if you can’t stretch that, come and have a word with me, I’m sure we can work something out.”
Dan’s eyes soften as he listens to this last part. This man really is one of a kind.
Again, the class begin talking animatedly about the trip, discussing outfit choices, places they want to visit, room sharing, and other trivialities.
“Are we going up the Eiffel Tower, sir?” Someone asks.
“I’m scared of heights!”
“Where are we staying?”
“Are we sharing rooms?”
“Are we going by coach, or ferry?”
“Ooh, maybe we’re flying!”
“Can I bring my dog?”
“Hey!” Phil interrupts, hands held up in surrender. He’s laughing at them all. “All questions will be answered in class on Monday. I’ll also be sending out permission slips tonight via email, so get your folks or guardians to print them off and sign them, then bring them to me when they’re ready.”
“Sir, I just have one more question!” Jonah cries out, sticking up his hand and waving it. “Just one, sir, please?”
Phil sighs, clearly debating it. Eventually though, he rolls his eyes and nods, smiling. “Go on then. Just one.”
Jonah grins, eyes flicking to meet Dan’s. “Is Mr Howell coming with us?”
Phil lets out a low chuckle, his vivid blue eyes sliding to Dan’s, questioning.
“I don’t know,” Phil says in a voice that surely isn’t appropriate for the situation at hand. Dan swallows, feeling singled out by the gaze. “Is he?”
(Part Four!)
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Just seven minutes.
Request: can you do a 7 minutes in heaven with richie tozier ?? nothing too sexual of course haha because they’re only 13 but maybe like super fluffy and awkward and richie tries to act all confident but his true feelings come out to the reader? i love ur imagines btw 💖
Pairing: Reader / Richie Tozier (2017, Finn Wolfhard.)
THIS IS FLUFF, NOT SMUT
Warning: Strong language.
Fandom: IT (2017)
Just seven minutes.
The party, which was hosted by Ben for just the losers’, was beginning to grow just a little bit dull by now. Everyone was getting bored and starting to turn to just talking quietly to one another instead of bopping around the room listening to the radio and singing loudly along with the songs. But, Suddenly, Beverly had a brilliant idea. A party game to finally get everyone going.
She searched the room for anything that could lead to a party game, and settled her gaze upon the wooden closet that stood strongly in the left corner of Ben’s room. A wicked grin crossed her face as she looked around the room at her friend’s before picking up the sun hat she had originally worn to the party.
“Everyone, please put something of your own into the hat so we can lighten up this lame-ass party.” Beverly enthused as she slipped off her key necklace and dropped it into the hat.
Richie strutted up and dropped his watch into the hat, the same watch his mother told him to keep on at all times so he could be home before it got too late. Stan dropped in a literal piece of scrap paper with his name scrawled across the top, probably from a page in school, and insisted that he had nothing better currently on him. Ben dropped in a small roll of film normally used in a projector, if you held it up to the light you could make out the small lines and writing that spelled out Derry. Bill dropped in a half of a pencil he had randomly found in his pocket by utter convenience. Mike dropped in a dog tag chain that he had hung loosely around his neck. Eddie dropped in his inhaler, but made them all promise that if he had an asthma attack at any time he could take it back out, even then he was reluctant to put it in. And finally, Y/N dropped in one of the several rings literally their fingers.
Once everything was in, Beverly held the hat closed and shuffled everything around for some time before holding it open once again.
“When you take an item out you need to close your eyes so you can’t cheat. Promise?” Beverly explained with a solemn expression on her pale face.
“Promise.” Came the chorus of voices all at once before Bill stepped up first and dug one hand into the hat, closing his eyes and grabbing the first thing his fingers touched. Once he retracted his hand he examined the now crumbled slip of paper and turned to face Stan. Both of which started laughing happily out of embarrassment before slinking off to the closet and shutting the door.
Y/N could hear them talking quietly, almost whispering but not quite, until the time was up and they left the closet red faced from laughing so hard.
Next up was Richie, who walked up to the hat like he was ten time bigger than he actually was. He clamped one hand over his eyes and pushed another hand into the hat, collecting up the first thing he could find and examining it thoroughly before making eye-contact with Y/N.
It was silent for a moment before Y/N shrugged and got up, it was just seven minutes anyway, and they were friends. They could simply just do what Stan and Bill had done whilst getting in the closet.
Whilst approaching the closet Richie gave the rest of the group a cocky smile, walking with confidence and straight posture before getting into the right space of the closet with Y/N. they stood facing each other in the dark, a small beam of light coming in through the crack between the two doors and skimming past their noses.
If it had been any brighter Richie was sure he would look like a tomato to Y/N, it was awkward especially since he had the biggest crush on them in what seemed like the whole world. It was almost excruciating, like God was playing some sicko game on the trashmouthing son of a bitch.
He was honestly feeling shy for what seemed like the first time in his entire life, but what he didn’t know was how red Y/N was turning. They desperately wanted him to do something, to say something, anything! Even a god-awful joke, just break the damned silence!
God, how long was left? Y/N supposed four minutes but it felt like four hours to them both. Richie sighed, and finally spoke, yet Y/N spoke in unison with him, causing them both to snickered.
Y/N insisted he spoke first so they could hear him out first, and Richie swallowed harshly mustering up the confidence to speak once again.
”Y/N, I really really like you, like more than just your friend.“ Richie started to speak, about to continue on when his lips crashed together with Y/N’s. He was more taken back than he could believe, really not knowing what to do until Y/N pulled back.
“Seven minutes are up, Tozier.” Y/N teased before they stepped out of the closet and left Richie red faced and dazed.
#request#richie tozier x reader#richie tozier#it 2017#it imagines#pennywise#bevvy marsh#beverly marsh#bill skarsgard#ben hanscom#bill denbrough#bev marsh#mike hanlon#stanley uris#trashmouth
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Portrait
Group: BTS
Pairing: JUNGKOOK X READER
Requested: oumaimafngr said: Hey, I love ur blog so much, and if requests are open I hope you'd make scenario of jk at college and he found out that his current crush is his childhood best friend thank you so much for writing great scenarios ❤❤
Summary : You choose Jeongguk to work with for a project or is it because you have a crush on him?
Genre: fluff, college au, photographer au
Length: 1.1k
A/N: who knew how much i needed photographer guk till i wrote it?
Jeongguk knew he should have listened when Taehyung told him not to take the photography class because it was boring, but he found when told not to do something he would have to. So now he was sitting staring out the window as his pen spun between two fingers instead of taking notes on changing exposure.
His eyes ended wondering to your profile, you were fiddling with your camera looking bored as well. Jeongguk loved studying your features and as the light filtered through the window, in a way that the sun illuminated your fingers and sharpened your silhouette causing Jeongguk to lean for his camera.
But he stopped suddenly, his fingers brushing the red strap of his camera before he placed both hands splayed on the table with a sigh; you hated people taking photos of you. Maybe that was why Jeongguk was drawn to you, all the other girls would willingly pose for him but you always refused.
You preferred landscapes, but he loved your portraits. The photos always seemed to be taken in secret, and he loved the mystery as he wanted to study them for hours and not just a few minutes during feedback.
"Jeongguk," he zoned back into the class, your bright eyes where directly in front of his and he jerked back in surprise, rubbing the back of his head as he watched you cross your legs from where you were sitting on top of his desk, "you're my partner for this portrait project."
He could see the amusement in your face, an eyebrow raising as you looked at him with a knowing look before finally, he asked what you were talking about and instantly wished he could take it back when your eyes glint and a deadly grin spread across your face.
You placed an elbow on your knee, leaning your head into your palm as your face became dangerously close to his, "if you can't daydream properly Guk," he frowned at the nickname but you didn't pause long enough for him to make a snarky comeback, "don't do it."
You tapped the end of his nose and laughed when he scrunched it, before sliding off his desk to fetch your camera. Jeongguk watched you leave in faint amusement, a hand rising to brush his nose softly as he felt his ears warm in a blush; he needed to figure out how to get rid of his crush on you and soon if he intended to do well on this project.
Originally Jeongguk had been intrigued by you because you shared a name with a close childhood friend of his, and he wondered if he had found the girl that had slipped from his fingers all those years ago when she moved house without a warning. But you didn't look similar and your cockiness was so different to the young girl that hid behind him in fear constantly so he dropped that idea very quickly.
"What you thinking about Guk?" He turned to look at you and yet again he wondered if you had any idea what personal space was, not that he was complaining when he got to look at your soft lips so close, the scent of your shampoo overwhelmed his senses and he felt like he was drowning in you.
"Finally getting to take a picture of your stubborn ass," it wasn't like what he said was a lie, but he didn't mention the fact that the last time he remembered being this excited was when he still believed in Santa.
"You're the model." You deadpanned, and he waited for some sort of smile to show that you were joking, but as you tilted your head in interest at his confusion he let out a long groan, with a smile you placed your camera on the desk, "you thought I would let your pretty face go to waste?"
Jeongguk felt his heart speed up, as he desperately tried to school his features into disinterest but you had caught the flash of amusement in his eyes and as you grabbed his arm and dragged him towards the window, where you knew the lighting would be best he followed easily, "do I get any say in this?"
"You can say whatever you want, you're still modelling for me." Jeongguk frowned but didn't pull away from you as you started to brush his fringe from his face until you paused, frowning slightly as you rubbed a thumb over a small scar on his cheek.
"Gukkie?" you murmured and if you hadn't been so close he doubted he would have heard his childhood nickname, but just as soon as you mentioned it you had leapt back to take a photo of his face, brows slightly furrowed obviously deep in thought.
As you studied the photos, your hands clicking the buttons to see if you had got any satisfactory ones, Jeongguk had decided there was only one way to figure out if you were really the same Y/N that had climbed trees with him.
"Did you ever find that bright pink unicorn toy?" You looked up at him, blinking a few times in surprise as you wondered how he could possibly know about the toy you had lost when you were a child. It had been going for a 'swim', when your small fingers had lost their grip and you watched your cuddly toy be carried down the river whilst your best friend Gukkie laughed at your crying face.
You realised it had to be him; the same scar that he had achieved by falling out of a tree after challenging you to a race and his bizarrely accurate memory of a personal experience, slowly you placed the camera on the table; your confidence had disappeared with the realisation as you looked up at him through your lashes taking in his bunny teeth that slightly stuck out as he grinned at you, how could you not have realised?
"Gukkie?" He grinned at you nodding, before without really thinking about what you were doing you ran into his arms, with a grin, "I'm so sorry I left without telling you. I thought they were joking about leaving, I've missed you so much!"
But when he held your shoulders to push you away slightly, taking in your features before planting a kiss on your head you realised that the relationship you had shared with Jeongguk in the past had completely changed and you knew your attraction to him would make rebuilding your relationship with him even harder.
But that wasn't going to stop you because if you had an excuse to talk to your crush you were going to.
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The Girl Who Cried Wolf: Peter Parker Short Fic: Part 5
The Girl Who Cried Wolf
Peter Parker x Stark!Fem!reader. (Described as curvy but obviously can be any body type and gender, just changed the words in ur head x)
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Warnings for all parts: Mental Health, swearing, probs some violence at some point, emotional/physical/sexual abuse, sexual nature (consent), emmm emotional rollercoaster throughout. I think that's it?? Please tell me if not.
I'm so sorry about the spelling in this, I wrote it really quick as I'm catching up on all the homework I forgot to do and school starts in less than a week 😂😭.
If part has triggering parts for sensitive reads I will say.
Mentions of physical abuse from a 'parental' figure, old self harm scars, mentions rapists name, mental health issues, mental health medication, description of rapist, FLUFF.
Also because this has taken longer to update I have made it longer!
*Reader's p.o.v*
I rolled over to my side to check the time, 3:34am. I let out a groan as Peter Parker's face ran through my head, along with mums and Caleb's. I tried with all my might to block out his voice, the words he said to me over and over again as he pulled my clothes off.
Think of something positive, please just think of something positive.
My heart beat started to increase and my body started to warm up as I remembered Peter's arms around me, I felt a smile cross my as all the negative thoughts went away and Peter's beautiful face was the only thing I thought about.
I feel like this is more than a crush, every time I see him my body heats up and all I want to do is smile as well as giggle at his adorableness.
I suddenly heard my phone buzz, I sat up slightly to grab my phone from my bedside table. I rubbed my eyes, the light of my screen hurting them slightly. My heart fluttered as my eyes skimmed through the text.
From: Peter💕🙈 Hey, can't sleep and thinking about you, hope you're okay. Text me in the morning about school X :-).
My cheeks heated up at the thought of him thinking about me and worrying if I was okay. What is life?! I let out a small giggle at the smilie face face he left.
To: Peter💕🙈 Hey, can't sleep either thinking about shit. Why can't you sleep? X
I hesitated before pressing send, I bit my lip waiting for his reply. I soon saw the typing symbol making me smile widely.
From: Peter💕🙈 Aww I wasn't expecting a reply :-(
I let out a laughing knowing what he meant but I wanted to tease him.
To: Peter💕🙈 Wdym? Are you upset that I replied...emm I'll stop then sorry
I let out another laugh as I pressed the send button and it didn't even take five seconds for him to text back.
From: Peter💕🙈 NO!! is typing.... I PROMISE I DIDNT MEAN THAT! is typing.... I JUST HOPED YOU WERE ASLEEP CAUSE YOUVE HAD A LONG DAY!
I started to giggle and leaned back into my bed to start typing again.
To: Peter💕🙈 I'm messing! I know want you meant dork😂
I pressed send whilst bitting my lip, we talked for another hour or so before I started to get tired.
To: Peter💕🙈 I'm going to try and get some sleep if that's okay? X
If Peter wants me to stay up because he can't sleep I will of course.
is typing....
From: Peter💕🙈 No, please go to sleep. If you don't come in tomorrow I'll stop by to drop off some work. Night X
I smiled to myself and typed a simple goodnight and put my phone on charge. I soon felt my eyes close as I once again thought of Peter Bloody Parker.
"Miss Stark!" A deep voice yelled slightly causing me to shoot up, I let out a small scream when I saw Vision in my room. I brought my duvet up to my chin as I only had a tank top on and you can see my scars and bruises from Bobbie.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you Miss Stark but it's one pm. Miss Romanoff tried to wake you up for school but as she put it 'you were flat out'. But for health reasons I suggest you get up and moving before your sleeping patten becomes irregular." Vision said and came over to the side of my bed to hand me a glass of water and my daily tablets.
"I couldn't find any of medication when I unpacked your bag, so I took the liberty of using the ones you keep here" He said again, I sat up still trying to hide my upper chest and my arms. I let out a sigh knowing it's impossible to take them off him whilst trying to do so.
"Don't tell anyone" I said letting the duvet fall slightly, I noticed his eyes scan over my now green bruises and a couple of scars on my arms. Some self inflicted some not. I reached out to take my high dose of setraline (which helps with my depression, anxiety and PTSD) along with a quite low dose risperidone (antipsychotic). I gulped them down with little water, already used to talking them.
"How old are your bruises?" Vision asked, I shrugged lightly.
"A couple of weeks, why?" I asked and coved them up again getting self conscious.
"You must of got them with force" He commented, all I did was nod. I closed my eyes thinking back to when Bobbie started to beat me up about two and a half weeks ago, I don't know why he did it. My fingers lightly traced the hardly visible bruise on the side of my lips where Bobbie had first punched me and as I tried to get away he clawed at my chest.
"At least that ones healed" Vision cutting me out of my thoughts, he was now looking where my fingers are.
"Yeah" I said, he let out a small sigh.
"Your hand is a different story, it doesn't look like it will be healing anytime soon. I think we should get it X-rayed or maybe a MRI to see if anything is damaged" Vision said and generally took my hand in his.
"It's not broken though, I was thinking more about ligaments and tissue" He added, I nodded again not really wanting to say anything. I knew it wasn't broken from Peter.
"How about you get changed and I'll take you down to medics. Just you and me, no one had to know" I sent him a smile and another nod.
"Thank you Vision" I whispered as he headed for the door but still heard me as he sent a nod my way. I sighed then leaned over to my phone as the door shut after him. Peter had sent me a text telling me how maths is boring without me, then Ned sent me a text saying Peter got caught on his phone and now it's confiscated. I let out a laugh as I got out of bed to clean myself up in my bathroom.
When dad found out that he could have parental responsibility over me and even have me over to stay, he went a little over the top with my room. I remember when I was little and being in a meeting with an Interior designer on how I want my room, any size and anything. Now every year on the fourth of March I get to change it, new wardrobe, new bed, new everything. I feel like I'm the luckiest girl in the world when I'm at my dads.
After I'd finished in the bathroom I walked over to my walk in wardrobe as I connected my phone to my surround sound system. I pressed shuffle on my downloaded music and Oasis came on. I smiled to myself as my favourite part came on and I started to sing loudly.
"Maybe I just want to fly I want to live, I don't want to die Maybe I just want to breathe Maybe I just don't believe Maybe you're the same as me We see things they'll never see You and I are gonna live forever"
I quickly picked out something to wear as I remembered Vision is waiting for me. I rolled my eyes when it happened to be a Gucci top and some Nike leggings, I don't understand why thinks he needs to buy me 500 dollar tops when I'm happy with something from forever 21. I still got changed into as I have to admit it's a beautiful top, it's a white t-shirt with a UFO on it with rainbow beams coming out of it with GUCCI written in bold on the top. Once I had put the items on I grabbed my Harry Potter Y/H hoodie to hide my arms then finished my 'outfit' off with some trainers.
I put my phone in my pocket after turning off the music and walked out and down to the medical ward. I soon reached the nearest lift and went to floor four which is where the medical department is.
Everything turned out to be fine, the reason why it bruised so bad was because a knuckle dislocated but popped its self back in.
"Vision do you know when dad will be back? I asked as he checked the deep scratches on my chest and lower neck.
"Mr Stark said he should be back later today, would you like me to tell him to find you when he's back?" I nodded but winced when he rubbed some alcohol on an infected one, I just haven't had time to sort them out as normally I treat myself with a first aid kit I keep under my bed. Dad has been training me in paramedics for as long as I can remember, sometimes I have to patch him up. But with school and exams I'm too busy studying to do anything other than that.
"You're going to need a shot of antibiotics for the infected cut once a week for a month or so" Vision said looking at the swab results, I let out a sigh but nodded.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. I told the nurse who let us in that I'm reviewing your medication." I sent him a smile, as he went over to get a needle.
"Right close your eyes and take a deep breath then breath out when I tell you" I nodded and bit my lip before closing my eyes.
"Okay deep breath in. 1, 2, 3 and breath out" I followed his instructions and jolted a bit cause of the pinch I felt to my skin as the needle went in. I squeezed my eyes shut, feeling the the liquid go into my bloodstream. He took the needle out and I opened my eyes.
"Why's over half of it left?" I asked lifting my eyebrows.
"It's one shot but goes in four times in different places" I nodded and let him get on with it. Once he was done I put my t-shirt back on then I stood up just wanting to get back to my room.
"You can go now, but if you start to feel sick or get dizzy don't worry as it's a common side effect. If you feel anything else please come and get me." I nodded and started to walk out but suddenly turned around to give him a hug.
"Thank you Vision" I then quickly turned back to walk out the room. I got out my phone out to see what time it is.
3:10pm.
Peter will be here in half an hour or so, I walked into my room and looked in my mirror. Should I put some makeup on? I bit my lip and nodded to myself. I only put some clear lipgloss on and some concealer for the now faded bruise next to my lip but just incase.
"Friday" I called out as I made my bed.
"Yes Y/N?" The A.I's voice echoed into my room.
"I'm going into my tv room, when Peter gets here will you let him in and direct him to the room?" I asked whilst getting a book from my bookshelf.
"Of course Y/N, I will let Mr Parker in" I smiled and went to one of the many doors in my room.
"Thanks Friday"
*Peter's P.O.V*
I bit onto my lip as I walked up to the FQ's security gate. I went into my bag taking a shaky breath as I got out my 'level 2' pass. Only people who live in the FQ have level 1. This is the first time I'm coming here without Happy or Mr Stark with me.
"Sorry kid, we don't do tours" A guard said as I stopped at the scanner, I gave him my pass with my name and picture on.
"Emm I'm P-Peter Parker and I'm here to see Y/N Stark. I've brought her some work cause she wasn't in school today" I said, he scanned my pass and nodded.
"Emm thanks err sir" I said and put my pass back into my bag then walked through the gate.
I walked through the main entrance and saw Mrs Sally, she's one of the receptionist that normally takes me to Mr Stark.
"Peter?" She said with a smile, Mrs Sally is a middle aged woman with dark skin and wore red lipstick every time I saw her. Her hair is always tied back into a tight bun as well.
"You haven't got a meeting with Mr Stark, is everything okay?" She added as I walked over and leant my arms on the front desk.
"Y/N missed school, I said I'll come and bring her some work. Can I go straight up?" I asked, she looked down at her computer.
"I'm guessing you don't want Mr Stark to know, he normally doesn't let boys her age near her when she's in his care" I blushed and started to drum my fingers nervously against the desk.
"If you wouldn't mind, n-not th-that anything is going to happen! W-we're just friends" I mumbled, I heard her laugh and start to type.
"You we're here yesterday as well it says on the system, so you already know Mr Stark isn't home until around five" I raised my eyebrows.
"He's not back yet?" I asked feeling a little more confident, she shook her head.
"Normally you have to sign in as you know but Y/N needs a friend right now so I'm going to let you off this once, just this once" She said, I nodded and pushed myself off the desk.
"Thanks Mrs Sally!" I called as I reached the elevator, I pressed floor two.
"Please scan your pass, full name and reason on visiting the living quarters" F.RI.D.A.Y's voice echoed into the small space. I shrugged having never done this but got my pass out and pressed it against the glowing green light in front of me.
"Err Peter Benjamin Parker and I'm here to see Y/N Stark cause she missed school and I've brought her some work" I said rambling a little.
"Welcome Mr Parker, Y/N waiting for you in her TV room. If you go into her bedroom then I will tell you which door to use" I nodded to myself as the doors to the second floor opened. I gripped onto my rucksack as I walked down the hall and to Y/N's room, along the way tripping over my feet but I caught myself at the last minute. I jumped back up and straightened myself out. Phew thank god no one saw-
"Mr Parker, are you okay?" F.R.I.D.A.Y's voice came out of nowhere chasing me to jump slightly.
"Oh yeah that I meant to do that" I said casually, she'll believe that won't she?
"You are telling me that you tripped up on purpose?"
Nope she won't.
"Yep" Was all I said mentally cringing, I soon reached Y/N's room and was about to knock.
"The door is open" F.R.I.D.A.Y said making me remember she's in her 'tv room'. I took a deep breath as the slide door opened.
"Please walk toward the door wear the keypad is glowing blue not green" I found the right door then walked over to it.
"I will tell Miss Stark that you are here, she will be with you shortly." I nodded to myself and ran a hand through my curls then pulled on my shirt. I heard the door open and my breath caught in my throats when I saw her.
She looked so simple yet so breathtaking, her eyes slightly red making be think she's been crying. I felt myself look down at her lips which were a bit shiny and so kissable-
"Peter, what happened to your face?!" She yelled slightly grabbing my hand and pulling me to the end of her bed. Wait what is she talking about?...wait oh shit I got into a fight last night with a mugger. I stared at her wide eye as she pulled my face closer to hers and lightly ran her fingertips over my bruise on my right eye, she traced it down to my lower cheekbone.
"Well?" She whispered, her hand not moving. My heart beat increased and I'm scared she will be able to feel the heat radiating off my cheeks.
"I-I-I h-hit my-my face on my bunkbed" I tried to say without telling her what actually happened or saying something creepy. Her eyebrows raised as she took her fingers away from my face, my skin already missing her touch.
"You hit your eye and not your head?" I mentally swore to myself, I felt her hand slowly take mine in hers. I watched her teeth take her bottom lips in between them, I felt myself let out a shaky breath.
"You know you can tell me anything Peter, I won't judge. You're my friend, my best friend really" Her voice getting quieter with each word, a smile broke onto my face but it soon went as I felt guilty about not telling her that I'm Spider-Man.
"I got into a fight" The words just slipped out of my mouth not realising what I said until after.
"With who?" She asked softly and brought her hand back up to my bruise but her fingers started to wonder as she noticed a scab on my lip, my mind screaming 'KISS HER, TELL HER HOW YOU FEEL!!' I held my breath, her thumb ran over the red scab but she seemed to notice what she was actually doing, killing me that is.
"Sorry" She whispered moving further away from me. All I wanted to do was grab her hips and pull her closer to my own body.
"Itsfine" I breathed out in one breath causing her to giggle making my heart skip a couple of beats as her nose scrunched up slightly.
"If was Flash" I lied, I felt guilty for lying to her but not about saying it was him. She nodded but then moved closer once again, putting her head on my shoulder.
"I hate Flash, he's brought back so many bad memories for this this week" I leaned my head onto hers, the sent of her shampoo hitting my nose.
"He's a bastard" She laughed and snuggled into my shoulder more, I wish we could do this all the time.
"Is that why you have been crying?" I whispered, she looked up at me pulling away from me slightly, it took her a couple of seconds before she nodded.
"You noticed?" She asked, I nodded myself.
"Did you get into a fight this morning? It's bruised quickly" Y/N said leaning closer to get a better look. She was obviously trying tot change the subject but I don't want to push her.
"Emm yes, my skin is sensitive and he hit me hard" She sighed, I then suddenly remembered why I'm here in the first place.
"I got you're school work, it's mostly maths cause we had double today. MJ got your art homework and there's some English, not a lot though as we watched the end of Macbeth. You had psychology as well so I asked Betty Brant to write you notes. Then on the way here I colour coded everything because I see you do it all the time." I rambled slightly but stopped when she giggled. I looked over at her to see her bright red.
"What?" I asked blushing myself.
"You noticed that I did that?" She said, I bit my lip not wanting to sound creepy.
"Yeah" I whispered, I turned to my bag which had fallen off my shoulder just a couple of minutes before.
"Here, after I wrote the math notes I also colour coded them as well." I said handing the pile of work to her.
"Thanks Pete, you're the best" She said and leaned over to kiss my cheek, her lips lingering for a little. I didn't know what to do, should I turn my head? But I couldn't as she pulled away.
"S'Okay" My voice broke causing her to laugh. I watched her look through the notes with a smile.
"Theses are perfect, thank you" I nodded, I looked down at my watch to see it's 4:15pm but something red caught my eye.
"W-Whats that?" I asked leaning over to see a drawing of my Spider-Man mask in her sketch book and fucking hell its amazing.
"O-Oh em it's you know Spider-Man. I kinda got interested in him after what happened in D.C" She whispered and her hand wrapped around her left wrist.
"Oh yeah, he saved you and Liz right?" I asked pretending that it wasn't me who actually saved them.
"Yeah" She said with a smile.
"I didn't tell dad though" She added, making me raise an eyebrow. "I didn't want him to worry, he probably wouldn't of let me out of the house again" She laughed nervously.
"Is he your favourite hero?" I asked jokingly expecting her to say no.
"Yeah, don't tell Dad. He'll kill me" She laughed again and got up to place the school work on her desk. Wait what? I'm her favourite. Fuck yes!
"Do you want to stay for a bit? You don't have to but you know if you want to we can watch something maybe." I heard Y/N say from the other side of her room not looking at me.
"Yeah!" I said a little too quickly, I cursed to myself. Y/N turned back around and came to sit down next to me again.
"Great, I get lonely around here since Steve left. Steve is Captain America by the way" She added, I laughed nodding.
"I know" I noticed her cheeks turn red but she looked over to the side, her eyes losing their glow.
"Were you two close?" I asked and timidly took her hand in mine. She looked at her with a small smile and a nod.
"Yeah, Steve would help me with my homework whilst dad was away. Which was a lot. And he was also like my big brother which is a bit weird but yeah" She sighed at the end, I kinda feel guilty now for kicking him in the face.
"I'm sure him and Mr Stark will make up soon" I trailed off trying to sound convincing but it obviously didn't work as she let out a bitter laugh.
"Thanks Peter but not going to happen" I nodded and it went quiet. I felt her hand grip onto mine tighter making my heart start to go faster and my hands started to get sweaty.
"Thank you for listening yesterday Peter, it means a lot. I-I get really self conscious when it comes to em that subject, like in class when people are talking about sex and shit I just freeze. I start to feel his body on top of me and the feel of his stubble against my cheek" I wanted her to stop as her nails started to dig into my palm, it didn't hurt just a sting but she's reliving a horrible memory. That's what makes me want her to stop. But she needs to let this out and I'm not going to stop her.
"Then I start to smell his weird scent, I don't know what it was but it was a mixture of like dirt, sweat and I don't know something else that smelt horrible." She stopped talking suddenly, noticing what she was saying.
"I'm sorry" Y/N mumbled, I noticed her eyes had now filled with tears. I wrapped my arm around her shoulder pulling her into my chest. I really don't know how I'm so confident around her now....sometimes. I'm only confident around her when she needs someone to hold her and just needs a laugh.
Her fingers gripped onto my jumper as she sobbed, I ran my own through her hair trying desperately to calm her down. I'd never seen her like this before thinking back to when she moved to my middle school in 6th grade.
(A/N okay bitch the American school system is so fucking confusing to me. So they are 11-12 I hope I got the grade and the school right.)
Y/N was always popular but for the first year or so I knew her, well knew of her, she didn't show emotion and now I guess I know why now. Recently she's been showing a lot more emotion, but she's also being crying a lot. She doesn't think I've been noticing her red, puffy, eyes or the fake smiles and the watery eyes when she thinks no one is looking. I didn't want to ask her about it as I knew she'd just change the subject.
"I'm sorry, for the past two days I've just been crying on you. I'm normally not like this but everything is just building up and getting to me" She mumbled pulling away and wiped her eyes with her palm.
"Oh I'm sorry! I've ruined your favourite jumper" She sighed and tried to wipe away the tear stains away but just made it worse.
"Hey, hey it's fine don't worry" I laughed and wiped the rest of her running tears off her cheeks. She sent me a smile and tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear.
"I can buy you a new one if you want" She sniffed and got out her phone, I gently grabbed her wrist and made her lower her arm.
"It's fine really, I think I have another one in this colour" I said looking down to check if it's the blue I'm thinking of. "Yeah I do".
"Of course you do" She giggled, I blushed looking away and bit my lip. I heard Y/N let out a sort of 'dreamy' sigh. I turned back towards her to see her already staring at me.
"You okay?" I asked, her eyes went wide and her neck started to turn a rose colour.
"Fine, fine. Just thinking about shit" Things got quiet once again and I realised that I had taken her hand in mine at some point.
"Peter?" Her soft voice cut into my thoughts.
"Hhmm?"
"Em w-what do you think of me? L-like when we were in the bathroom last week y-you said I was beautiful, and-and no one has said that to me before. Well Dad and Steve have but that doesn't count." Y/N said I turned to her with red cheeks. Oh bloody hell what am I going to say? I'm just going to make her uncomfortable and probably something creepy.
"Well-well you are beautiful, gorgeous in fact. On the inside and out, like when you smile the whole room lights up. And that glow in your eye you get when you're really happy, it just makes me happy-" I rambled on, listening all the things I love about her but the next thing I knew her hands were pulling my face towards her and our lips connected. My eyes still wide open as I stared at her closed eyelids, my mind screaming 'MOVE YOUR FUCKING LIPS, YOU'VE BEEN WANTING THIS FOR YEAR'. Her lips moved against mine trying to get mine to move but my whole body was frozen. Her hands soon left my face as she pulled away, my lips already missed her. Both of us breathing deeply, I still hadn't loved I don't think I've even blinked.
"I'm so sorry, I-I don't know-" Her voice cracked as she spoke but my body suddenly started to work again and I leaned in smashing my lips back onto hers. I didn't know what to do with my hands as hers went back up to my cheeks. Our lips moved slowly against each other's, her lips a little dry and my teeth bumped against hers a couple of time. But soon (a couple of seconds) we got used to it and shared the perfect kiss.
I felt like I was in heaven, my heart banging against my rib cage. My hands rested on her thighs and they naturally started to glide up but then I stopped and quickly pulled away realising what's actually happening. I let out a quiet groan when I saw her lips all swollen.
"I can't" I whispered, I can't do this. She's not in the best state of mind right now, she might not even know what she's doing.
"Why?" She asked, hurt laced in her voice making my heart physically hurt. I brought my hand up to her cheeks and rubbed circles with my thumb against her smooth skin.
"Y/N, you know why. No matter how much I want to and fucking hell I want to, we can't. Not right now, not when you're this emotional. Tomorrow you might remember what you did and think 'fuck, why did I do that?' When you feel better mentally then m-maybe w-we can you know, go on a date or something." She nodded and looked down, biting her lip.
"Don't do that" I mumbled, pressing my forehead against hers.
"Sorry" She giggled.
"I'd like that, I mean go on a date like that will be fun. I've never been on one before." She added and took my hands in her once again.
"Me either" I said smiling brightly, my face hurt from how wide my smile was but I didn't care. Y/N FUCKING STARK IS GOING ON A DATE WITH ME.
"Thank you for stopping Peter, that was an amazing thing to do. You're right I'm not in the right state now" She said not looking at me, I put my index finger under her chin making her look at me.
"It's okay" Her hand moved up to my cheek once again and I leaned down to kiss her nose as I held her closer.
Her head fell into my shoulder as she wrapped her arms around my neck. We stayed in that position only God knows how long but Y/N's doors opened causing us to jump apart. My eyes went wide when I saw Mr Stark raising an eyebrow at us.
"Interrupting something am I?" He asked in a stern voice, I looked at Y/N panicking but she looked so calm.
"No Daddy" She said getting up. "Peter came by to drop off my school work and was trying to make me feel better. And in all honesty I just needed a hug so I asked him and he said yes" She lied straight through her teeth as she went to hug her father. Thank god she's obviously lied to him before.
"Right, well thank you Mr Parker but you can go now. No work needed at the internship today." My face scrunched together for a second forgetting Y/N didn't know.
"Oh right em yeah. I'll see you tomorrow Y/N" I said getting my bag then started to walk over to them. I stood and stared at her with loving eyes as she sent a smile my way. Mr Stark cleared his throat and nodded to the door.
"Sweetie, I need to talk to Mr Parker about a project. Why don't you do some online shopping in your tv room whilst you wait for me and I'll come and get you after" Y/N nodded and waved at me as she walked over to the room.
"Bye Pete, I'll em text you" She said blushing making my cheeks go red as Mr Stark staring me down.
"Bye-" I tried to say but Mr Stark grabbed my elbow. Oh god I thought as I saw his face.
"Walk with me Peter" He said and started to walk down the long corridor.
"O-of course sir" I said and ran to catch up with him.
"When are you planning on telling my daughter that you're spider man" I let out a small sigh of relief as he didn't say that he was secretly spying on us and saw us kissing.
"Em I don't know, I have enemies sir and I don't want to put her in danger" I saw him nod to himself and as the lift doors opened he took his sunglasses off.
"I see your point kid, but Y/N cares for you a lot I've gathered over the past couple of days. I also looked into the school system and saw you take a lot of the same classes. Also the security cameras at the school show that you spend a lot of time together. Also her phone bill has been going up in price recently and I suspect that has something to do with you" I felt my palms get sweaty and I could hear my heartbeat in my ears. I opened my mouth to say something but he lifted his hand up stopping me.
"I'm talking, I just wanted to say thank you Peter. My daughter hasn't had the easiest life in the world we needs a friend, that friend is you. But she trusts you Mr Parker and I think you should tell her about your alter ego." I nodded not knowing what to say. I hadn't even noticed that we had reached the main entrance.
"Well that was a nice chat wasn't it, I've already got a car waiting for you. Mrs Sally seemed to forget to wipe the entrance scanner when she said you can come in without going on the system." I turned to look at him with desperate eyes.
"Mr Stark, please don't put any blame on her. It was my idea, I threatened her!" I yelled slightly causing a couple of people to look over at us, he sighed and wrapped an arm around my shoulder.
"I highly doubt that Peter, but don't worry nothing is going to happen to Mrs Sally. She's one of my best workers. Now cars outside, please sign in next time you come won't you?" Again I nodded, he patted me on the back.
"Until the next time Mr Parker, which will probably be soon as I've just got a text off Y/N asking me to ask you to come and see her again to watch a film. So I've asked you, sort it out yourself but I need to do something quickly so I can spend some time with my daughter. Bye Peter" I stood in shock for a couple of seconds, trying to proses the information.
"Right" I muttered to myself and walked towards the drive way and I saw Happy. I smiled.
"Hey Happy!" His face fell slightly when he saw me.
"Ugh get in. When Tony said he needed me to drive someone home I wasn't expecting you" He groaned and walked back to the drivers side, normally I would feel a little down that he said that but nothing could bring my mood down.
On the way back to Queens, my mind was racing and I kept on touching my lips."You alright Parker?" Happy asked, noticing my happy mood.
"Amazing" I sighed looking out of the window, the buildings becoming familiar once again. My leg started to bounce uncomfortably as I started to think about the date. What the fuck do you do on a date?
"Bye Happy!" I yelled as the car pulled up, I heard him yell my name as the car was still moving slightly. I sent him a wave and a thumbs up. I ran up the stairs all the way to my apartment, I opened the door with force causing a bang. I tripped then slid into the living arena.
"May! I need your help!" I yelled causing her to look up from the telly.
"What? Peter are you okay?!" She asks standing up, looking concerned.
"Fine! Perfect! I have a date soon" I yelled my smile covering my face once again, her own lips turned into a smile.
"With who?" May asked and walked over to me pulling me into a hug.
"Y//N! I actually have a date with Y/N!" She laughed at my excitement.
"When is it?" I shrugged getting shy.
"Em I don't know, like she's going through some things at the moment and I don't want to take advantage of her" I mumbled blushing.
"Oh Peter, I raised you well" Aunt May sighed pulled me back into a hug.
"We kissed" I muttered into her shoulder, not being able to keep it to myself any longer. I pulled away with a huge smile.
"Oh did you now?" She laughed crossing her arms, all I could do was nod and bounce on my feet.
"May you don't understand, it was the best feeling in the world. Like ugh, I've never felt this way before. After I tried to be really sweet and everything just how you taught me!" I shouted now waving my hands around.
"Peter, sweetie calm down. You're going to hyperventilate" She said grabbing my shoulders and shaking them.
"Sorry, sorry. But now you need to help me! I've never been on a date before. Please Aunt May" I pleaded with her, practically begging her.
"Of course I'll help Peter, now tell me what she likes"
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Heyy, thanks for reading. Sorry this took so long to update but this is soo cute yet sad... please share and shit so I know you want me to continue. Again thank you for reading x
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Song mentioned: Live Forever By Oasis
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