#but so did benny and ethan technically

[notfernintheslighest]

holy trinity of plot amor

(also i love how in My Babysitters a Vampire they give Erica a truck load of blood, and yet she still eats that wrestler three episodes later; Hannibal wishes he served food as well as Erica serves cunt.)

[rc-writes]

Hello!!!

I just read your Ethan Morgan Drabble and it was so freaking adorable. It’s so nice to see people writing for MBV as I love that show so much.

I was wondering if I can request an idea? I don’t know if you write this type of stuff but if you do then can you please write some fluffy Dad!Ethan Morgan or Dad!Benny Weir scenario (i dont know why but they both give goofy sad vibes if they were parents)

If you don’t write that sort of thing that can you write Ethan Morgan x reader, where he has to take care of his sick significant other

Thank you again!!!

𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤

𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 | 𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢

pairings: ethan morgan x reader

warnings: nothing besides the reader being sick i believe

a/n: i'm glad you loved my other ethan fic! and i agree that's its so cool to see people still writing for this show. our fandom may be small but it lives on lol. and i decided to go with the sick reader request (wasn't sure if you wanted it to be hcs or an imagine so i just went with hcs because i've been wanting to write more of those) but completely agree see either of the two with kids would be both incredibly cute/funny! anyways, i hope you like the hcs!!

ethan had texted you earlier that day asking if you wanted to go see the newest zombie movie 

which on any other day you would’ve jumped at the chance to spend the entire day with your boyfriend

but today you woke up feeling like you were the zombie

but you decided against telling ethan that in fear of him going overboard

you loved that he cared but sometimes he was a but much

last time you were sick he convinced himself you must have been cursed by the monster of the week

so you opted to just tell him that you were just a bit too tired to go anywhere

which wasn’t technically a lie

you did just sleep past noon and hadn’t gotten out of bed yet

ethan was a kinda disappointed that you didn’t want to go be he understood wanting to do nothing

saving the world would take a toll on anyone

when ethan replied that he understood you’re worry of making him worry went away

unbeknownst he did still worry

you didn’t even realize in your dazed state that you responded rather deadpan-y

usually you’d crack a joke about how tiring saving the world was, or something along those lines

not just “sorry i’m just a bit too tired today :(“

ethan immediately got a feeling that there was more to the story, so he planned to go to your house and seeing you in person

curse him and his caring nature

the jig was up the moment you opened the door wearing a haphazardly thrown on robe, hair a mess, and bags under your eyes

“ethan, what are you doing here?” 

sneeze #1

“i came to see if you were alright, which you don’t seem to be”

“don’t be silly i am-” sneeze #2 “alright”

he did not believe you for a second

even if he did the multiple sneezes gave it away

let caretaker ethan mode begin

don’t even think about getting off the couch any time soon

he will insist of getting anything and everything for you

want to change the channel? he will get up and get it for you even if you’re closer

getting kinda cold?

immediately throws the biggest blanket he can find on you

need a snack?

don’t worry he spread out a million different things he found in your cabinets the moment he set foot in your house

which at first he tried to find only healthy types of snacks but your sad pleading eyes convinced him to just grab everything

“you can’t eat only oreos all day”

“but they make me feel better” *sad eyes intensify*

“okay fine”

will make it his duty to find every tissue box in the vicinity and stack them up within arms reach

“i don’t think i’ll need that many”

“it’s just in case”

besides the many snacks laid out be prepared to be eating many bowls of soap

i don’t think ethan knows how to properly cook so it's mostly likely from a can

not that you’re complaining, the hot soap makes your throat not feel as scratchy

he’d probably call up benny at least once

“what’s up dude!?”

“is your grandma home?”

“you want to talk to grandma??”

as much of a good friend benny is he isn’t exactly the best at spells or potion making

so he was hoping grandma weir could stir something up that could make you feel better

and grandma weir loved you so of course she does

best she can do on such short notice is make a little home remedy that clears your nasal cavity for a few hours

you take it as if she offered you gold

“i can breathe again!”

“why didn’t you tell me you couldn’t before!?”

“i was just exaggerating a bit e”

“oh” you tell him that he worries too much

but you mean the world to him, how could he not worry?

you two would spend the rest of the day binge watching random movies

eventually you’d fall asleep on ethan’s shoulder

he’s a bit upset that you fell asleep during his favorite part of the movie

but he’s more than happy to see you finally sleeping peacefully

he falls asleep not much later

thankfully for you both you woke up the next morning feeling much better

and you about to cheer for joy when ethan suddenly starts sneezing

guess it’s his turn to be sick

oops

[ethansmorgans]

The Turn // mbav fic

Summary: (yet another) canon divergent fic from 1.13 "ReVamped" when Jesse bit Ethan and what if Sarah came too late and left Ethan to turn into a vampire? And how are Benny, Sarah and Ethan himself handling the change?

A/N: I mentioned having an unfinished story written and pondered a long time on whether I should post it or not and now finally I did it! If you wanna read it on ao3 it’s here, I already posted both chapters there!

Word count: 2k

Feedback is very much appreciated!

"That wasn't part of your little plan, was it?"

Jesse held Ethan in an iron grip and he couldn't escape. All his weapons laid scattered around the school floor and Benny, Sarah and Erica were incapacitated, Ethan was at a loss. What to do, what to do?

He tried to wiggle out of his grip no matter how fruitless it was. "Let me go, you bastard!" He spit out angrily. Jesse chuckled, that asshole really just chuckled at him, Ethan's struggles not affecting him one bit.

"Yeah, maybe I am but you know," Jesse gripped Ethan tighter, making him grimace, "I'm not really over the fact that you nerds, especially you, tried to defeat me and trapped me inside the Cubile Animus. It wasn't so nice in there so now it's my turn to make you suffer." Ethan could hear the sadistic glee in his voice. "Now stop struggling, I've got something for you."

He heard fangs ripping into skin and then all of a sudden a bloodied wrist was held in front of him and a hand forced his jaw open. "N-no!" Ethan only managed a gargled sound as the blood was forced down his throat while he was being held down. It tasted bitter.

Benny! Sarah! Rory, Erica, anyone! Ethan had a dark premonition of what Jesse was planning and he desperately wished anyone would come and keep Jesse from doing it. No matter what tricky and dangerous situation they had been in, they had always made it out alive in the end, it couldn't not happen this time.

He gagged when the hand disappeared and put a fingertip to his lip. It came back tinged dark red, almost black, with vampire blood. Ethan rose his head up to look at Jesse who was grinning darkly, fangs on display.

"Why?" He croaked out. They were probably going to be his last words, he didn't know what else to do.

Jesse shrugged. "A little revenge, a little fun, had to show you guys who you're messing with." He took his time taking in Ethan's wide blown eyes, resembling a scared puppy, down to the rapid pulse of his neck. He stepped forward, Ethan didn't - couldn't move.

Was there a stake left on the ground? One piece of the snapped ruler he threw, or another piece of wood, anywhere, anything? Why didn't he ingest holy water, goddammit! They thought of everything but not this.

Jesse reached out to Ethan's neck and traced his pulsing artery almost sensually and Ethan shuddered, his heart beat loud inside his chest. "I've always wanted to know how you taste", Jesse's voice got low. "Your blood type is so rare, I've only come across three of you in my 250 years, can you believe?" Jesse asked like Ethan was going to answer him, he tried his best not to whimper and appear too frightened, he knew Jesse would eat that up. Quite literally.

"Your blood is so tempting even just like this, god, you're a walking vampire meal. I don't understand how Sarah hasn't made you into her personal blood bag yet, such a waste. I bet you would open your veins for her, don't you have a crush on her, you'd let her do anything, wouldn't you?"

Ethan tried to glare at him but Jesse tilted his neck to the side forcefully, exposing his veins even more to the vampire. Jesse's nostrils flared at the sight of the blood he craved being so close. It was taking over his senses and he let it.

He grazed the tip of one of his razor sharp fangs against Ethan's neck and nicked the skin. The shorter boy winced at the prick, a drop of blood rushed to the surface and spilled out. Jesse hungrily watched its descend before his tongue swiped up the small red drop. It fueled his bloodlust that was stirring inside him and he growled. Yes, he would enjoy this.

He let Ethan go who stumbled back, surprised at the sudden movement. He brought his hand up to his neck and carefully tapped over it, he felt a small pressure where Jesse had nicked him and then licked him. Ugh, he shuddered at the remembered feeling. It wasn't a big hole, Jesse had barely broken the skin, just a small amount of blood was smearing his neck, not enough to leak. But the vampire was looking at him with hunger he was not bothered to hide, his body poised to strike and Ethan understood what was going on.

Jesse wanted him to run or fight. He let him go so he could try and get away. It was stupid, reckless, anything could happen and it gave Ethan time and chance for his friends to find and rescue him or for him to come up with a plan on his own. But that was the point. The thrill of it all.

This was a hunt. And he was the prey.

Ethan took one step backwards just to watch what Jesse would do, if anything he got more tense but didn't move. This was a cat and mouse game and Jesse expected Ethan to play. He really was a sadistic motherfucker.

"You know the others are here and can find me anytime, you're not really helping yourself."

Jesse just grinned, his fangs out. "Oh I know I will be draining you tonight, you and them can try to stop me though." Ethan looked around in hopes of coming up with something he could do but his brain was failing him. As much as he tried to appear calm and not play into Jesse's sick game, his heartbeat was jumping like that of a frightened rabbit and he knew Jesse could hear it. There was no faking, no pretending.

So he moved. He didn't run like the psychopath probably would've enjoyed, he walked a few steps down the corridor in hopes of seeing one of the gang there but it was empty. Ethan knew it was probably the last thing he would do but he raised his voice anyway. His last hope. He looked directly at Jesse when he called for: "Sarah, here!"

Jesse's grin vanished, they messed around long enough, he was done playing. He hissed and sped over to Ethan.

A silent scream left Ethan's lips as fangs sank deep into his neck. His eyes snapped shut in pain, blood was drawn from the holes in his neck and he felt his life force slowly leaving him. He knew he had to fight against it but the pain left him unable to move or think.

It hurt.

Really fucking much.

Jesse on the other hand felt euphoric, Ethan's blood truly was something else. He almost regretted his decision to change Ethan instead of taking him with him and keeping him as his human blood bag but his blood was so intoxicating he didn't know if he could've stopped now even if he wanted to. He ripped deeper into the delicate skin.

--

"Ethan, Benny!" Heels were clacking on the floor and Sarah looked around to find the others. She had wrenched herself away from Erica who went back to the dance, the trance she was in had left her weak and she had to gain her strength back by (probably) nibbling on some hot guy. Sarah couldn't see or hear Benny and Ethan and that couldn't mean anything good. She also couldn't find Jesse and that worried her even more. The two boys were tough and came a lot further in learning to fight battles but nonetheless they were still human and she had to look after them. Be their babysitter if you will.

Sarah walked around timidly, awaiting any moment an attack from behind but nothing came. It was dark and quiet. Where were they?

Then Ethan's voice calling her and soon after harsh suckling sounds and pained whimpers reached her fledgling ears and she immediately sped away to the chemistry room.

"Ethan!" She screamed as she saw the life being sucked out of her friend's body. He was barely standing, the only reason he was still upright was because Jesse held him, his fangs were embedded in Ethan's neck and he was greedily gulping down the red substance. Her shock gave way to rage and she growled deeply, "Get the hell away from him!"

Jesse ripped his fangs out of Ethan's neck and grinned at Sarah, his teeth stained red. "You want a taste? There's still some left if you want it." The seer hung limp in his arms, his neck exposed and oozing out blood through the deep bite marks.

Sarah gasped, Jesse didn't even try to be gentle. And as much as she didn't want to be tempted by the view in front of her, she couldn't ignore her vampiric urges. Ethan's blood smelled delicious, she had always known that and now drops of the thick, red liquid were trickling down his neck. She licked her lips subconsciously.

Jesse noticed her bloodthirst and smirked. "He tastes even better than he smells." Jesse dropped the semi-conscious Ethan into her arms, Sarah's eyes glazed golden and she fanged out, the one thing she was craving being so close to her. It was an indescribable urge, his blood calling to her like nothing else, the need to satiate her hunger almost overwhelming her.

She was so close to giving in, just one taste, it wouldn't kill him...or her......except that.....it would...

"NO!" Sarah roared, baring her fangs and shoved Jesse away with all her strength. He landed against a blackboard that cracked in half from the impact. Sarah desperately tried to ignore the blood that was running down Ethan's neck and staining his shirt, shame and disgust stirring inside her at how close she had come to giving in and how she still wanted it, and put his arm around her neck. But Sarah didn't make it very far before Jesse appeared in front of her in the door frame.

"Going somewhere?" She went to hiss at him but he quickly grabbed her throat and spun her around and pushed her hard against a locker. "You're weak, you know you need to feed, why are you denying your body what it wants?"

She had heard those words before.

"Because I'm not like you, I won't be a monster!" She gasped out, Jesse's blue eyes bored into her brown ones that were burning full of loathing. Jesse didn't let it deter him, he had accepted the fact that he was a monster a long time ago. "It will happen anyway, he'll die tonight whether you drink his blood or not, so why not make the most of it?"

Sarah growled and kicked Jesse successfully away from her. "Never!" Her neck hurt but the bruises around it had already started to heal. But before she could go back to Ethan who had slumped down on the floor, Jesse had scooped him up already. His heartbeat was faint, he was already fading away, Jesse just had to give it the last push. He sank his fangs back into the marks he already left and drained the remaining blood out of Ethan's body. Sarah couldn't do anything but stand and watch helplessly.

She heard footsteps coming closer and for a second she worried that students or teachers were coming out of the gym but then she saw Benny running towards her, his back slightly hunched over and Erica trailing behind.

"Sarah, where's Jesse, I smell bl-"

The blonde vampire's words got interrupted by Benny's piercing yell: "Ethan!" His eyes widened as he saw his best friend lying on the ground with Jesse sucking the blood out of him. His face that was normally sporting some wide, cheeky smile now paled with fright and terror. Sarah had never seen him so serious and terrifed.

Before Benny could do something stupid like pounce on Jesse or use a spell on him, Jesse retracted his fangs and stood up and Ethan's body dropped back down like a doll. They all held their breaths.

"Relax," he licked his tongue over his teeth, "he'll come back, give him my greetings." He stretched his arms out and gave them all one last evil grin before he disappeared out of the hallway.

"See you soon."

[sunnyie-eve]

33 | Shall they parish

Series: Supernatural Squad | Benny Weir

Word count: 4.1k

A/N: ~ means POV changes

"YOU LET VICE PRINCIPAL STERN TAKE THE LUCIFRACTOR? WHY DID YOU BRING IT TO SCHOOL?! I shout at Ethan as we head to the Vampire Council. "It's just sitting in his office." Ethan says and I got to hit his arm but Benny hold me back. "What is your problem?" Benny tries to calm me down. "You idiots let a very powerful weapon against vamps out of our sight! My mother told me she's tried looking for it to get rid of vampires in the past when she hates them." I explain to them as we show up and go see Anastasia.

"The Lucifractor was confiscated by your schoolmaster?" She gets mad. "It's just in his office. We'll get it back, easy." Ethan tells her. "And, technically, he's our vice schoolmaster. So..." Benny says making me glare at him. "Right. Yeah, which makes it even easier." Ethan adds. "The Lucifractor is the greatest threat we vampires have ever faced. You have one day to get it back, or we will raid that school. And you don't want that." She sits down. "So that's a threat." Benny whispers as we leave. "It's okay. Stern won't be any trouble." Ethan says and I laugh at them. "I bet he will."

"Oh, c'mon. It's gotta in be here! Have you looked under L for Lucifractor?" Benny asks as they look for it. "I don't see it and why are you not helping?" Ethan asks. "Because I Didn't Get It Taken Away!" I shout at him. "But I found our alien DNA detector guards! And our psionic helmet. And the eye of Zartak. I never realized how much of our magic stuff Stern's taken away from us." Ethan tells us. "Dude, I found it." Benny open a cabinet. "The Lucifractor?" I ask him. "No, better. My Forever Flask! Infinite root beer!" He drinks it making me close my eyes taking a deep breath in. "Benny, that's not what we're looking for." Ethan tells him "Really... What are you looking for?" Stern shows up.

As we leave passing him I bump into him getting a vision of him in the cloak with the Lucifractor. He glares at me as I stare at him trying to process what I just saw. "Your nerd pile will sit in my office until the end of the year. And you will sit in detention until-the sun dies. Now get to class. Young lady a word, follow me." He tells me and I look at the guys scared. "Guys he's-," Stern calls my name and I follow unwillingly.

"Your mother is Maria Lopez, correct?" He asks me as I walk by his side. "Yes. Now what do you want because I know I'm not following you because I want to." I tell him. "Very well, I know you know the truth and I can't have you telling your nerdy friends. I also need one of your mothers books I gave her during a convention. I sorta need it to wipe out all the Vampires in Whitechapel. I will not have you stopping me." He turns to face me. "As if." I laugh then have powder blown in my face and hear him mumble a spell. "Now remember to get me that book and get to class." He leaves me so I head to class.

"Hey, what did Stern want?" Someone asks me as I take a seat in geography. I look up to see the guy in front of me turned around facing me so I just ignore him hoping he will get the hint. "Are you still mad at me?" He asks me. "Would you please stop talking to me and turn around?" I ask annoyed of him. As class goes on a student sneaks in taking his seat talking to the guy in front of me. "Look, if my past experiences with girls before I got Sade's has taught me one thing, it's that you can't get anywhere by talking to 'em. Never works for me." He explains to him and I decide to ignore the rest of those conversation.

After class both the guys tried talking to me all the way to my locker. "Oh my god! Would you two stop following me?!" I shout at them. "Man you really are mad at us? Look we're sorry we messed up." The taller one says to me and I cut him off, "Look, I don't care about what you supposedly did but stop talking and following me around please." I slam my locker leaving them and head home early. "Did you decide to ditch the rest of the day?" My dad asks as I get home. "Yeah, where is mom? I need one of her books." I ask heading there the stairs to her room.

"What you need?" She asks as I walk into her room over to her bookshelf. "Need to get a book for someone." I look them finally find the book I need. "What does Benny need that book for?" She stops me from taking it. "Who?" I ask her confused. "Are you okay?" She asks me. "Yeah, but someone said this book was important to them and the need it back." I go to pull it out but she takes it from me. "A older man gave me this book to hold onto until he needed it... I was doing that until I knew what he was planning to do. He's not getting this book back. How do you know him?" She backs away from me.

"Vice Principal Stern wants that book and I said I would give it back to him. Give me the book mom." I reach for it but she moves back more. "Do you know what he is going to do with this? Sadie, your friends that are Vampires will be gone for good." She asks surprised. "I hate vampires what are you talking about? Why would I be friends with one or more?" She studies me. "CHRIS!" She yells for my dad. "What's wrong?" He rushes him. "Something is wrong with our daughter... She's like under a spell." She explains to him them whispers to him. "I NEED THAT BOOK!" I shout at them as she gives him the book and he mmmm leaves fast.

"He's going to take the book to him. Let's go downstairs." My mom smiles at me and as we get downstairs the tall boy from school comes in. "Man, I have no clue how I ended up home after sneaking into Stern's office." He complains. "What the hell are you doing here? I told you and your friend to stop following... NOW YOU SHOW UP AT MY HOUSE?!" I shout at him and he gets a confused look. "Sadie, it's Benny... You're boyfriend? Benny, I think Stern put her under a spell. He wanted her to steal something from me." She tells him. "Wait? So she doesn't know who I am?" He points at me.

"Take her to your grandma... I may be a powerful witch but I always ignored these type of spells." My mom turns to face me, "Sadie, you may have forgotten but Benny is your boyfriend and not only that but best friend too. Why don't you go with him for a few hours?" I eye the boy. "If you trust him. He's not a vampire right?" I look back at her. "No he's not his like us... a spell master." She tells me then whispers to him. "Let's go see grandma." He opens the door for me and leads me to her place.

As we get there they have a small conversation before he said he's going to check on Ethan and will be right back. "Okay Sadie... let's see what's wrong with you dear." She walks me over to a seat with her and puts her hands on me. "Oh this is very powerful magic and he's put up a wall blocking your thoughts and feelings. He's making you run on his hatred." She says as Benny and his friend show up. "Grandma there's something wrong with Ethan too." He explains to her. "We're all going to die." The smaller one whines. "I can't help break the spell Sadie is under. It's too strong even for me." She explains to him.

"What did he do to her?" Benny asks worried. "She's running on his hatred. He's blocked all her thoughts and feelings. He's temporary erased her memories of you, Ethan, and the others." She explains to him. "Benny trade with me." She takes the other boy and Benny takes me.

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"Come on, We're going to Ethan's." Benny tells me but I just stare at him. "What's wrong?" He asks. "Look, I understand we are close but right now... I don't know you or know if I should trust you." I explain to him only causing him to take my hands into his. "You can trust me." He looks into my eyes. "Fine, I trust you." I sigh following them out. As we wait at his house Sarah, I guess, shows up. "We're ready. Ethan, Look at Sarah. Stern wants you afraid and Sadie distracted Why? Because he knows you both can stop him. You just have to find something stronger than your fear. And you Sadie, need to find something strong enough to to bring you back. Sadie, you love your friends more than anything. Ethan, Sarah's the one you want to protect the most." Evelyn tells him.

"But, I'm his best friend!" Benny points to himself. "Now, whatever teenager nonsense is going on, you two care about each other. And you have to believe me: that's stronger than any magic Stern might put in this message. Let's see what we're dealing with." Evelyn goes to pick up the paper and as he starts to fall I grab her the same time as Ethan. "What's going on? I shouldn't get a vision from you." Ethan tells her. "You didn't. You're in her mind with me." I explain to him.

"Your abilities are growing. That paper should have thrown you for a loop the way it did me. But this is-- this is too much for me. I need to rest. Ethan you have to fight your fear and Sadie you need to snap out of it. You're both stronger than you think. You guys can win." She tells us before we go back to the real world. "What happened? Grandma? What happened?" Benny waves his hand at his grandma. "Stern's magic. She'll be okay, but she may be like that for a while. We're on our own. Now what?" Ethan asks after explaining. "We go after that goon and show him what the score is. Can't be that hard. His jackets are so ugly. Right?" Benny asks as Ethan makes himself into a ball

"Look I know I should worry about what's going on but I'm not the same Sadie you guys know. I'm going home." I head towards the door but Benny holds me back. "No! You need to snap out of it. We need you, I need you back to normal." I could tell by his tone how serious this was. "I don't know you guys and I would kill you if something in me wasn't telling me not to. I hate your kind!" I shout at them turning to Sarah. "Because the real you knows me, I'm one of your best friends too. Not just me but Erica and Rory." She sounds hurt and those names sounded familiar as I give up sitting down.

"Okay. You know what? Enough is enough. Dude, we have gone up against all kinds of crazy stuff before, and we always win. Well, basically, most of the time we almost lose, but that's not the point. The point is, you're the guy who pulls it together every time if it's not Sadie, who is basically IMA in her own body. So pull it together!" Benny has enough yelling at Ethan. "I just talked to Erica. She didn't sound like herself. She's leaving town with Rory, and the entire Vampire Council's running." Sarah comes back to the room and I start to feel this odd feeling.

"Ethan... We need your help. If we can't stop Stern, who knows what's going to happen to us." She goes over to him. "Look, I can't let anything happen to you guys. Your grandma said that I had to find something stronger than fear. I think I did and it might help pull Sadie back. Here... Grab Sadie's hands too." He tells us and I take Benny's and Sarah's hands then feel something. "Sadie!" I hear Ethan's voice in my head. "Ethan!" I scream for him. "You need to break that wall down yourself. I know you feel Benny and Sarah energy. We need you back, I need my best friend who's like a sister, Sarah needs her one of her best friend who she trusted as soon as she found out you were a witch, and Benny needs his best friend who is girlfriend... who he loves to death."

"I'm okay, as long as I don't let the fear through. Sadie?" Ethan's says as we all let go of each other. "We can do this." I smile at him being myself again. "We're on our own against Stern." Benny speaks up. "Well, then I guess someone's banishment can't really be enforced." Ethan pulls out his phone and Benny turns to me. "Are you back?" He asks causing me to wrap my arm around his neck pulling him into a kiss. "Like I said before, couldn't ask for a better answer." He hugs me tight. "When did I miss all of this?" Sarah asks shocked. "The same day Ethan asked you on a date." I laugh at her face. "We were arguing over how I never asked her in a date so I said I'll do something better than asking her on a date. So I asked her to be my girlfriend." Benny explains to her.

"Guys, don't freak out. I've thought it over and this is our best shot, okay?" Ethan's tells us and Jesse walks in. "Sarah!" Ethan's shouts as she hisses at him. "You three aren't very happy to see me, I can tell." He tells us. "You bit my best friend!" Benny and I shout at him. "And you made me suck out the venom when you knew what it would do!" Sarah shouts at him. "And I'd love to be sorry about that, but you all know I've done much, much worse." He tells us.

"Later. The man who has the Lucifractor is related to the wizard you took down 200 years ago." Ethan's explains to him. "Sinestro family revenge; what a shock." Jesse laugh. "How did you stop his super-great grandfather?" Benny asks. "He loved power. He loved to show it off. I let him wipe out most of my flock with the Lucifractor while I snuck up behind him and drained him dry. I told you I'd done worse." He explains to us and I mean, I probably would do the same if I was in that situation.

We end up leaving but when we get to the council we see we were slight, a lot, late. "We're a little late to the party." Jesse says as we see a pile of ashes on the floor. "Where would Stern go?" I ask looking at Jesse. "The Caller. We use it to communicate with other covens but he can use it to broadcast the Lucifractor's field across the entire town at once." He explains to us then we follow him.

"Ethan, Sadie-- so happy you both could make it." Stern smiles at us. "Well, I got bored looking at dead people." Ethan tells him. "And I got tired of being locked away in my own head." I glare at him. "I can think of one I'd like to see." Sarah says referring to Ethan's dead people. "Benny? Benny and I had a little conversation when I caught him in the office. Well, a one-sided conversation, really. Take care of your friends for me. There's a good boy." Stern makes Benny follow his orders. "Benny?" Ethan's asks making him throw a spell at us.

"We have to take Benny out. He's an acceptable loss." Jesse says making me glare at him. "No, he's not!" Ethan laughs. "What's so funny?" Sarah asks making Ethan point at me. "Veritas mazok-nar Benny pal-natak!" I jump up hitting him with the spell. "Sorta forgot you can do spells too." Sarah says as they all stand up and I go over to Benny with Ethan following. "Ah, don't hurt me again." Benny groans. "I won't but I had to that time." I laugh giving him a small kiss. "Stay with him." Ethan's runs off with the other two.

Once Benny was doing better we rush into the other room to see Stern holding the Lucifractor with light hitting his forehead. "What I miss?" Benny asks them. "You'll be just in time for the end if we don't leave now. Go! Run! Now! Come on! Hurry up! Benny, come on! Go!" Everyone starts to yell. "There is no limit! No limit!" Stern yells. "We may be fast but not fast enough!" Jesse yells making me yell at them to all take hands. "What? Now is not the time!" Sarah yells. "DO WHAT I SAY! GET GET DOWN CLOSING YOUR EYES! I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!" I scream at them and they get on their knees take each other's hands with mine as I stay up.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath squeezing Ethan's and Benny's hand feeling so much energy run through me. As I feel a vibration hit me I feel myself start to absorb some of it while I block it at the same time from hitting everyone else. As I let go of their hands all four of them lay down. "Why am I so weak?" Benny groans. "How are we alive?" Jesse looks over at me. "You're welcome for that shield I casted to save your lives. I know you are all weak so stay here." I start to leave them going back to Stern. "Are you crazy?" Ethan asks me trying to get up. "I'm going to stop him." I leave them.

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"Now what are you going to do? Your two friends that were just here are dead now." Stern laughs as I make my way straight to him. He puts his hand out to cast a spell at me but it doesn't work confusing him so he points the Lucifractor at me but still does nothing to me. "How?" He ask as I grab his arm going into his head. "You can do it too but you can't change my mind. I have the power form the Lucifractor." He laughs. "Not all of it. You see, Evelyn slide this little rock in my pocket." I pull it out. "It absorbs good and bad energy within hundreds of miles if it's strong enough." I smile at him.

"That doesn't mean anything. I already won." You could hear how nervous he was. "Wanna see a trick?" I ask then move my hand over the Lucifractor taking it right out of his hand in his mind and in real life. "How are you still in my mind not touching me?" He asks trying to push me out of his head but I use my free hand making the walls I built higher blocking him from doing anything. "With a little help from my friends, you, and the Lucifractor... I unlocked some new things with all of your energy." I giggle and make him freeze in place as he raises his hand.

"You know family revenge, that's 200 years old, is just sad. Do you have an kids or grandkids?" I ask playing with the Lucifractor going hand to hand. "I hate kids of course not." He groans. "Get so I won't have anyone coming after me." He snickers. "Like you could defeat me." He asks as Ethan randomly pops in too. "The two of us can." Ethan smiles standing next to me. "Right...." Stern looks nervous then starts to break free. "Ethan grab it too." I put my hand out facing the Lucifractor at Stern and Ethan's puts his hand on mine.

The purple light shoots out hitting Stren making him groan and laugh. "I have the same power at it." He puts his hand out fighting back. "And I have just as much with some help." I focus so much into the purple ball. "Fuerint dissipati peribunt in aeternum et non revertetur!" I cast the spell putting everything into it. As it hits him right in the chest we all go back into the the real world and he stares straight into my eyes. "In omni forma." I bring the Lucifractor towards me then push it full force at him causing him to just crack then blown into dust.

"How did that? Is he?" Benny was lost for words as him, Jesse, and Sarah come into the room. "What did you just do to him?" Sarah asks. "Defeated him with some help from all of you." I turn to them. "But he just went into dust?" Ethan points at were Stern once stood. "Yeah... He's gone for good. Just a little, they shall be scattered, they shall perish for ever, and shall never return, in any form." I say as it was as nothing. "And you think I'm bad for draining his great great grandfather when she just made him into dust." Jesse rolls his eyes making me laugh. "How did you do it though?" Sarah asks me.

"Like I told Stern, Benny's grandma slide this rock into my pocket. It was back when Benny dropped me off for her to look at me while he went to go see Ethan. This rock can absorbs good and bad energy within hundreds of miles if it's strong enough. When I told you all to hold hands it was taking in all of your energy giving it to me, so I would have enough power to cast a protection shield around all of us to save you both from the blast. As soon as the wave form the Lucifractor hit us the rock took some of the power form it and Stern. While all the power the rock took giving it to me I was able to hold Stern in his mind for some time. When Ethan decided to pop in with his help we were fighting back and as soon as I said the spell it was strong enough to hit him."

"My girlfriend is a badass!" Benny shouts picking me up. "So it's all safe now?" Sarah asks. "Yep, he has no kids or grandkids to come back for revenge." I laugh going over to hug Ethan and then Sarah. "I guess someone can call the Vampire Council back." Jesse looks over at Sarah. "Thanks for helping us." Ethan tells him. "Yeah, thanks for saving my ass. Well I better leave now." Jesses leaves us and Sarah calls Erica who was surprised to hear she was still alive.

As Anastasia, Erica, and Rory come back with a few of other vamps that made it out I explained everything to them. "I believe this should stay with you so you can hid it." I wrap the Lucifractor up so when I give it to her it won't do anything. "I believe I should thank you for taking him out and saving us who could make it out." She takes it from me. "Well you don't have to but I'll take it. You're welcome you didn't have to spend time taking over another town." I joke with her. "But I couldn't do it without my friends." I smile at them and the four of us have a group hug.

[mbav-2024]

Lemon Dust

Part 1

A/n: okay so i know this took forever...sorry ab that, aha, but we’re back lmao. also if this first part is cringey, pls don’t judge, my writing wasn’t as good at it is now (not that it’s any good at all) but i feel like i’ve improved from the time i wrote this first chapter, so the chapters will improve in quality lmao. but yeah, i hope you enjoy!

The sunny day outside was a stark contrast to what it was inside this school. All of the light looks artificial, and it’s just barely cold enough that you would want some kind of jacket. Fortunately, it’s not totally bland inside (with the few red and blue streaks that color the halls.) It definitely isn’t a terrible place, but you would much rather be spending your day outside. Instead, you have to be a struggling high school student, inside. Once a nice lady behind a desk handed you your schedule, you set out to try and figure out where all of your classes were

Right as you were leaving the office, you noticed two boys standing nearby. They sounded like they were arguing. You figured that they would be somewhat knowledgeable of the campus, so you decided to ask them for help. When you approached them, the taller boy was speaking, “Della totally liked the flowers. That means phase two of ‘Benny Gets a Girlfriend’ is a go.” You furrowed an eyebrow at the boys weird word choice. “Hey, I’m y/n, I’m new here. Would you guys be able to help me find some of my classes?” They both just stared at first, but then the shorter one answered your question. “Oh, um, yeah. My name is Ethan, this is Benny,” Ethan said while pointing to the tall one. A small smile grew on your face. This might not be so hard after all, you thought. “Thank you so much for helping. It’s a little overwhelming,” you said with a laugh. “Tell me about it,” Ethan said, “so can I see your schedule?” Ethan went to grab my schedule and his hand accidentally grazed mine. Which isn’t worth mentioning, but what you saw afterwards was. A bright light flashed, and then an image of blood floating down through water played for a couple of seconds. The scene abruptly ended, and you were back to normal. You looked over to Benny to see if he saw it too, but his focus was on your schedule. When you looked over to Ethan, there was a discernible amount of concern in his eyes. He had obviously seen it too. Judging by his look, he could tell that you saw it as well. Neither of you said anything about it and Ethan just started reading off your schedule. This was going to be a first day to end all first days. 

The whole day flew by for you. You found out that most of your classes were enjoyable, and the teachers were pretty nice. The school lunch turned out to be good, so you ended up eating that instead of the lunch you brought. Ethan and Benny even let you sit with them during lunch, and they introduced you to their friend Rory. Benny also introduced you to a girl named Sarah in your pottery class during second period. Even through all this, though, you and Ethan didn’t mention anything about what happened this morning. Well, until now. It was the last class you had of the day. You had always enjoyed playing games in gym class at your old school, so you thought that you would enjoy it here. You soon found out that the class was neither good nor bad. It was just boring, and was basically just a bunch of teenagers in matching clothes that stood around in the gymnasium. The only plus side to this was that Ethan was in this class. He was in a couple of your other classes too, like chemistry and pre-calc, but you two had talked a lot and you kind of saw Ethan as an actual friend. He introduced you to one last friend of his, Erica, and then he and you went over and sat down together in a part of the gym. 

“So much for an actual gym class,” you said, resting your head in your hands. “I mean, we are technically in a gym,” he said back. The two of you laughed, but then an awkward silence fell upon the two of you. You decided that it would probably be the best time to try and talk about what happened this morning, but Ethan beat you to it. “So, did you like, see something this morning?” You looked up at him, head still in your hands, “um, yeah. I was actually gonna ask you that.” Ethan looked around to see if anyone was listening, and then leaned in close. “I’ve been seeing them for a while now, I call them visions. I know it sounds crazy, but basically we’re in this supernatural town full of seers, and magic, and vampires.” You tried to keep your laugh in, “yes, Ethan, I know about all this supernatural stuff.” He looked taken aback, “Oh, so you mean, you’re a seer too?” This time you couldn’t keep your laughter in, “not quite. I’m technically labeled as ‘merfolk,’” you put finger quotations around the last word. “Some other terms would be like ‘mermaid’ or ‘siren’ but my family and I just stick to merfolk.” Ethan sat for a moment, and then spoke. “Oh, that’s pretty cool. Why’d you move here, then?” You sat up straight, “well my parents tell me it’s to change up the scenery, but I overheard my parents talking about some people that were trying to kill all merfolk, and I’m pretty sure that’s why we moved.” Ethan’s eyebrows rose, “oh my god, that must be terrifying.” You rolled your eyes, “oh, I’m sure you’ve dealt with worse. I mean you said yourself that this town has seers, magic, and vampires” Now he was the one to sit up, “well, we did deal with a vampire that tried to turn a dusk screening into his old flock.” You moved to sit criss-cross, “woah, that’s kinda intense.” He went on to explain the whole ordeal in its ‘full glory’.

The gym teacher blew a whistle to end the class, so you and Ethan got up and started walking to the locker rooms to change. “Hey,” you started, “since the supernatural tend to stick together here, do you think you guys would be able to take me under your wing?” He looked back to you, “oh sure. I might be walking home with Benny, if you want to join?” You smiled, “yeah, that’d be nice.” You could now officially say that you made some friends here at Whitechapel.

[stilinskiimagines]

Wannabes//The Pack

Characters: Benny Stilinski, Ethan McCall, Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall, Derek Hale, Lydia Martin, Liam Dunbar.

“Let us come!” Benny comes barreling down the steps, Ethan following behind him.

Stiles glances at his little brother, “No. Dad’s supposed to be home soon, wait for him.“

“Stiles, come on. You never let us come!”

Ethan glances at his older brother opening his mouth to speak.

“No.” Scott interrupts his younger sibling. “You aren’t coming. Just wait for us here, okay? We won’t be long.”

Benny groans, stomping his foot on the ground.

“What are you? Four?” Stiles glares at him. “Go do your homework. I’ll be back soon..” He shakes his head as he starts out the door. “Idiot..” He mumbles.

“Hey! I heard that!” Benny shouts.

“You were supposed to!” Stiles retorts as he jumps up into the Jeep.

“I’m sorry.” Scott gives them an apologetic glance before jogging after Stiles.

“Let’s go do home-” Ethan starts up the stairs when Benny grabs his wrist. “What?"

"We’re going.” Benny grins.

“No. We’re not.” Ethan shakes his head. “You heard Scott and Stiles."

"So we listen to our brothers now? You’re that guy? I thought you were better than this, Ethan."

"Fine. Fine. Let’s go. I have no idea how you plan on getting there, but let’s go."

"I knew you were my best friend for a reason.” Benny pats Ethan’s shoulder and Ethan rolls his eyes.

Ethan and Benny peek in a window, Benny dropping dramatically when spotting Liam. “Stiles let him in but not us? We are so getting in there."

"Benny, I don’t know…” Ethan raises an eyebrow.

“Ethan, you and I are Scott and Stiles’ brothers. Who is Liam? A random kid with anger issues. My brother doesn’t even like him that much."

"Benny, I still don’t-"

"Coach told Scott you didn’t make the lacrosse team because of Liam.” Benny interrupts, raising an eyebrow.

Ethan squints angrily, “We’re getting in there." He stands up. "Which way? We can’t just walk in the front door.”

Benny sighs before walking behind him, pointing at the open window with a disappointed look on his face, “What about the open window? Doesn’t that sound like a good idea?"

Ethan glances between Benny and the window before walking over and climbing inside. Benny follows him, sneaking around the house.

”-that way. If we come in from this door it won’t work, they’ll hear and smell us coming. We have to wait outside.“ Benny hears Stiles explaining.

Benny jumps out of his skin at the sound of a throat clearing, he and Ethan turn their heads slowly, a feeling of relief washing over them when they see Derek.

"Jesus, wear a bell or something.” Benny sighs.

Derek smirks and picks both Benny and Ethan up by their collars. Benny didn’t care that he was being carried around by his shirt, he cared about the buttons popping off of his polo. He glances at Ethan, Ethan glaring in response.

“These two belong to you?” Derek puts the boys down, shoving them toward their brothers.

“God, Ben. Can’t you listen?” Stiles sighs.

“I told you to stay with Benny.” Scott scolds Ethan.

“Technically he did.” Benny points out, Stiles closing his eyes and letting out an exasperated sigh.

“Just sit down and be quiet."

"You let Liam in but not us. How is that fair?” Ethan crosses his arms.

“Liam’s a werewolf, Ethan. It’s different."

"Yeah, but I was there when you changed. Sure, I wasn’t in high school but I supported you! Just because I’m a human and I’m a sophomore doesn’t mean I have any less validation than you.” Ethan explains to his brother.

“Stiles is here. Stiles is human.” Benny points at Stiles, an innocent look on his face.

“I’ve been here since the beginning.” Stiles defends himself.

“So have Ethan and I.”

“Alright, the four of you can either keep going around in circles about this, or you can let them in on one meeting and see how it goes. Fair?” Lydia raises an eyebrow.

The four boys grumble, Ethan and Benny sitting off to the side. Liam goes to sit beside them and Benny gives him a filthy look, making him move elsewhere.

"We got busted. I knew this was a bad idea.” Ethan whispers.

“But we’re in, aren’t we?” Benny looks over at his best friend.

“Yeah..” Ethan sighs.

“Shh.” Stiles glances at the two, giving them a look.

After the pack meeting, Stiles drives everyone back home. “You staying over, Scott?” Stiles asks.

“Yeah, if it’s cool with you."

"I’m staying too.” Ethan raises his hand and Scott nods.

“I’ll call mom."

"Guys…I don’t feel too well…” Benny mumbles from the back seat.

“What’s wrong?” Ethan glances over at him. Benny has his hand over his forehead, his other hand clutching his stomach. “Benny? Ben!” He shakes him, Benny not responding.

“What’s going on?” Stiles jumps out of the Jeep after pulling into the driveway.

“His heartbeat’s getting weak!” Scott shouts, climbing into the back.

“Benny! Benny, please be okay. Oh, God..” Stiles groans.

[shima-draws]

Holy fucking shit that au is intense and so awesome!!! I would read the shit outta that if it was a fic! Anyway, how would Benny be able to convince himself to kill someone? He's a bean and it's hard to picture him as a reaper. Oh! And was Benny able to keep his memories because of his magic?? Dude I read the whole thing and I love it so much. Best au I've seen actually!!!!!!

TY TY TY AAAA!!! I’ve always wanted to write a fic for it but hell it would take so fucking long, I mean just look at the overall summary;; maybe one day when I don’t have to worry about my other in progress fics hhhh

Ahhh yeah it’s sorta difficult I mean he technically HAS killed people before? Vamps and demons and tons of other evil supernatural beings–it’s just that he’s taking innocent lives, that’s what makes him upset and unwilling. But!! It’s part of his job and these people are fated to die on the day he comes to retrieve their souls and sometimes, um, killing them himself is part of the duty so;; Sometimes if it’s someone who’s suffering and in pain he’ll do it himself so they don’t have to suffer anymore ;w; But whenever he does witness a death like I mentioned he sees all of their memories played out like a film and it’s always really stunning and beautiful to him, so he’s gotten used to being a Grim Reaper for that reason…seeing that “film” is always really calming to him for some reason

Mmm?? I actually didn’t think of that but knowing him PROBABLY you know I get the feeling that perhaps right before the higher ups had wiped his memory clean Benny did it himself with a spell to make it look like they’d done it but he’d actually just stored those memories deep deep inside of him until it became the time to unleash them again. And the time came pretty quickly when Ethan was about to get obliterated lolI like that idea :D

THANK YO U?? I love this AU so much you have no i DEA

[junker-town]

USMNT misses 2018 World Cup after embarrassing loss to Trinidad and Tobago

Everything went wrong for the USMNT.

It was a wild night in CONCACAF on the last night of World Cup qualifying, with the United States national team falling 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago in a shocking upset that, coupled with results elsewhere in CONCACAF, has seen the USMNT fail to qualify for the World Cup.

The U.S. clearly looked like they were struggling almost right from the get-go in this match, be it from fatigue or the heat or the poor pitch conditions or some other reason. The midfield struggled to connect with the attack and frequently got caught too far upfield, and that gave Trinidad and Tobago the openings they needed to start generating scoring opportunities — though the first goal of the match came off a bizarre own goal off USMNT defender Omar Gonzalez, who tried to clear a cross from Alvin Jones over the goal, but hit the ball awkwardly with his shin and looped it over Tim Howard and under the bar instead.

Gonzalez nearly gave up a penalty just a few moments later in a decision that appeared to be a lucky break for the USMNT, but they wouldn’t be counting their lucky stars for long, as late in the half Jones would be allowed to walk up the pitch unopposed before setting himself and unleashing a 30 yard shot that Tim Howard reacted very, very late to try and stop. In Howard’s defense, it would have taken a great save for anyone to stop -- but his late reaction nullified any hope he would have had.

The U.S. got one back just moments into the second half when Christian Pulisic flew up the pitch to score a stunner, but it was quickly back to business as usual, with an added portion of cynical fouling from Trinidad and Tobago, along with some theatrics from their attackers, especially after a second penalty appeal was denied. Not even Clint Dempsey could get the U.S. attack rolling, with the Texan attacker clanging his only good scoring chance off the post.

Results elsewhere went just as much against the USMNT, with Honduras beating Mexico 3-2 in San Pedro Sula to vault past the U.S. into third place in the Hex table and take the final automatic qualification spot. Panama beating Costa Rica late was the final nail in the coffin on the United States’ World Cup hopes, and the controversy of an opening goal that never appeared to cross the line for Panama won’t help the USMNT’s ill feelings over that result any.

This isn’t the result the USMNT wanted. It’s not the result their fans wanted. It is, in a word, disastrous. Everything has gone wrong, because for this team and its talent — even with a squad still somewhat in transition — failing to make the World Cup for the first time since 1986 is simply unacceptable. Leaving it this late to qualify was bad enough — failing at the last step like this, when a good performance was all they needed to see themselves through, is simply embarrassing and unacceptable. This is not good enough, and it’s time for massive changes in the national team setup — we just have to hope they actually happen.

United States: Tim Howard; DeAndre Yedlin, Omar Gonzalez, Matt Besler, Jorge Villafaña (Kellyn Acosta 72’); Michael Bradley, Paul Arriola (Clint Dempsey 46’), Darlington Nagbe (Benny Feilhaber 85’), Christian Pulisic; Bobby Wood, Jozy Altidore

Goals: Pulisic (46’)

Trinidad and Tobago: Adrian Foncette; Alvin Jones, Daneil Cyrus, Curtis Gonzales, Tristan Hodge Kevon Villaroel 82’); Nathan Lewis, Leston Paul, Kevan George, Khaleem Hyland, Levi Garcia (Joevin Jones 72’); Shahdon Winchester (Trevin Caesar 78’)

Goals: Gonzalo (OG 17’), A. Jones (37’)

Three things we learned

Can the USMNT have a new goalkeeper now?

Tim Howard has been a legendary figure for the USMNT for a long, long time. But over the last year he’s been looking shakier and shakier for both club and country, and his nightmarish first half performance really threw that into stark light. He’s gotten too slow on his feet, too slow in his reactions, and doesn’t even seem to consistently be making the right calls directing his defense any more. It’s time for the United States to turn to someone new in goal, and it’s time for Tim Howard to retire.

Bill Hamid is the obvious choice, having been brilliant this season in MLS action for DC United. Brad Guzan and Nick Rimando are no longer serious starting options. Ethan Horvath is a very intriguing option, but he’s just 22 and only just starting to find his feet with a new and bigger club after a summer move from Molde in Norway to Club Brugge in Belgium, so he’s probably not ready for the starting reins yet — though calling him into the senior squad on a regular basis would be reasonable to get him used to the system.

Whoever the next man up is, the change needs to be made now. The Tim Howard era in the USMNT ended awhile ago — it’s just a shame that his coaches didn’t realize it yet.

The one-man midfield gamble did not pay off this time

With the USMNT not taking the same kind of high tempo that they did against Panama on Friday — be it because the unchanged lineup was fatigued or for whatever other reason — Trinidad and Tobago were given the time and space they needed to pick apart the USMNT’s high-risk midfield setup. That allowed the Soca Warriors to generate numerous dangerous attacks, and directly contributed to them earning their 2-0 first half lead.

The crux of the problem is that Michael Bradley was once again all alone in front of the U.S. back line, and with the defense playing somewhat passively in closing down on the ball and the rest of the U.S. squad trying to push an attack that never got going, with the wide diamond forced even higher after going down early, that opened up even more space for the Soca Warriors to work with. It was clear very early that this shape wasn’t working this time, and waiting until halftime to change it was absolutely the wrong call by Bruce Arena.

Christian Pulisic is the American Messi, but not how you’re thinking

USMNT fans have been looking for the “American Messi” for years -- a dynamic attacking player of world-class quality who can help elevate the national team to an elite level. And while people laughed at the comparisons between Pulisic and Lionel Messi early on in his career, they’re starting to become interestingly accurate — just in a different way than people thought.

Look at Messi’s time with the Argentina national team, especially of late and especially on Tuesday night with their own World Cup qualification on the line. He continuously puts his team on his back and hauls them to important results in huge matches, and lately Pulisic has been doing the same thing, exemplified against Trinidad and Tobago by him forcing his way through the Soca Warriors’ defense all on his own to score a vital goal to cut their lead in half and give the U.S. a chance to get the result they so desperately needed.

Pulisic is still just 19 years old, but he’s shown all the fire and quality needed to be one of those special players who helps elevate a team for reasons far beyond his technical quality on the pitch. We’re looking at something truly special in this sport, and hopefully USMNT fans appreciate him for everything he does.