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You know that time in the comics when the Doctor is so depressed, he shuts off the lights, turns on an interrogation spotlight, locks himself in the console room, and argues with a bunch of judgmental shadow-figures resembling his past incarnations?
And all the TARDIS' lights go out and her interior becomes a maze to keep his companions out of the console room, all from her psychic connection with the Doctor (âmoodbleedâ)?
And his companions are left wandering in circles for two days as the air goes âstale,â not knowing where he is but thinking the worst, while he hallucinates in a dark room?
...because I'm thinking again about the times this definitely happened when he was with the Ponds.
#when they find him- Rory (one good nurseâ˘) asks neutral questions to check on his emotional state while respecting his space#Amy knows when he's locked himself alone long enough to call River (fortunately Amy talks to her daughter often)#River can calm the tardis and go directly to the Doctor. she sits with him and nods when he rants. she tells him hes loved.#eleventh doctor#11th doctor#doctor who#words by seaweed#(eleventh) doctor is neurodivergent tag#honestly same. I don't want anyone looking at me when im in that way because eyes are very uncomfortable lasers slicing my thoughts#so river doesn't look at him. she looks away and lets him look at her so he knows she's not looking at him. she also does active listening#the shadow-figures in this comic are beyond psychosis coded#emphasis: it isnt presented like some conference of past selves here (which the doctor can't just do anyway- see Power of the Doctor).#and the shadow figures dont have personalities anyway. the way theyre drawn is VERY psychosis coded (as is 11 this whole Si Spurrier run)#this is from Eleventh Doctor Year 2 Issue 3 (set between A Christmas Carol and The Impossible Astronaut) if anyone's wondering#note that he put on his comfort fez I love him#alice obiefune#poor Alice got drove up the wall from wandering in the dark for two days⌠I think Amy and Rory get to get used to it if they're together#eventually they work out a plan to calm the tardis enough to show them the comfy spot in the bunkbeds to wait and give him space#he joins them in their bunkbed for platonic snuggles. all in the same bunk. Rory doesnt mind. they make sure the doctor knows hes loved <3#I think- having been percieved as psychotic growing up- Amy would be conscious about making sure the doctor knows she still adores him#I really want this fic to exist
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even gets left behind on the tardis more often than theyâd like because it turns out having a coughing fit during a highly dangerous outing because you got sneezed on three planets ago and have been sick with it the past three weeks is not. great.
#baby-esque episode shot exclusively inside the TARDIS consisting of Even trudging around bundled in a blanket. making themself tea. looking#ill and miserable. occasionally interrupted by getting calls from the doctor and/or donna with audible shooting and screaming in the#background and being given instructions to use the TARDISâs computers for something essential.#the doctor yelling out what levers to press to make the TARDIS go where he needs her and then hanging up immediately leaving Even to go ????#âdoctor could you repeat that? doctor? oh. heâs gone.â (sadly looks up at the tardis engine) âwill you go if i ask you nicely?â#(like. genuine tardis/even bonding time of even exploring every little nook and cranny because. thereâs nothing else to do. theyre sick#theyre bored theyre not allowed to go on adventures :( )#âdoctor did you know you have a pond in your TARDIS?â âa p- itâs a pool!â âpool.â âthatâs not import- wait. even. can you swim?â âno.â#âthen youâre not allowed in the pool room.â#dw oc#if i have bronchitis!!! so do they!!!
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having funnn im having fun
#yaz starting this breakdown by going 'and i think im angry'#actualy i mightve edited that out i think she just says 'i hate him sometimes' now ghjfkghjg#cant have your characters say what they meannnnnnn#this is already very direct#but you gotta let them yell sometimes#especially yaz#the doctor opening this scene calling her co-pilot and telling her not to jump out of the tardis#yaz ending this scene by telling her to jump out of the tardis gfhjkghgj#'i love you dont kill yourself' -> 'i dont believe you and actually you know what. do kill yourself'#dhfkjhfgjh <3 girlies#15 in the background like fUCK#hey wait im having a language realisation here#You Who Calls The Shots. the verb agrees with........'it'. right? yeah. you is the.......i have no idea. but not the subject#fun bc i dont even notice these things..............anymore#but in french it's like 'c'est moi qui ai' and im like heyo wtf are you doing 'ai'?? fghkghj#anyway 'if im not who i thought i was'#i dont think yaz ever really bought into........like the flat team structure. bc i think she always felt that her position wasnt equal#or she wouldnt have been so angry abt it in halloween#so i dont think thats a crisis necessarily in terms of identity or position#but i do lately have her ask 'what am i' a lot to the doctor in different words#not from a place of 'i thought i was your equal and now i realise im not'#but more 'i knew i wasnt your equal but jesus am i even WORTH anything to you?'#she knew she was human vs the doctor's superhuman or supernatural a little#but now it feels like. or she feels like. maybe theres a relegation from person to.........toy :/#she knew she wasnt equal but she didnt feel replaceable necessarily#i think now she feels replaceable#not just not a friend in the doctor's eyes. but not a person in the doctor's eyes#and idk maybe thats true#idk how the doctor really thinks abt humans. i think it'd be hard for me to keep thinking of people as people when...youve known so many#maybe they become Friends instead of people
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ugh i'm so mad right now
#some students freaked out this poor girl who got my favourite genetics prof as her examiner telling her he's the worst#and the same number has been calling me for a few days but i don't answer the phone if i don't recognise the person but today i picked up#and it was her! i don't know her but she knows that i took this prof's elective course this semester#so she wanted to ask me about him and i think i helped?#like sorry you had a bad experience no reason to freak out someone younger!!! MAYBE YOUUUU JUST DIDN'T STUDY#like if the profs talks to you during the exam that's a good thing most of the time???? it's a casual conversation it can help you#it's like this irl house story where he wanted to help a student by translating the term from ancient greek#and the guy walked out of there claiming that irl house asks you to translate ancient greek in order to pass the exam?????#idk man you're not bashing the pompous jerks that deserve it#jo in the tardis*
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not my coworkers/bosses dissing my generation for âbeing too lazy to workâ and then saying iâm the exception and that i work hard
lol bitch i work for you cause iâm the one whoâs too lazy to work, everyone my age iâve met do so much and so well and have worked since college or earlier. lots are traveling and work on design firms or even on independent film
i print stickers
they think theyâre so high and mighty for being a small business, theyre -or at least my position- is entry level at best
my internship was more back breaking than you (editorial design), and i only got to go three days a week
#i have an official schedule of 10-6pm but i arrive at 11 or 12 kdjhd#do not hire me#âiâm the responsible oneâ fuck off lol#you get shitty working prospects cause youâre a shitty job lol#but hey. if you genuinely think iâm all that and donât cut my salary for the occasional mistake or constant tardiness#then itâs better than the jobs i find asking for 8-5pm and to be punctual#for the same salary too! even lower most of the time! die. main reason why i donât leave this job#that and this is basically my own business now lmao my boss is rarely present#still consider this to be entry level#lmao idk why but i felt insulted by being called not lazy#they do think themselves as a good work place that deserves good workers#guess what. a good chunck of their employees have been family members#while i commend them for giving their family jobs#from what iâve seen that is never a good sign in a business for anyone
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alcoholic dyke here and i think a lot of nuance has been lost in this conversation.
i've been here for all of it (i don't know if you have, OP, so forgive me if this sounds condescending at all) and i pretty much watched it happen and was annoyed and upset the whole time, 'cause you are fundamentally correct--being marginalized is a hell all its own, that is the root of why we have higher death and addiction and suicide and mental illness rates. i don't think anyone was ever insinuating otherwise, at least not anywhere i've seen it.
but from what i saw on this website & other online spaces vaguely adjacent, it went like this:
this post was made:
2. young queerfolk, alcoholics, disabled queers (with both physical & sensory sensitivities), and many other groups that fell in agreement with this for their own personal reasons added onto the sentiment. at the time (over a decade ago, give or take?) it was not the norm to have many other options besides 1. bar/nightclub or 2. GSA, if you were lucky enough to have one at your school/university.
3. of these groups that showed support for this sentiment were sex-repulsed asexual people who felt uncomfortable with the sexual nature & unspoken pressure to 'hook up' at gay bars & night clubs.
4. around 2014, exclusionists on this website decided that it was trendy to violently abuse asexuals & aromantics for clout. every single thing the aroace community did on tumblr was met with meangirl backlash at best and relentless vitriol at worst. this more or less destroyed the aroace community and it has still not recovered to this day.
5. one of the most potent forms of propaganda leveled at the ace community was malicious reframing of sex-repulsion as a concept. the sex-repulsed ace is, obviously, just minding their own business and living their truth--but exclusionists intentionally framed them as virulent, homophobic prudes who went around telling the ~real~ queers where they were and were not allowed to have their Gross Faggot Sex, etc etc.
6. one of the most effective ways they propagandized this was by out-of-context circulation of posts like the one i posted above.
(and, occasionally, actual psy-ops where users would pretend to be asexuals and intentionally post cringey, anti-sex, anti-kink, homophobic nonsense and of course the 'no internet skepticism skills' website believed it)
7. posts like this stopped being read in good faith. seeing a post like the above, tumblr users before the ace discourse instilled brainrot in half this website would see it and think "yeah! it would be awesome if we had more options." after the ace discourse, the reaction a lot of those same people would have would be more like "i cannot believe the cringey aces on this website are still acting like gay bars and night clubs are depraved sex dens full of rambunctious horny dykes. they don't even know how homophobic they are."
8. miraculously, eventually, the ace discourse freaks all either 1. moved onto bi/pan lesbians (and so far are doing a pretty shit job) or 2. were run off the site/out of communities because people unpacked shit and realized they were on the wrong side of things.
9. arguments in defense of the original point came back out of the woodwork. "now that the ace discourse has died down, can we please fucking get back to rallying for more queer spaces other than bars and clubs? the autistics, the mobility aid users, the children and teenagers, the sex-repulsed asexuals, and the alcoholics deserve options for community too."
10. presumably, these posts are circulating now, because they make good points.
i don't think any queer alcoholic is going to genuinely say that gay bars are the reason we have a higher alcoholism rate. we have that because society wants us dead and you have to find a way to survive knowing that. but 1. the alcohol companies know that and intentionally prey on us, see them setting up their rainbow floats at pride every year and 2. the lack of sober queer spaces makes it hard, often nigh impossible to stay clean and sober. it's hard enough to stay clean and sober as a cishet, alcoholics bleed friends like fucking crazy when we make the choice to stay sober or even just cut back. 12 step programs are largely bunk, but repeated studies have shown that the reason they work on accident is because they are a social space where addicts can find community without the pressure to use.
so if cishets struggle that hard, we struggle much harder. and, yes, the lack of sober queer spaces is a huge part of that. back in 2014, we addicts on tumblr were largely laughed out of every room we entered, every point of discourse we tried to spur on. i got a multitude of pretty violent threats on here back then for talking openly about intoxication culture and how addiction was a disability. and that was before the ace discourse ramped up.
so i think probably what's happening is queer addicts are finally feeling emboldened again to discuss this and perhaps some nuance is being lost in the many, MANY layers of telephone over the years. perhaps some of them are remembering the shitty discourse and how they were swept under the rug and persecuted as homophobes/apologists because they, for their own reasons, dared to share similar opinions with asexuals in 2014.
no, going to a gay bar doesn't turn queers into alkies, but it sure as shit is a lot easier to not die of alcohol poisoning at age 27 when you have the choice to walk into a social club or a cafe instead of a bar.
alcoholism is a problem in the lgbt community yes but there's something weird and mentally disconnecting about trying to say that's because there's too many gay nightclubs or whatever instead of the reality that being lgbt is just genuinely oppressive and will push people to maladaptive coping mechanisms. like did we forget that people become alcoholics for a multitude of more reasons than because they went to a club once
#wendy rambles#god i went through 37 flashbacks writing this. don't ask me what i've seen.#even in the notes of THIS POST people are still#repeating anti-ace discourse points from 2014#stuff that never existed in any capacity#and was implanted in their heads by some no-life 20 something#with a fake blog called like asexy-winchesters-in-the-tardis-with-cake
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In my brain I like being referred to as a girl and stuff but when it happens in reality I die and regenerate into david tennant
#but again im too hyperfocused on doctor who to worry about that right now soooo#messages from the tardis#this is also mainly when STRANGERS and PEOPLE I HAVENT ASKED TO CALL ME ONE do this BTW.
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the rescue ; skz; aotm!hyunjin x reader
original ask: requested by @tattywood: â i'm simply enjoying the view. it's not every day i get to fuck someone so pretty. â would 100000% fit Hyunjin 𩶠+ requested by anonymous: â you're mine, and i take care of what belongs to me. â with hyunjin? thank you
pairing: hwang hyunjin/reader content info: artist of the month!hyunjin was inspo here. gangster stuff, reader has been kidnapped and is in a see through nightdress, most violence off page though, bad guy hyunjin who is actually a good guy, arranged marriage, multiple smut scenes, not great communication but gets better lol. smut includes fingering, blow jobs, pussy eating, piv, spanking, light choking, husband/wife kink. word count: 6300 words.
masterlist. part of the valentineâs day stories series. credit to prompts. requests are closed.
enjoy! <3
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âIâve already explained,â you say, equal parts frustrated and exhausted. âMy husband isnât coming for me.âÂ
The gangster cronies still donât seem to understand. You are tied to a chair in their basement (because they are preposterously corny goons, tying you up like a comically silly damsel in a ridiculous film) while they berate you for your husbandâs tardiness.  Â
You have tried explaining, over and over, that Hyunjin is not coming, but they wonât accept that answer. The fools try in vain to reach him again, but his line leads straight to a dial tone.Â
He went radio silent after the initial video contact, when your captors demanded a price for your healthy return.Â
Hyunjin was quiet on the call. Your husband is a quiet man in general, though he knows how to use his charms and work a room, and he has certainly perfected the art of severe intimidation. When your marriage was arranged, one mob family to the other, you mistakenly assumed you were marrying a monster.Â
Hyunjin is very reserved when not conducting business. He doesnât engage in any of the more debauched sides of the business, unlike the men in your family. Evenings at home are silent and still, the penthouse view of the glittering cityscape the only real bustle.Â
Maybe that shouldnât have surprised you. When he took over his familyâs business, Hyunjin altered a lot of their practices, cutting the crueler sectors, opting for illicit crimes of more practical varieties.Â
The country is in a political chokehold, government affairs conducted none too differently from the criminal underworld. The cops are all dirty, the politicians corrupt, the wealthy depraved.  Hyunjin has taken it upon himself to alleviate the pressure suffered by the regular people, the civilians who truly pay the price of a broken system.
In a world with no good guys, sometimes only villains can be heroes. Â Â Â
You think of his face now, how he certainly looked the part of a villain on the video call. Hyunjin has a very austere demeanour, exacerbated by his severe appearance: sharp marble features and dark, vicious eyes often further darkened with heavy lining, sleek black hair, scattered scars and tattoos, and the sort of regard that judges at a glance. He is young, but he has the air of a man who has already traversed the universe and found it wanting.     Â
You think of his face now, the silent perusal he gave your bound body on that video call. You are dressed in your favourite nightgown, your underthings partially visible through the light material, but it was not willingly donned.   At the time of your kidnapping, you were attired appropriately for the wealthy wife of a famous gangster. You were returning from a family visit when your captors intercepted you in transit from the airport.Â
Either to intimidate or threaten or just because they could, they made you remove all your jewelry and fine clothes. They rifled through your luggage and demanded you change into the nightgown.Â
Hyunjin recognized the nightdress, realized you must have been stripped, and likely inferred the very worst.Â
âAddress,â was the only word Hyunjin said.  He ended the call seconds later.  Â
âOh, heâll come,â your captor says. He points at you with a hand that feels more threatening than a knife. It makes your terrified heart leap into your throat. âOr else.âÂ
âHe wonât, though!â you exclaim. âYouâre wasting your time!â
They are not listening. They leave the basement, slamming the door behind them.
You huff and settle back in your bonds.Â
It is only a matter of time before they realize you are telling the truth. Hyunjin will not waste the money or resources to rescue you. He has always been respectful of the marriage arrangement, but your husband is not sentimental. There is a professional distance between you. His decision will be based in the logic of all his strategies: nothing personal, just a matter of business.Â
You sometimes see a different side of him, something buried under that quiet intensity. He collects fine art and spends hours poring over his favourite pieces, listening to music, losing himself to artistic fantasies. He always comes back, but you know there are other worlds in his mind.Â
Every attempt to bridge the gap has been gently rebuffed, but there have been moments when your husband seems curious about you. You often catch him staring. He gets a wistful look that softens his face, even with that shield of make-up.  His eyes are gentle when you talk about your passions. You never let his quietude deter your friendly penchant for chatter.  He seems more than content to listen. He remembers everything too.Â
You know he finds you attractive, if nothing else. He has caved on that front several times over, though not right away. He didnât touch you on the wedding night, nor the honeymoon. He left your beach holiday early to return to business, leaving you in a villa with security and his credit card. It was the first time you realized the material world was no replacement for true companionship. You missed his dark eyes.
Your family also had expectations. There would be consequences if the marriage fell through. You would be blamed, not him. Worried he would renege on the nuptials, you did everything to try and seduce him.Â
He politely rejected you at every turn.Â
Just when you were resigned, he arrived home after a job. It was almost three in the morning when he entered the penthouse. You have separate bedrooms but they share a connecting bathroom. You could hear him cursing above the running water.Â
You only meant to peek. The sliding door on your side was partially ajar so you tip-toed over.Â
Hyunjin was standing in front of the mirror, shirtless, pressing a rag to his wounded shoulder. There was a mess of blood streaked down his back, making you gasp at the terrible mosaic of pain, his body littered with violent scars.Â
That gasp contained multitudes, for the horror, for his beauty. His dark eyes were as severely lined as ever, expression intense as he breathed hard through the pain. Smooth black hair fell across his face when he tipped his head.Â
He froze at the sound of your gasp. His turn was very slow, eyes peeking through the curtain of his short hair. They captured yours. Â
You held your breath.Â
Eventually, he straightened, flicking his hair out of his face. He looked in the mirror and sighed.  Â
âYou can come in,â he said.  âThis is your home too.âÂ
You slid the door open, just enough to squeeze through. Your attention was utterly transfixed on his bleeding shoulder. You could see the wound was a thin stripe. It was not deep so stitches were not necessary, but it was slightly out of his reach as it sloped towards his back.
âOh, Hyunjin,â you said, thoughtlessly taking the rag right out of his hands.  Â
In spite of the violence that raised you, or maybe because of it, you canât stand to see suffering.  You and Hyunjin have had that in common from the start.  You were quick to help him clean the wound, wordlessly wiping all the blood then applying cream across the clotted cut.Â
He flinched when the stinging cream made contact. You went to apologize but your words evaporated when your eyes met through the mirror. You were surprised to find him already looking at you, that expressive gaze as thoughtful as ever.Â
âHow did this happen?â you couldnât help but ask, eyes rivetted to his reflection.  âYou �� you have people to protect you.â You managed to rip your gaze away, looking at your task, feeling hot in the face.Â
âI do,â he said. âBut Iâd never ask someone to do something Iâm not willing to do myself.âÂ
This did not surprise you to hear.   It is obvious that Hyunjin cares very deeply about the wellbeing of other people.  It is a fact known to few. It aggravates you at times, but his reputation does not seem to bother him. He would rather people think him a monster while he secretly does good rather than be praised in public while cruel in private.Â
You have never known another man like him. Looking at that scar that night, the realization truly struck you.Â
Your fingers began to tremble where they brushed his bare skin, your eyes widening as you looked at the scar and many others. If something happened to him, what would become of you? Certainly, as his widow, you would be financially sound, but what did that matter? This world would lose something irreplaceable if it lost Hwang Hyunjin. This penthouse could be brimming with silver and gold and it would be empty, worthless.Â
Tears in your eyes, you succumbed to desire, kissing him very gently on his hurt shoulder.Â
âHyunjin,â you said, your eyes closed, lips grazing his skin as you spoke. âPlease make sure you always come home, okay?âÂ
He did not answer at first. When you lifted your eyes and looked in the mirror, those dark eyes were so enflamed that you were surprised nothing caught fire.Â
âHyunjin?â you said softly. Â
âYou mean that,â he said, not quite a question, more like a realization.Â
âOf course,â you replied. You looked at his scarred back again, let your fingertips brush down the length of his spine. It made him stand a little straighter. âHave you ever known me to lie?â you asked.Â
He finally turned around, looking at you with an long-engrained wariness, but also a hunger. He was a starving man presented with a banquet, but one who did not easily trust when sitting at someone elseâs table.Â
âYouâre a smart woman,â he said. âI know that. And I know that youâre â good.âÂ
Good was an exhale, like the word was too heavy for his tongue. You realized that his wariness was less suspicion for you than hesitation regarding himself. He was only starving because he though himself undeserving of the meal he wanted.Â
âYouâve seen â and done â many bad things tonight, havenât you?â you asked.Â
Having the full force of his gaze was overwhelmingly heady. You remember how it made your heart race like you were being chased, your breath catching over and over until you were almost panting.Â
Arousal struck quickly, a sensation like you never experienced before. You thought you understood attraction, but not until that moment when he released a breath, so close to your face, and you became truly aware of his proximity.  Of him, of all that he was, all that he did. His character, his hidden depths.
Your husband.Â
It made your racing heart thunder something fierce, your blood pumping hotly, throbbing places you did not know were so sensitive.Â
You desperately wondered what was on his mind. The gears in his head were spinning and whirring, delaying his response. Was he feeling the same tension? Were his thoughts the same realization?
 My wife. Â
âYes,â he finally said.Â
âIs there something I can do to help?â you asked.
His tattooed hand cupped your head, tilting it just so. It made your lips part with a gasp, eyelids heavy with anticipation for a kiss.Â
He took his time looking at you, like he was scrubbing all those bad memories away, replacing them with the flustered look on his aroused wifeâs face.Â
âYes,â he said again, and kissed you for the first time.Â
You were so glad he rebuffed your previous half-hearted advances, clumsy seductions made out of obligation rather than desire. It was so different to that kiss. You would not have known how to even ask for a kiss like that. You never knew what you were missing.Â
Your quiet husband and his multitudes. All that simmering intensity, hot just below the surface of his icy demeanour, burned right through his skin. His kiss was ravishing, entirely possessive, like he wished to take your whole essence into him and hold it forever.Â
He walked you backwards. With a snap of his wrist, he slid the door open the rest of the way, so sharp that it tried to bounce back. He continued onward, kissing you until you were dizzy with it. Â
He picked you up just to put you on the bed himself. Your kiss separated only then as you landed with a bounce and a breath.Â
He loomed over the edge of the bed, this man who was both stranger and husband, hero and villain.  He looked at you like he already loved you. He looked at you and saw the reciprocation. You had fallen for him without realizing you had ever even stumbled.Â
He ran his hands through his hair, the sleek black locks fluttering back into place. His eyes were still rivetted to your face, to your body. You were wearing the nightdress you are wearing now. It is why it became your favourite.Â
He looked down at you, the material translucent enough to see the details of your body.  It broke through that last layer of ice. He surrendered with a choked breath.Â
He unclasped a holster on his thigh, dropped a knife that was hidden in a pocket.  Once unarmed, his hands went to his belt. You watched those nimble, efficient fingers, swallowing hard.  You were aching to an embarrassing degree, undoubtedly obvious in your desires. No one ever warned you it would feel like this, just being looked at, never mind touched.
Then his belt was on the floor and he touchedyou for real.  His calloused hands moved up your thighs, pushing the nightdress up and out of his way. He climbed on top of you, swift as a feline, mouth descending onto yours with that same desperate hunger as before.Â
Recollection makes you crave another kiss.  You think you will always be starving for more.Â
âHyunjin,â you whispered, hands on his face, his shoulders, down to his chest.Â
He took your hands and laced your fingers with his, pinning those hands to the bed.  He kissed you again, long and slow. It was all more sensual than desperate.
His voice, however, was desperate when he begged, âLet me make you feel good, please.â He kissed down your face, your jaw, your throat. âPlease, my wife.â He kissed further down still, through your nightdress, tracing the curve of your breast with his tongue, wetting the material and awakening every nerve beneath it.  âMy wife,â he repeated.Â
âMy husband.â The words left your lips in a dizzy, delirious whisper. Â
It was all the confirmation he needed. Those deft and skilled hands, so quick to assemble weapons and pull triggers, applied themselves with a startling gentleness. He took you apart and put you together with the same efficient ease. Â
He hooked his fingers in the only material between him and his desire, tugged it out of his way. His fingers went to you, slipping through all that wetness. Those intense eyes rolled back even though it was just his fingers inside you, then he closed his eyes like it was too much, and it seemed he had to temper himself, murmuring nonsense as he let his fingers sink into you.Â
He kissed you again, drinking down every sigh and gasp and moan while he fucked you with his long fingers.  It was like he could taste your pleasure, like he was trying to get drunk on it, every noise you made filling his mouth. He gave them back and brought you over a peak, first with his hands, then with his mouth. He laid between your legs and put your thighs around his head, losing himself entirely in you.Â
He did not remove a single article of your clothing nor his pants, not that first time. He simply held the material to the side as he unzipped and finally got inside you. It made your whole body keen, coming to life like it never had before. You forgot all your sensibilities and let every wanton sound and action loose.
He responded in kind. His kiss tasted like your pleasure, his heart pounding as fast as yours where your chests pressed together.  You were careful near his injured shoulder, fingertips dodging scars. Your soft touch made him whimper, this powerful man entirely undone by a few caresses.Â
His skin was hot and he worked up a sweat, but his stamina seemed endless. He always wanted more.Â
You fell asleep tucked in his arms, content to believe the walls had crumbled.  However, they revealed themselves in the morning light, as concrete as ever. He slipped away and left a note to excuse his absence as he was called away to business.  You thought about phoning or messaging him, but those lines were not always secure, not for such intimate conversations.Â
When he returned a few days later, he hid behind those concrete walls, but too much had changed.  There was now an awareness of your proximity and your distance. The lack of intimacy was not called into question before, the absence of something being a nothing. But now that nothing was something, or had been something for a moment, and it made you both very aware of how it was now missing â and anticipating always when it might again appear.
He tried very hard to keep away, to stay cordial at best, his habitual quietude even heavier than before. But while his silence was significant, so was his glance. Every time you turned around, he was already looking at you, a longing in his eyes and a thought on his lips that he never dared to speak aloud.Â
You granted him some distance for a time. When it became abundantly obvious he was holding himself in check, you realized that your own vulnerability was required to bridge the gap.Â
One night you crossed through the bathroom, slid open the door on his side. You found him at his desk, dressed down in a white dress shirt and pants. His blazer was discarded on the floor, his face still made up.Â
He stood quickly when you entered, though he didnât say anything.Â
It was strange to imagine this man would need any reassurance, but you felt that was the case.  His fingers fidgeted at his sides, his roving eyes studious.
You said nothing. You approached him, laid your hands on his chest, and gently guided him back into his chair. He sat slowly, his eyes on your face the entire time, even when he had to tip his head back to peer up at you.Â
You ran your fingers through his hair. When you entered the room, his face was tightly screwed in an expression of aggravation, but all those harsh lines softened as you traced a thumb down the sharp slope of his cheek.Â
There were some wipes on his desk. You took one and began to carefully remove that shield of dark make-up. His hand lifted but not to stop you, simply to rest his palm on your waist. He began to really touch you, feeling the shape of your body through your robe as you helped him come back to himself.Â
âHello,â you finally said, looking at his bare face. Â Still impossibly beautiful.
âHello,â he replied.Â
His fingertips dipped towards the hem of the robe. Before he could distract you with your own pleasure, you sunk to your knees in front of him. This startled him, his hand frozen in the air as you fit yourself between his open knees.Â
He caught your hand, his reflexes fast, before it could reach his fly.  You could see he was already affected, a heavy bulge in the black material making your mouth water and core tighten.Â
He squeezed your hand and you looked up at his face.  He tipped his head, blinked rapidly, an expression of mild confusion.
You took your hand back and unknotted your robe. The silk fell from your shoulders and down, sliding like water right off your body. You were completedly naked underneath.Â
It clarified everything, his confusion gone, replaced with surprise.
âYouââ he began. It was interrupted when you put your head in his lap, resting on his thigh. You led his hand to the back of your neck and kissed him through his pants. It made his fingers clasp tighter around you. Â
âPlease,â you said.Â
He would never deny you anything. Not the smallest gift nor grandest gesture. When you started a new charity to further your combined philanthropic efforts, he spared no expense in aiding the endeavour. You shared passions, and now you shared this.
He was stiff at the start, but gradually let himself go lax in his seat. His hand kept a steady grip on the back of your neck, not guiding but holding, like he thought you might disappear otherwise. He murmured your name, letting his head fall back as you worked him in your mouth.Â
You intended to make him finish like that, seeking nothing for yourself at that precise moment. He had other ideas, needing more of your shared pleasure to take him over that brink.Â
He lifted your face, adjusted his pants, and was on his feet in a matter of seconds. That hand on your neck dragged you up, up, up until your naked body was pressed against his clothed one. He clung to you needily, claiming your mouth in a wanting kiss.Â
His hands moved over you, every new inch of skin making him moan as he walked you towards the bed. The kiss only broke when you both sat down, his lips against yours as he breathed, almost smiling, âMy pretty wife.â
âHyunjin,â you said, shaking your head, feeling suddenly shy just because of a simple compliment.Â
He did not allow you to curl into yourself with any shame. When you tried, he seized you, pulling you onto his lap so you straddled it.  His eyes moved up and down your body, hands following, from your thighs to hips to waist and up.Â
 âWhat are you doing?â you said, laughing helplessly when he kissed somewhere ticklish on your throat. The sound made him smile, even softer than before, though it turned a little wicked as his mouth went lower.Â
âIâm simply enjoying the view,â he said, then wrapped his lips around the stiff peak of your breast, ran his tongue up and over. He licked and kissed back up to your mouth.  âItâs not everyday I get to fuck someone so pretty.âÂ
As he said this, he opened his pants again, eyes on yours as he grabbed your thighs and moved you so he could thrust up into you. His hips moved with a slow roll, letting you adjust to him. It had been a little while, and this angle was different.
And Hyunjin is not small. Your husband is built in perfect proportion, his body a long, hard, slender build â everything inside you at that moment was no exception.  This angle made you whimper, clinging to him like  he was a life preserver in a storm. The roll of his hips kept coming like waves and you were sure you would drown otherwise.Â
Your arms were around his neck, his graceful but strong hands digging into the meat of your thighs as he fucked you. He felt impossibly deep, every upward stroke feeling like it was bursting past something, pushing everything inside your body up to your throat.Â
You swallowed again and again, the taste of him still on your lips, the feel of him inside every inch of you. You clenched and tightened involuntarily, just pure animal reaction, and it made him moan and find all those sweet spots to make it happen again.  Â
âHelp,â was your somewhat nonsensical request, blurted in the midst of some moaning babbling.
Fortunately, he was and is a smart man. He understood. He clasped you tight to his body and fell back on the bed, thrusting up into you with sharper, more focussed determination, faster until you were weeping on his chest, delirious with pleasure. His shirt was unbuttoned and you accidentally ripped a few buttons right off, trying to press your face to bare skin.Â
âYes, yes, yes,â you said as you tumbled over a height you never reached before. You never knew you could come just from that, stimulated somewhere so deep inside you, but it made you come undone in his arms.Â
He watched you unravel and it made him follow, clinging to you as he just barely pulled out before coming between your dripping thighs. It was all so messy and wet, your legs trembling, but it felt so good that it hardly mattered.Â
He caught his breath, then looked at your face just lose that breath again. He moaned and dragged you in for another kiss.
Then you were on your back, the night far from over.Â
That second night is the one that truly opened the door to more. Though your husband can be reticent in other regards, he is not quiet when he is inside you. You have come together again and again, a conversation with your bodies as you look for pleasure in a dangerous world.  You always find it, tucked in the protective circle of his arms, wrapped around every inch of him.Â
You have been out of his arms for too long. Your visit to your family grew tedious before long. Your home is with Hyunjin now and you were eager to return.Â
Now it seems you may never see it again. You may never see him again.Â
No.
Just like the night when you took control for yourself, you must take control now. You realize if anything is to happen, then you must take the reins of your own rescue. You would not want Hyunjin to compromise himself or his important business. You know if something bad happened to you, it would weigh on his conscious, even if it was the better business decision. You must eliminate the need for choice.Â
It turns out, comical rope bindings are truly best suited for silly movies. When the men come to check on you again, you have slipped free of your bindings. There was an array of weapons in the room, so carelessly disposed because the assailants never assumed you would get free â or, if you did get free, that you would not know how to use them.Â
It is true, you do not like violence.Â
That does not mean you do not understand it.Â
You leave the two men unconscious in their basement. Unfortunately, you cannot find your suitcase and you do not want to hang around, so you venture outside in your nightgown. You are debating your next move when a car pulls into the driveway.Â
You back away quickly, raising the gun you stole as more men get out of the vehicle. You only stay your hand because you recognize one of them, though it takes a second to place him as one of Hyunjinâs lieutenants.Â
Then Hyunjin emerges.  You have seen your husband before and after a confrontation, but never during it. If you thought he was an intimidating figure in the aftermath, he is all danger and darkness as he storms up the driveway now.  There is such an energy radiating from him, it makes you stumble and forget yourself entirely.Â
Then he stumbles, recognizing you. You are both startled, staring at each other with the gun raised between you.Â
He looks nowhere but your eyes.Â
âHyunjin?â you finally say.Â
âIââ He looks at you, the gun, the nightdress. He shakes his head. Some of that bravado returns when he says, âIâm here to save you.â
âAh,â you say. You slowly lower the gun, at a loss how to reply. You were so resigned to the idea this was all still business. The reality of your husband risking himself to rescue you from unknown hostiles is making your heart pound. Â
In the end, all you can think to say is, âSorry. Youâre late.âÂ
That wicked smile crosses his face, his tongue pushing at the corner of his mouth. He is suddenly nothing but amused, looking at you, then at the house.
âI can see that,â he says.Â
He whistles sharply and gestures to the house with a gloved hand. His lieutenants run past you and charge the door, no doubt heading inside to finish the job you started.       Â
You turn to watch them go. In your distraction, Hyunjin grabs your arm. He is fast, effectively disarming you. He catches the gun with a twirl before tossing it aside.
It is not the gun he wants; itâs you.
Still holding your wrist, he tugs you into him. You throw your arms around him. The hug is surprisingly chaste, his face in your neck as he squeezes you like it is the only thing keeping him alive and standing.
âAre you hurt?â he asks.Â
When in his arms, it seems impossible to consider you could ever feel any pain.Â
You shake your head, daring to kiss his cheek. He turns his face to yours, your lips close enough to brush in a swipe.Â
âIâm all right now,â you say. âSorry I beat you to the punch. I â I wasnât sure ifââ
His brow crinkles. That gloved hand goes from your wrist to your chin, seizing it between thumb and forefinger. He tips your head so he can look at your face. He always regards you like he does one of his masterpieces, like he can never get his fill, like there is always something new to find. He is enchanted every time.Â
âYouâre mine,â he says. âAnd I take care of what belongs to me.âÂ
You gasp when those fingers go from your chin to your throat, just enough to pull you in that last breath of a space. He kisses you there in the sunlight, utterly shameless.Â
âDo not ever doubt that,â he says. His eyes are soft with his affection, but his voice is hard, skirting the edge of a threat he would issue an adversary. It makes you tingle from head to toe. âDo I need to remind you?âÂ
You never actually answer. You are not sure if your answer would have made a difference, as Hyunjin is determined to show you the very second you are home.Â
You reach the penthouse. There is no time to shower or decompress once you cross the threshhold. He sweeps you off your feet, your arms around his shoulders and your legs around his waist. You are wearing his blazer over your nightdress to preserve your modesty â not that it will last long.
He carries you to the bedroom where so many slow and subtle exchanges took place. Now, he is not slow or subtle. He is a force of nature.  He tells you that he held no greater fear than losing you and he tried to keep his distance, but he regretted it the moment he saw you on that video call.Â
âYouâre my wife,â he says, peeling his blazer off your body. âIâm your husband. There is nothing I should be holding back.âÂ
âYes,â you say, running your fingers through that smooth black hair. You shiver as he bunches the fabric of your nightdress, the material spilling over his fingers.  âDonât hold back,â you say, mouth open against his, stealing his every breath.  âDo whatever you want.âÂ
He tells you exactly what he wants, using his words for a change, finally letting those walls come down. He whispers every filthy thought into your ear, between kisses, between bites.   You shiver at every suggestion.Â
And so, moments later, he is sitting on your bed. He arranges you to lay across his lap, facedown in the pillows while he runs his hands down your spine and over the curve of your ass.Â
âYouâre my wife,â he says. The first tap of his open palm is through the thin material of your nightdress. It is truly just a warning tap, just enough to make you bounce. âDonât ever doubt me again,â he says, swinging that strong hand a little harder. Â
This time a yelp escapes your lips. You wriggle until he pins you down, a hand on the back of your neck and the other lifting your dress.  He already stripped your underthings, his open palm smoothing down all that bare skin. Â
You tingle with anticipation, braced yet still unprepared for the sharp smack he next delivers. You feel it tingle all the way up to your head, as well as the next one, and the next.  You squirm under his firm grip, groaning his name as your thighs get tense and press together.Â
âDonât say my name,â he says, and smacks you again. âWho am I?â
âM-my husband,â you say, practically mewling like a kitten when he next brings his hand down. âMy husband,â you say again.Â
âAnd you areââ
âYour wife,â you say, though it comes out almost like a sob, a desperate gasp as he slips his fingers between your thighs and finds a new way to torture you. Â Â With your backside hot and stinging, the pleasure of his hand in that sensitive place feels amplified by a tenfold.Â
âHusband,â you say, hips bucking. His free hand goes from the back of your neck to your lower spine, holding you in his lap as he slowly finger-fucks you.
âYes?â he says.
You do not even remember what you were going to say, or beg, or plead. You are overcome with sensation, tingling all over, intensifying the press of his fingers as he curls his fingers into that soft, soft place. Then you are really squirming, helplessly, instinctively, whining into the pillows.Â
âI make you feel good,â he says. âI take care of you. You, who are so good, and so smart, but soââ
You cry out when he angles his hand just a little differently. Your vision swims with stars as he speeds up.Â
âSo soft,â he says, his own voice going soft, just a whisper as he makes you come all over his hand in a throbbing, aching, desperate wet mess. âJust for me,â he says in that whisper. âJust for your husband.âÂ
âMmmf,â is all the response you have left in you.Â
Your thighs are trembling and your pussy throbbing with aftershocks when he picks you up. He stands and turns, laying you on your side in the bed. You are grateful, as your backside still stings, though you suspect he is not done yet.
He strips out of his clothes, tearing through his shirt, leaving the pants in a heap. He forgets to remove his necklace. All that silver is cold against your hot skin as he lays down behind you.  You do not have time to linger on it, as he gathers up the hem of your dress and adjusts himself behind you.Â
He has taken you many times, in many ways, many positions.  When you are on your hands and knees, he is overtaken by a primal urge, your hips as leverage in his hands as he pounds into you like it is a chase.  When you are on your back, he sinks into you slowly and deeply, rocking his hips into yours like he intends to fuck you forever. When you are in his lap, he rolls his hips in steady, needy waves, captivated by the sight of you in his arms.Â
He lays behind you now and wraps his arms around you, coaxes your thighs apart. Your nightdress is bunched every which way, leaving nothing to the imagination, and you feel especially exposed and vulnerable in this position somehow. Perhaps it is the fact he is the one holding you open, keeping you in position so he can take you.
You let yourself fall into it, fall into him. You let him tell you, with words and actions, exactly how he feels.Â
Before it ends, you change position. He lays back and you straddle his hips while stripping off your dress entirely. He keeps rolling up into you, only stopping when you plant your hands on his chest to slow him down. Then he practically sinks in the mattress, murmuring your name. His make-up is smudged, his calloused hands rough on your body. Whatever pains you experienced have been overtaken by his hands, by the smarting on your backside, still tender as you bring your body down onto his again and again. He has completely claimed you for himself and you take the same in turn.Â
âHyunjin,â you say. âMy husband, ohââ
He kisses your hand, long and hard, like he needs his mouth on some part of you desperately. Your fingers are curled into his pretty mouth when he comes, his hands on your hips and his cock buried inside you.Â
âOh,â is your final sound before you slump on top of him, skin to skin.Â
He rolls you onto your side, though he keeps you wrapped around him, his arms around you in turn. His hair is already a sweaty mess and you rub your thumb through some of his shadowy make-up, but those familiar dark eyes are gazing at you with so much warmth.  There is no more ice, no more cold concrete.Â
âI should let you rescue me more often,â you say with a laugh.Â
He doesnât laugh back, but he does smile softly. It should be incongruous with his severe appearance, but it somehow comes together, layers of him exposed all at once as he strokes your cheek.
He looks at you like his favourite work of art.Â
âYou were the one who rescued you,â he says.   âJust like you rescued me.âÂ
You cannot find the words to reply, so you kiss him. It speaks volumes, and he replies, kissing back.Â
You lose yourself to the sweetness, to the heat, to the passion, to all those things more, knowing there are many more to come with this man as your husband.Â
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First Meeting
summary: You're having difficulty with some code so you stop by Penelope's house for help, unaware that she has a guest. Spencer takes one look at you and is immediately head over heels.
genre: fluff
cw: meet cute (is it a meet cute?) completely gn!reader (reader is not described at all), no use of y/n, autistic!spencer (because every spencer is autistic!spencer), season 1 spencer, university/college student reader, talk about research and coding, pov switch from reader to spencer
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a/n: this is an actual error I had this summer when writing my spectra analysis code
You lean back in your chair with a sigh, scowling at the code youâre trying to write. Youâre still relatively new to coding, the first time you ever took a class on it was just under two years ago, so this code has taken you significantly more time to write than it would have taken Penelope. But youâve written it. You read through the code again and rerun it. Everything runs fine, the code should work, but it doesnât.Â
You rub your eyes and groan with frustration. You should be able to get a wavelength solution out of this. The professor youâre doing research with told you what you need to do to get the wavelength solution and then how to use it to find the redshift of the lensed galaxy and the foreground lensing galaxy, but nothing is lining up!
Youâve opened the data, plotted the variation in flux for each line in the image, fit a Gaussian to it to get the brightest point, and converted the pixel value of that point to vacuum wavelength, but none of the wavelengths youâre finding match up with what lines should be present in the spectra for this lamp type!
You briefly consider emailing your professor but decide against it. Even though he told you that asking him things wouldnât bother him and that itâs his job, you donât want to take up more of his time than you already have.Â
You look around your apartment for anything that might help. Your eyes land on your keychain and the spare key Penelope gave you because she enjoys it when you stop by. You quickly shut your laptop, tucking it under your arm, grab your keys, slip on a pair of shoes, and make your way down the hall to Penelopeâs apartment, not bothering to lock the door behind you.Â
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Spencer sits awkwardly on one of Garciaâs kitchen stools, tapping his fingers on the Tardis mug she had filled with tea and given him. Heâs not exactly sure why Garcia invited him over. She said she wanted to bond, but theyâve known each other for almost two years now, and Spencer considers her a good friend, so he doesnât really know what bonding entails. So far, Garcia has just been bustling around her kitchen preparing snacks and drinks for their Doctor Who marathon.
The lock clicks and Spencerâs head whips toward the door just in time for it to burst open. Spencer freezes and stares at you in awe and confusion.Â
âPenny!â you cry, your voice a mixture of a shout and a whine.Â
Garcia calls your name with a surprised look. âWhat happened? Are you alright?â
âWhat?â you ask. Then you wave your hand flippantly. âYeah Iâm fine, I just need help with some code.â Your eyes land on Spencer and he can feel his heart rate increase. He really hopes his face isnât as red as it feels.Â
âOh, sorry, I didnât know you had someone over,â you say. âI can, um, I can come back later.â
Spencer watches as your posture stiffens slightly and you start to fiddle with your keychain.Â
Spencer opens his mouth to reassure you but Garcia beats him to it. âNo, no, itâs fine,â she says. âIâve been wanting you two to meet anyway.â You shoot Spencer a small, awkward smile and wave from across the room when Garcia shares your name. When she introduces him, your eyes widen and you look toward Garcia with an expression Spencer canât decipher and mouth something to her that makes her laugh loudly.Â
Spencer can feel himself flushing at your reaction and takes a sip of his tea to hide his face.
âAnyway!â Garcia says cheerfully. âDo you mind if I help them real quick?â
âGo ahead,â Spencer responds, trying to sound as nonchalant as possible. Itâs difficult with you there, though, all his thoughts suddenly seem much harder to grasp. Like your presence is forcing them aside.Â
Your eyes seem to linger on him for a moment before you head over to the counter and set your laptop down. âRight,â you mutter, opening it and entering the password. Spencer listens intently as you describe to Garcia what your code should be doing and he canât help but smile at the clear passion in your voice. It sends butterflies to his stomach.Â
âWhat do you study?â Spencer blurts out.Â
You close your mouth and cock your head at him for a moment. âIâm, uh, Iâm studying astrophysics. Specifically strong gravitational lensing. Iâve already made preliminary models of the system and Iâm just working on analyzing the spectra now.â
Spencer nods and leans over to look at your code.Â
âDo you want to help Penny find the issue?â you ask. You sound a bit nervous and Spencer looks up and smiles what he hopes is a soothing smile.
âI would if I could. I really donât know how to code, though.â
âSeriously?â you ask. Spencer cocks his head at the tone of surprise in your voice. âSorry, itâs just that Penny has told me a lot about you and about how youâre a genius and have three PhDs, which is insanely impressive by the way, so I guess Iâm just surprised you donât know something.â
âThereâs a lot I donât know,â Spencer admits. âCoding and other technological things are some of it. I donât know too much about astrophysics either.â Thatâs not exactly true but it isnât a lie either. Heâs read papers on several astrophysical topics but heâs never come across one on strong lensing before. But the truth of the statement is irrelevant, the only reason he said it was to find an excuse to spend more time with you.
You smile and Spencerâs stomach feels like it does a backflip. âI wonât be much help teaching you how to code, Penny would be better for that, but I can tell you about some astro stuff at some point.â
âAlright, lovebirds,â Garcia teases and Spencerâs face burns. âLetâs focus.â You nod, clearly also a bit embarrassed, and turn back to your laptop.
âHow about I go line by line and tell you what it should do and you let me know if something doesnât do what I think it does,â you say. Garcia nods and both she and Spencer follow along as you point to and describe each line of code. You get to a printed image of the data file youâre analyzing before Garcia stops you.
âCan you open the file on your computer?â she asks.
You nod and open the file in a new application and move it so itâs side by side with the image in your code. âWait,â you mutter, glancing back and forth between the two images. âIs that seriously the issue?â Spencer leans forward to get a closer look, the x-axes of the images are flipped.Â
You throw your head back with a groan and change the rotation of the file in your code. âI swear, if this works,â you growl. The clear exasperation in your tone makes Spencer chuckle slightly.Â
You rerun the code and compare several of the outputs to a list of wavelengths before groaning again and letting your head fall onto the counter. âI hate Python,â you grumble. âWhy does it have to switch the axes!âÂ
Garcia laughs and pats you on the back. You raise your head off the counter and tap your forehead against her shoulder in a gesture Spencer assumes expresses gratitude. âThanks, Penny,â you sigh. âYouâre the best.â
âOf course I am!â
âOh, and Spencer,â you say, turning to look at him. âWe should get lunch sometime. I can tell you about astrophysics and you can tell me about all the crazy things you know.â
âI-I would love that,â Spencer stutters, unable to speak clearly with you looking into his eyes. He's hardly able to wrap his head around the fact that someone as beautiful as you would want to spend more time with him. Spencer's not sure whether youâre asking him on a date or just to go out as friends, but he doesnât care either way as long as he gets to spend more time with you.
âGreat!â you say happily. You stand and cross the room to quickly grab one of Garciaâs pens before returning. You hold the fluffy pink pen with a smile on your face and hold out your hand for his. âMay I?â you ask.Â
Spencerâs eyes widen and he nods, setting his hand in yours despite his usual aversion to touch. The contact makes his heart feel like itâs about to burst from his chest. You scrawl your number across the back of his hand before handing Spencer the pen and holding out your hand for him to do the same. He writes his number on your hand and watches in a sort of daze as you gather your computer and keys and wave goodbye before leaving.
Spencer jumps slightly as Garcia ruffles his hair. He looks over at her to see a knowing smile on her face. Spencer blushes and hides his face in his hands. âShut up,â he grumbles, embarrassed.
âNo way,â she laughs. âDerekâs going to have a field day with this. Boy genius has a crush!â
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HARDER THAN YOU THINK
Boss!Joel Miller x f!reader || 4,7k
Written together with @milla-frenchy
Summary: Itâs your first day at work and you feel nervous. But what can go wrong if your boss is your dadâs best friend, a person youâve known and trusted for years?
Tw: 18+ mdni, smut, DEAD DOVE: DO NOT EAT, NON CON, Dbf!Joel, boss!Joel, dark!Joel, power imbalance, blackmail, age gap (reader is in her early 20s, Joel is in his late 40s), oral (f), pussy slapping, use of a sex toy, degradation, unprotected piv, gangbang, creampies. Reader wears a skirt.
A/n: @milla-frenchy and I wrote this story for @romanarose âs Dead Dove December. Thank you for this event, celebrating dark fic, Romanâ¤ď¸ Milla, baby, itâs always a pleasure to write with you! ILYSMđŤđ
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Day one at your first job started horribly. You overslept, got in a traffic jam and arrived at the office panting and apologizing. Fortunately, your boss, Mr Miller, didnât tell you off for your tardiness. Instead he greeted you with a wide, most charming smile. Youâve known him for a few years, him being your dadâs good friend and his employer as well as yours now.
Mr Miller was a successful businessman and your parents owed everything to his generosity and kindness. He helped your father out when your family was about to lose the house and your dad always talked highly of his âbest budâ. Youâve been calling him Joel all these years, but wishing to show respect at the workplace, you decided to call him Mr Miller.
Now youâre attending a company meeting in a spacious conference room, taking bullet points of the discussion on your tablet. Mr Miller is sitting at the head of the desk, leaning comfortably in his chair, his thick thighs spread, piercing eyes narrowed. His perfectly tailored blue suit which probably costs more than your future year salary accentuates his broad powerful frame. Throwing glances at him from time to time, you canât help but admire the way the fabric stretches over his arms and shoulders. Youâve never thought about Joel like that, he was much older than you, but it was hard to deny how handsome he was.
Joel is listening to an employeeâs report, pouting his lips from time to time. Knowing him quite well, you read his face easily, so itâs evident to you that heâs not pleased with what sheâs telling him. Joelâs always been nice and kind to you and your parents, but right now you feel like a volcano is about to erupt.
âAre you happy with all this, sweet cheeks?â He asks but doesnât let the woman reply. "Iâm definitely not. I hope I won't hear these numbers ever again. Or you're gonna lose your job in a heartbeat. I doubt your family will be happy with you getting fired. You just had a baby, right?â
The woman swallows loudly and nods.
âGet your shit together!â Joel barks and the employee looks terrified. You feel bad for her. Youâve never seen Joel be so mean before but that's probably part of the character trait that goes with his job.
When the meeting is over, some people leave but three men stay behind with Joel, still chatting to each other. You get up, ready to sneak out, but your boss stops you at the door, calling your name.
âSorry, I thought the meetingâs overâ, you explain, coming up to him with an apologetic smile.
âYeah, the main partâs done but we have something extra on our agenda today.â
Joel gets up and walks over to one of the cabinets. He takes something out of a drawer and puts it in the pocket of his suit pants. You raise your brows with a silent question and he turns his face to the managers,
âGentlemen! Today is this young ladyâs first day at our company and Iâd like you to give her a warm welcome.â
You feel overwhelmed when all the attention is focused on you but, fearing to seem rude or disrespectful, you turn to the men and smile nervously, fumbling with your fingers. You wonder what Joel put in his pocket. You didn't expect to receive a gift on your first day, and you donât know how to thank him properly.
The men hum approvingly but soon you feel uneasy noticing their eyes slide down your body and take you in with something more than simple curiosity. One of them smirks and your face falls. Fortunately, Joel steps up to you and his wide smile relaxes you a little. Knowing him for so long, you feel that he has your back. He takes your hand and holds it in his big warm palm.
âSweetheart, we have a tradition in our company. We call it âInitiationâ.
âWâWhat is it?â you mumble, smiling and blinking at him with confusion, while your stomach churns. You hope he wonât ask you to give a speech of some kind. Youâd die of stage fright.
Joel explains, âSome of us gather here to celebrate our new employee and Iâm happy that today it is you.â
Joel inches closer and you instinctively take a step back but he pulls you to him gently yet with unyielding determination.
âUsually one of our top managers does it, but of course, with you it had to be me. Also some of these gentlemen sent me messages during the meeting⌠Seems that they want to take part, now that they saw you.â
His face is inches from yours and he lowers his voice to tell you, âto be specific, we all are going to celebrate you and your body. Teach you some new things while weâre at it, too.â
Your gaze darts between his darkening eyes as you open and close your mouth like a fish out of water. You canât comprehend what heâs saying but your instinct is screaming for you to run.
Joel gently cups your cheek and turns to the other men in the room, âsheâs adorable.â With that he places his hands on your hips, and mumbling âcâmonâ, moves you to the head of the desk.
âJoel, what are youâŚ?â Your voice is shaky, your palms placed on his broad chest push him off you but heâs too strong and soon your ass is perched up on the surface, your back turned to the other men.
âJoel, please, what are you doing?â you mumble as panic rises in your chest.
âShh, weâre just gonna have some fun, you and me at first, then I'll let the others join us.â
He looks behind you, and you hear the other men react.
âFuck yeah.â
âI think I will.â
âGive it to her, boss.â
You hear their words and you start to understand whatâs happening. Or rather, you start realizing what your dissociated mind was trying to hide.
âJoel⌠Youâre scaring meâŚâ you stammer, eyes wide.
âFear is a good thing. It means I'm in control. And I want control over you."
Now you feel Joelâs hands rubbing your thighs, covered by tights, slithering up and under the hem of your skirt, while his gaze is set on your chest.
âNo, Joel, please,â you plead, searching for his eyes, hoping to keep his attention on you, break the spell that turned these people into wild animals, turned this office into a cage that you canât escape from. Trying to make him come back to his senses and remind him that it's you, the person he's known for so long, that he is your father's friend, who you thought would protect you from all dangers, if he had to.
But his eyes remain black, cold. The more you beg, the brighter an unhealthy spark shines in them. As if he likes it, likes you begging.
âYouâre my dadâs friend, donât do this to me,â you whine, overwhelmed by his big body caging yours against the desk, terrified to your core at the realization of what heâs about to do to you.
âYes, youâre right,â he stops, giving you a glimpse of hope, and looks into your eyes. âYour dadâs a great guy but he has a big flaw. He has this pretty little thing for a daughter.â
Your heart breaks when you hear him, your hope is dead.
Joel leans closer and you pull away but he grabs the back of your neck and holds you still, brushing your lips with his.
âIf he only knew how much I want to stretch your little holes. And you know me, baby,â he pecks your lips and whispers, âI always get what I want.â
The men behind you chuckle, loving this display of power. The smell of Joelâs perfume hits your nose and your head spins for a second as part of you still struggles to understand whatâs happening. You feel tears well up in your eyes.
Your new boss, a man youâve known for years, wants to fuck you in front of other people on your first day here. You try to make your mind work, get you out of the situation.
âIâll tell my dad. Iâll tell everyone,â you cry out, making your voice firmer, but Joel just laughs, enveloping you in his tight embrace. To your horror you hear the sound of the chairs moving behind you and then footsteps. Youâre surrounded now.
âIf you start yapping, sweetie, you and your dad will lose your jobs in a second and Iâll make sure no one ever hires you both.â
His voice is calm, his breathing steady, as if he were telling you the most mundane things in the world, and you shiver.
âBesides, your dad owes me a lot of money. Your family will lose everything.â He searches for your widened eyes and whispers, âyou work for me now so it means I own you.â
Suddenly his lips latch onto your neck. His hold is too tight but the kiss is slow and gentle.
âNo, no,â you start sobbing and Joel pulls away and takes your face between his big hands.
âHoney, calm down, imagine thereâs only you and me here. No one else, uh?â His eyes are obsidian and full of lust and you understand that you wonât get out of this. He will have you.
âPlease, Joel, I donât want toâŚâ
âBut you do, baby, you want me,â he kisses your cheek. âYou want my big cock in your little pussy. Iâm gonna make you feel so good, baby.â
He drags his stubble over your cheek and you whimper when his hand snakes between your thighs.
âYou really think I haven't noticed the way you look at me, the clothes you wear, when I have lunch at your parentsâ?â
âWhat? No!!â
âShhâŚâ he cuts you, brushing your lips with his finger. âYou wanna get fucked by a man older than you. A man who will give it to you good.â
Through the material of your tights and panties you feel his hand caress your folds and you close your eyes shut, trying to escape the horror of the situation.
"Girls your age want that. A mature man,â he adds.
You mewl a quiet ânoâ again and he uses the moment to kiss you and push his tongue past your lips. With one hand keeping you close and the other gently massaging your pussy, Joel claims your mouth, licking into it, swallowing your soft cries.
As soon as he parts from you, your hands push him away but his strong physique overpowers you in seconds. He grabs your wrists and makes you lie down on the desk. Youâre pressed to the wooden surface by his heavy body as his breath fans your cheek when he growls, âDonât fight it. Itâll be my way or bad way, baby. Choose wisely.â
In your peripheral vision you notice the men next to the desk, one on the left and two on the right. Like hyenas they are waiting for their turn when the main predator is done with the prey.
You begin thrashing around on the desk and Joel slightly lifts his torso but holds you down with his hand wrapped around your neck. You freeze as panic grips your heart. Heâs not squeezing it but the threat is swimming in his blown out eyes.
He smirks when you stop moving. âGood girl. Made the right choice.â
Joel straightens up, his figure looming over you, and then starts pulling up your skirt. You try to stop his hands but in vain.
âLetâs see what we have here. White lace. Fuck, itâs hot, baby. Innocence looks good on you. I know youâre not a virgin though,â he laughs and continues, âI remember a boy used to come to your bedroom all the time. Your old man was scared that youâd get pregnant. Fuck, I wanted to kill that little shit for touching you.â
You take a sharp breath, terrified of how long his obsession with you has lasted.
âI know youâre single now. Itâs good. Now you have me. Iâll fulfill all your needs, baby. And will fill all your holes.â
With that he rips your tights between your legs, and you squeal scared to death. You try to slide off the desk but he presses his forearm over your belly, not letting you move away.
You hear the murmur of the others, watching you sob and fight the man twice bigger than you like itâs some twisted show.
When Joel grabs your hips to keep you in place, you turn your head, pleading eyes darting between the men but their expressions scare you. Thereâs not a trace of sympathy on their faces, not a chance that this vile group will help you.
With tears streaming down your cheeks you look back between your spread legs and find Joelâs hungry gaze there. Heâs sneering at you, noticing your fruitless attempt to seek assistance from his employees.
âWhatâs that, baby? Looking for anyone to call an HR? Heâs over there. Say hi, Steve.â
You hear a gruff voice somewhere from behind you.
âHi, sweetie.â
âAww, isnât he nice?â Joel mocks and dread spreads in your chest. Thereâs no way out. Youâre trapped. Your only hope is the man you thought to be a friend.
âPlease, Joel. Stop. I wonât tell anyone. Let me go.â Your voice is barely audible, you sound pathetic, and Joelâs face softens. His brows knit together as he looks between your legs and talks while his fingers slowly pull your panties to the side.
âI think Iâve made a mistake.â
You gasp when his fingers graze your exposed folds and try to close your legs but heâs holding you securely.
âI havenât explained your position in this company yet. It will help you to understand whatâs happening and accept it.â His fingers stroke your seam and then push inside between your folds, leaving you shocked and breathless.
âFrom now on youâre my office whore. I tell you to suck, you suck, I tell you to bend over - you do exactly that.â
His voice is gruff and cold, eyes focused on the place where his fingers swirl around your hardening clit and you squeeze your eyes closed, fighting the fire in your core thatâs burning brighter with every second of his caress.
âShe loves it, your pretty pussy,â Joel smiles, looking up at you, âdo you hear how wet sheâs getting for me? You should relax, and let your body take what it wants. Stop fighting it, baby.â
He sinks two thick digits into your soft hole and you tighten your muscles, eyes wide, surprised by a heat spreading through your body.
You hear it too. When Joel begins pumping his fingers in and out of you, lewd squelching noises reach your ears, the sign of your body surrendering to his horrible act. A moan crawls up your throat and you muffle it with the back of your hand.
A sharp flick of Joelâs fingers lands on your clit and you cry out.
âDonât. Donât hide it. Wanna hear you enjoying it, little slut. I wouldnât make my cock wait if I didnât wanna hear some sweet moans from you.â
His hands leave your pussy and he places his palms on your inner thighs, spreading them wider.
âNowâ Letâs have a taste.â
You watch him lower his head to your cunt and he licks a stripe between your wet folds from your clenching hole to your sensitive clit and sucks on it for a few seconds. Your back arches involuntarily.
âDelicious,â he mumbles, wet lips against your folds, and the vibrations send shivers down your spine.
You want to hate the sensation his mouth is giving you, but your whole body treacherously buzzes when his hot tongue laps away your slick. Joel kisses your pussy, his gentleness is a striking contrast to the situation. Heâs eating you out to make you come, hungry to claim your pleasure as well, and you grit your teeth, fighting it with all your being.
He feels you holding back and growls before focusing all of his attention on your puffy clit, flicking it and rubbing it with his tongue, sucking it in between his teeth, and you canât help but explode under his ministrations. You begin shaking against the desk, and through the sound of your heart pounding in your ears you hear cheers and clapping from the heartless audience.
âGood job, boss!â
âWhat a slut!â
âYouâre the man!â
Their reaction makes your heart shutter into pieces.
Joel gives his employees his million dollar smile, pride lighting up his dark eyes, and absentmindedly rubs his hands over your thighs still partially covered by tights, ripped at the crotch.
He gets up from the chair and when you try to close your legs, he yanks you to the edge again, pushing his hips between your thighs.
Joel slowly unbuckles his belt with one hand and unzips his suit pants, talking to you, âI thought about asking you out on a date, honey. Making you my girlfriend.â
He chuckles and pulls his boxers down.
âCould be nice. You, waiting for me at home.â
His cock springs free and you feel even more scared if itâs even possible. His manhood is huge, long and thick, bigger than your ex boyfriendâs for sure. He holds it at the base and continues, âyouâd greet me with a home-cooked meal and a wet pussy.â
You know what heâs about to do and all your being rises in protest so you slap his hand off and slide off the desk in a fast motion.
âHold her!â Joel barks and a few pairs of hands grab you and push you down. Your back hits the desk and someoneâs holding your wrists over your head, their hands keeping you still, at the same time gliding over exposed parts of your body - your neck, your chest, a slither of your naked belly.
Joel doesnât stop them. His eyes are fixed on your bare cunt, glistening with the signs of your bodyâs betrayal.
A sharp slap lands on your mound and sends a bolt of pain through your body, and you squeal.
âDonât do it again, naughty girl. Or Iâll let these heathens fuck your ass raw.â
You sob, trying to ease the steel grip on your wrists. Through tears in your eyes, you see Joel bring the head of his stiff cock to your pussy and in a second you feel him push it in, slowly, but not for the sake of your comfort. Only for his enjoyment.
His head falls back and he groans, âfuckk, sheâs tight. You canât find a pussy like that in an escort.â
Joel looks down at you with a hazy smile and you plead for him to stop but he ignores you and thrusts into your core. He takes out whatâs in his pocket and brings his hand close to your stuffed cunt. You hear a âbuzzâ, when he turns on a bullet vibe.
âNo, Joel, pleaseâŚâ you cry.
âI want you to come on my cock too. And with this little helper, Iâm sure you will, baby.â
He begins rolling his hips, pushing his fat cock in and out of your dripping pussy. You whine, feeling your walls spread around his girthy member and your belly is heaving with a mixture of fear and arousal. Meanwhile Joel starts fucking you faster, talking to you like thereâs no one else in the room.
âYour dad would mind if we started going out but who gives a shit? I could just throw some money his way. Money can buy everything.â
He winks at you and you sob, sliding up and down the desk with each mighty thrust.
âBut â Itâs not the main problem. I spend most of the time here. I work hardâAahhhâ and itâs nice to fuck someone between the meetings, right, guys?â
You hear sounds of agreement around you and squeeze your eyes shut, scared to see the faces of the monsters around you.
Joelâs cock is rhythmically brushing your g spot and you hate that behind the horror thereâs pleasure, nauseating and terrifying, but pleasure nonetheless. Joel tilts his hips and you cry out when he grazes something ecstatic inside your core.
âYou gonna come again, honey?â he coos at you and the pet name he used so many times before, visiting your father, cuts your heart with a sharp blade.
A river of fresh tears rolls down your face but your misery is not noticed by Joel who explains, after a loud grunt, âoffice affairs take too much time and effort. But you. Youâd be perfect as my pretty cum dumpster.â
With that he grabs your sides, nails digging into your soft skin, and starts snapping his hips into you, violating your pussy with his fat cock.
âFuck, gonna come soon. Pussyâs too good. Iâm gonna have so much fun with you.â
The men around you cheer again. Joel presses the vibrator to your clit and you whine, your walls clamp around his manhood and it sends him over the edge. With a loud grunt he begins spilling his hot cum into your pulsating pussy, pumping you more and more, pushing his cock deeper, while holding you with the iron grip of his hands.
You start sobbing again feeling the warmth spread deep in your core and it freezes your heart with another terror. Youâre not on the pill.
Joel stays buried inside you for some time. You are so shocked that you don't react. You ignore his cock pulsating inside you. Ignore its last twitches. Until reality hits you and you cry harder. Your body betrayed you. Joel betrayed you.
âJoel, please⌠let me go.â
He finally pulls out and you feel some of his cum slide to your ass. You try to sit up but he grabs your wrists in his hands, keeping you down on the desk, leaning over you. His hazy gaze fixed on yours.
âNot so fast baby⌠weâre not gonna waste all this cum, are we? I want these men to remember who you belong to and fuck it back into you.â
You realize with shock that he really intends to throw you to them.
âSteve? You worked so hard this month. Enjoy your reward.â
Looking down at you, he adds, âcome on, baby, be a good girl. Steve deserves it. And we already know you're a little slut. You clenched so hard on my cock, mmm?â He wipes away a tear running down your cheek with his thumb and steps away.
You try to close your legs but Joel clicks his tongue.
âNo, no, no. I made myself clear, didn't I? Jim, didnât I make myself clear?â
âYes, boss, very clear.â
âIf you're difficult, your father can say goodbye to his income. To his job. Your parents almost got divorced that time, didn't they?â His dark eyes are fixed on you. Even colder than before. Thereâs no hesitation or remorse in him. âSo if you don't want your father to end up under a bridge, and your mother to whore around with her slutty daughter, you're gonna stop whining.â
He points his finger at you. You remember the meeting earlier. How cold he was, how sorry you felt for that woman. But now, itâs you who is facing this terrible side of him.
âAnd youâre gonna let them take their turn. Final warning.â
You suppress a sob, even when Steve settles between your legs and places one hand on your thigh and the other around his cock.
âGo on Steve, give her a good fuck.â
You hear the men cheer when Joel's employee pushes his tip in your already sore hole.
âCome on man, give it to her good!â
âFuck that bitch!â
He thrusts in, grunting. Excited by the cheers of the other men. He fucks you hard as soon as he grabs your thighs and buries his length in you. You keep your eyes closed, unable to meet his gaze, and unwilling to give them any more of yourself by letting them see your frightened eyes.
âWell damn, Steve, you got great moves!â
The man puts his hands on your hips for a better leverage, jerking you forward with each thrust.
âFuck, she's tightâŚâ
âYeah? Tighter than your wife?â
They all laugh, and you feel nauseous.
âCome on, Steve. Shoot your load. Don't enjoy it too much. I just lent her to you.â
Steve obeys and comes in your cunt, mixing his cum with Joel's.
Then Jim uses you.
And finally, Paul. He turns you around and bends you over to thrust into you from behind. Heâs already groaning, when Joelâs phone rings.
âOh!â he chuckles when he sees the name on the screen. He picks up and, looking at you, brings his index finger to his mouth, ordering you to be quiet.
âHey, man! Calling to check on your daughter?â He walks around the desk to sit at your side and starts jerking his cock as he watches you getting fucked by the third man.
You canât hear what your dad is saying, and your mind dissociates again.
âItâs going great. Sheâs already showing some serious skills!â
Joel smiles in response to what your fatherâs saying, his hand still fucking his shaft.
âNo, sorry, sheâs with Paul. Heâs showing her some new procedures, they will be very useful to me soon.â
Paul is growling, rutting into you, and you hear Joel say, âYeah sure, Iâll tell her you called.â
Paul spreads your ass cheeks and spits on your ring.
âNo!â Joel gruffs in a low, menacing voice, after hanging up. âNo one fucks her ass.â
âSorry, boss, she takes it so good, I got carried away.â
âDonât forget your place. Fill her up, and then get out, all of you. Sheâs mine, got it? We all⌠welcomed her, but now she belongs only to me.â
After using you like a fuck doll, the three men leave the office chatting happily.
Joel gets up, his hand working his fat cock.
âGotta fill you again, baby. I canât stay like this, with a hard-on, itâs painful, you know?â
You canât believe heâs telling you this.
âPussyâs already ruined, anyway,â he says as he thrusts in and fucks you hard and fast in all menâs cum, until he sends his load into your owerflowing core for a second time.
Youâre lying on the desk, not even realizing they all left, that Joel has pulled out, until you feel a jacket covering you. Joel pulls down your skirt back over your thighs and grabs your arm to help you up. He fixes your shirt and looks at your face, your makeup smudged, mascara running down your cheeks.
âYouâre gonna need some rest, baby. Come back next week. Iâll be the only one playing with you, from now on. Donât forget - a pretty girl like you needs a man like me.â
You shiver. His voice pulls you out from the depths of your mind, that is lying to you that none of this has happened.
âAre you on birth control?â
You shake your head, eyes empty.
âIâm gonna give you an after pill, I donât want you knocked up by one of the guys. Youâre too precious for me. Now get your stuff and go home. And donât think of telling anyone. No one will believe you anyway.â
As you grab the handle, he adds âOh, before you leave. Add to my calendar, tomorrow, âa barbecue at your parentsâ, at noon. Your dadâs just invited me. Itâs gonna be great, baby. Canât wait to pay you a visit in your bedroom.â
Thank you for reading! Comments and reblogs are greatly appreciated <3
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here we go :) part one of three, updates to be released weekly!
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sam says 4 (game master cinematic universe, part 3)
Ruby was at her mum's for a family dinner she couldn't miss on pain of death, apparently, and the Doctor was many things, but a family dinner kind of guy wasn't one of themâparticularly when Carla had already slapped him once in the short time he'd known her. He thought he'd broken his streak of bad luck with mums, but⌠well, seemingly not. So he was companionless for a few hours, and while he could wait for her to get back, maybe catch up on his readingâwhat was the point of waiting when you had a time machine?Â
He ran his hands over the TARDIS console, marvelling at her clean lines and metallic flourishes, the way that even now she felt brand new but familiar, and paused. Heâd just pop off for a quick adventure, nothing too dangerous, butâwhere to go?
He could scan for a distress call nearby, and pitch in to help. He could drop in on Donna and Shaun and Rose, beautiful Rose, and see how they were all doing. Or he could just hit the randomiser button, and jump in feet first wherever he ended up.
He remembered a conversation from a long time ago, when he wore a different face, and his gorgeous TARDIS wore a face too, for the first and only time.
âYou didn't always take me where I wanted to go.â
âNo, but I always took you where you needed to go.â
He grinned. Who could resist an offer like that? He pressed the button and whooped as the time rotor spun into action, ready to see where the universe would take him.
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Apparently, he was needed pretty close to where he already was. Earth, 2024. Huh. Same planet, same timeâwithin a few months of where heâd left Ruby, even. The main thing that had changed was the location: he was now in the good old US of A. California, to be more specific, and Los Angeles to be more specific still. And to really narrow it down, the Doctor discovered as he poked his head out of the TARDIS doors, he was in⌠a broom closet. Not bad, as a parking spotâa bit squeezy, but out of the way. And as he poked his head out of that door, he could finally see he was in the backstage corridors of a studio of some kind. Film or TV, if he was to hazard a guess, it was a different vibe from Abbey Road.
With a shrug, he decided to go exploring.
It couldnât have been more than a minute before a young woman wearing the full-black outfit, headset, and permanently stressed expression of a production assistant came running up to him.
âAre you the fill-in Sam organised?â she asked breathlessly, and honestly, seeing the look on her face, the Doctor didnât have the heart(s) to tell her no. And really, what was the Doctor, if not a professional fill-in? This, this was why he had a randomiser button on the control panel, because whatever he was about to get himself into was going to be fun.
âSure!â
âOh, thank god,â sighed the production assistant, relief dawning across her face. âWhen Ally tested positive this morning, I thought we were sunk for the record, because we called around and we couldnât get a hold of anyone. But then Sam said he could get someone in, and, you know, here you are, and just in time, soâah, yeah, if you could follow me this way?â
Smiling all the way, the Doctor followed his guide through to hair and makeup, looking around as they went. The studio seemed to belong to a company called Dropout, according to the branding scattered around, and things seemed, at least on the surface, to be⌠well. Fine. He couldn't tell why he'd been brought here yet, which meant that when he found the reason, it was going to be particularly tangled. He couldn't wait!Â
And then he looked back at his guide, still engulfed in a miasma of anxiety, and realised he'd been too busy looking for clues to notice the person right in front of him.Â
âHey, it's cool, you've found me,â he started with a gentle smile. âYou can relax. Hi, I'm the Doctor. What's your name?â
âOh!â she said, startled. âThe Doctor, yeah, of course. Um, hi, I'm Kaylin. Look, sorry, it's just that I've been so busy this morning, I'm so distracted⌠Shit, and I would've completely forgotten to get your details too. There's paperwork to fill in, but you can do that later. Um, just for now, though, can I get your pronouns?â
The Doctor thought for a moment. âHe/him, for now.â
Kaylin nodded, making a note on her phone. âOkay, cool! And do you have any socials?â
âNot me, babes,â he replied. âI'm hardly sitting down long enough to be able to update, you know?â
âOn a day like this, I know exactly what you mean,â she said. âThat's okay, Lou didn't have socials either for the longest time. Right, so if you go through there, the team will get you sorted, and once you're done, someone will take you up to the greenroom. All good?â
âAll great,â the Doctor replied. Kaylin flashed him a quick, relieved smile, then hurried off.
Hair and makeup was a fairly quick process, the sound mixer fitted him with a microphone, and before too long, Kaylin was back to take him upstairs.Â
âThis is the greenroom,â she said, pushing the door open. âThe rest of the cast for the episode are already hereâtheyâre great guys, and theyâve both been on the show a lot, so theyâll be able to help if youâve got questions. And if you need anything else, just come find me or any of the other PAs, okay?â
The Doctor nodded, beamed at Kaylin, and walked in.
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The greenroom was small but comfortable, and its occupants, two men around the same age as the Doctor appeared, looked up as he entered.
âOh, youâre new,â the taller of the pair said, clearly giving him the once-over.
The other sighed with a mixture of fondness and exasperation, just as clearly used to his friendâs antics.
âHey, Iâm Brennan,â he said, levering himself up to standing from his perch on a chair arm, and holding out a hand. âThatâs Grant.â
The Doctor took it warmly. âThe Doctor. Just passing through, and happy to help.â
Grantâs eyebrows quirked. âDoctor⌠something?â he prompted.
âOr is it just âthe Doctorâ?â Brennan asked.
âJust âthe Doctorâ,â the Time Lord confirmed cheerfully. âYouâll get used to it, everyone does.â
Grant didnât look convinced, butâ
âCopy that,â Brennan shrugged, and settled back on the arm of the chair, returning his gaze to the door.
Grant, in turn, looked at the Doctor and rolled his eyes in a clear expression of âno, I donât know why heâs like this, eitherâ.
âOkay,â the Doctor said after a moment of watching the watching. âI wasnât going to ask, but now I think I have to. Whatâs up with the door?â
Brennan huffed a laugh. âWell, the last time there was one of those upââ he pointed to the Out of Order sign stuck to the bathroom door, ââwe got locked in here for the game.â
âHeâs paranoid,â Grant interjected.
âWell, yeah, maybe,â Brennan retorted. âOr just cautious. Because Samâs been acting weird lately, and weâre coming up to the last few records of the season, so heâs probably planning something way out of the box for the finale. And the original cast was you, me and Beardsley, soâŚâ
He shrugged one shoulder meaningfully, and Grant nodded, conceding both the point and the potential for chaos.
âSo if Sam comes in to give us the briefing, rather than waiting til weâre on set,â Brennan continued, âor thereâs anything else weird going on, Iâm gonna know about it right from the beginning.â
He turned to the Doctor. âThe only reason I'm not quizzing you is because I know for a fact Beardsley was genuinely scheduled for this, so you can't be a plant by the production team. No offence.â
âNone taken,â the Doctor smiled. âThat sort of thing happen often, does it?â
Grant and Brennan exchanged a look.Â
âMore than you'd think,â Grant answered with a grimace.Â
âAlright,â the Doctor said slowly, then brightened. âSo what is it we're actually doing?â
Grant gave him a disbelieving glance. âYou don't knowâ?â
âVery last minute fill-in,â the Doctor said breezily. âBut don't worry, I'm a quick study.â
âWell, you're not that much worse off than the rest of us,â Brennan said encouragingly. âYou know about Game Changer, obviously, if you know Sam, and we only find out the rules of the game once we get on set. Hopefully,â he added, with a dark look back at the Out of Order sign.Â
The Doctor nodded. No, he didn't know Sam, and he didn't know Game Changer, but he could work out the situation from context clues. This was a game show. And with the Toymaker banished, and Satellite Five not coming into existence for another 198000 years, give or take, he found himself smiling. Maybe third time would be the charm.Â
âMmm, hopefully they aren't going to throw you in the deep end,â Grant said. âBecause Brennan might seem lovely now, but as soon as we get out there, he's a whore for points. He'll stab you in the back and won't even blink.â
Brennan barked with laughter. âYeah, and you wouldn't?â
âExcuse you, I'm always a goddamn delight,â Grant replied, the very picture of injured dignity.Â
âOh, absolutely!â agreed a new voice. The Doctor turned to the now-open door to see a bearded man in a pinstriped suit smiling broadly. âThat's why we keep inviting you back!â
Grant bowed sarcastically. âWhy, thank you, Sam. Good to know I'm appreciated by someone here.â
âAlways,â Sam replied, gently but firmly ending that particular path of the conversation. He scanned the room, and his eyes lit up when they landed on the Doctor.Â
âAh, you must be the Doctor!â he said with obvious delight, walking over with his hand outstretched. âI'm Samâthanks for filling in for us, you've made sure we're going to have a good show. Seriously, it's a pleasure to have you here.â
âAw, cheers!â the Doctor smiled, shaking the offered hand. âGlad I could help out, I'm really looking forward to this!â
âWell, great!â Sam exclaimed, then took a step back, regarding all three players in turn. âNow, folks, I'm just letting you know that we're just about ready to start the record, so if you can start heading down, that'd be great.â
Grant and Brennan noddedâBrennan, the Doctor noticed, with relief.Â
âSee you down there,â Sam said, smiling. âHave a great show, andââ
His eyes caught on the Doctor's for a second, twinkling.Â
âGood luck.â
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Backstage, the Doctor, Brennan and Grant were marshalled into podium order and given a final briefing from the crew. And then, with a thumbs-up from Kaylin, that was it.
Showtime.
âGet ready for a Game Changer!â came Sam's voice from onstage. âTonightâs guests: he can shoot off a monologue with laser accuracy; itâs Brennan Lee Mulligan!â
Brennan, his back to the camera as the curtains opened, spun on his heel and, with a stone-cold expression, pointed finger guns straight down the barrel, before letting the facade crack open. âHi!â he exclaimed, and walked over to the leftmost podium.
âItâs his first appearance, but heâs already on fire; itâs the Doctor!â
The Doctor leant against the archway to the stage and flashed a broad smile towards the camera, then in a few skipping steps, had bounded over to the next free podium. What the hell, why not make an entrance?
âAnd even in the toughest of mazes, youâll always be able to find him; itâs Grant OâBrien!â
Grant dipped his lanky frame into an approximation of a curtsey, spreading his arms wide, then sauntered over to the closest podium with a grin.
âAnd your host, me!â Sam announced, a ring of manic white showing around his irises as he beamed down the barrel of the camera. âIâve been here the whole time!â
âThis,â he continued, pushing his microphone shut and stowing it in his jacket pocket, âis Game Changer, the only game show where the game changes every show. I am your host, Sam Reich!âÂ
As he said his name, he looked at his hands, front and back, as if he was pleasantly surprised to be himself, then gestured towards the three podiums.
âI am joined today by these three lovely contestants! Now, you understand how the game works.â
âOf course not,â Grant started. âYou know we don't.â
âWe can't, Sam, that's the whole point of the theatre you've set up here,â Brennan said over him.Â
âNot yet,â was all the Doctor said, anticipation starting to drum a tattoo of excitement against the inside of his ribcage.Â
âThatâs right!â Sam said brightly, shooting finger guns at the camera. âOur players have no idea what game it is theyâre about to play. The only way to learn is by playing. The only way to win is by learning, and the only way to begin is by beginning! So without further ado, letâs begin by giving each of our players fifty points.â
The Doctor, biding his time, watched the reactions of his fellow contestants. Grant looked at the front of his podium, checking the point total, and nodding approvingly when he saw that yes, it was sitting at a round fifty. Brennan, on the other hand, was starting to frown.
âPlayers, Sam says: touch your nose,â Sam began, and Brennan sighed the sigh of someone who wasnât happy to be proved right.
âOh, no,â he groaned. âOh, you son of a bitch. Wasnât one this season enough?â
He touched his nose anyway, as did the others, and Sam smiled encouragingly. âSam says: touch your ear.â
When they all did, Sam nodded. âTouch your other ear.â
Everybody held still, fingers on the ears they had originally touched.
Sam beamed. âEasy, players, right?â
âYou say that now,â Brennan said darkly. âWhich makes it worse, because all you're doing is setting us up for failure.â
Sam gasped, pretending offence. âWould I do that?â
âYes,â Brennan and Grant replied in unison, which drew a grin from the Doctor and set Sam off chuckling.
âAnd I'm not having it,â Brennan continued, leaning his elbows against his podium and pointing at Sam with the hand not touching his ear. âYou better watch yourself, because I know how this game works, and you're not going to get one over on me.â
âStrong words, Brennan!â Sam said, clearly delighted by this response. âOkay, then, let's start making things a bit more interesting!â
The game continued as per Sam Says usual, some rounds done as a group and some individual. Points were won, sure, but lost slightly more frequently, and even the Doctor found he was having to concentrate to avoid getting caught in the host's traps.Â
It was fun. Genuinely, it was like playing a game with friends, and the Doctor felt himself leaning into it. There wasn't any sign of dangerâmaybe there wasn't a mystery to solve at all, and the TARDIS just decided he needed a total break.Â
Well, probably not. But the way things were going, he was able to let himself hope.Â
âAlright, players,â Sam said a good few rounds in, just as pleasantly as he would start any other question, and the screen behind him dinged as a new prompt popped up. âSurvive the death beam.â
For a second, everything was frozen perfectly still.Â
And then came the crash, the explosive noise of heavy machinery moving relentlessly through a drywall set.
The Doctor was already moving. âEveryone down!â
âDuck!â Brennan yelled at the same time.
The two of them hit the ground within milliseconds of each other, but Grant was still paralysed in the face of the giant, science-fiction type laser cannon that had just ploughed through the wall.Â
It whined ominously, screaming its way to fever pitch. And then a sharp pain in Grantâs ankle made him stagger, pitching forwards onto the carpet behind the podiums as the Doctor rolled away to avoid getting pinned.
âSorry, babes,â the Doctor whispered. âBut it was either kick you to get you down, orââ
A hideous metallic screech ripped through the air, and all three of them could feel the crackle of ozone as a beam of energy swept across what had, moments ago, been neck height.
ââŚOr that,â the Doctor finished with a grimace.
âJesus fucking Christ,â Grant breathed, suddenly very conscious of every inch of his 6â9 frame. âThanks.â
âWell done, players!â Sam exclaimed delightedly from above them. âBut⌠sorry, I didnât say âSam saysâ, so thatâs a point off for everyone.â
âWhat the fuck!â Brennan snapped.
âAre you actually insane?â Grant demanded at the same time, his voice overlapping with Brennanâs.
In response, Sam just wheezed with laughter. âYou can come back to your podiums,â he said, cheerfully ignoring them.
Nobody moved.
âVery good!â he acknowledged, and even without seeing his face, the grin was obvious in his voice. âOkay, Sam says: come back to your podiums.â
Although the words were innocuous, and his tone was just as light and breezy as usual, there was nevertheless an edge hiding just underneath the surface. And while the death beam loomed large in the minds of all three players, it was impossible to consider disobedience as an option.
Slowly, they stood, returning to their places. Now they had the time to look at it properly, the death beam was even more sinister, and Brennan and Grant both kept flicking nervous glances its way, ready to move if it looked like it was charging up again.
The Doctor, however, was focused purely on the man standing in front of them. Unbothered, Sam met his gaze like a challenge, a mischievous smile playing about his lips.
âOh, youâll love this one,â he said, and the screen changed. âSam says, starting with Grant: say my name.â
Grant frowned in confusion, but answered quickly nonetheless. âSam Reich?â
The man himself shrugged tolerantly, moving on. âBrennan?â
Brennan just stared at him coolly. âDo you take me for a fool?â
âWell caught, Brennan!â Sam said happily. âSam says: say my name.â
âSam,â Brennan replied, suspicion clear in his voice. âSamuel Dalton Reich.â
He nodded, still with a hint of indifference. âAnd lastly, Doctor.â His smile broadened. âSam says: say my name.â
It was easy. Too easy. And as the Doctor looked into the eyes of the man calling himself Sam Reich, he felt his hearts stutter in recognition, because something had changed. He wasnât hiding himself anymore, and while the face was different yet again, the Doctor would know the shape of that soul anywhere. It was impossible. It was inevitable.
âYou canât be,â he breathed.Â
Sam smirked, leaning in across his podium. âOh, but Doctor⌠Iâve been here the whole time,â he stage-whispered with a wink.
âHe said you lost,â the Doctor said, shaking his head, looking wrong-footed for the first time that Brennan and Grant could recall. âYou lost, and he trapped you.â
The other two watched, uncomprehending, but Sam just smiled, drumming his fingers against the podium with an audible beat, fast but distinct. Four taps, four taps, four taps. âIâm waiting.â
The Doctor took a slow, deep breath. Set his jaw.Â
âMaster.â
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missed an installment of the game master cinematic universe?
original idea by @ace-whovian-neuroscientist: x
art by @northernfireart concept: x scissor sisters sketch: x sam and his doppelganger: x
writing by me (!) part one (escape the greenroom): x part two (deja vu): x part three (sam says 4): you are here!
#game master#sam reich!master#doctor who#dw#dropout#game changer#you know what let's chuck some character tags in here#15th doctor#the master#sam reich#brennan lee mulligan#grant o'brien#kaylin mahoney#clari speaks#clari writes#ah darlings i'm putting my chat down here rather than in the post body for once#so i've thought of this whole saga as 'part three' but i will be a) titling them all and b) just keeping on numbering the parts sequentiall#rather than 'part three part one' etc#otherwise we're getting into homestuck act titling territory and that is ground i do not wish to tread#also fuck i hope i've got the time zones right#i'm planning to post this when an episode of game changer would ordinarily be released. to plug the gap. to tide us over.#(the finale trailer is so delightfully unhinged and i cannot wait til next week)#anyway gang this one was wild#the slight but significant genre shift from 'game changer with doctor who elements' to 'doctor who with game changer elements'#it was fun to write! and hopefully fun to read :)#also i MUST say that eugene northernfireart has a baller comic in the works that this entire thing is based on#this is thousands of words of setup and continuation because the sketch idea was so good it possessed me#and we decided that it had to be a proper dw episode#(hey rtd hire me pls)#anyway eugene is on hiatus bc of life so in the meantime go give him love and be Fuckin Hyped for the comic when it appears bc i know i am
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babe you gotta do something abt the big wet kitten eyes. youre aiming for menacing with the words i get that but it just doesnt quite have the effect youre going for with the big wet kitten eyes
#call the whole thing off and go get drunk in her tardis together cmon we can salvage this#heres my proposal: send those daleks back to where they came from. cybermen too yeah you desecrated the corpses of authority we get it#it had emotional resonance but now we're done with them#then you get yaz here. dont need to do much for that just do the dancing a little bit longer and she'll be there right on time#you put the doctor in the tardis. no need to get her out of that dalek#it's sorta tradition at this point anyway just keep her in there for funsies she'll hate it it'll be great#send yaz to her room under threat of murdering. i mean you dont Have to do that but i think youre gonna so. just getting ahead of it#find the doctor's ginger stash while she yells at you and gets herself Out of the dalek#get super fucking wasted#beat each other up so bad yaz can barely tell whos who in the morning#cry. ask about tecteun. have sex abt it. any order#whoever wakes up first is responsible for breakfast#this is totally still fixable trust me you can fix this#(<- in denial)
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Wearing a backless dress in front of Nanami for the first time.
Note: early relationship feels. F!reader, AFAB reader. Not proofread, Iâm sorry for torturing you guys. A smidge of SUGGESTIVENESS.
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Nanami was a punctual man. He hated tardiness especially when it came to himself. Which is why he was getting agitated when you were taking too long to get ready.
âHoney, are you done?â Nanami impatiently called out from your living room.
You were going to meet his high school friend group for the first time today and you all planned to meet at a luxurious bar- which meant you wanted to make a good first impression.
âYeah, let me just get my coat and weâre good to go.â You said as you left your room to get to the coat stand in the living room. He thanked his lucky stars at that moment. He knew it took you a long time to get ready but he was starting to think that he should give you an earlier time so you could get ready faster from here on out.
But time stood still for him when his eyes landed on you.
Nanami immediately got up from his seat when he saw you. He involuntarily put his hand on his chest. Almost like he was trying to calm himself down.
His tawny eyes raked down your figure. It was a simple dress- full sleeved with a square neckline and a hem that reached right above your knee. The show stopper was your bare back.
Sure, Nanami had seen you naked a few times since the beginning of your relationship, but he hadnât seen you dress up so beautifully unless it was for a date at an expensive restaurant (which seldom happened for you both enjoyed exploring hole in the wall places).
Friends be damned. His girlfriend looked like dessert served on a gold platter.
âYouâŚâ he rasped out. He couldnât even find the words to describe the sight in front of him.
He slowly walked towards you (with heart eyes) and removed your jacket from your grasp. âEverything alright?â Your eyes searched his but he was too busy staring at your neckline.
âYeah, just⌠spin for me, darling. I want to take this all in before we leave.â You giggled at his request and did as he asked.
âLike what you see?â
âVery much.â
âYou can have me whenever, babe. Weâre gonna come back to my place after meeting everyone anyway.â Nanami pulled you to him with a small tug to your wrist, ignoring your suggestion.
âYes, but knowing that weâll be late because of how beautiful you look makes me feel excited.â His said as he stroked his fingers up and down your back. He leaned in to get a kiss but you pulled away with a whine. âI just did my makeup.â
âJust one little kiss. I promise I wonât ruin it.â You groaned at him but leaned in, planning to leave a small peck on his eager lips.
But your plan was foiled because you were met with an intoxicating kiss. His mouth was ready to devour you as his hands situated themselves behind your head.
âKento-â you tried to remind him of his promise while you tried to pull away but he just used his grip on your head to push you back into his arms.
âLittle more,â he mumbled into your mouth. You let out of a mewl of annoyance and he squeezed your ass to comfort you.
His tongue lapped up whatever was left of your lipstick as he continued to attack your lips. His hands pulled you impossibly close that you could feel his need for you through his pants.
After what felt like ages, you both pulled away. âGreat, weâre going to be late now,â you said as you stomped away to your room to apply more lipstick.
âCome back!â he yelled, hot on your heels. âWe can afford to be a few minutes late,â he said as he entered your room and closed the door.
You had managed to shake the principles of the ever punctual Nanami Kento.
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I was thinking about that one scene from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days while writing this. You know, when Benjamin sees Andy in that yellow dress?
#jjk x reader#jjk x y/n#jjk x you#nanami kento#jjk nanami#jujutsu kaisen nanami#nanami fluff#nanami kento x reader#jujutsu nanami#nanami x reader
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Aim for the Sky Part 33 | Rooster x Reader
Summary: Bradley can't wait to learn if Rose is going to have a younger brother or sister. Planning for the baby means planning for the future, but Bradley can feel that you're unhappy. With help from friends, he finally figures out why.
Warnings: Angst, adult language, body image, DILF Roo, pregnancy, jealousy, vomiting
Length: 3500 words
Pairing: Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw x Female Reader
Aim for the Sky masterlist. This was written to accompany my series Is It Working For You? along with a bunch of my one-shots and other series, but it can be read on its own! Check my masterlist for the reading order.
You'd been quiet for days, chalking it up to exhaustion from work, but Bradley was a little concerned. He was missing out on a lot of cooking and cleaning at home, as well as responsibilities with Rose. Most days, he was collapsing in bed right after you, body tired and brain overworked. But he was close to advancing a few of his pilots to the next stage in their careers, and he didn't want to let up just yet.
Truthfully, he was enjoying many aspects of his day-to-day at work. He loved making decisions that would benefit his group. When he had a compelling answer for his superior officers, it made him feel so good about himself. He didn't even mind putting in the extra hours. But it was clear that Indigo wanted to be his class pet, and he wasn't quite sure what to do about that.
She was weighing on his mind a lot, most likely because she was constantly invading his office hours. He wanted to tell her she didn't have to try so hard to be the best aviator in the bunch when she just simply was the best one. But that would be feeding her ego, which probably wasn't the smartest option right now.
"Are you ready?"
Bradley looked up from his desk to see you standing there, and he jumped to his feet. "Of course I'm ready," replied with a smile, pushing all of his paperwork to the side and logging out of his computer. "Been looking forward to this."
You smiled softly, hand resting on the slight swell of your belly as you shifted your weight from one booted foot to the other. "Me too," you whispered, and Bradley grabbed his keys, wallet and phone from his desk drawer. He reached for your hand, lacing his fingers between yours and headed out into the sunny October afternoon.
"Time for our final guesses," you said. "Do you think it's a boy or another girl?"
Bradley looked down at your face, the perfect curve of your cheek catching the sunlight. You were beautiful. Every bit as stunning as the day he first laid eyes on you in one of the classrooms he passed on a regular basis. "Sweetheart, if there's anything good or just in this world, it better be another girl. Then I'd have three of you to look at."
"Rose looks like you, Bradley!" you insisted immediately, breaking out in the biggest smile he'd seen on your face in weeks.Â
"Rose looks like you. Everyone thinks so. She's adorable." He pulled you to a stop and leaned down to kiss your cheek. "And her face already has this exact curve that I'm fucking obsessed with."Â
Bradley let his lips linger, loving the way your cheek warmed as you stepped all the way into his embrace. You seemed on the verge of telling him something or asking a question, your posture never quite relaxing. He'd noticed that recently. Like you couldn't let yourself completely go with him like you always did. He wanted to ask you what was going on, but he was more than willing to wait until you were ready to say something on your own.
"We'll be late if we don't get a move on," you whispered. Bradley responded by kissing along your cheek to your lips. "I'm serious, Roo," you mumbled.
"Let's go," he sighed. "Dr. Morris already thinks I'm an idiot. I better not add tardiness to her list of complaints about me."
A short drive later, and the two of you were walking into the waiting room right on time. You barely sat down before a nurse was calling you back and handing you a hospital gown.
"It's weird without Rose here," you said as you got undressed. Bradley held out the gown for you to slip into, shaking his head.
"Nah. This is just for us. She can hear all about it later after work."
He was just about to close the distance to stop you from tying the gown closed so he could get another look at you, but Dr. Morris strolled in.
"How are we all doing?" she asked, shooting Bradley a look on her way past. It wasn't like he was capable of knocking you up again, but she was looking at him like he might have.
"Fantastic," he replied at the same time you said, "Okay."
He shot you a look as you eased yourself up on the table. He wasn't sure what he could do to make you happier. A conversation was clearly necessary now, but he didn't even know how to initiate it. If finding out more about the second Nugget today wasn't enough to make you smile, he didn't know what was.
He dropped down into the chair at your side, wrapping his big hand around yours as Dr. Morris spread that warm gel across your belly and asked you an array of questions. He listened to your answers as his heart beat a little faster. He was excited about this. Soon you could talk about baby names and nursery themes. He couldn't wait to meet his second child in the spring.Â
Bradley kissed your fingertips, watching intently as your doctor isolated some ultrasound images. Then she asked, "Do you want to find out the sex?"
"Fuck yes," Bradley gasped, scooting his chair a little closer. "I mean, please."
You and Dr. Morris were both wearing smirks as he squeezed your hand. He was so excited, it was hard to swallow. He didn't care if it was a boy or a girl. He felt the same way last time around, too. He just wanted a healthy kid he could dote on.
"It's a girl."
He was up out of his seat, sending the thing screeching across the floor as he hooted. Okay, so maybe he did have a bit of a preference for another daughter, but he would have been happy either way.
"Another girl!" he shouted while you smiled up at him. "Just me and my three beautiful girls."
Bradley let his lips collide with yours, kissing you until he got his fill. Dr. Morris and the rest of the ultrasound and everything else could just wait a few minutes while he soaked in this pure perfection.
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Bradley had been inundating your text thread for days with links to various nursery themes, but meanwhile you and he hadn't even decided which room would be your second daughter's.
"A second daughter," you whispered at your desk. Your parents were excited; you got to watch your mom and dad cry over FaceTime. Rose was too young to care, but one day she might have an opinion about her sister. You, on the other hand, felt like a mixed bag of emotions.
You wanted to be happy. You really did. But it was too hard. Somehow letting your sadness ebb and flow was easier. Especially whenever you ventured too far away from your lab or your office. Indigo was always around. It was like she knew were to find you. And perhaps she did. Your name was in the directories around base. But it felt like she was mocking you. She obviously wanted your husband, and he was either oblivious or hiding something.
When you managed to let your intrusive thoughts win out, you checked his phone only to find pretty much nothing untoward. Other than ruining the surprise of what was probably supposed to be an anniversary gift, all you found was one unanswered message Indigo sent to him a while ago. It bordered on flirtatious, and you were a little concerned that he gave her his phone number, but there was really nothing there.
But she was in your face on base enough that you kept to your office as much as you could. Of course, today was the day you were absolutely starving, and you left your lunch at home. You could pop down to the cafeteria, grab a sandwich to appease yourself and the baby, and then bring it back up here to eat it. Should be a piece of cake.
Hot turkey sandwiches were on the menu, and you almost cried tears of joy as you had one packed up in a container with extra gravy and a side of mashed potatoes. It smelled so good, you couldn't wait to take a bite.Â
When you were waiting for the elevator, you froze with your lunch in your hands. You could see Indigo and Spice heading out of the cafeteria, and there was hardly anyone in the lobby for you to try to hide behind. You felt absolutely ridiculous as you stood there eavesdropping.
"What kind of progress have you made?" Spice asked, voice carrying over the sound of conversation around you.
Indigo smiled and laughed, showing off her perfect teeth. "Well, I can't give you details here, but... it's no wonder he's willing to spend so much time with me after hours. Anyone with eyes can see his wife let herself go this time around." Your cheeks burned as she added, "He's more than happy to help me with absolutely anything I need."
You sucked in a deep breath, certain she was talking about Bradley. And you. When the elevator arrived you ducked inside, jamming your finger against the button for your floor. As the doors slid shut, Indigo's gaze connected with yours, and she stood there proudly with her friend like she'd actually managed to steal Bradley from you.
A sob escaped your lips, and you tripped along to your office door. You really did look awful. Your skin was broken out, and you were going to need to start wearing the maternity tent well before your third trimester. Your belly was already tender, and then the baby decided this was the perfect moment to kick hard enough you thought you were going to wet your khakis.
"She's right," you whispered, tossing your lunch onto your desk and running for the bathroom. One glance in the mirror as you ran for an empty stall left you sobbing in the ladies' room. You looked awful. It was no wonder Bradley was paying extra attention to her. The fear that looking at Indigo had already turned into touching her was eating away at you. When you flushed the toilet, you turned and gagged before emptying the meager contents of your stomach into the bowl.
When you finally made it back to your office, your stomach couldn't handle a single bite of food. You dumped it in the trash.
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Bradley was just wrapping up a meeting with Maverick when Indigo cornered him outside his office. "Can I help you with something?" he asked, trying to keep the amusement from his voice. She was getting to be relentless.
As she shook her head slowly, she laughed. "I already told you, Sir, I can think of countless things you could help me with."
"Well why don't you run some of them past me?"
Her eyes widened as she licked her lips. "We could do that at the Hard Deck? I could still buy you that drink?"
Bradley sighed, hands planted on his hips which somehow drew her in closer. "I can't let any of you buy me drinks. Sorry, but that's not going to happen." He nodded toward his door. "But I have about fifteen minutes if there's something I can help you with."
She nodded. "Fifteen minutes would probably be more than enough, Sir."
Indigo stepped inside his office, glancing back at him over her shoulder, but Bradley saw another familiar face turn the corner in the hallway.
"Hey, there, hot shot," said Natasha, making Bradley smile. "You have a minute?"
"Actually, no," he replied, watching as his best friend looked inside to see who was waiting for him. She made a face, gaze snapping back to his. "Can it wait until later?"
Nat pressed her lips together like she was fighting off a scowl. "I wanted to see if you were free to workout with me later," she whispered. "I could stop by after dinner, and we could do some reps in your garage?"
"Absolutely," he replied. "See you around seven?"
"Yeah."Â
She took one more look at Indigo before marching back the way she came, leaving Bradley with nothing to do but take a seat behind his desk.
"Do you want me to close the door?" Indigo asked, voice laced with hope as she half stood.
"Leave it," Bradley replied, once again showing no hint of favoritism. "Now, what did you want to talk about?"
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After dinner, you excused yourself to Rose's nursery to feed her and make a phone call to your parents. Bradley kissed you on the forehead before doubling back to the bedroom to change into gym clothes. When he let you know Nat was coming over to workout in the garage, you seemed almost relieved.
He started setting up his weights and bench press when he heard the sound of a familiar engine pull up to the house. A minute later, Nat was strolling in wearing bright pink spandex with a matching gym bag.Â
"I could spot you a mile away," he told her, and she chucked her bag at his chest. They both laughed when he caught it.
"You know what I can see a mile away?" she asked.
"What?"
"The word dumbass written across your forehead."
He rolled his eyes, dropping her bag onto one of the mats. Then he froze as he heard another engine pull up to a stop at his driveway. This one made him glare at Nat.
"Why is he here?" Bradley asked, and a split second later, Jake came strolling in like he owned the place.Â
Nat and Jake shared a look as Jake tossed his gym bag next to hers. "I thought I might need some backup."
Now Bradley was annoyed and also confused. "Backup? For what?"
Natasha closed the distance to him, patting Bradley on the chest with a firm hand. Her dark eyes conveyed concern as she asked, "Are you fucking stupid? Or are you doing it on purpose?"
"Huh?"
"I love you, Bradley. I really do. But I still have to follow girl code."
"Nat, I have no fucking clue what you're talking about."
The clanging of Jake adding weights to the bar made Bradley want to scream as Nat shook her head in pity.
"She wants in your pants," Jake drawled.
"Who?" Bradley asked, still unsure what they were even talking about.
"Your student with the crazy blue eyes!" Nat said, smacking him hard on the chest.
"Indigo?" Bradley asked, taking a step away from her. Both Nat and Jake were nodding as Bradley's brow creased. "She's like twenty-six years old."
"So?" Nat asked, hands planted on her hips.
"So, she's not trying to get in my pants. I'm married. Everyone knows I'm married."
Bradley held up his left hand, complete with wedding band. He rarely ever took it off, especially since it got him into hot water with you when he was deployed. But as he watched the band shine under the fluorescent lights, his lips parted wordlessly, and he stood there while both Nat and Jake scrutinized him.
If Indigo had been flirting with him this whole time, he'd written her off as an overzealous young pilot trying to prove herself. Now every interaction replayed through his mind, and he rubbed his palm over his eyes as he groaned. There was no way this was happening to him. He'd been alone with her on several occasions in his office. The door always remained open, but she'd pushed for him to close it.
Bradley's cheeks burned with mortification, and he wasn't sure he could even look Nat in the face. If Indigo really was trying to get in his pants, then he was a joke. He was an absolute joke, and none of the younger pilots took him seriously in his new role. That thought made him sick, but not as sick as the idea that maybe you'd noticed something as well.
Bradley swallowed hard. "Oh, fuck." When he swallowed again, he wanted to scream.
"Okay, there's my answer," Nat whispered, wrapping her fingers gently around his wrist and pulling his hand away from his face. She pressed herself up onto her tiptoes and kissed his cheek. "Thank god you're just stupid. It would be so much worse if you were messing around with her intentionally."
"I'm not," he barked, angry at the insinuation. "I wouldn't. I've never even touched her!"
Nat's hands were on his chest, coaxing him to calm down, but he was too worked up. "Easy, Soul Sister," she said, but he was shaking his head now.
"I'm fucking married, Nat! I made wedding vows. I have a daughter, and my wife is pregnant with another girl. What the fuck would I cheat for? What's going to be better than this?"
Bradley's chest was heaving with ragged breaths as she guided him to sit on his bench. He landed hard, jostling the weights as he looked up at two sympathetic faces.
"Nothing's gonna be better than Angel," Jake drawled. "I'm still not sure if it was dumb luck or divine intervention, but she's way out of your league, Bradshaw."
"I know," Bradley snarled. "You think I don't know that? She's fucking perfect." He tilted his head back, blinking up at the lights. "Do you think she knows Indigo was trying to flirt with me?"
"Absolutely," Nat replied, and Bradley forced himself to meet her eyes.
"Yes, asshole," Jake added. "She's not stupid like you are."
"Fuck." Bradley stood and started pacing around. He felt like his job and marriage were suddenly on the line. He didn't know what to say to you that wouldn't potentially make things worse right now. If he could think of something reasonable, he'd run across the yard and back inside the house and say it to your face.
Maybe this was part of the reason you'd been so quiet? But it didn't make sense. He never talked about Indigo outside of the context of work, because there was simply nothing else to say. But after that night at the bar, you were really fucking mad at him. He thought you were mad that he got drunk, but maybe there was more to it.
"God damn it," he groaned, realizing Nat was lifting weights while Jake spotted her. "Do you think I should talk to Mav tomorrow?"
"Yes," they both replied in unison. The fact that they agreed on something was scary enough, but that let Bradley know just how fucked he was.
But he would take care of everything. He'd talk to Mav and figure it all out. What other choice did he have?Â
"I'm heading inside," he murmured. "Can the two of you turn off the lights and lock up when you're done."
Bradley didn't wait for an answer. He was already walking across the backyard, craving your reassuring touch that he wasn't quite sure he deserved. When his phone vibrated in the pocket of his shorts, he pulled it out. He was met with another text from Indigo, but this time there was a photo as well. She was on the beach at sunset, the orange and pink sky somehow making her eyes look even more startlingly blue, and she was smiling at the camera. When his eyes slid down the screen to her cleavage, he almost dropped his phone. But not before he read the text.
This beach is so beautiful. Wish you were here.
Bradley couldn't decide what to do. Turn around and go back to the garage? Go inside the house? Sit down on Rose's jungle gym and cry? Smash his phone to bits? When another text appeared, he looked at it immediately.
Oops, I sent that to the wrong person. Have a good night, Sir.
Bradley squeezed his phone in his hand until he was afraid it might break. Then he opened a different text thread and pounded out a message, hitting send immediately.Â
Mav, I need to talk to you about something important first thing in the morning.
When Bradley noticed movement, he looked up at the sliding glass door. You were carrying Rose around the living room, bouncing her in your arms as you yawned. Getting the Nugget ready for bed was supposed to be his job. He loved it. The bedtime stories and the snuggles were the best part. He needed to have this.
Finally he walked inside, sliding the door closed quietly behind him, trying not to panic. Rose was nearly asleep, but you let him take her into his arms. Bradley kissed her all over her sweet face before forfeiting her to her crib, then he climbed in bed with you. When he reached for your hand, you curled up against him, and he let his hand rest along your belly.
"I love you, Sweetheart," he whispered, heart aching. "I love my three girls."
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wouldn't you love to love her? - jack hughes
The New Jersey Devils have a new social media intern. Jack Hughes is determined not to care at all, except for the fact that he does.
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âWeâre getting a new social media intern,â Luke remarks offhandedly.
Jack tries not to roll his eyes. Heâs not sure he succeeds. For as long as heâs been at the Devils, there have been perhaps dozens of new social media interns, one after another in a chain of pretty girls shoving phones into his face. Every time, itâs always the same. Another girl, fresh from college or in between jobs, asking him and the others to learn dances or take part in trends. Luke will flirt with the intern. Dawson too, probably. Even Jack, when he gets bored. Then, the internship will be up in a month or two, and theyâll get another one. Prettier, maybe, or funnier. And the cycle will begin again.
Itâs not like he can really blame them, either. The hockey industry is precious, even for people who arenât playing. If these girls want in, an internship is a great way to start. Any entry postâs a good one if it gets you where you want. Only, social mediaâs a pain. Jack came here to play hockey, not be in a dozen new photos and videos a day. It drives him crazy sometimes, or all the time.
So, when his brother tells him theyâre getting another intern, he really couldnât care less. Luke, more prone to fits of passion over the latest girl in Devils red, is still staring at him wide eyed, waiting for a reaction, so Jack rolls his eyes and gives him one.
âGood,â he says dully. âItâs been too long since I saw a phone camera shoved in my face. Canât wait.â
Luke groans. âCome on, man. Theyâre fun, donât give me that bullshit again. Besides, I saw you trying to buy the last one drinks.â
Jack canât argue with this. He had been trying. It was something to do. âWonât do it this time. Iâll leave that for you.â
Luke heaves another dramatic sigh. Jack wants to do something to stop the oppressive judgment, so he does, snatching the hat off Lukeâs head and shoving it towards his mouth. Luke, predictably, nearly falls out of his chair and starts squawking indignantly. Jack just chuckles and gets up from his seat, heading towards the door. Theyâve been idling in one of the cafes in the massive arena where they practice, called there early for business stuff that ended up getting delayed. Meetings always run late, and now Jack has the rare feeling of tardiness not actually being his fault.
He heads down the hall towards the locker rooms, ready at last for practice. Luke follows a few paces behind him, still complaining, something about saving violence for the ice. Bullshit, obviously. Jack does what he wants, where he wants. Hasnât Luke figured that out by now?
Jack steals a glance over his shoulder just to rub in the injury. Luke meets his gaze and glowers, still pissy from almost taking a nose dive off his chair, but all of a sudden his eyes widen at something in front of them. Jack whips around just in time to collide with someone exiting one of the offices.
Itâs not an accidental almost-impact, either, this is a complete disaster. Papers go flying. Jack manages to keep his balance, but the victim of his distraction is worse off. He has to fling out both hands to steady them, catching at their arms at the elbow before they fall over. A dozen apologies rise to his lips, but Jack only gets through about half of them before he actually looks at the person heâs just bumped intoâ and look, indeed, he does.
Jack has just run into a girl his age, and a very pretty girl at that. He gets lost in her eyes without even meaning to, captivated by the way the light shines in them as she opens her mouth and says, âWhat the hell are you doing?â
Jack blinks in surprise, feeling like heâs just been abruptly pulled out of a dream. âHuh?â
The girl stares at him like heâs crazy. âWhy are you holding onto me?â
Too late, Jack realizes he never actually let go of her when he was trying to steady her. He snatches his hands away, the sinking feeling settling in that he actually has no idea how long he was standing there, captivated. No wonder this girl thinks heâs insane. This random guy comes up, runs into her, then silently holds her in his arms for whatâs probably more than just a second or two? Yeah, thatâs crazy in anyoneâs books.
âSorry,â Jack says again. They look at each other warily for a moment longer, then collectively, both gazes drop to the papers spilled across the ground.
Immediately, Jack dives for them, trying to gather as many as he can. He springs up again, and, not trusting himself to say anything that isnât stupid, just awkwardly holds out the papers until she takes them. The girl gives him one last disbelieving glance, then walks purposefully past him. Jack turns and watches her go, wondering why he feels vaguely disappointed that she hadnât stopped to talk longer. He didnât even get her name.
Raucous laughter breaks out the second the girl disappears around a corner. Belatedly, Jack remembers that Luke has witnessed the whole thing, which is just great. The last thing Luke needs is more ammunition for making fun of him.
âThat was, like, the least smooth thing Iâve ever seen in my life,â Luke chokes out. âWhat the fuck was that?â
Heat flares into Jackâs cheeks. âShut up,â he says, turning back to continue walking down the hallway.
Luke, however, is unwilling to let go of the horrific blunder. He trots up to walk by Jackâs side, regardless of how much Jack tries to pick up the pace. âI mean, Jesus. Way to make an entrance. Poor girlâs probably going to log that with HR.â
âShut up,â Jack repeats through gritted teeth. âIâve seen you do worse in front of fans.â
âWeâre not talking about me right now, weâre talking about you,â Luke says happily. âIâm so telling Quinn about this.â
âYou are not,â Jack warns, but even after many threats of serious violence, heâs not entirely convinced that his older brother wonât hear about this.
Jack almost manages to put the whole thing out of his mind until he and the others are hanging out in the locker room later that day. Theyâre all dressed, but their coach wanted a few words before they hit the ice, apparently something bureaucratic that Jack canât wait to forget.
Instead of being introduced to a new friend of the owner or some wealthy donor, however, Coach announces that theyâll be meeting their new social media intern. Online presence is crucial for sponsors, apparently, and the Devils need to up their game. So they say. Jack thinks itâs a lot of nonsense, and is fully prepared to treat it as such until their coach beckons the new intern into the room and Jack realizes he knows her. This isnât a stranger, someone he can ignore without another thought. This is the pretty girl Jack just ran into earlier today, and sheâs the one in charge of most of his Internet footprint.
Great.
Across the room, Luke is grinning ear to ear. This is so not what Jack wanted. The coach is saying something about how theyâll all be pulled one by one today for introductions and a few quick videos that can be parceled out during the next week or so. Usually, they would ask Nico first, captain rights and all that, but they need him to advise on some drills, so they go for the next bestâ Jack himself.
Theyâll be filming TikToks or whatever a few halls over so as to not distract anyone, so Jack makes his way over with no small amount of trepidation. She hadnât seemed so excited to meet him earlier, but maybe sheâll have forgotten who he was. It was a fast exchange. Maybe this means nothing at all, and they will have a great meeting, and he could even get her number or something. Yeah, not a problem.
The girl is setting up a phone on a stand when Jack shows up. She glances once at him as he approaches, then nods. âOh, weâre starting with Mr. Observant. Cool.â
Jack feels his face turn a bright scarlet. âIâm notâ Iâm sorry about that. Honestly. I just didnât see you.â
âThatâs fine,â the girl says with a listless wave of her hand. âIt was funny. I just thought hockey players would have more reflexes or something, I donât know. Anyway, whatâs your name, again?â
This is a simple question. It really is. Yet for some reason, Jack finds himself bothered. Heâs been with the team for a while now, had that A on his uniform for a while now, and maybe he shouldnât, but heâs gotten comfortable with his reputation. People know who he is. Heâs recognized on the street, asked for photos while heâs getting coffee, all of that. And now this girlâ this internâ is pretending like she doesnât know who he is, and insulting his reflexes to boot?
âJack,â Jack replies tersely. âAre you going to tell me your name, or should I just guess?â
âY/N,â the girl answers him. âWhat do you do on the ice except run into people?â
âI play hockey,â Jack deadpans. âWhat else do you want me to say?â
Y/N just smiles at him, the picture of innocence. âYour position? This is supposed to be an introduction, isnât it? I have to make sure I have a good picture of the team.â
Fine. Fine. Jack can be civil. Heâs going to play along and then heâs going to leave and make somebody else deal with her.
âYeah, position. I'm an alternate captain, a center. Left wing. That matters.â He feels like heâs rambling. This is stupid. Heâs stupid. He never does this.
âSure it does,â Y/N says, one eyebrow raised. âDo you have to tell everyone youâre cool or just the interns?â
âHuh?â Jack asks. âIâm notâ Iâm just talking.â
Y/N nods. âIâm sure you do. Talking and hockey, thatâs impressive. I can see why the Devils wanted you.â
âYour team spirit needs some work,â Jack notes. âWhyâd they hire you, your winning personality?â
âThat, and Iâm wonderful at making infographics,â Y/N informs him breezily.
âI bet theyâre terrible,â Jack says on instinct. âClashing colors and all that. Can you even draw a straight line?â
Y/N cocks her head to the side. âI donât know, can you shoot on goal without getting injured?â
Jack takes a step forward on instinct before he remembers that he cannot fight social media interns and backs down. Still, the anger simmers in his head so bad heâs not sure if the red all around him is for the Devils or just the film of rage clouding his eyes.
This isnât good for him. His team needs him out there on the ice with a level head, even in practice. Jack forces a smile and says, âI guess youâll see at our next game, wonât you?â
Y/N meets his gaze with a mirror smirk, which bothers Jack more than if sheâd tried to one-up him again. He grabs his stick with more force than necessary, making himself step past her and onto the ice before he does something heâll regret. Once heâs out there, skating broad loops to warm up, Jack can almost put the whole exchange out of his head.
Almost.Â
Luke finds him after practice, because of course he does. Somedays, Luke swears that little brothers must be born with an innate knowledge of how to stick their heads into other peopleâs business. Fleetingly, he wonders what Quinn would think about that, then moves on before that lesson can settle in.
âI love our new intern,â Luke says happily on the drive back to their apartment.
Jack scoffs. âSure you do. You love rubbing this in my face.â
Luke glances at him, surprised. âNo, honestly. I think sheâs great. Super funny, too.â
Jack turns to stare at him with disbelief so abruptly he almost swerves the car into a telephone pole. Veering to correct course, Jack spits out, âY/N? You think Y/N is great?â
Once Luke stops pretending like theyâve almost diedâ which they didnât, by the way, Jack had everything under controlâ he calms down enough to say, âYeah, I do. She was super nice to me. I need to ask if sheâs local so we can hang after the internship ends.â
Jack feels as if heâs been dropped into an alternate reality. âYouâre serious. You really do like Y/N?â
Now Lukeâs looking at him like heâs the crazy one. âLike I said, yeah. Why, what happened when you talked to her? Was she still mad about earlier?â
âYou could say that,â Jack grits out, knuckles white around the steering wheel.
Luke chuckles. âThatâs kind of funny, actually.â
âIt is not,â Jack mutters, but Luke remains in high spirits the whole drive back anyway.
To the great amusement of his younger brother, Jack and Y/N continue to be at odds the next time the Devils have to film social media videos, and the next time, and the next. Even when they start off a meeting on relatively stable ground, something will happen to have them sniping again, and theyâll be at each otherâs throats by the time they leave the building in the evening.
What makes it worse is that Jack is apparently the only one suffering from Y/Nâs cold shoulder. Everyone from the captain to the rookies seems to have gotten along just fine with their newest social media intern, yet Jack feels like he walks around with a target on his back every time sheâs in office. Theyâve started to ignore each other instead of purposely tossing insults, but thatâs as close as heâll ever get to a truce.
Jack has started counting down the days until she leaves. He would love some peace and quiet. Maybe the next intern will be normal, or theyâll all be poisoned forever just because Y/N L/N showed up and changed Jackâs life for good.
God, he feels like sheâs crept into every part of his world. Heâll be scrolling on his phone and the videos she filmed will appear on his For You page out of nowhere. Jack swears he can sense her in every quick cut, every box of text, every song selection. Walking through the arena, he sees her everywhereâ ducking into a meeting room, discussing potential videos with some of the PR agents, tucked into the bleachers so she can watch them practice and snap some shots. Jack is starting to seriously wonder if there has ever been a time when she hasnât been wound around him like a loose thread come undone from his favorite coat.
Even now, he can see her. Jack has finally left a late-night practice, breath fogging up in the cold evening air. Heâs glad for the warmth of his car when he slides in. Luke went back with some friends, but Jack had wanted to hang around a while longer to practice some skills before the next game.
Y/N must have been working late too, because he can see her now, walking out of the parking lot and towards the sidewalk leading into town. Jack assumes sheâs waiting for someone to pick her up, but Y/Nâs steps donât show any indication of slowing down. Is she actually walking on a night like this? Jack is cold just thinking about the weather outside. Y/N has a coat on, but it wonât be enough to discourage the bite of the wind.
Before he can even think about what heâs doing, heâs pulled his car alongside her. Y/N looks panicked when he comes to a stop, but relaxes somewhat when Jack rolls down the window and calls out to her. âAre you waiting for someone?â
Y/N shakes her head. âNo, Iâm walking back. Have a nice night.â
She turns back to the sidewalk, evidently expecting him to keep driving. Jack also expects himself to keep driving, but he doesnât. âItâs awfully cold to be walking. How far is your apartment?â
âNot far,â Y/N says. âTwenty minutes, maybe?â
That settles it. âYouâre not walking twenty minutes in the freezing cold,â Jack decides. âBesides, I thought you were dropped off. Isnât someone coming to pick you up?â
Y/N pauses oddly, and it occurs to Jack that he probably shouldnât be noticing how she gets to and from work each day. Still, when she speaks again, heâs pretty sure the annoyance in her voice isnât directed at him, for once. âI was dropped off, but my friend canceled on me. Hence the walk.â
Jackâs mood immediately sours. Thatâs a shitty move for sure, and even if he doesnât always see eye to eye with Y/N, heâd never leave her out here, shivering even after a few minutes of walking. And he wonât tonight, either.
âI can drive you, if you like,â Jack offers abruptly. Heâs not sure why he does it. He never has before. Theyâve never been in a position like this before, and maybe they wonât either. Still, he doesnât take it back.
Y/N, apparently heedless of the gravity of this offer, just smiles and shakes her head. âThatâs alright, Iâll just call an Uber. Thanks, though.â
Jack blinks and stares at her. It had taken such a rush to get the words out that it honestly didnât occur to him that she would just say no. âIs this because youâre mad at me?â
âIâm not mad at you, Jack,â Y/N laughs. âIâm walking. You should get going soon, youâre going to disrupt traffic.â
âFuck traffic, youâre cold,â Jack says disbelievingly. âGet in the car, Y/N. Please?â
She looks like sheâs going to argue, but a particularly frigid gust of wind rips through that thin jacket and a moment later, Y/N is settling into his passenger seat. She turns to look at him, and Jack looks back at her, just a few spans apart. Theyâre close enough that he can see the flutter of her eyelashes as she blinks. Close enough that he could reach out and touch the slow bloom of cold on her cheek if he just tried.
âSo?â Jack manages to pull himself together long enough to ask, âWhatâs your address?â
Y/N blinks, evidently startled out of some reverie, then pulls it up on her phone. Jack follows the directions, fingers drumming absentmindedly on the steering wheel. The car is quiet, and it weighs on him like a burden until he finally blurts out, âWhy do you hate me, though?â
Y/N looks baffled. âI donât hate you.â
Jack snorts. âOf course you do. You get along with every single member of this team but me, itâs a little hard not to take that personally. Come on, just tell me. Is it because I ran into you that first day?â
Y/N laughs again. Itâs one of the few times itâs with him, not at him, and Jack lets the sound wash over him like sunlight. Itâs a good sound. He wouldnât mind hearing it again, maybe.
âThat was funny. No, it wasnât that. Itâs justââ Her voice drops off, suddenly serious. âDo you remember Emma? She was your social media intern last summer. Sheâs the one who suggested I take this program, actually.â
Vague memories appear in Jackâs head. âKind of? Weâve had a lot of interns.â
âYeah, well, sheâs one of my best friends, and the most important piece of advice she gave me before I started was to stay the hell away from you.â
Jack almost misses his turn. âWhat? Why?â
He risks a glance away from the road and towards her, but Y/N is keeping her head perfectly straight, not allowing herself to look at him in the slightest. âSomething about you breaking her heart. She seems to remember you flirting a lot, buying her drinks, then dumping her for someone more interesting the second the internship ended.â
Jack winces. âThat does sound familiar, actually. Sorry. I didnât mean toââ
Y/N interrupts him with a wave of her hand. âYeah, no, I get it. I love Emma, I really do, but sheâs got a habit of moving quickly. Still, she was really hurt for a while. I figured anyone who could do that to my friend and not even remember was someone who didnât need me to be nice to them.â
Guilt starts to pool in Jackâs stomach, icing him down to the core. âStill. I was a dick.â
âYou still are, on occasion,â Y/N says, smiling slightly, âBut Iâve been bad too, I think. I wanted to get revenge for my friend, but Iâve been more mean than needed. Iâm sorry too.â
Jack comes to a slow stop in front of one of the notoriously long red lights of their shared city. As the scarlet of the traffic light washes over them, Jack takes advantage of the stopped traffic to hold out a hand to her. âHow about a truce, then? If weâre both sorry?â
Y/N considers his outstretched hand, then nods at last and shakes it. âIâm good with that. Letâs start over.â
âLetâs start over,â Jack repeats.Â
Her hand is still a little cold in his, even after the few minutes theyâve spent talking. It occurs to Jack that he could probably sit here for a while longer, warm her hands up with his, and then Y/N nudges him in the side and Jack realizes the light has turned green. He drops her hand hastily, turning back to the road in the hopes that she wonât notice the slow flush of heat to his cheeks.
The rest of the drive back is uneventful. Jack offers to walk Y/N to the door of her apartment complex, which Y/N jokingly calls creepy then smiles for real when he insists. They part with a promise to try harder next time, and Jack doesnât think his feet have ever felt so light on the walk back from practice. He goes to bed that night like a little kid, practically giddy at the thought of the day ahead.
Looking back on it, Jack isnât sure what he expected to happen with them after that. A celebration, maybe some fanfares? Or just a normal conversation in which she expressed how glad she was to see him and Jack could do the same? He doesnât get any of that. In fact, they hardly see each other for most of the next few days. This isnât too unexpected; although they love to complain, the players and media donât see each other that often unless someoneâs sworn on live TV or otherwise messed up their online presence.
Still, by the time Jackâs path finally crosses with Y/Nâs, heâs really hoping for something special. Heâs sort of crazy the whole time theyâre filming videos, all raised eyebrows and hopeful glances, but instead of seizing the opportunity to make fun of him, Y/N just giggles a little and goes on with her life. Itâs not bad, all things considered, but Jackâ Jack wants more.
When hasnât he, after all, wanted more? He wants to be better at skating. He wants to score more goals. He wants to stop getting brushed off by the commentators. He wants, more than anything, for some reason, for the pretty girl interning for their media department to do more than just look at him with a faint smile every now and then.
The sheer wanting starts to consume him. Jack goes out of his way to be exceptionally funny, astoundingly clever, practically fantastic in every way, yet nothing seems to wow Y/N. Theyâre just talking, which is certainly more than he had a few weeks ago, but Jack doesnât want to just be talking to her, he wants to be back in his car again, with her leaning over and laughing at his jokes, her cold hands in his, telling him that maybe sheâd misjudged him after all. Jack doesnât just want more, he wants her, and that is making him insane.
Worse still is the fact that he doesnât have her. Jack has spent his whole life, it feels like, hating the âpretty boy hockey playerâ persona. Heâs certain itâs cost him deals or trades or something over the years with the way people refuse to take him seriously. Yet now, Jack isnât cursing its existence, but rather wondering why the hell it hasnât worked. Heâs still the same guy, same face. That stubborn acne patch on his chin has been clear for weeks now. He got a haircut, and people said it was good this time. Everything should be in his favor, looks-wise. So why doesnât it seem to have a single effect?
Itâs baffling, honestly. Jack cannot stand it. Worse still, the internship period is starting to slip away, and soon enough Y/N will be gone for good, leaving Jack to reel in her absence and wonder why he couldnât make her like him enough to stay.
His mood sours whenever he thinks about it, which is often. Like now, even, in between Jackâs hours on the ice. Theyâre swapping out players in shifts, and Jack wonât be on for another five minutes or so. Heâs sitting on one of the metal bleachers, hoping that watching the others will help keep his mind off things, but itâs not working too well.
Someone sits down right next to him, and Jack is about to start asking why they couldnât pick anywhere fucking else to sit when he realizes itâs Y/N.
âOh,â he says, trying desperately to sound cool and not bone-tired from practice, âHey. Dâyou need another TikTok or something?â
âNo TikToks,â Y/N says, smiling. âWe can do a bonus one if you want, though, I know how much you love them.â
Jack chuckles. âTheyâve been growing on me.â No reason why.
Y/N grins like she knows exactly what heâs thinking. âHigh praise. I hope you carry that spirit to the next social media intern, too.â
Jack sighs plaintively. âDo you really have to go? You fit in well, you know. You might as well stay a little longer.â
âThat so?â Y/N asks, one eyebrow raised.
Jack looks away. âI donât know. I heard some of the guys sayingââ
Y/N cuts him off, lips twitching up into a smile. âI donât care about the guys, Jack. What do you think?â
âI think you should stay,â Jack mumbles. He still canât look her in the eyes. âWith me.â
As soon as he says it, he knows itâs true. It doesnât have to be through the Devils or not. He just wants Y/N with him for a while longer, to tease him when heâs being stupid and cheer for him during the games. He wants to hear her laugh longer than just the next few days. He wants to get coffee and buy flowers and match outfits and do a hundred things that would be special because heâd be doing them with her. That, more than anything, is what he wants.
A soft pressure on his hand; Jack looks up to realize Y/N has put her fingers over his, and squeezes slightly. He squeezes back by instinct.
âI want that too, Jack,â she tells him.
The smallest spark of luck is creeping back into his veins. âI thought you didnât go for hotshot hockey players,â he says. âEspecially not ones that flirted with the interns.â
Y/N rolls her eyes, but sheâs laughing slightly, so theyâre okay. âI wasnât supposed to do that. The idea was that I would try to avoid it.â
Jack grins. âHowâs that working out for you?â
âSurprisingly badly,â Y/N confesses. âIâm not too mad about it, though. Something tells me weâre going to make this work out.â
âIt will,â Jack promises. Heâs going to make sure of it. Looking at Y/N, the light in her eyes when she smiles, Jack knows that heâs going to do everything in his power to keep her. He rubs his thumb over her hand, still in his, and cannot help but think about how lucky he is.
Y/N looks like sheâs going to start blushing. âLetâs talk about this when all of your teammates arenât watching,â she says suddenly.
Jack glances up and realizes that heâs on the receiving end of quite a few curious looks from the Devils still on the ice. Luke, especially, looks like he has several questions he wants to ask. Jack groans, mentally preparing himself for the absolute nuisance his little brother will become on the drive home.
Still, it doesnât faze him for long. âHow about we talk about it this Saturday?â Jack asks. âIâll pick you up at seven.â
Y/N is breathtaking when she smiles at him. Jack might have to keep looking forever, just so he remembers. âI think that sounds alright to me.â
Jack opens his mouth to say something stupid like how he canât wait, but the coach blows a whistle to usher him and some of the others back onto the ice, and Jack is saved from himself. âIâll see you then,â he repeats somewhat needlessly.
Y/N nods, and Jack turns to leave. Heâs still got most of his senses intact, despite evidence to the contrary, and Jack does know better than to kiss Y/N in front of his whole team and coach in the middle of practice, butâ well, thereâs a difference between what Jack knows and what Jack does, and today, he kisses her anyway. Itâs good. Really good. Good enough to deal with the teasing when he finally makes it down to the ice. Good enough to keep him hooked until their date, and the next, and the next. Good enough for forever.
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"The Runaway Bride" is such an iconic episode, really. It was just Donna in her wedding dress appearing in the TARDIS while the Doctor was in the middle of a heartbreak, and she immediately changed his life, and hers in the process, from the second she started yelling at him to TAKE HER TO THE CHURCH.
This woman came up with a whole variety of pet names for the Doctor in a span of a few hours, some of which (SPACEMAN) would become legendary and character defining and would be remembered fondly by the Doctor.
This episode is full of iconic scenes, like Donna getting kidnapped by a robot Santa and the Doctor trying to save her by encouraging her to jump out of a moving car on a motorway, and while Donna is refusing to jump arguing that she is in her wedding dress, the Doctor's best response is to compliment her look like "girl, you look perfect for a jump out of a moving car on a motorway."
And the next scene on a rooftop solidifies the silly tone of this relationship by the Doctor putting a biodamper ring on Donna's finger cracking a wedding joke, which Donna immediately joins in on.
This scene right there was the start of their friendship and that bond that would last for the rest of their lives. It all started with a robot Santa, a wedding ring and a silly joke which hilariously continued into the next scene with the Doctor and Donna standing under the "Just Married" banner. Comedy gold.
A very underrated moment of the Doctor continuing the affectionate insults tradition between them by calling Donna a 4H pencil, trying to explain to her how she got transported into the TARDIS.
There were these small moments throughout the episode that showed exactly how this friendship of a lifetime started. Like the Doctor taking Donna to see the creation of Earth right after the moment her fiance betrays her and admits he hates and wants to kill her. The Doctor sees all that and tries to distract her by showing her something so extraordinary and beautiful that no other human saw before her. And it works. This woman who has been so unimpressed with him calling him SPACEMAN (derogatory), was now cracking jokes and laughing with the Doctor and very much enjoying his company.
The Doctor and Donna who spent the good portion of the episode trying to get rid of each other, were now ride-or-die besties.
The Spaceman and Earthgirl are now imprinted on each other so much that this little Christmas adventure will become a life changing event and a start of a relationship so meaningful and deep that it will end up changing the Doctor's and Donna's lives fundamentally and save this world and a multitude of others.
The Doctor started the episode with "I don't want you here anyway" and ended it trying to make Donna laugh and making it snow when he heard she didn't like Christmas, and openly telling her he would be lucky to see her again and inviting Donna to come with him.
And Donna who starts the episode yelling at the Doctor and being so unimpressed with him, ends up understanding him on such a deep level and leaving him with the words that he would carry for regenerations to come. And failure to remember these words would lead to the death of this incarnation.
Donna is asking the Doctor to find someone, and she doesn't yet realise that he already found that someone he needs, a platonic soulmate, a friend, a partner, and that someone is her.
"The Runaway Bride" was a start of a many years (for Donna) and many centuries (for the Doctor) road from that rooftop to the garden where they will sit together with a bright shared future ahead. Best mates having the best of times for the rest of their lives. TOGETHER.
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