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âIâm Not Soft.â
Request 5: Techno and the voices simping for the reader, maybe after reader gets in (and wins) a fight or something more domestic like farming or playing with Steve
Requested By: AnonymousÂ
(Technoblade X Female Reader)
~Added a little bit of spice~
Technoblade kicked the snow off his boots sending little flurries all inside the doorway of his cabin. He had just arrived home, he was coming home much later than he anticipated getting held up at a long-running syndicate meeting. He was greeted by the savory smell of baked potatoes and steak, it had him practically drooling. Techno wandered into the kitchen after hanging up his cloak by the door, his plate was sitting in the furnace. He peeked inside and saw it was set on low heat just to keep his food warm, he smiled softly.Â
âSheâs so thoughtful. Keeping it warm for us. We should give her a kiss! Where even is she? Find her before you eat. You can sit together!âÂ
Technoblade let out a soft hum of acknowledgment listening to the advice of the voices and searching for his lady love. He stepped into the living room and noticed the fire was roaring away in the fireplace, you were still here then, very early on he made sure you knew to put the fireplace out when you were finished in the room. He had a close call with Tommy when he was living here, and since then he made sure to remind you constantly about the fireplace. He spotted you and Steve curled up next to one another by the said fireplace, you were buried in his white fur and he was snoring away loudly beside you. A book was in your lap and you were wearing one of his shirts as a pajama top, socks with little bears on them adorned your feet.Â
âOh my god, theyâre so cute together. Take a picture! Take a picture! She looks so peacefulâŠâ
Technoblade smiled gently making sure he did end up snapping a picture, just so he could tease you about it later. Plus you were adorable and you snuggling with Steve really melted his frozen heart,Â
âSIMP!âÂ
   âYou guys are doing the same thing shut up.â He growled under his breath finally walking over to you, Steve cracked his eyes open and let out a low snarl before comprehending who stood in front of him. Once he recognized The Blade he let out a disgruntled huff before falling back asleep, his movement caused you to stir. Technoblade watched as you rub the sleep from your eyes, before running your hands through your messy hair. âMorning Princess,â He cooed squatting down beside you. You blinked blearily at him for a moment before a smile lit up your face, you moved quickly wrapping your arms around his shoulders. He couldnât help but smile in response to the hug, his hands were placed on his lower back as he squeezed.
âSo small and cute. Just like a little kitten.~ Can you give her a kiss now? Iâm tired of asking for a kiss just do it. Stop making him sound like a simp. Wait look sheâs pulling away-â
You pressed a kiss to his lips murmuring a weak, âwelcome home Protesilaus.â He shivered a little at the use of his Greek title and gave you a kiss back.Â
   âDid you make me dinner?â You hummed nodded your head sleepily, âYou spoil me, Princess.â He cupped your cheek with his hand and you nuzzled into it, you looked blissful.Â
   âOnly cause you deserve it, big guy. Want me to sit with you while you eat.âÂ
   âIf youâre up for it.â Another kiss was pressed against the side of his lips and he purred fondly. You giggled a little and he flushed darkly, âDonât laugh at me thatâs cringe.â
   âNot laughing at you, I just love it when you purr. Youâre like a big lion, whoâs only soft for me.â He scoffed with an eye roll,Â
   âIâm soft to no one.âÂ
   âSure youâre not Tech.â You gently pat his cheek before standing up and cracking your back, Technoblade stood up beside you. The both of you walked into the kitchen, you sat at the table while he grabbed his meal. He dug in and his eyes fluttered,Â
   âThis is so good, god Iâm so glad youâre my girlfriend.âÂ
   âJust for the cooking?â You teased fluttering your eyes at him and he looked thoughtful for a moment,Â
   âWell, that and the great se-â You let out an indignant sound interrupting his sentence you went so red it even spread to your ears. Technoblade laughed loudly, âYouâre so adorable when youâre flustered,â a smirk spread across his lips.Â
âWe got her. Oh my god, sheâs so cute. Awwww sheâs embarrassed what a sweetheart. You should pinch her cheeks. Show her what we mean- DONâT BE GROSS. He was gross first though!â
   âYouâre a terror,â You scoffed fanning your hot face with your hand trying to cool yourself down.Â
   âExactly and donât you forget it, Princess.â He had a soft pink flush across his cheeks as you flipped him off, âMaybe later.â
   âTechno!â You squawked as he roared with laugher, âWhat is with you tonight!?â
   âI just missed you. Iâve been away from you all day can you blame me?â
   âI suppose notâŠâ You trailed off smiling softly over at him and he smiled right back at you. âIâm going to head to bed, you coming or what?â
   âIâm right behind you.â He hummed placing his plate in the sink before following you up the stairs.Â
The next morning was dedicated solely to you, not only because Technoblade wanted to but also because the voices just wanted to stay close to you. Your head was tightly tucked underneath his chin as he watched you sleep. The rise and fall of your chest was hypnotic and he placed his hand on your chest feeling your heartbeat flutter against his hand. He smiled watching you wake up for a second time with a sweet yawn, he kissed your nose as you regained consciousness. You snickered softly giving him a kiss right back, âMorning Techno.âÂ
   âMorning Princess,â He greeted, âI was wondering if you wanted to walk Steve with me today.â Â
     âIâd love nothing more,â you smiled warmly âon one condition.â
   âAnd that would be?â Technoblade raised an eyebrow, his hand gently stroking your hip.Â
   âI get to wear your cape.â His face scrunched up with disgust,Â
   âMy cape is sacred, you know this.â
   âI promise Iâll take really good care of it. Please for your wonderful and stunning girlfriend.âÂ
   âEh?â He muttered as you batted your eyelashes at him, and despite his original distaste the voices melted seeing your face.Â
âSheâs so cute. Adorable, look at those big ole eyes. Tell her sheâs cute! Love of our life truly. Sheâs a teasing little shit ainât she? Let her wear the cape, what's the harm?â
    âCringe,â Technoblade said instead and the voices groaned loudly in his ears, he watched your face settle into a pout. He clicked his tongue annoyed at your pout, âcome or donât either way I gotta walk Steve- oof-â Technoblade grunted as you sat down on his hips glaring at him.Â
   âGive me the cape now.â You glared into his eyes, hands gripping onto his shoulders, his eyes lit up with amusement.Â
   âOh, you taking charge here Princess? I donât mind if you think you can handle me.â The voices and he relished in the way your entire face turned red and you rested your forehead on his neck.Â
  âYouâre impossible but Iâm still taking your fucking cape cringe-lord.â
   âNerd.â He mused with a fond kiss to your lips, âbut fine. I suppose you can borrow it.â Technoblade relented with a small smile, as your entire face lit up like the sun.Â
âWorth it. That smile! Be still my heart! Sheâs going to look so adorable. Trust us Techno you made the correct choice.â
He rolled his eyes and watched you tilt your head to the side, âThe voices?â Technoblade gave a little nod.Â
   âTheyâre being stupid.â
âSTUPID! FUCK OFF! WEâRE HELPING YOU SCORE!â
   âWhatâre they saying?âÂ
Sweat gathered on Technobladeâs brow, well now he couldnât say they were complimenting you. Heâd look like such an asshole.Â
    âNothing important.â He tried to cover himself up quickly and you gave a little smirk of your own. âShut up donât-â
    âAw, do they like me?~â You cooed pinching the manâs cheek. âI love them too, theyâre a part of you after all.â Now it was Technobladeâs turn to flush red all over if the voices werenât gushing before they were now.Â
âKiss her oh my god kiss her. We love her too! Tell her that right now! She needs to know! Bark bark bark bark! Everyone here is a simp. Iâm the only one with a brain cell. Technooooooo tell her pleaaaaaseeeee.â
    âThey Ugh...they want me to tell you they love you too.â He watched you smile again, âthey also want me to give you a kiss.â
    âWell tell them I accept their kiss.â
    âOh, they know sweetheart believe me.â He leaned forward to capture your lips, he felt you sigh pleasantly against them. His hands moved down to rest on your hips, rubbing gentle circles on them. He tilted his head to deepen the kiss but you pulled away from him, he let out a growl of disagreement.Â
    âOh hush up you grump. We have to feed the bears and dogs, plus if weâre walking Steve we need to get going.âÂ
    âTease.â He grunted as you whacked him on the chest, before hopping off his lap to get dressed. He followed you out of bed, as the both of you got ready for the day ahead. You finished before Techno and slid down the ladders to whip up a quick breakfast and feed Steve. By the time Technoblade came downstairs, Steve was happily chowing away and you handed Technoblade two slices of bread. He gave you a quick kiss on the side of his head before shoveling the food into his mouth, he heard you giggle and he raised an eyebrow. âWhatâre you laughing at exactly?â
   âYouâre eating like Steve,â Technoblade made an indignant sound of protest which only caused you to laugh harder. Sometimes he genuinely wondered how he put up with you but then he remembered he loved you and wouldnât trade you for the world. He only rolled his eyes at you before grabbing Steveâs designated leash and hooking him up to it, the bear let out a huff and his little stub of a tail began to wiggle. âSomeoneâs excited,â You cooed at the bear scratching under his chin, âMy big ole sweetheart.â
   â(Y/n) heâs supposed to be a killing machine please donât coddle him.â
   âOh fuck off Techno. Look at his face!â You squished the bearâs cheeks between your hands, âhe wouldnât hurt a fly!â The bear rumbled loudly in his throat but it was more of a pleasant sound than a threatening one. Technoblade raised an eyebrow at the antics before him,Â
   âLeave our guard bear alone and go put on your boots.â You huffed but ultimately decided not to be a brat and listen to your boyfriend for once, you stood beside the door as Steve and he wandered up towards you. An eyebrow was raised and he looked you up and down,Â
   âWhat?â
   âArenât you forgetting something?â
He watched you slowly blink before patting the sides of your winter jacket, and he chuckled deeply. He took off his cape and draped it across your shoulders, your face lit up and you snuggled into the fluff. It flowed behind you much more than it did when Technoblade wore it, it was swallowing you up.Â
âSheâs so precious! We were correct, good job Techno. Such a good, sweet girl. Weâre protecting her from the harsh elements! True! You donât want her to get sick do you?â
Technoblade snapped out of his thoughts as he felt a soft kiss against the side of his cheek, âThank you Tech, you made my morning.â
   âAnything for you.â
âWeâd kill for her you know. If anyone even looks at her wrong weâll tear them apart. Guys, could you lighten up a little? Sheesh. Never sheâs our stability.â
   âShall we?â He held out his arm and you wrapped your hand around it snuggling against his side, he really was down bad for you. The both of you stepped out it was a beautiful sunny day the wind only a gentle chill, Techno grunted as Steve eagerly pulled him forward. He heard you laugh as he stumbled down the steps, he shot you a glare over his shoulder and you flipped him off.Â
âHot.âÂ
Technobladeâs face scrunched up in disbelief, âwhat the hell chatâŠâ he muttered but the heat he felt in his cheeks showed he agreed with the voices. Once again at his side the two of you walked in the direction of Snow Chester, once you both came to the shoreline Technoblade turned towards you. âWould you like to visit Lâmanhole someday day soon?â
   âLike you even have to ask me that. Iâd love to see the damage you caused.â
âOur little anarchist in training.~ I for one, Canât wait for her to join the Syndicate. We donât want her to remember, we want to protect her. Exactly, her joining could put her at risk.â
   âThen weâll go soon I promise.âÂ
   âI look forward to it big guy,â You cooed, pressing a feather-light kiss to his lips that sent electricity down to the tips of his toes. He tilted his head deepening the kiss slightly, his hand cupping your cheek, it was so small in his hand. He loved hearing the soft whimper you made against his lips as his tongue slipped into your mouth but the moment was shattered as he heard Steve let out a low warning growl. He rapidly pulled away and shoved you behind his back, he came face to face with BadBoyHalo, the egg cult leader himself. âIs that BBH?âÂ
   âLooks like it,â Techno muttered as you slipped out from behind him, the demon was in his smaller form and he waved enthusiastically. âCareful Princess,â Techno murmured hesitantly, watching him skip over, âremember the egg.âÂ
   âI got this Tech, no worries. Iâll be back in a moment alright.â You met Bad halfway and Technoblade shuffled uncomfortably.Â
âDonât let her go. Heâs gonna hurt her. Keep a steady eye. Sheâs not fragile but eavesdrop just in case. Be careful, and keep alert. Blood for the Blood God. Not yet shut up.âÂ
Technoblade clicked his tongue but did eavesdrop on their conversation allowing Steve to sniff at the ground nearby for bugs.
   â(Y/n) my little muffin! Howâre you doing?âÂ
   âIâm doing good Bad! I havenât seen you in a while, how're you doing? Still doing egg stuff?â
   âOf course silly! Thatâs why I wanted to visit you.â He grabbed your hands, âI need your help.â He grazed his claws across the back of your hands, Techno watched you raise a suspicious eyebrow.Â
âThatâs my girl. Always being suspicious and alert.â He mentally praised, and the voice agreed with his though,
   âAnd that help would be what exactly?â
   âYou need to convince Techno to give the egg a second chance!â You stared at him blankly and Technoblade tried not to laugh.Â
   âBad, youâre one of my good friends but I fucking hate the egg too.â His smile faltered a little bit and Technobladeâs hand went to the sword on his hip. Badâs smile quickly returned and cupped your cheeks,
   âLanguage dear.â He scolded his smile turning strained, âthis just means I need to introduce you to the egg silly! Itâs going to love you,âÂ
   âBad No.â He began to squeeze your face, nails digging into the flesh of your cheeks. Your eyes flashed with fear and Technoblade was about to step forward and intervene but skidded to a halt as he watched you knee Bad in the stomach. Technobladeâs jaw fell open, as you grabbed Badâs arm as he bent over in pain and flipped him over your shoulder slamming his back into the snow and dirt. Bad let out a pained sound, but all Technoblade could focus on was the way his cape flew to the side with a flourish as you recovered. Your hair stuck to your cheeks as you glowered at the demon, âDonât touch me.â You stood up, looking more regal than Technoâs ever seen you look, âGo home Bad, and donât come back till youâve sorted yourself out. This egg thing has really fucked with your head.â You walked back over towards Techno and smirked at him the fire in your eyes still burning bright. You brought a hand towards his face and you closed Technobladeâs jaw with your finger, âYouâre going to catch flies babe.â His jaw snapped shut as you winked at him, you took Steve from his hand and began to walk away.Â
âDamn the capeâs covering her ass. THATâS WHAT YOUâRE FOCUSING ON?! SHE JUST FLIPPED BADBOYHALO LIKE HE WAS A SACK OF POTATOES! NO FUCKS GIVEN! Stop screaming youâre too loud. Get me a woman who can flip me like that. God, I love strong women. Techno go make out with her right now donât let her get away with that! We made the right choice with her, maybe she should join the Syndicate. Yeah but then seeing this side wouldnât be as special-â
   âTech you coming?â You called over your shoulder,Â
âYes maâam. Anything for you. Such a tease.â
He said nothing but followed in your footsteps, hands twitching at his sides, desperately trying to ignore the way the voices purred and begged for him to make out with you right here in the snow.Â
As soon as you removed the collar from around Steveâs neck, and hung it back in itâs place by the door Technoblade pushed you up against the wall. You gave a squeak in surprise that he absolutely relished in, maybe he was a little bit of a sadist. His cape fell from your shoulders with a soft clatter as he roughly pressed his lips to yours, he watched your eyes droop closed before closing his eyes as well. âThat was the hottest thing weâve ever fucking seen,â He growled against your lips hoisting you up so that your legs wrapped around his waist.Â
   âWe?â You said breathlessly as his kisses moved from your lips and down to your neck,Â
   âThe voices.â He nipped at the skin between your shoulder and neck, enjoying the way your breath hitched in your throat.Â
   âOh,â was all you managed to get out letting your head fall back against the wall with a soft thump. Techno snickered against the burning skin on your neck, you whined a little before meekly murmuring, âDonât stop. Please Technoblade.âÂ
âWell, you heard the little lady. Donât stop Technoblade. Make her beg some more first. Agreed, thatâs what she gets for teasing us after all. Give the girl what she wants already. Who are we to deny her when she looks like that? We live to please one person and thatâs her.â
Technoblade panted softly, throughout his life he was never one to deny giving the voices what they wanted. Especially when that something was you. Â
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UNDER THE CANYON MOON
pairing: josh kiszka x female!reader warning(s): mostly fluff, just brief mentions of alcohol and sex word(s): 2k note: hi hi hi !! this is just a little something i wrote up the last couple of days with the inspiration of light my love, canyon moon by harry styles, and the interview where josh talked about road-tripping the u.s. last summer <3 i donât write one shots often but let me know what you all think bc i might shuffle some more out soon lol. hope you all enjoy !! :)Â
The Los Angeles sun was hot, beating down onto the city basking in its late-summer hues. You parked your car on the street in Silver Lake and carried a bag of food and drink tray to the door of a recording studio, more than prepared to be swarmed by hungry boys who had been cooped up in the studio since five a.m. on the dot that morning. They had a breakthrough the night before with a new song, and after getting home and going to bed for a few hours, the creative juices started flowing again and they were back in the booth.Â
A windchime on the door sang as you pulled the door open and walked inside, greeting their manager who was at a table by the door.Â
âThe boys here?âÂ
âDown the hall,â he nodded, pointing a finger in the direction of the hallway. âTheyâre more rowdy than usual so be prepared,âÂ
You laughed and turned down the hall, walking towards the studio. The walls were decorated with memorabilia of rock and roll greats and record plaques, and among them, you spotted a picture of the four boys with their Grammy award. It seemed like time had passed so quickly. They won the award for the first album and they were already working on their third, shooting them further into stardom.Â
âCoffeeâs here!â You shouted in a really bad New England accent when you noticed the recording light was flipped off above the door.Â
You stepped into the room to a chorus of cheers and âthank god you're hereââs that made you laugh while sitting the food and drinks down on the table and they all rushed over. You handed out the specific orders and pointed to which drinks was theirs when they got handsy and tried to grab everything from her out of both excitement and some desperation for caffeine.Â
âOur savior,â Jake said, reaching out and grabbing your shoulders to give them a gentle shake before taking the coffee you were holding out to him, and then you handed Dannyâs to him, too.Â
âJust the coffee girl here,âÂ
âWell, youâre a little bit more than that,â Josh said, walking over to the table to grab his full cup.Â
You pressed a hand against the table, leaning over to him. âJust a little?âÂ
âA little bit,â he shot you a wink before swiftly pressing a kiss to your cheek.Â
You were more than just a âlittle moreâ than the coffee girl, you were typically their designated drunk driver, the one who took all of their candid photos, the mediator in times of need, and well, the girlfriend of the lead singer, too.Â
Everyone in the studio took their food and drinks and scattered among the seating area in a break from recording. Instead of one tiny room with all of them cramped together, they had a wide open space with booths for the different instruments and bean bag chairs and big comfy, velvet sofas, and there was dim lighting with deep toned rugs that gave off the vibe of a more relaxed feel rather than the fluorescent-light, tiled-floor feeling that made them feel rushed and confined by rules they didnât set themselves.Â
You liked the studio, too, and often took naps on the sofa while listening to them play instruments individually in the recording booths and while they were writing. One night they had found you at two a.m., bundled up with a blanket on the bean bag chair after they spent the night writing in the front room on the piano, but it wasnât the first time as you often napped in their Nashville recording offices, too.Â
âYou guys been busy today?â You asked jokingly while lowering onto the sofa armrest, receiving nothing but glares shot in your direction. âOkay, okay, touchy subject,âÂ
With a mouthful of bread, Sam pointed to Josh, âJosh finished a song, didnât you?â He was grinning.Â
You hummed in joy and surprise, grabbing Joshâs knee as he sat next to you. âReally?âÂ
It had been a rough few days for all of them as they tried to shuffle out a few more additions to the new album. It felt incomplete with something missing, but they couldnât quite put their finger on what it was exactly, so they attempted to bring back and revamp old songs, write and record new ones, but nothing seemed to stick, until now.Â
âYeah, wanted to wait and show you later, but someone canât keep his trap shut.â Josh said, pretending to be serious before cracking a smile and taking a sip of his coffee. âJust wanted it to be a surprise,âÂ
âWell it can still be a surprise, Iâm surprised now,â you said. âCan I hear it? Or read what you got?âÂ
Josh nodded and stood, grabbing your hand and pulling you with him. There was a little recording room fit with a piano inside, his writing journal placed on the music stand where he had scribbled notes and keys and melodies in pen. He picked it up and handed it to you.Â
âNothing seemed to click until last night, when I started putting it together.â He said.Â
âIs that why you wouldnât tell me what it was when you all got back to the house?âÂ
Josh shrugged, pinching his bottom lip between his thumb and forefinger. âYeah, yeah, I wanted it to be special when you first heard it.â
You sat the coffee cup down onto the floor while lowering into the small chair in the corner, holding the journal like it was the most delicate piece of art in the world. In silence, while Josh watched on anxiously, you read the words he had splayed across the blank page.Â
   Can you light my love?    Flames glowing bright as the sun    Deeper than oceans you run    Watch as our world has begunÂ
   Your mind is a stream of colors    Extending beyond our sky    A land of infinite wonders    A billion lightyears from here now
You felt your throat tighten, tears tempted your eyes.Â
It was a love song.Â
âJosh-âÂ
âOh god you hate it donât you, you dread it, despise it,âÂ
âOh shut up, Iâm in tears right now, you know I love it.â You looked up at him with a smile and a sniffle.Â
His words across the page were sloppy, some cursive, written in different pens of different colors, some lines crossed and scribbled out, others underlined.Â
âYour mind is something I will never fully understand.â You told him as he sat down on the chair next to you. âHow the fuck did you come up with this-âÂ
âI was thinking about our trip out here, the week we spent driving out and all of the stuff we did⊠and how I think I fell more in love with you.â His voice softened.Â
You reached out, placing your arm on his shoulder, fingers playing with his curls. âI canât put it into words how much I love it, how much I love you,â you said, âand you make me sound so lovely when in reality I know I was a pain in the ass that entire trip.âÂ
âYeah, but my pain in the ass,â he kissed the inside of your arm.Â
Two weeks before the boys left Nashville to head to Los Angeles, Josh called you at midnight with an idea in mind â the two of you renting a camper to drive out to L.A., falling into all of the tourist traps along the way and stopping in random small towns to sleep while exploring the in between, which would definitely beat the boring four-hour flight. And you, half asleep and across the country, agreed.Â
It would be fun. Right?Â
And it was. Every time someone asked how it went, you called it âthe most magical week of my life.âÂ
While the others waited behind for their flights the next week, you and Josh set off from Nashville, heading west with only the destination in mind and a trusty map in hand. Everything else just came to you both.Â
The first stop was three hours in the trip, in Memphis. You and Josh roamed Graceland on Elvis Presley Boulevard and had lunch near Sun Studio before taking in the mementos and relics at the Blues Hall of Fame where Josh talked your ear off, rattling off more details about each band and singer than was on the info-cards on the wall.Â
Then it was two hours to Little Rock, falling asleep in the back of the camper after a take-out dinner outside of a random supermarket. Sitting in lawn chairs in the middle of a parking lot, you held Joshâs hand under a blanket and watched the pink sunrise over the hills, and then it was back on the road again.Â
From Oklahoma City to Amarillo, you fiddled with the map when Josh got lost after a wrong turn in a small town where he insisted on seeing the giant 66-foot LED soda bottle sculpture, and in the middle of northern Texas, he made it up to you by cooking your favorite dinner. You thanked him in a quiet whisper as you crawled into the bed with him that night, sliding under the covers where he greeted you with warm hands and kisses against your neck that made you squeal with the tickle of his mustache and he grinned against your lips.Â
Josh got to choose the music all the way through New Mexico â Neil Young and Crazy Horse to John Denverâs Thank God Iâm A Country Boy, and you were only able to squeeze in Joan Baez every hour when you stopped to stretch your legs on the side of the road, belting the words to him while he laughed at your voice cracks.Â
And after you both pitched the tent in the Petrified Forest in Arizona, Josh hummed the tune to some new song while you two sat under the midnight stars in the canyon with a roaring fire, his arm around you, his sweatshirt draped over your shoulders. When he tried to start telling you a scary story after you heard a weird noise outside the tent, you blindly hit him in the dark and accidentally hit his nose, causing you both to burst into laughter after the initial panic left. He laughed loudly into your shoulder as you held his face in shock, catching the scent of your lavender lotion, and his body relaxed when the laughter died down, feeling so at peace in his life with you there.Â
It was the tail end of the trip, but the excitement hadnât died down yet. After showers in the camper in the middle-of-nowhere-Arizona and five hours west, you and Josh found a bar outside of Las Vegas that resembled Coyote Ugly, so you both had a round of tequila sodas and margaritas before walking around the small town that evening and sleeping off the tipsy-headaches in the air conditioning. On top of the covers, you looked at Josh napping in the sunshine, cheeks flushed red, curls poofy from the wind, and you felt your heart grow in your chest before falling asleep next to him.Â
And then came Los Angeles, the final stop, the dreaded one. But you and Josh didnât tell anyone that either of you were sad to be back with them in L.A. when they asked, and instead, you two smiled and hugged everyone after piling out of the camper in the drive-way of the Silver Lake house.Â
Cleaning out the camper, tossing cheesy novelty t-shirts at each other and laughing at how many socks you two managed to lose along the way and how many bug bites were added, watching the developed clips Josh had filmed of scenes in the desert and you asleep in the passenger seat, you both were nostalgic about a trip that just ended.Â
It was so easy, so freeing to just be together on the road, with only the destination in mind. It revealed a part of them that the other didnât see often, like your tendencies to get your lefts and rights mixed up while giving directions, and Joshâs equally awful sense of direction didnât exactly pair with the fact that he was a maniac while driving in the first place.Â
But those parts were just added to the long list of why you and him loved each other in the first place. So you became the designated driver after Amarillo and Josh stuck to telling you âleft or rightâ for the rest of the time. It was a compromise, another reason why you two worked so well together.Â
It was a form of love in itself.Â
âWeâll have to drive all the way back to Nashville then, so you can write more songs about me.â You teased.Â
Josh rolled his eyes but cracked into a grin a second later. âLetâs not get too carried away,â but he would be lying if he said he wasnât always mentally reliving the night under the canyon moon.
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Lying That You Love Me | myg (m)
Summary - Upon first glance, no one would assume Min Yoongi would be the type to put someone back together. If his icy cold stare and stoic expressions werenât enough to spook most people away, then the body covered in piercings and tattoos usually sent them running. You never could have imagined Min Yoongi would be the one to put your pieces back together, but there is always more than meets the eye.
Word Count - 10.5k
Pairing - Yoongi x reader
Genre - smut, minor angst
Warnings - mentions of broken family, family issues, mentions of homelessness, softdom!yoongi, dirty talk, cream pie, unprotected sex, oral (female)
a/n - Part of the Tatted Bangtan Series! đ Sorry itâs soooo late, I sprained my wrist lol. Hope you enjoy now that itâs finally here! Huge thanks to @nervouskiwiâ , @sunshinekimsâ , and @excuseminâ for beta reading. đ
You know those people you just instantly connect with? You hear their laugh one time and suddenly you feel more connected to a stranger than a friend you've known your whole life? Something in their smile that resonates deep within your soul, that somehow, on some level (whether it be friends or lovers or a kind stranger who changed your life in passing only to never meet again) you are just... meant to find each other.Â
Those people who feel like sunshine on your cloudy days? The ones who wrap you in warmth and make your heart say "Ah, yes, so this is what home is supposed to feel like. This is what it means to belong. This is what it means to be myself, unafraid."
Somehow, amidst all the chaos and the heartbreak and the hurt, you find yourself cocooned in safety, building your own version of home with these strangers who feel like family; and it's good. And sometimes your heart beats so fast and your chest feels so tight and you feel like you just can't breathe, so you reach out a hand into the dark unknown and you're met with arms wrapping around you and holding you together. Holding you until all your broken pieces can be glued back together, one by one.
Min Yoongi was one of those people.Â
Now, upon first glance, no one would assume Min Yoongi would be the type to put someone back together. He looked more like someone who was one wrong look away from tearing you to shreds. If his icy cold stare and stoic expressions werenât enough to spook most people away, then the body covered in piercings and tattoos usually sent them running.
But you⊠you were a little different. Youâd taken one look at the man covered in intricate inky designs and your face had lit up with glee. A few hours prior to meeting Yoongi, youâd been sitting in your car, reclined back with your phone, leeching off of McDonaldâs free wifi for the 11th night in a row. Your back ached, your stomach growled, and your foot was one more cramp away from being the end of you. The tiny cabin of your car was no place for you to live.
You scrolled through rental listings, looking for the cheapest option that didnât look like it popped straight out of a horror movie. Your budget was low, being recently thrown out by your father after a fight about you dropping out of college. Your father was convinced you couldnât survive on your own and you wanted to prove him wrong.
Finally stumbling upon a small 2 bedroom apartment on the west side of town leasing out the second bedroom, you clicked on the listing. There was no way youâd be able to afford your own apartment in a safe area, so youâd ended up expanding your search to find someone looking for a roommate. You zoomed in on the pictures provided, though there were few, it looked pretty nice. You scrolled down and read the description.
Single male, 27, searching for a roommate. You pay half the rent and utilities. Rent is $950 and utilities usually range about $300 a month, give or take. Pets welcome, but there is a deposit with the apartment complex and a monthly fee. My friend (and ex roommate) recently moved in with his long-time girlfriend and I need someone to help with expenses. Serious inquiries only. Contact for more info. 555-555-1382.
You quickly typed the number into your phone and texted the man to set up a time to view the apartment, but if you were being honest with yourself, you were already sold. This was the cleanest looking unit youâd seen, on a safe side of town, and it was more affordable than anything else you were going to get that was half as nice.
The man was quick with responses and very polite, and the two of you agreed to meet that evening at 4pm. You were absolutely giddy, a petty smirk on your face as you imagined telling your father that you indeed werenât coming home, tail between your legs. You would not allow him to dictate your life anymore.
3:30 rolled around and you made your way over to the area the apartment was listed in, not wanting to be late. The apartment was part of a large building that was clearly a few years old but still in good shape. You looked around, noting that the nearby houses were well-worn but not worn down. It looked like a good area, and based on your Trulia searches, the crime was low here.Â
You smiled from your parking space and waited until 3:55 to walk up to the buzzer, hitting the button for apartment 5D which had Min Yoongi listed as a resident. Yoongi. You liked that name. You grinned when a deep voice came over the speaker, asking who was there.
âItâs Y/N, we have a 4pm appointment for me to see the apartment?â you answered back cheerily.Â
âOh, yes, come on up.â before he was even done speaking, you heard the door click as he unlocked it.Â
You pulled open the heavy door and began making your way up the staircase, glancing around for the correct apartment. Near the end of the hallway, you finally spotted your destination, nestled in the corner by a large window that looked out to the rest of the apartment complex. There was a playground and a tennis court, without a net, but you didnât really care.Â
You gently knocked against the wooden door, the only one without some form of decoration on the outside and waited for the man to appear and let you inside. You werenât sure what kind of person you expected to see on the other side of the wooden door; you really hadnât given it much thought. You were entirely unprepared however, to see the sexiest man youâd ever laid eyes on swinging the door open and dusting his hands on his worn jeans before flicking his onyx gaze up to meet yours, pinning you to your spot.
You snapped out of your haze and allowed your eyes to roam over his features, from his button nose to his full lips, to his toned arms, covered with decorative tattoos, beautiful inky designs trailing from his knuckles all the way up his veiny forearms, past his biceps, and disappearing into the sleeve of his t shirt. You sucked in a breath, noticing the eyebrow ring and multiple ear piercings.
âY/N, nice to meet you. Iâm Yoongi.â he smiled, revealing his pearly white teeth, something shiny catching the light when his tongue darted out to wet his lips. A tongue ring.
A shiver ran through your body but you reached out your hand to shake his extended one. His large hand seemed to engulf yours, the veins prominent and a little distracting. Your face lit up in a grin, knowing that if your dad took one look at this man, heâd surely lose his mind.
âItâs nice to meet you as well, Yoongi, thank you for meeting me on such short notice!â you smiled, allowing your hand to slip from his grasp and biting back the whine at the loss of contact.
âCome on in, have a look around. Like I said in the ad, my friend moved in with his girlfriend and left me to fend for myself. He did have the smaller bedroom but if thatâs an issue, we can switch, if youâre interested that is.â he chuckled nervously, reaching his arm up to scratch the back of his neck.
âOh, I am interested.â you giggled, looking around the spacey living room, which had an open concept that led into a small kitchen, but it looked like it had decent counter space.Â
âOh! This is the kitchenâŠâ Yoongi began, leading you over to get a better look after seeing where your eyes were wandering.Â
âItâs very roomy.â you noted with a smile.
âJin did most of the cooking, but I helped out sometimes and we both fit in here pretty easily without getting in each otherâs way.â he explained.
âOoh, you cook?â you turned your gaze to him and watched as the tips of his ears turned pink.
âA little.â he admitted.
âNice. Me too.â you grinned.Â
âCool.â he grinned, his smile was the cutest thing youâd ever seen, the best way you could describe it was⊠gummy. Sweet. Warm.
Yoongi led you on a tour of the rest of the house, showing you your future bedroom, which was furnished since his previous roommate hadnât needed to take his bed with him, his bedroom, the bathroom youâd share, and the small laundry unit in the hallway, hidden behind a closet-like door. Nice. In-unit laundry was a definite plus.
The apartment wasnât super spacious, the bedrooms were on the smaller side, but the living room and kitchen were nice sizes, and there was in-unit laundry, and Yoongi seemed like a very clean, respectful individual. You were sold before youâd walked in, but now you were over the moon about the small patch of paradise youâd stumbled upon.
âIs there a deposit required? Or just first and last month's rent?â you asked Yoongi, whoâd taken a seat across from you at the table.
âOh, just the first monthâs rent is fine. Iâm not like a landlord or anything.â he said, shooting you a playful smile.
âOkay. Do you want a check orâŠ?â you questioned. âI mean, if youâre willing to let me lease with you.âÂ
âOf course! Check, cash, money order. I really donât have a preference. If you want a paper trail with the office, we can do a check or money order.â he smiled.
You grinned back at the sheepish man across from you, his eyes shining with excitement. You were absolutely psyched to sleep in a real bed again, so tired of the worn leather seats in your car. Thank goodness it wasnât summer so your skin wasnât sticking to the material, but still. It wasnât exactly a preferred sleeping space.
You ended up going to the ATM and giving Yoongi cash for the first month after adding your name to the lease just before the rental office closed. You both pitched in on a celebratory pizza and ate in the living room. You were surprised the rental office didnât have to run a background check or something, you honestly didnât think youâd be able to sleep in the apartment the same day youâd first laid eyes on it, but you werenât complaining.
You stayed up with Yoongi until nearly 2am talking, drinking, laughing, and getting to know each other. He loved watching WWE, you loved watching K-dramas, he liked pineapple on his pizza and you thought that was basically blasphemy. Yoongi had braces growing up, had an older brother, preferred staying indoors to going out, and had a nasty habit he couldnât seem to shake of biting his nails.
Yoongi was funny and warm and inviting. Though he seemed cold on the outside, he was actually very attentive and caring, always offering to refill your drink when he stood up, offering you a spare blanket if you looked cold, and making sure you felt comfortable as possible in your new home. You blamed it on the alcohol, but ended up getting way too personal too fast, telling Yoongi about why youâd moved in to begin with.Â
â... and heâs so condescending and judgemental, like he would hate your tattoos and immediately label you a delinquent just based on that alone.â you took a breath after rambling on for a few minutes, letting out your frustration for your situation.
âWow, thatâs⊠a lot,â Yoongi shook his head sympathetically, âitâs your life, you should do what makes you happy. Itâs not his place to control everything you do.âÂ
âHe always has to be right, itâs exhausting.â you sighed.
âWell hey, bright side, youâre here now, and youâre free to be who you want and do whatever your heart desires. I fully support you.â Yoongi smiled at you and your heart seemed to grow three sizes.Â
âThank you, Yoongi. You have no idea how much that means to me.â
âDo you have anything you need washed?â you asked Yoongi, gesturing to the washing machine that wasnât even half full.Â
âDonât you have any more clothes than that?â Yoongi asked.
For weeks, youâd been cycling the same three outfits youâd been able to bring with you in a small backpack when youâd left home.Youâd thought about going back home to get the rest of your things, but you really didnât want to face your father. You werenât scared of him, not at all. In fact, youâd love to rub it in his face that you hadnât failed as heâd expected you to do. You just didnât want to deal with him yet.Â
Being around Yoongi, having the freedom to be yourself and being so wholly accepted for exactly who you were was intoxicating, and you werenât ready to go back into that suffocating environment full of judgement and expectations, even for a short time. You were strong and resilient, but you also knew that your family issues were a sore spot for you.
âI do at my parents house. I just havenât had a chance to go get my stuff.â you shrugged, starting the washer.
âYou havenât had a chance? Between lounging around watching Netflix and binge eating takeout?â Yoongi chuckled, leaning up against the wall and regarding you with a curious look.
âIâve had time,â you emphasize with a sigh, âI just⊠Iâm not ready to go there alone.â
âWhat if you werenât alone?âÂ
You looked up to meet Yoongiâs gaze in surprise, a supportive smile playing on his soft lips.
âWhat do you mean?â you asked, your chest filling with hope.
âIf you want, I can go with you?â he offered.
âReally? Youâd do that?â you tried to keep the astonishment out of your voice in an attempt to not look as pathetic and weak as you felt.
âYeah, we can take my car, itâs bigger than yours anyway.â he shrugged, pushing himself off the wall and walking closer to you.
âHave I told you lately that youâre amazing?â you grinned, reaching up to hug him.
Yoongi was used to your affectionate nature, but sometimes it still caught him off guard, as he wasnât an affectionate person. He wanted to be, he just wasnât always comfortable using physical affection. He froze for a moment, but quickly regained his composure and wrapped his arms around your torso to return your hug.Â
âYes, but feel free to remind me anytime. My fragile ego needs it.â he joked, poking your side playfully.
You released him from your hold with a light chuckle, stepping back and grinning up at him. He coughed and looked down to hide his shy smile from your view.
âLetâs go.âÂ
âWait, right now?â you gasped, eyes wide.
âDo you have other plans?â he questioned with a raised brow.Â
âWell, no⊠but I-â you began but Yoongi sent you a look that had you slipping on your shoes and following him out the door.
Yoongi smirked to himself at how easily you caved into him with just a stern look, unlocking the car and ushering you in before settling in the driver's seat and starting the engine. You couldnât stop bouncing your leg from nerves, and Yoongi glanced your way every so often before gently placing his large hand on your knee for comfort. Except it did little to comfort you, having his veiny hands on your body only sent your heart into overdrive and caused your breathing to become that much shallower. You gave him an A for effort though.
âItâs going to be okay, Iâm right here,â he soothed, âIâve got your back.â
âThank you, Yoongi.â you smiled appreciatively, placing your hand on top of his for a moment before looking out the window, watching the trees fly by as you got closer to your parents house.Â
You hadnât alerted your parents that youâd be coming, part of you hoping they wouldnât be home and you could use the spare key to get your things and get out without having to interact with your father.Â
When the GPS announced you were one turn away, your hopes were crushed into a fine powder as you finally looked up and shrank back into your seat when you saw both of your parentsâ vehicles occupying the driveway. Yoongi pulled in behind your momâs car and cut the engine, turning to look at you. You met his gaze with your panicked one and he motioned for you to breathe with him, taking a few deep breaths and guiding you to calm yourself.
âYou got this. You ready?â he asked.
âAs Iâll ever be.â you sighed, stepping out of his car and meeting him before walking to the front door.
You gripped his hand tightly, and Yoongi looked down at your conjoined hands in surprise but didnât say anything, realizing that you needed the support.He squeezed your hand gently before rapping softly on the door. Your whole body tensed when you heard the lock click and Yoongi gave your hand another encouraging squeeze. The door swung open and your motherâs face was revealed, causing the hole in your chest to clench.Â
âY/N!â she gasped, her eyes trailing along your form, down to your hands, then up Yoongiâs arms to his face, her expression one of astonishment.
âHi, mom.â you coughed awkwardly.
âY/Nâs here?â you heard from behind her, the smug voice of your father grating against your ears. âOur little baby came home to admit we were right?â
His grinning face came into your view, standing just behind your mother, his smirk immediately falling once he laid eyes on Yoongi.
âWhoâs this?â he asked.
âThis is Yoongi, heâs my-â you began.
âAre you dating this man?â your father interrupted, sounding panicked.
Your eyes flitted from your momâs face to your dadâs, turning red with frustration. He had always hated people with tattoos, and youâd warned Yoongi about this. You didnât think heâd get this worked up about it, and suddenly an idea popped in your head, and just as Yoongi was about to argue that you werenât dating amidst your silence, you spoke up.
âYes. Heâs my boyfriend.â you said quickly, squeezing Yoongiâs hand in an attempt to beg him to go along with it.
Yoongiâs breath caught and he coughed into his elbow uncomfortably, but gave a sheepish grin when he recovered, letting go of your hand and extending his out to your parents.
âItâs nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Y/L/N. Iâm Min Yoongi.â
Your mother stared at his hand hanging in the air like it was a foreign object before she collected herself, gingerly taking his hand in hers. Your father followed suit, his expression hard.
âItâs nice to meet you, Yoongi.â your mom smiled, warming up to Yoongiâs polite aura.
âIâm very honored to finally meet you. I see where Y/N gets her pretty eyes from.â Yoongi smiled, causing your mom to turn bashful and swat at him playfully.
Your dad hadnât budged an inch, his hard gaze focused on the man at your side, scrutinizing and unwelcoming. His eyes wandered over Yoongiâs plethora of tattoos, many piercings, and ripped jeans. He made a face of distaste before turning his gaze to you.
âWhat are you doing here?â he wondered.
âWeâre getting some of my stuff to take back home.â you explained.
âHome? You live with this man?!â you dad guffawed.Â
âYes, we live together.â Yoongi supplied for you, stepping closer to you and wrapping an arm around you, kissing the top of your head affectionately.
He mostly wanted to be a shield for you against your father, as he could tell you were starting to shrink in on yourself, and he wanted to offer you a little more strength. You smiled up at him, hoping your eyes showed your thankfulness.
âAbsolutely not, young lady. I wonât permit it.â your father hissed.
âWith all due respect, you donât tell me what I can and canât do. Iâm an adult, and you kicked me out.â you shrugged, using your best acting skills to appear nonchalant.Yoongi felt your body shivering slightly against his.
âI- You-â your dad fumed.Â
âWhy donât we grab your clothes and come back for the rest when everyone has calmed down a little?â Yoongi offered quietly in your ear.
You nodded, pulling him along with you to your old bedroom. You felt your dadâs piercing gaze follow you down the hallway, but you ignored it. You grabbed some clothes and a few other things, throwing them in a decorative tote youâd once used to house scrapbooking supplies. Yoongi took the tote from you and led the way back out of the house, your hand clutching the back of his shirt like a safety blanket, the other arm filled with more clothes.
Your mom watched you quietly, with a sullen expression, seeming to try and express her apologies through her eyes while your dad seethed from his recliner, refusing to look at you. You sighed, taking a look around the house you used to call home before announcing your departure and waving goodbye, following Yoongi out the front door.
Once youâd placed the things in the back of the car and sat in the passenger seat, your body deflated. Yoongi began driving, to get you out of the line of sight of your parents in case you broke down, so they wouldnât see.
âYoongi, Iâm so sorry I dragged you into that. I donât know what I was thinking, I just- I saw his face and I wanted to-â you sighed, struggling to explain the reason behind your split second decision to lie about the nature of your relationship.
âI understand.âÂ
âYouâre not mad?â you looked over at him in surprise.
âNo. I can see the power dynamic in that house. Your family clearly has some issues they need to work out. Iâm not mad.â he explained.
âI donât deserve you,â you sighed, leaning your head on his shoulder, âyouâre the greatest friend Iâve ever had.â
âDang, that bar is set pretty low, Y/N.â he joked.
You slapped his arm playfully with a grin lighting up your face, suddenly feeling much lighter than you had moments ago.Â
âHow about I pay for pizza tonight as a thank you?â you offered, gazing up at him.
âAs long as thereâs pineapple on it.â he smirked.
âHalf and half.â
Seasons changed, the air turned colder, the leaves on the trees transitioning from vibrant green to deep golden yellows and reds before fading away altogether as the harsh winter breeze bagan to set in. Each new day, you learned more about Yoongi, and the two of you grew closer. Yoongi was respectful of your space and time. He would notice when you were having a bad day and do little things you almost didnât notice to help you out and reduce your stress. Heâd pick up your favorite tea on his way home from work or invite you to watch a movie you knew he wouldnât have watched on his own.Â
You tried to show him the same level of respect, like making sure there was fresh coffee for him in the morning, or packing his lunch when he was running late. The more time you spent with Yoongi, the more you adored him. Possibly a little too much⊠Youâd known from the moment you laid eyes on him that he was gorgeous, but you didnât think it would be so distracting.Â
Oftentimes, youâd find yourself staring at the way Yoongiâs lips moved while he talked, or watching the way his muscles flexed while he wrote. Your breath would hitch when your bodies brushed against each other in the hallway or maneuvering around the kitchen together. Youâd try to slip past him and his hands would reflexively find your hips to steady you and guide you past him. Sparks would shoot through your veins any time his skin touched yours, a warm tingle left wherever his touch had been.Â
Your eyes would linger a second too long when heâd come out of the bathroom in a towel, or when heâd stretch during your frequent binge watching sessions, the hem of his shirt lifting to reveal a sliver of gorgeous ivory skin. Your mouth would water on the occasions when his hip tattoo would be revealed if his sweats hung a little too low. Sometimes you swore he was doing it on purpose, when youâd look up to find him watching you with an amused expression and youâd tear your eyes away as your cheeks filled with heat.
Yoongi never called you out for gawking at him, heâd simply raise an eyebrow and his delicious lips would turn up in an amused smirk. You werenât the only one who got caught staring though. You noticed his eyes on you when you would bend over to grab a water from the fridge, or his gaze trailing down your neck towards your breasts when youâd come home sweaty from a run. You pretended not to notice, but you saw the way his eyes would linger.
You danced around each other like that, somehow simultaneously completely at ease and growing closer with each passing day but incredibly bothered with tension and desire. Or perhaps it was all in your head, wishful thinking on your part. You couldnât count on all your fingers and toes the amount of times Yoongiâs name would fall from your lips in pathetic whimpers while you attempted to keep quiet whilst touching yourself under the covers in your room.
You tried to act like nothing had changed, which is why when Yoongi invited you to watch a movie with him, youâd snuggled up to him on the couch, just like always, a thick blanket wrapping the two of you in warmth. Your head rested on his shoulder and his hand on your knee, the heat from his skin on yours causing other areas of your anatomy to warm up as well. It was hard paying attention to the screen when you could feel the warmth of his skin seeping through your jeans where his hand met your knee but you did your best.
You watched as the main characters began taking their clothes off and tensed up awkwardly, looking up at Yoongi to ask if he wanted anything to drink⊠at the same time heâd glanced down to ask if you wanted more popcorn. Your faces were mere centimeters away, you could feel his hot breath ghosting against your lips, your gazes locked. Your heart skipped a beat and time seemed to slow, and you could have sworn heâd begun leaning in, but a loud crash in the movie startled you both out of your moment, and youâd pulled away with an awkward cough.
Yoongi scratched the back of his neck and avoided eye contact, and youâd stood up, using his leg as leverage, but your hand slipped and glided up his thigh, almost making contact with his crotch. You wretched your hand away like youâd been burned and mumbled something about a refill before making a beeline for the kitchen. Hand over your heart, free hand resting on the counter to hold yourself up while you struggled to regulate your heartbeat, you closed your eyes and took deep breaths.Â
Was Yoongi about to kiss you? Surely not, but the way your eyes had connected, the sparks his intense gaze had sent down your spine⊠you shivered. You refilled your water and grabbed a new drink for Yoongi before making your way back to the living room, sitting a few inches from him and extending out your offering to him, which he took with a quiet âthanks.â
The air was thick and uncomfortable, the lingering tension from the almost-kiss nearly suffocating the both of you. You nearly jumped out of your skin when your phone started ringing, a FaceTime call from your mom. You sat up and sent a panicked look towards Yoongi, who glanced at the screen before scooting closer to you, and pressing the answer button.Â
âHi mom!âÂ
âHello, love. Oh. I see Yoongi is with you. Hello, Yoongi.â she smiled politely.Â
âHello, maâam.âÂ
âY/N, I packed up some more of your stuff, I felt awful for how the other day went and I wanted to apologize. I talked to your father as well, and⊠you know how he is. I want to support you and if Yoongi makes you happy, I want to get to know him. I miss you.â she rambled, clearly nervous.
âOh mom⊠thank you. I really appreciate that.â
âI do have to admit though, I was very surprised that you two were together, it just seemed so⊠unexpected. You usually go for a more clean cut kind of guyâŠâ
âWell, you know what they say, opposites attract.â Yoongi supplied with a charming smile after sensing your body stiffen.Â
âThat they do!â your mom agreed with a giggle, âit just didnât seem real at first, I suppose.â
You shot Yoongi a panicked glance out of the frame of the camera, silently begging him to turn up the PDA. His lip was tucked between his teeth in nervousness, but he let it slide free and steeled himself before leaning in and brushing a gentle kiss to your cheek. Which wouldâve been a great plan, had that not been the exact moment youâd decided to turn your head to look at him.Â
His lips met yours for the briefest moment, the most tender ghost of a touch, but it lit your insides aflame. Your heart pounded erratically, your chest tightening, and the air seeming to have been stolen from your lungs. Your arm holding your phone grew slack, and you dropped it onto the couch cushion, your hand instinctively placing itself upon Yoongiâs firm chest. The kiss lasted mere seconds, but with the way time stilled around you, it might as well have been hours. His soft lips pressed so delicately to yours suspended gravity itself, and you were floating on cloud nine.
âY/N? Hello?â
The two of you broke apart in shock, springing away from each other like magnets with the same charge, eyes wide and breathing heavy as you stared at one another. Moments passed with your heartbeat pounding in your ear like a drum before you came to your senses and picked your phone up.
âSorry mom. Can I call you back?âÂ
âOh sure, love you.â
âLove you too, mom.â
Yoongi had taken your momentary distraction as an excuse to escape to his bedroom, leaving you alone in the living room with wide eyes and fingertips pressed to your lips in shock. Your lips had barely touched and it felt like your worlds had collided, two missing pieces finally coming together. And it was terrifying, so you decided not to dwell on it, youâd deal with it when the time came.
That didnât stop you from replaying the moment in your head for the rest of the night, however. Laying in your bed with Yoongi just one wall away, you wondered if he was thinking about the kiss, if he was thinking about you too. Shoving the hopeful thoughts from your mind, you let yourself drift to sleep.
You werenât sure why youâd agreed to spend the holiday with your family, but your motherâs persistent guilt trip over the past few weeks had worn your resistance thin. Yoongiâs family was back in Korea so he didnât have any other plans, usually opting to spend Christmas alone with a bottle of bourbon and leftover takeout. Heâd agreed to be your buffer between yourself and your father and accompany you to the hellscape that was your old home.
Snow had already begun to softly drift from the skies, so Yoongi had reminded you about ten times to dress warm so you didnât catch a cold. Upon the 8th reminder, youâd snarkily shot back âyes daddy.â and rolled your eyes, stomping off to pull on your gloves. Yoongi had frozen in place, jaw slack as his eyes bored into the back of your head. You paid him no mind, wrapping a scarf around your neck and tucking it into your coat before pulling on your hat.Â
âAre you coming?â you asked, your eyes warily running along Yoongiâs rigid body as he stood there with his eyes closed taking deep breaths.
âYeah. Iâll meet you down there.â he tossed you the keys so you could unlock the car heâd started a few minutes beforehand, making sure it was warmed up.
You trudged down to the car, dragging your purse and the pie you were meant to bring to the occasion, sliding into Yoongiâs passenger seat and placing your hands against the vents for the warm air. A few minutes later, Yoongi joined you, much more relaxed than before. You sent him a hopeful smile and rested your hand on his knee.
âThanks for coming with me.âÂ
âOf course. Iâve got your back.â he shrugged, backing out of the space carefully.
You watched the scenery as Yoongi drove, noting how the snow had dusted the trees with a beautiful blanket, making everything brighter, almost as if it sparkled. You loved the snow as a kid and you loved it still, a fond nostalgia settling in your chest until you noticed you were getting closer to your parents house. Your grip returned on Yoongiâs knee and he tensed a bit before placing his free hand on top of yours.
âItâs going to be okay. Iâm right here,â he soothed, then wiggled his eyebrows playfully âplus your mom approves of your boyfriend now.âÂ
âShe loves you more than me now.â you pouted.
âWell, I am pretty irresistible.âÂ
âWhatever helps you sleep at night.â you threw back.
âDonât think I donât notice you checking me out, babe.â he smirked, emphasizing the last word as you both walked up to the front door, Yoongiâs hand reaching out to knock gently.
âShut up.â you crossed your arms defiantly.
Yoongi poked at your side, almost making you drop your pie, but he saved it at the last minute by reaching out and grabbing it from you. This caused his face to be just inches from yours and your eyes locked for a moment and you swear time stopped. Your heart was pounding in your chest as his gaze flickered from your eyes to your lips momentarily, and you sucked in a breath in anticipation. It might have been your imagination, but Yoongi seemed to get a little closer to your parted, waiting lips before your mom opened the door. The two of you sprung apart like youâd been caught at a crime scene.
âWell donât stop on my account.â your mom giggled, sending you a playful wink before beckoning you inside.
You avoided eye contact with Yoongi and tried to take steady breaths to calm your racing heart, your mind going a mile a minute. Was he about to kiss you? Surely not. You were play dating, and no one was watching. Did he want to kiss you? Your cheeks were on fire and you were honestly a little riled up, pressing your thighs together discreetly. You handed your mom the pie, which she sliced and set on the table.
âMerry Christmas, mom. Whereâs dad?âÂ
âOh heâs taking a nap. Yoongi, come over here! I want to get a picture of you two together!â your mom grinned.
âWhat are you, best friends now? You guys video chat at least once a week.â you whined.
Your mom waved you off and held her camera up while Yoongi stood beside you, giving you plenty of room.Â
âScoot closer. Youâre boyfriend and girlfriend, not awkward preteens.â your mom huffed.
Yoongi stepped closer and put an arm around your shoulder, leaning in and smiling for the camera. You heard the shutter go off a few times, attempting to pull away.
âWait. Letâs get one of you kissing his cheek, Y/N!â your mom gushed.
âMoooooom.â
âDo it.â she chided.
You sighed and glanced up at Yoongi in silent apology, but he only lent over and offered you his cheek. You gently pressed your lips to it, feeling the skin tingle where it met his. The tips of Yoongiâs ears were suspiciously pink, but you paid it no mind. He was probably uncomfortable. Your mom snapped a few pictures and smiled to herself.
âYou two act like youâve never touched each other.â she commented offhandedly while turning around to place her phone on the charger.
âYoongiâs not a fan of PDA.â you covered smoothly.
âWhen I was your age my man couldnât keep his hands off of me.â she shrugged.
âMOM!â
âWhat? Itâs true. Young men always have a one track mind.âÂ
You covered your face with your hands, and your mom laughed. Yoongi wrapped his arms around you from behind, shielding you with his body.
âDonât be shy babe. I just wanted to be respectful around your mom but she doesnât seem to care.â he spoke, allowing his lips to graze along the shell of your ear, causing a shiver to run through your body.Â
Yoongi smirked and kissed your cheek before letting you go, standing up straighter. You glanced where he was staring and your dad was making his way down the hall to join everyone.Â
âMerry Christmas, dad.â you said politely.
âMerry Christmas.â he responded, his tone a little stiff and uncomfortable.
He wasnât showing clear distaste for you or Yoongi, so you took it as a win. Your mom must have had a talk with him. You silently thanked her and took your seat beside Yoongi at the table. Dinner was pretty uneventful, light small talk that your father barely participated in and Yoongi relentlessly complimenting your mom on her cooking skills, telling her how delicious the food was and how he needed the recipes.Â
After dinner, you all sat around the tree and opened gifts, your father having gifted your mother a lovely pearl necklace, your mother giving your father a new watch. Youâd gifted your mom a foot massager that looked like slippers youâd seen at the mall, and your father a new set of tools, knowing his were beginning to wear. Youâd gifted Yoongi a gift card to his favorite store at the mall, and heâd given you a beautiful bracelet he saw you eyeing a few weeks back.Â
The last gift to be opened had been a pair of matching coupleâs pajamas for you and Yoongi, a red and white plaid design that was actually kind of cute. Your mom made you hold them up and take a picture together, ignoring your protests that she had taken plenty of pictures beforehand. Packing everything up and getting ready to go, you looked up between your parents and sighed contentedly.
âThis was nice, getting along,â you smiled at your mom, standing up and dusting off your skirt, âweâll be sure to visit soon.â
Your mom leaned in for a hug from both of you while your dad stood silently off to the side, hands at his sides, fingers twitching slightly like he was unsure if he should lean in as well or not. Swallowing your pride because it was Christmas, you walked over to him and wrapped your arms around him. He gently patted your back a few times before stepping back.
âSee you around, dad. Merry Christmas.â you spoke softly.
âMerry Christmas.â he repeated, looking away uncomfortably.
You sighed and took Yoongiâs hand in your own, gazing up at him in a silent question. He smiled and pulled you towards the door. The second he opened the entrance, snow blew into the living room from the force of the wind, and Yoongi quickly shut the door, having to put in more strength than usual with how hard the wind was blowing.Â
âWow, itâs really coming down hard out there.â your mom commented, eyebrows raising in surprise.Â
âDoes your vehicle have four wheel drive?â your dad asked.
âUm⊠no.â Yoongi scratched the back of his neck uncomfortably.
âOh there is no way Iâm letting you drive in this!â your mother gasped.
âMom, we have to go home. Iâm sure we can drive slow.â you reasoned, though your nerves about the weather were grating at you.
âAbsolutely not. Youâll stay here.â she commanded.
âYN⊠your mom is probably right. It looks pretty bad out there. I donât think it would be safeâŠâ Yoongi said quietly.
You sighed, resigning to your fate and nodded, setting your purse back on the coat rack and removing your jacket. Yoongi followed suit, shedding his coat and hanging it up, smiling apologetically in your direction. Your father had already retreated back to his bedroom to clean up for the night.Â
âAre the spare blankets still in the hall closet?â you asked your mom.
âYes, why?â she wondered.
âI was going to grab one, Yoongi or I will probably be sleeping on the couch.âÂ
âThat couch is not comfortable enough to sleep on. Itâs not like I donât know you sleep together at home.â she scoffed.
Your cheeks lit up brighter than the Christmas tree in the corner of the living room and you didnât dare look at Yoongi. Your mom laughed at your reaction, rolling her eyes and walking down the hall.
âGoodnight, see you in the morning.â she called over her shoulder.
The two of you stood there silently for a moment before you coughed and gestured for him to follow you to your old bedroom. Most of your stuff had been taken to your apartment by that point, so it was mostly just your old bed and an empty dresser with a lamp on it. You glanced down at the full sized bed, which had enough room for the two of you, but barely enough to ensure that you wouldnât end up touching.
âDo you care which side?â you wondered, finally looking up to meet Yoongiâs gaze.Â
âNo, it doesnât matter to me.â he shrugged.
âOkay. You can go change first.â you offered.
Yoongi nodded and disappeared down the hallway to change into the pajamas your mother had gifted the both of you previously in the night. You decided to go ahead and rush through changing while Yoongi was gone, slipping on the matching pair and crawling into bed. The two of you laid straight on your backs, staring at the ceiling for a while.
âIâm sorry about this.â you mumbled quietly.
âItâs okay, really.â
You didnât remember falling asleep so soon, but you woke up to a pitch black room with something warm and firm pressed up against your back. You snuggled closer to the warmth in the freezing room and were met with a low groan and something a solid pressing against your backside.
âNnnngh.â Yoongi whined, half-asleep, wrapping his arm around you and pulling you flush against him.
You froze, trying not to rub against Yoongiâs erection that was pressing into your ass, but that didnât stop the shiver from traveling through your body. With great effort, you managed to turn yourself around in Yoongiâs arms so you were facing him, watching his serene facial expressions in his slumber.
Yoongi really was a beautiful man. You watched him take slow, steady breaths, his face illuminated by the moonlight trickling in between the blinds. You wanted to reach out and touch him, feel his smooth skin beneath your fingertips, but you didnât dare in case you woke him.Â
His body shuffled closer to yours once more, his arms tightening around you until your noses were nearly touching and you had to hold in a gasp. There was no way this would be happening if Yoongi had been conscious, and you werenât sure if you should let him sleep or alert him to what he was doing. You couldnât help being slightly elated at the situation though, being this close to Yoongi and being able to study his features without fear of looking weird, and the way his groin felt pressed against your lower stomach wasnât something youâd complain about either.
You decided you should probably stop taking advantage of his unconscious state and attempted to climb over him to get out of bed without disturbing him. Just as youâd swung your leg over his body, he turned in his sleep, flipping onto his back, effectively knocking you off balance until you landed atop his chest, your legs straddling his hips.Â
You glanced up at his face and your eyes met, faces mirroring expressions of shock. You were both frozen in place for a moment, staring into each otherâs eyes. You snapped out of it and tried to climb off of Yoongiâs hips, just as Yoongi tried to sit up, so all the two of you accomplished was grinding your core against Yoongiâs erection. Yoongi let out a strangled moan, reaching out to grab your hips to hold you still.Â
His fingers gripped the skin of your hips where your shirt had ridden up, and his touch burned in the best way. You fought back a whimper at the delicious feeling, your hips stilling in his iron grasp. The air in the room changed, getting thicker. You swore you could cut the sexual tension with a knife. Your racing heart skipped a beat as Yoongiâs eyes traveled down your body until they rested where your core met his length. He shivered. You gulped. Once again, you attempted to flee your current position.
âPlease- donât move,â Yoongi whined, almost desperately, âyouâre making it worse.â
âI know Iâm irresistible.â you chuckled awkwardly, trying to lighten the mood.
âYou really are.âÂ
Your brows rose in surprise at the earnest tone he spoke in, his voice bordering desperate. Your mouth slightly agape, you searched his eyes for confirmation he wasnât joking. He smirked and sat up, holding you against him as his lips ghosted along your neck, barely brushing against your skin. His hot breath fanning against your skin sent a shiver down your spine. His fingers dug into your sides almost demandingly, and he let out a low, animalistic growl.Â
âYou donât even realize what you do to me⊠how much you tempt me. I see the way you look at me, the way your eyes linger. Youâre anything but subtle. Iâve tried so hard to hold back⊠If we werenât at your parents house, Iâd fuck you so hard youâd forget your nameâŠâ Yoongiâs voice was low and quiet, and you let out an involuntary whimper at his words, causing his eyes to darken and a smirk to play on his pretty lips, âbut maybe youâd like that, maybe you want them to hear, you want them to know what a dirty slut you can be, wanna show them who you belong to. Youâd like that, wouldnât you, baby girl?â he purred, rocking his hips up into yours, letting his rock-hard member drag deliciously against your covered folds.
âOh fuck⊠yes.â you whimpered, all sense of dignity flying out the window at his dirty words.
âFuck, Iâve dreamed about this for so long.â he groaned, using his hands to guide your hips along his length.
âMe too.â you whimpered, falling forward and placing your hands on the defined planes of his chest, feeling it rise and fall as quickly as yours.
You allowed your hands to wander underneath his sleep shirt, feeling his warm skin against your own, slowly dragging your digits along his torso and teasingly letting your nails scrape gently against his nipples. Yoongi watched with rapt attention as you explored his body, relishing in the way you attempted to memorize every inch your eyes could devour.
His fingers dug into your hips when you flicked your thumb over his nipple, and you smiled innocently before dragging your hands down to the waistband of his pajama pants, gently lifting the elastic and letting it snap back against his skin, causing him to buck his hips up into yours. His hands traveled up your hips to grip the hem of your shirt, pausing and meeting your gaze to make sure you were alright, and you nodded, placing your hands on his and guiding them to remove the fabric, revealing your bare breasts underneath. Yoongi sucked in a breath, a low whine escaping as he released it.Â
His hands immediately found purchase on your breasts, his thumb and index finger rolling your hardened nipple. You let your head fall back as electricity shot straight to your core at his actions. You felt him move below you, sitting up in order to take one of your pert nipples into his waiting mouth. His warm tongue worked against the sensitive bud, alternating between licking and sucking while he worked the neglected nipple between his fingers. Your breathing grew shallower, your whines needier, and you felt Yoongi smirking against your skin, releasing your abused flesh with an audible pop.
âYou fall apart so easily for me⊠who couldâve guessed youâd be such a responsive, cock hungry little thing.â he mused while allowing his hands to travel down your stomach, so close to where you needed stimulation. Â
âYoongi pleaseâŠâ
âFuck, say it again. My name sounds so much better coming from your pretty lips.âÂ
âYoongi.â you moaned, nearly breathless. âPlease.â
In an instant, Yoongi had you flipped over, resting on your back as he hovered over you, his hungry gaze trailing over your chest and traveling down. He tugged on the waistband of your pajamas, pulling them down past the swell of your ass, then helping you kick them off and aside, leaving you in nothing but your panties.
âWanna see you, Yoongi.â you pleaded, tugging on the hem of his shirt.
He quickly obliged, whipping it off and tossing it aside, revealing his expanse of glorious ivory skin to you. Your gaze traveled down the expanse of his torso, tracing over the intricate designs that decorated his skin in awe. Youâd seen glimpses, when heâd been in just a towel, or stripping off his shirt at the washing machine, but youâd never gotten a good look up close.Â
You tentatively lifted your fingers, your index gently tracing the inky black lines as tenderly as you could, barely a ghost of a touch as you admired the beautiful artwork that so perfectly suited such a beautiful man. Yoongi shivered at your touch, watching you study his ink with such wonder in your eyes pulled at his heart strings, reminding him exactly why heâd fallen for you in the first place.Â
âWhen we have more time, I want to hear all about these,â you mused quietly, âwhat they mean, when you got them, I want to know everything.â
âIâll tell you anything you want to know baby,â he pressed a gentle kiss to your lips, âbut for nowâŠâ he trailed off, slowly moving his body down, kissing a path from your lips down your front until he reached the elastic band of your panties.
He teasingly ran his finger under the elastic, grinning up at your from his spot between your thighs before pulling the garment from your body and tossing it aside, revealing your soaking pussy to him. You tried to close your legs from embarrassment, but Yoongi gently slid his hands up your thighs, gently kneading the flesh there.
âSo beautiful, please donât hide from me.â he cooed, kissing a line from your thigh to your folds, causing you to let out a pleased sigh and spread your legs further for him, âmmm⊠good girl.â
He rewarded you by licking a long stripe up your slit, gathering your slick on his tongue and making a pleased noise in the back of his throat before diving in, working his warm muscle against your clit in different motions, alternating between sucking it between plump lips, licking broad stripes against it, and drawing figures with the tip of his tongue.Â
Using your pleasure as a distraction, he slowly eased a finger inside of your entrance, your slick aiding him with the welcome intrusion. He curled his finger and made come hither motions, repeatedly rubbing the pad of his finger against your weakest spot, and it took everything inside of you not to cry out at the intense fire burning in your core as he worked you closer to your first release. He slowly added a second finger, then a third, scissoring you open and prepping you for his cock.Â
Just the thought of the thick member youâd felt pressing against your lower back earlier nestled deep inside you had you drooling, and Yoongiâs skills with his mouth and fingers were certainly not hurting. Quiet whimpers escaped your lips as you fought the urge to buck your hips up into his mouth as your climax came closer and closer. Yoongi noticed your needy behavior and sped up his actions, working you towards your release.Â
You bit down on your fingers to stifle the loud moans that threatened to spill from your lips, even in your lust clouded mind, the last thing you needed was to be interrupted before you could get Yoongi inside of you. As your orgasm crashed over you from Yoongiâs ministrations, your back arched off the bed and you nearly drew blood from how hard you had to bite down to keep quiet, your body shaking as you came down from euphoria.Â
Yoongi kissed his way back up your body, finally becoming eye-level with you, smirking at your fucked out state and heavy breathing. You laughed and hid your face in the crook of his neck, drawing his body closer to yours in an attempt to hide. Yoongiâs low chuckles reverberated, shaking the bed slightly. Your hands traveled from being wrapped around his neck, slowly trailing down his back and pulling on the elastic of his pajama bottoms, desperate to lay eyes on his thick cock, which was pressed into your hip.
âYoongi⊠need you. Need you so bad.â you begged.
Yoongiâs cock twitched in his pjâs, and he assisted you with ridding him of them and his boxers in one go, allowing his cock to spring free and slap against his stomach in all its glory. You were absolutely salivating as you looked at the reddened tip, leaking precum, the long shaft, and you couldnât wait to feel him filling you up.
âReady, princess?â he wondered, lining his member up with your entrance after gathering your slick to coat the head.
âSo ready. Please fuck me, Yoongi.âÂ
Yoongi slowly pushed himself inside your entrance, stretching your walls in the most delicious way. He took his time, periodically checking your expression for discomfort as he impaled you with his length. Your breathing was erratic, you were clutching onto his back for dear life as he split you open, eventually bottoming out. Yoongi stretched you out in all the best ways, filling you up better than any man had ever dreamed of before, and you were living for it.Â
You rocked your hips up into his, begging him to move, and Yoongi slowly pulled out until just the tip was sheathed inside your warmth before pushing back in, gaining more speed as he went. You couldnât help the pathetic whines and moans that fell from your lips as Yoongi worked his hips, thrusting into you at a punishing pace. Every rock of his hips had the tip of his cock meeting your cervix, the powerful thrusts sending you closer and closer to oblivion.Â
âFuck, babygirl, you look so sexy like this, taking my cock so well⊠like you were made for me. So fucking perfect.â Yoongi whispered hotly in your ear, licking a bold stripe along the shell, sending shivers coursing through your body.
âYoongi, fuck.âÂ
âThatâs it baby, whoâs making you feel this good?â he accentuated the last word with a harder thrust that sent your body a little farther up the bed.
âYou, Yoongi! Oh oh o-oh..â your whines grow louder and Yoongi quickly covered your mouth with his own in an attempt to drown out the noise, lest your parents really do hear him defiling their daughter in her childhood bedroom.Â
You clawed desperately at his back, trying to warn him of your impending orgasm, and Yoongi deepened the kiss in understanding, pistoning his hips with as much strength as he could muster and reaching down to roll your clit between his fingers, sending you sailing off the edge, Yoongiâs kiss stifled your scream before he soon followed you off the edge, painting your walls white with his hot release.Â
Yoongi pecked your lips tenderly before rolling off of you and landing on his back beside you, both of you panting and grinning like idiots. Yoongiâs cum seeped out of your battered hole, and he licked his lips at the sight, causing you to cover your face and giggle. He stood, walking into the bathroom and dampening a washcloth to clean you up as gently as he could before tossing it into the hamper and resuming his position on his side of the bed.
The sun was just beginning to rise and shine through the blinds as you lay beside Yoongi, still catching your breath. You glanced over at Yoongi to find he was already looking at you. He gave you a shy, tentative smile.
âSoâŠâ he trailed off.
âSoâŠ?âÂ
Yoongi sighed and sat up, urging you to follow suit so you could both talk. You followed his instructions, wincing slightly. He gently reached out and took both of your hands in his larger ones, looking up to meet your gaze before he spoke quietly.
âListen⊠I know this started off as a lie to piss your dad off, but⊠I would be lying now if i said it was still fake for me. I really like you, Y/N.. I have for a while. I donât know when it happened but somewhere along the way, I just- I donât know. But if youâre willing to give me a chance, a real chance, I think I could make you happy.â he spoke quietly, his eyes filled with light and hope.
âOh YoongiâŠâ you sighed, cupping his cheek with your hand tenderly and smiling as he leaned subconsciously into your touch, âyou already do. None of this is fake for me either, not anymore. I really, really like you.â
A soft knock on your door tore you two from your moment, your heads snapping towards the door as you pulled the blanket up to cover your breasts.
âMorning, guys, breakfast will be ready in ten.â your mom called through the wood.
âI donât know if Iâm going to be able to look your mom in the eye now.â Yoongi chuckled.
âShe already thought we were fucking before this.â you reasoned with a smirk.
Yoongi groaned and hid his face in the crook of your neck and you laughed, carding your fingers through his messy post-sex hair lovingly.Â
âI canât believe youâre really mine, for real this time.â he whispered into the safety of your neck.
âAnd I canât believe youâre mine⊠for real this time,â you grin, carding your fingers through his hair comfortingly, âletâs eat so we can go home.â
The two of you got dressed and headed out for breakfast, engaging in small talk with your mom and semi-comfortable silence with your dad. You still had a ways to go to fix that relationship, but you were pleased with the progress. You didnât think youâd ever have a perfect relationship with your father, but you didnât have to. You didnât have to fix everything, or be who he wanted in order to receive love, you were slowly learning.Â
The roads had been salted and deemed safe to drive on, so you and Yoongi bid your parents a farewell, thanking them for letting you stay and for the gifts. Your mom pulled you into a hug, then Yoongi into one as well.
âI just love how happy you are around him, Y/N. Itâs like youâre glowing. You two come visit soon, okay? I miss seeing you.â your mom spoke, holding your hand in hers.
âWe will. I love you, mom.â
Yoongi reached out and you placed your hand in his, letting him lead you home.
Months later, on another lazy Sunday afternoon, you were cuddled up with your boyfriend on the couch of your shared apartment, snuggling into his chest while the two of you half paid attention to another movie on Netflix. Wrapped up in blankets and Yoongiâs arms, youâd never felt safer, more content, or so unbelievably happy.
Yoongi had your hand wrapped in his, lazily placing kisses along your wrist, palm, the tips of your fingers, anywhere his lips would reach. He wanted to shower you in kisses. You watched him with curious eyes, noting the way his own were shining as he met your gaze.
âWhat?â you wondered, chucking quietly.
âSay it again.â
âYoongi,â you whined, looking up at him with a smile nonetheless, âIâve said it like fifty times today.â
âJust one more time.âÂ
You rolled your eyes before quietly letting the words roll off your lips like dripping honey as you pressed a kiss to his skin. âI love you, Min Yoongi.âÂ
Yoongi hummed happily, almost like a purring cat, âMmm.. I love you too.â
You snuggled into his embrace before he spoke up once more.
âOkay, just one more time.âÂ
You laughed and rolled over so you were straddling him, reaching down and squishing his cheeks together before pressing your lips to his.
âI love you.â you giggled, pecking his lips once more, then repeating the words and actions over and over and over again.
âI love you I love you I love you I love you.â you peppered kisses all over his face, any part of it you could reach until your boyfriend was a mess beneath you, laughing and blushing with the biggest gummy smile on his face.
Every once in a while, you meet someone you instantly connect with. Every so often you cross paths with someone youâre just meant to meet. But, once in a lifetime, you meet someone who makes your soul feel whole again. You see a face in the crowd and instantly feel at home. You hear their laugh one time and suddenly the world has color again. Once in a lifetime, you meet someone who doesnât save you, but holds you steady while you gather the strength you need to save yourself.Â
Min Yoongi is that person for you.
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Summary: After years at a dead-end job shouldering everyoneâs expectations for you but your own, youâre finally free to be whoever you want, go wherever you want. That is, until a series of unfortunate events strand you in Amberâs End, where the sheriff â and notoriously unmated pack alpha â decides to take you in.
Pairings: alpha!Steve Rogers x omega!Reader; side alpha!Bucky Barnes x beta!Sam Wilson
Notes: Wowowow - I donât even want to count how many months itâs been, but we are finally back in business! I canât thank you all enough for the love you showed on the first chapter of this and I am beyond excited to share this and hear what you think. Big reminder from the last chapter that parts one and two are all about setting the stage for Steve and our lovely reader. So, this is more or less 5k of more background. But, I really loved introducing Bucky, Sam, and Nat (Bucky especially because heâs going to be huge here!) and hope you enjoy them too. Especially my Heat Wave readers - mechanic!Bucky returns! And I promise parts three and four will be extra juicy to make up for it. Divider credit goes to @writeyourmindawayâ!
Chapter warnings: Werewolf AU, A/B/O dynamics, incredibly basic knowledge of cars that is probably incorrect
The drive to Steveâs home is short: five minutes from the diner to the base of a wooded hill, another ten to reach the peak. You follow him up a slanted stretch of road with eyes trained on his tail lights, but there are moments when your gaze strays. Sunset lingers on either side of you, framing the forest in a pretty glow. The blend of deep orange and soft pink is hard to look away from, even when you know you should be focused elsewhere, and you make your way to the top in that dizzying in-between.Â
When you finally come to a stop, itâs on a patch of paved road - a welcome change to the gravel before it - in front of a large wooden cabin. Behind you, the townâs spread out in a panorama, spanning for what feels like an eternity. You can see everything from here: the humble spread of Main Street; the blues and greens of the Hummingbird; and finally, the mountains, majestic and steady beyond that.
Itâs the perfect place for the packâs alpha to be and, coincidentally, has been the home of Rogers alphas for three generations now.
That lived in feel is the first thing you notice when you make it inside. The structure is sturdy, hasnât so much as gnarled over the years. The decor, on the other hand, is dated. Doilies on some surfaces and beer coasters on others, there are hints of Steve and the alphas who came before him throughout. Still, itâs cozy, and you say as much in an appreciative hum as you pull your bag off your shoulder.Â
The first floor is all open space, and you can see most of it from your spot in the foyer. It doesnât take long for Steve to situate you - sitting room, kitchen, bathroom, and master bedroom â before leading you towards the stairs. The walls along the staircase are full of memory; pictures of him and his loved ones that catch your eye as you ascend. You donât have time to linger now, but make a point to look them over before you go. Heâs piqued your interest too much not to be a little nosy.
The second floor, on the other hand, isnât nearly as wide as the first. There are three doors in the whole hallway, two on either side with the third directly in front of you. He identifies each as the guest room, the storage room, and a study in that order, though heâs careful to call out that no oneâs used the study in a long time.Â
Thereâs a story there, youâre sure, but any interest in it leaves when Steve presses the guest bedroom door open. The bed inside is too big for the room, one side even touching the walls. And like the rest of the house, itâs decorated in a way that reminds you of your grandmother; a quaintness thatâs endearing on a man like Steve. But, as out of place as things might be, thereâs an undeniable comfort walking into that room. Steve smiles when he smells it on you -- that cinnamon-sweet rise of contentment as you sink down on the bed at his behest.
âItâs a short tour,â he admits, leaning against the doorjamb, âbut this is about it. Youâre welcome to anything in the kitchen if you get hungry again tonight or before you go tomorrow. Iâm usually up early, so in case I donât see you, enjoy the rest of your trip. Take care of yourself.âÂ
Itâs new to you, how easily people can offer such genuine acts of care. He hardly knows you, yet thereâs no doubt that he means what he says. The thought of it makes you return that thoughtful smile. âThank you, Steve - youâre seriously a lifesaver.â
With a final smile, he leaves you to it, shutting the door behind him.
At the click, you settle further into the bed, toeing your shoes off and sifting through your bag for house clothes and a towel. Your travels so far have been an adventure, to say the least. Just a few months ago, youâd been working a stressful entry-level job on Wall Street. Pressed skirts, sharp teeth, the days were full of routine, but not the kind thatâs pleasant. Everything was uncertainty and fleeting gratification as you competed, day after day, for a seat at the table.Â
Add to that the constant nagging from your family to find a mate â the endless string of blind dates, the passive-aggressive mentions of other friendsâ announcements; itâs a wonder youâd endured it all as long as you had.
The decision to quit had been a long time coming. The decision to leave was a whim - the first youâd had in a long time. It was freeing to even be able to make the choice and the lack of commitment only grew more intoxicating from there. You feel freer, less suffocated, and so does your wolf â itâs a change youâd desperately needed.
That feeling is what follows you into the shower as you wash away the day, and back to bed in your loose pjs. As you settle in, you have to stop yourself from sighing out loud. The mattress is as tender as a cloud, molding to your body at every point, and after weeks of motel beds (and the back of your Jeep), you fall headfirst into that comfort. Sleep comes fast and stays put.
                            ----
When you wake in the morning, the world is quiet. Itâs a long way from New Yorkâs chaos and you bask in it, eagerly at that. The sun filtering in through the window above you leaves kaleidoscope patterns on the sheets. Your hand moves to trace them for a bit, thumb to fractured color, until youâre awake enough to focus your ear to the house.Â
Like outside, Steveâs cabin is tranquil, not even a hint of the alphaâs presence. Given his warning the night before, it isnât surprising, but youâre still a little disappointed. Youâd hoped to repay him for his kindness somehow â maybe with breakfast, or whatever change you could spare. But, youâll settle for what you can get: you make a mental note to try and catch him at his office before you leave town.
Weeks on the road have made your morning routine as efficient as it gets. So once youâre completely up, youâre out the door not long after, a slice of buttered toast between your teeth to get your system going. You find your car where you left it at the end of Steveâs drive and you approach with a bounce in your step, all thanks to the night of comfortable sleep.Â
Maybe you ought to grab Steve a fruit basket before you stop by.
Youâre racking your memory of Main Street for bakeries or something close when you settle into the driverâs seat. But, gratitude towards Steve quickly becomes the last thing on your mind when you try to start your Jeep and get nothing but a grinding sound. It isnât promising, but you try it again, only to get even less response before the car dies altogether.Â
You groan out loud, head dropping to the steering wheel while your shoulders sink in defeat. It was inevitable, really - itâs been years since you inherited the car from your older sister and it was only through a slew of band-aid fixes that it made it this far.Â
Still, the timing canât be any worse; you donât have a schedule to meet, but it isnât much of a road trip if you canât make it on the road. You fish your cell out of your jacket pocket, hoping that your service has somehow improved between last night and this morning. But, you only have a couple bars - finicky connection at best - so, you head back into Steveâs home where youâre certain youâd noticed a landline.Â
When you find it, you also come across a phone book --- not the newest edition, but recent enough. The list of mechanics in the area isnât long, so you thumb in the first number you see. The phone rings only twice before someone picks up.Â
âBarnes Garage?â
âHi,â you start, perking up at the quick answer, âI just tried to start my car and itâs not working. It made this weird sound at first, then when I tried again, it just died.â
The man on the other end hums and you can hear paper rustling in the background like heâs taking notes. âAlright, we can send someone out right now to tow you in and take a look - whatâs your address?â
âI donât...actually know,â you admit, face hot from embarrassment when he goes silent. You must sound ridiculous. âIâm not from around here, so Iâm just staying with someone. Iâm not sure about the address.âÂ
A chuckle rises from him that eases your shame just a bit. âAlrighty. Well, itâs a small town â tell me who youâre stayinâ with and Iâm sure between the three of us here, weâll know where to find âem.â
Thereâs a part of you thatâs skeptical of that; but for a town so small and a pack so close-knit, maybe itâs possible. âUh, sure. I stayed with Steve Rogers â the sheriff?â
The line goes silent again, this time so prolonged you think the call dropped. Then, the mechanic speaks up and you can almost swear heâs smiling. âNo shit. I know exactly where that is, I can be there in fifteen? Maybe twenty? That work for you?â
âWell, I wonât be going anywhere, so that works perfectly.â
                            ----
The mechanic manages the trip in ten, when you glance out the window at the sound of an engine to see a dark blue tow truck stalking up Steveâs driveway. You come out to greet it just as the man driving climbs out and nearly gasp. Heâs as handsome as Steve had been: piercing blue eyes, an angled, stubble-lined face, and deep brown hair gathered at his nape. Thereâs something familiar about him you canât seem to place, but itâs out of sight and out of mind when he closes the distance with a wide smile. âWell, hi there -- âm Bucky. Spoke to you on the phone.â You give him your name, to which he nods. âSo, Iâll get your car down to the shop and weâll take a look, see if we canât fix you up today. You wanna come with me, or you staying at Stevi -- uh, Steveâs for the day?â
You shake your head . âNah, I can come with - I was planning to head out of town today anyway, so Iâm hoping I can just head out from your garage.â
âHop on in then.â
The ride with Bucky is surprisingly warm. Heâs not exactly talkative, but heâs engaging; asking questions where he needs to, humming out his interest when he doesnât. You get so settled into the flow of quiet radio and chatter that you donât realize youâve made it to his shop until the truck comes to a full stop.Â
Barnes Garage sits at the corner of some of Amberâs Endâs quieter streets. The large lot outside has a few cars parked with a path between them for new ones to be driven into the workshop. Buckyâs pulled your Jeep right into that path, though heâs stopped halfway between the curb and the garage building. âItâll take me maybe a half hour to really dig in --- you can stick around or explore, itâs up to you, but Iâll let you out here.â
You climb out with a nod, thanking him before nodding towards the streets behind you. âIâll probably head out - grab a few more things before I go. See you in thirty?âÂ
For the second time in as many days, youâre exploring Main Street, this time with an eye out for the stores you didnât visit the day before. There arenât many, to be frank, so after the first few, you take to stopping in on some of the people youâve met already. They seem surprised to see you again, but take advantage of your presence to tell you more about themselves, the town, their wares.Â
You realize quickly that none of the stories about Amberâs End really do it justice. Itâs quainter than what youâre used to, sure, but thereâs so much history there. Itâs romantic almost - like the first turn of an old book or light filtering into a tea shop.Â
You think youâll miss it when you leave, even if just for a little while.
When you get back to the shop, youâre a few souvenirs richer and have something nice to give Steve on your way out of town as well. Bucky is sitting at a computer - the model recognizably old but reliable like the rest of the town. He perks up at the sight of you, already waving before you make it all the way in the door and pull your scarf from around your face. âSo,â he starts, walking to your car with a hand under his chin. âIâve got good news and Iâve got bad news.â
You grimace. âOk --- good news first.â
âWell, I know whatâs wrong with the car. The starter motor,â he taps a finger on the hood over the spot where the part lives, âis out. Completely done. But, we can get a part delivered here to get you back on the road.â
âOkay,â you eye him suspiciously. âThen, whatâs the bad news?â
âLookinâ at the places we get our parts from, theyâre all outta stock for the model youâve got. The soonest the part could be here is in a month, and even that might be generous with all the storms lately.â As if pre-empting your shock, he hands over an invoice to confirm it.
Seeing it written out, plain as day, makes you grimace. Staying anywhere for a whole month (or more) had never been in the cards; but, thereâs no way you can afford a new car either - you were just barely making it through with the money youâve budgeted as is. You take a long, hard look at the estimate Buckyâs handed you before taking a deep breath to gather your thoughts. âOkay,â you start slowly, âso how does this work? If I decide to wait for the part.â
He gestures to the door behind you that leads to the lot from earlier. âWe have a reserve lot - itâs where we keep all the cars that are waiting on a part for service. Iâd keep your car here - free of charge - until the part comes, then we fix âer up. Youâd pay for the part now and the fix later, when we call you to make sure it all looks good.â
You nod, glancing up from the sheet briefly before looking back at the part expense. It isnât bad in the grand scheme of things - certainly cheaper than a used car thatâll just give up on you in a few months anyway. But, it will be a good chunk of what youâd set aside for your trip and if youâre staying put for the month, thereâs no way you can afford to do it without really settling in. Job and all. âOkay - letâs do it.â
âSounds good.â Buckyâs eyes are full of sympathy as he watches you; from what little youâd told him in the ride over, being stuck in one place is the last thing you wanted right now. âYou want me to get you to Steve? Heâll have some good ideas for what you can do next.â
The nervous knots thatâve been building since the conversation started uncoil some at the mention of the other Alpha, though you try your best to ignore it with another nod to Bucky. âThat would be great.â
                            ----
The sheriffâs station is small but busy when you walk in. Bucky trails ahead of you, walking with purpose that surprises you. At first, you chalk it up to the town being so small â maybe thereâs an open door policy for the residents. But, then you notice the way deputies and junior deputies let him by without even batting an eye. The ones who do simply nod, offering a smile while Bucky walks right past them and reception into Steveâs open office door.Â
âBuck?â You can hear ahead of him. âWhat are you doing here..?â It dawns on you then that they must know each other; intimately, judging by the nickname and the pure ease that Bucky has as he maneuvers the station.
You hesitate to interrupt their moment, but Buckyâs response to Steveâs question is to angle himself so you can be seen from behind him. Thatâs when Steve notices you and you wave with a sheepish smile. âHe brought me, actually - my carâs broken down and I donât think Iâll be able to leave for a bit. I wanted to make sure you knew before you came home and found me still thereâŠâ
Your presence brings Steve to his feet and you notice that heâs in his sheriffâs uniform for the first time. Somehow, he seems more comfortable in it than the casual wear youâve seen him in so far, but thereâs no denying that he looks just as good. âHey -- you donât have to worry about that, I wouldnât just kick you out. Iâm sorry to hear about the car, though - anything I can do to help?âÂ
âUnless thereâs a way the local sheriffâs office can put a little muscle on an auto-parts dealer,â you tease, drawing a snort from Bucky beside you, âI think Iâm okay. Iâm hoping we can talk more about where I should stay when you get back, though?âÂ
âSounds good to me.â
With your big news out in the open, you turn on your heel to leave, but pause as another thought strikes you. âActually, one thing I could use some help with: know of anyone hiring?â
Steveâs face turns pensively and you can see his mind working for an answer. âNot that I can think of, noâŠ,â he offers, a little remorse in his tone, âbut you know what? Most places are willinâ if you know who to talk to. How about Bucky take you around? See what you find?â
After giving his instructions to a suspiciously enthusiastic Bucky, Steve turns his attention back to you. You expect to see pity, but thereâs nothing there but genuine concern. You feel a little warmth from it, like youâre protected just by standing in front of him, and wonder if this is how everyone in his pack must feel. âIâll be back late today, so you can feel free to eat without me. Bucky will take care of you until then and help you talk to some folks about a job. You call me if you need me.â He brandishes a business card from a holder on his desk and pencils his cell number on the back before handing it over. âIf youâre still awake when I get in, we can talk about your living situation. Otherwise, settle in for one more night and weâll talk in the morning.â
                            ----
Over the rest of the day, Bucky takes you to a few shops with vacancies: pharmacy, market, the doctorâs office. Nothing seems to strike a chord for you, though, and you start to grow dejected, anticipating yet another job you have to work out of necessity.
Then, Bucky pulls into the gravel lot of a tavern.
Widowâs Den is the name carved in large wooden blocks over the front door, and despite the afternoon hour, there are a few cars parked in front of it. When you duck inside, a group of older men and women sit, talking over beers.
A tall, broad man is working the bar, his laughter booming over a pop song you havenât heard in years. Beside you, Bucky beams, scent thickening at the sight, and you realize quickly that this must be the person behind the ring on his left hand and the soft pink mark on the right side of his neck. His mate. Itâs adorable to see â this charismatic alpha unraveled at one glimpse of the man he loves.Â
âBabe,â Bucky chimes for the bartenderâs attention as you approach the bartop. Not that he needs to, though; itâs obvious in the way his scent spikes that heâs long since noticed Buckyâs presence and you nearly coo at that too. âNat in the back?â
âYeah,â he responds, not looking your way yet as he finishes pouring a drink. âDoing inventory, I think.â Once the drinkâs delivered, he offers his full attention and thatâs when he notices you. âWhoâs this?â
Bucky grins, smile taking on a boyish quality as he slings an arm around your shoulders. âNew girl, looking for a job. Her carâs in the shop with me now, so sheâs staying with our lovely sheriff until it gets fixed up.âÂ
The bartenderâs intrigue is immediate, eyes widening before he grins slyly â as if privy to a secret youâre not â and folds arms over his chest. The pose accentuates the corded muscle along his arms and chest and you have to stop yourself from sighing. Is there anyone in this town that isnât woefully in shape? âYouâre kiddin'. With Steve?â You have more questions than you know what to do with, but thereâs no time to think about asking one when his hand is thrust your way. âWell, then, nice to meet you, girlie. Iâm Sam.âÂ
The smile he offers you is welcoming, and you forget about the odd focus on your staying with Steve (it isnât even official yet!) to accept his hand. When you share your name in return, the smile widens and he tips his head towards the stretch of hallway by the other end of the bar. âHead on back to talk to Nat -- Bucky can show you the way.â
The brunet rests a hand to your back, pausing only to give Sam a quick kiss over the bar before he takes you towards the back hallway. The vibe in this half of the building is noticeably different. Homey, like the staircase at Steveâs cabin. You recognize many of the same faces in these pictures as the ones back at Steveâs. Buckyâs against Samâs shoulder, Steve head and shoulders over the rest. There are a few where heâs even bare faced, looking eons younger than he does now, but not a smidgen less intense, and you work out easily that theyâve all been friends for some time, maybe even since puphood.
Itâs admirable to you, maybe even enviable too. You have friends from that age as well, but the unforgiving pace of city life had made it hard to stay close. The smiles in the barâs pictures, in comparison, speak to nothing but growing bonds, year after year.
You canât help but smile too.
âThis way.â Buckyâs voice brings you out of your thoughts and into a half-cracked doorway. The room is cluttered, stacked with boxes and bottles. And in the center of the chaos is a woman with striking red hair, pulled up and out of her face. Her aura holds a candle to Steveâs; far-reaching, imposing, and immediate. Thereâs no mistaking her as anything but an Alpha, and when her eyes leave the clipboard sheâs holding to focus on you instead, you struggle against the instinctive need to bow into yourself. But, years of Wall Streetâs brutal pace (that cares very little for rank) steel you. You see something akin to amusement flash in her eyes when you meet her gaze head-on.
âWhat did I tell you about bringing in strays, James?â Her tone is level, but the words have no real bite. You look up at Bucky warily still, who reassures you with a little smile.
âThis oneâs not a stray --- not really, anyway.â He loops an arm around your shoulder again and you can tell the familiarity intrigues Nat. âSheâs new in town - staying for a month or two until I can get her car squared up, so weâre hopinâ to find her a place to work.â
âJust a couple? Thatâs not a long time --- I mean, by the time you get settled in, youâre gonna be out of here.â A valid concern; one that the other shop owners had shared when Bucky told them your predicament. There isnât much you can say to ease the worry, but it turns out you donât have to. Nat turns the rest of the way to set her scrutinizing gaze on you properly and the look compels you to stay put; almost as if youâre presenting yourself to her. A stretch of silence sets in and the longer it goes, the more convinced you are that sheâs about to reject you outright. Then, she clicks her tongue. âHm. We donât need much right now, but I could throw you a couple bucks if you want to help us bus tables or something. This is the only spot to really drink in town, so we could always use the help on busy nights.â
Youâre so relieved you could kiss her, but you donât need superhuman instinct to know that would not go well. You settle instead for a wide smile, the sort thatâs contagious to the Alphas in the room who start beaming with you. âThat would work for me!â
âGood,â she grins, setting her clipboard aside to cross her arms, ânow to celebrate our new arrival.â
                            ----
You spend the rest of the day at Widowâs Den, getting to know Sam, Bucky, and Natasha over glasses of their best liquor. They confirm your suspicion that theyâve known each other for some time: Steve and Bucky are lifelong friends, brought together by a schoolyard fight started by a Steve who wasnât even half the other boysâ heights. Meanwhile, Sam and Natasha came into the fray during high school years, transfers from their deep South and Russian hometowns respectively. But, they folded into the fabric of the boyhood duo easily and had been a foursome ever since.
You still donât know where Sam and Buckyâs relationship turned romantic, but thereâs an ease there that makes you guess it has been a while. Natasha, like you, is unmarked, but itâs rare for Alphas to do that anyway. Youâre curious to learn more about her in particular.Â
As time moves on, the bar fills more and more and you get a glimpse of what your life will be like for the next few weeks. The crowd is certainly diverse - people of all ages filing in with friends or on their own. In an odd way, thereâs two bars existing in one - young and old, energetic chatter and introspective talk.Â
By the time you leave, youâre a little tipsy and Bucky guides you out with a hand on your back. So far, you havenât come across any other omega in their circle, and you wonder if his constant touch is a result of that instinct to protect you. The conversation on the ride back to Steveâs flows more freely now that youâve spent so much time together and when he drops you off, he surprises you with an offer for a hug. When he glimpses that surprise, he laughs. âNone of that now - youâll be seeing a lot of me from now on, so weâre friends, sweetheart.âÂ
You laugh and step into his arms - you suppose heâs right.
                            ----
Itâs near one in the morning when Steve finally comes home. His midnight patrol had been as uneventful as usual ---- a blessing, he thinks, considering how distracted heâd been during the run. His wolf is restless, agitated by the thought of this new omega being around longer than expected. He found his thoughts trailing to her during his time in the woods, particularly as he passed the quarry heâd found her in, and there was an eagerness to find out how the rest of the day with Bucky had gone.
Heâd be lying if he said he wasnât a little nervous. His friend, dear as he is, can be a handful, even for him.Â
When he comes in, heâs shocked to find you still awake in the living room, a mug of what smells like herbal tea in your hand as you flip through a book from his shelf. You look up at him from the book, a dopey smile to your face, and thatâs when the other, underlying smell on you hits. Alcohol --- something woody thatâs familiar. He guesses Bucky mustâve taken you to Widowâs Den, which would explain why youâre still up at this time.
âHey,â he speaks up, nodding at you, âcouldnât sleep?â
You shake your head, book forgotten as you cradle your tea with your other hand. âItâs been a busy night - still a bit wired!âÂ
Fair, he thinks. âTell me about it - did it go well with Buck?â
You start to ramble about the day - the places you tried, the time at Widowâs Den, the offer from Nat you ultimately accepted. He tries not to tense too visibly, but he canât hide the way his scent sharpens the way it often does when an Alpha is on edge. He can see the impact it has on you instantly; the way your excitement slows and your eyes dart to try and pick out what caused it.
He reassures you - or does his best to - with a smile, urging you on. He wonât explain this yet, but the crowd at Widowâs Den can be rowdy when they want to be, especially when theyâre from out of town. Nat and Sam will show you the ropes --- and step in where they have to --- so youâll be in good hands; but he wouldnât be Steve if he didnât worry. Youâre the newest wolf in town now --- a part of his pack, even if just for a short while.
When youâre done recapping the day, his smile grows, the gesture deliberately wide to make up for his worry catching you off-guard. âWell, Iâm glad to hear it went well - Nat and Sam are good people, theyâll take care of you.â
âI believe it.â You pause, running a finger along the rim of your mug. âWhich reminds me, I⊠I donât have to stay here. Once I start working, I think Iâll be able to check in at the Hummingbird, see if that roomâs opened up.â
Steve gives you the same stern look from the diner and you almost giggle at the sight. Itâs hard to see the same intimidating alpha now that youâve heard a little about him from his friends. âCome on - what kind of pack leader would I be if I kicked you out now?â He stands from the couch, eyes -- and stomach -- starting to turn towards the kitchen. âI wonât stop you if you prefer the motel, of course, but the offer to stay here will be open until your carâs ready to go.âÂ
âAre you sure...?â
His stern face softens, giving way to another smile. âPositive - donât worry about it, okay?âÂ
After the last twenty four hours, itâs hard to doubt his capacity for kindness, but reassurance is always appreciated. You thank him one last time as he stalks into the kitchen, wishing you a good night, and when your tea is finished, you pad up to the guest bedroom with your chest feeling as warm as your tummy.Â
As you finally doze, itâs with a head full of excitement; like a kid the night before a field trip. You didnât expect it, sure, but youâre ready, anticipant, for the start of your life for the next two months.
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Liar
Part 3
Loki x female!reader
Word count: 1,7K
Warnings: angst, typos, everything sad besides doggo
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Loki felt miserable. If only he knew what would he start with that lie. Why couldn't he tell her Y/N is his cousin or something? She and her golden-fish-like IQ would've believed him. Damn him! Damn him and Tony for making him do this! Why couldn't Stark do it himself! It was his idea afterall!
Loki was lying on a rug in his bedroom. He didn't feel like he deserved the luxury of a warm soft bed. He was looking through photos and selfies of Y/N in his phone. Her happy smile, her arms wrapped around him in a hug in his favourite selfie of you (his wallpaper), her two fingers giving him horns from behind his back and him doing it back to her. He counted, he had only 7 pictures of her in total. 'I should've taken pictures of her more often,' he thought to himself and wiped his eyes to get clearer view. He should've took a picture of her doing the most mundane things. Reading a book, drawing on a windowsill, chatting with someone. She always had this spark in her eyes whenever she talked about some of her interests. He wanted to see that spark again.
Loki caught himself dreaming of you again. 'Let her go,' he told himself. 'It will be better for her and you.'
But he didn't want to get better. Not without her. But he fucked up big time. He apologized. He showed her a proof of his innocense. She chose to put space between you two. And that was okay, right? He's already used to it, right?
His eyes were staring outside the window the whole night, but he wasn't watching anything. He needed them open, for whenever he closed them he saw you. Either crying and screaming like you did few day ago, or sad smile you gave him few hours ago, or your happy grin you have worn what seemed like ages ago.
Sky changed its shades of blue from dark to light. The morning sun made him realize that no, he isn't used to it.
*
The need to walk to your room was big. But he couldn't. He promised to leave you alone if you wanted. And you did.
So instead he hid in one of the old rooms everyone forgot about and never really used. He needed to be alone.
No one came looking for him yet. The only sign of someone remembering his existence was one message from Tony. Something about the info Loki got from that woman being useless and agents are taking the lead from the Avengers. Good to know he unknowingly destroyed his whole relationship with Y/N for nothing.
When he read those words the first time he wanted to smash the phone on nearest wall, but that meant losing all the pictures with you and he simply couldn't do that.
Loki wandered where where you. If you were safe. Maybe you took your dog out. Or made someone do it, so you didn't have to risk meeting him in the halls. Thought of you still avoiding him sickened him.
His lower back started to ache from sitting in pragraph position for too long. He decided to stretch and walk a little, clear his head. The plan was to go to kitchen, steal something small to eat (not because he was hungry, he needed a distraction) and go back to his secret room. Or the roof. What will came first.
With a glass of water and pockets filled with chocolate he started walking towards the exit.
Suddenly he heard small clawed paws hitting the floor making soft clicking noises. He followed the distand sound to find your little pup, Rex, walking around as if he owned the place. If he was here then you'll be nearby. Loki looked around the room, but besides the small dog and him it was empty.
When the little guy got his sent into his nose, he turned and sprinted towards Loki. He expected the pup to bite him, just like you promise you will train him, and mentally prepared himself for attack of small dull needles on his ankles.
To his surprise Rex started jumping on his leg, trying to reach his hand. When Loki lowered it to his level he started to lick it, his tail wagging wildly. Good to know at least he doesn't hate him.
"Did you escape her and went on an adventure, little guy?" he asked scratching behind his ears. Rex rolled on his belly and silently asked for scratches. Loki was more than happy to provide.
"Well, we can't leave it like that now, can we? She'll be worried sick if she doesn't find you in her room. Like this one time when she couldn't find her favourite plushie from childhood. We turned her whole room upside down just to find it. Later that day she realized she accidentally left it in my bedroom," he smiled sadly at the fond memory. "We laughed a lot afterwards. I fear she'll never laugh in my presence again," he stopped scratching.
Rex sat up and tilted his head at him.
"I know, I know, it's basically my fault. And I understand why she feels like that. Who wouldn't after their best... ex best friend said those things about them. I just wish I could turn back time and change everything."
"And why would you do that?" loki turned around to be met with face of none other than Tony Stark.
"You would never understand," he looked away.
"I'm capable of undertanding a lot of things, don't underestimate me."
Rex found new sent in the room and ran up to Tony. "Aaaw, is he yours? I never thought you'll be a dog person," Tony picked him up and got a good look on him, while Rex was trying to reach his face with his tongue.
"No, he's Y/N's. He must've escaped from her bedroom. Please, take him to her," he started walking away.
"No way, your friend, your problem. I'm already a very busy man even without pets," he put Rex on the floor and gently nudged him towards Loki.
"Here's the thing, I can't. I can't face her. And I am more than sure she doesn't want to face me."
"What happened? Don't tell me it's some petty reason like 'you picked the wrong movie' or 'those flowers don't go with ma vase'."
Loki rolled his eyes and took Rex to his hands. "No. She heard me telling lies to that woman we needed for those informations and now she doesn't trust me. I doubt she ever will."
"Just tell her how it was. How hard can that be?"
"Don't you think I already thought of that? I showed her the video from security cameras yesterday and she still doesn't want to go back to being my friend. And I understand why," he stared deeply into Rex's puppy eyes. As if the little dog felt his sadnes he tried to cuddle up to his chest.
"Then pray tell, cuz I could never understand women's logic."
Loki played with Rex's soft fur. "She knows I'm a great liar. She might think if that was a lie and she couldn't tell, then might be wondering how much of other things I told her were lies," Rex started chewing on Loki's thumb. "The truth is I never told her a single lie. Only that one time when she asked me if I'm smiling because I saw Thor fall down the stairs," he chuckled.
"Then tell her you never lied to her," Tony suggested.
"I can't. She won't believe me. Didn't you hear what I just said?"
"I did. But listen, life is complicated enough already, why making it more miserable by not talking each other's issues out? Just go to her, return her dog and ask to talk to her."
"What if she slams the door in my face just like the last time? Then what genious?"
Tony shrugged. "I don't know. Write her a letter and slide it down her door?"
Loki rolled eyes and started walking in the direction of your bedroom. "Your advices suck," he called behind his back.
Here he was. Standing in front of your door, which was slightly ajar. Explaining how Rex got out. Behind those doors he laughed with you, played games with you, watched movies while cuddling with you. So many pleasant memories. Scarred by the freshest one.
He remembered the fear and panic he felt when you started shouting at him. He remembered every last word you told him. Those kinds of words only left your mouth in his worst nightmares. He never thought he'll hear them in real life.
Tiny bites along his wrist brought him back to present. He didn't know what to do. Should he stand there and wait until you come out? Or should he knock? Call out for you?
His questions got answered sooner than he thought. "What are you doing here?" he heard her voice coming from the opposite end of the hallway.
He quickly looked down at Rex in his arms, the opened doorand realized how it must look to you. "I'm not stealing him, I swear. I found him wandering around the Tower," he held him out to you.
You took him, your fingers brushed his for a moment. You coughed. "Ehm, thank you. For bringing him back, I mean."
"No problem," he stood there awkwardly, hamd behind his back.
He figured you didn't want to say anything more and he took a step to walk around you.
"Hey," you called out.
"Yes?" he asked hopefully, waiting for your next words.
"I...... uhm," you bit your lip nervously.
He saw her wilingness to talk as his chance. "Can I speak with you? About all of what happened? Please?"
You looked up at him, a small relief in your eyes. "Actually, that's what I wanted to ask you."
"Oh, okay," he felt like an awkward teen rather than over century old man.
Both of you stood in the hallway. Until you broke the silence. "Well, do you want to come in?" you pointed at your door.
"Yeah, okay. Why not? Your bedroom is nice for talking," Loki mentally slaped himself across the face for saying such stupidity.
"Yes. I suppose it is," you gave him a small smile and closed the door behind the two of you.
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OK WEâRE ALMOST THERE! @strange-lace this one is for you, and special shout out to Pixel Anon for asking about this pairing yesterday!
I know of your reputation all too well./Why do you have a picture of me?
âOh no you donât!â Syntax heard before he was slammed into sideways and downwards by someone he hadnât even known was in The Cloud with them.
âMacaque!â MK yelled, surprise and excitement in his voice before he yelped, faced with the two large figures they'd seen at the entrance to the building.
âIâll help you once Iâm done!â The spider demon yelled back to the Monkie Kid, wrestling with Syntax to keep him from trying to escape into the shadows once again.
The two rolled and laded on the other side of the building, far away from where MK and the Guardians were doing whatever it was they were doing in their own fight, and Syntax used his mechanical spider legs to jump away from the other.
âSyntax!â Macaque yelled, standing tall before the other. He was huge, four arms and four eyes and shirtless, fur a pattern of purple and black.
âSix-Eared Macaque! I know of your reputation all too well,â Syntax gloated with a smirk as he stood back up, one that only faltered slightly when this statement seemed to make the other demon... upset, somehow. âWhat? Not happy your past deeds precede you?â
âYou donât remember me at all... do you?â
âDid I not just say that your reputation precedes you?â Syntax sneered, bringing out his extra limbs even farther and using them to stand taller above the other demon. âAlthough the stories donât seem to match up to the reality. What, pray tell, happened to turn you into this?â
There was a flash of hurt across the monkey demonâs face as his extra limbs flexed and his lower fists clenched together.
âI donât want to fight you,â he said instead of answering. âBut I will if I have to. Unless you return what you took from this place and call off the guardians.â
âHmn... denied,â Syntax said with a smirk as he snapped his legs out farther. âAs much as I love outsourcing, I know when running is not an option.â
And then he lunged at the other, aiming for his legs.
The two fought for a while, Macaque spending most of his time dodging Syntaxâs assault and Syntax doing his best to either wear him down or incapacitate the other so that he could not follow him. He knew that running from the other was a pointless endeavor, now that he had shown he was more than fast enough to catch him with ease.
But he knew large demons and large demons tired out far quicker than smaller ones such as himself. Thatâs why Huntsman was always so smarmy about his good of a tracker he was, he was able to follow his prey day and night without tiring nearly as much as them. And Syntax was significantly smaller than the bizarre mishmash of a monkey demon before him.
Of course it was only a matter of time before the other lost his cool and actually landed a hit on the other. It was when Syntax had been aiming for his legs again, the other managing to slam his palm into the pack on his back.
Pain exploded from where it made contact, something digging into his spine painfully as he flew into a nearby bookshelf. Heâd barely managed to snag onto a pocket in Macaqueâs pants, the contents of it spilling everywhere.
It was when the spider demon struggled to stand as quickly as he could that he realized... Macaque was not coming after him...
Instead he stood, looking dazed and... afraid...
What was he afraid of? Thatâd heâd hurt Syntax? No, that didnât make any sense, why would he even consider that? It... it didnât make... sense.
That was when he saw it. It having been one of the items that exploded from Macaqueâs ripped pocket and sprawled out on the floor between them.
Syntax couldnât stop himself from picking it up and staring at it in confusion and disbelief.
â...Why do you have a picture of me?â Syntax asked breathlessly, holding the worn object in his hands like it would burn him at any moment.
It wasnât old, but it had clearly been handled more than it should have. Folded over in quarters with the picture on the outside, bizarre and wearing down the quality more than it would have otherwise. But the picture was still clear enough.
The face staring back at him was his own... or at least... it was. Once.
Same hair. Same smirk he would give when he was thinking of something to work on. Same mustache. But the hair was black, his smirk was not sharp, his face was adorned with glasses instead of his visor, and his skin lacked the purple tint of his spider demon status. He knew he was human, once. He had some memory of his old life.
But... looking at this picture...
He realized he could only remember bits and pieces of it. He was a scientist but where had he worked? He was human but he didnât know if he had family. He worked for the Spider Queen for a time but he didnât know for how long.
Macaque stood in front of him, fighting stance dropped in favor of a pained hunch as he wrapped his lower set of arms around his torso. He... he knew the other hadnât always been like this... somehow. Somehow he knew that the Macaque before him with two set of arms and eyes and swirled colorful fur wasnât the Six-Eared Macaque he knew of from the stories.
And when he looked back down at the picture he noticed something else.
A hand on his shoulder.
A hand with dark black fur.
He unfolded the picture down and revealed both the lower half of his body and a similarly dark fur tailed wrapped around his ankle.
He unfolded the other half of the picture so fast he was fearful he almost ripped it. But in front of his eyes, plain as day, was-
âAh, come on!â Macaque chuckled out, setting up Syntaxâs phone on the other side of the room. âThisâll be a great way to record progress. See if anything happens between treatments.â
âI think if anything were to happen we would have noticed by now,â Syntax rebutted, but did not stop the demon from doing as he pleased. It was not the first time he had done something like this on a whim, something that was clearly a veiled attempt to either spend more time with the scientist or to break the boredom of the day when his body didnât ache as badly. âBut I cannot deny that it would be at least moderately beneficial.â
âThatâs the spirit, Syn,â Macaque said with a chuckle, clicking a button on the phone and the soft beeps of a count down timer began as he rushed over to his companionâs side.
As Macaque put his arm around Syntaxâs shoulder and he felt his tail brush his ankle the scientist tensed a bit and looked up at him in confusion. The monkey demon was roughly his own height, once, but the multiple treatments had done a number on the other. His once slick black fur was now striped and dotted in coarse purple and his spine and torso had elongated awkwardly, allowing him to not exactly tower over the other but at least stand taller than he was.
âSyn?â He asked cautiously.
âYou can call me Mac if you want,â was the otherâs far too casual and carefree answer, accompanied by that chuckle he gave out so easily now that he used to find frustrating but now felt... oddly endearing.
And as the camera shutter let out the last loud countdown beep Syntax couldnât help but look away and smirk a bit at the idea of calling someone so powerful by such a casual nickname.
âOK, Mac, th-â
âNO!â Syntax screamed, throwing the picture down before grabbing his head in his hands. It ached and throbbed, like heâd been hit with a baseball bat enough to shatter his skull.
He didnât remember any of this, not a single bit, but yet there was nothing here that could have possibly implanted him with false memories. As far as he knew Macaque didnât have that ability... but then again... as far as he knew...
Six-Eared Macaque wasnât supposed to be a Monkey-Spider hybrid.
âSyn?â He heard Macaque call out softly as he bent down to pick up the picture. âI donât want to fight you. Please, we c-â
âSTAY BACK!â Syntax yelled, hissing at the other as he backed away. He felt so much more familiar to him now, so familiar, but he couldnât remember anything about him except passing glances around the lair before the New Year. He... thought he might have remembered seeing him around the lair on New Year. Gloating to Sun Wukong. Leaving with him. Infuriating and worrying his Queen-
âLetâs give it a spin,â Spider Queen had said with a smirk as she turned toward her human scientist-
Another pang of agony in his head, making the human turned spider curl in on himself with only his extra mechanical legs to hold him up. His fingers dug into his scalp, pulling at his hair as he grit his teeth in the pain. White dots exploded at the edges of his closed eyes, they were clenched so tightly.
He didnât know exactly what happened after that. He remembered Macaque trying to come closer. One of his legs lashing out. Feeling them graze something solid. Something wet sounding hitting the floor. Macaque yelling his name as he ran from The Cloud as quickly as he could.
When he came back to his sense he was already back in Silken Web Cave, inside his personal quarters and shaking as he was wrapped around the box he was sent to retrieve with Goliath pounding on his door, gentle for the large spider, and pleading for him to come out and tell them what happened.
What was he to tell them when he didnât know himself?
#monkie kid#lego monkie kid#fanfic#spider monkie au#ship fic#six eared macaque#syntax#shadowcodingshipping
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This is a Kageyama x f!reader fake dating serie meddling angst and fluff ! I will post the first chapter this week, but if you'd like to be a beta reader please don't hesitate to contact me !! I'd be super happy !
However, that night Kageyama could not sleep, his mind was too troubled. He was lying on his back, staring at the ceiling in the dark. He kept thinking about the conversation that had taken place earlier at the bar. Install an application to find someone to walk around with him in exchange of some financial compensation ? No, it was obviously a bad idea. Why would he go on a site like that when fans would do it willingly and for free? (Although it wasn't about money in his case.) Besides, he had already heard about sugar daddy relationships and wasn't interested in them at all. At this point it was better to go on the dates arranged by Hinata.
Yet a kind of curiosity itched him and he gave in to temptation. He finally turned around and grabbed his phone from the nightstand. Soon, he was on the app store and the download of Best Interest was starting. When the installation finished and the application icon appeared on his home-screen, he hastily clicked on it. The first page asked him to log in or register and he quickly started the registration process. First he had to indicate why he was here. The choice ranged from simple "Chat" to "Serious Encounter". He himself did not know why he was here and hesitated for a long time before pressing "Need a date". There was very little chance that it would actually lead to something interesting but he couldn't stop there and almost automatically went to the next page. There, he had to set up his own profile and fill in various information about himself. Beyond the fact that he didn't really want anyone to know that he had been tempted by this application, he knew full well that there was always the risk of running into someone who could recognize him. That's why he decided to set up a profile that was simple and discreet enough to remain virtually anonymous. Once all the fields had been fulfilled and validated, he arrived at a page where unknown profiles were displayed.
If at first he was a bit inexperienced in the operation of this kind of application, he quickly mastered the processes and learned that he was supposed to swing left or right depending on whether he was interested in who he saw or not. His finger was quickly sliding and even though he had been assured that this site was not intended for sugar daddy relationships, he felt the opposite. He couldn't count the many profiles that had pictures with bunny ears, cat tails and mentions of BDSM. He should have expected it, it was obvious it was going to be like that. After spending a good half hour with his eyes glued to the screen of his phone he resolved to leave it at that. Out of simple curiosity, just out of mere curiosity, he slipped his finger one last time and came across a profile that, because it was so much more plain than the others, caught his attention. A student named Y/N from what he could read. A very simple picture as you can see everywhere on Instagram. The description was brief, obviously a regular student's one. She mentioned her money issues, especially in paying her rent, again a recurring problem for students. And she insisted that she refused all sexual advances. On a whim, Kageyama decided to swipe to the right. In any case, he planned to remove the application tomorrow, he had fed his curiosity and that's all he wanted. So he locked his phone before putting it on his nightstand and got back under his comforter. What he had just done would have no consequences and he should be better preoccupied with his workout, which would be very hard tomorrow with the little sleep he was going to get.
Tobio liked you. Is he in your Best Interest ?
#new serie#sneak peak#not sure of this arrangement tho#can't wait to post more#looking for beta readers#kageyama is coming#kind of excited#kageyama x reader#should I keep the pic ?#tinder vibes
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Fandom: Supernatural
Character: Dean Winchester
Persona: Female
Word Count: 1,331
A/N -Â Hey everyone, long time no see! Life has just been really crazy for me and I didnât have the motivation or time to update. I hope youâre all staying safe and well //Â
Not sure how many parts this will have or if Iâll even keep updating (let me know if youâre interested in reading more pls) //Â
will loosely follow the newer seasons but mostly this will take place in an AU <3
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You had to admit even you were surprised when you saw the younger Winchesterâs name flash across your iPhone on a peaceful Sunday afternoon, it had been too long. You were even more surprised as you lumped your few belongings into your beaten up truck that the Winchesters would even call upon you for help. Gripping the steering wheel tightly you let your head flop onto it with a sigh, were you even ready for this?
It was a few hours later when you finally pulled up outside the bunker, you sent Sam a simple text to let him know youâd arrived safely.Taking a look at the big doors which would take you to the brothers, you looked at your steering wheel once more. The reasonable, sensible part of you argued it wasnât too late for you to turn with your tail tucked between your legs. The Winchesters had other friends, (if you could even call yourself that), they could find someone else to help them. It didnât have to be you. But the other part fought back, it has to be you because who else if not? So with a heavy heart beating faster from anxiety, you got out of your truck and waited for Sam to let you in.
The long-haired man greeted you with a warm hug leading you inside, you exchanged polite pleasantries almost as if you werenât there to work a case. The bunker was still the same, everything in the same position as you remembered it to be. After descending down the last step you coughed to get Samâs attention, he stopped to look at you, a brow raised. âUmm--â, you awkwardly adjusted one of the bags on your shoulder which Sam instantly reached out to grab, taking it out of your hand you let him carry it, âDoes...does he know?â. Samâs smile fell slightly, naturally his face took on a pitiful expression, âNoâ, he said softly, he wouldâve said more but the sad nod you gave him changed his mind, âCâmon Iâve set up your old roomâ.
Sam opened the door to the room you once occupied; the double bed was still draped in its tan sheet, the fur blanket neatly folded across the bottom. You walked in recognising the faint smell of the vanilla incense you used to burn was still somewhat lingering lightly in the air. Dumping the bag you still carried onto the floor you reached out to take the other from Sam, âIâll talk to himâ, the younger brother stated, âItâll be okay (Y/N). You nodded wordlessly. The expression on your face said it all, Dean would not be happy with this. The light clicking of the door closing made you exhale the breath youâd been holding, now that you were alone your let your eyes dance around the room noticing that the few trinkets youâd left where still in the original place youâd put them. There were a few photos you had left behind, unable to grab them in your mad dash away from the bunker. The frames held a thick layer of dust. Using the back of your sleeve you wiped it away to reveal the smiling faces of you and Dean, your head resting on his shoulder as his arms were wrapped around you. The memory replayed clearly in your head as if it happened yesterday:
âHey Sammy, take one of us!â, Dean chirped happily as he forced the camera into his brotherâs hands quickly running back over to you, he grabbed you tightly by the waist and forced you into his side. You giggled out his name, a wacky grin plastered on both of your faces as you snuggled even closer, âSay cheese!â, Sam shouted, enjoying the scene before him. With a flash, the picture had been taken and without wasting a moments time Dean detached from you to snatch the camera back.
He turned it around in his hands to examine the shot, âWe look adorableâ, he declared. âLemme seeâ, you reached out but he moved it from your grasp, âI promise. Sam câmere itâs group photo time!â.
Meanwhile as you were reminiscing on the joys of the past Sam went off to find his older brother and drop the bombshell.Â
Dean was none the wiser as he sat alone in the kitchen sipping from his beer and skimming his laptop screen for any new leads about Micheal. The footsteps approaching pulled Dean out of his stupor, letting his eyes refocus he looked over to the door. He nodded his head at before looking back to the bright screen. Sam slowly skulked into the room trying to figure out how to break the news to his brother, âAny news?â. âNothing, itâs like heâs gone ghostâ, Dean closed the lid to his laptop and took an extra long gulp from his beer. Sam took a deep breath, âYeah, heâs gonna turn up sooner or later...uh I called in some helpâ.Â
âHelp? Ainât we got enough hunters around the place?â, he chuckled taking note of the solemn expression on Samâs face. Sam cleared his throat, âUm an old friend actuallyâ. Dean placed his now empty beer bottle down with more force than he meant, âOld friend?â, his lips formed a frown as Sam nodded, âYeah, I called in (Y/N), thought we could use the helpâ.
Deanâs eyebrows knitted together. He puffed out the air in his lungs, âOld friend?â, he repeated sarcastically, âThatâs a funny joke Samâ. The older Winchester was finding it hard to control the anger and hurt he could feel bubbling inside him. The chair scrapped loudly across the kitchen floor letting Dean stand up to his full height, when Sam didnât say anything other than cross his arms awkwardly Dean growled out lowly, âSam you didnâtâ. âLook we needed--â, he started but his brother cut him off, âYou canât be serious! I thought we said no more secrets and (Y/N)? Of all people? We donât even need the helpâ, he thumped his palm onto the kitchen counter and started to walk towards the door. Dean stopped a few inches away from Sam, âTell her to leave. Now.â, his boots pounded on the titled floor, âSheâs not welcome hereâ. As Deanâs footsteps faded down the corridor Sam snarked, âWell that went better than expectedâ.
The older Winchester was trying not to see red as he mindlessly walked through the bunker, his heart was threatening to burst with feelings that he thought heâd repressed. Dean was hurt mostly; you being back here was a can of worms that he did not want to open, yet when his footsteps stopped he found himself outside your bedroom door. The number 32 glared back at him as he mindlessly stared at it, it was almost taunting him to knock. He raised his fist. It hovered over the dark brown oak.
What would he even say to you? There were a million and one things he could say, that he should say but how would he even phrase them? Should he get angry, would he cry?
Your fingers danced on the edge of the photo frame you couldnât convince yourself to put back down yet, too caught up in the way the feelings of the past spoke to you. A creak sounded outside your door. It was so soft that if it werenât for your trained ears you wouldnât of heard it. You quickly returned the photo to the original spot like it had scolded you. Jumping onto your bed you rapidly yanked your laptop out of your bag and pretended to look like you were busy. You waited for the knock on the door, but it never came.Â
His hand flopped back down to his side, with a final glance at the door he turned on his heel and stalked off back down the corridor intent on making his way to the Impala. He needed a place to be alone preferably with music and lots of cheap booze.Â
#supernatural#supernatural au#supernatural fanfic#supernatural imagine#supernatural fanfiction#spn#dean winchester#dean winchester fanfic#dean x reader#dean winchester x reader#team free will#sam winchester#sam and dean#castiel#lucifer#crowley#female reader#reader insert#reader x dean#supernatural season 15#supernatural season 14#spn 15
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A collection of one-shot stories focused around the people of Teyvat trying to understand their new friend. Each chapter will be different, so check titles, summaries, and notes for each. I don't know how long this will be, but I've had a few ideas floating in my head for a while to write for Genshin, so for convenience sake I figured I would compile them all into one piece in the archive. Most of these stories will be focused on the relationships between the Traveler and one or two other characters, sometimes playing around with how game mechanics could fit into the world of Teyvat realistically. I hope you enjoy!
Story 1 Summary:Â Jean confronts the Traveler about some complaints they've been getting from the people of Mondstadt.
Tumblr version of the story under read-more as well!
âHonorary Knight,â Jean called out, âDo you have time to spare? I wanted to⊠talk to you about something?â
The Traveler paused and turned towards Jean, nodding silently. Paimon was with them; they had been stopped in the middle of the cityâs market plaza, finishing up a supply run between updating commissions and handing in bounties. The Acting Grandmaster looked nervous, for the few months the Traveler had known her, she had always seemed awkward and insecure when it came to social interactions, but perhaps that was just with them. The Traveler wasnât the most talkative, and Paimon reminded them constantly that their blank stare always messed up their first impressions (âSeriously, what would you do without Paimon?!â).
Jean walked up to them, one hand pressed against her chest as her boots clicked along the cobblestone. âGood. Iâm sorry for this, but could you come to the Knightsâ Headquarters with me? I think itâs best we speak about this alone.â
âSomeone has filed a complaint against the Traveler?!â Paimon squeaked. They were seated in Jeanâs office, and somehow her floating body jumped another foot in the air when she became angry, âWho would do such a thing? Geez, you would think the people of Mondstadt would be thankful after everything weâve done for them!â
âEverything Iâve done, Paimon,â The Traveler quipped, their lips curving into the slightest smile that those who didnât know them would blink and miss it, âYou just tag along and eat my food.â
âThatâs not true and you know it! Paimon has helped you out so much-â
âAhem,â Jean cleared her throat, âIâm sorry, but Iâd like to continue, if thatâs alright. I wasnât sure how to approach this with you, I was worried that you would be upsetâŠâ
The Traveler leaned forward, pressing their palms against their thighs as they did, the picture of calm as they spoke, âIâm not upset.â
âWell, Paimon is! How dare they?!â
They now understand why Jean had been so hesitant when she called out to them before. Even now, although she had a bit more confidence seated behind her desk, she averted her eyes and seemed to study the stack of books piled up on the corner of the wood, âI still am not well versed in the customs of this world. If I offended someone, I would like to know why in order to correct it.â
That seemed to get Jean to smile. Albeit, it was still a nervous one, but a smile nonetheless. âWell, Iâm glad to hear youâre not upset, but perhaps I phrased it wrong. It wasnât necessarily a complaint but⊠several concerns were raised to me by Mondstadt citizens.â
âSeveral people complained?!â
âPaimon, calm down. Jean,â The Traveler nodded for her to continue, âWhat was it about?â
She scratched her cheek and laughed airly, âWell⊠I received word that you were caught scaling rooftops and collecting⊠mushrooms?â
**
âHonorary Knight, please wait!â
Jean shouted, her hand outstretched towards the tails of the Travelerâs scarf as they darted down the steps of the Knightsâ. They bolted out of the office suddenly, the only clue that her and Paimon had to go on was the way the Travelerâs eyes widened before they leapt out of their seat. Paimon was hurriedly flying behind them, the constellation-like fairy dust she shed buffeted Jean as it fell into the wind. Athos and Porthos stumbled as the doors flew open, taking a second before they started to move, asking in confusion if Jean needed help apprehending them.
âNo! Itâs alright! Iâll- Iâll handle it!â She placated, throwing a wave up as she continued to run after.
The Traveler circled the stone wall as they climbed the steps towards the Archon Statue, Paimon and Jeanâs voices tuned out to their ears as they hurried ahead. They had been so busy with commissions they had forgotten⊠They had spent days collecting everything but they had gotten distracted⊠They needed to hurry-
âPaimon! Do you have any idea why theyâre running away?â Jean said as she caught up to the pixie.
âPaimon doesnât know! It might be about the mushrooms though!â
âDo you know why they were collecting them?â
âNot a clue! Paimon followed them when they were doing it a few times, but they never answered Paimonâs questions about why either!â
âThatâs⊠strange,â Jeanâs eyes narrowed as she watched the Traveler push through the crowds of the upper plaza, running straight towards the cathedral doors. Jean hadnât expected things to end up like this at all. She had nothing but trust in the Honorary Knight, and while most of the questions raised to her about their activities had been just confusion, there were a few citizens- those who Jean normally categorized as easily paranoid or held biases towards outsiders and outlanders- who had voiced their concerns with suggestions of more dubious things. Jean had dismissed them, but as she watched the Cathedral doors fly open, thought of the way the Traveler had just fled when questioned, thoughts of her sister being just inside those doors, she pressed her lips into a thin line and steadied herself before she threw out her hand with an order-
âAramis! Otto!â Both patrolling knights snapped to attention, âCatch the Honorary Knight!âÂ
**
The heavy doors to the Cathedral were slammed open with a gust of Anemo power, and all eyes turned to the entrance. Hymns and the organ playing stopped, a melody of silence that made way for the Travelerâs footfalls as they pounded across the mosaic tile, racing up towards the Deaconess standing on the stairs to the mezzanine. Barbaraâs hands jumped to the banister, ready to help in case of an emergency, but then she saw Aramis and Otto rushing in with weapons drawn, shouting for the Traveler to stop, and her sister right behind with her hand on the hilt of her own sword-
âH-honorary Knight!â Barbara regretted how her voice broke as she called out. As the Traveler got closer, she moved away from the base of the stairs, stopping at the top in front of the organ pipes with one of the columns acting as a defense should she need to jump behind it, âWhatâs the matter?â
The Traveler slowed to a stop in front of the door to the Basement. Barbaraâs hands jumped to the catalyst book on her hip. They had returned the Holy Lyre der Himmel before and apologized for taking it, but was there a chance they would steal it again? Or something else? Why else were her sister and the Knights rushing in so desperately?
âBarbara,â The Traveler gasped as they looked up at the Deaconess. Their shoulders rose and fell as they breathed for just a moment before they froze when two swords crossed in front of them, stalling them back when they took a step towards the stairs.
âStand down, Honorary Knight,â Aramis said, his voice stern, but the conflict evident as he said their title. What else was he supposed to call them in a moment like this? He looked to Otto who was just as lost. Paimonâs body did a somersault as she came to a sudden stop, her hands flailing when she saw the swords. Now only Jeanâs heels could be heard clattering upon the floor as she ran to catch up with everyone, not having the time to throw reassurances at the startled church-goers standing in their pews.
âWhatâs the meaning of this?â Paimon put her hands on her hips, âWe may have been a bit shady, but thatâs no reason to draw swords on us!â
âNo one is drawing a sword on you, Paimon,â Jean said, keeping her hand on her sheath as she rounded around the group, standing in front of the basement door and between Barbara and the Traveler, âIt was just a precaution.â
âSister, whatâs going on?â
âHonorary Knight,â she raised her chin and looked down at them slightly, her eyes narrowed into an expression more befitting of the Acting Grandmaster, âIâm sorry, but you gave us quite a scare fleeing like that. I hope you know I donât suspect you of any ill will, but you acted strangely and I was⊠concerned. Please, can we finish our questioning?â
The Traveler did not smile or frown, something that unnerved Jean even as she tried to keep her tone even and polite. Her facade slipped as they began to move, their expression neutral and their eyes hidden as they shut for a moment as they reached for their bag. Jean quickly drew her sword, Aramis and Otto flinched, theirs scraping against the otherâs as they followed the Travelerâs movements. They did not appear to be drawing a sword, butâŠ
From the satchel the Traveler withdrew several Philanemo Mushrooms- the items in question. Jeanâs face fell in confusion when she saw them tied into bunches, and she became even more confused when the Traveler withdrew other items from the bag- and raised them up towards Barbara. There was a scroll, a set of vials filled with some swirling liquid- it almost looked like living water- and a small, sheer bag full of blue crystal shards.
âAre those⊠for me?â Barbara asked, stepping out from behind the column and towards the edge of the mezzanine. The Traveler nodded.
âWhat⊠what are they?â Jean faltered, slowly lowering her weapon, âWhy did you answer my question before?â
âHold on, Sister,â Jean could not see over her shoulder, but she heard Barbaraâs heels moving back, then clicking together as her feet skipped past one another and moved to echo along the stairs, âLet me get a closer look.â
âBarbara, wait! It could be dangerous, the Honorary Knight fled when I asked and-â
Jean was forced into sheathing her sword when Barbara cut in front of her, and Aramis and Otto pulled their swords away as well when the Deaconess stepped closer. The Traveler lowered their arms as Barbara came down, handing the items off when the young woman whispered, âLet me see, please?â
She looked over the scroll before handing it back, and then poured out the gems in her hand and counted them alongside examining the vials. After a moment, her eyes lit up.
âJust as I thought! These are for an Ascension Ritual, arenât they?â
The Traveler nodded.
âAn Ascension Ritual? Then why didnât you say so?â Jean sighed, motioning for Aramis and Otto to sheath their weapons finally. Jean pressed her face into one of her hands and shook her head, âYou scared me for a minute when you ran out like thatâŠâ
âFalse alarm everyone!â Barbara sing-songed to the rest of the Cathedral, âPlease return to your worship! Weâll get that hymn started up again in a few minutes.â
There was a murmur amongst the visitors who seemed unconvinced but relieved that it was nothing serious. Barbaraâs eyes went to one of the children, Lily, who was sitting with her father near the back. She would have to make sure the girl wasnât too frightened by what happened later, maybe she would sing a special song to help cheer the girl up if needed.
âGeez! Why didnât you tell Paimon they were for an Ascension Ritual either?! This whole mess could have been avoided if you just talked more!â
âHonorary Knight, why did you run away when I asked you before? You made me worried that you might have been up to something nefarious.â
âSister, how could the Honorary Knight ever do anything nefarious! Theyâre the Honorary Knight of Mondstadt for a reason,â Barbara said, the crystals clinking together in her hand, reminding her that she still had them, âOh! Iâm sorry, let me give these back to you-â
âNo,â The Traveler pushed Barbaraâs hand back towards her, handing off the rest of the materials to her as well, âFor you.â
âW-what?â
âI⊠collected them for you. Theyâre what you need for your ascension ritual, right? Four vials of cleansing heart, sealed scrolls, Varunda Lazurite fragments andâŠâ
âAnd Philanemo Mushrooms,â Jean finished.
âI was supposed to give them to you a few days ago, but forgot. When Jean asked me about them before⊠I suddenly remembered. Thatâs why I ran here as soon as possible.â
âCouldnât you have waited until after you explained it all to Grandmaster Jean and avoided this whole mess?â Paimon complained. The Traveler shook their head.
âI didnât want to forget again. And⊠I wanted Barbara to join us again as soon as possible.â
âWait a moment! Honorary Knight, did you get all these things for me because you wanted me to get stronger?â Her hand fell to her side, âIâm sorry if last time I joined you, I was too weakâŠâ
Seeing Barbaraâs forlorn expression, the Traveler shook their head.
âYou⊠got hurt last time you were with me. I felt bad so⊠Itâs not that I want you to get stronger, but that I donât want you getting hurt.â
âOh?â The Deaconess lifted her head and smiled a bit at that.
The Traveler continued, forcing the rest of the words out, âI know you are busy with your duties here, but I like having you travel with me. I might be going to Liyue soon, and was hoping that maybe you could accompany me for part of the journey thereâŠ?â
Barbara reached out, and placed a hand on their shoulder, the corners of her eyes smiling as well this time, âOf course, I would love to. Let me just put these in my office for now,â she said, lifting her hand full of the materials, âI will have to do the Ascension Ritual later tonight after worship hours are over. If you would like to join me for it, you are more than welcome to. When are you setting out for Liyue?â
âBy next week.â
âAlright then. Thank you for this, Honorary Knight,â Barbara said, pulling them into a hug, âIâll get everything in order so I can travel with you again.â
The Traveler reached up and fisted their hand in the fabric of Barbaraâs dress, along the small of her back, returning the hug.
âMaybe you can help them work on their communication skills when you travel with them this time,â Paimon crossed her arms and sighed, meeting the eyes of Jean, who could only huff out a sigh of relief while her mind began to process of checking off the list of worries that would soon form when her sister got ready to set out on the road.
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(Shifter AU) Panther Aizawa Shota x Bobcat Reader x Lion Yamada Hizashi x Part of Their Pride (Chapter One)
Word count: 3032
Warnings: Tiny amount of cursing.Â
Title: (Shifter AU) Panther Aizawa Shota x Bobcat Reader x Lion Yamada Hizashi x Part of Their Pride (Chapter One)
Summary: The boys are enjoying a quite afternoon when something catches Shotaâs attention. His panther is eager to investigate.Â
(Gif not mine)Â
đ€đ€-Shota and Hizashi were sitting on the front porch of their log cabin enjoying the quiet morning drinking coffee. Well, one of them was.
đ€đ€-âI asked you if you wanted coffee and you said no!â Zashi defended, bringing his mug to his mouth and taking a sip.Â
đ€đ€-âYou asked me right after you drowned the only cup of coffee in two pounds of sugar! You know I like mine black.â Shota glared, eyeing the sweet beverage.
đ€đ€-âI told you we were running low on coffee and to make sure to pick some up when we come back to the cabin. And what happened? You forgot.â Zashi huffed, with narrowed eyes, he peered straight ahead at the lush tree line.
đ€đ€-The log cabin was nestled in the middle of a thick forest.
đ€đ€-In truth, they werenât really mad at each other. They were just bickering a lot. It came with the territory of being in a relationship for so long. Even while they argued over coffee they were still snuggled up on the bench swing Zashi insisted on having installed.
đ€đ€-A small sound caught Shotaâs ear, his panther lazily lifted his large head. He was used to hearing the annoying chirps from the birds but this sound was different. He tilted his head in the direction of the forest.
đ€đ€-âDo you hear that, babe?â Shota asked, looking at his mate.Â
đ€đ€-âMm? I donât hear anything.â
đ€đ€-The small sound called out again. This time Zashi did hear it. The sound was a little more familiar to him. Since Shota was a panther shifter much like his animal half he tended to seclude himself and didnât live within a pride growing up.
đ€đ€-Zashi, having grown up in a pride, heard that sound quite often. It was a sound one made when a feline was in distress. He often heard it when he was surrounded by cubs calling out for their moms. His lion missed the sound, he had been thrown out of the pride after his father found out about his attraction to boys.Â
đ€đ€-You canât be the leader of the lion pride if you didnât have a harem of female lion shifters. He was fine with his small little pride, Shota and him. He was all he really needed. No one else mattered enough to him.Â
đ€đ€-âSounds like someoneâs in trouble.â Zashi pointed out, taking another sip of his too-sweet coffee.Â
đ€đ€-Shota pulled himself away from his mate's side and stood up, brushing off his sweatpants like they had dust on them despite the little amount of time they sat outside.
đ€đ€-He pulled off his black v-neck shirt.
đ€đ€-âWant me to come?â Zashi asked, sitting up and staring at his mate's chest.
đ€đ€-âNo, stay here and enjoy your coffee.â Shota threw a small smirk over his shoulder before shifting.Â
đ€đ€-A black panther stalked off into the forest.
***
đ€đ€-Honestly, you didnât even know how you got up here. One second you were holding back tears after getting rejected from another job offer and the next you had shifted and ran off into the forest.
đ€đ€-You were okay for the most part but then you ended up getting stuck in a tree. You were still new to the whole shifter thing. You had been bitten by a bobcat while hiking and the next thing you knew you were turning into a small feline every now and then.
đ€đ€-Shifters were common knowledge now after they came out to the world ten years ago.
đ€đ€-Although they had made themselves known to the public they were still secretive and kept to themselves. That was the whole reason you moved to this shifter town in the first place.
đ€đ€-You wanted to know how being a shifter would affect your life. You tried looking online but found close to nothing about living life as a shifter. So you took a chance and moved halfway across the country to a shifter town.
đ€đ€-You had a little saved up so you have an apartment now all you needed was a job. Only no one seemed to want to hire you. You had spent a whole week applying and no one called you back.
đ€đ€-The stress must have caused you to shift. Now here you were crying in a tree unable to get down.
đ€đ€-Your cries stopped when you heard a branch snap from a tree nearby you. Your golden eyes snapped in that direction. A hulking black panther was latched onto a big tree branch.
đ€đ€-Just as sudden as your cries stopped they started back up again. You backed yourself against the tree trunk and eyed the twenty-foot long jump down the tree. Should you take your chances?
đ€đ€-You noticed the panther getting ready to launch itself onto your branch. You decided jumping down was a better option than getting eaten to death. Your small feet barley left the rough wood when suddenly you were being picked up by the scruff of your neck.
đ€đ€-You went slack at the action. Even if you wanted to take a swipe at the large feline your body wouldnât corporate, it was like he found your off switch.Â
đ€đ€-The panther jumped from tree to tree before finally reaching the forest floor. It must have looked comical the way you were swinging around in his mouth with every leap.
đ€đ€-He relaxed his jaw and released you. You closed your eyes waiting for his sharp teeth to sink into your soft fur. Once a few seconds went by and you werenât torn apart you opened your eyes and looked up at him.
đ€đ€-His indifferent stare met your curious one. You noticed he had a large scar on his left eye. It made him look even bigger and scarier but he couldnât be that bad considering he did save you. He could have left you stuck up in the tree.Â
đ€đ€-You let out a small chuff before letting yourself rub up on his front legs.
đ€đ€-You almost fell when he started walking forward, he made sure to throw a look over his shoulder before walking away. He wanted you to follow him. You dashed off in his direction.
đ€đ€-You spend the next few minutes nipping and playfully growling at him. He let you do what you wanted, not fazed by your playful mood. Lord knows his mate was a thousand times worse in his animal form.
đ€đ€-It was only when you let out a small cry and whimper that he looked back at you. You had one of your front legs lifted off the ground. A thorny branch laying right next to you.
đ€đ€-You hadnât spent much time in your feline form so you didnât have rough pads like your panther friend, he was able to walk on the thorns no problem.
đ€đ€-The dark cat huffed before laying down and pulling you against his chest. He wasted no time letting his coarse tongue lick your injured leg. Once he was sure he got it out he stood up and grabbed you by your scruff again.
đ€đ€-The walk back was taking way longer than he wanted.
đ€đ€-Soon his intimidating frame was walking up the front yard. Zashi was standing on the porch waiting for him.Â
đ€đ€-âAw! Whoâs that cute little thing?â Zashi awed, over the small cat in his mate's mouth.Â
đ€đ€-Sho laid the feline at his mate's feet before shifting back. Zashi passed him his clothes before swatting down to look at the new arrival. He offered his hand so you could take in his scent.Â
đ€đ€-He seemed nice and friendly. Soon you were nuzzling his hand and legs much as you did with the giant panther. A small purr coming from you now and then. You about melted Zashiâs heart.Â
đ€đ€-âYou think it is one of the cubs from town? Maybe they got lost?â Zashi looked up at his now dressed mate.Â
đ€đ€-âBeats me. I found them stuck in a tree. They nearly killed themselves trying to get away from me.â He pushed his long hair out of his face. Â
đ€đ€-âI would be scared too if I was their size and saw you coming.â Zashi chuckled, picking up the affectionate cub and walking inside the cabin.Â
đ€đ€-He walked you to the bathroom and sat you down on the wooden floor. You blinked up at him. You were too cute! His lion was purring at the adorable sight. The giant feline was more than ready to raise cubs.
đ€đ€-âDo you know how to change back?â He asked, bending down with his hands on his knees. You merely twitched your nose at his question. You usually only changed back when your bobcat got tried.Â
đ€đ€-âJust picture yourself pushing your animal aside and focus on bringing forth your human. Donât do it now though. Wait until after I bring you some clothes.â He smiled, before going to go get some clothes from the bedroom. Â
đ€đ€-He passed Shota in the kitchen on his way.Â
đ€đ€-âWhat are you doing? We already ate breakfast.â Zashi questioned, eyeing his mate cooking at the stove.Â
đ€đ€-âThe cub is gonna be hungry coming out of a shift,â Shota replied, putting bacon in the pan.Â
đ€đ€-Zashi kept his lion from purring but that didnât mean he didnât have a huge smile on his face while he shuffled through his and Shoâs dresser. He knew his clothes would be best for the small cub.Â
đ€đ€-They would most likely still fall off their small frame. Nevertheless, he delivered the clothes and waited for them to change and come out of the restroom. While Sho was mixing up pancake batter Zashi was bouncing excitedly on the couch.Â
đ€đ€-The little feline was so adorable, he could only imagine what they looked like in human form. He was gonna have a hard time handing you over to your parents. He didnât doubt that you had gotten under his mate's fur as well, with your cute golden eyes and adorable tail. Â
đ€đ€-He heard the door click open. He had a bright smile on his face ready to greet the little cub, only a young woman was standing in the bathroom doorway, dressed in his baggy clothes.Â
đ€đ€-âYouâre not a cub.â Zashi gasped, looking at your mature figure.Â
đ€đ€-Shota paused he stirring to lean over the breakfast bar and looked over at the timid female. He almost dropped the bowl. His panther didnât even know how to react. He had been certain you were a cub with the way you interacted with his panther.Â
đ€đ€-Only a carefree cub would rub up against his intimidating beast like he was their parent.Â
đ€đ€-âA cub?â You asked, tilting your head, you bunched the band shirt the blond gave you in your hands.Â
đ€đ€-Sho and Hizashi shot each other looks. What the heck is going on?
***
đ€đ€-âSo you were bitten?â Hizashi echoed, gently brushing out your tangled hair. Â
đ€đ€-He stood behind the couch running a comb through your hair. He would have liked to have you sit on the floor while he sat behind you but he didnât want to make you uncomfortable.Â
đ€đ€-âYes. Iâm still pretty new to the whole shifter thing so I have the climbing thing down but not much else.â You explained, purring at his gentle touch on your head.Â
đ€đ€-âAre you almost done? The food is gonna get cold.â Shoâs called from the table. They might have already eaten breakfast before you showed up but it didnât take much to convince a shifter to eat twice.Â
đ€đ€-He secretly didnât want to make you more uncomfortable by being the only one eating. Â
đ€đ€-âHold on, Sho. Not everyone doesnât care that their hair looks like a rats nest.â Zashi tossed over his shoulder, snickering at his mateâs cold glare.Â
đ€đ€-Sho rolled his eyes before dishing out the breakfast. He made sure to put a little extra on your plate. After a few minutes, your hair was tangle-free and you were led over to the table.
đ€đ€-The steaming pile of pancakes looked delicious but the portion size threw you off a bit.Â
đ€đ€-âAre you sure this is my plate? Itâs a lot of food.â You asked, staring at the plate.Â
đ€đ€-âYeah, itâs yours. We ate a little before we found you so we are eating light.â Zashi assured, already munching on the fried bacon.Â
đ€đ€-You looked at both their plates. They looked like a normal serving size for men of their size.Â
đ€đ€-âLight?â You repeated, really confused.Â
đ€đ€-Shota felt a small tingle of worry slide down his back.Â
đ€đ€-âHow much do you usually eat in one meal?â He inquired, leaning his elbows on the table and resting his scruffy chin on his hands.Â
đ€đ€-âMm.â You pondered, before deciding to just show them. The severing plates and pans were on the table so you just slide everything back on their dish. You left two pancakes on your plate, one strip of bacon, and a small handful of eggs.Â
đ€đ€-âAbout this much.â You informed, looking down at your plate.Â
đ€đ€-Zashi choked on his pancake. His lion was completely displeased with this news. Shota had the same look of shock and uneasiness on his face. His panther pacing at the mere thought of you starving yourselfÂ
đ€đ€-âHoney, thatâs not good. You need to eat triple that every meal or you will wither away. No wonder your bobcat is still in its early stages.â Zashi gently reprimanded leaning over and pilling everything back on your plate. He might have added a bit more as well.Â
đ€đ€-âWhy I feel fine? I get a little hungry throughout the day but I just thought that was normal.â You questioned, finally taking a bite of the fluffy pancakes.Â
đ€đ€-âShifters need a lot of food to sustain themselves. We burn a lot of calories even if we donât shift that day. Speaking of shifting, why did you shift knowing you still donât have a handle controlling your animal?â Shota questioned, lifting a brow.Â
đ€đ€-âOh, I think it was stress. I haven't been able to find a job yet and it has been weighing on me. I just moved to town so I donât have a lot of connections.â You slumped in your chair, biting off a bit of bacon.Â
đ€đ€-Hizashi and Shota pass each other a look. You bounce glances at both of them.Â
đ€đ€-âWhat?â You hummed, scooping up some eggs. Shota was a good cook.Â
đ€đ€-âWe kinda own a company in town. I am not saying we could give you a job but you can interview for our company if you want.â Zashi offered, sending you a warm smile.Â
đ€đ€-âReally? What type of positions are open?â You brightened, your heart lifting at the thought of getting a job. Your bobcat was also loving the idea of seeing them every day.Â
đ€đ€-âOne the job that we have been needing to fill is an assistant for both of us.â Zashi glared at Shota. âThe last one left crying.âÂ
đ€đ€-Shota rolled his eyes, âShe was only crying because I wouldnât allow her to undress in my office.âÂ
đ€đ€-You flushed at his sentence. No doubt they were both very handsome but you couldnât picture someone blatantly throwing themselves at them. Â
đ€đ€-âYeah, well I liked her. She made good coffee.â Zashi sighed, acting like he wasnât prepared to maul the tall brunette every time she eye-fucked his mate. He was supposed to be the only one eye-fucking him.Â
đ€đ€-âAnyways, that position is still open and I believe we have a few others if you are interested in something else.â Zashi continued, hoping you would apply so he could see your adorable face every day.Â
đ€đ€-You simply thanked them for the opportunity before switching to lighter topics. Shota would chime in now and then poking fun at his blond lover. Zashi brightly talked about music when you asked about the band t-shirt he had given you.Â
đ€đ€-Soon your plate was wiped clean and it was time to head back to your apartment. The boys left to dress in something more suitable to wear before having you pile into the car.Â
đ€đ€-Once slow jazz song into the car ride and you were passed out in the back seat. Shota noticed your quiet figure and turned off the radio. He turned to his mate.Â
đ€đ€-âWe are giving her a job right?â Shota bluntly asked, not beating around the bush.Â
đ€đ€-Zashi hummed and nodded his gaze staying focused on the dirt road and burred trees.Â
đ€đ€-âYes. She is newly turned so it would be better for her to be around other feline shifters. You saw how she didnât even know how much to put on her plate, she could use some guidance. From what she said she hasnât been getting any job offers and as much as I donât like to think about it, it could be because she is a feline shifter.â Zashi tapped his fingers against the steering wheel.Â
đ€đ€-Shota nodded, âThe town is mainly wolf and bear shifters so it wouldnât be unlikely. They tend to want to stay within their packs. Iâm just glad she didnât apply for anything involving the cougar pride.â Shotaâs voice darkened at the end.Â
đ€đ€-Zashi reaches over and took his love's hand.Â
đ€đ€-âNone of that. Letâs just be glad we finally get an assistant, a cute one at that.â Hizashi grinned, sending his mate a wink.Â
đ€đ€-Shota rolled his eyes but the smirk on his face relayed his playful mood.Â
đ€đ€-âShould I be worried about you taking an interest in our new employee?â Shota teased, rubbing his thumb up and down Zashiâs hand.Â
đ€đ€-âOf course not babe! You know you are the only one for me!â Zashi reassured, blowing Sho a kiss. Shota chuckled, looking back into the rearview mirror. He was glad to see you had stayed asleep during their talk.Â
đ€đ€-They didnât know that they would be eating their words in a few months. It would take them a while but they would realize what they felt for you was more than friendship.Â
đ€đ€-They wanted you part of their little pride. Â
A shifter AU! I had this Shifter AU idea in my head for a while but I didnât think I would be starting with Sho and Zashi. I had this idea come to me last night so hopefully you all like it! I do plan on making other parts so donât worry! đđ€
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can i have something with draco malfoy and plants
the Forbidden Forest is quiet this time of night.
granted, the Forbidden Forest is quiet pretty much always, which is mainly due to the fact that itâs â surprisingly â forbidden for students to roam and wander. for good reason, too; the man-eating spiders and the morally questionable centaurs that, among others, make up its population arenât known to be particularly friendly towards Hogwartâs students.
this, like all the warnings your friends have bombarded you with to try and keep you from entering the Forest, did not deter you in the slightest. in fact, it just made you want to explore its woods more. and so thatâs why, at twelve whole years of age, you first set foot in the Forbidden Forest. now, you only went maybe 50 feet into the Forest that first time, giggling to yourself, adrenaline coursing through your veins, hand gripping your wand â looking over your shoulder every couple of minutes to make sure the school grounds werenât out of sight â but it was enough to give you a taste, show you the smallest of flickers of the life brewing deep inside the forest, and it left you addicted straight away.
now, four years later, your little excursions to the Forest are never more than a few days apart. you know its paths, know its flora and fauna, know every square inch of it like the back of your hand. youâre not scared anymore of going.
nevertheless, the first few steps are always a thrill. itâs the tangible change in atmosphere, the soft bed of grass beneath your feet making way for a layer of dead leaves and branches and rocks where the tiniest of creatures wriggle about. itâs not fully dark yet, so you walk slower than you usually would, allowing yourself to look around and try and recognise as many plants and beasts as possible. (another reason why you didnât really want to stop your visits to the forest: your Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures marks have never been higher.)
after an hour or so, as you trudge deeper into the forest, the surroundings start to grow more visibly magical in nature. trees look blurred when you try to look at them directly. big leaves shift unnaturally in completely still air. sparkly birds let out trills that sound a little too human. a swarm of small, yellow-and-blue songbirds fly over. one of them swoops down and lands briefly on your outstretched arm, and you pet it, resisting the urge to bury your fingers in the fluffy plumage, knowing full well that instead of flesh and bones these birds are made of some sort of bluish-black goop that a) smells absolutely rank, b) along with sticky and very quick-hardening seems to be vaguely acidic in nature and c) is a major bitch to wash out of clothing.
the bird flies at your side for a while, trilling in response to your soft whistles, the tip of its wing tickling your cheek every other minute. you spot a few pixies, who respond to your cheery wave with a string of hoots and screeches, a cluster of three-feet-tall mushrooms pulsing with a harsh pink light, and a slow-moving cloud of gold mist, which you give a wide berth, holding your breath for good measure.
then an arrow whizzes past your ear, and your hand flies up with a gasp. your fingers come away red with blood.
you spin on your heel, hand pressed up to the side of your head, and narrow your eyes at the centaur standing ten feet away from you. âhaha, Brin. very funny.â
he levels an unimpressed stare at you. âyou know youâre not supposed to be here, Y/N.â
âyouâve been telling me that for four years now.â
âand youâve been ignoring it for four years.â
âindeed I have.â you spin around, yanking the arrow from the tree it landed in. âcan I keep this?â
Brin glares at you. you roll your eyes but hand the arrow back to him. âyouâre no fun. that arrow has my blood on it, I should be legally allowed to keep it.â
Brin shakes his head, turning around and starting to walk back the way heâd (supposedly) come. âI canât even begin to explain how flawed that logic is.â
you snicker, hurrying after him. Brin might be a little stuck up, but heâs also one of the few friends you have in the Forest, and even then you donât see him that much. âso. howâve things been here?â
Brin briefly glances up at the sky, and you immediately regret asking, already steeling yourself for an incomprehensible monologue about stars and the positions of planets and whatnot. if you were better in at astronomy, you probably would have been able to understand some of it, but youâre shit at astronomy, so itâs mostly gibberish to you.
but all Brin says is, âthings are stirring.â
you raise a brow. âthings?â
âare stirring, yes.â
âstirring.â
âyes.â
âthe things.â
he looks down at you, eyebrows furrowed. âI really donât know what more you want from me, Y/N.â
you look back up at him, unflinching. âliterally anything else. âthings are stirringâ is all I got out of you, and thatâs not much to go on.â
Brin sighs, short and sharp. âI shouldnât have mentioned anything. forget about it. itâs not something you should concern yourself with.â
you pretend to gag. âyou sound like Bane.â
Brin opens his mouth, about to object, but stops dead, narrowing his eyes and throwing out an arm to stop you. his tail swishes from side to side and he stands still, head cocked, listening intently.
for all your joking around, you immediately shut your mouth, the tension gripping Brin all of a sudden leaking into your body as well. itâs all fun and games until a centaur gets genuinely nervous, and in those situations itâs best to watch the aforementioned centaur and do what they do. your hand slowly creeps towards your robeâs breast pocket, where your wand is stored, but you donât pull it out yet.
Brinâs eyes flick to you, irritation flashing in them. âsomeoneâs here.â
you pause, not sure if this is an inconvenience or a Bad Thing. âum. elaborate, please?â
Brin takes a deep breath. âone of yours.â
as if on cue, the silence is split by a blood-curdling scream.
your head snaps towards where the sound came from, but itâs too dark and too far away to see. âshit,â you mutter under your breath, before summoning a globule of light to hover in front of you and taking off in the direction of the scream.
one of you. did that mean another human? a wizard? a Hogwarts student? but no, it couldnât be â no Hogwarts student would be insane enough to venture this far into the Forbidden Forest this late into the night.
as you follow the strangled cries of panic and yelps of pain, you start to get a dim visual of what happened, and you curse again.
Devilâs Snare. the little shits are everywhere, their roots creeping along the forest floor and waiting for any living thing to stumble across them. youâve since learned to look out for them, jump over them and walk just fast enough to avoid getting entangled, having had a few close calls yourself.
this Snare is a particularly nasty one. old, gauging by its height and the thickness of the vines sprouting from its core. strong. fucking hell. you stop just out of reach, sending a few more globules of light to surround it as to get a better view of what the exact fuck is going on.
the person is almost completely covered in vines at this point. struggling, crying out in fear and pain, gasping for breath. the vines, of course, only tangle further around his body. after a bit of heated internal debate, you begrudgingly admit that if youâre going to help this guy, youâll need to get closer. so you do, careful not to get too close just yet. the light youâd sent up is not enough to make the Snare let go of its prey, but it is enough to (mostly) prevent any stray vines from grabbing hold of your ankles.
âstay still!â you shout, kicking a vine away and shooting three more lights to hover around the trapped guy.
he does not stay still. in fact, he doesnât look like he heard you at all.
in the meantime, the smaller vines have taken more of an interest in you as you approach, and you growl, muttering a spell under your breath. a straight blade of white-hot flame sprouts from your wand, and as you calmly swing it in a wide arc, the light and the heat makes the plant recoil. as you pick your way through the branches and vines, getting ever closer to the guy, whose struggling is starting to get weaker, you cup your hands around your mouth, almost singing your eyebrows with your sword of fire in the process, and repeat, âSTAY FUCKING STILL!â
âwhat?â
âSTAY STILL. I canât help you unless you stay still!â
a faint groan sounds, and the figure stops struggling for a split second, but the vines tighten around him and out of reflex his arms shoot out, trying to fight the pressure off his chest.
âoh my god, I cannot believe Iâm doing this,â you pant, closing the rest of the distance between you with a couple big leaps, landing smack in the middle of the biggest and nastiest vines, and thatâs when you discover that the biggest and nastiest vines also have spikes, because the vine that immediately wraps around your calf digs its spikes into your flesh and you cry out.
a hand flails in front of your face. you grab the wrist to which it is attached. a plan forms in your mind â a crazy plan, an insane plan that just might be the death of both you and the unknown guy. but itâs the plan you have, and thus the plan youâre going with.
with your fiery blade you cut through a few of the vines that cross the guyâs chest â and then you put your wand away, extinguishing the fire and quickly stuffing your wand in your breast pocket.
âwhat are you doing?â he asks, and thatâs when it clicks. the indignant tone he still manages to have even though heâs being crushed to death; the curl of his lip you canât make out in the fray but can picture perfectly in your head.
you reel back, though itâs not as dramatic as youâd have liked it to be, because a thick vine has already snaked across your back (but thatâs okay, thatâs part of the plan, itâs okay, itâs fine) and you only manage to be pushed back into his chest with an oof.
you wrangle free, pulling back just enough to be able to make out his face. âMalfoy?â
recognition flashes in his eyes â nothing more than two specks in the darkness â and he says quietly, âY/N.â
âfucking â ow ââ spikes dig into the back of your thigh â âthe fuck are you doing here?â
âI think we have other things to worry about right now,â he says faintly, grunting as heâs pushed closer to you.
you scrunch up your nose but concede, promising yourself that youâll question him later â if you even get out of this alive. âif I die right now, Malfoy â for you â I will come back to life so I can murder you myself.â
he purses his lips, but nods, as if to say, âthatâs fair.â it is. it is fair. little shit.
you take a breath, steeling yourself, then dive down into the tangle of writhing vines at your feet, ignoring Malfoyâs shout of your name above you.
this is where it gets gross, and where you might lose a hand. one hand comes up to your chest and yanks out your wand, and the other searches beneath you â vines, vines, spikes (ow), more vines, a single leaf, and then, finally, the disgustingly soggy pulsing heart of the plant. you give a triumphant âAHA!â then stick your wand into the core with a squelch that makes you gag, pull out your hand and shout the sword of fire spell. the flaming blade cuts through the heart. the vines shudder â convulse â and then go limp, and you shrug them off, staggering away, gagging, tripping twice before falling against a tree and retching, a hand pressed against your stomach, taking deep breaths, trying to blink the black spots away.
as soon as you feel like you can shout without throwing up, you march up to Malfoy, who looks about as good as you feel, tear out your wand and stick it under his chin and yell, âWHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?â
you expect him to yell back. thatâs how the two of you have always functioned: you shout something, he yells something back. he yells something, you shout back.
but he doesnât. he just stands there, looking deflated and shaky and frankly on the verge of tears. âthank you, Y/N.â
it catches you off-guard. you pretend it doesnât. Malfoy never thanks anyone. âno, fuck you. answer my goddamn question. what are you doing here?â
âI was following you, all right? I know youâve been going into the Forest for ages, and I wanted to know what you got up to. thatâs it.â
you scoff. âright. you were just following me. thatâs not creepy at all.â
âlisten, Y/N. I donât know what else you want from me.â he sounds tired and defeated and it makes you angry, because itâs so Not Malfoy that itâs unsettling, and the last thing you need right now is âunsettlingâ.
you throw your hands up into the air and start stomping away. âI donât know! I donât fucking know. just â ugh!â you kick a dead tree stump, out of which comes charging a single fat gnome, waving a small stick and shouting an incomprehensible string of what are without a doubt profanities youâve never even heard of.
âY/N.â
âwhat?!â
âyouâre bleeding.â
you stop walking, dropping your face in your hands and bursting into tears.
ten seconds. thatâs all you allow yourself. ten seconds until youâve got to get yourself together; ten seconds to scream and cry and sob your heart out. ten seconds, and then you take a deep, deep breath, wipe your cheeks and say, âright,â and start walking again.
for a moment you donât hear anything, and you think Malfoy is going to stay behind â but then he sighs and jogs a few steps to catch up to you. you walk in silence for a long time. the only words you say is when you quietly warn him not to step too close to a certain rock, or not to touch a certain flower.
when you absent-mindedly pull a leaf off a green plant and press it to your nose, inhaling deeply, he looks to you in alarm. you roll your eyes. âitâs mint.â you inhale again, letting your eyes flit closed. âitâs comforting.â
a little bit later, and thereâs a faint rustling to your right. Malfoy sucks in a sharp breath through his teeth; you rub a tired hand to your eyes. âI was almost thinking youâd just left.â
Brin purses his lips, picking you up and wordlessly depositing you onto his back. you let your head drop against his back. âthank you, Brin.â
âI would have helped you.â
âI had it under control.â
âI know.â he extends a hand towards Malfoy, who looks at it for a split second, then his gaze flits to you; you give a small nod, and a half second later heâs sat behind you, hands carefully resting on your hips.
âyouâŠâ your voice falters. âyou donât have to do this, you know. Bane⊠and Magorian⊠surely they donât approve of this.â
âthey wonât know,â Brin says quietly. the forest around you slowly shifts back into a more peaceful atmosphere. the songbirds return. moonlight starts to filter through the foliage, and you take a breath you hadnât realised youâd been needing.
a few hundred feet before the edge of the Forest, Brin stops. âthis is as far as I go.â
Malfoy slides off his back, then holds a hand for you to take, and you do, because youâre tired and wobbly and unsure whether your legs will hold your weight.
âthank you,â Malfoy says. you cast him a sideways glance. thatâs the second time heâs thanked someone tonight, which is two times more than you thought he was capable of.
you nod curtly. Brin bows his head, then levels his gaze at you. âI hope I donât see you again, Y/N.â
you give him a lopsided grin. âno promises.â and for the first time, something like a smile peeks through the centaurâs serious facade.
the last trek back onto school grounds is uneventful, bar the fact that the adrenaline has now completely worn off, and you start to feel sore all over, and you realise that your left leg â calf and thigh â is indeed bleeding. a lot. you have scratches on your arms and a nasty one on your cheek as well, and youâre covered in muck and grey slime. you probably look like something straight out of a Muggle zombie apocalypse film.
âyou know the forest well,â Malfoy says as you step out of it.
youâre too tired to argue. âyeah,â you reply simply. âI love it.â
âyouâll be going back?â thereâs a slightly incredulous hint to his voice, like he doesnât quite believe it himself â you almost died. how could you possibly want to go back to such a place?
but the truth is that you do. you do want to go back. because the forest has been more of a home to you than Hogwarts has ever been. because you love its trees and its bushes and its weird magic plants and its pixies and centaurs and birds of enchantment. you love everything about it. even the near-death experiences. thatâs what makes it fun.
âI will,â you say. âI will be going back, Malfoy.â it sounds a little too much like a challenge. it sounds like youâre saying; try and stop me. I dare you.
he merely nods. heâs taken out his wand and cast a simple light spell, and the glowing tip of the wand sways as he walks. in the light, his eyes reflect gold. âgood.â
your eyebrows shoot up with the speed of a thousand Firebolts. âexcuse me?â
he grins; a boyish, sharp grin, that makes your stomach do a very irrelevant flip. âI would have been disappointed if you didnât.â
#you: can i have something with draco malfoy and -#me foaming at the mouth: FUCK RIGHT OFF#so uhhhhhhh aticus . fuck right off#requests#hp#draco malfoy x reader#THIS GOT SO MUCH LONGER THAN I MEANT IT TO BE OOPS
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I mean if you want too u do that to tho.
(Also let's call the baker lady carol grey she's a serious badass but has a heart of gold. And has 2 granddaughters)
I am LOVING HER ALREADY!!
Alright, alright now I gotta do it, so buckle up kids!
Man, this gets long because I have ideas~ so-
The bulletâs hailed on them like a hell-storm. The sound of them ricocheting scratched against their ears. Leonard lifted himself to take a few shots back whenever he felt he could take the risk.
Danny had a bullet graze his shootinâ arm. And Mickey was trying to find an exit that the police wouldnât notice. So Leonard was the only thing keeping the police from capturing them completely. Leonard himself was just surprised that the policeâs aim was getting better.
âI found one!â Mickey practically shouted, barely heard above the gunshots being fired at them. Mickey lead them into an shaft that had barely enough space to for them to wiggle through. None of them relaxed, even as the hail storm of bulletâs began to fade. Even when they reached the other side and landed themselves in an alleyway of New York City.
Actually, howâd they get topside through a shaft anyways?
âMickey, whyâd you take us topside?â Leonard asked as he helped Danny up. Mickey shrugged âYou said you wanted outta there, this was the only exit that didnât have popo hanging around it.â Mickey responded before he winced. The adrenaline now fading he felt a sharp pain in his tail. Looking down to see a gunshot oozing with blood.
Mickey let out a quiet curse at the pain and curled himself up so the wound would be off the floor, placing pressure on it to stop the blood.
Thatâs when Carol came by. A white woman with grey roots slowly taking over her hair, placed in a tight floofy ponytail. She was short and hefty and had freckles that looked like constellations on her skin. She was walking by whistling a tune sheâd heard on the radio when she overheard the Mud Dogs.
âMickey whenâd you get shot?â
âYou act like Iâd actually know, all I know is it hurts.â
To see three tall Yokai standing in an alleyway, two with injuries and the third clearly trying to figure out how theyâd even get to patch themselves up. She couldnât help but step in.
âExcuse me,â she spoke, catching the threeâs attention with startled stares âyou look like you could use some help, I have a good first aid kit in my bakery just down the street. Come on,â she offers with the small tilt of her head out the alleyway. She begun slowly walking over to them as she spoke, trying to get a closer look at them.
Danny has bruises on his face, his clothes torn up from scrapes when they were running away. He held caution as he stared at her, trying to find any hidden motive in her movements.
Leonard had more cuts than Danny did. Scrapes and bruises covering his arms and his torso too. As he kept frequently turning around to shoot off the police and make them lag behind. He was too busy taking a look at Mickeyâs most recent gunshot, trying to make sure it hadnât been infected due to it being on Mickeyâs tail.
Mickey also had a gunshot graze his torso, tho it was mostly scab by now and barely bleed when it first appeared. It was what had started the chase, as the police caught them off guard. Shooting at them ruthlessly the whole way through.
âOkay!â Mickey stated enthusiastically, Danny looked at him with a small glare.
âMickey!â Danny hissed at him, Mickey looked at the rat Yokai with confusion. What? She offered, and they kinda needed the help.
âDannyâs right,â Leonard spoke up, standing up and pointing his pistol at Carol. Who stared at him, un-phased by the gun pointed at her forehead âhow do we know youâre not a policemen with a cloakinâ broach?â he growled.
She let out a light huff and a small smiles as she gently moved the gun from her forehead.
âDo you honestly think a policeman would offer help to you?â She asked, almost amused by the idea. Leonard hesitates, before putting his gun away. Danny scoffs a bit.
âAre you kiddinâ me Loathsome? That proves nothing!â he states, begin right in his statement completely.
âNot like we have many other choices Dan,â Leonard retorts before picking up Mickey. Danny reluctantly following behind with no where else to go. Plus, who else was gonna bail his idiotâs out of trouble they get themselves into?
The small group walks down a basically empty street, cars driving by occasionally as they turn to find a small and homey Bakery awaiting them. A small sign hung outside the building that said âKnead Bread? - The Greyâs Family Bakeryâ in beautiful calligraphy.
Mickey looks smugly at Danny, who sticks his tongue out back at him. Leonard rolls his eyes, knowing what the two are doing without having to look at them.
Carol pulls out a key, hearing the door give a soft click as she unlocked it. Opening it up and turning on the lights.
âGo ahead and take a seat boys, Iâll bring out the first aid kit for ya,â she said, gesturing to the only table in the room with exactly three seats. Leonard plops down Mickey onto the chair and Danny plops himself across from him.
âSee Danny, you should know better than to doubt my instincts!â Mickey stated with pride.
âMickey, your last instinct told you to put jelly and mustard on a sandwich,â Leonard spoke with obvious disgust at just the idea. Crossing his arms and staring with a little bewilderment at the Eel Yokai.
âAnd it was good! Itâs not my fault you didnât try it!â Mickey retorted with a tiny pout. Carol chuckled as she walked back over, overhearing the boys conversation as she put down the first aid kit. Opening it up and pulling out some bandages and cleaning alcohol.
Silence over fell the room as Leonard and Carol began to patch up the other two with gunshot wounds.
âSo, do I get names for you three or is that confidential?â Carol lightly jokes as finished cleaning Dannyâs wound.
âMickey!â
âDanny.â
âLeonard, and you?â
âIâm Carol, so whatâs three boys like you running away from the police for?â
Silence again, the three glancing at each other. Carol picks up on the unexpected tension from the question and sighs.
âYou donât have to tell, forgive me. I grew up in the south and being noisy is a way of life there. Sometimes I forget big cities like this donât like people who ask to many questions,â She rambles a bit, trying to put the boys at ease. It seems to work as Leonard letâs out a small breath of relief. Finishing up on bandaging both Mickeyâs wounds.
âSo then whyâd you move here instead of staying south?â Mickey asked earning a light wack from Leonard. Getting a tiny âHey!â from the eel Yokai.
âWe shouldnât be askinâ about her life when sheâs not askinâ about ours,â Leonard crossed his arms like a parent scolding a child. Something he often had to do with Mickey, who had no sense of boundaries or when something was inappropriate to ask. It was about the respect of privacy.
Carol gave a light chuckle as she finished wrapping up Dannyâs arm.
âNo, I donât mind! Call me an open book if you will, now why donât you kids stay for a little while and have some cookies,â Carol offered, before Danny could reject for the group. His own stomach rumbled, than Leonardâs followed suit.
Carol chuckled at the response âIâll take that as a yes, come on, I have a fresh batch in the back just from yesterday.â Carol lead them past the counter, the displays empty today. As she hadnât opened up the shop yet.
Mickey took a glance around, stopping at three pictures.
One was of Carol standing with two beautiful women, one Asian and the other Indian, holding up a small Asian baby with joy. Standing as close to each other as possible. All joyously coddling the baby in the center.
The other was of a black man and a Hispanic woman with Carol in the center. Holding up a baby equally as prideful as the other picture. The two held their arms around her as the grinned at the camera.
The third was of both families with Carol, looping arms with the Asian woman and the black man. Two girls, looking around ten or eleven, sat in front of them, one Asian and the other clearly mixed. The Indian woman hung off the Asian woman, with a gentle hand on the Asian girl in front of them. The Hispanic woman was standing, clearly pregnant with a hand on the black man.
âWhoâre they?â Mickey asks Carol, whoâs handing out peanut butter cookies to the other two. Who are eating them like itâs their last meal theyâll ever have. Carol walks over and offers a cookie before looking at the photoâs with a smile.
âAh, thatâs my daughter, Evelyn. And her wife, Anika,â she points to the Asian woman âAnd thatâs my son, Dajuan, and his wife Daniela. Those are their kids, Dakota and Valeria respectively.â Carol explains point to each person in the picture.
âDaniela is pregnant with twins we just found out! Due sometime next month,â Carol adds with a glowing smile, Dan and Leonard walking over in curiosity.
âOkay but they donât look anything like you,â Dan states getting an elbow from Leonard, who shoots him a glare. Dan stares back, come on! Most of the time humans look similar to each other when theyâre related!
âAh, thatâs because Evelyn and Dajuan were adopted. Dajuanâs the oldest by a couple years. I adopted him when he was twelve and when Evelyn was ten,â Carol letâs out a small sigh at the memory.
âIt wasnât easy, but eventually the three of us became an inseparable family.â She add as Mickey takes another cookie off her plate. She looks to Danny with a fond smile.
âYou act a lot like my boy. Very wary of everyone ya meet, but once you get to know him. Youâve got someone on your side through hell and back.â She hums looking back to the pictures. Danny down at his cookies with a small smile on his face, man she hit âem in the soft spot.
âOf course, youâre just like my Evelyn,â Carol says looking to Mickey, who immediately lights up âalways curious, always willing to go where ever the wind takes you. But when she sees something or someone she grows close to, she will drop anything to help you.â Carol looks back at the picture and smiles again before sighing.
âAlright you three, best you get home. I have customers due soon and I need to get ready, plus I donât think other humanâs will take so kindly to three Yokai in my kitchen,â she jokes shooing them out through the back door.
They all say a quick, oddly heartfelt, goodbye to Carol. Who directs them to a portal just down the next alleyway thatâs far from any police down in the Hidden City. The boyâs have more questions, but as the bell dings in the front, signaling a customer. They part ways.
Heading to one of their three bases to lay low until the police are off their trail.
[The only thing I hate about writing mini-fics is that I NEVER know how to end them, so I hope you liked it! I also hope itâs okay how I made Carol. I just got a whole flood of ideas for while writing this so I had to add them. I hope no one seem ooc, since we donât see much of the Mud Dogs itâs kinda hard to create pin their personalities ya know? But I hope you guys like it as much as I had fun writing it!!]
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Criella x Wyll (ft. a little Dafni x Astarion) || M || Ao3 || Ko-fi || Let me write you a story? || Want to know what Dafni & Astarion got up to?
Criella looked absolutely radiant. Her long straight lilac hair hung loose and lovely down the long line of her back. Her spiraling, rosewood colored horns dressed in chains of silver and charms of luminous crystal. Her slender arms were free of their normal leather coverings revealing a tattoo of elegantly scrawled infernal that pulsed with arcane iridescence.Â
InnovateÂ
A fitting descriptor.
As striking as she was it wasnât her beauty alone that drew him to her. Rather it was the cocktail of boldness and brilliance she had exhibited in their short acquaintance. Her mind was sharp and quick to collaborate. In the heat of battle, her voice never wavered. He had watched in awe as she conjured roaring thunder and icy lighting. Weaving each spell together in a fearsome tempest. Raining down elegant destruction on Ragzlinâs perverse throne room. Ending the leaderâs tyrannical grip on the coast with one precise strike of crackling electricity.Â
âEnjoying your evening?â She asked, handing him a tankard of honeyed ale.
âThere she is- the woman herself.â Let us raise a glass! Wyll chuckled, clicking the edge of his cup with her own goblet of red wine, âTo freedom from tyranny! May we hew a path for the downtrodden to travel. To you a legend in the making! And of course to us. May our bond only grow stronger.âÂ
âQuite the toast.â She stated, casually bringing the silver goblet to her soft, quirked lips, âAre you coming on to me, Wyll?â
Wyll shivered at the feeling of the heart-shaped tip of her tail training up his spine. The curing white lines of her facial tattoos crinkling as she arched an expectant, manicured brow.Â
âI hadnât imagined myself so subtle?â He said, glancing up at her over the foam of his ale. A subtle grin curling across his lips, eyebrows ever so slightly raised, âOr to put it another way: yes.â Criellaâs tail wrapped itself loosely around his waist a coy smile of her own working its way across her stunning features. Her silver eyes were nearly opalescent in the warm, gingery fireâs glow. Wyll pressed his lips to the slightly angled shell of her ear, speaking in a voice smooth as silk, âYour heart beats strong, friend. The Blade rarely seeks partnership.â
Criellaâs hold on his midsection tightened as the warmth of his breath sent a shiver down her spine. The timbre of his voice felt like a hot beverage on a cool morning. Warming her from the tips of her fingers to the depths of her belly. It had been ages since sheâd felt that sort of pull towards another being. Her heart dropped a bit as the memory of standing beside Zoria in a Neverwinter temple entered her mind. She had looked so beautiful, dressed in her gown of chiffon and net. The Ivory fabric standing in perfect contrast with her violet skin.Â
Criella had been profoundly hurt when her best friend announced she was not only to be wed to her latest sweetheart but that sheâd be leaving Waterdeep with her. It had felt like a betrayal. They had built something special together. Something so unique that Criella had sacrificed her own desires to pursue something deeper to preserve it. And Zoria was going to throw it all away. Yes, she had been mad but that all fell away when she saw the love Zoria had for her bride. She loved Zoria and loving her meant wanting to see her happy even if it was with someone else. The passage of time had softened the sting of losing her. It became easier and easier to write to her in the past few years. She even had begun to enjoy hearing about her wife and the sweet life they had made for themselves in Neverwinter. Â
The experience had stung but it had taught her that hiding her feelings away was not necessarily the best course of action. Who could say if things would have worked out differently had she voiced her feelings? Regardless, it was not a mistake sheâd be making twice. Wyll was a good man. She admired his tactical mind. His plan to take on the goblins had been clean and clever. He had fought for people whom he had no loyalties or connection to . Not because they had offered him gold or glory, but because they needed help. A fond smile played at her lips as she pictured Wyll with his tiefling charges, so gentle and patient. Sheâd practically melted on sight when she found him sparing amongst the children.Â
Wyll was the sort of man sheâd imagined into fairy stories as a brave king or gallant knight. An uncharacteristically wistful sight fell from her lips, causing her baby pink cheeks to grow a deep strawberry. Gods he was handsome! With a strong, noble countenance. Yet, there was a bit of ruggedness to his stubbled jaw that added a certain something to his charms.Â
âAre you propositioning me, Blade?â She purred careful not to bump him with her horns as she placed her head on his broad shoulder.Â
âIf I were?â Wyll asked.Â
âI would be incredibly flattered.â she assured, tilting her gaze up at him, âAnd happily accept.âÂ
âIn that case, I reckon our union might continue to your bunk tonight.â Wyll beamed placing a feather-light kiss on her temple. A low chuckle rumbled in his chest as he added, â Or I suppose we could just start out here like those two.â Wyll nudged her hip with his own, pointing a discreet finger towards their elven compatriots.Â
âNow that is an idea!â Criella laughed. However, her amusement curdled as she watched Dafniâs hand travel ever closer to the front of Astarionâs breeches, âBut, I think weâd best spare these poor people another...display.â
âYouâre probably right.â He agreed, his hand reaching up to stroke the delicate line of her cheek, âBut, Iâd like to kiss you. Something to tide me over until the party winds down.âÂ
Criella lifted her head from his shoulder with an eager look. Wyll took her chin between his sword-calloused fingers, tilting her rosy face toward his lips. The moment their mouths brushed the world spun to a halt. She tasted of cherry wine and rosewater. The tip of her tongue sliding across the inner edge of his lip coaxing a soft gasp forward. Wyll wrapped one hand around her waist, his fingers gently pressing into her hip. The other laced through the waterfall of lavender hair, soft as satin as in his grasp. His heart thumped loudly in his own ears at the feeling of her warm palms sliding against his chest. A dull ache began behind his eye. A flash of bronze hair and moonlight skin tearing through his mind.Â
Wyll stumbled back ending the heart-stopping embrace, âPardon, just a bit woozyâŠâ
âThatâs alright. Do you still want to meet later?â
âDefinitely.â Wyll nodded twirling a stray lock of hair around his index finger, âIâll meet you at your bunk when youâre ready. I trust I wonât have to wait long.â
As soon as the party dwindled to its embers, Criella practically skipped back to her tent, a smile fixed on her face. As she pushed the heavy lavender canvas back she took a quick stock of her surroundings. She kept her quarters tidy enough but spick and span did not necessarily correlate with romantic. Perhaps she could light some candles? Criellaâs lower lip caught in her sharp teeth. It wasnât like her to feel like a giddy green lass! She was a woman of confidence and ambition. Her affections had always manifested as quite longings rather than whimsical, girlish fancies. Then again, sheâd never been kissed in such a breathtaking manner before.
Criella brushed the tips of her index and middle fingers across the plush flesh of her lips shivering as she felt the ghost of Wyllâs astounding kiss. He tasted of ale and smelled of campfire and sweet earth. Criella had been a firm believer that first kisses were more often than not dreadfully awkward but he had proven her dead wrong. She could have even been coaxed to reconsider her stance on public displays of desire, were it not for the strange sharpness that pried them apart.
She felt a phantom throb behind her eyes. Who was that? Sheâd caught the glimpse of a face in Wyllâs mind as their thoughts slipped together. Bronze hair glowing in a fiery halo, flawless skin the color of the moonlight, her lips impossibly pink but the finer details of her appearance remained obscured by a fog of uncertainty. After a moment of concentration, she came to the conclusion that It didnât matter who she was. Criella had never been the jealous sort and she had no intention of starting now. Wyll was a charming, attractive gentleman; she hadnât deluded herself into thinking his affections had never belonged to another, nor did she mind that they had. What mattered was the here and now. And in the here and now Wyll wanted her.Â
With that sorted, she shifted her focus to the matter at hand. She kicked off her boots before peeled away the soft leather of her leggings carefully folding and tucking them away. She loosened the laces of her green blouse allowing it to hand loose and casual from her narrow shoulders. With a stylish flick of her hand, she projected her mirror image. She shifted her weight to her right foot, her hip popping out slightly as her hand came to rest on its peak.Â
âYou are still glowing from battle. On my honor, youâve never looked more beautiful.â Wyllâs warm voice filled the tent wrapping around her half-dressed body like a loverâs embrace. He approached her with slow, sure steps but his eyes flickered with a gentle want that set a fire between her thighs.Â
Once more, Wyll pulled her close, their lips meeting in a deep sensual kiss. Criellaâs palms pressed against his firm chest taking up a handful of his dark cotton shirt as she pulled him closer. His fingers found their way to her hair, his nails skimming lightly across her scalp. Criella cupped his cheek, thumb running along his scarred cheek.Â
Wyll winced, pulling back from her kiss once more. Before she could ask what was wrong the needling pain behind her eye retired once more along with the mysterious woman. Her dazzling smile turned razor-sharp. Horns pushed their way through her ginger hair. Her creamy complexion shifting to a steely blue as two great, leather wings spreading out from her proud shoulders.Â
A Cambion.
There was no mistaking it. This woman was Wyllâs patron, she was certain. Criella tried to hold her image in her mind, searching for any defining features or giveaways of her nature but Mizoraâs wicked grin cut through her thoughts like a knife forcing her to look away.Â
âDamnit. Must she ruin everything?â Wyll muttered bringing his palm to his stone eye to rub away the discomfort. âIâm sorry it's not supposed to be this way.â
âThat was her, wasnât it? Mizora.âÂ
Wyllâs shoulders slumped, hand still guarding his eye, âYes. Wherever sheâs gone she still haunts me. A ghost in all but name. Sometimes I swear I can smell her- sulfur and orchids. Stops my heart just to think of it. I thought I could forget Mizora. Just for one night. Gods, how wrong I was. â
Criellaâs lips turned up into a soft smile as she pulled Wyllâs guardian palm from his face. Her voice was warm and sure as she spoke, âI understand Wyll, as well as I am able at least. Why donât you spend the night beside me? No sex just sharing each other's company, hm?â
âIâd like that.â
Criella guided him down to her woolen bedroll by the arm. Wyllâs head came to read against her chest as she gently rubbed the tension from his strong, reliable shoulders. He let out a sigh as her nimble fingers worked at a perpetually tight spot near his collarbone.Â
âIâd forgotten what itâs like to feel safe.â He confessed, warm whisky brown eyes meeting herâs. âIâm used to being the hero. Not so used to needing one.â
âIt must be hard,â She mused in a musical tone, hands still working the stubborn muscle, Looking out for everyone else all the time. Devoting yourself to helping others. Thatâs a heavy burden for one man to carry. You are allowed to have a few moments for yourself. Besides, youâll always be a hero to me, Wyll.â
âIt means so much to hear those words from you.â He sighed, warping his hand gently around her wrist, I wish I could give you something more in return. My flesh at least. Something deeper were you to ask it. But only a free man can give himself fully. Until my pact is broken... Iâm never free.â
âYou will be rid of her one day. Sooner than you might think too.â She winked, tossing her loose hair with a flick of her tail, âYou have my aid now after all! Iâm somewhat of an expert on the Hells, Cania in particular, but I have a fair knowledge of the other eight as well. Iâm no stranger to the politics and schemes of devils and there is nothing I canât do once my mind is set to it. â
Wyll pressed his lips in a soft kiss to the sensitive skin on her inner wrist before pressing her palm to his steadily beating heart. âYou are a blessing, Wit.âÂ
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Sentimental Coffee
Fandom:Â Persona 5
Ann Takamaki Week 2020 » Day 3: Free Day
Word Count:Â 2897
Rating:Â G
Summary:Â On a blazing summer morning, after a photoshoot that ended early due to the scorching heat, Ann found a new coffee shop that just opened on Central Street. As she sent Ren a picture of her cake and blended chocolate drink, she recalled of a time when Ren taught her how to use the siphons a month before he returned to his hometown. When winter was almost over, but a chill still hung in the air.
Note: This was supposed to be my piece for the digital Persona Love Webzine, but since that project was cancelled, I decided to post this on Ann Week 2020 :)
Read on AO3.
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âOne double chocolate chip frappe and one slice of cheesecake.â The waiter, having recited her order, glanced up from his note. âAnything else, Miss?â
Ann stared at the list of cakes on the menu. The red velvet and fruit tarts looked tempting. Or maybe she should add the quiche. But her managerâs voice rang out in her earsâto cut down on her snacks and sweetsâso Ann closed the menu and smiled at the waiter.
âThatâs all, thanks,â she said.
A faint blush. The waiter nodded and jotted down on his notepad before scurrying off to the counter on the other side of the shop. He spoke to his friends behind it, who then glanced over their shoulders to look at her, only to duck their heads again when they found her staring back. Ann couldnât keep herself from giggling.
She had been on a shoot nearby, and even though it was only 10 AM, the sun had already been blazing hot that the shoot ended early. The staff had said they would continue in the afternoon, hoping the heat would have cooled by then. So as Ann drifted away from the crew and wondered if she should wait at home, she spotted the little cafĂ© tucked between a clothing store and sundries shopâa newly opened coffee shop on Central Street that was featured in last monthâs magazine. She had been wanting to visit the place, but with gigs, interviews, and college, Ann hadnât found the right time to go.
Sweat rolled down her temple. Ann was already sitting beneath the air conditioner, but even that only helped so much. She took off her cap, tied her hair to a tail, and fanned herself.
âIâm sorry for the wait.âÂ
The waiter from before came with her cheesecake on a tray. A slice of yellowish-white goodness with a whipped cream and cherry on top that made her mouth water. He set the plate down in front of her.Â
âItâs quite hot today, isnât it?â he went on. âDo you want me to turn the temperature down?â
âThatâs fine, thanks,â Ann replied. The sight of her cheesecake was enough to cool her down. She couldnât wait to dig in. âIâll just rest for a bit.â
The waiter nodded but didnât seem to move. When Ann looked up, she met his expectant gaze. âIâm sorry if this is rude of me, but I canât help but notice,â he began after a moment of fidgeting on his feet. There were only a few other customers present, but he leaned his head down and dropped his voice to a whisper. âYouâre the model Ann Takamaki, right?â
Ann blinked in surprise. Then again, she hadnât put the effort to disguise herself. Only a pair of sunglasses and a capâwhich she was using as a fan. Her lips parted into a practiced, effortless smile.
âCould you keep it quiet, please? Iâd rather not draw attention to myself,â she said with a finger to her lips. The waiter nodded, too eager for his own good. He said something about her frappe being ready soon and that he hoped she enjoyed her stay before leaving for the counter again.
It felt strange, watching the waiter talk animatedly with his coworkers, who occasionally spared her glances between putting coffee beans in a grinder or pouring blended drinks into cups. Was it because she had been putting more effort into her modelling lately? Ann couldnât walk down the streets without being noticed anymore. Her cap and sunglasses had become her best friend, but with summer on the way, there had been no way she could have hidden herself beneath a cowl or some sort.
Ann grabbed the small silver spoon the waiter had set for her and sliced into her cheesecake. Soft and creamy, the cake melted the moment it entered her mouth. Still cool, fresh from the refrigerator. Ann squealed in delight. Who was it who said she shouldnât snack in the morning? Though would this count as a snack? How many calories would she have to burn today, including her frappe that had yet to come?
âHereâs your double chocolate chip frappe, Miss.â The same waiter placed a glass of blended chocolate in front of her. Look at that whipped cream! Topped with chocolate syrup and sprinkled with chocolate chips.
Ann thanked the waiter before sipping her drink, pulling the straw out to swipe at the cream along with the syrup and chips. She broke into a jubilant grin. So cool. So sweet. Just the perfect thing she needed to ward off the last of the summer heat from her skin. What her manager didnât know wouldnât hurt him.
She fished for her phone from inside her bag and positioned her frappe and half-eaten cheesecake in front of her. She set to take a picture, but then opened her messaging app and clicked on Renâs chat at the top.
âWhat are you doing?â she typed. Ren was on an out-of-town trip with his college friends for an assignment. Ann wasnât jealous, not when her boyfriend was trekking through a village in this scorching heat.
His reply came not a minute later: âTaking a break.â He followed it with a picture of him and his three other friends in a Japanese-style restaurant. Mount Fuji soared into the clear, cloudless blue sky, its snow-capped tip just visible beyond the square window panes. âIâll be back this afternoon.â
Ann took a picture of her frappe and cake and sent it to him. âJealous?â She added a lot of smirking and grinning emojis.
âHeh. Itâs not as hot here as it is there.â
Ann could almost see him smirking. Jerk. She couldnât help but giggle.
âA cafĂ© just opened in Central Street,â she said. âThey have these siphons too, like the ones in Leblanc.â
âAhh, yeah, I think someone mentioned that before. Remember how you messed up Leblanc when I taught you how to use them?â
Ann paused. âWhat?â
âThe siphons.â
It took her a moment to remember. Something that happened before Ren moved back to his hometown. When winter was almost over, but a chill still hung in the air.
***
Ann sat at the counter with a magazine in hand. The quiet hum of conversation filled her senses. An anchor spoke in a news program while Sojiro sat by the cash register, reading a newspaper. Â
Ann flipped through her magazine, trying hard to make sense of the words. She skimmed through the pages, stopping only at the pretty pictures of far-off islands and expensive resorts. A yawn threatened to swallow her face, but she held it in, eyes blinking back tired tears as she flipped another page.
A snort came from up ahead. Ren, now standing by the siphons, was masterfully navigating the intricate device. Ann pulled her lips into a scowl.
âWhat?â she said, her voice clipped.
âYou can take a nap upstairs if you want,â he replied with a chuckle.
She would, but Ann didnât want to waste whatâs left of her precious time with Ren napping in his room. Even if that precious time was only her sitting there and watching him work. She picked up another scent of coffee as Ren added tablespoons of soft grounds into boiling water. After quick, gentle stirs and all the coffee grounds submerged, Ren set the paddle down and lowered the heat.
âI canât concentrate when youâre staring like that,â he said, setting a timer on his phone. His tone was firm, but he was smiling.Â
Ann blinked, then smirked, propping her elbows on the counter and leaning her chin between her fingers. âWhat, did I make your heart flutter?â
âStupid.â Ren gave her forehead a gentle flick. âMy heartâs been fluttering since the moment I saw you.âÂ
Maybe if heâd grinned or snickered or showed any signs that he was teasing, Ann would have taken it in stride and laughed it off. But Ren was serious and his voice matter-of-fact, as though it was an indisputable, universal truth. Annâs face burned. Before she could come up with a reply, Sojiroâs stern voice broke through their banter.
âCan you kids please keep the flirting to a minimum? We still have customers, you know.â The middle-aged proprietor spared them a glance from his seat, one corner of his lips tugged into a teasing grin.
Right. Ann dropped her gaze to her magazine, but not before catching Renâs smirk. She gaped at him. He was teasing her!
âThatâs alright, Boss,â the old lady said. The elderly couple were the only customers left in the otherwise busy day. They had been sitting at the table behind Ann for almost an hour with nothing but a cup of coffee. âItâs nice seeing young love blossoming in front of you. Isnât that right, Dear?â she asked her husband sitting across from her.
Her husband nodded, mumbling âright, right,â though his attention was fixed on the television. Ann shared a glance with Ren and was glad to see she wasnât the only one feeling embarrassed.
âAh, but I heard youâre leaving soon, son?â the old lady went on. Ren looked up from the siphons. âBoss told me.â
âOhâŠâ A slight widening of his eyes, Renâs gaze wavered for a fraction of a second before he resorted to a quiet nod. âYeah.â He stirred the coffee in the siphon and removed the heat source from the bottom chamber. âIâll return to my hometown after the semester ends.â
âItâll be lonely here,â the old man added, sipping his coffee. âIt was nice having a fresh face around, unlike the old grump who runs this place.â
âKeep badmouthing me and Iâll charge you twice for the coffee, gramps,â Sojiro chimed from the kitchen.Â
They all laughed.
The couple finished their coffee and asked for a check. While Sojiro handled the cash register, Ann found her gaze drawn toward the siphons, where the coffee was now making its way back to the bottom chamber. It had always fascinated herâthe way they worked. Ren had tried to explain the science behind it, but Ann could never truly grasp it. Something about vapors and pressure and vacuum. Ann enjoyed seeing the water rise to the top beaker before falling back down after the heat source was extinguished, extracting all the essence, aroma, and taste from the grounds. And once everything was finished, a small dome-shaped mound formed over the filter.
âYour coffee, Miss,â Ren said, pushing a cup of the freshly brewed coffee toward her. Ann stared at it, perplexed. She hadnât ordered a coffee. But before she could ask, Sojiro had cut her off, asking Ren to watch the store while he went out to buy groceries for the evening. The elderly couple had left, and Sojiro was already untying his apron, setting it down on the chair by the register.
Ren replied with an âalrightâ, but even after his guardian had left, he still didnât look at her. She followed him with her eyes as he wiped the counter clean, wondering what thoughts hide behind that beautiful poker face. It was not until he stopped and asked, âWhat?â that Ann shook her head and mumbled, âNothing.âÂ
I heard youâre leaving soon.Â
Right. There was only one month left. The coffee swirled dark in her cup. Ann brought the rim to her lips and sipped the thin liquid. Bitter. But satisfying. Renâs coffee had never failed to put a smile on her face.Â
âIâm gonna miss your coffee,â she murmured.
A pause in his movements. She felt it more than she saw it, the way his gaze fell on her. He studied her, and for a moment she refused to look up. Ren always had that piercing glare, as if he could see right through her to the deepest, darkest parts of her mind, and right now, Ann didnât want to feel naked in front of him. But then he called her name, so soft, his voice just above a whisper, and it was an instinctive gestureâthe way her eyes met his. The look she saw on his face rooted her to the spot. Gone was the poker face he so often donned. His dark gray orbs were drawn, his lips pulled into the most tender smile she had ever seen on him. Â
âWant me to teach you how to make them?â he asked.
It was such an unexpected offer that Ann had to take a moment to understand what he meant: the siphons. But⊠why? What brought it up? Ann tilted her head to the side in puzzlement.Â
Ever since the first moment she met him, Ann could never guess what Ren was thinking. One moment he was the convicted criminal on probation. The next, he became one of the few people in her life who ever reached out to her, when all the world saw her as nothing but a nuisance. Heâd become so dear, and she would not trade him for any other men in the entire world.
Then the tender smile disappeared, replaced by that cheeky yet endearing smirk that pushed her heart to near-bursting.
âMight as well,â Ren added, âso you donât come crying to me every night on the phone.â
Ann rolled her magazine and slapped him hard on the arm.Â
âBetween you and me, we both know whoâs gonna call the other every other night,â she retorted.
âWanna bet on that?â
He was grinning, and so was she. The next thing she knew, both of them were doubling over with giggles and laughter that neither of them could stop. She drank her perfectly brewed coffee, which, in her opinion, was already better than Sojiroâs, and Sojiroâs was a tough bar to pass. If only he could stayâŠ
Ren quirked an eyebrow when Ann looked at him. âWell,â she said, getting up to her feet. She moved to the other side of the counter and stood in front of the siphons. Blue eyes met gray, and Ann hoped her smile was bright enough to hide her melancholy. âWhatâs the first step, chef?â
***
How could someone mess up a place just by brewing coffee?
It was supposed to be easyâor, Ren said it was supposed to be easy. âPour water into the bottom chamber, let it boil over the heat source, see it transform into vapor as the rest go up the siphon into the top chamber. Add coffee grounds, stir, and wait.â The worst she could do was probably the uneven ratio, or the stirring method, or the timer, resulting in a too-thin coffee or too thick. So how had it ended up with coffee splattered all over the counter and a slight blister on Renâs hand?
âIt was mostly your fault,â Ann replied in her text.
ââMostlyâ being the key word.â
Ann had been waiting for the timer to go off when suddenly, arms wrapped around her from behind. Ren had rested his chin on her shoulder, making her heart skip a beat.
âRen?â
âLet me stay like this for a while.â His voice was soft against her ear, and maybe it was the slight tremble she had noticed that made her give in. Sheâd covered his hand with her own.
âItâll only be a year,â sheâd said. His arms had tightened. âAnd we have phones. And internet.â
âAre you saying you wonât miss me?â
âStupid.â A quiet thing, accompanied by a breathy chuckle. Her breath caught in her throat. âOf course Iâll miss you.â
They had stayed like that until the timer went off in a sudden blaring noise. Ann jumped, jerking Ren back a step. Her shoulder knocked his chin.Â
Between his hiss of pain and Annâs hasty apology, Ann had turned around in an attempt to check on him. But her elbow bumped against the boiling siphon, and it swayed, then tumbled, but before it could crash, Renâs hand had shot out and grabbed the handle. Coffee had splashed across the counter and the back of Renâs fingers burned from grazing the bottom beaker. Theyâd rushed him to the sink and poured cold tap water over it.
âYou were getting touchy-feely when the coffee was still brewing,â Ann went on.
âAnd you didnât?â
She had. It had been her precious last month with Ren before he returned to his hometown. Who wouldnât have gotten sentimental? She could almost hear his laughter. Ann smiled.
âAnyway, what does that have anything to do with our conversation?â
âNothing.â
âJerk.â Ann laughed.
âLetâs go there sometime,â came his reply. âTogether.â
Together. Ann fought hard to keep her smile at bay as she typed in her reply. âLetâs.â
Ren had to go, so they bid each other goodbye. Ann stared at her phone screen, exhaling a quiet, contented sigh. It had been a while since their last date. With college and part-time jobs, their quality time had been reduced to movie nights or dinners at her home or his apartment.
Ann couldnât stop smiling as she sipped her cold blended drink, eyes fluttering upward toward the siphons on the counter. The barista was now brewing coffee to a small group of spectators. Oohâs and ahhâs erupted from them, and for a moment, she was back in Leblanc, sitting at that counter, watching Ren work the coffee siphons. Her smile grew. It had always been a captivating thing to watch. Â
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I made a furry friend at Pittsburgh International Airport, and then this ficlet came out of that. Check PITpaws out- itâs an actual thing! Also, Iâm actually writing again, whaaat ???
CW: brief reference to past animal mistreatment
Sid is tired. Heâs been in three airports today, because the new kid they put in charge of travel arrangements fucked up. Sid isnât going to kick up a fuss, that isn't his style, but he can and will privately fume.Â
Heâs got an insane layover in Pittsburgh before the last leg to Toronto. Itâs a familiar airport, at least, his job takes him here often enough. His survival plan is to get some kind of iced Starbucks drink the size of his face, and to find a wall outlet before he and his phone both give up the ghost.Â
He orders something that ends up being fluorescent pink and downs half of it before loosening his tie and resting his aching head in his hands.Â
Heâs drifting, trying not to think about how late itâs going to be when he gets home to his empty apartment, when thereâs a faint scrabbling noise from below and to his left. He looks up to see the tiniest, fanciest dog heâs ever seen straining at the end of its leash, plume tail whisking wildly. Itâs wearing a minuscule yellow bandanna and a jacket with âTherapy Dogâ embroidered on the side. It dances, absurd little forepaws skittering on the floor as it tries with every fiber of its tiny being to get to Sid.Â
âPonchik! ХОЎДŃŃ!â A deep voice admonishes, and the dog instantly sits, albeit trembling with yearning.Â
âThis Ponchik,â the same deep voice rumbles. âItâs ok heâs say hello?âÂ
Sid looks up. And up. And despite everything, his lips quirk up in a smile, because the man on the other end of the leash is as gigantic and imposing as his dog is delicate and tiny. The man blinks at him for a split second, and then shakes himself.Â
âWeâre with PIT Paws.. Heâs therapy dog, heâs help people be comfortable. Travel, itâs so stress, you know?â the man says.Â
Sid is charmed. He holds out a hand towards the dog. âIs it ok if Iââ
âYes, of course,â the man says, and he steps forward so Ponchik can reach Sid. Ponchik dances at Sidâs knee, going up on his hind legs.Â
âHeâs like you,â the man says, a smile in his voice. âHeâs want sit on lap. Ok with you?âÂ
Why not.
 âSure,â Sid says, and the man makes a clicking noise with his tongue and Ponchik leaps nimbly up.Â
Heâs light, and warm, and he trembles with happiness as Sid scratches him gently behind his fringed ears. Sid can practically cradle the dog in his hands, heâs so small.Â
Some combination of his exhaustion, and the enthusiastic warmth of the little animal hit Sid right in the chest.Â
He cradles Ponchik in his arms and takes a deep, unsteady breath.Â
When he looks up at the man, heâs smiling understandingly down at Sid.Â
âI know,â is all he says, and settles his lanky frame into the chair opposite Sidâs. âTake all time you want. Itâs his job.âÂ
âHey, bud,â Sid tells the dog softly, and laughs as Ponchik licks Sidâs fingers and snuggles in, curling up and resting his head on Sidâs wrist with a sigh.Â
âAh,â the man says. âHeâs like you a lot. He doesnât always do.âÂ
Sid strokes the dogâs fur. âThere are probably kids around or something that need him more than I do.â Heâs reluctant, he doesnât want to lose the dogâs comforting presence but, well. Heâs just tired, there has to be someone out there who needs this more than he does.Â
âHm,â the man says, his dark eyes considering. âMaybe itâs good time for break. Heâs small and heâs walk so much, you know?âÂ
âOh, in that case,â Sid says, his shoulders relaxing a little. Ponchik yawns, and Sid smiles at the squeaky noise it makes. âPonchik. Thatâs a cute name.âÂ
âItâs mean like,â the man makes a gesture like heâs cupping something circular in his hands. âSweet thing, like.â He frowns, and Sid waits patiently for the man to find the words.Â
âDonut!â the man exclaims, with a snap of his fingers. âHeâs this color, and when he sleep heâs round, you know?â Again he gestures, this time indicating a curled up animal. Something in Sidâs chest goes soft and quivery.Â
âOh my god, thatâs the best thing Iâve ever heard,â Sid blurts, and the man ducks his head, hiding his pleased smile. Itâs incredibly charming.Â
âIâm Evgeni,â the man says. âCan call me âGenoâ.âÂ
âSid,â Sid replies, and reaches out the hand not taken over by Ponchik. Geno shakes it. Sid isnât a small man, but Genoâs hand swallows up his own. Sid can already feel the pink start to flood his cheeks. Damn his traitorous complexion.Â
âYou have layover?â Geno asks, and something about the timbre of his voice is different. Hushed, hesitant. Like heâs asking about more than just Sidâs travel plans. âOr you live here?âÂ
âI live in Toronto.âÂ
Sid just barely catches Genoâs face momentarily fall before he plasters on a smile. Itâs not just Sidâs imagination, then, the interest in Genoâs eyes.Â
âBut,â Sid adds. âMy company has offices here, and I visit all the time for work.â
âReally?â Geno asks, his expressive features lighting back up. âI meanââ Another duck of the head, and his ears have gone flame-red.Â
How is a man that large so fucking cute? Sid wonders. And, is it inappropriate to give him Sidâs number if heâs technically working, or volunteering?Â
âHow did you get into this?â he asks, instead.Â
Geno smiles fondly at Ponchik. âIâm always like cats, you know? But Iâm walk home from work and Iâm see him.â His expression darkens. âSomeone throw him from car.â
Sidâs hands still protectively over Ponchikâs little body. âFucking bastards.âÂ
Geno shakes his head. âWorst. Iâm take him to vet, and heâs very scare, but still want be friends with everyone. After heâs better Iâm see flyer for training. Visit sick kids, old people, you know. All picture is big dogs. Iâm think, maybe some people scared. I donât--â he pauses, glancing sidelong at Sid. âIâm not like big dogs so much. So I think, like, we try training. Some people maybe like heâs so small.âÂ
Sid is filled with the sudden and overwhelming urge to lean over and kiss Genoâs generous mouth. He swallows, tearing his eyes from the man to his dog, still sacked out in Sidâs lap.Â
The sudden wail of an overtired toddler splits the air, and Ponchikâs head jerks up as he zeroes in on the sound. He whines, and his tail starts whisking again.Â
âOh no, sad baby,â Geno chuckles. âHeâs want to go help.âÂ
Sid looks up and sees an exhausted looking woman juggling an infant in one arm and a diaper bag on the other as she tries to soothe the tears of a little girl in a Frozen t-shirt. Â
âGo on,â Sid says, carefully setting Ponchik down on the floor. On impulse, he takes out a pen and one of his business cards, scrawling his personal cell across the back. âIâm so sorry if Iâm reading this wrong, but...â He trails off, and holds out the card to Geno, heart in his throat.Â
âOh,â Geno says, and takes the card reverently. He looks at Sid, a slow, beautiful smile dawning across his face. âThank you. This, I can send SMS?âÂ
âIf you want,â Sid says. His face feels like itâs on fire. âYou can tell me how it goes with PIT Paws. Maybe give me some insider intel on good Pittsburgh restaurants?â
âNext time you here, maybe Iâm show you?â Genoâs voice has gone even lower, smoky with promise.
Sid offers his hand to shake goodbye. âAbsolutely.â
Geno holds Sidâs fingers a beat too long for anything besides clear intent, and he lets his fingers trail across Sidâs palm as he slowly lets go. âSee you soon, yes?âÂ
âYeah,â Sid says, a little more breathy than he meant to sound.Â
Geno stands, and the little girl across the way lets out another loud sob.Â
âGo on,â Sid says, unable to stop grinning up at Geno. He probably looks like an idiot.Â
Geno goes, and the wave of unnameable emotion that breaks over Sid almost scares him as he watches Geno crouch low and introduce the crying girl to Ponchik. Geno gives Ponchik a command, and he sits up to beg prettily. The little girl smiles through her tears, and then gives in to giggles as Ponchik dances on his hind legs.Â
Sid carries that image with him all the way through his flight and the Uber back to his apartment.Â
By the time heâs showered off the air travel and is blearily eyeing his lackluster fridge contents, his phone buzzes on the kitchen counter.Â
Itâs a photo of Ponchik, curled up on a rumpled duvet.Â
âSo tired, we sleep!â reads the text. Tired is spelled wrong and just like so many things about Geno, it makes an alarming tenderness well up inside Sid.Â
âFlight ok?â reads the next one.Â
âHe looks as sleepy as I feel,â Sid texts back. âAnd yeah, it was fine. Glad to be home, finally.âÂ
Geno sends an emoji mishmash that Sid interprets as something like agreement. Â
âSleep, Sid. We talk tomorrow?âÂ
âAbsolutely,â Sid replies, and smiles down at his phone like a dweeb.Â
He has another business trip in two weeks and this time, he cannot wait.Â
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