#cant believe today we're getting the last chapter

[escaping-peril12]

Bro???

[oikarma]

love in the air

pairing: lando norris x reader

summary: you take your long-time friend as your plus one to your dad's wedding. you catch the bouquet. maybe that's when you start agreeing with the internet that . . . lando norris is a little more than a long-time friend to you.

a/n: thank you to anon for the request i had no idea they were dating LOL this was so fluffy

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@/landossluttywaist I CANT BREATHE LANDO WAS AT THE SAME HOTEL AS ME

user1 you rich rich, then

user2 she probably gets paddock passes for doing her chores user3 guys why are we hating on this girl let her be excited 😭 i would be too

user4 what hotel is it?

landossluttywaist he's gone now (this was as he was leaving) but it was the four seasons in philly

user5 thanks for respecting his privacy and not posting until he left!

landossluttywaist lol i love him but at the end of the day he's just a human who doesn't need people hounding him 24/7

user6 but what is he even there for??? philadelphia??? there's ltr nothing interesting there...

user7 idk bradley cooper is the best thing to come out of that town user7 omg and also they won the super bowl user7 but that was a long time ago user8 maybe he's just an eagles fan

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gigihadid My darling B, what a wonderful thing it is that we found each other. I can't believe we're now married — I'm still smiling, because such happiness carries on for a long time. You are so kind, so sweet, so caring, so utterly magical. I am beyond lucky to have you. Your belief in me makes me who I am today and who I will be. This new chapter will be a long life, full of laughter, full of a new family.

∞ Always, your G.

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yourinstagram i'm so happy for you and dad <33 you are an amazing person and you bring so much light to our family! your dress was gorgeous but even more so was you. hope you have a great time on your honeymoon

gigihadid I love you so much ;) Thanks for coming. There's so much love in the air!! 💐 yourinstagram hey, hey, we talked about this gigihadid I didn't make the rule user1 i love how well they go together user2 bro if my step-mom was gigi hadid. user3 wait wait wait did y/n catch the bouquet??? user4 omg

user5 actually radiant

bellahadid best wishes from your baby sister 💕

gigihadid ❤️❤️❤️ user6 do they know they're real user7 omg bella drop the fit i NEED to know what you wore cause gigi's dress is already blowing all my expectations out of water

user8 man if only bradley had insta

user9 this is how i find out bradley cooper and gigi hadid are dating whaaaaat

user10 me too girl me too

user11 why is this the only post with photos????? i need to see all of it

user12 maybe they agreed not to post until after a certain time or like gigi got to post first cause yk it's her wedding user13 bella posted!

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yourinstagram to the two of you ��

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user1 omg y/n paints?? did she do that?

yourinstagram yes 🙂‍↕️ i gave it to them as a sort of wedding gift! user1 aww that's so cute thanks for sharing with us <3 it's a beautiful drawing

user2 oh gosh that's such a beautiful place 🥺

user3 y/n were you at the bachelorette

yourinstagram hell yeah user4 we need the photos baddie yourinstagram maybe someday, lol

user5 wait where did they get married

user6 philly, the last pic is where they announced their engagement user5 ohhh no wonder

user7 lando you sly dog why are you in the likes

user8 well they're friends user9 dyt he went to the wedding user10 tbf wasn't he in philly a few days ago it's not crazy

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f1gossipofficial Lando Norris was seen at the wedding of Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper.

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user1 I KNEW IT

user2 you guys are crazy 😭 how could you even tell those were him

user3 he's with YN IN ALL OF THEM

user4 where did these even come from

user5 isnt he dating magui??

user6 lando? user5 yeah user6 probably, but he and y/n are good friends user5 shit man they look good together user6 what do you mean these are all 120p quality

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f1gossipofficial Formula 1's YouTube account posted a full video of Y/N Cooper and Lando Norris on a Hot Lap.

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user1 why is this gossip it's literally just a video

user2 the way he looked at her and she started screaming at him 😭 poor guy just wanted some eye contact

user3 she's so precious but jesus the amount of swear words out of that girl's mouth user4 lando wasn't even shocked he was like well lol oops

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yourinstagram lucky

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user1 LANDOS LUCKY CHARM SPOTTED

mclaren might need to keep you around in the paddock more often

yourinstagram 😕 'fraid i have a job

user2 oh she knows shes hot

user3 someone tell her we're not in texas anymore

user4 who cares she served

lando photo credits where??

user5 stop being a pick me lando user6 yn is this man bothering you user7 he just needs everyone to know yourinstagram let me breathe lan i can't like all these comments trashing you fast enough user8 i love her already

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f1gossipofficial Lando Norris and Y/N L/N after the Las Vegas Grand Prix

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user1 shit? shit!

user2 "we're friends" NO YOURE DATING

user3 are we sure that's lando?? it looks like y/n but we can't see the guys face

user4 yeah idk there are plenty of brunettes out in vegas user5 def yn tho shes wearing the same top in her last insta post

user6 she's so glad rn bradley doesn't have insta lol

user7 is gigi going to rat her out??

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you spot him slouched against the side of the taco truck, curls flattened from sweat and his own hands. there's powdered sugar on his lips. his phone's in one hand, the other holding a half-eaten churro.

lando sees you and his face changes.

"you came," he says, voice a little hoarse. "finally."

you walk up, wobbly on your heels, heart all over the place. "yeah. i had to. you were being dramatic."

"i'm hard," he says instantly. "and i missed you."

you nearly trip. "lando."

he shrugs, eyes dragging down your body without shame. "look at you. fuck. that top's killing me."

you’re giggling before you can stop it. "you're drunk."

"so are you. and you kissed me."

"you kissed me first, okay?"

"you were straddling me. in the club."

you pause. "you asked me to sit in your lap. you liked it."

lando nods. "loved it, yeah."

you're both quiet for a second. he's watching your mouth and you're watching the way his chest moves when he breathes. his hoodie's sliding off one shoulder and your fingers twitch like they want to touch him.

"you're so pretty it's making me insane," lando says. "like i want to fuck you and cuddle you at the same time and i don't know what to do about it."

you're breathless. "jesus."

"don't call him." your noses almost touch. "call me."

you laugh into his neck. "you're ridiculous."

"you're glowing" lando mumbles, hands sliding down your sides. "like. actually glowing. i can't believe i've known you this long and didn't do something about it."

you tilt your head back. "do something now."

he kisses you like you're a prize he's earned, slow, filthy, so hungry it makes your knees weak. his hands are all over--waist, hips, ass, back under your top like he needs to feel skin now.

you break away, panting. "lando, we're at a taco truck."

"yeah," he says, mouth all over your jaw. "so hurry up and let's leave. before i do something i'll get arrested for."

you grin. "you're such a slut."

"only for you."

he laces your fingers together and starts walking backward toward the street, still staring at you like you're his first and last meal.

"wait," you say, dizzy from everything. "what about your churro?"

"don't need it," he says. "got something sweeter now."

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CHAPTER 3: SAFEHOUSE

wc: 5760

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warnings: violence, gun violence, triggering image descriptions, war.

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mira

"we're heading to a safehouse now," were the last words wooyoung said to me before the rest of the car ride was silent. i have so many questions, but i dont have it in me to ask all of them. its like they're floating in my head, but i want to see what he does, and if from this point on, he'll just be honest on his own.

thats the least he owes me at this point–right?

i told myself wooyoung must be used to this. just by how calm he was talking about everyone possibly wanting him dead. but i watch the way his hand grips the steering wheel. i see his other hand curl around his thigh like he's holding something in. all i can do is watch the frost bite along the windshield and wonder if i was ever supposed to make it out of that bathroom.

the people on youtube always say that even in negative experiences, there's something to learn. i used to hang on those words, believing it because they're all i had when i was suffering through the idea of impending heartbreak. but now, i dont think i believe it.

i think that sometimes shit happens–sometmes there's no moral lesson. sometimes it just happens.

i remember another quote. my head is full of those useless things. "the sins of the father fall on that of his daughter." and i cant think of anything more accurate in this moment.

i know my father. before this, he was probably ordering people around, reading the newspaper in the comfort of his home. my mother probably left him some messages about finances he was ignoring, and he was in his perfect little bubble where everything was going his way, and he didnt have to really care about anyone else.

he had that problem often. everyone was just extensions of him, he didnt see my mother and i as our own people. we were just his legacy. even as an ex wife, my mother couldnt escape him. they got divorced when i was in my first year of university, and he had made her agree to a vow of chasteness. he would take care of her till the day she died, as long as she never dared to love another man or attempted to remarry.

my mother was a survivor at heart. i knew she wouldnt ever give up money for the possibility of love.

now im wondering if i have that in me. would i give up my safety, my stability, my sanity for love. for wooyoung. i proved that i wouldnt, back when i thought he was just flakey. but now im in even deeper shit–shit i have no choice in, and when given the chance to walk away, i somehow didnt.

i wont credit all that into being in love with him. i just have a feeling that i wont get out of this unscathed. whether it be from my war criminal father, or the consequences of walking away from my spy ex boyfriend. so right now, my only objective is to stay alive. i'd rather stay with the person who–even though hes a liar who maybe ruined my life,  isnt an active war criminal.

i giggle to myself, finding it funny at the choices i have to make at the ripe age of 22. whats that one charli xcx song? its so confusing sometimes to be a girl?

wooyoung gives me a strange look, probably thinking what am i finding so funny. he wouldnt get it.

"i think you're sleep deprived," he mutters. "you should nap, i'll wake you when we get there."

"no thanks. i'd rather be awake and stare potential death in the face." i dont want to go to sleep and wake up in the afterlife. my spiritual life is in the gutter, so i'd be screwed.

"we're not dying today, sweetheart," he says with confidence that its almost delusional.

i scowl at him. "knock it off."

he frowns at me. "huh?"

"that pet name."

"i cant call you sweetheart anymore?" hes genuinely confused it almost kills me.

"yeah, you screwed me over and last time i checked, i still broke up with you."

"i feel like we shouldnt worry about relationship titles at a time like this but fair enough, i'll stop calling you that." he says with a defeated sigh.

there's an edge of sassiness in his voice that flabbergasts me. i swear, wooyoung has always had audacity, but maybe now that his covers blown he feels like he has nothing more to lose.

"can i earn it back?" he asks me a few moments later.

"what?" i narrow my eyes at him.

"can i earn back my petname privileges with you?"

i look him in the face and switch on his car radio, picking a song from my usb thats always stuck in here. i never answer him and turn up the song playing loud enough so i cant hear anything he says next. he has the nerve to frown sadly and slump back into his seat.

if i was home, i'd start reposting "i hate my bf" tiktoks. unfortunately im not, so i'll just live it while i can.

the sun sets and we pull up onto the driveway of this old looking furniture warehouse. i only know its a furniture warehouse because it literally has a massive chair on its sign. wooyoung presses a button on his car keys and the garage door lifts for him, and we park inside.

the place is desolate. im out to open the door myself but wooyoung basically flies out of the drivers to come and open it for me.

"are you hungry?" he asks, closing the door behind me. "i still have leftovers from our food at the diner."

"lets save it for later," i say. who knows when we'll get to eat again. i look at him for guidance. "what now?"

"uhh, let me show you around."

i dont really want a tour, but i follow wooyoung anyway. he leads me inside through a wooden door and a dark staircase, and i see a whole base of operations on the other side once wooyoung flicks the lightswitch on.

we walk past a bunch of bunk beds that look military-esque. they're all straightened, like they havent been used for a long time.

"we'll be sleeping here tonight," he says. "pick any one you want. there's not a lot of competition."

we continue walking, and on the other side is where it starts looking like a movie. we walk out on the other side of the door and we're on a mezzanine, where there's a whole set up of computers and chairs. on the wall behind it, is a projector.

"this is typically where i would work," he motions to it. "downstairs is the armory."

the guns. im guessing he's gonna need a lot of those since his is definetely out.

"where did you hide your gun while we were dating?" i wonder.

"i always had it on me." he says. i look at him confusion.

"how did i not pick that up?"

he has a weird look on his face after that alerts me he wants to say something stupid.

"say it." i tell him.

"what?" he shakes his head. "i said nothing."

"you wanna say something dumb so just say it."

"you're gonna be mad at me."

"i promise you it can not get any worse."

wooyoung sighs. "i was just thinking you wouldnt ever have found it because its not like we really had clothes on around each other. and when we did its not like you went through them."

i poke my cheek with my tongue. "you know what you're right. maybe i wouldve caught you if i was more of a crazy bitch." too bad i actually had a life.

"you shouldnt have even had to look out for that," he says, suddenly serious and not looking at me, his eyes pointed on the computers. "i didnt ever want you to feel like you had to be crazy. i just wanted you to be away from this. which i know is ironic...but yeah."

his words throw me off balance, but i dont crumble. "i dont know how you expected me to be away from this when there was no way i couldnt have gotten hurt. even if i never caught you, even if none of this happened. if you exposed my father and never got your cover blown, wouldnt you have just moved on to the next mission? wouldnt you have left me behind no matter what?" i ask him.

"i didnt think that far ahead," wooyoung admits with an undercut of anger. "i know what you're going to say, i never do. and you're right. i didnt plan this. i planned everything around it. but i didnt plan you."

i swallow the unforeseen lump in my throat, it doesnt go down. god im tired of being so emotional. of course he didnt plan me. i was going to be collateral.

"right," i try to hide the tremble in my voice. "so i was just some girl you had to keep on a leash until it was inevitably time to let go.

you couldve just been a shadow, you couldve just kept stalking me or whatever but then you went and did all of that...you intentionally took up space. why?"

im afraid of the answer. he already said he wanted to. but i cant stand that. i wont accept it.

"i was hoping you'd be as bad as him," he wont even make eye contact with me. "i thought everything you did was just a front. it was just so convenient, i convinced myself it was fake so i didnt have to care. but then i got to know you and..." he stops and swallows, breathing heavily. "i found out you were actually a good person and i just didnt want to stay away from you. its selfish but it felt right at the time."

he finally looks at me, running his hand through his hair. "and i know you probably dont feel the same, and you shouldnt have to. but i swear to god mira i didnt mean for any of this to happen to you. if i could go back...i'd do it for you–not me. i'd stay the hell away from you and let you be happy."

i nod, eyes burning and i turn away from him and look at the bottom of the mezzanine. "you're right, you should have just stayed away," the pause is filled with silence, dragging like a knife between us. "you just made me love someone who i now know was never planning to stay."

"i know i betrayed you mira, and took away your actual choice in trusting me. what i did was unforgivable. i was meant to keep you at arms length and i did everything but that. i thought i could just control everything. i should never have let it get this far."

i wipe my tears quickly, just grateful that all my mascara is practically washed away. "appreciate the honesty, i guess."

silence again. i want another hug but i cant just run into his arms. i cant do that for a long time.

i hear him walk and turn to see what he does next. he goes to a computer and turns it on, shoving a usb into the sides of it. it projects onto the screen and i see him type in a password and enter the homescreen of the system.

he goes into a folder named "Saidi", my family name. i stiffen, wondering what i'll see on the screen, but when he goes inside, its all code.

"uhm. the guy working at your moms house found something on your dad and gave it to me to decrypt the day i got caught following him. im hoping your father doesnt know im an agent yet and just assumes im some freak that kidnapped his daughter cause it'll throw him off our scent a bit. but i dont take your dad for a stupid guy." he says, rolling up his sleeves.

"he's not," i say. "he has really strong intuition."

"i knew he never liked me," wooyoung scoffs.

"what's on the folder?" i ask.

"that's what we're figuring out now. but i know its evidence against him. enough to secure a warrant."

im scared to see what it is, but at the same time my eyes are glued to the screen. maybe i just need to see things for what they are, and this feeling will go away.

im not tech savvy. i cant even do excel. but seeing wooyoung work makes me realize i really dont know anything. i shouldnt compare myself—he is a spy. but holy shit. the way his fingers move across the keyboard makes me clutch my imaginary pearls. hes working so hard the veins in his arms are throbbing.

he gets in i think. through another layer of whatever the hell is on the screen. theres multiple folders now, all named a gibberish collection of numbers and letters. he goes inside a folder and starts reading a document.

"is that a contract?" i frown, recognizing the format.

"yeah," wooyoung sighs. "its all the weapons deals with the militant groups."

i move closer, wanting to get a closer look. i end up next to him, and he shifts slightly away from me.

he clears his throat awkwardly. "there's a bunch of license permits for arms that dont

match their purpose. there's also bank transfers, cryptocurrency transactions, shipping invoices..."

i look at him. "can i see this?"

"of course," he nods, almost eagerly, moving out of the way so i can be infront of the keyboard.

i scroll through the long pdf thats over a 1000 pages. it reminds me of all the evidence i have to study for tests. this is just one long case study. the kind of practical experience i didnt know i needed yet didnt want.

i backspace out of the one folder and look at the many others. i see one that catches my eye, it looks like its full of photos.

i drag the cursor to it and wooyoung's hand suddenly finds mine, holding the mouse in place. i feel my skin spike at the contact, the way his hand lingers feeling like electricity. i look up at him but cant find my words.

"wait," he says, suddenly sounding worried. "that one has pictures in it. i dont know if you'll want to see whats in that. it could be...upsetting. do you want to?"

"what kind of pictures?" i ask cautiously. "crime scenes?"

wooyoung bites his lip nervously. "they're timestamped photos of connected shipments and their...consequences. and a bunch of other stuff. i dont think you'll feel good seeing it mira."

the consequences.

"i'd rather see it," i say quietly and push the mouse to him. wooyoung sighs and opens the folder up, and i straighten to look at them fully.

the first one catches my eye because its the one i can make out the clearest. it looks like people wrapped in white sheets, tied up with blood stains at the top of their heads. executional style.

"hostages," he fills in for me. "enemy soldiers and officers."

the next one is just a bunch of small, dusty hands peeking out under rubble.

"civilian casualties."

the next one is a bunch of men in uniform piled on the floor in a row, all of them dead and bleeding out on the floor. there are soldiers surrounding them, holding guns and smiling above them like they secured a massive victory.

"the militants."

then another picture in a similar fashion, but the militants held a decapitated head. i look away from that one quickly and find one that shatters my heart completely.

a young boy. lying on the floor, missing half a leg, with guns sprawled next to him. he doesnt look older than 16. hes covered in dust, the wounds in him filled with gray and dried blood. his face isnt even recognizable anymore because he was laying out that long. i grab the mouse from wooyoung and click out of it completely.

"a child soldier," he says finally, looking at me with an undefinable look on his face.

"oh my god," i whisper to myself.

that boy looked just like any other kid refugee i would meet on an ordinary day. but he didnt get a chance. he was swallowed by consequences he had no part in. he was a baby, dragged into some man's selfish war. and he died for nothing.

i sit down on the chair infront of wooyoung's computer. he keeps looking at me, waiting for me to say something, but i cant. no words of mine are worth anything in regard to that.

"im not gonna look at this anymore," he says into the silence. "i know everything that needs to be here is here. im just...gonna make a call. do you want me to leave you here alone or can i just stay here?"

i feel like i cant even hear him properly. "who are you calling?" i ask, my throat suddenly dry.

"people from my agency. i want them to know i have everything they need."

god, is this going to end? can it finally be over? im fine with never seeing my father ever again.

"you can take it here," i tell him.

wooyoung nods and opens up something on the laptop and it starts dialing. then, someone picks up.

"its woo. i got what we needed. awaiting exfil." he says, his voice completely changing. the softness he had with me vanishing into thin air.

"acknowledged. sit tight. send what you have while you wait."

"yes sir."

a moment passes. there's dread in the air. everything's calm.

"is amira saidi with you?"

wooyoung doesnt answer immediately. i still cant believe they know my name. he just stands beside me, staring at the laptop like he’s trying to read between the lines. i notice his jaw tighten—barely—but enough.

“yes,” he finally says. his voice is flat now. stripped of anything familiar.

there’s a pause. too long.

the voice on the other end speaks again, too smoothly: “copy. maintain visual until further instruction.”

wooyoung’s shoulders tense. i see it—just a twitch, barely perceptible—but it says everything. he knows. whatever code they just spoke wasn’t one he expected.

he clicks the laptop shut, slowly. carefully. then he looks at me like he’s trying to memorize me. like something’s changed.

"what's wrong?" i ask, trying not to panic.

"i think they know."

my stomach drops. and i feel my chest burn.

"but they didnt say anything."

"they wouldnt," he says sharply. its the first time ive heard him like this. cold and sharp like a dagger.

my mind starts to race again. "how can we be sure then?" i ask, my voice barely above a whisper.

"there's someone i can call, but if i do that, if they dont know my cover's blown, that will definetely give it away."

so our only choice left is to fucking gamble our lives?

i stand up, feeling like i need to rip all my nails off. ive never been this fucking nervous in my life. "so what do we do, wooyoung? are they gonna come here and raze us with bullets?" i raise my voice.

"i need you to trust me," he tells me. "i'll be right back."

"no, you are NOT leaving me by myself," i order him and grab onto his sleeve.

"im going to get guns, mira. are you sure you want to be around that after all the stuff you saw?" he holds me by my shoulders, his eyes flickering with regret and tenderness.

"i dont care," i bite out, breathing hard. "just dont leave me."

wooyoung resigns and we go downstairs to the armory. its filled with military grade weapons. there's a bunch of ammo lying around too. wooyoung picks up another gun that looks identical to his, and i distract my thoughts of impending doom by staring at the rifles.

"you know how to use those?" woo asks me. i shake my head in disgust.

"my father made me go hunting with him when i was eleven. we shot a rabbit and i cried for two days straight. he was so mad at me and said i was too soft. then my mom banned him from taking me on any of his trips again and forced him to let us go on weekly shopping trips instead." i practically word vomit. im trying to think of anything and everything else other than those people showing up.

would they arrive in a helicopter or a tank? would they just bomb this place with us in it?

"im guessing those lessons wont pay off then," woo mutters.

"are they going to kill us?" my voice shaking with franticness.

woo looks at me with a straight face. "they wont kill you."

i stare at him blankly. "so just you?"

"you dont have to sound so excited about it," wooyoung says with a half smile. what the fuck.

"there's no way you're this calm about this," i say exasperatedly, pushing my hair back. its so frizzy now if i dont get a blowout in the next four days im screwed. "wooyoung what are we going to do–"

"listen, i know you think im crazy and this is insane to ask, but trust me. please. just for tonight."

i resign. i dont know what else to do. i sigh and try to stop fidgeting, then look at him expectantly. "can i have those leftovers now?"

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somehow, i passed out on the bunkbed. i dont know when i got comfortable enough to sleep. a flash of the harsh light woke me up, and immediately with my regained consciousness, i go and find wooyoung.

he isnt close to me. which i know is crazy to expect after ive repeatedly pushed him away, but i told him i dont want him to leave me. he doesnt get to.

when i walk out onto the mezzanine, i see woo on the ground floor talking to two men in black. i freeze, my hands gripping the railing as they all look up at me in unison.

oh my god, they're here.

woo gives me a look, a flash of something sharp in his eyes but it disappears quickly.

"miss saidi," a man with the most menacing eyes ive ever seen says with a curt nod. "my name is agent song," he then gestures to his partner. "this is agent park. we would like to ask you a few questions about your father, mr saidi, if that would be alright."

i like how hes asking, trying to make it seem like i have a choice. i know damn well i dont. but i guess wooyoung's not in trouble.

but i briefly look at him, and the tension in his arms and back tell a different story. i dont make a move till i know whats going on.

"why does she have to go with you?" woo asks with badly hidden irritation. "i told you she doesnt know anything, didn't i?"

"since when is that for you to decide, jung?"  agent park says, tossing wooyoung a look.

woo shrugs hard. "its my mission, isnt it? didnt you just come to get the files and me?"

agent park and agent song turn to each other slowly, sharing ominous eye contact. the hair on my skin start to raise.

"your mission, agent jung?" agent song drawls. "your mission's done. you're extracted. you can hand over the files and miss saidi."

"but that wasnt the deal," wooyoung argues.  "i told you–"

"miss saidi's been reported missing," agent song interrupts. "she should return to her family as soon as possible. and we'll drive her home, after questioning."

i blink hard, feeling sweat gathering on me quick despite this cold. "why am i getting pulled for questioning? may i know the merits of this case?" i try to put on my professional voice, but it cracks inbetween and doesnt do me any justice.

"you'll know once we arrive at the station. woo, you're done here. go with agent park."

i dont know what to do. something tells me i should go with them, to be safe, and out of harms way. but the other part of me is telling me that if wooyoung is panicking, i should too–if he doesnt want me going, then there has to be a reason, right?

are they gonna drug me? interrogate me for days? hold me prisoner till i tell them about my father? what if they dont believe i know nothing? will they kill me–

agent park steps forward to wooyoung, holding his hand out. "the files, agent jung."

wooyoung stares at the man's hand, his jaw clenching at the sight of it. he makes no move.

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wooyoung

ive been compromised. never in my career have i ever been extracted by agent park and agent song. it was always agent choi. every single time, suddenly, the one guy i can ask if my cover is in tact, doesnt show up? i think thats telling enough.

even the code. they never ask for the files until im fully extracted. until im fully safe. until i know im in the clear. now they want it before im even off the job?

i know that once they get their hands on the files i cracked, im going to end up in the middle of the desert. some "accident" in the local newspaper. and now they want mira too.

not if i can fucking help it.

"let me double check if everythings here," i say. agent park's lip twitches, his impatience gnawing on him. i never liked him. "i'll just plug it in the laptop, cmon."

they look at each other once again. agent song sighs and nods. "lead the way."

mira looks at me with deep confusion, her eyes wide in worry. i know she expects nothing good from me, but she needs to lend me all the faith she has. even if its a single strand.

we head up to the mezzanine and the plan runs through my head. its not even a plan–im not a man for plans. if anything, im a master of improv. not even i know what i'll do next. it used to work all the time, now im here.

girlfriendless, jobless, possibly soon to be lifeless.

we walk past mira and i nod for her to take a walk. i hope she gets it. but as soon as we pass her, agent song plants himself next to her, sizing her up. or is he checking her out? either way, his eyes are on her too fucking long for my liking.

i plug the usb into the side of the laptop, waiting for the screen to pop up on the projector. agent park's eyes drift up to the screen, his jaw clenched for some reason. its like he wants to say something but is holding back.

"mira doesnt know anything, agent park," i say again. i watch his eyes. theyre almost smug.

"yeah, you'd know from studying her fully, right?"

there it is. that pointedness in his tone. just like i watched her. they watched me. if they knew how i was bombing everything, then they've been planning to take me out. they've been waiting for it.

"i would know," i answer him matter of factly. i pull out the usb suddenly and agent park straightens, glaring at me.

"nothing loaded yet, why did you do that?"

i dont answer him, instead lifting my laptop and slamming it into his head.

park stumbles back, and i hear mira scream and see her try to run. i drive my foot into agent park's chest, making him tumble over the mezzanine with a harsh grunt. its not enough to kill him, and i unfortunately cant. mira's seen me off more than one person already. i dont want her to fear me.

agent park hits the ground with a painful thud and he screams. agent song is holding mira by her clothes as she tries to break free, and he moves to withdraw his gun at the same time. i kick a table into his knees with brutal speed, making him double over it. i bolt toward mira and shove her through the door towards the bedrooms. "go mira, go!" i yell at her, taking out my gun, unable to say the location aloud but i hope she knows i mean the car.

"you're a dead man, jung!" agent song furiously spits. his gun is aimed at me and i quickly take cover behind a pillar as a shot goes off.

"if you really wanted to kill me, you should've sent agent choi," i scoff, breathing hard. i take my turn to shoot, seeing him taking cover behind the table i kicked at him. all my shots miss and i want to scream at myself as im forced to withdraw, his next few shots landing dangerously close to my shoulder and all etching into the pillar.

i need a distraction. i cant kill them and i cant die here. i quickly look at the lights above us, a shot sparking concrete into my face as it lands in the pillow again. fuck!

i roll to the side and fire upright, blowing out the light above Song, showering the area with sparks and smoke. darkness falls on the mezzanine.

***

mira

i wait in the garage, my palms sweating horrendously and my skin feeling like i'd explode in a microwave. i keep rubbing my hands on my jersey, but it doesnt help. i keep hearing gunfire and i just tell myself if wooyoung was dead there wouldnt still be gunshots.

on my side its quiet. too quiet. i cant even make a run for it because wooyoung has the keys. im really either leaving with him, or the other two agents who definetely dont care if i live or die.

what do we do now? i try not to think so much with every shot going off in the background but i cant help but be smart. where the fuck exactly would we go after this? and how much more of this do we have to go through. im shitting myself enough as it is.

the door suddenly budges but doesnt open because of the latch on my end. no one on the other side says anything. i start to shiver and look around for something. the only thing in range is a fucking fire extinguisher. i pull it off the wall and hold it with shaking hands.

"amira?" someone says. its not wooyoung's voice, he'd never call me that.

"its agent park. you can call me seonghwa. please open the door."

"i dont know anything," i say back, sniffling. "i swear i dont."

"i believe you," seonghwa says. "let us take you home."

"if you believe me then why are you trying to kill woo?"

"he is obsolete. and he has done enough harm by getting close to you. he cannot be trusted to take part in a mission ever again."

i lean against the wall, my chest heaving. "a bit harsh for someone who still did the job, isnt it? or does he know something you dont want him to know?"

"everyone knows who he is. he will no longer be our problem."

so they are going to kill him. i squeezed my eyes shut trying to not go insane.

"open this door, amira." its a demand now, no more mr nice guy. i gasp as he rams himself into the door. with three loud bangs it bursts open and seonghwa storms in. i panic and immediately blast him with the fire extinguisher, coating him in white foam. seonghwa screams and slips, falling like a cartoon who slipped on a banana peel.

i keep blasting him until his hair flies up into sun beams and hes screaming in horror. it looks like he wants to reach for his gun and my panic overrides me. i swing the extinguisher over his head and he flattens to the floor with a loud bonk.

***

wooyoung

smoke curls through the air, thick and stifling, and agent song's coughing cuts through the haze.

i move quiet. ive always been quiet in the dark. we both trained for this, but im way better. hell, he cant even hear me through his wet coughing.

he thinks he's slick, repositioning behind the table i kicked at him. but I’m already there.

i tackle him from behind and he snarls, elbowing at me wildly. i trap his wrist and slam it into the steel railing, hard enough to make the gun clatter to the floor. he goes for my throat and I duck low, driving my knee into his ribs. The breath leaves him in a hiss, and he tries to grab my hair, stupidly.

gun still in hand, i whip it across his face. his head jerks, blood flying into the smoke. he stumbles, dazed. not out, but slow.

"you're lucky," i drawl. “if i really wanted you dead, you’d already be leaking into the carpet.”

he staggers back, reaching for anything to balance himself. i shove him hard and he collapses against the support beam. his gun's out of reach, and i don’t give him the time to get clever. i grab a broken zip tie from my pocket—cheap, thin, but it'll hold—and fasten it tight around his wrist to the nearest pipe. he snarls, yanking at it like a cornered animal.

“you're not walking away from this!” he shouts after me.

“then i'll crawl,” i mock, already halfway to the door out.

mira’s waiting. there’s no more time.

***

next chap

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Alright doing my review of the chapter while I play it, today its HI3 Part 2 Chapter 7.

Spoiler free opinion now that I've cleared the chapter: Literally that horse getting drawn worse meme, except its absolute peak until the very last moment.

And already this looks interesting

I like that they put effort into showing Helia pinning Coralie to the wall, but in the same breath I have to ask why they didn't use the 3d models they were already using to show Coralie turning the tables on Helia.

I have no idea what is going on. Calamities? Is this bubble world Helia? I dont want to believe that Hoyo started an event right after part 1.5, then skipped a few years ahead to part 2, and only mentioned the Calamities happening on Earth in chapter 7. I dont want to believe that, but also I dont know how this bubble world Helia plays into the story.

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAIT a moment. The burning of Helia's blood wasnt metaphorical? Seeing visions? Saying she'll give up her flesh and sense of pain to get vengance? I'm not sure what is happening yet, but I feel like this is already the best written chapter of part 2. So far the opening is extremely interesting.

There's something about strength and giving up something else to gain it going on here.

Okay okay, Vita being kinda antagonistic finally. Also it would've been fun if Helia actually pulled the trigger but Vita managed to tilt her head out of the way. She took all of Sa's power, having hyper fast reflexes wouldn't be out of my book.

Oh and also, once again, "Helia, look at yourself.", First the mirror, then Dudu, then Theresa. That's 3 times now. Something's going on here.

Kinda extremely short dip into the sim but otherwise the writing of this chapter is VERY solid.

Im not a fan of flashbacks since I'd rather just experience them instead of timeskipping over them and then flashing back to them, but whatever's going on with Helia is interesting and if I have to speak to past Coralie to continue whatever arc Helia is on atm I'm all for it

I dont want to say it but to not disappoint myself but...

could Helia be having a Herrscher awakening?

(or equivelant, you know)

This is so freaking cool. If this actually is a Herrscher awakening or something similar, this is the best one they've done. Period. If it isn't, then this is fucking amazing for Helia as a character.

I DID NOT REALISE SHE WAS HOLDING A KNIFE UNTIL HER HAND BEGAN TREMBLING

And back to wierdo flashback bubble world but actually not? You can not be telling me that Earth is facing these Calamities after Honkai Eruptions and before the Sky People. Everyone is so chill both currently on the Moon but also in APHO, but Helia has these memories of her and Coralie going to the battlefield to fight off these "Calamities" and there's basically no truly safe places on Earth any more. This is so fucking wierd if this isnt a bubble world. 1. Because it wasnt mentioned before this point. 2. Because they've already confirmed APHO is canon.

For as negative as I sound about it, I actually dig the Calamity stuff. I just still cant tell if its actually happening or not. And I still dont like that we're learning about it in freaking flashbacks. This sounds like the stuff you would start Part 2 on. Something like "we follow a new squad as they train to fight off a new threat after the End of Honkai". Calling them Calamity Pollutants to differentiate them from Honkai beasts makes sense.

And if this is a bubble world, why the fuck are we flashingback to it??

Okay I know this might be hard to believe, but I just wrote a scene like Helia and Nessa like, 2 days ago. Holy shit.

Oh my god why couldn't they have portrayed the Honkai like this???

Okay this HAS to be a bubble world, right? No fucking way they just skip over and dont mention an event like the Eight Calamity that made battlesuits unusable. BUT THEN ASJDI POHas dwhy am I seeing this then?? I dont hate the writing - I hate that I dont know how this connects.

Is the "She" Serapeum mentioned Leylah? I feel like the simulation plotline is finally getting interesting.

HOLD THE FUCK UP

WHAT

Oh wait that was the first mention of Senadina in like, 3 chapters? 4?

Oh also missed it, but DAMN Hoyo is actually using 3D models for 3D stuff! fucking FINALLY. There's been a lot of that this chapter and just honestly great. Took them long enough to learn that 3D gacha stories requires more efforts than just making cutouts or 2D images.

Im so happy I am recording myself playing because I can go back and pause, something we fucking lost for some reason like oh my fucking god Hoyo please bring back replayability.

Back to my point, that was either Leylah or Helia's hooded friend behind Smolrandal.

Back to Helia now.

Fire, power, burning self away, looking at herself. Those get repeated over and over for Helia. Something's definitely up.

Also I wish enemies still moved while aiming. I can move around. Cmon. Would actually make aiming at all of them feel impressive instead of "and now I wait for 2 seconds"

I kinda really really really really really really want to see Helia snap. Like I REALLY want to see it. If she does - best chapter in a LONG time. If she doesnt - what the actual shit is Hoyo writing.

Completely unrealated to the chapter, but I am getting better at listening to Japanese speech. Like, I can tell when a sentence ends and begins. Because the voice acting is really good this chapter, I've caught myself several times going "its not over yet, they havent said the last part of the text yet" this chapter.

I can also point out specific words here and there. Feels good. Anyways, back to the chapter coz

Oh my god Helia is sacrificing her heart

Is the hooded figure Helia? Like, is she actually just Helia? She speaks of wandering snowy fields like the area the "bubble world" and Calamity stuff happened in. She speaks as if "Helia can't save Coralie" is something that has happened over and over and over and over and over again.

YUP, Hooded friend is Helia from another world! What the fuuuuuuuuu

HOLY FUCKING SHIT. You know, I thought of keeping Coralie heavily injured but alive in my Snippets AU.

No shot.

Nope.

No way.

I would be doing Helia such a huge disservice.

Oh my god. "Oh, right... Aria, whose life or death is uncertain." GIRL YOU SHOT HER TO MAKE HER YOUR BAIT SO YOU COULD GET TO CORALIE IN TIME. I was fully expecting it to go into a fast paced competition of who can clear the most monsters with the voice saying how Helia is weak and wasting time.

And then Helia pulled out the fucking gun.

I didn't even pull the trigger, the game did that for me!

Wait Smolrandal and Entropy got teleported to the middle of the tower then.

Is Senadina Leylah and Entropy? The Day's are dressed similarly to Leylah.

Also I still want to see Helia snap and burn the tower to the ground.

"Make a puzzle and dont put markers to exactly guide the player to the solution challenge (impossible)" -Hoyo.

Immortality is a lie! Coralie cant be saved! Is this where Helia snaps? Its coming, it has to, the entire chapter is building up to it excellently.

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Did the writing team slip their pen at the end? That plottwist literally made me go "heh?"

What the fuck?

That wasnt even a good twist! What the fuck was that? What? Huh? Excuse me?

This chapter is literally that horse getting drawn worse meme, except its absolutely amazing until the very end.

HEH?

What was that twist?

It literally makes no sense.

Its on the level of "Vita pulls off her suit and it was actually Kiana all the time!" twist. That'd make no sense! And neither does this twist! What the fuck???

Unless this is just a red herring and "killing Helia" is just her way of sacrificing the last of her humanity. In which case this cliffhanger is still awful because HEH?

[crushculture03]

Chapter 21

The next morning jules woke up to a whispered conversation happening between charli and george. "Where was he last night george? He didn't even care to text her, he just left her in the blue" charli said, "He left with jade I think they went out to a bar, i saw them get into a car and then thats the last i saw of him until this morning" he responded back, "I'm going to kill that twat, doesn't he know he has a girlfriend? Who he claims he loves, what is he doing messing around with this girl? Is he a complete idiot?" she responded back, anger evident in her voice.

" I don't know, i'm going to talk to him about it because this is ridiculous, hes one of my bestfriends but this is such a dick move on his part, I cant believe him" george groaned. "Let me know how it goes, i'll be here with jules " charli resopnded.

Soon jules heard the door open and close signaling george had now left, she quickly shut her eyes pretending like she was still sleeping and didn't just hear their conversation. She felt a dip in the bed as charli sat down next to her, jules opened her eyes and slowly sat up to face her friend. "Hey jj how you feeling?" charli asked her friend, "A bit better, I want to talk to him charli I can't hide forever and i love him, if theres any way we can fix this then I'm willing to do it" jules responded, and got out of bed.

"If thats what you want then I can't stop you, just be careful and know I'm here if you need anything ok?" charli said, getting up to embrace the blonde. Jules smiled and hugged her friend back, "Thank you Charli i appreciate it, I'll let you know how it goes" and with that jules grabbed the last of her things, and nervously made her way to her and mattys room.

She hesitantly turned the door handle, slowly, she opened the door to reveal her boyfriend sitting on the bed with his head in his hands. His head popped up when he heard the sound of the door closing, "Jules?" he asked, "Hi matty" she responded and walked further into the room. She sat down next to him, her heart beating out of her chest, "I'm so sorry baby, I don't know what I was thinking, well truly i wasn't thinking I was so stupid and i'm sorry" matty said.

Jules felt tears brim her eyes, but refused to let any fall as she responded "Yeah you weren't thinking matty, you didn't even care that i left yesterday, not one text or call came in from you, and while you were partying it up with jade I was crying in Charlis arms because my boyfriend was out with another girl and completely ignored me" she responded, a few tears fell from her eyes from the anger she was feeling. "I'm sorry julie, I wish I could take it back I really do, fuck I'm so stupid I'm so sorry" he pleaded with the girl.

The rational part of her brain told her to break up with him, she knew she shouldnt forgive him, but love messes with your brain and blinds you from the right decision sometimes. "I forgive you, but i swear to god matthew healy if you pull that shit again, we're through" she firmly responded, he nodded his head and pulled her into hug. Jules reluctantly hugged him back, part of her mind telling her this was a mistake, but her heart wanted him back so thats what she did.

"Why don't I take you out when we get to leeds? I know we have a travel day today and can't really do anything, but let me make it up to you tomorrow, is that ok?" matty asked, looking up at jules with hopeful eyes. She nodded her head "Yeah that sounds great matty" she said, and smiled widely. "Here let me get your stuff " matty said, getting up and picking up her and his suitcase. "Thanks Matty" she said, "Jules really I am sorry, I can't believe i was so fucking stupid, you know I love you right" he said walking up to her, he quickly dropped the suitcases and pulled her into him.

Jules looked up at her boyfriend, she could see he meant what he was saying when he apologized, truthfully she wanted to just drop the topic it happened and she just wanted to forget it.

She leaned forward and kissed him "I love you too matty, lets just drop it ok? I wanna be over it" she responded, matty nodded his head in response "Yeah of course". "Good, now lets head out, don't want to be late" she said, as she was about to pull away, matty pulled her back in and kissed her passionately, "Thats to make up for missing last nights kiss". Jules blushed, "well thank you babe" she giggled, "But seriously now we gotta go, jaime is blowing up my phone" she said, and as if on que her phone started to vibrate signalling that he was texting her. "Yeah lets head out" and with that matty picked the suitcases back up and the two headed down to the lobby.

A/N : next chapter will be heartbreaking for the two just a heads up it's gonna be intense

[raspbeyes]

SPOILERS FOR EP 11 DRDT

Since I did a prediction earlier today, time to update!!

OKAY NO HiATUS WHAT NOOOOO! honestly having looked at the time during the livestream, i genuinely was questioning how they were gonna wrap this up by ep 12 like last time and started to wonder if this chapter will be longer as we spent this whole epsiode in david's extended mask off moment. as much as im sad abt the hiatus i am glad this is extended BECAUSE WE DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH THE ACTUAL CRIME SCENE OR A DEBATE SCRUM tho ughhh noo this hiatus might kill meeee

OKAY DAVID OMG bro lost it AHHHHH i really wanted to believe that david had a good/moral reason for all this but to know he did all this secret maliciously?!!? ik he's not killer for sure so i do wonder how he's gonna be used in next chapters cuz as hot as he lowkey is rn and i do love his biting sarcasm, he's gonna be geninuely such a bitchy force to deal with in future chapters. to have this man constantly causing trouble for no other reason than fun and never trustworthy, i have to wonder if there's any hope left for him. i really hope that his arc actually has him improve cuz u know, poetic irony and all that jazz. Since now we know he doesn't believe what he says, i truly hope drdt takes the time to prove him wrong cuz i really dont want a grimdark killing game proving david (and in some ways, teruko) right. and also, idk why people are surprised david would lie abt being arei's killer and want to get himself killed rn. Bro literally now has lost his career and his public image is ruined. He doesn't have a life anymore for him to go back to. He already mentions how he hates everyone there, so I see zero reason why he wouldn't lie to drag everyone down with him

ACE SLAYS ONCE AGAIN! BRO POPPING OFF WITH THE TRUTH YESSSS AND CALLING OUT PEOPLE'S HYPOCRISY FOR NOT GOING AFTER DAVID WE LOVE TO SEE IT!!! Also j saying that she doubts ace's testimony just cuz she thinks he cant be quiet makes me sadddd

ALSO NICO AND CHARLES!!!! I love that nico comes back in clutch to help actually point out david's suspiciousness. His bluntness is always needed, especially with cutting through david's bs. ALSO CHARLES YESS IM GLAD HE IS NOW GONNA BE CRITICAL TO THIS CASE!!! I like that drdt takes advantage of its video format as normally to have a character interject like that in a mainline dr game would be bad since it's interupting gameplay and taking control out of player's hands. But it works here since we're not actually playing and shows teruko and charles backing each other up and shows people actually getting involved!!!

To the actual crime ... uh i dont know ... clearly this crime is so complicated that we need a TRIAL 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO lmaoo. i mentioned before but charles's comment of "fucking up" at the end seems to strongly imply the time of the murder, and thus everyone's testimonies for that time, are now irrelevant. Since arei was alive in the evening last night (ace does claim 7:30, but i do agree with david that ace might have just said that to back up his point rather than it being true) the death happened the prior night or early that morning. it puts into the question the note, calling for 7:30 but it could be 7:30 am before the motive reveal. however, unless it was something like a trap, such a time is so tight i find it hard to believe. maybe i'll do a post later doing a fully theory as i lose my mind during this hiatus (praying for it be under 6 months)

[margotquinsel]

Modern Encanto AU

Holiday chapter 1 The morning

Julieta woke up to her youngest daughter banging on her door and screaming ,

"MAMA WAKE UP "

She turned to her side to face her esposo, he was wide awake but looked like he could fall back asleep any second.

"HURRY UP"

Which was followed by the eldest,

"WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE"

Julieta rolled out of bed , confused , she looked at the calendar. They were going on holiday how could she forget? She then felt a pair of hands on her waist.

" Tino, get your hands off me, we need to get ready."

" I cant be bothered,"

Julieta rolled her eyes and gently removed his hands and walked over to her bathroom and got her make-up out of her bag. As she was putting on her foundation at the corner of her eye she could see her esposo struggling to put on his t-shirt, she couldn't help but chuckle.

Agustin heard her and turned his head and glared at her.He did that until he burst out laughing. After he managed to fit his shirt over his head and got his trousers on he walked out of his bedroom and down to the kitchen where he was greeted by his 3 daughters.

" Good morning pa " Greeted Mirabel

"Morning Mariposa how was your sleep?"

" Not bad, it did take me awhile to get to sleep, I was too excited for today."

" Me too , me too."

" I had a great sleep to ya'know! " interrupted Isabela,

" That's good, how about you Lu?"

" Good "

Agustin turned his back to his daughters and walked over to the stove.

" Whose making pancakes?"

His three daughters turned to face each other.

" Do you mind turning on the stove? I was in the middle of making pancakes last night but got too tired!" Julieta shouted,

"Mhm! " Agustin shouted back.

Agustin tried his best to not burn himself but you know him he did end up burning himself..

" PAPA" The 3 hermanas said in unison.

Julieta heard so she quickly ran down the stairs with her hair half done but she was fully dressed.

" What happene- ay Agustin"

Julieta sighed as she got some bandages from the cupboard and slowly wrapped it around the burn as Agustin yelped.

" Oh sweetheart, when are you going to learn to be more careful?"

Julieta looked at her daughters,

" Where are your suitcases?" She asked.

"Oh"

" I cant believe I forgot to bring mine down.."

" I'll go get them!" Luisa replied as she started running up the stairs and coming down with 3 suitcases.

" So, when are we going to leave?" asked the youngest daughter, Mirabel.

"After breakfast probably" Her father answered flipping a pancake.

" Which would be now"

Everyone went to sit down at the table as Agustin brought the plate of pancakes.

"Help yourselves."

Everyone took at least 2 pancakes. Julieta realised that there wasnt any nutella on the table so she went to go get some, as she was looking for it Isabela snatched one of her pancakes. Mirabel saw this and was about to tell her mother about it but Isabela shushed her. When the mother came back she didnt seem to notice that she now had 1 pancake and the eldest had 3. Mirabel couldnt help but laugh at this.

When it was time to drive to the airport Agustin helped the middle child load the car, at first Julieta wasn't really on board with the thought of Agustin helping, because of the burn.But he managed to load the car in secret.

When everyone got in the car Julieta started the car and got ready to drive 2 hours and bare an excessive amount of traffic ...

[kithtaehyung]

i havent been able to check the last 3tan fall drabble yet, especially with the busan concert 😩 so ive been avoiding your blog so to not get spoilers

but i just saw your word count for 3tan9 (forfeit?) and i just wanna say how excited i am! i cant imagine how much of an effort it is demanding from you, since you never give us nothing short of perfect, and im so grateful! it comes as no surprise you would want a break after it lol 😅, but yeah idk, just felt like thanking you! thank you to put in so much thought, to share so much of your process with us (im so happy whenever you talk about how your writing has been going), to engage so much with us and play along with our theories and our craziness, to write such great pieces and fics and storylines and arcs and developments and dynamics and urghhhhh EVERYTHING 🥺🥺😭

im sure the chapter will be amazing and super 😫🥰🥵🤠🙈 in a good way!!

you're really good to us, and i hope you can really enjoy your rest while you watch us screaming in your inbox 😂 u got an army right behind u too

btw ik im sappy as hell, damn, always reaching out with long ass asks and shit, sorry, i think im still on the edge cause of the show but that excuse only goes so far

anyways, thanks 😊

LUA you're gonna make me melt more and more with every message you send. every sentence, really. i'm just teary eyes rn i'm lucky i took pics before seeing this bc it finished me!!

it's okay! the drabble will still be there whenever you're ready to read. no rush at all, just enjoy when you can :D

forfeit is gonna be humongous omfg. and to make sure all of it is worth the wait, i do admit that it's a bit stressful on top of being just fun and comforting to write<3 it's been 3 months since the last major drop, so i feel like this needs to be super good! the break is gonna be muuuch needed :'))

oh my gosh, it's never dealing with y'all! i love interacting. it's a joy not a chore. thank you for being here with me and sending all the theories and encouragement and whatever else, truly. it makes my day to see y'all caring about this series as much as i do. tbh i had a little moment today in my car, just overwhelmed with how grateful i am to have bangtan, and 3tan, and y'all in my life. this year has been absolutely incredible and i can't believe i'm just now stopping to reflect on it.

just like in fireworks, when reader says being nostalgic for the same moment you're living? that's how i feel now. because the moments we're living now are my favorites.

i can't even describe how your army comment made me feel. just.. thank you. reaching out to hug you so tight🫂 y'all mean the world to me, and i know i say that often but i really do mean it.

sappiness makes me melt!! thank you for sending this bc i needed it. you're amazing, you know that?

[dellinah]

LONG ASS RANT ABOUT THYLACINES

I'm still not coping well so i made some shitty memes about my constant hyperfixation

Well I have been fascinated with these animals since I was a literal 8 year old bc of a book my mom gave me about animals (they're all drawn as opposed to pictures too it's pretty cool i used to trace over them all the time)

They're cool marsupials that went extint in 1936

I am a dumbass with one braincell so for some reason it didn't sink in that when the text said 'disappeared 70 years ago' it meant DISAPEARED FOR REAL. I also was too dumb to realize it was under the 'extinct' chapter

Anyway. These animals are fascinating to me and I have been obsessed with everything related to them ever since. I love how close they look to dogs and wolves despite not being related bc evolution works that well, i love their cute little faces, I love how they managed to survive way longer than they were meant to (more on that bellow), how they move, their lower ankles that look like someone fucked up a dog drawing, everything about it

And I absolutely HATE what they have become a symbol of

I would like to think human activity alone isnt enough to actually drive animals to extinction. That, while it helps, it merely speeds up the pace of an inevitable fate. But that's not true. There have been countless animals that died out bc of humans, and that would have been just fine without us around - be it by hunting, destroying habitats, introducing new species or bringing disease

Thylacines were hunted with no mercy bc they were thought to kill farm animals. People offered money for each one that was shot. Animals that humans introduced to their habitat infected them with disease and made food less avaiable. And just a few decades later, they were gone, forever

And if that wasn't bad enough, the last one we have record of died bc of NEGLET. In a zoo, he was left out in the cold night and didn't make it. They probably threw the body away with no care, thinking they could just get another one to use as exibition, and then realized too late it was the last

ON TOP OF THAT, rules to protect them were set in place about 50 days before the last one died. 50 DAYS!! Talk about too little too late. Maybe if they had done it earlier, things would have been different, but no. They didn't care until they realized hey we havent seen one in forever, fuck

ON TOP OF ON TOP OF THAT, the picture that was used to get farmers to kill them of a thylacine with a chicken in its mouth was most likely faked using a mounted one. It was fucking propaganda?? To??? Kill animals?? Man, what the FUCK. Maybe kill the ones around your property (still wrong but fine) but why lie to people to make them go out of their way to kill animals in the wild??

Everything about thylacines' extintion just highlights the worst parts of the human nature. How careless we are to everything but ourselves. How if it doesn't make us money, we don't care. How we care too little too late. How we can destroy something so easily. And how we don't care about lying about something to get what we want, no matter how bad the consequences might be to someone else

I honestly think the fascination people have with finding these animals in recent years is due to guilt, at least some of it. Yes it's a cool animal, but most important of all it makes us feel bad. So finding a new one maybe would make it ok. We can still save it. We're not that bad.

But that ever happening is unlikely

Thylacines lived short lives (up to 6 years in the wild, 9 in zoos) so to have them survive would require large populations constantly breeding. So to think we wouldnt have found a bone, a dead body, or run over one in over 70 years (also everyone has a phone now, why cant there ever be GOOD pictures taken of these sightings?) just seems like the kind of thing that can't happen

Not only that, but before human intervention they already suffered from low genetic diversity due to its population getting smaller over centuries due to disease and few individuals. It's sad to think that they were always doomed to fail, but it's likely the path they were going towards

So it just makes it way less likely that they would have survived in the wild. They were already failing to reproduce and survive with the individuals they had - imagine after we kill 99% of them. Even if some did make it past the year we recorded, it probs died out shortly after

BUT they could still be alive today, or at least gotten a few more decades. Some people think they did. And maybe we could have helped them if they made it to today with the technology we have

But we'll never know

There's a bunch of footage (with some newly discovered one) of the last one, and while that is cool, it just makes me sad :( to see it pacing around its small cage, with nothing to do, no other one to keep it company (they were often depicted in pairs, idk if they were social animals but it seems like it), not knowing it would never again have another one like it. There's also footage of someone rattling its cage?? Probs to get it worked up to make it walk around or react or something. DONT DO THAT

It's just a sad footage overall, and becomes painful to watch once you know everything else. A sad pacing stressed animal, that would die alone in the cold and go down in history as the last one ever. All while being oblivious to everything we have done to its kind, bc it was just a scared animal

Some people think they survived into the 90's, a lot of people claim to have seen one since 1936 (with no proof) and february 2021 one expert said they had proof they saw one and that it was a baby. It has been debunked by another expert, i have yet to see the pics, but until we have DEFINITE proof, i'll keep on believing they're gone

But it's nice to hope every once in a while. Every sighting makes me a bit happy. This is a big world, with so much of it unexplored, and animals though extinct have showed up again or even been cloned recently. So who knows!

It has been pretty shitty to live through a major historical event that is bad. For a moment I hoped I'd witness one that was actually a positive one

And honestly, if they are still out there, maybe a small population that learned to hide very well, I hope they keep hidden. I'd love to see them, but maybe they're better on their own

We've seen what happens when they're not

[thicctransboi]

Almost- Chapter 4

"I don't know,Sam, I don't think I'm ready to meet the baby just yet." Grizz said to Sam as he slipped on his shoes.

Sam had proposed the idea to Grizz shortly after they began getting dressed. "Are you scared to? Or is it just nerves or something?" Sam asked.

Grizz sighed, "I don't know... She's your kid, Sam... It's still weird for me. I cant promise I wont walk out. It might just be too hard on me. Besides, does Becca even know about us yet?"

Sam shook his head. He couldn't help but feel guilty again when Grizz said, 'Your kid'. Sam wanted so badly just to tell Grizz the truth, but that wasn't his truth to tell.

"Why not?"

Sam shrugged, "I don't know, I didn't know If you were ready for people to know yet. It didn't feel like it was my place."

Grizz chuckled "Sam, we might die here. If I wasn't ready for people to know, I wouldn't have tried so hard to get with you in the first place. If we die here, I want people to know me for the real me, not just the me thy thought they knew." Grizz sighed, "Let's go to the hospital, I'm sure Becca is missing you."

Grizz was right, Becca had sent Sam at least 20 texts asking where he was, causing Sam and grizz to speed walk to the hospital. As they walked, a few people in town looked their way, causing Sam to feel nervous for some reason. Sam felt even more nervous as Grizz grabbed his hand, holding it as they walked. Approaching the hospital, Grizz felt his stomach quench; this was it, he was facing his fear: Becca and Sam's baby. Grizz had to hold himself back from getting emotional as they arrived in the maternity wing.

"There you are! Where have you been?" Becca practically screeched as Sam and Grizz rounded the corner. Then her eyes landed on Grizz. "Grizz! You're back! I heard the trip went well."

"Yeah.." Grizz said, his eyes traveling to the small child in Becca's arms. "Congratulations on the baby.. Sam told me you named her Eden, it's fitting." Grizz suddenly felt small despite being 6 foot 3.

Becca was beaming. "Thank you, wait, what are you doing here? No offense, I just didn't expect you to visit today considering you just got back and its- 2am."

Sam didn't even realize how late it had gotten. He answered for Grizz, "Actually, I've been meaning to talk to you about that. Grizz and I... well.. We've been seeing each other?" His response came out as more of a question than a statement.

Becca raised an eyebrow, glancing between the two boys in front of her, Grizz awkwardly scratching the back of his neck. "Since when? Grizz, you're gay?"

"Thanksgiving."

"Uh, yeah?"

Becca's eyes went wide, tossing a pillow weakly in Sam's direction. "That's where you were when I went into labor? With him?! Wait- You lost your virginity and didn't even tell me didn't you?! Sam, you were getting dicked down while I was in labor! That's why you weren't answering your phone!?"

Sam let out a sigh, meanwhile Grizz stood their wide eyed. "Should I go and leave you two to talk?" Grizz asked awkwardly.

"No, no, stay..." Sam said, singing slowly. "Becca, I'm sorry. It just kinda- happened."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Would you have rathered me told you while you were in labor? 'Hey Becca, sorry I'm late, I know it's a bad time considering you're crowning, but me and Grizz just had sex and I really like him. That cool?'" Sam mocked.

Becca rolled her eyes.

Grizz felt his heart ache; they were perfect for each other, they even argued like a couple. No wonder they hooked up.

"You should have told me after, you know I would have been fine with it. I've been waiting for you to meet someone, though I thought you wouldn't considering our situation," Grizz was shocked to hear that comment, even more shocked when Becca said, "Grizz, come sit."

Grizz looked at Sam for help, Sam just smiled as Grizz slowly walked over to Becca and the baby, sitting down on the bed between her and Sam.

"Want to hold her?" Becca asked, giving Grizz a smile.

Grizz felt his heart rate increase, "No, no, I wouldn't want to intrude or anything. Aren't you mad? Like, you're okay with me and Sam?"

Becca laughed, "Of course I'm not mad! Sam's my best friend, I want him to be happy," She shot a smile towards Sam, "And how would you be intruding? You can be a part of this too, you know. I'll take all the help I can get. Here, take her, just mind her head."

Grizz was on the verge of having a panic attack, taking Eden into his arms carefully and making sure to keep her head elevated. The small child looked up at Grizz sleepily, causing Grizz to notice her stark blue eyes. They were Sam's eyes. It made his heart ache. But then, she wrapped her little hand around Grizz's thumb, making his heart swell, despite him knowing it was just a reflex. Something about holding her was oddly comforting, despite the circumstances In which she was brought into this world.

"She's beautiful." Grizz signed with one hand, not speaking, afraid his voice might fail him. He could feel it now, he was getting emotional and he wasn't prepared for them to see him that way, nor did he want Eden to feed off of him. Babies were weird like that. "Becca, take her... I need a minute."

Grizz bolted out of the room as quickly as he could.

Becca raised an eyebrow, turning to Sam with Eden in her arms. "Is he okay?"

Sam sighed, "He's been upset ever since he found out about her... That she's 'mine'. He's scared he's being a home wrecker."

Becca suddenly felt guilty herself, she knew that this wasn't fair to either Sam nor Grizz, but she couldn't find it in herself to tell either of them the truth of who the father really was. She knew it would break Sam's heart. "He'll get over it once he realizes we aren't like that together, right?"

"Becca, he needs to know the truth. This almost ruined us last time before he left, I can tell it bothers him.."

Becca shook her head, "No, Sam, I... I can't.. You can't. Please.."

***

Sam found Grizz outside of the hospital near the entrance, taking deep breaths as he leaned against the brick, his breath puffing out in clouds in front of him due to the cold. His face illuminated by the hospital sign.

"Are you okay?" Sam asked, approaching him slowly.

Grizz sighed, "She has your eyes, Sam... She looks just like Becca but with your eyes.. I can't- I can't do this."

Sam felt himself grow uneasy. He had never given it much thought, Eden's eyes. But now that he thought about it, she did have his eyes. But how?.... "Grizz- please... Don't- Don't leave. We just got back together, I can't loose you again."

Grizz sighed, watching as the air left his lungs, "How can I look at her, and not be reminded every day of the fact that she's yours? The fact that you'll never truly be mine? The fact that you slept with Becca and have a child with her? That I'll never be a part of it? I can't do that, Sam. It hurts too much. I just can't."

Sam sighed, in that moment he felt so conflicted between Eden having his eyes and wanting to tell Grizz the truth. But how would Grizz believe him now? Not now that he saw that Eden had blue eyes. How did she have his eyes?? "Grizz, you can be a part of this, Becca even said, she can use all of the help she can get. And, I am yours, I'm all yours if you want me to be... Becca and I.. We're not like that. We never have been, I told you. Please, don't let this get to you.. Please."

"She has your eyes! How can that not upset me?" Grizz yelled. "They're as blue as the damn sky in the summer time! Just like yours! Your eyes! The ones that I fell for! The ones I opened my soul up to! The ones-"

"They're not mine! Eden isn't mine!" Sam shouted, finally snapping. "I don't know how her eyes are blue, her real dad's must be! But I wouldn't know because I don't know who that is!" Sam was breathing heavily, his words hung in the air. He suddenly realized what he had just done. "Fuck! Don't tell Becca I told you..."

"Sam? Are you saying what I think you're saying? Why would you tell me that she was yours?" Grizz was stunned, suddenly no longer angry, more confused.

Sam sighed, "Becca and I agreed that that was what we would tell people when I agreed to help her out, we agreed that I would say I was the father... I don't know who the real dad is, she won't tell me. But I promised her that I would be a father to this child, Grizz. I promised I would live this lie as being her biological father to keep her secret. She's my best friend, Grizz, I had to. please understand, please don't tell her I told you..."

Grizz stood there in shock, not believing what he was hearing, “Sam… You lied to me.”

“I had to! I had no other choice! I promised her, and I ended up hurting you in the process. Fuck, I’m so sorry…” Sam was crying rather relentlessly now.

It took a lot, but Grizz couldn’t stand seeing Sam cry, letting out a sigh, he pulled him close, wrapping his arms around the smaller boy tightly. It’s okay.. We’ll figure this out.. I won’t tell her.”

“Thank you…”