#cause i’m running from stability a bit hehe…

[aimfor-theheart]

hi cielo 💌 I hope that today has been treating you well so far and that the car ride is not too bad :’) for the pining game, I am asking youuuu 😖 and 🎵 for Wolfwood hehe <3

hi elle 💗💗 thank you!! i hope today has been good for you too! thank you for asking me about wolfie 🥺💗

😖 what moment flustered you the most?

honestly many moments with him but there was a night early on when we were out at a bar and he put his arm on the back of my chair and leaned forward to talk to the waitress. ordered a drink for me that i like too…,,.i thought about it forever

🎵 are there any songs that describe your pining stage?

this is such a good question…..maybe From Eden by Hozier…..or…defs I Can’t Slow Her Down by L.A. Salami….i sorta run from him for awhile…so he pines and chases and waits for me….

ask me a pining question!

[ssscentral]

Traveller

Summary : Jung Hoseok loves you, regardless of what universe you’re in and he’s going to make sure to find you no matter what. Good thing you feel the same.

Pairing : Dimension Traveller!Jung Hoseok x Dimension Traveller!Reader

Genre : Fluff, Established Relationship!Au, Sci-Fi, Fantasy!Au, College!Au

Rating : PG13

Warnings : Swearing

Wc : 4.7k

Member : Hoebii || @hoebii

A/N : First of all, thank you @eatjeanjin and @kerikaaria for being my amazing betas! You’re what made this story even readable ukfhgj Second, HAPPY BIRTHDAY @moccahobi!!! ILYSM HOPE YOU HAVE A BLAST TODAY BB <3 I hope you like this fic, I literally crammed 12 prompts into this fic and made this hot mess in a few hours lmao so hope this isn’t too hard to read sksksksk. Love you lots Lil bean, happy birthday and thank you for existing, you’re such a precious bb, always there for everyone. You deserve the world, love <33 Also the time stamp for the text isn’t canon, so ignore the time!

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“You will be transported to a new dimension after spending one month in each of them for this experiment,” the animated voice crackled from the speakers. “The inhabitants in those universes will already have memories of you to help you blend in easily. You are to live a normal life during these experiments while making sure not to disclose your true identities for that may cause unnecessary complications.”

The voice kept going on about the experiment that you no longer had any interest in after the first few minutes. You fiddled with the necklace around your neck in boredom while you waited for the meeting to be adjourned. This wasn’t the first time you were going to travel between dimensions and you were sure it wouldn’t be the last, so having to sit through the same briefing over and over again felt completely useless and a waste of time. 

The only reason you even attended these were to get your files for the potential dimensions you may get sent to. The management really needed to get their shit in control and stop sending you to these places with little to no information. 

You understood that these experiments were to test out the stability and how each universe was doing after being created but it made no sense for the management to send out travellers blindly like they do, they could at least provide you with a little backstory for your character rather than a list of ’potential’ places. Even those weren’t certain and that made no sense! For an organisation that thrived to keep peace and regulation of all dimensions, their system was chaotic as fuck.

You only came out of your thoughts when you felt someone nudge your leg under the table. Glancing up from your necklace, your eyes met that of a cheeky looking Hoseok who was now pushing a little harder against your leg, now that he had your attention. 

‘Hi,’ he mouthed happily only for you to answer with a raised eyebrow. ‘I miss you,’ he mouthed again, jutting his lower lip out in a pout. You snorted at his antics, coughing to hide your smile when the sound caught the attention of those around you. 

It was only when they shifted their attention back to the screen at the end of the room to continue with the briefing that was ongoing, did you finally look back at Hoseok. Rolling your eyes, you grabbed a pen and tore a paper from the diary they provided for the meeting before hastily scribbling down something and sliding it to the man sitting in front of you.

‘We’re literally sitting in front of each other.’

Hoseok picked up the paper and quickly read the content on it before grabbing his own pen to write his answer down and passing it back to you.

‘But I can’t hold your hand right now :(‘

You bit your lip to stop the smile that was fighting to shine through when you saw his adorable handwriting under yours. How someone could be as endearing as Hoseok was beyond you, but you loved that about him.

Wordlessly, you pretended to pay attention to the briefing once more while you slid your hand towards Hoseok to let him hold your hand. You could feel the way his smile brightened when his fingers intertwined with yours, squeezing it gently.

You shook your head as you bit your lips harder to fight the smile that was now on your face when you squeezed his hand back.

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Walking out of the conference room, your hand was still engulfed by Hoseok’s bigger one. Your face was flushed in embarrassment as you walked out. It wasn’t because you were holding his hand, but rather the fact that he never let go after the meeting was over. So you had to walk from your seat to the end of the table with the said furniture in the middle of you as you walked. 

“If I didn’t love you as much as I do, I would’ve kicked your ass by now, just so you know,” you grumbled as you walked down the corridor towards your shared room. 

Hoseok laughed, his grip around your hand tightening as he bumped his shoulder with yours. “Good thing you love me then! It would be a nightmare to jump between dimensions with you otherwise.”

“Who said it’s still not a nightmare to have you as my partner?”

“Don’t be rude.”

“Make me,” you teased before quickly freeing your hand from his and running towards your destination.

“Come back here!”

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It was the day of action, as you liked to call it, the day when you were supposed to start experiments. 

“You ready?” Hoseok asked as he came to join you in the transport chamber.

“Ready as I’ll ever be.”

“Promise to find each other no matter what?” he asked while putting his pinky finger out, smiling at you.

You laughed as you wrapped yours around his. “Of course.”  

“I’ll see you around then.”

You only hummed in agreement before pressing the power button on the transport bracelet and the world went dark.

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You woke up to the blaring alarm of your phone, blindly looking for the device to turn the godforsaken sound off. When you failed to find it, you pushed yourself up from your bed to scan the area, getting more irked the longer the sound went on. 

Finally, your eyes landed on the black vibrating phone on the ground and you had half a mind to just stomp on the damn thing and break it. Picking it up, you harshly tapped on the stop button and sighed when the apartment went quiet, closing your eyes to bask in the peace. 

Wait. Apartment? 

Your eyes shot open again as you examined your surroundings, trying to decipher which universe you were in currently. The place seemed like any other average looking apartment in a bustling city. You unlocked your phone when you felt it vibrate in your hand, realising it was a text from someone saved as ‘Chicky Chimmy’. 

Opening the conversation, your confusion only grew at the text.

“I’m a student, huh?” You pondered as you grabbed a random outfit for the day along with what you assumed to be your books on the reading table in your room. You then proceeded to head down and out of your apartment. “Could’ve been worse.”

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Stepping out of the elevator, you saw your… friend impatiently leaning against his car looking at you with displeasure all over his face. You gave him a sheepish smile as you approached him, praying to whatever higher power that he says his name for one reason or another. From the previous conversations you had after taking some time to go through your phone, the two of you were supposed to be best friends so you weren’t in a position to ask his name.

“Y/N our class starts in 30 minutes and it takes 30 minutes to get there!”

“Hehe?”

He faced palm, moving to go around to the driver's seat. “Just get your cute butt inside.”

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The moment Chimmy parked his car inside the university, he dashed out of the car with you close behind, panicking about how mad the professor was going to be for being late.

You almost bumped into him when he stopped in front of a classroom, shooting you a nervous glance before slowly stepping inside the class. The two of you couldn’t even get two steps in before the voice of the man teaching the class boomed across the room.

“Y/L/N Y/N and Park Jimin. Late again, I see?”

Again? How many times have we been late before? Jimin’s a cute name though, perfect for him. You smiled slightly at your thoughts before fixing your expression to be neutral before the professor could catch you. 

“We’re so sorry professor! This will be the last time!” Jimin pleaded, fidgeting on his spot.

“That’s what you said last time, Mr. Park,” the professor replied, looking unamused.

“Pro-”

“I’m so sorry I’m late!” A new voice joins, the person who barged in after the two of you hunched over and panting from surely having run to class.

“Mr. Jung Hoseok, I did not expect such tardiness from you.”

Hoseok! You felt your heart rate kick up just at the mention of his name. It’s not often the higher ups make it easy to find your partner but it seemed that they were feeling courteous this time.

Hoseok’s eyes met yours and he flashed you a giant smile, one that had his eyes turning into crescents before looking back at the professor with a dashin smile. “I’m sorry sir, it surely won’t happen again.”

The professor sighed, rolling his eyes when he looked back at Jimin and you before muttering, “That’s what they always say.” Shaking his head, the professor gave a small nod. “Go to your seats and don’t be late again. Especially the two of you, Miss Y/L/N and Mr. Park.”

Jimin bowed before grabbing your hand and dragging you to the back of the room, taking a seat and patting the one beside him urgently. Glancing at Hoseok one last time, you sat beside Jimin. 

You couldn’t help but pout at the sight of Hoseok sitting somewhere else and already interacting with the strangers around him as if he knew them for a long time. He was always a social butterfly but it was always shocking to see him get accustomed to new universes so easily.

“You look amazing today, just so you know,” Jimin whispered in your ear, his eyes trained on the board even as he spoke.

“Thanks.”

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It was lunch time and Jimin had basically dragged you to the cafe near the university, claiming that cheap and instant coffee was the only thing his body needed to go through the day. 

“Coffee is great and all but you need actual food too, you know,” you nagged Jimin as he downed his second cup of coffee in one sitting.

Placing the brown coffee cup down, Jimin raised his index finger as if giving a speech. “People need a lot of things, doesn’t mean they have it though.”

You gave Jimin an unimpressed look. “Stop trying to be a philosopher and get some food in you, tiny.”

“I’m literally taller than you.”

“I will fight you, Park Jimin.”

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“I still don’t get why we need to do this,” you grumbled as you stretched your hands and legs.

“Because,” Jimin said, dribbling the orange basketball as he waited for you to finish. “Warming up is important before starting any exercise to decrease the chances of pulling a muscle or something.”

You snort at that, stretching one last time before dropping your hands. “You make it sound like I’m going to exercise.”

“Y/N we’re literally in PE class.”

“And?”

Jimin could only give you an unamused look before shaking his head in defeat, his newly dyed pink hair bouncing from his movement. 

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You were sitting in the library surrounded by textbooks for the upcoming exam when you felt someone pull out the chair in front of you and take a seat. Paying them no mind, you continued drowning yourself with new information from the book when you felt someone nudge your leg under the table.

You glanced up from the textbook in front of you to see none other than Jung Hoseok sitting in front of you with a smile. Just before you could shoot him a smile and delve into a conversation, your brain reminded you of the fact that it had been a week since you came to this dimension and this the first time he tried to come talk to you after seeing each other in that one class on day one. 

Scoffing, you looked back down at your book, ignoring the way he nudged your leg again to get your attention.

“Are you mad at me?” He finally asked when he realised that you were ignoring him.

“What do you think?”

“What did I dooooo?”

You slammed the pink covered book in your hand shut, looking him in the eye. “What did you do? Oh I don’t know, maybe because you basically ignored me for a week? Acted as if I don’t exist?”

Hoseok frowned, trying to take your hand in his but you moved away from him. “I’m sorry baby. I’ve just been so swamped with work. Did you know I’m the dance club leader and a part of the student council in this universe? I swear I would’ve come up to you earlier if I had the time!”

“I tried talking to you a few days back, you acted as if you didn’t even know me,” you replied, not being able to hide the hurt from your tone. “You didn’t seem busy then, you were just having lunch and laughing with your friends.” 

“Baby…”

You sighed, pushing away the chair and standing up. “Forget it, I’ll see you around, Hoseok.” Collecting your books, you gave Hoseok one last look before walking away.

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You were currently playing with the dog Jimin recently adopted on his couch when he plopped down beside you with snacks. You had come over for movie night but now you were more interested in playing with his dog than the movie.

“So you going to tell me why the Jung Hoseok has been following you around like a lovesick puppy for the past week?”

“No, because there’s nothing to say,” you replied, not paying much attention due to the energetic puppy that was jumping about on your lap.

Jimin groaned, placing the bowl of snack down on the coffee table and then taking the chocolate coloured labrador puppy away from you - much to your protest. “Stop playing with Doggo and give me the tea!”

“I still can’t believe you named your dog Doggo.”

“That is not the main topic of this conversation and you know it!”

You sighed, rolling your eyes so hard that your head hurt a little. “There’s nothing to say, Hoseok and I talked in the library when I was studying for the test and then had a little argument and I left.”

Jimin scoffed, his lips pulling into a pout as he crossed his arms. “That’s the weakest tea I’ve ever gotten. Give me the details! Since when do you two know each other enough to be having ‘fights’?”

“I-” you stuttered, trying to come up with an excuse. “We don’t! He just approached me in the library and I found him really annoying.”

Jimin gave you a skeptical look. “Y/N… You’ve had a crush on him for like a year now. You find him annoying?”

“Yes?” You answered, though it sounded more like a question. “What do you want me to say something like ‘Oh we’re actually dimension travellers and know each other from before and this is all just an experiment? Don’t be ridiculous!” You rambled, laughing nervously when you realised that you had basically just exposed yourself.

“Huh?”

“Listen! I liked him but he’s actually annoying, so that’s over.”  

“If you say so…” Jimin conceded hesitantly, still looking at you skeptically which now looked more concerned.

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You had successfully avoided Hoseok like the plague for almost the remainder of the time you had in this dimension. You knew what you were doing was petty and it really wasn’t his fault that he couldn’t come talk to you at first, but now you were in too deep to stop being petty. Not that it stopped Hoseok from trailing after you anytime he could, trying to get you to talk to him.

“Y/N, please stop!” You heard Hoseok call from behind you but you kept walking, ignoring him like you usually did. “Oh for fuck sake,” you heard him grumble before you felt someone grab you by your wrist and twirling you around for their lips to press against yours.

You were about to push them off when you realised that it was Hoseok who had kissed you, not a random person and you unconsciously melted into it. Your arms slithered around his neck to pull him closer as his hands wrapped around your waist to move closer to you too.

Breaking the kiss, Hoseok pressed his forehead against yours while looking you in the eyes. “It’s the last day here before we move on and who knows how long it’s going to take us to find each other there. Stop being mad, please?”

Not being able to help yourself, you placed a kiss on his nose, stepping away from him and smiling cheekily. “I’ll see you around, Hoseok.”

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“YOU KISSED HOSEOK IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CORRIDOR! OH MY GOD I NEED THE DETAILS!” Jimin exclaimed when you met up with him after school. He was your ride home after all. 

You only laughed, your face flushed in embarrassment. “Uh huh, how about I tell you all about it tomorrow?”

“Promise?” He asked, looking at you in disappointment that he couldn’t get you to tell him everything right then.

You shook your head, looking away from him. “We’ll see.” 

No point in making a promise that you knew you couldn’t keep it. You were going to leave tonight, who knows if you’ll ever come back here or if he would ever remember you once you left.

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The next time you opened your eyes, you were underwater. At first, panic took over you from the possibility of you drowning. But when you opened your mouth, rather than feeling the water rushing in and suffocating you, you found out that you were completely fine.

“Huh?” You blurted out Your eyes widened when you realised that you could hear yourself clearly underwater too. Looking around, your eyes zeroed in on the shimmering tail that began from your waist down. “HUH?!”

You looked around only to see nothing but water, a few fish swam by you but that was about it. It wasn’t your first time in a fairytale universe but it was your first time being a mermaid. You wondered if Hoseok got transformed into some sort of mythical creature like you too. 

“Oh well, I hope he’s safe.”

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You didn’t know how much time passed but you were still blindly swimming around trying to find out where to go. You had breached the water at one point and sat on some rocks by a beach in true fairytale mermaid fashion but even then you found nothing of interest. You did get to sit and watch the clear blue waves peacefully for a while but that got boring after some time, too.

“I never thought I’d miss wearing sandals but here I am,” you sighed to yourself before jumping back into the water.

You were just about ready to give up and just sit on the sea bed when you saw a cave underwater. You couldn’t help but snort at how similar this felt to the fairytale ‘Little Mermaid’ you used to read when you were younger. All you needed was some evil old witch to be residing in there and a prince charming to drown some time soon so you could save him and lose your voice.

Having nothing better to do, you began swimming down to the cave to explore it when you felt someone grab you and drag you away from the cave entrance urgently. 

“What the fuck? What are you doing, let me go!” You exclaimed as you tried to wiggle free from your captor.

“Stop struggling, you’re going to get us caught by the hag!” A deep voice harshly whispered in your ear. 

The mention of a hag had you stop struggling. “Caught by the what now?”

You felt your captor loosen their grip around you, giving you the perfect chance to move away from them. You turned to come face to face with a beautiful man… er merman? 

“The hag? Evil sea witch out to get merfolks?” the man asked, looking at you incredulously at the fact that you seemingly had no idea as to who the hag was. “Are you new here? I haven’t seen you before.”

“I guess you could say that. I’ve been swimming for ages now and you’re the first creature I found,” you explained.

The man hummed, tapping his lips as he scanned you over before breaking out into a large boxy smile. “Well then, nice to meet you! I’m Taehyung, what’s your name?”

“Y/N.”

Taehyung gasped when he heard your name. “Y/N? As in Y/L/N Y/N?”

“Why do you know my name?” You asked cautiously. Fuck, were you supposed to know who he was? If that was the case then why were you transported away from them, also he didn’t seem to know you before you introduced yourself.

“Princess! Welcome!”

Excuse me, WHAT?! You choked on nothing. “Who?”

“You! Princess! Welcome!”

When you were thinking about this universe being a knock-off ‘Little Mermaid’ universe, you didn’t think that would be the right assumption. 

Not knowing how to act, you shot Taehyung an awkward smile, waving a little. “Thank you?”

“You have to meet the others! Let’s go, princess!” Taehyung exclaimed excitedly before grabbing your hand and swimming away from the cave.

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After Taehyung had brought you to others, you met 5 other mermen - each almost unimaginably beautiful. It was a pleasant surprise to see this dimension’s Jimin, he was just as sweet and excitable as the one before.

After the initial meet-up, you got to know that you were indeed the daughter of Triton - something that had you laughing at the absurdity for a good five minutes much to the confusion of others - and you were supposed to be visiting ‘your kingdom’ to get acquainted with everyone before your coronation and living here.

As Taehyung had escorted you to your room, you had joked that all you needed was a handsome man to drown so you could save him. Which, in hindsight may have been a very weird thing to say from the look Taehyung gave you. 

Currently, you were exploring the kingdom, asking people if they knew of anyone by the name Hoseok, only to end up with no clue as to where he might be. No one had any idea about Jung Hoseok and you were getting worried about not managing to find him.

Lost in your thoughts, you didn’t realise that you had left the premises of the city and wandered away. You stopped in your tracks when a giant shadow moved above you, completely leaving you in the dark. 

You looked up to see what blocked the sun when you realised you were directly underneath two ships, the sound of fighting barely audible under the water but present nevertheless. Curiosity getting the best of you, you cautiously swam up to peak above at what was going on, only to find that a full on war was ongoing between the two ships. 

“Damn, am I in a Grimm Brothers Fairytale or the Pirates of The Caribbean movie right now?”

You didn’t have much time to ponder, however, because you noticed someone eerily similar to Hoseok going overboard and you dove underwater for him.

“I swear if that’s actually Hoseok, I’m going to lose my mind.”

Catching the sinking body, you almost wanted to let him go so you could swim over and slam your head against a rock when you realised, it was indeed Hoseok. 

Muttering a few curses under your breath, you proceeded to drag Hoseok towards the beach close by to make sure he didn’t drown before you could give him a piece of your mind.

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Hoseok sat up abruptly, his nose, throat and eyes burning as he coughed violently. “Mother of bitch, that’s salty,” he spoke, his voice hoarse from almost drowning.

“Of course it is! What were you doing on a pirate ship?!” You exclaimed, hitting his thigh with your palm.

“Y/N?” He asked, his eyes widening when he realised that it was you in front of him.

“The one and only.”

“Oh thank goodness you’re alright!” Hoseok exclaimed, pulling you to his chest and resting his head on top of yours after placing a kiss there.

“You didn’t answer my question,” you said, your voice muffled by his chest from the way he held you close.

“Hm? What was your question?” He asked, letting you go to face you properly. 

“What were you doing on a pirate ship?” 

“Ah! I’m the captain!”

“What? Why don’t I get to be badass characters like you,” you whined looking away from him petulantly. 

“You don’t need a character to be badass, you’re a natural one!” He happily answered, grabbing your chin to make you face him. “You look beautiful baby, but how’d you find me?”

“Are you telling me that you didn’t notice this huge ass tail I have?”

Looking down at your words, his eyes widened, voice rising in pitch with his excitement. “Oh my god you have a tail! You’re a mermaid!”

“Gee? Am I?! Wow Hoseok, thank you for enlightening me!” You mocked his excitement. You didn’t want to act so short with him but the adrenaline running through your body after basically finding the one you love drowning had your brain going haywire.

“Are you mad at me again?”

“I don’t know, Hoseok. Am I?”

“You know I don’t choose the roles I get!”

You sighed, feeling guilty for the way you acted towards him. “I know, it’s just. At first I couldn’t find you anywhere and when I did, you were drowning and it just fucked me up. I know I was joking about how I’m Ariel from Little Mermaid and I need to save a drowning prince but this was not what I was expecting.”

Understanding as ever, Hoseok gave you a sad smile before pulling you back into his embrace again, running his hand through your hair in the way he knew you loved. “It’s okay, I understand. I’d be worried too if I were you, just don’t be mad at me, you know I hate it when you’re mad at me.”

“‘M sorry.”

“Can I have a kiss?” he asked after the two of you basked in each other’s warmth for a moment. 

You pulled back from him, scrunching your nose at him, feeling shy when you noticed how intensely he was looking at you. Grabbing the collar of the shirt he was wearing, you pulled him down for a kiss, pouring out all your emotions into it - from how much you cared for him to how sorry you were for the way you acted. You hoped that he would understand. 

Hoseok kissed you back with just as much emotion, pulling you close and smiling into the kiss. Breaking away from it, he gave you a blinding smile, one that had your heart melting like butter. 

“I love you,” you whispered, afraid that speaking any louder would make you break from all the emotions that were rushing through your heart.

“I love you too. I need to go now, can see my ship coming towards us.”

You nodded, not really processing his words, too busy staring at his gorgeous face. Hoseok realised the fact you didn’t pay attention to his words, making him smile wider. Waving a hand in front of your face, Hoseok chuckled when you seemed as if just coming out of a trance.

“Did you hear anything I just said?”

“Not really,” you shrugged.

Hoseok threw his head back in laughter. “I said, I can see my ship coming towards us as we speak so I reckon it’s time to leave, baby. I’ll make sure to come visit you here as much as I can in the time we’re here.”

“Promise?” You asked, offering your pinky to him as you looked at him through your lashes.

“Promise,” Hoseok answered, wrapping his finger around yours, giving you one last smile as he stood back up. 

“I’ll see you around, alright?”

“I’ll see you around.”

With that you swam back to the sea, waiting just out of sight to make sure that Hoseok was okay before actually leaving. 

You might travel to various places with no certainty of what you may face but one thing was for sure, you’d always find your way to Hoseok.

[meadow-roses]

aske time :) for the writing asks: A1, A2, A10, A12, A14, your choice of anything in B, C8 ( :^) ), C11, D6

A1: Introduce the characters from one of your current WIPs in one or two sentences each. 

Okay let's gooo,,, I'll do The Keepers cause I haven't talked about that one as much. These aren't gonna be the best descriptions but whatever 

Ketsler: Quirky, fun-loving, everyone's weird grandpa, but also the most powerful person to have ever lived. He's old- so very, very old- and he's seen so much over all the centuries he has been protecting the worlds from Chaos, but he still makes an effort to slow down and appreciate the little things around him, because he knows better than most how fleeting life is.

Skylar: Skylar is from a world where faerie circles are real and witches turn people into frogs and trolls live in great, big castles and are slain by talking cats, a world where there's too much adventure to stay in one place, too many people to meet, and too many monsters to slay to stop running. He may be only a human (ooo mystery!!) but he is proficient in Wind magic and carries around a good bit of rune stones he and his pet dragon have found along his adventures. 

Felix: Felix is just a normal human from a small town after the earth becomes united under one world power. He wasn't born with superpowers like most soldiers are, but he was still skilled enough to join a special force working behind enemy lines when the rebellion made its move to free the planet from the tyranny that built this dystopian reality. 

Betty: A very sweet young lady, she's from a planet that was colonized by humans centuries ago. She may seem naive, but Betty can read anyone like a book and uses her gift to help those who are lost find themselves again. 

There's more characters but I'll just stick with those main ones cause I really struggle with descriptions xD

A2: Who's your favorite character to write and why?

Probably Joden? I haven't written most of my characters, but I looove writing his dialogue. He also makes me think so I can keep him clever lol

A10: What’s your character development process like? (As in how you develop them, not necessarily their development in-story)

I roleplay them! The more developed they are, the more I've acted as them. It really gets me inside their head to try and think like how they think, and that results in me being more equipped to "discover" why they are like that. 

A12: What kind of internal conflict does your character go through (want versus need, personality complexes or strong personality flaws/”fatal flaw” kinda thing)? How does this affect them?

It really varies depending on the character? For example Joden has this need to always have a plan, always be in control, and a breaking moment for him comes in when he finally just,,, doesn't know what to do. He's in over his head and the only thing he can do is trust Jacer to do what he can- knowing Jacer doesn't have things under control. 

So that's an example of a flaw that the character gets to overcome, but there also characters whose flaws are part of who they are. Skylar wouldn't be Skylar if he weren't stubborn. Ketsler wouldn't be Ketsler if he weren't arrogant. They never grow out of these flaws, they just learn to control them. Or I guess not be controlled by the flaw. 

This is actually something I think I struggle with for my characters, giving them those visable flaws. I see other people's characters that start out "bad" and grow into heroes, but it kinda seems like all my characters start out as heroes. 😅 I mean, they have flaws, but in comparison to other people's characters they feel really bland in that aspect. Idk

A14: Ramble about your characters. Anything special you like about them? Random little details you’ve added that you enjoy? 

Uh,,, I don't even know where to start I just love all of them for so many various reasons. Joden is just a clever little genius but he still can be so naive. He just has simple pleasures and it's not hard to make him laugh or smile and practically impossible to discourage him. He starts off just,,, wanting his old life back and then he sees what the world is like outside his little bubble and the bubble pops. He sees the atrocities for what they are and to be able to settle down again, he has to fix it. He can't just smile and do as he's told, he can't let the bad guys win. It I just his mother and wife and son he's fighting for, it's the entire wood and the idea of being actually, truly, free.

Jacer is so savvy, he knows what to do and what to say to get into and out of any situation, but at the same time he's just clueless when it comes to genuine connection. He's a princeling who's really never had a friend and now he's saving the world with Joden who only knows how to make genuine connections. Why does he have to keep hugging me??  

And Twylla who's ready to fight anything so she can get her clever idiot husband back? 

Adric who's just doing his best to be a good leader but everything keeps going wrong. He wasn't born to be a king, he wasn't born to lead an army, he always had his big brother to help him do these things and he's gone- he's gone and he's not coming back he messed up again so bad and yet here he is with everyone looking to him for answers and he doesn't know what to tell them. But he's got his friends, and he's got a good heart, and he genuinely cares and they're going to figure it out.

Skylar just keeps running forward and he never looks back at the past he just jumps from one adventure to another stopping the monsters and saving the day. He's got Gigi what more does he need? 

Felix is just,,, he's just such a nice guy. Over and over he stepped into the gap because someone's gotta fly that fighter, someone's got to fire that gun, someone's got to stabilize the bomb, someone's going to lose their life to ensure the victory, why shouldn't it be him? But he never actually dies, somehow he always survives and lives to fight the next day, and the next day and the next day, and then they win the war- the world is free. And even though he's been through so much he still hasn't lost that kindness, that love for all life that makes him himself. He still falls in love and starts a family and has his own beloved children… and even when he loses them he still doesn't become cynical. He still stands in the gap and is the one to fire the gun, to hold the hand of the one who's mourning, to scoop up the orphan child and carry them home. He fights, so others don't have to. Father to the fatherless and hero for all. Also he puts up with Skylar's time traveling craziness lol

And Ketsler? Unlike everyone else he never chose to be a hero. What are you supposed to do when you're a four year old boy and everyone tells you you're the hero they've been waiting for, praying for, you have to save them. It wasn't at all his choice to be born with the power of the universe running through his veins. To hold the Inness in his hands and bend reality to his will. But he didn't run away. He never hid from his destiny. He took the world onto his shoulders and never set it down. Only once- and he's never going to do it again. Never going to ask someone to fill in his role for him, it is his burden to bear… Except not anymore. Despite being multi-millenniums old, all that time didn't dull his appreciation for the little things. A baby's smile, sunshine through the leaves, the change of the seasons. The union of two souls in marriage, or the colors of the sunset streaking a foreign sky. He still sees these things, loves these things, fights for these things. Cause it's the little things he's fighting for, not just the big things. The precious moments and precious lives that make up the worlds. One of his apprentices asked him once, he'd been fighting for so long, when was it going to end? It's not his job to strike the final blow, to end the suffering and bloodshed, just to help. He saves the world, so that he can save it again. 

I have… several more characters I'd love to ramble about but that answer's gotten pretty long so I'll cut it off there. XD

B3: Do you have any plot twists? No need to describe them, just think about what kind of reaction you want from your readers. 

Oh I was just talking to August about this the other day. XD There is one plot twist in the Keeper's story I'm reeaaally looking forward to hehe I want to make people confused and then really mad when the whole thing is stretched out. >:) 

C8: Does magic exist in your world? Who can use it? How does it work?

It really depends on which WIP, but in general I like to keep magic restricted with rules. Joden's story and the Keeper's story are in the same universe (along with ThRoG) and follows that magic system. It's too complicated to go in depth here, but "magic" exists in another plane of existence, and things in the material world have varying levels of connection with it. It's kinda the energy that holds all worlds together and sustains life. The magic realm- the Inness is not a place where physical matter should exist, only spirits can walk there. 

Wizards are creatures that stand with one foot in the physical realm and the other in the Inness. Tevlar is destroying the world basically by turning it inside out- pulling the Inness out.

C11: Have you developed historical figures? How do you develop them? How in-depth do you go?

Oh yes. I am a complete history nerd so if any world EXISTS it has history, and history only happens because people. 

Sometimes it's a thought through process of "somebody needs to go here" and sometimes it's an npc from a time travel rp that took on more importance than I originally intended. 

It really varies how in depth it will go? Sometimes it's just a name to fill a spot and other times it's like, man I could write a whole book about this guy!

One historical figure would be Ares of the Pegasus. He was a powerful warrior that won a bunch of wars and united the different pegasus clans under his leadership and became the first king. He's really famous and people like naming their kids after him in a kinda superstitious hope they'll grow into attributes of his character. Ares is the male form of the name, Aris is for girls. It's like, the most common Pegasian name. XD

D6: Are there any writing styles that inspire you?

Probably the first writing style I wanted to emulate was Tolkien's, but I also really liked Andrew Peterson's? Tolkien is so dramatic, and Peterson isn't heavy on location descriptions, so I'm kinda aiming for in between I guess. 

[shinsoups]

-shades of green

pairing: sakusa kiyoomi x reader

genre: soulmate one shot; angst (a little bit of fluff ig?)

word count: 883

green = a love expressing harmony and stability that evokes a sense of balance in the relationship. a kind of love that provides a secure feeling and reliability.

You have known him for almost five years now, following his entire volleyball career ever since high school. You were just his casual fan, admiring his dedication and talent for the sport until you found yourself falling for him. The moment your eyes had met his for only a fraction of seconds, a series of green paper hearts started erupting from you. It was one thing to think he’s not interested; it was another to see how disgusted Sakusa’s reaction was. You couldn’t stay there, or be near him. It hurts. And the thought of it caused you so much panic so you ran away, never looking back after seeing his reaction that day. Every time you crossed paths at school, you always find yourself heading for the opposite direction.

That moment, actually almost ruined one of Sakusa’s important game. He looked so annoyed at first seeing the green paper hearts slowly patching his arms, causing him to miss hitting the ball. Darting his eyes around, he tried to look for the person after realizing what happened, only to see the trail of hearts leaving the gym.

Now meeting him after all those years made it even hurt. Out of all the times you have evaded the job to interview the MSBY Black Jackals, your boss this time couldn’t take a no for an answer. As much as possible, you tried to avoid throwing questions for him and focused on the other players instead. Trying your best to ignore the shades of green hearts emerging from your hands.

Soon enough the event finished and you hastily gathered your things. Sakusa was practically sprinting when he saw you run out the door.  Blaming himself once again for being a coward. The moment he knew you were in the event room he tried his best to act nonchalantly, paying no attention to the hearts sprouting from his trembling hands.

Running away seems to be the only thing I’m good at. You sighed, your body slid down outside the comfort room. There he found you after a couple of minutes of running around the venue. Closing the distance, Sakusa calmed himself down as he approached you. He was afraid to mess this up.

It felt odd yet somehow comforting even though he never expected to see you again. Sakusa couldn’t blame you after the way he acted that day. Not doing anything even though he was aware of what had happened. Not reaching out when he found out that it was you. He only stood from a distance waiting for you to do something. All those years of ignoring each other’s existence, yet longing to actually make a connection, Sakusa blamed himself.

The simplest of words, spoken in the most casual tone, still had that much effect on you when Sakusa was the one saying them. “Do you hate me?”

You turned your head towards the voice. “Sakusa-san,” sprinting yourself to stand up, you didn’t mean to blurt out his name. But the way his name lingered on your lips caused another tremor in your heart.

“Please don’t.” he softly begged. It was the last thing you’d expect him to say. Those two words, stopping you from running away. Trapping you with his hands against the wall, Sakusa let out a small huff, pulling down the mask that was obstructing his face. “Don’t even try.”

His head was now pressed on yours, and the warmth of his hands against your back set your heart racing at a mad pace. That barely touch had sent an odd tinge rushing through you, leaving you dazed and blushing. It felt strange, not knowing how to respond to his question. You don’t hate him. How could you ever hate him when he’s the only one who you long for. After all those years, even without knowing that Sakusa was the one meant for you. Lost in his gaze, in your current position, in every painful beat of your throbbing heart, you found your voice saying “I won’t.”

“I’m not running away because I want to. Not because I hate you, but because I don’t want to force you into something like liking me just because we are soulmates-” the pain you suppressed for so long came flooding back. These insecurities you bottled up, encasing you in believing that he would never look at you the way you look at him. Not after that day. “I’m sorry.”

Silence drifted, this time however, the tension seemed to ease a little. “I should be the one apologizing,” Sakusa lifted his hand and found its way caressing your hair, fingers settling in your locks. “If only we weren’t both scared that time.” His voice trailed off into silence. As his eyes skipped up to yours and then past them again he continued, “If only I was brave enough to be the first one to reach for you. Then you wouldn’t suffer for this long. I hope you can forgive me.”

___________________________

Atsumu walked in at the right time and right moment. Diving low, he took out his phone and stole one candid shot of the scene. Running back to his other teammates, he victoriously laughed. “Guess who I caught kissing that cute journalist!” There was a dumb look on everyone’s faces as realization sink in.

“No way!”

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author’s note: this is part of the ‘colors of love’ soulmate one shot mini series i’ll try to write and finish. ahhhhhh *idk but i was trying to go for angst but i cant actually write one so i still gave it a happy ending 😔

ps: colors of love is a soulmate oneshot series about the different colors associated with what kind of love and what will timeskip hq!!boys will have in the relationship. mostly the oneshots are first meetings (coz ur girl is a sucker for first meeting soulmate au hehe)

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[ddixons-angel]

Fated: Season 1

Summary: Gloria Rhee narrowly escapes Atlanta with her brother as the outbreak reaches the city. Luckily, they find a camp outside the city and together, they fend through encounters with the living and undead. 

Starts a little before Season 1 and then follows the main storyline of the show.

Pairing: Daryl Dixon x Glenn Sister!OC

Warnings: major TWD spoilers, language, violence (the typical TWD stuff)

To be Updated every Monday!

A/N: Hi hi! I’m super duper late to this bandwagon, aren’t I? Hehe. This is my very first ever fic based on The Walking Dead and it is basically a rewrite of the entire show with a character insert. This fic will revolve around this character so there will most likely be some major points that change or be omitted to fit the story. I’ve never actually written a fic that follows the set storyline of a show before, so please bare with me! 

I’ll most likely split this into segments based on each season of the show. Like one season will be posted in a consistent timeframe and then I’ll have a break, then post the next season, so on and so forth. Or if any of you have a better idea of how I can split this, please let me know!

Chapter 1:

A hot summer day in the middle of August, screams of terror and pain are heard all over the bustling streets of Atlanta, Georgia. People running for their lives, some trying to get into cars, some abandoning their already crashed cars; it’s a complete disaster. Police and ambulance sirens echo throughout the city, the service workers doing their best to put an end to the violence and rescue as many people as possible. Injured civilians are rushed into the hospital, cries of pain and fear sound through the halls of the emergency ward.

“Seriously, what the hell is going on…” Gloria Rhee exclaims to herself as she rushes down the hall to the emergency ward where she was called to assist.

“Gloria! Come here, I need your help.” an older woman beckons her over as she is wheeling a patient on a gurney to a room.

Gloria rushes over immediately and assists in pushing the gurney, she glances at the patient and isn’t able to ignore the patient’s injury; it looks as if they’ve been bitten.

“Doc, I don’t think they’re going to make it.” Gloria tries to say calmly, “the wound is still bleeding and by the looks of it, they’ve already lost a lot of blood.”

“That doesn’t mean we give up.” the woman gives Gloria a stern look and they push the gurney into the designated room.

Once the patient is in the room, the older woman gets to work with Gloria assisting her. They attempt to stop the bleeding and stabilize the patient, but soon realize that their attempts are futile; Gloria was right, they had lost too much blood. The older woman looks at Gloria with sad eyes and announce the time of death.

“Come on, it’s a complete mess out there, they need our help.” The woman says as she puts her hand on Gloria’s arm and starts to lead her out of the room.

Gloria nods and takes one last look at the patient and stops, “Wait, doc, look!” 

The older woman looks back at the patient and is shocked to see that the patient had woken up, but they seem different. Before Gloria could say anything about how empty the patient’s eyes look, the older woman had made her way to the patient already to check on them. To their horror, the patient is unresponsive to the doctor’s questions and instead snarls as they grab the doctor and sink their teeth into her, causing an agonizing scream. 

“Oh my god…” Gloria watches, horrified and unsure of what to do as the patient devours her now dead superior. 

Fear and panic take over her as she runs out of the room, screaming for help only to stop in her tracks as she takes in the scene in front of her. Patients, doctors, nurses, are all screaming as they are being eaten alive. Gloria looks around her and takes off to the nearest emergency exit. Once outside the hospital, she looks around only to see a similar scene out in the streets. 

“Glenn…” Gloria breathes the name of her brother and runs off to find him.

Dashing down the streets and jumping over cars, she reaches her first destination, Tony’s Pizzeria. Gloria opens the door to the restaurant to find that it’s completely trashed, the owner of the place on the ground and bleeding out. 

“Tony!” Gloria kneels down beside him and sees another bite on the man’s collar, “you have a first aid kit in here somewhere, right? We gotta get you patched up, come on.”

She attempts to help him up but he stops her, putting his arm on her shoulder, “No, you can’t, I’m already done, they got me.” 

“What are you talking about?! You’re bleeding out, we gotta-”

“What you gotta do is find Glenn and get the hell outta here! Watch out for those undead freaks, once you’re bit..” he looks at his own injury and chuckles bitterly, “you’re a goner.” 

Tears threaten to fall from Gloria’s eyes as she registers his words, “where is Glenn?”

Tony coughs and breathes heavily, “T-the last order I-I told him to make…was to that warehouse by N-Nelson’s. You know where that is?”

Gloria nods, “I do…I do, thank you…”

All the life in Tony’s eyes leave him as he breathes his last breath, smiling softly at Gloria. She sniffles and stops her sobs, getting up, she rushes into the kitchen to find something, anything, to arm herself with. She finds a large knife and comes back out to the front of the restaurant. She freezes when she sees Tony’s dead body starting to move and she hears a familiar snarl. 

“That’s what he meant by undead freaks…” Gloria whispers the realization and watches the undead corpse slowly getting up and finally notices her.

Knife in hand, Gloria prepares to run by the corpse without getting touched. She dashes between tables, only to trip on an already fallen chair and the corpse reaches for her. It’s jaws snapping at her while it’s hands grab hold of her shoulders. Gloria struggles, stabbing the corpse in the chest and shoulders but to no avail, it just kept trying to bite her. She uses all of her strength to hold him above her.

“Come on, think….” Gloria glances at where she had stabbed. 

It’s lungs are punctured and multiple stabs in the heart; Gloria looks up at Tony’s dead face and makes one last educated guess, the brain. She lets out a battle cry and pushes the corpse off her, then gets up and plunges the blade into the head of the corpse. It stops moving instantly. 

Gloria collapses back and reevaluates what just happened, “Holy shit…”

She composes herself again and yanks the knife out of the head of Tony and steps outside the restaurant, back onto the streets. Chaos is everywhere as everywhere she looks, there is blood and gore. 

“Fuck… I gotta find Glenn…”

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Gloria makes it to the warehouse that Tony had told her to go to find Glenn, but she isn’t able to get close to the warehouse as there are undead corpses roaming everywhere. The last thing she wants is to get caught in a crowd of those things. She thinks for a moment and decides to take a chance and head back home, thinking that Glenn might be there waiting for her already. Taking one last look around, Gloria heads back to her and Glenn’s apartment building, doing her best to avoid the undead on the way, only killing them if absolutely necessary. Thankfully, the lobby of her apartment seems clear of the undead, although there are smears of blood on the wall. 

“Glenn?” Gloria calls out when she opens the door to her apartment.

She sighs when she finds that the apartment is empty. Their apartment is still relatively clean, no sign of any rummaging through their things which tells Gloria that Glenn hadn’t come back to pack anything either. Gloria quickly goes to her room, grabbing her large duffle bag and any essentials. Before exiting her room, she catches her reflection in the mirror. Her nurse scrubs splattered with blood. Gloria decides to change out of her work uniform, just to prevent Glenn from running the opposite way when he sees her in bloody clothes. She packs her bag with clothes, water bottles, and any food she can find in their fridge and cupboards. With a full bag and the sheathed kitchen knife set her father gave her, she heads out of her apartment. 

Gloria pushes the door to her apartment building open, rushing out and not noticing that there are undead outside roaming and once they see her, one of them grabs her arm, pulling her towards them. She lets out a yelp and quickly stabs the one who grabbed her in the head, freeing her of it’s grasp and she runs away. She reaches a quieter street with less undead corpses, most of them distracted as they feast on other dead bodies. 

“Glenn!” Gloria yells out in desperation for her brother.

She looks around and soon realizes that she should not have yelled. The undead corpses which were originally busy feasting on their kill now have their attention on her, fresh meat. They all start to make their way towards her, snarling and groaning, attracting more undead to the area with noise. 

“Shit..” Gloria mutters under her breath as she tries to find a way out of this mess she brought upon herself.

Looking behind her, she finds a somewhat clear pathway and retreats through there, putting down and pushing away any undead that come close to her. Her path gets blocked off by cars and many more undead corpses, her only exit is to climb the cars and jump to the other side. Before she’s even able to climb on the hood of the car, hands grab at her legs and pull her back. Gloria struggles to break free, kicking at anything that comes close to her, attempting to stab at the ones holding onto her. She plunges her knife into the skull of the main undead corpse holding onto her, she frees herself but is unable to take her knife out of the skull. Giving up on the knife, she tumbles to the other side of the car where more undead are waiting for her, she dashes at any opening she can find through the hordes and finds herself backed into an alleyway, the horde blocking all exit paths for her. 

“Gloria! Gloria! Up here!”

She knows that voice. Looking up to find where the voice is coming from, Gloria sees her brother looking down at her from the roof of a building. Relief washes over her as she finds that he’s alive.

“Climb the ladder! Now! Hurry!” Glenn instructs her, his eyes glancing back and forth from her to the horde.

Without any hesitation, Gloria grabs onto the ladder mounted at the side of the building. She quickly climbs up, escaping the grabbing hands of the hungry undead in the alley. Glenn reaches out to her as she closes their distance and helps her over the ledge of the building. 

“You okay?” Glenn asks, his hand patting his sister’s back.

Gloria nods, out of breath from the near-death experience, then pulls him in for a tight hug, “I’m so glad you’re okay.” 

“Me too. Come on, let’s get out of here.” Glenn takes the lead.

“Wait,” Gloria stops him, she begins to dig into her bag and pulls out two knives that she packed from their apartment, giving one to Glenn, “Here, and don’t make any noise, they’re attracted to sound.” 

Glenn takes the kitchen blade from her and chuckles, “you brought the knife set dad gave you?” 

“Yeah, well, they’re finally coming in useful.” Gloria zips up her bag and puts it back on her back and starts walking with Glenn.

“Not really, those things are already dead, what good will a kitchen knife do?” Glenn exclaims, his voice full of worry, “how are we gonna stop them?”

Gloria points to her right temple, “It has to be the brain, something probably respawns there when they die so destroying that must kill them permanently.”

“Wow…they teach you that in Health Sciences too?” Glenn laughs.

“No, you dumbass. Let’s just say, I found out by killing your boss.” Gloria said as she looks down to the streets on the other side of the building, “this part seems clear. Hang on…where the hell are we even trying to go?” 

“Well…we wanna get away from all of this, so if there are no people, there won’t be any of these dead…undead things.” Glenn suggests.

“So we’re leaving the city.” Gloria concludes. 

She looks over at her brother and then back down at the streets. Glenn turns serious and tucks the sheathed knife into his belt, lightly pushing Gloria out of the way and climbs first over the ledge, carefully climbing down the ladder. Gloria follows him and soon they’re running through discreet pathways through the city. As Glenn was a pizza delivery guy, he knows all the best and quickest routes to anywhere in the city, including out of it.

“Never thought that delivering pizzas would give me such a useful skill.” Glenn grins as the two made it to the outskirts of the city.

As Glenn had predicted, the outside of the city didn’t have as many undead corpses since there weren’t that many people there either. There were more abandoned cars scattered along the roads, and one with tinted windows catches Glenn’s attention. 

“Woah! Look at this!” Glenn gleems excitedly, running over to the car, “It’s an RX7! I’ve always dreamed of driving one of these.”

Gloria rolls her eyes as she follows him, “Glenn, now is not the time for you to nerd out over your dream cars.” 

“I’m not nerding out! We won’t be getting far by foot, but this baby will take us to the next state! I’m gonna try to hotwire it.” Glenn says excitedly and goes over to the driver’s side.

“Do you even know how to? Just because they make it seem easy in the movies, doesn’t mean it is.” Gloria follows him, looking around in case their conversation attracts any undead. 

“That’s where I think you’re wrong si-” Glenn opens the door to the car and is surprised by an undead corpse in the driver’s seat lunging out at him, causing him to fall with the corpse on top of him. 

“Glenn!” Gloria shouts in panic, about to take her knife out from her belt when she hears the loud bang of a gunshot. 

The corpse on Glenn stops moving completely as he pushes it off of him. Gloria rushes over to help him up as they both look around for their saviour. 

“You two okay? He bit?” a voice calls out.

The siblings turn in the direction of the voice and see a man holding a handgun walking closer to them. Gloria looks over to Glenn at his question, holding her breath in fear as she searches his body for any injuries and lets her breath out when she doesn’t find any.

“I’m good, I’m good." Glenn reassures both of them, “Thank you, you saved my life.” 

The man nods and smiles at them, “No problem, saw a guy who needed help, and I helped. Name’s T-Dog.” 

Gloria chuckles, “T-Dog?”

“Well, okay real name Theodore Douglas, but everyone likes to call me T-Dog.” he laughs.

“Glenn.” he introduces himself and offers his hand out for a shake.

“Gloria.” she does the same, “so, where are you headed?”

T-Dog shrugs, “I don’t know, honestly, anywhere but here. What about you two?”

“We don’t know either, but like you, we don’t want to be anywhere near the city when it’s crawling with those things.” Glenn explains.

T-Dog nods, “Hey, tell you what, I got a van and we can travel wherever together, I don’t know about you guys, but I don’t think traveling alone is the best idea.” 

“You’re right, traveling alone is good for stealth and being quiet but with company, at least you have people who can watch your back.” Gloria says, crossing her arms and looks at Glenn.

He nods, “alright, I guess we’re a group now.” 

T-Dog leads the siblings to his van that he parked between a rummage of cars, disguising it as a broken down van so that no one would try to steal it. They get in and T’ starts the van, and they start to drive down the road heading to God-knows-where. Gloria and Glenn ask T’ questions to get to know the man better; it turns out that he used to play football and just before he found Glenn and Gloria, he went around rescuing the elderly from the undead. Then it’s T-Dog’s turn to ask questions, letting him learn about Glenn being a pizza delivery guy and Gloria an intern nurse studying to become a doctor. 

“So uh, I don’t mean to make this awkward but, are you two a thing or nah?” T-Dog questions hesitantly. 

“Sister! She’s my sister!” Glenn is quick to answer causing T-Dog to laugh. 

“Sorry! Sorry, I wasn’t sure and didn’t want to jump to conclusions just because you’re both Asian.” T-Dog defends himself.

Gloria chuckles as she starts to rummage through her bag, “It’s alright, honestly, we get that a lot. Mainly because people think we don’t look anything alike.” 

T-Dog glances over at them and back at the road again several times, “Nah, I can see the resemblance now that I actually look.” 

Glenn and Gloria laugh at this, then she pulls out three water bottles from her bag and a few snack bars, handing them over to Glenn and T-Dog. The three of them drive while eating and talking amongst themselves for what seems like hours until T’s van runs out of gas. Fortunately, Glenn tells them that he knows that there is a gas station not too far away and the siblings volunteer to go scavenge for gas as it’s T-Dog’s van, he needs to stay with it. They head off and find the gas station Glenn was talking about. Glenn starts to pump gas into containers while Gloria goes to scavenge more food and supplies. After getting as much as she can, Gloria rushes back out to meet with Glenn.

“Stop right there!” a deep voice calls out. 

Glenn looks over in the direction of the voice and sees a man with bushy hair wearing a sheriff uniform pointing a gun at Gloria. He quickly puts down the can of gasoline and raises his arms.

“W-we don’t want any trouble man, we were just getting gas.” Glenn tries to stay as calm as possible.

Gloria stands still, eyeing the man as he also analyses the two of them. 

“You guys got a group? A camp?” the man asks, his gun still pointing at Gloria.

“No. No, we don’t. We have a van and owner of said van.” Gloria replies, sarcastic and snarky remarks are her go-to defense mechanism which sometimes drives Glenn completely crazy especially given the situation they’re in.

“Is that what the gas is for?” the sheriff asks, his gun gestures to the canister of gas Glenn had gathered.

“Yeah, we were trying to get away from Atlanta but then ran out of gas.” Glenn explains, thinking that if they answer truthfully, this sheriff might let them go unscathed. 

The sheriff doesn’t seem to see them as a threat anymore as he puts his gun back into its holster, “My name is Shane, I have a camp at a quarry with others and we’re trying to build up our group. Safer in numbers, you get the deal. Would you two like to join us?” 

Gloria glances at Glenn and when he’s about to accept the offer, she speaks up, “how do we know we can trust you, I mean, you literally just pointed a gun at me.”

Glenn mentally facepalms as Shane chuckles, “you’re right, I did just point my gun at you, but you have to realize that I did it because I don’t know you, there are dangerous people out there and I’m not even talking about the walkers.” 

“You’re right! But you can trust us, we’re both good.” Glenn butts in, hoping his sister will shut up.

Shane smiles and nods, “let’s get going then,” he turns around and starts to walk them the way to the quarry.

“Wait,” Gloria calls out, “we weren’t lying about us having a van, our friend is back there waiting for us, he’s good too.” 

“Okay, let’s go get him, then.” 

Shane leads the siblings back to his car and they drive to where they had left T-Dog and his van. After explaining the situation to him, he agrees to go, liking the fact that they will have an actual camp to stay in. The four of them head off to the quarry and Shane introduces them to the inhabitants of the camp. Dale, an older man who owns the RV, gives them two tents and welcomes them to the group and camp. They get to know a few of the people living there and learn that they all refer to the undead as walkers, a term that they became used to as well.

 A few days after the siblings got settled into the camp, Gloria finds that the group is almost out of water bottles. One of the members of the camp, Amy, told her that there is a stream in the woods that carries fresh water to the pond, and so Gloria went to fetch water for the group. Easily, she found the stream and starts to fill up water bottles and soon enough all the empty bottles she brought with her are now filled. Gloria starts to head back to the camp with the water in her bag when she spots something on the ground, a dead rabbit with an arrow sticking out of it. She leans down and picks it up, frowning at the death of such a cute animal when a voice cuts through her thoughts.

“Hey! Tha’s my rabbit!” 

Gloria looks around the woods, trying to find the owner of the voice and apparently rabbit, when her eyes land upon a rough looking man holding a crossbow aimed directly at her. And if looks could kill, Gloria was sure she’d be dead with the way those piercing blue eyes bore into hers. 

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Next Chapter

That was chapter 1! A long one but I wanted to set the flow. I know there was barely any Daryl in this chapter, but I promise there will be more in the next one! It actually starts with Gloria talking to Daryl. Anyway… Hope you all like it! 

I would really appreciate any comments left for me! I’ll be replying to any comments in a new post because this is a sideblog!