#ch: Nathan Wolfe

[georgi-girl]

Miraculous Team Trope Page

A list of tropes that apply to the Miraculous Team au created by SonicPossible00 on Deviantart.

Adaptational Expansion (when a work expands on the original story it was based on): Unlike the original series, which revels things little by little, The M Team series reveals it's worldbuilding all at once. It also expands on the Miraculous lore and characters' personal lives.

Adaptational Sexuality: At least five characters so far have come out as gay, while in the original series, they were Ambiguously Bi at the most.

Alpha B*^ch: Chloe Bourgeois aka Queen Bee used to be this, but during the Origins volume she resolve to change for the better. That title is later taken up by her mother Audrey and the original character Jeanne Gagne.

An Ice Person (someone with ice powers) : Sabrina Raincomprix aka Louve Gris has ice breath, a reference to wolf howls.

Art Attacker (someone who uses art as a weapon) : Nathanal Katzinburg aka Panda Roux has the power to bring drawings to life, which he uses to make weapons and tools.

Badass Normal (a non-super person whose still a competent fighter): The Parisian Police force are portrayed as this. They protect people from Akuma attack and hold off said Akuma until the Team arrives. Ladybug makes a point of praising them whenever she and her team mates are interviewed.

Bespectacled Cutie: The M Team gives us 4 examples of this: Confident Alya, sweet Sabrina, Nerdy Max and Laidback Nino.

Beware the Nice Ones: Applies to the M Team. They're all sweet kids. But they're also well-trained living weapons who will clobber the heck out of wrongdoers. Also applies to most Akuma victims; otherwise normal people who've been pushed over the edge by one too many a-holes.

Big Brother Instinct (protective siblings): Marinette Dupain-Cheng has this for her friend Manon. Nino Lahiffe has this for his brother Chris. Alya Cesaire has it for her three sisters. And the Couffaine siblings Luka and Juleka have it for each other.

Brainwashed and Crazy: This is the simplest way to describe Akumazation.

Broken Ace (an otherwise successful person who harbors a secret agony) This applies to Adriens' father Gabriel Agreste. He's a rich fashion designer, he's raising a remarkable son, and he's got super loyal employees. But he's also deeply paranoid and in constant morning for his late wife Emilie. If it wasn't for said son and employees supporting him, he might be worse off than in canon.

"BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!" (a battle cry to activate a superhero's transformation, named after He-Man's famous battle cry): To turn into their superhero selves, The team members must say their kwami's name followed by "Transform Moi!" The transformation also fuses them with their kwami and brings out hidden parts of their personality.

Color - Animal Codename: Corbie Noir, Panda Roux, Louve Gris, etcetera.

Costume Porn - SonicPossible gives very detailed descriptions of characters' outfits, especially the hero and akuma costumes.

Creepy Good: Juleka Couffaine aka Corbie Noir looks like a steriotypical goth but is very kind-hearted and life affirming.

Defrosting The Ice Queen (when an cold aloof character becomes friendlier over time) : This is a big part of Chloe's and Kagami's character arcs.

Eldritch Location - The Garden of Ancients is a benevolent example of this, being a bubble universe that runs on Narnia Time, which the heroes use as a training ground.

Epic Speeches: Ladybug often gives these to her teammates right before a big fight. They often contain multiple pop-culture references.

Expy: A new character based on an existing character of a real person. SonicPossible00 has a lot of oc's like this. For example, jerky M Team-hating blogger Amboise Delay is an expy of real-life jerky businessman Donald Trump.

Fanservice: As the series progresses, there are more and more intimant moments between couples. AND BEFORE ANYONE GETS MAD; number 1, nobody has gone past second base, and number 2, the age of consent in France is 15, so everything is legal.

Heart Is a Great Power (when a seemingly useless power ends up saving the day) : Ladybug doesn't have her Lucky Charm in this AU, so her Sixth Sense isn't as flashy as the others' powers. She still figures out genus battle plans with knowledge gained not only from the environment, but from her childhood memories. Likewise Queen Bee was initially disappointed with her "lame" shrinking power, until Sabrina points out it's many benefits.

Karma Houdini (a character who isn't punished for their bad behavior) : Chloe and her mother Audrey are this, which makes their redemption arcs kind of hard to root for. You have to dig deep into your religious teaching to forgive them.

Lonely Rich Kid: Adrien Agreste and Kagami Tsuragi are this. As is Chloe to a lesser extant.

Magical Girls; And Magical Boys. Both this and canon have a lot of Mahou Shoujo elements.

Maniacal Laughter - Almost every villain does this. It's actual surprising when they don't.

Manipulative Bastard: Hawk Moth is this to a T. They way he talks to potential victims is eerily reminesent of a p%&0phile talking to children.

Mentor Mascot: The Kwamis. On top of being cute, these animal spirits have 4000 years' worth of knowledge to impart on their holders.

Meta Humor - References to canon are often made in the form of a joke or hypothetical "what if" discussion, usually to point out differences between the two series.

Mythical Motif - Many of Hawk Moth's akumas are based on mythical of fantastical figures; Ra, Aphrodite, The Leprechaun, Ifrits, etc.

Nice To The Waiter (a high-ranking person treating a server as an equal): Chloe Bourgeois, of all people is this. She frequently reminds her butler Jean to call her Chloe instead of 'Miss Chloe'. Adrien Agreste and rock star Jagged Stone are this too.

No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: The team often combine their powers to deliver this to the Akumas they fight, justified since the best way to deakumatize someone is to knock them unconscious.

Non-Human Mascot: The Kwamis count as this, although neither they nor their holders see them as 'sidekicks'.

Oblivious To Love: Everyone knows about Marinette's and Adrien's secret crushes on each other, except Marinette and Adrien. Then there's Kim Le Chien and Alix Kubdel, who aren't even aware of their own feelings.

Older Than They Look - Master Fu looks 80 at the most, but he's really over 150. Hawk Moth looks middle aged, but is over 200 years old.

Personality Powers (when superpowers match your personality) : Artsy Nathanael can bring drawings to life, goth Juleka can control shadows, big tough Ivan has super strength, timid Mylene has invisibility, Athletes Kim and Alix have giant leaps and super speed respectively.

Power of Teamwork: Combined with the powers of Love and Friendship. The kids plan things out as a team, fight the bad guys as a team, and protect each other as a team.

Protective Kids : All the M Team members are protective of their parents. This is most noticeable in the volume Haute Couture where Chat Noir goes out of his way to protect his dad from the title villain. And in Valentine Lovers where Ladybug does the same with her parents.

Purple is Powerful: There a villainous example in Hawk Moth, who wear all purple, and two heroic examples in Max Kante aka Arachnid and Corbie Noire.

Red is Heroic: Team Leader Ladybug wear all red, as does team member Panda Roux.

Rich B*^ch: Chloe was this before deciding to be a better person. Original Character Jeanne Gagne and her "diamond dogs" still are.

Running Gag (a joke that's repeated throughout a narrative): Aside from the meta humor, there are many scenes of characters spacing out, making a bad pun or 'blushing like a tomato'.

Scenery Porn: Whenever a scene takes place in a certain area of Paris, SP will take a few paragraphs to explain the area's history and significance.

Slasher Smile - Goes with the Maniacal Laughter.

Shipper On Deck (when a character in-universe roots for two characters to get together) : Everyone (even Chloe eventually) ship Adrien and Marinette, and later, they all ship Kim and Alix. Not to mention the team is shipped every every which way by their fans.

Shock and Awe (lightning powers): Hawk Moth has a cattle prod built into his cane, which he uses to torture his lieutenants whenever they fail.

Slinging Shadows (shadow powers): Juleka Couffaine aka Corbie Noir has this power.

Social Darwinist (someone who thinks "Survival of the Fittest" is the same as "Might Makes Right"): Hawk Moth and his lieutenants are this; constantly making speeches about power and the strong ruling the weak.

Stereotype Flip (when a character subverts whatever stereotype is associated with their race, gender, religion, ect.): Chloe and Rose both subvert the Dumb Blonde stereotype, Marinette and Kim, both subvert Asian stereotypes, Max Alya and Nino all subvert Black stereotypes, Miss Caline Bustier subverts the "Teachers are Useless" stereotype, and almost everyone subverts the "Snooty French" stereotype.

Superpowered Evil Side: Being Akumatized is a lot like having a split personality: you black out, go on a magical rampage, and wake up with no memory of what happened.

Taken For Granite (being turned to stone): This version of Hawk Moth spent 200 years as a marble statue before being freed at the beginning of the series.

Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: If it weren't for Hawk Moth, all the teammates would have to worry about is grades, growing up, and romance.

Violently Protective Girlfriend: All the female teammates fight tooth and nail to protect their love interests.

Well-Intentioned Extremist: The villain known as The Collector started out as this. He went downhill very quickly.

World Half-Full (a world with lots of problems but also hopeful): Paris, and the Earth in general, are portrayed as this. Yes, there's a lot of awful, unredeemable people and tragic events, but there's also lots of good people worth protecting.

More tropes to be added as the series progresses.

[thehyperrequiem]

Diego and the Scary Monstrous Revival (Bendy and the Dark Revival parody) cast

"Return to the cartoon studio from Diego and the Dino Machine™. See the ink-soaked kingdom of Diego Brando™ like never before through the eyes of Edge/Jolyne, an animator with mysterious abilities. Deeper, darker, and with more horror-stoked action, the Scary Monstrous Revival will keep you on the edge."

Edge (Mario + Rabbids) as Audrey Drew (Real World)

Jolyne Cujoh (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Audrey Drew (Cycle)

Starscream (Transformers Prime) as Wilson Arch

DIO Brando (JJBA Stardust Crusaders) as Shipahoy Wilson

Mikitaka Hazekura (JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable) as Porter

Mariah (JJBA Stardust Crusaders) as Betty

Wambus Troubleham (Bugsnax) as Steve McGregor

Carne (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Big Steve

Gwess (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Carley

Dr. Ferdinand (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Slicer

Foo Fighters (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Heidi

Bakugou (My Hero Academia) as Bill Danton

Ghiaccio (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Mad Artist

Changelings (My little Pony) as Widows

Queen Chrysalis (My little Pony) as Widow King

Ringo Roadagain (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Lord Amok

DIO Brando (JJBA Phantom Blood) as Shipahoy Dudley

Decepticons and Vehicons (Transformers Prime) as Keepers

Glamrock Animatronics (FNAF SB) as The Ink Jets

Limp Bizkit Zombies (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Iridescent Lost ones

Weather Report (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Henry Stein

Cromdo Face (Bugsnax) as Joey Drew

Scary Monsters Diego Brando (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Bendy/Baby Benders

Partial Utahraptor! Diego Brando (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Ink Bendy

Utahraptor! Diego (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Beast Bendy

Hot Pants (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Alice Angel

Partial Utahraptor! Hot Pants (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Susie-Alice

Yukako (JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable) as Allison Angel

Koichi (JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable) as Himself/Allison’s Boyfriend

Gyro Zeppeli (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Boris the Wolf

Johnny Joestar (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Himself/Boris’s Friend

Giorno (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Tom

Pucci (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Sammy Lawrence

Rubber Soul, Devo the Cursed, ZZ and Steely Dan (JJBA Stardust Crusaders) as The Butcher Gang

Legoshi (Beastars) as Norman Polk

Formaggio (JJBA Vento Aureo) as The Projectionist

Daniel J. D'Arby (JJBA Stardust Crusaders) as Bertrum Piedmont

Dark Enchantress Cookie (Cookie Run) as Susie Campbell

Joseph Joestar (JJBA Battle Tendency) as Wally Franks

Caesar Zeppeli (JJBA Battle Tendency) as Thomas Connor

Snorpy (Bugsnax) as Jack Fain

Chandlo (Bugsnax) as Himself/Jack’s Lover

Tiziano (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Swollen Jack

Squalo (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Himself/Swollen Jack’s Lover

Triffany Lottablog (Bugsnax) as Allison Pendle

Floofty (Bugsnax) as Grant Cohen

Salt Cookie (Cookie Run) as Shawn Flynn

The Pillar Men and Santana (JJBA Battle Tendency) as The Butcher Gang Enemies

Utahraptors (Jurassic Park series) as The Searchers

Zombies (JJBA Phantom Blood) as Lost Ones

Megatron (Transformers Prime) as Nathan Arch

Airachnid (Transformers Prime) as Tessa Arch

Perceptor (Transformers Animated) as Alan Grey

Gramble Gigglefun (Bugsnax) as Telly Wester

Mario Zucchero (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Angus Newman

Tonio (JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable) as Dale Little

Eggabelle (Bugsnax) as Kay Lee

Beffica (Bugsnax) as Jane Todd

Gingerbrave (Cookie Run) as Lance Derby

Ratchet (Transformers Prime) as Hank Scott

Juno (Beastars) as Grace Conway

Deku (My Hero Academia) as Phil Clark

Sale (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Archie Carter

Carrot Cookie (Cookie Run) as Kitty Thompson

Quinn (Flipline) as Sally Newt

Telence T. D'Arby (JJBA Stardust Crusaders) as Hudson Doyle

Shockwave (Transformers Animated) as Chef Buck

Ironhide (Transformers Animated) as Muncie Dunn

Tea Knight Cookie (Cookie Run) as Eugene Lloyd

Thunder Mcqueen (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Carl

Scary Monsters Diego Brando (JJBA Steel Ball Run) (With Raptor teeth and eyes) as Sinful Bendy

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Drawn to Darkness

Chapter 2: The Raptor's Domain (The Demon's Domain)

Chapter 3: The Eternal Stand Power (The Eternal Machine)

Chapter 4: The Prison of Horrors (The Factory of Horrors)

Chapter 5: The Scary Monstrous Revival (The Dark Revival)

[companionwolf]

talk about one person they love - stern

So Stern is my canon verse commander, and naturally, he’s one of the few of my own commanders I pair with Central.

Neither of them talk about that outright back during the EW era, because it’s very visibility mutual (they both try to suppress it of course) and they’re both perceptive enough to figure that out early on, and don’t want it to be a Thing that jeopardizes the mission. So it’s a little secret between the two... lots of pining.

After Stern is rescued from the tank, they do actually sit down and go ‘so we wanna like... do this? do we want this?” and realize ‘yeah, we do want this.’

Central’s very into words of affirmation and spending time together, while Stern is into giving and receiving gifts (the fact Central went back and saved some of Stern’s personal items after Base Defense makes Stern cry).

They work on the house together when there’s time. Stern teaches Central how to cook (neither are very good at it, but they’re enthusiastic). They both like to be near each other, and just generally delight in each other’s company, and often if you find one of them, the other isn’t far behind.

[nachohypno]

Nate and Dave Ch. 6

I walked down the street with Dave.

The poor guy wanted to go home again, and I was happy to comply with that. This was definitely a weird thing to do.

Mostly because he was leashed, and he was a full wolf.

He looked like a brown and yellow German shepherd, but bigger than normally. I could pass him off as a big dog I was being paid to take for a walk, and wolf Dave seemed really educated and nice to be with.

…Because he was the same guy I was making out with like half an hour ago. I wondered if he retained his mind and his ability to think when in full wolf form. He couldn’t speak, that’s for sure, but he seemed to still have consciousness about his situation and his surroundings.

I assumed he wanted to go home because after a while of walking, he started doing those sad dog noises and licking my hand, so I decided to go back home and check what he needed, of course, after he transformed back into a human with the ability to speak.

“Hi, Mr. Henderson!” I greeted one of my neighbors as the man did the lawn on his front yard.

“Hello, Nathan! And… new dog…?” He asked, but I quickly shook my head.

“Not really, just doing a favor for a friend and taking him out for a walk. He can be quite temperamental if you don’t know how to handle him” I tried to give as an excuse, and luckily, Mr. Henderson seemed to buy it!

Dave helped too, growling at the man without showing off his teeth (That would probably rat us out of him being a wolf instead of a dog) before I pulled a bit from the leash to ‘calm him down’.

“Oh well, be careful. Big dogs can be dangerous, especially when they’re… so big, never seen one like that before” It was normal for him to be surprised, even I would be. I could sit on Dave’s back if I wanted and ask him to take me home, like some kind of mount.

Hmm… I wanted to try that out! But not now, it would be weird.

The leash was attached to his bowser collar, which gave him an even rougher appearance. But in reality, he was a really wholesome puppy boy.

“He seems to be a really expensive class of purebred German shepherd, or that’s what my friend said” I made up that quickly, trying to sound oblivious and shrug the subject off as Dave sneezed and looked around, playing dumb. “But don’t worry, I think he likes me!” I scratched Dave’s head and he gave me a friendly ‘Woof!’

“Huh… Glad to hear that. And he seems to be very cute when he’s not growling menacingly” The older man said, jokingly.

“Yeah, he’s a good boy. Anyway, gotta get going. Bye!” I waved to my neighbor with my free hand and he waved back.

Me and my werewolf kept walking until we arrived to my house. I opened the door and he entered first.

After closing the door, and confirming mom wasn’t here, I let go of the leash and Dave walked back to the center of the living room.

The wolf stood on his back legs, as his body started to morph again. I loved the werewolf form, but this was way more amazing to see.

His whole body started to grow, to match that of a normal human, and then his usual size. A big muscled jock.

His snout went back in as his head became human again, and his fur disappeared, with only very little body hair remaining on him.

He was in all his naked glory, cock full hard (I started to suspect that it had something to do with me near him, I can’t remember ever seeing him soft). We couldn’t play the ‘boy and his dog’ plan if the wolf was dressed like a normal human would be.

“Phew, what do you think, bro? Was I a good boy?” He asked, as soon as his transformation ended and he regained consciousness.

The black leather bowser collar around his neck, with the leash hanging from it. The hang was still in my hand, so I pulled him closer as he smirked at me, mischievously.

“You were great, puppy boy” I whispered to him, before giving him a nice, long kiss. He kissed me back, pulling my body closer to his.

Being honest? The whole dog thing was his idea.

He complained that –and I’ll repeat his own words- ‘I never go into full wolf form because there’s a chance I may get caught and scare someone off, triggering wild animal alarms at the town, bro!’

And that was a good reason. Last thing I wanted was a curfew because Dave decided to run on the middle of the street as a big wolf.

“Anything for you, my love” Dave whispered back after the kiss.

It’s been a week since we’ve met, and I felt somewhat comfortable around him already. I’ve never had romantic feelings for anyone, except the usual platonic love like y’know, Chris Evans. But this guy… It was something new I was willing to experience.

I’m not saying I love him… yet. But as I told him once (When he was zoned out and I think he couldn’t hear me) I do like him!

“Anything?” I asked him, tracing a finger around his abs.

He nodded blissfully, with eyes full of love. “Anything, whatever you tell me, bro!”

“Could you… put on some underwear then?” His expression changed, falling into realization. He looked down and noticed his cock on full display.

He blushed a bit, before resuming his smile. “Yeah, no problem bro” I was actually going to tell him to dress up again, since it was a bit cold outside. But the view of his built body was really enjoyable.

Dave and I walked together to my room, where his clothes were laying on my bed. He quickly put on some boxers, then looked back at me. “Anything else I can do for you, babe?”

‘A lot of things I dare not mention’ I thought. But I just shook my head “Would you like to play some videogames or just… cuddle together and watch some Streamflix?”

“Videogames! I’ll beat your ass this time on COD, bro!” He beamed up, before roughly sitting on my bed. The thing did a loud creak, probably because of Dave’s weight as he sat. If the big guy didn’t control himself, I was going to end up sleeping on the floor.

“Videogames it is” I mumbled, walking over to the PS4 and grabbed the two controllers on top of it. In the meantime, Dave turned on the TV with the remote near my bed and waited for me, clearly excited. I sat next to him and gave him his controller.

Honestly? I suck at gunplay games. I prefer, I don’t know, fantasy styled games? Like, I enjoy hunting a big monster or sword fighting my way around a medieval setting. Gunplay just… didn’t do it for me.

I bought this game because of Dave, I wanted to try something he would enjoy too, and he clearly loved it. I also noticed that he would play dumb and let me win a few times, to ensure I was having fun. But that’s on rare occasions, because he’s fucking competitive when it comes to this, and starts bragging pretty quickly.

Of course, he calms down as soon as he starts with it. Probably because he didn’t want to piss me off? Probably, yeah.

However, I also had some tricks up my sleeve.

I looked over at him. Game face on and fully focused on the screen. He started preparing a private match. A few bots here and there, his favorite map, then chose his designated weapon.

“I’ll go easy on you, bro. Don’t worry” He said, patting my shoulder.

The first match went down fast. I tried to run and kill his bots as he hunted me down. It was just like that, a cat and mouse game between us. I did enjoy it, reminded me of another horror game I usually played at night.

He gave me a few shots when I went around a corner and we bumped into each other. “Hey bro!” Dave said mockingly, as he filled my avatar’s body with lead.

I tapped X as fast as I could to respawn, as Dave continued wandering around the map and killing the bots of my team. This was going to be a hard game.

“Hey Dave?” I asked, as I respawned.

“Yuh?” He mumbled, still focused on the game. I must say, his game face makes him even more handsome.

“Forget about what I’m about to say; but confuse the left stick with the right stick” I said. This was my tactic. I had full control over his mind and body, right? Then, fuck, I wanted to win at least once.

He stopped moving his fingers for a few seconds, but I didn’t have time to check if his eyes were unfocused or not, I had a match to win!

Then, I noticed he tried to play again. “What the…” He mumbled, as I pressed the left stick to run and looked for him. In the meantime, he struggled to move his character.

The confused jock frantically moved the right stick and his character looked around a lot, and gave little steps with the left stick, like he tried to move the camera with it.

I finally found him and didn’t hesitate. R2 and a few seconds later, Dave’s character was lying on the floor like a ragdoll.

“Fuck!” The werewolf said, as I threw a punch to the air. “What the hell is happening to me?” He whispered, looking to his hands. He tried to move his respawned character, but moved the right stick instead. Then he tried to move the camera, but his left thumb moved the wrong stick too.

Dave looked at me “Anythin’ I should know, bro?” He asked, with a suspecting voice.

“Don’t know what you’re talking about” I answered, as I continued to look out for him with a nice smile on my face. The game just got twenty times funnier.

He tried to look out for me in game, to no avail. Until a bulb seemed to light up on his brain and he turned the controller upside down. ‘Fuck, he got me’ I thought.

Dave was back in the game, but I could notice he was uncomfortable playing like that.

I found him running into a wall and killed his character again.

“Aww, bro…” He mumbled, getting frustrated.

“Alright, alright. You can stop getting confused now.” But Dave left his controller on the night table. Did I piss him off? Oh geez, I didn’t want that!

But it was the opposite. He grabbed me and pulled me in with him to lay down on the bed. I loved this, we’ve been spending a lot of time together lately and this was my favorite part.

I think I’ve said this before, but Dave was an amazing kisser. He was gentle, and the taste of his mouth was amazing (Which was kind of surprising since he was a full wolf not so long ago, I expected him to have dog breath) and he was very skilled too.

“I don’t want to play if you’re not having fun” He whispered, before smooching me. “I prefer to see ya happy, my love”

I couldn’t help but smile. “Why, thanks puppy boy” I said, moving my hand through his torso, and into his underwear. “You’ve been a really good puppy boy today, haven’t you?”

I slowly caressed his cock. I was okay with this; we were on the blowjob level of things by now.

I mean, he only gave me one, but it was an advance, right? I still had to give a blowjob to him…

“Yeah, bruh. I’m a good puppy boy!” He sounded proud of himself. Probably because he was obeying me, not gonna complain though.

I wrapped my hand on his cock and started stroking slowly. Dave just stared at me with his deep blue eyes, smiling like an idiot. “You’re so… beautiful, Nate. The most beautiful person I’ve ever seen… fuck, that feels amazing to say”

I blushed, and stopped stroking for a bit. Dave placed his big hand on my cheek and leaned in to kiss me again. My nervousness fading away temporarily with each kiss, I felt safe. Like this was where I belonged.

In bed, with a hunk werewolf infatuated with me, and…

I shook my head “You’re trying to distract me so I forget to send you home, right?” I asked, raising my eyebrow.

He gave me the pleading puppy eyes. “Please bro, I don’t want to go, I just want to be with you and make you feel good and loved” He tried to convince me, and I was falling for it. I would be okay with having him stay the night, but… Dave seemed willing to drop all his other responsibilities in order to spend time with me.

“Dave… You know how it is, we can hang out from time to time if you want. But I’d prefer if you still live your life like you would normally, and that includes sleeping in your house too-“

“Let’s go together, bro. Mom and pops will love having you around, and my bed has enough space for the both of us. Please, babe…” He lightly kissed my lips. “…I love you”

‘Why do you have to be so cute?’ I thought.

“I’ll let you stay, but just a little while more, alright? And then you go back home, no more excuses, understood?”

He seemed defeated, but agreed with me. “Understood, bro. Whatever you want” He mumbled, hugging me. “I’ll enjoy every second we spend together, bruh”

I rolled my eyes, so cheesy.

…And yet, I still liked him so much.

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As I said, I kept him around for a little longer, then sent him off to his house again.

According to Dave, his parents didn’t have a problem with letting him spend a few nights with me. But I preferred if he didn’t change his… human behavior that much.

I do like being around Dave, maybe not as much as how he likes to be around me, but still. But as I could see, Dave is willing to forget about his responsibilities just to be with me and make me happy, and that’s not something I’d like to do to him.

I have to remind him of returning to his house, studying, working out, hanging out with his friends, etc., because if it was for him, he would rather just hang out with me.

It was okay though; it wasn’t really a problem. Everything was still the same, and even better. Dave started doing his own essays! He’s… he tries, at least. But I appreciate the effort and help him in any way I can.

It’s only been a week since we’ve started hanging out, so not many changes I could do to his persona.

Next day, we had school again. School became a much more bearable place, I just focused on my studies and that was enough for me, with Dave appearing from time to time to spend some time together.

I sat down in my usual place at the science lab, put on my protective plastic glasses and looked over at Sam besides me.

It wasn’t usual for us to sit together, but it was a nice way to catch up from time to time.

“How’s our president?” I asked him when he nodded at me with a calm smile. We liked to joke about that, with him being the student council’s president.

He deserved that role, in my opinion, he worked so hard during his campaign even when he made some deals with the factions. Jocks included, but they were very clear with what they wanted.

And that was more funds for the sports division, with the cheerleaders backing them up. When you get the biggest fishes of the tank, it’s only a matter of time until the rest of the school would vote for Sam too.

“I officially hate prom night. I mean, it was fun last year, when I didn’t have to plan it from scratch!” He said, grabbing the protective glasses from the table and putting them on. He did it too quick and roughly, though. His teeth greeted a few moments as the pain seemed to fade. “I’ve received more than two hundred messages about ‘suggestions’ for it, and that was at 2 am, I had to turn off my phone now”

I couldn’t help but laugh. “Can’t you just… say that the theme will be ‘Wintery forest’ or something like that and just hang a lot of paper snowflakes from the ceiling? Prom night is just dancing around a decorated basketball court Sam, not much you can do with that”

But he seemed personally attacked by my comment. He frowned and took a bag of chocolate cookies from his bag, left it on the middle of the table and started eating.

“I mean, yeah but” He pushed the bag near me, like trying to tell me to eat something. I shook my head, I wasn’t hungry. “I’d like to do something different, you know? It’s our last year here, and my last chance to be a good president!”

I nodded, understanding what he meant. “If I have a good idea, I’ll let you know, alright?”

“Do you even plan on going to prom? You haven’t even gone last year as a junior, this may be your last chance, Nate” Ouch, low blow.

I looked behind us, noticing a lot of noise on the back of the lab. Dave was struggling to put on some of the protective gloves, before he noticed me staring and gave me a warm smirk, along with a wink. Half of his protective glove was hanging from his hand, before he tried to correctly put it in place.

I chuckled a bit, and Sam noticed it. “Or…” He gave me little nudges while motioning his head to Dave’s direction. “You and the big guy there?”

“Uh? What are you talking about-” But he lifted his hand to stop me, passed me his phone with the frontal camera on. I was blushing. “Am I that obvious?”

“He just winked at you, and you still have two arms so I like to think you two are up to something together” He finished, before grabbing the bag of cookies again and putting it back on his bag. “Besides, I heard rumors that he broke up with-“

The professor had entered the room and chatting time was over. I could still hear a bit of laughter on the back, but decided to keep my eyes on the front.

Damn, I was going to blow our cover if I kept acting like a little girl. But there was probably no cover at all by this point. It’s impossible for the school to not have noticed one of the hottest guys around breaking up with his girlfriend, just a few days after he started to spend time around me.

“I won’t deny, nor accept anything” I wondered if Dave could hear us, I knew he had heightened smelling abilities, that’s how he found out I was his soulmate, but I wondered if heightened hearing was also a thing.

I’d ask him for a detailed list of his powers later, but I always forget to do that in the heat of the moment. “Now, let’s pay attention before we blow up” I finished, looking at the professor as he started explaining today’s assignment.

Sam whispered near me “We’ll talk about this lateeer♫”, in a mocking melody tone.

“Mr. Howard, take that cap off! This is a laboratory, not the baseball field!” I looked beside me and saw Dick taking off his backwards cap, while mumbling something under his breath. Probably a curse, my friend isn’t fond of people who order him around, less if they are dumb professors, according to him.

The jocks on the back laughed, but we ignored them like the professor did, resuming the lesson and preparing for playing with chemicals.

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I felt social today, and remained with Sam for the rest of the day. Which means that I’m not alone during lunch today. He wanted to interrogate me and I honestly didn’t know what to do. I was bad at making up excuses.

We went to get our plates of food and sat in a rather empty table.

“Soooo… Are you going to tell me or not?” Sam asked, still trying to make me spill the beans about Dave, probably.

“What are you talking about?” I played dumb. I wasn’t good at making excuses, but I was pretty good at keeping secrets.

“You know about you and Dave…” But he froze in place before finishing that sentence. An unexpected guest sat beside me, so I was now surrounded by Sam and the big guy.

“I couldn’t help but hear my name, what are you two talkin’ about?” Dave said, in a pretty friendly voice. “Man, I love school’s chicken. This school is so awesome with the lunch menu. What’s up, Sammy? Cat got your tongue?”

I rolled my eyes, Sam hated being called ‘Sammy’, but I assumed they did it on purpose to bother him. Not like he can do anything about it but… I think I can. Not now, though. That would sell me out.

“W-We… We were just talking about…” Sam gulped, looking at me for help. Two weeks spent with Dave, and I almost forgot he has an awful reputation.

We’ve tried to change it, but I can only do so much with him at a time. So, I decided to focus on small things first, like his studies, then the social things afterwards.

“The upcoming… football game, yeah. That’s it, go Rottweilers!” I finished, wanting to sink my face in my plate of smashed potatoes. That was an awful excuse.

“Fuck yeah, go Rottweilers!” Dave yelled while quickly standing up on his seat, placing one of his foots on the table, and some sudden loud barks followed him. I moved my plate, because THIS is why I prefer eating alone at the school yard.

Besides being crowded, the cafeteria always had weird things like this happening from time to time. Maybe someone gets their head smashed in their plate, or a food war starts. The yard is way more chill than this place.

Dave sat down again after that, and I left my plate back in its place. I was going to ask him if that was necessary, but decided to shut my mouth as soon as the rest of the football players sat around us.

I was safe, I knew that but… It was still unsettling. Sam and I knew the football players were shady, as I mentioned once. I knew Dave was strong, he’s a werewolf after all. But could he take them all at once, or would they be able to overpower him if they actually tried to?

I couldn’t tell if Dave noticed I was nervous, I just stared down at my plate and tried to listen to the chatter around me. Sam did the same thing, leaving the jocks speaking about the upcoming game.

“Didn’t know you liked football, bruh” Dave told me, probably trying to make me participate in the conversation. I just nodded, trying to think of a valid answer to him, probably something boring to make the jocks want to leave the table ASAP.

“I-I’m not a fan of it but… our team is so good that I can’t miss any of their games” Smart Nate, just feed their ego to make them happy!

“Really? Never saw you on the bleachers during our games” One of the guys pointed out. I noticed that Lucas and Butch weren’t participating at all in the chat. They just ate and looked at us, almost in complete silence.

“I blend in easily with the crowd, you know, being small and stuff like that” It was weird. Why am I trying to prove anything to these guys? ‘I just want you to leave, take the hint!’ I thought.

Dave finally spoke “I did see him, and yeah, the lil’ dude gets lost amongst the crowd” He patted my back quite harshly, making me cough, but I was glad he backed up my lie.

Sam gave me a puzzled look and I whispered ‘Just relax and try not to piss them off’

This time, Dave did notice it, and looked down at me with a worried look on his face. He might have realized that he fucked up.

Luckily, the rest of the lunch went on normally. The jocks made a few… ‘jokes’ here and there, but I laughed off with them. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like them, but I wouldn’t like Dave to go on a rant beating them all up because he wants to protect me.

Of course, they brought up my ‘faggot-ness’, but I just went on with it, countering it with a not-suggesting joke.

They seemed friendly so far, better not ruin that. But I wondered if they were here willingly, or Dave was the one who summoned them here. Not saying he threatened them but… maybe he called a football team emergency, like Butch did once.

Sam and I couldn’t wait until it was over, so we ate fast and tried to get out of there ASAP, excusing ourselves saying that we had to pick up a few books before the next class. Dave followed me with his sad puppy eyes as we left, before getting up and going after me.

“Bro!” Dave said after leaving the cafeteria, and I stopped on the middle of the corridor. It wasn’t crowded, but there were a few students around on their way to the yard, to make the most of the little free time they had.

Sam raised an eyebrow, but decided to leave us alone. I could tell he had enough of the jocks for the day, and I was worried they may be mad for leaving them having lunch alone, after they ‘rewarded us with their presence’ or something like that. I didn’t like those guys.

I looked at Dave, as he stopped in front of me and smiled. But then, he looked around and noticed a few persons in the corridor. “Uh…” He mumbled.

“C’mon” I grabbed his hand and walked to the nearby boys’ bathroom. “There,” I said after closed the door behind us. “Private moment, what happened back there? At the cafeteria, I mean”

Dave’s eyes darted around the room, as little drops of sweat appeared on his forehead. “I-I… I wanted to try and… y’know, present you with my bros?” He gulped “I know you don’t like them, but… they are my friends, and I thought everything would be much easier if they saw how awesome you are”

I was a bit confused, but not mad. I didn’t end up hurt, nor did Sam, and that was enough for me. If the jocks actually tried to sit down with us and talk, then I was willing to give them a chance.

“I sorta still don’t get why we have to keep our thing in secret, bruh. You don’t have to be afraid of anyone trying to hurt us, because I’m David fucking Walker. I own this place, I’m an alpha!”

He sounded so excited while he said that, and motivated. It was nice to see that side of him; a side I would have never imagined Dave the big bully jock could have.

“I know, you’re really great and everyone… respects you,” I started, carefully thinking my words to avoid hurting his feeling, as he looked down at me, still with a big smile. “But it’s just for some time, as we take this slowly. It would be really weird for the others if you came someday to school and randomly yell ‘I’m gay!’. Give me some time, yeah? We can sort this out together, but let’s do it slowly”

His smile slowly faded from his face. I think I hurt his feelings anyway, and it was probably an inevitable thing to do. I kind of ran out of the cafeteria with Sam as soon as we finished eating, ruining his plan of having his bros get to know me.

“I understand if you’re mad with me, bro. But I think they actually liked you! You were so smart back there, mentioning football as an excuse…” He came closer to me, and kissed me lightly on the lips, placing his big hands on my cheeks, and looked at me with really sad eyes. “But I get if you’re mad and don’t want to see me for a while, I deserve it from putting you in danger with my bros”

“Just… stop, alright?” And he did. He closed his mouth and just looked at me, waiting for me to speak. “You didn’t do anything wrong, it was a nice idea. Just try to tell me about it before doing something like that again, and I may gather some nerve to tackle it properly, alright Davey?”

He nodded slowly, giving a sigh of relief. “Y-Yeah, I will, bro. Thanks for not being mad, I would hate myself if I made you mad” I was a bit scared of someone walking in the bathroom, but at the same time I think… I didn’t care at all.

It was going to be a slow thing, yeah. But, sooner or later, it was going to be discovered. So…

Dave was looking down to his shoes, like some misbehaved kid, when I stepped forward and pulled him in for a kiss.

I was hoping for someone to enter the bathroom. Some random guy, who would apologize and leave in fear after watching the big jock angry for interrupting our kiss.

But that never happened. Damn it.

Dave recovered his sweet smile as I looked up at him. “What was that for?”

“To reassure you that you didn’t do anything wrong” I whispered to him. “We probably shouldn’t play with our luck though, but we have a few more minutes before our next class”

The werewolf jock gave me one last smooch, before saying “I love you so much, bro…”

I couldn’t help but blush, I really liked my good puppy boy.

We left the bathroom together, and headed out for the yard. As I said, we still had a few minutes before classes started, and I wanted to make the most of them with my big guy.

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[thunder-the-ranger-wolf]

@thebibliosphere

I finished Phangs and it is everything I dreamed it would be! These thoughts were written as I read but book so apologies if you get whiplash.

(Side Note: I love werewolves, but the weird kind that can actually turn into wolves. Wolves are my favorite animal. Mainly because they remind me so much of dogs, which I know they're related but wolves have their own thing going on. Also the idea of a (traveling?) family that you're guaranteed to be able to come back to even if you have to leave and start your own life was definitely romanticized when I was younger. Wolf packs were my favorite.)

I kept hoping Nathan would still be able to shift at the beginning and he was! Also Nathan went to a specialist after a year of no one believing him! Wow, the similarities really hit home for me. I wasn't shot by a silver bullet (or at all) but being told that you should get better after a mysterious illness/injury starts dragging you down is... *chef's kiss*

Ursula's entire mysterious existence (as of Ch 27)! She is amazing and powerful and I just know she's gonna fuck shit up but not how yet because we haven't seen much of her yet, but the results of her efforts show in the island! In her ongoing journey that I've only gotten glimpses of! She's going to be brilliant.

And Vlad! I figured his name would have something to do with his family history but I didn't knock what you would do with all the in-between stuff and YOU KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK, HOLY SHIT!

And then we get to Halloween. The Talk is making me Feel Things. I'm halfway through the book and I had to process my Feelings because I think that was a case of "oh shit... Did not expect that to be a kink and what do I do about it?!"

And the ending... no heavy spoilers but I love that it just... Happened and that was it.

[beforehq-blog]

¡BIENVENIDA A SNU, NATHAN WOLFE!

Esta noche tenemos una carta muy especial y está dedicada a Nathan Wolfe. Tu admirador anónimo ha dicho que te ha visto en el Colegio de Humanidades y que desde ese la primera vez que te vio no ha podido dejar de pensar en ti. ¿Puedo saltarme lo cursi? ¿No? De acuerdo, entonces prepara tus oídos, Nathan, porque este anónimo se ha inspirado y quiere confesar todo lo que siente por ti. ¿Preparada? Tu admirador sabe que tienes 23 años y que has nacido en Gyeongsang, y a veces, aunque no lo creas, te confunde con Han SangHyuk. Dice que no le molesta que te comportes como un creido, ya que conoce a la  verdadera tú. Oh, también te dedica una canción, ¿qué tal si la escuchamos? Esta canción va con cariño para Nathan, espero que nos estés escuchando esta noche. 

                ¡Bienvenida a Beforehq, Karla! ¡Tienes 48 hrs. para enviar la cuenta!

INFORMACIÓN OOC

Nombre del usuario: Karla Edad: 19 años País: México Nivel de actividad: Depende, esta semana no será mucho porque tengo finales, por lo que sería entre 3 y 7 pero después tengo más días libres así que será entre 8 y 10 ¿Triggers o temas que te incomoden?: Bichos, mencionados o en imágenes La siguiente pregunta es para evaluar el nivel de los usuarios… ¿Cuánto es 1+1?: Sherlock Holmes

INFORMACIÓN OC:

Nombre del personaje: Nathan Wolfe Edad: 22 (internacional) 23 (coreana) Fecha de nacimiento: 08/9/1995. Lugar de origen: Gyeongsang del Sur, Corea del Sur. Colegio o Escuela: Humanidades Carrera: Traducción Estudiante de intercambio: ( no ) Face Claim: Han SangHyuk

La siguiente información debe ser rellenada en 3° persona para entender y comprender mejor al personaje.

¿Cuál fue la motivación que tuvo Nathan para estudiar su carrera en la SNU?

Su madre. Desde que tiene memoria, su madre le mostraba fotos de ciertos lugares de su país de origen, uno de ellos fue la universidad donde estuvo ella de intercambio por unos semestres. Le contaba las grandes historias del lugar, las aventuras que vivió ahí y el pequeño Nathan simplemente se enamoró de los recuerdos maternos.

Cuando se mudaron a Corea y tuvo la oportunidad de perfeccionar el idioma y estar más en contacto con su cultura, no dudó en presentar el examen de admisión y poner a prueba los sueños con los que había crecido.

¿Cómo fueron los años escolares de Nathan?

La mayoría fueron divertidos, tenía un buen grupo de amigos y los demás eran amigables conocidos.

Hubo otros que fueron una interminable pesadilla por una simple razón: no se parecía a sus padres. Era un “amarillo” un inmigrante ¿Tenía documentos? ¿O es que era parte de todos los asiáticos que llegaron en los cincuentas y seguían sin papeles? ¿Por qué no era el mejor de la clase en matemáticas y ciencias? Fueron años pesados para Nate, sobre todo cuando escuchó por primera vez la palabra “adoptado” como un adjetivo que lo modificaba directamente a él. Le costó entender el verdadero significado de lo que era familia y saber que, sin importar su apariencia, sus padres eran aquellos que lo habían criado y nadie más tendría ese título.

Pero quizá la peor de sus pesadillas llegó cuando aquel que pensó su mejor amigo destruyó todo aquello que amaba, era su último año en la escuela y desde entonces carga con él una culpa que con nada más podría comparar.

¿Cómo describiría la relación familiar de Nathan?

Jamás conoció a sus padres biólogicos, fue encontrado en un callejón por trabajadores públicos y luego llevado a un hospital, donde lo cuidaron por unos días antes de dejarlo en manos del gobierno.

Fue así como terminó en HOLT International, una agencia de adopción gracias a la cual pudo conocer a distintas familias, las cuales lo cuidaban solamente por un par de días.

Así vivió hasta que encontró a los Wolfe, quienes, después de tres viajes a Corea y varias horas de convivencia con el pequeño, decidieron adoptarlo y llevarlo hasta Nueva York, donde residían. Su relación con ellos siempre fue buena, les cuenta todo y comparte con ellos un fuerte lazo.

Quizá una de sus únicas quejas en toda su vida fue que lo obligaban a trabajar cada verano, cuando él sabía que no lo necesitaba. Sin embargo, ahora entiende el por qué de aquellas acciones, aunque aquella actitud un tanto creída, nadie jamás se lo podrá quitar.

Su hermana lo es todo para él, es la persona a la que más quiere, pero además, es la persona a la que más le ha fallado.

¿Nathan tiene arrepentimientos o cosas que le gustaría mejorar o superar?

Le ha costado llegar a conocerse a sí mismo. No entiende bien quién es, puesto que no termina de pertenecer a una u otra cultura. Le cuesta mirarse al espejo porque hay algo que simplemente no encaja con él, aunque, claro, ni si quiera su hermana sabe de los pequeños conflictos que llenan su día a día.

La traición de su mejor amigo, los llantos nocturnos de su hermana, la forma en la que su familia se fracturó por algo que pareció ser su culpa.

¿Con cuánta frecuencia Nathan escucha la radio local de la universidad? ¿Ha enviado una carta a la radio o ha escuchado sobre el programa de medianoche?

No suele escuchar el programa voluntariamente, pero algún amigo o su propia hermana terminan encendiéndolo en su presencia o comentando sobre él.

No, jamás ha conocido a alguien que lo incite a mandar una carta.

@mrwolfe: For god sakes, no, I’m not Nat fucking Wolff.

@mrwolfe: ‘OMG you study translation? Is that a thing?😍’ #Jevaismesuicider

@mrwolfe: ‘omg you know Spanish? Say something!’ Idiota :D

[blaineandsamevanderson]

Title: The Full Moon Job Ch.2

Author: @blaineandsamevanderson

Fandom: Teen Wolf/Leverage

Ship: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer Sophie Devereaux/Nathan Ford

Liam Dunbar/Theo Raeken Scott McCall/Malia Tate Isaac Lahey/Danny Mahealani Corey Bryant/Mason Hewitt

Rating: PG

Summary:  An alternate version of Teen Wolf Season 6. Wet after the pack pretends to leave Beacon Hills, but after that, all timelines are chucked, characters are brought back and fun is had

Link to fic: AO3

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To he honest, the back of a closed veterinary clinic wasn’t even on Alec’s Top 10 List of Weird Places to Run A Con From.  They didn’t even have to break in (which disappointed Parker) and he could admit his heart lurched when the back door was opened by a somber faced man in a tan sheriff’s uniform.

Nate of course didn’t miss a beat, pulling an obnoxious persona out of thin air.  “You’re not Clancy!” He barked, wagging a finger at the sheriff.  “Where is that no good son of a pickle?  I swear, if he gave me drunk directions again...Cookie!  Cookie, didn’t I say he sounded drunk?”

“Oh yeah!” Sophie continued, soft voice gone nasal and sharp.  “Lemme call him, maybe he’s sobered up by now….”

The sheriff held up a hand to cut her off.  “Very believable, but I know who you are, Mr. Ford.  Come in.”

Huh.

That was not at all expected, but the man wasn’t giving off any of the classic ‘Gonna do some arresting tonight’ vibes.  His hand wasn’t on his gun and though he had clearly pegged Eliot as the most physically threatening he wasn’t posturing.

The next surprise came when they actually entered the animal clinic and found it packed with teenagers - exhausted looking teenagers - and a handful of adults.  Around the room, Alec could see soda cans, pizza boxes and sleeping bags, clear signs that this was being used as a makeshift shelter.

What the hell was happening here?

“Peter,” Nate said, addressing a man of about Eliot’s age with a goatee and lean, handsome features.  “You mentioned something about a self styled fascist flooding your town with guns and trying to murder children.”

“Nate,” the man, Peter, replied.  “I did and there is indeed a genocidal geriatric running around.  Rumors put you running a team of Robin Hoods...I thought there’s be more of you after hearing about San Lorenzo.”

“We’re more than capable as is,” Sophie said with one of her charming, reassuring smiles.

“Spencer.”

The name was spoken by a slim, bearded man in a leather jacket and Alce was shocked to see that Eliot didn’t look annoyed.

“Argent,” Eliot replied, taking a few steps forward and exchanging one of those forearm gripping warrior handshakes with the other man.  “What’s happening that you can’t handle?”

Okay, so Eliot respected this guy.  Which meant the situation was probably even more dire than anticipated.  

Argent sighed.  “My father is organizing Hunters who don’t follow the code in an attempt to wipe out every supernatural being in Beacon Hills.  He’s arming civilians, feeding their fear and innocents have already died.”

“Also there’s an ancient shapeshifter called and Anuk-Ite running around that enhances fear and hate and breeds violence because that’s its idea of a Country Kitchen Buffet,” a pale, dark haired young man added, making Argent grimace and incline his head in agreement.

Before they could continue, Alec held up a finger.  “I’m sorry, Supernatural beings?  Hunters?  Shape shifters?  Are Sam and Dean gonna pop out of the closet next...and that wasn’t a double entendre though Dean and Castile do give me reason to think maybe...Nevermind.”

“That show has a lot of inaccuracies,” a grumpy looking man who could play Superman on a CW show (if he ever was introduced to a razor) muttered.

“Really?  That’s the problem you have with...What the hell?!”

Around the room, eyes began to glow, golds, blue and crimson.

“Look, we don’t really have time to ease you into the whole Werewolves exist thing ns for that I’m sorry,” a young Latino with a kind face and those red eyes said.  His eyes returned to a warm brown as he continued, “We’re real, we’re in danger and we could use your help.”

Parker jabbed a ginger into Eliot’s ribs. “You knew!” She accused, not sounding nearly freaked out enough.

Actually, Nate and Sophie were taking things in stride too and Eliot merely nodded.  “I knew.”

“Right!” Nate said, calling everyone’s attention.  “I’m going to need a full briefing on the situation, also names and abilities as I assume most of you won’t sit on the sidelines while we’re working.”

“Scott McCall, I’m an Alpha,” said the handsome Latino kid.

The pretty redhead spoke next.  “Lydia Martin, Banshee.”

“Stiles Stilinski, human,” said the fast talker and Hardison glanced at the name badge the Sheriff wore.  His kid clearly.

“I’m a werecoyote.  Name’s Malia,” a leggy brunette said from where she was glaring at a burly boy.

“Kira Yukimura.  Kitsune,” the beautiful Japanese girl in Marvel leggings told them.

The rest of the introductions were just as fast.

“Isaac, werewolf.” The tall blond guy beside “Danny Mahealani, human.”

“Liam Dunbar, werewolf.” Small, younger guy in need of s haircut.   Burly was standing near him.  “Theo, chimera.”

“I’m Mason, human, and he’s Corey, a chameleon chimera.”  A young brother holding a book and the nervous looking kid huddled close to him.

Look up rich douchebag in the dictionary and you’d find, “Jackson, werewolf kanima.”

“Ethan, werewolf.” Another Abercrombie looking guy.

Furry Superman was, “Derek, werewolf.”

“Peter Hale,werewolf.” Nate’s acquaintance.

Eliot’s buddy was, “Chris Argent.”

“Melissa McCall.” Clearly Scott’s mom...and also very hot.

“Sheriff Noah Stilinski.” The sheriff.

“Deputy Jordan Parrish, hellhound.” Yet another model looking guy.

What was in the water?

“Okay, I’m Nate, this is Sophie, Eliot, Hardison and Parker.  Let’s go steal us a town’s sanity.”

TBC....

[lets-imagine-fanfics]

Introductions (Rudy Wade) [GN]

Words: 537 (only a short one)

Pairing: Rudy Wade x  [Gender Neutral] Reader

Request: I could do with a rudy wade imagine where he shows you off to the original gang (-nathan) when you come and see him during his community service pretty please with a cherry on top?

Warning: one swear that’s bleeped out.  

A/N: Okay so I may have changed it all. LOLLLL ALso,this is the first time I've written anything in a while so it could be absolute sh*te, who knows.

"Rudy, I don't think this a good idea" You mumble as you walk to the bar through the concrete jungle. Rudy's arm wrapped around you with your hand interlinked, showing everyone, you're dating him.  

"No, you're right... it's a great idea" Rudy replied in is usual excited tone. It had taken a few tries for Rudy to actually persuade you into coming with him to the pub to meet his new friends from the community centre. You hadn't wanted to admit it to him but you knew about his and Alisha's past and you had seen a picture of her once before.  

Rudy 2 had told you about her when you had come across the picture. He had also told you about how much better Rudy is now that he is with you. It was an emotional night, it's safe to say. When you had heard about Alisha, even though everything that had happened happened, you felt insecure as though you were second to her whilst also feeling anger towards her as if it would protect Rudy from feeling hurt again. Now you were about to meet her and you couldn't be more insecure and more anxious if you tried but you were also ready to slap a B**ch if it came to it.

"Rudy..."  

"I tell ya what, if you don't like it, we can do whatever you wanna do, alrigh?" Rudy suggested using the certain excited and suggestive tone of his as he quirks an eyebrow, a grin starting to grow.

"New episode o' teen wolf out in a bit" You reply, trying to hold your smirk back as Rudy groans in slight frustration. "hey you said 'anything'" you added playfully finally letting Rudy know that you were only joking.  You and Rudy joked and laughed all the way to the pub, you let him lead you as you focused on him and before you knew it you were there and Rudy was opening the door to the pub.  

"Finally," a woman spoke up as you walked through the door, Rudy following behind you, hands still intertwined. "we were beginin' to fink you weren' comin'". The dark-haired girl sat at the bar with one other girl and two guys.  

"Y/N, this is the group" Rudy said whilst he pointed to you. "Group this is..."

"Y/N, we know" the girl you know as Alisha said to you with a smile.  

"it's nice to finally meet you" One of the guys, the one that was sat by Alisha spoke. Simon, Rudy had talked about him.  

"Yeah, Rudy doesn't shut up about you" The dark-haired, Kelly, added.  

"It gets quite annoying, actually" the other guy, Curtis, jokes. The group chuckle at the truth of what had just been said.  

"At least you don't have to listen to Rudy talk about Baby's fores..."

"foreskins?" Kelly cut you off. You couldn't help but laugh. "all the live long day. Right babe" you say as you turn to Rudy who had been staring at you. He simply nods before kissing your forehead, you feel his smile as he kissed you.  

"I'll get the drinks" He says as you sit in the spare seats next to Kelly, completely in awe of you.  

[ecotone99]

[SP] Mariana's Dreams Ch 5

[Ch 1 - 4 here](https://www.reddit.com/r/shortstories/comments/h8xcvk/sp_marianas_dreams_part_1/)

Preface: (not included in previous post):

On a cold Monday afternoon there is a small girl playing alone at a bus stop. She's older than she looks, and she has noticed that recently she has been running into strange people more often than not. People that want to hurt her, or take things from her. However she looks at it, it all works out the same. She has disrupted something. Some balance. And it is like the entire cosmos is rising up in mutated forms to stop her. Either that or perhaps she just moved up a grade and is now more aware of what's going in the world, and the world is really sick.

She doesn't remember when it started exactly but she can swear that it happened after she started dreaming. That is the only thing that changed. Because before that, she had never dreamt a night in her life. And then one day the curtains were opened and there was new world before eyes. A world so much like her own that sometimes she would see both worlds blend together in ways that were more frightening than she liked. After it began it never ended. And she began to wonder if there was any difference between the two.

Her parents are here to pick her up from school and drive to a family gathering in New Mexico. She doesn't want to go because she dreamt that she would never make it. She dreamt that she was eaten by rats on the side of the road a long, long ways from home.

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Chapter 5:

As Nathan gazed starry eyed up into that cosmos up there, he wondered about where all the aliens were. He knew they were probably out there, zooming around in their fleets of organic spacecrafts or something. But if that was true why weren't they here? Why wasn't he already beaming up there like in Star Trek, and accelerating towards Jupiter at half the speed of light? Shouldn't there be at least a whisper? At least one sign that they're here?

And then he thinks of somebody giving a small child an extension cord and an electrical socket and advising them to figure it out.

They probably didn't want to be seen.

"Nathaaaan!"

His mom was calling out for him. He rolled out of his hammock like a true professional and landed on his feet, it felt like he had just done a wicked trick on his skateboard. There was a light sprinkle everywhere, and humungous clouds hung lowly in the air like massive gray sponges.

When he went through the backdoor to his kitchen he saw the warm food was already laid on the table. His mom sat down and he sat across from her. His little sister crawled up onto a chair and stood just a couple feet off it.

She gleefully yelled "Food! Food! Food!" and stomped her little pink fists on the table with about as much vigor as a viking demanding mead in the Halls of Valhalla.

"That's right cupcake!" His mom said to her "we have mash potatoes here" she pointed, and before her mother could say another word the girl interrupted

"Ya! Mash Tatoes!"

She got a good scoop with a gracious amount of gravy and began wolfing it down with that delicious sense of delight that is only found in small toddlers.

Nathan was already helping himself to the food as well. He packed on a couple of turkey legs, stuffing, and about twenty eight pounds of mash potatoes with avalanches of gravy bubbling over the top.

They were all very quiet for a few minutes as they worked their way through the hard task of putting away a thanksgiving dinner with more food to eat than either three could possibly consume, but which nevertheless made everything much more exciting. The bubbling sodas in their cups made Nathan feel like he was at a carnival.

"So did you apply at the movie theatre yet?" His mom asked.

Nathan was just old enough to get his first job. He had applied at the local theatre that played B rated films and scary movies. It was his job to sell candy and popcorn and clean up after the hordes of mongrels that rushed in and made everything a disaster. It was unbelievable when he really thought about it. How could people be so gross? At one moment they were dressed up nicely, working at a bank, and then afterwards they brought their kids to the movies and treated it like their own personal litter box. Did they actually throw popcorn all over their house and dump soda and slushies all over their floors? What kind of mass hysteria came over people when they were all mashed together staring dumbly at a big screen?

"I started yesterday." he answered his mom.

"Oh that's nice." She took another bite off her plate, and after chewing asked "How do you like it so far?" She held up her fork.

Nathan knew how he liked it. It was weird and gross. The theatre gave him the creeps. It's large spaces and dark corners, the long curtains and the creepy projector camera that cast a ghostly light, all of it made him feel like he was on the edge of something bad when nobody was around and he had to correct the film reels. He had already done every job there on his first day. It was exhausting. He wasn't looking forward to growing up if this is what he had to look forward to.

After they finished dinner Nathan put his dishes in the sink and then prepared for bed because tomorrow he had day 2 after the holidays.

The next day he was up at 8am, threw on his shoes and his uniform and forgot to take a shower because he was so anxious about his second day. He was thinking about using the cash register again. He hated it last time because he forgot how to add up the change for some reason. An elderly woman was glaring at him as he fumbled around with the change, trying to subtract the total amount from what she gave him, which suddenly seemed like an impossible problem he was trying to solve on an abacus he had never learned how to use.

"$2.51" he gave her back and she just stood there with a little glob of spit on the bottom of her lip.

"$2.59" she said in a deadpan voice.

"Oh sorry, yeah here" and then he dropped eight cents into her hand. He didn't actually know if she was right, he just wanted her to leave. And he was grateful that he could at least count to eight.

The theatre was making him stupider too, he thought darkly.

He was walking over to work now. Even saying that phrase made him feel a year older.

And then there was Mr Edison, who always made him feel like he was a little kid at show and tell, one who stands up and takes out the thing from their backpack, and when they expose it to the crowd they can see from the look on everyone's faces, with heavy embarrassment, that what they brought was foolish and made them look very stupid. What child would not want to sit down sadly by themselves and gloom over the failure?

He could never do anything right on that first day. Mr Eddison kept jabbering at him about how to do it a different way. He wasn't sweeping right, he gave someone too much soda, did he really drop out of school when he was in first grade because he couldn't figure out where the syrup went in the soda machine.

No, Mr Eddison, he wanted to say, but it sounds like you sure did.

He was at the heavy glass doors now and was looking at a poster about superheroes. He thought it was the same one he saw a few days ago, but then he noticed there were small changes in it. Some of the people were missing. And one of them had missing a head. He thought that was weird because it didn't seem to fit, and he didn't think there was someone without a head in the movie. He had seen it at least 4 times that day.

Nathan gave a little prayer of thanks that Mr Eddison was not at the glass panels where people bought tickets, he was usually over there wearing his creepy black mustache and round glasses, looking like a member of the gestapo rifling through a dreadful clipboard.

Nate was only two minutes late but he didn't think Mr Eddison would use the word 'only' to describe this travesty. So he bustled in looking as serious as a lawyer on wall street, and took his post behind the cash register.

It was still very early so he wasn't expecting a lot of people to come in, and fortunately he didn't have to work the night shift which would bring in more people than wood stock, he thought wisely, as if reading about it was like being there.

But then someone did walk in and Nathan cursed under his lips about how the universe wouldn't give him just a couple minutes to get prepared.

She was a girl, maybe a year younger than him, with light brown skin, and eyes that seemed focused on everything they saw. Those eyes were so brown they were almost purple.

They were purple.

Nathan blinked. No, they were brown.

"Hey!" she said to him happily.

"H-Hi." he stuttered "Uh-what could I get you".

It was then that he saw Mr Eddison walk around a corner, behind her, and then pass out of sight.

But that couldn't be right, it looked like Mr Eddison had a tail sticking out of the back of his pants. A thick black tail that had something like an arrow at the end of it like he was a dinosaur stuffed into human clothes. Nate saw how it swayed back and forth like a flagellum, and then he was gone.

Okay Nate, you need to take it easy, he thinks to himself. He was way too anxious about his second day.

The girl asked "Can I get a Snickers?"

Nate handed her the snickers and took her money, it was exact change, and when he put it in the register and looked back up, she was gone.

He was going to ask her what movie she was watching. Something in him wanted to talk to her. She seemed nice. And he was a little sad that she hadn't stayed a moment longer. Then when he looked down on the dollar bill, still in the open cash register, instead of seeing George Washington, it was the girl's face staring up at him, and there was something bound over her mouth. Her eyes looked terrified. And in black marker, written in large straight letters, it said

"Find Me"

And then he flipped the dollar bill over and on the back side, written again in black letters,

"News"

Nathan woke up to his alarm. It was squealing like his room was on fire. He smacked at it and wiped the sleep out of his eyes, thinking about that girl. It was time for work. He had to hustle. So this time he really did get over there, at least he hoped so.

He had read about false awakenings and it kind of scared him, but it scared him about as much as it fascinated him too.

This wasn't the first time it happened. Sometimes he would wake up at least three times before actually doing so. And each time he was back in the same world but it was twisted in a different way. His mom might walk into to wake him up and when he opened his eyes she didn't have a face. Or he'd hear his sister fall down the stairs and running out, cringing at each loud thump, he'd see her down at the bottom. Each time it jolted him into another false awakening, like rolling ever over the wheel of Samsara.

Maybe the false awakenings were behind this anxiety, he speculated, as he stepped through real doors leading into the theatre. Or perhaps he really didn't want to have a job. He didn't want to grow up. Could anyone blame him?

For the second time he thought about that girl. She had seemed different than other parts of the dream. The two of them were the only clear things in a room that was blurry and ever changing. Who was she?

He started to feel silly thinking so seriously about a girl in his dreams. And although the part of him that was turning into a man was trying to veer his mind towards another direction, the part of him that was still a boy pondered the mysteriousness about her.

What did that all mean?

Towards the end of his shift, and after Nathan had watched that super hero movie another three times and was convinced there were no headless people in it, he had been walking towards the back room where they kept the machine for his time card. A door flung open and a kid ran out. Nathan caught just a glimpse of a wet face running by. Then Mr Eddison came out. Nathan turned around and saw that the kid was already outside. And then before Nate could get the stamp on his time card, Mr Eddison demanded he come into his Office.

"Nathan. Come on into my office." He snapped. Mr Eddison didn't wait for Nate to respond, he took it for granted that Nate would follow orders, and he did.

"Is there a problem Mr. Eddison?" Nate asked politely.

"Yes Nate, there is a problem. Sit down."

Nate sat. The room felt hot.

Mr Eddison was gritting his teeth as if he had caught Nate performing the best prank of all time, like peeing all over his sheets.

"You were late today Nathan."

"Um, yeah sorry sir, I -"

"You're fired."

"What!?" Nathan was shocked.

Suddenly Nathan felt very silly for still sitting there. It didn't feel right! What a mean old man! He was counting on this job. He needed to make five hundred dollars.

"You were late on your first day too. I told you I would not tolerate laziness, Nathan."

Mr Eddison pulled out an envelope and handed Nate twelve dollars.

"Here's your pay" He said in a prissy voice. "You don't need to come back. You can go."

Nate took the money and walked out of there feeling ashamed. On his way home he pulled out the money and counted it. As he was flipping the bills over he caught his breath. Because the bill that was now in his hand had big black letters written over it's face. It was the same message in his dream.

"Find Me"

"News"

Except now it was just George Washington staring off to the side.

Nate folded it carefully and put it back in his pocket like it was a precious map.

When he got home he saw that his sister was watching T.V. She had the remote in her lap and she was pressing buttons like she was playing the piano. Sometimes the volume would go up or the channels would flash by. Suddenly he snatched the remote away from her and she gave out a cry.

"Mine!"

But Nate had seen something. He flipped back a couple channels and there was a picture on the right corner of the TV. It was near the head of a news anchor describing, in somber tones, an abduction somewhere. Nate did not believe what he was seeing. This was no dream but there was something that looked like a gas station from the view of a helicopter, and a picture of a dark skinned girl with blazing eyes was looking at him from a five by five white card.

Nate had sold her a Snickers.

When his mom came in the room she was surprised at Nate's severe expression. She thought it made him look years older, and a part of her was struck by a feeling of great loss that anticipated his flight from the nest one day. Another part felt pride.

"Oh, that's very sad" she said when she drew closer.

"That poor girl. I hope they catch'em"

And then took the remote and switched it to a cartoon.

"You need to get to your homework now."

Nate walked slowly out of the room without talking to her. His head felt like it was under water while he listened to the muffled sounds of his heart slowly thumping. He was in his room. He didn't tell his mom he was fired. He would do that later. He needed to know about that girl.

She had sent him a message.

She asked him for help.

But that's impossible! He says to himself. That's crazy.

He fired up his computer and searched for the name he saw above her face.

"Mariana Herrera Cruz"

He found a website with information about her.

She was eleven. Four feet eight inches tall. Missing for 3 days.

It was her. It looked just like her. What are the odds?

He pulled out the dollar bill just to make sure he was not insane. It still had the message on there.

A feeling of great responsibility settled on him. He had to find her. But what could he do when there's a whole police force looking for her? He couldn't do anything but look stuff up online! He didn't even have a learners permit to drive.

But she had found him.

Nate was startled to see that there was something to that. Maybe the message was more like a riddle?

Find Me.

Find Me.

An epiphany blossomed in Nate's mind.

Find her. She wants him to find her in his dreams.

Their dreams must connect.

It was all racing behind his eyes.

Of course, she wasn't asking him to go on a search party for her. She wanted to talk to him. Maybe she could tell him something and then he could alert the authorities!

It all sounded totally nuts and part of him felt like he was play-acting. It was ridiculous. But that dollar bill. His dream. It could not be a coincidence.

It was late when Nate could actually get to bed. He was so full of adrenaline, up to the point expected from a twelve year old kid who finds they are part of something great and inexplicable.

It was in the dark morning when Nate woke up in his mind, thinking all the while that perhaps that was not too much different than waking up in the real world. It was just another world. But in this one there was a trail to Mariana.

The trail was made out of dollar bills. When his eyes opened, the slight warping in the walls was the first clue that he was probably sleeping. But if it wasn't that he guessed the dollars would have convinced him. They were spaced-out in regular intervals, starting from the foot of his bed, going out the door, and it was anyone's guess after that. He stood up and put on shoes, thinking, why does he even need shoes? But it felt better to put them on anyways.

It was amazing how realistic everything was. And it blew his mind how much information could be stored in his brain. How did it reconstruct itself like this?

He followed the trail out of his room, down the steps and to his front door. When he opened the door he saw that the trail went over the porch steps, onto the sidewalk, and then down the road as far as he could see. The trail was getting a little bit longer than he had expected. He thought he could see a million dollars.

He shook his head wondering how this would turn out and when he would wake up.

He stepped outside.

And then everything changed.

It was no longer his street. His house was gone when he turned around. And he looked up at the black sky and saw orange bolts of lightning. Grey trees with dead leaves around them grew up in twisted form out of the sidewalks. They appeared to have broken through the pavement, leaving a small crater in rubble about their base.

Nate turned his head in panorama to get a full sense of what he was looking at.

There were disheveled piles of rubble that looked like old houses, and there appeared to be a black factory about a mile away. It was pumping dark plumes of smoke into the air, and there was fire that looked like small candles hovering over black pipes that were scattered about. The trail went in that direction. He began to walk down the street noting the uneven ground.

Huge gashes in the earth that cut the street in half appeared towards the end of his neighborhood. There was hot air blowing up out of them. He didn't want to step across since they seemed very deep, but he had no other choice, so he found the smallest gap and leapt across. He felt brave.

Then Nate saw where he was. He was downtown and that factory was right where the movie theatre was. The trail led there.

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The modern Corporation Limited produces and distributes packaged food products, such as cereals, spices, puddings, jellies, crackers, salad dressings, etc. The company sells nationwide and conducts a very large national advertising campaign. It has 75 plants located throughout the country and markets 65 different products, each under its own trademark. These are all food products, but are not otherwise closely related. They vary from long margin specialities with comparatively small volume to larger volume items with similar profit margins. Different raw materials and commodities are used in their processing. All products, however, have the common factor of being sold throughout retail grocery stores. Gross sales are Rs. 2,500 lakhs and total assets are Rs. 1,250 lakhs. Management is centralized. The chairman of the board, the President, and four VicePresidents with responsibility for sales, production, purchasing, and law, make up the executive top of the company and operate as a committee on all general policy matters. Sales, advertising, and sales promotion are all under the jurisdiction of the sales VicePresident. All plant operations, as well as research and engineering, report to the production VicePresident. Purchasing is the responsibility of its VicePresident, Who also governs traffic. Public relations, law and corporate functions are under the general counsel. Financial responsibilities are handled by the president, and employee relations are covered by each VicePresident in his own area of responsibility. Each plant is operated by a superintendent whose authority is over wages, maintenance cost, output, quality, hiring, inspection and the other normal plant operation responsibilities. Superintendents report to 8 regional production managers who are responsible to the production VicePresident. The volume of production in each plant is scheduled by the production control group reporting to the operating VicePresident. Final Schedules are set after consulting the sales Vicepresident. Opportunities for increasing the line of products and expanding the business are being lost because of lack of executive’s time to study them to manage new products. In any business where specialties sold under trademark brands are the major business of a company, it is necessary for that company to continually bring out new products and to study old ones to determine, the point of no return with regard to promotion and advertising expenses. The Modern Corporation management feels that, in addition to lost opportunities for sound expansion, profit opportunities in present products are not being fully recognized. The business may have grown too big for the form of management.

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The case chronicles the 200 year old legacy of the family business of the Rothschild Family. Started by Mayer Amschel Rothschild in 1790, in Frankfurt, the banking business of the family ruled Europe for centuries (dominated financially). The 5 sons of Mayer strategically placed in different financial centers of Europe took advantage of International events, thus creating their initial wealth. The case focuses on the reasons for the success and failure of family business at different times. It explores the concepts of family values, Succession Planning, inheritance planning, growing entrepreneurs within the family, controlling ownership of business, and adapting to changing times. Mayer was born in 1744 in a ghetto of Frankfurt known as the Frankfurter Judengasse, which was home

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The case discusses the entrepreneurial venture of Sarvesh Shashi (Sarvesh). Sarvesh underwent a yoga course which transformed his thinking and perception of life. When the course was followed by a stringent phase of penance under the guidance of a shaman, Sarvesh gained immaculate clarity of what goals he should pursue in his life. With this motivation, he founded Zorba the Renaissance Studio — which gained quick acceptance from the people. In January 2016, Sarvesh Shashi (Sarvesh), a yoga practitioner and the CEO of Zorba A  Renaissance Studio (Zorba), sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s largest health and fitness chain – Talwalkars Better Value Fitness Ltd (Talwalkars). As a part of the MoU, Talwalkars acquired a 50% stake in Zorba. Sarvesh and Talwalkars looked to expanding their joint presence in India and beyond by 2020 to make the most out of the fastgrowing US$3.2 trillion global yoga and wellness industry. By May 2016, Talwalkars, in association with Zorba, launched 33 studios across 25 cities in India and had further plans to roll out 100120 studios in the next 5 years across India and overseas. Sarvesh’s primary motive was to spread happiness to people through the medium of yoga and meditation. He designed several courses that addressed the various issues and challenges people faced, ranging from depression and diabetes to cancer. Sarvesh did face some teething troubles, but his efforts soon yielded results. His studio received a proposal from India’s biggest fitness chain — Talwalkars. Talwalkars acquired a 50% stake in Zorba Renaissance Studio. Along with Zorba, it had ambitious plans to open more

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