#daddy Aetos

[dragons-library]

Daddy Aetos is truly fucking evil.

He could’ve had them executed, he could’ve send Xaden to a mission and Kill him, he could’ve interrogated all of them and kill them in the process, he could’ve send them anywhere else to get them killed in a mission. But he chose Athebyne because that’s the place he knows Xaden has been trying to help, he puts the civilians he knows Xaden has been trying to help in the line of fire and makes them fight Venin, is all a big “fuck you, you wanna fight for them? Die for them” it’s not just him punishing Xaden and the marked ones for stealing weapons or arming the enemy, he is very very aware that it’s to save civilian lives, and purposefully using that to hurt and then kill them.

It’s not just him getting rid of the “traitors” it goes beyond just killing them, it’s very intentional, it’s psychological torture before he kills them.

[amanita-muscaria-lover]

"Give us a second, and keep Aetos breathing for now," -Iron Flame (chapter 36, page 323

[disn3y-land]

*SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER 27 XADEN'S POV SCROLL IF YOU HAVEN'T READ I'M SORRY TO MY NON AMERICAN FRIENDS*

I was getting so many butterflies reading chapter 27 from Xaden's pov omg. THIS MAN WAS DOWN BAD SINCE THE BEGINNING. I love Sgaeyl calling Xaden out (multiple times) I was giggling and kicking my feet the entire time.

I ALSO found it interesting how we got a little bit more insight on xaden and liam's home situation after the apostasy, and my jaw DROPPED when Xaden said something about how Lewellen was the one that raised them after the apostasy, and yet in chapter 31 of FW Liam says they were raised by Duke Trivell or something SO YES REBECCA'S RIGHT THERE ARE STILL SO MANY SECRETS XADEN IS KEEPING. why did the king think they were staying with Duke what's-his-face if they were actually with Lewellen? This helps the whole Cat plot point make much more sense if it was all a con, or if Lewellen was pretending to be the Duke guy. I hope we learn more about this in later books.

AND THE THINGS XADEN WAS THINKING ABOUT VIOLET GAVE ME HEART PALPITATIONS THIS MANNN.

HE ADMITTED THAT IT WAS PARTLY/MOSTLY? HIS FAULT THEY LEFT BASGIATH AND FLEW TO MONSURRAT (IDK HOW TO SPELL IT I'M JUST GETTING MY THOUGHTS OUT HERE) BECAUSE HE SAID HE IS AN EXCELLENT LIAR AFTER HE TOLD SOMEONE SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF 'THIS WASN'T MY FAULT' OR 'SGAYL NEEDED TO SEE TAIRN SO MUCH WE LEFT FOR HER'

AND I WAS DYING WHEN I READ SGAEYL IMITATING HIS THOUGHTS QUOTE: "Does she miss me? Is she thinking about me? Is she getting closer to Aetos?" AHGFDDHDSHSH SGAEYL THE QUEEN THAT YOU ARE PLEASE REBECCA GIVE US MORE SGAEYL I BEGG

AND HIM ROASTING DAIN THE ENTIRE CHAPTER?? HE KEPT CALLING HIM A DADDY'S BOY AND EVERY TIME DAIN SPOKE HE DESCRIBED IT AS PATHETIC AHAHAHAHA PLEASE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

AND EVERY MOMENT WITH VIOLET?? HE WANTS HER SO BADD I'M PANTING HE'S CONVINCED HE'S THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD FOR HER DO HE STAYS AWAY BUT HE'S SO PATHETICALLY IN LOVE I ATE IT ALL UP

AND WE FINALLY FOUND OUT WHERE IMOGEN WENTT THERE WERE SO MANY THEORY'S AND YES REBECCA CLEARED IT ALL UP SO WELL

AND THE SCENES BETWEEN HIM AND LIAM MADE ME WANT TO BAWL LIKE A BABY PLEASE BRING HIM BACKK I'LL DO ANYTHINGG

THESE ARE JUST MY INITIAL THOUGHTS (I'M 1000% MISSING SOMETHING I FREAKED ABOUT BUT I'M SURE I'LL MAKE MORE POSTS ABOUT IT DW)

[danikamariewrites]

The Perfect Day (smut)

Xaden Riorson x f!Reader

A/n: no thoughts just Xaden 🥰 also this is a Dain Aetos account he is truly the worst and I wish that man nothing but awful things. Also I’m so sorry if this is awkward I’m new to smut

My requests r still open!

Warnings: Smut, daddy kink (18+ only please minors dni), light choking

You noticed that Xaden seemed happy today. And he was. Because he was having a really good day. Like the perfect day. Which was rare to have at Basgiath. Between all the constant death and intense training it was hard to find someone in the school that was happy.

You started picking up on his good mood when you met him before breakfast. He was clingier than usual, but you weren’t complaining. Usually between training and classes you didn’t get to see each other much during the day. Today though, you got to see him 3 times.

During your third meeting he told you he had good news, his version of it anyway but who were you to kill his good mood. “I reworked the training schedule with leadership this morning and I made it so Garrick and I were training your squad after dinner.” He was so excited it was adorable. Who got excited about training?

The rest of the day went by without any issues. It was actually a pretty good day for you too. After dinner you headed to the training room. You were sparring with Liam and having far too much fun. You blamed Xaden, his good mood was infectious.

Dain, however, was not one for joking around when it came to sparring. He always had a stick up his ass and was far too serious. It wasn’t a secret that Xaden and Dain didn’t get along. They’re two different people who will never see eye to eye.

Liam was circling you on the mat. He charged at you, you dropped and rolled out his way. Laughing, you dive for Liam’s legs, knocking him flat in his back. You looked at each other and broke out into a fit of laughter. You hear heavy boots approaching you, as the pair of you look up you’re greeted with Dain scowling at you.

“If you two don’t start taking this shit seriously-“ “Or what Aetos?” Xaden’s voice echoed across the room. In a few strides he was standing toe to toe with Dain. You and Liam stood giving the two brooding men space in case they got violent with each other. Liam tried to push you behind him, but you brushed him off. Xaden would never hurt you.

Xaden towered over Dain, smirking he continued, “What Aetos? They can’t let loose once in a while? They’re the best we have, they’re well prepared.” Dain scoffs at him, “As Wingleader you should be making sure they’re fighting the best they can.”

Xaden was now wearing a taunting grin, “No Aetos, as squad leader you should be making sure your squad members are the best they can be. Do I need to report to leadership that you’re not performing your duties as squad leader?”

At that, Dain backed off. Before he could fully step away, Xaden grabbed his arm giving him a death glare. “If you ever take that tone with her again, I promise you, you won’t make it to third year.” Dain’s throat bobbed as he nodded, ripping his arm out of Xaden’s grasp.

Everyone was staring, holding their breath and waiting for a fight that wouldn’t come. Xaden looked around. You were staring at him, eyes gleaming. You loved how he stood up for you, how intimidating he was, especially when the recipient of that intimidation was Dain. You bit your lip and he winked at you.

“I think that’s enough for tonight.” Xaden announced. The squad began to leave and Xaden made his way over to you.

He brushed a loose piece of hair behind your ear, leaving a sensual touch down your neck. A shiver crept down your back. “Hi sweetheart.” Your face broke out into a smile, “Hi baby.” He wrapped his arm around your waist pulling you flush against his front. His other hand comes up to cradle the back of your neck, rubbing the tension that’s there. Excitement rushes through you, heating your cheeks and ears. “What’s got you hot and bothered?” “I think you know,” you purred.

Xaden lets out a breathy laugh, “Yeah but I want you to tell me.” You rolled your eyes, but you couldn’t kill his good mood. So you give him the ego boost, “Your good mood is kinda turning me on. And seeing you put Aetos in his place was really hot.”

“Yeah?” He leans in, nuzzling your nose, “Yeah.” You breathe out.

…

Xaden kicks his door open, you're in his arms heavily making out. As soon as he shuts the door you wriggle out of his arms, pushing him by the chest to sit on the bed. “What are you up to sweetheart?” The words come out breathy as you palm him through his pants. “Saying thank you.” You give him a mischievous look, dropping to your knees. He spreads his legs to make room for you.

You run your fingers lightly up and down his muscular thighs. Leaning down you place kisses up his clothed legs to his prominent bulge. Xaden moans, throwing his head back. You reach up to undo the ties of his leather pants. Xaden lifts his hips so you can pull his pants and underwear down his legs. He kicks off his boots, you tug his pants off throwing them behind you.

You take his length in your hand. As you pump your hand up and down him you feel yourself getting wet at the thought of him stretching you out. You run your thumb over the head of his cock, spreading his precum around. Xaden’s breathing is shallow, “Fuck, please y/n.” You look up at him, “please what baby?” You say teasingly.

“Please, I need your mouth.” At that you start placing kitten licks on the head of his cock. Moving to lick from the base back up to the head. Xaden growls, gathering your hair he wraps it around his fist.

Before he can yank your head closer to him, you take him in your mouth, sucking and moving your tongue best you can. Xaden lets out a loud moan, you loved it when he was vocal in bed. Bobbing your head you felt his cock twitch in your mouth signaling that he was close. “Ah, so good for me sweetheart. Fuck - you always do such a good job for me.” You moan around his cock as he comes down your throat.

You let go of him with a pop. He pulls you up by your hair grasping your jaw in his other hand. “Let me see.” He growls. Smiling you open your mouth, sticking your tongue out to show him his release. “Fuck sweetheart, you look so perfect like this. Be a good girl and swallow.” You swallow, wiping at your lips.

Standing up, you begin to strip. Throwing your clothes to join Xaden’s on the wooden floor. You climb on to his lap, kissing him and lightly pushing him to lay back. Xaden moves up to lay on the pillows, pulling you with him. He flips you over so you're on your back, never breaking the kiss.

You wrap your legs around Xaden’s waist, pulling him closer to you. “I need you,” you pant, wrapping your arms around his shoulders, clawing at his muscular back. He lets out a sound somewhere between a grunt and a whine as he teases your entrance with his cock. “Shit,” he moans, sliding into your dripping cunt, “fuck you feel so perfect, every fucking time.”

He sets a brutal pace causing your back to arch off the bed into his toned chest. The feeling of him is euphoric. He slid his cock all the way in, letting you feel all of him as he pushed his hips into yours. “Yes daddy,” you gasp out, “I need more please!”

Xaden rests his hand around your throat, his feral gaze locking with yours. “Say that again baby.” You smirk, “I need more daddy, please!” He fucks into you with abandon, the headboard smashing into the wall repeatedly. You feel yourself getting closer to your high, panting as you meet Xaden’s brutal thrusts. “Such a good girl baby, saying please for daddy.” He pants out, “you like being daddy’s good girl, don’t you.” Gods, you loved this new side of him.

Between his cock and his hand resting on your throat squeezing ever so slightly, you were in paradise. Your cunt tightens around him and you feel that coil tighten in your stomach. “Fuck, daddy, I’m going to come.” You scream. “I know princess, I can feel you, fuck. I’m almost there too. You gonna come with daddy.”

You both reach your high, Xaden’s hips slow down as you both come down. You close your eyes as Xaden slips out of you, rolling over onto his back. He caresses your cheek pulling you onto his chest, kissing the top of your head. “Wow…that was fucking amazing.” Xaden lets out a tired laugh. “That was more than amazing sweetheart, that was…there are no words for that.”

You nuzzle into his neck, humming. Your eyelids become heavy as Xaden traces soothing patterns in your back. “Sleep, sweetheart.” He whispers, “I’ll see you in the morning.”

tags: @msiecrane @auggiesolovey (I’m so sorry I haven’t tagged you in the last few fics it completely slipped my mind lol)

[anothermarkedone]

THERE’S LITERALLY NO RIDOC FICS AND I THINK THAT’S CRIMINAL! So thank you for being an absolute legend and taking requests for him 🙏🙏

I was thinking what about a Ridoc x reader who is Dain’s little sister but she’s the completely opposite of him. A Weasly twin style prankster who thinks rules are just suggestions. I’d love to see the shenanigans she and Ridoc get up too while also trying to keep their relationship a secret from Dain bc we all know he would freak out

Fourth wing pranksters

Word count: 834 Pairing: Ridoc x Aetos!reader A/N: I saw this request and was immediately inspired. They're head canons, I hope you don't mind nonnie.

Likes, comments and reblogs are greatly appreciated!

One thing was crystal clear

Under no circumstance can Dain find out about you and Ridoc

It’s bad enough that his sweet darling little sister would start dating a guy

But Ridoc?! 

The guy who’s known to be the best prankster in the entire quadrant?

Hell to the fucking no

It’s bad enough that you don’t follow the rules, no matter how much Dain and your father try

You don’t need someone to enable you and join in your behavior

Not as a classmate or as a friend and certainly not as your boyfriend

But if you play it smart, he won’t easily find out

He’s too busy drooling 🤤 over Violet, glaring daggers 😡 at Daddy Xaden 🥵 and being a stuck up rule follower

He’s literally Percy Weasley 🧑🏻‍🦰 since we’re talking about HP references

There was a silly tradition in Fourth Wing that when it’s someone's birthday🎉, they bring a snack🧁 to Battle brief

And it just so happens that Dain’s birthday was the next day

The day before his birthday, he had roped you into helping him make your grandmother's famous caramel apples

He told you that he needed your help last minute of course, so you didn’t have an excuse ready😑

The perfect opportunity for a prank, if you say so yourself🤫

When you and Dain were finally done, you wished him a happy early birthday and told him that you were going to study for a bit with Violet.

He knew that Violet was still pissed at him for reading her memories without permission, but he never expected that his sweet fragile Violet would insure that there would be retaliation

*Cue evil laughter*😈

Dain of course insisted to walk you to Violet's room, to make sure you were safe, he claimed, definitely not to maybe see Violet🤡

You walked into Violets room (or rather, Violet pulled you through the wards that 💪🏻overprotective 🥵Daddy Xaden installed)

You used your signet to see through the wall and waited until you saw Dain walk away

The second he was gone, you slipped out of Violet’s room and into Ridoc’s, who was already dead asleep😴

You climbed on top of him and settled in his lap

Of course, he’s a horny bastard and had other activity ideas🥵

You promised him whatever he wanted after he helped you🤭

He was 100% in after you explained your plan, as if he wasn’t already after your spicy promise😏

You two sneaked into the kitchens

You two went to make another batch of ‘caramel apples’ but oh no😱! there are no apples left😥!

Guess you two have to use the onions…😈

While you started making your grandmother’s caramel sauce, he went to peel the onions

It was one hell of a job to get it done before battle brief, especially since your promise didn’t do anything to lessen Ridoc’s horniness

There were a lot of steamy kisses and inappropriate touches🤤

But Ridoc’s ice signet 🥶 came in handy when the ‘apples’ were done and they had to be cool enough so that it seemed that they had cooled down during the night

You two sneaked the actual caramel apples 🍎 into your room to snack on later

Then you went to battle brief

Once you two were seated with your squad, Dain came in with the tasty onions🧅

He handed them out to professor Kaori, professor Devera and, to your slight horror, even to major Varrish

When Dain handed them out to your squad, you quickly warned them not to eat them🙊

The whole time, you and Ridoc had trouble to keep from bursting out in laughter🤣

Professor Kaori had just started battle brief, everyone’s apple temporarily forgotten in favor of taking notes, when major Varrish suddenly leaped from his chair with an angry shout🤬

Pieces of onion falling from his mouth🤮

Ridoc’s hand squeezed your inner thigh, as if that would keep him from bursting out in laughter

Varrish demanded to know who did it

Of course Dain was his first suspect, but professor Kaori pointed out that it was not something Dain would do😯

Everyone checked their own apples and found onions under the thick layer of caramel

Bodhi subtly suggested that one of the first years could have a signet that can change objects, which would make sense, since the first years had only just bonded their dragons, so they have no control over their signet🙄

And thus, Varrish’s rage turned on the first years

He ordered everyone to leave, except the first years and Dain

You shot your horrified brother a (hopefully) comforting look 😬

As soon as your squad was out of the room, Ridoc grabbed your hand

In his other hand, he held his onion and he was busy licking the caramel from the vegetable🤢

Sawyer laughed that he was disgusting, Violet was satisfied with her small petty revenge and Rhiannon was shaking her her head while mumbling how she was stuck with idiots

Ridoc gave your friends an innocent wave, before dragging you off to fulfill that promise that you made.🥵

[dearaliya]

Iron Flame: A Prelude, Romance Edition

Dear Aliya,

I am VIBRATING out of my SKIN.

So, Iron Flame releases soon and I am highly excited, as is everyone! But with that excitement comes ever so slight fear. A lot has been said about the main leads of the book Violet and Xaden being in such a good (good???) place in their relationship so early on in the series. Why? Well, when you're promised a slow burn enemies to lovers and those enemies are already lovers in a five-book series you can't help but wonder if the fire we saw burning was the wrong fire. We can comfortably say that the enemy in question is probably not Jack, which I can absolutely live with, but that then leaves us a few options.

Shall we dot point?

Xaden Riorson What's he doing here? A fair question, I am sincerely hoping that in her anger Violet is counting him as her enemy once again. It'll take a lot of winning her over, but I think our guy can do it! I am cheering in the bleachers for our resident shadow daddy to pull himself up by the bootstraps and win his girl back.

And, we're in the lead gang! We know their dragons are mated, which puts us... uh... Xiolence (we'll workshop) fans in a pretty good position and let's be real, Xaden confessed that he'd been in love with Violet for a long time.

In saying that, I can think of a handful of other male love interests that were this deeply in love and it took them right off the deep end. I can't tell if it's the author hammering us over the head that he's still very in love with her or if he's turning into a man possessed with lust.

See where the stress comes from?

Dain Aetos This guy again. Look, I don't love the situation on our hands here but I've since taken a closer look. He's fitting enemies to lovers at the moment as well as childhood friends, I don't think Dain has dropped out of the race just yet. Violet has given him second and third chances, a fourth is not out of the question.

The only issue I can see is that he's a mind reader and a snitch in a world where Violet now has the biggest secret ever.

Oh, and he's a dick, so two issues.

A secret third option I've been shaking my brain like a snowglobe to watch all the brain cells swirl around for a thought and I've managed to have one. We know the Gryphon riders aren't the bad guys, Violet might need just a biiiiiiit more convincing. You know who might be the one to convince her? Whatever Gryphon rider is feeling up to the task to try and romance the girl with the dragon tattoo (and silver hair).

It's not quite enemies, but I've read stories where the enemies in question were less enemies and more two people who didn't like each other for a hot second so we seem to just be slapping the label on any old ship dynamic.

Ah well, just a few more days and we'll have a whole book to inhale and discuss further!

Nothing more comes to mind, so I appreciate you listening to my thoughts. I’ll see you next time, stay well!

Hannah xx

[aldensirius]

❛ i am very small and i have no money, so you can imagine the kind of stress that i’m under. ❜ //modern

I wouldn't put too much thought into it, Viv. Just tell Aetos you need some money for... Oh, I don't know 'something sick' and I'm sure he'd fork over several hundred thousand. That, or call him... shudders 'sugar daddy' or something.

As for the small part, well... I can't help with that. Unless you want some math problems to solve for seratonin's sake.

[alexthepartyman]

Fine Line

I’m hoping.

“Fuck you, I’m not the tie-dye king!” I proclaim, pulling my knee up to my chest.

“Says the boy wearing tie-dye,” Lilly jokes, stretching her shoulders across her chest. “When are you coming back full time?”

“After Thanksgiving Break. I think I’m fine. Hey, is Connor doing okay?” 

“Yeah. You think we’ll be on the same team?”

“Well, we gotta figure out how they’re choosing.” I bend down, touching the floor with my fingertips. “If it’s birth month again, we should be good...oh, shit, it’s hockey.” My smile grows as Mr Hubert sets out the hockey nets. 

“Oh, fuck yeah,” Jasmine adds. “And you got Edmonton, nice. Ooh, it’s Gretzky, too.” 

“You know I only worship gods,” I joke. “And Oveckhin is not a god.” 

“You don’t ever wear Caps.”

“Well, yeah, the Caps are bullshit, only teams I hate more are the Penguins, the Flyers, the Flames, and the Rangers. I better get ahold of Pedro and make sure I’m a centre.” 

“Yo, Gretzky, it’s middle school, not the Stanley cup,” Jasmine jokes. 

“Oh, you got jokes?” I tease. “You got jokes, Aetos?” 

“You three! Team up! Seventh vs eighth!

“Later, dude. Try to not get your ass kicked. Vaqueros, we got this,” I say as we head over to the hockey stick pin, pulling out two plastic sticks and taking a centre spot. 

“This isn’t real hockey, Gretzky. This is a shitty gym floor.” 

“You should really see what shit is,” I retort. We start the game, I slam the puck across the floor and run after it, immediately ramming into someone to hit the puck towards the goal. We run around the gym, and I see the puck going towards our goal. Shit! Defense won’t get that! I easily pivot and dash over, slamming my side into the wall as I swing my stick, sending the puck away. I feel the reverberation through my body, but I just shake it off. Can’t be that bad. Can’t be that bad. I’m good. I’m good. I make my way to the other side of the gym as the puck slides my direction. Pedro runs towards the puck, and we swing, our sticks smashing up against each other as my body collides with his, before I end up on the floor with an aching head. Ow, fuck! Fuck! Oh, god. Oh, god. I just did it again. Did I just get another concussion? Who’s the president? What month is it? Uh, uh, uh, shit. Shit, shit. Shit. That...that’s hot. Is that the sun? I open my eyes immediately shut them again, the feeling in my back slowly returns to me. Jesus, that light hurts. I am staring into the...no...that’s not the sun...I...I’m in a gym...yeah...how did I get down here?  I pull myself up onto my feet, using the stick as a support, as well as Pedro helping me up. 

“You good?”

“Yeah,” I grimace, my hands on my knees. “Just, give me...just give me a minute…” I bend back up, before my knees buckle underneath me, and my eyes roll into my skull.

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I grimace as the pain returns, I can’t pinpoint where it is.

“Oh, hey, he’s back. Hey, Jamie. You wanna tell us what happened?” Someone asks from above me. I weakly reach for my ears, my eyes, my eyes burn, I gasp for air, my mouth not moving. Pedro! Pedro! Pedro! Pedro...was it Pedro? Dark skin...dark skin…”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Rossi, breathe. How far away are they?” 

“Five minutes. Jamie, it’s Mrs Sykkuno, no, no. Don’t hit yourself, you’re already hurt pretty bad.” 

“How did you two not notice?” A gentle hand grabs my arm and rotates it away from my head. 

“He’s in here. We didn’t move him. We called his family, one of his guardians will meet you there, an SSA Aaron Hotchner.”

“Daddy…” I whisper. 

“Do we know what happened?”

“No, he was unconscious.” 

“For how long?”

“Twenty-ish minutes.” Twenty minutes? Twenty minutes? Twenty minutes?! I could have sworn I sat for like three seconds. 

“Mu...mu-mu-mu…” I struggle to speak. 

“Hey, it’s gonna be okay. My name is Michelle, we’re gonna take care of you. It looks like you got hit pretty bad, do you remember what happened?”

“...fell...crashed...someone...”

“It’s okay, it’s okay….no...Jamie…” Her voice fades away again into the midst of the ringing. “Jamie, stay with me. Get him on the stretcher now. Are there any drug allergies we should know about? Don’t move your head.” I feel something rigid and tight become attached to my neck. “Are you on any medications?”

“Yeah, Nurse Thatcher has his list.” 

“Are there any conditions we should know about?”

“I think I should escort him. We called his father and Aaron…” I let out a whine, slowly moving my fingers. 

“That’s good, that’s good. We’re gonna load him up right now. I need you to hold his neck straight and keep his spine aligned.” I whine as someone places their hands on my neck, on my back. “This is going to hurt a lot, Jamie, and I’m sorry…” I harshly gasp for air as something gets placed on my face. “It’s okay, it’s okay, we need you to stay calm.” My eyelids fly open, and I stare into the white oblivion, before letting every muscle fall limp again. Help me. 

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I stir awake to the sound of repeated beeping and hushed voices, something rubbing against my face, a hand holding mine. “His hand’s so small,” a man heartily chuckles. “Jason, should we be bringing him out into the field with us? He’s just a baby.” 

“He’s fourteen, Hotch, and you know he’s intensely interested in what we do.”

“It’s not safe out there. Elle and Reid were nearly shot a couple of days ago.”

“He doesn’t go far with us, anyways. This wasn’t our fault, Hotch. This is like when he was eight, and he got that concussion from football, or when he got kicked in the head, or when he took that football to the head...god, how many concussions has he had?” I slowly blink my eyes, leaving them closed, and weakly turning my head towards Aaron’s voice.

“Hey, Jamie, how was your nap?” Aaron asks me. “We’re glad you’re back.”

“I got here as soon as I could. He’s awake?” I hear Dad ask from across the room. 

“Aa...y…” I softly whine, feeling the familiar coarseness of Dad’s hands on my skin.

“Hey, mio caro ragazzo. How are you doing?” He gently asks. “Jason, go get Jenny and the doctor. Did you get hurt again, JJ? Huh?” Dad coos, gently stroking my scalp. “You can tell me what happened to him, Aaron. I’m his father.”

“We haven’t gotten anything yet. The principal rode with him to keep an eye on him, but I haven’t seen him since, he said he’d come back after the school day ends with any new knowledge of what happened.”

“You should go home, Aaron.” I hear a female voice say.

“You’re right, Jen. I’ll be back in the morning before work.” Aaron says. I slowly blink my eyes open, seeing little lights sparkling in the dark room. “Hey, there. You’re awake. I was about to go home to Haley and Jack.” He smiles down at me, gently rubbing my head. “I’m gonna go home now, Mr Johnson should be by soon to check on you. He rode along with you in the ambulance.”

“Woo-woo?” I ask. 

“Yeah, the woo-woo,” Dad replies. I look over to him, his brown eyes gently smiling down at me. 

“Aaa...aaadd...addy…” I whine. 

“Ssshh, it’s okay.” I turn my head back over to Jenny as she takes my vitals. “Jenny, how are you and the baby?”

“We’re good, good, everything is fine. How are you doing?” Bright light, bright light, bright light. “Do you know where you re right now?” I quickly sign ‘yes’ and spell out ‘h-o’ before I trail off, trying to think of the next letter. 

“I’d be better if my son wasn’t lying in a hospital bed with no idea what happened to him.”

“Of course. His vitals are good for right now, we’re gonna do some more testing, and then the neurosurgeon will come in and discuss what he thinks should be done now.” Neurosurgeon? “My shift ends at seven, so I will be available until then. I will call Aaron and tell him to get his ass down here, I’m sure he’ll tell the rest of the family. I’m going to write down a list of the entire team assigned to him so you guys have it, so you won’t worry about anybody not knowing his history and his conditions, and the team will know that only you guys, his school team, his family, and his therapists will have access to him.” 

“Thank you, Jenny.”

“Of course. You guys are family. Are you still awake, huh? Are you still awake, Jamie?” Jenny asks, and I open my eyes again and give her a goofy smile. “You’re such a brave boy, yes, you are. Yes, you are. Haley and Jack came by earlier, and so your blanket and turtle are here. Do you know what happened to you?” I close my eyes and try to think, prompting a headache very quickly. “You were hit in the head very badly, Jamie, and it’s okay if you don’t remember.” 

“Seepy...seepy...seepy…” 

“I know, ragazzo, I know. You’ll get to go back to sleep soon, I promise.” 

“But I’m afraid that’s not right now. You’re back again, Jamie, and you’ve done worse this time.” A man says. “Mr Rossi, I thought we were taking it easy.”

“Another school accident. Nobody knows what happened this time. He hasn’t been able to respond much.” 

“He woke back up in the ambulance and then he fell asleep again in the middle of the CT scans. He broke his nose pretty good, along with some facial bones. We just did what we could with our team until the specialist we called gets here from Los Angeles. He’s an amazing plastic surgeon, don’t worry. We just want to make sure Jamie’s face is fixed properly, you get me?”

“Yeah, I get you.” I let my eyes close, and a finger ghosts over my nose and face. 

“The fracture is mostly the nose, but it does span the cheeks, and I worry about the eyes. There were also breaks in the forehead, and as you can see, I’m not actually touching his face, I don’t think he would like it, and it might make this situation worse. The most significant injuries were the nose, and the back of the skull. As you can see, we took out some of the skull to drain out his brain, there was a lot of blood and fluid, and we don’t like blood and fluid floating around in the brain, that is not good.” The doctor says. “We’re leaving a drain in there in case there is more, but we put the skull back.”

“I agree with everything you’re doing, Doctor. I have heard that the school principal, Mr Johnson, is coming by, he’s investigating what happened. How much blood was lost?”

“More than what we would have liked, we have been doing transfusions. We can get a nurse in here so you don’t have to leave him while prepping a bag of blood for him. Of course, we will instate the highest level of security we can for him, and the entire team has been briefed on how to properly handle Jamie, but I will do it again if you feel it is necessary. It also helps that Jenny is here. Call for me when Mr Johnson arrives, I want to discuss with him how to prevent this from happening again and what the school can do for him when he returns...oh...oh...don’t touch your face…” the doctor says, gently pulling my hand away from my face.

“We’re doing what we can, Dave. He’ll be alright.” 

“Gonna wrap him in bubble wrap, just like his brothers,” I hear Dad retort, and I whine at him. “Yes, bubble wrap. You and your brothers, Aaron and Eddie, you three need bubble wrap.” 

“Don’t I know it,” Jenny laughs. “I’m gonna need so much bubble wrap to deal with him and the baby.” 

“Ba….ba...ba...ba...by?” I ask.

“Yeah. Your brother and I are going to have a baby. And they’re gonna be a menace if they’re anything like him and you.” 

“Aaa...aaddy…”

“Mr Johnson, hello. I just saw you last month at the parent teacher conferences.” 

“Yes, yes, yes. Tight ship you guys run here. Doctor Sinclair, Mrs Wallace.” 

“Mr Johnson, hello. Do you know what happened?”

“I brought along a student who may know what happened, and Jamie’s friends have been dying to see him. Mr Meza, please be careful. This is Pedro, he was in the gym when Jamie was hit.” A bright light floods my eyes again, dark skin in front of me. 

“No, no, no, no, no, no, Jamie. Jamie, stay down.” Dad says, pushing me back down. I force my eyes open and cry out. 

“Eeeeh...ehhh...ehhh...ehh…” 

“Pedro, I...I...I advised he shouldn’t come, I’m sorry. He was really concerned.”

“It was an accident. I didn’t see Jamie approaching me - or…” I give him a big smile. “He’s not mad?” I’m trying to piece together what happened...did he hit me? 

“I’m sure he’ll understand you didn’t mean it. Here, here, come say hi.” My hand weakly shoots to the side as Dad pulls away. “I’m here, just someone coming to say hello. Here, Pedro, take his hand, it’s okay. He’ll squeeze as tight as he can. Jamie, someone from school came to visit you. His name is Pedro, he’s in some of your classes.” An unfamiliar touch hesitantly arrives, and I cling on as well as I can. 

“Hi, Jamie. I just wanted to say that I’m sorry, I should have seen you there, and I shouldn’t have left you like that.” 

“I….I….wha…”

“Does he remember what happened?” 

“He said he fell and crashed into someone.”

“He crashed into me, trying to get the puck away from me, and I...he told me to give him a minute, but I didn’t see the blood until he fell. I’m sorry, sir, truly, I am.”

“It’s okay, Pedro. Accidents happen. He’s going to be okay, he’s a fighter.” I squeeze Pedro’s hand before letting go, his hand slowly leaves mine, Dad’s hand returns. 

“I’m gonna go, now. I should head home. Thank you, for letting me see him.”

“Of course. Agent Greenaway will escort you out and take you home. You’re not in trouble, Pedro, it was an accident.” The room falls silent for a few moments.

“You can go back to sleep, we’ll wake you up when Dr Nassif gets here.” 

“Saaayyyyy….ssaay…” I whine, reaching for Dad.

“Of course. I wouldn’t leave you. Ti amo così tanto, Jamie.” 

“Tiiii….ammooo…” I smile, letting myself fall limp. 

“He’s not sleeping.” 

“How can you tell?” Mr Johnson asks.

“Half of my grey hairs are watching him sleep in hospital beds, praying he’d make it through the night. His breathing pattern hasn’t changed yet, and he doesn’t sleep without music.” I feel my blanket being adjusted and my turtle being placed in my arms. “Nor does he sleep without his blanket and turtle.” Dad gently kisses a part of my head that isn’t damaged. “He’s a special boy, Tom.” 

“Of course. He’s fourteen?” 

“Surely, you know autistic kids are vastly different.”

“Of course. Mrs Sykkuno should be on her way in, she stopped to talk to Jamie’s friends in the waiting room.” 

“His friends are here? Why didn’t they go straight home?”

“I don’t know. Dr Roman had Lilly and Jasmine all day, they were in no condition to go on with the day. Rumours flew, and we ended up having a bunch of inconsolable kids.” 

“Send them home.” 

“Of course.”

“Oh, is he okay?” I hear another voice enter the conversation.

“He’s surviving. Mrs Sykkuno, I presume?”

“Yes. You guys run a tight ship here.”

“This is a military hospital. Jenny, would you please go inform Jamie Rossi’s friends that they should head home, and then go do your rounds?” 

“Yes, of course. Mrs Sykkuno, it’s lovely to meet you. I’m Jen Wallace, Jamie’s lead nurse.” 

“Oh, please call me Charlotte, you all can.” I smile at her voice, she always sounds so happy and lovely. “Agent Rossi, these are from some of the Special Ed students at the school. They really love him.” 

“Of course. Thank you, I’m sure Jamie will love these. He’s doing okay, tell the kids he’ll make it out of this.”

“If there is anything we can do, you just let us know.” 

“Thank you. This is Dr Sinclair, he is the head neurosurgeon here at Walter Reed.” 

“I was just telling Agent Rossi about the injuries Jamie has sustained. There is a very complicated facial fracture spanning across his face, but it is mostly his nose and his skull. I would pay attention to his eyes, the area of his brain where he took the most impact is the lobe in the back of the brain, where all the vision is processed…”

[alliehew]

Thoughts on Daddy Aetos being a venin sympathizer/double agent ??

Daddy Aetos is truly fucking evil.

He could’ve had them executed, he could’ve send Xaden to a mission and Kill him, he could’ve interrogated all of them and kill them in the process, he could’ve send them anywhere else to get them killed in a mission. But he chose Athebyne because that’s the place he knows Xaden has been trying to help, he puts the civilians he know Xaden has been trying to help in the line of fire and makes them fight Venin, is all a big “fuck you, you wanna fight for them? Die for them” it’s not just him punishing Xaden and the marked ones for stealing weapons or arming the enemy, he is very very aware that it’s to save civilian lives, and purposefully using that to hurt and then kill them.

It’s not just him getting rid of the “traitors” it goes beyond just killing them, it’s very intentional, it’s psychological torture before he kills them.