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angeldrawsstuffs · 10 months ago
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I designed myself a Dreamzzz sona!
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Fun fact: I can use a bostaff
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alilgayavocado · 2 months ago
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These are all from different points in time, but when making them I was on the fence about sharing as I didn't really interact with other Dreamzzz fans. Post-season two I fear I am in too deep to not yap. This show has my heart so take a sona intro page that was meant to mimic the format of the Dreamchasers' S1 profiles, a much more recent but still pre-season-2 doodle page with my dream creature buddy and possible hourglass, and the og concept doodles I did back when I first finished season one.
(Credit to the Bone comics for being HEAVY inspiration for said creature)
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fishgir12 · 1 month ago
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Logan Logan Logan and a Me
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Plus a dreamzzz Sona doodle
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snowydragon10 · 1 year ago
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If we're making Dreamzzz-sonas, consider-!
Why don't we take it a step further and base it on something that we ourselves have dreamt of?
(That is if you remember your dreams, no pressure to do this)
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mythicalmagical-monkeyman · 1 month ago
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First multi chap fic for dreamzzz 👍👍 again full thing under the cut :3
1: you are here. 2 3 4 5 6 7
Summary:
The kids Halloween day starts out pretty normal but as things are uncovered an old foe of the Night Bureau come back to ruin a perfectly good Halloween and put our Dream Chasers in a tricky corner Because how are they going to defeat a super powered villain in the Waking World ??
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epic the musical references. Halloween, Halloween Costumes. Aged-Up Character(s), Mateo and co are in high school. Swearing. Sort of minor Cooper/Mateo, they’re there but it’s no where near the focus. Logan has DID. lots of dialogue first chapter. headcanons. Alternate Universe. Minor Violence. Bit of bullying in first chapter. Other Additional Tags to Be Added. No Beta we die like the Jawbreakers
Mateo was rummaging through his locker, carefully placing what he would need for the school day inside next to Z-Blob when he heard a clang from the locker next to him. 
Curious Mateo peaked his head around his locker door and found Logan leaning against the other locker dressed in a Sonic the Hedgehog onesie, hood up instead of wearing his cap, and sneakers on his feet. 
“Seriously bro? Your Dream Sona?” Logan questioned. 
Mateo glanced down at himself. He had chosen to dress in a makeshift replica of his Dream World clothes for Halloween so currently he had a green cape, belt, and cardboard hourglass on his figure. 
“You’re one to talk,” Mateo shot back playfully, “You’re blue,” 
“I’ll have you know this isn’t even my real costume,” Logan protested, pushing himself off the locker, “We built a Master Chief Halo cosplay that I was going to wear but then my moms wouldn’t let me because they said it was “too violent” so I couldn’t bring it to school, but just you wait when trick-or-treating time rolls around we’se gonna be wearing that bad boy.” 
Mateo couldn’t help the snort that escaped him as he closed his locker and locked it, “Ok but why Sonic?” 
Logan grinned, “Because we’re both cool, blue, and we gotta-“ 
Logan was cut off as Izzie sprang out from behind him and yelled, “GOTTA GO FAST!” 
“AGH!” Logan jumped in surprise and Mateo snickered.  
Izzie was dressed up as Anya from Spy x Family so she had two cone-looking things pinned in her hair which she had styled to look like Anya’s, and she wore a black dress with gold details. 
With a chuckle, Izzie said, “Oooo, nice Sonic costume Logan, it suits you.” 
Logan swallowed and seemed to calm himself before accepting Izzie’s compliment, “Thanks, but it’s not as cool as our Halo cosplay we have at home.” 
Izzie gasped as she made a shocked Pikachu face, “Halo cosplay!?” 
Logan nodded and then went on to explain to Izzie how he wasn’t allowed to bring it to school as he pulled out his phone to show her pictures of his cosplay. 
Mateo returned his attention to his backpack and Z-Blob. He gave Z a small “See you soon buddy,” and a wave goodbye as Z gave a squish -sounding noise before Mateo zipped his bag halfway up. Cautiously, Mateo then slipped his backpack on to not wreck his costume or jostle Z-Blob. 
As Mateo took a step back with the new weight settled on his back he felt someone come up behind him. 
“I didn’t expect to come to school today and see Logan in his pajamas,” The person muttered as if he only wanted Mateo to hear and Mateo felt his mood brighten as it clicked that Cooper was the one standing behind him. 
Mateo chuckled as he tilted his head back to try and see Cooper, “They’re his pajamas?” 
“Yeah, I’ve been over to their house enough times to know,” Cooper said, chuckling slightly as he slid up beside Mateo and sheepishly held his hand out for the other to take. 
Mateo hesitated, unsure if he’d get into any trouble with the teachers for holding Cooper’s hand but at the last second he grabbed it as Cooper started to pull his hand away. 
Cooper flexed his hand and then squeezed Mateo’s hand. Mateo gave a shy squeeze back only to catch the appalled look Izzie was giving him. 
“COOPER!” Izzie yelled, just as Mateo was about to ask his sister what was up with the look. 
“Hm?” Cooper hummed. 
Izzie gestured at him wildly while Logan’s eyes widened for a second only for him to shake his head in disappointment. 
“You’re not wearing a costume!” Izzie pointed out. 
“Ah, yeah I couldn’t think of anything,” Cooper admitted, rubbing at the back of his neck. Mateo turned slightly and looked Cooper over. He did indeed not have a costume on, just sweatpants and a red hoodie. 
Logan cocked his head to the side in confusion, “Come on bro, you didn’t want to be like one of those racers you like, or like Tails!? We could’ve matched!” 
“Um, nope,” 
“Bro!” Logan exploded, “Come on, even Zoey wore a costume!” He pointed out, gesturing towards Zoey as she walked past the group. 
Zoey stopped and turned to join the group. She wore black leggings, a black shirt with one or two rips in it with the image of a bird being shot with an arrow on the front, which was underneath a black leather jacket that had a few pins and patches on it. She also wore combat boots, fingerless gloves, a yellow belt, and a domino mask tied around her head. 
“I’m not wearing a costume,” Zoey said. 
Logan turned and squinted, looking Zoey over, “Ain’t you like Batgirl or someone though?” 
Zoey blankly turned her gaze towards him, “I’m Black Canary,” 
Logan jumped excitedly and pointed a finger at Zoey, “Aha! See,” he exclaimed before moving his finger to point at Cooper. Cooper frowned. 
Mateo gave Cooper’s hand another squeeze, “I didn’t think you’d wear a costume this year Zoey,” 
Zoey crossed her arms casually, “If I’d had known Cooper was going to wuss out and not wear one I wouldn’t have,” 
“Hey!” Cooper protested trying to defend himself, “I didn’t wuss out,” 
Logan smirked victoriously and crossed his arms too as if he was mimicking Zoey, “Then where’s your costume bro?”  
Cooper opened and closed his mouth a few times, trying to think of something, “I-uh,” 
Izzie gasped suddenly causing all of the older teens to turn towards her. Izzie’s eyes were wide and full of mischief like she had just thought of the funniest prank ever, “I GOT IT,” 
Mateo squinted, “Got what Izzie?” 
Izzie took a step forward and held a hand out towards Logan, “Sunglasses me,” 
Without even questioning it, Logan pulled a pair of sunglasses out of the front pocket of his onesie and handed them over to Izzie wordlessly. Humming a “Thanks,” at Logan, Izzie skipped over to Cooper and stood on her tippy-toes to put them on Cooper, failing of course when the arms of the sunglasses ended up poking Cooper in the face instead of properly sliding on. Cooper grunted and took the sunglasses from Izzie to put them on without so he wouldn’t get poked again. 
Proudly, Izzie took a step back and spread her hands wide in Cooper’s direction like she was showing him off to Logan and Zoey, “Tada! Cooper now has a costume! He’s a celebrity hiding from paparazzi!” 
A grin split Logan’s face as he clapped his hands together in quick succession, “Oooo, smart,” 
Cooper hung his head as if he was embarrassed, “Is this really necessary?” 
“Yes,” Izzie insisted instantly. 
“Ok,”  
Mateo watched his friends and sister for a second, amused, as Izzie and Logan began to spitball ideas for which celebrity specifically Cooper was before leaning back to look around Cooper where he locked eyes with Zoey. Zoey shrugged as if she was just as confused about the list of celebrities Logan was running off which caused Mateo to giggle. 
“So, I take it you’re not going trick-or-treating,” Mateo assumed. 
Zoey shook her head, “Nope, I’m helping Mrs. C prep her food truck for winter,” 
Logan briefly stopped his list to comment, “Ew, working on a holiday,” 
“Eh, I offered to help, not a big deal.” 
For a second a frown came to Mateo’s face, “Guess you won't be over for movie night then,” 
Zoey shrugged and dropped her arms to her side to rest them on her hips, “Yep,” 
“Us neither,” Logan mentioned, shrugging his shoulder in Izzie’s direction. His attention was most definitely split between the two conversations happening. 
Mateo blinked and turned his head back towards the others, “What?” 
Izzie half rolled her eyes before punching Logan harshly in the side which caused him to yelp.
“Logan’s taking me and Nova trick-or-treating,” she admitted. 
Mateo couldn’t help himself from gapping, “Wha-why Logan!?” 
“What’d I do?” Logan asked, glancing back and forth between the two Garcia siblings. 
“Well, Dad said I had to have one of you older kids go with us,” 
“But Logan? You could’ve asked me,” Mateo protested, letting go of Cooper’s hand to gesture at Logan and then his own self. 
Why would Logan be taking them? Between Izzie and Nova, they had plenty of other people to choose from to go with them.
Izzie walked over and wrapped an arm around his shoulders before explaining in a low voice, “I just didn’t want to take you out of your comfort zone Broseph, I know you hate going outside for Halloween. What with all the creepies and people and stuff,” 
“Oh,” Mateo mumbled, that … made sense he supposed. It was nice of Izzie of course, he just still couldn’t believe she’d asked Logan to go with them. As much as he had changed over the years he was still Logan. 
As Izzie let go, Mateo re-entered Cooper’s personal space bubble and watched as the blond tugged at his fingers trying to crack them. “Guess that means it’ll just be you and me,” Cooper mentioned, “watching horror movies, alone … together,” 
A sound that Mateo could only describe as ‘squiem’came from Mateo’s backpack and Cooper jumped a little only to recover and peek into Mateo’s backpack to see the source of the sound. 
“Oh and Z-Blob,” he added. 
Mateo let the snickers coming from Izzie and Logan slide and only shook his head. 
“Well, well, well,” The silly and happy mood of the group quickly dropped as the third bane of all of their existence walked up to the group, grinning coldly. Jared Moretti, Logan and Dallas’s ex-best friend, but unlike the both of them, Jared had yet to realize bullying people wasn’t cool or funny like he seemed to think it was. 
He wore his usual attire, a black beanie over his greasy brown hair, a blue New York Yankees baseball jersey, and jeans, no costume in sight. Knowing him that tracked. 
“If it isn’t the freak squad,” Jared went on, “of course the lot of you were lame enough to wear costumes to school, so childish.” 
Smirking, Logan asked, “Freak squad? What are you nine bro?” 
Jared stopped short and let out some undignified sputters, “You- YOU’RE WEARING COSTUMES TO SCHOOL!” 
“Because it’s Halloween Hared,” Izzie responded calmly, her accent coming out a little and causing her to pronounce ‘Jared’ with a ‘h’ sound instead of ‘j’ , “it’s the normal thing to do,” 
“I-uh-WELL IT'S LAME,” Jared protested, going red in the face as Izzie reached over to fist bump Logan, “all of you and your costumes are lame, especially yours,” 
Mateo’s heart dropped as Jared turned his sneer toward him, “What are you even supposed to be? A snot-themed superhero?” 
Mateo couldn’t help but wince and took a step back to hide himself a bit more behind Cooper as Cooper sighed like he was entirely done with Jared’s bull crap. 
“And this is why I didn’t want to wear a costume,” Cooper muttered. Mateo cast a sad look up at him and grabbed his hand again and in response Cooper smiled down at him as he reached over to pat Mateo on the head. 
“Yeah! Captain Boogers, made from the mucus slime of the sewers!” Jared teased meanly. 
Izzie let out a growl-like sound as she glared at Jared. Logan also looked equally as annoyed as Cooper but he quickly started to look enraged as Jared walked past Zoey and shoved her causing her to stumble backward a bit. 
Jared laughed, so full of himself and his sad excuse of a bullying attempt that he completely missed as Cooper casually stuck out his foot which Jared tripped over and then fell to the ground with an, “AH!” 
Jared landed harshly on his front and groaned.  
Mateo tugged harshly on Cooper’s hand, dragging the blond down slightly so he was at Mateo's height, yet this did nothing to disperse the victorious smile on Cooper’s face. 
“Cooper!” Mateo hissed. 
“Whhhaaaaat?” Cooper drawled out, faking innocence that was the final tipping point that led to Logan barking out a laugh. 
“I know he sucks but you didn’t need to trip him,” 
“It’s just a little payback,” Cooper insisted, clenching his free hand into a fist as his smile wavered. 
“Cooper!” 
“Fine!” Cooper finally caved, he stood back up to his full height and tilted his head towards Jared who was just beginning to recover from his fall, “Hey, sorry Jared, there. Better?” He asked, turning back to Mateo. 
As forced as Cooper’s apology had been Mateo accepted it begrudgingly, “Por los libros de medicina de mi padre,” He grumbled as he facepalmed into his free hand and Izzie let out an amused snort. 
“Mr. Oaks!” Jared yelled, pushing himself up onto his forearms as Mr. Oaks, the main math teacher for the juniors, walked past in a giant inflatable dinosaur costume, “Cooper tripped me!” 
Mr. Oaks stopped and readjusted his glasses as he took in the group. He then sighed and rubbed at the bridge of his nose as he seemed to mutter, “God help me,” under his breath. 
Zoey moved out of the way and headed over to stand beside Logan as Mr. Oaks took a step towards Jared where he held down a hand to help him up only for it to be swatted away. With a frown Mr. Oaks rubbed at his hand before switching his attention to reprimand Cooper, whose hand was beginning to grow sweaty, “Cooper, you know tripping your classmates isn’t good student behavior,” 
“What!? I didn’t trip him, he just… ran into my foot,” Cooper insisted. 
“Cooper,” Mr. Oaks warned, taking a clipboard and pen out of somewhere to begin to write on it, “I’m afraid I’m going to have to write you up a note to take to the principal,” 
“I-“ Cooper’s face fell as he hung his head in shame, “yes Mr. Oaks,” 
Mateo felt the grip on his hand loosen and the school rules on PDA quickly came rushing back to him. Mateo was seconds away from letting go when Logan suddenly lurched forward and grabbed Cooper by the wrist. 
“Dude! Run!” With a violent yank, Logan pulled Cooper away from Mateo before hauling him down the hall. Once the pair reached the hallway t-intersection Logan put the brakes on so he could shove Cooper to the side and around the corner where they disappeared from view. 
By the time Mr. Oaks managed to react, the two were already long gone, “Ay? Hey! Cooper! Logan! No running in the halls!” and without so much as another word to Jared, Mr. Oaks hurried down the hall after Logan and Cooper, his blow up dinosaur costume bouncing goofily.  
“Ugh,” Jared grumbled as he managed to stagger to his feet. He shot both Izzie and Zoey a dirty look before flipping Mateo the birdy and storming off past Dallas, who had just walked into the area, like his entire day had just been ruined. 
Mateo cringed as Izzie wondered aloud, “Why’s Jared always gotta be so moody?” 
“Maybe he’s a closeted theater kid,” Zoey responded in a dry tone so Mateo wasn’t sure if she was joking or not. 
“PFFFF,” Izzie seemed to have taken it as a joke. 
Dallas, who was dressed in an extremely white fluffy shirt, wolf gloves, and a headband with wolf ears attached to them, blew out a puff of air as he walked over to stand beside Zoey, “I can’t believe I invited that jerk over to my party,” 
Mateo squinted in confusion, “You didn’t have too?” 
Dallas deflated slightly and went on to scuff at the ground with his shoe, “His parents and mine are besties, as soon as my mom heard about my party she put him on the top of the list so my hands are kind of tied,” 
“Gross,” Izzie commented. 
“Yeah, yeah, I wouldn’t mind it as much if he wasn’t still such a bully,” Dallas grit out, “he hasn’t matured at allsince like grade four,” 
“ You’ve matured a lot Dallas,” Mateo mentioned. 
Dallas paused for a second, “Thank Mateo,” he said carefully, “I suppose you guys aren’t coming over to my party though,” 
“Yep! We got plans!” Izzie nodded aggressively as she informed Dallas. 
Mateo hugged his backpack strap, “I’m watching horror movies with Cooper,” 
Dallas snorted, “Oooh, scandalous,” 
“Dallas!” Mateo hoped he wasn’t blushing. 
Dallas chuckled as Izzie butt in to tell him her plans, “I’m trick-or-treating with Nova and Logan,” 
“Sweet! Literally. Makes sense, Logan still hasn’t quite lost that kid spirit yet,” 
“Mhm!” With Izzie’s hum of agreement, Dallas raised an eyebrow at Zoey, offering her a moment to add in what she was doing. 
“I’m helping Mrs. C prep her truck for winter,” Zoey answered, repeating to a degree what she had said earlier. 
“Ooooh, that reminds me, I have to stop by and pick up that salsa,” Dallas’s eyes lit up with sudden knowledge and Mateo was left to wonder why Dallas was going to pick up salsa from Mrs. Castillo’s food truck when he could’ve just gotten some at a grocery store. 
Zoey nodded, “It goes bad tomorrow,” 
“If any of you guys do stop by though I’ll save you some pop,” Dallas told them, shooting finger guns at Zoey who just scoffed and grabbed him in a headlock to ruffle his hair violently. 
Ok, Mateo must have missed a lore dump somewhere. 
Dallas laughed as he freed himself from Zoey’s grip and stumbled over a few feet out of her reach. 
“Hey, wait,” Izzie spoke up, tapping her finger on her chin, “Dallas what are you supposed to be exactly?” 
“I’m a sheep in wolf's clothing,” Dallas responded, grinning smugly as he made a finger gun with one of his hands and put it up to his chin. 
“Ooooh, that makes a lot of sense actually,” Izzie muttered as Zoey pulled a paper clip out of her pocket and flung it at Dallas. 
Dallas yelped and dodged the paper clip, coming to stand over by Mateo. 
“Isn’t that really warm on you?” Mateo asked, eyeing him a little. 
A sweat droplet trickled down Dallas’s face as his smile faltered, “Very,” 
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Cooper hurried down the hall, checking over his shoulder for Mr. Oaks, who he had been avoiding for most of the day since Logan and he had gone on the run only to turn around a corner in the hall and almost run right into Izzie. 
“AH! Izzie!” Cooper jumped back as his heart rate spiked. 
Izzie reacted with a lot more grace, “OOOOHHH COOPER!” She yelled, holding up something, “I have made something for you! I know a much better thing that you can be for Halloween now!” 
Copper blinked and inched forward a little to look at what she was holding, “Is that … a headband with cardboard wings glued to the sides?” 
“Yes,” she responded with the certainty that only Izzie could possess, “now hold still while I put them on.” 
With that, Izzie yanked Cooper down to her height by the collar of his hoodie and pulled his hood over his face before fitting the headband onto his head. What with the sunglasses, that somehow Cooper had kept on all day, it felt a little clunky. 
“Ack,” Cooper grunted but eventually Izzie stopped messing around with the headband and took a step back with a pleased look on her face. Her face then brightened even more as she spotted someone coming up from behind Cooper. 
Cooper stood back up and reached a hand up to touch the flimsy headband wings. 
“Logan!” Izzie shouted excitedly as she grabbed Cooper by the arm and turned him around, “Behold Hermes Cooper!” 
Logan jogged up to the two, his backpack on, looking ready to head home as soon as possible. He stopped once he reached them, a bright grin and quizzical look on his face. 
“Hermes? Like Epic the Musical Hermes?” Logan questioned. 
“Yep! The sunglasses reminded me of those animatics so I just had to make him some wings to go with them in art class,” Izzie explained proudly. 
Logan snorted, “You look sick dude,” 
“I’m wearing a hoodie and sunglasses,” Cooper said slowly, it was the bare bones of a costume if anything. 
“Yeah like I said, sick,” 
There was a pause before Cooper put his face in his hands, “oh my god,” 
Izzie let out a wheeze, “Cooper’s hung over from the moly,” 
“Izzie,” 
“Pffff, he doesn’t got any leafs on him though,” Logan pointed out.
“That’s true…” Izzie agreed, resting her chin on her hand as she trailed off. 
“Oh wait!” Logan exclaimed, sliding his backpack off before zipping it open and beginning to rummage around in it. He pulled out a sandwich which was still sealed away in a zip-bloc bag so he pulled it open. From the sandwich, Logan slipped a piece of lettuce that was covered in mayonnaise and mustard that he slapped down into Cooper’s open, outstretched palm. 
“There! Holy moly to complete the look!” Logan proclaimed as Izzie doubled over laughing. 
Cooper stared down at the sad piece of lettuce in his hand, “… thanks,” 
Logan shrugged, throwing the sandwich back into his backpack and throwing his bag back onto his back, “No problem bro,” 
Cooper continued to look at the lettuce in dismay until he felt someone grab his elbow and he glanced over to find Mateo standing beside him, who was looking at the lettuce in hand with a mix of amusement and confusion. 
“… lettuce?” Mateo wondered. 
“Mateo please,” Cooper was sure he was going to die of embarrassment before anything actually managed to kill him.
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nyaskitten · 1 year ago
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Might make a DREAMZzz-sona honestly
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solemn-siren · 2 years ago
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Fight me, I’m going to make a Dreamzzz sona.
Before the series is out.
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mythicalmagical-monkeyman · 14 days ago
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Waoh, number 2! Under cut :3
Additional Tags: Unlabelledship Cooper & Mateo, idk what they have in this one. study session. Cooper has pens with swear words on them
Mateo really hoped Cooper never noticed that whenever they had one of their study sessions Mateo learned maybe only about half of what Cooper was trying to teach him. 
Wasn’t his fault though, Cooper was just the embodiment of entertaining and entertaining things were much funnier to watch than trying to solve mind numbing math equations, or whatever the heck he was meant to be learning. 
Watching Cooper mutter at his homework like it had personally offended him would forever draw Mateo’s attention away. Similarly how could Mateo focus while trying not to giggle as he watched Cooper fiddle and take apart his pen which had “For Fuck Sake’s” imprinted on the side in bold black letters. Or even when Cooper would crack a joke to draw their brains away from how frustrating homework was and Mateo found himself shaking with laughter even though the joke had been so stupid. Focus was nonexistent when his best friend was being so cute and silly.  
So maybe he didn’t notice when he started to stare, tuning out what Cooper was saying by accident, until Cooper reached across the table and booped him on the nose. 
“‘Teo,” 
Mateo blinked, “Hu?” He scanned Cooper’s face as the blond grinned at him only to then look away and back down to his homework. 
Oh right, math. 
Mateo let out an annoyed groan which caused Cooper to chuckle. 
“Welcome back to exponential and logarithmic functions. You zoned out there for a second,” Cooper said before the clack of a calculator being used followed. 
Mateo leaned back in his chair and dragged his hands down his face, “This sucks! I don’t understand any of this,” 
“No one ever said math was a mouthful of cake,” Cooper mused. 
“Pfff, what?” Mateo removed the hands from his face and watched as Cooper’s face went a little pink. 
“Because cake is yummy and easy to eat and uh,” Cooper stuttered out, “you know what nevermind.” 
With that Cooper tilted his head down to scribble something on his page as Mateo snickered in amusement. 
“No, no, continue please.” 
Cooper looked back up and tapped Mateo’s own homework with his pen, “Now you’re just trying to get out of this,” 
“Mmm,” Mateo hummed and leaned forward, resting his head on his palms, “maybe I am, or maybe I just like hearing your voice,” 
Again Cooper went pink but then he fixed his posture and leaned in closer, “Are you flirting with me?” 
Mateo grinned, “Is it working?” 
A frown crossed Cooper’s face, “Mateo-“ 
Mateo’s head dropped to the table with a thud as he groaned again, “Can’t I just get this one win! Math sucks and I’d rather just draw,” 
There was a pause, “Are you giving up?” 
“I mean it is hard-“ Mateo muttered into the table as he turned his head to the side. 
“Hey come on,” Mateo felt the butt of Cooper’s pen poke his head, once, twice, “you can’t just give up like that. That’s not the Mateo Christopher Garcia I know,” 
Mateo froze upon hearing his full name and sat back up to stare at Cooper with a look he hoped portrayed a feeling of, how could you? 
“Did you just full name me?” 
A small shrug came to Cooper’s shoulders, “Yes,” 
Mateo pouted, “Rude,” 
Cooper laughed, hiding it behind the back of his hand but Mateo reached out to take it in his own hands as laughter took over both of them. 
By the end of their giggle fit their fingers had become interlaced and Cooper used this to draw Mateo’s attention to himself. He gave a squeeze and as Mateo looked at him he smiled softly. 
“Look ‘Teo, you can’t just give up. I mean, that’s the M-Man way right?” Cooper asked, bringing up Mateo’s comic book sona. The fearless and buttkicking hero, M-Man, who had a catchphrase along the lines of, “Never give up, forge ahead!” which Cooper went ahead to quote. 
Mateo pressed his lips into a fine line and tugged his hand away. Sadly he turned his head away and mumbled, “Yeah but that’s with bad guys not math,” 
“Yet it’s still the same principle.” Cooper insisted while cracking his fingers, “To persist and try. To get up when you’ve been knocked down and try again, and again, and again.” 
“Point is,” Cooper continued, reaching out to brush his fingers against Mateo’s shoulders, “heroes don’t give up, especially you. Trust me on that.” 
Mateo raked his eyes from the tips of Cooper’s fingers, up his arm, and took in the confident and sure expression on the blond’s face. Persist and try, hu? Well that was certainly the M-Man way, but if anything it was also the Cooper way. 
Mateo chuckled, they really were two of a kind. 
“Alright you win,” Mateo caved, picking up his pencil, “but you gotta keep coaching me through this.” 
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Cooper admitted with a smile. 
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