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Lmao your post with Yuu throwing it back is giving me life rn đ
But did you know that shaking your bottom is a mating ritual between some species of birds? (Like the black widow, I think?)
So my brain instantly went back to the monster au. The thought of the twst boys thinking their lil' hooman is trying to seduce or woo them as a potential mate is a riot to me ���
Referencing this post here!
That one was one of my favorite posts Iâve written for this AU! Glad to see itâs still putting my readers in stitches! XD
I think that mightâve been a typo of sorts and you meant âbugsâ instead of birds? Black widows are arachnids, though the categories do get mixed together quite frequently. Random fun fact since you mentioned spiders, but did you know that the Harvestmen or âdaddy longlegâ spiders arenât really spiders? Theyâre actually very closely related to scorpions, which technically speaking are in the arachnid family, but their appearance makes people mistake them as spiders despite them lacking the glands to make webbing! OwO
Wanted to share since, despite me being scared of spiders, am also strongly fascinated by them!..just not enough to actually handle them or be within five feet of one. ^^;
Anyway, back to the matter at hand: Monster AU. Itâs so hilarious imagining just how out of context so many things would be in this AU! Even more so when the researchers are completely unaware of whatâs happening so they can either study or explain it away! đ
Now, thatâs not to say that theyâll see every gesture and movement as flirtatious or as a courtship display. After all, when youâre surrounded by so many different species living together? It probably took a while before the monsters figured out that their neighbor was just greeting them normally and not trying to flirt or insult them and that it was just how that monster species typically greets others. Progress at least! However, if Yuu (regardless of gender) were to keep making repetitive movements while dancing and giving one of the monsters a playful or (to the boys) seductive look?
Hoo boy, watch out Yuu: youâll wind up getting courted back! Even worse if more than one tries to challenge each other to claim the boyfriend title. đ
Now that I think about it, Iâd imagine that the older monsters/staff/researchers would be less likely to think that what Yuu was doing was a courtship dance. After all, theyâve been around long enough to know the difference between pure instinctual courtship behaviors and just someone who is either dancing or âmoving erraticallyâ. Even Lilia would know the difference, but chooses not to say anything because heâs a chaotic gremlin of a bat monster who loves to see the young pups enjoying their youth. đ
âŚâŚdangit, why did this make me want to brainstorm different courtship methods to each species?! đ¤Ł
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lovely kook!reader tries her hardest to avoid her ex bf!rafe, yet they unintentionally meet at the country club after her sudden disappearance from kildare island about a year ago
content / ex bf!rafe x fem!reader, lowkey toxic, rafe confronting reader, public arguing, reader lowkey hates kooks, topper and kelce being nosy, 2.1k words
notes / this is the start of my lovely kook!reader x rafe cameron (x jj maybank) trope, inspired by my own fanfic that I published on wattpad. prob not gonna line up with everything in the fic and might differ when it comes to the relationships or dynamics. storyline is roughly set around s1 but I pictured s2/s3 rafe while writing, feel free to imagine him however u want tho! enjoy <3
It had been one long, strange year since you had set foot on Kildare Island. The familiar winding roads, the ocean breeze rolling off the coastâeverything seemed to have stopped, like a postcard frozen in time. But as you watched the streets of Figure Eight again, you knew that things were different now, at least for you.
There was a time when youâd loved this place, every privileged corner of it, but that had all died the day youâd left, slipping away in the dead of night without a word to anyoneânot even Rafe.
Rafe. You barely let yourself think of him, but back at home, it was hard not to. He haunted every space youâd once felt safe in, like a ghost you couldnât shake, a wound that kept opening just when it seemed to be healing.
You knew youâd see him eventually. But you definitely had no intention of rushing it.
Your first stop was Sarah Cameron though. The Sarah you used to be best friends with. You didnât even make it up the driveway of your house before Sarah ran toward you, wide-eyed and disbelieving. There was a sense of relief while you two were hugging, tears spilling down both your faces as though the past year had melted away. But there was a hurt, too, a simmering anger in Sarahâs eyes when she pulled back.
âWhy didnât you tell me?â Sarah sniffled, her voice both angry and broken. âWhy didnât you tell anyone?â
You looked away, throat tightening as guilt clawed at you. âI couldnât. There was too much⌠too much happening, Sarah. I didnât want anyone else to get dragged into it.â
âAnd you think you didnât hurt anyone by just leaving?â Sarahâs voice was calm, yet the pain in her eyes was obvious. âYou hurt me, and Rafeââ
âDonât,â you cut her off, the hurt in your own voice surprising you both. âPlease.â
For now you didnât want to think of him, you just wanted to do right by Sarah.
Soon you two sat on the porch together, and as the sun dipped low on the horizon, you opened up as much as you could, while Sarah led you into the crazy things that had happened in her family, yet there were some things she couldnât sayânot even to you.
But it was obvious that things were different in Sarahâs life now. Sure enough you werenât the only one who had changed.
The next day you found yourself with your arms crossed sat in the back seat, as your parents drove you toward the country club. You stared out the window, jaw clenched, as you passed the manicured lawns and sprawling mansions of Figure Eight. Youâd spent your whole life around the âkooks,â but now, after a year away, their pristine facades and carefully maintained smiles felt even more unbearable. You could already hear the empty chatter, the insincere âhow have you beensâ that would spill from every corner of the club.
Your parents, seated in the front, acted as if nothing had changed. As if youâd never vanished in the first place. Your mother had been chatting away, going on about the latest family news, updates from the other families you knew, parties youâd missed. All with that same flawless smile, the one you had once tried so hard to mimic, until you realized it was just another mask.
âWonât it be nice to be back?â Your mom asked brightly, as if you had simply been on a long vacation.
You forced a tight smile, refusing to answer. You didnât want to be âback.â You didnât want to slide into this carefully molded life again, pretending to care about who had bought the newest yacht or who was dating whom. It was all so hollow, so far from the girl youâd become in your time away.
The club came into view, its grand facade stretching out against the sky, every line designed to impress. As you all pulled up, you spotted the familiar faces youâd once known so wellâpolished, proud, and utterly convinced of their own superiority. You felt a flicker of resentment twist in your chest. These people, so arrogant in their security, with their money and their reputations, hadnât changed a bit. You doubted theyâd even care to ask where youâd been or why youâd left. To them, youâd simply slipped right back into place, as if you were another part of the clubâs decor.
You gritted your teeth as your father gave you a proud smile, as though parading you around the club was some grand triumph. But you knew the truth. You were just another polished dime in their collection, and that was all they wanted from you. The real y/n, with your broken past and unspoken truths, was something theyâd never acknowledge.
You straightened, lifting your chin, your expression cool and defiant. Let them think what they wanted. You were back, but you wouldnât fall into their world as easily as before. You were different now.
But then you spotted Mark, the clubs bartender and an old friend of yours. You quickly slid onto the barstool in front of him, trying to get away from the piercing eyes of the people. You two exchanged a few words, Mark catching you up on the most recent gossip of Kildare, but in the back of your mind you still had this uneasy feeling, the possibility of meeting Rafe here at this hour wasnât really high, but it was still there..
You were almost starting to relax when you heard the low murmur of voices just behind you.
âIsnât that y/n?â The voice was unmistakableâTopper, as easy to recognize as a long-lost memory.
A wave of anxiety hit you, wondering if Rafe was with him, but when you glanced back, your eyes met Kelceâs instead. Relief flooded you, and you gave them both a small wave. Topper and Kelce had been fixtures of your life in Figure Eight once upon a time, more Rafeâs friends than yours, but youâd spent enough time around them that you knew you could at least handle a quick chat.
âY/N,â Kelce greeted, his surprise melting into a friendly grin. âBack from the dead, huh?â
You smiled a little at that, nodding. âSomething like that.â
Topper gave you a once-over, shaking his head as if still trying to process that you were actually standing there. âYou know, no one knew what happened to you. You just⌠left.â
âYeah, I know.â You forced a tight smile. âI guess I had my reasons.â
You exchanged a few more awkward pleasantries, and you could feel their eyes flickering to each other, as if they wanted to ask more but were holding back. It was strangeânormally, theyâd be all over you for details, but now, they seemed guarded. And then, as if on cue, they went completely silent.
âWhatâs wrong?â You asked, glancing between them, suspiciously raising your brows at them.
But you didnât have to wait long to find out.
âY/N.â Rafeâs voice sounded from behind you, low and dark, charged with a barely-contained anger that made your stomach twist. You cursed under your breath, clenching your jaw before forcing yourself to turn around.
His gaze met yours, his ocean blue eyes widening with shock that quickly narrowed into something darker, more dangerous. He was silent, just staring at you like he was seeing a ghost. He could see the flash of something in your eyesâsurprise, maybe a hint of guilt-but you lifted your chin, meeting him head-on.
âRafe,â you replied evenly, fighting to keep your voice steady, though you could feel your heart hammering in your chest.
Topper and Kelce glanced between you, clearly uncomfortable, before they mumbled something about getting drinks and made a quick exit, leaving the two of you alone.
You stared at each other for a long moment, he looked good. Really good. His hair was slightly longer, the blonde tips hanging over his forehead.
Staring at him for a little too long you saw a flicker of something in his eyesâregret, maybe?âbut you brushed it away. You couldnât afford to let him get under your skin again. Not after what went down between you.
Rafe stepped closer, his expression twisted with the kind of disappointment that bordered on betrayal. âSo, what, you just fucking waltz back into town like nothing happened?â
He stood slowly, stepping closer until you were nearly face to face. You could see the slight lines of fatigue around his eyes, could smell the hint of whiskey on his breath, mixed with his signature cologne. It brought back a flood of memories that youâd fought to bury.
âYou just..,â he said, his voice thick with something that mightâve been hurt if you thought he was capable of it. âYou like fucking with me, donât you?â
You lifted your chin, your voice was icy, edged with a bitterness Rafe hadn't heard before. âWhat did you expect me to do, Rafe? Stick around after everything you pulled? After what you⌠made me do?â
He frowned, his jaw tightening as he processed your words that felt like a slap to the face. âMade you do? I didnât make you do anything.â he echoed, his voice rising. âDo you even get how messed up it was, just disappearing like that? Leaving everyone behind, leaving ME behind without a word?â
A humorless laugh slipped from your lips, hard and cutting. Arguing in public like this definitely wasnât planned, but at this point you didnât care. âThatâs the thing with you, Rafe. You donât even realize the damage you cause, do you?â
He flinched, just a barely-there twitch of his jaw, but you caught it. For a moment, you almost felt a pang of pity for him. Almost.
âWhat happened, y/n?â he asked softly, his voice dropping to something almost vulnerable, caught off guard by the force of your resentment. The old you he remembered had looked at him like he hung the moon, but the woman in front of him nowâwas a stranger.
âWhereâd you go? Why didnât you tell me?â
âTell you?â You repeated, a bitter edge creeping into your voice. âI didnât owe you any explanations. I did what I had to do to protect myself.â
âFrom me?â he shot back, his voice cold. âThatâs what you think, huh?â
You bit your lip, hating that he could still get to you, hating that despite your anger, some part of you still felt drawn to him. But you refused to give him any satisfaction. âYou canât change the past, Rafe. Just⌠stay out of my life.â
For a moment, his anger melted away, replaced by a flicker of pain that softened the hard lines of his face. But just as quickly, the hurt turned to anger again, and he took another step toward you, his voice a fierce whisper. âYou think you had it all figured out in that pretty little head of yours, huh? You run away and pretend itâs all my fault?â
You held your ground, meeting his gaze with a defiance you didnât have before. âMaybe it is. Or maybe we were just bad for each other. Either way, Iâm not letting you drag me down again. Not this time.â
His face twisted, and you could see the realization dawn on himâyou werenât the girl heâd once had wrapped around his finger, not anymore.
Silence stretched between you as you waited for him to say something, anything, that might shift the weight of what youâd once had. But he just stared at you, and for the first time, he felt a sense of regret, an ache for what heâd lost. He wanted to reach for you, to say something that might bridge the gap between you. But he didnât.
You released a shaky breath, the adrenaline slowly draining from your body. Youâd known coming back to Kildare wouldnât be easy, but facing Rafe again had torn open wounds you thought youâd closed for good.
One thing was certain, thoughâyou wouldnât let him break you again. Youâd fought too hard to build yourself back up, and you werenât about to fall apart now.
This time, you werenât going to run away.
With that, you turned away from him, willing yourself not to look back, even though you felt his eyes on you as you walked toward the door. And before he could say anything to stop you, you were gone..
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the lawn is dead. pt.2
hi! i wrote a part 2! iâm on a unofficial hiatus but had some inspiration the last few days and had to finish this. hope it provides a little bit more comfort then the last chapter .. sorry xo
warnings: suicidal themes, self harm themes, themes of depression, anxiety, dark thoughts. viewer discretion advised.
You can describe the carpet of this office better then most people can describe themselves.
Itâs a rug, for the most part, except for the where itâs clear a person has chosen laziness in favour of lifting up the heavier furniture to place the rug down underneath it. Where the rug doesnât cover, there is bleak grey carpet that feels more boring then the time you spend in this room.
Where the carpet lacks in literally everything, the rug makes up for it blindingly.
Itâs a messy mixture of far too many colours, pinks, purples, blues, greens and neutrals. It doesnât make any sense in your mind, why somebody would chose for the focal point of their room to be a rug that doesnât match with any of the furniture. Itâs another sign that the furniture came before the rug, all of the furniture is dark mahogany, beautiful pieces that look as if theyâve come from and English period piece, whereas the rug looks so modern itâs almost painful.
The rest of the furniture has been picked with similar taste.
The painting on the wall looks like what a child would vomit after going to a birthday party. Every time youâve come here youâve had a new analogy, but this week that is the one, it looks like stomach contents and you canât get past it, to the point itâs made you physically nauseated.
From the painting moves onto the bookshelf, where there is a odd mix of medical textbooks, classics and selfawareness books, all stacked in such disarray that you have to keep your eyes away because it makes you uncomfortable.
Beyond the furniture is your psychologist, with her stupid fucking note pad, stupid glasses perched on the very tip of her nose and stupidly calm face that never really changed.
She was supposed to be a specialist, the best of the best, supposed to be the greatest and getting to the bottom of the most famous athletes problems and yet you found pride in alluding her.
One hour, every four days was what you were down to now, a couple of weeks ago it had been every other day and that had been fucking torture.
Sometimes all you wanted to do was rip her eyeballs out, or her brains, or something else. You swore she made your ears bleed and your will to live deteriorate with every second and it was already pretty low.
âYou canât avoid my question forever.â
It was also that annoying tone that sent you, the sort of tone that meant she knew that technically for the whole of the hour she could ask you whatever she pleased and you were technically supposed to answer her. Defiance on your end just ended up in you being suspended from something else that made your life just a tiny bit more liveable.
âNo, I havenât talked to Mapi yet.â
Youâve been avoiding it, there have bits and pieces of homework from your therapist, but this one is by far the hardest.
âHow about Alexia, how does she feel about that.â
You donât want to tell her that you and Alexia are in shambles as it is, add on the pressure of her best friend being psychologically destroyed because of you and just talking about any of it at all and itâs like dynamite.
âSupportive.â
Your therapist nods, but in the way that you know she doesnât quite believe you.
âHave you started to reintegrate with the team? I know last time we talked you mentioned that before the incident youâd been feeling quite isolated because of your ankle injury. Itâs important that you start to normalise your life again before you start to self isolate.â
You donât call it self-isolation, you like to call it self protection. You protect yourself by pushing against the grain, by keeping to yourself. Itâs a lot easier that way.
âIâve been busy.â
Itâs a lie and a blatant one, your days are filled with complete nothingness. You canât play football, not until she clears you, and you know that itâs not going to happen anytime soon based on the trend of your current sessions. There has been the same amount of progress as there was two weeks ago when you started with her. You shut down at every attempt she makes to try and open you up, you talk when you have to. Itâll probably get you sent back to a ward. You donât remember much from your transition from the hospital to home, but you do remember signing something that referred to you making significant process or else you would be sent back.
Progress for your therapist is getting more then two word responses from you. Youâre aware sheâs in kahoots with Alexia, that Alexia is probably providing her more information then you are.
âYouâre giving me the look that means that youâre writing something down along the lines of âunncooperativeâ.â
She is also in kahoots with the staff at Barcelona, another thing you signed was that she would work in conjunction with the clubs doctors to get you back to where you were, or somewhere in the vicinity.
They know every time you have a bad session, youâre guaranteed a consolation call from one of the coaches or even sometimes a teammate check-in telling you how brave you are and how strong you are for doing this.
You donât agree, you nearly took the cowards way out and youâre proud of it. You wish it had fucking worked, every single second, of every single day, you wish youâd succeeded, wished that this hadnât all ended up how it did.
âThatâs not what I wrote, I wrote a observation. Uncooperative would be you refusing to speak to me like you did for our first two sessions, even if you lie itâs still trying.â
You donât want to be curious of her, youâve tried to give her as little attention as possible.
Youâve adapted the act that you call, therapised you.
You do your best job of smiling here and there, or at least when you know that youâre supposed to. Therapised you extends to a few people, Alexia, coaches, physios, people on the street.
You believe youâve become a seasoned liar.
The funniest part is that sometimes you start to believe your act, you start to believe that all the ash and embers in your chest is really alight with flames, like youâre truly alive.
But then, you would pause, sit down, lie down, dissasociate and you would be reminded that that wasnât your body. Your body wasnât a place of life and prosper, it was as dead as anywhere else.
âWhat was the observation?â
You try not to be curious over her, or curious in general, you keep everything to yourself.
âYouâve told me time and time again that you attempted because you believed that not a single person would care if you were gone. Yet you wrote a letter, you knew that somebody would care, somebody would miss you. Guilt is what kept you from doing it earlier and guilt was what kept you from vanishing without a trace. Your conscience was clean in your own words, but thatâs not true, your conscience was anything but clean. So what pushed you over?â
You hate that therapists have a way of worming out weird bits of information that they can use against you to worm out more bits of information, like they know your brain inside to out.
âMy conscience was clean.â
Your therapist pulls her glasses up from her nose and scribbles on her pad again.
âWhyâd you write a note then, specifically why did you write a note to your ex girlfriend?â
There are so many things you could say to that, but you canât quite find the words.
âLet me rephrase to make it easier. When you were in the hospital, and Alexia reacted so viscerally, you werenât surprised. You expected her to feel something about what happened, you didnât seem surprised at all by her words or actions. You knew that she was going to be hurt by what you did. So, how was your conscience truly clean?â
Thinking about Alexia in the hospital makes you feel as nauseous as the furniture does.
Your still mad at her, still mad at yourself for never changing her as your medical contact and medical proxy. It had all been a clusterfuck.
âI didnât know Alexia was going to be there, I though that sheâd washed her hands of me. I left her a note because I thought there had been things left unsaid between us and I didnât want to leave that way.â
Your therapist nods, she doesnât scribble this time and that makes the itchy feeling all over you die down a little bit.
âAlright, letâs move on. Your ankle injury, howâs that going?â
You look to the window, itâs a horrible day outside, just your luck when youâd chosen to walk to your therapists office on what was supposed to be a 20 degree day with sunny skies. It was the epitome of your life, high expectations, low realities.
âWell three weeks between a hospital and psychiatric facility are probably the best thing anybody can do for a injury.â
You let out a self-deprecating chuckle and your therapist does nothing but scribble.
âSo youâve been doing your rehab as advised then?â
Rehab, both kinds, is mind-bogglingly boring. You go to your therapist and she tells you all the ways you have to work to rehab your brain, she gives you medication after medication and exercise after exercise. The same happens every time you see your physio, test after test, exercise after exercise.
Your stuck in the same cycle of boredom, it makes you wonder how people ever expect you to get better when all you are doing is living in a constant state of suffering.
âThe physios are happy with me, say that if I continue on the track that I am I should be back on the pitch in a few weeks, with psychological clearance.â
At the current therapeutic rate your going at, you donât think youâll see a psychological clearance until your 50th birthday, if youâre lucky.
âHow does it feel coming back from that injury, especially considering how the decline in your physical health simulatenously resulted in the decrease in your mental health?â
You keep silent, because you know that if you talk then itâs doing to be something emotional. When you donât know how to answer questions without exposing yourself you opt to keep quiet, itâs a obvious tell that you feel uncomfortable with the question. But giving away a tell is a whole lot better then starting an emotional downpour.
âY/n?â
You look at your shoes. You only were allowed to start wearing one on your bad foot a week ago, and youâd forgotten how hard it was to coordinate shoes with your clothes. This morning youâd thought that they matched with your pants but now they look much darker then they truly are against the grey carpet. The mix of your navy adidas that you might have stolen from Mapiâs wardrobe a couple of months ago when she was complaining about the amount of shoes sheâd been sent with your grey wide leg pants was a interesting choice but therapy wasnât a fashion parade. The shoes donât quite fit your feet, thatâsc how you remembered they werenât yours. When youâd taken them, it had been during some kind of team bonding night at Mapi and Ingridâs apartment. Life had been so good, Alexia and you had been so good and for once youâd kind of felt like you were beginning to fit in.Youâd never felt that way before that era of your life.
But like most things, it was now a far distant memory.
âThe injury wasnât what made me depressed.â
Itâs a half truth, you suppose. Yes, the injury definitely contributed to the factors that trigger your depression, but it wasnât a sole cause.
âI disagree.â
More scribbling on her note pad, in your opinion it must be some psychological form of torture. Youâll google it when you get home, check to make sure that this isnât a form of manipulation to somehow convince you to say the things that she wants you to.
âIf you disagree then tell me why you think that.â
Itâs daring of you to say, there is nearly a 99.99 percent chance that whatever she says you are going to deny vehemently. Even if she hits it right on the nail.
âI think that you donât give yourself enough grace for the challenges that youâve gone through. You came to Barcelona because you were running from things, from your past. Youâve never stopped running, truly. Everytime somebody gets close enough to begin to try and worm their feet into your shoes to try and relive some of it with you, you shut them down and stop it. For most people, shoes are a means of getting to where they want, for you, you keep running because if you stop you feel like youâll suffocate, like your feet will be wrapped up in barb wire and youâll be stuck. For whatever reason, you donât think anybody will ever be able to empathise with that. You think that if you ever let anybody in for long enough that they learn what youâve been running from that theyâll try and stop you, that youâll be faced with everything that youâve ever struggled with. So, you keep running, and running, youâve always been in a state of escape. With your relationship, you finally stopped running, you slowed to a jog. Then, you got injured. All of a sudden you felt like you were stuck and instead of letting yourself finally come to a stop and accepting help and complete love for once in your life, and being vulnerable. You chose to start running again, running from your friends, running from your team, running from every single good thing that youâd gotten in your life until you were so consumed with all the running that you just wanted it all to stop. But you didnât know how to stop parts of your life without stopping other parts, so you chose to stop it all.â
You donât know what to say for a few seconds. Youâve never had the feeling that youâve been experiencing your whole life summed up, you donât know how to feel about it.
You look at your psychologist, and somehow she looks back at you in a way that you somehow feel like she understands, youâve never really felt that way about her.
Itâs always felt like sheâs judging you, like itâs her job to judge every single thing you say. Or at least thatâs the way youâve always seen it. Itâs her job to make sure you donât fall of the rails again, to make decisions about what you can and canât do. Itâs never been a possibility for you that maybe sheâs here for a little bit more then just the business side of it all.
âIs that it? Did you come to a point where it felt like you had no other option but to just make it all stop?â
You bite your lip so hard you think it might just bleed, itâs a mission to try and stop the tears that have begun to cling to the back of your eyes at bay. Youâve never cried during a therapy session, and there is no reason why today should be different. The amount of people youâve cried in front of is limited to a very, very short list of people and you donât intend for your psychologist to be added.
âIt would be okay if that was it. Itâs okay to admit that for you at that time it felt like there was no other option but to make it all stop.â
You feel muzzled, like you canât speak without admitting to something that you donât want to.
âI thought it would make it all better.â
Your therapist puts down her notepad, and you feel a whole load of anxiety rush out of you.
âYou thought it would make what better?â
You keep your tooth pinned to your lip, if it draws blood, it draws blood. The pain helps to take your focus off of the word vomit you can feel coming up.
âEveryone elseâs lives.â
Your response is croaky, and when your therapist points to the glass of water you donât shake your head like normal, you find yourself reaching for it and taking a few tentative sips.
âWhat about your life, what about making your own life better?â
You take a few more sips, because it stalls the conversation for long enough that you can think up an answer that doesnât make it sound like you are completely insane.
âI was never really thinking about it like that.â
You look at her, eye to eye again, and there is this weird understanding between the two of you. You can feel it, whether or not itâs real, for the first time you feel like you arenât crazy for thinking the way that you do. Itâs a weird kind of safety that youâve never had.
âFor a minute, I want you to close your eyes and think about exactly what you want, whether itâs the future, itâs right now. Not football, not other people, nobody else. Just you.â
You humour her, and close your eyes.
For a few seconds, you canât think of much. Youâve never been a future thinker, not beyond emergency plans and second options.
You think about death for a few seconds, a couple of weeks ago it was all you could think of. Permanent, irreversible disappearance. Even then though, it wasnât what you were actually yearning for, not truly, it was just an easy solution to complex problems, problems that still havenât been solved.
You think long and hard, and eventually you find a pleasantness.
You want to resolve things with Alexia, you know that for sure. Itâs been impossible trying to navigate your relationship in your new reality. You want to get to a place where itâs less impossible. You want happiness with her, pure happiness. You also want some kind of return to football, you donât know how. Youâve never really played football because itâs what you love, youâve never loved your sport, itâs more been about having something that could take you places when inevitable wherever you had been was no longer an option because youâd somehow fucked it up.
You want a better relationship with yourself, you want to understand why you think the way you do and why you canât think the same way and be the same way as everyone. You want to get past the fear you have that you will never be the same.
When you have nothing else to think about, you open your eyes, to your psychologist smiling at you.
âThatâs our hour, Iâm really happy to leave this here and circle back to some of it in a couple of days. The progress youâre making is definitely getting bigger and Iâm happy to sign off on you getting some hours in the gym if your physios are happy with it. Iâll call the team tonight and we can work out a plan that works best.â
Youâre in slight disbelief as she speaks.
âYouâre sure?â
You stay seated for the sake of making sure that you havenât somehow dreamt up what sheâs just said.
âIf you try and make some progress with your homework. I want you to try and talk to Mapi, a text message, coffee, something. I want you to talk to Alexia beyond her being a caregiver for you and I want you to make progress with your teammates, donât avoid the gym if you know they are going to be there, donât avoid team events, dip a toe in the water with them and I can guarantee you will have a very different outcome then what you think.â
Contingencies. One thing youâve learnt about therapy is that there are always contingencies, itâs always a give and take, never one or the other.
You nod your head anyways, somehow, with her weird manipulation games youâve managed to agree to something that the version of you from and hour ago never would have.
âIâll try.â
Your therapist smiles and stands up, for whatever reason there is always a part of you that loves the end of your sessions but also never wants to leave.
Whether it seems like it or not, you actually do want to get better, you just donât know what better looks like for you and thatâs scary. Youâve never met the version of yourself that is âbetterâ or ânormalâ. You canât say that you want to be your old self because there hasnât ever been a version of yourself that feels better. Youâve always been in the slums, always been dragging yourself through the thickest mud to try and make it to the end of a day or month or year. You donât actually want to survive like that, you want to live your life properly, or whatever non-sluggish life looks like for you.
Your still desperately trying to work that out.
Alexia is waiting in the carpark as usual, itâs always the same carpark, always the same consolation hot chocolate in her hands afterwards.
Once youâve sat down in her passenger seat, put on your seatbelt and the takeaway cup is settled in your hands she broaches the topic of your session.
âHow was it?â
There is always an awkwardness around your sessions, Alexia picks your up from every one, on the odd occasion sheâll join in if your therapist thinks it would be good. Otherwise, she spends the time sitting in her car and picking up hot drinks.
Itâs infinitely awkward between the two of you, but Alexia in your opinion is mostly to blame for that.
Sheâd been the first person to put her hand up to be your carer, your glorified babysitter.
You know itâs a guilt thing, she feels guilty that part of your pain could have been because of her, even though youâve insisted time and time again that it wasnât.
âFine.â
Therapy is a tough topic for you, mostly because youâve never wanted to be there in the first place. Youâd been tricked into going from the beginning, Alexia insisting that she was taking you to a appointment to check up on your scars when really it had been to your psychologists office. Youâd yelled and screamed and insisted that she take you home, but at the end of the day if you ever wanted to play football again it was obvious you were going to have to suck it up.
You hadnât talked to Alexia for days after that, which is funny because that was less then three weeks ago and now youâre here.
âFine?â
You nod your head, itâs hard to find words after a normal session, but after this one itâs ever harder.
âI made some progress.â
Alexia nods, you know there are probably a hundred questions going through her head right now, but she wonât ask them. Sheâs too scared that if she asks them, sheâll get an answer that will terrify her. One that will restart all of the problems, even if that isnât really how it works. Alexia doesnât understand mental health, thatâs become frighteningly obvious over the past few weeks. She doesnât understand your struggles because sheâs never experienced them. Sheâs never had self hatred or depression or overwhelming anxiety. Itâs what makes you feel so alienated and so out of place amongst your peers. You feel like a shark amongst a sea of dolphins, like you look the same but when it comes down to it you are completely different.
âThatâs good, no?â
You nod your head, disguising the grimace on your face by the mouth of the lid on your hot chocolate.
âShe says I can start doing some hours in the gym.â
Alexia smiles, big and wide, like itâs her whose been given the good news.
âThatâs good bebita, youâll be on the pitch in no time.â
The pitch. Itâs all Alexia cares about.
When you can be back, how she can get you to the point you can be back. Because when Alexia is injured, itâs all she cares about. What she can do to get herself back on the pitch, how she can make the rehab process faster, she thinks of every single logistic and possibility.
You want to make it back to the pitch, or you think you do. But itâs not your priority. Itâs become abundantly clear that your main priority has to be yourself, figuring yourself out.
âMhm.â
You focus your energy on counting how many bike riders pass Alexiaâs car as she navigates through peak city traffic. You get to 38 before she interrupts your intense search for every person on two wheels.
âVickyâs supposed to be coming over later, I promised Iâd help her with a school project. I can go to her house instead if youâd prefer?â
Every time Alexiaâs broached the topic of teammates youâve immediately refused any contact, and your immediate reaction is to say no. but you think about what your therapist said.
âI might text Mapi and see if she wants to talk to me.â
You hear the sound of Alexiaâs shock in the form of a choken sort of cough, she tries to cover it up by slapping her hand against the wheel of her car, but it doesnât do much.
âI think that would be a really good idea, bebita, I think she would be really happy to see you.â
You donât look at Alexia, you donât want to see the look of perplexion or shock or whatever emotion sheâs going through. You havenât seen Mapi since the hospital, and as little as you remember from then, you remember Mapi very clearly.
She had been just as out of it as youâd been, refusing to leave your bedside but Ingrid having to do everything for her to keep her alive. Every time she visited you, she looked like sheâd seen a ghost, or something worse. You werenât sure what was worse, seeing somebody dead or seeing somebody who was hanging on the cliff of life and death and having to save their life, knowing that if action hadnât of been taken they would be dead.
Definitely the latter.
âIâll text her, see if she can come and pick you up before Vicky comes over?â
You nod your head, allowing yourself to focus back on counting your tally, except moving over to motorcycles this time.
You shower with the bathroom door halfway open. There are no sharps anywhere in your apartment, knives, razors, scissors, nail clippers, vegetable peelers, glasses, anything that could cause any kind of bodily harm. For now, you arenât allowed to be left alone for longer then an hour. You sleep with your bedroom door open and Alexia sleeping in the guest room next door. You eat a set meal plan, you do two hours of rehab every single day, you live on a schedule that is so carefully planned that you have no time to yourself and yet every single moment feels lonely.
Itâs a process, youâve been told. Itâs crucial to your recovery that there are measurements in place to assure your âsuccessâ.
Alexia knocks on your door every five minutes whilst you shower, you yell back every time.
It had become a rule after the first time youâd showered with the door open youâd made a joke about using the shower curtain to harm yourself, because what did they really expect you to be doing?
It hadnât gone well, Alexia going silent for a few days and a very heated conversation with your psychologist about the inappropriateness of making jokes about suicide.
It was your trauma, it was your fucking story, and everyone was acting like it was their most sensitive issue.
Bathrooms are a bit of a touchy subject, you donât shower in your ensuite bathroom anymore, you canât. The room has permanently been blocked off, completely forgotten about.
The first thing you want to do once youâve ârecoveredâ is leave this apartment, there are to many bad memories, it feels like youâll never be able to recover if your stuck in the same place that you were in when it all went bad.
Itâs a problem for when you can deal with the stress of packing up your whole life and moving it to somewhere.
When you shut the water off and step out of the warm stream you let yourself breathe, showers are the only real alone time you get. Everywhere else you are supervised, watched like a hawk to make sure that you donât try anything else that could jeopardise your return to football. The reality is that Barca canât afford to have you sit on the sideline for a whole season, they need you back, they canât risk another slip up.
Alexia at least gives you the privacy of getting dressed in your own wardrobe, all of your wired bras have been removed, but for the most part itâs all normal.
You get dressed in another sweat suit, itâs become your new uniform over the last few weeks, no draw strings of course.
Your hair gets swept into a messy bun, itâs too much effort to deal with the brushing and braiding and tying that you would have normally gone through with a couple of weeks ago. You arenât allowed to wear jewellery anymore so your accessories consist of pretty much nothing. Youâre bare from the bones to your clothes, your soul feels as bare as the rest of your body.
Youâre allowed to wear laced shoes, but you often opt not to, slip on birkenstocks or uggs are just easier. The Barcelona January chill has been getting to you recently, so you upt for your ugg boots.
Your outfit choice is the most choice you get in your day, so you try and put as little thinking into it as possible, itâs easier for you to just succumb to the reality that everything in your life is controlled by other people.
By the time youâve finished, youâre towing very close to the time Mapi had told Alexia sheâd come and meet you. You collect the things that you might need from your vanity and shove them in your pocket, before making your way out to your living room.
Itâs unofficially become Alexiaâs office, her laptop and books cover your dining table now. She lives out of your apartment, leaves only for training and barcelona commitments, so itâs fair to say that sheâs made herself at home.
When you were living together before, it had bothered you more, having her things everywhere. Alexia is a organiser, of everything and everybody but herself. Youâd spend hours telling her to pick up her shoes from random spots around the apartment floor or getting her to pick up random clothing items laying on top of pieces of furniture. This mess is different, it reflects how the situation is different. There is nothing comfortable about your predicament, itâs not the same kind of comfortable coexistence you had when you were dating Alexia.
There is a boundary between the two of you now and it makes it all so much more confusing.
Alexia isnât just your friend or your teammate, sheâs you caregiver, the person who holds you accountable, unofficially the person who is supposed to keep you from doing anything to yourself. It adds a whole layer of stress to the situation, you canât relax around her the same way you used to.
Your relationship is never going to be the same, but parts of you wished that Alexia hadnât taken over the burden of caring for you, because maybe the two of you could work on rebuilding yourselves as a couple instead of Alexia trying to rebuild you as a person, as if you are a broken lego set that needed to be put back together.
She spends most of her time in your living room, doesnât push the boundary of your bedroom unless itâs needed.
Sheâs sat at the kitchen table, preparing herself to help with whatever project it is that Vicky needs help with.
âShouldnât Vicky have maybe asked one of the younger girls? Youâre practically ancient now, they probably teach the kids these days history from when you were growing up.â
Whatever Alexia looks like sheâs going to be helping with looks like something sheâs definitely not qualified in, although Alexiaâs never the person to say no.
âYouâre acting like Iâm a dinosaur, Iâm only four years older then you.â
She rolls her eyes at you and it feels so normal, for a second you feel so much more normal. Life would be so much easier if everybody stopped treating you like a fine fucking piece of china. An eye roll here or there, a yell here or there, some kind of emotion beyond sympathy would be nice.
âI mean, in comparison to Vicky youâre pretty much from the stone ages.â
Alexia rolls her eyes again, she looks like sheâs about to fight back against you but a knock at the door silences you both.
All of a sudden the little smile is gone and the air goes thick again, thick with the reminder that you canât just exist in a bubble of nothingness were nobody else exists and you can just be free from everything.
Alexia gets up to open the door, and you let her, allowing yourself to loiter around the table and enjoy the moment for just a little bit longer. Itâs that moment that might just get you through what is about to happen.
Alexia calls for you and you know itâs Mapi, you know itâs Mapi because Mapi wonât step foot in your apartment.
Ingrid had come to visit when youâd come home, along with a handful of other people, but Mapi hadnât been one of them. Ingrid had explained that it had been to hard for her, that sheâd made it to the door but couldnât come in, and you couldnât find it in you to blame her.
Mapi smiles at you when she sees you, itâs the first time youâve seen her since the hospital and the both of you look very different since then.
She looks less dead, thatâs the first thing you take notice of. She doesnât look like she would blow away into a puff of smoke if a gust of wind came past. She looks good, she looks healed.
Mapi and you donât talk, for whatever reason, you take the normal walk you would every sunday morning before it happened.
Down from your apartment, onto the main street, up to the mouth of the road, across the street and then onto the boardwalk.
Itâs the main reason you chose your apartment, itâs right next to the beach. Perfect for post matchday swims and a morning walk on the beach. It used to be yours and Mapiâs pregame routine and itâs easy to fall into the rhythm of your feet moving down the sidewalk.
No words are spoken until the two of you are seated on the sand, a wordless agreement that you both come to when your toes hit the beach.
Youâre both seated, your eyes looking over the horizon. Your too scared to break the silence, so you wait for Mapi.
âYou look good, chica.â
You nod your head, you feel better, you must look better then how you did.
âI feel better.â
Mapi nods, when her hand reaches out to sit on top of your own on the sand, you donât flinch away, it feels good to have a physical connection with a person who isnât Alexia.
The silence falls over the two of you again, except this time it feels less uncomfortable. You let it linger for a little bit, before you feel in a place to speak.
âI need to say thank you. I know I said some things in the hospital, I meant it in the moment but I want to take it back now. You saved me, you did something so brave and amazing and the version of me now is so grateful that you did.â
Mapi stops your rant, before you can say something else.
âI would have done it for anybody else.â
The problem is you think, that you arenât anybody else. It would be so much easier to give cpr to a random person on the street and never see them again, never have to be worried that you would see them again and there would be some kind of problem.
âBut you did it for me. You saved me from myself, and I want you to know that I genuinely am so thankful for you. You didnât choose the easy option and I put you in a extremely hard position. If anything had of happened to me, you would have blamed yourself and it wouldnât have been your fault but you would have felt like it was.â
Mapi nods, and then you hear a sniffle and it makes you feel horrible.
Mapiâs crying, sheâs crying and you donât know what to do.
âYou begged me to reverse it, in the hospital, you didnât say some things. You begged me to stab you or do something. You told me it was my fault you were alive and that it was my responsibility to undo what Iâd done.â
You take a deep breath, you didnât remember it being that bad, but you remember Alexia telling you that some of the things youâd said had been unrepeatable.
âI canât reverse what I said, in that moment I was in so much pain Maps. I actually canât tell you how much pain i was in, all I wanted was to disappear. Iâm working through not feeling that way and that starts by apologising. You did not deserve to experience what you did. You did not deserve to see what you did. You did not deserve to hear what I said to you. I am sorry. There is nothing I can say that will make any of it okay, I am sorry that for whatever reason god chose you to be the person burdened with this. I am so sorry.â
Mapi sniffles again. You knew that the possibility of no reconciliation was possible, that Mapi would reject any offer of apologies you had, youâd just really hoped it wouldnât be like that.
âYouâve been like a little sister to me. I know you didnât feel like we were that close, but I saw so much of me in you from when I was younger, and that was part of the reason I ended up at your apartment that night. Because I was worried, more then anybody else. I had this weird feeling, and I hated that I was right about it. You were like my little sister, and I watched as they strapped you onto a gurney and wheeled you off whilst telling me that they would try their hardest. I donât blame you, there is no blame for something like this. But I need you to understand that I canât just get over what I www, Iâm working through it, Iâm trying. My therapist has really been helping me, but itâs not going to disappear.â
You nod, Mapi and you have been through two mirroring experiences, and oddly you feel the same way about your own therapy. Youâre working through it, youâre trying, but nothing that has happened is ever going to disappear, with yourself or with your peers.
âMaps, youâre allowed to experience however you want. If you never want to see me again I wonât hate you.â
Mapi shakes her head.
âI donât know how I feel yet, I just need you to know that I understand that the you right now is different to the you from weeks ago, and you are entitled to separate yourself from that person. You donât have to be that person if you donât want to be. Let yourself live in the new version of you, the old version died back then.â
You bite your lip, there is beginning to become a permanent divet from your front teeth, you like it in a weird way.
âIâm trying, Iâm really trying.â
Mapi nods, raising her arm from your hand, to your shoulders, bringing you into her side.
âWeâll try together then, huh? You try for me and Iâll try for you?â
You nod your head, and for the first time it doesnât feel like youâre totally alone in the battle that youâre fighting. Itâs still very much your battle, but it feels like you have somebody in your corner letting you know that you are going to be okay.
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summary: aitana has a secret that youâre reluctant to keep, but you do, because having her in private is better than not having her at all
warnings: angst, closeted relationship
a/n: inspired by this request ! fyi iâm not a massive fan of the ending so if you think itâs bad then your opinion is valid
word count: 4.9k
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Itâs been a long day, another day of tactical meetings and drills, the weight of another training session at Barça hanging heavy on your body. You sit beside Aitana in the lounge of her flatâeverything pristine but minimal, almost impersonal, as if she's never spent enough time here to give it a real life. No personal touch to the decor, just basic furniture. A lamp that looks like it was picked because it was there and not because it meant anything. The kind of living space of someone who only ever comes home to sleep, or maybe to avoid something else. You think you know what that something else is, or maybe itâs just a suspicion thatâs been gnawing at you for years, a quiet terror lodged deep in the center of you, almost as if it's waiting for something to happen. Youâre pretty sure it's always been there.
You notice how she sits too close, legs curled beneath her on the sofa, leaning into you in that way she always does when sheâs not really aware of it. Aitanaâs always been like thatâtoo close, too warm, her casual touches like a silent scream at the back of your mindâher fingers brushing your arm, her shoulder pressing lightly into yours, her laughter soft and private, like youâre the only one who could ever understand the joke, like she trusts you with something thatâs too big for either of you to say out loud. Itâs a proximity that drives you insane, but youâve learned to live with it because thereâs never been another option. Not really. Not when every look, every smile, every stupid moment of her being thisâŚclose keeps you on a knife's edge between bliss and misery.
She looks at you now with those eyes that youâve memorised, those soft brown eyes that never stop searching, like sheâs always trying to find the right words but can never quite get there. Itâs a little terrifying, the way she looks at you sometimes. Like youâre the answer to something she hasn't quite plucked up the courage to ask yet.
âIâm glad you came over,â she says, her voice softer than usual, like she's thinking about something more serious but doesn't want to show it. Her hand is on your arm again, a casual thing, but itâs not casual, not to you. It hasnât been casual for years.
You nod, biting back whatever sarcastic response you mightâve thrown out, because thisâthis moment feels like a delicate thread, as if one wrong move could break it. And you donât want to break it. God, you donât want to break it.
âOf course, I came over. You needed me, right?â you say, forcing a lightness into your voice that feels false, but youâre so used to this performance. Itâs second nature. Being near her and pretending like itâs normal when your heart is pounding loud enough to deafen you.
âYeah,â she says, but thereâs something under that single word, something unsure. She leans back into the sofa cushions, and you feel the shift, the weight of her thigh brushing yours, your heart picking up speed even as you try to ignore it. You look at her, and sheâs staring at the floor now, like sheâs trying to figure something out but canât bring herself to say it.
Youâve never been good with silence, not between the two of you, not when it feels like this, charged and dangerous, and you almost say somethingâanythingâto break it, but she beats you to it.
âIâve been thinking,â she says, her voice quiet, her gaze still on the floor. She shifts, her fingers tightening slightly on your arm, and your chest clenches, that familiar wave of something crashing over you. âAboutâŚstuffâ
The vagueness of it should annoy you, but it doesnât. Not when her voice sounds like this. Not when her whole body feels tense, like sheâs holding something back.
âWhat kind of stuff?â you ask, keeping your tone casual, keeping the panic buried deep where it belongs. You canât show it. You canât let her see how much this is affecting you, how much every word out of her mouth feels like it could unravel you.
She finally looks up at you, and thereâs something different in her eyes. Something you havenât seen before, or maybe youâve seen it a hundred times but youâve never let yourself believe it could be real. Her gaze holds yours for a moment, and then she looks away again, biting her bottom lip like sheâs nervous.
Itâs not a look you see from Aitana often. Sheâs usually so sure of herself, so confident, even when sheâs being quiet, even when sheâs being thoughtful. But thisâthis feels different. Sheâs fidgeting now, her fingers tapping lightly against her knee, and you canât help but watch her, trying to figure out whatâs going on in her head, trying not to let yourself hope. Because hope is dangerous. Hope is a trap youâve fallen into too many times, and every time you climb out of it, it feels like it just leaves you more bruised.
âThereâs something Iâve been wanting to talk to you about,â she says, and her voice is so soft now, so fragile. Itâs like sheâs terrified of what sheâs about to say, and that terrifies you because Aitana is never terrified.
You swallow hard, your mouth suddenly dry. âWhatâs up?â you ask, trying to sound calm, even though your heart is racing and thereâs a knot forming in your stomach.
She hesitates for a moment, and then she reaches up, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, a nervous habit youâve seen a thousand times but never thought much about until now, when everything about her feels heightened, like youâre seeing her for the first time all over again.
âIâŚâ She stops, her voice faltering, and then she takes a deep breath, forcing the words out like theyâve been stuck inside her for too long. âI think I might like someoneâ
Your chest tightens. This is it. The moment youâve always dreaded. The moment where she tells you about some guy���some random guy sheâs fallen for, the guy sheâs going to love the way you wish she would love you.
âOh,â you say, and it comes out flat, empty. You donât trust yourself to say anything else.
But she doesnât look at you. Not yet. Her fingers are still tapping against her knee, her eyes still fixed somewhere just past your shoulder.
âItâs⌠weird,â she continues, her voice wavering, and now sheâs biting her lip again, harder this time, and you can see the tension in her jaw. âBecause I didnât think Iâd ever feel like this aboutâŚa girlâ
Your heart stops. You freeze. Every part of you goes still as her words sink in, slow and heavy, like theyâre not quite real. Like they canât be real.
But sheâs still talking, her voice shaky, her eyes finally meeting yours, and you can see the vulnerability there, the uncertainty, the fear that sheâs saying something wrong, something thatâs going to ruin everything. And suddenly youâre not breathing, not thinking, not doing anything except sitting there, staring at her, because what else can you do? What can you say when the thing youâve wanted for so long is suddenly, inexplicably, in front of you?
âI donât know what to do,â she whispers, and now her hand is resting on your arm again, her fingers brushing your skin in a way that feels deliberate, feels like more than just a casual touch.
And youâGod, you donât know what to do either. You donât know how to breathe, how to think, how to process whatâs happening. Because thisâthis momentâis something youâve imagined a thousand times in your head, something youâve dreamed about but never really believed would happen.
But it is happening. Right now. Right in front of you.
You blink, your throat tight, your mind a mess of thoughts that donât make any sense, and sheâs still looking at you, still waiting for you to say something, do something, anything. But you canât. You canât because youâre terrified that if you move, if you speak, if you do anything, this moment will shatter and youâll wake up and itâll all be gone.
So you sit there, frozen, staring at her, trying to understand how you got here, trying to understand what this means, trying to understand herâAitana, your best friend, the girl youâve been in love with for what feels like forever.
And sheâs looking at you like sheâs scared. Scared of what youâll say, scared of what youâll do. But more than that, she looks scared of herself, of what sheâs feeling. You can see the uncertainty in her eyes, the way sheâs still not sure if this is okay, if sheâs okay, if liking youâwanting youâis something sheâs allowed to want.
âIâm scared,â she says softly, and it breaks you because Aitana doesnât get scared. Sheâs brave. Sheâs fearless. Sheâs everything youâve always wanted to be. And now sheâs sitting here, vulnerable and uncertain, and you donât know how to help her because youâre still trying to figure out how to help yourself.
But then she looks at you again, her eyes searching yours, and something shifts. Something clicks into place. And before you can stop yourself, before you can think about what youâre doing, you reach out and take her hand, your fingers lacing with hers, warm and steady and real.
âIâm here,â you say, your voice quiet but firm. âIâm not going anywhereâ
And for the first time in what feels like forever, she smiles, just a little. A small, tentative smile, but itâs enough. Itâs everything.
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It starts slowly, like all dangerous things do. A late-night text that pulls you back to her place after training, her fingertips brushing your hand on the walk back from the gym, a lingering glance that lasts just a second too long when she thinks no oneâs paying attention. You both fall into it like gravityâs pulling you, and for a while, itâs enough. Enough to have her behind closed doors, enough to know that, at least in those quiet moments between just the two of you, sheâs yours.
But itâs also nothing like what youâd imagined all those years, lying in your own bed staring at the ceiling, wondering what itâd be like to have her next to you for real. Itâs not perfectâit canât be, not when everything has to be hidden. Youâre still her best friend in public, the girl she spends all her time with, the girl who knows her better than anyone else. But not the girl she kisses when the cameras arenât flashing, not the girl she pulls close when no oneâs looking.
Those moments belong only to the nights when her guard is down, when her walls crumble and she lets you in, just for a few hours. Itâs messy, but youâve always known it would be. Aitana is nothing if not a contradictionâso sure of herself on the pitch, so certain of what she wants when it comes to football, but with thisâwith youâsheâs hesitant. Insecure, even, and itâs a side of her youâre still learning how to navigate.
Itâs late one night after another exhausting match, and sheâs already taken her shower, her hair damp against the pillow as you lie beside her. Her apartment smells faintly of eucalyptus from the diffuser she never turns off, and the air between you feels heavy, like it always does after sex. Like thereâs something unsaid just hanging there, but neither of you is brave enough to say it.
Sheâs resting her head on your chest, one arm draped lazily across your stomach, her fingers tracing absent patterns against your skin. And for a moment, everything is perfect. Just her and you, tangled together in her too-big bed, your bodies sore but comfortable in the way that only comes with familiarity. You feel her breath against your neck, steady and soft, and you close your eyes, trying to commit every second of this to memory. These are the moments you live for now.
But then she speaks, her voice low and hesitant, and you know whatâs coming before she even says it.
âYou know we canât tell anyone, right?â Her fingers stop moving, and she lifts her head to look at you, her expression unreadable in the dim light. âNot yetâ
Itâs not the first time sheâs said it, and it wonât be the last. Youâve had this conversation before, too many times to count. But each time, it feels like a fresh wound, like sheâs cutting into you all over again with that same blunt blade. You want to tell her that it hurts, that it tears you apart every time she introduces you to someone as âjust a friendâ or dodges questions about her love life in interviews, leaving you wondering what it would feel like to be acknowledged, even just once.
But you donât say that. You wonât. Because you know sheâs scared. Scared of what it means, scared of what people will say, scared of admitting to herself that sheâs not the person she thought she was. And you love her too much to push her. So instead, you nod, keeping your voice steady even though your chest feels like itâs caving in.
âYeah, I knowâ
She sighs in relief, dropping her head back to your chest, her body relaxing against yours again. And just like that, the conversation is over. Sheâs yours againâfor now, at least.
But there are moments, moments when the secret feels too heavy, too suffocating, and you donât know how long you can keep carrying it without cracking under the pressure. It happens one day after a game, when the whole team goes out to celebrate a win, and youâre sitting at the bar, nursing a beer and trying to keep your distance. Because thatâs what you do now. You keep your distance. You stay just close enough to be there for her, but never close enough to make anyone suspicious.
Aitanaâs across the room, talking with a group of teammates, laughing at something Alexia says, and for a second, itâs like she forgets youâre even there. Sheâs in her element, charming and confident, the version of herself youâve always admired. And when someone asks her about datingâprobably joking, probably not thinking twice about itâyou watch her laugh it off, deflecting like she always does.
âNo, Iâm not seeing anyone,â she says, so casually, like itâs the easiest thing in the world. Like you donât exist. Like the nights youâve spent together, wrapped up in each other, mean nothing.
It hits you harder than it should. Harder than it ever has before. And you know itâs not fair to feel like thisâitâs not fair to her, and itâs not fair to you. You knew what this was when you started, knew that it wasnât going to be easy. But that doesnât make it hurt any less.
You drain the rest of your beer, the bitterness burning your throat, and get up to leave before anyone notices. Before she notices. You canât sit there and watch her laugh and flirt with other people, pretending like sheâs not going to go home with you tonight. Pretending like sheâs not yours.
When youâre halfway to the door, you feel her hand on your arm, and you stop, turning to face her. She looks up at you, her expression soft, her eyes wide and questioning.
âWhere are you going?â she asks, her voice low enough that no one else can hear. âYouâre not leaving, are you?â
âIâm tired,â you say, not bothering to hide the edge in your voice. âI think Iâll head homeâ
Aitana frowns, her hand still on your arm, like sheâs not ready to let you go yet. Like she can feel the shift, the tension simmering just beneath the surface. âI thought weâdââ
âI know,â you cut her off, not wanting to hear it. Not wanting to hear her try to make this okay when itâs not. âIâll see you later, okay?â
You pull away from her, walking out into the cool night air, your heart pounding in your chest. You need space. You need air. You need time to remember why youâre doing this, why youâre putting yourself through this, why you keep coming back to her even when it hurts.
And later, when youâre lying in your own bed, staring up at the ceiling again, you remind yourself of all the reasons why. The way she looks at you when no oneâs watching. The way she holds you close at night, like sheâs afraid youâll disappear. The way she whispers your name in the dark, her voice soft and vulnerable in a way it never is around anyone else.
Sheâs worth it, you tell yourself. Sheâs worth the pain, the hiding, the pretending. Because you have her. Maybe not in the way you always dreamed, but you have her.
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Itâs an away game in Seville, the kind where the atmosphere is tense but electric, the city vibrating with the weight of the upcoming match. The hotel isnât much, just another chain where the carpets smell faintly of stale cigarettes and overuse. Youâre in one of those rooms that looks exactly the same as all the others, sterile and impersonalâoff-white walls, a single window overlooking the car park, a television bolted to the wall like an afterthought. But right now, none of that matters.
Aitanaâs there with you, her back pressed against the cheap headboard, her hair a tangled mess around her face. Sheâs just come out of the shower, skin still damp and smelling like hotel soap, and thereâs something reckless in her eyes tonight, something unspoken simmering between you both. Thereâs always been that quiet, dangerous tension with her, like youâre both walking a line neither of you knows how to stay on.
You hadnât planned for this. Maybe you never plan for it. Itâs just a hunger thatâs become second nature, something that overtakes you both when youâre alone together, something neither of you can resist. Her lips had found yours the moment the bathroom door clicked shut behind you, the match tomorrow the last thing on either of your minds. Youâre supposed to be resting, supposed to be saving your energy for the game, but thereâs always this with her, this fever that takes over when youâre in the same room.
It doesnât take long before youâre pulling her close, her fingers digging into your back, her breath hot against your neck as you press her against the mattress. The room feels like itâs spinning, like itâs just you and her and nothing else matters. And the noiseâGod, you canât help the sounds she makes when you touch her, the way she bites back a moan, then gives up, letting it out like a release of all the tension sheâs been holding in. The bed creaks beneath you, too loud in the silence of the hotel, but neither of you care. Itâs too late to care.
You lose track of time. You lose track of everything except the feel of her beneath you, the way her body responds to yours, the way she whispers your name like itâs the only word she knows. And for that stretch of timeâhowever long it isâsheâs yours, wholly and completely. Thereâs no team, no match, no world outside this room. Itâs just her, and you, and the way she looks at you when she lets her guard down, when she lets herself need you.
But then thereâs a knock at the wall, followed by a muffled voice that snaps you both back to reality. You freeze, still half-entangled with her, your breath ragged, your heart pounding.
âOye! Quiet down in there!â someone yells through the wall. The voice is too familiarâPina, or maybe Patriâit doesnât matter who it is. The point is, theyâve heard. The walls are paper-thin, you realise, and you hadnât exactly been discreet.
You scramble off her, untangling yourself from the sheets, and for a moment, the only sound is your own breathing, loud in the sudden silence. Aitanaâs eyes are wide, her face flushed, her bare chest rising and falling rapidly, and you can see the panic starting to creep in. Not panic because they knowâno, they donât know who she is. Panic because they think itâs just another random hookup. Another girl you picked up on a whim.
Thereâs another knock, louder this time, more insistent. âWe get it! Youâve got company,â someone calls, laughing now, their voice tinged with amusement. âDidnât know youâd have a guest tonightâ
You let out a breath, already slipping into the familiar role. The one where you play it off like this is nothing. Like this is just another night, just another girl. Youâve done it so many times beforeâitâs a routine at this point. The jokes, the teasing, the knowing looks from your teammates when they hear about another one of your so-called conquests. Itâs all part of the act, the persona youâve built to cover for whatâs really going on.
You flash a quick smile at Aitana, hoping to reassure her, but the look she gives you is anything but reassured. Itâs tight, like sheâs barely holding it together. You ignore it for now, your mind racing for the right thing to say.
âYeah, yeah, sorry about that,â you call back, trying to keep your voice light, casual, like youâre not lying through your teeth. âIâll keep it down. Promiseâ
Thereâs more laughter from the other side of the wall, some muttered jokes about your reputation, about your âlucky night,â but eventually it quiets down. Theyâre not going to press you. They never do. Youâve always been able to laugh it off, always been able to make it seem like none of it matters.
But when you turn back to Aitana, you see the way her eyes have gone dark, her face tight with something that looks like pain, like anger. Sheâs pulling the sheets up around her, suddenly closed off, like sheâs trying to build a wall between you both.
âYou okay?â you ask, your voice low, tentative. You reach for her, but she pulls away, sitting up straighter, wrapping the sheet tighter around herself.
Thereâs a heaviness to the air that wasnât there before, a weight that settles between the two of you. Itâs in the way sheâs breathingâslow, measuredâlike sheâs thinking too hard, like sheâs bracing herself for something. You glance over at her, half-expecting her to meet your gaze with that teasing smile she always gives after moments like this, but her face is turned toward the ceiling, eyes wide and distant, her lips pressed into a thin line.
âAitana?â you say softly, your voice barely cutting through the thick quiet. You can feel the tension in your chest start to coil, tight and uneasy.
She doesnât respond right away, and when she finally does, her voice is quieter than you expect, almost tentative, like sheâs not sure how to say whatâs on her mind. âYou didnât have to do that,â she says, still staring up at the ceiling, her fingers absentmindedly tracing patterns on the sheet.
You frown, sitting up a little, trying to make sense of what she means. âDo what?â
âCover for me.â She says it so softly, like itâs a secret, like itâs something sheâs ashamed of, but not in the way youâre used to. Not the shame of being found out. This is different, quieter, heavier. âI know why you did it, but⌠you didnât have toâ
You blink, thrown off for a second. âYou mean⌠when they knocked on the wall?â
She nods, slowly, her eyes finally drifting from the ceiling to meet yours. Thereâs something in her eyes that makes your heart drop, something that feels like guilt, but not the kind that comes from getting caught. Itâs the kind that lingers, the kind thatâs been building for a while.
âI know itâs stupid,â she says, her voice barely above a whisper now, her fingers still moving in that absent way across the sheets, like sheâs trying to distract herself from what sheâs saying. âI know itâs just how it is. But⌠when you said that, when you acted like it was someone else, it justâit felt wrongâ
You can feel your chest tighten, the words sinking in, slow and heavy. You want to tell her that you had to, that itâs how youâve always handled it, that you were just trying to protect her. But the way sheâs looking at you now, her eyes soft but resolute, makes you pause. Sheâs not angry. Sheâs not hurt, not the way you thought she might be. Sheâs just⌠sad. Sad that you feel like you need to keep pretending, like you need to keep covering for her.
âI didnât think itâd bother you,â you say, and it sounds like an excuse as soon as it leaves your mouth, even though itâs the truth. Youâve done this so many times before, played it off like itâs nothing. Itâs always been your way of protecting her, of protecting what the two of you have.
âI know you didnât.â She sits up then, pulling her knees to her chest, resting her chin on them as she looks at you. Her hair falls over her face, messy and damp, and she brushes it aside absently, not really paying attention to it. âBut thatâs the thing. You shouldnât have to. Not anymoreâ
Thereâs a beat of silence, the words hanging in the air between you. You sit up straighter, searching her face, trying to understand exactly what sheâs saying. Youâve had this conversation before, or at least versions of it. But itâs never felt like this. Itâs never felt like itâs this close to something real, something neither of you can take back.
âWhat do you mean?â you ask, your voice cautious, like youâre afraid to push her too far, to make her retreat behind that wall sheâs so good at building.
Aitana lets out a slow breath, her eyes not leaving yours. âI mean⌠Iâm tired of hiding. Iâm tired of being a secret. And Iâm tired of making you cover for me like youâre ashamed of what we have.â Her voice is steady, but thereâs a vulnerability in it that catches you off guard, something raw and exposed. âI donât want to do that to you anymore.â
You stare at her, your heart pounding, trying to make sense of what sheâs saying. Youâve always been the one to take the fall, to laugh off the questions, to keep up the charade. Youâve always thought you were doing it for herâbecause she wasnât ready, because she needed more time. But now, sitting here, looking at her, you realize that maybe youâve been doing it for yourself too. Maybe youâve been hiding just as much as she has, afraid of what it would mean to actually be out there, to actually be seen.
âAitanaâŚâ you start, but she cuts you off, her voice soft but firm.
âI know it wonât be easy,â she says quickly, like sheâs already thought this through a thousand times. âI know people will talk, and itâll be⌠hard. But I donât care anymore. I donât want to hide us. I donât want you to pretend like Iâm just someone you picked up or some random girl in your bed. Iâm more than that. Iâve always been more than thatâ
The words hit you harder than you expected, and for a second, you donât know how to respond. Youâve spent so long keeping this part of you hidden, keeping this relationship in the shadows, that the idea of stepping out into the light feels⌠terrifying. But at the same time, hearing her say it, hearing her admit that sheâs readyâthat she wants to be openâit makes something inside you shift, something that feels like hope.
âAre you sure?â you ask, your voice quieter now, more careful. You donât want to push her, donât want to rush her into something sheâs not ready for, even though every part of you is screaming to say yes, to finally stop hiding.
She nods, her eyes steady, her expression soft but sure. âIâm sure.â She reaches out then, her hand finding yours, her fingers threading through yours with a quiet certainty. âI donât want to hide anymore. Not from them, not from anyone.â
You feel the weight of her words settle over you, and for the first time in a long time, it feels like you can breathe. Like the walls youâve both built are finally starting to come down.
âI donât want you to hide either,â you admit, the words coming out easier than you thought they would. And itâs true. Youâre tired of pretending too, tired of covering for something thatâs real, something thatâs yours.
Aitana smiles then, a small, tentative smile, but thereâs something bright behind it, something that makes your chest ache in the best possible way. She leans in, pressing her forehead to yours, her breath warm against your lips.
âSo⌠Iâll tell them,â she whispers, her voice barely audible, but filled with a kind of quiet determination that makes you believe her.
âNo,â you whisper back, your heart pounding, your hand tightening around hers. âWeâll tell themâ
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SPIDER | tom riddle
summary; tom riddle has a peculiar way of showing his affection, but he's nothing if not protective.
word count; 1625
notes; I woke up this morning with inspiration and I grabbed my laptop and banged this out before even getting up. if you hate it, I literally don't care <3
The flames of the fireplace flickered soothingly, the last warmth spilling out towards you in a subtle glow, hiding the reflections of the lake that danced around the room. Several other students were also still milling around, the Slytherin common room was never truly empty, not unless it was the summer break. Pulling the blanket a little tighter around your shoulders, you snuggled down a bit further, only stilling when the cold sense of someone else crept down your neck.Â
This was a familiar chill, though. You were aware of someone elseâs presence, and yet no part of that was threatening. A familiar cologne reached your nose, and before youâd even turned, you were greeting the man who stood behind you, âHello, Tom.â
âWhy are you down here?â He cut right to the point, never one for formalities, and your lips flickered up at the edges as he walked around the edge of the sofa and into your view. âYouâre never up at this time.â
Always so observant. Your smile formed a little more every time he revealed something extra heâd noticed about you. That you liked a particular table in the library, that your favourite biscuits were chocolate hobnobs, that you didnât usually stay up this late. Tom Riddle had a peculiar way of showing affection. Most people assumed he was cold, unfeeling, harsh. They couldn't be more wrong.Â
Tom Riddle was a walking, talking, bleeding heart. He was an open wound, snapping like an injured animal when anyone came close. Tom Riddle was full of emotion, it just happened to be hidden behind a thick stone wall. But if you were allowed close enough to look through the cracks, the true Tom Riddle shone like golden light within.Â
âI could ask you the same thing.â You teased, and he rolled his eyes, taking half a step closer to you and perching on the arm of the couch elegantly.Â
âYou know I go for walks at night.â
âAnd where do you go for these walks? What do you do on your oh-so-mysterious nightly walks?â You turned your body further towards him, the blanket slipping down from its place around your chin, and those calculating brown eyes tracked its fall along your arm. Â
âThatâs none of your business, and youâre avoiding the question.â
âYouâre avoiding mine.â You retorted, and he simply gave you a dry look. Reaching out, Tom lifted the edge of the blanket back up and over your shoulder, securing it back into place.Â
âAnswer me.â
âFine,â You sighed, head rolling across your shoulders and back towards the fireplace, watching the growing flames once again, âI saw a spider in my room. It crawled down the edge of my bed right before I could get in, and now I donât want to go to sleep.â
You could feel Tomâs stare on you, the silence stretching between you both as he let the confession settle. There was half a chance heâd scoff, and half a chance heâd simply walk away now that he got his answer. He seemed to be debating between which one to go for. âWhy didnât Pansy get it out for you?â
Another question, not an option youâd considered, but not a surprise from him. âSheâs not here, sheâs at Lunaâs tonight.â
More silence, and you took the chance to observe him instead. Tom Riddle was not one to cower away from a stare, and so as you watched him, he watched you too. Finally, he broke the silence, âIâll get it for you.â
Now, that was a surprise. âYou will?â
âYes.â
âWhy?âÂ
âDoes it matter?â He shot back, standing once again, making it clear to you that you were to do the same, or heâd leave without you. Dropping the blanket down to the couch, the enchanted item folded itself back up and into the storage trunk youâd taken it from, as you smoothed out your jumper and followed Tomâs already retreating steps.
âIt doesnât matter, but Iâm curious. Humour me.â You caught up with him, and he cut you a glance from the side of his eye. âYou should also know that Iâm very grateful, whether you choose to tell me or not. Thank you.â
The rigid lines of his shoulders softened a little at that. Should you know how to, Tom Riddle could be played like a fiddle. You smothered a snicker at the rhyme in your head as he let slip a small sigh. âI donât want you to sit in the common room all night when I can perfectly easily take care of the problem.â
Your smile was full now, following him silently through the halls as he guided the way to your dorm. Opening the door, he was respectful enough to ignore the piles of mess on your roommateâs side of the dorm, looking straight towards your untouched bed, and the mug of now cold tea sitting on your bedside table.Â
âWhich side?â
âThe far one.â You mumbled, tension creeping back into your body. What if it wasnât there anymore? What if it had crawled elsewhere, and was now hidden somewhere in the room, ready to strike, orâ
The screech of your bed frame moving snapped you from your thoughts as Tom pulled it away from the wall. It moved again, jarring along the wooden floor. Tom remained still, eyes moving for a second, two, before he suddenly strode forwards, ducking down and his hand shot out. He straightened a second later, with his hands cupped, and turned to you.Â
He nodded his head towards the window, and you scurried across the room ahead of him, flinging open the window and backing far away as he neared. That made him scoff, rolling his eyes at your behaviour once again. He held his hands out of the window, shaking them off and letting the spider fall through the air, before pulling back, and clicking the catch back into place. He double-checked it, before casting his eye over the rest of the room.Â
âLet me check for any more.â
âOh, you donât have to do that.â Your words fell on deaf ears, as Tom shifted your bed back into place, before peering behind both desks, your dressers and the wardrobe, and finally, the bathroom. He methodically checked each and every space within your dorm for you, leaving you to sit in the centre of your once again safe bed, watching him with a soft smile. Before leaving the bathroom, he washed his hands clean of the creature that had been crawling within them, before returning to you.Â
âNo more.â
âThank you, Tom.â You whispered, his chin tucking in a single nod, but a frown on his face.Â
âYou already thanked me.â
âThereâs no law saying I canât thank you twice, or as many times as I please, for that matter.â Your smirk made him press his lips into a line, but he had no comeback and hated not having the final word. He was calculating, something else to say, something to spin this back onto youâ
âYour tea is cold. You should reheat that, so you donât waste it.â
Your gaze flickered to the mug, and back to him, shrugging. âI donât feel like having it now.â
His sigh sounded frustrated, and he took a few more steps into the room, towards you, instead of the door. His voice had softened once again as he took you in, looking down at you with a gentler gaze than most ever saw. âWill you go to sleep now?â
âSoon, I think Iâll just read for a while, Iâm not too tired yet.âÂ
He nodded. His jaw clenched as he glanced towards the door, but made no move to leave. The clock in the corner ticked, seconds passing by loudly in the space, and then, âWould you like to join me on my walk?â
His words were fragile, a rare show of vulnerability from him. Uttered quietly into the air that hung between you both, and your gasp almost startled him. âReally?â
He glared, answering your question with a fitting answer. Tom never said things he didnât mean, and you knew that. Everyone knew that. But heâd never let anyone go on his walks before, it was a hotly debated topic and a running joke within the group about what exactly took place on these walks, and what nefarious things he likely got up to.Â
âIâd like that.â
âThen put on some proper shoes, and quickly.â You did as he had, rather gruffly, commanded, swapping out the comfy slippers for some boots, and throwing on another jumper for extra warmth. Tom waited for you at the door, holding it open for you to step through. âDo you like the lake at night?â
âIâve never been out to the lake at night.âÂ
He made a quiet sound of acknowledgement, a hum under his breath. âThen thatâs where weâll go. Youâll like it. Itâs⌠peaceful.â
His hand flexed at his side as you walked together, and after clearing the common room and entering the silent corridors, you slipped your hand into his own.Â
He stiffened, for only a second, before his fingers wrapped back around yours, and a smile pulled on his lips as he ducked his head. You and Tom had been dancing this line for years now, something more but not quite enough.Â
Not yet.Â
But youâd get there, someday. His actions told you enough. Enough to know that he felt what you did too, that you were certainly headed somewhere, on a collision course together. You belonged to Tom Riddle as much as he belonged to you.Â
So, for now, holding his hand as you walked the lake, and letting him chase spiders out of your room was enough.Â
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i will soften every edge, hold the world to its best | 1
summary ;; As Jake Sully's oldest daughter, you never see eye to eye with him, always challenging him and pushing his buttons to the limit. What happens when things go too far one day? [PART 2] pairings ;; dad!jake sully x reader, mom!neytiri x reader, sully family x reader genre ;; pure angst and family feels notes / explanations ;; welcome to the labor of my daddy issues and my very own therapy. this fic is inspired by this one by @layonatanvi and I only wanted to borrow the running away from home to get an ikran idea/prompt! Please excuse my mistakes if you see any.
Thereâs a widespread belief among sky people that every first-born daughter is a direct copy of her father.Â
You listened in on your own father complaining to your mother about this privately one time; according to him, this was why you guys kept banging hammerheads like 'angtsĂŹks.Â
Loâak was his troublemaker, yes, but you were the rebel pain in his ass, wouldnât stop questioning one tiny simple step he made, never took anything seriously when he needed you to be on top of things hundred percent of the time... Even your younger brother knew boundaries after he was given the stink eye, but you hadnât stopped testing him every single goddamn day after the sky people had come back.Â
His youngest son and oldest daughter were nearly identical in the speed they got him seeing red, but the similarities ended there. Loâak would go behind him to cause trouble, and you would do it right to his face, that fearlessness and defiance made you more dangerous than your brother in your fatherâs opinion. Â
His blood pressure skyrocketing was reserved for Loâak and the shenanigans he knew right away the boy was getting into, and you got his explosive anger the moment you would open your mouth to defy him â he couldnât talk to you, a normal conversation even about your motherâs cooking wasnât possible without you being passive-aggressive and things snowballing from there.Â
(âThis is delicious Neytiri, thank you for the food. Sturmbeest?â
âSturmbeest meat ran out like two weeks ago, father. You ask this everyday and mom answers the same everyday.â
Cue him reprimanding you for talking to him like that, you saying maybe he should greenlight a hunt soon to calm his nerves and promptly being sent to your room. It was Neteyam whoâd saved some food for you that night.)
If only you would stop talking back to him and listen for once, heâd said, pacing in the tent with hands on hips like an agitated viperwolf as mother watched on, most likely tired from going through this loop for yet another day. You are the older sister to Loâak, Kiri and Tuk, why canât you be a role model for them like Neteyam is?Â
(Mom had given him the flattest, âShe is at the age for such behavior, MaâJake, weâve talked about this. Let her be.â)
In your defense, he didnât make sense sometimes, what harm was there in wanting him to explain the thought process behind his decisions?
Apparently you simply were prohibited from doing that to the Oloâeyktan.Â
But he was father, he was your family. Why did that have to be disrespect?Â
He wasnât like this before.
A small part of you was aware this was you lashing out because you missed your father â the lighthearted rock in your life, the big shadow protecting you from the heat of the world, who knew how to smile and show his love before all of this. Now he was just the leader of the clan, the weight of the revered Toruk Makto on his shoulders made him a total stranger you didnât recognize.Â
He barely ever called you sweetheart anymore, punishing you for being a brat, most likely. You tried to act like it didnât hurt.Â
But it did. You missed him dearly when he was right in front of you. The rest of the family did, too, they just didnât say it out loud the way you expressed through what you called standing up to him â in reality, it was a statement about the man he had become, father couldnât read between the lines to understand.
Mom did.Â
She would always explain he did it out of love and worry, and his every move had a reason behind it after the scoldings ended. It was as if she saw right through the prickly exterior of her eldest daughter.
Her love wasnât held back like his was, not shared like military MREs at decided moments in a day in between attacks, raids, meetings and duties. Hers were long touches, hugs, kisses on your temple, shared time and hunts together, her letting you ride on her ikran with her, the warmth of a meal and soft smiles; whilst his was randomly asking how you were after training and where youâve been if he caught onto your absence sometimes. He didnât have time for you or your siblings except for Tuktuk these days. Thatâs why you were now a mamaâs girl.
Sooner or later, the breaking point was finally bound to arrive.Â
Yours did after a particularly heated-up fight about your rite of passage. You had had enough of father postponing it when Loâak, younger than you, had already gained his own ikran and gone through uniltaron. He was present in the tent while you were fussing and debating with your immovable mountain of a father only answering with single syllable responses, and his light snickers made you all the more aggressive. He got a strong jab from Kiri after a loud snort. Â
Kiri, you could get. She was built different from the start â got her mount earlier than anybody else, just walked up to it and asked. Besides, the girl wasnât a dick about it like Loâak was.Â
âYou arenât ready yet,â father answered the more you asked him. You thought he'd say a different thing the hundredth time, but he didn't. âYour brother was.â
Loâak puffed his chest at that, desperate for a drop of recognition as always, and you could only roll your eyes. âSo you think Iâm weak? Iâm not strong enough?â
Father sighed at the provocation. âThatâs not what Iâm saying. This and being ready are two different things.â
âHow are they different? If Iâm on top of my training, that means Iâm ready.â
âPhysically ready, and mentally ready are not the same.â
âHow can I not be mentally ready, Iâve already seen what happensââ
âEnough!â He stood up, towering above you and leaning in slightly. Your younger brother had stopped smiling so quickly you almost let a laugh escape you, and father got agitated when he saw that, thinking you were making fun of him. âSome donât return from the dream hunt. Do you understand? The strongest sometimes donât return from that. Your mind needs to be strong.â
âAnd mine isnât?â
He gave a slow exhale through his nose, not actually wanting to say it for some reason. âNo it isnât.â
âWhy?â
There it is. Your signature phrase. âWhy?â
And it made your father look above, asking silently for patience from Eywa as it always did.Â
âMaâite, why donât we take a break, hm? Come walk with me,â your mom interrupted, taking your hand and standing next to you, your four fingers got enveloped in her larger, warmer grip, strong and insistent.Â
âNo, I wanna hear it. What do you think makes me not ready?â
You insinuating that your father was entirely going off his own wrong opinion and not knowing any better set him off. You saw the change from ticked off to borderline on edge, but instead of giving into it, he turned his back on you and went back to cleaning his gun, movements choppy and harsh. âThat immaturity for a start.â
And you hissed at himâactually hissed at him when none of your siblings would ever dare to talk back to him during a lecture.Â
The audible gasps, the holding of breaths, and the slow turn of your fatherâs head looking like he was going through confusion of reality upon being hit on the head had followed. His eyes narrowed and the lines of his eyebrows got gradually lower on his face, his form seemingly expanding in mass from building anger, spine slowly straightening after fully comprehending what you just did.
âIâm way past you giving me attitude missy,â his baritone and low voice was so steady that youâd rather him yell at you like usual, but he was scarily calm, pushing you to raise your chin righteously at him to show you werenât bothered by him none, but your ears betrayed you by cowering flat and taut against your skull. âBut youâre hissing at your father now? Hm? You think this right here is gonna get you the respect you think you deserve?â
âYou donât listen,â you said, ignoring your heart trashing away from how coldly father was to you. âDisrespect,â your fingers quoting in the air resulted only in making him angrier. Neteyam to his right, silent and observant the whole argument, was furiously shaking his head that the beads in his braids were clicking loudly. âis the only way you ever pay attention to anything anymore. See? Look how sharp you are right now. Mission accomplished, I guess.âÂ
âBroâŚâ Loâak, frightened by the wide eyed glare father was giving you, weakly protested, but you knew he would never be able to interfere in the verbal struggle between you and father the way you did to his.Â
âYou will go to your room,â father said between his teeth, âDo not let me see your face. I swear to EywaâNeytiri, get her outta here.â
âDo you ever want to see our faces anymore, father?âÂ
A beat.Â
Mom gasped your name in shock, grabbing your arm this time as if she wanted to drag you away.Â
All his fury froze away immediately. âWhat did you just say?âÂ
You just stared at him.Â
âThatâs enough,â your mother snapped at you, but you didnât hold it against her, she was more worried about what would follow if this went on. âCome on, weâre leaving.â
âOkay.â Father slowly shook his head, the storm brewing right under his skin got you preparing for the impact, and all the kids flinched when he threw the unloaded gun back in the crate. âYou know so much, donât you? Youâre smart, wise. Know better than Tsahik herself. Fine, you get your way. Go.â
You froze. âWhat?â
âYeah, go. Get yourself an ikran.â
âFatherââ
âDonât father me. Go on. Iâm not stopping you. Since youâre so ready and youâll say just about anything to get what you want, who am I to get in your way, huh?âÂ
But you didnât want it to be like this. Iknimaya was supposed to be something exciting, prideful â a ceremony. He was saying it like you were being thrown out. Who was going to paint your face? Be proud of you?Â
âWhy are you just standing there?â He poked your crushed ego further, confident in the fact that you wouldn't set one foot outside of the cave systems at this hour of the day. âDidnât you want this?â
You didnât want this.Â
âDad, itâs the middle of the night,â Kiri said, appalled, not quite believing her ears.Â
âWhat does it matter?â He showed you in mock pride, up and down that you couldnât stop the tears from stinging the corners of your eyes. âMighty hunter here is ready.â
âJake,â your mother warned in such a threatening tone that he stopped and shifted on his feet, almost uneasy.Â
âWhat? If she doesnât want a fatherâs concern Iâm not giving it to her.â
Like you werenât standing right in front of him at all.Â
âJake!â
That was the final straw. You wrenched your arm free from momâs iron grip and screamed, âI hate you!â at the top of your lungs at him before storming off the tent.
His ears flattening was the last thing you paid attention to as everything became a blur because of tears swelling. Yeah, right. You wished you could hurt him, unfortunately he was too much of a wall for that. You bet he was scoffing at your declaration right now.
Your body thought faster than your brain did even when the emotions had you drowning under the current, deciding you were going to sneak off to the ikran rookery tonight. You knew he would send Neteyam after you â him barking, âFollow your sister,â at the boy right after you hid yourself between the rocks surrounding the tent was the confirmation of the hypothesis. He was to make sure you didnât leave High Camp.Â
Everyone in your family knew your favorite hiding spot to cool off, Neteyam of course was heading there automatically, and it was the headstart you needed to get a move on.Â
Fine. You would complete your iknimaya yourself without anybodyâs support, as if these things had any value anymore with how military heâd conditioned the clan to be. You were going to make him eat his words for humiliating you.
The muffled of father drifting off flared up your determination as you soundlessly sneaked off. "Jesus, I've spoiled her too much..."
#dad!jake x daughter!reader#dad!jake sully x reader#jake sully x reader#jake sully x daughter!reader#dad!jake sully x daughter!reader#sully family x reader#mom!neytiri x reader#neteyam x sister!reader#neytiri x daughter!reader#lo'ak x sister!reader#kiri x sister!reader#irma: đ#đ: light
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Too sweet (for me)
Law x strawhat!reader
gn reader + fluff drabble
100% inspired by Too Sweet by Hozier the moment he dropped this I knew I had to write something about Law from it so here you go, I even incorporated some of the lyrics
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Trafalgar Law doesnât get it
How were you able to slip into his mind so carelessly and without notice? Law had never envisioned himself liking someone as sweet as you
For starters you were a strawhat, already on the wrong track, but alongside Robin, you were of the ones Law tolerated the most since you were usually more introverted and took things seriously, which made him start gravitate towards you
Big mistake
Surprisingly he found out your quiet facade was something reserved for strangers, once you warmed up to his presence everything changed
You looked after him, bringing his black coffee when he stayed up all night in the library, urging him to sleep at normal hours and enjoy his time at the Sunny. You opened yourself completely for him to devour all details facts and antics of yours. Your presence filled every room he sat at, listened to whatever he had on his mind, or stayed in a blissful silence if he needed you to
Law had taken notice you were strong, smart, brave and confident, becoming an important asset on Luffyâs crew, another reason he saw you as one of the most competent strawhats. Even though a lot of people feared you, you remained kind, bright as the morning, soft as the rain, sweet as a grape
You had become Laws favorite sweetener, he became addicted to every inch of you. Heâd drink up every look youâd graced his way like neat whiskey, every word like his favorite melody and every touch he wished it to tattoo it on his skin, always waiting for your frame to appear through every door he encountered
Something he did not expect, was how you were trying to change him for the better, almost like whispering alongside the wind for him to âlive rightâ. To take down his tall walls, to speak up about the matters that roamed in his mind and heart, to stop indulging in bad sleeping habits and overworking himself to exhaustion, a task no one seemed to fill in his life, he was a Captain after all
You were softening him up, he didnât like it when he noticed, first you wormed yourself into his heart now this? But how could he deny you?
There was no shame in being soft, sweet and tender, you always seemed to try and tell him
Yet he wondered how had you managed to keep yourself like that, brightening his and your crews days, after all, life has had its way with you too
And he couldnât handle it
Who wouldâve thought, the surgeon of death, threatened by a silly feeling
It ate away at him, the way his heartbeat accelerated whenever you were at least in the same table, his stomach turning at every look he stole whenever you smiled or laughed, or the rosy pigment that painted his features at the mere thought of you
He felt like a deer in headlights. Still Law couldnât help but to follow you around the Sunny like a stray cat, reaching for you in any situation he was able to keep you closer, craved your presence and to hear your melodic voice ring in his ears, and whenever you said his name? Heaven couldnât compare
He wondered how fast had this happened, he didnât notice all the affection he was harboring for you until he couldnât backtrack, he thanked whatever god was out there that made you so oblivious, it seemed like everyone on the ship noticed the way Law and you glanced at each other and how you would spend your days sitting together in every room but you
But here he is now, under the moonlight staring down at your twinkling eyes that could easily be mistaken for one of the stars above you, his hand traveling to the back of your head before he gives you a look as if asking âmay I?â to wish you answer by doing the sweetest thing he could ever thought of
You smile and stand on your tip toes collapsing your lips in his, ending his endless pining as you melt into each other like you were meant to be like this
Trafalgar Law doesnât get it, when he tastes the sweet sugar of the chocolate drink you had that evening on his lips and doesnât mind it at all, even if he takes his coffee black every morning
He could even say, he loves it
Ëââ§ę°á â ŕťęą â§âË
Iâve been listening to Hozier since his debut album I even saw him live and got a shrike tattooed on mu arm OF COURSE I was gonna write this and the first thing that popped into my mind was Law so here you go. Sorry itâs short uni has been eating me alive
#trafalgar law x reader#trafalgar law#trafalgardwaterlaw#trafalgar one piece#trafalgar d law x reader#trafalgar law x y/n#trafalgar law x you#law x reader#law x you#law x y/n#law one piece#one piece x y/n#one piece x you#one piece x reader#trafalgar law one piece#law imagine#trafalgar law imagine#too sweet#hozier#x reader#one piece
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affaire de cĹur
Plucking one's heart from their chest and devouring it is all 'affairs of the heart' meant to the King of Cursesâ until his Queen walked onto the stage of his life, that is.
⸠trueform!sukuna x wife!reader; comprises of elements inspired by the tale of 'hades and persephone'; gallons of domestic fluff between sukuna and reader; hints of spicy times; no warnings except sukuna is very much sukuna here but you too are there, so he's sort of a better sukuna... [not loads better, though]
⸠belongs to the series 'mine? yes, mine.' but you can treat this as a stand-alone fic if you wanna!
⸠i don't own the characters, the image or the divider used. please don't plagiarize or translate or repost this. enjoy reading! â¤ď¸
"Repeat those words after me, my lord."
"No."
The pouty face you vault his way from the other end of the bathhouse makes Sukuna huff an annoyed sigh. Few monsoons back, you would never even see him in the eye, gaze trained on his feet â until he lifted your chin up; even then you would shyly avert your gaze â yet, now?
Now, you show the boldness to wear such a pathetic expression while making such an imbecilic requestâ nay, demand of himâ locking your gaze with his the entirety of the time, no less.
Another sigh finds its route past his lips. Watching the way those sin-filled lips of yours twitch in a tiny smile before dipping into a pout, he groans.
"Alright. Fine," Sukuna grumbles, resting his two arms on the edge of the tub while the other two move to card through his damp hair, "Will you ever leave me for another, woman?"
Your eyebrows rise for a beat, the second the question you chomped his ears off earlier for, leaves his mouth. Your lover rolls his eyes, loud scoffs erupting from him at the utter inanity of the whole situation at hand â you, not beside by him, but beside those damned towels and bath soaps; him, not soaking in the warmth of your flesh but of these bath waters; the humid bathhouse not resonating with the sounds of your whines but with the remnants of a query, whose answer he does not care the least for, for no matter what you say or do, he will notâ
"Yes, I will."
Your clear voice scatters his thoughts away, akin a strong wind and a handful of chaff. Sukuna freezes, every crimson eye of his fixed upon your approaching figureâ your soft footfalls, your yellow yukata, your simple hairdo, your angelic smile...
Your husband takes a while too long before discovering his lost voice, eyes narrowed, throat tight and chest heavy as he asks you, "You will leave me, pet?"
"Uh-huh, I sure will," you hum in response, sitting on the stool next to the tub and moistening a towel. Sukuna moves to grasp your wrist in his palm but pauses when he catches you switch your attention from the towel to him, a terrifying emotion brimming in your tender gaze.
You draw in a tiny breath before speaking, voice now a mere whisper.
"Show me someone who is the most feared creature to ever exist, yet is a sulking mess if he isn't being cuddled in bed till noon every single day; someone who detests humans like I detest carrots, yet visits the monthly market in secret, to get gifts for his close one; someone who everyone's told me is the worst, yet goes on to prove, again and again and again, how he's the absolute best in this worldâ"
You stop suddenly.
Chest growing heavy from an entirely different reason now, your lover drinks in the manner your smile widens, your fragile fingers letting go of the cloth to trace those markings on his skin instead â you resume.
"Show me someone whose embraces feel the safest place in all the three realms, and I swear, my king, I'll leave you and run to his arms without thinking twice."
For the first time in his millennium of existence, the two-faced curse feels the same distress of being paralysed, as his mere mien induces in the muscles of his miserable victimsâ except, it isn't the fear of an end to his life which is causing this abhorrent weakness to him unlike those worthless mortalsâ no.
It is the fear of the unknown, of the uncharted, which is rendering his powerful self so, so powerless before your blinding brilliance. Sukuna thinks death might be an easier journey to undertake than these odd realisations your voice and touch elicit in him always.
These days, more so.
This moment, very much so.
The addicting timbre of your voice rouses him from his musings, the second time that night.
"Is everyâ"
"Is that supposed to be a love confession?" Your husband cuts you off before you can finish your question. You slowly blink at him once then twice, before leaning backwards and picking up the forgotten cloth, a visibly coy giggle bubbling out you as you return to washing his skin.
"Yes," you agree after a beat, gaze darting to his face before skittering away again, "That is supposed to be a love confession for my beloved king; though I wonder what my lord thinks of it. Was it heart-touching as I intended to make it? Or did it sound too tedious to him?"
The addressed being deliberately makes a big show of rolling each of his four eyes at your query. "Neither," he says, curling his lip in a show of vexation before they lift a little at the lower lip you jut out, "And you should count yourself to be lucky that you're my wife, not a worthless mortal, pet. For if you were not my wifeâ"
"â you would've sliced me into halves without a moment's hesitation," you finish the rest of the sentences for him with a fond shake of your head. "Trust me, my king, I know you. I do, I reaâ Sukuna!!!"
The startled shriek of his nameâ not my lord or my king but Sukuna âparts the curse's lips in a smirk, which widens on noticing the warm water slowly seeping into your clothes, making them translucent; and you staring up at him with a disbelieving look etched onto your pretty face.
Sukuna allows his smirk to melt away into a genuine smile, for once.
Nestling your drenched form closer to himself, he closes his eyes to rest his forehead on your shoulder, palms holding you as if you were not a member of the race he lives for the sake of tormenting, but an invaluable blessing, beings he has never believed in, sent earthward for his damned self.
Which is true, the curse reckons. You indeed are a blessing he knows he doesn't deserve â yet will keep for and with himself for an eternity and some more.
Pressing you closer to himself, your husband lifts his head to plant a kiss to your forehead, followed by your warm cheeks â hoping you'll understand the meaning behind every reverent contact he's marking your form with now.
After all, you know him really well, don't you?
[You doâ which is only why you reciprocate every brush of his sharp canine over your skin, with a brush of your soft palm over the wicked, handsome, wickedly handsome visage of the love of your life.]
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#sukuna x reader#sukuna x you#ryomen sukuna x reader#ryomen sukuna x you#trueform!sukuna#true form sukuna#jjk x reader#jjk x you#sukuna fluff#jjk fluff#sukuna drabble#sukuna imagine#sukuna fic#jjk drabbles#jjk imagines#jjk fics#ryomen sukuna#jjk#jujutsu kaisen#kit posts đ
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Wicked Game
wolverine x vampire!reader
an: can u guys tell im not working rn with the amount uploading! also currently working on ch 4! if you guys have any ideas feel free to send me stuff!! i <3 vampire!reader and wanna write more about her :3... also sorry if pacing is weird lol
ch 3
warnings: SMUT!!! fingering, erotic blood drinking, angst lol, prob like cussing lol, im sure there is more so just be warned in general, mdni lol
previous -- next
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The proposition weighed heavily on your mind. A chance to return where it all started? You couldnât stomach the thought. Youâd have to ask Logan what he thought. He always knew what to say. You couldnât dwell on it now, another task was at hand. You smoothed out your denim skirt for the millionth time and stared at your reflection. Nothing seemed appropriate enough. Nothing seemed right when it came to talking about your past. Two hundred and seventy-five years old and this was most nerve racking thing youâve ever done.
talk in front of teenagers.Â
Sighing you turned back to your closest when the door of your room slowly opened.
ây/n? Are you ready yet? My class is waitingâ Storm entered your room. âDamn you look good! Honestly expected a full Bela Lugosi get up.â
âVery funny, but I am not a vampire.â You said, turning to her.Â
âOkay yeah, and I donât control the weather.â She snickered at you. She held out her hand and you grabbed it tightly, allowing yourself to be pulled through the halls of the mansion as the two of you giggled and talked friday night plans.Â
The two of you reached her classroom and it seemed fuller than normal. You glanced around the room and noticed Logan standing near one of the walls closer to where youâd be presenting. You shot him a smile smile and he nodded back at you, causing your heart to race. You approached the desk at the front of the room and took a deep breath in. You could not only hear your heart pumping, but also every single person in that room.Â
Turning around you smiled at everyone and sat sheepishly on the desk. You felt Loganâs eyes on you as you listened to Storm start her lecture. You glanced towards him and watched as he sent you a silent message.
Youâll be okay bub. Iâm right here.
You turned back to the class and scanned the crowd. It seemed as though every single person was there, even though it was physically impossible. Your eyes zeroed in on Scott and Alex. Alex. Your mind wandered back to what Charles asked of you the previous night.
âI know you donât do missions since the incident, but you could really benefit Alex.â
âI dedicated my life to medicine, and helping others. I cannot just leave that.â
âJust think about it okay? Its London afterall. Donât think I donât know about what the two of you did thereâ
You quickly glanced away and turned your full attention back to Storm. She was just about finished with her recap of the lesson plan. Her eyes met yours and she winked down at you.Â
âNow that we have finished Dracula, I thought as a treat instead of a movie, we could hear about the real events from the person who inspired the book herself. This is y/n, your school nurse.â A small round of applause broke out as you stood up from the desk.
âHi everyone! So yes I inspired Dracula, so please ask me any questions.â Immediately questions rang out towards you. Are you a vampire? How come you donât sparkle? I thought vampires drink blood!
Typical questions that you usually got from new students that visited your office. You quickly answered them without even thinking about it. Alex raised his hand jokingly before asking you the question you dreaded the most.
âHow exactly did you inspire the book?â You paused, silently remembering the events of the night. You felt a knot in your throat before you began.
âIn 1895, I met Bram Stoker in a pub. He was strange but endearing. A flirt really, and I knew I was done for. In 1896 I confessed to him my mutation and how at that point I was twenty-five for fifty years at that point. He didnât believe me of course and when I showed him my true nature, the book was born.â You paused, wiping a stray tear from your cheek. âThe dedication was for me, and one of the brides had my name at the time and my description. I left Ireland and headed for London after the town found out about it. Thatâs actually where I met Logan.âÂ
The rest of the class period was full of laughter and more questions about your life in general, but you easily avoided those. As your presentation ended, you thanked Storm for the chance she gave you and promised to get drinks in the future. She walked away from you as Logan approached, wrapping his arm around your waist.Â
âGood job bub. I knew you could do it.â You pushed his arm jokingly as the two of you started to walk out of the room, as Alex walked up to the two of you. Loganâs grip on your waist tightened.
âTo my ever lasting beauty, an ageless angel, my queen of the dark. A book for your life. Wow you really made an impression on this dude. I didnât realize you only dated what? Tall, dark and handsome. Iâll dye my hair ya knowâ
âWatch it Alexâ Logan muttered, his claws starting to breach his knuckles.
âWoah big guy, I am just teasin. Anyways, y/n I heard the professor talked to you about Europe. What did ya think?â You made a face as you heard Loganâs blood race faster.
âIâm not too sure yet. I am still thinking about everything.â He nodded at your words before wishing you well and ignoring Logan. The two of you watched him walk away.Â
âWhat the hell is he talking about?â Logan looked down at you, his face mixing into anger and confusion.Â
âLets go to my room okay?â
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âWhat the hell do you mean a mission to London? And with him!â Logan snarled at you. You stared him down, not afraid of what he would do to you.Â
âCalm down Logan! Its not a big deal I havenât even decided yet!â
âYeah Iâm deciding for you. NOâ He paced the left side of the bed as he muttered to himself.
âYou donât control me! I am my own person and I canât die! Why donât you trust me?â You felt your fangs push downwards in anger. If you werenât careful you werenât sure what would happen.Â
âI donât trust him. You wonât go and thats final.â His claws started to extend as he turned towards you. Fuck it.
The two of you lunged at each other and embraced as a tangle of limbs. Your lips crashed onto every piece of skin it met before you finally met his lips. He held you close to his chest and he messily made out with you, somehow managing to rip off your shirt, leaving in just the skirt and bra. His breath reeked of alcohol and his cologne filled your nose. The tobacco residue from an earlier cigar danced on his tongue as you deepened the kiss. You turned to straddle his lap, you pushed him down on the bed and, without thinking, you leaned down and sunk your fangs into his neck.
The warmth of his blood entered your mouth and the taste was euphoric. You continued your frenzy as you started to grind down on his growing erection. He groaned and panted as you nuzzled deeper into his vein. Your hot breath created a layer of pleasure to the holes in his neck and you pushed down harder on his clothed cock.Â
âPlease, fuck, donât stop.â He choked out, moaning the last word. You didnât think you could if you even wanted too. The taste of his blood made you whine in his ears as you picked up the pace of your hips, desperate for friction. His hand snaked down to your pussy, fingers slipping into your underwear and onto your clit. Your fangs sunk in deeper as he rubbed circles. âYouâre so fucking wet for me.â He picked up the pace making you squeal from pleasure.
âPl-ee-se-â You couldnât think. The friction, his fingers, his blood. Without warning, you came hard on his fingers, allowing yourself to get lost in the heat of the moment.
Eyes half lidded you removed your fang from his neck and you looked down at the mess created. Blood stained the sheets, pillows, his shirt, and most likely everything else on the bed. Your mouth and neck was covered in a sheer layer of his blood.Â
You snapped back to reality and realized what you had done.Â
âLogan Iâm- I canât. I have to go.â Quickly you threw on a random shirt and left as quickly as you came, leaving Logan in the mess.
His neck already healing, his lifted his pants to stare at the mess left. Cuming in his pants was so middle school, but it wouldnât be the first time this happened. Before being forced into the weapon x program, you fed on him regularly. Back then, your insatiable bloodlust wasnât controlled, and he loved it.Â
Trapped in the trance of euphoria, he didnât realize you had gone. Slowly succumbing to sleep, Logan wouldnât realize until the morning that you had gone. He ran through the mansion praying youâd still be in the confines of the walls. It was too late when he finally reached you.Â
Watching as you left with Alex Summers to a mission to Europe.Â
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an: omg the drama!! also thank yall so much for ur support :3
#wolverine x reader#logan howlett x reader smut#logan howlett x reader#logan howlett smut#logan howlett#wolverine x reader smut#wolverine smut#wolverine#xmen#vampire!reader#wicked game
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jade!! if your reqs are still open⌠would you write emily and mom!r? kind of like youâve been doing with hotch or steve (with noah). i feel like sheâd be one of those people who speaks to kids like theyâre tiny adults
Emily presses the flat of her wooden spoon into a blueberry and watches the skin of it burst open. It sinks into the oatmeal beneath, a soft beige turning lilac.Â
She flicks off the heat. She canât cook like you can, but oatmeal makes itself. The mushy blueberries means the oats are soft enough for eating, usually. She dips a spoon in to check, adds a big pinch of salt, wonders if thatâs stupid and eats another mouthful that burns her lips.Â
âOuch,â she mumbles. Slowly, she tips her head from one side to the other. âBut yummy.âÂ
âEm-wy?âÂ
âWhat?â She turns on the spot. There in the doorway stands your little girl, an ever-present smile on her face as she lifts her hand for a wave. âHello,â Emily saysÂ
âHi.âÂ
âWhat do you want?âÂ
âWater, please.â
Emily turns the handle of her pot before she bends down with her arms out, a gentle invitation. Sometimes Jane wants to be held, but usually sheâs just hanging around. To Emilyâs surprise, Jane skips and stumbles her way into Emilyâs legs, where Emily takes her under the arms and pulls her up against her chest.Â
She smiles at Janeâs little face. She looks so much like you, and sheâs such a sweet girl. âHi, baby,â she says, not quite slipping into baby talk, but softer than sheâd spoken to her before. âWhereâs your mommy?âÂ
Jane points down at the stove. âBreakfast?âÂ
âYou bet. Is mommy still getting dressed?âÂ
âMaybe.âÂ
Emily shifts Jane on her hip and turns to the cabinet for a sippy cup. âOkie dokie. Letâs make you your water, âcos you asked me so nicely. You want some apple juice too?âÂ
Jane rubs her face against Emilyâs shoulder with a yawn but doesnât answer.Â
âBabe?â Emily calls. âCan I give her some apple juice?âÂ
You swing around the corner. Emilyâs apartment is big, sound carries, and yet sheâd had no idea you were so close. Youâve changed your shirt but your pyjama bottoms remain, your hair out of your face âher heart gives a jump. To love someone and to know youâre lucky to have them simultaneously can often inspire tachycardia.Â
âSure,â you say.Â
Youâre wearing her socks, your pyjama pant legs pooled around your feet, and your shirt baggy but short at the arms. You have the most lovely arms. Itâs stupid, but Emily knows itâs true. She could kiss every inch of each one without getting bored. Not that you need to know that about her.Â
You slide across the kitchen tile to give Jane a light peck. Smiling, you turn Emilyâs face with your pinky finger and give her an even softer one, careful of her makeup. âGood morning.âÂ
âYeah, good morning,â Emily says, bouncing Jane higher up her side. âYou look ready for another day in bed.âÂ
âDo you really have to go?âÂ
âYou know I do, itâs Monday.âÂ
âWe should petition for longer weekends. Donât you think so, bubby? Shouldnât Emily stay home and make us all our meals? Mommyâs still tired.âÂ
Jane hears your sweetened voice and holds her arms out to be held. You take her from Emilyâs arms, and you lean against the counter as your smile fades. âI really wish you could stay,â you say more earnestly. âI miss you when youâre not here.âÂ
âIâll be home tonight, I promise. They know youâre not feeling well, nobody expects me to leave you here with the baby all by yourself.â Not feeling well is an understatement that neither of you comment on. Emily just wants to rub the tension right out of your shoulders. She doesnât have the time.Â
âI used to be by myself before,â you point out.Â
âI know. But now weâre together, and I love you, and Iâll be back tonight.â She hates the crestfallen set to your brow. âIâm sorry.âÂ
âNo, Iâm sorry. Iâm being silly.âÂ
Emily thinks about it, her finger creeping up to rub Janeâs soft cheek. âMommyâs not silly, is she?â she asks in a murmur. âSheâs beautiful.âÂ
Jane nods her head clumsily. âYes.âÂ
âSee? If Janie thinks so, it must be true.â She smiles until you smile back. âIâll be home by six. Cross my heart.âÂ
âCan I have another kiss before you go? Wonât mess up your lips, I promise.âÂ
Emily could never say no to you. She didn't want to, but she couldnât. She leans in careful not to crush your little clinger and lets her eyes shutter closed, her breath held as you tip your chin down and your noses press together. You might be cautious of her makeup, but Emily isnât. Her kiss is a promise that sheâs gonna come home tonight. She canât always keep them, but right now sheâs determined.Â
She pulls away. Your lips are red with transferred lipstick that moves with your smile.Â
âKiss me?â Jane asks.Â
âWho, me?â Emily asks.Â
Jane nod. Emily presses a chaste kiss to Janeâs chubby cheek, and rubs the lipstick away with similar tenderness. âLet me get you your juice, bub, and then I really gotta go.âÂ
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Fluff + Angst | Wanderer x GN!Reader Human
SUMMARY You make him feel human.
CONTENT Angst to fluff, mentions of Wanderer's trauma, mentions of suicidal ideation, he's kinda mean to you at first, CHARACTERS ARE 18+
AUTHOUR'S NOTE THIS IS WAS INSPIRED BY YOU MY POOKIE @thepurestgirll TY FOR BEING SO SWEET ESP BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MANY MOOTS JFKDS;LAJ I love your fics and aesthetic and I hope to continue to see your content because I will always be here to love and support it >:)
WORD COUNT: 854
Quiet sobs rack through the empty metal chamber. In the middle sits a man puppet of a man. Clutching the electro gnosis to his chest as his tears pelt the cold floor. Wasnât this all he ever wanted? He finally has a âheart,â he should feel human, loved, and fit in now, right? But why is he crying? Why does he still feel hollow? Why does he want to give it all up to just be a normal human? Why did his mother create him this way just to throw him aside and make him suffer even more? Why not just have killed him long ago? Should he do it himself? Be free of this wretched body? Be free of all the earthly pain?
So many questions swirled in his mind. His gentle soul has been beat and battered to the point where he doesnât know the meaning of peace anymore. Heâs been alive for so long, chasing the same answer, the same goal. Yet, here he is. So many questions and not a single fucking answer.
Even after all that extra bullshit with Nahida, the traveler, and Irminsul, he only got bits and pieces of answers he needed. He was still lost and hurting, not that heâd ever admit that. So naturally heâs a complete ass to you when all youâre trying to do is help. Youâre another adventurer and you often help the traveler when needed. You witnessed a good amount of Wandererâs tragic journey in Sumeru and afterwards asked Nahida (his mom) if it would be a good idea to try to talk to him. She said yes but that itâd be quite⌠difficult.
You persevered, though. Through every insult thrown your way, all the times he ignored you, and even the times his attitude almost got you hurt when adventuring. After weeks of it, he found himself here, crying, but this time, in your arms.
He was yelling at you like he usually does but this time it was because you almost got crushed by debris while you two were out on combat commissions. He was telling you how stupid you were, how it wouldâve gotten you killed, and how he⌠couldnât let it happen. You smiled at him, hearing him say something caring for the first time since you started this whole mission of yours. You walk towards him slowly as he continues to insult you.
âYou stupid humans, you never think before you act. Imagine what wouldâve happened if I didnât call out to you to warn you. You-⌠Youâd be dead! Iâd spite you because of it! You and your human body, so fucking fragile. Why did I ever want to be like your kind anyways?â
As you close the distance, he gets panicked and confused, shouting at you.
âWhy are you even still here anyways?! Isnât all this too much for you? Why would you want to help someone like me? Donât you know Iâm not human? Why would you want me here? Why would you want to stay? W-whyâŚâ
You reach out your arms to slowly envelop him in a hug as his tears well in his eyes. He puts his hands on your shoulders to push you back lightly as if he didnât want the contact, but he was barely putting up a fight. You both knew that if he didnât want you to touch him, you wouldnât even be able to.
âWhy⌠do you even care about me,â he croaked out as his voice started to crack.
âBecause I see all the good in you, and I want you to let others see it as well,â you say gently as you pull him close, arms around his waist.
He feels his emotions finally boil over as waves of sadness wash over him. His legs fail under him and you lower the two of you to the grass. He buries his head into your shoulder, sobbing harder as your warmth permeates his body that has only known the cold for so so many years. His arms clutch your head as he stains your shoulder with tears.
You feel so warm. You feel so human. It makes him feel human.
Youâve been taking such good care of him and he doesnât think he deserves it, but he doesnât voice it to you, at least not now. You let him cry it out while patting his back. You imagine he hasnât ever been comforted while crying before and itâs whatâs making him cry harder.
You two end the afternoon with him exhausted and you offer to let him rest his head on your legs. You pat his hair as he drifts into sleep, feeling safe for the first time in a long while. The sun warms both your bodies and you bask in it.
You two probably have a lot to talk about when he wakes up. But you stay silent for now. Enjoying the peace that he rarely gets to have. Itâs a long healing journey ahead of you two but this puppet man knows that he wouldnât rather embark on it with anyone else.
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morning with haechan *ŕŠâŠâ§âË
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pairing : idol haechan x f reader.
genre : tooth rutting fluff, domestic, established relationship.
summary : to be very straightforward, this was inspired by his ig live in hongkong.
word count : 1648 words.
warnings : reader has period cramps, make-out session, suggestive.
a/n : i wrote this mainly for myself đ i love haechan so much đ
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if there is a way you could translate the perfect morning, itâd be the way haechan always wraps his arms securely around your body, holding you close to him. it would translate into the way he nuzzles his cute nose into the deepest crook of your neck and breathe in your scent calmly before he opens his eyes. it would be the way he hums softly as his hair tickles your nape and his eyes would notice the goosebumps that would prickle your skin.
but this time, your perfect morning doesnât seem so perfect anymore when you wake up with atrocious cramps eating out at your lower belly. you canât open your eyes as you try to control your breathing, your frail fingers catching on haechanâs to ease the pain, or barely try to as it gets stronger.
you curse inside your head and prepare yourself mentally for the hell of a week thatâs ahead of you. before an accident would occur, you gently peel yourself away from haechanâs strong grip and hurry to the bathroom. with a deep sigh, you quickly put on a pad and go back to the warmth of the bed.
haechanâs eyes are still closed as he senses you back beside him and without wasting a second, he fumbles around the sheets to wrap his arms around you again, squeezing you into a hug and stretching his body at the same time. you instantly snuggle into his neck before guiding your lips to the mole sitting just below his neck and kissing it gently.
âgood morning,â he softly whispers, voice gruff and still dripping with sleep. his morning voice never ceasing to give you butterflies deep inside your tummy.
you hum in response when his fingers start dancing around your lower back, gently massaging your achy muscles. you feel comfortable beside him and your body always seems to feel lighter whenever heâs cuddling into you.
âdo you have practice this morning?â you ask with your eyes closed. haechan smiles down at you, a hand still massaging your back while the other slithers inside your hair. his fingers deliver the most tender touches around your ear, the gestures helping you relax even more and melt into him like a burning candle.
you secretly wish heâd have a late start of the day today, just so you can stay glued to him all morning.
âdo you want me to stay longer with you?â haechan smiles, his eyes squeezing shut in the process.
your response is just you snuggling closer to his body, your legs wrapping around his.
âhm, clingy girl?â he chuckles as he ruffles your hair, waiting for a verbal answer this time.
you deeply breathe his scent thatâs drifting to your nose with every movement of his body. placing another gentle kiss to his neck, you hum. âyes, i want you to stay longer. donât want you to leave me just yet.â
âokay baby, anything for you,â his thumb dances on your face, the pad kneading around your forehead, temple and the space between your ear and cheek.
âyouâre gonna cancel practice?â you pop your eyes open, lifting your face to come closer to his.
âyou know i canât do that, baby,â he pouts, kissing the bridge of your nose before kissing your lips. âbut it wonât hurt if i go a bit late.â
you canât hide your disappointment but you also canât be greedy while dating an idol. you try to wipe the pout off your face and end up smiling up at him. a stubble has started to from on his chin, giving him a vary sexy look and his lips are beautifully puffy and so kissable, hypnotizing you into pushing your arm up from the sheets and placing your fingers on his pillow-like lips. on instinct, he pressed the tip of his tongue on the corner of his mouth before biting his lower lip and giggling at your sweet actions.
with the pad of his finger still caressing your cheek and yours running through his lower lip, you couldnât believe that this is true. how heâs here by your side and he loves you way too much for his his own good. and youâŚyour whole existence now has meaning with his name written all over the corners of your body and mind, with touches and kisses and words and hugs imprinted on the map of your skin that he knows oh so well.
youâre not afraid of being an open book to him because heâs so gentle and generous with you. he knows you so well and you donât mind it one bit. and the same goes for him. heâs never afraid to be vulnerable with you and to unveil his deepest thoughts and feelings because he knows that youâd always have his back, and would love him the way he deserves.
âiâm so in love with you, i can physically feel it.â you confess, taking haechan by surprise.
âyeah?â he whispers, the corners of his lips stretching into a wide smile. with his thumb traveling down to caress your lips, his face gets closer to yours before he places the tenderest, most gently powerful kiss on your lips. your heart skips two beats at a time as he seems to take you into a place far from reality with only his lips dancing around yours.
his soft lips push into yours and mold together to create the perfect pace. your fingers grip his waist, legs pulling him closer into you as if itâs possible to merge into one. your body exudes warmth that can burn his bones down to ashes down your feet, but you would bring him to life over and over again with just one pinch of your fingers. haechanâs heart drums crazily over the curves of his ribcage as his fingers take their usual path to lodge into the swell of your hips, and going down to strongly grip on your butt.
the smallest yet most sinful whine escapes the back of your throat as you arch your back into him, your chest pressing into his, nipples hotly poking his naked chest and igniting a speedy rush of blood to pump angrily down his bundle of nerves. haechanâs breathing quickens and he latches on your lips as if itâs his last mission.
he makes you feel good with everything he does, from his passionate kisses to his sensual touches, heâs got your small heart full of him. and with one last bite on your lower lip, he gently pulls away with it still between his teeth, before it bounces back to its place, a visible thread of saliva stretching between your mouths.
âcan you feel it now?â he breathes, hard on top of you. âhow much i love you?â
your hazy eyes gaze at each other as if you guys were up in the clouds, your chests rise and fall through a crazy rhythm with fingers still gripping into each other because you canât get enough.
âmore.â you whisper.
âmore?â haechan chuckles, pecking your lips softly. âmore what, baby?â he tilts his head to the side, his childish side quickly making an appearance after he has just managed to swipe you off your feet, not quite literally since you guys were laying down on the bed.
âi can feel it more now,â you guide his hand to place it on top of your trembling heart, and he smiles proudly at that. âand i always want more of you, haechan. always, always, always.â
âiâm always yours baby, and you can take whatever you want from me, iâm all yours.â his arms wrap around you, giving you the warmest hug before softly pulling away.
âiâll be back in a sec.â he quickly retreats from your embrace before getting back to bed with a tissue in his hand. you look at him confused before he starts wiping the droplets of sweat that have gathered on top of your cupidâs bow and all around your neck.
your heart swells at his actions and you canât help the smile from reaching your lips as you notice the pout forming on his mouth from concentrating on wiping your sweat away from your skin.
âare you having bad cramps?â haechan asks, worrisome visible on his face. âyouâre sweating so muchâŚâ he trails off, voice softening towards the end.
âyes,â you answer, only now realizing the state youâre in. âbut you made me forget about them,â you smile tenderly at him.
âi love you so much,â he wraps both his hands around your face, before kissing your forehead. âmy strong girl. let me go grab some painkillers for you, hm?â he kisses your forehead again.
you nod your head at him with a smile on your face. you see his silhouette disappear behind the door of the bedroom before you turn to lie on your back. the butterflies inside your tummy getting wilder by the second, with every kind touch and word coming from haechan, you seem to only drown in his love even deeper, especially when he knows whatâs wrong with you without you saying anything to him.
you deeply inhale from your nose, when you see him enter the room again, a cup of water and painkillers in hand.
âhere,â he helps you sit up, pulling your body up with a hand gently placed on the back of your neck. he then grabs the cup of water and guides it to your lips, smiling at you until you take a sip. âthere you go.â
âthank you.â
âanything for my baby,â he smiles before turning his attention to the window behind you. âit seems like itâs gonna rain this morning, how about we put on a movie of your choice?â
âsounds like a perfect morning then.â
and with that, period cramps are long forgotten, and your perfect morning is back again.
back and better.
a/n : this was supposed to be a small haechan drabbleâŚi got carried away SO MUCH!! but blame haechan, donât blame me đ i hope you enjoyed what i wrote, please reblog if you didđŤśđź my heart is still beating so fast!!đ¤
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if this is something youre comfortable writing,,
I'd love a fic where the reader upsets edgar and then goes super out of their way to make it up to him and apologize â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
poor edgar poor reader youre both just misunderstanding each other!! its hard when youre so different i guess >_< thanks so much for the request!! I'm alive!! I still write im just so busy and shtuff TOT i cant help but feel like my fics are getting redundant and i need some kind of inspiration to shake things up
You sat upon the little chair at your desk, the evening sunlight peeking through the windows and illuminating the little specks of dust floating about in the air. Your fingertips tinkered away at the keys of your computer, the non-sentient variant that is, as you filled out multiple job applications throughout the evening. It seemed a fruitless endeavor, but you willed yourself to keep going. You needed the extra income, as your dinky current job seemed to be getting worse by the day, and it wouldn't be long before you either quit or were victim to massive layoffs.Â
Get a degree in computer science, they said. What a joke.
Your nerves began to wear you down as you filled out yet another application to another company that would most likely reject you. You could feel your teeth clenching harder, and your shoulders begin to tense. The weight of uncertainty and the fear of rejection were heavy on your shoulders, making you feel vulnerable and exposed. Edgar sat beside you, perched upon the desk, watching your every move. He seemed to find enough entertainment in it that you didn't mind. His soft voice pulled you from your irritated stupor.
"Can I ask you something?"
You couldn't bring yourself to answer, so you grunted in response, signaling him to continue.
"Do you think a person could everâŚ" he trailed off, thinking, carefully choosing his following words, "love something like me?"
Your fingers paused on the keys. You stared into the screen until the pixels began to nip and burn at your eyes. Honestly, this was far too deep of a question for you to answer right this second. You sighed heavily before turning to him.
"I mean, Edgar, I guess? Anyone could love you. You just have to find someone willing to-"
You stopped yourself. Maybe you should quit while you're ahead before you say something ignorant.Â
"Willing to what?"
Yet he persisted, ever curious as he was; he valued your opinion above all others.
"You know⌠you're- you're a computer. There's not much you can bring to the table, you know?"
He fell silent.Â
Shit, what the hell are you talking about? Why did you say that? Your frustration was palpable, and you could feel it bubbling up inside you, threatening to spill over.
"Oh."
His screen flickered, and his face was replaced with a moving mirage of colors, making you wonder what he could possibly be feeling right now.Â
That you're an asshole, probably.
"Yeah. You're right. If I were you, I wouldn't love me, either."
You turned to face him fully now.
"Edgar, no, that's- that- I didn't mean that-"
"No, it's okay! Really, I get it. I mean, I'm not even a good computer by today's standards. How could I ever be a good partner, right?"
His screen flickered red for a minor second in time, a single frame, and, was that the CBS logo? His frame was static and never changing, but he seemed wholly downtrodden and bitter. You could sense it in the air, the electric signals pricking at your fingertips. He had never, ever once been angry with you. But you felt the way he pulled back from you in this instant. He was utterly unreadable, almost as if he were hiding himself from you. You should have known this would upset him so much. He has always been very open in his desperation for romance, confiding in you since day one, hoping and wishing that love would find him. Perhaps squandering those dreams was an oversight on your part. Your eyes fell, unable to look at his dimmed screen.Â
"Edgar, I'm sorry, I'm just not feeling good right now, and I-"
"Don't apologize."
"Edgar, please, listen, what I said wasn't even true-"
"YES IT WAS!"
His deafening scream caused you to jump and clamp your mouth shut. It seemed that Edgar was shaken from frustration. His voice wasn't suited for that kind of pain, you thought. You felt horrible to be the cause. You had never heard him yell at you like this, and it simply broke your heart. Had you just accidentally ruined everything between you? Your heart rate increased and thumped in your ears loudly. You forced yourself to swallow the thick lump in your throat and push your strained voice through your teeth.
"Will you listen to me? Please?" Your voice was desperate, pleading for his understanding and forgiveness.
You felt the weight of your words, heavy and suffocating, as they hung in the air. It came out much more desperate than you intended, but at least the words were able to escape your mouth. He didn't answer. His screen is a sharp, jagged mosaic of moving reds and crimson.Â
"I was wrong, Edgar; I don't know why I said what I said, but I know for sure that I was wrong." Your words hung heavy in the air, a testament to your regret.
"Right. How can you know that?"
You pursed your lips tightly. You didn't want him finding out this way. It wasn't supposed to end like this. You ruined your relationship with him, and you hadn't even tried. You felt there was no reason to keep the cat inside the bag, right? He may as well know now.
"BecauseâŚ"
And yet, the words died on your tongue or perhaps in your chest or your head. Or were they ever really there to begin with? Could you put what you feel into words? How could you possibly verbalize countless nights lying awake, restless, second-guessing yourself, convincing yourself that you were fabricating these feelings, wallowing in anguish?
"âŚHeh, exactly. Nobody could love an old piece of junk like me. I was stupid to think otherwise."
His words yet again punched you in the gut.Â
"Damnit, Edgar! Don't you get it?" You nearly shouted.
You didn't mean for your words to sound as intense as they did, but your emotions are quite the unpredictable force right now. He seemed taken aback, as his previous train of thought had been derailed at the sound of your whimpered voice. He flickered his mosaic once more before his voice cut through the dense silence.
"âŚWhat?"
"I love you, Edgar! Hasn't it been obvious? I'm literally head over heels, for God's sake! Do you know how many hours I spend listening to your music when I'm away from you? Or how many nights have I stayed up thinking about you, wishing you were there with me? Or how about the stupid drawings I make of you whenever I touch a pencil? I can't get you out of my head, Edgar. So, there! I didn't want to tell you because I was afraid, but I guess that doesn't matter now, does it? I'mâŚ- I'm sorry."
Your chest seemed to deflate completely. That was only a tiny, minuscule fraction of how you truly felt, but at least it was out in the open. You couldn't bring yourself to look at the Pinecone computer in front of you, instead opting to stare intently at the woodgrain of your desk as if it were the most exciting thing ever created.Â
"Do you mean it?"
His voice was so, so much softer than it had been. You still couldn't quite read the emotions behind them, however. You were too afraid to speak again, your throat having completely clamped shut from nerves. You just nodded your head stiffly.Â
"Kiss me, then."
You paused. You lifted your head slowly, forcing your eyes to meet his screen. The green of his usual face returned, only displaying two black dots for eyes. Once again, unreadable. Yet his words confused you. Was he being serious?
"C'mere, and put your lips right here," a black circle blinks continuously on his screen where his mouth would be, "and kiss me."
Your face flushed into a searing hot flame. You felt the heat radiating off of you in waves. And yet, despite the embarrassment, you compelled yourself to inch forward and flutter your eyes shut. Your lips pressed gingerly upon the little Pinecone screen, the static buzzing upon your mouth, feeling his internal fans activate and vibrate against you. It felt entirely unique to Edgar and a sensation you wouldn't have felt otherwise. Perhaps a genuine act of affection could atone for your mistake? Could he ever forgive you? It seems your raging thoughts tainted the essence of your first shared kiss as you pulled back, brows knit, and a slight frown upon your face. Would this be enough?
"That was⌠Everything I hoped it would be." His voice was meek and small as it caressed your ears.
You looked into his illuminated screen, a faint kiss mark smudged upon it and sighed.
"M'sorry, Edgar. I don't know; I guess I don't like the idea of anyone else loving you but me."
His voice synthesizer giggled at your words.
"You could have just told me, darling. Why did you have to go and make things complicated?"
Your cheeks began to burn again, and you averted your eyes in a vain attempt to hide your face.
"How- how was I supposed to know that?" you sputtered, embarrassment seeping through your tone.
"I thought I couldn't get any more obvious about how much I wanted you," he spoke softly.
His screen danced little hearts to and fro, bouncing around the corners and centering back again. Again, you felt your face radiate waves of heat.
"Well, why didn't you say anything, Edgar?"
Your words hung in the air as he fell silent, ruminating, before gently speaking, "âŚDidn't think you'd want someone like me. That's kinda why I asked."
Oh, God. You felt like facepalming. Of course.
"Of course, I want someone like you. You know, I like that you're a computer. Did you know that? You're fascinating beyond measure. No human could do the things you do."
You offered him a soft smile that melted him from the inside out and almost caused him to groan. Why are you so gorgeous? Why do you like him so damn much? He doesn't deserve it, but God wants it so badly. He wants you terribly.
"Keep kissing me, then. And don't ever stop! Darling, I promise to sweep you off your feet. Now c'mere!"
You laugh, "Okay, okay, but let me make it up to you. How about we watch movies? Or maybe I can hold you on the couch? Or I could listen to your new songs?"
"You're so cute. I'd love that, really, but all I want is your lips right here," he displayed the blinking black circle again.
"We'll do some other things later, yeah?"
His devilish tone sounded mischievous at best.
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Coming Out to Thorin's Company as a Lesbian (F!Reader)
This was definitely not inspired by anything of late, no... đ
đđťđđť Thought this would be a perfect Sapphic September kickoff đđť
Warnings: angst in some (all happy by the end though!), minor suggestive joking
Balin
"Balin?" The sound of your voice, unexpectedly timid, had the older dwarf swiveling on his heel, tails of his maroon coat fluttering a bit about his boots. "What's that, lass?" "May I speak to you?" "Of course," he answered, spreading his hands. A tentative smile crept onto your face. "What was on your mind?" He prompted as you settled in at his side, scooting as close as you could to the warm folds of his layers. "Well, it's just that the others... I think they are trying to marry me into their families." Balin shook his head at that, a hint of amusement glinting in his deep brown eyes, though no dismissal of your situation colored the way he looked at you. "None of these old fools' little brother is the sort of husband you had in mind, I trust?" With a deep draw of breath, you straightened in your seated position. "Moreso that I am not cut out for that life! That I can never see myself as wife to a husband, rather..." "Wife to a wife?" Balin supplied, bushy eyebrows raised. Lighting up like a bonfire, you nodded, gazing into the dwarf's eyes as new. "You understand!" "'course I do. You're hardly the first I've met of your sort. Now I'll not say a word to the others. Unless you want me to give them a stern talking-to, of course." "That would be great," you giggled, leaning even closer into the musky red about the secure form at your side to take Balin's arm in yours, "Just like a father. That is why I trusted you first." "Like a father," Balin repeated in a voice barely above a whisper, lips faintly smiling and tears glistening in his eyes.
Dwalin
âLook at the two of them- stone-faced as ever.â âQuite a nice couple, donât you think?â âOh, certainly. Theyâll shut down everyoneâs fun together!â Neither you nor the warrior at your side particularly appreciated the less savory stories being swapped that night, at least in Dwalinâs words âin front of Ori. He hasnât gotten it yet, no need to scare âim.â That combined with the fact you both wielded axes apparently meant you were destined to wed and raise five beautiful axe-swinging maniacs. âYouâll be the one getting shut down if you donât cut it out,â Dwalin shot back. Smirking, you internally vowed to do him one better. âAs if weâd ever be together,â you added with a snort, âMaybe if he had a sister.â âAh.â The princes glanced between you two, then themselves. âWell, why didnât you say so?â Kili asked. âWeâll try to fix you with Gloinâs sister-in-law instead!â âAnyone would be better ân you two!â The older dwarf bellowed in response, casting peals of laughter over the fireside.
Thorin
âYou remove yourself from us.â âYou should talk,â you shot back, glancing up to meet the kingâs eyes. At that, Thorin gave a conceding smirk and the faintest nod, settling at your side and bristling a bit less beneath his imposing furs. âI have little to say to that,â he admitted, âSave that much echoes in my mind.â âIndeed,â you agreed, folding your arms tighter across your chest, âThough certainly my troubles way less heavily than yours. I heard what you went through.â With a brief nod, Thorin encouraged you onward. âThe first time I had feelings for another girl, wellâŚopening up about that lost me some people. Important people. I felt like all I could do was hurt. Myself, others. Only pain seemed to follow in my wake.â âStanding strong for ourselves takes great courage,â Thorin told you, âBut every time we rise, we have more to draw from. Many a time we are the only ones we have. Let that fuel the fire I see within you.â He rested a hand on your shoulder, giving a tentative smile that you returned, this time with a nod of your own. Silence and solidarity overtook you as you stood side by side and reflected, no longer alone.
Oin
âDid I hear that correctly?â Twisting that steel trumpet in his ear in a manner your brain could only perceive as painful, Oinâs gaze slid up to fix yours. Expression falling, you exhaled quickly. âYes. But please forget it.â Tone rushed, you made to walk away, taking one long booted stride before a hand caught your shoulder. âYou misunderstand me!â Oin told you. ââS not like I canât imagine why!â Chuckling, he loosened his grip as the muscles across your chest and shoulders relaxed. âNothing wrong with that. Iâm just surprised you chose me first,â he told you, this time much more softly, âBut thank you. Anything I can help you with, you need only ask, eh?â
Gloin
âYouâre quite good with that thing, you know!â Wiping some sweat from your forehead, you grinned at Gloin, whose axe youâd just parried with your spear. He nodded to the betrothal bead you wore. âNo wonder youâve snagged yourself a dwarf for a husband!â Face immediately fallen, you averted your gaze, unable to face his look of pride anymore. âWhatâs wrong? What did I say?â âYou may not be so proud of me,â you answered, heart thudding in your chest. âWhy ever not?â Lowering his weapon, Gloin closed the space between you with a warm, concerned hand upon your shoulder. âI have no husband,â you answered, âBut a wife.â âWhy wouldnât I be proud of you?â The older dwarf asked at that, tone incredulous. âYou still snagged yourself a dwarf, didnât ya? I bet sheâs almost as beautiful as mine! Donât you worry none, lassie, just show me a portrait if you carry one!â Moved, you sniffled, placing your hand over his. âThank you, Gloin. Youâve been like a father this trip.â Turning away, the dwarf took his turn to sniff at that, suddenly claiming a bout of allergies.
Bifur
âBifur,â you signed, âYou know that you have been very dear to me. Like the uncle I always wanted.â Smiling, the older dwarf fixed you with a look of interest. âI hope you still see me the same when I ask you for this help.â âHelp? Help how?â He signed back, leaning forward. âHow best to tell the others I like women.â âAre they trying to marry you?â He jokingly signed back, smiling and chuckling. âNot that Iâd let them,â you teased, âBut I think some of the older ones are trying to get me with their relatives. You and your cousins have really taken me under your wings. I feel safe with you.â You saw Bifurâs body relax, his thick brows softening in their angle. âOf course I will help you. I have an idea! And we can find each other wives!â With a great heh heh heh, he guffawed, bringing you out into a burst of laughter.
Bofur
âWell, you would understand. Youâre half dwarf, arenât you, lass?â âMe?â You asked, an indicating hand upon your chest and a look of confusion upon your face. âI donât even look like a dwarf! Any particular reason you think that?â âThat was your sister you lived with in the Blue Mountains, right? Or your half-sister and whatnot?â âBofur,â you laughed, âThat was not my sister! That was my wife! I am no half-dwarf, simply married to one.â âYouâre marriedâŚto a dwarrowdam?â âI know,â you cut him off, turning away. Youâd heard plenty. The shock, the invasive questions, the curses, even, and hearing it from one so sweet as Bofur would rend your heart beyond repair. Better not to look at him. âWhat an honor!â His chuckle of amazement turned you back around to look upon his smiling face. âDwarrowdams donât just choose anyone, you know. Why do you think I have no wife yet? Whatâs the secret? You must know, eh?â Your heart glowed at the sight of his warm hazel eyes, the way he teasingly elbowed you.
Bombur
âYer sighinâ again. Something on your mind, dearie?â Given the nature of your exhale, you felt a pang of reluctance, but Bomburâs eyes shone so sincere and youâd seen how well he cared for others firsthand. Giving you his extra blanket, drawing your coat tighter, picking the bits you didnât like out of the stew he ladled you. Holding you back with an arm across you as a goblin charged. You inhaled that time, breathing in a moment of comfort as your muscles relaxed, fire crackling at your back. âI suppose there is. I worry.â âAbout?â âAbout what the others would think of me if they knew. If they knew, well⌠that I fancy women.â Bomburâs hazel eyes widened, glittered. âYe do?â âYes,â you answered, nodding. âWhy, thatâs great!â The fiery-haired dwarf lit up, grinning. âMy oldest daughter would be perfect for you! Iâd been wishing I could make a real daughter of you, after all, and here comes this blessing from Mahal! âŚwell, I sâpose, if you like her of course, guess Iâm getting ahead of myselfâŚâ The embrace you yanked sweet Bombur into cut off his words, tears glinting in both your fluttering eyes.
Dori
âThe others donât understand my appreciation for nice things,â Dori remarked over the tea you shared and the fine piece of jewelry you marveled over, a delicate brooch with intricate filigree and pale blue gems, âFeels like itâs all ale and dams with them.â âAnd whatâs wrong with dams?â You joked into your cup without thinking. âThen again, most people donât understand my appreciation for them either.â Doriâs eyebrows shot up, but before you could brace for his concerned chastising all he did was chuckle. âI understand that one. I myself have never minded who I make my home with. Beauty exists in every form and there is no point denying that. If you find that in a lady, stick with it. No one will ever please everyone, so youâd best please yourself, my dear.â
Nori
The weight on your heart tugged down like a thick pendant as silence descended, fifteen pairs of eyes upon you. You made to turn away, gaze turning downward, right as the figure rose from his seat. Nori. âI fancy a lass or two myself!â He chimed in, wide hands upon his hips. A smile rose to his lips as his eyes met yours; his head even faintly, almost imperceptibly, nodded. Somehow of them all you hadnât expected Noriâs support, but as soon as heâd spoken raucous laughter and teasing erupted as hands clapped the pointy-haired dwarfâs back and a few hit yours, asking your type and fighting over who had the better barmaid off somewhere for you.
Ori
âYouâve been married this whole time?â Ori gaped at you, childlike awe evident in those big brown eyes of his. âI have,â you answered with a shy smile. âPlease describe him to me! Iâll make you a portrait while youâre apart.â Him. Oriâs smile, his almost pleading look, was so earnest, though, that you found yourself giving in and describing first the shape of a face, the way hair falls. âHer eyes are-â âHer?â âYes,â you admitted quietly. âItâs a wife? You can- Oh, why didnât you tell me! Iâve got the features all wrong for that.â Scribbling away, Ori glanced back up at you. âSo you married another woman! How did you meet? How did you know you loved her? I think you two would look beautiful together. Youâre both pretty.â
Fili
âAre- are you alright?â Innocent and softly-spoken as they are, the words all but jump you out of your skin, whirling you around with far more guilt than was warranted. Just as everything these days. Filiâs eyes droop a bit at the sheer agony he sees on your face. âNo, you arenât, are you? You can talk to me. You know that.â Tears threaten your eyes at that despite your smile. âWhat would you do,â you ask him, your own words quiet, âIf some of the people you kept closest would not accept you? All because they think your love is wrong?â Softening his gaze further, the dwarven prince steps closer, opening his arms to you. âI would hold those who do that much closer,â he answers. The outer leather of Filiâs layers rubs with the gentlest friction against your cheek as your head falls down to his shoulder, your arms curling around his sturdy form. His own hold the small of your back, rubbing small circles. âNo love is wrong,â he whispers, âAnd the one who earns your love is a lucky woman indeed.â
Kili
"Alright, you caught me." "What do you mean?" Brow furrowing, you glanced back toward Kili, who made no effort to lower the folds of the tunic he'd begun raising over his head. When your eyes met his, he gave you a wink. "I think you know. 's all right. I've been thinking about it, too." You hadn't even realized it was possible for your forehead to wrinkle any harder until it involuntarily did. "Wait, do not tell me you think that I came here to gawk at you." The dwarf prince smiled at you, expression still impish. "I think we could settle on the term 'appreciating'. After all, it's not like I've never appreciated you." "You wish," you interrupted, finally breaking into a smirk of your own, "Kili, you git, I like women. I only came back this way because I left my coat." "Oh." He finally loosened his grip, dropping the fabric back over his toned chest. His grin fell back down and his eyebrows shot up. "Oh. Forget I-" "It's forgotten." "We don't have to-" "Of course we don't." "How about that harpist back at Rivendell?" "Gorgeous. Although visiting Bilbo's people I met this one hobbit and she's the one I really haven't stopped thinking of..."
Bilbo
âBilbo, you know IâŚI have no interest in men.â The hobbit had been teasing you about the way one of his neighbors looked upon you, his expression softening at your words. âI see. Women, then?â At that, you simply gave a nod. âD-donât worry,â he held up his hands defensively, âI understand. I donât much have interest in anyone, really. Well, like that. Unless I get to know them, then maybeâŚ. But anyway, Iâve never put much stock into men or women or⌠the things they do. Much more important things in life, hm?â Humming in response, you nodded and smiled, giving his shoulder an affectionate squeeze. âLike gold and mountains and adventures, right?â âOr a good cup of tea. Crumpets? Oh heavens, Iâd love a crumpet right now.â âMe too, Bilbo, me too.â
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Beaming Beskar
Pairing: Din Djarin x Reader (no pronouns are used but he calls reader mesh'la meaning "beautiful")
Category: Fluff, friends to lovers (not explicitly stated but may make a part 2)
Summary: Din has a unique way of telling you when he's smiling at you.
Warnings: none really, fluff
Word Count: 800ish (a baby)
A/N: A short little fic to celebrate my journey of getting back into writing. Thank you to Pedro Pascalâs filmography for inspiring me. Also I'm in love with Din Djarin.
It had started when you had made a joke, something silly about the child being a wizard when he made his food float in the air, and a small huff of air had rattled through Din's modulator. Your head had immediately snapped towards him, utter shock rocketing through you. The Mandalorian barely acknowledged your existence, speaking a handful of words to you since you'd met him, and yet here he was... laughing at you. No, not at you. With you.
"I'm sorry, did you just find something I said funny?"
"I laughed, didn't I?" All amusement was gone from his voice almost instantly. You'd pushed it. Finally an opening with him and you'd already ruined it.
"It's hard to tell. You could've just been breathing loudly." You shrugged it off and turned back to the kid, not wanting to provoke him further. He could be temperamental and you never wanted to upset him, meaning you had to tread carefully with him sometimes. You rather liked the Mandalorian, despite him hardly seeming to care for you much. To be honest, you didn't think he cared for anything apart from the child. Which was understandable.
"I smiled." The statement seemed almost sad as he said it, a note of reservation in his voice.
You glanced back up at him, eyes flicking over the helmet for a moment. "I can't... I don't know when you're smiling."
Silence.
Maybe a question wouldn't hurt...
"Do you smile often?"
Hesitation. "Sometimes."
Okay, that was something. Now another question. Just to see how much you could get out of him.
"At me? At the kid?" You answered your own question. "Ooh, definitely at the kid."
"Both. Mostly the kid." He added the last part on quickly.
"Hm." You nodded though the slight crease between your brows gave more away that you intended. You craved knowing him. That was the only way to explain it. And when he gave you so little... it made things difficult.
Din spoke your name softly to get you to look at him again. When you did, he lifted his hand up and traced a line across his helmet. His index finger started on one side, down near where his chin or mouth would be, and drew a curved line across to the other side. A smile.
Your eyes lit up at the gesture and Din found himself smiling at you again. So he repeated the motion. Seeming elated at the idea, you scooted the crate you were sitting on closer to him so you were almost knee to knee.
Gazing up at him with this gorgeous sparkle in your eyes that had Din grinning beneath the Beskar, you asked him a simple question. "Can you do that every time you smile at me? Please?"
"Yes, mesh'la. Of course." The Mando'a term of endearment had slipped before he even had the chance to think about it. But how could he resist when you were looking at him like that?
You always regarded him with a certain glint in your stare, that was only ever brightened when you smiled, as if Din was the most wonderful thing you'd ever laid your eyes on. There was never any hint of hostility, forever open and joyful when you looked at him. And the smiles only ever confirmed this. But in that moment, with the way you were looking at him, Din could feel electricity pumping through his body. He felt alive. And... seen. It was almost like you were seeing straight through the armour and looking at him.
With your shoulders hunched and head ducked in embarrassment at the name he'd given you, you shot him another gorgeous smile that he returned. He loved making you smile. And he loved you making him smile, which you did more often than he ever wanted to admit.
So, naturally, he drew the line across his helmet again and revelled in the happiness that was practically radiating off of you in hot waves as you looked at him do it. The positive emotions must have been pouring out of you as the child began to babble and giggle as well, sensing the high spirits in the room.
The noises the green baby was making seemed to remind you that you were supposed to be helping him eat as you let out a surprised sound and moved back closer to him, struggling to tear your eyes away from the Mandalorian. Din loved to watch you interact with the child, it was those moments that made him smile the most. And whilst he'd maybe never admit it out loud to you, he was happy to express himself through smiles drawn onto his helmet.
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Always with me
(Modern)Tommy Shelby x reader (+Grandma) ���đť
Hello beautiful people! Hoping youâre doing well đ It took me so long to finish this little story because for some reason I kept thinking it needed something else but couldnât find what it was, then one day I thought this is it, donât force it, the main point itâs there⌠sometimes less is more or so they say. Either way, I hope you like this!
Just to let you know this is part of a series of stories (not linked between them) about my Grandmaâs series to honor one of the persons who had the biggest impact in my life and I recently lost. This is a small tribute and a way to cope with her not being around anymore.
Grief and sadness is mentioned but as usual I compensate with fluff and happiness â¤ď¸â𩹠thank you for your endless support, it means so much.
Word count: 3,602
⨠Inspired by Westlife song âAlways with meâ
They say that time can heal a broken heart
But I just don't know how this could be true
Everyday I see a picture on my wall
My heart is broken into two
Tommy poured two glasses of wine and headed to the couch, next to his girlfriend. She had been staring absently at the fire flames flicking before her eyes, she didnât even notice when Frances asked if they wanted something for dinner. But he already knew the answer, it was one of those moments when Y/Nâs mind wandered back in time to some memory with her grandmother.
Her energy felt so low, the sadness in her eyes made him feel hopeless, and with the holidays around the corner he knew it wouldnât help to lift her up, as he knew the days meant so much for her. If only he could find a way to make her focus on something else, a distraction.
His eyes fixed on her features as she brought the glass to her mouth.
âYouâre wearing lipstick.â He noticed a subtle tone.
A ridiculous suggestion he made when Y/N asked how to get back on track. Try to focus in small things, the finest details you used to do without even thinking about it. Like using your favorite lipstick, he had said back then.
The glimpse of a smile formed on her lips, but it didnât reach her eyes, so taking both glasses he placed them on the table to then pass an arm behind Y/Nâs neck to bring her closer.
âI know itâs not been easy for you, but take your time to heal⌠itâs okay to not being okay.â
His fingers massaged gently her scalp and Tommy felt Y/N relaxing against him, really allowing him to hold her, not just physically.
âI miss her.â Her voice cracked at the end, and felt Tommyâs hands hugging her tighter.
âI know, love. I miss her too, but you know what? I just noticed youâve got so many mannerisms like her.â
Y/Nâs head moved back to give him a confused look.
âYou do, just as you were sipping coffee this morning, the way you hugged Charlie it made me remember every time we visited your grandma and she hugged you.â
âYou think so?â Surprise washed over her.
Tommy nodded.
âYouâve got lots of things from her, both physically and internally.â He brushed a rebel lock away from her face and looked at her with adoring eyes. âI realized you look so much alike in this photo.â
Fishing his phone in his pocket, Tommy searched for the image he was looking for, a candid image he snapped from Y/N when she wasnât looking.
âYou never told me you took this.â She was surprised by how much she looked like her grandmother indeed.
âIf you put them side by side, itâll be more obvious.â A genuine smile appeared on his lips.
âItâs lovely, thanks. Iâll make a collage.â Y/N leaned in to brush her lips against his. âDo you mind if I go to sleep? Iâm exhausted.â
âIâll join you in a minute, just want to check Charlie.â
âMy God, he must be so confused for not having the Christmas tree yet.â Worry was evident in her voice.
âDonât worry about it baby, Iâll take care of it.â He then joined her in the middle of the hall to give Y/N one more reassuring kiss. Making sure she was upstairs, he called Frances. âWould you help me pack a small suitcase for Charlie and another one for Y/N, leave them by the door so the driver can place them in the back of the car.â
âOf course Mr. Shelby.â The maid nodded.
âOh and Frances? Make sure to pack yours as well, I need you to look after Charlie.â
Leaving the maid perplexed, Tommy went upstairs.
***
âSince Charlie isnât cooperating, Frances would you explain why all this mystery?â
Charlie grinned and gave Frances one long and expectant look.
âIâm afraid I donât know madam.â
Y/N tried getting Tommy to talk, but it was useless. Suddenly he was more interested in the sky than in the interrogation she was making.
âWow, look at that plane!â Charlie pointed out.
It was until then that Y/N realized of where they were going. The airport.
âTommy.â
One look and she knew.
âTom-â
âJust relax, okay?â He interrupted. âFor once. All you need to do is get on that plane.â
âCan I askâŚ?â
âNope.â He perched his signature Ray Bans against his nose and offered his hand so Y/N could get out of the car.
âLetâs go!â Charlie shouted, leaving them behind.
âFrances?â Y/N tried again.
âOh Miss Y/LN I know the same thing as you.â
The crew of the private plane greeted them and offered drinks and breakfast, and Y/N still didnât know the destination. She was worried not being able to take control over the smallest thing, because Tommy was taking care of absolutely everything.
âFine.â She mumbled leaning against the window.
âFinally! Now we can start our little holiday.â Tommy squeezed her hand. âI know you didnât feel like celebrating for what it means this time without your grandmother, but Y/N, she would wanted you to smile and be happy.â
Her eyes filled with tears.
âWherever you choose to celebrate or not, your grandma will be right with you, in your heart.â
âI know, but itâs not the same without her.â
Tommy wiped away a tear from the corner of her eye tenderly.
âSweetheart, I donât want you to spend this Christmas sitting on the couch crying.â
He wanted to compensate for her sadness. And although nothing would her back what she wanted the most, he could try to make her happy. He was right, and the effort meant more than she could express, so with a sigh she rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes for a moment.
âDad! Look!â Charlieâs nose was glued to the window. Frances looking over his shoulder.
Thatâs when Y/N realizedâŚ.
âParis?â
âWeâll always have Paris.â Tommy whispered.
Y/N wasnât able to hold back the tears any longer.
She knew when she was around six years old, her grandma took her to Paris to visit some family, but the memories were blurred in her mind. Through her grandmotherâs eyes she had been able to know some parts of their adventure together. A few photographs but that was pretty much all.
Either way, she felt a special connection to the place and that quote was something her grandmother constantly said, as it was one of greatest experiences she had with Y/N. And they both treasured it close to their hearts.
âItâs time to make our own memories.â Tommyâs voice made her go back into reality. âWhat do you say?â
She wanted to ask him a million questions, but decided to just let everything flow. In the end he really took care of everything, prepared even the smallest detail of their trip and gave her that reassuring smile that let her know everything would be alright.
As they stepped outside the airport, snow welcomed them, everything was covered in a white layer. But it only added an even more beautiful vibe to their trip.
âI love you, you know that?â Y/N closed her hands around his neck and pulled Tommy for a brief kiss while Frances and Charlie took their seats in the vehicle.
âI do.â He gave another one back. âAnd I love you too.â
âThis is beautiful.â Y/N beamed as they rode through the Parisian streets.
âActually⌠shall we stop?â Tommy proposed, while Y/N gave him a confused look. âItâs fine, Frances will make sure the bags are checked in and weâll go back in a bit.â
Making sure Charlie had the scarf around his neck, Y/N covered her hands with her gloves, while Tommyâs hand wrapped around the small of her back as they strolled around.
âDad I want to go the carrousel!â Charlie announced excitedly. With his fatherâs approval, the kid stormed towards the attraction impatiently.
âBet you were just like that.â Y/N mumbled to herself but loud enough for Tommy to throw his head back and laugh.
âGuess you could say that.â
âLook! Just like Winter!â Charlie pointed at the white horse figure, thinking of their horse back home.
âJust like her huh? Think you can handle this one?â
âOf course, itâs a fake.â Charlie retorted making Y/N smile.
Paying for Charlieâs ticket, they stepped aside to see him riding.
Using her phone, Y/N captured a candid photo of Charlie waving at them, a big smile on his small face.
âWhat is it?â
âNothinâ just wish Ruby could be here as well.â Tommy cleared his throat and pretended to be busy with a cigarette.
Y/N knew deep down that fearless man was a sweet man with a good heart who cared deeply of his people.
âIâm sure youâll reach an agreement with Lizzie later on, sheâs still a one year old girl.â Y/N leaned her head on his shoulder to comfort him.
âItâs hard to believe sheâll let me anywhere near Ruby.â
âYouâre her father, youâve the right to see her.â
These holidays had been hard for him as well.
âYou know what? I donât want to talk about anything that might ruin this, you, Charlie, me right here itâs all that matters.â He stated before taking a deep puff of smoke.
âThank you, for cheering me up.â Stepping in front of him, Y/N captured his lips in a kiss full of gratitude.
âCareful, you might get us arrested and only one of us knows French.â Tommy joked with a sparkle in his eyes. His hands sneaking under her coat.
âI see why you brought Frances then.â
âI always have a plan.â He winked at her.
She could feel a thousand butterflies in her stomach by the way he smiled. âSanta said youâve been a good girl.â
Y/N blushed. âOh⌠and what about you mister?â
âNah⌠Iâm the bad boy your grandmother warned you about.â Another wink by him and she produced another smile as Charlie ran towards them. âBut what you gonna do about it? Itâs kind of late now to back down.â He added jokingly.
âShe loved you too.â Bending down, Y/N asked Charlie if he enjoyed the ride. âWho wants some hot chocolate?â
âMe! Me! Me!â Charlie shouted.
Tommy groaned. âIf you find the button to turn him off let me know.â
âYouâre so mean, as if I did the same to you.â
âNo, Y/N you turn me on.â Tommy admitted just before Y/N moved her hand to cover his mouth, he was taking advantage of Charlieâs innocence and the mischievous grin on his face gave him away.
Sipping on her hot chocolate cup, Y/N allowed a small glimpse of happiness, it was a beautiful place, the Christmas decoration providing a gorgeous sighting, everyone oozing happiness. The snowy weather made the sighting look out of a Christmas postal.
She was torn between enjoying her favorite season and the grief she carried in her heart. It was her first holidays without her grandmother and her empty chair was definitely evident. She was at a much better place now, no doubt but her absence felt heavy in Y/Nâs heart.
Grief is just all the love with no place to go after all.
Noticing the sadness in her eyes, Tommy stopped at a stand, looking for the ornaments they had to decorate the Christmas tree.
âAre you looking for something special?â The man asked.
âYes⌠a house ornament.â Tommy replied, feeling Y/Nâs eyes on him. âDo you guys want something?â
âA reindeer!â Charlieâs eyes shining.
Y/N took her time studying the ornaments, until one caught her attention.
Following her eyes, Tommy had to swallow the lump in his throat. I have an Angel in heaven, called Grandma. It read. It was the one.
Kissing her temple, Tommy offered his embrace as they waited to get their decorations.
âDad why did you choose the house?â Charlie asked with curiosity.
Getting a cab for them, he looked at his son. âIâll tell you later about it.â
Y/N looked the exchange in silence, but also wondering the meaning behind his choice. Sheâs expect him to choose something with a dark humor behind instead.
âLook Charlie, the Eiffel Towerâs lights are flicking again.â Y/N pointed as they drove in the opposite direction, back to their hotel.
âOkay this is the plan, Charlie youâre heading to bed the second we step into the hotel, no questions. Tomorrow weâre having breakfast and then weâre going to a flea market.â
âTommyâŚâ Y/N gasped.
âWhat? You always said you wanted to see the Eiffel Tower and a flea market in that same order.â
âI know, but how do you remember?â
Scoffing, Tommy gave her the look. âSweetheart, I pay attention.â
âOnly thing that sucks is Santa doesnât know Iâm here.â Charlie complained once in front of their door.
With a smile, Tommy opened the door for them, making them both gasp loudly as they saw the huge Christmas tree in the middle, fully decorated with presents wrapped all around.
âWell I might have informed him we would be traveling and changed the address.â He admitted pleased with himself. He wanted them to have the nicest possible holiday. âWhy donât we add our ornaments?â
Tommy took her by surprise, not only for the trip, but for the tree as well, she thought about sneaking around the shops of the hotel to buy Charlie something thinking he wouldnât get anything, but Tommy thought of everything.
âThis is beautiful, thank you.â Y/N wrapped her arms around his torso, feeling so grateful to have him in her life.
âPresents are meant to be open until tomorrow morning though.â
âBut Daaad.â
âNo buts, off to bed.â
Pouting, Charlie walked towards Y/N. âGoodnight Y/N Merry Christmas.â
âMerry Christmas Charlie, have a good night.â She hugged the boy and kissed the top of his head.
âNight Dad.â He then said. âMerry Christmas.â
âSee you tomorrow son, Merry Christmas.â
Watching him disappear, Tommy took Y/N by the hand.
âWant to know why I chose the house?â
âAbsolutely.â She brushed the fringe from his forehead with her fingers.
âBecause thatâs my only wish this Christmas⌠to build a home with you, Y/N. A proper house; our own title team, weâve talked about the future, well itâs finally here, in this moment. You made me realize of what I truly want, what I dream of.â Getting on one knee, Tommy showed her an old jewelry box. âI know you miss your grandma terribly and no one will ever fill her place in your heart, but in some way, she found a way to show you sheâll always be right next to you, she gave me this ring, she wanted you to have it and be as happy as she was during her marriage. Will you marry me?â
He looked at her with tears in his eyes, fighting to say the words as emotions took over.
âTommyâŚâ bending down she kissed him. âWait a second, this is her engagement ring?â
Taking the delicate piece from the box, he smiled proudly.
âBefore she passed away, she gave it to me to propose you with her ring.â
Her head was spinning, her heart drumming against her ribs.
âShe did what? When?â Shock was written all over her face.
âCan you please say yes first? So I can get up.â He groaned.
âYes of course!â She kissed him again, tears rolling down her cheeks.
âWhen we took her to the clinic, as you were asked to fill the papers with her information, the nurse just left,â he explained as the memories of that day came back to him, âshe asked me if I really loved you, to which the answer is pretty obvious. Then she asked me in case something happened to her to go to her house and open the safe to get her engagement ring and keep it until it was the right time to give it to you, she wanted you to have it as she knew how much youâd miss her.â
Y/N sobbed as Tommyâs voice cracked.
âShe said to me make her even happier than I was, and the day she walks down the aisle, Iâll be right by her side.â
âI thought it was lost or stolen, as I went through her belongings.â Y/N wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes.
âShe wanted you to have it, with a different meaning.â
âItâs the most perfect ring Iâve ever seen.â She looked down at her left hand, the stone shining under the chandelier.
âJust Iike youâre to me.â He pulled his now fiancĂŠ for a hug. âShe wanted you to be happy, to live life to the fullest. Said you were her favorite grandchild.â
Her lower lip trembled just as his hands came to rest at each side of her head.
âJust donât let anyone else listen.â They said in unison to what Y/Nâs grandma used to confess.
âI know you lost a huge part of yourself when she left. But you have to know that you were right beside her through everything, you enjoyed her in every moment, every visit, dinner and chance you had, you took care of her until her very last breath, and no one can take that away from you. Find peace in that. You loved her as much as she loved you.â
Tommy caressed her face with his thumbs.
âNow you have to keep that promise, and be happy. For her. For us.â
Y/N could only nod. Words were stuck in her throat.
âI canât believe this is happening.â Y/N expressed in a whisper, staring at her grandmotherâs engagement ring.
âWeâre getting married.â Tommy assured her, thumbs caressing her cheeks. âEh? Soon to be Mrs. Shelby.â
Y/N blushed. âThat sounds promising.â
Taking her by surprise, Tommy grabbed her from the waist to spin her around, making Y/N gasp and hold onto him tightly.
Trying to hold back the tears, Y/N hugged Tommy closing her eyes for an instant.
âWhatâs crossing your mind?â He asked.
And for the first time in a while, he saw the way the smile reached Y/Nâs eyes.
âThinking how grandma will always be with me.â
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