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[5k] luke hughes swore he would never tell another soul and take his confession to the grave. that ends as an epic fail as he tells a really pretty girl his most embarrassing secret. luckily for him, she seems pretty eager to help him out.
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It shouldnât be embarrassing, but it was. It really fucking was.
It wasnât always a big deal. When he was in high school, everybody was just like him. Or at least, most people were. HIs friend group were. And they would always talk about how fun college would be, how everything would change, how everyone grew up and just did it.Â
And then he went to college and nothing really changed. It was a bit embarrassing, it made his cheeks burn bright red whenever he spoke about it. But it also wasnât the most unbelievable thing. Between keeping his GPA up, his training regime and the countless games during the season, it wasnât shocking to anyone that he didnât have as much free time as movies liked to make it seem like.Â
But then he moved up. He went from being a kid with a dream to actually living that dream and beyond. A joke from his childhood became a reality when he found himself on the ice with his older brother, wearing the same jersey as his older brother. Suddenly, it was all real and intense and he was in it properly.Â
But, fuck, it was embarrassing that he was in the National Hockey League and he was a fucking virgin.
In theory, he knew it wasnât a big deal. It didnât change the way he played or his performance on the ice. It didnât affect his professional life in any way, shape or form. But it still made him want to curl up in a corner and shrivel his existence away whenever he thought about it too long.
And it wasnât like it was obvious. He wasnât announcing it to the world and rambling on about it in interviews. But the amount of jokes people made about women throwing themselves at his feet or having a turnstile of people in his bed felt like he might as well be.Â
The awkward laughs and strained smiles would only take him so far before someone caught on.Â
And that might have been the worst partâthe fact that nobody knew. Not his friends in high school nor the ones he made in college. None of his teammates. Not even his brothers (though, the idea of him even telling them whether or not he was a virgin was an experience he would like to avoid all together).Â
Nobody in the fucking world knew Luke Hughes was a virgin except him and, in a weird way, it was kind of fucking lonely.
Or at least, nobody else knew until he met you.
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The night he met you had been a few days after the Devils had been kicked out of the playoffs.Â
Despite the loss, Nico wanted one last team celebration to sign off a good season. Because yes, it fucking sucked that they were knocked out and it sucked they wouldnât be the ones to lift the Stanley Cup this year. But they still played well, they deserved to appreciate that, to appreciate each other.Â
And, on a more personal level, it was a chance to celebrate with the NHL team he could now call his home.
He was in the big leagues now. He was in the NHL and he was a professional hockey player and, by the power of some fucking superior being he did not know, he was lucky enough to share a team with at least one of his brothers.Â
It still felt like a dream.
And with that dream came the joys and perks of being a New Jersey Devilâlike not being IDâd in the bar the team commonly visited.Â
âTakinâ it all in?âÂ
He tore his eyes away from the surrounding bar to look at his brother, perched on the edge of the pool table Nathan and Kevin were currently competing on. He had been happy to just watch, observeâfor lack of better termsâtake it all in, like Jack assumed.Â
Instead, he just retorted with, âitâs a bar. Not much to take in that I havenât seen before.â
âOkay, college boy,â Jack snorted, his cheeks flushed the same shade of red as the vodka cranberries he had been drinking all night. âI meant the big leagues.â
Luke resisted the urge to snort. âAsk me again in a year when itâs actually sunk in.â
Something in Jackâs face softened. âIâm glad youâre here, Moose.â
His throat felt a little tight but he still smiled. âMe too.â
He had assumed that was the end of the conversation, but that was Lukeâs first mistake. He hadnât paid much attention to the way Jackâs eyes roamed around the bar, narrowed like he was looking for something or, in this case, someone.
âWhat do ya think about her?â
Luke blinked, looking at his brother with a confused glance before he followed his line of vision to some blonde settled against the wall on the other side of the bar.Â
âWhat about her?â
Jack shot him a look. âDo you think sheâs pretty?â
Luke hesitated, almost as though it was a trick question. âYes?â
Jackâs eyes narrowed. âYou donât sound convinced,â he commented. âSo, blonde isnât your type. What is then? Brunettes? Redheads? Miscellaneous?â
âNo, Iââ Luke frowned. âIâm surprised you even know what miscellaneous means.â
Jack punched his arm in response.Â
âWhy are you asking about my type?â Luke questioned, something that felt a lot like uncertainty bubbling in his stomach.
Jack let out a deep sigh, prolonging it to properly encapture his annoyance. âIâm trying to help you get laid, bud.â
Luke froze.Â
There was no way Jack could know. He knew that. He did. Logically, it was impossible for his brother to know he was a virgin when Luke had genuinely never admitted as much beyond the age of seventeen. But here he is, seemingly trying to find him someone to sleep with. There was no way he could know, there was no way Jack knewâ
âI mean, youâre in the fucking league now, bud. Milk it a little, have some fun!â Jack continued, lost in his own rambles to even notice the way Lukeâs shoulders sagged with relief. âIâm sure college was fun and all, but this is better!âÂ
Luke tried to let out a laugh. âI think Iâm alright for tonight.âÂ
Jack huffed out in annoyance. âDonât be a bore! Luke, youâre in the NHL. You just fucking played in the playoffs! Enjoy yourself, man.âÂ
âI am enjoying myself,â Luke countered.Â
âYouâve been drinking the same beer since we got here,â Jack snapped back with a knowing look. âAnd I know it tastes like shit because I did the exact same thing when I first ordered a drink here. Iâm trying to be your guru, help you avoid the mistakes I made.â
âMy guru,â Luke repeated with a snort. âMore like an unwanted Cupid.â
Jack rolled his eyes. âCâmonââ
âFocus on yourself.â
âItâs my duty as a brotherââ
âI am not staying to listen to this,â Luke grumbled, batting away his brotherâs hands as he began to make his way to the bar. As much as he hated to admit it, Jack was rightâthis beer tasted horrible and not even the tiny sips he had been taking were going to save it.Â
He settled himself on a free spot at the bar, his elbows placed on the slightly sticky countertop as he peered over to try find a bartender. He saw a few on the other side of the bar finishing off a few drinks and accepted the small wait, a little lost in his own thoughts and whether he wanted to try another drink instead of just settling for something non-alcoholic when a hand settled on his back.Â
âThere you are, babe!â
Luke frowned, turning around to find you staring right back at him with a grin on your face. Honestly, he was expecting to turn around and let the person realise they had made a mistake. But your smile remained on your face, though the wide eyes staring back at him were a little distressing.Â
âUh, I think youââ But he was cut off by another voice, a much deeper one this time.
âThis is your boyfriend?âÂ
The man was average height and fairly built, but that was all he had going for him. His shirt was definitely a size too small to make him look bigger and the chunky chain looked nothing short of tacky. And Luke may have been in his presence for less than thirty seconds, but the body spray was overwhelming and pungent and made him want to plug his nose.Â
Now, Luke may be a little slow but he isnât dumb.
He may be deeply confused by the sudden promotion to boyfriend from a stranger but it didnât take long for Luke to realise the wide, distressing eyes were a cry for help and the walking embodiment of Axe body spray in a tight shirt was the reason.Â
âUh, yeah!â Luke cleared his throat a little, his arm moving to wrap around your shoulders in the least awkward way he could possibly achieve. âSheâs my girl! Uh, girlfriend! Sheâs myââ His cheeks burned but he couldnât stop his mouth from moving. âSheâs my babe!âÂ
The man glanced between you and Luke for a few moments before rolling his eyes, muttering something under his breath about wasting his time before he disappeared into the throng of people crowded by the bar.Â
âWhat a dick,â you murmured and it almost made Luke jump when he remembered you were still beside him, that his arm was still around your shoulders. You turned around to look at him once you knew the other guy was gone, and your smile seemed softer now. âThank you for that, really. Youâre a lifesaver.â
âItâs no biggie,â Luke replied, cringing a little before he quickly continued. âThanks for giving me the honour of being your fake boyfriend.â
You snorted. âYeah, well, you have a friendly face. You looked like you would go along with it.â
His cheeks burned warmer. âThanks?â
âYouâre welcome,â you grinned before turning to settle in the spot next to him, fingers tapping on the bar counter. âLet me buy you a drink to thank you for your services?âÂ
Luke began shaking his head. âThat really isnât necessaryââ
âPlease,â you insisted, a softer expression on your face. âIt would make me feel better for dragging you into my scheme.â
âIââ He cleared his throat, hoping to some superior being that his face wasnât as red as it felt. âO-Okay.â
Your grin widened. âBrilliant. What do you want?âÂ
âA Coke.â
âReally?â
âYes?â
âOkay, no judgement, just surprised,â you said, leaning over the bar to place your drink order along with his before you turned back to the boy. âSo, do I at least get to know my fake boyfriendâs name?â
HIs lips twitched upwards. âLuke.â
âLuke,â you repeated before telling him your name, something gleaming in your eyes when you did. âSo, Luke, what brings you to a bar on a Monday night to drink Coke?âÂ
âIâm here with some work friends,â he lied easily, not really one to play the professional hockey player card (despite Trevorâs insistence that it was expected to be used for this reason exactly). âJust enjoying the night before we all head off for the summer.â
âHm, here with your work buddies but staying sober and standing alone at a bar,â you mused. âYouâre quite intriguing, Luke.â
âI think thatâs a compliment,â he murmured with a frown.Â
âIt is,â you assured him with a smile.
Luke opened his mouth to say something before the familiar voice of his brother reached him.Â
âLUKEY BOY IS GETTING SOME!â
He shut his eyes, muttering a list of curses under his breath before he finally looked at you with a sheepish expression. âIâm so sorry about him. Just ignore him, heâs a little drunk andââ
âHey, itâs fine,â you assured him with a laugh. âWork buddy?â
âMhm,â Luke confirmed with a nod. âAnd my older brother.â
âThat sounds like an intense work environment,â you commented.
âTell me about it,â he grumbled, but there was still a smile on his face. âI wouldnât blame you for making a run for it now while you have the chance. Jack will only get worse.â
You waved him off, smiling. âYour brother isnât scaring me off,â you assured him. âPlus, I said I was intrigued and Iâm enjoying talking to you. Makes it seem a lot more believable that youâre my boyfriend if that other dude is lingering around.âÂ
âYeah, totally,â Luke agreed, something warm bursting in his stomach at the fact you wanted to keep talking to him.Â
And despite what Jack and the others assume, nothing more happened between the two of you than just talking. It was bittersweet, in a way. Because Luke really enjoyed talking to you that night, even if he knew he would probably never see you again.Â
But it was nice and it replayed in his head a lot more than he cared to admit that summer.
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He assumed it was guaranteed that he would never see you again.Â
So, it was pretty shocking when he did, in fact, see you again at a house party held by one of the boys of all fucking places in the pre-season.
As the new season approached and the overwhelming realisation that he was about to enter his rookie season of the NHL hit him, Luke didnât even hesitate to accept the invitation for the âsmall get togetherâ with the boys. These were his teammates, these were the people he was going to have to trust and navigate on the ice with. It seemed like a nice idea to have a few chilled hangouts whilst training dragged everyone back to New Jersey.
What Jack and everyone else had failed to mention was the fact a âsmall get togetherâ did not just mean the team like he assumed. It meant a house full of people that Luke certainly didnât know or recognise, but seemed to know exactly who he was.Â
He was only slightly ashamed to admit that he clung onto Jackâs side as long as he could. But his brother was a social butterfly who liked to jump between different crowds and it was too much for Luke. Instead, he had settled near a couch where John and Kevin had been rambling away to each other when Jack suddenly appearedâout of thin airâwith a huge grin on his face.Â
âHey, Rusty, is that not your girl from the bar?â
Lukeâs brows furrowed together in confusion. âHuh?â
But Jack didnât say much, just nudging his little brother to look over his shoulder. His lips parted again, prepared to tell Jack that he was drunker than he expected him to be after a few beers, only to find the words stuck in the back of his throat when he turned around and saw you.
He had thought about you more than he cared to admit over the summer. Just random little flashes of the conversations you shared. It was stupid, and a little pathetic, but you just feltâŚdifferentâin the least cliche way possible.
It was almost embarrassing how quickly his cheeks just heated at the sight of you.Â
No, correction: it was really fucking embarrassing.Â
âAw, did Lukey invite his lilâ crush?â Jack teased, reaching out to mockingly pinch his cheeks but Luke batted his hand away just in time.
âShut up,â he grumbled before clearing his throat, turning to faze his brother again. âI didnât. IâI donât even know why she is here.â
Jack shot him a look. âGo on, then.â
Luke frowned. âWhat?â
âYou are actually clueless,â Jack grumbled under his breath before giving him a hearty shove. âGo talk to her!â
His eyes widened. âWhat?!â
âGo talk to her,â Jack repeated, not understanding the panic in his younger brother. âYou guys were hitting it off at the bar, whatâs the big deal? Maybe you can hook up with her again.â
âIââ He started before realising this was not the time to delve into the same argument they had had since the night at the bar. âItâs fine, she probably doesnât even remember me.â
His brother scoffed. âYouâre shitting me, right?â
Luke blinked. âNo?âÂ
âDude, she was all over you!â Jack insisted, giving him another shove that had him stumbling slightly. âGo!â
Luke could feel his cheeks heating up. âJackââ
âItâs my big brother duty to help you!â
Shove.
âJack, fuck off. Itâs not gonna happen.â
Shove.
âYes, it will. Stop being a coward.â
Shove.
âCan you stop? I am notââ
Shove.
âGo talk to her!â
Shove.
âNoââ
Except, the little shoves and lack of balance with the drinks he had been nursing through the night seemed to catch up on Luke. He stumbled back, his footing gone and his free hand reaching out to grasp Jack or something to stop him from falling. But it was too late. He was stumbling and his drink was sloshing and it went all overâ
You.Â
It went all over you because now you were right there, right in front of him, having just walked across the room to come and see him.
âOh shit,â Jack muttered from behind him.
You looked down at your shirtâyour very white shirt that now had some atrocious red stain splattered across the front from the cocktail John had made himâand stared in shock.Â
Luke felt his whole body curl in on itself, his face burning and his chest feeling oddly tight. âI am so sorryââ
But, to his fucking shock (because you seemed to shock him a lot, if he was honest), you looked up at him and laughed.Â
âUnlucky timing, huh?â You joked but Luke didnât feel like laughing.Â
âI canââ But he paused, not even sure what he was going to say.Â
âLiking the colour red a little too much there, Cherry!â A voice from somewhere in the crowdâLuke genuinely wasnât sure whereâcalled out and your face brightened.Â
âItâs a good thing I can pull it off!â You retorted, unfazed by the name.Â
Cherry.Â
Usually, Luke would chalk it up to his memory being fairly shit and the months that had passed since that night in the bar making him confuse your name for something else. Except, the boy had practically relived that night in his head on a constant loop. Every word. Every sentence. Every second of it.Â
Pathetic? Yes.
Helpful? Probably not in any way, shape or fucking form except for the fact he was certain your name was not Cherry. He was more than certain. At least, he was certain that wasnât the name you had told him.Â
There were so many logical and simple reasons, he knew that deep down. But right now, Luke was embarrassed and flustered and he had this horrible inkling that you told him a fake name in case you thought he was a creep at the bar like the guy he saved you from andâ
Yeah, Luke really didnât like the idea of that. He didnât like the idea of being paired in a category with that man. And he certainly didnât like the idea that he made you uncomfortable enough to give him a fake name, even if he had given you no real reason to do otherwise.Â
Someone pushed through the crowd as Luke continued to spiral in his own thoughts, unable to even get a coherent sentence out when Nico glanced between you and him. He let out a sigh, shaking his head as he offered you an apology before he turned to Luke.
âYou can show her where the bathroom is, right?âÂ
And, fuck, he really thought this was the closest he could reach to ever feeling something close to hatred towards his captain.
Luke nodded his head, unable to get a word out and nodded towards the stairs.Â
You seemed to catch his hint well enough as you turned to head towards the stairs. Until your hand was reaching back, taking his in your grasp and intertwining your fingers together and Lukeâs brain short circuited all over again.
âGet it, Moose!â
Jack was pretty high on that almost-hate list too.
Luke felt like his body was on autopilot as he moved towards the stairs, letting you lead him up with your hands still connected until you reached the top. You looked at him expectantly and he led you towards the bathroomâone of the larger ones because he thought he would die if he was trapped in a small, enclosed space with you after he just spilled his drink all over you.
He opened the door, flicking the light on before stepping aside and letting you head inside. Except, the world seemed to have something against him, you dragged him into the bathroom behind you, your hands still connected, and grinned at him.
âHelp a girl out?âÂ
Luke cleared his throat but nodded.Â
He tried not to think too hard when you eventually dropped his hand. He tried not to think too hard when you locked the bathroom door. He tried not to think too hard as you glanced at him through the mirror.Â
And he was doing well until you went and pulled your shirt over your head.Â
His eyes widened, a spluttered noise of surprise leaving his lips as his eyes instantly snapped to the ceiling. But it was useless, he could already feel his blush crawling down his neck and burning hot.
âRelax,â you laughed. âIâm not giving you the full show. Just need to get this stain out.âÂ
âMhm,â he hummed but his eyes remained on the ceiling.Â
âLuke?â
âYes?â
âAre you okay?â
âUh huh.â
You let out a hum, like you didnât quite believe him but you didnât seem to push further. Instead, he heard the tap turn on and the water started running and suddenly, the bigger bathroom didnât feel big enough.
âIâm not a creep!â He blurted out.
You paused. âIs that why you are staring at the ceiling? To prove you arenât a creep?â
âNo, wellââ He cut himself off and let out a deep breath. âNo, I justâŚyour friend called you Cherry down there. You gave me a different name. I justâŚdidnât want you to think you had to give me a fake name because I was a creep. Granted, you donât owe me anything but I just wanted to assure youââ
âLuke?â
He swallowed hard. âYeah?âÂ
âI donât think youâre a creep. And I didnât lie about my name either,â you said, your voice a little softer this time. âPeople just call me Cherry.âÂ
And for a boy who ate, lived and breathed a sport that classically gave stupid nicknames to everyone and everything, he had never felt quite this dumb.
âOh.âÂ
âAre you going to look at me now?âÂ
He waited for a moment. And then another. And then, before he chickened out of it, he lowered his gaze until he met yoursâand didnât let his eyes wander any further.Â
âYouâre an interesting boy,â you mused, tilting your head to the side.
His brows furrowed together. âThank you?â
You grinned at his response before you turned back to the sink, seamlessly continuing to scrub your shirt under the running tap.Â
Luke watched you for a few moments, trying to just stew in the silence and let you do your work. But the seconds kept ticking by and the silence was becoming more stifling and there was only so much he could handle before he wanted to rip his eyes out.Â
âIâm sorry about my brother, by the way,â he said when he couldnât think of anything else to say. âHeâs a lilâ enthusiastic but he means no harm.âÂ
âHe seems quite desperate to get you laid,â you noted, your eyes briefly finding him in the mirror again. âA lot of your friends do.â
His cheeks burned again. âThey do that with everyone. They just like to be wingmen, you know?âÂ
Your eyes narrowed slightly on him. âBut it makes you uncomfortable.âÂ
You say it like a fact, not a question.Â
Luke choked a little. âWellââ
âWhy not just tell them to back off?â You questioned and Luke welcomed the fresh, bitter twinge of embarrassment that washed over him.
âBecause they would ask questions,â he said with a shrug of his shoulders. âItâs just easier to let them mess about.âÂ
You looked intrigued now. âWhy?â
Luke shifted under the intensity of your gaze. âBecause then they would ask why I didnât want to hook up with anyone.âÂ
You raised your brows. âNot a one-night stand kind of man?â
And honestly, he should have just cut the conversation there. He should have deflected the topic onto something else or gave some vague answer. Hell, even telling you to mind your own business was a better answer. But the alcohol made him feel buzzed, your presence was overwhelming andâfor the first time in his lifeâLuke found himself blurting out the words he swore he would take to the grave.
âBecause Iâm a virgin.âÂ
You blinked. And he fucking waited for it.Â
He waited for you to laugh. He waited for you to laugh and howl and cackle at his pathetic admission. To mock him, to tease him, to make him feel worse than he already felt. He waited and waited and waited.Â
And it never came.
âAnd you canât tell them that?â You questioned.
âI, uh,â Luke shook his head, his stomach somersaulting inside him in the worst ways possible. âNo, itâs a littleâŚtaboo in my line of work.âÂ
You turned to actually look at him instead of gazing at him in the mirror. âAre you a sex worker?â
Luke spluttered, shaking his head. âWhat? No! No, IâŚIâm a hockey player.âÂ
You frowned a little. âHockey players canât be virgins?âÂ
âWell, itâs not like a set rule but like,â he paused, waving his hands around like that explained everything. But you still looked confused and Luke knew he had to keep talking. âEveryone just kinda expects hockey players to be some kind ofâŚsex god. Or something. I donât know. All I know is that itâs not really common to be a virgin in the league.âÂ
âOkay,â you said, crossing your arms over your chestâwhere you still stood in only a bra covering yourself. âSo, like, are you a virginâŚby choice?â
âOh my god,â Luke groaned, bringing his hands to cover his face before it got even more red.
âI donât mean it in a bad way!â You assured him. âI was just curious.â
âNobody was supposed to know,â Luke grumbled into his hands, but you seemed to understand him well enough.
âI wonât tell a soul,â you promised.
But the damage was done and Luke wanted nothing more than for the floor to open up and drag him into the depths of the Earth.
He needed to get out of this bathroom. He needed to get out and go downstairs, rush through a flurry of goodbyes to the team before he quickly escaped and headed home where he could hide his embarrassment in a large tub of mint chocolate chip ice cream that certainly wasnât in his meal plan.Â
He just needed to turn around, unlock the door and slip out before you had the chance toâ
âWhat if I helped you?â
Yeah, that was not what he expected.
His hands dropped from his face as he stared at you, his expression almost blank except for the confusion shining in his eyes. âHuh?â
âWhat if I helped you?â You repeated.
âHelped me with what?âÂ
âBeing a virgin,â you said with a shrug. âIt seems like itâs really important to you, or something. And I think you are bigging it up in your head a little more than necessary. Maybe you just need someone to give you a helping hand, you know? Guide you through it, help you learn. No pressure, yeah?â
He blinked. âAndâŚyou would do that?â
âYeah, why not,â you answered honestly with a shrug of your shoulders. âYou intrigue me, Luke.â
âI intrigue you,â he repeated slowly, and he didnât know whether to laugh or cry.
âItâs not a bad thing to be intriguing.â
âIt is when you make it sound like Iâm some kind of experiment.â
You flashed him a softer smile and something in his chest eased a little. âYou donât have to say yes, it was just a suggestion. JustâŚa new friend helping her new friend out.â
New friend.Â
Luke swallowed. âAndâŚwhat would you gain from this?â
You sighed, shrugging your shoulders again. âHonestly? Iâve had my fair share of disappointing experiences in bed by guys who think they are sex gods. Call it a gift to womankind if I help at least one guy be competent and capable in bed.âÂ
He blinked. âRight. Gift to womankind. Thatâs me.â
You snorted. âJust think about it, yeah? Obviously, you can go about with whatever you are doing. Just a suggestion to make a casual thing out of it, to help take the stress away. Itâs your choice, Luke.âÂ
It was his choice.Â
He knew it was his choice and, despite knowing little about you, some stupid part of him trusted that you were being genuine. You were odd but you were sincere, and he knew your offer was sincere too. If he took you up on it, you would help him out. If he declined, you wouldnât push the matter any further and just move on in your life.Â
No more words were exchanged after that, the offer lingering and the tap still running as the red stain showed no signs of budging under the soap and cold water. He knew he didnât have to give you an answer there and then.Â
But the worst part was that Luke was pretty fucking sure he knew what his answer was the first time the offer left your lips.
And he pretty sure the remaining stain on your shirt was some sort of bad omen from the universe that already liked to tease him, but he couldnât bring himself to care.
He was fucking done being a twenty year old virgin and you were his solution to the problem.
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Pssst... Try not to take what they say in interviews too seriously. Sometimes things will be intentionally vague or an outright lie to confuse or appease people or throw them off from something. Ennis is infamously known for that although I don't think everyone realizes he does this, but he's also working on the show with them.
They said Marie surviving "wasn't as simple as them needing her alive" and it's kinda funny to see fans take it one way or the other when that can be so many different things in context of The Boys universe and especially what we saw in Gen V.
"Plans to kill Homelander" is Billy every season without success, but even if he did, I think we'll see him getting haunted by Homelander big time after the fact. I still want Hughie to be the one who kills Billy but maybe it's beyond the grave Homelander who's there as Billy is dying instead of Becca. I think that would be fitting and Billy honestly deserves it.
There's definitely an element of groundwork they are following from the comics which has been pretty consistent but what I really suspect will happen is that the control virus will end up used on Homelander by someone to purely weaponize him. I think we'll see him become an attack dog and fully efficient berserker without getting to enjoy any of it and having a different sort of mental break after.
The comics sort of rob you of the gratification Homelander's death could give and I think they want to recreate that effect for the show but who knows.
The scary part for me is all the genocide apologism that is going around but The Boys is sort of meant to unmask people and have us reevaluate the way we think so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. Still hurts though.
As far as Cate "going too far", he's technically right. Not because Shetty wasn't a complete scumbag who wouldn't deserve death, but because she'd been completely neutralized with Cate's powers.
Neutralizing someone by killing them and killing someone who has already been neutralized are two very different things. Just jail her and let her suffer and stew in her own anger and actions knowing she lost at that point because death is the easy way for someone like that. She asked for them to just make her forget but Cate should have forced her to remember or even live through the memories of her victims.
Actually, if they wanted to make Billy fail and survive with Homelander permanently haunting him I'd be completely down for that because fuck that genocidal shithead.
Lol I don't know if this will make you feel any better but just things to think about I guess.
I could see Homie being a ghost haunting Billy as Billy already hallucinates Homelander for some reason that they still havent explained but he its a cash cow for Amazon and they might not just give us 5 seasons so I doubt the execs would want to get rid of him... the writers ans Kripke might hate HL but audiences have proven he its likable and profitable and frankly the idea that all of HL fans are maga type fascist its absurd bcuz my gay brown ass sure as fuck isnt maga and i adore him.
Its getting clear that they will copy the comic to some degree like Homie building an army to have a coup and Billy wanting to use a virus to commit genocide.
Will disagree on Cate v Shetty cuz absolutely nothing she did was wrong in my opinion and yes am being an apologist but i dont feel anything for killing child abusers like absolutely nothing. this bitch was Voguelbaum lite and everybody in the woods deserved it. My only issue its just how jarring the writing and ediring made the whole scene play out but its likely the shortened ep count and time per ep did that.
My ideal ending its Homelander winning and realizing it didnt fix anything and that now he its even more alone than before. I think bad guys winning its the most subversive thing for the stale af genre of superhero media. I want him to win not bcuz i love him but bcuz it would be more devastating for the narrative and shocking to the audience if he did.
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Chapter 1: Escape
We open on a little boy being led to a chapel (RUN!) by his father to meet an important person. This is a dream and unusually (apparently), the guy notes that he's never met that person or been to that place before and yet, he's filled with a sense of nostalgia.
Next, we're at the Barsburg Empire, 1st District, where the 315th class of the Barsburg Empire's Military Academy are having their graduation exam ceremony or whatever. A guy named Shuuri is speaking on stage and every boy wants to fuck him. Shuuri then says that out of the 500 students taking the exam, only 20 will actually graduation (would be a shitty way to secure funds over here but whatever.).
After the ceremony, Shuuri points out Chairman Miroku's favorite student, with his resting bitch face and ardent refusal to talk to his fellow students: Teito Klein.
Everybody pours shit on him, asking how a shortie like him can even be in the special course before going that they should be nicer or he'll snitch on them to the chairman. They say he used to be a slave...how jove! Teito can hear them but he struggles to keep his cool. Some guy puts his hand on his shoulder and gives him a legitimate warm greeting and Teito strikes out at him, telling him to fuck off. Before we decide this event, clearly influenced by his emotional state in this hostile environment, should color our perception of him to the grave and beyond, that guy is his friend Mikage and they're always like this. After calming down, Mikage asks to eat lunch with him and Teito tries to brush him off, saying if people saw him with him, they'll bully him too. Mikage says he's only sick of Teito trying to scare him off with that.
In class, Teacher Guy explains that the army's executive officers will be showing up tomorrow to view the graduation exam. The students around say Shuuri will obviously be the one picked to be made an officer. Meanwhile, Teacher Guy asks why Teito doesn't come to his practical skill lessons. Teito says he was excused from them. Shuuri doesn't let this pass without comment, saying of course Miroku's dog gets special treatment, his (butt) buddy saying that it's a level up from being a slave. Teito does something with his hand and suddenly, Shuuri is discovered to have brought porn to class...
Mikage and Teito look outside the window and see a creepy floating fortress, pointing if they pass the graduation exam, they'll both be accepted into that Fort Hohburg (Yay...?). Mikage is going to fight for the Empire and protect his family, much to Teito's pride. Then they overheard students talking about how people tend to die in the graduation exam...so a suddenly nervous Mikage agrees to Teito's offer of practicing so that they're pumped for the exam tomorrow.
So for this series' gimmick: There's this magic system called Zaiphon which the users use to fight. It's a gift powered by God that is mostly controlled with the hands and enables one to convert a life source into various forms. People who could use this are rare and the few who can have different capabilities which tend to reflect their natures.
Anyway, the next morning, the kids get into groups of ten and enter separate assembly halls. Our idiots Mikage and Teito fought all night so they're tired and on the A team (situations unrelated). For their exam, they have to beat a prisoner. This guy:
Beat him and do not abandon your comrades. Those are the rules. One guy goes up and says, "Ya'll some pussies! That's obviously a projection used for training!" The gentleman pictured above says that he's happy to have a live bunch this year and he's going to enjoy this...
Yeah, he's real. The exam attendant cheerfully tells the students to use all the skills they've learnt this year or they will die~! Let the exam begin! The prisoner goes on the offense, saying that for every student he fucks up, his sentence gets reduced. Meanwhile, Chief-Of-Staff Ayanami shows up to watch. He asks if the students have any backbone in them this year. Well...
Those bitches are getting slaughtered.
The attendant happily says that most students drop out here. After all, battle skill learnt in the classroom means nothing if it's inapplicable to real combat. Teito ad Mikage are doing well against the prisoner (despite Teito flashing back to some dude with a mustache telling him his greatest weakness is compassion) and Teito gets the guy at hand point, telling him to stand down. Ayanami steps in, saying the guy has to die for Teito to pass the exam. Teito argues that he's not a real enemy so there's no reason before Ayanami suddenly cuts the dude's head off with a flick of his hand, calling Teito slow.
So...exam over.
19 students were accepted, including Teito and Mikage. While his injuries are being treated, Mikage says he didn't think Teito would actually be the type to save Shuuri during the exam. Teito says he only did it instinctively and Mikage says he's proud of him.
Then Teito reminds Mikage that he used a slave. And not just any slave: a slave used for battle. He was sold to the army when he was young and he never knew the love of a family. Basically, Mikage is the only real "love" that he has. Mikage cries and so does everybody else reading.
So Mikage makes a promise: he will never abandon Teito on the battlefield and vice-versa. They fist-bump to seal it.
Teito has the dream from the beginning of the chapter where the weird guy apologizes for not being by his side but says someday, he will understand his true mission. Then everything gets bloody.
The next day, Teito is running to turn in a report to Shigure (who I assume is the Teacher Guy). He then overhears Ayanami talking about him with others, saying he has magnificent talent and if he keeps it up, he'll be made a cadet of the Eye of Mikhail. But in other news, a stone had disappeared during the battle with the enemy coutnry, Raggs. They say Raphael, whatever that is, is reacting so it still must be around. But they've been performing autopsies on all of Ragg's royalties and the stone wasn't there (Is it in the kidneys or...?). Then Ayanami takes out a necklace that apparently belongs to the King of Raggs...and Teito gets a massive headache.
He gets the ol repressed memories back, finally remembering the guy in his dreams as his father...who is dead. Killed by you guessed it, Ayanami. Ayanami himself realizes that someone has been a nosy nellie and Teito responds by trying to jump his ass...only for a dude in glasses casually goomba stomping him into the ground, politely telling him if he stands against Ayanami again, he'll kill him. Ayanami asks why he was trying to square up before recognizing him as the slave that was picked up from Raggs. He orders him to be thrown into prison until he comes to get him. Until then, make him spill everything.
Mikage overhears that. Rescue operation time.
As all of Teito's stuff is taken out of his dorm for "speaking against" Ayanami, Mikage skulks outside the jail waiting for an opportunity to break in. Mikage sneaks in only to notice Teito surrounded by fallen guards. Smiling, Teito tells him that he can't stay at the academy anymore and thanks him for everything...and Mikage responds by dragging him out by the wrist to run out.
Teito shouts that he doesn't want Mikage to get involved but Mikage shouts back if he goes against Ayanami, he'll die. So he needs to run away and hide to survive. Teito begs that if there is a god, please, protect Mikage.
The alert goes out that Teito has escaped his cell and he and Mikage are soon cornered by the guards. Teito responds by taking Mikage as his hostage, whispering in his ear that he can't let Mikage turn himself into a criminal on his account. He'll run away on his own. After the two assure each other that they'll always be best friends, Teito throws Mikage at the guards before stealing some type of motorbike.
Ayanami looks out his window, noting how noisy it is. He sees Teito escaping while glaring up at him so he hits him with the ol' magic hands. Teito gets damaged but he uses his own abilities to shield himself so that he can get away. The guards come in to tell Ayanami that Teito has escaped and Ayanami tells them to let him go since Chairman Miroku is away from his office. He'll get him soon enough...
On the road, a biker tells Teito not to ride on the side of the wall because he'll get hurt. He should know, he's a thrill-seeker. Sure enough, Teito wipes out and falls off, causing a landslide to cushion himself and landing on the thrill-seeker. The chapter ends with the guy noting that Teito has been through a lot...
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Top 5 doomed expeditions
bet you thought this was going to be the franklin expedition huh? well it's not. it's endurance baby!!!!!!!!! genuinely i have to not talk about this one because it makes me so emotional. how the FUCK did those guys survive. one of the questions asked during recruitment was whether you could "shout along with the boys". endurance is destroyed on her maiden voyage she was "a bride of the sea" but we FOUND HER my beautiful wife at the bottom of the weddell sea. shackleton and the lads sail 1300 km of the most dangerous water in the world in an open lifeboat and scale cliffs for five (?) days to find help and they DO and three months after they left, they return to the rest of the crew and nobody has fucking died. every single member of the expedition survived--albeit many after losing toes to frostbite and getting severe scurvy. just this once everybody lives!! also the shenanigans! shackleton told perce blackborrow that stowaways will get eaten first if it comes to that and sweet baby perce blackborrow said "there's more meat on your sir" and then everyone got along :) frank hurley and leonard hussey shoved handfuls of lentils in thomas orde-lees's open mouth when he wouldn't stop snoring. they named the cat mrs. chippy because it was obsessed with the carpenter (called "chippy") and now that cat's grave is decorated and cared for by people over a century later (also thank u mrs chippy for your sacrifice and also for naming MY mrs chippy <3). i have been debating writing an essay about the More Life of it all but especially all of frank hurley's photographs however it would come out as incomprehensible as this. my first month in china i missed my stop on the last metro of the night because i was detailing this expedition to my friends back home and i didn't have my mobile payment set up yet so i had to pay an exorbitant amount of money in cash for a taxi to go one (1) single kilometre
i mean, as tumblr user nedlittle, i am contractually obligated to say cold boy winter 4ever. 177 years ago, 128 men went missing in the arctic circle and as a result i have made friends for life <3. endlessly fascinating as a historical event and a classic example of imperialistic hubris those guys absolutely should not have been up there but they did and now a weird canadian identity has emerged as a result. i remember waking up to news that they found the wrecks and absolutely losing my mind
franklin adjacent doomed australian expeditions! a two-parter! so in 1861, the burke & wills expedition set off with a goal of crossing western australia from south-north and everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. 7 out of the 23 men died (wills perished either on my birthday or canada day) and only one guy made it across the continent and back to melbourne alive. beyond the fact that william john wills was the first cousin of erebus lieutenant h.t.d. "get in the soupp" le vesconte, there are a couple other similarities with franklin's expedition including death by scurvy, the food that they were eating was probably killing them (the early reports of lead poisoning with franklin; burke & wills ate seed bread after their rations ran out but depleted their thiamine levels and likely gave them beriberi because it probably wasn't prepared properly), relief efforts were sent but found little more than graves and bones, burke & wills tried to reach a place called mt. hopeless while the southernmost point any of franklin's men were known to reach was starvation cove on the adelaide peninsula. and THEN in 1874 another australian expedition led by ernest giles attempted to cross the deserts of western australia from east to west (looking at a map, they didn't go a very good job). the expedition was mostly fine except for one dude who straight-up vanished into the desert and was never seen again. that dude? alfred gibson, younger brother of terror steward william "breakup gone wrong" gibson
i didn't know a lot about the belgica before i read madhouse at the end of the world which was fantastic! everyone was having experience psychological terrorism as a result of antarctic isolation meanwhile motherfucker unlimited roald amundsen and scam king frederick cook were having the boys trip of the millennium. 19 men and innumerable rats. gentoo penguins are communists. tfw you almost shoot you doctor because you thought he was a seal
i am not as big of a fan of scott as some of my beloved mutuals but damned if i didn't devour the worst journey in the world. there are passages i think about daily. one time i was shivering really horribly during a migraine and all i could think of was that one passage where cherry talks about shivering so badly he thought his spine would snap. i am currently experiencing Cold and Wind and if i go outside...oh cherry we're really in it now
#sorry this has been rotting in my inbox for weeks :( i have had Work#also my laptop cries if i have more than 5 tabs open and try to write a long post :(((#if you're cold they're cold bring them inside#murraybaeman#answered#ice ice baby#there are many names in history
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I know the LS timeline is a very complicated matter but maybe you have some ideas of how much time has passed since the show started and especially since the end of S2.
We know that TK was 1 year sober in 2x08 so that would mean a year has passed between the beginning of 1x01 and 2x08. Then in the end of S2 Charles dies, and recently with the twins birthday party we have Tommy saying it is their first birthday without their dad. So Charles death is less than a year ago at that point.
How much time do you think passes between the end of S2 and the beginning of S3?
Now in 3x15 we have Charlie walking already. She must be walking pretty early since there's never been a birthday party or even the mention of a birthday so it's safe to assume she's not one year old yet. Which may put her at around 10-11 months old i suppose, which would be the amount of time that has passed since 3x04 when she was born. But that just seems completely incorrect if Charles has also been dead for less than a year according to the fact that its the twins first birthday without him.
Any ideas of what the timeline SHOULD be like if it wasn't so jumbled? Lol
You know, Nonny, I have been saving your ask for awhile, because I really wanted to do this ask justice, with like thought, and care, and a long meta, and then on Monday, Tommy sits in front of Charles's grave and the date of his passing is April 27, 2021 and she tells him it's been a YEAR.
And I...nonny...I know they went from like May to January in the first minutes of 3x01, so I take that to be the general timespan between Owen punching Billy and where we wake up... maybe a week tops from the opening scene of 3x01.
BUT THIS MONDAY NIGHT NONSENSE...you mean to tell me it's only been FOUR MONTHS since the ICE STORM.
No, nope sorry. No I don't buy it.
Charlie Ryder is holding her head up, has teeth and is walking. WALKING. That takes 10 months to a year to start first steps...and that's on the early side.
Beyond that, the idea that TK went from falling into the ice to his mom dying to having Sadie attack him in a span of four months...I...HOW DOES HE FUNCTION AS A HUMAN BEING? HOW... HES A GODDAMN MIRACLE
If we were being sensable people it's been a year since the ice storm... and it's January again. But the episode is titled Spring Cleaning...so...
Time doesn't actually exist in Lone Star verse. It's like being the Doctor, okay, or living in Schitt's Creek where it's always summer unless it's Christmas. Some show runners and writers rooms cannot math and it really fucking shows.
The timeline is whatever y'all want it to be. I will never read a fic in this fandom (or Schitt's Creek, or Doctor Who) and think "that timeline doesn't make sense" because I promise you every fic writer in this fandom as put more thought into the timeline than the writers room ever has. Which is not me shitting on the writer's room, it's just acknowledging that not everybody carefully marks out time like we obsessive people do.
#911 lone star#911 lone star spoilers#timeline discourse#your guess is as good as mine#anon ask#anon reply#doublel27 talks#schitt's creek#we did the same thing there#do your best and everyone knows you were working with a warped product to begin with
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Through the cold, I'll find my way back to you
Me attempting a multi-part fic?? More likely than you think! I wrote this fic because this blog started with Hawks and Dabi and kinda got a bit of traction with soulmate auâs so to me it made sense to post it for my first anniversary. I hope you guys like it! đ
Touya Todoroki (Dabi) x female reader, Keigo Takami (Hawks) x female reader
TW canonical character âdeathâ, a little angst and maybe a slight hint of dub-con (if you squint your eyes a little)
Part I, II
Youâre eleven years old when your parents take you by the hand, sit you down on the couch and tell you that your soulmate is dead.
It doesnât make sense. Thereâs a hollow ache inside of your chest like something important is gone but you were with Touya only yesterday. You had the rest of your lives together, you were gonna leave with him, start something betterâŚ
You feel empty and you canât understand it. He canât be dead, thatâs not how it works. You find your soulmate and you get to ride off into the sunset. You get to be happy, everyone knows that.
But it doesnât sink in until youâre kicking and screaming by his grave and Endeavor wonât so much as meet your eye and your parents are pulling you back because thereâs no body.
Thereâs nothing left of Touya Todoroki.
And thereâs nothing left of you without him.
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They call it the bloom. A simple touch, the first from your soulmateâs hand, and the mark appears on your skin like drops of ink spilled into water. Youâve always thought it beautiful, the delicate black pattern imprinted on your wrist.
You can still remember the heat youâd felt when it happened. Not the burning kind you knew him capable of, but like the warmth of a fire seeping through you. And you remember the way those bright, blue eyes had widened as youâd tripped and fell, taking him with you. His mark was over his heart; Touya always was stupidly smug about that.
You were just kids. Angry and scared and lost, but you had Touya and Touya had you.
(Not that that counted for anything in the end. He still died alone.)
They say itâs rare to find your soulmate before adulthood, but youâd been one of the lucky ones.
Lucky.
The word tastes bitter on your tongue now. Itâs not that you disagree exactly â even now, years after his death youâre glad that you had time with him. You wouldâve been grateful for a minute, for a mere glance at his face. Two and a half years with your soulmate was a gift, but having him, losing him so young only meant that you had more years of your life to struggle on without him.
And sometimes you catch yourself staring at your mark, lost in thought. Touya was the one with all the plans, you were always just the tag along, happy to go anywhere so long as he was the one leading you. You wonder what heâd think if he could see you now. Not the Hero youâd let yourselves imagine, though you suppose you both knew deep down that was nothing more than a pipe dream for someone like you.
Gazing around your cramped, messy apartment, debating exactly how badly you need this shitty, barely-enough-to-scrape-by job, you canât imagine heâd be impressed.
God knows your parents are disappointed, but thatâs nothing new. The Quirkless daughter of two mid rank heroes â well, the only thing you ever had going for you was being Enji Todorokiâs future daughter in law, and everybody knows how that one ended.
But part of you likes to think that maybe Touya wouldnât judge you too harshly for it. Youâre doing the best you can. Youâre surviving, all on your own, that has to count for something, doesnât it?
Thereâs a text message awaiting you when you roll over and grab your phone.
Happy Birthday x
Natsuo never forgets. The rest of the Todorokiâs â you ceased to matter to them the day they buried an empty casket for their son. Natsuoâs the only one who bothers to check in on you, make sure that youâre keeping your head above the water. Itâs usually just a message here and there, and he calls you on Touyaâs birthday. And on the anniversary of his death.
Itâs painful for him, but you suppose youâre the only tangible connection he has left of his brother.
You stare at the message for a moment longer, a strange feeling tugging at your heart. Typing out a quick reply, you set your phone down and fall back onto your bed, staring up at the ceiling with a sigh.
Today of all days, youâd honestly rather just roll over and let the hours pass you by, but your boss isnât that forgiving and as much as you hate to admit it, you need this job.
The hotelâs already abuzz by the time you clock in, your managerâs jaw tight, a frown pinching at his face. As much as you donât like him, you canât exactly blame him for the bad mood â in less than three hours, the ballroom will be filled with a media circus and a plethora of pro heroes. Some big promotional event before the hero rankings are announced; you honestly donât care.
It just means that everybodyâs on edge, youâre gonna spend all day stuck in heels, smiling blandly while you serve people who wonât so much as look twice at you.
And then thereâs the real reason youâre dreading today. 6â4â, blue eyed, broad shouldered, currently burning holes into you from across the ballroom while you carry around a platter of canapĂŠs. The last time youâd seen Enji Todoroki in person was two weeks after the funeral, and heâd ignored you entirely.
That was years ago; you werenât even in your teens. Half of you had hoped that in his infinite arrogance and the complete lack of care heâd shown since his sonâs death he wouldâve forgotten about you entirely.
From the way heâs spent the last twenty minutes staring at you while bulldozing past reporters, though, youâre not feeling all that confident.
And for the life of you, you canât figure out why your presence seems to be disturbing him so much, considering youâre really only there to serve and then fade into the background. Itâs not like youâre chasing after him, demanding an autograph much less any kind of acknowledgement â youâre not exactly thrilled to be here either. Things work just fine with the two of you pretending the other doesnât exist.
Does he think youâve planned this? Some big âfuck youâ to try and mess with what youâre sure will be an announcement of his retainership of the number one position? Even while Touya was still alive, his father didnât have a place in your life â he was off training his youngest, you barely saw him and you were glad for it.
While he might have hated him, some part of Touya still idolised him, craved his approval, but Enji had never been anything to you but a selfish, unfeeling monster. A bully.
But now heâs staring at you, slack jawed and wide eyed like heâs seen a ghost and itâs harder than you thought it would be to keep that smile plastered across your face knowing heâs watching your every move.
Your cheeks feels hot, and it only gets worse when you realise that Endeavorâs less than subtle behaviour is slowly but surely drawing attention from others in the room. A few curious reporters have shot you odd looks, heads cocked for a moment before dismissing you as just another waitress, hardly headline worthy.
The other heroes are less quick to brush you off. Mirko, current number five, elegantly clasping her glass of champagne in a gloved hand keeps shooting furtive glances between you and Enji, Gang Orcaâs beady eyes following you across the floor, a flicker of what youâre fairly sure is concern maring his face.
Itâs mortifying. Your smile is stretched and painful, your throat tight and you feel utterly exposed, but thereâs nothing you can do. The flame hero doesnât seem to care about the attention heâs drawing, or that with every passing minute it gets harder and harder for you to maintain that professional, customer service demeanour you need for this job.
And youâre beyond caring if heâs embarrassed to find his firstbornâs soulmate has sunk so low in his absence, you just want him to stop staring so you can finish your shift in peace. But it seems like the flame hero has other plans, because youâre just beginning to seriously weigh up your chances of keeping this job if you just up and walk off right here and now when Enjiâs limited patience finally reaches its threshold.
He doesnât bother offering excuses towards the poor reporter trying to pry an interview out of him, he just abruptly sets his drink down and starts stalking towards you. Rationally, you realise that with all these people here, he canât make too much of a scene.
Itâs just that even the thought of having to talk with him, to look into those blue eyes that are so painfully familiar yet wrongâ
You canât do it.
Not today.
And so you spin on your heel, stomach lurching. The silver tray in your hands stacked high with champagne teeters and falls, crystal glass shattering on the marble floors drawing gasps from the crowd. Endeavor calls out your name but you block him out, desperately weaving your way through the stunned mass of people.
Most of them give you a wide berth, likely due to the oversized hero barrelling after you. He calls your name again, louder this time. Itâs not a scream, or a yell â it almost sounds pleading, though you canât possibly imagine why. Endeavor doesnât do pleading.
Your cheeks are burning; thereâs too many people staring and hot tears begin to prickle at your eyes. A flash of red blurs past your field of vision and you start, a sharp squeak slipping out as a figure lands before you, blocking your exit.
Handsome with bushy eyebrows, dirty blonde hair messily brushed back and golden eyes gleaming; the hero in front of you would be impossible to mistake, even if it werenât for the sweeping blood red wings sprouting from his back. Hawks, the current number two pro-hero and the only man standing between you and your fumbling escape.
Your bodyâs slow to catch up with your mind though, and as you try to stop, backpedal and side-step him at once your foot catches on your ankle. Itâs instinctive, the way your arms fly up, wildly trying to catch yourself before you fall on your ass.
Just like you suppose itâs instinctive for him to rush forward to do the same.
It happens in a split second, your fingers brushing the skin of his neck just above the collar of his shirt, his hand grasping at your waist to steady you. Beneath his gloved hand a familiar burst of heat warms your skin.
Time slows to a crawl. The ballroom, all the gathered heroes and the press, your co-workers, they all fade into the background as your eyes dart to your fingertips, resting gently on the side of Hawksâ throat. There, a soft, inky black mark begins to unfurl spreading up to his jaw, disappearing below the collar of his turtleneck.
Over the quiet hum of the classical music playing in the background, you hear his breath catch.
He has you dipped, the two of you frozen as if in a dance and for a moment you dare to meet those piercing golden eyes. Thereâs a clicking sound, a camera shutter you distantly register, but while it makes your heart jump, Hawks pays it no mind.
He stares at you with impossibly wide eyes; open, vulnerable and raw.
And then he blinks, and that glimpse is gone, his grip tightening as he slowly sets you right. He doesnât let you go, however.
âHawks,â Enjiâs tone is low and gruff, a warning this time.
Tension, thick and crackling with electricity hangs in the air between the three of you, amplified by the crowd of onlookers. All those journalists, chomping at the bit with the realisation of a juicy story playing out right in front of their eyes. Your nameâs called out again, not by Endeavor, but by the reporter heâd cut off before â eyeing you now with an eager leer that has you recoiling back into Hawksâ embrace.
Itâs enough to jerk the winged hero into action. His mouth finds your ear, his thumb sweeping soothingly along your side as he speaks low enough for only you to hear.
âYou wanna leave, baby bird?â
You donât remember nodding, but you must have, because in the space of a single heartbeat Hawks has you hoisted up in his arms, those powerful wings spreading wide â and youâre flying.
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���I donât think I have a job anymore,â you laugh drily, staring down at the city lights twinkling on the horizon.
Beside you, Hawks snorts in agreement, âHell of a way to make an exit, though.â
Heâs not wrong. You can only imagine what the tabloid headlines will say tomorrow âPro Hero sweeps hotel waitress soulmate off her feetâ âHawks mates for life; Endeavor jealous?â Even if by some miracle your boss wasnât intent on firing you on the spot, youâre not sure you can even bear to show your face there again.
Itâll be a pain though, trying to find a new job while your face is plastered across every less than reputable news outlet.
Perched atop the rooftop of Hawksâ hotel, halfway across the city, the wind ruffling gently through your hair, everything feels⌠surreal almost. Itâs your birthday, and instead of crashing through the door of your apartment, exhausted and aching before falling face first onto your bed and not moving for the next few hours, youâre here. With the number two pro hero. Who, incidentally, is your second soulmate.
Having more than one soulmate, itâs not unheard of, just⌠rare.
And your handâs entwined with his, his gloves long since discarded, his fleece lined jacket draped over your shoulders. Touyaâs mark, long since blossomed across your inner wrist lies starkly between the two of you, unignorable.
âIt was his son, wasnât it?â he asks eventually, breaking the fragile silence as he toys with your fingers. When you nervously risk a glance up, Hawks doesnât look angry or upset or even that jealous. Those golden eyes study your face with an odd kind of curiosity, but thereâs no trace of resentment there. âTouya, the one who died. He was your soulmate.â
Itâs not a question, but you find yourself nodding anyway. A part of youâs almost surprised he put it together so quickly, but you guess being a pro hero of that calibre requires a little more than just having a strong quirk.
âIâm sorry,â you murmur, because what else can you say?
You canât possibly imagine how heâs feeling right now, what thoughts are running through his head. Youâd accepted a long time ago that while youâd love Touya Todoroki until your dying breath, he was gone; that chance of a fairytale happily ever after going with him. Another soulmate wasnât something youâd ever considered, much less wasted time longing for.
And yet here you are, another mark inked across your skin and it feels wrong somehow, yet also completely right. Imagining being on the other foot; putting yourself in Hawksâ shoes â a pro hero soulmated to some insignificant, quirkless waitress, and not only that, but finding out she has another soulmate, somebody she loved before you, a ghost of a memory youâll always be competing against⌠you honestly donât know how youâd feel.
âLook at me,â he whispers, calloused fingers coaxing at your chin. Heart thrumming like a hummingbird's you comply, letting out another soft squeak as Hawks takes the hand still entwined with his and lifts it to his neck, right above his mark.
He smiles, nuzzling into the touch as your breath stutters. âYouâre mine, arenât you?â Again, you find yourself nodding without even really being conscious of it. It doesnât seem to matter to Hawks though, whose smile widens at the sight of it. He leans in closer, his breath fanning across your face as molten pools of honey drink you in. You wonder if he can feel the way your pulse is racing under his touch, mixed emotions warring inside of you as he cups your cheek.
âAnd Iâm yours. Thatâs all I care about, baby bird.â
Heâs drawing you into a kiss before you can even comprehend the words, soft lips moving against yours. Gently at first, but that sweetness gives way to a burning urgency as he pulls you closer, holds you tighter.
Hawks kisses you like your lips hold salvation, and itâs frightening and thrilling and it feels like every nerve in your body is electrified when his teeth catch at your bottom lip and he moans your name.
Thereâs some part of you that realises that youâre moving too fast â soulmates or not heâs practically a stranger â but as you break for air, panting and breathless and Hawks looks at you with those burning, beautiful eyes; youâre helpless to resist.
âKeigo,â he tells you as he lays you down on his bed, crawling up between your thighs with a gleaming, hungry smirk thatâs nothing less than predatory, âCall me Keigo.â
#yandere bnha#yandere hawks x reader#yandere dabi x reader#yandere keigo takami x reader#yandere touya todoroki x reader#tw character âdeathâ#tw dub con#soulmate au#Iâm not even sorry#except I am#lmao last one I promise
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sanghyun:
( ⌠) "i live here, jaehyun," he drawls, with restrained patience and unbridled patronizing. he inches forward, daring the invisible barrier between them to mean a damn thing. "i didn't move out of the building when you decided to switch rooms," sanghyun rounds on him, sarcastic and condescending to the listening ear. "i'm not giving you orders. you want him out, right? i'm agreeing with you and i'm trying to help you." despite his words, his eyes glow impossibly brighter, and a low, resonant vibration begins to hum. the air quivers with the promise of an impending surge of power. his voice low, steely, only for jaehyun to hear, "what do you think should happen here?"
perhaps one day, when the dust has settled and theyâre old enough that how one dies becomes more of a concern than how one lives, jaehyun will think back to this moment. standing here, face to face with the man he once called his friend. how somewhere in the past, he once looked upon the man with mirth, arm around sanghyunâs shoulder as he badgered the man to drink beyond his limit. how sanghyunâs contact still remains even now, rotting in jaehyunâs phone. perhaps then, heâll bother enough to reminisce, wonder where it all went wrong. itâll take a couple of weeks and the sort of introspection that heâs not yet capable of, but maybe jaehyun will, one day, come to the haunting realisation that the reason why heâd come to loathe the latter was because deep down, they were not so different, him and sanghyun. sanghyun mirrors the anger that jaehyun carries. the difference between them is that sanghyun knows how to hide it. jaehyun is not so lucky.
( and maybe, had jaehyun been a little more like sanghyun, had learnt to make peace and make do, heâd never have had to go through all the shit that heâs had to deal with. that maybe then, heâd be able to carry the sort of optimism that sanghyun holds, bright-eyed and still having the strength to hold on to hope. )
but todayâs not that day.
today, jaehyun curls his fists, fingers reddened with anger at sanghyunâs condescension. today, there is a fleeting impulse thought, a call from the void to drive his fist into the man and together, sate the curiosity of not having to pull his punches for once. jaehyun thinks to answer. the air is thick with the sort of tension that you can cut with a knife. jaehyun breaks it, a ridiculing laughter falling from the sneer. âhelp me?â a pause. a sniff. jaehyun raises his chin and drags his gaze lazily along the manâs form, âyou canât even help yourself.â
a step closer. a low, âsee, thatâs the thing about people like you.â jaehyun raises his hand, tips of his fingers pushing the man patronisingly back with ill-controlled strength. takes a step closer, âyou think that pandering to the fucking humans like a starving mutt is gonna get you fed.â push back, step closer, âthat begging on your knees and kissing their boot somehow makes you better than the rest of us.â and here, there is a way in which his face turns grave, almost sombre. like heâs back in his room, thumb halting the scroll when he catches sanghyunâs name in his contacts. how he forgets to delete it even still. âitâs not. it doesnât.â jaehyun pauses, a sly grin along his lips as he raises an eyebrow in irony. âmatter of factââ he turns from sanghyun, puts distance between them as he regards their many spectators, two arms raised in the air as he gestures for them to pay attention. âlisten up!â he roars, pivots strategically in the circle theyâve left for him as he announces, âtogether for daehanâs 2024 vice presidential candidate spotted enjoying all evo has to offer! fucking evoâs girls! thatâs rightââ jaehyun stretches an arm out towards his ex-roommate, eyes still locked onto a spectatorâs, âlee sanghyun, everybody! in the flesh!â jaehyun curls his arm in, turns his head towards sanghyun and addresses him directly, âwonder how thatâs gonna work out for your campaign when the gossip rag gets a hold of it.â
jaehyun drops his arms, strolls slowly back to sanghyun with a sneer, âyou still gonna play dumb? or you gonna do yourself a favour, fuck outta this party and run back to that room you live in before itâs too late?â jaehyun gazes down momentarily to pick off a piece of lint from the shirt on sanghyunâs chest, then leans forward as his words fall to mirror sanghyunâs condescension from before, âoh, itâs not an order. iâm just trying to help you.â
#ââ ë°ěŹí / writing.#park jaehyun & lee sanghyun ââ 001.#nm:charitycrash#rnalgnant#....im so sorry this was so late what the fuck i forgot to draft this one too im TT#IM SORRY I WILL BE BETTER NEXT TIME!!!!#also ignore how long it is jaehyun just cannot shut up clearly#pls dont feel obligated to match!!
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hi hi history-non again, sorry I know it's a very
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ask, and i'm sorry for not narrowing it down farther my brain is smooth as butter and the dart board, so to speak, is. big. i feel like im throwing my dart in the ocean of 'what i don't know' and trying to spear a fish who might speak to me like the queer elder i never ha d ;lkasjd;flkas damn you small conservative town ANYWAYS
i guess okay maybe do you have any favourite figureheads? whats your fave pieces of lgbtqa+ media (like books or shows?)
thanks again and sorry for.
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Lolololol. Yes.... itâs so... big...
In the 90s, the writers of nonfiction who I found really inspirational were Susie Bright and Kate Bornstein. My Gender Workbook was a classic. I gather thereâs a new edition.
I was a massive, massive nerd, so my actual favorite queer book as a 14-year-old is one that will be a bit... uh... much if youâre not feeling very intellectual. Itâs Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History. This thing is a massive doorstop of a book that collects academic journal articles on third gender roles from various cultures. I was obsessed with this thing. Again, itâs academic journal articles, not popular nonfiction, so expect that level of impenetrable prose.
I was also a giant weeb, so I read a bunch of books on the history of gay sex in Japan. Itâs pretty interesting how much people assume the âm/m sex = sinâ shit was worldwide and how much it just was not.
In terms of fiction, Iâve always struggled to find f/f media I relate to. I really like the tv adaptations of Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet. Lots of fucked up problematicness and gorgeous visuals. Gotta love the lady with the strap-on and the gold body paint!
For other queer media, I was a big fan of Velvet Goldmine and of Pedro AlmodĂłvarâs older films, which are full of every problematic kink you can think of. They also have a lot of het I like, like the lady being coerced into sex (that she enjoys) by the drag queen who impersonates her famous mother she has a lot of mommy issues about... except said drag queen is really an undercover police officer. Just... whut. (All the âstraightâ stuff in AlmodĂłvarâs films is also bugfuck nuts and often kind of queer.)
I really, really, really loved Crash. Not the shitty one that won an oscar: the car crash perverts one full of weird UST. Thereâs a ton of straight sex in this too, along with every gender combo and a laundry list of upsetting kinks. Itâs just every kind of weird perv thing. (âWeird art film full of sex and problematicnessâ is pretty much the defining feature of movies I liked as a teen. I loved Kissed, that het necrophilia movie too.)
Stage Beauty is probably my favorite film for bi vibes. Itâs this meditation on identity as the English stage was changing over from having men play women to having actual actresses. It ends in f/m, but itâs definitely a very queer film.
If you want slice of life stuff, I guess you could try Dykes to Watch Out For (the comic thatâs the source of the bechdel test) or the Tales of the City novel series. These will both give you a sense of what was going on in certain queer communities in the late 20thC. If you want something relatively fluffy, Maurice is a historical costume drama with a happy ending. I found it awfully slow as a college student, but it does have naked Rupert Graves (Lestrade from Sherlock), so...
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See, this is hard to answer because I came of age and did all of my reading of that kind a long time ago. I pretty quickly moved on to fangirl media, which I have always liked a lot better than other arguably queer stuff. Back in the 90s, that meant Japanese stuff and fic. Later, I had access to more flavors of by-fujoshi-for-fujoshi media.
So my actual favorite m/m books are a bunch of âm/m romanceâ (i.e. American BL being sold as ebooks on amazon). If you want live action TV and fandomy vibes, youâre better off with Trapped (hot cop/mobster action!) or one of those Thai series about schoolboys or something than stuff made by cis gay men in the US.
I also came of age in an era when âqueerâ media was very Cis Gay Men And Sometimes Cis Lesbians with an occasional nod to bi people existing... maybe. Kate Bornstein and a few others were raising the profile of MtF transsexuals (the term in use at the time) who wanted surgery or even, gasp, maybe didnât want bottom surgery in some cases. Anything about FtMs or nb/agender/etc. identities was practically invisible. I saw the term âgenderqueerâ around a bit, but it was mostly in contexts that were very tryhard and unappealing to me.
(You havenât given any details, but Iâm going to go out on a limb and guess youâre like much of tumblr and the flavors of queerness you relate to arenât so much the Cis Gay Men Only culture that makes up quite a bit of queer history and older queer media.)
I can tell you what I liked as a teen, but not everybody is into fucked up art films that may not have happy endings. I can try to rec things about queer culture in the 90s, but I probably donât have great recs for way earlier or later than that... unless itâs so much earlier that Iâve researched it while writing fic of some historical canon or other. A lot of how I learned about queer culture myself was from magazines or from reading soc.bi on usenet or just from living through the 90s--not typically from books that are easy to unearth and just hand to someone now.
I tend to just not like anything in the contemporary romance or slice of life genres, regardless of gender and orientation, so while Iâve watched/read a bit more queer stuff like this, especially in the past when I had less access to queer media, itâs not a space Iâm great at reccing in. And thatâs unfortunate because a lot of that type of art gives you a better sense of what other queer people were like in other eras and/or itâs a safer rec than some bananas crazy BDSM film.
I was, and am, very kinky (though pretty lazy in terms of actual practice), so a lot of my reading and media interest was bound up in that also. Obviously, I was quite interested in the drawings of Tom of Finland or the photography of Robert Mapplethorpe, but are you going to be into photos of some guy shoving a whip handle in his ass? I love the movie Cruising... itâs about serial killers and leather and homophobia and is every bit as potentially traumatizing as that sounds.
I feel you on the problem of finding queer elders. There isnât really an obvious way to go about this.
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lord huron : strange trails album ... sentence starters
âI know youâre still alive.â
âItâs time to be moving on.â
âWhat kind of magic is this?â
âI can bring your fears to life.â
âI feel alive when I'm with you.â
âIn my eyes, you do no wrong.â
âSpirits follow everywhere I go.â
âMeet me in the woods tonight.â
âI was doomed by our first kiss.â
âThere was no one else in sight.â
âOh, go on, baby, hurt me tonight.â
âDo you see no ghost in me at all?â
âYou know, I bet he's not so tough.â
âWho knew love would be like this?â
âI don't feel it âtil it hurts sometimes.â
âShe bends the wills of men for fun.â
âI don't feel alive if I ain't in the fight.â
âCome inside, can I get you to stay?â
âI've done things that have no name.â
âNow the darkness got a hold on me.â
âYes, I know that love is like ghosts...â
âYou can run, but you can't be saved.â
âWhat ain't living can never really die.â
âDon't look back, them days are gone.â
âJust tell me when you've had enough.â
âAnd there ain't no thrills in the afterlife.â
âWhat if the world dies with the sunrise?â
âReal or imagined - what does it matter?â
âIt's a long night, can I spend it with you?â
âIf I can't have you, then no one ever will.â
âIf I'm a'Âgoinâ to die, I'm gonna go in style.â
âYou don't want me, baby, please don't lie.â
âI said, if you're leaving, I got to know why.â
âThere ain't a language for the things I feel.â
âI know how to live, I don't know how to die.â
âI can't sleep when there's something to do.â
âI fucked with forces that our eyes can't see.â
âWhat if we're unmade when the stars fade?â
âI got a helluva view for the end of the world.â
âAin't afraid of him, âcause I'm a fool for love.â
âYou know I'd given up on living âtil I met you.â
âThere ain't language for the things I've seen.â
âWhen I die, I'm coming right on back for you.â
âWhat you're looking for won't be found easily.â
âDo you know what loneliness does to a man?â
âKeep me going 'til the night turns into the day.â
âI don't know how to right the wrongs I've done.â
âI had a vision tonight that the world was ending.â
âAnd many men have died trekking up that away.â
âYou're oh so pretty when you stand on the edge.â
âThe truth is stranger than my own worst dreams.â
âGonna wander out there and see what I'm worth.â
âIf you think that I'm scared, you've got me wrong.â
âGonna fall in love, I'm gonna live my life with her.â
âAges come and go, but her life goes on the same.â
âOh, you fool, there are rules, I am coming for you.â
âI watched the heavens collide right before my eyes.â
âNo, I'm not afraid to die, just mad I left (name) alive.â
âNo Earthly sight can match the beauty she displays.â
âDarkness brings evil things, oh, the reckoning begins.â
âOnce he's gazed upon her, a man is forever changed.â
ââGood for nothingâ is the name they'll remember me by.â
âI'm meant to find the place where all good things begin.â
âI've been running through life and cruising toward death.â
âI am ready to follow you even though I don't know where.â
âI wake up in the morning and I don't know where I've been.â
âI had all, and then most of you... some, and now none of you.â
âI know there's another man, but he ain't gonna delay my plans.â
âDon't know what I'm gonna do, but I guess I gotta see it through.â
âThe bravest men return with darkened hearts and phantom pain.â
âI'm gonna find a way through, there's another life beyond the line.â
âTrying to keep my eyes open wide, I'd gone days without any rest.â
âWell, I'm not afraid to fight. Let's step outside and I'll show you why.â
âWas he unforgiven or just tired of living a life that never felt like his?â
âI don't wanna be the only one living when all of my friends are gone.â
âThere's gotta be some way. I hope it's not too late to break the spell.â
âI see how you got your name, you're tall as hell and broad as a train.â
âI'm leaving this place behind and I'm heading out on the road tonight.â
âI wanna learn her wits, and how she plays her tricks, oh, I gotta know.â
âJust wait until I catch my breath, gonna send you on to an early death.â
âOh, little darlin' don't you look charming, here in the eye of a hurricane?â
âYou know you don't hit half bad, but I'm gonna lay you to ground tonight.â
ââCause I know I don't wanna stay here forever, it's time to be moving on.â
âYes, I know that love is like ghosts, few have seen it, but everybody talks.â
âAnd it feels like I've been away for an era, but nothing has changed at all.â
âI stared right into the endless void and I ain't going back if I got any choice.â
âIf spring comes before I'm found, just throw my bones in a hole in the ground.â
âSure as hell, he was dead as they come and he was already starting to smell.â
âAnd it feels like I was with you, but what did we do and where have you gone?â
âI tried to warn you when you were a child. I told you not to get lost in the wilds.â
âSpirits follow everywhere I go, they sing all day and they haunt me in the night.â
âYou come back from a trip to the east, but you don't come back from the dead.â
âI know I'm dead, but I don't wanna lie in a grave out here where the coyote's cry.â
âI get a laugh outta staring at darkness and wondering why people live in the light.â
âI belong bodily to the earth. I'm just wearing old bones from those that came first.â
âI get a thrill outta playing with fire, âcause you hold your life when you hold that flame.â
âI know I should've never looked back, but you ain't gonna win a woman's heart like that.â
âIf I found a way to stay with you tonight, it would only make me late for a date I can't escape.â
âI took a little journey to the unknown, and I come back changed. I can feel it in my bones.â
âThere are many more flames when mine is gone. They will build me no shrines and sing me no songs.â
âI don't know what I'm supposed to do, haunted by the ghost of you... Oh, take me back to the night we met.â
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Mankai with a roach
some of these are based on irl experiences so i hope y'all enjoy reading this as much as i did writing it LMAO no braincells were involved in doing this i am so sorry.. also tagging @tsum-uwu-gi for some of the totally whack ideas, tysm đĽ°
đŞ the mankai dorm never really experienced having a roach flying all over the place that much, and even if it did, they're immediately dealt with by the moms of the dorm
đŞ that was mostly the case until that one specific day arrived, when the reliable people were gone for different reasons. tsuzuru was in his part-time job, omi was getting groceries, tasuku was a guest actor for another troupe, and no one knows what in the world sakyo was up to
đŞ anyways the first one to notice was azuma, he walked in the bathroom probably to take a dump or something - who knows really lol - when he found himself staring at a roach that was literally on the toilet.
đŞ azuma literally has no idea how or when it got there, but the fact remains that there is no freaking way he is going to use the toilet unless he wants a death sentence. the logical choice was to close the toilet and flush it, but at that moment he kinda lost his shit, both literally and figuratively, and so all he did was act composed as he quickly left the bathroom
đŞ "azu-nee, why do you look so pale?" yuki asked him out of curiosity in the dining room, but azuma is hella smooth so he just laughs it off and acts as if he totally wasn't horrified at all, "it's nothing, you're probably imagining things."
đŞ after that incident, nothing happens for at least an hour. unfortunately, a roach doesn't simply disappear just because you want them to, which was why azuma's efforts of not letting the roach escape from the bathroom were in vain...
đŞ for some apparent reason taichi sometimes has this tendency of holding his own pee before he sprints to the toilet and just bursts in there, so when he ran to the bathroom and immediately let out an ungodly screech, it's all fucking over
đŞ did taichi piss himself? who the hell freaking knows. if he did, mankai would normally either laugh or feel bad for him or both, but at that moment nobody cared about that. what actually mattered was that taichi left the fucking door open so the moment he screamed, the roach already started flying EVERYWHERE
đŞ the one who was nearby the bathroom that time was kazunari. even if kazunari acts like he is scared of roaches, he actually isn't and he is capable of killing a roach in sight. would he help taichi, who has his fly almost open, by killing the roach and call it a day?
đŞ the answer is hell no. killing it doesn't even cross his mind. kazunari thinks this is really hilarious, and if he finds something funny he doesn't do anything to solve the problem. kazunari would basically make things worse by going live on his instablam to record what is happening. in this case, it is all about the unwanted creature and where in the actual world it is gonna land
đŞ gladly, kazu's sanity is still intact that he didn't include taichi in his live for the first few minutes. if kazu did, taichi better say bye bye to his remaining dignity and write his last will so he can finally dig his own grave. people will forever know him as the ugly sobbing, screaming dude in the bathroom with his fly open, and that is honestly the last thing taichi wants to be known for
đŞ sakuya goes to where the chaos is, poor boy was legitimately confused as to why two people are yelling and laughing at the same time. it is normal in mankai but every time it happens, somewhing whack is happening. unfortunately for sakuya, he was completely unaware of the roach flying behind him
đŞ "hi kazunari!" sakuya greets, and the roach lands on the sleeve of his hoodie. sakuya is a pure little bean, he is ALWAYS a pure bean but if kazu was being honest, the current image of sakuya smiling widely while a roach is chilling on his sleeve was really unnerving in its own way
đŞ kazu started to laugh so hard that he is physically unable to explain to sakuya what was happening, and he felt so bad about it. sadly, kazu doesn't have the capability to stop laughing by force, does he? because of the lack of explanation, it took sakuya approximately 7 seconds of obliviousness before he notices
đŞ tenma arrived right after that, and the roach flies off sakuya's hoodie after he jumps from surprise. high and mighty carrot boy is now in for a storm cause the moment he appeared, the roach lands on top of tenma's freaking head out of all places
đŞ "hey guys, what's happening?"
đŞ "there's a flying roach. and it is now on your head." kazunari deadpans. he always tricked tenma when it comes to these kinds of things, but he is serious this time
đŞ tenma literally HUFFS as if he doesn't believe kazunari in the slightest, and tbh you can't blame him cause summer troupe gave him trust issues from their pranks. sorry mister. unlike their old pranks, it is actually real right now... kazu ain't joking, please believe him now
đŞ tenma shrugs and places a hand on his head nonchalantly to ~prove his point~, "you won't fool me again-" he froze the moment he actually felt something moist moving under his hand
đŞ at that moment tenma screamed one hundred fucking times louder than the entire mankai company could, the entire neighborhood would learn their lesson to bring earplugs wherever they go cause his screams are literally ear-splitting
đŞ tenma should say goodbye to his reputation as a k00L b0y 4ct0Rđ that he has maintained for so long cause a lot of people are already watching the live. also rip to the people who were using earphones... at least you have witnessed tenma's most unglorious moment on public. from that moment he is already and permanently a meme and there is no going back
đŞ "STOP SCREAMING HACK!!" yuki yells at him with all of his might, but it was super inaudible because his scream still reigns. the roach lands on the wall, so yuki grabs whatever was on the table. it was banri's fashion magazine, which is fucking useless by the way, because he still can't dress himself up no matter how many fashion magazines he purchases. good job yuki for using it as a sacrifice
đŞ yuki rolled the magazine and repeatedly whacked it to the wall out of pure annoyance so he can kill the roach. in all honesty, the roach would've been dead by now from yuki's wrath, but curse his height cause he can't reach the freaking roach no matter how hard he tried. sorry yuki, your courage and bravery were all in vain
đŞ amidst all the chaos, nobody freaking noticed muku, who was deadass in the living room the whole time. question is, how is muku not aware of what was happening? how did he manage not to hear taichi's and even the mighty tenma's screams? the answer is simple. HE WAS TOO ENGROSSED IN HIS SHOUJO MANGA.
đŞ when yuki was about to finally hit the roach, it flew to the cover of muku's shoujo freaking manga. for an unknown reason, muku doesn't even flinch. HE JUST KEPT ON READING. muku, everyone adores you especially with your love for romance but the kissing scene isn't important right now, PLEASE STOP READING THIS INSTANT
đŞ everyone literally went silent, nobody had the heart to tell muku. they just watched the roach crawl slowly to muku's fingers in suspense. after what seemed like forever, muku closed his book while giggling, but that didn't last forever cause he saw the roach and in a split second he dropped his book without any hesitation
đŞ muku got so freaked out they all felt sorry to the poor boy. he just stared at the shoujo manga that is now on the floor, endlessly mumbling about having to buy a new one because the roach already cursed his book and he will become unlucky and he might pass on the curse to everybody else and they will fail all their upcoming shows and---
đŞ anyways. the roach lands on citron's palms, and citron... surprisingly doesn't freak out. he doesn't care. actually, CITRON'S HAPPY??? he just looks at the roach in fascination and if it were any other creature it would look so adorable. but no, it had to be a ROACH and it's absolutely whack and disgusting. please remember that it is the same roach that came from the freaking toilet. citron, please wash your hands RIGHT NOW.
đŞ "CITRON KILL IT!!"
đŞ "NO, NO! POOR COACH!" citron shakes his head, reluctant to kill it. he kept the roach in his hands so nobody would be able to kill it... he was oddly protective of it and NOBODY KNOWS WHY. THEY ALL DO NOT WANT TO KNOW WHY EITHER. citron please stop, what you're doing is making everything way worse. let go of that roach this instant and be hygienic just PLEASE oh my god
đŞ everybody already lost hope on trying to kill the roach, citron and his questionable logic is beyond their comprehension. but they refuse to waste their time fighting him about it because it will fly everywhere and no one wants that... lucky for them, tsuzuru finally arrives the dorms. HE IS EVERYONE'S SALVATION! SOMEONE WHO CAN FINALLY KILL THE ROACH! FREAKING FINALLY,,
đŞ yeah no, nevermind that. tsuzuru was so fucking tired from his part-time job that he just collapses right after he closed the door. please let the poor man sleep, don't even bother on trying to wake him up to kill the roach cause there's no way he is gonna wake up any time soon. cut him some slack. they felt bad for him but it happens way too often so they just left him on the doorway and that's it.
đŞ a few minutes after tsuzuru passed out, banri got back from no one knows where, probably shopping for more animal print clothes... who the hell knows. unlike the others, banri already knew what was happening without asking cause he has been watching kazu's live for like ten minutes already. if he was being honest, the whole thing was making him lose his shit so he tried to go back to the dorms asap to not miss out on anything good
đŞ coincidentally, juza also left their room from his long ass nap to see wtf was happening cause they were being hella noisy. after some explaining, when juza already fully figured out what was going on, he was aboutta kill it, ACTUALLY KILL IT, when banri stopped him. "you get out of this. i am the one killing it."
đŞ "get your own roach for you to kill, settsu"
đŞ curse their competitive asses cause it has reached to the point where they're already starting to beat each other up to death. the goal here is to kill the roach, not each other you dumbasses, get your brains straight please that's not helping anything don't be stupid for once
đŞ the roach flew from citron's hands and everybody screeched but finally, FINALLY AN ADULT walks in. tsumugi went in the dorm from the garden with a bottle of pesticide in his hand. once everybody noticed what he was holding, they were all getting panicky so they angrily screamed at him to spray it to the roach, it was too chaotic
đŞ tsumugi was so confused??? why was everybody angry at him?? what did he do to deserve this?? he doesn't actually think his pesticide works on roaches, but it was probably better if he stays silent about it since everyone will not listen and would force him to spray it on the roach anyways, what's the point
đŞ and so he did. at first, the roach stopped moving, so they assumed it was already dead. tsumugi then sprayed a lot more to make sure it actually was dead and everybody collectively sighed in relief. finally the fiasco is over. everyome can go back to their normal lives before this fucking happened
đŞ or not. the ROACH DEADASS FLEW AGAIN AND THEY ALL PANICKED. funny enough tsumugi calmly explained amidst all that, and it turns out tsumugi's pesticide was weak, and to top it all off it was water-based so it had no freaking effect on the roach whatsoever. too bad, so much for everybody getting false hope, huh. they wanna blame tsumugi for not saying anything before spraying but it is also their fault for getting worked up so whatever
đŞ itaru arrives from work, and one quick glance on what everyone was yelling about tells him that he refuses to participate in this crap. give him a freaking break please. he was dealing with work and you're telling him that he has to put up with this, too? hell fuckin no. he manages to quickly escape to his room to catch up on his games and it is a good thing that no one really noticed. they're too busy screeching every time the roach just flies outta nowhere.
đŞ masumi was deadass watching them from the sidelines. he could tell them to open the windows and just wait for the roach to fly outside so they can get it over with and call it a day. what a joke though, masumi giving helpful tips so everyone can calm down? yeah right haha no. he doesn't want to waste his energy on doing that even if their noise was actually getting into his nerves, so the whole duration he stays silent while he watches them lose their shit
đŞ this is one of the moments where they all legitimately wished misumi was here right now. him blabbing about triangles every second made them think that the roach kind of looks like a triangle when its wings are out. misumi what did you do to them to make them think this way?? did you make them do the triangle calisthenics or cathletics or whatever the heck that is??
đŞ knowing misumi, he can catch the roach in a matter of seconds. so where in the world is misumi? he is out again for his daily triangle hunting, obviously. come back, misumi... literally everything would be over in a flash if misumi decided to stay in the dorms today
đŞ despite this, for some apparent reason homare manages to find inspiration in all this. look, mister. the dorm is a fucking chaos. actual chaos. kazunari is somehow still live on instablam, wheezing so hard like he is gonna die any second now. the scene is literally just teenage boys screaming and running all over the place. two of said teenage boys are beating each other up... and one (1), ONE roach flies on top of everything, still fucking alive. EXACTLY WHAT PART OF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL INSPIRED HUH HOMARE!!! SPEAK UP!!!
đŞ the noise levels of mankai dorm is practically a headache at this point, if sakyo was here his boomer brain would be having a migraine that would be worth a week of pure pain and agony. for some reason, hisoka, who is on the sofa in the living room, literally in the MIDDLE OF THE CHAOS, just sleeps through it all.
đŞ how does he do that? just what kind of marshmallows does he eat?? do they permanently damage a person's hearing?? no matter how many times they woke hisoka up, he doesn't budge. what the actual fuck. and tsuzuru is still sleeping in the freaking doorway. at this point they could cuddle each other for all they want until they fucking die cause no amount of noise is gonna wake them up from their eternal slumber
đŞ after what seemed like forever, sakyo arrived and everybody immediately went silent. they stopped what they were doing except kazu, who was either incredibly stupid or incredibly brave, nobody wants to answer that right now. he is still live on instablam. even the live chat went silent.
đŞ sakyo still doesn't know what was happening but he knows it is BAD news, so he glared right at kazunari's camera and the last moments before the live ended was sakyo angrily stomping his way to kazunari and the screen blacked out
đŞ after learning that everything was only caused by a roach, sakyo got so mad that he managed to snatch a flip flop out of nowhere and killed the roach until it was completely crushed. it was safe to say everybody felt bad to the roach despite being the cause of everything. by the way, whose flip flop was that? nobody knows.
đŞ tasuku, misumi and omi arrived in the dorms while sakyo was lecturing everyone, and they still got dragged in without knowing what in the world happened. please pray for these poor souls they have to deal with his yelling without even being a part of it.
đŞ omi just bought groceries for dinner, he didn't waste his time to do that just to have no dinner tonight oh my god please give this man a break from everyone's bullcrap. tasuku's role in the other company's play was some random teen whose parents were mad at him for doing shit. he doesn't have to deal with sakyo actually getting mad too please let this man live in peace. and misumi? he isn't happy that he got dragged in, too. this is not very sankaku of you, sakyo
đŞ "MIYOSHI, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO RECORD THE WHOLE THING? YOU'RE RUINING THE COMPANY'S IMAGE. ALSO THE BOTH OF YOU FIGHTING YADDA YADDA YADDA"
đŞ the lecture lasted for 5 hours and nobody ate dinner that night. everybody was so tired after that. nobody was allowed to speak and if someone mutters, sakyo will yell at them next. can sakyo still lecture you for another 5 hours even after that long ass session? unfortunately yes.
đŞ everybody was banned from eating meals the next day. the resident moms reached an agreement that at least one of them always stays in the mankai dorm so this never EVER happens again. once is enough, they do not need another fiasco like this one.
đŞ oh and was it mentioned that kazunari doesn't have a phone for a solid month? cause that happened, sakyo banned him. you bet he managed to live a phoneless life by logging on his social media platforms on other people's phones without sakyo knowing,, not really the definition of "phoneless" if you ask him..
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saccharine | a seccolata playlist
pronouns and stuff are adjusted x)  [ the link is  h e r e ]
saccharine â jazmin bean: everything you do/ i'm obsessed with you/i don't mean to scare/ but you're just so cute/ every move you make/ you're fucking sweeter than a cake/i wanna cut you up/ and put you in my oven just to bake/ this shit is scaring me/ the thought of caring/ for anyone makes me want to scream/ looking at you makes me wanna/ gouge out my eyes/ bloody surprise/ like cherry pie/ will you be mine?/ saccharine, feeling kind of sick vomit in my teeth/ i don't want this responsibility
baby eyes â green day: they say my middle name is danger/ the guy you keep away from strangers / iâm out of control/ oh baby when i see your pretty face/ god rest your fucking soul/ 'cause baby, baby I was born to kill
prescription â mindless self indulgence: i'm the doctor, i'm the patient/ don't forget that, it's important/ if ya love me, like i love me/ everybody will be sorry
nine inch nails â closer: i broke apart my insides/ help me/ i've got no soul to sell/ i wanna fuck you like an animal/ i wanna feel you from the inside/ my whole existence is flawed/ you get me closer to god
fuck time â green day: take a look into my eyes/ i wanna hold you 'til you're paralyzed/ oh baby, baby, it's fuck time/ you know i really want to make you mine
dna â little mix: no scientist or biology/ itâs only natural that i'm so affected/ and my heart won't beat again/ if i can't feel him in my veins/ no need to question, i already know/ it's in his dna
turn me on â nicki minaj: doctor, doctor, need you back home/ doctor doctor, where you at? give me something/i need your love, i need your loving/ you got that kind of medicine that keeps me coming
the dismemberment song â blue kid: hold still, my sweet/ i'm trying to measure the space between your molar and your jaw/ this caliperâ no cause for fear/ no, it... it doesn't hurt/ it only helps me measure how much skin you have
canât decide â scissor sisters: i can't decide/ whether you should live or die/ you'll probably go to heaven/ please don't hang your head and cry/ no wonder why/ my heart feels dead inside/ it's cold and hard and petrified/ lock the doors and close the blinds/ we're going for a ride
culling of the fold â the decemberists: cut him up boy/ he's a wicked disgrace/ and he said it to your face/ you better cut him up boy/ take him by the teeth/ get him down on his knees/ with your hands all shaking
what do they know? â mindless self indulgence: beat me up/ beat me down/ mess me up/ beyond all recognition/ for what it's worth/ i'd do it again/ with no consequence/ i will do it again
adrenalize â in this moment: i must confess i'm addicted to this/ shove your kiss straight through my chest/ i can't deny, i'd die without this/ make me feel like a god
love buzz â Â shocking blue: would you believe me when i tell you/ you're the king of my heart/ please don't deceive me when I hurt you/ just ain't the way it seems
cascade â siouxsie and the banshees: the air was shining/ shining like a wedding ring/ barbed like sex/ i felt ten thousand volts/ my chest was full of eels/ pushing through my usual skin/ i opened up new wounds/ pouting, shouting
tear you apart â she wants revenge: he wanted her and this was bad/ he wanted to do things to him it was making him crazy/ now a little crush turned into a like/ and now he wants to grab him by the hair and tell her/ i want to hold you close/ skin pressed against me tight/ lie still, and close your eyes, boy/ i want to fucking tear you apart
drain you â nirvana: i don't care what you think unless it is about me/ it is now my duty to completely drain you/ chew my meat for you/ pass it back and forth in a passionate kiss/ from my mouth to yours/ i like you
touch â lights fade low: no one will stain you/ no one will pain you/ i'll keep you clean until my end/ no one will hurt you/ the way that i hurt you/ nothing will feel the same again
polly â nirvana: i think she wants some water/ to put out the blowtorch / let me clip your dirty wings/ let me take a ride, cut yourself/ want some help, please myself
qual â xmal deutschland: deine qual ist meine lust/ meine liebe ist dein tod/ nachts wenn du schläfst bin ich lebendig/ mein tag ist deine dämmerung/ meine wiege ist dein grab
clown â switchblade symphony: crying loud, you are crawling on the floor/ just a beautiful baby/ you're nothing more/ close your eyes/ you are crawling into sleep/ i swear i won't break you/ if you let me take you/ where the willows never weep
church of no return â Christian death: in the beginning there was sinning/ and in the end, well, let's pretend/ blessed is the fruit i dare you/ to take another bite of it/ and somehow i think you will/ in spite of it
bloody mary â lady gaga: love is just a history that they may prove/ and when you're gone/ i'll tell them my religion's you
spiritual cramp â christian death: crosses burn your temples on slaughter avenue/ it takes too much time to say 'i refuse'/ time is digging graves for the chosen few/ children dig graves for me and you/ describe the illness i'll prescribe the cure
cavity - first communion â christian death: nailing you to the wall/ nailing you to the spanish mystic/ i sit and hold hands with myself/ i sit and make love to myself/ i've got blood on my hands/ i've got blood on your hands
where did you sleep last night â nirvana: my boy, my boy, don't lie to me/ tell me where did you sleep last night
lithium â nirvana: i'm so happy/ 'cause today I found my friends/ they're in my head/ and i'm not scared, light my candles/ in a daze 'cause i've found god/ i like it, i'm not gonna crack/ i miss you, i'm not gonna crack/ i love you, i'm not gonna crack/ i killed you, i'm not gonna crack
carpe diem â green day: carpe diem, a battle cry/ are we all too young to die?/ making a living/ making a killing/ what's worth forgiving?
dirty rotten bastards â green day: calling all the demons, this is the season/ next stop is therapy/ we're the retarded and the brokenhearted/ the season of misery/ gonna take it further/ get away with murder/ and no one here is getting out alive
witness â mindless self indulgence (yes, unironically. no, iâm not writing down the lyrics.)
brain stew â green day: my mind is set on overdrive/ the clock is laughing in my face/ a crooked spine, my senses dulled/ passed the point of delirium/ on my own, here we go
minority â green day (my big cio song!!): i pledge allegiance to the underworld/ a face in the crowd unsung, against the mold/ without a doubt singled out the only way I know/ 'cause I want to be the minority/ i don't need your authority/ down with the moral majority
dr. feelgood â mĂśtley crĂźe (dealer cio dealer cio dealer cio): i've got one thing you'll understand/ heâs not what you'd call a glamorous man/ got one thing that's easily understood/ heâs the one they call dr. feelgood
ich will â rammstein: ich will dass du mir vertraut/ ich will dass du mir glaubt/ ich will deine blicke spĂźren/ ich will jeden herzschlag kontrollieren/ ich will deine phantasie/ ich will deine energie/ ich will deine hände sehen/ ich will in beifall untergehen
gimme chocolate â babymetal: ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
candy candy â kyary pamy pamyu (see above)
body â mother mother: take my eyes, take them aside/ take my face, and desecrate/ my arms and legs/ they get in the way
spellbound â siouxsie and the banshees: from the cradle bars/ comes a beckoning voice/ it sends you spinning/ you have no choice/ following the footsteps/ of a rag doll dance/ spellbound
someoneâs in the wolf â queens of the stone age: he steps between the trees, a crooked man/ there's blood on the blade/ don't take his hand/ tempt the fates, beware the smile/ it hides all the teeth, my dear/ what's behind them/ so glad you could stay/ forever
gutter glitter â switchblade symphony: iridescent eyes, of the seahorse rise/ treasure he loves, others despise/ braceletes of silver adorn my wrists/ candy kissed from sugar lips
lâinsetto â hiroshima mon amour: io voglio il cuore, io voglio il sangue/ voglio bruciare, voglio uscire/ io voglio andare dove mi porta laâ
coscienza/ diâ
essere un insetto/ voglioâ
fuggire, voglio tornare/ ĂŠ sempre il tempo perâ
sognare/ ed ai miei occhi un fiore è differente/ un insetto è differente dagli occhi di un insetto
a day â clan of xymox: where are you/ when i am needing you⌠so far away/ i think you're the most important to me to me/ my sunken footsteps put themselves on/ through this gallery of deceased
restless heart syndrome â green day: i've got a really bad disease/ it's got me begging on my hands and knees/ so, take me to emergency/ 'cause something seems to be missing/ i'm elated, medicated/ lord knows i've tried to find a way/ to run away/ youâd be surprised what I endure
wallflower â switchblade symphony: something is happening underneath the ground/ for heâs been waiting to bloom/ thinking and wondering/ of his climb up to the sun/ âlet me grow⌠the soil, it strangles meâ
#seccolata#cioccolata jojo#secco jojo#jjba pt 5#JoJo's Bizarre Adventure#jojo pt 5#cioccolata/secco#my playlists#saccharine
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The Decay of Secrets
Summary: Faragondaâs quest of uncovering secrets leads her to depths she never imagined she could be forced to face over a past thatâs dead and buried. Pirate AU.
CW: body horror, gore, mentions of death and murder, graphic depictions of violence, vomiting
Written for @writersmonth Day 5 - word: secret/setting: pirate AU
If youâre wondering whatâs going on here, my skin is shedding after the worst sunburn in my entire life so you get this. If thereâs anything thatâs incorrect, just know that I had to limit the research I did for this because I was trying to stay sane (aka avoid the really graphic stuff).
Soundtrack: Everybodyâs Scared by Parah Dice, Holy Molly
The sword trembled in her hand as the amethyst and obsidian crystals dug deep into the soles of her boots. Some of them pierced right through to draw blood that mixed with the trail her target had left behind, walking barefoot like it was no feat crossing the carpet of jagged edges. It was hard to see in the illumination of the candles that grew out of the stone niches like stalagmites.
The dim light curled around a kneeling figure at the end of the cave near a small lake. The shadows clung to the purple hair, dragging across the floor, like an aura, like they were tangled in the womanâs soul. She had yet to see Faragonda, her head bowed, spine bent as if it were broken. There was barely a trace of the fierce pirate captainâand merciless murdererâthat she was. Almost enough to fool Faragonda with the quiet stoicism of the place and make her turn on her heel to leave.
âWhat do you want?â The tension in Griffin's body peaked, the strain in her muscles visible in their murky surroundings. Her hands dug in the ground like she didnât spend most of her life at sea, like she needed to anchor herself in her own body.
âYou canât escape justice, Griffin.â Her crew was too fast in their raids to be caught but Griffin was alone now. Faragonda couldn't let her get away with all the bodies sheâd left behind. Not after the way Griffin had broken Daphneâs body and forced Marion and Oritel to use a forbidden spell to separate her spirit from it just to keep their daughter alive.
âIâm actually looking for justice,â Griffin's voice pulled her in like a sirenâs song. There was something so fatal in it that called to her to end this now and find rest for both of them. âYouâve come just on time to help.â
Faragonda shuffled over the caveâs dangerous floor. Griffin may not have turned to acknowledge her as a threat but she was fast like lightning. And if she failed to strike her gravely, the fall on the sharp crystals would finish the job. The terrain advantage was Griffin's but she didnât take the opportunity.
It was the headstone that hit Faragonda in the chest as it sat in the middle of the cave with the same motionlessness Griffin had adopted. She was standing on a small grave. The source of her crimes. Each letter burned in Faragondaâs mind like the brand of her failure to stop Griffin. How was she supposed to look at Marion and Oritel and tell them she had put Griffin's pain over theirs? How was she to explain the poison in her own veins with no dead tissue in her chest?
Faragonda sheathed her sword, the sound echoing around them like a herald of doom. âYour secretâs safe with me.â
Griffin chuckled but the tears were audible in her voice. âYou have too much heart for your own good. You know that, donât you?â
âI believe itâs the right thing to do,â Faragonda made it to the dried up soil beyond the crystals. If Griffin moved, she could find her own grave in the small cave enforcing proximity on them.
âSo you understand I canât let go?â Griffin looked at her with calm eyes. The calm before the storm in the shining suns her irises were.
âYouâll go down eventually.â Marionâand the rest of the Company of Lightâwouldn't settle for Griffin's disregard for the law or any human decency. They would put her in the ground if they couldn't put her on trial. Faragonda was becoming the perpetrator of Griffin's death by refusing to bring her in while it was still an option. But Griffin would much rather lie in the grave herself than be unable to come back to it for the rest of her life.
âSooner than you think.â
The shot echoed in the cave, the bullet ricocheting off the walls after the clean in-and-out through her shoulder. Her sword was drawn in the blink of an eye in Griffin's hand and aimed at Griffin's own chest. The clamor in Faragondaâs ears blocked out any hope of summoning her magic to stop this madness or heal herself.
âSorry about that but youâll live. I had to make sure you wouldnât interfere as I knew youâd try.â Griffin looked back to the tiny grave. âSuch a pure heart you were given the choice to have.â
Faragondaâs blood froze at the smile curling Griffin's lips. There was no soul in it, no humanity left. Just cold bitterness.
Pain exploded in her knees from their collision with the rough ground, the scent of blood overpowering the salt carrying from the lake. She could taste the bits of Griffin's heart on her lips, on her skin, sticking to her body except for where her life was still oozing out of her wailing wound but she pushed herself to her feet, her lungs burning and her vision swimming.
Maybe it was her scream that came first but there was just a burst of lightâfireâin her eyes. Griffin cried out before metal clunked against the cave floor. The sword had fallen from her hand, blasted out by a huge explosion that left her clutching the wounded limb to her chest. Smoke was rising from where her hair had been singed.
âYou really are the cruelest monster of all,â a male voice and its echo boomed around them making Griffin crouch, her forehead pressed against the ground. âYou took yourself from me once already and now youâre trying to avoid my revenge by taking your own life?â His steps crushed Faragondaâs heart over and over again as he hovered over the razor-sharp crystals, nothing slowing him down on his quest for Griffin's head. âThatâs low even for you.â
Faragonda gritted her teeth to hold her magic between them. She had to find a quiet moment on a school break or a wild sleepover to revive her positive emotions and her powers.
Her body protested as she stumbled, forcing it in the way of the threat with barely sparks of magic at her fingertips and a torturously slow improvement in her shoulder. Her shot arm was still hanging limply at her side and the other was free to press against the wound in the absence of a weapon to use in defense. âStay back, Valtor.â
âYouâre bleeding brains from that betrayal in your shoulder, Faragonda.â He raised his hand, the cold of the cave retreating from his magical flames. âMove if youâd like to keep the rest of yourself at least.â
Faragonda stared him down before stepping away to direct his gaze to the headstone.
The flames flickered out, his hand shaking as the vile grin crumbled from his face. âWhat is this?â he roared, his own body trembling harder than the walls that barely resisted a cave-in. âWhat lie have you strung together now, Griffin?â
Griffin was shaking, too, all the cold in the tense atmosphere piling up on her back to wrack her body with shivers. Her stifled sobs were louder than a waterfall and pulled Valtorâs trigger.
Faragonda halted his murderous march. âDoes she look like someone whoâd create such a deception?â
Valtor spun around, the grimace on his face shoving her back down on her knees in a heap of pain. His face was in hers, the heat from his skin burning her breath out of her lungs. The scorching air around him cauterized her wound to leave her grunting behind her bitten tongue. He could cremate her on the spot but he wasnât after her. âYouâre telling me,â he materialized next to Griffin and grabbed a fistful of her hair shoving her face into the stone, into the words âbeloved daughterâ and the date of birth and death, âthis is the truth?â he yelled under the sound of Griffin's nose smashing into the cold headstone. His hand wrapped around her throat when he pulled her to her feet by the hair. âYou did this! Thatâs why you used the spell for aging up. You wanted to get rid of my daughter as soon as possible instead of carry her in your womb.â
Faragonda gaped at them. There was a lot more powerful magic at play than what sheâd thought Griffin's hidden treasure would turn out to be. They could do unspeakable things to the world after what theyâd done to each other. She had to press a hand in her mouth to subdue the bile rising at her own weakness.
Griffin blinked back tears, blood running from her bruising nose and into her mouth when she spoke. âI was afraid your mothers would find her.â
Faragondaâs heart clenched inside her chest as if trying to curl up in the fetal position. Tears fell from her eyes and soaked into the cracked ground for the unfortunate baby that had been doomed from the very start. It was only recently that Griffin had surpassed the Ancestrals when it came to plundering and they still ruled the seas with terror.
âI wanted to hide her from them. But instead, they killed my mother and the baby died a couple hours after her birth,â she choked, on her own tongue.
Valtor let go of her and she slumped on the floor, a hiss of pain escaping her. âYou should have told me! How could you not tell me, you fucking bitch?â His leg twitched as if he was straining against kicking her.
Griffin held his gaze despite the unequal ground they were standing on. âIs this genuine outrage or is it just your possessiveness?â she bared her teeth. âWas she yours to kill, too? Like I am?â Her eyes were full of venom, wafting through the air all the way to where Faragonda was sinking further into madness she hadnât expected.
âSheâs dead now, Griffin!â Valtor yelled, flinching the same as Griffin. âWe all are.â
âI didnât know...â Griffin coughed, snot blocking her nose. âI couldn't be sure how much I could trust you against them.â
Valtor collapsed next to her. âYou should have told me,â he punched the ground and his magic fissured it. The cave shook again but refused to fall on them and bury the horror they were threatening the world with.
âPlease,â Griffin whimpered, fingers digging in the soil again. Her nails cracked to let streams of blood color her fingertips and the black ground red before her hands sank deep in with help from her magic.
The sword Valtor pulled out of the sheath on his hip was what snapped them out of their joined trance. âHow would you forgive that, Griffin?â His eyes were cast downward like the weapon in his hand. If Griffin couldn't get his attention, Faragonda didnât stand a chance. But she had to try despite barely being able to crawl with all the dread stuffed down her throat and in her veins.
Griffin was faster. âPlease... kill me.â
Valtorâs sword was slipping from his fingers, his eyes wide like suns as he looked at Griffin to wrap his mind around her. It was her who took his hand and pointed the blade at her chest. Faragonda didnât even have enough strength to crash into them and break them apart before life could be lost.
âKill me. I was hoping Faragonda would,â she looked at her, her clear eyes piercing through Faragonda like the shards of a broken message bottle. There was no clouded judgment in the gold, only a self-centered agenda. âBut now that youâre here, I wonât have to do it myself, after all.â Griffin pressed the tip of the sword against her chest. âRight here in my heart. Slice it open,â she let go of Valtorâs hand that was steady, whether out of concern or the lack of it. âTrust me.â
A shadow swallowed Valtorâs face. âI should kill you just for asking that of me after everything.â
Faragonda geared up to pounce.
âThen do-â
He shoved the blade through Griffin's chest forcing a gasp out of both women.
Griffin keeled over, her weight falling on her arms with her palms still buried in the ground. âPossessive beast,â she gurgled, red painting the words as blood dripped from her mouth and the flood from the clean slice of her heart soaking her clothes.
Faragonda wasnât fast enough to even cover her eyes before Griffin's fingers left the soil and pushed a small bundle of necrotic tissue into the cut. The babyâs heart. Sheâd put it inside her own body, inside her own heart after it had rotted slowly in the ground for years under a spell. Like an anti flower in the darkness of the cave. That was what had sucked the ground dry despite the nearby lake.
Faragonda bent over and vomited, her retching barely reaching her own ears over Griffin's screams as her body ruptured and shattered. Valtor barely missed Faragondaâs head when he tossed the sword to the side to catch Griffin.
Wiping away her mouth, Faragonda pushed her hand on the nearest crystal. The pain reverberated through her to remind her of her own strength. Whatever sin Griffin had turned into, she could face it. She had to to make sure no one else would.
Looking overcame her with a new wave of nausea. Griffin was no longer a woman but a living corpse. Large portions of her luscious hair had fallen out to reveal a scalp covered in bite marks and  blisters. At least in the places where her skin wasnât stretched so thin that the skull was visible right underneath. Her fingertips had been bitten off and the rest of her skin was rotting right on the bones. There were holes in her body through which her organs could be seen floating inside like dead fish in an aquarium. Seaweeds and shells were lodged painfully under her skin and in her joints. There was nothing left in her body that was good for life, yet she was still moving as if her parts were controlled by someone elseâs mind.
Faragondaâs voice was gone. If she ever spoke again, she would be the one bringing that horror into the outside world. Griffin's secret loot had turned out beyond her worst nightmares and she had only herself to blame. Sheâd refused to see the grand scheme connecting all the stolen spells and magic instructions and now she was witnessing it bearing fruit.
âI knew you were lying,â Valtor rasped, clutching Griffin desperately to his chest. His nails dug in her inhuman flesh but no blood spilled from the colorless mass of cells. âYou fucking liar.â Heâd break her if she bowed to the laws of physics.
âI am not dead.â Griffin's voice ripped tears out, both from Valtor and Faragonda. It was hoarse from the screams of her soul echoing in it and chilling everything to the bone.
Faragondaâs teeth chattered as she huddled in on herself. She was only alive thanks to Valtorâs body heat drifting through the cave.
âYouâre not alive either.â He ran a finger over the parts of Griffin's lips that hadnât been bitten off. It was so intimate it punched Faragonda in the gut. If they could still feel, what would it take for her to stop sympathizing with the abomination of nature and magic theyâd become? âWhat are you?â
âYou canât tell?â The softest touch of her bony fingertip clawed a wound in his cheek like sheâd forgotten how to be around life. It cried blood that Griffin pushed herself up to lick off, the crimson flashing through her gray hair for a moment before it ran out of steam and was lost in the graveyard of her body. âI am a goddess.â Red swirled in her eyes as she tore off her own shedding skin. âI can do anything I want.â She turned to the grave behind them, her body stiffening as if death finally caught up with it. âExcept bring our daughter back.â
âYouâll never be yourself again either.â Valtorâs body moved of its own accord. It would just drop her and walk out but he regained control and pushed himself back down to the ground.
âI am not weak now.â Griffin reached inside her chest wound and pinched her sliced heart closed around the little heart inside it. She broke off her own fingers and stuck them in the tissue to hold it together like overly large needles since it wouldn't heal. It was dead. But she wasnât.
Her bones regrew back, contrary to all logic, and her body twisted as if the new matter was squeezed out of it. She felt all the pain of the living decaying corpse sheâd become but she hadnât cried out once. She was a monster.
âYou were the most human person I knew,â Valtor stroked her gray hair like he wasnât afraid of it swallowing the rest of his life, too.
âNow Iâm strong enough to defeat your mothers.â A tear fell from her eye â white like milk. âThey killed my mother. They killed our daughter because I couldn't stop them. Itâs all my fault.â Her voice died in her hollow throat.
âYou should have told me,â Valtor crushed whatever was left of her stomach in his fist and Faragonda made a break for the lake. She would rather drown herself than be stuck with the two of them any longer. âBut you kept your damn secret... like we always do.â
Griffin cupped his cheek, her flesh not eating through his to Faragondaâs and Valtorâs surprise. âNo more secrets. The world will know its goddess and the treasure it lost.â
The ground shook, water erupting from the lake like a geyser and flooding everything. The salt stung Faragondaâs eyes but it was the smell of death that had poisoned it that made her lose her footing. A ship burst through the bed of the lake that was far too small for it. It was Griffin's Cloud Tower that sheâd summoned magically.
Seaweeds and barnacles adorned the decaying wood as if it had spent the last century underwater. The distinct spiderweb-patterned sails were ripped and fatigued. The crew was on deck, wet to the bone and missing one body part or another that had been present the last time Faragonda had seen them. If she indulged the worst case scenario, they were affected by their captainâs condition but there was no need for hasty-
Her heartbeat hit her as a shockwave from outside. The mermaid figurehead swam into her spinning vision and Faragonda gasped for air. Its chest was pried open and inside was a charred heart that was beating with her pulse.
Griffin met her gaze head on like sheâd been waiting for it. âOnly my blood wouldn't work once Iâd  completed my transformation.â The crystals. Theyâd poked through both their feet and their blood had mixed into the ground underneath them. Griffin must have enchanted it beforehand to make the magic flow straight from the cave floor into the ship. Sheâd planned it all beforehand. âI am no longer the girl you knew.â
But the frightening thing was that she was still the same girl that had broken all the rules and offered no respect to the limitations imposed on her from others and from her mortal form. And Faragonda would have to explain to Marion and Oritel why sheâd put a long-lost childhood friend over the rest of the world, why sheâd kept a secret as big as the one Griffin had buried in the cave. Sheâd have to explain why she and Griffin shared the same weakness that would bring down the whole world.
âYouâll leave me behind again,â Valtorâs voice trembled from the rage spilling in it and Griffinâs arm under his palm caught fire but neither of them moved, tangled in each other like they were life and death.
âI wasnât expecting you,â Griffin pushed her hand into the flames as well and covered his to snuff them out with no effort. âBut without death, there is nothing to leave behind,â she grinned and Valtor pulled her closer with just as much fervor as she was holding him with as they kissed.
How could Faragonda rob them of something so desperate and deprived?
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more like honeymoon [3]

previous part
word count: 2279
warnings: idk why I keep making Damon the butt of the joke
music: in the text
SMITHEREENS by twenty one pilots segment
You were exhausted beyond belief as you sped down the road. Soon, thereâs a very familiar turn that leads towards the Salvatore mansion. And from there, the exit into the normal, moving world. You couldnât believe youâd see them again. Even Damon, whose guts you came to hate over time, even before he threw you into prison. Thatâs what isolation does to a person. Thatâs what the illusion of freedom does to a human. Prison was prison after all.
You nearly crashed into the tree that stood lonely on the turn, the landmark Salvatore oak. It wouldâve killed you, and that was unnecessary now.
There were three shadows on the lawn as you left the car. It was almost midnight. You limped across the yard, feeling ribs poke your lungs. Kai must have cracked at least one from how hard he punched back. He never held back, in anything, and for that, you respected him. Because he respected you enough to inflict real pain, like you were equal. Although you clearly werenât.
Elena didnât stand the tension and ran towards you, got you in her arms, and you suffocated on her Elena smell. The smell of home. You couldnât believe you were going back now. Damon was the same. Why wouldnât he be? Dark and ironic, a little concerned, he evaluated you with his careful glance.
âHow did you get away from him?â
âI killed the motherfuckerâ, you grumbled. The wounds were fresh, both physical and mental. Realizing that youâve technically been his prisoner all this time... That is something yet to digest. Here you had the honors to finally be the last of Kaiâs archtypes: the victim. You had been a lover, a friend and an ally already. Like an invisible hand was dealing Tarot cards, now you had to get a mouthful of bitterness. You brushed it aside.
âSo I had some time aheadâ.
âHow have you been?â Elena asked, without letting go of you. You eyed the third silhouette, almost blending in with the night darkness. The witch, to do the spell. It was somebody you didnât know: a tall, dark guy, a little menacing. Who knows what changed in nine months.
âDoes he know where you went?â Damon asked.
âOf course he does. But heâs there, and Iâm here. Can I go sleep now? We have to do it tomorrow, or heâs going to catch up with usâ.
Damon narrowed one eye. The prick didnât trust you. Perhaps the memories of you opposing him were too fresh.
âYou sure youâre ready to leave your boyfriend here?â he asked. Elena shot him a warning glance.
You lifted your shirt, wincing painfully, to show the blue bruising on your ribs. You could swear it was the shape of Kaiâs loving kiss.
In the house, you were turning your head right and left as if something could change here. Virtually everything was the same, except three (!) new people inside. The witch boy was quiet. He looked like he was cautious, and you thought, he should be, in case Kai catches him.
Elena brought you a cup of coffee. You noticed a hip of winter coats in the corner of the room, piled up on the couch. The fireplace was blazing as if it was cold outside, too.
âWhat month is it?â you asked, dizzy with exhaustion and pain.
âItâs Christmasâ, Elena said.
âAre you going to be okay? Do you need... blood?â
âIâll be fine at midnight. The day starts again, and my body is the same as when I first came here... well, you knowâ.
You looked at Damon, tried to picture him here, when he was stuck here with Bonnie and Kai. He must have been going crazy in this cage with two people he found hard to tolerate. His eyes were flickering thoughtfully with the flames from the fireplace.
âHeyâ, you looked at the witch guy. You realized you didnât know his name. You reached out to him, and he accepted your hand.
âIâm Frankâ, he said gloomily. Elena looked at her wristwatch.
âOhâ.
âWhat?â
âThatâs a funny name for a witchâ, you said, âall the witches I know have extra namesâ.
Frank shrugged like it was a punch at him.
âFrank, Iâm scared Kai will come. He knows Iâm going back, and he doesnât want to let me goâ.
âYeah, what are we going to do if he comes?â Elena asked, fear in her eyes. She really was afraid of Kai. That still impressed you. You still felt like a child, amazed at something. He scared somebody like this. So that they look out the window, small shivers on the back of their necks, their eyes darting from side to side. He creeped someone out so hard their lips went dry as they sucked the air in, listening hard, listening for his steps approaching. Your Kai.
âDonât worry, Iâll put a signal spell. It will shield the territory around the house. If someone approaches - anybody at all - weâll knowâ.
The three of you looked at Frank. He looked grave, like he was taking this whole thing too seriously. You wondered how long heâs been in this Mystic Falls mess. How little he meant for the rest of them that they decided heâd be fit to go here and face you and Kai Parker.
You blinked tiredly.
âIâm blacking out. I need some sleepâ, you muttered. Coffee did not energize you; quite the opposite. The soft warm liquid made you want to sleep badly. Your mortal yesterdayâs body was almost collapsing.
Elena helped you come upstairs into Stefanâs room, and you nested on his bed.
This whole rapid trip over the whole country almost got you dead. It was crazy. In the morning, you were back in Hawaii, in your spacious, beautiful house on the North Shore of Oahu, and now you were back here on the edge of Virginia, trying to fight your way back into the usual world where living and traveling cost, where there were rules and people ready to stop you when you get too carried away with having fun... You wondered what you loved so much about that outer world, and it was your last thought before you fell asleep.
In the morning, everybody looked much better and more relaxed. You stretched your back, hearing the bones crack healthily, and the only pain you felt from yesterday was ghostly. It would pass soon, just like hurt from being deceived by the person you loved the most in the world. Once you get out...
The time of eclipse was coming. You felt weird, hollow as you sat at the breakfast table, and thought of all the breakfasts Kai made you. He was so inventive. Nine months is thirty days nine times. Not once you had the same breakfast. He had all the ways to cook food in his head, and it horrified you. He had spent so much time alone he has learnt literally everything one can learn. It was wrong.
You packed your bag and brought it downstairs. Damon eyed it judgingly. You reckoned he was being so cold because he felt extremely guilty. You could bet your own life that the moment they did the spell he was sorry about being harsh. He wished he could get you back. Inside, Damon was soft, but outside, he had this thick, hard skin that was almost like scar tissue.
âWhatâs this?â
âThese are my thingsâ.
Damonâs eyes narrowed, and he was about to say something sarcastic, but Frank rushed in between you, pushing you away and out of the house.
âWe gotta goâ, he said shortly. And nodded at the bag.
âDamon, youâll get it? Letâs goâ.
Elena was carrying the coats in her hands as disgruntled Damon walked side by side with her with your bag.
âThe witch boy is getting too boldâ, he thought out loud.
âI just want to get away from here before this guy comes here and kills us allâ, Frank replied without changing the pace. He was walking through the forest, leading the way.
âWe wonât get out of here before eclipse either wayâ, you reminded him.
âUh-huhâ.
âIs it cold there?â you asked Elena. She shook her head to throw the hair away from her face.
âThis winter is very cold. Just like when we were little kidsâ.
You could feel excitement rise in you. Christmas. Snow. Changing days. It was good before, and was about to get even better. You almost shone from the inside.
The witch observed the forest. He was very quiet. You looked through the trees too, bringing the last look on this strange world that became not what it was supposed to be to you.
You descended into the well of the cave, Damon threw your bag on the ground right into the circle of the sun.
âWhatâs inside anyway?â
âClothesâ.
âClothes?â he repeated, apalled.
âListen, thereâs things you canât get back in 2010s. Rare things. And expensive jewelry, okay? I got diamonds there, Damon, Iâm not throwing them awayâ.
Damon was silent for some time. He was trying to figure out, inside his brain, what life has been like for you, for the last nine months. He would never guess right, even though he must have been pretty close.
Everybody looked up at the sky and the dark ring coming to consume the sun. Palpable nervousness filled the air. You stepped towards each other. Elena pursed her lips like she was pondering something.
âIsnât it bad weâre leaving him again?â she asked.
They all looked at you like you could give them a prognosis on Kai.
âFuck that guyâ, you said gloomily. Frank shook his hands like a surgeon before the operation. Damon was eyeing you with dark satisfaction.
âHe wasnât what you expected?â
You kept silent.
âDid he hurt you?â
You thought of all the times Kai accidentally slapped you on the head while he was cooking. His damn hands always flying all over the kitchen. After being slapped around like a junior dish girl, you learnt to stay away when heâs busy with the pans and plates. The only thing you did was chopping.
âA lotâ, you replied.
Elena squeezed your hand.
âIsnât he going to be much worse once he gets out?â Frank asked suddenly, âIf you said he was that mad before... now that weâre taking away Y/N and leaving him behind. And if he has the spell and the ascendant, that means heâs going to get out on his own, and heâll be vengefulâ.
His words echoed in the cave like hammer.
âBonnieâs destroying this world as soon as we get outâ, Damon said. Your head snapped to him.
âWhat?â
âHe wonât have time to get out. Heâll need to wait until tomorrow, and by that time, this prison world will be gone. And Parker will be gone, tooâ.
There wasnât much more time for talking; the eclipse was almost full. You took the witchâs elbow as he chanted and lifted the new ascendant, letting it levitate. Elena held your hand on the other side. As Frankâs hand got free, he took your palm and squeezed it, too, and you finally realized youâre going home.
The white light shone upon you, carrying you and your bag away.
The forest was white, too. Your ankles slowly got cold and, as you looked down, you saw snow. It was closing to evening in the woods in Mystic Falls, and the light was slowly draining from the sky. From the first look it seemed like the real universe wasnât as brilliant as the magical prison world.
You couldnât believe you made it. You sighed to see the foggy air leaving your mouth. And saw Damon and Elenaâs mutilated smiles turning into gaping mouths of anguish. The traveling spell wore out almost all magic from Kai, and he turned back into his usual self, dropping Frank skin. In the last blast of remaining magic, he threw his hand forward and sent the vampires away. The leaped through the air, Damon further and higher than Elena. She must have bought him the last second when she regretted leaving Kai behind. You told yourself once again, he was changing. There was a twisted type of rationality in him now. You stood on one leg as the cold snow pierced your feet through your Converse sneakers.
Damon was impaled on the thick outstanding branch on a tree, groaing in pain. Elena was thrown against another tree, twisting in the air, and collided with the shaft with her back, breaking her spine in half. They didnât manage to utter a word.
Damon was now hanging there, cursing like a sailor he might have been once, many years ago.
âCold?â Kai asked. You shrugged.
âShouldâve gotten some warm shoes, tooâ.
âAh, you weakling. Itâs just snow!â
âIâm just going to get sick, Kaiâ.
He looked at you and smiled. You knew everything would go well, and you were still happy to see him, like it was a crazy stunt he was supposed to pull. Although you knew that by the time you went to bed last night Frank had already been dead.
âHop onâ, he gave up, picking up your bag. You pushed on his shoulders and jumped on his back, clutching his sides with your knees. You pressed your face to the back of his head for a second. Soft, slightly curly hair. Your Kai.
The last things Damon heard from the tree were,
âLetâs nick his carâ.
âNoâ.
âWhy not?!â
âBecause weâre not scoundrels, Kai! Itâs not the magical world anymore, you canât steal peopleâs cars!â
âOh my god...â
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A Misunderstanding (F!ReaderxBeetlejuice)
So I made another one of these, Iâm a greedy little bottom and only the thought of bug boi can satisfy meâŚ.. This is the point where I tell you Iâm shamelessly self-inserting myself as the reader at this point. Iâve not done a lot of Xreader writing, so Iâm learning Iâm not great at making characters neutral, there are multiple things that just uh ... seemed to serve where I wanted the story to go so I used it XD sorry peeps Iâm so bad
p.s thanks again to @boopeen for making the prompt post. Iâm sure this wasnât what they were thinking it would be used for XD
p.p.s my requests are open so slide into them if you feel so inclined. Love you guys <3
TW: Swearing, Drug Use, sprinkle of angst.
Angst: âI donât want to do this anymore,â
Fluff: âplease hug me, I really need it.â
Walking through your front door, you had to expel a sigh in relief, another long day at work done. Hanging up your purse and keys, you expected to be ambushed. Confused at the lack of.. Well any life in your apartment. The irony wasnât lost on you.Â
Calling out for the company who you left this morning; you werenât summoning him half as much lately. It seems to be he was justâŚ.. Sticking around.
âHello?âÂ
Where the hell was he? Inspecting the apartment for any trace, you came up empty. Part of you didnât want to risk bothering him if he was actually busy with something.Â
On the other hand, you were selfish. There was only one way you wanted to spend your evening.
âBeetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice.â As per usual, you braced yourself for the explosion that was the arrival of your BFF from beyond the grave.
Silence.
Shrugging, you turned towards your bedroom. He was either actually busy, or trying to scare you. Most likely the latter, you werenât exactly in the mood for a spook right now. You voiced that opinion out loud, and got no response.
The lights were off in your room, a chill in the air causing goosebumps on your arms.Â
In the corner, you could see two glowing orbs in the blackness.Â
You always were a jumpy person. You could run into a stranger turning a corner on a sidestreet, and scream bloody murder. A certain someone loved to use that to his advantage.Â
Nerves tense, you turned on the light. Ready for any amount of shock and horror that awaited you. Your eyes took in your normal bedroom. Rolling them, you took a step forward into the room, ready to call out once again.
âBoo.âÂ
Luckily you were able to stop yourself from making any sound other than a gasp, whirling around to almost bump noses with Beetlejuice. Heart pounding, you reached out to shove him in the chest.Â
âAsshole!â Scooped up tight in his cold embrace, it was impossible to not feel the flush of utter happiness of seeing him after the day you had. All he had to do was give you that earnest crooked smile and you were already forgiving him. Â
âMmm.. Watch your language, babes. Or I might have to spank you.â Chuckling in his arms, you took stock of Beetlejuice practically glowing green. Someone was feeling good.
âHello, BJ. How was your day?â
âGreat! I spent the morning scaring people in your hallway, I think I permanently scarred the guy two doors down, it was so hilarious!â Continuing to giggle as you extracted yourself from his grip, you turned towards the vanity, beginning the task of taking make-up off, removing your jewelry.Â
BJ watched you in the mirror, as always invading your personal space, murmuring into your hair. Â
âThen I had to...Go back for something..â The vagueness of his demeanor made you pause. Beetlejuice was always open and honest, perhaps a bit too much, actually definitely too much at all times. It was a trait that in equal parts you admired while simultaneously it annoyed you.Â
âYeah, I got home and I was like, âwhere is he?ââ Finished, you gently pulled him by his lapels. Taking the short trip through the hallway to the living room, depositing him on your sofa and sitting beside him. Taking his arm to wrap around your shoulder, you made yourself comfortable, knowing for a fact Beetlejuice would not mind in the slightest.Â
âAw, miss me that much, babes?â
âMaybeâŚâ Reaching out to take the remote. You turned the t.v on just for the background noise, some episode of a show you had seen multiple times. Snuggling further into BJ, you couldnât stop your heart racing once more as his hands began to wander, running down your sides to rub at your thighs.
âHell yeah, this is what Iâm talking about,â Scoffing at how he could take any affectionate moment and instantly make it sexual, not that you were helping matters by throwing yourself over him. Before he got too carried away, you linked your fingers with his and held them in your lap.
âBe quiet please,â
This was the part of your day you could always look forward to, BJ had been teaching himself to chill out recently. It was hard to come home from work daily to a feral, sexually charged adolescent bouncing off your walls. You werenât trying to change BJ, god no it was completely give and take, you were good for each other. He gave you spontaneous fun, letting you not take things too seriously. In contrast, you were trying to explain to him why some things were important to breathers, why you had to go to work everyday, pay the bills, etc. Â
It was becoming difficult to keep your eyes open. Feeling yourself slowly drifting off, you were dozing off on your friendâŚ
**
Very few âfriendshipsâ you had ever had involved as much cuddling as you did with Beetlejuice. Sure, nothing was ever run of the mill when it came to the demonic hurricane that was the self proclaimed ghost with the most. Not to mention the flirting. And long, quiet moments just gazing at each other, so close your breaths would intermingleâŚ
Beetlejuiceâs scent was one of the first hurdles you had to deal with in the beginning. You did realize you were hanging out with a dead guy, nothing could be done for his overall awful appearance.Â
In your youth, you had briefly wanted to be a mortician, morbid change of topic nonetheless, but you had the chance to experience a lot of dead bodies in that time. You didnât ultimately go through with the career, but those memories always stuck with you.Â
So you were horrified when you first came in close contact with him, which was within the first two seconds of meeting, for he truly smelt dead. The association of it was the oddest sense of deja vu. The pungent, off smell was something you tried to ignore for as long as you could, not wanting to appear rude.
One time, the two of you were just sitting around the house all day, and you were asking him questions. About Death. The Netherworld. His life before you had known each other.
When you broached the topic of if he ever bathed, it seemed to confuse him. You knew it had been a stupid question, why would he? He had never been alive. Nor did he ever stay corporeal for long, before he met you. Stupid breather things like hygiene didnât matter in the Netherworld.
âWouldâŚ.you want me to start?â The question had been so tentative, you immediately felt bad for opening your mouth.Â
âNo..No Beetlejuice, youâre right. Youâve never had to before, you donât have to start now. Iâll get used to it.â
The matter was dropped and you had pulled him closer, insistence on squeezing tighter to prove to him it didnât truly matter.Â
The next day you came home to your house in chaos. It looked like there had been a flood, water was everywhere and clones were on hands and knees with towels. At your appearance, there was a brief moment in time where everything stood still. You were standing in the doorway with eight pairs of eyes on you.
Then they attacked.
âSheâs not supposed to be home yet!â
âBoss is gonna kill us!âÂ
âShut up, idiot!â
âHey babes! Lookinâ good today.â
âFunny story, sweetness. Just a little accident,â
Hands grabbed at your arms, curving along your back as they led you into your living room, where the water luckily had not reached.Â
âWait-wait. Everybody calm down. Whatâs happened?â Confusion did not abate as you saw Beetlejuice shuffle in from the hallway, looking unbelievably contrite. His head turned down, he wouldnât even meet your eye as he mumbled out a:
âHey,â
Expressing your bewilderment again, you shooed the hands off of you. You werenât angry, but you were beginning to feel your hair begin to rise at the fact no one was actually giving you an answer.Â
âSorry..We uh..might of kind ofâŚ.floodedyourbathtub.â Not catching the whispered end, you stayed puzzled. Realizing something else was different, other than the disorder, you finally took notice of him.
He lookedâŚ.Well he looked hot as fuck. You had never seen him in such a state of undress. His jacket and tie was gone, his cuffs rolled up to expose masculine forearms. He was also⌠surprisingly clean. His shirt was still dirt ridden, but the skin underneath shined porcelain. The sight of him without the usual grime that accompanied him made you pause.
Nothing could stop the flush you felt working its way over your face, if he knew he was making you blush youâd never hear the end of it, you had to stop before he noticed.
Eyes snapped back to his face.Â
âYour hairâs wet...Why-....Did you shower?â Looking from clone to clone, you noticed them all in different states of wetness/cleanliness. Some looked like they didnât even get washed.Â
âYouâre all wetâŚ..Did you guys all shower together?â
The picture was beginning to form in your head, you couldnât stop the incredulous giggle from the image of them all cramming into your one person bathroom.
â....Are you mad?â
Looking at Beetlejuice, you saw the anxious, fidgety demon trying to appear remorseful. He was too fucking cute, were you mad about him trying to clean himself up after you had selfishly told him he stunk? Opening up the floodgates, you began to laugh heartily, reaching out to hug him.Â
It was weird. He smelt the same, but different. His usual pungent stench you associated with death wasnât gone completely, but it definitely wasnât making your eyes water. Mostly, he smelt earthy, like a field after it rained. There was another familiar smell that was making you feel nostalgic, you realized it was probably because he used he Irish Spring you kept for emergencies, of course he would use the big green bottle, your silly bug.Â
âYouâre so funny. Why would I get mad? It was an accident,â Shaking your head, you tried not to give a name to the fluttering in your stomach, and turned towards the nearest clone, running your hand through his damp locks, listening to him preen into your palm.Â
âMaybe next time, just do it one by one please,â Grabbing the towel from the cloneâs grip, you walked to the edge of the puddle in your house and dropped the towel, soaking up the water.Â
Turning around, you felt the prickle of discomfort on your skin as you saw them all still staring. You loved the clones, thought they all had their own personalities and had more fun hanging out with them than your actual friends most times.Â
It still never failed to make you uneasy when they did this, observing you like prey. You couldnât tell what they were collectively thinking, and their boss certainly wasnât helping.
âSeriously, itâs just water guys, really itâs fine. Look nothing was even damaged.â
âCome on, Iâll help you finish.â
So thatâs how you spent the rest of your day, mopping and rotating the towels they used until the floor was just damp, and called it good enough. That night, you had a full cuddle puddle with them all as you watched scary movies till dawn.
He had even started brushing his teeth for you. The first time you had walked in on him, fangs and droopy tongue covered in foam as it looked like he was attempting to choke himself with the extra toothbrush you kept in your cabinet. Not that you ever expected anyone else to use it other than yourself when your old one had lost the bristles, but the idea of BJ taking the second slot in your toothbrush holder made you pause. The heavy feeling in your chest coupled with the affection you couldnât help but feel. You knew you were in trouble.
You were in love with Beetlejuice.
**
Being shook, you jolted out of your slumber. Opening your eyes, you realized you had fallen asleep on him. You expected him to maybe make some snarky comment that he wasnât a pillow, but he just looked at you with an expression hard to place.
Mumbling out an apology, you remove yourself from on top of him, walking out of your room into the kitchen, catching sight of BJ floating beside you.
âTired?âÂ
âJust a long week, thank god tomorrow Friday.â Opening your fridge, you grimaced. It was time for some grocery shopping. Just deciding on an apple for the moment, you heard Beetlejuice rasp over your shoulder.
âItâs okay, sweet cheeks. I got just the thing for you to suck on.âÂ
Spinning around, poised to throw a jab, the momentum left when you took sight of BJ looking at you mischievously, hand outstretched with a large joint between his pale fingers.
No amount of stubbornness could stop the smile on your face. Beetlejuice was incorrigible.
You snatched it from his hands as he giggled as mischievous as a child, you opened up your living room window and sat on the nook you so love to habitat often. Amused as BJ, just as you had on the couch, practically circled into your lap like a house cat. Not being able to fit himself, he huffed and settled his head on your legs instead.
Your landlord luckily was a 60 year old hippie that grew in your community backyard, you still didnât need your place reeking of weed. Especially with the potent Netherworld shit he brought around.
Passing the joint back and forth, BJ blew intricate smoke rings around your head. Shaking your head, loving it, shifting through your hair. Blaming the high, gaining courage from the stuff, you began to attempt your own rings, amused at how they couldnât keep shape. You loved the blanketing feeling that was passing over you.Â
Beetlejuice was practically purring, nuzzling into your legs. Without thinking, you began to scratch at his head. You really didnât need a pet when you had BJ around. Watching as pink peeked through his roots, Beetlejuice butted the roach into the ashtray, setting his sights on you.
The air was thick with tension, unconsciously you lifted your legs, bringing his face closer, eyes bouncing between his, trying to figure him out. Â
This was a favourite game between the two of you. The classic game of chicken. It didnât help that you were always the one to break first. It was just a lot of conflicting feelings.Â
It would be so easy to say yes to Beetlejuice, give into his obvious advances, but you didnât want to be some breather booty call. Sure, the two of you had a great friendship, the thought of ruining it with your dumb feelings scared the shit out of you.Â
But you were only human. And an incredibly high one at the moment.
Sighing, turning your head away, you mumbled. âI donât want to do this anymore,â
You were happy to get this off your shoulders, sad at the idea of his rejection and unbelievably ripped. Letting slip a pathetic giggle, the multiple emotions were causing tears to well in your eyes. This. He was just so important to you. You couldnât believe you were about to do this and you were so nervous what his reaction would be.Â
âI see. I knew this was gonna happen eventuallyâŚ.Bye (Y/N).âÂ
Wait, what?Â
Tilting your head up, you saw Beetlejuice standing up, shoulders slumped in defeat.Â
âHuh? No! BJ look at me please.â You jumped up, snatching at his jacket sleeve, forcing him to turn, but he wouldnât look at you. What the hell just happened?Â
You felt your mouth go dry as you realized the way he had interpreted what you said. Oh no..
âI didnât mean it that way at all. I mean.. Iâm over just being friends, playing this game with youâŚ. Not that it isnât fun!â
You were digging yourself deeper, the words you wanted to say werenât coming out.Â
What you wanted to say was âI love you Beetlejuice. I want you to move in with me and become more than friends.â The weed was causing your mind to move in slow motion, this was the absolute worst timing for this. What the fuck were you doing?Â
No, no more of this. You werenât backing down from this.
Beetlejuice wasnât helping. In the midst of your freak out, someone was also happening to him. His hair had gone black as night. You had never seen him so...Blank. It would have been better if he was angry or obviously upset, you could deal with that. You had seen that before.Â
This was more terrifying than anything.
âNo.. Not game as in I donât take us seriouslyâŚ.Iâm fucking this up so bad..â Babbling to him, he wasnât saying anything. Continuing to just look in the distance, like you werenât even speaking to him.
âCalm down BJ, please. Iâm so sorry for just blurting that out. Let me explain.â
There was a quiet, tense moment you thought he was going to say no, leave you still. Hurt eyes slowly turned to look at you as he backed away, distancing himself from you.Â
Taking a deep breath, collecting your thoughts. Â
âWhen I said that, I meant that...done. I want us to⌠Be more to each other. Have a relationship.â
There. You had said it out loud. Still, you couldnât stop the word vomit from continuing.
âIâm just⌠If that isnât what you want Beetlejuice, you can tell me.. I want you to tell me-â
âBabes?â
âYes, BJ?â
âPlease hug me, I really need it.â Without speaking you rush over, climbing onto him, clutching desperately at his back, not believing how close you came from losing him. Unbelievably lucky that everything turned out Beetlejuice breathed your scent in deeply, muttering something into your neck.
Pulling back, you canât help but continue the tears tracking down your face as you see his own glittering like amber.Â
âYou scared me.â
Sniffling, you hide your face into his shoulder. Thatâs the worst thing he could have said to you. The fact that once again, boring, average you was reminded how much this powerful creatureâs world revolved around you. It was the most humbling experience imaginable.Â
Striving to keep your mouth shut, you just breathed in the quiet moment. Basking in each other. No secrets, no hidden feelings.Â
âWoah. IâveâŚ..Never felt that before,âÂ
âI know, honey. Iâm so dumb. If I were just more honest with you, we could have been doing this so much sooner,â
âYouâre not dumb, babes. I know i can beâŚ. A lot.â Scoffing, you cover his mouth with your hand, watching his expression become one of surprise.
âThank you, BJ. You are not too much..â Giggling, you lean towards him, âYouâre just right.â
Not wanting to speak anymore, needing to finally show him how much you wanted him. You kissed Beetlejuice for the first time. You expected him to be eager, sloppy and immediately hot and bothered. Nothing could have prepared you for him to be so sweet and gentle. It made your heart hurt with regret. Why didnât you want to tell him how you felt? There was still a lot to talk about, but there was something else you needed to show him first.
Pulling away, the two of you were flushed and panting, you licked your lips and watched as his eyes flitted to them.Â
âBut itâs okay. I know a perfect way I could make it up to you.â
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Speaking as a trans woman who loved Barry the Chopper in Brotherhood, i find it interesting how Barry the Chopper in FMA 2003 is an untouchable third rail of discourse, something to not be touched or else one risks grave danger. Iâm very well familiar with the tropes of the cross-dressing killer, as I literally wrote my masterâs thesis on trans and trans-coded monstrosity in horror film, and as a passionate fan and scholar of horror movies Iâve come to love the myriad fucked-up representation itâs given me of abject outsiders.
03!Barry is no exception to me, because as I said, I loved BH!Barry already, but what really stumps me is that BH!Barry gets to be a fun-lovinâ fun-havinâ murder ghost just having a good time and everybody loves it but since 03!Barry puts on a dress to do it heâs suddenly unspeakable, a shift that wouldnât be so egregious to me if Envy, also an unrepentant murderer, wasnât unilaterally treated as an endearingly evil trans icon just because theyâre so androgynous and can literally shapeshift. What, is there not room for two murderous trans faves in here? I loved his disguise, and his voice, and his flamboyancy during the whole fight with Ed and the aftermath was just...well, yes, itâs blatant textbook villainous queer-coding, but I suppose I just love to see it!
Obviously, not everybody loves to see it, and again, Iâm very well familiar both academically and as a real living trans woman with the litany of negative stereotypes and âbad representationâ 03!Barry is a vector for. But what Iâm trying to say is that I donât think heâs beyond reclaiming or that appreciating this trans-coded twist on the character is something that would or ought to necessarily reflect poorly on a viewerâs character.
#i hope this makes sense i've been thinking about this ever since episode 8 and having taken one (1) look into the tags#fma 03#barry the chopper#barry the chopper 03#commentary#using he/him pronouns for barry despite talking about him as trans(-coded) because whether he's LITERALLY trans or not isn't the point#fullmetal alchemist
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