#i jest but i do love abbie very much and the fact that everyone is ok with them being nonbinary even in an academic field means a lot

[desertflowerbowling]

the sleepytired nonbinary rep I’ve always craved

[pretend-writer]

Down Below (Chapter 48)

Summary: Y/N Reyes lands on Earth with the rest of the 99 prisoners. Being one of the first people to come back “home” after 97 years of living in space, she learns what it’s like to finally live in this planet.

Pairing: Bellamy Blake x reader, Raven Reyes x sister!reader

Word Count: 1795 words

Warning: mention of death, mention of sex, mention of alcohol

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Bellamy intertwined his hand with mine as we stood in the crowd while Jaha made an announcement about the bunker he found with Monty.

He smiled, exposing his cute freckles on his cheeks. It’s been a while since I saw Bellamy smiling genuinely, he must be really happy that we finally found hope.

My mind, however was not at rest. Was Raven coming back? Was Raven even okay after all the seizures and headaches she’s been experiencing from the side effects of getting chipped? After Abby telling me about what was going on with my sister, there was no way I could rest at all.

Not only was my sister boggled in my mind but ever since Octavia left Arkadia, we heard nothing from her. All my friends were in jeopardy and I couldn’t help but not be truly happy about our survival.

As we walked back to our rooms to pack to leave to the new bunker, Bellamy nudged me on my side lightly. ‘You’re not backing out or anything right?’

'What do you mean?’

'The whole reason why I was drinking last night in the first place was because I was mad at you for telling Harper you didn’t want to survive.’

As I bit my lips, I starred at the ground. 'Oh. Well, now we kind of have no choice.’

His eyebrows raised, 'So you’re doing this because you have no choice? You wouldn’t do it for me?’ Bellamy looked at me with sad eyes.

This moment gave me a deja vu, as if this has already talked about this before. 'Did we already have this conversation?’

'No, that’s why we’re doing t-’ Bellamy paused as his eyes widened. 'Oh.’

'Oh what?’ I was curious as to why Bellamy made that face.

'Er, we argued about this last night right before uhm.’ Bellamy looked down and blushed, getting all the flashbacks from the party.

I crossed my arms, upset that no memory was coming back. 'Oh, well I don’t remember. I’m sorry.’

'You honestly ruined the night when you told Harper that but at least you turned it around and made it a great night.’ Bellamy smirked at me. Blushing, I hit him on his shoulder then he winced. 'Damn, it was a compliment.’

'Can’t believe I don’t remember anything.’ I tried to think about the last thing I did from last night but everything was a blur.

'Well, now that we found a way to stay alive there will be more to come.’ Bellamy grinned as he held my hand. 'No pun intended.’

As I laughed, I hit Bellamy lightly. 'You’re back to your old cocky self.’

'You loved old cocky Bellamy.’

'Ugh, no. I hated him.’ I chuckled as I had a flashback of us fighting all the time back when we lived in the dropship.

'Oh, that’s right. It’s because you were dating Murphy.’ Bellamy joked, 'What did you see in him anyways?’

'Funny, he asked the same thing about you.’

Bellamy laughed and pinched my cheeks, 'You guys are talking about me now?’

'Best topic to talk about.’ I joked back as we continued walking to our room. 'But seriously, what was said last night?’

'Uhm, after I convinced you to stay with me, you said you’ll be there for me to find the solution to survive but I guess it doesn’t matter anymore huh.’ Bellamy said.

'Of course it does because I’ll always be right by your side.’ I held onto his hand tightly and gave a peck on his cheek. '5 years in the bunker, you ready Blake?’

He smiled, 'Can’t wait.’

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'We’re not coming out.’ Jasper smirked from the other side of the door. Him and the others locked themselves out so that they didn’t have to march to the new bunker.

Unlike myself, some of the others didn’t change their mind after the bunker was discovered. They were tired of surviving and listening for orders that everyone gave them.

As I watched everyone dancing behind the locked doors, it made me think of the mindset they were all in.

They’re all done; they’ve already accepted the fact that the world was going to end, and so will their lives. It made me sad that they’ve already came to terms with death and it frightened me a little.

The fact that Jasper, a person that I considered was my friend was going through with staying in Arkadia. I was yet again losing another friend.

'This is stupid, come out.’ Monty banged on the door as he watched Harper and Jasper getting wasted while dancing along to their booming music.

'Guards, get ready to blow up the door.’ Jaha commanded.

My eyes widened, 'No. You’re going to hurt them.’

'We need everyone out of Arkadia immediately. What other choice do we have?’ Jaha raised his voice.

'The difference from now and when you sent them to the ground is that now they have a choice to stay or leave.’ Bellamy implied.

'Bellamy, if Octavia was in there wouldn’t you want her out?’ Monty looked at him with a serious face.

He signed, 'If Octavia was in there, at least I can say goodbye.’

Monty clenched his fist and turned around to Jaha, waiting for his call to bomb the door.

'Stand down, we’re going to let them go.’ Jaha said as he slowly looked down. 'Let’s go and lead the march before the black rain gets to us.’

'I’m not letting them stay here!’ Monty exclaimed as Jaha and the guards walked away. 'Y/N, help me please. It could be Raven in there, what would you do?’

If Raven was in there, there was no way I would leave. At the same time though, what Bellamy said was right.

'Of course I’ll barge in there to save her.’ I agreed, 'But if she didn’t want to be saved, I don’t know if I would be able to.’

Monty bit his lips, obvious that he was keeping his tears in. I knew it was hard to say goodbye to a very special friend.

Before I was able to say anything else, Jasper opened the door. 'Guess Jaha gave up huh.’

'No, he realized that you guys had a right to make your own choices.’ Bellamy replied.

'You sure you really want to do this, Jasper?’ Monty asked as his voice cracked.

Jasper slowly nodded, chuckling nervously. 'Whatever the hell we want, right?’

Bellamy chuckled and shook his head. 'Yeah. Whatever the hell we want.’

'And hey, you don’t have to be jealous of me and Y/N anymore Bellamy.’ Jasper jested as he reached to Bellamy for a hug.

'I was never jealous.’ Bellamy claimed as he hugged Jasper back.

'Yeah, right.’ Jasper laughed as he looked over at Monty. 'Harper is in there if you want to talk to her. I’m sure she’s waiting for you.’

Monty nodded, walking through the door and into the room.

I flashed a smile, trying not to shed any tears as I looked at Jasper. 'I’ll miss you.’

'Of course you will.’ He grinned as he hugged me, 'What do you say? One more time before the big Praimfaya? Just like the old days.’

'No.’ Bellamy answered. ’ Hell no.’

He cackled, 'You know I’m kidding.’

As I pulled away from the hug, I giggled. 'You’re not.’

'You guys know me so well.’ Jasper said.

We all laughed in sync, then I looked over at him. 'May we meet again.’

Jasper shook his head, 'We won’t.’

'Just say we will.’ The goodbye was already hard enough, I didn’t want him to make the moment sadder than it already is. 'Please say it.’

He wrapped his arms tightly, hugging me again. 'Goodbye, Y/N. And thanks for everything.’

Tears streamed down my face as he said those words. I hugged him back tightly, wishing that this wasn’t our final goodbye.

Jasper pulled away and gave me a last smile before he walked back into the room.

'Let’s go.’ Bellamy said lightly as he reached out for my hand. Taking his hand, he pulled me into his chest and kissed the top of my head.

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In Polis, all the warriors from each clan were preparing for war. Trikru and Azgeda found out about the bunker and after Clarke suggested they three clans can live together, they both refused to share it with each other. Their solution was to have a conclave; the last warrior standing for that clan gets the bunker to themselves.

'How are we going to win again clans that have been fighting their whole lives?’ I said doubtfully, 'We don’t have warriors.’

'I’ve seen you fight, Y/N. You can take these people.’ Clarke added.

'There is no way I can fight all of them off. They’re strong and they have more knowledge.’

Kane suggested, 'You know you don’t have to fight everyone off. They’ll eventually kill each other. You just need to kill the last one.’

Bellamy sighed, 'You’re our best bet, Reyes and I know you can do it.’

'Yeah.’ I mumbled to myself, knowing that I didn’t believe that I was able to do it. 'I’m going to go walk around.’

Rushing away from them, I walked off elsewhere to try to get my headspace in the right set of mind.

'Hey, Y/N.’ I heard a familiar voice next to me. As I turned around, Octavia gave a nervous smile.

With a huge smile on my face, I hugged her tightly. 'Octavia, I missed you so much.’

'You-you’re not mad at me?’ She hugged me back, 'I didn’t mean to hurt you, I only wanted you to stay in Arkadia.’

'I know why you did what you did. Honestly if you didn’t strangle me, I would’ve chased you through the woods.’ I made a light joke, hopefully letting her know that I understood her side.

'When the black rain came, I was scared that you were still laying on the ground.’ Octavia said, 'I’m so sorry.’

'Don’t worry, you’re forgiven.’ I smiled for reassurance, 'So will you train me for this conclave? I don’t think I can do this.’

Octavia shook her head. 'Y/N, I can just take your place. That’s what I came here for, I want to fight.’

On one hand, I was glad that we as Skaikru had a better warrior representing us. On the other hand, I didn’t want anything to happen to her. The whole life of Skaikru was counting on us and Octavia had a better shot at winning than I did.

Not knowing what to say, I hugged Octavia. 'I don’t want you to go but you’re our only hope.’

'I owe you after what I did to you anyway.’ Octavia hugged back, 'I’ll be back Y/N, you just wait.’

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