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captastra · 3 years

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Movie Night

Pairing: Jill x Carlos

Warnings: horror movies mentioned ( The Evil Dead (1981), The Babadook). I don’t mention that one scene from Evil dead

Words: 2.9K

Jill and Carlos share a movie night together! Read here on AO3.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

“Jill, popcorn’s ready!”

Carlos’s voice rang out from where he sat in the living room.

“I’m on it,” Jill said, making her way into the kitchen. The smell of popcorn filled the kitchen, the scent of butter bringing a smile to Jill's face. They had started having movie nights two months ago and she was starting to enjoy these nights with him. Her last roommate had been a disaster and she was nervous about what would happen when she started to live here. But Carlos had won her over their first weekend together and the rest was history. Jill smiled to herself as she thought back on that weekend before grabbing some final snacks.

“Gonna let it burn or what? I got a movie to watch and not all night to wait.”

Jill rolled her eyes and picked up the two bowls she had made. “Calm down,” she yelled back at him. “It’s not my fault you got home late. I was all ready to go, but then I got stuck waiting for you.” She had made her way out into the room, setting down the bowls as she talked. “There’s no point in getting everything ready if it's going to sit out for an hour”

She placed her hands on her hips as Carlos rolled his eyes and waved his hand dismissively at her complaints.

“Not my fault work held me late. Mikhail needed my help and you know how Nikolai always bails at the last minute, leaving Mikhail hanging and me to deal with it. I can’t say no to the old man.” He gave her his puppy dog eyes look, frowning slightly. “You know I wouldn’t miss a movie night with my favorite roommate...”

“I’m your only roommate.”

“Still my favorite,” he winked at her, “unless I had to. So let's just watch the movies. I have a whole week I want to forget and that starts now.” He reached forward and grabbed a handful of popcorn before settling into the couch, propping his legs on the table in front of him. “I think you’re gonna like the movie I’ve decided we should watch. A real scare, this one.”

Jill hadn’t moved as Carlos spoke, but she had to agree with him when he brought up Nikolai. The one time she met him, he didn’t leave a good impression, and wasn’t a person she wanted to see again anytime soon. She knew she couldn’t blame him if that was really the case, no matter how important movie night was becoming for her. More important than she was willing to admit but Jill ignored those thoughts.

“Alright,” she sighed, “alright. But it better not be anything like the last movie you picked. That one was gore, gore, and more gore. What was scary was how the actors didn’t drown in all that blood while filming.” She settled herself down on the couch as she spoke, her back resting against the armrest opposite Carlos, and moved to shove her feet under his leg.

Carlos raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything as he lifted his leg to give her better room to hide her feet. “Comfy?”

She didn’t respond right away, focusing on getting herself comfortable on the couch. Once she had settled in, she reached for the popcorn and took a big handful to start eating. When she finally looked at him, she saw he was giving her a small smile as he rested his head on his hand.

Ignoring the fluttering in her stomach, Jill said, “It gets cold and you’re a heater. What better place to keep my feet warm.” She wiggled her toes under his leg, getting a laugh out of him. “Now what movie did you pick?”

“Ladies first.”

Jill rolled her eyes but smiled. “Tonight, we are going to watch,” she paused for dramatic effect, “Evil Dead.”

“The one from a few years ago?”

“No, the original!”

“C’mon Jill, that movie is campy as all hell,” he shook his head slightly but his smile never faded. “It’s barely watchable from what I’ve heard. Is that really what you want to go with?”

“It’s a cult classic,” she huffed. “Besides, I get to pick a movie and that's what I want to watch. When was the last time you’ve even watched the movie?” Carlos only shrugged. “Ok then. We’re watching it and that's that.” She gave him a firm nod, signaling she was done with that part of the conversation. “Now, what did you pick?”

He sat up excitedly when she asked, his smile growing wider which made Jill chuckle softly. “You’re going to love this one. A really good scary one that I’m sure will even have tough-as-nails Jill Valentine on the edge of her seat.”

“Scarier than the laundry incident?”

“I thought we agreed to never speak of that incident?” He narrowed his eyes at her and pointed at her. “You promised.”

Jill held up her hands in defeat but gave him a wry smile. “Heh, alright. So what ‘oh so scary’ movie did you pick? Or are you gonna leave me hanging in suspense?”

He scoffed slightly, but answered, “The Babadook. I haven’t seen it yet but Tyrell swears it's one of the scariest movies he’s seen in awhile. It comes highly recommended is what I can say.

“I’ve heard it was pretty good too,” Jill nodded as she tried to remember what she had heard about the film. “I hope it's as good as your friend says it is” - she gave him a wicked smile - “since your last movie wasn’t scary at all.”

Before Carlos could respond, Jill's phone vibrated loudly on the table.

“Hey, what did we agree to about phones?”

“Sorry.” Jill picked up her phone to silence it but started laughing when she read the notification. “Oh Chris,” she mumbled but didn’t say anything else as she started to respond.

“What’d he do now?”

Carlos had only met her friends a handful of times since she had moved into the apartment, but no issues had come up yet between them. They didn't seem to mind having him around when they came over to hang out and that was good enough for her.

“Oh just the usual Chris drama.” She saw the quizzical look on Carlos’s face and continued. “Issues with Wesker. Neither can figure out what they want, but it’s not like Chris listens to me whenever I offer advice so I’m just forced to suffer through his complaints.”

“Never really cared for Wesker,” Carlos said. “Guy gives me weird vibes.”

“Ehhh, yeah. I just listen to Chris and try not to get in the way.” She put the phone back on the table. “Now enough about Chris. Lets watch our movies.”

Carlos didn’t object as he started the first movie and they both settled in.

POV Switch

It didn’t take long before Carlos had to speak up about the campiness of the film. Not five minutes into the movie and almost everything that made up the film showed how low budget it was.

“Are you really going to make…”

“Shhh”

He lowered his voice instead. “Do you have to make me suffer through this?” He narrowly dodged a piece of popcorn that Jill had thrown at him. “You can’t tell me this gets any better as the movie goes on?”

“It does.” He glanced over at her and was surprised to see her focused expression as she watched the movie. He couldn’t help but admire how the light from the movie highlighted her features; her nose, jawline, the way a single hair fell across her face that he had to stop himself from pushing back behind her ear. But as he continued to glance at her here and there, an idea came into his head.

They weren’t too far into the movie before things started to get creepy, though Carlos tried to not let it get to him. He glanced back at Jill, saw that she was still engrossed in the movie while eating popcorn, and made his move

He mumbled something about needing to get up, but Jill was too engrossed in the movie and waved a hand at him in response. Getting up, he made his way out into the hallway, before sneakily making his way back into the living room. The couch was too big for him to see Jill but he figured she was still in the exact same position as before.

Walking as quietly as he could, Carlos made his way over to where she sat. The movie was finally picking up, with the music setting the perfect atmosphere for him to make his move.

“Boo!”

Jill let out a small scream as she nearly knocked over the popcorn bowl that she held in her lap. They both reached for the bowl to make sure she didn’t spill everywhere but this also put him in line of sight for Jill to see that it was him who scared her. Once they had settled the popcorn, she gave him the meanest glare he had ever seen.

“Good god Carlos!” The look on her face only made him laugh harder, which seemed to annoy her even more. “Don’t do that. You nearly gave me a heart attack!”

Carlos continued to laugh, “But the look on your face was worth it.”

Jill shoved him playfully and eventually gave him a smile. “Do that again and I will kill you. Or get back at you even worse. Don’t tempt me.”

“Ha, I’m sure you could if you set your mind to it.” Carlos went to settle back on the couch, one leg on the table in front of him and another arm out along the top of the couch.

“Good,” she gave him one more look before turning back to the movie, “And don’t you forget it.”

“Wouldn't dream of it.”

They sat there in silence for the rest of the movie. Jill was as enraptured as ever and even Carlos found himself being drawn into the movie. The campiness didn’t take away from the scariness that was Evil Dead. He was enjoying watching Ash start to slip into insanity at whatever entities were taking over his friends. There was a time or two he had to look away from the movie.

He felt the couch shift next to him and was surprised to see that Jill had made her way from the other side of the couch. He was more surprised when she sat close enough to him that he could have lowered his arm around her shoulder. But he didn’t. No, he would be good. For the rest of the film they sat that way, almost touching but too transfixed in the movie to notice.

Once the movie ended, Jill turned to him. “So what did you think?”

He thought about it for a minute, but decided to have some fun with her when he saw her staring at him intently. After a few seconds of hemming and hawing and a very loud sigh from Jill, he answered her.

“It was decent.”

“Decent?” She raised a single eyebrow at him. “I saw you look away a few times at some scenes. So you can’t tell me it was just ‘decent’

“Alright,” He threw his hands up in a sign of surrender, laughing at how heated Jill was getting about the movie. “It had its moments and I can see why it's a cult classic. But can we watch the other movie now?”

They sat in silence for a moment, neither backing down as Carlos continued to chuckle and Jill stared at him with a raised eyebrow. Carlos started to fear he had gone too far, but Jill seemed to deflate and settled back into the couch right next to him.

“Yes, yes. Put it on.” She gave him a sideways glance. “I’m expecting it to be good.”

“Heh, I certainly hope so. I need a good scare after the last movie.” He smiled at himself at the glare he imagined Jill gave him.

“Me too,” was all she said in response.

It didn’t take long after the movie started for Carlos to see what Tyrell meant about the movie being scary. He even found himself at some points wondering what would happen next after the book was read. But when he felt a shift in the couch next to him and a slight touch on his arm, he nearly jumped out of his seat.

“You ok scaredy cat?”

Lifting his arm up, he saw that Jill was the source of what had scared him. She had curled right next to him, her knees pulled up to her chin and then covered herself with one of their blankets. She continued to give him a sour look, but he could see the corners of lips fighting to curl up into a smile.

“I could ask you the same question.” He gave her a big smile. “Doesn’t look like I’m the only one…”

“Shh!” She brought one hand from out under the blanket and pointed at the screen. “Play the movie. It was just getting good.”

“Yes, mam.” He chuckled as he reached forward to start the movie again. But when he wanted to settle back down next to Jill, his arm hovered over her body next to his. He let himself weigh the risks for only a few seconds - she might get very mad - and decided it wasn’t worth giving it a second thought.

Without any ceremony, Carlos rested his arm around Jill. He tensed slightly when he felt her shift against him, fearing that she would start yelling at him for getting too comfortable with her. But when she didn't pull away and instead settled against him, he let his arm drape around her.

He sat there with his arm around her, eyes glued to the screen but not registering anything that was happening. His brain was too focused on her warmth and the way she fit perfectly next to him. It felt...right.

Jill suddenly jumped against him at something that happened on the screen, breaking his train of thought. Without thinking, he wrapped his arms protectively around her. as he remembered they were watching a movie together. Finally focusing on what happened showed that the movie was starting to pick up with whatever was happening in the story.

Focus man.

And he did. Jill wasn’t pulling away from him and he wasn’t going to let thoughts make him second guess what was happening.

When he finally caught on to what was happening in the movie, Carlos found himself surprised at how good it was. There were a few moments he found himself jumping or having to look away at certain scenes. Before long he became enraptured by the film and didn't realize that even he had curled up on the couch next to Jill. His arms were wrapped tightly around her as the story unfold.

It wasn’t until the movie finally ended that the two of them realized how tightly they were holding onto each other. He didn’t realize how close they were until, turning to look at Jill, he found her looking back at him, their noses almost touching.

“Hey.” Her breath kissed his face as she spoke, her eyes never leaving his.

“Hey back at you.” He kept his eyes trained on hers, not daring to look anywhere else. They stayed like this a moment longer, Carlos’s arms wrapped around her while her fingers curled into his shirt.

“Guess the movie was pretty scary after all.” She started to shift away from him and Carlos immediately let her go, missing the warmth of her body against his. “Here’s to a few sleepless nights after that.” She let out an airy laugh as she got up from the couch.

“You can always stay with me if you need to.” He said it as a joke but inside it was only a half lie. He wouldn’t say no to her if she needed that support from him.

Jill rolled her eyes but from her smile, Carlos knew she took it as a joke. “Don’t expect me to come running to you just because of some nightmare. I’ll be fine.”

“I know you will.”

With that, they set about cleaning up the apartment. Both of them were yawning at that point, too tired to properly clean, though Jill was trying.

Carlos let out a soft chuckle as once again he had to steer Jill towards her room. “Go to sleep. We can clean tomorrow.”

“But we shouldn’t let it sit there,” another yawn escaped her lips as she rubbed her eyes.

“It’s only for a bit and then you can clean to your heart's content.” He felt her try to fight him as he continued to move her towards the hallway. “Seriously Jill, don’t need you falling asleep on the kitchen floor because you tried to clean.”

She started to respond but when another yawn came on, she gave him a shrug. “Alright.” This time he didn’t need to push her. “You get some sleep too though. No staying up late this time. I don’t want to be the only one who’s up cleaning while you sleep in super late.”

“Ha, I’ll be up. Don’t you worry.” He gave her a wink as he started to make his way towards his room.

He was almost at the door when he heard Jill call out to him. Turning to face her, he saw that she was halfway into her room. He took in slightly disheveled hair and clothes from sitting on the couch next to him. He watched her stifle another yawn before speaking up. “Yeah?”

“Goodnight. And thanks for the movie. It was pretty good.”

He nodded, too tired to think of any funny comeback but glad all the same that she enjoyed it.

“Goodnight Jill.”

#resident evil #re3 remake #re3 roommate au #jill valentine #carlos oliveira #jill and carlos #valeveira #pre-relationship #fanfiction

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hangsangwithbts · 4 years

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I Love You, Too | Yoongi

Summary: Yoongi loves you, but is having a hard time saying it for the first time.

Genre: fluff

Word Count: 942

A/N: originally published on @bangtan-insfired. This was inspired by a prompt by @otpprompts. I can’t find the exact post on tumblr but here’s the link of where I found the prompt on pinterest.

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“Stay the night?” You proposed, nervously picking at the hem of your shirt as you turned your head to glance at Yoongi, who was sitting beside you on your couch. The two of you were watching a movie but you had caught his head lolling more than twice.

“It’s late and you look too tired to drive back home so I think it’d be better if–why are you laughing?”

“You’re so cute.” Yoongi told you with a smile. You were acting as if he’d say no to you. “You don’t have to make up excuses–”

“I was not–”

“Yes.” Yoongi cut you off. He let out a yawn, leaning back in the couch and using it as a perfect excuse to wrap his arm around your shoulder, his smile widening when he caught your blush. “I’ll stay the night.”

He could never say no to you, especially when you would look at him with those puppy dog eyes. He was too in love to resist you.

He had always liked you from the moment Seokjin introduced you two. You were one of Seokjin’s close friends from university and after helping him out on a huge project, he had treated you to dinner. It was just supposed to be you and Seokjin but that night all of the members—except for Yoongi—had plans to go out and not wanting to leave him at the dorm alone, Seokjin had dragged Yoongi along with him.

Idealists would call it fate that had brought the two of you together. Yoongi was more of a realist but the moment you had smiled at him, he found himself questioning his beliefs. It was one of those cliché moments from those romantic movies where things just clicked between the two of you and it wasn’t long before the two of you started dating.

He knew he was falling for you when he’d obsessively check his phone every minute, even when his schedule was busy and tight-packed. A smile would form on his face every time he saw a notification from you. Everything seemed to remind him of you, even when he was on tour and miles and miles away. If he stopped at a coffee shop, he’d look at the menu and he’d imagine you beside him, clinging onto his arm, biting your lip deep in thought as you pondered on what to get—despite the fact that you’d end up ordering the same thing every time. You were the first thing on his mind when he woke up and the last thing when he fell asleep.

He knew he was in love when three minutes with you was worth much more than a whole day without you. He couldn’t even imagine a future without you. He wanted to be with you and always found time for you, no matter how busy his idol life could be.

Min Yoongi was in love with you…but he couldn’t bring himself to say it.

He tried to tell you over the phone during face-time while on tour last week. He had been feeling down and being able to talk to you (and not to mention listen to your passionate rants on what ice cream flavor is best after learning that he did not approve of mint chocolate chip) made him much more aware of his feelings. However, he stopped himself before saying those three words.

Saying “I love you” for the first time is a milestone in a relationship. He wanted to do it in person. But there was another problem. How was he supposed to say it? Was he supposed to plan a romantic date and then tell you? Was it too soon to say those three words? What if you didn’t love him back?

When the movie had finally ended, you decided to call it a night, seeing as Yoongi was struggling to keep his eyes open. You were more than willing to head to bed earlier for his sake but Yoongi was stubborn and wanted to finish it. He felt bad that the two of you didn’t get to see it when it first came out in theater and even though you understood his busy schedule, he still wanted to follow through with watching it with you.

“Baby Groot is so freaking adorable.” You mumbled, feeling your eyes grow heavy as you laid down in bed beside him. “He’s too precious for this world. I love him so much I think I would die for him.”

Yoongi turned to lay on his side and face you, watching as you cuddled up to his chest and closed your eyes. “Me too,” Yoongi replied.

But he wasn’t talking about baby Groot.

Despite being very tired, his eyes were wide and awake as he stared up at the ceiling, wondering how he got so lucky to be with someone like you. His lips quirked up to a small smile as your breaths grew even and gentle–a sign that you had fallen asleep already. Letting out a sigh in content, he closed his eyes.

He lightly traced random figures over and over with his fingers on your back. It was a habit of his that he now did it subconsciously, not fully aware that the figures he was tracing on your back weren’t random at all tonight. They were eight letters. Eight letters that formed three words…

“I love you, too.” You said softly, snuggling up closer to him.

Yoongi’s hand went still as it registered in his mind what he had been doing. He glanced down briefly at you to see you wide awake instead of sound asleep as he had thought you to be.

The corners of your mouth slid upwards, making your eyes sparkle despite the drowsiness. He swore his heart skipped a beat at the sight, his expression mirroring yours. Pressing a kiss against the top of your head, he realized he had been so nervous over nothing.

He loved you and you loved him back.

#bts imagines #bts texts #bts scenarios #bts one shot #yoongi imagines #yoongi scenarios #yoongi fluff #bts fluff #yoongi x reader #bts x reader #one shot

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scoops-stevie-archive · 4 years

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⭐️axhiiles’ 2020 fic rec⭐️

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part 1 // part 2 // part 3 // part 4

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-please tell me if the links are broken/linked wrong

-smut is marked with **

as always, please leave a kudos and a comment on what you read, and reblog this to spread!

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Kenma watches the sunset alone while walking home. No hand to hold on to. No teasings and laughter. No warmth and smiles.

No Kuroo Tetsurou to make his day.

At Camp - 5k, single chapter author: lunaloop fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Kotarou/Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

Kenma doesn't know how to survive a week without Bokuto and Kuroo in Miyagi.

Attention Please - 957, single chapter author: Spring_Emerald fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi

‘Kuroo, stop,’ he mouthed.

That was the only response he would deign give Kuroo, at least that’s what he told himself. He glanced at Nekomata-sensei, who thankfully, was facing back, as he was writing something on the board, unaware that his very own captain was making a delinquent out of Daichi.

Kuroo had the nerve to smirk, before he mouthed ‘Make me,’ back at Daichi.

balance - 1.1k, single chapter author: tododoki fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

Shouto has found his balance in a world of extremities. He’s discovered a beautiful sense of security in Izuku, and he plans to never let it go.

Barbwire Heart - 1.8k, single chapter author: conorssock fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor/RK900/Gavin Reed

Gavin acts like this isn't serious and doesn't want to get attached. He's trying to play it off and jokes about it. But inside he wants a family. They are on a call and Gavin pushes Hank out the way and gets shot. Has to be looked after. Is on meds that make him share stuff and act all cuddly.

Beans Are Spilled - multi-chaptered, complete author: rubysilk98 fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Oikawa Tooru/Yamaguchi Tadashi

When Takeda-sensei said there's a practice match between Karasuno and Aoba Johsai, Yamaguchi couldn't help but wonder how shit is about to go down. Since he's been dating the captain of Seijoh secretly, he's determined to not let the cat out of the bag. But maybe he doesn't have to. Not when Oikawa himself had done it.

because baby you are all i want - 1.7k, single chapter author: lunoiere fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

There are a few rustling sounds before the voice that could make him melt and cocoon him in warmth is finally heard. “Izuku?”

“It’s me, Shoucchan.” Izuku feels relief fills him in a rush. “How are you feeling?”

“I miss you,” comes the immediate response.

Izuku’s heart feels full and aching all at once. “I miss you too.”

[Or Shouto is sick and Izuku is too far away to hug him better.]

Because team-work will get us farther - multi-chaptered, ongoing author: Lerya fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto, Hatake Kakashi/Uchiha Obito

A time travel fic, what if at the end of the 4th shinobi war, everyone not caught in the Tsukyomi gets blasted back to the past. What could possible go wrong when Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi wake up in their 12 and 28 year old bodies?

And even better, when Obito remembers everything and might just be able to persuade the Akatsuki to take a different path. Or even better, when the Bijuu wake up, with their Jinchuuriki alive and well, and with all the memories of their future self.

Only one thing will happen, the Jinchuuriki will band together, a group more tighter then even a Konoha team, with some surprising back up.

Beginning - multi-chaptered, complete author: Glare fandom: Star Wars pairing: NA

The fall of the Empire begins with a journal, clutched in the small hands of a six year-old girl.

Better Days - 1.2k, single chapter author: givemeunicorns fandom: Captain America pairing: Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers?Sam Wilson

They pile into Sam's car on a foggy Sunday morning, and hit the road as the sun climbed over the horizon. They kept off the interstate, stopped at mom and pop gas stations with a map spread out on the hood.

Birthday Breakfast - 1.2k, single chapter author: HMS_Chill fandom: Red White & Royal Blue pairing: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen Windsor

It's Alex's birthday, and Henry is going to surprise him with breakfast in bed, and it's going to be beautiful and domestic and perfect.

Brekker’s Girls - 1.4k, single chapter author: wyrmsandrocs fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa/Nina Zenik

Kaz, Nina, and Inej sat together on a couch in the corner of the Crow Club. It had been the better part of a decade since the Ice Court Heist, (or the Heist Court, as Nina had named it,) and the three of them had found happiness with each other for most of that time. It was a lovely and all too rare occasion when both Nina and Inej were in Ketterdam for them all to be together, so they were enjoying watching what was a relatively slow night at the Club.

Brekker and his girls, and why not to call them that.

Bump - 5.4k, single chapter author: Blahhh, Feli_X fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor, RK900/Gavin Reed

Just fluffs of Mpreg Connor and Gavin getting baby fever after finding out

Canis Lupus Unfamiliaris - series, complete author: stabbitytuesday fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Matthias Helvar/Nina Zenik

"You fight beside each other, sleep on the same furs, your rations are your wolf's rations. He is not your pet. He is a warrior, like you, a brother."

Matthias Helvar is laid to rest.

cat’s cradle - 2.8k, single chapter author: earlgreylover98 fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender pairing: NA

There were a lot of things unexpected about Fire Lord Zuko’s reign; his kind heart, his benevolence, his love of the arts and the theatre especially, but the cats topped that list. The cats gravitated to the Fire Lord and no one knew how to react to that. He was like a magnet to them.

Or- the Royal Palace has a cat infestation and the cats really seems to love the Fire Lord. It's a mutual feeling.

Change of Atmosphere - 820, single chapter author: Wordlesslywriting fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Sawamura Daichi/Kinoshita Hisashi

It never hurt to change scenery once in awhile.

Chief - 3.7k, single chapter author: lovewillcomeandfindme fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender pairing: Bato/Hakoda

Bato is running late, he was supposed to be at the beach hours ago. This didn't bother Hakoda in the least, why would he care if his closest companion decided to leave them behind for a woman, for a life Hakoda could never give him. He didn't care if he was late, that's why he was waiting on the beach for him at an unforgiving hour of the night.

Cleaning Up - 3.3k, single chapter author: romaneedsatoma fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Kuroo Tetsurou

Hinata glanced at Kuroo as he started sweeping, watching the older teen sweeping the other half of the gym. Hinata moved closer to the net. Glanced up again. He went to the wall. Glanced up again. Swept the area under the net. Glanced up again and finally gave in. “Tetsurō?” Hinata said, purposefully using his given name. Within seconds, Kuroo was on him and peppering kisses across his face, making him squirm and let out a high pitched laugh.

---

or, in which hinata and kuroo are secretly dating, and make out for an hour instead of cleaning up the gym after a scrimmage.

Cloud 9 - 370, single chapter author:peenklemonade fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kuroo Tetsurou/Hinata Shouyou

Just Kuroo being absolutely weak for his boyfriend, and really, who can blame him? Especially with all the good points he brings up.

Come Let Me Love You - 899, single chapter author: Beck17 fandom: Red White & Royal Blue pairing: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor

Henry always struggled to have a good night's sleep. Alex made it easier over the years they had been together, but little cries in the middle of the night always woke Henry.

A little glimpse into a future where Alex and Henry are doting fathers to a beautiful little girl.

Come What May - 1.2k, single chapter author: Faiktra fandom: Naruto pairing: Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai

Late Night Anxieties: Feat. Hatake Kakashi

Complimentary Colors - 1.6k, single chapter author: SaraBee fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio

Orange and blue go together for a reason.

Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (My House) - 1.5k, single chapter author: lumbeam fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Connor listens to Hank's old music and finally understands.

Days and Nights We Lost to Weakness - 3.1k, single chapter author: Kirazalea fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender pairing: Sokka/Zuko

Zuko never wanted to visit his father's cell again, but he needs to do it one more time. He's spent far too much of his life living in fear of the man that controlled his every decision and now he's finally ready to say something he should have said a long time ago.

dear mother - 1.6k, single chapter author: goldenthunderstorms fandom: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue pairing: Henry Montague/Percy Newton

Monty writes a different letter.

Dirty Hit - 6.7k, single chapter author: venvephe fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Four minutes left in the second period, Connor goes down to a bad hit. Head-collision-against-the-boards down. Not-getting-off-the-ice down. Blue-blood-pouring-out-his-nose down.

It’s when he’s shakily on his own skates, each arm slung over his teammates’ shoulders, that he thinks to look up and see the source of all the sudden noise. Something twists in his gut, something that has absolutely nothing to do with the injuries from that nasty hit.

It’s Hank. Of course it’s Hank.

Do You Realize? - 5k, single chapter author: beaniek4 fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Bakugou Katsuki/Kaminari Denki

Bakugo wouldn’t consider himself to be overly protective of those he actually gave a shit about. But when Kaminari speed-walked past him with fresh tears spilling down his face, Bakugo couldn’t help the wave of protectiveness that coursed through his being.

Don’t Look Down - 4.3k, single chapter author: LessonsFromMoths fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Takeda Iitetsu/Ukai Kenshin

So wait...are Ukai and Takeda...a thing????

Aka, Ukai and Takeda are supposed to be just their coach and advisor but the team realizes, one-by-one, that they are in a romantic relationship.

electrify my heart - 2.4k, single chapter author: soullessfollower98 fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender pairing: Sokka/Zuko

5 times that Sokka records Boyfriend Challenges for his TikTok, +1 time that Zuko does (or tries to, anyway).

entangled hands and skin - 2.3k, single chapter author: gochumilk fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku

Hearing the familiar sound of their apartment door opening and Deku’s soft voice calling out “I’m home” immediately drags out a sigh of relief from Katsuki.

“Welcome home, nerd,” Katsuki says, deliberately clearing his throat when he realizes his voice comes out too softly.

(or quirkless katsuki pampers his pro hero boyfriend, deku)

Expense Report - 1.6k, single chapter author: Masu_Trout fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Fowler had a vaguely shell-shocked sort of look on his face. Hank knew it well; it was the same look he occasionally wore while staring in the mirror, on mornings when he couldn't stop thinking about just how goddamn weird his life had become these past few months.

Captain Fowler has some questions about Hank's expense account. Connor isn't helping.

Family Reunion - 2.8k, single chapter author: pynkk fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Dabi/Hawks, Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

“Who ate all the leftovers?”

Shouto looks towards the television and keeps his eye on it. “Who ate my brother's ass?” Natsuo burst out laughing and Izuku choked on his tea, coughing on it. Keigo took in a sharp breath before shutting the fridge door. “Alright.”

Five Plus One - 1.3k, single chapter author: Xachyn fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio

Five times other people thought they were dating and one time Kageyama wondered if they were.

five times henry's competency turned alex on and the one time it turned him into a pile of romantic goo - 4.3k, single chapter author: helenblqckthorn fandom: Red White & Royal Blue pairing: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor

Alex has a fucking thing for competency. A competency kink, if he wants to be crude. And it just so happens that his boyfriend is one of the most competent men in England. Well, Alex, he thinks. You sure know how to pick ‘em.

Footprints in the Sand - 2k, single chapter author: stripeypirate fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

He stops walking when he reaches the ocean. The surf pounding steadily against the rocks echoes his heatbeat and the salty wind whispers his brother’s name. It reminds him of the day Obito told him the truth-wrapped-in-lies that sent him spinning down into depths darker than he’d thought possible. A good place to rebuild- no, build. Because to rebuild there must have been a foundation in the first place, and Sasuke has been realizing more with each passing day that his was rotten from the start.

So he sets up camp right there on the sand and spends the first night staring up at the stars, whose names he’s long forgotten.

forgetful- 2.2k, single chapter author: peachiami fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Bakugou Katsuki/Kaminari Denki

Denki has been waiting for thirty minutes now. Eyes flying to his phone quite literally every two seconds, his leg bouncing up and down as he leaned his chin on his palm. Did Katsuki forget?

Fragile Trust - 2k, single chapter author: TheManOfManyFandoms fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender pairing: NA

Zuko doesn’t react well to fathers raising their voices. Hakoda learns this the hard way.

frilly pink apron - 2.9k, single chapter author: novrik fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

kuroo loves to be embarrassing. there's literally no other reason why he'd walk onto stream wearing nothing but a fucking frilly pink apron and sweats where you can see all of his goddamn upper body.

From Tokyo and Osaka, With Love - 8.2k, single chapter author: awkwardedgeworth fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Kotarou

He frowns at Bokuto, mouthing, "Did you break into the library building?"

"Hey!" Someone shines a flashlight in their direction, pacing furiously, "You can't be here after hours if you don't have an ID!"

Bokuto laughs nervously.

akaashi and his birthdays from 17-21, or five years' worth of birthdays spent with bokuto

Getting Even - 2.1k, single chapter author: Kalira fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

All grown up now and ninja in deadly earnest . . . the old Team Seven still dissolves into reckless playfulness in a fresh snow.

give them something to talk about - 1.8k, single chapter author: thelittlebirdthattoldyou fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru

“Huh. Oikawa is making his way over to the losing side of the court - is he planning to rub it in their faces? Maybe someone should stop him -”

“But he’s passing the players by entirely! And heading for -”

“Are we going to get a childhood besties reunion up in here?”

Iwaizumi and Oikawa's Olympics reunion, as told through the eyes of two excitable sportscasters.

Green Walls - 1.1k, single chapter author: romeoandjulietyouwish fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Eck

Jesper finds Wylan sitting in the garden in the middle of the night.

Growing Pains - multi-chapter, complete author: callmecaramleh fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender pairing: Sokka/Zuko, Bato/Hakoda

Sokka brings Zuko home to re-meet his dad.

hayloft - 836, single chapter author: sanguination fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

for all the boys who break their own hearts

TW: blood, depression, no self harm though

Heart of War - 1.6k, single chapter author: Naomida fandom: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey pairing: Alexios/Thaletas

The gods don't play by the rules.

Heaven in Me - 255 author: j_gabrielle fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

It hits Hank on a lazy Sunday morning.

his boyfriend - 816, single chapter author: bestboytsukki fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kageyama Tobio/Tsukishima Kei

tsukishima never really envisioned getting in bed with a particular raven haired boy in which, as a matter of fact, the boy whose guts and pride he hated, or so he thought.

home - 1.8k, single chapter author: getloud fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kageyama Tobio/Sugawara Koushi

“Tobio,” Koushi placed his hands by collar of Tobio’s hoodie. “It’s okay if you find yourself lost every once in a while.” Tobio’s breath hitched as he stared back at Koushi. “You can always come back home. I’ll always be here.” A small, weak smile spread on Koushi’s face.

Homecoming - 1.9k, single chapter author: castiel_ambrose fandom: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey pairing: Alexios/Thaletas

He was so engrossed he barely heard the man’s voice behind him until a hand accompanied it, hesitant but warm and calloused as it rested on his arm. “Alexios?”

Out of instinct Alexios spun around and grabbed the man’s wrist, bewildered but warning filled glare melting away to complete shock. “Thaletas?” He could scarcely breathe it out, eyes roving over the man in front of him before he was pulled into a tight hug, a hand thumping his shoulder. He was helpless to do anything but hug back, feeling the press of steel and leather against him. “Alexios, dear Gods, it’s wonderful to see you." --- Thaletas meets up with Alexios on his first journey home to Sparta

hope, coffee, and poetry - 2k, single chapter author: DizzyRedhead fandom: Check, Please! pairing: Chris Chow/Derek Nurse/William Poindexter

Nursey and Dex have a crush

how to make a setter blush - 8k, single chapter author: bokutochan fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Kotarou

“Alright, remember, the only unofficial rule that we officially follow is that we make no serious passes at Akaashi.” Kuroo makes clear. Everyone nods in agreement, even Ushijima. Kuroo winks at Bokuto. “After all, Bokuto needs as little competition as possible.” Bokuto squawks and Daichi holds him back again from doing something to Kuroo. “And, as always, the game is a complete secret, under no circumstances can Akaashi know about this. If Suga finds out you’ve been cheating, you’re on your own. Daichi won’t be there to stop him.” Kuroo smirks. He runs a hand through his hair, looking at the other four captains. “So,” He says finally. “Shall we begin?”

or the one where the five captains compete to make akaashi blush. that's it.

I don't need me - 4.8k, single chapter author: earlgreyson fandom: Kingsman pairing: Harry Hart/Merlin/Eggsy Unwin

There’s more that he wants than a soft blanket and a warm drink, but there’s not much Eggsy can do to meet those needs so he shoves them down. Hopes he can go see Mum and Daisy in the next few days and get some cuddles in with his favourite girl. There is an itch that has been hovering beneath his skin for as long as he can recall, and he knows that a quick snuggle with a struggling child is not going to relieve it. But there’s not much else in terms of an option, so Eggsy will take what he can get and be thankful for it. Eggsy returns from a mission to find himself confronted by Merlin and Harry. Now if he can only ask for what he needs.

I Want to Kiss You When You're Hard - 7.5k, single chapter author: Logsnake fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Kaminari Denki/Kirishima Eijirou

Denki had had a lot of crushes growing up, but none as strong as the one for Kirishima. The redhead was just so perfect, and while Denki knew his friend was way out of his league, he couldn't help but hope.

Of course, during a test Denki just had to over do it on his quirk, leaving him a stupid, incoherent mess right in front of said crush. Furthermore, to add icing to the cake, he had mumbled out 'I want to kiss when you're hard' to Kirishima without any context before running away in embarrassment.

Seriously, who had he offended in his past life?

(AKA: Denki's a gay mess, Kirishima is an oblivious, sexy rock, and all of their friends are just done.)

I Was Pledged to You, To You I Pledge Myself - 9.5k, single chapter author: anarchycox fandom: The Witcher pairing: Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier

When he is four, Jaskier escapes out his window to avoid a boring family dinner where his cousin was getting betrothed to someone. He just wanted to hear the frogs. Frogs sound neat.

That daring escape, and the rescue that it required changed his whole fate, because he was the one who ended up betrothed to a witcher - the plan to marry when he was 20. He didn't really care he got to hear the frogs croak, what did he care about this Geralt of Rivia?

As he grows up though, he ends up caring a great deal.

Scenes from Jaskier's life of meeting every witcher but his betrothed, until one day in a shitty tavern, he finally meets Geralt.

In sickness and in health - 4.9k, single chapter author: The_Crafty_Cracker fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku

Izuku get's sick and Katsuki takes care of him...

Or well he would do if all the other extra's in his class stop intervening!

Also why the hell do they think that Glasses or worse, that bastard Todorki would be better at taking care of Deku then him?!

Iron and Flowers - 4.6k, single chapter author: Heronfem fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

Yachi Hitoka spends an interesting week at the Shinzen training camp, and makes an unexpected friend.

Irregular Maintenance - 3.9k, single chapter author: ThatScottishShipper fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

When Connor gets hurt in the field, Hank reveals a secret talent of his... and Connor’s insecurities about being “just a machine” worsen.

It Was A Secret? - 1.7k, single chapter author: marcymoosh fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Kotarou, Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

Akaashi and Bokuto didn't necessarily keep it a secret, they just didn't publicly announce it.

They didn't need to, right?

i'll be your shelter, i'll be your storm - 1.2k, single chapter author: raggirare fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Yamamoto Taketora/Daishou Suguru

Kisses are the best kind of medicine.

I'll Love You From Dusk Till Dawn - 2k, single chapter author: K_booklover98 fandom: Animal Crossing pairing: CJ/Flick

Flick hates having to sleep without C.J. Luckily for him, phones exist.

I'll See You This Weekend Right? - multi-chapter, complete author: JayLightnStrike fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Oikawa Tooru

It’s true that Oikawa has girls lining up to get a chance to even talk to him. And yet, he can’t stop thinking about that little ball of sunshine that follows Tobio-chan around. Hinata, on the other hand, just wants to know what spiking a toss from the Great King is like. The solution? Weekend practices!

.....This is a really bad idea and Oikawa knows it.

i’m secretly on your side - 2.5k, single chapter author: stellarisms fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio

It’s impossible, Kageyama learns at fifteen years old, to figure out someone like Hinata.

I've Been Calling Your Name Into The Universe - 1.7k, single chapter author: KiwiTyTy fandom: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla pairing: Eivor/Hytham

Watching from across the table, Eivor’s breath caught in his chest; Hytham was beautiful. Eivor had known that for a long, in fact, he had first noticed him during their meeting in Norway. As full of distrust as that time had been, Eivor could not deny he had been slightly taken by the other man.

i've got a crush (on you) - 2.1k, single chapter author: allmywill fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: RK900/Gavin Reed, Hank Anderson/Connor

Gavin’s got a nasty crush on Nines, which leads him to do something he’s never dreamt of doing: he seeks Hank and Connor for advice.

Kuroo, Kuro, Tetsurou, or love of my life? - 1.5k, single chapter author: no0emie fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

First time Kenma called his best friend Kuro, and one time he got tired of using that nickname.

Let’s Be Alone Together - 1.3k, single chapter author: BulletproofFurniture fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Hank has a bad day at work.

lions and men - 1.5k, single chapter author: lucio fandom: The Song of Achilles pairing: Achilles/Patroclus

Achilles finds out why Patroclus was so late to join him in Elysium, and he is not best pleased.

Little Crow - multi-chapter, complete author: vsulli fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa, Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Eck, Matthias Helvar/Nina Zenik

A lot of different people show up to the Slat looking for a job or just for solitude. The slat offered a home to grown men in trouble with the law and teenagers who have too many debts to pay. When the dregs open the door one day and see a cradle, offering only a note for explanation will their leader take the baby in or throw her back to let Ketterdam have it’s way with her?

aka a baby shows up at the Slat and everyone is Shook

Love: A Trait of Humanity - 944, single chapter author: Arrestzelle fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

During a snowy evening at home, Hank finds himself content when reading from one of his treasured books, with Connor keeping him company. Maybe Hank is getting a little soft. Maybe.

Love me, Hold Me, Never Let Me Go - 3.8k, single chapter author: K_Booklover98 fandom: Animal Crossing pairing: CJ/Flick

Sometimes Flick just needs some extra cuddles.

lover, be good to me - 3.2k, single chapter author: shadowhokage fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender pairing: Sokka/Zukko

Sokka has an affinity for pet names.

(Spoiler: It’s contagious.)

Lovesick - 6.1k, single chapter author: xmasmurdereve fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Connor is sick, Hank finds it extremely amusing.

lowkey - 2k, single chapter author: arxhabaki fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Miya Atsumu/Sakusa Kiyoomi

Atsumu kisses the jealousy (and the daylights) out of Kiyoomi.

Many Happy Returns - 1.8k, single chapter author: gottageekout fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

In which Connor is a champion at office birthday parties, but never actually decided on a birthday himself.

Midnight Escapade - 2.5k, single chapter author: kagezai fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru

“Careful, Tobio-chan! Wouldn’t want you falling onto that pretty face of yours.”

Oikawa smirked as he hoisted the raven haired boy up onto the roof of his house, gripping his shoulders tightly so he could step over the ledge safely to where the brunette was waiting.

Midnight Melancholy - 1k, single chapter author: Kalira fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

Sometimes the dark memories and crimson-lit what-might-have-beens get to Sasuke, but at least he doesn't have to face them alone. (Or he wouldn't, if only he would stop slipping out of bed in the middle of the night to brood on his own. . .)

Molten Dreams of Amber - 7.7k, single chapter author: Bokeijis_Ig fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Kotarou

Training camp, a very sick Akaashi, a giant storm, no power, everyone is freaking out. . .

What could possibly go wrong?

My Funny Hunny - 2.3k, single chapter author: ThatScottishShipper fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Fill from the DBH Kink Meme from the anonymous prompt:

Hank/Connor, accidental pet name Connor accidentally calls Hank a pet name in the station. He then proceeds to cover himself by playing it off as a software bug, by referring to literally everyone in the precinct as ‘honey’, ‘baby’, ‘sugarplum’ etc.

Nijinsky, V. (1913) The Rite of Spring. [Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris. 29 May 1913.] - 16k, single chapter author: weekends fandom: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue pairing: Henry Montague/Percy Newton

Titled after the ballet that was received with a riot of projectile vegetables and French jeering, only to become the turning point for modernist music history. Don't worry, no one dances themselves to death in this fic — that's just one of Percy's assignments — but there is a great deal of irreverence involving a pen, a violin, and a cupcake on several occasions.

In short, Monty meets Percy at a cafe.

Not just harsh and mean. - 566, single chapter author: m3m3_qu33n fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku

To most people, Katsuki Bakugo could be seen as harsh, mean, and easy to anger. But what most people didn’t know was how sweet and caring the blonde truly was. And only one person knew this kind side of him.

Odd Frog Out - 2.8k, single chapter author: Denois fandom: Check, Please! pairing: Chris Chow/Derek Nurse/William Poindexter, Chris Chow/Caitlin Farmer

Samwell is basically everything Will wanted it to be. There’s one little problem. That would be that his amazing, wonderful, best friends are also… well, they’re really hot. And sweet and kind and charming. And a good dancer (Nursey) and amazingly flexible (Chowder) and they’re both just everything Will could want in a boyfriend. But he’s not about to choose between them. So he says nothing. Then Nursey and Chowder start dating.

of naps and sunsets - 548, single chapter author: guysnatistired fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio

it's rlly just hinata and kageyama being soft and cuddling for 500 words. being dumb gay bitches that are fucking *whipped* for each other.

Oh, Dearest - 1.7k, single chapter author: Greekgeekofmlp fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio

Hinata absentmindedly brushed his hand by his eyes, a small frown etched on his lips, and his fingers went to wrangle through his orange curls. His eyes were glazed over, looking at the floor but not really seeing it. The expression looked so foreign on Hinata, and Tobio wanted nothing more than to wipe it away with just about anything.

"What's wrong, dumbass?"

"Kags," Hinata glanced at him, "Is there something wrong with me?"

Kageyama wasn't expecting that.

Or...

Hinata gets really self conscious about how he looks-- and it's not even about his height this time.

Good Boyfriend Kageyama TM does something about it.

Ol' Faithful - 3.6k, single chapter author: lentilchip fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Here's me projecting all my longing and fascination for dogs onto one Connor, model RK800. It gets a little Too Real© at one point but it's mostly marshmallow fluff.

One Thousand Springs - 3.3k, single chapter author: cresserendipity fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

Chiharu wants his Papa to stop getting sad.

It just so happens that Kenma apparently makes Kuroo very very happy.

One year older - 782, single chapter author: Chibbers fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Connor/Gavin Reed

A relaxing night at home, with minor teasing.

Open up your heart - 1.2k, single chapter author: virosodi fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Connor sings to plants and Hank has a soft heart.

our little vignette - 705, single chapter author: Flowerparrish fandom: Red White & Royal Blue pairing: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor

“You better have a good reason for waking me up at the ass-crack of dawn.”

Parasite - multi-chaptered, complete author: Ghosty842 fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson & Connor

"Lieutenant Anderson?"

Hank jumped in his seat, spinning around to see who managed to sneak up on him. "Who wants to know?"

The young man in front of him had piercing brown eyes that instantly put him on edge for some reason. He looked like a regular alpha but there was something off about him. It took him a moment to realize it- He didn't have a scent.

"Hello Lieutenant Anderson, my name is Connor. I've been told we'll be working together."

---

Omegaverse AU where Connor is scentless

Patinoire - 1.1k, single chapter author: Charmsilver fandom: Red White & Royal Blue pairing: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor

It's winter in Paris an Henry and Alex are visiting on official state business. But that doesn't mean they can't have a romantic night together in the city of love.

Personal Touch - 2.6k, single chapter author: Svynakee fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

The new android equality laws means that Connor now gets paid. And he’s decided to treat himself with his new spending money: a little shopping date with his boyfriend Hank. There’s a whole new world opened up to Connor, freed from the restrictions of being CyberLife’s RK800 prototype. A world which includes android accessories that’ll add a bit of extra pizazz to his looks.

Too bad Hank’s too old school to appreciate it. Connor’s going to have a challenge, finding a look that pleases his grumpy lover.

Pieces - 1.8k, single chapter author: ceffeinefueledfeels fandom: Naruto pairing: Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai

Kakashi comes home from a mission, and just breaks. Of course, there's only one man who can pick up the pieces.

Play The Game - 1.2k, single chapter author: laurentknows fandom: Red White & Royal Blue pairing: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor

The papers get a little too much and Alex and Henry decide to play the game with them.

Please Don't Go, I Love You So - 3.4k, single chapter author: noahfics fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

Kenma’s always known that there would be a time that his third-year boyfriend would be off to university, but that time was always far off. All too suddenly it became real, too abruptly and far too soon.

Pools of Gold - 1.1k, single chapter author: Cats_Obsession fandom: The Witcher pairing: Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier

On a recent visit to Oxenfurt University, Jaskier overhears his students discussing a poem he wrote long ago. Geralt would like to know what it's about; Jaskier shows him.

**Prism - multi-chaptered, complete author: HibiscusTea9 fandom: Animal Crossing pairing: Resident Rep/Walt

Adam’s move to a tropical island helps him come out of his shell. And the closet. And into the arms of half the village and a few visitors. This is a story about a resident rep who finds his island paradise and everything he was missing.

TW: referenced homophobia, depression, self-harm, sibling inc*st (wilbur/orville, 2 chapters that are not plot essential and easily skippable)

Pull Me In (Your Arms Again) - 1.7k, single chapter author: K_booklover98 fandom: Animal Crossing pairing: CJ/Flick

C.J. is in the middle of a stream, but that's when Flick needs him most.

Required Fields - 521, single chapter author: daisydiversions fandom: Letterkenny pairing: Jonesy/Reilly

Jonesy's got to fill out all these forms.

Roommates... Really? - 2.2k, single chapter author: Animillion fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Iawaizumi Hajime/Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru

Kageyama was a weird person in general, so sleeping with his roomates just added on to the list. And yea, he feels left out at times. But they add him in more than he ever expected.

Rose Gardens and Fevered Dreams - 2.8k, single chapter author: Miss_TeaDDK fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

"Izuku gasps as he shoots up out of bed, and immediately groans at the bright light piercing the room.... Real life smacks him in the face immediately. He’s not a teen prince in a beautiful rose garden at a lovely fountain with cool air. That would be too merciful. Instead he’s 25, covered in sweat, and a pro-hero- and he’s sick as all hell."

Overwork has left the super-husbands with fevers, but it's okay! They're pros- they can handle it! Except they can't, because they're disasters. It's up to the best moms in the world to save the day!

Route - 1.8k, single chapter author: neraxx fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

"Close your mouth and pack your things," The raven-haired male commanded, brushing past Sakura as he entered her bedroom. "We're leaving in an hour."

(In which, there are break-ins.)

Salvage - multi-chaptered, ongoing author: MuffinLance fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender pairing: NA

Mid-Season-One Zuko is held ransom by Chief Hakoda. Ozai's replies to the Water Tribe's demands are A+ Parenting. Hakoda is… deeply concerned, for this son that isn't his, and who might be safer among enemies than with his own father.

Seasons - 2.4k, single chapter author: amuk fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

Kakashi had almost made a betting pool for how long their marriage would last—the only thing everyone could agree on was that it would be Naruto’s fault.

Shall We Dance - 1.8k, single chapter author: HMS_Chill fandom: Red White & Royal Blue pairing: Alex Claremont-Diaz/henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor

Alex can dance. But Alex's dancing specialties are essentially limited to the Cupid Shuffle, the Cha-Cha Slide, and the Macarena. Henry has a whole different set of dancing skills, ones developed over centuries and passed down through royal bloodlines and crown-mandated childhood lessons. And, well, who wouldn't want to waltz with a prince?

Shining Bright - 2.9k, single chapter author: doylesmom fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

Shouto and Izuku get married

Show Me Going - 2.5k, single chapter author: ProneToRelapse fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Connor responds to an active shooter situation. Hank worries. Gavin attempts decent interaction.

show me the real you (I won't look away) - 1.6k, single chapter author: Imiaslavie fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

The word 'plastic' has always had a funny taste in his mouth. 'Plastic' is cheap cellphones and ugly Barbie dolls and that grey dirty thing in the bathroom that holds the soap.

Connor is none of these things.

When Hank looks at him, he thinks of porcelain.

Silly Arguments and kisses - 1.3k, single chapter author: akuarose fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Tsukishima Kei

Basically secret relationship with petty payback and silly arguments with kisses

Skin Care - 778, single chapter author: lisaluu fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku

Bakugo has always had crystal clear skin. The girls want to know why.

Sleep Cycle - 551, single chapter author: Sassy_Dinosaur fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Androids don’t need to sleep per se. However, they can imitate human sleep cycles to better fit into a household. Like Connor.

Sleepless - 1.3k, single chapter author: viola_rae10 fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa, Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Eck

Despite the late, or early, rather, hour in the day, Kaz was awake. To calm his never-resting mind, he decides to wander around the Slat and check up on his associates.

sleepy chats - 620, single chapter author: loudwalls fandom: Merlin pairing: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon

“i’m going to marry you one day.”

so hold me, lover - 472, single chapter author: xylene fandom: The Witcher pairing: Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier

just 400 words of jaskier loving geralt ft. affectionate geralt

Softly, Now, I Have You - 1.2k, single chapter author: ProneToRelapse fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Hank helps Connor indulge in something simple that, to him, means so much more than that.

Soothing - 2.2k, single chapter author: yeaka fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Connor knows Hank has trouble sleeping.

Speaking my Language - 2.3k, single chapter author: HMS_Chill fandom: Red White & Royal Blue pairing: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry-Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor

Prompt: "Alex always saying sweet things to Henry in Spanish but won't tell him what any of it means, and he's always google translating them and awe-ing at how cute Alex is and then like maybe he learns how to say something adorable to and says it to Alex and Alex just like melts or something"

Spring Secrets - 3.8k, single chapter author: DeathBelle fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Miya Atsumu/Suna Rintarou

They stared down at the city lights below, dotted along the sidewalks and blurring by with passing cars. There was another hotel right across the street, and although most of the windows were dark, a scattered few glowed. Osamu wondered if the people inside were sitting awake too.

“Osamu.”

He turned his head and Suna was there, waiting. His mouth found Osamu’s and his lips were a little cold. Suna kissed him, and Osamu forgot about the tournament, about winning, about everything. It didn’t seem as important here on the roof, holding Suna’s hand and sharing a wind-chilled kiss.

Suna pulled away, and Osamu said, “We should tell ‘em.”

Suna sighed and slouched a little further over the rail. “How about… after the tournament. After we win, we’ll tell them. Everyone will be so happy that they won’t care what we’re doing.”

“Okay,” said Osamu. “When they give us the trophy, I’m just gonna kiss ya right there in front of everybody. That’ll be us tellin’ ‘em.”

“I don’t believe you,” said Suna. There was a spark in his eyes, a little amused, a little daring. “Prove me wrong.”

stop the world - 433, single chapter author: NA fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Eck

When Wylan smiled, Jesper felt like anything was possible.

Strawberries - 2.3k, single chapter author: Mushy fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Iwaizumi Hajime/Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru

What brought him here? To this rusty and run down park at - His phone screen illuminated his face as he checked the time - 2am? To be honest he didn't know, no one did. Hell, I don’t even know. Maybe it was something new, or perhaps something old. Maybe it was the fact that he had lived alone for the majority of his life with no solid parental figure. Maybe it was because the corner shop ran out of his favourite milk and that had pushed everything to the edge.

TW: depression, implied starvation, panic attacks

stray code - 4.k, single chapter author: sushicorps fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

In Connor’s mind, it is simple: Hank has Sumo. Connor? Connor has Bob.

“Connor, what the hell is th-...is that a roomba ?”

Summer Time - 4k, single chapter author: sailboatsupernova fandom: Animal Crossing pairing: Brewster/Blathers

"The way that he said it; 'I really am fine' made Brewster wonder just who he was trying to convince in the situation- the coffee brewer or himself."

When the museum workers plan on taking a trip to the beach some problems arise that need to be taken care of.

TW: body image issues

Summer, summer - 4.1k, single chapter author: Xachyn fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio

Five minutes later, they shared a bag of candy between them as they walked. The bag was nestled in the basket of Hinata’s bicycle, and the sweets were every bit as lovely as they imagined it to be. Kageyama wondered if Hinata walked past the sweet shop with such pining in his eyes everyday, and was distracted by the way Hinata sucked on his fingers to get the sugar dust out.

Sunshine - 3.8k, single chapter author: a_perverted_squid fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: RK900/Gavin Reed, Hank Anderson/Connor

Cole had been sick for a while. It was the flu season and, unfortunately, he was one of the unlucky ones. He got better as time passed, but still wasn’t allowed outside. Connor asked Niles if would be so kind to look after him while he and Hank went out to deal with some personal business. Niles instantly agreed; he loved children. He loved Cole, no, he adored Cole.

take on me (take me on) - 1.6k, single chapter author: owilde fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

“It didn’t put on a show this morning?” Hank asked, nodding his head towards the coffee machine.“No.” Connor grinned. “I think it likes me.”“Likes you,” Hank echoed. “Okay. Whatever you say.”

that we may fall in love (every time we open up our eyes) - 3.6k, single chapter author: ningcore fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku

“Uuuhg” Katsuki groans. Mina decides to step a little closer, to see what they are doing “but Deku…” he sounds like he’s pouting but that’s impossible, Bakubro only has two default facial expressions, frowning and grinning like a maniac.

Some of Katsuki's nicknames for Izuku. And also how other people see them

that's the way it should be - 2.6k, single chapter author: hanwritesstuff fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

“Oh, sweetheart.” Inko lets go for a second, only to hug Shouto tight. “You were a member of this family the second you walked through that door.”

The Art of Subtlety - 3.6k, single chapter author: aresmisia_HQ fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio

It's not too bad, and Shouyou admits, there's a different kind of thrill being involved in a secret relationship. It's in the little, knowing smiles they give each other; Kageyama's lingering touches when he ruffles Shouyou's hair, fingers lightly tracing his ear when he retracts his hand; the constant roughhousing and bickering done mostly as an excuse to touch without raising suspicion; sleeping against each on bus rides, their hands linked and hidden out of sight under their jackets and bags. Once or twice, they get away with stealing small kisses when they're absolutely sure everyone is asleep.

Maybe they're not doing so well with the no touching or kissing rule but holding back has never been in their forte in the first place.

Keeping his romantic relationship with his supposed rival a secret has been a great struggle for Hinata, but Kageyama is there to help him through it. Or make it even more difficult.

The Bed (Where We Rest) - 3.1k, single chapter author: Brookelocks fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

The center of their bed is definitely the softest spot, it has the most give and seems to mold itself to your body. But that isn't what makes it his favorite spot, no, the best thing about being placed between Sakura and Naruto is the physical contact. The way that Naruto's chest is plastered to his back, the blondes nose pressed gently into Sasuke's neck, strong arms wound around his waist. The way that Sakura traces soft patterns across Sasuke's chest as she falls asleep, how her legs tangle with his beneath the covers, when she nuzzles into his shoulder while muttering softly, how her hair tickles his nose and he can faintly smell the floral shampoo that is just so Sakura. How he can feel Naruto's heart beating against his back, how he becomes aware of every breath Sakura takes as she exhales into his skin.

Just a bunch of little snippets about bed sharing.

The birds, the flowers and the trees - 1.7k, single chapter author: virosodi fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Hank and Connor go hiking and fall in love even more.

The Blessing of Anteros - 4k, single chapter author: softestpunk fandom: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey pairing: Alexios/Alkibiades

After the events surrounding the Olympics, Alexios and Alkibiades rest, recover, and reflect on what they mean to each other in the light of everything that happened.

The Lake House Revisited - Desert Night Mix - 9.9k, single chapter author: Losemyhead fandom: Red White & Royal Blue pairing: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor

Last time Alex and Henry came to the lake house, things went spectacularly bad for Alex. A year later, Alex and Henry spend five romantic days at the lake house and Alex has to sort through some unresolved issues. Also, June is bored and does something stupid.

the love that's settled in my soul - 1.1k, single chapter author: kuroozume fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

Is there anything better than waking up next to the light of your life with the knowledge that you're happy, secure, and loved?

A day in the life of Kenma Kozume.

the mortality of patroclus - 397, single chapter author: necklace fandom: The Song of Achilles pairing: Achilles/Patroclus

(the stars laugh at him. pat is so drunk.)

The One With one kiss too many - 461, single chapter author: anotherbird fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Six months. They made if through six months without their co-workers knowing.

What a great time to make a stupid decision.

the pretty one - 4.7k, single chapter author: theformerone fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

Kakashi is maybe ten seconds too late to redirect the assassination techniques.

Sakura leaps in between them because those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum.

The Sun and The Moon - 2k, single chapter author: akuarose fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Tsukishima Kei

A small look into Hinata's and Tsukishima's life.

The Words "I Love You" - 4.8k, single chapter author: sushihara_shuichi fandom: Boku no Hero Academia pairing: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku

A 5 + 1 Things documenting the five times Izuku told Katsuki “I love you” and the one time Katsuki said it back.

The Workings of Many - multi-chaptered, complete author: ShadowTrooper414 fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor/RK900/Gavin Reed

Nines's curiosity about Gavin's aggression towards Connor and Hank lead to him asking some questions. He comes up with a plan to get them to get along. It goes better than expected.

A series of connected HankVin1700 oneshots.

The Wraith is Here - 1.3k, single chapter author: stressedoutteenager fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa

Kaz and Inej meet for the first time after Inej has left on The Wraith.

There, I said it - 510, single chapter author: honorablementioned fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

“Do you want to go down to the court house later?”

Connor blinks, LED spinning yellow. “Is there something we need to do for work?”

“I just want to get married to you,” Hank says, casual and aloof.

Hank realizes something this morning. He wants to get married to Connor.

they're kinda clammy - 531, single chapter author: cruciifyme fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kageyama Tobio/Tsukishima Kei

For the prompt in my askbox on tumblr: "tsukikage - when they first hold hands"

This Wasn't the Plan - 5.3k, single chapter author: HomeForImaginaryFriends fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi

Kuroo is sick of the lies. All he wants to do is wear his wedding ring and go out on a date with his husband but nothing is ever that simple

Three Times the Charm - 3.4k, single chapter author: todxrxki fandom: Haikyuu!! pairing: Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Kotarou/Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

Kodzuken #1 Fan @Kodzuken1Fan 3h hi all, has anyone noticed that kodzuken seems happier than usual in his recent videos?? it can’t just be me… do you think he’s had a change in his life recently?

Hina @kenmafan321 3h @Kodzuken1Fan Honestly I agree with you!! I think that Kodzuken might have a girlfriend though… or a boyfriend!! <3 / In which Kenma's viewers try to figure out whether he's dating Kuroo, Bokuto, or Akaashi... but are completely approaching the problem the wrong way.

To Have a Father That Doesn't Try to Kill You (Purposely) - 5.1k, single chapter author: QueenOfTheDorks fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Kaz Brekker & Wylan Van Eck, Jesper Fahey, Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa

Before Wylan even realized it, he had begun to replace "Kaz" with "Dad".

(Or, five times Wylan thought of Kaz as a dad and the one time he actually called Kaz "Dad".)

Trial and Error - 4.4k, single chapter author: Majinie fandom: Hamilton pairing: Alexander Hamilton/John Laurens/Lafayette/Hercules Mulligan

“No, you don't get a say in this,” John snapped sharply, eyes flashing, “you don't get to play counsellor, you don't even wanna be in this relationship.”

Herc stared at him as though he'd been struck. “I'm sorry?”

The scowl etched into John's face deepened. “Oh please, don't give me that, you couldn't make it more obvious you're only here for Laf if you fucking tattooed it on your forehead.”

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In which Alex attempts to ease Hercules into the world of polyamory, John is insecure and Herc is a little lost.

two lovers at dawn - 797, single chapter author: awkwardspaceturtle fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Just a normal morning in the Anderson household.

Underneath the Mistletoe Last Night - 2.7k, single chapter author: scp116 fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

Hank sneered, crossing his arms. “Why did I agree to be Santa again?” “Because you're perfect for it, you love Cole, and you love me.”

unique like that - 1.1k, single chapter author: hiinawarii fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Hank Anderson/Connor

“You’re rubbing on me like a cat,” Hank grumbles.

“Actually, Hank,” Connor starts, earning himself a groan as he chuckles against Hank’s neck, “cats rub on objects, animals, and humans as a way to spread their scents, as their scent glands are stored in the pockets of their cheeks.”

-or, hank and connor cuddle, discuss animal behavior, and get visited by an animal of their own.

Unofficially Official - 923, single chapter author: teacup_tyrant fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa

In which Kaz serves Inej some papers. All in the legal sense, of course.

Very Good Advice - 2.3k, single chapter author: AriMarris fandom: Star Wars pairing: Luke Skywalker/Han Solo

“Have you tried floating a pear? It worked on your mother.”

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In which a young Luke Skywalker looks to his redeemed father for advice on how to woo one Han Solo.

Vigil - 2k, single chapter author: Artemicion fandom: Naruto pairing: Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai

Their roles are usually reversed. Frankly, Kakashi would rather it stay that way.

waiting for a sign - 2.7k, single chapter author: ShowMeAHero fandom: Star Wars pairing: Luke Skywalker/Han Solo

“Have you seen Mom anywhere?” Luke asks, leaning in his father’s office doorway.

“No, why?” Anakin replies, head bowed over his work. Luke sighs, blowing up harshly to displace the hair falling across his forehead.

“I need advice and Leia’s in an exam,” Luke says. He pushes off the doorway and says, “Never mind, I’ll just—”

“I can help you,” Anakin tells him.

want anybody else but you - 1.2k, single chapter author: rathalos fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

Naruto is fifteen years old, and he is a new chūnin, and his teammates stand beside him on top of the head of the Yondaime Hokage, and they watch color bleed into and out of the sky and it's breaths taken in the middle of the night, it's the rise and fall of Sakura's chest as she draws in love and exhales peace, it's the slow, lazy blink of Sasuke's eyes when he's too sleepy to respond to anyone properly.

Warmth - 868, single chapter author: sentimentalscribe fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Eck

A late-night reading session involving two very sleepy boys in love.

we are all just stars (that have people names) - 1.7k, single chapter author: willssoulace fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa

Kaz and Inej find a moment of peace and they decide to let down their defenses under a night full of stars.

We Will Be Ok - 1.1k, single chapter author: DragonTears717 fandom: Given pairing: Satou Mafuyu/Uenoyama Ritsuka

Uenoyama hates feeling secondary to someone. He had devoted so much time to the guitar and music so he wouldn’t have to feel secondary to anyone. Uenoyama also hates feeling worthless or useless.

Despite no longer being alive Yuki constantly makes him feel like that.

When Is a Man Deserving (of love)? - 6.1k, single chapter author: widdlewed fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

Sasuke doesn't believe he deserves love. Sakura and Naruto have something to say about that.

Wherever You Are - 1.8k, single chapter author: berryblonde fandom: Detroit: Become Human pairing: Connor/Gavin Reed

It was a cruel trick of fate for Connor to be so suddenly, unfairly, mercilessly ripped from him like this.

Wingless Flight - 4.3k, single chapter author: Brekkfast fandom: Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom pairing: Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa

Kaz goes to see Inej again, and offers to take her to the Suli carnival. They go see the Jackal, eat dumplings, and see the Suli acrobats!! Pure fluff!! And Kaz is a soft idiot and Inej keeps shaking her head at him.

worlds apart - 3.5k, single chapter author: reddnooks fandom: Pokemon pairing: Green/Red

Green visits Red on Mount Silver after eight years of not seeing him.

you got to be kitten me - 3.4k, single chapter author: probably fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

sasuke is bad at listening and good at playing with his food. naruto and sakura think its cute and endearing but also kind of gross.

you make me feel brand new (orbit) - 1.6k, single chapter author: rathalos fandom: Naruto pairing: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto

His next words go unspoken, but he knows that he doesn’t need to say them out loud for Naruto and Sakura to understand: “Here with you."

In which Sasuke returns to the village after two years of a much-needed break, and Naruto and Sakura are still the people he left behind. Stronger, maybe—surer, maybe—but still the same.

You're doing fine - 1.5k, single chapter author: Pastapooper fandom: Animal Crossing pairing: Apollo/Reader

Not being able to sleep because you're being kept up by anxiety and worries isn't fun. Apollo helps you feel better by showing you around town at 3 am.

#dbh #detroit become human #hannor #naruto #haikyuu!!#hq!!#the witcher #geraskier #six of crows #crooked kingdom #star wars #bnha #IT'S DONE #IT'S FINALLY DONE #ig tumblr has a problem with long posts now bc this was a bitch to format correctly #mine #fic rec

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breakingsomething · 4 years

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the fall part nine - the truth about magic

basic summary: henrik meets some old friends, a LOT of worldbuilding happens, and the world falls apart

trigger warnings: vomit, kidnapping, violence

tagslist: @synonymsforzombie @spicydanhowell @skyewardlight @dreaming-of-stories-and-stars @cest-mellow

henrik was hurting. his phone was dead. and he had not realized how far away the golf club was.

fuck, maybe he was going to need help.

he wasn't far from one of his coworker's houses, and they were on... decent terms, so henrik figured he'd be able to rest a bit there and maybe ask him for a lift. just the thought spurred him on, giving him the energy to walk just the little bit further to the expensive houses two streets away.

this was one of the much nicer areas of brighton. of course, henrik and his coworker worked as surgeons. that was a high paying job. but henrik lived in a small flat with his brothers (because it was in a safe area to practice magic in, and because staying together had always helped keep anti at bay), and he couldn't help but feel slightly insecure as he limped up to the white doorway surrounded by green shrubs in a well kept garden and rung the bell. christ, even the doorbell sounded posh. henrik winced in pain as he shifted from foot to foot, trying to find a comfortable position to stand in while he waited.

after maybe ten seconds, he heard sounds from the other side. shuffling, footsteps, a loud barking. when the door opened, henrik was immediately greeted by two tiny dogs leaping up his legs, and he cried out, grabbing at the door so his legs wouldn't give out.

"down, bacon, down, hash!" a sharp voice yelled, and henrik's head snapped up from the yipping puppies to the man in the doorway. brown hair shaved at the sides, skin orange from fake tan, wearing plaid pajamas like a cartoon character. nevertheless, he grinned when he saw henrik, bright white teeth practically glowing in his mouth. "schneeplestein!" he boomed, throwing out his arms for a hug that henrik wasn't sure he wanted but felt obliged to accept. "haven't seen you at work in yonks! where've you been, friend? come inside!" he clapped henrik's back, to which he began coughing wildly. the other man didn't appear to notice. "i have another friend inside you may want to see - she also visited unexpectedly, haha! is this a surprise party or something?"

henrik couldn't answer. his head was suddenly spinning, and without warning, he grabbed at the man's shoulder as he collapsed to the floor.

"oh - oh, jeez! schneep, are you alright?" the man asked, yanking him back to his feet. "son of a monkey - what did you do to your leg and your back?"

"parker - don't - i -" henrik ran out of words and simply let parker drag him inside, hardly able to stand up himself. the man rambled on and on as henrik stared, awe struck, at all the intricate decorations and paintings on the walls. "nice place," he managed to say. "it's… changed a bit, since since i was last here."

"it sure has!" parker laughed loudly, guiding him towards what henrik remembered to be the kitchen, if it hadn't been renovated into a ballroom. "me and molly got pay rises, her especially - don't know what i'd do without that woman, by the way - and we redecorated! i like it much better. what do you think, schneep?"

"yeah," henrik agreed weakly. "lovely. also, i've mentioned that i'm not fond of the nickname -"

"and these are our dogs, bacon and hashbrown!" parker interrupted, gesturing towards the fluffy white dogs that were padding behind their owner, tongues hanging out. "very clever names, molly chose them. do you have a cat?"

"my brother has one -"

"ah, so that explains why they're so enthusiastic. they love cat smells. ellie, schneep's here!"

henrik paled as they entered the kitchen and he saw who it was that was sitting at the table.

a woman. long brown hair, a pale, heart shaped face, dark painted lips forming the shape of an "o". henrik didn't blame her; he was doing the same thing. "el - why are you here?"

"i could ask you the same thing," she snapped, scraping her chair back and standing. "nathan, what is henrik doing here?"

parker held up both hands beside his head - not that henrik was looking at him. his eyes were pinned on the furious looking woman at the table, her yellow-brown eyes stormy. she hadn't changed a bit in the six months it had been since he'd last seen her. he wasn't sure what he'd been expecting.

"i didn't invite anyone!" parker cried. "i'm still in my damn nightclothes!"

ellie and henrik simply stared at each other for a long moment, until henrik cried out in sudden pain and grasped one of the kitchen chairs. parker helped him sit, propping his leg up on another chair in front of him.

"what happened?" ellie asked, concern darkening her face despite everything. she shuffled over as parker rolled up his trouser leg, hissing through his teeth in sympathy.

"jeez louise, schneep, these are some bad burns," parker commented. "what the heck did you do? did someone hurt you? should we call a hospital?"

henrik shook his head rapidly. "no, no, no," he babbled desperately. this had so been a bad idea. "i - i need a lift, if that's ok. to the golf club a little ways away. i would have walked, but -"

"oh no, you can't walk like this!" parker exclaimed. "especially not - you could get an infection - what burned you, tell me th-"

he suddenly cut off, eyes glazing over unnaturally. he stood up straight almost robotically before turning and leaving the room. henrik watched him go, confused, before turning to ellie.

"what was that?" he laughed awkwardly, before his face fell. her expression, too, was completely blank for a moment before returning to its previous rage.

"why did you never call?" she asked angrily, as though having forgotten everything they'd just been saying. henrik blinked, wondering how to reply.

"i - well, i…" he trailed off, looking away. "i don't know."

he could feel ellie's eyes on him. the guilt burned underneath his skin.

"six months, henrik," she said softly. "are you that much of a coward? do you always date women then leave them on read for months?"

henrik wanted to argue that he couldn't have left her on read because he'd only ever read her messages from the notification bar, never clicking them, but decided that was maybe a bad thing to bring up at this moment in time. "i didn't mean to," he mumbled. "i got overwhelmed. i'm so sorry, ellie. you deserve better than that."

she paused, staring down. "you're a douchebag," she told her clasped hands.

"i know," henrik agreed miserably. he tapped his fingers on his thighs. "i, uh, hope you have been doing ok. i should have checked up on you. i… haven't exact been very social with anyone recently. things have been happening, which i know is not an excuse for what i did, but… yeah."

she nodded. "i've been doing ok, i guess. nathan's been good to me. he was the only one who kept in touch after i left work."

henrik bobbed his head, guilt eating him up. they sat in awkward silence for a couple minutes until parker came back into the room. "found my keys!" he announced cheerfully, waving them in the air. he had also changed clothes to a pale blue button up and black dress trousers. he looked like he was going to a job interview. "now let's take you…" his blue eyes clouded over again. "where was i taking you?"

"um… hecate golf club." henrik glanced back and forth between parker and ellie, confused. "are you two ok?"

ellie got to her feet suddenly, not looking directly at henrik. "i'll leave too," she said loudly. "i should probably be getting home too. i'll drive myself. thank you, nathan, for your hospitality."

"anytime," he said with a smile. "see you, els. come on, schneeplestein, i gotta get you there before molly gets home. i'm not supposed to leave the dogs home alone for too long."

had they completely forgot about the injuries on his leg and back? henrik stood on shaky legs and limped to the door and outside, where two cars were in the driveway. parker walked over to his car (a mercades benz) and threw open the door casually. "hurry up! i'll get her started, let's just…"

"henrik?" ellie asked quickly, lowering her voice so parker couldn't hear. she turned to face him fully, eyes large. "your whole not talking to me thing… was that because of… the reason i left work? i know people were gossiping, and -"

"mein gott, no!" henrik exclaimed. he shook his head rapidly, rushing to explain. "ellie, i understand - if the whole gossip bullshit is true, then i completely understand. mental health is - it's much more important than work, ok? i get that."

ellie hummed softly, seemingly unconvinced. henrik softened. "perle," he murmured. "did you - did you ever wonder why i took so many breaks from work myself?"

she blinked, but before she could say a word, parker called him over again. "come on, we don't have all day!" he cried, and henrik finally ducked into the car, watching ellie step back.

"i'll call you this time," henrik promised. "i swear."

she said nothing, but the corner of her mouth twitched. henrik sat back in his seat, breathing deeply.

"hecate golf club, here we come," parker told him. henrik craned round to see ellie out the window. she was standing in the driveway still, but she was smiling softly.

the drive to hecate was rather awkward, especially given that lucas was their driver.

"are you like, the official chauffeur of hecate?" marvin asked sarcastically from the back seat. chase had called shotgun, and was awkwardly tapping his seat with his nails as lucas drove.

"kinda, actually!" lucas said cheerfully. "my main magic specialty is shields and protection, after all. i make a good chauffer."

"really?" chase said, looking up at lucas with wide eyes. "marvin can do protection spells and stuff, is that what you do?"

"kinda," lucas said again. "marvin here is a very skilled magician - one of the best i've seen. he can probably do the spells better than me, not gonna lie." he laughed, and marvin sunk lower in his seat, glaring out the window and listening to the other two chatter on and on.

he wasn't sure how chase was so calm, given what they'd just heard. everything was falling apart and jackie was partially responsible - marvin refused to believe it. a few people acting odd and a strange magic smell wasn't exactly the end of the world. not only that, but the possibility that henrik could be in danger made marvin feel sick, and anti had fucking drained his phone before he could finish the call. god, he hoped he was ok. "are we nearly there?" marvin interrupted. "i can barely see out the bloody windows, and i'm tired of having anti on my shoulder."

marvin shoved anti off to accentuate his point. anti, half conscious, groaned and weakly batted at marvin's legs before slumping against the car door.

"nearly there, yeah," lucas told him. "miss kamata asked me personally to take you there. it must be big stuff. is it about your brother?"

marvin hesitated. "yeah," he mumbled. "i guess."

when they drove up to the parking lot, chase peered through the window curiously. "so many cars," he noticed. "and people. i thought this wasn't a real golf club?"

"it's not," lucas said, parking the car in an empty space. "a bunch of this is all illusions, to keep up the pretense of this being an active organization. well, it is an active organization, but not… a normal, active golf club. that's it. yeah."

"while do you act as a golf club?" chase asked. "like, out of everything you could choose…"

"because it's easier to hide," lucas said. the car stopped fully, the locks on the doors clicking open. "no one important notices an expensive golfing place. that's why they chose this area to base it in too, i think. not only is this one of the more magical areas of the city, but it's subtle. blends in with all the other rich people shit."

"so some parts of the city are more magical than others?" chase asked. he and lucas stepped out of the car, leaving marvin and anti in the backseat. marvin frowned - chase knew all this stuff, why was he asking?

"yep!" lucas said, flashing chase a grin. "especially in brighton. brighton is one of the more magical places of the world. mostly cause there was a resurgence of magic here in the last few years. no one knows why, but it's good for us. our branch of hecate is pretty powerful, considering."

marvin rolled his eyes. "hey, can someone help with anti, please?" he called. the two men startled, like they'd forgotten he was there.

"oh - oh, shit, sorry!" chase spluttered, turning bright red. he and lucas helped marvin to get anti out the car, and together they dragged him inside.

two magicians were waiting for them at the door. "mcloughlin?" one woman asked, and marvin nodded. anti moaned softly, stirring and attempting to straighten himself.

"miss kamata asked us to take the sick one to our medbay," said a man with purple hair. "she'll speak with him later. you're to come upstairs to her office so she can fill you in on the current situation."

"my brother's coming here," marvin said. "his name is henrik von schneeplestein. looks just like us but - shorter hair than all of us, uh, with a streak of grey. glasses. he's hurt, i think. will you keep a lookout for him?"

the magicians exchanged glances. "we'll see what we can do," the woman told him. she gestured for him to follow. "come on, we'll take you to her."

some other magicians took anti from marvin's arms to help him along to the medbay while they walked through the halls. marvin had seen it all before, but chase was in awe, craning his head back to look. "woah!" he cried, spinning on the spot. "this place is epic!"

"it's under an illusion," the male magician told him. "to all those without magic blood, it's just a normal place. it's a risk to mask it that way, as those with evil intent could theoretically discover us through that, but we have other ways of hiding such things. besides, we help those with magic. do you have magic, young man?"

chase shook his head sadly. "i wish," he said longingly. "i've always wanted to do magic."

"but you can see through our illusions," the woman said, perplexed. "you have magic blood."

"just from my brothers," chase said casually. "marvin does a lot of miscellaneous spells, stuff he discovers, and jackie has photokinesis. henrik can heal minor injuries as well, i'm pretty sure."

"a healer?" the magicians look at each other again. "we don't have many of those. i think your brother could be a useful asset to hecate."

"wait, wait, wait," marvin interrupted. he moved between the magicians and his younger brother, holding his hands up. "you're not here to fucking recruit my brothers, especially not the ones who aren't here." he shot chase a look, and chase shrank under his gaze. "we probably shouldn't talk about that stuff right now anyway."

they continued up the stairs in silence.

"sorry, marvin," chase mumbled to him. "didn't mean to say too much. i'm not used to all this."

marvin just sighed. "don't mention jamie," was all he said in response.

they were taken to kazuki's door and the man went to knock, but the door swung open almost as soon as his knuckles graced the wood. "thank you alana, zack," came kazuki's voice from inside, and the doors quickly shut behind them.

"kazuki," marvin said cooly, standing straight. "explain what's going on, please. what's happening to the people?"

"hello to you too, marvin," kazuki said. she was standing in front of her desk, wearing a red suit with her hair loose around her shoulders. she nodded at the other two men with him. "chase brody. lucas. good to see you two. lucas, thank you for driving them here."

"my pleasure, miss kamata," lucas said with a smile and an awkward hand twirl. "shall i go?"

kazuki considered. "do you wish for him to stay?" she asked. the question was directed at marvin, but chase answered.

"yes, please," he said, giving lucas a smile. lucas smiled back, surprised, and chase turned back to kazuki confidently. "i like this guy."

kazuki's lips upturned, and suddenly the four of them were sitting in an odd circle next to her desk. there were no seats under them, just what felt like solid air. "cool," chase breathed, and he giggled. kazuki tittered softly at his amazed reaction before turning serious again.

"so let's talk about your brother," she started. "we know he stole your magic - the black magic spells you discovered."

"i never performed them," marvin said quickly. "i just found them and never would have -"

"yes, we've been through this," kazuki sighed. she shifted in her invisible air chair, possibly using magic to make it more comfortable. "but here's the thing. we... know of the organization he sold it to."

marvin turned to look at chase and lucas, who both looked surprised. "we do?" lucas said uncertainly.

"let me rephrase that. the higher ups of hecate know," kazuki said. she leaned back onto the desk behind her, blue eyes scrutinizing their reactions. "the leaders of each branch around the world."

"this is a worldwide problem?" marvin said. rage suddenly rose in his chest like boiling water. "why did i never know? i was practically top of hecate when i was with you!"

kazuki raised an eyebrow. "were you?" she said flatly. "even your ex boyfriend was higher ranking than you."

chase piped up while marvin spluttered indignantly. "there are rankings in hecate?"

"in a way," hecate told him. "but that's a conversation for another day. this other organization…" she sighed. "they were once part of hecate."

no one said anything. marvin blinked rapidly, mouth hanging open, but couldn't summon any words. kazuki continued. "hecate was originally a rebel organization founded by british magicians in 1735, when the witchcraft act was passed by parliament. you don't need all the history, though. magic was highly disliked by many back then, is all you need. we named ourselves "restitutio", latin for "restoration." our cause spread. we took in magicians and everyone who did magic and trained them. we hid. but some of us did not want to hide. some of us… turned to darker ways of life."

there was a dramatic pause. chase cleared his throat and opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. lucas sniffed loudly. marvin tapped his foot against the floor.

kazuki twirled her hand absentmindedly. a few trinkets floated off her desk and round her hand. "some of them wanted to fight. didn't want to keep our magic hidden. they… did many horrible things. people died. many of them. this was near the end of the 1700s, and many of the original values of restitutio had been lost." she took a breath, glancing up at her hands. "eventually, we, the hecate side of restitutio, took as much dark magic as we could and the others left. it was more recently that things began to change."

"what was the change?" lucas asked.

"there were a few," kazuki said. "all happening within a few years. first off, we discovered that the darker half of us had been hiding for years, cultivating dark magic by infiltrating our ranks. then, around the same time, magic itself changed. it seemed it learned to hide itself, through a barrier we called the veil."

"i didn't know all this," marvin muttered. then he raised his voice. "is this another thing only higher ups know?"

"you should know about the veil," kazuki said. "it hides our magic from nonmag eyes. it was discovered a few years before the dark organization."

"and.. when were these discovered?" chase said, voice low. he had a strange look on his face, and didn't turn to look at marvin.

"well, the veil was discovered on, i believe, october 10th of 2014," kazuki said, seemingly not noticing how marvin and chase jolted. "and we found the first traces of the black magic on october 31st of 2016. we thought it was a halloween prank of sorts, at first - are you two ok?"

chase shook his head rapidly, bouncing on his air seat and waving his hands, slapping his thighs lightly. "we're fine," he said firmly. "fuck, we're fine - what does jackie have to do with this? where does he tie in?"

kazuki frowned, though didn't comment. "his magic… is unnatural. you say he's a user of photokinesis?" the brothers nodded, and kazuki took a breath. "that's not good. photokinesis is a branch of light magic. whatever magic the organization gave him - i'm sorry for always calling it that, it doesn't have a name that we know of - we don't know what that magic is. it's dark, and it's corrupting him."

"it comes from a necklace," chase said. "does that mean anything?"

kazuki swore under her breath. "it could be… we'll talk about that later. here's the important point."

she leaned forward, eyes cold. "the magic in him is fighting for power. and he clearly has never been trained in controlling either branch of magic. and ever since the explosion in that motel in new romney, the veil has been… breaking."

the silence was deafening. marvin felt like it was crushing him, his breaths coming quicker with the effort of staying upright. "could be a coincidence," he said, but his voice was very small. "it can't be… breaking, what do you mean -"

"the two worlds are trying to collide and for some reason they're physically unable to now," kazuki said. "he's tearing a hole in the veil, in the barrier between magic and… normality, i suppose."

marvin was about to finally say something - he wasn't sure what, just something - when a man burst into the room. zack, the purple haired magician from earlier, was gasping and panting for breath, trying to force out words.

"zack," kazuki said, narrowing her eyes and standing. the air chairs under marvin and the others lifted them up onto their feet and promptly dissolved underneath them. "this better be important."

"it - it is, miss kamata," he wheezed. "we've been breached. one of our own has been taken."

it all happened so fast.

parker dropped henrik off at the gates of hecate, not even heading into the car park. "see you soon, schneeplestein! come visit, i'm sure molly would love to see you," he said with a dazed grin, eyes unfocused. henrik stepped out of the car and closed the door, smiling nervously at the doctor's strange expression.

"are you alright, parker?" he asked with a small laugh. "you are acting very strange."

"what? just - just fine!" parker exclaimed. he didn't look at henrik. "go do your… golf. i'll be seeing you."

henrik swallowed, straightening as much as he could with his injured leg. "yes," he mumbled. "i'm sure you will."

parker's grin was far too wide. he turned the car, preparing to drive off down the road, when the car glitched and disappeared.

henrik stood in absolute shook for a moment.

the car glitched. and disappeared. it had glitched in a burst of static and vanished completely, leaving nothing behind. not parker. not anything.

ok, so henrik was hallucinating. the magic aaron had hit him with was making him hallucinate. he blinked and turned away, suddenly aware of his head pounding, feeling slightly sick. there was a strange smell in the air. something wrong. he sniffed, realizing it was a very specific scent. like… smoke. like smoke through an open window.

"henrik?"

he jumped, eyes focusing on the man in front of him. as soon as they did, he soured. "raymond," he said with slight disdain. "fancy seeing you here."

raymond snorted. "i work here, friend," he said, sarcasm in the last word. "what are -" his brown eyes widened as he took in henrik's wounds. "oh, bloody hell!"

henrik grabbed the man's arms for support. "don't feel well," he managed. "ich glaube, ich könnte krank sein…"

he stumbled back and promptly threw up on the concrete. raymond's noises of disgust reached his ears through his retching, and as he wiped his mouth he just managed to decipher "fuck, dude, you got vom on my fuckin' suit!"

"sorry," henrik said weakly. his vision was beginning to blur, blackness creeping into the corners of his eyes. "g'hit… car, it glitch…"

"i am not looking after my ex's sick brother," raymond said disgustedly. he reached up and tapped a device behind his ear. "hey, some guy down here is sick. probably a bad hex or something. i dunno, man, it doesn't look good. physical too. leg, back. should i send him to the medbay?"

the more the man spoke, the dizzier henrik felt. someone else was talking to him. he thought he couldn't hear what they were saying.

" - here, come inside," raymond was saying. "we'll check you over. alana, open the spell for a sec so i can get him in."

henrik passed out then. but later, people filled him in on what had happened.

the spells on the gates to the car park has briefly been lowered to let henrik inside. but the second they were down was all that was needed. two men had burst in, ripping through the air with magic that reeked of smoke and something else, something unplaceable. the attack hadn't even really been an attack; it had lasted maybe a minute. when henrik woke in the medbay, he was informed that raymond had been taken, kidnapped, captured, and that was that.

it all happened so fast. so fast.

not only that, but the magicians didn't know what the magic in henrik's body was. dark stuff, they said. incurable, at least by them, they said. it must have come from the same two men who had broken into hecate, they said. they thought black magic didn't exist anymore, they said.

henrik was numb to it all.

"i'm sorry i wasn't there!" marvin had said when he came to see him, chase and another blonde man in tow. "i tried to contact you, anti drained my phone - henny, i'm so sorry, i shouldn't have left you alone!"

henrik hurt. jackie was truly gone. hecate had been breached. a man had beem captured. henrik didn't say a word.

fuck, it had all happened so fast.

"you did it, babe!"

"we did it! fuck, it was far easier than i expected. i can say this now, but i was pretty certain we weren't going to manage it."

jackie laughed at aaron's words, kissing him before drawing back with a grin on his face. "honestly? me neither," he giggled. "but look at what we got! far, far better than i could have hoped - oh, he doesn't like that, does he?"

the man chained to the chair in front of them narrowed his eyes, rage burning in them. jackie bent down in front of him, grinning wide. "been a while since i last saw you, raymond! when was it? god, i can't remember. was it the time that you came round demanding marvin paid back your money? was it the time marvin caught you in bed with some fucking nomag twink and you and him had that screaming match? was it the time we saw you in the street with your new boyfriend and marvin started crying so i nearly hit you?" jackie flicked raymond's nose, still giggling like a child. "god, every day since then i've wished i'd beaten the fucking shit out of you. i used to be disgusted with myself for thinking that kind of stuff too, you know? but now… i think i've embraced it."

he tapped a sleek black dagger on raymond's face, just on top of the gag shoved in his mouth. "you like my knife? my boyfriend got it for me. this is him, by the way. say hi, aaron!"

aaron waved from the corner where he was leaning, resting on a blue baseball bat. raymond's eyes were wild with fear and anger, and he shook his head to try and get the blade away.

"what's that?" jackie said, pretending to listen like a kid playing with a doll. "you want to talk? certainly!" he slashed the knife down the man's face, cutting through the gag but the skin underneath as well. raymond screamed in pain, but cut himself off as quickly as he could, biting down on his lip and panting.

"bitch," raymond spat. "what are you? a demon? what type of magic is this?" blood dribbled down his chin. "and - ha, why did you break in? idiot, i would have left anyway - do you not understand how high security hecate is? you got in, and all you did was, what, knock out your sick brother and kidnap me?"

jackie leaned back, sticking out his lip and looking upset. then his smirk returned like it had never left, and he threw back his head to roar with laughter. aaron giggled from the corner before coming to stand next to his boyfriend.

"oh - oh, raymond, no," jackie giggled, wiping at his eyes. "oh, you think we - you think we just grabbed you and left? nooo, no no no. time is an illusion, my bastard friend!"

"we got so much done!" aaron said joyfully. "all thanks to jackie's wonderful brother -"

"oh, stop it, mo chroí, we couldn't have done anything without your lovely magic!" jackie elbowed aaron and the two dissolved into peals of laughter while raymond watched with a forced neutral expression.

"what do you want with me?" he said, trying to keep his voice flat. "i don't know what information you think i know, but it's nothing good. i'm not as high ranked as you might think, i swear, i -"

"shut up now, ok?" aaron suddenly interrupted. "we were having a moment there and you ruined it. fuck, they're never polite, are they, jackson?"

"i don't know, this is only my second prisoner!" jackie joked. then he rolled his eyes. "and we don't fucking care what rank you are, we just snatched the first guy we saw. it just so happened to be my brother's filthy, cheating whore ex." he leaned forward, right into raymond's face. "you're my ticket to a better life, bitch. look at that. you have a fucking use after all."

jackie turned to aaron, gripping his arm and turning him to face him. "they're really gonna love him, aren't they?" he cooed. "will he be good enough?"

"course he will, babe," aaron said. "he's hecate, he - what does he do, teleport? he teleports. that's interesting, they might like that."

"'they?'" raymond shouted angrily. he struggled against his chains, grunting. "who is 'they?' why can't i teleport? is this - is this about what i did to marvin? i never meant to hurt him!"

without warning, jackie slapped raymond right across the face. "i already fucking told you that it's nothing to do with you," he snapped, dropping the soft tone from before. "i saw you and took you. we kind of had other priorities at that moment. you fucking got it? jesus shit, dude, not everything's about you - although, i know you think it is, huh?" he hit raymond again, sending him reeling. "do you know how many nights i spent holding marvin while he cried, feeling worthless, depressed - you meant so much to him but you are nothing but a repulsive -"

"jackson, calm," aaron soothed, taking his face in hand. "you can't hurt him too bad. they'll get upset, it'll show a lack of control. that's something they look for. do you want to be accepted or not?"

"accepted?" raymond cried, voice high in pitch. "are you selling me to a cult or something?"

"nope," aaron said cheerfully. "much worse."

jackie growled in raymond's direction. "fucking bastard. the organization better see self control from me if it means i can't beat the living daylights outta this guy."

"they will," aaron reassured. "they will. then we can properly be together, and you can't -"

jackie suddenly screamed, a howl of complete agony that made raymond throw his head back like it would save him. jackie clawed at his chest, doubling over as his whole form… his form, his body… raymond cringed. the man's form was flickering, like a glitching computer screen. and as he watched, raymond started to smell something. a stinking, magical smell so thick it almost made him choke. it smelled like smoke. like smoke creeping through an open window.

"jackson, jackson - fuck, let's get out of here," aaron said, pushing jackie out the door of the small room raymond was being kept in. aaron whipped back round to look at him as he left, glaring. "get comfortable," he said. "you might be in here a while."

the door shut behind them, leaving raymond cold with the taste of copper and smoke on his tongue.

#jacksepticeye #boop writes #marvin the magnificent #henrik von schneeplestein #chase brody #jackieboy man #antisepticeye #tho he was barely here this chapter i'm sorrh we'll see him soon #lucas ross #kazuki kamata #aaron mckenzie #the fall

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solange-lol · 5 years

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not so typical love song - ch. 1/13

Chapter Title: Rollarcoaster

Words: 3,050

Note: my piece for the @pjo-hoo-bigbang !!! special thanks to @shelbychild and @wisdom-walks-alone for editing and helping me develop this story! it wouldnt exist w/o y’all!

Art by @lizzybizzyo! <3

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Nico is staring at his computer, wordless. This isn't writer's block or surprise; it’s just the unknown reality of what this situation could lead to.

Another gay kid in his school. Another gay kid that isn’t Mitchell—who’s been out since 8th grade, and the only one to be out since then. Another kid at their school who’s hiding a secret.

Nico doesn’t even know if this kid is a boy or a girl or what, and frankly, he doesn’t care. There’s another kid like him. And he has no idea how to respond to the post.

The post is a submission from their school’s gossip blog on Tumblr, the notorious ‘hb-secrets.’ Piper had called him an hour ago, asking if he’d seen it yet.

“Seen what?” he had responded.

“The post on hb-secrets? About the closeted gay kid?” It hit Nico like a wall of bricks as he quickly went to pull up the website. Did somebody know? It was a relief when he saw the clipart Ferris wheel and a few short lines submitted by a blog called blue0919.

“I bet it’s that Brazilian sophomore. Paolo or whatever? Or maybe it’s Connor Stoll! I swear he’s been flirting with Mitchell, but Annabeth keeps telling me that he’s into Lacy or someone,” Piper continued as he read, but it was going in one ear and out the other as he processed the words on the screen

Sometimes I feel like I’m stuck on a Ferris wheel. One minute I’m on top of the world, and the next minute I’m at rock bottom. Over and over all day long, because a lot of my life is great. But nobody knows I’m gay.

“Gotta go. I’ll talk later,” Nico said quickly, switching off his phone. He knew it would raise suspicion, but it felt like time was turning in on itself. Nobody knew about Nico. In fact, nobody ever even suspected. He’s never been called names besides “Death Boy.” And yet, there were the exact words that described his life, written out in front of him like they were a second thought.

And now, he was staring at his computer with an empty Gmail draft open. The original poster had left their email at the end of the post, so Nico after glancing quickly at his Panic! at the Disco poster still proudly hanging on his wall, typed out a new address. He was stuck, though, unsure of what to say from here.

So, he started from the beginning.

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: Oct 2 at 6:48 PM

Subject: Hey

Somehow you’ve managed to type exactly what I feel. Sorta scary, as if you’re inside my head or something. Maybe it’s just a gay thing to be speaking in metaphors about the pressure of everyday society.

That’s what I am. Gay. I don’t know if I’ve ever really said it out loud to myself.

It’s weird because I never really had a perfectly normal life. My mom died when I was young, so I never really got to meet her. My sister and I have always been super close until she went away to college. Now, not as much. I guess that’s just what happens when you live a million miles away.

And I’ve known my stepmom longer than I knew my real mom, but it was only a few years ago when I met my half-sister when she came to live with us because her mom died as well. Meaning, she isn’t the daughter of my stepmom. It’s a long story, and not really one I want to get into.

She’s super nice though. It’s funny, but despite being polar opposites with my older sister, they’re both mushy inside. Same with my stepmom. And my dad… he tries his best. We’re like exactly what you expect from a slightly broken family. Plus my dog who my cousin gave to me during a rough time. Honestly, she’s probably my favorite sibling out of them all. (Both my sisters would kill me if they knew I wrote that.)

And then there are my friends. I have some that are closer than others; Two of them I’ve known for a while now, and one who I only met recently but treats me better than some of the people I’ve known my whole life. While I admit, I’m not the most social person in the world, they’re pretty amazing as far as friends go.

So there it is. My perfectly normal life. Except for that huge ass secret.

He typed and retyped each line what felt like a thousand times, deleting word after word. He didn't know what was too much. It all felt like too much, really. He didn’t even know if he could trust this person.

Signing it was the worst part; he didn’t have any good pseudonyms. Eventually, he decided to leave it blank.

Without a second thought, Nico hit ‘send’ before leaning back in his chair and putting his hands over his head. Only a second later, a light knock came from the door, causing him to quickly sit up as Hazel popped her head in.

“Dinner’s ready if you wanna eat,” she smiled. She left just as quickly as she came, curls bouncing as she walked away. They had gotten over the awkwardness of having a new sibling only months after Hazel moved in, but there was still some strangeness. To this day, Nico was still a lot closer to her than Bianca was. Either way, Nico knew he would do anything for her. (Not that he would admit that. He didn't even need to, Hazel already knew.)

Nico glanced back at his computer, but there was nothing in his inbox besides the Gmail “Welcome” email. It was stupid to think this person would respond that quickly, seeing as Nico didn't even know if they would respond at all. Heaving a sigh, he got up to join his family for dinner. Maybe he could even convince them to watch Steven Universe instead of The Bachelor.

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Dinner went as expected. It’d been a while, actually, since they were all together for a meal. Hazel talked about her psycho geometry teacher and a boy she talked in the class named Frank, who seemed sweet but apparently had a shared hatred for math just like her. Nico didn’t say much, although chimed in at the latter, saying he better be the flower boy at their wedding. That even got a short scoff out of his father, which tended to be the closest Nico ever got him laughing. So, that was a win.

However, he was a little more distant than usual. The pending email response was in the back of his mind during the entire meal.

Even afterward, as they watched reruns of Glee (a compromise made between Hazel and Nico, much to their father’s dismay), Nico couldn’t focus. It felt like a weight was burning through his back pocket. After the second episode (and laughing his ass off at his father’s reaction to Kurt’s ‘Single Ladies’ dance) he finally excused himself.

He tapped the Gmail app on his phone as soon as he had reached his room. It felt like his heart skipped a beat when he noticed the new notification, a response from the original poster. With slightly shaky hands, he tapped the response, and a message opened up.

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: Oct 2 at 8:12 PM

Subject: I’ve never done this before

Dear anonymous person on the internet,

I really don’t know where to begin. I’m also not sure if you're a real person. For all I know you could be some random pedophile like one of those cases they warned us about in health class for the past 5 years, even though it’s never happened within the last decade.

But in case you are real, hello! I’m the original poster from that hb-secrets thread about life being a Ferris wheel. I’m rereading what I wrote there and I can’t stop cringing, so I’ll start by apologizing for that. I’m not usually one for metaphors, even the bad ones.

Anyway, it sounds like you identify with what I wrote. I’m glad you emailed me; I didn’t think anyone would actually do anything with the email that I left. Except maybe be extremely homophobic. But it made me feel less like I was shouting into the void, so thanks for that. And I assume you’re okay with me writing back since you sent me the first email. Though, I can’t believe I’m actually writing to you. I really didn’t think I would.

I guess I’m thinking it could be nice to talk with someone who can relate to how I’m feeling. No pressure, of course, but feel free to write back if you want to. I don’t want to use my real name, but you can call me Blue.

It was surreal. Someone who was like Nico. Someone who wanted to talk to Nico because they were like him.

He started to type again, with more excitement than he’s ever felt. He’s never been able to express this part of him before. It was almost like first date jitters-type feeling.

(Not that he really knew what that was like.)

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: Oct 2 at 8:23 PM

Subject: Re: I’ve never done this before

Hi, Blue

Wow, I’m actually kind of flipping out right now, because I seriously didn’t think I’d hear from you, especially so quickly. Wow. Okay. First of all, thanks for your email and also for your Tumblr post. I really liked it, Blue, and it wasn’t cringy at all, I promise.

So do you go here (here meaning HBHS)? I do, I’m a junior. And I’m a guy (are you a guy?) Anyway, I could relate a lot to your post, Like, pretty much all of it, but especially the part about being gay. You probably figured that out already though. And I’m not out yet either, which you probably figured that part out too.

I guess a part of me wants to be out, but a part of me’s like… no. It’s hard to explain. I don’t know. Maybe you get it.

So yeah, it’s really nice to meet you! This is kind of cool, right? Even writing this email makes me feel eleven times less alone.

-Angel (not my real name either, two can play at this game. It’s not like a pet-name type thing. If you ever find out who I am, you’ll understand why.)

He was worried about the whole name-signing thing. ‘Angel’ was just the easiest thing; it was a direct translation of his last name. He was really hoping Blue still didn’t take it in a weird way, even with that last note.

Relief flooded through him when he read the first sentence of Blue’s next email.

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: Oct 2 at 8:41 PM

Subject: Re: I’ve never done this before

Angel, huh? Maybe like guardian angel perhaps.

Also, eleven times less alone? That’s oddly specific. :) But I know exactly what you mean.

Anyway, wow. Hi. You wrote back, and quickly too. I’m really glad you liked my post. Now I’m actually happy I put it out there. I have to admit, it’s strange to be writing a somewhat personal email to you when we don’t know each other’s identities. Though, in a way, I guess that makes it easier. Sorta like a therapist, except we’re both blindfolded and have the same problem. So not really a therapist, I guess.

Do you think therapists have therapists? Like, if the problems get to be too much for them? Is there an Almighty Therapist who just absorbs everyone's issues and feels nothing?

Anyway, I am a guy, and I’m also a junior at HB. I think you’re actually the first other gay guy I’ve met here. It’s pretty surreal to be talking to you. (In a good way though.) I wonder if we know each other in real life.

And I think I understand what you mean. I feel like I’m constantly going back and forth about wanting to come out. I have these moments where I’m almost bursting to tell people. Of course, that’s where I was when I posted the thing on Tumblr. But I always feel so weird about it a few hours later, and sometimes I’m intensely relieved no one knows yet. What about you?

-Blue

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: Oct 2 at 9:12 PM

Subject: Re: I’ve never done this before

I mean, let’s be real, eleven is the best number, which is perfect because we’re both in eleventh grade. And I can't believe we’re both juniors. The class is pretty small compared to the others, so I bet we do know each other, which is weird to think about. What if we’re actually enemies in real life? Do you have enemies? I don’t think I do, not really. Various people tend to annoy me a lot. It’s not even their fault; some people just have really punchable faces.

(I’m usually a really nonviolent person. I’m more like a violent person who at the same doesn’t really want to hurt anyone, so I have to resort to fantasizing about punching people, which just ends in eating my feelings in large quantities of McDonald’s.)

It’s funny for me, it’s actually not so much that go back and forth about wanting to come out. It’s like I simultaneously do and don’t want to be out. Which is pretty freaking exhausting, honestly. Like I’m in this constant state of JUST SAY IT and NO NEVER. Do you think that ever ends? I don’t know, maybe I’m just a really indecisive person. I think part of me is also just holding out until college when I’m away from anyone I know and can just reinvent myself.

So what kind of stuff do you like to do after school and everything?

-Angel

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: Oct 2 at 9:34 PM

Subject: Re: I’ve never done this before

I don’t think I have any enemies, but now I’m definitely wondering if I’m the guy with the punchable face. How do you know if you have a punchable face? I’ve never been punched, so hopefully, that’s a good sign.

I will say, I’m definitely with you on the issue of eating your feelings. I’m the person who has never smoked a cigarette or gotten drunk or anything like that, and I'm usually relatively healthy. However, I once ate five jars of Nutella in one sitting. I do not recommend,

I’m indecisive, too, in some ways. Okay, full disclosure: I was really conflicted when you sent me that email. I kept going back and forth about whether I should email you. I was (and am) definitely intrigued, but I guess I was also a little bit paranoid. It’s just that you could have been anyone, and it’s hard to know sometimes if someone’s being a jerk or if they’re being sincere. Plus my cousin sort of actually outed me. Not to anyone else, he’s the only one who knows, but now I’m super paranoid about coming out. (Exactly what you said about holding out until college. I’m thinking I can move to LA or somewhere where nobody really cares. Although I wouldn’t want to reinvent myself. And I don’t want you to reinvent yourself either, you’re pretty cool as you are I think.) Anyway, I’m really glad I decided to email you, though.

So, you’re probably going to think I’m ridiculous, but I’d rather not answer your last question. It’s just… I think I like being anonymous for now. Is that okay?

-Blue

Okay, that last part was fair. Nico understood the wanting-to-be-anonymous thing. Sure, they go to the same school. But Blue had no reason to entirely trust him; Nico didn’t really trust Blue at all. This could entirely be some random asshole anywhere in the world trying to find him and beat him up, or worse. It sucked that homophobia was still a thing in their day and age.

But Blue said he liked talking to Nico, and it was thrilling to talk to him. It was another secret of his, but not one he entirely minded keeping. So, he chose to believe that Blue was actually who he said he was.

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Date: Oct 2 at 9:57 PM

Subject: Punchability

Blue, you have so much to learn about the rules of punchability, starting with the fact that it is completely impossible for you to have a punchable face. Rule number one: guys who make metaphors about Ferris wheels are automatically unpunchable. Rule number two: There isn’t one. Just rule number one, so memorize it. Everyone else can catch these fists. (Catch these fists? These hands? This would probably be more intimidating if I knew the correct phrasing)

Also, five jars of Nutella in one sitting is the worst idea I’ve ever heard in my life. Challenge accepted.

I don’t think you’re ridiculous, Blue. I totally understand why you don't want to tell me about your extracurricular activities (I’m guessing interpretive dance, though, you seem like the type.) But seriously, I get it. It’s this weird contradiction, right? It’s so much easier to be open with someone who doesn't know you at all. We’ll be each other's Ultimate Therapists.

(Except I don’t think I could ever be a therapist.)

Anyway, I’m really glad you decided to email me back, too :)

-Angel

That smiley face was really unlike him.

Nico sent the email, but after nearly an hour, he didn’t get on back, which meant Blue was probably asleep. Which was different from what Nico was used to; he tended to stay awake until the early hours of the morning most nights. But it wasn’t anything he minded. He had a conversation with Blue, and even if that was the last one they would ever have (which, he was hoping it wouldn’t be), it was good to know that there was somewhere out there like him.

#solangelo #heros of olympus #pjo #will solace #nico di angelo #pjo hoo big bang 2019 #im willing to make a tag list for this but i didnt want to use my general solangelo taglist #so if you would like a taglist for this fic lmk!#nstls

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rkdoyoung · 5 years

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✧ ✧ ✧ ━━━━━━━ & 헤어질 준비가 안됐어, WAIT A MINUTE 기다림은 너무 길은데 HAS NO LIMIT — TELL ME WHAT IS LOVE by D.O & YOO YOUNG JIN

note ! hover over song title for timestamp; click for outfit

he’s rooted in place after hearing his name, mind spinning, dizzying, making everything seem so surreal. he doesn’t even know how to react, nothing but a vague smile on his lips and the slow clapping of hands, and though he can’t see himself, he know he’s got an unmistakable look of disbelief on his face, but he can’t manage to shake it. there’s so much talent in the room, even from the fifty who have been eliminated, that he can’t believe he’s made it through.

but then it hits him. he’s heard his own name, hears hyojin’s, has heard every single name announced that’s moving on to the next stage, but the one name he wishes he’s heard, even above his own, is kim seungmin. eyes immediately dart to his side, only to find that seungmin has already made his way out. mindlessly, jooyoung follows after his little brother, guilt and panic and empathy all flow through his veins in a heavy concoction, clouding his mind as he reaches out and grabs his brother by the arms to stop him.

tears, he expected, perhaps anger, a deep frown, something, but what he gets is an inexplicably blank expression. jooyoung doesn’t know what to do. he’s never known what to do, and perhaps that’s one of his greatest flaws, and definitely one of his greatest regrets. he’s never known what to do with seungmin, how to fix this gap that’s only been growing over the years, how to make up for all the time he’d thrown out the window when he was living overseas and away from his family. he doesn’t know.

so he does what comes to mind first. he draws his brother into a hug, only holding onto him tighter when the younger struggles against him, and the crying starts and all jooyoung can do is continue to hold him in his arms and wait. wait as seungmin sobs and cries and lets out all his frustrations and anger and disappointment. there’s nothing he can say to help the situation at this very moment, so he remains silent, hoping he’s helping, even if just a little bit.

after it seems seungmin has calmed down a bit, jooyoung goes to find hyojin, and the three of them get into the car. it’s a quiet ride, and seungmin is still wordless even as he gets out of the car and into his apartment. to see his own little brother like that, to be so clueless as to how to help, how to make it easier or better, it breaks his heart.

if there were some way he could trade places right now, to give up his spot so that seungmin could move on, he would. he would give it up in a heartbeat.

but as cruel as it sounds, the show must go on, and he has a lot of work to do. he has to keep going, try even harder, make it as far as he can because seungmin couldn’t, because they had denied his little brother the opportunity he deserved, and yet here he was, so against living the idol lifestyle he wasn’t even sure if he’d take a contract. no one could ever be sure that if he hadn’t auditioned at all, it would mean seungmin would have gotten in, but it doesn’t matter. now he has has to continue on. he has to make it count.

he dedicates a whole night after work to going through his music library, letting it play on shuffle, writing down potential songs to sing for the next episode. he’s gone through several sheets of paper filled with lines and lines of songs, and he’s begun to think he’d have to spend another night doing just this, but then that song begins to play. a smile slowly curves on his lips and his body begins to sway to the smooth r&b tempo. it’s one hundred percent his style, but still palatable for the general public, and is a song that would be able to showcase his vocal talents more than the previous song’s mashup.

the rest of the week he spends practicing, using every chance he has to sing: at work, he’s working his vocal cords between clients and during meal breaks, at home, he’s belting during chores, cooking, and he swears he’s even begun singing in his sleep. for the first time in his life, he’s even started practicing in front of a mirror, watching his expressions, making sure he’s giving off exactly the impression he wishes.

the day before the recording he spends trying to relax, hoping it’ll help him with his nerves for the actual day of the episode filming. he calls off of work and sleeps in for most of the morning, then spends lunch at a dog cafe for a couple of hours before heading home to play some video games. before bed, he has a cup of herbal tea and even puts on a face mask, something he hadn’t done in months due to pure laziness about skin care.

the day of the recording, he manages to remain calm on the drive there, but as soon as he’s standing outside of the building, he’s hit with a wave of memories that brings back every nervous emotion he’d experienced on the first broadcast filming. the amount of contestants left is only half of what it had been, making the space seem bigger and him feel smaller.

the most notable difference, though, is that his little brother is still nowhere to be found. this ignites a newfound sense of invigoration within him, reminds him that he has someone to perform for, even if seungmin won’t be watching. with a sharp inhale, he walks inside and takes an empty seat.

while waiting for the show to begin, he sees a shadow come over him, and he stares upward to see none other than choi minho, the man whose man tiddiez he’d been blabbering about in the interviews last week (thank god they hadn’t aired any of that). immediately, an almost nervous smile blooms on his face as he bows in greeting.

“hey, do you have ig?”

the question posed to him throws him off for a split second, because it’s not what he expects at all. after a short recovery, he nods his head. “yeah, @iankim,” he responds. it’s not long until his phone chimes, and he fishes it out of pocket to see not only a friend request, but a dm notification as well.

can i slide into that seat next to you like i slid into ur dms

he bursts out into laughter at the message, nodding his head in confirmation as he sweeps his hand over the empty seat next to him. “it’s all yours, man,” he says rather than types back. he takes the next few moments to go through the man’s instagram before casually leaning over with a cheeky grin to say, “anyone ever tell you that you’re a thirst trap?”

he’s glad for the distraction that minho’s presence provides as they go through each other’s instagrams and make fun of each other’s posts because time goes by quickly, and before he knows it, the time for the performances to start has begun. he tries his best to keep his energy at a steady medium, but the closer it gets to his turn to perform, the more nervous he gets. he’s done auditions before, but it’s never been this bad, fists wound up tight in an effort to keep himself from falling apart.

hyojin goes up just before he does, and he gives just as much gusto cheering for his cousin as he did last week, perhaps even more now that he has one last person to cheer for and embarrass. he’s thankful that he has someone he knows going before him; it gives him a sense of home, as if they’re both just hanging out at a family gathering, singing without any of the pressure, enjoying themselves.

when it finally comes his turn to perform, he takes a deep breath and looks to his left side to see mason sitting there. for some reason, his fellow contestant’s presence helps calm him even more, the thought of their exchanges earlier pulling an amused smile onto his face. just as he’s about to make his way on stage, his phone vibrates in his pocket, and he has half a mind to ignore it. there’s something tugging at his heartstrings, though, and he chooses to pull it out as he’s walking toward the stage. what he sees fills him with a renewed strength and confidence, and a wide grin blooms on his face as he texts his little brother back.

the first two times, he’d used his guitar as a crutch, using it for comfort and as a sort of buffer in case they decided his voice alone wasn’t good enough, but this time, he’s left both his instruments at home, and he hopes his decision to do so won’t come around to bite him in the ass. this time, it’s just him, the audience, the microphone, and his voice, and he hopes it’s enough.

“hey, what’s up? it’s me, ya boi. kim jooyoung.” he introduces himself again, apparently never tiring of making references to videos or movies he’s scene that may or may not go over the judges’ heads. “i intend to show a different side of me today. i hope you like this side, too.”

with a smile, he settles into place, and the music begins. the intro is filled with adlibs by the original singers, and he takes liberties with the section, deciding to completely forego the original and go with his own adlibs and vocal runs, putting his own flare and feeling into it, showcasing what he thinks is the best of his abilities while still keeping up with the natural tempo and feel of the song.

나를 사랑하지 않는 너를 잊은 채 as i forgot about you who doesn’t love me 하고 싶었던 모든걸 하고 살아도 i live doing everything that i wanted to do 머릿속에 넌 절대 지워지지가 않아 i can’t ever erase you from my head 도대체 why?

he’s never quite experienced the exact feelings the lyrics portray in the song, but he’s definitely felt that deep emotional rut before, of being unable to forget, of being haunted by memories he’d no longer be able to experience. he channels that instead, using his tumultuous ups and downs with his search for fame and fortune as the emotional basis for his performance. after all, that feeling of hitting rock bottom is the same for everyone, no matter the source.

대답 없는 널 자꾸 불러도 i keep calling for you but you’re answerless 메아리만 돌아와… and only echoes keep coming back to me…

he immerses himself in this universe, of being left in the dark by someone or something that he loves, the loneliness, the denial, the hatred and anger. his eyes close as he sings, his hands coming up to grasp at the microphone, seeming to caress it as he sings into it. his eyes open, gazing directly into the camera as he cups the microphone in one hand as the other goes down to grasp at the actual stand, holding onto it tightly as if he would never let go. it’s a stand in for what he sings and yearns for in the song, using the microphone as a prop to further engage the audience and himself.

내 눈을 보며 말했던 like you told me while gazing into my eyes 두 글자가 낙인처럼 아파 와 the two letters hurt like humiliation 내 맘이 그걸 알게 됐는데 my heart finally knows oh, tell me, what is love? tell me, what is love?

the chorus serves as a natural climax to his performance, emotions escalating as the push behind the lyrics does, his body swaying naturally to the rhythm. his inexperience with love helps here as he asks the question of what love is because he is certainly unsure, in all aspects, of what love is.

tell me what is love

as the song comes to a close, he belts out one last adlib, holding the final note and letting it fall in an effortless decrescendo just as the music does. once both the music and the sound of his voice have completely disappeared, he allows his hands to slide off the microphone and drop to his sides, still in character, dejected and alone.

he stands there for a few moments, basking in it all, absorbing the moment to remember it forever, not knowing if this will be his final performance on this stage or not.

he may not know what he’d do if given the opportunity to sign with a company or not, but he’s certain of one thing: he doesn’t want this to end, and perhaps that’s a sign. perhaps it doesn’t matter how or with whom he signs.

perhaps, in the end, he’s happy as long as he’s performing. any stage is enough.

#s(olo)#rkmga5 #rkmga5skill #rkseungmin #hyojinrk #rkmason #( bc mentioned )

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danyka-fendyr · 6 years

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Scar Tissue Chapter 2: Dynamic Du-OH- A Sudden Realization

A/N: I’m posting this without editing because I hate myself. I will eventually come back and fix my many sins. Tagging @writingtheworks the works again. Do I think that Bruce Wayne invites his butler to family dinners? Yes, yes I do, and Gotham’s snooty societal standards can’t stop me or him. Take that you elitists. Rorie was exhausted. You really couldn’t blame her. She’d been listening to Jason monologue Romeo and Juliet repeatedly for about an hour now. She loved her best friend, but she was ready to stab Shakespeare. She understood this was his masterpiece, but did he have to do this to her?

“Jay, I promise you, you will get the part. The first 5 times, heck, the first 10 times, this was the most beautiful performance I had ever seen in my life,” I told him.

Jason broke character, collapsing out of a dramatic pose, arm extended, head held up, looking to an imaginary balcony.

“You cried the first time,” he said, grinning.

Rorie had never seen someone so pleased over her tears. ...Well, okay, that wasn’t necessarily completely true, but she’d fought the Joker, alright? He was pretty sick, and not in the good way.

“Yes, because it was amazing. We’ve been over this. You are amazing,” she said.

Jason blushed under the praise, his neck, cheeks and ears tinting pink. When Jason blushed, he blushed with his whole head. It was sort of cute. Or at least, Rorie assumed it would be cute if you were like, into that kind of stuff. Rorie, of course, was not.

“Anyway, you should try to get some sleep. We have patrol tonight. Plus, you wouldn’t want to look burned out for your audition. It’s no good having a Romeo who looks sleep deprived,” Rorie tried to reason with him.

“What if he’s sleep deprived because he’s been up all night thinking about his Juliet, and how she refuses to audition, despite Alfred’s best efforts,” Jason teased.

“And you. Don’t forget you,” Rorie sighed.

Alfred and Jason hadn’t gotten off her back about this since they first started holding auditions for Romeo and Juliet. Rorie refused on the principle that the characters made a long series of stupid decisions ending in a tragedy that could have been completely avoidable. Jason had countered with the fact that he had caught her reading it out loud, rather passionately, mind you, when they had been assigned the story for English class. It wasn’t Rorie’s fault that the story was still emotionally compelling, despite entirely lacking logic. Juliet admittedly had some pretty lines.

“This is too cliché. Why couldn’t the school play be something prettier, like Wuthering Heights?” Rorie objected.

“Your obsession with Wuthering Heights will never end, will it?” Jason asked.

“The writing is beautiful Jason!” Rorie cried, more passionate even then when she was playing the part of Juliet.

“Maybe if you get the lead role this year they’ll choose it next year. You could get friendly with the Mrs. Dowly, convince her it would be a good idea.” Jason carefully dangled the carrot in front of his prey’s face.

There was a pregnant pause while Rorie considered.

“You really think so?” she questioned, shooting him an uncertain, slightly untrusting look.

Jason nodded, his enthusiasm making the gesture comical so that he resembled a bobble-head. “Absolutely! Mrs. Dowly always considers how her leads feel.”

Jason would know. He was the theater teacher’s pet, and had been the lead many, many times. All the other theater nerds were jealous of him, if they didn’t absolutely hero worship him (something Rorie found ironically humorous, considering their nightlife).

Rorie sighed, the sound deeply resigned. In contrast, Jason whooped.

“I will only be auditioning,” she warned him.

“Absolutely,” Jason said.

“You will in no way try to convince Mrs. Dowly to show me any kind of special favor.”

“Of course not.” More bobble-headedness, this time a vigorous shake, like he was a wet dog.

“If I do, by some miracle, get the part, you will not gloat, tell me you knew it, or anything of the sort.”

At this, Jason pouted. Rorie glared.

“Can’t I be proud?” He gave her the puppy dog eyes.

He gave her the puppy dog eyes. Jason knew she couldn’t resist the puppy dog eyes.

“Fine. A little pride. But none while we’re in school!” Rorie caved.

“Yay!” Jason chirped, wrapping his arms around her, trapping hers by her side.

Rorie pouted, and Jason celebrated. It was at this moment that Bruce walked in, Alfred following closely behind with a curious expression on his face.

“What’s going on here?” There was a tone of deep, rich amusement to Bruce’s voice, the corners of his mouth twitching upwards in what was usually about as close as he came to a smile (unless he was playing the role of ‘Brucie Wayne’).

“Rorie’s going to audition for the school play!” Jason cheered.

“With conditions!” Rorie added, seeing the look of excited shock on Alfred’s face and the knowing approval on Bruce’s.

“Well, miss, I suppose we’ll have to get you in shape!” Alfred declared.

“Oh no.”

“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.”

“Wonderful, miss! The way you sigh it out is beautiful. Very wistful. Now if you could just make it a little bit less breathy,” Alfred instructed.

Rorie puffed a sigh, and Jason tried not to laugh at her. She looked frustrated. Not as frustrated as she could be, since she wasn’t doing math, but her hair was messy and her posture slumped, face red from trying to hold back an oncoming temper tantrum. Alfred had this tendency to sometimes work out the details a little too much when it came to Shakespeare, or really any kind of play or production. He was a man of the theater indeed.

Jason decided Rorie might need a rescue.

“Maybe I could work with her for a bit Alfred. You could take a break, maybe make some snacks?” he suggested, knowing Alfred would never leave drama without a specific task and purpose.

“Cookies?” Rorie asked, a forlorn hope swimming in her eyes.

“Ah! Of course! You lot do look as though you could use something to munch on. It will raise the spirits!” Alfred clapped his hands, looking as invigorated as he always did when he was allowed within range of fine art. “I’ll prepare some fruit, and perhaps some cookies if I feel it is warranted.”

By that Jason was pretty sure Alfred meant that Rorie ate too many cookies and that she was going to get cavities. He was trying to be nice right now though, since it was obvious that Rorie was seriously considering dropping out of the school play.When she got the part, the entire household had been elated. Well, Jason and Alfred had been elated, and Bruce had been smugly pleased. Emphasis on smug. That was his adopted daughter, after all.Jason was pretty sure that if ‘Brucie Wayne’ wasn’t supposed to be keeping up his eligible bachelor status, Bruce would have posted his pride all over ever social media platform he knew how to work. Jason’s phone pinged, and he checked his notifications.

Scratch that. Bruce wasn’t able to keep it in anymore now that he had not one, but two children in theater. He had just made the dorkiest post Jason had ever seen in his life on Twitter.

“So proud of @jtodd and @roreo for scoring roles in the school play! I look forward to seeing them play Romeo and Juliet, respectively. If you have the time, come down to @gothamacademy and watch. #Illbesittingfrontrow”

Jason hoped none of the other kids at school saw that. Jason knew every one of the other kids at school had seen that, even the ones who weren’t theater geeks. Jason was pretty sure any kind of a reputation he had was gone now.

“Oh no,” Rorie groaned.

“Oh no what, Miss?” Alfred said, poking his head into the room at the first sound of oncoming disaster.

Rorie extended her phone to him, letting him see the tweet Jason himself had just been looking at.

“All the kids at school will see this, Alfred! We’re done for.” Rorie exchanged a look of horror with Jason.

Alfred looked thoughtful.“We shall see, miss.”

And see they did.

Arriving at school the next day, Rorie did her utmost to go incognito. Sunglasses and a dark hoodie obscured her figure, and she kept her head bowed as she walked through the halls. Jason didn’t bother with this. His strategy was to not show any kind of weakness.

He strutted down the halls, trying to appear more confident than ever before, his hair slicked back with gel he had stolen from Bruce a while back and his favorite leather jacket on. He would have been wearing sunglasses, but Rorie stole his coolest pair.

As it turned out, Jason’s strategy worked better, unfortunately for Rorie. Some of the boys tried to pick on him, it was true, but he just ignored them. If you looked closely enough, you might be able to see that he was riled up, but only if you knew him well. He kept his anger close and in check. He could always exact revenge later if he still thought they were worth it.

Rorie was taunted mercilessly though, since she reacted a little volatiley to the whole thing. The second someone had insinuated that her rich daddy bought her spot, she was spitting words that were dangerously close to obscenities, a seething pot ready to boil over. Jason had swept in several times that day to save her when it looked like she might not be able to control herself. In thanks, she gave him his sunglasses back.

Now, Rorie was sitting in the library, the only place where people would leave her alone, it seemed. She was reading through Jane Eyre again, trying to distract herself from the snake’s nest of anxiety, self-doubt, and bitter, petty rage boiling in her head. It wasn’t working that well.

It worked less well when Amanda Bixby sat next to her. Rorie didn’t dislike Amanda particularly, but she also didn’t particularly like her. Amanda was...Well, Amanda was a bit of an airhead. She didn’t mean to be, but she just happened to be that one girl that never thought about anything but makeup and boys. There was nothing particularly wrong with this mindset, but it simply didn’t mesh with Rorie’s more practical attitude.

“So, Jason’s like, your brother, right?” Amanda said, her tone friendly yet suspiciously slimy sounding to Rorie.

“Yeah, I guess. More of a best friend, really.” Rorie shrugged.

“But you’re super close, yeah?” Amanda confirmed.

“Well yeah. We live in the same house.” Rorie didn’t feel it necessary to mention that they had shared a bathroom until last year when she had demanded Bruce let her have her own.

Rorie was prepared for a plethora of things. Amanda was into theater, so it was entirely possible that she was hoping Rorie would be able to share some of Jason’s acting secrets with her. Or, it could be that she needed help with her English homework, something Jason also excelled in. As it turned out, Rorie was woefully unprepared for what actually happened.

“So what kind of girl does he usually go for?” Amanda asked.

Rorie choked a little bit. “What?”

“Like, does he have a type?” She twirled a strand of long brown hair around her finger.

“Umm….I don’t really know. He doesn’t talk to me about girls,” Rorie said, suddenly feeling very uncomfortable.

“Yeah, but I mean, you’ve got to know something about his girlfriends. Are they tall? Short? Blondes, brunettes? C’mon, gimme something here,” Amanda said.

In truth, Rorie was unsure that Jason had ever even had a girlfriend. He was only 15 after all. 15 was a bit young for a girlfriend, wasn’t it? Rorie felt like 15 was young.

“Why do you ask? I mean, it’s not like Jason’s particularly attractive or anything.” Rorie laughed nervously.

“Are you kidding me? He’s a total dreamboat. All the girls know it. Plus, have you ever seen his arms when he takes off that leather jacket?” Amanda bit her lip in a way that Rorie definitely did not like. “I bet he’s ripped. Not to mention that he’s tall. And he’s only going to get taller you know.”

Amanda was clearly not in the building anymore. Her eyes had glazed over dreamily, and Rorie took that as her cue to be anywhere but where she presently was. Sneakily, she made her escape, mumbling under her breath about some urgent play preparation she had to do.

Rorie raced out of the library so fast it was almost superhuman, forgetting to put her sunglasses back on as she went. They were perched on top of her head when she crashed into someone, causing them to clatter to the floor, and her to nearly follow. Fortunately for her, someone had good reflexes and caught her, a warm, firm hand holding her back and pressing her against a lean, muscular torso.

“I am so sorry, you have no idea how mortified I am, rea-” Rorie stopped short when she realized that the person who was holding her was rather familiar.

She pulled back, peering into their face to find none other than Jason Todd himself. Rorie wanted to say “speak of the devil,” but she was a bit distracted at the moment, because at it turned out, it would seem that Amanda Bixby was right. Jason Todd was a dreamboat.Rorie was unsure how she hadn’t noticed it before. It wasn’t like anything had significantly changed between now and an hour again, when Rorie had last seen Jason. However, now that it had been mentioned to her, he had very nice, well-defined cheekbones, a strong jaw, incredibly long black lashes, and the prettiest pair of blue eyes Rorie had ever seen in her life. She swallowed heavily as she realized that, prior to knowing who was holding her up, she had been appreciating their toned body structure as well.

“Careful there, Rorie. You’ll get hurt.” Jason smiled at her, revealing a blinding white set of perfectly straight teeth that seemed intent on sinking themselves into Rorie’s heart.

Oh no. Oh no.

Opening night had finally come, and Jason was bouncing around with excitement. He had no reason to worry. He had done this dozens of times before, and he had every confidence in his leading lady.

He was watching her right now, mumbling her lines under her breath and coughing as hairspray was applied rigorously to her carefully created Shakespearean hair.

“Oh, Romeo, oh Romeo,” Rorie said, rocking back and forth slightly, to the deep consternation of the girl working on her hair.

“Actually,” Jason said, watching himself appear in the mirror behind her, already in full costume, hair done, “it’s ‘Oh Romeo, Romeo’.”

“I’m gonna fail. I’m gonna fail in front of everyone, and they’ll all laugh, and this will be the end of my acting career, and I’ll have to switch schools.” Her eyes, previously closed, snapped open. “I’ll have to switch schools Jason. I’ll have to go to a boarding school in Scandinavia where nobody knows my name.”

“You’ll be fine,” Jason reassured her, placing both his hands on her shoulders and shooing the irate amateur hairdresser off.

“But what if I’m not?” Rorie asked desperately.

“Then I’ll fail even more epically. I’ll say lines from Napoleon Dynamite instead, and then I’ll trip and fall on my face, and then I’ll roll over and start making snow angels, except there will be no snow, at which point I will have made my first mistake as it is obvious that one cannot make snow angels without no snow.”

“That is the stupidest thing you’ve ever said to me.” Rorie dead-panned.

“See! It works!” Jason grinned broadly, bouncing on the balls of his feet. Rorie, on her part, tried to look slightly less miserable.

“You’re on in 5,” someone informed him as they passed by.

Rorie gave him an unsure look, seeking a few last moments of reassurance.

Jason walked around until he was facing her, crouching so he could look her right in the eye. “You’re gonna be great, don’t worry.”

He smoothed down a few stray pieces of her hair, giving her one last strong, certain smile before heading to the wings. It was showtime.

Acts 1-4 went flawlessly. Despite her nerves, Rorie was a natural on stage. She sounded like Shakespeare had written her himself, and Jason was matching her ever move. They were a perfect pair, naturally, and they had the kind of trust most lead actors could probably only wish for. This came as a package deal with the many shared near-death experiences.

It was Act 5 where things began to get sticky. Specifically, the death scene. Everything had been going fun. They had rehearsed this scene in bits and pieces plenty of times before, and everything was timed perfectly. The grief they portrayed was stunningly believable, the laboured breaths and the hasty tears working together to paint a picture of gut-wrenching agony. Jason had caught a glimpse of Dick crying in the audience.

Specifically, it was Act 5, scene 3, line 125 that was giving Jason a good deal of trouble. He had said all the lines leading up to it, and now he found himself agonizingly close to a “dead” Rorie with the task of kissing her.

He had known, somewhere in the back of his mind, that he would have to kiss her for this performance. Maybe some tiny part of him had even looked forward to it, entirely without his knowledge or consent. They hadn’t practiced this particular scene, however, and Jason had conveniently forgotten about it until now. Or rather, he had been making a conscious effort not to think about it at all.

He hovered over her, his mouth inches away from hers. She was so warm underneath him, hair splayed out and hands neatly folded over her stomach, eyes lightly shut. Jason tried to steady his heart rate, failing miserably, and after running through a plethora of alternative scenarios in his mind, each more wild than the last, he determined that he would just have to do it. If she hated him afterwards, there was nothing he could do about it.

Gently, he connected their lips. It was like a revival. Her lips were soft and warm against his, and she tasted like oranges and cinnamon. Her body, almost unconsciously, craned into him, kissing back so softly and subtly that the audience couldn’t have noticed, but Jason most definitely did. Without thinking, one hand reached into her hair, cradling her head as he kissed her like Romeo would kiss Juliet, like a man would kiss his lover with his last dying breath, slightly clumsy, but intimate and gentle, with a fervor Mrs. Dowly had probably not foreseen.

He broke away, rushing through his poison scene and dying as quickly as possible. It felt fitting, since he was pretty sure he was already dead. Then, it was Rorie’s turn. What she did next was not entirely expected.

She worked her way through her lines with an untold urgency, weeping at the sight of her Romeo lying dead below her. Her performance was like nothing Gotham Academy had ever seen before, as emotionally charged as it was. And then, he broke from script. She kissed Jason.

It was similar to the first time, but less clumsy, and Jason nearly broke character out of sheer shock. He didn’t have the time though, with the brevity of the kiss. It was hard and fast, and then she stabbing herself with a fake knife as ripples of surprise waved through the audience.

The last few scenes were played out, and everyone took their final bows. Jason could see Dick sobbing at this point, overcome by emotion. Jason felt similarly overcome, unsure of what exactly had just happened. He rushed his way backstage, finding Rorie in the mess that was the closing of opening night. He grabbed her arm, whirling her around.

“Rorie,” he breathed out her name, still stunned even now.

She turned pink, staring at her feet as she answered. “Yes.”

“You kissed me,” he stated.

“You kissed me first.”

“On script,” he said.

“Are you mad?” Now she looked up at him, twinges of hurt flecking her eyes and accenting an ocean of bright green worry and fear.

“Am I mad? No, I’m definitely no mad.” Now, Jason grinned. He grinned like a fool. “Just wondering if you’ll do it again.”

Rorie smiled shyly, starting to look as giddy as Jason now felt.“At least buy me dinner first,” she said, mischief in her eyes and tugging at her mouth as she shrugged in feigned nonchalance.

“I’m pretty sure dinner is on Bruce tonight, but if you think I’m not going to buy you dinner at the next available opportunity then you are very, very wrong,” Jason said.

Rorie laughed, reaching up to hug him in his favorite way, the only way he ever wanted to be hugged by her ever again.

“Deal, boy wonder,” she whispered in his ear.

Dinner was awkward. Dinner way very, very awkward.

It wasn’t that Bruce disapproved, after the two stumbled through an explanation of their budding relationship. It wasn’t that Alfred disapproved, or Dick, even. No. Horrifyingly, they were all delighted.

“What do you mean you knew?” Jason and Rorie shrieked in unison.

Bruce tried to bring the table back to some form of decorum, since Dick’s exclamation of, “I knew it!” and small victory dance coupled with Rorie and Jason’s indignant screams was slightly out of place in one of Gotham’s nicest restaurants.

“I mean, it was obvious. You two are always all blushy and cutesy around each other whenever I come over,” Dick explained, cutting into his steak.

“We are not!” Rorie protested, burying her face into her bouquet of brilliant red roses, of which it had turned the same hue.

Jason in turn felt like burying his face into the orchids he was currently holding for her, a gift from Dick. The roses were from Bruce, of course. Alfred had simply baked cookies back at home.

“I’m afraid you are, miss. It’s rather endearing, if it’s any comfort to you,” Alfred reassured.

“This is so embarrassing. You all knew?” Rorie said.

“And now the whole school knows, after that display.” Dick grinned. “You two got so lucky Mrs. Dowly didn’t tear you to pieces.”

As it happened, Mrs. Dowly had rather liked the show. She said that Rorie’s improv had been so impassioned Shakespeare should have written it into the original. Rorie had wilted into the very bottoms of her shoes, looking as though she were trying her best to melt into the floor.

A waiter came by to check on them as they were finishing up, Dick shoveling the last bites of his steak into his mouth.

“Any dessert?” he asked politely, no doubt with good intentions.

“No!” Jason and Rorie shouted.

The last thing they wanted was more awkward dinner conversation.

“It would seem not,” Bruce said, smiling his, “people are watching,” smile. “We’ll just have the bill.”

“Yes, sir.” The waiter ran off to retrieve the bill, leaving Jason and Rorie to suffer once more.

“So how long had you been thinking about that kiss scene, huh Jay?” Dick asked, waggling his eyebrows.

Jason groaned, his face turning red in that full-flush way that he had about him. Rorie, on the other hand, decided to change tactics. If you can’t beat’em, join’em.

“You know, it’s kind of cute when you do that,” she said.

“What?” Jason asked, confused and slightly alarmed.

“Blush. You do it with your whole head. Neck, face, ears. It’s cute.” Rorie shrugged, trying to hide her own blush.

“Ewww, this is officially too sweet for me now,” Dick said, feigning a gag.

“Please Dick, try to behave like an adult,” Bruce said, pinching the bridge of his nose.

The waiter came by and Bruce quickly paid in cash, clearly having come prepared for an outing with his children. Rorie could only guess how enormous the tip was.

“Alfred?” Bruce said, raising his eyebrows as he looked at the man.

“I have already informed the valet that the car is to be brought around, sir,” Alfred said.

“Thank goodness, because I could use a good night’s sleep,” Bruce said.

Rorie and Jason grinned at each other. Bruce Wayne might get 8 hours, but his alter ego never did. It was time for the Bat to roam the streets of Gotham, Robin and Batgirl at his side. It was time to be a hero.

#jason todd #jason todd fic #jason todd x oc #scar tissue #batman #batfam #gotham #batfamily

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bangtan-insfired · 7 years

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I Love You, Too | Yoongi

Pairing: reader x yoongi

Genre: fluff

Word Count: 942

A/N: This has been in my drafts for the longest of time so I decided to finally edit & finish it. This was inspired by a prompt by @otpprompts. I can’t find the exact post on tumblr but here’s the link of where I found the prompt on pinterest.

“It’s late and you look too tired to drive back home so I think it’d be better if–why are you laughing?”

“You’re so cute.” Yoongi told you with a smile. You were acting as if he’d say no to you. “You don’t have to make up excuses–”

“I was not–”

He could never say no to you, especially when you would look at him with those puppy dog eyes. He was too in love to resist you.

Min Yoongi was in love with you…but he couldn’t bring himself to say it.

He tried to tell you over the phone while on tour last week but to him, saying “I love you” for the first time was precious to him. He wanted to do it in person. But there was another problem. How was he supposed to say it? Was he supposed to plan a romantic date and then tell you? Was it too soon to say those three words? What if you didn’t love him back?

Yoongi turned to lay on his side and face you, watching as you cuddled up to his chest and closed your eyes. “Me too,” Yoongi replied.

But he wasn’t talking about baby Groot.

“I love you, too.” You said softly, snuggling up closer to him.

Yoongi’s hand went still as it registered in his mind what he had been doing. He glanced down briefly at you to see you wide awake instead of sound asleep as he had thought you to be.

He loved you and you loved him back.

#otpprompts inspired #bts imagines #bts scenarios #bts texts #yoongi imagines #yoongi scenarios #yoongi fluff #bts fluff

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tendernessfic · 7 years

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Eleven

The four of us were gathered in the corner of my apartment, decorating the now-assembled Christmas tree. You’d think that by now, Jamie would be used to doing this. Well, I was definitely wrong about that since it took us three whole hours to get to where we are now. I smiled to myself at the memory of the girls complaining as he kept getting the branches wrong. He’d start yelling, “will you two give me a second, I know what I’m doing!”, which only causes a commotion, with Dulcie outsmarting him every single time.

That brings us to where we are now. The girls and I were busy hanging up all sorts of colourful ornaments around the tree as Jamie worked on detangling the lights.

“I’m suing whoever sold you these Christmas lights. By the time I’m finished with this, it’ll be new year’s.” he huffed angrily as he rubbed the sweat off his forehead.

I laughed, “I’m willing to bet big money that Dulcie could finish that before you do.”

“Don’t start.” He glared.

“Ooh, someone’s sulky today.” I stick my tongue out at him as I resumed what I was doing.

He rolled his eyes as he threw the lights on the floor and grabbed his phone, needing a distraction. He swiped open a notification as his face scrunched up in disgust. He then looked at me and tossed his phone over for me to catch it. The text was from Evelyn; she had forwarded him another article.

“Another one?”

“Mhm.”

I bit my lip as I clicked on the link. This time, it was a picture of myself, just yesterday afternoon shopping at the Toys R Us downtown. I was grabbing the kids’ Christmas gifts and apparently, someone was following me. I gave the text a quick skim.

Spotted: Dakota Johnson out to buy presents for her (I think it’s safe to say), stepdaughters now. The actress has been photographed around the city several times with her former co-star, Jamie Dornan and his two adorable girls for the past week. Although both parties have issued a denial on a relationship, we think these pictures say otherwise, can we all agree?

I cringed as I locked the phone and tossed it back to him.

“I’m sorry.” He said with apologetic eyes.

I stepped away from the tree and closer to him, “We both knew this would happen.”

“I know, but I should’ve gone out for the presents myself and you should’ve stayed home with them.”

I frowned, “The girls wanted to see the statue of Liberty, and you and I both know that that’s probably the number one place where we shouldn’t be seen together.” I groaned, imagining all the tourists, “Plus, someone had to hide the toys.”

He smiled, “I don’t deserve you.”

“Oh, you definitely don’t.” I threw him a wink as he laughed in response.

I could see his eyes making their way down to my lips, but knowing that both girls were there, I mouthed ‘later’ to him as I rejoined them in hanging up the last few ornaments. It almost time for dinner by the time we finished the tree. It was now standing in all its glory, twinkling with lights that covered the edge of my apartment.

After dinner, Jamie said he wanted to snap a couple of pictures of us and so I was now sitting cross-legged with Elva on my lap and Dulcie encircling her arms around my neck. I had told Jamie to set up the camera and tripod that I had so we could all be in the picture.

“Come on, daddy, join us!” Elva said.

“Okay just one more,” he said as the camera clicked, “okay setting the timer now.”

“Put on the thing that lets you take five at once.” I told him.

He nodded in agreement and fiddled with the camera for a while before the red light started flashing, signalling that the timer was on. He ran towards us and sat next to me, grabbing Dulcie so that she’d be in his lap. She let out a giggle as she held her sister’s hand in hers and faced the camera.

Snap!

The timer started ticking again; I could feel Jamie turn his face to mine. I kept looking straight ahead.

Snap!

Dulcie and Elva were still facing forward, grinning from ear to ear as they laid their heads against each other. Jamie leaned down closer to my ear, it took everything I had not to turn to him and place my lips on his.

Snap!

“I love you.”

Snap!

And he pressed his lips onto my temple.

Snap!

I was frozen in place despite both girls standing up and sprinting to the tripod. They were jumping up and down, begging Jamie to show them the picture. A momentary panic flashed through my eyes, but Jamie only showed them the first picture, telling them that the rest were still being worked on by the camera. Dulcie shot him a suspicious look, she was definitely smarter than that but decided to brush it off as Zeppelin appeared next to her.

Jamie looked at me, still sitting in front of the Christmas tree and simply gave me a sweet smile. At that very moment, Elva let out a yawn.

“I think it’s time for bed, huh, sweetheart?” He said to her as he picked her up in his arms.

That knocked me away from my daze as I shook my head and stood up, “Okay, let’s get the both of you ready for bed.”

Dulcie pouted, “But I’m not tired!”

I crossed my arms, “But if you don’t sleep, Santa won’t come and drop off his presents.”

Her eyes widened almost immediately, “Come on, Elva! Let’s brush our teeth!”

Elva practically scrambled herself out of Jamie’s arms as the two ran off into my bathroom. I wasn’t ready to face Jamie yet so I scurried after them. After getting them both in their PJs, I joined them in my guest bedroom, where I have been sleeping with them for the past week (well, at least after five in the morning). Jamie came in and kissed them both goodnight, before going outside to start placing the hidden presents under the tree.

Elva was pretty much gone by the time I finished reading them their bedtime story. Dulcie, on the other hand, was still fighting the sleep in her eyes.

“Dakota?”

“Yes?”

“Do you think Santa got you something?”

I smiled, “I didn’t ask him for anything this year.”

“Why not?” she frowned.

“Because,” I kissed the top of her head, “I have everything I could ever want, right here.”

She sighed happily as she placed her head on my chest, “Can you come back to London with us?”

I caressed her arms slowly, “We’ll see, baby.”

“I love you, Dakota. You’re my favourite friend.” She said as she finally gave up, closing her eyes and drifting off.

I closed my eyes, savouring the happiness her words brought me, “I love you too, Dulcie Dornan.”

I stayed there for a while, thinking of what she said and what the future will bring for me if I do finally make it official with Jamie. Official in a sense where we tell the girls that what we have is more than a friendship. The sound of a ruckus in the living room was what made me finally step down from the bed, making sure to close the door behind me before joining Jamie in the living room.

“Shit.” He cursed as he started picking up the presents he had dropped on the floor.

I snickered, even Zeppelin was judging him from his dog bed as I started helping him, “Seriously, dude, these were expensive.”

He glared, “It’s not my fault these plastic bags are so fragile! By the way, they’re also ruining our environment.”

I bit my lip, trying to stop myself from cracking up as I strategically place Elva’s gifts on the left and Dulcie’s on the right, “Did you make the letters?”

“Yeah, here.” He said as he handed me two envelopes with their names written neatly.

I placed them in front of the now perfectly lined gifts and snapped a quick picture with my phone. When I turned around, Jamie was kneeling down, holding a red gift box.

“What’s this?”

He placed it in front of me as he sat down, “Merry Christmas.”

“Aw, Jamie,” I said as I leaned forward to give him a peck on the cheek, “I thought we agreed, no presents.”

He shrugs, “Well something in there is more of a present for myself than for you so it doesn’t count.”

I raised an eyebrow with curiosity but decided to open it and see for myself. Inside the box were three smaller boxes each labelled ‘1, 2, 3’ according to the order they should be opened in. I picked up box number one and opened it.

“Oh, Jamie…”

Inside it, was the necklace I wore as Ana while filming Fifty Shades of Grey. I remembered loving it so much, practically begging the costume department to let me take it home.

“It’s an exact replica,” he smiled, “I knew how much you loved it because you were so pissed when they told you that you had to return it.”

I pouted, “You’re such a softie, I can’t believe you remember.”

He wore an expression that showed how proud he was, “Open the next one.”

I picked up box number two and lifted its lid. It contained a snow globe of the Eiffel Tower.

“That one took me a while to find,” he pointed, “I bought that just before I left Paris after we wrapped, I figured I needed something touristy, and to commemorate filming by.”

I shook the snow globe as bits of snow started floating around the tower before placing it next to my necklace. As I finally reached for the third one, he started, “This is more of my present but yeah.”

I opened the box and found a key, which confused me terribly, “A key?”

He actually blushed as he said the next sentence, “To my apartment in London.”

“Oh my God,”

“I know,” he held up both palms, “it seems a wee bit soon but I wanted you to have that, because I want you to know that I’m not messing around here and I-”

I didn’t give him a chance to finish his sentence before I straddled him and wrapped my legs around his hips. I quickly placed my mouth on his and welcomed his tongue as it begged for entrance. I could feel him smiling into the kiss as his hands caress my thighs.

I pull away, “I didn’t get you anything.”

He shook his head as he ran a hand through my hair, “You don’t have to. Keep my key, that’s all I need.”

I smiled and brought my lips back to his before pulling away once more, “Jamie?”

“Hm?”

I placed one of my palms on his cheek, “I love you.” He beamed and opened his mouth to respond but I placed a finger on his lips, “I’ve loved you for seven years and I am so happy that I finally get the chance to say it.”

He crashes his lips onto mine and murmurs, “Hold tight,” as he lifts me up and carries me towards my bedroom. As soon as we’re inside, he slams the door shut with his leg and pins me to it. I can feel him grinding his erection against me as I tighten the grip my legs have around his waist. My hands travel down his torso and I tug on the edges of his black sweater. He quickly assists me in discarding the garment and starts working on my clothes.

Removing my t-shirt, he takes a good look at my breasts before reaching behind to unclasp my bra. I help him get rid of it by tossing it across the room and I gasp as I feel his mouth take my left breast. His tongue swirls around my nipple and I pull on his hair.

“Don’t stop,” I urge him as he moves his mouth to my right breast.

I can feel his right hand unbutton the top of my jeans but I untangle my legs from around his waist, causing me to drop onto the floor. He gives me a disapproving look but it quickly disappears as I kneel down and unbutton his pants. I make sure to pull down his boxers all together and before he can say anything else, I take him in my mouth.

“Good Lord.” He breathes as he slams a hand onto the door behind me.

I can feel his legs start to shake as his other hand slides behind my head and tugs on my hair, encouraging me to take him in further. I suck him harder, placing my hand on his thighs as I lick him from tip to end.

“Oh shit, get up.” He says as I stop, stand up and he takes my mouth in his once more.

He pushes me onto the bed and works on my jeans and panties. His hands move quick and soon I feel his finger make its way onto my clitoris. I let out a loud moan in response as another finger dips into me and starts making circular motions.

“Jamie, oh God, Jamie!” I thrash my head from side to side as I grip the bed sheets.

“You like that?”

“Yes!”

He increases his pace, “What do you want baby?”

“I want you in me.”

“What was that?”

I scream my response, “Jamie, please fuck me!”

“That’s my girl.” He says as he flips me over so that I’m lying on my front and he pulls my ass up in the air.

He rips open a condom from the bedside table, slips it on himself and enters me abruptly, “God, baby do you know how good you feel?”

I let out a whimper as I press my face onto the bed. I’m not going to last long but I think that goes for him too. He starts going harder, faster, driving me onto the edge and I am unable to control the sounds coming out of my mouth. He exits me, flips me back so I’m facing him and re-enters me so deep that he reaches that one special spot.

“Oh, shit!” I curse as I grip his biceps.

“That’s it baby, feel me.”

“I’m so close, Jamie, oh my God!” I yell.

He groans in response and brings one hand down to my clitoris. I immediately feel a sensation building down there as my walls clench tighter around him.

“Fuck, fuck, I’m going to-”

“Come for me, Dakota!” He urges and my orgasm detonates through my entire body.

He continues to thrust as I ride out my orgasm and a few seconds later, I feel him let go, “Fuck!”

I wrap my legs around him as he slows his thrusts and finally drops his head onto my chest, breathing heavily.

After a while, he looks up and smiles, “I fucking love you.”

I tap the edge of his nose, “We really need to learn to tone it down.”

“Are you kidding me?”

“Seriously!” I point towards the door, “One of these days one of them will hear us and we’ll scar them for the rest of their lives.”

Jamie smiled as he lifts himself off me and walks towards the trash bin to dispose of the condom. I crawl under the covers, not being bothered to dress in anything, exhausted to my core. He switches off the light and joins me, curling one arm around my waist as I place my head on his chest.

We were silent for a few minutes, with me nearly drifting off when he speaks, “I want us to tell the girls soon.”

My eyes snapped open as I entwine my fingers with his, “I’m scared.”

“They love you.”

“I know,” I sighed, “but the other day, when Dulcie saw you holding my hand in the car, I just, I got the feeling that she was afraid I was trying to replace her mom.”

He kisses the top of my head, “But that’s not what you’re doing.”

“But they’re too young to understand the dynamics of relationships, Jamie. The love she has for me is different than the way she loves her mom, and I don’t want to make her feel as if she needs to think of me that way.”

I feel his hand caress my back, “I know that, and I know you’re not trying to take their mother’s place in any way. But I want them to know that I love you, and that one way or another, you’re going to be part of this family.”

I look up at him, “Can we slow down and wait until the new year rolls around? We’ll think of what to say together, just give me more time.”

He closes his eyes, clearly displeased at my request but he nods, “Okay.”

I kiss his chest, “Thank you.”

“Hm.” He responds and I feel his breathing calm, a sign that he was going to fall asleep.

“I love you, Jamie.” I whisper as I snuggle closer towards him.

He smiles into my hair, “I love you too, baby, even if you drive me nuts.”

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