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hebuiltfive · 10 months ago
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Compassion was a weakness. It always had been, always would be. Hannah knew that. Scott did not.
International Rescue were not a crime-busting team. Usually they'd rather leave that nasty business to the GDF, but today was different. Today, International Rescue had no choice. Today, while out on a mission, Scott had to make the choice; fight her to stop her, or let her go knowing that countless lives would be hurt, maybe lost, because of it.
Compassion had him choosing the first option. She knew he wouldn't let her walk out of there with those explosives in hand, knew he wouldn't let her hand them over to her Boss who was planning something cataclysmic with them.
Hannah had, in fact, gambled on Scott not letting her leave, had gambled on him being the one to confront her. She'd gambled on it, wished under her breath for it to have been Scott, because Scott was the easiest for her to manipulate.
Not that she wanted to manipulate him. If she admitted it to herself, Hannah was almost apologetic when she looked up and met those blue eyes. Many a night recently had she allowed herself to get lost in those oceans, allowed herself to drown in all that was Scott Tracy. It was against her better judgement and she knew she should have put a stop to it after that first night but ...
That didn't matter.
Hannah didn't want to fight Scott, just as much as he probably didn't want to fight her, but she had a deadline to keep. Clarence would be waiting in the Cruiser and, should the GDF arrive before she could clear the building... Well, she wouldn't be meeting her brother on time, and that wouldn't sit well with the Boss. Scott had left her no choice when he refused to move from the entrance way.
She allowed him to think he'd won the fight, allowed him to knock her to the ground after a small tussle, only so he'd feel that guilt all the more. As Hannah glanced up at him, her expression unreadable, she saw it. The pain in his face, the torn feelings over what she'd forced him to do.
Compassion was a weakness, and so Hannah didn't allow herself to feel it.
"I'm sorry." Scott had whispered as he stepped back from her, blinking as though he couldn't quite believe he'd fought her. Her.
It was a foolish mistake, one he'd no doubt later come to regret.
Hannah swiped her legs out to catch his. His guard had lowered and Scott came crashing down to the floor beside her.
He was too winded to retaliate which gave Hannah enough time. She pushed herself back onto her feet, grabbed the canisters of explosive materials that they had both silently agreed to put safely to one side as they tangled, and then made for the entryway.
Scott groaned from behind her. Hannah allowed herself one look back.
Compassion was a weakness. The line ran through her mind and whatever she had been about to say — a reason, some advice, her own version of an apology — was quickly replaced.
"I'm not."
A reply to his guilt-laden regret from only a moment ago. Hannah willed her voice not to tremble, willed herself not to show one ounce of emotion on that face of hers as she sealed him inside the storage unit.
It was easier this way; for her to pretend she didn't feel anything, for her to pretend she didn't care, for her to pretend that she didn't want to rush back and help him instead of her boss.
It was easier this way.
For her.
For him.
Compassion was a weakness and she didn't want Scott to be weak anymore. Not around her. Not when it mattered.
Writing Prompt #2587
"I'm sorry."
"I'm not."
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multifanlol · 2 years ago
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Hey! So i wanted to start writing character x reader stuff so, feel free to request, (I’m so bad at this help-) I’m guessing first i should write the fandoms I’ll write for/characters i will and won’t write for etc, so yeah-
Danganronpa
All students from trigger happy havoc platonically and romantically (excluding Junko Enoshima unless your some sort of mastermind like her)
All students from goodbye despair platonically and romantically + Monomi platonically only
All students from V3 platonically and romantically excluding Tsumugi again like Junko if your some sort of villain like her
Ultra Despair Girls
Komaru Naegi (Platonically and Romantically)
Yuta Asahina (Platonically and romantically)
Warriors of hope (Mainly platonic although I’ll only do romantic with them aged up)
Monaca Towa (Although i should be putting her in the category with Junko and Tsumugi i still really wanna write her lol mainly platonic though)
Characters i won’t write for in Danganronpa
Haji Towa
Monokuma (unless it’s some sort of funny platonic oneshot or something nothing serious though)
Monocubs
South Park
Characters I’ll write for
Adults (I’m okay with writing for most of the main adults like Randy, Sharon Gerald romantically and platonically etc…)
Most of the kids (I mainly prefer platonic like the WOH although I will do romantic but would prefer aging them up would prefer writing there post covid ones more although i will write them that age more reluctantly though)
Now that i have that clear the characters in specific I’ll write for are probably
Stan Marsh
Kyle Broflovski
Eric Cartman (Reluctantly)
Kenny Mcormick
“Mysterion” (just forget that isn’t Kenny lol)
Butters Scotch
Goth Kids (only platonic for Firkle)
Randy Marsh
Sharon Marsh
Craigs gang + Tweek
Main girls (Wendy,Bebe,Heidi,Nicole….)
Most of the parents
Teen characters (Shelly Marsh, Kevin Mcormick, Scott Tenorman…..)
Characters i won’t write
Ike (would prefer doing platonic and writing romantic stuff for post covid him since he’s like 3)
Firkle except platonic stuff
Amphibia
Characters i will write for
Anne Boonchuy (platonic and romantic)
Sasha Waybright (Romantic and platonic)
Marcy Wu (Romantic and platonic)
The planters (Platonic only)
Darcy (Romantic and platonic forgetting the core controls her and focusing on Marcy lol)
Pretty much I’ll do platonic for all the other frogs and only platonic since i feel uncomfortable kinda writing non human readers
Total Drama
Characters I’ll write for
All romantic and platonic (well excluding the tennis rivals unless platonic
Characters i won’t write for
Romantic for any of the frogs
What i will write in general
Male, female and gender neutral readers all are good here!
Male reader x male character/gender neutral x female character etc
Reader acting like a character as an example gender neutral reader! Acting Like Makoto Naegi from Danganronpa to (insert character)
I can go up to four characters at the moment at best I’ll add it up when i feel more comfortable doing more then four
Fluff, wholesome stuff etc
Angst but only reluctantly because i suck at them i feel like i wouldn’t make it serious so only if you really want one but i warn you
Platonic and romantic i think yk
I write parental f/o stuff or sibling f/os etc…..
I can write ocs and self inserts but I’d need important details
Stuff like kissing, etc I feel like I’m gonna suck at it but cringe culture is dead right-
Yandere stuff if yk yk
What i won’t write
Smut or lemons (I don’t mind it but i can’t write stuff like that because it comes out SO BAD I can’t even-)
Non consenting stuff, harassment, abuse, pedophilia etc (if yk yk….)
So that’s it for now i think I’m in other fandoms but there the main ones I’ll write for now sooo…..
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gumnut-logic · 4 years ago
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Nutty’s WIPs
Just a listing of the current mess on my Works-in-Progress list which for some reason is completely out of control. Most of these are also unarchived so if I don’t watch myself, I’m going to lose even more than just the plot.
Starting from the most recent and working back through my archive...
Snake Bite - Virgil gets bitten by a snake
For His Brothers - Scott is injured and won’t wake up
Tactics - Tracy brothers snowball fight ‘training scenario’
Chuckles - Christmas through the years for Scott Tracy (pt1 archived)
A Strong Heart - Scott falls and Virgil catches him
Something Missed - Scott is injured and depressed. Virgil and Gordon are on the case. There may be snow involved.
Minerva - Virgil is grounded with two broken legs and Grandma is baking. Gordon and ‘A Little Lightning’ to the rescue. A trip to the Minerva Reefs where they are joined by Scott (and the rest of the brothers eventually). Kermadec AU
Responsibility - Scott and Alan go down with a cargo carrier. May/May not be continued. Currently just a scene.
Ellie - Virgil takes up a nursing course while grounded and meets a fellow student. Outside POV. Alan and Gordon whump eventually. Not ship (so Virgil tells me).
Gordon - Marks & Wings AU - this one is from some time ago, but I wrote part 2 just recently. Gordon goes squid and gets attacked by a whale. Virgil has to find him. Gordon and Vigil whump.
Something - doesn’t even have a title. Scott unconscious, Gordon facing off against Havoc and Fuse to protect him, Virgil running to find them.
Random sensory exercise - Virgil walking down to the beach on Tracy Island - I have no idea what I was thinking, probably just work exhausted.
Random scene - Thunderbird Two is going down, but Virgil can’t find Gordon and won’t leave without him.
Random scene - Scott falls after not listening to Virgil.
The Bear - Virgil is a grumpy bear and his brothers have had it.
Gordon the Octopus - Virgil waits for Gordon on the shore. Marks & Wings AU. I have a bit more of this that I haven’t posted
Three Things - Alan starts a Vlog. Outside POV.
When the World Goes Boom - Scott and Alan are injured in a space explosion and Nutty REEEEALLLY needs to finish this fic!
Need - Jeff Tracy is home. What happens next? Likely sequel to Thunderbird XL - once that is finished ::headdesk::
Thunderbird XL - An expansion of the episode ‘The Long Reach’. Sequel to Thunderbird X which is actually finished.
From the Joker and the Hero universe - just a scene, could be more.
Untitled - 5000 words of post-elevator scene from Inferno. Plenty of Virgil whump. Stopped writing because of too many WIPs. ::looks at list above:: Oh, god ::headdesk::
The Hero - Sequel to The Joker. Thunderbird Two along with Virgil and Gordon gets nabbed. Gordon’s POV of the Joker - a lot more happened than Virgil realised. I ALSO REEEALLY need to finish this one. Stopped to start writing Kermadec Fic for TAG Secret Santa.
Complete but need to archive?
Gordon and the Whale Shark - Virgil goes looking for Gordon post-mission and finds him in a very interesting spot.
Baubles - Tracy elves
Pile of Drabbles
Virgil closes his eyes - Virgil meets a friend. Kermadec AU. Unsure if this has been archived.
::Looks at list and winces:: Oh dear. That is more than the twelve WIPs I thought I had ::gulp:: Admittedly, a few of these are just scenes I threw down and may never revisit, but most are viable fics I really should do something about. And this is just since December 2019. it seems that Christmas time messes with my writing mojo and starts spouting random stuff.
But! I have to remind myself that while these random unfinished fics were left hanging, there were 53 other fics that were completed in the last year.
I do finish things. I do, I really do. ::whimpers::
Nutty
(oh, to be a sane person would sometimes be nice ::sigh:: How do people keep it together, really? I sit next to a woman at work who is so organised she terrifies me, while my desk looks like a bomb hit it - a clear reflection of the inside of my head. Aaargh! )
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tartheanmaid · 4 years ago
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Wreaking Havoc
No album covers for Year 1 and 2 because the band didn’t form until the summer before Year 3 // Tulip didn’t join until mid-Year 3
MORE ABOUT OREGON (you should probably read this first or else none of this is gonna make sense) - https://eyelash-curler.tumblr.com/post/633897484436062208/hphm-profile-oregon-emilia-havoc
Year 1
she -  about Penny Haywood and Oregon struggling with realizing her attraction to girls {dodie}
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1c5H0Sc0nDG18pWWuJIBvb?si=qeC0uBqFQLevS5xu9aDhkQ
Year 2
strawberry blonde - about Oregon asking Penny to be her girlfriend(she uses the song to ask her out) {mitski} all I ever wanted was u - Oregon is struggling with the burden of her first Cursed Vault but is glad Penny is there for her and is falling hard {dalynn}
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/261EKjkDFIVLIlyXzYQ71W?si=5govUqidQu-NNZ_-DnM-nA
Year 3
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note from the band: the band has come together! oregon havoc - lead vocals, backup guitar(acoustic); penny haywood - backup vocals, backup guitar(electric); chiara lobosca - drums; nymphadora tonks - keyboard; tulip karasu - bass
girls just wanna have fun- Testing the waters as a band with a cover of one of the girls’ favorite songs {the mayries} could this be love? - Oregon starting to ask herself if she’s in love with Penny she is {saturn 17} right now - Oregon struggling with saying those three special words out loud {saturn 17} thrifted youth - Tulip venting through song(written by Tulip, sung by Oregon) {dalynn}
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jGVzOqvIGmgKzRO6u8lgc?si=peofBXM_TOWBkHRvI5xfjQ
Year 4
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note from the band: this band believes in orenelope(oregon x penny) supremacy -tonks ;)
closer - Oregon singing about her and Penny’s relationship {tegan and sara} she pt 2 - Oregon reflecting on the song she wrote in year 1 and how she has grown and become more unapologetic about her sexuality {jen foster} kiss me - a song that Oregon wrote for her and Penny’s date under the stars(First Date TLSQ) {sixpence none the richer}
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vpnaoto5QjNzz2olitfZe?si=yFFADJL9TPS868ymakRLWQ
Year 5
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note from the band: no more songs abt penny sowwy its only ismelda now -chiara // penny's still in the band though, her and oregon just broke up -tonks ;)
sofia - Oregon falling in love with Ismelda and asking her to take a chance on them(alternatively titled “izzy”) {clario} i need to be alone - Oregon feeling useless in freeing beatrice {girl in red} sweet hibiscus tea - Oregon venting through song about the pressure being the “Cursed Vault Kid” puts on her and feeling like it’s her responsibility to save the school each year when a new curse is unleashed(also maybe a bit of imposter syndrome) {penelope scott} 10 shots of nyquil - Oregon discovering her absolutely fucking terrible coping mechanism {dalynn}
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ia8unyRTAESh8nO680oZG?si=OLTHnizMTtCxlssazKf0MQ
Year 6
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note from the band: merlin can jae and oregon just get married already?? - tulip!
couple of kids - Oregon reminiscing about her lost childhood and her slowly falling for Jae {maggie lindemann} 1965 - Oregon comparing her and Jae’s relationship to that of her parents when they were young {zella day} where you are - in loving memory of Rowan Khanna {beth crowley} let ‘em talk - a fun party song about not caring what the fuck other people think written by oregon for the wreaking havoc x the weird sisters collab {kesha, eagles of death metal} boogie feet - a fun party song about uhhhhh(no one ever really figured it out but myron refused to change anything) written by myron wagtail for the wreaking havoc x the weird sisters collab {kesha, eagles of death metal}
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MboT1c0feEcRodLsk8WBS?si=dTsUtoe8Swmx0dl1krPULw
After Graduation
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note from the band: oregon finally learned how to play an electric guitar, courtesy of me - tulip! // JAE STOPPED BEING A COWARD AND GOT DOWN ON ONE KNEE - tonks;)
postitions - about Jae and Oregon’s engagement, also the bands first #1 hit song {rain paris}
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1E7ntvN8Py4MbGz4CsiyBQ?si=WYSyl_ojTIuLwTT9CEPP5g
Headcanons and Band Pics Under the Cut
Headcanons
The band is called “Wreaking Havoc” because all of the members are pretty mischievous, even if they don’t show it *cough* Penny *cough*.
It’s also called “Wreaking Havoc” because Oregon’s last name is Havoc and she’s the lead singer.
Dennis sits on the side of the stage at all of their performances.
Oregon is the lead singer and plays backup guitar(acoustic).
Penny is the backup singer.
Chiara plays the drums.
Tonks plays the keyboard.
Tulip plays the bass.
Yes, when the song calls for an acoustic guitar she does sit on a stool like a fucking indie kid.
But when she’s not playing the guitar she’s on roller skates.*
On each album one(or more) of the members writes a little note that’s printed on the back like it’s in sharpie(it is in sharpie on the band’s copy)
After playing with “The Weird Sisters” in her second year, Oregon gets their advice on lots of things having to do with the band.
Myron’s advice is a big part of their success(The collabs come in handy as well).
The band’s genres are synth pop electropop, and indie pop.
Oregon also plays spoons but not in the band.
Penny plays the piano but not in the band.
Tulip has tried to teach Oregon how to play the bass but she just. cannot.
Oregon has a habit of bringing people up on stage to dance with them. They almost always go back into the crowd a blushing mess.
Oregon calls Ismelda “Izzy”.
Penny’s real name is Penelope.
*picture of said roller skates
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Band Pics(After Graduation)
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thorne93 · 5 years ago
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Unforeseen Chasm (Part 29)
Prompt: Two sisters fall for men that are absolute enemies. The love they have could tear all of them apart, or it could bring them together.
Word Count: 4361
Warnings: Language, flashbacks to NY, angst, fear,evasive memory search,mutation take over, fighting,unconscious shannon(OFC)
Note: This is by far the longest thing I’ve ever written (including my novels). It’s a collaboration with the amazing @mrs-dragneel-stark-solo​​. It started as a funny “What if…?” and it evolved and got huge. This took two years to write. We are both proud and happy and we hope you enjoy it. It follows from Thor 1 to Endgame in the MCU. Some of the timelines may be off in order to fit certain people, and some characters may show up earlier or in different ways than they have in the movie. But for the most part, it follows the MCU. It also has a bit of crossover with some other Marvel characters throughout the story.
Masterlist for Unforeseen Chasm
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Two days later, and you were back at the mansion, with most of the X-Men still in the training room. This time, they didn’t separate you and Shannon. Instead, they thought perhaps the powers might affect each other, they also thought if Shannon were nearby you wouldn’t feel as much like a lab rat or science experiment.
Steve and Logan stood on security detail, monitoring your every move. Jean and Charles were studying you. Remy and Scott stood on morale detail, trying to keep your spirits raised if you got discouraged, and to make you feel more comfortable since they were your good friends as well.
“Alright, Jean, whenever you’re ready to start I’ll go,” Shannon said waiting to see how they would approach both yours and her powers today.
Both Gambit and Scott had gotten closer to both of you and had begun taunting you two to see who would burst first.
“Shannon, how does it feel knowing your best friend can never walk in broad daylight again?” Scott had said to her, causing you to get upset that they would start like that. He had done some research on the attack and found a few videos of you attacking her, and who they believed was Loki being taken somewhere.
“Really, Scott? That's how you're gonna start things?” she asked, sounding a little disappointed and hurt. “She’s my best friend and knowing that she can’t go out with me for simple things hurts. It hurts more knowing…” she stopped herself, looking over at you and her heart broke a bit having to remember the events of that day.
For a moment they noticed that she went into a trance. Worried a bit, Scott got closer to see what was going on. Jean was curious as well and had begun walking towards her too, only to be blown back by a strong energy mixed with wind. Jean noticed that Shannon’s eyes had turned milky white and had hints of purple swirls in them. Scott jumped back when he saw her flinch in her trance and red beams came out of her eyes identical to his.
“Hmm, it seems as if she is in her memories are frozen in the time of the attack,” Jean said while dusting off her skirt. “Scott, try to get her to talk about what she’s seeing,” she instructed while looking at her.
“I’ll try my best but it’ll be hard trying to get close and not know how her mutation will react.” He cautiously inched closer.
Meanwhile right nearby, Gambit was trying to get some sort of reaction out of you. “So this Loki fellow, he all that? He really what they say he is?”
Your eyes flashed to his. “I’m not sure. I don’t know what ‘they’ say he is,” you informed.
“Some poor bastard who couldn’t keep his temper in check and only wanted to wreak havoc.” He smirked seeing that he’d started to get some sort of reaction out of you. “Sounds to me like a whiny brat looking for daddy’s attention.” He laughed at his own comment.
“Remy, don’t,” you warned, purple energy sparking on your finger tips. “He isn’t like that. He… he couldn’t help what happened to him.” You gritted your teeth. “It wasn’t like that!” you retorted, your voice raising.
Just then it seemed like Shannon had latched onto your emotion and had begun mixing with her own. The same purple energy that sparked from your fingers had begun to appear around her. She was no longer in a trance but her eyes had yet to change back into her normally dark brown hue. She began advancing towards Scott.
“Jean, I’m not liking any of this… Should I really be getting this close to her?” Scott asked, his voice wavering, and started moving away from her.
”Why are you running, Scott? Scared I’ll hurt you?” Shannon smirked as she kept getting closer. “You’re the first person to realize how much of a threat I could be.” She laughed.
“Shannon, relax, don’t do anything you’ll regret. You know this isn’t how I feel.... We’re good friends…  Remember that,” he had stuttered out.
“Oh, Scott but we are good friends, at least I’d like to believe we are…” She stopped talking. It looked like she was thinking of something. Jean seeing this was going nowhere looked inside her head to see what kept stopping her.
Over where you and Gambit were, you had been circling each other, he kept egging you on and he seemed to find it entertaining to mess with you. “All talk and no play huh, Y/N/N?” He had started charging som cards behind his back. “Is he like that too? Bet he gets annoying being locked up together, you two fight about him not completing his mission?” He asked you a million questions each one getting worse than the last.
“Not another word about him, Remy,” you cautioned through clenched teeth, your fists balling up. The purple energy charged all the way up to your shoulders.
“Alright, that’s quite enough, Gambit,” Charles suddenly interjected from his wheelchair.
Logan stepped up from behind Remy and gently pulled him back, not trusting you or your anger. He saw something in your eyes he hadn’t seen before.
Charles peered at you, and he could tell you weren’t registering anything around you now.  This put him on edge, so he jumped straight into your mind, trying to figure out just exactly what was triggering you, causing the problematic surge.
Was it watching Shannon be mocked or put in distress? Was it feeling trapped due to the amount of people in the room? Was it making you remember the traumatic events of New York? Was it pressing your buttons about being imprisoned? Or was it about the famed man who was your fellow inmate?
Jean had been in Shannon’s mind for a while but had found what had happened in New York. She saw how much pain she had gone through seeing what you had done to her when you kidnapped her and then the fight over a man she barely knew. Jean could see how much the events had affected her and figured it had something to do with this so called Loki… She’d have to speak to Charles about this for the next time you two came in.
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It was the next morning that Tony and Shannon were in the middle of their morning routine that Tony asked her, “Have you been by to see Professor X, yet?”
Tony was in the bedroom getting dressed when he asked, but Shannon stood in the bathroom, brushing her teeth. A feeling of guilt and dread clenched inside her stomach. Had he found out about breaking you out?
“Uh, yeah,” she answered a little hesitantly.
In a second, Tony was in the bathroom, about to slap on some cologne. “Babe, why didn’t you tell me?” he asked.
“We’ve both been so busy…” she said, averting some of the truth.
“But you’re getting help. That’s amazing. Has he said anything? Have they found out the issue?”
“They’re getting closer,” she informed before swiping on some quick, light makeup for the day.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek from behind. “That’s so good to hear, dear. I’ve got a board meeting today, and I’m going to introduce that new prototype, so I might be late for dinner.”
“That’s fine,” she assured. “I’ll be busy with work and errands. I’m going to see Charles again today, probably.”
“Sounds good. See you tonight?” he asked, walking backwards and pointing at her.
“Absolutely,” she responded with a grin. She hated lying to him, it nearly made her physically sick, but when it came to this… she knew Tony’s emotions would blind him and he wouldn’t see it the way she did. He would’ve have allowed you to leave, and get the help you needed.
Meanwhile, you were downstairs with Loki, trying to move past the argument you two had.
“Leaving again, are we?” he asked coolly.
You sighed, not looking up at him from where you made yourself a cup of coffee. “Yes, I am… to get help… you know, for the powers that were pushed into me against my will…”
Loki peered over at you, assessing you. By now, he knew you pretty well. The two of you had lived together for nearly two years, if you counted the imprisonment here and on Sanctuary. And he could tell that for once, it was his own insecurities getting in the way. He was concocting all of these terrible ideas and outcomes for you two. He worried you would sell him out. He worried you would strike a deal and never come back to that cell again. He worried that you only stayed close to him on Sanctuary because you were friends before lovers. He worried that now, now that you had a chance to get away, get far away from him -- you might.
But no… Something in the way that you still took care of him, still looked after him, still smiled when seeing him walk in a room let him know that just this once, he was being foolish and talking himself into lies he knew were not true.
“You think it’s really helping?” he asked genuinely.
You heard the change in his voice so you stopped putting sugar in your coffee to give him your full attention. “Yes… I do. As soon as we find out what’s wrong with this dark energy, maybe they can get it out of me, and I’ll be back home to you.”
Loki scoffed lightly. “You can’t really call this a home, can you?”
The tiniest of smiles touched the corner of your lips before you brought one hand up to touch his cheek.
“Home is wherever you are.”
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Shannon had finally finished the gift she had for the two down below. It had taken a while but with the help of all the photos and videos that you had sent of Asgard, she was able to recreate a holographic version of what you two called home and inserted everything from all over the world so you could see wherever you pleased, hoping to make the room a lot less bleak and much more pleasant for both of you.
She made her way to the elevator with everything and the boots to one of Tony’s suits in hopes of getting it installed all on her own. Getting out of the elevator with the equipment, she could hear talking and hoped that they weren’t fighting.
“I hope I’m not interrupting anything but I have a surprise for you two and hope that this will bring some sort of change,” she said to them looking hopeful as she hustled into the room outside of their cell.
Begrudgingly, you pulled away from Loki and cleared your throat. “Not at all, Shannon,“ you assured. “What's up?”
“I’ve finally finished what I had created for you two, that little gift I had been telling you about?” she asked, trying to get you to remember. “Well here it is. It might not look like much right now but once I install it, I bet you’re going to love it!” She pointed to the things on the trolley.
You lightly laughed. “Okay.” Shannon was… whimsical as always. That little gleam of mischief in her eye. Why were you drawn to people that were coy?
“All I need to do is get up to the top of this cell and connect a few wires to the main server and set up these sensors,” she explained as she put on the boots from one of the Iron Man suits, flying onto the top of the cell you ran to see where exactly she would land.
“How exactly will we be able to use this gift of yours?” you asked, wanting to know more about what she was doing.
“Once everything is installed and connected to the server it will work with just a few simple voice commands. I’ll show you when I’m done here.” She quickly got the sensors installed in all four corners of the room a well as one at the very top of the room. “Alright now if you two could please come to the living room, and close your eyes and tell me where exactly you wish you could see?” she asked you two.
You followed her orders, taking Loki’s hand and leading him to the stark white living room with black leather furniture. “I don’t know… Darling, what would you like to see?” you asked, peering up at him.
“I’m not sure… Anything is better than this cell,” he commented.
“Asgard?” you tried, speaking to both him and Shannon.
“If that’s what you both wish to see... Then if you could please close your eyes?” she asked, figuring that’s what you two would choose.
She entered the apartment and headed to the office to turn on the holograms. “Show me Asgard,” was all she said and behind closed eyelids you saw a flash. “You can open your eyes now.”
As soon as your eyes opened, you gasped -- a happy, shocked, thrilled gasp. On the walls that typically only showed gray concrete were splashes golds, greens, and vibrant blues, pinks, and purples. It was the foliage that was surrounding the waterfall you had gone to. It was the first place Loki had let you take his picture. Water fell from the magnificent cliff, making rainbows along the mist of the pond down below. Everywhere you turned it was an oasis.
But not an oasis that you made up or that Shannon pulled from the internet. These were real pictures of Asgard, stitched together. It brought a tear to your eye.
“This is incredible,” Loki commented.
“It truly is. Thank you, Shannon. This is amazing. This is the best gift,” you noted.
“The best gift would’ve been freedom,” Loki mumbled before you elbowed him in the ribs.
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Today, the gang was the same. The same X-men, with Steve in there as protection, ready to take you down if need be. They had you and Shannon face each other. They had an inkling of what triggered both of your powers, and they were about to test it.
Charles got inside your mind, while Jean nestled inside Shannon’s, ready to monitor the thought processes as the team tested the triggers out. Before the women had arrived, Charles had given instructions to the X-Men to try and taunt you with New York, failings, and Loki.
“Hey, Y/N/N, good to see you again,” Remy said as he circled you, that charming smirk on his face. “Of course, if you didn’t fail in takin’ over the planet, we could be talkin’ like normal now. Instead of all this cloak and dagger business.”
The first cut was made, reminding you of your failings.
“Who says I failed?” you challenged. “Maybe I wanted to lose,” you retorted.
“Right,” he laughed. “Because sittin’ in a cell with a momma’s boy is so excitin’.”
“The way I hear it, he was given the best weapon in the galaxy, and still couldn’t wield it,” Scott added. “That’s just sad. Wouldn’t you say so, Logan?” he asked, intentionally being a prick, turning to Wolverine with his arms crossed.
“I’d say that’s pretty pathetic,” Logan agreed, a cocky expression painting his face.
Before you knew what was happening, you spun, your energy building up in your hands. The dark purple power was just about to shoot out of your hands but Scott shot you back with his the energy from his eyes, knocking you backwards. As soon as you were standing, Steve and Logan grabbed your arms to keep you from propelling your power towards anyone.
“Stop, please,” Shannon begged, her eyes becoming milky red, purple swirling inside them. Outside, thunder could be heard on what was a clear, bright day only moments before.
“Oh, come on, Shan,” Scott said. “We’re only messing with her. It’s not like she’s in jail for life for it… Oh… Wait…”
“Knock it off, Scott,” Shannon warned again.
“Why? Can’t take the fact that Y/N/N over here nearly killed you for a piece of ass she barely knew?”
With that, lightening began hitting the bunker, making everyone’s eyes look up to inspect the sound.
An almost animalistic sound came from you as they taunted you and her. The mocking of Loki and your relationship was not being tolerated well by you. Not to mention how they were bothering Shannon.
In an instant, the energy that was tingling up your arms nearly tripled, blowing the two men off of you. As soon as you were away from them, you started to go towards Shannon, the action making Steve worry -- but then you stood in front of her, almost as if to protect her. Just as you turned to fight off Scott though, the field between you two became stormy.
A dark cloud of purple energy ignited between you, making you two peer at each other in confusion.
“Just as we had suspected. The thing that triggers both of your powers happens to be whenever something negative is mentioned about the one person you care about,” Jean said pointing towards both women and their current state of emotion. “For you, Y/N, it’s when Loki’s spoken badly about. And for you, Shannon, it’s Y/N. She’s the main cause for the energy to manifest,” she explained and pointed at both of you. “But yours is worn out with increased highs or lows in emotional situations.”
It took you both a moment to realize that the conclusion they had made was true. You being talked to in any negative way caused the energy to spike and make Shannon weaker in strength. You tried not to believe that your dark energy would always be triggered whenever Loki was badmouthed to you.
While both of you were lost in thought, Logan and Steve took the opportunity to separate you so that Shannon couldn't feed off your anger and make her own worse.
“Logan! Let me go, put me down,” Shannon yelled making the room shake and caused the light to flicker a moment.
“Not until you’re far enough away from Y/N that you won’t have your powers go nuts,” he grunted as she made him struggle to move her away. “You know it's for your own damn good,” he sounded resolute having gotten her all the way to the other side of the room.
“I said, Let. Me. Go!” She was getting angrier by the second and her eyes went from a milky red to a bright purple with spots of red. The sky was completely blacked out and the only light was from the lights in the room.  Without realizing it, Shannon had lifted up one of the sharpest objects and had it facing Logan.
He stopped moving but wouldn’t let her go. “Now listen, kid, the only way you’ll get that thing to even touch me is if it goes through you too,” he said with a bit of confidence. Which only seemed to boost her anger even more. She had the object come flying at an incredible speed and she felt his breath hitch.
“You’re so wrong on that one, Logan…” She laughed, the object going through her as if she weren’t there and it stuck out the back of of Logan. “I can make it only hit you, my dear friend.” She smirked as she felt him loosen his grip. She slammed her head into his nose and got out of his grip.
“Shannon, stop this at once!” Charles warned her but she was being controlled by the dark energy inside her.
Steve did the same with you, pulling you as far away from his friend as he could. Not wanting to have you cause anymore trouble for Shannon.
“Steve, please let me go. You know I would never do anything to harm Shannon…” you pleaded feeling useless knowing you were at your weakest point. “I just want to get this dark energy out of me, you have to believe me.” You turned to look at him hoping he could see the sincerity in your eyes.
“I’m sorry but I can’t risk you hurting her again like the last time, and I know you want to get rid of it but it won't be enough until it's gone,” came from him, his voice full of sadness and pity. His response left you feeling defeated.
Hearing Charles warn Shannon, you and Steve look over just as she had walked away from Logan and watched him fall to his knees. Steve acted quickly by running towards her only to get pushed back by a strong wind and have objects pin his feet where he stood.
“Shannon, this isn’t you. Don't let those powers do something you’ll never be able to forgive yourself for,” Steve said, trying to get through to her but nothing seemed to be working.
They could all see that it was taking a toll on her as she began to look pale and although the energy was still strong, there were moments it would flicker. She began losing her balance and the room had begun to tip for her. Not wanting to cause her more damage you had a pillow positioned right where her head fell as she hit the ground. The purple haze had begun to fade but still surrounded her as if to keep her protected.
“I believe it’s time we take her to her old room to let her recover and run some tests on her while doing so,” Charles said, wanting to make sure that she was okay and there was no internal damage. He would also slip into her subconscious to figure out more. “Jean, if you and Scott could take Logan to the infirmary get him checked out?”
“Yes, Professor Xavier,” they both said in unison.
“I’ll need you, Y/N, to head to her old room and prepare the bed for her,” Charles said to you wanting you to do something to help.
“Right away, Charles…” You looked over to Remy. “Wanna walk me to her room?” you asked not feeling safe to walk the halls alone.
“Sure thing, darlin’,” was all he said.
“I’ll pick her up and take her there if you’d like?” Steve offered. “I’d like to stay by her side to make sure she’s okay.” He walked over to Shannon lifting her with ease.
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“JARVIS, where is Shannon?” Tony asked when he wrapped up his meeting.
“I believe she has left to go to the Xavier mansion, sir, with Captain Rogers,” he responded.
“Ah, that’s a shame. I was going to go tell the prisoners down below some good news. Thought she might want to be with me, but I guess I can tell her later.”
With that, he quickly left his conference room and stepped into an elevator, descending down, deep down into the basement.
“JARVIS, remind me to tell Shannon the news that Fury has chosen to give them a chance,” he said as he was nearing the floor.
“Sure thing, Mr. Stark, anything else?” the Al asked.
“I’ll let you know if there’s anything else,” he told the Al.
“Hello there you two, how’s the view in here?” Tony joked as he walked into the room but stopped short when he looked to see the once gray concrete walls covered with the view of Paris.
“Hello, Stark. Always lovely to see your face.” Loki smirked seeing the look of confusion on his face. “What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?” Loki laughed at Tony walk around the room looking at the four walls.
“How in God’s name did this get here?!” Tony looked livid not knowing how to react. Why had this been done? How had he not been informed? “How is it possible that you’re looking at the view of Arc de Triomphe?” he asked, wanting to get to the bottom of this.
“Illusion?” Loki stated, his arms behind his back, a cunning grin cutting across is striking face.
“No, uh-uh. Thor told me what you can do. You can’t project images, not like this,” he said, pointing to his side. “There’s no way you’d know what this place is,” he added.
“I’m not sure what to tell you,” Loki said innocently. If Stark didn’t know about it, then clearly Shannon did not fill him in on her generosity. Loki felt it wasn’t his place to expose her.
“JARVIS! Bring me footage of when these images were installed in this room,” he yelled a bit trying to figure out what's going on or how the hell any of these things in the cell came about. Jarvis sent the footage to Tony’s phone. “You know what? I don’t have time for this. But if I find out you’ve escaped or tampered with this cell in any way I’ll --” He stopped, looking at the footage and seeing Shannon come in what looks like two days ago with a bunch of things. His blood boiled seeing her enter the cell and talk to you like it was nothing.
“You’ll what?” Loki mocked. “Keep me down here forever?”
Tony thought for a moment. Cells didn’t bother Loki, and he knew that he was a prisoner for life… He needed to leverage something that would truly hurt him.
“I’ll make it so you never see Y/N again. Separate cells, separate nations. So you better think of a real good alibi.”
As he turned, Loki’s face actually showed shock and worry.
“Did you come down here for something?” Loki asked, the anger and annoyance in his voice not wavering, despite the fear that was now nestled in his chest.
“Doesn’t matter,” Tony called over his shoulder.
Tony told his AI to get one of his faster cars ready for him. To blow off steam, he thought he would help support Shannon while she got these tests and trials ran on her. He quickly jumped into his car, and sped off for upstate New York.
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spideyspoods · 5 years ago
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Promises
Pairing: Steve Rogers X F!Reader
A/N: I posted this and edited to add some tags and it deleted the ENTIRE (tout) the text. screw you, tumblr. Anyways I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Warnings: Endgame spoilers & angst!
Word Count: 2,129
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The minute each of them pressed the glowing blue button, they floated through the quantum realm. Admittedly, Y/N thought it was quite beautiful; blurs of blue and red circles whizzed past as they traveled at lightspeed. Beyond the beauty, she couldn’t quite shake the fear off her shoulders. Missions were never easy or safe, she knew that. But the realm itself was open. It spanned for who knew how long until you drift off into nothing.
It seemed that in an instant, they’ve reached Morag. Isolated and gloomy, a red beam of light was blocked by the dark clouds looming overhead. Rhodey looked over to Nebula, uneasy. “You’ve got this. Now go and kick some alien ass.” Y/N winked. Over his shoulder, Rhodey muttered, “Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.” Both of them stepped foot on the rocky terrain and the remaining three still on the Benatar swapped positions. “Sorry, Y/N; Elders in the front.” Clint said as he dashed to take the passenger seat. Defeated, Y/N buckled up behind Natasha as she swiftly input the coordinates for Vormir. The ship trembled with turbulence once they sped through the universe at the speed of light.
“Looks like we’re a long way from Budapest.” which earned a chuckle from Nat. For the amount of times they’ve referenced it, no one truly knew what it meant. “What the hell happened in Budapest?”
The trio touched down on Vormir and it wasn’t any more welcoming than Morag. “With all of the alien invasions, you would think each planet would be crawling with them.” Y/N said. She stepped out of the spaceship and her sole of her boots slid amongst the mounds of sand. Natasha scoped, looking for the soul stone and ultimately pointed to the top of the only mountain on the planet. “Doesn’t look so bad.”
��Famous last words.”
It seemed like an endless trek to a summit that didn’t even exist. As they continued climbing upwards, it started to snow and the temperature dropped. At the top, each of them stopped to catch their breath. “Bet the raccoon didn’t have to climb a mountain.”
“Technically he’s not a raccoon.” quipped Clint. Y/N rolled her eyes, “You know her point, Barton. Let’s get this over with-”
“Who comes here?” A strained, hollow voice whispered. Like second nature, all of them pointed a weapon and turned. A ghostly figure floated in the air, a black cloak covering its features.
“Natasha, daughter of Ivan. Clint, son of Edith. Y/N, daughter of-”
“Let’s skip the pleasantries, shall we? Who are you?” Y/N stated rather impatiently. The figure seemed to drift closer.
“Consider me your guide. To you and to all who seek the soul stone.”
“Great. You tell us where it is and we’ll be on our way.” Natasha’s gun was still aimed at it, unwavering. Stepping out of the shade, it’s gaunt features sent a chill down her spine. With red skin and no flesh, it seemed to ring a bell in Y/N mind. She had remembered Steve mentioning Red Skull a few times, but wasn’t he already dead?
“If only it were that easy.”
At a slow and haunting pace, he stepped forward and gestured towards a cliff. Y/N shared an uneasy look at the two of them, feeling her heart drop to her stomach.
“What you seek lies in front of you, as does what you fear.”
“The stone’s down there.” Clint joined and looked down to the black abyss below.
“For one of you. In order to take the stone, you must lose which you love. An everlasting exchange,” he announced “a soul for a soul.”
Moments later, Natasha sat on a boulder deep in thought while Clint stood still. On the other hand, Y/N paced back and forth. “Maybe he’s joking, wouldn’t be the first time we’ve been played.”
“No. Thanos went here with his daughter and left without her.” Y/N turned around, grasping for anything. She couldn’t lose either one of them.
“Maybe it was just a coincidence, Nat.”
“Well I’ve never come across a coincidence I’ve liked.” She stood up as Y/N took a shaky breath. “Whatever it takes.” she echoed Steve’s words from moments ago, the weight of it all finally setting in. The pieces clicked together in Natasha and Clint’s minds and rushed towards the younger Avenger. “Y/N you can’t-” Clint grasped for her hand but she shook it off, “You can’t either! They can’t lose you, either of you!” she blinked away her tears before they could fall “The original six, there’s no way I’m letting you do it. Part of the journey is the end, isn’t that what Tony said?” Shaking her head, she defiantly stepped closer to the edge. “Y/N stop!”
“Your journey is just beginning, Y/N.”
“Clint, you have a family. Nat, you can finally find the peace you deserve. Safety. Home.” To that, the woman with red locks looked down, not being able to meet her gaze. Y/N had always been special to her. While they joked around, Y/N was always there for her no matter what. Clint held his head up. Ever since the day she joined them, he took her under his wing and made her feel at ease. He considered her one of his children, and he couldn’t possibly imagine saying his jokes to no witty responses anymore.
“What about Steve? You can’t leave him like this.” At the sound of his name, she stopped walking. Her heart ached, knowing that they’ll never reach their happy ending; but maybe happily ever after never existed. She thought back to their conversation just over a week ago, how they would reside in a small cabin in the woods and watch their children run around. She knew he would have done the same thing in her shoes. Maybe they were both reckless. It brought a somber smile on her face, to remember her last conversation with him.
“Wait for me?”
“I will.”
“Tell Steve to take all the time he needs. I’ll wait for as long as he wants.” with a teary eyed smirk, she composed herself.
“No! Y/N!” and she ran off the ledge, without looking back.
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With the press of a button, all of them were back in the Quantum Tunnel. Scott raised both his arms in the air and cheered, “Hell yeah! We did it!” shortly before everyone noticed someone was missing. Steve looked to his right, where Y/N should have been standing. Empty. “Clint, Nat? Where’s Y/N?” His blue eyes tried to find some answers in theirs, but to no avail. Clint dropped to his knees and Nat spoke barely above a whisper, “she’s gone.”
Hollow. That’s how Steve felt. He thought he knew what pain felt like; deep cuts and hits that would leave a mark on his skin. But through the entire century he had lived, he had felt nothing like this before. Steve felt absolutely shattered, depleting anything of his energy remaining dedicated to letting his anguish out on a few punching bags. Sometimes, he’d avoid walking past her old room in fear of reliving the times they spent together, not okay with the fact that they were nothing but mere memories now. He would grimace at the irony that he helped people cope with their pain, when it seemed that he lost any idea on how to. He heard a soft knock on his open door and he didn’t bother turning to check who it was. He found a photo frame perched atop the dresser. It was taken at the first ever Stark Gala they attended as a couple. Each of them smiled wider than ever as they looked into each other's eyes. God, he missed her.
“Steve, I miss her too.” Natasha sat on his bed, right next to him. His eyes were glossed over and bloodshot, dark circles around his eyes. She knew that he wouldn’t say anything, he hasn’t for the entire day. “You know she wanted me to tell you something before she,” she coughed “sacrificed herself.” He lifted his head up a little over an inch while turning to face Natasha. “She said ‘take all the time he needs. I’ll wait for as long as he wants.’” and to that, Steve let a tear drop onto the glass frame.
After collecting himself back together again, he jumped straight back into the mission. Y/N died for this, and he wanted to honor her. He vowed to give her a proper funeral afterwards, once the world went back to normal. After Bruce snapped with the gauntlet, their goal was over; save everyone else. The clear skies only lasted for so long before each of them realized that Thanos’ army would resurrect and wreak havoc. Steve didn’t really remember what happened, or if it even did. In the moments he would fall down, he’d think about Y/N and stood back up again. From the corner of his eye, he could see Tony wielding the gauntlet. He achingly got back up on his feet, in time to turn away from a blinding white light that lasted for a few seconds. Around him, aliens were reduced to nothing but dust. Thanos looked at his defeat, before his ashes fluttered away. For the first time in a while, Steve smiled. Quickly, he took in Tony’s pale and lifeless face. Steve watched from a distance, not wanting to interrupt his last few moments with the people he loved. Pepper pressed a lingering kiss to his cheek before the remaining life in his eyes faded away.
Tony’s funeral was merged with Y/N’s. Each avenger paid their respects as wreaths dedicated to them floated above the still water. A photo of Y/N was displayed on top of the wooden dock. Steve remembered how much she hated the photo; she would say that it wasn’t her best angle, but he loved it anyways. Her eyes sparkled and her smile brought the sun to shame. Steve finally came to peace with it, he’d meet her again soon; he just knew it.
With a briefcase filled with stones in hand, Steve looked to Bucky. He had told him of his plans already and with reluctance, Bucky ultimately let him. It was the least he deserved. “Don’t do anything stupid ‘til I get back.”
“How can I? You’re taking all the stupid with you.” They shared a brief hug before Steve stepped back into the tunnel. “How long is this gonna take?” “For him, as long as he needs,” Steve suited up hearing Y/N’s voice echo in Bruce’s words “but for us five seconds.” Five seconds pass and he hasn’t appeared. Calmly, Bucky pointed to a bench where an old man sat. Tentatively, Sam approached him.
“Hi, Sam.” Steve’s hair went gray, and his voice grew old.
“So did something go wrong or did something go right?” Sam immediately took in the fact that there was a solemn smile on his face. “Well after I put the stones back, I thought maybe I should try some of that life Tony told me to get.
“How’d that go?”
“It was beautiful.” Steve slowly reached for the circular bag and unzipped it to show a shield, in mint condition. “Try it on.” Carefully, Sam held it on his arm but it didn’t feel right.
“Thank you, Steve.” He caught a glimpse of a glimmering object on Steve’s ring finger; a golden wedding band. “Are you gonna tell me about her?”
“No. I don’t think I will.” Sam stepped back to Bruce and Bucky, giving the old man space. From a pocket on the inside of his jacket, Steve pulled out a photo that yellowed over time. He looked upon the figures on the sheet.
Y/N and Steve with their two children in their arms, relaxing near a picturesque lake similar to the one in front of him. 
He smiled, remembering the promise they’ve made to each other.
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mrs-dragneel-stark-solo · 5 years ago
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Unforseen Chasm (part29)
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Part 29 of Unforseen Chasm
Prompt: Two sisters fall for men that are absolute enemies. The love they have could tear all of them apart, or it could bring them together. Word Count:   4361 Warnings: language,flashbacks to NY, angst, fear, evasive memory search, mutation take over, fighting, unconscious shannon(OFC) Note: This is by far the longest thing I’ve ever written (including my other fic series). first major Collab with my best friend @thorne93 what was first a simple “what if” moment turned into a two year writing session and I’ve never been more prouder of myself than when i started my first series. goes through most of the MCU plots there are some changes to accommodate for what we wanted and there is a bit of a crossover between the MCU and other characters. I hope you guys enjoy reading this just as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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Two days later, and you were back at the mansion, with most of the X-Men still in the training room. This time, they didn’t separate you and Shannon. Instead, they thought perhaps the powers might affect each other, they also thought if Shannon were nearby you wouldn’t feel as much like a lab rat or science experiment.
Steve and Logan stood on security detail, monitoring your every move. Jean and Charles were studying you. Remy and Scott stood on morale detail, trying to keep your spirits raised if you got discouraged, and to make you feel more comfortable since they were your good friends as well.
“Alright, Jean, whenever you’re ready to start I’ll go,” Shannon said waiting to see how they would approach both yours and her powers today.
Both Gambit and Scott had gotten closer to both of you and had begun taunting you two to see who would burst first.
“Shannon, how does it feel knowing your best friend can never walk in broad daylight again?” Scott had said to her, causing you to get upset that they would start like that. He had done some research on the attack and found a few videos of you attacking her, and who they believed was Loki being taken somewhere.
“Really, Scott? That's how you're gonna start things?” she asked, sounding a little disappointed and hurt. “She’s my best friend and knowing that she can’t go out with me for simple things hurts. It hurts more knowing…” she stopped herself, looking over at you and her heart broke a bit having to remember the events of that day.
For a moment they noticed that she went into a trance. Worried a bit, Scott got closer to see what was going on. Jean was curious as well and had begun walking towards her too, only to be blown back by a strong energy mixed with wind. Jean noticed that Shannon’s eyes had turned milky white and had hints of purple swirls in them. Scott jumped back when he saw her flinch in her trance and red beams came out of her eyes identical to his.
“Hmm, it seems as if she is in her memories are frozen in the time of the attack,” Jean said while dusting off her skirt. “Scott, try to get her to talk about what she’s seeing,” she instructed while looking at her.
“I’ll try my best but it’ll be hard trying to get close and not know how her mutation will react.” He cautiously inched closer.
Meanwhile right nearby, Gambit was trying to get some sort of reaction out of you. “So this Loki fellow, he all that? He really what they say he is?”
Your eyes flashed to his. “I’m not sure. I don’t know what ‘they’ say he is,” you informed.
“Some poor bastard who couldn’t keep his temper in check and only wanted to wreak havoc.” He smirked seeing that he’d started to get some sort of reaction out of you. “Sounds to me like a whiny brat looking for daddy’s attention.” He laughed at his own comment.
“Remy, don’t,” you warned, purple energy sparking on your finger tips. “He isn’t like that. He… he couldn’t help what happened to him.” You gritted your teeth. “It wasn’t like that!” you retorted, your voice raising.
Just then it seemed like Shannon had latched onto your emotion and had begun mixing with her own. The same purple energy that sparked from your fingers had begun to appear around her. She was no longer in a trance but her eyes had yet to change back into her normally dark brown hue. She began advancing towards Scott.
“Jean, I’m not liking any of this… Should I really be getting this close to her?” Scott asked, his voice wavering, and started moving away from her.
”Why are you running, Scott? Scared I’ll hurt you?” Shannon smirked as she kept getting closer. “You’re the first person to realize how much of a threat I could be.” She laughed.
“Shannon, relax, don’t do anything you’ll regret. You know this isn’t how I feel.... We’re good friends…  Remember that,” he had stuttered out.
“Oh, Scott but we are good friends, at least I’d like to believe we are…” She stopped talking. It looked like she was thinking of something. Jean seeing this was going nowhere looked inside her head to see what kept stopping her.
Over where you and Gambit were, you had been circling each other, he kept egging you on and he seemed to find it entertaining to mess with you. “All talk and no play huh, Y/N/N?” He had started charging som cards behind his back. “Is he like that too? Bet he gets annoying being locked up together, you two fight about him not completing his mission?” He asked you a million questions each one getting worse than the last.
“Not another word about him, Remy,” you cautioned through clenched teeth, your fists balling up. The purple energy charged all the way up to your shoulders.
“Alright, that’s quite enough, Gambit,” Charles suddenly interjected from his wheelchair.
Logan stepped up from behind Remy and gently pulled him back, not trusting you or your anger. He saw something in your eyes he hadn’t seen before.
Charles peered at you, and he could tell you weren’t registering anything around you now.  This put him on edge, so he jumped straight into your mind, trying to figure out just exactly what was triggering you, causing the problematic surge.
Was it watching Shannon be mocked or put in distress? Was it feeling trapped due to the amount of people in the room? Was it making you remember the traumatic events of New York? Was it pressing your buttons about being imprisoned? Or was it about the famed man who was your fellow inmate?
Jean had been in Shannon’s mind for a while but had found what had happened in New York. She saw how much pain she had gone through seeing what you had done to her when you kidnapped her and then the fight over a man she barely knew. Jean could see how much the events had affected her and figured it had something to do with this so called Loki… She’d have to speak to Charles about this for the next time you two came in.
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It was the next morning that Tony and Shannon were in the middle of their morning routine that Tony asked her, “Have you been by to see Professor X, yet?”
Tony was in the bedroom getting dressed when he asked, but Shannon stood in the bathroom, brushing her teeth. A feeling of guilt and dread clenched inside her stomach. Had he found out about breaking you out?
“Uh, yeah,” she answered a little hesitantly.
In a second, Tony was in the bathroom, about to slap on some cologne. “Babe, why didn’t you tell me?” he asked.
“We’ve both been so busy…” she said, averting some of the truth.
“But you’re getting help. That’s amazing. Has he said anything? Have they found out the issue?”
“They’re getting closer,” she informed before swiping on some quick, light makeup for the day.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek from behind. “That’s so good to hear, dear. I’ve got a board meeting today, and I’m going to introduce that new prototype, so I might be late for dinner.”
“That’s fine,” she assured. “I’ll be busy with work and errands. I’m going to see Charles again today, probably.”
“Sounds good. See you tonight?” he asked, walking backwards and pointing at her.
“Absolutely,” she responded with a grin. She hated lying to him, it nearly made her physically sick, but when it came to this… she knew Tony’s emotions would blind him and he wouldn’t see it the way she did. He would’ve have allowed you to leave, and get the help you needed.
Meanwhile, you were downstairs with Loki, trying to move past the argument you two had.
“Leaving again, are we?” he asked coolly.
You sighed, not looking up at him from where you made yourself a cup of coffee. “Yes, I am… to get help… you know, for the powers that were pushed into me against my will…”
Loki peered over at you, assessing you. By now, he knew you pretty well. The two of you had lived together for nearly two years, if you counted the imprisonment here and on Sanctuary. And he could tell that for once, it was his own insecurities getting in the way. He was concocting all of these terrible ideas and outcomes for you two. He worried you would sell him out. He worried you would strike a deal and never come back to that cell again. He worried that you only stayed close to him on Sanctuary because you were friends before lovers. He worried that now, now that you had a chance to get away, get far away from him -- you might.
But no… Something in the way that you still took care of him, still looked after him, still smiled when seeing him walk in a room let him know that just this once, he was being foolish and talking himself into lies he knew were not true.
“You think it’s really helping?” he asked genuinely.
You heard the change in his voice so you stopped putting sugar in your coffee to give him your full attention. “Yes… I do. As soon as we find out what’s wrong with this dark energy, maybe they can get it out of me, and I’ll be back home to you.”
Loki scoffed lightly. “You can’t really call this a home, can you?”
The tiniest of smiles touched the corner of your lips before you brought one hand up to touch his cheek.
“Home is wherever you are.”
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Shannon had finally finished the gift she had for the two down below. It had taken a while but with the help of all the photos and videos that you had sent of Asgard, she was able to recreate a holographic version of what you two called home and inserted everything from all over the world so you could see wherever you pleased, hoping to make the room a lot less bleak and much more pleasant for both of you.
She made her way to the elevator with everything and the boots to one of Tony’s suits in hopes of getting it installed all on her own. Getting out of the elevator with the equipment, she could hear talking and hoped that they weren’t fighting.
“I hope I’m not interrupting anything but I have a surprise for you two and hope that this will bring some sort of change,” she said to them looking hopeful as she hustled into the room outside of their cell.
Begrudgingly, you pulled away from Loki and cleared your throat. “Not at all, Shannon,“ you assured. “What's up?”
“I’ve finally finished what I had created for you two, that little gift I had been telling you about?” she asked, trying to get you to remember. “Well here it is. It might not look like much right now but once I install it, I bet you’re going to love it!” She pointed to the things on the trolley.
You lightly laughed. “Okay.” Shannon was… whimsical as always. That little gleam of mischief in her eye. Why were you drawn to people that were coy?
“All I need to do is get up to the top of this cell and connect a few wires to the main server and set up these sensors,” she explained as she put on the boots from one of the Iron Man suits, flying onto the top of the cell you ran to see where exactly she would land.
“How exactly will we be able to use this gift of yours?” you asked, wanting to know more about what she was doing.
“Once everything is installed and connected to the server it will work with just a few simple voice commands. I’ll show you when I’m done here.” She quickly got the sensors installed in all four corners of the room a well as one at the very top of the room. “Alright now if you two could please come to the living room, and close your eyes and tell me where exactly you wish you could see?” she asked you two.
You followed her orders, taking Loki’s hand and leading him to the stark white living room with black leather furniture. “I don’t know… Darling, what would you like to see?” you asked, peering up at him.
“I’m not sure… Anything is better than this cell,” he commented.
“Asgard?” you tried, speaking to both him and Shannon.
“If that’s what you both wish to see... Then if you could please close your eyes?” she asked, figuring that’s what you two would choose.
She entered the apartment and headed to the office to turn on the holograms. “Show me Asgard,” was all she said and behind closed eyelids you saw a flash. “You can open your eyes now.”
As soon as your eyes opened, you gasped -- a happy, shocked, thrilled gasp. On the walls that typically only showed gray concrete were splashes golds, greens, and vibrant blues, pinks, and purples. It was the foliage that was surrounding the waterfall you had gone to. It was the first place Loki had let you take his picture. Water fell from the magnificent cliff, making rainbows along the mist of the pond down below. Everywhere you turned it was an oasis.
But not an oasis that you made up or that Shannon pulled from the internet. These were real pictures of Asgard, stitched together. It brought a tear to your eye.
“This is incredible,” Loki commented.
“It truly is. Thank you, Shannon. This is amazing. This is the best gift,” you noted.
“The best gift would’ve been freedom,” Loki mumbled before you elbowed him in the ribs.
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Today, the gang was the same. The same X-men, with Steve in there as protection, ready to take you down if need be. They had you and Shannon face each other. They had an inkling of what triggered both of your powers, and they were about to test it.
Charles got inside your mind, while Jean nestled inside Shannon’s, ready to monitor the thought processes as the team tested the triggers out. Before the women had arrived, Charles had given instructions to the X-Men to try and taunt you with New York, failings, and Loki.
“Hey, Y/N/N, good to see you again,” Remy said as he circled you, that charming smirk on his face. “Of course, if you didn’t fail in takin’ over the planet, we could be talkin’ like normal now. Instead of all this cloak and dagger business.”
The first cut was made, reminding you of your failings.
“Who says I failed?” you challenged. “Maybe I wanted to lose,” you retorted.
“Right,” he laughed. “Because sittin’ in a cell with a momma’s boy is so excitin’.”
“The way I hear it, he was given the best weapon in the galaxy, and still couldn’t wield it,” Scott added. “That’s just sad. Wouldn’t you say so, Logan?” he asked, intentionally being a prick, turning to Wolverine with his arms crossed.
“I’d say that’s pretty pathetic,” Logan agreed, a cocky expression painting his face.
Before you knew what was happening, you spun, your energy building up in your hands. The dark purple power was just about to shoot out of your hands but Scott shot you back with his the energy from his eyes, knocking you backwards. As soon as you were standing, Steve and Logan grabbed your arms to keep you from propelling your power towards anyone.
“Stop, please,” Shannon begged, her eyes becoming milky red, purple swirling inside them. Outside, thunder could be heard on what was a clear, bright day only moments before.
“Oh, come on, Shan,” Scott said. “We’re only messing with her. It’s not like she’s in jail for life for it… Oh… Wait…”
“Knock it off, Scott,” Shannon warned again.
“Why? Can’t take the fact that Y/N/N over here nearly killed you for a piece of ass she barely knew?”
With that, lightening began hitting the bunker, making everyone’s eyes look up to inspect the sound.
An almost animalistic sound came from you as they taunted you and her. The mocking of Loki and your relationship was not being tolerated well by you. Not to mention how they were bothering Shannon.
In an instant, the energy that was tingling up your arms nearly tripled, blowing the two men off of you. As soon as you were away from them, you started to go towards Shannon, the action making Steve worry -- but then you stood in front of her, almost as if to protect her. Just as you turned to fight off Scott though, the field between you two became stormy.
A dark cloud of purple energy ignited between you, making you two peer at each other in confusion.
“Just as we had suspected. The thing that triggers both of your powers happens to be whenever something negative is mentioned about the one person you care about,” Jean said pointing towards both women and their current state of emotion. “For you, Y/N, it’s when Loki’s spoken badly about. And for you, Shannon, it’s Y/N. She’s the main cause for the energy to manifest,” she explained and pointed at both of you. “But yours is worn out with increased highs or lows in emotional situations.”
It took you both a moment to realize that the conclusion they had made was true. You being talked to in any negative way caused the energy to spike and make Shannon weaker in strength. You tried not to believe that your dark energy would always be triggered whenever Loki was badmouthed to you.
While both of you were lost in thought, Logan and Steve took the opportunity to separate you so that Shannon couldn't feed off your anger and make her own worse.
“Logan! Let me go, put me down,” Shannon yelled making the room shake and caused the light to flicker a moment.
“Not until you’re far enough away from Y/N that you won’t have your powers go nuts,” he grunted as she made him struggle to move her away. “You know it's for your own damn good,” he sounded resolute having gotten her all the way to the other side of the room.
“I said, Let. Me. Go!” She was getting angrier by the second and her eyes went from a milky red to a bright purple with spots of red. The sky was completely blacked out and the only light was from the lights in the room.  Without realizing it, Shannon had lifted up one of the sharpest objects and had it facing Logan.
He stopped moving but wouldn’t let her go. “Now listen, kid, the only way you’ll get that thing to even touch me is if it goes through you too,” he said with a bit of confidence. Which only seemed to boost her anger even more. She had the object come flying at an incredible speed and she felt his breath hitch.
“You’re so wrong on that one, Logan…” She laughed, the object going through her as if she weren’t there and it stuck out the back of of Logan. “I can make it only hit you, my dear friend.” She smirked as she felt him loosen his grip. She slammed her head into his nose and got out of his grip.
“Shannon, stop this at once!” Charles warned her but she was being controlled by the dark energy inside her.
Steve did the same with you, pulling you as far away from his friend as he could. Not wanting to have you cause anymore trouble for Shannon.
“Steve, please let me go. You know I would never do anything to harm Shannon…” you pleaded feeling useless knowing you were at your weakest point. “I just want to get this dark energy out of me, you have to believe me.” You turned to look at him hoping he could see the sincerity in your eyes.
“I’m sorry but I can’t risk you hurting her again like the last time, and I know you want to get rid of it but it won't be enough until it's gone,” came from him, his voice full of sadness and pity. His response left you feeling defeated.
Hearing Charles warn Shannon, you and Steve look over just as she had walked away from Logan and watched him fall to his knees. Steve acted quickly by running towards her only to get pushed back by a strong wind and have objects pin his feet where he stood.
“Shannon, this isn’t you. Don't let those powers do something you’ll never be able to forgive yourself for,” Steve said, trying to get through to her but nothing seemed to be working.
They could all see that it was taking a toll on her as she began to look pale and although the energy was still strong, there were moments it would flicker. She began losing her balance and the room had begun to tip for her. Not wanting to cause her more damage you had a pillow positioned right where her head fell as she hit the ground. The purple haze had begun to fade but still surrounded her as if to keep her protected.
“I believe it’s time we take her to her old room to let her recover and run some tests on her while doing so,” Charles said, wanting to make sure that she was okay and there was no internal damage. He would also slip into her subconscious to figure out more. “Jean, if you and Scott could take Logan to the infirmary get him checked out?”
“Yes, Professor Xavier,” they both said in unison.
“I’ll need you, Y/N, to head to her old room and prepare the bed for her,” Charles said to you wanting you to do something to help.
“Right away, Charles…” You looked over to Remy. “Wanna walk me to her room?” you asked not feeling safe to walk the halls alone.
“Sure thing, darlin’,” was all he said.
“I’ll pick her up and take her there if you’d like?” Steve offered. “I’d like to stay by her side to make sure she’s okay.” He walked over to Shannon lifting her with ease.
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“JARVIS, where is Shannon?” Tony asked when he wrapped up his meeting.
“I believe she has left to go to the Xavier mansion, sir, with Captain Rogers,” he responded.
“Ah, that’s a shame. I was going to go tell the prisoners down below some good news. Thought she might want to be with me, but I guess I can tell her later.”
With that, he quickly left his conference room and stepped into an elevator, descending down, deep down into the basement.
“JARVIS, remind me to tell Shannon the news that Fury has chosen to give them a chance,” he said as he was nearing the floor.
“Sure thing, Mr. Stark, anything else?” the Al asked.
“I’ll let you know if there’s anything else,” he told the Al.
“Hello there you two, how’s the view in here?” Tony joked as he walked into the room but stopped short when he looked to see the once gray concrete walls covered with the view of Paris.
“Hello, Stark. Always lovely to see your face.” Loki smirked seeing the look of confusion on his face. “What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?” Loki laughed at Tony walk around the room looking at the four walls.
“How in God’s name did this get here?!” Tony looked livid not knowing how to react. Why had this been done? How had he not been informed? “How is it possible that you’re looking at the view of Arc de Triomphe?” he asked, wanting to get to the bottom of this.
“Illusion?” Loki stated, his arms behind his back, a cunning grin cutting across is striking face.
“No, uh-uh. Thor told me what you can do. You can’t project images, not like this,” he said, pointing to his side. “There’s no way you’d know what this place is,” he added.
“I’m not sure what to tell you,” Loki said innocently. If Stark didn’t know about it, then clearly Shannon did not fill him in on her generosity. Loki felt it wasn’t his place to expose her.
“JARVIS! Bring me footage of when these images were installed in this room,” he yelled a bit trying to figure out what's going on or how the hell any of these things in the cell came about. Jarvis sent the footage to Tony’s phone. “You know what? I don’t have time for this. But if I find out you’ve escaped or tampered with this cell in any way I’ll --” He stopped, looking at the footage and seeing Shannon come in what looks like two days ago with a bunch of things. His blood boiled seeing her enter the cell and talk to you like it was nothing.
“You’ll what?” Loki mocked. “Keep me down here forever?”
Tony thought for a moment. Cells didn’t bother Loki, and he knew that he was a prisoner for life… He needed to leverage something that would truly hurt him.
“I’ll make it so you never see Y/N again. Separate cells, separate nations. So you better think of a real good alibi.”
As he turned, Loki’s face actually showed shock and worry.
“Did you come down here for something?” Loki asked, the anger and annoyance in his voice not wavering, despite the fear that was now nestled in his chest.
“Doesn’t matter,” Tony called over his shoulder.
Tony told his AI to get one of his faster cars ready for him. To blow off steam, he thought he would help support Shannon while she got these tests and trials ran on her. He quickly jumped into his car, and sped off for upstate New York.
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Author: @lettersofwrittencollective​ Pairing: Stiles x Reader
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Warnings: None
Prompt:  None
A/N:  This is my first time ever posting something. Was watching the episode this starts with earlier and for some reason this particular story just jumped into my head and while i am unsure how it will be received i hope you like it. Also, she has 0 idea but this is dedicated to @justauthoring whose writing is absolutely amazing and actually inspired me to create my own blog and try writing my own stuff. 
I also apologize as i have no idea how to insert a read more but i think i did it right.
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You ran up the stairwell, trying to reach Stiles and Theo as quickly as possible. The rest of the hospital was falling apart and the Dread Doctors were wreaking havoc. You may not be pack but you’d be damned if you were going to lose anyone else to some psychopath. Coming to the rooftop, you slowed down so that you weren’t running blindly into an unknown situation.. As you moved around, you heard the rattling of a gate and as your claws came out you heard Theo say  “We stay, we’re either gonna have to tell the truth or we’re gonna need a pretty convincing story.” You were just about to breathe a sigh of relief but when you turned the corner, you saw Stiles on the floor in a pool of his own blood. Before you’d realize it you were growling and had already turned - ready to tear Theo apart. You, however, realized that you were looking at both Stiles and Theo. Blinking, your head bounced back and forth between the two boys standing in front of you and the body on the floor before you finally realized you had no idea who was on the floor.
“Well… we better move fast.” you breathed out once you realized your friends were safe.
As far as you knew, you’re a lot like Theo, not actually part of the pack. The difference though is that Stiles trusts you. Your family had been on the deadpool and were murdered one night - you had only survived because the assassin hadn’t expected you to wake up let alone fight back. He probably hadn’t known about the supernatural world, was probably just some run of the mill, normal world assassin. At the very least, he had seemed shocked when your claws ended up in his lungs while he tried to subdue you. His lack of knowledge of the supernatural meant that you survived - you’re not sure if you’re supposed to be grateful for the fact.
At 17, you are technically considered a ward of the state and have been placed with some foster family that lives in the main part of Beacon Hills instead of the county. You’d met Malia originally and she recognized your last name. Being Malia, she had no real tact when she asked you about them and it was such a breath of fresh air compared to the rest of the world that has been treating you as fragile. Since then, you’ve hung out with the pack and while you like everyone and they seem to like you, you’re not sure that you want to necessarily find another pack right now. Sure an omega on their own is likely to die but you’re still trying to get past your own families deaths. Besides, unlike Scott you have a hard time believing that everyone is  redeemable.  
Both boys had frozen when they heard you growl but when you spoke their heads whip over to you so fast, it momentarily startled you. Theo and Stiles exchange some words about lying to Stiles’ dad and you can’t help but feel sorry for Stiles when he says he’s had plenty of practice. You don’t dwell on it though and helped the boys get the body to Stiles’ jeep. While Stiles’ drives the group of you to the animal clinic you call Scott and tell him to meet you there. It takes him maybe a half hour to meet up with you guys and by that time you noticed that both boys you were with seemed to be a little jumpy, though that was likely because  the Dread Doctors had almost killed both of them.
When Scott identified the body as a Junior at your school you briefly wondered who would miss him. After all, death doesn’t happen to the person that dies but to everyone left behind, you understood that better than you had ever wanted to but you pushed that to the side and paid attention to what was going on around you.
Scott asked who had killed the boy, if the one with the cane had done it. You didn’t miss the way that Stiles and Theo looked at each other before Theo answered. Stiles’ pulse seemed to suddenly stop for a moment.  You raised an eyebrow at them but didn’t say anything. When Scott looked at you for confirmation you shook your head “he was already dead when i got there.”
Scott gets a text from Liam and we’re off to save someone else. This time, though, I’ve no idea who it is. Scott had gone ahead of us on his motorcycle and I’m in the jeep with Stiles. Usually, he would talk nonstop but this time, you notice he is quiet, his breathing is faster, his pulse is racing. You turn to look at him and tilt your head slightly, trying to figure out what is going on.
“It’s anxiety.. You should be used to it by now.” he snapped at you after a moment. But you know what his anxiety smells like, You know what his normal stress level is and this was just so much more. You just chuckled and shook your head before purposely taking a deeper breath.
“It’s more than your normal level of anxiety Stiles. You wanna talk about it?”
Before you realize it, he’s pulled over on the side of the road fidgeting. Scott’s bike turns around and you got off to go see him. You made up some excuse about Roscoe breaking down and thankfully Stiles had the same idea as he had already popped the hood. After a few minutes of arguing, you were able to convince him to go help Liam out and and Stiles would be there shortly.
Taking a deep breath, you made your way back to Stiles and the jeep. He was just staring at the duct tape covered engine so you put you put your right hand on his left shoulder and squeezed, silently communicating that you were there for him. He was silent for a moment before he turned his body around to face yours.
“I - I didn’t mean to… He was trying to kill me and I just.. I just didn’t want to die.” Stiles whispered. His face was downwards and it looked like he was fighting back sobs. You cupped his face in your hands and lifted his eyes to look at yours. You didn’t know who he was talking about but you didn’t really care.
“Stiles.. It’s ok. It was self defense.”
“I’m gonna lose my best friend… I’m gonna lose Scott.”
“I promise you, you won’t. He may not like it but i promise you that you aren’t going to lose him Stiles.” you whispered as you used your thumb to wipe away the errant tear that fell down his cheek. “It was self-defense.”
“I’m going to lose everyone.”
When he began to shake, tears falling faster down his eyes you pulled him into a hug, your arms around his waist. This startled him at first as you were never really that affectionate with anyone but soon his arms were around your waist as well. It was a bit awkward as you were shorter than he was but as sobs began to wrack his body your arms moved to around his neck. and you moved your lips closer to his ear. You whispered promises to him that everything would be ok, even if they were rocky for a while. 
Stiles slowly began to relax and soon enough it was just the two of you standing on the side of the road with your arms around each other. You felt a bit awkward but forced yourself to stay where you were, your friend needed you. You allowed the hug to stay as it was and thought of what you could possibly say. 
You understood how he felt. You understood his terror and you knew it wasn’t necessarily unfounded. After all, none of your old friends talk to you anymore. But you refused to let that be Stiles. You refused to see your new friends torn apart because someone needed to survive. 
Stiles was the first one to pull back and he coughed awkwardly. You ran your hand along your head and nodded as you stepped back. “You gonna be ok?”
“I don’t know...”
A heavy silence fell between the two of you. It wasn’t uncomfortable, it was just filled with all the possible scenarios that could play out from here. Clearing your throat, you mentioned that it was probably time to get to Scott and Liam. Stiles was reluctant but agreed and got into the car with you. He continued to drive and you turned your face to the moon, taking strength and solace in it. The rest of the ride silent until you reached Scotts street. 
Once the jeep was parked and you followed Stiles towards the door you realized what you wanted to say. What you needed to say Reaching out you grabbed his wrist abruptly. He stopped and turned to look at you with a question in his eyes, “Y/N? What are you doing? We need to get -”
“I fully believe that everything is going to be ok. But I need to say this either way. Even if everyone else walks away, I will not leave you. I will stand by you and I will be there for you and anyone who disagrees can go screw themselves. Even if the whole world turns against you, which i fully doubt will happen, I will not abandon you Stiles Stilinski.
I promise.”
Stiles looked confused for a moment before he slowly nodded his head and gave you a relieved smile. 
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oof, I feel you. Could you write something for Warren x Non-binary reader, where reader is afraid to tell him that they identify as nb and he tries to comfort them? bonus if the reader is having a shit time with dysphoria (me rn) Thank you 💙
I stood in front of the mirror, dressed in a pair of underwear and a sports bra, curling my arms over my chest uncomfortably.
It was one of those days.
My hips pushed out from my waist unfairly far and my chest felt like it was a size triple Z. 
I sighed in frustration and shoved my hair out of my face, stepping away from the mirror and rifling through my clothes to pull out a thick sweatshirt and a pair of jeans.
I walked down the hall anxiously, a nervous pit in my stomach growing as I noticed the rather large group of other students gathered in the kitchen. When I saw Warren I immediately made a beeline for him, taking a deep breath and leaning my forehead into his shoulder when I finally did get to him.
“Hey, thought you’d never come down,” he joked, smiling at me kindly despite his teasing tone and slipping his hand into mine.
“Just having a moment to myself I guess,” I answered quietly, keeping one hand laced with his while the other reached across my body and held onto the crook of his elbow, practically hiding my body between him and his wing. The warmth of him surrounding me helped calm the racing of my heart at least a little bit.
Warren looked down at me quizzically.
“Are you alright, sweetheart?”
I closed my eyes at the pet name. Normally it would warm my heart, as it should, but something about it just felt… wrong.
I just nodded, opening my eyes again and trying to give him a bright smile.
He stared at me for a few more seconds before Ororo captured his attention. I just followed him around for a bit, listening and watching as he interacted with our different housemates. Even as anxious and uncomfortable as I felt, just being around Warren was helping calm me down at least some.
“Okay, well we were thinking of taking a little afternoon nap guys, sorry, excuse us,” Warren excused with a sheepish grin, laughing as Scott made a joke about him sleeping for most of the day anyway.
I held onto his arm tightly as he led us back out of the kitchen, watching everyone carefully part to give a wide birth for his wings. I pressed the side of my face into his shoulder as he led us down the hall and finally back upstairs to my room. 
We walked in and I felt the pit in my stomach deepen as he quietly shut the door behind him and turned so I was directly in front of him. Warren always knew when something was wrong.
Instead of speaking right away, he just pulled me forward gently by my upper arms, holding me tightly against his chest and nestling his head comfortably in between my shoulder and neck. We sighed at the feeling, both of us immediately calmed by the affectionate touch.
“So, what’s going on?” He asked quietly, words slightly muffled against my skin.
I took a slow deep breath, pressing my face further into his neck as a lump started to form in my throat. I wrapped my arms tighter around his waist, letting my fingers gently creep up to run over the short feathers on his wings where they began to turn to skin. Warren gave a little hum of content in response. I let the noise calm the thoughts pounding inside my head.
“Warren, I…” I paused, trying to put the feeling into words. “I don’t know.”
He pulled back slightly, brushing a small piece of hair off my forehead and leaning in to press a sweet kiss to my lips. 
“Baby, you can tell me anything, I just wanna help.”
I swallowed nervously and nodded toward the bed, letting my hands drift into his and gently lead him over to it to sit. Once there, he kept my hands in his, thumb gently rubbing over the back of my hand. I stared at the movement intensely, trying to order my thoughts and push them out into the air.
“Warren, I think I’m not really…” I squinted, recognizing the wording feeling wrong, off, not quite what I meant. 
“I just think maybe I could be…”
I pulled a hand out of Warren’s and ran it frustratedly over my face, trying to make the words come together coherently.
“I don’t think I’m completely a girl,” I blurted, my eyes peeking up at his quickly before staring back down to where his thumb has stopped moving. I glanced up at his face again to see his eyebrows furrowed.
“What do you mean?”
“Well,” I sucked in a breath through my nose and blew it out through my mouth. “Like today, for example. I don’t really feel… like a girl.”
“So… you’re a boy then? Or…?” he dropped off uncertainly.
I tilted my head to the side a little as if to say not quite.
“Well, I mean, I… I think sometimes yeah. Sometimes I still feel like a girl, but yeah. Sometimes, I feel like a boy. And then sometimes I just feel… like, somewhere in between?” I said unsurely. “Well, I mean, not really in between, more like… I don’t know? Separate? Like, I’m not a boy or a girl, I just kind of… am.”
Warren was staring off at the floor over my shoulder, eyes squinted a little as he took in my explanation. I forced my breath to remain steady, even as my anxiety wreaked havoc on my insides.
“So do you…” he paused, pulling his lip between his teeth nervously. “Do you want me to use different pronouns?”
I almost laughed in relief at the question.
“I… yeah maybe,” I answered, watching his eyes come back to mine slowly, my anxiety calming slightly.
“Okay, just…” Warren exhaled softly, looking down at where one of our hands was still intertwined. 
“Just let me know, okay? I don’t… I don’t really get it that well but you know I love you, and gender never really was an issue for me anyway,” he laughed a little, gripping my hand a little tighter in his, “I just don’t want you to feel uncomfortable with me. I… I felt uncomfortable around the people I loved long enough to know it sucks. So just… yeah, just let me know what pronouns to use for the day.”
By the time his eyes met mine again tears were quickly welling in my eyes. 
I nodded, the lump in my throat too tight to push out words as Warren pulled me into him again, rubbing my back gently.
“Oh, baby, don’t cry,” came his soft voice.
My tears soaked into the shoulder of his t-shirt easily, forming small darkened patches as I pulled back.
“Uh,” I sniffled, wiping my wet cheeks with the sleeve of my sweatshirt before laughing a little. “Could you use he-him today?”
“Of course,” he answered easily, pulling me back into his shoulder and rubbing my back while I sniffled my stuffy nose once more. “Anything for my baby boy.”
My heart swelled at the term of affection, my eyes closing as new tears darkened Warren’s shirt. 
I really hope this was okay anon, I spent a lot of time contemplating just how to write it, even though it’s pretty short. It really hit home for me because of how I personally identify and the fact that I still haven’t really come out to my friends. I cried a little while writing it so hopefully, I was able to convey the feeling just right and the body dysmorphia wasn’t too off for you because I just went with what I normally deal with. Anyway, this piece is pretty close to my heart so I really hope you liked it 
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stereklibrary · 7 years ago
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Hiya, I was wondering if you had any high school sterek?x
YES! I love a good High School AU (and to be honest, I had a hard time choosing) - here are some of my favourites
I also have a High School AU tag
Have fun reading! 
#librarynerd by yodasyoyo (1/1 | 7,742 | T)
“I’ll likely get far more done in the group if I’m not distracted watching you with your pen—”
“My—My pen?”
“Pens. Drinking straws. Don’t act like you don’t know,” Derek says darkly. “You know.”
In which Stiles follows Scott into his Spanish study group, takes one look at the hot nerd who runs it and then decides to stay… even though he doesn’t actually speak Spanish.
the nerd party by bibliosexual (3/3 | 6,827 | T)
Until this moment, Stiles wasn’t even sure Derek could read, and now he’s trying to steal Stiles’ obscure eight-hundred-page fantasy novel. What.
Option C) Some Bad Guys are Werewolves, but Not All Werewolves are Bad Guys by calrissian18 (1/1 | 9,039 | T)
Derek Hale—the Incredible Meat that Thinks—needs a math tutor. Stiles Stilinski needs something that will look better on his college applications than ‘passable D&D Dungeon Master.’
It’s a match made in heaven. Er, right?
Strut on a Line, its Discord and Rhyme by xiaq (21/21 | 61,818 | T)
“Carry me,” Stiles says.
“No.”
“But I’m injured.”
“You have a rash,” Derek says. “On your arm. Your feet work just fine.”
“Please?”
“No. You weigh almost as much as I do. And you ate a pound of chicken at lunch.”
“Well, yeah, but I pooped like an hour ago, so.”
“You’re disgusting.”
“Don’t play, you love me.”
I do, Derek thinks, relatively horrified. I really do.
And Then There Is No Mystery Left (Baby, I’m Sweet On You) by Swing Set in December (1/1 | 1,104 | T)
Stiles has no idea why Derek is sitting at his lunch table.
you love the hate that we share by bibliosexual (1/1 | 5,745 | T)
Maybe it’s petty — okay, it most definitely is — but it just irritates Stiles that the universe makes people like Derek Hale. He’s practically superhuman at lacrosse; he’s been blessed by the puberty gods with stubble and muscles on top of muscles and not a pimple in sight; he spouts off effortless monologues in Spanish class while Stiles is still struggling to remember how to say “Can you repeat that?”; he could probably make a killing as a male model; and when he asked Lydia to study with him, she said yes. Like, seriously, what the fuck.
Easy Alpha by interropunct (1/1 | 4,602 | T)
Easy A/Teen Wolf AU. Wherein, Derek Hale is the high school hussy, Jackson and Scott really need to learn to use their inside voices. And, contrary to popular belief, everyone is still a virgin.
I stopped believing in happy endings by otatop (2/2 | 8,531 | NR)
Derek was prepared to have his heart broken for just one evening with Stiles. He knew what he was getting himself into
(He had no idea what he was getting himself into)
(I Hate to Be) The One to Ruin the Night by wishingonalightningbolt (2/2 | 14,550 | E)
High school senior Derek Hale only has one goal for the rest of his time left at BHHS: avoid Stiles Stilinski. He’s wreaked enough havoc as it is, having spent all summer breaking Derek’s heart. Everything would be better for both of them if they just never saw each other again.
Derek doesn’t plan on ever getting mixed up with Scott McCall and his little gang of idiot friends. In fact, if he knew to avoid it, he would, but he guesses he just isn’t smart enough. Unfortunate, considering the consequences.
The Socioeconomic Repercussions of Mutually Assured Destruction by alocalband (1/1 | 15,285 | E)
“The trouble with having the kind of brain that likes to write essays on male circumcision for an Economics class, is that it also likes to turn PowerPoint presentations for Biology into odes on the perfection of notorious bad boy Derek Hale’s backside.”
When You’re Close I Feel the Sparks by Leslie_Knope (4/4 | 15,285 | M)
The guy is hot as hell, sure—leather jacket and glasses, Jesus, be still Stiles’ poor, bisexual, beating heart—but more importantly, it must really suck being new on the first day of senior year.
“We’re adopting him,” he decides, tugging Scott and Kira by the elbow in that direction. “Let’s go.”
Someone Please Murder Dr. Wyne by NotRoyalty (2/2 | 2,873 | NR)
Stiles starts asking questions in the margins of his chemistry textbook because that thing couldn’t be more confusing, and then someone starts leaving answers.
Talk Geeky to Me by stilesanderek (1/1 | 19,874 | E)
Derek and Stiles are the most typical combo of nerd plus geek two teenage boys could be; and as stereotypical as they could ever get, they’re each other’s only friend. That usually doesn’t bother Stiles much, Derek is the best best friend he could ever hope to have, but sometimes when he thinks about his fate of possibly not having his first kiss until college, he starts wishing he had a few more friends–or at least more people who were a bit more interested in him other than when they need to copy his notes.
In a fit of curiosity about how kissing feels like, Stiles proposes Derek that they each be the other’s first kiss–strictly platonic, of course. But afterwards, Stiles can’t stop noticing how hot Derek is, can’t stop thinking about kissing and touching him.
OR
The five times Derek and Stiles “fake” kiss and one time they take things further.
Binomial Coefficients by DevilDoll (1/1 | 20,783 | T)
In which brainy freshman Stiles Stilinski wants star quarterback Derek Hale to join the math team, AKA math nerds in love.
the lunch table configuration by thepsychicclam (1/1 | 16,677 | E)
When Isaac makes Derek switch lunch tables, the last thing Derek expected was to fall for Stiles.
The Sound of My Heart by orphan_account (4/4 | 8,654 | T)
Stiles is bored.
It always happens this time of year. It’s the middle of August, summer is winding to a close, and he’s run out of things to distract him. He’s marathoned Buffy four times and as much as he loves it, Spike is starting to be a little less charming and a little more irritating. It’s also not helping that Scott barely has enough time to separate his lips from Allison’s to tell him he can’t hang out.
Scott is officially the worst best friend ever.
In which Stiles meets Derek at the police station
A Thousand Fiery Suns of Angst - Just Press Play by apocryphal (1/1 | 20,934 | T)
All Stiles wants from life is to learn to control his magic, keep his grades up, and not die horribly while saving Beacon Hills from supernatural threats. It’s all going pretty well until Derek Hale, werewolf extraordinaire, has to go and ask him on a date. That asshole.
Just the Same by ericaismeg (7/7 | 68,066 | G)
Something is seriously up with the captain of the lacrosse team. There’s just no way Derek Hale is human.“I was wondering if you’re even human. You move so quickly. I mean, it’s ridiculously fast. No human should be able to move that fast, y'know? It’s unfair for us. I mean, it’s obvious you work out, and I don’t, so that could be why, but like…I was just wondering if you were human, that’s all.”
“Stop talking, Stilinski, or I'll—”
“Put me on the bench all season?” Stiles asks knowing full well that Derek Hale can’t threaten him with shit.
loving him is red by allhalethekings (1/1 | 14,915 | M)
“Who’s that?” Stiles asks, eyes not leaving the table.
“Who?” Scott asks, following Stiles’s line of sight. “Him? That’s Derek Hale. And you better forget about him. He doesn’t date.“
Practice Makes Perfect by blacktofade (1/1 | 21,061 | E)
In his sophomore year, Stiles gets dragged to lacrosse tryouts by Scott and ends up practising alongside the senior captain, Derek Hale. Stiles just wants to live long enough to become a junior.
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2s0uls · 6 years ago
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One More Light
Title: One More Light
Prompt: “Your body is not a reason to put your life on hold.”
Pairing: Platonic Loki x Plus Sized Reader
Word Count: 1538
Warning: Angst with a bit of fluff?
Summary: A night out at the Karaoke bar with the team leads the Reader into a bit of a slump. Loki lights a fire under them.
A/N:  Hi everyone!! This is my entry for @star-spangled-man-with-a-plan ​‘s Full Figured Fantasy challenge. I feel a bit rusty writing because the last thing I wrote was almost 10 years ago! Thank you @iamartemisday for making sure I didn't miss anything. I am eternally grateful.
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     Steve has watched out for you long before your grandmother had passed. Being a friend of your great-grandmother’s, once Steve had thawed from the ice, he searched for her in hopes of having a familiar face to help him through these changes of time. It was when he had showed up at your home that your grandmother told you who Steve was. During that initial visit, Steve had found out that his friend Marion, your great- grandmother, had passed away in 2003. Since then, he had taken it upon himself to visit you and your grandmother up until the day she died. Three months after the fall of SHIELD and your grandmother’s death, Steve had proposed becoming your guardian since you were a minor and had no other family. Accepting his offer had led you to where you are living now. The Tower was magnificent inside and out; you stated as such when you had moved in. When you had turned 18, Tony quickly hired you to help him in the lab and maintaining everyone's equipment since you were already doing that since your last year in highschool.
     Today was a rare occurrence for the team because everyone was back from their various missions. On days like this, Tony  would set up an event to help everyone relax, be it bowling or going to a karaoke bar. Tonight, Tony had picked karaoke, though you had mixed feelings about it. Everytime, you would go because the team was the closest thing to a family you have had in years but you would never go on stage to sing. You had carried many insecurities (most of which Steve or Bucky tried to help you with) that wreaked havoc through your mind. You stand at 5’6” and weighed just enough to give you quite a few curves. You were ashamed of how you looked because of all the negativity in your mind that had taken on the voices of your past tormentors.
     I want to get up there too, but who would want to watch a fat ass like me? That one thought was almost constant in your mind as you watched Natasha from the bar as she nailed another song with ease. Your rum and coke sat nearly untouched when that bartender came around to ask if everything was alright. Nodding absentmindedly, you continued to watch as Clint went next with a sweet country song you thought was for his wife. Out of the corner of your eye, a gentleman dressed in a forest green suit sat beside you.
     “Y/N.” Loki said almost too softly for you to hear.
     “Yes?”
     “The longer you look at them with that scowl, they would think you hated being here.”
     “It’s not that,” you replied. “I just don’t think they would want me to go up there. Besides, it hit me before we left what today was.”
     “And what is today?” Loki inquired, watching you with interest. You sighed and shook your head gently because today was important to you and it saddens you when it comes around every year. You were vaguely aware that Sam had gotten on stage and sang some pop song you’ve heard almost 9 times a day, every day for that past month and a half. You were too caught up in your self hatred that was spurred on by your already dismal thoughts.
     “My grandmother died 10 years ago today. When I look at all the fun everyone is having, I would like to join in. I used to sing years ago but I haven't sang since she died. Besides I am too fat anyways. Who would want to watch me?” Your bitterness caught Loki off guard. You were typically a cheery person when you were around him once you decided that he wasn't as bad as everyone thought. He knew you had your insecurities because they would surface when Steve or Tony was gone on a mission and Loki was around the tower, but he never heard that offhand remark come from you before.
     “Y/N, I don't know who told you that you couldn't sing because of your body shape, but I want you to listen me now. Your body is not a reason to put your life on hold. You are magnificent in all you do. Your mind is as sharp as my daggers. You care for all those around you, even putting them in their place if the need arises. Thor adores you. Steven and James see you as their little sister. Tony sees you as his daughter.” You looked at Loki before glancing over to where Steve and Bucky were laughing at an inside joke that was probably older than you. Pepper was with Tony at another table talking with Rhodes and Bruce. Natasha was next to Steve, talking to Clint, Wanda, and Vision. Scott Lang was somewhere around here but you weren’t certain where. Thor made his way to the stage once Sam had finished and reclaimed his seat next to Bucky. You assumed the song Thor was trying to sing was an song from his youth, but you weren't certain.  “Y/N, You have the courage to rival that buffoon who is butchering Mother’s favorite song. If Thor can do this, surely you can, Y/N/N. I believe you can do this. If you need to, look only at me. Focus on me and I will help you through this.”
     “Loki-”
     “I will tolerate no excuse, Y/N. Go up there and sing or I will drag you up there myself. Sing for your grandmother. Sing your grief and remember you are not alone,” Loki rebuked.  With a huff, you finished off your drink before glaring that him.
     “Fine! You want me to sing, I will. I doubt it would be good but who cares,” you fumed when he cut you off. You stomped off to the side of the stage, telling the DJ what song you would like to sing. You waited for Thor to finish his caterwauling rendition before you took your spot. Taking in deep breaths to calm down as you tried not to freeze on stage, the first few notes of one of your favorite songs started to play. You looked at Loki as you started to sing.
     “Should have stayed, were the signs, I ignored?
      Can I help you, not to hurt, anymore?
      We saw brilliance, when the world, was asleep
      There are thing we can have, but can't keep
      If they say
      Who cares if one more light goes out?
      In the sky of a million stars
      It flickers, flickers
      Who cares if someone’s time runs out?
      If a moment is all we are
      We’re quicker, quicker
      Who cares if one more light goes out?
      Well I do”
As you sang the first chorus, everyone you knew quieted down and watched you gain confidence with each passing second. However, you didn't focus on them. You watched Loki smirking from the bar. Your anger at him slowly dissipated as you continued to sing.
     “The reminders pull the floor from your feet
      In the kitchen, one more chair than you need
      Oh, and your angry, and you should be, it’s not fair
      Just ‘cause you cant see it, doesnt mean it isn't there
      If they say
      Who cares if one more light goes out?
      In the sky of a million stars
      It flickers, flickers
      Who cares if someone’s time runs out?
      If a moment is all we are
      We’re quicker, quicker
      Who cares if one more light goes out?
      Well I do
      Who cares if one more light goes out?
      In the sky of a million stars
      It flickers, flickers
      Who cars if someone’s time runs out?
      If a moment is all we are
      We’re quicker quicker
      Who cares if one more light goes out?
      Well I do
      Well I do”
     As you sang the last notes, Steve had gotten up and walked to the stage. He gave you a hug as you cried. Your grief had eased some and your self loathing got knocked down a peg by what you did. Once your tears stopped a little, Steve let you go only for you to be hugged by everyone you cared about. Loki stood beyond the others, watching as you realized that everyone here loved you immensely and were proud of you for going up there. Once the hugging and the tears ebbed, he walked over to you with a knowing smile.
     “I told you you could do this, Y/N. Like I said, your body is not be a reason to put your life on hold.” Loki said. “If you want to sing, then sing. There was a Midgardian poet who said something I would think fits this situation. ‘Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.’ ”
     “Did you just quote Shakespeare to me?” You asked in disbelief. Loki had never showed interest in Earth’s literature in the past, but it seemed that you are finding more about him every time you saw him. “ You got me to go out there and sing. Buy me another drink, and I might go again,” you said with a smile.
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galacticnewsnetwork · 7 years ago
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26 New ‘Star Wars’ Stories Have Been Revealed
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In April, it was announced that a new book would be released called Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, combining 40 stories written from dozens of writers (including Rogue One screenwriter Gary Whitta, famed comic book writer Paul Dini, Thrilling Adventure Hour creators Ben Acker & Ben Blacker) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Star Wars franchise.
Each story is told from the perspective of background characters from A New Hope  – “from X-wing pilots who helped Luke destroy the Death Star to the stormtroopers who never quite could find the droids they were looking for.” And with the October release date quickly approaching, Del Rey Publishing has begun unveiling some of the short stories that will be featured in this collection. Below, check out a first look at more than a dozen new Star Wars stories.
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Here are the stories that have been revealed on Twitter today, all found under the #FromaCertainPOV hashtag:
Chuck Wendig’s “We Don’t Serve Their Kind Here” tackles a certain droid-hating cantina barkeep: “Wuher always told people: If you have a drink in your hand, you don’t need me for nothing.”
Gary Whitta’s “Raymus” opens the anthology by bridging the gap between Rogue One and A New Hope: “For years he had carefully steered this ship- his ship- through countless Imperial blockades and checkpoints, always able to avoid detection or suspicion. But now it had been spotted fleeing the scene of the most daring military assault in the history of the Rebellion, carrying stolen goods that the Empire would go to any lengths to recover. Suddenly, the Tantive IV was the most wanted ship in the galaxy.” The title is a reference to Raymus Antilles, who was the captain of the Tantive IV.
Greg Rucka’s “Grounded” tells the story of Nera Kase: “In the space of seven minutes, Nera Kase lost her home and her family. In the space of seven minutes, the Empire had made her their enemy.”
Glen Weldon’s “Of MSE-6 And Men” is a story from the POV of a hapless droid caught up in the Death Star’s “gay demimonde”: “That was quick, G7. Fastest mouse droid in the fleet. It’s those new rotors I put in, I’m telling you. You know what: We should get you on a racing circuit. Would you like that?”
Kieron Gillen’s “The Trigger”: “Aphra’s life alternated between finding interesting ancient artifacts and reactivating interesting ancient artifacts, with brief interstitial periods of selling the interesting ancient artifacts.” This story follows the fan favorite Star Wars comic book character Doctor Aphra.
Paul Dini’s “Added Muscle” tells the story of Boba Fett: “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy the whispers of surprise when I walked onto the scene. That’s right, boys. Fett’s here.”
Cavan Scott’s “Time of Death” follows Obi-Wan Kenobi in the moments of his passing: “My name is Obi-Wan Kenobi and I am dead. I know how that sounds. Crazy old Ben with his crazy stories. But this isn’t crazy. This is happening. At least, I think it is.”
Rae Carson’s “The Red One” tells the story of a droid with a bad motivator: “More than anything in the galaxy, he wanted to be sold. Escape the sandcrawler. Fulfill his programming by serving a new master – someone who would clean his joints once in a while, offer a few drops of lubricant, give him a purpose. But time was running out. He was lonely, and he was dying.”
Daniel José Older’s “Born in the Storm” tells the story of a stormtrooper and his dewback: “The barracks are on the outskirts of town, closer to the endless barren infinity of wasteland festering with Sand People, banthas, and a million other ways to die. Also: sand. All the sand. All the sand ever.”
Delilah S. Dawson’s “The Secrets of Long Snoot” tells the story of one of the characters in the Cantina: “Know what your problem is? I say in my own language, quietly and to myself. ‘Your problem is that your entire species thinks itself a sun around which the petty planets and moons spin, but really, you’re just another rock, doomed to ever orbit something grander but remain ignorant of your own insignificance.”
Alexander Freed’s “Contingency Plan” tells the story of Mon Mothma: “Mon Mothma can’t actually see the future. She used to know people who could, but the last of them is dead now, too.”
EK Johnston and Ashley Eckstein’s “By Whatever Sun” takes on the metal ceremony: “Miara Larte breathed in and remembered how much she loved real air.”
Christie Golden’s “The Bucket” tells the story of the stormtrooper who turned Leia in: “I want them alive, Vader had said. Their blasters were set on kill. They were in a batterfield, even now. Too many of the crew were loose and armed, wandering about and opening fire, for the stormtroopers to take chances.”
Adam Christopher’s “End of Watch” is about a reactor leak: “Poul felt the breath catch in her threat. Princess? What princess? And then she heard the voice of the man Tarkin was in conference with, the deep, resonant bass voice echoing down the open comms channel. Well, perhaps man was the wrong word. Because who know what was inside that suit.”
Madeleine Roux’s “Eclipse” tells the story of Breha Organa: “Finances. Galas. Silks. Budgets. Would Leia return in time for the equinox? It seemed unlikely, and yet in a small, private corner of her heart that had nothing to do with rebellions or politics, Breha hoped it would be so.”
John Jackson Miller’s “Rites” tells the story of the Tusken Raiders: “It takes more than courage to lead. It takes eyes that are open!”
Zoraida Córdova’s “You Owe Me A Ride” tells the story of the Tonnika sisters: “Brea and Senni watched the suns set from atop a rock formation. Tatooine might be a desert wasteland lacking in any culinary delicacies, but few things in the galaxy compared to the brilliance of its sunsets.
Charles Soule’s “The Angle” tells the story of Lando and the Millenium Falcon: “Heroes were Lando’s favorite opponents at the gambling table. The worse the odds got, the bigger they bet. Because heroes were suckers.”
Jason Fry’s “Duty Roster” seems to be about someone in the Rebellion named Col (perhaps Legends character Col Serra?): “Col’s first instinct was to knock Wedge Antilles onto the floor and show the whole squadron the joke ended here.”
Griffin McElroy’s “Stories in the Sand” which is about a Jawa named Jot: “There was not a Jawa on Tatooine who did not believe wholeheartedly that there was more sand below them than there was sky above.”
Pablo Hidalgo?’s “Verge of Greatness” follows Tarkin on the very eve of his triumph: “You may fire when ready,’ Targin said at long last. And he allowed himself the briefest of smiles.”
Sabaa Tahir’s “Reirin” reveals new details about the Tusken Raiders: “Reirin daydreamed about proving to them who, exactly, was lesser. She daydreamed about taking her father’s gaderffii and wreaking bloody havoc. And if not that, then simply proving herself.”
Kelly Sue DeConnick?’s “The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper” tells the story of Muftak and Kabe’s adventure at the Mos Eisley Cantina: “At Mos Eisley, everyone has side-hustles, but the Muftak and Kabe? Even their side-hustles have side-hustles.”
Paul S Kemp’s “Sparks” tells the story of Gold Squadron: “Small sparks can start big fires.”
Beth Revis’ “Fully Operational” tells the story of a very important meeting: “A weapon was meant to be fired. Every military man could tell you that. Treat all weapons as charged; never assume a blaster was set simply to stun and not kill.”
Tom Angleberger’s “Whills” is the last story of the book, described as ‘really the beginning of the entire tale. Sort of. It’s a work in progress.’: “May the force be with me as I begin the sacred task of writing in the Journal of the Whills…”
Some of these stories seem to have really clever and compelling ideas. Obi-Wan Kenobi in the moment of his death? The story of the Tantive IV filling the gap between Rogue One and A New Hope? The life of a droid with a bad motivator?
Reading these ideas has me extremely excited to read this collection and makes me wonder if the Star Wars standalone films would ever dare tackle an anthology film. Imagine the greatest writers and directors getting together for a bunch of short films in the Star Wars universe. I could never imagine someone like Steven Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino directing a Star Wars movie, but maybe a five or 15 minute short film could happen? How cool would that be?
You can pre-order From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars) on Amazon now. Del Rey has released the cover art seen above and a list of some of the authors that are participating in this project:
Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Renee Ahdieh
Tom Angleberger
Meg Cabot
Rae Carson
Adam Christopher
Zoraida Cordova
Delilah S. Dawson
Paul Dini
Alexander Freed
Jason Fry
Christie Golden
EK Johnston & Ashley Eckstein
Paul Kemp
Mur Lafferty
Ken Liu
Griffin McElroy
John Jackson Miller
Nnedi Okorafor
Daniel José Older
Mallory Ortberg
Madeleine Roux
Gary D. Schmidt
Cavan Scott
Sabaa Tahir
Glen Weldon
Chuck Wendig
Gary Whitta
And more!
Source: Slashfilm.com Article by:  Peter Sciretta
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