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Can you write and example of "good shaphne angst?"
Oh there are so many different categories of angst that could be considered good but this tends to be my default so here you go!
(This was a slow process and Iâm super sorry for the wait but writers block was intense the past couple of weeks!)
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Daphne was no novice when it came to being tied up.
The whole routine of getting constricted by a bunch of rope and tossed into the nearest crypt or sarcophagus had gotten old and the amount of time it took for the gang to find her again was shrinking. It gave her just enough time to assess the damages done to her manicure or wonder how well she did on her chemistry test that Monday. It had all become rather lighthearted to her (at this point she had to get used to it the poor girl practically carried a big neon sign begging criminals in rubber masks to kidnap her).
That is - when she didnât sense any immediate danger.
Men in masks had the tendency to just toss their hostages (Daphne) somewhere (see previous crypts or sarcophagus) and then forget about them which had worked out in Daph���s favor for the most part.
Sheâs really trying to separate herself entirely from the situation sheâs in now. Being handcuffed to a lead pipe was not the same as being tied up with rope. The rope would start to scratch and burn her skin at this point if she was still struggling to get out of it. She usually wasnât, just to avoid the aforementioned scratching and burning. The handcuffs however, started digging into her wrists right from the get-go and even if Daphne was perfectly still she could feel how raw the skin was becoming.
She wasnât stowed away in some abandoned storage shed behind the creepy house at the end of the street that nobody talks about. No - Daph was actually cuffed to a lead pipe and sitting right behind the man who had captured her. That was all she was able to discern about her captor; the broad shoulders and large hands couldnât belong to a woman. Although she has been surprised before. The space seemed to be some sort of rinky dink office with file cabinets and a big mahogany desk in the center of the room.
The man in the mask was currently sitting at this desk.
It sounded like he was shuffling through papers, Daphne would occasionally hear the scratch of a pencil. She noted that he was very careful not to speak around her - she wondered if she would recognize his voice if he spoke. I wasnât much of a clue but Daph was doing anything she could to not let the nerves get to her.
âAmazing that being tied up and alone in a crypt is more relaxing than this.â Daphne thought, joking about the situation made her feel a little more at ease.
Shaggy was a lot better at it but he wasnât here and Daph kept being plagued by the terrible thought that him and the rest of the gang had no earthly idea where she was.
If her mouth wasnât sealed by a strip of duct tape than you would see her lower lip tremble. The image of Fred breaking down the door to this office was becoming more and more akin to a hopeless dream. Daphne was losing hope and she was losing it fast.
She ran scenarios in her head of the worst possible things this man could do to her and shuddered at all of the ones she genuinely feared. Over and over again, on repeat in her mind. Daph had no clue how long she was in that office but by the time her captor had stood from his chair and pressed the foul smelling cloth to her nose - Daphneâs legs had gone numb.
The last thing she remembered before darkness were vibrant green eyes. Eyes she had definitely seen somewhere before.
Daph awoke to a jarring change in scenery.
The cramped office was now what looked to be an abandoned warehouse. Although her vision was semi-blurry and her head was killing her, Daphne knew where she was. They had been here once before while investigating the case but had quickly ruled it as a dead end and crossed it off the map. She then noticed a second thing - it was nighttime.
Daph had first been taken in the late afternoon and thrown in the trunk of an old  blue Mustang. She stayed there for a little bit (she actually fell asleep at one point because this wasnât her first time being locked in the trunk of a car) and when she was eventually taken out night had already fallen.
âIâve been missing for at least two days then...â She thought as her head began to clear up.
She, once again, had both hands cuffed to a lead pipe (this one was a little bigger though) and was resting on her knees. The concrete floor of the building was a little too cold to be comforting and that was the first time Daphne noticed her shoes were missing.
âUgh and I just bought those too!â
The tape was still over her mouth, although Daph didnât see much point in shouting for help since there wasnât much of a chance anyone would hear her. It was at that point that Daphne realized she was currently alone.
âHas that asshole finally decided to ditch me?â
She barely had time to consider it when a loud creaking echoed throughout the area. Her heart leapt for a moment, against all odds somebody had decided to investigate this seemingly inconspicuous location. Then everything in her went cold when she saw the familiar white coat of the man who kidnapped her.
The culpritâs whole shtick was somewhere along the lines of zombie mad scientist. Which - as dumb as it sounds - is surprisingly intimidating. Maybe itâs just how realistic the details of his mask are.
âNothing is truly creepier than the uncanny valley. And mullets.â Daphne could almost picture the eye rolls that comment would earn from the gang. It embarrassed her since humor wasnât exactly her forte but it never stopped Daph from giving it a shot. Plus, every so often her attempts at jokes would earn a soft laugh from Shaggy. And those laughs sent butterflies storming in her stomach.
Suddenly, the lump is back in her throat.
She misses him. She misses them. And sheâs worried that theyâre pulling their hair out trying to find her. Daphne hates seeing her friends so distressed.
She almost jumps out of her own skin when she sees that Zombie Albert Einstein is standing directly in front of her, just staring down at her. Â
Without missing a beat, Daphne glares up at him and desperately hopes that it doesnât look like sheâs a step away from bursting into tears. Those green eyes seem to crinkle in amusement - evidently her anger wasnât all that convincing. Daphâs shoulders droop and she tries with all of her might to swallow the lump in her throat.
And most likely with the desire of prolonging her suffering, Albert decides to rip the tape off her mouth.
The sudden sting is just enough to bring tears pooling in her eyes.
âOuch...â she murmurs with a shaky gasp. Biting down hard on her lip with the hope of pulling it together. When Daphne let herself go hysterical then she went hysterical to the highest degree and then she wasnât any help to anyone.
But then she hears a chuckle; itâs low and gravelly and so dang familiar that itâs killing her. And itâs telling her one thing:
Sheâs giving him exactly what he wanted.
All of her efforts to remain calm and collected have failed because he can still see how she really feels. He can see how hopeless Daphne feels.
She sucks in a deep breath through her teeth, trying desperately to hold onto that composure; trying so hard to put a face to that laugh. And itâs just not working - heâs still looking down at her like the game is finished and she never had a fighting chance.
As he turns his back to her and walks away, Daph bows her head and tries her best to cry silently. Not that thereâs any point to it, Mr. Einstein already knows that sheâs given up. She coughs out a laugh at the nickname sheâs christened her kidnapper with in between her sobs - she can still find the humor in the situation and that brings her some comfort.
Shaggy did that all the time without any effort at all, boosting moral without even realizing it.
Daphne wonders how worried he is, if heâs able to keep the mood light so that Fred and Velma can stay focused. God she hoped so.
He was always the one to keep everyone grounded despite not ever being grounded himself. Daph couldnât help but wish she tried more to be that for him; wish she was brave enough to say all of the things resting on her tongue.
Not just that she loved him (even though that was a biggie) but that he was valuable and mattered so much to not just her but the rest of the gang.
It was hard not to just force him to gain the self-confidence he lacked (since that was her main way of solving problems) but she knew that wasnât what he needed.
Damn it she wished she knew what he did need.
If she ever made it out of this alive, she was gonna figure it out.
She sobbed softly through the night and eventually woke up to sunlight pouring in from the large windows and skylights above her. Leaving Daph to wonder when exactly she fell asleep and how long sheâs been out.
Her decomposing captor was nowhere to be seen which fills her with a small amount of relief.
Judging by the color of the light and the angle that it was shining in on it had to be late afternoon-ish.
âItâs been three days...â
At that thought, Daphne suddenly realized how hungry and thirsty she was. Her head was pounding her tongue was almost totally dry (which she was sure was really bad). She remained dizzy after waking up even after waiting for around an hour and Daph wondered if Albert had any intention of keeping her alive.
âUgh and I had just cried all night too! I just want to waste water and die of dehydration.â
She also noted that her body was still sweating, or at least trying to. This was not good, Daphne knew that she could survive for a while without food but water needed to be going through her constantly.
âThis is gonna make my skin look awful.â Daph thought, finding it harder to make jokes about the impending doom her body was facing.
She could feel herself trembling and her stomach began to twist in knots as the whole warehouse seemed to start spinning.
Suddenly, she was shaken awake by the sound of one of the huge doors creaking open. Her whole body felt as if it was frozen inside a huge ice cube even though she knew it wasnât cold. A shaken examination of the area showed that night had already fallen. The fact that she had lost consciousness without recollection was seriously concerning but she didnât have time to worry about her health. Because Albert was dragging in another body.
The room may have been spinning and noises sounded a little echoey but she didnât need to be at full strength to recognize that familiar shade of green.
Instantly her body became alert and she leaned forward, being stopped by the damned handcuffs. Sheâs soon able to process all the muffled noise as Shaggy talking a mile a minute.
âListen- I-.. I donât think you understand dude. Like weâre living in the 20th century and kidnapping minors - and probably eating them - is totally not okay! Look I get it... Entering into the workforce as a respected American citizen is hard and seems like a... like a major sacrifice of your time - not to mention your social life - but I promise you - anything is better than eating people!â
Heâs being dragged in by his ankles and - despite the fact that he isnât tied up - he isnât making any move to escape. Which doesnât seem on brand for the gangâs own Harry Houdini.
As Shaggy continued to nervously ramble, Albert dragged him to the center of the room beneath the largest skylight where most of the moonlight was pooling in. He was about 20 feet directly in front of her and right when Daphne was about to announce her presence to the highly distracted boy, she choked.
Daph fell into a violent coughing fit as her throat complained about the lack of moisture.
She begins to tear up and bows her head as she tries to calm the whole situation. When she looks up again, lungs on fire, her eyes lock onto Shaggyâs brown ones. Heâs seen her.
Instantly his eyes widen and he begins to struggle with Albert for the freedom of his legs, âDaphne! Youâre alive!â
Daph finds herself filled with so many conflicting emotions that she isnât sure if she should laugh, cry, or yell at him for getting captured. Especially since itâs almost impossible to catch him.
Not that it matters anyway, sheâs afraid to try and speak again. That fit had caused her head to pound even worse than before and now she could barely hear Shaggy over the drumming.
The fight for the freedom of Shagâs legs is brought to an abrupt end when Albert simply lets go. Shaggyâs heels crash hard into the concrete and Daph can barely make out his face contorting in pain. She pulls against the handcuffs again and this time she is aware of how irate the skin of her wrists is. Ignoring it, Daphne continues to try and lean further toward him only with the hope of seeing him in a clearer focus.
âSha-...Shaggy...â She just barely rasps out and after a moment she can tell he probably didnât hear her.
Perhaps because heâs a tad distracted, what with the massive demon in a lab coat pinning him down by pressing a knee right to the center of Shaggyâs chest.
âAlright! Agh- Okay!â He coughs, âYouâve made your point! A-And who...who am I to argue really?! Especially when you outweigh me by like 800 tofu dogs!â He lets out a nervous laugh and Daphne wants to cry again because she can just hear the trembling in that laugh.
She presses her forehead down against the cool warehouse floor; she canât handle watching one of her best friends get hurt while she remains powerless to do something.
âLike, do you really wanna add assaulting a minor to the list of charges stacking up against you buddy?â Now the shaking in his voice is so clear itâs making Daphâs toes curl, she bites her lip.
A few seconds pass and Daph finds that she doesnât hear anything, no cries of pain or anything. She has no time to deliberate if this is a good or bad thing because another few seconds go by and suddenly warm hands are gripping her shoulders. She gasps and looks up before shoving herself roughly against the wall in an effort to distance herself from whoever grabbed her. This doesnât entirely work out in her favor because she forgot that there was a large lead pipe behind her and she had just slammed her lower back into it head-on. A loud clang echos throughout the building.
Daphne lets another shaky gasp, this time in response to the pain running all over her body.
âJesus Daph... Like are you alright?â The warmth is back on her shoulders and it sends a wave a relief that almost overpowers all of her other senses. Evidently, Albert had been swayed by Shagâs persuasive words.
She nods slowly, âHow-â Did you find me? Instead of choking out the rest of that sentence, Daphne rests her forehead on his shoulder.
Not that she even needed to finish the question - Daph knows that he understood. Shaggy just barely whispers out his answer against her ear and my God she is just so happy to hear his voice.
âWell we had gone back to ask the HR guy some more questions when we saw your shoes just chilling under a chair in the waiting room. Professor Freakenstein over there had left a note demanding some things in exchange for your location.â He said with a touch of annoyance at the end.
Daphne nodded against him, âI-... I was wondering where they were...â Whispering is so much easier than talking
âYeah, like mystery solved.â He deadpans, she smiles in response, âAnyway... I wanted to go to the fucking police but you know how Mr. and Mrs Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands answered.
Her body tensed, âIs that why youâre here?â
There was silence for a moment and Daphne was building up quite the lecture when she saw Fred and Velma again. If she saw Fred and Velma again.
âLike, to be fair we all thought Fredâs trap was gonna work...â He mumbled. He explains that the note had a time and location for a meeting and so Fred and Velms had spent the day setting up a trap in the area. But she isnât listening.
Daphne groaned, âI thought we agreed that ransom notes were when we actually get qualified adults involved. The vote was unanimous on that movement!â
âI donât really think they pay attention during our staff meetings.â He replies with a lilt of amusement.
âTheyâre not staff meetings! Theyâre discussions on our code of conduct, we need rules Shags! Order!â
He lets out a short laugh before wrapping his arms around her neck and saying, âShit I was so worried about you...â
Daphne feels her chest go warm and her cheeks heat up - she nuzzles further into the crook of his neck.
âShit I am so in love with you...â
She thinks.
And then... blackness.
When she awakes she hears the almost heavenly beeping of a heart monitor.
The second she opens her eyes three teenagers and dog practically jump on top of her. All of their words are overlapping and Scooby is licking at her face ferociously so Daphne doesnât even bother trying to glean anything. The one thing she does do is reach out and grab onto Shaggyâs hand in a sort of death grip - something she wasnât able to do with her wrists cuffed.
Fred and Velma both excitedly recount the details of tracking down Shaggy all the way back to the warehouse through tire tracks and corresponding surveillance footage. It truly was a riveting tale that Daphne couldnât be bothered to listen to, she was way too exhausted. Plus, Shag was looking down at her with those beautiful eyes and how the hell was she supposed to look away.
âAnd! And - youâre gonna love this Daph - we called the police!â Fred stated proudly, eyes glittering like he was a child who cleaned his room without his mother asking him to.
Daphneâs eyes widened and she smiled, âWow! Iâm really proud of you two!â
Velma rolled her eyes, picking up on the sarcasm, âWhatever the big issue is that asshole got away.â
âAlbert Einstein?â
âProfessor Freakenstein?â
Daphne and Shag inquired at the same time, they both looked at each other and Shaggy smirked. Daph blushed.
âRiiigghtt... Iâm sticking with that asshole.â Velma stated.
Suddenly, Daphne perked up, âShags... You said that you guys found my shoes at the office building where Mr. Griesling worked right?â
Shaggy nodded and squeezed her hand; she squeezed back.
âWell before he moved me to the warehouse, I was kept in a private office-thingy. And this whole time I swore I had recognized the guyâs eyes before. I mean they were practically glowing green there is no way I would miss them!â She can feel her voice shake as she recalls the way those eyes pushed down on her when she believed she was gonna die.
Shaggy squeezes her hand again.
She takes in a breath and then says, âWell I was thinking about it for a moment and I remember that I saw one of the interns that worked for Mr. Grieslingâs department had these gorgeous eyes and I was this close to complimenting him on them!â
Velma and Fredâs eyes widen and Shaggy gasps before saying, âOh my God that fucking gigantic college sophomore! Weâre idiots!â
Velms plants her face in her hands and Fred sighs, âGood thing we had Daphne and her attention to seemingly unimportant details.â
Daph smirks and shrugs, âJust make sure to keep me far away from him.â
âLike we will Daphne.â Shaggy says gently and the tone is enough to soothe all of the dread latched onto her.
#falling more and more in love with writing scooby stuff placed during the 80s and 90s#also i have like three other times where i wrote a kidnap fic as my angst of the week#but i do also love like emotionally driven fights between people in love with each other#i think ive done that a little bit#my angst tastes are really shaped by all the crime shows i grew up watching#but kidnapping makes the most sense within the scooby theme#id have to go full au to try anything else out#panic attack and comfort angst is also something i like but i dont trust in myself enough to write that well#i think the bottom line is that hodgins and angela from bones just shape everything about couples angst#ask minus scooby#mod ninja#shaphne#shaphne fanfiction#Shaggy Rogers#daphne blake#shaggy x daphne#scooby doo
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