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Personal ask anon here! Yeah, no worries, it is a bit of a personal question! I just found that even though I never thought I'd have a partner and least of all get married, I have completely accidentally met a woman I'm now engaged to, and it has been such a weird experience, in the sense that I am not even remotely as crazy about it as I thought I'd be. I never believed in engagement nor marriage, and then one morning relatively recently I was just totally impulsively like haha, this is so great, marry me? And she was like, yeah! :) And I was so taken aback by my own behaviour that it took me several weeks to process lol, especially because I feel no regret about doing it. I have had dozens of weird flings, situationships, relationships, and most of them were toxic and weird as fuck, but then I find myself at almost thirty (which is still pretty young imo), this woman comes along and I rediscover the power of love lol?! Is that what getting older is?? I simply wanted to hear from someone my age or older who might have Thoughts to share that are not "uwu you've Found One True Love Disney Bullshit" haha! I genuinely think it is a shift in me personally, and not me just finding the perfect person that Cured Me, even though we are objectively a good match on many levels. It just feels so normal?? Anyway, this was ranty! You don't have to respond, I just thought you might have interesting opinions on this topic, you vibe like someone who has Lived Life in the sense that you're not a chronically online person whose perception of relationships is forged on the internet lol
Ahhh, I understand now!! That's really wonderful news, congratulations!!!!!
Since I didn't want to answer the first question (which I suppose is a kind of answer lol) I wasn't sure how to frame the rest without more info! I definitely find lately that I'm thinking a lot about how I used to view and be in relationships when I was younger, and especially how much I've chilled out about it lol! I think it's partly just getting older, but it's also learning and growing from your past experiences, and being open to the changes within yourself! Lots of people get older and keep doing the same shit, and/or they're the ones out here propagating fake bs that makes themselves feel better about their shitty choices while making esp younger people feel like they're just doing it wrong, or like that's something they could never imagine for themselves. Learning from both good and bad experiences and choosing to do and find better is not nothing!
And I definitely feel you that it takes a little bit of an adjustment period just to be like, 'oh, i guess i'm like this now?? huh.' I used to be really emotionally closed off and guarded, and it took me an unreasonably long time to even decide if I liked or could trust someone on a very baseline level. Not too long ago I realized I'm fairly open-hearted these days, and that I can trust my instincts--when I know I like someone, I know, and if it turns out it doesn't work for other reasons, I can accept that it's not some kind of moral failing on my part. But it took a couple of months of just sitting with that realization before I could be like, yeah, I think this is just how I feel now, and I need to adjust how I act accordingly to respect that change in myself!
And god I also used to hate how people would be like 'you'll just feel different when you're older, your priorities will just change uwu' when from my perspective they were justifying settling for less than their worth LOL! When really what I think it comes down to is meeting someone you click with when you're both ready for it, and you've done enough work on yourselves to be able to roll with the punches! It's a truly beautiful thing to realize one day that in spite of everything, you're willing, able, and ready to love! I wish you all the best, and thank you so much for sharing!!!
#sdkjnfknjdfsknjsdf legit lol at 'not a chronically online person' god do i ever try#i wake up some days and i read some bullshit and i think 'nope!!! we don't engage with this we go outside and we touch grass!!!!!!'#(metaphorically as it is currently ten million degrees out there)#personal#exciting tag for answered asks
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Continuing with our new Suletta Sunday tradition I'm bringing you guys chapter 3!
This time we follow Chu Chu's POV as she tries to sort out her own feelings and maybe take a step towards forming a polycule
enjoy the read
To claim Chuatury Panlunch was having a bad week would be an understatement.
Because somehow, against all odds, that stupid spacian bitch managed to make her care for her.Â
Honestly.Â
Chu Chu of all people, caring for some thoroughbred, rich, entitled spacian girl?
Bullshit.Â
Absolute insane bullshit!
But there she fucking was. Worrying about Miorine. Spending every idle moment thinking about the last words they said to each other that night. Sure, those were words Miorine needed to hear, even if Chu Chu could have used a lot more tact.
It wasnât her fault.Â
She was raised to say what she thought and never let people silence her or her feelings. That meant standing up to the spacians who saw her as trash, and that meant giving her princess the wake up call she needed.
âHer princess.â
That was so fucking stupid.Â
Why did she let herself get attached?Â
Miorine was Sulettaâs princess. Sheâd been her princess from the moment they stepped out of that cockpit together. And yet a part of Chu Chu hoped Miorine could be hers too, that maybe just maybe, if she made her realize Suletta loved her, then she would realize Chu Chuâ
Nope!Â
Not going there!Â
Not touching that with a 10ft pole!
Let those two gay idiots be happy! And if Miorine figures out she still has it bad for Chu Chu, then sheâll let her come to her, not the other way around.
She has better shit to do than to be barking at her bossâs door, asking Suletta if she can have her wife as a treat .
So she focused on her work at Gund Arm, and spent all her free time working out her stress at the gym.
Chu Chu would just focus all her feelings into the punching bag in front of her, and then proceed to beat it up until she was completely exhausted. It wasnât the healthiest coping mechanism, but it helped her pass the time.
She had been in the middle of one of those violent venting sessions when she heard a voice call for her.
âChu Chu!â
She turned to glare at whoever had the guts to interrupt her, her eyes boring a hole through the soul of the unlucky bastard who said her name.
That is, until she recognized the red hair, and painfully cheery personality of the last bitch she wanted to see right now.
Suletta Mercury.
âS-Sorry,â Suletta stammered, âam I interrupting something?â
Chu Chu inhaled deeply, then exhaled, her body sagging as the rage left along with her breath.
âNo,â she answered, beginning to take off her gloves, âI was just about done.â
She tossed the gloves aside and walked up to the woman she had been cucking for several weeks now.Â
Fuck , this was weird.
âWhat did you need me for?â Chu Chu asked, trying to sound as friendly as she could.
Suletta scratched the back of her head, then looked around to make sure no one was looking.Â
âMiorine and I had a⊠conversation the other day, and I wanted to talk to you about it.â
Yeah, there was no escaping it now. Her stupid decisions have come back to bite her in the ass.
âRight,â she grumbled, âlet me finish things up, and we can talk somewhere more private.â
âOf course!â
And with that Suletta was off, leaving Chu Chu behind to regain all the stress she had punched out earlier.
The next few minutes had been tense to say the least.Â
There was no real reason for it, Chu Chu had already accepted that she would bear the consequences of her and Miorineâs mistakes. It was just that as she went through what was a pretty mindless routine, her thoughts had been freed to torture her in the anticipation.
Once she was no longer smelling of sweat and had changed into some clean clothes, Chu Chu stepped out of the gym with all the cheer of a convict on the way to their execution.
Suletta - for what it was worth - seemed completely unbothered and accompanied Chu Chu with the same joyful energy with which she did everything.
After a good amount of walking, Suletta seemed satisfied with how isolated they were, and came to a stop, turning to look at Chu Chu.
âLook, Iâm sorry,â Chu Chu surrendered, âit was a stupid mistake and I should not have fallen for Miorineâs crap like that.â
âWhat?â Suletta looked at her with that confused puppy look that she always seemed to have, âwhy are you apologizing?â
Now Chu Chu too was left confused, âbecause I fucked your wife?â
âOh!â she exclaimed, âI already knew Miorine was seeing someone else. Iâm just glad it was a mutual friend who I can trust to take care of her.â
Baffled. She was genuinely fucking baffled.Â
Who hears that their wife is cheating on them with one of their friends, and takes that as a positive?
âYou mean you are not mad at me?â Chu Chu asked.
âI wanted to thank you actually,â Suletta answered with her usual sweet smile, âif you hadnât talked to Mio-Mio, then weâd probably end up miserable and divorced. Our marriage was saved thanks to you.â
That⊠made some sense.Â
It still felt strange to be thanked for something like this.
âUh, youâre welcome?â Chu Chu tried, not fully sure of what to do now, âI just couldnât take Miorineâs crap anymore, you know. Like she obviously loves you so much, but she keeps doing this self-sacrificial shit, because she canât believe we could actually like her back.â
Wait.Â
Fuck!
Suletta beamed in a way that could have blinded half the space station.Â
âYou like Miorine too?â
Chu Chu crossed her arms and scowled, âand what of it!? Iâm not gonna be fucking that little princess again, if thatâs what youâre getting at.â
âAww, you call her princess,â Suletta giggled, not caring one bit for Chu Chuâs aggressive tone, âthatâs really sweet.â
With a groan Chu Chu dropped her tough bitch act, her shoulders sagging and even her hair poofs seeming to fall a little lower.
âLook, that was an insult⊠at first at least,â she admitted, âthe first time it happened it was some heat of the moment stuff. Miorine kept trying to get under my skin, pissing me off every chance she got, and I just snapped. I just wanted to put that spoiled spacian princess in her place, so I did.â
âI-I-I-I see,â Suletta stuttered, her face looking as red as one of Mioâs tomatoes.
âBut she has this way of making you care for her, and make you worry, and want to see her happy, andâugh!â she clenched her fists just thinking about it.Â
How dare she fall this hard for such a bitch, âitâs like seeing some old broken mobile suit, and knowing that if you just give it the right kind of care, it would become the most beautiful thing youâve ever seen.â
It felt downright humiliating. Like she was admitting defeat.
But of course that wasnât how Suletta took it.Â
Suletta saw Chu Chu at the height of her shame, and could only offer the most tender and understanding of looks.Â
Because she got it. Suletta knew exactly how Chu Chu felt, because she loved the same woman as her.Â
âI knew I could trust you to care for her,â Suletta said, full of confidence.
Now it was Chu Chuâs turn to blush.
âW-Well, what do we do now?â she asked, desperate to move on from her embarrassment, âyou two figured things out and itâs great and all, but where do we go from here?â
âThatâs why I came here actually,â Suletta informed her, âme and Miorine wanted to talk to you, and figure out exactly where things stand between the three of us.â
Okay, a little chat with their princess, Chu Chu could do that.
âBut first,â Suletta called again, âyou still made my wife cry, and I canât just let that go.â
Oh no.
âChu Chu! I challenge you to a duel!â
She sighed and shook her head.Â
She really should have seen this coming.
âAlright,â she answered, âbring it on.â
Chu Chu was about to take one hell of a beating.
#fanfic#g witch#witch from mercury#mobile suit gundam witch from mercury#chuatury panlunch#chuchu#miorine rembran#suletta mercury#mioletta#sulemio#chulemio#chuchu x miorine#chuchu x miorine x suletta
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Mad Hatter
@howl-fantasies
Tw: Yandere and mentions of sexual assault
Maggies POV:
It was so nice to wake up in my own bed again. It was nice to not have overly lavish sheets and people doting on me every five seconds. Even mom never made me buy the expensive stuff for my room. I rolled over and smiled when I remembered the book Bruce gave me. Iâd carry it with me everywhere. I got up and made my way over to the dinky coffee pot, and frowned when I realised I didnât have any coffee. In fact it had been over a month since Iâd been here, Iâd probably have to throw everything out and buy fresh.
I quickly hopped in the shower and got dressed before heading down to the local coffee shop. Maybe I could get something fancy today. It was just nice to be out of Oswaldâs suffocating grasp for five seconds. I opened the door and the sweet smell of espresso hit me. I was hooked on the Latte Y/N had ordered me way back when we first met. Nothing could ever beat that tatse.
âOne french vanilla latte, extra foam and two plain coffees please.â
The barista took my order and left to make my drink. As I waited I checked my phone and realised there were 54 unread messages from Oswald.
âShit.â I muttered under my breath.
I pulled up a group chat with Tabitha and Butch.
Maggie:
Good morning my favourite people on the planet.
Tabitha:
âŠ
Butch:
Do you have any idea how much screaming weâve put up with today? Where are you?!
Maggie:
Haha⊠about that.
Tabitha:
Donât think just because you have a cute face and a nice ass I wonât kill you⊠cause Iâll do it⊠Iâm this fucking close
Maggie:
Oh I believe, Iâm not testing my luck. I just needed a break to clear my head for a bit. Just distract him until the end of the day ok, I promise Iâll be back soon đ„°
Butch:
The blushing heart emoji isnât going to work this timeâŠ
Maggie:
What about my smiling face?
âŠ
Tabitha:
God Damn it woman, stop being so fucking cute⊠well put up with the gremlin and his bullshit today but you owe us!
Maggie:
Whatever you say hottie đ Iâm all yours
Butch:
Damn, I feel left outâŠ
Maggie:
Please you know Iâll give you whatever you want, just might make you beg for it first
When neither of them replied back I assumed they got to work on distracting Oswald. The Barista came back with my drinks and I blushed when I noticed she wrote her number on the cup.
âI assumed the fancy one was yours cutie⊠text meâ with a smiley face.
I donât know what it was about Gotham, but I must have pleased Cupid in another life. Nobody ever talked to me, let alone approached me for dates back in Starling city. I was used to people flirting with Ollie and Thea all the time. Hell I even had to see people flirt with mom after Robert passed. It was a bit overwhelming, when really the only person I wanted to be with was Jim. But things just had to be so damn complicated.
I made my way over to the police station, taking the familiar path I used to take every day. I spotted Harvey right away.
âLong time no see mi amigo!â I greeted.
He turned around to meet my gaze.
âI see Oswaldâs let you off your leash.â
âLet is a strong word⊠I broke out.â
He laughed.
âThis one is for you!â
âMaggie, you didnât have to get me coffee.â
âReally? You sure thereâs not some law somewhere saying âyou must bring your overworked cop friend coffee or you will be submitted to death by disappointed dad glare?â Cause I think I read that somewhere.â I joked.
âI do not have a dad glare!â
âYeah you do. You seen Jim?â
I saw his face scrunch up.
âNope. Hey thanks for the coffee but I really got go handle this case.â
He was lying. I just sighed. I had to fix whatever this situation was before the tension destroyed me. It was driving me insane. I stood there for a movement sipping my latte, waiting to see if I would spot him, when someone popped into my vision. Lee. I frowned.
âHow are you?â She asked in her sickly sweet voice.
âIâm fine.â I said a bit more bitterly than I meant too.
I mean what kind of girl leads a guy on, tells him that she loves him, then goes and gets engaged to Carmine Falcones son? Maybe Jim didnât have enough money for her tacky taste. But all I know was that she didnât deserve him. But part of his heart would always belong to her and I hated her for it. She must have picked up on my animosity, because she became blunt very quickly.
âI donât think you should see Jim. Harvey told me you were looking for him.â
âYeah, to bring him his coffee.â I waved the cup for emphasis.
âBut he hurt you-â
âSo people keep saying, but I want to hear it from him Lee. I wanna hear his side of what happened, because no matter how many times I try to run over the scenario in my head, nothing makes sense. So if you could please step out of my-â
Lee cut my off my by grabbing my arm and pulling me into the autopsy room. A small bit of Jimâs coffee spilt on my wrist and I held my breath at the soft pain.
âWhat the hell?â I exclaimed.
âLook I really donât think itâs in your best interest to talk to him.â
âAnd I really donât think I asked. Iâm not a baby Lee, I can take care of myself. Grab me like that again youâre gonna be the one laying on that table.â
I motioned to the unfortunate soul who was splayed open on the cold metal.
âAre you threatening me?â
âAre you gonna touch me without my consent again? Cause I can get you for harassment and assaultâŠâ
âYouâre being defensive.â
âYou cornered me.â
Lee stepped to the side and I pushed open the door, glaring back at her. Thatâs when I ran into someone. Jim.
âWhat the hell?â I heard him mutter.
âOmg Jim Iâm so sorry.â
His whole body stiffened when he heard my voice. I cringed. I was yet again grabbed by my arm and dragged into a side room, but this time I didnât much care. I stumbled a little bit Jim steadied me, realising he had been too rough.
âSo first you accuse me of sexually assaulting you, and now you spill hot coffee on me?â He says, sounding annoyed.
âJim I didnât-â
âWhat, you didnât tell Harvey that you didnât remember anything from that night?â
âI did tell him that, but I didnât know that was the conclusion he would reach. I didnât know he would run with it! Jim I didnât mean for any of this to happen you have to believe me.â
âWhy didnât you just talk to me?â He sighed.
âAm I not I doing that right now?â
I could feel tears spilling from my eyes and I frustratedly wiped them away. I felt like a child, it was so stupid to be crying. Jim was hesitant to touch me, that much was obvious.
âSo you really donât remember?â He said softly.
âIâm so sorry. Trust me, donât you think Iâd want to? I was dreaming of that moment since the day we met. And now Iâve gone and ruined everything cause I have this stupid memory problem.â
âMemory problem?â
âSince I was younger. Ollie, my- my brother, he says I lose time. And no matter how had I try I canât get it back. Therapy doesnât help, meds donât help, itâs just gone. And I hate it so much. You must hate me.â
âI could never hate you Magnolia. I just, I really wish you came to talk to me sooner. Or maybe I should have come to you. Look, things will work out with time, but maybe for the time being it would be a good idea if we arenât seen with each other.â
âOh.â I choked out. âOk.â
I ran out of the room, leaving Jim in my wake. Iâm not sure how I expected this conversation to go, but it certainly wasnât this. I hated this, I hated not knowing what was happening, not understanding my feelings. Everything felt broken. Before I knew it my legs dragged me to the Gotham cemetery of all places.
But I had to admit, it was quite peaceful. Not many people wasted their time in the cemetery, and at least I knew nobody would come looking for me here. So I walked to the corner of the lot and leaned against the fence, pulling out my backpack. I took out the book Bruce had gifted me, and quickly got lost in my own world. It felt nice to just turn my brain off for a while. That was, until I heard crying.
I tried to ignore it and just mind my own business, of course people would cry in a cemetery. I didnât want to interrupt anything going on, that would be rude. But the utterance of a certain name caught my attention.
âOh Alice, my sweet Alice, these roses Iâve painted red just for you. The white rabbits still hoping, the clock is still tocking, tomorrow i start a new.â
âAlice?â I questioned. A little louder than I meant to.
I hid my face behind my book when I could sense he would turn my way. I didnât want to be caught staring, when Is hardly even gotten a glance. When he didnât say anything, I assumed it was safe to move on as if Iâd said nothing, but I was wrong. When I dropped the book, the man was right before me. I jumped slightly, dropping my copy of Alice In wonderland, but he caught it before it could hit the dirt. His gaze was intense, but I couldnât seem to avoid its severity. The stranger was the first to break the silence.
âThere is a place like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter. Which, luckily, I am.â He spoke effortlessly.
âA hatter is only as mad as the head on his shoulders MrâŠ.â I responded sceptically.
He broke into a smile.
âMy apologies! The names Jervis Tetch, and what May your name be?â He bowed, gradually handing me my book and offering me a hand up.
I took his hand, it was softer than I expected it to be.
âMagnolia Blossom, but you can call me Maggie.â
âMaggie, like a Magpie?â
I looked at him incredulously.
âThatâs what my brother calls me, yes.â I narrowed my eyes at Jervis. âAnd I suppose they call you The Hatter?â
He was dressed like one, and living in Gotham has taught me many thing, but Iâve grown used to expecting the theatrical. Everyone had a Persona, and I couldnât tell his his first was Mad, or Jervis.
âRight you are little Magpie! Tell me, why is a Raven like a writing desk?â
âYou havenât the slightest idea.â I responded boldly.
An endearing smile crept onto his face. He must not have expected me to continue with my answer, because his face lit up even more if possible.
âBut I suppose, itâs because they can produce a few note, though they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in the front.â
He jumped up and down clapping!
âSpectacular, weâll done! Well donât my dear! Here, have a rose!â
He handed me one of the roses from the grave he was previously at.
âThis is a Rosa alba.â I muttered, I didnât think it was loud enough for him to hear.
âHow could you tell?â
âBecause Im a florist, I can always tell when a flowers been tampered with Mr. Tetch.â
âWhat a wonderful brain you have my sweet little songbird. Iâll be see you around, be carful not to fall down any Rabbit holes now.â He mused.
Before I could ask what he meant by that he was gone. God I hated when they did that. Ivy was good at it, Tabitha was great at it, and Y/N, fuck she was the best. I donât know how they could just vanish without a trace. Even my own brother was good at it. Maybe it was a skill Iâd have to learn if I wanted to stay in Gotham a little longer.
But skill building would have to wait, nightfall was coming and I was sure Oswald would blow a gasket if he didnât see me by dawn. So begrudgingly I packed up my things and made my way back to the mansion. I hide the rose in my bag, not wanting Oswald to question me about it. I couldnât risk upsetting him more than I already had. But thoughts of my new acquaintance plagued my mind on the journey home. What even would my rabbit hole look like?
An: Iâm so sorry this took so long to write. I could have written more but my minds kinda blank right now. But Iâll have more ideas soon and the next chapter will be even better!
#gotham oc#magnolia blossom#gotham#maggie#victor zsasz#gotham imagine#jim gordon x reader#jervis tetch#the mad hatter#alice in wonderland#through the looking glass
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The Obey Me Cast on a Camping Trip (Part One: Brothers)
Hey guys, thank you sooo much for getting me to 2,000 followers!! I honestly donât know what to say... I never dreamed that this little hobby of mine would reach so many eyes, and I canât be more grateful. At a time in my life where things feel so chaotic and uncertain, being a part of this community and sharing my weird ideas has been whatâs kept me going. Itâs been such a rewarding experience all around, so thank you. From the bottom of my heart. đ
I pulled out all the stops for this post. I even brought out one of my favorite songs of all time: Ao to Natsu by Mrs. GREEN APPLE to get the feel juuust right. I hope you all enjoy it!
This post is split in two due to length (I had too much fun again...) For the Undateables, please click HERE!
Intro:
Another day, another team building activity between the demons and the exchange students. It was Diavoloâs idea to go on a camping trip to the human world (because of course it was), and there were very⊠mixed responses. That sentiment wasnât helped when he refused Luciferâs insistent pleas to just purchase cabins for everyone to stay in. Oh no, the Demon Lord wanted to rough it out in the wilderness, and now everyone else was getting dragged along with himâŠ
Wonder how that turned out?
Lucifer
Really, really, really tried to push Diavolo to just rent out cabins in but noooo, he wasnât having it... So he ended up driving a van crammed with his brothers, the MC, and a butt-ton of camping equipment into the Alaskan wildernessâŠÂ
The car ride itself was insufferable⊠Weâre talking, âI SWEAR I WILL TURN THIS CAR AROUND!!â level of antics every 10 miles or so (mostly from Mammon)âŠ
Setting up camp was even more of a nightmare because about half of his brothers were utterly useless. The other half (save Satan) were completely clueless⊠Had it not been for Barbatos and Satan he probably would have just resigned himself to the mercy of the riverâs currents and let it take him awayâŠ
He couldnât even wear his usual clothes because of the situation⊠For the first time in who knows how many centuries, he was stuck wearing jeans⊠Diavolo even bought him several plaid shirts... (which he was not happy with btw because his brother wouldnât stop making fun of the ânewâ him)
He had his own tent of decent-size, enough to move around in but nothing to write home about. The very fact he didnât have to share was a luxury in itself, so he took it for what it was worth...
He spent a good portion of the trip focused on two things: keeping Diavolo happy and everybody else alive. He rarely left camp unless forced to; he just wanted to get it all over with as soon as possibleâŠ
If he did leave, it was because Diavolo would drag him along to fish or hike. He was... less than pleased to be called out of his tent at the crack of dawn or well past dusk to sit on a little rented fishing boat with Diavolo⊠but he didnât exactly pick his friends so...
He rates the trip Too Much Trouble/10. Letâs never do it again.
Mammon
Wasnât a massive fan of being stuck out in the wild, but Satan told him some made-up bullshit about buried treasure out in the forest and got him HOOKED. He even borrowed stole a whole bunch of mining/digging equipment just for the occasion!
He spent most of the car ride asking, âAre we there yet??â like a child. The MC had to step in to keep Lucifer from leaving him on the side of the road at multiple points during the journey...Â
He was one of the utterly useless ones when it came to setting up camp. Someone charged him with putting up the twinâs tent, and he spent thirty minutes reading (then re-reading) the instructions while shouting expletives. Poor Simeon had to shield Luke from the vulgarityâŠ
He has to share a tent with Levi, which neither of them liked. Mammon mainly because of Leviâs âold fish stinkâ and Levi because he feared catching âMammonâs stupid.â
He was all jazzed up to go digging from Day One, though. Heâd have breakfast, grab his shovel, then wander out into the middle of nowhere to go dig holes in the groundâŠ
He also got completely lost on Day One, and it took the MC summoning him with their pact to return him to the group... By that time, he was filthy and somehow looked like he had been castaway for days (even though he was gone for like, three hours?)
When he stubbornly refused to stop digging, Lucifer resorted to just tying a rope around his ankle and letting him loose. It was up to Mammon to get back to camp before dinner, or else Lucifer would yank him back like he was on a leash.
Satan waited until the last day to finally tell Mammon the treasure was bullshit, and he was PISSED. He even threw Satan into the river, which resulted in the rest of the brothers joining in for a swim while the two tried to âplayfullyâ drown each other.
Heâd rate this trip 0/10 because he didnât get any buried treasure. What a ripoffâŠ
Leviathan
Hated the idea with a burning, seething passion. Thereâs no internet, cable, electricity, or phone signal out in the middle of nowhere! How the heck is an otaku supposed to survive?!
He clung to his electronics during the car ride until either they ran out of signal or their battery died, then he didnât know what to do with himself⊠He resorted to reading several volumes of the manga he stuffed into his bag and clung to the MC for emotional supportâŠ
Yet another useless soul trying to put the camp together. He was in charge of his and Mammonâs tent but ended up almost crying in frustration⊠How the hell do humans do this all on their own?? Wasnât he supposed to be the third strongest?! Why is he so pathetic?!? đ«
Hates sharing a tent with Mammon because he always wakes up to the second born encroaching on his space somehow⊠Poor baby is pretty much directly against the tent wall and STILL has to deal with legs and elbows in his side... đ°
Spends the majority of the trip moping in the tent... If he goes out there, he has to deal with the sun, bugs, and people⊠No thanks. He only leaves for meals and occasionally to go swimming.Â
When he found out part of the way through that Barbs brought portable solar panels and a battery pack for Diavolo and Luciferâs phones, he was livid. He demanded access to the power source, which Lucifer refused because âIt would defeat the purpose of this trip.â
Heâd have summoned Lotan right then and there, deadass in the middle of the forest, if the MC hadnât intervened. He then went back to moping, but now at the bottom of the lake and it took a lot of coaxing to get him back outâŠ
On the final day, he was packing up the camp before anyone else even woke up. He wanted OUT and back to civilization ASAP. Bedroom here he comes!
Satan
You wouldnât think of Satan as an outdoorsy guy. Still, he has shades of a survivalist in him (mostly because heâs read a lot of guides and was looking for an excuse to use them for a loooong time).
He read for the majority of the ride. He was squished between Asmo and Levi, which was reasonably peaceful. But he did end up shouting at Mammon quite a bit towards the end because âNO, weâre not there yet, peabrain!!â
He actually wasnât a waste of space when setting up the camp, and between him, Barbs, and Lucifer, they were able to get a lot of stuff set up before sundown. He did have to bark a few orders to the others here and there, but overall competency won out in the end.
He shared a tent with Asmo, and the two made it work well enough⊠Except when Asmo did things like spraying his perfumes and dry shampoos, making it practically impossible to breathe in for a few minutesâŠ
Spent a lot of the first few days reinforcing the camp to a ridiculous degree.
Did he have to collect large branches to build an exterior fence around the campsite? No. But he did.
Did he have to set up a water distillation system using some of the materials Barbs had lying around the âkitchen?â No. But he did.
Did he have to weave a series of fishing nets to catch them lunch from the lake and river? I think you get the point by now.
Only once he built pretty much every contraption or improvement he could think of, did he go back to just reading and relaxing by the fire.
By the time the group was ready to leave, Satan had somehow managed to craft them a veritable, self-sustaining fortress in the middle of the Alaskan wildsâŠ
Overall he would rate the trip as⊠meh. Next time give him a challenge like a deserted island or an actual desert, and then heâll really see what he can do.
Asmodeus
Was about as unhappy with the idea as Levi was⊠It wasnât that he disliked the outdoors per se, it was just that no one, NO ONE, pulls off looking flawless after several days stuck in a tent!
He chatted the entire car ride from start to finish. He never stopped talking. It made for decent background noise at leastâŠ
Was one of the more clueless ones when trying to set up camp and pretty just did what he was ordered. The second he was left to try and figure something out on his own, he went to Lucifer or Satan for help because NOPE. Human equipment is needlessly complicated sometimesâŠ
He had to share a tent with Satan, which in theory shouldnât have been that bad, but Satan was out basically all day in the sun doing who knows what and would always come back sweaty and gross! At some points, he had to chase his brother out of the tent until he dunked himself in the river or something. No way was Asmo sleeping next to that. đ€
Asmo took the second-longest to get up and get ready in the morning. Sometimes he wouldnât even leave the tent until well past breakfast just in an attempt to salvage his hair and skin⊠He only got grouchier about it as the trip went on⊠đ„
A more⊠earthy looking Asmo is kind of a bizarre sight. Heâs still attractive, no doubt, but itâs less like polished glamour and more like Hollywood humble. He spent the majority of the trip looking like a somewhat dirtied movie-star (which he still insisted was the worst heâs ever looked in ages).
Aside from salvaging his looks, he actually enjoyed taking pictures of their surroundings or of the group (but not himself). He sometimes forgot how genuinely breathtaking the human world could beâŠ
âŠ.but his patience for the place wore out quickly once he started noticing his hair getting greasy. He was right next to Levi, packing up the site once it was finally time to leave. At least those two finally found something they could agree on, letâs get the fuck out already!Â
Beelzebub
He was really curious about trying camping food and pretty excited that Barbatos was coming, too (because that meant great food in general).
Unfortunately, Lucifer had to stop the van at basically every gas station they passed for Beel could refill on snacks⊠Belphie ended up getting buried in wrappers pretty often, but he was asleep, so it didnât matter much.
Beel did a lot of the heavy lifting when setting the camp up, but the finer details were left up to everybody else. He had his hands full getting stuff off the cars as isâŠ
Of course, he shared a tent with Belphie, and there wasnât much complaint between them. Honestly, there would have been more drama if they were split, so this was the better option.
After the MC told Beel about fishing and how it could net him more food, if he did it right, he knew exactly what he wanted to do during the trip.
⊠But no one told him how long and slow the process would be. There were points heâd get so hungry heâd consider eating the bait himselfâŠ
That was until about Day Three of the trip when they passed by a river full of grizzly bears⊠He was about to ask the MC why the bears were all standing in the water, but then he saw a fish practically leap directly into oneâs mouthâŠ
Beel had discovered his true calling.
Of course, the grizzlies didnât take too kindly to a demon suddenly sprinting into the water with them. They tried to fight him off, but Beel just tossed most of them downstream without any issue until they realized who the apex predator really wasâŠ
After forming a shaky truce with the bears, Beel would stand in the water for hours then come back with whole baskets full of salmon⊠There were far more fish than Barbatos knew what to do with, so heâd just confiscate a few then let Beel eat the rest...
The MC shuddered to think about what Beel had done to the local salmon population⊠But he was full and happy for most of the trip, so he had a great time!
Belphegor
Sleep for him isnât too contingent on location, so the idea of camping wasnât terrible. It did sound like a lot of hassle for no good reason, thoughâŠ
He spent the entire car ride asleep, head and cow pillow pressed up against the window and everything. It wasnât the most comfortable experience, but heâd dealt with worse.
He was utterly useless when putting up the camp by choice, thank you. He had more than enough sense to get things put together; he just didnât want to. If he wasnât asked to do something by Beel or the MC, heâd just lay back in the grass and smugly watch everybody else struggleâŠ
Again, he and Beel are in the same tent, and you wouldnât hear any complaints out of him. He did start to have some second thoughts when Beel began getting a fishy smell, though, so he tried to bunk with the MC in their tent for a while.
Like Levi, Belphie didnât leave the tent much during the daylight hours, but that was because he was still asleep⊠There was no good way to wake him with no alarms available, so heâd sleep in past lunch easily.
When he was awake, he didnât leave camp very much except to walk with the MC or watch Beel fishing grizzly-style.
Eventually, Asmo and Diavolo got sick of him dodging their photos, so theyâd started posing him Weekend at Bernieâs style around the camp (always conveniently propped up by something and with sunglasses on)
Something Belphie did like, however, was the nighttime. Since there were no lights around, he could practically see everything the sky had to offer. He could spend hours laying on his back long after everyone else had gone to bed just admiring the stars.
All in all, not a terrible trip. Anything that could give him that view like that was well worth it. 6/10, would sleep again.
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Tim realizing that since Jason has been in the pit, Jason is always cold. He cant get warm. Tim throws himself into working this out, there has to be something to warm Jason.
Hi, anon, thank you for your patience. I⊠took the sappy route with this. Since this got longer than 1k, I posted it on ao3, too. Â
Attempt One
âHowâre you doing?âÂ
Tim eyes the bundle in front of him critically. Jason dropped by his safe house thirty minutes ago, teeth chattering after an encounter with Mr. Freeze, and he only looked marginally better. The chattering stopped; that can be a good sign or a very bad one.Â
Jason gives him a weak grin. âAlright. No danger of turning into an icicle any time soon.âÂ
Hmm. Tim will see that for himself.Â
When he moves, Jason lifts a hand in protest. âHey, noââÂ
Tim completely ignores Jasonâs protestsâheâd feel worse about it if it wasnât the only way to handle injured Batsâand sticks his hand between the isolation blanket and Jasonâs neck⊠just to flinch back. âHoly shit!âÂ
âNah, itâsââ
âItâs hypothermia, is what it is!â Whatever bullshit is coming out of Jasonâs mouth, Tim is not listening. âYouâre going into shock! We gotta get some extra heat in here, or maybe actually call the hospital; Iâm not equipped for thisââÂ
Jasonâs hand closes over his mouth. Tim gives him a second to remove it, then he licks it.Â
Jason just grins. âAs I was trying to say: Itâs always like that. My body temperature never went back to normal after daying.âÂ
âNnr?âÂ
âNever.â Jason shrugs. He looks completely unbothered in a way that leaves Tim incensed. Thatâs just stupid. Did Jason just accept the fact that heâs in constant discomfort as if thatâs not a thing there should beâshould beâmultiple solutions to, what the fuck. Tim is gonna fix this, so God help him.Â
Tim is so busy coming up with 315 possible solutions that he even forgets to bite Jasonâs hand for a moment.Â
(Only a moment, though. âOuch!â)
Attempt Two
âIâm not sure how you think piling more blankets on me will help me raise my core temperature.âÂ
âOf course itâs not.âÂ
Jason raises an eyebrow at the three blankets currently on top of him. âRight. Silly of me.âÂ
Tim rolls his eyes. Men. So ungrateful. âYour core temperature is obviously affected. Thatâs why I brought heating blankets.â Many, many heating blankets. Jason ends up looking somewhat like a disgruntled duck by the end. Tim has pictures to prove it.Â
Thirty minutes later, Tim takes Jasonâs temperature. Still way, way too low for a human. He sighs. That wouldâve been too easy, huh.Â
âYou know,â Jason waggles his eyebrows, âthereâs a rather more traditional way of warming up under the blanket.âÂ
Tim swats his head. âKeep it in your pants.âÂ
âEven if I wasnât, you wouldnât be able to tell under all these blankets,â Jason tells him mournfully.Â
Tim decides that retreat is the better part of valor. For today. Just until he can stop imagining what Jason could do to⊠warm up.
Attempt Three
âA hot bath.âÂ
âA hot bath.âÂ
ââŠyou think I havenât tried that?âÂ
No. No, actually Tim doesnât, and his expression must adequately convey that cause Jason throws his hands up. âOkay, no, I havenât, not really. My place isnât that fancy.âÂ
âIt certainly doesnât have this tub. Now shoo, get out of these clothes.âÂ
âWhy, darlinâ, you only ever had to ask.â Without ceremony, Jason pulls off his shirt, then begins working on his belt. âAlright, tell me: What makes this tub special?âÂ
âFrom observation, I conclude that your resistance to high temperatures has also increased,â Tim begins in an excellent mad scientist voice, just to drop it right after. âOr you wouldnât be able to wear that fucking jacket in summer. So I engineered a tub that will slowly heat up to a temperature just above 50 degrees Celsius.âÂ
âI sure hope so,â Jason grumbles as he climbs in, unabashed in his nudity, âcause right now itâs really fucking cold, babybird.âÂ
Funny cause Tim thinks itâs definitely getting hot in here.Â
Hoping his face doesnât heat upâhahaâ, he looks down at his phone and activates the heat settings on the tub. âAt least,â he says thoughtfully, âwe donât have to worry about accidentally causing a heart infarct or anything like with normal freezing victims. I think.âÂ
âIâm gonna pretend I didnât hear that.âÂ
âWeâll take it slow, anyway.âÂ
Almost two hours later, Jasonâs skin is red and wrinkled and covered in glitter from Timâs bath bomb. Heâs still cold to the touch.Â
Attempt Four
âTea? Really?âÂ
âYou like tea.â Jason has been hanging around Timâs place often enough that the younger man knows. (If thereâs a corner of the top shelf just dedicated to Jasonâs favorite blends, well, they donât talk about it.) âAnd anyway, this tea is special.âÂ
Jason put down the cup. âTim.âÂ
âYes?âÂ
âTell me you didnât get this from Ivy.âÂ
âI didnât get this from Ivy,â Tim recites just a little too dutifully. Truthfully, he hasnâtâitâs of his own creation in the labâbut seeing Jason squirm is just too funny.Â
âThe things I do for you, babybird,â Jason sighs and exes about half of it. When nothing obviously terrible happens, he drinks the rest in small, careful sips.Â
âNothing?âÂ
âA hint of chamomileâI get that one, soothingâand⊠bergamot?âÂ
âYeah, thatâs your favorite, right?â Timâs taking down notes and is only half-listening. âHow do you feel? Any warmer?âÂ
When Jason doesnât reply right away, Tim does look up. âJay?âÂ
The older man has a slight smile on his face. âA little warmer, yes.âÂ
Tim brightens and jumps up. Jason lets him stick the thermometer under his tongue without any objection. Tim is a little disheartened when it climbs up to 33°C and stays there, again, though he tries to stay focused on the positives: âI guess itâs a start, though. After all, the perception of warmth is just as or more important than the objective temperature.âÂ
âUhuh.âÂ
âAlso, you didnât turn green, so thatâs good.âÂ
âTim!âÂ
Attempt Five
âOkay, if this doesnât work, I donât even know anymore.âÂ
âPlease tell me youâre not hooking me up to electrodes.âÂ
âSorry, thatâs too dumb a lie even for me.â Tim is about to demand that Jason takes his shirt off againâan unfortunate side effect of this type of experiment, really, how terrible that he has to ogle those pecs and abs againâwhen he pauses. âWait. Is that⊠a bad thing?âÂ
Which is terrible phrasing for Is this something that was used to torture you? but Jason seems to get it cause he shakes his head. âNah, just didnât know youâre into that.âÂ
âIâm not!â Tim isnât.Â
âŠat least, he doesnât think he is? Thereâs certainly something to be said about the inherent homoeroticism of applying gel to another manâs skin and attaching electrodes. Heâs so caught up in the entire thingâand the way Jasonâs muscles jump and twitch when Tim applies his own brand of stimulant ray to themâthat he doesnât notice how quiet Jason is, too.Â
However, in the end, the thermometer still reads 33°C.Â
âFuck,â Tim mutters. âI really thought I had it.âÂ
âGuess I can put my shirt back on.â Jason makes no move to do so.Â
âYeah.â Tim is looking at his notes again, trying to figure out where he went wrong. His joking words at the beginning aside, there are still options, avenues for him to pursue. Itâs just that these are the most promising ones, and Tim canât bear the thought of failure. The idea that Jason will justâwill just have to live like this, forever cold and disconnectedâ
He lifts his face when he hears Jason putting his shoes and jacket on. âYou donât have to leave. I can stillââÂ
âNah, itâs fine. Thereâre only so many sex jokes I can make before even I can take the hint,â Jason sighs. âThanks, though, Tim. I really appreciate the effort.â He turns toward the window.Â
It takes 4.7 seconds for Timâs brain to catch up with that, and then another 2.4 for it to convince his body to move.Â
âJay! Wait!âÂ
The Solution
The afternoon sun throws golden rays into their bedroom. Tim can feel her rays tickle his face, his eyes, so he turns further into the embrace thatâs been offered to him all night. Jason doesnât wake up, just snuffles out a slight snore and pulls Tim half on top of him as if his boyfriend is some sort of overgrown teddy bear.Â
Tim snuggles into the crook of Jasonâs neck contently. In his opinion, thereâs no better place to be: His lover underneath him, chest rising and falling with every breath he takes, warm and alive and here for TimâŠÂ
Wait.Â
Warm. Jasonâs warm.Â
Tim scrambles up and frantically reaches for his bedside, where the damned thermometer has a place of pride after the last time he got sick, and Jason returned the favor by taking his temperature every five minutes.Â
âBabybirdâŠ?â Jasonâs voice is rough with sleep. Tim feels a little bad about waking him up, but: !!!!Â
The thermometer climbs. And climbs. When it stops, it reads 36°C degrees.Â
âThat makes absolutely no sense,â Tim whispers, awed.Â
âNope,â Jason agrees amiably. âYouâll figure it out, though. Can I have some more snuggles first?âÂ
On the one hand, Tim is dying to look this up in the literature and maybe talk to someone who knows Lazarus Pits better. This doesnât make sense scientifically, so there has to be some magic involved, right? Perhaps the pits are more into metaphors than they thought, orâthere are so many possibilities, and Tim canât wait to explore them.Â
On the other hand⊠Jasonâs looking soft and warm, opening his arms for Tim, and heâs smiling. Itâs no contest, really.Â
Tim presses a kiss to Jasonâs cheek and sinks back into his embrace, scientific pursuits forgotten.Â
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Looking Too Closely (Bucky x Fem!Stark!Reader) -- part three
I did not expect to get so invested in this damn fic but here I am :))
Summary: The one in which Tony invites you to the âfamily dinnerâ but you sleep through it. Also, the âFather Test,â as Tony calls it.
Warnings: angst (whatâs new?), talk of food/eating (so sorry, I shouldâve tagged this a lot sooner!), medical stuffs (needles, blood being drawn)
A few hours pass by slowly as you doze, floating in between sleep and consciousness, both places completely unsoothing to you.
You wake abruptly when FRIDAYâs voice echoes throughout the room. âDo Not Disturb overridden by Tony Stark.â
With a groan, you sit up, listening to Tony knock â though surprised that he even does.
âCome in,â you sigh.
The door swings open and Tony opens his mouth to speak, but stops when he sees you on the floor. âWhatâŠâ He glances between you and the bed, giving you an incredulous look. âWhatâs wrong with the perfectly new bed I gave you?â
âThe least of your concerns should be that Iâm taking a nap on the floor,â you deadpan. âWhat do you want?â
âDinner will be ready in a few,â he says, still looking at you all concerned. âWe have a family dinner once a week to...build rapport.â
You raise an eyebrow.
He continues. âYou live here now, so...youâre invited. Wanda and Pepper will be there. Bucky, too.â Tony pauses. âBucky didnât bother you earlier, did he?â
âNope.â
âOkay, good.â
âYou bothered me, Tony.â
âRight,â Tony nods. âSorry about that. I shouldnât have brought that stuff up. I shouldâve just been happy that youâre okay.â He pauses again, like heâs having trouble putting all the words together. âI am, by the way. Glad youâre okay. Iâm sorry you went through that.â
âThanks,â you say slowly. âYou donât have to worry about it.â
Tony offers a half-smile, half-grimace, because what you donât know is that he has FRIDAY currently working on a full, extensive background check on your mom. And you, but your mom is top priority. Ever since the conversation in MedBay earlier, heâs been worried. For your safety â both past, present, and future. But heâs also worried about who you really are â and the worst worry of all is that you might not even know.
âAnyway, dinner in a few,â he says. âNothing fancy. Come as you are, all that bullshit.â
You snicker at his reference.
He tries not to think of it as too much of a win. âOh and,â he points to the bed, âit really is new. No oneâs slept in it before you. And you can adjust the settings on it â softness, heating, cooling, all that. Just,â he pauses again. âFRIDAY, will you show Y/N the control panel?â
âYes, Mr. Stark.â
Your eyes widen when a hologram appears next to the bed, projected onto the wall. There, all the settings â and many more â that Tony mentioned are shown.
âWhen you get it set where you like, FRIDAY can save it for you,â he explains. âJust for whenever you feel like sleeping in a bed again. I guess.â
âThank you,â you murmur, looking over at him. âReally, thank you, Tony.â
âNo problem, munchkin.â He smiles fully this time as he leaves, closing your door. And to your surprise, he activates Do Not Disturb again.
Food is the last thing on your mind, so instead you head over to the hologram on the wall.
You spend the next hour and a half fixing the settings. Once you get it just right, though, you lie down and you sleep.
Soundly. For five hours.
+++
When you wake again, youâre confused and disoriented to find yourself sleeping in a bed. But you love that your back, shoulders, and hips arenât screaming in pain for once.
One glance out the window tells you that youâve definitely missed the dinner Tony invited you to, but you donât care all that much. Youâve met everyone individually. You didnât really need or want to go to a big dinner. It seemed pointless.
But, unfortunately, you are hungry, so you drag yourself out of bed to go to the kitchen in search of something resembling food.
One glance at the clock in the hall tells you itâs just past midnight, so you relax even more, knowing you wonât encounter anyone.
Or at least, you hoped.
There, leaned against the kitchen counter, straight up guzzling a glass of water, is Bucky.
At least itâs him, you think.
Bucky smiles gently when he sees you coming. âHey.â
You offer a slight nod and a quiet âHeyâ in return, going straight to the fridge.
âOh, the plate in there is yours,â he says. âTop shelf.â
You look up and spot it, your eyes widening as you grab it. Did they eat monstrous portions here or something? It must weigh five pounds or something crazy.
As if reading your mind, Bucky says, âSorry thereâs so much. I think Tony went overboard.â
You blink down at the food. Tony made you a plate? You expected Pepper to do it, if anyone. Quite frankly, you werenât expecting it at all. You figured they wouldnât even notice your absence.
Bucky wordlessly steps to the side, giving you access to the microwave. It even looks expensive, which makes you snort. Itâs touchscreen. Of-fucking-course.
âWe missed you at dinner,â Bucky says. You didnât know he liked to talk this much.
âI fell asleep,â you confess with a laugh. âTony uh, showed me the controls for the bed.â
Bucky raises his eyebrows. âNo more sleeping on the floor for you, then?â
You shrug.
âI sleep on the floor most nights, too,â Bucky continues, taking in a deep breath. âItâs justâŠâ
âNormal,â you finish quietly.
âYeah,â he agrees. âIt feels normal.â
You turn back to the microwave, opening the door a second before it beeps. The food is warm enough now, you guess. Where the hell are the forks, though?
After opening two drawers, Bucky realizes what youâre looking for. âHere.â He opens the drawer across from you and pulls out a fork.
âThanks,â you murmur, taking it from him. âNight.â
He nods and gives a slight wave. âNight.â
+++
The next day, Pepper stops by your room with a ton of clothes, shoes, and a phone.
âUhm, thanksâŠâ
âI know itâs a lot,â she smiles gently. âAnd if you donât like anything, just let me know. Or if I didnât get anything that you need, let me know, too.â She pauses. âYou donât have to do it now.â
âOkay,â you sigh, trying not to feel overwhelmed, but itâs hard. Thereâs like...fifteen bags on your bed right now. Not to mention the boxes of shoes that are stacked on the floor. And the new phone, still in the box, that youâre holding in your hand.
Pepper points to the phone. âIt should have my number, Tonyâs number, and the rest of the Avengers programmed in there. Youâll see one named Happy, thatâs just Tonyâs assistant, just in case. You donât have to talk to everyone on there, but they do have your number as well. Itâs all a precautionary thing. Oh, and the phone can be tracked.â She pauses, lowering her voice. âJust a heads up. In case Tony goes crazy.â
You smile at that. âThanks.â As if he hasnât already gone crazy and driven you closer to insanity, too.
âSpeaking of Tony,â she says. âHeâs willing to do the paternity test whenever you are.â
âOkay,â you nod. âIs today good?â
Pepper blinks. âI donât see why not.â
âOkay, just...Iâll put some clothes on first.â Youâre still wearing what Wanda gave you.
âYeah, of course,â she nods. âIâll let Tony know and whenever youâre ready, you can just ask FRIDAY to take you to the lab.â
âOkay.â
Pepper leaves you be, while you get dressed, and it takes you a lot longer than you were expecting.
There are so many clothes.
After finding something somewhat comfortable (and because youâre tired of looking through the bags), you grab your phone, though it feels foreign having it in your pocket.
âFRIDAY...where is the lab?â
âIf you head to the elevator, Iâll take you there.â
âThanks.â
âOf course, Y/N.â
Following FRIDAYâs orders, you head to the elevator and step inside. The doors close and the elevator begins to move, and when it stops, the doors behind you open.
âWelcome to Mr. Starkâs lab.â
Hesitantly, you step off, and youâre met with blaring music.
âReally?â You scream, and Tony lifts his head. âAC/DC? Really?â
The volume lowers a little while Tony replies. âYou know your music. Iâm impressed.â
âIâm disappointed,â you say. âI prefer Pink Floyd.â
Tony smirks. âAnother Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2â begins to play. You hate that you grin, but you do.
âMuch better,â you comment. âPepper told me to come here?â
He nods. âRight, the Father Test.â
You snort. Of course he calls it that.
âWeâll have to head down to MedBay to do it. Iâll be done in just a second.â He taps something on the screen before looking back up. âDid Pepper give you your phone?â
âYeah.â You pull the device from your pocket and wave it. âThanks. You didnât have to.â
âIâm not gonna leave you stranded without a phone,â Tony replies. âAlso, just for the foreseeable future, donât leave the Tower without someone. Preferably without me.â
You furrow your eyebrows. You hadnât thought about leaving and going anywhere until now. âWhy?â
âWell, for one, you have an arrest warrant,â he reminds you. âThey wonât question it if Iâm with you. Which is why it needs to be me â Steve is also fine. But, letâs say, if you left with Bucky, they wouldnât hesitate to grab both of you.â
âWasnât he pardoned or something?â
âDoesnât mean no one holds a grudge against him.â
You nod. âRight.â Then, you reel back. âSo youâre not going to turn me in?â
He shrugs. âI believe you. Even though you wonât tell me who stabbed you.â He taps something else, then drags the screen, and a hologram appears right in front of him.
You roll your eyes. âBecause I donât know who they were. I told you.â
âAnd I still think youâre lying,â he retorts.
You glare at him through the hologram.
A few more minutes pass where all that fills the silence is Pink Floyd. Youâre not complaining, but even Tonyâs breathing is grating to your ears.
Once heâs finally finished with whatever the hell he was doing, he heads to the elevator, and you silently follow him.
+++
This time when you enter MedBay, itâs empty, aside from the on-site doctor, Dr. Cho.
âHere for the Father Test,â Tony quips, smirking when Dr. Cho rolls her eyes at him.
You like Dr. Cho already.
âAlright,â she says, putting a pause on what she was doing. âItâs just a simple cheek swab and a little blood.â
âBlood?â You ask. You hate having your blood drawn. Not because of the needle, but because of the idea of your blood being drawn out of your body and used for things youâre unaware of.
Itâs creepy.
âJust a small amount,â Dr. Cho assures you with a soft smile. âIt acts as a double-check for the paternity test. The cheek swab can give us a general yes or no, but blood is definitive.â
You agree, you just hate it.
First is the cheek swab and Dr. Cho lets you do it, probably sensing your anxiety. She refuses to let Tony do his on his own, but that probably has something to do with how much of a child he is.
Tony gets his blood drawn first, and it is too short for your liking, because once heâs done, Dr. Cho preps you.
Your head is turned the other way while she wipes your skin. Tony moves into your line of vision, and youâre ready to tell him to fuck off before he teases you, but he doesnât.
He just talks to you.
âBarnes told me you fell asleep yesterday.â
You furrow your eyebrows. âYeah. Thatâs why I missed dinner. He said you made a plate for me?â
âI did,â Tony nods. âI didnât want you to go hungry.â
âI could tell,â you snort. âThere was enough food on the plate to feed four of me.â
He chuckles. âDid you at least eat?â
âYeah, I did,â you say. âIt was good.â
âGood. Howâs the bed?â
âReally good,â you say. âThanks for showing me the controls and stuff.â
âNo problem,â he shrugs. âNat asked me earlier if youâd like to train with her and Wanda.â
âTrain?â
âYeah, train, workout, whatever you want to call it. Barnes and Rogers usually run if thatâs more your speed, Wilson, too, when heâs here.â
âWhoâs Wilson?â
âSam,â Tony fills in. âFalcon.â
âOh, yeah.â
âHeâs in...Louisiana right now, but he should be back here in a few days, so youâll meet him.â He pauses. âBut...stay away from him.â
âWhy?â
âHeâs...flirty.â
You nearly wheeze. âAre you joking?â
âNope,â he shakes his head. âIâve been meaning to say that about Barnes, too. I donât care if you talk to him. I think itâs good for him â and you. But donâtâŠâ He waves his hands in an ambiguous manner.
âTony, the absolute last thing on my mind right now is a boyfriend, but even if it was, why would you have any say in it?â You counter.
âBecause I know them, and I donât want them anywhere near you,â he says, like thatâs the end of it. âAll done, Dr. Cho?â
âAll done,â she confirms, and thatâs when you feel her pressing a Band-Aid over your skin.
Your head whips around. You didnât even feel the needle go in or out. What the fuck?
You look back at Tony with a small smile. âWell played.â
âYouâre welcome,â he smirks. âThough, I wasnât kidding.â
You roll your eyes. âNot even Nat or Wanda?â
He looks surprised, but still shakes his head. âStill no.â
âDarn. My plans have been foiled.â
This time when he looks at you, he smiles.
As the two of you are walking to the elevator, he says, âWant to help me in the lab? Iâll let you control the music â just this once.â
You almost say yes, but youâre not really in the mood. âNo, thanks though. I really should go through all the clothes Pepper brought me.â
âAh, right,â he nods. âShe told me she went shopping.â
âYeahâŠâ You exhale. âShe went.â
You step onto the elevator after him, and he presses the floors for you and the lab.
âYou know, Wanda might help you sort through the clothes if you ask. She might wear whatever you donât want.â
âOh, okay. Iâll ask.â
âSheâs training right now, though.â
You nod. âOkay. It can wait, I guess.â
Tony rocks on his heels. âI could really use an extra set of handsâŠâ
You roll your eyes. âFine.â
He grins. âYou still want to control the music?â
âThereâs no way Iâm letting you play AC/DC the whole time.â
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Tell Me What Youâre Thinking (c.h)
Pairing: Calum Hood x Fem! Reader
Summary: You overhear something you shouldnât hear. But Calum will make it right, wonât he?
Warnings: ANGST. Language (including insults), mentions of alcohol, drugs and cheating. MC with low self esteem. Some grammar mistakes (English is not my first language, Iâm sorry)
Word count: 4 k
Authorâs Note: hi Iâm back with the angsty shit. This is very self indulgent, and I put Mitchy as a bad guy here, so sorry if you like him? Reblogs, Commets, Feedback and likes are very welcomed and encouraged! I love to hear from you guys â€ïž hope you like it and Happy Reading âšđŠđ»
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You sighed as you finished your last paper. It was finals week and you were officially done with your exams and term papers for the semester. The last couple of weeks were rough and no one knew that more than you and your boyfriend Calum who has been by your side through this whole stressing process.
You smiled to yourself as you remembered the encouraging words that Calum often said to you. He knew how hard you worked in school and at your part time job in a law firm, and you appreciated how much he cared for you in times of stress and frustrations. Always cheering you up from the bleechers as you made a name for yourself.
Calum promised that once you were done with school for the semester, he was going to take you out on a well deserved Holiday, just the two of you and Duke as you celebrated another six months worth of work done. Everything was already planned for the next weekend and you couldnât wait.
You reread your final essay one more time and decided that it was enough for today and if there were any mistakes left, then youâll deal with them tomorrow. Now the only thing in your mind was a cozy blanket and a feel good movie. But first, you needed to get some food and drinks for your mini celebratory self care session.
The thought of asking Calum to come join you crossed your mind, but you quickly remembered that tonight was boys night. Every couple of weeks Calum and his friends have a little night out to catch up and decompress all of the stress of the week. Tonight was Calumâs turn to host boys night as they decided to have a quiet night in, so they must be having a good time downstairs and you didnât want to ruin the mood.
With that thought in mind, you carefully placed your laptop on Calumâs side of the bed and carefully untangled your legs from under the covers so you wouldn't wake up Duke, who snuggled with you every time you had to work to keep you company. You put on one of Calumâs hoodies and headed downstairs trying your best to not make any sound.
Before you even reached the last step of the stairs, you could already hear your boyfriendâs laugh and it made your heart flutter. Even after almost three years of being together, his laugh still gives you butterflies every time you hear it, falling even more in love than what is possible.
Once you were in the kitchen, you started looking into the cupboards as you searched for your favorite snacks, but in the end you were unable to find any, thinking that maybe Calum has hidden them somewhere on the top shelves where he knows you canât reach.
Letting out a small huff, you debated with yourself the option of climbing up the counter or admitting defeat and go ask your boyfriend for some help. Luckily, you didnât have to decide as you heard a familiar voice behind you.
âWell, if it isnât my favorite scholarâ Said Ashton with a light chuckle âWhat are you doing here? I thought youâd be out tonight since itâs boys nightâ
You smiled as you let him wrap his arms around you to give you a hug. Ashton was the first friend you made when you moved to LA a couple of years back, he was the one who introduced you to Calum in the first place, and you were very thankful for having him as a best friend.
âI had to finish up some term papers, so I had to reschedule my girlâs night for tomorrowâ You explained to the black haired man âAnd what are you doing here? Need a refill?â You ask, pointing to the empty glass he was holding.
Ashton nodded, âYeah, but I also needed a time out. Mitchy is kinda being very obnoxious todayâ He said with a sigh.
Mitchy Collins was a close friend with the boys for many years now, but you canât say that he is a friend of yours. Itâs not like you havenât tried to befriend the singer, on the contrary, you both had multiple chances to get to know each other but he either ignored you or made things very awkward between you. And, to be honest, you were not that excited to become his friend either. There was something weird about him, a bad vibe per se, that made you not trust him at all. He was always very loud, obnoxious and downright rude sometimes and it made you very uncomfortable. Both Calum and Ashton knew about your uneasiness with Mitchy, so they didnât push it too far and you were thankful for that.
âOh?â You asked, trying to mask your discomfort âWhat is he saying this time?â
âJust a bunch of bullshit, to be honest. He is very high right now and thinks heâs above everyone elseâ Ashton said, taking a seat on one of the kitchen island stools. You did the same as you offered him a glass of water.
âAre you high right now?â You chuckled.
âNope. Calum and I decided to stay clean tonight cause tomorrow we start early in the studio and the weed kinda messes up our pipesâ He explains.
âWhat about Luke and Mikey?â
âThey are not here yet, they said they needed to finish up something for a song and then they will meet us hereâ Ashton shrugged, not giving it too much importance âAnd what about you, darling? How was your day?â
You began to tell Ashton about how you finally finished the semester and how excited you were for your little getaway with Calum next week. However, every couple of minutes you were interrupted by a loud laugh or an obnoxious comment coming from the living room where the rest of the boys were sitting. Sometimes their loud comments started loud conversations that neither of you could help but overhear, but you did your best to ignore them. But some things are easier said than done.
âIâm telling you man! You can do so much betterâ You heard Mitchyâs voice echoing through the house, followed by a chuckle from Calum who mumbled something among the lines of âFuck offâ
You furrowed your eyebrows as you stopped the conversation you had with Ashton in order to pay attention to what was being said down the hall. You looked at Ash with a confused face, wondering what they could be saying but at the same time not knowing if you should continue listening to their private affairs. You were about to open up your mouth to continue what you were saying until another comment made by Mitchy caught your attention.
âYou have to admit she is the worst sometimes. All she does is boss you around like you are some kind of puppet. She is the definition of annoyingâ
You sat up straight as you looked at Ashton, who mirrored your puzzled expression.
âIs- is he talking about me?â You asked in a whisper.
Ashton shook his head âI donât thi-â
âI swear! What does she even do besides work and study all the time? She barely has time for you. You said it yourself! And when sheâs not doing any of those things? Sheâs nagging around and clinging to you like youâre a damn purse! Thatâs who Y/N isâ
You froze in the spot. So they were talking about you⊠and did Calum really say you donât have time for him? You donât even get time to yourself and he knows that! He said he was okay with it, that he understood and supported you through and through⊠Guess not.
âI still donât know what you saw in her, dude. Sheâs just plain boring, playing to be a good girl when in reality she has zero personalityâ He continued his rant âShe does nothing for you! Honestly! Iâm surprised you made it this far with that bitchâ
You knew that wasnât true. He never really made an effort to get to know you! how could he be saying all those stuff? You did everything for Calum, all your goals, your plans are for the both of you. How could he know that if he never really talked to you? But you had to admit that that first comment really hurt. You were always doubting yourself at the beginning of your relationship with Calum, always feeling like you werenât good enough, or pretty enough, or smart or fun or hot⊠To fight off those kinds of feelings was a difficult job to say the least, but Calum was always there to fight them with you, reassuring you that he loved you. He loved every part of you and he will love you forever.
âIs she at least a decent fuck? Cause I donât see her doing anything remotely interesting in bedâ Mitchy laughed âIf sheâs not sheâs just wasting your timeâ
You noticed how Ashton suddenly stiffened next to you when he heard Mitchyâs comments. His knuckles turned white as he gripped his fists at the side of his body âOkay, thatâs enoughâ But you were quicker, grabbing onto his shirt as a sign to make him stay there with you and not cause a scene.
His eyes found yours and you could see the anger build up on them, you knew that he would defend you no matter what and you loved him for that. But you knew Calum would defend you over there, he wouldn't let him talk about you that way.
âAsh, pleaseâ You pleaded, tugging on his shirt for him to take a seat again. But he preferred to stay standing next to you, almost like guarding and shielding you from any other comment that might hurt your feelings.
âI canât let him talk about you like that!â He hissed. But you just shook your head.
âI know, Ash. I know. But Cal will handle itâ You said confidently, trying to keep yourself together.
You knew Calum would not let those comments slide. Even if you werenât in the room with him, those comments were awful and very hurtful, no one deserves to be treated like that, especially by someone as close as a friend of his.
You waited for his intervention, but your heart crushed when the only thing you heard from him were laughs.
âSheâs a good fuckâ Thatâs all he said.
The grip you had on Ashtonâs shirt suddenly flattered as you fought the lump in your throat âY-you said he wasnât highâ You whispered to Ashton, who was just as frozen as you were after hearing his best mateâs comment.
âHeâs notâ He said, standing tall next to you. As much as he wanted to go in there and give the guys an earful, he knew you needed him here with you.
Out of all the things Mitchy has said, out of all the insults and belitments, thatâs what he says? That youâre a good fuck?
You knew that you could be annoying sometimes when you got happy. You just wanted to share that happiness with everyone around you and you thought⊠you thought that Calum liked that. You were not a bad girlfriend, you always tried your best to make him as happy as he makes you; to love him as much as he loves you, cause he loves you. Doesnât he?
If he loves you then why is he letting his friend say all of this stuff about you? Why is he not saying anything? Does- does he agree with him?
The tears started rolling silently, half of you not believing what you were hearing while the other half clang to the idea of Calum defending you at some point.
âOh I know!â Said Mitchy after a while âI can introduce you to someone! Right now, actually. Her nameâs Vanessa and sheâs crazy hot, dudeâ
He canât be serious.
Ashton looked at you with pleading, furious eyes. Almost begging you to go and let him deal with them. But you grabbed his hand and made him stay. This has to be it. This has to be the chance for Calum to say something.
âYouâre kidding right?â The curly haired man asked. Making you let out a breath of relief.
âNot at all! Think about it. We go, you meet her, you fuck her and done!â He said like it was nothing âY/N will never find out cause sheâs stuck up her ass. Your fans will never know or they wonât care cause they donât even know you are in a ârelationshipâ to begin with! You are single to their eyes. And you get a decent fuck from someone who looks the part and knows how to have fun! Itâs a win - win!â
Your heart stopped as you waited for Calum to answer. To tell Mitchy to go fuck himself. To tell him that he loves you and would never do that to you.
âI donât know, man. Iâll think about itâ Calum shrugged âPlus, if we go out Iâll have to tell Y/N. Sheâs upstairs finishing some shit for her universityâ
âFucking hell⊠see! I told you! A stuck up bitchâ Mitchy said, making Calum laugh.
But their laughs and the rest of the conversation grew numb to your ears. Your body trembled as the tears came flooding in, holding in the sobs that were tearing up your throat. How could he? He was really thinking of cheating on you.
You could feel every little piece of your heart shattered as you search for some kind of leverage that could hold you still so you donât fall and break. You felt ill, disgusted and heartbroken.
As you tried to get up, you felt your knees buckle and almost fell to the ground if it werenât for Ashton holding you up. He was still there and you knew by the look in his eyes that he was not going anywhere.
He was just as disgusted and angry as you. He couldnât believe all the things that were said tonight, all the things that Calum failed to make it right and hurt you in the process. He knew that if he were in that room that the conversation wouldâve died the moment it started. He would never let them talk about you that way.
âI-I canât-â You cried, moments away from hyperventilating âI canât stay here, Ashâ
He nodded, pulling you into a hug and kissing the top of your head for reassurance âGo upstairs, love. Grab your stuff and weâre getting out of here. Youâre staying with me tonight, okay?â Ashton let go of you and started walking towards the living room where the rest of the guys were still talking.
âAshâ You called, making him turn around âD-donât make a scene, pleaseâ
He sighed as he muttered a quiet âokayâ before turning around, leaving you alone as you went upstairs to grab the bare necessities to spend the night, youâll figure out the rest later. Right now you just needed to get out of here.
You opened the bedroom door and almost collapsed at the entrance. Duke came running towards you, sensing that there was something wrong as he started to whine and tried to jump into your arms. That only made you cry harder as you realized that you were leaving him too. You fell to the floor and patted the puppy as he tried to wipe off your tears with his tongue, breaking your heart even more.
A loud voice cut you out of your thoughts. You could hear Ashton yelling, although you couldnât exactly figure out what he was saying. This meant that Calum knew you heard everything and that, if he had at least some decency left in him, he would come and get you. You needed to act fast.
You stood up and grabbed the first big bag that you could find. Inside of it you threw your laptop, your books, your charger, some clothes and some bathroom essentials. You debated on whether or not to take with you a picture of you, Calum and Duke⊠it was your favorite memory with them. But the damage was stronger than the nostalgia, so you threw that picture to the ground before you left the room that once belonged to you.
You were running down the stairs when you passed Calum running up them. You ignored him as he stopped in his tracks and followed you to the hall.
âY/N!â He said, desperate to try and stop you âY/N, baby, please! Hear me out!â
âHear what?! I already heard enough!â You said as you turned around.
Calumâs face was almost unrecognizable. The fear in his eyes, the desperation in his voice and his close off body language was not something youâd normally see in him. The âI fucked upâ expression showed all the regret in the world, yet you didnât seem to care at the moment.
âI. Heard. All of it, Calumâ You cried through gritted teeth, anger boiling inside of you as you stared at the man you thought youâd marry âAll of it and not once did I hear you say something to try and defend me. How do you think that made me feel?!â
âBaby-â He tried, but you cut him off.
âI work my ass off all day and night for you, for us. For me to go and see you on tour like you ask me to, knowing damn well I would go to the ends of this fucking earth for you! Catching up extra classes and shifts so I can go with you. I cancel everything to be with you. I gave up everything for us to be together. I barely even have time for myself as I try my best to be something worthy of you!â Your tears were staining your face, but you pushed away the pain for a moment, knowing that once you break down itâs over âI try my best to be a good girlfriend, a good friend! I loved you with all my heart and this is what I get after almost three years? A good fuck? That 's it?â
Calumâs world fell to the floor as he tried hard to fight off the lump in his throat, whispering in a broken voice âLoved?â
âThatâs all you get from it?â You ask defeated âCalum I wouldâve never let my friends call you names, insult you or offend you in any way. I wouldâve gone to the ends of the world for you, defended you till the day I die. All because I trusted you to do the same for me and you failed me, Calum. You broke me. You let him call me a bitch, a stuck up, worthless, stupid, bossy, annoying⊠should I go on? Cause those words are now printed in my memory, next to you agreeing to all of those things. Is that what you think of me?â
âBaby, I swear itâs not like that!â He said, grabbing your hand and trying to make you stay âI fucked up! I know! You are right, I failed you and you donât know how much I hate myself for it! But please, love. You know I could never think of you like that⊠you are the most wonderful person there is! You are kind, smart, loving, beautiful-â
âDid you cheat on me?â You ask bluntly.
âWhat?â
âDid you cheat on me?â
âNo!â Calum said instantly âNo, I would never!â
You nodded âYet, you thought of it.â
Calum opened his mouth to say something, but you cut him off again âIs that why you never made our relationship public? So you could have a free pass whenever you want to? Cause I thought it was to protect our privacy, for us to have a normal life in the midst of the chaos that is to date a celebrity. When you told all of that I thought âwow, this is a guy with integrity and with valuesâ Yet I donât know what to believe now. I thought you loved me-â
âI do love you-â
âI thought you loved meâ You said, the tears were already dry as the anger came flooding in âBut you donât hurt the people you love. You donât break them like you did to me. You donât let anyone hurt them, even if they are not in the room with you. And you donât cheat on them like you were going to tonight with that girl Vanessa while I waited here like an idiot for you to come home and spend some time with meâ
You pull your hand out of his grasp, holding onto your bag as you heard Calum cry âY/N-â
âYou are free to do whatever you want now, Calum. Cause to the eyes of your fans you are single, and I am as wellâ
You turned around and saw Ashton waiting by the door with his keys in his hand. He opened up the door for you as you walked by, ignoring all of Calumâs pleads for you to stay.
âSo you are just going to leave?!â He yelled, not knowing what else to do. âWhe- Where are you taking her Ashton?â
The black haired man made sure that you were already sitting in his car before turning around to face his friend âIâm taking here with me and away from you cause thatâs what she needs now. So donât bother calling or showing up cause you are not welcome right now. And donât even try to call Luke or Michael cause they already know and we wonât support you on thisâ Ashton said as calm as he could. He already told him off, but the anger of seeing you cry in front of him still resided in him.
âI- I love her , Ash! You canât just take her away from me. Iâm her boyfriend!â
âCorrection, you were her boyfriend. And I can take her away and I will cause she asked me toâ He said taking an intimidating step closer to Calum âCause while you were here talking trash about her behind her back, planning on how to cheat on her. I was back there, holding her while she broke down crying cause she couldnât believe that her boyfriend didnât stand up for her and let a fucking stranger insult her all night long! You werenât there to see her eyes water or her lip tremble. You werenât there when she begged me with tears in her eyes to not make a scene cause all she wanted to do was to get out of here. She is the most amazing person ever, she is a light in all of our lives and you extinguished her without a second thought. You might be my friend, but she is too and I love her and I will defend her no matter what, she doesnât deserve this kind of crap you just showed to her. So donât count on me to try and help you get her back, I wonât blame her if she doesnâtâ
Calum felt small as Ashton walked away from him, closing the door with a bang and leaving him all alone in his big house. Well, almost.
âDude, that was intenseâ Mitchy laughed as he placed a hand on Calumâs shoulder âSo, wanna go now?â
A blind rage fell over Calum as he heard the mocking laughs of his so-called friend, acting like his life just didnât fall apart in front of him.
Calum grabbed the singer by the neck of his shirt and pushed him forcefully against the wall âYou are going to get out of my house and never come back. You hear me?!â He yelled to his face, almost letting out steam from his nostrils as he was sure he could kill him right now.
âDude, whatâs wrong with yo-â
Calum quickly grabbed a bottle from his nearby mini bar, suddenly gaining all the courage he shouldâve had hours ago, and throwed it to Mitchyâs feet, making him jump âGet the fuck out!â He yelled, grabbing bottle after bottle, glass after glass and throwing them into the ground âOUT!â
Only when the last bottle was smashed into pieces did he realize he was completely alone.
And only then did he allow himself to cry for the loss of the love of his life, walking away from him and leaving him to pick up the pieces of two broken hearts.
part 2
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Bonten Abbey: (mis)Aventures to the Arcade
Summary:
Sanzu Haruchiyo was known for many things...pill-popping, being late, and most importantly, wrecking the flow of the weekly Wednesday board meeting. What would this week hold? None of the other members of Bonten wanted to find out when he was once again late to the meeting which only spelled one thing for them. Disaster. Word Count: 8.7k Read on AO3
It was a Wednesday, and a Wednesday meant one thing for the Bonten gang. The weekly board meeting that nearly every single member in the top brass gang seemed to dread, loathe, and despise. It was often typical for each member to discuss their part for the designated five minutes. However, going over time would cause extreme tension in the sardine-can-sized conference room that would rival being trapped in a room with a rabid badger. In addition, there were times when other off-topic conversations occurred that in Akashi Takeomiâs quoted words were âan absolute fucking mess.â All in all, the meetings tended to go through without a hitch. However, today was not one of those days as Sanzu Haruchiyo strolled into the conference room with a shit-eating grin that rivaled no one else,  fashionably late, of course.
âHey, Sanzu!â An annoyed Mochi shouted at the man who entered, whipping his head around at the sound of the door closing, teeth barred and fists clenched in anger.
âYo, Mochi.â Sanzu waved, trouncing over and sliding down into the uncomfortable and hard leather seat.
âWe have a set meeting time, jackass.â Kokonoi hissed.
âLike heâd  ever  listen to that KokoâŠ.â Ran laughed, shaking his head.
âImportant business called me.â The pink-haired man sighed blissfully, shrugging almost sarcastically to the platinum blond accountantâs dismay.
âI doubt that highly.â Rindou breathed.
âOh, and what would that be?â Takeomi chimed in, a brow raised as he put out his cigarette.
âIâm  so  glad you asked!â
Reaching into his pocket with excited fingers, the pink-haired mullet sporting man pulled out a folded piece of paper. One would think this was some grandiose plan, some information regarding their competition, something important. But, no, Haruchiyo Sanzu unfolded the piece of colorful paper and slammed it onto the mahogany conference table, looking up at the group of men with a smirk.
â...Please tell me itâs actually important this time.â One of them said with a sigh. It didnât matter which one.
âOh, trust me, itâs of the utmost importance.â Sanzu assured, holding up his right hand, âSwear on Muchoâs grave.â
âThe last time you used that, we ended up deserted at some movie theater that was showing a crappy porno...so thatâs out the window, and youâre about to be too if this is something-â Mochi ranted, taking a glance at the piece of paper, âAre you fucking serious?â He asked in disbelief.
âWhat is it this time?â Kakucho finally spoke with an exasperated sigh, standing up from his seat and walking over to take a look at the piece of paper, âAn arcade?â He asked with a raised brow as he looked over to the pink-haired man.
âYeah, theyâre running a deal where if eight people come as a group, you get 50% off.â He leaned back in the chair, putting his feet onto the table with a thud, âTherefore, I think we should take advantage of it and get off our depressed asses for a change.â Sanzu concluded with a nod.
There was a click in the background as Takeomi lit another cigarette. âIâm fine without having to babysit for the day.â Takeomi stated, then taking a heavy hit off of the cigarette, exhaling upward, âInterrupting a meeting for this is rather pointless, Haruchiyo SanzuâŠ.â
âI think it sounds like a good time. Reminds me of when we were back in Tenjiku, right Rindou?â Ran turned to his brother, who sighed and shook his head.
âYeah, I guess thereâs some nostalgia there.â The younger Haitani agreed.
â2-1.â Sanzu stated, pointing to the others in the room, âMochi, Kakucho, KokoâŠ.â He said to each as he pointed to each of them with his index finger, pausing as he hovered over the sleeping Mikey, not daring to wake him up.
âItâs a waste of our funds, and judging from the fact we recently recovered from the great  Bonten Has To Eat Instant Noodles For Two Months issue...Itâs a no from me as well.â Kokonoi explained as he slid his hands together, âIâm sadly not in the mood for instant noodles again.â
Sanzu rolled his eyes, âStop being a drama queen, and it wasnât  that  bad.â
âIt was fucking awful. What the fuck are you talking about?â Mochi argued, âJust for that, itâs a no from me too.â
âBullshit, youâre voting based on emotions.â Sanzu cried out, swinging his feet off the table and slamming his fists onto it with a loud thud.
âWhat if I am?!â Mochi screamed, holding his fists up, dropping the flyer onto the floor for Kakucho to pick up.
âOh god, here we go againâŠâ The younger Haitani laughed, laying onto the surface in front of him as he watched the fight unfold.
âZero days without incident at a Bonten Board MeetingâŠ.â Takeomi sighed, shaking his head in dismay.
âDid we ever have a positive countâŠâ Kokonoi asked in confusion.
âNope.â Ran snorted as he shook his head.
âI think itâd be interesting.â The normally quiet Kakucho spoke up, placing the flyer onto the table near the sleeping blond.
âSee? I knew Kakucho was my favorite for a reason.â Sanzu pointed towards Kakucho, who blinked and pointed towards himself to ask âwho, me?â.
âDidnât you say Rindou was your favorite last week?â Ran questioned, an index finger on his cheek in sarcastic thought, âOh right, it was for  âagreeing with you about how strawberry shortcake is better than strawberry cheesecakeâ  âŠâ Pointing at Sanzu.
Rindou jabbed his brother in the stomach with an elbow, causing the taller of the two to emit a dull â ow,â Â âDonât bring me into this.â
âThat was an important conversation. Mochi was trying to say cheesecake was better than real cake,â Sanzu clarified, âIâm not going to rehash old beef, though.â He held up two hands as if to say he didnât care. However, it only seemed to anger Mochi more as he drew back a fist. Kakucho began to get ready to hold the brawny man back for the umpteenth time.
However, a small yawn from the front of the table, causing every person to freeze. Mochi and Kakucho returned to their seats quickly as the blond who had once been asleep opened his dark, inky eyes.
â...All of you are unnaturally quiet,â He finally spoke, looking around at each of the men seated at the table. He then glanced down at the sheet of paper that was settled in front of him, âWhatâs this?â
Sanzu gulped. This was officially a make-or-break moment for his plan, âAh, Mikey...itâs for an arcade thatâs running a dealâŠ.â He trailed off nervously.
The blondâs obsidian eyes glanced over the information listed on the paper before pausing at the section relating to food and looking back up at the group of men, âWeâre going.â
Sanzu smirked and looked directly at Takeomi, who looked as though he wanted to crawl into a ditch and die, âSanzu - 1 Takeomi - 0.â He jousted.
âIf we were keeping track history-wise, youâd be so far in the red youâd be begging for someone to come save you,â Takeomi shot back, shrugging his shoulders and standing from his seat. He walked towards the door of the conference room, turning his head to Sanzu, âbut you do that enough already, huh?â Finishing with a dry laugh as he exited the conference room.
âWhat the fuck? Iâm not Koko.â
âIâm right hereâŠ?â Kokonoi shook his head in disbelief, standing from his seat at the table with a huff and kicking the chair back into place, âIf I have to eat instant noodles for two months again, I will  never  forgive any of you assholesâŠ.â Pointing a finger around the room, stopping before Mikey, turning on his designer heels, and walking out of the room. You could hear the faint echo of his heels trailing down the concrete hallway.
âAnd then there wereâŠ.â Sanzu counted himself and the heads in the room, holding up one hand to count only to realize he didnât have enough fingers, âAnyways, when are we going?â
âThe flyer said the deal is only good until Sunday; therefore, we need to go before then.â Kakucho informed the group, âSince itâs Wednesday, and we each have jobs to do until early Saturday morning...Iâd suggest Saturday afternoon.â
âOverall, that sounds like it would work with our current plans, Kakucho.â Mikey agreed, his obsidian gaze staring holes into the heterochromatic manâs soul.
Kakucho nodded his head, âIâll be taking my leave now. I have some things I need to tie up.â Then, standing up from his chair, pushing the chair in, and silently walking out the door to the conference room.
âWeâll get going as well, then.â Ran suddenly spoke as he stood up lazily, a scuffling noise coming from the chair.
âYou act as though weâre going to the same placeâŠ.â The younger Haitani breathed, shaking his head and rolling his lavender eyes at his brotherâs statement.
âI thought you said weâre going out for lunch?â Ran pouted, hands on his hips.
âI said I was going to get lunch, and you invited yourself again.â
âI donât see what the problem is with that?â
âEverything, everything is the problem with that.â Rindou turned to his brother as he finally stood from his place at the table with a huff.
âCan I come wi-â Mochi started to ask, only to be interrupted.
âNO!â Both Ran and Rindou yelled simultaneously to Mochi.
âTough crowdâŠâ Sanzu snorted to Mochi.
âListen-â Mochi started, cracking his knuckles, only to be shot a look by Mikey.
âIâd be careful Sanzu, Kakucho already left, and that makes the chances of your face getting smashed in about 8-2.â Ran pointed with some underlying amusement, almost hoping that there would be another fight.
âWow! Is everyone Koko today?!â He asked incredulously, putting his head in his palm and looking at the older Haitani, âIf I didnât know better...you did our taxes, Ran!â
â...But, I do help with those?â He questioned in a confused tone, blinking.
âLeave him. Heâs hopeless.â Rindou sighed, âMochi, come with us to lunch before you get put on punishment duty by Mikey.â
âI wasnât gonna do shit.â Mochi huffed, glaring at the pink-haired man, âWhat are you lookinâ at?â
âNothing, nothing...itâs just-â Sanzu paused, leaning forward in his seat to get a closer look at Mochi.
âItâs just what?â Mochi spat.
âYour beard...you shaved it crooked this morning, and itâs the funniest fucking shit Iâve  ever  seen.â
Yes, it was at this moment that Mikey indeed questioned if he formed the deadliest gang in all of Tokyo...or if he formed the most immature band of toddlers in all the land of Japan.
---x---
âSo, who's driving?â Sanzu asked lazily on that faithful Saturday afternoon.
âThe last time Rindou drove, he floored it past an old lady because she was driving the speed limit and nearly crashed us into a gasoline tanker, so...I vote not Rind-OW what was that for?!â Kokonoi yelped, getting elbowed in the side by Rindou.
âShe was going eight under the speed limit, number one, and number two. I drive fine compared to somebody!â The long-haired man glaring over to Mochi.
âEat shit.â Mochi replied, flipping Rindou the bird, âLet Kakucho drive; heâs safe.â
Sanzu groaned loudly, âBut Kakucho drives like a grandma.â
âAnd how is that a bad thing?â Kakucho sighed, shaking his head.
âWeâre gonna get there at sundown if you drive.â Sanzu pointed out.
âOh, true.â Ran chimed in with a thoughtful nod.
âI donât drive  that  slow.â
âYes, you do,â Sanzu breathed, âNext.â Kakucho held out his hand, only to put it down in defeat.
âAlright, since Sanzu is an absolute fuckwit about this, Iâll drive. One catch, though,â Takeomi spoke up as he threw his cigarette onto the pavement, crushing it under his shoe.
âOoooh, Takeomi enters the chat.â Sanzu mooned.
âShut up,â He shook his head, âI get full control of the radio.â
Everyone went silent, staring at one another in horror.
âSanzu, let someone else drive,â Kokonoi spoke up finally.
âYeah, please, let someone else drive.â Rindou shook.
âI donât want to deal with this for 45 minutes.â Mochi looked over at Takeomi, lighting another cigarette, who had a sinister look in his eyes.
Mikey finally strolled down into the parking garage, noticing no one was in the bus, âWhoâs driving.â
âTakeomi is,â Sanzu replied, a collective sigh from the group as Takeomi chuckled to himself.
As everyone began boarding the bus, Mikey clung behind with Kakucho, only to ask a singular question, âDoes this mean he has control of the radio again?â
âWeâre sadly going to be listening to Russian death metal for 45 minutesâŠ.â
Mikey stared ahead before reaching into his pocket and fishing out two pairs of earplugs and handing Kakucho a couple, âTell no one.â
The dark-haired man blinked as the other walked onto the bus, Sanzu slamming on the horn while screaming at Kakucho to âget his ass on the bus,â much to Takeomiâs annoyance as he tried to shove the pink-haired idiot away. Inwardly, he wondered about the kindness as he embarked on the self-proclaimed Bonten prison bus, holding the earplugs in his fist.
The route navigation guidance will startâŠ
âYeah, yeah, shut the fuck up.â Mochi chided the navigation system.
âDonât insult her. Youâd get lost getting out of a paper bag.â Rindou snorted.
Takeomi turned his head around and glared, âI hear any more arguing, and all of you will wake up in a walk-in freezer.â He said with a sweet smile, putting the bus into gear and starting to drive out of their base.
âYouâll never take me alive!â Sanzu retorted after a moment, snickering to himself as Takeomi visibly winced in anger.
âYeah, thatâs the point, dumbass,â Kokonoi replied, slapping the back of Sanzuâs head with an open palm.
âTakeomiiii Koko hit meeee-â
Takeomi gripped the steering wheel with one hand, his knuckles on that hand turning white as his other hand skillfully reached for the pack of cigarettes and a lighter that laid on the center console. He plucked a stick out with his lips, throwing the pack back down and flicking the lighter to light the cigarette. He inhaled deeply, holding the smoke in for a long while as if to contemplate his current life choices, such as why in the world he ever agreed to play babysitter to a group of overgrown idiots and be their chauffeur for the day. Finally, his eyes looked into the rear-view mirror, meeting Sanzuâs mischievous cerulean ones, âGood, you deserved it.â
âFuck off, Takeomi.â Sanzu puffed, Takeomi only turning up the music louder in a petty act of revenge.
âLook what you made him do!â The blond man shrieked in horror, everyone else on the bus, minus Kakucho and Mikey, glaring at the pink-haired offender.
âI didnât do anything! He turned it up himself!â Sanzu defended.
âIâm rating Takeomi 1 star on Uber,â The older of the Haitani brothers joked, âWorst music choices, worst attitude, smokes in the car-â
âYou can walk if you want,â Takeomi called out, âBut remember, I had to carry you home after that mission because you twisted your ankle because you decided to wear those new Gucci shoes...I think youâd be too far up shit creek to stand on your own.â
Ran blushed furiously, âYou said you wouldnât tell anyone!â
Rindou snorting and holding his sides, âBro, thatâs why you were limping that week? You said you slipped on the ice...It was your shoes?!â He wheezed.
âOh my god, youâre absolutely hopeless, RanâŠ.â Kokonoi facepalmed, chuckling.
âI am not. Iâm reporting you to HR!â The short-haired man pouted, crossing his arms.
Sanzu snorted, âDid you mean Kakucho?â Looking over to the dark-haired man who was staring out the window, âOh shit, heâs brooding.â
Mochi sighed, âSomeone get the tissues ready.â
âEarth to Kakucho, come in to Kakucho...Return to planet earth!!â Sanzu yelled, causing Takeomi to glare at him in the rear-view mirror.
âSanzu, that walk-in freezer has your name on it...I know a place relatively close by.â Takeomi threatened.
Turn left at the next intersection, then turn right.
âBullshit, thatâs the long way.â Takeomi hissed, throwing his cigarette out the window angrily, âWho designed this.â
âPlease do not take us on another scenic route againâŠâ Sanzu whined painfully, âItâs on the GPS for a reason. We do not need to relive the Black Dragons glory days.â
Takeomi rolled his eyes, âFor your information, my glory days have nothing to do with getting us there faster.â
âMhm...keep telling yourself that.â Sanzu replied snarkily, âAre we there yet?â
âMikey, do you still have the duct tape in the bus?â Kokonoi perked up suddenly, clapping his hands together, âI suddenly thought of a great project for us!â
âI donât like the sound of this project.â Sanzu objected.
âOh, Iâm sure youâll just  love  it.â The light-haired man reassured Sanzu, brushing his hand against his arm gently, the other retreating with disgust. Kokonoi snorted with laughter, âWhat, scared?â
âNo, I donât want to catch your reverse sister complex.â
Kokonoi stared at the other with his mouth wide open, Sanzu rolling his eyes in return, âI was at the Kanto Incident, donât act like people donât have ears when you and whatâs his face were out there screaming about itâŠ.â
âYeah, you were screaming about it, Koko.â Mochi agreed, Sanzu blinking that the man had agreed with him.
âOh yeah, I remember that!â Ran exclaimed.
âSurvey says Tenjiku remembers it Koko.â Sanzu shrugged.
âGo to hell, and stay there.â Kokonoi huffed, blowing his bangs off his face.
Sanzu crossed his arms, smirking smugly, âYouâre just mad because I won.â
âOh god, heâs crying.â Mochi whispered, nodding his head toward Kakucho, âSanzu, you just fucking  had  to bring up Tenjiku, didnât you?â
âNice going Sanzu, thatâs the 3rd time this month you did it, too.â Rindou pointed out, âI donât think we have tissues in the fucking bus anymore.â
âWhy the fuck not?!â Mochi hissed, âOh waitâŠ.â His eyes trailing over to the elder Haitani, who was looking to the side inconspicuously.
Rindouâs eyes narrowed as he looked at his brother, âYeah, hm, perhaps because someone decided to hop in with a fresh bullet woundâŠ.â
âListen, it was a bad night...week...monthâŠ.â He attempted in defense, each increment of time making Rindou raise his brow higher and higher, â Year?â Finally, causing the younger brother to nod in agreement.
âWow, Ran...itâs almost as though youâre more useless than Sanzu,â Takeomi muttered sarcastically, offended gasps resonating from both Sanzu and Ran.
âAt least I know how to cook without setting the fire alarms off,â Ran spoke incredulously.
âYou forgot the sprinklers too.â Rindou chimed in.
âHey,â Sanzu spoke, turning his head to them.
âPlease, let us all not forget about the time he came to a meeting to discuss the fine intricacies of how orange juice makes you taste weird after you brush your teeth,â Mochi added, shaking his head in disproval.
âIâm right here!â Sanzu yelled in a huff.
You have arrived at your destination.
âThank fucking god,â Takeomi sighed, putting the bus in park, âSomeone wake Mikey up.â
---x---
Surprisingly, the arcade was located in a relatively remote part of town compared to where Bonten typically walked their regular routes. However, this did not stop several people from staring as the rag-tag crew disembarked the converted prison bus.
âHey, hey...who are those peopleâŠâ
âThey look kinda scary.âŠ.â
âAlright, so game plan time.â Sanzu began as they walked towards the doors of the arcade.
âIâll go in, so you get the deal. However, Iâll be standing outside to smoke otherwise.â Takeomi concluded.
âWhat?!â Sanzu shrieked in disbelief, âNo, you have to participate.â
âNo, I donât.â The scar-faced man replied coldly.
âLet it go Sanzu, Takeomi can keep watch.â Kakuchou offered, âAnd he needs a break too. He just drove for almost an hour.â
Takeomi nodded his head in agreement, âCouldnât have said it better.â
Sanzu clicked his tongue in annoyance, looking over to the blond for help, âMikeyâŠ.â He pleaded in a petulant manner.
âLet him rest.â Mikey stated, âHeâs been pulling overnights, too.â
Takeomi smirked towards Sanzu, who only seemed to get more aggravated as he aggressively pulled open the doors to the arcade with a loud, âFine!â
The arcade was anything you would expect, loud, smelled a bit musty, and was vibrant beyond compare. However, there was a slight scent of cheese for some strange reason. Heading towards the counter, the eight members of Bonten cashed in for several game cards that were quickly handed to none of than Hajime Kokonoi himself.
âWait, why me?â He asked incredulously.
âWerenât you the one who said, Â oh, I donât wanna eat instant noodles for a month ?â Sanzu mocked, shaking his head.
âYeah, but weâre all adults here and can manage fineâŠ.â The platinum blond trailed off, looking around in a confused manner.
âYeah, Koko, donât be a hypocrite.âThe older Haitani agreed, hands on his hips.
âAre you seriously agreeing with him?!â Koko cried in astonishment.
âWell, I think that settles it,â Sanzu said with a smirk, âYou can go play like, one game or something like that.â
âSanzu, is the word âniceâ in your dictionary, or did that get removed when you started your drug usage?â Kakucho asked, blinking.
Sanzu turned and looked at the other man, âI could say something right now, but it would amount to the fourth time this month.â
âAlright, letâs just get on with this shit.â Mochi finally said, shaking his head.
âYeah, Yeah...Iâm goingâŠ.â Sanzu waved his hand as he walked in the other direction, likely off to find something that piqued his interest.
Ran turned to Rindou, âI wonder if they have DDR hereâŠ.â He wondered aloud, his lavender eyes glancing around the area only to light up in amusement, âI see it!â
âOh, itâs on.â Rindou smirked, âReady for a revenge match, bro?â
âLike Iâd ever miss it for the world.â Ran laughed as they both made a bee-line for the machine.
âWhat are you gonna, do Kakucho?â Mochi asked, turning to the jet-black-haired man.
âIâm not sure; I havenât been to an arcade sinceâŠ.â He trailed off and looked to the floor.
âGet out of your head for once.â Mochi punched the other lightly in the shoulder with a grin, âCanât stay in there forever, huh?â
Kakucho looked towards the other man and nodded, âYouâre right.â
The two began walking around, attempting to find something to do in the vast array of games and activities, stopping now and then for Mochi to try something and only failing at it miserably, only to have Kakucho show Mochi how to do it properly. Eventually, both came upon a motorcycle racing game, their eyes lighting up as they used to long ago.
âMochi?â Kakucho asked quietly, though loud enough to hear over the several kids screaming in the background.
âYeah?â He asked.
âWeâre playing this.â He declared.
âI mean, I figured when you stopped right there and were staring at it like it was some sexy chick at the strip club.â Mochi snorted, Kakucho staring at him as though he had two heads.
âYour disrespect for women is unimaginable.â He huffed as he hopped onto the motorcycle.
Mochi let out a hearty chuckle as he climbed onto the adjacent motorcycle, âPreaching respect women while in a gang that deals with prostitution,â He slid the card into the reader twice, âThatâs some funny shit.â
âOh screw, you.â Kakucho pouted as he swerved the motorcycles to select the rider, pausing over a white-haired rider and selecting them.
Mochi stared a moment, blinking at the fact Kakucho had chosen a character that looked like Izana. He shook his head and chose a random character, not exactly caring.
3...2...1...START!
âOh fuck me, this ainât nothinâ like the real shit.â Mochi cursed as he attempted to steer, crashing out several times with a string of curses.
âI donât know what youâre talking about; this is pretty easy?â Kakucho replied, already in 1st place.
âHow the fuck!â Mochi swore in anger, attempting to climb back into a semi-reputable position, only to realize he was in 9th place, closing in on 10th.
Kakucho tilted his body through a turn and smiled; he was having fun with this. He truly missed being able to go to the arcade with friends, with Izana. He wondered if they could do this more often...if Bonten could. He was drawn from his thoughts as Mochi swore loudly again, making him laugh, âMochi, do you need help?â
âHow the fuck are you gonna help me from there?!â The bulky man swore, now in 12th placeâdead last.
âI...donât know,â Kakucho admitted, crossing the finish line and setting a course record for the game.
âThis is some ungodly level bullshit right here,â Mochi complained, trying to back himself out of an in-game ditch.
Kakucho continued watching for several minutes until Mochi finally crossed the finish line, âWell done.â He congratulated.
âOh fuck off, enter your damn name.â The bearded man hissed in envy.
Kakucho entered his initials into the game, listed under 2nd place. He wondered who had set the 1st place record for the machine, though it was likely impossible to figure out.
His head turned when he heard a cry of frustration nearby, one that he knew...Koko?
---x---
When the group had split up earlier, Haruchiyo Sanzu had given him one rule. That was he was only allowed to play one game. Several ideas ran through his head, virtual poker, which allowed him to recoup the money they were blowing here, the weird slot machine game that looked rather promising, and then, of course, the game where you had a coin and slid it down a slot to push more coins off a ledge⊠All of those were lovely ideas, Kokonoi thought, that was until he landed upon a red stool in front of a screen that read Deal or No Deal. Heâd heard of this reality television series before, and he knew the premise.
The blond pursed his lips as he sat down, assessing the machine. There were 16 buttons on the front labeled 1 through 16 in the shape of what looked to be briefcases. Kokonoi assumed they were to represent the motifs from the show. He sighed, figuring that, if anything, this was going to be the game for him. He slid the game card through the reader, slumping onto the stool.
Get ready to play: Deal or No Deal.
âFuck meâŠâ Kokonoi sighed in annoyance, watching as the said sixteen cases appeared on the screen with various ticket amounts ranging from one to five hundred. Large letters appearing stating to âfollow the cases,â which essentially signified you were supposed to pick the largest amount.
âOh lovely, some RNG?â He muttered sarcastically, âItâs not like we donât get enough of that in those gacha games kids play these daysâŠ.â The cases shuffled around the screen, stopping and showing designated numbers that corresponded to the buttoned below. He thought a moment before pressing the nine button.
Choose your case...this will be your personal case.
âYeah, I already did that-â Kokonoi hissed in annoyance, spamming one of the buttons to no avail.
You chose case number nine.
âOh.â
Now pick five cases.
âI feel like Iâm playing some fucked up lottery.â He sighed, noticing the clock and swearing under his breath as he scrambled to choose a number, âLetâs continue with the ongoing theme of my name.â He pressed the 1 button.
One.
One of the virtual women on the screen opened the case to reveal a low ticket amount, Kokonoi nodding his head in approval. He pressed the 13 button, the game echoing his choice once again to show yet another low ticket amount.
âAnd I thought poker was a rush.â He mused to himself, pressing the 8 button. This time, a larger amount was revealed.
âAnd all good things come to an end.â The light-haired man sighed as he then pressed the 15, another low.
âBack in black,â He joked, leaning back as he assessed the board for the final number, âAlright, letâs try 6.â It was a high number.
There was a ring from a telephone, causing Kokonoi to look around in confusion, only to realize it was the game, âThis is such a weird gameâŠ.â
Thatâs the bank.
âOh good, am I getting paid?â
Here is the offer...Deal or No Deal...
A ticket amount appeared on the screen, Kokonoiâs inky eyes narrowing, âThatâs it?!â He cried in frustration, hitting the NO DEAL button quickly, âI think that one gang we took out last week had a better offer for us than that.â He huffed.
Now open four cases.
âAgain?â He asked incredulously, shaking his head, âFine.â He pressed the 2 button, revealing a large amount, âGoddammit.â He thought a moment as the clock ticked down.
Hurry up.
âOh, this game did  not  just tell me to hurry up.â The fair-haired man stated saltily, pressing the 16 button, low. He smirked, âSee, canât rush perfection.â He pushed the 10 button, low again.
âOne more until the bank comes crawling back to meâŠ.â Kokonoi thought aloud to himself, hovering over the 14 button and then pressing it gently. Another low amount. The phone began ringing again in the game, music to Kokonoiâs ears, in all honesty.
Thereâs the bank again.
âWho else would it be?â Kokonoi mocked as he waited for the offer to appear on the screen.
Hereâs the offer...Deal or No DealâŠ
Kokonoi thought a moment as the in-game clock ticked down. While this was a remarkably better offer than the last, he knew that there was still a significant chance he would be able to win big, and after all, it was an arcade. And not to mention, the bragging rights over Sanzu would give him mental clarity for the next month. With that thought, he pressed the NO DEAL button.
Now pick three cases.
Kokonoi sucked in a breath, his heart pumping, and he rubbed his hands together, âThis is starting to feel like poker.â He pressed the 3 key. High. Swearing under his breath as he then pushed the 12 key high again. He stared up at the ceiling, his grand plan starting to fall apart as he looked down and pressed the 7 key, hoping for some luck. Low. Kokonoi sighed to himself as the phone rang, knowing the offer would look like garbage compared to the last, and laughing hysterically when it was less than half of what it originally was, quickly pressing the NO DEAL button as if he had never seen it.
Now open two cases.
âI donât know if itâs good or bad, that the highest amount is still there, or that the offer they just made was so bad I wanted to leave here and never return..â Kokonoi chuckled to himself, questioning his life choices up until this point, pressing the 5 key. High. He then pressed the 4 key, also high.
âWait...doesnât that meanâŠâ He stared and blinked, âI have either the 1 ticket or 500âŠâ
The phone ringing again to make another offer, Kokonoi spamming the NO DEAL button as he came to the realization.
Now, letâs open your case.
As the in-game woman opened the case, Kokonoi leaned forward, only for the case to reveal...One ticket. Hajime Kokonoi had won, one ticket. He screamed, slamming his hands onto the machine before holding his head in his hands, staring at the floor in anguish. By now, Kakucho and Mochi had made their way over to him.
âKoko, what happened?â Kakucho asked, leaning down to attempt to make eye contact.
âI took a calculated risk...and for what.â The blond sobbed, his hand nearly tearing his hair out in frustration.
âUh...Koko, itâs just a game.â Mochi laughed, amused by the entire situation.
âDo you think we can put a hit on Howie?â Kokonoi asked after a moment, looking up at the two of them.
âWho the fuck is Howie?â Mochi asked.
âIsnât that the Deal or No Deal guy?â Kakucho asked, and then noticing where they were standing, âThe answer is no, we are not killing someone for your petty revenge.â
Kokonoi huffed and crossed his arms, âFine.â He looked around, âWhereâs Ran and Rindou?â
âOh, theyâre with their fan club.â Mochi snorted, âGo see for yourself.â
---x---
âThey really do have it, bro!â Rindou said with a huge grin, pointing towards the bright and colorful Dance Dance Revolution machine in front of them.
âWhy wouldnât they? They had it when we were growing up in Roppongi?â
âOkay, but who the fuck knows about a weird arcade Sanzu chose.â
âYou speak only the truthâŠâ Ran laughed, stepping onto the pad and sliding the card through the reader, âOh nice, we get three songs?â
âRemember before weâd have to keep a cup of quarters on the floor, and weâd always spill it?â Rindou asked, tying his hair into a bun and joining his brother on the gameâs vibrant pad.
âYeah, and youâd always blame me for it even though you were always the one who did it!â Ran pouted, flipping through the songs and pausing on one, the music filtering through speakers as he turned to Rindou with a sinister smirk, âWhat was that about a revenge match?â
Rindou grinned, crossing his arms triumphantly, âIâll gladly bust your ass at Kimagure Mercy any day.â
âDo you still remember how we do it?â Ran questioned as he selected it, sliding off his suit jacket and slinging it over the back of the railing.
âHow couldnât I.â The bun-sporting man rolled his lavender eyes, âArenât you the older one, gRANdpa?â
Ranâs eyebrow twitched, âIâm not above sibling punishment Rindou.â
âOh, Iâm shaking.â
The was applause from the game, signifying the song was about to start. The two brothers faced forwards, the intro starting and patterns beginning to fall down the screen. The two started to move in unison, swaying back and forth to the beat. It wasnât until the first verse hit that what Ran mentioned began.
The Haitani brothers had begun to dance while playing Dance Dance Revolution.
Rindou glanced over to his brother, âOh my god can you stop being such a show-off for once?â He huffed through a laugh, clapping hands with his brother to the beat.
âPlease, itâs on my wiki article!â Ran cried out, âJust like youâre a big brute.â He bopped his head.
âI am not!â The younger retorted, squinting at the screen.
âDonât mess up, Rindou!â Ran teased and purposefully pushed the other a bit in one of their claps.
âFuck off!â
A crowd began to grow, mainly teenage girls enamored by these two men playing the game in such a spectacular way. All of them were excitedly watching as the two played, starting to ask each other questions such as âDoes anyone know their names?â âWho are they?â âDo they have an Instagram?â... Eventually, when Rindouâs name was mentioned, people began to cheer for him. Naturally, this caused a significant issue for Ran Haitani.
âHi ladies, Iâm Ran~â He sang, causing them to squeal, a smirk plastered on his face, and an annoyed groan from Rindou echoing in response.
âIn another life, I wonder if you were destined to be a host.â He sighed, accidentally missing the tile on the floor, âShit!â he swore loudly.
âYou see what you get, Rindou; respect your elders.â Ran snorted, the other man glaring at him from the corner of his eyes.
âWhen this song is over, you better runâŠâ He whispered, âItâs over in 23...22...21âŠâ
âIâm so old, my hearingâŠâ He joked, Rindou nearly grabbing his hand during one of the claps and breaking it.
The song wrapped up, Ran turning around and waving to the group of girls and Rindou slouching forwards, primarily due to rage, though also due to an insatiable desire to beat his brother to a pulp in Dance Dance Revolution.
âAgain.â
âOh, you want more?â Ran asked with a lazy smirk as he waved to the âfansâ.
âWe have 2 more songs.â Rindou huffed, rolling his eyes, âItâs a waste of money.â
âTrue,â Ran nodded his head, âLetâs pick an easier song then!â He reached for the buttons only to have his hand slapped away by the younger, a dull âowâ leaving his lips.
âNo, weâre playing this song until I beat you. Itâs that simple.â Rindou explained, hands on his hips.
âFine, fine.â The older relented, âDonât blame me if you canât beat me.â
By the time Kakucho, Mochi, and Kokonoi made it over to the Haitani brothers. The crowd was sizeable. The arcade staff attempted to get the crowd to disperse, as it was becoming a fire hazard to the facility.
âHey Ran, Rindou, what happened here?â Mochi asked as he finally made it to the front.
The two stepped off the machine and walked over to the group, Rindou grinning as the elder brother shook his head, âI reminded him who the rightful heir to the DDR throne is.â
âPlease, you only beat me once.â Ran sighed in exasperation and exhaustion.
âAnd that still means I beat you.â The long-haired man spoke smugly.
âWait, so that crowd...was all for you two playing a rhythm game?â Kokonoi questioned, âThatâs insane.â
âI hope they donât follow us home, or Mikey is going to have our heads,â Kakucho pondering the probability, âThen again, they might see Takeomi and get a bit scared.â
âIs he still out smoking?â Kokonoi pondered, tilting his head to see if he could see him, âI canât see him.â
âI thought I saw him come in with Sanzu earlier?â Ran spoke up, the entire group staring at him.
âThat canât be right. Takeomi would never go with SanzuâŠâ The blond-haired man stated, slightly bewildered by the information.
âOh, there he is.â The younger Haitani pointed, Takeomi wearing a shit-eating grin as he walked back outside, the entire group then spotting a pissed-off Sanzu.
---x---
Sanzu was officially bored. He thought that coming to the arcade would be an excellent way to spend some time away from things, though it only seemed to create more issues. What was worse was everyone else seemed to be doing their own thing, so there was no one left to mess with or bother. After an hour of wandering around and playing several games that held his attention for a few minutes or less, he set his sights on a bigger and better prize: Akashi Takeomi.
Yes, in actuality Akashi Takeomi was dangerous. He likely could kidnap Sanzu as he slept, lock him in a freezer, and then feed him to the fish...Though where was the fun in not messing with someone like that? He smirked to himself as he walked outside to see the scar-faced man unsurprisingly smoking.
âEw, how many have you smoked today?â Sanzu spoke, holding his nose in mock disgust.
Takeomi didnât even look at him, âHalf a pack, give or take.â
âSmokingâs bad for you, yâknow.â
âDrugs are too, but you donât see me trying to give you a 12-step lecture.â Takeomi retorted dryly, Sanzu cackling in response.
âI gotta hand it to ya. That one was funny.â The pink-haired man pointing to the other.
âWhat exactly do you want?â
Sanzu clasped his hands together, âDearest Takeomi, youâve been out here for over an hour...I think itâs about time you came inside and actually enjoyed what we came here for.â
âNo.â He replied with a laugh, âNice try though, really love the theatrics...maybe we can get you a job with the prostitutes.â
Sanzu groaned, âCan you stop being a stick in the mud for once and be fun?â
Takeomi felt something inside him snap. Honestly, he just wanted to sit outside and smoke. He wanted not to have to deal with a specific pink-haired buffoon who continued to ruin his Saturdays over and over each week. Instead, however, he turned to the other man with a sickly sweet smile, throwing his cigarette onto the ground and crushing it under his shoe, âSure, Sanzu, Iâll play one game...letâs go.â
âReally!â Sanzuâs face lit up with excitement, âOkay, letâs go!â
As they entered the arcade, Sanzu and Takeomi walked around a moment, regret beginning to wash over the older as his head began to pound from the noise and light.
âSo, what do you want to play.â The pink-haired man asked, tipping his head to meet the otherâs gaze.
âI donât know, and I havenât been to an arcade in fuck all knows.â Takeomi hissed, rubbing his temples, âCan you make it quick?â
âJeez, I didnât know they made you when the dinosaurs still walked the planet.â Sanzu grumbled, âLetâs go for a shooter then.â The two of them walking towards a Western-style shooting game that had plastic guns.
âWhy am I not surprised.â The dark-haired man breathed, shaking his head.
âWhat? Sorry, Iâm good at what Iâm good at?â Sanzu mocked, shrugging his shoulders, âAnyways, itâs pretty self-explanatory...aim, pull the trigger, boom.â
Takeomi smirked. What Sanzu didnât know was, he knew how to play this game. He knew far too well how to play this game because, during his days as a Brahma captain, Senju and himself would often sit in arcades and play. Sanzu Haruchiyo had sentenced himself to an early grave with this one, no matter how good a shot he was.
âWell, what are you waiting for?â The pink-haired man nodding his head towards the machine.
âIâm broke; you pay for it.â
âHow the fuck are you broke if you- Nevermind.â Sanzu started, shaking his head and sliding his game card through the reader, âLetâs settle this.â
The older stepped up to the gallery, picking up the model gun and testing the weight in his hands before settling on a position.
Ready...Start!
Enemies started popping onto the screen, Sanzu quickly shooting the targets that were his color. He thought to himself it would be easy to best the older man until he realized he was keeping pace, and his score was already twice his based on the accuracy bonus.
âHey, hey, heyâŠâ Sanzu started, beginning to get ruffled by the sudden turn of events.
âWhat is it Sanzu, maybe you should aim a bit better, or is that too difficult?â Takeomi replied cooly as he blasted the head off of a zombie, âOh, that was a good one.â
âAre you  shitting  me?â He cried out in response, âYou actually know how to play this?â Sanzu was aiming for one of the enemy bonuses. However, he missed miserably. He swore under his breath, much to Takeomiâs delight.
âItâs been a good oh, what did you call it...era.â He mused as they made it to the boss level, âBut for someone as young as you, this must be easy, right?â His voice dripping with poison.
âThereâs still the boss level. I can-â He looked at the scores, feeling the color drain out of his face.
âWhat was that, Sanzu? My old deaf ears canât hear you over the sound of your absolute thrashing.â He chuckled, âBut donât worry, Iâm sure theyâll recover in time to hear you cry.â
âDo we just need to get you a nicotine drip? I donât think the patch is gonna cut it with you.â Sanzu groaned, âOr, do you want one of my pills? Those might take your edge off too.â
âTake the joke, Sanzu,â He sighed, the game finishing out and Takeomi writing his initials in the records list, âHave a good time trying to beat that, though.â The older smirking, patting the other on the back as he walked towards the entrance, shit-eating grin plastered across his face as he pulled out another cigarette from his ever-dwindling pack.
Sanzu stared at the score in disbelief. He couldnât beat that score today. He would have to come back another day to beat it, but he would beat it, no matter what. He stomped his foot in frustration, only to notice the entire Bonten group was looking, sans Mikey. He blinked and did what any person with an IQ between 85 and 115 would do...make a break for the food court before he could be harassed.
---x---
Was this the main reason Mikey agreed to this excursion? He didnât want to admit to it. However, when the flyer said they had six different types of taiyaki in the featured food court, Mikey was sold instantly on the idea, as embarrassing as it was. He quietly walked towards the counter, scanning the menu with his pitch-black eyes only to discover there were, in fact, now eight taiyaki options. He smiled softly to himself as the person operating the counter looked on in confusion at the strange man in front of them, âCan I help you?â The food court employee asked him, tilting their head to the side slightly.
âTaiyaki, all of them,â Mikey said, sliding a large bill onto the counter.
âDo you mean all of the kinds or...all of them, all of them.â The employee clarified, thinking to themselves.
His eyes lit up, âI can have all of them?â He asked.
âAs long as you pay for them, I donât see why not...It might take a bit, though, because we warm them in an oven, so they get kinda crispy.â The employee explained, noticing the glimmer in his eyes.
âAll of them, then.â Mikey clarified, adding another bill on the counter.
âDo I know you from somewhere, though?â They asked as they handed him his change, causing Mikey to pause for a brief moment.
âI havenât ever met you before.â He replied, walking to one of the tables and sitting in the uncomfortably hard seating. It was nearly impossible to take a nap here due to how loud and bright it was, as well as how unbearable some of the smells were...Who honestly authorized it to smell like nacho cheese? Though, he also realized he was in a food court. Slouching down into the chair, he wondered what the rest of his gang had decided to put their minds to that day. He assumed Sanzu had found something involving guns and roped Takeomi into it as well, smirking because he knew that Takeomi had played before. Kokonoi had likely found something involving money, and The Haitani brothers honestly were talking up a storm about Dance Dance Revolution before they even arrived. Mochi and Kakucho were the two members of the group he wasnât quite too sure about. He made a mental note to ask Kakucho when they boarded the bus again later that day.
âAlright, here are the first few, careful though, because theyâre extremely hot.â The employee warned, setting a tray in front of the light-haired man, âIâll keep them coming.â
Mikey reached forward and grabbed one of them, mentally noting that his hand was burning, though not exactly caring as the gratification of the taiyaki was going to be worth it in half a second. He bit in and leaned back in bliss. He was elated as he continued to eat through the pile of confections, completely losing track of time. He inwardly began to feel that the Russian death metal car ride from hell was worth it, and so was having to deal with Sanzu complaining about everything. And so was-
âMikey, are you okay?â
He wanted to snap his neck.
Sanzu stared at the fair-haired man, who looked as though he had passed out in his chair, only for him to lean back up with a menacing stare slowly, âIâm fine.â He said coldly, taking another angry bite of the taiyaki.
âO...OhâŠâ The pink-haired man replied, nodding his head nervously as he backed away, âThatâs a lot of taiyaki there.â He pointed towards the ever-growing pile of confections.
âI know. Theyâre mine.â Mikey responded as he finished the first, licking his lips and picking up another, âWhere is everyone else?â He questioned as he bit into the sweet and bitter flavor of matcha.
âI saw them a couple of minutes ago; theyâll probably be here in a minute...Takeomi is smoking.â He informed the other, omitting the absolute ass-kicking he had received.
As if on cue, the group walked into the food court; however, the mood quickly changed as Kokonoi held up his phone, âWe need to go, one of Ranâs fangirls posted them on their Instagram; and we need to get out of here, Â now .â His eyes narrowing.
âWhy are we blaming my fangirl for this? Theyâre just as much of Rindouâs as mi-OWâ Ran once again getting elbowed in the side by his brother.
âWe wouldnât be in this mess if you didnât name drop both me and yourself, so now youâre  really  more useless than Sanzu!â Rindou scolded him, âAnd youâre supposed to be older than me!â
âIâm RIGHT here!â Sanzu replied, raising his hands in exasperation.
âCry me a river Sanzu, oh wait-â Mochi snorted, laughing at his own joke.
Kakucho grinned, âMochi, that was surprisingly good coming from you.â
âI know, right. I surprise even myself sometimes.â The brawny man beamed.
âI hate all of you.â Sanzu huffed, crossing his arms.
âWe hate you too; now letâs get going before we have to shoot our way out of a fucking arcade?â The long-haired blond replied in a haughty tone, motioning for the exit.
âMikey, get a to-go box,â Kakucho suggested to the blond sitting at the table, eyeing the remaining taiyaki sadly.
âIâll leave them.â
âShotgun!â Sanzu yelled as they exited the arcade, Takeomi making eye contact with him and shaking his head.
âThere isnât even a passenger seat. What are the drugs hitting you that hard?â Kokonoi questioned him with a laugh.
âIâm assuming the cops are coming then?â Takeomi asked as he fished the keys to the bus out of his pocket, starting to walk with the group.
â Oh yeah, Ran and Rindou are Instagram famous; Koko show him.â Mochi snorted, shaking his head in disbelief.
âWhy is it always...fine.â He attempted to argue as he pulled up the post on his phone, revealing a video with nearly 500 likes and 130 comments.
âWait, I didnât see it yet!â Ran yelled as he ran over to Kokonoi, smushing his head in to see, âWow, I look good⊠Rindou does, too, of course.â
âShut the fuck up, you cretaceous period cretin.â Rindou hissed, flipping him off from afar only to have Ran run after him.
âStop running in the parking lot!â Kakucho yelled, shaking his head, âI swear to godâŠâ
âYou have to admit, though, it was a good time.â Mochi stated with a smile, âWe should do this again.â
âAlright, everyone, get on the fucking bus, or Iâm leaving without you,â Takeomi yelled, hopping into the driverâs seat.
âAnd who died and made you king?!â Sanzu yelled only to smack his head on the roof while boarding the bus, causing Mikey to snort from a laugh uncharacteristically.
âWait, did Mikey just laugh?â Kokonoi asked, genuinely amazed.
âI made Mikey laugh!â Sanzu cheered, patting himself on the back.
âWow, if only we could hurt you more...then maybe we could restore all of his emotionsâŠâ Takeomi whispered to himself.
âWhat was that?â Sanzu questioned, leaning forward.
âNo, nope, nothing.â Takeomi lied badly.
âThatâs what I thought,â Sanzu replied with a smile, sitting back in his seat, Takeomi groaning and reaching for his pack of cigarettes only to realize there werenât any left. He sighed heavily, leaning back into the cushion of the driverâs seat and staring up at the tattered ceiling. It was going to be a long drive home, huh.
---x---
In Toyko, the conflict with a group named âBontenâ intensifies...However, they seem to have a soft side tooâŠ
It was once again a Wednesday, except this week Sanzu Haruchiyo was on time, and there were no off-topic discussions. Instead, all that was discussed was saving Bonten from the PR nightmare the Haitani brothers had created for the gang. And, of course, the now planned hit on Howie Mandel. However, the damage was done, and the gangâs reputation seemed to go from âdangerous and deadlyâ to âupcoming idol group.â However, Mikey didnât seem too troubled by it, though it wasnât exactly possible to tell what he thought until it was too late.
Takeomi sighed as he once again lit a cigarette, staring off into the distance, âHereâs to another fucking Wednesday.â
#sanzu haruchiyo#kakucho hitto#slanders ran haitani harder#ran haitani#rindou haitani#bonten#mochi kanji#mikey tokyo revengers#takeomi akashi#kokonoi hajime#drug use mentions#smoking#mildly ooc#i meant it's more like it's ooc#i want off this ride#long fanfic#self indulgence#slander at it's finest#bonten goes to an arcade#character death mention#tokyo revengers spoilers#sanzu slander#fanfiction#i wrote this for my server
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Drive // Damiano David // Playlist fics
words // 1016
warnings // kind of angsty feelings but mostly caring!damiano sooo yeah
pairing // Damiano David x GN!Reader
author's note // if you want to be on the tag list let me know. song is drive by ashton irwin. Also I changed the plot that I originally thought of because 1. i forgot my original plot lol and 2. i read the lyrics to the song and apparently I had heard some words wrong so it sparked a new, fluffier scenario
for some reason i only realized i didn't put any tags on it over a week later
request // nope
summary // Reader's partner breaks up with them letting some harsh words before leaving. Damiano is there to hear where it hurts most and pick his friend back up. Only thing is he is in love with them.
Y/N was still hurting. The tears were still fresh and the thoughts never wondering from the leaving man. They still heard the voicemails he left in the past, the same ones that heâs say how much he loved them, how amazing and important they were. They were all but a painful lullaby now, one that would put Y/N to sleep but not before sobbing their eyes out in attempt to heal the pain.
Damiano could sense his best friendâs pain, but even if he had a hard time deciphering peopleâs emotions, Y/Nâs state was a tell all of their inner world. They were hurting, excessively, words still ringing in their head like a bell. Maybe I never loved you. Damiano would not waste any time comforting his friend, drying their tears, holding them close, letting them know that he understood how unfair it was, never forgetting to remind them of their worth. Y/N never spoke, though. They kept everything in, simply taking in Damianoâs care, afraid to speak to him about it.
It had been days in that never changing state. A constant cycle of wake up, cry, sleep and all over again the next day. They refused to eat, refuse to get out the room unless it was utterly necessary⊠Damiano could not take it anymore. He did not want to push them but they had to break that pattern they found themselves in. âGet up, weâre going out,â he said walking into their room, placing a sweatshirt of his along with some of their shorts on the bed - noting how although it was summer the breeze would make them feel cold, and he couldnât have that happening.
âGo take a shower, get dressed and Iâll be waiting for you,â he said already starting to work on de-cluttering their little depression room.
The clock read 22.32, it was late, all too late to even attempt to get up. âWhatâs gotten into you, Dami? What are you doing - hey leave that where it was! What are you doing?â
The man took a deep breath, sitting himself on the crumbled up bedsheets, hand on his friendâs leg. âListen, amore. I know how much he hurt you, I know, but you canât stay like this forever,â he paused taking in their state. Eyes red from crying and puffy, their lips swollen from the frequent naps - oh how he wanted to kiss them right now - no no no, Damiano, you canât be thinking that.
âLetâs go get some take out, drive around downtown⊠We donât even have to talk, we can just play music. But please, get up.â He was pleading, just like his heart. He could not bare the person he so dearly loved, even if they did not know it, to hurt like that, to close off and hide away from him. It should have never been an option in his mind.
Y/N whispered a soft ok before vacating the bed. Damiano was already on his feet, placing the clothes on the bathroom counter, helping his love with anything they needed before their shower, and then walking back into the room, making it look less overwhelming and more âsecureâ, sitting on the bed after he finished waiting patiently.
It did not take long for Y/N to be done with getting ready, already feeling slightly better. âThank you,â they breathed out, hugging Damiano close. He plainly chuckled, hands rubbing their back and lips on their temple, leaving small kisses. I love you, âYouâre welcome.â
Getting into the car and getting their food was the easiest task out of everything so far, but the man needed to know what was troubling the person in front of him, so he asked. âAmore,â it came out as almost a whisper, a soft breath of words, âdo you maybe want to tell me what happened that night? I know you said he left, but I know you! Itâs not that, that is eating you inside out. What did he say?â
The hesitation in Y/Nâs face was evident, a long breath being taken in before any words had the chance to. âHe -uhm- he said he never loved me,â they let out, without thinking about it too much, knowing that if they did, theyâd never say it.
His face fell, and so did his heart. How could someone say those words to anyone, but especially to someone like them. They were literally the light of his life and it seemed like such a paradox for someone to not love them. The man had become livid, ready to break the exâs face, but when he saw the tears in Y/Nâs face, he calmed down.
âHe never loved me, Dami, never. Oh, god, no one ever will! What if heâs the representation of everyoneâs thoughts about me?! Oh my-â
âHey stop that! Stop trusting the words or a piece of shit like him,â he spat out as if venom. âHe is crazy to feel like that and he is crazy to say it. Y/N, you are the most amazing person Iâve ever met.â He could not believe he was doing it in that moment. Maybe it was wrong, maybe he shouldnât, but he couldnât keep himself back.
âYou donât understand Damiano⊠Maybe he was put into my life so i can learn that Iâm unlovable. It feels like I am, and man does it hurt,â they quieted down, looking out the car window for a second before being unable to control the upcoming sob, âit hurts, Dami, it really hurts.â
These words pierced through his chest like a dagger dipped in his anger. Not much was able to be done until the man simply pulled his friend in his arms. âThatâs bullshit!â
A sharp silence followed these words, both friends unsure of what to do.
âListen, Y/N, I donât want to act like saint - hell Iâm far from that - but⊠I can help, ok? I can show you how wrong those horrible thoughts and that horrible man are. Just,, put some faith in me.â
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I Can't Stopâ regulus black x reader
Summary: An unmovable object vs. an unstoppable force (aka Reader tries to get Regulus to bed)Â
Warning:Â cursing, angst, bittersweet fluff, crying
Notes: Reader has she/her pronouns and is a Hufflepuff; this can also be read as either romantic or platonic also yes I sometimes face claim regulus as Benjamin Wadsworth pls donât @ me iâm new here lol
Hogwarts 1975
Every Hufflepuff knows that when 10:00 hits, the kitchen goes silent. No pots boil, no ovens switch onâwithout the house elves, the place is as silent as the library on a good day. The alluring scents of the dayâs meals would linger in the air, hitting the face of every Hufflepuff who entered eager to make it to their common room and call it a night.
Tonight the smells of roasted chicken and creamy beef stew were replaced with the stingy aroma of coffee as two students sat at the end of the kitchenâs massive table, books spread out amongst themselves. Two gigantic porcelain mugs were placed within arms reach and a fresh pot of coffee sat between them.
âFind anything yet?â the Hufflepuff asked. Her [h/c] curls bounced slightly as she looked up from her piece of parchment, observing the pale Slytherin boy across from her scrunch his brows.
âNo,â Regulus shut another book and tossed it on top of the stack next to him. He reached over to his mug, which embarrassingly had an orange flat-faced kitten painted on it, and downed its remaining contents. He then slammed the mug on the table and ran both of his fingers through his short ebony locks,â nothing. Yet.â
âHouse elves are bound to wake up soon,â [Y/N] mused. She cocked her head towards the tiny door sitting next to the fireplace,â maybe we should call it a night.â
Regulus groaned as he reached for the pot of coffee and poured himself another cup. The pot shook a bit as Regulus poured it, the bags underneath his eyes growing darker. [Y/N] looked at her friend and sighed.
âWeâve gone through almost the whole library, Reggie,â [Y/N] said. Regulus took a quick swig of his refilled cup of coffee and cracked open another book,â look! Thatâs even the same book you opened last night. Cover and all!â
âNope,â Regulus held up the book and tapped his pale finger on the cover where it read Volume 2. It was [Y/N]âs time to groan as she took her own mug, this one with a silly looking dog on it, and sipped at the now cold contents. Her face scrunched up as she placed the mug down,â Zatara mightâve been a loon, but he was Bullockâs assistant. He probably hid something in here so Dumbledore or anyone else couldnât find and burn it..âÂ
âWhat makes you think that Volume 2 is gonna have something when the first one didnât?â [Y/N] had got up from her chair, cold cup of coffee in hand, and dumped it down the drain of the sink behind her. She turned the faucet on, rinsing out the mug and gently putting it back on the drying rack. When [Y/N] spun around, she was met by Regulusâs signature scowl,â donât get your knickers in a twist. You know Iâm right. Iâm always right with these sorts of things.â
âI know,â Regulus hissed. He looked back down at the book,â but right now, Iâm hoping youâre wrong.â
[Y/N] huffed as she sat back down on her chair again. A small yawn escaped her lips but she knew itâd be a while until Regulus decided to pack his stuff and leave. This was the case every night since 2nd year where Regulus and [Y/N] would stay up right before the elves came back in to prep for breakfast, reading and discussing topics both school related and pure nonsense. Neither knew how this little tradition started and, quite frankly, neither cared. It was a breath of fresh air for [Y/N] and a sense of normalcy Regulus craved for within his ever turbulent life.Â
As of recently, however, their midnight meetings were overwhelmed with a sense of dread. It had been months since Regulus had properly been exposed to the world of the Death Eaters and of Lord Voldemort, courtesy of his mother. From then on, he had been put into an almost inescapable hole, one that he was intent of crawling out of. Regulus might've not had the luxury of running away like his brother, but he sure as hell wasn't going to give in without a fight.
âSo if I am wrong, whatâs gonna happen next?â [Y/N] asked.
Regulus quirked a brow as he stopped reading the passage he was on. Not even bothering to look up, Regulus clicked his tongue in thought. He then, to [Y/N]âs annoyance, shrugged his shoulders and continued to read.
âI donât know. Havenât thought that far yet.â
âWhat do you mean you havenât thought that far yet? Weâve been looking into Horcruxes for the past three months and you havenât the clue as to what youâll do next?!â
âSomething like that.â
âYou're soâ,â [Y/N] let out a muffled scream as she buried her head in her hands,â you're insufferable, you know that? Why am I even friends with you?â
âHaven't thought that far yet either,â Regulus smirked.Â
âVery funny, Reggie. Now câmon,â [Y/N] motioned towards the stack of books,â letâs stash these away. Weâve got a Potions exam tomorrow morning, remember?â
âYes, I remember.â
Regulus didnât make an effort to get up and continued to read through the book. As Regulus flipped through another page, [Y/N] muttered underneath her breath as she jumped down from her seat and walked over to the Slytherinâs side.
âAlright. Thatâs it.â
Before Regulus could make sense as to what was happening, [Y/N] wrapped her hands around his waist and hoisted him up from the seat.
â[Y/N]?!â Regulus sputtered, dropping the book from his hands,â let me go!â
âOh shut it, Black! You need to get some sleep!â
Still in her arms, Regulus tensed as their bodies pressed against one another. He cursed himself underneath his breath as his face flushed red.
âJust put me down. Now.â
âNo.â
â[Y/N]â!â
[Y/N] tightened her grip as Regulus squirmed within her hold. She dragged him from his chair to the middle of the kitchen where he finally pushed himself off.
âWhat the hell was that for?â
âYou need to sleep, Regulus! You canât keep burning the candle at both ends. Youâll fall back if you keep doing this.â
âWell what else am I supposed to do, then? Run away from my problems like my brother? Ignore them? I canât just turn away from my family and pretend nothing ever happened!â Regulus shouted. His breathing turned ragged, as if he just finished yet another Quidditch match, âwhat would you expect for me to do?â
âIâI donât know! I donât have the answers for everything!â [Y/N] retorted. Regulus groaned as he turned around, intent on picking up where he left off in his book,â but I do know that when the time comes, whatever remnants of a plan you do have, youâll be too exhausted to do anything about it!â
Regulus stopped in his step as he stared at the rack of spices before him, afraid of meeting his friendâs eyes. He took a deep breath, composed himself, and turned around. His eyes had yet to meet [Y/N]âs as they shifted throughout the room.
âWhy are youâugh,â Regulus sighed as he ran his hands through his hair,â I justâthis is how I work, [Y/N]. Youâve known it since 2nd year. Even when I stop, I canât stop. When I go to sleep at night, my mind is still racing with all this bullshit about purebloods and Muggles andâ.â
âBut you canât justâ.â
ââAnd the fucking potions test you wonât stop telling me about! Thereâs so many things in my mind that I think Bellatrixâs head looks healthy compared to mine! I canât stop thinking about my family, my house, even Sirius for Godricâs sake! I canât stop worrying that if I were to put a pause for even a sliver of a second, everything Iâll ever love will cease to exist. I canât risk that [Y/N]. Not for a second. Not when I have so much on the line.â
[Y/N] looked down at the floor as her friendâs words ran rapid through her head. She touched her forehead with the palm of her hand, dragging them down until they met the bridge of her nose.Â
âFuckingâI know that, Regulus. I justâ,â [Y/N] gave a pained expression as she pinched the bridge of her nose,ââfuck! I just want you to be okay, ok? Youâre my friend. My best friend, actually. It hurts like hell because thereâs nothing I can do about it. I can get you as many books as you want, sneak out around the castle as much as you want, lie to as many people as you want , but I canâtâno. I wonât stand here and watch you whittle away. Not when I can do something to prevent it.â
Regulus swallowed hard as his eyes met [Y/N]âs and the pit that had been growing inside his chest began to increase, pushing painfully against his rips. He felt his lungs constrict and if Regulus didnât know any better, heâd say someone casted a Crucio curse on him and it was slowly ripping his body from the inside out.
âI just canât let him win, [Y/N],â Regulus mumbled. He leaned back on the table and pressed both hands to his face, rubbing at his eyes as tears began to build up in the corners,â I canât let that thing win, no matter what.â
Shielding his face from [Y/N], Regulus quietly sobbed as his friend stood in front of him, tears threatening to pour out from her eyes as well. Taking a deep, shaky breath, [Y/N] slowly walked towards her friend and gently wrapped her arms around him. Despite the slight size difference, [Y/N] was able to situate her friend so that his face was buried in the crook of her neck. She combed a hand through his inky, black locks.
âI know wonât,â [Y/N] said,â but I highly doubt snake face over there is going to wait for you to take a quick power nap. Weâll beat him, but not like this.â
Regulusâs grip tightened around [Y/N] and she felt his lips pull into a smile as a low chuckle emitted from him.Â
âItâs amazing how youâre not a Ravenclaw with how much wisdom you spout out.â
âWell Iâm far more interested in my friends then a bloody book,â [Y/N] stepped back, hands still wrapped around Regulus, and smiled,â now letâs clean up and head to bed. You deserve at least one good nightâs rest.â
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BnHA Chapter 287: Family Reunion
Previously on BnHA: The Tomura For One VS Deku And Pals clusterfuck reached new levels of clustfuckery as AFO possessed Tomuraâs body and stabbed Kacchan and Endeavor. Shouto was all âgood thing I leveled up offscreen so as to be able to fly around whilst carrying 400lbs worth of peopleâ, and did just that and it was like, damn, son. Meanwhile Dekuâs rage went Mach 100, and he kicked Tomuraâs ass for almost two whole seconds, but in the process he apparently forgot that IF TOMURA TOUCHES HIM THAT IS VERY BAD, and so he stupidly let Tomura touch him and Tomura was all âGAME, SET.â Fortunately for Deku, his quirk plays by its own rules, and so the chapter ended with us cutting to the METAPHYSICAL OFA/AFO PARANORMAL DREAMSCAPE OF MYSTICAL BULLSHIT, where AFO!Vestige was all âlol Tomura y u madâ, and Nana!Vestige was all âSUP DEKU, YOUâRE JUST IN TIME, LOOKS LIKE ITâS ASSKICKING OâCLOCK.â Iâm paraphrasing a bit, but thatâs more or less the gist of it.
Today on BnHA: AFO is all âwell if it isnât Tomuraâs grandmother who I murdered that one timeâ, and Deku is all â?â, and AFO is all âfucking vestiges, man, wildâ, and Deku is all â??â, and AFO is all âANYWAYS GETTIM TOMURAâ, and OFA is all âNOT SO FASTâ, and Deku is all â???â, and really, same. AFO then goes off on some wild tangent about how Deku is unworthy because he couldnât protect everyone and needed help from OFA and got mad about his friends being stabbed, which is such a cold take it gave me hypothermia, but it ends up not mattering since Deku and Tomura both wake up seconds later with OFA still in the possession of its rightful owner, HOW ABOUT THAT. The chapter ends with the LoV approaching on Gigantomachiaâs back with Dabi practically salivating at the mouth, and Toga trying to reignite an old fandom blood feud. Toga why would you do this to me. Toga.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS
[CROWD LOSING THEIR MINDS]Â FINALLY THE NANA HAS COME BACK TO BNHA!! IF YA SMELLLLL WHAT THE NANA IS COOKIN!!!!! [RINGSIDE BELL CHIMING WILDLY] [LOUD AIRHORN NOISES]
âchapter 287: mistakeâ omg. yeah Iâll say you made a mistake, AFO. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THESE FLEETING LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR SHITTY EVIL LIFE
(ETA: so in all seriousness this must be referring to AFOâs belief that All Might/OFA made a mistake in choosing Deku, right? âI canât believe you went and chose this shounen manga protagonist as your champion, what were you thinking.â Iâll just put this out there: however many comic books AFO read as a child, it clearly was not enough.)
wow Deku how slow are you
yes youâre inside OFA you dimbulb, did you think your clothes suddenly vanished out of the blue and the ghost of Nana just randomly appeared in the real world by some freak coincidence?? can you believe this kid. breaks his arms a measly 10-15 times in a row and all of a sudden he canât think straight, get it together Deku
but also brb having a moment at the fact that his thoughts immediately run back to Kacchan, even with all of this nonsense going on and Nana about to lay the beatdown on AFOâs potato-lookinâ ass. forget that noise, all he wants to know is whether or not Kacchan is all right. fuckinâ geez. AM I OVERREACTING HERE A BIT. probably
(ETA: ALSO!! the way he just trails off!! âKacchan is...â and then he canât bring himself to complete the thought. oh my god my heart.)
HOLY SHIT
okay,
damn but this man sure knows how to ruffle my feathers. as eminently detestable as ever!!
could it be any clearer here that AFO is not on Tomuraâs side?? for a moment I thought he had actually grabbed him by the back of the head in order to get him to look. but nope, heâs just resting his pointing hand on top of his head instead while heâs all âHEY TOMURA LOL ITâS THE GHOST OF YOUR DEAD PATHETIC GRANDMAâ
for those keeping track at home, this would be the first time that Deku has heard this information -- that Tomura is Nanaâs grandson -- and possibly the first time Vestige!Nana has heard it as well. Nana died when Kotarou was still a child, so for all we know the Vestige!Nana didnât even know she had a grandson, lol. TODAY ON âMAKESTE RANTS AT LENGTH ABOUT THINGS THAT WILL PROBABLY BE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE NEXT THREE PANELSâ, anyway moving on
lmao for the record I fucking LOLed at this giant question mark immediately bubbling up over Dekuâs head
no idea what AFO is about to ramble on about now, havenât read that far yet. but let the record show that Dekuâs immediate reaction to hearing âBTW NANA IS YOUR ARCHNEMESISâS GRANDMA LULZâ is everything I could have hoped for
(ETA: fandom nailed the shit out of this one with the confused Mr. Krabs meme lmao.)
okay so now AFO is monologuing at length about how he would sometimes have âriveting dreamsâ about the previous owners of all the quirks he stole. but once he gave the quirks away they stopped bothering him?? holy moly let me just take all the notes
okay so heâs saying that Vestiges are created whenever someone has their quirk stolen by AFO. but if they then disappear when he gives the quirks away, does that also mean that whoever receives the quirks also gets the original ownerâs Vestige bundled in every time?? that would be wild okay hold up let me read the rest of this
so heâs saying that the Vestiges are actually the âconsciousnessesâ of the original quirk owners, which have become embedded in their dna or something. SOUNDS INCREDIBLY DUBIOUS TO ME LOL but on the other hand this is a world where children can be born with airplane heads, so my disbelief can hardly afford to pick and choose what itâs gonna be suspended at! anyways though, how does he know heâs the only one who was able to converse with them? did you conduct detailed six-month follow-up interviews with everyone you gave quirks to or what
and if it really is the case that this ability was formerly exclusive to him, isnât that more evidence than ever that OFA and AFO are actually THE EXACT SAME QUIRK oh whoops am I getting ahead of myself again, sorry
MEANWHILE TOMURA IS ALL, âGRANDMA?â
âWHY AM I HERE, WELL LET ME TELL YOU A STORY, GRANDSON. YOU SEE THAT MAN GROWING OUT OF YOUR RIBCAGE THERE? WELL ITâS JUST THE FUNNIEST THING, ACTUALLYâ
WAIT SO IS HE SAYING THEYâRE SOULS OR NOT??
this makes it sound like they wonât ever get to rest, which sure sounds like a soul thing to me. well whatever, soul, consciousness, I guess itâs just semantics at the end of the day
anyways though, so this asshole is finally done talking (Iâm sure that wonât last), so now we can finally have the heartwarming reunion weâve all been waiting for
sigh
-- actually, no, not âsighâ!! you know what!! because Tomura says âwhatever the reasonâ, but thatâs only because he doesnât actually have a fucking clue about the reason. like, I donât know if the knowledge that AFO killed Nana would be enough to give him pause, but if he knew the whole story and knew that AFO was behind not only Nanaâs death, but the rest of his familyâs deaths as well... now that would be a whole different thing
anyway. but at least itâs becoming clearer now why AFO spent all that time raising Tomura up as his heir and brainwashing him even though he seems to have been planning this body takeover the whole time. itâs all because he loves making people miserable! yaaaaay
btw HAS NANA HAD THE EXACT SAME MOLE ON HER CHIN AS TOMURA THIS ENTIRE TIME WTF. am I just the least observant person who ever lived lmao
lol wtf
ground: [randomly starts exploding]
Deku: âONE FOR ALL IS BEING ERODED!!!â LOL IS THAT WHATâS HAPPENING HERE, OKAY THEN. Iâll take your word for it
yâall I cannot fucking get over this âAFO growing out of Tomuraâs hip socket like a fucked-up ventriloquist dummyâ shit though
you do realize that absolutely no one can take you seriously right now, right?? itâs important to me that you know this
WHATâS THIS NOW
seems like SOMEONE has had it up to here with a certain SOMEONE ELSEâS bullshit lmaooo bye Felicia
I SAID GOOD DAY!!
you guys why is he not dying!!
-- OH DAMN
love how Deku is just lying there like âYOU KNOW THOSE DAYS WHERE YOUâRE LIKE, THIS MIGHT AS WELL HAPPEN.â poor Deku
(ETA: where in godâs name is OFA Prime standing. why are my thoughts fully consumed by this lmao.)
are Nana and OFA Prime even doing anything?? why are they sticking their arms out like that. wait hold up is this all a big metaphor for the back-and-forth going on between Tomura trying to steal OFA and OFA being all âactually no you canât, please enter your password and click on all the boxes with bicycles in them to prove youâre a human firstâ?
OH SNAP OFA PRIME SAID NO THANKS
âSORRY BRO WEâVE ALREADY MADE OURSELVES AT HOME HEREâ
I have only just noticed that metaphysical!Deku has the same scars as actual!Deku. and yet his arms are not currently broken! that doesnât really seem consistent to me but whatever!! maybe he saved right before the boss battle, that would be smart of him
anyway, thatâs great and all that OFA Prime is here helping out, but I really wanted to see Nana fight AFO in a one on one though so Iâm a bit disappointed. also why is it only the two of them?? where are Banjou and the others. of all the times to be sleeping on the job
FOR FUCKâS SAKE, THIS MAN
WOULD YOU STOP. WOULD YOU JUST QUIT IT ALREADY
oh shit hold up
doesnât this confirm that the reason he wanted to transfer his power to Tomura is because he believed it would make him strong enough to finally take OFA because of Quirk Singularity? jesus christ. and here he was so sure of himself. but it turns out he doesnât actually know shit! you canât just fucking take OFA like that ya dingdong thatâs not how it works
(ETA: SO, A THOUGHT -- is there any sort of subtle hinting here in the way that he words this? âif your strength is combined with mineâ, as opposed to âif my strength is combined with yoursâ? no idea if the admittedly-so-small-as-to-be-almost-inconsequential distinction between those two sentences exists in the original Japanese or not, but I find it very interesting that the English wording implies that heâs the one adding Tomuraâs strength to his own, rather than vice versa.)
now heâs insulting Deku!!
excuse me sir WHO ASKED YOU anyway. and never mind that being consumed by an, AND I QUOTE, âunquenchableâ rage is your protegeâs whole THING, and that he also needed your help to avoid being burned to a crisp a short while ago. where do you get off I swear
(ETA: also just want to point out that in the panel before this one he says that heâs been âwatching through Tomuraâ, which pretty much confirms that his consciousness or whatever is alive inside of him all the time. Tomura is definitely not getting rid of this guy any time soon.)
WOW
first he calls Kacchan useless, then he calls Deku a simpleton, and donât even get me started with Nana. just, you guys. this man is just... a very, very rude man
NOW OFA IS ALL âTHATâS EXACTLY WHAT MAKES HIM SUCH A GOOD PROTAGNIST YOU BUTTMUNCHâ AND OMG PREACH
âDESPITE HIS COMMON SENSEâ sdfkllk my man he already has one brother roasting him, take it easy guy
AHH WHAT
IS THIS BACK IN THE REAL WORLD
YEP
hahaha nice try Tomura
so Dekuâs all âI didnât lose my power! BUTâ and I assume the âbutâ is the part where his arms are still broken and shit, and meanwhile Tomuraâs body is almost healed up now finally
theyâre both wiped out and now AFO is again petitioning Tomura to let him take over goddammit
âyou wonât lose your mindâ yep, he sure wonât! scoutâs honor!! pinky swear!!
meanwhile Deku is getting fucking desperate flkjl;k my baby. and Machia is going to show up any second now too, probably. what else can fucking go wrong at this point
oh shit I shouldnât have asked
get ready to rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuumble, probably
OH MY GOD
WELL AT LEAST SOMEONE HERE IS HAVING A GOOD TIME. jesus
so as soon as he heard Endeavor was there he got all, âTIME FOR THE BIG REVEALâ, is that right? WELL JOKEâS ON YOU TOUYA, YOUR DAD DOESNâT SEEM ALL THAT CONSCIOUS AT THE MOMENT, SO THATâS GOING TO DRAIN A LOT OF THE TENSION FROM THE SCENE WHEN YOU GO ALL REVERSE DARTH VADER ON HIM AND HEâS ALL âZZZZZZZZâ
meanwhile Toga is having unsettlingly quiet angst
jesus christ Toga this is all we need right now
âWAS JIN-KUN NOT A PERSONâ sdkfjlk Horikoshi I swear. please have mercy on this fandom. this is the debate that refuses to die!!
but seriously ffs, the issue isnât that Jin deserved to die, itâs that the countless people whom Jin would have either directly or indirectly killed didnât deserve to die either. people donât only become people when you attach names and faces to them! we all loved Jin because weâd gotten to know him, but that doesnât mean his life was inherently worth more than the lives of all the people he would have killed. sometimes thereâs just no good answer
like, itâs just crazy to me that because the heroes are all âwe want to protect everyone!â but then arenât always able to do so because thatâs literally impossible, whereas the villains are all âwe donât care about anyone other than the select few people that we actually like!â, the villains somehow wind up getting the better PR. it just so happens that itâs infinitely easier to be loyal to the interests of a few people as opposed to ALL THE PEOPLE. like, no shit, itâs easier to stick to your moral code when you barely have a moral code. and so the villains can kill thousands and no one bats an eye, but if a hero fails to save even one person theyâre hypocritical moral failures. like what the hell
BUT ANYWAY, sorry to go off on a tangent there lol, itâs not really a big deal. Iâm just preemptively trying to stave off more discourse about it lol but who am I even kidding
anyways lol, but of course they wonât kill you unless they have no choice, Toga. but when it comes to catch-22 situations, itâs a bit much to infer that the heroes donât consider the villains people just because they opt for the choice that spares more innocent lives. I sure as hell donât want my babies out here killing people, but to say that they canât no matter what or else theyâre no different from the villains is just...
anyway so the chapter has now just ENDED, just like that!! on a shot of Ochakoâs face!
I SENSE ANOTHER THROWDOWN COMING. and it had better not be a total letdown like the last one! NANA BARELY DID ANYTHING HORIKOSHI, WHAT THE FUCK. I started out with such high hopes lol
but I will settle for Toga VS Ochako, and Deku VS Tomura: The Sequel: Shoutoâs Revenge! SPEAKING OF HEROES WHO HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT MURDERING PEOPLE lmao
#bnha 287#shigaraki tomura#all for one#shimura nana#midoriya izuku#one for all#lil bro when are you gonna get yourself a proper name so I can tag you#himiko toga#bnha#boku no hero academia#bnha spoilers#mha spoilers#bnha manga spoilers#makeste reads bnha#ofa the first
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Restless Rewatch: The Untamed Episode 19, part two
(Masterpost) (Other Canary Stuff) (Previous Post)
Warning: Spoilers for All 50 Episodes!
The Man Comes Around
Over at the Wen Indoctrination Tower, which seems to exist just to torture Lan Wangji with stair climbing, Lan Wangji is climbing the stairs. Too bad his cultivation level is too low to be able to just jump up. At least this time his leg isn't broken.
This is the first vengeful stair-climb in the show, but not the last. (Parallel gifset here).
The Wen guards are stationed all the way at the pinnacle of this tower to guard...what? Why are they not at the bottom of the stairs? What is this location for, actually? This is further up the stairs than the scenes with the indoctrination lectures. Anyway, it's been three months since Wen Chao threw Wei Wuxian into the burial mounds, so naturally these guards are talking about that exact thing as Lan Wangji approaches.
Lan Wangji knocks them all down with a blast from his guqin. Did you know his guqin is named Wangji, by the way? It is. A guy who is that lazy about naming his quqin maybe shouldn't feel so superior to a guy who named his sword "whatever."Â
(I'm suddenly remembering a plush lamb I had as a child, whose eyes were orange, that I named "orange eyes.") (I, however, was three. And I had a lot of plush lambs. Little ones. Grown-ups found it hilarious to give them to me.) (Native speakers of English can probably guess what OP's real name is. Hint: it rhymes with Canary.) (Everybody else: there is a kid's rhyming song called Mary Had A Little Lamb. OP's name is Mary.)
Anyhoo, after Lan Wangji is finally finished with his dramatic entrance, Jiang Cheng comes flying in from wherever he's been hovering for the past 20 minutes of stair time. A bunch of Lan sidekicks also flood into the frame from wherever they were hiding during the wide shots of LWJ on the staircase.
In case you hope that CQL Lan Wangji is as much of a top (offscreen) as MZDS Lan Wangji is (on the page), here's a gif for you.
(more after the cut)
He uses the patented Lan string attack to choke this guard. Lan Wangji doesn't have to hold a guqin string in his hands to choke someone with it. He doesn't even have to tighten it, judging by how absurdly not-tight this string is.
Or maybe this guy is choking on the chin strap of his helmet. This is exactly how OP's son reacts when OP sticks a bike helmet on him. (Note: it's GOOD that they are following choking safety protocols on set. Very good. However, they could have just left the string out and pretended, and it would look better, in this instance)
The Wen guard tells Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng about the whole "thrown into the burial mounds" thing. Â Team Let's Find Wei Wuxian is not happy to hear this.
A Vengeful Ghost
Meanwhile, in some Wen office somewhere? Where the hell is this? Yiling, we get an ominous shot of the rooftops where Wei Wuxian is lurking and then we see Wang Lingjiao trying to sleep and having a nightmare.
Wang Lingjiao has gone to sleep with a full face of makeup on instead of washing her face before bed. She has forgotten the important maxim, Go To Sleep Pretty, Wake Up Zitty.
She leaps out of bed to go cling to Wen Chao and freak out about Wei Wuxian's ghost. Wen Chao is trying to read the sports section and has clearly had enough of this crap. This has presumably been going on for a little while now.
Wang Lingjiao is in a new outfit, which is...pajamas? It has the feel of a 1930's French peignoir set, and it's much more softly colored than her usual bright red-purple combo. If this is her pajamas is it weird that her day clothes are a lot more aggressively sexy-looking than her nightgown? A freak in the streets but a lady in the sheets.
Wen Chao rants about the Sunshot Campaign and talks some smack about Wen Qing, and then leaves to go to the bar and watch the game with Wen Zhuliu. After he leaves Wang Lingjiao freaks out for a bit and then looks at the notice he was reading.
The notice basically says that the Sunshot Campaign is kicking their ass. She should be proud for inspiring the name of the campaign with that kite-shooting bullshit she made up at Lotus Pier. Before slaughtering everyone.
No Matter What You Do, I Only Want To Be With You
Back at the Indoctrination Tower, Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng are having feelings about Wei Wuxian. Jiang Chang does all the talking but Lan Wangji's thoughts are louder because a sad violin is playing Wangxian while they talk.
Jiang Cheng tells Lan Wangji about their meetup plan and says he thought WWX had dumped him to go find Lan Wangji in Lanling. Lan Wangji telepathically indicates that this didnât happen. This means two things: 1. Lan Wangji has been hanging out in Lanling, where Jiang Yanli has been hanging out, so maybe they have bonded over the past 3 months and 2. This is the first time Jiang Cheng has talked to Lan Wangji since Wei Wuxian disappeared.Â
Much as my fic-loving heart would like to believe these two spent three months on the road together looking for Wei Wuxian, in fact they are both important high-level fighters in an active military campaign, and Lan Wangji was busy taking back the Cloud Recesses while Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian were having elective surgery. They probably both were assigned to the "Indoctrination Bureau" mission and this is the first chance they've had to talk about Wei Wuxian.
Is it heartbreaking that, while Wei Wuxian was helplessly getting his ass beat because he'd sacrificed his golden core for Jiang Cheng, Jiang Cheng believed Wei Wuxian had abandoned him for Lan Wangji? Yes. Yes it is.
For some reason Jiang Cheng is hesitant to believe that Wei Wuxian really was thrown into the Burial Mounds. I mean, I understand not wanting to believe Wei Wuxian is dead, but given that Wen Chao is the dude who oversaw the massacre of all of the people at Lotus Pier, including kids, why would Jiang Cheng think his guards are wrong? Maybe he just feels like Wei Wuxian is invincible, since so far he kinda has been.Â
The Sword is Mightier Than Not Having a Sword
While they've been chatting, the Lan disciples have found their swords. One disciple is holding Bichen (LWJ's sword), Sandu (JC's sword), and OP consults wiki Suihua (Jin Zixuan's sword). Another disciple is holding Subian (WWX's sword). Â
Jiang Cheng grabs Sandu while the Lan disciples, who apparently know their gongziâs heart, offer Wei Wuxian's sword to Lan Wangji.Â
Lan Wangji takes Subian (Bichen: What am I, chopped watercress?) and immediately tries to draw it. Like you don't do. It's sealed itself, which apparently means that it's upset. It's unclear if it's upset because Wei Wuxian is dead or if it just misses him, however. Â
Lan Wangji definitely misses him, and wonders, out loud inside his own head, where Wei Wuxian is. Um, he's in the Burial Mounds, dude, they just told you. Well, I guess he's actually in Yiling proper at this point, haunting Wang Lingjiao as he promised her he would.
Twa Corbies
The scene shifts to Qinghe, where there are about 12 dead bodies lying around, which in this show means that there are really a few hundred. In fact, per Jiang Yanli's statement "nothing can be seen but corpses covering the plains." The camera can't see most of them, is all.
Wen Xu's head is hanging in the doorway, and the Jins talk about how Nie Mingjue killed him, cutting his head off with just one swing. Is this foreshadowing anything, like perhaps someone else's head being cut off by Baxia in just one swing? Nope, definitely not.
A couple of crows are perched on a body, totally not eating it, but Jin Zixuan gallantly zaps them with a talisman to make them fly away anyway. It might be noteworthy that nobody used to use talismans but gradually more and more people are using them - particularly people who have spent time with Wei Wuxian.
With mony a lock of his golden hair-o, weâll theek our nest when it grows bare-o
Asshole cousin Jin Zixun says âscavenger rights,â so Jin Zixuan puts him in charge of collecting all the bodies.Â
Since OP just finished watching fur-collar-happy Nirvana in Fire, these crows look to me like they are wearing luxurious fur collars. Where OP lives, crows are not this fancy.Â
A Romantic Corpse-Filled Interlude
Disaster het Jin Zixuan goes to help Jiang Yanli get out of the carriage but she rejects his hand just like he rejected hers back in Gusu.
Jiang Yanli is extremely shocked when she sees Wen Xu's severed head, and turns away in horror, preferring to calmly rest her eyes on dozens of crow-pecked corpses.
Jin Zixuan tries to comfort her and she tells him she'll be going now, thanks for the hospitality. He tries to say that he has to personally deliver her to a representative of the patriarchy one of her brothers, but then one of her brothers shows up.
Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng arrive, having presumably flown there from Qishan. They show that they are flying by blowing a fan on the ground and then jumping off of a box, which is better than the effects we were subjected to earlier in the episode.
Jiang Cheng rushes over to have an emotional reunion with Jiang Yanli, while Lan Wangji rushes over to have an emotional reunion with Wen Xuâs severed head. Jin Zixuan kind of spoils it for him by talking about Wei Wuxian's absence while Lan Wangji is trying to have a moment.
The whole time Jin Zixuan is talking to him, Lan Wangji appears to be gazing into the middle distance but in fact he is staring at Wen Xu's severed head. This is the guy who led the burning of Cloud Recesses, killed a bunch of disciples, and personally broke Lan Wangji's leg. Lan Wangji stares at his head for more than a full minute before glancing away.
Jiang Yanli hasn't seen Jiang Cheng since they were in Wen Qing's clinic, and she is happy he's recovered. When she asks about Wei Wuxian he gives her the bad news in the classic Jiang fashion, which is to say nothing, but look stricken until your interlocutor figures out that something is horribly wrong, but not precisely what.
Four Angry Men
Inside the fortress, Nie Mingjue is slapping the table and saying, this bad boy can hold so much resentment and vengeance. They're having a mini war council and we're getting a better sense of Nie Mingjue's anger management problem. Note for those who don't get the gif reference: this is a The Godfather joke, not a sex joke, but it can be both, if you like.
We're also getting a little more info about Baxia, who seems to be eager to go fight even without anyone wielding it. (Her? Him? Them? do swords have gender? I don't know). Well done, person below the camera frame whose job is to rattle Baxia in a menacing manner.
They've got a giant model of the battle targets, which looks like it was carved out of real rock (I mean, as much as any of the rocks on this show look like real rocks) and has its own table and everything, decorated in Nie colors. Where was this before they took Qinghe back? Has Nie Mingjue been traveling with it?Â
Anyway, I'm assuming Nie Huaisang made it, because it's pretty nice. Hopefully they will keep it around for tabletop gaming after the war is over.
Jiang Cheng is upset but is using his anger management mantra to help control his temper while Jin Zixuan and Lan Wangji talk with Nie Mingjue.Â
Lan Wangji talks by leaning forward meaningfully, mostly not by using any words, but he asks for a battle assignment and Jiang Cheng immediately joins in. They both want to go find Wei Wuxian.Â
Nie Mingjue says Yiling is too difficult of a target, but Lan Wangji puts on his determined face, which is apparently very persuasive. Â
After Team Find Wei Wuxian leaves, Nie Mingjue asks Jin Zixuan to hang back so he can ask him how Meng Yao is doing. This is the first time he finds out that his ex didn't go to Lanling. Jin Zixuan tries to delicately remind him that Dad's got, like, SO many bastard children, they really don't have space for all of them. Nie Mingjue dismisses him immediately and abruptly.Â
Nie Mingjue might invite the straights to his party but he isn't interested in actually socializing with them.
Unconditional Soup is Only for A-Xian
Jiang Cheng can't sleep, and takes some time, now, to be sad about Wei Wuxian. Presumably he spent the prior 3 months being mad, not sad, because he really thought he just buggered off without saying anything for all that time. Which is sort of fair, but sort of not. One thing about these two bros is that for as close as they have been and as much as they love each other, their mutual understanding has some big, messy gaps.
Fortunately while he is feeling sad, Jiang Cheng does not try to draw Subian from its sheath, because wouldn't THAT be awkward.
Jiang Yanli can't sleep either, and comes to sit with him. Jiang Cheng feels bad that she's wearing herself out with worry and she says "As your sister, I have nothing to do but to worry about you." Jiang Yanli isn't one to complain but she doesn't like being inactive or helpless. In Lanling she was far from the war, but now that she's in Qinghe she'll make herself useful by tending the wounded, and later she'll help Jiang Cheng shoulder his responsibilities as he takes over the Jiang clan.
At the moment, however, all she can do is fret and make soup. As she gives Jiang Cheng a bowlful she reminds him that he absolutely has to rescue their brother who has, according to his captors, been reduced to bone dust.
With all the impossible shit that Jiang Cheng is expected to achieve - and in many instances, does achieve - he is absolutely the embodiment of the Jiang Clan's motto. Fuck his father for disrespecting him because he hadn't figured out how to do everything by the age of 16.
Definitely Not Chilling in Yiling
Back in Yiling, Wen Chao is hearing the news that the Qishan Indoctrination Bureau has fallen and that he's being called back to Nightless City. Wen Chao says he shouldn't need to go back because his dad has a new right-hand man. That new right-hand man, we will eventually learn, is Meng Yao. Wang Lingjiao, meanwhile, is hiding under the bed covers and deciding it's time to dump Wen Chao.
She locks the door and goes to pull out her jewelry box, which is locked and hidden under the bed. Maybe this is Wen Chao's jewelry box, because she acts kind of squirrely about opening it. Upon opening the jewelry box, she doesn't find jewelry but a pair of bloody fake eyeballs staring at her. Â She screams and freaks out and then the wind picks up and we hear the sound of a flute, playing the "I'm here to fuck your shit up" tune that Wei Wuxian likes.
Wang Lingjiao runs to the door and pulls down the protection talisman that's pasted above it, and pastes it directly to her chest instead, which is, we will learn in the next episode, the worst idea she could possibly have at this point.
Then she uses a poking stick to go flip the jewelry box open and finds it's full of ugly-ass jewelry again, plus an improbable number of weird round paper-mache biscuits that have been painted gold. None of this jewelry looks anything like the exquisite accessories people wear in this show, which means this stash was put together by the practical effects department, not by the costume department.
Anyway, Wang Lingjiao apparently thinks she can sell this fakeass stuff for a good price, so more power to her. But then we get a short glimpse of the menacing eyeballs again, this time on the floor, having moved out of the box and brought their little blood pool with them. Screeching ensues.
Next episode: Lady in Red!
Soundtrack: Twa Corbies, by Steeleye Span
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did i miss something or when did Hestia tape loopsâ face back together? i would read the heck outta that
Hello anon! One of my first fics was called Blood On the Ice, and it was about Remus getting injured in a game when he got hit in the face with a stick. It ended before I went into specifics about the recovery, so hereâs a sequel to clarify! Hope you enjoy! Sweater Weather credit goes to @lumosinlove!
TW for blood, bruises, swelling, mentioned panic attack (previous fic)
âEasy, Loops,â Hestia murmured as she carefully taped the gash on his lip. He clenched his jaw to suppress a wince, but that just made it hurt more. His whole face throbbed with pain and he really couldnât feel where she was touching him anymoreâhis left eye was completely swollen shut, and the right was on its way to join it.
âNo concussion, right?â he managed around his puffy lip as she pulled away.
âNope.â
âDidnât think so.â Remus tentatively prodded his cheekbone and flinched at the swollen heat. âOh, ouch.â
Hestia batted his hand away and handed him an ice pack. âDonât poke it, dummy! You know better.â
âI do. Thanks.â
âDrink water. Iâm going to get a snack and then load you up with tylenol, alright?â
âSounds good.â His jaw was starting to ache from moving it so much, and he still tasted blood whenever his tongue touched his lips. The TV was too far away for him to make out much more than vague shapes, but the reddish blobs seemed to be doing well. âAre we winning?â
âYep. Sirius is one away from a hat trick.â
âReally?â
âMhmm.â Hestia pressed an open packet of goldfish into his palm. âYou can still chew, right?â
âYep. Teeth all feel fine, itâs just myâŠâ He gestured to his general facial area and she laughed.
âGood to hear. Eat, youâll feel better.â
He cracked a smile, or at least his best imitation of one. âHey, thatâs my line.â
Hestia kept a running commentary on the game like the absolute angel she was while he ate and took his medicine, then changed out his ice pack and made sure he didnât accidentally fall off the PT table as he laid down. âIf you wake up with anything more than a moderate headache, or if you start feeling nauseous, tell me immediately. No toughing this out, Remus.â
He gave her a look out of his less swollen eye. âCome on, H, Iâm the last personââ
âYou are the first person who would try to shake off a stick to the face.â She flicked him playfully on the shoulder. âIâm not falling for any of your bullshit.â
The relief was instant and magnificent as she guided the ice pack over the upper half of his face once again. âYou are literally my favorite person ever.â
âThatâs the tape and Tylenol talking. Take a nap. Iâll wake you when the gameâs done.â
âNo, you wonât.â
âTrue. You need rest, so go to sleep.â
He felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and settled back against the soft pillow, letting the rustling sounds of her moving around lull him into drowsiness. The smell of the PT room was familiar and comforting, if a bit different than before; he couldnât smell much, though, so it may just have been in his head. Easy does it, Loops, he reminded himself. Youâre going to be fine.
The panic attack had been embarrassing, to say the least. His shoulder was completely untouched, but the adrenaline and dull ache radiating through his head set his whole body on fire. His nose still pulsed with pain if he concentrated too hard.
But Hestia had been kind, and careful, and smart. She worked quickly, taping up the scrapes and his split lip before feeling for any breaks. She gave him another piece of gauze for his nose, though he didnât really need it. First rule of PT: keep the patientâs mind off their injury. When he started hyperventilating again, she stopped working and held his hands until it passed.
Something warm laid heavy in his palm when he dragged himself back to the land of the living; his vision was still blocked out by the ice pack, but he could tell it was someoneâs hand. âYouâre the best PT,â he said, giving it a squeeze.
There was a low laugh. âIâd be a terrible PT.â
âSirius? Hey!â Remus tried to smile, but stopped as soon as his face screeched in protest and the cut on his lip began to sting. It was at a horrible in-between point of numb and prickly still. âHey, baby, did we win?â
âWe did.â
âDid you get a hat trick?â
âNo, I was one off.â He folded his other hand over Remusâ and rubbed his fingers gently. âYou sound like you have a cold.â
âJust my nose. And cheeks. And everything else.â They both laughed and he waved toward his face. âCould you take the ice pack off? I wanna see you.â
Sirius paused. âThereâs no ice pack, sweetheart. Your face is just really swollen.â
âOh.â
âDid Hestia do a good job?â
âOf course she did,â Remus scoffed. âSheâs Hestia.â
âTrue. Did you lose any teeth?â
âNot even one. My only badge of honor is a face full of bruises.â
âItâs quite the badge,â Sirius said under his breath. One of his hands disappeared and Remus felt something brush his cheek a moment later; he turned into it, pressing against the familiar warmth. âCan you get up? I think we should go home.â
âYeah, for sure.â Sirius gently held on to his forearms as he sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. Remus stumbled a bit when he stood, but Sirius was steady and pulled him close to his side.
âAlright, this way.â
âIs Hestia in here?â Vague shapes of light made their way into his vision.
âIâm over here,â she said, touching his elbow.
âYouâre the best PT ever.â
âThanks, Loops.â He could hear a smile in her voice and gave her hand a quick pat.
Two steps later, Sirius let go of him. Startled fear bolted through Remus; the world wasnât much more than black and blobby colors, and while the floor was solid beneath his feet, he had no guide wall. âSirius? Whereâd you go?â
âShit, sorry.â His hands returned to Remusâ arm and waist in a smudge of motion. âI was just opening the door.â
âDonât let go, please,â he said quietly as they walked into the hall. He was tired, in pain, and completely disorientedâhe didnât want to be alone as well.
âHey, Loops, howâre youâholy fuck.â Kasey. Rapid footsteps and a new blur of lighter colors came closer. âShit, man, are you alright?â
âNever better.â There was a beat of silence and he sighed, reaching out to smack Kasey on the arm. âYou guys can stop talking about me while Iâm right here, you know. Iâll be fine in a couple days, tops.â
âYou do realize half your face is taped together, right?â
âItâs not halfÂââ
âItâs enough,â Sirius and Kasey said in unison.
âHestia said two weeks.â Sirius wrapped an arm further around his waist and began walking again. Not having peripheral vision was making Remus dizzy and he pressed a hand to Siriusâ chest.
âSlow down a bit, babes.â
âSorry.â A door opened up ahead and he heard a few new voices whispering.
Remus sighed. âHey, guys.â
âHey,â James said tentatively, drawing out the word. âYou okay?â
âIf one more person asks that, Iâm going to throw something,â Remus grumbled. âYes, Iâm fine, just bruised.â
âDo we need to go beat up that rookie?â
âPlease donât, Iâm sure it was an accident.â
âAlright, drive safe.â
One, two, three, four hands landed on his shoulder as the group walked past, murmuring well-wishes and clearly sending Sirius looks. He caught a flash of red and some blondâFinn and Leo, and maybe Kasey if he hadnât left. The last person was just a blob, but Remus didnât have the brainpower to play âGuess Whoâ with all the brunets on the team.
The cold of the outside world was a welcome reprieve; he took a deep breath and let the chill soothe his skin, lacing his fingers with Siriusâ as they crossed the parking lot. âSorry Iâm so slow,â he said as the carâs lock clicked.
âYou donât have to apologize, mon loup,â Sirius half-laughed. âIâm just glad youâre up and moving.â
He carefully buckled his seatbelt and leaned his head back in the seat. âI look like a mess, donât I?â
âPretty much. Youâll heal, though.â
âThanks for being honest.â He fumbled a hand over the gearshift and rested it on Siriusâ thigh.
âSugarcoating never helps. Do you want your ice pack?â
âYou carried it?â Remus asked, surprised. Sirius turned his hand over and placed something cold in his palm. âThank you.â
âNe rien.â There was a shuffle, and then the soft brush of lips over his cheekbone.
âKissing it better?â Remus teased, pressing the blessed cold against his eye.
âAlways.â
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Letters | War-tober #18
Description: âRead it to me?â When you speak your voice cracks with disuse.
Fandom: Band of Brothers
âšPairing: Ronald Speirs/Reader
Word Count: 1.9k+
Warning(s): None.
     âWe ainât get any letters for a while nowâŠâ OâKeefe breaks the tepid silence without thought, as if he doesnât spend every moment not filled with gunfire spiraling with dread.Â
âNope,â Perconte says around his toothbrush.Â
You squint up at the white sun, then close your eyes and chase the colors dancing behind your eyelids. It is a dull pain that takes the edge off the darker thoughts prowling the corners of your mind. The acrid smelling smoke rising from the cigarette in your right hand fills your nose, and you flick it so the ashes crumble, then are taken by the breeze.
Germany is peaceful. Spring is melting the frigid countryside bit by bit and when the wind picks up, you donât shiver anymore. It is the type of cold like shade on a summer day, not something bone chilling and desperate--a reminder of the dead.
The birches planted along the road sway while the countryside takes another long breath, their leaves flashing silver under the pale blue sky, and you watch this marvel of nature without comment, utterly still.Â
"You think they'll come in soon?" OâKeefe asks.Â
âNope,â Perconte responds again.
"Well, I hope they do," O'Keefe barrels on with an optimistic lilt to his voice.Â
This is the final straw for Perconte. He pulls the toothbrush from his mouth and braces his forearm on his knee. "Why? Got a dame back home to get ahold of? O'Reilly?"Â
You let out a sharp breath from your nose. No matter how much the replacements bother you, they always seem to drive Perconte the furthest up the wall. Everyone's lost their fuses since Toccoa, the Krauts have gone around the circle with scissors halving them. Discipline helped you survive Sobel, but you've traded that, along with your patience, in for the reflexes and nerves honed only in battle.Â
You are not so different that you are unrecognisable as that paratrooper who spent that night of nights praying to god for mercy over the English Channel, but you are changed, like that person you were before was nothing more than a cast, and now the common Easy Company soldier is poured and forged of iron.Â
O'Keefe seems to consider Perconte's question, then after a moment he fumbles over his answer. "...Yes?"
Perconte turns sharply towards you. "Now that's a lie if I ever heard one."Â
You are tired, the memory of the fear you felt in that flying fortress enough to drag your heart down until it is barely beating. You bring the cigarette dangling loosely from your fingers up to your lips and take a drag to try and calm down. "Leave the kid alone, Perco," you mumble.Â
Annoying as he is, O'Keefe is right about one thing. You haven't gotten a letter for a very long time. Not just because they haven't been delivered, though. Nobody's writing anymore--not even your parents. It's not that they don't love you, but you think that they've already finished mourning you.Â
Everyone back home, they've made peace with never seeing you again. Whether you die today or live tomorrow, it wouldn't make a difference to them because you'd still be gone. They've moved on, not for any fault of yours or theirs, it's simply been too long since they've seen your face.Â
This is just one more thing that drives the wedge between the common Easy Company soldier and replacements deeper. There is this deep, ugly resentment that seizes your heart and fills your mouth when you watch those boys walk around as if they are still loved, while you know in your body that you are not.Â
Whatâs worse than that is that the funny thing the men have been saying is right. Germany is the best you've had it this whole war--better than France, or England or even your own Toccoa. Germany is the closest you've felt to home since you stepped foot on the train that dragged you away from it.Â
Perconte clicks his tongue at you, then sticks his toothbrush back into his mouth, the bristles nearly flat from use. "Take that fuckin' thing outta your mouth," you grouse.Â
"Not everyone wants to rot their teeth with them cigarettes," he defends halfheartedly. Squabbling is a comfortable pastime you've honed.Â
"Perco,â you shoot back, âyou're one annoying sunnuvabitch."Â
"He's not that bad!" O'Keefe is quick to jump to Perconte's defense, and the sound of his voice makes annoyance pinch in your gut.Â
Both you and Perconte round on OâKeefe at the same moment. "Shut up!"Â
Nobody shuts up. O'Keefe keeps talking about home like it's down the road, Perco keeps sniping at him, his sharp words flying right over the replacement's head, and you take another drag from your cigarette, then stare down at the mud between your boots. Fuck, you wish you had a letter to read.Â
Gravel crunches under foreign feet, and all three of you glance up as Captain Speirs walks past in that dangerous, prowling way he does. He doesn't look at you, but the sight of him churns your stomach--just not in the same way it makes Perco gulp nervously. Everyone in Easy has gotten a little more comfortable around Speirs (Bar Talbert, who tries to compare him to Winters every chance he gets, only to disappoint himself), but the air still changes when he's near. It is the shocking cold feeling of being alert.Â
You wait till Speirs disappears from sight, then put your cigarette out in the dirt and pocket it, fed up with your current company. âIâm gonna go sniff around for some food,â you say before standing abruptly and stalking off in the same direction you last saw Speirs.Â
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He's in your thoughts more often than not.Â
When you're staring down at the puppy chow the cooks serve you, when you're shivering under your thin blanket watching the stars, when youâre washing your face in a bucket of dirty water, when you're pressed up against your fellow soldier being shelled to bits, more often than not he's in your thoughts.Â
Speirsâ face is leagues better than the last one you were stuck on (your neighbor's while he waved you off to war, two years older than you and a college boy, too smart for you anyways).
"Sergeant." You nearly jump out of your skin when Speirs' voice rings out from the dark alley to your left. He steps into the light, emerging from the liquid darkness like he is born from the obscurity.Â
You startle for a moment, your hand settled over your stuttering heart, then you close your eyes. "Sir."Â
Speirs hums quietly and says your name then, cradles it in his mouth before the affection bleeds through the syllables and your chest expands with warm breath and something else--some emotion entirely too strong for you to name.Â
There is a delicateness to his features that seemed foreign until you traced it for the first time with your fingers, learned that he tastes of the same liquor you and your pals pass around the fire.Â
Now when you think of Speirs, of that low camber of his voice, of his dark eyes as he watches you, his long eyelashes and the bow of his lips, there is no danger. You are as familiar with him as you are yourself.Â
âRon,â you utter, voice unchecked.
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In your memories, it is morning. The winter sun is struggling to peak over the horizon and the dawn is a solemn blue-gray, as if it is afraid to break the silence. You are afraid to break the silence as well, as you pull the covers off your naked legs and take in your first breaths of wakefulness.Â
The radiators have no such qualms. It is so quiet you can hear the house whispering with each breath it takes, and then they click on all at once and the house is filled with the sound of that comforting rumble, a promise of warmth.
You make your way through the house, bare feet sticking to the cold hardwood floor, and you hear your father in the kitchen, fussing with the coffee pot. There is something sacred in the mundane, in the everyday. This moment in time will live with you forever.
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You spoon the warm beans into your mouth and close your eyes. Eating this meager dinner feels better than anything ever has before after two days without, but there is an exhaustion that sits right behind your eyes now--always.Â
âWeâve got it better here than weâve had it anywhere else. Isnât it kind of bullshit?â Luz gripes from beside you.Â
You are sitting at the top of the steps of some shop front, leaning against the awning. Luz and Johnny are cramped in beside you, and Cobb, Liebgott, Malarkey and Jancovek are sitting below you. Liebgott is resting his back against your shins, you can feel the warmth of him through your pants and when he shifts, his shoulder blades knock against your knees.Â
You donât pay much attention to anything said after that. The night is turning dark and the silver clouds obscure the stars from sight. Faintly you wonder if the Germans feel the same way you do, or maybe theyâre more upset because now they are fighting in their own country.Â
âHey,â Liebgott says suddenly, shifting so your legs move with his weight. âAny of yous got letters to read?âÂ
The question makes your heart twist painfully. Youâve lost your appetite.Â
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Despite how hard you fight it, when given a moment of respite your thoughts, without fail, turn homeward. You are no longer in Germany, aware of krauts or guns and bullets, but you are a child and the smell of food cooking in the kitchen fills your nose. You are a teenager tripping over the shoes in front of the door, late once again to meet with your friends.Â
You are unaware of the world, laying on the hardwood floor with stripes of sunlight shaped by the windows across your bare skin. The window is open, the breeze smells like baked asphalt and grass. A dog is barking. The leaves on the tree in your frontyard shimmer and flash like scales.Â
Your mother calls your name.Â
Your father laughs.Â
Speirs sighs, and you blink your eyes, suddenly staring at the cracked ceiling of someone elseâs childhood bedroom.Â
Night falls quicker than youâre used to in this part of the world. Candlelight bounces off a pile of silver in the corner and is alight in Ronâs dark eyes.Â
He is sitting up, back against the headboard, the blankets around his waist as he stares at a letter he received today.Â
You huddle into the quilt, curled up in your side. You trace the lines of his face with your eyes before your attention drops to the letter. There is a bitterness in your mouth you bite back. A loneliness--a longing you cannot control.Â
Home.Â
You think of your home.
âRead it to me?â When you speak your voice cracks with disuse. You clear your throat before repeating the question once more, only with less confidence.
Ronâs eyes flick to you and he regards you for a long moment before his eyes soften with something like empathy, something like love--and maybe those two things are in practice, the same.
He clears his throat and begins narrating the letter from his mother without much inflection, though in just hearing the kind words of a mother you can pretend to feel the love of one. And with that you close your eyes and slowly, slowly drift to sleep to the sound of Ronâs voice filling the gentle darkness, traveling out the window and into the night--warm like candlelight and soft like the shade of a tree in springtime.
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Kidnapped by Baby Yoda pt. 3
Pt. 1 Pt. 2 Pt. 3
hey guys pls lmk what you think and be honest!!! thank you so much for 80 notes holy fucking shit wowieÂ
It's weird one day you're assisting teaching a class to a bunch of miscellaneous alien children on nevarro hating your life, and the next you're stuck on a ship with a mandalorian and his foundling who inexplicably decided he needed you to come.
âI'm going to talk to him today kid, believe meâ you said to the lump of wool perched on your knee. Mando was out doing maker knows what, and you were left alone with the little guy like always. His big eyes gazed at you dubiously as if to say suuuuure. The amount of judgmental bitchy energy he could produce sometimes was astounding. âNo really, i've been living here for what, uh 3 weeks maybe? And all we've really said to each other was the initial greeting and uh the exchange of names?â The last part trails off as you realize you don't even know his name. You said yours but he responded with telling you to call him Mando. So you didn't push it. You dont know alot about mandalorians considering they are almost extinct and their beliefs are often made to seem like folklore. But you do know that individualism and identity is not something particularly celebrated. So you decided to leave the amount of information he wants to share with you up to him out of respect. So far that's been none. âSo, kid, how'd you break through his shell? He likes you?â the child just blinks unhelpfully. âI mean you never talk to him, but i've tried that and we saw how that wentâ literally radio silence from him. You don't particularly think of yourself as an extrovert who constantly needs interaction but you do need some. And currently you have the kid as a companion and if you didn't know any better you'd say Mando was a droid with how he acts. You also resolved that you needed to help out more. Basically you were a glorified babysitter and the idea that Mando was going to realize that he was better off without you on his ship as deadweight terrified you. You were a good cook, I guess you could say, but Mando always brought food back with him when he went out and then would hide in his room to eat in privacy. So that's not very helpful. The main thing that you could offer him was medical help. Back on Nevarro growing up you were the youngest of three older brothers. And considering your mother wasnt really in the picture, you had to take up the doctor role for the amount of fights three older boys could get into. You knew how to treat basically any external damage and how to sterilize and limit risk of infection. But how would you ever bring that up to mando if you guys didn't even greet each other in the mornings? Sometimes you would try to talk to him with something as simple as âgood morning!â or âwelcome backâ or ânightâ or even just a simple âheyâ sometimes he would bless you with a monosyllabic grunt but never anything more. But hey, you would take what you would get. After a week of this call and no response bullshit you kinda gave up and have spent the last two weeks in silence other than your episode this morning with the âgood morningâ fiasco. You feel your mortification settle back into your stomach at the fool you made of yourself. âMaker above, mando must hate me.â sometimes you wondered if he regretted asking you to come. But he doesn't really seem like the type of person to let you stay if you annoyed him. âOk bug, here's the plan. What im gonna do is i will say hey when he comes back, sound good?â you look for confirmation from the creature and he gives you a slight tilt of his chin. Satisfied you continue, âand i will uhm say good night and good morning every day until he responds or tells me to shut up.â you finish with a huff of breath. This will either end with you finally finally getting to have real human interaction or left on some random ass planet god knows where.    Â
Mando makes his way back to ship feeling the pebbles crunch beneath the heavy sole of his boot. This planet was a desert planet much like nevarro, he wondered if you missed home. Mean no shit she's probably homesick dumbass he thinks its not like he was doing anything to make the ship feel welcoming. Like talking to you. But you made the ship feel like a home for the kid and that's more than he could ever want. You probably didn't realize how much what you were doing meant to him. You made the kid happy, you were giving him something that mando never could, a mother figure. Mando tried his hardest to be what he thought was a father for the kid but it was hard. He had to go and work and it wasn't safe to bring a kid so he was often swept around to different planets and left for hours by himself waiting for mando to come back and it was hard on mando. But you, now you were there. And the kid was always safe with you. He should probably teach you some self defense he thought considering how dangerous being associated with him was especially considering you needed to protect the child. But honestly, mando had no idea if you knew how to protect yourself, you might, space is a dangerous world. He only knew that you were a teacher but that was it. Slightly alarming that he implicitly trusted you without any prior knowledge of you or your credentials. You could be a bounty hunter assigned to kill him for all he knew, or to steal the kid, but you probably would have done that by now. Mando didn't know what made you trustworthy to him. You just were. And that terrified him.Â
You're sitting in the cockpit with the child pretending to fly the ship as he gurgles happily in your lap. you giggle at the little guy and make finger guns and pretend to shoot an imaginary monster outside the window, âi'm the most fearsome bounty hunter in the guild,â the child lets out a particularly loud noise at that, âuhhh yes i am dont laugh at me, i am feared far and wide across the galaxy,â you tickle his sides with that one. youre so into playing with the kid you don't realize mando was back and is staring at you from the entryway to the cockpit. âYou think i could take on your daddy, bug? You think it'd beat him in a shootout? Huh?â you say with your fingers poised and ready at the window.
âNot a chance,â says a deep voice that vibrates into the floor. You let out an embarrassing startled shriek and feel your heart do twenty somersaults and settle in your feet. The child screams at the interruption and immediately wiggles out of your grasp and waddles to Mando giddily.Â
âI-i i was uh joking, really i was,â you stutter out cringing at the incredulous tone your voice comes out as. Remembering your resolve to talk to him you continue on even though you feel like you might throw up your breakfast from nerves. âHe misses you during the day,â gesturing to the child, âso i pretend to be youâ you finish realizing that sounds super fucking creepy, âwell not like- you- like- you, but i pretend to like uh pilot the ship and uh shoot um things?â you ramble lamely. A huff sounds from the mandalorian and if you allowed yourself to think wishfully it was laughter.Â
âDoesn't surprise me. Before you he came everywhere with me.â you feel your eyebrows raise. Everywhere? Shit.Â
âMust've been difficult to complete jobs and have to keep track of him,â you say nodding your head towards the little lump of brown wool. Mando offers you an affirmative grunt before setting the child down and turning on his heel towards the fresher. So that was an improvement, you think. Got ten whole words out of him. You feel a grin split your face. Hopefully this means you are past the dancing around each other relationship. And maker above, his voice, wow. If only you could wake up to that every morning. Deep and melodic. You wonder how deep and gravelly it sounds in the mornings. Or how your name would sound tumbling off his lips in pleasure. Nope. not going down that path. That is NOT platonic thoughts. You literally had your first conversation with him since the first day you met him and you're already thinking about that? Seriously pull yourself together. You don't even know what he looks like, or how old he is. Like what if he's like 70. And really ugly. What if your having sex dreams about someone like your grandpa. Ew. Your face contorts at the thought of Mando looking like your grandpa. Okay gross stop. You need to get to know him. Have civil conversations. Push down the gross thoughts. Even if his voice sounds like honey. And home.Â
You're sitting in the chair behind the pilot seat reading a random book Mando left out on the scattered floor. Its some type of mechanical manual so its truly riveting. Note the sarcasm. The child's asleep, and seeing as though mando is cooped up in his room this book is better than twiddling your thumbs mindlessly. You decided that if you were going to stay on mandos ship you should at least try to pick up some mechanic skills. Better than the rudimentary at best you had at the present moment. You knew how to fix blatant errors in engines and how to reconnect wires if the instructions were explained thoroughly and very slowly. Okay maybe you didn't really know anything past engines. But that was better than nothing? Kinda? You sigh closing the book after rereading the same sentences about pre-imperial versus post-imperial hyperdrives. Maker what was the difference? The both made the ship go super fast or something? Was that the hyperdrive? You shook your head feeling the thought start to culminate into a downward spiral of what a hyperdrive truly was. You looked around the cluttered hull and decided that you should probably occupy yourself by cleaning up the mess. Mando might appreciate it, it'll also make you less of a deadweight on the ship. It was crazy how much shit one man and his child could accumulate on one tiny ship. You don't think you had ever seen this many small metal bowls in one place. The stack currently in the corner probably contained about 12. In what universe would 2 creatures ever need the same bowls 12 times. Well you guess now it's three. The thought filled your chest with a balloon of warmth only to be popped by the realization that you weren't part of the little family mando and the child were. At best you were a business associate. The kids stand in caregiver. Babysitter.
 The realization that you didn't have anyone to call family at your disposal fell heavy on your shoulders. Sinking you into the corner of the hull. You dont think youve ever felt more alone. In the cold corner of the hull with a hand pressed to your chest in an attempt to quell your ragged breaths. Like a small raft cast into the oceanic expanse of space. If you drowned, who would notice? Certainly not your family, they were maker knows where, probably light years away. You didn't even know what sector you were in anymore. What would your father think of your decision to leave nevarro? You hadn't seen him in a while but you remembered the way his eyes crinkled when he smiled. And how he would hug you after a long day. Hold you like you were still his little girl. The craving for a warm embrace from a solid body slammed into you with all the force of a meteor. Leaving you stunned and lost. You briefly wondered how mando coped. How did he deal with the overwhelming feeling of loneliness? How did he leave his guild? Did he miss them? Were they like a family? Did he think about them often? How did he cope with the lack of touch? Or did he not think about it at all? Did he not need it? Was he so disconnected from the world through his beskar that he couldn't remember the feeling of someone's fingers on his skin? Etching a path with the searing heat they exuded. Hearing approaching footsteps you attempt to pull yourself together. Regulate your breathing, get rid of tear tracks and lose the flush coloring your face. You could do this. As he rounded the corner he stopped. You peered up at him from your curled up position on the floor and offered him a smile that felt unconvincing even on your lips. He tilted his head slightly at you and made his way cautiously to where you were. He bent slightly and offered a brown leather clad hand to you. For a second the only sound heard was the faint crackle of his breathing in his helmet. You could see him faltering. Here he was offering you comfort in your clearly distressed state and you were pointedly ignoring it. You laced your fingers with his and nearly doubled over from the strength he exuded into pulling you up. As soon as you were fairly steady on your feet you marveled at your hand shocked by the warmth creeping through the leather of the glove permeating into your palm. He sighed, a deep release of tension from his shoulders followed. âWhat's wrong?â he said, his hand still lazily grasping your fingers. You looked at him, what was wrong?
âHow do you do it?â you said echoing his words from your first meeting to him. his thumb dragged a slow line along your wrist. When he didn't respond you added, âhow are you okay with being alone?â if you could see his face you would say he looked taken aback. He released your hand.
âI'm not.â he offered. Confused as to which question he was answering you remained silent hoping to prompt him to continue. He started again, âI'm not alone, not truly. I have him.â he gestured vaguely to his sleeping quarters where the kid slept. He rubbed the back of his neck,Â
âAnd neither are you.â
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(My Very Own) Top 20 Sterek Fics
Here is my very own Top 20 Sterek Fics (out of order)
For me, these fanfictions are a âMUST READ NOW!!!â kind of deal. These authors have so much talent, itâs incredible. These stories are just marvelous and deserve LOVE ! So, I decided to share them with you.
Iâve read most of these fics several times and some of them are even my bedside table books (with Harry Potter and the Prisonner of Azcaban and Jane Eyre)
So here we go!
1:Â Enemy Lines by @qhuinn -Â 150k - Explicit - Dystopia - Enemies to friends to lovers - Action/adventure
This is the story of werewolf Derek Hale and human Stiles Stilinski: two people who grew up in the same town but completely different worlds, their realities split by the war between men and wolves.
Years later when Derek returns to Beacon Hills, he does it as Alpha of a military pack on a mission to capture those responsible for the regionâs resistance. With his main objective, Sheriff Stilinski, out of sight, he settles for the next best thing: his son, Stiles.
Neither of them suspects theyâll need to trust each other if they want to make it out this alive.
2:Â Actions Speak Louder than Words by @isthatbloodonhisshirt - 435k - Explicit - The BEST and slowest burn there is - Spark Stiles/Mute Derek - Friends to Lovers
âI apologize.â The cop finally looked back up at his face, seeming thrilled. âItâs justâitâs been so long. And we finally have you.â
That was a bad word. Not found.
Have.
Stiles wrenched his hand free and took a step back, but before he could even think up a gameplan, he felt a prick in his neck and jerked away, reaching up to slap one hand against it and twisting in the same moment.
One of the others had come up behind him while he hadnât been paying attention, and his vision began to swim even as his eyes caught sight of the half-empty syringe the guy was holding.
3:Â Radio Tower by @hyperlittlenori - 130k - Explicit - Dystopia - Hope - Slow Burn/BuildÂ
Everything was different. The world he knew was gone. Itâd been a long time since heâd started thinking he was probably one of the last humans on earth, that out there the only sentient beings were those that would devour him whole. He wasnât sure why he continued with the radio broadcasts, continued to talk into nothingness. The only explanation was that there was a spark of hope in him yet that he wasnât alone. The lonely safety Stiles has built around an old radio tower in the middle of nowhere is about to be broken. Stiles isnât sure if Derek is a harbinger of chaos or hope at the end of the world.Â
4:Â The Hollow Moon by @thepsychicclam - 180k - Explicit - Fix-It - Memory Loss - Slow Burn/Build
It's the summer after Stiles' first year of college, and he's working a crappy job and dealing with nightmares and anxiety - but he's okay, he swears. He makes it through most days without too much trouble. Then, a certain werewolf comes back into town. Which Stiles doesn't care about, nope, not at all.
After two and a half years, Derek returns to Beacon Hills with his small Pack. Though he tried to move on, something just kept drawing him back to Beacon Hills, he's just not sure what. Now, he figures he can start building something like a life - but he keeps getting distracted by Stiles Stilinski of all people.
5 : Amor Fati by @alocalband  - 43k - Explicit - Consent is sexy - First Time - Fluff & Angst
When Stiles gets thrown into the bank vault about twenty minutes after him, Derek isnât even surprised.As it turns out, neither is Stiles.
6 : (not so) Pure Imagination by theroguesgambit - 33k - Explicit - Shared fantasies - Angst with a happy ending - hotdamn!Â
"There is a world where whenever someone fantasizes about you, you can physically feel it, but you have no idea who is thinking it about you."
Stiles knows it's wrong, but he's been Fantasizing about Derek and he can't bring himself to stop. Derek doesn't know who's taken an interest in him, but he's enjoying it way more than he probably should.
7: What I Did On My Summer Vacation by grimm - 119k - Explicit - Wolf!Derek - Slow Burn/Build - Friends to Lovers
There's something weird about Beacon Hills that Stiles can't quite put his finger on. The way everyone in town knows his name the day he arrives. The way they insist the melancholic howling that echoes through the forest every night is just a dog. The way his dad denies getting a dog, even though Stiles comes home to find one sprawled across his bed, some big black thing whose eyes gleam red in the right light. The way that massive oak tree out in the woods vibrates under his touch, pulsing with sickly life.
There's something weird going on in this town, and Stiles is determined to get to the bottom of it.
8:Â Stand Fast in Your Enchantments by @devildoll - 77k - Explicit - Captivity - Feral!Derek - Angst with a happy ending
"Stiles knew damn well what a pissed-off wolf sounded like, and every hair on the back of his neck was telling him that somewhere in this room was a very pissed-off werewolf." An AU in which Derek is feral, Stiles is magical, and they eat a lot of fast food.
9 :Â What Fresh Twilight Bullshit Is This? by @isthatbloodonhisshirt - 196k - Explicit - Soulmate - Slow Burn - MisunderstandingsÂ
âI am not Bella!â he insisted, shaking his fist angrily at Jackson, as if heâd been the one to suggest he was. âI am not Bella! I am, like, a Jacob, at least!â
Lydia made a noise of debate from his right and he whipped around to look at her.
âWhat?! What was that sound?!â
âYouâre more of a Mike,â she insisted, shrugging neatly and flipping some curls over her shoulder.
âWhaââ Stiles had never been so offended in his life! âI am not! No way! I am a solid Jacob!â
âMike,â she argued.
âWhoâs Mike?â Scott asked.
âShut up, Scott!â Stiles insisted, pointing a finger at him but still glaring at Lydia.
10 : taste your beating heart by @cinematicnomadâ - 112k - Mature - Pack Dynamics - Slow Burn/Build - Stilinski Family Feels
Something was wrong in Beacon Hills. Derek was halfway across the country when he felt a call to return to his hometown, and somehow Stiles had been talked into letting the werewolf stay in his guest bedroom. This could lead to nothing good.
11 :Â between the click of the light and the start of the dream by @thepsychicclam 105k - Explicit - Pack Dynamics - Getting Togheter - Fluff & Angst
A twig snaps, and then Stiles hears breathing and the rustle of leaves. He strains to get a better glimpse into the darkness, but itâs pointless. Thereâs nothing but a black void.
It's Stiles' senior year, and he's trying to concentrate on normal things - like the lacrosse championship, spring break, prom, graduation (and definitely not Derek) - when he starts having nightmares and waking up in the middle of nowhere. Oh yeah, and he's being haunted by a hag. Great.
12: And You Say You're Alone by taelynhawker - 30k - Explicit - Pack Dynamincs - Bad Friend Scott - Romance
Between the kanima, the Argents, and Peter's untimely return from the dead, everything has fallen apart. Stiles and Derek try to put their lives back together once the crisis has passed. Stiles deals with the aftermath of being tortured, and the distance growing between he and Scott. Derek attempts to become a stronger alpha and keep his pack safe, and that includes Stiles.
13: Trust Fall by Stoney - 144k - Explicit - Body Swap - Hurt/Confort - Slow Burn/Build
Stiles is fairly certain that a case could be made for every bad thing in his life coming back to Peter Hale. This time it's pissing off a powerful witch, who retaliated by swapping Stiles and Derek a la Freaky Friday, because sure. That makes sense. Um, there are GPAs on the line, not to mention the whole thing where his dad wants to shoot Derek on sight. Except who he sees as Derek is actually Stiles, and Stiles did not sign up for filicide.
Great. Wait...does this mean he's the Alpha until they figure this out? Holy. Shit.
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Derek had stood in front of the bathroom mirror for a few minutes trying to control the panic as he saw himself as Stiles. As the loud mouthed human friend of the pack. He was going to kill Peter. He was going to kill the witch, then he was going to kill Peter. Maybe even resurrect him again just to kill him all over.
They were going to have to play this cool. They would have to stay calm and focused. Which is of course why the universe threw him into this situation with someone who physically couldn't be calm and focused.
Of course.
14:Â Gravity's Got Nothing on You by @zosofi - 84k - Explicit - Fake/Pretend Boyfriends - Humor - Romance
âThree weeks,â Derek says.
âStill donât want to,â Stiles says.
âIâll pay you,â Derek says, and that⊠that has Stiles interested. Alfâs Antiqueâs may be a great job, but itâs not a high-paying job, and half of Stilesâs tuition is coming from financial aid, soâŠ
âHow much,â Stiles asks, âare we talking here? Because I know your family, dude. And itâll be kind of awkward after.â
âMy family thinks youâre some sort of fucking gift to the world,â Derek seethes, like heâs jealous, âtheyâll probably be pissed at me when we break it off, so donât worry about that. Five hundred bucks.â
âA thousand,â Stiles says, because screw ethics. Also, the Hale family is loaded. Derek can deal.
15:Â Every Step You Take by @nokomiss - 49k - Mature - Magic - UST - Secret Feelings
Stiles accidentally ends up magically bound to Derek. Itâs super.
16: Baking My Way Into Your Heart by theSilence - 179k - Mature - College AU/Coffee Shop AU - Slow Burn/Build - Friends to Lovers
Derek is an uptight college student, all work and no play. His carefully scheduled life is thrown kilter when his regular barista is replaced with someone new.
17:Â Windows by @drgrlfriend - 83k - Explicit - Blind!Stiles - Friends to Lovers - Found FamiliesÂ
Derek has a new neighbor who won't stop looking.
Excerpt:
âYouâre blind,â Derek said flatly, the anger draining from him so suddenly he felt almost woozy. His vision cleared, his claws sliding back into blunt fingernails.
âThanks for the memo, genius,â the kid said acidly. âI can still fucking defend myself, so donât take another damn step.â
âFuck, I...Iâm sorry,â Derek stuttered.
âWhat?!â The kidâs brow crinkled. âI mean â what?! Youâre fucking sorry!?â His lips thinned into a harsh line. âWhat, is this some kinda Hallmark movie where youâre discovering the error of your ways because you donât want to rob a blind person?! Thatâs fucking condescending, man. Iâll have you know that ââ
âJust, wait.â Derek interrupted what was apparently the start of a convincing argument as to why he should rob the kid after all, feeling his head start to spin. âThis is â itâs a misunderstanding. Iâm â Iâm not robbing you. Youâre â youâre safe, okay? Iâm taking three steps back. Just â just let me explain.â
âExplain why you came busting into my apartment? Yeah, go right ahead, man, I canât wait to hear this epic tale.â
18 : Just to See You Again by MellytheHun (@loserchildhotpantsâ) - 15k - Explicit - Love Letters - Getting Together - College AUÂ
A sterek college!AU where writing student Stiles specializes in love letters, runs a blog about it and can be commissioned to write love letters on behalf of lovers who are at a loss for words.
He makes some cash, heâs good at what he does (especially when he gets to be a little more explicit in his letters), it pays for his textbooks and thatâs all heâs really looking for and life is fine. That is, until someone anonymously commissions him to write a love letter to mathematics student, Derek Hale.
19:Â Chasing Slumber by @hyperlittlenori - 21k - Explicit - Post-Nogitsune - Porn With Feelings - Fix it
Stiles finds solitude and a glimpse at recovering from his ordeal with the Nogitsune in a dingy motel far from Beacon Hills. Inhuman blue eyes follow his silent struggles in the darkness of the room and he can no longer pretend to sleep, pretend he hasnât been profoundly changed by all that has happened. He can only let his fingers stretch out across threadbare but clean sheets and clench around them, in a failed attempt at not reaching for Derek.
20 :Â the thread is ripping by @thepsychicclam - 36k - Explicit - Pinning - Angst with a happy ending - Flashbacks
Stiles is 27 now, with a masterâs degree and a career and a house and a serious boyfriend and a life in San Francisco that doesn't include Derek. But then Stiles unexpectedly shows back up in Beacon Hills, and Derek would recognize that scent anywhere.
If you are interested, feel free to check out my Sterek Fic Recs Collections on A03.
On this lovely note, happy reading guys!
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