#if anyone would like to talk to me about things uh pleas

[elssero]

/ MASKED

-elssero kintober

-ghostface!dabi x reader, college au!, loser!dabi, costume party, mentions of alcohol and drugs, bathroom sex, unprotected sex, actually really cute, dabi is insecure:. maybe a tiny bit ooc, but it's very cute.

a costume party? what a bore. there's a small itch in the back of your head- a silent plea. telling you to just go home- end the night early.

you were supposed to be studying tonight, a huge test was right around the corner and you knew you needed the extra hours looking over the content.

you couldn't help yourself when your roommate barged into your room an hour earlier begging you to join her and her friends. you deserved a break? right? you'd spend the entire day going over course work and a few hours wouldn't hurt?

rushing to get dressed and leave at the same time as her is a challenge but you refused to show up by yourself- far too nervous to even think about it.

your costume- if it could even be considered one is just a little pair of black cat ears, paired with the first matching outfit you pulled from your wardrobe.

the music in the house is far too loud for your alcohol levels- finding yourself next to an assortment of drinks layed out on a table. eventually finding your drink of choice. you turn around to talk to your roommate after what had to be only a few seconds to find her completely vanished-

great.

studying the crowds around you for a second- not finding any familiar faces you decide to make your way outside- recognising who you think to be a girl from your english class.

"oh hey!- sorry your uraraka right?" your silently hoping that she accepts your attempt at conversation seeing as you can't find anyone you actually know.

"uh yes i am?" she looks at you puzzled for a minute and you internally curse yourself for expecting her to recognise you-

"oh wait i know you! you sit behind me in english right? yn?" oh thank god.

"yes that's me! i'm sorry for barging into your conversation like this but my roommate quite literally disappeared on me." she only smiles at you in return-and your incredibly grateful.

"no don't worry about it! uh- if anything i'm glad you ran into me! i've been meaning to talk to you about what we're doing in class right now-" she rubs her hands together as she talks- clearly a little nervous.

"i'm struggling to fully understand what the professor wants us to do with this assignment thing-but you seem to get it pretty well? i was hoping you'd maybe explain it to me?" you flash the girl infront of you a teasing grin before asking for her number-promising you'll send her a text tomorrow so you guys can find a more appropriate time to meet up and discuss your project.

"hey um- do you know that guy over there? the one in the mask?" the girl points at a man with dark hair as she eyes him up suspiciously. "he's like- totally staring right at you- it's actually kind of creepy.."

you follow her line of sight and your immediately uneasy- his costume seems to be put together at the last minute, much like your own. but to say the vibe he gives off matches the mask would be an understatement.

despite his eyes being completely covered- his stare sends shivers up your spine. "uh- i'm not sure?"

"it doesn't look like you have much time to figure it out- he's heading this way." okay- this is fine. it's probably just some frat guy trying to be creepy.

uraraka doesn't stay by your side to figure it out- she leaves with a wink and a hushed good luck and by the time you turn around your face to face with the masked stranger.

"uh- hello there?" you try not to sound as nervous as you feel it's hard with the way he looms over you.

he seems to catch the nervousness in your voice-chuckling before he speaks- "sorry- did i scare you?"

his voice- despite the rasp is far nicer than you would've expected, the tease in his voice is evident.

"didn't mean to make you nervous- just wanted to introduce myself." you can't see the smirk on his face but you can hear it. "i'm dabi"

"i'm not nervous. just drunk- and on high alert." the he moves closer- you feel more at ease after hearing his name, certain you've heard it before.

"what'd say we head back inside- get something to drink."

a part of you wishes you'd said no- but you didn't. you allowed to him take your hand and lead you back inside. you let him fix you up some mixture of drinks that for the record tasted better than anything else you'd had to drink tonight and you'd let yourself relax- spend time with him.

the touches of your waist hadn't gone unnoticed- the way his hand lingered on yours when he passed you a cup- his arm looping around your shoulder when men approached- he seemed to like the game.

you however- we're getting sick and tired of the game. the heat pooling in your stomach was only growing with each of his little touches. enough was enough.

you grab his hand, forcing him to follow you into the first empty room you can find before you shut the door- locking it quickly behind you.

"woah pretty- what's going on? you okay?" you can't tell if the concern in his voice is false or not- but the way his hands grip your waist indicates he has ulterior motives.

your not the kind of person- you don't have one night stands- especially not with strangers, strangers whose faces you haven't even seen.

but with dabi it feels different- almost as though you can't help it, not with the heat growing in your core.

finding it difficult to find the words- instead opting to run your hands along his arms- hooking them together around his neck.

"what're you doing?" there's a laugh- a joke in his voice that completely contrasts with your seriousness-

"do you want me?"

it seems to stop his movements- the small circles he was tracing on your waist come to a hold and for a second you think you've got the wrong idea- "are you crazy?" he lets out a chuckle "of course i fucking want you"

"then what's taking you so long" it's said with newly found confidence.

"you haven't even seen my face?" some may take this as judgement- but you can tell there's more to it-something hidden. "¡ don't care" those three simple words seems to shock him.

"how?- how can you not care?" it's weird how within the hours that you've spent with the man you haven't felt the need to see what he looks like- it just feels right. "what you look like doesn't matter- jus' want you"

"fuck- baby are you sure?" his voice is strained- laced with a mix of hope and confusion. his hands begin to dig into your waist.

"yes- yes i'm sure" pulling him towards you by his neck- bringing him closer "need you- please-"

"okay- okay baby i got you-" he feels insane- crazy. to have somehow ended up so close to you, with your hands around his neck.

he'd been holding back- of course he has. he'd wanted you for as long as he can remember-you'd never know of course, that he'd had a silly crush on you for weeks.

you hike your clothes away from your lower half-exposing yourself, he has to take a second to double check he's still breathing before he shoves your underwear to the side-

he runs a finger across your slit- the dampness evident "fuck- baby your soaked." his pace is slow-

"your such a tease- been doing it all night" he lets out a chuckle at this "m'sorry- c'mere let me make it up to you-" before he slides a finger in before adding another. "oh-fuck" he slides his fingers in and out, keeping a steady pace "gotta prep you- gotta have you cum on my fingers first-"

he changes the angle slightly- fingers hitting a different spot "oh-oh" he takes notice of your reaction- increasing his pace "you like that?" you can't answer him as well as you'd like- he takes the increasing volume of your moans as a yes- "you gonna cum on my fingers pretty?"

it seems that the "yeah- just like that- let it go" you feel it coming- a release in your stomach before it happens- your cumming "dabi- fuck!"

he halts- seemingly staring at you as your mouth drops- listening to your moans as they leave your mouth-"you think you can go again?" there's an eagerness in his voice- one you can't refuse "yeah-yeah i wanna go again"

you grap at him- hand running over his bulge- not being able to waste a second before you take it out-trying not to seem shocked at the size. "wanna feel you-"

you go to take him in your hand before his is around your wrist- halting your movements "shit- baby don't talk like that"

"please- want it" and he groans- a low, deep sound.

"and i wanna last more than ten seconds-" he says it breathlessly- barely touched and he's already losing his mind.

he aligns himself- tip hitting your folds and you hear another deep moan from behind the mask."oh fuck-baby"

it's weird how intimate it is when he slips into you-moans mixing together with ease- your head falling back as he bottoms out.

"fuck- oh god." he moves against you without rhythm- instead it's desperate, rushed. "you f-feel so good"

it's unpracticed- but god does it feel good, it's like he's wanted this forever- the feeling is rubbing off on you"d-don't stop-"

"feel good baby?" he sounds cocky, and you can't even blame him because it does feel good "yeah-feels good"

it doesn't take him long before he's unraveling "fuck-think i'm gonna cum" he can't be blamed- he has wanted this forever. "it's fine- i'm protected" the sentence seems to enlighten something in him- his thrusts get faster- more uncontrolled "holy shit"

"fuck are you sure?" you wouldn't normally- but something about him just feels so right, so you let him.

"fuck- you can cum in me- it's okay" it's all the confirmation he needs before he's completely lost-blinded by pleasure "fuck baby- m'cumming!"

his face falls- landing in the crook of your neck, in the mist of his pleasure he doesn't notice how his mask gets caught in your hair- tugging it away from his face- falling to the ground with a loud thud.

you don't notice it either- not until you've came down from your high. he moves his head away from your neck- a loopy smile on his face as your eyes catch his, clearly still coming down from his own high.

it's not until he notices that your jaw has dropped-eyes wide when he thinks something might be wrong- he goes to speak- to ask if your okay before you beat him to it.

"touya?"

in an instant his eyes are blown even wider than yours- he wants to move, terrified of how you'll react know that you who he really is.

"it is you! i knew i recognised your voice" he blinks at you- your voice doesn't seem laced with any sort of malice, if anything there's a touch of excitement "oh god i hope this doesn't make class awkward."

this can't be right- surely not. why do you seem so calm about this? "uh- are you okay? you seem kinda out of it?"

"what's going on?" he seems kind of lost for words."why aren't you weirded out?" his frustration and confusion only makes you giggle.

"well- i've always thought u were cute, all quiet and mysterious." you give him a smile before continuing.

"this is a win for me."

he again- doesn't reply to you, instead looks at you in shock as you tidy yourself up, drunkly giggling to yourself as you do.

"hey uh- how about we get a ride back to my place, pick up some food on the way?" he can't fathom this- how cool you seem to be, how calm.

"uh- okay? sure." he's losing his mind he thinks, fixing himself up he lets you take his hand, dragging him out of the random bathroom you'd found yourself in.

you remind silent until you've dragged him all the way out of the house, fumbling your way to street while you wait on an uber "your kinda stupid touya- a cute stupid."

he fidgets with his fingers- but he doesn't fight the smile that appears on his face. "whatever- your paying for your own food."

[a-killer-obsession]

Pretty Boy [Killer x Reader]

🔞 MINORS DNI 🔞

You get more than you bargained for when Killer is dared to let you take photos of him in some special jewellery. Inspired by this post.

CW: sub!killer, afab reader, smut, use of horse crop, light bdsm, praise kink, oral sex (giving and receiving), p in v sex, creampie, face sitting

WC: ~3.5k

Masterlist || A03

“Okay Kil!” Quincy slurred, wobbling in place in a drunken haze, “Your turn! Truth or dare?”

“I never agreed to this game,” he grumbled, taking a long sip of his drink with the straw that threaded through a hole in his mask.

“What, you a fuckin’ coward Kil?” Kid laughed. Killer made a small growl-like sound under his mask and relented, nobody was calling him a coward.

“Fine, dare,” he replied. Quincy squealed in delight.

“You gotta let [y/n] dress you up and take photos!” She clapped, chuffed with herself.

“Quincy!” You snapped back at her, almost choking on your drink in surprise.

“Ah, ah,” she tutted, waggling a very drunk finger, “remember that jewellery you found last raid?”

Fucking Quincy, she was right, Killer would look so fucking good in it, but she was absolutely also doing this because she knew you had hots for the first mate.

“Hang on now, what are we talking?” Killer asked nervously.

“Don't worry baby, I won't make you take the mask off,” you replied, trying to feign confidence but at the same time really fucking anxious about this whole thing, “but you gotta take your shirt off, to show off the jewellery of course”

Killer grumbled as he thought about it. It was clear to anyone with eyes that under his usual selection of probably too small t-shirts that he was sculpted like an Adonis, but he wasn't as confident with his body as the other commanders. The others would happily walk around naked if given the chance, while you could only get a glimpse of his bare chest on the rare occasion he went swimming. For you though, maybe he could let himself go. He'd long since accepted his attraction to you, not that he'd ever admit it to anyone. Fuck, maybe he was a coward. “Only [y/n] sees the photos?” he asked, though it was more of a plea.

“Fineeeee,” Quincy whined, giving you a look that absolutely translated to ‘you fucking owe me’.

“Okay,” Killer relented with a heavy sigh.

“Atta boy,” Kid smacked him on the shoulder, “look at you, so brave”

“Shut the fuck up Kid,” Killer grumbled.

“So uh… what am I wearing?” Killer asked, sitting nervously on the edge of his bed. The two of you were still a little tipsy, but anxiety had certainly sobered both of you a great deal. Both of you thought maybe you could avoid this altogether if you waited long enough for Quincy to forget, but she was having none of that, grabbing the jewellery from the girl's bunkroom herself and shoving you both towards Killer's room, fuck she was strong when she's drunk. You lifted the piece of jewellery from it's box, long interconnecting strings of fake diamonds that formed a sort of harness. He looked at it with a hitched breath, that thing was gonna barely cover anything.

“Shirt off, Massacre Soldier,” you ordered with faux confidence, fiddling with the harness to figure out the best way to get it on him, “I'll have to help you get it on”

“Oh… okay,” he took a deep breath and pulled his shirt over his head, throwing it towards his hamper. Fuck, he really was well built, with a thin blond happy trail and smooth, very lickable chest. You shook the distraction from your head and approached him with the harness. The crystals glinted in the light as you walked, Killer taking deep calming breaths to keep himself steady.

The easiest connection was the neck, so you attached that first, Killer having to hold his great mane of hair out of the way as he sat sideways on the bed and you knelt on the mattress behind him. Next was his back, your fingers smoothing over his chest and leaving goosebumps as you searched for the clasp, finding it with a small ‘ah huh!’ and pulling it around to clasp it in the middle of his back. The last clasp was at his hips, and his breath hitched as your hands followed the single line of crystals that ran down his front to where the remainder of the harness sat pooled in his lap. Clasps successfully located, you brought them around to fix them at the small of his back, swathes of crystals falling over his hips.

You stood to admire the finished product, which fit Killer like a glove just as Quincy had predicted. There was a line around his neck, which connected to one long line that ran all the way down to his happy trail. Over his chest the lines cupped under his pecs, connecting at the back and fastened to the neck at the sides of his pecs, with two additional lines that ran from the center to the top outer edges, framing his nipples. At his hips another line ran around him, and from it on either side were multiple draped lines of crystals that sat loosely over his side, though right now they awkwardly caught on his jeans.

“I gotta lower your jeans a little,” you hummed, and Killer's chest started to go red. You smirked, how could someone so attractive be so shy about his body? It was adorable, really, and gave you a boost of confidence knowing how flustered you were making him.

You pulled him to stand, and looked into the icy blue eyes you could see through the holes of his mask as you removed his sash and unzipped his jeans, hooking your fingers into the waistband of the pants and his briefs underneath and lowering them till they sat just above his cock, the deep v of his muscles and the well trimmed blond mass of pubes now exposed, pale against his tanned flesh. His breath was haggard as you stepped back and admired him, satisfied now that the crystals were able to hang against his bare skin. Now how to pose him?

“On your knees, soldier, arms behind your back,” you commanded. Normally he would have replied with a growl, only Kid had the authority to order him around, but he found himself dropping to his knees before his brain could protest the action, the drapes of stones on his hips making a flurried clicking sound as he moved. The sudden obedience surprised but pleased you, you were sure you'd gone too far with that request, but seeing Killer on his knees, his cock millimetres from exposure, his arms positioned as though he was bound, sent electricity straight to your core.

Before he could change his mind you grabbed the photo den-den and started snapping pictures. It was a polaroid style, only one copy could be made of each photo, no digital copies, as per the agreement you'd come to with Killer a little later. Something black under the corner of the bed caught your eye as you snapped photos, and his mask followed you nervously as you bent down beside him and retrieved it.

“Wow Kil, you're a lot kinkier than I took you for,” you smirked, examining the riding crop in your hand. Funny, there were no horses on board. You heard him swallow hard, saw the way his Adam's apple bobbed as he did so, mask fixed on the item in your hand. Caught red handed, curse the rocking of the ship for knocking it out of place, he should have done a better job of checking his room before allowing you in. “Now is this for use on others, or for use on you?” you asked as you whipped the tool, making a whistling sound as it sliced through the air next to him.

“M-me,” he finally answered. The answer surprised and aroused you, you'd never had guessed in a million years that Killer was a submissive, but it was becoming painfully obvious, slick pooling between you legs the more you thought about it.

“May I?” You purred, and he nodded slowly. You pushed the tip of it against his chin, forcing it up and exposing his thick neck. You snapped a few more pictures of him like that before setting the snail aside, far more interested in this new entertainment now as a clear tent formed in his jeans, the very base of his thick cock now visible as the fabric shifted. You bit your bottom lip noticing the thin trip of hardening flesh, running the crop down his front, following the line of crystals. “Such a pretty thing,” you hummed.

His hand grabbed the end of the crop, moving it till the leather loop at the end pressed against his nipple, a small, barely audible, whimper escaping him from under the mask. “You want me to hit you there?” You asked with a raised brow. His mask moved as he nodded and let go of the crop, hand returning to behind his back as he braced himself. Hesitantly you pulled back, before smacking him lightly with the crop.

“Harder,” he pleaded. You pulled back again, hitting him much harder, leaving a fresh red mark over his nipple as you pulled it away. He let out a small pleased groan, his hips bucking a little, exposing more of his length. “More”

You happily obliged, alternating between his two nipples and laying hard smacks against them with the delicate tool, making him groan and buck more. His jeans finally gave way with one last buck, his fully erect and leaking cock now exposed and at attention. You swore under your breath at the sight of it, thick and long and swollen with need, a drop of precum beading at the tip. You ran the crop down his front, pausing above his cock hesitantly, expecting him to stop you, but he remained still, his hands back behind his back obediently, his mask fixed on you. You bit your lip and ran the crop over the top of his length, rubbing the leather loop against the leaking tip, smearing his precum. You pressed it to the base of the underside where his shaft met his balls, running it up the length, his cock twitching against the leather. “So fucking pretty,” you breathed.

“All- all for you,” he mewled, rutting against the crop. You couldn't take it anymore, you were practically dripping with arousal just looking at him, the harness sparkling under the bedroom lights as he tried desperately to get friction against the small leather tip.

You dropped the crop and rushed at him, pushing him to the floor and attacking his neck with your mouth. You made shallow bites, leaving welts along his throat and shoulder, the usually stoic first mate whining and writhing under you as your nails dragged down his front. You pinched his reddened nipples as you moved down, pulling needy sounds from him, biting and licking and kissing your way down his front, running your tongue under the line of jewellery. Finally you reached his weeping cock, repurposing one hand to wrap around his base while your tongue ran up the underside and lapped at the precum, rubbing over the sensitive tip with your wet muscle before taking him in your mouth with a pleased hum. He swore under his breath as you bobbed your head, using your hand to service what you couldn't fit. One of his hands wound into your hair and guided your speed while the other clawed at the rug underneath him, his back arching off the floor as you took more of him, till his tip hit the back of your throat and your gagging vibrated the sensitive flesh.

A thin string of saliva connected your mouth to the head of his cock as you pulled off for air, looking at him with a half lidded, lust-addled gaze. “So pretty,” you purred, running your tongue up the underside of his twitching cock, “so fucking pretty”

“Shit, [y/n],” Killer gasped as you swallowed him again, his hips moving on their own accord and making swallow thrusts into your mouth, “I'm gonna- fuck- I'm gonna cum- hnng”

The hand that wasn't pumping the base of his cock travelled back up his body, playing with the jewellery for a moment before pinching and pulling at his nipple again. He let out a string of curses and whines as his hand pulled tight on your hair, holding you in place as he thrust up into you and released thick ropes of cum down your throat, leaving a trail over your tongue as he pulled out. He collapsed flat against the floor, his limbs limp around him, his hair fanned out over the rug like a cape, the jewellery and sweat on his body shimmering with every heaving breath he took. You licked the dripping remnants of his cum from his cock, eagerly swallowing his load and licking your lips, the lewdness of it making him whine.

You stood and grabbed the snail, and Killer made no attempt to move as you took more photos of him in his euphoric state, his cock already half hard again at the open shamelessness of you taking photos of him after absolutely sucking any remnant of a coherent thought right out of him via his dick.

Not wanting to test the limits of the precarious situation, you gathered your few things and made for the door, but not before Killer could scramble to you, wrapping himself around your thighs, bare under the miniskirt of the dress you wore. You let out a surprised gasp as his hands travelled up your legs, groping at your plush flesh, his mask pressing between them as he looked up at you.

“Please don't go,” he begged, “let me make you feel good, please, I wanna make you feel good. I'll be so good for you, so good”

You put down your things and stepped back towards him, your feet either side of his legs as he knelt on the floor. He reached up to his mask and you held your breath as he removed it, looking up at you with those deep blue eyes, darkened and almost black with lust, and purple tinted lips that immediately went to work kissing and licking your thighs. You pulled your dress up and over your head, leaving you in only your bra and panties, and he hooked his fingers under the panties to slide them down, stepping out of them so he could remove them entirely. His mouth travelled up the inside of your thighs, moving up and up till he was nosing at your folds, his eyes still locked with yours till he closed his to delve between your legs. You moaned as his tongue ran between your folds, letting him support your weight with his hands on your ass so you could crouch a little to give him better access.

He grunted into your folds, unsatisfied with what he could reach, and he started laying back flat, pulling you down with him till you were straddling his face. You were powerless to his motions as he held you tight against him and ate you out like a man starved, his moans vibrating against your cunt and making you shudder. “Killlll~” you whined, one hand fisting his thick hair as he encouraged you to roll against him, grinding your clit against his strong tongue. “Yes, yes, yes, yes, so good, so fucking good”

He gave your clit a harsh suck, snapping your coil, your orgasm rocking through you as he supported your weight and kept you flush to his mouth. He let you go limp against his chest as your high passed, both of you panting heavy, Killer pressing kisses to whatever he could reach of your thighs, his dick back to full mast beside your face. You could smell his arousal, and you turned your head to make kitten licks against his cock.

“I wanna fuck you,” he panted against the soft skin of your inner thigh, groping at the flesh on the outer side, “need to feel you cum on my cock, please”

All you could reply with was a needy whine, doing your best to sit back up so you could shuffle your ass back down his body, the jewellery catching against your skin and tugging as you moved. You rubbed your slick pussy weakly against his erection, your legs jelly from your orgasm. In one swift movement he grabbed your hips and the back of your head, flipping you so you lay underneath him, protecting your head from hitting the floor while also winding his fingers through your hair. His mouth latched on to your throat, marking your skin as his hands travelled down your body, the draping sections of the jewellery over his hips hanging down and brushing over yours. They clinked and jingled as he rutt his cock against you, rubbing it against your clit, before his moving hands reached where your legs were spread for him and he took himself in his palm, lining himself up and plunging into you, sheathing himself to the base with one deeo thrust and needy groan. Your back arched as he knelt between your legs, holding both of your hips in a bruising hold as he started a desperate, brutal pace, making you cry out in pleasure and claw at the rug. Your hand ran up his front, playing with the harness, admiring the way it sparkled as he fucked you, you eyes travelling upwards to his unmasked face. His head was thrown back, blond hair falling around his shoulders like a curtain of gold, brows furrowed in concentration. His purple lipstick was smeared, no doubt coating the skin on your thighs and neck and between your legs, a glistening of your silk still coating his chin.

“So pretty Kil, such a good boy,” you purred, your thumb running over his lower lip. He looked at you with wide, hungry eyes, his tongue poking out and running up your thumb before taking the digit in his mouth and sucking on it, letting out a whine as his thrusts increased in speed and depth and his fingers left deep purple bruises on your hips. His hands only left them to pull down your bra, the last piece of clothing you still had on, taking fists full of your breasts till his hands moved back to your hips, watching your tits bounce with every hard thrust as he fucked you like an animal in heat on his bedroom floor.

White hot pleasure was running through your body as your orgasm ran dangerously close, and you removed your thumb from his mouth to claw at his forearms, long deep moans pulled from you as he felt you start to flutter around him.

“Cum for me, please,” he whined, “‘m so close, so close, cum on my cock please”

“You've been such a good boy Kil,” you panted, “gonna cum for you- gonna- fuck, fuck, I'm cumming”

Your back arched of the floor and you saw sparkles in your vision as you came hard, clamping down around him and forcing him to cum with you, already teetering so close to the edge before your walls started milking every last drop he had. He painted your insides white with his seed, his hips stuttering before they stilled, collapsing to hover over you, focusing the last of his energy into keeping his weight from crushing you till he had no choice but to pull out and roll to lay beside you on the floor.

You rolled to your side to curl up against him, his skin scalding to the touch from the heavy physical activity, sweat rolling down his skin and catching on the gemstones of his harness. You played with the threads of glass stones, running your hands under them against Killer's skin, enjoying the luxurious and rare view.

“Fuck, I've wanted to do that for so long,” he puffed finally.

“Yeah? Me too,” you hummed.

“Then why the jewellery? Why not just come out with it?” He panted, his head turning to meet your eyes with his. You hand travelled up his chest and neck until you could cup his sharp cheek, running your thumb over it, drinking in his unmasked face.

“Pretty things for a pretty boy,” you replied, and you could see just the hint of the corner of his mouth curling upwards. Before he could accidentally show you the smile he was so self conscious about, he rolled over entirely and captured your mouth with his, his tongue hot and dominating against yours as he pulled you to press flush against him.

“Your pretty boy,” he mumbled against your neck as he moved to attack it.

“All mine,” you smiled.

[lovelyyandereaddictionpoint]

Fury for the Living (1) | Yandere Ghost Detective

Cypher is a prodigy detective 

Officially on the police force now he’s been a raging force for unraveling piles of cold cases across the country

He was truly a talented man

Alas aspiring detectives and veterans in the field can only speculate what gives him such amazing insight in every case

They’d never guess what the ace up his sleeve is 

One of the sole factors other than his prodigious charm that made him the amazing detective he was

He could see ghosts

Apparitions, yokais, curses—you name it

Thanks to their undead input Cypher’s been able to piece together a case with nothing but a single clue

It’s his thing

It didn’t matter if he wasn’t exactly moved by justice

Or that he often hated that he had to speak with ghosts often

There was nowhere he could really go that didn’t have ghosts and the undead chatting and whining in his ear

Except for one place

An abandoned and rotted mansion in a restricted area in the forest

Or it was 

Until he found you

“Hm, I didn’t know anyone was still coming here.”

He outwardly groaned, facepalming as he prepared for your desperate plea to be help with their ‘unfinished business’

But you didn’t 

You smiled at him before skipping back up the stairs and through the wall

For a while, he’s just glad you didn’t bother him longer going back to reading his book

But then he’s pulling at his hair as the feeling he’s been ignoring hits him full force

“So what happened to you?”

“Huh?”

“Tch, look I’ve been comin’ here every day and you never say a word. I’m tired of you being polite. Just tell me already.”

“I…actually don’t know…”

“What.” 

“I just remember waking up and being….free. I don’t remember much else.”

It isn’t odd that the undead don’t remember

But not caring about it is another

For once he’s intrigued, so after a while he pries a first name out of you 

Then he begins his search 

Finding all the records about your life or death is completely scrubbed

“I don’t know that’s awfully weird ain't it?”

Similar to him, the prodigy police chief has no idea as well

Thus a weird bud of excitement blooms 

“I’m going to solve your case!”

“Uh okay, if that makes you happy.”

So he visits so much more often 

Having to talk to you about your past 

A past you don’t remember

So he elects to bring whatever he thinks might interest you

Along with taking note of what’s in the dilapidated manor

Rotten books, old gaming systems, some form of music, paints and pens

He gets to know you pretty well

“I think Cypher if I were alive again, I’d love to spend time with you.”

“...Really?”

“Yeah, you’re a real good friend.”

You have no idea what you do to him

He thought this newfound investigation would consume his mind like all good detectives had

But instead, he was thinking of you

Standing and walking beside him like you weren’t a ghost

Cutely tilting your head when he makes a joke you don’t understand

It sends blood rushing in places it hadn’t when he found out you could touch him

Casually tapping on his exposed shoulder to reveal a secret passageway

He used to complain to himself about how far he’d have to walk to get to his little place of paradise

But now he was complaining when the station was calling him in

“Hey (Y/n)...have you ever tried leaving the manor?”

“Mmm no.”

“Why not?”

“Never a reason to.”

“Then let’s try something new.”

He’s ecstatic when you can follow him into his car and eventually his apartment

But then he’s reminded of all the annoying nuisances that he was trying to avoid

“Hey everyone! Cypher’s all pooped out maybe we can give him a break?”

As if you were an exorcist all those ghosts seemed to understand 

Letting you organize them in the room over while Cypher locks himself into the bedroom

“You’re….amazing.”

“Oh thank you? I think you’re amazing too Cypher.”

“I don’t think you understand (Y/n)...I desperately want to marry you.”

“But Cypher you know I’m dead, right?”

“I can easily change that to be with you.”

“Cypher don’t!” 

Now he’s got to fight himself about solving this case

If he gets to the bottom of your death, he’d lose you

So he might stall a bit 

At least until he finds a small bit of evidence pointing to your death from a murder

“You were…murdered?!”

“Was I? That sucks.”

You’re right it sucks

And now Cypher’s motivated with one thing

Revenge

How dare some dirtbag kill you before he got to meet you?!

Put you in any amount of pain when you so easily are the light of his?! 

He vows that whosever is the cause of your death will pay greatly 

And he’s willing to put everything on the line to solve your case

I think I smell a series coming out of this 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[theywantedplayer]

sub jamie with "please kiss me" and "stay quiet" because trev is in the room next door?

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 “Your gonna have to be Quiet” you told Jamie 

Jamie was laying in bed with you sitting between his legs on your knee’s. Jamie just nodded, not able to trust his voice. You smile happily as you run your fingers down his chest stopping and running your nails over his lower abdomen making him squirm slightly. You giggled at his face the way it slightly scrunched up. Jamie was never one to talk lots in bed but he was vocal when he moaned or whimpered. He would never admit it to anyone that he liked when you took control, the guys would grill him so hard if they knew. You pulled Jamie’s sweatpants down just enough for his cock to spring free and hit his abdomen.

You knew how bad Jamie needed his release, you too were snuggling in bed together and you started to leave soft kisses on his jaw and neck it was meant to be innocent but when Jamie got up to the kitchen, you couldn't help but notice the tent in his pants when he came back and when you brought it up his face started to turn red with embarrassment.

It doesn't matter how many times you and Jamie had sex and the dirtiest things you've done anytime it's you making the move on him he always gets so flustered but the other way around he’s no longer shy he's taking the lead.

You remember this one time you both were at a party and the drinks you both had an effect on how you both were. You ended up being fucked against the closest wall, Jamie leaving open mouth kisses on your neck knowing that were was going to be marks left and know he was going to have face his friends with messy hair and marks all over his girlfriends neck and when he was asked about it. He just rubbed the back of his neck shyly and just shrugged it off.

But right now Jamie was trying his best to keep quiet because Trevor was just in the other room. You slowly stroked his cock smiling at his face as you did. You leaned down and kissed the tip of this cock and a light gasp left his lip’s as a reaction. You took him in your mouth slowly bobbing your head at a painfully slow pace.

“Ah-” Jamie Moaned 

You pulled away and gave Jamie a look

“Jamie I need you to stay quiet” You told him leaving a kiss on the side of his jaw as you continued to jerk him off with one hand

“I'm sorry i-ah I can't -uh”He moaned trying to apologize 

“Oh honey it's ok” You cooded as you held his cheek with the other hand, your thumb rubbing his cheek. “It's hard I know”

You countied to kiss his jaw and rev him up. Jamie moaned a little too loud when you squeezed his tip so you slowed your pace.

“How can I keep ya quiet hm?” You asked kissing his cheek 

“Kiss me pleas-fuck” he responed.

You smiled as you kissed him, feeling him moan into the kiss. You've had enough at this point you were needy too, so you climbed on top of Jamie and removed your pants. Jamie held your hips harshly, you pulled away from the kiss and lined up Jamie’s cock with your entrance and slowly started to sink down onto him until Jamie moaned loudly at the feeling of bottoming out. Your hand flung over his mouth cutting his moan short.

You moved it away when he seemed to collect himself, you put your hands on his chest and started to roll your hips slowly. You bit your lip at the sight in front of you, Jamie’s head was leaning back into the pillow, his hair a mess from his hand running threw it and his mouth slightly open trying not to make a sound.

You leaned down and rested your chest against his and left open mouth kisses on his neck hoping to get him back for what he did at that party. You bounced on his cock at a faster speed trying to get to both your releases. When you snapped your hips Jamie moaned, he just couldn't hold it in anymore.

“Fuuucck y/nn” he whined

“Shhh baby shh” you whispered 

“Im sorry fuck im sorry” he continue to whine 

“I know I know” you said pulling him into a kiss to hide his moan

Jamie grabbed your ass harshly as he moaned into your mouth, you knew he was about to cum by the grip he had on your ass and the high pitched noises that came from him.

“I know you wanna cum J, so cum” you whispered into his ear moving the hair away from his forehead.

You both came at the same time, Jamie throwing his head back and uneven Silent moan leaving him. You dug your nails into his shoulders as you shut your eyes and shook. You both laid there for a moment catching your breath. You laid beside Jamie facing him, running your hands through his hair, and rubbing his arm. Jamie’s eyes were closed but he smiled and pulled you into his chest, you softly kissed his chest before you both fell asleep.

[alornights]

hello! if your requests are open i’d like to req mysterion x fem!villain!reader (aka shes on Prof. Chaos’ side :D) and she’s always dressing up as mysterion just to fuck around and do weird shit pretending to be him for shits n gigs!! ^^

headcanons r great if you wanna do that but if you wanna do a fic u can! (if you wanna make this nsfw age him up pleas 🙏😨)

⟢ just like you.

➜ in which ! you dress as mysterion for shits and giggles.

💌 ﹫mysterion aka, kenny mccormick.

✩ 🎸 warnings﹗bit of violent descriptions.

🍓 ⟡ notes — we love a good villain!! i dont do nsfw lmao so no worries on that part, but i do hope you enjoy this lil headcanon/fic thing <3

it actually wasn't your idea to dress up as mysterion rather it was butters who overheard the guys talking while he was in the jail cell on how if you wore a mysterion costume, he'd flip out.

oh how fun it was to dress up as him.

barely anyone could tell it wasn't him unless they got a close-up of you. so obviously, as a villain, you do some rather, reckless things. like robbery. and arson. and a tad bit of demon summoning.

so when the mysterious man wakes up and checks the news to see all the allegations about him and sees you instead.

he goes nuts.

"What the FUCK, is wrong with you?!" He sneered, kicking you to a wall, letting your body sag as you coughed a bit. "Do you know how much shit I've had to deal with because of you?"

Despite the pain you may be in, you smile back. "Aw shucks, did little ole me get you into that much trouble?"

He stares at you in disbelief before dropping down to where you sat. "You summoned a bunch of demons. What do you think?"

"I think I looked hot doing it." You simply responded, cupping his cheek with a wink. "You agree don't you mystery man?"

no he does not find you hot. he finds you extremely beautiful.

if it weren't for the fact that you were a villain and had committed so many crimes he totally would not be kissing you right now.

"Don't get your hopes up." He responded plainly holding out his hand to help you stand up.

"Uh huh sure." You responded with a knowing tone before turning around, "I'll see you tomorrow for another fun night, cya!"

no, he did not let you go because he has fun chasing you down and fighting you. no, he did not let you go because without you his life would most certainly not be less boring.

does he regret letting you go though? absolutely.

two days later he wakes up to see that all over twitter there are pictures of "him" drawing penises everywhere, giving people sign-up sheets to join professor chaos, and hanging around + helping racoon man summon a bunch of dead people to be your minions.

is later forced to do a press meeting with the freedom pals explaining to the public that no, that is not him.

"You can not keep getting away with his."

"But you let me because you love me."

"I do not."

You raised an eyebrow holding out your hands. "Okay, then arrest me, hero. Since you do not love me and instead, hate me."

He stares at you blankly as you smiled cockily. "You suck."

You laughed loudly walking up to him, slinging your arms around his neck, and pressing your bodies together. "Sure sure, you suck too."

He groaned turning away as you pressed a kiss to his cheek.

Life would just be too boring without you.

[aerialsquid]

FFXIV Write 2024 Day 16: Third-rate

"You're even going to Populares meetings now or something?"

"They make some good points. Representative leadership is important for pureblood Garleans too, and there's nothing treasonous about discussing ideas openly and fairly."

"You sound like one of their pamphlets."

Akitsu had spent a lot of time watching Victor, for reasons that were none of anyone's business. He could now see the slight changes in body language that said Victor was trying to politely rush someone out the door, the way his fingers tensed as he picked up a stylus and clasped it tight to his palm to calm himself. 

Akitsu also pretended to be cleaning the examination tables, falling into that quiet 'part of the furniture' routine that meant Garleans forgot you were in the room.

"Little puppy finally knots a woman and suddenly you're a whole different person? I'm only here for two days, don't leave me suffering alone here."

The other man, a full foot and a half taller than Victor with his sandy hair brushed and oiled back from his forehead to emphasize his third eye, leaned over Victor, their hands just barely touching.

"I'm a father now, Marcus. I have to be more responsible." Victor kept finding reasons not to look Marcus in the face as he rearranged his medical files. "I don't fool around like that anymore."

"Even papas get to have fun, you know. Come on, puppy. I know you still like your men dangerous." Marcus leaned in closer, whispering just loud enough that Akitsu could still hear. "I could put on a pair of horns for you, if that's what you like now."

Akitsu saw the flash of Victor's bared teeth reflected in the curve of a bedpan, the reflexive way Victor glanced at the back of Akitsu's head. Marcus may have forgotten Akitsu was here, but Victor clearly hadn't. "Can we not have this conversation here?" he offered, the steel in his voice changing to a wheedling plea.

Marcus grinned like a tiger. "Sure, sure. Let's go off somewhere alone and chat about it. I saw a broom closet down the hallway…"

Akitsu looked up to the big wire rack of supplies and sanitizing fluid. His lips pressed together, firm, before his fingers latched into the gaps in the rack and in a single smooth movement pulled the entire shelf down on his own head.

"Fuck!" The sound of crashing metal sent Marcus flinching so hard he nearly knocked Victor's desk over. 

Victor dropped his stylus and rushed to Akitsu's side, wide-eyed, already checking him over for injuries. "Oh shit, Ryuo–"

"Oops," said Akitsu flatly, from among the pile of wet metal.

"Sorry, I need to clean this up." Victor stacked the bedpans emphatically, muttering about how that shelf had been unsafe for weeks and he'd been telling them to replace it.

Marcus scowled. If he suspected anything, he didn't have the courage to let it spill from his lips, but his expression was dour as he left. "Yeah, yeah. We'll talk later."

Victor let out a soft breath as the door slammed behind Marcus. Akitsu did the same, but only when Victor wasn't looking.

"Sorry. Former colleague of mine from when I was stationed in Werlyt. I guess his unit was passing through. I'm sorry you had to - that wasn't really your. Uh."

"Not my business," Akitsu grunted. He went for the mop while Victor stacked up trays and pushed the shelf back into position.

"I don't do that sort of thing anymore, anyway. I can't now."

"Of course." 

"Not that - I don't mean with men. There's nothing wrong with that, you know. But not men who are…" Victor looked on the verge of swallowing his own tongue, which was probably the only thing that would stop him from babbling.

I know you like your men dangerous. 

Victor sat back on his knees, hands folded before him. "It would have to be someone I could trust. I can't take risks anymore, not with Tina around. I haven't since she was born."

"And there's no one here you trust?"

Victor's eyes went up to him, round and soft. Something about them seized Akitsu's heart and squeezed it tight like a fist around an egg, sending aching cracks shooting through it. Then Victor looked away and the sensation faded. 

"Well, you know how it is," Victor said. He did not elaborate on the statement. Akitsu felt he did not, in fact, know how it was, but continued mopping up the mess regardless.

Lying in his bunk later that night, still smelling faintly of rubbing alcohol, Akitsu still did not know how it was. If anything, he felt that he knew even less about how it was than he did earlier that morning. 

[skaruresonic]

https://www.tumblr.com/skaruresonic/758536567626383360/the-dangers-of-free-will-what-dangers-being

"even if we're speaking simply from the POV of "Eggman almost destroyed the world when he regained his free will," does one bad apple really outweigh the fact that most people aren't environment-destroying madmen? does that give Eggman the right to deprive everyone else of their free will?"

Eggman is inarguably an irredeemably horrid monster with a long track record of gleefully subjecting innocent people to nightmarish fates. there should have never been any question on whether or not he deserves death.

This is what gets me. The people defending idw sonic's morality don't comprehend that different individuals with different histories will require different approaches.

Comic stans: If Sonic thinks it's fine to kill Eggman then that means he's fine with killing everybody

Uh no???

It's like asking why Sonic sentenced Erazor Djinn to eternal damnation but let Merlina go with a quick pep talk. It's because both cases were utterly incomparable and would naturally require different approaches.

Comic stans: Well if Sonic is fine with punishing irredeemable villains then why doesn't he kill Eggman?

Same reason why Sonic always survives impossible situations or gets outright resurrected after dying. SEGA is not gonna kill off their mascot or the mascot's main enemy. We have to remember there's a bit of a corporate aspect in all of this

Why is this so hard for some people?

This part of your post also stuck out to me "does that give Eggman the right to deprive everyone else of their free will?""

Eggman wants to turn everyone into unthinking machines specifically so he make them worship him forever. That's not exactly a desire or choice based on morality. All Eggman wants is the satisfaction of having power over all living beings.

The only way anyone can defend the idw sonic comic is by making up deranged nonsense and forcing themselves to believe in it.

Comic stans: If Sonic thinks it's fine to kill Eggman then that means he's fine with killing everybody

Uh no???

It's like asking why Sonic sentenced Erazor Djinn to eternal damnation but let Merlina go with a quick pep talk. It's because both cases were utterly incomparable and would naturally require different approaches.

I think the thing that really gets me is half the time I'm not even particularly arguing for or against Sonic killing Eggman as a solution to anything because what would that solve?

The point is moot. As long as there's a Sonic the Hedgehog(tm) franchise, Sonic and Eggman are going to continue fighting each other. The unstoppable force vs. the immovable object. As it should be.

Instead, I'm trying to point out how little Sonic regards Eggman's welfare in the games. That Eggman lives despite Sonic's attempts and extreme negligence should logically attest to Eggman's hardiness and resourcefulness. He's one slippery motherfucker. That's pretty much the size of it in the games.

Yet people interpret

"Sonic, personally, does not care whether Eggman lives or dies. He frequently leaves Eggman behind in explosions or other similar scenarios of the doctor's own making. In other cases, he ignores Eggman's pleas for help or puts Eggman in dangerous situations while neither knowing nor caring if Eggman survives, such as blowing up his Eggmobile with a rock or stealing his jetpack nozzle and sending him plummeting to Earth. "In fact, Sonic has acted so negligently towards Eggman that if he were charged in a court of law, he'd be looking at second degree homicidal negligence, the failure to protect a person which resulted in preventable death. All this should tell you the extent to which Sonic regards Eggman's welfare."

as

"I think Sonic should slaughter all of his enemies. No mercy. Mercy is for wimps."

Granted, not everyone strawmans the point this hard, but it's frequent enough to warrant the occasional facepalm. We're talking about how Sonic treats Eggman in the games, right? So why are we dragging how he treats every other villain into the conversation as if that's germane to the topic at hand?

Of course Sonic is going to treat his enemies on a case-by-case basis. However, I'd argue that the most common examples - "sparing" Metal in Heroes and Merlina in SatBK - aren't precisely the moments of mercy that people portray them as.

Putting aside the fact that Sonic was not the one to "rehabilitate" Knuckles, Shadow, or Silver, folks seem to forget that he charged the Dark Queen with seeming intent to kill twice. He didn't know she'd put up a shield when he lunged for her the first time. And the fact that he repeated the blow just raises questions.

Once, maybe it's an "in the heat of the moment" thing. But twice? Twice, you want somebody dead. Conveniently, I've never seen anyone mention that part of the pre-boss cutscene when they talk about Sonic giving Merlina the flower.

Sparing Metal... Yeah, no. He didn't. Metal passed out, and he ran off. Leagues different than taking Metal home and patching him up.

And idk, it seems weird how folks are unable to accept that sometimes, despite everything, Sonic does square up and kill. Yes. That is something he does on occasion.

It doesn't need all of these caveats and asterisks about how it doesn't count as "real killing," like it needs to be clarified that Sonic the Hedgehog isn't a serial killer. It's not like "he did it out of necessity" will suddenly cause Emerl to un-die at the end of Battle. It's not as though "he helped Shahra" renders "he sealed the Erazor Djinn in the lamp for all eternity and tossed it into the furnace so that the Djinn, if he didn't die just then, suffers eternally in a place no one can find him" moot.

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Comic stans: Well if Sonic is fine with punishing irredeemable villains then why doesn't he kill Eggman?

Same reason why Sonic always survives impossible situations or gets outright resurrected after dying. SEGA is not gonna kill off their mascot or the mascot's main enemy. We have to remember there's a bit of a corporate aspect in all of this

Exactly.

[martinys-world]

the girl (7)

chapters: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

I made a post before this on. talking about the discord server that i have made. Since no one seen it or cared enough. I going to talk about it here. I was thinking my character was over powered in this chapter. so I made a post and was saying how I posted chapter 7 there and wanted some feedback. I posted on July 15th. a good 5 days before this one. So I left the chapter the way it is.

So if you want to join the discord comment: the robot you like. I will send you the link for the story

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I went back to my bag and began to dig. After I found my Nokia 1011 phone, a car door open sound filled the car. 

“Good hold this.”

 I handed him my phone and continued digging. When I felt the plastic case. I yank it out. so, I can grab the leopard glass and a security bandage with the four diamonds likes symbol. The same diamond as my pencil case.   I was beginning to put on the glasses

“Sliver what you are doing.” 

“don’t worry about it.”

“Why you are complaining, she looks good.”

“I will tell you this since it won’t go against Kris promise. when you see the things, I seen. You learn how to make your paths easier. I can't tell you anymore than that.”

I saw a yellow beam when, we were beginning to drive. it must have been that energy surge. Arcee was talking about.  Grabbing my phone from Noah.

“Noah please hold this,” I traded Noah the phone for the badge after I toss my bag in the back.  

“I must make a phone call. Mirage, please take control so I can concentrate.”

I quickly dial a number that I know by heart. The ringers didn’t even go to the second ring when he picked up. 

“YOU BETTER EXPLAIN WHATS GOING ON!!!”

I pulled the phone away from my ear when he began to screaming.  mirage was laughing for some reason and begin to say drama and sing song like voice. 

“k plea- ��

“NO EXCUSES. WE ARE RECIVCEING A MASSIVE ENERGY NEAR YOUR LOCATION. I KNOW FOR FACT THAT YOU HAVE A HAND IN THIS.  SO, YOU BETTER START TALKING.”

I heard another one of mirages smart ass remarks. It was the ‘uh oh someone is in trouble.’

“K I don’t know what’s going myself.” I lied. 

“I know your lying.”

“Dam it!” I said in frustration. “I will explain the best I can later. We got at least 15 minutes until I arrive and cause mayhem.”

“Not until I get at least something.” k can be very stubborn when it comes to someone he cares about. There only one sentence I know that can make just go along with whatever I say. 

“I am trying to help a family get home.”

“Wait like human home or us home.”

“Us. this is there only way right now.”

“Wait until I get there.”

“There is no time. I need you on that computer that’s 2 ft to your left.” I heard him growl, but he I hear a chair roll. 

“Fine. I want a story when its safe.”

“I promise. I need you. get to Ac and Sc files and find anyone that would still be there.”

Are ten minutes from arriving the campus 

“You mean the ones still on campus?”

“You got it. get T. and V. to help. I need you to make them leave.”

“All right got all 900 people. Starting to send messages. Hey t and v get to your computers and start typing. Boss says so.”

I heard some shuffling in the back. 

“Good, have them say there loved one is in hospital or Their place is on fire. if you need to get someone to pull the fire alarm. Get someone to pull the fire alarm.  Anything to get them to leave. Hell, if need used the symbol on anyone who there I don’t care just get them gone.”

“Okay. the messages are starting to send, is there anything else?”

“Is Jason v. Armstrong. working at all tonight?”

“You are right, he should be at the security booth.” 

“Call him and get him to let-

I looked at the badge Noah was holding

“Sarah J. Kelly though.”

I leaned back in the driver seat. acting like I was driving once again.

“Okay I will call him after.  it won’t be any problem.”

We were down to 5 minutes

“Do you want me to see Cam to hack the security cameras.”

“Good call. Give it an hour before they come back up.”

I hear more shuffling in the back. 

“T. said that he can't get a hold of Elena Wallace. She will be in the college. The same place that energy spike is at.” 

“Alright If I see, I will do what I can. Keep trying to reach her.”

“k I hear talking in the background. speak to me.” 

“Got it I will call after.”

“You better women or so help me, I will drag you back by the skin of my teeth if I must.  You will have stuck her until we are old grey.”

“I know you will. Friends forever.”

“We never surrender.”

I hang up and tosses the phone next to my bag. 

“You, young lady is amazing.” Said mirage. 

“Sliver what was that?”

“My way in making sure no one gets hurt friends.”

No other questions were asked. We began to pull up to the security booth and as soon as I showed him the badge. He didn’t look twice. He opened the gate and began to pack up around his desk. we just roll in like we own the place. Once he stopped in a random parking spot. I jump out began walking to the doors. 

“Sliver wait.” He was a good few steps behind me. I pushed the door open and began going up.”

“Sliver, wait I want to talk.” Noah grabs my hand. pulling me to a stop. “Please at least explain how you did all that.”

“I can't tell you that. if I do, you will be drag into something that is far too dangerous even for me. I promised your brother I will keep you safe and keeping my mouth shut is a must, then so be it.”

“Then why help them.”

“I will tell you what, I told Optimus. I know what it’s like trying to get home.”

I began to run up the stair. Just trying to outrun him so he doesn’t go farther down the rabbit hole Like Alice did with the white rabbit. I am trying to my promise. I will not drag you into the life I have. once I saw the door. I busted it open without a second thought. 

 When I was in the same daydream land again. 

I was in a middle of a forest. the same forest that Apeling was in. the same surface of grass and tree like statues around me. 

“how did I get here?”

Really how did I go from opening a door inside a building on earth to a planet I only saw once. I heard movement to my right. when looking at the sound there was a dull orange blob coming at me. the closer it came the more it began to take shape.  It was a Cheetah, but not the ones on earth. This one was larger than the ones on earth. They had more of an orange coat, then its classic yellow. Also, Its eyes where a very bright green. Aren’t cheetahs supposed to have yellow eyes? 

 what really caught my attention was where he was heading. Right for me. I went into fetal position. I don’t know why I did that, but I did. I was never flattening like a pancake. I felt a chill in my spine.  The feeling I had with Apeling. I became a full human when I saw the cat was becoming a wobbly blob again. 

 I felt a breeze pass me; a grey rhino was following the cat.its seems like no one is noticing me.i might not be able to get hurt in this dream like land. Wait, am I a ghost. My thoughts where interrupt when the sound of rustling trees filled my ears. I look up and saw Apeling, but it wasn’t really Apeling. The ape looked a lot smaller and more childish. Then a bird was following closely behind the primate. The birdie looked like a raven but completely metal and with a beautiful tint of blue. 

A “I can do this.” Sound was coming from where the other animals where coming form

Was coming behind me. a very dark navy-blue blob was coming closer and closer. She had an outline of a wolf. The navy coat had a dot of yellow dots, mad her fur look like a night sky, with little stars at night. there was a fire is in her eyes. Nothing was going to stop her. the more she said the line the faster she was becoming. the walking night sky was passing each animal one by one. the more living beings she passed the more confident she gotten.  Before anyone knows it, she was in second place. The dog and cat were neck to neck.  Both determine to not let the other pass.

“Come on Midnight. You can't pass me. so, stop while you can.

“I not giving up that easily.” The finished line was feet in front their face was nearby. 

While the cheetah kept trying to decrease the dog confidence. Mr. Kitty Cat didn’t notice the little pebble in the path.  didn’t notice a little pebble. With him focusing on the wolf. His paw stumble on It. the stumble gave the wolf a better chance to jump ahead. Giving midnight the win.  She was holding the stick in her mouth.  Once she dropped it.

“Who the fastest now?”

“I let you win.”

“Keep telling yourself that.” While the canine was rubbing the win in the cheetah face. The others came through. Rhino was 3rd.  bird was 4th and the ape was 5th.

“See sis, I told you can do it.” said the rhino.

“You were right Rhinox. I had to just believe in myself.” 

“I let her win.” Said the cheetah. 

“Keep telling yourself that.” said the bird. 

“As much as this was fun, me and Star have to go.” said the ape. 

While both party wave goodbye to each other. I stayed with the other 3. 

“I did let her win; I just didn’t want to see her cry.”

“I appreciate your concern for my sister, but everyone say you stumble.”

“I didn’t stumble.” said the frustrated cheetah.  When no one was going to believe his lies. he spit out ‘I going to hang with rattrap.’ Then began to run again.    

When the last two left saw the orange furball was far enough. The bird saw her opportunity.

“Rhinox, can I ask you are personal question?” 

“Go ahead Air-razor.”

“How do you feel about their feelings for your sister?”

“it’s complicated. As a big brother, they both don’t deserve her. she can do so much better than those two. But as their friend I have seen them grow over the years. They aren’t full mature, but they are better then Tigerhawk and Inferno. I learned I can't choose who she likes but if she is happy. That all that matters.”

After he finished his sentence. Everything was twisted. It twisted into a new scene. I was back with Midnight and the little ape.”

“So, what do you think Apeling wants to tell us.” midnight asked

“Something about a key.”

“Why would we need to know?”

“I don’t know.  we might want to know everything we can right now before we become leaders.”

“You mean you will be.”

“We both have the chance.”

“No, you are Optimus Primal. You are the best person to lead. You lead all the group actives.” 

“you are right about that, but you are the one that has all the ideas. I do apprentice the confidence boost, but don’t put yourself down.”

“I’m ju- “

Before they could continue their conversation. They walk into a cave. Where the real Apeling was standing. He was staring over the land. Kind of like Simba and Mufasa in lion king. When Mufasa says ‘everything that touches the light is your’ scene. 

“Hello young ones.”

“Hello.”  The little ones say. 

“Today lesson is going to be special one.”

“Is it about the key?”  ask Optimus.

“You are right. the key also comes with a legend. That precedes the dawn of our civilization. there is a vile god so large and so powerful, he has to consumed entire planets for fuel. That god is name Unicron.”

“isn’t that myth. We don’t need to worry about this god.” Said the Primal.

“It Could be a myth, but we aren’t for sure. It could be real for all we know.” said the wolf. 

“Star is right.  if he is real, he will be after this.” Apeling gotten up and walked inside the cave. Around a pedestal with a floating diamond thing. “If Unicron gets his hands on transwarp key. there is no way to stop him. “ 

“What is a trans-swap key?”

“Transwarp key. have been among our kind for generations. it allows us to go from universe to another.” 

“So, if Unicron gets a hold of the key. he could open a portal. To eat other worlds?” Ask Optimus.

“Yes. There will be nothing in his way.” 

“But isn’t there a way.”

“What do you mean.”

“In the records before the great war. They were saying something about a sister.”

“You mean brother and yes. Him and his twin brother (Primus) would fight for centuries. Unicron himself wanted to consume the universe. Getting rid of the good. So, there is nothing left but a void of torment.  Primus had other ideas; he saw that there was good in freedom. He fought his brother time and time again. trying to keep the balance to the two sides. The legend says that Primus defeated Unicron each time. he was toss in a void to never be seen again. Said Apeling.

“Shouldn’t Primus have this instead of us.”

“That is a mystery that could not be solve.” 

“Why is that?” Primal finally spoke up.

“We lost contact with Cybertron eons ago. with time information gets lost. Data pads get lost or destroy. without proof, all we know is that Primus and Unicron are myth.”

“That’s why they are myths? Ask Midnight . 

“Yes. That is why if there even is a chance that Unicron is real. We need to guard the key from him and whoever is under his command.” Said Apeling. 

“We promise to protect the key with our lives.” Said Both or the younger Maximal.

That when the vision started to change back to the museum room. rubbing my eyes trying to get eye site back. I was facing the window that lead outside for some reason.  I heard chatter in the back. a girl voice said something about stealing museum property. I couldn’t fully make out the conversation.  Once my vision was clear and I can see everthign like before. I saw three bots. The other 2 where unknown but when my eyes landed on the centered being. was Scrouge. Same one form Apeling vision. Nothing about seeing him said safe. I saw his hand turn into a canon, that’s when I knew we were in trouble.  Seeing that it was powering up and aiming at us I turn. 

“Elena and Noah get down.”

[thewriteflame]

15 Questions

Thank you @druidx for tagging me!

Open tag but also tagging: @emelkae @rayewritesfantasy @moonscribbler @moonandris

Here is the one I did for Jayme, today I will do his roommate, Takashti Clayson. Again I will basing the answers from around the start of And They Were Roommates.

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After my interview with Jayme I decided to interview his roommate. He was far more difficult to get in touch with but after several attempts of talking with him and a plea from Jayme I found myself sitting in the same empty classroom, this time facing the infamous Whovian artist who had showed up before our scheduled time.

His light honey eyes seem to be in a perpetual state of annoyance, which does little to detract from a handsome face partially framed by a few strands of stray medium brown hair that has escaped his ponytail.

"Well, let's just get this over with." He tells me, gesturing to my recorder and notebook.

Are you named after anyone? 

Takashti looks taken back for a moment before recovering. "Uh, I don't know. My aunt never told me anything about how I got my name."

When was the last time you cried? 

He laughs. "Why would anyone want to know that about someone?"

Do you have kids? 

"Recently I feel I've had one thrust on me by the school system but I'm managing." He responds, jokingly. At least I think it's a joke.

Do you use sarcasm? 

"Only about a hundred times a day."

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

"Huh," Takashti thinks for a few moments. "Honestly, I don't really give it much thought beyond if they annoy me or not."

What’s your eye color?

"Brown," He says, gesturing as if it was the dumbest question ever asked.

Scary movies or happy endings?

"I'm fine with scary movies. I don't really care how it ends as long as the story is good." He suddenly sits forward a little as if to share a secret. "Actually, I have a soft spot for scary media, especially if it has weeping angels. Plus I've realized that they keep tha- uh, Jayme away so I can get some peace and quiet for once."

Any special talents?

"Mostly drawing, painting, and sarcasm. I have yet to master the art of getting out of social obligations."

Where were you born?

Again Takashti is taken back. "Uh, I'm not sure. Somewhere in California, I think." He mutters under his breath, "I could have been born on Mars and no one would bother to tell me."

What are your hobbies?

"Art- namely drawing and painting, reading, watching sci-fi shows, you know." He points to his bag at his feet that has a TARDIS and little robot dog painted on the flap. The rest of it has various muted- and dare I say ugly- colored stripes, making it seem to have come out of the 70s. "I've made and sold several custom bags based on the different Doctors. I made this one based on the Fourth."

Have you any pets?

He chuckles before answering, "Jayme is a little like a dog that followed me home and won't leave."

What sports do you play/have played?

"Archery is fun and I was third in the school fencing team." He shrugs. "I could have been higher but I really only took it to keep Anna from annoying me with her insistence that I join some clubs and have an actual social life." "Anna? Is she your aunt?" I ask him. "Uh, no... she sort of adopted me." He avoids looking in my direction as he answers as if expecting each word to trigger an anvil to fall on him so I decide to move on.

How tall are you?

"Six foot, two inches, that's 185cm for every non-American." He responds, his relief to be on a different topic evident as his body relaxes a little.

Favorite subject in school?

"This probably won't be a surprise but science, especially physics. I also enjoy English, world history, and- of course- all the art classes. Math isn't too bad, either, now that I'm thinking about it." He pauses for a second, his ears reddening as he sheepishly smile. "I guess I'm just a school junkie."

Dream job?

Takashti squints as he thinks. "I'm not entirely sure." He shrugs. "I like learning and painting so anything that lets me do both."

[dayfalwastaken]

All the stories are true - Chapter 21 Update

Excerpt:

“It is. I was surprised by how well they managed to capture my likeness with the statues, and the masks.” it wouldn’t comment on the plushies for the time being, for motives it wouldn’t elaborate on.

“Yeah, this thing especially, like, check this out.” he rose, holding the mask near the Puppet’s head for a direct comparison. “It looks just like you!” he set the object back down on his pillow. “But my favorites had to be the plushies! Man, let me tell you something, those little-”

“-That’s enough of that, dear.” Mari put a finger to his mouth, being met with a raised eyebrow. “I don’t mean to sound… vexed- I’m not, but I’ve already heard what you think of those dolls.” his eyes shot open, instantly making sweat start to form on the bridge of his nose as he tried to pull away but found himself against the wall. The Marionette had him cornered. “Could you do me a favor and never speak of them from now on? Unless of course, you’d like for me to enlighten oh, I don’t know, Charlotte perhaps, of what you truly think of me. You know you wouldn’t even survive one day if I had her know about your… animatronic inclinations.” Mari dragged out those last words to get its point across. Matthew gave it a nod while making himself look as small as possible. The Puppet held his gaze, smirking smugly, before taking its finger off his lips and leaning back. The boy looked the opposite way, processing the implications of what he’d been informed of.

“…You’re evil, you know? Whatever you heard, it wasn’t what you-”

“-What I heard was actually highly informative. I never would’ve thought, had it not been for you to so plainly declare your infatuation. What was it you said? Oh, I remember! You talked about the tasteful thickness of my forearms, my��thin waist-” it spoke, lacking any trace of shame. “-my slim build- should I go on? Or maybe it’d be better if I let you say it.” static emitted from its music box followed by a click, and then Matthew’s own voice coming came through. It was in that instant that the boy’s face had reached a shade of pink never before seen. Horror painted his features.

“Look at those curves…” the audio began unhelpfully, causing Matthew to flinch upon hearing the unfiltered thoughts that were coming out of his mouth.

“No! Why would you- h- how- just, just stop that, please! I never- I uh, that wasn’t- I- I d- didn’t mean it like that! Mari, you gotta believe me, I- please don’t show Charlie that…” he soon ran out of pleas, holding the Puppet by the shoulders while glancing up at it beggingly. The Marionette shut off the recording, crossing its arms.

“If you promise not to speak like that in public and forget about the bird thing… maybe.”

“I’ll do it. I swear. You won’t ever hear me talk like that again!” he agreed without a second thought. The Puppet chimed in delight.

“Then we have a deal! I’m very glad to hear that. You’ve made the right choice.” he whined at that, pushing the mask aside to cover his head with the pillow. His pouting made it chuckle, going so far as to make the Puppet rub the mirth out of its eyes, but eventually it stopped, and stared at his back. When he remained there, unspeaking, for more than half a minute however, panic decided to flare up through Mari’s chest, instilling a desperate need to placate its child, one born out of fear. His lack of response suggested it had crossed the line for fun. “H- Hey, I’m sorry, you can relax. I don’t plan on telling anyone anything.” the sentences came out strained, as well as poorly said. It hadn’t meant to go this far- Mari never intended to give him this much of a hard time.

Stupid. How can you act like that when you know what- what’s wrong with you? Don’t you know what he’s-…? Idiot. You should know better than to start this, Mari chastised itself, mad that it was so foolish as to cause its child this kind of inner turmoil…

But maybe it was exaggerating. Maybe it shouldn’t worry over nothing- or maybe it shouldn’t assume this hadn’t hurt him. Clearly he was bothered if he wasn’t even trying to answer with one of his own snarky remarks.

Then Matthew pulled his head out from under the pillow faster than a human should’ve been capable of.

“Wait!?! You- you won’t?!” …maybe not. The Puppet breathed an internal sigh of relief. Stupid mind for making it stress like that. Its greatest asset as well as its greatest liability was its mind, and the wrongly inflicted protectiveness it spawned. The Puppet’s child wasn’t so sensitive to be hurt by some teasing when he liked to do it so much in the first place. Oh, how it despised that part of itself. The questioning one that made it think and do unreasonable things. Part of it was tied to Mari’s emotions, but the Puppet was still more than enough machine to use logic rather than the more useless aspects of the human emotional spectrum, and yet somehow it let itself get consumed by worry. But at least Matthew’s mouth hung open, the boy appearing ready to jump into the ceiling from happiness. That calmed it down a notch.

“Yes. I may be evil, but I’m not so malefic that I’d ruin your reputation to such a degree, dear. I care about you, even when you express such things while surrounded by other people. I was only teasing you.” the Puppet defended smoothly. Ease seemed to flood the boy’s system. From the breath he’d held in up till now Mari knew he was seconds away from fainting. “Although, I feel like I should lend you a piece of advice. Coming from me it may not mean that much since I’ve never been in a relationship, but when you like someone try not to speak in a thirsty manner around them, hm?” Matthew snickered nervously, a drop of sweat going down the side of his face. Mari amazed itself with how swiftly it could change tunes from agitated to humorous.

“Y- Yeah, I g- got that, but- uh, it’s not like that! I was talking about the plushies. Not like, you you. It’s `cause they were so… you know, accurate! It’s hard to find toys that are high quality. That’s what I was talking about, even though um… I might not have said it in the best way possible.”

“The cat is out of the bag now, I’m afraid, but not to worry, your secret is safe with me!” it placed a palm over where its heart would be, keeping the other hand raised.

“…You’re loving this, aren’t you?” it was. “But I want us to be clear. I don’t have a crush on you, Stripes. That’d be weird.” he said as he kept his eyes on the bedside lamp. That was cute, but the Marionette had known- or, it had suspected better, and since he’d gone as far as to bring it up, well…

“Hmm, I would’ve better believed that had you not mentioned it just now.” it shrugged nonchalantly. “But I suppose it’s only natural. After all, resisting my charms is virtually impossible, so you cannot be held accountable for falling for them.” Mari explained like it was preaching gospel.

“Well, don’t let me stroke your ego then. It seems you’ve got that covered in spades.” he tipped his head back, eyes closed in a scorn.

“Sweetie, I can make you eat those words.”

“Uh huh. I mean, I don’t doubt it, since you’re the literal devil… but…” the glint in his eyes changed, cluing the Marionette in that he’d just had a second thoughts. “Gah, well, dang it, alright, you know what? Sure, if you feel better hearing it from me… can’t believe you’ve made me admit to this…” he muttered under his breath, visibly annoyed while also ashamed. “I just- I can’t help myself, Mari! I was always a simp for you.”

…

That probably should’ve amused the Puppet, but it couldn’t recognize where the comedy was supposed to be.

“A simp?” it studied its child, puzzled as to what he meant. “Matthew, um, that word is short for simpleton, so I don’t-”

“No, that’s- bah, forget it. Never mind that… I like you, sure, but not like that, so uh- just stop insinuating what isn’t true, `kay? It’s weird.” for some reason or another the Puppet got the impression Matthew did not really agree with his own sentiment.

“I find it precious, but alright. However, what did you mean by… you’ve always been a simp for me?” if Mari were to take that statement at face value, then Matthew had liked it before Henry had created it, but how could the boy have known about it way back then? Was it because of his visions?

“Exactly what it sounds like. I’ve kind of… always liked you- that’s what simp means, a- and I still do. Just not uh- the way you think I do.”

“I understand now.” it said with a nod. “But I was wondering about the always part of it.”

“Ah, well, uh… I s- saw you in my visions, right?” of course. He didn’t sound too sure of himself though, to Mari’s confusion. “Everything you did for the kids, how you were there and looked after them, how mysterious you were and stuff, uh… I couldn’t help but like you, and then, what do I know? Henry brings me out one day to show me and Charlie he’s actually built you, and that you’ll be like, living with us until Fredbear’s opens… It was awesome to meet you. Um…” he paused, biting his upper lip, and then lifted his shoulders. “I was a fan, I guess you could say.” a pleasant something hummed through the Puppet at his words. Its music box sang a plethora of songs all at once, reflecting how grateful it was to receive his admiration. Matthew had a knack for getting a reaction out of the Marionette simply by his way of being, to its glee. “But ah… you don’t think it’s… I don’t know, strange?”

“Oh dear, no, you flatter me. Seeing, or experiencing those visions… as young as you are, they would leave their mark on you, so it’s understandable that in all of that suffering you found something to um, look up to, but well, you do know that wasn’t me in your visions, don’t you?”

“Yeah, yeah, Charlie, I know, but still, it was like, the Puppet, so uh, I didn’t care- or I don’t care that you’re not like that now. I uh, I like you because you’re you- wait, that’s superficial, um… No, I like you because of how you are, and all that you do for me, not just `cause of who you are, if that um… Yeah.” he finished awkwardly, correcting himself. Seeing him worry it would take offence and apologizing- that was so thoughtful of him, but Matthew shouldn’t think that would upset Mari, because it understood what he was saying. The Puppet took a moment to find a suitable reply.

“…Thank you for your honestly, and the trust you’ve shown to share this with me.” except Mari was the one to back him into a corner with the teasing and make him say so. Not the best move, in retrospect… “I know I’ve made you admit to this when you wouldn’t have wanted to, so I apologize for that, but I, um… the simplest way I could put this is that your feelings are reciprocated, platonically, that is…” there, Mari said it. That was… it hadn’t come as hard to admit it as the Puppet would’ve assumed. Still, if it focused, there was a pressure that had been lifted of its chest. “Should I explain what that is or…?” platonic was a big word, and while its child did not usually have trouble with big words, Mari felt responsible to at least ask if he happened to hear one and not know what it was.

“Nah, I know what it is… Wow, this conversation turned unusual real fast- how did we get here? Anyway, uh, so since we’re on the subject of visions, have any lately? And oh, it’s- it’s great to hear it…” he quickly added, struggling to keep the pink off his cheeks.

[musingmemories]

Sorry. Leave it to Lucas to throw Max completely off course by blurting out the phrase. It shut her up whenever it was uttered, guilt bleeding into the anger that sat in her chest and slowly replacing it. Uncommon, he knew, in her every day vocabulary. Sorry was thrown sarcastically to get Billy or Neil off her back— never sincere… unless extremely provoked. Said as an exchange, a desperate plea, typically bargained in order to protect someone else. But with Lucas? The apology was always sincere unless also thrown sarcastically out of annoyance or to make a party member shut up.

In this case, he hadn’t known if Max wanted to be touched, and who could blame him after her body had been broken to pieces at Vecna’s hands? She could’ve been flinching subconsciously, brain not even registering she’d been withdrawing from all touch. Craved but ran from it… much like many things in Max’s life. Including the guy right in front of her. It was difficult resisting the sudden urge to smile whenever Lucas started opening up because majority of the time they were at each other’s throats until the other won in their little, petty squabbles. … but after what happened… Max didn’t want to do that anymore, and from what it sounded like… Lucas didn’t want to either. Assuming he’d launch next into the reason why they hadn’t been talking— which she thought would be about Billy— he surprised her instead talking about… her?

Or rather her self-deprications.

“I wasn’t…” The start of a pathetic attempt to defend herself, listening to Lucas’ explanation quieted the need to insist she was fine and just joking when it came to shit talking her self-esteem and insecurities. He’d always been able to read her. Now that thought finally drew out the grin Max had been suppressing, gazing at Lucas like a schoolgirl with a crush, laughing next at the claim he’d beat up anyone that said negative things about her. “I got my ass handed to me by Vecna and now you’re threatening to beat me up?!” Laughter danced around the exclamation, the familiar sound starting to make her feel like… the old Max. Like she’d been out of orbit for a bit and Lucas was gradually pulling her back. Physically, with his hand finally taking hers, and Max felt like she could exhale again.

Somewhat.

Breath was still held catching Lucas’ stream of compliments, that she was still totally tubular— their dumb catchphrase. One Max hadn’t realized they might’ve never said again if things had gone differently. With a softened expression, Max gave Lucas’ hand a gentle squeeze, tugging him closer and without giving it a second thought, pressed a kiss to his lips. Lingered for the barest of seconds for them both to acknowledge it before “Me too.” was a whispered confirmation she felt the same— glad she was still here… and also wouldn’t know what to do without Lucas.

“Nice to hear the old Sinclair’s still in there.” Her smile audible in the words, Max pulled away slightly to flash him a glint of mischief with it. “Was afraid we’d lost you for a minute. That you’d gotten all jocky and too cool for your old friends.” Me. Added to the list that was Max Mayfield’s insecurities: Lucas leaving her behind. That he’d take a push too many and respect her wishes. But stubborn as always, Lucas stayed— returned, really, to her side to protect her like he always had. “Hey did you… uh…” Sky blue orbs flicked back down to their hands. Max wondered why her heart was picking up speed while asking a simple question. “The letter I wrote you. Did you ever read it…?” A letter for each of them. Her thank you’s she couldn’t say in person. Her personalized goodbyes. Trips down memory lane and admiration of each one of their characters.

Writing and music had always been Max’s way of expressing herself. Both were able to relay exactly how she felt without her having to actually vocalize her thoughts and feelings out loud. Words were poetic, strung together through concentration and thoughtfulness, searching for true meaning and with the goal of touching the heart. Max guessed she had Kate Bush to thank for unlocking more of that creative part of her. “If not… I guess you can now? Or is that weirdly jinxing me again?” Cracking another grin, Max couldn’t remember if she had or had not basically implied she’d loved him. She definitely had, but facing Lucas now after she’d brought it up? Weirdly a lot scarier than admitting it when she thought she was gonna die.

@musingmemories

Talking about things. An area in their relationship they’d struggled with greatly since day one of meeting each other— Max more so than him when it came to letting people in. It was where most of their past arguments had stemmed from, Max’s short fuse eventually blowing whenever Lucas refused to let something go and instead kept pushing her to open up when she clearly wasn’t ready to. Of course he hadn’t meant to be so tenacious with it, his constant ‘are you okays’ and ‘you don’t look fines ’ coming from a place of love and concern. But he’d overstepped a boundary, hadn’t he? That much he realised now. Apparently they both still had some growing to do, an acknowledgment made and agreed on under a sort of ‘pact’ that Max would agree to be more vocal with her feelings as long as he eased up whenever she got too uncomfortable— to which, honestly? Lucas was proud of her for. A massive step for the both of them in their friendship.

Was friends the correct label for what they were..?

Complicated was the more appropriate term. After all, what umbrella did ‘awkward exes with possible lingering feelings for each other but are too afraid to admit them’ fit under?

Thoughts derailing like a runaway train the second Max’s hand reached for his own, Lucas couldn’t help but to wince at that insinuation that he was afraid to touch her. That was partly true, but not in the way she thought. “I know.. I know. I just didn’t know if you wanted me to or not. Sorry.” There he went again making things more complicated than they needed to be. Could he just stop overthinking for once and steady his racing heart? Above all else, Lucas knew that Max loathed when people treated her like she was made from porcelain, especially more than ever now after Vecna’s attack on her. The same attack that made her feel like a burden apparently, the protective side of him piping up to shut that mindset down immediately.

“Max, c’mon. You’ve never been a burden to me. You never will be. And I.. I hate that we didn’t talk sooner too. That’s not me blaming you or anything either, it was nobody’s fault. It’s just..” inhaling a much needed breath to cut himself off from his rambling, another thing Lucas had realised was that he always felt the need to overcompensate where he didn’t have to. Another thing to work on. Baby steps, right? At least they were learning together.

There was one thing he needed to get off his chest though. Something that had bothered him since him and Max had crossed paths.

“I don’t like it when you talk so lowly about yourself, you know? Like you don’t even matter.” She mattered to him, and if Lucas had one wish? He’d wish that Max could have the ability to see herself the way he saw her.. not as the burden she believed herself to be. “If anyone else said those things about you, I’d have to like.. beat them up or something.” Or exchange serious words with them because who was he kidding? Lucas Sinclair wasn’t a fighter.. well, only when he needed to be. “That includes yourself, by the way.” Eyebrow raised challengingly at her, Lucas couldn’t stop the small grin that fought its way onto his face— a feeling that almost felt foreign, given it had been absent for so long.

Permission now granted to touch her, Lucas gingerly allowed his fingers to wove in between the gaps in hers. “Seriously though.. you’re cool, funny, really pretty.. and dare I say it, totally tubular~!” Spoken in what could possibly be dubbed the worst accent in the world, Lucas stifled the chuckles that almost escaped him, lips thinning in the process and teeth seeking out his lower one. Although he may have sounded like he was joking; Lucas meant every single word. Max was.. something else. “..I guess what I’m really trying to say is that I’m glad you’re still here, MadMax. I don’t know what I’d do without you.” Too far? It didn’t matter. As Max had put it, it was time to finally talk about things. Time to finally be open.

[petrichor-reminiscence]

my interests

♡anime♡

☆ Fairy Tail

☆ Devilman Crybaby

☆ Soul Eater

☆ Ouran High School Host Club

☆ Sword Art Online (season 1)

☆ Fire Force (season 1)

☆ Assassination Classroom

☆ My Hero Academia (seasons 1-3)

☆ Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

☆ Beastars

☆ Haikyuu (seasons 1-2)

☆ Castlevania

☆ Kakegurui (season 1)

☆ Durarara

☆ Yuri on Ice

☆ Jujutsu Kaisen (season 1)

☆ Attack on Titan (seasons 1-2)

☆ Chainsaw Man

☆ Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon)

♡popular animated movies/shows (from disney, netflix, cartoon network, etc.)♡

☆ Anastasia

☆ The Nightmare Before Christmas

☆ The Corpse Bride

☆ Treasure Planet

☆ How to Train Your Dragon (1-3)

☆ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (preference for 2012 tho)

☆ Avatar the Last Airbender

☆ My Little Pony (Gen 4 and Equestria Girls usually)

☆ Ever After High

☆ Monster High

☆ Arcane

☆ The Dragon Prince

☆ Gravity Falls

♡transformers♡

☆ Bayverse Movies (1-5)

☆ Bumblebee and Rise of the Beasts

☆ Transformers Prime

☆ Transformers Earthspark

☆ Transformers One

♡marvel♡

☆ Spider-Man (live-actions and Spiderverse)

☆ Marvel Cinematic Universe

☆ X-Men and Deadpool

♡DC♡

☆ Doom Patrol

☆ The Boys

☆ Peacemaker

☆ The Batman 2022 (in Battinson we trust he's our bbg)

♡webtoons/comics♡

☆ Batman Wayne Family Adventures

☆ The Last Bloodline

☆ Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story

☆ Omniscient Reader

☆ School Bus Graveyard

☆ Covenant

♡games♡

☆ Mass Effect (1-3)

☆ Halo (including books but NOT the live-action)

☆ Team Fortress 2 (including comics)

☆ Five Nights at Freddy's (all the games)

☆ Undertale (and AUs)

☆ Obey Me (I have NOT watched the anime yet lol)

☆ Dragon Age Origins

☆ Dangerous Fellows

☆ Overwatch (1 and 2)

☆ Modern Warfare II

☆ Resident Evil (all games plus animated and live-action movies)

☆ Dead by Daylight

☆ Risk of Rain 2

♡live-action shows and movies♡

☆ Umbrella Academy (seasons 1-2)

☆ The Witcher (seasons 1-2)

☆ Alice in Borderland

☆ Criminal Minds (seasons 1-2)

☆ The Walking Dead (seasons 1-3)

☆ Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit

☆ Stranger Things (seasons 1-2)

♡books♡

☆ Elfquest (1-4)

☆ Harry Potter (1-7, and fuck jk bowlingball these silly little wizards are MINE now)

☆ Amulet (1-don't remember the number lol)

♡misc. animation/internet phenomena♡

☆ Red vs Blue (all seasons and mini-series)

☆ RWBY (seasons 1-5)

☆ Creepypastas

☆ Content Creators (only those who consent to fics being written about them!)

☆ Eddsworld

☆ Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

☆ Hazbin Hotel (and Helluva Boss)

☆ Winx Club

this list will be updated as i get into more shit lol ^^

♡last updated on 10/24/24♡

[inkblot22]

Kill The Gods

Wow, Floyd? Hello? Floyd?

TW for: stalking, yandere, bullying if you squint, ignoring boundaries, strangulation, and Floyd Leech because he and Jade are scary too,

He preferred it when they were around. His little shrimpy was a wild card. Whenever he stumbled upon them, they’d be in a different mood. He didn’t care enough to keep track, but he made little notes of it.

When Shrimpy was happy, they’d smile and laugh, often joking lightly and casually. When Shrimpy was sad, they’d smile, but different, more strained, and their jokes would take a bitter note. When Shrimpy was angry, they’d be silent and frowny, like a storm was brewing over them. When Shrimpy wasn’t feeling anything, Floyd liked to bother them the most, just to see what reaction he’d get. 

Today, Shrimpy seemed… different. He’d seen this type of thing before. They were scared, wide eyes scanning around until they noticed him. They actually approached him, too. That never happened, since he liked to squish them in a big hug from behind, and also they weren’t friends. They’d made that clear, but he didn’t care, he’d play with Shrimpy whenever he wanted, because that’s what they were there for.

“Floyd!” They grabbed his arm, which was also weird, “Uh, listen, do you mind walking me back from class?”

“Huh?” Of course he would be confused, because they told him to leave them alone.

“Floyd, there’s a guy, and he’s following me.” They whispered harshly.

“Where?”

As he turned to look, they pinched his side with the hand that wasn't clutching his arm, “Don’t!”

He giggled like a child and looked down at them, teeth wide in a grin, “Yeah, okay, Shrimpy, I’ll take you home.”

They looked… happy. They gave him a watery-eyed smile and kept a hold on him until they were inside Ramshackle. 

“Okay, Shrimpy, I’ll be back in the morning, so you better be up on time.”

“Y-you will? Okay!” They seemed even more happy, but he didn’t like something.

Who was the guy following them around? It didn’t take much to figure that the person was trying to chat up his Shrimpy, or something. He didn’t like that. Not at all. 

Still, Floyd liked having them around, so he was content enough to walk them pretty much everywhere. Even where they didn’t want to be, like the bathroom. He waited outside as they went. 

It was a bit strange, really. Usually by now, he’d have gotten bored and left them to get accosted by this stranger, but as it was, he was invested in this now. On the other hand, this new guy had to go.

So, he began planning. Floyd liked action more than planning, honestly, planning was more Jade’s forte, but he figured that if he waited out of sight from this stalker, he’d show up.

And show up he did. He basically walked right into Floyd’s arms, ripe for the squeezing. As the guy wheezed on the ground, it turned out that Floyd recognized him.

During that short period of time after Shrimpy had told him that they didn’t like him very much, he’d been in a serious funk. He had sat down and bemoaned his demotion from fond acquaintance to disliked friend by his dear Shrimpy to one of the workers at Mostro Lounge, taking a heavy seat next to him and helping himself to the shrimp balls in front of them. He talked about it for a while, talked about how he wanted to make sure they liked him back and how the only way to do that was to destroy anything or anyone who said they weren't great around each other, almost in tears until Azul showed up to nag him. He’d skipped out on the rest of the day. 

The dumb fish in front of him gagged and hacked, “I knew it… I knew…”

“Knew what, buddy? How annoying it is that you’re following around my Shrimpy?”

“Following around?” He stumbled to his feet, eyes widening as the person in question exited the bathroom, “Y-You! Listen, you have to get away from him, he’s nuts!”

“What’s your problem, fish?”

“I’m trying to warn you!” The worker said it like a plea, desperate and not directed at Floyd. 

He made a mistake, though. He grabbed Shrimpy by the collar and shook them, and all of the sudden, there was an arm around his throat and he was choking on his words. 

“Schoolfish never keep their hands to themselves…” Floyd mumbled.

They were watching him strangle the other student, dumbstruck, but that was fine. He liked having them around, no matter what.

[melverie]

Thank you for the tag Ivy, and sorry that it took a bit!!

If anyone wants to check for themself, I've added my translations below the cut. But in short--I unfortunately couldn't really find any difference in meaning between the two versions...

The only thing that stood out to me is this moment.

"I'm certain I felt Father's love. I wonder when I forgot about it."

It might just be me, but the wording of the Japanese version made me wonder if Nightbringer might be messing with Lucifer's memories to make him remember Father more fondly...? (I'm still on my "someone in the Celestial Realm is Nightbringer" propaganda trip btw)

We know that og Lucifer would NEVER think this way--he even said as much during the angel event iirc. And NB Lucifer shouldn't either, especially since Lilith's death JUST happened. So maybe part of Nightbringer's goal is to have the brothers return to the Celestial Realm, and the first step to that is making Lucifer think Father always showed them their love...? Aahhh I don't know, I just don't want the entire "Father's love" thing to be left as is...

This is how I've structured the translations:

[speaker]

日本語バー���ョン (Japanese version) [my translation (I tried to stick as close to the original meaning as possible)] English version

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38-5

Lucifer

なんなんだ、いったい……。 どうして、俺はこんな―― [What on earth is...? Why do I look—] What’s going on? Why have I—

Simeon

……俺は、わかる気がする [...I feel like I understand it.] I think I may know the answer to that.

Simeon

あの人がルシファーの願いに応えてくれたんだよ [That person has answered your pleas.] “He” heard your pleas and did as you asked.

Lucifer (flashback)

あなたの意思が、わからない……！ [I don't understand your intentions...!] I don’t understand what it is you want!

Lucifer (flashback)

あなたはいつも何も言ってくれない [You never say anything to me.] You never tell me anything.

Lucifer (flashback)

あなたが俺に何を求めているのか…… 今ここで、俺に示してください！！ [What do you want from me... Please show me here and now!] What is it you want of me? Give me a sign right now, please!

Simeon

これが、あの人がルシファーに示してくれた、 愛じゃないのかな…… [Isn't what that person showed you his love...] I’m guessing this is his answer, a sign of his love…

Lucifer

父さんの……愛…… [Father's*... love...] Father’s…love… *tn: an argument could technically be made that he's saying "dad" here instead of "Father" since he dropped the honorific 「お」 but I'd say he did it because he's talking to Simeon right now

[...]

Belphegor

はー……めんどくさい [Haa... what a pain] sigh…What a drag.

Asmodeus

ホント、だるいよねー。 春の宴前に天宮の大掃除なんてさ [It's really tiring, huh? I can't believe that we have to clean the Celestial Palace before the spring feast...] I know, right? I’d rather be doing anything else. Cleaning the Celestial Palace in preparation for the spring feast is the worst.

Beelzebub

ミカエルからの命令だ。仕方ない [It's an order from Michael. It can't be helped.] Well, the orders came straight from Michael himself. That’s just how it is.

Mammon

仕方なくねーっつの！ [Don't you "that's just how it is" me!] Whadya mean that’s just how it is?! Nuh-uh, it doesn’t have to be this way!

Mammon

親父は、アレか？ 俺らに掃除ができる天使になれっつってンのか？ [Is that what Father wants? He wants us to be angels who can clean?] Are you tryin’ to tell me that what Father wants is to turn us into angels who really know how to clean?

Leviathan

それな。いつもミカエルを通してばっかでさ [That's right. It always comes through Michael.] Yep, you hit the nail on the head. Our orders always come through Michael.

Leviathan

何を求められてるのか、わからんし [I don't get what he wants.] Like, there’s no way to know what it is he really wants from us.

Belphegor

ねえ、ルシファーもそう思うよね？ [Hey Lucifer, you think so too, right?] Lucifer, you feel the same way, right?

Lucifer

いや？ [No?] Not at all.

Asmodeus

嘘だあ。ルシファーだって本当は、 父さんにこっそり不満があるんじゃないの？ [That's a lie. Aren't even you secretly unhappy with Father?] Liar, liar, pants on fire! Deep down inside, even you have to be a little frustrated with Father.

Lucifer

ないな。 あの人は、俺たちに何も求めてはいない [No. That person doesn't ask anything of us.] I can’t say I am, no. Father doesn’t ask anything of us.

Lucifer

ただ与えてくださるだけだ [He just gives.] All he ever does is give.

Belphegor

与えてくださるって、何を？ [What does he give?] Give what, exactly?

Lucifer

愛だ [Love.] His love.

Leviathan

アイ…… [Love*...] Love… *tn: since it's written in katakana instead of kanji, it's implied that Levi doesn't really get what Lucifer means. It could also mean he's still very young here, but usually it would be written in hiragana in that case

Mammon

うげえー！！ [Ugh...!] Blech...

Asmodeus

あははは！ レヴィとマモンってば、すっごい顔！ [Ahahaha! Levi's and Mammon's faces are amazing!] Ahahaha! Levi and Mammon, if you could see the looks on your faces right now!

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Lucifer

……気を失っていた間、昔の夢を見た [...while I was unconscious, I had a dream of the past.] …When I was unconscious, I dreamt that I was back in the past.

Lucifer

俺も弟たちも、まだ天使だった頃の夢だ [It was a dream from when me and my brothers were still angels.] My brothers and I were still angels.

Lucifer

父から何を求められているかわからず、文句ばかりの弟たちに、俺はこう言ったんだ [I told my younger brothers who didn't know what Father* wanted and kept complaining,] They kept going on and on about how they didn’t understand what Father wanted of them. So this is what I said… *tn: definitely saying "Father" here

Lucifer

「父は俺たちに何も求めていない。 ただ愛を与えてくれるだけだ」、と―― ["Father doesn't ask anything from us. He only gives us his love."] “Father doesn’t ask anything of us. All he ever does is give, by showing us love.”

Lucifer

確かに父からの愛を感じていたはずなのに、 いつの間に忘れていたんだろうな [I'm certain I felt Father's love. I wonder when I forgot about it.] I used to understand that Father loved us, I could feel it. But at some point, I must’ve forgotten.

Lucifer

……父が俺たちにそうしたように、 俺もおまえに愛を与え続ける存在でありたい [...just like my Father did for us, I want to be the one to continue to give you love.] Father always tried to show us love. And from now on, I’d like to be able to share my love for you. To have that place in your life.

[...]

Lucifer

おまえへの愛の証として、契約を交わそう [To prove my love for you, let's forge a pact.] As proof of my love, I agree to a pact.

Lucifer

たとえオナマエがどこにいたとしても、 俺の愛は常におまえに降り注ぐことを約束する [I promise that wherever you are, I will always shower you with my love.] No matter where you may be, no matter how far away, I will never stop loving you. This I promise.

Ok this may be nitpicking but my problem with the whole "Father's love" Is that your father Is the reason your sister is death, the whole reason y'all went to war... They casted you away because you didn't want Lilith to die...

The thing Is that Father's love Is not unconditional, If you didn't started the war, your sister would have died anyways, for the crime of loving a human too much, he practially made you choose between your loyalty to him or your love for your sister. Thats why Lucifer whole speech of "All Father did was love me, but I couldn't see It" feels shallow, because It undermines the tragedy of falling from the CR in the first place. Like If Seraph Lucifer had fallen in love with a human, he would probably had the same fate as Lilith. Simeon Is stripped of His own angelhood in S3/S4 for stealing the ring of light to save MC, so it's not like the CR Is better in the future or anything

I think Its unrealistic to expect OBM to put Father/God as this 100% Bad guy (with the whole uniting the three realms and all that) but also I feel like Lucifer should have more complicated feeling about this. I don't doubt Father loved him, but I don't think the conclusion of Lucifer arc should be that "All my Father did was love me but I was too prideful to see it"

[harryssweatcreaturee]

Heyyy.

Here I am again with a request, what if Harry hurts Y/N by mistake and it triggers her from some past experience. It can be like angst and then fluffy.

Thanks babe 😘

the one where y/n gets her happy ending

a/n: this whole blurb contains a sensitive topic. please read with precaution and i hope that you are all safe <3

word count: 1.4k

warnings: mentions of domestic abuse, angst (but it ends fluffy<3)

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“Hey! Hey! Baby, p-please! I’m going to pee my pants!” (Y/N) was in a fit of giggles as Harry tickled her wherever he could think of. (Y/N) was laying on the couch, Harry straddling her against the cushions. Despite her best efforts to push Harry off, he was bigger, stronger. She couldn’t push him off and really, her bladder was about to explode if he kept tickling her.

“Nope. Should’ve thought about what you said before saying it.” Harry chuckled as he dug his fingertips into her ribcage, but she grabbed his arm and gripped hard, trying to make him stop. Harry used his other hand to grab her wrist and pin it to the couch and the second their arms hit the cushion, a gasp came out of (Y/N)’s mouth and she flinched. “Please… Don’t hurt me…” Her voice was trembling, small and scared. It shattered Harry’s heart.

It was like (Y/N) was placed back in time. Her brain took her back to that same reaction. Apologizing, begging for it to stop. But it never helped. It only made it worse. But she wasn’t used to Harry and his reaction. Never something so soft and apologetic, when it always yelling and getting hurt for a simple plea for everything to stop. But then she realized this wasn’t that situation. It wasn’t the same man that would take any chance to blame her and hurt her. Harry wasn’t him.

Harry stopped that very second, his eyes immediately watering at the sight before him. Does she really think he’s capable of doing that to her? Harry has never given her incentive to believe that, nor would he ever do something so cruel to anyone.

“Baby… Look at me, please? Open your eyes. Hey…” (Y/N) didn’t move. She was panting softly, not moving a single part of her body. Harry was terrified. He didn’t know what to do, what so say.

“Harry. I – I’m so sorry. I can’t... I just can’t...” She slowly blinked, opened her eyes, and immediately started crying. The look in her eyes was unwavering, her pupils dilated, and Harry could tell there was fear in them. She frantically grabbed her things and made her way towards the door with Harry hot behind her feet. “Baby, what’s going on? You’re scaring me, please. Y’know I’d never hurt you right? Talk to me, honey. Please.”

Nothing helped. (Y/N) left his house without another word and it left Harry heartbroken.

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It had been a week since the incident. Harry was at a loss of what to do. He didn’t want to make (Y/N) feel like he was pressuring her to talk to him, but his upmost importance was to tell her that his intentions weren’t, nor will they ever be to hurt her.

He tried messages and calls, but it was no luck. Harry decided he’d show up to her apartment after work. He stopped by a florist to get her some flowers, even got her some chocolates and warm blankets with funny prints he knew she would like.

Before stopping by (Y/N)’s place, Harry met up with a friend in efforts to make her a little basket with the things he’d bought. Once he was satisfied with how everything was set in the small wicker basket, Harry drove to (Y/N)’s house, hoping and praying she’d let him talk.

His shaky hands knocked on her front door, sighing softly before biting at his lip nervously.

“(Y/N), it’s me! Can – can we please talk?”

Harry wasn’t sure if she was even close enough to the front door to hear him, but after a few seconds and a hurried “Uh, yeah! One sec!” was heard through the door, Harry was glad she was going to give him a chance to speak.

The door opened, revealing a tired and disheveled (Y/N). The bags under her eyes were prominent, her eyes were watery, and her skin was pale. It worried Harry.

Had she been crying? Has she slept?

“Um, come in, H.” She took in a deep breath as she stepped aside, allowing Harry entrance.

“Made you a basket. I hope y’like it.” Harry reached out to hand it to her and she looked up at him with a frown.

(Y/N) wasn’t used to this behavior. Harry texted her a million apologies. He called and left voicemails in hopes to get her to understand that he didn’t know. Hell, he was now in her house with a basket full of apologies.

The last week was rough. She spent most days crying, trying to think of how to tell Harry what had happened to her in the past, that it wasn’t his fault that she reacted that way it was just… her brain acting almost in muscle memory to a movement that used to mean another slap, another punch.

“Before you say anything, I – I want to tell you something. Come to the couch with me, please?”

It broke Harry that she always asked for things in such a soft and pleading voice as if she’d get in trouble if it were any other way. But now it made sense.

“Yeah, of course. Can tell me anything. Y’know that, right?”

He left the basket on the floor by the door, then following (Y/N) to the living room.

They sat on the couch with a couple of inches between each other. Harry wanted nothing more than to hold her and promise everything will be fine, but he didn’t want to push through any boundaries or make her feel even worse that she probably did.

(Y/N)’s hands were trembling. She was nervous. She decided she’d stick them under her thighs, sitting on them so they’d stop shaking so damn much.

“Well, uh… I’ve mentioned I was in a pretty long relationship a couple of months before we met…” She let out a shaky sigh, her eyes watering again as she swallowed the lump forming in her throat.

Harry nodded with a soft hum.

“He… he wasn’t the best. At first, he was… he was perfect. I never thought anything could go wrong. Until one day that…” (Y/N) averted her eyes away from Harry the second she felt the first tear slip from her eye.

Harry tested the waters by scooting closer. She didn’t move. He placed on hesitant hand on her knee, a physical encouragement that everything was okay. “You don’t have to tell me if it’s too hard, love. But I promise you that I would never do anything so terrible to you.”

(Y/N) let out a small sob, shaking her head softly when she finally looked back at him. “I want you to know. So, you understand, so it makes sense.” Harry nodded softly, allowing her to continue.

“One day everything changed. I made the wrong food and well... That was the first time it happened. And then from there, it just got worse… I ended up in the hospital… he got in trouble, and I was finally free. I went back to the house the next day after I was discharged, grabbed all my things, and here I am now. Far away from all of that. I cut off all my friends, got a new job… I’m happy now, y’know?” (Y/N)’s voice cracked, giving him a soft smile to convince him that a greater part of her really is okay.

“But I don’t know what came over me that day. It’s just… the way I was pinned… It kind of put me back in that place and I don’t know what came over me. I’m really sorry, Harry.”

Harry immediately shook his head, moving his hands cautiously to cradle her cheeks in his warm palms.

“Hey, none of that. You do not have to apologize to me. I’m the one that’s sorry. I will never hurt you. I will never lay a finger on you. I love you so much, (Y/N).” Harry’s eyes watered as they looked straight into hers, and it was nothing like a week ago. They didn’t scream fear, they didn’t show that she felt unsafe. “You have nothing to worry about with me. I will always keep you safe, yeah?”

(Y/N) closed her eyes, nodding softly before bringing her hands to wrap around Harry, sobbing into his chest. “I love you. Thank you for being so amazing. I don’t deserve you.”

“Are y’kidding me, angel? You deserve nothing but the best and that is my mission. I’ll never give y’anything less. My sweet angel. I love you.”

Harry gave her things she never knew she was capable of having and feeling. She felt happiness, she felt safe. She felt like for the first time in a long time, she didn’t have to walk around on eggshells to avoid another beating. Harry was the most loving and caring person in her life. (Y/N) knew what home finally felt like, and that was him. Harry was her happy, safe and loving home.

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[pepperonijem]

In Sunshine and Rain || Peter Parker

MASTERLIST

Pairing: Peter Parker x Reader

Warnings: this was supposed to be fluff and instead it's a hurt comfort fic. totally got away from me but uh... yeah. Also Peter drives in this. He would definitely swing about, but nope, he's driving.

Word count: 1.6k

Summary: Peter is like the sun, but eventually even the sun has to give way to the stillness of night.

A/N: This is inspired by real life events. Also I was definitely picturing Andrew Garfield's Peter in this (But it could really be any of the spideys). If this reminds you of another fic I wrote... politely pretend it doesn't <3

Sometimes, the sadness hits you slowly and silently. The clouds crawl their way across the sky until they’ve hidden the sun, replacing the blue sky with gray clouds. Small waves lap at the shore until one day you look up, face to face with tsunami tides. You’re happy until you’re not, with no idea how long the rain will last.

That was how you found yourself in the passenger’s seat of Peter’s car, wrapped up in his coat, hands fidgeting on your lap. It was a fun night – a night out with all of your friends, full of karaoke and laughter – until suddenly it wasn’t. The tsunami tides had crashed, and all too quickly you were left teary-eyed and weary with the heaviness of an all-encompassing sadness.

It was the type of sadness you couldn’t name, the kind that had built up for weeks under your nose. So when your eyes met Peter’s across the room, a silent plea for rescue in a secret language that the two of you had become fluent in, he grabbed his keys and coat and said goodbye as he took your hand and led you into the cold air.

“What happened?” He asked as the two of you made your way to his car. The question was quiet, almost buried under the whistle of the chilly winter wind. You were thankful that you had taken him up on his offer to drive, as being alone with your thoughts was the last thing you wanted to do.

“I wish I could say,” you replied. “I was fine, then all of a sudden… I just wasn’t.” You pulled your scarf a little higher, trying to protect your cheeks from the biting cold. Peter glanced over your way, and you stared straight into the night pretending not to notice the way his eyebrows furrowed together or the way he stepped just a little bit closer to you.

Peter didn’t say anything else until the two of you were safely buckled into the car, waiting for the heater to warm you both up. “Do you… want to talk about it?” He asked tentatively. If he was honest, he wasn’t sure what to say, but all he could do was act on the tug in his heart to make you feel better somehow.

You gave him a tired smile and wondered if he could even see it in the darkness of the night. “I do,” you began. “But I don’t even know what ‘it’ is. I’m just sad, and my heart feels tired.” It wasn’t a lot, but it was the best you could give him… or yourself for that matter. If you could talk it through, you would, because it was always easy to talk to Peter. But right now, you favored the silence.

Peter set the gear shift on drive, pulling out into the empty 2 a.m. roads. “You know, sometimes I like to drive around with nowhere to go,” he said softly. “It helps me think.” You looked towards him, but stayed quiet as he continued. “Especially when the stars are out like this, it’s a bit easier to put things into perspective. The universe is so big… It makes my problems feel a little smaller.

“When Ben died,” he continued, pausing to take a breath. “There wasn’t really anyone I could talk to. Not May, or even you. But being out here, it felt like I could just take a minute to breathe. Like the world is on pause, for even just an hour.”

Under the warm yellow lights of the city, you could see Peter’s fingers tightening around the wheel ever so slightly. Though he tried to keep his voice even, you could see the slight tremble in his lips, and you wanted so badly to touch him, to remind him that you were here now. Peter was not the type to talk about the heavier things that were weighing on him, and you were afraid that speaking might suddenly snap him out of it.

So instead you turned your attention forward once again to the empty streets, lined with restaurants that had closed hours ago and apartment balconies with Christmas lights still left hanging on the railings. Peter was right, it felt like the world was on pause. No one was walking around the street, no speedy drivers swerving through traffic. It was like you were the only people in the city… in the world.

Peter was quiet after his confession, letting whatever was playing on the radio fill the silence. It seemed to last for an eternity, until Peter finally put the car in park at the top of a parking garage. He reached up, pulling back the screen that covered the moon roof of his car.

“It’s a little too cold to sit outside, but this should be fine.” For the first time since you had entered the car, Peter looked at you and you could clearly see the beginnings of the tears that he had swatted away, lining the dark bags under his eyes. Has he always looked this tired? You wondered how lonely he must have been, hiding behind the walls he had built up and you were grateful to share even a fraction of the weight he’s been carrying alone all this time.

“Fine for what?” You asked.

“Like I said, looking at the stars helps to put it all into perspective,” he repeated. “Just imagine you’re standing on one of them, looking down at Earth. It’s barely a speck in the distance. There’s nothing that can reach you from there. Nothing can touch you.” The energy in his explanation ended in a tired, resigned sigh that escaped his lips. “Nothing can reach you,” he added, barely a whisper.

Suddenly, your problems did begin to feel small, but not because of the stars. Looking at Peter now, the only thing on your mind was him. For all you’ve known him, he would listen to everyone else’s problems and fix them with a laugh, the way only he could, but who was there for him? Before you could think too hard about what you were doing, you reached across the console to find his hand. He didn’t look up, but when you laced your fingers in his, you felt a gentle squeeze.

“Peter,” you called his name. “I’m here.”

“I mean yeah, obviously you’re here–”

“No, Peter, I’m here,” you cut him off. “And I’m not going anywhere.” When he looked up finally and allowed himself to meet your eyes, you suddenly wondered if you were as fluent in your secret language as you had thought. In all the shared smiles, the times you scanned the room to find him whenever you laughed, the knowing glances, you had never seen his eyes this tired. The walls he built up were beginning to crumble, and all you could do was reach out to him.

“I am so tired,” he confessed. “And I didn’t even realize how tired I’ve become.” He took your other hand in his, bringing it up to his cheek, relaxing the slightest bit in your touch.

Before you met Peter, you would have described your life as being stuck under a rainy cloud. But one day, the skies parted and there he was. And for as long as you’ve known him, Peter has always been the sun. Giving off warmth to everyone around him, radiating nothing but joy and laughter, but also somewhat distant. Keeping himself away because if he got too close he might burn someone. But even the sun doesn’t stay out forever.

“It’s okay,” you assured him, pulling him closer to you. “Let yourself rest.” In that moment, all you could do was make a silent promise to God, the universe, the stars, whoever was listening, that you would always be there with Peter to let him rest, to let the quietness of night take over until he was ready to be the sun again.

The strained breaths coming from Peter made your heart ache, and you brought his forehead to yours. “If I’m not strong enough to carry these things alone,” he choked out. Before he could even finish his thought, you cut him off.

“No one said you have to carry it alone,” you said sternly, bringing your hand under his chin to force his eyes to meet yours. “Let us – let me, carry it with you.”

You stayed that way for a little while longer, or maybe it was forever, foreheads resting against each other over the console until you heard his ragged breathing finally steady itself. Peter let out a quiet but tired chuckle and you pulled away to look at him, unable to read the small smile that had made its way onto his features.

“What’s so funny, Peter?” you asked.

“It’s just,” he chuckled again. “I thought we were driving around to make you feel better, but as only you can do, you made me feel better instead.” It was his turn to reach up and touch your cheek, softly, as if he applied any more pressure he might break you. “And I didn’t even know I was sad,” he laughed, louder this time.

You laughed with him, as you always did, and looked down at your lap where your hands were fidgeting. Peter called your name quietly, his voice still raspy from crying and you looked back up. There it was again, the unreadable look in his eyes. “You…” he began. “You’re like the sun.”

Before you could even reply, his lips were already on yours.