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alright i wanted to elaborate a little bit on this post i made here. iâve been dying to do a proper analysis on heroâs character, but before we start i would like to make some things clear: i do not hate any of the kids, and i do not think any of them are bad or irredeemable people. while i do not think all of their actions were good or justified, i do believe that they had every right o feel upset, hurt, or overwhelmed in the scenarios i am about to analyze. i just want to clarify because i donât want it to sound like iâm here to dogpile on hero, aubrey, or kel specifically. theyâre kids, theyâre going to be bad at handling things, and while i am going to criticize some of their actions i do NOT think that they are horrible people by any means. now letâs get into why i think hero is not the perfect responsible boy sunny or the fandom has built him up to be.
hero and mari are the oldest children in a group of friends with not many solid parental figures. kel is a glass child, something hero is shown to be aware of when he runs to kel after their argument when he sees heâs being ignored. as well, their mom is shown to be slightly manipulative and guilt trippy in the game. and while i donât think this necessarily means sheâs abusive i do think saying things like âyour mean old brothers donât want anything to do with usâ can create a lot of guilt and stress within a household, especially when their dad just kind of sighs and lightly tries to talk with her. aubrey is in an abusive and neglectful household with her mom, and her dad is implied to be a bit controlling (âmy dad would never let me dye my hairâ). basil lives alone with an ailing grandmother and parents who are never around. sunnyâs only solo memories of his father are the tree chopping incident and him yelling about lost remotes so much that everytime you even click on a remote sunny says not to touch it because âit might get lostâ. (im going to exclude sunnyâs mom from this section as i feel thereâs lots of different ways to interpret her dynamic with the kids and i swing back and forth on these myself).
but all this to say, hero and mari are sort of forced into this parental role for all these kids, while theyâre only teenagers themselves. and while the younger ones obviously look up to and admire them, thereâs only so much they can do, and both of them are subject to bias as well. this is where i think the idea of them being âso responsible!â kind of fails, though itâs more obvious with hero than with mari.
in headspace, pretty much the first thing hero does is scold kel and aubrey for fighting, a very, very consistent theme for his character. and yes, i am aware that headspace is not 1:1 with the real world, but i do think a lot of the character moments between the main four are based off real events that may have happened. so yeah, hero scolds kel and aubrey a lot, but he also fails at scolding them a lot. often he plays the mediator (âcut it out you twoâ or âyou two are in trouble nowâ) and while it gets kel and aubrey to drop their current fight, it doesnât stop another one from coming in the next five minutes. and this failure to prevent their fights and getting more and more annoyed with them throughout headspaceâs run culminates in heroâs biggest mistake in how he handles the two of them, that if weâre to believe is based off events that did likely happen, bleeds into the current day fight between kel and aubrey as well.
during the humphrey section of two dayâs left, the main four find a lone flower crown lying on the ground. they forgot donât know who it belongs to, but itâs crumpled and dirty. aubrey debates taking it to return to its owner, and hero says it may not be in a condition where they even want it anymore. and then kel kicks it off the edge, sparking aubrey to yell at him. now kel is slightly in the wrong here, as the best thing to do would be to just not touch it instead of kicking it into the void. and aubrey being frustrated is understandable, but ultimately itâs not a super big deal as itâs not any of their property, so sheâs not really in the right for picking a fight here either. however when kel goes to defend himself and say âwell hero said no one would even want it any more anyways!â hero snaps. (âthatâs enough! kel, apologize to aubrey.â) and this is the biggest issue with hero playing parent for the group, heâs biased.
hero grew up with kel, heâs his brother so he gets to be a little mean or snappy at him and have it all be fine later, and the inverse is true as well. but as much as hero may see aubrey as a little sister, he is not related to her, and he will not feel as comfortable scolding her as harshly as he does kel. so when he reaches his limit with their fighting and snaps, he doesnât snap at aubrey, he snaps at kel and demands he put a stop to it, even if kel doesnât really need to. see, kel is in the wrong in this situation, but not with aubrey. the flower crown belonged to someone else, not her. he owes an apology to the person whoâs property he just destroyed, not her. and while she is allowed to be frustrated that he did that, she has no right to be completely upset with him (she goes on to pout and ignore him after he apologizes which is absolutely unjustified as it was not her crown, and to her knowledge she does not know who it belonged to). but hero is a teenager, heâs about 15 here and heâs so tired of these 12 year olds fighting, and he just wants it to stop, so he tells kel to apologize to aubrey, even if sheâs not the one owed an apology. heâs scolding kel, yes, but not in the right way. and this is a mistake that i think sticks around.
and while no, we do not have proof that this definitively happened in the real world, itâs such a specific scenario for sunny to include, and one iâve seen happen among my own siblings and my friends siblings, i absolutely believe something similar happened. and i do think this is where mari gets a slight advantage playing neutral in kel and aubreyâs fights, as sheâd only really have the familiarity to snap that way at sunny (like sheâs implied to do during concert rehearsals) so she gets to play middle ground with the other two more than hero does. but i did mention that i think this had an impact on the real world as well.
kel and aubreyâs biggest issue in the real world is this: aubrey feels abandoned by kel and kel feels betrayed by aubrey. and i want to clarify, i think theyâre both a little right and a little wrong. aubrey is absolutely right to be upset that kel never reached out to her (especially when we know he reached out to sunny and hero), but she is not right to be upset with how he handled his grieving process after mariâs death (she notes that she was upset at how quickly he moved on, and to her credit she does acknowledge that this was wrong of her). kel is absolutely right to feel betrayed by aubrey picking fights with him, sunny and basil and being upset that sheâs just kind of a bully towards them now (she and the hooligans are noted by kel to be trouble before you properly meet them, they write kel smells outside his house, she refuses to give basilâs photo album back after four years of begging and says herself that she calls him a freak and lets others do it too, she tries to kick them out of a public area in a public park oh my god this part really annoys me about the hooligans wtf was this plotline) (also side note: yes kel is allowed to be upset about her holding basilâs property hostage as he both knows who it belongs to, and has been asked to retrieve it by said person while he was on the brink of tears) but he is not right to keep throwing mari in her face as a moral one-up card, nor is he right to blame her for basil almost drowning when she accidentally pushed him in (she IMMEDIATELY declares it was an accident and is visibly worried about him even though sheâs upset with him).
i think ultimately this fight spawns from two things, aubrey has been taught that she is owed an apology when she feels sheâs been wronged, without looking at both sides. and kel is tired of always having to be the one to apologize first when he feels heâs not in the wrong, without looking at both sides. again, theyâre both a little right and a little wrong for these perceptions. after all, itâs what hero taught them when he broke up their old fights. and even when he finds out about this one, his solution is still ineffective even all these years later. because instead of suggesting they talk it out, which is what would really help them reach an understanding of the otherâs feelings, he calls it âanother classic kel and aubrey fightâ and says they âjust need to hug it outâ. and while i think heâs trying his best, this is absolutely not what they need. there is a lot of deep seated anger here and it even shows on their faces after he suggests this (kel looks away awkwardly and aubrey is on the brink of tears).
in fact, they donât even really make up until after kel tells her they dug through the trash in order to save the photo album and they all look through it together. itâs through aubrey realizing that kel does in fact care about their memories together, and kel remembering that even after all this time aubrey still is the same sweet girl he knew, that they finally understand each otherâs perspective a bit more. kel can see how hurt aubrey is and aubrey starts to understand that kel had his own way of processing mariâs death.
but even though hero was brought over to fix the situation, he ultimately ends up failing to help the two reconcile, they do it all on their own. because at the end of the day, hero is not a parent. he is a brother, a friend, and a teenager. kel and aubrey donât know how to process their emotions or fights any more than he does, and he makes a lot of mistakes in the process. and i think this is where a lot of his guilt over mariâs death comes from, and basilâs too in the neutral ending. he was supposed to be the responsible one, the parental one, the perfect balance. but he couldnât be there for mari and basil, he couldnât even be there for kel and aubrey. and while that is not his fault, and should never have been his responsibility, he is always going to hold that against himself, he is always going to see himself as a failure.
truth be told, he shouldnât have been put in a position to believe that in the first place. he should have just been allowed to be a dumb teenager who makes mistakes and doesnât have to take care of everyone around him. and thatâs what i find so fascinating about heroâs character. he is a dumb teenager who makes mistakes, just one that was put on a pedestal and parentified, expected to take care of everyone and everything, when for a whole year he couldnât even take care of himself. heâs bad at being responsible, and i wish he wouldâve been told thatâs okay, because it is.
tagging the person who asked to be notified about this post ( @skyisepic ) iâd also love to hear everyoneâs thoughts on this analysis, if you have anything to add or if you feel i went too harsh on anyone throughout this please let me know!!
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Genshin x fem!reader [Volleyball Team AU - Inspired by Haikyuu!] Manager reader gets hit on/harassed
Note: IM BACK FROM VACATION I recommend you read âHow itâs like to be their managerâ first before this one. Gives it a lot more perspective :)
Scenario:Â During an away game at another school, you catch the eye of a senior there. Little did he know that youâre the Genshin teamâs manager and how much trouble he just caused for himself.Â
Warnings: SEXUAL HARRASSMENT but still SFW, swearing, profanities, fighting. platonic relationships.
Characters: Zhongli, Diluc, Kaeya, Albedo, Tartaglia, Kazuha, Xiao, Tohma, reader as the team manager
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Lost.
It was like one of your traits. Getting lost easily. You sigh and look left and right to see if anyone was in the hallways to help you get back to the gym, or at least give you directions.
âThose guys...are gunna be worried if I donât get back soon,â you sweatdrop a little and laugh nervously, picturing your childish team just losing it when you come back late. âI better hurry,â you mutter to yourself, pace quickening the slightest bit, just as a door to one of the classrooms slide open with a thud, revealing a spiky haired guy who stares and blinks at you. You take that opportunity to ask the guy where the gym is.Â
Back at the gym where the team is doing warmups and practice receives, Tartaglia starts getting antsy and annoying. âWhereâs Y/N-chan~~?â He sways back and forth. Zhongli sighs at his middle blocker, âSheâll be back soon, she just went to look for a vending machine,â They still had an hour to go before the practice match, so Zhongli wasnât that worried.Â
âHmmm? Itâs--HIT--been a while--HIT--since--HIT--sheâs been back --HIT--though--HIT,â Kaeya states. Sentence cut off in pieces as he tries to keep the volleyball up in the air, his tied up blue hair starting to stick to his neck because of the sweat. Still, the team keeps practicing, up until 10 minutes later when even their captain starts to get antsy.Â
â...Captain, donât hide it, just admit youâre worried for her too,â Tohma states with a harmless laugh. Zhongli muses and finally sighs, âI have to stay here. Someone else go and look for her,â and immediately seven hands are in the air.
Tartaglia waves his hand âMe, me!â
Kaeya raises his hand âIâll go!â
Diluc does too âI can do it...â
Albedo follows âI remember the layout of the school,â
Kazuha volunteers âIâve got good instincts,â
Xiao gingerly picks his hand up âIâll bring her back fast,â
and finally Tohmaâs hand is high in the air, âIâll find her!â
Of course everyone wanted to go... Zhongli decides he doesnât want to deal with it and tells his team to go with rock paper scissors. Watching them battle it out really made him wonder how the hell he kept this team together.Â
âYES!â Tartaglia pumps his fist in the air as he, Kazuha, Xiao and Tohma win the simple round of rock, paper, scissors. Kaeya, Diluc and Albedo are silently sulking, but continue their practice. âWeâll be back soon!!â Tohma waves at them as they exit the gym, starting their search on the ground floor classrooms.
Back where you were, youâd been following the guy for at least 2 minutes now. He said heâd lead you to the gym...but...it seemed as if there was less and less people to wherever he was taking you. It was the ground floor, at the end of the hallway where lockers lined both side of the walls. Suddenly the guyâs hand is wrapped around your wrist and he pulls you towards him. You instantly resist, pulling your wrist back and keeping away from him. âI-I just want to go back to the gym, my team is waiting for me,âÂ
You steel your gaze at the guy. If he thought you were just going to stand there and take his blatant disrespect for your personal space, he was wrong. But his next move leaves you feeling disgusted, your skirt hikes up and he grins. âStop!â you screech and twist your wrist away.
Tartaglia halts in his tracks at your familiar voice. His head turns just as his other three companions does.Â
The scene unfolding before him makes. him. see. red.Â
Hell, he doesnât even see anything except the image of him punching that grin off of that guyâs face. His vision zones in on the bastardâs features, he strides over, in less than 5 seconds reaching towards the guyâs collar and slamming him on the nearest locker. âThe hell do you think youâre doing?!â Youâve never seen him so angry before, but the realization of what happened has you cowering away, feeling like some dirty thing that was played around with.Â
âTartaglia, ease up!â Tohma runs to try and restrain Tartagliaâs arms. He shoots a look at Xiao who immediately turns around to get the rest of the team, particularly his captain. Kazuha strides over to you, watching as you faced away and looked at the ground, ashamed.Â
Kazuha was never one to resort to violence, nor was he particularly a resentful guy. But he feels it. He feels the hatred rush through his veins, but he focuses on you instead. âYouâre alright, Y/N,â he places a hand on top of your head and smooths your hair down just as the others arrive.Â
Tohma is barely holding on to Tartaglia, his strength matches his fury, but Diluc finally arrives and together with Tohma, successfully pulls Tartaglia away from the guy.Â
âCalm down,â the red haired spiker insists, to which Tartaglia only shouts, eyes engulfed in fury and piercing the offender with his gaze.Â
âThis fucker touched Y/N!âÂ
Zhongli, Kaeya and Diluc freeze at the news. Their heads slowly turn towards the attacker.Â
And now all set of 8 eyes on him are menacing, cold and unforgiving.
How dare he.
But Diluc holds his ground, restraining Tartaglia.Â
Zhongliâs head turns towards your frame, seemingly meek and tiny and tears pooling around your eyes.Â
Xiao hurries next to you as he arrives, the displeasure on his face was immense, specially when he starts wiping off the tears cascading down your cheeks. He grits his teeth âDonât waste your tears on someone like him,â he knew well that you must have felt ashamed, and that your tears were not something you could control, but it was the best thing he could say.Â
It was Kaeya, unrestrained and gurgling with hot anger that lifts his fist up.
But it was not his fist that connects with the offenderâs jaw.
It was not his hands that pulled the offender up by his collar once again.
And it was not him who states âDo not come near her again. Donât even look at her,âÂ
The whole team freezes.Â
It was their captain.
The captain that was always calm and collected. Who always tried to stop fights and apologize for the inconveniences that his team caused. Thereâs a shiver that runs up the memberâs spines at the feral look on their captainâs face.Â
And then he drops the guy on the ground once again. The offender panicking and crouching backwards and away from them. âWe should report it to someone,â Albedo, sensible and smart as ever, suggests. â...but throwing a few more punches in doesnât seem so bad...â he adds and narrows his eyes at the guy.
âNo, donât. Letâs not waste our energies,â you firmly say and wipe the remaining tears away from your eyes. Kaeya moves over to your side and slides his jacket off of him and places it around your shoulders. âOkay, princess, whatever you want, weâll just drop him off at the principalâs office and make a report,â when it really counted Kaeyaâs flirtatious nicknames for you were quite reassuring. You smiled up at him a little.
Zhongli passes another glance at you, his fist is still tight next to him but he hoists the guy up and has Tartaglia come with him, since he was the one who saw everything.Â
The rest of the team turns to you, with Tohma taking your hand and leading you back to the gym. âYouâre okay, Y/N, weâre here,â and sure enough they keep close enough to you to fend off anyone else. Like wolves protecting their pack. You knew the chances of that happening again was slim, but seeing them so concerned and circled around you like a shield was really what you needed right now.Â
â...Thank you,â you whisper to them as you arrive at the unfamiliar gym. They all turn back to you with a smile.Â
âWeâll beat them to the ground at this game, Y/N, youâll see,â
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Zoyalai au where character A saves character Bâs royal ass
o before RoW
o these are just headcanons-
o characters: Zoya Nazyalensky, Nikolai Lantsov, Tamar kir-Bataar, Tolya yul-Bataar, Genya Safin, Makhi kir-Taban â all belong to Leigh Bardugo
o enjoy ď
*side note: if they have flying ships they also have cars because i said so.*
⢠Nikolai and Zoya had to attend a political meeting in Shu Han, Tamar and Tolya also being there cause they have to make sure they all get home in one piece-
⢠Little did they knew Queen Makhi had other plans for them
⢠After the meeting they all head to the car to go back to the ship
⢠Suddenly a bullet flies right past Nikolaiâs left ear and hits the wall behind him
⢠They are being fired at from more directions
⢠Tolya grabs both Nikolai and Zoya and pushes them towards the car while Tamar starts shooting assassins left and right
⢠Zoya pulls out a gun and starts firing back while Tolya and Nikolai get in the car
⢠Tolya gets in the drivers seat and Nikolai in the one next to him while shouting after Zoya and Tamar to get in
⢠They get in the back seats in the last moment as Tolya drives them away
⢠Zoya is fighting with Nikolai to let her in the front seat and Nikolaiâs not having it
⢠âYouâre the king idiot! Get back here before they put a bullet in between your eyes!â
⢠âSo they can put one in yours?? Absolutely not.â
⢠And go back and forth like that until an angry Tamar tells them to stop fighting like idiots and start being usefull
⢠Not even 3 seconds later a bullet breaks through the window and stops right between Zoya and Tamar
⢠âGangsta by Kehlani starts playingâ
⢠Bulets start hitting the front of the car-
⢠Another car is driving right towards them
⢠âMy freakness is on the loose
And running, all over you
Please take me to places, that nobody,
Nobody goes-â
⢠Zoya jumps in the front seat, grabs Nikolai and pulls him at her chest, covering his head with her hands to pull him aside and also pushing Tolya with her feet to protect them from the bullets that break through the window and hitting the seats
⢠Meanwhile Tamar grabs a big gun from the back of the car and halfway gets out the window to kill some bitches
⢠âYou got me hooked up on the feeling
You got me hanging from the ceiling-â
⢠Literally starts destroying everyone with that gun so Tolya can drive them to the flying ship
⢠He takes a right turn at a corner and they lose track of the shooters for a moment
⢠Zoya slightly lets go of Nikolai who had put his arms around her in the meantime and was holding her tight
⢠*eye contact*
⢠âGot me up so high Iâm barely breathing
So donât let me, donât let me, donât let me,
Donât let me goââ (yes i had to be dramatic with the song.)
⢠*FEELS-*
⢠Feels interrupted by Tolya suddenly pressing the breaks
⢠Zoya climbs off of Nikolaiâs lap (bc how else could she had fit in the front seat-) and lets him get out of the car
⢠The shooters could not stand behind ofc but now the grisha and soliders on the flying ship waiting for them are finally being helpfull and are covering them so they can all get inside safely
⢠The ship rises in the air and they finally get out of there
*a few hours later*
⢠Nikolai: soâŚare we not going to talk about what happened? âŚ
⢠Zoya: no.
⢠Tamar, turning to Genya: those fucking idiots-
⢠Genya: âŚ
The End...
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HATE CAN SOUND LIKE LOVE ⢠JJ MAYBANK
Summary: JJ and Y/N have always fought, since everyone can remember. They both have short tempers and a endless love for surf and chaos. But what happens when they have to pretend to be a couple? Well.. people always said that hate can sound like love sometimes.
Warnings: Mention of underage drinking, drugs, minor violence, some smutty scenarios and a ton of sexual induendos, JJ being a hot idiot and Y/N a wild girl brat
CHAPTER 06
While the HMS pogue cut itâs way through the river all the pogues, except JJ and Y/N, chatted happily sharing some cool beers Kie had previously brought with her.
âWhatâs going on?â Kiara asked her friends due to the strange silence between them. She was used to break their fights and now they didnât even talked.
âNothing.â Y/N started, a bit annoyed. âAside from my best friends basically kidnapping me.â Y/N looked at JJ who agreed with his head at her saying. âWhat did you said to my mom?â
âOh that..â Kiara changed her body language, automatically looking over at the other boys who didnât seem very excited to explain either.
âBefore they start, I just want to say I wasnât participating I was just supervising!â Pope said. Raising both hands in the air.
âWhat could you possibly say to my mother that is worse than what you already done to us?â Y/N asked, afraid of the answer.
âWe said you and JJ went on a date.â John B announced fast.
âWhat?â The red head girl gasped.
âThatâs not all we said.â Kiara began.
âAre you guys insane?â JJ manifested.
âThey are!â Pope pointed at John B and Kiara.
âWe also told your mother you were dating JJ.â John B tried not to laugh.
âIâm going to kill everyone of you while you all sleep.â Y/N was beyond pissed. âI bet my mom didnât believe that bullshit.â
âWell, she actually did.â Pope said. âShe even said she already suspected it.â
JJ and Y/N shared a disgusted look between them. The idea of them dating seemed so surreal to Y/N she almost felt sick to her stomach. The idea of dating Y/N scared JJ, he never had a actual serious girlfriend and he knew Y/N didnât do the whole one night stand stuff. They were polar opposites.
In the next few days Y/N was on a mission to avoid her mom. She slept at Kiaraâs home most of the days and when she eventually went home Y/N didnât stayed long enough for her mom to ask any questions or even have the talk. Y/N never took any boys home, no one ever stood a chance with her for she always thought they were stupid and didnât care about the same things as her. They didnât see her for her but rather for her looks and Y/N loathed them for that. The other boys saw her as a price, a price they could never claim for Y/N was no trophy. She was free, she was a force of nature, she had the oceanâs soul in her spirit.
âHello? Y/N?â Kiara called while snapping two fingers in her best friends face.
They were all at the beach enjoying a hot late afternoon after a surf session but Y/Nâs mind was off and far from being chill. She had a storm called JJ Maybank living inside her mind creating a itch she couldnât scratch. All the looks she receive around the island made her want to fight them for believing in her best friends lie.
âWha-â
Y/N wasnât able to finish her sentence because JJ picked her up throwing her in his shoulder easily, running at the waves direction. She screamed loud enough to catch everyoneâs attention, her friends just laughed at the view.
When the cold water hit her body she swore it felt like tiny needles poking her.
âJJ why would you do this?â Y/N fumed.
âBecause we need to talk, girlfriend.â He tried to keep her in place while she tried to run back to her towel.
âFuck off and donât call me that.â Y/N pulled JJâs hair making him let her go off his grip.
Back at the sand her friends were laughing at the top of her lungs pointing at her and the blue eyed boy and that alone made her angry. They were having so much fun with her situation and she wanted to kick their asses.
âEven if you two were dating I bet it wouldnât last for a month.â Pope said trying to catch his breath with a hand on his toned chest.
âA month? I wouldnât give these two more than a week, with luck.â Kiara made her point.
âIâm done with this, Iâm going home.â Y/N was livid, at the point off almost crying with anger. âHave fun.â
âAnd your mom?â John B inquired, they knew she was avoiding her mom for dear life.
âI donât care.â She mumbled. âI will deal with her.â She said shrugging her shoulders. âBut I canât deal with this bullshit now.â Y/N pointed at her friends.
When she finished packing her things JJ tried to stop her but he couldnât catch her in time to talk to her, so he decided to call it a day as well making his way back to John Bâs chateau.
Once home the redheaded girl thanked god her mom wasnât home, Tina had left her a note.
âIâm working a late shift donât wait for me, we still need to talk about JJ, I love you honey.â
A loud sigh was heard from her, after reading the note Y/N made her way to the bathroom, she needed a warm bath to relax from before. When she was done and the water had run cold Y/N stepped out and dressed some comfy clothes, her plan for the night was to lay in her bed and ignore her problems. Pretending like she didnât even existed.
But the girl was in a bad luck strike for her phone rang with a buzz not long after she started watching Gossip Girl on netflix.
With was a text message from JJ, which was weird, they never texted. They only texted each other to mock one another or when he sent her memes making fun of her, which she secretly laughed at and sometimes saved them. Something she would never admit to anyone.
JJ đđźââď¸: Meet me at our beach in 15, we need to talk. Iâm serious now.
JJ was never serious so she knew something was going on. She didnât knew why she jumped right off her bed first thing when she finished reading the text message, she put on her black vans and grabbed her oversized jean jacket along with her keys on her way out.
As soon as Y/Nâs had arrived at the beach both her and JJ surfed, the reason he called it their beach, she saw JJ standing there, with his back against the lifeguard house, in his hand a lit joint.
âWhy did you call me here JJ?â Y/N voice was soft, she was actually tired. âI donât want to fight.â
âNeither do I.â The boy agreed. âBut I think we should get back at them for this little stupid prank.â JJ suggests.
They sat together at the steps and JJ offered to share his joint with the red head girl, who normally didnât smoke but it had been a long day so she gladly took his offer, immediately surprise because JJ weed was strong.
âWhatâs the plan?â She asked after freeing the smoke from her lips, passing the joint to JJ.
âWe should let everyone think we are actually dating, for a month.â JJ said serious. He wasnât joking.
âYou mean, date date?â
âYes smartass, date date.â JJ giggled at her confusion.
âYouâre insane.â The girl blurred out. âLast week we couldnât stand being close and now you want to pretend we are together.â She pointed back and forth between them. âActual dating, as in you are my boyfriend.â She laughed.
If there was one thing Y/N and JJ had in common it was their pride. Both of them being to stubborn to lose a bet or to let anyone say they couldnât do a certain thing. But they never thought the pogues would use that in their disadvantage.
âSo what you say, frenemies baby?â JJ held his hand her way.
âFrenemies.â They said in unison.
âBut meet me at my place tomorrow, we need to figure this thing out.â Y/N warned JJ while getting up.
âIs lunch included in that talk?â JJ questioned with a raised brow.
âI can make something.â Y/N rolled her eyes.
âThen itâs a date babe.â JJ winked at her blowing her a kiss but Y/N raised her middle finger at him.
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Ancient Bloodlines
Pairing: Loki x Emy Nightstar (OC)
OC Summary: Emy is the newest Avenger. She specializes in Magic and close range attacks/ weapons. Her heritage is unknown to her as she was left at an orphanage door step when she was a young girl with only the memory of her name. She goes by her nickname Emy but has never told anyone her full name as its a reminder of her being abandoned. Emy can see through any illusion and Magic no matter how powerful they are or how strong the magic is and is unaware of this. Her powers include Telekinesis, ďżźElemental Control, True Sight (as stated above) Enhanced healing and Shifting (she wont discover this till much later in the story). She loves to read, listen to music, play violin, sing, and draw.
Story Info: Takes place after infinity wars. Tony and Natasha are alive Steven comes back from the future after giving back the infinity stones. Vision is alive and living with Wanda in the tower. Thor and Loki live in the tower with the rest of the Avengers and for the sake of the story Himedall is alive and living with the rest of the Asgardians on earth in New Asgard (you will find out why later)
One last thing: Please do not repost my work on any other site or social media, however reblogging on here is fine. I work hard on all of my fanfics and itâs disappointing when people take my work as their own. I am the creater of all my OCs such as Sora Nightstar, Emy Nightstar, and Lithium Nightstar. My inbox is open for any and all requests as i am a multi fandom writer. Let me know how you like the story and i will do my best to answer any and all questions. As always i encourage any and all feedback as it helps with my writing. I hope you all like it!
The Beginning
They say that your parents are there to teach you the rules of the world, but what happens when you have no parents? Who will teach you then? The world is cruel but people are crueler. Ive learned this first hand when the person i trusted most in this world left me on the door step of the St. Trinityâs Orphanage. I was 9 when my mother told me she didnât want me anymore and i guess I couldnât really blame her. I mean who could love someone who couldnât control the powers that grew with each passing year. Someone who started fires out of thin air when they had nightmares, conjured whirlwinds when startled, unfurled earthquakes when angered, spring forth rain showers when sad, and levitate objects when riddled with anxiety. I will never forget that day for its seared into my mind like its own person brand echoing with every beat of my heart. A monster thats what she called me, her own flesh and blood was a monster in her eyes, and i could see the relief when she ran from the solid oak door finally rid of the burden she had to put up with throughout the years. An abomination she cried as she reached the cobblestone sidewalk eager to be rid of me and by the pace she was going at i could tell she had more spring in her step than on the walk over from the bus we exited from. Unnatural she bellowed as she disappeared around the corner a ghost of a smile springing from her lips as she disappeared. These where the last words i would ever hear from my mother, if thats what you would call her.
Emyâs POV
Tonight was just like any other. Crisp cold air submerged the city in a blanket of dark and silence while it settled into your bones. I never minded the cold in fact I welcomed it, it reminded me of the cabin i found one year after running away from one of the many abusive foster homes i was forced to stay with. Iâll admit it was one of the times I was able to avoid the social workers for longer than a week and the happiest I had ever been in my life up until i was captured by Hydra. When I had a flair up with my powers, which usually ended up being fire, i would immediately get sent back to St. Trinityâs but this time i ran before they had the chance to toss me aside. The staff there used to place bets on how long i would stay with a family, they would joke saying i was cursed or jinxed but i knew the truth, no one wanted me. Once the parents found out about my abilities I was sent packing. I was labeled as a flight risk and a danger to others which only deepened my anti socialism.
Walking through the streets of New York i pull my dark purple jacket on and my dark brown hair in a pony tail as I get closer to my destination. Because i donât feel the effects of the cold weather Tony, being such the dad figure he is, has made it his priority to make sure i still wear one just incase so here i was walking home in black ripped up jeans, a black v neck T-shirt, black and purple checkered vans and a light weight dark purple jacket. With my headphones in my ears and âI like it heavyâ by Halestorm blasting I make my way to the place i call home, Stark Tower. Walking through the front doors i make my way past the receptionist who always greets me with a bright smile. As I walk towards the elevator I give her a small smile back and a head nod. After entering the elevator and pressing the button for the penthouse I start to reflect on how i got here.
By the time i was 15 Hydra found me in that cabin and took me away. I went from hopping from family to family to being used as a science experiment, constantly being poked and prodded just so they could get a reaction out of me. As a child my powers where very unstable mostly flaring up with my emotions, its no wonder that Hydra caught wind of me its not like i was hiding it very well or more so that i couldnât hide it. They tried to wipe my memory to gain control of me âa blank slateâ is what they wanted, but for some reason, they failed as I wasnât susceptible to their conditioning methods no matter how much time i spent in the chair. However, I could tell they were scared of me I could see it in their eyes. This didnât last long though as they used what they called their perfect weapon code name Winter Soldier to beat me into submission. After that first meeting that left me with a broken arm and a fractured ankle i started to obey, since then Ive met the Soldier a couple of times but if he remembers me he dosent let on and I dont blame him, he has been in that chair so many times Im genuinely surprised he can even remember how to walk. He is stronger than the others as most of the other test subjects had turned to vegetables after the 4th mind wipe, he was on his 10th the last time i saw him with Hydra.
Another test was done on me and this one was different. They used a teseract? If thats what they called it I canât be sure nor did I care all I could feel was pain like as if someone injected lava in my veins. After they injected me I started screaming after a while I couldnât even hear myself anymore, my throat was so sore and horse from the constant roar of my agony I just wanted it to end. How long was I out for? Seconds? Minutes? Hours? Days? Years? They didnât keep clocks there or at least not in the dungeon like cell they had me in. When the fire faded i was left with this numbness and after further tests I realized that I was immune to fire. I can literally stick my hand in fire and i will be left untouched and unscorched. They did the same test with freezing temperatures to see if they could subdue me at least in some way. I must have been out longer than just a couple of days as during the tests i didnât recognize any of the Doctors. In that moment I realized something, if they were trying to contain me then something must have happened to the soldier. It was time to plan my escape.
Back in my cell i could hear footsteps approaching me and then stop short. One of the scientists frantically trying to talk some sense into someone just out of my line of sight. âShe is immune to anything we throw at her sir. We have done every test we could there is nothing left for us to do.â One of the goons in a lab coat stated to what i assumed is a higher up. âBolden If her powers keep growing at the rate they are it could be days in which she will be unstoppable and with the soldier gone we dont have anything that can keep her in line. She broke Mandy and Rays arms the last time we tested her. She is getting too strong.â Brining a hand up to his chin the higher up Bolden stepped out of the shadows and looked at me with deep interest before he turned to looked at the man and scoffed. As he walked away i felt a cold chill ran down my back as I anticipated what was to become of me; I knew it was nothing good i had already broken their rules. His next words only confirmed what I feared. â Its simple. Break her spirit or kill her Doctor. And when i say break her i mean in anyway means necessary.â His sadistic laugh is the last thing i remember before everything went black.
Its been 2 years since i have escaped and now Iâm living in the avengers tower. I donât remember what happened after that night in my cell its all a blur of red, screams, and gunshots. When i woke up next i was in a 6ft crater where I was being held captive without a scratch on me. Trees were uprooted and fallen over as if a bomb went off. Luckily the Avengers showed up not long after me waking up and took me to their base where i met Directer Fury. With his permission and 24/7 surveillance provided by Tony Stark via FRIDAY and training sessions to get my powers under control i was allowed to join the Avengers and fight for good. Little did i know that by agreeing to this I would end up in the path of a certain God or Gods who were also taking residence at the tower.
With the sound of a *ding* the elevator shook me out of my mind and back to the present. As i exited the elevator I pulled my head phones out of my ears and was instantly met with the sound of Tony losing his mind. âWhere did she go? She knows she canât be out this late. She could be taken again! Its 5 minutes past her curfew!â Rolling my eyes I roll my headphones up and shove them in my pocket and round the corner. âTony it takes 5 minutes to get from the lobby to the penthouse calm down. I bet she will walk through that door anytime now.â Came the sweet voice of reason of none other than Pepper Potts. âIâm Home.â I said in a deadpan voice as i walked by the couple only for Tony to stand up and intercept me by placing a hand on my upper arm. âWhere did you go and why didnât you tell me you were leaving?â I looked at him and raised an eyebrow pushing his hand off me. âTony its Wednesday. I have training with Strange on Wednesdays and I had Friday alert you as I was leaving but you were in the lab with Bruce.â Not sure what to say next Tony mumbled a small apology. âSorry I was just worried about you. I know you are grown enough to make your own choices as you are 25 but I just want to make sure you are safe. How was the training with The Wizard?â Sighing and shaking my head just wanting to go the library and read I decided to just let it go. âStrange is a hard ass that much you already know. It wasnt bad actually I think Iâm warming up to him. I didnât spontaneously throw him to the wall when he snuck up behind me as i was going over the ancient texts so i call that improvement.â I said sheepishly while side stepping around him. âIâm gonna go to the library now and grab some light reading before bed you guys have a good night.â With out waiting for a response I quickly made my way towards my new destination only to have Tony saying something about guests in the house but I ignored him.
Pushing open the library door I make my way to the poetry section to grab my usual copy of Edgar Allen Poe that I read before bed. As my had reached for the spot i knew i put the book in i find that its not there. âWait what? Where is my book? I know I put it back here before I left for training so where did it go?â Frustrated I stomp back over to the entrance and rip open the door ready to go on a murder spree while shouting down the hallway. âCLINT! You better give me back my night time book or Iâm breaking all your arrows again! No one reads in this tower but me! How stupid do you think I am!?â Straining my ears I listen for any type of movement but was met with dead silence. After a minute I finally hear movement through the vents coming from the west part of the tower and I take off sprinting. Sliding around a corner I barely miss colliding with Steve and Bucky who look like they were on their way back from a mission. Offering a quick apology before I continue my pursuit I hear Steve yell âHey! No running in the tower!â Not faltering in my hot pursuit of the Hawk thief I continue to zip through the tower ignoring the Captains words until i was almost to the vent that lead to the 2 level family room. Using the railing for the steps leading down to the family area to give me more height i jumped as close to the vent as possible and conjured my signature Scythe to slice through it while twisting in the air kicking the vent free and off its track. A shocked and terrified scream resonates from the vent as the culprit falls to the ground with a thud and a grunt. I landed in a crouched position and slowly straightened to my full hight. âWhat the hell Emy?! When did you learn to do that?!â Clint yells as he sits up rubbing his left shoulder that he landed on. I started stalking towards him with the blade of my scythe scrapping across the ground as i went while giving him a death glare. âGive me back my book Barton.â At the mention of his last name his head snapped up to me fear replacing the pain from his fall. âOh shit last name not good.â Scrambling up on his feet he turns and runs towards the common room that connects to the elevator with me hot on his tail and my scythe trailing behind me in my right hand.
âShit shit shit shit shit shit SHIT!!â He yells as he makes it fully to the room only to fling forward as i jump and kick his back tired of all the running. Twirling my weapon around I place it at his neck sneering at him. âI will not ask you again.â I said placing pressure on his neck with my blade. Sensing a fast moving object coming from my left from the kitchen I move my head back 3 inches as what looked like a hammer flew by me embedding itself in the wall. Turning my head slowly in the direction of the flying object, I confirmed it was indeed a hammer that was thrown at me. Irritation flared through me as i released Clint from the end of my scythe and turned fully to the kitchen to face my attacker. There stood 2 men that i did not recognize, one tall oak of a man with blond short hair, blue eyes and tan skin in blue jeans, a red T-shirt ,and grey jacket. the other shorter man made me stare at him and faultier for a second as he was so different from anyone i have ever seen, dark blue skin covered his entire body with darker almost black symbols and piercing red eyes, long black hair with black jeans, a green dress shirt and black jacket. Tearing my gaze away from his own curious one i looked between both men before i clenched my jaw letting my irritation settle back in. âWhich one of you threw that hammer.â I said venom dripping with every word. âWhoa its ok Emy thats just Thor and Loki they are the asgardian Gods that live here in the tower part time when they are not in Norway.â Clint said standing up quickly. Not moving from my position i narrowed my eyes and flicked them over in Clintâs direction. The ground started to shake as my irritation and annoyance grew to anger remembering what i was doing before being interrupted by the Gods. Throwing his hands up in surrender he then quickly reached into his back pocket and retrieved my book. âOk ok dont blow a fuse Em.â He said while tossing me my possession stopping me from causing an earthquake. Catching it in the air with my left had I inspected the book to make sure it wasnât damaged before I let go of my scythe, with a wave of my hand it disappeared back to the pocket dimension I keep it in then looked back at Clint as the tremors stopped. âTouch my things again and i will be wearing your guts like my momâs pashmina.â I said to the thief before walking out of the room and disappeared down the hallway not giving the Gods a second glance. As I entered my room i could hear a silky voice ring out from the kitchen. âWell isnt she interesting.â
Part 2 coming soon
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Hereâs my fic :)
" Your still at it? Work ended hours ago come sit with me.", he whined.
Draco barely looked up from his paper, giving a half hearted answer. " Give me a few more minutes...", he said tapping away at the edge of his desk.
" Come onnn. We work all day lets relax a bit.", Harry sat up a bit growing more passionate.
Draco rolled his eyes. " Well I do atleast, you think being an Auror is easy"
" No of course not I know that its just - " Harry was interrupted by a loud growl emanating from his stomach.
" Hungry?", Draco teased. " You just had a snack a few minutes ago didnt you?", he watched his partners facial expression change from uncomfortable to mischievous as he cocked his leg to the side and let out a bubbly, barely audible fart.
"Nope.", Harry said smuggly.
" Thats digusting Harry.", he complained burying his head in his stack of papers.
" Yep, bet you cant do better.", Harry challenged him. He had no doubt in his mind that Draco could do better, he just wanted to see him try. He knew for a fact that Draco held his farts in all day long and work. AND he also knew that Draco hated farting infront of him, so much so that his ass sounded like trumpeter all night.
"I CAN do better, I just have some dignity unlike -", he was cut off by the sound of another one of harrys farts. This one was louder and tempered of at the end, like it was running out of air.
" All im gathering is that you couldnt." Harry pushed.
Draco spinned around in his chair to face Harry. " You know what..." he said deciding that besting harry is more valuable than his dignity. He lifted his ass slightly from his soft leather chair, casually assaulting its seat with his foul wind.
PRRRPPT!
Harry smirked, revelling at the fact that he got Draco out of his shell.
" Weak.", he retorted. Harrys stomach muscles visibly tensed as he let out a rumbly fart.
Draco wrapped his hands around his knee, pulling it into his torso. A long bubbly fart rolled its way out of him for what felt like 10 minutes.
" Ahhh. Whos weak now." Harry walked over to Draco and took a seat on his lap.
" Still you." Harry said as he ripped one right onto Dracos unsuspecting lap.
" Your a pest, you know.", Draco couldnt help but laugh as he kissed his boyfriends cheek.
" You love me though."
" That I do"
*Thank you so much for writing me something- I loved it! 𼰠Also, fun fact: I actually wrote me own Drarry fart contest- itâs pretty epic and itâs in one of the future chapters of Pureblood Plumbling. So look forward to it đ If anyone else wants to write me what I requested in my pinned post, then please feel free to! Iâll reciprocate back đ
**Also, the reason why I was able to crank out this drabble quickly was because Iâve been slowly working on it for a while now (I had a feeling someone would ask for face-farting so I had to be prepared). Iâm just saying this so in case someone wants to write me something as well, most likely itâll take me a bit longer to give you a drabble back đ
âOhhhhâŚHarry.â
Draco moaned in Harryâs mouth, their tongues sliding against one anotherâs, sucking as if wanting to devour the other.
Harryâs lips slowly slid away as he nibbled across Dracoâs cheek and moved down to suckle at a sweet spot that Draco had on his neck, making the blonde moan even louder.
âTurn around, love.â Harry urged. Draco readily did so and Harry looked with hungry eyes as the sight of the blonde on his knees and hands, wearing nothing but his underwear, bent over so his glorious arse was facing right in front of Harry was tantalizing.
Harry, who was completely nude himself, leaned forward to give a playful bite on one of his loverâs clothed bum cheeks.
Just as he went to give the other cheek another bite, he heard Dracoâs stomach give a loud growl.
All he heard was Dracoâs alarmed voice saying, âHarry, wait! Iâm about to-â and suddenly a loud burst of air erupted all over Harryâs face, the earthy smell of musk mixed with rotten eggs encasing him.
Harry coughed, blinking in surprise as Draco turned around, his face red in horror.
âIâm so sorry! I donât- I didnât mean- oh Merlin, I knew I shouldnât have eaten all those baked beans!â Draco stuttered, looking back and forth between Harryâs face and the door, wanting to run away and cry.
Harry stared at him with wide eyes, his mind going in circles. There was only one thought he had.
âDo it again.â
Draco froze as he looked back at Harry. âWhat?â
âI liked it. Do it again.â Harry repeated, almost demanded this time.
As Draco continued to look at him with eyes wide like a doe, Harry gently turned his boyfriend around and brought him back to the same position as before.
ââŚHarry?â He heard Draco ask hesitantly.
Harry rubbed his face over his loverâs underwear-covered bum, straying right over where his arsehole was. He reach over and splayed his hand over the otherâs belly, feeling the rumbles underneath his palm.
âJust let it go, Draco. Please.â When Draco did nothing, still confused about what was going on, Harry decided to take matters into his own hands (literally) and pushed his hand right into the otherâs stomach.
He heard Draco gasp and another brassy fart was let loose into Harryâs face.
Bbbbrrrrrrrrrttttttt!
They both moaned, Draco from the relief and embarrassment while Harry due to the sheer euphoria and intensity of the smell that hit him directly.
Harry continued to press down and squeeze Dracoâs belly, forcing out all the gas that was trapped inside his lover to come out.
Dracoâs moans were heard over and over throughout their bedroom, loud emissions from his rear end repeatedly bursting forth.
Harryâs groans were also heard, sounding almost tortured as the bubbly, almost booming sounds and the primal stench of his loverâs gas made him shiver in a mixture of delight and disgust.
At one point, Harry even lowered the blondeâs briefs and his eyes had practically burned in hot desire as he watched Dracoâs hole literally open and practically shake as a large fart exited from him, the blondeâs bum shaking slightly from the power behind his fart.
It was madness.
Harry couldnât get enough.
Harry grabbed his loverâs arse in his strong hands and shoved his nose right up his loverâs hole.
He let out another groan as Dracoâs next farts went directly into his own body, the smell entering into his nostrils as he could literally feel Dracoâs warm and slightly moist air hit his face, trapping him so he couldnât escape from the otherâs farts even if he wanted to.
This continued on for quite some time, the room filled with loud moaning and choking sounds as Draco continued to gas out Harry.
Finally, it seemed like Draco had finally ran out of gas- his farts getting softer and airier as they came along. Harry was fine with this since he now had time to catch his breath.
Both boys eventually shifted their bodies until they were laying down, facing one another, looking at each other with molten eyes as they panted and tried to get their heavy breathing under control, their minds still swirling from an overload of sensations.
When things had calmed down once more, Harry lazily wrapped an arm over the other while Draco curled into him cozily.
When Harry leaned forward to give Draco a kiss, Draco grimaced and leaned his face away.
âOh no, no way am I gonna kiss you right now. Not after knowing where your face has been.â Draco pointed out, raising an eyebrow at his lover.
Harry only grinned.
They cuddled together for a bit more, both of them feeling a little shy but more accepting in what had just transpired between them.
Then another growl came from Dracoâs stomach.
They both looked at each other.
âReady for round two?â Draco asked suggestively.
Harryâs eyes glinted as he nodded.
***Goodness, I forgot how hard it was to write (kinda?) smut đ
And goddddâŚwriting face-farting is hard. But I hope you enjoyed this story and if you or anyone else wants to write me a fic (see pinned post above) please feel free to do so- in exchange, Iâll write you a Drarry drabble or post one of my drabbles that I have saved up from other fandoms. (But no more face-farting for the time being please- I donât think I can write another one so soon đ)
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What would Elliot's first word be and how would Loki react? Btw love your writingâ¤ď¸
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ugh i am so sorry i havenât been able to write much! thank anyone who stuck around! iâve been having to focus mostly on my school related writing (plus got a job so woo!) and its definitely not slowing down anytime soon, but hereâs a little something i did manage to get out.
i donât think iâll ever get over the idea of Loki being a dad
A light that isnât supposed to be on is on in the kitchen.
Every night, you turn out all of the lights in the house but a dim lamp by Lokiâs bedside, so this one is foreign enough to rouse you from your rest and wake you to the point of realizing that your husband is gone.
Grabbing your robe off the floor, you slip it on as you pad down the hallway, stifling a yawn. Not only has your baby on a strange, reversed sleep schedule, but Loki doesnât seem to need sleep either. This isnât the first time heâs been up and about in the wee hours of the night.
Maybe another nightmare, maybe just a messed up inner alarm clockâŚyou never know.
Shadows dance across the walls before you even reach the doorway, and Loki speaks in a hushed little baby voice.
âI love you, Elliot! My little blue baby, I love you!â
You pause in the doorway before he can see you.
On the floor with his back to a cupboard, Loki, gloriously jĂśtun and clad in only a pair of loose silk pants, sits crisscross and holds your tiny son in his hands out in front of him.
Elliot is cooing happily and squirming in Lokiâs hands, his hands large enough to comfortably take the place of the little babyâs bed, and he brings him closer to place the gentlest kiss on his delicate forehead.
You peek your head in through the doorway for a better look.
Oh. Elliotâs blue, too.
The golden kitchen light softens Lokiâs jĂśtun skin to a sky blue and his eyes to almost pink, and if you didnât already love him, heâd be terrifying. But in your kitchen murmuring to his son how theyâre going to help each other and saying I love you like a prayer, heâs a work of art.
Blue and etched with markings, cold and blood-eyed, you know your son will look like him, too, all sharp angles and structure and untouchable as a knife.
Dangerous but beautiful as the winter.
âI love you, Elliot.â
He gurgles in response and kicks a chubby foot in Lokiâs face, three of his tiny toes the same blue as his father.
Loki catches the little foot and kisses it, bending his knees to rest the baby against his thighs. âDo you think Iâm getting better at this?â he whispers. âWe can keep having these little rendezvous, I think theyâve been helping.â
Tugging the robe tighter around you, you fight back another yawn and lean as close through the doorway as you can manage without interrupting.
âI love you,â he repeats, holding Elliot up and running the tip of his finger along the four marks on his left eyebrow, curving softly above his pinkish-red eye. âDonât worry, I have those ones, too.â
You watch him shift back to his aesir form, Elliot following suit when Loki kisses his chubby cheekâthen he shifts back to jĂśtun, resting his forehead against his sonâs until the two of them are blue againâor at least, splotched with blue.
There in the dim light, Loki does it again, murmuring how he loves him and switching back and forth between their two forms.
âYou are a very pretty colour,â he whispers with a small smile. He sounds like you do whenever heâs in this form, trying to convince him of his beauty. âYour mother thinks so, too. Sheâs very strange.â
Elliot gazes up at him with those big red eyes and sticks his toes in his mouth.
âThatâs very insightful of you, Elliot.â
The baby giggles. âAh-loo.â
Your heart stops and Lokiâs voice dies in his throat.
âWhat?â
âAh-loo!â
Loki scrambles to pull himself off the floor, a beaming grin spreading over his blue face. âWhat, Elliot?â
Your son keeps giggling and still half asleep, you donât think to run to them before Lokiâs running into you in the doorway, crashing into you while Elliotâs first word bubbles from his throat.
âLoki, thatâs his firstââ
âI was just coming to wake you,â Loki interrupts excitedly, landing a kiss that doesnât quite follow through to your cheek. âShh, shh, listenâwhoâs the cutest bluest baby?â
Held out in front of you in Lokiâs hands, Elliot sticks out his tiny tongue and blows a spit bubble. âAh-loo!â
âLoki,â you laugh, and wrapping your arms around his waist from behind him, you canât think of anything more that needs to be said; right now, Elliot is the only one with something to say, and he does.
âAh-loo,â he giggles again, more than thrilled to see his mother watching him over Lokiâs shoulder at this hour. âAh-loo.â
Lokiâs lips settle into the gentlest smile, gazing down at his son, and he leans his head against yours.
âWell, itâs not dad or ma,â he says and you know heâs still thrilled, âbut Iâll take it. Whatever he means by âah-loo.ââ
The sound leaves Lokiâs mouth and is immediately followed by another little gurgle from Elliot, and the two of them go back and forth a few times, ah-loo-ing each other until you canât take the cuteness anymore and steal a thorough kiss from each of them.
âIâm so glad we didnât miss this,â you sigh, following suit as Loki lowers himself back onto the kitchen floor, still crooning over your baby.
âMe either.â Loki sounds starstruck, red eyes glittering and blue skin absolutely freezing when you snuggle up against his chest so you can stare at Elliot, too. âAh-loo, hm? What is that supposed to mean?â
Tiny hands reach for the both of you and he gives a happy little squeal. âAh-loo.â
âMaybe heâs saying hello,â you whisper and run a hand over Lokiâs chest. âMaybe heâs already developing your accent and says hello like an old British man.â
âAn old British man,â he repeats with a frown. âAnd here I thought you liked my voice.â
Not liking that frown one bit, you dig your fingers into the soft bare skin of his side and Loki squirms, biting back a shout of laughter.
âI love you,â you huff and tickle him once more for good measure, âand every little thing about you. Especially your voice.â
Loki laughs, bops a finger gently on Elliotâs tiny nose, and turns to press a kiss to your forehead. âI love you, too.â
Little chubby arms reach for you again. âAh-loo!â
The three of you huddle there on the kitchen floor until you get too cold against Lokiâs icy skin and convince him to come back to bedâbringing Elliot with you, of course.
Loki eventually shifts back to aesir form and you gratefully cuddle up to his chest, right next to your little son, who has finally stopped squirming and seems to be settling down on Lokiâs chest as well for the last few hours of sleep.
âI love you,â Loki murmurs, one hand on Elliotâs back as the other gently traces down your cheek.
You mumble it back and grab his chin to steal a kiss, and Elliot gurgles one last âah-looâ into Lokiâs chest.
Youâve barely started to consider it a kiss when your eyes fly open in shock.
âAh-loo,â you gasp and break away from Loki with a smack. âI love you.â
âI love you, too?â
âNo,â you laugh, and Elliot opens his eyes once more to beam up at you. âHeâs saying I love you, Loki.â
Loki falls silent and you think that may have broken him, but then he wraps his arms around the baby and hugs him as tight as he possibly can without hurting the little guy.
âI love you,â he says again, this time hesitating, curious if thatâs really itâ
âAh-loo!â
Thatâs better than any variation of âmaâ or âdaâ that you and Loki couldâve hoped for.
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When Selina went down to the lobby the next morning she found Chloe being yelled at by what she assumed were the girlâs parents. Studying the two she was less than impressed. Being Bruce Wayneâs fiance sheâd seen all sorts of affluent people and social climbers. Far too many of them either treated their kids like garbage, or ignored them entirely. Given the research sheâd done after leaving the girls last night, Chloeâs mother traded off between the two, and her father bounced back and forth between the first and treating her like a princess depending on his wifeâs mood. Dysfunctional was too mild a term to describe it.
âIâm not going to let you waste my money paying for one of your low rent friends Chloe. Itâs bad enough you forced us to let that crippled girl stay here but at least sheâs not taking up an extra room.â The womanâs tone was like nails on a chalkboard. Chloe looked to be on the verge of tears but judging by her posture and the way she was clenching her fists they were tears of rage.
âReally Chloe you need to learn some responsibility. Charity is all well and good for publicity but if you give handouts to every sob story you encounter youâll just end up broke. Then how will you pay for all your new shoes and jewelry?â Okay, it was officially time to end this bull shit.
âChloe! Thank you so much for what you did last night. My fiance and I are so grateful for the way you helped me.â All three turned to look at her and it just made her want to slap some sense into the adults. Chloe looked relieved, though a little confused. The Mayor was giving her an annoyed frown while his wife was looking at her like she was garbage that shouldnât be allowed near her. Oh that bitch was about to swallow her tongue. âI called Bruce and he said heâd call with his information since I still canât find my wallet. It was so sweet of you to hold it for us. Your daughter is such an amazing problem solver.â Both parents blinked at her like sheâd told them the world was ending.
âAnd who exactly are you?â Of course the mother recovered first. Selina was going to enjoy wiping that superior expression off her face.
âOh, Iâm so sorry for not introducing myself properly. Iâm Selina Kyle, Bruce Wayneâs fiance. Heâll be joining me in a few days to visit his sons.â All the blood drained from the Mayorâs face and his wifeâs jaw went slack with surprise. âI was just going to go stay with the boys when I realized I didnât have my wallet but Chloe assured me youâd be able to work with me. I am sorry for any inconvenience the delay caused but Iâm sure Bruce will be happy to compensate you for the trouble since your daughter was so helpful and accommodating. Now, if you two wouldnât mind Iâd like to steal her for a bit.â She put an arm around Chloe and dragged her away before either could get their bearings back.
âThat was⌠I donât even⌠thank you?â Poor kid sounded so confused.
âAny time. I live to create drama. Well, drama for other people at least.â Chloe just gave her an uncertain smile. âHowâs Marinette doing this morning?â The girl let out a few curses before changing course to the front desk.
âI canât believe I let them make me forget why I came down here in the first place.â When she got to the counter she cleared her throat to get the attendantâs attention. When he saw her he paled. âExcuse me but has anyone had time to-â
âLiquid allergy medication. You didnât specify non-drowsy or not so we got both.â The poor guy practically shoved a bag at Chloe who just looked inside before letting out a relieved sigh. She handed the man some money and he looked like his brain melted.
âThank you Armond. Please share that with whoever had to go get this for me.â She turned around and headed to the elevator. The desk clerk just kept looking between the girlâs back and the money sheâd handed him in obvious confusion. That was something to ask about later. She caught up to Chloe just as she changed directions again, this time towards the front doors. There was a very large man arguing with two very nervous doormen. âItâs okay. I asked him here, you can let him in.â The two shared a relieved look and let the man pass. Chloe just motioned at him to follow her and went for the elevator again. The man glowered at Selina when she entered the elevator with them.
âNice to meet you too.â That just got a grunt.
âItâs okay Digg. She knows and Iâm fairly certain sheâs on our side.â Another grunt. He was almost as expressive as Bruce. âI just need you to stay here and watch after Mari. Tikki will explain and help you with dosing.â
âWhatâs wrong with the Guardian?â Actual words. So he could speak. Wait Guardian?
âPigheaded stupidity for the most part.â Selina couldnât help the laugh that came out. Judging by her wince, Chloe hadnât meant to say that out loud. âSheâs having problems with insomnia and overworking herself. Weâre trying to make sure she gets at least one day of proper rest so she doesnât burn out.â Digg was frowning at her.
âYou need rest too. Iâll watch over both of you.â Chloe opened her mouth to argue but Plagg flew out of her pocket and into her face.
âDiggâs right. Youâre both unbalanced and being together will help the both of you remain calm. There are no immediate threats and you both deserve a break. Youâve been tense ever since you let her out of your sight and your parents just made matters worse.â Selina rolled her eyes. That had to be the understatement of the year. Looking at Chloe she could see the bags under her eyes and the obvious tightness around her mouth and eyes. She forced the girl to look at her.
âYou canât help anyone if you donât take care of yourself. You said last night that there were other people who could handle any emergencies that may happen. You need to slow down and take a breath. Iâll run interference with your parents if need be and everything else can wait.â She was not prepared for the girl to burst into tears.
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Part 15
Summary: Now married, Spencer & Y/N navigate the D/s lifestyle. How will their relationship change?
Words: 1,279
Warnings: Switching, blowjobs, riding, sex, blindfolds, Domme!Reader, Sub!Spence.
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Mirrors are supposed to show your reflection, but apparently not. Staring back at you is a woman with sunken eyes who looks like sheâs been punched. This womanâs hair is practically standing on end. Her lips are cracked. Sheâs a hot fucking mess. But as Spencer instructed, you look in the mirror and admire how shiny your hair is. Itâs all over the place, but itâs shiny. Win.
Charlotte has an ear infection, so sheâs been crying constantly. Not as bad as the first time she got sick when she was younger, but pretty bad. After work is more work. Getting home means starting dinner (if youâre home before Spencer), doing laundry, washing dishes, vacuuming, cleaning up Charlotteâs messes, changing her diapers. Itâs an absolute never-ending cycle. Thereâs no control. And then it dawns on you.
Walking out of the bathroom, you step back into the kitchen where Spencer is attempting to play peek-a-boo with Charlotte. âHey, Spence?â
âYea? Everything okay?â
âUh, yea, Iâm just feeling really frazzled and out of control so I was wondering if we might try that switching thing tonight?â You give him a big cheesy grin and clutch your hands together. âPlease?â
Spencer smiles, his hands still hiding his face in an attempt to get a reaction from the little one. âSure. Iâm looking forward to it. You have any ideas?â
âMayyyybe.â
Thereâs a gleam in his eyes that you recognize as the kind of look you get when Spencer teases you about the nightâs plans. It makes you feel good.
Somehow, your overwrought nerves manage to make it through dinner and getting Charlotte to sleep. She almost sleeps through the night yet. Another month or so and sheâll be sleeping through. âWanna go to bed?â Spencer asks, grin wide and wild.
Nodding, you get up on your tiptoes and kiss him. âYea, Iâll be right there. Why donât you go in first, get totally naked for me and Iâll be right there?â
âYes maâam.â
As he walks away, you have to resist the temptation to just chase right after him and jump his bones, instead deciding to sit by Charlotteâs crib for a few more minutes, just watching how peaceful she looks. Once enough time has passed, you walk confidently into your bedroom to see Spencer lounging against some propped up pillows in all his naked glory. When Spencer goes to talk, you shush him. âDid I ask for you to speak?â
âNo,â he says, zipping his lips with his fingers. He looks proud. And aroused.
Slipping off your tank top to reveal your new lacy, light pink bra, you watch Spencerâs eyes widen. Your boobs are still pretty big, because youâre still breastfeeding, but youâd indulged in one new bra to accommodate your larger girls. Spencer hasnât seen before, and by the subtle twitch of his cock, you can tell he enjoys the view.
You turn around and bend over, wiggling your ass just so as you search for what you need. A metal clink and cool steel sent a shiver up your spine. Turning around, you smile at Spencer and swing the cuffs around your finger. These are the real deal because Spencer purposely forgot to give them back once he retired from the BAU. âHands above your head.â
Spencer complies without a word, a smirk crossing his lips as you dip onto the mattress and fasten the cuffs around his wrists. âMake sure you keep your hands gripping the headboard. If you let go more than once, Iâll edge you three times before I let you come.â
He bites his lip, undoubtedly tempted to disobey just for the sake of getting your lips around his cock. Itâs what you normally do in his position. Hopefully heâll be a good boy. You grab a silk scarf out of your drawer and hold it out to him, silently asking if heâs okay with being blindfolded.
When he nods, you crawl back onto the bed and straddle him, rubbing back and forth against him as you tie the scarf around the back of his head. âComfortable?â
âYea, Iâm good. I mean, I want you to ride me more than I can possibly express, but Iâm comfortable.â
Snickering to yourself, you slip off the bed and remove your pants, panties and bra, pinching at your nipples and bringing them to taut peaks before getting back on the bed to straddle his lower legs. You bend forward and grip his cock in one hand, running your tongue up the underside. Using your saliva, you run your hand up and down, twirling your hand around the head of his cock before starting the process over again.
With each twist, you graze that area just under the head that drives him crazy, and soon enough, heâs bucking into your hand. âCan I come?â He asks.
âI donât think so,â you reply, smiling wide.
Spencer huffs and tries to control himself as you take all of him into your mouth, the tip hitting the back of your throat. You gag and pull up, spit pooling around the base of his shaft, which you use to cup his balls. âDo you wanna come down my throat, baby?â
âYes.â
âAsk me?â
âCan I come down your throat?â
âThank you for asking. Yes, you may,â you laugh. You return to your earlier motions, taking all of him with each pass of your mouth, your hands following in your wake. Sucking cock makes you feel powerful, even if youâre on the âbottom.â Watching him as he comes undone, knowing itâs you thatâs making it happen? One of the best feelings in the world.
Every time he hits the back of your throat, you hear him moan, and it only makes you want to move faster. As his muscles tighten, you lightly squeeze his balls and sheath yourself on him, mumbling your approval around him when he comes; the tang of him is heady and rich and you swallow it all down appreciatively. âGood job, baby. Do you want me to ride that cock now?â
âYes. Please, yes.â
âWould you like the blindfold off?â
He nods, and you push the scarf down around his neck before cupping your own breasts, heavy and full. Knees astride, you tilt his head down so heâs looking at where youâre touching him. âWatch while I sink onto you.â
Spencer growls and it makes you smile. Heâs having a hard time controlling himself. Good. Now he knows exactly where youâre coming from when heâs telling you not to come.
Moaning, you toss your head back and pinch one of your nipples, which makes you tighten around him. âGod, you feel so good, Spence.â
You bend down, body flush against his as you move your hips up and down, tightening your walls around him with each pass. Glancing up, you see his hands move away from the headboard, so you smack them. âKeep them up there or you donât get to come again,â you command.
Spencer grabs the headboard again and cranes his head up, nipping at your neck as you continue to thrust down onto him. âCome on my cock,â he says, his voice husky and tight.
âAsk nicely.â
âPlease, come on my cock, Y/N. Fuck me.â
Hearing him beg is something you could get used to - on occasion. Warmth floods your entire body at his words and you start to tremble around him. âFuck, fuck, fuck,â you breathe. âGonne come.â
As you clench around him, he growls, gripping the headboard so hard his knuckles go white. âShit, Y/N. I- I could do that on occasion...I mean...if you want.â
âOh believe me, I want.â
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Resfeber (Chapter 2)
Swedish. noun. The restless race of the travelerâs heart before the journey begins, when anxiety and anticipation are tangled together.
Fandom: The Witcher
Pairing: Lambert x Reader
Word Count: 2643
Rating: E
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You awaken in Lambertâs arms, and you find each otherâs touch to be so much more than just comforting.
   Dim light peeks through the windows, little birds chirping the call of a new morning. Itâs just enough to rouse you, letting you slowly become aware of the body that youâre wrapped around. You welcome the warmth, a sweet noise falling from deep in your lungs as you shift against your companion. The memories of yesterday come back like honey, lazily filling in the blanks as you wake.
   You shift a bit, dragging your leg along his as you lean to look up at him. Lambert is already awake, peering at you through half-lidded eyes as he smiles.
   âMorning, gorgeous,â he mumbles, his voice rough and tumbled with sleep. You blush, reaching up to brush some hair from where it falls in his eyes. It sticks out wildly, mussed from where he had rested on the pillow.Â
   âIâm glad youâre still here,â you whisper, not wanting to bend the comfortable quiet that a lazy morning brings.Â
   âHmm, me tooâŚâ he hums, his eyes falling shut as you feel his hand on your back tracing light patterns through your shirt. Itâs soothing, you find, the gentleness he gives with just the lightest touch. âIs this alright? I didnât want to move you and wake you upâŚâ
   You hum, running your own hand down his cheek and following the line of his jaw. âItâs nice, I like feeling your hands on me.â
   You see Lambertâs eyes widen a bit before he tilts his head to the side, not unlike the wolf from his medallion. He lifts the hand that isnât around your back to your cheek, stopping just short of touching you.Â
   âMay I?â he asks and you nod, leaning into his touch and letting the sparks fly under the surface of your skin. You shiver a bit from the sensation before you scooch yourself up, nosing into the hollow of his neck as his hand drifts down your arm. Lambertâs fingers intertwine with yours where they rest on his stomach.Â
You gently place your lips against the skin of his neck, feeling his breath hitch under your lips when you do.
âI thought you didnât like to be touched,â he breathes, raspy and gritty with want.Â
âHmm, never said I didnât like touch,â you whisper, your lips just barely brushing against his ear with every word. âOnly that I was sensitive to touch. Iâm sure that there are spots that are sensitive on you that are quite pleasurableâŚâ
Your hand slides down the plane of his stomach, finding him hard and straining against his undershorts. You hear Lambert hiss at the faintest glance of your fingers along his length. On your next pass though, you grow bolder, pressing your palm against the thin fabric that just barely conceals his cock.
âOh, fuck,â Lambert bucks into your hand, clenching his jaw with a grunt. You smile against his skin, lightly kissing down his neck before his shirt gets in the way. Suddenly, youâre struck with an idea, and you are weak just thinking about it.Â
In the space of a heartbeat you lift off of Lambert, flinging the blanket from the bed and letting the chill of the morning air run across your skin. Lambert lets out an annoyed groan that quickly turns into a choked-off moan when you move to straddle his hips. You let your weight rest on him as he sets his hands on your waist. Lambert is a vision like this, bathed in gentle sunlight and desperate under your fingers.Â
He sits himself up, pulling your chest against him as he catches your lips in a bruising kiss. Itâs full of teeth and need and hunger, and you wouldnât have it any other way. You feel Lambertâs hands bunch the fabric of your nightgown in their grasp. You can imagine him ripping through the soft material as if it were merely made of thin parchment, and that sends a dizzying wave of arousal straight to your core.Â
âAh, wait,â you murmur into his mouth, pulling back as you catch your breath. You slide your hands under the hem of his undershirt, feeling the taught muscles of his stomach jump and twitch under your fingers. Just before you can lift the shirt over his head he lunges forward, catching your bottom lip between his teeth before he nips and bites along the slope of your neck.Â
âGods, I want you,â Lambertâs stubble scratches along the delicate flesh with his words, leaving a trail of goosebumps in his wake.Â
âSo do I, dear-â your words cut off with a low moan as you feel him sink his teeth into your pulse point, licking and sucking to soothe the forming mark. âIâd much rather have you naked, though.â
You feel his cock throb against your core, clearly agreeing with you. You move backward, lifting yourself from the bed just out of Lambertâs reach. The wooden floors of your cabin are cool under your bare feet, grounding you as you reach for the hem of your nightgown. You swiftly pull it over your head, letting it float to the floor behind you as your fingers drift lazily over your bare chest.
Lambertâs eyes burn with their intensity, chasing the path of your hands as you openly tease him with your newly exposed skin. The peaks of your breasts are stiff, rolling between your fingers and drawing a breathy gasp from your lungs. You let your eyes rove over Lambert, really wishing that his clothes were literally anywhere else instead of on his body.
âYou seem terribly overdressed, darling,â you smirk, lightly thumbing the waist of your underthings. Heâs blatantly palming himself through his shorts, a truly delicious grin dancing over the glint of his teeth when he catches your eye. Lambert reaches up, taking the neck of his shirt and lifting it, shucking it from is arms onto the floor. You bite your lip as you take in the new sight, the muscles of his arms swelling as he twists his broad shoulders, the brutal strength of his torso dusted with dark hair and more scars than you can count.Â
You hook your fingers into your underthings and slide them down, leaving them where they fall as you step back towards the bed. Lambert moves to touch you but you hold out a hand, stopping him before he can.Â
âCan I try something?â you ask, and you see a brief flicker of worry through the lust in Lambertâs eyes. He is at his most vulnerable, and this would be the perfect time for someone to get the upper hand on him and betray his trust. You have no intention of doing that though, pouring as much kindness and comfort into your gaze. You watch as the lump in his throat bobs as he swallows nervously, leaning back to lay on the bed.
âI trust you,â he whispers, barely loud enough for you to hear. Your heart swells with the knowledge of his trust, knowing that it is not something given easily.
âDo me a favor, love,â you walk to the foot of the bed, peering down at him with a lazy smile, âtake those off for me, nice and slow.â
Lambert looks up at you then and inhales deeply, a pretty flush decorating his chest and traveling up his neck. You see his eyes darken, leaving only a whisper of gold around a void of black. A naughty smirk dances over his features as he lifts his hips, leisurely sliding the undershorts down his legs. You watch unashamedly, biting your lip as, inch by inch, Lambert becomes bare before you.Â
âYouâre beautiful,â you sigh, your eyes trailing over the swells of his thighs and up to the length of his cock, aching and weeping with arousal.Â
âMay I touch you?â You reach out carefully, stopping just shy of his leg.
âOh gods, please,â the Witcher lying on your bed whines, pulling a giggle from your lips at the frankly ridiculous noise. You let your fingers just barely fall onto his calf, tracing a swirl of lines back and forth up past his knee. Lambert arches into the touch, desperate for more, harder, impatient as you predicted heâd be.Â
You tut, pulling your hand away as he tries to increase your pace. âPlease? Humor me?â You put your hands on your hips and give him your best chiding look. He stares back at you for a moment, testing you, but when you only raise your eyebrows a little higher he relents, relaxing back onto the pillow.Â
âThank you, just be patient dear,â you murmur, your fingers drifting back to their place at his knee. Lambert hums in acknowledgment, not terribly happy about having to exercise his almost nonexistent patience, but he thinks that he would endure waiting until the day that pigs sprouted wings and flew across the sky if you would just keep touching him.Â
You bring your other hand to rest along his other leg, moving your hands in time with one another up towards his hips. You can feel Lambert tremble beneath you, gnawing the inside of his cheek to keep from rushing your exploration. When you continue moving up, avoiding his leaking cock in favor of running your hands through the hair on his chest he huffs, clenching his eyes closed and fisting his hands in the blanket below him. You climb back over him, hovering your hips over his and leaning down, sliding your hands up to the nape of his neck.Â
When you let your lips brush against his, Lambertâs resolve finally breaks, his hands flying to your hips and pulling you close. You moan into his mouth, letting him deepen the kiss as you feel his hips rock frantically against you. His hips stutter and a sudden warmness spills over your stomach, slick and heady on your skin.Â
âOh, oh fuck,â Lambert sighs back into the pillow, throwing an arm over his eyes. âGods, Iâm so sorry, I tried to wait, let you lead, but then it was just too much and I couldnât-â
You silence him with a kiss, knocking his arm away as you cup the sides of his face. His hands find your hips once more, but they are gentle, reverent in their touch as they sweep up and down your sides.Â
âI know, I know,â you murmur, smiling down at him as you pull back. You push yourself up to rest on his thighs just below his hips. You can see where Lambertâs seed spilled on the both of your stomachs, a wave of arousal coursing through you at the sight. His cock is still hard where it lays against his hip. You reach down, taking him in your hand and squeezing lightly at the base.Â
You run your hand up and down a few times, his fingers tightening on your hips as he grunts.Â
âPlease, can I-oh fuck, can I just-â Lambert writhes in your grasp, his pupils blown out and a vein in his neck straining against his skin with how tightly he is clenching his jaw.
âGo ahead,â you smile, gasping when he shifts beneath you and flips you both, switching your positions so that he hovers over you. He leans down to kiss you as he slowly pushes himself inside of you, swallowing your moans as you lightly scratch along his back. You can feel him shudder under your nails, hiding into the crook of your neck as he seats himself fully.Â
You can feel Lambert everywhere, his teeth glancing along your neck, down your chest to suckle and prod at your breasts. His hands, kneading the plush of your ass where he holds you down to the bed. His chest, pressing against you, and the heat of his breath that drifts lazily over your skin. And the length of his cock, filling you so completely that youâre worried youâll spill over with want. The burning stretch of your cunt, fading into an ache that can only be quelled by the man above you.
âCâmon, love,â you murmur, threading your fingers through his hair, adorably mussed by sleep and your other activities. Lambert perks up at the nickname, a flash of confusion and denial shrouding his features. You cup his face again and bring him down to you, pulling him out of his spiraling thoughts as you clench your walls around him.
âFucking shit, holy hell,â the curses continue as he begins to move, slowly thrusting his hips into yours. Soon though, his words become a little softer, resting his forehead on yours as his thrusts quicken.Â
âAh, gods, youâre so tight, itâs like you were made just for my cock, Iâm not sure Iâll ever be satisfied with anything else, not after you,â his words punctuated by gasps and groans, pulling you oh so close to the edge of your climax. His hips snap relentlessly into you, each time sending a cascade of warmth through your cunt.Â
You cant your hips in time with his, chasing your high, and Lambert gives an impish grin before capturing your lips once more and bringing one hand to your heat. He rubs quick, tight little circles around the peak of your core, his hips moving wildly and faster than humanly possible. You can feel his chest rumbling against yours, almost as if he were purring as he fucked you into oblivion.Â
âCâmon, câmon, let go for me, my dove, let go, yessssâŚâ his words carry you over the edge, your hips jerking wildly in his grasp as you lose yourself in the all-encompassing climax. You cry out, low and lusty as your walls clench Lambertâs cock like a vice, squeezing and pulling him to his own release. He pulls out at the last second with a drawn-out groan, rapidly fucking into his own hand as he spends thick ropes of his release above you. He paints you with it, some of it coming as far up as your lips, letting you eagerly dart your tongue to taste him.Â
You fall back into the pillows, releasing a breath you hadnât realized you were holding. Lambert sinks back onto his heels, his cock still spilling over his fingers.Â
âMy gods,â you whisper in awe, âis it like that every time?âÂ
Lambert laughs, finally relenting as his cock starts to finally fall limp in his grasp. âWell, itâs always a lot, but not usually this much. I may need a minuteâŚâ
âOh, fuck, I may need a bit longer than a minute, dear,â you chuckle, reaching out to pull him next to you. Lambert only takes your hand in his and places a light kiss to the tips of your fingers before dropping them, climbing off of the bed on only slightly wobbly legs. He grabs his undershirt that he had been wearing and lightly dampens it, bringing it back to you and wiping away the evidence of your joined releases before they can get sticky on your skin.Â
He lets the now soiled cloth fall to the floor before climbing back into the bed, falling next to you with a dramatic âoomfâ when he hits the pillow.
You turn over so that youâre on your side, facing Lambert where he mirrors you. Heâs wearing a goofy smile that only acts to make him that much more adorable, especially considering how rare that grin probably is.
âWill you stay? At least for a little bit?â you whisper, gently running your hand along the edge of his jaw. He hums noncommittally in response, relaxing into your touch and letting his eyes fall closed. Lambert is suddenly exhausted, and heâs glad for the comfortable space that he feels safe enough to be so exposed in. You let him sleep, content to hold him close for as long as you can until he leaves, taking your heart with him.
#lambert x reader#witcher#smut#not sure anyone asked for 2700 words of this#but yall gonna get it anyways
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Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia Fic Rating: Explicit Chapter Rating: Teen+ Pairing: Todoroki Shouto/Midoriya Izuku Note:Â Thanks again for your amazing support so far! I really appreciate all of you and your comments have been making my weeks since posting <3 This fic will be going on a short hiatus...I'm not sure how long it will be but July has been shockingly busy this year and has only continued to get crazier so I need a little more time to write more of this ficÂ
Todoroki Shouto had accepted his fate as a public figure when he became a pro-hero, but there are some parts of his private life he would like to stay private. When he gets invited to be a speaker in a college lecture series, he goes to the meeting with one goal: to give the coordinator a piece of his mind and finally put an end to people hounding him for information about his family.
The last thing he expects is the curious, and quirkless, hero- and quirk-study professor, Midoriya Izuku, who has no interest in his familyâs history, and, somehow, even more ties to the hero industry than Shouto. Intrigued by the professor, Shouto tentatively agrees to the lecture series, unknowingly intertwining their futures.
But the more Todoroki sees of Midoriya, the more questions he has. When a villain attack leaves them living together until the culprits are apprehended, maybe heâll finally get some answers.
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Itâs been three days since the debriefing, and Shouto hasnât been able to think about much else besides the weirdness of everything that happened in the meeting. Even now, standing under the scalding spray of his shower, heâs going through the motions, but his mind is in the hallway outside the conference room with Ingenium.
âIâm sorry about lying to you regarding Architect,â Ingenium had said solemnly. Theyâve grown and their costumes had both changed since then, but without his helmet on, head bent to discuss something quietly, Shouto was reminded of the in-class exercises they used to do in high school. Off to the side in a hallway, as if creating a strategy. Somehow adult-Ingenium had gotten even more serious than his high school counterpart. âI know it was wrong to mislead you, but I knew he meant no harm. I knew he could help with Kou.â
âHow?â Shouto had asked, but even then he had a feeling he knew the answer.
ââŚIâve worked with him before,â Ingenium admitted. âI know the law, but heâŚhe just wants to help people. And he does good hero work.â
Ingenium couldnât say afterwards if he thought Architect would still somehow help the case. He knew he would want to, but with more people involved, and more people who knew he had been there before, it would be harder. Shouto canât articulate exactly why, but somehow knowing he might be what brings more scrutiny towards Architect makes him feelâŚguilty? Itâs not his fault that he didnât know, nor is it his fault Architect is technically doing something illegal, but he feels guilty anyways.
Shoutoâs phone chimes just as he steps out of the shower. Even before he checks it, he knows itâs a new text from Midoriya. While Shouto has thought of little else but the weirdness that had transpired at the debriefing for the last three days, Midoriya has acted as if it never happened. He had been quiet the rest of the day afterwards, but the next day Midoriya had picked up their text chat where they had left off as if nothing had happened. The few times Shouto tried to broach the topic of Midoriyaâs behavior at the debriefing, his contacts with heroes, the vigilante Architect, anything from the debriefing, all he got was an abrupt subject change or radio silence for a few hours. After a day and a half of the back and forth, Shouto gave up pushing the subject. For now.
Shouto slings a towel around his hips and grabs his phone off the counter. Thereâs a new picture attached to the message. Midoriyaâs scarred hand holds a large navy book out in front of the camera. The sidewalk serving as a background and the blurred edges of the image suggests he was walking somewhere as he took the picture.
I found a copy of the book!! The text underneath reads.
Shouto canât make out any title in the picture, but he knows what book it is anyways. There was only one they had really discussed in-depth that would warrant such an excited text. It was an early study of dual quirks. Apparently, according to Midoriya, some of the information and conclusions they came to is now outdated but it is still considered one of the best introductory texts for understanding how dual quirks come about with inheritance. He had been suggesting it to Shouto practically since they had started their text conversation.
Another text comes in before Shouto can come up with a reply.
I can keep this copy in my office, if you would like to come by for it sometime.
Shouto wouldnât mind going by the professorâs office again. It wasnât that far out of his way, and it would be a good excuse to see him and talk to him some more â either about quirks, or whatever the hell was going on at the debriefing in an environment he canât escape so easily. But as he mentally goes through his schedule thinking of a time he might be able to get there, it would be at least another week, if not two.
Shouto grimaces, running a hand over his face.
between normal wrk nd this new case itll be a whileâŚ
Of course I understand youâre busy! Oh unless you wanted to read it sooner
Shouto glances at the time. He still has almost two and a half hours before his next shift starts. It would be enough time. Probably. Depending on how long it takes to get Midoriya to agree. He has an idea but he knows Midoriya isnât going to like it.
are u in musutafu now?
Yes. Of course! I could drop it off at your agency!
i was thinking just my apartment
Shouto puts his phone down to find something to wear. He doesnât usually wear normal clothes under his uniform, but he figures he has a little while before he needs to change into it. He expects to get a flurry of messages protesting his suggestion as he finds and pulls on a pair of sweatpants, but a full three minutes pass before his phone chimes with another message. It just reads: what, lacking even Midoriyaâs usual proper grammar and capitalization.
Shouto snorts. He knew he wasnât going to like it.
im at the hospital on guard today and ill be out of the office the next few days. it would be quicker
That does set off the flurry of texts he expected the first time, Midoriya insisting that wasnât necessary and he didnât need to read it that quickly and a few that just said no a few times. The texts are still coming in, the notification that heâs typing still lit up on the screen, when Shouto presses the phone icon next to his name and starts a call.
The phone starts to ring. And then continues to ring for so long, Shouto thinks heâs going to go to voicemail, when Midoriya suddenly answers. Thereâs a shuffle on the other line for a moment.
âEntro-er, TodoroâŚhello?â Midoriya says.
âHello, Midoriya,â Shouto replies.
Shoutoâs simple greeting seems to knock Midoriya out of his stupor, because he immediately jumps back into his protests, picking right back up where he left off in his texts. Shouto waits until he has to stop to take a breath.
âI figured you would really frown upon me texting you my address, so I thought Iâd call. Do you have something to write with?â
Midoriya sputters for a moment before he sighs. âYouâŚyeah, go ahead.â
Shouto blinks in surprise. He really expected more of a protest than that. Still, he rattles off the address before Midoriya comes to his senses and changes his mind. Midoriya has him repeat it once, just to be sure he copied everything down correctly.
âOkay. I guess I will see you in a few minutes,â Midoriya says, sounding resigned.
Shouto almost laughs at the tone. âYou donât actually have to bring it to me if itâs any trouble. I can get it from the office eventually.â
âNo, I donât mind and itâs not that far out of the way actually,â Midoriya admits. âIâm a little concerned by your complete disregard for privacy or self-preservation but otherwise, itâs no trouble.â
ââA lack of self-preservation and privacyâ is pretty much in my job description.â
Midoriya sighs. Thereâs some quiet mumbling Shouto canât make out through the phone before Midoriya seems to give up on arguing the point for the moment and says his goodbye.
Shouto plugs his phone in by the bed to charge until he has to leave. Monarch and Momo still havenât let go of the last time his phone died while he was on duty and heâs sure even being away from the agency for the next few days wonât save him from their ire if it happens again.
Shouto is still toweling off his hair when thereâs a knock on his door. He glances at the clock on his wall, but even without the visual confirmation, he knows it has only been a few minutes since his call with Midoriya had ended. It was unlikely he found his apartment that quickly. He throws the towel over the bar in the bathroom and grabs a t-shirt on his way out of his room.
He opens the front door, expecting to see one of his neighbors in the hall. Instead, it is Midoriya staring at him from the other side of the door. He looks almost the exact same as the first time they had met with his thin, crooked wire frame glasses and oversized leather satchel hanging at his side. Though he had replaced his ill-fitting cardigan with a Froppy sweatshirt and a jean jacket over a button-up. Midoriyaâs eyes scan over him quickly, pausing briefly at his middle before jumping back to his face and then to the space next to his head.
âHello,â Midoriya manages quietly.
Shouto tugs the bottom of his shirt the rest of the way down.
âHello. IâŚwasnât expecting you to find the place so quickly,â he replies simply.
âUm, yes, it was closer than I realized too,â Midoriya finally looks him in the eye again, only to look away a moment later to bow his head. âIâm sorry, I should have announced myself somehow.â
âItâs fine, Midoriya. Iâm glad you didnât have to go too far out of your way.â
They stand in an awkward silence for a moment before they both seem to remember themselves and try to speak again.
Midoriya fumbles with the leather bag at his side, searching for the book. âRight, Iâm sure you need to finish getting ready for work-â he starts to say.
At the same time, Shouto steps back, opening his door further. âWould you like to come in?â
Midoriya stares at him in surprise for a moment before his gaze jumps to something behind Shouto, brow furrowing.
âTodoroki, do you live alone?â
âUm, yes?â Shouto glances over his shoulder but doesnât see whatever it was that Midoriya must have seen.
He turns back around, but Midoriya is still staring hard at something in the distance.
âMidoriya, what did-"
A loud crash of breaking glass cuts off the rest of Shoutoâs question. Midoriya reacts a second before him, grabbing Shoutoâs arm and throwing them both down the hall, away from his door as flames erupt in the apartment behind him.
They tumble to the ground. Shouto lands hard on his back as they roll for a moment, the floor below him and Midoriya landing heavily on top of him knocking the air from his lungs. One of Midoriyaâs hands cushioned his head in the fall, but he pulls it back quickly as if Shouto burned him.
Midoriya quickly lifts himself up, carefully checking Shouto over. âAre you alright?â
Shouto nods, not yet ready to try speaking again. The sound of a vicious fire cracks behind them and the smell of smoke is already starting to fill the hallway. Whatever was thrown has a fast-moving fire and Shouto can feel the heat even from a few feet away.
âWill your fire alarm alert the authorities?â
Shouto pushes himself to a sitting position . âDonât have a fire alarm,â he chokes out. They really need to move. âThey go off too easily.â
Midoriya stares at him for a moment like heâs lost his mind before realization dawns. âRight your quirk would probably make that a pain. Okay, Iâll call for help. But we need to get as many people out as we can before they get here.â
Shouto climbs to his feet, using the wall to hold himself up for the moment. Everything seems to feel okay, so he doesnât think heâs injured, just winded. Midoriya looks worried but he still scrambles to his feet a moment later.
âI can get my upstairs neighbors out,â Shouto says.
âIâll help everyone below evacuate,â Midoriya offers before Shouto has barely finished speaking. He takes off for the stairwell, glancing back at the last second. âBe careful, Todoroki.â
Shouto stares after him for a moment, incredulous. âIâm the pro in this situation,â he wants to remind Midoriya. âAnd probably marginally more fire-resistant than you.â âYou too,â is all he manages instead as the stairwell door swings shut behind Midoriya. Faintly, Shouto remembers another time he watched a civilian run head-long into trouble, but he brushes off the otherwise long-forgotten memory. It was so long ago, heâs not sure what dredged up the old memory, but dwelling on it wonât help anyone right now.
Shouto forces himself away from the door and his desire to go after the apparently reckless, mysterious, crazy-overachieving civilian he just let run into danger and heads for his closest neighbor. There are only three apartments on each floor. The one next to him has been empty for months, and usually both of the Fukudas were at work during this time of day, but he pounds on the door just to be safe, calling for them both. Smoke is finally beginning to fill the hallway and he knows it will only be another minute or two before the fire itself begins to crawl its way out of the apartment too.
Shouto breaks through the door, calling for either of the Fukudas to answer as he darts through the handful of rooms laid out in a mirror of his own familiar apartment. Satisfied that it is empty, he goes back to the hall heading for the stairs. He can feel his right side rapidly growing colder as his quirk tries to regulate his body temperature. The overheated air burns his already sore chest as he runs.
Shouto is already shouting as he reaches the next floor, hoping to alert as many of his neighbors as he can. One door opens as he throws himself down the hall, an older woman looking at him suspiciously through the crack in her door. For once heâs thankful for his unique appearance because he sees recognition dawn on her a moment later, even without his hero suit.
âA fire started on the floor below, Iâm trying to evacuate everyone on this floor and the next, if you have anyone home with you, get them!â
The woman nods in understanding, throwing her door open and running back into the apartment calling for someone. Shouto goes to the next closest apartment, banging on the door and calling for anyone who might be inside. The door to the apartment next door opens and a man looks out.
âWhat is all the racket about? They went to their parents for the week, no one is in there.â
âThe apartment is empty right now?â
The man glares at him, but Shouto pushes on before he can start an argument with him. The first woman comes out of her apartment with her grandson and a small dog in tow. âSir, there is a fire on the floor below. Weâre evacuating everyone.â
The man still looks like he wants to argue, but a moment later the sound of sirens grows louder as help arrives on the scene and that seems to be enough to convince him to cooperate. The three tenants follow him up the stairs to the last floor. Two of the three doors are already open, the tenants looking out obviously wondering what all the noise is about. The woman and her grandson greet one of the two women, immediately filling them in on whatâs going on. Shouto goes to the last door.
âSheâs at work,â one of the women calls to him. âShe lives alone. Except for a cat.â
Shouto nods his thanks for the information. âIâll go in to get the cat. Do either of you have a window that faces the front of the building?â
The other woman raises her hand. âI do!â
âPlease take everyone into your apartment, clear a space in front of the window if necessary and Iâll be there in just a moment.â Shouto instructs. He waits just a moment to make sure everyone is complying before he forces the last door open. The cat in question makes itself known immediately, rushing to the door crying for attention before it realizes he is not their owner. The cat turns tail and darts deeper into the apartment.
Cursing, Shouto uses ice to create a small blockade in the hall that leads to the bedroom and bathroom, limiting the catâs escape routes as he darts after it, sliding across the hardwood floor leading into the hallway. He catches himself on the wall just as the cat skids to a halt before the ice, trying to turn quickly but the floor is more slippery than its accustomed to and Shouto manages to grab it as it struggles to find its footing. He gets a few heavy scratches across his arms for his trouble, and the cat does its best to escape his hold, but he manages to get it out of the apartment. He wishes he had his tool belt on him, where he might have something that could contain the cat better, and make it easier to transport, but even if the fire-resistant fabric had lasted this long, it wasnât worth it to try and get back into his apartment for it.
He rejoins his neighbors in the other apartment. Along with the three from the first floor, there are the two women from this floor, one of whom clutches a still-sleeping baby to her chest. From the window he can see the ambulance and two fire engines that have already arrived. And based on the sounds in the distance, the police and at least one more ambulance would not be far behind. Someone offers to take the disgruntled cat from him as he throws open the window.
Smoke is billowing from a window on a lower floor, obscuring his line of sight for a moment as the winds shift. Shouto swears under his breath, he can feel his neighbors growing anxious behind him, but he knows he needs a clear shot of the ground for this to work. It takes a few minutes for the view to clear enough for him to see a good landing place. By then a few people from the lower floors have started to evacuate, and he can see the first responders meeting them as they come out. He canât tell from here if Midoriya is with them yet, though he has a feeling the answer is no.
Pushing his concerns aside for the moment, Shouto takes a deep breath to focus. Even after all these years of playing catch up, he still has a much better control of his right side than his left, but the overheated air is already putting a strain on his right side as it keeps his body cool. He creates an ice ramp, or perhaps more accurately a slide, from the window to the ground besides one of the fire engines. Itâs as far as he dares to go to keep the slide from being too steep without also becoming too thin. He reinforces the part connected to the building and as much of the underside as he can from where he is to keep the fire from melting it down.
He turns back to his gathered neighbors. The adults gathered look unsure at best, if not down right afraid, but the young boy looks excited.
âItâll be cold going down, but you should be perfectly safe,â Shouto promises. âWhoâs first?â
Shouto helps the first woman up to the window. Once she is down safe, the woman with her baby goes, climbing up by herself first before Shouto hands the infant off to her. The young boy volunteers next before his grandmother can stop him, scrambling up to the window and then asking Shouto to hand the dog up to him. The older woman goes next, clutching the terrified cat tightly to her chest as she disappears down the slide.
Shouto waits until the older man safely reaches the bottom after her before he prepares to go down himself. Taking one last look back before he drops, he sees the smoke begin to curl around the edges of the apartment door.
 The fire chief stops Shouto first once heâs down, thanking him for his help evacuating the civilians and asking about the conditions inside. Shouto gives as much information as he can about the fire and where it started. He ignores the concerned expression the chief gives him as he explains how it began. He knows it seems like an attack, and a targeted attack at that, but he doesnât want to focus on it just yet. Eventually, the chief figures heâs gotten as much as from Shouto as heâs going to for the moment and sends him off towards the paramedics.
Shouto dodges them for the moment, finding the neighbors he helped down first to make sure everyone actually made it down unharmed. Everyone seems okay, the baby somehow still blissfully asleep and the young boy excitedly asks Shouto if he can go down his ice slide again some other time. One of the first responders found a carrying case for the cat until they could get ahold of its actual owner. He recognizes a few of the other neighbors gathered around from the lower floors. A few have shock blankets on and one person is perched in an ambulance with a paramedic attached to an oxygen machine, but there donât seem to be any major injuries.
Midoriya is arguing with a paramedic, insisting someone else is in more pressing need of care when Shouto finally approaches one of the ambulances.
âWhatâs that saying about doctors being the worst patients?â Shouto asks.
Midoriya jumps, startled by his arrival, though he quick recovers from his shock to glare at Shouto.
The paramedic throws his hands up. âEntropy, please try and talk some sense into him. This is the fourth time heâs refused care.â The paramedic turns back to Midoriya and waves a warning finger at him. âIâm running out of other patients to look at.â He warns before storming off.
âAre you alright? What happened?â Shouto asks once theyâre alone. Midoriya mostly looks okay, his glasses are missing and heâs a little sooty and disheveled, but Shouto figures everyone probably looks about the same in that regard.
âNothing,â Midoriya starts to say as someone nearby loudly clears their throat over him. Midoriya scowls. âI think I might have landed on my hand funny earlier, but itâs fine, probably just sore.â
Shouto frowns. âYou should at least have someone look at it, just in case.â
Midoriya opens his mouth to argue but a ringing phone cuts him off. He fumbles with his phone for a moment, struggling to pull it out of a pocket with his opposite hand. He winces as he finally pulls it out.
âShit.â
âWhat?â
âItâs a video call.â Midoriya doesnât elaborate anymore. He shifts around before he answers, holding the phone up at an angle that keeps his arm and the ambulance mostly out of the camera. He pastes on a bright smile. âHi, Eri.â
âOh Izuku, are you okay? I heard you were involved in a fire. Are you injured? What happened?â Dr. Aizawa asks in a rush, her worried face fills the screen. Red eyes move quickly, obviously taking note of Midoriyaâs disheveled apperance.
âIâm fine. Everyoneâs fine. Weâre not sure exactly how it started yet,â he lies. âBut no one was hurt.â
âWhere are you? Iâll go-â
âNo,â Midoriya cuts her off. âIâm fine and Iâll come by the hospital later so you can check me over yourself if youâre really that worried, but Iâm fine. And I want to make sure someone is keeping an eye out for Kou.â
âYou think this has to do with her?â Dr. Aizawa asks, surprised.
âIâm not sure yet, I would just feel better if I knew there was extra security around her.â
Dr. Aizawa nods. âOkay, Izuku. Iâll make sure someone has an eye on her at all times. Iâll call you later to check up on you.â She says. âAnd Iâll know if you donât let the paramedics check on you so donât even try it this time.â The call ends before Midoriya can refute her last statement.
âIâm supposed to be taking the next shift on the hospital,â Shouto realizes. âI still had another two hours before my shift began when you arrived, but I should let someone know.â
Midoriya offers Shouto his phone. Before Shouto can step away, the paramedic returns with his arms crossed.
âReady to cooperate?â
Midoriya looks miserably over his shoulder at Shouto but lets the paramedic force him into a seat.
Shouto calls Momo on her private number.
âThis is Creati.â Momo answers stiffly after a single ring.
âMomo, itâs Shouto. My phone isâŚI donât have my phone right now. There was just a fire-â
âAt your apartment building. I know I just got the alert. Are you okay? You were still home, werenât you?â
âYes. Iâm fine. No one was injured, but theyâre still putting out the fire and Iâm pretty sure my apartment is gone. It started there.â
Momo takes a long time to reply. âYour quirk?â She finally asks, but she sounds like she already knows the answer.
âNo. I thinkâŚIt seems crazy, butâŚâ Shouto hesitates. He lives on the third floor, but crazier things have probably happened to him. âI think someone threw something through my window to start it.â
Momo curses under her breath. âI was afraid of that. You havenât heard from anyone else, yet, have you? There was another attack, across town. Not a fire, but a building came down. A few civilians were hurt, andâŚâ
Shouto tries not to lose his patience with Momo as she hesitates.
Finally she sighs. âThe latest report from the police just came over the radio. Mr. Smith was one of the only heroes in the area. He was severely injured while helping trapped civilians. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital a few minutes ago. No oneâs sure of his status yet.â
âFuck.â Midoriya was right. âThis is about Kou. The girl from before you have to-â
âI know your schedule, Shouto.â Momo interrupts. âAs soon as I got the alert I let them know you might have been targeted. Someone has already been assigned to your guard shift and theyâve added extra security to the hospital.â
Shouto feels himself relax for the first time since the fire began. If thereâs one thing he can count on, itâs Momo to be on top of things. âThank you.â
Momo replies with a quiet hum of acknowledgement. âIs there anything else I can do for you right now? Do you need anyone else at the scene?â
âNo, everything seems pretty well in hand for now. But if you could let my mother and sister know, that would help. Theyâll see it on the news eventually, but even if my phone survived the fire it will probably be a while before I can get it to contact them myself.â
âOf course, Iâll make sure they know youâre alright. Can I contact you on this number again?â
Shouto glances back at Midoriya. Heâs, miraculously, still sitting in the ambulance doors letting the paramedic wrap his hand, but he also managed to call over one of the firefighters to discuss something about the attack. âYeah, you can use this number again.â
âLet me know when you learn something more.â
âI will.â
âIâm really glad youâre okay, Shouto.â Momo says just before she ends the call.
Me too, Shouto thinks, looking around at all the people gathered in front of the apartment. He and Midoriya had managed to get everyone out, but if Shouto had been alone he might not have been quick enough. Hell, if he hadnât been answering the door at just the right time, he might not have been able to save anyone at all. He would probably be right beside Mr. Smith in the hospital. I just wish it could be said for everyone.
Shouto returns to the ambulance, passing the cell back to Midoriya. Midoriya takes one look at his face and knows.
âYou heard about Mr. Smith too?â
Shouto nods. âCreati already sent word to the hospital for extra security and for someone to cover my shift watching Kou.â
Midoriya cracks a small smile. Other than the one he wore to briefly pacify Dr. Aizawa, itâs the first smile Shouto thinks heâs seen from him all day. And bizarrely, it puts him at ease for a moment, lifting some of the weight of the attack.
âRemind me to send her a huge thank you gift when we finally get out of here,â Midoriya says, and even though Momo is just doing her job in her own efficient, overachiever way, he knows Midoriya is serious.
Midoriya moves over, offering the extra space for Shouto to sit down. Another paramedic almost immediately descends on them, finally checking Shouto over for shock, smoke inhalation, over-extended quirk usage, and other injuries. Other than the handful of cat scratches that they clean and bandage, he comes out with a clean bill of health. Midoriya is comparing their injuries, complaining that his âbruised wristâ didnât need more bandaging than Shoutoâs cuts, but while his tone is light, his eyes keep focusing on something in the distance, his attention obviously not on their conversation. Shouto can practically hear the wheels turning in his head as he thinks.
The fire chief eventually joins them as the fire dies down and more of the firefighters exit the building for the last time. âThank you again, Entropy, for your help evacuating tenants before we arrived. AndâŚMidoriya, was it?â
âDr. Midoriya,â Shouto corrects when Midoriya simply nods. Midoriya elbows him in the side, but Shouto ignores the jab.
âDr. Midoriya, thank you for your help as well. That was very brave of you. A number of the tenants Iâve spoken with were extremely grateful for your assistance.â
Midoriya shrugs a shoulder, as if he had truly done nothing of note. âIâm just glad I was in the right place to help, at the right time.â
âDo we know anything else about the fire yet? Or the building?â Shouto asks.
âThe fire is mostly out, we just have a few more people inside checking for any hidden fires or areas that werenât extinguished completely the first time. As for the buildingâŚit will take a little while longer to properly assess all the damage but the third floor where it started, and the second and fourth floors, took the most damage. At the very least it will be a day or two before itâs safe for the tenants to move between the floors to get their things.â The chief explains.
Shouto expected about as much, honestly he was prepared to hear worse, but it doesnât make it easier. âThank you for letting us know.â
The chief nods. âOf course.â
Shouto turns back to Midoriya as the chief walks away. âCan I borrow your phone one more time?â
Midoriya politely, but unnecessarily, turns away as Shouto crafts a text to Momo.
the tenants will b displaced for at least a few days. can we do smthing abt accommodations for them?
It only takes Momo a few seconds to reply.
Of course. Send me the number of people and their contact information and Iâll take care of everything.
A second text comes in almost immediately.
Will you need something too? You could always stay with me and Kyouka. Or Iâm sure your mother would be happy to have you for a few days.
Shouto stares at the message for a moment. âShit.â He hadnât been thinking about himself. Obviously he couldnât stay in his apartment. But he wouldnât want to be housed anywhere near his neighbors, in case whoever attacked tried again. But that would put his friends, or family, in the same line of risk.
âWhatâs wrong?â Midoriya finally turns back, looking over Shoutoâs shoulder. âWas there another attack?â
Shouto shakes his head. âNo, sorry to worry you. Momo just reminded me Iâll need a place to stay for a while. I donât want to risk a hotel or some public housing, if they try to attack againâŚâ
Midoriya doesnât need him to finish his thought before he nods in understanding. âAnd you donât want to stay with your friends or family for the same reason. Thereâs too much of a risk they will try to target you again.â
Shouto groans, running a hand over his face. Maybe Midoriya was onto something with all his concerns about âprivacy and self-preservation.â
âStay with me.â
Shoutoâs head shoots up. He thinks he had to have misheard, but the serious expression on Midoriyaâs face suggests otherwise.
âWhat?â
âYou can stay with me. No, you should stay with me.â
Shouto feels like he was just transported to a parallel universe. He was actually fairly confident his role as the only one to suggest ridiculous things in this newly-started relationship was already established.
âI-No. I couldnât ask that of you.â
âYouâre not asking, Iâm insisting.â
Shouto ignores him. âI can stay in the dorms at the agency.â
Midoriya rolls his eyes. âThatâs an extremely short term solution, at best. And a huge risk. If these villains have kept close enough tabs on you to find your personal apartment and attack it, it would be childâs play to figure out you were staying in your office, with a publicly available address, and target it too.â
âYou would still be at risk,â Shouto says, baffled as to how Midoriya somehow managed to miss that very important fact. âThe same way Momo and Kyouka or my family would be, I canât put you in that position.â
âTodoroki,â Midoriya says, deadly serious. âYou are not a very social hero. It is common knowledge who you are close enough with to consider a friend. And your family has been in the spotlight for years. Staying with any of them is an obvious and dangerous choice. Iâm a nobody. No one knows me, no one knows you know me. Also my house isâŚprivate, secluded. Even if someone does eventually figure out youâre there, it will take much longer than any of the other places. Enough time that we can come up with another plan.â
Midoriya reaches over and takes the cell out of his hands. âNow, unless you have a more convincing argument, I will textâŚâ he looks at the phone for a long moment as he trails off. Shouto has no idea how he can casually insist on Shouto staying with him and in the same breath be visibly uncomfortable texting a different hero. âI will textâŚCreati and tell her you have a place to stay. You should go collect everyone elseâs information for her.â
Shouto stares at Midoriya in disbelief while he pointedly ignores him and struggles to craft a text to Momo. He only finally moves when Midoriya all but shoves him off the ambulance step, claiming to be unable to type while he was being watched.
âIâŚcanât make sense of you,â Shouto finally admits. Midoriya has baffled him basically since the moment they met and heâs beginning to think he might never fully understand him.
Midoriya looks up from his phone with a curious expression, as if surprised by Shoutoâs admission, before it transforms into a smile Shouto has never seen before, but that he wants to pull from him again and again.
âI like to think thatâs just a part of my charm.â
#bnha#mha#tddk#tododeku#tododeku big bang 2021#midoriya izuku#todorki shouto#fic#rita writes#7.16.21#fic: reckless good
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Whumptober Day 5 - Good Omens
Day 5: Failed Escape Fandom/Setting: Good Omens, pre-Earth, during the war between angels and demons - Azi and Crowley havenât met before read on AO3 read on ff.net
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Aziraphale didn't dare turn around to look behind him, running as fast as his burning feet could carry him. If only he could just fly away, but the demons had been quite thorough in wrecking his wings during his interrogation. No, he'd not be flying out of Hell. And at this rate, he wouldn't be running out, either. It was sheer luck he'd managed to slip away from his captors once, but if they caught him, oh Heaven help him...
The cords wrapped around his legs from out of nowhere, weighted balls on the ends slinging around to clack against each other as Aziraphale cried out and fell heavily to the sulfuric ground. He looked down in a panic, wound with the bolas so tightly that his frantic tugs couldn't free himself. Behind him was the sound of laughter and cheers and his own impending death. Throwing pride to the winds, Aziraphale desperately clawed at the floor of Hell in an attempt to crawl out of sight, but of course he stood no chance and soon he was surrounded by several pairs of burned and blackened feet.
"And where do you think you're going?" a nasty voice asked as Aziraphale tilted his head up in fright. A demon grinned down at him, fangs bared. "Wot, had enough of our 'ospitality already?"
"Don't- don't care much for it, no," Aziraphale replied with only a slight quaver. He tried to duck away as a pair of hands reached for his tunic, hauling him halfway up off the ground.
"Can't miss your own execution," another demon chortled. "Figure it'll make nice entertainment next time there's a break in the battle. What'll it be, beheading? Hellfire?"
"I heard Lucifer is itchin' to execute one for 'imself," the first one confided, jerking his head towards Aziraphale. "Should give that tosser Gabriel a bit of a pause, eh? Right lads, get this one back to 'is cell. I'll let Lord Beelzebub know we caught 'im. Might want to move that execution up a bit. Oh, and lads, make sure he can't run again."
Aziraphale swallowed back his terror as well as he could, which wasn't all that well given the circumstances. None of the demons moved to unwrap the bolas they had snared him with, leaving him unable to get to his feet and walk under his own power. No, they seemed content to drag him along instead, ignoring his struggles to wrest himself free of their grip. All too soon, he was right back where he'd started at the tiny cell they'd been keeping him in.
"Alright, you heard the boss," the one hauling him along said, tossing him to the ground. "Don't want this pigeon in any shape to scarper again, do we?"
Oh, it hurt, those heavy feet on all sides of him kicking and stomping any available bit of his body they could reach. Aziraphale tried to curl up into a ball but with his legs still wound with the snare, it wasn't like he could get away from them. He bit his lip to keep from crying out, though it didn't do much good for very long. Now with his body as battered as his wings, Aziraphale didn't want to even contemplate moving, let alone the long journey back to Heaven, or even to the battlefield where maybe another angel would find him and get him to safety. He was too breathless to do anything but shudder as he was finally dragged back into the cage and left in a heap on the floor.
How long he stayed there, Aziraphale didn't know. He wanted to give up. He was never getting out of there, he would be put to death for all the angels to see, like so many others he'd witnessed with horror since the start of this awful war.
No. No, he was not going to die like that.
He would probably die, truth be told, but... not like that. Aziraphale lifted his head and put on his second most determined glower (the most determined one hurt too much at the moment).
"Awake in there, pigeon?" a demon guard asked, thwacking his spear against the cage bars so that Aziraphale jumped. The demon snickered and turned his back again.
Aziraphale looked at the guard, then at the door, then the bolas around his legs. He squirmed, struggling and wheezing a bit through the pain, but he finally managed to extricate himself from the snare. He checked to see if the guard had turned to watch or not, but it seemed the demon had deemed him of little concern.
Good.
Clutching one weighted ball in one hand and holding the other two carefully to keep them silent, Aziraphale forced himself to his feet. He ignored the burn of Hell through his boots, tiptoeing as silently as possible to the edge of the cell. The guard still didn't turn. Wielding his weapon, Aziraphale struck the demon in the head hard enough for him to go down with a clatter and a bang.
Aziraphale gasped with relief and dropped his weapon, kneeling to scoop up the keys from his jailer's still form. His breath came ragged but he managed to make his shaking hands work the key into the lock and twist it open, shoving his way out of the prison. Aziraphale snatched the spear from where it had fallen and whirled to gaze down at his demon captor. He raised the weapon, ready to strike.
Then he took a steadying breath, preparing.
Then he bit his lip, regarding the unconscious demon.
Aziraphale sighed and lowered the weapon. No matter what this horrid beast had done, he couldn't very well kill an unarmed enemy, and an unconscious one at that.
"Bother," he grumbled. "Well, I don't expect you'll find the same mercy from your own lot, anyway."
Aziraphale turned to flee but immediately skidded to a halt with a horrible jolt of terror to find his way blocked by another demon.
This one was staring at him, its snake form swaying slightly back and forth. It was massive, immense black coils surely powerful enough to crush Aziraphale and fangs that would kill him much slower than the promised beheading would. Aziraphale sagged, utterly defeated; perhaps if he was whole and hale he would have stood a chance in this fight, but the recent beating had taken what little remained of his strength. He was as good as dead.
The snake didn't move to attack, though. Its head was cocked to the side, reptilian eyes almost puzzled as it regarded Aziraphale, the spear, and the unconscious demon still in front of the cell. Aziraphale wasn't sure what it was waiting for, but he would go down fighting. He clutched the spearâreally it wasn't even a threat so much as a prop to keep him on his feetâand waited for the snake demon to make its move.
A forked tongue flicked out as the snake's eyes shifted between Aziraphale and the demon by the cage one more time. Then, the snake lowered back down onto its belly and slithered calmly on its way.
Aziraphale watched it go, perplexed. There was no chance the demon hadn't realized it could knock him down with one good puff of air, or that he was obviously in the middle of escaping. Why was it letting him go?
A puzzle for another time, Aziraphale firmly reminded himself. First, he needed to finish escaping. He would have to be far away by the time his guard woke up with what Aziraphale hoped was a splitting headache.
Eventually he would of course have to wonder some more about that snake demon. But only from the comfort and safety of home. Turning, Aziraphale fled.
#whumptober2020#no.5#failed escape#good omens#fanfiction#aziraphale whump#hell#pre-earth#first meeting
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Check, Please WIP: Part 1-4
AHL!Bitty
Iâm going to hell, but⌠Parse, Bitty, and Jack or PB&J as Iâve seen it, have some wonderful stories in the fandom, and tbh Iâve come to look at Kent Parsons very differently thanks to a few. You can probably check them out on my Ao3 bookmarks and such.Â
Notes:Â
I know shit all about hockey but damn if I donât love Check, Please! Not everything is accurate and some details are mine. Like, Iâm just going to pretend the Bruins arenât in Providence, and the Pawtucket Rebels are the AHL team.Â
But then, what if Jack and Bits didnât get that kiss at the end of Jackâs graduation? What if they just stayed the best of friends, pining away at one another until Kent Parson comes back into Jackâs life. Now itâs not just Jack pining, itâs Kent too :D
And, well, after winning the Championship his senior year, bringing that back to Samwell, Eric Bittle might just think he hasnât had enough Hockey after all.
Really, itâs time to put up or shut up.
** Pro
Of all the things on Kent Parsonâs Wish List (winning the Stanley Cup, being on a team he loves, playing hockey for the rest of his life, having a pet and Kit meets all those criteria for so much cute and cuddly), getting his friendship back on track with Jack Zimmermann hadnât moved down from number 1, ever.Â
Things changed after that disaster at his college frat house, then later in Zimmâs first season with the Falconers, Kent wasnât sure it could even be a wish.Â
When it came to hockey, things were always too easy. They never had to talk about it, about what they were doing on the ice. All of that just came like breathing. Parse and Zimms, Zimms and Parse. The whole Zimmermann-Parson No-Look One-Timer was never something they discussed, it was something that just happened.Â
On the ice, they were unbeatable, just like in Juniors.
Off the ice...was a different story.Â
(Sometimes he dreams about it, finding Jack passed out on the bathroom floor of the hotel, foaming at the mouth, panic and adrenaline hitting Kent hard when heâs pretty sure his best friend, the man he almost-kind of-sometimes loves, is going to die on this floor.)
Jackâs problem with pills started early, around the time he and Kent got serious enough to play for scouts that started coming around with the promise of watching the son of Bad Bob.Â
(He was always partially to blame for Jackâs downfall. Kent had been the closest to Jack back then, had seen the signs, had tried to pull him back whenever he could, had been the one to ease Zimms down before every game, to be the one sitting in a corner with the bigger Canadian, running his hands over Jackâs shoulders and holding his hands, checking his breathing, helping him work through the anxiety.)
But, but!
Thatâs all old history, something Jack probably never wants to revisit ever again (because he cut you out of his life so wellâ), even when he makes it to the Falconers.Â
(After that disaster at his school, well, no wonder.)
And Kent just has to deal with that, has to accept it finally, and just move on.Â
(He could have been an Ace, just that fast, playing with Kentâs team of awesome guys. And fuck did it hurt when Jack turned him down flat...)
Until this little shit came along.
** 1
Eric Bittle realizes heâs severely messed up when he doesnât kiss Jack Zimmermann at graduation.Â
For two years, theyâve played hard hockey for Samwell, have gotten close, becoming best friends. Theyâve held checking clinics, hugged tightly in cellys, watched boring as hell history documentaries on that god-awful green couch, and pulled each other back from the brink of insanity during midterms and finals. Theyâve spent time in the kitchen with Bitty cooking and Jack working at the table. Theyâve spent time outside in the quad, bullshittinâ like the oldest friends, chirpinâ back nâ forth like theyâre two peas in a pod.Â
Jack somehow started being his best friend without even trying.Â
The last game showed him how close theyâd become when heâs going through the empty rink, making it to the loading dock, just a flash of jersey leading him to Jack hunched over, tears in his eyes.Â
The utter agony right there had gone through Bitty like lightning, driving him forward to hop up on the pallets Jack was sitting on, and wrap both arms around those wide shoulders, hold on to âim as tight as he can.Â
âIt ainât your fault, Jack. You did so good with us. Iâm so proud of you, honey, you have no idea. You worked so hard, so hard, Jack.â
âBits,â is soft and sad, Jack choking a little, but those big arms come around him, crush him against Jackâs chest and the pads heâs still wearing.Â
âI know, I know. Sometimes it just isnât in the cards, no matter how hard we fight. You get that, donât you? Sometimes it just is what it is.â
âI canâtââ accept that is what Jack wants to say.Â
âI know itâs hard, but sometimes all the traininâ and planninâ and best of intentions just arenât enough to tip the scales in your favor.â
And Jack seems to get something there, tightens his arms a little more, and holds on.Â
Itâs a little while later when Jackâs stopped shaking like a leaf, âI wanted to bring home a Championship. Wanted to make my mark on Samwell.â
âOf course you didââ
âThought after all this time, everything I owe Samwell and the team, bringing me here, giving me this second chanceââ
âOh Jack,â at this juncture, Bittleâs head is under Jackâs chin.Â
âI finally felt like Iâd stopped fucking up,â is rough and dark in the quiet of the rink. âI thought coming to Samwell was a...a punishment. I dealt with it because I thought my life was going to start after, when I finished up my degree and got back into the Draft. But thatâs...thatâs not how it happened. My life started the minute I met you and the team and I remembered why the hell I love hockey so damn much in the first place.â
And if maybe a few slow, shameful tears escaped Bitty, well, no one would ever know.
But they got even closer as Jackâs graduation loomed, and Eric Bittle stayed in his own personal hell of loving Jack so much it ached, but helpless to stay away to protect himself.Â
Instead, when Jack pauses at his door, Bits knows what he needs and finds space to lounge on Jackâs bed, scrolling through Twitter while Jack talks about the negotiations with NHL teams or works on his last assignments.Â
Watching Jack pack his things, preparing for the Falconerâs training camp, getting ready for the next stage of his life, all of it makes Bits so dang proud and so sad at the same time.
But, well, nothinâ lasts forever, now does it.
When Jack ran all the way back to the Haus just to see him, just to pull him in hard for a desperate last hold, it was all Bits could do to stop from sobbing his heart out.
ââand youâre coming to Providence this summer to stay with me for a while, and-and Iâll be down when I can. Youâre going to Skype me all the time. Bits, promise me. All the time.â
âOkay, Jack. Okay.â
Something soft in French that he has no idea what it could possibly mean, but he absolutely imagines Jack pressing a kiss in his hair.Â
âIâm sorry, Bits, but I have to go. I...Iâll text you, okay?â
âOkay,â is more watery than heâd like, but he can look up in Jackâs blue, blue eyes and at least feel warm that heâs had this man for as long as he has. When Jackâs hands slide out of his, he somehow doesnât feel like heâs losing anything at all.Â
** 2
And just like that, Jack takes a step in his life he never could have predicted. Like an hour away instead of across the hall is enough to keep holding on, enough that Jack comes to Madison over the summer, enough that he asks Bitty to show him how to use FaceTime and SnapChat.Â
Itâs enough for Jack to pick him up off his feet every time they meet up and bury his face in Bittyâs hair. Itâs enough for Jack to Skype almost nightly while heâs tuckered out in his bed, talking about the joys and pitfalls of being a professional athlete.Â
Itâs enough that he gets to meet the Falconers long before preseason starts, and the amount of pies he brings is literally obscene.
(It all works out just fine in the end because he goes home with the empty pans. Not a single slice left.)
Itâs enough when Jack talks more about life than hockey sometimes, and Bitty is utterly helpless to stop any of it. And itâs funny, he thinks, how he was sure Jack would just flitter out of his life after a while. That they would be reduced to a Skype call once a week maybe when they find the time, then once a month, then not at all, moving into texting once and a while until Jack would be nothing more than one of his best memories of Samwell.Â
Itâs funny how he thought Jack moving into the NHL, moving to Providence, moving out of the Haus, moving on with his life, would mean also moving on from Eric Bittle.
And my, how wrong he was about all that.
Watching Jack play with the Falconers from the stands with the Stanley Cup on the line is not really where heâd thought heâd be once Jack had graduated.Â
But, if anything else, theyâve gotten even closer than before.Â
And when the buzzer finally sounds and the Falconers win it, heâs among the crowd running out on the ice for the biggest celly of the year.Â
Jack spots him immediately, grabs him up with a victorious roar, and skates around people holding Bitty like a favorite toy until Tater scoops him up from Jack yelling about âNook pies!â
Marty skates by him, ruffling his hair with something twinkling in his eye. Thirdy hauls him up, too, though Bitty has no idea why all these hockey players are just throwing him around when theyâve just won the Stanley Cup, but he still thinks itâs awful nice of them to include him in their celebration.
He doesnât go back to Georgia for the summer after all or the next one before he starts his senior year, but goes between staying in Jackâs guest room and the Haus instead. His Mamaâs not happy about it at all, but heâs a grown man, so thatâs all she can say about that.
So Bitty passes the summer of his Senior year training with Jack or at Faber when the ice is up for grabs, works on some chapters for his someday cookbook, and continues his vlog so everyone can see how superior filo is to choux in the right circumstances.
With the season over after winning the Cup, Jack is over at the Haus more than ever if Bittyâs not in Providence already staying in his guest room.Â
It should be strange to answer the door at the Haus on Saturday morning during the summer and see Jack there in his trainers, sweats, and t-shirt, wanting to hang out for the day after heâd put in a few hours at the Falcâs stadium already.Â
(âCâmon, Bits. Canât slack during the summer. Youâre the captain. Set an example.â
âJack, itâs summer. Leave me alone until at least nine am for goodness sake!â
âNot going to happen, bud.â)
It should be strange riding the train or in the passenger seat of Jackâs SUV on their way to Providence while he fiddles with the music and Jack doesnât complain about the selection.Â
It should be strange to wake up on Jackâs couch, laying on a broad shoulder with a heavy arm flopped around Bittyâs waist and logs being sawed in his ear.
It should be strange to know Jackâs kitchen better than the back of his hand, and to be giddy every time thereâs a new utensil bought with him in mind.
(âJack, why in the world would you need a dough scraper of all things?â âNot for me, Bits.â
âO-Oh!â
âYeah. Thank Tater. He went with me this time. He held up that and said, âoh does B have one of these? It looks important.â I didnât know so I bought it in case.â)
It should be strange to see Jackâs Skype requests almost every night before bed, or have his former captain sprawled out in Bittyâs full sized bed once Lardo, Ransom, and Holster are already moved out and the new Waffles are well into the first semester of his senior year.
(âGood Lord, Jack, scoot over!â
âMm.â Jack scootches maybe a foot more so Bitty can climb in beside him, already yawning. âComfy, bud?â
âGettinâ there,â and he absolutely ignores how much easier he falls asleep when Jack throws a heavy arm over him.)
It should be strange for Jack to whip him on up in a big hug when he admits the boys voted him as the Captain, and Jack breathes out, âdamn right,â too close to his ear.
(âI donât know if I can do this, Jack.â
âToo bad, Bits. Looks like youâre already doing it.â)
It should be strange for Jack to chirp him about his thesis, about his struggle with Whiskey, about why this darn strudel just wonât turn out right.
(âJaques Laurant Zimmermann, do not make me ground you from pie.â
âHaha. I know you wouldnât do that, bud.â
âOh? Donât be so sure, Mister.â)
It should be strange to get an earful when his new video comes out and Jack had no idea the jam war was that serious while Bitty has been supplying the Falconers for nearly a year.Â
(âAre you kidding? Aunt Judy is really that upset?â
âYou have no idea, honey. Itâs almost World War III down there.â
âGood thing youâre stuck at Samwell.â
âGood thing is right! I donât want any part of that mess.â)
But somehow it never is. Strange, that is, to have Jack so much. Even though nothing could happen between them (âNever fall for a straight boy.â), Bitty still canât let go of Jack, canât deny him, canât tell him no, canât be the one that fails to respond when Jack reaches out for him.Â
Even when Kent Parson shows up at a Falcs game and cheers himself hoarse, screams for Jack right there on live TV.
And while trying to get through his dang senior year, trying to get his team to the Eastern Conference, he watches how Jack and Kent start to move back in one anotherâs orbit.
...which is probably why he doesnât tell Jack anything about the scouts from the AHL coming to see him after the game with Princeton.
** 3
The Pawtucket Rebels manager, Michael McLean, is the one that meets Bitty with a Standard Player Contract the morning he gets back from Jackâs place when theyâre going to be starting in the Frozen Four if they win the next two games.
The weekend away was nice, but he hadnât been expecting Jackâs intention to introduce him to Kent Parson of the Las Vegas Aces.Â
âWeâve already met,â Bitty had filled in, still shaking Kentâs hand with a distant smile on his face, âat the Haus party when he swung on by.â
âNot my best moment,â the Captain admits sheepishly, eyes not meeting Bittyâs, and dang it if the boy ainât at least a little bit cute.Â
âI suppose we all have our days,â Bits just drawls out and gives him a wink. He holds out the plate of fresh cookies as some kind of peace offering.Â
The weekend was still nice, being caught up in Kentâs manic energy and Jackâs easy acceptance. But, he starts seeing the signs pretty easily, when Jackâs hand goes to Kentâs shoulder after a good joke, the exchanged glances that linger, the slowly dwindling personal space that used to be there for them. How they start finishing each otherâs sentences, and oh, doesnât it just make his heart give a little beat when he sees them both happy.Â
(But doesnât that just break it at the same dang time. Not only does Jack like men, but heâs already got his sights set on his old boyfriend. Itâs almost enough to make a grown man cry. Bitty consoles himself after breaking down in his room on Sunday when Jack and Kent dropped him off at the Haus. Only Senor Bun knew how much heâd ugly cried himself out that night.)
When Mr. McLean gives him the contract to peruse and a business card with his information circled in blue pen, Bitty almost picks up his phone to call Jack, talk about what he would need other than a lawyer to go over this thing.Â
He thinks about Kent and calls Coach and Mama the next morning instead, promises to send scanned copies of the contract. Mama asks if this is something he really wants to think about doing after graduation.Â
âItâs money, Mama, a lot of money, and who knows? Hockey might not be outta my heart just yet. Iâll still have time for everything else.â
He only feels a little bit bad when Jack Skypes him on a roadie, set-up in a hotel, asks how his darn thesis is going, and promises to be at the next home game.Â
Kent joins the call while Bits is slid down all snug and sleepy-eyed, kids around with him by making kissy faces.Â
âCollege is brutal, Bits. You arenât sleeping enough.â
âWell, now thatâs life, ainât it?â
Bitty knows somethingâs going on between them because Kent is shaking a finger at the screen and lecturing him about procrastination while Kit snoozes on. Heâd only known if Jack told him about it.
âBits, your thesis is basically about baking. Baking is the thing you love that isnât hockey.â
âThat doesnât make it any easier,â Bitty slurs tiredly, wondering how heâs talking to the man thatâs swiping his unrequited crush right out from under him even though he doesnât even feel too bad about it. Not when he sees how good Kent is for Jack now, even if that hadnât always been the case.
(Long as it makes Jack happy, I can endure it. Itâs tough, but Iâm tougher.)
But really. Kent Parson is so different from his image as the Captain of the Aces, Bitty canât help but genuinely like the man.Â
âIâm so jealous. I love peppermint cookies and Iâve never gotten any sent to me!â
Sleepy time Bitty makes a note of that even when the world fuzzes out a little bit more. Â
âGod, heâs so cute, Zimms.â
âEuh. He really is, Kenny. We should hang-up and let him sleep.â
Or he might of just dreamed that part.
The Aces have a hard game coming up, and heâs got his outline done, so the Haus is finally going to let him alone long enough to bake one single, solitary pie. In the middle of it, he certainly doesnât expect Jack to show up with a six pack of Molson Blue, apparently assuming theyâre going to watch it together and cheer on Kent.
âBut I expect you to cheer for the Falcs when it comes down to us and the Aces, Bits.â
âOh honey, I always root for the underdog anyhow.â
The chirp makes Jack flop back on his bed and laugh hard enough for tears to be in his eyes. Bitty just goes back to the Aces on his laptop and drinks Jackâs awful beer with a smirk.
He stirs a little from sleep to Jack talking softly beside him in bed since âItâs too late to drive back to Providence tonight. Move over, bud.â
He mutters something maybe, sighing instead when fingers comb through his hair.Â
âThat W was perfection, Parse. You were skating your best life out there, eh?...sleeping right now. Yeah, senior year is a pain in the ass...you bet I miss you. Three weeks, weâll be close enough to Vegas...yeah, Iâll try to get him to come along, but the Wellies are getting closer to the Championship...he would kill to bring it home for the boys.â
But he probably imagined all that, too.Â
Still, heâs got a short break before the next round of games, and just five days until his deadline to let Mr. McLean have his answer when Jack shows up at the Haus and is apparently confused why Bitty isnât packed for Vegas.
âWhat do you mean weâre going to Las Vegas, Jack?!â Because this is the first heâs heard about it, and how does Jack already have a plane ticket for him?
âCome off it, bud. If I go there without you, Kenny will never forgive me.â
âHow does he even know I donât have a game?â He frets while putting sleep shorts in a suitcase, wonders if he should bring one of his suits since Jack is already wearing one.Â
Jackâs brows scrunch together, âDonât you talk to him on thatâthat bird one? All the time? He says he always reads your updates.â
He pauses with a pair of boxer briefs and gives Jack his very best unimpressed expression, âJack, sweet pea, please tell me you didnât just refer to Twitter as that bird one?â He carefully does not say anything about Kent Parson checking his Twitter updates.
The soft smile and shrug in reply answers that now doesnât it.
âI swear, what would you do without me,â he sighs, a little throb of love getting caught in his chest, and he just busies himself right on past it, going for at least one pair of flip flops probably buried under mounds of winter gear.Â
âHonestly? If I didnât have you these last few years, maybe it would have been like what happened when I was in the Q,â Jack leans back on his elbows on Bittyâs bed, right beside the suitcase heâs quickly trying to pack. Being stuck between two button-ups, biting his bottom lip because heâs already bringing so much takes a backseat when Jack mentions the days he was in Juniors, and Bitty feels his eyebrows raise.Â
âWhen we started checking clinics, you and me, that was the most...balanced I ever started feeling after all that. The, ah, overdose. That...that might have been where I ended up if it hadnât been for you and Samwell.â
With a breath (because Lord, here was Jack finally talking about it, in such a soft tone, his eyes so very blue, and just! Well, heâs not made of stone and this is Jack), he scoots the suitcase back and plops right down on the bed, reaching for Jackâs hand. He carefully looks at the closed door and rubs those big fingers with his thumb.
âYou honestly think you would have made those same mistakes without me, Jack?â He tries to be nice about it, âbecause I sure as heck donât.â
His fingers tighten around Bittyâs, a squeeze, a soft thank-you.
âI mean, I didnât know you back then, so I canât say who you were, but there are some parts of that Jack left in the one I know now. And the Jack I know now is someone that knows how to lead his team, and takes care of them, who knows how to inspire them. The Jack I know got up extra early just to help this hopeless case learn to overcome his fear and be able to play hockey better than he ever could have before. You helped me not just be able to take the check, but Iâm a captain, a center, and I earned it because of you. The Jack I know is selfless in so many ways and selfish in just the right ones, and dang it, heâs my best friend, so you better not say anything else like that about him again.â
The bed shifts under him when Jack sits up, a big hand coming up to palm the side of Bittyâs face so Jack can lean his forehead in, look straight at him from just inches away with those stupidly big blue eyes, and be so warm and just Jack.Â
âYou were never hopeless, Bits,â and with his voice that low, being this close, Bitty feels his cheeks getting warm, his eyes helplessly sliding down to Jackâs mouth.
The errant thought Vegas, weâre going to Vegas shakes him out of the moment, and he pats Jackâs forearm, gently pulling back from the very intense, heart-stopping moment where his brain almost killed him when it told him to just go on and kiss Jack.
But his brain also knows it would probably be the last thing heâd ever do with Jack because Jack has Kent for that now, doesnât he?
Mentally shaking himself, Bitty stands quickly, goes back to his suitcase, âAll right, now for heavenâs sake, Jack, help me here. Iâve never been to Las Vegasââ
And itâs not nearly as hot in Georgia as it is in Las Vegas when they get off the plane, but everything else about it is incredible.Â
(He doesnât think about how nice it was to ride next to Jack on the plane, talking strategy and the team, the upcoming games and new plays they might bring to the ice. Itâs nice to hear about the Falcs eating his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with hollers for more. The pies never last long and cookies are always a favorite.)
He might have worried for about a minute, fiddling with the Uber app on his phone to update his location, but Jack just lays a hand on his back and guides him out of the terminal.Â
âDonât worry about it, Bits, weâve got a ride.â
And standing by a stunning red Ferrari is Kent Parson himself, grinning wide under his sunglasses.
âOh my,â even if itâs a little breathless, he gives himself an out here because wow, itâs a nice car.Â
(And he is not at all looking at Kentâs bare arms or muscled calves. Absolutely not. Heâs already got one heartache, thank-you very much.)
He still squeaks a little when Kent literally picks him up off his feet and swings him around.
âThereâs my guys! Falconers and Rebels!â Kent yells for half the airport to hear.Â
Jack blinks and Bitty groans softly.
Those blue eyes arenât accusing him of anything, but itâs that same confused look when he tries to figure out if the next song is Destinyâs Child or Queen Bey herself.
âRebels?â
He doesnât wince, but itâs a close thing.
âIâll...tell you about it later.â He waves off, deflecting perfectly, and snaps up his luggage again now that heâs on his feet.
âOh,â Kent looks from him to Jack and back to him, and his mouth opens probably to say something else no one else needs to hear.
âThank-you for coming to pick us up, by the way,â he starts rambling right on, âIâve never been to Las Vegas before. And weâre even going to watch a game? How exciting! Should I make something for your team? A good luck something maybe? Is there a grocery store close to your house? Can we stop? Maybe I could do a few apple pies and a strawberry one...?â
âYou can make me food all day, B,â Kent smiles so wide and white down at him and just swipes his bag right up out of Bittyâs hand like it weighs nothing at all. âMy favorite pie is peach, just in case you were wondering.â
Bitty slaps him right on the arm, absolutely offended. âKenneth Virgil Parson the Third, like I wouldnât already know what your favorite pie is! Why of all the nerve!â
And that is how Bitty talked himself right out of the AHL conversation with Jack. At least, for the time being.Â
**
In the end, he makes two apples, two strawberries, and three peach pies, one for Kenny to keep at home.
Jack mutters under his breath about the Falcs needing a peach pie, and Bitty can absolutely do that once they get back home.Â
The boys are wonderful at keeping him company in Kentâs big kitchen while he works, staying out of his way unless he directs them.Â
âItâs not going to be a super exciting game. The Schooners are old rivals since before I came to the Aces,â Kenny shrugs, fish oven mitts on, and his own apron is really just Kitâs face blown up on a white background.
But the manâs fish oven mitt isâ
Wait for it
â named Fish.
Because Kent is a master at naming things, obviously.
Kit Puurson is laying on the kitchen table from where Bitty banished her from walking along the counters while heâs baking.
âNow, donât sell it short, sugar pie,â Bitty replies absently, makes the lattice on the last pie perfect. The A in the center is going to be great once the pie finishes baking. âItâs going to be exciting to see you play live no matter what.â
âAw,â and Kent is smiling all nice at him now that he probably knows Bittyâs not gunning for his boyfr- for Jack, âyouâre just saying that because itâs true.â
âOf course I am, Kent. It is true.â
âAny time you get bored of watching the Falcs, all you have to do is call me, Bits. Iâll have you on a plane in a hot minute,â and Bitty has to look over at him for that because it might have been a chirp at Jack, but the tone was a lilâ too serious for his taste.
âWho knows, Mister Parson, I might take you up on that someday.â
(When hell freezes over.)
âI hope so, Bits,â Kentâs eyes go to the masterpieces on the counter waiting for their turn in the oven, âI really hope so.â
*
At the game later that night, before the Aces take the ice, Bitty gets a Snap from Kent Parson.Â
All the pie pans are licked clean. Not a crumb in sight.
Bitty sighs in unmitigated relief.
Even though he feels strange not wearing a Falconers or Samwell jersey when heâs at a hockey game, he canât blame Jack for leaving their home team merchandise back in Providence.Â
Earlier, Kent had tugged an Ace's jersey over his head and landed a cap as the cherry on top, winking at him while Jack was busy grumbling to himself about something or other.Â
It feels odd to have someoneâs name across his back other than his own (or frankly Zimmermann because Jack already gave him two hoodies and several other Falcs shirts, which was real kind of him, and theyâre such nice clothes!), but his Mama would fly up from Georgia and whoop his butt good if she knew heâd refused a gift from a celebrity.Â
So, even with Jack scowling, he accepts the jersey and hat for the game tonight.
He and Jack find their seats, right behind the bench, and it looks like they can finally settle in.
Jack keeps a running monologue of stats and predictions, leaning in to Bitty while eating the carrot sticks they'd packed in so Jack wouldn't be tempted with junk food.
This boy and his rigid schedule of cheat days. Honestly.
And Bitty is content to talk hockey and the upcoming season, is content to talk about the Samwell team and the next game coming up.Â
He gets to watch Kent and the Aces make an opening lap around the rink to wave at their fans, laughs at the finger guns right in their direction. Â
He settles on in to watch what will probably be a good game no matter what Kent said earlier, and of course, Jack chooses then to bring it up.
"Are you going to tell me about the Rebels anytime soon?â Jack is watching the game when he finally says it, something in his tone of voice that sounds a little closer to mad.
Bitty looks over, guilty as sin, and Jack looks back, all kind of calm.
âI...I didnât make a decision or anythingââ he starts then turns away from those blue eyes. âI-I should go get us something to drink! Jack, what do you want toââ
Heâs halfway out of his chair, but Jackâs hand on his wrist stops him, pulls him back down to his seat.
âDonât be mad!â Bitty sighs, loud and long, âI didnât even know what to do when Mr. McLean came to see me.â
Jack hums, âYou could have called your best friend who happens to be a professional hockey player.â
âThat will be enough chirps outta you, Mister Zimmermann. You were already having a time with the changes to your medication, and I didnât want to add anything else to your list.â
Jack guffaws at him, âthat was two months ago, Bits, and my anxiety is under control. You could have told me anytime since then.â
âWell, Iââ and Bitty has a moment where his mouth almost runs right away with him, and he almost tells Jack they ainât datinâ so not everything has to be out in the open.
âYou?â
And even though Kent has the puck, Jackâs eyes are all for Bitty.
âJack,â he sighs, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
âYou can tell me anything. You know that, right bud?â And that line between his eyebrows lets Bitty know Jack is actually concerned.
âOf course, Jack, I...I just. I donât know, youâve got your own career to worry about, and I donât even know if I still want to play hockey after graduation, nonetheless with a team in the AHL.â He shrugs lamely, pretty sure Jack probably thinks heâs an idiot.
âThereâs nothing wrong with that, Bits. You donât have to make a decision right away.â
âWell, Iâve got about five days until he wants to know if I accept their offer,â Bitty rubs the back of his neck, cheeks pink.Â
âOh. Well, you should let me read the contract anyway, eh? At the very least, it could help you make a decision if the offer isnât for much.â
âIfâ I mean, if you want to? That would be real nice.â
âEuh. Tomorrow morning after my run, weâll look at it.â Jack gives a sharp nod like heâs accomplished something, pats Bitty on the shoulder, and goes back to the game, just as pleased as pie.
**
The win was really something for the Aces, and he gets to meet Swoops, Poots, Scrappy, and Gopher when Kent tells them the baker of the pies is at the game.
âOh my God, I ate like three pieces,â Swoops pats him on the shoulder and laughs.
âIâm so glad you enjoyed it!â
âOh totally. Gopher canât help himself around sweets, so you might get a marriage proposal if you arenât careful.â
âO-oh my! Thatâs mighty sweet, but I would hate to have to break his poor heart.â Bitty laughs a little and doesnât notice how Jackâs eyes narrow.Â
Itâs entertaining as all get out when Jack groans at the amount of chirps heâs already gotten for being a Falc instead of an Ace.
âHeâs got important...things in Rhode Island,â Kent had finally said to his team, which Bitty did not understand at all.
(But, it does make sense. Jack wants to stay close to Shitty and everyone from Samwell. He couldn���t be part of their nearly everyday lives if he had joined the Aces.)
They drop by Kentâs house to change clothes, and head out to celebrate the victory with the team, and all that fluttering around his room at the Haus is suddenly worth it when he looks damn good in his button-up with a black tank top underneath and a pair of shorts that look like theyâve been painted on his ass.
When he comes downstairs, Kent wolf whistles and Jack gets red in the face.
âAre you sureââ Jack starts, a little stuttery that makes Bitty preen.
âMister Zimmermann, itâs best you do not finish that sentence,â Bitty snipes with his nose in the air.
Itâs absolutely satisfying when two very cute boys dance with him at the club, grinding on him and having a heck of a good time.
He doesnât notice Jackâs sour face until the third or fourth song in, and by then, Kent is making his way through the crowd.Â
The hand on his arm pulls him out from between two different boys, and Bitty is just about to give whoever it is what for, but Kent just shifts to grip his hips and pulls him in, back-to-chest.Â
And Lord help him, Kent is an amazing dancer. How does he even get himself into these things?
**Â
Watching his favorite person, favorite people, dance is giving Jack too many Ideas.
He already has plenty when it comes to Bits. Even more when it comes to Kenny since they have history to fall back on, but for Kenny and Bits? His brain might shut down because Jack is even more invested in that.Â
(Kenny hasnât said anything, but Jack knows him, knows what the look in those eyes means when he watches Bitty. Instead of Kenny trying to talk him into asking Bitty for a date, maybe Jack should be trying to do the same. Or-or talking about if all three of themâŚ?)
As is, Jack has a lot more thinking to do after this trip.
âI swear I take care of him as much as he lets me,â Jeff is saying, âitâs not like itâs his first year anymore. Heâs way past all that, Jack.â
âI know,â Jack downs his beer, tries not to be too irritated at Swoops because of the attitude. Since he and Kenny have been talking again, he knows more about that first year with the Aces and Kennyâs struggles after the Draft than heâd wanted to know at the time. He hadnât wanted to focus on the difficulties his best friend was having with a new career as a professional athlete, was more concerned about getting himself through rehab.Â
Heâs been finding out about those struggles and bad times, feels better knowing about all the things heâd missed out on back then because that means Kenny is talking to him again.
(âYou cut me out!â Still haunts Jack sometimes when he thinks about how he did that to his best friend, his other half. At the time, it had seemed like a trade he didnât have any other choice but to make, give up his best friend for the chance to get better.)
Jeff was the Ace Kenny billeted with his first year, and the two are close. Maybe even closer than Jack and Kenny had been in the Q.Â
He doesnât deserve to be jealous of that, but somehow, he still is.
âI did him wrong when he was in the Draft,â Jack finally admits to Swoops, âand Iâm glad he had you and the team there when he needed you. I just...I just want to make sure heâs okay. Kenny means a lot to me.â
Swoops raises a brow over the beer heâs drinking. âHe was pretty torn up over you that first year, Zimmermann. If I could have, I would have found you and punched you right in the nose for that kid.â
Jack shrugs a shoulder, âwould have deserved it.â
âYeah, yeah you would have,â but it seems like the salt has gone out of Jeffâs spine, and he slumps down in his seat across from Jack. âI had to tell the team not to mention your name for a long time. Not gonna lie, when you got picked for the Falcs, I drove over to his place and stayed the night in case he had a breakdown.â
And oh does that hit Jack right in the heart.Â
âBut, he was...not okay but okay? He was happy for you, is the point.â
Jackâs heart twists painfully at that, âEuh. Heâs a better friend than I deserve.â
âYou know, he told me about going to your college, right?â
Jack looks Swoops in the face, thinks he might get a little more clarity about that night of the Epikegster.
âYeah, he did,â because Jeff can read the tell me more on Jackâs face, âand he beat himself up about it for months. Told me he ran off at the mouth because he was angry at you. Hell, you werenât even happy to see him.â
At the time, no. No, he wasnât.Â
âIt was...a shock. We both said some pretty harsh things, I think. But, weâve come a long way since then.â
âIâd say so. He can say your name without looking like heâs going to start crying now at least.â
KennyâŚ
âIâm not going to do that again,â Jack feels like he needs Jeff to know this. âHeâs stuck with me this time, eh?â
Swoops laughs and raises his glass for Jack to tap with his own, âhereâs hoping, Zimmermann. Hereâs hoping. But hey, at least he has someone to help pick-up the pieces.â
**
Kent manages to get them through the throng of people at the bar and get them bottles of water, bracketing Bitty in with his arms to keep people around from jostling them.
Theyâre both sweaty and panting after the last song, and Bitty doesnât even know how he managed to survive pretty much humping a professional hockey player on the dance floor without embarrassing himself.
âThat was so fun,â Kent leans down to talk in his ear since theyâre so close to the music, âcan we dance some more?â
âOf course we can, honey,â Bitty tilts so heâs talking in Kentâs ear, and it presses them closer together, âbut do you need to check in with your team?â
The laugh is low against his neck and Bitty almost, almost shudders.
âMy guys are big boys, Bits. Theyâll be fine without me mother-henning them to death.â
âWell, all right then, handsome. Youâd better get me on out on that dance floor before someone else does!â
And itâs another song or so before they get a slow one. Kent manages to maneuver them into a corner, and pulls Bits in for a slow dance.
âLord, that was fun,â Bitty doesnât think much of it, his hands around Kentâs neck. âI donât think Iâve had this much fun in a while.â
âIâm glad to hear it,â and Kent gives him that big oleâ smile that makes his whole face light up, and Bitty canât really blame just one bit for just how cute Kent is in that moment. âIâm glad you came with Jack, Bits.â
âMe too. I had reservations with how close weâre getting to playoffs, but Iâm glad I could take the time.â
The hands on his hips squeeze once, and Kentâs face falls, his eyes darting away.
Bitty moves a hand from around his neck to his face and turns him right on back. âHey, what is it? Should we go?â
âN-no, no. I was justââ and Kent looks back at him with a frown, leans in a little to talk quieter. âDo you still hate me? From when I came to your college?â
And oh. Oh my.
Well, looks like theyâre going to have this talk, arenât they?
âI mean, itâs okay if you do. I was...a dick, okay? I was a complete and total dick. Zimms and I talked about it some, so-so he gets why I said some of the things I said because I mean, he justâand-and I⌠Thereâs a lot is all Iâm saying. It was awful, not-not all of it, but therapy kind of helps a little? Sometimes it helps I mean, dealing with it when I found him like that, and then later when Big Bobââ
Bitty gently puts a hand over Kentâs mouth to shush him on up.Â
âKent, honey,â he tries softly, misses how those eyes get wide above his hand, âI understand how someone can say mean things when feelings are hurt, and it seems like you and Jack have mended fences since then, right?â
Kent nods without dislodging his hand, but his eyes are shiny and just oh, that poor boy. Jack had talked to him about those days back in Quebec with Kent Parson as his right-hand man, Bitty knows Kent is the one that saved Jackâs life during that overdose. He knows how quiet and strained Jackâs voice gets when he talks about it, can only imagine how terrified Kent had been finding him, performing CPR, getting him to the hospital in Bad Bob Zimmermannâs car.
He canât touch that painful past for either of them, wishes sometimes he can give that back when he hears how wistful Jack sounds, sees how Kent sometimes looks like he has regrets. No, Bitty canât fix their past for them, give them back their innocent days, but he can help the people they are in the here and now, canât he?
âWell, thatâs good to hear. Whatâs really important is that you donât do that again, all right? Donât take your anger out on Jack even if he might deserve it sometimes, and donât ever say those horrible things to him again. Okay?â
Kent blinks at him and his eyes go softly half-mast. He finally nods with Bittyâs hand still over his mouth.
âGood. Then, weâre all fine, right?â
Another nod and a squeeze to his hips.
âWonderful. Now Mister Parson, we are going to finish this song and then go back to your boys to celebrate. Maybe if weâre lucky, theyâll play âCrazy in Loveâ later because that is one of my favorites.â He takes his hand away and grins up at Kent while his heart beats harder at the soft smile looking down on him.
âGood plan, B. If they play it, you can only dance with me, okay?â
âWell, when you put it like that, how can I refuse?â
Sure enough, the DJ plays âCrazy in Loveâ and Bitty is pretty sure Kentâs the one that asked for it. That absolutely doesnât mean he gives it any less ass shaking than it rightfully deserves.
**
Heâs happy to see Jack laughing with Swoops and Poots when they finally tear themselves away from dancing, and Bitty absolutely refuses to drink whatever fruity thing Kent offers him because heâs not twenty-one quite yet, thank-you very much Mister Parson.
But the Aces are so nice when they leave, thanking Bitty again for his victory pies. He waves them off and doesnât mind Jackâs hand at the small of his back when Kent guides them out.
(Later that night, he pretends he doesnât hear Jack get up off the couch and walk down the hall to Kentâs room and softly close the door. But at that point, heâs not sure if heâs still a little jealous, or even who heâs really jealous of if heâs honest with himself.)
He eventually gets a few hours of sleep, and still wakes up god-awful early anyhow.
Since heâs been in this kitchen for three days already, he automatically puts on coffee and pulls out what heâs going to need to feed two big hockey players.Â
He doesnât even register Kent in the doorway watching him until the first cup of coffee is gone and the second is on the way there.
âOh my Lord!â He fairly screams when he notices Kent watching.
âSorry,â is totally unrepentant, the ass.
âYou sure look it!â Bitty chirps back after his heart has climbed down out of his throat. âGoodness sakes, were you trying to give me a heart attack?â
âNah, you just look cute in my kitchen, all busy and stuff. I like it.â
And well, that just takes the words right out of his mouth, so he goes back to make sure the bacon doesnât burn while the quiche cools.
âBits?!â
Jack is flustered and drenched from the shower, skittering almost right on the ground. Heâs only got a towel around his waist and his hair is all over the place.
Bitty can resolutely say itâs the best morning in the history of mornings because that towel is awful short and Jackâs legs are awful long.
âIâm sorry! He just surprised me, weâre fine!â Bitty flaps his hands to shoo Jack out of the doorway. âGo on now and finish your shower. Breakfast is almost ready.â
Jack wipes water out of his eyes from his dripping hair and looks down at him silently.
âI promise, Jack. Go on now. Shoo! Naked is for the bathroom and the locker room.â
The slow grin is really just the nail in the coffin because no man should be that beautiful, itâs really not fair to the gay population.Â
A glance at Kentâs shit-eating grin and he has to silently amend that statement. No men should be this beautiful.
While Jack trucks back down the hall, Bitty grabs paper towels to sop up the water heâd trailed, giving them up to Kent when he gets a frown for trying to clean up.
He tisks to himself and pours Kent a cup of coffee, mixing in the right amounts of cream and sugar, hands it to him when he throws away the wet paper towels.
He puts the bacon on another paper towel to get some of the grease while Kent sits down with his coffee.Â
âI had so much fun last night. I canât thank-you enough for taking us.â As he puts the quiche in the middle of the table.
âI had fun, too, B. Most the guys wonât dance no matter what, and you are awesome.â
âYouâre not so bad yourself, sugar pie.â
Kent laughs at him, but reaches out to grip Bittyâs wrist before he can go back to the stove, âbut, just so I know...you really donât hate me anymore, right? Weâre friends now?â
Oh, this must be the I need to tell you as Jackâs friend that me and him are datinâ talk. Lord, help him get through this conversation.
âNow, Kent. I already told you last night as long as you donât hurt Jack like that again and have significantly groveled, weâre all fine.â
âYeah, I know, but I mean, you and me. Weâre fine, too, right?â
âWhy of course we are.â
âOkay. Okay, good. I just wanted to make sure.â
Bitty pats Kentâs hand with the free one, âand you already know you can talk to me about anything, right? If things like that are bothering you, you can talk them out with me before you go and say something like that again, okay?â
âYeah. Thanks, Bits.â
âYouâre welcome, Kent.â
He retracts his hand with another pat and goes back for the bacon, waiting for the something else that might be on Mr. Parsonâs mind.
âBits?â
Mmhm. There is it. âYes, Kent?â
âYou...can call me Kenny, too...I mean, if you want.â
The bacon plate in hand, and Bitty turns to look at the pink cheeks on Kent Parson, the way he doesnât meet Bittyâs surprised eye.
(Even with all his team and the press coverage, heâs only ever heard Jack call Kent âKenny.â)
âAll right then, Kenny,â and oh is he grinning, thinking about chirping him just for fun. âI think weâre just about ready for breakfast.â
Nothing else comes of it, and Bittyâs not sure if heâs relieved or not.
 **
Jack slowly, methodically reads through the scans of the Rebels contract heâs got back at Samwell. Kent reads over his shoulder, eyebrows squinty in concentration.
Lord, they look so cute like that. Itâs really surprising no one else has picked up on the dating yet because these two are absolutely transparent.
âSoââ
He gets twin wait a minute fingers.Â
âWell fine then,â and he meanders in the kitchen to see if maybe he should make those peppermint cookies after all.Â
A batch later and both boys come on in and sit at the table with the tablet between them.
Bitty absolutely puts the cookies in the middle and pours glasses of milk. Kent looks from the plate to him with wide eyes.Â
Two seconds later, heâs already demolishing his third.
Boys.
âAll right, you two. Give me the low-down.â Bitty waves a hand over his shoulder and starts washing up dishes.
Jack tells him how it seems to be a right fair offer for a rookie hockey player. The money could be better, but well, it ainât too shabby.Â
Bitty sighs because the money is utterly obscene. More than his scholarship to Samwell for all four years.
Kent has no problem finishing Jackâs thoughts when he trails off, longer in the profession than Jack. He gives more examples of what bad contracts would probably be and makes Bitty wonder if this isnât his first time helping with these sorts of things.
Well, as Captain of the Aces, he probably has. Not to mention how he babies his rookies.Â
âSo,â Bitty finally bites on his lip, looking down at the tablet, âso if...if I wanted to keep playing hockey after graduation. This is a good opportunity, is what youâre tellinâ me.â
Both Jack and Kent nod at him, serious as a heart attack.
âThis is a good opportunity, Bits.â
âBut,â Kent looks at him seriously, âwe arenât agents, either. This is from our experience. For a professional opinion, I can suggest some guys, so can Jack, that can haggle the contract for you.â
He stands at the sink with soapy hands braced on the edges, just looking out the window into Kentâs nice backyard.Â
Kit is lounging on a dishtowel right there on the ledge to get some sun.
And just like his worst tendency, Jack stands up with a cookie and saunters over to stand beside him, back against the counter.
âItâs a lot to take in, bud,â is all growly and soft.
âI never imagined playing hockey after this year,â he admits, âbuying a bakery, sure. Learning under other chefs, maybe taking a turn in another culinary art, yes. But, professional hockey? Hell, I couldnât take a check without passinâ out a few years ago, Jack.â
Jack munches on his cookie, watching Bittyâs profile with soft eyes. âTrue. But, couple years ago, you wouldnât have thought youâd end up Captain, and be on your way to the Frozen Four, eh?â
Kent shuffles his feet a little but boosts himself up on the counter beside Jack. âThe AHL is like, our version of boot camp, you know? The kiddie pool before you hit the NHL. And thereâs a four-season standard for that reason, B. Youâve got four seasons to play your best game and see if the Scouts are interested. I mean, a lot of guys that get a bad break and donât make it, they can renew their contracts every four years or join the practice teams. Guys that still want to play hockey, like a lot of the guys on the Rebs.â
âThat offer is for one season, though.âÂ
âSure,â Jack fills in, meandering back for another, handing one off to Kent. âItâs a chance to get your feet wet, Bits, see if you can make the first year. I didnât get a four-year from the Falcs until I got through the probationary period.â
âLucky they didnât make you billet, Jack. Thatâs usually a requirement.â
âNah, I was old enough. Marty and Tater kept up with me, though. And I had Bits,â Jack shrugs and promises himself this is the last one even as he eyes the full plate.
He glances over at the serious expression on Bittyâs face, thoughts turning behind his eyes because now heâs thinking about it. On one hand, yes, he wants his bud to stay close, be on their sister teamâs roster. Pawtucket is only twenty minutes or so from Providence, even closer than Samwell.Â
(Jack wouldnât have to lose him if Bits accepts the offer, keeps playing hockey. Jack thinks heâs terrible for wanting that as much as he does.)
For Bitty, the eminent future is looking closer and closer as this year draws to a close. Getting this offer was terrifying because of all those what ifâs?
Kent hums around a mouthful, leans around Jack to look at him. âSure, but you never know, B. You take Samwell to the ECAC, and there might be more people coming to talk to you.â
âSugar pie, Iâve seen what you and Jack are up against. If thereâs one thing Iâm absolutely sure of, itâs that Iâm not ready for the NHL, no matter how far we go this year. Butââ he sighs a little.
âBut what, bud?âÂ
â...the real question is, what if Iâm not ready to give it up once the seasonâs over?â
Kent chuckles at him around the last bite, âthen youâll have a year with the Rebels to figure out if youâre done with hockey, or not.â
He catches his breath a little (could it really be as simple as that?).
â...thatâs what I needed to know, thank-you boys.â He pats Kent on the leg and Jack on the arm, taking up the tablet, swinging right around to go back to the stove and wait for the next batch, hip hitched on the cabinets while he reads all over again.
Heâs going to call Coach and Mama when he gets back to Samwell. Then on Monday morning, heâs going to call Mr. McLean and accept the offer.
 **Â
Itâs not his fault most the people heâs friends with are so much taller than him.Â
Really, itâs not.Â
So when Kent just grabs him up before he and Jack get on the plane and hugs him tight for long minutes, Bittyâs feet dangle off the ground, but heâs pretty much used to it by now. Shitty broke him of it first, Holster helped.
âIâm going to miss you,â is said against his shoulder because he thinks Kent might just be tearing up.
Because of Jack.
Because Jackâs leaving.
Right?
With his feet still dangling, he pats the back of Kentâs head soothingly. âIâll miss you too, honey. But, itâs not forever, right? Weâll see you again.â
Kent eventually put him down when Jack laid a hand to his shoulder and turned him in for a hug, and Bitty looks away when Kent wraps himself around Jack like an octopus, shoulders shaking just a little.Â
Jack makes soothing circles on Kentâs back, talks softly in French, and just holds on for a few long minutes. Bitty makes himself busy by checking their luggage tags and slips away to get them some coffee from one of the twelve Starbucks in the airport.
A caramel frappuccino helps a little, and Kent just sweeps him on up again.
Jack keeps a hand on the back of Kentâs neck until the very last second, and something in Bittyâs chest tightens a little, but for the very first time, heâs not sure if itâs for Jack touching Kent like that or if itâs for Kent being all upset theyâre leaving.
Something to think about another day.
As is, heâs got a thesis to write, a team to take care of, and a pair of professional hockey players that need fresh baked goods. His plate is pretty much full.
** 4
His vlog has always been somewhere to vent when he needed to, and even if he doesnât have a huge following with millions of subscribers (yet), he didnât think things would turn out this way.
But, the school newspaper he usually ignores puts it right out there for everyone to read.
Eric Bittle of Samwellâs Own Hockey Team is the First Out Captain in the NCAA
Dex is there to put a hand on his shoulder when he feels like he suddenly canât breathe.
Someone watched his vlog and picked up on a few things apparently (âNever fall for a straight boy.â Those words are going to haunt him forever).Â
Heâs out to the team, but not the rest of campus. Good Lord. Hopefully no one pays it any mind, and they can just ride right along to the next game.
It does not go away.
Instead, the news catches fire, and before he knows it, his face is on ESPN as the first out NCAA captain. The rainbow background isnât doing him any favors, but in between the panic in his brain, he thinks the yellow of the spectrum looks real nice with those shorts.
Chowder is the one that calls him in to look at the breaking story, looking over the couch to take note of Bittyâs face.Â
He shows how much his reflexes have improved when he throws himself over the couch and latches on when Bittyâs knees fail and he almost sprawls himself all over the floor.Â
His phone is in his hand, and Chowder is talking, saying something. He didnât know when Ollie and Wicks, Dex and Nursey, Tango and Whiskey and Foxtrot, River, Hops, and Louis all got there crowded around him, but he just seems to blink and there they all are.
âI,â he starts loudly, immediately quieting everyone with a single word, âam going to make a pie. Everyone is welcome to hang out while I am doing so.â
So, he makes a pie and while he does, he makes a plan.
He talks out how this could affect the teamâs chances of getting to the Championship, how this could affect how they play, how they plan to win the next few games. Bitty thinks it might be smart to step down as captain, being pragmatic as possible now that heâs not panicking about finishing the season and his senior year at Samwell.Â
Whiskey, who he hadnât been able to connect with all darn season (more nâ likely because he found Whiskey at that party kissing the Lax bro), smashes his fist on the table and says thatâs a whole lotta bull. Bittyâs the one that got them this far, and heâll take them the rest of the way.
(Bitty still has several talks in the next few days. With the coaching staff, with Samwell administration, with the entire gathered team. He gives all of them the same option. Heâll give up being captain or all out quit the team if this would hurt their changes to go to the Frozen Four. He gets the same denial, loud and belligerent from his whole team âwhich warms his heart, honestly. Theyâre all such good boys.)
They decide to handle it one game at a time, and break for the night. In his room with coppery fear still in the back of his mouth, he holds his phone and stares at the contact information for Home.Â
Heâs almost pressed it when a FaceTime request comes from Kent.
Almost at the same time Jack doesnât bother to knock, but just throws his bedroom door open, looking like heâd run miles.
Throwing himself to his feet, both hands up, he probably looks terrified because Jack scared the absolute heck out of him.Â
âBits,â and now itâs Jack thatâs got both hands up, coming at him, âBits, itâs okay. Itâs okay, bud.â And he really means to say something, but heâs just all caught up in Jack. He smells so good and feels so nice, heâs strong when Bitty feels weak and shaky, picking him right on up and sitting down to fold over him like a big Canadian blanket.
âWhat a horrible way to be outed,â he laughs through the shakes, but his voice is hoarse. âThis is absolutely awful, Jack.â
âGod, it really is. Iâm so sorry this is happening to you, Bits.â
âLord, Iâm making a fool of myself. Whatâs done is done, I suppose.â
âStill, I want to be here for you.â
âOh, honey. I appreciate it.â
And he just lets himself sink into Jack a little, burying his face in Jackâs neck, just tries to breathe.
His phone goes off again, and this time Jack picks it up, sees who it is, and taps the top of Bittyâs head with it.
He thumbs the request without looking, just keeping his face right where it is. This is the best heâs felt since that awful ticker tape just laid out his biggest secret, and put a big oleâ target right on his back.
âHi Kenny,â and heâs proud his voice sounds as steady as it does.
âHey B,â is so soft and concerned, his heart gives a little patter.Â
Jack holds the phone for him with one hand, and squeezes him tight with the other.Â
âThis sucks so hard, B. Iâm so sorry ESPN gives a fuck about college sports enough to do something shitty like this.â
He raises his face just enough for Kent to see half his face out of Jackâs bulk. âOne of those silly human interest stories, I guess. Too bad they got a little too interested, huh?â
âYou can totally sue the shit out of them, okay? B, I know a guy. He could get you millions.â
âThat wonât make everything right, Kenny, but thank-you for being here with me.â He gives a shuddering sigh, âIâm still going to have to deal with the backlash, and as much as I hate it, so will the team. I havenât talked to the administration or the coaches, but it might be smart if I step down for the rest of the season, maybe quit outright. Then the boys might still be able to make it to the Frozen FourâŚâ
âYouâre two games away, B. You canât give up now!â
âAgree. You got them here, theyâll have your back, Bits.â
âKenny, Jack this is hockey. Everyone we go against from here on out is going to be gunning for us. The things theyâre going to say to the boysââ
âTheyâll handle it. Trust me,â Jack soothes, âthey wonât let you give up either.â
âWell, I suppose weâll see come Monday,â heâs tired, but thereâs no slowing down right now, even if Kent is petting Kit and Jackâs lap is absurdly comfortable.
âBesides,â Kent continues, âyouâre not alone, B. Plenty of us in the NHL. Weâre just not like, out out. Maybe to our teams and stuff, not like, outed on ESPN or anything, fuck those guys. You seriously donât want me to contact my guy for you? He got 6.8 million dollars for a celebrity caseââ
âSo youâre out to your team then, Captain Parson?â He blinks because the way Kent just came out with it, not a stutter one, shakes him.
âHuh? Well, yeah, of course I am. Iâve been on the Aces for years, Bits. These guys are like my family, so yeah, they know.â
âO-oh.â
Kent blinks at him, pauses. âAh, I didnât come right out and tell you, but yeah. Me too, so itâs okay, B. Youâre not alone.â
Itâs that moment when Jack leans down, shifting so Bittyâs looking up at him. âYouâre not alone,â Jack repeats softly, âI kiss boys sometimes, too. None of that changes how good you are at hockey, and none of that changes you, okay Bits?â
And Lord above help him. He throws both arms around Jack, biting his lower lip between his teeth, and shaking like a leaf in a wind storm.
âJack...KennyâŚthank-you, boys. Just when I need you, and there you are.â He chokes a little, and thereâs Jack folding down around him, thereâs Kent holding Kit closer to the phone, sending virtual purrs and cuddles.
He doesnât feel that bad wrapping his legs around Jackâs waist shamelessly, locking his ankles in the back, and just not facing the world for a while.Â
It gets a little better when Jack tries to squeeze into a pair of his shorts while Kenny is brushing his teeth and talking about the camp they had at a local rink, running drills and plays with some of the high school kids from around the area.Â
But everything in the world absolutely pauses when Jack clears his throat awkwardly
And really, God Bless Canada.Â
The little sigh that comes out of him is echoed from his phone, and yes Kenny, they do have good taste.
âI canât sleep in these, Bits, ah, sorry.â
But that color blue stretched taunt against Jackâs big thigh is just the best sight heâs probably ever seen.
âIâm sorry, but thatâs all Iâve got to offer. I can go talk to Dex?â Because Chowder has wider shoulders like Jack, but is about a foot shorter.
âEh, not necessary.â
And well, yes. Bitty knows Jack wears cute little briefs. They were on a team together, have spent time in the locker room, have seen the occasional moment before towels go on. Itâs menâs sports for crying out loud.Â
But none of that, absolutely none of that, prepares him for Jack shimmying out of those shorts for black briefs that absolutely mold to his behind and cup the front of him. The real coup de gras is that t-shirt coming off, and heaven help him, itâs muscles for miles.Â
Only those little briefs between Bitty and what the Good Lord gave Jack, the definition of fine walking across the room like butter wouldnât melt in his mouth.Â
Bitty unabashedly watches, lips parted, cheeks a soft shade of pink.Â
Jack closes the bathroom door, smirking where Bits canât see, muffled noises as he roots around in the bathroom for a spare toothbrush. It gives Bitty can just take a second to himself to take in this whole situation.Â
Heâs been outed on a national sports network that may or may not take the question of the Rebels right out of the equation
Chances of going all the way to the finals is looking slimmer and slimmer the more he thinks about it
Jack and Kenny confirmed some of his suspicions and itâs an absolute crime and a blessing that theyâve found each other again
Jack has gotten bulkier than Bitty realized in the last year and a half playing for the NHL and his ass should be marked as a dangerous weapon
He hasnât answered any of the phone calls from home
Still, Coach sent him a text, Call your mother. Sheâs worried about you.
 And top of the list, Jack Zimmermann is in his bathroom, shirtless, barefoot, after just having verbally come out to him.
If there was ever anyone that deserves to be up for Sainthood, itâs this good oleâ Georgia boy Right. Here.Â
With his head in his hands, he groans softly, and scurries to throw on his own sleep clothes, stripping down without a thought more than those short on Jack and those shorts off Jack.
âI absolutely feel you,â a breathy chirp, and he forgot Kenny probably saw the entire thing.
Bitty spins, almost ready to start getting on a boat down that river called denial when he realizes Kenny is giving him the most devilish looking smile.
âItâs really unfair that heâs a hockey God and blisteringly hot to boot.â
âWe are the best of friends, Iâll have you know Mister Parson. Jack doesnât even see me that way, even after tonight. Besides, Iâm pretty sure heâs got his eye set on someone prettier than little oleâ me.â
He throws the covers back to busy his hands, but can spare a second to put some charm into it and look back at Kenny with a wink.Â
Itâs either the best or the worst timing because Kenny gets this look on his face, opening his mouth for something that might have been good or bad, when Jack comes out of the bathroom smelling like mint and looking like a touch could burn you down to the ground.
Kenny looks at him for a few long seconds while theyâre climbing into bed, and chirps them about hands above the comforter and hockey bros cuddle like champs before he yawns and finally hangs up for the night.
The sheet gets maneuvered between them so heâs not going to be tortured most of the night with only his sleep shirt and pants between themâ
(and those sinful underwear, heâs never going to forget those)
âso itâs suspiciously easy to drop off with Jackâs arm around him and snoring in his ear.
**
The next two games are utterly brutal.Â
Ice bags are wrapped around his shoulder while he sits in his spot in the locker room, forearms on his knees to just hurt while Chowder is talking at his right and Dex at his left.
The bruises tomorrow are going to be beautiful, but heck, whatâs some bruises when Samwell is officially in the Frozen Four.
Lord, they made it.
And he will start celebrating, right after he can raise up his arm again.
Oh, thatâs going to be sore tomorrow. Making pies for the campus captain club is going to be awful, isnât it?
He manages to get the ice bags off in time to walk with the boys back to the Haus, Ollie already scooping up his bag and Chowder, bless his heart, hovering anxiously right by him the whole walk there.
They donât make him do a keg stand this time, thank goodness, but the party celebrating their win is well underway in less than an hour.
Itâs real nice when the Lax bros bring in a stack of pizzas and slap him on the back in congratulations, like he hadnât just been outed on national television. (He loves Samwell so much.) Chad L. says a whole bunch of something that Bitty tries to follow and ends up handing him a plate with pizza and accepting a piece of pie in exchange.Â
The fire extinguisher is in plain sight to remind the footballers what could happen if they donât behave, and at least two of his boys hang around him most the night, bracketing him on both sides to keep an eye on him. Ollie and Wicks pop around the corner periodically anyhow.
He catches Chowder taking a picture for social media, has a second of panic, almost tells his sweet son not to do that because everyone knows, but shuts his mouth last minute and straightens up to grin for the next one.
**
The night the news came out, Bitty changed his social media to private, hoping to avoid some of the homophobic comments. Since the morning after (and itâs a crying shame he missed seeing those little black briefs again since Jack was already dressed by the time he got up), heâs been talking to pretty much everyone.
Most of all, his Mama and Coach...and Mr. McLean.
Jack squeezes his hand, and Bitty bites his lip, but still, âIâm afraid I donât think I should accept your offer after all. This isnât going to blow over any time soon.â
âMr. Bittle. Iâm interested because youâre fast, youâve got soft hand, and youâre a good fit for the Rebels. As far as I understand, this isnât going to change any of that.â
âO-oh!â
âIf you want to play hockey, Mr. Bittle, you can do that with us.â
And itâs there when he looks in Jackâs blue, blue eyes, when he thinks about Ollie and Wicks, when he thinks about Shitty being so kind when heâd come out to the first person on the team. Itâs there when he thinks about being terrified at that first check practice, when he thinks about how dang far heâs come in four years.
(Itâs tough, but youâre tougher.)
âI want to play hockey, Mr. McLean.â
âThatâs the spirit Mr. Bittle. Iâll send you training camp information in the next week or so. Welcome to the Pawtucket Rebels.â
If Jack holds him tight while he almost shakes apart once he hangs up the phone, well, only Chowder and Dex will ever tell a soul because they fell on him and Jack like a ton of bricks, hugging him and laughing.
**
Shitty, Ranson, Holster, and Lardo make the trip from Boston to show up on the Haus doorstep before theyâve even finished clean-up from the party the night before.
Before he knows it, heâs got Shitty crying all over him, telling him heâs so proud and Bittyâs just the best little captain there ever was.
Itâs so nice because Shitty is silly as hell, but heâs an amazing friend in times of need.Â
And he canât say it isnât nice when Shitty picks up the loud speaker and starts shooing the rest of the hanger-oners out.
âFrozen Four!â Ransom crows, âour guys are going to kick some ass.â
âYou said it, bro,â Holster warmly pats Bitty on the shoulder with one of those big hands while this pie is just coming along easily enough.
The flinch when the bruises ache is enough for more ice bags to get wrapped around him, and Shitty to shake a finger in his face, talking about taking care of himself. It might not be a concussion, but theyâve got serious games coming up, and he needs to be tip top if heâs going to take them all the way.
Bitty takes it to heart and lets them baby him for a few hours.
It does get worse when Dex and Chowder see Holster pulling the neck of his shirt up a little to check how bad it is, and then heâs got more hockey players in his kitchen butting in. Luckily, Dex is getting just as good at making pie as Bitty, and finishes up the lattice work perfectly.
He talks strategy with Ransom and Holster at the kitchen table while Lardo makes another pot of coffee, and Chowder subtly slips the bottle of ibuprofen next to him. Whiskey listen to them strategize for the upcoming games, and my, donât it feel so normal.
He hugs Shitty again, holds on just as tight as he can, and thanks the Good Lord for such amazing friends.
**
Mama and Coach are more understanding than he ever would have imagined, taken in account what a shock it is just to come across the television like that.
âDickey, honey, now you know,â and she has to pause because Lord, his Mama is crying, âyou know you can always come home. Always. No matter what. We love you. We love you and everything else, we can figure all that out.â
And so, since heâs never said it, only thought about what could happen, he tells her, âMama⌠Iâm gay.â
âI know, sweetheart. I know and thatâs-thatâs fine. We can figure it all out. But, you can come home sometime before the semester ends, canât you?â
âN-not while weâre close to the Championships, Mama. I-I canâtââ
âJunior.âÂ
And now heâs glad he just called instead of trying to FaceTime. So glad he doesnât have to look Coach in the face right now.
âYouâve done a heck of a job this year. Been a good captain. You know me and your mama are proud, donât you Junior?â
And there goes his lip all trembling, his eyes getting hot. Only Jack squeezing his hand keeps him together at all.
âY-yes, Daddy.â
âGood. You just keep fighting. Weâll be here cheering you on, all right?â
His breath hitches in his chest, âyes, Daddy.â
âThatâs my boy. You can do it, Junior. Theyâre toughââ
ââbut Iâm tougher,â and heâs covering his eyes, shoulder hunching down. Jack goes from holding his hand to pretty much lifting him up enough to slide on Jackâs lap.
âThatâs right, son. You sure as hell are.â
He sighs out, a soft noise. âI am, Daddy. We made the Frozen Four.â
âGo get âim. Me and your Mama are behind you all the way.â
And even if Coach gets squicky when itâs time for I love you, Bitty manages to get it out anyhow.
âLove you too, son. Now you gotta stop, or else your mamaâs gonna drown me.â
The thick laugh is so much better than crying. Jack thinks so too apparently, squeezing tight while Bittyâs sitting on his thighs.
If he thinks thereâs a kiss pressed to the top of his head, well, heâs just going to blame it on being emotionally overwrought and leave it at that.
**
He didnât bother with pads, just pants, sweatshirt, gloves, stick, helmet, and skates. The ice is quiet as can be in the morning light bouncing off Faber, making it beautiful.
Kennyâs far enough ahead of them that heâs on a break from practice, already home making brunch. âBig Red is going to be killer, B. Cornell is ruthless. Fighting Hawks from North Dakota.â
His skates cut through the ice until heâs gliding, hitting the long stretch, pumping as fast as his legs can take him, cycling the puck.Â
He doesnât reply to Kenny, just listens while his muscles burn, his mind works, he sees the next move like a playbook.Â
Over the past four years, heâs gotten stronger, faster. Sure, heâs smaller than the average hockey player, but that donât mean weak. Everyone theyâve played already figured that one out now didnât they?
His arms and shoulders burn when he swings high, throws some muscle in it when he slaps the puck right in the sweet spot of the net.
âNo fair, B. I want to watch!â
âIâd have to set my phone in the stands, sugar pie.â
âIf that means I get to watch you do suicides, Iâm on board.â
Bitty laughs out loud because Lord, he sounds like Jack.Â
âTrying to kill me before practice?â
âCaptainâs prerogative, babe.â
Obligingly, Bitty sets up his helmet, laying on itâs side, throws a t-shirt in it to hold the phone up, and FaceTimes Kenny.
He gives the captain of the Aces a wink and then takes off to the blue line. Heâs got his game face on, stick balanced perfectly, moving like his ass is on fire.
After a good turn out, he skates back to the stands where Kenny is very close to the screen.Â
âWell, there you go, Captain,â he snickers, scooping up the whole thing so Kent goes around the rink for some easy, cool-down laps with him before the boys start meandering in for practice. âThat what you wanted to see?â
âYou? Are fast, B. That was incredible.â
âOh, sugar pie,â he grins down at Kentâs face in his helmet, âyou say the nicest things.â
âHey, Iâm not being nice, Bits. Iâm saying as a professional hockey player that you? Are fast.â
âWell, so are you. Short guys like us have a tendency to out-maneuver the big guys.â
âIâve based most of my career on being the fast guy on the team, B, but I donât know how Iâd hold up against you.â
âMmhm. I also havenât been playing professionally for the last few years, tearing the fire out of my knee, Kent.â Very serious because heâs counted how many nights heâs seen ice bags over that knee in the last few weeks.
âAlso true. It might be surgery for me this summer, but that should do a lot. Iâll have maybe ten years instead of five.â
âSo you said. Your doctor is talking about it again?â
â...yeah. He says it should do wonders for where Iâm at right now, and this might be the year to just do it and get it over with.â
âThree-time Stanley Cup winner is where youâre at right now, sugar pie.â
The laugh is nice, but now heâs wondering if he can convince Kenny to come to Providence and stay with Jack during his recovery. Thatâll let Bitty be close enough to come over and take care of him while his knee heals. Heâs already thinking it over when his third lap is coming up.
âB.â Startles him right out of his thoughts.
âKenny?â
And something is there in the way Kenny is looking at him from the screen. âBe careful at the game tonight. Watch out for the Minnesota D-Men, okay?â
âThank-you, sugar. You watch on out for those Rangers.â
âI will. Just send me a text when the game is over, even if Iâm in overtime, okay?â
âYou know it, honey. Now go on and get a nap. Weâve both got a busy night tonight.â
**
This could be the last time he steps out on the ice. This could be it. All of it could end right here right now.Â
Theyâve got to play their hearts out. Heâs got to give it everything heâs got. For himself, for the boys, for Samwell.Â
It comes down to this, facing Minnesotaâs line like there ainât no going back.
**
He sits on his bed, faggot and fairy in his head from the game earlier. He doesnât accept Jackâs call because his face is a mess. Â
Well, serves him right because Jack just shows up at the Haus an hour later when Bitty has finally got it together.
**
The check is absolutely brutal.Â
He used to be floored by it, curled up in a little ball on the ice, couldnât move, couldnât think, could barely breathe.Â
But not this damn time. Oh hell no.Â
Itâs fast when heâs back up on his feet, shoving his way through bigger men than him and stealing that puck right on out from under them.Â
He feels like heâs got wings on his feet when he glides by them like theyâre just standing still.Â
**
Mama and Coach are here because theyâve come down to the last stand.Â
This is it.
Jack and Kenny are both there and where in the world they got #15 Bittle jerseys, he will never know.
Number #82 has already been gunning for him, but the last one is the very last of Eric Bittleâs patience running right on out.
His heart is racing, his legs burning, skates cutting ice as he steers around players, gritting his teeth against the ache, and for the first time, heâs gonna stand up, holler out that no, heâs not gonna take that nonsense lying down.
The moment slows down for long enough that he feels weightless when he pushes off, is airborn, shoving all his weight right into #82 just as theyâre at the Samwell bench and shove the both of them right in with the boys.
Itâs a tangle of arms and legs and skates and sputtering.Â
âTry me again, asshole,â Bitty sneers in #82âs face with the face guards the only thing between them.Â
âHomophobic prick!â One of his boys shouts.
Coach and the boys pick him up (shocked because he doesnât usually have a need for potty mouth thank-you very much), want him to go get checked out while the ref blows the whistle just after Whiskey gets the puck, and now itâs all on Samwell.
He doesnât get a penalty, thank goodness, and argues loudly with Coach to let him back in the game, he needs to get back. Itâs not like he lost a tooth, just some scratches from going over. Itâs a long look in his eyes before Coach just throws up his hands and shoos him back.Â
And Bittyâs not thinking about Jack and Kenny and Shitty and Lardo and Ransom and Holster and Mama and Daddy and everyone else up in those stands screaming for them when he hits the ice again. Heâs not thinking about how badly he hurts or the scratches on his face. Heâs not thinking about his thesis or graduation or his spot in Jackâs guest room.Â
Heâs only thinking about the tied score, the next play, and how theyâre going to show these away boys exactly whoâs house this is.
**
And his arms strain when his stick comes back, when he slams that puck with every ounce of strength he has left. His heart thuds hard in the back of his mouth when their goalieâs hand shoots out, tries to catch the puck, just the tips of his gloves skimming the surface.
The alarm blares and the scoreboard changes so fast, Bittyâs not really sure what happened until his boys slam into him, gather all around him, screaming.
Heâs dazed, fingers limply holding his stick, eyes still stuck on the scoreboard even when they lift him up, stick and all.
The crowd takes to the ice, and he gets his helmet off in time to get hugs from Mama and Coach, in time to accept the huge trophy, him and Coach and Dex holding it up with all the boys around them just a hooting and a hollering all over the place.Â
Ransom and Holster catch him right up off his feet, crying all over him when they tell him how proud they are.
The interviews shake him out of the daze and he tells the viewers at home that the team fought hard for this and earned it all themselves. Heâs proud to be their teammate and captain, heâs proud to be a Wellie, and darn it, their hard work paid off.
Just as he turns, sees Chowder going past with three of their guys behind him, singing the Samwell song at the top of their lungs, he catches Jack and Kenny standing on the ice by the boards, watching him with soft smiles on their faces, and his eyes get hot abruptly, get full as can be.
Center ice, just like with the Stanley Cup. And this ainât that now. This? This one is all his.
He feels his lower lip tremble just a little, puts his hand up to stop it, but dang it if Jack and Kenny arenât just easing across the ice toward him with those smiles and his name across the back of their shoulders.
He gets a hand on the back of his neck and a shoulder to hide his face while the whooping and celebrating gets loud, loud, loud.
Lord, heâs going to vlog the hell out of this tomorrow.
**
Shitty is naked.Â
While itâs not new (theyâve been to Haus 2.0, and yes, Shitty was naked there too. Good times, really), Bitty has always had reservations about him being skin-to-fabric on that dang couch. Who knows what he might get. Well, all that spilled tub juice probably goes a long way to sanitize. Or so he says to keep his revolution to a minimum.Â
Watching Kenny get his ass handed to him from Lardo is hilarious. Watching Jack give in and have a chugging competition is even better.Â
Heâs lucky the ECAC playoffs beat the NHL by almost a month. Jack and Kenny have another week before they start getting serious.Â
Ransom and Holster are talking animatedly with the Waffles, back slaps all around. Heâs pleased as can be when Shruti, Sharon, Edgar, Chad L., and some other captains drop by to say congratulations and have a piece of pie. He doesnât see Jack pause over his shoulder while he talks up a storm, doesnât see the considering look on Jackâs face.
Something about this Bitty hits him harder than the last four years, makes that perpetual tightness in his chest mean something completely different than anxiety.
He should have realized it long before his graduation, should have been terrified of it all happening again.Â
Bitty affects him in so many of the same ways Kenny does, and itâs an amazing yet terrifying thing for Jack Zimmermann. Feeling like this person youâre looking at is literally made for you.Â
And just as he starts taking a step forward, pushing himself in to stand at Bittyâs side like heâs done the majority of their friendship, Kenny ducks out of nowhere and takes him by both biceps. His expression is desperate.
âYouâve got to stop her. Zimms. Zimms, be on my team. Right now.â
Itâs so absurd because itâs Kenny and also because he knows no one is beating Lardo.Â
Ever.
Anything else is wishful thinking.
He casts a wistful look at Bitty, animated with his big win, and if Jack literally has his heart in his eyes until theyâre out of sight, then only Chad L. from would have seen it.
**
Later on after the captains have said good night and some of their...guests have started staggering out, cheering for Samwell, for hockey, for tub juice, and for pie.Â
For this one, Bits really couldnât take credit because Dex really made most of them, bless his heart.
Moving around the party-goers with a spare trash bag to pick up a bit, he spots someone sneaking upstairs, pauses to squint up in case he needs to charge on up there and firmly remind people the upstairs is off limits.Â
Or break out the fire extinguisher.
Either way.
...but he knows that ass in those jeans, and gasps softly as Jackâs plaid is bouncing up the steps ahead of Kenny.Â
And, he can let out a sigh, catch just a little bit of bittersweet. But, if there is anything Eric Richard Bittle prides himself on, itâs being a good friend. If Jack and Kenny needed a-a wingman or whatever, then heâs just going to dang well be that.
He keeps an eye on the stairs for the rest of the night for more than one reason. No one, no one, is going to disturb them when theyâve finally come this far, and even if he silently dreads it, hopes they at least used his room instead of a bathroom for heavenâs sake.
#check!please#wip#pimbits#eric bittle#jack zimmermann#kent parson#i'm going to hell#but i love this southern child#canon divergence#what if#that kiss at Jack's graduation didn't happen#but still#AHL!Bitty#eric x jack x kent#will eventually happen#work in progress#don't judge me#my fic#My writing
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i have tossed around making this post for months now, gone back and forth with myself and my friends about if it would even be worth posting this. honestly, i donât know if telling my side of this is going to do any good, but i think itâs time that i added some more information to this whole situation so that even more people can see that our friends (and i use that term with as much sarcasm as possible) @seattlehqrpgâ , as well as her other rp @canterlotislandhqââ , have not changed, and will not change. this is indeed another psa about this woman, but with some more information and one on one conversations with the woman.Â
hey hi, hello, so, my name is maig, iâve been around the rpc for over a decade, and right now you might recognize my multifandom : @hiddenwashingtonâ . weâre an appless multifandom that i started up two years ago. and over those two years, we have dealt with jasmine, jazzy, jackie, jacqueline, whatever j name she wants to call herself this time, on and off, for that duration.Â
and just to clear up some information from other psas, i do not believe this is the same nova/jazzy that was terrorizing groups last year with attacking and fighting admins. weâve spoken with j multiple times, as well as jazzy/nova, and honestly i can tell for sure these are not the same people. unfortunately, there is more than one bad egg in the rpc.
i have a ton of screenshots, so forgive me for not using them all. a link to a google drive will be at the end of this, for all of the screenshots i have of stolen asks, interactions, etc. but iâll just be using key information for this specific post. or else weâll be here all day.
when we first encountered j (weâll just use âjâ for now since she focuses on whatever name we call her more than the content of the psas. and all her aliases start with it idk), we thought she was just another person who wanted to join but sort of went about it the wrong way. we first got an anon on the main, asking if our current ginny (that being me) would be willing to give her up. because j wanted to play her.Â
we had gotten an anon asking about if we were welcoming towards people with social anxiety (or something like that. itâs been two years now since this all happened so specifics are a little fuzzy. like i said weâve been dealing with her for so long.) i pretty much hit her with âiâm not willing to drop her because i still want to play her but hmu on my character account and we can chat about other characters for you to playâ. i had no idea that answering it would lead us down this rabbit hole iâm writing about today. we sorta chatted, she kinda just rambled to me about how she wanted to write someone not like her so she could have a challenge. valid. i tried helping out, i didnât really know what fandoms she was into so i said what i could and then went onto the main. when i got back onto my account, she had taken it upon herself to critique my portrayal of ginny, asking if she would ever say âdickâ. she kept messaging me, sandwiching that comment between other questions. i told her i didnât appreciate unsolicited critiques. i tried to move past it but she kept at me about it. telling me she hadnât read the books in 10 years. and only read one. the last one, in 3 hours. idk overall it was a weird conversation and i sort of thought that was the end of it.Â
honestly, iâm not gonna spend a TON of time on this already too long psa going on about every interaction we had with her, every crazy thing she said. most importantly, we accepted her in, thinking she was just a little wild but us talking to her covered it. she ended up going in active over easter or spring break or something, wanted to take up another character, we told her to wait to pick her activity up. ya know, standard admin business. and then she started attacking us. telling us we didnât care about her, about what she went through not having a computer or whatever. she started sending us anons about how her friend stole her money and we donât care about her and we all hate her so why should she stay. it was kinda insane. again, check the google doc for all that. she ended up leaving, we got some anons about how she never joined other rps because of admins like us. just random things here and there, some anons about how dare we talk to people like we did. just random shit that really only she could come up with. but we had an rp to run, lives to get on with, tv shows to binge, idk fam. life goes on.Â
honestly, we sort of forgot about this whole mess for like close to a year? that was when we started getting ims. from her. we knew bc it was the same accounts as before. she uses the same ones over and over, itâs easy to keep track of her. itâs sort of why we never felt the need to bring anything up, we always thought she was just stealing from us and we knew when it was her and when to refuse to accept the questions. this is where we enter phase two of hiddenâs journey with âjâ : the thief.Â
this is one of our earliest encounters. before she started sending them on anon.Â
(for some quick context, she would send us questions for fcs, ask if a character was open and then go around trying to poach our members for her group)
tw suicidal thoughts for this next pictureÂ
honestly this goes on for like 10 more pictures, so instead of spamming here, the full conversation is in the google drive under the folder : a fight that almost was
she eventually goes on to call me out as the admin talking to her, i tell her again to message me off the main so that we could get back to actually admining our group. she hits me up, calls me âa cute ginny munâ, and then proceeds to ask me to help her fill out Her Own Application for ginny for her own group!!Â
the tiktok video of âdid a full one eightyyyâ is all that is going through my head from this specific encounter.Â
anyways. this is when the stealing really amped up, for not just us, but for the entire rpc. around this time, we had stupidly let her back into the group, i had wanted to keep my eye on her personally. see what she was stealing from the inside. idk i was dumb. this is also around the time the first psa about her came around.Â
enter, phase three. itâs similar to phase two, but this time, âjâ must tell everyone she is in fact Not A Thiefâ˘
so, during this time, it was around may of last year? while she was in the group, she started stealing more, we were catching her in the act, and we eventually had to kick her out of hidden. itâs not really a shock but ya know. gotta do what you gotta do.Â
she was going by jasmine at the time. anyways. this is also before her current group @seattlehqrpgâ , when she still had @manilahq and @forgottenfriendshiphq or whatever she changed that too. she was getting a ton of âhateâ over there. mainly anons telling her to stop stealing from other creators. valid.Â
anyways, she would blame us for all of the stealing, that we were the true thieves. idk we were her scapegoats for a long time. i can confirm to you all now, i have never, nor have any of my admins, sent her any messages to steal fcs or anything to âattackâ her. honestly we try to forget she exists but she just makes it so hard to ignore her with all of this.Â
anyways, this has been our song and dance with âjâ for a while now. we get an anon, we answer, she steals from us in a matter of hours. iâm sure everyone can attest to that similar situation. i mean, hereâs just like a couple instances. i have hundreds in the google docs, dating back years. this behavior doesnât change.
i mean, she has even gone as far as to steal our plot. sure, itâs not exactly original. every multifandom somehow brings all these characters to a city by magic or something. but the mention of the witch, the alternate universe city, the memories. it just all around reads plagiarism.Â
so, check the google doc for more evidence i guess if you really need to!Â
but, some things weâve noticed, beyond her just stealing asks and plots and EVENTS ??? AND NOW TASKS ??? check out this post for the tasks, and this other psa for the event. because that shit is so fucked.Â
she has also straight up stolen replies and claimed them as her own. my friend and fellow admin, was in her rp for a hot minute, and played pacifica northwest. (some information is crossed out for privacy) this was from us talking about the plagiarism, of her stealing from my friend while âjâ was in hidden, which we both admin.
this is her post
and this is "jââs, while she was in hidden.
i mean, same gif and everything friends.Â
she constantly goes on about how she doesnât look at other rps, how she doesnât have time, that sheâs running five other groups, but honey, weâre running those groups for you with all the stealing!! i mean, just as further proof that she is constantly looking at other groups, including hidden, to an obsessive amount. a member left her group (who then went and joined us we believe), and this was her unfollow for them. (i feel so sorry for that member to be called out like this?? how uncomfortable do you have to make your former and current members???)
and hiddenâs character count that same day ??? coincidence, i think not.
listen, this isnât meant to stir up more drama, i know it will and thatâs kinda why i put this off. everyone had sort of said what needed to be said? it didnât feel necessary to repeat the same shit we all knew. but with more of this happening, with her stealing plots, tasks and events. it felt like this was the time to strike, to get this awareness back up. she needs to stop, and if we all ban together, maybe we can stop it? i donât know. but i have hope that this can all change if we have each otherâs backs.Â
this has been hiddenwashingtonâs side of the story, iâm sure there are still more groups out there with stories or stolen asks. and i am sorry to anyone who has had to deal with her. but just, do yourselves a favor and look out for anyone with a j alias, 21+. she/her, from pst. who also uses âRPGâ a lot.Â
a lot of this stuff is old, but sheâs still doing this in @seattlehqrpgââ i just grabbed these screenshots because itâs what i had on hand. but anyways. here is the link to the google drive with all of our screenshots we have complied.
if you have any questions, comments, concerns, what have you: my inbox (including anons), ims and everything are open and i am more than happy to chat!! please come talk with me about anything!!!
stay safe, and thanks for joining me on this season of To Catch a Plagiarizer.Â
#psa#rpc#rpt#multifandom rp#fandom rp#rph#rpc psa#personal.#about hidden#long post tw#this is literally so long i pray for all of you who read it#seattlehqrpg
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No All Might? Thatâs Alright Prt3
Izuku Midoriya Fanfiction                             Â
A/N: In all honesty this took me way too long just to finish writing this chapter, but I pushed through so I guess itâs fine. Iâve created a AO3 account recently and Iâve posted all of my previous fanfictions there so if you want to check me out, you can find me as SatansChild
Hope you all stay safe and wear a mask if you can't physically distance.Hope to update soon!
Catch you on the flip side ~ Em
Photo used in this fic was referenced from original picture from anime, I did draw this photo jtlyk
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Trigger warning: Talk about death
Word Count: 2633
Part 1 Part 2Â Part 3
After making sure all of the blood was no longer on his uniform, Closing his eyes, Izuku steeled himself to walk into the All Might shrine that was his room. Sure, he still wanted to be a hero, and he admired All Mightâs strength, but he couldnât stand to be surrounded by posters and figurines of a man who couldnât offer any sort of encouragement to a child who clearly needed it. Izuku pulled some cardboard boxes out from his closet and started filling them with everything All Might. Oboro didnât make a sound during the time he cleaned out his room, which he was grateful for. Even though he could just feel Oboro wanting to ask questions.Â
âSo what are you going to do about all this stuff?â Oboro asked as Izuku changed his All Might sheets with regular black ones âYou seem like such a big fan...it just seems like a waste just to keep it all in boxes.â
Izuku shrugged his shoulders.âIâm not much of a fan anymore.â he lied to mostly himself rather than to Oboro, âI guess Iâll just donate the stuff later.â Once his walls were finally bare, Izuku stuffed the now full boxes to the back of his closet and flopped onto his bed. The room stayed silent for a moment until Izuku broke the ice, âI donât want to intrude on your personal lifeâŚbut can you tell me about yourself?â he asked
âWell for the fact that I witnessed and helped you with some pretty deep stuff, it sorta would be rude if I didnât tell you something about my previous life,â Oboro said cheekily
âH-how long have you been...you knowâŚâ Izuku paused not really wanting to complete the question.
â...dead?â Izuku nodded âI was in my second year of high school when I died and I would be 29 by now so...close to 12 years I think?â Izuku sat there on his bed frozen
â12 years is a long time to be a ghost or spirit to not have passed on, that is if people actually pass onto another place once they dieâ Izuku thought to himself
âI was patrolling around Tasomiya Ward with one of my best friends when there was a villain attack...I was working on saving some kids when debris fell on top of me...when I woke up I was like how I am now, I couldnât find my body anywhere so I just...travelled aroundâŚâ Oboro seemed to quiet down at mentioning that he never found his body to move onto another life, so Izuku thought of ways to change the current mood of the room.
âSo you were a hero in training or something?â he asked, face full of wonder, Oboro hummed in affirmation âWhat school did you go to?â
âI went to U.Aâ
âWait really?!â Izuku exclaimed excitedly, âthat's so cool!â
They continued talking and asking questions back and forth, before falling into a comfortable silence. A few minutes past before Izuku took a deep breath
âI...Iâm sorry,â Izuku said quietly, slowly curling into himself
"Why would you be sorry kid?" Oboroâs voice was full of confusion. But Izuku only curled in on himself further.
"If it wasn't for me you wouldn't be stuck here." As if anyone wanted to be bound to some stupid Deku...like him. And here he thought it was a whole coincidence that Oboro was with him. But instead, he just took whatever type of freedom he had to begin with.
"Hey, no! Stop that. Izuku that's not true! I'm here because I want to be!" The warmth spread all over him and he couldn't help but lean into it. âI said I'd make a hero out of you and I still plan on it."
Izuku looked up only to see the ceiling of his room, lifting his arm up to the sky and let it just float there (like what every kid does while laying on there bed contemplating on what to do next). "I wish I could see you again."
Oboro hummed. Seeming to think something through. "I donât think thereâs much out there since I was only a second-year when I died, but there could be some photos of me with friends or an article"
Izuku seemed to take that as a challenge as he went to his computer. "What did you choose to be your hero name?"
"Loud Cloud."
After scouring the web for a couple of minutes nothing showed up except for an old article from the Nikkei Shimbun newspaper, reporting the death of hero-in-training Loud Cloud. Izuku quickly exited that site choosing to search for something different. âWhatâs your full name Oboro?â
âOh thatâs right I didnât tell you my full name, it is Oboro Shirakumoâ Oboro replied
âOboroshirikumo...oboroshirikumoooâŚ.here!â Izuku exclaimed pointing at the monitorâs screen. âThis photo was tagged saying âCurry eating competition at U.Aâs School Festival. Winner Hizashi Yamada from class 2-A!â it also says the names of the people in the photo are; Shota Aizawa, Hizashi Yamada, and Oboro Shirakumo.âÂ
âOh, I remember that!â Oboro cried out laughing âThe curry was soo spicy I was freaking out because I couldnât find anything to soothe my burning throat!â
âSo thatâs you in the back then?â Izuku asked pointing towards a teenager who seems to be freaking out.
Oboro chuckles âYep, the other two were my best friends!â
âYamada looks sorta familiar whatâs his hero name?â Izukku asked, curious on why the 16-year-old looked so familiar to him
âUnless he changed it before becoming a pro, which he probably would not, his hero name is Present Mic.âÂ
Izuku sputtered âW-wait you were close friends with THE Present Mic?!â Oboro hummed in agreement while Izuku had his miny freak out â
âOh my god that is socool!Ilistentohisradioshoweveryday,andheâssuchanamazinghero,likeevenifheisdeafduetohisquirkhedoesnâtletitbotherhiman-â He stopped hearing the sound of laughter coming around his room and his lamp flickering
"Aw jeez, thatâs amazing Hizashi got to get that radio show he wanted." There was a quick blast of warmth flooding around his back and chest resembling a hug. "Well anyway, you should probably head to bed. You have a busy day ahead of you tomorrow and a long way to go before you can have a chance at being accepted into UA!"
"What are you going to do while I sleep?" Izuku asked, eyes slowly drooping.
"I'm going to see how far I can go without being next to you, and have a look around and exploring a bit. No need to worry. I'll make sure to be careful and be here in the morning." He seemed to pick up on his anxieties. Izuku felt warmth as Oboro slowly pet his hair back. "Goodnight, Izuku."Â
The next morning Izuku woke up to warmth pulsing on his right cheek. "Hey kid itâs time to get up! You have training to do! Up and at âem!" Oboroâs voice was overly joyful and Izuku felt very unwilling to get out of bed.
"Mm...just a bit longeeeer." He groaned turning himself over facing away from where he guesses Oboro is standing (floating?).
"Fair warning Izuku my jokes are terrible, everyone at school would always runaway once I started and I havenât been able to talk to actual people in so long! If spaghetti were to have itâs own action movie, what would it be called?.... Mission im-pasta-ble. What did the pot eat on itâs birthday?....pancakes. What do you call a camel in a drought?....A dry hu- "
Finally, Izuku jerked up, covering his ears. âOkay. Okay, Iâm up! No need to finish that.â His face started to burn a light pink across his face, (knowing what the end of the joke was) as he started to kick the blankets off only to turn towards the window and see barely any light outside. "Wha- Oboro!! The sun isnât even out yet!"
He turned glaring into thin air hoping to make contact with him.
"Yes, it is, Izu. It's just reeeally early in the morning. There is plenty of time for you to get ready and eat before we go out for a morning run!" He was being weirdly energetic about the whole ordeal, but Izuku knew he wouldn't take no for an answer.
Heading to the bathroom, Izuku ran a brush through his wild curly hair and brushed his teeth. Going back to his room, Obroro pipped up. "It's a bit cool outside so I suggest you wear some long sleeves."
The entire way to his closet Izuku muttered incoherent things. In the end, he opted to wear a plain black shorts and a long-sleeved shirt with written kanji saying 'tank-top' with his old dusty sneakers because his red sneakers were still on top of the roof.
Before heading out Izuku ate some toast and an orange. If he got hungry later on their run he could always eat more when they got back. As Izulu started to leave the apartment Izuku tripped over an unmarked box that was just left in front of the door.
"Ooo I wonder what it is!â Oboro seemed quite enthusiastic as Izuku went to open the box revealing his faded red shoes and yellow backpack.
"Wai-how-who found my stuff?" Izuku asked immediately putting the bag by the door and quickly changing between uncomfortable and comfortable shoes.
"I donât know, when I got back from wandering around the package was just...there."
"Maybe someone found it and found out where I live from my contact info and address was written insideâŚ?â Izuku wondered out loud.
âI guess so,â Oboro said looking to the bright sight of things.
âBut what if it was...All Might. Yeah, Iâm glad that I donât have to go back up there to collect my things but...I donât want to have to depend on All Might to help me with my own problems.â
âHey donât think like that Izu! I know youâre not a huge fan of the guy, but you donât have to beat yourself down like that. I know youâre better than thatâ Oboro spoke sternly trying to make a point, but that soon backfired as warmth spread through his body.
âHold up- could you always hear my thoughts?â Izuku questioned as he started to jog away from the apartment.
âSo far I can heat some things. Like your thoughts that way heavily on you emotionally. But it could possibly work to talk to me through your mind. So you donât look like a freak talking to themselves.â Oboro quickly informs Izuku as to not worry him.
Sighed Izuku. That was true. Though he kept thinking about it as he jogged. As they passed Dagobah Municipal Beach, the sun had started to rise. Taking in a deep breath was the wrong reason as Izuku cringed from the awful smell of garbage. Despite the smell, Izuku took a break, taking a seat at the entrance.
"Oh gross. What is this place?" Oboro asked with a clear sound of disgust in his voice.
"Well," Izuku started."This is Dagobah Municipal Beach Park. It has accumulated trash coming from the sea for years, turning it from a beautiful beach spot into a trash heap for everyone's unwanted or broken belongings." It was really a shame. As a kid, Izuku recalled going to the beach. Lie under a beach umbrella, making sandcastles. But by the time he was tall enough into the water, it was already flooded with trash by then.
"That's terrible." Oboro seemed deeply upset about this actually. It made Izuku want to do something about it. But before Izuku could voice his thoughts Oboro spoke up.
âHey Izu, could we make a quick visit to a convenience store?â
âSure...what exactly do you want me to get?â Izuku asked, despite having an idea what Oboro was thinking.
âWell...youâre going to need to get some garbage bags and some gloves.â
Izuku then dashed towards the nearest convenience store with determination in his eyes. A frail-looking lady turned the key to open the doors as he walked by. Causing her to recoil in slight shock, Izuku realized that with his rapid approach he had frightened her. "I'm sorry, ma'am. I'd just come to purchase some garbage bags and some gloves.
The older woman seemed to soften something about his face as she smiled and opened his door. "Sure thing, theyâre both in the last aisle on your right."
Before she went inside, Izuku thanked her and smiled back. He quickly found what he was looking for and brought a box of trash bags and a pair of workers gloves onto the counter.
"What's the hurry, son? Why do you need trash bags this early in the morning? You aren't trying to cause trouble are you?" the old woman pointed to Izuku with an accusing finger, and he shook his head quickly.
"Oh no, ma'am! I thought that I could just try and clean the beach up! I passed it while I was on my morning run!" Izuku assured, voicing Oboroâs plan
At this, the elder woman gently smiles while scanning the items. âWow, is that right?â she said astonished, â You know how long that place has been a mess? What makes you believe you can do it all by yourself?"
Her words weren't really painful, she was just being realistic. He knew she was right. He certainly had no obligation to clean up the beach. He could have just ignored it and easily went about his day. But he knew if he wanted to be a hero then he would need to start off the roots of how heroes came to be. How they used to work. Heroes in the beginning didnât do what they did for fame. No. They didnât care for the recognition they would get. They did it because they just wanted to help.
âThatâs the thing, maâam. I thought that it wouldnât hurt to try. Itâs also a great way to work out, instead of having to buy workout equipment or get a gym membership!â Izuku brightly smiles towards the lady as he handed her the money to buy his items.
âWell, I wish you luck, kid. Iâm guessing that youâll need a place to put the trash you collect.â She stated, Izuku smiling sheepishly at her rubbing the back of his head she continued, âThere are two dumpsters in the alley behind the store, they get taken every Monday.â
"Thank you, ma'am!" Izuku said genuinely as he headed for the door. He didn't think too much about how he would dispose of the garbage, so it was good to have one offered.
Oboro began to laugh as Izuku jogged back towards the beach. "Cheaper than having to buy workout equipment or get a gym membership! Man, how true that is nowadays!â
The first garbage bags were packed very quickly. broken bottles, cans of beer, old and rotting newspaper, all of it was poured into the trash bag. Plastic, paper, glass, etc. Izuku could take them to a recycling center! He was already pumped about this new project when Oboro spoke up.
âHey, Izu, before you toss that into the bagâ placing his hand on Izukuâs making him feel warmth blossom closest to the soda, can packaging he was holding in that hand. âmake sure you cut each circle so if they end up in wildlife again then animals wonât get their heads stuck inside.â
Izuku's eyes lit up as he started to tear apart each loop before placing it in one of the bags used for recycling. Soon Izuku had used up a quarter of the box of trash bags gone and only had 6x5 feet rectangle cleared of the beach.
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