#katie’s headcanons

[glenscowboyhat]

thinkin about how great the wranglers crew would be as aunties and uncles to y/n and tyler’s baby

boone especially like that is HIS favorite little person and he’d always be getting the two of them into trouble. tyler walks into his kitchen one day and there they are, sitting in the kitchen floor eating y/n’s cookies that no one else is supposed to eat. i feel like he’d just walk away and be like “boone you are so screwed when y/n gets home”

i think aunt dani and uncle dexter probably went out/went online the second they find out y/n was pregnant and bought baby a tiny little cowboy/cowgirl hat

and kate definitely buys baby LOADS of clothes. the minute she finds out tyler and y/n are expecting, her cart is full and her credit card info is being put in. y/n’s favorite thing kate got them is a little onesie that says “tiny tornado” on it

as soon as the kid is old enough, lilly definitely teaches them how to fly a drone. she starts with small, cheap ones of course. can’t have the wranglers’ other baby getting damaged. i can picture tyler getting knocked in the head with a toy drone more than once for sure

y/n is sitting in a lawn chair one evening as she and tyler had decided to host dinner for the crew, and lilly is showing baby all the cool parts of the drone and such. lilly asks if they want to fly it and of course they say YES because, duh it’s cool

y/n then passes tyler coming out of the house as she’s going in to grab a drink, and suddenly there’s a smack and a loud groan from tyler. y/n starts to walk outside, confused, just as she hears “lilly!!” “sorry!” and sees tyler holding his temple

yeah, the wranglers would make great aunts and uncles. babysitters, though? that one’s questionable

[arayeee]

OKAY. Hear me out. I’ve been thinking about this since my anon asked me.

A huge headcanon I have about Lena.

She’s not the touchy feely type. Except when it comes to Supergirl and Kara. BEFORE SHE KNOWS. But it always seemed odd to her how she was okay with the little touches from Supergirl after she saved her or they were on a joint project. And of course, Kara Danvers. She willingly started initiating hugs between them after she got used to Kara’s affection. AND WHEN SHE FOUND OUT, she was distraught because she could no longer experience the touches that she craved and yearned for. The arms she felt most safe in, no longer wrapped around her. MY GOD WHEN THEY MADE UP THOUGH. The touches increased immensely. She got her safety and comfort back and SHE THRIVED.

[euporienn]

Kate The Chaser

[gpcwsl]

Reader is Spanish, moving from Atletico and struggles to understand everyone, specially Katie's accent. Katie develops a crush bit literally can't communicate or get closer to reader. Reader is insulted during match and doesn't understand but Katie does and deals with the other player. Angsty all around but happy ending for both

Katie McCabe x Spanish!Reader

Communication is the key

WC: 606

MasterList

Warnings: Language Barrier/Miscommunication, Strong Language, Rough/Inappropriate Behavior in Football, Protectiveness/Possessiveness, Suggestive Thoughts, Flirting/Teasing, Angst & Frustration, short.

Song: Te Amo - Rihanna

You’ve been in London for a year now. Twelve months of cold rain, confusing slang, and a constant struggle to decipher the whirlwind of accents around you—none more perplexing than Katie McCabe’s.

The Irishwoman speaks like a storm, words tumbling out fast and thick, letters swallowed and sentences clipped. Even some of your teammates—who have known her for years—still hesitate when she talks.

You? You’re still learning, still tripping over the language barrier that sometimes feels like a wall between you and everyone else.

But you’ve adapted. Your English is better now—though not perfect. You can hold conversations, understand tactics, laugh at jokes (most of the time).

And despite the miscommunication, Katie has always been kind. Protective. A presence you find yourself drawn to, even when you can’t quite keep up with her words.

Katie, for her part, has found herself hopelessly enamored. She doesn’t need to understand every word you say to know she’s in deep. Your laugh—bright, uninhibited—makes her stomach twist.

Your accent, the way you stumble through English with careful deliberation, makes her want to hear you say her name in Spanish, soft and drawn out.

And your body—Christ. She’s spent too many nights thinking about how your jersey clings to your skin after a match, how your legs move, powerful and precise.

She wants you. But she can’t tell you.

Because how can she, when she’s convinced you can barely understand her?

The match is brutal. From the first whistle, Leicester targets you.

You’re fouled again and again—clearly, deliberately. You hit the pitch hard, dirt clinging to your skin, frustration brewing in your chest. The ref doesn’t call it. The insults come next.

“Fucking hell, can she even understand us?”

“Go back to Spain.”

“She’s useless, anyway.”

You don’t catch all of it, not completely, but you know the tone. The sneers. It’s enough to set your teeth on edge.

Katie hears everything.

She sees red.

Before you can react, Katie is on them. In their face. Her voice cuts through the air, sharp and vicious.

“You think you’re fucking funny?” she snarls. “Targeting her because she’s better than you? Can’t handle her, so you foul her instead?”

The Leicester player stammers, caught off guard. Katie doesn’t let up.

“Pathetic. You’re a joke.”

The ref pulls her away before she can say more, but the damage is done. Leicester backs off after that. And when the final whistle blows, Arsenal wins.

You find Katie outside the locker room, still buzzing with adrenaline, hands still clenched into fists.

You smile at her—soft, grateful. “Gracias, Katie.”

She blinks. Her name in your accent sends something warm curling inside her. She clears her throat, suddenly nervous.

“I—uh—” She scratches the back of her neck, suddenly aware of how stupid she sounds in her own head. “Do you wanna—uh—hang out?”

You tilt your head, curious. She panics.

“So we can teach each other our language?”

The moment the words leave her mouth, she cringes. Jesus Christ, that was embarrassing.

But you—oh, you just laugh. A real, genuine laugh. And fuck, Katie’s heart nearly stops.

“Sí,” you say, still smiling. “I’d like that.”

She exhales, relief washing over her. Then—

“Eres tan linda cuando estás enojada.”

Your voice is lower now, teasing.

She doesn’t know exactly what you said, but she hears the shift in your tone, the way your accent wraps around the words, slow and deliberate. The way your eyes flicker down to her lips before dragging back up.

Jesus.

She swallows hard, forcing herself to stay composed.

Yeah. She’s absolutely screwed.

[deviouz]

soft dom frank… mean dom matt…

let me cook.

[rexcake]

Hey there all three people who are still in the yokai watch fandom

[bugwolfsstuff]

Headcanoning the Stolls as sons of chthonic Hermes and Katie as a daughter of Demeter Erinys (Demeter when she was grieving Persephone and killing everything) is fun because

A. using the epithets gives ways to explore powers for non-big three kids (THEY ARE CHILDREN OF GODS WHY THE FUCK CAN THE HERMES KIDS ONLY OPEN LOCKS AND RUN 'FAST')

B. Demeter got another one of her daughters falling for a Chthonic dude and she does not like it.

[apollocabinrep]

PJO PRIDE HEADCANONS (FEATURING CAMP HALF-BLOOD) Pt1?

The Apollo cabin is by far the one filled with the most lgbtqia+ members. They hold late night gossip sessions and will tease each other /relentlessly/.

Followup for above; Austin, from canonical characters, as the resident aroace sibling has the most blackmail on his siblings because of these sessions.

Camp Half-Blood has always been a safe place for lgbtia+ demigods no matter what time period (the gods have had lovers of both genders since ancient times + Chiron training Achilles & Patroclus). Members of the community were often year-rounders for this reason, because even if they died young they could be their authentic selves.

Drew Tanaka is on the aroace spectrum and when she was younger thought there was something wrong with her due to not falling in love like her siblings. Silena Beauregard is the one that helped her through it.

Annabeth has to be careful in the state of Florida because a camera caught her beating up a homophobe. (Yes, it was a mortal. She had gone with Malcolm as support for him to come out of the closet to his mortal dad and step-mom.)

Every year before Manhattan, Jake (Mason) and Michael (Yew) would risk getting eaten by harpies to stargaze on top of the Apollo cabin roof. After the Battle, Travis and/or Connor would help Jake get up there and let him stargaze for the night. Mysteriously, the harpies avoided the area as if they had orders to leave it alone.

Cecil is the biggest ally in camp, so much so that he says things no straight man would ever dare.

Cecil: "I'd kiss a guy to show my support."

Lou: "That's not how it works. Also, you're dating me!"

Cecil: "Yeah, but allyship Lou Ellen. Don't be homophobic during pride month."

Lou: "I'm literally pan!"

The Hermes cabin has a list with everyone's flags and are like pride flag fairies.

Clarisse was the first person Will came out to as bisexual. She found him crying by the lake because he didn't think he would be accepted. They got to talking and she told him she was bi as well. "Take a look around, Solace. Times are changing and we can like who we like. Hades, look at your own cabin. You guys may have a single straight ally in there, because the rest of y'all sure arent straight."

Katie and Miranda help everyone decorate with flowers and put bouquets together.

Mitchell and Valentina have a betting pool on which couples are going to 'do the most'.

Nico's first pride month is definitely interesting. He had no idea that the camp would be so accepting or that there would be so many others like/similar to himself. (He spent most of it in a state of shock and talked Jason's ear off over Iris message.)

[letternotekisses]

ok but saucy thoughts aside im talkin bout talon assistant reader genuinely being cute and silly with her agents:

Moira more often than not lets you eat your lunch in her lab provided that none of it comes in contact with her projects. She was hyper focused - her perfectly manicured nails holding still a tawny brown ball of fur, adorned with a baby pink button nose that sniffled the air hesitantly. You’d practically squealed when she raised a needle to the poor thing, and she quirked a brow when you hurried over to clutch the animal to your chest.

Moira appeared unimpressed with you. Her angular chin upturned as she peered down at you, baby talking the rabbit she had planned to test on. You looked up at her with eyes big and watery enough to rival the little creatures, and she sighed dramatically. The geneticist had a feeling that wrangling the critter out of your arms wouldn’t be so easy now that you’d seen what plans she had for it.

So that is how Lucky came to be. Despite Moira’s cold disposition, she enjoyed your company, and would like you to continue body doubling with her whilst she worked. The only way not to send you fleeing from her lab in tears, clutching the rabbit to your chest, was to keep it around. It has its own little space laden with toys and plush surfaces - a rather spoiled little animal.

Moira allowed the rabbit to stay, under the one condition that she name it. She’ll never tell you why, but she named the little guy Lucky because not only was he ‘lucky’ to avoid her experiments that day - he also gives you more excuses to come into her lab - and she feels ever so lucky for it.

Sombra finds unique methods to get your attention. She lurks around the base almost as well as Gabe does, but she’s not necessarily doing it to be broody. She can get greedy with your attention, so she finds ways to lure you off base so that she can have you all to herself for a little bit.

Sombra often hacks into Akande’s email to send you on faux errand runs, just for little things like coffee where she can swoop in for some quality time. And don’t worry, she pays for the dates and ensures you’re back on base by the time your break is finished.

Sombra also leaves little gifts where she thinks you might find them. Although, they’re never really that little. You’re always taken aback by new, expensive top-range electronics laden in purple ribbon on your desk. You know who leaves them, because they’re backed up with the best firewalls around and the display has a tiny purple skull on it.

Sometimes she just straight deposits thousands into your account. As a treat. Sombra only rolls her eyes when you try to decline the amount, flustered and telling her that it’s ’way too much’ but she honestly couldn’t care less. She’s perfectly able to spoil you and that’s exactly what she’ll do.

Reaper likes to play off that he doesn’t enjoy your company (he’s coping) but he’s also always skulking wherever you’ve been. You’re a bit of a yapper, especially when it’s early mornings in the Talon communal area, so he likes to sit and listen to you. If you stagger whilst talking because you think he isn’t listening, he’ll give you a stare so hard that you swear you can feel it through his mask. So you keep talking and his shoulders sag with contentment once more. (He now knows every single type of coffee you like, and you should expect a mysterious package of literally all of them in the kitchen next week.)

He’s a grump, and sulked for an entire week when you once changed your perfume. Reaper even went to lengths to shadow-step into your room to throw the new one out and replace it with a fresh bottle of your old one. It wasn’t cheap, but as long as you keep using it, he’s happy to buy them for you.

He’s also happy to scare off any of the overconfident Talon grunts who think you’re easy pickings. In fact, I’d say he takes great pleasure in showing those idiots who the pretty secretary belongs to. (He’s been doing this behind your back because he’s too edgy and emo to approach you directly and would rather trail you in the corridors like some sort of creep, but he means well.)

Reaper gets a little jealous over your attention from time to time, but with help from his unorthodox teammates (and you) he learns to share.

Amelie is slower to approach, but she’s all the more meaningful when she does. She may not be able to feel, but she more than just tolerates your company. She finds herself inviting you over for bottles of wine more often, showing you her manor and her dear guard hounds who’ve come to be much too gentle under your affections. Yet, she can’t find it in herself to blame you.

You show her simplicity in a blank and cold world - and soon enough her manor grows less full of cobwebs and vines, instead beaming with sunlight and the tiny succulents you’d gifted her with. You won’t replace Gerard, but Amelie still lets you dust off the weathered picture frames as if you’d been married together in this old house for years.

You help manage her hair, winding long and silky strands between your fingers, brushing against the elegant slope of her back. She welcomes your touch, despite the warm and cold contrast of your skin on hers.

Amelie craves the casual and domestic intimacy you provide her. She introduces you to self defence and gun wielding so you can take care of yourself without her, and you introduce her to reality tv and an absurd collection of coffee mugs. She would not take it any other way.

Sigma’s musings start small when he hears you humming a certain tune one day. It’s catchy, likely a pop song you’d heard on the radio whilst on your way to work, or maybe it was a song you’d been blasting in your bedroom the night before? He’d found himself picking up on it, unable to shake it until he’s humming it himself.

Eventually when you sit down with him for tea, he questions you about it, yet when you tell him the name of the song and he listens to it, he doesn’t necessarily feel the same pull.

The next week, when you’re passing by his lab in a hurry, heels clacking against the glossy wooden floor and papers flying in a trail behind you, he catches you humming another song. Another tune. He smiles softly to himself, picking up the documents you’d left behind.

Sigma realises then that the song wasn’t necessarily catchy enough to stick with him. He’d only picked them up because they reminded him of you.

Mauga is always excited to have you around. Sometimes he can be a bit much, but with two hearts he’s bound to have twice your energy. So that’s why he absolutely insists that you sit on his back whilst he does pushups. No matter what you weigh he’s not gonna break a sweat, so you might as-well relax on his back while he works out, instead of wasting precious quality time you could have together.

He’d suggested that you sit on other things too, but you’d smacked his bicep hard enough that the muscle rippled and he got the message to behave. You were still sore from the last time he said that.

Mauga also is a big cuddler, meaning, if you’re doing something he doesn’t deem as important, you’re being quite literally swept off your feet and dumped onto a soft surface like a wet kitten. Where he then hauls you onto his chest and squishes your face into his bicep, unfortunately for you, two hearts means he runs WARM. And you’re out like a light in less than 10. Smug bastard.

Big dude loves to show you off, too. Takes you back to some of his old haunts (pays for all of your drinks) and puts a song he knows you like on the jukebox. Sure, the night ends in a bar fight, a back-alley fuck and the worst take out you’ve had in your life, but would you have it any other way? Absolutely-fuckin-not.

And finally, the big boss of them all, Akande. Who’s satisfied with the knowledge that each of his subordinates treat you well and good, but knows he holds the ultimate claim. He holds the golden chain of your leash.

He treats you softly, like a well pampered pet all trussed up in the finest materials around. But it’s not always money with him. Sure, Akande has it, and he’s gonna flaunt it, maybe stuff a few bills in your panties when you least expect it but he also knows you’re not just a pretty face. Both he and his top agents have become adjusted to you in their lives, morale is high, people have improved.

You’re here to stay, and it’s only locked into place when he awakes one morning, your legs are tangled underneath satin sheets, and you’re drooling on his bare chest. He laughs - a deep rumble that shakes his chest and has you groaning at him to stop moving in a sweet, sleep addled mumble. You even give him a little kick under the covers.

Akande makes sure you’ll never want nor need again, and he’s sure that his team feel the same way about this odd, sweet assistant that stumbled into their lives.

[fandomnerd9602]

Being Her Lover… (Headcanons)

Fem!Doctor Doom x Avenger!Reader

Fan Cast: Katie McGrath as Victoria Von Doom

Leader of Latveria. Beloved by all of her people and by you.

despite what people may think, Victoria Von Doom is a gentle lover behind closed doors

The fierce dictator is a persona in front of the entire world, but truly Victoria cares for the well being of her people.

You met her when she was preparing to fight the Avengers, your team.

All you could see at first were her eyes, you were hooked instantly.

It was you that helped to broker peace between the Avengers and her.

She admired your dedication to your team and toward finding another more peaceful way. It didn’t hurt that you were quite attractive in her eyes.

The two of you work to create new forms of energy to power Latveria and grow bountiful crops for its people.

Victoria is the best kind of lover, playfully domineering and has wonderful communication with you.

She loves cuddling into your side after a long day of work. She loves a good drink in her hand as she snuggles into your lap.

Victoria Von Doom is devoted and dedicated to you. If anyone tries to come between her and her lover, she will retaliate.

[vallettamango]

Camp Half-Blood Headcanons

Things that probably would happen at camp. (Also ik that its set in the 2000s but just ignore I wanted to include some newer pop culture)

They have a annual memory/yearbook for the summer 

Chiron will pick a few kids from different cabins and give them old film cameras to capture moments from camp

Chiron takes the “yearbook” committee  group into nyc for a weekend they develop the pictures and make a single yearbook which Chiron keeps a stack of in the big hall where any campers can look back at past ones in their free time

A few years back at the request of some summer only campers he has started scanning the books digitally and emailing it to campers/parents so everyone can have a copy

They take one big camp group photo on the last day of summer

 There’s a section at the end called “camps most likely to” and/or voted most ____

Here’s a few of them: 

Connor Stoll is most likely to win a pie eating contest

Will Solace was voted most helpful camper

Austin Lake was voted to have the best smile 

Cecil Markowitz was voted to have the best laugh

Alice Miyazawa was voted most likely to stay calm in a stressful situation

Drew Tanaka was voted best dressed (Piper and Leo still think that’s not true camp opinion and that the voting was tampered with)

Nyssa Barrera is most likely to shave her head

the stolls obviously sell contraband to other campers (snacks, weed, makeup etc) 

Apollo cabin has 1 of 2 CD players in camp. When their older siblings would go home for the summer they would burn CDs with requests from everyone in the cabin and bring them back the next summer 

The other one used to be in the big hall and used communally 

It got broken during an intense food fight, everyone blames Ares cabin because their the ones that flipped their table over 

The secluded area at the top of the strawberry field is known as the date spot for older campers 

Aphrodite cabin made an initiative to have the camp supply campers with sex Ed and started a bowl of condoms in the infirm for anyone to take 

Will Solace (and the other counsellors before him) will have dance partys to cheer up their younger siblings. like they'll just turn on music and jam n dance, they even have a specific CD for it. (Lee Fletcher started tradition)

Katie Gardner from demeter and Rachel Dare started baking as a new camp activity during free periods. They also teach about growing your own ingredients and nutritional value 

Hermes cabin (Travis probably) once tried to make slap ass Friday a thing, it didn’t end well.

Definitely at some point some older campers in Demeter were growing weed in the greenhouse and selling it to other campers (in partnership w the stolls who distributed it)

they were stopped after about a month or two by Chiron who was not happy at all 

Once Sherman yang became head counselor of Ares they all got matching pjs (I’m sorry I just love that idea)

Valentina and Mitchell’s from Aphrodite like to braid the mains of the Pegasus 

Athena cabin loves to compete amongst each other of who can do sudoku the fastest, do a crossword first or win scrabble

Clarisse used to take ares cabin on morning jogs everyday 

Once Hephaestus cabin built a giant nerf gun that shot meatballs 

Aphrodite cabin covers their walls in posters of fashion and pop culture icons like: vivienne Westwood, the devil wears prada, Marilyn Monroe, 10 things I hate about you, destiny child etc 

they’re currently obsessed with Sabrina carpenter. Lacy brought the CD of short n sweet and they’ve been listening to it non stop (Apollo cabin has been nice enough to lend them the CD player when their not using it)

A bunch of the younger ish campers were obsessed with the magic tree house book series (iykyk) because the camp had a box set in Ancient Greek (somehow?)

They thought it was cool how the magic treehouse was kind of like the human vs demigod world so relatable in a way

Kids from all the cabins would share them so they got pretty beat up but they were very well loved until the day the binding literally fell apart

For year round campers their end of school year Summative for social sciences (geography, history, Ancient Greek/english) they each research an event in American history then explain how it’s related to a specific god and the impact they had on the event 

They all present them and they can present the project in any form they want (an art piece, a speech,  a retelling of the event etc)

When campers go for their last summer they sign their bunks

After the battle of manhattan or a demigod dies before they get to turn 18 their sibling will sometimes write their names on the bunks for them

Once Aphrodite cabin snuck into other cabins during the day and hid a photo of Channing tatum's abs under the bed slats of all the head counselors

Everyone was just confused when they found this random photo months later  

 If you walk by the communal showers on Apollo cabins shower day and you’ll definitely hear all them harmonizing to baby by Justin beiber

[glenscowboyhat]

thinkin about how much jake would spoil his friends on christmas. like he acts like a douche but plot twist he CARES!!!! he gets bob a model fighter jet that jake knows he’s always wanted. he gets bradley an expensive, foreign whiskey (or maybe bourbon) that bradley’s been looking all over for. he spoils the hell out of the other daggers i just know it. and if anyone tries to gush about how thoughtful he is, he denies every bit of it and acts like it’s no big deal. at the end of the day if his friends are happy he’s happy 🥹

[frosting-surfeit]

You guys ever had a hc you genuinely thought was a truth to the point you didn't realize it was a hc at all...?

I imagine zims touches/cuddles would be extremely stiff/awkward and such and he doesn't do them right. Like he takes them very literally and has no idea how to do them / do them gently ...

Nor does he understand hes apparently being off with them or how

Also dib is ill or something

[gr333g]

BAKI BF HEADCANONS ❤️

Idk what to say but here are my headcanons. 🤷‍♀️❤️

TW:none just silly fluff.

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•HE WOULD LET U DO UR SKINCARE ROUTINE ON HIM.

•I just feel like he would.

•like imagine just putting a silly character face mask on him I would actually cry 😭.

•he’d probably make u work out with him.

•I mean if you don’t wanna he probably won’t make u.

•but he’d probably make you go and just be there so he has some one to yap too.

•y’know🤨?

•if you talk a lot like me. He is INVESTED he listen to everything you say.

•like you could be sitting there yapping ur head off abt WHO KNOWS WHAT! And he’d be just sitting there listening.

•would let you do make up on him.

•like the whole sha-bang

•foundation,concealer,fake lashes.

EVERTHING.

(And he’d absolutely EAT in it.)

•speaking of eating he’s a pretty good cook.

•i mean having to practically fend for himself he picked up a few things.

•good at clean and other house stuff❤️

•massages.

•if you know how to give massages he will love you.

•also the back cracks are FIRE.🔥

•bro loves you. ADORES YOU EVEN.

•he is LOYAL AF.

•he expects the same outta you.😌🤞

•he texts rlly fast so expect to not be able to read a single thing he texts u.

•he listens to rock and metal.

•he’ll also listens to white girl music ONLY if u put it on.

(He’s knows every word to firework by Katie Perry.)

•he is scared SHITLESS of his dad meeting you.

•like he will actively avoid places his dad frequents if he’s out with you.

•he was also sacred of introducing you to everyone else in the underground arena.

•he is a very protective guy.

•not controlling protective but nervous protective yknow 🤷‍♀️.

•always looks for you in the crowd during his matches.

•and will do a little wave.

•he likes to lay on you

•like he’ll lay his head on ur stomach.

•he also doesn’t mind if you lay on him

•he���s a cuddly dude.

•he’s not rlly into HEAVY pda.

•but he’s ok with hand holding or hugging.

•he doesn’t want anyone to try and hurt you.

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-hope this is good enough for you 🙏😔- Live laugh love Baki ❤️🤞-

[gpcwsl]

Katie fic, reader is a winger for Chelsea and Katie keeps on harshly fouling her. They don't like each other. Reader is known for being hot headed, restrains herself a bit but loses it. Also a heated post match interview at some point?

Katie McCabe x Chelsea!Reader

No foul play

WC: 875

MasterList

Warnings: Strong language (kinda), Physical aggression (fouling, shoving), Heated arguments/tension, Slight unsportsmanlike behaviour, (Mild) refereeing injustice.

Song: Misery business - Paramore

The tension had been bubbling all game. Arsenal vs. Chelsea—always a feisty fixture, but when you and Katie McCabe were involved? It was practically a battlefield.

You didn’t like Katie. She didn’t like you. That was just the way it was. Whether it was club football or international matches, the two of you had a long history of clashes, both verbal and physical. You were known for your temper, but you weren’t stupid—you knew how to pick your battles. But when it came to Katie, you were constantly at war.

And today was no different.

Katie had been on you like a rash since the first whistle, fouling you every chance she got. Shoulder barges, late challenges, an elbow suspiciously close to your ribs—she was relentless. And the worst part? The referee was either ignoring it or just giving the foul with no further punishment. Every time she got away with it, she’d smirk at you, as if daring you to react.

You gritted your teeth and kept your cool. Chelsea were leading 2-1. You just had to see the game out.

Then, in the final minute, Katie snapped you in half.

Well, not literally. But it was a horror tackle—studs up, late, nasty. Your legs tangled, and you went flying onto the pitch with a loud thud.

You lay there for a moment, eyes squeezed shut, waiting for the sharp pain that would tell you whether she’d actually injured you. Miraculously, nothing seemed broken. But that didn’t matter. You’d had enough.

You shot up to your feet and stormed towards Katie, shoving her hard in the chest. She stumbled back, more out of surprise than force, and landed flat on her arse.

“Are you actually serious?!” you shouted, throwing your arms up. “You’ve been getting away with this all game! What, does she have dirt on you or something?” you snapped at the referee. “How many times do I have to get fouled before you actually do something?! I’m lucky I’m not injured!”

Katie, still sitting on the grass, just grinned up at you. “Aw, you’re okay though, aren’t you? Don’t be so dramatic.”

That nearly set you off again, but Millie Bright got between you before you could throw another shove her way.

The ref, looking thoroughly done with both of you, brandished a yellow card in each hand. “That’s enough. No more arguing.”

You scoffed, shoving your hands on your hips, while Katie dusted herself off as she got up. She gave you a wink as she walked past. Winked. Like this was all just a game to her. You clenched your fists but took a deep breath, letting it go.

The final whistle blew not long after, and Chelsea secured the win. That should have been the end of it. Except, it wasn’t.

Just as you were about to head into the tunnel, someone grabbed both you and Katie by the arms.

“You two—post-match interview. Now.”

You frowned. “What? We’re on opposite teams.”

“Yeah, that’s weird,” Katie added, actually agreeing with you for once. “Opposition players don’t do interviews together.”

The media staffer sighed. “Look, I don’t make the rules. Just get over there.”

After a fair amount of grumbling and complaints from both of you, you found yourself standing next to Katie, both of you holding microphones, facing the camera.

The interviewer smiled, clearly aware of the chaos they were about to unleash. “A thrilling match today. How would you sum up the game?”

Before you could speak, Katie jumped in. “Well, I think we were unlucky, really. Could’ve easily gone our way if—”

“Oh, please.” You rolled your eyes. “You lot spent more time fouling than actually playing football.”

Katie turned her head, raising a brow. “Is that right?”

“Yeah, it is right,” you shot back. “Especially you.”

The interviewer awkwardly chuckled, trying to steer things back. “Erm, well, there were certainly some… physical battles. Y/n, how did you handle the pressure—”

“She didn’t handle it well at all,” Katie interrupted, smirking. “Completely lost her head at the end, didn’t she?”

“Oh, I lost my head? You tried to break my legs!”

Katie shrugged. “You’re walking fine now.”

“That’s not the point, you absolute—”

Before you could finish your sentence (or strangle her on live TV), strong hands grabbed both of you—Kim Little yanking Katie back, Millie Bright doing the same to you.

“That’s enough,” Kim said firmly. “You’re embarrassing yourselves.”

Millie nodded. “Yeah, cut it out.” She turned to you. “Apologise.”

“What?! Why me? She’s the one—”

“Apologise.”

You let out an exasperated sigh, before forcing the fakest, most sarcastic smile you could muster. “Sorry, Katie.”

Katie, still grinning, gave you a lazy salute. “No worries, Y/n. Always a pleasure.”

Millie pinched the bridge of her nose. “I swear to God…”

Kim sighed at Katie. “Apologise. Properly.”

Katie huffed, glancing at you with an unimpressed look. “Fine. Sorry for, you know, kicking the absolute crap out of you.”

Your glare could have set her on fire.

Kim and Millie looked at each other. “Good enough.”

With that, you were finally let go, both of you storming off in opposite directions.

This wasn’t over. Not by a long shot.

[make-much-of-time]

The Dead Poets and the Pop Girlies!

(Well, not quite, it's more my headcanons for the decently mainstream female musicians the Poets would enjoy in a modern au but it's not as fun, so.)

Neil - Chapell Roan

Ok aside from pink pony club being his anthem, I think he would really just enjoy the theatrics of her performances even if he doesn't quite relate to the songs themselves. Also, he would have soooo much respect for her when she tells off rude photographers and just unapologetically fights for what she believes in - I think it would he almost cathartic for him. I feel like she's someone he would want to be like when he becomes a famous actor, as well.

Todd - Mitski

Is anyone surprised by my pick for him ahahaha. While she isn't exactly a pop girlie, Mitski is decently mainstream I think. Anyway, I think he would loooove her ly rics and has cried to her music more than once. I feel like he would print out her lyrics and analyze it like poetry (because it is). I think he would really just feel seen by her music, that's all.

Charlie - Sabrina Carpenter

Do I really need to explain this one? He sings Juno like he feels it in his soul. He would just get her music, ykwim. Idk what else to say it just makes sense in my head. My short king and my short queen <3

Cameron - Olivia Rodrigo

Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl is his song lowkey. I actually didn't realise the thing with the Sabrina-Olivia beef when I thought of Olivia for him but wow it really works huh. I don't really have much of an explanation for this one either other than "it just makes sense!!"

Knox - Taylor Swift

Again, I feel like this surprises no one. He's the biggest Swiftie out of them all. I wish enough about Taylor to talk about specific eras but I really don't know that much but like yall get it, right?

Meeks - Charli xcx

I feel like Meeks would listen to Charli religiously even if he isn't much of a club go-er sort of guy, yk? But he would still listen to all the club music and edm and hyper-pop and such. It makes sense to me okay pls 😭😭

Pitts - Lana Del Rey

He just thinks she's so neat. Obsessed with the music and her voice even though he doesn't relate to most of her lyrics even a little bit. He would get so offended when people dont take him seriously as a fan. Loves quoting her lyrics out of context ("just say you want to fuck that old man, Pittsie" "Don't you know, "I've got sweet taste for men who are older"")