#like hey so long as maybe you do it without....well they did also physically assault him in the end so really no limits obviously
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take 4: the tension (gulf spanned with incomplete, continuously crumbling bridges) between the perspective of oneself as the Deservingly Epic Winner Protagonist Person who dares to be Out Of Line versus the need to actually completely stay in line within this b/c it hinges on being in harmony with the preexisting hierarchies which will supposedly reward the "merit" of this Actor. while everyone whose existence is Inferior, according to the hierarchies, is defined by being Out Of Line, which these same people resent & respond to, also Staying In Line with the hierarchy, by trying to reinforce the dynamics of these inferior / superior groupings. "everything pathologized about the inferior groups / rejected as what's Wrong with their existence so as to "cause" these dynamics is "take 4" b/c this is from me trying to write about winston quant kid 2 billions like holy shit a series operating on this logic huh, giving this unvarnished expression of this perspective b/c it's assuming (& requiring...) we all have it. winston is constantly responded to as Guy Who's Out Of Line. the "superior" parties who hate him & get to have him as their punching bag / hit with the butt of the joke / at least ignored & excluded, but taken advantage of, but who all have to Stay In Line, how's that going for them even when it comes to the writing, where characters can't do anything if it's too disruptive of the In Universe hierarchy, unless it's a finale zone for a permissable shakeup, where ppl insulating/supporting each other being a bit Out Of Line is not a problem b/c they individually recognize each other's transcendently True worthiness in thee objective hierarchy we all assume exists, but definitely can never disrupt the out of universe hierarchy, e.g. the show decides wendy is the true hero, b/c she deserves to be. taylor has to hire back dollar bill & stand back while wags & wendy take the lead & the spotlight & hate the autistic guy they hired & show up so the Winner, who was written into the show with nothing to do but tell taylor they're not quite as good as wendy & then provide a vagina amidst otherwise being an Everyemployee who fails to even differentiate from an Axe Cap style everyemployee, can announce their winningness detached from anything that actually happened ever.
counterpart to winston's departure needing an audience of people to stand there & stay in line, which on that side of the same coin meant punishing his Out Of Lineness that doesn't even act like anyone bothered to think of [this is one particular preexisting guy. you thought he liked scifi once before you lost interest in even suggesting he has interests, though, will roland likes scifi, will roland wore his own open buttonup as quant kid 2 that'd define the Look, will roland happened to have the facial hair just kept for production b/c who would care, will roland brought the entire je ne sais quoi acting interpretation that made quant kid 2 go from "out of line guy we kill once" to "out of line guy we keep around to kill all thee time until finale 'haha but seriously though' material means pushing him out of the way in s6 & then s7 alike" like hmm] like everyone just spitballed "annoying things! cringe loser things! things that would never happen to me, a deserving winner!!" & put it in as easter eggs as though that would even make sense, much less [you have no other priority?] but like. rian's sendoff didn't do any better for acting like she's a specific character who's said & done things we're meant to remember & have thought about then & now. taylor didn't get to have resolution with philip. they Had to have resolution with wendy that, again, has nothing to do with any/everything prior, except perhaps to contradict it. this is what anyone got for Staying In Line like superior winners. the autistic [annoying arrogant inferior undeserving etc] Out Of Lineness that would be so supposedly admired instead seen as pure Other shit that's projected upon ppl so as to Reject it thusly. couldn't be me!! i'm a winner who will always have Superior ranking in the hierarchy & treated accordingly!!! i Must be!!!! like i must Kill people who seem to be disrupting this, even by acting like a person who assumes they're equal to me despite being Different. there all along like wow winston existing Out Of Line is so powerful. he can harmonize with & support taylor so well b/c they're introduced as being so Out Of Line, up to the inevitable point of breaking out & starting their own thing entirely!!! but while it's like, okay yeah, you Have to reel them back in by thwarting them b/c otherwise they break so far from central men's orbit they exit the series or you have to put Them at the center (imagine...) (plus! the role winston plays in them getting as close to this as they ever can be!) but then in the end taylor's just shortchanged b/c when it comes time to take down a central man as thee main thing all season, series finale style, they should be knocking it out in a few episodes with sacker & philip. instead we focus on wendy given the helm & fucking around all season. after disposing of winston b/c who even needs him for anything, this is Stay In Line times, and to do that we can do nothing w/autistic people but hate them & punish them for being undeserving. but don't worry b/c he doesn't get to be so Out Of Line as to easily cause problems for them & thwart them, b/c he just doesn't. taylor waits around on wendy & tells her she's the best b/c they just do. we are all in line on all of this ourselves so whew, there's no Disruption to notice if that key Alignment is maintained. rian was never holding herself Above winston if we just really tentatively suggest she doesn't think that she was, while letting every double standard at play be acted out. rian being "out of line" was that she wasn't being aggressive enough about any of her Superiority, b/c if you didn't leave bruising then nothing was That Bad; cue the assaults and boundary violations Reserved for the inferior losers as fun times & nothing anyone is beholden to with Consequences, we don't even make the viewer stick with the consequences of how it affects the target a second too long, lest you start to think it's Drama & not Jokes.
anyways it's all about the [categorization as inferior Other based on an assumed Hierarchy = inherently defined as Out Of Line] all "why get a formal diagnosis from a professional who doesn't know what to look for when at age 5 my peers went 'something's wrong with this one' & acted 'accordingly'" like even when people "know" what's Wrong with someone to make them the odd one out / "incompatible" w/what makes others exist Right, it's time to interpret everything else about them as "backing that up" no matter what, certainly no matter if it involves theoretically Valued concepts, b/c it's all first & foremost Staying In Line with the hierarchy, where the correct way to do things is: if you Can push someone else into greater vulnerability while you're established as Insulated, you Do. tl;dr winston inherently continuously Out Of Line; being "superior" requires an ultimate (&/or also quite Immediate. especially when it comes to "simple" matters already "correctly" arranged in the supposed Objective Hierarchy, like: winston's "objectively" inferiority (autistic swag)) Staying In Line. and what comes of it. all the most engaging & complex shit when people get to not actually stay in line. the power of it if taylor & tmc & allies didn't have to ultimately be shoved into Staying In Line even when it means wendy is the best & oh who cares about taylor & philip when wags is around etc etc. if winston being someone Out Of Line was seen as relevant & not an easy nonstop joke. while a quant who is so In Line as to correctly personally abuse him even more than others are doing is so ""out of line"" as to decide she's already gotten everything she wants & may as well live the dream now, b/c she's not an aggressive man, one has to suppose, same diff as wendy getting to believe she's Better than everyone & is nobly in charge of orchestrating their fates when she Means & Knows so well, & is somehow pitted against prince being this same figure but without having to confront that fact. he's mean! or whatever. he's talking about killing people & wendy isn't so that sorts it out forever. "abuse your local autists; it's funny & their fault & consequenceless b/c they're not real people" is also harmonious with all our ideas. edgy rulebreaking bold independent Out of Line heroes completely in accord w/the established hierarchies. & those whose existence threatening peership disrupts it who are written off losers who could never upend those heroes' goings on. everyone Actually being peers is unimagineable, not as a figure of speech. we do not imagine it, what are you even talking about. now for the Merited Hierarchy to be acted out as arranged, which is fun, god i wish that were me. Independent Agents ascending it only!! & people who Cheat to get in like loser nerds w/their math, b/c they can't Deserve it. now to keep insisting that everyone else could just be On My Level if they tried, while also responding violently if it seems like weirdos / ppl who aren't Supposed to be here are infringing on my level (the only violence is physical strikes that made contact, & perhaps killed you)
anyways just another installment of [fake fans haunted by billions, & other things which are in real life, such as the fictional series billions] musings i have to excise at all b/c [this was take 4]. winston Out Of Line. superior correct winners who have to Stay In Line at related great costs despite the supposed associated wins of that. his autistic swag. knowing ppl Are different autism style b/c they're "out of line." encountering irl autistic people without realizing it & repeatedly writing "this nerd guy is just So annoying ugh!! he's just like weird & doing everything wrong for no reason & won't just Be Normal or Shut Up & Go Away!! but at least his intractible arrogant cluelessness also means we have fun punishing & taking advantage of him" Type butt of jokes into things. those cringe loser Insistently Annoying Weirdo nerds who we all find insufferable & punish, we all know them, inherent Inferior Other Out Of Line that they are. now it's a Guy we all hate & enjoy seeing suffer & Understand as a less deserving less [person] just dropped into the periphery of this fiction. he will easily be thwarted from an alliance with the [person designed to be Out of Line in a way that Is considered Legitimate] that would let them shatter the limits of the series in 5 sec which we're also holding them back by the scruff of the neck to prevent anyways while pushing forward ppl supposed to be even More correct b/c uh um they're a little more Normal, & perhaps even Women, who are innately more caring & gentle. there they go hurting those around them as much as they can, with nothing stopping them at all, but they're using their inside voices & not issuing physical threats so that's what i'm talking about. that is heroic, vs the villainous efforts to navigate life as though everyone will respect them as a fellow person which Autists egregiously pull, to which you can do anything you want to Reject this. maybe even decide you wanna personally use them. isn't that nice of you. no, we don't know what to do with the "this guy won't stop acting like he gets to think he's a person" but eventually send him away after the dozen trampled boundaries to punish him for fun b/c what else was the point of him? anyways don't worry i saw the autistic swag. the nonbinary swag it didn't even know was there. the nonbinary swag it knew was there but held back by the scruff of the neck b/c all billions' most engaging, potential filled characters are the ones Held Back b/c they're threatening too much [out of line] / their out of Lineness must be contained; vs everyone perfectly in line who keeps being pushed in front of them no matter what b/c uhhh.
let's go Out of Line gang. continual inevitable Disruption of the norm(tm). like even just standing there vs "oh immediately i fucking Hate this guy." billions where anyone considers winston for 5 sec would also shatter apart. taylor would be too powerful even more than they already are if they didn't have to stay wendy's sidekick no matter what. rian who didn't have to come back from the hiatus even more "right" than they presumably intended her to always be (bound to thee hierachy / actually always Staying In Line. if she's out of it, psych, actually that was just a correction of the "objective" hierarchal order waiting to reconfigure itself around the situation). standing around waiting like okay but the payoff that Could happen....okay still time though lol....well here we are
the fundamentalness of the Out Of Lineness. quantessential....send post
#another [mentally pacing while writing out the saga] moment#winston billions#it's all about the Out Of Line....#b/c it's all about the hierarchy; & the fact that it's People beneath you = forever being in conflict w/Reality being ''out of line''#this person talking & taking up space & breathing & Appearing & Behaving & Acting & [Autonomous]ing....no. no!!!!!!!#tmc just so happened to be Weird except also mafee is there but he's too not ''aggressive'' enough for axe cap. or is he!! not that much#all while even in peak tmc times....thee hierarchy! we Hate winston & Will all act accordingly to keep him inferior(tm)#we'll also use him. but not include him as a peer when we can help it. or even acknowledge a ''value'' for having found him Useful(tm)#just like wow really didn't think at all about winston besides [he IS out of line!!!]. ppl can do all That to him & not have it questioned#like hey so long as maybe you do it without....well they did also physically assault him in the end so really no limits obviously#the make or break context? his autistacity means well he deserves it from anyone#whereas if some of those ppl do some of those things to Winners w/the same goal to punish & hurt & coerce? hmm bit messed up#it's not double standards when you objectively buy into it right. if winston was a Good Enough Real Enough person we'd all Love him#however we just all immediately recognize a weird little autistic loser & that's all that is relevant forever somehow! hmm!#most ''out of line'' billions characters unleashed....we deserved this#what a coincidence that at the high points of this; like say; Kompenso; winston is treated the best!! 4x12!! Hmm!!!#irrelevant i said. nothing to see here like there's nothing inside him but Cringe Wrongness. scene over! series over! autists are Others#they power down in nooks & crannies & stop imitating Real People words & deeds when we're not looking so just do whatever#that Whatever means finding it rewarding to go after them & assert power=superior status over them? epic Normal shit. what else is there#rhetorical!! stop answering about like ''nobody's life & existence treated as Less''#but at what cost? oh so a really epic man can't like pwn people now?? perhaps an epic Woman? all cishet agenda style btw? hell
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The Weight of the World
Summary: the horrors of the world are once again nipping at you, decisions that could lead to deaths lay upon your shoulders. Daryl wants to cheer you up in the way he knows you love.
A/N: I know itâs late but I wanted to post another Daryl fic because Iâm a whore for him :) This is kinda sloppy and I made in like 2 hours on very little sleep so hey :) enjoy <3
Warnings: NSFW, mentions of torture (regular twd things) , dirty talk, unprotected sex
Word count: 3.7K
This week has been exhausting, mentally and physically. Your body felt as though someone had piled pounds of bricks on top of you, all the while scratching at your bruised skin. It was draining you of your emotions and ability to function. The whisperers were gaining on Alexandria, the threat of the hoard being released floating over everyoneâs heads. This caused panic and worry, the walls wouldnât be able to withhold them and the people inside couldnât fight them off.
This led to everyone in the council, you and daryl included, to make some hard decisions. Everyone that ran the town was on their toes at all times, always looking for answers to every problem that threatened the town you called home. These problems led to you having to take care of alphas daughter, trying to hunt down Negan and now you even had a whisper tied up underneath your home. You were barely getting any sleep, barely eating and you had no time to spend with Daryl which meant your relationship wasnât doing the best.
Obviously Daryl understood this, he was also dealing with shit and didnât have time to do anything for himself. With trying to locate the hoard as well as trying to keep Carol from killing everyone, he had his hands full. The way this was affecting you hurt him though, seeing your exhausted eyes, all red and puffy all the while you were trying to come up with a plan to hunt down negan⌠it pained him. He was used to having so much on his plate that this didnât affect him too harshly, he could go days without sleep and only live in crackers but you werenât like him.
He tried to tell you to get some sleep and even tried to force some food down your throat but you didnât have time. He just let you take your time because thatâs all he could do, is wait for you to realize that none of this shit mattered. You would always find a way to get everything back to it, it always worked out for yâall so Daryl wasnât too worried about you going sleepless and hungry for too long.
For now though you trudged up the stairs to your shared home with Daryl and Carol, or pretty much everyone who came and went a lot. You were exhausted and honestly disgusted at what you just did. Before this moment you had watched carol beat the ever living fuck out of a whisperer and you even got a few punches in there. This didnât feel like you, you werenât the type yo torture someone and you were even the one who was strongly against it. Well thatâs until the man started talking, he gave strong details about what heâd do to you if he was a free man and found you in the woods.
You were mad, you couldnât help but lay him flat on his ass and maybe you even took a few fingers with you. But right now though, you told Lydia to make herself at home. You made her comfortable in your guest bed room, giving her blankets and towels for if she wanted to wash up. After that though you walked downstairs to the basement to yours and Darylâs shared room.
When you stepped foot into the room you saw Daryl, he was unpacking his backpack, setting his crossbow and bows down. You stared at him for a minute, wondering what he was thinking. He did just see you torture a man, well a man that was talking about sexually assaulting his girlfriend. Daryl has done things heâs not proud of, he has seen the dark underbelly of people but what was he thinking about his âinnocent '' little girlfriend doing those same things.
You shook your head, walking towards the coach and plopping down. You laid your head back, trying to stretch out your stiff muscles and shake the exhaustion off tired bones. You sighed, putting your feet up on top of the coffee table as you shut your eyes for a split moment.
âYou need sleep.â You heard Daryl say, not turning around to look at you.
You looked over at him, seeing him mess with his backpack. You rolled your eyes slightly, you hated when he said that. It was maybe the 30th time you had heard those words come out of his mouth and everytime it annoyed you. I mean how could you rest when everything, the fate of Alexandria, the protecting of your friends, the capturing of the man who killed your friends, was all on your shoulders.
âYeahâŚâ was all you said, you didnât feel like protesting.
You sat up, starting to untie your shoes. They were muddy and covered in blood. Come to think of it, you were covered in blood. The whisperer's blood still streaked your clothes, still fresh but it was starting to dry on your skin. You quickly took off your boots, not wanting to think of the horrors you just did and just wanting to lie on this couch with no worries, if that was even possible. When you succeed with pulling your shoes off you stand up once more, pulling off your bloody sweater.
You lifted it up to see all the blood had stained it, still bright red and standing to attention. You rolled your eyes, throwing it over to the dirty clothes basket and then making your way to the dresser that sat right next to the table Daryl stood at. You dug through the drawers, trying to find another shirt you could wear.
Daryl couldnât help but watch as you dug through the drawers, watching your bra covered breast heave up and down. He knew it was wrong of him, seeing you in such a distressed state and getting all hot but he couldnât help it. While you both were neglecting your relationship, your sex life hadn't been much better. So the slight glimpse of your unclothed body would send Daryl in a mood of wanting your touch.
You found a shirt, a clean band tee that youâve had forever now and you stood in the mirror that laid against the wall. You could see yourself in your entirety now. The blood had stained through your clothes and onto your stomach along with your chest but also you had new bruises forming which added onto the pain of your exhaustion. You didnât even hear or see Daryl sneak up behind you, you were too focused on your blood soaked body right now.
He had crept his hands around your waist, being careful as to not press too hard onto your newly formed bruises. You jumped slightly before remembering he was in the room with you, then you melted back into him.
âEven all bloody and smelly, youâre still the most beautiful girl Iâd ever seen..â he whispered, taking one hand and moving your hair from your neck.
You chuckled as his lips attached to your neck softly. He kissed the spots that made you nothing but putty in his hands, your eyes closed slowly as he did wonders with his lips. His hands gripped onto your hips softly, rubbing soft circles on your skin. He tried to be careful with your fragile body, knowing you could take anything that comes your way but wanting to be the one thing that made you feel like you didnât have to try.
His lips attached to your neck, biting down lightly on the spot that made you gasp. You pressed yourself into him, your ass grazing his hardening cock. He let out a soft groan, biting down harder onto your soft skin. One of his hands made their way up to your breasts, needing one of them in his hands gently. This caused you to throw your head back onto his shoulder, moaning softly at the sudden touch.
He sucked harder on your skin, your reaction fueling his actions. You couldnât deny how touch starved you were, how weak in the knees you had gotten when seeing Daryl in his button up shirts, all sweaty and dirt streaked his face. This was hell to you, not being able to be with him every day. It ate you up inside and Daryl knew it, there just wasnât enough time. It was either you were gone or he was gone or Gabriel asked you to do this or Carol asked Daryl to do that⌠it was never ending. Moments like this you basked in them, you soaked them up and right now you were going to take it.
âWhat you did to that manâŚâ he spoke in between his kisses.
The hand in your hip lowered down to the top of your jeans, unbuttoning them slowly. His actions were drawn out, going as slow as he could to take in the moment with you.
âSeeinâ you like that⌠so angry and aggressiveâ he continued.
He unzipped your fly, giving you feather-like kisses on your skin now. His fingers danced above your panties, teasingly slow as you grabbed onto his hand that was continuing his movement on your boob. Your body had turned burning hot and he was the only one that could cool you down now.
âI think that mightâve been the hottest thing I had ever seen you doâŚâ he admitted, slipping his fingers into your panties before teasing your slit.
Daryl watched you from a far as you beat the living hell out of the whisperer, watching him beg for you to stop as you put the blade against his throat. You were angry, you hadnât been this angry in a long time and the anger just kept building up until you couldnât handle it anymore. He watched as your arms flexed every time you threw a punch, making the blush on his face more noticeable. He was so in love with you, with everything you did even something so disgusting like what you were doing.
Youâre finger dug into his hand, practically begging him to touch you without even saying anything. He chuckled lowly, giving you everything you wanted and more. He shoved two fingers in you without hesitation, making you gasp out into the air. The feeling of the delicious stretch blurred your senses, leaning more on Daryl than you already had been. It had been so long since you two have had such an intimate moment like this, weeks maybe a month at most. The stress of it all really affects your desire for intimacy but your love never dulled.
You bucked your hips against Darylâs fingers, your wetness already making a mess out of them. It didnât take you long to become a quivering mess, your moans trying to escape your mouth but being swallowed back down. You were embarrassed at your sensitivity, you were well respected around town for being so high headed but all it took was Darylâs fingers to show what you really are⌠a needy little whore.
âCome on honey⌠donât hold up on me now.â He whispered in your ear, biting your lobe lightly.
Daryl curled his fingers in a rough way, grazing your g-spot.You bit your lip harder, not wanting the two girls who were just above you to hear what was happening just below them. Daryl grinned at you, knowing exactly what he was doing. He sped up his movements, thrusting his fingers deep inside of you before curling them to graze your spot again before continuing to thrust deeper inside.
Your body felt like it was on fire, your blood streaked skin turning bright red and your face had a small sheet of sweat that coated it. You wanted more of Daryl ⌠no not wanted, you needed it. You could cum with just his fingers now but you wanted all of him inside you, you wanted to feel him so deep inside you that all the horrible things that man said to you were far gone and all you could think about was how good Darylâs cock felt inside you. You were nobodyâs bitch but Darylâs, no matter if you admired it or not.
âDaryl⌠please.. just fuck me⌠SHIT.â You yelled out at a particular delicious angle that Daryl hit.
Daryl didnât hesitate to your surprise, with his fingers still deep inside you, he walked you over to the desk that he was once sitting on and slammed you on top of it. You felt your bruises as he did so but it felt so good, you didnât mind it.
âDirty slut⌠so needy for my cockâ Daryl hissed, taking his fingers out of you and quickly shoving them in your mouth.
It took you a minute to register what was happening, your body still aching from injury but when his fingers hit your tongue and you could taste your own juices⌠you sucked them clean. Darylâs free hand grabbed your hair, pulling it into a makeshift ponytail so he could pull you up to watch as you sucked on his fingers.
âYou like that hmmm..???â He teased, shoving his fingers deeper into your mouth until they reached the back of your throat. âYou like when I treat you like the whore you are hmm⌠so cock starved for me?â
You licked every crevice of his fingers, loving the taste of yourself mixed with Darylâs flesh and all Daryl could do was watch you. He subconsciously rubbed against your ass, getting insanely hard just watching you. You moved your head to the side, looking at him with puppy dog eyes. He took his now clean fingers out of your mouth, watching as a single piece of your saliva connected the two.
âI just want you inside me Daryl!!â You started bucking your hips back onto his hard cock. âPlease, Iâll do anything!! Just please fuck me until I canât stand, in anyway you want too just please!! I want you!!â You pleaded
You sounded pathetic you know but you were desperate for him. You have wanted him so badly for weeks now, the sexual frustration building up until just now when all you can think about is him rearranging your insides. Daryl grinned, pulling on your hair tighter. He thought about all the ways he was going to make you suffer tonight, thinking about how heâd fuck you silly until everyone in the whole town could hear and he couldnât wait to make his thoughts a reality. Daryl moved his hand down to your pants, ripping them off your legs and then started to remove his own.
âYou're gonna wish you never begged me hunâŚâ he said, unbuttoning his pants and pulling them down. âBecause I ainât going to hold backâŚâ
Daryl moved his hand from your hair to your neck, wrapping his hand around your neck before tightening his grip. He lined himself up to you, teasing your entrance slowly, getting his cock nice and wet so he could fuck you nice and smooth.
âGonna fuck you until your just a cock dumb whoreâŚâ he whispered, putting small amounts of pressure on your neck.
You bucked your hips back at him, wanting him inside you already and he was going to give you what you wanted. He shoved himself in you quickly, feeling your velvety walls along the way could make him cum just then. He held himself back from going at an animalistic pace, trying to allow you to adjust to him since it had been a couple weeks. You swore you could feel your eyes go cross eyed, he was in you so deep right off the bat.
He stayed there for a moment until he couldnât take it anymore, he needed to fill you up, he needed to fuck you until you couldnât think straight. He pulled himself almost all the way out before ramming into you nice and deep once again. He kept his slow deep pace for only minutes until his hips began to have a mind of their own and started thrusting into you wildly.
His hand on your throat, the table digging into your hips, his cock filling you⌠it was enough to send you off of earth completely. You couldnât stop the moans escaping your mouth this time, they fell out of your lips like honey and Daryl basked in them, they only encouraged his movements.
âGodâŚyouâre so fuckinâ tightâŚâ he spit out, his free hand exploring your body, making their way to your bra that had somehow still been on.
He grabbed at one of your boobs, feeling the soft flesh beneath his fingers as he played with it. This sent you to overdrive, you were so close to an orgasm and Daryl knew too but he had no intentions of stopping. He only sped up his actions, fucking you at such a fast pace you were cumming in mere seconds after that.
The orgasm ran through your body, leaving you shaking and unable to stand properly. Daryl kept his pace, only slowly down when you clenched around him tightly, making sure you were okay but then keeping up with his same pace before. You didnât want him to stop, even after orgasming once you still craved the feeling of him filling you to the brim.
His hand on your neck tightened more once again but this time he brought you up, pulling your flush against his front. Brought you into a kiss, a sloppy wet kiss that had no real rhythm to it. Teeth masked, tongues collided and lips were bitten. Darylâs hand on your boob hooked around the cup of your bra, pulling them down along with the straps.
âLemme see those tits hmmâŚâ he hummed in between a kiss.
Your tits bounced free which caused Darylâs attention to be turned to them. The way they bounced every thrust made Daryl feral, he couldnât take it anymore. He pulled out of your for only a split second, taking the time to flip you over onto your back and placing you on top of the table.
Your reaction was delayed due to your post orgasm brain fog but also you being on the verge of yet another orgasm. Daryl spread your legs as far as he could, spread you out so deliciously for him and than he went right back to fucking you. Your head cocked back, resting on the wall as your face was stuck in a look of pure pleasure.
âDaryl! Please.... FUCK... cum inside me....â you screamed out, wrapping your legs around his waist basically pinning him inside you.
Daryl thrusted harder and harder, his hips becoming more wild as he came closer to his orgasm. You pulled him closer to you, kiss him roughly as you pulled his dark locks. You were so close to your second orgasm when Daryl came deep inside of you, his cum filling you up so nicely. Darylâs hips slowed but still continued to fuck himself through his own orgasm while also brining your closer to your own . You bucked your hips into his as your brain was once again taken by a earth shattering orgasm that almost knocked you clean out.
You felt Daryl twitch inside you as you came, his orgasm wiping him out as well. He stayed close to you as you saw stars, his hand rubbing your back softly and comfortably. You were shaking violently underneath him, his cum along with yours mixed onto the table and created a sticky mess. You two stayed silent for a minute or two, taking in the stillness of the room.
It was moments like this that you would choose over anything. Moments so intimate yet so filthy, it was pure heaven to you. Daryl felt the same, he would give anything just to be able to be in this moment forever. You comfortably stroked Darylâs back with your fingernails, pulling him close to you.
âI missed youâŚâ Daryl whispered
You had been here this whole time, you guys never left each otherâs side⌠you had made an agreement not too a long time ago when you first met in Atlanta. Daryl couldnât explain the way he missed you though, you were there but you werenât THERE to him. Only a stressed out shell of what you used to be. He canât blame you, youâve been through a lot these last couple of months and heâs been with you through it all.
âIâve been here the entire time darâŚâ you spoke, voice worn and almost gone.
âNo I mean.. I missed YOU⌠I missed the Y/N I have always known.â He explained
He didnât mean that in a mean way but he just knew that this world changed you into a person you werenât and he could start to see it happen to you. The shy little book reading girl you once were was disappearing and being replaced by this emotionless woman. He loves you for every version you were but he wanted to see the real you and not the one the world has forced you to turn into.
âWell⌠you Daryl Dixon, are the only one who can ever bring me back to earthâŚâ you stated. âAnd thatâs why Iâm so pathetically in love with you.â
Daryl smiled, pulling you into a long kiss that this time felt more romantic and less sloppy. You knew the decisions you still had yet to make were just right out your door but for now you would like to bask in this moment with your lover. You could worry about the horrors of the world later, it can wait and it can be put in pause so you can make this night yours.
#daryl dixion imagine#twd daryl#daryl dixon smut#daryl dixon fanfiction#daryl dixon#the walking dead fanfiction
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Tw domestic abuse, sexual assault, suicide, self harm and eating disorder mentions (those last two not in detail, just mentioned)
Nickname: turquoise
Looking for advice, either on how to get out or just come to terms with this being the rest of my life, either way.
So I have a situation kind of similar to this ask posted just now.
https://www.tumblr.com/traumasurvivorshelpingsurvivors/712807834009665536/tw-romantic-partner-violence-hey-so-ive-known
I've been with my wife for seven years now. A lot of her issues come from childhood trauma, but it's just...been wearing me down lately. Nearly from the start there were emotional issues between us, and physical violence and one sexual assault within the first six months (she said I agreed to let her do stuff while I was asleep but I don't remember that, and either way she didn't stop when I asked her to). I'm honestly not sure why I stayed but that's neither here nor there. Maybe I kept thinking it would get better but it didn't and at a lot of points I was genuinely scared for my safety, especially since the one time I did try to leave she found me in under a day and the friend I'd run away to decided I should go back home with her since, in her words 'well, you are kind of a bitch'. Anyway, there would be times when things got better but they'd always get bad again. We're in one of the better periods, though recently there's still been a lot of emotional stuff, some minor physical stuff (only small bruises and no lingering pain) and two sexual assaults last week. Still, things have definitely tapered off from a couple years ago, and she has been putting in more effort to be nicer, so if nothing else it's been a while since I've been balled up on the floor trying to be a small target so that's something. Still, as much as I should be happy about that I just...honestly I feel like shit a lot of the time, and I can't seem to stop being on edge no matter what happens, even though she gets mad at me whenever she notices that.
Also over the past two years she's developed significant anxiety, to the point where even after being on meds and in therapy for over a year she says she can't work.. We have no income now and I have a lot of my own mental difficulties that have made jobs difficult for me for most of my life (not self dxing, but likely autism and ADHD and a PD that have never been treated, along with a lot of past trauma from her and people before her, that's she's sometimes triggered on purpose or been dismissive of, though she is trying to stop that), but more difficult since I met her, especially since I've spent the past year at least in one of the worst depressive episodes I've had in my life, with my self harm and eating disorder getting worse again (both of which she knows about and does not respond well to at all), to the point that I'm pretty much always passively suicidal and have attempted a few times. At the very least I'm out of the bout of drinking I dealt with for a few months. I'm not outlining this to make anyone feel bad for me, just to point out that a full time work week, especially in the kinds of fast paced, people centric jobs I could reasonably get, would be very difficult for me to handle at this point. I've asked her if we could both work part time, since I thought a few days a week for each of us would be easier to handle, and at first she said yes but now she's flat out refusing, saying that since she supported us for a while she deserves a long break too, completely glossing over how often she hit me during that time and how generally shit she made me feel every day, or the fact that the abuse didn't stop when I went back to work, or that the circumstances that led to it being best for only her to work in that time were out of our control.
Basically, I want to leave. Ideally I'd just leave her, but she says she can't survive without my support, and that she'll kill herself if I actually go. I don't know if that's true or not but I don't want to find out the hard way, but I also know I can't handle both working full time and taking care of her full time (she refuses to do anything at home or to manage and organize our lives either, sometimes to the point of yanking me out of bed after only a few hours of sleep to make her food even though she is able to cook, arguably better than me).
Im basically never happy, and I want to leave but I can't, not with the way she is mentally now, not with what she might do, especially since the only person I know she could go to is her mother, who wouldn't be accepting of her being trans which isn't something I want to put her through. I've been thinking of asking a friend or relative of mine (what few I have left after she isolated me for so long, since I can't drive and for years she's been in charge of if I leave the house or not, which she rarely lets me do), to let me stay with them during the work week, since it would be easier to find and keep a job that way. I'd have limited contact with my wife, only seeing her on the weekends and preferably not talking much during the week, but still with me supporting both of us.
I don't know if she'd go for this, or even how to ask, but I know I can't handle dealing with both work and her and my own issues at the same time. I've tried to say this a bit and she's said I'm just being whiny and lazy, so I just don't know what to do or how to fully broach the subject, but I'm just so scared for the future between us in general.
I'm sorry this was a long post my thoughts are just not organized sometimes. Thank you for everything you do.
Amendment from turquoise. Abuse mention.
I just really wanted to clarify that I don't want anything I said about my wife to be attributed to the fact that she's trans. I don't think any of the mods of this blog would do that, but I just worry that others would, or that it came across as me saying her abuse and her gender are somehow connected but I swear I don't think they are and if anything came across that way I never meant for it to. I know most trans people don't hurt others (not to mention I'm trans myself but that just didn't seem relevant, still not sure if it is here)
Basically I just hope I didn't paint an entire group in a bad light and I really didn't mean to if I did sorry I was just worried about that.
Hi turquoise,
I'm so sorry about what's been going on. Also, I wouldn't worry about potentially coming off as transphobic, I don't get that vibe at all and I see what you mean to say quite clearly.
Just because the abuse has been tapering off doesn't mean you should tolerate it. Being assaulted violates your boundaries, and it's important to respect and assert them. Just because it's tapering off doesn't mean you're supposed to be happy in this relationship. It makes absolute sense why you still feel like shit. You're on edge because you may have developed trauma responses and you're around someone who your brain has been conditioned to perceive as a threat.
Emotional availability is essential for the longevity of a relationship. For your partner to not be there for you or respond well to depressive episodes or even suicidal thoughts is definitely a problem. I feel like if she truly cared about you she would make a better effort to be there for you, especially when you're contemplating suicide.
It sounds like your partner is refusing to share the responsibility of any productive or reproductive labor, which puts unnecessary stress on you. Just because she's been working doesn't mean you have to do everything. Most people just continue working without breaks, you know? So how is it fair for her to refuse to work when that means no income? It would make more sense if she was overwhelmed with burdens, but she really has pushed virtually every responsibility of hers onto you and is expecting you to be absolutely fine with that.
It seems like you've tried communicating with her but she's given you a hard time. If it is safe to do so, it may be helpful to simply assert a boundary such as "I feel x when you do y. If you continue to treat me this way, this isn't going to work." Just letting her know where things stand may be helpful in terms of communication, but if this would be unsafe to do, then it may be best to simply leave without warning.
Like I said in the other ask, if she is going to choose to mistreat you then it is your right to leave if necessary. It's a hard decision though of course, because you don't want her to go back to her abusers, but really, that's not your problem. If you need to leave then you need to leave, where she goes is not really for you to worry about. It's important to assert your boundaries and put your foot down when you've had enough, even if it doesn't benefit everyone.
Abusers often block the exit in various ways, and that can include threatening suicide. Please know that it is manipulative for someone to blame suicide or self harm on someone else. It is your right to leave when you want or need to. Your partner's actions are her responsibility alone. Breaking up does not hold you liable to what your partner chooses to do as a result.
If anyone else has any comments or suggestions, feel free to add on. Otherwise, I hope I could help. Please let us know if you need anything.
-Bun
#mod bun#trauma talks#tw abuse#tw sa#tw r#tw emotional abuse#tw self harm#tw sui#turquoise#trauma details
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To Realize
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Pairings: Natasha Romanoff x Fem!Stark!Reader
Summary: Natasha's been connecting all the dots about how she feels about you, it's up to her to how she'll handle the situation.
A/N: This was supposed to be a oneshot until... I wanted to base it on the whole Black Widow movie :"))
Warnings: none, let me know if there's any.
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Your last interaction with your father didn't go well, he simply told you that Secretary Ross is now after you and Natasha after helping Steve, and Bucky to get in the Quinjet while T'challa was after them.
Quickly tackling the king of Wakanda on the ground, while Natasha shot something at him to give Rogers and his friend time to take off, as soon as the jet flew away, you removed your arms that are restraining him.
"Your father will hear about this, and you too Miss Romanoff." The exact words that came out of T'challa, and now you're on the run with Natasha, considered as a global fugitive.
Your father looked at you with disappointment when he mentioned that Ross will be chasing you and the latter, you looked at Natasha before she took your hand and leading you out, taking you to who knows where.
âž â*シďž:â*シďž:â *â.*:ď˝Ľďž .: â*シďž: .ââž â*シďž:â*シďž:â *â.*:ď˝Ľďž .: â*シďž: .â
"You miss your daddy?" Natasha spoke while driving, you chuckle at her words then resting your head against the car window. "Hmm, kinda, so what are we doing here in Norway?" You ask the latter.
"Well, you've noticed that Ross is after our asses after assaulting the King of Wakanda, and helping Steve and Barnes escape the airport, I believe we should lay low, right?" She propped her elbow by the window, resting her head on her knuckle as she drives with one hand. "Oh? I didn't know that." You replied sarcastically, making Natasha roll her eyes.
"What I mean is, why Norway of all places?" Now you're kindly asking, arms crossed over your chest and slowly drifting off to sleep, exhausted after hours of traveling, without Daddy's private planes, sports car, and Quinjet also.
Natasha noticed how your voice softens, a long yawn coming out of your mouth, and quickly glancing at you. "Ross has no jurisdiction here, his boys would stay away from here for the time being." She answered, you softly nodded and replied with an 'okay' almost a whisper with how silent it was.
In a split second, you're already fast asleep at the passenger seat, both arms hugging yourself and your head resting against the window. Nat maintained her eyes on the road as she attempts to reach for a blanket she stashed in the backseat, after few shifts in her place, the Russian managed to grab the cloth.
She gently placed the soft blanket over you, and now focusing herself on driving, for some reason, she has always felt this warm feeling in her heart when she's alone with you, adoration maybe?
Your peaceful state while you're in deep slumber, and hearing your soft snores as she admires the view of the landscape, she would offer everything she has just to stay like this most of the time.
The thought caught her off-guard, why would she want to spend all of her time with her friend's daughter? She shrugged the thought off from her mind, she knows what love feels like, she felt it with Bruce until Hulk decided to drive off somewhere they won't find him.
She did get sad because of it, but she chose to move forward and move on, successfully removing any romantic feelings for Banner, focusing on her work as an Agent and an Avenger.
But why is she feeling this way with you? Her heart melts when she sees you getting all excited when you've successfully upgraded your techs, how she would automatically smile when her eyes would catch you smiling, and how she feels warm when you're there to ease her mind when a mission didn't go as planned.
She's now connecting the dots, using the silence and peace surrounding her, she got time to think about herself and her feelings towards Tony Stark's daughter.
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After half an hour of the drive, you slowly wake up from your nap, looking around the surroundings you're in the middle of the woods, Natasha's still driving. "Good uhh... Evening?" You greeted Nat with your groggy voice.
Natasha stopped the car beside the safehouse, which is a caravan and you don't mind, you can't really call your father to get you a 5-star hotel to stay in. "Did you manage to replenish your energy?" She asked, unbuckling her seat belt and you did the same.
Getting out of the car, she has her gun out and you also have one on your hand, staying alert until both of you heard a loud snore in the room. Natasha immediately returned to her relaxed posture before heading into where the sound belongs, and she found her contractor sleeping.
Kicking his foot that is off the bed, the man immediately woke up. "You're sleeping in my bed." Natasha commented, "I'm not even under the covers." He replied, then his eyes trail at you, awkwardly looking away noticing that the two seemed close.
"I've got what you asked for, fake IDs, drivers licenses, and some VISAs, also for Miss Stark too, just like what you've told me to do." He says as he handed out the fake identifications to Natasha, while reading, the Russian frowned upon what she just read. "Really? Fanny Longbottom?"
"That is a legitimate name." He defended himself, them Natasha handed your fake IDs, taking a good look at them and you're amazed about how real they seem to be. "Thank you...?" You softly spoke.
"Rick, Rick Mason." He introduced himself, and you shook his hand also introducing yourself, with little chit-chat soon after the man left leaving you and Natasha alone.
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An hour has passed it's already dark out, you're currently sitting by the front door, knees up to your chest, and you already felt homesick, Natasha's company is nice honestly, but the feeling of being far away from your father and home sucks.
Natasha looks at you while you're way too busy gazing at the woods, she knows you aren't used to this type of setup, running away from authorities, and far from home, she felt bad for you.
She walks up behind you, making sure you're aware of her presence before placing a hand on your shoulder. "I'm going to watch a movie on my laptop, feel free to join me, I'm also eating the ice cream we bought at the convenience store earlier." She softly spoke before leaving you alone.
Minutes after, you finally stood up from where you are sitting and closing the front door, almost dragging your way to Natasha. Two bowls of ice cream in front of her, and her laptop already on, she was waiting for you.
You placed yourself beside her, head resting on her shoulder then she plays the movie on the screen, lazily taking a spoonful of the cold treat in your mouth, and eyes glued on the screen, but you weren't paying attention to the movie, you're spacing out.
"Hey, Y/N? Are you okay?" Of course, not, Natasha knows damn well you aren't okay, she thought that it's a dumb question. "Of course, why wouldn't I be?" You answered just like your father, she paused the film and causing you to look at her. "No, you're not okay, and that's okay." She says before taking you into her arms.
You're surprised actually, Natasha isn't usually the one who initiates physical contact but here she is, her arms wrapped around your body. You needed this, you needed to feel home and somehow being hugged by Natasha feels like it.
Burying your face at her shoulders then you knew you're melting in her arms, it almost brought the tears out of you, as if her touch is enough the lift the burden you've been feeling.
Natasha feels like home.
You try not to think anything about the affection she just gave, but damn, you think you'd go batshit crazy if you won't get to experience this again.
âž â*シďž:â*シďž:â *â.*:ď˝Ľďž .: â*シďž: .ââž â*シďž:â*シďž:â *â.*:ď˝Ľďž .: â*シďž: .â
Let's be clear here, you've had a crush on Natasha while she's still Natalie, then as soon as Fury revealed that she is some secret agent, you were so amazed that you started liking her, though she didn't contact after that.
You weren't part of the Avengers initiative, but you did join them in the battle of Sokovia, but she and Banner have a thing going on, so you've decided to set those feelings aside. Which you successfully did for a few months, and after Bruce flying who knows where maybe you can make a move?
So you did, you would jokingly flirt around Natasha, and your father would give a questioning look then you slowly back away, but you were also a great friend to Nat, it's just that you can't seem to get all romantic with Natasha.
Just as much of a playboy your father is, that's all his, you suck at this type of thing, so Nat probably thought you're just a caring and affectionate person.
âž â*シďž:â*シďž:â *â.*:ď˝Ľďž .: â*シďž: .ââž â*シďž:â*シďž:â *â.*:ď˝Ľďž .: â*シďž: .â
You gently pull away from Natasha's grasp, and she looks at you with her emerald eyes. "Better?" She asked, placing a hand on your cheek softly caressing your skin. "Much better, thank you." She smiled with your answer, the next thing you know is that you're way too close to her, and you're looking at her plump lips.
This would be a perfect time to make a move.
You hold the back of her hand that is on your cheek, slowly closing in, and Natasha is leaning closer, so near that you could feel each other breathing, just when your lips were about to touch hers... the power died.
Nat cleared her throat and awkwardly moving away, removing her hand away from you and she stood up. "I'm just going to check the power generator." She says before going outside.
Her face turned red as soon as she was out of your sight, she got way too vulnerable with you, she almost kissed you but she sure knows she's going to like it but no, not at a time like this.
She tried to get the power back on, only to find that there's no more fuel in the generator, she came back inside finding you eating ice cream in the corner, and probably waiting for her to come back.
"I'm going to a gas station, do you want to come with me?" She asked, you nodded before getting off your ass and bringing yourself into her car, there's this awkward tension between the two of you, and as soon as she started driving, the silence swallowed the two of you.
"Can I turn the radio on?" You asked her, she simply nodded while eyes fixated on the road, you played the radio, and Sia's Cheap Thrills came on. "Damn, even here? When is this song going to die?" You commented.
Natasha taps her fingers on the steering wheel according to the beats, despite hearing the song over and over whenever you would turn on the radio, you still liked it.
Midway through the song, you felt chills on your body, and as soon as you look at the window beside you, suddenly you see an RPG heading towards the car.
"Natâ" Before she could react it has already hit the car causing an explosion, now the vehicle is hanging on the edge of the bridge, and with one wrong move it'll head straight down to the water. "Ooh, fuck that hurts." Hissing as you try to collect yourself and trying to fight the headache it caused.
Natasha on the other hand is in pain and boy, she's mad. "I'm pretty sure Ross has no jurisdiction here, and you should know that I'm a better shot when I'm pissed off," Nat spoke before firing few bullets at the person, you look at her and biting your lip, finding her hot.
"Wow, that's hot..." You spoke under your breath but Natasha heard, glaring at you. "Really? At a time like this?" She says, before heading out of the car when you tried to get out Nat stopped you. "How long can you hold your breath?" She asked. "Last time I beat Sam it was a good 4 minutes and a half."
"As soon as this psycho comes close enough, I'll push you into the water, it's not after us." She says you look at her as if she's speaking lies. "Nat, I'm not leaving you hereâ" before you could protest, you felt her lips against yours it was quick but you know damn well, that Natasha kissed you.
"I'll meet you down there, I promise." She says before a shield comes charging towards her, and managed to avoid it, yet it hit the car, now you're falling off the bridge and you suddenly noticed a small case on her hand.
You quickly got out of the car before it could hit the water, then you swam heading to safety where the one who ambushed wouldn't see you.
Closing your eyes hoping that Nat would come back to you in one piece, there's no way you'll let her die after kissing you, of course, you wanted to fight but your body just wouldn't.
You can't risk losing Natasha now.
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Hey, I believe your requests are open, so, could you please write smth were reader and Tech are friends with benefits?
Also, Iâm in the same dilemma as you, cause everyone already forgot tbb and Iâm still obsessed??? Like, were is everybody excitement about the show, it was gone so fastâŚ
Anyway, thank ya <3
hello friend! this is a delicious request and i am more than happy to oblige! iâm not sure if you wanted like pure angst or like sexy successful fwb but above all else i am a dirty dirty slut for happy endings so i went light angst, heavy fluff, mild smut to get a little of everything lmaooooo. this also got a little out of control and iâm not sorry.
and literally i am suffering so much in this ever increasing drought of bad batch excitement. like i feel like the person at a party when everyone else is tired and wants to leave whoâs still just way too hyped and is like âNO WAIT GUYS LETS HAVE MORE SHOTS AND PLAY TRUTH OR DARE COME ON ITLL BE FUNâ. i am in absolute agony. but anyways!
a mutually beneficial arrangement (tech x gn!reader)
it was purely sex. just two friends helping each other relieve some stress occasionally. just two friends who happened to have sex with each other. until it wasnât.
warnings: fwb, mild smut, reader is gender/genital neutral but they are penetrated by tech (amab)
word count: no idea but itâs pretty long
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In hindsight, it really shouldnât have shocked you that this was how things played out.
Itâs not like youâd ever been friends with benefits with someone before. Itâs not like you didnât know how easily you could develop feelings for people. Itâs not like you didnât know you were maybe just a little too interested in Tech non-platonically before any of this even started.
No, you knew all of those things going into it. You made the conscious decision to be the biggest dumbass in the galaxy.
When Tech had first suggested a friends with benefits situation, it seemed like a much better idea than it actually was. You had been assigned to Clone Force 99 for a few weeks at that point and had already developed fast friendships with all of them (Crosshair even sometimes acknowledged your presence with neutrality and that definitely felt like at least an acquaintanceship). You were closest with Tech, and one tipsy night at 79âs found the two of you making out in a hallway near the bathroom. You could still remember the way his mouth tasted like whiskey as he pressed you up against the wall
He paused his assault on your lips to look at you, breath fanning lightly across your face. You whined at the loss of contact, not noticing in your haze the intensity in his eyes as he studied you, as though if he took in enough of you he would have the answer to an imposssible question. He migrated lower, planting kisses and sucking lightly on your neck until he made his way to your ear.
âHave you ever heard of people being platonic sexual partners?â, he asked low in your ear. You shuddered at the feeling of his breath and the deeper tone to his voice before you answered.
âYou mean like friends with benefits?â
âYes, that is exactly what I mean,â Tech clarified as he moved to once again nibble on the sweet spots of your neck. Had you had a little more sense, you would have warned him not to leave any noticeable marks, lest you suffer the teasing of the rest of the boys.
âIâve heard of it, Iâve never done it before though. Why?â
âWell, given our current circumstance,â his response was punctuated by his ministrations on your pressure points, âit may be mutually beneficial for us to enter into that type of arrangement.â
You stopped him for a moment, and lifted his face so that you could make eye contact. Tech stood up a little straighter, hands running up and down your sides lightly as he gazed down at you.
âYou think that we should be friends with benefits?â
Tech nodded, one hand moving to brush a strand of hair out of your face.
âI believe it would be an advantageous relationship. We could have relations while still maintaining our successful platonicity, thus eliminating the need to alter the dynamic of the squad with the complications of some trivial romance. It would also be physically beneficial. Sexual intercourse has been shown to successfully alleviate stress, as well asâŚâ
He kept going, explaining the health benefits of sex, but it was hard to pay attention to his rambling while you tried to clear your head of the alcohol and the intoxication of his touch and figure out where you stood on his proposition. In that moment, everything he said made total sense. Granted, that part about âtrivial romanceâ stung a little, but you could still fuck him without ruining the squad or your friendship with him, and Maker did you want to fuck himâŚ
Uncharacteristically cutting off his rant, you responded. âI accept your offer. I would love to be friends with benefits with you.â
Tech grinned, a lust forming in his eyes at the new promise of the benefits the night was leading to.
âSplendidâ
From that (mind-blowing) night, sex became a very regular thing. A mission went poorly? Frustrated sex. A mission went well? Celebratory sex. The Batch got leave time? Vacation sex. The Batch hadnât gotten leave time in too long? Cabin fever sex. It really had started out pretty platonically, but after the first few times you could feel yourself falling head over heels for him. You knew you should stop it, Tech would never hold it against you or be upset if you changed your mind. You told yourself again and again that you would just break it off with him, but then his hands and his lips and his body would be on you, and the hungry way he looked at you would knock the air, and any ideas of making him stop, out of you.
In your defense, it wasnât like you were the one who had suggested it. Tech had to know the likelihood that your âplatonic sexual relationshipâ would only stay platonic for so long. Actually, you were surprised he hadnât done a little more analysis of the situation. If he had taken into account all of the factors (the rate of failure in friends with benefits situations, each of your levels of emotionality and past relationships, the effects of living and working in close quarters, etc), you canât imagine he would have thought it was a smart idea. If Tech had crunched the numbers like he normally would, it wouldnât have produced favorable results. So for him to want to do it anyway, or to not even analyze it beforehand, must mean he had some sort of feelings for you, right?
This was one of the various problem in your current situation. Tech would always do things that were just on the line between âfriendsâ and âmore than friendsâ. He would go out of his way to do little things for you, he would share info and jokes and side comments with you that he never tried to share with brothers, he would blush when you complimented any of his work, he would stand just a little too close to you or let his touch linger just a little too long. He would suggest a sexual relationship that was highly statistically improbable to be successful.
And while Tech offered nothing but mixed signals, you took it a step further and let those mixed signals fester in your brain until you had warped them into one very clear signal: he liked you as more than a friend. You were so sure of it too. Why would he do all of those things if he didnât like you like that? Itâs not even like he treated you like some one night stand when he fucked you. He cared about making you feel good (usually it seemed like he cared more about you getting off than him), he would clean you up after and you always stayed the night together, cuddled and whispering late into the night about nothing and everything.
There was nothing friendly about your intimate nights together, come to think of it. Friends that just fucked would never treat each other so tenderly or lovingly. Itâs not that completely unbelievable to think you would accidentally blurt out that you love him. Tech should have expected that.
But it was out there, unfortunately. You had committed the cardinal sin of being friends with benefits and you couldnât take it back.
Techâs brutal pace never faltered as he pumped in and out of you, your moans growing louder and louder as you began to approach your peak. He gazed down at you, locking eyes, and the emotion you could feel behind them was overwhelming. You could tell that he was close, with all the experience you had with him you knew his body better than your own, and he brought his hand up to softly caress your cheek.
âYouâre so beautiful. I canât believe I get to see you like this,â he huffed out, brow furrowing as the rhythmic slamming of his hips against you brought him closer and closer to the edge.
At his words, you reached your climax, and as you came undone words of ecstasy slipped from your lips between wails of pleasure.
âKriff Tech⌠ahâŚ. Tech..fuckâŚI love youâ
You didnât even realize it at first, too caught up in the moment, but Tech did. His eyes grew impossibly wide, and he was finishing inside you before either of you could fully process what you had just said.
As you both came down from your high, the gravity of your admission settled between you. Tech pulled out and flopped down next to you wordlessly, and for a few minutes you both just stared at the ceiling in torturous silence. And then he got up and walked to the refresher, not even looking at you once, and you felt like that was all the confirmation you needed that you woefully misinterpreted your entire relationship with him.
You lept out of his bunk, threw your clothes on, and left as silently as possible, fighting back the tears that threatened to spill down your cheeks. At least you could spare yourself the embarrassment of your words in that moment, and both of you could just forget it and move on.
Of course, you knew that pretending it didnât happen would be impossible. You told him you loved him, and he said nothing. For several minutes. And then hid in the fresher. That was a clear rejection, and while it devastated you, you were still hoping that the two of you could just move on and be friends like you were before the benefits were added.
Apparently to Tech, you had offended him beyond repair. He never spoke to you (unless it was specifically mission oriented), he rarely looked at you or acknowledged your presence, and he positioned himself as far from you as possible at every opportunity. It had been two weeks since your slip up, and he hadnât even made eye contact with you once.
It was agony. You missed him. You didnât even really know what it was like to be on this squad without keeping him company while he made repairs or asking him questions about the next place you were going just to hear him talk. You missed making snide jokes with him. You missed admiring the way his goggles magnified his gorgeous caramel eyes.
The other boys noticed the shift very quickly. They had suspected the two of you had some sort of arrangement, and they knew how close you were, so to see it change so abruptly was concerning. Hunter had tried talking to you about it a few times, but you just reassured him that everything was fine and it was nothing he needed to worry about. Wrecker and Crosshair tried to pick up the slack, and started filling in the holes in your routine that Tech used to occupy. Crosshair would sit next to you in the mornings and during briefings, sometimes trying to make little comments in your ear like Tech would. On missions, Wrecker would always aim to pair up with you, and afterwards would try to do something fun like find a sweet treat or rent a good movie.
You appreciated so much what they did for you. But no matter how hard they tried, nothing could take your mind off the wall of ice Tech had built between you. You loved the other boys, but trying to share happy moments with them when all you could think about was how much better it would be with him was becoming unbearable. You didnât want to leave them, but you couldnât stay with Tech being so close to you and yet lightyears away.
As you filled out your transfer paperwork, you chuckled wryly to yourself. Even without the âtrivial romanceâ, the squad was still disrupted. In a bittersweet way, it felt good for Tech to be wrong.
***
Tech had really done his best to analyze the evidence and make an informed decision based on his findings. He had been crunching his numbers with you since the day you joined the Batch, after all. Back then, it was the probability of your attraction to each of them. Tech was fascinated with you, and right off the bat he wanted to know his odds- just out of curiosity of course (for the record, they were pretty highly in his favor).
He knew there were pros and cons to the possibility of a relationship with you. First of all, it was technically against regulation for any clone to be involved in a romantic relationship. Second of all, it was likely that such a relationship would have the potential to cause countless rifts and points of weakness among his squad (regardless of the relationshipâs success). Then there was also the very possible chance that the relationship wouldnât work out anyway, leaving both of you hurt and irreparably damaging your friendship. As much as Tech may have wanted you, the costs unfortunately outweighed the benefits.
But then he kissed you at 79âs. And you kissed him back. And there he was, kissing you at 79âs, memorizing the sweetness of your lips on his. And he knew he should stop. He had studied the data and itâs conclusions were not very good, and if he had any sense at all he would stop. But he pulled away and looked at you, took in the flush on your cheeks and the dazed look accompanying your dilated pupils and the swell of your bruised lips. And he couldnât bring himself to part ways with you. So he offered the closest thing to a relationship he could think of: friends with benefits.
A friends with benefits arrangement would be a more than adequate solution, Tech had decided. He could be physical with you in the proper moments, and then outside of those moments everything would be just as it was before. The squadâs dynamic and mission proficiency would remain consistent, and technically no regulations were being broken since they only specified romantic relationships. Of course, it wasnât truly what he wanted, but in this arrangement he would get to enjoy you so much more than he currently was.
Unfortunately, he had made a critical oversight. In the dim haze of the club hallway, Tech had only considered how casual sex would compare to a full blown relationship. He didnât think to analyze it singularly. And he certainly didnât calculate the logistics of a friends with benefits agreement when one of the friends in question already had romantic feelings for the other friend.
But Tech knew himself. He knew he could have feelings for you and not let them get in the way. He could accept what he was able to have and make peace with what he couldnât. Casual sex seemed like a good idea when his emotions were the only ones he took into account.
He wasnât expecting you to fall in love with him.
When you had said it, Tech thought his heart was going to stop right then and there. In the heat of the moment, he couldnât have imagined more precious words falling from your lips, and instantly it had him spiraling over the edge into ecstasy. But then the moment ended, and you didnât say anything. He wanted to end the silence, to find out if you really meant it, but his brain was moving too fast to figure out what to say because he really hadnât considered this would happen. It was naive of him, he supposed, but he really had thought the two of you could have done it without the emotional complications. Part of him, of course, was thrilled, but the other part of him, the logical part, was thrown into absolute chaos at the implications of your statement and what it would mean and all the statistics and probabilities he had calculated and
And you still hadnât said anything. Tech could see you out of the corner of his eye, face red and chest heaving with emotion. You looked embarassed, regretful, and the realization that maybe you didnât mean it hit him like a brick to the face. Maybe it was just something that slipped out, something your orgasm-addled mind had conjured up against your will and now you didnât know how to take it back, didnât know the right way to tell him you donât actually love him.
It was too much for him to process at once, and he ran to the refresher in the hopes that he could clear his head and actually think coherently about the situation for a moment. Tech couldnât have been in there long, maybe a few minutes, just long enough to splash some water on his face, look himself in the eye, and come to the conclusion that he needed to just have a conversation with you instead of playing with hypothetical numbers in his head. But then he came back out and you were gone, and that seemed like all the answer he needed. You didnât mean it.
That was good, right? You didnât mean it, and the two of you could keep going the way you had been.
But the ache in Techâs heart said otherwise. You didnât love him. He loved you, he knew he did, and he could be ok with pretending he didnât when he didnât know how you felt. But he knew now. And it hurt.
It hurt everytime he talked to you, so he stopped talking to you. It hurt everytime he was near you, so he stopped being near you. It hurt everytime he looked at you, so he stopped looking. The squadâs performance hadnât been altered, so Tech concluded that the awkwardness could be tolerated until your presence didnât feel so much like a blaster shot to his chest.
But just like pretty much every other choice Tech had made in regards to you, that plan only worked until it backfired horrifically.
***
The Batch were back on Kamino in between missions. Tech had been vaguely aware of Hunter being called in to a meeting of some sort, but he offered his full attention as Hunter stormed back into their room and huffed his way to Techâs workbench.
âI donât know what you did, but you need to fix things with Y/N. Nowâ
At the mention of your name, Tech pretended to return to his work, fiddling with a tool and avoiding eye contact.
âI do not know what you are referring-â
âLike hell you donât Tech! The two of you havenât even looked at each other in weeks and now theyâve put in a request to be transferred to another unit, so donât tell me thereâs nothing going on between you.â
Tech shot up, tools abandoned and stool knocked over with the force of his standing.
âThey requested a transfer?â
âYeah, they did. Now, I donât know what happened, but I know your little silent treatment has been hurting them a lot. I donât want to see them go, and you donât either. So go talk to them and fix it, or Iâll have you transferred instead,â Hunter ordered, finger pointed at Techâs chest. The threat was empty, of course, but it had fallen on deaf ears regardless.
Tech all but sprinted out into the hall, desperate to change your mind before you left them for good. As much as it pained him to be near you, the thought of being without you was somehow so much worse. He reached your quarters and unceremoniously burst in, barely giving the doors enough time to slide open before he was moving past them.
You jumped at his sudden entrance, hand coming up to clutch your chest.
âMaker, Tech you scared me!â
âPlease donât leaveâ
You stared at him, taking in his appearance for the first time. His chest was heaving, like heâd just run a marathon, and his eyes were frantic and impossibly wide behind his goggles. You didnât think youâd ever seen him so disheveled, even when youâd slept with him.
You wanted to look away, but you were conscious of the fact that this was the first time you had made eye contact in Maker knows how long and you couldnât bring yourself to do it.
âTech, I-I canât stay with the way things are. Iâm sorry about what I said, I know it was just supposed to be a friend thing and I shouldnât have fallen in love with you. I really tried not to, but I did and I ruined everything and you canât even look at me anymore so how can I-â
Tech took step closer, cutting off your rambling as his brow furrowed.
âYou fell in love with me?â
He spoke so quietly, it was barely above a whisper. You nodded, confused at his surprised considering the whole issue was that you told him you loved him and he didnât feel the same. That was the issue, right?
You could practically see the smoke coming out of his ears as he tried to process what was happening.
âI thought⌠I thought you didnât mean itâ
Now it was your turn to be confused.
âWhy would you think that?â
âY-you didnât say anything. You confessed your affections for me while in a compromised state and didnât say anything else afterwards. Your body language indicated regret and-and you left. I concluded that you said it by accident, and did not actually mean it,â he explained as calmly as he could in his rattled state.
âI left because I told you I loved you and you locked yourself in the fresher! And then you wouldnât talk to me so I figured you were mad at me because I have feelings for you and you donât feel the same way!â
Techâs face broke out in a huge grin, and just as you were about to ask him why he was so happy all of a sudden, he rushed forward and passionately slotted his lips against yours. You gasped into him before immediately reciprocating the kiss, and you tangled your hands in his hair as his fingers desperately clutched your hips. Of all the kisses you had shared with him, none had felt the way this one did. There was an emotion pouring into it, one that had always been on the verge of spilling over but never had before. Eventually you broke apart, and you cursed your lungs for needing air.
He leaned his forehead against yours as you both caught your breath, and broke the silence after a few moments.
âI love you, too. I have for a significant amount of time. When you left that night, I incorrectly assumed you did not share my affections. I avoided you after because I⌠I was hurt. I apologize for misinterpreting your actions, and for allowing you to think that I was upset with you. I assure you, that could not be further from reality.â
You laughed giddily, bumping his nose with yours as you relished in his confession.
âIf you loved me, why did you just want to be friends with benefits?â
Tech blushed and look down, a sheepish look overtaking his features.
âWell, I performed a cost-benefit analysis on engaging in a romantic relationship, and the potential complications were too great. A platonic sexual partnership offered a less risky alternative. Although, I must admit that I failed to properly calculate the possible outcomes of such an agreement between two individuals in our specific situation,â he elaborated.
âWe might be the two dumbest people in the galaxy,â you joked with a giggle.
âTechnically, it is statistically impossible for that to be true, given-â
You cut him off with another deep kiss, your hands coming to rest on his arms as they kept you in his iron-clad grip. He had never loosened his hold, as though he thought if he let you go, you would disappear.
Abruptly, the kiss ended as Tech pulled back slightly to look at you.
âDoes this mean you are no longer transferring out of our squad?â
You grinned.
âThat depends. Does this mean we can have a real relationship, not just sex?â
Tech brought one hand to rest on his jaw as he looked upwards and pretended to be deep in thought.
âWell, according to my calculations, we have already experienced nearly all of the possible complications of pursuing a romantic relationship, so I have no objection to enjoying some of the benefits,â he concluded with a playful smile.
You leaned up to kiss him again, pausing just before your lips made contact with his to make a sly comment.
âAnd we know how good we are at some of those benefits alreadyâ
#the bad batch#bad batch#tbb#tbb tech#tech tbb#the bad batch tech#tech the bad batch#tbb tech x reader#tech x reader#the bad batch tech x reader#tech x y/n#tech x you#the bad batch x reader
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how would atsushi, akashi and aomine react to haizaki threatening/hitting on their s/o?? (cue that one scene where he was literally taking on himuro, kagami, kise, and alex all at once đĄ... basically that, but with their s/o)
ANONâŚ. THOSE 3???? LONG STORY SHORTâŚ. HAIZAKI EXPERIENCES DEATH (OR AT LEAST NEAR-DEATH) 3 SEPARATE TIMESâŚâŚ BUT HEREâS THE âLONG STORYâ THROUGH THESE HCsÂ
TW: attempt of physical assault, unwanted advancements⌠asshole Haizaki? cut under this to keep yâall safe JUST IN CASE
[Headcanons]
Aomine Daiki
you went out to look for Aomine after noticing how he hasnât come back to his seat for too long
this was shortly after KaijĹ defeated Fukuda SĹgĹ, and it was currently intermission before the next match rolled in
your face was met with crisp air as your eyes adjusted to the dark, scanning for any sign of your boyfriend
upon seeing no one, you decided to walk around the perimeter, just in case Aomine decided to nap for a quick moment on a whim and forgot to tell you
maybe you shouldnât have walked out alone and in the dark of night, but you figured that in such a public event in a public area, you didnât think anyone had the balls to start anything fishy around the stadium
oh how you were so wrong
you unfortunately bumped into Haizaki right when he was slowly strolling with his basketball shoes over his shoulder, and you immediately stopped in place, praying that he would walk past by you or perhaps not even see you
you knew that he wasnât good news based from what Aomine told you and from watching that unpleasant game⌠he was bad, bad news
why did you think he wasnât gonna see you? his senses are as sharp as a falcon, scrutinizing you before he realizes your identity
âOh? Now whatâs a pretty little thing like you doing out here⌠all alone?â
âI, um, I was looking for someone, but I realized itâs been getting a little too late⌠I think they returned back to the stadium, so thatâs where Iâm headingâŚâ
your voice slowly diminishes to a soft whisper by the end, but judging from his widened eyes from glee, you knew he wasnât going to walk past by you after this
âThat so?â he drawls, licking his thumb. âThe stadium ya say?â
something about his gaze turned sharp and dangerous, âthe stadiumâ triggering unadulterated rage and frustration from the game and from his encounter with Aomine
âI⌠I really gotta leave,â you say in a hurry, quickly backing up. âTh-Theyâre impatient, soââ
âHuh?â he mocks, leaning closer to you. âIâm kinda of an impatient guy myself, yeah?â but upon even closer inspection, he realizes that heâs seen you somewhere very recently
âHm?â he muses lowly. âWerenât ya sitting with Daiki that game?â when you don't answer out of fear, his eyes merely shine with excitement⌠âOhhhh⌠is that how it is?â
. . .
Aomine returns back to his seat after settling a score with Haizaki outside the stadium, but immediately becomes confused when he sees your seat empty
Sakurai immediately apologizes and quickly informs him that you went out to look for him, and Aomine immediately dashes back out⌠after all, who knows if you got lost in the dark or if you kept being persistent in looking for him?
imagine his visible distress when he sees Haizaki putting an arm around your shoulder while still holding his shoes and you looking absolutely fearful because you knew what he was capable of
this was a very rare moment where Aomine was not so calm and collected
but he tries to, especially when he knows that Haizaki probably relishes in the fact of âgetting revengeâ for that punch earlier (and probably realized the connection between you and Aomine to do so)
âHey, asshat,â he calls out, grabbing Haizakiâs attention away from you, but Aomine notices him pulling you slightly closer to his body. âThe fuck you think youâre doing with (y/n)?â
âHehh? So (y/n)âs your name?â Haizaki merely pays attention to you, completely ignoring Aomine
âBack off,â he says lowly, almost to a growl. âI wonât be holding myself back to just a punch this time if you do anything else.â
at his hardened glare, Haizaki does a gleeful mock-surprise expression before putting his arm off of you and says: âWhoaaa there, Daiki. Never pegged you as that typa guy.â
he licks his thumb before walking away casually without a care in the world before calling out, âIt ainât fun here anymore, Iâm bouncinâ out.â
by the time he leaves Aomineâs field of vision, he finally releases a pent-up sigh before calling out your name:
â... Comeâere⌠he didnât do anythinâ to you right? Sheesh, I leave you alone for one secondâalright, alright I guess it was more than a second⌠fine, it was several minutes⌠look, Iâm sorry⌠okay, okay quit lecturing me⌠more importantly, promise me you donât go out alone like that. Itâs dangerous out there, yâknow.â
when you finally ask about what he meant by his threat to Haizaki, he smugly replies, âAw, that? I gave him a hard sock earlier. Went down pretty easily.â
Murasakibara Atsushi
itâs quite rare that Murasakibara would agree to going to Tokyo temporarily over break, let alone leave his house, but here you two are, resting on the park benches in Tokyo
shortly after, you went to the nearest arcade hall, begging and tugging him along with you to try the strength test for the jackpot prize (totally using his physique to nab home prizes and merch LOL)
he only agreed because you looked way too excited for him to turn the plan down
he still enjoyed himself, if he was being honest; itâs just you, him, his snacks, and some games you both are playing together
Murasakibara notices that the arcade also has a mini food court to the side, and he immediately pouts at you to let him go tasting galore on a food binge
and you laugh, telling him to âhurry upâ to tease him and letting him know that you were staying here to try to earn more points to exchange for rewards at the end
you entered a coin into the slot and hummed before seeing a START screen, but as soon as it went black into a loading screen you saw someoneâs reflection on it
Haizaki was right behind you
âWhaddya know? Would ya look at that?â he says, hands in his pockets while sneering. âIf it isnât (y/n).â
you merely pretended that you didnât hear him, considering that the arcade was pretty crowded and noisy, and went on to playing the game in front of you
you hoped that by the time you were done with the round, heâd be gone, but his reflection was very much still there on the arcade machine screen, depicting his laid-back posture against the back of another arcade machine, watching you with complete amusement
after spending all the available coins on hand and still sensing him behind you, you promptly turned to your left to head for the coin machine and acted completely casual, but before you got too far ahead, Haizaki easily blocks your path with an outstretched arm, the hand against the arcade machine
âWhoaaa,â he drawls. âThatâs pretty fucked up for you to ignore me like that.â
â... Youâre blocking the way, so can you please kindly let me pass?â you flatly say, not bothering to look at his face
âWhatâs with the cold shoulder?â He tilts his head with a crazed look in his eyes that spelled unpredictability. âI just came and stopped by to say hello to an old friend from Teiko. Nothinâ wrong with that, hm?â
âLook,â you sigh. âYouâre in the way, and I wish to spend my time here left alone. No, Iâm not interested in small talk. No, Iâm not in the mood for a bite with you. No, I donât want to give you my number. Did I address everything?â you finally turned your face to look at Haizaki, but his face contorts to one of a dangerous beast
âGood, goodâŚâ he slowly says. âYou havenât changed one bit, havenât ya? I was wonderinâ where that feisty side of yours went.â
perhaps you shouldnât have spoken up after all; it only riled him up more
before you can formulate any further thoughts, he grabs your chin and directed it towards him, and you immediately froze up
you tried to dart your eyes around you if anyone noticed, but no one seems to pay attention
âWhatâs the matter?â he asks. âCat got ya tongue?â when he looks to where your gaze was at, he chuckles before drawing closer to your face. âNo oneâs gonna help⌠not when they think weâre a little thingâŚâ
but he instantly feels a heavy hand on his shoulder, and Haizaki turns around, ready to cuss the perpetrator out, but his eyes widen when he sees a furious Murasakibara
a giant with a very, very hostile aura⌠even nearby crowds dispersed out of fear for their safety
âHands off of (y/n)-chin, pest.â
âOho?â Haizaki releases your face and completely turns around to face him. âWell if it isnât Atsushi⌠been a while hasnât it?â he brings up a hand in a shrugging motion. âWhile Iâd love to chat, Iâm busy. Scram.â
âTouch (y/n)-chin again, and Iâll break all of your fingers.â
âHuh?â Haizaki licks his right thumb. âWhatâs up with ya? Itâs nonâya business.â
you took this as an opportunity to run to Murasakibaraâs side and seek shelter behind his back, which Haizaki raises a defiant brow
âHmmm?â he smiles a slow smirk. âWas I really such bad company, (y/n)?â
his smile was completely wiped when he sees Murasakibaraâs outstretched hand towards his head, and he deftly dodges his grasp before he walks off with a scoff
âIâm gonna crush himââ
âW-Wait! Just leave him beâŚâ you held onto his torso in a full-attempt to stop him from going too far, and after a few moments, he relaxes with body and finally turns to face you
he doesnât say anything but darts his eyes all over your figure to make sure there werenât any injuries on you
he gently holds your hand before he tugs you to follow him to the food court
âMurasakibaraâŚ?â
â... You wonât be separated from me if we hold hands, (y/n)-chin.â
âIâm fine, you know.â
he doesnât say anything more, and when you both settled into your table with your orders, heâs constantly staring at you and giving nonverbal cues that he wants to do PDA with you
becomes very protective and affectionate of you for the rest of the trip
grows very quiet and deep in thought until you reassure him that you were okay because of him stepping in to save you
Akashi Seijuro
itâd be extremely rare for you to ever bump into Haizaki, especially when the only chance you can see him is during the annual Winter Cup
Winter Cup arrives once again with the GoMs being 2nd years this time, and Akashi is still the same Oreshi ever since last Winter Cup
Haizaki definitely had seen you walking with Akashi very closely before the opening ceremony started, and it gave him ideas on how to âget backâ against Akashi without directly confronting him
he was gonna mess with you
even after all those years, he still has that grudge against Akashi; the fact that he is one of the few people who has that power over him irritates him to no end
even when Akashi told Haizaki to quit long ago to help him save face, his pride was still heavily bruised
when he was sure Akashi wasnât with you, he approached you while you were waiting outside the stadium
. . .
Akashi exits out of the locker rooms and carries his duffel bag before he heads to the entrance to greet you, excited in reuniting with you to talk about todayâs games and your opinion on Rakuzanâs performance⌠that is, until what he saw made him beyond furious
âO-OwâŚ!â
âIf ya want someone to blame for,â Haizaki sneers. âYa can thank Akashi for messinâ with me, yeah? Donât take it too hard babe, but Iâm just returninâ the favor⌠by proxy.â
Akashi strides over to the two of you with the intensity of death that would even surprise Bokushi himself
âHaizaki.â
at the sound of his eerily calm voice, Haizaki turns over to Akashi, and his glee is immediately wiped off his face and replaced with one of anger⌠and hidden fear
he suddenly drops you from his chokehold, and as you hit the ground, coughing to intake air, he turns to Akashi with a vengeful look
after a suffocating staredown between the two, Haizaki tuts and turns to leave in unspoken defeat, knowing full well the consequences from defying against Akashi; itâs something he never did in Teiko and certainly not something he would risk doing now
Akashi immediately drops his cold facade and rushes over to your side, rubbing your back and examining the slight bruises on your neck
his HIGHEST priority at that very moment was your safety, and he decided to take you to a doctor and then to your home, opting to cancelling/rescheduling any plans for today despite your objections
all the while, he coos softly at you and touches you with such care and gentleness that you managed to calm your heartbeat from that sudden attempt of assault
as soon as he feels like youâre safe, mentally and physically (and probably in a safe environment with either a GoM or at your own home), he reveals his true emotions on his face regarding the incident for the first time when heâs alone
being super considerate about your current mental state, he didnât want to potentially scare you even more with his anger and much more negative emotions
for the first time, he allows his darker thoughts to simmer and stir⌠itâs one of those rare times where he wishes that Bokushi still existed within him
he eventually finds time to pay a visit to Fukuda SĹgĹ⌠to make nice⌠threats conversation
if you somehow figured out that he was going to do that, only when you convinced him is when heâll decide to back down
but thatâs only IF you figured out about how Akashi really felt about thisâŚ
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One Shot Werewolf Story
So... first of all, Next part of PFTS should be coming out soon. It's going to take some work to make sure that I pull all the threads that's I've placed in all the worlds together without plot holes, so apologize for how long it's taking. Will probably finish this last world in 2-3 parts, with possibly 1 or two extra parts from Liam and the Traveler's perspective.
Now, back to the story at hand. About a week ago, I wandered into the werewolf side of Wattpad. It was very... interesting. Never written about werewolves before. Thought it might be fun to try my own using my own style. (Women who constantly think they aren't pretty or good enough for the man, men who force physical intimacy and growl "mine" aren't really going to work for me.)
Anyways, It's about a 13k oneshot. It's a bit out of my norm, so I hope you guys enjoy! (Also I would love to hear ideas on what to title this.)
Here it is:
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âI canât believe you read this garbage!â Alyssaâs coworker held up the book in her hand, staring at it with disgust. âWhat do you see in books like this, anyways?â
Alyssa sighed, looking up at the book in question. The cover showed a shirtless muscular man holding a busty woman while scowling at the camera, with the title written across the top in bright orange words: âThe Alphaâs Timid Mate.â
âI donât read it for fun.â She muttered, reaching up and snatching the book back. Opening the large roller suitcase behind her, she found its place among the hundreds of other werewolf books and put it away carefully.
âThen what is it?â Her coworker asked with a tone of disbelief.
âResearch.â
âReally? Research? For what? When your werewolf boyfriend shows up out of nowhere? â She let out a derisive snort. âSure.â
ââŚYou donât understand.â
She doesnât understand us. The wolf in Alyssaâs head spoke up silently.
âThatâs what I said.â
Can we eat her? Her wolf seemed excited by the idea.
âNo. You know we canât. You donât even really want to. Youâre just acting out because youâre upset I wonât let you watch horror movies any more.â
I am not acting out! But since you mentioned it⌠bring back the horror movies!
âNo.â
âWhat are you talking about?â Her coworker frowned; confused by the conversation she could only hear half of.
Turning to her briefly, Alyssa shrugged. âSorry, Iâm just having a small discussion. Iâll be free to talk shortly.â
âDonât bother.â The girl walked away, whispering under her breath. âFreak.â
Should have just eaten her.
âWolves donât even eat people. Stop pretending.â
How do you know? Maybe WEREwolves DO eat people! You have no clue! You havenât found a pack yet. Even though you PROMISED!
âI know, I know.â Alyssa rubbed her forehead tiredly. âItâs harder than I thought it would be.â
Iâm lonely and bored! I want to go run! I want a pack!
âAnything else, Your Highness? A bone on a silver platter?â
The wolf paused at that, pouting quietly ⌠Iâm hungry. Feed us something tasty.
âThat I can do. Weâll eat on our lunch break.â
Steak?
ââŚWeâll see.â
As her wolf silently cheered, the door to the bookstore she was tending opened. A strange smell reached her nose. Mint and pine along with another scent she couldnât quite place.
Alyssa looked up and was startled. The man who walked in looked like he had stepped off the cover of one of her werewolf books. Muscular, handsome⌠his brown hair just long enough to frame his green eyes. And tall⌠Alyssa had always known she was short, but never felt quite so at a disadvantage height wise as she did at the manâs approach.
He looks like the lead from book #298. Her wolf suggested in an interested tone.
âI was thinking book #645, but I see your point.â
Why do you think heâs here?
âI donât know.â
As he moved closer, his gaze meeting her own, Alyssa stepped back, the sound of her wolfâs growl filling her mind.
HEâS A WEREWOLF! ⌠even better, he smells strong⌠an ALPHA? QUICK, MATE HIM!
An alpha? Crap. Alyssa had done enough research to know that was bad news. âLook here, missy, I am not assaulting some stranger just becauseâŚâ
Then letâs switch over to wolf so I can do it!
âNo!â
âExcuse meâŚâ The man spoke up, his voice hesitant and trailing off.
Alyssa turned and hurried out the back. Passing through the bookshelves, she heard someone following close behind, and picked up the pace. The door squeaked loudly as she forced it open, slamming against the wall as she broke out into a run towards the back alley.
âWait!â The manâs voice called out.
Seeing that they were now alone, she stopped in her tracks, and turned, more irritated than nervous. âWhat?â
ââŚâ He seemed thrown off by her sudden change, but shook his head, studying her closely. The man seemed to recognize something, and moved quickly to stand next to her. âYouâreâŚâ His eyes widened, and he reached out to grab her. âA werewolf? My mate?!â
YES! I knew it! Her wolfâs scream of excitement echoed in her mind.
Alyssa sighed tiredly, reaching into her bag. âWell, crap.â
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It had been a terrible day.
Lewis listened to his family arguing, wishing for the thousandth time that he wasnât in charge.
âNightfangâs pack could wipe us out!â Gary, his Beta, slammed his fist on the table, the force of it scattering plates and cups.
Lewisâs mother stood up, and despite her height only coming only to the enormous manâs chin he shrunk down in fear. ââŚDid you just mess up my kitchen?â
ââŚâ
âThen youâre gonna be a good boy and clean that up right now, yes?â She raised an eyebrow. âOr you wonât have to worry about that Nightfang pack. There wonât be enough of you left for them to fight over once Iâm through.â
ââŚIâll clean it up right away, Maâam.â
âThatâs what I thought.â She turned to Lewis, patting his shoulder comfortingly. âWhatâs you plan to deal with this, dear?â
âMy plan?â His voice came out slightly more stressed than he meant it to.
âWell, youâre the alpha. Your father left it to you to protect us. â
âYes. Of course⌠a plan⌠which I definitely have.â
Gary and his mate Berta glanced at each other from the other side of the table.
âHe doesnât have a plan.â
âDid you really expect him to?â
âHey!â At Lewisâs hurt exclamation, Gary shrugged.
âNo offense, Alpha, but since your broth⌠since Nightfang left and took half the pack with him, things have been a little disorganized. You have to admit thatâs true.â
Lewis walked over to the window of the cabin, leaning on the sill and staring up at the cloudy sky. It wasnât supposed to be like this. We were supposed to help each other. Help the pack. But now itâs all just one huge mess and Iâm the only one left to take care of it.
Hey, youâre not alone! His wolfâs irritated voice burst out. Iâm always here. Weâre stuck together for life!
Iâm aware. He chuckled quietly. Glad to have you, Buddy.
So⌠Can we go find our mate now?
You know we canât. There could be an attack any day now. Besides, Iâve already visited all the packs within driving distance. Sheâs not there.
Maybe sheâs human, like our mom. We should go to town and find her.
Yeah, just go to town and pick up a mate like going to the grocery store to pick up milk. No problem with that.
Sheâs probably waiting for us! Sheâs wondering whatâs taking us so long to find her. What if she thinks we canât provide for her? Hurry, you have to find herâŚ. Bring steak⌠no⌠four steaks⌠fatty ones! It will show that we can feed her⌠make her fat! Sheâll definitely want to mate with us then!
Nothing turns women on more than shoving red meat in their face and telling them that youâll help them gain weight.
Like you would know? Who have you dated? Regale me with tales of your vast experience.
Hey! You havenât dated either.
I have instincts, at least.
âLewis?â Garyâs voice broke him from his silent talk with his wolf.
He turned back âWeâll tighten up the patrol schedule.â He rubbed his forehead.
âIt will mean giving up territory.â
âIâm aware.â The words came out as a growl. Territory was everything. In the old days it was a packâs survival. The instinct to protect it at all costs remained, but Lewis had no choice. âTheir safety matters more.â
The pack has to be protected first.
Agree. His wolf sounded unhappy, but stood by him, as always.
âAlright then. Continue with training, and preparing for if Nightfang brings his pack for war.â Lewis sighed. âHopefully theyâll wait until the colder weather passes.â
Although it might be just delaying the inevitable.
âYou are all dismissed.â As he stood up, however, his mother stopped him with a smile.
âCan you pick up some milk, dear? Iâm out.â
â⌠Sure, Mom.â He held back a laugh thinking about his conversation with his wolf, knowing that no one else would get the joke. Maybe Iâll pick up my mate while Iâm there.
He headed into town.
As he parked his car and walked towards the supermarket, however, his wolf suddenly started shouting in his head.
Sheâs here!
Lewis frowned. Who? Nightfang or one of his followers?
No, you idiot! Our mate!
Where? He skidded to a halt, staring around frantically. His heart started to race, as he prepared to meet his soulmate⌠the one he had been waiting for his entire life.
In the bookstore! His wolf wasnât much better, barely able to communicate in its excitement.
He opened the door, ignoring the soft chime that sounded out to alert a new customerâs arrival. His eyes scanned the room, trying to spot⌠something. A familiar face, a special feeling. How do you know if someone is your mateâŚ?
His silent voice trailed off in shock as he stared at⌠her.
She was beautiful.
Dark curls, the tips just barely brushing her shoulders. She was short�� very short. He felt awkwardly tall, wondering if she would dislike his height. She seemed to be packing a book into a suitcase, but then turned to face him.
Her grey eyes widened at the sight of him.
Does she feel it too?
QUICK, FEED HER!
With what?!!! I donât have any food!
Why didnât you bring the steaks?!!! Now sheâs going to think weâre weak and sheâll starve as our mate! What if she leaves us?!!
Human women donât need steaks for courtship⌠watch.
Lewis cleared his throat. âExcuse meâŚâ
She turned and rushed out of the store.
âŚ
âŚ
âŚYou were saying?
âŚMaybe you were right about the steaks.
He followed her out to the back of the shop, cringing at the suspicious looks that the customers in the shop gave him.
Iâm chasing after a girl into a back alley. Iâll be lucky if no one calls the cops.
Sheâs our mate! We could never hurt her!
They donât know that. She might not even know that!
To his shock she stopped and turned around once they were out of the store. Placing her hands on her hips, she glared at him. âWhat?â
ââŚâ She was even more mesmerizing up close. Lewis nervously cleared his throat, stepping closer.
Her scent filled his senses. Lilac and spring and⌠wolf?
Sheâs a werewolf! Thatâs awesome! Letâs shift and show her how strong our wolf form is. Itâs much better looking than the human look.
âYouâreâŚâ Feeling stunned, he reached out, wanting to touch her, to hold her hand. âA werewolf? My mate?â
This is amazing! His mate, his soulmate was standing right in front of him. Would she be happy too? Was she excited to meet us?
She didnât seem shocked. Didnât seem happy either⌠or angry, or afraid. Her face just showed mild⌠annoyance?
Does she not feel the bond?
âWell, crap.â
As she spoke out with a matter of fact tone, Lewisâs hand neared her shoulder, only to spasm and drop as he fell to the ground shaking. His mate stood over him, staring down at him blankly, the Taser in her hand still sparking.
Well, crap. He silently echoed his mateâs words as darkness overcame him.
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Alyssa sat on her favorite chair, holding her favorite mug, drinking her favorite tea, wrapped in her favorite blanket, hoping it would improve her mood.
It wasnât working.
Mostly due to the large man on her living room floor, just now waking up from the effects of her Taser⌠and the large animal sedative she stuck him with after he went down. He blinked his eyes, seeming confused and disoriented.
Heâs adorable. I bet his wolf is good looking! Can you ask him to shift? Her wolf hadnât shut up since they met the other werewolf.
âShush. Heâs waking up now. It would be rude to ask him before weâve talked. â
Spoilsport. At least show him all the hamburger meat we have frozen.
âWhy would he want to see our hamburger meat?â
THAT will show him how effective we are at gathering food! We can be an asset to his pack! If he doesnât have a pack he should follow us around, and we can fatten him up! ⌠heâs too skinny.
âHeâs not skinny⌠heâs very muscular.â
What if thereâs not enough prey in the winter? His muscles will go away. He should have a nice little layer of fat.
âDo not fatten him up! I like him like this.â
âExcuse me?â The man on her living room floor struggled to sit up. Leaning back against her TV stand, he blinked a few more times, obviously still fighting off the tranquilizer. Looking around, he just seemed more confused. âWhere am I?â
âMy home.â Alyssa told him, taking another sip of her tea.
âAh.â He paused, awkwardly shifting his weight and raising his hands which were tied together with silver chains, like his ankles. âWhy am I tied up?â
ââŚâ She stared at him silently a few moments. âYouâre a werewolf.â
ââŚYes. So are you?â
âYou said I was your mate.â
He blushed at that, avoiding eye contact. âSorry. I know that was awkward. I was surprised. Iâve been looking for years since I reached adulthood.â
âYouâre an alpha?â
âYes.â Straightening his spine, he forced a cocky looking grin. âA strong alpha of a great pack.â
âSo now you know why youâre tied up.â
ââŚpardon?â
Alyssa rolled her eyes. âIâve done enough research to know when an alpha finds his mate, it tends to get physical⌠and non-consensual⌠real quick.â
He still seemed confused. âResearch?â
She set down her tea and blanket and dragged over the enormous roller suitcase. Opening it, she displayed hundreds of paperback romance books. She pulled one out, showing off the cover, which showed a half-naked muscular man holding a woman tightly as she half-heartedly pushed him away.
The bound man looked at the picture. âThe Reluctant Mate of an Alpha? What is this?â
âThere are 983 books on werewolves in my possession.â She pulled out her notebook, quickly flipping to the âalphaâ section. â88% of them feature an alpha werewolf as the male lead⌠and 92% of those characters force their mate to engage in physical intimacy⌠mostly hugging and kissing⌠within the first few minutes of meeting them.â
âYou⌠youâre getting your information from romance books?â He looked horrified. âWhereâs your pack?â
âNo pack. Abandoned as a baby. I grew up in the foster system.â
A low angry growl sounded from his chest. âWhat pack abandons a child?!â
âThe kind of pack that Iâm probably better off being abandoned than raised by.â She tapped the book again. âBack to the fact that Iâm apparently the mate to an alpha wolf.â
âNot apparently!â He looked distressed still. âYou ARE! Canât you sense it?â
She ignored him, putting the book back carefully. âYou know that alpha wolves arenât even a natural thing⌠only happens with wolves in captivity. Wolves in the wild tend to form family units. â
ââŚBut we arenât normal wolves? We wouldnât have the exact same pack structure.â
âExactly. Thus I canât use my wolf encyclopedia to gain information.â She frowned. âThat would have been preferable, honestly. I donât really like the alphas in these stories.â
If youâre not going to mate with him⌠can we eat him?
âStop asking to eat people. You know the answer.â
Lewisâs eyes grew wide. âDid you say âeat PEOPLE?â
âDonât worry. Thereâs a strict âno eating peopleâ rule. Itâs just a phase sheâs gone through since I let her watch 80s horror werewolf flicks. She thinks its funny, but its not. â She threw her hands up helplessly. âThis is WHY we are on a horror movie ban!â
This is unfair!
âItâs perfectly fair! Even if you ignore the moral implications, you wouldnât even like the taste of human flesh!â
What about hot sauce? Didnât you say hot sauce makes every thing taste better?
âYes⌠hot sauce does make everything taste better.â
âWait⌠are you going to EAT me?â Lewis questioned with a panicked tone, scooting backwards closer to the door.
âNo. I told you, thereâs a firm âno eating peopleâ rule in place. Weâre done discussing that.â
âButâŚâ
âWeâre discussing whether or not hot sauce would make your flesh taste better if we ate you⌠hypothetically.â
âOh.â He thought it over. âI do like hot sauce. But I donât think wolves do.â
âNo. It would give them diarrhea, probably.â Alyssa nodded. âSee. Even hot sauce wouldnât help.â
Then if we arenât going to eat him, can we please just MATE with him?
âNo eating. No mating.â
âWait, can we not put a strict no mating rule in place just yet? At least not a permanent one?â He paused. âAlso, if I promise not to engage in any alpha behaviors like you see in your âresearchâ, can I please be untied?â
ââŚâ She studied him warily. âI suppose.â
âGreat!â He held out his wrists, smiling with relief as she started to untie him.
âI have plenty of tranquilizer anyways.â She muttered.
ââŚpardon?â
The bonds slipped free. The man rubbed his wrists, careful to not make any sudden movements. Relieved by his apparent honesty in not trying anything, Alyssa headed back to her chair and wrapped herself back in her blanket.
Grabbing her tea, she took a sip of the lukewarm liquid and smiled. âSo what brought the great alpha into my place of work today? Were you looking for me?â
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Lewis was unsure how to answer his mate. Panicking, he said the first thing he thought of.
âActually I was going to go buy milk.â
She raised an eyebrow. âIn the bookstore?â
âYes! I mean, no!â He covered in his face. âI was on my way to the supermarket, when my wolf⌠sensed you.â
She tilted her head, seeming more interested. âYour wolf? Whatâs he like?â
TELL HER I AM VERY STRONG!
âUmm⌠heâs strongâŚâ
TELL HER I CAN MAKE HER FAT!!
No!
How else will she know I can provide food for her and our children?!
No. Iâm not saying weâll make her fat!
ITS IMPORTANT! TELL HER HOW FAT WE CAN MAKE HER!
âAre you okay?â
âWEâLL MAKE YOU REALLY FAT!â Lewis blurted out⌠and then stared at the ground in embarrassed horror.
ââŚâ There was a long silence.
âMy wolf says thatâs very attractive.â She shook her head. âShe wants you to know that we have several pounds of hamburger in our freezer and that we are happy to contribute food to you and your family.â
Sheâs smart and stores plenty of meat in her freezer! Please convince her to stay as our mate!
âSo would you like to come visit our pack? He asked, wincing as she pulled what appeared to be a miniature Taser out of thin air. âJust visiting! No mating!â He relaxed as she hid the Taser away again ââŚWhere were you even keeping that?â
âSecret pocket in the sleeveâŚ. Itâs not my only one, so donât think Iâve given you any advantage.â
Lewis tried to think of something that would appeal to her. âI know you donât have a pack⌠it would be a chance to get to know others like you⌠â
â⌠I would be able to refine my researchâŚâ She muttered, staring down at her notebook. âPlus my wolf really wants toâŚâ
SHEâS GOING TO SAY YES!
Shush!
âSure. Why not?â She shrugged, holding out her hand. âI guess we should officially meet if weâre going back to your pack together. Iâm Alyssa.â
Alyssa! Her name is pretty!
âNice to meet you Alyssa.â Lewis smiled brightly. âIâm Lewis.â He shook her hand, trying to stay calm at the shocking feeling of touching her. It was almost painful, as if every cell in his body were screaming at him that heâs met his soulmate. Overwhelmed, confused, he glanced over at his mate, only to see her calm expression.
Does she not feel this? Are we just delusional?
Sheâs our mate! Of course she feels it!
Sheâs not acting like it. Maybe weâre wrong? Lewis felt a stabbing pain in his chest at the thought. She was his mate. He had waited his whole life to meet her. He belonged to her.
What if she doesnât want us?
⌠His wolf didnât have an answer to that.
Maybe she can sense our weakness⌠our failure.
No⌠weâre not weak! Weâre alpha of a strong pack!
Thatâs fallen apart because most of them felt I wasnât the best one for the job.
We have to be strong. We canât fail our pack or our mate. Donât show weakness!
Iâll try.
Lewis forced a calm smile as he looked at Alyssa. âShould we head over and meet the pack?â
âHmm⌠Arenât you forgetting something?â She angled her head, studying him.
âWhat?â
âDidnât you say you were on your way to pick up milk when you met me?â
âOH SHOOT!â He jumped to his feet. âIâm glad you said something! You saved my life!â
âBy remembering milk?â
âYou donât realize how horrible my death would be at my momâs hands if I had forgotten it.â
ââŚâ She raised an eyebrow, a slight smile at the corner of her mouth. âYouâre welcome, then.â
I like her smile! Letâs help make her smile more!
Agree.
Lewis ran to pick up some milk while she packed a bag for the trip. When he returned, he was shocked by the number of suitcases she had brought with her.
âAre all these clothes?â
âDonât be silly.â She looked at him like he was an idiot. âItâs my research.â
He was almost afraid to ask, but felt he had to. â⌠Theyâre all filled with werewolf romance books⌠arenât they?
âNot just books⌠â Alyssa seemed a little defensive. âThereâs some weapons. And a few changes of clothes.â
âIf youâre staying a few days at least, do you need to take off work?â
She shook her head. âNo need.â
âReally?â
âYeah. â
ââŚOkay.â He didnât want to pry. At least not yet. Maybe one day sheâll trust us enough to tell us more.
He packed her bags into the car, glad for his superhuman strength as he lifted the suitcases filled to the brim with books. Alyssa sat in the passenger seat, clutching a notebook and a small messenger bag, which also appeared to be filled with books. As they headed outside of town, an awkward silence fell between them.
Say something witty! His wolf finally lost patience with Something that will make her think weâre smart!
Open to any suggestions, Buddy. Iâm having trouble thinking straight with our mate so close, much less think of something smart to say!
Arenât you supposed to be the more intelligent half? Iâm supposed to be the stronger one.
Youâre the one always saying that wolves are super intelligent creatures and I should listen to you more!
Now weâre being silent for too long! What if she thinks weâre an idiot?!
Youâre not helpingâŚ
âSo how do werewolves mate?â Alyssa asked calmly, the question almost causing Lewis to swerve off the road in shock.
ââŚâ
âŚ
âSorry, I donât think I heard you. Could you repeat the question?â
âHow do werewolves mate?â
⌠I think I preferred the awkward silence.
No! This is good! Sheâs showing an interest in mating!
âUmm⌠Not differently than humans⌠you learned about that in health class, right?â He desperately hoped he would not have to have a âbirds and beesâ talk with his mate right after meeting her.
âOh.â She sounded slightly disappointed. âSo we donât mate in wolf form?â
Iâm game.
SHUT UP.
âTypically no⌠I mean I guess itâs possibleâŚâ He felt himself turn bright red, feeling super uncomfortable. âBut usually its in human form⌠at least from my understanding of what mated couples say.â
âHmm..â She seemed to be listening to something. âNo, I donât think his wolf is impotent. I think itâs a cultural thing.â
HER WOLF THINKS IâM IMPOTENT, WEâRE SHIFTING NOW!
We are currently driving down a highway! We are not shifting any time soon! Besides, what on earth do you think youâre going to do in wolf form thatâs going to convince her otherwise?
Iâll show her my genitals, to reassure her.
THAT DOES NOT REASSURE WOMEN! ARE YOU TRYING TO GET US TASED?!
âSo I bet that means that werewolf pregnancy follows human rules then. â She sighed, frowning while pulling out her notebook and writing a few things down. âThere was only 3% of books that presented mating and pregnancy while in wolf form, so I guess I shouldnât be surprised.â
â⌠I see.â
âHow long does pregnancy last? 19% of the books depict a shorter pregnancy cycle, but I wasnât sure if it was just to get the plot to move faster.â
âNormal 9 months.â
âNumber of children per pregnancy?â
âOne⌠unless you have twins.â
She groaned, leaning back in her chair. âSo no advantages at all? So disappointing.â
SHEâS DISAPOINTED! TELL HER TWINS RUN IN OUR FAMILY! WEâLL GIVE HER SO MANY CHILDREN!
âTwins run in our family!â Lewis nearly shouted.
âReally?â Alyssa studied him, looking slightly interested. âDo you have a twin?â
Great. I really had to bring HIM up.
âI do⌠but he left the pack.â
âDoes that happen often?â
âNo.â
âI seeâŚâ She made a few more notes. âObviously the villain.â
ââŚâ I mean, sheâs not wrong. âAny other questions?â Please be something easy.
âWill mating with another werewolf change my menstrual cycle?â
ââŚâ
âŚ
Do you know?
Nope. Nothing in the instincts about this. Do you?
Nope.
He cleared his throat. âSorry, I donât know the answer to that question. One of the pack might be able to answer it. Maybe Bridget? She seems pretty knowledgeable.â
âBridget? Your sister?â
âNo⌠sheâs just one of the warriors in the pack..â
âHmmâŚâ Alyssa thought that over. âIs she pretty?â
Lewis shrugged. âSeems pretty normal.â
âDo you two get along?â
âShe follows orders, so I guess?â
âI see.â He could hear her pen scratching against paper again. âThe female side character who will try to chase we away, maybe? How exciting.â
ââŚâ Lewis decided he didnât want to ask anything about it. For the sake of his sanity if nothing else.
They spent the rest of the car ride in silence.
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Alyssa felt increasingly nervous the closer they got to pack territory.
I think weâre almost there. This area smells different.
âDifferent how?â
It smells like our mate! I like it!
âHmm⌠Do you think he pees on trees to mark his territory?â
Isnât that normal?
âItâs normal for wolves⌠do you think he does it in human form too?â
âI DONâT MARK TERRITORY AS A HUMAN!â Lewis spoke out frantically. âCan you stop talking about me like Iâm not here?!â
She turned to him, curious by his reaction. âDonât you talk to your wolf?â
âAll the time, but I do it SILENTLY!â He paused. âDo you not know how to?â
âOh I know how to, I just think itâs really rude to leave her out of the general conversation. Sheâs here too you know.â
âThat makes sense⌠I guessâŚâ He sighed, rubbing a hand through his hair. âWell, I assume you know since you were commenting on the scent markings, but yes, weâre in pack territory. â
Alyssa nodded, her heart rate increasing slightly. She didnât like this. Going to unfamiliar places. Meeting new people. Especially people who may have a culture or rules that she didnât understand. They might not like her.
How could they not love us? Weâre a strong, beautiful female⌠at least when weâre in wolf form.
âHey!â
Weâll be just fine.
âI hope so.â She took a deep breath, trying to steady her nerves.
A warm hand hesitantly grasped her own. She felt an electric shock traveling up her fingers from the touch, but kept her face expressionless. âAre you okay?â Lewisâs voice was quiet, a comforting sound.
I like his voice. His touch his very warm!
âIf youâre worried⌠I know that you might not believe me, but the pack is very friendly. Youâll feel very welcome.â
âIn 42% of the books the pack is welcoming to a stranger⌠usually because sheâs the alphaâs mate. In the rest they are either wary of the unknown person, or distrustful or unfriendly. â She thought it over. âI guess itâs not bad odds.â
The car came to a stop. Lewis squeezed her hand one last time, and then stepped out, getting her suitcases from the trunk and back seat. Alyssa stared down at her now empty hand, feeling frustrated.
I trust him.
âYou trust everyone. Itâs my job to keep us safe.â She got out of the car, staring around at the area. There were several nice houses, all scattered far from each other. The place was quiet, peaceful, surrounded by woods. She liked it.
He wonât hurt us. He canât. It would be like hurting himself.
âYouâd be surprised how low people can sink if they want.â
No I wouldnât. I lived through all the same experiences with you. But wolves do better with a family. Weâll do better with a pack.
âI havenât agreed to that yet.â
Weâll see.
Lewis carried her many bags without seeming stressed by the weight. âIâll bring these into the main house. Do you want to come along? Or you can wait here, I can show you around.â
She glanced around at the forest around her. âIâll wait here.â
âOk. Iâll be right back.â He looked slightly worried about separating from her, but after a brief hesitation, he walked away.
Alyssa strolled around the clearing by the car, feeling calmer as she took in the fresh air.
I like it here. We should live here.
âWeâll see.â
Also mate Lewis before another female gets him.
âI donât think thatâs how it works. In 82% of the books, being mates meant soul mates. Only small exceptions made for if mates rejected each other and such⌠for the drama, I suppose. â
Donât take chances. Even with an impotent wolf we should claim him sooner rather than later. He has fatty steaks in his house. I can smell them.
âThatâs whatâs important to you? And I told you, I donât think his wolf is impotentâŚâ
âWHO ARE YOU?â A strident voice called out.
Alyssa turned to see a beautiful young woman walking towards her with a suspicious expression. She had shorter, curly blond hair and bright green eyes, towering over her in height. Alyssa sighed slightly as she realized she would probably be the shortest werewolf here by a good amount.
Weâre short but feisty! Donât underestimate us!
âIâm Alyssa.â She waved cheerfully. âWho are you?â
ââŚâ The young woman seemed confused. âBridget.â
The bitch side character! Maybe sheâll shout at us to âstay away from her man!â
âYou donât know that. Maybe sheâs nice. Sheâs pretty.â
She is pretty⌠but it would be more fun if she were hysterical and tried to scare us off.
ââŚWho are you talking to?â
âMy wolf.â Alyssa grinned at her. âSheâs wondering if you are going to scream at us and tell us to stay away from Lewis.â
The woman seemed stunned. âWhy would I do that?â
âAll the books have it.â She pulled out her notebook and spread out the books from her messenger bag. Holding up one where a woman in a ripped dress stood next to a large wolf titled âThe Alphaâs Runaway Loveâ, she pointed to a smaller, angry looking woman in the background of the cover. âSee⌠in 79% of these stories thereâs a strong female side character who is desperately in love with the alpha despite him being mated to the main character and tries to drive her away.â
â⌠Are those⌠romance novelsâŚ.?â
âBut I really hope you arenât that character type. I think you seem like an awesome older sister type.â She stepped closer, which highlighted the height difference between them. âWeâve always wanted a cool, pretty older sister like you. â
ââŚâ Bridget seemed genuinely overwhelmed. âUmm⌠first of all⌠I donât want to scare you away from Lewis⌠I grew up with the guy. He wet the bed once when I slept over when we were five⌠ruined my favorite princess sheetsâŚâ
Alyssa started taking notes.
âI was just curious about who you wereâŚâ She rested a hand on Alyssaâs head, almost seemingly despite herself. âAre you Lewisâ mate?â
âYep! He found me in a bookstore.â She paused. âDo you know if mating with a werewolf changes your menstrual cycle? I asked Lewis, but he seemed like he was having a seizure and said he didnât know.â
ââŚâ Bridgettâs face spasmed at that, she seemed to be holding back a laugh.
âAlso⌠I brought hamburger meat⌠do you want some? â
âSoâŚâ Bridgetâs voice trailed off.
âSo?â Alyssa tilted her head, confused.
âSO CUTE!!!â Alyssa was pulled into an enormous bear hug, squeezed almost uncomfortably tight as Bridget continued to yell. âYOUâRE ADOPTED!â
âWhat are you doing with my mate?â Lewisâs strained voice made Alyssa want to look over, but she was still trapped in the hug.
âSheâs my little sister now, Alpha.â Bridgetâs voice was calm, but stern. âIf anything happens to her, I will destroy you.â
Alyssa smiled at her as the tall woman set her down. âReally?â
âReally.â Bridget grinned back. âIâve always wanted a sister too.â
âAwesome!â
As the two girls began chatting excitedly, Lewis cleared his throat. âGuys? I hate to break up the love here, but the pack is gathering to meet Alyssa.â
He walked over towards Alyssa, stopping in his tracks as Bridget grabbed her first and tugged her in the correct direction. âCome on, letâs hurry up! I canât wait to introduce you to them!â
âSheâs MY mate! I want to introduce her!â
âToo bad, so sad, bedwetter! If you werenât so slow maybe you could have grabbed her first.â She laughed.
âHey, you promised never to mention that again! What if you scare my mate away?!â
âEven better, sheâll just live with me and my family.â
As they moved, Alyssa tapped her arm, leaning close. âIs this really okay?â
âIs what okay?â
âI mean⌠heâs your alpha⌠is it okay to be like this with him?â
Bridget smiled. âDonât worry. Heâs a good alpha⌠a strong fighter, a capable leader⌠but heâs very kind. He prefers his pack feel comfortable enough to joke around with him. Says if they can trust him enough to make fun of him that it means theyâll trust him enough to have the uncomfortable conversations as well.â
Heâs a good leader.
âMaybeâŚâ
Letâs mate him!
Alyssa groaned at the expected response from her wolf, shaking her head slowly.
They arrived in a clearing in the woods, where twenty or thirty people had gathered. Everyone looked very different, with skin tones, eye and hair color varying widely from person to person. People of all ages chatted excitedly, watching their approach. They did have one thing in common though:
They were all tall.
Weâre⌠tall⌠too.
âWeâre short.â Feeling uncomfortable, she hid behind Bridget, who growled at the crowd.
âDonât you guys make my sister uncomfortable! Sit down, youâre scaring her.â
The crowd looked very confused at that, but sat down on the grass anyways. Besides the three of them, only one man remained standing. He was enormous, a head taller than even Lewis, who Alyssa already considered very tall. He was broad as well as tall, his muscles nearly bursting out of the flannel shirt he was wearing. His face was covered in a bushy beard, his dark hair cropped close.
Overall Alyssa thought he looked very intimidating. She watched as he approached, a hand grasping her hidden Taser in her sleeve.
âThis is my Beta Gary.â Lewisâs calm voice was reassuring, but she refused to relax her vigilance as the large man bent down to look her in the eye. âGary, this is my mate, Alyssa.â
âHey there, Alyssa.â The hair-covered face broke into a friendly smile. âWeâve been hoping Lewis would find a nice mate for a while now. Glad youâre here. If anyone gives you trouble you let me know, Iâll knock a few heads in.â
Alyssa grinned back at him. âNice to meet you, Gary. Youâre really large.â
Ask him if we can sit on his shoulder! I want to be tall!
âIt would be rude to ask to sit on his shoulder right after meeting him. Weâll ask him later.â
ButâŚ
Before her wolf could complain too much, Gary reached out and picked her up easily, placing her on one broad shoulder and steadying her with a single hand. âHowâs this?â
Alyssa looked around. âThis is GREAT!â She laughed.
Bow before us mortals! WE ARE TALL!
âMy wolf is very happy right now. She was sad that we were so much shorter than everyone.â
HEY! You were sad too!
âWell you can ride on my shoulder anytime you want.â Gary laughed. âMy mate Berta and I always wanted kids, butâŚâ his voice trailed off slightly. âWell, anyways, feel free to come to us if you ever need help.â
âOR ME!â Bridget burst out. âIâve already claimed her as my little sister!â
Lewis stared at the three of them, looking slightly tired. âDo I get any time with her as her mate?â
Gary and Bridget glanced at each other. â⌠Weâll see.â
Putting Alyssa down in front of the pack, Gary winked at her as if to reassure her before taking his place standing behind the Alpha. Lewis stepped forward, his manner becoming stronger, more confident as he addressed the crowd.
âEveryone, this is my mate Alyssa. Sheâs one of us, but she doesnât have a pack. So I expect you all to make her feel safe and welcome.â He looked around, smiling as everyone nodded obediently.
âWelcome!â
âWeâre glad youâre here!â
âMaybe Lewis will stop moping so much now!â
The cheerful voices of the pack made Alyssa feel calmer. She waved at them, speaking up. âHey everyone! Like Lewis said, Iâm Alyssa. I donât know much about werewolves⌠Iâve only grown up around humans, but Iâm excited to learn more.â
They seem nice.
Her wolf was happy about the packsâ reactions. No one seemed thrown off by her introduction. No one was glaring at her or even seeming suspicious of her.
Itâs a good thing, right?
Before she could respond, Lewis spoke up, distracting her. âLetâs take you back to meet my mom.â
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Lewis was relieved that the pack introduction went so well. Not that he was overly surprised; most of the more disagreeable pack members had left in the split with his brother. Who was left were either the ones too reasonable to be sucked into his rhetoric, or the very loyal ones to himself or his father.
Either way, I guess itâs a good thing.
He led his mate towards his house, breathing a small sigh of relief when Bridget and Gary didnât insist on following. He liked them both a lot, but they could be a lot. Especially since they seemed to have instantly bonded with Alyssa.
Just admit it. Weâre jealous. We want to bond with Alyssa too.
We donât know what all sheâs been through. She was abandoned by her pack as an infant. Her only knowledge of us doesnât paint Alphaâs in a good light⌠or at least they donât seem to. Lewis resolved to get his hands on some of those books and read through this. It might help us understand how she views us⌠and how to reassure her.
I like her. His wolfâs voice was filled with a patient care. Even if she doesnât like us just yet, I hope sheâs happy and feels safe here.
I do too. Lewis desperately wanted to reassure his mate. He could feel her anxiety through the bond. Even when she was smiling she didnât feel safe. But he didnât know how to help just yet.
They reached the house, and as they were about to enter, the door swung open and Lewisâs mother rushed out. Making a beeline for Alyssa, she hugged her tightly, grinning.
âIâM SO HAPPY YOUâRE HERE!â
Alyssa seemed shocked at the sudden appearance of his mother. Lewis tried to step in. âMom, donât scare herâŚâ
âFinally someone normal sized!â Alyssa burst out, hugging his mother back.
âI know, right? Theyâre all way too tall!â Lewisâs mother stepped back, patting her head fondly. âI forgive them since theyâre all such good people, but still, Iâm happy to have someone I donât have to strain my neck to look at.â
âMom, this is Alyssa, my mate.â
âI figured as much dear. Youâve never paid so much attention and care to a single person before. â She grabbed Alyssaâs hand. âCome in, I made food.â
Our mother understands! Sheâll show our mate how much food we can provide!
Alyssa glanced at him. âMy wolf wants to make sure that the hamburger meat we brought got put in the fridge.â
âI took care of it.â Lewis puffed out his chest, feeling accomplished.
His mother just shook her head. âBoys. Why donât you take her bags up to the room next to mine while I get her something to pad her stomach?â
âYes, Maâam.â He grabbed the suitcases full of books, weapons and clothes and rushed up the stairs. Her room was on the opposite end of the house from him, right next to his motherâs rooms.
Why is she staying so far away from us? His wolf whined in his head. What if something happens? How will we protect her?
She already doesnât trust us. Hopefully the living arrangements will make her less nervous. If she doesnât like it, she might go stay with Bridget instead. Do you want that?
No. Stupid Bridgett. She brought up the bedwetting incident. Our childhood shame bared in front of our mate! What if she doesnât like us now?
We were young. I canât imagine she would hold it against us⌠although yes, it is very embarrassing.
As he neared the kitchen once more, he overheard Alyssa and his mother talking. About to announce his arrival, his mouth slammed shut as he heard his mateâs question.
âSo Lewisâ brother is a villain, right?â
ââŚâ His mother sighed. âHow much has he told you?â
âJust that he has a twin, and heâs not with the pack.â
âWell, I guess you havenât known each other long⌠youâll hear it anyways, might as well be from me, since heâs my son.â She sat down at the counter, rubbing her forehead tiredly.
âI had three children, actually. Twins boys and a younger girl. My husband was the Alpha of the Western pack, and although itâs not set in stone, usually one of the children of the Alpha will inherit the position.â
Lewis could hear Alyssaâs pen moving as she frantically took notes. He silently laughed, even as his chest hurt at the sound of his motherâs disappointed tone, leaning against the wall to hear how she would describe their situation.
âNow, Iâm not a werewolf, you know. Iâm a human who happened to be mates with a werewolf. So maybe I didnât instill the idea of pack values as strongly as I could have.â She sighed. âLewis seemed to get it naturally. He got hurt when he was ten⌠the first time he transformed, just to protect an elderly pack member who was being attacked. Heâs got a large scar on his left elbow from a hunterâs arrow. Werewolves heal well⌠but the scars remain.â
My other son⌠Benjamin⌠he wasnât nearly as concerned about the packâs well being. Just obsessed with being strong. Being in charge. My daughter Emily seemed to feel very similar.â
âSeems pretty Alpha-like⌠at least how the books describe them.â
âBut thatâs the thing. Alphas SHOULD be strong. My mate was very strong, in fact. But their strength exists to protect and feed the pack. Strength and power for its own sake has no purpose⌠and often leads down a dangerous pack.â
ââŚâ
âMy mate died.â His mother whispered, the pain in her voice breaking Lewisâs heart. âLung cancer. Even werewolves can die from disease. They heal⌠but not fast enough for more aggressive wounds or diseases. Theyâre not immortal.â
âIâm sorry.â Alyssa seemed genuinely concerned. âHow did you survive losing your mate?â
âIt helps that Iâm human.â Her voice was still quiet. âThe pain is still thereâŚitâs like a piece of your soul missing. But I had family, pack ⌠people who needed me to keep waking up each morning. And Iâm glad I have.â
âSo what happened next?â
âMy mateâs will left the pack to Lewis.â His mother shrugged, turning back to stir the contents of a pot on the stove. âIt was an obvious choice to us. He is strong, careful⌠puts the pack first.â
âBut Benjamin didnât agree?â
âHe rebelled. Said Lewis was weak. Tried to fight him, but was pushed back by the loyal members of the pack. In the end he took almost half the pack with him to start a new one⌠including my daughter who also thought Lewis was too weak to lead.â
ââŚâ Alyssa was silent. Lewis leaned against the wall, desperately trying to sense his mateâs emotions. Was she disappointed in him? Did she think he was a failure.
âHe goes by Nightfang now⌠his group is our packâs greatest threat.â
ââŚâ Suddenly in the silent kitchen, Alyssa chuckled. âSeriously? Nightfang? Did he think that was a cool name?â
Lewisâs mother laughed too. âI know, right. I mean, itâs a serious situation and all, but seriously⌠he sounds like a villain in a Saturday morning cartoon.â She looked over, and chuckled again. âAlright, Lewis. Stop hiding around the corner and come join the conversation.â
Shamefully, Lewis ducked his head and entered the kitchen. He noticed Alyssa didnât seem surprised by his presence.
She probably can sense when weâre nearby. It means our bond is slightly stronger!
It also means she knows we were eavesdropping like a creep!
Well we were⌠not like itâs much better if she doesnât know.
âSoâŚâ He spoke up, trying to appear less awkward. âCan I help with dinner at all, Mom?â
She smiled, reaching up high to pat his head as well. âIâm pretty much done. How about after we eat you show her around the territory?â
Alyssa seemed a little more relaxed, to Lewisâs relief. âIâd like that.â
WE GET TO SPEND TIME WITH HER! THIS IS GREAT!
Play it cool! She already knows that half the pack left because weâre too weak to convince them weâre a good Alpha. If we look like an idiot tooâŚ
OH SHUT UP! His wolf snapped at it. Donât pretend youâre not super excited. Weâre the same person!
âŚStupid wolf.
Silly human.
... Lewis was excited. So excited he could hardly breathe. His mate was right here, in front of him. She was smart, beautiful, friendly⌠at least to everyone else⌠more than he could have ever dared to dream of.
I just want her to like us⌠any ideas?
I still vote for bringing her food or showing her our genitals. .
⌠Never mind⌠Iâll think of something.
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A few weeks passed.
Alyssa sat on the cool grass, watching Lewis in wolf form teaching some of the younger pack members how to fight.
âWatch out for each other.â His voice resounded her mind. âYou canât be so focused on the enemy that you lose track of whatâs behind you.â
Having never spent any time prior to this visit around other werewolves, she was interested to find that although she did understand some of wolf language â a combination of scents, sounds and body language â the majority of the time werewolves simply spoke through mental communication.
Lewis batted one of the young wolves aside, snapping at anotherâs flank and using his weight to push a third to the ground, baring his teeth. The fallen wolf whimpered slightly, more with frustration than pain.
âAlpha, I thought we had to focus all of our attention on the attack, and not stop until the enemy was dead?â The youngest of the three, a male wolf named Teddy, finally spoke up, his tail between his legs. âHow are we supposed to do that AND watch our backs?â
âWho told you that?â Lewis seemed shocked. âYou are nothing without your pack! Only by working together and looking out for each other will you be at your strongest.â
âIt was Uncle BenâŚmmphâ Teddyâs voice was muffled as the other two wolves tackled him.
âSorry Alpha, heâs a little dumb.â Teddyâs sister Lara apologized, grinding her brotherâs muzzle into the dirt with a paw. âOf course we arenât going to follow what the traitor Nightfang taught us.â
âBut LARAâŚâ
âSHUT UP and let me get us out of this, idiot!â
Lewis stared at them for a few minutes, and then laughed silently in our heads. âItâs okay. I know he was in charge of teaching fighting for years. Itâs a different strategy, but give my idea a shot before you dismiss it, okay?â
âYES ALPHA!â The three younger wolves shouted in unison.
ââŚâ Alyssa studied Lewis with a thoughtful expression. He was kind enough to the pups, even when they challenged him and brought up his brotherâs name. He didnât lash out, just calmly guiding them forward. If she didnât know better, she would think the mention of his brother didnât bother him at all.
But she could feel it.
Behind his kind words, there was a deep agony. Fear, hurt, betrayal. He resented that his brother left the pack, that he split the pack with his leaving. He regretted that he had let his brother teach the pups⌠that he taught the pups to be killers rather than to defend and protect the pack. Feared being compared to his brother at every turn.
But mostly⌠he blamed himself. Hated that he wasnât a strong enough Alpha to force the pack to stay together. He wished desperately that he could be a better leader⌠more like his father.
Alyssa rubbed her chest idly, feeling a pain in her heart that wasnât physical but still wishing to ease it. She could sense his self-doubt, his feelings of helplessness, but was unsure what to do with the knowledge.
Over the last few weeks, they had spent a lot of time together. She had come to recognize that he was as kind as he first seemed, very different than what her book research had led her to expect. He was strong⌠she could see that in every move her made, especially in his wolf form⌠but he didnât seem to place his importance on that strength.
His mother had described him well. He was strong, careful⌠and he put his pack first.
The closer they got, the more she learned about him, the more she could feel through their bond. His emotions, his mental state. She couldnât hear his thoughts, not unless he was mentally communicating in wolf form. The information she was getting, however, was almost more than she could bear.
It made her terrified to guess what he could sense about her.
Thatâs how bonding goes. He is our soul mate. We canât hide from him.
ââŚâ Alyssa ignored her wolf, mad that she was telling the truth.
âAre you okay?â Alyssa looked up at Lewisâs mental question, startled to see his wolfâs face right in front of her own. âDid something upset you?â
â⌠What would you do if something did?â
âHelp you. No matter what.â His mental voice was firm⌠reassuring.
âWhat if it was you that upset me?â Alyssa was curious how he would answer that.
â⌠If I did something, please let me know⌠I donât want to hurt you, even by accident.â He paused. âIf you donât feel comfortable telling me⌠then my mom or Bridget would be happy to listen. And of course beat me up for whatever I didâŚâ
SORRY WE UPSET YOU MATE! WOULD YOU LIKE MEAT?! Startled, Alyssa realized she could hear Lewisâs wolf directly. He sounded a lot like Lewis, but slightly more⌠straightforward.
TELL HIM WE LIKE MEAT! Alyssaâs wolf shouted with frustration. OR SHIFT SO I CAN TELL HIM MYSELF!
âHow can I hear your wolf? I thought that could only happen after mating?â
Lewis shook his head, the motion strange appearing when performed by a wolf. âIâm not sure⌠Iâve never been mated before⌠but I think as our bond deepens weâll hear more. I canât hear your wolf now⌠if sheâs speakingâŚâ
I AM SPEAKING! TELL HIM I WANT THE STEAK HE HAS IN THE FREEZER!
ââŚBut if you were in wolf form I might. Their control is a little stronger in that form. One day we might be able to hear each otherâs wolves even when in human form.â
ââŚâ
We like you, Mate! We think you are smart and pretty and smell nice! We spend a lot of time arguing over what would make you like us! Lewisâs wolf chimed in.
âShushâŚâ Lewis tried to interrupt, but the wolf kept talking.
I wanted to bring you meat and expose our genitals to reassure you of our virility, but he insisted that would make you mad.
His wolf is smart. Alyssaâs wolf approved. That would have made me happy.
ââŚYour wolf and my wolf are on the same page. I have no desire to see genitals, though.â
âNo worries, thereâs a firm âno flashingâ rule in place. â
Her stomach rumbled. âWouldnât say no to a steak though!â
Hooray! Weâll bring you the tastiest of the steaks!
See, he loves us enough to bring us the best steak! We should mate him now!
Lewis ran behind a tree and shifted, quickly changing into loose fitting shorts and t-shirt. Alyssa had learned the hard way that the pack had very little sense of modesty.
After numbing her brain to the sight of naked people who had transformed back from wolf form multiple times, she had come to somewhat accept it as normal.
She was still glad that Lewis tried to not be naked in front of her. Although she was now realizing that this might have more to do with avoiding his wolfâs desire to show off genitals then anything else.
âLetâs go.â He smiled, the expression causing her heart to skip a quick beat, and held out his hand. After a short hesitation, she took it, feeling as always the thrill that came from touching him.
They walked together in silence.
As they neared the house, Lewis spoke up. âYou know everyone likes you here.â
Alyssa tensed up. âButâŚ?â
âNo buts. They just like you.â He let out a quiet sigh. âYou donât have to try this hard.â
ââŚâ
âYou look relaxed when youâre talking with the pack. Youâre smiling and joking around⌠youâve even got half of them addicted to those werewolf romance novels⌠I mean your researchâŚâ He chuckled, squeezing her hand with his own. âBut I can feel it, Lyss. I can feel how stressed out you are⌠how hard youâre trying to make them like you.â
âIâŚâ Alyssa started to talk but then fell silent.
I told you he knows us.
âIâm not judging.â He smiled bitterly. âI wish I had met you much earlier. I donât know what your life has been like leading up to now. I just want you to know that people like you for the weird, lovely person you are. You can try to relax a little.â
Alyssa thought his words over. âGrowing up⌠being liked⌠it was safer. Especially if you were the weird kid who had a wolf voice in her head. I learned early how to read people, and act the way they wanted. Iâve grown out of it some⌠it does get very tiring. But I donât know if I could completely stop, even if I wanted to.â
âThatâs okay.â He grinned. âJust know that I care about you... honestly maybe more than that, although itâs just been a few weeks. You never have to try to get on my good side.â
âI donât think we ever tried to do that.â
We tried to scare him off. And instead he treated us better than anyone else.
He grinned. âGood. Then I guess I got to see a closer side to you than most⌠even if it was not meant as a compliment.â
Alyssa felt scared by this. His care. His acceptance of her. Even worse by the fact she could feel through the bond that it was completely genuine.
âDonât let it worry you too much. Letâs just take it a day at a time for now.â
She sighed with relief at his words. âThanks.â
âNo problem.â He thought it over for a moment. âWait? What about your job at the bookstore? Youâve been here two weeks without notice? Do you still have a job?â
âYou donât need to worry about it.â
Youâll have to tell him eventually.
âIf you say so.â His expression and mental state were a little sad, but she ignored it.
She would take it one step at a time, just like Lewis suggested.
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Lewis was going a little crazy.
It had been a month. He spent every day at his mateâs side. Every day talking with Alyssa, laughing with her, getting to know her more and more. As they grew closer, he couldnât help but wish for more.
They had just returned from a run through the forest in their wolf forms. He loved spending time with her wolf as well. She was much smaller than him, with silver fur and grey eyes that saw right through him. Her wolf self was much more open and playful, often pulling him to play or run through the forest. His wolf was enamored with her, yelling out offers to feed her or provide her with pups⌠or both. Her wolf was in hearty agreement, only to be silenced by Alyssa, who still seemed somewhat uncomfortable about the whole situation.
Lewis was happy. He hoped she would continue to stay with the pack⌠stay with him. He just wasnât sure how long that would last. Fortunately she seemed completely unconcerned about how much time she took off the bookstore.
He shifted back behind a tree, changing into his clothes stuffed nearby and staring down at the ground until he heard she was done doing the same. Stepping out of his hiding spot he grinned and offered his hand.
âShould we get something to eat?â
Alyssa took his hand without hesitation. âSure. What should we make?â Lewis felt his heartbeat speed up at her casual use of âweâ.
STEAK!
STEAK PLEASE!
Their wolves chimed in, making them both shake their heads.
âHow about pasta?â He asked. Feeling the wolvesâ disappointment he added âWe can have meat in the sauce.
YES!
Our mate is the best!
Lewis couldnât help but chuckle at that. Her wolf likes me at least.
âALPHA!â Garyâs panicked voice caused him to turn, seeing the large man running towards them fully naked.
Seeing Alyssa look towards the ground, Lewis couldnât help but growl with annoyance. âCanât you put pants on?â
âNo time.â He skidded to a halt, trying to catch his breath. âItâs your brotherâŚâ
His heart stopped.
Benjamin. Nightfang. His brother. His enemy.
âWhat has he done?â
Garyâs face was grim. âHeâs invaded. The South Segment.â
Lewis pulled off his clothes, shifting to his wolf form.
âAre there any of our pack patrolling in the area?â
âI let Teddy and Lara take that segment⌠it was supposed to be our safest areaâŚâ Gary rubbed his face looking horrified. âI thought it would be okay.â
âStay here. Protect the pack. Iâll get the young wolves.â
His silent voice projected across the entire territory.
âEveryone. We are under attack. Go to your designated areas. The Nightfang pack has definitely invaded the South Segment, but it could be a distraction. DO NOT LET DOWN YOUR GUARD! Watch each othersâ backs. Iâm going after Teddy and Lara who were last seen in the attacked area. Listen to the Beta while Iâm gone."
He hesitated mentally, continuing to run as fast as possible to the south segment, and then reached out privately to Alyssa.
âPlease keep yourself safe. If you want to fight I wonât stop you, stay near Gary. If you want to stay out of the fight, go hide in the house with my mom. The pack is instructed to guard it. â
âI⌠â He trailed off, unsure of how to finish the sentence.
TELL OUR MATE YOU LOVE HER!
He wanted to. He wanted to express the thoughts, the emotions that had slowly sprouted within him in the time they had spent together. To say everything he had wanted to say when he was by her side.
But he couldnât.
Weâre not strong. We can barely protect our pack. She wonât want us. She doesnât trust us yet.
He reached out for what he hoped wouldnât be the last time to his beloved mate.
âStay safe.â
With that, he continued towards the south sector.
Calling out for Teddy and Lara as he neared the attacked area, Lewis wasnât getting any answers. He tried not to think too hard about what that could mean.
They might just be unconscious⌠they might not be⌠His wolf trailed off, hesitating.
I donât know what Ben⌠what Nightfang is capable of. He might kill them. But if there is a chance they are still alive⌠we have to try.
He slowed down, his paws silently stepping on the soft earth. He stayed on high alert, listening for any possible signs of the intruders.
Donât let your guard down. Someone is close. His wolf could feel the intrusion on the Packsâ territory, it bothered him.
There, in the clearing! Lewis spotted two small wolf forms laying still on the ground. Praying they were just knocked out, he crouched down and inched closer.
They were breathing.
He let out a silent sigh of relief. Scouting around, there were at least two from the NightFang pack in the clearing with the pups.
Only two.
Whereâs the rest of that bastardâs pack?! Whereâs Ben? His wolf snarled within him.
Itâs a distraction.He had known there was a possibility. But he couldnât leave the two young wolves for dead. He couldnât.
And Nightfang knew that.
Letâs save them quickly and head straight back. Hopefully Gary will keep things together until we return.
I miss our mate. I hope sheâs okay.
⌠Me too.
Lewis attacked from the shadows. Normally he would owe them a noise, some sort of warning of his approach. He should give them the chance to surrender. To run away.
He didnât warn them. They had invaded his packâs territory. Kidnapped and attacked their young wolves. They knew the consequences.
One wolf screamed in pain and fear as his hamstring was shredded between Lewisâ teeth. He shifted in his confusion and shock, the bloody mess even worse in human form. Lewis had already turned to the next one.
He snapped at the enemyâs flank, and as the wolf dodged to avoid his teeth, used his much heavier muscle mass to push him to the ground. He grabbed his throat, resting his canines against the carotid pulse. The wolf grew still, not wanting to push him into ending his life.
âSPEAK! What is that traitorâs plan?â
The wolf whined at his mental command, but stayed silent. Lewis began closing his jaw. We donât have time for this. The pack is in danger. Our mate is in danger.
âHeâs attacking from the West!â Sensing death close by, the wolf began to mindspeak. âHe wants to wipe out your pack while youâre distracted.â
Lewis opened his jaw slightly, considering his options. If I let him go he could warn the others.
Kill him.
He surrendered.
The pack must be protected.
Let me knock him out.
âWeakling.â A snarl came behind him, and he realized it was the man whose hamstring he had torn out. Swinging a metal bar at his head. At the same time, the wolf he had pinned bucked with teeth bared, trying to throw him off and attack.
Lewis dodged, clamping down his teeth as he moved, tearing the carotid and jugular with the sharp points of his teeth. He let go, tasting blood, knowing that the wolf beneath him was dead.
One left.
Before the attacker could say anything, Lewis jumped, fangs bared, and tore his throat out as well.
We did it.
He nudged Lara, the older of the two wolves, relieved when she woke up right away.
âGrab your brother and go to the main house.â His tone didnât allow room for argument. She nodded silently, shaking awake her brother, and the two ran into the forest.
Lewis couldnât help but chastise himself as he watched them move away. I hesitated.
Youâre our kind half. I am the viciousness we hold, the killer instinct.
Iâm weak.
We have to have both, or weâll either be a tyrant killer or a ineffective Alpha. Now stop having a personal crisis and go SAVE OUR MATE.
Lewis nodded grimly, padding off into the forest towards where he could sense the pack.
Itâs time to end this.
He ran into more enemy wolves as he neared the center of his territory. This time he sighed, giving up control to his wolf. His wolf seemed relieved at taking over, fighting both enemies to severe injury or death before moving forward.
Mate. He picked up the pace.
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Alyssa had never been in a fight before. At least not with other wolves.
Donât worry, I got this. Her wolf took over and leapt at the nearest attacker. Gary and Bridget were to either side of her, their much larger wolves defending her flank.
âThereâs a lot of them, but I think weâve got control.â Gary communicated calmly, his frantic attacks never slowing.
âThey seem disorganized. â Bridgettâs silent voice conveyed her disapproval. âDid they come here just to die?â
As her wolf continued to fight, leaping nimbly in between the snarling wolves, Alyssa studied her surroundings.
This is too easy. Theyâre injured⌠starving⌠what have they been doing in their territory?
Her wolf had no sympathy. Bad alphas make bad packs.
She looked around in the chaos. Everywhere she looked wolves were snapping at each other. Blood stained the cold ground, trampled into the dirt churning it into mud. Howls and whines of pain filled the air.
âI donât see him.â She communicated to the other pack members.
âWhoâ? Gary trampled his enemy into the mud, his jaw locking on the throat of the other wolf. âLewis?â
âNo. Benjamin. I donât sense an alpha in this group. Shouldnât he be larger or stronger than the rest? Where is he?â
âMaybe the Southern Sector? An alpha fight?â
âNo.â Alyssaâs mind was racing. âHe doesnât seem like the type to respect Lewis enough to fight him head on. 64% of the stories show the villain attempting some sort of sneak attack. The South Sector was a distraction⌠and so is this. They sent their weaker, injured members to fight us.â
That meansâŚ.
She took off for the main house.
Alyssa! Bridgett called out. Where are you going?
To where the real fight is.
She crashed into the house, skidding to a halt at the sight of Lewis and his mother.
No⌠itâs not Lewis.Their faces were very similar, but everything else was wrong: his scent, his expression, his posture.
He smells dangerous⌠aggressive⌠Her wolf complained. Heâs everything our mate isnât.
I donât like him.
Me either⌠heâs scary.
We should be careful.
She kept a defensive posture, her hackles raised, her teeth bared.
Benjamin looked down at her with a mocking smile. âAh. The princess is here.â
His mother glared at him, holding a gun in her hand. To Alyssaâs shock there were already two large wolf bodies on the floor, cooling blood spilling from multiple bullet wounds. âDonât you look at her, Ben! You came here for me.â
âItâs Nightfang now, Mother.â Ben laughed. âAnd you canât tell me what to do. Not anymore. You lost that right when you betrayed me to side with my weak brother.â
Alyssa advanced closer.
âOh donât give her that crap, Benjamin. You might pretend to be mysterious and evil but youâre just pathetic. You arenât Nightfang, or Eveningclaw or even Morning-freaking-wood. You are Ben. A bitter little boy who is mad at his mommy and daddy for giving the pack to your brother.â She kept her gaze on his, and his green eyes had trouble continuing to look into her own. âNever understanding why they made the choice, even though itâs obvious to anyone else.â
âOh really?â
âIâve only known you for a single minute and I wouldnât trust you to be in charge of a self-cleaning litter box, much less actual peopleâs lives. â
âWell, well, Princess. Thatâs just needlessly cruel. Trying to rile me up? Distract me?â He shook his head sadly. âThat only works in stories. Itâs true that Iâm very disappointed in my parentsâ choice. They thought I was too violent to lead. That I didnât care enough about the pack. But I did. Iâm the only one who does.â
âSure.â She circled around, spotting one of her bags close to the wall.
âBe careful, Alyssa.â Lewisâs Mom called out, still pointing her gun at her own son. âHeâs dangerous.â
âYou used up all your shots in the initial attack, Mom. Donât embarrass yourself by pretending itâs still a threat.â Benjamin reached out and took the gun from her. âI forgive you for killing my men. But you should some respect when addressing her.â
âWhat are youâŚ?â She looked over at Alyssa, who stayed silent.
âYou didnât tell them? ...Interesting.â He rubbed his face, a mocking grin starting to form. âMaybe you donât even know?â
âShut up. â Alyssa leapt forward, reaching for his throat. Throwing himself backwards, Benjamin shifted as he moved. At the change she miscalculated, slamming into the much larger wolf, her teeth closing on only the fur around his neck.
âYou want to fight? Iâll fight.â His wolf charged, snapping at her flank while she twisted desperately to avoid him. He was larger, stronger⌠but she was definitely more agile.
This isnât a winning strategy. We canât face him head on. Her wolf was directing the movements, keeping them alive from moment to moment as Benjamin pressed the attack.
I know that⌠Circle around towards the back of the room. I have an idea.
They growled, running in and taking a small chunk out of his foreleg before darting in the direction Alyssa had spotted earlier. Benjamin howled in pain, slamming her with his weight, throwing her smaller form enough to slam her against the wall. At the impact she shifted, turning into her more vulnerable form.
I donât like this. Weâre easier to kill this way.
âNot excited about being naked either, but itâs necessary.â She muttered, her hands working quickly.
âHe should have protected you better than this.â Benjamin laughed silently in her head. âHe didnât even realize what a treasure he had.â
SLAM!
A grey form jumped through the air, landing on Benjamin and knocking him to the ground. As they straightened up Alyssa recognized her mate with a sense of terror and relief. Relief that he was here. Terror that he was now in danger.
The two alpha wolves circled each other.
âYou should have just found your own territory.â Lewis silent voice was grim, full of his authority as Alpha. âEven with your treachery, I was willing to let you go.â
âThatâs because youâre weak. This is MY territory. MY pack. You are the one who has to die. And as for your lovely mate who you know so little about⌠how about I take her too?â
He sighed at his brotherâs words. âYouâre forcing me to kill you.â
âLewis, push him my way!â Alyssa called out silently through their connection.
âThatâll put you in danger!â
âTrust me!â
Lewis ducked his head, the almost submissive posture throwing his brother into confusion. As Benjamin hesitated, Lewis charged forward, aiming not for his throat or other vulnerable points, but at his feet. Throwing all his weight behind it, Lewis tripped him up, pushing him back- straight towards Alyssa.
âHere you go! Be careful!â
âThanks!â
âYou just put your mate in harmâs way! Sheâs defenseless!â He snarled, turning his attention to Alyssaâs vulnerable state. âFool!â
BZZZT
His form seized for a brief moment and collapsed to the ground,
âNope!â Alyssa grinned and held up her Taser. âHe just trusts his mate!â
ââŚâ
ââŚâ
There was a brief stunned silence.
âIâm so glad youâre okay!â Lewisâ mother leaned against the counter, looking relieved.
âJust one more thing.â Alyssa held up a finger. Reaching down, she grabbed her overly loaded suitcase filled with her research books.
BAM! And raised it over her head, slamming it down on top of Benjamin.
âOof.â Both Lewis and his mother winced, but made no move to stop her.
âThatâs for attacking me. Not to mention what youâve done to Lewis!â She then reached down and pulled an ampule out of one of the pockets, stabbing Benjamin in the arm with it.
âWhat is that?â
âTranquilizer.â She answered, making sure the drug injected okay.
âItâs very effective.â Lewis laughed silently in their heads, and then slowly shifting back to his human form. His green eyes met her own, and neither looked away for a long a moment.
âAre you okay?â
âAre you alright?â
They asked at the same time. Alyssa smelled his blood and panicking, ran over to look at him closely. âWhere are you hurt?â
She grabbed his arm, finding a small cut there, and continued to look at his limbs.
Lewis froze. âUmm⌠Could we do this with clothing on?â
ââŚâ Alyssa stepped back, rubbing her forehead as she realized that they were both naked and she had been feeling him over. ââŚSure.â
ââŚWellâ Lewisâs mother broke the silence with an awkward cough. âIâm going to go see to the pack. You two⌠talk.â She gave them a thumbs up and slipped out.
THIS IS A PERFECT CHANCE TO DISPLAY YOUR GENITALS! WHY DID YOU RUIN IT!Lewisâ wolf spoke up, frustrated.
âThatâs not even a wolf mating ritual.â Lewis hissed. âWill you leave it alone?!â
Donât worry! Her wolf chimed in. We donât think youâre impotent anymore!
âSeeâŚâ
So we should just get straight to the mating!
AGREE!
Lewis and Alyssa sighed slightly at their wolvesâ excitement, and looked down at Benjamin, still unconscious on the floor.
âWhat do we do to him?â She asked, feeling tired.
âDo you still have some of those chains?â Taking the object she handed to him, Lewis bound the now human form of his brother, sneaking in a single kick in the process. âWeâll send him to the Council. Heâs broken every law that I know of.â
â⌠You know in all the stories where heâs not killed the villain escapes and causes trouble again.â
Lewis sighed at that. âI know it would be safer to kill him. But⌠IâŚâ He trailed off, looking conflicted.
âItâs okay.â She patted his arm, avoiding the injury she found before. âIf you were able to kill him so easily you wouldnât be you.â
âI worry sometimes that Iâm too weak to be an Alpha.â
âI know. And Iâm sure thereâs probably some perfect balance of strength and mercy⌠but you donât have to have everything figured out right away.â
ââŚthanks.â
She shrugged. âBesides, isnât your sister still out there? Maybe the council can use Benjamin to figure out where she is.â
After handing Benjamin off to Gary and Bridgett to guard (And having them both fuss over Alyssa to make sure she was okay) the two went back to their rooms to change. Alyssa stared at the wall of her temporary bedroom, feeling conflicted.
Heâs our mate. Heâll understand.
âI know. And thatâs what scares me.â
Finishing her brief hesitation, she walked over to Lewisâ room, knocking on the door.
âCome in.â
âWe need to talk.â
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Lewis was extremely nervous as he waved his mate to sit down on the bed. He took the chair on the other side of the room.
What if she doesnât want to stay?
Sheâs our mate! His wolf answered his nervous thoughts. She wonât abandon us!
âI donât know what you told him, but your wolf is right.â Alyssa spoke up. âWe wonât abandon you. Not over something silly like your evil twin brother trying to invade and kill us all.â
Lewis let out the breath he hadnât realized he was holding. âThatâs a relief.â He leaned back in his chair. âSo what do you want to talk to me about?â
She stared at the ground a few moments before painfully continuing. âSo I told you I grew up in the foster system, right?â
âRight.â
âSo the part I didnât tell you⌠is that a few years back, around the time I turned 18⌠a weird guy came and found me.â
Lewis growled. âDid he try to hurt you?â
âNo. Quite the opposite. He said he was a friend of my family. He wasnât one of us⌠definitely human.â She ran her fingers through her hair, obviously unhappy. âHe wouldnât tell me who they were, or why they abandoned me. He just said they had no choice.â
âThatâs crap. I donât know their situation but their only option was to abandon a baby?â HE shook his head. âSomethingâs off.â
âI thought so too. I told him to get lost.â She hesitated. âAnd he gave me a million dollars.â
âWhatâŚ?
âHe said it was a small gift from my parents. I donât know who my family is, or what they were involved in, but itâs probably big⌠and definitely not good.â
Lewis processed this for a few moments. âSo your job at the bookstore?â
âI actually own it. But I have a manager run it. I stop by occasionally and shelve books while I look for new research.â
âSoâŚâ He grinned. âDoes this mean you can stay longer and not worry about losing your job?â
ââŚâ
â⌠Is that what youâre thinking about?â Alyssa demanded, her hands twisting in the fabric of her t-shirt. âYouâre not worried about unknown schemes, powerful families⌠who knows what nonsense could happen! I swear, havenât you ever read one of these novels?!â
Lewis picked up the book on the table nearby. âI started reading through a few at your suggestion.
âThe Seductive Alphaâs bride?â She raised an eyebrow. âReally?â
âItâs research! Iâm trying to learn how to be a better mate!â
Heâs hoping to learn how to make himself more attractive! His wolf added.
We already think youâre both attractive!
Great! Letâs mate then!
Agree!
âNot yet!â Alyssa stepped in as their wolves got carried away once more. âAlthough sheâs right⌠we do think youâre attractiveâŚâ
âReally?â
âBut how about we go slow⌠like a date, first?â
âA date!â Lewis jumped up, his mind racing. âYes! Let me grab my carâŚâ
âWe were just attacked⌠remember?â
He stopped at her gentle reminder. âOh. Right. How about after we get things sorted out?â
She smiled, the expression causing his heart to race.
âIâd like that.â
They fell into a comfortable silence.
âSo how accurate has your research been so far?â He asked after a while, curious.
âThe books?â She thought it over. âYou know, considering the Alphas and the relationships Iâve read about?â She looked him over again. âIâd say I was a little surprised.â
âIn a good way?â His tone was hopeful, he couldnât help it.
âYes. As for the future though?â She leaned in and kissed his cheek. âThe majority of these stories have a happy ending. But weâll just have to see.â
Lewis touched the spot that had been kissed, smiling. âA happy ending, huh? Iâd like that.â
#writing#werewolf story#werewolves#alphas#mates#couple#i do know that the alpha structure isn't really natural to wolves in the wild#but it's the convention of the story type#I tried to write within the tropes of a werewolf romance but with my own types of characters#it was a fun experiment#I'll answer Asks later
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Zimmerbro AU
Summary: Andrew Phillip Rowe could skate before he could walk, and it wasnât until he was almost twenty and well on his way to becoming a Las Vegas Ace before he knew why.
a/n: thatâs right weâve got a secret zimmermann brother au based on the fact that Bob was an active pro athlete for almost 15 years before Jack was born and almost definitely had relationships before Alicia. This particular one resulted in a secret love child.
When the call finally went out that year â Â a request for players willing to billet the incoming draftees â Â Andrew had been the first in line.
His already sparsely decorated guest room had been primed for a new tenant since heâd learned Las Vegasâ abysmal season had earned them the first pick of the 2009 draft. In his mind, Andrew had envisioned a tearful confession. A family reunion nineteen years in the making where heâd finally get a chance to connect with a half-brother heâd grown up learning about through news articles and stats pages.
He wasnât ready for Jack to pull out of the draft days before the ceremony; wasnât ready for the claims of an overdose or speculation about suicide attempts. He certainly wasnât expecting to have to open his home to a young man with limp blonde hair and deep circles under his eyes with the same enthusiasm heâd promised heâd offer to a son of Bob Zimmermann.
Andrew was hoping for a little brother.Â
He got Kent Parson instead.
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âYou remind me of my boyfriend.â Kent slurs one night, completely gone on Johnny Walker Blue borrowed from Andrewâs wet bar. âItâs your . . . face.â
âShouldnât talk about things like that,â Andrew cautions gently, covering his own surprise. âNever know who might be listening.â
âWho fucking cares? He wonât talk to me,â Kent continues, ignoring him and sniffing like heâs on the verge of sobbing or puking, both options equally unwanted. âThey wouldnât tell me if he was even alive.â
Another unwanted puzzle piece locks into place.
âJack?â Andrew suggests softly, and Kent begins to cry.
âYou wonât tell right?â
Andrew shakes his head no, long enough for Kentâs bleary eyes to focus on the gesture and take it seriously.
Things are different, after that conversation. Not worse, or better, just different.
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âHeâs my brother.â
Andrew admits this one night, for no reason other than that he can.
Kent is across the room, backlit by lights from the Strip, his legs dangling off the arm of his favorite couch as he scrolls through his phone looking for distractions. Parse hasnât lived with Andrew for almost two seasons, but he still turns up like a bad penny whenever he needs to commiserate with someone who knows his more lascivious secrets. Truthfully, Andrewâs grateful for the company. Heâs a pretty genial guy, but heâs always kept his distance, a personality trait he likes to think he shares with an unassuming sibling, but thereâs no way to know for sure. The farther Andrew gets from the 2009 Draft, the less faith he has in a reunion that wonât just bring crippling sorrow to everyone involved.
A secret Zimmermann son who actually made it in the NHL. Who has his name on the Stanley Cup, not once, but twice, largely thanks to the spitfire forward lounging in Andrewâs living room.
âWhoâs your brother?â Kent asks, not looking up from his phone.
âJack Zimmermann.â
Kent barks a laugh and rolls his head lazily to smirk at Andrew.
âThatâs funny. I guess you kinda have the same chin. Was Marky digging for chirps?â
Andrew has no idea what that means, but he sets down his tablet and says, âNo, heâs actually my half-brother. My mom dated Bad Bob in â84 and got pregnant.â
The lackadaisical smile on Kentâs face falters as his gaze sharpens, like heâs actually looking at Andrew for the first time. Andrew responds by gesturing at himself lamely.
âThatâs not funny.â
âNo.â Andrew agrees. âIt isnât.â
Kent swings his feet down off the couch and braces himself against the overstuffed leather. He doesnât look mad, but thereâs something too close to disbelief for Andrew to convince himself everythingâs okay. It takes a moment, but Kent must find what heâs looking for on Andrewâs face.
âDoes Bob know?â Kent asks with that familiar overfamiliarity, as if they both still have some personal relationship with the living legend.
âYeah. When Mom got pregnant she told him she didnât want the attention since it was only a fling â â
âWho the fuck doesnât lock down Bob Zimmermann?â Kent breathes. âAlso, why the fuck did she tell you that?â
âNo shit, right? She got him to sign away parental rights, set up a trust, never spoke to him again as far as I know. I didnât find out until after I signed with the Aces. She didnât want me to get blindsided if it all came out, but the story never broke.â
âI mean, does Bob know who you are?â Kent questions. âDoes Jack?â
Andrew shakes his head no, because he doesnât think so, and Kent flops back against the cushions, face slack with disbelief; it doesnât take long for his features to shift to anger.
âYou knew this whole time and you didnât tell me? Even after I told you ââ
âOkay, thereâs a whole-ass difference between you fucking dudes and and me being âBad Bobâs bastardâ,â Andrew bites, curtailing Kentâs imminent hissy fit. Appropriately, Kent closes his mouth, almost pouting.
âFine. But thatâs fucked.â Kent says after a loaded moment of silence. âIâm sorry youâre . . . you.â
âYeah. Iâm sorry youâre you, too.â
âYou know Jackâs signing with the Falconers, right?â Kent offers like the worst kind of olive branch, unintentionally telling Andrew exactly what he was up to during that stretch of time between New England games a few months prior. âItâs not public but itâs happening. Inkâs dry.â
âI know. Thatâs why I told you. Itâs gonna be weird,â Andrew swallows, thinking about playing Providence in the coming months.
âFucking right itâs weird.â
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For the most part, the Las Vegas Aces are decent, stand up guys. Even with the accusations of gambling debts and mob connections with the ownership group, Andrewâs never been asked to hit a certain player a little too hard, or to take a dive so the other team gets a shot at a power play. A lot of talk, a lot of conspiracies, âTypical Aces hockeyâ, but thereâs no malice. Not really.
Andrew thinks itâs hilarious he plays the game a lot like his estranged father, but heâs not a legend in the making, hell, at this point heâs barely regarded as more than a mid-level, reliable center that can bring home 40 points a season.
Carly whips behind Zimmermannâs back to clip his skate with a stick, dropping a ill advised chirp that sets every player in earshot on edge. Parse is close enough to catch the quiet slur, stiffening like heâs been hit, and Andrew watches Zimmermann recover quickly, steely and resolute.Â
Jack has his motherâs eyes â not the warm brown Andrew catches every time he looks in the mirror.
âHeâs a fucking goon,â Andrew breathes, gliding up to Jackâs shoulder in lieu of an apology. Zimmermann doesnât miss a beat, his gaze flicking to Andrew with the quiet rage of âwho gives a fuckâ. Andrew admires his commitment to the game. Coming back after so much, after so long, to willingly subject himself to the same kind of treatment that Andrew knows likely led to his original fall from grace.
âHey,â Kent ducks his head as he slides up a little while later, mouthguard clenched between his teeth, and asks, âYou see his twink?â
At Andrewâs obvious confusion, Kent jerks his head toward the glass behind the Falconersâ bench, to a raucous group of fans all sporting fresh Zimmermann jerseys. Andrewâs gaze drifts along the row of faces, lingering longer on the familiar, handsome couple beside the blonde young man. He may be imagining things â the stadium lights catching a bad angle â Â but for the briefest moment, Andrew holds eye contact with his father.
âHeâs cute, right?â Kent says bitterly, like he doesnât have a partner of his own back home.
âYeah, he is. You gonna do anything about the slurs, Captain?â Andrew counters, earning a stern look from Parson.
âIâll deal with Carly.â
âOh, you will? Because Iâve never seen you shut him down before.â
âIâll handle it.â
Kentâs expression goes stormy, and he gives Andrew a hard shove before skating off to set up for the next shift. To his credit, he does grab Carly by the arm and tell him something that earns a look of displeasure from the larger man, but Andrew knows a verbal warning wonât curtail someone as dead-set in his conservatism as Carly.
The next play, Carly flashes Andrew a toothy smile over the linemanâs shoulder, as if theyâre in on the same joke, and his vision goes red.
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âBad Bobâs outside,â Scraps rasps, like whatever brief interaction heâs just had has physically winded him. âHe wants to talk to Flip.â
Andrew blinks up from the water bottle in his hands, previously concerned with the pink-stained gauze wrapped around his knuckles. A few of the guys start chirping, but most of them remain silent, still processing the fact that Andrew assaulted one of their own without clear motivation, in defense of an opponent.
âThatâs what this was all about? You gunning for a trade?â Sorenson spits from his stall. âNeeded to impress Bad Bob by beating the snot out of Carly?â
âMaybe I am,â Andrew sighs, pushing himself to his feet, wincing at the way his jaw aches from the few good hits Carly had managed to squeeze in before he went down. âWhat the fuck are you gonna do about it.â
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Andrewâs grateful he kept his skates on. He needs the boost of confidence that comes with the added height, especially when he finds Bob Zimmermann waiting patiently in the corridor like heâs just another staff member and not the second most recognizable figure in modern hockey.
âHey kid,â Bob greets, casting an approving, overly-familiar eye over Andrewâs padded bulk and sweat-slick hair. âYou can throw a hell of a punch. Donât think Iâve ever seen a guy beat the piss out of a teammate before. Off ice, sure, but never during a game.â
His accent is just as thick in private as every interview Andrewâs ever caught live â but his tone is unexpectedly warm, even grateful â when Bob laughs at his own recounting of Andrewâs assault attempt, the sound is light and joyous like nothing in the world comes easier to this titan of a man.
Andrew wonders if Bob can recognize the chin they share beneath a his playoff beard; if thereâs any resemblance left in a nose thatâs been reset a half-dozen times.
Andrew grew up loved and never wanted for anything. His step-fathers, both of them, had been good men who never left him looking for a father figure. It wasnât until his twenties that Andrew even realized there was hole where his bio-dad should have been, and not just a regular hole, a yawning sinkhole threatening to devour his entire sense of self, because his biological father turned out to be a man he grew up idolizing as a personal hero.
Heâs not mad at his mother, but when Andrew struggles to find his voice â which is bullshit seeing as heâs almost thirty-five and a god-damned professional athlete â he canât stop himself from feeling like a misplaced child.
âDo you,â Andrew swallows, looking over Bobâs shoulder to see if anyoneâs watching them. Finding theyâre alone, he rallies quietly, âDo you know who I am?â
Bobâs jovial expression softens into something remorseful, but unfathomably kind. âI do, buddy,â he acknowledges, somehow squeezing three decades of affection into one term of endearment. âIâve known for some time, now. The whole time, actually.â
That hurts more than expected.
âDoes your wife? Does Jack?â
Bob shakes his head, but it isnât a hard no.
âAlicia knows, and Jack has some idea heâs got a half-brother, but itâs all in the abstract. No specifics. Definitely doesnât know you play. I wanted to respect your privacy and your motherâs wishes. She let me know sheâd told you the truth a few years back and I wanted to give you the space you needed if you decided to reach out. When you didnât, well, a man makes assumptions.â
Andrew looks down at the concrete beneath his skates and sniffs hard, fighting nasal drip from the smelling salts heâd needed in the third period; or, at least, thatâs what he tells himself. âI had a plan, back when â â he stops himself, looking down at his skates. Bobâs eyebrows lift in curiosity, leaving room for Andrew to gather his thoughts, but he doesnât take the bait, unable to bring up what could have been just yet. Bob seems to grasp the context after the moment.
â2009,â he acknowledges softly. âHell of a year.â
âYeah. It was. Is he okay?â
âWhat, Jack? Heâs leagues ahead of where he was then ââ
âNo, I mean, tonight. Carly clipped him pretty hard before I got in there.â
âOh, a little bruised up, but heâll live. Are you?â
âAm I what?â
âOkay.â
Andrew looks down at his bandaged fist and realizes heâs completely forgotten how gnarly his face must look.
âTrainer says Iâm alright, but Iâm gonna get leveled with a wicked fine, I know it.â
âWas it worth it?â Thereâs a look of guilty pride on Bobâs face, like the manâs enjoying himself a little too much when he leans in and whispers, âYou just did something Iâve wanted to do since Jack was in mites. Fucking lay out one of those fuckers thatâs got nothing better to do than bitch because they canât play,â thereâs a moment of hesitation, as if heâs worried about pushing a boundary, before he adds, âHowâd it feel to look out for your little brother?â
Pride, it turns out, in contagious, and Andrew feels like he could go back on the ice and do it all over again. âPretty fucking great,â Andrew canât help a smile, wincing when the gesture pulls at his split lip.
Bob slaps a hand on Andrewâs shoulder pads, then gets a grip on the back of his head, heedless of his sweaty hair.
âCrisse, youâre a fuckinâ beaut, kid. Iâve wanted to tell you that for years.â
Andrew canât blame the smelling salts anymore.
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Jack clearly doesnât see his father standing there with red-rimmed eyes, or Andrew in an equally unkempt state, and has no reason to think anything untoward has happened when he offers a handshake and pulls Andrew into a hug, bouncing his free fist off the back of Andrewâs pads. âI owe you a drink,â Jack says decisively when he pulls back, shooting a grin between his father and Andrew. âCanât believe you did that.â
âMore than a drink, I think,â the blonde guy Andrew saw behind the bench pipes up. Jackâs âtwinkâ. Boyfriend. Whatever. âDinner at least.â
âA pie,â Bob suggests tightly, keeping his voice even as he turns to quickly scrub his fist over his eyes. Andrew recognizes the statuesque woman who strides up beside Bob, and one quick look tells him she definitely knows who he is.
âHello, Andrew,â Alicia greets softly, genuinely. âItâs very nice to meet you.â
âYou, too.â he says, the tightness in his throat coming out as gruffness rather than emotion. âThis is great, but I should go shower and, uh, it was nice meeting you all.â
Bobâs hand whips out and fists the sleeve of Andrewâs sweater, keeping him in place.
âYou have plans tonight?â
Andrew debates lying, because he doesnât know how to move forward from this point, but theyâre all looking at him. Waiting. Expectant. Thereâs too much at stake, and yet somehow â A sharp whistle drags Andrewâs attention back to the locker room. Kent is peeking his head out, and god knows how long heâs been eavesdropping.
âYo, Zimmermanns. Bittle.â
âParson.â The blonde says curtly, earning a wry smirk from Kent.
âFlip, we got a presser if you feel like putting a bow on the evening,â Kentâs gaze drifts to Bobâs flushed face, and he adds, âOr, you can shower and slip out the loading bay while I cover for your aggro ass because this is not going to be fun. Your call.â
Andrew looks at the small family surrounding him, his family, and says, âI donât want to explain.â Kent shrugs and ducks back inside while Bobâs brow furrows in confusion. âI can do dinner, but I donât want to,â Andrew holds his hands out in front of him, trying to gesture what he means, and Bob snaps his fingers in understanding.
âAh, ha, I got you, kid.â
âNeat. Iâm gonna go shower.â
âWe will be here when youâre ready,â Alicia offers. âTake your time.â
âOh, I will,â Andrew replies before he can stop himself, cringing the second his back is turned because what the fuck could he be any more awkward?
Time will tell.
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#zimbits#jack / bitty#omgcp#check please#my fic#my stuff#lost zimmermann brother au#bob's got another kid and I named him andrew again!#kent is not a bad guy#only carly is a bad guy and we hate him#long post#because it's a mini fic!
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53 + Jon for kiss prompts <3
kiss prompt list!
53 - against a wall kiss
i went with jontim! cw for mentions of ghosts, hauntings, and demons, mentions of decay and rot, bats (the animal), and mentions of alcohol
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Jon looks up from the small scrap of paper heâs holding, squints suspiciously at the building in front of them, and looks back down at the paper with a frown. âThis canât be right.â
 âHuh,â Tim says, peering over Jon's shoulder at the paper. Itâs barely illuminated by the faint glow of the streetlamps, small pinpricks of light against the night sky. âThis was supposed to be a haunting, right? Some lady kept seeing a shadowy figure out of the corner of her eye, and her lights kept burning out.â
 âAlleged haunting,â Jon says tersely. âYou know as well as I do that the âghostâ statements are usually absolute rubbish.â
 âYeah, but this oneâs got zest,â Tim says with a grin, swiping the paper from Jonâs hands and ignoring Jonâs noise of protest. âUsually itâs all oh, thereâs a cold spot and I came home to find the telly on or whatever. But shadowy figures of darkness and deceitââ
 Tim gasps dramatically. âJon, we could be dealing with a demon.â
 Jon fixes Tim with an unimpressed look. âItâs more likely that weâve driven two hours outside of London just to waste our time staring at a house that looks like it hasnât been lived in for thirty years.â
 âYeah,â Tim says with a grimace, âthe place could really use a paint job. And, uh. Some actual glass in the windows.â
 Jon sighs, pinches the bridge of his nose, and mutters something under his breath about donât get paid enough toâ
 Tim couldnât agree more.
âFine,â Jon says, sounding resigned. He rifles through his satchel for a few moments before retrieving a small black torch. He clicks it experimentally on and off a few times. âWe might as well get this over with.â
 âAs much as I love your enthusiasm,â Tim says, âthe place is very clearly condemned, Jon. The chains across the door donât exactly scream hey, come in, itâs completely safe!â
 Not to mention that, technically, theyâd have to break and enter. But Tim had learned long ago that the only problem Jon had with that was the physical effort it took to lift himself through broken windows and over chain-link fences. Heâd decided, the first time heâd seen Jon pull a lockpick set out of his pocket and pick a lock in less than a minute, that he did, in fact, have a bit of a predilection toward delinquency. Particularly when said delinquent dressed like a college professor and used words like âostentatiousâ and âsalient.â
 The being a little bit in love with him bit had come later. But it wasnât like Tim hadnât seen it coming.
 âI donât think there will be any demons,â Jon says flatly, and before Tim can explain that he was actually talking about things like asbestos and rotten floorboards, Jonâs crossing the street at a quick pace and approaching the house.
 âChrist,â Tim mutters under his breath, scooping his backpack up from the ground and swinging it over his shoulder as he jogs after Jon. âForget safety, letâs- letâs just run right into an abandoned building. Great.â
 By the time Timâs wriggled his way through one of the ground-floor windows, Jonâs already scanning the inside of the house with his torch, an expression of intense concentration on his face as he maps the walls, ceilings, and floor. âForget thirty years,â Jon says under his breath. âIt doesnât look like anyoneâs ever lived here.â
 Jonâs right; beneath all the rot and decay and dust, the house itself is threadbare and hollow, walls a dull white and floor still an unfinished wood. Somehow, that more than anything makes Timâs stomach turn with unease. âRight, well. This has been fun, but I think weâve established that the statement belongs solidly in the discredited section so maybe we should⌠go?â
 Jon makes a noncommittal noise. âWhy? Itâs just gotten interesting.â
 âRight,â Tim says under his breath, hating how fond he sounds. âIf this house collapses on top of us and we die, I am never going to forgive you.â
 Jon scoffs. âDonât be ridiculous. Nothingâs going to happen.â
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 âNothingâs going to happen?â Tim demands, having just sprinted halfway down the street and into a small side alley with Jonâs hand firmly grasped in his, practically pulling him along.
 A bit breathlessly, Jon says, âWell, I- I was right. The house is still very much intact.â
 Tim affixes Jon with the strongest glare he can muster, his heart still threatening to jump straight out of his chest. âJonathan.â
 Jon throws his hands up in the air, dragging Timâs hand with them. âHow was I supposed to know that there was something living in there?â
 âBecause it was condemned, Jon! Of course there were things living there.â
 Jon lets out a noise thatâs somewhere between a groan and a laugh.  âThey were just bats, Tim. I would think that would be a significant improvement from demons.â
 âHey, at least I get paid to deal with demons!â At Jonâs raised eyebrow, Tim amends, âAlleged demons. I can handle the monster-under-the-bed stories, butââ
 Tim shudders. âBats. I hate bats.â
 Jonâs mouth curves into a smile, and this time the noise he makes falls squarely into the realm of a chuckle. âYes, I noticed. I donât think Iâve ever heard you make a noise quite like that.â
 âHey, if you were getting assaulted by Godâs most abhorrent creation on this Earth, you also would have screamed. I feel no shame.â
 Jon seems to realize that heâs still holding Timâs hand at the same time Tim does. But instead of letting go, Jon squeezes Timâs hand tighter and says, âI am sorry. I⌠may have gotten a bit carried away.â
 âMm, a bit,â Tim agrees pleasantly. He squeezes Jonâs hand back reflexively, and Jonâs intake of breath is audible.
 Huh.
 Maybe itâs the adrenaline making him bold, or maybe Timâs just gotten tired of waiting, but he finds it surprisingly easy to take a step closer, bracketing Jon between him and the brick wall of the alleyway, and say, âJon, if Iâm being completely honest: running away from a swarm of bats after breaking into a half-rotted building isnât the worst way I pictured this evening going.â
 âOh?â Jon says, voice pitched slightly higher.
 âI mean,â Tim says with a barely-concealed grin, ârunning from danger, hand in hand, catching our breath in a very narrow alley?â He shifts a bit closer to Jon, just to prove his point. âCould be worse.â
 Jon looks down at their still-joined hands, then back up at Tim with a small frown. âAre youâŚ?â He cuts off with a small sound and a shake of his head. âAh. Never mind.â
 God help him. Tim opts for bluntness, because if heâs going to show a few cards he may as well turn over his entire hand. âJon, there is nowhere Iâd rather be right now than holding your hand in a dingy alleyway.â He pauses, considering, then says, teasingly, âWell, almost nowhere. I hear the Canary Islands are nice this time of year.â
 Jon just stares at him for a long moment. Then, just as nerves start to creep up the back of Timâs throat, Jon lets out a small, breathy laugh and says, âWell, until we get a statement about the Canary Islands, I suppose this will have to do.â
 Tim scoffs. âHave to do. You flatter me.â
 The smile Jon gives him warms him from the inside out. Carefully, Tim lifts his free hand and settles it on the bricks next to Jonâs head. Jon inhales sharply, and his eyes when they meet Timâs are wide. Suddenly unsure, Tim says quietly, âIs⌠is this okay?â
 The noise Jon lets out is startlingly close to a whine, and he nods once before saying, in a small voice, âAre you going to kiss me or not?â
 Oh, Christ.
 Jonâs barely finished speaking when Tim leans in, tangles his fingers more firmly with Jonâs, and captures Jonâs lips with his. Jon lets out a contented sigh and relaxes back against the brick wall, and god, Timâs never going to get that sound out of his mind. He presses closer and deepens the kiss, documenting every one of Jonâs little noises and sighs and storing them away for later, so he can relive this moment again and again and again.
 Timâs not sure how long they stand there, Jonâs back against the wall and Timâs hand splayed flat on the brick next to Jonâs head, before a bright flash of car headlights startles them apart. As the light fades, Jon lets out a sound suspiciously close to a giggle before pressing his free hand to his mouth to hide his smile. âSorry,â he says, his voice muffled by his hand. âI just⌠all the times I imagined kissing you, I really didnât have this in mind.â
 Timâs brain, for a brief moment, bluescreens. âAll the times?â he says in disbelief. âJon, all the times?â
 Jon drops his hand, looking sheepish. âYes, well. In my defense, I thought you werenât interested.â
 âNotââ Tim cuts off with an exasperated noise. He reaches down and takes Jonâs hand in his, threading their fingers together and squeezing once. âLet it go on record that I have wanted to kiss you for a long time now and that I am very much interested.â
 âYes,â Jon says, amused. âI know that now.â
 Tim groans. Under his breath, he mutters, âNot interested. Ridiculous.â
 Jon laughs softly before leaning forward and pressing another chaste kiss to Timâs lips. âIf it makes you feel any better, Iâm glad that I was wrong.â
 âJonathan Sims, admitting that he was wrong? I thought Iâd never see the day.â
 Jon gives him a glare without any heat. âYes, yes, all right.â
 I love you, Tim wants to say. But itâs entirely too early for that, and heâs certainly not going to give his heartfelt love confession in an alleyway that heâs starting to realize smells something awful. So instead, he pulls lightly on Jonâs hand and says, âWell, Iâm definitely not working any more today. Fancy a pint?â
 âOnly if you donât ridicule my taste in beer.â
 âOne time, Jon! That was one time.â
#tma#the magnus archives#jonathan sims#tim stoker#jontim#my writing#my fic#my longest kiss prompt yet bc i have no self control
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Hanging upside down
Pairing: Edmund Pevensie x Reader
Genre: A tiny bit angsty, a bit of comedy, and a bit fluffy
Warnings: A little mention of blood here and there, but nothing too intense!
Rating: g
Request: Open
A/n: First Edmund fic !! At first, this was supposed to be about mister Peter Pevensie, but then I got the divine inspiration to make it all about our dear Edmund. I had fun with this! I hope you'll like it. I recommend reading it while listening to a Narnia ambiance playlist with forest sounds or something like that! Also, THERE YOU GO @imjustdreamingig I POSTED IT
** gif is not mine !!
*** ALSO CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT FACE??? SO HANDSOME OMGGGG
Sometimes, being part of the royal entourage, things just get so intense that you need some time apart, away from all the agitation and emotional banter. Being so included in it, you get deeply hurt and worried when nerve-racking and atrocious situations occur. Then comes in the terrible realization that there is not a thing you can do, that you are completely and utterly helpless. Even if you would like to listen to your sheer instinct, you cannot. There are protocols, political relations, and a whole country that depends on your every action. In those situations, you are stuck with these dark feelings undermining you slowly.
This time it was Edmund; involved again in a bloody affair with the Calormene. For a moment, you all got worried it would end up badly, but he had just gotten back, victorious. You were deeply attached to every member of the Pevensie family, especially the freckled adventurous young man, although that could never be revealed. Alas, with secrets to keep and worry eating your brains out you needed to be alone, take a breath or two and forget a little about the world you lived in.
Hanging upside down, hands and arms swinging down. Hair forming a curtain of various shades around your head. You went into the woods to clear your mind, soak in the freshness of the air. There is this little spot you found with an imposing willow oak and a little river right next to it; maybe you could absorb a bit of the serenity of the woods. Everything is calm and soothing, there is not a sound to be heard.
- âHey!â
You scream, fall quite hard to the ground, and scene.
- âAouch.â
Trapped in your hair, you sit down, a little dizzy from falling directly on the head. Rubbing your aching elbow that is going to be badly bruised without a doubt, you hear a bright laugh and see Edmund rolling in the grass.
- âNobody taught you that it was not ideal to creep on someone while they are hanging upside down on a tree?â you grumble.
He is still trying to catch his breath when he answers you.
- âThe⌠question⌠would be⌠why were you hanging upside down a tree without being mindful of your surroundings? Someone with bad intention could have crept up on you!â he tries to defend himself, but you can tell he thinks this is hilarious.
- âCome on, Ed.â
- âAlright, alright, I am sorry, but you must admit it was funny.â He answers while getting up.
- âYeah, yeah, alright.â
You check your body to see any possible injury; your knees are a little scratched, but nothing too bad, your elbow still hurts, but other than that, you are all in one piece. You try to get up while Edmund is still brushing twigs and clumps of grass off his tunic. You slowly get on your feet, but the world is spinning incredibly fast; you grab the tree beside you for balance, hoping it will calm down the revolving of the world.
- âI cannot wait to tell the oth⌠Y/n?â he looks up, only to see you looking at the ground, eyes wide open.
- âI donât feel so well...â You lift your gaze to meet his, seeing triples of him dancing around.
- âYou are bleeding!â
- âMh?â
He takes a step towards you, worries written on his traits. He touches the side of your face, and you cannot help but wince at the sharp pain it triggers in you. He lifts your head, turns it on the side, and examines you quickly before declaring you should get back to the castle and maybe get a stitch or two.
- âWill you be able to walk?â
- âIt is just a scratch Ed, I am not deathly injured.â You scoff, taking a shaky step before the world starts spinning again. You reach your arms out, searching for anything that could balance you out, which ends up being his hand. âI just need a little support.â
- âWhy, of course.â He smiles affectionately at you.
Together you walk slowly but surely to the grand castle. Luckily, you were not that far out in the woods, so the walk is not that long. From time to time, you feel a spin of dizziness. Especially when you try to look up too fast, but otherwise than that, you are fine.
- âWhy were you there alone anyway?â
- âI needed some time to myself.â
You have grown up with him, he has learned to observe you and depict your physical language. Just by the tone of your voice, he knows something is wrong.
- âSomething happened?â he asks you after a second of silence.
- âNo, yes, I mean no! Nothing actually happened it is justâŚ.â
His eyes are piercing right through you; his stare attentively focused on your every move. You look back at him, and all at once, the stress and anxiety you felt while he was away are rushing back into your blood. You can feel your heart tighten in your chest; what if something had happened to him? The thought of losing him, you could not bear it, it physically caused you pain. What if he had been in danger and nobody could have saved him?
- âY/n?â He interrupts your train of thought, bringing you back to reality.
- âSorry.â
- âIf you do not want to tell me it is okay, you don't have to.â
- âNo, it is just that⌠I was so worried Ed. I hate when you go on your own, I hate when there is no way for us to reach or help you. I hate when you are gone off like that.â
You both stopped walking; you have taken two steps away from him. You cannot hold his gaze as all the terrible scenarios start playing again and again before your own.
- âI cannot help but think about all the things that could go wrong. About the actual panic and unbearable pain, I would feel if something were ever to happen to you. It drives me crazy.â You take a deep breath, trying to block the images assaulting your brain. "I needed to take a step back. This place is where I go when it all gets too much for me.â
A deep silence sets in; you are mad at yourself for telling him about it. Each word that leaves your mouth exposes your feelings a fraction more, and you cannot allow that. You do not want to annoy him with your worries. He is a king; he has many more things to worry about than you and your feelings. It is not like it would ever stop him from doing his royal duties, and you understood that. Your behavior is childish and immature. The more you think about it, shame invades each of your cells; you should have never told him about it.
- âEdmund IâŚâ you spin on your heels to face an Edmund that is much closer than you thought. You do feel pretty dizzy from the sudden movement, but you almost forget about it as you are taken away by the emotion in his brown eyes. Almost. You trip a little, but he is quick to catch you and stabilize you.
- âI am sorry Y/n. I did not know you felt like that.â He looks down on your linked hands. âI must admit I would go crazy too if I knew you were in danger and there was nothing I could do to reach you.â He finally looks up at your surprised face. âStop looking so surprised. I have feelings too, I am not always the rational and practical person everyone thinks I am.â He adds with a shy smirk. You are even more astonished but dare not to say a word.
He slowly lifts his hand towards your face, his whole attention centralized on your being. Holding your breath; you do not dare to move a millimeter. His hand stops in his track as his gaze slides to the long strike of blood going down your face.
- âWe, we should get back to our quarters so that we can take care of you.â
You are frozen in place, not able to grasp what was just about to happen. What would have happened? What was that? You had never noticed such depth of emotions in his eyes, but at that moment, you could have sworn it was infinite.
- âAre you ready?â he slides one hand on your back while the other grasp your hand. You nod, feeling more confused than you have ever been.
Once you get inside and head for the royal quarters you suddenly think about the blood still dripping from your left eyebrow, feeling the warm liquid sliding down your throat. You already hear Susan's reprimands when she will see your ruined dress. You cannot help a smile as you think about the weird face she always makes when she is annoyed with something. Her brows furrows and she twists her mouth in an ungraceful rictus which never fails to make you and the other Pevensies laugh.
- âWhat are you smiling for?â
- âSusanâs face when sheâll see my ruined dress.â You smirk.
- âWhat do you mean?â
You lift your head to show him the multiples streaks of blood going down your neck and onto the collar and fabric of your dress.
- âOh no, I did not think about wiping it up.â
- âNo worries, as I said, it will be fun to see Suâs face.â
He lets out a chuckle before opening the door of the room. Inside Lucy is painting by the window while Susan is reading a book near her. The two sisters instantly get on their feet when they see the scenery of Edmund supporting you, blood dripping down your face.
- âWhat happened?â
- âLucy, please get some towels and the healerâs pouch. Edmund bring her on the couch.â
- âItâs not that bad Su, itâs barely a scratch, Iâm fine.â You try to explain.
- âI will be determining that.â She interrupts sternly.
You sigh, knowing you will not escape this as Lucy returns with the aid kit. She starts looking at you too with concern.
- âI think it will need a stitch or two.â
- âOh, really, guys I do notâŚâ
The older sister glances at you with an expression that did not need any explanations; you needed to shut it. She starts preparing the supply and is still turning your head from side to side when she finally notices the bloodstains on your dress and sighs.
- âReally Ed? You could not have wiped it off? Now her new dress is totally ruined.â That is when the weird rictus and furrowed brows made their apparition.
You take a look at Edmund who is also trying his best to hold in his laughter but fails miserably when she stands there staring at him, hands on her hips.
- âAnd you think that is funny? You too Y/n? Lu?â she turns around to look at you and her little sister barely containing your amusement. âMaybe I should not do your stitches and ask Mr.Tumnus to do them.â
You and the two other Pevensies grimace knowing damn well that he hates to do that kind of stuff. It makes him nervous and shaky, hence making the process even more painful for the already injured.
- âOh, please, Susan.â You shake your head while rolling your eyes which was possibly the worst idea you have ever had. The whole room took a spin and brought back the dizziness.
They all come back to you, concerned that there might be more to this injury than what they initially thought.
- âI think she might have a concussion.â Says Edmund while reaching out to you again to offer you some support.
- âHow exactly did you say this happened again?â asked Susan.
- âWell, actually, it is a pretty funny story.â
He is about to tell them about your slightly embarrassing fall when the arrival of his brother in the room interrupts him.
- âWhat happened ?!â
He walks to you with a confused expression. Edmund is still crouching before you, examining your face. You are not even able to answer Peterâs question as you are staring into his brotherâs hypnotizing eyes. All this movement makes you even dizzier but let's be honest, even if you were about to puke, you would not miss the occasion to have Edmundâs warm hands on your face. You savor this moment as best as you can, but even though this feels incredibly good, you cannot ignore the feeling of your mind looping a little and your eyes rolling to the back of your head.
- âGuys, what happened?â asks Peter again.
- âShe might have a concussion; I think she fell on her head, and Edmund if you, please, stop holding onto her face, I could finally stitch her up and stop this tragedy.â
- âThis tragedy?â
- âThe dress Pete..â murmurs Lucy.
The older Pevensie looks at your dress, at his sister, then again at you with a look of disbelief. You lightly shrug your shoulder; he's about to say something but gives up understanding that when it comes to Susan, it is a true tragedy.
All the while, Edmund finally let go of you, his cheek a subtle shade of pink. You keep looking at him with confusion in your eyes. What is going on with this boy?
It takes a minute or two for Susan to stitch you up since the wound is small. The eyebrow arch being a place where there is a lot of blood circulation, it is typical you bled a lot. As for the concussion, there is nothing to do but wait and rest, which you absolutely despise, since everyone looks at you like a minotaur had impaled you.
You now lay on the pillowy sofa in a brand-new outfit; Susan forced you out of the dress to try to wash the blood off. Lucy went back to painting, Peter watching over her, and Edmund is sitting on the end of your couch with a book in hand. As for Susan, she is about to leave the room when she suddenly turns back.
- âYou never told us what happened.â
You grin and look at Edmund who's already looking at you with a beaming smile on his face.
- âCome on, tell em.â
He does with much excitement, emphasizing the comedy of your fall, but he looks so proud, and everyone is laughing, even Susan, so you do not mind and let him have his moment.
- âAlright, alright funny guy. You told your story, now leave me alone.â
You nudge him with your foot, acting falsely angry. He swiftly grabs it, adjusting it so that both of your feet lay on his lap. He keeps a smile while going back to reading his book drawing small circles on your ankles. A swarm of butterflies is assaulting your stomach, and once again, the world starts spinning; although this time it is for a totally different reason.
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A/n: I truly hope you liked this!!đ Once again, just a word to tell you my requests are open. Feel free to send me anything Narnia related, I would love to make your idea come to life:))
#ilya writes â¤#edmund pevensie#narnia fic#fluff#angsty#a bit of a comedy#narnia#edmund x reader#edmund pevensie x reader#edmund pevensie x you#I hope you will like this !!!#i swear reading this while listening to a narnia ambiance playlist#makes it so much better !!
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Wearing THAT
[Dewey Finn X Female Reader]
Summary: Reader teases Dewey in a Poison Ivy costume. You have a really hard time saying exactly what you want... Masterlist Next
Word count: 3.1k words (no beta)Â
Warning(s): 17+ | teasing, lots of teasing and boners, lap sitting, near nudity, touching
AN: only Thots here, thots about Dewey Finn also is Ned British? He's British in my head
This was some sort of test. It had to be. God was testing him through you and you were not playing fair. Itâs a costume party not a competition, you pompous little sycophant. And yet he canât help but tug at the collar of his shirt. Itâs not even anywhere near his throat but why else would he feel so constricted? Itâs certainly not because of youâŚ
You walked into his shared apartment wearing that and you had no idea the effect it had on him.Â
Dewey watches you sling an arm around Ned and kiss Pattyâs cheek in greeting. âHi guys! Thanks for inviting me, Iâve been dying to put this on.âÂ
âOh you look lovely,â Patty coos. She plucks at one of the plastic leaves on your corset. âDid you make this?! Itâs so intricate.âÂ
You bark out a laugh. âOh hell no! I have this cousin, right? And him and his fiancĂŠ own this shop where they make costumes for movies and theatre and if you pay âem right, âpersonal use.â And they donât ask questions what ainât their business either.âÂ
âWell, Iâm sold.â Ned raises his beer for a toast and Patty clinks it with her bottle of mysterious green juice. âProst! Whatâs the name of the shop? Wanna see if theyâre onlineâ you know, for... support.âÂ
âNed,â Patty swatted his empty hand (no need to be shy, we already know theyâre freaky).Â
You pat your friends on their backs and take a step towards the kitchen. âGonna get myself a beer.âÂ
âOh honey you donât have to do that. Dewey!â The man in question nearly covered himself in his own drink when he heard his name. âBe a good host and get this lady her beer!âÂ
âYes captain,â Dewey salutes and Patty can do nothing but glare in her Star Trek yellow shirt costume. Original series, of course, nothing but the best for Patricia Di Marco.Â
Dewey takes a hold of the moment he has his back to you to take deep, calming breaths. He will not let this be the end of him. Your friendship means so much more to him than that and a little fancy green corset was not going to make him fuck things up with you.Â
Heâs ready for you when he hands you your beer. Your one arm hug is appreciated because heâs sporting a bit of wood and heâd hate to find out your corset isnât thick enough to hide itâ or god forbid you feel him on your thigh. And god, your thighs⌠those sheer green nylon tights were doing unspeakable things to him. Maybe if he kept you close and kept your legs out of his peripherals he could make it through the night without embarrassing himself.Â
Or maybe not.Â
âAre yoooouuu a college student?,â you ask and point at his inconspicuous clothes.Â
âActuallyâ â he opens the buttons of his shirt to reveal another shirt with a superman logo on it and buttons it back up clumsily as you laugh. âSsshhh! Donât tell anybody. Protect my secret.âÂ
âOf course,â you giggle. God you feel good hanging off himâ usually he loves how physical you are but he has to figure out a way to keep his distance without offending you and quickly. âYou like mine?âÂ
The way you pick up a thick swirling red lock and direct his attention to the very thing heâs trying not to look at is killing him. Of course you look even better up close. The leaves of your corset give the thing depth and texture, your gloves are fingerless and go over your elbows, and your heels are high, like make- him- feel- his- below- average- height high.Â
âI like these.â Dewey plucks at the ring of leaves at the top of your gloves. Itâs a way to keep his mind off your everything else. âDid you dye your hair?âÂ
âItâs a wig.â You tug on the top and then the bottom, wincing a little. âSew in, so donât go snatch it.âÂ
âI would never!âÂ
âPoison Ivy, eh? Think thatâs one of Deweyâs favorites,â Ned blabs.Â
Dewey sends him a death glare so powerful Ned chokes on his beer but youâre looking at your Spock-dressed friend so you canât see it.Â
âOh, really?â You return your gaze to Dewey and say, âwell you must be loving this, then.âÂ
Dewey swallows. No words come to him and there is nothing to stop the awkward silence that follows. You appear unbothered by it, maintaining eye contact as you smile almost knowinglyâŚÂ
âWe should play twister,â he says with the most unsure voice ever.Â
âWe donât even have twister,â Patty mumbled. âCome on, there are like twenty other games setup, letâs play!âÂ
~
Dewey gives it a minute and when heâs free from you, he catches Ned by his pointy green ear and drags him into the hall. âHey? What the fuck are you doing?âÂ
âWhahâ what are you talking about?â Ned slaps at the hand fisted in his shirt but Dewey doesnât budge.Â
âYou canât just go telling people Iâm into them, dude! Do you know how close you came to giving me away?!â
Ned scoffed. âHer? I hardly think sheâs ignorant to your feelings, youâre not like that Steven from Austin fellow.âÂ
ââ Are you talking about stone cold Steve Austin?"Dewey buries his face in his hands- "Itâs his last name, not his birthplaceââÂ
âAnd besidesâŚâ Ned peeks around the corner to see you in the middle of some sort of posing game. Everybody's trying to take the form of some sort of vehicle, and you've got Chloe in a headlock and Vance's leg in the other hand. Ned never got to finish his thought because someone dropped a huge bowl of popcorn and that too became a game of âhow many can you eat off the floor before Patty cleans it up.â Nedâs got to help and heâs got to help now.Â
Dewey finds himself on the couch with his fifth beer of the evening. Vance, Jeremiah, and Chloe are talking baseball stats when suddenly Deweyâs vision is filled with green and red just before you sit down. Right between his legs. He unconsciously scoots up to make room for you and before he catches on to your game, you nestle into his space by the arm of the couch and sling your legs across his like you belong there.Â
Ok, something is definitely up with you.Â
Would he describe you as cuddly? A little. Perhaps a more appropriate word would be⌠hands on. Long before he started wanting more than friendship with you, you two were always just touching. Your presence and your love language was physical. Dewey never felt like you were invading his personal space or overstepping his boundaries because he simply had none with you and the feeling was mutual. But this was something else. Something that wasnât there before.Â
Was it him? Was he fucking up his perfectly in sync companionship with you because he couldnât keep his dick in his pants or (his heart for that matter)? He wasnât sure if he wanted to drag you closer or push you flat on your ass right now.Â
You were listening to Chloe chew Vance out for hating Gritty the mascot when you felt Dewey plant a hand on your forehead. âHey, are you feeling ok?âÂ
You gently shake him off and raise a single eyebrow. He seems serious, his voice gone all soft and making you feel gooey inside.Â
âYou just seem⌠I dunno,â he fumbles, âdo you want me to take you home after this?â
Hellooooo opening! âActually, can I stay here tonight?âÂ
âYeah, of course.â Fuck, who said that? Dewey? Ah, shitâŚÂ
 âThanks,â oh oh you should not be rubbing his thigh right now⌠âI think Iâll go change here in a minute.â
Oh please do, please please puh-leeaaaseâ Â
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After a brilliant movie drinking game (which Dewey tapped out of), the crowd began to disband. 24 became 20, then 18, then 12. You went out to your car to grab your overnight stuff and Dewey was hoping for a brief reprieve from the assault of your visage. He just needed a few more people to leave so he can sequester himself and rub one outâ you know, get his head straight. Ever since you left his lap heâs been rock hard, thereâs not enough blood flowing to his brain. The guest count is down to 3â 2 with you in your car, and he canât wait anymore.Â
Dewey slipped into the only bathroom in the house and prayed to god nobody noticed him. He barely got his hand wrapped around his shaft when Pattyâs fist banged on the door demanding he help clean up. Sulking and agitated, Dewey managed to calm down while cleaning up red solo cups, glass beer bottles, cans, and small pocket sized objects that would need to be returned to the guests after their hangovers subsided (no keys, thankfully, everybodyâs got a DD). His âpredicamentâ is nearly forgotten when you finally return with a bundle of clothes, disappear into the bathroom and reemerge in loose sleepwear with your makeup wiped clean and uh⌠braless.Â
You catch him looking. Deweyâ surprisingly sober after he gave up drinking half way through his sixth beerâ does nothing short of raise a slightly irritated eyebrow at you. âCold in here, huh?âÂ
âShut up. You know how uncomfortable it is to sleep in a bra?âÂ
You help him collect a couple bottles that rolled under the couch and walk with him down to Nedâs car. Patty would sort the recyclables from the trash in the morning (late morning, she did a couple rounds of tequila shots thanks to you). Itâs almost like the party never happened; youâre shooting the shit again and everything is right in the world. Heâs got no ulterior reaction to putting a hand on your hipâ thatâs just a normal thing in your perfectly platonic relationship. God, he really must have been imagining things, he was beginning to think you were actually trying to flirt with him!Â
Nedâs bent over the kitchen sink with Patty and holding her hair back. He looks up as you enter the apartment and shakes his head. You and Dewey make yourself scarce by slipping into the shared bathroom to hide. You try to giggle quietly as Dewey surveys the skincare products you covered the counter with. He points to your head and asks, âyou wearing that to bed?âÂ
âItâs sewed in, Iâm not taking this off for three weeks at least,â you answer. âGet my moneyâs worth. I can work it like my natural hair.âÂ
Dewey nods. You rub your arm nervously and look for something to say, something to circle back to the whole point of showing up looking like a sexed up goddess. What do guys like? Girls wearing their clothes, right? But you need to phrase it perfectlyâŚÂ
âDewey?â He looks up from the scrubby lip balm in his hands. âIâm not quite ready to go to sleep yet and it⌠it is a little chilly in your place. Can I wear your jacket?âÂ
Just to bring your meaning home, you tug on his sleeveâ the very jacket on his back. You donât want just any jacket, you want that one, already warm and scented by him. You donât miss the way his eyes glance past you like he was reluctant to comply. And yetâŚÂ
âYeah, here.â He slips out of it with ease and drapes it over your shoulders. You miss the sigh of relief he makes when you pull the zipper closed and obscure your pebbling nipples. âThink Iâm gonna go help Ned put Patty to bed.âÂ
Ned was a scrawny little thing and couldnât carry her by himself, and she needed to be carried. Competitive by nature, itâs easy to talk her into virtually anything, especially if it feels like girl time. You need Patty in a deep sleep for your plans tonight (sorry not sorry). Deweyâs very sexy as he bears most of Pattyâs weight. Sheâs clinging to Ned, arms around his neck and babbling incoherently while Deweyâs got an arm around her waist and legs, keeping Ned on his feet. You skirt ahead of them and open the bedroom door, help pull her shoes off, her captain insignia, her earrings, you even wipe the spit from her lips and the eyeliner smeared on her cheek.Â
âYouâre my favorite ever,â she whimpers, âI love you so much, youâre like my best friend everâŚâÂ
You shush her gently. âYou say that about everybody when youâre drunk, baby. I promise Iâll make you a fat breakfast in the morning but you gotta go to sleep now, OK?âÂ
Patty nods. She snuggles into her pillow just as Ned is taking up position as the big spoon when she looks back up at you and asks, âcan we go for a run together?âÂ
You blink evenly. âYes.â You already regret it as she smiles big and wide. It would be just your luck this is the one thing she doesn't forget in the morning.
Finally it's just you and Dewey in the hallway. It feels like you're standing between two choices: his open bedroom door and the living room. But it seems like only you can feel the weight of it.Â
"Are you sure you want to stay over?," Dewey asks, "you can use my bed."Â
You perk up out of your heavy mood. "Really?"Â
"Yeah, I'll take the couch tonight."Â
He can't possibly miss the way you instantly deflate but he's still not putting the pieces of the puzzle together. "Dewey. I'm not going to kick you out of your own room."Â
He shrugs. "Suit yourself. I'll grab a few blankets."Â
There's a storage closet in the main building with this one extra soft blanket that Dewey knows you'll love. You on the other hand have got no more patience left. Once the man leaves, you stomp your foot and decide to try one final act.
Dewey returns to the apartment to find an empty, quiet living room. Ned and Patty are in bed, but where are you? He wanders past the bathroom door because it's dark inside and checks his room. There you are reclining on his bed. He could have sworn you were wearing pants before but your legs are bare and his jacket hugs the tops of your thighs. He also could have sworn you were wearing a shirt. He finds both items folded neatly beside you with your underwear right on top.Â
OhâŚ
This cannot be happening right now. He just survived tonight by the skin of his teeth and now you were doing this to him. Heâs going to pull his hair out, going to scream, itâs so frustrating because he canât just ask you what you wantâ youâll turn the question back on him and heâll fuck it up. He lets the blanket fall from his grip and with a heavy sigh he whispers in a weak voice, âstraight answers only. What are you doing to me? Why you doinâ this?âÂ
You cock your head and answer leisurely, your eye drifting across the items in his room. âYou know thatâs not how I roll, but if you want me to address the elephant in the room: I'm naked in your bed right now."Â
Against his better judgement, Dewey moves closer. "I can see that."Â
One step closer and your eyes find him again. Like an invitation you lean back more, even uncross your legs but go no further. Dewey swallows his tongue and waits for you to elaborate and every second is agonizingly slow.Â
"You think you can just walk around here with your pretty face and cocky little attitude like itâs nothing,â you said accusingly.Â
Dewey glared at you. âThatâs the pot calling the kettle black.âÂ
âWell we're in agreement then,â youâre almost sneering at him, but he knows itâs because youâre really frustrated with yourself, âI look and I touch and I feel but I donât know, you know?âÂ
âNot a clue,â he sighs and sits himself beside you. Heâs done trying to keep his distance. âLetâs go back to you being naked in my bed.âÂ
âDo you like it?âÂ
âDo I like it?,â he repeats incredulously. Dewey leans back on his elbow to look you over from top to bottom. You look damn good in nothing but his jacket. Youâve got the long ends of your red hair in braids that sweep down to your navel. The zipper rests tantalizingly right below your ribcage. Dewey dares to reach out a mollifying hand and give a tiny stroke to that silver keeper. He cannot bring himself to speak above a whisper as he nods, âyeah, I⌠I like it.âÂ
The tension leaves your shoulders and you wear a small grin. âItâs not too late to take it back. Say no, and Iâll put my clothes back on and sleep on the couch like none of this ever happened. This,â you point between the two of you, âdoesnât change unless we want it to.âÂ
⌠this was real. In answer, Deweyâs chin wrinkles and he watches his finger travel upwards, drawing a light line up the expanse of your chest between your breasts to feel you shiver at his touch. Thing is he doesnât want to say no, but wouldnât it be better? Safer? He asks the question heâs been dying to know all night. âWhat do you want from me?âÂ
âWhatever I can get,â you answer truthfully. âWhatever youâll allow. Donât trouble yourself with labels and things âcause what we have has always been so much more than that.âÂ
Dewey feels a weight lift off of his chest. His hand works around your waist and drags you closer, halfway under him and he rests his perspiring forehead on your breastbone. Whatever happens next happens, for better or for worse.Â
Youâre not troubled when Dewey moves the jacket to expose one of your breasts, however you are taken aback when he bites you. You barely manage to stifle your yelp when you feel him growl against your flesh and the sound vibrates straight to your core. Dewey drags his head up and stares you dead in the eye as he kneads your savaged breast.Â
âAll night,â he growls, âall fucking night for this? We could have done this ages ago. The salon, the drive in, Chloeâs catâs birthdayâ grocery shopping last week. But no, instead you pick a party full of people and youâve had me riled up for hours.âÂ
Dewey pinches your hardened peak and you keen. ââm sorryâŚâÂ
âNo youâre not, but donât worry: you will be.â
AN: Check Out Part 2 @hoodoo12 @go-commander-kim @escape-your-grape @softbeej @imma-fucking-nerd @werwulfy
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hey i read something about freddie having an eating disrorder, and I hate asking this but could you please explain if you know anything about it. my poor baby :(
Hey anon!
Iâm sorry it took me a while to reply. This is a sensitive topic for many, so I wanted to take my time and give you the nuanced reply it deserves.
Iâve talked about this a little before, but I might as well take the opportunity now to speak about it at length. This is only my personal opinion based on everything Iâve read about Freddie and many different takes Iâve seen others put forward.
So, did Freddie have an eating disorder?
The shortest answer to that, as far as Iâm concerned, is... maybe?
Before I carry on, Iâd like to say that I think everyone is free to speculate about this and make up their own mind, as well as creatively explore this in their writing, and I donât consider my opinion to be any more correct than anyone elseâs.
Why do people think Freddie might have had an ED?
There are a few things about Freddie and food which could be interpreted as ED behaviours. First off, here is what Phoebe has to say about Freddie and his eating habits:
His taste in food changed over the years I was with Freddie. When I started the group of us would make monthly visits to the restaurant Shezan, an Indian eatery, in Knightsbridge. Freddie never had a menu as they always provided his favourite selection of foods without asking. As his illness progressed, his taste buds could not take the assault of spicy foods and he tended to more bland foods. He also turned his eating habits around. He used to have a lighter meal at lunch and then have a big meal in the evening, usually at a restaurant with a big group of friends. Towards the end he would eat more at lunch and a smaller meal in the evenings.
Nothing much out of the ordinary here, as far as I can see. Freddie definitely had favourite foods he enjoyed, but then, a common misconception is that people with EDs donât like/enjoy food, and that isnât true. Phoebe also says this:
As I have said before, Freddie was a very light eater. Some of us live to eat, but Freddie was one of those people who ate to live. He was the master of moving food around the plate to give the appearance of having eaten a good amount. He did enjoy good food, but really didnât need to consume very much. He loved entertaining guests at meals in the dining room at Garden Lodge and was able to disguise his non-eating by making sure everyone else was ok during the meal. Donât get me wrong, Freddie always ate enough to keep him going, but I canât remember one time when he leant back in the chair saying âIâm stuffed!â
Now here we have a lot of things to unpack. There are three things in here - moving food around the plate to give the appearance of having eaten more, disguising his non-eating and never eating enough to be full - which are definitely known ED behaviours.
However, people who just do not care about food all that much and are light eaters do also exist. In fact, Iâm one of them myself. I did struggle with Disordered Eating in my teens and my early 20s, but I have a healthy relationship with food now and I never like to eat until Iâm stuffed because itâs not a nice feeling, physically, to overeat. Iâm also someone who easily and genuinely forgets to eat when Iâm in a creative haze. Just as an example.
Also, seeing as Freddie most likely was made to finish meals all throughout his boarding school times, like many children in lunch halls, which is usually not a great experience for children who are picky or light eaters, the âmoving food around the plate to make it seem heâs eatenâ could well be an old habit stemming from there.
Either way, Phoebe doesnât seem too concerned about Freddieâs eating, and even though people with EDs are very good at hiding them, Phoebe did know him for a long time and very, very well. Phoebe could also be withholding information that he considers too private. All of that is possible, all of that is speculation.
There are other things which point to the fact that Freddie was definitely preoccupied with his weight/appearance. In this interview in 1974, he says:
âOh really,â he exclaims in disgust, âthis paper has no flair - I mean to print this picture three times in succession ⌠and just look at my arms!â He was horrified, âlook at how fat they appear, now my arms arenât like that at all - what do you think?â He rolls up his sleeves for me to inspect and Iâd like to state here and now that the poor dearâs arms are quite, quite slender!
The photo Freddie is most likely talking about, is this one:
Itâs not a very fortunate angle, admittedly. So I think itâs possible to see where he was coming from, but even so, he was worried about his arms looking fat at a time when he looked like this:
Yes, it is important to keep in mind that people were generally thinner in the 70s than we are used to now. (Brian, for example, was also incredibly thin.) But in this picture it really is evident that Freddie was very, very thin at this point.
Other things which are often brought into the discussion around Freddieâs eating habits is the account of him throwing a fit when Brian ate one of his biscuits once, choosing to walk after a meal at a restaurant while his driver drove alongside him and his friends, eating cereal on the floor in his dressing room, this picture where he clearly prefers salad to chicken wings (unlike Roger âWhat Even Are Vegetablesâ Taylor):
All of the above, to me, are things which can be heavily read into but ultimately donât prove very much.
And there is this bit from Mercury & Me:
The Sun did later print a photograph of Freddie taken while he was performing at the festival, which he didn't appreciate. It showed off "Flabulous Freddie" with a slight paunch, wickedly describing it as his "midriff bulge". When he saw the picture he looked at me and shook his head in despair. 'It's typical,' he said. 'If I'm slim the papers say I'm too thin and if I put on a little bit of a belly they say I'm too fat. It's a no-win situation.'
Now, that doesnât give off the impression to me that Freddie was particularly distraught about that article, at that point in his life. But it certainly appears to have bothered him to some degree.
So whatâs the conclusion?
To me, personally, it seems quite likely that Freddie did suffer from Disordered Eating in the early to mid 70s. Thatâs really not uncommon, sadly, although it usually afflicts young women more than young men. But he was in the spotlight and had to care about his appearance. He was clearly very preoccupied with it, not only when it came to his body, but his looks in general - there is plenty of evidence regarding that. He was very selective about which photographs of himself he did and didnât like. However, I find it impossible to say just how much this preoccupation affected him exactly. 1974 especially was also a very taxing year for Queen. Their management was shit, they struggled with money, they almost lost Brian, their touring schedules were brutal, the press was bashing them, Freddie was struggling with his sexual identity. There were a lot of immense stress factors, and he could have very well been someone who responded to stress by not eating - just like others respond to stress by eating too much. And Disordered Eating is not classed as an eating disorder. It is, if you will, the beginning of one.
Or, he absolutely could have developed or already had an actual ED which he was hiding fairly well, and it could have affected him a lot, but nobody would have ever known because he would have been unlikely to ever speak to anybody about it.
Both is possible. I simply donât think that there is enough information to do more than speculate on the matter, beyond: He had a preoccupation with his looks and minded what and how much he ate throughout his life.
However, in the second half of the 70s as well as the 80s, he was still thin but had started working out and looked more âathleticâ thin rather than gaunt. I think itâs entirely possible that whatever issues Freddie had with food were not a constant thing but something that may have been worse and better at times, depending on his overall mental well-being and his levels of confidence.
Or, it could have been something that he always struggled with.
Again, as far as I am concerned, both is possible and I donât feel I can say for certain. And so, my take leans towards Disordered Eating when younger and less preoccupation with it later on. Thatâs the impression I get.
But I wrote all this out so that others can make up their own minds, and rather than share my exact opinion, I encourage you to do just that.
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Locker Room Talk- A Beelzebub Fanfic (BeelxGN MC)
(Iâm not much of a whole-ass fic writer, so I donât think this will be a regular occurrence, but I just had a scenario play out too perfectly not to give it an upgrade. I would hope this goes without saying, but harassment is not okay, I do not condone it, and if you are experiencing it you should look into what legal options you have available to report it. Please donât try the Beel method. Youâll go to jail.)
Warnings: Sexual harassment, unwanted innuendo, implied possibility of sexual assault, vulgarity
"Locker Room Talkâ isn't really Beel's thing. In all honesty, heâs never understood the appeal since saying gross stuff where only your friends can hear doesnât make what youâre saying any better. Because heâs been playing sports for nearly all the time he's been in the Devildom, heâs been around his fair share of these kinds of conversations. Most of the time he just keeps to himself and tries to tune out whatever the other guys have to say. It gives him a bit of a reputation as the âinnocentâ one sure, but he just prefers not to play along with their pervy antics. If they wanted that, they could talk to Asmo for all he cared.
Thatâs not to say he didnât like his teammates or anything. Most of them were pretty good people on the court and got their acts together off of it. And Beel really loved playing sports. He needed the physical outlet as a distraction from his hunger⌠If he had to put up with a little vulgarity from time to time, it seemed like a fair enough trade⌠Or. At least it was at first.
When MC came to the Devildom, they turned his whole world upside-down. Things between his brother had always been tense before and even Belphie had grown more distant with him after what happened to Lilith, but it felt like in only a couple of short months they were able to soothe everything over. His family has never been happier and neither has he⌠Plus, it helped that they were a good, and eager, cook.
His teammates sniffed out his crush for the little human fairly quickly. To be fair, he wasnât exactly hiding it very well. The first time they ever came by one of their practices, a pouch of homemade cookies in hand, he could have kissed them on the spot. No one, not even Belphie, makes the time to go check on him during practice like that... He must have made his happiness pretty obvious because the human started making it a regular habit. At least two, sometimes three, times a week they would drop in with some kind of food for him. Store-bought, homemade, a small snack, or packed meal, it honestly didnât matter to him. Anything that came from their hands felt three times more filling than it should have.Â
Heâs a little embarrassed to admit that after a few weeks the anticipation would start to show in his performance⌠If they were on their way he could usually smell whatever they had packed heading his direction and heâd play extra aggressively just to get to a break faster. He'd mow everybody else over just to have an excuse to go meet them at the gate. Heâs been more than a little reckless before and thinking back on it can make him wince, but he usually forgets all about those little mishaps as soon as heâs met by their smiling face.Â
âHey, Beel! How is practice going?â Theyâd ask him. And no matter how he answers, all heâd think would be, âNever as good as right nowâŚâ
It was around the time that his teammates put it together that the teasing started. It was innocent enough at first. Theyâd pick on him for having a little crush on the exchange student but it was always lighthearted. Nothing worse than maybe the occasional,
âOi Beel? Did you get yourself a housewife/husband? Good for you.â or âTheyâll cook for you?? What a steal!â Nothing that bad. At least, nowhere near as bad as it would get.
As the weeks passed it seemed like his teammates were expecting something out of him... Like, was he supposed to make a move on them? Though Beel really did want to be with the MC, there were a lot of complications⌠His brothers being a big one. Most have made no secret that theyâre also pretty fond of them too, Mammon especially, and it felt wrong to make another rift in the family right after it took so long to patch the first one⌠Of course, his teammates didnât know that. And they didnât care. All they wanted to do was amp up the pressureâŚ
âHey, Beel, did you see what your honey was wearing today? I think theyâre sending signals. You should probably jump on that, you know?â When it first started, he couldnât actually believe what he was hearing. Sure, their little jokes sounded like innuendo but they kept things just veiled enough that he could have been reading into it. Heâd get uncomfortable, but brush it off easy enough. However, it only ever got worse from there.
âYo Beel, you boning that human yet? What? No?? What the hell are you waiting for? We see you like them so just do it!â It would grate on his nerves...
âBeel, howâs your sweetheart been doing? Still not fucking, right? Bet theyâre getting lonelyâŚâ Heâd tell them to stop. At first politely, then more forcefully.
âLook, man, if you donât start taking charge then theyâre going to get antsy. Plenty of other guys are here looking to get their dicks wet⌠Just look at your brothers, am I right?â After a while, he started shouting. But his aggravation only seemed to fuel the fire.
âI bet someone will have them bent over and forgetting all about you by the end of the week.â Eventually, he went to the coach but he didnât care. âItâs just âLocker Room Talk.â Grow up,â is all he got in response. It didnât feel like it was just that anymore, but he started to doubt himself anyway... Was he overreacting? Every bone in his body wanted to go on a rampage whenever they started to pester him but wasnât it all just words? He could endure words, couldnât he? Besides, RAD has a strict no-violence on school grounds policy on its athletes. Even if he did get a good slug in, then heâd been thrown out of future games for the rest of the season.
Their words were just words. Gross, awful words, but words nonetheless. Sure. Whatever. He could endure that⌠but only that.
On the day he nearly lost it completely, it was right after their last practice before a big game the next night. The whole team was amped to go, but Beel was trying to keep to himself. Get in, get out, and go back to the House where MC was probably waiting. Heâs long since stopped sticking around for socializing with the others. He had just finished changing when one of his teammates cornered him by his locker, the slimiest grin already plastered on his face.
âLook, Beel⌠Weâre going to do you a favor, alright? Since youâre taking so long with this⌠The guys and I have decided to invite your little human to an âafter-game partyâ tomorrow. To celebrate our victory and all that. Bet theyâre dying for some action since youâre not giving any. Youâre free to come if you want. Though⌠they might not be paying much attention to you.â Beel could feel his eye twitch as he watched the scumbagâs snickering face. That face. That fucking face. He'd never seen or heard anything so revolting in his life and-
For a few seconds, all he could see was red.
When he came back to his senses, he already had the sleazebag pinned against the lockers by the windpipe, fingers gripping his neck so tightly that his nails drew blood. At some point, he must have slipped into his demon form because the vibrations of his wings behind him made a sound not unlike a warning growl. His expression must have been ferocious because in the guy's eyes he saw nothing but pure terror. Heâd never felt this much rage and hatred together before. Surely, at this moment, he ought to look more like Satan or Lucifer on a rampage than he does himself.
âIf you say one more thing about that human, I will kill you. Touch them once and I will eat you. Are we clear?" His hand clenches further, making him receive a gargled cough in response. At this point, he could have probably flicked his wrist and snapped his neck in two. "Then pass it on." He tossed the man back into the metal lockers and watched him sink to the floor, clawing at his own throat and gasping for air. Oh yeah, his sporting days for this semester are over. But if it keeps him away from this trash? Heâll take it.
Of course, he made sure that he doesnât stick around much longer. He left the scumbag to sort himself out, grabbing his gym bag quickly. He barely remembered to hide his demon form again before walking out of there, his nerves are practically shot already. Thankfully, though, he didnât make it three steps out the door before a familiar face stopped him in his tracks. MC, who must have been waiting patiently for him this entire time, is leaned next to the bleachers with a backpack in one hand and a deli sandwich in the other. The perfect smile they got when they saw him signaling their blissful ignorance of all that just went down before.
âHey Beel! How was pr-Oomf!â His body colliding with theirs cuts off their question. Beelâs gym bag lies already forgotten in the dirt, ditched so his arms could embrace them fully. Itâs just a hug, a tight hug, but thereâs a certain desperation to it. Though he knew it was ridiculous, a part of him was terrified that his teammates may just come up and try to snatch them if he let goâŚ. After some time to process, he felt their head settle against his chest. He worried that they can hear his raging heartbeat... Would they pick up on how pissed he was just a moment ago?
âAh⌠Not that great then, huhâŚ?â His arms tense, pressing them closer against the fabric of his shirt. Should he tell them what he's been putting up withâŚ? Does he even have the stomach for it? Letting out a sigh through his nose, he simply grunted out, âNoâŚâÂ
âWell, whatâs wrong then?â So many things⌠He just wanted to pick them up and fly them away from all this crap. He wanted to rip the tongues out from anyone who's said a bad word about them. He wanted to keep holding them in his arms, shielding them from anything and everything that could possibly take that perfect smile away⌠But they probably donât know that, do they?
âBeel? Are you okay...?â He let a slow sigh draw out from his nose, resting his head atop theirs. All too soon, he'd have to let them go. But, for the moment, he could just hold them and wish this feeling would never end...
âOnly if you areâŚâ
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Mafia
Hey there friends! Itâs been a hot minute since Iâve actually posted something.Â
Let me just say, Happy Holidays! I hope you are having a wonderful and safe holiday.Â
This fic was inspired and written for @butterscotchbakuâ and @in-this-house-we-stan-izukuâ based on some requests I had written in, as well as just ideas passed back and forth.Â
I hope you two are having a wonderful day and may that continue into the new year! Thank you for all youâve written and done!
Pairing: Izuku/Fem.Reader
Warnings: mentioned beatings, mentioned assault but nothing described in detail. all very vague. uhh violence, or hinted at violence. Edited only by me, so i may have missed something.
 I think thatâs it.Â
I hope you two enjoy this!Â
Cigarette smoke hung heavily in the room, walls filled with generic knickknacks and warm colored walls gave the meeting a false sense of pleasantness. To any unsuspecting person, this was any other meeting room, one long table with rounded edges and somewhat padded chairs, the head of the table having the one most plush.Â
Hell, even the people occupying them would have anyone turning up their nose in disinterest. Nothing but business men and women in dark, smart looking suits.
But you knew better. Sitting at the head was the infamous Izuku Midoriya, known under the name of Deku, direct descendent of the greatest Mafia leader Japan had ever seen; All Might.Â
And here you sat, comfortably in Izukuâs lap, your temple pressed against his neck as you listened to his voice rumble on towards the other members. You were hardly paying attention to what was being said as you glanced around the room to the others.
Katsuki Bakugou- Dynamite, or TNT if you were feeling particularly cheeky. He was head of interrogation, finding out who knew what and definitely had too many ways of making people talk, and only one sure fire way of keeping them quiet.Â
Todoroki Shouto- Bakugouâs counter in interrogation. He was mainly there to keep Bakugou from killing every target. He could control his temper, sure, but Todoroki added a sense of cold unease to their targets. He was effective against the folks who didnât rise to Bakugouâs jabs and threats. He tapped the ashes of his cigarette into the small dish provided.
Kirishima Eijirou- Red Riot-another strong man and a third in the interrogation squad. He kept Bakugou from grousing the entire time, as well as leveling the two tempers in the group. Though he was a strong man, he was also incredibly sweet. You recalled that, while dealing with some unsavory characters that had children- typically rescuing the children at the other parents pleading- Red Riot was a favorite with them, his bright smile and charm keeping them distracted as Bakugou and Todoroki dealt with the problem.
Iida- Ingenium-was the getaway driver, best out of the best. He somehow always managed to get them out as quickly as possible while still following the law. It made losing the police all the easier. Ochaco Uraraka, or Uravity, was the treasurer, in charge of keeping account of all of the mafiaâs funds, who owed them money and why. For more problematic clients, she was a stickler down to the very last penny.Â
There were others, but those were just the ones in the room at the moment. You sighed softly, adjusting in Izukuâs lap. Someone at the end of the table was pleading for something. You could tell by the unimpressed glare on Izukuâs face that it was going south for whoever this was- a blond man with an inferiority complex for certain.
You glanced down at your left hand, engagement ring shimmering brightly despite the warm fluorescent lights. It wasnât very large, an emerald surrounded by diamonds. Heâd only given it to you a few days ago. On a rare day, you were able to go out with him in public-the benefit of a mask and some contacts while on the job- you had decided to flit about a few museums. The ring caught your eye immediately, the prized possession of some rich so and so, dating back who knows how long in their family.
Maybe it was because of how brightly it matched your lovers eyes, but the ring called to you. You didnât mention a peep to your lover however. You knew he would have taken it right then and there. You rather liked coming to this museum, with added security after a robbery, you would have to frequent it less.
Your lovestruck fool of a man decided to do it anyway. Heâd said that the plan went off without a hitch, though the smudges of dirt and a bit of blood- not his own- said otherwise. At the time, you had to question why, sure heâd robbed plenty of other places, gifts for trips that took longer than expected, but a place that you favored going?
âIâm just crazy about you doll, You deserve the best of the best. The way you eyed that ring, I knew thereâd be nothing else that would be more perfect for you. But, itâs not just because you fancied it that I got it for you. Weâre together, we always will be...but I want to make it more official. I wanna be yours forever, and I want you to be mine. What do you say doll? Marry me?â
You couldnât say yes fast enough.
A gentle nudge to your shoulder brought you out of your daze. You looked up to the love of your life.
âWhat do you think dollface? What should we do with Monama?âÂ
You sat up in his lap, watching as the blond shivered in his spot, a smirk on your fianceâs face hidden by his fist as he leaned against it.
âMonama, what is it he did again?â
âWell Doll, he owes us money. He swears heâs good for it, but this is the third time he hasnât been good for it.What should we do with this foolish, foolish man?â
Monama...ah yes now you remembered him! A little wanna be Mafia leader who went under when he ran out of money. He placed bets with other rival gangs against Deku, proclaiming that not only could he and his group get it done, but get it done better.Â
There were times when they had, though just barely. It was hardly enough to keep a betting pool aimed against Deku however. Everyone but him seemed to know it. The overconfidence in his group and underestimating Deku lead to his downfall when Deku pulled off an impossible mission without even having to undo his tie.
When these gangs came to collect, he begged Deku to allow him and his group safety, help paying off the debt. Deku agreed, but in return, he had a year to earn the money back, only adding interest when the blond began getting too cocky.Â
âI just need a little more time! A day, give me a day!â he pleaded, voice shrill and desperate.Â
You winced, brows scrunched in annoyance.
Honestly, you didnât care for Monama, and werenât all too excited for his continued presence in the gang. You looked down at your nails idly.
âHave Dynamite follow him for a day then. If whatever magic he seems to think he can pull off, doesnât in fact pull off, then he can have fun beating the change out of him. Or, whoever heâs seeing to get the money can pay itâ You figured, even though heâd be annoyed at the idea of tailing that worm, Bakugou would have a good time beating it out of him.
Izuku gave Bakugou a look, who only snarled in response. A tilt of his head and Bakugou got up from his chair, footsteps heavy as he grabbed Monama by the arm, âLetâs get this over with you pathetic extra,â rolling his eyes as Moana sagged in slight relief, gratitude spilling from his lips.
Izuku held up a hand, âLet Red Riot escort him out for now. We have some business that youâd like to be here for Iâm sureâ
Bakugouâs eyes widened a fraction, a grin making its way onto his face as he shoved Monama towards Kirishima.
As Bakugou took his seat and Kirishima exited with Monama in tow, another man entered the room, a small man with purple hair. You recognized him as Minetaâs father. His sonâs invention, a sticky substance that rendered anything in its grip as good as stuck, was what kept him in the group. What had him on thin ice however, was his treatment of the women in the group, all things he learned from his father. Izuku left Iida to beat it out of him however he saw fit. All it would take is one more strike.Â
His father, however, was all out of strikes. The way he leered at you and the other girls had you all walking on eggshells around him. You only came forward to Izuku about it after you and the others had confided in one another. He had groped at you after a party the gang had thrown. It was the first and last time heâd ever made a physical move towards you.
You could feel the man's lecherous eyes on you, making you lean into Izuku, his body blocking the man's gaze.Â
While you told him your story, Izukuâs face had remained calm, though the cup he had been holding shattered into thousands of pieces. He knew there were rumors about the senior, but to have it be found out as fact, and not just rumors from other gangs... He was furious, you knew that, and you knew somehow, someway, that Minoru senior would pay.
âDoll, why donât you go talk to YaoMomo about wedding dresses, hm?â You nodded your head, though hesitant to leave the safety and comfort of his lap. You knew you were safe with Izuku by your side, but that didnât mean you were comfortable passing by this...Disgusting being. His gaze softened and he hooked his arm around yours, escorting you personally towards the door.
Izuku tilted your head into a sweet kiss, his thumb rubbing comforting circles onto your side.
Izuku opened the door for you, but before you left, he kissed you again, deeper, sweeping away the sickly feeling of being watched with his tongue as it danced with yours, one hand cupping your jaw to pull you close.
He pulled away all too soon for your tastes, hand leaving your jaw, âActually, maybe talk with her about the cake too, this may take a bit...â he turned away from you, eyes turning cold and jaded as the door closed.
âItâs about to get ugly in hereâ
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He is mine, bitches
Male Marinette! Male Damian!Â
(Next You canât touch whatâs mine, bitch)
Damian did not have a type, he was a ex assassin, trained to eliminate useless impulses such as attraction, or romanticism of his person.
He didn't have a type, he didn't have ... he didn't ... heâŚ
Oh my god, did that guy just threw a motorcycle? Damian had to get his number, his name, something!
Maybe not like robin, that would be clearly irresponsible and unprofessional.Â
Judging by his outfit, he was at gotham college, the same one his civilian alter ego was in. That was convenient, he could approach like Damian wayne.Â
Was Damian better than Robin? Who would attract him the most? Would he even like Damian or Robin to put his tongue down his throat?
Wait, he was talking to him!Â
âI need you to take me to the hospital, I just threw my motorcycle at those thugs, could you?â Omg, he was even more gorgeous up close, big, slanted eyes of blue, like the cosmos or something magical. Before Robin could answer him Red Hood intervened.
âDon't worry man, our Robin here will be happy to take you after your statement.â Red hood slapped his back.
The boy was even taller than Jason, Damian wasn't sure if he would survive the trip to the hospital on his motorcycle.
Robin momentarily emerged from his stupor, after red hood left, maybe hood thought it was bothering him, Robin was not comfortable with civilians after the fight, he was more fighting, hitting and then leaving the disaster for the police.
âIf you're hurt, we could go first to the hospitalâ Robin said.
âOh no actually, my friend Chloe was rushed to the hospital after the gas of fear paralyzed her. IÂ am worried that when she recovers she would sue the entire floor.âThe bluenette smiled
Robin just nodded, praying that none of his brothers would notice the blush under the mask, or worse, Batman might noticed.
On the way to the hospital, Robin felt the physical difference between him and Marin. It almost felt like he was being hugged by Marin.
They arrived in record time, Robin had a slight disappointment in his chest, but he crushed her, reminding himself that he would meet him later as Damian.
Marin got off the bike in front of the hospital. âThanks for the trip robin, maybe you should go in too, that blow seems serious.â Marin touched the wound that went through his mask.
Robin didnât blush, no one can prove it.â Things like these happen all the time, don't worry.â
âWell, I would say I hope to see you soon, but I don't think that's very good. So try not to hurt your gorgeous face.â
Leaving Robin flushed, he turned around to enter the hospital. Chloe would go crazy when he told her he flirted with a vigilante.
â â â â â â â
If someone asked Marin why he had moved to Gotham city, he would tell the easy lie. After so long as a traveler with his nonna he had decided that he would finish his education in a normal and established way. And since his uncle Jagged and his aunt Penny owned a condo in the city, it was nothing suspicious.
Yeah, it is not as if the rest of his family is not completely legal and they are also conveniently around Gotham.
And if he had to hide some welcome gifts that his godparents and godmothers gave him like, a personalized flamethrower, a carnivorous plant as a pet, or exploding mallets. No one else would know, because he was not very interested in taking people home anyway.
After many close calls like Adrianna Agreste, or Lian Rossi, he did not want to rush into relationships.
But Damian was so cute, maybe he could do an exception for him. I mean, when he practically hit his chest with that stoic expression it was nice, but when Marin made him blush it was even better.
Marin was very good at flirting but not very good at getting compliments. So after seven weeks hanging out as friends, Damian discovered that he could hit him back with compliments.
Damian was in the ninth cloud, Marin was more than he had anticipated, and he couldn't love it more. He was so perfect, and that's why he had tried twice as hard to hide it from his family, he didn't want them to scare Marin away. But his plan was threatened by his very annoying and best friend, Jon.
âI seriously canât believe it Damian, you got yourself a boyfriend and you didnât tell me, iâm so upset.â
âDon't be dramatic kent, he is not my boyfriend ... yet. And if I did not tell you it was so that there were no rumors that would reach my family.â
âDamian, it doesn't matter, you got yourself a boyfriend and besides he is hellaMari12, I can never forgive you, meet that bonbon and save it for yourself, very bad Damian.âÂ
âWhat nonsense are you babbling kent? hellaMari12? Bonbon? Do you want my katana on your face?â
Jon showed him his cell phone, in a very famous instagram account, where in all the photos marin appeared, in a very specific one, with canvas pants, and a sweatshirt that showed his abs.
Damian couldn't control the blood that ran up his face, omg that photo was so hot. But a big part of himself was not distracted, this photo was public and had three million likes. His possessiveness made him frown, he was still not her boyfriend, he did not have to be angry, and even if he were, he had no right to claim him.
Damn, why did Marin have to be so attractive and kind? Now he not only had competition in Gotham, but also throughout the internet, excluding all the places he had been and assuming he had no suitor abroad.
Damian would have to hurry, because if he got distracted he could lose, and Damian Al-Ghul Wayne never lost.
â â â â â â â
Marin was nearing the end of his patience. If damian was still so nice to him and didn't kiss him, Marin could hit something or kiss him until his soul was taken out.
With his attractive face in a constant frown, his jade eyes always fulminant, his olive skin so shiny and smooth. His always so neat black hair and his expensive cologne⌠Damn Damian why don't you just kiss Marin already?
That night Damian and Marin had arranged to do a marathon on how to train your dragon, because the green-eyed man had never seen such a work of art.
If Damian hadn't kissed him before the end of the first movie, Marin would. He had already arranged everything, hid the suspicious gifts, threw the dirty clothes into a closet that he had never opened before, shook the sofa. He put flavoring ... everything so that the atmosphere was perfect.
While they sat on the couch eating sour treats, with damian criticizing the characters' unrealistic choices. Damian let the sugar spread across his lips, unaware of himself as he concentrated on the movie.
Hiccup was about to feed the dragon when Marin couldn't resist any longer.
âHey Damian, I'm about to kiss you. You can walk away if you don't want itâ
Damian had recorded the question, had heard and understood it. But I couldn't believe it, so I just nodded hoping it wasn't a hallucination.Â
It wasn't, the hallucinations weren't that perfect.
They were completely lost in their kisses, their environment disappeared as more and more time passed kissing, tousling the hair of the other, writhing to be closer together although that was impossible.
Someone's phone started ringing and suddenly the world was more than just the two of them. Damian was on Marin's lap, his arms under his shirt, and his legs wrapped in a possessive grip on his hips. Marin had one hand buried in Damian's midnight hair, and another dangerously low on his back.
They admired each other for five long seconds, until their phone rang in unison. They did not separate, they had been waiting for this for a shameful time, they could not lose it now that they had started it.
From Damian's phone were notifications from his brothers, asking about his absence hours before the patrol. He reply quickly informing them not to expect him and not to try to track him down. With a couple of threats in the family chat to let them know it was him, he turn off the phone and throw him away from where he was sitting.
On Marin's phone there were a couple of messages from chloe letting him know that if Damian made his boyfriend he would have to pass the blonde test, or she wouldn't approve it. While in the chat of their rouge godparents and godmothers, they would message each other about an assault they would do together soon.Â
Marin answered chloe briefly, and ignored his uncles, there were things that he had to turn a blind eye to.
âSo ... do you want to stay here at night?âMarin gently rubbed the spot where his left hand was, giving Damian nice chills.
âHad you anticipated this Dupain-cheng? Did you feel lucky?â Damian didn't take his eyes off his lips, making Marin blush slightly.
âI was confident, don't think I hadn't noticed how suddenly all our dates involved sweating and taking off my shirt.âÂ
Damian shut him up with a kiss, not because he was his boyfriend he was going to allow herself to lose to him.
The night passed with many kisses, hickies on the neck and under the clavicles. His words were lost somewhere between four and five in the morning. Falling exhausted on the sofa one on the other, with the warm sensation in their bodies of knowing that their love was reciprocated.
When the sun raised Damian was ecstatic, he could already hit all those with romantic intentions towards Marin. He could kiss him without being rejected, but⌠He didn't really know much about romantic relationships, but Heâd find out along the way.
Marin was also full of excited and happy energy, fluttering around his kitchen and taking photos of everything as souvenirs for his future anniversaries.
After many signs on the sofa with Damian, and of him just being art lying on the sofa. Damian decided that everyone on the internet should know that Marin was not single.
With a simple photo published in Marin's account, with both disheveled and illuminated by the rising sun. The eyes of both seemed clearer than they were.
In the description Damian did not try very hard, with a simple he is mine, bitches settled, and let his followers burn while Marin danced in the kitchen and Damian tried not to get weaker for that boy.
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Helluva Dad Vol. 3: Nerd
As I mentioned in the first one-shot, the events of the Harvest Moon Festival took place before Murder Family in this AU, so the discovery of the angelic weapon went differently. In other words, this prequel is where the canon divergence begins. Enjoy!
*HB-*
It's gonna be nice working with him. I asked him if he wants to join I.M.P.
Moxxie couldn't get those words out of his head. Striker working at I.M.P.? As much as he hated to admit it, he could actually picture it. The cowboy was an ace at⌠Well, everything, as far as he knew. This didn't mean Moxxie was happy at the prospect of having him as a co-worker, however. Striker had done nothing but rub Moxxie's lack of physical strength and 'balls to his face; heaven, even Striker's five-year-old kid made fun of him in a more innocent, child-like manner.
Moxxie felt a pit in the bottom of his stomach; if Striker does join I.M.P., where would this leave him in the company? Blitzo's the boss, Millie the powerhouse, and Striker might as well replace Moxxie as the weapons expert, not to mention become an additional powerhouse. Where would that leave Moxxie? Besides, he wasn't sure if he wanted to work with the guy who humiliated him via song, the one thing Moxxie thought he'd at least be better at.
Joe and Lynn never liked Moxxie for Millie from the beginning. 'Too much of a wimpy fag', he overheard them say more than once. 'He can't handle something as simple as gathering eggs from the chicken coop*, how is he going to protect or provide for Millie?' Striker, on the other hand, was strong, imposing, fearless, manly. They treated him more like a son-in-law than Moxxie even if the cowboy wasn't wedded into the family. Moxxie was no fool; he'd seen his parents-in-law subtly trying to get Millie alone with Striker and have them spend time together, practically screaming 'dump your wimp of a husband and fuck this real man'.
These thoughts crossed Moxxie's mind as he climbed upstairs. Everyone else was outside, which was good because he wanted to be alone right now.
There was a thump in one of the rooms. Following the sound out of sheer curiosity, Moxxie noticed a white glow filtering underneath the door. Hey, isn't it Striker's room? Moxxie has a policy against entering someone's bedroom without permission, but his spite towards the cowboy imp and curiosity got the better of him.
He found little Jake on the bed. The impling looked frightened for a second until he noticed it was only Moxxie. "You not daddy!"
"What do you go there, little fella?"
"Nothig!" Jake spread out his arms in a feeble attempt at hiding whatever thing was on the bed. Moxxie only had to take a few steps forward to peek over Jake.
"Oh, my crumbs!" There, in a long case, was a beautiful black rifle with silvery designs that almost seemed to glow with a heavenly light. "A genuine carmine crafted blessing-tipped rifle."As Moxxie tried to touch it, Jake snapped his teeth at his hand. "Hey, watch it!"
"No touch! Daddy's rifle!" Jake growled adorably. Geez, the brat's got his father's awful character.
"How⌠How in the fuck did he get one of these?"
"Why don't you ask me, little dude?" Moxxie and Jake froze, though the latter seemed more like 'shit I'm in trouble' than 'shit I'm dead.
Striker was leaning against the door, arms crossed. He didn't look very happy.
"Boy, I thought we'd talked about this already," he told Jake sternly.
"I⌠I just wanna touch it, daddy." Jake whispered timidly.
"W-Why do you have this?! Mister!" Moxxie asked nervously. "You are aware this kind of weapon can killâŚ"
"...Demon royalty?" Striker finished grimly.
"Yes, that."
"Duuh! That what it for, dummy!" Jake stuck his tongue at Moxxie.
"Kiddo, Mrs. Lin is baking the lava berry pie you like so much. Why don't you go take a look while daddy has a word with Moxxie?" Did Striker just call him by his name? Jake yelled happily and climbed off the bed, speeding out of the room.
Moxxie felt a shiver down his spine as Striker closed the door shut behind him. "Well, I'm⌠I'm relatively concerned by your possession of thisâŚ" he stepped back warily as the cowboy walked towards him with a devilish grin, eyes glowing as he came to a halt right in front of Moxxie, silently staring down at him. "I'm also glad my instant dislike of you has been validated!"
Neither moved for a while. Then, against Moxxie's expectations, Striker gently moved him aside to gently run his fingers along the weapon's side. There was a sad, almost nostalgic look on his face.
"I cherish it, you know. It used to belong to someone who was very dear to me. Nowadays I rarely use it, though. So it's more like a memento." Moxxie was quite surprised at the emotion in his voice.
"Then you have used it."
"Well, I wasn't always a farmhand, little fella. Let's say I'd make a living as a hitman." Striker sat down on his bed, eyes on the rifle. "Whenever people wanted someone dead, they'd call me. Kind of what you guys do at I.M.P., but down here in Hell." He sighed. "Then my⌠priorities shifted."
Moxxie was about to ask him what he meant when he spotted a small box full of toys. "...Jake."
Striker nodded. "When Jake was born, I realized that kind of job endangered both my and his life on a nearly daily basis, so I had to retire and find a safer job. It's not as exciting as the thrill of shooting people's brains out of their skulls, but it puts bread on the table."
Moxxie wasn't sure what to say. Tentatively, he sat down next to Striker, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. He wasn't pushed off, so he guessed it was okay.
"You've done a decent job, you know. He's a good kid⌠Most of the time." he murmured the last part.
An awkward silence followed until Striker spoke again. "So, Blitz said you're I.M.P.'s weapons expert."
"I am. Why, is it such a surprise for you?"
Striker shrugged. "What can I say? You don't give that impression, wimp."
Offended, Moxxie pulled out his pistol. "Walther P.38!"
Striker raised an eyebrow. "Looks pretty anemic compared to the peacekeeper."
"It's not about size, you know. It's about stamina."
"Is that so?" Striker smirked. "What can you tell me about the Thompson submachine gun?"
"Fifty rounds a drum, twenty-five a mag!" Moxxie said in excitement. "It's a good weapon, but its cocking mechanism always jams. The Russian P.P.S. personal assault weapon is a better choice."
"Maybe, but in the end, it's the experience that wins the day. It's not all about firepower."
"Indeed! I mean, even the best gun in all of Hell can be wasted in the hands of a newbie."
Striker laughed and gave Moxxie a strong pat on the back, unintentionally sending him to the ground.
"Not bad, wimp. Looks like you are good at something, after all."
Moxxie blinked in disbelief. "Was that a compliment?"
"Don't get used to it, little nerd." Striker chuckled, smirking. "You still have a long way to go to earn my respect."
"Who're you calling a nerd?!"
"Bowtie, fragile arms, pushover, you're afraid of a mere rooster. Should I continue?"
"For your information, I'm not afraid of the rooster!" Moxxie crossed his arms. Striker raised an eyebrow. "...I simply don't like the idea of getting infected with the avian flu, thank you very much."
Smirking again, Striker closed the case and walked out of the room. "Nerd."
"I'm not a nerd!"
*HB*
*A callback to the scenes in some movies when someone goes to the chicken coops to collect the eggs and is attacked by the rooster. Come on, you can't tell me you don't see this happening to Moxxie. And if living roosters are a pain, just imagine one straight from Hell.
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