#lilia adopted her the very first minute she walked in

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Lilia and Alice being absolutely adorable together

+ sweet words

requested by @madamspellmans-met-tet

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I accept your adopted reporter!Yuu au, but what if they ran away from the families and got adopted by Crewel's sister. Like, Yuu just gets overwhelmed with being starved and abused by Miss Rosehearts, always being pitied for not having magic like the rest of the Kingschoolar family, having to basically be bellow the Asim all the time, or be prepared to die in order to protec Malleus Draconia. So they just run away. It was such a cold night when they left their "home". They were shivering, trembeling, maybe from the cold or fear they didn't know. In the midlle of nowhere they heard a loud bark, then the sound became higher and for some reason it multiplied, the fragille child just gave up after hearring it, laying on the ground accepting their fate, when the dogs got near the kid they closed their eyes, only to be licked multiple times in the face, confused they made a decision to open their eyes. The dogs were just puppies, they signed in relief, the adorable fluffy balls started guiding the to a house, where there was a woman and her husband frantically looking for their dalmatians, when they look at the entrace of their house and see their small angels with a shivering child they immediatly take them in. Since the previous family didn't even bother to search for them, the lovely couple just adopt the child.

(Sorry for the long ask and bad grammar, English is not my first language)

-Lz

Thank you for the ask, dear anon!

(And don’t worry about it! Your English is fine! I love long asks anyways!!)

And oooh, there’s so much potential here!

Especially for Divus coming to visit one weekend and just spiderman pointing at experiment #Y26 sitting in the center of the living room in a puppy pile, like “how did you get here?!?”

While little Yuu is just bug-eyed at being pointed at by a stranger, hugging a puppy close.

Heartslaybul:

Yuu tries to get Riddle to come with them when running away from the Rosehearts household. Riddle refuses point blank. Running away would be against the rules. He can’t break the rules. Yuu breaks so many rules and gets so hurt...and Mother was so angry when she realized they’d broken the rules together on Riddle’s birthday. They have a fight about it, with Riddle screaming that Yuu should just go if they’re going, or he’ll tell Mother! That’s the last conversation they have as Rosehearts siblings.

Yuu sends back letters, constantly coaxing Riddle to join them, telling him he’d love the puppies, that he could eat all the strawberry tart he wanted, that there’s always room for one more in the Radcliffe family. Mrs. Rosehearts found the tenth one while Riddle was reading it. She tore it up, confiscated all his others, and destroyed any new ones that came in, telling Riddle to forget them, that he had no sibling. It’s telling that when kidnapped by Royal Flush, Yuu recognizes Trey first before figuring out who the supervillain now holding them hostage is. Riddle for his part is hardly able to keep his masquerade together when he realizes who was the one involved in the destruction of his precious fertilizer.

It’s a very awkward reunion, not helped by Chen’ya deciding to ‘save’ them at the most inopportune moment and dropping them off a balcony. Yuu makes an effort to stick their nose into Royal Flush’s schemes and get kidnapped by his minions more on purpose. They refuse to leave him behind again. Riddle won’t say he’s grateful for the clumsy attempts to make up lost time, but he’s more irritated when other supervillains keep kidnapping his sibling and putting them in danger, especially when none of them are suitable for Yuu!

Savannaclaw:

It doesn’t help when everyone tells Yuu that they’re not cut out to be a Kingscholar. Yuu tries their best, tries so hard, but it always feels like it’s not enough, never enough, when even Leona-nii tells them it’d be better if they weren’t in this family, if a powerless human like them just disappeared. So they follow his advice. It hurts them badly when no one even comes looking, when their ex-parents send them a letter later in life forbidding them from attending the celebration of Farena-nii’s first child, their nephew, saying they’ll have them arrested for trespasssing if they don’t turn down their oldest brother’s invitation.

They try to stay away from news of the Kingscholars, only exchanging brief letters and emails with Farena-nii, Leona hasn’t even replied to the first letter they sent him. They do well, becoming a fine reporter and shining on their own merits and hard work. They get embroiled with Royal Flush, becoming far more entangled with a supervillain than their common sense says is wise. And then they get kidnapped from Royal Flush’s lair by a rival, have a selfie taken with this new villain’s minions.

They recognize Leona-nii’s drawl as they’re set down in a cheap chair. He at least looks as rudely surprised as they do when the bag is pulled off of their head again. A very tense reunion, with accusations about abandonment and cowardice and not replying to letters being thrown back and forth. Ruggie, Jack and the other minions very much wish they weren’t in the room for this. Then Royal Flush and his Card Guards show up to rescue Yuu, and Leona decides now is the best time to play the overprotective big brother, much to Yuu’s exasperation.

Scarabia:

Yuu wouldn’t run from the Vipers just because they were constantly being told they were lesser. They could endure that, even as it slowly broke them. But if they failed to protect the Asim they were supposed to guard with their life? If they couldn’t stop him from getting hurt, and were deemed a failure as a bodyguard, not as naturally clever and cautious as Jamil and his sister? Then they would run, for fear of what the Asim would do to a failure of a servant who couldn’t fulfill their duty.

Jamil’s the one who tells them to, and has Kalim create a diversion so they can get out. He burns every letter they send back without reading them—they’re proof his sibling is alive, but also a potential way for them to be tracked down and cause problems. Yuu recognizes Snake Charmer within a minute of being kidnapped, because who else would do that tongue thing he always did when he was winning at mancala when they were kids? And then they realize to their horror who that means Water Boy is. Cue furious muffled whispering between the pair about why he would rope Kalim into becoming a supervillain, he can’t keep a secret to save his life, that it wasn’t his idea, Kalim just invited himself along for the ride, you know how hard it is to get him to quit when he’s set on something!

Kalim is just really happy to see Yuu-chan again! They’re alive! And okay! And look good! And not dead! He’s really, really glad they’re not dead! And feel so nice to hug now! Jamil, don’t they feel nice to hug now! Jamil feels many, many alarm bells going off in his head, and it’s not just because of all the other supervillains who are sniffing around his sibling.

Diasomnia:

The one family that lets Yuu go willingly and stays in touch with them after they end up with the Radcliffes. Lilia is upset when comforting Yuu about their persistent nightmares about being incapable of protecting Malleus, cleaning them up when the stress makes them physically ill and strains their previously excellent relationship with the young master and the other guards nearly to the breaking point. It’s breaking Malleus’ young heart to see his ‘younger sibling’ push themselves like this, only to hate themselves when they fall short. He wishes they could go back to before, when he’d walk around with them as a chubby little baby in his arms and all they worried about was whether he was mispronouncing the gargoyle terms in his architecture books.

Maleficent is also sad when Lilia reports that he doesn’t think Yuu’s cut out for the type of work the Silver and Sebek have taken to with such ease. She’s fond of the child, so she personally searches out the best family she thinks will take care of Yuu while being safe enough for Malleus to visit if he wants to. The Radcliffes are an unexpected gem, relatives of an old acquaintance who already has a vested interest in Yuu’s survival and who knows better than to cross her. Plus Malleus and Yuu both seemed very taken by the puppies, which scored major points.

Malleus, Silver, Lilia, and Sebek will often visit Yuu on weekends and certain holidays when they’re growing up. Anita and Roger need to stop Maleficent trying to pay for everything when Yuu’s growing up. Yuu is initially concerned when Malleus becomes a supervillain, especially when he takes the childhood nickname they gave him as his supervillain name, but does their best to support him. Malleus, for his part, is having the time of his life, enjoying his late night walks and tea parties with his sibling now they’ve both grown up. But his colleagues’ interest in the little reporter make him and his closest lieutenants worry about Yuu, especially when the love potion and marriage contracts come into play...

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hmmm how's about....Hunger by Florence + the Machine w/ Viktuuri?

day 4, part 2!

Viktor remembers the year he first became eligible to be bonded. He still had long hair back then, still had a face clouded by childhood chubbiness. Being paraded in front of the Candidates, many of which were older than him by several years, felt less like he had been sent to inspect them and more like he himself was being inspected. 

At the time, all he had wanted to do was get back to his meditation exercises. As a natural-born heir of the Nikiforov line, he had taken it upon himself to become the best in emotion control and manipulation throughout the galaxy. So he rushed through each Candidate, rejecting all of them at the end, clearly in a hurry to return to his books.

Every evaluation after that had much of the same bent. People come close; some of them even catch his eye for a couple minutes or so. But ultimately he’d walk away empty-handed, and then the Candidates return to their own wing in the palace grounds, to await the next member of the royal house who may seek a bondmate for whatever reason. 

Viktor remembers the year the cracks in the system had clearly shown through. He’d grown older then, cut off his childish locks in a wild bid to appear more mature. The Candidates stepped out as usual in their perfect line, waiting for him to stride among their ranks, testing their bonding abilities from afar. 

He’d noticed that some of them were new faces. One in particular had been very new, and very young. 

“What is she doing here?” he asked, nodding towards the child – for she could not be any older than one.

“She’s eighteen, Your Highness,” Lilia, the Royal Matchmaker, intoned.

Viktor’s eyes narrowed. “I doubt that,” he said. “She’s young enough to be adopted.”

“Her papers say she is of age,” replied Lilia tersely.

“She can’t be here,” Viktor said, and hoped that that would end the conversation.

The young Candidate was nowhere to be seen on his subsequent visits, but he did not see her with the other wards, either. At that time, Yuri had been with the wards, sullen but incredible even at that age. Viktor had been more preoccuped with overseeing Yuri’s ascendance to the direct line of succession.

He found out the fate of the young Candidate at the next banquet. She’d been caught trying to flee, having been abducted into her candidacy and desperate to be reunited with her family instead of entering into a bond with an older member of the Royal line. Her mother came to the palace gates during the banquet, screaming about how all they had received in compensation for their daughter’s sacrifice was her little blue scarf. 

Now, as he gazes down at Neva from the observation panel, he thinks about the little blue scarf tied to the palace gates until he himself had untied it, bringing it back to his rooms as a reminder of what should be changed. 

Yuuri, you have a request to report to the bridge, NICA announces suddenly. Next to him, Yuuri clears his throat, rising to his feet. 

“You can come with me if you want,” he says. Viktor nods, rising to his feet and following him out the door. 

The walk to the bridge is largely quiet, punctuated only by the hum of the ship and the faint snippets of music echoing from workrooms all along the way. Viktor catches snippets of Nevan crooners, Kerri trills, Terran melodies of all sorts. The pleasant cacophony reverberates inside him long after they reach the bridge.

“Seung-gil’s here,” Phichit says without preamble as Yuuri nods at the Mandalan observing the screen. “We’ll be departing in the morning, but in the meantime we’ll be trying to trace his ship’s signature and discerning its flight plan from the spaceport logs.”

“Whoever stole his ship isn’t going to follow the original flight plan,” Yuuri says.

“It would be logical,” agrees Seung-gil, turning back from the screen. “The criminal took the effort to try and make the attack appear to have Mandalan roots, exploiting the current political discontent back on Miraia.”

“I don’t know why any intelligent being would be discontented with peace,” grumbles Phichit. Seung-gil’s lips quirk up by an infinitesimal degree, which on other creatures would probably be a scream of agreement. 

“The Imperial Fleet have been displeased with the terms of the peace treaty since its inception,” the Mandalan explains. “They believe that it favours the Federation too heavily, that it prevents the Mandalan Empire from even being able to explore the galaxy under the assumption that we will conquer all that we discover.”

“Yeah, but you’d think the Emperor’s dedication to peace would appease the Federation,” Phichit complains.

“The Emperor’s words are nice, but the actions of the Imperial Fleet are still what many still think about when they think about the Mandalan Empire,” Christophe rejoins. “Countless civilisations still haven’t gotten their reparations yet; where’s the Emperor’s words on that?”

Seung-gil’s eyes flash, his hackles obviously rising as he opens his mouth to retort something, but Phichit pushes in between the two of them, one hand on each chest. “Really, guys? Can we talk about politics later? Right now we’ve got a prince-napper on the loose who just murdered a bunch of people on Neva at the Armistice Ball last night –”

“A big political statement,” Christophe points out, but Phichit’s hand moves up to place a finger against his mouth. 

“And they passed it off as the work of Mandalans, which is already doing so much fucking damage to the Empire’s careful rebuilding of its public image on the interneb.” Phichit looks over at Seung-gil. “What are the odds that the perp stole one of the power cells from your ship to blow up the ballroom?”

“Inconclusive,” replies Seung-gil, looking down at Phichit’s hand on his chest. “And please –”

“Sorry.” Phichit removes his hands from both of them. “Well, if they did use one of your power cells, they can’t get very far. How many do you have in your ship?”

“Two,” replies Seung-gil. “Mandalan power cells are very efficient.”

“We know that,” Christophe bites out. “I’ve crunched the numbers for a ship running on only one Mandalan energy cell. Only about two or three jumps. Not enough to get out of the Nevan system.” 

“The ship is pre-programmed to have ready access to the jump coordinates between Neva and Miraia,” Seung-gil chips in helpfully. “It is one of the benefits of being in the exchange programme.”

“We said there’s a chance the perp might deviate from the flight plan,” Phichit points out.

Viktor watches Yuuri take in the conversation, his expression thoughtful as he considers each angle of the argument. After a moment, he clears his throat, and the three of them turn to him. “Phichit, remember when we had to hijack and return a stolen ship from that one Mandalan trader?”

“Yeah, you were cursing at the ship’s nav the entire time,” Phichit says, before making an ‘ah’ of realisation. “You don’t think the perp knows how to pilot a Mandalan ship?”

“The trader told us that all Mandalan nav systems are set to the Miraian Interplanetary Positioning System instead of the Federation Standard, meaning it’s impossible for someone who hasn’t studied it before to pilot the thing. So unless the perp is Mandalan or has studied the MIPS, they’re probably just going to let the ship’s nav do its job. They might deviate from the flight plan, but they’re not going to deviate from the jumps if they decide to jump.”

“They’ve definitely jumped at least once,” Christophe adds. “The Nevan Police have scoured the immediate area just before the jump point.”

There’s the sudden sound of an incoming communication. “That’s an Allegrian signature,” Sara says.

“I recognise it,” Christophe agrees. “It’s Leroy, or someone in his mediatorship.”

“NICA, identify incoming comm,” instructs Mila.

Otabek Altin, Beta of the Leroy Mediatorship, announces NICA. Mila nods, and moments later Otabek’s face fills the screen, looking fairly bruised and cut up from the attack but none the worse for wear. 

“Captain Babicheva, I was informed you are searching for Yura?” asks Otabek. 

“Altin, what a sight for sore eyes,” says Mila, smiling. “Do you have information for us?”

“I saw the person who took him,” replies Otabek. “She was Nevan.”

Silence fills the bridge at that. After a moment Mila thanks Otabek, closes the communication with a shaky little nod. Viktor’s stomach drops somewhere to his feet as the eyes of everyone on the bridge turn to him and Mila. 

Yuuri steps closer to him. “Do you know who it could be?” he asks gently.

Numbly, Viktor shakes his head. “I think… she was angry,” he says, remembering the twisted metal in his hands. “Panicked. Desperate.”

Mila’s expression grows wan. “An escaped Candidate?” she wonders, sinking down into the captain’s chair. Next to her, Sara takes her hand, squeezing it tightly. 

“Then she couldn’t have gotten far,” says Christophe. “And she couldn’t have been able to use the nav system. Mila, let’s call in the crew and go find her.”

Mila nods shakily. “Send the notification,” she agrees. “We’re leaving at 2300 standard hours.”