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I know you’re on a lighter kick currently (and honestly I cannot blame you, 10/10 boyfailure) but I was wondering, do you have any Wriothesly worms you’d like to share? Just anything that’s passed your mind recently, whether it be fluffy or angsty. I hope you’ve been doing alright, thank you so much!
- 🛞 anon (I was the one who sent in the nosebleed ask once aaa, eventually I might just make my own blog for my personal worms)
OUSGAJAVKSHS I LOVE HIM I MISS HIM COME BACK HOME WRIO 😞 thank you so much for this 🛞 anon !! i will definitely eat up anything lighter related if you decide to make your own blog 🙂↕️
i saw art a while back of wrio having slicked back hair but the wolf ears looking part of his hair was sticking out and it had me giggling, kicking my feet. no matter how hard he tries, it just WONT go down and i think it makes him really cute.
maybe you were invited to go see a play at the opera epiclese, so dressing your best is expected. as you both get ready, all that’s left for him was his hair. he tries gelling it down but then the little wolf ears pop right back up. ‘hmm… not enough gel?’ so he applies a bit more but it still doesn’t work. so he asks you for help and you’re telling him to sit down so that you could comb back his hair and apply the gel but it doesn’t seem to want to stay down. every time you smooth it down, it just pops right back up.
he’s frustrated but also pouting a little, basically giving up on smoothing down his hair. you reassure him that his usual style looks good anyways and you help him out a little to style it how he normally does. slowly, his demeanor goes back to usual. from a stressed puppy to an excited husky, both of you are finally ready to head out and enjoy the performance.
#lumiresponds ˚✧₊⁎☆#wriothesley#wriothesley genshin#genshin wriothesley#wrio genshin#wrio#wriothesley x reader#wriothesley x gn reader#wriothesley x you#SORRY THIS IS SO SELF INDULGENT#literally logged onto genshin today and had tears in my eyes from seeing and hearing him#when will he be out of the basement hoyo???#i miss my husband sm its not even funny atp#i have so many thoughts about him but i fear that if i put them into words#i would just sound like im crying#literally need to take breaks just because halfway through i’d be SOBBING#he will always be my fav my no. 1 my everything#AUGSKSGSKDHW please i miss him i just want a rerun or an event or SOMETHING
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ok, so.
i made a whole set up on my phone to be able to take notes while reading, and my plan was to send an ask with them before gathering my thoughts for a full organized review. but less than halfway through the chapter and i simply wasn't able to write a single thing anymore. i had planned on saying a lot, and as i went through the chapter my mind was spiraling, but by the end i was rendered speechless.
like. really.
everything was so intense, it took me three hours to read the chapter and i went to sleep by 4AM, cus i was like 🧍🏽♀️😶 in bed. the kitchen scene? i was so so tense, i had to stop reading several times to collect myself before continuing.
god, and the brother reveal? i loved it.
😮💨 i don't know, ryen, i really wanted to say a bunch of stuff because you're writing is ridiculously good. im currently majoring in languages and literature, which means that whenever im reading something i cant help but look for and analyze formal aspects and consciously or not you have an amazing control of discourse. your writing reflects the emotions you're describing in such delicate and sensitive ways, it's absurdly immersive and oh god. im rambling here but yeah.
i talk so much omg, i said i was speechless and this ask is enormous already.
anyway, my point: you're amazing. really one of my favorite authors. ever.
i wanna be your friend 😭
i loved forfeit and i was so so so touched by it. it was nerve-wracking in a delicous way, i cried, i laughed and, although i started trembling, i ended it with a ridiculous smile on my face.
im looking forward to your next ideas and i hope you look forward to my reblog with a decent review, cause it's definitely coming.
also, if you wanna, i can send the few notes i took about the beginning of the chapter, cus i think its funny?? anyway, its just rantings and quoting stuff while sobbing.
LUA BABYYY oh gosh, I should’ve clarified that you don’t have to take notes on first reread and just enjoy it if you wanted😭 looking back, I threw so so much at y’all🥲 that’s my bad.
Damn! 3 hours that really is a long time but you savored the hell out of this🥺 and taking breaks to just stare into the distance?? You literally mirrored my writing process huhuhu like I had to take multiple breaks, sometimes ones that would last a day or two. Because the nitty gritty took all of my brainpower to piece together and navigate.. imagining having all of those thoughts but in the same mind, while keeping in mind what they don’t know about each other.
Like. Be reader and go from Sundress Season straight into seeing Yoongi. There’s no context of Dal Segno so it’s jarring as fck😭 But we have all the Yoongi context too so it was definitely a balance. Hopefully i achieved what I wanted. Super happy about the writing feedback🤕 I was damn nervous about this chapter but this lifted my spirits so damn high. Those are wonderful thoughts and I dread how I’m gonna react seeing your review because I feel like I’m gonna end up a puddle of snot and tears😂🍊 Take your time but I know I’m already gonna read it over and over.
Of course you can send some notes now!! I’d love that actually🥳 Lastly, I’m glad you laughed. There’s angst yes but this is supposed to be a comfort chapter after everything🫂 Talk to me whenever I love making friends here oh gosh.. No need to be shy here at all :D
#you are so kind..#wow#lua!#asks:3tan#3tan9#3tan spoilers#*ryenfictalk#lovely people#long post#mailbox💌#calm tag
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S/O that thirsts over anime/game guys
reposted bc wasn’t showing up in the tags + I want to keep nsfw under the cut
@nononononojustno asked: Okay so could you write a headcanon where 2 random boys (can you pick then? I love all of boys from hq) and Ushi-kun where they walk on their gfs fangirling or thirsting over another anime/game character?And she was talking how hot he is? How they would react?👀😂 have a great day/night and dont forget to eat and get rest, love you💕
A/N: hahahahaha i laughed while writing this. FYI these are all based on legit crushes i had on anime/game characters at some point in my life - see if you’ve watched the shows i’ve watched :) ILY I PROMISE I’M DOING MY BEST TO EAT THREE MEALS A DAY AND GET ADEQUATE SLEEP MWAH. also i went overboard and added an extra boy bc why not. These are a little shorter since there were 4 characters but I hope you enjoy!
Content warning: implied nsfw for Atsumu + slight nsfw hcs for Matsukawa (both are under the cut)
PS: If anyone wants a spicy sequel/one shot for matsukawa i’m open to the idea 👀👀 let me know in my inbox!
Ushijima Wakatoshi
Ushijima definitely knows you’re into anime + games
Having visited your dorm room on multiple occasions he’s seen your extensive collection of manga, anime posters and you always seem to be playing on your switch whenever you have free time
Of course, he notices a significant portion of your collection is centered on male characters
And you’ve definitely mentioned a few games to him - Ikemen Sengoku, Code:Realize, Hakuouki (wow i’m really out here exposing myself) etc.
He doesn’t really mind though? Like - at the end of the day these are 2D men, whereas he is a very real boyfriend
At least he thinks he doesn’t mind
Recently, he notices that you seem to be on your phone a lot, and you seem to be texting the same group chat very often
He asks why and you laugh - it’s not actual text messages you’re just trying out a new otome/simulation game called Mystic Messenger. He finds the name silly but he just brushes it off he’s definitely J E A L O U S
Until one day he walks into your room while you’re calling one of your friends to freak out about that specific game
You sound kind of teary from outside the door ��Oh MY GOD OH MY GOD I GOT THE GOOD ENDING WITH JUMIN!” and “[friend name] I THINK I CAN DIE HAPPY I’M MARRIED TO JUMIN HAN WHAT MORE DO I NEED IN LIFE” and “HE’S SO FREAKING ATTRACTIVE UGH I AM BLESSED”
He’s like who TF is Jumin and immediately bursts into your room looking pissed off
Poor babie is all like “you’re married?” and “if you had someone else you were interested in you should have told me.” “Who is this Jumin Han???” 🧐
Oh my god you start cackling, but you manage to tell him that NO you are not married and that Jumin Han is a fictional character from the game you’re playing
Ushijima looks confused after you explain - why would you find fictional men attractive when you’re already dating him?
Tendou almost dies laughing the next day when Ushijima tells him about what happened
Oikawa Tooru
Since practice finishes pretty late he usually goes to see you at your house at night, but tonight things wrapped up earlier - he’s excited to spend more time with you
You’ve finished up most of your homework so you’ve just been rewatching Attack on Titan since you’re super excited for the new season
You’re kinda distracted/have headphones on so you don’t hear your boyfriend knock on the front door. Your mom answers it and lets him in and he climbs the stairs
He can hear your fangirling (freaking out) over something as he walks towards your room
You jump in surprise when he opens the door, because you thought he would be a bit later but immediately release your pent up excitement
“Tooru just LOOK at him he’s such a bad ass like oh my gosh he literally has swords and he’s still running around slaying the MPs who have guns. God whenever he gets angry he looks so hot,” etc. etc.
You’re shoving your laptop in his face, showing him gifs and video of attack on titan, specifically the captain of the survey corps that you are obsessed with
Tooru gets it - for him its space, shitty alien films and astronomy. For you it’s video games and anime - or more specifically, handsome characters from said franchises
Even though he understand that it’s something you’re passionate about he still makes a whole show about whining how you’re in love with Levi Ackerman (lmao i still thirst over our favorite captain) instead of him
“y/n i’m taller than him! And more handsome! He has blood on him all the time! And he’s super annoying because he’s obsessed with cleaning.” *cue pouty Tooru*
You probably shouldn’t tell him that you are an avid follower of the levi x reader tag on tumblr
Tooru still somehow finds out you’re also reading reader insert fanfic and goes BERSERK with his pouting and whining - literally everyone and their mothers have heard his sob story about how “his darling y/n is leaving me for a short germaphobic asshole”
The rest of the team finds it hilarious - the end up pranking him by posting pictures of Levi in his school locker or texting them in the volleyball groupchat (Oikawa is Suffering™)
Makki and Mattsun get him a Levi keychain for his birthday and cackle when he chucks it violently into the nearest trash can
Miya Atsumu
Doesn’t really know you’re into anime/gaming at first
I don’t think that’s on purpose - Atsumu just has such a one track mind when it comes to volleyball and he’s always busy with practice
so he just kinda doesn’t really give all the anime merch in your room a second glance even though it’s a dead giveaway
I bet Atsumu secretly watches some superhero anime - probably shounen stuff like My Hero Academia, one punch man etc.
He probably starts to notice you’re into anime/games because you’ll play games on your phone/gaming device all the time
One day he notices you’re giggling + blushing while looking at your screen. He’s curious to he heads over to you when coach says they can have a break
Peeks over your shoulder because he wants to know what you’re playing - but instead he’s greeted by some 2D samurai guy called Harada Sanosuke asking you to marry him
“Huh, I didn’t know you were into this kinda stuff y/n” tries to sound playful but internally he is screaming / ?????? WOT I DIDN’T KNOW MY S/O WAS INTO OTOME GAMES
Atsumus pretty chill about it at first, he probably teases you a lot about playing the game but isn’t really bugged about it
“Maybe you should thirst over your boyfriend instead of a fictional character babe~”
I mean - he knows he’s attractive and why be jealous? You only really play the game when he’s busy and you don’t really let the game play seep into your dates/hangouts
But one time he walks in on you reading some ~spicy~ hakuouki x reader fanfic and he’s like are u serious
Like you were lowkey quiet screaming to yourself and muttering “omg omg omg” when he walked in and you definitely tried to close your laptop so he couldn’t see what was open in your browser
Too bad Atsumu has mad reflexes and manages to prevent you from making your computer go to sleep
Briefly skims whatever it was that you were reading and smirks at you
“Hey, if you really want something like this, why don’t you let your real boyfriend deliver” before kissing you
Matsukawa Issei
Look, Issei just wants a chill movie/tv show night where the two of you can bundle up on the couch and binge whatever anime you feel like
Has everything set up - this man is ready to go: snacks? he has all of your favorites, couch? filled with soft pillows + multiple pillows. Attire? Comfy sweatpants shirtless 🥵
Last time he chose the series for your binge sleepover so he let you choose what the two of you were gonna watch this time
Turns out you decided to watch Psycho-Pass - it seemed like a pretty cool show, he was down with the whole dystopia/psychological concept
Starts out pretty normal, is appreciating the action + mystery elements and is glad that you chose that show
About halfway through the anime you two decide to take a break - he goes to the kitchen to refill your snacks, leaving to stretch you back.
When he comes back with more food, he notices that you’re hunched over your phone, typing something
He sneaks up behind you after he puts the food down, “Whatcha reading there babe?” You squeak and try to hide your phone, but not before he sees the words kougami x reader typed into your tumblr search bar
Lit-rally exCuSE me what - he’s not mad (more amused than anything else) but he also kind wants to tease you (bc Mattsun is a little shit)
“Is that the reason you wanted to watch this show?” he asks playfully. “He’s pretty hot tho, I kinda agree with you there babe.”
Now that he’s released the floodgate, he can’t stop your occasional comments like “omg how does he look so GOOD when he’s punching someone” or “he could shoot me with his dominator and i’d still say thank you”
The thirst comments are kinda getting to him, so he decides to take things in a different direction
“Let me what I can show you with my dominator~” L M A O I’M SORRY THIS EXISTS
Suddenly you’re being pulled onto his lap, and pressed against his bare chest, Issei barely gives you time to adjust before he’s kissing you roughly, tongue plunging into your mouth
His hands wrap around your hips pressing your core closer to his own, and you can feel his hard-on pressing into your stomach
He’ll be sure to suck a dark hickey onto the side of your neck and his hands travel under your shirt, just to remind you who your real boyfriend is
Needless to say, you won’t remember a single thing about the second half of the show after the night is over couch sex? Couch sex 😏
#haikyuu imagines#haikyuu x reader#ushijima x reader#oikawa x reader#atsumu x reader#matsukawa x reader#ushijima wakatoshi x reader#oikawa tooru x reader#miya atsumu x reader#matsukawa issei x reader#ushijima wakatoshi#shiratorizawa#oikawa tooru#matsukawa issei#aoba johsai#haikyuu hcs#seijoh#miya atsumu#inarizaki#hq imagines#haikyuu#spicy haikyuu
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Survival Comes With Sacrifice
The Stowaway/Bechloe AU no one asked for and no one wants to read.
This will spoil the shit out of the ending of Stowaway so be warned!
Angst ahead. I mean… you’ve seen the film, you know what happens…
Thank you to @zoe-levenson for being my beta for this 💖
Read on AO3
With her hands resting on the back of her head, her elbows digging painfully into her thighs, Beca forced herself to slow her breathing down.
In. Out. In. Out.
If she didn’t prevent a panic attack - and quickly - then it would be too late. She wouldn’t be able to do what she needed to do.
In. Out.
Just like she’d taught Chloe.
Chloe…
No. If she thought about Chloe now, she’d lose any resolve she had.
She could hear the muffled sniffling of her crew around her, the heavy breathing of Stacie, who had just returned to the ship with her.
No one wanted to say it, but she knew they were all thinking it.
“I dropped it,” Beca said, voicing that collective thought. Her voice catching despite every effort to keep it steady.
“It was an accident,” Chloe said, her own voice calm.
Beca had no idea how she could be calm right now. The second they received warning of the solar storm and Beca and Stacie had had to abandon their mission, Chloe must have known that was it for her.
“And someone’s going to die because of it,” Beca said, not meeting her eye.
“We still have one canister up there. Maybe… if we could get to it, three of us will make it,” Stacie said.
“The storm will last hours,” Commander Aubrey Posen said, clenching the fist of her broken arm, hoping the pain will keep her grounded. “By the time it’s safe to go out there, there’ll be nothing left.”
“But-”
“We’re talking deadly radiation. A guaranteed death sentence.”
“I’ll go,” Chloe said. “It’s my fault we’re even in this mess.”
“You aren’t trained for this,” Aubrey said. “I know you want to help, but if you don’t make it back, another one of us will still die.”
Chloe let out a huff of frustration. “I can try,” she said.
“You aren’t throwing your life away on the off chance you’ll make it,” Stacie said. “I’ll-”
“No,” Beca said, cutting her off. “You have a partner back home. A family. We... I lost one canister. That’s one life gone,” she said. She looked up and made eye contact with Aubrey, her commander. Her friend. “If we don’t get the other, that’s another life gone.”
“No,” Aubrey said.
“I’m the one who dropped it.”
“Don’t even think about it.”
“I can do this,” Beca said, smiling now. “It should be me.”
“Beca,” Chloe said, her voice finally showing some fear. “Please. You can’t do this. I can’t let you do this.”
“I’m not asking for permission,” Beca said, still trying not to look at her. She looked at Aubrey again. “I can do this.”
Aubrey blinked back tears, and nodded. “You know I’d have done it if I could.”
“I know,” Beca said, standing and pulling up her suit.
“Beca, please don’t do this,” Chloe said, sobbing now. “Please don’t leave me. We’ll think of something else.”
“If I do this, all three of you live. If I don’t, two of us will still die,” Beca said. “Think about your sister back home. Think about Stacie’s family. Aubrey’s family. There’s no one waiting for me to come home. It should be me.”
“No!” Chloe said, shouting now. Angry tears spilling down her face. “This can’t be the only way. You can’t throw your life away.”
“I can,” Beca said. “If it means you all live, then I can. And I’m happy to.”
“Someone say something! Aubrey? Stacie? You’re going to let her do this?”
“Chloe,” Stacie said, softly, “this is the only way.”
Chloe let out a scoff.
“I know this is hard,” Aubrey said, putting her hand on Chloe’s arm.
“I don’t want to do this without you, Beca,” Chloe said, pulling away from Aubrey. “I love you.”
“Please don’t make this harder,” Beca said.
“You aren’t going to say it back?”
“Of course I fucking love you,” Beca said, closing her eyes as tears spilled down her cheeks. “That’s why I have to do this.”
Stacie stood up and gave Beca a hug, their foreheads resting against each other.
“Send your kid to Yale,” Beca said, causing Stacie to laugh and cry at the same time.
“Asshole,” she said, sniffing. “I’m so sorry, Beca.”
“I know,” Beca said. She turned to look at Aubrey.
“It’s going to be rough out there,” Aubrey said, trying to keep her composure. “You’re gonna start feeling sick, tired, and you’re gonna be pelted by stuff that’s going to burn your skin.”
“I’ll try not to die before I get the canister back,” Beca said.
“You know you won’t be able to come back in,” Aubrey said. “And we won’t be able to communicate once you go outside.”
“I know,” Beca said.
“So she dies alone too?” Chloe said.
“Chloe, you aren’t helping,” Stacie said.
“Fuck you, I don’t want to make this easy. I don’t want this to happen at all,” Chloe replied, her voice laced with fury.
“Nobody wants this,” Aubrey said. “If there was literally any other option we’d be doing this.”
“Chloe, I killed someone when I dropped that canister. If I do this, you live. Stacie lives. Aubrey lives.”
“But you don’t,” Chloe said, her voice breaking.
“I know,” Beca said. “But I fought so hard to keep you alive. So that’s what I’m gonna do.”
“Baby, please.” Chloe cupped Beca’s face with her hands and kissed her.
“I need you to make it, Chlo’,” Beca said, closing her eyes as Chloe’s thumbs stroked along her face. “You need to survive. You can’t give up once I’m gone.”
“Beca, it’s time,” Aubrey said.
“Okay,” Beca said, taking a deep breath. “Okay. I love you all.”
“No,” Chloe said.
“Please make it to Mars, and make it home. Get them to make a statue of me or something.”
“Beca, please.”
“It’s okay, Chloe.”
“No it isn’t!”
Beca took a step back, out of Chloe’s embrace, and put her helmet back on.
“I love you,” she said, moving towards the airlock.
“No!”
She grabbed Beca’s arm and pulled her back.
Aubrey and Stacie each took one of Chloe’s arms and pulled her away from Beca.
Beca rested her hand on the airlock door, and took one last look at them.
Chloe was fighting to get away from the others, and had even managed to remove her arm from Stacie’s grasp.
Beca pushed down on the handle, opened the airlock, and stepped inside. Chloe broke free as she closed the door behind her.
She couldn’t hear what she was saying, but she could see Chloe screaming and banging against the glass of the door.
Beca gave her one last look, and climbed the ladder up and out of the hatch.
The journey up the tether was worse this time, but she felt less afraid. Her fate had been sealed the second she stepped out into the storm, and now all she had to do was make it up and down without dropping the canister.
As she climbed up to the halfway point, the canister attached securely, she really began to feel it. Her head was throbbing and she was nauseous and tired, and her body was sore and burning. She licked her dry lips and felt a sharp sting. They were already chapped and blistering.
Going down was easier, but she took her time, knowing she couldn’t drop this one.
She landed gently, the canister safe in her arms, and walked back towards the hatch on shaky legs.
She saw Chloe watching her through the window, her face tear streaked.
Beca held up the canister in triumph, and carried on her walk.
She opened the hatch and lowered it back into the airlock.
She wished she could go back in. She knew she was done for. She couldn’t be saved. But she wished she could die with her friends at her side. With Chloe holding her hand. Maybe with an extra dose of pain meds to ease her off to sleep before she died.
But she supposed it could be worse.
Better this than slowly suffocating.
Better this than having to watch Chloe die. Or Aubrey or Stacie.
She sat down on the edge of the walkway, her legs dangling off into open space.
Her breathing was getting ragged now, and she was still being peppered by bursts of radiation.
But at least the view was good.
Her eyes remained fixed on the bright red star ahead, and her last thoughts were of home, and Chloe.
#Stowaway#stowaway spoilers#no matter the timeline#bechloe au#bechloe/stowaway au#au#bechloe one shot#bechloe angst#angst#and a bit more angst#bechloe#fanfic#fanfiction#pitch perfect fanfiction#pitch perfect fanfic#pitch perfect#bechloe fanfic#bechloe fanfiction#bechloe fic#beca#chloe#chloe beale#beca mitchell
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~~Day 2 of Lucy’s testimony
“Ms. Heartfilia, on the night of the kidnapping please start from the moment you got off the train and were walking back towards your apartment building.”
“O-Okay.” Lucy closed her eyes as she took a deep breath. ‘Just tell the truth, let the prosecutor direct her answers...’ She opened her eyes as she began. “We had a system in place, so whenever I was out alone, I would stay on the phone with someone. That night, Natsu was on the other end. He talked and kept me company. I was maybe halfway to the apartment building when I heard something behind me, but before I could turn to see what it was, I felt a hand wrap around my face and a cloth placed over my mouth. I-I screamed, and I heard Touka’s voice, and Natsu screaming over the phone but everything went black as I passed out. It happened really fast.”
“What was the next thing you remember?”
“I woke up in an apartment that I didn’t recognize. I remember being dizzy, my head hurt, and my eyes were all blurry. My... m-my hands and feet were tied up, and I was lying on my side on the floor.” Lucy stopped again to take another deep breath before continuing. “That’s when I heard noises like drawers opening and closing. I couldn’t see where it was coming from at first, but I guess my mind told me it must be Touka. So, my survival instincts kicked in at that moment. I stayed still, pretending to be asleep, but I cracked my eyes open to see what I could.”
“And what could you see?”
“I s-saw, like a couch, and a wall, and it was covered with photographs of Natsu— just completely covered. And I could see there was all kinds of them, close ups, far shots, old stuff, new ones, clippings... but they weren’t just Natsu. I could see a lot of me and our friends too, and that really creeped me out cause I knew she was watching us, but just, you know, to see it— that was really hard. I tried so hard to stay focused on what was happening. I just kept thinking, I’ve gotta find a way out of there.”
Lucy took the jury through that night, step, by step just as she’d been coached by the prosecutor. The closer she got to the main event, the slower she moved through each detail. They covered all the visuals she saw from her vantage point, inching their way to the moment Touka had begun her physical assault. Lucy’s hands sat in her lap, but they constantly opened and closed into fists to disburse the building anxieties in a physical way. It was a technique her therapist had shown her specifically to use during the trial. Thank goodness for all the preparations by her therapist, because recalling these memories were to re-live them and that was all extremely difficult.
“You testified that Ms. Shiromajyo did not know you were already awake. So, how did she wake you up?”
Lucy took a deep breath knowing this was the hardest part, but the prosecutor needed her to tell the tale. “She kicked me really hard in the back which made me roll over to try and defend, but before I could she stomped me in the stomach, and just kept kicking me over and over...” Lucy’s body trembled as she relieved the event in her mind. “I-I couldn’t do much because I was tied up tightly, so I kept rolling to the side and curling up in a ball. I didn’t wanna scream, because... b-because I thought that’s what she wanted to hear, and I wasn’t gonna give her that satisfaction. But I think it only made her angrier.”
“Was she saying anything through this attack?”
“Y-Yes...” Lucy’s voice cracked. “S-She was calling me a slut and a bitch and blamed me for the pain she was feeling. Said if only I’d walked away like she’d warned me to, I wouldn’t be in this situation. So, I snapped back that hurting me wouldn’t make Natsu love her. That killing me...” Lucy sucked in a breath, “wasn’t worth going to jail over. I thought— that maybe if I try to reason with her, get her to see this wouldn’t change anything, she’d stop, but— it didn’t faze her.” Lucy shivered at how cold Touka’s eyes had been at the moment. “She said, “if I can’t have him, neither will you.” That, “don’t you think I know that?” But she didn’t care. This woman was going to kill me, and she said it with a straight face. That’s when I knew she was serious, and I started preparing myself to die.”
Eventually, Lucy couldn’t even look in Natsu’s direction. She could see the utter turmoil on his face, and it only added to her anxiety. So, instead, she looked at the jury members themselves. That was another tactic the prosecutor instructed Lucy to do. ‘Talk to them,’ he’d explained. ‘Think of this as your opportunity to tell your story. Let them see all the emotions you were feeling then, or feeling now, because they need to know how much Touka’s actions have affected you.’ So, that’s what Lucy did her best to do, scanning just above their heads. She still couldn’t make eye contact because just like Natsu, listening to her story brought a lot of pain to many of their faces.
With tears trickling down, Lucy continued giving a blow by blow account leading up to Natsu’s arrival, and what happened before the authorities arrived. How she got the cut on her neck and other injuries, and how they were fighting against Touka as hard as they could. Tears trickled slowly down her cheeks as she spoke, but she didn’t stop talking. She told them how Natsu begged Touka to leave her alone, even willing to give up his life for it, but once Natsu admitted that he loved her, that really set Touka off. “That— T-That not how I wanted to find out he loved me!” Lucy screamed through the tears. “That’s not how anyone should find that out! And she took that beautiful thing away from me!” Lucy slumped in her chair, trying to stop the heavy sobs wracking her body. Saying it out loud, the anger was seething inside of her because she hadn’t expected to have this reaction. Maybe she’d buried it for far too long?
“Ms. Heartfilia, do you need a break?”
“N-No,” she wiped away the sloppy tears. “I can finish this. I-I need to keep going.”
“Take a moment to compose yourself,” the judge explained, “then continue.”
Lucy nodded to the judge in acknowledgment, then after a long deep exhale, continued to tell the jury how she’d watched as Natsu defended her and what was going through her mind as she saw him stabbed. “All the blood...” she whimpered, fighting the urge to bawl again. “There was so much blood from Natsu’s injuries. I started freaking out because I didn’t wanna die and I didn’t wanna watch my boyfriend killed! So, I-I grabbed the closest object which was a hardcover book— her school yearbook and just started swinging as hard as I could despite my wrists being tied. I was just running on adrenaline at the point knowing it had to be either her or us, and I’m sorry, but I did not want to die.”
At that stage of the testimony, Lucy took the jury through the police’s arrival from her perspective. What she’d observed, and how they finished subduing Touka. “Once they took her into custody, I think I was just in shock. Frankly, I don’t even know how I managed to stay focused through the whole ordeal, I just remember thinking if this woman was gonna kill me, I’d make it as difficult as possible.” Finally, Lucy covered the timeline for the jury between the scene and going to the hospital for treatment, including the panic attack and his she had to be sedated.
“And how has this affected you since the incident?”
“Objection! Leading! This has no relevance to the case!” The defense attorney argued to the judge. “The witnesses state of mind after the fact could be contributed to multiple factors and there’s no way to attribute it solely to my client or the events revolves around my client.”
The prosecutor countered, arguing that Lucy’s continued reactions to the events over the ensuing months was relevant to the case.
But the judge only ruled partially in the States favor. “Re-word you question counselor to the event itself.”
“Ms. Heartfilia, please provide any specific factors you’ve suffered relating to your experiences with Ms. Shiromajyo.”
“W-Well, my panic attacks and nightmares are because of what happened. I keep seeing and reliving things like a movie replaying in my mind. Especially the attack, I literally wake up screaming because of bloody dreams, and this causes me problems, like I don’t get enough sleep, I couldn’t focus on school. Just the fear of leaving my apartment has kept me from doing anything really for months. I’m scared of being kidnapped, even though logically I know Touka is in jail, it doesn’t just make those feelings go away. I wish it did— Heaven help me, I wish it would just go away, but it doesn’t.”
“So, you still fear Ms. Shiromajyo?”
Lucy stiffened and nodded her head vehemently as she shrunk down in the chair. “Yes.”
“Thank you, no further questions at this time. We reserve the right to recall the witness.”
“Cross?” The judge asked the defense, to which they also responded with reserve the right to recall. “Then Ms. Heartfilia, you may leave the stand, but be available in case of being recalled.”
Lucy nodded quietly at the judge, then slipped out of the courtroom. The bailiff lead her to a back room, along with her therapist so she couldn’t hear what was going on. Once in the safety of the room, she broke down. All the emotions she’d tampered down to get through the testimony, rushed out. She’d shed tears during her testimony, but now she was free to sob openly.
“You did great,” the therapist cooed, soothing the young woman. She tightened her hug, “that’s good, just let it all out.”
A knock at the door came, as Natsu and Levy were allowed inside. Natsu immediately went to his girlfriend and took over for the therapist. “Shh,” he spoke softly and smoothed his hand against her hair. “You did amazing babe!”
“Lu, you did great up there! We’re really proud of you!”
“Thanks, guys,” Lucy sniffled into Natsu’s chest. She was proud of getting through it without having a break down, but the nagging knowledge of this wasn’t over yet, still loomed large. The defense was surely going to recall her at some stage, and even if the attorney didn’t, the prosecutor could, plus just the waiting sucked! “Can we please go home? I-I just wanna go home.”
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It's giovanni's bday today! (or yesterday if you get this ask tomarrow) Any HCs for the birthday boy?
Okay I am once again doing this off the top of my head because I wanted to go improv style, but here is a story called THAT TIME THE BLASTERS TRIED TO THROW A SURPRISE PARTY AND IT DIDN’T GO WELL.
-Crusher has Giovanni’s birthday marked in his personal planner, and in his phone, and he also has the week leading up to it marked, and his calendar has that entire week outlined in pink marker, and basically mid-January he bursts in on a meeting of the other Blasters and goes “THE BOSS’ BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP YOU GUYS”
-One of them - I’m gonna say Flamethrower - actually has a late January birthday and is like “Can we not focus on my birthday first? Please? No? Okay.” (Don’t worry. Giovanni himself will throw Flamethrower THE BIGGEST PARTY)
-So for a while, Giovanni has been going around like “So my birthday is coming up. I sure hope nobody..............IS PLANNING A SURPRISE PARTY”
-Crusher: “So, guys, I’m not sure, but I think he might want a surprise party.” Car Crash: “Are you sure about that?”
-They resolve they are indeed going to throw him the most surprising of parties! Which means they CANNOT acknowledge his birthday until the moment of truth. They have to make him think they FORGOT.
-Which is not easy when Giovanni enters the temporary lair (I still love “abandoned library”; pry that one from my cold fingers) and goes “THE BIRTHDAY BOY HAS ARRIVED”
-There’s a host of grunts and vague acknowledgements. Nobody gets up from what they’re doing.
-Giovanni clears his throat. “I SAID. The birthday boy HAS ARRIVED!”
-Ben: “Happy birthday.” Giovanni: “SHUT UP, BEN!”
-So he tries to just focus on heist planning since nobody seems to be up for birthday talk. Halfway through detailing how he’s going to break into the local public pool after hours for illegal swimming, which is TOTALLY a thing high-profile criminals do, he just slams his hands down on a table and goes “SERIOUSLY, DOES NOBODY CARE THAT IT’S MY BIRTHDAY?”
-Nope. (At least...that’s what they WANT him to think.)
-”That’s fine. This is fine. It doesn’t have to be about me all the time. I can take it.”
-Ten minutes and he’s crying in the corner, wiping his eyes with the corner of his cape, because nobody cares about his birthday
-Ten more minutes and he just storms out. Spike: “So I’m thinking maybe we didn’t think this plan all the way through...”
-Nobody wants to celebrate Giovanni’s birthday? He’ll throw HIS OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY
-He spends, like, four hours making the world’s most perfect layer cake, with the layers dyed all different colors
-His mom walks in on him hanging a “HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME” banner in the living room and is just “Giovanni what are you doing”
-(She then hands him a watch and a gift card because she might argue with her son a lot but she’s a good mom)
-None of the Blasters seem to care about Giovanni’s birthday...so he’s going to invite his OTHER friends!
-Except Molly’s...busy. Busy? With WHAT? Does she not get that it’s her boss’ birthday?
-(She’s helping the other Blasters prep for the party later.)
-Fast forward fifteen minutes and Giovanni has rounded up one (1) party guest. And the only reason Sylvie is here is because it will get Giovanni to stop blowing up his phone. (Bonus reason: there’s cake. Sylvie doesn’t like to admit it but he loves cake.)
-Sylvie starts to rethink his decision when Giovanni makes him wear a sparkly party hat
-Sylvie realizes that generally one should give a birthday-haver a birthday gift. He doesn’t particularly WANT to but it’s only polite. So he offers for a free therapy session
-(..............is Sylvie the THIRD therapist character with weird nightmare powers that I like? That’s for another post)
-Giovanni: “Please. I am completely self-actualized. I don’t need any help with my emotions.”
-Giovanni, two minutes later, on the couch sobbing: “AND THEY ACTED LIKE IT WAS NO BIG DEAL AND I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL FRIENDS”
-Sylvie is...weirdly sympathetic. But also curious. Why would everyone bail on Giovanni? People mostly seem to like him.
-”And then Bear Trap was busy with some weird appointment she couldn’t even tell me about - “
-It hits Sylvie like a freight train, and he says it before he can think through the consequences: “You...you realize they’re all planning a surprise party for you, right?”
-Giovanni: “They WHAT”
-Sylvie lines up the evidence. Everybody loves Giovanni, but they’re acting like his birthday is nothing, meaning it’s a fakeout.
-Giovanni: “WHY THOSE NO-GOOD DIRTY LIARS - I LOOOOOOVE THEEEEMMMMM”
-Well, the problem is that he and Sylvie have already put away an entire layer cake. Oh, well! Birthdays are for eating two cakes. Birthdays are for doing whatever you want, really!
-Crusher calls him to tell him to come down to the temp lair at once and Giovanni’s just “Riiiiiight. I gotcha.” He winks, even though Crusher can’t see him wink over the phone. Then he goes to head out -
-And at the last minute, invites Sylvie to come along, because Sylvie is his rival, and to a true villain, a rival is as important to you as any friend! (Read: Sylvie is his friend and he wants him at this party)
-Crusher, in the meantime: “I think he figured us out.” Molly: “Probably.”
-So when Giovanni shows up to find the temp lair decked out in confetti and streamers, and a big ol’ chocolate cake on the table, the Blasters all yell “SURPRISE!” with these looks on their faces like they don’t know if he will actually be surprised
-Giovanni: “OH MY GOD I AM SO. SURPRISED!”
-Sylvie: “Yeah, literally no one here is surprised by anything. You all knew what each other was doing.”
-Giovanni: “Though I am touched that you guys gave me the surprise party I’d been bugging you about for weeks - “
-Sylvie: “YOU MEAN YOU TOLD THEM YOU WANTED THIS AND THEY STILL FOOLED YOU? WHAT THE HELL”
-And they all dance the night away to rock songs that probably have too many swear words for Molly to be listening to, but she doesn’t care.
That was more of a story than headcanons but I hope you enjoyed it anyhow
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Hi babe, I thought I would send you a quick msg.
Honestly, life is hard. We’re thrown into this world and are expected to do things to survive. It’s literally so much harder than we think but just cause we see other people coping better than us doesn’t mean we’re falling behind. We all go at different paces. I turned 25 in the summer. I messed up my degree and couldn’t graduate. I’m now trying to resit 2 modules this academic year and I have to pay for them myself. And tbh, I’m half wondering whether I should do it. I don’t plan to do anything with my degree. I have bad memories from my uni experience. A lot of firsts in the bad memories department and I don’t want to think about it anymore. But at the same time. I don’t want an unfinished degree. I’m stuck in this limbo and I need to decide before the end of the month.
I thought by 25, I’d have a job suited to my degree and would’ve moved out from home. But my life went a whole different direction. I am nowhere near to where I want to be and yes, it gets so fucking tiring. But I have hope. It may be very small but it’s there. Everyday I wake up and think “I’ve survived another day, I wonder where today will take me”.
My current situation is that I live at home with my parents, my dad lost his job cos of covid and my mum works full time at a supermarket. I work part time at a supermarket (since my first year of university) and we use our pay checks to pay for bills (no rent because thank god my parents bought this house and have paid off the loan).
I didn’t send this for you to hear my sob story! Please don’t take me the wrong way. I sent this because I want to tell you that you aren’t alone. So many of us are in the same mindset my dear. We’ll get there somehow. I’m there for you. And also, don’t ever worry about putting these kinds of feelings on your page. You are allowed to write out your feelings. It’s healthy. Also, you honestly don’t have to post a response. I just want you to know that even though we live in different countries, our struggles are the same and I am always here for you. Please make sure to always treat yourself well. You should never let go of your happiness. And make sure to give yourself a break. Being a functioning human being is hard. We’ve evolved way too much but our brains and feelings aren’t able to cope with it all tbh.
Take care of yourself my lovely. ♥️
Oh babe!!!! 🥺🥺🥺 Not I teared up at reading this because I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TOOK THE TIME TO SEND THIS TO me oh my goodness no I totally know this wasn't to send a sob story, it's just genuinely to know that there are people out there like me experiencing similar struggles....like I'm halfway through my law program now and people keep asking me "what I want to do with it" and I still don't know I don't know anything! This is so comforting to hear you absolute angel. My heart is so warm rn oh my goodness thank you. This really means a lot to me to hear, thank you.
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REQUEST: FFVII Dating Headcanons [Angeal Hewley]
AN: You know? Haven’t written much of anything for FFVII but these headcanons since my high school years... and I say high school years like it’s been soooo long... but that was literally only five years ago.... But you know... Angeal... I’ve always wanted to hug Angeal... always wanted to smack him, too... i seem to want to slap all the FIRST Class SOLDIERs....
Sometimes I mutter, “Embrace your dreams... and protect your honor.” and promptly break down in tears. I know it’s a Zack quote, but Angeal planted it in his head dammit. As you can tell, I’m still traumatized from Crisis Core. I’D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR HOW LATE THIS IS!
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~ I’m going to be honest, everyone... I’ve always imagined Angeal to be the most straight-laced and normal out of the SOLDIER First Class trio, so it’s kinda weird now that I’m actually trying to write a headcanon for him... I’m going to do my best, though, because he deserves just as much love as Sephiroth, Zack, and Genesis do. ~ Manly man. the Manliest man you will ever meet without being an obnoxious manly man. does that make sense? Probably not... >.>
~ This self sacrificing stupid wholesome hunk of a short sighed idiot (;.;) Is the gentleman of the FIRST Class trio that we all love to hate (or hate to love) so much. Angeal always has his friends’ backs... dealing with problems that probably shouldn’t even involve him in the first place.
~ Oh hey... Genesis needs an alibi to skip a social event full of adoring fans? Sure! No problem! Angeal’ll host a last minute dinner party for his friends so that his childhood best friend doesn’t have to spend an entire night dodging marriage proposals.
~ What? Sephiroth fled his apartment after coitus because he didn’t want to deal with a woman’s tears from being asked to leave?...
“Sephiroth...” The use of his given name instead of a nickname is a telling sign of Angeal’s disapproval as the SOLDIER General leans against a shadowy alley, cell phone pressed to his ear. “I can’t keep kicking those girls out of your apartment. Maybe you should let her stay the night... maybe even have breakfast with her?”
The General grits his teeth, remembering the events earlier in the night before shaking his head, “Angeal... not her. Can you please, just... do something? I promise I’ll sit down and have breakfast with the next one.” There’s a heavy sigh from the other side of the phone, and Sephiroth knows that he’d won.
~ And that was how Angeal Hewley ended up walking into Sephiroth’s apartment with a bouquet of apology flowers and comforted the sobbing girl that his friend had abandoned in his apartment.
~ This is actually how Angeal gained most of his fans, and how the “Keepers of Honor” was founded.
~ Now, you may be wondering... oh! You’re probably one of the women that Angeal had to escort out of Sephiroth’s apartment with apologies on his lips! Or perhaps you’re one of the women’s friend? Mmmmmhmmm... nope.
~ You’re actually the one who made the bouquets that Angeal brings as apologies.
~ You don’t really care much about SOLDIERs in general, preferring to go about your life as a relatively normal civilian. The flower shop that you work at is owned by your family, and while you have always worked in the shop with your family, you didn’t start to pay attention to any of the faces that passed through until you were old enough to learn the meanings behind the elegant beauties that your parents worked so hard to maintain.
~ Eventually, your family decided that you should man the till for walk in orders. And it is while you work these shifts that you start to notice a rather tall man with raven hair enter the shop right before you closed the shop for the night, requesting bouquets that conveyed the sincerest of apologies. ~ One night, after seeing the man appear for the third time that week, you raised a brow at him and inquired:
“You always seem to be apologizing...” You knew that it wasn’t any of your business, but apologizing every few days with a bouquet of expensive flowers was excessive and a sign of a failing relationship. “Scorned lover?”
The question startled the taller man as he watched you move around the store, pulling bloom after bloom to put together another bouquet for him that week. It’s the first time you notice his eyes... and the subtle glow of Mako accenting them. The man, who you identified as a SOLDIER coughed in embarrassment before shaking his head, a kind smile on his lips. “No. They’re not for a lover... They’re for...” His brows furrow in thought, “for my friend’s... lovers.” You raise your brows, baffled as you arrange the flowers before wrapping them. “Sounds like your friend’s a “love ‘em and leave ‘em” type, aren’t they?” There’s an air of exhaustion and defeat on the man’s face as he moves to take out his wallet, pulling Gil from the pouch to pay for the expensive bundle. “You could say that.” “Why do you have to apologize for them though?” You wonder under your breath, not intending for him to hear you over the crinkling of the foil as you tied the ribbon on the outside and turned around with the completed bouquet in your hands. Glowing blue eyes met your own, a patient and gentle expression in place instead of what you expected to be annoyance. “My friend has a lot on his shoulders, and his upraising wasn’t the best. Even though it’s a bit of an inconvenience for me, I’m glad that he’s able to rely on me as he learns...” the man smirks, and you can’t help but find him charmingly handsome as the smile lights up his features. “Even if he’s a little slow at understanding things.” His hand extends to hand you the payment for your hard work, but you shake your head and extend the bouquet to him, pushing the handful of Gil back towards the SOLDIER. “It’s on the house.” The confused look on his face brings you great amusement as you shoo him out the door. “You’re a good friend, stranger. Just keep doing what you’re doing. And feel free to stop by any time you need to apologize for your friend. If I’m working that night, the bouquet’s on me.” He allows you to usher him out of the shop and turns just as you lean against the side of the door. “I.... that’s not necessary...” He falters, not knowing your name. “Y/N” You supply with a laugh before turning to walk back into the flower shop. “You better head back, SOLDIER, I heard that you guys had curfews.” “My name’s Angeal.”
The SOLDIER calls out to your retreating form, giving you pause before turning your body to look at him one last time before the door closed. “Goodnight, Angeal.”
~ After that night, you were frequently visited by Angeal... most of the time, it was to pick up a bouquet and have a quick chat with you... but there were times where Angeal would appear halfway through you shift, bringing you dinner. (This was, of course, after you told him that you often skipped meals during your shifts).
~ It’s during these visits that you started to learn that he was a SOLDIER First Class, though he was surprised that you didn’t seem to care that he was friends with the great General Sephiroth or Genesis Rhapsodos. Angeal was surprised to find that your interest in his friends was just the amusing image of the mighty SOLDIER General running away from sobbing women
~ Eventually, Angeal bought less and less bouquets (due to Sephiroth calming down in his escapades), and the simple visits turned into long conversations, nights where the SOLDIER walked you home when he didn’t have an urgent mission, and just times where you two enjoyed one another’s company.
~ Neither of you put much thought into your relationship, and there wasn’t a dramatic reveal of feelings. It just seemed normal and right to slip into one another’s life. A seamless transition from sitting close to leaning against one another, to holding hands, to intimate nuzzling, to light chaste kisses...
~ Before you know it, you’re being asked to move in with Angeal... his official proclamation that you two are in a relationship.
~ It’s awfully domestic between the two of you. The apartment is full of flowers and other plants due to the fact that you both shared a love of flora, and the chores are often split... with Angeal cooking and cleaning whenever he has the day off, and you taking care of the days in between.
~ Angeal is a romantic... though not a dramatic one... and he’ll never miss a chance to tell you how much he loves you.
~ He’s the type to pamper you with chaste kisses at every private moment that you have together, putting your priorities first. Always.
~ He often feels guilty that he doesn’t spend enough time with you. That you’re taking on the burden of taking care of so many chores when he’s away. And you have to fight to reassure Angeal that you’re happy with him... that you wouldn’t trade your relationship with him for the world.
~ There are times where his work life bleeds into his personal life... Sephiroth and Genesis meddling with your relationship, being one thing... and when Angeal decided to mentor one lovable puppy of a teen named Zack Fair... but it’s almost like another family.
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Argh! Let me just wallow in my despair, he’s such a perfect husband ;.;
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Your Love | JJ Maybank
Request: @sweetestdolan can you possibly do a outer banks JJ x reader imagine where it’s to the song “All I want” in High School Musical TMTS where her and JJ used to date but he couldnt admit that he loves her and they broke up and somehow ends up dating Topper but he’s you know topper (lol) and then reader and Jj end up together in the end again
Author’s note: literally cannot rn. this and the song made my heart go uwu. i was kinda worried writing this cause I thought it wouldn’t be too good and mediocre but :] i think it turned out ok.
Genre/Type: Angst & Fluff
Warning(s): Cursing, Mentions of alcohol.
Word Count: 1,376
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Nothing felt right anymore. The arms I was currently wrapped in didn’t feel like his. The kisses placed on my face didn’t give me butterflies like his did. The hands roaming my body felt meaningless to me. I wanted him.
But he didn’t want me.
I found a guy, told me I was a star He held the door held my hand in the dark And he's perfect on paper but he's lying to my face Does he think that I'm the kinda girl who needs to be saved?
Topper was the first person to see me after him and I broke up. He told me he wasn’t worth my tears. He would call me every night and visit me every morning. My heart swelled up. I had just broke up with someone I’d thought I’d be with forever. Topper came and swooped me off my feet. But the thought of him still lingered.
And there's one more boy, he's from my past We fell in love but it didn't last 'Cause the second I figure it out he pushes me away And I won't fight for love if you won't meet me halfway And I say that I'm through but this song's still for you.
The day it happened was the worst day of my life. He sat me down inside the Chateau, everyone was outside on the porch. My day had been so well, but he had been distant. We used to see each other everyday, and it somehow turned to once a week. He didn’t even hesitate.
“I think we need a break...”
My grin dropped and my face lost all color. I heard what he said but it didn’t feel real. He averted his eyes from me, a guilty look on his face. I stared at him. I didn’t know if I was angry or sad.
“But... Don’t you love me...?”
He didn’t answer. Instead, he patted my knee and stood up. He looked at me one more time before walking out the door. I sat there trying to grasp what just happened. When I finally understood it a sob racked through my body. I curled up into the couch and cried. The others might have heard me from the porch since they ran in.
The questions they asked sounded muffled to me.
“He left me.”
All I want is love that lasts Is all I want too much to ask Is it something wrong with me All I want is a good guy Are my expectations far too high Try my best but what can I say All I have is myself at the end of the day But shouldn't that be enough for me.
“Y/N, you need to stop. Give that to me.” Topper tried to take the bottle of beer out of my hand. I pushed him away and drunkenly walked away from him. He followed behind me. “Why are you drinking all of a sudden? You hate drinking.”
I turned to look at him. My intoxicate facade changed quickly into one of pain. “Why did you take me here? You knew he’d be here. He’s he one that throws the fucking keggers.”
Topper rolled his eyes and chuckled. “Of course this is about him. I don’t think you’ve ever gotten over him. I’ve been here, trying to help you get over him, but you just can’t fucking do it.”
I staggered over to him. “Go ahead. Leave me just like he did. I think I know what the problem is.” I tumbled backwards and threw my hands in the arm. “I’m the problem. I’m the fucking PROBLEM!”
And I miss the days When I was young and naive I thought the perfect guy would come and find me Now happy ever after it don't come so easily.
I ignored Topper’s calls and walked away from the party. I leaned down and laid next to a palm tree. I hugged my knees and sniffled quietly. People stared at me but I could care less. I’d fucked my life up twice. I lost the love of my life and a good guy. No one could love me.
Rain started to pour out of the dark sky and people scattered to their cars. I sat still, shivering a little.
“Y/N?”
I hesitantly looked up to see Kiara. She ran over to me and picked me up. She dragged me into her car and drove to god knows where.
“I thought you hated me.” I slurred.
“Why would I hate you?” She glanced at me. Her worried eyes made me feel like a burden.
“Everyone hates me.” I stared at the raindrops trickling down the window. A tear of mine mirrored them. “I’ve ruined my life, Kie.”
She stopped the car and looked at me. She hugged me tightly, afraid that if she let go I’d crumble into pieces. “He didn’t think you really loved him.”
I furrowed my brows. “What?”
“He thought you were too good to be true.” Kie chuckled as she wiped a stray tear from my cheek. “Ever since you two broke up, I haven’t seen him smile the same.”
I couldn’t comprehend it. He broke up with me because I was too good for him? “Where is he?”
“The Chateau.” She pointed out and I realized she drove us here. I thanked Kie with my with my whole heart. I ran out of the car, ignoring the rain drenching me.
I ran up to the door and hesitated for a second. I brought my fist down to the door and knocked. I heard shuffling and the door click open.
There he was.
It was the first time I’d seen him since we broke up. His hair was disheveled and greasy. His once vibrant blue eyes were dull. His lips were chapped and dark bags formed under his eyes. His mouth hung slightly open.
All I want is love that lasts Is all I want too much to ask Is it something wrong with me, oh All I want is a good guy Are my expectations far too high Try my best but what can I say All I have is myself at the end of the day And all I want is for that to be okay.
“Y/N?”
He was probably in shock as well. The girl who turned his life around and invaded every thought in his mind was standing in front of him. She was completely drenched. Her wet hair hung over her face. The clothes stuck to her body. A small glimmer of hope shone in her eyes.
“JJ Maybank, I love you. You changed my life the day I met you. Your smile made my heart do leaps. You saved me from having a boring life. Ever since I met you I haven’t had the same thought process. I want to surf and catch fish instead of playing dress-up and drinking expensive piña coladas. I want to do these things with you. You changed me. I’m not too good for you. I need you. The day after we broke up felt like I was back to my old life. I don’t want that. I want you.”
He started at me for a while. He probably thought I was crazy. He’d probably slam the door on me right now.
A sad chuckle came from him. “I didn’t want to believe we were in love. It scared me.” He mumbled.
“But, Y/N L/N, I love you too. And I will make sure that we can do whatever you want for the rest of our lives. I want to be with you. I can’t express in words how much I missed you. It felt like I lost a part of me. I thought I was doing the right thing.”
“Just, don’t ever do that again.” The both of us grin.
I could of sworn the color in his eyes came back to life in that moment. He grabbed my arm and pulled me into an embrace. He nuzzled his nose into my wet hair. It didn’t matter. I was finally in his arms. This is what felt right.
I finally got him back.
I got JJ Maybank back in my arms. The love of my life.
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Tagging these lovelies: @anxietyismyspiritanimal @thatboogiebro
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phosphorescence
I originally started to write this in July, and was going to gift it to @blondsak for her 250, but then I was awful and never finished it. BUT my queen has just (ish) celebrated her 500. So, this is for @blondsak as a gift, and for @frostysunflowers because we torment her with so much angst and she’s also a queen.
...
“I like Canada,” Peter declared, watching the trees roll by through the windshield. “Imagine how this drive would look in the fall.”
“I’ll take you in October,” Tony grinned. “You’re right, it’s... something else.”
“Canada’s like, really cool.”
“It’s like the United States bud.”
“But it’s not, it just feels different Mr.Stark. Oh! What’s that?”
Tony smiled to himself as Peter stuck his nose against the window to get a look at the passing group of mountain goats. “Mountain goats, Pete.”
“So cool...”
Peter was a kid who’d only ever seen New York, Washington, and the drive in between, so Tony was understanding of his excitement.
“Maybe we’ll get lucky and see a bear,” he said, feigning casualness, “they’re out of hibernation now.”
Tony pretended not to see Peter’s eyes light up at the mere suggestion of more wildlife. “Really?! They get that close to the highway?”
“Sometimes,” the inventor replied.
“That’s awesome.” The boy shifted himself in his seat, fidgeting with the air conditioning. “Thanks for bringing me, Mr.Stark. I really appreciate it.”
Tony glanced at the kid from the corner of his eye and found a rather inconvenient lump had lodged in his throat. “Yeah well,” he choked out, “I missed my kid - catching up on lost time and all.”
The teen’s mouth quirked in a mixture of sadness and warmth as he wordlessly nodded. There’d been a time of dust and debris and death and devastation, but Tony got him back, and they were okay now.
“How long before we actually have to do the work we’re here for?”
Tony laughed, Peter almost sounded like Pepper when he said things like that. “Three days kiddo, and then I have to make a stop at BCIT and UBC for their engineering programs’ clean energy sector kick off.”
“You funded two universities?” Peter held nothing less than awe in his voice, not for the billionaire’s wealth but for his generosity.
“Not just me,” Tony replied, “there’s a few other donors too.”
“Yeah but not like Tony Stark.”
“Not like Tony Stark,” the mechanic agreed. “As for you, my young padawan, you aren’t working this weekend, you’re just here for the ride.”
“Would you care if I jumped ship and decided to study at one of these universities?”
“Already that attached to Canada, Pete?” Tony laughed. “No, I wouldn’t care. Wherever you want to go is lucky to have you, and your university fees are on me, so it makes no difference.”
“Cause I like Vancouver.”
“We’re on Vancouver Island right now, not the city Vancouver.”
The teenager groaned, “what’s the point of that? Making them two different things.”
“Ask the white dudes who named it, I don’t know.” Peter snorted, resuming his position of pressing against the window. “You can go to sleep if you want, we’re about an hour from the cabin.”
He said this mostly for show, recognizing how Peter was already relaxing into the sweet embrace of Morpheus.
...
Peter’s eyes sluggishly blinked open just as the car rumbled to a stop. “We’re h’re?” He mumbled sleepily, pulling himself up from his place against the seatbelt.
“We’re here,” Tony confirmed, opening his door and stepping into the afternoon sun.
Peter followed, sighing and pushing the car door open. He had just pulled himself out of the car when he stopped dead in his tracks and closed his eyes.
“What’s wrong?” Tony asked, worry tinging his voice.
“Nothing,” Peter whispered, a smile beginning to pull his mouth up, “it’s quiet.”
Tony smiled back at him and started unloading their duffel bags. “It’s nice?”
Peter had yet to open his eyes. “So nice,” he murmured. The teen opened his eyes, taking in the surroundings properly. “This place is... it’s stunning, Mr.Stark.”
Tony smiled. “I thought you’d like it.”
Peter could see the lake from where they stood, but it was through the sprinkling of trees that grew high enough that Peter thought he could see them brush the blue of the sky. The water sparkled like crystal, stark and clear against the browning forest floor that shifted and crinkled as he shifted. Everything smelt of cedar and moss. The cabin was up the drive, wooden and big enough to be comfortable and small enough to be cozy.
It was perfect.
Sun filtered through the branches and lit the space in patches, and a breeze took the heat with it, leaving only cool contentedness; it such a surreal and idyllic scene that Peter almost wanted to blink to clear the dream away.
“I...” But there were no words for what Peter was feeling at that moment; peace, maybe, peace and quiet. “I really like it, Mr.Stark,” the boy finally whispered, tears prickling at his eyes.
“Oh- oh no, Peter... don’t cry. Why are you crying?” Tony dropped the bag and gathered the boy into his arms. “Hey, you’re okay… what’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” Peter sobbed, “I’m fine.”
He couldn’t help but chuckle at the response. “You don’t sound fine, Underoos."
“I’m just really happy,” Peter continued to cry.
“Alright,” Tony grinned, pulling the teenager’s head closer to his heart. “As long as you’re happy.”
…
“Mr.Stark, why couldn’t we swim until literally midnight?”
“You’ll see kid; don’t doubt me!”
“I have to doubt you, or else Ms.Potts would be mad at us - you - way more often than she is.”
Peter stuck his tongue out cheekily at the billionaire’s own snarky expression, mimicking him as he slipped the beach towel into the bag.
“I’m just saying,” the teenager continued, “we can’t even see anything without the light and it’s going to be cold as fuck out there.”
“First off, I’d say language but I don’t want to sound too much like Cap. Secondly, it was sunny and hot all day, it won’t be that bad, and trust me it will be worth it.”
“Fine,” Peter huffed, letting out an exaggerated sigh as he hauled the beach bag over his shoulder. “You should at least have to hold a bag,” he grumbled, “this is your idea.”
Tony pointed at himself. “Heart condition.” And then at Peter. “Enhanced. You do the math, genius.”
“‘You do the math genius’” the boy mocked, ducking a swat to the head.
“God,” Tony huffed without any real malice, “teenagers…”
With an exaggerated flourish he was out of the cabin and into the crisp night air, Peter rolling his eyes and following behind obediently. The pair walked the short trail to the lake, Peter’s flashlight lighting the way when Mr.Stark’s “dinosaur” torch flickered away and died halfway through.
They stopped a few metres away from the shore of the lake, where the water was gently dipping onto the sand and away again. Peter wasn’t exactly certain but he was fairly sure that finding a sandy lake was a rarity this far west in Canada.
“Okay,” he said expectantly, “now’s the time where you give me the explanation for why we’re here this late.”
“Do you know what a phosphorescent organism is?” Tony casually asked him instead. Peter blinked once at the sudden diversion and/or subject change.
“Yeah? The things that make light on their own? Right?”
“Yuppers, Underoos.” Peter watched, still confused, as Tony shed his shirt and began to make his way to the probably freezing lake water.
“And that has to do with this how?”
“Come here.” Tony held out his hand, already submerged up to his calf in the water. “It’s not cold, I promise; we’ll roast marshmallows in the cabin afterwards.”
Reluctantly, Peter did as he was told, wading into the not-unpleasantly cold lake till he was as far out as Tony was.
“Well, in this lake, there’s phosphorescent organisms,” Tony finally explained, a grin creeping up his face as Peter suddenly had a renewed excitement for their little voyage. “You can’t see them except in the dark, and you don’t feel them, but they only light up with movement.”
To demonstrate he shook his foot in the water, delighting in the way Peter’s face lit up as the little lights appeared.
“That’s… that’s so cool,” Peter breathed, glancing away from the water and back at his mentor, “and it’s safe?”
“I wouldn’t bring you if it wasn’t. Want to swim?” Peter nodded his head almost immediately, breaking out of his amazed stupor to smile mischievously and suddenly launch himself into the water, with an arm around Mr.Stark. “Brat!” Tony spat, laughing, when they resurfaced. “That’s one way to get used to the water I guess.”
But Peter was already paddling out into deeper waters, avidly watching his limbs as he did so.
With every twitch or kick the sparks would jump into existence, that’s what they looked like, the sparks that fly off of sparklers at New Years’ and birthday parties. They’d last just a second, and then they’d be gone. As Peter tread the water they flashed into existence moving with the motion of his kick.
The unbridled awe in his eyes made the entire trip worth it.
“It’s like galaxies crawling up my leg,” he exclaimed, looking at Tony with all this childlike wonder that was stored in everyone’s soul for exactly times like this. “This is- I mean- wow.”
“I know what you mean, kiddo.” Tony flipped onto his back and began to float, looking at the real stars instead of the ones flickering below them. “When I was a little younger than you my caretaker, Jarvis, took me on a road trip out here; the cabin is in his name. It kind of puts things into perspective, doesn’t it?”
“Yeah,” Pete whispered, floating beside him suddenly. “It really does. Small things, ya know? There’s still small little pockets of beauty out here.”
Tony glanced at him out of his peripherals, ruffling his hair as best he could while still floating. “I don’t need the lake to remind me of that, Pete, but yeah - you’re right.”
…
They stayed in the water for about an hour, Tony content to float as Peter dove and spun and flipped in the water, experimenting with the little lights.
By one Tony called the both of them in, concerned about Peter’s body temperature.
The teenager, of course, insisted he was fine, but his violent shivering when he wrapped himself in his towel said otherwise.
Tony fussed over him like a dad until he was bundled in about three blankets and sat next to the fire. Out of his little cocoon of fleece a marshmallow poker was roasting a marshmallow in the fire.
“Move over, Underoos,” Tony grunted, sitting next to the kid with a plop. His hair was still wet and the chill had clung to his skin, but Peter couldn’t thermoregulate the way he could; he’d gladly get sick before taking a blanket from him.
“You’re cold too though, Mr.Stark,” Peter grumbled, like he could read his mind.
“I’ll manage; keep your blankets on bud. The fire’s warm.” But Peter continued to grumble, sleepier now, Tony realized. The boy shifted closer and closer to his mentor, till he was leaning his head against his shoulder. “Hi, Pete,” Tony whispered, wiping away a stray curl.
“Hi,” he mumbled, grinning languidly.
“Comfy?” Peter shook his head. “No? What do we have to do to change that?”
Peter shrugged off one shoulder of his many blankets and slipped it around Tony, pushing his head into the crook of his neck. Tony’s instinctively wrapped an arm around his shoulder.
“Tha’s better,” the sleepy teen mumbled, burrowing further into the embrace.
“That’s good,” Tony hummed, pulling him in closer and resting his chin against his curls. “Take your marshmallow out now, that’s it. Look, perfectly golden.”
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quality? we don’t know her. I recently started uni though so like, this is a mixture of procrastination and random bouts of inspiration. I don’t think this warrants a tag list, it’s not all that impressive. XD
#what is quality? not this lol#can you tell I'm canadian#this is a once in a moon type thing#irondad#me writing fluff#fluff#Peter Parker and Tony Stark#not st*rker#camping#cuddling
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If A Moment is All We Are (5.1/?)
This chapter is REALLY long so I split the text ver into 2 parts for Tumblr.
AO3 link: here
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Story type: Romance/Drama/comedy
Pairing: Dazai x OC/reader (Dazai is endgame, fic is long-running and will also feature Kunikida x OC)
OC (Kusunoki Kyou) and Ability are based off of "The Story of Your Life," written by Ted Chiang, aka the basis of the Amy Adams movie "Arrival."
Rating: M for Blood/violence/themes of depression, anxiety, suicide TW: The second half of this story will deal more heavily with themes of suicide, depression/anxiety. *No major character death will occur*
Story follows OC as she joins the ADA, partners up with the detectives to solve various cases around Yokohama and develops feelings for Kunikida and Dazai (Dazai endgame).
Written for those who want an immersive ADA experience :)
Updates every Sunday evening around 6pm PST
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It wasn’t always like this.
Okay, maybe it was.
For as far back as I could remember, the visions had always been random, random events I would see of the future. If I was in physical contact with someone, the visions would be from their future. If I wasn’t, then the visions would be from my own life. Sometimes when I was really stressed, the visions of my future would actually come in the form of a dream, like in manga or novels.
Perhaps that was the best way to explain how The Story of Your Life worked; it was like taking out a book, keeping a finger against the pages and flipping until that finger finally caught on a single page. Then, flip open that page and read the first paragraph that jumps out; the book was the person’s life and the paragraph was the event, a single scene from that person’s future that I bore witness to.
The visions didn’t always show me death, blood and despair.
In fact, the very first vision I had was that of a puppy—a cute little thing my friend Kiko gifted me at my fifth birthday party. I must’ve seemed shockingly unsurprised (and possibly rude) to Kiko and her parents, but I couldn’t bring myself to explain that I’d seen her giving me this puppy half a year ago.
In retrospect, the puppy vision had been great. Sure, it took some of the fun out of a surprise gift but it was still a vision about a puppy. Honestly, if my visions were nothing more than glorified versions of baby animal videos, I’d be perfectly fine with that.
Maybe then, I wouldn’t be left with this overwhelming fear of my own Ability.
I used to be able to touch people, shake their hands, and hold them. In the beginning, “The Story of Your Life” only activated with a prolonged touch...
At first, “prolonged” meant more than ten seconds. That meant getting to play tag in kindergarten, going over to friends’ houses and having sleepovers. Normal stuff. My life didn’t even change all that much when ten seconds shrank to seven some time around middle school; I was able to play contact sports and go out on shopping trips without incident. Seven seconds became five halfway through high school. Again, no need to make lifestyle changes. I could still hold hands with friends, so long as it didn’t go on for too long and I was still able to have my first kiss without seeing even a hint of my boyfriend’s future.
And then, college. Five seconds was no longer doable. It became three at best and just before I’d become a shut-in, even an instantaneous touch was enough to trigger my Ability. By then, however, I’d gotten pretty used to having the visions, so I remained relatively unbothered when I’d see a vision of the barista breaking up with his girlfriend when I got my morning coffee. In other words, managing my Ability was no big deal.
Or so I thought.
About six months ago, my visions went from being an occasional distraction to a panic-inducing nightmare. I still wasn’t sure why...
Maybe it was just luck of the draw. I’d only seen good things, mostly, for the first ten-plus years at least: faraway cities, weddings, and graduations. Every once in a while there would be a failed exam or a lost wallet but overall nothing too out of the ordinary for an otherwise regular teenager to see.
Maybe it was just a sign of the times. As I got older, so did the people around me, so the more likely it was that they were entering that phase of their lives where things could start to go south. Or perhaps their previous lives were just catching up to them.
Or maybe, it was karma finally catching up to me. I’d be lying if I said that I’d never used my Ability for personal gain before. There were a few exams I managed to ace with the help of a well-timed touch of the hand and a few pitfalls I’d managed to avoid through a combination of sheer luck and a decently fast reflex. Perhaps six months ago, whatever granted me this power finally decided that I had a good run and it needed to end in the worst way possible...
And it all happened so quickly.
I never had much control over my visions to begin with and they never really bothered me before but suddenly, they were invading every part of my life—and with each vision I saw, the accuracy increased. My dreams became more vivid than ever; I would see things that had yet to occur and before I moved out, my college roommate would wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of my screams. I started passing out in the middle of class if someone so much as tapped my bare shoulder and when I came to again, it would be a minute before I remembered where I was and what I was doing. I was starting to consider seeking some kind of help until one day, I finally saw my first death.
It was horrible. I was at dinner with friends on a group date and I hit it off with one of the guys. He wanted to take me to the movies that weekend, and being relatively new to college and Yokohama in general, I agreed. Then, smiling, he’d held my hand just a millisecond too long and I saw it: him getting hit by a car while crossing the street.
I tried not to think about it too hard. Sometimes the vision were wrong. There were times when they’d been off by just a fraction of a second and because of that, I still had hope. Maybe there was a chance that things could change last minute, either by a miracle or by someone’s sheer force of will. But as time passed, my anxiety grew. He was running late and I didn’t like it. Finally, I spotted him at the intersection and, frantic, I waved him down just as the “walk” sign lit up and he started crossing the street.
That’s when it happened.
A single black vehicle, no license plate, ran a red... and ran into him.
I would remember seeing his body flying into the air for the rest of the semester.
After that, I started taking an alternate route to class, just to avoid going anywhere near the part of campus where he’d died. It wasn’t that people were whispering behind my back or accusing me of having a part of it—I just couldn’t handle the memory.
That was the first death.
The first.
It was as if some kind of floodgate had been opened. I had never seen death before that day but after...? Death became all I saw. I briefly shook hands with a foreign exchange student and immediately saw an image of a middle-aged woman lying in a hospital wing. The woman had been the student’s mother and I heard she died a week later. I could not have been responsible for the cancer that claimed her life but I spent weeks feeling guilty about it anyway. There was another incident where I accidentally, and literally, bumped into my English teacher on the way to class. I saw his brother being hit by a bus downtown. His death was announced a month later, on the morning news. When I saw it, I broke down in the middle of the cafeteria and my friend Eri had to take me home.
And it just kept happening.
I became afraid to touch people. I began wearing longer layers during the summer months and started keeping to myself. When even a brush of the hand or bumping into people on public transit could trigger a vision, I started wearing gloves. I got a lot of stares on the subway for wearing itchy winter gloves in the subtropical heat and the knitted fabric made gripping the overhead handholds difficult so I ended up changing to disposable nitrile instead. I got less stares for that but unfortunately, I eventually had to give up public transit entirely when I got squished between two tourists and had a panic attack in the middle of the car.
But giving up public transportation put me in a tough spot. My dorm was pretty far from campus and I didn’t know how to drive. If I really wanted to, I could walk but that would take far too long and make for far too many chances to see another person’s death. And I really didn’t want to ask anyone for a ride because that would just mean more questions and more explanations I wasn’t willing to give.
And yet somehow, I managed to make it work for a time, waking up early to go to class, avoiding hangouts in-between classes and running back to my dorm as soon as I got a chance. But I was still attending classes with lots of people in a crowded lecture hall and living with roommates in a dormitory building. Ultimately, the stress of trying to avoid people while also trying to keep up with increasingly difficult classes caused me to start having nightmares. They were frequent and they were bad. And I knew that these were all things that would someday happen to me: me and a friend being held hostage in an abandoned apartment building, a woman in a suit and sunglasses pointing two machine guns directly at my face, a man didn’t recognize growing steadily colder in my arms as I screamed for him not to leave me...
That following morning, I woke up sobbing—crying as if I wished I was the one who had died instead. When my roommate tried to comfort me, I jerked away out of instinct and immediately realized I’d made a mistake.
And that was it.
I couldn’t it take any more.
About a week later, I left the dorm and found myself a tiny studio apartment, one that I could still afford on my shoestring budget and more importantly, one where I could live completely alone.
Soon after, I dropped out of college and became a shut-in. In true shut-in fashion, I shunned all contact from classmates and friends in case someone came to visit and decide they needed to barge in because they couldn’t—shouldn’t—do such a thing. My apartment had become both my sanctuary and my jail. So long as nothing changed around me, none of the horrible visions would come to pass.
Thankfully, a month into my new lifestyle, the nightmares stopped.
So long as nobody came near me, I wouldn’t have to witness another death with my waking eyes...
I still remembered the night I decided to stop going to class. It was the same night I looked out the windows and saw my own reflection, touched my fingers to my face and pulled them away, confirming that it was indeed blood and not salt tears that dripped down my cheeks. I started avoiding mirrors from that day on and threw myself fully into watching anime, joining fandoms and drawing commissions, anything to distract myself from the invasive, self-destructive thoughts that grew stronger whenever I looked into a reflection of my own eyes.
Yes... Staying was the only solution. If I never stepped out of the apartment again, the world would be spared the sight of my hollow eyes and bloody tears... And I—I would be spared the curse of witnessing things I should never have seen to begin with.
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“So you’ve been holed up in your apartment for the last six months doing...”
Kunikida frowned, tapping his pen against his chin.
“What exactly? Rent in Yokohama isn’t cheap. How have you been supporting yourself?”
“Commissions,” I explained. “I started watching a lot of anime and playing video games and fans pay good money for drawings of their favorite characters, original characters or even pictures of themselves in a stylized form.”
Summing up my Ability meant practically telling these two my entire life story, not just recalling the events of this morning, and I had to commend the detectives’ patience for sitting through what I would’ve considered a pretty long-winded explanation. Now I was even telling them how I’d stretched my budget and supplemented my allowance.
I held out my hand.
“If I could have some paper and something to write with, I could show you, if you like...?”
Dazai immediately ripped Kunikida’s notebook and pen out of his hands. Ignoring his partner’s protests, he held them out to me and, throwing his arm out to keep Kunikida from taking back his own things, sat back to watch me draw. Within seconds, a coarse outline appeared on the pages, followed by facial features: eyes, nose, hair—a minute later, I handed back Kunikida’s notebook, a quick, rudimentary pen sketch of each detective on its two open pages.
As one, they leaned in to stare at it.
“This is pretty good,” Kunikida said, looking up at me. He squinted down at the page, tracing the lines with his fingers, mumbling, “Does my hair really look like that?”
“It is... isn’t it?” Dazai agreed, rubbing his chin.
As Kunikida puzzled over the drawing, a mischievous glint appeared in Dazai’s dark eyes.
“Kusunoki-san... Have you ever considered a career as a sketch artist?”
At once, Kunikida shot him a warning look.
“Don’t even think about it, Dazai,” he growled, “Making decisions without the President’s approval—”
“I’m not making a decision, only a suggestion,” Dazai declared. “And what’s wrong with a good suggestion?”
“Dazai...”
Ignoring Kunikida entirely, he turned to me.
“Really, I don’t know how we survived like this for so long. We’re a detective agency, one of the best in the city and yet, we don’t have a sketch artist... It’s a shame, don’t you agree, Kusunoki-san? What do you think? Interested in a change of career?”
“Wait... are you asking me to join you?” I asked warily, looking from one detective to the other. “Why would you want someone like me? I can’t fight. I don’t even know how to shoot a gun.”
“I’m asking you,” Dazai said pointedly, “if you would be interested in becoming a sketch artist. I mean, it just so happens that we are in dire need of one—(“No one said that!” Kunikida roared)—and you happen to have the exact skill set we are looking for! Not to mention you’re an Ability User... Just think of all the people you could help.”
“I don’t know,” I mumbled, looking away, “Wouldn’t someone like me be more of a burden than an asset? I can’t even control my Ability, much less use it to help people—”
“But what if you could control it?”
I froze. Having had no control of my Ability for my entire life, the possibility hadn’t even occurred to me...
“There’s a way?” I asked, looking back up just as Dazai’s grin turned into a triumphant smirk. “How?”
“I could tell you,” he drawled, his smirk growing even wider, “But it’s a closely guarded secret. You’d have to join us if you want to find out... Of course, I’d be more than happy to vouch for you if you’d like to apply—”
“Dazai—!! You—!”
Kunikida was on his feet.
“We can’t just offer a job to every stray Ability User we rescue from the Port Mafia! Atsushi was one thing but—”
“Oh my, so you’d be perfectly fine sending a nice girl like her back into the jaws of the Port Mafia? Really, I thought better of you, Kunikiiiiiida-kun—”
“That’s not what I said!”
“So you agree, we should take her in?”
Kunikida’s face was in his hands.
“Look, it’s not that I don’t want to help, but it’s not our decision to make! And besides, she’s clearly been through enough, what makes you think she would agree to—”
“I’ll do it.”
Kunikida’s mouth dropped open. He looked stunned.
“You will—? Wait, no, I never said I agreed—”
“Let me apply,” I said, looking him firmly in the eyes. “I want to help people. I’ve always wanted to. Isn’t that what you do here at the Agency? Use your special Abilities to make their lives better?”
“That’s true,” Kunikida admitted, folding his arms over his chest, “But this can be a dangerous job. Especially for a non-combatant. You almost died today! Why do you want to help people so bad? In fact, let me ask you...”
His eyes flashed from behind his glasses, his expression fierce.
“Why did you go so far for a neighbor with whom you weren’t particularly close?”
I glared right back.
“I had to save her.”
“But it sounds like you already did, when you pulled her off the sidewalk—”
“That’s not good enough!” I burst out, startling Kunikida. “How could I say I saved her, truly saved her, if I knew she was going to die in a week and I did nothing to stop it?”
My hands clenched into fists.
“That doesn’t count. Saving someone means seeing it through to the end, to fully committing yourself and doing what’s right! Isn’t that what you did for me? What both of you did to bring me here today?”
Kunikida was struck dumb. Stuffing his hands into his pockets, Dazai got to his feet.
“I think it’s about time I take Kusunoki-san back to her apartment,” he said, making his way to the door, his long tanned trench coat swishing elegantly as he moved.
He patted Kunikida on the shoulder.
“I’ll let you think about what we should tell the President later.”
Kunikida instantly flushed an angry, embarrassed pink.
“Dazai, you—”
Ignoring his partner, Dazai called out to me.
“Kusunoki-san? I won’t be taking you back to your original apartment tonight. We’ll be going to one of the Agency’s safe houses instead. After everything that’s happened, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Port Mafia had staked out your building and had someone ready and waiting for you at home. And if you’re wondering, Yamazaki-san is on her way to her nephew’s place in Nagano, so you won’t need to worry about her.”
“But what about my things?” I asked, “What am I gonna tell the landlord?”
“It’s already been taken care of,” Dazai replied, opening the door for me. “Shall we?”
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Okay so could you write a headcanon where 2 random boys (can you pick then? I love all of boys from hq) and Ushi-kun where they walk on their gfs fangirling or thirsting over another anime/game character?And she was talking how hot he is? How they would react?👀😂 have a great day/night and dont forget to eat and get rest, love you💕
A/N: hahahahaha i laughed while writing this. FYI these are all based on legit crushes i had on anime/game characters at some point in my life - see if you’ve watched the shows i’ve watched :) ILY I PROMISE I’M DOING MY BEST TO EAT THREE MEALS A DAY AND GET ADEQUATE SLEEP MWAH. also i went overboard and added an extra boy bc why not. These are a little shorter since there were 4 characters but I hope you enjoy!
Content warning: implied nsfw for Atsumu + slight nsfw hcs for Matsukawa (Matukawa’s hcs are below the cut - UPDATE TUMBLR IS NOT LETTING ME PUT THE CUT WHERE I WANT IT SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS IMPLIED/SLIGHT NSFW FOR THE LAST 2 CHARACTERS
PS: If anyone wants a spicy sequel/one shot for matsukawa i’m open to the idea 👀👀 let me know in my inbox!
Ushijima Wakatoshi
Ushijima definitely knows you’re into anime + games
Having visited your dorm room on multiple occasions he’s seen your extensive collection of manga, anime posters and you always seem to be playing on your switch whenever you have free time
Of course, he notices a significant portion of your collection is centered on male characters
And you’ve definitely mentioned a few games to him - Ikemen Sengoku, Code:Realize, Hakuouki (wow i’m really out here exposing myself) etc.
He doesn’t really mind though? Like - at the end of the day these are 2D men, whereas he is a very real boyfriend
At least he thinks he doesn’t mind
Recently, he notices that you seem to be on your phone a lot, and you seem to be texting the same group chat very often
He asks why and you laugh - it’s not actual text messages you’re just trying out a new otome/simulation game called Mystic Messenger. He finds the name silly but he just brushes it off he’s definitely J E A L O U S
Until one day he walks into your room while you’re calling one of your friends to freak out about that specific game
You sound kind of teary from outside the door “Oh MY GOD OH MY GOD I GOT THE GOOD ENDING WITH JUMIN!” and “[friend name] I THINK I CAN DIE HAPPY I’M MARRIED TO JUMIN HAN WHAT MORE DO I NEED IN LIFE” and “HE’S SO FREAKING ATTRACTIVE UGH I AM BLESSED”
He’s like who TF is Jumin and immediately bursts into your room looking pissed off
Poor babie is all like “you’re married?” and “if you had someone else you were interested in you should have told me.” “Who is this Jumin Han???” 🧐
Oh my god you start cackling, but you manage to tell him that NO you are not married and that Jumin Han is a fictional character from the game you’re playing
Ushijima looks confused after you explain - why would you find fictional men attractive when you’re already dating him?
Tendou almost dies laughing the next day when Ushijima tells him about what happened
Oikawa Tooru
Since practice finishes pretty late he usually goes to see you at your house at night, but tonight things wrapped up earlier - he’s excited to spend more time with you
You’ve finished up most of your homework so you’ve just been rewatching Attack on Titan since you’re super excited for the new season
You’re kinda distracted/have headphones on so you don’t hear your boyfriend knock on the front door. Your mom answers it and lets him in and he climbs the stairs
He can hear your fangirling (freaking out) over something as he walks towards your room
You jump in surprise when he opens the door, because you thought he would be a bit later but immediately release your pent up excitement
“Tooru just LOOK at him he’s such a bad ass like oh my gosh he literally has swords and he’s still running around slaying the MPs who have guns. God whenever he gets angry he looks so hot,” etc. etc.
You’re shoving your laptop in his face, showing him gifs and video of attack on titan, specifically the captain of the survey corps that you are obsessed with
Tooru gets it - for him its space, shitty alien films and astronomy. For you it’s video games and anime - or more specifically, handsome characters from said franchises
Even though he understand that it’s something you’re passionate about he still makes a whole show about whining how you’re in love with Levi Ackerman (lmao i still thirst over our favorite captain) instead of him
“y/n i’m taller than him! And more handsome! He has blood on him all the time! And he’s super annoying because he’s obsessed with cleaning.” *cue pouty Tooru*
You probably shouldn’t tell him that you are an avid follower of the levi x reader tag on tumblr
Tooru still somehow finds out you’re also reading reader insert fanfic and goes BERSERK with his pouting and whining - literally everyone and their mothers have heard his sob story about how “his darling y/n is leaving me for a short germaphobic asshole”
The rest of the team finds it hilarious - the end up pranking him by posting pictures of Levi in his school locker or texting them in the volleyball groupchat (Oikawa is Suffering™)
Makki and Mattsun get him a Levi keychain for his birthday and cackle when he chucks it violently into the nearest trash can
Miya Atsumu
Doesn’t really know you’re into anime/gaming at first
I don’t think that’s on purpose - Atsumu just has such a one track mind when it comes to volleyball and he’s always busy with practice
so he just kinda doesn’t really give all the anime merch in your room a second glance even though it’s a dead giveaway
I bet Atsumu secretly watches some superhero anime - probably shounen stuff like My Hero Academia, one punch man etc.
He probably starts to notice you’re into anime/games because you’ll play games on your phone/gaming device all the time
One day he notices you’re giggling + blushing while looking at your screen. He’s curious to he heads over to you when coach says they can have a break
Peeks over your shoulder because he wants to know what you’re playing - but instead he’s greeted by some 2D samurai guy called Harada Sanosuke asking you to marry him
“Huh, I didn’t know you were into this kinda stuff y/n” tries to sound playful but internally he is screaming / ?????? WOT I DIDN’T KNOW MY S/O WAS INTO OTOME GAMES
Atsumus pretty chill about it at first, he probably teases you a lot about playing the game but isn’t really bugged about it
“Maybe you should thirst over your boyfriend instead of a fictional character babe~”
I mean - he knows he’s attractive and why be jealous? You only really play the game when he’s busy and you don’t really let the game play seep into your dates/hangouts
But one time he walks in on you reading some ~spicy~ hakuouki x reader fanfic and he’s like are u serious
Like you were lowkey quiet screaming to yourself and muttering “omg omg omg” when he walked in and you definitely tried to close your laptop so he couldn’t see what was open in your browser
Too bad Atsumu has mad reflexes and manages to prevent you from making your computer go to sleep
Briefly skims whatever it was that you were reading and smirks at you
“Hey, if you really want something like this, why don’t you let your real boyfriend deliver” before kissing you
Matsukawa Issei
Look, Issei just wants a chill movie/tv show night where the two of you can bundle up on the couch and binge whatever anime you feel like
Has everything set up - this man is ready to go: snacks? he has all of your favorites, couch? filled with soft pillows + multiple pillows. Attire? Comfy sweatpants shirtless 🥵
Last time he chose the series for your binge sleepover so he let you choose what the two of you were gonna watch this time
Turns out you decided to watch Psycho-Pass - it seemed like a pretty cool show, he was down with the whole dystopia/psychological concept
Starts out pretty normal, is appreciating the action + mystery elements and is glad that you chose that show
About halfway through the anime you two decide to take a break - he goes to the kitchen to refill your snacks, leaving to stretch you back.
When he comes back with more food, he notices that you’re hunched over your phone, typing something
He sneaks up behind you after he puts the food down, “Whatcha reading there babe?” You squeak and try to hide your phone, but not before he sees the words kougami x reader typed into your tumblr search bar
Lit-rally exCuSE me what - he’s not mad (more amused than anything else) but he also kind wants to tease you (bc Mattsun is a little shit)
“Is that the reason you wanted to watch this show?” he asks playfully. “He’s pretty hot tho, I kinda agree with you there babe.”
Now that he’s released the floodgate, he can’t stop your occasional comments like “omg how does he look so GOOD when he’s punching someone” or “he could shoot me with his dominator and i’d still say thank you”
The thirst comments are kinda getting to him, so he decides to take things in a different direction
“Let me what I can show you with my dominator~” L M A O I’M SORRY THIS EXISTS
Suddenly you’re being pulled onto his lap, and pressed against his bare chest, Issei barely gives you time to adjust before he’s kissing you roughly, tongue plunging into your mouth
His hands wrap around your hips pressing your core closer to his own, and you can feel his hard-on pressing into your stomach
He’ll be sure to suck a dark hickey onto the side of your neck and his hands travel under your shirt, just to remind you who your real boyfriend is
Needless to say, you won’t remember a single thing about the second half of the show after the night is over couch sex? Couch sex 😏
general taglist: @bokutokoutaroo @sneezefiction
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Three Heroes: Various!BNHA x Reader (Part 8)
This is a Todoroki x Bakugo x Reader x Midoriya fanfic, inspired by the My Hero Academia movie: Two Heroes, due to the readers presence the storyline will be adjusted.
Warning(s): Blood, Violence, Angst, Fluff, Poly!Relationship, Swearing, mature content, etc.
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As All Might held his daughter in the crushing debris of metal, your glowing eyes flickering with light, illuminating the small space between you both. Your head on his chest, your hands now limp at your sides and blood slowly dripping from between your lips.
Toshinori sniffled, letting out a small sob as he held you tight, wishing there was something he could do. But, he knew, despite all the power he held, it didn't change the fact that you were dying in his arms.
He thought at one point he's always be able to protect you, to shelter you from the world, that's what he was right, a symbol of peace? And yet, he felt anything but peace in this moment.
He wished he could start over. Not just from this moment but from the beginning, from the moment he held you in his arms as you gurgled with bubbling happiness in his face, as a baby. Your first day at Preschool, where he as forced to miss watching you take your first steps in a school because of his hero work. Your first few birthdays, where you sat at the house, with only the maid to keep you company, even Aizama and Mic had made it before he did. But, they were the only ones who had shown. And still, all the times he was late, had missed a special moment, you laughed and cheered for him, calling him your hero and acting like you never shed a tear those days, never been upset with him, never wanted to tell him how you felt. He always said he was sorry, he always apologized and made things better by just being there for you, but those apologies didn't mean anything if he just did it again and again and again...
It was only now, as you were squeezed to his chest, compressed together by blocks of metal, your heart slowly giving out in your chest, that he realized he had taken you for granted all these years. And now, having risked your life and soul for him and so many others, he could only do what always did, he apologized.
"I'm sorry," he cried into your hair, his large hand shakily running through your (h/c) locks. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry, my baby. I'm so sorry."
It was your 9th birthday.
He had your present in his hand, his feet moving faster than he probably ever had them. He was already running late, he had contacted all the friends you knew, all the classmates you were friendly with. Probably your entire school had been invited, he just wanted this day to be perfect for you.
He ran through the streets, passing by like a blur, leaping into the sky ever few seconds to spread his distance farther. He was almost home, the an was already so close to setting and he may have already missed you blowing out your candles. But, he would make it for your present opening, he had too.
But, that's when there was an explosion beside him, just as he was about to leap into the sky, one more and he'd have been home. But, he raises a brow as a villain runs from the burning bank, through the streets, his eyes wide as he looks behind him to see All Might. He runs faster, his body mutilating into a giant beast and taking the bag of loot in his bare, canine teeth.
"Stop! Villain!" All Might grin's, his finger pointing towards the thief in front of him, however, behind the grin he sweats profusely, knowing he'll probably miss his daughters birthday entirely.
The police show, acknowledging him for his work, taking the petty villain off to give him trial for his crimes. All Might is quickly rummaged by reporters from the scene, a camera, a news camera being pushed into his face and his grin almost fades. He was on the news, you could be watching it right now, having figured out he had missed such a big moment for you because of a pathetic villain that any other hero could've taken on. "E-excuse me, citizens! I must get going!" He doesn't leave any time for questioning after that and bounds away.
When he enters the house, a large smile on his face, he holds out the gift in his hand as he closes the front door behind him with a kick of his heel. "Do not wait any longer for I..." for once, he doesn't finish. His eyes widening and his grin nearly drops entirely as he sees what's in front of him. "Where's...where's everybody, darling?" He asks you, you were sitting on the couch, your cake on the table in front of you, yellow frosting decorating the sides and a picture of her father himself and her, both smiling widely with silly faces from he carnival last year. You were alone, small lights decorating the room, large balloons with the large words, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, (Y/N)! decorating the room. He had set up purple and yellow wallpaper around the house, confetti around the windows and floors to celebrate so you could pull them yourself after blowing out your candles. Your father had decorated himself, trying to make this day as special as he could, he realized halfway he really had no idea what he was doing. He really had never done this for you, without help, making him feel worse.
But, no one had showed, your nanny, the usual maid had been off for the weekend, how could he have forgotten? You never really brought friends to the house, he never had realized you didn't have any, none that really liked you any way. Him calling the school, inviting your classmates, they didn't even know who he was talking about, his classmates had avoided you and neglected talking to you since you've started your schooling. But, he would've never known, he's never asked, he just assumed...you were such a loving little girl, you've always talked so fondly of your classes, your peers. Only because you saw the good instead of the bad, despite how horribly you felt.
All Might walked forwards, his daughter having his back to him as the TV screen flickered with the news, he looks up, paling as he sees himself, talking from his latest rescue. This was his third time today, he was grinning widely, already late to attend his daughters party as he talked with the reporters. All Might quickly took the remote in his hand and turned the TV off, he let out the breath he had been holding, his brows furrow in disappointment of himself. He walks in front of you, his eyes saddening as he sees the small sniffles you make as tears slowly run down your flushed face. Your fork poking into your cake as you push it around, your appetite almost nonexistent in your sadness. As he takes away your plate slowly, he leans down on his knees in front of you, "Hey, darling, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I'm late," he apologized, stroking the side of your face, wiping the tears in your eyes. "I forgot--" he began, you interrupt him, shaking your head as you cry.
"You always forget! You always forget about me!" You gasp in a sob, bringing up your hands to wipe your tears. "You always remember everyone else but me!" You jump off the couch, running past him as he tries to stop you, you're materializing right through his hand and he gasps before watching you sprint off to your room. "Why can't you just be here, like you are for everyone else!?"
He can't help but look after you in shock, he had ruined the night entirely for you. You had even waited up for him, he turned his head, his heart throbbing harder as he notices the slice of cake with his name on it, literally. Having cut out a slice with your own name from the cake and his, you had specifically wanted a cake that would celebrate both of you, despite his birthday being months away. He took the plate from the table, feeling his form fade away, Toshinori Yagi taking the place of All Might. He hangs his head, looking down at the cake in his hands, he hadn't meant for this night to go this way, he didn't want to ruin this.
He quickly stands to his feet, taking the gift at his side, he needed to make this right, he may have messed up but he could do this over. He runs towards the stairs, nearly soaring up the steps in one leap, his knuckles knocking against your door once before it opens. He's surprised to say the least, he expected to be waiting outside your door all night. "(Y/n),"I didn't mean to make you upset, princess. I'm sorry I'm late, but I can make it up to you! I'll take you to the spring carnival, it's uptown and we can go on all the rides you want," he then reached into his pocket, pulling out two crinkled tickets, "Here, ya see, we can even get you're favorite, Kakigõri, it's on the way. I know you love it," he could see your eye's light up. He remembered now, you only liked it so much because it meant he spent the whole day with you, no interruptions.
You were hiding behind the door, he was on his knees in front of you but he still towered over your short frame. He smiled at you, reaching out to you, his gift in his hand, it was almost your size, "Just open it. I know you'll like it," he promised, sitting down on the ground, he hoped you'd take it. But, instead of taking the present from him, you passed it entirely, he was immediately worried but his eye's went wide as you collapsed in his chest. Wrapping your tiny arm's around his torso, your wet cheeks soaking through his T-Shirt, sniffling as your fingers took handfuls of his shirt.
"I was scared y-you'd get hurt!" Your voice shook as your grip on his shirt grew desperate. "I thought--I thought I'd be alone! I didn't wanna be alone!" You sobbed as your father set the gift down, holding you close as he set you out in his lap. Never having had you break down like this, you've always kept a smile on your face, sweet and forgiving as usual. But, he's never seen you like this, "I hate being alone, daddy!" She shook her head, screaming into his chest. "I don't wanna be alone anymore!" She admitted.
He's never felt worse. Never felt like such a failure. You've felt this way all this time? He hugged you, letting you sob your heart out, he felt like doing the same but he didn't for you, he needed to be strong for you. He always felt like he had too, when all you've ever wanted from him was to just be there, not just when it counted but when it didn't.
"I love you, you know that, right?" He didn't know why he felt he had to ask, but he did.
"Yes. And I love you, you believe me, right daddy?" Why would he ever question that? He knew your heart was bigger than the oceans themselves, so why would you ask that? The thought bugs him the entire night, even as you open the present he bought you, hugging the plush stuffed animal in your hands. A wide smile on your face like nothing had happened, your tears had dried but he couldn't help the guilt that consumed him when he saw how tight you held it, how much it meant to you. What was the last birthday he had actually been present for?
He didn't understand then, why you would think your love for him was something he could ever question. He understands now, as heart wrenching as it was, that you weren't questioning your love for him, you were questioning his love for you. Did your father love you enough to know that you loved him? He'd stay with you, right? Even if he didn't love you as much as he loved the rest of the world?
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"Detroit..." he hears.
"SMASH!"
The holding breaks apart, metal flying, debris hitting the ground in copious amounts as everyone tries to cover themselves from the damage.
All Might can see his successor, Young Midoriya, his fist outstretched, having released his punch to free him and you. Before he can react, Izuku is hit out of the sky, a metal scrap coming down to hit him and All Might, sending them all hurtling out of the air.
All Might quickly sits up, hauling the piece of metal off of his back and away from Midoriya, he's standing over you, your head turned to the side as you struggle to breathe as blood fills your throat. Your father drops to his knees once more, sitting you up as your eye's water as you shake in agony, his hand coming up to caress the side of your face. "It's ok, you're gonna be ok," he strokes your hair, for once the symbol of peace is struggling to smile. Izuku regains his senses behind him, before gasping and letting out a distressed sound as he crawls over quickly.
"(Y/n)! No! (Y/n)," Izuku covers his mouth, his eyes blurring with tears as he watches the strand of blood the leaks from the corner of your mouth. The skin around your chest darkened, a bruising purple and blue fading beneath your dress and towards your collarbone. The brooch he had given you, now cracked, shattered to pieces, it seemed to have lost all of its ruby color almost as if blood had drained from it. It was like your heart. Having been destroyed to pieces.
"(Y/n)?" Izuku looks up, seeing Bakugo and Shouto running towards them. Bakugo having yelled with such worry, he had to look up to make sure it was him, he's never heard Kacchan sound like that. But, he knew he was just as scared as the rest of us, you were dying in your father's arms. "(Y/n)!" They're stopped before they can reach, metal flying from the sky and swinging at them. "Dammit!"
The villain from above begins to speak, a chuckle bursting from his mouth, laughing menacingly although he was slumped against his mountain of metal. "Just like everyone...you're not as immortal as you think you are, All Might! You were dumb enough to think that no one would figure it out!" He throws his head back, cackling. "I admit, I would've kept her for myself. If an enemy of yours hadn't tipped me off, I would've! But, this, now this is perfect! I get to see you crumble as you watch the last of your family die with you, I won't lie, I am more than pleased with myself as I know...All for One will be," the name was said low, but it was enough for All Might to look up, his eyes wide in horror and disbelief.
"All for One is behind this?!" He seethed.
"When I asked why he bothered he was happy to explain his interest!" The villain continued as he had your father's attention now, "To think, All Might would've been so easily conquered. To think, all I had to do was..." he reached out his hand a ball of metal in his grasp. He began to crush it within his fist, making All Might sneer and glare at him, while the villain let it fall to the earth below, it seemed to shatter. "A heart so fragile, is not meant for the violence of battle. I could've protected her from that, I could've saved her from this fate," Wolfram shook his head as if in some way, upset, before smirking. "But, I can still spare her the time to get rid of her old man right? Now come, symbol of peace! Come to meet your death!" His hands came up, metal flying into the air to conjoin together. As he does so, he smirks darkly, "Revel in the last few moments you have, together," he says, preparing himself.
"Dad?"
All Might looks down at you, you're eyes bloodshot and leaking with tears, he tries to smile as he holds you close. "(Y/n)," he breathes.
You tried to suck in a breath, gasping. "Am I...am I gonna die?"
He couldn't help the tears that escaped him, pulling you to his chest as you whimpered. "No, no, why would you--why...why would think that? You're gonna be ok. We're gonna get you help. We're gonna go home and I'll get your favorite ok? Kakigõri, remember? We used to get it everytime I..." he doesn't finish, his eyes widening. He only gets it everytime he wants to make something up to you, he always buys it when you're sad, it's mostly because of him or school. But, it always meant he'd stay with you at least until he had to go. "Everything's going to be ok. Remember, remember I said, I said I'd take you with me around the world, didn't I say that? When you got your license, I'll take you everywhere, I could show you every country, we'd save so many, together. You're gonna be great," he said, pulling away so he could see your face which was stained with tears and your eye's were closing. "You're gonna be amazing. A better hero, than I..." he tool in a breath as he watched your eye's glaze over as you smiled weakly, your tears endless. "Than i...Than I...ever was. Darling. (Y/n)..." He feels his heart give way as he watches painfully as your beautiful eyes lose their light, your chest going still and your head going limp to the side. He slowly, agonizingly takes your face in his hands, "(y/n)?" His voice shakes and crumbles as he comes to a terrifying truth.
It's like watching the world collapse while he stood safely at the side, watching helplessly as it takes everything you love along with it.
Toshinori shook violently and everything stopped, everything ceased to be, he felt darkness swell like a rain cloud over his head as you took all the light in the world with you.
He held you tight, fearful of letting you go, but then he threw his head back and sucked in a breath, his eyes closing as his heart broke into pieces.
Toshinori screamed.
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Day 37
It’s 12am and my phone is buzzing and I cannot sleep. What the fuck is going on.
You have 20 new notifications
I click open our class chat first, and to my surprise, it’s all birthday messages.
Clown: Did you guys actually have to type me a whole essay? Thank you tho <3
Pebble: A well written essay!
Sam: Time well spent
My phone vibrates and I’m invited to a call from a handful of friends.
Joining Your Neighborhood Pizza delivery service’s call…
“It’s 12am let me sleep”
“Are you not happy that we’re wishing you happy birthday at 12am?”
“I am, it’s just I’m also exhausted for no reason”
“You’re going out for a McDonalds run right?”
“Yeah. You guys woke me up halfway through”
“Sorry”
“I’m sorry it’s 12am and I really wanna know who’s in this call right now”
“Ah! It would be Estelle, Beanie, Min, “
“Your son”
“Mint”
“Sun”
“What the fuck are you guys doing awake?”
“Admiring the stars”
“Sure. Totally believe you”
“Cressie it’s your birthday.”
“One year closer to my demise I guess”
“You’re insane”
“So I’ve been told”
“Ah. Check your mailbox in the morning! There should be a couple things in there”
I yawn. 6 hours of sleep isn’t enough to run on.
“Alright get to bed. Sleep your last 3 hours and I’ll be waiting for you at 3am”
“Mint you’re the most punctual out of all of us why are you picking me up?”
“I’ve never had a McDonalds run with you. Besides, It’s Friday.”
“Alright I’m sleeping now good night”
“Good night birthday girl!”
“That’s so cheesy ksjdfalfa”
Sure enough, at 3am, I wake up and find Mint outside my door, vibing in his car. I shake my head and lock the door.
“Good morning Mint”
“Morning”
“You’re mean you know that?”
“Happy birthday Mint”
“Right back at you”
“HEY REMEMBER WHEN YOU JUST STRAIGHT UP LEFT ME ON READ WHEN I WISHED YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY-”
“I THOUGHT WE WERE OVER THAT ALREAY”
“My salty ass could never”
“Alright what do you want for your birthday?”
“Neither of us give anything-”
“Our Asian ass could never”
“HOnestly”
“Ah. I do have a present for you though”
My hand reaches into my backpack and I pull out a scrapbook.
“In true Crescent fashion, I present to you our scrapbook”
“What?”
“A collection of all the photos we have together with little commentary along the way. This is now yours” I beam.
“You’re joking”
“Nope”
“I didn’t even get you anything like his I-”
“You don’t need to”
He snickers and hands me a small box.
“I found it while shopping online, and it reminded me of that one time A gave you a rainbow rose so I figured I would give you an eternal one”
I stare at the rose. It’s rainbow, and I was surprised he even remembered that his brother had given me one. I tear up slightly, maybe its because I wasn’t used to getting gifts from him, or the sudden change of heart but I mean-
“I’m crying”
“You’re always crying”
“SHUT UP KDFSKFSHDJF”
My hands clink at the glass softly, and Mint hums in appreciation as he flips through the scrapbook.
“Where’s this photo from?”
“Hm?” He points at a photo where both he and his brother are jumping on the trampoline while I’m sitting.
“Your mom sent it to my mom a few years back”
“Ah”
There’s a comfortable silence that passes over us, and I decide to answer all the texts that I had received about my birthday while he flipped through the book.
After about a dozen thank you!’s and 4 conversations, I finish. Mint snickers when he flips to the last page.
“You just had to put that one last huh?”
On the last page lies Mint and I at Junior prom last year. It was a tradition to go with eachother, and my friend had taken a photo where we were pretending to make out.
”Why? Don’t want your future wife seeing it?”
“No. It’s just you saved the best for last” he snorts.
“Of course” I hum.
“Alright what do you want from McDonalds?”
“Ice cream”
“You’re literally bleeding this week no”
“Uhhh. Fries?”
“Sure”
Mint starts his car and we head off. The sky is a calm blue. A dark shade that leaves you wondering if there’s more out there. It was ironic that I had met him so long ago. It was even more surprising when he moved here for junior and senior year. I was horribly confused, and the only explanation he could muster out was a job change for his parents. But I was pretty sure they just wanted to have A mature in a different environment.
“Lost in thought again?”
“Mhm. You never told me how and why you moved here in detail”
“Nothing really. It was a job change on my parents part, and a new path for A”
“What about you?”
“I wanted to chase the only person who never gave up on me”
“You’re disgusting”
“Better than confessing to my crush every day for a whole year”
“LEAVE ME ALONE”
“You’re the one who brought up how I chased you all the way to California”
“I still wonder how you can pin after someone like me”
“At some point I realized you saw me as a brother”
“I wish I could do that.”
“You’re a hopeless romantic. Have some fun every once in a while”
“Are you implying I should have a one night stand?”
“Once you’re a legal adult sure”
“Bad decision making except it’s Mint giving me bad advice as a joke”
“I hate you”
“Love you too~”
“You’re disgusting”
“Bleh”
HE pulls up at the McDonalds drive-through and I scream.
“dEAR ARE YOU ALIVE?”
“OMG HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING! EVERYTHING’S ON ME TODAY”
“WTF DEAR NO”
“NO OBJECTIONS. IS MINT WITH YOU?”
“I’m here”
“Happy birthday Mint darling anyways what do you guys want?”
“The usual”
“Nothing new?”
“Nope”
“Alright! See you at the second window!”
“Cressie darling I got you a gift!”
“I- what?”
“Gift.” He tosses something through the car window and it lands in my hands.
“What is it?”
“Check”
I click open the box and I find a small pendant with a moon.
“I thought you were a broke high school student?”
“But the boss gave me a raise and told me to get something nice for my lover and like I don’t have one so I mean-”
“I don’t deserve you” I sniff.
“Stop crying darling you’re scaring me”
I really hope you find yourself a lover this year or I will fight everyone around me I SWEAR”
“You’re being too loud again Cress”
“Sorry”
He hands us our food and waves us goodbye. It was funny to me. I had so many friends around me now that I had grown.
“Are you gonna make a birthday post?”
“Oh for Serenity!” I gasp.
I type away and Mint steals a couple fries from me. I hiss at him while typing.
“Too bad” he shrugs.
School rolls around and I ‘m met with 20 happy birthdays and a couple gifts fro my other friends. Surprise surprise I have other friends. Z and Sun’s gift surprises me the most.
“Cress” Sun calls for me after school.
“Hm?”
“Happy birthday” He hands a medium-sized box to me.
“You always make us scrapbooks for our birthdays so I thought I’d try to make one for you”
“Have I ever told you how much I love you-”
“You remind me pretty often but yeah”
I open the box and a seat little scrapbook sits inside. There’s a white pen, a silver one, and a gold pen rolling around next to it, and there’s a small letter. Z tackles me from behind and I crash into Sun’s chest.
“Z what the f-”
“Language” Sun glares.
“Your gift!” Z hands me a small photo sized box.
“Photos?”
“You made a whole batch with notes on the back for me so I decided to print a bunch for you!”
“Thank you Z” I sniff slightly.
“What’s wrong! Do you not like it?”
“No no! I’m emotional haha” I muster up a smile. My cursed birthday luck was gonna catch up with me soon. I just felt it.
“No worries! It was the least I could do” Z smiles.
I nod in response. The rest of the day carries out like normal, and I find myself tired by the end of the day. My classmates threw me a party, and at the end of the day, my friends threw me another one. I enjoyed it, but I was waiting for my cursed birthday luck to catch up to me, I could never be happy until it occurred.
“If you’re thinking about that birthday curse of yours again, I’d advise you to know that with me, there’s no chance of having bad birthday luck” Mint hums. His birthdays had no bad things. It was like the universe favored him.
“I know. But I can’t truly calm down until I get to bed”
There’s a comfortable silence that settles down before Mint speaks up again.
“I’m sorry”
“Why so?”
“You had always wished me happy birthday so consistently, and I never replied and I just feel really bad and all-”
“Don’t worry about it.” I tap at the red solo cup in my hand. “I probably deserved all that”
“You don’t and that’s why I kind of. Um”
“Mint you’re my editor what did you do-”
“Bought tickets back home?” I gape at him. My jaw is dropped, and he seems to panic. “My home’s open and all! I know your house is rented out and the renters for my place just moved out and we have thanksgiving in a month so I figured I would take you back for the break and I’m sorry! I probably should’ve asked first and all but-”
A choked sob escapes my lips. I’m shocked, I hadn’t gone home in so long. How did he know? A stream of incoherent words escapes my lips and Mint tries to soothe me.
“You know.” I managed to force it out. “Some days I question why I stopped crushing on you. You spoil me rotten, and I don’t even deserve someone who cares for me and knows me like you and you always seem to know how I’m feeling and-”
Mint rubs soft circles on my back, and I let out my emotions. My birthday curse wasn’t a curse. It was a tradition. A tradition to cry at least once on my birthday, and for the first time, I was crying tears of joy. A couple minutes pass, and I feel my emotions slowly draw back.
“Thank you” I mumbled weakly.
Serenity made a new post!
It’s my birthday! Thank you to all of you who sent in birthday wishes (and death threats)! Another year has passed and I truly wish that I could thank you all face to face for the support!
Once again, my lovely editor Leaf shares a birthday with me so go ahead and send in some birthday wishes to him as well. For today’s gift from me, you all get a blast of joy! Much love!
-Serenity
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#writing#people crying inadfs#first person#birthdays#fiction#365 days#365 days of writing#365 days of rejection#though not much rejection anymore#project#quarantine project#me being emotionally unstable again
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“I Signed Up For It All”
You x Jungkook
You get the phone call at 11:52pm. It’s about your cousin, the troubled one addicted to painkillers. Overdose. Not sure he’ll make it. Your mom is crying with you. “No,” she says, sniffling, “Don’t worry, ok? Try not to worry. I just thought you should know. I’ll keep you updated. What time is it there?” You glance at your watch, having a hard time reading the numbers through your tears. “Almost midnight. Mom--??” “I know, sweetie,” she says, taking a deep breath. “I promise I’ll keep you updated.” She pauses. “Oh, that’s your aunt. I’ll text you. Try to get some sleep, okay?” You give your word, but as soon as you hang up the phone, you feel the first sob creep up your throat, and you sink to the couch. Living literally across the world from your family didn’t usually get to you, but right now....You felt alone and scared. You bury your face in your hands and cry, wishing you were back home with your family, wishing you could do something to help. Trying to get yourself together, you send a few texts: one to your siblings, one to your mom, a few to your favorite and closest cousins, and chew on your thumbnail while you wait for any answers. Your younger sister texts back immediately, obviously upset, and you feel the tears splash down your face again. After attempting to reassure her, you scan back through your other messages until you find Jungkook’s name. You open the conversation, but hesitate: the two of you had only been officially-dating for a week and a half. Things were still new, and, after all, he worked so hard, you felt guilty bothering him at this time of night. MOM: Sounds like Jesse is the one that found him. Wasn’t a pretty scene. Your stomach aches. Hey, are you awake? You sit back against the couch, still crying, not really expecting a reply and starting to feel silly for even trying. He’s going to decide I’m too high-maintenance, you think, trying to make light of the situation. But all you can think about is your cousin, your family, the “accident.” You press one hand to your mouth, shutting your eyes tight as more tears come. JK: hi babygirl! i’m always awake for you ;) JK: Is everything ok? You wipe at your tears with the sleeve of your sweater and try to figure out what to say next. You really hadn’t expected him to answer you. Before you can decide, you feel your phone start buzzing with an incoming call. You hit ANSWER. “Hey,” you say hoarsely, turning your head away from the phone to sniffle. “I’m sorry.” “What’s wrong?” he asks immediately. “Are you okay?” At his genuine concern, you lose it again, breaking down into tears. “No,” you manage between sobs. “My---my cousin.” You can hear the sound of commotion on his end, but his voice is incredibly calm still. “Your cousin? What happened to your cousin?” “He overdosed,” you cry. “They’re not sure--not sure he’s going to make it. I’m...I’m so sorry, Jungkook, I know it’s late, I just...I didn’t know...” You’re not even sure how you want to finish that phrase. “I’m just really worried and upset.” “I know,” he says gently. “It’s okay, darling. When did this happen?” “Just a little bit ago,” you say, feeling better hearing his voice. “My mom just called. I guess his little brother is the one that found him.” At this reminder, you remember how alone you are and cry even harder. “I don’t...I don’t know what to do? I can’t be there, and everyone’s really upset, and....my cousin could be dead,” you admit in a tiny voice. “He’s probably dead. Or, at best, brain dead. My cousin is probably dead and I am halfway across the world.” He sounds strangely out of breath. “Try to think positively, okay? He’s going to be okay. Is this the first time something like this has happened?” You take a deep, shaky breath through your nose. “I don’t.....I mean, probably not, but this was a really bad one. And I think---” The words get caught in your throat and you have to force them out. “I think it was ...intentional.” “Oh, babygirl,” he says softly, and he sounds sort of distracted. “Okay. Take a deep breath, ok?” You nod to yourself, following his instructions. You reach for something else to say, unsure of how he’s feeling about the whole situation. “Um....Were---were you asleep?” you ask, rubbing your nose on the edge of your sleeve. “I’m sorry I woke you up, I really am, I just needed...” “Me,” he finishes for you, and then there’s a knock at your door. You get to your feet. “Wait, are you---?” Through your door-cam, you can see him standing on your welcome mat: he’s wrapped in an oversized hoodie and sweats and wearing a baseball cap, but it’s definitely him. The tears bubble up again and you fumble to open the door. He steps inside and closes the door behind him before reaching to take your face gently in his hands. “It’s all right, babygirl,” he says softly, brushing away a few of your tears with his thumbs. “I’m here.” Your lip trembles and he makes a soft click with his tongue, releasing your face to pull you against him. You let him, burying your face in his chest and crying even harder. “Shh, it’s okay.” He holds you as tight as possible, his hands extra-gentle on your back. “I’m here.” He leans his head against yours. “Oh, baby, I’m so sorry.” With his arms around you, you feel some of the ache start to ease away. After a while, you pull back, feeling embarrassed. “I’m s-sorry,” you say through a hiccup. “You didn’t have to come all the way over here right now, I know you’ve had a long day.” He’s cradling your face in his hands again. “Don’t apologize,” he murmurs; the tips of his fingers are incredibly gentle on your face as he wipes your tears away. “Just take a deep breath for me, okay? I’m right here.” He is. He’s here. You fall in love just a tiny bit more and take as deep a breath as you can. You’re rewarded with a small smile. “There you go,” he says, his tone slightly relieved. He tucks a piece of hair behind your ear. “You look exhausted.” He smooths the same strand back a few times, his other hand still resting on the side of your face. “Come on, let’s sit.” He slips his arm around your waist and guides you to the couch, helping you sit like you’re something precious. Still standing in front of you, he looks towards the kitchen. “Do you need some water?” Every part of you is missing his warmth already, even though he’s still there, standing right in front of you. The wild, still-panicked part of you starts to worry that he’s going to leave, and you feel a few more tears bubble up. “I’m good, thank you.” You brush at your face, trying to steel yourself for his inevitable departure. “I’m sorry I bugged you so late, I was just...I’d just barely gotten the call from my mom and I was freaking out.” “Please,” he says, meeting your eyes gently, “Please don’t apologize.” Without another thought, he sinks onto the couch next to you, his hand seeking yours automatically. You feel your breath catch, the relief coursing through you at his touch. “So what’s the latest news?” he asks, his thumb rubbing the back of your hand softly. “What happened? Talk to me.” His invitation relieves some of the weight that’s been sitting over your chest. You’re dying to talk about it, dying to say out loud the millions of thoughts in your head, dying to have someone else to bounce ideas off and get feedback from. At his reminder, you look back at your phone: you scan through the messages, feeling a lot more panic and not getting a lot more information. “Nothing...n-nothing new,” you say, stumbling over your words as you read through your sister’s text. “I.....It...” You’re having a hard time finding the words. You look over at him in desperation, and feel your heart slow a little at the calm, patient look you find there. “Start at the beginning,” he says slowly, pulling your conjoined hands onto his lap. “It’s okay, baby, just talk to me.” You nod. Thank you. “My cousin has been struggling for a while,” you begin, staring at your hand in his. “I guess he went missing for a while today, and a bunch of people went looking for him...His little brother found him unresponsive in his room.” You feel the tears slip down your face again at the thought. “My mom called to tell me, but no one is sure what’s going to happen now. He’s...” Your breath catches, and you move to take your hand out of his so you can cover your face. He relinquishes your hand, but immediately wraps his arm around your shoulders, pulling you into him. You let your hands drop, preferring to bury your face in his chest. “And I’m...I’m here.” He presses his lips to the side of your head gently. “You feel bad because you’re so far away,” he summarizes, rubbing your shoulder. “You wish you could be with your family right now.” You nod against him. There’s a moment of quiet and then he wraps his other arm around you in a tight hug. “You’re not alone, darling,” he says quietly. “I know I’m not much,” he adds with a half-smile, “But I’m right here and I’m not going anywhere.” This only makes you cry a little harder, and he practically pulls you into his lap at this. You think of how long his day has been, how late it is, how early he probably has to get up tomorrow---I’m not going anywhere. You’re more grateful than you can say. “I know you’re upset,” he says after a while, one hand stroking your hair, “But you’re going to make yourself sick, crying so much. What can I do?” You shake your head and pull away from him, a little more calm now. “I’m really s--” He cuts you off with a look and you shake your head. “I mean...” You study his face for a moment, enjoying the feel of his hand on your hair. “Thank you,” you whisper. “Always.” He’s serious, but he gives you a little smile that makes your heart flutter. “I am always going to be here, no matter the time or distance or whatever.” He gets a little self-conscious, but pushes through. “You’ve got me, babygirl. Don’t worry.” You’ve finally stopped crying, feeling exhausted but better, and you know it’s mostly because of him. Without second-guessing yourself, you reach up to kiss his cheek. “I’m so lucky,” you say softly, smiling as you see the faint blush creeping over his face. He hugs you a little closer and leans down to kiss you: just once, softly, chastely, sweetly. “Now,” he says, brushing the final tear from your face. “Let’s get your mind off this a little, yeah? Until we hear back from your family.” Readjusting, he grabs the TV remote and then places one of the thin couch pillows in his lap, gesturing for you to relax. When you’re lying with your head in his lap, he starts stroking your hair again. “Anything look good?” he asks, surfing the channels. “Whatever,” you say softly, but you let your swollen eyes close at his presence and touch. He notices. Bending down to kiss your temple, he says, “Sleep, baby: I’ll get you up if there’s any more news.” You’re not actually that close to sleep, but his promise loosens the final ball of anxiety in your chest: no matter what happened, he would be there, you didn’t have to do it alone. You take a genuine deep breath and snuggle a little closer against him. For the first half hour, every time your phone goes off, you grab it and hungrily read each message, hoping to get more information, but each time you’re disappointed. After the 9th false alarm, you feel a few more tears slip down your face. “Here,” he says softly, and works the phone out of your hand. “I’ve got it.” You nod and relax again, and without the distraction of your phone, you immediately feel the exhaustion creep over you. You vaguely wonder if you should be concerned about giving him such personal access to your life, unguarded---but then you feel him brush his fingers through your hair and you realize that you trust him more than almost anyone else in your life so far. You let your eyes drift shut. It’s 1:32am when you feel him gently wake you up. “Hey darling,” he says softly. “It’s okay, just take a second,” he adds as you sit up sharply, feeling dizzy. “What happened?” you ask hoarsely. “What---what time is it?” He shows you the time and then tries to hand you the phone. “Your mom just texted you.” You freeze, your eyes stuck on the phone. “What....what did she say?” He hesitates, giving you another chance to decide whether you wanted to read it for yourself or not. When you don’t move, he sets the phone on the other side of him and reaches for your hands. Slowly, he begins, “Your cousin pulled through for now. She thinks he’s gotten over the worst part.” A huge amount of anxiety lifts off your chest and you exhale explosively, gripping his hands tightly. “That’s....That’s great. And the brain---?” “It’s going to take a little more time to figure that out,” he says gently, watching your face carefully. “The most important thing is that he’s still fighting.” He releases one of your hands and tucks some hair back behind your ear. “Breathe, baby, it’s good news.” You nod, but now you feel the tears swallow you up for a different reason. Seeing this, he pulls you against him and lets you cry against his shoulder. “It is,” you blubber. “It’s great news, I’m just...I’m so sorry.” You sit up, wiping at your face fiercely. “You’re going to decide this is too much work,” you say self-consciously, trying to laugh. “You didn’t sign up for this when you asked me out, did you?” “Yes, I did.” His answer is quick, steady, and sure. He fixes another strand of your hair, then lets his hand rest on the side of your face. He studies your expression for a moment. “I signed up for all of it. I’m here for all of it.” He meets your eyes pointedly. “For all of you.” The blush explodes across your cheeks. “I’m so lucky to have you,” you admit, feeling your face grow even hotter. He smiles, but simply leans in and kisses your cheek. You’re glowing a little when he pulls away and to distract from it, you look for the time again. “It’s so late,” you say, sniffling one more time. “You probably need to get home, right? I’m sure you’ve got lots of stuff---” “Nope, I’m good.” He sits forward and then gets to his feet. “But I do think it’s time for you to get some good rest. Come on,” he says, extending his hand. “Let’s get you ready for bed.” You put your hand in his, and before you know it, he’s taken care of everything: he leads you to the bathroom and turns on the perfect temperature of warm water to wash your face, he waits while you change into comfortable pajamas, and as soon as you’re ready, he has a glass of water waiting for you and the covers turned down. There’s a part of you that feels like you should be more self-conscious about the whole situation---but it’s getting drowned out by the rest of you that feels so at home with Jungkook, so comfortable, so peaceful. You’re also so unbelievably exhausted that it’s hard to think straight. “This is.....thank you,” you say, blinking slowly. He comes to you, concerned by how tired you look and how pale your face is, and carefully wraps his arm around your waist. “Here,” he says, helping you to the bed. He tucks you in, pulls the blanket up over you, and then sits on the edge of the bed. “Do you need anything?” When you shake your head, he smiles and leans down to kiss your forehead. “Can I....” he hesitates. “Would you mind if I stayed with you tonight?” Yes, please!! You take a small breath. “You really don’t have to. I know you’ve got stuff to do tomorrow....” “That’s tomorrow,” he says calmly. “But right now, can I stay?” You don’t trust your voice, so you nod. “Okay. I plugged your phone in,” he says, gesturing towards your bedside table. “But your mom said unless something crucial happens, she’ll wait to contact you until tomorrow.” He caresses the side of your face. “So you can get some good rest tonight.” Getting to his feet, he pulls the plush armchair from the corner of the room next to the bed and settles in, reaching out to take your hand. “Just relax. I’m right here.” He smiles as your eyes flutter shut, and rubs his thumb against the back of your hand. “Just get some sleep, babygirl. Everything is going to be fine.” Every time you wake up that night, groggy and panicked, he’s there. Even when he finally drifts off himself, he wakes up with you, completely selfless though he’s exhausted, too. At 4:58am, you’re startled awake by a nightmare that leaves you sobbing, and without hesitation, he climbs onto the bed next to you, wrapping you in his arms and holding you until the shaking he stops. You cling to the front of his sweatshirt, holding on for dear life until the residual terror eventually fades. He kisses your forehead repeatedly until you both drift off again. Your alarm for work goes off at 7:30am and you twist to turn it off quickly, hoping not to disturb him, but when you roll back to face him, he’s awake, smiling faintly at you. “Hi babygirl,” he says softly, reaching out to touch a strand of your hair. “You okay?” You nod. The gratitude bubbles up and you say impulsively: “Thank you. Thank you for staying, thank you for...for everything.” He leans forward and kisses your forehead. Lingering there, he adds against your skin, “Of course.” When he finally pulls away, he sits up and stretches, his hair standing up in wild directions. “You need to go?” He turns to look down at you, his expression uncertain. “I do...I need to be at work in an hour. But I’ll be back at lunch?” You get up, too. “You don’t have to do that. You’re probably sick of me.” A strange blush creeps over his face, and he shakes his head. “Not at all.” Almost like a distraction, he looks over at your phone. “Do you want to check for news?” Your breath catches, but you nod. Reaching for your phone with one hand, you reach for him with the other, feeling immediately better when he interlocks his fingers with yours. It only takes a second to scan through your messages. You release the breath you’d been holding. “Nothing new. Which is probably good news?” “Definitely good news,” he says, bringing your hand up to his lips. “Will you keep me updated today?” “I will. Thank you, again, Jungkook. I...I don’t know how I can ever repay you for all of this.” He rolls out of the bed and kisses your cheek again. “Don’t even think of it.” While he takes a moment in the bathroom, you wander to the kitchen and peruse your breakfast options. Normally, you’d be overthinking every single little detail about the last 12 hours, but you’re so spent that you can barely focus on one thing at a time. He appears in the kitchen, his hair tamed and his face freshly washed. He turns down your offer of breakfast, but willingly takes you into his arms for another hug. “If you need anything,” he says in your ear, “Call me. Text me. I’ll be here as soon I as can.” “I know,” you laugh lightly. “I’ll never doubt that again after last night.” He releases you a little. “That’s good.” He looks like he might say something else, but when it dies on his tongue, he just smiles down at you. “I know you’ve got to go,” you say, and you wrap an arm around his waist to walk him to the door. “I don’t want to make you late.” He shakes his head again as he puts on his shoes, and when he straightens, he puts his hand on the door handle but hesitates. Studying your face for a moment, he clears his throat and then says, “You know....I....I just want you to know....” Losing his nerve, he tries to turn away, shaking it off. “Hey---” you catch his arm curiously. “What’s wrong?” “Nothing. I just....I love you,” he says softly, his eyes locked on yours even though his face is on fire. “And I’m here for you, forever, and you never have to say thank you or anything else because I love you.” There aren’t words to describe how much joy courses through you in that moment. Instead of thinking, you act on instinct, cradling his face in your hands and reaching up to kiss him. His hands snake around you automatically, and it’s a long time before you break apart. “I know it might seem soon,” he adds nervously, his hand still on the small of your back. “And I don’t expect you to say it back right away, I just...I needed you to know.” You’re smiling, absolutely giddy, and you shake your head quickly. “No, not at all, I just...I’m pretty sure I love you, too. I can’t imagine how I would’ve made it through last night without you here.” You brush some hair out of his face. “You’re amazing. Thank you.” He kisses you again. “I have to go,” he says reluctantly, “But I swear I’ll see you later, okay?” Just before he slips out the door, he says again: “I love you, babygirl.” You close the door behind him and sit in perfect, stunned, happy quiet. From down the hall, you hear your phone go off, and even though your initial reaction is panic, you think of him and his words, his promise, his solidarity, and you know, without a doubt, that you’re going to get through this. With him.
#bts imagines#bts scenarios#bts clean imagines#bts#non-smut#bts fluffy imiagines#fluff#angst#bts imagine jungkook#jungkook#jk#i signed up for it all
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Nothing Lasts Forever (g.d)
A/N- Hola mis amigos! Welcome to my second Grayson fic! I am so excited to write this I literally have jitters haha. I have been sitting around with this idea for like a week and I can’t wait to share it! Hope you all enjoy!
Warnings- angst, angst, ANGST (also drinking)
Summary- Being best friends with one of the biggest YouTube stars (as well as one of the worlds most eligible bachelors) isn’t as easy as it may seem, especially when you’re secretly in love with them. Through thick and thin you’ve been there for Grayson, but what happens when he falls in love with someone who’s not you?
Italics=flashback Normal=present
Have you ever loved someone so much that you would do anything in the world just so they can be happy? Well I have, and it kinda sucks.
Ok, ok let me give you some context so I don’t sound like a complete selfish bitch.
Grayson Dolan is my best friend. Yes, the Grayson Dolan. You may know him. Him and his twin, Ethan, are kind of a big deal around YouTube. Anyway, we’ve been glued to the hip since pre school and have grown up together. I got to witness first hand his ride to fame and all his triumphs, on and off the internet. I also witnessed his mental struggles the fame brought, the death of his beloved father, among other things that brought him down.
Just as I was there for him, he was there for me. Through all my highs and lows, he was right beside me to guide me and be my voice of reason.
The thing with friendships and people is, they grow and become richer with time. They blossom into something so beautiful and amazing that nothing can ever ruin them.
Or so it feels like.
It’s funny how within such a small amount of time, you can go from having everything, to nothing. Almost like you’re entire past, present, and future is pulled right out from under you, leaving you with that deep feeling of emptiness.
That’s how I feel now as I lay on my couch, reminiscing about “the good old days”.
My vision is blurry from the hours worth of tears and my nose is so raw from all the tissues, it hurts to sniffle.
It was hard to believe that only hours ago I was as happy as could be.
“Grayson s-sto-stop!” I laughed and tried to wiggle away from his deadly tickles.
“What’s the magic word?” He asked and continued his harmless assault. I tried several times to get the simple ‘please’ to come out of my mouth but only loud laughs escaped instead.
“G-gray-grayson p-please!”I cried. The moment that word left my mouth the tickle attack stopped. I laid sprawled halfway on the couch while I caught my breathe. Grayson just stared and laughed at my distressed state. “You are an asshole, I hope you know.” I said, only halfway joking.
“Aw, you know you love me.” He smiled and ruffled my hair. Giggling, I swatted his hand away and stuck my tongue out. It was true, I loved him. But not in the way I was supposed to.
“Yeah, yeah, whatever.” I mumbled and slid onto the floor next to him. He laughed and nudged my shoulder. “So what do you wanna do tonight?” I asked. He hummed as he thought.
“I don’t know. You want to go see a movie? Or we could just go get sushi.” He suggested.
“Mmm sushi sounds so good.” I moaned.
“Okay perfect, sushi it is!” He exclaimed and jumped up. He lowered his arms and helped pull me up from the floor.
“Cool. I’m going to go home and change. Meet there in like an hour?”
“Sounds good to me.” He shrugged and walked me to the door. I waved goodbye and hopped into my car. Tonight was going to be a good night, I could feel it.
I was finally going to do it. I was going to tell him I loved him.
But it wasn’t a good night. Not at all. All plans I had of enjoying a night out with my best friend and confessing my biggest secret were crushed with a single phone call.
I was ruffling through my closet when I heard my phone ring across the room. I stopped fussing with the clothes and went to see who was calling. It was Grayson.
I immediately picked it up and answered it.
“Hello?”
“Hey Y/N/N, um I’m sorry to do this but I have to cancel our sushi plans.”
“Oh no, what’s going on?” I couldn’t help the ache in my chest hearing him cancel.
“Well I sorta forgot that I promised E I would hang out with him tonight and help him edit since he’s behind before I made plans, and now he’s on my ass.” He sounded distant which was weird, almost as if he was hiding something. But I ignored it and took him for his word. Stupid mistake.
“Oh, okay don’t worry about it. We can just do it another night.” I said and sat down on the corner of my bed.
“Again, I’m really sorry.”
“It’s fine Gray, don’t stress about it.” I said trying to not sound disappointed.
“Thanks Y/N. I’ll see you tomorrow?” He asked, his voice hopeful.
“Of course.”
“Okay cool, bye Y/N.”
“Bye Gray.”
The line went dead and I sat the phone down beside me. I felt a little upset that I wouldn’t be seeing Grayson that night but I understood why he couldn’t come.
Sighing, I got up from the bed and grabbed a casual dress from the floor where I had thrown it. I slipped it on and put on a little makeup. Just because Grayson couldn’t come, didn’t mean that I couldn’t still go get sushi.
By the time I had finished getting ready and driving to the restaurant I was starving.
I felt a little odd sitting alone but in a way it was kind of nice. I didn’t have to worry about what to say next or anything. It was cool just being on a date with myself. I ate in peace and occasionally scrolled through Instagram, just enjoying my time.
I wasn’t until I heard a familiar voice from the table beside me that I felt uneasy.
“I’ll take a water, what do you want babe?” It was unmistakably Grayson’s voice. I turned my head to see him sitting with a gorgeous woman who definitely wasn’t Ethan. I felt my chest tighten and my stomach drop.
He lied to me. He canceled on our plans to take another girl out.
I grabbed my purse and threw a $50 bill on the table, knowing that that would cover it and leave a handsome tip. I stood up slowly and began walking to the door as casually as possible.
I kept my head down and my strides long and somewhat quick. Thankfully I got to the entrance without notice. I turned to look at him and his date but caught his eye instead. His face paled and his shoulders tended. I just looked at him and shrugged, not really knowing what else to do, before I opened the door and left.
As soon as I was outside I couldn’t help the tears that came. I covered my mouth, trying to quiet the sobs that jolted my body.
“Y/N!” Grayson’s voice called from behind me. Instead of acknowledging him I just sped up. I could tell he was running to catch up which only made me speed up my pace. “Y/N, wait please.” I felt his hand grab onto my shirt to stop me.
Anger boiled in veins and what happened next shocked both of us.
“Grayson just stop!” I yelled and pulled away from him. “You lied to me! Why couldn’t you have just told me the truth and saved me a little less heartbreak?” Tears flowed freely down my cheeks as I waited for him to answer.
“I’m sorry Y/N.” He whispered. I scoffed and shook my head.
“Bull shit Grayson. You should have just told me the truth. You didn’t want to hang out tonight because you had a date. I get it Gray, you got other priorities, that’s fine. You just shouldn’t have lied to me about them.” His eyes held so much guilt it made my heart ache for him, but at the same time it made me even angrier. “And you wanna know something?” I asked, wanting to finally free myself of all my pent up emotions. He looked at me almost as if he knew what I was about to say. “I was going to tell you I loved you tonight.” I whispered, the anger giving way to more sadness.
“Y/N... I cant. I’m in love with someone else.” I looked away from him and tried to stop the tears. “But you’re my best friend Y/N and I-”
“Gray please, don’t do that.” I said and sniffled. He sighed and took a step closer. He wrapped me in his arms and hugged me close. But it wasn’t the kind of hug I wanted. It was an ‘I’m sorry for you’ hug. One that told me everything I needed to know. I was and always would be considered just a friend.
I forced myself away from his embrace and lightly pushed him away.
“I’m going to go Gray.” I whispered, knowing that after I left nothing was going to be the same between us again.
“Okay.” He said and looked down at my pathetic state.
“Have fun.” I turned around and walked off with the knowing that I just lost my best friend.
Now I’m here, on my couch polishing off a bottle of cheap vodka, tear stained cheeks and tissues littering the floor. I know I over reacted and I hate myself for being so stupid. I screwed up the best thing in my life and there’s no way I’ll be able to get that back. Not with the way I acted. More sobs leave my mouth as I pondered on the thought.
My phone buzzes next to me on the coffee table. I know it’s Grayson calling for the millionth time so I don’t even bother to look at it. I can’t talk to him tonight. Especially with how much alcohol I’ve had over the past few hours.
It’s a bad habit I’ve always had, drinking to numb the pain. Grayson was always there to help curve the urge and break the habit. But now he’s the reason I’m shit faced.
I know I shouldn’t be mad, but I am. I’m a mad, jealous mess and there’s nothing I can do about it. Sure I could bottle it all up and go apologize, but I’d still have to endure seeing him be happy with the girl he loved.
I should have seen thins coming, should have expected it. But I was too wrapped up in my own fantasy that I was blind to notice my best friend fall for someone else. I was blind to all the times he would check his phone when I was around him. I was blind to how he would want to do things less and less. Blind to how “busy” he’d gotten.
Like I said, people grow and sometimes not in the way you want them to. Grayson grew away from me and I didn’t even notice until it was too late.
Now, it’s time for me to grow. To confirm to the change that had taken over my life. Nothing lasts forever, it’s all just temporary; experiences to learn from and memories to cherish.
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