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walterdecourceys · 5 months ago
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global television is such a fake name
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galaxybooper · 3 months ago
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With the holidays starting, I wanted to share this movie list. Growing up, I watched a handful of movies with my family year after year. They range from old classics to the most well-known. The majority of this list are not religious. Some of the older classics have a touch of religious talking but not too much to overshadow the movie. This list isn't in order as I love them all the same.
Santa Claus is Comin' To Town, a 1970 movie about Santa Claus's origins. It has great songs and explains many specific things about Santa, like where his red coat came from, why it's one night, and his typical ho-ho laugh. The style is puppet stop-motion, and the movements flow really well. My favorite song is "Put One Foot in Front of the Other". I love this movie a lot because it teaches about kindness and how even an act of kindness that isn't welcome can make a difference.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is another puppet stop-motion movie from 1964. It has more great songs! My favorites are "We're a Couple of Misfits" and "Isle of Misfit Toys." I love how they took the classic story and developed it into a movie that further explains why Rudolph was a misfit. I love that the story shows how "misfits" are so important. Even when society turns against misfits, someday, they will need the very people they rejected.
The Year Without Santa Claus from 1974. Same style as the others above. More great songs like "Heat Miser/ Snow Miser" song. That song is so fucking catchy and makes me dance in my seat. I love that this movie teaches that you're never too old to believe in Santa Claus and the importance of Santa Claus. Not as a present giver but what he represents. Plus Mrs. Claus and Mother Nature are badasses. Mrs. Claus leads the charge to find Christmas spirit.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (both the 1966 movie and the 2000 live action with Jim Carrey). The 1966 version is a classic! I love "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" song in this version. The 2000 movie with Jim Carrey is great! It explains why the Grinch hated Christmas, why the Whos don't like him, and a few other things too. Jim Carrey was the perfect casting for the Grinch. He's funny and makes the Grinch an amazing character with many layers. He deserves all the praise for going through literal hell for wearing his Grinch costume. Like seriously. That costume of yak hair was so hot and bad, the producer hired a CIA staff member who was in charge of training CIA agents to handle being tortured. Jim Carrey was given CIA tactics to handle being tortured for this movie. He deserves a great applause for him staying and finishing the movie.
Barbie in the Nutcracker from 2001. Yes, a barbie movie joins this list. I love the take on the classic Nutcracker story. I love how they incorporated the ballet in the movie casually and the music too. The costumes are wonderful! This movie is a great introduction to ballet and a great way to understand the classic ballet story.
Frosty the Snowman from 1969. Another great Christmas classic. The animation is fun! I don't think I need to explain this one. If you know the song, then you know what's going to happen.
Other movies I'd recommend:
ELF, a classic I mean if you haven't watched it yet, you need to.
Santa Clause (1-3). Great movies, Tim Allan is a wonderful Santa Claus. I am always engaged with the movies when they play.
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July. Another great puppet stop-motion. Sure, it's not really about Christmas but I still really like watching this during the holidays. It has a sad climax if you really love Frosty.
Rudolph's Shiny New Year. This is a great movie for the new year! Such an adventure!
Home Alone (1-2). If you haven't watched these before, you should. It's a little cringe with Kevin being blamed when his family seems to be the problem. Kevin is the problem too but still. I like the first movie when Kevin thinks he made his family disappear and slowly grow up. I like when Kevin plans the defense attacks and when the robbers get hurt. It's very funny.
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renee00124 · 2 years ago
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/07/chaos-charles-manson-cia-secret-history-sixties-tom-oneill-dan-piepenbring-review
*CHARLES MANSON, LSD AND MKULTRA*
With mind controlled Neo-Nazi's 100% mobilized around me which I first observed the other day and again blatantly today, I went back and looked for an odd book review to one of my books.  It was recorded between 2011 to 2013. I went through each review for all six books in my Amazon book series.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Renee-Pittman/author/B005VK7Q3S?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
This specific review stand's out in my mind then and now.  
I remember wondering then, who could the ignore open literature evidence, the foundation for these books, then conclude and steer focus aways from confirmation of DECADES of ongoing human experimentation instead to Neo Nazi and the KKK targeting me specifically when I know this is a military, unified COINTELPRO and have seen them all in and out of uniform.  Instantly I felt then and now that this was likely a military typical PsyOps hoping to implant fear then later back it up, as apparently they are doing now.  
The strategic goal is to redirect focus from the fact that our military has been turned on U.S. citizens and using subtle mind control on any and everyone, men, women and children.  Their Handler's do not want it known or publicized nor the fact that our military has partaken in this specific type of human experimentation.  This encompasses Intel Agency inception of MKULTRA testing various drugs, mind invasive, mind reading, Synthetic Telepathy, dream manipulation and beamed subliminal influence.  
About three years ago, a young black kid was hung from a tree in a park in a park her on the East side and right in front of a Fire Station with security camera's around it.  News reports reported that he climbed the tree, put a noose around his neck then jumped all by himself.  So, without a doubt, hatred for no apparent reason except mind control is alive and well.
I was literally surrounded by this now mobilization group and based on years of research, these groups have always been a focus for specific elements of mind control experimentation including tge Puppet Master's "divide and conquer" for those who fall for it.  
For the record, I fear nothing and no one on this mission.  I consider it a privilege to make my small contribution and serve beautiful, good, decent, people of ALL races and hope that what I do is saving lives in contrast to this MONSTROUS program, destroying lives, by grossly programming puppets while sitting behind advanced technology in an operation center using beamed technology that is portable, handheld, land, sea, drone and spaced based.
People have been used and programmed for specific goals and reportedly Charles Manson at the forefront of LSD MKULTRA experimentation.  
*THE COVER UP*
https://www.bigbrotherwatchingus.com/the-cover-up.html
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atozphantomsquadron · 2 years ago
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XII- Family Figures
The next week was spent, in a sense, in emotional detoxification.  Ken accompanied me to a doctor’s appointment at Johns Hopkins with a general practitioner, Dr. Georgette Klein-Rosser, who was trusted both by Ken and by Yardley to keep my secret.  She spent an entire day taking x-rays, MRI scans, drawing blood and urine samples, and generally checking on my well-being and state of health.  During these scans, she tried her best to obscure her awestruck fascination with my transformation, out of sensitivity to my situation, but occasionally I could see it in her eyes: she wanted to know how it was possible for me to live.
I wondered that myself, after learning of the full effects of merging with 37A.  The x-rays showed that I was able to completely pull a pair of wings into a newly-created cavity running the entire length of my back, but would give the illusion that they simply “grew” out of me when I needed them.  She had no explanation for the one eye which remained unaffected, but noted that the structure of my left eye had changed drastically, which explained my newfound vision abilities.  I also now had a secondary stomach, which scans tried to quantify its purpose but were unsuccessful.  When I mentioned that 37A had been able to firecast, Dr. Klein-Rosser theorized that the second stomach might be a “furnace” where the firecasting materials are generated, making my original evaluation of this ability correct in that 37A was literally vomiting fire.
And now so could I.
The results of the testing were given as I and Ken sat in her office, looking out the window at another dreary Maryland winter day.  Dr. Klein-Rosser again tried to mask her amazement at the medical marvel my body had become, and took a sympathetic tone to her voice.
“Other than the major things that have occurred 
 your skin, your eye, your hands, the wings, the extra organ, and so on 
 you’re a perfectly healthy adult woman, lieutenant.  I don’t see any reason why you wouldn’t be able to do anything a normal woman can’t.”
I leaned forward gently at this.  “I can keep on living?”
She nodded enthusiastically.  “Please do, Ariel.  I know you mentioned in the file you saw that your friend Sonny was suffering organ failure, well I see none of that in you.  All of your organs, even that extra one, seem to be performing normally.  You’re perfectly able to perform physical tasks, mental tasks, and all the normal operations humans can.  Hell, I’d even go so far as to say you could carry a child full-term if you wanted to.”
That surprised me.  I was positive that I would never be able to have children 
 not that I wanted to at that point, mind you 
 because of the mutation, that something internally would have been too messed up for me to have a child at all.  I needed to know for sure.  “Are you positive about this, doctor?”
“As positive as I get about these things, Ariel.”  She turned toward Ken.  “Now what exactly is the CIA doing with such a magnificent specimen as Lt. Vibria here?”
Ken patted me on the shoulder.  “Keeping her safe, doc.  That’s the main point.”
In that moment I sensed a degree of caring I was not used to, definitely not from a man.  He almost seemed fatherly.  At that point I wished he could have been my real father, rather than the mystery man Julian.
During the time at the CIA, I became more and more attached to Ken, just because of the kindness he had shown me.  He felt handcuffed because he could not take me outside the building without an escort, so he tried his best to bring the outside in to me.  He brought me books, magazines, he even installed a new television in my quarters.  By chance, the first show that appeared when I first turned it on had a familiar face.
I had just turned on the power, and I heard a familiar voice, preaching.  I sat down immediately in front of the screen.  “No, it can’t be 
”
Ken had just pushed the box for the new TV out of the room and re-entered.  “Ariel?  You all right?”  He walked over, looking concerned.
“I’m fine, I’m just in a state of disbelief.”  I motioned toward the screen.  There stood Pastor Abaster, at the familiar-looking sanctuary of the church back at Four Corners, a microphone headset looped around his ear, preaching the Word of God to a giant packed house.
Ken spotted the screen and nodded.  “Oh, I’ve heard of this fellow 
 Abaster, that’s his name.  Yeah, Alastair Abaster’s Hour of Holy Power.”
I looked up at Ken.  “You wouldn’t believe me, I bet, but he was my pastor back home.”
He sat down.  “You’re kidding!”
“No, I remember when his church was nothing but a little building.  He baptized me, he welcomed me and my mother into the church life.  It’s so great to see how far he’s come.”
Ken stroked his chin.  “Really, now?  I heard he’s one of the wealthiest evangelical ministers in the country, and he’s looking to expand worldwide.”
“I don’t blame him, Ken.  He was always so helpful, so hopeful and spiritual.”
At this, Ken turned a skeptical eye toward me for the only time.  “Are you sure we’re talking about the same guy?”  He turned up the volume, and that was when I first heard the rhetoric that the pastor had started spouting, even as his church expanded.
“
 rise up, rise up and meet the Lord, for the time is coming, children, the time is coming that Jesus Christ will return for his chosen people.  Now you want to be among the chosen, right?  Who here doesn’t want to be among the chosen?  That would just be crazy, now wouldn’t it?  I tell you right now, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, I tell you that Jesus, God almighty, I tell you that the Lord will be sending judgment down upon this world.  His judgment, His holy and right judgment, will separate the wheat from the chaff, the quick and the dead, the holy and the unholy, heathen from believer, sinner from saint, and he will carry us all home!”
Cheering erupted from the congregation.  Six toll-free numbers flashed across the screen, calling for donations.  I shivered in fear at the words I had heard my friendly pastor espouse.  Had he lost all of his hope as his ministry had expanded?  Or was this 
 this madness he was pouring out on the airwaves, was this what he had been meaning the whole time?  Unconsciously, I clung to Ken, the child begging for protection from her parent.  He turned the TV off and held me for a while, until my fears abated.
(Transcriber’s note: You may remember my friend mentioned CIBO #A13 was involved in the “disposal” of Alastair Abaster. At this most recent mention of Abaster’s name popping up in Ariel’s past, I had to bite my tongue in regards to asking about her relationship to the pastor, and simply hoped that further into her story there would be more details about how Abaster became a government target.—DAM)
At the end of the week, I was informed that I would be moving to more permanent quarters, albeit still in the CIA’s basement.  To my delight, I was also informed that Ken and Cyrus would both be moving into the same quarters, as we were being formed into our own CIBO team.  There was just the matter of one more member who had been recruited, who they were about to introduce me to, as it was her temporary quarters that would accommodate all four of us.
The first time I met her, she was extremely angry.  Of course, if I had been in her situation and left in those quarters, just about forgotten because paperwork had been lost for nearly a month, I probably would have been as enraged, to be honest.  What didn’t help was that she also had the animal instincts of a jungle cat, which made her doubly dangerous.  When Ken and Cyrus led me to the quarters and Cyrus opened the door, the first thing that came out was a pillow, flung with deadly accuracy because it was apparently the only weapon she could get a hold of.
Cyrus, for his part, seemed unfazed. He tossed the pillow aside casually.  “Nice throw.  You’ve been waiting for me, haven’t you?”
There was a low growl that came from inside the room, then a shrill voice dripping with attitude with an animalistic edge replied.  “Why am I still here?  What do you want?”
“Take it easy, lieutenant.  We came to let you know about your new assignment.”
I clutched closer to Ken, fearfully.  “Who is that?”
He patted my hand gently.  “Our fourth teammate.  She just doesn’t know it yet.  Don’t worry, she’ll adjust.”
Just as he said that, the door flew open and out came an orange and black streak, approaching threateningly and not stopping until she was nose-to-nose with Ken.  It took me a while to process that the thing was even humanoid, let alone female.  She was tall, taller than I am, with long flowing hair alternating with orange and black stripes.  Her entire body looked almost like Sonny’s had, orange and white fur coating her head to toe only interrupted by many black stripes, much like a tiger.  Almond-shaped eyes narrowed with rage as she launched into an obscenity-riddled tirade right in Ken’s face, something about a SEAL team she had been commanding who were under new command, now that she was there.  She stormed back into the barracks and displayed her displeasure with the circumstances by punching a dent into a solid steel wall.
At this point, Cyrus stepped forward to intervene before she caused more property damage.  “Please don’t get so violent with the place, we can’t afford to fix it on our paychecks and we all have to live here.”
This was another aspect of her personality: it changed at the drop of a hat.  Now she turned around with an intrigued expression.  “You mean 
”
Ken nodded toward her, gently nudging me forward.  “Right.  We are your new team, and there’s one more to introduce.  This is Ariel Vibria, she’s just been transferred here.”
I caught the woman’s gaze.  Now she looked confused, like being snapped out of her rage trance had left her unsure of what to do.  I tried to help the situation by extending a hand to her, trying to be peaceful.  “I hope we can be friends.”
I watched as a long strand of orange and black hair drifted down in front of one of those wide cat eyes.  Her face took another annoyed expression as she blew the hair out of her face, then she finally grabbed my hand.
“Yeah, whatever.  Katrina Lazarus.  Call me ‘Kitty.’”
I did not know it at the time, but this female warrior, the beast who lived in this room with the strength of many, cursed like a castrated stevedore, and fought like the world was ending every single second, would come to be one of the best friends I have ever had, or ever will have.  Even a better friend than Heather Lisle had been, Kitty was willing to listen, to talk about things, and just to be friendly.  I gathered that maybe growing up she hadn’t had many female friends, and just judging by her personality and that she had previously been a SEAL commander that seemed to confirm my suspicion.
Together, this group did a miraculous thing in my life.  They loved me, honestly and truly.  They made me feel welcomed among their numbers.  Ken offered his support, unconditionally and without question.  Cyrus, the wizened sorcerer, offered his counsel and allowed me to tap into his vast reserves of experience and wisdom.  Kitty became the sister I had never had, who shared little trivial things like movies and big emotional things like heartbreak with me.  We even did the girly thing of sharing hairstyles 
 Kitty is responsible for the way I wear my hair today, because to use her words, if I have an above-standard look, I should go whole-hog with it.  It was Kitty who also got me thinking that perhaps I was not as monstrous as I thought I was.
Like most good things in my life, however, this too did not last.  Tragedy would strike again, yet out of the ashes of sorrow new life 
 and new love 
 would be born.
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electronicdelusionstarlight · 1 year ago
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New Wonder Woman series by everyone's favorite former CIA Agent and DC writer Tom King (true story look it up) came out and it turns out the United States of America is actually ruled by a long lineage of racist and sexist old men acting as supreme kings of the US, using THE LASSO OF LIES to make people racist sexist and fascist.
Right now he's using it to start EVIL ICE, which is exactly like ICE but they only target conventionally attractive Amazon "Expats" in the US, who for some reason want to live and raise kids in the US rather than on literal paradise Island.
At one point we see EVIL ICE send death squads to deport two lesbian moms and kidnap their adopted daughter so they can put her in the AMERICAN FOSTER CARE SYSTEM so one of the two moms tried to resist arrest and ended up graphically police brutalited in front of her wife, as panels keep going on and on about how everyone is voting harder than they ever did before and calling their senators to do better and other shit like that.
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I guess those two Amazons really liked the cul de sac food desert no public transport experience since they preferred to raise their daughter there rather than on Themscyra. Like, didn't even move to Canada no, they stayed there right as all their countrywomen were deported back to their country and then acted all surprised when the Death Squads came for them too.
DC's equivalent of a Wakandan couple wanting to start a family in the United States.
During the Hydra Cap event.
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"See, the real reason why shit is bad in the US isn't because of structural inequalities or a history of racism or a deeply flawed political system NO the real reason it's because there is a racist old man wielding a McGuffin who makes everyone sexist and racist by just existing, so you just need to remove the racist old man (not kill we don't kill fascist dictators or tyrants or their death squad leaders then we'd be just as bad as them) from power and eventually everything will fix itself."
"also he is shaped like a AC3 DLC villain."
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the-cult-of-russo · 4 years ago
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Biggest Regret
Pairing: Billy Russo x Reader 
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A/N: This one wasn't a request. I have Billy on the brain so much that I literally woke up and this popped into my head as I was laying there trying to fully wake up and I had to write it lmao It's just a little thing. A letter from Billy to you. I know a lot of you guys might want a part two for it, the resolution to the letter and there's a few ways it could go. So if anyone asks for a part two, let me know how you want it. Angsty? Fluffy? A mix? And I'll see what the general consensus is. I already have a slight idea about it but I wanna know what you guys want. 
Also this is my AU dreamland where Billy didn’t betray Frank looool
Warnings: cursing, angst, sadness and regret from Billy. Talks of pregnancy and babies and abandonment.
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Y/N,
I know it's been a while and I don't even know if you still live where you did back then or if you'll get this. I'd say some shit like I hope you're doing well, which I am, but
 I know you won't want to hear it. 
I'm overseas again right now with Anvil. Me and Frank are taking point on a serious mission we're doing. Anvil's doing pretty well right now and we just got a contract from the CIA which is how we ended up here. Being out here like this, it reminds me of being deployed. Part of me missed it, I guess.
It's given me a lot to think about. It's funny how life and death situations do that to you, puts it all in perspective. And I know
 I know you probably hate me and I don't blame you but I just hope if you do get this letter that you at least read it all. 
I never should have walked away last year. I used to think I was a brave man, I mean the shit I've faced in the marines and with Anvil
 I never backed down and I always fought. But with this. With you and the baby, I tucked tail and ran and I'll never forgive myself for that. 
Honestly, I was terrified. I didn't think I could be the man you and the baby needed. I don't know what it's like to have loving parents and I hate myself so much for walking away. I don't want to do to my own kid what my mom did to me. I don't want them to grow up thinking I don't care, that I don't want them. It was never about that. I was never angry you were pregnant, I was never resentful. I was just scared that I'd fuck it up beyond repair so I got out of there before I had the chance. 
I should have been there for you, Y/N. I should have been there to hold your hair from your face when you got sick. To go out at 3am and get you pickles or whatever the fuck it is that pregnant women love to eat. I should have been there with you at the birthing classes and the scans and the appointments. I should have been there to hold your hand in the delivery room, to tell you what an amazing job it is you're doing. I should have been there to hold my kid when they came into the world. To be there for you and them. 
I can't take that back. I can't rewind time and be there and I wish I could. I don't know anything about my own baby which hurts the shit outta me and it's my own fault. I don't know if they're a boy or girl, how old they are. I know they'll roughly be a few months old based on when I walked away but that's about it. Do they look more like me or you? Are they a happy or fussy baby? This is the shit that's been running through my head out here. Fuck
 I don't know if
. I don't even know if you kept the baby and that shit hurts too deep to even consider. But I know you well enough. Or at least I think I do. And I don't think you would have done that. As much as it would kill me inside, if you did I wouldn't blame you. I'd left you all alone to deal with it and I know neither of us planned a kid. 
Frankie was the one who told me to write this. He's been putting up with me nonstop the last month of us being out here crying  talking about you and the baby. He and Maria miss you, the kids too. Maybe that alone should have told me back then how important you were to me. I'd never introduced any of the girls I slept with to them, but it just felt natural to me back then. I'd wanted to. I couldn't even see just how much you meant to me. 
It's like they always say, you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone. And I didn't know just how much I cared about you until that day I walked away and I fucking miss you, Y/N. Frank and Maria always ask if I'd heard anything about the baby or if I've reached out and it breaks my heart every time with how disappointed they are. I guess I never really thought they'd be excited for me to have a kid. But they're my family, of course they would be. 
Frank roughed me up, you know that? I didn't tell him right away about the baby. He'd ask about you and I told him we decided it wasn't working like the coward I am. But then a few weeks after I told him the truth. He clocked me in the jaw, yanked me around as he yelled about how stupid and selfish I was. And I let him. He was right and I deserved it. I don't think I've ever seen Frankie so mad before and that's saying something. 
I know I should have reached out sooner, but being out here on the front lines like this, it reminds me of how fleeting life can be. And I wish it didn't take something extreme like that to give me the balls to man up and write this to you but I think we've all established I'm not as brave as I once thought I was. 
I have no right asking you for anything, I know that. But I miss you and I want to be a part of our baby's life. And you can ignore this letter or tell me to go fuck myself and I'll listen. If you tell me to stay away, I will. I owe you that much. But I'd
 even if you could tell me about them a little, it would mean the world everything to me. And I know I don't deserve shit but I'm selfish and asking you anyway. 
I've seen and done a lot of shit in my life and your face has haunted me every single night since the day I walked away. I saw how scared you were. You were just as terrified as me about the baby and I wasn't there for you. I didn't comfort you or reassure you that we'd get through it together. Instead I shut down and told you I couldn't do it, I wouldn't do it. And then you looked at me with such heartbreak that it makes my chest feel tight and I fucking hate it. Every time I close my eyes I remember those looks and I know I'm a piece of shit for ever putting them on your face. 
It hurts more that you just accepted it. Like you expected it from me. I guess you knew me well enough to have an idea how it would go when you told me. And then you fucking respected my wishes and didn't contact me about anything. You didn't owe me that. You should have harassed me, called me a piece of shit, fought me, got child support. Fucking something. But of course you didn't. You've always been too kind and caring for that. Always looked after me even when I least deserve it. 
And I guess I'm hoping that even through the hate and betrayal you feel for me, that maybe somewhere in there you still care even just a little. Enough to put me out of my misery. Enough to send even a letter with the bare minimum details about our kid. I'm hoping that I didn't change you because you were perfect as you were and the last thing I want is to have fucked you up because of my own insecurities. 
There isn't a day that goes by where I don't think of you. Think of the baby. I wonder how you're both doing and if you're happy. I know you'd be a great mom and despite it all, I'm glad that if I had a kid with anyone that it was you. I'm coming back stateside in three weeks. It's gonna kill me not knowing if you've wrote back or not but I won't hold it against you if you don't. 
I'm sorry. I'm sorry for all the pain I caused you. For making you go through all this alone. For walking away from you and the baby like I did. If I was there I'd be down on my knees begging for forgiveness for what I did. All I can hope is that you take some mercy on me, even just a little. 
I miss you, Y,N. I miss you so much it hurts and I'm just sorry. Whatever you decide, I'll understand and respect it. I love you. And yeah I probably shouldn't say that, might feel like a smack in the face after everything I've done, but I do. And I know I never told you that when we were together. We were never really 'serious' or whatever, or at least that's what I told myself. But it was only ever you. When I was with you there were no others. And I couldn't see it at the time but I'd fell in love with you the moment we met in that damn grocery store. I don't know if you ever felt the same about me but I know even if you did I've ruined that. I don't expect anything from you. I fucked up and I know that. But it doesn't change that I want to be there now. I want to know about our baby, I want to be part of their life. I want them to grow up knowing I care about them because I do.
I hope to hear from you when I'm back but I won't hold my breath. I hope
 I hope you're both doing okay and I'm just sorry for everything. I hope one day you'll be able to forgive me.
Billy 
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romanogers-lyrics · 4 years ago
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TFAWS EP 3: *screeching intensifies*
Bucky “Let me float you a hypothetical” Barnes.
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Sam “Keep talking but I want it on the record that I objected to this plan” Wilson
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Damn Zemo got a whole ass jet and garage of cars. How is it that his assets were still intact after he was arrested? Can you get Sam his loan please, daddy?
On a serious note, to all those saying the stakes in Civil War were fake bc tony and Steve made up I demand you look at all the ways team cap was affected by the accords.
The theme of “doing the right thing above all else” is clearly so important to both Sam and Bucky. Goddamn I love team cap đŸ˜Ș
Sharon is a wealthy art dealer and I love it!
People including me were so worried about her being just another love interest but she literally saves their asses twice!!! She has agency and motives entirely her own.
The entire Madripoor sequence was gorgeous. Nothing was half assed set and cinematography wise.
The baby bois all dressed up and ready to kill people đŸ”Ș
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Sam caring and being worried about Bucky like đŸ„ș
I am honestly so fucking proud of Bucky for being strong through Zemo’s orders. It had to be so hard. Can someone tell bucky “I’m proud of you”?
Goddamnit take your eyes off Zemo for one second...oh wait he didn’t betray them yet...
No! Sharon come back! *grabby hands*
Anyone notice how the CIA was the first to try and make the serum after Siberia. The CIA who literally locked up and hunted Bucky another super soldier then tried to lock up cap. Same agency. No wonder the world hates American imperialism jezusssss
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Sam: “I made a mistake (with the shield)...” yes! Say it! “I should have destroyed it.” Goddamnit smdh.
I get the shield is a mixed legacy but you can’t also destroy the good and the potential for good. One of the examples is sitting right in front of you, Sammy. Also I REFUSE to believe that SAM “on your left” WILSON would destroy his one gift from cap. I suppose “I should have kept it in my house” doesn’t sound as dramatic🙃
Bucky says he’d take over the shield before letting it be destroyed. Hopefully as Sam warms to Bucky he’ll see how the shield can symbolize good.
Truly I believe symbols/mantles are just tools that you can use for good or evil. I believe that in Sam’s hand it could be used for good. It’s a lot to ask but I forget the saying but something like: “those who fear power are the best people to hold it”
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It’s so hard to know who is the “bad guy” in this show. Probably the point I know. The freedom fighters have a seemingly good agenda but then they blow up a building. Smdh we don’t trade lives dontcha know...
Who is the power broker? What’s his plan? We haven’t met him/her yet...
Bucky likes 40s music and is PROUD of it. He wrote his redemption list in Steve’s notebook 😭
Fake!cap gets 0.0001% of the screen time đŸ€ŁđŸ˜‚(which I find so mf comforting 😘, maybe that’s why I like this episode so much). That being said gotta analyze the small time he did have... he literally thinks he’s TOO GOOD to speak in another language than English. Forces his friend to do the talking but still expects respect 😬. Fuuuuck u fake!cap đŸ–•đŸ». I’m sorry my non American friends. We don’t know this white man đŸ™‡đŸ»â€â™€ïž
The ending THE ENDING had me YeLLiNg at the screen. Fakdkwbfjw I’m not gonna spoil it but I just-
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On the writing/directing- I feel this episode had better pacing of rising action and drama. More showing less exposition dump which honestly is hard in marvel (some audience are walking encyclopedias and some just started watching this year).
The traumaaaaaaa in this whole show. I just wanna give everyone a 1 minute hug. Godddamn. Especially given the context of this show coming during the covid pandemic hits so hard 🙃
Fr though I know the topics in this show are triggering for some people so please take care of yourself ❀
On another level I think it’s kinda funny how Steve thought he was so special for having the serum then it was like ACTUALLY Bucky is a super soldier OH AND there are more super soldiers in Siberia. OH and like 8 more super soldiers in TFAWS. Oh there’s ALSO a black super soldier. 😂 like Steve is still special because of his morals and personality but yeah... love you cap 😘
Please feel free share your thoughts! Would make my day! Love ya’ll💕
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ironmandeficiency · 4 years ago
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fuck you very much
pairing: javier peña / reader
word count: 988
summary: if you say “fuck you very much” fast enough, it sounds like you’re saying “thank you” instead of “fuck you”
a/n: i reread this fic of mine and had this idea for a sister fic based on smth my parents say so đŸ€·đŸ»â€â™€ïž also steve casually calls you “man” once & javi says “our girl” as a slight joke
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you wish these meetings would start to bring good news. conversations with the ambassador are, more often than not, preludes to bad or worse news. criticizing how one operation went and giving unnecessary reminders to the importance of your job as if you’re not on the field before the sun rises and long after it sets. it’s chock-full of ridiculous bureaucracy and ego balancing under the guise of being polite guests in colombia and it drives you absolutely mad.
because you weren’t a man in a man-dominated field, you had a tighter noose on your neck. the slightest sway of the breeze, one wrong move could put your career (and sometimes, life) in jeopardy. you couldn’t lash out in anger without being seen as “psycho” or “too emotional.” if you took a page out of javier’s book and tried sleeping around to let out steam, any respect you’ve earned on the field through your hard work would be tarnished by your sex life.
it was hard for your first several months in colombia to not rip new ones in the many many people who disrespected you. one phone call home reminded you of a trick that a family friend used when piled down with the paperwork of people who couldn’t be bothered to do what was required of them. every time people would drop a thick stack on her desk, she would smile and give them a “fuck you very much” spoken fast enough to be misheard for a thank you.
at first you were hesitant to use this tactic at work. if you didn’t speak it fast enough or if the wrong person could truly understand you, it could result in disciplinary action that you didn’t have the patience to deal with. that would only give even more ample reason for you to need said trick.
then stechner visited.
everything about this man radiated shifty and skeevy. no matter how you tried, there was almost nothing (and you don’t say this lightly) redeemable or tolerable about that man. even his bald spot had the power to annoy you, which was a feat in itself. the only thing you could do was tough it out when you were around him and hope that if you didn’t have the patience, you’d have an untraceable gun.
today was one of those days where nearly everyone (but mostly stechner) rubbed you the wrong way and you were this close to tearing your hair out and screaming bloody murder in frustration and indignation. it all came to a head when you were called into ambassador noonan’s office and stechner was sitting there like the cat who ate the canary. you were too busy wondering what canary could he have eaten to warrant such a smug look to be fully paying attention to the ambassador’s scolding.
“are you even listening, agent?! the government pays you to listen to your superiors, yet here you stand
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javier and steve open the door mid-scolding and your blood cools just enough to keep control over the hand itching to deck the cia agent not even trying to contain his amusement. “i hate to say this
 peña, murphy,” messina sighs in resignation, wagging a finger between the men. “you two, reel this one in or all three of you face suspension. i’m not going to tolerate any more rogue agents running around colombia.”
everyone in the room knew that messina was desperate if she was asking steve and javi to reel you in. this desperation gave way to an awkward tension in the air felt by all but stechner, the douche. in spite of the awkwardness cloud, you were fuming at the audacity of messina for dragging you in front of stechner and your partners. your partners were truly expecting there to be smoke coming from your ears the longer they watched the scene unfold, bodies tense and ready to pounce in case they had to keep you from letting loose on the smug cia agent.
you took a deep breath. this was not the hill to die on, and you weren’t going to give stechner the pleasure of watching you go down in flames. instead, you spoke with a smile and saved your anger for a time when you wouldn’t lose your job for showing it. “well fuck you very much for your time. if there’s anything else i can do for you, please let me know.” and with that, you walked out without looking back.
it didn’t take a genius to know that your partners were following you out of the ambassador’s office. their footsteps echoed on the cheap tiled floor with the tact of a clumsy elephant. you didn’t grace them with your attention until you were slumped in your desk with a huff. “what is it, guys?”
“you literally just said ‘fuck you’ to the ambassador and didn’t get fired on the spot, man.” he scoffed as he sat and lit a cigarette. “you’re insane!”
okay, so someone caught on to it. as long as it wasn’t the ambassador, you still had a job. plus, it pleasantly surprised your boys which was a feat in itself, those two (sometimes) had hawk eyes and it’s typically hard to sneak something by them. on other occasions, you might as well ask a brick wall for help with how blind they could be.
javi laughed at the smug smile you wore at your accomplishment, knowing you were gonna ride this high for a while. “we shouldn’t expect anything less from our girl, stevie,” he replied with a wink. “now let’s get to work, we gotta make sure we keep her in line.”
all three of you laughed at that remark knowing full well that the three of you were waking chaos in blue jeans and badges. there was going to be no reining in getting done anytime soon, but that’s what made colombia a bit more tolerable.
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javi taglist: @catsnkooks @senator-nahberries @majorshiraharu @stardustsunrisekisses @likeshootingstarsinthenightsky @darthadeline @max--phillips @themarcusmoreno @jedi-mando @obirain @battletales @greeneyedblondie44 @pedropasscals @princess76179 @kaermorons @hornystarwarsbisexual @lv7867 @whovianwar @purelypascal @andysficrecs @book-of-anarchy
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mostlycompetentwriter · 4 years ago
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Start Line (Part One of Two)
M/F Pairing: Fem!Reader x Bang Chan (SKZ)
Warnings: Language
Word Count: 7.2K
Genre: Boys over Flowers AU! Strangers to enemies to potential lovers!
Summary: Starting a new school is never easy, but the four rich and popular boys who pretend like they’re above the rest of the student population? Well, that makes everything even worse.
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A/N: You don’t need to watch the show to understand, but it might be fun! AKA this is a Kdrama recommendation. 
Also, I’m super sorry to the anonymous user who asked for this and probably impatiently waited for me to get a grip!!! 
Tagging @skzwriternet​
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For my entire life, I’ve had to work harder than everyone else to secure the things that I wanted the most. 
Which is why nothing could enrage me more than the sight of the four boys sitting on the bleachers together in my new school’s gymnasium.
I had just recently transferred into the school on a swimming scholarship, and a young student assistant offered to give me a tour of the facilities before my first day of scheduled classes. Her name was Suzy, and she had enough intel on the school’s population that even the CIA would be jealous. 
I wasn’t normally one for drama, but Suzy’s warning about the school’s infamously named “F4″ was enough to leave me feeling cautious: “You see those guys over there?” she had asked when we sat down together on the bleachers. “It’s fair to say that they run the school, so most people try to avoid pissing them off.”
The boys in question were all starters for the school’s accolade-heavy basketball team. Apparently, that meant a lot in this affluent and well-endowed community, and I could tell that they considered themselves with the highest regard. Especially the oldest, a handsome blonde whose killer accent was surely the ruin of any one of those poor girls who flocked around them like they were desperate for attention.
“Bang Chan,” Suzy informed me. “He’s the leader, and his family owns an entire line of luxury hotel chains.”
“I guess that means something special?” I remarked, and Suzy gave me a curious look. 
“His family owns the school, but if we’re talking worth, then his parents pretty much own this whole town.”
“So, he takes advantage of that,” I noted, and Suzy nodded her head before indicating to the other three boys.
“They’ve all been friends since they were kids, but everyone knows that Chan and Changbin are super close.”
“Changbin?” I questioned, and Suzy pointed to the introspective and sullen-looking student who was ignoring all of the other girls with narrowed dark eyes. 
“His parents died when he was young,” she explained. “He lives with his grandfather.”
“Oh?” I wondered, and I looked at Changbin again with a fresh perspective - as someone who had experienced trauma that would follow him for the rest of his life.
“Felix and Minho are the real fuckboys,” Suzy continued. “They’re notorious for the weekend rule.”
“The weekend rule?”
“Find a college party, hook-up with a nameless girl, and then leave her before she’s too attached.”
“Fuck boys,” I grumbled in agreement, and Suzy sighed as if she had personal experience...but I seriously doubted that someone of her caliber would stoop so low knowing full well what kind of reputation she was dealing with.
“The entire school is at their beck and call,” she said. “They do whatever they want, and nobody ever questions them.”
“Well, I’m here to graduate and find a good college for swimming,” I said, meeting Chan’s gaze from a distance. “I don’t have time for games.”
The ominous faction leader smirked as he held my stare, eyeing me up and down with a flicker of interest that I chose to ignore when Suzy asked if I wanted to finish the rest of our tour.
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Day One
On my first day of classes, Suzy was kind enough to stick close to my side, although I was beginning to see that she wasn’t very popular, and we were mostly ignored by the rest of the populace. Which was just fine with me.
“Check it out!” she exclaimed. “Our schedules are almost identical.”
“I’m glad,” I said, ducking my head to avoid a couple of rough-housing football players who were “playfully” knocking each other into the lockers. “I’m pretty sure you could get lost in here.”
“Well, ideally, most students start here in Elementary school, and they stay all the way through High School,” Suzy said. 
“A pretentious education at its finest,” I remarked, wondering how much money was literally walking by me with every Luis Vuitton bag and Gucci-made uniform that passed in opposing directions. 
“Do you start swimming after school?” Suzy asked, making easy conversation as we entered our first classroom - advanced biology.
“Yeah,” I said, following Suzy to the back of the room. “There’s a tournament this weekend.”
“Already?” Suzy gasped, and she plopped down into one of the desks next to me. “Will you have enough time to practice?”
“I’ll be fine,” I reassured her, reaching for a spare notebook as the teacher walked in to begin one of the most intense lectures that I had ever attended.
But the school’s Academic reputation was no joke, and I imagined that they hired the finest teachers that the school’s infinite endowment could afford - a budget that would eclipse the remainder of the public schools in the district. Yet, no one seemed to blink an eye at how obviously unfair that was, as if these well-off students deserved a high-class education simply because their parents made more money than they could spend.
My new socio-economic environment was becoming more and more apparent, and I was suddenly feeling every part of the outcast who wandered into the wrong part of town with good intentions. But a moralistic attitude would get you nowhere in life if everyone else refused to acknowledge the fact. 
I learned quickly that the students at this school were only looking after themselves, but the lesson was hard to accept. Which might explain my uncharacteristic heroism when it came to defending Suzy later on that afternoon when she agreed to give me a ride home after swim practice.
I was outside, sending a message to my mom, when I noticed a black SUV careening backwards at a speed that was far too fast. Meanwhile, Suzy had settled down inside the car to start the ignition, messing with the dials on the radio, when a powerful jolt sent her jerking forward. “What the hell?” Suzy shrieked, turning around in her seat only to startle with that “deer in the headlights” look of absolute horror.
“Shit!!” she cursed, and I watched her get out of the car before taking a deep breath and joining her on the opposite side of her smashed trunk where a huge crowd of students had started to gather around us.
They were talking rapidly amongst themselves, and I figured out why they were so interested the minute Bang Chan and one of his friend - Felix, perhaps? - walked up to Suzy with a bored expression. “You do this often?” were the first words I ever heard from Chan. “I can’t believe you got in my way.”
Suzy immediately bowed her head - submitting to the older Senior. “I’m sorry,” she whispered, but I couldn’t stand to watch her expose her most vulnerable position. 
“Hey!” I shouted, walking around Suzy’s crumbled form to stand toe-to-toe with the infamous Bang Chan.
“You must be the new girl,” Chan remarked, eyeing me up and down with vague interest. “I kinda expected something more when I saw you the other day...”
I seethed when his gaze fell lower, as if pointing out something that only hormonal teenage boys would care about. “I’m not here to impress you,” I replied, and he arched one brow.
“I don’t need to be impressed,” Chan said. “But your little friend disrespected me, and I think she should apologize.”
“You’re the one who wasn’t looking!” I snapped. “Anyone with eyes could see that you were too busy on your phone to pay attention!”
There was a collective conversation from the crowd, and Chan studied the growing conglomeration of students surrounding our confrontation. “Do you have proof of that? Or, is it your word against mine?”
“Someone with any sense of dignity wouldn’t act this way,” I countered, and Chan immediately started laughing.
“Oh? Isn’t that cute,” he said, eyes crinkling at the corners. “You have a lot to learn around here.”
“The only thing I’ve learned is to stay away from you,” I said, and Chan rolled his eyes like it was the dumbest thing he had ever heard.
And the torment only continued.
“Hey!” I snapped when he knocked his shoulder against mine, coming to stand in front of Suzy again with disdain.
“Pay for the damages,” he ordered. “And then apologize to me.”
“Chan-” Suzy started, but I grabbed his shoulder and forced him to turn around. 
“I wasn’t finished,” I said, and our noses almost brushed from the minimal distance I allowed between us. 
“I don’t want to hear anything else about your idea of honor or whatever,” Chan sneered, but he paused when I held up my phone, pressing the play button on the video which provided convincing evidence of the incident.
“What about this?” I asked him, and I could practically see him come undone.
“Give that to me!” he demanded, but I took several steps away from him, returning my cellphone to my pocket. 
“But I’m sure the police would be interested in seeing it.”
Chan’s eyes perceptibly widened, and I felt a surge of triumph in knowing that I had the upper hand. “You wouldn’t.”
“Try me,” I taunted him, briefly glancing over my shoulder at his friend who had started snickering - like he was enjoying our fight. 
“Fine,” Chan huffed. “What do you want?”
“You’ll pay for the damages to my friend’s car,” I said. “And...”
“And?” Chan snapped, clearly impatient.
“You can apologize to her instead,” I finished, and there were several consecutive gasps from the student population.
“Is he gonna do it?”
“There’s no way Chan will give in!!”
“Someone film this!”
My smile continued to widen at the jeers of my classmates, and Chan was finally at his wits end, spinning around on his heels to growl an imperceptible attempt at an apology to Suzy who could only look at him in awe. “We’re done here,” Chan said, and I shrugged nonchalantly, watching him storm away with his friend in tow behind him.
I sighed once they were both gone, feeling a sense of profound justice after proving that even the great Bang Chan could be defeated, but then Suzy appeared in front of me with a grave look in her eyes that told me this whole ordeal was far from over. “Y/N,” she whispered. “What have you done?”
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Day Three
The next morning, I walked to my locker feeling every gaze turned in my direction. I frowned at each of them, wondering if this was the aftermath from the incident with Chan and his stupid friends. Yet, when I finally paused in front of my locker, an uncomfortable sensation of dread sent me into a cold sweat when I saw what was taped to the front of the door. 
It was a red card with a black skull at the top and the infamous “F4″ written across the bottom.
“She got the card!” someone announced from off to the side, and it didn’t take long for other students to rush in my direction.
“The card?” I whispered to myself, remembering Suzy’s previous warnings concerning the exploits of the F4 boys. It wasn’t an accident that I had received this ominous warning, and I knew that I was in trouble.
Quickly, I darted through one of the exits leading outside, placing me somewhere on a small veranda where I leaned against the bannister overlooking the school’s athletic fields. “What the hell is wrong with this place!” I screeched, projecting my voice across the fields, and I didn’t expect anyone to hear me...
“Why the hell are you screaming?” 
I paused at the sudden question, widening my eyes when I realized it was closer than I expected. “You come up here often?”
I staggered backward at the interjection, spinning around to locate the voice that had uttered the simple question. “Hello?”
There was a sigh, and then a familiar sweep of brown hair appeared from around the corner. “This is my spot, you know?”
“No,” I said, cringing at my tone. “I’m sorry, I had no idea.”
The recipient in question was none other than Changbin, one of the four members of the school’s notorious F4. His dark black hair was wind-swept across his forehead, falling in thin strands over attentive brown eyes while he leaned against the wall of the small patio sectioned off from the rest of the veranda. “Lesson learned,” Changbin continued, swaggering up the stairs to stand next to me, looking out over the playing fields. “I guess I can’t come here anymore.”
“What do you mean?” I found myself asking without really thinking about what it might look like to show that I was concerned. After all, he was a member of the same F4 that had just terrorized me with their stupid calling card.
“You’re here,” Changbin replied as if the answer might suffice. “I have a feeling this place will be too loud.”
He sighed then before starting for the exit. “W-wait!” I stuttered, unable to put together a logical sentence before Changbin was already walking back inside.
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But Changbin’s unexpected appearance proved to be the least of my problems.
For the remainder of the afternoon, I faced an onslaught of humiliation courtesy of my classmates. Everything from jeers between classes, to more insulting pranks like decorating the desk on my homeroom classroom with vulgar language and pictures.
Yet, worst of all was coming face to face with Bang Chan himself who smiled some kind of sickening smirk at me before quietly asking if I had had enough of the torment. “This is nothing,” I growled at him.
“Oh? Well, it’s only gonna get worse,” Chan promised, and he left without another word, leaving me to stew over a powerful combination of anxiety and frustration.
However, Chan’s idea of worse was, indeed, inexcusable. And I nearly screamed when I went to swim that afternoon, only to discover the pool littered with trash. But there was nobody around to help, and I spent the entirety of my scheduled practice time cleaning up with water, wrinkling my nose at a few questionable banana peels.
“I guess he went through with it,” a familiar voice interrupted my trash session, beaming through the haze of disgust lingering with every brush of my fingers across sodden newspaper or moldy plates.
“What are you doing here?” I demanded of Felix and Minho - the infamous duo who were practically glued to Chan’s side.
“We just wanted to meet you,” Felix said, and I watched through narrowed eyes as they brought over chairs from the side to sit down at the poolside.
I frowned. Couldn’t they help? “Why are you interested?” I asked instead, bringing another load of trash to the edge.
“Well, it’s been awhile since anyone stood up to Chan,” Minho explained, and there was a playfulness in his gaze that left me feeling uneasy in concern to their real intentions.
“Doing what’s right shouldn’t make me a martyr,” I said.
“But it does,” Felix replied with a cheeky smile. “He’s gonna keep up the torture, you know,” he continued, waving his hand around to indicate the trash still floating on top of the chlorine-caked water. 
“Forever?” I grimaced, hating that the word had slipped free without really thinking about what it would mean to admit such things to Chan’s friends.
Minho smiled, looking up at something over my shoulder. “I’m surprised to see you here, Changbin?”
I turned around as if it was instinctual, watching the same person from earlier on the veranda walk inside from the locker room. He seemed even more out of place than Minho and Felix, studying the pollution of trash swimming with me. “She’s interesting,” Changbin said, and I was surprised when my stomach did a few somersaults at his confession.
“I agree,” Felix inserted, leaning back against his elbows with his shirt sleeves rucked up high on his forearms. “It’s been a while since Chan has been this invested in something.”
“It would be nice if he could stop,” I grumbled, and I met Changbin’s sincere gaze as he knelt down next to the poolside.
“He’ll give up when he thinks you won’t back down,” Changbin finally decided, and I watched as he started gathering the trash floating in his direction.
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Day Seven
In hindsight, my imagination ran wild with scenarios that were more insane with each progressive image that crossed through my head. 
But what could you expect from someone who had just figured out that she was being followed by three burly men wearing suits like they were the Men in Black. 
Each time I started to walk faster, they would also do the same. Until it got to the point where I was zigzagging around corners, doing my best to dodge out of their sight, only to find myself once again confronted with the strange men who had no intentions of leaving me alone.
Eventually, I paused on the sidewalk outside of the school’s entrance. I was running late that morning, which meant nobody else was around to witness this madness. But I was a strong, independent woman with a a no-nonsense attitude that compelled me to project my voice across the well-polished front lawn. “Excuse me, gentlemen,” I began, holding up my hands when they grew closer. “What seems to be the problem?”
“We have orders to bring you to our boss,” they said, which only confused me even more.
“I’m sorry,” I said. “I don’t know who you’re talking about?”
“Our apologies, miss,” the first man continued. “We were informed that you might try to resist.”
“Like I’m just gonna skip school and leave with a couple of strangers who have no conception of personal space,’ I glowered, but when I tried to spin around on my heel, I found myself colliding with an enormous chest, and I sighed, realizing that they had clearly been distracting me long enough for the third guard to sneak up behind me. “Fine,” I muttered, rolling my eyes when he grabbed my arm, leading me to the sleek black car running at the front of the school.
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From there, my day only continued to grow even weirder, especially when I found myself walking up the steps of a gigantic mansion that looked like it could grace the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.
“Where am I?” I tried to ask, but the guards ignored my question, bringing me inside the house where I felt a twinge of misplaced guilt for treading my dirty sneakers across the pristine marble floors that practically shined with my reflection looking back at me.
“Greetings, miss,” a friendly tone greeted me, and I studied the older gentleman who dismissed the guards with a wave of his wrinkled hand. He was dressed impeccably in a suit with a long coat-tail, balding gray hair styled atop his head in a delicate swoop.
“What’s going on?” I demanded, but the butler was silent as he indicated for me to follow him. Down the crowded corridors, decorated with large, extravagant paintings, and down the granite staircase descending to the floor in a circular pattern.
Down a stretch of never-ending hallway that led to a bedroom at the end where two younger women - identically matched in uniform - greeted me by name before ushering me inside.
“Can you at least tell me where I am?” I asked the butler who followed us inside, giving out instructions as I was forced onto a stool in front of a vanity mirror, wincing when the woman immediately started to yank a brush through my long hair.
“This might take a while,” she said, and I frowned at her tone, coughing when a fresh puff of powder was streaked across my face - compliments of another girl who had a palate of make-up balanced on her hand like it was a paint tray and my skin was her canvas.
“I’d like to know something,” I insisted, but I was met with silence, crossing my arms across my chest as I resigned myself to the unexpected makeover since it was a thousand times better than my earlier scenarios where I envisioned myself dying from a James Bond-esque death.
It was only a half-hour later when the women declared themselves finished, standing back to admire their work while I had a staring contest with the girl looking back at me in the mirror. Because it was hard to believe that it was me with neat ringlets decorating my scalp, and sticky globs of mascara and foundation hiding the blemishes on my face.
I looked amazing, but it wasn’t really me. Still, I wasn’t given much time to study my new appearance, and I hesitated when the butler extended a black dress in my direction. “Our boss wants you to wear this,” he informed me, and I hesitantly accepted the expensive fabric.
“Who’s your boss?” I tried once more, but the butler simply smiled at me before waiting outside for me to get dressed, and I squeezed myself into the exquisite gown that swept the floor at my feet, hugging my curves and accentuating my figure in ways that my sweatpants and t-shirts couldn't.
When I finally walked back out, the butler smiled at me in approval before waving his hand in a grand fashion. “He’s waiting in the living room.”
I swallowed hard, following him once again through the maze of the house while wondering who I might be meeting. A rich donor? A potential Sugar Daddy?
They were all grand ideas that proved to be far better than the truth, and I could only gape in surprise when I was led into the living room, only to meet Chan’s eager gaze from across the expanse of white, designer-brand carpet.
“You!” I hissed in an accusing tone, watching the butler leave from the corner of my eye.
“Were you expecting someone else?” Chan asked, eliminating the distance between us with a few calculating steps. “They were right about the dress. You actually clean-up nice, Y/N.”
I scoffed at the backwards compliment. “Are you serious?” I nearly growled. “You kidnapped me for this?!”
Chan looked at me in disbelief, and I wondered if it was the first time that he had ever been rendered silent. “Do I not get a thank you?”
“A thank you?” I repeated. Incredulous.
“I brought you here,” Chan said, but he was clearly hesitating. “I thought you might like the attention? The clothes aren’t to your taste?”
“Shit, you’re dense,” I muttered. “Why the hell would you think that?”
“It’s obvious,” Chan said. “Talking down to me the other day, pretending like you aren’t affected by the F4 card...you just wanted my attention. And guess what, Y/N? I’m willing to give it to you.”
I blinked once, trying to understand his ridiculous train of bullshit. “What?!”
“You can be my girlfriend,” Chan said, shrugging one shoulder. “It’s a pretty big deal, but I’m sure you know that. I’ll even let you hold my hand between classes, and maybe come to your swim meets or whatever.”
“Chan...” I started, but then I broke off with a sigh because nothing I could think of seemed like an appropriate response. “I don’t think there’s even a remote chance that I would want to be your girlfriend.” I shivered, releasing a groan just saying the title. “Whatever you think is happening
it’s totally warped inside that screwed up head of yours.”
“Y/N-”
“Please,” I interrupted him, holding up one hand. “I’ve had enough, okay? I just want to go home.”
“But...” Chan tried to protested, stuttering around his words when I yanked off the expensive heels, chucking them off to the side. “How could you not want this?” he asked. “The outfit itself cost over $1,000 dollars.”
“$1,000 dollars?” I repeated, widening my eyes when I thought about how many hours my parents would need to put in at our local laundromat business to even make close to the amount he just threw away like it was nothing. “Chan, I might not live in the same world as you, but where I come from? You don’t make friends with money...you make them from the heart.”
“Impossible!” Chan protested, even as I turned my back to him. “Money can buy anything!”
“Is that why I’m leaving?” I returned, reaching down to hold my dress in place while feeling a small sense of satisfaction at having left Chan completely speechless.
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Of course, in hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have tossed the shoes because the cement was hot against the soles of my feet, and I had attracted more than one curious look as I stormed down the street in search of the main road to take me back home.
“Stupid moron,” I huffed, practically jogging down the road with bare feet and my dress hiked up my legs to prevent me from tripping over the train. It was probably a sight for sore eyes when it came to the rich socialites who populated the neighborhood.
But like the sun’s rays penetrating the clouds on a rainy afternoon, I heard the sound of a motorcycle growing closer from behind me. Until the bike was right next to me, and the driver removed his helmet to expose a familiar bush of brown locks.
“Do you need a ride home?” Changbin asked, and I swallowed hard as I met his steady gaze. It was a simple question, but the fact that he didn’t even question me about why I was here? Nor could I detect any judgement in those impenetrable brown eyes that held all the allure, sending my heart knocking against my breastbone once again.
“Yeah,” I agreed, taking the extra helmet from him. “It’s been a shitty day.”
“I know how that feels,” Changbin said, and I was surprised by his easy conversation, planting myself on the seat behind him.
“Thank you for this,” I said, wrapping my arms around his waist and shivering at the thick smell of his cologne.
“It seems like you might be worth the effort,” Changbin remarked before kicking his bike into gear, and my heart did something strange that might be considered very dangerous when it involved the F4.
But I couldn’t help it, and I had never been more at ease this close to someone else.
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Day Ten
Despite my adamant protests, the school insisted that I needed to take a physical education course, which meant that I was forced to pretend to enjoy dodgeball with the rest of my classmates. Hiding out at the back while most of the other girls did all the hard work. But I was only meant for one sport, and dodgeball was as far from swimming as one could get.
It helped that Suzy had gym at the same time, and we talked between games, with Suzy leading most of the conversation.as she offered introductions for most of our other classmates. “Mandy,” Suzy grumbled at one point, indicating to a tall blonde with long legs and a permanent sneer. “She thinks that she somehow has a chance to be with Chan, even though he’s kinda made it obvious that he doesn’t think anyone here is good enough.”
“Really?” I snorted, seeking Chan out from the corner of my eye, playing basketball on the courts with the rest of the F4. 
“It’s a running thing here,” Suzy continued. “But most people don’t even try since they don’t want to get on Mandy’s bad side.”
“Whatever,” I replied, averting my gaze when Chan’s eyes met mine. “He’s not even worth it.”
“Most of our classmates would disagree,” Suzy said with a shrug, nudging her shoulder against mine when one of the instructors ordered us to begin the second round.
As usual, I lingered at the the sidelines away from my team, making a half-hearted attempt to play along, especially since I seemed to be a recurring target, using other bodies to protect myself from stray plastic dodgeballs. “What the hell,” I grumbled, wondering if that stupid F4 card was to blame for my classmate’s sudden desire to single me out from everyone else.
I crossed my arms at the thought, finding myself once again looking back over at Chan...Did he think it was funny to make me a target of ridicule? Well, at least Changbin was being surprisingly nice, and just the mere mention of the older boy was enough to do crazy things to my poor heart.
But lost in my daydreams, I failed to notice that Mandy and one of her friends had stalked to the edge of the court, rearing back to throw their dodgeballs at me while I was distracted. “Y/N!” I heard Suzy’s voice scream from across the field, and I looked away from Chan only to find myself frozen in place while a dodgeball flew in my direction.
The sickening CRACK! of the stupid thing hitting my nose was audible, and I immediately tasted blood on my upper lip. “Go clean yourself up, Miss Y/L/N,” one of the instructors said, but I was furious that she was treating the situation so nonchalantly.
It was all Chan’s fault. Even if he hadn't thrown the ball, he empowered his classmates to belittle me at every opportunity, and I was tired of being the school’s metaphorical punching bag. And I hated the tears threatening to fall, refusing to show any signs of weakness as I stormed past Suzy for the girl’s bathroom.
“Fuck,” I cursed as I leaned over the sink, splashing some cold water on my face as I looked at my bloody and mangled reflection in the mirror. 
This was the worst incident so far, and I hated that the situation had escalated to something physical, gripping the edge of the sink tightly as I closed my eyes to regain control over my breathing.
“Here,” a voice whispered from behind me, and I turned around with a glare already contorting my expression when I was forced to face Bang Chan once again.
“It’s your fault,” I replied, snatching the paper towel from him as I dabbed at my nose. “What the hell are you doing in the girl’s bathroom?”
“I’m sorry,” Chan said, but I refused to believe it was sincere, turning back around to check the damage of my nose in the mirror. “You didn’t deserve that.”
“You can’t be sorry after the fact,” I snapped. “You had every chance to make things right and leave me the hell alone.”
“Well, I can’t do that now...” Chan trailed off, and it was surprising to see him suddenly look so unsure of himself. “I'm just trying to help...”
“And who asked you to do that?” I returned, looking at him from the corner of my eye. “Even if you were the last person on Earth, I would never ask for your help!”
My exclamation was punctuated by a rather harsh sound after I shoved the paper towels into the trashcan, preparing to leave the bathroom before Chan grabbed my arm to turn me back around. “What do you dislike so much?” Chan whined. “I don’t understand...I’m rich, handsome, smart...”
“All of it!” I interrupted with a harsh tone, and Chan immediately stumbled back against the sink. “You must not realize, but do you think those things matter to me? Because I can’t even consider them when your entire personality is unattractive! Your arrogant attitude, your stupid face, and that ridiculous curly hair!!”
“Are you insane?” Chan asked, and his bewildered expression would be funny under any other circumstances.
“I’m not done yet,” I sharply interjected. “It annoys me that you guys are allowed to do whatever you want at this school, and the whole red card deal? Where you give everyone a free pass to bully other students? Like it’s nothing? That’s the absolute worst thing about you!!”
“Y/N...”
“Do I need to repeat it?” I interrupted once more. “I hate everything about you!”
The harsh exclamation was met by silence as Chan continued to stare at me, and I decided to leave him alone in silence to think about everything I had said, rejoining my classmates with a sense of relief at having stood up to someone who considered himself as better than everyone else.
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Day Fourteen
“You should come with me,” Suzy remarked one afternoon, sitting next to the poolside with me as I swam my regular laps. 
“I’d rather not,” I said, pausing at the edge of the pool to consider her request - a night under the stars, as the school’s dance team had proclaimed it, and it was one of the biggest school events of the year.
“Why?” Suzy whined. “The F4 revoked your red card, and you can meet some more people...maybe even score some connections.”
“Right,” I scoffed, thinking the idea absurd, but I guess it wouldn’t seem so outrageous to the ones who had been dealing with these politics for their entire lives. “I’m not really that outgoing.”
“It’s okay,” Suzy reassured me, and I could tell that she really wanted me to come with her, which is probably why I felt compelled to agree. But her smile and cheering was worth it, especially considering just how good of a friend Suzy had proven to be during the past two weeks.
And that’s how I found myself walking up to the school’s gymnasium that weekend, wearing an uncomfortable black dress that Suzy had agreed to lend me for the occasion. “You look hot, Y/N,” Suzy said, and I didn’t have the heart to tell her that my reflection reminded me too much of the time when Chan had brought me to his house to play dress-up.
“I can hear the music all the way out here,” I said, following Suzy up the gym steps.
“Yeah, this event isn’t regulated by the teachers, so it’s basically a free-for-all,” Suzy explained, and I desperately wished that I could find the appeal in that statement, especially once we entered the building, washing us in neon colors of purple and pink. “Let’s dance!” Suzy immediately cried, pulling me to the dance floor despite my protests.
Thankfully, I only had to awkwardly navigate the party scene for one song before Suzy became preoccupied with a very cute Senior boy from our homeroom. I was able to sneak away to the punch bowl, ladling some of the red liquid into my cup before bringing it to my lips. “Hmm,” I wondered, eyeing the drink because it tasted so familiar...”Oh well,” I said, shrugging as I proceeded to drain several more cups before sinking down against the wall, never noticing that a pair of eyes had been watching my every movement until a pair of Versace-toed boots stopped in front of me. 
“I didn’t expect to see you here,” Chan remarked, and I was shocked that he had the guts to talk to me after honoring my request to be ignored for the past several days.
“What do you want?” I grumbled, reluctantly taking his outstretched hand to help me stand again because my vision was unusually blurry and my stomach was churning.
“The punch was spiked,” Chan said, chucking at my disheveled state.
“Spiked?” I repeated, finding myself totally incoherent as I leaned most of my weight against him. “When did that happen?”
“The Seniors do it as a prank,” Chan said, and his gaze seemed to soften as he held me close. “Do you want to sit down?”
“That would be nice,” I slurred, allowing him to guide me over to the bleachers where I dropped down with a thud!
“Damn, you’re pretty wasted,” Chan said, looking me over with an uncharacteristic amount of concern.
“I didn’t know...” I trailed off, pointing back at the punch bowl. “It tasted so good.”
“I bet it did,” Chan said, stuffing his hands into his pockets as he cleared his throat. “I saw that you came with your friend, but maybe you might want some company?”
“Sure!” I said, patting the space next to me. “You’ve caught me in a good mood.”
Chan grinned - a genuine smile that I could hardly recognize - as he sat down with a sigh. “This doesn’t really seem like your type of scene.”
“Not really,” I agreed, narrowing my eyes when the room started swaying. “But you’re not my usual type of person.”
“Right,” Chan agreed, chuckling awkwardly as he messed up his hair - straightened instead of curly. “Maybe we could go somewhere else?”
I frowned because, even though I might’ve been a little more than tipsy, I still remembered that I didn’t like Chan, and there was no reason for me to go anywhere with him. “Are you intentionally ignoring everything I said from the other day?”
“No,” Chan murmured. “But I was hoping that I could give you space...and maybe a chance to prove myself?”
“Really?” I snorted. “How much have you changed since the last time we talked?”
“Probably not much,” Chan acknowledged, much to my surprise. “But after everything you said, maybe I’d like to? And I feel like you’re the only person who can be honest enough to help me.”
“Oh,” I replied, slightly disconcerted by Chan’s abrupt change in attitude. “Still, after everything you did...”
“I know I don’t deserve it,” Chan quickly agreed. “But I think you’re one of the rare kinds of people who believes in second chances.”
I exhaled loudly at his words, and in part to keep myself from throwing up after all the alcohol I ingested. “Where would we go?”
“What about a date at the diner downtown?” Chan asked, swallowing hard. “With me?”
“Let’s not call it a date,” I grimaced, and Chan agreed, even though it seemed to be a reluctant remission on his part. “But, yeah, that actually might be nice.”
“Perfect!” Chan said, and he was already on his feet with an energy that was impossible to ignore. “I’ll have Changbin tell your friend. Wait right here, and I’ll come back.”
“Okay,” I muttered, clutching my stomach as I watched Chan run off into the crowd. “Jeez, Y/N,” I groaned. “What are you doing with this guy?”
It might be one of the worst decisions of my life, but something he said struck a nerve deep inside of me. He might be unbearable, but he was right about one thing: people could always change, and I was the type of person who allowed second chances...just as long as someone was willing to earn it and prove themselves.
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“Are we taking your car?” I asked, staggering against Chan’s hold as he brought us outside the gym.
“Yeah,” he said. “We can take my car, and you can sober up on the way.”
“Good idea,” I agreed, regretting the decision to drink so much of that stupid punch with every swaying step towards Chan’s expensive sports car.
He had the decency to open the door for me, and I fell inside with a grunt, waiting for him to turn over the ignition before he started fussing over me. “Do you need anything? Something to drink? Are you hot or cold? Should I turn on the music?”
“Don’t ask questions,” I gritted out - a response to everything while I leaned my head against the window.
“Got it,” Chan said, and he dutifully followed through on his promise, never speaking again until we pulled into the parking lot of the diner he had advertised earlier. “Do you feel any better?”
I nodded, an honest response. Because the drive had taken close to twenty minutes, and I had found a water bottle in the floor, downing the contents to settle my stomach and the wave of nausea that only alcohol could bring. “We can go inside,” I said, rolling my eyes when he made a show of coming around to help me out of the car, grabbing my arm despite my protests. “What is this place?” I asked when we walked inside, choosing an empty table near the back.
“My friends come here a lot,” Chan replied. “It’s quiet.”
“Quiet?” I laughed. “There’s no way it’s quiet if the whole school comes here.”
“They don’t,” Chan said, surprising me yet again. “Nobody knows we come here.”
He gave me a meaningful look, and it didn’t take a genius to figure out that he was risking a lot by entrusting me with their secret. “Got it,” I said, miming myself closing a zipper across my lips (perhaps that was the drunkenness affecting my judgement).
But Chan still laughed, and then he went to the counter to order, leaving me to contemplate what the actual hell I was doing with the school’s literal celebrity who treated most people like shit, including me for a short while at the very beginning.
At this point, I really couldn’t blame the alcohol. So, what was wrong with me? Why was I doing this?
“Here,” Chan said, dropping a mug of something sweet down in front of me, effectively interrupting my internal conflict.
“Hot chocolate?” I asked, and I was definitely caught off-guard as Chan shrugged and sat down in front of me.
“I thought you might prefer this,” he admitted.
“Oh...” I started, searching for a good response. “Thanks?”
“You’re welcome,” Chan said, and he smiled as he watched me taste the foam resting on top. “Is it good?”
“It’s nice,” I admitted, and Chan had the appearance of someone who had just landed an acceptance to their dream college.
“You’re different from the others,” Chan said, switching the topic. “I like that about you, and it makes me regret everything I’ve done even more.”
“Yeah,” I huffed. “That red card shit needs to stop.”
“I agree,” Chan said, bringing his mug even closer. “My friends have wanted to stop for a while...”
“They’re way smarter than you,” I said, tilting my head to the side as if it might give me a different vantage point of the confusing boy sitting in front of me. “Did you really want to come here with me?”
Chan nodded, eyes gleaming. “You’re interesting,” he decided, mirroring the exact same thing that Changbin had said to me a while back. “I think I like you a lot, which is why what you said to me at my house and in the bathroom really made me reconsider a lot of things.”
“Oh?” I questioned him, amused by his reasoning, and possibly even endeared by his regretful expression. “I might learn to like you...” I trailed off, laughing at his puppy-dog eyes as he looked at me with obvious desperation. “If you learn to behave.”
“Is that so?” Chan remarked, and his smile was perfectly sincere. “Well, I think you’re the best person to teach me.”
And despite our complicated history together - unwinding after such a brief amount of time in one another’s company - I was more than willing to try for the very strange boy who was starting to show me the intricate layers underneath all the wealth and arrogance - a mere façade for something better, the potential for good if a brave enough person was careful enough to find it.
End of Part One
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Dangerous and Divine - Part 10
Billy Russo x Reader
Summary: Billy Russo is an itch you don’t want to scratch. But he’s all over you like a rash.
A/N: This does not follow canon, it’s mainly fluff & lemon zest 🍋 In case you hadn’t guessed, this is my ‘Real Love for Russo’ AU. The GIF is from Exposed, unreleased pilot show in case you’re wondering 😌... Billy vibes.
Warnings: 18+ NSFW due to sexual content including oral and unprotected* sex between consenting adults. A little voyeurism. Some drinking & swearing.
*Irl, please don’t go wild in the country without protection.
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(My GIF)
His eyes looked huge as he gazed at you, “I, uh... think I’ve fallen in love with you.” He stroked your cheek, “And it scares the shit out of me.”
You realised you must look like a fish, your mouth had dropped open in a big O. No sound came out of it though, as your brain had frozen solid when you’d heard Billy’s words.
He looked at you, worried frown on his face, “I know! I know what you’re gonna say. It’s too fast. I think it’s too fast too! - but I can’t help how I feel. It’s like I’ve run into a wall or something. Can’t stop thinkin’ about you. Wanna be with you all the time. Wanna make love to you all the time.”
You scratched the bristly hairs under his chin, running your fingers through them and into those on his neck. Still trying to think of what to say.
“Uh, I...” you stuttered, thinking ‘good start, “...Billy, I really like you. I’m enjoying being with you, and I’ve definitely got feelings for you. Already. And it scares the living shit out of me too. Not sure exactly what they are just yet,” you smiled at him, and were relieved to see him smile back. “But, yeah, I think I’ll hang around so I can find out. If that’s OK with you.”
He was still smiling, and leaned over to kiss you softly. “That’s more than OK with me. We can both be scared together.” Your arms went round his neck, your lips dotting little kisses onto his eyes, his nose, his cheeks, his lips. “Yeah - let’s do that.” His eyes were still closed and a happy little smile had appeared on his face.
Oh, and Billy?” Dark eyes opened slowly and looked at you, “You know how we didn’t use a condom?” A tiny little frown on his brow, “Yeah?” “There won’t be any mini-Russo’s running around, don’t worry. I’m on birth control.” He chuckled, “Okay, I suppose that’s good to know. Wouldn’t have been a problem if it did happen, though.” You burst out laughing, “Really? Not a problem for you, so you say, but have you thought about how it might’ve been a problem for me?”
He sat up a bit, “Well... no I guess I didn’t. Would it be that much of bad thing?” You lay down and stared up at the ceiling. After a moment or two of silence, you hummed and said, “Well, having kids is not in my immediate life plan, but I’m not ruling it out.” Billy perched his chin on your shoulder, and you turned your head to meet those deep dark eyes again. He grinned, “Okay, I hear you. Guess it’s not in my plans right now either. But I have to say, we’d make beautiful babies.”
You smiled, “Maybe... but you still aren’t getting me pregnant and locking me in the kitchen!”
Billy had just laughed, giving you more of the puppydog eyes.
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After Billy had finally enjoyed a very pleasurable joint shower the next morning - he’d been fantasising about that ever since that time she’d locked him out of her bathroom - he’d dropped her at the Chelsea cafĂ© before heading out to Anvil. He had a huge smile on his face as he thought back to the two of you playing around under the warm water of her rainfall shower, having immense fun and indulging each other with erotic pleasures.
But then his smile faded a little bit. His mind had moved on and was now playing over their conversation from the previous evening. Should he have told her how he felt? Not that he’d meant to, to be honest, but his sex-drowsy brain and loved-up mindset had let his mouth just blurt it out. It wasn’t like he was lying or anything, he’d just not planned for it to happen that way or at that particular time. She hadn’t said she was in love with him, but he was very pleased that she’d actually admitted she had feelings for him, which was good enough for him for the time being.
He was making his second cup of coffee by the time Frank arrived, so made him one too. The two buddies lounged back in their chairs, sipping at their caffeine hits, and Billy started catching Frank up with the dramas of the previous day, who listened with an increasingly amazed look on his face.
When Billy got to the bit about Madani’s visit to Anvil and what she’d done as soon as she arrived, Frank swore out loud and said angrily that he shouldn’t leave it like that, he should report her. Billy sighed, “Now’s not the time, Frankie. My girl’s got the right idea, she wants to wait till the case is done and then we’ll see. Madani’s crazy mad enough right now without us stirrin’ up more trouble for her.”
Frank grumbled, “Even more unhappy havin’ to work with her now. She’s a loose cannon.”
Billy shrugged, “You know we don’t have a choice, Frankie. And it was my dumb idea to lead her on in the first place.” He looked over at him, “This hotel meet tomorrow should bring this whole fuckin’ thing to a close.”
Their case was coming to a head. There had been shady goings-on back in Afghanistan when the two friends had been in the Marines, involving black ops and drug-smuggling which had led to Madani’s then-partner getting killed, and Billy getting his Anvil funding from CIA bad guy Rawlins. He was dead now too. And Madani was determined to get his remaining accomplices, one way or another. Homeland was using an undercover agent to lure them into a trap with the promise of selling them video and phone tap evidence, and Homeland had agreed to work jointly with Anvil on it.
Frank and Billy had insider knowledge which was crucial to keeping the undercover agent safe from discovery. They were originally arrested after the gun battle which ended Rawlins’ life because Anvil had muscled in on the confrontation between him and Homeland, and Frank had killed Rawlins in the course of it. Once the remaining two accomplices were under arrest - tomorrow hopefully - Homeland had promised Billy and Frank that all pending charges against them would be dropped.
Frank frowned, looking like a huge irate teddy bear, “It better,” he said darkly.
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You were immersed in paperwork, but your mind kept wandering. It was a busy little bee. All the stuff that had happened yesterday... it was a lot to take in. Madani’s two visits to you, her full-on assault of Billy, and then... Billy and what he’d said. Yeah, those three little words.
You could tell by his eyes when he’d said it that he’d surprised himself. At least he was as scared as you were. Did you love him? Really not sure. You definitely had feelings for him, that was for damn sure. When Madani had told you she was seeing Billy, you could have cheerfully murdered her. And again, when Billy told you what she’d done to him.
He’d told you this morning that in all honesty, if you hadn’t been in his life, his prior persona would have just let her carry on with it. You’d appreciated that he was being completely truthful with you, about that and also about stopping her in her tracks. He’d actually seemed quite shocked about how she’d behaved. And really not looking forward to seeing her again.
But he’d also told you that the case should be coming to a close tomorrow, and he couldn’t wait for it to be done and dusted. He also said he had a surprise for you which he’d tell you about tonight.
A smile crept onto your lips as you thought about seeing him that night. He was going to pick you up at your place and then head over to his, as he was cooking you dinner this time.
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Billy was flitting around his kitchen area, tea towel over his shoulder, wooden spoon in hand, picking up and moving pots and pans around his cooker, and basically just being a domestic god.
You were sipping wine, sitting at his kitchen table and watching this vision unfold in front of you, as you’d been told that you weren’t allowed to help. He looked edible, never mind the food - which smelt delicious. Billy was making pasta with meatballs in a tomato sauce, joking that it wasn’t quite as fancy as the lunch you’d made for him. And he’d also sliced fresh crusty bread with some olive oil and balsamic vinegar alongside for dipping.
“How’d it go with Mizzzz Madani today?” you asked, drawing out the “Ms” mockingly, dying to know what had happened. You could hear his sigh from where you were sitting. He looked over his shoulder at you, running a hand through his hair and frowning as he did, “Uhhhh... how can I put it? Really. Fuckin’. Awkward.”
He turned back to the food steaming away on the cooker top, continuing, “She just literally glared at me for the whole briefing. Like if she’d had knives with her, they’d all be stuck in me right now. Didn’t speak a word to me the whole time.”
“You know, Billy - that really fuckin’ annoys me! She’s the one who created the whole situation.”
Again a sigh, “Well, like I said to Frankie before the meeting, it was my dumb ass that thought leadin’ her on was a good way of getting her to keep us in the loop.”
“Yeah, you’re right but listen, she escalated this beyond reason when she stalked me and jumped you! You know what, Billy, once this is done and you and Frank are free and clear, I’m going after her ass.”
Billy started dishing up, chuckling as he did so, “That’s my girl!” “Billy, I reckon she thought I’d crumble when she marched into my cafĂ© with her power dressing and big shiny badge. She picked the wrong person to piss off!” Strolling across to the table, Billy put the two plates of food down along with the cutlery, leant in and kissed you long and slow. “Mmmm,” he grinned, “yeah, she really did!”
His eyes softened, and he whispered, “I love you.” “Oh Billy,” you whispered back, and kissed him. Then you drew back, looking down at your dinner, “This looks and smells amazing!” “Stop changing the subject,” he grinned, sitting down and starting to eat. “Now that I told you, I’m just gonna keep saying it to you, and one time you might say it back to me!” You stroked his jaw, dragging your fingers through his beard, “You big sap.” He nodded, “Uhuh.”
“Now, tomorrow...” he continued, “...we’re finishing this thing. Can’t tell you details, but we’re gonna be based in one of the big hotels downtown. I’ve booked a room. Can you bunk off work to spend some time with your boyfriend? Sexy times in a fancy hotel room before he goes on his mission... and afterwards?”
You smirked, “Might do. If he makes it worth my while.” Bigger smirk from him, “He will, you can bank on it.”
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Billy had dropped you home after dinner; he had to head back to Anvil as he, Frank and their team needed to get prepped for the next day. You felt quite giddy when you realised he’d taken time out just to make you dinner. Maybe you did love this guy!
You texted Jake & Jen to say you’d decided to take the next day off, but they could of course get in touch with you if need be.
Jake: No problem, have a great day off 😌
Jen: Lucky you!!!! đŸ˜‰đŸ„”
You laughed at Jen’s reply, cheeky woman! She’d guessed exactly what you’d be up to on your day off.
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Packing an overnight bag after you’d showered and dressed very early the next morning, you made sure to include some pretty lingerie. Billy was in for a treat.
Speak of the devil. Your phone chimed with a new text.
Your Boyfriend: I’m outside your place, my angel 😘
You: Do you have to be on time, all the time? 🙄😌
Your Boyfriend: Ex-Marine, darling đŸ„·đŸ˜‰đŸ˜˜
You: OK big boy, I’ll be down in 5 😘
Your Boyfriend: 🍒🍆😈
Twenty minutes later, you were driven into the hotel’s underground carpark in Billy’s SUV (no Wraith today!) and he asked you to wait in the car until he came back for you. Once he returned with the keycard, he took you up to the lifts via the fire exit stairs, so you wouldn’t have to walk through the lobby. Very cloak and dagger, you thought.
The hotel room was very fancy indeed, all boutique hotel chic. You’d just put your large tote bag down beside the bed, when two arms grabbed you, spun you round and threw you onto the bed. Billy nuzzled into your neck, making low growling sounds. His hands got busy unfastening your shirt, so you started on his, both of you kissing each other’s skin wherever you could reach it.
Billy groaned, “Angel... sorry, this is gonna have to be a really quick thing, m’nearly due to get kitted up for this fuckin’ op.” “That’s okay,” you gasped, “just get your clothes off, Russo.” He grinned, sitting up on his knees and stripping off his shirt, followed by his boots, jeans and CK boxer briefs. You were just lying there, eyes drinking in that fine body of his, until he took hold of his erection and gave himself a few strokes, stiffening even more. That snapped you out of your trance, and you sat up and stripped off your clothes quick as a flash.
You and Billy then kind of leapt on each other at the same time, and you found yourself tumbling backwards again onto the huge bed with Billy on top of you. He slid two fingers gently inside you before finding your clit and rubbing at it hard with his thumb. He was kissing your neck and then your breasts, licking your nipples roughly, making you give little squeals.
His fingers left you, and you felt him move his hard cock between your legs with his hand. He pushed inside with one big thrust and you gave a big, deep sigh at how good he felt inside you. Hearing Billy sigh out your name as he buried himself in you, you thought you also heard a click. Billy was kissing you hungrily and had started thrusting into you at a pretty fast pace. All thoughts of anything else went out of your head.
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Dinah Madani had calmed down quite a lot over the last 24 hours.
She’d drunk herself into oblivion when she’d got home after leaving Anvil, and had to sit through that excruciating briefing with Russo and Castle the next day nursing a raging hangover. Did she regret what she’d done? Any of it? No, she didn’t.
To put it mildly, she wanted Billy Russo, and had thought she was going to get him. While she knew that she’d lost her head over him, that she’d looked so desperate when she’d jumped him in his office, she really didn’t give a shit. Madani had decided to take a shot at getting him back, and she’d taken it.
It hadn’t worked. That had really surprised as well as humiliated her. What did that bitch have that she didn’t? Anyhow, yeah - he’d kicked her to the curb, so she was just going to have to take it on the chin and move on. Not that she was happy about it, and easier said than done.
She’d decided to hunt Russo down in his room and go over some last-minute details with him. And if she was honest, maybe see if being in a hotel bedroom with him changed the dynamic any. The hotel manager had given her a master keycard as she was Agent-in-Charge of this undercover op. She was going to go in unannounced she decided, well she was the boss on this op after all. Maybe Russo would be in the shower, she mused to herself, with a pleasurable thrill.
As she opened the door and walked in, about to call out his name, what she saw did not please her in the slightest. Billy Russo’s naked tight ass thrusting up and down, him sighing and groaning out loud, lying in between a pair of legs, and she could just guess who they belonged to.
Wanting to turn round and get the hell out of there, Madani found herself rooted to the spot. It was like car crash TV... she just couldn’t bring herself to look away. So, she stood there and just watched.
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the-hidden-writer · 4 years ago
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And Into The Fire
Chapter 13: A Small Confrontation
Summary: Months after the Mitchells saved the world, Linda gets a phone call asking if she’s seen two defective Pal MAX bots. Powerful people are after Eric and Deborabot 5000, and it’s up to the Mitchells to protect them.
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A Small Confrontation
Aaron held onto his Mom’s hand for dear life as she and Dad used tools from the kit in the car to smash the glass of the entrance to Pal Labs; a hammer in Dad’s hand and a wrench in Mom’s.
Aaron himself just brought his Number 3 Robertson Head Non-Slip Screwdriver. He kept it in his pocket though, so he could hold Monchi’s lead with his other hand.
Monchi didn’t seem bothered with them committing crimes.
As soon as the glass pane had shattered (which had taken a surprising amount of effort from all of them to achieve), they raced through the hole and into the building that Aaron had only seen on TV.
Mom had said that they’d have the element of surprise since nobody knew they were coming- especially so early in the morning. Judging by the number of people pointing guns at them, Mom may have been wrong.
He gripped her hand tighter.
“Where are they?!” Mom cried, making Dad wince.
“Calm down, dear.” He shushed through an obviously-fake smile that failed to hide his panic. “We can’t win a fight here, let’s try and settle this peacefully.”
Mom glared at him but didn’t argue.
“Ah! Mitchells!”
The three of them looked up to see a new figure emerge on the big glass balcony, the sound of her boots clicking against the floor loudly. Some of the gun-people moved aside to allow the tall blonde woman to stand at the very edge to face them.
“Enjoying your road trip?”
Aaron was now sure that they had no element of surprise whatsoever. Mom looked heartbroken and a bit terrified.
“Who are you?” She demanded anyway. “What do you want with the poor robots?”
The woman smirked and avoided the questions entirely. “Which robots would those be, Mrs Mitchell? The robots that tried to take over the world or the robots that legally belong to Pal Labs?”
“Dang it.” Mom hissed under her breath. Sometimes Aaron wondered if she would use curse words more if she wasn’t a teacher. She probably would.
“You don’t look like Mark Bowman.” Dad commented warily. “And since when did Pal Labs authorise firearms for their workers? Doesn’t seem that legal to me.”
The lady frowned then, and Aaron instinctively shrunk in on himself. There was something about her (the way she was reacting to their arrival and the way that all the people holding guns seemed to respect her) that made her seem very menacing.
She felt a lot like a villain from one of Katie’s movies, except without Dog Cop to come and save them and guarantee a happy ending.
“I’m Agent Jennifer Ward with the CIA.” She said, pulling out a badge from her blazer pocket and flashing it in their direction. “And my team and I are trying to prevent another robot apocalypse.”
She put the badge back. “There, I’ve answered your questions, now answer mine: What do you want with the robots?”
Aaron cringed as all three of them faltered, knowing the real reason would be unacceptable. Even Monchi let out a small whine.
But it was still the truth.
“They’re our family!” He blurted out. Mom and Dad both turned to look at him, shocked. Aaron felt a little guilty- he probably shouldn’t have said that.
“Family?” The stern-looking agent scoffed in disbelief. “You can’t be serious.”
For a moment, Aaron thought that his Mom was glaring at him for revealing their secret. But she slowly turned her head so that she was facing the agent, giving her the Mom-glare instead.
“He’s right.” She said confidently, making Aaron’s heart swell with love for his mother. “They helped us stop Pal and they’re ours now. So give them back.”
He noticed Dad shuffle backwards. Mom was losing her patience very quickly.
The agent seemed to think for a minute. “Well
 I’m feeling generous so I suppose you can have one back, since it’s only causing us trouble. You want the whole one, correct?”
The “whole” one? What did that mean?
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Dad voiced his confusion. He and Dad were often on the same page with this sort of thing.
The agent opened her mouth to reply, but before she could there was a loud crashing noise coming from down the hall. Her brows furrowed as she leaned on the balcony to try and look down.
The Mitchells, standing near the entrance, could see much more clearly.
And the sight in front of them was the last thing any of them had expected.
Aaron was the first to react. “Katie!”
Katie raced toward them, looking completely dishevelled and with some sort of desperation shining bright in her eyes. A man was following at a distance behind her- but Aaron couldn't quite see who it was.
“KATIE?!” Mom and Dad shouted at the same time, their gazes locking onto their daughter.
What was Katie doing here?!
Monchi, overjoyed to see her again, started dragging Aaron toward her.
“Don’t trust them!” She cried. She then bent down to pet the over-excited Monchi as they reached her, and as Aaron was closer he could see the sweat on her forehead. She must be really panicked. “They’ve got the bots- they’ve taken Eric apart!”
“They. What.”
Uh oh. Whenever Mom used that tone of voice it usually meant

Aaron turned to see his Mom’s jaw clenched. Her eyes were wide and unfocused as she glared somewhere in their general direction.
The bad guys had no chance.
The agent must have sensed that too, as she snapped out of her shock and calmly said: “Get them.”
Suddenly the building erupted with the sound dozens of pairs of footsteps that thundered toward them, and Aaron was terrified.
Robots coming after you was one thing, but that didn’t really feel real. Or just not as real as the very real people coming at him with very real guns.
He found himself frozen to the spot as he watched his parents race toward him and Katie.
“We need to get out of here.” Katie whispered desperately, as the attackers grew ever nearer.
“Mitchells! This way!” A voice called back from the corridor that Katie had come from. Aaron was too frightened to recognise it. He felt too scared to do anything and he could barely register what was going on.
Katie took Monchi’s lead from his hand and Dad scooped him up into his arms. Mom held his hand as they ran in the direction the voice had come from.
He clung onto his Dad like a lifeline. Even though he hated being picked up (he was way too old for that) it was just what he needed, and they knew it. He loved his family.
Mom’s hand only slipped from his when they turned a corner as they were running. Aaron twisted his head to properly see where they were going (rather than the people who they were slowly gaining on) and he caught a glimpse of the owner of the voice, Mark Bowman himself, rushing into one of the many white doors to their right.
“In here!” He cried, holding the door open for them.
It took a few more precious seconds for them to reach the door, which the five of them literally tumbled into. Dad tripped over Monchi’s lead, causing Aaron to fall onto the tile floor the second that the door slammed shut behind them.
He looked up with a wince, expecting to see his family...
Not four huge men standing right in front of him with red eyes and crazed smiles.
Aaron screamed.
“Woah, hey, it’s okay!” Mark Bowman said, appearing from behind the line of large men. “They’re not real.” He shoved a hand straight through one of them, and the way it emerged from its chest made Aaron’s stomach churn. They looked so realistic. “See? Just holograms. We’re safe in here.”
“How do you know?” Asked Katie.
“This is the only lab without cameras, so those doors are really tough to get into once locked to make up for the lack of security,” Bowman explained, “and it also connects directly to Lab 3 upstairs. Now my workers know this, but these agents don’t. We can escape through there.”
“Katie!” Dad huffed, still getting his breath back. “What are you doing here?! Are you okay?”
Katie let out a small, tired laugh. That must mean she was sort of okay, right?
“It’s a funny story, actually
”
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bondsmagii · 4 years ago
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I haven’t been keeping up enough on your posts about the wretched thing but what sort of potential propaganda does it contain? I didn’t think it could get any worse after the butt plug that remained in there for days but this seems like it is
this was the exact thought I had when I started reading it. I knew it was badly written. I knew it was full of fake woke points. I knew it had terrible sex scenes in it, though I didn't anticipate things like the Finger Locking Butt Plug or the Great Houdini Butt Plug (maybe they are one and the same? terrifying). I knew I was in for a wild ride.
what I didn't expect was the undertones and the complete lack of thought that went into the implications of everything, which somehow manages to be racist and homophobic and in some areas apparently pro-capitalist. this got me making a few jokes here and there about how it was a CIA plant trying to inject propaganda into a book the left would eat up uncritically (which is exactly what they've done), but then the more I read the more I became worried that this was perhaps the case. even if it's not intentional, the messages I'm getting are... concerning.
basically, in this book there's an activist group called Empower Maryland. they seek out the slaves (called Dociles in the books) and try to help them; they also do a lot of community work and fundraising to help people living in poverty. the way that they protest and the way that they organise is very reminiscent of BLM, and the book was published in 2020, so BLM is very much at the front of everyone's minds. the links are pretty clear to see, is what I'm saying.
and Empower Maryland is shat upon at every available opportunity.
I mean, it's hated by everyone -- even Elisha, the slave that should have absolutely no loyalty to the trillionaires at all. from the very first mention, Elisha rags on them, and this is before any excuse about Alex indoctrinating him can come into play. he literally sees a banner by the organisation and pops off about how they've never done anything for his town, but in the sentence immediately before he mentions how they donated clothes and blankets and bikes every couple of years. from there, it's more of the same. every mention of Empower Maryland comes with some comment about how they're incompetent or useless, and quite quickly -- after activists are introduced as characters -- they're made out to be dangerously incompetent. the running message is "these activists are doing more harm than good". they're almost villainised -- in fact, they are. the narrative treats Empower Maryland as more of a threat than the trillionaire characters who are owning slaves and raping them so often that sexually abusing Dociles (many of whom are drugged) is seen as so normal that it's the centrepiece of a party. I'm not joking. one of the trillionaires hosts a huge socialite party and in the middle of the floor is a pit filled with drugged slaves being forced to have sex with one another for the entertainment of the rich.
Empower Maryland is out there trying to stop this -- they're trying to rescue the slaves, they're trying to give impoverished communities resources for food and education and clothing to try and stop them from having to indenture themselves, their goals are good and it's a cause everyone should clearly be able to get behind, but the book constantly tries to make you hate them. the constant underlying message is "activism is bad! activism is useless! activism is dangerous! doing activism harms the people you're trying to help! they hate you for it! don't do it!". considering the fact that Empower Maryland is so, so reminiscent of BLM, I really do have to wonder. like, massive đŸ€” here.
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rhysismydaddy · 5 years ago
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Failing a Polygraph (Nessian)
All I write is Nessian. Wrote this in 5 minutes because I had a dream about being in the CIA and having to take one of these.
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“State your name for the record.”
“Nesta Archeron.”
The annoyingly beautiful man across from her smiled as the polygraph machine started taking down a baseline. 
Nesta sat, perfectly unmoving, and tried not to roll her eyes. These things were so tedious. And besides being a huge waste of time, they’d taught her in the academy how to beat one, so it was actually kind of pointless. 
“Date of birth?”
She sighed. “March 15th, 1995.”
“Just two days after mine,” Cassian pointed out, oh-so-helpfully. 
“That’s not a question.”
He smiled, dimples popping up on his tan skin. “Right you are. You’re applying to the Paramilitary Operations Unit, correct?”
“Yes.” 
He should very well know, considering it was his unit, but she kept that to herself. 
“Why?”
Fuck, I hate polygraphs. 
“I’ve maintained my cover during my three years with the CIA, so I’d be perfect for undercover ops.” He didn’t look impressed, so she continued. “Plus, I aced all the exams to enter the unit.”
“Did you now?”
She didn’t ask why he didn’t just look at the needle in front of him to see that it was the truth. Cassian just sat there, smirking like always, golden eyes studying everything about her. 
“I believe I scored one point higher than you, actually,” she said cooly, unable to help it. 
She never had figured out how to bite her tongue around him. 
They’d met around two weeks ago, after her preliminary interview for the unit. Nesta had bumped into him in the hallway, not known he lead the program she desperately wanted to be a part of, and had given him her piece of mind when he’d commented on her dress.
Or rather, what was under her dress. 
It wasn’t exactly a great first impression.
Not that he seemed to mind. Ever since then, he’d been teasing her, and flirting with her, and driving her insane in every possible way. 
Including now. 
Cassian smiled, leaning back in the chair and watching the needle move in between them. 
“Tell me a secret,” he said, eyes twinkling with undisguised interest.
Just to mess with him, she responded, “I had a dream about you last night.”
He twirled a hand in the air. “Elaborate.”
“I was at a drive-thru, and you were the one flipping burgers,” Nesta replied, biting her lip to keep the smile off her face.
“Very funny.” He scowled at her, which only made her smile grow. “Have you ever committed a crime?”
“Nope.” She gave him a small smile. “Contemplated assault a few times, though.”
Cassian rolled his eyes. “Have you ever committed an act of treason against the United States?”
“No.”
“Great. Boring questions are out of the way.” 
Wonderful.
“What’s your most embarrassing memory?”
Nesta finally gave into the urge to roll her eyes. “In ninth grade, I got off the school bus and the wind lifted up my skirt. And before you ask, yes, I was wearing underwear.”
“I’m jealous of the kid behind you,” he joked, running a hand through his hair. She traced the motion, wondering how the hell he managed to look good even under fluorescent lighting. “Let’s see... what else do I want to know?”
“No, what else do you need to know? For the purpose of giving me a job?”
He shrugged one of his massive shoulders. “Same difference, baby. I want to know... won’t you find it difficult?”
“Find what difficult, Cassian?” she spat back, both loving and dreading the tone of his voice. 
He smirked, full lips so damn distracting. “Working under me.”
It was an innocent question, but the way he said it made it beyond obvious what he meant. 
“Nope,” she replied, popping the p with satisfaction. 
“Really?” he scoffs, golden eyes twinkling with mischief. “I mean, it’s beyond obvious you’re attracted to me.”
Nesta gritted her teeth, the urge to rip the wires off her and strangle him with them growing by the second. “First, I’ll remind you this is a professional polygraph.” He rolled his eyes. “Second, you’re supposed to be asking me questions.”
“Fine.” He leaned forward, thick arms crossed on the table. “Are you attracted to me, Nesta?”
Her mouth dropped open on its own accord. Is he serious?
“I’m reporting you to your superiors,” she mumbled back, face heating with a blush. 
A laugh. “Who, Rhysand? My best friend? Fell free. Now answer the question.”
“What question was that, exactly?” she asked, trying everything to stall the inevitable. 
Cassian rolled his eyes, well on to her games. “Nesta Archeron, are you attracted to me?”
“No,” she said back, using all the tips and tricks she’d learned in the academy to fool the machine. 
He grinned, eyes shooting to the polygraph machine between them. They lit up like a fucking kid on Christmas when he looked back up. “That’s a lie.”
Shit shit shit. There was literally no telling what was going to happen next. 
“Machines make mistakes.”
Cassian shrugged, leaning closer to her. “Next question, then. Have you ever imagined having sex with me?”
Every time I look at you, you fucking miserable bastard.
“No.”
He didn’t even need the polygraph to catch that lie. Her blush was so bad, she wondered if she’d catch fire and burn through her skin. This was the most embarrassing thing she’d ever gone through. 
Except, for some reason, she wasn’t that embarrassed. It was obvious he already knew she was attracted to him, so he was probably just messing with her. 
“That’s a lie,” he repeated with a smile. 
Before he could ask another damning question, she said, “This is very unprofessional. And annoying. If this were reversed, would you endure it?”
“Yep. Ask me anything you want.”
She hadn’t really seen that coming. 
She decided to give him a taste of his own sickeningly sweet medicine. “Are you attracted to me?” she asked, sure he’d lie and say no. He hadn’t been the only one to catch onto something.
“Yes, I am. Infuriatingly so.”
Nesta decided she’d never breathe normally again, but she whispered back, “And have you thought about-”
“Having sex with you? Oh, baby girl, you have no idea. I think about having you under me all the fucking time.” He gave her a sour look. “I hardly get anything done with you around.”
She needed to get her jaw wired shut or something, because it was ridiculous to just sit here with her mouth open like this. 
“So, you see, you can’t be in the unit.” Wait, what? I’m going to fucking kill him. “And before you try to strangle me, I’ve already recommended you for the Special Operations Unit, which is basically the same thing, just not for vets. Okay?”
Wait... then why- “Why the hell did you make me take this poly, then?”
He smiled that little smile of his. “I had a hunch you wanted to jump me, but I couldn’t be sure until I had you hooked up to this thing.”
Oh, that’s it. Nesta grabbed the wires across her chest and threw them on the table with a growl, getting up so fast her chair hit the wall with a bang. 
She exploded into the hallway, practically sprinting towards towards the exit. She was almost there, literally had her hand around the handle, when something wrapped around her waist and pulled her the other direction. 
Straight into a supply closet. 
“What the-”
Cassian grabbed her wrists and slammed them above her head into the door now closed behind her, then pressed his lips roughly against hers. 
His mouth was hot on hers, devouring her everywhere, and he kissed her like a drowning man coming up for air. 
And, much to her own surprise, she kissed him back. 
She told him how much she hated--and wanted--him with her mouth, making sure he understood her perfectly. Nesta knew she should stop, knew they were at work and that she wasn’t about to let him have her in a damned supply closet.
But she also couldn’t bring herself to care.
So she kissed him until she went weak in the knees, and his arms wrapped around her waist to keep her standing. 
He pulled back, nipped her nose, and murmured, “See, I can’t exactly do that to the people in my unit.”
She just nodded and pulled him back down to her. “I’m still filing a complaint about you,” Nesta told him, completely serious.
Cassian kissed her again, lips now sweet against hers. “I’m not worried. Worked out pretty well for me, anyway.”
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guigz1-coldwar · 4 years ago
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Lucky Sims (Lawrence Sims/Freya 'Wraith' Helvig) NSFW +18
Summary: Sims has been captured during a CIA operation in Verdansk but his captor got...a different idea with him...
Shit...my head was still trying to remember what happened last night during our operation against Perseus in Verdansk, the last thing I was able to see was Adler going to the extraction point as I was going to join him & the others until then, it was the big blackout for me and if my head was hurting, that was surely meaning that someone knocked me out...dammit, in Perseus hands...not lucky at all.
And now, it was sure that I was in a cell, guards looking over me to wake up to make me talk, to beat the shit out of me until someone managed to save my ass out of the place I was held but...instead of waking up in a cell as I predicted, why the fuck I was in a normal bedroom on a bed...my both wrists in handcuffs on each side of the bed.
“Uhm...is there anyone here?” I spoke up in the room, trying to find out where I was, looking at the opened door. “Nobody?” I added after a few seconds, hearing nothing at all until then, some noises came from the door.
“Mister Sims, finally awake,” I moved my eyes to see a woman with blond mohawk hair, arriving at my sight, a black outfit with Perseus insignia on it and a mask covering her face. “I’ve been wondering when you will wake up,”
“Who are you? Why the fuck I’m handcuffed to the bed?” I asked in a confused voice as she was closing the door behind her.
“I’m going by Wraith, you may have heard of me, I presume,” She told me, seemingly locking the door with a key.
“Yeah, ex-NIS agent, quite a story but there’s something I need to know now,” I said before taking a deep breath. “Why am I on that bed instead of a cell, handcuffed?”
“What?” It was simply out of necessity,” She replied, taking off the bulletproof vest she was wearing on top of her black tactical suit. “For the place, let’s just say that we’re in a secure place when you & I could talk easily,”
“Wait, it’s just you & me in here, not even another of your bodyguards at all?” I said and she nodded at me, removing the mask off her face, seeing it fully and a smile on it. “You know what? I don’t like it,” I hissed.
“Perhaps but you don’t have any choice but to comply, mister Sims,” She put herself in front of the bed, her hands posed around her waist and...looking at me with a curious look. “Tell me, why do you think I captured you for?” She questioned me.
“It seems pretty obvious, you got me...handcuffed to a bed, so it’s sure that you want to interrogate me about where’s my team hiding in Verdansk,” I suggested to her but she only shook her head to me, putting her hands on the bed, near my shoes.
“No, I wanted to know...things
” She started to remove my left shoe, making my eyes go damn wide at what she was doing in front of me.
“Uhm...what’re you doing here?” I asked her, confused at my highest point.
“Seems pretty obvious, I’m stripping you out of your clothes, mister Sims,” She responded, moving to take off my other shoe. “I want to know things
” She repeated before she got slowly on the bed on her four.
“Is it a way to interrogate me?” I proposed, almost breaking a laugh out of my mouth. “Because if yes, it ain’t working and that’s going a bit far for me,” I added as I was watching getting closer to me, near my jewels.
“Tell me, do you think you’re hard enough to fuck me?” She demanded, peaking her eyes at me and getting her left hand on my private part...Sims...shit
”Answer me,” She ordered,
“I don’t know,” I whispered, my voice almost breaking because I didn’t have any clue about the situation: a Perseus agent wants to get fucked by me

“I’m taking it as a yes, let’s take this off,” She began to unzip my pants before, with her two hands, she pulled down my pants, unable for me to resist her moves as if I was paralyzed but my legs were fine...was it her doing that.
She continued to pull my pants down away from me as I was blushing in shame to let this happen and obviously, I was handcuffed, impossible to do a simple thing to escape. She then threw my pants away, discovering my blue boxers and coming near them before taking them off too.
“Wow, I thought I will have to warn you up,” She commented, her eyes all wide as she was observing my cock already aroused, I couldn’t look at her in the eyes at all. “Hey, look at me,” She ordered in a normal voice and with no choice, I complied.
“Is that strange?” I objected as if I was talking to myself, seeing her face looking amazed.
“Oh no, it seems that I affect you, mister Sims,” I then start to feel her hands around my thighs, her head getting closer to my cock before she used her tongue to lick my glans. “I didn’t blow you out and I’m already feeling that you’re tasteful,” She commented.
“Uhm...shit
” I chuckled and she winked at me, a smile on her face.
“Come on, just relax and...let me do my things,” She advised with me trying to realize how fucked I am right now, and then, she opened her mouth, getting my dick inside of it.
“Dammit,” I mumbled as her lips were feeling cold as she was slowly moving her head to suck me out.
She was very strange but she was looking very in need to do this, her brown eyes weren’t stopping to look at me in my own eyes, probably wondering what was my reaction to her actions and myself, I couldn’t know how the fuck I should react right now: a Perseus agent is...shit...
The more I was thinking about it, the more I was getting into trouble to continue about how the fuck I managed to get myself here. Wraith was now beginning to going deeper & a bit faster than before, her lips going hot as she was trying to move my pelvis with her hands.
She wasn’t kidding when she wanted this and somehow, I was starting to like it but still confused about it. She then stopped herself to catch a breath, her saliva all around my cock, a big smile on her face.
“And you didn’t cum yet, big boy,” She stated, getting one of her hands around my dick, not stroking it, just holding it.
“This is...I don’t know how to feel, it’s fucking weird,” I told her as she was starting to kneel in front of me between my legs.
“I know but I’m having my fun, do you?” She asked, sincerely and curious on her face, she wanted to know...I slowly nodded. “I knew it, I knew that you will be willing to continue,”
“Wait, I didn’t say that,” I protested.
“You nodded to me so let’s see how your dick will be in my pussy,” She then starts to unzip her tactical suit to the maximum, admiring her body...looking like a damn girl to me. “You’re liking it, do you?”
“Yes,” I breathed as she was finishing to unzip her suit to the bottom where I could see her pussy, looking ready to me. “Wait, are you sure about it?” I demanded, worried about something,
“Don’t worry, I already took my pills, and besides, no need of lube, you’re already ready,” She tried to reassure me, moving her body near my dick, still holding it with her hands before she got up to insert it right into her pussy. “Mmhm...feeling so good,”
“Oh my god,” I muttered, my hands still around those handcuffs, trying to relax them as my body was struggling the pleasure.
“Sims, your dick is so nice, let’s ride,” She whispered before she put her hands on my chest, unbuttoning my blue shirt to reveal my chest as she was starting to slowly move alongside my pelvis, my cock inside of her.
She was staying on top of me, her left hand touching my right shoulder and stroking it as she was using her right hand to caress her own boobs, keeping grinning at me, thinking that I was loving the show she was pulling out...and slowly, she was starting to be right...that girl was so...nice

Feeling her around me, it was making something that I didn’t experiment in days...maybe months of fighting Perseus and now, I’m literally fucking a Perseus agent...very literally...and not by my own will

“Always in your little thoughts, right Sims?” She broke out of my thoughts as she was starting to go faster in her ride.
“Yes...mmhm...fuck
” I groaned in pleasure at more she was continuing

“Herregud! [Oh my god!]” She moaned too, removing her hands off my, her right hand stroking her boobs as she was now using her left one to stroke her pussy faster while she was on me. “Sims, you’re so fucking nice to fuck with,” She complimented.
“I
.fuck...Wraith...girl
” I tried to speak up but her moves avoided me to do an entire sentence without been taken away by the lust. “Wraith!” I said, sounding like I was loving that name.
“Sims, fuck me in the ass,” She stopped herself to lean on me, sounding to plead with that.
“What?” I chuckled.
“You heard me, you’re going to fuck me in the ass and for that, I’ll free your hands,” She proposed to me, slowly moving her hands on my chest to get on my arms. “Fuck me, just fuck me, okay?” She demanded.
“Okay, I will, I promise,” I whispered, and by the second I said that she was already getting her hands towards the handcuffs to open them.
She freed my hands and honestly, I could have run away like that to retrieve my freedom, quickly taking my clothes and running like hell but I was surely going to get shot at by her and maybe broke a promise I made...so...I couldn’t do that and frankly, I needed to release myself, she warmed me a lot and it was going to take days if I didn’t do a thing about it.
As she let me free, she allowed me to go up before she put the handcuffs near the pillows, and then, she was putting herself on her fours, right at the position I was, astonished and surprised to see her like that.
“Come on, Sims, shove it in it, fuck my ass!” She ordered in a clear voice, her head against the bed as she was spreading her ass with her hands.
“My god, Wraith, you’re...amazing,” I commented, the first time seeing a person like that

“Thanks but now, pull it in,” She repeated, thanking me nonetheless before I approached her from behind, her ass still spread by her hands. “Okay, Sims, everyone will go fine,” I spoke to myself, wanting to reassure me before I put my cock right into her ass.
“Ow...fuck
” She moaned, feeling it inside of her ass, her hands already going away on the pillows.
I put my hands around her pelvis before I start to fuck her in the ass, going very slowly for her in case to not hurt her...damn, her ass was feeling so damn fine...her hands were telling me how she was, seeing them sometimes holding the pillows firmly and her face, turning around sometimes, was looking pleading to have more.
“Faster, faster!” She said in a pleading voice and by the second, I felt obliged to comply, going faster.
I did...and I was going faster than before, slamming my body against her ass as she was really wanting it for good, each time hearing her groan, even, she was whispering my own name in a low voice, trying to hide it but I was able to hear it. She then redressed herself, making me move my left hand gently around her neck.
“Yes, yes
.” She shouted, her voice taken over by our actions in bed.
“Wraith...I’m...starting to
.” I tried to say as I was going faster inside of her, holding her as if she was precious as my cock was soon going to cum inside of her ass.
“Wait, cum on my face, it’s better,” She suggested, moving away from me to turn around freely at me before she started to stroke my dick faster with her hands. “Come on, cum on me,” She said.
“Wraith...I’m cumming
” I warned her, feeling myself close to orgasm until then, loads of cum came out of my cock, landing right on her face and also on her shoulders.
I was...so relieved and...also so amazed by what I did, never thinking in my life that ‘fucking with the enemy’ was going to be literal as fuck but now, I literally fucked Wraith...the deadly Perseus agent we all heard about, she was in front of me, cum all over her face and her shoulders.
She was very looking happy with it, not even trying to clean it up from her, even going to take a small part of the cum she was having around her lips on her fingers before pulling them in her mouth, tasting it

“Hmm...so much better than the other one,” She stated to me as I was sitting down on the bed, exhausted.
“Better than the other one?” I repeated, getting curious about it.
“What? Adler didn’t tell you?” She said, sounding normal as she was still tasting my own cum...don’t look at her...but my eyes went wide at hearing doc’s name out of her mouth, “I fucked with him but it was less impressive than you,”
“Uhm...are you saying that you fucked with him while he was captive to you?” I sounded shocked to hear that and she normally nodded...oh shit
”Is that just sick?”
“No, it was just a way to see how strong the ‘America’s Monster’ was and this reputation isn’t really badass for me,” She scoffed, looking at me with a smile, cleaning up the remaining cum around her lips with her tongue.
“Dammit, just learning that Doc fucked with you...better to not talk about it,” I suggested to her and she laughed as I was picking up my pants on the floor. “What?” I asked her.
“No, nothing, you’re just amazing, Lawrence Sims,” She replied, saying my full name.
“What about you, Freya Helvig?” I asked her back in a good voice, knowing her full name too.
“I guess that I can let you free now,” She simply told me like that, crossing her legs on the bed.
“Are you saying that I can leave like that? Not a trap by you?” She shook her head to me.
“No, as I said, I was alone, we’re in an abandoned house near Verdansk in the Kastovian countryside,” She responded, looking outside through the window. “I’m releasing you because you were amazing,” She added.
“And if I wasn’t?” I demanded, curiously.
“Well, I would have kept you here for my fun but
” She then stopped herself to look at me as I was putting on my pants again. “About that, do you think that...the two of us can maybe...one day, see each other again like that?”
“You mean, knocking me out, strapping me to a bed, and fucking with me?” I proposed, breaking a laugh with her about it.
“Why not? If it’s the only way to get you inside of me, I will...and sorry for the head by the way,” She said, apologizing for hitting me on the head, not hurting anymore. “Even if we’re on opposing side, we can still have fun...you & me,”
“We’ll see how our respective sides go to decide about it,” I stated, threading my shoes at my feet, Wraith still looking at me with good eyes. “To say that a CIA agent & a Perseus agent fucked in an abandoned house
” I scoffed, laughing inside of me.
“Quite a story to tell but...I’m pretty sure that the two of us will see each other,” She told me as I was getting up from the bed, fully dressed...except for one thing. “Don’t worry, here it is,” She moved her hands to grab a cap...my baseball cap on the nightstand near the bed.
“Thanks,” I put it back on, a smile on my face. “So, you’re really going to let me go, hope you will have a good story to tell your boss,” I advised as she wasn’t going to stop me at all.
“I can say the same about you,” She joked about me, knowing that I will have to do the same with the team back at the safe house. “Also hoping that we don’t try to shoot at each other next time,”
“We’ll try about it,” I told her, readjusting my cap before walking next to her before deciding, like that, to land a kiss on the top of her head just near her hair. “Have a nice day, Wraith, and don’t get yourself killed, we still have the next time for us maybe,” I whispered before starting to walk back to the door of the room.
“Of course, to next time, Sims,” She waved at me with a smile on her face still with cum on it before I stepped outside the room, letting the door opened.
Oh
.my...god....first, I was still amazed and shocked that Wraith didn’t kill me and the turn of events that happened in that room, my thoughts on it as I was getting out of the house, not hearing a noise behind me...I was shocked...but feeling so good, she’s a nice girl...I hope that we can meet each other and now...I have to find my way back to the safe house...and bring a good excuse...a damn one
.
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fantasticstoryteller · 4 years ago
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New Amsterdam Chapter 97
Wade stared at the small townhouse with trepidation. He could still hear echoes of laughter from his last visit and vaguely remembered that the woman had said that she liked him better than Tony. Of course, she had broken Tony’s arm, and was disappointed that Tony had full use of said arm.
{She also likes us better than Norman!}
[I don’t think that’s hard. She probably likes the sewer rats better than Norman.]
Wade shuddered at the image.
Peter absently pat his arm, so as not to disturb the cake that Wade was holding. “It’ll be fine,” he said reassuringly. “Oh, the turtle’s in the window.” Wade’s eyes tracked to the window closest to the front door and saw that there was, indeed a stuffed turtle in it. The turtle was green with a yellow shell and looked fuzzy.
“What’s important about the turtle?” asked Wade as Peter put a gentle hand on his arm and guided him towards the back of the house.
“Means the front door’s blocked. She does metal art sculptures with recycled materials,” Peter explained as they walked through the tiny yard.
[Would have been good to know earlier.]
{Well, it’s not like we told him we were going to visit his aunt.}
[What?]
{He couldn't have told us about the turtle earlier, because we didn’t tell him we were going to see his aunt.}
[You are so strange.]
The back door opened to reveal the smiling face of the woman he’d seen earlier. “Peter!” she called holding open her arms. “It’s good to see you!” she said as she hugged her nephew.
“It’s good to see you too,” Peter said warmly. He pulled away and put his hand back on Wade’s arm. “Aunt May, this is my boyfriend, Wade.”
“It’s nice to see you again Wade,” the woman said, still holding the smile.
[I can’t tell if she’s lying, to spare Peter, or if she’s serious.]
“Nice to see you again,” Wade echoed. He held out the baked good in his hands. “We brought cake. Glazed lemon pound cake,” he added.
Her entire face twitched. “That is—so sweet,” she said in a strained voice.
{What did we do? Is she allergic to lemons? Oh, God, did we almost murder Peter’s mother?}
Peter sighed. “I didn’t have anything to do with cooking it, Aunt May,” he reassured the woman.
Who sagged with relief. “Thank God. I still remember the horror that was chicken noodle soup.”
“I was ten!”
“You put six heads of garlic in it!”
“Garlic is good for you!”
“The soup came from a can, Peter. A. Can. Trust me, it had all the garlic it needed.”
“You ate it,” said Peter petulantly as Aunt May reached for the cake. “And I never made that mistake again,” he added quickly.
[I wonder what other mistakes he’s made.]
{If he’s made that many mistakes, then his cooking should have improved, right? Why hasn’t it?}
[Do NOT ask him that!]
Wade surrendered it and then curled up around Peter. “Yes, and I was sick for an extra two weeks,” agreed the woman as she turned and entered the house.
Peter sighed and hung his head. “We can still go,” he said as he looked up at Wade.
Wade curled around him again. “But then I’ll miss on your embarrassing stories!” he whined.
Peter chuckled and the two of them followed Aunt May into the house. “Can’t have that,” he teased.
{I love him!}
[We all love him. You’re not special.]
Once inside Peter and Wade sat on the couch while Wade peered over at the front door to see the metal thing blocking the door. It looked like there were now colored bits of metal all over. Peter looked to see what he was looking at and grinned. “So, what pot did you ruin to make the bismuth crystals?” he called out to his aunt, who was in the kitchen cutting the cake so that they could all have some.
“Same one as last time,” Aunt May called back as she came into the living room with three plates. Each plate had a fork and, oddly, a strawberry.
“Thank you,” said Wade remembering manners he had learned somewhere. Peter gently nudged him with a shoulder and grinned. Wade grinned as he nudged back.
Aunt May looked on with a satisfied smile. She neatly cut a bite of the cake with her fork and ate it, not looking away from the two on her couch. “How’s work, Peter?” she asked.
Peter brightened and began chattering away about matrices and stability and a bunch of other things that flew right over Wade’s head.
[I wonder if she actually understands what he’s saying or if she’s just letting him ramble.]
{He’s so cute! Look at how enthusiastic he is!}
“How did you and Deadpool meet?” Aunt May asked.
Peter frowned. “Wade, Aunt May. His name is Wade. You literally just used his name!”
Aunt May smiled. “I didn’t ask how you met Wade,” she continued patiently. “I asked how you met Deadpool.” Peter glared at her as he pushed his glasses up with his wrist.
{What’s happening?}
[I’m as confused as you are.]
Aunt May turned to Wade, breaking the staring match. “I have some lemonade that will go well with the cake,” she said calmly, as though she hadn’t just been staring Peter down about—something. “Would you like a glass?”
Wade glanced at his untouched cake. It was untouched because he didn’t want to push the mask up. “I’m okay,” he told her firmly.
Peter, understanding the problem, leaned into Wade’s side. Aunt May simply nodded. “Peter, she said firmly, “come help me with dishes.” She picked up her plate and Peter grabbed his own before heading into the kitchen with her.
[She doesn’t want us to hear what she’s going to say to him.]
{We should eavesdrop! That way—what’s that?}
Wade went to the window and peered out at the neighborhood before giving a mental groan. There, on the house across the street, with a perfect visual scope of the one he was in, was a figure lying on the tiles of the roof.
[Can you still call it camouflage when it’s a different color than the roof it’s on?]
{Brown! Brown on black tiles! I swear, standards for snipers are so low.}
So, who was the sniper working for? They weren’t from HYDRA, because those fuckers knew how to camouflage themselves—otherwise they wouldn't have been able to hide within SHIELD for so long. Ah—must be SHIELD. Only SHIELD could be so bad at camouflage and still be in operation.
Wade pulled out his phone and made a call. When it was picked up he growled, “Pull your sniper out of the neighborhood.”
“There’s a sniper in the neighborhood?” Wade turned to see Peter.
Wade shifted. He didn’t want to get Peter involved in this, but he already was. It was his aunt’s house that was being targeted after all. He nodded.
Peter’s expression darkened. “What house?” he demanded. Wade pointed and then Peter gestured towards Wade’s phone. “May I?” he asked. Fascinated, Wade handed the phone over. “You have five minutes,” Peter said grimly, “to get your sniper out of my neighborhood or I’m calling Mrs. Salinzky and telling her I see her cat on the roof before going out to take pictures of the old woman yelling at your sniper for killing her cat. Then I will submit the encounter to every news, from paper to television to independent blogger, asking why you felt the need to harass an elderly woman with dementia.”
[Oh. My. God. Peter’s a force to be reckoned with!]
{That’s so hot! Think he’ll be up for some cuddling later?}
“Sorry for the inconvenience, Mr. Parker,” the tinny voice came over the phone. The sniper across the street flung back his cover and began packing up. “May I come and make a formal apology?”
“Might be a good idea,” Peter admitted darkly. “Front door’s blocked.” He calmly hung up and handed the phone back to Wade. “What could they want?” he muttered as he leaned against Wade’s side.
Wade tucked his phone back into his pocket and hugged his boyfriend. “I don’t know,” he answered with complete honesty.
There was a knock at the back door and Aunt May allowed the individual there to come in. Wade stiffened as he glared at the balding man in his distinctive three-piece suit. “Coulson,” he spat darkly.
“Wilson,” said the man amiably. He looked at Peter. “Sorry to bother you Mr. Parker. We were—concerned about Deadpool’s activities.” The man smiled. “Just want to keep the neighborhood safe.”
“It’s always important to keep the neighborhood safe,” Aunt May agreed. “Please, take a seat.” Coulson sat and, not to be outdone, Wade did too, Peter following. “Would you like some lemonade?” asked the woman pleasantly.
“If you would be so kind,” Coulson said with a smile. Aunt May smiled and bustled off while Coulson turned his attention to Peter.
[I don’t like the way he’s looking at him.]
{Petey is ours.}
“Well, Peter,” Coulson said slowly as Deadpool tucked himself around his boyfriend, “I’ve heard a lot about you.”
Unfazed Peter used his wrist to shove the glasses back into place on his face. “Have you?” he asked. “Agent Coulson.”
“And how did you know that?” asked Coulson with an easy smile.
Peter did not smile back. In fact, he bristled and Deadpool could feel it. “Wade called you by name,” he said.
Wade. That was right; he was Wade. Peter’s boyfriend. He shook himself and Peter leaned back into his embrace.
Coulson, the bastard, watched the whole thing. “Wade,” he said emphasizing the name and not title, “didn’t call me ‘agent’.”
Peter sighed. “You are not wearing a uniform. I know all of the detectives in this section of the city, since one of them lives down the street and has been regularly throwing barbecues for his fellow officers and detectives since before I lived here. So you are not a detective, or I would already know you. That leaves ‘agent.’ I don’t yet have enough information to realize if you are FBI, CIA, or SHIELD, but you are definitely an agent.”
The man nodded. “That’s a good deduction,” he admitted.
Peter gave a low snort. “Trust me,” he said, “I only look stupid.”
“The spandex only makes me look stupid.”
Almost the exact same phrase. One was Peter. One was Spidey. Except—
{They’re the same! Oh, thank the good heavens, Petey-Pie and Spidey are the same!}
Wade’s mind quickly sifted through all of his interactions with Peter. The way, when they were first eating back to back, that he’d been reminded of Spiderman. The way that Spiderman and Peter were never in the same place at the same time. The way that if Spiderman left Wade in an uncomfortable situation Peter would show up to help (and maybe tease him about the insane number of masks in the drawer, but Wade still had issues about his skin). They were the same person.
[Do you even know what this means?]
{Of course I do! It means we can cuddle Spidey any time we want and not feel bad about it!}
[It means he’ll hate us.]
Both Wade and Yellow paused in their internal excitement as they felt the first tendrils of dread. What did White mean? Why would Peter hate them?
[He spent so much energy hiding his identity and then we, the most unstable person he knows, figures it out? He’ll never forgive us.]
{But—but what can we do?}
[Pretend we don’t know and wait. He’ll either tell us eventually, or not.]
Wade wasn’t sure he could do it.
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mantra4ia · 4 years ago
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Debris: speculation and what we know so far about...
Bryan
The character is from Texas, has no siblings, and his parents are both alive.
He served in MARSOC (Marine Special Forces) in Afghanistan, where he was in a military prison in some capacity (officer or detainee unclear, but an alternate reality he's called a war criminal, so he's likely detained).
FWIW, I'm a little surprised that in an alternative reality Bryan wasn't a part of Influx. He shares a similar kind of backstory with Anson Ash.
He carries a baseball on the plane like a momento stress ball (1x03).
He eats...a lot, literally thinks with his stomach, seemingly indiscriminately (#you could just pull up a chair to the buffet). Stale Peeps, weeks old sandwiches, rewarmed burritos, anything from the minibar, etc. Maybe he was a smoker in the time before and it killed his sense of taste. Or he just has an iron stomach from his time on active duty. In any case, food seems to be his unconditional OTP. I request a GIF supercut.
He seems to know a bunch of field operatives (Lester, Sharon, John the ME, Muntz, Beck from containment) from various Orbital teams, perhaps even worked cases with a few, along with everyone in Maddox's office. He's very cordial so presumably he likes them, but in stark contrast at least half seem to decidedly dislike him with baiting antagonism, some openly hostile. Sharon: "why are you smirking at me Bryan?" Muntz, the Laghari lab tech: "I've come across plenty like you...men who play by their own rules." Beck: "They only send in the A-team when they want the agents to survive...easy for you to say, I'm the one who had to tell his wife". No wonder he feels a bit ostracized. Perhaps his reputation (impulsive?) proceeds him or perhaps he's been labeled an "unlucky" partner that misfortune follows so he gets kept at a distance?
The exception to the above seems to be Gary Garcia, the former scientist that helps hide George. May be former partners if the audio during credit rolls is any indication, and knows about Bryan's health / injections. They appear close. Perhaps because they share a mentality: both presumably injured in their line of work at Orbital, and they know what it means to have to rely on yourself.
When we meet Finola and Bryan, it seems like they've been working together for a few weeks, stateside at least (Finola's quote 1x02: Been here 3 weeks, feels like 3 years) and that he's had at least two Orbital partners prior, one (Julian / Jules) that died on duty, and the other creepy Dutch guy still living, Niels. How many more partners has he been through? Is it protocol that they get reassigned/shuffled so often to follow the debris, or so as not to form attachments "This job is about being alone, it's supposed to be...we're a blip in other people's lives", or does his personality not play well with others, like from the pilot when he tells Finola "it's been a long time since I've worked with somebody who's looked at me like another human being."
Also in 1x01 when Bryan says, "So are we now saying the debris pulled [Kieran] from the ground and added meat to his bones" and Finola says no, he was cremated, Bryan looks almost disappointed like he was momentarily more hopeful than pragmatic. At first I thought this was just a lead up to introducing the fact that George Jones was alive, but maybe another plot point is that Bryan has lost someone in duty he wants back.
He carries a picture in his front pocket of a woman with some Persian/ Farsi(?) or Urdu(?) written on the back. It's hard to tell by the script, it could be neither. When confronted by that, his clone says "I can't let it go." Old flame that was lost? Or a partner of a fallen service member killed in action —I've lost brothers— that he couldn't save (is that part of Bryan's dark guilt / grief)? Civilian casualty of a Marine mission? In the pilot when he tells Isla "you have to tell her how much you need her, I know from experience...You will not be able to forgive yourself if you don't" is Bryan thinking of this woman?
EDIT: considering the next episode is called "Asalah," which could be a woman's name, maybe that's part of the text on the back of the photo. Pure speculation.
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He counts on himself to be level and composed when it comes to his emotions and apologizes when he isn't. He loses that composure in the pilot when Isla talks about family therapy and fighting with her mother after Kieran's death: "I knew someone like her once." Was Bryan referring to himself, has he been through post-service therapy? Perhaps he developed a rift with his family or left home at an early age like she did?
Bryan would be great at pub trivia night. He always seems to have an odd fact ready about NASA tech, native legends, an article about a historical building that he read, Fleetwood PA, etc. He doesn't seem the type to keep facts on standby to impress, so perhaps he's a secret bibliophile even though Finola hassles him for not reading case files.
"Fin: Maybe we should run some more tests before we continue/ Bryan: I will cut bait if you want to / Fin; let's just look out for each other" 1x02 Bryan seems more cautious than impulsive, he does a good job of listening to Finola's concerns. Is that from experience? Did he get overconfident, mishandle debris, and get permanently injured, hence the frequent blood work and injections?
"This man saved my life." Why does Bryan trust Maddox implicitly? And when Maddox says in 1x07 "Investigate quietly. I want to keep the lights off. I don't want to lose anymore lives, Bryan, okay?" is that a word of warning specially for him? Does he have a body count? (see afforementioned question of frequent work partners turnover and having an unlucky reputation)
Bryan in protective of Finola when the CIA taps her apartment. It's the straw that turns his allegiance from his agency to his partner.
I still can't place why Bryan carries a baseball — it seems like it could be a red herring, but I can't get over the visual of Maddox playing catch with Dario and reading into it as some sort of surrogate bond — or why he has a chain around his neck (1x05). It's not service tags and probably not a ring, it's some kind of pendant: a large loop encircling a dull, perhaps tarnished, gray metallic disc. A patron saint? A piece of shrapnel? A piece of debris? Unclear, but it definitely has texture or an etching.
Top Bryan Quotes
"That's the job. Impossible." 1x01 Pilot
"We are supposed to be blips in these people's lives, not memories." 1x04 In Universe
"It's been a long time since I've worked with somebody who's looked at me like another human being." 1x01
"Zippo lighters, Pyrex glassware, Crayola crayons, and of course Peeps. Insane for peeps, cracklike...we owe the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a great deal of gratitude and I am not afraid to say it." 1x02 You Are Not Alone
"I've been thinking, [about] Finola.. if MI6 knew her father was still alive they would take her out of here. We need to get home before this becomes an issue...this is going to affect her." 1x03 Solar Winds, when he's not sure how her father will affect her empathetic-based decision-making
Craig: "You hated the creepy Dutch guy." / Bryan: "He was adorable."
"Well, one of my tips for survival, Muntz, is always let the other guy touch the debris first." 1x03 So is that what happened to Garcia?
To Finola "I realize I tend to forget that there's still magic to discover in the world. But not you." 1x03
"There are things that you understand about life that I don't, and I respect that. But there are things that I know that you will not find very palatable...I am going to focus on the people that we're saving and not the ones that we can't." 1x04
"If we don't act, we might not be able to stop the terraforming. There's no way we're going to be able to win all these, and I know that every cell in your body right now is screaming for you to do what you think is right. I need you to go against that. I need you to trust me." 1x04
"Finola's capable. I trust her instincts." 1x08 Spaceman
"I'm running on sugar and coffee for the rest of the day" 1x07 You Can Call Her Caroline, but really isn't that Bryan everyday?
"When I tell you that I understand, it's not empty...I lost brothers. It destroys families. There are people who can help you with what you're going through right now...There is a way to get back from this pain. I was where you were, and the darkness almost ended me. And somebody put out his hand... I want to be there for you." 1x07
"I'm trying to get back to someone. It's very important to me." 1x09 Do You Know Icarus?
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