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Big fan of the Hetty Scuttle
#cbs ghosts#ghosts cbs#hetty woodstone#i remembered i can just upload shitty gifs that have no editing on them into the tag and nobody can stop me#my city now#there are so many more scuttling moments but i dont want this to be to too long lmfao#SHE JUST (scampers)#mine#edit: why does this have almost 2k they are the most raw crunchy unedited gifs ever lol#many more scampers to add
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just watched a tiktok that essentially went âcheck your tone b4 u talk to my girl/dont talk to my wife like thatâ and now i need protective naruto charas w this.. team 7 ?! (and maybe the other konoha 11 (+ sand sibs kinda fit this too but omit and add whoever! no pressure!!))
I love how this is definitely pretty much canon to Sasukeâs character lol
Some are modern AU, some arenât. Itâll be pretty much obvious, but if itâs not, it doesnât matter too much.
I only did team 7 (Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Sai) this time since the entire Konoha 13 and sand siblings can take a while and I just did all of them on my last post.(sorry no Yamato, I donât know how to write for him tbh)
Fem reader
âWatch your Tone before you speak to my girl.â
Naruto Uzumaki
He canât figure out why this guy is actually flipping his shit over something so small?
All you did was bump into him while you were trying to turn around from the counter in the kitchen. The party was packed, but the kitchen wasnât quite as bad. You didnât think you had to watch your every step so carefully.
The guy, clearly drunk off his ass, turns around and tells you to watch yourself. He throws out some basic insults, nothing too deep, but the attempt pisses your blonde, hotheaded boyfriend off.
The guy reaches for you, probably to tap your shoulder, throwing out some âflirtyâ comment meant to degrade you.
Naruto shoves the dude back, âwatch your tone when you talk to her. Thatâs my girl.â
The dude, with as much respect for Naruto as he had, nods quickly, scampering off.
Naruto pours you another drink, giving you it as he pulls you onto the dance floor.
Sasuke Uchiha
Somebody talking down to his wife?
He knows damn well you can handle yourself, so heâll stay back, but if you look at him for some help, heâs coming right on over.
He caught wind of the guy telling you off for being weak, saying youâre no help so you have no business ever being a ninja.
He canât help but wonder what the hell this guys problem is. His wife isnât weak. Youâre one of the top ninja in the village, without a doubt. Maybe he has an issue with women?
âDonât talk to my wife like that. Youâre half the ninja she is.â
Sai
Heâs right there and some dipshit has the nerve to talk down on you IN FRONT of him????
It was over something that was common knowledge to a person native to the village your team was visiting, but you simply didnât know. Youâd apologized many times. Wasnât that enough?
Heâs very subtly sassy at first. Heâs monotone and flat in tone, but heâs being snarky. You can tell and the dude is catching on.
As Sai gets more pissed off, he gets more obvious.
Because it takes a bit to make him actually feel any which way, this dude is just a dickhead. And Sai isnât having it
âWatch your tone. Talk to her right. Or we can handle this elsewhere?â Sai is smiling, but itâs a threat.
Sakura Haruno
Sheâs fuming when she hears somebody talking down to you. How dare somebody shit talk her girlfriend while youâre just trying to shop.
Youâd gotten the last of something, since you were there first, but some Karen ass woman wanted it and was telling you why she deserves it more than you.
Youâd explained kindly how you got to it first, but looked about ready to give it up and hand it over.
Sakura wasnât going to let this woman step on your toes
âWatch your tone when you talk to my girl.â Sakura balls her hands into fists beside herself, but doesnât raise them.
The woman is scared because Sakura is lowkey jacked and now she knows sheâll never be safe again. She gives it up.
Kakashi Hatake
This person didnât know you were with Kakashi, without a doubt.
You were in a book store, and apparently youâd accidentally bumped into some girl and knocked all the books out of her arms. (She was carrying way too many without a basket for some reason)
You apologized, helping her pick them up, but she wasnât letting it go.
She kept insulting your thinking skills and asked if youâre going blind. Over all, just things Kakashi knew werenât true or didnât matter. It was an accident. (And if you were going/are blind, itâs still, and more so, not your fault so heâs trying to figure out who tf this girl is??)
He waits to see what you do, but he wonât hesitate if he sees you need just a bit of help.
âHow unhappy with your life do you have to be to talk like that?â Kakashi asks, closing his book. âYou should watch your tone when you talk to my girl.â
#superliminalwriting#naruto#naruto shippuden#naruto team 7#team 7#kakashi hatake x reader#Kakashi hatake#Kakashi#naruto x reader#naruto uzumaki#naruto uzumaki x reader#Sasuke Uchiha x reader#Sasuke x reader#Sasuke Uchiha#sai x reader#yamanaka sai#sai yamanaka#sai yamanaka x reader#Sakura Haruno x reader#Sakura x reader#Sakura Haruno#sai#naruto shippuden x reader
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Writing Basics: Descriptive Verbs
A verb is a word thatâs used to describe an action.
Descriptive verbs - (or strong verbs) are single-word actions that add to the tableau in the readerâs mind, giving it a boost of color and energy.
In many cases, an engaging, vivid verb is more concise and telling than a straightforward, overused one.
The man ran quickly toward the smoke, versusÂ
The man sprinted toward the smoke.
Weak verbs are simply common onesâwords that describe the bare minimum of the action. Sometimes thatâs the best way to keep your writing clean and direct, but it can also lead to a lack of color, or personality.
Types of Descriptive Verbs
The most powerful verbs evoke imagery and emotion in the action of the verb itself. A dog doesnât just eat its foodâit gobbles it. The glass doesnât just breakâit shatters.
Questions to consider when replacing your verbs:
Verbs of movement: Movement is especially ripe for descriptive words. Movements communicate how your characters feel, what they want, and how they present themselves to the world. Is your character merely walking along from point a to b? Or do they project more attitude with a saunter or perhaps swagger? Are they in a skipping mood? These movement verbs can also denote a sense of place, and urgency: Depending on the terrain, perhaps they plod through mud or stagger over jagged rocks. Suspicious characters might slink away into the darkness, or scamper just out of reach.
Verbs of stillness: In real life, stillness is never entirely devoid of movement, and is equally revealing. A nervous character doesnât merely sit, they perch on the edge of their seat. A rude character might slouch in their chair. A character who has just received terrible news may slump on the couch.
Verbs for speech and expression: With dialogue attribution, you could write an entire novel using only âsaid,â without having to resort to more descriptive verbs like âshouted,â âcried,â or âwhimpered.â The best answer is a balance: try to keep your language from jarring the reader out of the story, but considering your characterâs intent when searching for the right descriptive verb in dialogue also allows you to quickly deliver more information to the reader. When is a laugh so cruel it becomes more of a snicker, or so unguarded it bursts forth as a guffaw? Muttering a word under the breath might be a sign of dissent, while a whimper is one of surrender. Create volume in your dialogue by introducing sound-oriented synonyms, like whispers or shouts.
When to Use Descriptive Verbs
The best verbs help you hone your prose to give you the effect you wish to achieve. Think about the tone do you want to setâwhat feelings or mood do you want to evoke? What kind of language will best deliver the story you want to tell?
Reading your work aloud is an excellent way to both hear the sonic effects of your prose and catch awkward repeated sounds or other unintended effects. Read through your writing and make a note of where things feel too slow, or stale.
Where are the moments where your prose stalls out? Highlight all the verbs youâve used in that section and find stronger words to heighten the tension or enhance the mood of the scene.
Reasons to Use Descriptive Verbs in Writing
Using descriptive verbs is especially useful when considering pacing; active verbs help anchor your writing in the present tense, contributing to the exciting (or suspenseful, emotional, moody, exuberant) tone you might be going for.
Weak verbs, in general, are often supported by adverbs of manner (those descriptive words that end in â-lyâ). Good descriptive verbs rid your sentences of the need for too many adverbs, and can also keep state-of-being verbs (like am, is, are, and was, which lead to passive voice) in check.
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thinking about tomura being tenkoâs older brother where theyâre perhaps ten years apart. you and tomura first meet when youâre both eighteen, start hanging out as friends, but youâre only vaguely aware he has a sibling when sometimes he says he canât hang out that particular weekend because he has to âbabysit the bratâ.
after a while, youâre able to convince him to show you a picture of his little brother. youâre curious if they look alike, and other than a few features like their eye and hair color, you can easily imagine how tomura looked at that age, too. him and tenko look startling similar to each other even with that many years between them.
âsorryâŠâ tomura grumbles through the other side of your phone call one afternoon. âtenkoâs soccer practice got canceled and now my momâs making me watch him while sheâs at work.â
he sounds annoyed, almost embarrassed by the fact that, even at eighteen, he has to obey his motherâs requests, but is ultimately contrite about his last minute change of plans having to effect you so often as well.
âitâs ok,â you assure him with your usual chipper tone, fully understanding the responsibility he has. âbut, yâknowâŠâ you remind him, âif itâs ok, i could always come over and we could hang out while youâre watching your brother?â
you try and hide your eagerness the best you can. the truth is, youâve been wanting to meet the mini-tomura for quite some time now. tomura always describes him as annoying, as a needy little brat that whines until he gets his way, but the words are never spit with scorn and thereâs something soft in his eyes that always gives away the fact that he actually does care.
tomura usually just brushes off your offer, promises to reschedule with you, so youâre prepared to be let down, but that time, after a short pause of contemplation, tomura clears his throat and says, âi mean, yeah, ok. thatâs fine i guess, if you wantâŠâ
âok!â you beam, already grabbing your keys. âiâll be over soon then!â you hang up, grab your bag, and jump in your car.
any time youâve been over to tomuraâs house (which has been few and far between, since your place tends to be the designated hangout given you usually have the house to yourself most of the time) tenko hasnât been there. heâs been at his aforementioned soccer practice or a friendâs house or some other activity thatâs kept you from meeting him.
youâre so curious itâs overwhelming, and as you pull up to tomuraâs house heâs already perched on the front step, gazing at his phone until he hears your car approaching. you park by the curb and scamper up to greet him, giving him a hug as per usual, and though heâd sounded sort of defeated on the phone earlier, seeing your smiling face now makes him feel a little lighter.
âhey,â you grin, momentarily holding both his hands in your own down between your close bodies. sometimes you're reminded how adverse to any kind of physical touch tomura used to be when the two of you had first met. even something as simple as a light, playful nudge would make him flinch, cause him to keep a bit more of a distance for the rest of the day.
but over time, you're not sure exactly why but, something changed.
and it was actually him who came to comfort you that time. you'd been upset, had planned on staying in your room alone until the ache decided to pass. but then you and tomura had started texting. he'd sensed something was wrong so he'd called. he'd heard the heartbreak in your voice, told you he was on his way, and not ten minutes later he was sitting beside you on your bed with his arm around you as you'd talked to him about what had happened while you'd cried.
ever since then, he'd gotten more comfortable with your casual, familiar touches, though he still found it easier to touch you than to be touched by you.
âhey,â he returns, then adds with that hint of that sarcastic humor youâve come to love so much, âyou ready to meet the little demon?â
you laugh, unable to not be amused by his melodrama. âoh, câmon,â you say, lightly batting at his arm. âheâs only eight, he canât be that bad!â
all tomura offers in response is a muttered, âyeah, wellâŠâ before inviting you inside.
as soon as you walk through the door, a little dog comes bounding towards you, running in energetic circles and barking as his tail wags with both curiosity and excitement. you proceed with caution around the corgi, wanting to reach down to pet him but hesitating around the unfamiliar animal.
the few times you'd been over before, tomura had let his dog out into the yard so he wouldn't end up jumping all over you, so this is the first time you're meeting him up close instead of catching glances of him through a window.
"ugh, sorry..." tomura mutters as he reaches down and scoops his dog up, the canine's tail continuing to wag even more once he's secure in tomura's arms. "i forgot to let him out back..." he then seems to realize something, his eyes widening a bit as he does a double take back at you and asks with a little more guilt in his tone, "you're not afraid of dogs, are you...?"
you wave off his concern with a swish of your hand and a crooked smile. you tell him you're not, you were just a little surprised is all.
"it's mon-chan, right?" you ask, slowly reaching your hand out for the dog to sniff.
"yeah. mon-chan," tomura confirms, readjusting his grip on the wriggling animal. "he's super friendly. just, well..." he gives a half shrug as a small grin cracks at one corner of his mouth. "he can be a lot."
"hey, mon-chan..." you coo, your tone turned sugary sweet, and the dog gives the back of your hand a few friendly licks. "awwww, you're cute, aren't you? what a good boy..."
but before you can dote over the dog too much, something catches your attention from the corner of your eye, causing you to shift your view towards the living room that sits off to the side of the main entrance.
and, lo and behold, there he is.
little tenko and his sweet little face that reminds you so much of the older brother youâve become so fond of.
âhiiiii,â you greet the little boy with a soft voice and a smile. you know kids can often be wary when meeting new people, so when tenko just stares at you with those big, dark eyes youâre not surprised.
âhey,â tomura grumbles to his sibling. âdonât be rude. say hello.â
tenko then seems to snap out of his cautious trance, looking at his brother then back to you before saying, âis this the girl youâre always talking about, nii-san?â
tomura feels his cheeks heat and his ears burn as he sputters out something that sounds like half an excuse, half a scolding before telling tenko to go watch tv and behave. tenko obeys without any trouble and as you pass by through the living room you can see a popular superhero movie playing on the screen.
you travel down the short hall to where tomuraâs bedroom lays at the very end, and once the door is shut he seems to become a little less tense.
âiâll need to make him lunch in about an hour,â he tells you. âbut until thenâŠâ he flashes you a suggestive smirk and you know exactly whatâs coming.
it's one of your favorite things about hanging out together, the way it relieves the tension, lets you two unleash parts of yourself that you rarely let other people see. and tomura's been surprisingly good at it from the start. you wouldn't have guessed at a glance how skilled those hands could be, how coordinated given his usually lax, nonchalant nature...
he tosses you a game controller and you catch it with ease. âwhaâdya say we pick up where we left off?â he asks, a hint of darkness to his voice that you now recognize as cold, hard competition.
you feel a look of confidence spreading across your face at the challenge and you reply in a tone befitting of a worthy opponent, âyouâre on.â
the next hour passes quickly as you play your guys' favorite co-op game together, leaving you just two points from tying with tomura, and amidst your laughter and playful taunting, thereâs a slight squeak as the door creaks on its hinges, little tenko peeking through the thin crack and observing, letting out a quiet gasp when he realizes he's been spotted.
âiâll be out in a sec,â tomura tells his brother, already knowing what that expectant look means. tenko seems to linger, casting you another glance, and you convince tomura to pause the game.
âcâmon,â you murmur, giving him that guilt-tripping stare that he hates you for being so good at. âletâs go make him lunch and then we can finish this after.â
and itâs that suggestion of we, that suggestion of together, that has him pausing the game and setting his controller aside, standing from his bed to open the door to his little brother and following him down the hall to the kitchen, you close behind.
tomura takes out a tupperware from the fridge and has just popped it in the microwave when his phone buzzes from his pocket. "it's my mom," he states. "gimme one sec." he steps out of the kitchen and begins to wander towards the living room, his voice growing more distant as you hear him pick up the call. you hope everything is ok. but, for now, it's just you and tenko standing in the kitchen, the eight-year-old gazing up at you with that big, curious stare while the microwave counts down the seconds behind him.
"can i have lemonade?" he asks once you meet his eyes and give him a friendly grin.
the microwave beeps and you go to take his lunch out of it. "sure," you answer. but then, a little bit more suspiciously, you ask, "does tomura usually let you have lemonade?"
tenko nods, not giving anything away as you finish plating the other items of his lunch while tomura remains on the phone in the living room. from where you stand, if you glance just slightly around the entryway, you can see him sitting on the couch, leaning forward a bit while he continues to speak with his voice low. you just hope his mom won't be mad that he invited you over while she wasn't home.
it's not like you hadn't been over before when his house was empty, but given this is the first time you've met his little brother, you just hope you're not overstepping somehow. not to mention that, unbeknownst to you, tomura's mom had begun badgering him about meeting you before the end of summer. as soon as she'd caught onto the fact that her eldest son had been hanging out regularly with a girl, she couldn't help but become curious as to what kind of girl she might be.
a bit distracted by your thoughts, you just nod and say to tenko, "ok, sure, you can have some lemonade then."
once his chicken tenders and apple slices and animal crackers are promptly arranged on his plate and a glass of lemonade is poured, you carry tenko's lunch to the table and take a seat across from him while you wait for tomura to conclude his conversation, trying to keep your growing anxiety at bay at any possible problems that may be arising due to that phone call.
you try to listen in, though mostly hear the standard, vague, "yeah. uh-huh. alright," responses from tomura untilâ
"are you my brother's girlfriend?"
you blink at tenko, taken aback as you sputter over a response to that, wondering for a moment if you merely imagined it. then, once your nervous giggling and bashfulness begins to dissipate, you clear your throat and say, "did tomura tell you that?"
tenko takes another bite from one of his apple slices and says, "no. but he talks about you all the time. he says you're his friend, but i hear him talking to his friends at night when he thinks no one is listening."
you stare at tenko with an intensity you don't realize you're wearing on your face at first, the suspense eating you alive. eventually, when tenko doesn't seem like he's going to offer more, you lower your voice to something closer to a whisper, your gaze darting back to where you can barely see tomura sitting in the other room, still on the phone, and ask tenko, "what do you hear him say?"
tenko, his big eyes moving up and to the right, contemplates that for a moment as he finishes chewing and swallowing his next bite, then tells you, "i don't know exactly. i can't hear what his other friends are saying, but one time i heard nii-san say that you were special." you feel your cheeks heat and again glance over at the back of the boy you've become so fond of so quickly. "he said something about not wanting to ruin anything," tenko continues, reciting the words as if he doesn't quite grasp their meaning. but then, tenko's mouth splits into a mischievous little grin that reminds you so much of tomura, it's honestly a little scary. he says, seeming to find amusement in his next words, "one time, i heard him say you were like his guardian angel or something..."
a childish little giggle bubbles up from tenko's lips, almost as if he finds a cruel kind of pleasure in knowing his older brother's biggest secret, but this information just makes your heart all the more warmer towards tomura.
you'd spent the last couple of months suffering inside your own head about it allâ about whether you really meant something to tomura, about if he cared for you as much as you did for him or if you were simply just convenient and would be discarded come any significant distance put between the two of youâ
suddenly tenko seems to retract, perhaps sensing your discomfort, so you take the opportunity to clear the nerves and giddiness from your throat and change the subject.
"so, tenko," you begin, trying to straighten out your crooked smile. "tomura tells me you play soccer. do you like it?"
tenko gives a shrug at first, taking another bite of an apple slice that's had the skin peeled and cut to resemble rabbit ears. then he says, "i guess so. but i like watching movies more."
you ask him what kinds of movies he likes, recalling the superhero blockbuster that had been playing on the tv when you'd first arrived, and feel a spark of endearment as tenko's face lights up as he delves into telling you all about his favorite characters and their cool powers.
"wow! you sure know a lot!" you commend him with a beaming smile, and at the compliment tenko's face begins to turn a little red. "do you and tomura ever watch movies together?"
"not really..." the younger sibling sulks, pouting as he peels the remainder of the skin from his apple slice. "nii-san is usually playing video games in his room and my mom says i'm not allowed to play them because they're too violent..." then, before you can tell him that's too bad but one day he'll be old enough to play the same games as his brother, tenko perks back up and tells you, "but sometimes... sometimes nii-san lets me into his room on nights our mom works late and we play mario kart together."
you have to force yourself to stifle a laugh at that. i mean, it's just completely adorable, isn't it? the thought of tomura, who tries so hard to play it off like he couldn't care less about his little brother, like he's nothing more than a nuisance to him, a pest, an inconvenience, does actually take the time to bond with him anyway. at least, when no one's looking.
you tell tenko you also like mario kart, then lean in and add in a playful whisper, "but i bet he doesn't tell you about all the times i've beaten him, does he?"
tenko regards you with blatant skepticism. "no way," he says, as if he's never been more sure about anything in his life. "there's no way you can beat nii-san. he's too good! no one can beat him!"
now you laugh openly, causing tomura to glance over his shoulder just to make sure there isn't too much chaos ensuing in his brief absence, but tenko just looks confused.
"well," you reply, amusement trailing off the end of your words, "he is pretty good. i'll give him that. but unbeatable..." you quirk up one brow and wear a slight smirk for a moment before allowing your features to fall back to normal. then you tell tenko, "just give it time. one day i bet you'll be able to beat him. i believe in you!"
"you behavin' in here?" tomura suddenly appears in the entryway, slipping his phone back into his pocket as he casts his little brother a warning look.
"your girlfriend says she beat you in mario kart, is that true?" tenko blurts out, and you have to force yourself not to tease tomura when his cheeks visibly darken at the mention of you being his girlfriend.
"everything ok?" you ask to defuse the situation a little and put tomura back at ease, but then his look of bashfulness morphs into a look of slight surprise at the sight you and his little brother getting along so well.
quickly, he snaps out of it, and replies, "yeah. she was just checking in," before seeming to notice something awry about the picture here, specifically on tenko's side of the table.
"hey," tomura lightly scolds his brother. "you know mom only lets you have lemonade on the weekends." you immediately begin to apologize, saying that when he asked you thought it would be ok, and feel embarrassed that you let yourself be manipulated by a child, but tomura assures you it's fine before returning to interrogate his little brother who, admittedly, looks very guilty now.
"did you lie to her?" he presses, and for a moment you're afraid he'll make tenko cry. tenko denies it at first and you observe with growing anxiety as the argument between them ramps up a bit.
it isn't until you reach over to place a hand over tomura's, which has been firmly planted on the tabletop as he leans in over his brother, that he seems to simmer down a little.
"one time will be ok, won't it?" you ask him, not wanting to ruin the moment you'd just shared with tenko, feeling like you'd gained a little more of his trust. you use your secret weapon, the one thing tomura can never say no to whenever he sees itâ that sweet, pleading stare you give as you gaze up at him, the look that makes his stomach flutter and his head haze over with thoughts he'll be revisiting later once he's alone.
"fine," he concedes, some of the rigidity that had captured his limbs leaving him as he steps away from the table. he looks directly at his brother and concludes with a warning, "but just this once."
you're relieved, and tenko appears to have returned to his prior state of unfazed contentment, but tomura still seems impatient about something.
"c'mon," he says, beckoning you up from the table to follow him back to his room. "we still have a game to finish."
you give tenko a parting smile before humming out an amused, lilting little note, trailing after tomura as you chirp out a mischievous remark of, "are you gonna actually help us win this time? or am I gonna have to carry the entire round again?"
he lets out an incredulous, albeit amused, chuckle, surprising you by throwing his arm around your shoulders and tugging you in closer to his side so you almost stumble down the hallway. "oh, just you wait..." brazen, he murmurs in your ear, his voice low and dark, now allowing the butterflies in your tummy to unfurl their delicate wings and take flight, "by the time we're done with this round, the other team isn't even gonna know what hit 'em..."
and, with that, you once again return to the confined space of his only slightly disheveled bedroom, the tv screen still bearing the scores from your last game. although, admittedly, as you continue to sit side by side, knees nudging one another here and there when things start to get a little too desperate or rowdy, you can't help but find yourself a little more distracted and self-conscious than usual.
because you swear you catch tomura glancing at you in between rounds from the corner of your eye, something softer, something warmer than you're quite used to possessing his crimson gaze.
it's a side to him you've rarely gotten to see, but you hope he'll learn to wear it a little more openly around you as time goes on.
besides, when his little brother had asked if you were his girlfriend, he hadn't quite said no, now had he?
#word count: 3600+#helloooo this has been in my drafts since the summer time oh my gosh#this is just a fluffy lil sfw piece btw#dont know if i'll end up expanding on it but i just think the thought of tomura and tenko being siblings is so cute T^T <3#also I imagine this is like a friends to lovers type thing with tomura#and like youâre just on the cusp of actually dating but havenât like done anything other than really hug and hold hands a little bit yet#like maybe itâs the summer before you guys are going off to college and youâre spending a lot of time together#and he plans on telling you how he really feels about you before the end of summer#anywaaaaaaaayyyyyy just wanted to finish this lil idea up because. yeah. its been sitting in my drafts for forever.#and i miss him <3#drabble#tomura x reader#tomura x y/n#tomura x you#bnha x reader#bnha x you#bnha x y/n#mha x y/n#mha x you#mha x reader#shigaraki x reader#shigaraki x you#shigaraki x y/n#boku no hero academia fanfic#my hero academia fanfic#tomura shigaraki x reader#tomura shigaraki x you#tomura shigaraki x y/n
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Love is Patient and Kind
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summary: hand holding & dry humping || you aren't ready to take the next step with your monk, luckily for you he has the patience of a saint
pairing: osferth x f!reader
warnings: mature/explicit, 18+ (minors dni!), no use of y/n, afab reader, dry humping, very fluffy, osferth being cute and understanding and ruining other men for everyone, let me know if i missed anything!
word count: 2.5k
a/n: welcome to day one of 12 days of smuff!! hope y'all enjoy this one! Can be read as part 1 to Windâs Howling or as a stand alone!
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âAre you sure you do not wish for me to carry that, my lady?â Osferth asks for the millionth time, nodding his head at the basket, laden with various herbs and medicinal plants, in the crook of your elbow.Â
For the millionth time, you merely shake your head with a crooked smile. âI wish only for your company, monk,â you glance over at him as the two of you walk through the forest, admiring the way the early afternoon sun casts a golden halo through his hair, âI told you as much when we left camp this morning.â
Osferth merely nods in reply; your man is one of few words. A soft blush blooms across your cheeks at the thought â your man, but it was as good as true. Osferth was the first man in Uhtredâs company you felt comfortable with when you joined their cause all those months ago when theyâd stopped in your small hamlet in need of a healer; youâd been by their side ever since.
In the months since, your relationship with the monk had steadily grown from hushed whispers around the campfire in the dead of night, when sleep eluded the both of you, to heated glances, delicate touches, and stolen kisses. More recently, Osferth had all but insisted on accompanying you nearly everywhere you went, which is how heâd come to follow you as you walked through the forest to gather the variety of curative plants you need.
A content sigh passes your lips as you tilt your head up, taking in the way the tips of the trees stretch up toward the blue sky. âI had almost forgotten what the sun looked like,â you joke, your heart squeezing proudly in your chest as the monk chuckles next to you, âBut hopefully this summer will be dryer than the last.â
âI have prayed many times for sun,â Osferth says with a nod, blue eyes soft as he gazes at you, âUnfortunately, the Lord seems to ignore those requests.â The corner of his lips tilts up as he huffs a laugh at his own joke.Â
Suddenly, a branch snaps loudly not too far off the winding path the two of you have been strolling down. Osferth acts quickly, ever vigilant, and takes your hand to usher you behind him as he draws his sword. Your breath quickens as you peek around his shoulder, pressing yourself tightly against his back as your hand grips his; youâd been assured by Uhtredâs scouts that the forest surrounding camp was perfectly safe, but in these times danger seemed to creep up from every corner.Â
A buck appears a little ways down the path, followed by two more deer, each sparing you and the monk only a quick glance before scampering into the forest once more. The two of you let out a collective sigh of relief as Osferth sheaths his sword with a shy smile.Â
âPerhaps now would be a good time for a break, my lady?â He suggests with a soft smile, âWeâve been walking since morning.â
âI think weâve earned a break,â you nod, gazing up at him through your lashes, the two of you still close enough that you could make out soft flecks of green in his blue eyes, âI believe I saw a clearing a few paces back.âÂ
âLead the way.â Osferth nods, keeping in pace with you as you backtrack to where youâd spotted a lush clearing through the trees only moments ago. As you walk, nearly shoulder to shoulder, the monk silently takes your hand again, his rough fingers threading together with yours. Neither of you speaks, though you can nearly feel his pleased smile from your periphery, twin to your own.Â
After only a few moments, you veer off the path as the two of you step into a sizable glade, the trees giving way to a field of tall grass. Your hands stay clasped as you walk together, basket still tucked in your elbow as you lift the skirts of your linen gown to prevent it from snagging on the high blades of grass; your chest tightens once more when you glance down and notice how Osferth takes great care to step over any flowers in his path, the ones that sprinkle the meadow with pops of yellow and lilac.Â
Soon, you come to a spot where the ground seems to be drier, however the monk grasps your forearm to stop you as he slips the thin, grey wool cloak off his shoulders and drapes it over the ground.
âOsferth,â you gently admonish, though a smile does creep across your lips at the sweet gesture, âI am perfectly capable of sitting on the ground.â
âA lady should not have to,â he says simply, nodding to the cloak, âPlease.â
With a final glance, and a good-natured roll of your eyes, you comply, setting your basket down before relaxing atop his robe. After making sure youâre settled, the monk joins you, setting his sword to the side as he sits and leans back on his hands, scanning the treeline.Â
âItâs so lovely hereâŠâ you smile as you glance around, a soft breeze causing the grass to rustle around you.
Osferth sits up beside you, a relaxed smile on his lips as he takes your hand and pulls you closer to him. âI find the company to be far lovelier,â he whispers before capturing your lips in a sweet kiss, never taking more than you seem keen to give. The two of you easily fall into a lazy rhythm, your lips moving together as he guides you to lie against his chest. You lay your hand against his chest, right over his heart, thankful that heâs forgone his usual leather armor and chainmail today as you feel his warmth through the soft tunic he wears.Â
He sighs against your lips, his fingers gently weaving into the locks of hair at the nape of your neck, sending a shiver down your spine and making you cling to him all the more tightly, his other hand wrapping around your waist before settling in the small of your back, holding you to him.Â
After a few moments, the two of you part to catch your breath and he studies you with a warm gaze as you relax against his chest. âWe are meant to be stopping in a town tonight.â Osferth says simply.Â
âThat we are.âÂ
âWe could get a room together,â he breathes, making you gasp as he trails kisses across your jaw, âJust the two of us.âÂ
Immediately, you tense up and untangle yourself from him, sitting up with a sigh. He quickly sits up next to you and you can feel him eyeing you with concern, though you dare not meet his gaze.Â
âMy lady, I didn't mean to offend youâŠâ He says hesitantly, placing a hand on your shoulder.Â
âYou didnât offend me, sweet monk,â you turn to him with a bashful smile, âI am simplyâŠI donât know if iâm ready.âÂ
âReady for what?â His head tilts to the side as he eyes you curiously.Â
You chuckle nervously, unsure of how to broach the topic. âOsferth, I have heard enough tales of yourâŠprowess around the campfire to know that my skills do not match your own.âÂ
The crease between his brows only deepens as he continues staring at you, blue eyes flitting between your own. âMy prowess?âÂ
âWith moreâŠintimate relationsâŠâ You say slowly, glancing away from him.Â
âOh,â he says softly before his eyes widen comically, a dark blush cascading over his fair cheeks, âOh!â
You canât help but laugh softly at his dumbstruck expression, your lips quirking up into a soft smile despite your nerves.Â
The hand on your shoulder tightens as he leans closer to you. âMy love, you need not fret over it,â he whispers, blue eyes conveying a deep seriousness, âWe can get a room at the tavern and not do anything at all.â
Your eyebrows knit together in confusion â youâve always been told to expect a very different answer from men. âWhat?â
He huffs out a soft laugh and pulls you back down to lie on the grass with him once more. âI mean what I say,â he says softly, one hand stroking your hair, âWe can get a room and just kiss or cuddle or merely talk, I donât care.â You look up from where youâve had your cheek laying against his chest, the emotion in his eyes shocking you for a second, âI just want to be with you.â He whispers finally.
You can feel yourself blushing as he speaks, the apples of your cheeks heating up deliciously under his kind gaze. A girlish giggle erupts from your lips before you can stop it, which only makes him laugh too as you bury your head against his chest and bite your lip, breathing in his familiar scent of leather and campfire smoke.Â
After a moment, the two of you calm down and you finally look back up at him, âKissing sounds goodâŠâ you nearly whisper, suddenly shy as he surveys your face.
Osferth merely chuckles, low in his throat, and rolls the two of you over. Normally, this is when youâd be pushing any other man off of you with some mumbled excuse, but you canât help but feel safe with the sandy haired monk, taking him at his word that whatever you were willing to give would be enough.
âWe have time, and plenty of herbs already,â he rasps, his voice thick with an arousal youâd only heard on a very scant few occasions when the two of you had shared frantic kisses in the night once the rest of the men were asleep, âWhy wait until tonight?â
A small giggle escapes you once again as the blush on your cheeks extends down, almost all the way to your chest, but you nod nonetheless, your arms coming up to snake around his neck as you pull him down to you. A small whimpery breath escapes you when his lips touch yours yet again, and he responds in kind with a low groan, the sound rumbling from his chest. His lips are soft against your own as the two of you move leisurely; once again, he lets you set the pace, only licking at your bottom lip after you do the same to him first.Â
Your thighs spread as your kiss deepens and you moan again when he slots himself between your thighs, the linen of your dress hiked up just above your knees. A shiver rolls through you at the feel of him on top of you, so warm and weighty.
âIs this alright?â He breathes, navy eyes blinking between each of yours as he checks for any signs of discomfort from you, visibly relaxing when he finds none.
Wordlessly, you nod, bobbing your head eagerly as you pull him back down. His hands roam carefully over your body as your lips and tongues move together, breathlessly licking into each other's mouths. You whine into his mouth when you feel a hardness pressing against your center, a pleased hum emanating from your chest at the realization that youâve affected him this much with only a kiss; the pride in your heart twists into something different, something deeper as a knot forms and begins tightening in your belly.
âMy lady ââ Osferth mumbles as he starts to pull away from you, an apologetic smile on his handsome face.
âDonât!â You say quickly, tugging him back to you and surprising even yourself as you wrap your legs around his trim waist, âPlease, I â Itâs good.â You confirm breathlessly, eyebrows quirked up with need as you look up at him through your lashes.Â
âYeah?â He asks, unable to wipe the pleased grin off his face as he settles back on top of you, careful to keep most of his weight off of you as he presses against your center again.
You nod, already threading your fingers into the short hair at the back of his head to draw his lips back to yours. A breathy, high-pitched moan leaves you at the feel of his clothed length pressing against you, the ties at the front of his breeches only adding to the pleasurable sensations that zap through you as he starts rolling his hips against your own.
His pace quickens as he breaks away from you, panting against your skin as he traces wet kisses down your jaw to your neck. Your head lolls to the side as you whimper and whine underneath him, eyes rolling to the back of your head as you feel his hard cock twitch against you, even through the fabric of your smallclothes.
Youâre quick to match his pace, using the leverage of your legs wrapped around his middle to ruck yourself up into each thrust, earning grunts of pleasure from the monk.Â
âMy lady,â he groans, one hand fisting into your hair as the other trails down to run appreciatively over the bare skin of your thigh, âY-You are bewitching.â He gasps, mouthing at your neck, his cock no doubt leaking into the leather of his trousers.Â
Your only reply is a choked out moan of his name as your back arches underneath him, the knot in your belly winding tighter and tighter as the ties of his breeches rub over your pearl deliciously, your smallclothes no doubt soaked.Â
Blessedly, Osferth seems to understand the desperation in your voice and movements and pulls back to look at you, both of his hands quickly grasping yours, fingers threading together as he holds them to the earth beside your head.
 âSweet girl,â he grunts as he gazes down at you, a rosy blush cascading beautifully over his high cheekbones, âP-Peak, my lady, please,â he pants as his fingers tighten against your own, âIâm, God be good, Iâm right behind you.â
You nod frantically, your only sound a choked out sob as you tense underneath him when his hips rut perfectly against yours, the knots of his pants catching against your sensitive bud in just the right way to tip you over the edge. You twitch underneath him, white knuckling his hands when you feel your center clenching helplessly around nothing as pleasure buzzes through you.Â
Osferth reaches his end mere seconds after you, humping against you two or three more times before tensing, his eyes squeezing shut as his own high washes over him, cock spasming in his breeches as his spend leaks into the waiting fabric.Â
âYouâre beautiful,â you declare softly, the words tumbling from your lips as soon as you think of them.
The monk blushes somehow more heavily above you, though a soft smile graces his lips. With a soft sigh, he falls to his side, bringing you with him. Your cheek once again finds its home against his chest and you smile at the sound of his heart thumping wildly as he pulls you closely to him, one arm wrapping protectively around you as he tucks the other under his head, letting his eyes flutter shut.
âYou flatter me, my lady,â he says lowly, a pleased rasp to his voice. âYou are truly an angel,â he continues after a moment, âA beautiful, precious angel.â
You smile contentedly, his heart thudding steadily in your ear as you let your eyes drift shut, happy to stay in this still, safe bubble with your monk for as long as the outside world will allow.
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A Seams Christmas special oneshot | Moodboard
{ Part IV: Notch | Series Masterlist | Main Masterlist }
Rating: T
Summary: Joel swings by yours with a little something before Christmas dinner at Tommy and Maria's.
Warnings: Unapologetic fluff and softness, inspired by this ask from @casssiopeia from the beginning of the year, no use of Y/N, very lightly edited
Word count: 2k
Notes: I'm so proud of writing up this little drabble. I've been in such a weird place with my writing, I'm just happy to end the year on a creative high. Obviously, I'm a few days late to Christmas, but better late than never!
There is a voice in my head telling me that this isn't good enough, that it doesn't hold up to what I was writing earlier this year. But I need to rewire my brain. There is no such thing as 'good' or 'bad' when it comes to fanfiction. All fanfiction is good fanfiction. This is our hobby, not our jobs, and we need to be kind to ourselves.
I am posting this at 11:59pm on New Year's Eve. Happy new year y'all, I hope Joel and Pin can bring you some festive cheer â€ïž
Joel is this close to have a fucking breakdown.
He would measure out how close this is between his thumb and index finger if they were not currently tangled in webs of yarn, rapidly unravelling from from the bottom of what is supposed to be a sweater.
Your sweater.
The book that Lucy lent him months ago lies on the table before him, the pages yellowed and dogeared, open at the the easiest pattern of the lot to knit - a simple pullover in chunky yarn, in your favourite colour.
Well, it was supposed to be easy, anyway.
Despite Lucy basically holding his hand throughout the whole project, heâs had far less time than anticipated to work on it. Too many nights he finds himself at Tommy and Mariaâs, elbow deep in dirty babyâs clothes and diapers, making himself useful for whatever needs to be done around the house.Â
Even Ellie chips in without being asked, often bringing back food from the canteen and making sure the severely sleep-deprived adults are eating, if not well fed. Joel honestly doesnât remember how he did it with Sarah as a clueless twenty-something, with an even more clueless younger brother.
As he attempts to free himself from the quagmire of wool, he grimaces at the stiffness all over his body, feeling it especially in his back after sleeping in an armchair all night with a rapidly growing two-month old.
Heâs too old for this shit - but thereâs no saying no to the little rascal with Tommyâs nose and Mariaâs eyes.
The knitting needles clatter to the floor when he jumps at the front door opening and slamming shut, a frustrated fuuuuuuck slipping past his gritted teeth.Â
Ellieâs voice rings out loud and clear as she scampers up the stairs, getting progressively louder until sheâs outside his study. âHey! Did you remember to put the potatoes in the oven? We have to leave for Tommyâs in an hour - dude, what the fuck is happening?â
âWhat do you think is happeninâ?â he growls.
Crossing her arms, Ellie leans against the doorframe wearing a far too amused expression. âMaria said no gifts.â
Joel rolls his eyes. âItâs not for Maria.â
The teenager squints, perplexed, at the bits of wool in his hands. âWhat is that meant to be?â
â... A sweater.â
Ellie bites her bottom lip, holding in a poorly concealed giggle. âI think a sweater is meant to have sleeves.â
âYou think?â
âWant me to go get Lucy?â
With a heavy sigh, he mutters, âFine.â
At the arch of her half-eyebrow, Joel adds begrudgingly, âPlease.â
Ellie grins, sneakers skidding on the floorboards as she takes off. âHang in there, old man!â
Despite the cold, his palms are sweaty, sticking to the kraft paper wrapped haphazardly around the even more haphazard package clutched tightly in his right hand.Â
The night air mists before him in puffs of white as he shuffles a path through the falling snow. His ears are tingling from the cold, and flexing the stiff, frozen tips of his fingers, Joel knows he shouldâve worn his gloves. They werenât in their usual place by the door though, and he was so frazzled that he barely got his shoes tied up before dashing out the door, sending Ellie ahead with the potatoes (that are definitely undercooked) to his brotherâs.
Your cottage glows yellow and orange in the darkness, and your stairs no longer creak when he trudges up them, having fixed them just in time before the first snowfall.
He hears your footsteps come from deep within this house when he knocks. Your eyes are wide when your door cracks open tentatively, but then your lips curve into a smile - the smile that he takes with him and keeps him warm when he has to leave Jackson for days-long patrols.
âWhat are you doing here?â you ask, ushering him inside, not batting an eye at the snow he tracks inside. âI thought we were meeting at Mariaâs.â
Pressing a kiss to your lips, he softens at the way you lift your face towards him to catch it, careful to keep the parcel out of sight behind his back. âYeah, we were, but thought Iâd see if you need a hand with anythinâ.â
âSuch a gentleman,â you tease.Â
A low fire burns in the hearth, the wood he chopped for you in the fall stacked in a tidy pile next to the mantelpiece. Sweeping his eyes across the living space, he spots the book with the cracked spine that he reads when heâs here on the coffee table, next to yours. On the other side of the couch is the Christmas tree that he cut for you, and he watched you dress it up in tinsel and fairylights one night after a quiet dinner and before hot cocoa under thick blankets.
He likes seeing himself at your home. In the things he does for you; in his things, casually scattered around - like they belong in your space.
âThe pies are in the kitchen, could you please put them in a bag?â you ask. âIâll just grab my coat and we can go.â
âSure, sweetheart,â he answers, waiting until youâve disappeared into the bedroom before setting down the present under the tree.
Heâs leaning against the back of the couch when you pop back in, a few layers deeper than when you left him, the pies nestled safely in a carrier bag by his boots.Â
âShall we?â you ask brightly.
Joel hesitates, wondering if he should wait until after dinner to tell you about the present. It only takes his eyes darting to the foot of the tree for the briefest moment for you to catch on. The slow smile that stretches your cheeks and lights up your eyes warms him from the inside out.
You cock your head to one side, playing coy. âWhatâs that, Joel?â
He shrugs, feigning cool. âWhy donât you go ahead and find out?â
His chest physically swells at the way you dash towards the tree, landing on your knees in uncharacteristic recklessness, the impact only softened by the rug underneath. You cradle the lumpy package to your chest like something precious. âYou got me a present.â
He settles on the end of the couch next to you, his heart beating harder in his ribcage than heâd like to admit. âDonât get your hopes up, sweetheart.â
You frown at him. âWhy?â
âYouâll see, but I wanted to give it to you anyway.â
You open the package carefully, as if it was wrapped in the fancy paper people used to buy at the shop. Joel holds his breath when you peel it away to reveal whatâs inside.
Heâs far too inside his own head to hear your inhale that sounds a lot like wonder. You pick up the sweater gently, shaking it out, and Joel winces when he sees it in the flicker of the firelight.
Disastrous doesnât begin to cover it. Lucy managed to connect the sleeves to the shapeless body in a last-ditch salvage attempt, but one is clearly longer than the other. The stitches are untidy, some have obviously caught onto something and pulled loose. Rough around the edges is putting it kindly.
Joel wants to reach out, grab it, chuck it into the fire and let the flames swallow it whole.
Finally, the silence gets the better of him, and he blurts out. âIâm sorry.â
You stare at him, stunned. âWhat?â
Under his whiskers, his cheeks flush in embarrassment, and he rambles, âIâm sorry, I donât know what I was thinkinâ. You deserve better sweetheart, here, let me -â
You almost lose your balance keeping the sweater out of his reach. âDonât you dare, Joel Miller.â
Confused, he watches you rise to your feet, shucking your outer coat and another layer. âWhat are you doinâ?â
Grabbing the sweater, you slide it over your head and thread your arms through the sleeves. The soft knit drapes over your curves, too big over your shoulders and the hem falling unevenly, higher on the right side than the left. One sleeve is long enough to cover half your hand, while the other sits right on the wrist.
And yet.Â
Youâre beaming like you just picked up something at Bloominâdales or whatever the fuck those department stores were called back then.Â
âI love it,â you declare, no trace of irony in your voice, as hard as heâs trying to find it.
He scoffs in disbelief. âCâmon, sweetheart, youâre just sayinâ it -â
You surprise him, grabbing him by the scruff of his collar and dragging him towards you to plant a firm kiss on his lips.Â
âI love it,â you repeat slowly, with conviction, as if willing him to believe you. âThank you.â
He doesnât quite still, but he smiles and kisses you back. âMerry Christmas, sweetheart.â
âSince weâre doing this -â you trail off, sliding out of his grip to reach around the back of the tree, pulling out a neatly wrapped gift. âThis is for you.â
Joel pauses.Â
For him.
For the longest time, nothing had been for him unless it was soul-crushing grief and pain.
And yet here it is - his name on the tag written in your neat handwriting. Something he can hold in his hands. For him.
His fingers tremble when he reaches out. The package is soft, and the paper crackles under his grip. He all but tears it open, uncaring of the way the wrapping falls to the floor.
A laugh bubbles out of his throat, and you look relieved at his reaction. âYou like it?â
Itâs not quite a Santa hat. Itâs a chunky dark red beanie with a white brim folded back, and topped with a white pompom.Â
âMy ears were so cold walkinâ over. Itâs perfect,â he says, pulling it over the crown of his head. Of course, it fits just right, sliding soft and warm over his ears. He adds with a wink, âYâknow what, I might just shimmy down some chimneys after dinner.â
âAs long as you shimmy down mine too,â you retort, not hearing the euphemism.
Joel quirks an eyebrow at that, one large palm squeezing your backside through the layers. âThat an open invitation, sweetheart?â
You duck your head, more out of habit than actual shyness, with mischief in your smile. âDonât be so crude, Joel Miller.â
Adjusting his new hat so that it sits comfortably, he points at the pompom and jokes, âShame I canât wear this on patrols.â
Right on cue, you hold up a finger. âFunny you should say that.â
He chuckles when you pull out a second, plain black beanie, as if out of thin air. âYou really thought of everythinâ, sweetheart.â
You shrug playfully. âIâm smart like that.â
âI know you are,â he smiles.
âMerry Christmas, Joel.â
His lips find yours again in a slow, lingering kiss that has you leaning into him for more when he pulls back. âThank you. For everythinâ.â
You hold his gaze - heavy with meaning, light with joy. It wouldnât take more than a tilt of the head towards the bedroom to derail your evening plans, and you both know it.
In the end, youâre the one who stays strong. Taking one step back from his warmth, you reach for your coat. âWeâre late, we should go.â
His eyes widen. âWait - youâre not wearinâ that to dinner are you?â
âOf course I am,â you say, buttoning up your coat over the sweater.
âYou donât have to, sweetheart,â he almost pleads with you.
You grin, heading for the door, blowing out candles as you go. âToo bad, Iâm never taking it off.â
Joel shakes his head with a wry huff. âWell, I hope not never -â
You have one foot out the door when you suddenly remember. âI almost forgot - you left your gloves here last time. Theyâre in the cupboard by the door.â
Ah, thatâs where they went. He opens the drawer and pulls them on, one after the other, the leather, worn smooth with age, creaking as he wraps his fingers around the handles of the carrier bag.
Joel is about to follow you out the door when he pauses over the threshold. Glancing down at the black beanie in his grasp, he reaches up and hooks it on the coat rack, nestled among your clothes.
He hopes that when the time comes for him to wear it for the first time - maybe on a patrol that will take him away from you for a few days - it will smell like you.
Gorgeous dividers by @firefly-graphics âïž
More notes: I hope I will return to the main series in the new year. I've missed these two lovebirds, I hope you enjoyed this little interlude! â€ïž
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Good for nothing- BAU team.
Summary: On a case, you run into a figure from your past that you harbour a lot of anger about. Itâs about time you unleash it.
Warnings: Vulgar language, Bad breakup, toxic relationship, cheating (main theme), descriptive language about being caught cheating, manipulation and mentions of controlling, abusive relationship.
Pairing: BAU team x fem!reader (platonic).
Word count: 1,543.
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"Y/N?" Ice ran through my veins as the disgustingly familiar voice filled my ears. My fingers hesitated from where I had been rearranging pictures on our board, twitching in annoyance. I could feel the eyes of my team on me as they waited for me to answer the voice.
"Adam," I shot out through gritted teeth. Of course, it was just my luck my ex-fiancé would turn up when we were on a case.
"What're you doing here?" I took a breath, composing my face before turning towards him with a blank stare. Why the fuck did he think I was here? Was there a circus in town? If so god knows he'd fit in seamlessly.
"I'm working," I bit back the urge to add 'obviously' to the end of my statement. "This is my team, my job." He looked slightly lost as his eyes flitted around the room, unsure of the many eyes flickering between us.
"Oh, I see. Well, I guess I'll speak with you later." He attempted a smile but it looked more like a grimace, spinning on his heels and practically running to the exit.
"Like hell, you will," I muttered under my breath, suppressing a shudder of disgust as I watched him scamper away. I switched my attention back to the room, a few looks of amusement being thrown my way.
"So, Adam?" JJ's voice was playful and teasing but I fake gagged, imitating throwing up so she got the gist of my emotion towards the cop. "Oh, no Adam huh?"
"Not unless you want your heart ripped out and stomped in the mud honey, no Adam." I spat, the name feeling dirty in my mouth, before returning to my work.
A couple of days had passed since Adam had made his presence known and we had managed to close the case, catch the unsub and deliver the victims back to their families safely, but I couldn't get rid of the itch of annoyance in the pit of my stomach. Realistically I knew it was because when I broke up with him I had left without a word and never dealt with the shit he'd put me through and now I was presented with the opportunity to blow up and let it out.
We were back in the precinct packing up all of the evidence and case notes before we left, collecting what we needed before the trip back to Quantico when he surfaced again, lingering in the doorway like a bad smell. I finally noticed him when he cleared his throat and shuffled into the room.
"Y/N, are you free for that talk now?" I bit back a grin at his audacity and straightened up from the table, glancing his way momentarily before my eyes met Rossi's who shrugged and helped Hotch with files.
"Nope." I popped the P, smiling at him sweetly.
"This is the least you could do Y/N, seriously." The hair on the back of my neck stood as I clenched my fits, nails digging into my palms. "You're the one that left remember." I let out a shaky breath, closing my eyes for a moment as I took in his words. I should've known this was the road he would take. It always was my fault. It didn't matter how big or how small, he never did anything wrong and damaged me enough for me to still hold bad habits from it to this day like apologising for everything and finding fault in every minute of my existence.
"The least I could do?" I seethed, back straightening and eyes staring daggers into him as the tension in the room became suffocating. The air became still as my team stopped in their tracks, wary of how I was reacting. "The least I could do."
"Yeah, that's what I said," his voice shook slightly but he pushed his shoulders back challenging me and staring at me down his nose.
"Of course," I spoke with a sickly sweet voice, "what is it you want to say, Adam?" I smiled at him, coating my anger in sugar as he nodded like he was entitled to this.
"You up and left. The month before our wedding. You broke my heart and I think I deserve an explanation, a reason." He feigned his sadness, eyes sparkling with something twisted as my team stared at me in shock.
"I broke your heart?" I questioned, still sweet enough to cause him some cavities. "Oh, I do apologise. I didn't think it would hurt you that much, you poor thing." The sarcasm practically dripped from my mouth, my eyes portraying fake sympathy as I leant on the edge of the table, close to where Spencer practically gawped at the shit going down. "Tell me Adam, did I break your heart when I cancelled the wedding, or when I took all my stuff whilst you were at work the following day or when I keyed your car. Did that hurt?"
"Yes it hurt, we were supposed to be together forever. You and me against the world and you shrugged it off like I meant nothing." I looked around the room, met with amusement from Derek, shock from JJ, Spencer and Emily and indifference from Aaron and David but I let their emotions spur me on.
"Maybe you could have remembered that when I found you in our home, in our bed, balls deep in some other wining bitch whilst I had just picked out our flowers and cake for our wedding because you said you were working a long shift. Maybe you could have remembered that when I gave you a second chance after the first time I found a girl with your cock buried down her throat on our sofa or maybe that was just me overreacting right. Maybe I should have stayed and lived out a miserable good-for-nothing husband who would rather fuck some random whore that his own wife." My voice had risen in volume as I ranted out angrily, aware of how Derek's amusement had fallen and instead, he had stepped closer to me as if trying to provide comfort and protection. Hyper aware of how tense my team had become as if all wound up to spring into action if I flew at the asshole before me. But the one thing I was most aware of was the way his facade had dripped and instead of the poor little man with the sad story he had become the controlling, self-serving ass I unfortunately knew too well.
"You wouldn't have come home to that if you did your duty as a girlfriend properly, not my fault you never fully satisfied anyone." I held back my flinch as the sting from his word spread through my chest. "I'll bet you don't sleep at night."
"You think you have that big of an impact on my life?" I laughed, packing away long forgotten. "You think I can't function now just because you decided I wasn't enough for you?" My smile was sour and wicked, amusement getting the better of me. "Let me tell you something sweetheart, I couldn't give less of a shit about you anymore if I tried. Yeah, it hurt, fuck me it felt like hell knowing I wasn't enough but then I realised that I had the world at my fingertips and boy did that feel good. I didn't dwell on little old you for long Adam, I went out and made the world my bitch. My only regret is I didn't cut off your dick and feed it to you for being a snivelling, conniving cunt that thinks so lowly of women and poisons any he gets close to. So, was that explanation enough for you?" I asked with a smile, ignoring the way my heart pounded my ribcage and my stomach bubbled.
"Fuck you, you whore." Adam ground out, finally realising he wasn't going to win this competition and I wasn't going to bow to him and cower with fear of disappointing him. With a red face and neck, hands shaking with anger he span around and stormed away.
"You wish!" I yelled after him, a satisfied smile on my face as he slammed the door. Taking a deep shuddering breath, I collected myself, rolling my shoulders and pulling at my shirt sleeves before facing my team with a calm smile.
"That was kinda hot." I burst out in laughter as Emily blurted out, the tension melting away from me. A few laughs made their rounds in the room and I took a seat, knees shaking as the adrenaline faded from my body.
"But seriously, why didn't you say anything? If I'd have known he worked here then I would've found a way for you to work away from him." Hotch questioned, concern in his eyes.
"Honestly, I didn't know, he must've moved towns." I shrugged, "But in fairness, it felt good getting that out of my system. God knows I've waited long enough."
"On a serious note, I think we should let you get pissed off more often." Emily continued with a grin, winking at me suggestively.
"Yeah, I second that." Derek laughed, pulling me into a side hug, his warmth settling my thundering heartbeat.
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so silly!!
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despite what everything sunoo said on twitter, sunoo found himself unable to properly look jay in the eye.Â
presenting their project was nerve wracking enough he didn't want to add the stress of facing his crush after his "relationship" announcement.Â
preparing to ignore jay entirely, sunoo rushes to pack his bag to leave the lecture hall. he's halfway through stuffing his notebook in his bag when he hears someone clear their throat.Â
sunoo feels his heart beat faster immediately knowing whos standing in front of him without even having to look up. "hey." he murmurs, fiddling with the zipper on his book bag.Â
"hey sun, good job today." sunoo looks up at jay briefly to smile at him, feeling his face get hot.Â
"thanks jay. you weren't too bad yourself." he winks, slinging his bag onto his shoulder, "i'll see you around okay?" sunoo turns to walk out internally cursing at himself for being so pathetic. he can't even talk to his crush for more than five minutes without scampering away like a scared mouse.
"wait." jay grabs sunoos wrist, spinning the boy to face him again. "are you.." he pauses. jays grip on sunoo tightens slightly as if he's bracing himself for something.Â
"are you and riki together?" sunoo notices jays face falter before returning back to a neutral expression. the tallers free hand twitches, eyes falling to his feet.Â
sunoo feels his ears burning, he wasn't expecting jay to confront him like this(or at all really). he releases a shaky breath plastering a tight lipped smile on his face.Â
"yeah. we are." the shorter boy hears the quiver in his voice and prays to the gods above that jay didn't notice it.Â
jay nods, hand falling to his side dejectedly. despite his actions when jay looks at sunoo again there's a smile on his face. "i'm happy for you guys. that's cool. that's..yeah. cool."
sunoo finds himself giggling at the taller, finding his awkwardness cute. "thanks jay.â
at the sound of sunoos giggle jays smile widens. "get lunch with me? my treat."Â
sunoo nods enthusiastically cheeks turning pink. "i'd love to." he rushes to jay's side linking their arms together as they walk to the cafeteria.
sunoo feels his heart swell as he laughs at a stupid dad joke jay makes, both of them completely oblivious to the japanese boy watching with a clenched jaw and an aching heart.Â
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SUMMARY: riki has seen many things as sunoo's neighbor. he's seen him late for school rushing out the door, he's seen him help his mother bring in groceries, and he's even seen him get dropped off by friends. what riki hasnt seen is sunoo asking him to be his fake boyfriend.
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the milestones menu: teddy's toast
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prompt: you and carmen tell teddy some big news.
the rest of the milestones menu can be found here!
contains: fluff. dad!carmen x mom!reader but truly just fluff :)
3 tablespoons granulated or brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Pinch of kosher salt
Unsalted butter, for cooking
4 slices of brioche bread
In a small bowl, stir together the cinnamon, sugar, and salt. Melt some butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-low; youâll want enough to lightly coat the bottom of the skillet when melted. Swirl the bread around to absorb the butter. Cook until light golden brown. Add another pat of butter. Sprinkle the toasted tops edge to edge with a thin layer of the cinnamon sugar. Cook until the underside is golden brown.Â
âDaddy.â It was hardly a whisper, teetering on the edge of a hiss. Carmenâs vision blurred, still foggy with sleep, making out a mess of curls in front of him.Â
âDaddy,â Teddyâs voice was louder this time, ticking up in octave the way yours did- a sweet coo you always used when you were coaxing her out of bed. Carmenâs heart swelled, sheâd picked up on that. Teddy was acting more and more like you every single day, and Carmen couldnât be happier.Â
âYeah? Yeah, âm up.â Carmen groaned, rubbing the heel of his hand to his eyes, rubbing out the sleep in them. His body ached, sore from the long week. Hamstrings burning in the most miserable way. âWhatâs up Teddy Bear? You sleep good, hm?âÂ
âYeah.â Teddy giggled, pushing up on the edge of the mattress. She was still too little, which selfishly made Carmen smug. She was so big now, four years old. He blinked, and now she was her own little person.Â
âWhereâs Mama?â Carmen muttered, looking around. It was too late in the morning for you to be in bed. The doorway was vacant of you leaning against it, a tiny smile and cup of coffee cradled to your chest, soaking in watching Teddy and Carmen interact.Â
âSheâs throwded up again.â Teddy frowned. âShe not feel good?â It was a question, head cocked to the side and brows furrowed.
âI think she ate somethinâ. Got her tummy all messed up.â Carmen muttered, tickling Teddyâs little tummy, leaving her squealing and kicking in his arms. He hoped it would distract her. Stop her from asking too many more questions.Â
âAre you hungry? Mama made you breakfast yet?â Carmen asked, sliding out of the bed with Teddy on his hips.Â
âNo,â Teddy shook her head, tiny, chubby fingers poking at Carmenâs chain. âShe was gonna until she gots sick.âÂ
âOh,â Carmen nodded slowly, opening the door. Anchovy chirped, stalking in and out of his legs, head nuzzling against his calves while he walked. He wanted Teddy down, the toddler and the cat had been inseparable since birth, but Carmen liked to tell himself Anchovy was excited to see him.Â
âHow about we make somethinâ that will make Mama feel better?â Carmen suggested. He could hear you in the guest bathroom, water running and vent going to drown out your heaves. It had worked at the beginning, but now Teddy was catching on.Â
âWhat?â Teddy asked, head tilting to the side so sweetly Carmen wanted to squeeze her.Â
âWhat do I make you when youâre feeling gross?â Carmen asked, settling the toddler on the counter, one hand on her hip to steady her, the other preheating the oven.Â
âSoup?â Teddy chirped.Â
âIn the mornings.â Carmen tried again.Â
Teddy thought for a moment, a grin spreading across her face. âTeddyâs Toast.âÂ
âYeah,â Carmen smiled proudly. âYou think that will help Mama feel better?âÂ
âUh-huh.â Teddy nodded, curls bobbing when she shook her head. âI helps?â She pointed at herself, lips rounding cutely when she asked the question. Carmen was sure his heart might just swell and burst out of his chest, she was so cute sometimes. He didnât know how heâd handle two.Â
âYeah, you can help. Get me the bread?â Carmen put her on the ground, pressing a kiss to the top of her head before nodding to the pantry.Â
Teddy scampered past you, nearly knocking you over in the process. You looked sick, a little woozy still. It was less now, just a little upset in the morning, then you were fine.Â
Carmenâs eyes flicked over to you, rounding with concern. âHey, morninâ, baby.â He muttered, a hand running across your back when you met him. âYou feel alright? You good? Need some ginger ale or Sprite?âÂ
âI just need water.â You swallowed the spit that filled your throat, still a little sensitive from the retching moments ago.Â
Teddy swung the bread on the counter, jumping with raised arms to Carmen so he could lift her up- so she could âhelpâ him cook.Â
Carmen passed you a glass of water, which you took gratefully, lifting Teddy on the counter. âGotta sit still, Dorothea, alright? You start movinâ, youâre down.â He gave her a stern look, which she just waved off with a cute nod.Â
âTeddy,â You cooed, voice still a little raspy. âDid you go wake up Daddy?âÂ
âYes.â Teddy nodded. ââCause you-you was sick, Mama.âÂ
Carmenâs eyes met yours, a knowing look shared between you. âI was. Thank you for getting Daddy. That was a good thing to do.â You praised her lightly.Â
Teddy beamed, looking at Carmen gleefully while he cut the butter into slices. âNow we make you breakfast, Mama.â Teddy nodded.Â
âOh? What are you making me, Chef Teddy?â You asked, head leaning into the palm of your hand.Â
ââS a secret.â Teddy whispered, fingers pressed to her lips. âSurprise!âÂ
âOh, itâs a surprise, hm?â You asked dramatically, hoping to reach her level of excitement.Â
Carmen smirked, wrist rotating the butter on the pan. âYeah. Youâll like it, honey. Promise.â He winked at you softly. You flushed, cheeks tingling with heat. He could still make you flustered, still make you swoon.Â
âYeah, pwomise.â Teddy added with a little bob of her head; her own nod of approval.Â
âHey, Teddy. Could you do Mommy a big favor?â You ask, her eyes lighting up with excitement. âCould you get Mommyâs phone from the living room and bring it in here? Two hands, please?âÂ
Teddy nodded, Carmen setting her down so she took off, two feet pounding against the hardwood floors. âDo you think we should tell her?â You asked, sipping the rest of your water, eyeing Carmen carefully.Â
âTell her now?â Carmen pointed towards the counter, sprinkling the sugar mix on top of the browning toast in the pan.Â
âYeah, I mean⊠Sheâs catching on.â You mutter, hearing Teddyâs rough grab of the charger ripping out of the wall with your phone. âMight as well tell her before she starts telling everyone Iâm sick and they get worried.âÂ
âYeah, we-we can do that.â Carmen nodded, flipping the toast gentled in the pan. âIf you want, honey.âÂ
âI think it would be best. Try to do it and then I can get the thing out of the closet for her.â You mutter, Teddy running back in, announcing triumphantly she found your phone.Â
âThank you, my sweet girl.â You coo, lifting her in your arms, peppering her face with kisses while she squealed and squirmed. Carmen tensed at you lifting her, eyes glaring at you in warning before turning back to the food in front of him.Â
Teddy sat in your lap in the nook. You werenât sure why you wanted to hold her, cuddle her softly while she babbled to you and Carmen, feeding you pieces of âTeddy Toastâ with an excited screech. Youâd blame the hormones, mixed with the anticipation of telling her the news.Â
ââS good?â Teddy asked, turning to you with bright eyes- identical to Carmenâs. You wanted to melt. âFeel better?âÂ
âSo much better.â You nodded. âHow did you know this would make me feel better, hm? Youâre so smart, arenât you Teddy Bear?â You baby talk her, pressing kisses to her cheek. You know you shouldnât anymore, she was four, growing up now, but how could you not? She was still so little to you.Â
âHey, you done?â Carmen asked, wiping Teddyâs hands when she nodded. He pushed the plate away, eyes cutting to yours carefully. âTeddy, we gotta tell you somethinâ, ok? Somethinâ big.âÂ
Teddy stilled, ears perking at Carmenâs words, his tone. âBig?âÂ
âMmhm.â You nodded, smoothing a hand down her curls. You moved her, turned her in your lap so she was facing both of you. âYou know Mamaâs been getting kinda sick lately?âÂ
âYes.â Teddy nodded. ââCause you ated something.âÂ
âRight.â Your eyes cut to Carmenâs. âWell, not really ate something⊠Do you remember when Aunt Sugar had baby Jamie?â You started.Â
Teddyâs lips twisted in thought, nodding. âAnd you remember Aunt Sugar had Jamie in her, uh, belly?â Carmen tickled her tummy softly, a lopsided smile spreading across his face at her little squeals and giggles.Â
âYeahhhhâŠâ Teddy sang, collapsing into Carmenâs arms dramatically.Â
Carmen snuggled her to his chest, nose pressed to her hair, looking at you. âWell, Mamaâs been a little sick because,â You took a shuddering breath, clammy hand smoothing over your tummy. You werenât sure why you were so nervous, so nervous to tell your toddler.Â
âBecause Mama has a baby in her tummy.â Carmen finished it for you, found the words that were choking in your throat, struggling to make their way out.Â
Teddy frowned slightly- confused. You wanted to laugh, she looked so adorable. âA baby?âÂ
âMmhm,â You nodded. âYour baby. Well, our baby, but your baby brother or sister.â You and Carmen paused, looking at Teddy, analyzing her every little move- every tiny tick and quirk as she thought silently.
âThereâs⊠Thereâs a baby⊠in there?â Teddy processed it slowly, pressing a tiny finger into your ribs.Â
âYeah, right in here. Thatâs your baby brother or sister.â You nod slowly, voice calm and even, hoping to help her understand.Â
âThatâs why Mamaâs been a little sick.â Carmen added.Â
âBecause of the baby?â Teddy clarified.Â
âBecause of the baby.â Carmen nodded slowly.Â
âBecause you ated it?â Teddyâs brows furrowed, looking up at you.Â
You and Carmen paused, looking at each other. Youâd played hypotheticals for weeks now- what if Teddy was upset, how would you say it, should you tell her until youâre out of your first trimester, what if Teddy didnât want the baby?Â
You hadnât planned for this.Â
âUh, I didnâtâŠâ You looked at Carmen for help.Â
âMama didnât⊠she didnât eat the baby.â Carmen said slowly.Â
âThen howâd it getted in there?â Teddy asked, throwing her tiny little palms out for emphasis. Not at all affected by the news of a sibling- oh no, your child was worried about how the baby got in your tummy.Â
âUh,â Carmen looked like he might throw up, looking at you for help.Â
âDaddy put it-â Carmenâs eyes widened, face reddening furiously. âI mean, Daddy and I got it at the store, and-and we have to grow the baby.â You stuttered, heat rising up your own cheeks. âLike-Like the flowers we grew in the backyard, remember?â Teddy nodded.Â
âItâs like that. A little baby seed that has to grow in my tummy, then youâll have a brother or sister in a few months.â You said as calmly and confidently as you could.Â
Teddy was silent, nodding slowly, finger tracing on the table slowly. âAre you- You have any questions for us, Teddy Bear?â Carmen asked hesitantly.Â
âWhere did you buy the seed at?â Teddy turned to look at Carmen.Â
âTarget.â You said smoothly, ignoring Carmenâs bulging eyes at you. âAnything else? Are you feeling ok?âÂ
âCan I buy a baby seed?â Teddy asked, little hands pressing into her chest.Â
âAbsolutely not.â Carmen scoffed, louder than he meant it to be, harsher.Â
Teddyâs eyes rounded softly, shining with hurt. You glared at Carmen lightly. âNo, baby. You have to be older to buy it.âÂ
âA lot older.â Carmen added, holding the tiny toddler closer to his chest.Â
Teddy thought for a moment, silently processing everything. âDo you have any more questions, baby? I know this is a lot of big news. Itâs ok if you do.â You say softly, grabbing her little hand in yours.Â
âCan we go to Target today?â Teddy asked, eyes shining bright and excitedly. âYeah. Yeah, we can.â You giggled, tickling her sides softly. You grinned, beaming at her. She looked just like Carmen, but she was just like you. You hoped the next one would look just like Carmen too, act like him too.
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going to the library with girlfriend ellie.
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â: another random, self indulgent af blurb. i love libraries, and ellie, and drabbles, and writing fluffy things for y'all. this one's definitely not my best work, but i really wanted to put a little something out anyway. there's something so healing about writing fluff.
trek, trek, you hear behind you, as you race through the endless sea of tall shelves, the musty scent of old paper filling your nose. like a machine you scan the aisles, picking up book after book excitedly. you open it, read and decide, yes, this one too! the peace of libraries has always brought you comfort, and hallucinating whilst staring at a dead tree reading has always been your favorite activity. but youâve run out of things to read which warranted yet another trip to the greatest place on earth. unfortunately for her, you've tasked ellie to be the carrier of all the novels.
"baaaaabe, do you really need this many??" she whines and pouts, as she trails behind you and struggles to keep up.
you turn back to look at her, almost stumbling with a huge stack in her arms which is almost taller than her, it's honestly unbelievable how she hasn't toppled over yet. she frowns at you, earning a chuckle on your part. she's so cute.
"just a little more! you agreed to come with me, els, you knew what you were signing up for. and yes i do need that many, books are my life. books and you, of course."
"but my arms are gonna fall off..." she steadies herself and huffs. "fine, but let's sit down in a few minutes, 'kay?"
grinning widely and and nodding, you take a few of the books from the top to ease the weight, then you skip off happily once more to peruse the shelves, searching for something to grasp your attention, and vaguely convinced you heard ellie tsk-ing behind you. after a bit she goes to sit down on the armchairs in a little corner with a cozy lamp, slumps into the cushions with a grunt, and is relieved she can finally set down the stack she was carrying. you're too absorbed in walking around to notice, but ellie is watching you with a smile from her seat, wondering how in the world she got lucky to have such a curious minded, smart, and loving girlfriend. you meant the world to her. as you scampered around, collecting more and more books, you catch her eye and wave, and her heart just about jumps out of her chest then and there.
when returning to your tired girlfriend, she's keeping herself occupied by checking out the synopses on all the books, with genuine interest.
"i'm back!" you say in a cheery tone, cheeks warming as you add, "may have gone a bit overboard this time, sorry for making you carry it all."
"hey! no, no, i love doing this with you. honest." she smiles warmly back at you, taking half the stack you're carrying in her arms, dividing the entire haul between the two of you. the two of you begin to walk to the desk to check out, until her emerald eyes light up and she remembers, "do they carry comics here?"
"uh, i think so.."
"BE RIGHT BACK-"
she suddenly dashes off with no warning, leaving you with the sighing librarian as she has to take a look to see what they've got.
this little outing turned out better than you had expected. next stop, a hole in the wall cafe for some lunch.
â: not sure how i feel about this one honestly, but wanted to write a little something. hope y'all still like it! oh also, does the tiny text bother y'all? lemme know and i'll use the regular one, this one's aesthetically pleasing to me, but could be annoying. ellie n her comics own my heart.
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Buddietommy - werewolves and banshees (had to add a sprinkle of teen wolf to the mix)
oh man tw it's been so long!! i tweaked the banshee lore bc i thought it was more interesting than just screaming. oh, and i changed the buckleys birth order bc it fit better.
It happens the first time when heâs eight.
Evan had gone to bed early, not feeling well and his bones had hurt all day. When he told the neighbor that had stepped in to watch them while his parents were at the hospital with his younger brother Daniel, she had dismissed it as âgrowing painsâ, gave him an aspirin and turned back to her sitcom reruns.
He felt his heart race, and race, and then it felt as if his soul had flown out of his body only to slam back in. And he was screaming.
Maddie rushed into his room and held him through the rest of the night.
The next morning they learned Daniel had died through the night.
He kept his mouth shut. He had no idea what had happened but knew it wasn't good. Nor a coincidence.
That night he packed as many clothes into his backpack as he could and fled.
It happened more times after that, and every time it did he fled.
But as he grew and came into himself, the âattacksâ were fewer and fewer. He tried to keep his contact with people to a bare minimum, in any case, worried that his mere presence was the cause of so much death.
After years on the run heâs drawn to a minor national park dense with foliage and massive trees. He manages to scrounge up scrap wood to build himself a quaint hut that keeps him sheltered from view. He's within walking distance of a fast food restaurant that is big on food waste. It's a nice little set up.
And it's here he is months later when he hears a guttural howl nearby. He immediately grips the gun he filched a few cities back and leaves his hut to investigate.
Sticking to the trees, Buck follows the noisesâanother howl, grunting, and whimpering. Sounds that do not belong in a stretch of trees.
He pokes his head around the third tree over to find two male figures in the brush.
âFucking hunters,â the one standing growls while the other one is crumpled on the ground, the source of the howling and whimpering.
Buck's eyes follow the standing oneâs form down toâ
âYouâre not going to get it open by sheer force,â he blurts out. He claps a surprised hand to his mouth as the other men turn to him as one, one electric blue eyes and one blood red. His blood runs cold.
âYeah?â
âUh, yeah,â Buck stammers. His grip tightens on the gun. âThere's a leverâŠâ
Just then fire flares up his leg; his ankle feels like it's getting crushed. His eyes flick to the hunting trap shredding the other manâs ankle.
Oh no. It's happening again.
He grits his teeth and immediately flees and runs and runs, even past his hut, to a backup pit he'd dug for himself just in case his hut were ever compromised.
He nods off when the pain and adrenaline subside.
ââ
A kick to his foot awakes him. Buck scampers up, shakily raises his gun. He met with growls and those peculiar colored eyes from last night.
âWhat are you? A vamp?â the red eyed one asks with a sniff.
âWhat? No? I'm⊠a guy?â
âPfft,â the blue-eyed one, shorter one scoffs. âYouâre a somethinâ.â
âYou a hunter? That your trap back there, huh?â
âWhat? No!â
âWhat are you then?â
âLook, Iâm sorry. I heard howling andâhey, you got out of the trap!â he notices.
The red eyed one glares. âWhat are you doing here?â
âIâm, uh⊠I donât know. It was like I was drawn here. And I thought it was my faultâŠâ
âYour fault?â the blue eyed one asks at the same time as the red one says: âDrawn here? So you are something.â
âYeah⊠like, death has followed me? So I thought⊠I don't know.â Buck feels like he's discombobulated and words are just fleeing his mouth.
The red eyed man inspects him, stalks around him. He nods. âWhenâs the last time you ate something?â
âLast night? Was it? Before I ran into⊠you. What are you doing?â
âLook, I don't know what you are but youâre skin and bones. Come back with us to the den and have a meal. Maybe we can figure out your deal.â
Buck's stomach twists. âUm⊠that's not a good idea. I don't do⊠people.â
âGood thing weâre not people,â the blue eyed one says with a⊠truly wolfish grin â were those canines? â and they share a loud laugh.
Maybe Buck has finally lost his mind from being alone too long. But the promise of food, even if it's the last meal of his life and they end up murdering him, has him following.
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Espilver Week day 1: Invisible
"The Wisps are truly remarkable creatures, are they not?â the chameleon muses one warm afternoon.
With a smile Silver nods at Espioâs question, studying their strange companions fluttering and cooing around in the distance. The two of them had been exploring around following a tip Sonic had provided them with, and Silver has to admit: the Lost Hex is nothing to sneeze at. Windy Hill could not be better to just wander through with his beloved at his side, his quills fluttering and Espio humming contently at the breeze. But the fact Wisps had come rushing right over with coos galore means that the place isnât as alone and deserted for lovebirds to spend their dates at as Sonic had proclaimed, even if Silver doesnât mind it. Thereâs worse companions to have than a bunch of curious aliens.
âThey always look so funny. And theyâre so nice to us too,â the hedgehog answers, giving the Red Wisp that had snuggled itself into his hands and refused to remove itself from the decadent affection elicited on it since yet another caress over its head. Espio has found himself a similar object of the Wispsâ interest, with how a Magenta one is doing its very best to stay balanced on top of his crest where many of its siblings have fallen off already. The antics make Silver laugh, which makes the Wisps laugh and Espio too, and that is the sweetest reward of all.
The Red Wispâs tentacles twitch and curl like the flame of a fire, Silver studying it curiously. âI wonder where they get their special powers from. What creates Hyper-go-on,â he brings up. It's question heâs wondered before, but during wars and racing events thereâs not much time to ponder those things over. The Wisps seem to know, though; or at least, they respond with a whole bunch of chatters that Silver canât follow in the slightest. âSorry, we donât have any communicators,â he apologises.
âWeâll have to make do the old-fashioned way. Guess-work. Let us see⊠It is either something very special or very mundane,â Espio nods from where he grabs and scrutinises the Magenta Wisp so closely Silver can only presume his look of seriousness is tremendously exaggerated, though it wavers at the response of cries the hedgehog swears are disappointed. At least that means he kind of has an idea whatâs going on!
Wriggling a finger onto the body of the Red Wisp and grinning at the giggling squeal it elicits Silver hums. âI guess it doesnât matter so much. But itâs nice the Wisps have managed to make their home here. Itâs a great place to live,â he muses, more to himself than to Espio; but Windy Hill is gorgeous and just ambling through it with Espio as the sun shines on his face and the trees sway in the breeze gives plenty of room for happy thoughts. No wonder the Wisps so delightfully chase each other around and draw Silver and Espioâs attention towards flowers and critters scampering around without a care in the world. And even Espio looks carefree, the other drawing a deep breath of the fresh air with a smile on his face.
âIndeed. I can imagine it gives them plenty of space to use those powers of theirs.â
âCertainly,â Silver agrees, a Blue Wisp squeaking loudly and immediately transforming in a cube the moment he and Espio look over. âVery impressive,â the hedgehog encourages their new friends. âWhatâs your favourite power, Espio?â
âPsychokinesis,â the dry retort comes⊠as does many an adorably angry leer from the Wisps cluttering around them. âOkay, okay,â the chameleon relents with a chuckle. âI like⊠Crimson Eagle best.â
Silverâs lips twitch up in a grin. âBecause it allows you to fly?â
âShush, you,â Espio chastises him fondly as Silver very elaborately takes to floating in the air. The hedgehog can see some reasons why his beloved would like the ability to fly best⊠âWhich one do you enjoy?â the other adds, Silverâs ears shooting right up.
âJade Ghost!â
ââŠBecause it allows you to turn invisible?â
âNo, because it allows me to focus on my missions without everyone constantly getting in my way-â Silver falls right into explaining⊠before blinking. âOh. Because Iâm invisible and they canât see me.â
That elicits a snort from Espioâs side and a delighted coo from a Jade Wisp in the distance. "But I'm not playing favourites," Silver assures the Red Wisp he's holding still, that's quite promptly taken to pouting- and shrieking, as its Jade companion comes rushing right over and bonks it right out of Silver's arms.
The hedgehog gasps by instinct, as his hold promptly houses a completely different Wisp that expectantly chirps at him and tugs at his fingers. Beside him Espio laughs, as does the Magenta Wisp smugly sprawled out in Espio's grasp with an air that it would not be removed so easily. âEager, arenât you?â the chameleon smiles at the Jade Wisp, that coos in approval with its little mouth forming a grin. Its red companion has taken the change less well: mad squeaks and growls fill the air around Silver and Espio, three eyes narrowed angrily and a tendril shaken as if itâs a fist. Adorable, Silver stops himself from cooing out loud. Espio clearly thinks the same, a fond golden gaze meeting Silverâs. âBoth of you, pipe down," the chameleon soothes. "Youâre reminding me quite a bit of a certain someone when you act like this, heh.â
âThatâs not true! I also like Jade Ghost because it means I donât need to constantly attack people which costs way too much time," Silver huffs back, Espio laughing most teasingly from where he gets shoved by psychokinesis. Incorrigible, that beloved of his, the hedgehog decreed with a shake of his head; even if hearing Espio laugh like that always makes him flutter on the inside. "But I guess you are not bothered much by that, are you, little one? You did just push your friend right away to get some attention. I would never do such a thing myself," he adds to the Jade Wisp he's holding, Espio taking the angrily-jabbering Red Wisp to soothe and cuddle instead while the hedgehog shoots a teasing little grin to his own charge. It promptly makes a similar peeved noise as its friend, Silver muffling a laugh as it bonks its head against his stomachâŠ
And a zap of energy going through him makes the fur on his spine rise, though as Silver looks down at the Wisp he can look quite a bit through himself, too.
âHuh,â Espio remarks over the giggles and squeals from their various companions. âYour friend there didnât like to hear that, tenshi.â
With a curious hum Silver sticks out his hand: heâs very much still here, but also very much translucent, a green aura radiating from his body and the Wisp flying right out of his grasp through his arm with plenty of cheeky coos. âJade Ghost,â the hedgehog easily determines. Not as complete as heâs used to, but pushing a hand through his stomach is easy as can be.
âThatâs creepy,â Espioâs teasing judgement comes.
Laughing at the Jade Wisp fluttering around his head with scolding chirps Silver shakes out his glowing quills. âAw, come on. Canât handle a bit of see-through-ness?âÂ
âExcuse me? I am the expert at see-through-ness,â the chameleon retorts; and quite suddenly it looks as if the Red Wisp is floating into nothingness, the creature squeaking in alarm as Espio disappears with a gale and some leaves fluttering around him. âI am still here, my friend. You would not be held up if I was not,â the ninjaâs disembodied voice assures it, Silverâs ears twitching in amusement. Yes, Espio does not become intangible when invisibleâŠ
âThatâs true! Heâs right here,â he smirks, and Espioâs noise of warning does not deter him from pushing his translucent hand right into where the otherâs body must be.
A full yell and a startle follow, Espioâs purple colours rushing right back from where he jumps away. âSilver!â the chameleon huffs at him. âThatâs cold!â
âHeh. Sorry,â Silver retorts, not at all apologetic.
âIncorrigible,â he gets scolded... though Espioâs attempt to grab twitching grey ears and give them a tug promptly finds itself foiled as his hand goes through Silverâs head instead. It leaves the two of them laughing, as does the Jade Wisp prodding away at Silverâs body. âAlas, I have been defeated by the power of the Wisps. I guess Iâll just have to get used to my beloved always being half there,â the chameleon bemoans playfully. âI would give you a kiss⊠but it cannot be achieved. You are intangible.â
:"...Oh. Heck." With his quills shooting right up in horror Silver blinks, staring at himself and his see-through body: that is quite a good point, actually. But not one that is irreversible! After all, Wisp powers always run out right when he doesn't want them to; surely this half-formed Jade Ghost has only been kept active because its responsible Wisp has been battering at Silver relentlessly this whole time. âHey,â he pipes up to their Jade companion, who has crossed two of its tentacles to pout at him. âSorry for painting you as a Wisp-bonking menace. It was a compliment.â
Jabbering something back the Jade Wisp rubs its little face, or at least Silver figures; but with a final bonk and mad cackles it flies off, the hedgehog chuckling as well. Before he knows it the usual grey of his pelt as returned, his hand pushing into his stomach instead of through. âWell! Now you can kiss me,â he grins at Espio, eager as can be-
Before squealing in disdain as the other shoots over and tugs at his ears after all.
âThere. My revenge has been had,â the chameleon smirks, Silver wriggling in his grasp and laughing at the flailing of the Red Wisp finding itself rather stuck between their two bodies. Eventually it breaks free with similar peeved jabbers, though Silver is a bit too preoccupied to really pay attention to that: Espio's hands run over his back and his quills, their faces so tantalisingly close a kiss is mere seconds away after all.
Huffing a breath into Espio neck first, just to make a statement, Silver snuggles even closer. âRude,â his protest comes; but so does his coveted kiss, his arms wrapping around Espioâs body and purrs rumbling in his chest from where he gets petted so lavishly.
That is, until he gets rammed in the back by a madly-cackling Wisp and the zap of energy makes him stumble; through Espio, who altogether shrieks at the sensation, and after that they spend a lot of the afternoon chasing after their mischievous Jade friend and trading pecks once Silver has become tangible again.
Next time theyâre getting a Crimson Wisp to play with because at least those donât make Espio become translucent, Silver determines, but for now heâs perfectly happy to snuggle with his beloved into the grass from Windy Hills, content as can be.
@espilver-week đ
#silver the hedgehog#espio the chameleon#espilver#Espilver Week 2024#blue's writing#I am EXHAUSTED so bear with me when it comes to more extensive tags and summaries and what-not XD
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Little hurt/comfort speculative post-canon TBB piece since I suspect canon is going to be all hurt.
Echo and Tech talk out their time under enemy control. PG, Gen.
CWs: PTSD, panic attacks, grief, mentions of injury
STRONGER
âIt doesnât get better if you donât talk about it, you know.â
Snarling, Tech whirled around, unaccustomed anger biting under his skin. âYou donât - ah.â Wincing, he ducked his head and leaned back against the wall, ignoring the lights flickering to life across the island as he pushed his repaired goggles up to rub at the scars that spiderwebbed across his face. âApologies, Echo. I did not realize it was you speaking. And, if you will forgive the insensitivity of the statement, it is⊠easy to forget that you were once The Algorithm.â
âReally,â Echo answered drily, gesturing to himself with his scomp link. Tech shrugged, slipping his goggles off entirely and letting them dangle from his wrist as he rubbed at his scars further.
âTo me, you are as I have always known you, simply in better health than when we⊠initially met.â
âWhen you unplugged me from a cryo-tube I was wired into being forced to calculate plans to kill as many of my brothers as possible, you mean.â
âWell⊠yes.â Wincing, Tech slid down to sit against the sun-warmed paving stones, propping his back against the wall. After a moment, Echo settled beside him, close enough to very gently knock their shoulders together.
âI am aware that discussion of traumatic events can help reduce their psychological impact,â Tech began hesitantly, staring down at the goggles he was restlessly twisting in his hands rather than looking at Echo. âHowever, that would first require me to have a greater understanding of both my own prior psychological state and recall the conditioning I was subjected to on Tantiss, which I do not, and also comprehend why Crosshair was immune to such conditioning when I was not, and-â
The frantic, ever-hastening tumble of words was halted by Echoâs hand gripping his shoulder, giving him the lightest of shakes - everyone was treating him as though he was fragile, now, as though his scars had not healed.
âTech, breathe.â
Tech sucked in a deep breath, then winced and coughed weakly, one hand rising to rub at the starburst scar high on his left pectoral, the bacta patch on it not entirely removing the pain. Perhaps everyoneâs current treatment of him was not unwarranted.
Echo kept the hand on his shoulder, the gentle grip grounding, until Techâs breathing had regained a more normal rhythm, and for several minutes they sat in silence, watching the moon-yos scampering about in the trees.
âI donât imagine Crosshairâs going to use his rifle again,â Echo said softly, apropos of apparently nothing, and Tech exhaled sharply with another wince.
âI am certainly fortunate to have survived. A direct hit from a Firepuncher rifle bolt, particularly one modified as Crosshairâs has been, would typically result in death regardless of the quality of oneâs armor.â
âI donât think heâs ever been grateful to have missed a target,â Echo remarked, âeven if you did pop up and declare âCrosshair, you missed,â you little shit.â
âIt was an accurate observation! I have not known Crosshair to miss a target without injury being involved, and I was unaware of his tremor at the time, so I had no basis for comprehending such a phenomenon! Also, I did not âpop upâ - â
âNo, you stayed down long enough to give all of us heart attacks, because your damn helmet fell off - â
âI do not understand what the - truly inadequate, I might add - state of the Empireâs armor has to do with inducing myocardial infarctions in the squad - â
â - and we saw your face on the assassin Crosshair had just shot - â
âOh.â
âYeah.â
ââŠ.he would not be the first of us to kill a clone,â Tech said softly, leaning a little more heavily against Echoâs shoulder. âI would not, in fact, even be the first clone he had killed, and I was willing to give my life to ensure the survival of the squad previously. His actions were objectively correct, even if he had been aware of my identity at the time.â
âIf heâd been aware of your identity, he never would have taken the shot,â Echo countered, shifting enough for his head to rest ever-so-gently against Techâs.
âNot taking the shot would have been illogical. I was a threat to the lives of the squad at the time.â
âFeelings arenât logical or objective, Tech.â
âI am aware, which is why they are often difficult for me to process. I am struggling to even categorize the emotions my experience as a CX-trooper have left me with, although I have identified guilt, inadequacy, anger, resentment, and what I believe to be grief. I was unable to resist the programming as Crosshair was, despite having been deliberately engineered for my intellect, for the strength of my mind, while Crosshair, who was created to - to shoot accurately - was able to resist the entirety of the reconditioning, and to escape Tantiss with Omegaâs help, while I was so fully under the command of our enemy that I not only destroyed our home, I returned our sister to them!â
His voice had been steadily rising throughout, and it shattered into sharp gasps on the last words, prompting Echo to turn and gently pull Tech against his chest, wrapping him gently in an embrace and rocking them gently from side to side, stroking Techâs hair as the other clone trembled against his chest.
The moon had fully risen by the time Techâs breathing slowed again and he drew back slightly from Echoâs embrace, turning so that he was resting with his shoulder against Echoâs chest and his head tucked under his chin.
âI should have been stronger.â
âYou were plenty strong, Tech.â
âEcho, I am aware you have not been present for significant portions of my - â
âTech. I can read a damned report whether I was present for something or not. And Iâm not focused on what you did, Iâm focused on what you didnât do.â
ââŠplease elaborate.â
âYou landed the charges on the Marauder while Wrecker and Gonky were outside of it and gave them time to get clear, rather than blowing it up with them inside. You didnât shoot Hunter, you shot down the pilot of the ship he was trying to hijack and let him swim away. You scared the civilians here, but you didnât hurt any of them.â
âI killed numerous members of Rexâs team on Teth.â
âDo you want me to tell you how many deaths Iâm responsible for? Because Iâve calculated that, you know. Should I have been stronger?â
âEcho, our situations were completely different and comparing them would be pointless. Furthermore, you were not deliberately mutated specifically to have a significantly increased intellect which should have offered immunity to - â
âHave you considered that it wasnât intellect that protected Crosshair?â
âClearly it was not a matter of his intellect, as mine did not⊠ah.â
âHe didnât outsmart it, he out-stubborned it.â
âThat hypothesis seems entirely reasonable, yes. However, I shall not endeavor to test it.â Wincing, Tech sat up slowly, bracing himself on one of Echoâs knees to rise to his feet, then offering a hand down, which was calmly accepted.
When they were both standing, Echo jostled their shoulders together gently. âSo, feeling better?â
Tech blinked. ââŠsomewhat, yes, thank you.â
âAnytime, brother.â
FIN
Short and kinda bad but I just needed them talking it out and Echo being his good oriâvod self. Tech is Not Coping Well and needed a hug.
The initial idea of this had less talking and Cody was there at the end telling them they both now understood how regs felt after Order 66, but that version failed to materialize when I got to my keyboard.
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Mechanical Butterfly (II)
Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4
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Viktor doesn't run from Singed. Silco sees the burgeoning inventor in the young girl he found, after Vander. Collaborations abound!
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Wordcount: ~2072
Despite Viktorâs origins, the undercity is unfamiliar to him. Much of the childhood he can remember was spent in Singedâs old labâas close to topside as Zaun ever got, a place where the water was mostly clear, and children of both cities gathered to play. Shame to think that those golden years of early childhood, no Piltover or Zaun, just children scampering about in the sunlight, would soon rot into rivalry. The former becoming enforcers and the latter street thugs, all those tattered remnants of childhood simplicity gone to the wind.Â
Of course, he never got that experience of playing anywaysânothing about his body was quite built for scampering. No, what he remembers is the darkness of the cave, bioluminescent plants entangling along slick walls, the sound of running water always present in the darkness.Â
Itâs dark here, too, deeper in the undercity, but in a different, more distasteful way. No sunlight manages to reach this low, blocked by smoke or the broken spines of jagged buildings, stacked one-by-one atop each other, crowding out the space like too many rats in a box too small. He misses the cave, for the fresh air and the open space and the lack of people.Â
He knows the necessity of abandoning it, though: possibly-impending war means that no borderlands are safe, and now that heâs getting actual work, itâs more convenient, and also the secret third reason that Singed always skates around: heâs working on something that even Viktor isnât privy to, and the cave is now a secret storage for whatever that is.Â
Heâs curious, but he knows better than to pry. If Singed means to tell him, then he will, and if he does not, then not a force in all of Runeterra will pry it from his lips. Something to do with his daughterâs coffin, heâs sure, something to do with the large, cloth-bound thing that he dragged into the lab after the explosion.Â
When the three leave, with promises of returning for the first lessons tomorrow, Singed looks at him wordlessly, waiting for his verdict.Â
âThatâs Silco?â is the first thing he asks. He knows the name, of course, all of Zaun is passing those five letters around from mouth-to-mouth like a pipe. The new lord of this place, the source of the flaming plume of smoke thatâs been clogging the sky for the past few weeks. He knows the face too: remembers it from years ago. When he was only a few months into working with Singed, insofar as âworkingâ meant feeding Rio and lurking around the cave, the man whoâd come to talk on business. And businessâthat leads into the last way he knows Silco.Â
As the man who, directly or indirectly, almost killed the man standing before him. The explosion. The burn. Viktor remembers staying up late, workingâbecause otherwise he would not know how to expel his nervous energyâhearing a commotion at the lip of the cave. Rushing out to see Singed limping in, skin scorched red and blistered, bleeding bright Shimmer from all orifices.
Heâs healed, in the weeks since, preternaturally quicklyâa process that most certainly has something to do with the Shimmerâbut during bad nights, Viktor still sees it. He never screamed, through all the pain, simply collapsed upon the floor and reached for Viktorâs hand.Â
So âthatâs Silcoâ is a statement woefully inadequate, filled in only by the silent language that both of them have learned to speak in.Â
âHeâs a powerful man,â Singed replies, rubbing absently at the right side of his face. The burnt.Â
âWas I wrong to accept?â
âI canât say.â He turns, shuffles towards one of the tables, one piled with jars of preserved creatures. Vermin, mostlyârats, insectoids, all white-eyed and suspended in greenish liquid. He does not reach for the jars, and instead, a roll of stained bandages and a pair of forceps. âThe girl is an anomaly,â he adds, like an afterthought.Â
Viktor steps forwards, leaning on his cane as he does. The leg is especially bad, todayâhas been, ever since they moved house to this new lab. Singed has offered Shimmer, or other modifications, more than onceâbut always, he denies. Heâs seen what it does to the experiments, what it almost did to Rio, what it did to Singed after the explosion. Shimmer in the eyes, in the mouth, leaking from each pore of the skin and sparking where it touched burnt flesh.
âHis daughter?â
Singed removes his mask, digs the forceps into the bandages running down his neck, slowly begins to peel. The skin underneath is pale pink and raw, bright magenta streaks running just under the skin. They pulse under the dim light. Viktor tries not to look away.Â
âNo,â he says, âno. Vanderâs.â
âVander? The one he killed?âÂ
He went to his bar, once, one of those rare moments that he wanted a break from the cave. A loud, energetic place, a crowd with strange looks for the crippled boy trying to force his way through. Never met the man himselfâgave up before he was even halfway to the bar, let the chaos spit him back out.Â
Singed hums in confirmation, dropping the chunk of bandage into a thin metal pail, starting work on the one below. âHeâs been planning for very long. He plans something for Jinx too, I suspect.â
âDangerous for us?â
This next bandage is a bit of a struggleâit wraps around to the back, a place that Singed canât easily reach. âNo,â he repeats, âheâs an honest man. Admirable.â
Coming from the mouth of a man who is, if not dishonest, never unwilling to bend a few morals. Viktor watches him struggle for a moment longer before stepping forwards.Â
âLet me.â
With no protest, he relinquishes both the forceps and the bandages to him. Itâs a ritual, at this pointâthe man does not ask for help, but he knows whatâs good for him in the end. Without need for indication, he turns, and Viktor leans against the table so he can set his cane down and use both hands.Â
With the metal implement, he slowly unpeels the bandages that cross his back and chest, discarding them to the side. Once thatâs done, he unravels the new roll, begins to methodically recover the wounds. Itâs all horrifically unsanitary, but the new drug running through Singedâs veins takes care of that handily. How convenient.Â
âDid he not make that promise,â Viktor asks, once the final bandage is changed, âthe first time?â
By which he means, of course, their original partnershipâthe one that ended with Singed collapsed upon the ground, waking only to tell Viktor they needed to evacuate. If thatâs how this particular venture is going to end, heâd very much rather not.
âThat was my own mistake. I became⊠greedy.â
âFor?â
âYou will see.âÂ
Singed steps away, running a thin hand over the bandages. A hint, and a reassuring one at thatânot a flat denial, which heâs certainly never been afraid to give.Â
You will see.Â
Viktorâs looking forward to it.Â
â
He misses Rio, at times, dead for about a year at this point. His introduction to Singed, the lab, and the thing that firmly enmeshed him into this place. The first success of Shimmer too: whatever dosage he gave her, it extended her lifespan by years past what it should have been. Of course, that success came with a thousand failures, rats and feral cats and fish, all of whom ended up swollen and bleeding and dying-
But it gave Singed hope for the project that he works on, the one they both pretend does not exist: whatever it is that has to do with his daughter.Â
At night, he works, as per usualâon the components that make up his first true job. Different from what heâs been doing before, crafting little curiosities or machines to help Singed in the lab, but an actual commissionâfrom the Frederson Chem-forge, one of the many heâd reached out to, and the only thatâd replied.Â
Singed is gone. Left at late dusk, and by all probability, will not be back until morningâoff to the cave, to his secret experiments. It does not hurt to be excluded, not really, but it does concern him a bitâheâs felt nothing but a constant state of concern since the explosion, though Singedâs demeanor has returned to more-or-less normal.
He has better things to be concerned about than the scientist, though, at least right nowânamely, teaching the child of the current king of Zaun. Itâs the sudden realization that bowls over him, that being that he does not know how to teach, that has him frantically working so he can take his mind off of it.Â
It was his parents that taught him the first basics of machinery: both were mechanics as well, working in the dark, rotating underbelly of Zaun, among the pipes and the steam and the gears that stretched tall as people. They died storming the bridge when he was youngâanother way he knows of Vander and Silcoâbut he tries to remember how they taught him nevertheless. Canât scrounge up much of anything, besides a faint impression of a voice, the phantom feeling of hands guiding his.Â
Useless.Â
Singedâs never taught him anything, at least not in this realm. Heâs the type of scientist that dapples in chemicals and dead things, and though theyâve combined their talents on occasion, scraping the surface of mechanical biomancy, it was always an equal partnership, not mentor-student. Heâd entertained the idea of going to the academy when he was younger, in that unreal, wistful way that all childrensâ dreams are painted in. Not by enrolling, of course, theyâd never let a Zaunite orphan enroll, but instead somehow sneaking inâbut Singed cleared him of that idea as quickly as it came.Â
âTheyâre small,â he remembers him saying, âsmall minds. I parted from Heimerdinger long ago, and there is nothing he could teach you that I could not.â
Now, though, he wishes heâd gone, if only for some idea about how it all worked. Teaching. Their refined mechanics up there in topside, all smooth and gleaming white, must be so different from the mish-mash of things he cobbles together down here. When he was younger, he used to painfully make his way to the top of Zaun, places where he could watch those sharp-clothed academy students stroll the streets, talking about things he couldnât hear nor understand. Never worth the days of pain that the act of climbing brought his leg, but he kept doing it anyway.Â
Eventually, he gives up, both on trying to fix the section of chemforge and on considering this issue. Right now, heâs attempting to connect a few infinitesimally small bits in the back, but space is cramped and his fingers are not nimble enough to both screw, hold, and leave room to see in the narrow space. He may have to take the entire thing apart to get to it, and putting it together took two weeks on its own. Itâs a beautiful creation, all gleaming metal and smoothly connected joints, and if he were to take it apart and put it back together, he has the sinking feeling that it would no longer be nearly so perfect.Â
Like digging up a corpse, trying to breathe life back into the skin. Couldnât be the same ever again.
So instead, he hobbles out into the main room of the lab, and attempts to tidy up. Shove jars back into their rightful places, drop tools into drawers, clean the beakers laying around. All useless, because Singed both will not notice, and will have the lab redirtied in a day, but it brings him some measure of peace. The work goes by quickly, even with his limited movement, and by the time that night is truly upon Zaunâthe streets lit by glowing signs, the only life drunkards staggering down the streetâhe still has not figured out a solution.Â
With a sigh, he slumps down upon his bedâa sagging mattress barely held up by cinderblocks and wood planksâand wishes he had not accepted. Shouldnât have. Hadnât been planning to, until the girl, Jinx, started speakingâuntil he saw the look in her eyes, bright and eager and full of more passion for the machine than heâs seen in anything but the mirror.Â
That look is the last thing that still lingers in his mind, even after all else is surrendered to unconsciousness.
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Stepping Stones: Chapter 10
âDo you ever regret teaching Luz to sew?â
Hunter walks over to join Darius at the window, following his gaze down to where Luz is making her way to the house. Despite being a good distance down the road, sheâs clearly visible thanks to her neon green shirt, bearing the words GO EMERALD ENTRAILS in lopsided, brilliantly gold letters.Â
A grin stretches across Hunterâs face. âNot for a moment,â he replies, and Darius sighs deeply.Â
Luz knocks at the door a moment later, and Hunter pulls it open for her. She throws her arms around him without preamble.Â
âHunter! Youâre going to be amazing today, I know it!â
âThanks.â As she pulls back, he adds, ânice shirt.â
Luz twirls. âI thought youâd like it.â
As she spins, Stringbean rises up from her shoulders, slithering through the air to nuzzle Hunterâs cheek. âSheâs been so excited all day,â Luz tells him.
âThat makes two of us,â Hunter replies, gathering Stringbean into his arms. Over the last three months of taking her to school, heâs come to really love her. It doesnât make him miss Flapjack any less, and he knows sheâs not really hisâ he doesnât innately understand her the way he did with Flap, and she isnât as attuned to himâ but she still curls around his shoulders when heâs nervous and shifts into different animals during class to keep him entertained, and sheâs flown like the wind during every practice theyâve had. It makes him happy to know sheâll be with him today.Â
âAre you nervâ" Luz begins, but quick as lightning, Darius sends a tendril of abomination goo to cover her mouth.
âAh ah ah! Weâve put a ban on that question in this house.â
Raine smacks Dariusâs shoulder, and he reluctantly pulls the abomination back. With an apologetic look at Luz, they explain, âitâs pretty much the only question any of us have been getting all week.â
The school administrations have been in contact with the Islesâ makeshift leadership committee, but clearly not enough, because whoever thought that scheduling the first Flyer Derby game on the same day of the election was a good idea had no idea what they were doing. Hunter has heard Raine say more than once that the house hasnât felt this tense since it was serving as the headquarters for the rebellion, and on top of that, anyone who comes near it has to ask about it.Â
âThe only thing worse than the waiting,â Hunter tells Luz now, âare the many people asking about how well youâre handling it.â
âGotcha.â Luz mimes locking her lips and throws away the invisible key. âBut for the record,â she adds, âI meant what I said. I really do think youâre going to win today. All of you.â
Eber folds his arms, and since Hunter has been teaching Luz what heâs been learning in Beastkeeping, both of them know what he says.Â
âYes, even you, Eber,â Luz replies. âWe win when our friends win!â
Eber rolls his eyes. Darius shoves him lightly.Â
âSpeaking of winning,â Hunter says, âweâd better get going.â
Stringbean lifts out of his arms and transforms into a staff, but rather than taking her, Luz lets her fall into Hunterâs hands. Hunter gives her a smile, grateful for any extra practice time he can get, and he takes off with Luz behind him and the others following.
The field at Hexside is already packed when they arrive, but it doesnât take Hunter long to find the Nocedas in the crowd. Theyâre seated in the front row, Camila blowing him kisses and Vee waving frantically with one arm, her other hand in Mashaâs. Amity sits on Mashaâs other side and gives Hunter two thumbs up when she sees him looking at her. In the row behind them, Wynne, Gemini, and Ivy are listening to Eda explain something, and Dell and Gwen are giving him bright smiles and reassuring waves from her other side.Â
Luz slides off of Stringbean and gives Hunter one last hug. âGood luck!â she says, and races off to sit beside Amity.Â
Raine kisses Hunterâs head. âYouâre going to be great,â they promise.Â
Eber nods, patting Hunterâs arm and scampering after them. Darius ruffles his hair.
âMake us proud, little prince.â
For a moment, Hunter watches them go, and he feels like heâs already won.
Then he takes a deep breath and makes his way to the side of the field where the rest of the Entrails are waiting, Willow ready with his face paint. She draws the fork of green lightning down the left side of his face with careful fingers, and Hunter prays she canât feel how his face is heating under her light touch.Â
She steps back and winks. âLooking good, Hunter.â
Knowing from many unfortunate past experiences not to speak, Hunter gives her a double thumbs-up. Somehow this feels worse.
âAll right, team,â Willow says, and they huddle up in a practiced motion at the familiar words.
âIâm sure youâve heard the rumors about the Saint Epiderm Fire Beesâ that theyâve been training since the beginning of the year, that their palismen are some of the fastest recorded in the history of school sports⊠yeah,â she says to their nods, âyouâve heard it all. But you know what they havenât heard about us? Viney can make a shield so strong it would stop a wall of actual fire bees. Skara has won a grudgby game and a flyer derby game in the same afternoon. Gus can fly on one foot, with his eyes closed!â
âFor a short amount of time,â Gus interjects.
Hunter waves this away. âIt still counts.â
âAnd Hunter can teleport, and make turns so tight he might as well have teleported, and fly so fast thatâŠâ
âHe might as well be part palisman?â Hunter gives her a tiny, wry smile.
âAnd,â Willow says, wrapping and arm around him, âheâs always looking out for his team.â
But Hunter can hear the tremor in her voice that she gets when sheâs worried sheâs said something wrong. The team has been full of nothing but praise for herâ but Hunter knows all too well that years of harsh words take years to purge.Â
He wraps his arm around her waist. âAnd our captain here, in addition to being an excellent flyer and a summoner of plants I donât even know the names of, is such an excellent judge of character that she brought together the best flyer derby team the Isles have ever seen!â
The Entrails let out a cheer at this, and Hunter glances at Willow, raising his voice until she gives in and cheers too.Â
The distant screech of a bell lets them know itâs time to line up, and Hunter steps apart from Willow, trying to ignore the sudden cold that sweeps across his side. He tightens his grip on Stringbean and walks over to his placeâ only for a movement in the stands to catch his eye. Itâs Masha, waving for all theyâre worth. When they and Hunter lock eyes, they point at Willow and nod in encouragement.Â
He could have asked Luz or Amity or Raine or Eda, all of whom have lived through the mortification of having a crush on one of their closest friends, all of whom know about Hunterâs on Willow since he is, in Luzâs words, âas subtle as Hooty trying to rip himself out of the houseâ. Gus and Willow are the only people heâs ever made any real effort keeping the secret forâ Willow, because the idea of ruining their friendship makes him feel like heâs going to throw up, and Gus because he doesnât want to make him keep a secret from Willow.
But somehow it felt easier to talk to Masha than someone he knows well, to ask them how they took the leap. Their words flash through his mind now as he looks at them.Â
âI told her because I needed to say it, and I needed her to hear it, not because I needed to hear anything back. She was so scared of herself, and I wanted her to know how deep my feelings wentâ and I needed to get them out, because at some point, rejection is actually easier than carrying around feelings that big all the time and not knowing what to do with them.â
And he thinks about these flashes of fear Willow still has, how she cares so deeply about other people that she forgets to ask for anything in return. He thinks about all the risks everyone is taking todayâ Darius and Raine leaving their futures in the hands of a million strangers, five basilisks at a sporting event filled with people who have been raised from birth to be afraid of them, Willow reaching for her dreams with a team no one would expect to pull anything offâ and suddenly, he feels like taking a risk too.
He takes his place in like next to Willow but, before getting into position, leans forward and quickly kisses her cheek. She turns to him, eyes wide, and he thinks she might be blushing but he turns away too quickly to tell if thatâs anything more than wishful thinking.
âGood luck, Captain,â he mumbles.
Instinctively, he glances up at Masha to find them grinning. Beside them, Amity applauds him, pointing between her and Luz and nodding emphatically. Heâs not entirely sure what that means, but clearly she thinks heâs done something right, so heâll take it.
And maybe sheâs onto something, because suddenly Willowâs hand is in his, their fingers threading together as she squeezes.
âYou too, Hunter.â
And then the referee blows their whistle, and theyâre off.
Two of the Fire Bees streak towards Gus, clearly thinking that heâll be the slowest. Hunter hurtles towards them, but itâs too lateâ a third Fire Bee is here now, behind Gus, grabbing his flag, whichâ disappears. The real Gus appears behind the two Fire Bees in front of his illusion, holding one of their flags in each hand.
âBetter luck next time!â he calls with a wink, ducking under them and streaking for the goal. Hunter takes the opportunity to fly for the third Fire Bee while theyâre distracted, but they turn just in time, flinging a wad of abomination goo into his eyes. Crying out, he lets go of Stringbean to wipe themâ and topples off of her when the Fire Bee knocks into him, trying to get his flag.
Hunter kicks, screaming, and manages to summon a vine from the ground, calling it to curl around him, place him back onto Stringbean, and wipe his eyes.
Someone claps a hand on his shoulder, and he looks up to see Willow speeding past. âNice work!â she calls.
Hunter glances behind him at the end of Luzâs staff. âThey got my flag!â he calls.
Willowâs face turns grim, and she fixes her eyes on the Fire Bee streaking towards their goalpost. Theyâre so focused on the goal that they donât notice as she flicks her fingers, sending a tiny vine to lightly flick their flag off of their staff. Hunter teleports beneath it, grabbing it, and makes his body as small and aerodynamic as he can as he flies like mad for the goalpost across the field.Â
The Fire Bee closest to it turns and lets out a piercing whistle that cuts straight through Hunterâs ears, slamming the breath from his chest as he careens backwardsâ and then bounces forwards again, back onto Stringbean. He glances behind him to see a shield of blue light fading to reveal Viney beneath it.
âKeep going!â she yells.
The Fire Bee lunges for her, grabbing her flagâ at the same time Skara grabs his.
âVineyâs was our last one!â she cries. âWe have to beat him to the goal!â
Hunter puts on a burst of speed without looking back, his heart beating double time in his chest, every one of his muscles clenched so hard they ache. Come on, come on, come on, the thinks, clutching the flag in a clammy hand.
He reaches the goal and slings the flag onto one of the posts, turning back to Skara with a grinâ only to see a vine reaching for her from behind. Without thinking, he teleports between it and her, gasping as it wraps around his waist and Skara slams the last flag onto its post.
âAnd we have a winner!â the referee calls. âThe Emerald Entrails take the day!â
Hunter opens his mouth to cheerâ but his breath comes out in a sharp exhale instead as the vine tightens around his waist, yanking him off Stringbean. For the second day, he finds himself hurtling to the groundâ only this time, it bursts into flowers, and he lets himself fall.Â
He brushes his hair out of his eyes and looks up to see Willow lowering her hands and racing towards him. Her arms are open, and Hunter instinctively raises his, intending to catch her in a hug. So heâs completely unprepared when she plants her lips on his.
Hunter kisses her back, wrapping his arms around her, and when they break apart, tears are streaking his cheeks. Willow lets go of him quickly, alarm crossing her face.
âOh, Iâm so sorryâ I should have asked, I just thoughtââ
âNo, noâ Willow! Youâre fine.â He wipes his eyes and beams at her. âIâm just happy.â
Willowâs expression eases into a wide smile, and she kisses the last of his tears away.
âFinally!â
Hunter looks over Willowâs shoulder to see Viney and Skara clutching each otherâs hands and grinning, while Gus throws his arms up in exasperation.
âYou knew?â Hunter asks.
âObviously. And frankly, Iâm kind of offended neither of you ever told me.â
âI didnât want to put you in a difficult position,â Hunter and Willow say simultaneously, then laugh.
âWhat was difficult was watching you two pine after each other,â Skara says, rolling her eyes. âAt least thatâs over.â
âAnd more importantly, we won!â Viney shrieks, running for the bed of flowers and pulling Skara with herâ and then all of the Entrails are together, tangled in one knot, cheering so loudly Hunter thinks they could be heard from anywhere on the Isles.
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The victory party at the old CATTs headquarters starts off buoyant and happy. Hunter walks in holding Willowâs hand and feeling like heâs still flying, his cheeks aching from smiling. People keep clapping him on the shoulder or ruffling his hair and congratulating himâ on his win or his incredible girlfriend, he canât tell. Raine breaks out the waffle maker and makes an enormous batch of them for dinner, and people sit on the floor in little groups to eat, the room filling with overlapping conversations and laughter.
But then the evening wears on, and the laughter fades, the conversations becoming hushed. The Nocedas are the only ones who can stand to keep vigil by the crystal ball and watch the votes be tallied, all of them holding each otherâs hands and sitting with tense, perfect posture. Everyone else in the room ignores the coverage completely, all finding something to distract themselves with instead. Masha paints Raineâs nails; Eda teaches Rhee how to play her mandolin; Lilith and Amity organize every book in the house alphabetically by genre; Steve and King board Steve's motorcycle and drive around as Gwen and Dell watch with mild fascination; Willow and Gemini play Hexas Hold âEm against Gus and Hooty; Wynne and Ivy go from group to group collecting dishes; Eberwolf shows Viney how he takes his beast form; Alador and Darius tinker with some kind of abomination. Hunter just wanders from group to group, watching one for a bit before drifting away.
When he gets to Darius and Alador, he wonders if heâll have to break up a fight. Theyâve been civil lately, but he wouldnât put it past them to revert to the incessant bickering that was their normal right after Belosâs death under the stress of the situation.
âYouâre going to win,â he hears Alador say with quiet conviction as he approaches. He raises his eyebrows, pleasantly surprised.
âIf only I was capable of sharing your delusional optimism,â Darius responds dryly.Â
âNo, Iâm serious. You have to. I want to end my marriage to Odalia as soon as someone has the power to do it, and youâre the only person I can trust to do it fast enough.â
Darius looks up from their abomination so quickly Hunterâs neck throbs in sympathy. âYou and Odalia are⊠over?â
Alador snorts. âWe should have been over a long time ago. I⊠being with her was⊠the wrong choice.â
Dariusâs expression softens into something Hunterâs never seen on him before, and he realizes itâs definitely time to stop watching this. He turns aroundâ just in time to catch Luzâs eye as she stands.
âThe results are in,â she says, her voice about three octaves higher than usual.
Everyone abandons the pretense of normalcy at once, scrambling to face the crystal ball. Hunter wraps one arm around Luz and feels Willow brush up against his other side, sliding her hand into his.Â
Being old enough to join a coven, Hunter was also deemed old enough to vote, so he knows how the process worked. All of the candidates were listed on a form, and he was told to fill out the circle next to the five he wanted to rule the Isles. The five candidates with the most votes will be chosen to serve as councilors for the next five years.
âAnd our first councilor,â Perry Porter says, his voice conveying all the tension currently choking everyone in the room, âis⊠Alexis Calian!â
Alador nods approvingly. âThey quit Blight Industries a few years ago. Good person.â
âOur second councilor is⊠Arthur Hanover!â
Lilith snorts. âHow did he get elected? She has no opinions on anything!â
âThatâs probably why people like him,â Luz points out. âThey can project.â
âOur third councilor is⊠Hettie Cutburn!â
No one can speak for a few seconds. When a voice finally cuts through the horror, itâs Masha, but even they know to whisper.
âWhoâs that?â
âShe was the head of the Healing Coven,â Raine replies, their voice tight.
âAt least itâs not Terra?â Eda offers.
âYet,â Raine mutters.
Darius pinches his nose. âWell, putting the former Coven Heads on trial just became a nightmare.â
âMaybe we can impeach her?â Luz offers.
âWhat does that mean?â
Luzâs eyes widen. Just a fraction. Then she waves her hand. âWeâll talk later.â
âOur fourth councilor is⊠Darius Daemonne!â
The horrified silence is shattered by a wave of outright screams. Raine is jumping up and down, Eber is running circles around the room, and Hunter lets go of Luz and Willow to throw his arms around Darius before he can question the impulse. When he pulls back, though Darius is smiling wider than Hunterâs ever seen.
âAll right, all right, settle down,â he calls. âWeâve still got one councilor left.â
But as soon as the word Raine passes Perryâs mouth, settle down becomes a foreign concept. If Hunter thought all the Isles could hear the cheers after the Entrails won, well, heâs sure even the Human realm could hear the noise that erupts. Eda dips Raine into a kiss as Lilith lets out a piercing whistle, Luz and Vee and Masha grab each other's hands and jump up and down, and everyone else is hugging and dancing and screaming themselves hoarse. Hunter picks Willow up by the waist and twirls her around, laughing and laughing, and even though he knows there is more work to do and more games to play, when she leans down to kiss him, he can't stop himself from thinking that things are finally falling into place.Â
#the owl house#toh#toh hunter#willow park#huntlow#toh vee#toh masha#veesha#luz noceda#amity blight#lumity#darius daemonne#alador blight#aladrius#eda clawthorne#raine whispers#raeda#gus porter#dell clawthorne#gwen clawthorne#lilith clawthorne#king clawthorne#toh skara#toh viney#toh steve#toh eberwolf#stepping stones#ray rambles#ray writes
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Graves Headcannons from Shadowsâ POV (Part 3):
part 1 Part 2
((Hey yaâll, hope the weekends a good one! More Graves stuff~))
The Graves manual made it back to 7-11 a mere two weeks since his last entry.
He groggily left his blanket cocoon of warmth, shambled towards the door, wrenched it open ready to chew out the impertinent little shit whoâd been rapping at it incessantly, only to have the massive binder shoved into his chest with enough force to stun him; too stunned to catch the identity of his unwanted visitor, who had the sense to haul ass immediately away from the doorway.
There was giggling accompanied by several voices and boots scampering down the hallway.
Ballsey, noisy, and reckless enough to bother an officer at 0600 on his one day of zero responsibility? Clearly they were the fresh batch of recruits heâd been working on, still too new and wet behind the ears to have callsigns of their own.
If he was any other lieutenant 7-11 wouldâve given chase, hunted each of them down and handed out extra drills and the honor of scrubbing one of the barracksâs communal showers.
Alas, he was only himself; lazy at his core and an unrepentant enjoyer of his day off. No baby Shadows he needed to teach, no training with his platoon, and no paperwork. Unless the more senior staff or an act of god (Graves) said otherwise, 7-11 wasnât gonna exert more energy than he needed to.
Sleep ruined, 7-11 rubbed the grogginess from his eyes and plopped the heavy binder onto his desk. Might as well add some shallow, surface level Graves trivia, because anything deeper was too much for his fuzzy mind.
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-itâs not that heâs ashamed but heâs very self-conscious of his accent; heâs aware of the stereotypes attached to it, so he softens and flattens it a bit when dealing with clients.
-but when heâs relaxed, exhausted, fighting off sleepâs siren call? The accent thickens, sweet as molasses.
-turns red when he thinks heâs been caught nodding off though. Everyone should pretend they didnât notice and wait for sleep to drag him under. Calling attention will just fluster him.
-some of youâve seen or heard the boss mumble in his sleep; again, pretend you never noticed.
-He seems to bristle or shy away a bit at showing vulnerability or receiving affection.
(Like a growly coyote that wonât admit to enjoying head scritches, 7-11 mused fondly. Letâs see if we can fix that.)
-although he likes the occasional drink, Graves tries to keep a sober head most times as commander, especially on missions (the Graves Alone Xmas fiasco, as many Shadows have taken to calling it, was a damn fluke, an aberration, and 7-11 will make sure there will never be a repeat)
-he bites. Hard. No, i will not elaborate.
-has a fragrant woodsy scent (itâs fucking distracting, especially during spars)
-Graves is possessive. More on this another time.
-gets severe road rage; Graves will shout, abuse the horn, roll down the window to insult you, your mother, and your shit driving in that order, and stick a hand out to flip you off; heâd flip you off with both hands if he didnât need one on the wheel at all times. (The Shadows are glad he isnât reckless enough to try and overtake anyone while cuts him off, heâs just REALLY loud about it.)
-he isnât bad at cooking, heâs actually pretty good. Just limited in what he makes, but they turn out delicious. (âHell, if you get stuck with me in some safe house, at least you wonât be swallowing down burnt MREs while pretending you wouldnât sell my ass for a single corn chip.â) In this, heâs excellent wife material self-sufficient.
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7-11 decided that was enough writing on his day off before shutting the binder. He got up, did some luxurious, toe curling stretches, and padded towards the bathroom to get the day started.
If heâs lucky, he could find a warm patch of grass to nap on before the sun rose to high. Preferably somewhere pesky baby Shadows wouldnât find him.
#sorry 7-11 but those recruits like you hahaa#shadow company#phillip graves#call of duty#mw2#mw3#my stuff#graves cod#cod graves
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