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andromedaesresolve · 1 year ago
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No, people don't get it. Wyll is the most *normal* person in camp, but Gale is The Normal Guy as a partner. He is literally just some silly dude. Dorky and kind as he is, all of his underwear was definitely a holiday gift from his mom. He would be wholly unhelpful to clothes shop with.
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cyberdragoninfinity · 2 years ago
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Now I have to know this for GX College AU: Who orders what from IPC?
IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR LIKE A WEEK here are my declarations:
Jaden: cannot be stopped from ordering at this establishment. I feel like he'd fuck with a supreme pizza, just put everything on there, man. AND cheesy garlic breadsticks!!!!!!!
Yubel: cheesy garlic breadsticks as well :]
Syrus: just remembered i made him lactose intolerant. lol. anyway he's perpetually nervous about ordering from there with Jaden's soft 'ban' but he'll enjoy a breadstick or two. A slice of pepperoni with extra red pepper flakes on it, perhaps.
Chazz: feels like a Meatlover's pizza type of guy to me.
Alexis: I'm declaring her a Hawaiian pizza lover, so she's already on Paradox's shit list for that. Shes also one of the select few people who even bother with IPC's one meager little salad option and every time she's kind of disappointed but she keeps getting it.
Aster: WILL order the specialty pizza of that Paradox has conjured up and WILL write a Google review about it. Also he's a whiteboy you know he'd go ham on some cheesy breadsticks.
Zane: breadsticks. will eat maybe 2 and 1/3 of one. he has never actually ordered from there himself but if Atticus is calling in an order he WILL add breasticks for zane every time <3
Atticus: pineapple pizza :^) not even hawaiian style just pineapple on a cheese pizza. After Jaden I think Atticus is PDox's least favorite """regular""". Fucking Californians 🙄 (this atticus isnt even from california he's from nebraska. he's just Like That)
Hassleberry: MEATLOVER'S AS WELL. GUY WHO WILL JUST ORDER MEATBALLS AND EAT THAT. ordering insane off-menu options and eating them like the most delighted tyrannosaurus.
Jesse: orders some personalized blue cheese-vegetable abomination (slash pos) and gives scraps of green pepper and mushroom to Ruby and the other Beasts.
Bastion: he is going HAM on that MID HOUSE SALAD!!! Hell yeah man eat those grape tomatoes!!!
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deadpoolsbottombitch · 4 years ago
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If you're a regular somewhere and want to be shown special treatment as such, TIP!!!!! My God yall fucking TIP!!!!! You have to pay more for better service!! Make sure they know you t i p. Being nicer and remembering them and forming personal relationships is great and all, but i promise you the workers will remember "the guy who tips really well" more than "the nice guy", and will adjust their service accordingly!! Example: there is an italian place i go to often, sometimes several times a week, and i order the exact same sub every time. I have an odd order, but not a difficult one (turkey sub with no tomato or lettuce, and extra extra pickles), and for the longest time i could never get them to.make it right or remember me. Lightbulb moment, i started tipping a MINIMUM of 5 bucks per order. No matter how the last time went or how much my order is (usually only 7.50), i ALWAYS tip at least $5. Now when i call, the cashier plugs in my phone number, sees it's "the weird sub guy who tips well", and is already putting my order in. Every sub station worker knows my order and exactly how i like it. Obviously i'm nice and polite and friendly as well, but the main reason i get what i ask for, perfectly, every time with little to no wait even at busy times? T i p s
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this is so fucking funny like if u want ur drink earlier then come earlier dumb ass
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dw-writes · 4 years ago
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So, this isn’t EXACTLY what i had planned when i made my post about need some more Scott McCall love in the tag BUT YOU KNOW WHAT???
ITS SCOTT MCCALL APPRECIATION WEEK!!!! (like what every week should be)
So, I hope you’ll enjoy the Scott love over the next few days!!!! Check out the #ScottMcCallWeek tag for some more love!! I hope you like this~
Day One - What Kind of Alpha Are You?
Scott stared at himself in the mirror, his toothbrush slowing between his teeth the longer he watched himself.
Alpha. A True Alpha. Noun. Someone who becomes an alpha without having to take their power, who ascends from either beta or even omega because they have the skills of a leader.
A year ago, Scott would’ve laughed if someone said that was him.
Scott, a leader? He couldn’t even get on first line without his werewolf powers. He wasn’t popular. No one really noticed him. He was pretty good at science, but that was because he understood how it worked. He was dyslexic. He’d had asthma. He was pretty sure he had PTSD and depression after everything that happened in the fall. And then there was the sacrifices and the fact that he’d been dead for sixteen hours.
He spit the toothpaste in the sink, then splashed warm water on his face.
He’d done things he wasn’t proud of. He’d said things he wasn’t proud of. He’d buried friends, people who looked up to him, who trusted him to protect them, and he’d failed.
What kind of Alpha did that?
His mom knocked on his door, pushing it open after a second of courtesy. “Scott?” she called into the room.
He stepped out of the bathroom with a towel on his face, dabbing the water away and humming in question. He peeked over the towel when she didn’t reply.
She was leaning on the door with a small smile, watching her son as he tossed the towel onto the bed, choosing not to chastise him as she walked over to pick it up. “Your friends are downstairs,” she finally said.
Scott’s brow furrowed. He turned away from his desk. “Stiles?” he asked.
Melissa cupped the back of his head and placed a kiss to his hairline. “You have more friends than just Stiles,” she replied. She left the room. “I’m working a twelve tonight. Don’t trash the house!” she called over her shoulder as she headed down the stairs.
Scott pulled his door closed as he followed her with a teasing drone of, “No promises.”
His voice wasn’t the only one that replied to her; he heard Stiles, Lydia, Allison, Isaac, Cora, and Derek.
Melissa ducked into the doorframe of the living room, eyeing the eldest in the group with a small frown. Derek arched an eyebrow back at her. She looked up when Scott moved past her. “Derek’s in charge,” she stated.
“How is that even fair?” Scott argued with little malice.
Stiles fell back onto the couch with a loud groan. “Last I checked it wasn’t Derek that was the top dog around here!” he shouted.
“Not only can I hear you, but I have no qualms about smothering you with a pillow,” Derek replied.
Melissa only gave Scott another kiss on the head. “You heard me,” she teased. She patted his back. “I’ll see you in the morning.”
Scott rubbed his neck and waited for the front door to shut to say, “If Derek’s in charge, he’s buying pizza.”
“Uh, no, three of you are werewolves, three of you are on the lacrosse team, and all of you are teenagers,” Derek protested, “You all eat like you’re starving and will never see food again.” He still pulled out his phone and slumped in the plush chair he had claimed.
Lydia threw Stiles’s feet off the couch. “Allison and I will split a Hawaiian,” she said.
Isaac snorted. “You have terrible taste.”
“Excuse you, have you even tried it?” the Banshee argued.
“Scott?”
The boy looked up at the call of his name. It took him a moment to register that Derek was waving his phone at him, and Scott replied that he’d do a Meatlovers, which Isaac and Stiles and Cora all agreed to. Derek made a face when he put in the order, but he didn’t complain about it.
“Hey, why are you guys here?” Scott finally asked. He still leaned on the wall of the living room, eyes scanning over his friends.
Stiles adjusted himself on the couch and threw a pillow across the room. Scott caught it. “Dude, you’re our Alpha,” he said with humorous emphasis, “Where else would we be? Derek’s loft?”
“It’s cold there,” Cora griped, “And I’m pretty sure our stunt with the water ruined the floors.”
“Pretty sure?” Derek shot back, “Oh, you’re pretty sure?”
Scott pressed his lips together to hide his smile.
Allison reached up to squeeze his arm, smiling when his eyes fell on her face. “Pick a movie, Scott,” she murmured.
He shrugged and made his way to the couch.
If that’s what it meant to be an Alpha – to have his friends around, chatting and joking and smiling and alive – then maybe he was one.
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nekrophoria · 4 years ago
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OC Asks for Serena
requested by @goldenlegacy
Thank you so much! And again, sorry for the format. I hate the mobile tumblr version...
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✨- which fictional character (book, show, or movie) do you relate to most?
That switches on like a bi-weekly basis but...right now I'd go with a mix of Chloe Price (Life is Strange) and Diane (Bojack Horseman)
I fucking hate Diane...okay I don't hate her, I hate the way she acts sometimes...but I see a lot of familiar traits in her. Dunno what that says about me to be honest but...ah well.
🐝- describe your aesthetic in emojis
🧟‍♀️👾🙃🍕🌚🎃
🍼- what is your favorite memory?
Our group home used to do these trips to the sea every summer, kinda like class trips if you will.
And I don't have a particular memory, it's kind of a giant blur at this point...but these times were really special to me. Probably the happiest I've ever been.
💖- have you ever been in love?
Yep...it happens.
🎂- if you had 3 wishes, what would they be?
1. a week off
2. a new desk chair
3. a giant meatlover pizza with cheesy crust.
...what can I say I'm a simple man...woman...whatever.
🌧️- favorite thing to do on rainy days?
*moans* Honesty, rain makes me so fucking tired. I just wanna crash on the couch and doze off while the telly is running or something.
🍩- current mood?
Ooof... I dunno. It could be better. I'm a bit under the weather. It has been raining for days and *laughs* I just wanna barricade myself in my room until it's nice and warm outside.
❄️- what is your favorite season?
I have a sort of...love/hate thing going for all seasons *laughs*
Dunno...I like them all, but I get sick of them quite quickly. Right now I'm in a real summer mood but that'll probably change once it gets warmer. *shrugs*
💅🏻- do you like being spoiled?
In theory...yeah.
But I think I'm a bit too tense for that. *shrugs* at least that's what people tell me.
I just...i guess I don't enjoy that mushy stuff quite as much as I'd like to.
🕊️- 3 habits you have?
I'm a smoker...I...hmm...
*thinks for a bit* I talk to myself, especially when I'm doing chores I just sorta tend to narrate everything I do, but only when I'm alone *laughs* it's weird.
Umm...oh yeah and I tap my fingers on cups...or glasses when I'm holding them.
🦄- how do you perceive yourself?
Oh! I got the perfect picture for this right...here:
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There we go. That's pretty accurate.
🦋- how do you think others perceive you?
I've got no fucking clue.
I feel like like people are intimidated by me? Which is weird because I'm like as harmless as it gets...if you don't piss me off.
But I guess I can be a bit...overtaking sometimes.
🌈- things I find attractive in girls/guys
I really don't give a shit about the personality, it's more of a subconscious thing, if it clicks it clicks.
As for looks. Soft eyes are really important to me...not the colour just the look...i can't really describe it.
I don't care too much about the rest. Not too clean cut though...kind of a ruffed up puppy look? Think David Duchovny or Mark Sheppard...
It's weird...I feel like I have more of a preference when it comes to men? I have yet to find a type of woman I find like super unattractive *laughs*
Curves are a huge plus! In general a bit of pudge doesn't hurt...big eyes...I'm a sucker for eyes, okay?
I prefer women who look a bit more...harsh though. Okay not harsh but...rough around the edges? Imperfect? *laughs* I'll leave it at that.
⛅- what is your morning routine?
Umm absolute chaos.
I usually curse at my alarm for like 20 minutes...by the time I get up I'm most likely late for work already so I just grab some clothes, and coffee, slap on some eyeliner and hair spray and make a run for it.
💗- who do you miss?
No one in particular.
I...*smiles and shakes head*...nah nevermind.
🔪- scariest/creepiest experience?
*exhales*
I...okay...i'm not gonna go with the scariest one for this cuz...i don't really wanna think about it. *laughs nervously*
But...*contemplates for a few minutes* Alright. It was around Christmas time and one of my mum's boyfriends/dealers/I don't even really know what he was to her...I don't even remember his name...showed up at our group home and demanded to see us...me and my brother.
He was clearly on some shit and he was livid...Roy was hiding upstairs but I couldn't take it and snuck down...
One of our caretakers was trying to calm him down. But he went on about how he was gonna get us and that what they were doing was child abduction... and he tried to make his way inside.
I...i don't remember everything but the cops showed up and...he got a restraining order or some shit...I don't know...
Our caretakers gave us the "light" version of what happened and I spent the next couple of weeks being scared shitless that he might come back for us.
*smiles bitterly* Good times.
💤- date someone younger, older, or same age as you?
I definitely have a thing for older men.
I feel like there's a certain...power imbalance when I'm dating guys my age...I don't wanna generalise but from my experience a lot of younger guys perceive me as a like...substitute mum? No. Just no...
As for women...i haven't made quite enough experience there to have a preference. But...theres something about older...mature women that makes me feel things.
Huh...I guess age is a bigger factor for me than I initially thought.
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teddybear-yn · 5 years ago
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[pepperoni love]
nct. lee jeno
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veggie with extra mushrooms
For the past few week, you’ve been eating nothing but pizza. Was it good for you? No. Were you still gonna do it? Yes. Why? Cause midterm season just started and goddamnit that boy that works at you little favorite family-owned pizza shop was cute.
You’ve been going to that small shop for as long as you can remember, and there haven’t been any workers besides besides the twin grandpas that were equally as cute, but in a different way.
Friday night and here you were on your way to grab your 4th pizza box for the past week. Jeno (cute pizza boy) probably thinks your crazy for all the pizza.
The familiar ding of the door’s bell soothes you. The smell of the shop was something you wouldn’t mind smelling everyday. It was homey and nostalgic.
“Hi, Y/N. Veggie with extra mushrooms today?” You were a bit embarassed as Jeno shouts your order across the shop.
He always knew what you were gonna order (not that there were a lot of options). In one hand, it makes you somewhat blush at the fact that he remembers you, on the other, it wasn’t for a very good reason. He remembers you cause you eat too much pizza probably.
Or maybe because you had a bet once. You bet that he couldn’t guess all the pizzas you’d order. So far, it’s still been going and he’s still winning (or are you letting him win?).
But then again, when you see his adorable eye smile as your hand brushes against his when you hand him your card, you forget all about it. It was nice, hearing him call your name. It was one of the reasons you kept coming back, but you can’t tell him that.
“Thanks, Jeno. Hope you have a good night.” You mumble as you make your way out the door. But right before you leave, you hear him shout again.
“You too, Y/N. And good luck with midterms!” Maybe he was with everyone, but Jeno sometimes asks a lot of questions. It ends up with him knowing your whole life story every time you came. And honestly, you wouldn’t have it any other way.
pepperoni with extra cheese
Great, midterms just ended, and now you had this big project with a group you don’t even know.
“Hi, Jeno.” As you enter the shop, Jeno notices your exhaustion. He starts rolling out the pizza dough, knowing your order already.
“What’s with the long face?” It flusters you a bit, how soft Jeno’s voice was and how he leans out the counter, his face resting on his flour dusted palm as he gazes at you.
“Uhh, well. I got this big biology project coming up and just when I thought we were done. One of my group members dropped the class, and now I gotta do his part.” You hand your card to Jeno. Not even bothering to ask what kind of pizza he was making.
“Want me to help you? I got As in biology in high school.” He offers a consoling smile. In return, you smile too. How could you not?
“It’s fine, Jeno. You still got work. I got it.” You didn’t notice the drop on Jeno’s face as you hand your card. Not a second later, he smiles again though. Maybe next time, he thought.
“So, pepperoni with extra cheese, right?” You chuckle at how sure he sounded. In the back of your head you were thinking though, was he like this with all customers?
You shake your head, pushing the thought aside. “You know me so well, Jeno.” He could only laugh back.
hawaiian with no onions
Today, you came with two other people. Renjun and Jungwoo, your group members for the project. All of you had wide smiles on your faces as you came in.
“Hey, Jeno!” You greet him cheerfully. This cause Jungwoo and Renjun to look at each other, amused. As soon as Jeno turns around, he has this ear to ear smile seeing you.
“I’m guessing the project went well.” Jeno wipes his hands before he leans over the counter. It fascinated him, you were never one to look at the menu. But right now, that was all you were doing.
“Yup! These are my group members, we’re having a pizza party at mine’s to celebrate.” Jeno smiles hearing that. A smile that Renjun in the corner, knew all to well.
So, while you were discussing with Jungwoo in the side. Renjun comes up to Jeno, surprising the boy with his way of starting a conversation.
“You need to confess soon.” Renjun’s voice was laced with this knowing amusement. Something that scared Jeno.
“What?” Was all Jeno could reply back. In his head, it was a mess though. He was freaking out.
“A lot of guys in campus like Y/N, but she’s never been as friendly to any of them like she was with you.” Renjun leans against the counter. Cautiously throwing glances on your direction.
“And judging by your smiles to her, you like her. So, hurry up and confess before she gets tired of waiting, yeah?” And as if on cue, you come up the counter all bubbly and smiley while Jeno was left baffled. Renjun only smirks as he watches you order excitedly.
“Well, Jeno we’ll have one of my favorites hawaiian with no onions and a meatlovers with extra olives.” Jeno already knew what you were gonna order. You only ordered those when you were in a festive mood.
It only took a few more minutes to have the pizzas ready, but it felt like hours as Jeno was thinking of was what Renjun told him.
Ding! There came the pizzas. And Jeno was out of time. You approached the counter, card in hand as Jeno panics. It confused you a bit why Jeno seemed to be so deep in thought, not his usual happy smiley self.
“Everything okay, Jeno?” Your voice laced with concern. This snaps Jeno out of hos thoughts. “Umm yeah..” Jeno sees Renjun eye him in the back. Now or never, he mouths.
“Say, are you doing anything on Friday, Y/N. Will you be home?” Jeno says all in one breath, surprising you. His ears grew red.
“Uh yeah, I will be.” You reply with a soft smile. Jeno seemed to be a bit more relived, nonetheless nervous as he hands you your pizzas.
Before you left though, he gives you one last smile before, “Mind if I come over?” Jeno delivered your pizza a couple times, letting him know your address. And right now, all it did was make you nervous as you nodded back to him.
bbq chicken
The whole day you were restless. Jeno never said what time he’d come. And you were overthinking everything as you cleaned up your house early in the morning.
It was as you were having a drink of water where the doorbell suddenly rang. And you being the fool, dashed to it, getting your shirt wet.
“Hey, Y/N.” Jeno had his uniform and cap on. And when you saw his bashful smile as you tried to step aside to let him in, something told you he wasn’t staying for long.
He had a pizza box in hand too. One of your favorites, BBQ chicken. “I’m sorry. I forgot I worked the whole day today.” He scratches the back of his neck shyly.
And you felt a smile creep up your face as he does, maybe you were a bit disappointed, but seeing him here was more than enough.
“It’s okay, Jeno. What were you gonna say anyways?” You finally feel your nerves calming down as you yake the familiar pizza box out of his hands.
“Well, I was gonna ask you out on a date.” He starts off, already making your heart beat faster. “But I guess we’ll just have to go next time.” He gives you the same bright smile.
You were at a loss for a moment, not remembering what you had expected, but it definitely wasn’t this. And even before you could reply, Jeno starts wearing his helmet on again, getting ready to leave for the next order.
“Just text me when you’re available again. And I’ll make sure to take you out to eat something besides pizza, okay?” And he leaves you baffled.
“Wait! I don’t have you number..” You shout out to his figure motorcycling away. That was all anticlimactic.. you thought as you enter your house again.
This was the first time you didn’t give much care for the pizza, so carelessly you opened the box to grab a slice, finally you saw what was in it. What was written on the inside of the box at least.
Maybe you stole a pizza my heart, but you can pay me back with a date.
010-xxxx-xxxx
Okay, this was a lot more than what you had expected. Goddamnit that pizza boy was cute.
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danetobelieve · 5 years ago
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Threat Level: Pizza || Ricky and Winston
Honestly, Winston was tired. In the last week, between them, Ricky and Dee they had spotted and dealt with four alghouls and what Ricky referred to as a spawn. Then last night a pack of three spawn had attacked the house and Winston and Ricky had been forced to deal with them. Winston was pretty proud of the fact that they had managed to immolate one. That had been a feeling like no other. Yet as they stood with a broom in hand, brushing vampire dust off of their porch, Winston couldn’t help but feel like it was time to make a change. Two attacks on their home in as many months wasn’t their idea of fun. Turning to Ricky, who was fixing a window before moving onto the porch railing that had been shattered during the commotion, Winston sighed. “I think that it is time that you and me start thinking about installing some security, and I’m not just talking about the mundane type of security. I think that we need to consider the fact that it might be time to have something other then a kitchen knife available when the next grizzly beasty comes after us.” 
Pausing from his repair work to pick alghoul out of his fangs Ricky nodded emphatically. “I mean. Setting aside the fact that the last time the last time that you and I were involved in some magic together we ended up in a strange prison demiplane inspired by my woodwork and fueled by your magic…. I agree. This is becoming fucking exhausting.” The unending night had made some things that were only comfortable at night far more brazen than they normally were, and a whole subset of those things viewed Ricky as a particularly choice piece of steak, and the house constantly being under siege was wearing on him super fast, “So… I am open to suggestions. As far as super fun magic home defense systems go. All I want you to keep in mind… is that I am very very open to the idea of flame turrets. Very very very open to that idea.” He leaned against the frame of the window and looked out at Winston on the porch, “But, practically, how does it work?” 
“Yeah, I’m not necessarily talking the same sort of magic. I don’t want to get stuck in a pocket dimension that is also a puzzle box.” Winston wasn’t sure what they were thinking, but if they could centralise a number of security features to a central console, then Winston wondered whether including spells into their code as data flags would cause any change in the potential effects. “I don’t want to mess around with magic just yet, for now though we should think about making some supernaturally minded upgrades.” They paused as they considered a few options. “Well first of all we could look into installing motion sensors in the grounds around our house and Dee’s these could activate UV bulbs as security lights, that should at least give any vampires a little bit of trouble.” They considered other options. “Maybe something with salt and iron for ghosts …” they were still so new to this, they weren’t entirely sure what else they could include. “If it isn’t too expensive we should consider getting CCTV, maybe I can work out some enchantment that allows us to see things approaching. Infrared or heat sensitive cameras or something…” they paused and pulled their glasses off, rubbing the end of an arm against their scalp thoughtfully. “Any eureka moments?” 
“Oh come on didn’t you enjoy our little demiplanar excursion into the realm of ‘oh god I hope we’re not dead?’” Ricky paused his repair work and joined Winston out on the porch, sitting down with his back against the warm wood of the porch, “Well… You’re already talking outside my scope of knowledge, but I think you’re right, we don’t really need to be focusing on the human threats, it’s the supernatural ones we need to be worried about.” He pulled out his phone and started to type out notes as Winston was talking. He was more of a old-school kind of guy; the security enhancements that his roommate was talking about were way out of his scope of knowledge, “Are ghosts really a problem though? I think it’s the physical things we have to worry about more. As for CCTV that shit isn’t too expensive anymore with like Ring and Blink and all that shit you can just control it from your phone. And I do mean you I’m sure I’d break it if I tried to control it.” He kept typing as Winston talked before looking up with a raised eyebrow, “if you’re expecting me to have a eureka moment about technology you are in for a dismal disappointment. You’re gonna have to take point on this and I’ll help out however I can. But if you think you can work enchantments into it I’m absolutely down.” 
“No, for some reason I did not enjoy having to endure a minor existential crisis as to whether or not I have died, although I will admit that it is nice to know for certain that I am indeed relatively alive and well.” Winston shrugged before continuing. “No, I think that Dee and her shotgun are more then enough to deal with the potential human criminals, but if we draw the attention of something like Hunters or Vampires or I don’t know, something along those lines then I think that I would want to have something else. I also think we should think about setting up a communication tree with others.” Winston nodded. “I know that it sounds ridiculous, but the one exorcism I saw, back in the library at UMWC was terrifying and I don’t really want to experience it again if I can help it. But I need to really work out how well these cameras will work against fast moving and potentially magic critters.” Chewing on their lip, Winston shrugged. “Maybe you can help me by telling me how feasible it’ll be to set up stuff and we can begin working on sourcing all the things I’ll need to set this up. I can do the techy stuff and you can help me with the actual skilled labour.” 
“Well I had a delightful time so your negative experience is on you. I enjoyed our one on one time inside a magical prison. I think we could market the whole experience to white people with too much money and too much time on their hands. Throw in some bullshit about it being meditative and shit. We could be super rich.” Ricky couldn’t help but laugh at Winston’s mention of their land lady, “Yeah I know one day I’m gonna have to have the “hey you probably shouldn’t have a loaded shotgun in the house anymore” talk with her but we’re a ways off from that and she’s a crack shot with it.” he kept typing away, looking up periodically at Winston as they talked, “Well we’ll add ghosts to the list of things to keep out. I mean I don’t think I can tell you how feasible it all is until we get an actual plan in place but it shouldn’t be too bad. Don’t think it’ll require any actual like renovations to the house, unless you’ve got a plan for a garlic filled moat you havne’t told me about yet.” He dashed inside to grab a pad of paper and came out again, starting to scribble down some ideas, “Wanna order delivery and hash this out?”
“You’re also completely barking mad if you thought that our time in a magical prison was anything like fun,” Winston laughed and shook their head at Ricky, “I think that you could market that shit to normal White Crest people and they would still eat it up. But I don’t think I want to get super rich based on whether or not people are going to make it out of a trick prison.” They paused for a moment and slipped down onto a bench on the porch overlooking their property. “Well make sure that I am nowhere near you or her when you have that conversation.” They raised an eyebrow and nodded. “Yes, that sounds like a great idea, and I can use your sketching skills to try and visualise where we are going to put this shit and how it is going to work. We’re going to need shit loads of rock salt, iron fillings, holy water, maybe even silver. Stakes wouldn’t be a bad idea either. I also need pizza and probably some beer too.”
“What can I say, I like puzzles and I’m good at compartmentalizing my feelings. So. I made it fun.” He pulled out his phone and started thumbing through apps, “is that not exactly what an escape room is? Ours would just be a magical escape room where you’re not sure if you’re dead or not! It’s an extra perk; existential crisis added on for free.” Ricky brought up Grubhub with one hand while the other kept scribbling the supplies Winston was listing off, “Meat lovers no cheese extra anchovies for me, what do you want? I’ve got beer in the fridge, I made a supply run when the darkness hit because I didn’t want to leave the house if possible. I’m a vamp magnet.” He started a very basic sketch of an aerial view of the house and the property that surrounded it, “Are we going to have auto turrets for the stakes? I think that’d be noticeable. We should try to be as discreet as possible. Don’t want to draw attention, just protect ourselves.” 
“That sounds like something that a crazy person might say, I think you’re just an adrenaline junkie who likes to put their life in danger because it gets their heart racing.” Winston raised an eyebrow and shrugged gently. “I don’t know if anyone is going to play for a healthy dose of Nihilism Ricky, and also in escape rooms you can usually guarantee the safety of your customers and I’m not convinced that I could.” Winston swallowed gently and decided that they wouldn’t try and recreate the mistake they previously had. No they had other plans, a type of magic that they had yet to find any information on. It made them wonder what could be achieved if they tried some new stuff. But now wasn’t exactly the time for them to do that. Now they had other things to focus on. “Can I get a meatlovers with extra cheese and extra mushrooms?” Winston replied. “I can leave the house if needs be, plus I’m sure that people can drop stuff off to us if you don’t want to risk it.” They were honestly a bit shocked at Ricky’s suggestion of auto turrets. “Dude, this isn’t Doom Eternal, we’re not installing auto turrets mainly because I don’t know how to build auto turrets. NoI think it would be better if we can go with high powered UV lamps and a few well placed stakes around the house. At least until I get better at this stuff, I’m a computer programmer not an engineer.” 
“At absolutely no point in our cohabitation have I ever fucking told you I was a sane person. No false advertising here. That’s just because you haven’t figured out the right marketing spin for it yet. You can market Nihilism to anyone you just gotta put a pretty enough bow on it. But, we’re getting away from the main topic here.” Ricky tapped the orders into his phone, adding on a couple of 2-liters just so they’d have something in the fridge where they didn’t have to leave the house for supplies. “I’d rather you not take any unnecessary journeys since, you know, once again it’s fucking nightmareville up in this place. But if worse comes to worse we’ll make a group run for it.” He laughed at the reference, shaking a fist in the air, “Rip and tear, until it is done!!! You know it may be eternal night right now but it really makes for some amazing ambiance when I’m playing that game.” Ricky nodded and started a shopping list on the side of the paper titled “Death-based Doodads”, “Stakes and UV lamps it is. Though too many UV lamps and people are going to think we’ve got a grow operation here.” 
“My apologies for not considering your sanity as something that could be in question, most people usually don’t expect other people’s sanity to be in question. As for marketing existential crisises and nihilism then that is something that I will leave for you.” Winston replied with a small grin decorating their face. Winston was glad that they weren’t going to have to cook for themselves. They were feeling incredibly lazy after fighting for their night in the middle of the day, even though it was dark. “Don’t worry, I don’t really want to risk facing alghouls and vampires if I can help it, especially not when I know better. I’m not going out as much as I possibly can, I’m just trying to stay home and when I do go out I am making sure that I’m not alone.” Winston shrugged and smirked. “You know, it is not Overwatch, but it is still a lot of fun to kick the shit out of demons, even if I can’t do it in real life.” Winston frowned and nodded. “You’re right, we’ll have to be sensible about where we plant our weed crop, don’t want people to catch us doing anything illegal.” They were being sarcastic, somehow they thought that they would manage to get away with it. They worked for the Police Department after all.
“I really feel like you should have seen that coming though. Marketing existential crises and nihilism are definitely something we could get away with with Gen Z I’m sure of it. Just make the marketing laden with memes and we’ll be all set.” Ricky slid his phone back into his pocket after receiving the text notification that their order had been confirmed, “See. That’s some solid planning right there. In the end it’s gonna be the goddamn buddy system that saves us all.” Rolling his eyes he pushed himself to his feet and wandered back into the house, spreading the papers out on the dining room table so they’d have more room to work, “Yeah yeah yeah you and overwatch. That’s way too much for me to try to wrap my head around. I’ll stick to chopping demons apart with a chainsaw and a variety of super fun weapons. That’s more my speed. Mindless platforming, puzzles, and mayhem.” He laughed as he drew a stool over to sit on, looking down at their plans, “We’ll add a grow operation after we figure out how to protect our home from the supernatural. Even if regular weed doesn’t really affect me much. It’d be a good money maker anyway. But for now we’ll use the UV lamps to attempt to vaporize some vampires.” 
“If we marketed using memes we could, but then that would cut out an entire demographic of baby boomers and the older millennials that wouldn’t get it, so you know, you win some you lose some.” Winston shrugged gently and settled in their seat, looking around them trying to decide what else they could include. “Is stuff like wolfsbane a thing?” Winston asked trying to think of the most generic supernatural stereotypes that they could implement here. “Obviously it is going to take a bit of time before I can really get any of this stuff working, but better to start now rather then later.” Winston was terrified of what some of the things that were out there could do to them and their friends. “Everyone has different preferences and enjoyments, it’s not my fault that your tastes are so far separated from mine which are obviously far superior.” Laughing, Winston shook their head and smiled. “Bro, you remember that I work for the police department. They’re not huge fans of illegal grows that aren’t regulate by the tax man.” 
“Listen. Boomers had their time to shine. They don’t deserve targeted marketing anymore. They can take or leave whatever we give them.” Chewing on his pen for a moment, Ricky pondered for a moment, “I honestly don’t know. You’d have to ask Morgan. Seems like she’d know more about that sorta herbology shit than me. I know there is a whole subset of supernatural related herbs. But I’m right there with you; this will definitely take some time so we might as well get going. Because knowing this town… this darkness could last for quite a goddamn while.” The doorbell rang and Ricky went to retrieve their pizzas, heavily tipping the put-upon looking driver to make up for the extra anchovy stench undoubtedly filling his car, “Grub’s here. And my taste in video games is impeccable. I’m sorry I’m not into games with a gay cowboy, weird angst cyborg asian stereotypes, and people screaming in the headset about their skill rating. Gimme that sweet sweet ‘don’t talk to other people’ gaming.” He set the pizza down on the counter and got them out a couple plates, “Oh I didn’t forget. But I like to think I’m above certain aspects of the law given the great ease with which I can implement plan ‘just hide in the fucking ocean forever’. Which is a solid ass plan.” 
“It doesn’t matter what they do or don’t deserve, proportionally speaking they hold far more wealth then Gen Z or even a good proportion of the millennial population, targeted marketing takes that wealth away from them.” Winston scratched at the thin film of stubble that had sprung up over their jaw. “I’ll put some feelers out and try and find out what else we could to do to really sure up the defenses here, if I was better at magic then I could enchant some more shit but after the last time that went I’m a little bit weary of trying anything big without more practice.” Winston sincerely hoped that whatever it was that was causing this darkness would get resolved soon, but they weren’t about to charge into the darkness and try and change any of it. Not yet anyway. They weren’t that desperate yet. “I love the inherently racist stereotypes that Blizzard brings to me, and if you keep talking McShit about McCree then I’ll cut you.” They grinned and grabbed their pizza from Ricky, slipping down onto the sofa and laughing as Ricky continued their tirade against multiplayer gaming. The irony was that of course in real life they were the exact opposite. Winston was the introvert and Ricky the extrovert that adopted them. “Unfortunately I cannot hide in the ocean forever because I am not an aquatic animal, but you go off.” 
“This took a weirdly capitalist-centric turn; but, I’ll keep all this in mind when I’m planning out how to launch our magical escape room empire. Which is going to have a terrible pun of a name but I haven’t decided what it’s going to be yet.” Nodding along with Winston’s train of thought Ricky opened his pizza box and put a couple of slices on a plate, “I’ll do the same. So we’ll see who knows what and we’ll protect this bitch.” A thought crossed his mind as he chewed on his first piece of pizza, “They’ll have to be disableable though. Things to keep werewolves and vampires and ghosts out. I’m… well Remmy and I… are trying to put together an interspecies clan. To at least offer some sort of unified protection against the hunters. It’s harder to pick us all off if the various species have each others’ backs.” It was hard to laugh and not spit a mouthful of various meats and fish all over his couch, but he managed, “They are really bad about racial stereotypes but you’re more than welcome to McTry. It’ll be super messy though, I’ve got extra blood.” He made quick work of the first piece of pizza and set to work on the second one as he kept sketching things out. “We should have some sort of motion detector at the end of the drive, connected to some kind of camera.” 
“I never knew that I would be starting an escape room empire, but I guess if I was going to do it with anyone then I would want to do it with you.” Winston smiled gently as they placed a piece of pizza in their mouth and chewed on their pizza straight from the box. Winston nodded. “Of course, they’ll be disable-able and hopefully eventually I’ll be able to write something that is sophisticated enough that it will be able to distinguish between who needs the measures in place. But no offense, we’ve not seen any progress there for a while and I know that you want to help these people but we can’t do anything until we’ve made sure that we’re safe. Once we’re looked after then we can look after others, but not before that.” Winston was a realist and they knew that this wasn’t going to be resolved straight away, this was something that they would need to really work on. “Gross, who needs extra blood. Seal it away in my opinion.” They winked and wiped grease from their hands with a piece of tissue from the takeaway before nodding. “Motion detectors at the gates, not to mention in the grounds hooked up to security lights so if anything moves everything gets lit up.” 
“Tides… I would have never considered starting an escape room empire but you and I have some of the weirdest things happen to us, so, I think that that’s pretty on brand for us.” It was a truth; Ricky was realizing. He and Winston definitely had a relationship that seemed to be a magnetic force for strange situations, and he loved it. Life was infinitely better now that they lived together; it was definitely one of the better decisions Ricky had made at a party. “Ooooh I have some bad news for you. We’re never ever going to be totally safe. Welcome to the supernatural life. But, I take your point. We can’t form the Justice League until we lockdown the Fortress of Solitude. Did I mix references there? I don’t really care just roll with it.” Another slice of pizza disappeared into his mouth and he rolled his eyes at the pun, “Alright well for how terrible that was I’m just going to go offer myself to the vampire hordes now. Thanks. Your terrible pun has damned me.” Scribbling at the margins of his page he attempted to not get pizza grease on the plans, “I like that. Plus it makes us look real important.” 
Laughing, mouthful of pizza, Winston looked into the moon for a moment before shrugging. “I think it is pretty on brand, we always end up doing the weirdest shit.” They settled into the silence for a moment and shrugged. “Watch tower not fortress of solitude, though I guess both are DC so it doesn’t count as much? I don’t know. Anyway, you know Orion Quinn right?” Winston was considering their next words carefully, “I think that I’m going to offer him one of the rooms if that’s cool, it seems like he could use a place to go because he is currently staying in that Scribe building way too much for the amount of living that someone our age needs to do, obviously we don’t know him but I think he’s a good kid. Just be careful about your skin, I know you are careful, but Orion found Skye’s seal skin after that time we all watched anime together and I want to believe the best in him, but I’m not completely sure we can trust him, I guess we’ll just see, but he needs somewhere to go and I’m offering him this place.” That was one of the reasons that they wanted to sure up the security, to make sure that everything was safe. “I’ve got some more stuff I want to work on, but now we’ve got the basic designs down I can start shopping for the parts and we can look at introducing all of this stuff onto a central system.” 
“We have a weird fucking life. But. When you’ve got a seal and a mage living together what the hell do you expect. I love it. This is me living my best life.” He listened carefully as Winston laid out the situation that Rio found himself in and Ricky ended up frozen with a piece of pizza halfway to his mouth, “I’m sorry. He’s living at that creepy fucking abandoned building you found while you were sleepwalking?! Of course he can stay here what the fuck. That’s not even a question.” He took the bite that he’d been frozen about to take and rolled his eyes, “Winston. I’ve been successfully hiding my skin from people for almost a quarter of a century. Have you ever found my skin accidentally? I didn’t think so. I’ve got it nice and hidden so that’s not really an issue. But I appreciate you looking out for me.” He finished the piece of pizza and moved to another. “He’s more than welcome here. I like him. He’s a good dude. So he can absolutely stay with us. I’ll clear out one of the rooms upstairs for him. We do have the basic design down though. Start putting together a shopping list and keep track of costs and we’ll split it up.” 
“I don’t think that he is officially living there, he told me that he is living with his parents, but they sound … not great from the very little that he has actually told me about them.” Winston fiddled with their glasses. “Anyway, I feel like they use that place as a way out of the house but they don’t want their parents to find out and it would make sense for someone of their age to be moving out of the house, we’ve got the room and I knew that you would say no without hesitation.” They paused and shrugged. “I know you’ve got this dude, but you’re my rock and I definitely wouldn’t be able to do all of the stuff that I’ve got to do if I couldn’t rely on your safety.” Winston nodded. “Cool, well, I gotta admit that isn’t how I thought this would end, but I’m glad we agree. We can get started on this all tomorrow I think.” 
Ricky’s face immediately went pinched and narrow. As someone with his own latent parental issues, he had remarkably little patience for homes where parents mistreated their children. It was part of why Skylar’s defence of her abusive parents had rubbed him so much the wrong way, and why his tone took on a decidedly dull and stony timbre “well. Of course he’s always welcome here. For a couple of nights or for the foreseeable future. Whatever he needs; at least there’s an easy cover with the whole ‘oh yeah I’m just striking out on my own’ excuse. When you do bring it up to him, let him know that there’s no rent. I don’t pay Dee anything so he doesn’t have to pay me anything. Eventually he can chip in on the internet bill, but getting on his feet is more important.” His expression softened and he smiled, “If it makes you feel better… it’s not in the house. It’s hidden and locked away. He won’t find it by accident. You’re stuck with me for a good long while, don’t you fear.” Closing the pizza box before he ate the entire thing he nodded, “Good. We’ll start in the morning and turn this estate into an at least somewhat-secure fortress.” 
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theheartchoice · 5 years ago
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 Providence 
dean/cas  |  teen  |  2k  |  canonverse s6  |  ao3 
for @profoundnet's bi-weekly Bot Stat challenge. prompt issued: July 9th 2019 
dedicated to @saltnhalo ~ crack-free! 😘
Dean is cleaning his gun. Cas is the pizzaman. Sam is on the demon blood again.
Dean doesn't miss the apple-pie life, not really. He's a Hunter and this is what they do, this is the life for him. Doesn't mean he can't do with some small comforts, now and then. Or some hope - even if it's just a clue to find a way to stop the stuff of nightmares from wreaking havoc on the world. Pizza helps, too.
So, she broke things off.
..Unclip the mag.. 
So what?
..Clear the chamber.. 
Not like Dean really expected it to last, right?
..This cloth probably needs to be thrown.. 
Guess it was nice while it lasted.
..Where's the pipe cleaner?.. 
Maybe it would've been nice to last a while longer.
..Need more oil.. 
Had a whole year, though. And it was a pretty good year, as Hunter standards go.
..Should grab some rock salt, too. Runnin' low.. 
Sure as hell wasn't perfect. Dean was no model boyfriend or parental figure. Not with all his baggage, his demons.
..Need to make a list. Probably need a bunch of stuff. Wonder if Soulless Sammy's hacked any more cards yet.. 
That life isn't the thing to miss, though. That's not the life for him. He misses them. Her smile, her strength, her warmth. Little Ben growing up so fast, Dean pained he'll miss the rest. But he's not that guy - Mr. Family Man. They deserve better.
..They can hit the store before they leave town. Baby needs fuel. Grab some Johnny to replace the backup. Get outta dodge before the rains come. Sam can find 'em a case once they hit the interstate. They need snacks for the road, too. With any luck they'll find some monster to gank by nightfall.. 
Dean's only halfway through with their arsenal when his stomach reminds him he's past due for supper. Dinner had been a bust; Soulless Sam needs a lesson in acceptable menu classics, asap. Forget beheading a vamp with a baseball bat he could've sworn wasn't on the pitch a moment earlier - Dean'll be lucky not to get salmonella poisoning from that so-called food!
The mini fridge is bare, the cooler barer - unless you count half a dozen syringes of Dead-Man's blood. Dean doesn't. But considering Sam's choice for dinner, maybe he does? Never again. Sam is off food-duty until further notice.
What Dean could really go for, right now, is some pizza. Extra Large and all to himself. There's gotta be takeout menus around here somewhere.
He's barely scuffed one boot over the worn carpet when there's a rap at the door. At midnight. Sam wouldn't knock. Soulless Sam even less likely. 
Grabbing one from the newly-cleaned stash, Dean silently draws up into the crook of wall between door and curtained window, gun cocked. Swift to pull it open and hard to throw himself against it, on the other side of that door is the last person Dean expected to see. "Cas?" Standing in a fuzzy halo of sickly yellow halogen, holding a goddamned miracle in his arms. "Is that pizza?"
"I thought you might be hungry."
"For me?" Cas nods. Dean yanks him - and the pizza - inside. "I'm starved, actually. That's some good timin'."
And so much for the brief trip into Bizarro World where a certain Angel actually respects personal space; Cas' hands are on Dean - shoulder and forehead as he tries to lean over the table, flipping the lid to inspect the toppings. Meatlovers and extra BBQ sauce. Awesome. But those hands are turning him away from pizza, now. "What's up with you?"
"You're not in any stage of starvation, Dean. You're in perfect health.. Aside from you-.. your wrist." He takes Dean's arm from bicep to sprain without hesitation. "What happened?"
It's kinda hard to shrug outta the grip of a guy who could literally throw you as far as the eye can see. "Vamp nest. But we got 'em, no biggy." No more deaths once they arrived in town, too, which was a nice change. "Can we eat? Sam bought, like, raw fish for dinner, man - I think it's still swimmin' around in there." Dean eyes the garbage where he tossed his takeout container, forcing back bile at the memory: one hasty bite before he'd realised his mistake. It had been.. slimy. 
One of Cas' hands slips from his bicep to palm over Dean's stomach. The other leaves his wrist, at least, so Dean seizes the moment and steals the nearest slice from the box; chase away a bad memory with something good. OH, yeah - screw clouds - this is heaven. 
"Nihon unagi." 
"Huh―?" Dean tries not to let the precious pizza tumble from his mouth. 
"Freshwater eel, and they're not swimming. Not consciously, anyway."
Dean's jaw stills. He stares at Cas. 
"Digestive enzymes."
Oh, of course. 
Cas' eyes refocus on Dean's pizza. No - his hand. His injury. "May I..?" 
Mid-chew, Dean figures it can't hurt. He switches his pizza from right to left and holds out the sprain he'd forgot he had. 
Cas' hand closes careful around it, a slip of warmed ice flowing quick through Dean's veins - and then his minor injury is minor no more.
"Thanks," Dean murmurs, and follows it with another mouthful of beef and pepperoni.
Cas leaves him to his second slice to survey the room. "Where is Sam?"
"Li'b'ary.." This is food. This is what every meal should taste like. All the meat, rich with smokey goodness. "R'se'rch."
"I thought you said the case was over?" Cas regains some proximity to the little round table where Dean stands with hips hugging the large pizza box. He takes a few moments to chew, swallow - rushing the savour-part, but Angels don't really understand the pleasure of a good pizza-pie, now do they?
"Not that. Purgatory." With slice #3 in hand, he realises he's got nothing to wash it down with. Slightly annoyed, he leads Cas past the bed laden with guns to the one neatly made with a duffel bag open on top. He pulls out a book, hands it over. "Officially, it's a work of fiction, and we still don't really know what we're dealin' with exactly, but.." He takes another bite. "..There may be a way to counteract the spell Crowley plans on usin'. Last line of defense, sorta thing."
Cas goes pensive and Dean goes back to his pizza, leading Cas over to their Wall of Crazy. They're still trying to track Crowley's whereabouts; It's ongoing. Vamps get beheaded on slow progress days.
"It's almost midnight."
So..? 
"The library would be closed."
Dean gawks. "You know what time libraries close in small-town America?" Cas nods, clearly not seeing the issue. Whatever. "Not a library, a church. Secret archive in the foundations. The pastor, Father Roberto, let him in, a favour for takin' care of the vamps." The fact that one of them had been a colleague of his must've hit close enough to home to warrant unlocking the storm shelter: a small basement room stocked with hunter-esque reads. The guy had only been in their once - twice, including when he caught his former colleague breaking the rules with B&E (and reading). 
They may not find anything ther, but since Sam doesn't need sleep nowadays he agreed to pull the all-nighter and check for certain before they skip town. 
Gaze flitting from Dean and his pizza, to the leatherback book in his hands and up to the Crazy Wall, Cas keeps his thoughts to himself. He looks concerned, wary almost.
"You okay?"
Cas turns the book over, gently. "Where did you get this?" he says to the back cover.
"St. Bruno's. Got quite the collection of lore stashed away in the basement, but Roberto confiscated that one from one of the vamps, before.." Dean trails off, leaving out the details of his bloody foul ball at the local park. "Demonic possession's a big feature, no surprises there. Some monster stuff and gods stuff scattered through - most of it we know already from Bobby's. Also a bunch of balony text. But there was a couple dozen copies of that," he points at Cas' hands with his pizza tip, "so we figured we should see what else was down there that might be useful."
He joins Cas by the map printouts, newspaper clippings, highlighted notes and online article stubs. He watches as Cas traces delicate fingers over the black leather and gold-embossed spine. There's something about the way he handles it - with such care, and hesitation. It's a little odd, but then again he did kinda the same thing with Chuck's books, too. Only this time he hasn't even opened it. 
"It's a graphic novel," Dean explains, "Words and images in a badass, super freaky, pretty damn cool comic strip setup." He'd been more impressed by it than Sam. Apparently his brother's passion for all things Geek was another thing that'd been left behind. It's one thing Dean never thought he'd miss.
Cas is still regarding the ripples in the leather when Dean's pocket vibrates. "You find somethin'?" The last thing he expects to hear are the words Demon and Blood, but measured against the bar of strangeness and crappy circumstance that is their lives, Dean's not as freaked out as he probably should be.
Soulless Sam, Heaven at war with itself, Purgatory existing, Angelic pizza-men.. Anything's possible these days. 
"What about Demon Blood?" Cas must feel Dean's eyes on him because he looks up to pay attention. Dean nods along, shakes his head, wishes he had that spare Johnny to wash down the news. "Yeah, okay. Grab what you can. Forget finding a new case, we'll head to Bobby's in the morning." Hanging up, Dean can feel Cas' eyes on him. "Apparently, St. Bruno's has a book on demons we haven't seen before. Says somethin' about Demon blood relating to Purgatory, but he can't read much of it. Says it's in 'some kind of code'," and Dean shakes his head away from the shadowy thought of just how much of 'Sam' is really left. 
Code-breaking? He used to do that shit for fun, at breakfast, before Dean had even poured his first cup of coffee. Now he.. can't? Or he's just not interested? Dean's not sure which is worse. 
Cas' face steals back to Angelness, all signs of wariness painted over with a blank canvas. He glances at the clock, oddly, and places the book gently down on the nightstand. "I have to go." 
And it's not like Dean expected him to stay, but it would've been nice. Least he brought pizza. "Yeah, okay. We'll keep in touch, let you know what we find." 
Cas nods, and Dean can tell he's about to I Dream of Jeannie it outta there, so he quickly adds, "―You too, you hear me? Don't be a stranger." They lock eyes for a moment, and it feels like old times. "Thanks for the pizza." 
With a tilted trace of a smile, Cas nods again, softer. "Be careful, Dean." 
The fridge kicks on as invisible wings take flight. An owl hoots somewhere outside, waiting for an answer. It's suddenly quiet and the room feels empty in a way it hadn't before. Lonely. 
He flicks on the old box set, turns some late night movie low, and snags the pizza box along with the little black book to settle down in the neatly made bed, tossing his duffel aside.
HP Lovecraft may have some relevance to what they're dealing with, but for now he just reads for the hell of it. To get lost in it; someplace else, somehow familiar. It's a clue, a step in the right direction, hopefully. And though it's not exactly a comfort, there's something grounding in knowing the answers are out there, somewhere. They just gotta keep looking. 
There's fiction and there's reality, and sometimes the impossible is what's real. Sometimes it's a nightmare instead of a dream. That's the Hunter life. Figuring out what's dark fantasy and what's really lurking in the shadows. 
No Lisa, no Ben. No Sam, even if he walked through that door right now. Bobby three states away. Cas off at war. 
He's got pizza and Lovecraft's Cosmicism and Mitchum on the grainy tube. It's not everything, but it's enough. With any luck he'll dream of something better, something more. Probably the best he can hope for, really: if he can't have a better life, dreams might be the closest he ever gets. 
But as long as he gets his four hours, he'll manage, dreams (or nightmares) or no. 
The telltale pitter-patter of rain starts in, grows steadily heavier as the pages turn, the black-and-white noir futzing and pizza filling him, making him sleepy. He drifts off to the flicker of blue neon through the tear in the curtain by his bed, distantly wishing he'd removed his boots or at least his belt; it's digging into him, but he knows on the plus side he'll be ready to jump up and fight if something goes bump in the night.
Just another night in the Hunter's life.
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Hola! What's the bEST kind of pizza?? Meatlovers? Veggie?? dessert? Mines gotta be chocolate pizza hehe. I don't eat a lot of pizza really but it's always interesting to know people's opinions hahha. . Cute wig from @evahairofficial Top and skirt from @storedogd.og . I also had a go of turning my eyes blue for fun, can you tell?? :p . Ty guys as always weee ♡ . . #redhead #weeb #alternativegirl #grungegirl #tennisskirt #fishnets #thighhighsocks #croptop #altmodel #alternativefashion #ootd #fashioninspo #altgirls #kawaiifashion #grungefashion #fishnetstockings #cosplaymodel #cosplayer #fashionblogger #altfashion (at Perth, Western Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqZ4IHKjK7p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u5csul9bbebt
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bilienski · 8 years ago
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Knotting but Pizza. (too cheesy?)
Read on AO3 rating: mature wordcount: 2163 summary: Stiles is curious about absolutely knothing
Stiles was an issue he really didn’t need in his life. Stiles was loud and nosy and too smart for his own good. Stiles could be kind of cute and interesting and his lips were-. Stiles was annoying and could never sit still for a second. Stiles had no self-preservation whatsoever and no boundaries. Stiles was a pain in the ass and he should really learn to not get on Derek’s nerves all the time, because if he barged in on a fight with that stupid bat one more time, Derek was going to kill him. If Stiles made one more joke that involved putting a werewolf on a leash, Derek was going to tie him up to a tree and leave him to starve to death. And god forbid, if Stiles ever asked him about werewolfsex ever again, Derek was going to tie him up and give him a first-hand experience that would blow his mind so much that he could never ever ask such stupid questions again.
And yes, that was a promise.
A promise he made to himself, though. He didn’t tell Stiles quite as much. He kept the threat to the bare necessity, a simple but solid “I’m going to rip your throat out” should do it… or so he thought.
To be fair, it worked for a while, the “while” just didn’t last that long. Stiles had behaved for almost 3 whole weeks till he started to get that curious look in his eyes, till he started to do the little nervous legbounces whenever he was sitting anywhere near Derek. 3 weeks of good behaviour, but then Stiles got that air of impatience over him and together with the curiosity, Derek knew that it wasn’t going to be long till Stiles broke down.
The stage of him just being impatient and giving all the werewolves these incredibly annoying quizzical looks lasted another 2 weeks. And that was new. Usually Stiles lasted about a day before he just spilled whatever it was that was on his mind. But not this time. 14 days, so it must have been something big.
Derek was so scared of whatever it may be that was bothering Stiles, he almost didn’t invite him to the next pack meeting. It took Scott’s and Isaac’s combined begging looks – Derek refused to describe it as “puppy eyes” – to make him cave and shoot Stiles a text as well. Derek was perfectly aware that Isaac wasn’t begging for Stiles, Isaac couldn’t care less about the annoying little shit, which probably meant that whatever Stiles was so nervous about asking, Isaac wanted to know as well, or at least see Stiles’ humiliation. Which in turn meant that Isaac and Scott already knew about whatever it was the human had got stuck in his head this time. So they didn’t know the answer, maybe Derek wouldn’t know it either, maybe he would be able to get away from Stiles’ invasive interview with his mental health intact.
Right now, Derek was even more confused. They’d agreed to meet up at his loft at 7 in the evening. Everyone was there already except for Stiles, who had never been late before. So the alpha found himself nervously glancing at the door every couple of seconds even though he knew he would hear the ridiculous noise of that deadbeat jeep from a mile away.
Erica was currently trying to get everyone into watching this new show she was obsessed about because it should teach all of them ignorant guys something about a well-written female lead character, since they couldn’t have possibly have encountered one of those before.
“If Stiles were here he’d have convinced all of you in seconds. He’s probably seen every episode of Jessica Jones twice already. As should you! At least Stiles can appreciate good television.” Two seconds later, the rumbling of Stiles’ jeep came in through the open window.
“Speaking of the devil,” Isaac said with this ridiculous glint in his eyes which earned him a shove from Scott. Derek had trouble keeping his pokerface in check, only Stiles could ever do that to him, egg him on so much that he had to actively think about not showing anything on his face.
The sound of Stiles’ hurried and stumbling footsteps on the stairs brought with them the scent of food. Since when did Stiles bring food to pack meetings? He’s usually the first one to remind Derek of his duties as the alpha of the pack.
Derek was about ready to jump from the couch and drag Stiles in if he took one more deep breath in front of that closed door. And he apparently wasn’t the only one as Scott sighed and let his head fall in his hands.
“Hey everyone! I come carrying the gift of pizza!” He said as he raised the pizza boxes in greeting.
“I thought the food was my job?” Derek snapped.
“It is, but you always mess up the order somehow. So I figured I’d give it a shot. Don’t worry, I kept the receipt, you can pay me back.”
“You said it was a gift.” He grumbled back, but he already knew that there was no point in arguing with Stiles.
“Yes, it is a gift. Part of a gift exchange. I give you pizza, you give me money. Amazing how it all works out, isn’t it?” Stiles said cockily as he started to get the pizza boxes out of the bag.
Derek thought that after all these packnights Stiles would’ve known his order by now, but apparently not. “What’s this?” He didn’t even know why he bothered to ask. He figured it was payback after messing Stiles’ order up each and every time.
“Oh, yeah, I got you something extra special to make up for the fact they didn’t have your usual.” You didn’t have to be a werewolf to notice that was a blatant lie. Though Derek didn’t necessarily mind the blush on Stiles’ cheeks.
“Are you trying to tell me they didn’t have a pepperoni pizza?”
“I’m not trying to tell you that, I’m pretty sure that was the exact message that just left my mouth very successfully.”
Scott butted in proudly: “To do or not to do, there is no such thing as try.”
“Oh for the love of god. Seriously Scott? It’s bad enough you still haven’t watched the movies, but can you please stop murdering the quotes?”
“Stiles, what the fuck is this? It barely even looks like a pizza!”
“What are you talking about? It’s round and it has cheese on top and it looks delicious. How does that not look like a pizza?” Derek glared in response and decided it was best to avoid this conversation before he lost his patience. So he got up to get himself a drink, to hell if he was bringing Stiles anything.
When he came back, sipping from his coke, Stiles was still standing next to the couch with his thinking face on.
“Okay, fine. Do you want to switch? You get my Meatlovers and I’ll take your knot.” He nearly spat out his drink.
“You’ll take my whatnow?”
“Your knot. It’s a garlic knot pizza.” The little shit knew exactly what he was saying.
“Yeah, let’s switch, it’s been a while since I’ve had a meatlover anyway.” Stiles squinted at him, trying to determine if that was a pun or not.
“Good. I love to try new things. Experimenting and stuff.”
“Yeah, I bet you do.” As a werewolf of 23, you’d think he’d know at what volume to speak so it wouldn’t be audible to humans.
“Oh yeah, and why’s that?” Stiles replied while Isaac was chuckling and Scott looked like he wanted to disappear.
“I thought you wanted to go study forensics or something? Doesn’t that involve experiments and stuff?”
“Right.” Stiles rolled his eyes as he finally went to sit down next to Erica. They started talking about that show she mentioned earlier and of course Erica had been right. In under 5 minutes, Stiles had basically convinced everyone to at least give it a try.
Derek had to admit it did seem like a good tv-show. “David Tennant?” he was just trying to be a good alpha and join in in the conversation.
“Yeah, he played doctor who for a bit.”
“I know, he’s my favourite doctor. So Scott, how is the studyi-“
“No, no, no, hold up for a second there. Not only do you - the grumpy werewolf with a caveman vibe who we all presumed lived under a rock for years – watch doctor who, but you also have a favourite doctor?”
“Yes I watch doctor who, it’s something Cora and I used to do together. And when you watch that show you can’t help but get a favourite doctor.”
“You do not disappoint. Pun intended.” Stiles winked and shoved one of the garlic knots in his mouth.
“Look Scott, I have the entire knot in my mouth!” it was going to be a long night….
Stiles made a point of each ball he ate, always making sure Derek noticed it. And for whatever reason, he decided to drink his coke with a straw. He was driving Derek crazy and the little fucker knew it.
 It wasn’t long before the conversation died down a bit and they all just decided to watch some baseball game that was on. Derek was just getting up to clean up his now empty pizza box when Stiles struck again.
“You got that entire thing in you huh, big guy? I guess you are more of a meatlover than I thought.” Derek was starting to think that Stiles had prepared each and every pun during the weeks leading up to this. “Do you want to wolf down the rest of this? Because I am stuffed so full of knots I seriously don’t think I can get another crumb of that pizza in me.” Derek had had about enough of this situation.
“Stiles, if there’s something you need to say, just spit it out.”
“Spit it out? I thought you’d like me to swallow… my words and never speak again.” The shithead thought he was being so clever. It only took one glare to make him shut up for half an hour again. Well, at least he didn’t make any innuendos for those 30 minutes.
“Okay, I can’t take it anymore. Derek for the love of god, please tell me. Can werewolves pop a knot or not?” To be honest, Derek was quite surprised Stiles finally grew the balls to ask him directly instead of just dancing around it all night.
“We can knot.” He replied, knowing full well what that sounded like.
“Are you serious? Oh my god how does that even wor- wait… can you or can’t you? Did you say “knot” or “not”?”
“For fuck’s sake, Stiles, why do you even want to know this? Do you have the ambition to become a werewolf?” Scott was clearly even more uncomfortable than Derek was. And his eyes were practically begging the world to stop this madness, and probably begging Derek to not encourage his best friend.
“Oh hell no, I would not be able to put up with the facial hair just being there when I’m all werewolf-y. That would just be sad. Doesn’t mean I don’t have any ambitions concerning werewolves. Maybe one day I may date a werewolf. Maybe one day I’ll need to be prepared for sexy times with a werewolf.”
For the first time that night Boyd butted in on the ridiculous conversation Stiles had been pushing for. “Don’t make this more confusing than it needs to be, Stiles. Stop saying “werewolf” when you mean Derek.”
“Oy! I never sai-“
“Oh get knotted, Stiles!” Erica snapped, clearly having enough from the whole beating around the bush act.
“Is this why you didn’t want to answer my questions? Just because you want me to be humiliated in front of the guy you think I have a crush on – which is none of your business by the way – because oh my god that is just mean and cruel and all kinds of wrong. I thought we were friends!”
“We are friends! That doesn’t mean you need to know everything about our sex lives!” Derek could tell from Scott’s face that this had been going on for a long time.
“That’s not fair! You know everything about mine.” Stiles whined.
“Because you don’t have one, Stiles!”
“Low blow, bro… not cool. You know I would totally tell you everything.” As annoying as Stiles could be, he could also be ridiculously cute.
“I could give you a story or two to tell.” Stiles jaw dropped, as did Scott’s. Isaac fell on the floor laughing and Boyd and Erica shared a knowing smirk.
The first time Derek rendered Stiles speechless was when he spat out that ridiculous line, the second time was when he swallowed.
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isaacathom · 6 years ago
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hi guys! tonight was actually really good! the strangers were very chill, the pizzas were like, woodfired in the driveway and were very nice (had two slices of meatlovers, i fucking love bacon), and just. chilled out. it was nice. chatted to a nice old lady who is the mother of one of my uncles friends, yknow how it is.
also my young cousin (hes 3 and around 5 months) kept looking at me all night, which was a combo of a few factors. for one, my name is distractingly similar to someone elses (he calls one guy uncle micky, and im nikki for him, so, yknow), for another, im REALLY bad at interpreting baby talk and responding in kind, so i think he was picking up that i was very bad at communicating. thirdly, i just have a really expressive face and i think he was fucking enthralled because he was briefly copying me while i was laughing at a guys porn jokes (long story)
also i hope the gender thing. he never specified aunty. i Suspect. i suspect. the ambiguity. may have thrown the poor boy for a loop.
also we called my sister and we brought the baby (the younger cousins brother) and he was enthralle by it. he was so giggly and smily and VOCAL when we sat him in front of the ipad. such a sweet kid.
it was a really good night. we’re going back to my uncles place tomorrow after we get kicked outta the hotel. we’re hoping to see my grandparents, but my grandma went into hospital earlier today (fever+shakes+cough, not great) and she’s staying overnight so we’re not tooootally sure. itd be nice to say hi, though! we did see granddad today, for what its worth. he was chill. he asked if i was playing sport, which is a fuck of a thing to ask me when the last time i played sport with any intent to succeed or whatever was like, 2014 when i was in u16s. early 2015 at the latest. i do not play sport
whatever. it was good :D
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