#mox hopes that this time he can prove he's worth keeping

[puppiedogs]

#mox is showing yuta his beating heart and hoping it doesn't backfire on him #mox is sacrificing himself because last time. last time he didn't know that was an option (and it probably wouldn't have worked)

sorry i cant stop thinking about how danielson is the zen hippie and mox is the mean deathmatch guy but danielson physically punishes yuta for losing while mox willingly forfeited a match to protect yuta

[queenofthefallenangels]

Dr. Moxely

Jon Moxley x OC (Allie) .  

Warnings: smut of course, physical violence, some fluff

Summary: Dr. Jon Moxely is a local doctor at an ER who works night shifts. He soon meets the beautiful cashier who works nights in the store nearby. Will luck be on this handsome doctor's side or will she not want him back? 

Tag Team: @sithlita​ @xladyxfatex​ @sassymox​ @ueomega​ @writtingrose​ 

Jon was just finishing another long night shift at the hospital. He was tired and could barely keep his eyes. He was scared that he wouldn't be able to make it home. His eyelids were heavy with sleep as he drove the short distance to the local convenience store by the hospital. The sun wasn’t even up yet as he drove out of the parking lot and into another. The store wasn't far. It was within walking distance from his work. Most nurses took their smoke breaks on the property. He had gone there a couple of times before work, but it wasn't a normal stop. 

The parking lot was empty with just a few workers with the early shift heading in to get their morning coffee and gas. Jon slowly walked in the door. He grabbed his normal monster from one of the cooler doors and got in line. 

"Come on, Allie, when are you going to give me a chance?" He asked her.

The girl behind the counter shook her head. "Have a nice day, Vince." She said before she turned her attention to Jon. Her hazel eyes meeting his bright blue ones. "Can I help you?" Her smile was sweet and welcoming. Jon could see why that guy was begging for her attention. The cashier was beautiful. Her hair was two color tones. The top of her hair was light brown that turned into blonde when you came down to the tips. She wore bright red lipstick to match the polo she wore with the store's logo on it. Her smile was award-winning. It lights her whole face up as she motioned him to come near. 

Jon didn't move for a second. He was stuck looking at the girl, but he soon snapped out of it and walked forward as he placed his drink on the counter with some gum he had grabbed real fast. The other guy was glaring at Jon, but he soon started to leave out the door. 

Allie rang him up keeping a smile, “So you must work at the hospital, but I don’t think I have ever seen you before.” 

“I don’t come here most often.” Jon knew that some of the nurses made a trip over here nightly. 

“Too busy?” She inquired. 

“No, I just like to make sure that I got what I need over there,” Jon answered scratching his head. “I don’t like leaving the ER very often. I was just too tired to drive home tonight.” She nodded, “I know that feeling. I sometimes need one after a long shift here all night.” 

“You work every night?” He looked around for any other coworkers, but he didn’t see any. The other register was still marked closed. “All by yourself? Doesn’t that scare you?” She shrugged simply, “You get used to it after a while. I don’t mind it as much anymore. It’s mostly quiet besides your coworkers. It will be 4.83.” 

He nodded as he handed her the cash and she handed him the change. “Have a good night. I hope you get home safely.” He gave her a nod, “Have a good day.” 

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Jon couldn’t get her out of his head after that. He knew why that guy was begging for her attention. Sure, it was her job to be nice to him. She probably did the same to everyone else. He wasn’t special to her. He wanted to be though. He couldn’t get her smile out of his head for days. He had gone back a couple of times after that just to go see her.  She gave him the same smile and that she was happy to see him, but he still couldn’t tell if there was a difference between him and every other tom, dick, and Harry that comes into the store. 

He sighed deeply as he came back one night after the fourth attempt of getting her to say something to him different from basic small talk. 

The other ER doctor came up behind him. She tilted her head as she handed him a file. “Are you okay?” She asked him. “You seem lost in thought.” Jon shook his head, “Yeah, I am fine. What’s up, Britt?” He asked her.  

“I just need help with this case. Do you think you can?” 

Jon nodded as he took the file from her. It didn’t take him long to figure out what she had done wrong. He told her what was wrong with the patient and handed her back the file. 

“What is wrong with you?” She asked again. “You don’t seem like yourself. It’s odd with you actually taking breaks this time.” 

“Is it because of a certain cashier?” One of the nurses Peyton chimed in. “What’s her name, Billie?” 

“Who? Allie?” Billie asked cocking her head to the side. The name made Jon's heart stop, but he tried to act like nothing was wrong. “Most guys have the hots for her. It's crazy, she’s still single.”

“She is?” Jon asked looking up at them. It was one thing that he didn’t really ask about. He was scared that she had a boyfriend. 

“You are interested,” Peyton gushed. “The man who only ever seems to think about work actually likes a girl. My my, “She teased. 

Jon shook his head, “It’s nothing.” 

“We could totally help you out,” Billie smirked. “We see her like almost every night she works. We could talk you up. I mean you already a doctor, so there isn’t much talking up that we have to do.”  

Jon rolled his eyes, “I’d rather you-” 

“Peyton, I was just about to head over anyway and get myself some red bull. Are you in?” Peyton nodded at Billie and before Jon could even stop them. He sighed as he watched them go and turned to Britt. “Don’t look at me. I am still in shock that you have feelings inside you. I always thought you only loved your job. That’s all you have ever seemed to care about since I met you.” 

“No one caught my attention..until Allie. I had a rough one before med school and I just never thought about loving again.” Jon shrugged. 

Britt nodded as she took the file from him. “Well, let’s hope they don’t mess this up for you.” She walked back out of his office as he began to stare at the blank wall in front of him. Fear crept into him. He was okay with admiring her from a distance. He never even thought of the next step or at least tried not to. It was hard not to wonder what it would be like to kiss her red lips, run his fingers through his hair, have his hands roam every inch of his body, his lips touch every inch of her body as he...He shook his head. He had to stop thinking about this. Not at work for with the scrubs he was wearing. He was just asking for someone to see something. He would be the talk of the ER. Jon always liked to remain lowkey about his life. 

He knew some things about her. He knew she was 25 and that this was just a job she had while she finished school that's why she worked nights. He wasn't sure what she was studying. She didn't really seem to want to say. She might have still been deciding. He may never get to know when she did. He sighed. What if all those trips were for nothing? What if they did ruin his chances? 

Jon decided to push all his thoughts away go straight back into work. He even ignored Peyton and Billie when they came back. He didn't want to hear the rejection. He decided to just drop the whole thing. He stopped going to the store for the next couple of days. He just couldn't face her. He just couldn't take the rejection if she didn't feel the same way. She had made him think that he might not actually be alone forever. He should have known better. 

Days went by and Jon refused to go to the store. He was lucky that Billie and Peyton didn’t work the same days as him so he could avoid their presence. A week went by and he couldn’t avoid it anymore. It was a full moon and the hospital was busy as hell, with some of the most frustrating patients. After getting cussed out by the third parent that thought they knew more than him, he decided he needed to take a break and go for a walk. He was walking towards the store. He was deciding if he should get a monster or some strong alcohol in his system to get through this night. Whiskey sounded amazing. He doubted the convenience store had some of that. 

Some noise stirred him out of his thoughts. It was a girl shouting. He looked up to see Allie standing in front of the door to the store. It was the guy from the other day. He had his hand wrapped tightly around Allie’s wrist. Jon ran to get closer to what was going on. He slowly was able to hear what was going on. 

“Let go of me,” Allie yelled as she tried to break from his grasp. 

“I am trying to prove a point to you. I can have you if I want to have you. I don’t need to listen to your stupid no.” He smiled with a smile that even made Jon shake in his shoes. Allie tried to fight his grip pushing him off her. He fought back tightening his grip on her arm. She screamed as he could feel him twisting her arm to turn around. Jon got there just in time to hear the crack of her most likely a  broken wrist. She was screaming, but he ignored her. 

Jon jumped into action as soon as he got close enough. He punched the man straight in the face. He was stunned by the punch that he let go of her arm. She fell to the ground. The man grabbed his jaw as he tried to straighten it. “What the fuck do you think you are doing?” “Stopping you and if you know what’s good for you, you will leave now.” He said as he handed his phone to Allie for her to call the authorities. She did just that as soon as the phone hit her hand. The guy balled his fists trying to decide if it was worth it or not. He soon shook his head as he walked off as the sirens began to approach them. “Chicken,” Jon said under his breath before he turned to Allie. “Are you okay?” He asked. 

She nodded slowly. “Yeah, he is such an ass.” She said as she whipped a few tears from her eyes.

Jon slowly moved her arm causing her to wince in pain. “I think you need to come with me to take a look at this.” He said gently. 

He helped her up as he began to walk her to the ER. Luckily the ER had slowed down a lot since he had left. He was able to get her back in X-ray before most could have. He had been right about her wrist. The man had broken it in two places. After the police had done their questioning and they had gotten her arm into a cast. Jon came back to visit her. 

“How are you doing?” He asked her. 

“Alright,” She told him as she sat up a bit in her bed. “Just in pain.” He stayed back a bit. “It probably is going to hurt a bit, but in a couple of weeks it should be fine.” 

She nodded. There was a pause before Allie spoke again. “Thank you, by the way. For saving me from him. Vince always was a creepy piece of shit, but I hate to think of what would have happened if you hadn’t had shown up. “ She shuddered. 

“It’s nothing,” He said as he rubbed a hand behind his neck. “I would have done it for anyone.” 

She nodded as she bit her lip. “Please sit down on the bed. I got something to ask you.” 

Jon cautiously walked over to where she was sitting and sat on the edge of the bed. “Yes?” He asked raising an eyebrow. 

“Billie and Peyton had hinted at something like you liking me, but then all of a sudden, you stop showing up at the store. “Was it a lie or something?” She asked. “I guess I want to know if what they had said was true. I understand if you don’t.” She looked down playing with her hands. “I just want to know why you stopped visiting me. I really missed seeing you.” 

Jon sighed, feeling like an idiot. His own fear of rejection might have just ruined his chances with her. “I was scared you didn’t feel the same about me. I thought you might not return the feelings of liking me.” 

“Are you blind? You are every woman’s dream. You are handsome and a doctor. Cross two things off my mother’s list for me.” She teased. Her smile coming back across her lips making her eyes light up as she laughed. 

Jon rolled his eyes, “Of course.” He chuckled slightly. Soon his blue eyes met with her hazel. He was soon lost inside them. Before he could tell what he was doing he began to lean in as she did. Their lips met with a soft kiss that soon grew more hungry as he moved his lips on hers. He licked her bottom lip just begging to an entrance. She allowed it. His tongue dove into her mouth as soon as she opened it. He explored every inch of her mouth before battling with hers for dominance. His hands began playing with the hem of her shirt. She soon broke the kiss and pulled her shirt over her head. Jon watched as she reached behind and unhooked her bra. Jon bit as his eyes gazed at her exposed boobs. He knew it was wrong of him to be doing something like this at work, but fuck it. He wanted her so badly. 

He licked his lips as he reached his hands out to grab her soft breasts. He squeezed them gently at first, then began massaging them roughly. She let out a soft moan. Allie reached for his scrubs as she put her hands on his chest. She traced his abs slowly. He could feel his dick throb with anticipation as her hands moved closer to his pants. Her hand was soon inside and wrapped tightly around it as she began to jack him off. He groaned as he began to harden in her hands. It had been so long since Jon had touched another girl that he felt like he was going to crumble under her touch. He was weak to her, but he still had to double-check. "Are you sure about this?" He asked meeting her eyes. 

She nodded. "I want you so bad, Jon." That was all it took. Jon was now on a mission. He kissed her lips again before moving down her neck as he kissed down her body to her core. He pulled her pants down with a firm yank before spreading her legs. He could already see her juices leaking from between her legs. He leaned in and tasted them as he licked her folds. She moaned softly as he flattened his tongue against her. She put her hands in what hair of his she could. She enjoyed the feeling of his beard scraping against her as he licked all around. He flicked her clit with his tongue sending chills down her spine. "Fuck Jon, " She moaned. "I need you inside of me. 

Jon gave her one licked before he stuck a finger in her. Her walls tightly wrapping around it. He groaned as he added another before moving it. 

"You know, I hate to admit." He said while he thrust his fingers inside. "But, its been a while so I don't know how long I will last." 

"It's okay. Just, please. I want that dick inside my pussy. I need it. Please." 

Jon never heard a girl beg for him before. It was turning him on even more if that was possible. He took her legs and wrapped them around his shoulders as he pushed himself deep inside her. He waited a minute to let her adjust before he began thrusting hard and deep inside her. She quickly had to cover her mouth because her moans couldn't be quieted as she felt the head of his dick rub against her g spot. She took her good arm and began leaving scratches down his back as she dug tightly. He groaned lowly trying to keep it quiet as he thrust hard and deep. He moved her hair out of the way as he moved his lips down her neck biting on it. He soon began sucking on it and leaving little marks behind. The feeling made her pussy clench tighter around Jon's dick. He could feel them both getting close to their high. He reached down and pressed a thumb against her clit as he began to rub it roughly. That's all it took. Her eyes rolled back in her head. She bit down on her cast to cover up her screams as a wave of pleasure rushed over her. Her toes curling and uncurling. A flood of fluid gushed out of her as she came. “Oh, Jon.” She let out. 

He quickly pulled out of her as he began to cum. He released himself all over her stomach. He groaned. “Fuck that was amazing.” He cussed. He caught his breath before he got up and walked over to get a towel and cleaned her stomach off before helping her get her clothes back on. He slipped his scrubs back on before cuddling into the bed with her wrapping his arms around her pulling her close. “Shouldn’t you get back to work?” Allie asked. 

He shrugged. “They don’t need me.” He kissed her head. “I am busy with another patient. Plus they let me clock out after what happened to you because I wanted to make sure you were okay.” 

She smiled. “I am more than okay now.” She said as she nuzzled into his chest. “But, next time you have to take me out to dinner first.” 

“Deal.” He smiled back.

[frogtownhobbies]

          On August 24 Frogtown Hobbies hosted a Mythic Championship Qualifier, the first in their history, and the only one being run in Northwest Ohio for the season. The format was modern and after SCG IQs in the last two months drew 60+ competitors excitement was high, especially with $3000 being given out to the top 16. We ended up with 98 players from throughout the tri-state area as well as southern Ontario. In the end it was Timothy Robertson and his Boros Burn deck that took the crown and the invite to the November Mythic Championship in Virginia by defeating Quang Vu on Urza Sword.

          The field showed a little more homogeneity than either of the recent IQs with 17.3% of players bringing the boogeyman of the format, Hogaak. Recent analyses by Frank Karsten and Tobi Henke at Channel Fireball having shown the dominance of the deck in modern probably contributed to that percentage. It should be noted that the diversity of modern still means that you would have about a 26% chance of dodging Hogaak for all 7 rounds. The Urza, Lord High Artificer/Thopter Foundry/Sword of the Meek deck (Urza Sword) was the second most played deck on the day at 12.2%. It is widely regarded as having one of the best Hogaak matchups in the field and is very good against creature decks but current configurations struggle against both burn and tron. Mono-red Phoenix, mono-green Tron and Burn rounded out the five most played decks. Please note that on the accompanying chart mono-green tron is split into versions with (8 total) and without (3 total) Karn, the Great Creator.

         Due to the recent banning of Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis and Faithless Looting and unbanning of Stoneforge Mystic I decided to keep my matchup analysis for this tournament brief. There are some interesting and useful pieces of information that can be gleaned however if one delves into the results. Let’s start with the day’s best performing decks by average results, these decks all did very well in small sample sizes (3 or less players each), don’t lose anything after the bans and remind us that no matter what we think we know about modern somewhere, someone disagrees and will beat you if you’re not prepared for them. Ten players all together chose to play either Infect, Abzan Midrange (!), Amulet, Humans or Affinity. While none of those players made top-8 they all finished on at least 9 points with Kevin Mcleskey finishing in ninth place on tie breaks (5-1-1) with Humans and exactly one player finishing on 5-2 for each deck. Jon Koch’s strong finish with Abzan Midrange is especially interesting due to the possibility of slotting Stoneforge Mystic right into that deck. I would also like to call out Andrew Wolthuis of Swish Gaming for thoroughly wrecking me (on Urza Sword) in round 4 with a game 1 first turn Hope of Ghirapur out of his Affinity deck.

    The middle chunk of the chart contains all of the most heavily played decks except 1 (we’ll get to you, Jund) and a range of average performances from very good (Urza Sword and Burn) to slightly below average (Hogaak). It should be noted that the overall mean for this dataset is 8.37 and the overall median is 9. Furthermore, the more copies of a deck in the tournament, the more likely it is to approach the mean/median. Urza Sword and Burn were the big winners on the day, populating the top tables all tournament long and bagging 4 of the top-8 spots. As mentioned above, Timothy Robertson took down the tournament with his Boros Burn deck (playing 3 sb Leyline of the Void, 2 sb Shattering Spree and a 2-2 split of Skullcracks). Timothy did get to face a favorable matchup in Urza Sword in the semifinals and finals but definitely proved his mettle all day, beating unfavorable matchups Hogaak twice and Eldrazi Tron once. In addition to Robertson, Drew Johnson and Corey Petryschuk both managed 5-2 records to help bring up Burn’s average up. Urza Sword put three players in the top-8 (Quang Vu, Joel Holosko and Austin Davis) with Vu losing to Robertson in the finals. Davis opted for a white splash for Teferi, Time Raveler, Holosko went with a green splash for sideboard cards and Vu went ahead and did both, leaning on his Mox Opals, Arcum’s Astrolabes and a pair of Chromatic Stars to help him cast 5 colors worth of goodness. Urza Sword is definitely one of the favorites to be a top deck going forward with some people even suggesting it as a possible home for Stoneforge Mystic. Personally I want to take advantage of a probable decrease in graveyard hate to try out Trash for Treasure in the deck (which combos nicely with Goblin Engineer). I seperated mono-green Tron decks in the chart to show the split between the two most common versions of the deck with those variants running Karn, the Great Creator (and its sb package) finishing notably worse than those who eschewed the Silver Golem. Kyle Boggemes took one of those copies without Karn to the top-8, presumably using his superior magical skills to beat three mirror matches along the way.

    Despite big (justifiable) hype Hogaak decks did not perform well as a whole on Saturday with the average finish being worse than any other heavily played deck. Definitive “best decks” do have a tendency to draw a lot of players who haven’t played them extensively and their opponent is often more experienced playing against their deck than they are playing it. I’m not sure if this is what happened here or if perhaps the amount of hate in the format just finally reached the necessary level to contain the undead. Either way, 7 of the 17 players who sleeved up Hogaak finished with 1 or less match-win on the day. James Quinn and Allison Coleman both made top-8 but bowed out in the quarterfinals. The last deck I want to point out from this section is mono-R Phoenix which thoroughly supplanted the older Izzet version of the deck by the end of Hogaak summer. Wes Williamson carried this group with a top-8 appearance while most pilots finished around 9 points for the day. I used Tobi Henke’s math-up analysis article to figure out what odds every top-8 competitor overcame to make the elimination rounds and found that Williamson had the toughest path. Given his matchups in the first 6 rounds he had only a 7.36% chance of being 5-1 or better with especially tough matchups for his deck being Eldrazi Tron in round 1, Twiddle Storm in round 3 and Hogaak in round 6 all of which he beat so good on him. If you’re interested here are every other top-8 player’s odds for reaching 5-1 or better given their matchups: 

*Please note that these are very rough as they make a lot of assumptions about decklists and the importance of player skill but they do illustrate how important matchups can be. For a baseline, 50% matchups all day would give a 10.9% chance of 5-1 through 6 matches.

           The bottom of the chart comprises 12 little-played decks that managed averages of 2 or less wins each (topping out at a couple of 9-point finishes for Goblins and Grixis Death’s Shadow) and Jund. Jund was definitely the big loser on the day with five players managing to eke out a total of 8 wins between them. Having bad matchups against Hogaak, Urza Sword, Burn and Tron was definitely not an enviable place to be on Saturday. I know a lot of people have been talking about Jund being potentially good against Stoneforge Mystic but with three of those decks not losing anything to the bans Jund may need to stay on the sidelines for a while longer.

           With Faithless Looting and Hogaak leaving the format I believe the best place to be will be leaning on the remaining busted cards, namely Mox Opal and Ancient Stirring or playing one of the reliably fast decks with a little bit of disruption. My preliminary top 5 modern decks for the new format are Urza Sword, Affinity/Hardened Scales, Tron, Burn and Amulet. Of course, modern is famed for its diversity so there are another 20 decks after that that will give you a chance on any given day with Storm, Infect, Humans, Bogles and Amulet Titan being my picks for most likely to break into that first tier. Personally I have been really enjoying a Bant Flash Snow deck lately and I think it has chops but we’ll see. I think that Stoneforge Mystic doesn’t quite play on the right axis to heavily impact modern but that UW control is likely to get a little better with access to it. I will not miss Hogaak but for those who did play it I offer this small condolence, you can’t play Looting or Hogaak but you can still play Ideas Unbound and Demon of Death’s Gate. That’s something, right?

        -Stephen K Timmons