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I grew up homeschooled in a family where my parents basically had us fend for ourselves, while also discouraging us from doing any sort of activity or maintain friendships, so the vast majority of my life was spent feeling cut off and inadequate compared to my peers
Shockingly, I ended up having severe depression, (as did my siblings) and developed extremely unhealthy coping mechanisms and habits as a young teenager, as well as other mental issues.
When I finally was able to start the process of getting help(which truly didn't start until the last few years, despite me being in therapy a decade) and started to do things outside of my usual habits, such as going to school and also getting a job(despite my parents trying to discourage me on my bad days), I was now an adult and felt like there was so much I missed out on, especially when looking at my friends experiences at the same ages.
It's so easy to dwell on those thoughts and revert back to old habits, and even harder to try and work through them(like pushing myself to get out of bed, or go to a function with friends). So many people I know who don't have depression just assume it's a little bit of laziness and sadness, and act like everything would be fixed if I just listened only to happy music and refused antidepressants because my generation is 'overmedicated'. And while we definitely are over medicated, without those medicines, so many people (myself included) wouldn't be here.
While my depression is better, and thankfully I've been pretty good with catching up on lost time academic wise, I still struggle with depression and the fallout from everything that has contributed to it. I hang out with friends but almost always end up feeling drained or depressed afterwards, even though I'm around people I care about and like, and I know they feel the same, there is always that voice in my head that one day they're going to change their minds and realize I'm not worth it or that maybe they don't actually like me.
Depression takes a huge toll on my body, I am always tired and overwhelmed, and when I am around friends and peers I feel like I'm an imposter just hoping no one catches on and questions the fact I try to mimic others behavior in hopes I blend in better (even if it's something I know to do, I suddenly feel awkward and panicked and act like I've never dealt with it before, thus watching others and trying to copy movements/actions, even if it's something I'm very knowledgeable about/good at)
I am drained because I feel I have to put on a front that everything is fine, and I feel bubbly and happy all the time, because otherwise people think I'm ungrateful/slighting them, or there out of pity(my sister is someone who thinks all of those reasons unless I'm all happy on the outside). Even though so many times, I was looking forward to doing something or spending time with someone, but for no reason I can think of, I get struck by depression when the time comes, but I still want to take part, because I worry I'll regret missing out, so I go and spend the time trying to act how people want me to, which is exhausting.
It's taken years to get used to these bad days, and I am working to let myself have a breather or just listening to what my body needs when it happens, (I've been better lately and I'm proud of that, but I still struggle occasionally). It's taken years to learn to stop comparing my life with what my younger cousin or old friend is doing/has done by my age, (or if they've done even more), slightly less to learn to ignore the timeframe society(and family) deems is 'normal', and since then, my quality of life has been better.
All this to say, depression has ruled my life and I deal with that everyday, and it is hard to ignore the sadness I feel for my young self and all she never got to do. But, I made it to 23 (something my 13yr old self never thought would happen), and even tho I didn't get to experience things on what is considered a 'normal' timeline for people my age, I have a whole lifetime of experiences to look forward to, and while my depression may be a part of those, it won't be for all of them.
You know what people donât talk about often enough? Playing catch up in life after spending your teens or early 20s suicidally depressed. Thereâs so many more layers than just being able to say âI donât want to die anymore.â
The difficulty in academia or a career after spending years thinking you wouldnât be alive long enough for any of it to matter.
The exhaustion that comes from self awareness and self soothing, with the constant voice in your head saying âdonât go backwards.â
How lonely it is to watch the people your age starting families when youâre just barely learning what stable relationships are, and the sudden societal pressure of being âup against a clockâ for these kinds of things.
The judgement from others if you change your image or interests this late in the game just because you finally figured out who you really are under the demons.
Be kind to those who are developing and blooming after years of not planning on being here long. We are living a life we absolutely didnât think weâd have, and itâs hard enough without society reminding us thereâs expectations of our age.
We didnât get to be young; we were too busy fighting battles few know.
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Logan has never been great in terms of sobriety, especially since he literally watched his family die. Hi! Iâm Wade Nutsack Wilson! And welcome to my new fiction, itâs all about my boyfriendâs drinking problems. Iâm about to make his problems, yours. So buckle up and letâs fucking go! So first, Logan goes to work at exactly 8, and comes home at 9, with a huge glass bottle of shit that makes him act like a kid who had too much candy on Halloween⊠except that kid needed, and didnât get his antidepressants. He finally stops drinking the liquor at 10, when he passes out on the couch. So letâs make him stop drinking and pay attention to my ramblings! Hereâs the plan:
1:take away the liquor.
This seems like the answer but peanut has been buying more and more. He doesnât necessarily like buying more when he already has some, so Iâll throw out what he has right now.
I creep into the kitchen as he sleeps and swiftly grab each bottle, pouring the smooth liquid down the sink. Logan stirs a bit, but doesnât wake up. When he does, he wakes me up, cursing and yelling. Didnât go as planned.
âWade, where the fuck is my liquor?!â
âOh, I threw it out.â
He yelled at me for an hour and then went to work. He came back with 5 huge ass bottle of liquor for a huge assman.Â
Step 2: cuddles.
And I mean overwhelmingly clingy cuddles, that way he canât even get to his liquor.
Logan comes home, drinking a beer. The second he sets down his jacket and keys, Iâm on him. Rubbing his neck, lightly pecking him.
âWhatâre you doinâ?â He says with a light slur. I just continue to lead him to the couch and cuddle. He takes a few sips of his drink here and there, but he seems to be enjoying my cuddles. Progress progress, thatâs the key. And Iâm not necessarily complaining at this point. The only thing that wouldnât make this moment perfect is his reeling beer breath.
Step 3: following him to work.
Now you may be like, âOMG Wade youâre so hot and amazing, why donât you just talk to your even hotter boyfriend?â Well Iâm flattered, but no. I canât just talk to Logan without him listening. He needs to lay off the beer a little then heâll listen a bit better.
While Logan gets dressed, I do too. While he walks out the door, I follow him.
âWhere are you going?â He asks in that sexy as fuck morning voice.
âIâm going to work with you! No complaining and no getting me to stay!â I say, holding angel babyâs arm. We go to Loganâs workplace and I watch those sexy muscles tense when he lifts up a slat of wood. Some of his colleagues are asking what Iâm doing here and why Iâm here. Logan, being the best boyfriend on earth goes up to them and says, âthatâs my boyfriend you homophobic bitches.â I swear I just about swooned. After a couple of hours, Logan picks up a beer. I take out a small shot gun and shoot the glass. He glares at me, grabbing another one. I shoot it and he gives up. On the way home from work, we stop by the liquor store. I convince him to get a smaller drink. I grab a bag of chips and a couple of sodas. This is going well.
Step 4: the worst of it, talking to him.
The second we get home, I lead Logan to the couch. Cuddling him and pecking his lips lightly. Finally, his breath doesnât reek that much of beer and cheap liquor.
âLogie?â
âMhh?â
âCan I please talk to you? And can you listen? I promise I wonât ramble.â I say, my voice soft yet serious. Logan seems to tense at that but he nods. I think a little bit of him knows what Iâm going to talk about.
âI was wondering if you can cut back on the drinking⊠I love you and it breaks my cancerous heart to see you come home every day at 9:26 every day, coming home and passing out on the couch. I was wondering if you could just cut back a little bit, drinking a few small bottles a day instead of canteens and large glass bottles.â I say in a tender voice. You may be wondering when Iâm going to crack a joke. Iâm not. Sorry to disappoint but Logie bear is true love of my life and I really donât want this to get out of hand.
Logan seems to understand a bit.
âAlright bub⊠and you really want me to cut back?â He asks.
âI do.â I say. I peck his lips and finally make Logan a nice meal, without needing to wake him up from a hangover to eat. We eat on the couch, and fall asleep in each otherâs arms.
authors note: just finished this in 10 minutes.., I love these idiots so much, and Wade would most definitely want Logan to cut back on drinkingâŠ. Unless he drags Logan to a club and drinks with him.
#logan wolverine#deadpool#logan howlett#deadpool and wolverine#wade wilson#poolverine#blind al#x men#i love these idiots#laura kinney
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#my family wants me to get on antidepressants#But I kinda just wanna kms#Not going to#But I just want to give up#rceerythinh hurts so much#i want to go home#I wish I still had a home#i donât have anything anymore#Iâm gonna die alone#the world moves on without me#No one woulld really care#why should they#Iâm unlovable#thereâs something wrong with me
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This is such a blessing of you to share my story. I'm so sorry and embarrassed to ask you to donate as well
There is nothing to be ashamed of here. You're doing what you have to, to survive and to me it's truly commendable that even in a situation as grim as this, you're still fighting!
That being said, I'm really sorry. I can't fulfill that request right now. I am unfortunately not in a financial situation where I can donate.
HOWEVER I am currently looking for a job, so once I have disposable income I'll make sure to donate !!
#:((#im 19#i couldnt get ito daily school so am doing weekend#its costly tho#and im currently off of my meds havent been to therapy in moths either#genuinely cant tell what kind of burden that'd introduce#like theres technically my gender trasition going on#but if testosterone is costly i might just wait a couple more years#antidepressants and anexiety meds r the priority here#i rlly want to help all the people trapped in gaza#its just not feasible for me#i also dont see much sense in explaining my situation on here#but i also feel like i have to provide some context#ugh this is awkward to say bc my familys not exactly poor#but if not for gov subsidises we'd be struggling
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my dads gonna be homeless again đż
#hes been applying for jobs for months but nobodys calling him back#hes been without his antidepressants and cancer treatments for months#he doesnt habe a car. hes literally gonna be on the streets again and i have no idea how to help him#i can take his cat and maybe store some of his stuff#but thats it#he doesnt have any family to help him#the only reason hes in florida is for me. and now all his family is on the other side of the country and he has no support#i dont know what to do or how to comfort him#i cant tell him its all going to be okay because its literally not. i dont know how to get him help#my mom would never let him stay in our house. we cant afford it and she wouldnt want him around#i jsut feel so helpless.#i dont want to lose my dad again#i know hes suicidal. hes attempted before and im so scared this will be the last straw
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Got mad for no reason today because Iâm tired and having mood swings courtesy of being suddenly unmedicated* after two months of being on my adhd meds like how the fuck did no one realize I was having a two and a half year long complete mental breakdown in college??? My two so called best friends spent every fucking day with me, and my roommate saw me at my absolute worst, and not one of them bothered to ask me if I was okay? Like this was ten years ago bitch let it go? Why am I mad about this now???
#she speaks#I hid it hardcore from my family so they are not to blame here#*im still on my antidepressants which is the only reason I havenât gone off the deep end#because shit has been TESTING ME this week#Iâm good I promise just damn⊠can I get my meds now?#been invoking the âNamjoon wouldnât want me to think this wayâ mantra a lot lol#it still works like I am amazed#Kim Namjoon the human antidepressant I guess lmao
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Why do you have to write a story for other people to see it I feel like my brain is being stretched in twenty different directions with all the shit I want to make but low energy & not enough time & my own sense of shame makes it so that Iâm not doing anything. Gahhh
#Remembered Petrichor and that little story I wanted to do with herâŠ. Baby I have ignored you so hard Iâm sorry I promise I still love you-#-ya dumb little freak#Thereâs also the Carsoro stuff and then the AU with that Sage I posted and I also wanna share dracula bs and like dread knight stuff and aa#Ahhh!! Do you get it!! Why do I have to work a job why canât I draw little guys. I say knowing in my free time I just decompose watching-#Youtube videos about shit I donât really care about and playing Isaac for the millionth time in a row#Idk if all rogue likes would be like that for me but Isaac is like. Bad. Edmund I think said he had adhd. That makes sense bc that game is-#-like. The perfect time waster for my brain with its broken ass reward system#My doctor was suprised I wasnât being treated for my adhd maybe I should bite the bullet and try to see if being on smth for it would make-#-me feel less. Ehhhh#Or at least off antidepressants. Like Christ I feel like water with no ice a lot of the time that canât be normal#Chatter#Iâd say sorry for goign off on a rant but this is my blog I do what I want#I think a big problem is Iâm lonely and want irl friends but like. How the fuck do you do that. I was not socialized enough as a puppy#Also I want to. Be open about being Toby but like Christ Iâd be jumping in headfirst without even knowing where to begin#I havenât researched like. Dick or shit about the medical side of it and even just socially transitioning like how the fuck would I explain#Idk. I donât want to be like. Hated by my own family. I donât think that would be the case but god. God. I have a fucking anxiety disorder
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Iâm gonna vent in the tags but I promise Iâm chill
#sometimes after working for 12 hours straight I want to cry but my antidepressants make it really hard to so I just get a migraine#is it bad I feel bad for feeling bad#like if I could afford to not pay a bill I would be hospitalized right now for sure#but i just donât have the luxury#I have vacation coming up⊠our mandatory overtime is almost done but even the vacation doesnât seem worth it#how do you keep going when all you do is sleep and work and sleep and work and sleep and work#it feels like hell#but this was my reward for growing up#I donât want to make my friends feel bad for me#I donât want to disappoint my family anymore#but itâs not like feeling this way will kill me so thatâs how I justify letting myself say any of this at all#oh if I say it then it wonât stay inside me#but itâs like a broken faucet thereâs just so much#just shut up about it if youâre not gonna quit your job or emit yourself or die#just be happy you get to keep trying and that this isnât forever#wait for the meds to kick in and go to bed and tommorrow youâll wake up with a lighter chest#and maybe just maybe the you 5 years from now will be grateful#and then Iâm happy.#saying these things somehow just cheer me up#Iâm not upset that Iâm alive Iâm upset that I have bills and. a stupid job with hellish hours and Iâm too scared to do something wrong#to move the wrong way and start a landslide that makes things worse again#but Iâll be fine because Iâm always fine#and this bad situation will end because it always ends#thank you for letting me be born
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probably at a peak of mental illness rn but itâs not necessarily âshowingâ and i cant talk abt it w anyone (a month til i next have therapy at least, canât meet sooner. donât want family to know. have no friends to tell). never felt this trapped before
#might start taking my leftover antidepressants til i run out tbh#also canât get on meds bc family will find out (insurance) and rn they disapprove#not to mention they donât think iâm bad enough for meds and i enjoy having independence and donât want that to change when they find out im#suicidal lol#anyways ill delete this in a minute just wanted to rant#canât see how ill get out of this but i guess i wont and i never have. wish someone would look me in the eyes and tell me#they know im not ok and there is smth wrong w me and im not just agonizing over some invention of my mind#weird state to be in right now. donât feel like my life is really real at all#iâm always gonna be like this arenât i. lol
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Very important!! Take care of yourself and do whatâs best for you <3
taking medication for your mental health isnât weak, if anything itâs strong that youâre making the leap to better yourself. remember that. youâre not struggling with your mental health, itâs struggling with you - youâve got this gamers, always!
#this!!#it took me a long time to realize I wasnât weak for getting help with my mental health#I struggle with meds due to my familyâs history with addiction#any pill is a bad pill in my brain#but my antidepressants saved my life when I really needed them#i didnât want to be on meds for the rest of my life and it felt like a lot at first but it was so worth it#to get back to a place where I could handle my mental health#Iâve been on and off my meds since I first started them#but i know that I donât need them all the time and that they are there for thag extra support if I need it#Iâve also been going to therapy for 10+ years#Iâve learned a lot about how to deal with my mental health and that itâs okay to need help sometimes#Iâve also learned that my depression is a part of me and itâs not gonna go away#and that I need to be kind to it#because while Iâm not my depression itâs apart of me#learning to be kind to yourself is hard when you donât feel like you deserve it#it does get better even if it feels like it wonât#it takes a lot of time and the right support system for sure#but it can and will get better#youâre loved and cared about please donât ever forget that#<3
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betrayal from your own mother feels so. like you were supposed to protect and care for me but obviously that didnt happen so here i am now.
#context is ive been trying to get medicated for years bc my depression and anxiety keeo getting worse and worse#but my parents didnt want me on any#and i tell my mom i finally was prescribed antidepressants and she tells me shes been on them for years and 'they helped'#so like where was the skip.#they helped u but wouldnt help me? what the fuck is wrong with you#pharmacy hssnt even filled my prescription yet either which is g3tting annoying i might call#but now im alone this easter and not home w/ family over this#im. baffled. upset. tired.#does she know how many times ive thought of leaving her w/ only 2 kids. does she know.#onviously not right since shes fucking playing with me.
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Honestly, the longer I live, the less respect I have for being ~as nature intended~ in any way whatsoever. Like I legit do not even give a shit about whether I have a valid medical reason to fuck with any part of my biological construction, I'm literally just doing that because I'm allowed to and nobody's stopped me.
I'm on stimulants to improve my cognitive function and two antidepressants to fuck with my brain chemical levels, I had plastic surgery and I'm taking hormones to keep my body in the shape I want it to be, I get chemical treatments on my skin and put vasodilator ointments on my scalp to keep my skin nice and my hairline from receding. And if I start developing the facial features that my mother always complained about as I get older, I will not hesitate to get my family resemblance surgically removed.
Call me Frankenstein for I am both the monster and the maker. I owe it to no god to remain as nature intended.
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can we talk about stolas and octavia and antidepressants for a second
as someone with a lot of experience taking antidepressants and dealing with family members who Do Not Understand how depression works, it really struck me how octavia deals with discovering that stolas has been taking antidepressants.
presumably, he has been taking these for a VERY long time and based on the evidence in this episode, nobody in his life knew about it- clearly not blitzĂž or octavia, at least.
i don't see stolas as someone who has been to therapy - this reads to me very much like someone who saw "happy pills" and decided to self-medicate because he thought they would fix him, not as someone who was prescribed a medication and a dose to take (we've seen him downing handfuls of these pills on several occasions in past episodes)
octavia is (understandably) unsettled when she finds this giant box of pills, and despite all her complicated feelings for her father she IMMEDIATELY goes to find him to bring him his pills
octavia is smart!! yes she is pissed off at her dad and this implies that she could have gone to see him at any time when he was calling her, but this discovery kind of goes beyond any argument- no matter how she feels, she ultimately doesn't want stolas to suffer
then we get the big fight scene, which ends with the devastating argument between octavia and stolas where she says "was this my fault that you needed these?"
i adore the amount of nuance in their interaction here for so many reasons, but specifically this vein of "i love you but clearly you don't love me or else you wouldn't be depressed" hits very close to home for me and i love the way it's shown as messy and neither stolas nor octavia really understand the way their words are hurting one another
so it kind of breaks my heart that she closes herself off to him but leaves him with this bottle of happy pills because he does need them. and she knows it, and she cares enough to want him to be happy.
she just doesn't think that happiness includes her, because in her mind she's nothing more than an obligation to him.
ugh the day these two reunite i will be reduced to a pile of mush i just love how complex their relationship is it's so tasty
#helluva boss#helluva boss stolas#helluva boss octavia#octavia goetia#stolas goetia#octavia helluva boss#stolas helluva boss#sinsmas#sinsmas spoilers#helluva boss spoilers#helluva boss sinsmas
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Daddy Daycare
Pairing: Technician! Jungkook x Teacher's Assistant! Reader
Word Count: 6.7k
Part: 1, 2, 3
Series Content: daycare au, suggestive themes, love at first sight? dilf jk, mentions of antidepressants, mint jk and blonde jk, jk cant sleep, sexual themes, he's so whipped, toxic ex, minor baby mama drama, gold diggers, mentions of death, complicated family history, cute kid cameos, reader can't drive, jk is good with his hands, mentions of abusive relationships, so much fluff.
Other Series Content: soft dom! jk, muscle kink, pussy puts his ass to sleep, unprotected sex (just don't), oral sex (f! and m! receiving), brief choking, minor breeding kink, hickeys, brief dom! reader, reader makes him wait, intimate cuddling, praise.
"And the kiss. Oh, Vanessa, the kiss was something else!" You exclaim, helping to set up the Christmas decorations around the class.
It was only the day after Thanksgiving which means the Christmas season was now in full swing. Stepping up on the small stepping stool to hang the green tinsel over the whiteboard.
"It sounds like you had a good night. What's the problem then?" Vanessa sets up the miniature Christmas tree in the corner.
"I did. Everything was going so well. Dare I say perfectly, until his phone was going off non stop from someone named Hanna saying things like 'when am I gonna see you again' and 'I can't stop thinking about our night together'"
Vanessa gasps. "So what did Jungkook say?" You chew on our bottom lip, "He was putting Ryan to bed in the other room, so he wasn't there when I saw those messages pop up." She tsks.
"I tried to tell you. Nothing good comes from dealing with a parent." You sighed heavily, looking out the window at the playground that was covered in a thick white blanket of snow.
"I know, but I couldn't help it. Him and his stupid smile and his pretty eyes." Vanessa hums smugly. "I'm sure Hanna thinks the same thing." You groan. She's right.
"You're right, I shouldn't get involved. She could be the mother of his child for all I know."
"For your own sake. You better pray she's not. Ex's are a royal pain in the-"
"Good Morning." Vanessa interrupts her own words as she greets the parents that walked in.
Crouching near the bookshelf while you organized the fallen books, from the corner of your eye you were able to pick up on the entrance of your minor headache. Not Ryan, of course, his father.
Ryan was just a sweetheart who greeted you with a hug so tight that he'd knocked you out of your crouched position onto your bum. "Ryan! Be careful." You'd never heard Jungkook's voice so stern. You make sure the boy is okay and help him back to his feet before moving your hair back to where it should be.
"Sorry, Ms. Hill." He apologizes with those big brown eyes that he clearly gets from his dad. "It's okay, I'm fine." You reassure with a smile and he runs off.
Jungkook offers you his hand to help you up but you stand on your own, dusting off your jeans with a clearing of your throat. "Are you okay?" He asks.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I promise. I landed on the carpet."
"That's not what I meant." He says.
Taking a quick glance around the classroom, noticing some parents still making their way in and out of the classroom and the kids making their way to their seats. "You know, now really isn't a good time-" About to move out of his way, he steps in front of you.
Instinctively your eyes rolled, trying to remember what Vanessa told you. Not to get involved. "I know you saw the texts. Let me explain." You shake your head, "It's none of my business, there's nothing to explain. You should get going. I wouldn't want you to be late for work."
With that said, you walk away, heading towards the desks where your students waited patiently for instruction.
Jungkook walked out of the daycare that day deflated and unable to think about anything aside from you, and that look in your eyes. Like you were disappointed, as if you had high hopes for him and he let you down.
He thought he could just move past it, maybe even accept that things wouldn't work out between the two of you, but seeing you everyday, smiling with all the other parents and giving him nothing more than a simple head acknowledgement was killing him.
As much as he wanted to explain himself, he didn't want to force himself into your life. He wanted you to want to hear him out, even if that meant the two of you not talking much or at all for a few weeks then he was going to have to be okay with that.
But there were some days he had to physically restrain himself from breaking the no-contact. He remembers the day vividly. It was the first week back from winter break, maybe he was so pent up because he hadn't been able to see you for two weeks or if it was how good you looked in your leggings.
All he knows is that somewhere between that mix and you squatting to pick something from off the ground, for the briefest of seconds he'd caught sight of the strappy black thong that rose over your hips before they were hidden once again under your bottoms.
No one would've noticed it. No one that wasn't mildly obsessed with you that is. He quickly sent Ryan off and left for work. Managing to somehow squeeze in 13 hours of work into an 8 hour shift, he'd overcompensated as a means to distract himself.
"So you guys just haven't talked since you shooed him?" Vanessa asks for clarification, wrapping her scarf securely around her neck, getting ready to head out after offering you a ride which you couldn't object to, weather conditions were worsening as you were entering the heart of winter in the middle of January.
"I didn't shoo him, but I definitely would've handled things differently if I knew he would start avoiding me. I didn't want things to end like this." You explain, digging your hands deep into your pockets the moment the two of you stepped outside. The chilling air blew in your hair and around your earmuffs with determination.
You strapped yourself in passenger seat, "So you didn't actually want things to end?" With your head laying back on the headrest you puffed out a stressed breath, unintentionally making a small circle of condensation on your window. Like a child you drew a little heart in the middle.
"I thought I did, y'know? Wanted to do what you said and stay away, but maybe I got hasty." She hums oddly, making a ominous "Mhm" sound. "What does that mean?" She pulls out of the parking lot slowly, the snow was really falling tonight, laying on the ground in thick increments.
"Nothing." Turning to face her with your body, "No, no. Say it."
"I've been here. You know I've been here, I've been in a very similar position, but I did somehow manage to get a decent outcome, but things could've gotten much worse, not just for the relationship but for his kid at the time. So, I guess what I'm saying is, take this little break to really think about if this is the kind of thing you want to get yourself involved in."
You nodded, sitting with your hands in your lap like an obedient child. Really taking what Vanessa was saying into deep consideration. Deciding to reflect on it for the rest of the car ride to your building.
"What a day." You sigh, as you drop your keys onto the small counter you kept near the door.
The first thing you noticed was how cold it was inside your apartment, as if trying to compete with the flurrying outdoors. "Why is it so cold in here?" You whisper to yourself.
Flicking on the lights, or at least that's what you wanted. "What the--" the switch flies up then down then up again with the tip of your finger as you restlessly try to turn the lights on. "You've got to be joking."
Wrapping yourself tighter into your jacket as you walk through your dark apartment, relying on the sheer memorization of the layout to get you to the bathroom where you tried turning on the tap. Nothing.
The pipes must've frozen. and the snowstorm blew out your power.
This was great news for you, you'd always loved the movie Frozen and now you get to experience it first hand!!
"You've reached the voicemail box of--"
"Fuck you!" You shout at your phone after 5 hours and the twelfth attempt you'd made at calling your landlord. He's always been an asshole but ignoring his tenants when they were freezing to death is an all new low even for him.
You'd managed to wrap yourself in a blanket burrito surrounded by the 4 candles you were able to light before your hands began to freeze. Your body was barely managing to keep warm until you remembered the small cheap space heater you'd bought from a thrift store a few years back.
But it was buried deep in your closet. However, it took you no time to find it as you dug through the mountains of miscellaneous objects and finally pulled it out from the bottom.
Rushing to plug it in with desperation. Then you remembered. There was no power. As badly as you wanted to scream and toss the heater across your dimly lit room, you didn't. Instead you sat quietly in your burrito and began to cry.
What if this was it?
Tomorrow your students would find out their teacher had frozen to death. Were you being dramatic? You weren't even sure. You're not even sure how they would react, but you're sure the parents would be shocked- and Jungkook.
Jungkook.
"Jungkook!" You gasp. Your freezing hands reaching for your phone, trying to type in his number as fast as you could but your joints felt like they were dead locked in place and moved 1 key per minute.
The phone began to ring, and ring,,,
On the other end of the line, Jungkook was also having a pretty rough night. Laying on his bed with his bare stomach facing the ceiling eyes wide open and his brain a never ending circus.
He tried to focus on his breathing, but he couldn't sleep.
He hasn't been able to get a good sleep for a few months now.
Turning on his side he looked at the picture of him and Ryan at his third birthday party. He was so much smaller then. 'I looked so happy' he thinks to himself with a sad smile on his face.
Beginning to wish that Ryan was with him in that moment but he knew it was for the best that he'd dropped him at his parents' for the weekend. He was beginning to enter one of those episodes and he couldn't stop it, no matter how badly he wanted to, no matter how hard he tries to.
Ryan deserved a father who could be happy all the time-- He sits up. Holding his head in his hands, taking deep breaths. Erasing those thoughts- trying to. Slowly letting his vision roam back to his night stand drawer where he kept his pills.
God, was it always going to be like this?
Lifelessly he reached for the handle and pulled it open, his hands blindly reaching for the cylindrical bottle and unscrewing the cap taking the recommended dose before putting it away.
He lays back down with a soft grunt, staring up at the ceiling tumultuously. Resting his hands on his firm core, focusing on the way it rises and falls with every breath, thinking about the day it stops. The day he's no longer sentenced to the time he's currently serving in his own mind-
"I should try to get some sleep" He mumbles to no one in particular.
His eyes shoot open after a mere 3 seconds of being closed. He listens to it ring, ring and ring, not sure he's in the mood to be taking any calls right now.
Though, it may be his parents with an emergency. He finds himself rolling onto his stomach, more than shocked to see your name pop up on his phone.
"Hello?"
"H-Hi! It's me. I'm sorry if I woke you up," Your voice was refreshing, like the first ray of sunshine after a dark and stormy night or the smell of fresh coffee in the morning.
"No, you didn't wake me. What's up?" You weren't sure if you were looking too deep into things but he sounded different. His voice was flatter, none of that familiar bubbly hint to be found in it, then again, It was nearly one in the morning.
"You probably don't remember but you gave me your card, and said if I ever had any technical issues I could give you a call," your teeth were chattering, prompting you to wrap yourself even tighter.
"I remember." How could he forget.
"Yea! Well, my apartment has no power or running water, so its pretty cold over here, and I was wondering if you had any tips or tricks on how to get something to work."
He sits up abruptly. "What?"
"Yeah, my landlord is pretty shitty and hasn't answered my calls, I'm not even sure if maintenance is available or even knows about the situation themselves." You hear some muffling on the other end assuming he'd dropped his phone but it was actually Jungkook rushing to put on a shirt.
"Hello?" you say blankly, wondering if you'd lost connection.
"It's a fucking snowstorm outside. You'll freeze." You laugh, and that stops him in his tracks for a moment, "Oh I know, I'm getting a little taste of that right now actually. Do you by any chance know what the first signs of frostbite are?"
"Send me your address, I'm coming to get you."
"No, Jungkook. I wont let you do that, the roads are terrible." He doesn't respond, or maybe he does, you couldn't hear over the sound of keys jingling.
Clearly it was useless trying to change his mind, and the last thing you'd want is for him to go out of his way for nothing so you sent him your address.
What would usually be 15 minute drive had turned into 40 with the poor weather conditions but it wasn't any more than an hour before you heard knocking on your door.
Still wrapped in your thick blankets you opened it.
"Are you alright? How do you feel?" Jungkook inspects you, taking your hands in his, "You're ice cold." He says, reaching into his jacket pocket and placing his hand warmers in yours. "Keep those, they'll help you warm up." He insists.
"Do you have everything?" You nod while briefly raising your overnight bag. "Okay, let's go."
The drive over was silent, you somehow managed to fit your seatbelt over your jacket and blanket that you couldn't part with. Jungkook periodically looked over to se if you were okay, never actually saying anything but the concern in his eyes was evident with every glance.
The first step inside his place gave you chills, the good kind, finally. Not the ones that left you shaking for warmth. It was so warm, Jungkook took your bag while walking you towards the living room as he turned on the fireplace, suggesting you warm up before doing anything else.
"Here," He hands you a warm mug of hot chamomile with a bit of honey for sweetness. "Thank you, Jungkook. For everything." You say sincerely, afraid you'd be repaying him for all the times he'd saved your ass in this life and the next.
"Don't mention it." Unwilling to accept such a humble response, "No. I'm serious. I disturbed your night, and you dropped everything to help me." He smiles for the first time all night, it was a small one but it was still a smile.
"I told you, already. I wasn't doing anything. I'm actually glad you called, it was nice to get out of my head for a bit." your head tilts unconsciously at that last part. "Nevermind." Checking his watch, it was nearly three in the morning.
"I set up your stuff in my room. It's getting pretty late, you should get some rest." Your eyes were feeling pretty heavy now that he mentioned it, you didn't fight it. Slowly standing from the pile of throw overs you'd buried yourself underneath making your way upstairs.
"Wait." You pause at the first step.
"Where's Ryan?" You should've realized sooner, but what could you say, you were a bit wrapped up earlier. Literally. "He's at his grandparents, probably snoring right now as we speak." You smile.
You'd gotten ready, taking a much needed shower and tying your hair back into two braids so that they would have some soft waves for tomorrow.
You sat cross legged on Jungkook's bed with your MacBook on your lap as you went through some of the classroom picture's you were yet to send to parents from the Winter Wonderland Concert the daycare had put on last week.
"Hey," Your head snaps up to see Jungkook peeking his head through the door, "I just wanted to say Goodnight." He says and you smile, but you'd just come across something you're sure he would love to see.
"Come look at this video of Ryan singing his interpretation of the opera singer we had perform last week." Jungkook sits beside you on the bed with his legs stretched out in front of him.
He paused when he turned to look at you, "What?" Your face is puzzled at his concentrated expression. "I didn't know you wore glasses?" He says and it reminds you that this was the first time he'd seen you with lenses on, or anyone for that matter.
"Yeah, I usually wear contacts-- Look! This is the part," You get distracted as the video begins to play. And somehow one video turns into five and the computer slides off your lap into the gap between the both of you as your head laid against his padded shoulder.
You'd fallen asleep. Slowly Jungkook closes the laptop and places it on the nightstand, even more carefully removing your glasses and placing them on top of the stowed away device.
Letting you down gently until your head hits the pillow, he sneakily begins to slip out of your grasp. "Stay." You say, your eyes closed and body still. Maybe he was hearing things. He shakes it off and begins to step away.
"Please, m'Cold." You mumble into the pillow with your eyes still shut.
"Do you want me to turn up the heat?" He offers like the gentleman he is, for the first time he saw a sign of consciousness as you slightly shake your head. "I want you to stay, please?"
He was nervous. Settling himself under the convers with you, remaining as far as possible and turning off the bedside lamp. Within two minutes his body froze as you'd rolled over from your side until your head was on his chest.
He wonders if you could feel the way his heart was racing.
you could.
"Relax," you quip, half-awake. Oddly enough, that actually does help him to relax, his arm instinctively wrapping around your waist for comfort. Feeling your body against his didn't trigger his perversions as he once thought it would.
It felt so much better than that. He felt, comfortable. The way your body radiated a calming heat onto him and reassured him that someone was both physically and emotionally present was just enough to lull him to sleep.
As the night morphed into a radiant sunrise you began to stir in your sleep. Your limbs stretching across the the grey sheets and soft blankets while the tips of your fingers roamed the surface.
Slowly remembering where you were and realizing you were in the bed alone. Though you specifically remember going to sleep with him. When did he get up?
Tugging down the leg of your sweatpants that had rolled up at the ankle at some point during your blissful sleep. Rubbing your eyes as you stepped into the bathroom to brush your teeth before finally following that pleasant scent that was wafting around the house.
"Still avoiding me?" You joke as you laid your eyes on Jungkook's broad back that was facing you as he flipped pancakes. He turns to you with a lopsided smile.
"Avoiding you?" Nodding, letting your hands trace the back of the chair before taking a seat at the island, watching him.
"Yeah, you've been avoiding me since thanksgiving." His brows furrow then raise in a mix of confusion and astonishment. "Me? I have not been avoiding you. I was giving you space."
Bracing your hands down on the countertop you shake your head. "Yes you have. Every day you see me and just leave, not a good morning or anything."
Jungkook flips this battered treat a little harder than he should. "Yeah, because the last time I had tried to talk to you, you made it pretty clear you didn't want to talk, so why would I force it?"
You sigh. Vanessa was right, maybe you did shoo him. "I didn't mean to disregard you so inconsiderately, I was just-- I don't know what I was feeling in that moment, honestly." He turns to face you once again, leaning back on the counter.
"I know, that's why I wanted to explain myself." Your eyes watch his buff chest raise and fall as he takes a deep breath, "My eyes are up here." He points between the two of you, and you felt like you could just fall over and die.
You clear your throat, deciding that you simply couldn't make eye contact with him at all after that!
He notices your embarrassed body language, "Hey, I was just joking, I don't mind your eyes wandering a little." He teases and it somehow made your face even hotter, you were afraid you would burst into flames.
"Just-Just go back to what you were saying." You almost plead as you run a hand through your wavy hair.
Jungkook plates the last pancake on to your elegantly presented plate, before sliding it in front of you. Making a plate for himself he decides to eat standing up in front of you with his plate on the counter you could maintain direct eye contact.
"I met Hana about a year ago at Ryan's old school before we switched here. She's another parent I'd met at one of their events. I was going through a lot of shit back then, so relationships were the furthest thing from my mind but one night about 6 months ago, our kids were away at a summer camp for 2 days; and after a few play dates over the prior months, she'd called me to let me know that Ryan had left one of his toys at her place. So I went to pick it up, but we ended up talking, had a few drinks and one thing led to another and then shit hit the roof." He sighs before taking a bite of his breakfast, which is delicious by the way.
Your head tilted to the side ever so slightly, subconsciously of course but Jungkook took it as an indication to explain. "I made sure it was clear to her it was just a one time thing and she agreed. For the first few weeks I thought we were on the same page, but then she started calling me and leaving these... desperate voicemails. After that I already knew I wouldn't be be bringing Ryan back to that preschool, besides their teachers were terrible." You nod, no longer eating as the story kept you fed and engaged.
"At first I thought she would stop over time, but she didn't. It only got worse, so I finally called her back to let her know she needed to stop but she wanted to have the conversation in person, which sounded reasonable to me at the time, but I should've seen right through it because low and behold, the same mistake was made, once again."
"Wait," You pause him, "So when did you guys hook up the second time?" His eyes look up to the ceiling as though the answer was written on it, "Sometime around the end of August, just a few weeks before school started." The twinge of jealousy that bubbled in your stomach was undeniable but you had no right to be jealous. He literally had no idea you existed at the time.
"And she kept calling your phone all the way until Thanksgiving?" you say with a weird tone, unsure how Jungkook would've let her continue to bother him for so long. Almost with shame he nods,
"I kept saying I would get around to cutting her off once and for all, but I went to a pretty dark place, y'know how life can get sometimes. I didn't care much for anything at all, but when I saw what it had done to us," he gestures between the two of you, "I realized my negligence was driving away people that were important to me, and I didn't want to lose you. So I had ended things with her once and for all shortly after new years. Y'know, wanting to start off the year fresh and shit like that."
You swallow, "I had no idea, you were going through such a hard time." You say almost sadly but maintain the soft smile on your face. A similar one creeping onto his face, "Well then that's good. Means the antidepressants are doing their job." He chuckles and you didn't know whether to laugh along or be concerned.
"It's okay Y/n, you can laugh." You smile, "I-I just don't know what to say. All this time I was thinking I was some kind of home-wrecker or that you were seeing someone else, but to hear you explain what was actually going on makes me feel like such an idiot."
Jungkook scoffs jokingly, "Homewrecker? If Ryan's mother was still in the picture, a 'homewrecker' would be exactly what I would need, and a bullet to the head if I'm being honest." he shakes his head, remembering what he describes as the worst time in his life. Your hand boldly clasps over your mouth stifling a laugh at his dramatic expression.
He laughs, "I'm serious, though." His smile fades, "Those are seven years I can never get back." You flinch at the number, that's almost a decade. Calculations begin to roll around your head autonomously. "So-" You begin to say but he already knew where you were going with this.
"We met at 15, had Ryan at 21 unexpectedly, but no regrets of course, and broke up at 22, thank god." Releasing a calming breath of air as he says that last part, clearly they didn't end on good terms if he feels so at peace every time he mentions her absence.
"But that's enough about me for the day. How's your apartment? Any updates on the power?" You shake your head, digging back into your food, "Hopefully it should be fixed by tonight, I'd hate to over stay my welcome." Jungkook rolls his eyes, "You know I want you here more than anything, and I'm not letting you go back to your place until things are up and running again."
You didn't bother fighting him on it, you knew it would be you fighting a losing battle so you let him have it.
It would be a lie to say that you didn't enjoy your lazy Saturday with Jungkook, the two of you lounged around the house talking the day away. You watched breaking bad and kept saying that you had to stop to do some schedule planning for the kids but you couldn't seem to leave the couch, or his arms. "Just one more episode" becoming a meaningless statement.
He was seriously invested in your stories from your travels in Europe over the summer, expressing how he dreams to visit one day.
Time seemed to have zoomed for the next 3 hours, now bringing you to a dark sky and the crackling fireplace keeping you warm as you played a childish round of truth or drink.
The two of you sat comfortably on the carpet with the game cards stacked neatly on the coffee table which was also responsible for holding your shot glasses.
Your chest was already warm from the consequences of three passed questions while Jungkook only had passed two.
"Your turn," your voice bubbly and excited as you pick up the card for Jungkook, flipping it over to ask him. "What's something you've never told anyone?" He sits there, and you can see he really thinks about it. Glancing back and forth between the shot glass and the card in your hand.
"I'm a millionaire." He says it so casually, with a bit of booze in your brain you begin to die of laughter. "Yeah, me too." You snicker, slwoly beginning to quiet down as you realize he wasn't laughing with you.
"Oh my god, are you being serious?" He shrugs, "I guess so. Remember when I said I was going through a lot of shit a year ago? Well part of that stems from me getting some cryptic ass letter that basically announced the death of some rich guy who claimed to be my biological father and left me his inheritance."
You sit there quietly, "I showed my parents the letter as a gag, expecting to get a good laugh out of it and that turned out to be one of the most depressing conversations I'd ever endured." Jungkook honestly wasn't sure why he was telling you all this, he'd told you things today he never thought he'd share with anyone but there was something that let him feel like he could be open with you.
"So you're telling me, you found out you were adopted and suddenly a millionaire on the same day." A slow nodding of his head was all it took for you to see he clearly wasn't thrilled about it. "I still haven't touched the money, really. Although I did use it to cover my parents' mortgage for the next few years. I don't really know what to do with the rest of it."
A small hum escapes your throat as you ponder, "If you ever feel like it's a burden to you, don't hesitate to just pass it on to me. It'll be hard but I'm sure I could think of something to do with it." His head falls back as his body shakes slightly with his laughter, "I'll keep that in mind."
"Your turn," He says, hands reaching to flip over a card as he reads it out to you. "How many people have you slept with?" He makes a certain face at the card as if he was displeased. "This is a bit invasive, do you want me to pick up another one?" You shrug, "I don't mind answering. It's one."
"Like one this year?" It slips out before he can catch it, and he regrets it, you can tell. "No. Just one person, ever. My ex. I'm not really one to have any sexcapades. I have a rule." You're sure if he had bunny ears, one would flop up in curiosity. "Oh?"
"I never go all the way with someone until at least six months of dating them so I can see that they're all in for the right reasons. hence why only one has made it so far. Everyone else usually thinks they can like persuade me three months in." Suddenly your throat felt like it was lined with sandpaper. "Is that a deal breaker for you?" Intently you watched the way he played with the ring hooped in his bottom lip with a serious expression.
"Are you saying we're dating, Y/n?" A teasing smirk spreads across his lips. You look away, unable to handle the intensity of his gaze on your from a mere foot away. "If that's okay with you-" A gentle hand cups your jaw as he turns you to face him, taking your breath away with a sweet kiss. His lips were as soft as you remembered them to be.
You could feel a certain shift in the kiss, turning from gentle and sweet to something a little deeper. It were as though there were magnets between your bodies, you found yourselves impossibly close to the point Jungkook forced himself to pull away from you, only to welcome you to straddle his hips.
"I'm okay with that." he grins before resuming his passionate attack on your lips.
2:04am
Your glasses were on and your hair was up, that was a sign that it was time for you to finally go to sleep yet here you were. Sitting up at the table with a stack of files you'd brought from your place that you needed to go through.
The border around your eyes were tinted red as you strained to stay up and finish, but you weren't even close.
"You're still up?" Jungkook says softly as he comes down in nothing but his black sweatpants. "I could ask you the same thing." Hardly sparing him a glance as you write down numbers onto the papers.
"You know I don't sleep much ever since I got my prescription. I can get 3-4 hours at night if I'm lucky." You frown, finally looking up at him, proud of yourself for not letting your jaw hit the floor as you patrolled him as he went to fill a glass of water from the fridge.
You knew he had a sleeve of tattoos, it was one of the first things you'd noticed about him, but you had no idea his back had its own art as well. The sleeve of tattoos that creeped over the back of his shoulder as it morphed into the most beautiful pair of inked angel wings that spread out across the expanse of his upper back.
You swallowed, shaking away your filthy thoughts. "What's got you up so late?" He leans over you to get a glimpse at the papers. "Regulatory compliances." It was so cute when he was confused. "Basically I have to cross reference the curriculum with our lesson plans and report that everything we're doing is aligned with the boards' outline." It dawns on him in the form of a soft 'ah'.
"When does this have to be done by?"
"Wednesday," It comes out with a rough tone and exhausted groan, you were clearly stressed. "Okay, Y/n, it's only Sunday. How about you put a pin in it and get some rest, hm?" Warm hands are placed on your shoulders and you nearly fall asleep right there but you shake your head, "I'm fine, I can keep going-" You yawn for what must be the 4th time since Jungkook came down.
"Okay, That's it. Come on, we're going to bed." He closes your files and takes your hand, letting you hop out of the chair and follow him up the steps debatably against your will as you're sure you would've given up no longer than 15 minutes later.
The moment your head hit the pillow, you were out like a light. Jungkook chuckles to himself softly at the thought that you truly tried to argue that you weren't tired.
He slips in beside you, loving the way your body naturally detected him and began to roll over towards him just like you did the night before, slotting yourself into his side. Once again, your warmth and the soft feeling of your heartbeat on his ribcage mixing together, prompting his brain to release enough melatonin until his eyes closed.
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"Good news." Is the first thing you say as you walk into the living room at 2pm after your well needed shower. "The power is working again at my place," Jungkook pouts at what he took as bad news, he was not-so-secretly hoping you would be staying a little longer.
"Don't look so sad, you see me literally every day." the dimple in your right cheek making a brief appearance as you smiled, making your way over to him on the couch.
"I know, but I really like having you here." You poke his cheeks that puffed up with his sad expression. "If you want to see me a little longer, then would you be okay with giving me a ride back to my place?"
He scoffs, "It's funny you thought I wasn't going to drop you off in the first place." he leans forward to drop a quick peck to your lips catching you off guard before bouncing up out of his spot, hardly giving you a chance to process.
The two of you making comfortable conversation with small giggles as you begin to put your jackets on, preparing to return you back to your apartment. Tugging your hat on with a firm pull before you picked up your bag and declared that you were ready to go.
Jungkook opened the door, stepping out with you closely behind him. Not sure if your eyes were blinded by the gleaming light that was reflected off the snow or the bright flashes of light emitted from the dozens of paparazzi camped outside the driveway.
Jungkook's name was shouted from various different people as they waved to get his attention as if being outside his front door wasn't alarming enough. Jungkook's face had been covered in disbelief just like yours, but differently he was able to shake it off and maintain his composure.
Taking your hand in a reassuring manner, he continued his path down the steps, whispering to you to keep your head down as you followed behind him. "Is it true that you're the secret son of the late business tycoon Jeon Jaehoon?" The woman holds a microphone to Jungkook, looking for an answer, and she most certainly got one.
"How about you ask me again when I make sure you're all behind bars for trespassing and harassment hm? How does that sound?" The flashes finally stop and some photographers begin to leave, Jungkook doesn't even wait for them all to leave, trusting that he got his point across clearly and makes his way to the drivers seat.
Once the doors closed it was as though you'd trapped in a foot deep layer or tension within it. Jungkook's chest rises slowly, flared nostrils and tensed brows before a slow and agitated exhaled. "It wasn't you right?" He asks.
Your posture straightens as you face him.
"What?"
"Tell me that it's all just a coincidence, Y/n. I tell you about the inheritance last night and suddenly there's paparazzi buzzing outside my house today?" Your head juts back, offended. "Are you implying that I told someone what you told me in confidence last night? Are you being serious right now?"
"I'm paranoid, okay? I'm sorry."
You sigh. As pissed as you wanted to be, you had to see it from his perspective. A swarm of paparazzi showing up less than than 24 hours after he shares the information with the first person outside his family doesn't exactly work in your favour.
"It's fine, I get it. I'd be paranoid too." He starts the car, leaving his now vacated lot behind. "Then who would do this?"
"Your guess is as good as mine."
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The following day was as hectic as any other day but you loved your job. Working with such big personalities that were bursting out their small bodies.
But you did love the end of the day too, sayin goodbye and mentally preparing for some relaxation when you finally got home. All day you'd be fantasizing about drawing a nice warm bath with eucalyptus and lavender oils.
You thought of it as the perfect way to wind down after a long day. Although seeing Jungkook's face for a few minutes while he picked up Ryan.
"I'm here to pick up my son." You turn around with a smile, to the new and unfamiliar face. She was tall with dark long locks that were curled at the ends, her heels were high and her face was looked like it belonged billboards and magazines.
You were a bit confused, you'd never seen her before, and you're sure you'd remember someone that brought in such a domineering aura the way she did.
"Sure, if you don't mind me asking who you are." You wanted to remain as polite as possible not wanting to offend her.
"I'm Ryan's mother."
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Talking about Incest in Public
(both the painful traumatic kind and the hot fictional kind)
As it turns out, lots of the people who read and write taboo fiction have survived some deeply fucked up shit. After talking about incest with other survivors on the Moon, Sun & Stars discord and answering questions, I decided to share more about my experiences and the things that helped me survive and the things that helped me heal, because there are a lot of us, and a lot of us feel very alone, and maybe there are other people who arenât incest survivors but who might want to know more to better support the survivors in their life. Â
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Incest is not just a sexual act between two family members -- it's a larger system of absence of boundaries within a family, and it's almost always part of multiple incestuous dynamics, even if only one might be the obvious or explicit dynamic.Â
If youâre an incest survivor, youâre almost certainly not the only one in your family.Â
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âThe true characteristics and dimensions of incestuous abuse have been masked by the taboo and silence that have surrounded its occurrence. Recent research demonstrates that incest occurs regularly in our society, perpetrated by individuals who, for the most part, would otherwise be regarded as fairly normal. The taboo on incestuous relations is a deterrent to some would-be perpetrators but not to others. The taboo contradicts the reality of incest prevalence, a fact which led Armstrong (1978) to comment that th taboo has been on the open discussion of incest and not on its perpetration.â
-Christine Courtois, âHealing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in TherapyâÂ
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To use my family as an example -Â
My (similarly aged) brother did sexual things to me as a kid, and I had a range of reactions to it including pleasure and enjoyment. And confusion. And fear. I do not think he is bad or even what he did was bad. I think we were both two kids who existed in a family with incestuous dynamics, and we were both shaped by those dynamics and trying our best to survive.Â
From a young age, I existed as a physical comfort object to my mom (when she was sad she'd get into my bed to hold me until she felt better while I dissociated), and I took on the idea that my role in the family was for my body to be used to make other people feel good. The sexual behavior by my brother felt like an extension of how my mom held me.Â
My mother was the victim of incest from her uncle, and her parents sided with her uncle over her when she spoke out about it (even after he was facing legal consequences for his behavior with kids outside of the family) (even after he fled the country). She didn't know how to emotionally regulate herself, and I don't think she had (or has) the capacity to understand a child's need for physical autonomy and boundaries because her own were never respected.Â
There were other incestuous behaviors and dynamics within my family which I'm continuously discovering and unpacking. I think my momâs uncle abused my grandmother too but Iâll never know for sure. Itâs deeply uncomfortable to look back on a happy family story or a childhood nickname and see something sinister underneath and wonder if youâre being paranoid or if itâs actually that bad. Â
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Things that have helped:Â
Long term relational therapy (5+ years). EMDR. Adopting a cat. Adopting more cats. Antidepressants. Reading about incest (realistic, terrifying, academic). Reading about incest (fictional, hot, amateur). Being a competitive athlete. Getting a graduate degree. Going on long walks late at night. Telling my family I had Covid so I could skip a family vacation.Â
These books specifically: Healing the Incest Wound by Christine Courtois, The Myth of Normal, Dissociation Made Simple, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, The Narcissistic Family Unit, Clementine Morriganâs writing x1000.Â
The protector parts: Eating disorder. Self harm. Drinking. Perfectionism. Depression. Suicidal ideation. Iâm grateful to these imperfect protectors Iâve leaned on over the years.Â
Things that have not helped:Â
You will be shocked to hear that people on the internet yelling about how people who find fictional incest hot are disgusting and bad and dangerous did NOT in fact help me unlearn the belief that experiencing incest made me disgusting and bad and dangerous. Luckily, Iâm built of spite. But it certainly did not help.Â
(If I think about my vulnerable pre-teen/teen self reading those things, I become deeply angry. How dare you hurt her in the name of protection.)
- I donât cater to all these vipers Dressed in empathâs clothing God save the most judgmental creeps Who say they want whatâs best for me Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies Iâll never see
-Taylor Swift, But Daddy I Love Him
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After I discovered fanfiction in middle school, and then after I realized that there was a world beyond OFC/Draco Malfoy fic, I read a lot of Blackcest. I devoured any I could find, hopping through rec lists on LiveJournal.Â
Reading Blackcest fics, first Bellatrix/Sirius then Sirius/Regulus mostly, allowed me to see my experiences reflected. Those fics gave me a way to contextualize my family and my role in it. I hate the expectation that kids who experience bad things should go to a safe trusted adult rather than find art that romanticizes their experience. The whole point is that there isnât a safe trusted adult. The whole point is that I needed the art. I got to hold the romanticized narrative until I got far enough away that I could put it away in a box until I had enough therapy that I could safely open the box and build a new, more honest story.Â
Obviously plenty of people love incest smut and fic and art. Itâs taboo! Itâs angsty! Itâs a classic! Probably most of those people donât have direct personal experience with incest in their families. Iâm glad they read and write fics too.Â
But for me â have you ever experienced something you believe so strongly you will never be able to say aloud? That any time you see your secret referenced itâs in shock and disgust and revulsion? You can pretend â youâre very good at pretending â but you know itâs real, and you know itâs your secret youâll hold onto for the rest of your life while the world reminds you how disgusting you are?Â
Then you find that people are writing about what you experienced in a thousand variations that all contain some nugget of your truth.
I cannot express in words how important it was that I found those stories at that time.Â
I never commented on a single fic. I never made a single account on any of the sites I read fanfiction on. I clicked the âyes Iâm 18â box without hesitation every time. I wish I could go back in time and have my adult self articulate the enormity of my gratitude for each and every author who helped save me whose work exists on sites I can only revisit with the Wayback Machine.Â
I understand why people might feel horrified at the idea of a 11-12 year old reading smutty incest Harry Potter fanfic. People arenât wrong for feeling that way.Â
That said, I truly donât care what people who arenât incest survivors think.
Iâm so proud of that child for finding a way to survive. She might have hated herself, might have fantasized about death, but she survived and kept the truth of her experience wrapped up in a fictional world where it could be safe to explore and kept it there until years and years of therapy made it possible to engage with it in reality.Â
- Iâm a real tough kid I can handle my shit They said, babe, you got to fake it till you make it And I did
-Taylor Swift, I Can Do It With a Broken Heart -
No one is writing about incest the way Clementine Morrigan is right now. Iâm so grateful for her. Iâm not sure this little tumblr post would exist without her essay series.Â
"Incest functions as a spell of unreality. A structure of nothingness. A completely normal and unremarkable family life in which something unnameable is ominously and terrifyingly wrong. You know in the summer when you can see the heat making the air go squiggly? Imagine those squiggles as an indication that in the seeming nothingness, there is something there. Incest is like that. Subtle, pervasive, unthinkable, unnameable. But present, felt.
As a teenager I came up with this metaphor: Imagine you are in a house full of bugs. There are bugs crawling all over all the walls and all the furniture and in your food and even on the fork you are lifting to your mouth. And you feel disgusted, you feel like something is really wrong. But your whole family is acting completely normal, laughing and eating and talking as bugs crawl over their faces and into their mouths. When you tell them you think there are bugs in your food your family says itâs just pepper and not to worry about it.
There is no way to talk about incest without feeling that you are lying. This is because incest lives in the realm of unreality and everything in the realm of unreality cannot be thought or said or named. When you speak of things that happen in the realm of unreality it will always feel like a lie and be treated like a lie. You are breaking the fundamental rule. You are not allowed to talk about what goes on in the realm of unreality because it isnât real."
Read more and pay for her writing if you can on her substack.
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Without a doubt, the not-explicitly-sexual incest from my mom fucked me up more than the explicitly sexual incest from my brother, but I only feel confident claiming the incest survivor label because sexual stuff was done to me by a family member, and I still feel like Iâm lying sometimes because it wasn't bad enough to count.Â
Iâm a literal mental health clinician who can map out various incestuous dynamics within my family and who has clear memories of a family member doing sexual stuff to my child body, and I still feel like Iâm lying.Â
I believe you if you feel like a liar because I bet you do. I believe you if the incest never included anything directly physical. I believe you if you enjoyed it. I believe you if you donât remember but feel like itâs true.Â
I love us.Â
If weâre monsters, I love our courageous monstrosity.
If weâre liars, I love the way we make up stories to survive when reality is impossible.Â
If weâre an uncomfortable truth, good.Â
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It still impacts me. Iâm not over it.Â
Itâs very difficult for me to imagine love that does not include violation. To be loved and to be allowed to maintain a self.Â
But Iâm open to learning otherwise, and that openness is new.Â
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I was so, so good at living in unreality. I could make myself perfect, such a flawless object until I couldnât think of anything except killing myself, but even then I still maintained the image of perfection my family expected.Â
Itâs cool I never actually killed myself.Â
I find it hard to be around my family now. There are advantages of living in unreality. I drink a lot more when Iâm around my family than I ever did before, but I donât think about killing myself nearly as much. Reality is worth it. Being able to exist as a person is worth it.Â
- I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.
-Sylvia Plath
- Iâm not afraid. Iâm not afraid. Iâm not afraid. (I insist.)
It didnât kill me then. Itâs not going to kill me now. (I remind myself.)Â
My life is worth living, and there are fights worth fighting, and it is undeniably true the world is full of horror, but it is good to write and create and be alive, and it is good to try. Iâm a little afraid to post this, but the fear and shame isnât mine to hold, and I never should have been the one holding it.Â
Consider this a thank you note sent out to the universe in the hopes the sentiment echoes towards those authors who saved me then and to all the writers who are saving people now. Your art matters. No matter how weird or niche or dismissed or hated it is. It matters.Â
Thank you.
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Beautifully Cruel World-Chapter 10
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ABO Non-Idol Stray Kids Universe Poly OT8 x Reader 18+ MDNI
Warnings in the Series Masterlist as well as any other information needed
Warning: Smut First time I've ever written smut, so I'm sorry if it sucks (I'm updating the warnings in the series masterlist so this is the only other warning for smut from here on out)
Also want to let everyone know that with holiday seasons coming up, work is getting busier and I'm gonna be working more days than my normal here soon so it's gonna be a bit harder to write. I promise to update as often as possible and I'm gonna start adding dates next to the upcoming chapters in the masterlist on when they should be posted so refer to that.
thank you everyone for reading, now enjoy
Chapter 10
âHow was it?â Jisung asks after Y/n walks out of the office he was waiting for her in front of as she was talking with her therapist and psychiatrist and he can see the signs that sheâs been crying which doesnât surprise him.Â
âWeird.â She sniffles, wiping her nose with a tissue. âThey asked me a lot of mental health questions mostly, and they want to put me on anti anxiety meds for sure and maybe antidepressants.â
âItâs not too bad.â He takes her hand to lead her back to the lobby where Chan is waiting for them. âI was put on the same when I first started coming here. Still take the anxiety ones actually.â
âReally?â She looks at him surprised.Â
âYeah.â He nods his head. âI was homeschooled as a kid so I didnât socialize as much as I should have and it caused a lot of anxiety because of it. The only reason I know Chan and Changbin is because my dad worked for their dads originally. Really they were my only friends back then.â
âGood to know.â She nods, frowning.Â
âWhatâs wrong?â
âI just realized I donât actually know a lot about all of you guys, or how you all came to be.â She whispers, looking at the floor.Â
âWell feel free to ask questions whenever, weâll be happy to answer.â He squeezes her hand as they walk out into the lobby and Chan looks up at them.
âYou okay?â Chan stands as the two walk up to him and he pulls her into his side.Â
âYeah, it was just a lot.â She hands him the paper for her anti-anxiety prescription.Â
The alpha looks over it and sighs but understands and reads the note about possible antidepressants but they want to have more sessions with her to determine that.Â
âIâm gonna ask you like I had asked Ji when they wanted to prescribe him this too.â He moves her to look at him. âDo you want to be put on medication? Do you think it will actually help you?â
âI-I donât know. Iâve never taken stuff like this before.â She stutters. âBut Iâm wary because of the injections.â She then looks over at Jisung. âDoes it help you?â
âYeah, I think so.â He smiles at her. âI feel like Iâm able to get through the day easier with it. And donât worry, itâs nothing like how the injection was.â
Y/n nods her head still thinking about it and Chan tilts her head to look up at him. âHey, you can try them out for a bit and if you donât like how they make you feel or donât think theyâre helping then we can slowly get you off of it.â He reassures her. âWe did that with Jisung for his antidepressants.âÂ
âOkay.â She whispers. âIâll try it.âÂ
Chan goes and gets the prescription sent in to be picked up at the pharmacy in Stayville and picks it up on their way home.Â
ââșââ ⟠ââșââ
âBaby girl.â Chan stops the omega as she walks past his room and motions for her to come in. âIâve noticed youâve been in your head since we got home, talk to me.â He shuts the door after she walks in.
She sighs as he leads her to sit on his bed. âI just realized today that I donât actually know a lot about all of you.âÂ
âThatâs all?â He watches her closely as she nods her head. âBaby, all you have to do is ask us questions and weâll tell you anything you want to know.âÂ
âCan you tell me about your family and where you came from?â She asks shyly. âI remember Minho telling me that Hannah visits from Australia a lot. And Dr. Hajoon was calling you Chris.âÂ
âYeah.â He smiles and laughs a little as he sits next to her. âMy English name is Christopher. I was born here but was mostly raised in Australia. My dad went back and forth from there and here to help Changbinâs dad run the company. His dad retired so he and I handle the Korean office while my dad still runs the one there.â
The omega nods as she listens. âYour brother is an omega. What about Hannah? And your parents?â
âLucas is our only omega in my family pack too.â He smiled at her. âMy dad is an alpha and so is Hannah. My mom is a beta.â
âWould we ever be able to go visit Australia?â She whispers.
âOf course.â He lifts her head to look at him. âAs a pack we own a vacation house there so that Felix and I are able to visit our families often.â
Y/nâs jaw dropped. âHow did I not realize that Felix is also Australian?â
âI donât know, baby.â He laughs a bit. âFelix and I have known each other since we were kids. I taught him Korean and after I had moved and gotten settled here with Changbin, Jisung and Seungmin we moved him here.âÂ
âJi said you guys were the only friends he had since his dad worked for yours.â She looks over his facial features. âHow did everyone else come into the pack?â
âWell, Seungmin and I went to high school together here. I was his senior.â He smiles as she listens closely. âHe was a bit unsure of himself when he realized we were fated. I had to go up to him first and tell him about Changbin and Jisung, who I was living with and tell him about Felix back home.â
âMinho had run into Jisung at a caffe not far from the office. At the time Minho was a backup dancer for BTS but after meeting Ji and wanting to court him since he was his fated mate, he decided to stay in Seoul and started teaching dance. And Ji convinced him to meet the other four of us as he knew we were his fated mates too.â
âMin was a backup dancer for BTS?â Y/n gawks. âI donât believe it.â
âLook up some of their live performances, youâll see.â And she makes a mental note to do so later. âHyunjin and Jeongin met each other in school and knew they were each other's fated mates. Hyunjin had started taking classes from Min and even though they both realized they were fated mates, Jinnie was too scared of Minho to talk to him about it and Min wasnât about courting his student.â
Y/n couldnât help but laugh at how cute the whole situation is. âSo how did it finally happen?â
âFelix.â Chan smirks. âChangbin had dropped him off at the studio one day to bring Minho lunch and Hyunjin fell in love at first sight. After that Lix made Jinnie and Min talk and Hyunjin told them about Jeongin and they told him about the rest of us.â
âThatâs all really cute.â The omega gushes. âBest story ever.â
âI donât know.â He grins at her mischievously. âI think my favorite story is the one about how we met our omega.â He grabs her pulling her onto his lap so sheâs straddling him causing her to blush.
âChannie.â She pouts as he holds her hips and Y/n canât help but to glance down at his lips, thinking about what it would be like to kiss him.
Y/n starts to wonder if theyâre gonna claim her soon or not, thinking back to what her brother had told her, about them possibly just using her.
âYouâre thinking too much, baby girl.â The alpha grips her hips a bit tighter causing her to whine a little. âJust say it.â
âPlease.â She looks back and forth from his eyes to his lips.
âYouâve gotta say it.â She continues to pout though and he lightly spanks her ass. âCome on baby, I donât know what youâre wanting if you donât speak up.â
âPlease claim me, alpha.â She sounds disparate.
âFuck.â He growls, pulling her down to kiss her lips. âWasnât expecting that.â
The kiss is heated and passionate, he smirks at the small wines sheâs making. He spanks her again causing her to gasp and the alpha takes the opportunity to slide his tongue past her lips. She doesnât try to fight back with her tongue, already submitting to him.
He pulls away from the kiss and starts trailing kisses down her jaw to her neck, relishing in the little sounds she makes. He groans into her neck when she bucks her hips against him, her nails digging into his shoulders.Â
Chan buries his nose into her scent gland before switching their positions so sheâs on the bed and heâs hovering above. One arm next to her head to keep himself up and the other lightly trailing up her bare thigh to the bottom of her skirt.Â
âAre you sure about this, baby girl? Because once we start, Iâm not stopping.â He looks into Y/nâs eyes, seeing how desperate and needy she already is as she nods her head. âWords baby, I need you to use your words.â
âYes alpha, Iâm sure.â
âGood girl.â He growls as he pushes her skirt up and cups her sex, feeling how damp her underwear is. âFuck, my little omega, youâre already so wet.âÂ
Y/n covers her face with her hands in embarrassment as he continues to rub her through her panties letting out little whines and moans.Â
âDonât hide from me.â Chan grabs both of her wrists with one hand and moves them from her face and pins them above her head. âThere she is, my beautiful girl.â
âChannie.â Y/n bucks her hips against his hand. âYouâre teasing.â
âAm I?â He fake pouts at her before taking his hand away from her and she whines and squirms as he still holds her in place. âWhatâs wrong? I thought you didnât want me to tease you? So I stopped.âÂ
âChan, please.â And with a smirk at her begging he lets go of her wrists, moving his hands to her blouse and takes it off and raises a brow at her bare chest. âNo bra? Tsk, naughty girl.â
âTook it off when we got home.â Y/n pants. âIt was uncomfortable.âÂ
âOf course it was.â He coos, kissing her lips again and cups her boob, squeezing it a little before playing with her nipple.Â
She arches her back, moaning into his mouth as she starts pulling at his shirt trying to get it off. Chan sits back pulling the shirt over his head and she ogles him, eyes roaming over every muscle of his torso. She then notices the bulge in his jeans, sitting up she unbuttons them as he smiles while watching her, helping take his pants off leaving him in his boxers.Â
Chan grabs the waistband of her skirt, pulling it down along with her panties before pushing her to lay back down as he looks over her.
âYouâre so beautiful.â He whispers, moving his fingers to play with her slit before pushing a finger in causing her to bite her lip. âYouâre so tight, baby. If you canât take my finger, how are you gonna take my cock?â
âI can take it.â The omega moans as he starts to finger her. âPlease alpha, I can, I promise.â
âLet me prep you first.â
He pushes a second finger in and makes a come hither motion and she arches her back once again grabbing onto his arm as he speeds up his fingers.Â
âChannie, please.â Y/n whimpers as he pulls his fingers out of her pussy, bringing his fingers to his mouth to taste her slick.
âMmm, you tastes so good. Gonna have to eat you out sometime.â He wastes no time sliding his boxers off before leaning over her, lining up with her. âThis might hurt a little, but I promise it will get better, just let me know if it gets to be too much.â
âOkay.â Y/m whispers and gasps when he starts to push in.Â
When Chan feels some resistance he gives a hard thrust, completely bottoming out inside her causing her to moan a little in pain and pleasure. He stays still, looking at her face to check sheâs okay and wipes away a tear from her eye.
âDoes it hurt?â
âA little.â The omega whimpers before grinding against him. âPlease move.â
Chan pulls out a bit before thrusting back in causing her to gasp again as he moves. Her expression soon changed from that of a bit of pain into pleasure.
âYouâre so tight, baby girl.â He grunts as her hands go to his shoulders, claws coming out and start digging into his skins as she becomes a moaning mess under him.
âPlease alpha, more.â And he speeds up his rhythm, rutting into her as he looks down to where they are connected seeing just how well sheâs taking him.Â
When he sees some blood, which shockingly didnât make her feel bad for hurting her but turned him on more knowing heâs taken her innocence and now belongs to the pack, to him. The sight of it causes him to harden his thrust and he grabs her hands from his shoulders placing them next to her head and holds them.
âChannie⊠ah.â Y/n squeezes his hands, head turning to the side as her eyes close, her walls clamping around him.
âFuck.â He growls, loving the sound her slick makes around his cock. âYou close baby?â
She nods in desperation and the knot at the base of his cock starts to swell. âPlease, Chan, so close. Want your knot, please. Please claim me.â
Chan nuzzles into her neck for a moment smelling at her scent gland before biting down hard, teeth breaking the skin as he tastes her blood. She screams and cums around him, shaking in pleasure, her juices squirting everywhere making a mess of both of them and the bed. She thought the bite would hurt but instead she just feels a flood of his love and emotions for her.
He stays latched onto her neck riding out her pleasure before his knot inflates all the way and he releases his load into her. His knot keeps him locked in as his cum fills her up, some spilling out around his cock. It isnât until sheâs milked him dry that he lets go of her neck, licking his lips of her blood.
Y/n gazes up at him looking fucked out as he lets go of one of her hands to push some of her hair out of her face. âYou did so good, baby girl.â
âWanna bite you too.â The omega whimpers as she tries to move but his knot still hasnât softened, keeping him in place.
Chan leans down, giving her access to his neck, the side with only three mate marks and she bites down just under the bottom one. He groans in pleasure and lets her stay there as long as she wants.Â
Once she lets go she looks up at him, eyes full of love. âMy alpha.â
âThatâs right baby.â He coos and kisses her lips. âI love you so much.â
âLove you too.â
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