#no out break au

[grim333z]

Music girlfriend

No outbreak au} carl x gn!reader

Summary: music boyfriend part 2.

Warnings : none

You spot Carl before he spots you. Nervously tapping his finger on the side of his phone, brushing his fringe out of his eyes every now and again. Once  his eyes find you, a small smile creeps across his lips, only momentarily, you probably wouldn't have even spotted it had you not been looking at them.

"Hey," spills from your lips as you make it to him. He quickly slips his phone away, "So, uhm, I walk home." Carl stumbles over his words, running his tongue over his canine tooth once he's done. He was weirdly awkward, just starting to walk and hoping you'd follow. You did, obviously. But for someone who stands on a stage and performs nearly every other week, he didn't seem all that confident.

"You're really quite awkward." You utter, tilting your head. Carl slows his pace down, head turning to look at you, an almost uncomfortable, hurt, look  on his usually melancholy face. '

"I mean - sorry.. that that came out wrong. like you're just super quiet for the frontman of a band. "

"That's not me on the stage, though... I'm acting when I'm up there. I mean, if I didn't, I might puke out of nerves..."Carl huffs a laugh out. It made sense. He was really quiet when he wasn't on a stage.  "Oh," you say, glancing at him. He's doing that thing again, running his nail across the dry pale skin on his lips. "I just - I mean, that makes sense,"

Carl fiddles with his lip while he figures out a response. He doesn't respond. he just keeps walking. The silence builds for the majority of the walk, just following him. He could be taking you anywhere. "So, Carl, you got any siblings? Like, who's gonna be there. Just so I know, " You say, trying to break the silence.

"Just my little sister, half brother. It don't think they'll get in the way" Carl wraps his hand around his backpack strap. Painted black middle finger running across the dry skin around his thumb nail, he screamed nervous energy, he never seemed nervous when he'd slip from backstage to say hi or to convince the bartender to give you a free drink, saying you're in the band. It might be the lack of preshow energy or that he had something planned, which you brush off trying not to play into your own ideas. You nod in return, the silence falling once again.

"Were here." he says, an awkward smile slips onto his face, it seemed more a nervous smile, like he's unsure if you even actually wanted to be their. Carl, slips his key out of his back pocket, you follow him in, slipping your shoes off at the door, he doesn't greet anyone; but from the kitchen you can hear someone talking like they're speaking to a small child, "c'mere peanut" its a woman's voice and the faint giggle of a small child rings through the air,

"is that your mom? Comes stumbling out, accidentally letting curiosity get the better of you, a weird urge to get to know every little detail of this boy, not just the surface level stuff you knew already. Carl pauses on the stairs turning on his heel, he takes a moment to clock what you're asking, "oh, no that's Michonne, she's my step-mom" theirs a hint of hesitance in his voice, like theres a history behind his sentence, and a small part of you wants to pry for answers, though you don't. Still the urge to pick through every piece of his brain still lingers. You nod in response as he leads you upstairs.

Carl's room is as you'd expect, messy, dark; his interests basically everywhere guitars in stands sit against one wall, a box of hundreds of issues of a variety of comics sit half jutting out from under his bed, a sizeable pile of cups and plates on one side of his desk, a stack of hand drawn band posters on the other, paint and pencils everywhere. It was so, him. 

"Cool comics." ends up leaving your mouth, an accidental attempt to break the silence, your eyes landing on the iconic yellow of the invincible comics, the one on top of the pile. 

"thanks, I hate books..."He huffs a laugh, slumping down on his unmade bed.

A couple hours pass, all awkwardness had disintegrated into nothing, spending all your time giggling over stupid YouTube videos or accidentally being roped into a hide and seek game with Rj and Judith, meeting Carl's step mom, His father ,rick coming home at some point. You're all sat too the table, and its strange feeling so at home with a family you've never really spent time with aside for the odd saying hello to Mr Grimes if he comes to any of Carl's gigs. Rj and Jude are loud, bickering over the better seat. Once dinner is over the two of you head back upstairs, slumping down on the bed.

"can you play anything?" Comes from carl, quiet...

"nope, I'm not as musical as you, Carl."

"want to try?" He stammers on his words, he's weirdly nervous to ask, sitting up resting back on his forearms looking over at your laid back form, his eyes accidentally tracing your outline, he awaits your response with an anxious excitement, like he was desperate to share this part about himself with you, specifically...

"sure, why not." Rushed from your lips , sitting up to match his form, forearms resting on the mattress. What harm could it really do, you'd never even bothered picking up an instrument, maybe this could unlock a new hobby of yours...

You watch as Carl eagerly rushes to grab his lead, plugging in the amp which lets out a constant low hum

"should it be making that noise?" 

"yep, its just the distortion." He responds, you watch him slump down onto his knees to adjust the settings. Carls fingers working with precision to gain the best sound, tinkering with the tone and gain; all words which mean very little to you, fuck, what was a tone?

"c'mere" he ushers you over.

Now stood Infront of him, guitar weighing heavily on your shoulder, a small triangular piece of plastic sits between two of your fingers awkwardly, Your face twists  into one of confusion, looking at the instrument.

"use that, n strum.." he says motioning how to strum, the god awful sound of just open notes ring through the amp as you do as he says, he nods, "now put your fingers up their" he says, which is met with a look of confusion as your hand tentatively rests on the smooth wood of the neck, a sense of nervousness pools in your gut as the fear that you really don't wanna break his instrument lingers, he takes a deep breath. Carl slowly walks behind you, coming up and resting his hand on the fret board, making a shape with his fingers at the top, a simple G chord, but to you it was just some random place to put his fingers. "now strum" he says his voice quiet and close to your ear, when you only strum one jankey chord he reaches around with his other hand, landing on the one holding the pick, guiding you in strumming, It sounded better when he was showing you how to do it.

Though you don't pick up on this as your focus is entirely on his warm, Shakey breath on your neck as he shows you what to do...

[blabberoo]

"You have 72 hours."

Left alone in the consequences of his obsession, he let desperation get hold of his intellect and come up with a plan. For the world. For himself.

[noodles-and-tea]

"STANLEY WITH BABY FORD ON THE OTHER HAND" (from tags)

Noodles? What are you planning to do to us? Should I get a dust pan to sweep my heart off the floor now?

It’s goING GOOD NO PROBLEMS HERE NOTHING CAN GO WRONG!!!

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

happy pride month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 Marlinspike Pride 2024

[akanemnon]

That's two jailbreaks in one day!

FIRST - PREVIOUS - NEXT

MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

[canisalbus]

✦ Coffee Shop AU ✦

[homeofwyrm]

Jodybeth sketch to hold me over

[lilybug-02]

An alarm clock sounds the end!

Bug Fact: Several insects can hear ultrasonic sound waves, including cockroaches, spiders, wasps, beetles, and flies.

First || Prev // Next

Masterpost

[beddybites]

my take on some genderbent hashira

[demaparbat-hp]

Oh, Aang, you're really in it now...

This is Zu—I mean, Jian Li and Katara's second meeting in the Kyoshi Warriors AU. The first proper one, anyway.

Once they get through a minor difference of opinion or two (“I can carry my own basket!” “Never said you—” “I'm not weak!” “I didn't—” “Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean—” “Would you listen for once, woman?!” ) they'll become nearly inseparable.

For now Jian Li will carry Katara's basket all the way to the Kyoshi Warriors' dojo and, once there, they'll mercilessly tease Sokka when they see him in uniform.

[peace-hunter]

op: "i really don't mind-" zeta: "Do Not enable him"

sort of a sequel to this? a lot of people really wanted op to get a hug and i support that. so does prima. zeta isn't really against it, he just wishes prima would at least try to stick to the schedule for primus' sake-

haunted au

[synodicsoma]

Stan quite literally chewing his was way out of that trunk he got shoved into and left for dead ✨

[magicicephoenix]

Sun actually wearing his jacket for once

[noodles-and-tea]

For the twins in time AU, I genuinely wonder what kind of people the young twins grow up into because of Stan’s/Ford’s influence. Especially if it takes years for the portal to get fixed.

(Sorry if it seems like I already sent this question, I don’t know if it got sent the first time I asked)

I haven’t fully fleshed out how Ford grows up in the past but I do have thoughts on Stan presently

[omaano]

New Mission Acquired

QV: "There are other means of tracking even an experienced bounty hunter like you, Mando, might be unfamiliar with. Maybe a direct tip from the Force is what you need in your search." DD: "I don't know much about this Jedi Magic business, but if the Force worked like this the others surely would have mentioned it." QV: "Hah. No, the Force doesn't work like that, of course. Not to most people, anyway. But if you get me something - an item, a datapad, an often worn piece of clothing, that kind of thing - from this mystery Jedi Master of yours from right before they disappeard there's a chance I could point you in the right direction."

Somehow Quinlan turned out so sparkly and shiny, and not just because of all the gold jewelry in his hair.

Link to everything else (other characters, monthly updates and ramblings) in this Hades AU

[sweeneydino]

Almost killed family 2.0 ✌️

Bane of his existence…. Get it?