#oc: fangs/bambi

[bubuisdrawing]

[somethinspecial]

Jjba Oc/ Insert Info!

Name: Louis Bell Basil

Namesake: Louis Armstrong

Nicknames: Lou, Bells, Dog, Vamp

Nicknames for others: Dear, Hun, my Love

Gender identity: Afab trans man

Height: 5’6

Weight: 145 lbs

Hair color: brunette

Eye color: Blue

Type of Voice: mid toned with a Cajun accent

Eyesight: worsting over time (wears contacts in later years)

Race and/or ethnicity: white, Cajun French

Hometown/ country: New Orleans/Chalmette

Current residency: Egypt

Religion: n/a

Moral alignment: Lawful neutral

MBTI personality type: Enfp

Medical/Dental health: Arthritis as well as constant trips to the hospital due to work

Mental health: has Anxiety as well as forms of ptsd

Phobias: various but tends to research whatever he fears to desensitize

Scars/Burns/Birthmarks/Tattoos: many scars and other injuries. Has beauty marks and a darker red mark barely noticeable in between brows

Criminal record: n/a

Awards and education: graduated high school, scouted out by the speedwagon foundation and furthering his education into becoming a bodyguard for them.

Past experience: parental divorce leading to a drastic move that took him away from most of his family at a young age.

Thoughts on love: a Romantic at heart even if he acts like it’s silly

Sexual/romantic identity: Pan/ aroace spectrum

People they like: Mya, his grandfather and aunts, some coworkers, thinks highly of the crusaders and later gets to know some through Mya, enjoys the children in the small town he lives in

People they hate: Dio, his minions, his mother for taking him away from his old life and constant abuse of him and his siblings, rude people

Dreams for the future: wants to settle down. Hopes that he can keep up his job as bodyguard to Chaka in the foundation but also works in babysitting/other tasks around town when Chaka’s also at work.

Relationships: close friends with Mya, in a romantic relationship with Chaka

Quotes: “(i’ll)Be back soon”

Hobbies: Horseback riding, working out, reading

Habits: Nail biting, bathing when stressed

Quirks/ unique personality traits: cant help but laugh when others laugh, can be childish, reading out loud, spouting out odd facts

Pet Peeves: loud chewing, fake yelling noises (panics him)

Stand Type: Attack

Stand Name: Little Fang

Stand Range: 2 meters

Destructive power: A

Speed: C

Range: D

Stamina/ Persistence: B

Precision:B

Developmental potential: A

Stand abilities: Long Claws able to rip through Enemies. If blood is ingested, the enemy stand will be forced into a zombie like state unable to attack. This state can only be cured by either waiting 101 days or consuming animal souls (can be sped up quicker with human souls)

Stand Weakness: poor defence, a glass canon

Battle Cry: BOW

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Favourite band: The Bangles

Favourite color: warm colors (or Baja Blast Blue shh Ofc he knows what a Baja blast is)

Favourite animal: cats

Favourite movie: Bambi

Favourite school subject: Science

[thewolvenpacks]

FLUFFY'S INTRO !!

Name(s) : Fluffy , Feral , Puppy , Storm , Strawbette , Moon , Luna , Stardust , Felina , Beowulf , Bite , Bolt , Bone , Fang , Lupin , Lycan , Wolff , Cain , Sprout

Nicknames : Wolfie , Fluffers , Pup , Berry

Pronouns : She/Her , Pup/Pups, Nap/Naps , Pet/Pets , Arf/Arfs , Woof/Woofs , Pack/Packs , Chew/Chews , Cuddle/Cuddles , Nova/Novas

Kintypes : Australian Shepherd , German Shepherd , Somali Cat , Timber Wolf

Fictionkins : None

Fictive Sources : Anne Boonchuy from The Plantar Family Pet on AO3 (Deleted)

Age : 12-16

Interests : Dogs, Warrior Cats, The Click , Amphibia , Rabbids Invasion , Furries , Creating OCs , Hoarding Genders , Sidequest , Kurtis Conner

Orientation : Angled AroAce , Bambi Lesbian , Lesbidox , AutoSapphic , Kinamorine , DemiPolyDuctuaffectian , DemibiAmical , PanPlayful , Arospike , Objectum

Gender : Pupgender , Demigirl , Non-Binary , Gxrl , Genderfluff , Genderfluffy , Puphoard , Dogvesi , Xirl , Girlby , Doggender , Puppykitgender , Pupcute , Canivior , Puppypet , Petlexic , Adoggirl , Pupfreak , Pupthing , Affectipupian , Cuddlegender , Dogcollaric

Sign Off : 🐕‍🦺

[fluffsart]

Doodle dump

[sephythespooky]

Skeleton Nickname Masterpost

Someone asked, so here it is. All the nicknames I use for the Undertale AU boys and any other miscellaneous skeletons that may show up.

The list is set up as:

AU name:

 (sans body type) and (papyrus body type)

I’ll start with my own creations

PsychoHorrortale (a more suspense based horror than direct):

Tangle and Slash

Horrortale: (My version)

Clove or Chain (my slightly bara mellowed version) and Cinny (short for Cinnamon)

Horrorswap:

Cyan and Amber

Horrorfell:

Pepper and Chief

HorrorLust:

Plum and Mimosa (Mim for short)

Lustswap:

Boa and Sweet-pea

Lustfell:

Spice and Whip

DesireTale (lust fellswap)

Valerian and Rusty

UnderCandy (candyland lust au):

Puff and Powder

Mobfell:

Cage and Stiletto (also goes by Leto for short)

Mobswap:

Bambi and Tommy.

Cookies and Milk tale:

Milk and Vitamin Water (VW)

Cheftale:

Cookie and Chef

Underchorus:

Bari and Tenor

Tinytale:

Strawberry and Peach

B-movietale:

Fang and Flutter

TVtale:

Cable and Jazz

Royaltale:

Jingle and Quarry

Underworld Fell:

Nibble and Sip

Farmfell:

Skinner and Rustle

Underdale (wild west au):

West and Austin (live in underdale/snowdin)

[Dollar] Bill and Webber (live in Red Mesa/ Hotland)

Wyatt and [black] Jack (live in the Capitol)

Gaster Brothers:

Goldenrod and Nickle (mine)

Hextale

Degas and Rembrandt

Massitale

Acid and Base

Hospitaltale:

Spirit, Wraith, and Geist (gaster)

Scifitale:

Sonar and Pylon

SellerTale:

Ven and Trader

HolidayTale:

Loganberry and Lang

MirrorLust:

Angel and Chess

OUTCODES:

 Sides (appearance changing, mouthless sans-mimic), Pencil (Ink!Papyrus), Duple (Error!Papyrus),  Facet (side’s brother, no eyes), 

Outcode Kiddos:

 Rainbow (killer’s baby)

Toad (14 year old sans from a badster au) and Trim (baby papyrus from same au)

Bitty AU Big Skeleton Doctor:

Tahoma (my OC)

Nightlight Skeleboy:

Persimmon (percy) [oc]

Skeles who are in different AUs but have connected:

Patches (experimenttale Sans), Doc (Papyrus) and Mister G (their Dadster) [NOTE: Patches is a child, around 10, Doc is 16]

Crimson (bara fell sans) and Cherry (his super softy Papyrus) 

My skelesona:

Cloister (who comes from Farmfell)

A Good Boi  and Mimic:

Glim (my OC)

Goofy roommates who are very strange:

Curlz  (my OC)

Vasari (my OC)

My boys whose brothers belong to others:

Lime (hororswap Papyrus)

Punch (swap sans)

My Witchy Women of Hallowstale:

Nightshade and Lavender

THE ONES BELOW ARE SKELETONS MADE BY OTHERS (though a few were gifted to me to use)

Undertale:

Sans and Papyrus

Underswap:

Blue and Honey

Underfell:

Red and Edge

Swapfell (purple):

Grape and Violet

Fellswap (red):

Razzy and Syrup

Fellswap (gold):

Wine and Coffee

Underlust:

Sugar and Charm

Horrortale (canon):

Axe and Chompers

Mobtale:

Roulette and Sniper

Underworld:

Buddy and Noodle

Underworld Swap:

Gooseberry and Click

Dancetale:

Hip-hop and Jose

Altertale:

Shade and Sunny

Storyshift:

Crown and Poppy

Outertale:

Orion and Comet

Reapertale:

Reaper and Pluto

Undertomb:

Teddy and Needles

Negativetale:

Tangerine and Sagittarius (won’t ship with Sag because he’s abusive)

Farmtale:

Farm and Ranch

G-tale bros:

G and Aster

Mirrortale:

Cutie and Kiwi

Mirror Swap:

Cadet and Cooper

MirrorFell:

Marauder (Maude) and Sarge

HorrorMirror:

Lamb and Slim

Outcodes:

Splash (Ink), Crash (Error), Mage (Nightmare), Archer (dream), Max (Fresh), Deca (Cross), Dusty (Murder), Spook (dusty’s papyrus ghost), Mason (Killer), Geno, Copy Cat (skeleton mimic entity, gift), Chrono and Infinite (papyrus outcodes of time, gift), X (Xtale papyrus)

Malware and Reboot (code tale brothers, gift)

Cryo (out of control ice powers sans, gift)

EXP or Expy (creepypasta sans.exe, gift)

AND NOW FOR THE CREDITS UNDER THE CUT

Ink belongs to @comyet

Error, Fresh, and Geno belong to @crayonqueendom

Cross belongs to @jakei95

Fellswap Gold belongs to @blackggggum

Dream and Nightmare belong to @jokublog

Swapfell (purple) belongs to Kkhoppang

Underlust belongs to @nsfwshamecave-pb

Altertale belongs to @friisans

Storyshift belongs to @ut-storyshift

Dancetale belongs to @teandstars

Underswap was made by popcornpr1ce and released to the fandom

Underfell was made by underfell and released to the fandom

Underworld was made by Coulsart but released to the fandom

Underworld Swap designs by @buttercupsticksntricks

Horrortale by @sour-apple-studios

Murder!Sans belongs to @ask-dusttale

Killer!Sans belongs to @rahafwabas

Outertale belongs to @outertale

Undertomb belongs to @under-tomb

Mirrortale and variants belong to @gal-with-pastels

Negativetale belongs to negativecandy on twitter (maybe? it’s a korean AU so i’m not sure since i don’t read korean :( )

Farmtale belongs to (another cool person who speaks Korean) [yes farm sans came from korea, not japan.]

[foxesandmagic]

Happy Birthday to @randomestfandoms-ocs‘s blog!

Here’s just a few of your OC and canon character relationships that I’m excited to learn more about.

Abigayle and Jackson Whittemore (Teen Wolf).

Aella Wayne and Tim Drake (Batman Universe).

Alice Vallière and Chloe Bourgeois (Miraculous Ladybug).

Bambi and Sherlock Holmes (I’m sorry I wasn’t sure about their relationship, or which Sherlock is was about!).

Delaney Carlyle and Fangs Fogarty (Riverdale).

Teresa and Klaus Hargreeves (Umbrella Academy).

Kristina and Kevin Keller (Riverdale).

Selena McCall and Derek Hale (Teen Wolf).

Kit and Betty Cooper (Riverdale).

A/N: Gif credit goes to the respective owners, I just edited and found them. Not gonna lie, kinda wanna make more of these.

[sgtbuckyybarnes]

Homecoming - Prologue

A Jughead x OC x Fangs fanfiction

ff.net

“Damnit!”

She sighed loudly and raised her eyes to the dark, night sky as her arms flew out into an over dramatic shrug. She didn’t need her heel to break. Not tonight.

“Are, uh, are you okay?”

She jumped slightly as she turned on the spot to find where the voice had come from. With her eyes narrowed and her hands closed into tight fists at her sides she cursed beneath her breath as she went over on her ankle for the second time “If you’re a murderer can you just get it over with? My night is already bad enough.”

The amused sounding chuckle caught her off guard “Surely it can’t be that bad?” he asked as he pushed himself up from where he was sitting and stepped into the light. He was wearing a light denim jacket, had a grey beanie hat pulled low over his hair and couldn’t look less like a terrifying murderer if he tried.

“You have no idea my friend,” she said as she leaned with her hand pressed against the wall to her left to pull the offending shoe off her foot “Don’t suppose you have any super glue? If my last pair of tights ripping and my favourite top having a hole in it wasn’t enough my heel has decided to break and I’m already very very late.”

He smiled slightly as he reached out to take the shoe from her “My best friend’s dad was shot the other night.”

“Huh,” she answered pausing for a second before she reached out to attempt to get her shoe back “Well. It isn’t a competition.”

“If it was I’m pretty sure I’d win.”

“I’d call for a review of the rules. You can’t use sob stories to win.”

His smile was wider as he looked up from where he had been examining her heel “Is it absolutely necessary you wear these heels tonight?”

A loud groan left her lips as she took it from him to get a closer look herself “Yes,” she said stubbornly “They’re comfy, they match my outfit and…” she paused, pursing her lips together for a few seconds “And they’re lucky.”

“Lucky shoes,” he repeated tucking his hands into his pockets and leaning back slightly as his eyebrows raised “What are you doing that requires your shoes to be lucky?”

Crossing her arms over her chest she regarded him with her head tilted to one side “Do you actually care or are you laughing at me?”

“I guess you’ll have to tell me to find out,” he answered as he leaned with his shoulder against the wall “It’ll take my mind off things,” he added quietly, his head bowing slightly as he scuffed the bottom of his sneaker against the floor.

“Wow. Pulling the sob story yet again hey?” she asked with a laugh before reaching up to push her curls off her face “I’m off to the White Wyrm to meet some friends I haven’t seen in a while,” she explained with a sigh, leaning her back against the wall beside him “They don’t know I’m here.”

“If they’re your friends surely they’ll be happy to see you?”

“I guess,” she replied with yet another sigh, resting her head backwards and closing her eyes for a couple of seconds.

“Uh...didn’t you say you were already late?”

“Shit!” she exclaimed scrambling away from the wall and hopping slightly as she pulled her shoe back on “Shit you’re right!” she continued ruffling her curls up slightly before she sent him a smile “See ya round AlleyBoy,” she called throwing her arm up in a wave as she hurried, as well as she could with a wobbly heel, in the direction she’d been heading.

“Bye ShoeGirl,” he called after her before tucking his hands into his pockets once more and turning to head off in the opposite direction.

The two of them only realising they hadn’t got the others actual name when it was far too late.

*

The door to the White Wrym banged open and, pausing their game of pool, both Sweet Pea and Fangs shared a raised eyebrowed look. Toni was following closely behind a bored looking Tall Boy with the expression on her face that had always told the two boys to keep their opinions to themselves.

“Apparently there’s an initiation tonight.”

Sweet Pea jumped slightly and let out a sigh as Toni dumped her bag down loudly onto the pool table in between where he was lining up his cue and the ball “That what you were bothering Tall Boy over?” he asked straightening up and nodding over to where the older serpent was making his way through the bar.

There was a determined look on Toni’s face as she leaned against the side of the table and crossed her arms tightly over her chest “Yes,” she answered shortly “He wouldn’t tell me who it was.”

“Well he’s not going to when you’ve got that look on your face,” Fangs replied teasingly, flinching backwards over dramatically when she turned to face him and holding his hands up innocently.

“It’s never usually such a secret,” she answered with a huff “And, anyway, if I remember rightly you two weren’t exactly pleased when I had to the outdated, misogynistic, absolutely ridiculous part of the initiation,” she added after a moment of silence, throwing glances between the two boys “Direct quote. From the pair of you.”

“We’re not happy about it T,” Fangs said with a roll of his eyes “No one’s happy about it.”

“But it’s tradition isn’t it. No matter what you do you’ll never get this lot away from their traditions,” Sweet Pea said with a shrug as he glanced around the packed bar “And, anyway, we didn’t watch yours. Kept our eyes down,” he continued as he leaned back down, pushed her bag out of his way and began to line up his shot once more.

“Wow thanks,” Toni rolled her eyes “You’re such gentlemen.”

They were interrupted as a loud cheer went up and the lights cut out, a spotlight spun so it was trained on the stage and Toni let out another loud huff. Beside her Sweet Pea’s face lit up into a laugh and she reached over to punch him in the shoulder.

The three of them all glanced up as the silhouette of a slim girl with long, wild curls stepped up onto the stage, raising a microphone to her lips she began to sing “My demons are begging me to open up my mouth. I need them, mechanically make the words come out. They fight me, vigorous and angry, watch them pounce. Ignite me, licking at the flame they bring about…”

The looks they exchanged were brief as the lights flashed up and the girl reached the pole. Sweet Pea’s eyebrows arched and he couldn’t help but nudge the open mouthed Toni sitting beside him with his elbow as the girl’s arm curled around the pole and her head lay backwards.

“I sold my soul to a three-piece. And he told me I was holy. He’s got me down on both knees. But it’s the Devil that’s tryna hold me down, hold me down…”

There was a spluttering sound as the girl on stage brushed her hair from her face, the light hit her properly and she sent a wink out to the rest of the bar “Eyes down!” Fangs exclaimed almost choking on his beer and waving his arm over to his two friends “Eyes down!”

Sweet Pea let out a shout of irritation as Fangs’ hand slapped against his shoulder “Dude?! It’s an initiation we’re just watching what-?”

“You can’t watch,” Fangs insisted keeping his eyes lowered to the floor as he turned to his two friends “Because that-” he continued jabbing his finger over in the direction of the stage “-is Bambi.”

Both Sweet Pea and Toni slowly looked back to the stage for a few seconds, just in time to watch their childhood friend rip open her blazer to reveal a cropped lace top beneath.

“Oh my god that’s Bambi,” they said together, Sweet Pea turning away as Toni’s hands covered her eyes. They hadn’t seen their friend, Bambi to them but Noelle to everyone else, for a couple of years but as soon as it was pointed out there was no mistaking that it was her.

“This is why it was such a secret,” Toni grumbled as a round of applause went up and Tall Boy stepped onto the stage to present the bowing girl with her jacket.

“How have we missed that she’s home?”

“Because you’re terrible friends?” spreading her arms Noelle sent her three best friends a grin filled with as much innocence as she could muster when they all turned to stare at her with shocked, happy and slightly irritated expressions “Surprise?”

[bloody-hearts-lane]

Bambi Geneva Lesassier

Rules: bold any which apply to your OC; remember to repost; feel free to add to the list!

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[ COLORS ] red. brown. orange. yellow. green. blue. purple. pink. black. white. teal. silver. gold. grey. lilac. metallic. matte. pastels. royal blue. strawberry red. charcoal grey. forest green. apple red. navy blue. crimson. cream. mint green. cobalt blue. lime green.

[ ELEMENTS ] fire. ice. water. air. earth. rain. snow. wind. moon. stars. sun. heat. cold. steam. frost. lightning. sunlight. moonlight. dawn. dusk. twilight. midnight. sunrise. sunset. dewdrops. magic.

[ BODY ] claws. long fingers. fangs. teeth. wings. tails. lips. bare feet. freckles. bruises. canine. scars. scratches. wounds. burns. spikes. feathers. webs. eyes. hands. sweat. tears. feline. chubby. curvy. short. tall. normal height. muscular. lean. piercing. tattoos. lithe. moles. dimples.

[ WEAPONS ] fists. sword. dagger. spear. arrow. bow. hammer. shield. poison. guns. axes. throwing axes. whips. knives. throwing knives. pepper sprays. tasers. machine guns. slingshots. katanas. maces. staffs. wands. powers. magical items. magic. rocks. mud balls. pyre. teeth. rifles. words.

[ MATERIALS ] gold. silver. platinum. titanium. diamonds. pearls. rubies. sapphires. emeralds. amber. amethyst. metal. iron. rust. steel. glass. wood. porcelain. paper. wool. fur. lace. leather. silk. velvet. denim. linen. cotton. charcoal. clay. stone. asphalt. brick. marble. dust. glitter. blood. dirt. mud. smoke. ash. shadow. carbonate. rubber. synthetics. jade.

[ NATURE ] grass. leaves. trees. bark. roses. daisies. tulips. lavender. azaleas. petals. thorns. seeds. hay. sand. rocks. roots. flowers. ocean. river. meadow. forest. desert. tundra. savanna. rainforest. caves. underwater. coral reef. beach. waves. space. clouds. mountains. poppies. galaxies. stardust. sky.

[ ANIMALS ] lions. wolves. eagles. owls. falcons. hawks. swans. snakes. turtles. ducks. bugs. spiders. crickets. birds. whales. dolphins. fish. sharks. horses. cats. dogs. bunnies. praying mantises. crows. ravens. mice. lizards. werewolves. unicorns. pegasus. dragons. rats. livestock. foxes. bluebirds. jackals. deer.

[ FOODS/DRINKS ] sugar. salt. bitter. candy. bubblegum. wine. champagne. hard liquor. beer. coffee. tea. spices. herbs. apple. orange. lemon. peach. cherry. strawberry. watermelon. vegetables. fruits. meat. fish. pies. desserts. chocolate. cream. caramel. berries. nuts. cinnamon. burgers. burritos. pizza. french fries. ambrosia.

[ HOBBIES ] music. art. watercolors. gardening. smithing. sculpting. painting. sketching. fighting. writing. composing. cooking. sewing. training. dancing. acting. singing. martial arts. self-defense. electronics. technology. cameras. video cameras. video games. computer. phone. movies. theater. history. libraries. books. comic books. magazines. cds. records. vinyls. cassettes. piano. violin. guitar. electronic guitar. bass guitar. harmonica. harp. woodwinds. brass. bells. playing cards. poker chips. chess. dice. motorcycle riding. eating. flight. climbing. running. freerunning. exploring. partying. yoga. nature. animals.

[ STYLE ] lingerie. armor. cape. dress. tunic. vest. shirt. sweater. boots. heels. leggings. trousers. jeans. skirt. jewelry. earrings. necklace. bracelet. ring. pendant. hat. flower crown. crown. circlet. helmet. scarf. brocade. cloaks. corsets. doublet. chest plate. gorget. bracers. belt. sash. coat. jacket. duster. trenchcoat. hood. gloves. socks. masks. cowls. braces. watches. glasses. sunglasses. visor. eye contacts. makeup. ties. uniform. fancy shoes. leather jacket. sport underwear.

[ MISC ] balloons. bubbles. cityscape. light. dark. candles. war. peace. money. power. percussion. clocks. photos. mirrors. pets. kisses. diary. fairylights. madness. sanity. sadness. bittersweet. happiness. luck. optimism. pessimism. loneliness. family. friends. assistants. co-workers. enemies. loyalty. smoking. drugs. kindness. love. hugs. revenge. lust. regrets. passion. spontaneity. potty mouth. recklessness. practicality.

[artadorkable]

Her name is Coppelia and she’s a vengeful ghost that’s wreaking havoc On the living. Shes the leader of a ghost /zombie biker gang and they like to cause chaos we’re ever they go. She has the power to control spirits and has gain some other mysterious powers. Her hair is made of spirits and other scary things. She’s vary intense and enjoys meat,milk,and berries. She’s a yandare. Even tho she’s a ghost due to her grudge and newly gained powers she’s is able to be physical like she’s still alive. She’s trying to find her lost love and will destroy anyone that gets in her way. She’s enemies with Angel, stormy, Kali, lazuli, Antoinette, Guinevere, She’s on good terms with velvet, Bambi, Florence, mocha, jasmine, Opal, Lonnie, and Anne Design inspired by the songs one of us,paralyzed,hellbent,ghost,and magic by mystery skull so #Chains, #ishasoc #vengefullspirit #claws, #Holographic, #oc, #myco #piercing, #fangs, #monstergirl, #Spooky, #design, #Ghost, #Tattoo, #silver, #Jewelry, #Color, #glitter, #sparkle, #Wing, #Biker, #Horns #magic #commissionsopen #fantasy #mysteryskulls #bones #blackgirlart #blackwomen https://www.instagram.com/p/ChhAzFwOULX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wildegrantaire]

What are some of your current favorite things?

Hmmmm. Here’s a random list of the first then things off the top of my head I’m currently into. By currently, I could mean always. Some of these just never go away. It’s a thing. Honestly, I’ve been in a pretty great mood/place recently (besides my knee being fucked up) so it was pretty easy to come up with some things that get me hype!!

Butch Walker, Ryan Ross, and Frank Iero. I didn’t wanna choose.

Harry Styles. You’ve seen me lately, you know.

an OC ship with my friend Flint

every single interaction with my best friends Jord and Bambi

watching classroom tours and set up videos on YouTube

vampires. i wanna get custom fangs??? so bad????? 

Otayuri and Sheith, at least fic wise since Voltron fans scares me

dark tourist on netflix is the perfect show

the shane dawson series on jeffree star and tanacon

how EXCITED i am to live with my friend who moves in in 9 days!!!

[sgtbuckyybarnes]

Homecoming - Chapter One

Aching with grief after the loss of her mom Noelle Bamber finds herself heading back to the only place where she truly felt at home, to the Southside Serpents. But in Riverdale everything has changed. The place of solace she had sought out seems to have gone up in flames...

A Jughead x OC x Fangs fanfiction

(ff.net) (prologue)

Clutching onto the strap of her bag Noelle took a deep breath in through her nose as she stared up to the front doors of Southside High.

She was nervous.

She hadn’t planned for feeling nervous.

Furrowing her brow she bit down on her bottom lip and pushed herself to take more steps forward. It wasn’t like she wouldn’t know people in there! Fangs was in there, Sweet Pea, Toni...all the other serpents.

“Bag in the tray,” a bored sounding man dressed in a security outfit said as she passed through the metal detector with no issue. Snatching it up almost as soon as she let it go he held it away from her as he unzipped the top and rifled through the contents “All good,” he said shoving it back into her arms.

“Hey, thanks!” Noelle answered with a sarcastic smile as she slung her bag back onto her shoulder. Her eyebrows raised and an actual, genuine smile appeared on her lips when she spotted a familiar flash of pink hair “Oh thank god you’re here,” she said with a sigh of relief as she caught up with Toni and slipped her arm through her friend’s “I thought I’d have to hunt you out.”

“As if I’d let you arrive alone,” Toni replied with a roll of her eyes as she nudged Noelle’s side with her elbow “Not that I thought you’d be nervous or anything,” she added with a teasing glance.

“Shut up,” Noelle answered with a roll of her eyes, the two girls spinning on the spot as they heard the sound of the metal detectors wailing.

“It’s the pins on my hat.”

“Aha, your fellow newbie has arrived,” Toni said squeezing Noelle’s hand to encourage her to turn back around to face the doors.

“And here’s me thinking I was special!”

“You’ll always be special to me Bambi,” Toni teased reaching over and pinching Noelle’s cheek, dodging passed her arms as they tried to bat her away “Okay, okay come on,” she continued when she spotted that the next student she was waiting for was finally done with the door security “Forsythe Pendleton Jones III.”

The name caught her attention almost immediately and she turned around just in time to see the confused look on the dark haired boy’s face at the sound of his full name. Even as a Serpent who had been gone a couple of years she knew how special FP Jones and his family were to the gang.

But there was also a different hint of recognition as he looked over to them and his green eyes locked with hers.

“Uh it’s Jughead, actually.”

Noelle’s nose wrinkled up slightly “Really?” the question left her lips without her brain catching up to go over whether or not it was entirely appropriate or said in the right tone “I mean…”

“I’m Toni Topaz,” Toni hurried forward, pushing Noelle behind her “And this is Bambi.”

Her eyes rolled and she shoved her friend out of the way once more “Or you could call me Noelle like a normal person,” she said holding her hand out to shake Jughead’s “Noelle Bamber,” she said smiling to him. There didn’t seem to be that hint of recognition she was feeling as he sent her a tentative smile back and she wondered if her alleyboy had just been someone who looked similar to him.

“Hence; Bambi,” Toni continued for her spreading her arms wide and letting out a laugh “Anyway,” she said nodding her head for the two newbies to follow her throughout the corridors “I was supposed to give you the full animatronic tour but some robots went insane and started killing the guests, so, we’ll have to wing it,” she said turning a corner and jogging down some stairs.

Chancing a glance to her left Noelle allowed herself to actually look over the slumped form of Jughead Jones. His hands were pushed into the pockets of his denim jacket and a grey, crown shaped beanie was shoved over messy dark hair. He was definitely the same guy she had bumped into on her way to the White Wyrm the night of her initiation dance, she was sure of it.

And she hated to admit it, even to just herself, but the squirming in her stomach was no longer down to nerves.

“Classrooms don’t have WiFi,” Toni was saying and Noelle shook her head to pull herself out of her own thoughts “Bathroom stalls don’t have doors.”

“Sounds amazing,” Noelle said in a monotone voice.

Jughead let out a small laugh and glanced to her out of the corner of his eye. She cursed her heart beat as it skipped at his attention “What about the school paper?” he asked quickening his step slightly so he was walking alongside Toni “The Red and Black?”

“Yeah, it no longer exists. Censorship? Budget cuts? Take your pick,” as Toni spoke Noelle couldn’t stop her eyes from wandering around the corridors the three of them were walking through. Some stares back were friendly, others wary and, worryingly, some filled with hatred. “To your right you’ll find a glimpse of jingle-jangle being consumed in its natural habitat.”

Noelle’s attention diverted over to where a group of students were standing near the lockers, not even bothering to hide their drug taking.

“I’m sorry - jingle-jangle?” if she hadn’t been spending the past couple of weeks in the company of the serpents and hanging around the White Wyrm Noelle was pretty sure she’d be asking the same, scoffed, question as Jughead.

“This place is crawling with the JJ, a highly addictive total gutter drug,” Toni explained before jabbing her elbow back toward Noelle when she spotted her still looking “So let’s not touch that,” she continued with a pointed look as Noelle held her hands up innocently.

The weight in her chest seemed to lift as she followed a couple of steps behind Toni and Jughead into the cafeteria. Her eyes had immediately spotted the rowdy group across the room, picking out Fangs instantly and, as well as the company of more familiar people, she knew there was no way she could fawn over Jughead when Fangs and Sweet Pea were around.

Her traitor of a heart would just have to take a back seat.

“All right,” Toni said clapping her hands together “Here in the cafeteria - Ghoulies sit over there. Rival gang, drug dealers, street racers, rumours of cannibalism...don’t ask,” Noelle’s eyebrows raised slightly at Toni’s explanation. She’d never really heard much about the rival gang in the Southside and, after that explanation, she wasn’t sure she ever wanted to again “And we sit over there. With the serpents.”

Just as Jughead asked “You’re Southside Serpents?” all and any of Noelle’s worries disappeared as a wide grin came to her face and she bounded over to where Sweet Pea was perched on top of one of the tables.

“You finally made it then,” he greeted her by bumping his fist against hers before throwing an arm around her shoulders and tugging her into his side in a tight hug “Fogarty was fretting,” he continued flicking a piece of paper he’d rolled up into a ball between his fingers across the table to where Fangs was scowling.

“I was not,” he said in a grumble as she pulled away from Sweet Pea and he opened up his arms for her “Knew you’d make it in okay,” he said pressing a quick, welcoming kiss to her cheekbone.

“Actually, I’m gonna sit alone,” with matching frowns they all turned their heads over to where Jughead was inching away from them “Just, you know, finish my book and brood.”

“Uhm, hi, I’m confused,” Noelle began, raising her hand and ignoring Fangs squeezing her waist in an attempt to shut her up “Aren’t you, like, a Serpent by blood? The son of FP Jones?”

Jughead’s eyes darted between all of the confused eyes staring over to him “Yeah,” he said with a shrug when he realised that it had been a genuine question “So? I self-identify as a loner not a pack animal. I’m just gonna put my head down and try and get through this, okay?”

Tilting her head to one side Noelle went to speak but Fangs shook his head.

“Hey, you wanna get through this you should hang with the Serpents,” Toni spoke the words going through everyone’s mind “If the Ghoulies get a whiff that you’re alone and vulnerable, they’ll make you their bitch faster than you can say American History X.”

“You can’t make him do something he isn’t into,” Noelle called over to Toni, nodding her head to encourage her friend to leave the retreating Jughead and join them at their table.

“Up to him if he wants to put himself into danger,” Sweet Pea added with a shrug as Toni dropped down into the free seat opposite where he was perched and leaned with her chin in her palm “Don’t see why we have to bow down to him just because he’s FP’s son,” he added in a grumble, glaring over to the back of Jughead’s beanie hat as he raised his can of coke to his lips.

“Ohhh stop,” Noelle said with a sigh and a roll of her eyes as she pushed herself away from where she was leaning against Fangs’ side so she could reach over to shove Sweet Pea’s shoulder “Good mood today please,” she said with a sweet smile, gesturing to the corners of her mouth for him to mirror “It’s my first day too.”

Simply rolling his eyes Sweet Pea hopped down from his chosen seat “I will not give in to peer pressure,” he continued throwing her a cheeky smirk and a wink as the others followed on and also got to their feet.

“You two are literally the worst,” she sniped back as Fangs hurried passed her and ruffled her hair. Hitching her bag further onto her shoulder she fell into step beside Toni and couldn’t help but throw a glance backwards to where Jughead was still sitting at his own table “So, what’s his story then?” she asked Toni with as much innocence in her tone as she could muster.

She couldn’t deny that there was something about her fellow newbie that spiked her interest. The slight stoop to his shoulders when he walked, how he shoved his hands deep into his pockets and the fact that her fingers itched to run through his messy dark hair.

She only hoped all of that hadn’t come across in the simple question she’d said aloud.

“Why? You into him?”

Her eyes raised to the ceiling and a sigh passed through her lips as she looked over to the smirking Toni “No,” she shook her head and knew that, this time, her tone was a lot more unconvincing “He’s FP Jones’ son, he’s not wearing his serpent jacket and he won’t sit with us?” she asked with a frown of confusion “Fangs can’t wait to get his hands on his serpent credentials and I know he’s just waiting for Sweet Pea to arrange the tests for him.”

“Jughead isn’t a serpent,” Toni said tucking her hands into the pockets of her own leather jacket “He grew up with the Northsiders. Went to Riverdale High and hangs with all kinds of Northside friends, the serpents have probably always been vilified to him so now FP is in jail and he’s forced to come here with us he probably doesn’t know what to think.”

Ahead of them Fangs and Sweet Pea were roaring with laughter over something that had been said, the latter grabbing the former into a headlock as they walked “Can’t see why he’d be reluctant to hang with those guys,” she said in an overly sarcastic manner “That why you’re so eager to show him round?”

“Well I’m not into him if that’s what you’re asking,” Toni smirked in reply as she wriggled her eyebrows “But yes. Not only do I not want him to be in danger from the Ghoulies but I wanna show him that we aren’t these ruthless, thug like gang members the Northside have probably had him thinking his entire life.”

“Well consider me in,” Noelle said with a smile as she stopped in front of Toni just before they entered their first class “Because I’m pretty sure those guys aren’t going to be helpful in the welcoming sense,” she added with a roll of her eyes as her head jerked to where the boys had disappeared into the classroom.

“Right,” Toni said with a knowing look as she linked her arm through Noelle’s and guided her in through the door “Phillips, Bambi. Bambi, Phillips,” she said as they passed by the tired looking teacher leaning on his desk “She’ll be sitting next to me,” she added before the two of them made their way to the back of the class, passing a slumped over Jughead on the way.

“How’d he get here before us?” Noelle asked in a whisper as she tugged her notebook and pen out of her bag before she tucked it beneath her chair.

“Must have gone the short way around,” Toni answered with a smirk, mirroring Noelle’s actions and flipping her notebook open.

Noelle rolled her eyes as she pulled the lid off her pen and settled down at the ready to take notes. With her head leaning in the palm of her hand she listened as Mr Phillips began his lesson and couldn’t help but get distracted by the room around her. There were tense expressions on both Fangs and Sweet Pea’s faces a couple of seats away as the latter kept typing away angrily on his phone.

“Probably a bet or something,” Toni whispered over to her, noticing her distraction “It’ll be nothing.”

Nodding her head Noelle sent her friend a tight lipped smile as she settled back in her chair and allowed her eyes to wander over to where Jughead was sitting a couple of seats away. He had been taking notes religiously, sitting hunched over his own notebook as he hung onto every word their English Literature teacher was telling them.

“Fahrenheit 451, by one of my favourite authors, Ray Bradbury. Let’s start with the title. Can anyone tell me its significance?”

She knew the answer but she kept her head down. When she had decided to come back to Riverdale she had gotten in touch with Southside High to make sure she was all caught up with where they were in their curriculum.

After a few phone calls and multiple emails she had managed to get most of the material behind what they were going to be taught over the course of the next year. The main subject eager to hand over the information being English Literature and she had spent a lot of her time reading over Mr Phillips’ notes and the books he recommended.

“What?!” Noelle jumped in her seat at the sound of Sweet Pea’s shout, glancing up from her notes as she watched him get to his feet “Damn it!”

Her eyes followed him as he stormed out of the classroom, raising his phone to his ear.

“Leave him,” Toni said reaching over to grasp onto Noelle’s sleeve as she twitched in her seat “It’s fine.”

“People, there’s a burning book on the cover!”

“Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper burns,” her interest was distracted once again at the sound of Jughead’s voice while the entire classroom fell into silence at the sound of someone answering “‘It was a pleasure to burn’.”

“Indeed,” Mr Phillips said clapping his hands together “Thank you Mr-” he paused for a second as he glanced down to a piece of paper sitting on his desk “-Jones. And welcome to hell.”

Scrambling in her seat at the sound of the bell ringing Noelle threw her bag onto her shoulder and got to her feet. She had been hoping to have a word with the teacher once the lesson was over, let him know he didn’t have to call her Bambi for a start, but with Sweet Pea storming out in such a manner she knew it would have to be put on the back burner.

“Uh, hi, Mr Phillips?”

At the sound of Jughead’s voice her feet came to a stop as she stepped out into the corridor. Pushing her hair from her face she stayed leaning against the wall just to the side of the door frame as Toni and Fangs disappeared down the hallway.

“I heard you used to advise the school paper, I was wondering what happened?”

“Drugs and gangs came to Southside High,” Mr Phillips replied with a sigh “Trying to get students interested in the school paper was an exercise in futility.”

“I’m interested. I have experience. When I was at Riverdale High I wrote for the Blue and Gold,” Noelle leaned closer as Jughead continued “I’ll put in the work.”

“Noe!”

She jumped at the sound of the nickname only one person she knew used being hissed from down the hallway, her neck craning over the heads of people walking passed to see Fangs waving for her to follow him “Is this what my life is going to be like now?” she asked barging her shoulder into his arm “Being dragged from one drama to the next?”

Fangs grinned across to her, his eyes sparkling, as he replied “Well you did choose to become a serpent Noe,” he said dodging out of the way of her elbow with a laugh alive on his face.

“Hey,” she said reaching out for Toni as both she and Fangs caught up with her. Linking her arm through her friend’s she pulled her close to her side “I have an idea on how we can get Jughead Jones to trust us. You still have your camera right?”

*

“You’re the newbie and the newbie brings the food,” Noelle grumbled beneath her breath in a very bad impression of Sweet Pea as she wrapped her coat closer around herself and jogged up the steps leading to Pops. It had taken her a while but at least she had managed to get him to hand over the cash for everyone’s food.

“Hey,” she said with a smile as she leaned up onto her toes to rest her arms on the countertop “I’m here to pick up an order for the Southside?”

The older gentleman behind the counter sent her a warm smile and told her the price “It’ll be ready in a few moments,” he said as he turned away for a few seconds and reappeared with a strawberry milkshake “You can have this while you wait.”

“I...thanks!” Noelle answered as she took a sip through the straw, placing her hand on her chest and nodding her head as an ‘Mmm’ sound left her “This is amazing,” she said plucking the milkshake up into her hand and turning to see if there was a free booth she could stretch out in while she was waiting.

“Oh! Hey!” she exclaimed jumping slightly when she spotted the newly familiar figure of Jughead Jones heading toward her.

His eyes narrowed slightly and he tilted his head to one side “Hi,” he said with a smile, raising his hand in an awkward wave “You picking up a take out?”

“Roped into picking up the take out,” she corrected him with a roll of her eyes “Sweet Pea can be quite persuasive when he wants to be,” she added shaking her head “You?”

“I come in here to write,” he answered with a shrug and her interest piqued “It’s quiet, I get inspired here.”

“And I bet the milkshakes help,” she replied taking another sip and smiling when he laughed.

“Yeah I can’t deny that,” he answered nodding his head “I’m actually on my way out to see my girlfriend,” he continued jabbing his thumb over to the door “I’ll catch you in school tomorrow?”

“You sure will,” she said arching her eyebrows over to him and waving as she ignored the sink of disappointment in her stomach and watched him slip out of the door “You sure will?” she repeated beneath her breath with a frown and a shake of her head.

“I don’t care, Archie, this is nonnegotiable,” slipping into one of the free booths she couldn’t help but overhear the conversation going on behind her “That drive-by he did was a kind gesture, but this, this is like...I don’t wanna call it a test, though it kind of is.”

“What am I being tested for?”

“Not you, my father. Can he just be a dad for one night? No agenda other than getting to know someone who’s important to me.”

“Order for the Southside!”

Noelle grinned as she slipped out of the booth, nodding her head to the couple sat behind her as they turned in their seats to catch a glimpse of the serpent in the diner “Hi,” she said waving her hand and moving to stand closer to their table “Noelle Bamber,” she introduced herself offering her hand to the good looking, ginger haired boy staring up to her with wide eyes.

“Veronica Lodge,” the dark haired girl sat opposite him cut through in a sickly sweet tone as she leaned over the table to take the hand Noelle was holding out “Of the Park Avenue Lodges.”

“Congratulations?” Noelle answered taking her hand back “And who is this? Your bodyguard?”

“Archie Andrews,” the beautiful ginger boy said with a chuckle as he finally took her hand “You new to town?”

“To the Southside yes,” she said noticing the look on Veronica’s face, especially when she turned and the other girl was able to see the Serpent logo taking up most of the back of her leather jacket “But maybe I’ll see you around,” she added with a wink before she turned to head back to the counter to pick up their food “It was lovely meeting you,” she called over her shoulder, chancing a glance back to see that Archie was watching her leave with a smile on his face while Veronica’s had darkened into a frown.

“Enjoy,” Pop said with that warm smile still on his face as he handed her the two bags filled to the brim with take out food “Are you alright carrying those?”

“I’ll be fine, thank you,” she said gathering up both bags in her arms, thanking him once again as he emerged out from behind the counter to hold the front doors open for her. Jogging down the steps she paused when she spotted the flash of red hair in one of the windows.

Archie turned his head just as she craned her neck to catch one last glimpse at the Northside couple. Nodding her head toward him she let out a laugh when he raised his hand in a wave and Veronica batted it back down again.

Riverdale was proving to be more interesting than she could ever have imagined.

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Christmas Prompts (1/?) 

Keeva’s First Christmas...

ft @isaaclahys OC Riya

“Fangs!”

Groaning in his sleep Fangs batted the hand resting on his upper arm away and tugged the quilt further up over his head “Go back to sleep Noelle.”

“I’m serious!” she hissed back nudging his side with her elbow “I don’t think you took a big enough bite out of the mince pie, she’s gunna know it wasn’t Santa!”

“You know Santa is supposed to be the size a human man right?”

“He drives a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer and manages to fit-” Noelle stopped herself and let out a calming sigh “I’m not going to have this argument with you again,” she said with a shake of her head before pushing her hand against his back “Go and eat more of the mince pie!”

Hugging the quilt tightly to him he buried his face into the pillow “You go and eat more of the mince pie.”

“I don’t like mince pies,” she said with a huff as she pushed herself up into a sitting position and crossed her arms tightly over her chest “Do you think I nibbled enough off the carrot we left for Rudolf? What about the other reindeer?”

“Noelle,” Fangs said turning over and pulling himself up so his face was level with hers “She can barely even hold her head up unaided, she’s not going to notice,” he said in a soft tone, holding back the yawn threatening to break out across his lips “Please go to sleep, you’re going to be exhausted and I know the one thing Keeva will definitely want and that’s her mom being on hand to give her cuddles.”

She glanced to him out of the corner of her eye before letting out a long huff of a sigh and rolling her eyes “Fine,” she said through pouting lips, letting out a laugh and batting him away when he leaned over to press a kiss against her cheekbone “I’m going to sleep,” she said shuffling down and resting her head on the pillow.

But she didn’t sleep.

She wasn’t sure why her mind was going into overdrive but she couldn’t stop herself from overthinking all the little details of the day ahead. It was Keeva’s first Christmas, they’d look back on pictures from the day for years to come, and she couldn’t help but worry whether or not she had done everything right.

The familiar ache of her missing mom sent a pang through her and she found herself wondering if she’d be feeling like this if she was still around.

April Bamber would have had it all under control. There would have been nothing left over to worry about, no second guessing and everything would have been done in a relaxed manner. She’d be sleeping soundly not worrying whether or not Keeva’s ‘First Christmas’ bauble was placed in a decent spot on the tree.

“MERRY CHRISTMAS!”

Stifling a yawn Noelle grinned over to where Sweet Pea had crashed in through the front door. There was a Santa hat on his head and a dusting of snow across his shoulders, he made sure to pause at the door to kick his heavy boots off before he made his way through to the living room “The girls are following me,” he said jabbing his thumb over his shoulder when he noticed Noelle glance to the still open front door with her eyebrows raised, Riya arriving soon after him with an apologetic roll of her eyes as her boots joined his on the matt.

“I told him to knock before just barging in I promise,” she said holding her hands up and shaking her head.

“Hope you’re all hungry,” Noelle said pushing her hair from her face and raising her eyes to the ceiling as Toni and Cheryl finally appeared through the door and began unwrapping themselves from their coats and scarves.

“You know me Bambi, always hungry,” Sweet Pea said, his eyes lighting up when he spotted his giggling goddaughter sat in her bouncy chair with her arms held out toward him “Here she is, the lady of the hour,” he said as he unbuckled her and lifted her up into his arms, nodding his head along with her babbling.

“Are we opening presents then?” Toni asked hopping up onto her tiptoes to press a kiss to Keeva’s chubby little cheek “Your Aunts Choni are going to win the Best Present Award,” she said in a higher pitched tone as she gently poked at Keeva’s belly.

Wrapping his arms around Noelle’s waist from behind Fangs nuzzled his nose into her neck before leaning his chin on her shoulder “You okay?” he asked hugging her tightly and laughing softly when he noticed the emotion in her face.

“I’m being silly,” she answered wiping at her eyes and leaning back against him. She wasn’t sure if she had prepared the turkey properly, if they had enough potatoes to go around or if Toni was vegetarian this week but she felt a calm wash over her as she watched her friends fuss over her daughter “This is exactly how I wanted it to be.”

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Got another question :) For your OC Noelle, how does she handle stress? -Rhuben

Not very well at all! 

With the stress of her mum’s illness and death she buries it. This is the Noelle at the start of Homecoming for sure. She puts on a face, throws herself into things and doesn’t admit there’s something going on with her…until one little thing happens and she completely breaks down.

With things like school she gets bitchy. Her, Betty and Veronica clash on a regular basis when she’s in Northside High because it’s just the way Noelle deals with the fact that she’s stressed out. She assumes they won’t like her, so she does things to make them not like her. She assumes they’ll think she’s stupid, so she ends up messing up in class because she’s more focussed on what other people are thinking.

The only thing which gets her out of these funks are her friends - Sweet Pea gives her the hard truth (“You’re being an idiot Bambi”), Toni gives the advice and Fangs is the shoulder to cry on.

[sgtbuckyybarnes]

Endless List of OCs - Noelle ‘Bambi’ Bamber (Riverdale)

Homecoming

When Noelle’s world crashes down around her and she loses her mom her first instinct is to head back to the only place that has ever felt like home. To the best friends she hasn’t seen for years.

The Serpents were the family unit she knew she needed around her and she couldn’t wait to finally earn her leather jacket. 

(Even if it means going through her initiation before letting people know she was back...)

With a lot to catch up on she finds herself intrigued by her life back in Riverdale more than ever. With the North/South divide seemingly only getting more and more dramatic and a man in a black mask going around killing people it seems the old place can’t get any more interesting.

But then she meets FP Jones’ son on her first day at Southside High.

Small Excerpt Below;

The door to the White Wrym banged open and, pausing their game of pool, both Sweet Pea and Fangs shared a raised eyebrowed look. Toni was following closely behind a bored looking Tall Boy with the expression on her face that had always told the two boys to keep their opinions to themselves.

“Apparently there’s an initiation tonight.”

Sweet Pea jumped slightly and let out a sigh as Toni dumped her bag down loudly onto the pool table in between where he was lining up his cue and the ball “That what you were bothering Tall Boy over?” he asked straightening up and nodding over to where the older serpent was making his way through the bar.

There was a determined look on Toni’s face as she leaned against the side of the table and crossed her arms tightly over her chest “Yes,” she answered shortly “He wouldn’t tell me who it was.”

“Well he’s not going to when you’ve got that look on your face,” Fangs replied teasingly, flinching backwards over dramatically when she turned to face him and holding his hands up innocently.

“It’s never usually such a secret,” she answered with a huff “And, anyway, if I remember rightly you two weren’t exactly pleased when I had to the outdated, misogynistic, absolutely ridiculous part of the initiation,” she added after a moment of silence, throwing glances between the two boys “Direct quote. From the pair of you.”

“We’re not happy about it T,” Fangs said with a roll of his eyes “No one’s happy about it.”

“But it’s tradition isn’t it. No matter what you do you’ll never get this lot away from their traditions,” Sweet Pea said with a shrug as he glanced around the packed bar “And, anyway, we didn’t watch yours. Kept our eyes down,” he continued as he leaned back down, pushed her bag out of his way and began to line up his shot once more.

“Wow thanks,” Toni rolled her eyes “You’re such gentlemen.”

They were interrupted as a loud cheer went up and the lights cut out, a spotlight spun so it was trained on the stage and Toni let out another loud huff. Beside her Sweet Pea’s face lit up into a laugh and she reached over to punch him in the shoulder.

The three of them all glanced up as the silhouette of a slim girl with long, wild curls stepped up onto the stage, raising a microphone to her lips she began to sing “My demons are begging me to open up my mouth. I need them, mechanically make the words come out. They fight me, vigorous and angry, watch them pounce. Ignite me, licking at the flame they bring about…”

The looks they exchanged were brief as the lights flashed up and the girl reached the pole. Sweet Pea’s eyebrows arched and he couldn’t help but nudge the open mouthed Toni sitting beside him with his elbow as the girl’s arm curled around the pole and her head lay backwards.

“I sold my soul to a three-piece. And he told me I was holy. He’s got me down on both knees. But it’s the Devil that’s tryna hold me down, hold me down…”

There was a spluttering sound as the girl on stage brushed her hair from her face, the light hit her properly and she sent a wink out to the rest of the bar “Eyes down!” Fangs exclaimed almost choking on his beer and waving his arm over to his two friends “Eyes down!”

Sweet Pea let out a shout of irritation as Fangs’ hand slapped against his shoulder “Dude?! It’s an initiation we’re just watching what-?”

“You can’t watch,” Fangs insisted keeping his eyes lowered to the floor as he turned to his two friends “Because that-” he continued jabbing his finger over in the direction of the stage “-is Bambi.”

Both Sweet Pea and Toni slowly looked back to the stage for a few seconds, just in time to watch their childhood friend rip open her blazer to reveal a cropped lace top beneath.

“Oh my god that’s Bambi,” they said together, Sweet Pea turning away as Toni’s hands covered her eyes. They hadn’t seen their friend, Bambi to them but Noelle to everyone else, since they were ten but as soon as it was pointed out there was no mistaking that it was her.

“This is why it was such a secret,” Toni grumbled as a round of applause went up and Tall Boy stepped onto the stage to present the bowing girl with her jacket. 

“How have we missed that she’s home?”

“Because you’re terrible friends?” spreading her arms Noelle sent her three best friends a grin filled with as much innocence as she could muster when they all turned to stare at her with shocked, happy and slightly irritated expressions “Surprise?”