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Tshirt that says 'I love my mother but also it is a task getting the gay chemicals in my brain to stop from asking if I can wear a mens suit to the debs'
#occasionally i ponder coming out 2 her but literally just before that i got a letter abt mental health appointment#so i figure ill let things simmer 4 a bit#we're very 'i have to say that i hate your beard' mom 4 'ok 👍🏻 idgaf' daughter
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BIRTHDAY POST PT 2: WRITING 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I write stupid shit but who cares fr fr
anyways this half-done story is about another 2 OC's which I haven't introduced, names are Felix (he/him) and Lizzie (she/they)
(includes eprocto, a bit of eructo, and some mentions of scat but not really teehee)
Lizzie comes into Felix's room (she doesn't knock 75% of the time) and is just assaulted by the smell of literal shit. Felix's room is all fancy schmancy clean (bro fr has the most organized room outta the 3), the windows have been opened but it smells so fucking rank, and it's so stuffy fr
Felix's just sitting on his gaming chair, legs strung over one of the armrests and leaning against the other, a pout on his face, brows furrowed as he's focused on some random game level which, by the looks of it, he doesn't seem to be doing too well with.
"Heyy Lix, whatcha doing?"
"Nnggh.. hey Liz."
As Lizzie walks closer, the smell of shit gets stronger and stronger until she's close to the source, leaning against the headrest of the chair and watching as Felix supposedly fails again as he hisses out a swear.
"Jeez, babe you fucking reek. What crawled up your ass and died this morning?" She snarks, not at all focused on the game but focused on Felix. He swears again as something in the game goes wrong, before settling the controller on his desk. groaning.
"No, nothing did, I'm- ugh.."
Felix grunts, one of his legs brought up closer to his body before a rumbly fart sputters out against the armrest. They're both doused in the smell of shit once more, Felix moving his leg back down as he fans his nose, his other hand moving to rub his stomach.
"Eugh, God, scuse me.. I really need to go take a shit, mmngh-"
Another fart bubbles against the armrest withoit warning, a low purr that has Felix whimpering in relief before a loud belch escapes his lips.
"Shit, pardon me.."
"Wow, you sound like a shitbag. And you smell like one too, cause phew" Lizzie fans her nose, sticking her tongue out in a show of mock disgust, grinning when she sees Felix shrink in his chair a little, cheeks going dark.
"... s'not that bad.." He almost whines, childish and soft.
"Love, the windows of your room have been cranked open and it still smells like fucking ass."
Felix ponders over the girls comment for a moment before picking back up his controller, slowly turning his attention back to the game.
"I'll just.. go once I'm finished with my game."
Lizzie sighs in defeat, lazing more against the headrest of his chair.
"Ugh, fine loser, but don't blame me if you shit your pants all of a sudden."
Felix hums out what seems to be an answer to Lizzie, and both fall into a comfortable silence, the soft clacking of his controller occasionally breaking it.
She watched him play around, the little avatar on his TV moving this way and that, but she got bored, thinking that Felix didn't really know what to do since he kept moving through the same place but seemed to be stuck.
Instead her focus drifted off to something more... worthy of her attention.
Her eyes drifted downwards to Felix himself, the boy pouting once again as he tried to figure out a way through the difficult level in his game.
However, what interested her wasn't Felix himself, but more of how he was handing his little.. problem.
She picked up on the way Felix would move, small minute movements as his hips tilted up and his leg clenched up close to his body before she'd hear sputtery noises against the bottoms of his jeans, before settling back down with a soft "Scuse me" as the stink of the room became muggier with each blast.
Eventually, she got tired of waiting, watching as Felix slowly grew more uncomfortable, shifting around in his chair. She breathed out a sigh before reaching down, letting her hand ghost over his pretty floral designer button-up shirt.
"If you're so bothered to go shit after your game, why not shit right now?"
Felix is startled when he feels her fingers drag against the shirt buttons, hands freezing on the controller.
"What are you-"
Her hands start unbuttoning his shirt, one by one, pulling it back to show off his stomach, bloated and stuffed with gas.
She presses her hand in, feeling the gas rumble and move under her palm.
"Let's get this off, shall we?~" Lizzie coos, letting her hand leave a trail of goosepimples as she moves down to his jeans. She stops.
"The hell are you wearing high-waisted jeans for?"
Felix huffs angrily. "Because I went out a few hours ago, and I can't be bothered to change out of em."
The frown on Lizzie's face turns into a smile before she snorts.
"Stupid."
Before continuing to move downwards. She unbuttons his jeans, zipping down his fly and tugging his pants down by a smidge, much to Felix's surprise and gentle shove of her elbow off his pants.
His stomach seems to grow into the extra space with a semi-satisfied gurgle, bloating out even more and making Felix moan.
"Mmh!"
"Jeez, you're so backed up Lixie, I'm suprised you haven't popped like a bloody balloon yet." Lizzie says, chuckling as her fingers massage into the bloat. He squirms under her touch, frowning when his stomach starts to bubble louder and louder, still focused on the game.
"Liz, stop it, m'gonna-"
He doesn't finish his sentence before a burp rumbles out, starting in his chest and slowly moving out in a deep guttural belch that seems to echo around his room.
"Aah.."
"There you go, sweetheart. Wasn't so hard now, was it?" She says, grinning as Felix blushes, biting his lip.
"Excuse me-"
Another push into his stomach presses out a loud fart, buzzing loudly against his jeans and pressing the shit ever so closer to his hole.
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This is my oc her name is Theodora Mattea Walker. (She goes by Teddie) Both names meaning gift because she was a gift on their doorstep like Jay. Anyways here’s my thoughts I had on her (btw she’s based on me because technically she’s just part of the drawing myself in different styles challenge I did during the summer)
1. First I had to come up with an element and so I realized we already had two infinity stones as elements so why not more. So I was debating between Reality, Soul and Space (to anyone in the asking things there’s your explanation.) I decided on Space because that’s what most answered but also because Reality is to OP and while Soul was fun to ponder it’s also a bit too confusing in Ninjago lore plus it would also be kind of op in season 5. So space it was which means being able to teleport yourself and teleport things.
2. I really wondered how in the world I would join the ninjas I figured the most simple answer would probably be just in season 4. But I really liked the concept of her being Jay’s sibling mostly for crack reasons. Like imagine Ed and Edna just receiving a child on their doorstep twice, and then imagine learning years later that they both have powers. Also because I also have brown hair (that may occasionally have an orangish tone) imagine before learning their adopted them both thinking they are twins. Like they have literally no blood relationship but they look like they could be twin and thought they were twins. (Also why I included the eyebrow slit/scar. I thought it would be funny if one of them got injured and the other just shaved theirs to match.) I also would probably be excited to see Ed and Edna vs Jay’s annoyed. And I just think I could make a good sibling dynamic with Jay. (Also I’ve made so much ideas for something that was just supposed to be a drawing that I kind of want to make a story)
More on the twin thing for Jay and my character. I imagine them having an interaction in season 8 where they get mad at him for ditching the slit because “just because we’re not actually twins doesn’t mean we have to stop acting like ones”. Then perhaps they decide to get fake freckles just to spite Jay by continuing the twin thing. They will be twins whether Jay likes it or not.
3. I went with Maroon because my lovely spouse suggested it and also I find it very funny if all the guys are basic colors and then the girls are tertiary colors.
4. I went with a fox as the animal on the suit because I like foxes and I couldn’t figure out why they had the animals they each individually had so I just went with one I liked.
5. I went with Skybound gi’s because I liked the gi, it looked fun to draw, I like Skybound and I thought it’d be funny to have my character be in the clothes of the one timeline that doesn’t actually exist
6. One of the more difficult things with trying to do different art styles is my hair because I keep having to figure out how curls work in that art style. So in this case that is an actual Lego curly hair piece that I drew. (I picked that one because for short curly hair it was either that or share a hair piece with Umbridge and the second ones a no go)
#ninjago#jay walker#ninjago oc#ninjago original character#ninjago jay#jay gordon#jay ninjago#the walkers Ninjago
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pretty boy swag
i was just in a silly goofy mood, dont take it seriously pls;; gojo x gn! reader
summary: gojo being a pick me boy for you
AU where curses don’t exist; tw underaged smoking and drinking courtesy of shoko. art by @reiouta
you didn’t know how much longer you could tolerate the menace to society; satoru gojo. as of the passing recent months, he started actually acknowledging your existence after months of hanging around his acquaintances. you weren’t sure if you missed that he walked past you as if you were thin air, constantly bumping shoulders with him or gojo actually pestering you in the name of “wanting to get closer.”
walking down the empty halls of your school, you had memorized each route gojo and his group walked down… just to avoid them. an all too familiar voice followed by a song boomed in the empty hallways; dread immediately rose in you, as you attempted to pick up speed to lose track of the white haired teen. “pretty boy coming through,” he said in a sing-a-long voice, his eyes landing on your distant figure. “(name)!” he called out, making you flinch. slowly, you turned your head, a forced smile burning the sides of your mouth.
“hey gojo,” you squeaked out; you wished you could beat yourself up for sounding so meek. on gojo’s sides, two others peered out, the more tolerable ones from the group; suguru getou and shoko ieiri. a sigh of relief left your mouth upon seeing the two. getou’s usual content expression morphed into one of a sly fox.
“now gojo, it’s not nice to scare the underclassmen. you should know better,” getou said, followed up by shoko’s sarcastic tsk tsk of disappointment.
“right? what would poor utahime think about you bothering her best friend?” shoko said. she wore gojo’s sunglasses, adjusting them every now and then when they slid down her high nose bridge.
you take it back. they were just as bad as him.
gojo’s mouth opened to say something, but the bell cut him off. saved by the bell; quite literally. “get to class,” he said instead, another smirk splitting his face.
“i plan to,” you deadpanned, before hastily rushing to your first period, math. never have you wanted to be in math class so bad until gojo popped into your life. hell, you weren’t even good at math.
why had he started tormenting you out of all people? there was nothing particularly extraordinary about you; maybe it was the fact you were close to utahime? or nanami and haibara?
lost in your thoughts and endless possibilities, you had missed the bell ringing until the bubbly boy peered over your desk. his doe-like eyes scanned your dazed out face. “(name)? earth to (name)?” haibara said, waving his hand in front of your face. the taller blond man sighed, watching you finally snap out of your thoughts.
“you don’t even have any of the notes written, (name), that isn’t good for the quiz tomorrow,” nanami said, pulling out his composition book, before beckoning you to take the notebook.
“kenny,” you started.
“i’ll take that notebook right back if you call me that again.”
“you are godsent,” you said, batting your eyelashes his way. a hearty laugh emitted from haibara, his bright smile nearly lit up nanami’s mood once more.
“what’s got you thinking so hard?” haibara asked, draping his body over the seat while watching you pack up.
“surely if you’re thinking, it’s never good,” nanami muttered, earning an offended ‘hey’ from you. pressing your cheek against your balled fist, letting out a small hum. do you tell them or not?
“it’s just that, you know how gojo had never acknowledged me before? he’s been non stop pestering me these days and i’m thinking to myself; why? he couldn’t possibly like utahime and trying to get information out of me, she hates his guts!” you exclaimed, adjusting the bag over your shoulders. the duo glanced at each other, focusing back on you.
“(name), have you considered that he may like you? you know? have a crush?” haibara said, scratching the back of his head. you stayed silent for a while, pondering on the idea of gojo liking you.
“that’s a joke right,”
“why are you so pessimistic about people actually taking interest in you, romantically?” nanami asked, leaning against the desk.
“no romantic attention from anyone my entire life,” you said, standing from your seat.
“how lonely,” haibara responded.
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the last few periods went by quicker than expected. the ring of the bell pulled you out of your thoughts, turning away from the window. it was surprisingly beautiful for this time of year; the skies were blue, soft fluffy clouds passed every now and then. the occasional gust of wind rattled windows of your class as your teacher paused his lecture. you preferred the gloomy weather, but seeing the clear skies was nice. packing up your materials and standing, you peered out the door, widening your eyes. down the hall was your trio of haibara, nanami and utahime… speaking to the other trio. utahime’s raven hair was tied in a low ponytail, a vague look of annoyance washed over on her face as gojo spoke, her expression softened every time shoko had interjected the conversation. you always wondered why the two aren’t dating yet. nanami’s eyes landed on your figure, his fingers pointed downwards towards the steps, in hopes gojo hadn’t seen you yet.
unfortunately for the both of you, he had caught notice of nanami’s subtle hand motions and followed his eyes towards you. “wow, it’s (name)! we were just waiting on you!” gojo said, his sunglasses shifted downwards, revealing his icicle blue eyes. utahime turned towards you, mouthing an ‘i am so sorry.’ reluctantly, your feet dragged along the halls, it felt as if weights were tied around your ankles. eventually, you made it towards the group; gojo’s long arm draped around your shoulders. your heart raced at the sudden gesture, heat raising to your face. “wouldn’t we be so cute together? look how big my hand is compared to theirs!” he exclaimed, his hand engulfed in yours.
“nah, you guys wouldn’t, sorry he’s so annoying, (name). no wonder why getou gets more hoes than you,” shoko said, pulling out a single cigarette and a lighter from her bag. her auburn eyes met yours, “want one?”
“shoko! how many times do i have to say not to smoke? and (name) is young too!” utahime sighed, earning a small ‘sorry’ from the girl. the black haired teen peered over at you, another sly expression settling over his face.
“say, satoru; let me compare hands with (name) too, i want to see something,”
“you can compare from afar,” gojo responded, pulling you closer to his side. a chesire cat grin split shoko’s face, slinging her arm over your body as well.
“cmon satoru, sharing is caring~” her body smelt of husky tobacco, traces of pinewood on her uniform. her breath smelt like strawberry bubblegum; her glossed lips came closer to your ear, “play along,” she whispered, her brunette strands brushing against your cheek. a snore followed by a scoff came from gojo’s scrunched up expression.
“don’t you have a bottle of vodka you should be downing? besides (name) doesn’t like girls like you,” he said, sticking out his tongue.
“well, why don’t we ask (name), what do you say?”
“don’t put them on the spot like that; seriously, you guys, you’re third years for pete’s sake,” utahime swatted shoko’s arm off your body whilst poking gojo’s side, making him squeal as he let go of you. a frown replaced his usual cocky expression.
“geez utahime, i didn’t take you as the jealous type- ouch, what was that for?” gojo exclaimed, the water bottle bouncing off his head. he rubbed his head. you stared at haibara’s sympathetic expression, still processing everything that happened within a matter of minutes.
just what the fuck was going on?
weeks had passed since that incident and things had become fairly normal again. your grades were flourishing, with the help of haibara and nanami. the three of you have been hanging out more often; utahime and shoko finally started dating. the two of them occasionally tagged along with your trio. gojo has finally stopped pestering you; you should be happy, no? you had convinced yourself that you didn’t miss the attention from the white haired teen. everything you did felt empty without his presence.
you had memorized each hallway gojo and his group walked down, passing through them; in hopes he would stop you, calling your name in his usual whiny voice. you didn’t hear his favorite song; no more him bringing you close with his lanky arms. subconsciously, you brought your hand close to your shoulders, feeling the ghost of gojo’s touch. “(name)? what are you doing here? more like, why are you standing there?” a feminine voice called out. you turned, seeing shoko standing down the hall, her bag slugged over her shoulder, a lit cigarette dangled from the corner of her lips.
“shoko,” her name left your lips in a hushed whisper. “why are you here?” she quirked her lip to the side, pursing her pink lips.
“i’m heading to see menace 1 and menace 2, now, answer my question. you hardly come around these parts,” shoko said, leaning against the wall.
“can i come with you?”
“huh… ah, you miss gojo?” overwhelming amounts of embarrassment washed over your expression; you could already sense your face radiating in heat.
“whatever! i just want to check up on him, that’s all.”
walking down the road, you and shoko conversed, her short auburn tresses blowing in the wind. the roads and sidewalks were painted orange as the sun nestled under the skyline.
“i thought you stopped smoking?” you asked, as shoko tossed the finished cigarette on the sidewalk, stomping on it.
“i’m trying for utahime, but it gets hard when i’m stressed, you know? especially with dumb and dumber,” she said, pulling out a silver flask.
“shoko!”
“what? do you want a sip?”
“no!”
sitting at the park, getou and gojo awaited shoko’s arrival. squinting his eyes at the distance, getou spotted two figures walking towards them. “looks like shoko has company,” getou mentioned, looking back at his taller companion. a frustrated groan left gojo; his glasses slipping down his face.
“good god, if she brings utahime again,” he responded, extending his arms on the bench, his legs spread out. a sly smirk twitched onto getou’s face.
“hey shoko and (name)!” getou exclaimed, waving. gojo’s half-lidded eyes shot open at your name, adjusting his sunglasses. his lanky body rose from the bench, straightening out his sluggish position. he cleared his throat, crossing his legs over each other. upon seeing getou and shoko greet one another, your eyes drifted off to the white haired male sitting in the background, avoiding eye contact with you. a crestfallen expression washed over your face, shuffling over to gojo.
“hey, gojo,” you said softly, sitting across from him. he let out a hum of acknowledgement before looking down at the painted bench. “why have you been avoiding me?”
“why have i been avoiding you? i don’t know (name), maybe just maybe, it’s because i don’t want to bother you with my advances, y’know? could be a contributor i guess, i don’t know, it’s a mystery,” gojo responded, traces of sarcasm in his usual bright voice. he was quite literally a child, huh? your mind recoiled, a frown twitching onto your face. is this who you really want to date?
“listen, i know, and i’m sorry; i just miss you a lot, okay? i like you by my side,” you muttered the last part to yourself. unfortunately for you, gojo had heard every single bit of it.
“huh? what did you say?” he teased, resting his hand on top of yours. his glasses slide down his nose, revealing his ice blue eyes. “you like me, eh?”
“don’t push it.”
the winter semester rolled by rather quickly. walking into the heated building, you removed your outside shoes and scarf. after preparing yourself for the long day, you walked down the hallway, spotting your group down the hallway. peering over the group, gojo waved at you with a big smile, his cheeks and nose tip flushed red from the cold. “babe!” he said, walking over to you with opened arms. heat rose to your face, as he wrapped his arms around you, peppering your face with small kisses. his cold fingers cupped your feverish skin. “my own personal heater,” he said.
“hey, get a room, you two,” shoko said, pulling out an unlit cigarette. utahime frowned at her, as shoko mumbled a small sorry before putting away the cigarette.
“i know miss locking lips isn’t talking,” gojo sneered back. “guys look at how cute (name) is compared to me! their hands are so small!” he gushed, pressing your warm hands against his.
if it were you four months ago, you’d rip away your hand in disgust, however, a warm smile split your face, holding onto his long slender fingers.
“look they are even holding onto me,” gojo said, as the bell rang. everyone shuffled around to their respective classes as you and your group stayed at the end of the hall. with a smirk, his white eyelashes fluttered under his sunglasses. they slowly went down his nose bridge, exposing his beautiful eyes once more. “get to class.”
#gojou satoru x reader#jjk fanfic#jjk x reader#jujutsu kaisen gojo#gojo x reader#gojo fluff#shoko x utahime#jjk geto#jjk nanami
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Serenade (Daniela Dimitrescu/Reader) Pt. 2
Fandom: Resident Evil: Village Pairing: Daniela Dimitrescu/Reader Rating: T for language and blood + references to violence Warning: Lil bit of kisses with dubious consent (initial surprise, then “hmm this is nice, I guess”), as well as a tiny bit of blood. Oh, and, ya know, mild referenced cannibalism. Notes: Still no beta reader, we die like innocent chickens unfortunate enough to be in Ethan Winters’ way. Also, I’m hoping this isn’t too ramble-y, I kinda. Got excited. Maybe sorta stayed up late to write this instead of sleeping, so... PS sorry for the cliffhanger, I could not resist. Next chapter will include the reader earning their PHD in Bullshittery, while also moving us into the, like, actual central plot of Serenade (or at least the part that the romance revolves around). Previous Chapters: Pt. 1: Nocturne
Chapter 2: Overture
By the time you made it back to the maidens' quarters, it was nearly half an hour after your "shift" officially ended. Daniela hadn't taken up that much of your time, but her words had instilled a vigorous sense of anxiety in you, which had only drawn out your remaining tasks. You also weren't terribly looking forward to being interrogated by your coworkers. What would you even say? "Oh yeah, I accidentally played a note on the forbidden piano but instead of killing me, Lady Daniela just flirted with me and let me go! Haha smiley face emoji!"
Yeah, that would definitely go over great with the others. Maybe you could get away with pretending you hadn't been the one to play? Even though, you know, your daily duties were posted on the same wall as everyone else's, and anyone could see that you were the only person working in the music room today. Damnit, you think, everyone is always a bit tense when someone "gets off easy". Not that it happened terribly often. It simply made people nervous, considering they never knew if the Ladies of the house had been denied the "stress relief" they so desired, and whether or not they would want to take it out on someone else.
Hoping things would sail a little smoother this time, you took a deep breath and pushed the door to your quarters open. As soon as you stepped in you felt a dozen pairs of eyes turn your way. There had been muffled talking as you approached, but now it was silent, a heavy curtain of discomfort hanging over the room. Well, fuck, you thought, struggling to think of how to react. In the end you settled with a slightly-too-enthusiastic wave and a shy smile.
“What the hell is wrong with you?” One of the maidens asks, almost instantly, eyes narrowed and eyebrows furrowed with confusion. If you remembered correctly, her name was Cynthia, and she was one of the (currently) longest running survivors. The two of you hadn’t spoken before, which made her next move all the more confusing. Without much of a warning she moved in front of you, reaching out to grab your hands, before gently holding them in front of her chest. When she speaks, it’s with a hushed voice. “How are you not dead right now?”
“I… have absolutely no idea,” you replied, doing what you could to avoid her gaze, but ending up meeting eyes with the others in the room.
“When you didn’t get back with everyone else… we assumed the worst,” Daphne, the closest thing you had to a best friend, said. She was towards the front of the small crowd of maidens, all of whom were now gathering around you out of curiosity. “You’re probably just lucky that Lady Dimitrescu wasn’t home while you played, otherwise, well, I think we can all guess what would have happened.”
“Thank the Mother for that, literally,” Cynthia chimed, dropping your hands as she did. That caught your interest for sure. Despite being part of an eccentric “extended family”, it wasn’t that often that Lady Dimitrescu actually left the castle to visit the other Lords; or their leader, for that matter. Was something big coming? Or was it simply time for a regular check up? You didn’t have time to ponder that thought, as soon Cynthia was speaking again. “Now, please, regale us with your story, dear. It must certainly be interesting… seeing as you escaped unscathed.”
“Alright, alright,” you said, putting your hands up in a “slow down” motion. Sighing, you moved over to your bed, sitting on the edge, before starting to tell the others what happened. You left out a few details, such as the severity of Daniela’s flirting, as well as the way she touched you. By the time you reached the end of your story, the other maidens had settled in a semi circle around you. A few had started to get ready for the day shift while you spoke, but their movements were deliberately slow, and their gasps let you know they were definitely listening. It was, however, difficult to tell how anyone really felt about what you were saying. Were they looking worried because they were concerned for your safety, or for their own?
Hard to say. All you knew at the end of night was that no one was looking forward to the following night.
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Every shadow in the corner of your eyes makes your heart skip a beat. All day (night, technically) you’ve been overly paranoid, expecting Daniela or one of her sisters to pop out at any moment, their sickles raised, blood-stained lips pulled up into a grin, promises of violence dripping from their mouths. So far your anxiety had proven irrational. Experience, on the other hand, was reverse-reassuring you with memories of maidens you had hardly had time to get to know. Who were you to avoid such a fate? Could playing a little song really justify your existence to these people? These mutants?
Distracting thoughts like that swirled around your mind for hours, leaving you feeling faint and dizzy, as you desperately tried to focus on your work. Ironically, it was your tunnel vision on your worries that brought them to life.
“Humph, you should really pay more attention, sweet thing,” a voice whispers, right besides your ear. Immediately you jump, a little yelp escaping you, and whirl around to see who had crept up on you. Your wide open eyes soon settled on the youngest Dimitrescu daughter. A toothy grin lit up her face as she took you in, leaning in just close enough for you to feel her breath. “Missed me?” She asks, words melting into a fit of giggles. One moment she’s face to face with you, the next she’s evaporating into a swarm of insects, moving around the room with frightening speed before settling on a nearby table. Both her legs dangle off the edge, swinging a little in a childlike manner.
“Lady Daniela, I-” you stutter, hardly able to will yourself to speak. You can’t help but glance at the table with a feeling of anxiety, knowing that you had just finished cleaning it, and wonder if your work would be for naught. But it seems that Daniela doesn’t appreciate you focusing on something other than her. Again she buzzes into a cloud, this time coming closer to you, the insects circling you, occasionally tugging at your skin. Fight or flight tries to kick in, yet all you manage to do is freeze in place.
You don’t open your eyes until the sound of hundreds of wings beating dies down. Fresh drops of blood trickle down your brow, as well a few from smaller cuts on your arms. Panic still roots you in place, even as you stare up at Daniela with a frightened expression. At first all she does is laugh. Loudly, with no softness to it at all. This was exactly the sort of thing that you had been afraid of in the first place.
“Oh, you poor little thing… Did that hurt?” Daniela asks, trailing a hand up your arm, pausing just before her fingers touch blood. Then she leans in, once more putting her lips right next to your ear, slowly pulling off one of her gloves as she does. “Good. Maybe you’ll pay more attention to me now. You really should, being in love with me and all.” She says it so casually, and with such conviction, that you almost wonder if she knew something that you didn’t. Though you try to turn to look at you, you find her gloved hand holding your head in place. The other moves so slowly that you almost don’t notice it until her thumb is sliding across your forehead. Blood smears as she does this, but she doesn’t bother trying to be neat about it.
Instead she simply brings the finger back towards herself, her other hand turning your face as she does, so that you could make eye contact as she licks her thumb clean. As soon as the blood hits her tongue her eyelids flutter and a soft moan rises in her throat. Astoundedly the sound brought a strong blush to your cheeks. It was less about attraction per se, more about the inherently intimate nature of the moment. Daniela was so close, her hand resting on the back of your head, her eyes slowly returning their focus to you. When she sees you she can’t help but don a prideful grin.
“You taste even better than I expected, sweet thing- what a fitting nickname, mhmm?” Another giggle, another rush of blood to your cheeks. In the rush of the moment you found your fear fading out, slowly, gradually being replaced by a mix of confusion and… warmth? What is wrong with me, you think, mind racing with countless half-thoughts.
Suddenly, as quick as the strongest of impulses, you found yourself being pulled closer to Daniela, her bare hand moving to rest on your waist. For once her eyes left your own. Now they drifted lower, to your lips, giving you a single moment to realize her intentions before she acts on them. Your lips collide with hers before you can even think to protest. It’s a million times softer than you would have ever imagined- not that you had imagined. But now that you had felt this… damnit, you know you shouldn’t enjoy it, yet you found yourself kissing back nonetheless. It wasn’t like it meant anything, right? Not like you’d have a chance to kiss anyone else around the castle, either.
Within a couple moments you realize two things: One, Daniela was smiling into the kiss. Two, by Jove (by Miranda?) was she seemingly inexperienced. Based on how much flirting she had done, you had naturally assumed that she was in no way, shape, or form new to this. The kiss was a bit sloppy, although passionate, and Daniela seemed quick to mimic your movements. More than that, it seemed like she was unable to catch her breath (did she even need to breathe? Or were the movements more out of habit than anything else?). By the time she pulls away she needs to gasp, and you’re left absolutely reeling, unsure how to process any of this. On the other hand, Daniela was softly grinning, gently resting her forehead against your own.
“Delectable, darling,” she murmurs. There’s a softness to her voice that you simply cannot fathom is real, at least not entirely so. Then a pause, with her gently running her fingers through your hair, before she gives you one more little peck on the lips. When she pulls away, just far enough to really look at you, you see something in her eyes that fills you with dread: Hunger. “I think I know what you want, what you need. You want to be with me, forever, a part of me, don’t you? They always do, in the end…” Her eyes shift to your neck, and suddenly her grip on you is dangerously tight.
Instantly you shift into panic mode, trying to squirm out of her grasp to no avail. This seems to irritate Daniela, who digs her nails into your waist, making you gasp. Without hesitation she seizes the opportunity to push you against the nearest wall, the hand that had caressed you so gently now pinning you down. Your thoughts are racing, desperately searching for anything that might buy you some time to get away, or even dissuade her entirely. But seconds tick by with nothing coming to light, your hope quickly fading. Gulping, you squeeze your eyes shut, ready to accept your fate.
And then… it hits you. An idea, maybe, that might just be stupid enough to work. Here goes nothing…
“Wait! Don’t you want me to show you my love?” You ask, somehow managing to mask the pure terror you were feeling. Hell, you slipped in a bit of confidence, sounding far, far more sure of yourself than you really were. Apparently it was enough to give Daniela pause. Her teeth had been mere inches from your neck, but now she was watching you closely, head tilted at a slight angle. “I can hardly do that if you kill me so soon, love. Don’t you want to see everything I have to offer? To know me truly, fully, before we become as one?” Another pause, a little hum from Daniela, then a slow, spine-chilling smile.
“Go on, then… show me.”
#daniela dimitrescu#daniela dimitrescu x reader#resident evil: village#re8 village#yes every chapter will be named after a musical term#what can I say I gotta put those 8+ years of piano lessons to use#not like I've released two albums or anything#that was sarcasm#anyway please enjoy
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Or if we’re blind and the truth is just a painting in grey..
Izuku midoriya x gender-neutral reader!
BTW y/f/c stands for Your Favourite Color
Quirk info: Your quirk, Siren, allows you to have most of the characteristics of a siren. You can hypnotise the weak-willed with your voice, alluring them to do whatever you wish. You can breathe underwater AND on land, because i can’t keep you in the water if I want you to go exist near 1-a. You also have razor-sharp teeth for biting people, though one of the downsides of biting people is that you enter a euphoric/manic state whenever you accidentally drink someone’s blood. Allllsoooo your legs turn into fins in water and vice versa Y’know. But they still have scales!!! Cute little scaly legs. Also other downsides include:Sore throat from singing, weakened immune system (not too badly) and occasional aches in the gills
Summary: You’ve been a villain your whole life, or at-least since your quirk developed... But you aren’t really a villain. You’re a vigilante, and even still that term angers you… Because some vigilantes claim to kill for justice, and maybe if you disagree with that you aren’t one. But you’ve never killed anyone and you never plan to. Unlike those ‘heroes’ who claim to fight for justice, killing all those who oppose them.
If you asked yourself, it doesn’t matter what somebody’s done.
Because if you kill them, that’s just another life taken…
And they have the gall to excuse it with their sickening justice.
You hate heroes.
————;=+ Act 1; In which a siren sings her encore +=;————
You lied. There was one person you wouldn’t mind killing.
All Might.
And so, You had managed to engage a student of UA whilst trying to break in.
You just wanted him dead, is that too much to ask? Actually, don’t answer that. Hell, He was putting up such a fight that you’d happily just leave at this point! You didn’t want all-might dead THAT badly.
Suddenly, you’re snapped out of thoughts by Izuku going in for a punch. You hiss in anger as you quickly throw yourself out of the way, hearing a rib or two of yours cracking.
God.
Dammit.
’I’ll be fine for now.’ you mumble, standing up. You look Izuku in the eye, watching as his face swirls from anger to hate to pity to an apologetic look then repeating. Stop it, you think.
Stop pitying me, you think again.
He’s readying an attack, you notice. His stance tenses slightly when he’s charging an attack.
Your eye twitches as you seethe in rage. Finally, you begin to get too frustrated. You sigh, readying your voice to sing your song in one of its purest forms.
The boy hisses in confusion, seemingly trying to break out of your hypnosis. You tut.. He’d have so much potential, had it not been ruined by these ‘heroes’
Finally, you begin. Your voice wavers for a second at the beginning, but you manage to iron out most imperfections. Slowly but surely, the greenette’s eyes glaze over and he steps towards you.
You smile genuinely, for it has been far too long since you last hypnotised someone.
The boy stands awaiting your orders and you slowly stand, wincing. “Lucky for you, little bunny, - ow, - I didn’t plan on killing any students today, or any day, really..” you say, still pondering what to order him. ”Ah, Right, Tell me, little bunny, where is.. All might?” You sigh. you’ve always thought the name All Might was dumb.
The boy slowly points down the hall and you smile, turning on your heel. Your smile drops immediately as Eraserhead’s capture weapon wraps around you. It’s not too uncomfortable, all things considered, but you’d rather not be in it. And so, You struggle, attempting to bite the ‘scarf.’
It does not work, clearly, as you listen to your teeth scratch across the material. He seems to hum in realisation as he sees your teeth, scarp and triangle-shaped, clearly made for eating meat. You keep struggling as you lose energy, the pure adrenaline running through your bloodstream slowly fading out. Your struggling fades from ‘Feral cat’ to ’angry cicada’ in the span of about 20 seconds.
And the worst part? The ‘hero’ who caught you didn’t even react.
You feel the scarves tighten, cutting off your oxygen and covering your gills. After about 30 more seconds, you begin to pass out.
————;=-+ Act 2; In which.. Interviews amiright +-=;————
You awake in the UA interview room. More so an actual interview room than.. an impromptu villain interview room.
It still peeved you to be considered a villain, but at least it’s better than being considered a hero... You glance down to your hands, stuck in handcuffs. You aren’t all that uncomfortable, really, and you can’t help but be glad it’s warm in UA. Better than the streets, at the very least.
You glance down at your legs, thick scales running up them and slowly dissapearing at your hips. They glow a brilliant light Y/F/C, darkening at the edges where light doesn’t fully reach them. There’s some traces of a scalpel inspecting them, you judge by the perfectly straight scratches leading up some. You snort, imagining their confusion. Suddenly, a voice snaps you out of your thoughts.
”What’s so funny?” It says. You assume it’s an older man, judging by tone. “Ahh.. so there is someone listening,” you smile, “Were you inspecting the scales?” You say, cutting yourself off a few times with short-lived laughs. You hear a sharp sigh of exhaustion from the speaker.
”Name?” They ask. You decide to respond, despite the part of you telling you to be rebellious and silent. ”Technically don’t have one. Pronounced dead,” you sigh, “Try searching y/n y/ln”
Theres a 10 minute pause consisting mostly of you getting lost in your thoughts, before somebody seems to relay info to the mysterious voice (tm).
”Pronounced dead.. at age 5.” they say and you giggle. “Big surprise! I’m not dead.” You say, voice dripping with venom. There’s a resigned sigh as you avert your eyes.
So competent they just decided you were dead.
”Quirk?”
You giggle. ”My quirrrk?” You draw out the r, “It’s siren.”
”Siren as in ambulance siren?” The voice says.
”Siren as in man-eating mermaid.” You answer, though you dislike calling yourself a mermaid.
”…” There’s a short pause followed by… silence. Pure silence. It’s deafening, really, and your mind can’t help but imagine all the ways they could kill you. A few minutes later, a staff member - not eraserhead, luckily - walks in and removes the restraints. You flex your hands at the newfound freedom, immediately raising a hand to your gills which are placed upon your neck, as they try - and fail, due to you having lungs for on land - to suck in air. You stumble over to the camera, assuming - and hoping, - that there’s a microphone there too.
“You guys got any water bottles?” You ask, scratching at your gills. A few moments later, another staff member - it might be the same one, actually, - walks in with two bottles. Your eyes light up and you immediately open one, pouring it into your gills. You feel some relief at having ‘cleaned’ them out. It’s never fun when you get gunk. though, for a second, you are concerned that the water might be poisoned.
You take your other water bottle, pouring out a little bit onto your palm. There’s enough water left to soothe your sore throat, since you are now realising that you weren’t, at all, ready to use your song at such a high perfection level. Slowly, You run your now-wet palm up your scales, moistening them slightly. It feels nice, okay? Don’t judge, It’s rude.
”hang on..” you mumble, spinning on your heel to walk around the room. “did those assholes take my phone?” You ponder aloud. There’s a short crackle from the speaker, followed by a “Yes.”
”oh.” you sigh, kicking your legs up onto a table. You immediately fall over, since you managed to forget you were standing.
”Hey, what time is it?” you say into the void, hoping the mic will pick you up. “16:34” they say.
“cool!” You say, ironically unenthusiastically.
After a few minutes, you begin to get bored. You decide to whine to the mic. “I’m borrrreeeddd….” you whine, seemingly forgetting you’re literally a criminal. Not a big one, but a criminal. Of
Theres a short click from the door as a staff member opens it, they’re holding a phone. Not your phone, sadly, but a phone. “Hell yeah!” You say, bounding over to the phone. You grab it as the staff member hurries out the room, seemingly afraid. “Don’t get any ideas, it’s tracked.” The voice says, once again coming from the speaker at a slightly-lower-than-comfortable volume.
You scroll through the mostly blank phone, until you stumble upon a group-chat. ‘Class 1-A,’ It’s named.
Huh, you think, clicking on it.
————;=+ Act 3; In which you make fun of class 1-a +=;————
Class 1-A
16:47
Tsu: We still up for girl’s movie night?
Y/n: mowovie night
Kirishima: huh???
Bakugou: WILL YOU STOP BLOWING UP MY FUCKING PHONE
Bakugou: FOR FIVE
Bakugou: MINUTES
Y/n: will youwu stowop blowoing uwup my fuwucking phowone owo
Bakugou: I AM GOING TO TEAR YOU APART
Kaminari: lol
Kaminari: Wait who’s that?
Kirishima: bro yeah who IS that
Iida Ten
Bakugou: STOP PARROTING EACH OTHER YOU DUMBASSES
Y/n: stowop parrowoting each owother youwu duwumbasses owo
Bakugou: I’LL RIP YOU APART
Y/n: I’ll rip yowouwu awpart…
Kaminari: Bakugou hang on lmfao
Momo: Theres nobody named y/n in our class
y/n: i’m ur uncle
Momo: Who’s uncle?
y/n: yes <3
Tsu: ?
Izuku: Guys, please stop blowing up my phone I’m trying to watch tv,,,
y/n: izuwukuwu
Izuku: Huh,,,,?
y/n: huwuh,,,?
Izuku: Why is everyone messaging me???? and telling me not to use this chat???
Bakugou: WE COULD‘VE EXPLAINED IT TO YOU IN DMS YOU IDIOT
Y/n: we cowouwuld’ve explained it towo yowouwu in dms yowouwu idiowot
Tenya IIda: Please stop sending so many messages in the chat. I am trying to sleep.
y/n: damn lemme just stop my hilarity so you can sleep /s
y/n: wait
y/n: I mean uhh
y/n: please stowop sending sowo many messages in the chat. I am trying towo sleep.
Tenya Iida: Please do not make fun of what I say. Please remember I am a moderator here,
Y/n: ’moderator’ bitch this is a gorilchat
y/n: shit
y/n I mean groupchat
y/n: also I mean
y/n: Please dowo nowot make fuwun owof what I say. Please remember I am a mowoderatowor.
Kirishima: srsly who is this
y/n: me looking into a mirror ^^^
Bakugou: ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION
y/n: woahh calm down there hot stuff
y/n: get it
y/n: because you’re not hot
Momo: Can’t say they’re wrong there, Bakugou.
Kirishima: ^ Don’t be mean to bakubro!!!
y/n: are any of you organic creatures
Kaminari: I am
y/n: give life juice pls thx
Kirishima: they’re reverting back into gamer speak from their hunger :ooooo
y/n: what u want me to talk like mr stick-up-my-ass iida
Tenya Iida: Please refrain from using profanity, Y/n!
y/n: wow I’m so sorry I’ll never do it again (1/2)
Tenya Iida: Thank you.
y/n: I mean really I’ll never do it again mr stick-up-my-ass iida (2/2)
Bakugou: KARMA FOR TELLING MEMTKO GET MY FEET OFF MY DESK
y/n: wow mr not-hot did you just have a stroke
Bakugou: I’M GONNAKILL OYU
Y/n: well I hope Oyu is ok
Y/n: also if you’re wondering who I am
y/n: sorry for lying (I’m not)
y/n: Y/n sent a photo
(PHOTO ID: A photo of a young girl, seemingly. they’re no older than 16, by the looks of it. They have brilliant y/f/c scales across their entire legs that fade out near the hips. Her face is pulled into a grin with razor-sharp teeth unlike that of a human.)
Kirishima: wasn’t Izuku fighting someone like that in the hall
Y/n: bingo! fingetbuns
Y/n: *fingergusn
y/n: fINGERSUNS
y/n: NO
y/n: FUNGHUNS
Y/n: HFJFHHFJDIDBJDIFH FINGERHUNS
Izuku: it’s okay, take your time (:
Y/n: FINWR GUNS
Kirishima: ur getting there bro!!!
Y/n: FINGERGUSN
y/n: NO
Y/n: Finger guns
Bakugou: STOP FUCKING SPAMMING
Kirishima: i’m so proud of my mermaid son
Y/n: siren*
Kirishima: I’m so proud of my mermaid siren
Y/n: yeah ok I guess
Y/n: serious question
Y/n: does anyone have a small amount of blood
Y/n: that they’d be willing to gift towards me
Kaminari: wtff
Kirishima: bro I got some right here
y/n: give pls
Kirishima: where do I have to go B)
Y/n: go find aizawa and tell him to give blood to the siren girl
Kirishima: oki
-——————-
In the UA interview room, You smile down at your phone.
They’re actually willing to be kind to you, even if you just fought them. You’re actually happy.
It’s an odd feeling,
But it’s one you’d like to keep.
-——————-
Class 1-A
17:22
Y/n: I got my blood
y/n: down the hatch
Kirishima: kindness is manly
y/n: damnfucki; right iwns tis
Kaminari: huh
Izuku: are you okay
y/n: bkoodjsm
Izuku: i think they’re saying blood?
y/n: hehe
Bakugou: STOP BEING WEIRD
y/n: djhrnsia rothg god i am so fhilarous
y/n: nr igni kimsh
y/n: ithink I might have anxiey
y/n: anxieuty
Kirishima: bro u okay?
Mineta: cute…
y/n: i am going to hurt you
AUTO: MINETA left the chatroom
Momo: oh thank god
Jirou: ^^^^
y/n: hwlrnd
y/n: how say
y/n: how say jrlis
y/n: jirou
Jirou: jee-roh
y/n: skfnsj blood make
y/n: me is haopy
Izuku: Blood makes you happy?
y/n: yed
Izuku: it’s very interesting to have a quirk that’s mutation but also allows you to gain serotonin/dopamine
Izuku: what else does your quirk do?
y/n: sing sovng
y/n: make peop,e do what I want
y/n: but hurt throat
y/n: leg turn fin
y/n: make hunfhyehdbvlood
Izuku: I’m designing a hero costume as we speak!
Bakugou: NERD
Kirishima: manly!
Izuku: (:
y/n: thenhahighswearingiffof
Izuku: translation: The high is wearing off
y/n: thus koamsjs
y/n: brb
——
y/n: ): high wore off
Izuku: What WAS that?
Y/n: blood side effect
Y/n: its really fun
Izuku: Hang on
Auto: Izuku called Sensei Aizawa
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Class 1-A
18:12
Izuku: ok I asked eraserhead n he said he doesn’t mind (:
Izuku: Can I interview you
Y/n: do I get blood after
Izuku: Sure!
Y/n: DEAL
———
You look down at your phone.
It’s been a hour of you scrolling the internet, looking at memes that only earned a short snort from you.
You’re tired, although it’s only 19:32.
You decide it doesn’t matter, and that you’ll sleep.
You spin around on your heel, before pausing. There’s no bed.
Ah well. Floor looks awfully comfy.
-———
You awake around 9Am with only the light of an old lightbulb to illuminate the room. You miss seeing the light from the water, sitting on a rock until the sun finally peaked... But you were lonely, back then. You aren’t sure whether or not you want to go back to those days.
A small knock at the door alerts you of Izuku coming around for his interview. He’s holding a notebook that has ‘Y/N quirk’ messily written on.
He glances down at your legs, covered in shimmering scales. His eyes light up with fascination, to which you chuckle. “You can touch.” You say, watching his hand reach down to the y/f/c coloured scales.
His hand runs gently over them. You grin watching his fascination, and he looks up. He pulls a fold-out seat from the hallway, placing it behino the table before placing himself upon it.
You sit down on the opposite table, smiling. He glances up towards your teeth, watching them glimmer. “Don’t they.. hurt your gums?” He asks.
“Oh, these,“ you press a finger against the top of your tooth, immediately drawing blood, “the skin near them is hardened so they don’t stab me.”
you watch him turn his head down immediately and start writing in his notebook. You glance over, watching him write down all the info about your quirk. He seems to be sketching a costume on the side.
”Oh, don’t forget the voice thing.” You notify to him. He glances up, eyes questioning, tilting his head like a puppy. “Cute.” You say flirtatiously. He turns bright red, averting his eyes before trying to change the subject. “S-so.. if I were to film your song would it still hypnotise me?” He asks.
You wink at him. “Wow, wanting to listen to me sing already..” You say, “I’m just kidding, It wouldn’t hypnotise you, but you might cry. Just a side effect.”
Izuku averts his eyes, blushing furiously. “Could I get a r-recording of it.”
Does he really have a crush on me? You think. Is that really why he wants a recording of me singing?
You respond with a mere “Yeah, sure.” He nods, pulling his phone out of his pocket, ”Should I leave?“ he asks, and you nod.
As soon as he leaves, the pull of your quirk on your phone begins.
You derive your tune from the one you’d sing at the beach. It’s sad and melancholic but there’s an upbeat note, reminiscing on times where you felt free even if there was a tug upon your heart. The air seems to split, allowing the vibrations of your song to pull across the air. It’s not the perfected version, but it’s close.
You love to sing, really, but you’ve always felt bad. you’re only good at singing when you’re using your quirk.
Finally, your song fades out and you hit the record button to turn it off. There’s now a 3:30 minute long recording on Izuku’s phone.
You open the door to see Izuku with a pair of earplugs in, so you push aside your shock at the fact you could just open the door.
You tap him, watching him jump. So cute, you both think in unison.
So cute.
You him his phone, having now secretly added your number.
Very sneaky.
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13:36
Izuku: Very sneaky lol
Y/n: (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄ what can I say I’m an assassin.
Y/n: btw tell aizawa to get me a bed lmfao
Izuku: You don’t have a bed!? Where did you sleep last night?
Y/n: floor comfy
Izuku: lol weird
Y/n: said the boy with a notebook about me (⁄ ⁄•⁄Ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄
Izuku: bullying
Y/n: possibly <3
———
Another day passes, more texts coming back and forth from Izuku. He’s really flirting.. huh…
He’s cute. You’re pulled out of your thoughts by the familiar ding of Izuku messaging you
———
Izuku: wyd lol
Y/n: nursing my sore throat lol I practiced my song too much
Izuku: :o oh no
Y/n: it’s fine B) I’m too cool to be defeated by a mere sore throat
Izuku: lol (:
Y/n: wyd
Izuku: just went to recovery girl!!! I broke a finger again ):: I was making so much progress,,
Y/n: it’s not reverting your progress!! It’s still progress.
Izuku: y/n you’re gonna make me cry..
Y/n: go listen to that recording then crybaby
Izuku: THAT RECORDING LITERALLY MAKES ME CRY ):::::
Y/n: yeah cuz ur a crybaby <3
Izuku: stopppp bullying meee <3
Y/n: it always looks like ur flirting when you put a <3 (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄
Izuku: does that mean that you’re flirting?
Y/n: possibly
———
A few more days pass, flirtatious messages passing back and forth.
They’re just a joke, you’d think, blushing furiously.
———
15:32
Y/n: IzukuHeklp
Izuku: ??? Whats wrong??
Y/n: ripped scalepain
Y/n: Y/n sent a photo message
(Photo ID: It’s a picture of y/n’s y/f/c scales. One appears to have been ripped off of her skin, and there’s blood coming from underneath it. Through the blood you can just barely see an underdeveloped scale that was going to replace the broken scale when it was ready.)
———
You’re pulled out of your agony but Izuku slamming open the door, rushing to your side. He’s holding a piece of cloth clearly ripped off of his shirt. He wraps it around your leg gently, watching attentively as it soaks up blood. He picks you up bridal-style, not even noticing the way both you and him blush heavily.
(By the time you’ve reached Recovery girl, the piece of cloth is almost as red as your face.)
You lay on the small bed, bleeding now stopped due to recovery girls quirk. You glance toward izuku, tears welling up in his eyes. You gently pat his head, watching him watch you.
”Stooppp cryingggg” you whine.
Recovery girl watches you with a look that says “oh to be young and in love..”
Izuku pouts. “Make me.” He sighs jokingly.
You spot your opportunity there. “What if I told you that you could come ’round to my room later?” You say blushing.
Izuku turns tomato-red, nodding.
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As soon as your out of recovery girls office, Izuku follows you like a puppy. You glance toward the bandage now wrapped around your leg to stop infection. Turns out ‘you didn’t have enough energy to fully heal it from all those all-nighters‘ or something.
You open the door to your room, fairy lights turned on and glowing purple. There’s a small sofa that fits two and Izuku beelines for it. You’re so glad Aizawa let you decorate your room. You sit down next to him, cunning your perfect plan.
”I think I hate all-might a little less, now-“ you say, preparing yourself for the infodump from Izuku.
“i’m so glad! You know, ever since the toxic chainsaw fight-“ Izuku begins, not noticing you tune him out after 5 minutes. “Stop infodumping..” you say playfully and he picks up on it. “Make me!” he pouts.
”Sure.” You smirk, leaning in.
As soon as your lips collide, Izuku seems to blank out. He’s blushing red like a tomato. The rain outside seems to quieten over the roar of your pounding hearts..
And you don’t regret it at-all.
Once you finally pull away from the kiss, izuku’s a stuttering mess. “Wh-W-What does th-this make us?…” he asks, stuttering and stumbling over his words. You chuckle, leaning in close to his face so you’re essentially in his lap. “I think you know..” you coo into his ear, watching it slowly turn pink.
He nods slowly, watching you. “So.. I was thinking about a beach date?” you say, softly. He giggles slightly, although he still stumbles over the sound. “Sounds to me like you just want to go into the water..” he says.
You look him in the eye.
”I never said you couldn’t come into the water, too..”
#Bnha x reader#Midoriya Izuku x reader#izuku midoriya x you#izuku midoriya x y/n#reader-insert#reader insert#midoriya Izuku x you#midoriya Izuku x y/n
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Too Loose And You’ll Lose It
Ch1: GI Joe And Army Barbie Co-Written with @icanfeelastormbrewing
Intro: Following the Child Sex Trafficking job, The Losers all go their own way for a break before they are due back in Fairfax County. Stella is enjoying some quiet time with her mother.
And Jensen.
But, it isn’t ever quiet where he is involved.
Warnings: Bad Language words.
Pairing: Jake Jensen x OFC Stella Stevenson.
A/N: So here it is! We’ve been waiting to bring you this one for a LOOOOONG time, and we hope we don’t disappoint. We can’t wait to dive into this fic! We pick up in 2007, roughly 2 years or so before the events of the Losers Film (in our head anyway) and we can’t wait to cram it full of adventure. Please let us know what you think with a reblog and a comment.
TLAYLI Masterlist // Main Masterlist
Prologue
May 2007
Stella and her mom sat in the kitchen of her childhood home in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was late morning one Friday morning, the day after she had returned home following debriefs at the CIA base in DC. It had been an emotional reunion, not having seen her mother for almost 8 months in person. They’d stayed up late with a bottle of wine before retiring to bed and after a lazy morning she had eaten a huge breakfast of pancakes, bacon and eggs, god knows how many rounds of toast and some decent coffee.
“Have you had enough to eat honey?” Her mom asked.
“Yup, honestly I’m stuffed, Ma. It feels good to be eating home cooked food for a change.” She smiled.
“Yeah, well, God only knows what you’ve been eating out there.” Julie mumbled as Stella smiled at her mom’s typical mother concern.
“So when are you due back in the office?” Julie pressed and Stella’s smile grew even wider at her mom’s name for the George Bush Centre for Intelligence in Fairfax County, the CIA HQ where The Losers would be based predominantly when they weren’t running missions.
“I have another week of leave. They gave me longer seeing as I was down there for so long. Clay and the rest only got a few days, much to Jake’s disgust, he heads back over there Monday.” Stella shook her head snorting “You know if he had his way he would be on permanent leave, drinking and watching football on TV.”
“He hasn’t changed then?” Julie grinned.
“Nope.”
“I bumped into his mom the other day at the supermarket.” Stella’s mom continued.
“Yeah? How is Janet?”
“She’s good.” Julie nodded “John has been building a new shed for the garden…or maybe it was a summer house. Either way, they were planning on having a BBQ soon when Gracie finishes school”
“Sounds good, have you seen them much at all recently?” Stella asked.
“We’ve got together a few times yes. Which reminds me….” Julie narrowed her eyes “She told me Jake has been back in the US now for 12 months. You tell him from me he’s gonna get a slap for not coming over to see me when he came back home to visit.”
Stella laughed “I’ll make sure he knows how disgusted you are in him, don’t worry.”
They sat chatting for a little while longer before Julie stood up to clear the plates, waving away Stella’s offer of help, as she always did when she was home. Stella headed into the lounge, picked up her laptop and opened up her browser, dialling into her military account. About 15 minutes later Julie walked in.
“What are you doing?”
“I got some paper work and stuff to sort, you know for the accommodation in the Condo that Clay sent me through.” Julie shook her head, “You know, Estella, I really wish you’d get a normal job-“
Stella sighed “Ma, don’t start…”
“You’re as stubborn as your father and look where that got him!”
“Wow.” Stella looked up, arching her eyebrow. “Nice. Good guilt trip.”
“You’re my little girl.” Julie’s voice grew quiet. “ I worry. And I miss you. “I know, but…this is my job. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do.” Stella shrugged “But now, I’m home and…I’m not on tour all the time. I’ll be back for a week once very month and, well, you still have Rey, she literally lives 10 minutes away!”
Julie rolled her eyes “For all the good that does. She only visits when she wants food or to complain about something.”
Stella seized the opportunity to divert the conversation and she snorted “Complain about what? Which fucking sports car Richard wants to buy her next. Or because he doesn’t like whatever pretentious middle name she has planned for their first born?” Before Julie could reply they both heard the back door open to the kitchen and a familiar voice called “Yo, Stevensons…” Julie looked at Stella who rolled her eyes. “Speak of the devil…”
Jensen appeared in the doorway to the lounge, grinning “Oh, we’re you talking about me gorgeous?”
“No I was, and how you’ve been home on US soil for almost a year and not paid me one visit Jacob.” Julie glared at him, folding her arms.
“Oooh the full name. Am I in trouble?” Jensen grinned.
“Yes, you damned well are JJ.” Julie said, opening her arms “Now come here…”
Grinning Jensen stepped forward to give Stella’s mum a hug, pulling back with a yelp as she slapped him round the head.
“Shit, Jules!! What the hell was that for?”
“I told you! Your mother was telling me just the other day you’ve been back to Manchester now a few times and didn’t even think of paying me a visit?”
“Sorry Jules, been busy”
Julie narrowed her eyes “Busy doing what?”
“Wow. I really am in trouble huh.” Jensen shrugged. Stella snorted and Jensen looked over at where she was concentrating on the screen of her laptop. “What you doing Stel?” Stella let out a sigh at the same time her mother did, before Julie headed back into the kitchen.
“What’s going on?” Jensen asked, watching Julie leave before he turned to Stella “Am I supposed to sigh now?” “I was just filling in the paper work for the condo.” She replied as Jake sat next to her “Mom still isn’t a big fan of me being in the military. Swear she still thinks I’m 10 or something.”
“Well I know for a fact you aren’t” Jensen flashed her his trademark goofy smile and Stella slapped his arm.
“Shut up JJ” “Ouch…!” Jake rubbed his arm “Stel, be gentle.” She rolled her eyes and he reached for her laptop “Ok, let me see…” he glanced at the computer “You know this thing is totally outdated?”
“It does a job, I don’t care.” “Speaking of jobs…” Jensen looked towards the kitchen door, “How about you and me…”
“Jesus Jake!” Stella looked at him as he grinned “Here, whilst my mom is home? You have issues.”
“Didn’t bother you 10 years ago…”
“Yeah, well I didn’t know any better, you’re living proof of that. And besides, I’ve grown up since then. You should try it.” “Hmmm, you know one of the perks of being Black Ops means we all get our own private digs in the Condo” he wiggled his eyebrows.
“I swear to god Jake, you’re a fucking nightmare.” Stella rubbed her temples “Why are you here?”
“Came to invite you to the Petunia’s game tomorrow. It’s been a while since we went out on a date babe.”
“A while?” Stella shook her head laughing. “Your concept of time measurement really amazes me.” Jake chuckled “So whaddya say?” he asked, giving her a goofy grin.
“Yeah why not?” Stella asked “Which girl wouldn’t dream of going to watch an under 8’s girl soccer game? Can’t believe my luck.” “Don’t be a whiny bitch!” Jake rolled his eyes “We’re meeting Pooch and his girl later in the evening for drinks.”
“Great, so now it’s turned into a double date.” She rolled her eyes.
“Why you being so grumpy Stel?” Jake frowned.
Stella sighed “Sorry Jakey…just..oh I dunno, I guess mom just pissed me off a bit that’s all. Bringing up my dad, suggesting I’m gonna go the same way he did.”
Jake pondered this for a moment before he took a deep breath. “You know she’s just worried about you that’s all.”
Stella smiled “I know…I know. Doesn’t help I can’t really tell her what I’m doing, other than running CIA tasked missions.”
“Come’ ere…” Jake threw an arm round her and she leaned into him, laying her head on his shoulder. “How about I help you fill that paper work out and then we can head and grab some lunch or a drink, whatever.”
“Now that’s actually quite a good idea.”
Jensen smiled and gently kissed her head. “It happens occasionally.”
Stella looked up at him “Guess it’s my lucky day then.”
“Well mine was like 10 years ago so guess I can say about time Stel.”
“Smooth…” she rolled her eyes and he shrugged, dipping his head and pressing his lips to hers in a soft kiss, but before it could go any deeper another loud voice rang out from the kitchen and Stella pulled away giving a groan.
“Just what I fucking need.”
Jensen grimaced at the sound of Stella’s eldest sister as her airey tone grew louder, before the door to the lounge opened
“Aww GI Joe and Army Barbie are back in town.”
“Fuck off Aubrey.” Stella looked up at where her sister was stood leaning in the doorframe.
“Hello to you too.” Aubrey rolled her eyes.
“S’up Rey? How’s Dick?” Jensen grinned at her. Stella nudged him, trying hard not to smirk
“You know full well his name is Rick, Jacob.” Aubrey replied with a bored tone. “You were at the wedding after all.
“Yeah…” Jensen mused “Still looks like a Dick to me.”
At that Stella snorted and he flashed her a quick wink. She loved how he always had her back against her sister and her snobby bastard husband. Aubrey merely rolled her eyes, she was well used to Jake and his quips by now.
“Yeah laugh all you want losers” and with that she left and made her way to the kitchen
“Well, she’s not wrong we are Losers.” Jake shrugged “Yeah but she doesn’t know, let’s keep it that way.” Stella sighed, before she shook her head “I don’t know how your sister is still friends with her, I mean out of choice? Really?
“Well, us Jensens are made to please.”
At that point Julie re-entered the living room “Jake are you staying for lunch or are you expected anywhere else to please today? I’m making lasagne.”
“Mom we literally ate breakfast an hour ago.” Stella looked up at her and Julie smiled.
“I know, but I’m making the pasta from fresh and have a few other things to do so it won’t be ready for a while. You two do your…thing and let me know what you decide. Rick and Rey are staying, he’s coming later so…” “Can’t wait.” Stella deadpanned.
“Please don’t start Estella…” Julie shot her a look.
“Anyway, change of subject…how is her shit soap selling?” Jake leaned back on the sofa and Stella snorted.
“Ask her, I dare you. I’d pay to see her face.”
“I’d do it for free if it makes you smile.”
“You two, behave if you’re staying.” Julie said sternly, pointing at them both.
“You gonna be pissed if we don’t stay?” Stella looked at her mom.
“I’ll be more pissed if you do and don’t behave.” The reply came back.
“Cross my heart Jules…” Jensen made the sign over his chest “Best behaviour. Anything for your lasagne.”
“Glad to hear it Jake.” Julie raised her eyebrow and then turned from the room.
“Looks like we’re staying then.” Stella looked at Jensen who merely grinned back.
“Sorry Stel, but you know I love verbal sparring with Rick the Prick.”
She snorted “You’re a bad man JJ” “I’m your bad man.” He winked.
Stella looked at him, cocking her head to one side trying to figure out what exactly he meant. As far as she was concerned he wasn’t after anything serious. Especially seeing he was the one that broke it off 8 years ago. Sure they’d fallen into the whole friends with benefits thing but it was no strings and all that…
She took a deep breath, cleared her throat and nodded to her laptop “So, er…forms?”
****
Two hours later they were still filling in the damned paperwork, Stella having a lot to complete…that and the fact they’d been distracted a bit by laughing and joking around, Jake showing her on Google Maps the location of a few good restaurants and bars not too far from the Condo to head to. They both looked up as Julie walked back into the lounge to tell them lunch would be ready in 20. They finished up what they were doing before walking into the Kitchen where Stella was greeted by her brother-in-law with his usual stiff hug, whereas Jake took great delight in pumping his hand up and down furiously, grinning at him.
Stella shook her head, smiling to herself as they all sat down outside in the garden, making the most of the nice weather, and began to eat. Richard was telling some boring tale from his office and Jensen was hanging off his every word, pretending to give a shit when Stella knew nothing could be further from the truth. He was merely waiting for his opportunity, which was handed to him a few minutes later by Rey who couldn’t resist getting the first shot in.
“Jake, how’s the army geek life treating you?”
“Great Rey, how’s the soap?”
Stella instantly choked on her water, and Jensen looked at her, patting her on the back as she recovered.
“Oh, it’s ok.” Rey waved a hand “I haven’t made much recently, been so busy with you know…other stuff.” “Yeah, that other stuff just keeps gettin’ in the way of…soap.” Jake shook his head.
“Are you joking with me now?” Rey narrowed her eyes.
“Wouldn’t dream of it.” Jensen shook his head. “In fact, I’m in awe of you. I mean it literally amazes me how you can make that stuff and sell it when you hate getting your hands dirty so much.” Jake swallowed a mouth of his food and grinned at her.
Rey glared at Jake “I wear gloves, ass-wipe.”
“You really don’t get irony do you?” Stella laughed, taking a drink from her glass of water.
At that point her mother caught her eye and gave her a stern glare, her earlier warning to the two of them to behave flashed across Stella’s mind but she was struggling to care. Her and Jake ‘Tag-teaming’ Rey and Rick was a well-practised art that the two of them had fine-tuned over the years, and it was the only time Stella ever felt she could get one up on her sister.
Rey looked at her and flicked her hair behind her shoulder “You may laugh but its selling really well. I’m actually thinking of expanding into a baby range.”
“Be handy for when we get pregnant.” Rick smiled at her.
Stella pulled a face as Jake grinned “You guys have that planned too? A designer little Rick or Rey on its way?”
Aubrey smiled and looked adoringly at Rick in a way that made Stella want to barf “Yeah, we’ve been trying.”
“Code for we’ve been fucking non-stop like Rabbits.” Stella mumbled.
“Estella!” Julie said sharply as Rey glared at her.
“Just because you can’t get your own relationship sorted…” she shot
“I’m not in a relationship, as well you know.”
“You sure?” Rey stared back at her, her eyes flicking to Jensen for a second. ��Stella felt herself grow red.
“Fuck off.”
“Ok that’s enough!” Julie said loudly “Can the pair of you just not stop this sniping for even one damned hour?”
Stella took a deep breath “Sorry Ma.”
Jake who had remained quiet, up until that point chipped up again, deflecting the conversation.
“Huh…” he pondered something before he pointed his fork at Rey “You know, if you’re trying to get pregnant it’s highly recommended to be in good spirits. You keep getting so angry and snippy at people, you’re gonna scare Rick’s little soldiers away. It’s a question of PH.”
Rey and Rick exchanged a glance whilst Julie looked down at her plate, coughing slightly, a smile flickering on her mouth, her admonishing clearly forgotten. Stella’s eyes moved from her mother to Jake and she mouthed ‘are you for real?’
Jensen simply grinned, shrugging, as Stella shook her head, trying not to laugh. She adored Jake when he was in full on playful mode like this. He was always full of random, stupid trivia that you could never tell whether was actual fact or simply made up for the sake of sheer, stupid comedy value and he could use it perfectly to diffuse a situation and divert attention just as he had done right now. The best bit was, that Rey and Rick were utterly oblivious to his tactic and were now looking at him, like his words were gospel.
“Where the hell did you hear that?” Rey asked.
“I read it in Nature…” Jake shrugged, taking another mouthful of his food.
“I’m impressed Jake.” Rick looked at him.
“Well, sometimes I’m more than just a pretty face Dick.” Jensen shrugged.
Rick blinked “Did he just-“
“Jules, I gotta say…” Jensen cut him off before he could finish, flashing Julie his best smile “This lasagne as always is delicious.”
*****
“Damned Stel…” Jakey mumbled to himself as she heads to car. Taking in her tight jeans that show off her ass and legs, her khaki green silk chami top which hung loosely off her frame, exposing her collar bone and her light grey jacket, set off with a pair of stylish Oakley Holbrooks with matte black frames and red iridium lenses. Her hair was pulled into a side braid which hung down her right shoulder and when she smiled at him he shifted slightly in his seat.
“You look nice.” He recovered himself enough to smile as she climbed into the car.
“Thanks JJ.” She turned to him, taking in his dark jeans and grey and blue button down. “No Petunias T-shirt?”
“Well I figured seeing as we’re going out afterwards I should make a bit of an effort.” He grinned, pushing his glasses back up his nose. Stella arched an eyebrow but didn’t say anything.
“See your dad got a new car…” she mused, taking in the interior of the silver chevvy blazer before she grinned “Pity he got rid of the ford…”
Jensen smirked “Yeah, we had…good times on that back seat.”
Stella smiled and looked out of the window, before she turned back to Jake as he drove off up the road. “So who are they playing today?” she asked
“A team called the Oaks.” He said “I was checking their scores the other day, they lost their last 5 games so...” Stella smiled “You get far too invested in this you know?”
Jensen shrugged. “What can I say, I like soccer.”
Their conversation continued on the 10 minute or so drive to the Petunia’s home pitch, and eventually strayed to Jensen’s sister Jane before it moved onto their lunch yesterday and how Julie had given Stella a ticking off once Jake had left.
“You know Rey has been googling that PH bull shit don’t you?” Stella looked at Jensen as he drove towards the soccer pitches “And she’s realised it’s just that. Bull shit.” Jensen shrugged “I don’t care, she was being a bitch to you.”
“Well thankfully she left about an hour after you did yesterday so I didn’t have to put up with her for much longer.” Stella shrugged “Still, was long enough for her to keep talking about fucking soap.”
Jensen grinned “I think I touched a nerve?”
“No shit.” Stella grumbled “You know what she said? After all that about how well it was selling and them expanding the range, she told ma she only made $500 last month!”
Jensen laughed as he swung the car into a spot by the side of the road. “Yeah, that’s…not great.”
“I did point out that maybe the reason people don’t buy whatever shit she sells because they freak out at the ridiculously ostentatious name of the company.
“The Bath To Righteousness” Jensen grinned as they both climbed out. “Yeah it is pretty pretentious. Stuff like that needs an angle you know? These companies selling homemade, organic shit are ten a penny. It needs to be a catchy name, something punchy.”
“What would you call it?” Stella looked at him, slipping her arm through his as they headed over to the pitch The Petunias were playing on.
“I’ve got Soap, Bitches.” He nodded firmly. Stella burst into laughter. “Or Lick My Soap.” Jensen continued reeling off stupid names as they approached the side lines. “Soap In Your Hole…Hit Me with Your Best Soap…Slippery when Wet… Don’t Buy Soap, Won’t Be Soap”
Stella was laughing that hard she was struggling to breathe. Jensen grinned as her nose crinkled up and she let go of his arm, doubling over, clutching her stomach. “Don’t buy soap, won’t be soap?” she managed to stutter, wiping her eyes “What the fuck does that even mean?”
“It’s from an ancient Tibetan philosophy- don’t start none, won’t be none.”
“You’re so full of crap.” She snorted, shaking her head.
“Maybe I should eat one of those soap bars then?”
Stella began to laugh again and at that point Jake’s sister Jane appeared from wherever she had been and looked at the pair of them over her shades. “What the hell’s got into you?” she looked at Stella, a smile playing on her face.
“Hey Jane, What’s soap, I mean up.” Jensen quipped and Stella let out another loud howl of laughter. Jake looked at her, laughing a little before Jane shook her head
“I just can’t with you two…” Jane grinned and gave Stella a hug. “Good to see you Stel.”
“You too Jane. You look well.” She said, stepping back to take the blonde woman in fully. “Where’s Gracie?” “Oh they’re over there with their coach.” Jane said, waving her hand in the direction of the pitch “She’s been asking about you all day. Ever since Jake said you were coming she’s been so excited.”
“I can’t wait to see her either, it’s been like a year!”
“Oh she’s grown up a lot. You’ll see.” Jane smiled.
“Hear that JJ- grown up.” Stella looked at him. “Seems even your niece can manage it.”
“Says the girl that almost pissed herself laughing at the phrase slippery when wet.” Jensen eyed her over his shades and she shrugged.
“I daren’t even ask…” Jane looked at them both and Jensen simply waved her comment away.
“Oh we were just trying to think of ways to help Rey boost her soap sales.” He shrugged.
“Do I really wanna know?” Jane asked, “Mind you, she’ll probably chew my ear off about it all later.”
It wasn’t long before the teams head out to the pitch and the three of them took their seats on the small stand as they kicked off.
“I’d kill for a beer.” Stella mumbled about 5 minutes later.
“Well, I nearly bought some but thought better not. I got caught last time and fined- broke a by law apparently.” Jensen said, his eyes not leaving the game “Jane went bezerk. She’s kinda scary when she gets mad. Like you.”
Stella smiled and turned back to the game for a little while, until the Petunias made a break for goal, only to have the girl who was running through felled down by one of the Oak’s defenders.
“Oh look at that!” Jensen yelled, jumping up “Foul ref…are you blind?”
“Jake sit down.” Jane hissed, looking up at him from where she sat to Stella’s right.
“I’d say this is embarrassing but I’m used to it.” Stella shook her head.
“I swear to god behave or I’ll ban you for life.” Jane threatened him again as he continued to yell down to the pitch.
“Can you sit down please?” A voice came from behind them and Stella looked at the woman who was speaking “You’re blocking my view”
“For fucks sake…” Stella grumbled, reaching up with her left hand and yanking on his shirt “Jakey, sit!”
With a grumble he did as he was told and leaned across Stella to look at Jane “You soccer mums are a nightmare.” Jane glared at him, Stella remained focussing on the game, trying not to laugh. When Jensen moved to sit back she looked at Jane and mouthed “Sorry.”
“Don’t be.” Jane shook her head “He’s far worse when you’re not around.”
“God help you.”
“Yeah there was this one time he was that bad Gracie stopped talking to him for an entire weekend. Poor Kid hadn’t been so embarrassed in her life.” Jane mumbled. Jensen turned to look to his right at Stella and his sister, frowning.
“What are you two whispering about?”
“You.” Stella looked at him “Now shut up and behave.”
“No need to be so aggressive babe.” He arched an eyebrow but obeyed anyway.
“Stella, can I hire you for like ALL the games?” Jane asked, nodding to the fact Jensen was, for once, doing as he was told.
Stella snorted, shaking her head as she turned back to the match.
As it was only a kid’s game, they only played 20 minutes either half. The first one closed at 0-0 and after a quick 5 minutes break they swapped ends and kicked off the second half. About 5 minutes in the Petunias broke and this time thanks to a great pass through from Gracie they scored. Naturally Jake cheering loudest. The rest of the half was uneventful and the game ended at 1-0. As everyone began to move, the three of them headed down to the side lines, Gracie trotting towards them.
“Stella!” she grinned, throwing herself at the woman. Stella grabbed her in a hug, swinging her round slightly.
“OMG look at you! You got taller!” she smiled, ruffling her hair.
Gracie grinned “I know. But it has been a while since I saw you.” She admonished Stella a little.
“Really?” Stella grinned “Doesn’t seem that long.”
“Did you see my goal assist?” Gracie asked and Stella nodded.
“Of course I saw it honey, you were great!”
“Alright, alight, favourite uncle right here.” Jensen said, gesturing to himself.
“You’re my only uncle, duh.” Gracie rolled her eyes.
“Well guess that makes me your favourite by default then.” Jensen shrugged.
Stella pat his shoulder gently. “You were brilliant JJ.”
At that Gracie gave a snigger.
They chatted for a little while longer before Jake said they needed to leave to meet Pooch and ‘future Mrs. Pooch’. Gracie wasn’t impressed at Stella going so soon and there was a brewing tantrum until Stella assured her it wouldn’t be too long before she saw her again. In all honesty, Jensen could have spent the rest of the evening watching his niece and Stella interact. He had to concede Stel had a way with children which contrasted with the focused military Captain persona who was now part of an elite black-ops team . Mind you, Gracie had known Stella her entire life. Granted, Gracie had spent more time with Aubrey, being as she was one of her mother's best friends, than with Stel and yet it wasn't hard to tell Stel was one of Gracie's favourite people in the world.
So after a vague promise to take Gracie out for an ice cream during the week she still had left of her leave, Stella managed to avert the tantrum and they said goodbye and headed back to the car.
When they got to Tandy's, almost half an hour later, Pooch and his fiancé were already at the bar waiting for them. Pooch stood up as he spotted them approaching and he pulled Stella into a hug before greeting and patting Jensen's back and introducing Stella to his wife-to-be, Jolene. They grabbed a drink and sat down, the 4 of them chatting for a little while. Pooch and Jolene told Stella all about their wedding plans, which sounded like a beautiful ceremony planned for the following year in Mexico.
Stella was asking the reason for their wedding ceremony being in Mexico when they finished their first round. Jensen, noticing their glasses were empty, stood up to go get another round, he had already had his share of Pooch's wedding plans for the past year, and Jolene excused herself to go to the bathroom soon after, leaving Stella and Pooch alone.
"So you enjoying the chance to be at home for a few weeks Arty?" Pooch asked her.
"It’s great being with my mom but she’s already driving me crazy, telling me I need to leave the army and get a good, normal job. She’d have a fit if she knew I was part of this Elite Black ops shit."
Pooch chuckled "Well, it’s not all undercover life or death situations. You know, Jensen ended up doing 2 months at HQ working on some online terrorist cell last year. Cougar has run a few sniping jobs too. I ran a couple of training ops with some troops in Canada."
"Yeah. Clay mentioned I might get a few normal jobs…" Stella nodded, as she fiddled with the coaster on the table.
"So it’s good to be reasonably close to home, you know? Well, I say reasonably close…still like a 7 and a half hour drive. Hurrah for Military Discount on airfare…or you can go via New York and take a night there.” Pooch shrugged “Me and Jensen done that a few times. Although keeping tabs on him in Times Square can be a pain in the ass…"
"Yeah I can imagine." she laughed.
"So, what’s your dad think about your career choice?" Pooch asked then.
"No idea, he died when I was 10." Stella shrugged.
"Shit, sorry." Pooch apologised, eyes wide open at the realisation of his gaffe.
Stella gave him a comforting smile. "It's ok. You didn't know."
"No siblings?" Pooch inquired and Stella could feel his wariness as he asked another personal question.
"One." she smiled again. "Sister, she’s…” Stella hesitated, trying to thing of the most diplomatic way to phrase what she wanted to say. “Well, she’s very different to me. Her husband is a Finance Director for Lockheed Martin and earns a ridiculous amount of money so she doesn’t work. Well, unless you count running an online Etsy shop selling home-made soaps. She’s friends with JJ’s sister although fuck knows how Jane puts up with her."
"I could ask you the same thing about Jensen." Pooch joked, nodding at Jensen at the bar and Stella smiled again.
By then Pooch had noticed Arty smiled a lot. She had a warm smile that made him feel comfortable around her. That and the fact she wasn't shy to talk about her life with him. He liked her and thus he was curious about what the real nature of her relationship with Jensen was.
"So you know his family as well then?" he asked.
"Yeah I’ve known them all since I was 11." she offered.
"That’s nice." Pooch nodded.
"What is?"
"You guys being so close since you were kids." he said, smiling.
Stella smiled at him again but it was now a mischievous smile "He told you how we met?"
Pooch shook his head "No."
"It was first week of middle school. I was walking to class and my bag split. He came over to help me pick up my stuff, smacked his head straight into mine as he stood up." she stopped to let Pooch laugh it up.
"He banged his head?” Pooch snorted “Yeah that…that sounds like Captain Chaos alright…”
Stella shook her head as she gave Pooch a nudge, stretching her arm over the table. "Don’t laugh, he was cute. A dork but cute. And he was a friend. My dad had only been dead 6 months or so and we had moved back home from Kentucky to be nearer our grandparents so I didn’t really know anyone. But, he came straight over when everyone else was laughing at me and he deliberately placed himself so no one would see me crying." At that Pooch saw Stella glancing over at Jensen, smiling softly. "Been hanging out ever since."
"So when did you two…you know…cross the line so to speak."
"He asked me out on my 17th birthday. I’d liked him for years but didn’t think he thought of me in that way. We dated through senior year and then we both went off to Norwich University for the ROTC." She explained.
"Oh, so you didn’t direct enter either then?"
"No. I talked to Clay about it and he suggested I do the ROTC so I could get a college education as well. I suggested it to Jakey and we both went for it."
"So, excuse my prying but why you two beak up? Seems like you were together for pretty much the most important decisions of your lives?"
Stella hesitated before answering. Although she didn't mind talking to Pooch it was the first time she explained her and Jensen's story to anyone. She hadn’t needed to up to that point, seeing as everyone she had met till then didn't know Jake too, bar their respective families and friends and they already knew what the deal between them was. Sort of.
For the first time Pooch felt like she wasn't that willing to answer. "Well, after the ROTC thing we both got our first overseas postings and, well, he suggested that maybe it was better if we called it quits before the distance tore us apart and we resented one another. I agreed. We stayed friends though."
"Friends with benefits, huh?"
"Yeah, you could say that." she snorted.
Pooch looked at her. He sensed it was better not to pry more on the subject so he decided to change topics.
"So, you know Clay of old then?" he asked, remembering Clay had warned them she was like a daughter to him.
"Yeah he was in the Army with my dad. My dad was a major in the Screaming Eagles, you heard of them?"
Pooch nodded "The 101st airborne division, right?"
Stella nodded too. "Clay was first lieutenant in his command. He was killed when they launched the operation to cut off Highway 8. One of only 16 to die. Clay took it hard, he was literally right by dad when he died. A foot to the right and he’d have taken the bullet not dad, and he felt guilty for ages for not spotting the sniper but…either way one of them ended up dead. I mean, dad was only 45 when he died and Clay would have been…what, 28 or so at the time, maybe? Either way it’ no age, total waste of a life."
"You know, Clay never really talks about his past much but he did tell us once that seeing his friend die at the hand of an insurgent was what spurred him into the Special Ops. He wanted to get involved in tracking down terrorists, making places safer. Never knew who he was talking about though." Pooch offered.
"Well now you do." she shrugged "I expect it's painful for him to talk about. We’ve all been there, lost people …it’s hard."
"So that's why you joined as well? Your dad?" Pooch asked.
"Yeah. Much to Mom’s disgust. She called Clay, thought he would talk me out of it. I think his words to my mum were, and I quote “ I don’t stand a chance Jules, you know she looks up to Ian’s memory like he’s Captain America….”."
Pooch laughed out loud and Stella grinned. "Yeah she’s still not best pleased with him. And when I got stationed over in Iraq, well, I thought she was gonna hunt him down and kill him with her bare hands."
"You clearly made the right career choice though, I mean you made Captain pretty fast." Pooch stated with real admiration. “Just like Jensen did.”
"A lot of that was down to doing the ROTC and circumstance. Right place, right time…you know what it’s like in the field. They need commissioned, senior officers in Delta Force, I dare say female ones specifically to ‘fil the quota’ so to speak. I did my job well and…" she shrugged.
"From what I hear you’re selling yourself short. Clay speaks very highly of you. He was raving about this person on the inside for the entire time we were running that last op."
Stella smiled, after the conversation with her mother the day before and having to put up with her sister and brother in law's perfect life all over the weekend, Clay's words were like a balm to her.
"Good to know I’m doing something right."
Pooch was pondering Stella's words when Jensen returned from the bar with a couple of beer bottles and two deep orange coloured cocktails.
"Sorry guys, they had a new bartender who wasn't very sure about the best way to prepare a Sailor's Grave." He shrugged “So, this is for Pooch, this is for Mrs. Pooch and this one is for my girl…" he said, placing the drinks ceremoniously on the table, flashing a wink at Stella when he said the last part.
Pooch raised an eyebrow at Stella. The boundaries in Jensen and Stella's relationship, whatever that was, were clearly a little blurred.
Stella rolled her eyes before speaking "I’m not your girl Jake, not since you dumped me when you went over to Burkina Faso." She flinched a little as that came out slightly harsher than she meant and Jensen noticed.
"Ouch doll. Bitter much?" he frowned.
Stella took a deep breath but didn’t say anything. Worst thing she could do was encourage him, whether it was in favour or against, his attempts of flirting. Thankfully, at that moment Jolene returned to the booth.
"Sorry I took so long, I got a call from the office." She apologised as she sat at her place next to Pooch.
Stella seized the chance to divert the conversation and get Jake out of her mind and sight for a minute and she smiled at Jolene and asked “So what do you do for a living?”
"Oh I’m a paralegal for a local firm in Concord." Jolene explained before taking a sip from her cocktail.
Soon both women were engaged in a lively conversation as Stella continued to ask her questions, happy to keep her mind occupied and off all thoughts of Jake and the little tension earlier. Eventually, however, last orders were called and the 4 agreed it was time to go.
“Jolene seemed nice.” Stella broke the silence that had fallen in the car. “They make a nice couple.”
"Yeah, Pooch is a good guy and she’s a nice gal so…" Jensen agreed, hands on the wheel.
They both fell silent again, Jake concentrating on the road ahead. He was anxious and hoped Stella hadn't noticed, though they had never been so silent in a car drive. Something had been bugging him since that night in the barracks after the mission. The sex had been amazing, it always had been, but whereas they normally left it at that but now… well, being around their hometown, the place they had grown up and first started dated, going out and just doing things they used to do was sparking all sorts of feelings within him. Just an hour before, calling her his girl had just slipped out, and he’d realised from her reaction as soon as he’d done it that he shouldn’t have.
He chewed the inside of his cheek as he drove, trying to convince himself that he had done the right thing breaking it off 5 years ago. But he was also cursing himself at the same time, because being around her yesterday and today, in a normal environment, he realised that just as he’d told her that night after the mission he missed her. And not just the sex. But her. The difference being now, as he pulled onto her road, he realised he didn’t just miss her because he hadn’t seen her. He missed her being his.
His. That was his last thought as he parked up at her driveway.
"Thanks Jakey, I had fun today." Stella said, looking at him for the first time since they got in the car.
"Me too, Stel." Jensen said as he nodded.
And there was a silent pause as Stella digested the fact he wasn't even looking at her. His eyes were fixed on some point beyond the windshield.
"Ok, erm.." Stella spoke but paused to clear her throat. "Well, have a safe trip over to Base and I guess I’ll see you in a week."
He still didn't say anything, he only nodded in agreement. His eyes still not on her. So she opened the door, ignoring the lump on her throat, and made to leave when she felt him gently grabbing her arm.
"Stel…"
She stopped and looked at him. He was now looking at her, almost pleadingly, as he reached out, gently gripping her chin in his finger and thumb, his eyes bouncing across hers.
"Jake, I don’t think we..." she whispered but her protests died as he pressed his lips to her. It was a furious and needy kiss, his tongue harshly dominating hers, and when he pulled away he pressed his head to hers.
"See you in a week, doll." he said, his eyes boring into hers.
"Yeah, see you." she whispered, before getting out of the car
She looked back once to wave as he was waiting to make sure she got inside, as he always did. Once in she shut the front door and headed to the kitchen. Just as she turned around and took the first step her mom walked out of the living room.
"Not in a relationship, eh?"
"Were you spying on me?" Stella asked. Best defence is offense after all…
Her mother shrugged, a smile threatening to spread on her face. She liked Jake, she had always liked him and what was more, though she would rather be caught dead than admit to it, she liked him more than she would ever like Rick in a million years. But then, what was more important to a mother than their daughters' happiness?
Stella sighed. "It's complicated."
"Sure it is. Night honey.” her mother said and, after placing a kiss on her head, she left her to it.
Stella said goodnight and headed into the kitchen for a bottle of water. She uncapped it and leaned on the counter. It had taken her a while to get to a point where she could simply fuck Jake and leave it at that, but even then deep down she knew she had been kidding herself, fooling herself. He had been right in the bar before, she was bitter. Bitter that he had given up so easily when she thought they had something special. And she’d been that much of a sucker that she’d gone along with the whole ‘friends with benefits’ arrangement because the thought of not being with him at all had made her feel sick.
During the last 12 months they had drifted apart and even though she’d hated it at first and it had killed her, it had done her the world of good in that she had finally worked him out of her system.
Or so she thought she had.
Because here she was, less than 2 weeks of being back in his presence and she was already slipping back down that deep, dark hole. After that night post the mission they hadn’t been together that way, at all, but then the previous day he’d shown up and today he had taken her out, for what had been a really fun afternoon and evening, and it had felt just like old times.
Especially when he had kissed her like that.
Jensen was the king of giving off mixed signals, he always had been. Hell, it had taken her years to figure out he liked her that way. But they weren’t in high school anymore, and it was easy, far too easy to get swept back into something that meant more to her than it did to him. She knew she had to put a stop to it, because someone was going to get hurt. And that someone was likely to be her.
Lost in her thoughts she drained the bottle and tossed it into the recycling bin before running her hand through her hair sighing to herself.
“I’m fucked.”
**** Chapter 2
#too loose and you'll lose it#jake jensen x ofc#jake jensen x original female character#jake jensen#the losers
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Devil May Cry OC Week Day 4!
I’m actually really excited for @dmc-oc-week day for because it gives me the opportunity to talk about Sirrus without delving into spoilers! Yay loopholes!
This contains slight spoilers, but nothing super important. Just keep that in mind. it won’t effect anything, but if you want to go in totally blind, tread carefully.
Dislikes:
Note: if your wondering why I did dislikes first, it’s because that’s just how Sirrus is lol! He’s not a downer, but he likes to think of himself as a realist, but he’s slightly closer to being a pragmatic nihilist, and that lack of optimism lingers in his day to day life because he’s naturally going to have his guard up at all times. He can’t be disappointed if his expectations are nonexistent. Big mood, Sirrus.
1. His father. As previously mentioned, Sirrus is not on good terms with his father. At all. In fact, he’s actively waiting for his father’s hubris to catch up to him along with some of the enemies he’s made along the way so that he himself doesn’t have to confront him and possible end him because he knows he has it coming, but he doesn’t have it in him to do it himself. He’s probably powerful enough, but he just doesn’t have the heart. Despite everything, he’s still got a small ounce of compassion in his heart towards his father that he can’t let go of, something that he loathes about himself. It’s pretty unhealthy.
2. People that abuse power, authority, or social standing. This is actually a large issue in his own immediate family, and that’s part of why his dislike for it is so powerful. He genuinely believes that you should positively contribute to the lives of others if you have the means to, and if nothing else, that you should not detract from them. As a result, he’s developed a dislike of a large portion of people in power because, I mean, fair enough. But his family does not escape this designation, and that’s a large part of why he does what he does. Not because he believes he has superior judgement or standing over others, but because he cannot solve a problem that he does not understand. So as a result, he has to go out into the field and learn from those his work effects. Assuming that he knows what’s best for everyone while simultaneously never having met those people is literally what he hates most about most people in positions of power, and he strives to not do the same. Being powerful doesn’t mean that your smart, and he knows that first hand. I feel like Sirrus would be into the “eat the rich” thing if it was a thing in the DMC universe. Very into it.
3. His mother. I feel like this one may come as a bit of a surprise to some of you who know more about him from the fic since he’s literally only mentioned her once, and doesn’t speak of her in any broad sense, but Sirrus isn’t on the best of terms with his mother, either. He doesn’t harbor any negativity towards them for splitting up when he was young. In fact, he considers it the best thing that either of them has probably ever done. But he has his reasons for not being on good terms with him mom. Day 6 will cover family and background, so I’ll get to go in depth on that day! For now, lets just put it under the broad but totally accurate category of “extremely toxic and codependent relationship” and go from there. Maybe I’ll make a family tree you you can see how messed up everything is! Yea, that would be fun! Would you like to see that?
4. Extreme heat and sun. In truth, while he does in fact become more powerful in bright sunlight, he still hates it. Why? Simple. It gives him migraines due to one of his existing (but not yet disclosed) abilities. And he just hates to be hot. He’s on the pale side (Ok, he almost makes V look like he has a tan.) so he gets sun burned. And because he’s used to a cooler climate, hot places drive him NUTS. I suppose you could say that “Discomfort” is a dislike of his, too.
5. Desk work. This one probably seems pretty random, but as an adjudicator, he actually has to occasionally file reports, and he ABSOLUTELY HATES EVERY SECOND OF IT. He’s good at what he does, no question there, but it’s kind of like being good at sending corporate emails when you hate the fake corporate politeness that you have to maintain, and you basically despise half of the company you work for. Why does he keep the job? Simple. Because no one can abuse the power of the position he’s in if he does it himself. And for him, that’s worth hating a large aspect of his job,
Likes:
1. V. Yup you read that right. Sirrus absolutely adores V, something that he himself is not used to. At this point, he’s not entirely sure what he feels towards him since they haven’t known one another for very long, but he does realize that he means quite a bit to him. After V saved his life in the fic, he really started to pay more attention to him. Before, they were friendly and he had to admit that he actually did find both V and Nero (and Nico, for that matter) really cute, but that was about it. And then as they started spending more time around one another, Sirrus realized that perhaps he liked being around V for a reason. He’s still working on understanding what he feels, but with everything going on in the fic, for now he’s just there to help and figure out what’s going on so that everything turns out alright. Then he can worry about everything else. But for now, he’s just working it out as he goes and trying to distract V from everything going on in the fic. He realizes that he’s got a lot going on, and he genuinely just wants him to be happy for a few damn minuets.
2. Being around equally strange people. Sirrus feels like an outcast most of the time, so as a general rule, he tries to associate with people as little as possible. That being said, the DMC crew makes him feel right at home, and the supreme otherness that he feels much of the time dissipates when he’s with them. It’s a welcome feeling to be sure.
3. Wine. Sirrus actually enjoys wine quite a bit! It’s something he likes the taste of, and due to his biological inability to drink, it’s something he can basically enjoy without consequence. That being said, his favorite wine is absolutely disgusting to basically everyone who’s ever tasted it (aside form V, much to his surprise) and that may be because of a certain added ingredient that was put into it for flavor. What can I say, he has unorthodox tastes!
4. Cooking good food. Sirrus doesn’t actually need to eat, but he does like to entertain those around him. If he likes you, he will cook for you. It’s that simple. It’s something from his own culture that’s been instilled in him; the idea of taking care of those that show kindness to you. And believe me, that doesn’t happen to him very often. He’s largely ostracized in most social interactions despite the fact that he says and does nothing to cause this. Its a key reason as to why he doesn't talk about what he is. It makes people... uncomfortable. And to add to that, he has a sort of aura to him that unnerves people. The way he tends to look at people at though he’s looking through them instead of at them doesn’t help.
5. Fine arts. Something that doesn’t come up much in the books is that Sirrus has hobbies. And a love for the fine arts. All of them. The more unorthodox, the better. Sirrus is that person who is dead inside and will stare at a piece of artwork for ridiculous amounts of time, pondering it’s meaning. Not in a pretensions way, but in a “what the hell am I doing with my life” sort of way. He’s a walking essential crisis, but he’s nothing if not self aware. But in regards to the arts, if it’s a form of expression, then he’s all for it. And he will probably ask you to teach it to him or become a financial patron to your work. He thinks that art and the people that make it are under appreciated, and the idea of art dying out genuinely scares him to death. He doesn’t think a world without art is worth living in. As an extension to this, he loves history. He considered much of it distasteful, but he recognizes it’s importance.
Bonus: Sirrus likes to send extravagant gifts. This is partially due to the fact that he has a very large sum of money and nothing to spend it on. It’s a regular occurrence that you will mention liking something in passing and then end up having it sent to your house out of nowhere. Sirrus did this to V with basically an entire house of furniture, and V is still trying to process it. But this isn’t the only time he’s going to do something like that. Not by a long shot.
Let me know if you have any questions! I love answering them :D And if you have any input, I’ve love to hear that, too!
#dmcocweek#Sirrus#My OC#Devil May Cry OC Week Day 4#DMC#OC#Devil May Cry#My Devil May Cry OC#My Post Devil May Cry 5 OC#Fic
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Getting a Roommate (5)
Really! I can’t believe I finished this chapter. OH MY GOD! It took me so long to review it. I’m tired. Anyway!
I realized I was writing “Amused” when I meant “Amazed” before UHSAHUSAUHSHAUHUSA I honestly thought it had the same meaning. I guess everyone just seemed to be having fun every chapter SUHAHUSAUHSAUUHSA Anyway, I will pay attention from now on kkkkk
I’ll be going to my sister today and will be back just after tomorrow, then I will have classes and some stuff to do so the next one will probably be written on next weekend >.<
Genre: Fluff, Romance; Sugestive; College Au; Roommate Au; Love Triangle
Pairing: Minho X Reader X Chan
Word Count: ~8,8K
Female Lead
Warnings: Language, Sugestive stuff (?)
(Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Final)
Right now you wished the ground would swallow you.
You were sitting on your bed, feeling way better than you felt in the morning, Felix sitting beside you, cackling up, and Minho sitting on your chair, telling you all about the night before. You sighed embarrassed, wishing you stayed home yesterday.
“Felix, I hate you” You stated, whining and He just snorted.
“That’s not my fault if you think He’s hot and had to be drunk to yell it at him” You groaned and hit him with your pillow. Why the hell did you drink so much?! You should have known that you would humiliate yourself, especially if your best friend was giving you hints he would try to get you and Chan together.
“You almost told him you wanted to ride him” Minho reminded you “I think calling him hot would be the least of your problems” He stated and grinned as you groaned again, hiding your face behind the pillow.
“Oh my god! He must think I’m so irresponsible! That’s it, I’m going to die as a virgin” You promised and Minho eyed you surprised.
“Are you a virgin?” He asked amazed, not expecting it at all.
“No, but if I keep living like this I think I will go back there” You whined, “I didn’t even want to bang him!” You fumed “It’s all your fault, Lix! I wasn’t thinking about it but now I am and I will not get it!”
“Hey, I don’t think so” Minho pondered “If you ask me, I would say He seemed really into you” He assured, and you looked at him filled with hope.
“Really? Are you sure you’re not just hyping me?” You frowned and He promptly shook his head denying it.
“I mean it! He cupped your cheek and called you his babygirl as if you were the most precious thing in the world” Oh! Should you have hope? You weren’t hoping to be his girlfriend or anything like that, you just wanted to get laid. Maybe someone to cuddle up and watch TV, but you had Felix to do it if you needed… So, yeah banging was enough. It shouldn’t be hard, right? You were nice, sweet, and kind, you thought you could be hot if you tried a little bit, even if Minho didn’t acknowledge it.
“I told her a million times! He likes you” Felix rolled his eyes “If you text him right now and tell him you need him here, He would be here in a blink”
“How can He like me if we don’t even know each other? He is fond of me” You corrected and Felix groaned.
“Same thing! He’s fond of you and He calls you his babygirl and gets flustered when you call him daddy even though you’re just joking” Felix eyed you at that, showing He didn’t buy it at all “So you can just tell him you want him and you will get a fuck buddy” Felix made it sound really simple, but you weren’t so sure about it. He did say you were pretty and He would like to fuck you before, even though the guys didn’t know about it, but he also said it wouldn’t work out since you weren’t into his kinky. Or were you? You never really tried it…
“Even if this is true… I just don’t know” You said weakly and Felix sensed your shift of mood.
“Hey, it’s ok” He assured you “You don’t need to get laid to be happy! You know that I’m just teasing you when I say you need to get laid, right? You should not feel forced to do something you don’t want to do” He seemed concerned and you smiled at him reassuring.
“I think I will let things flow” You stated “Maybe I will get really horny and want to ride him out of nowhere” You laughed.
“Just don’t do it on the couch” Minho joked and you cackled up.
“Now that I have my bed we all can bang on the couch as much as you guys want” You scoffed and Minho grinned.
“Oh? Are you inviting us to bang on the couch, kitty?” He asked mockingly and you blushed, throwing your pillow at his face.
“No! I don’t want to bang you guys!” You snorted “And kitty? Really?” You scoffed.
“Hey! I like kitties! They’re cute and fluffy, fuck off” He pouted and you chuckled, getting up from the bed and announcing you would bring them something to eat since you were starving. You closed the door and went to the kitchen.
“Shouldn’t you try to stop her?” Felix asked suddenly and Minho eyed him like he was crazy.
“Stop her from bringing us food?” He asked confused.
“Stop her from hooking up with Chan” Felix clarified and Minho scoffed, clearly confused.
“What? Why would I do this?” He asked speechlessly and Felix rolled his eyes at him.
“Are you kidding me?” Felix inquired, his eyebrow shot up “You were really interested in her body yesterday if you don’t recall it… And I may not remember everything I and Y/N did, but I do remember you calling her cute, but I don’t recall you telling her this today” Felix was smugly grinning at Minho, who seemed uncomfortable under his gaze. He cleared his throat and averted his eyes “Also you weren’t really subtle right now, hm? You call her kitty then say you like cute and fluff things as kitties?”
“I didn’t mean it like this” He spoke firmly “Y/N is my friend, just like She’s yours. You called her hot and you don’t want to fuck her, right? I call her cute because I do think she’s cute but that doesn’t mean I want to fuck her either” He reasoned and Felix narrowed his eyes.
“Ok, you made your point” He agreed, letting him go. While the boys were talking about you, you were mindlessly searching for something on the fridge, not seeming to find anything you wanted to eat. You hear steps next to you and you looked up to see who was there.
“Feeling better yet?” Hyunjin asked you as He went to the cupboard to search for some snacks. You eyed him, unsure if you should be friendly yet. He didn’t apologize and was just ignoring all of your argument, although He teased you about the couch when he had the chance “You looked like shit this morning”.
“Don’t you own me an apology?” You decided to challenge him, crossing your arms in front of your chest and He chuckled.
“I don’t apologize for things that I would do again” He shrugged “I’m sorry that you felt like shit, though, It wasn’t really my intention” he admitted. It was better than you expected, but you wanted more. You wanted a real apology.
“You should apologize, though” You stated “You have been treating me like an annoying brat and you were pretty rude yesterday. You were being an asshole since day one! And I did nothing to deserve it. I don’t have to put up with you and I deserve a sincere apology” You ranted, feeling pissed that He didn’t even think about being nice. He scoffed and looked at you like you were a baby, which didn’t help your pissed self.
“Make me” He grimaced at you. What a son of a bitch. You smiled at him, a sickly sweet smile that showed you wouldn’t buy his shit anymore. You closed the fridge, walked to him, and took his snacks from his hand, going back to your room “Oh, god! My snacks! I so will have to apologize to her now” he shouted sarcastically and you heard him searching through the snacks all over again.
“You know what?” You said as you entered your room, closing the door with a frown “Who needs to literally fuck someone when you can just fuck someone’s life?” You scoffed. The boys looked at you as if you were crazy and you angrily gave them the snacks.
“Care to enlighten us?” Felix asked.
“I’m going mess Hyunjin’s mind” You stated “He doesn’t want to be a good roommate? Fine! I will piss him off so much He will regret not being a human being, to begin with”
“And how do you plan to make Hyunjin apologize?” Minho asked, disbelief in his voice.
“I won’t tell you! You’re his friend” You scoffed “Do you think I’m dumb?”
“Hey, He’s Felix’s friend too” Minho accused “We’ve shared the same classes for a while now!”
“But Felix is my best friend and wouldn’t betray me!” You reasoned and He gasped.
“Wow! That’s how low you think of me? Good to know! And here I was being nice to you and watching Tangled!” He jokingly argued and you laughed.
“You liked to watch it!” You accused and extended your hand so He would throw your pillow back to you, but he just hugged it “Come on! Give it back” You whined and Minho ignored you, eating his chocolate. Felix snorted, amused by your childish behavior “Come on! Gimme” you pouted.
“Ask your best friend” He muttered moodily and you let out a chuckle.
“Oh my, are you sad because I won’t tell you my plans?” You asked giddily “Wants kitty to give you a hug?” You said sneering and He scoffed.
“Oh? Are we doing the kitty thing?” He asked amused “A good kitty would tell me their plans” He sang and you laughed at that.
“Give up, I won’t tell you” You told him teasingly and He shrugged.
“It doesn’t hurt to try” He snorted and threw you the pillow. He got up from his seat and eyed you funnily “I will let you guys here discuss your sweet revenge” and He walked out of the room. You turned to Felix and started to explain what you had in your mind. You couldn’t wait to piss off Hyunjin like He was pissing you.
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Step 1: Claim what is yours
Hyunjin kissed his date like He needed that to live. He stumbled around the dark living room, trying to support himself and the girl as they made their way to his room occasionally throwing some clothes on the floor as they got closer to his door. He opened it, groaning as the girl kissed his jaw and sucked his earlobe. He threw her on his bed and looked confused for a split of a second.
“What the fuc-“ He was going to say, but the girl beat him to it.
“Is it for me?!” She asked with shining eyes, picking up the pretty underwear that was laying on his bed. Some white lacy underwear that he never saw in his life. He wiped off the confused expression from his face and smiled.
“Don’t you wanna wear it for me, bunny?” He asked and the girl beamed at him, her eyes lustful.
Just as you planned.
“Jinnie! Have you seen my lac-“ You started to ask in a sweet tone and stopped on your tracks when you saw another girl on his bed. You knew too damn well He would bring a girl home and He knew you knew it since He warned both you and Minho in the afternoon. He expected you to say sorry and walk away, but you stood there chocked, your eyes tearing up “Oh my god! Are you cheating on me?!” You asked with a hurt expression.
Hyunjin’s mouth fell agape and you had to gather all your strength not to laugh.
“I can’t believe it!” You yelled, slamming his door and going to your room, expecting the girl to think you were gone. You heard her slamming his door open and when He tried to claim that you weren’t his girlfriend you heard her slap him. Oh my god! It was even better then you pictured!
“You are an asshole!” She yelled at him “I pity your girlfriend! I hope she breaks up with you and you die alone, bastard!” And with that being said, she slammed the front door and everything fell in silence.
“Y/N!” Hyunjin yelled at you and you opened your door.
“What?” You asked slyly, grinning.
“Care to explain yourself?!” He asked pissed and you scoffed.
“I don’t explain things that I would do again… But I’m sorry you feel like shit right now” You grimaced his way and He scoffed.
“Is that it? Oh my god! You’re so… Argh!” He groaned.
“Now can you give me back my underwear? I have a date with Chan tonight and I was looking for it” You asked sweetly and He looked at you blankly.
“You’re saying you didn’t plan this?” He asked suspiciously.
“What?! Do I look unoccupied like that to you?” You rolled your eyes “Today was Minho’s turn to do the laundry, He must have thought it was from some of your hook ups” You reasoned and He nodded, tired.
“I can’t believe you made that scene” He complained, picking up your underwear and pushing it in your hands.
“It was just the perfect opportunity to piss you off” You shrugged.
You felt really proud when He stepped out of your room and you felt the smile crepting on your face. For now, Hyunjin didn’t have a clue you were going to ruin his life. You put away your underwear and dressed up slightly just to not raise his suspicions for now. You waved him goodbye when you passed by him on the couch, and made your way to the place you agreed with Minho.
When He saw you coming dressed up on a Wednesday He knew you were up to something.
“Why the hell did you dress up to eat a hot dog on a Wednesday?” He asked amused, calling his friend over so He could order your food.
“I have a favor to ask” You confessed and He shot his brow up eyeing you curiously “If Hyunjin asks if you let some lacy underwear on his bed could you say yes?” Minho choked at that.
“What?!” He asked when He stopped coughing “What the hell?”
“You see… I let my underwear on his bed” You explained and Minho narrowed his eyes.
“Does it have something to do with your plan?” He asked and you grinned sheepishly “Oh! So I can’t know about your plan but I have to help you?” He scoffed.
“Pretty please?!” You begged with puppy eyes and He eyed you “I will pay for the food” You sighed and He smiled.
�� “Just what I wanted to hear!” He snorted. Later, when you paid for the food He smiled at you and said “I would have done it even if you didn’t pay for the food” and you whined at him. You decided to wait to go home since it would look suspicious if both of you came together “Just go there, I will wait in the car. You can say you’re back earlier because He ditched you or something like this” Minho suggested and you nodded.
“Full of good ideas, aren’t we?” You smirk and He chuckled.
Step 2: Surprise him
You heard the door unlocking and you settled yourself on the bed.
You were wearing one of his T-shirts that looked like a short dress on you and his boxers, reading a book like you were really relaxed and happy there. When you heard the door begin to be opened, you started to say.
“Oh, Babe! I got to finish my work earlier so I came here to make you a surpri—“ Your sentence was cut off strategically and you saw an almost naked girl and a pissed Hyunjin. You never have seen him so pissed off before and you cheered inside.
“What the fuck are you doing here?” He hissed and you gasped.
“Babe?!” The girl scoffed humorlessly “You have a girlfriend?” She pushed him away.
“She’s not my girlfriend” He voiced angrily “Stop the shit, Y/N, get the fuck out!” He ranted.
“But… You said you loved me” You said tearing up and He scoffed.
“She’s making this up! She’s upset with me” He rolled his eyes and turned to the girl “It’s some kind of sick revenge, don’t believe her” He pleaded and the girl looked at you with fire in her eyes.
Oops. It’s not going the way you pictured it.
She came over you and you raised your hands to defend yourself from the hit you were expecting but she grabbed your hands and pulled you from the bed. She took some sweatpants she found standing close and pushed it in your arms.
“Come, sweety, He doesn’t deserve you!” She said, pulling you as she stopped to take her clothes from the ground and you rushedly put the pants on.
“You’re a bitch, Y/N!” Hyunjin hissed at you and the girl eyed him enraged.
“You’re an asshole!” She yelled back at him.
You were feeling kind of guilty since the girl was being so nice to you but you followed her anyway and she stopped on her tracks once you were away from your place.
“Where are you going now? I’m dragging you with me but I don’t even know where you going” She said worried and you smiled at her.
“I’m sorry, He’s… He’s not actually my boyfriend… I…” You rumbled, trying to tell her the truth but she stopped you, resting her palm on your shoulder.
“It doesn’t matter, He shouldn’t treat you like this,” She said and you nodded. She was right. He really shouldn’t “Anyway, If you don’t have anywhere to go you can come with me” She smiled at you and you shook your head.
“I think I’m going home” You said and she nodded, parting ways with you.
You were starting to doubt your little plan of revenge. While you walked back to your apartment you could only imagine how pissed off Hyunjin was, which was okay by you since He really pissed you off before, but was it fair to the girls? You didn’t think so. Maybe they really liked him… Maybe He liked them. Who knows?
Was it really worth it?
Hyunjin was an asshole but you didn’t need to be like him, right?
Step 3: Meet his Friends
Wrong.
When you were almost home Minho called you.
“What did you do this time? Hyunjin wants to kill you” He said on the phone and you sighed.
“I was laying on his bed and I may have sounded like we were dating and He was cheating on me” You answered embarrassed.
“You may have sounded like this?” He scoffed on the line “I’m quite sure He will retaliate you… You screwed, kitty” He pitied you.
“I think I will apologize to him… I shouldn’t be like this, right?” You said, unsure.
“I mean… I get that you’re upset. You should be. Hyunjin isn’t really the type to listen to people so… You could just let it go if you want to give him the other face” He reasoned.
“I’m just being childish like him” You sighed “You’re right. I’m better than this… Gotta go, Minho, I’m getting home. Let’s face the beast” You said and then hang up.
When you got home you didn’t expect to see a bruised Hyunjin on the couch. You rushed to him and looked at his knees, slightly bruised. He didn’t even look at you and you could tell He was pissed. What the hell? Did he knee the walls?
“Are you okay?” You asked worried “What happened?” You touched his bruise and He pushed away your hands.
“Just go to your room” He scoffed and you pressed your lips together, unsurely.
“I’m sorry… I know I’m being childish” You sighed “I just thought that maybe if I pissed you off as you did to me you would say sorry”
“Nice to know” He shrugged and you decided to leave him like this. Maybe when He was calmer you could apologize properly. You walked to your room and tried to open your door. It didn’t open. You forced it once, then twice, and then frowned.
“Hyunjin do you know what happened to my door? It’s not opening” You said.
“I locked it” He answered.
He what now?!
“You locked it?” You asked just to be sure you weren’t going crazy and He hummed. He fucking hummed “What the hell, man?! I didn’t even know we had a key for our doors” You complained, going back to the living room.
“We don’t” He grinned at you “I locked it from inside. Good luck climbing the window” He smirked.
You couldn’t believe it.
“Is that why your knees are bruised?” You asked.
“What did you think? That I fell in the kitchen?” He scoffed “It seems like someone will have to sleep on the butt couch today” He mocked and you felt your blood rushing to your face.
Was it really that bad to be childish with this son of a bitch? You didn’t think so anymore.
“Great! Just great! And I was even thinking about being nice to you!” You groaned “You’re just so… So… Urgh!” You wanted to kick his face right now, just jump and kick him right on that damn pretty face and tear off his chances with the girls. A broke nose would suit him well. You didn’t though. You couldn’t just fight your roommate out of nowhere and break his nose like this and be in jail while He laughed at you.
You heard the door unlock and you looked at Minho, coming in the place oblivious to your murderer's intentions.
“He locked me out of my room,” You said angrily and Minho looked at you confused.
“Good night to you too” He snorted “What did you just say?” He asked, sure He just heard you wrong.
“This son of a bitch locked my room from inside! And then He climbed out of it just to piss me off!” You yelled, fed up “Oh my god! Minho, please, climb there and unlock it for me, please” You whined, feeling like you were about to cry. You were so mad!
“Sorry, kitty, I’m afraid of heights, that’s no way in hell I would climb it for you” He apologized and you sighed. Fair enough.
You picked your phone up and called Felix.
“Felix?” You asked when He seemed to pick up your call “Hyunjin is a son of a bitch and locked my door. I need someone to help me unlock it, but Minho is afraid of heights and I can’t climb a damn stair, imagine a building” You fought an urge to yell and hit Hyunjin again as you heard Felix gasping.
“He did what?!” You could hear someone else on the line hissing at him. That’s exactly how you felt too “I’m with Chan right now, We’re going there to help you” Felix said and you felt relief wash over you.
“Thank god! Thank you so much, Lix!” You thanked him eagerly but He had already hung up.
They didn’t really take long to arrive and you looked at them gratefully as you opened the door.
“I’m so sorry for this” You apologized but both of them ignored you, walking straight to Hyunjin.
“Are you out of your mind?” Chan asked, grabbing him by the collar of his shirt “You’re gonna unlock that damn door, you ass” He hissed and Hyunjin scoffed.
“Or what?” He smirked.
“I’m gonna throw him out of the window” Chan threatened, looking at you and Minho and you felt your blood cold.
“Oh god! Please don’t!” You pleaded, horrified.
“Guys, what are you going to do? Beat him up? You’re going to jail” Minho reasoned, far calmer than you.
“Do you need anything from your room for tomorrow's classes?” Chan asked you, serious. You nodded and He sighed “Is it really important? Like you can’t do anything without it?” He asked again and you shook your head.
“No, not that important. Why?” You frowned.
“Great, You’re going to sleep at my place tonight” He stated “Tomorrow I will send someone to change this damn lock and you will have the keys” He promised you and you felt your chest warmer.
That was really… Smart, actually.
“I can go to Felix’s” You eyed him unsurely and Felix grimaced at you.
“I’m actually going to my friend’s house so we can finish an assignment” He apologized and you shook your head.
“No, of course! That’s okay, Lix” You rushed to say.
“Great, it’s all settled then” Chan nodded, satisfied with the resolution “Try to be less of an asshole, dude” He said looking at Hyunjin “You’re lucky I don’t have any proof you did this or else we would be at the Police station right now”
He grabbed your hand and you followed him, Felix right behind you.
You would be lying if you said your heart wasn’t racing right now.
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You felt small on Chan’s place, looking around shyly.
He locked his door and turned to you.
“Do you want to take a bath?” He asked “I can lend you some clothes”
“It would be great” You agreed “I’m on boxers, So I can just use it… I would like a shirt though” He nodded and went to his room, picking up a random shirt and handing it to you.
“I will sleep on the couch, you can just take the bed when you’re finished” He told you and you frowned.
“No! I’m sleeping on the couch. You have done more than enough for me today” You assured and He scoffed.
“There’s no way I’m letting you sleep on the couch” He stated and you averted your eyes from him, blushing.
“You can sleep with me…” You muttered and He grinned.
“Oh, Babygirl wants to sleep with her hot Daddy?” He teased you and you blushed furiously.
“You remember it” You whined.
“I wasn’t the one who was drunk” He laughed and nudged you “I’m just kidding. I know you think you’re being a burden, but you’re not. I can sleep on the couch, really” He looked you in your eyes and you gulped. Was he always that gorgeous? He wasn’t wearing any makeup and his hair was messy and curled, his clothes were pretty normal too but He seemed… Dazzling.
Maybe you were soft today, He did help you out…
“Y/N?” He called you, worried about your silence.
“We should sleep on your bed” You stated and rushed to the bathroom. You locked the door and leaned on that. What were you doing? He totally knows you want to sleep with him right now. Oh my god. You could only think He must be judging you right now. He was only helping you out as a friend and you just stated you would sleep with him. Well, not really sleep with him, but with him. Anyway. You couldn’t calm down right now.
How long has it been since you had sex? Gosh… That was so long ago…
Who said you were going to have sex?! You’re a horny little bitch, for lord sakes! You sleep with Felix every now and then! It’s completely normal to sleep on your friend’s bed with him…
Who were you kidding? Felix was your best friend and Chan was someone you almost said you wanted to ride.
When you got out of the shower, you felt sick. Were you worrying too much? He would probably be asleep when you got there… Yeah! He was totally asleep and you were overthinking everything. You sighed relieved. You were anxious, that’s all. You put your boxers and his shirt, folded your clothes, and walked to his room.
Holy shit!
He wasn’t asleep.
He was shirtless.
He was peacefully humming some song while He scrolled through his phone. Shirtless. On his bed. He was indeed wearing sweatpants, but it didn’t change the fact that he was shirtless and He was hot. And you were feeling hot. You horny bitch.
“H-Hi” You stuttered out of nowhere.
Way to go, Y/N! Smooth and sexy as hell.
“Hi!” He smiled at you, an innocent and pure smile. You felt dirty to be thinking He was hot right now “Are you okay with me like this? Normally I would sleep on my underwear, but I figured it would be awkward”
Awkward? It would be great if someone cared to ask you.
You, of course, didn’t say that.
“Yeah, totally fine” You chuckled “Can I turn off the lights?” You asked and He nodded. So you did it while He put his phone on the bed table and you climbed on his bed, laying down and looking to the ceiling even though you couldn’t see anything.
He was warm, you could feel the warmth pouring from him even though He had the A/C on, the room quite cold on your freshly bathed self. You shivered imagining his warm body suddenly pressed on yours, his lips hovering over yours.
“Are you cold?” He asked and you got startled “Hey! Calm down” He chuckled “I don’t bite, Babygirl” You swallowed in thick. You wish He did.
“I was almost asleep” You lied “Sorry” You chuckled.
“Sorry, I just saw you were shivering and I thought you were cold. Do you want me to bring you a blanket?” He offered and you shook your head.
“No, you’re hot enough” You said.
Oh my god! What did you just say?!
“Hm… Are you hitting on me?” He asked unsurely and you sighed relieved. You still had a chance to be normal.
“No, it’s just that you’re really warm, I can feel it from here” You chuckled and He snorted.
“Yeah, I know” He agreed “You can cuddle me if you want to get warm” He muttered and you blushed.
Cuddle was okay, right?
Friends could cuddle.
You cuddled Felix all the time! It wasn’t weird or anything. Cuddling is totally fine. Like totally fine. Your cat back home cuddled you. Fine. It didn’t mean anything. If your cat could do it, you could do it too! With this dumb thought, you turned around and rested your head on his arm, throwing your arm and your leg over him. See? Fine. You heard his heart beating really fast and loud. Was it always like this or were He nervous? Well… Judging by his temperature his heart was probably really fast. It couldn’t mean anything.
Anything like He wanted to pin you down on that damn bed and fuck you senseless.
You swallowed again.
He turned to you, bringing you closer and hugging you, like a koala. You felt your body warming. Not a sex drive warming, but a cute warm. You smiled and nuzzled him, getting comfortable and feeling sleepiness take over you.
You slept really well that night.
You woke up with his alarm and you yawned, tired. You opened your eyes to see a grumpy Chan looking mad with his alarm. He groaned and tried to reach for his phone and you felt his body over yours while He was stretching to reach his bed table. You could get used to that. He turned off his alarm and his body was back to your side instead of hovering in your face.
“Morning, Babygirl” He greeted you dizzily and you grinned at him.
“Morning, Chan” You said, looking at his eyes.
He stood there, looking at you with his cute wrinkled face and you smiled at him. He swallowed down slowly and you could see his Adam’s apple going up and down.
“You’re too cute for your own good” He sighed, letting your body go and getting up. He looked at you on his bed and wished He could kiss you right now “I liked it” He stated blushing.
“What?” You asked confused.
“You calling me by my name instead of mocking me with Daddy or Dom boy” He said and looked away.
“Chan” You called him again and He eyed you “You’re too cute for your own good” You grinned and got up from his bed. He just stood there, his heart racing as you made your way to the kitchen. Fixing him breakfast should be a good way to thank him, right?
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You walked through the Dance Department feeling good with yourself.
You noticed that the random shirt you stole from Hyunjin was actually a shirt with his name on it and you felt great walking down the hallways with that. You noticed some looks on your back and some whispers, but you didn’t mind them. Let people talk. You finally found Felix and waved at him, happily.
“Lix!” You greeted him and He grinned at you.
“What are you doing here?” He asked curiously and you gave him a sly smile. His friends looked you up and down and you shifted uncomfortably under their gazes.
“I came to see Hyunjin, where is he?” You announced louder then you needed. Before Felix could answer you though both their friends gasped.
“Is it true?! Are you his girlfriend?” They asked amazed and you grinned.
“Is that how he called me?” You faked embarrassment and they gasped louder.
“Oh my god! Hyunjin is taken” They laughed and you smirked. You hoped they would be loud enough about it later because all you needed right now was to people spread rumors about a dating Hyunjin.
“I didn’t see him today” Felix answered your previous question, confused “Was He not at home?” You widened your eyes to him. Is Felix dumb or something? You were on Chan’s last night, for lord sake! How would you know?
“Wait! You live together?!” The boy asked in chock and you bit your lip. That’s not exactly what you were planning but it may help, right? You nodded his way and He nudged his friend, looking excited. You waved Felix goodbye and went away, feeling the gossipy spread around you. You wanted to see how many girls He would get now. Suck on that.
Step 4: Talk through things
When you got home later you didn’t expect to see a beaten up Hyunjin on the couch.
His right eye was purple and swollen and his left cheek was red and looked a little bit swollen too. You arched your brow, confused. He grimaced at you and He twitched, his bruised lips probably hurting from stretching the wound. You ignored him, going to your room which was still locked. You frowned. Didn’t Chan send someone to fix it? You went to Minho’s room and knocked on his door.
“Go away, Hyunjin” You heard him saying, sounding mad.
“It’s me” You answered and He quickly opened the door. Minho had a small bruise on his lip and his cheek seemed swollen, but He was way better then Hyunjin for the most part, “What happened?” You asked, your hand making way to his cheek. He hissed in pain.
“Nothing” He shrugged it off and you scoffed “Here, your keys” He gave you the small object, making mention of closing the door. You frowned and stopped him.
“Did you fight Hyunjin?” You asked concerned and He averted his eyes, trying to force the door shut again, but you were holding it “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine” He stated and tried to close the door again.
“Did you clean up your wounds?” You asked, ignoring his attempt to go away.
“Yes, mom” He snorted and you grinned.
“Why?” You muttered and He sighed.
“I guess I just got pissed because He’s been a dick to you” He admitted “Yesterday I got really pissed off at him and may or may not have punched him”
“I’m quite sure you did it” You snorted and He grinned at you, tired “You didn’t need to do it… He’s your friend”
“I couldn’t just stand there… It’s already bad enough that I didn’t think about changing your lock and would just do nothing at all because I was afraid of heights” He sighed, He seemed embarrassed and you frowned “How was it at Chan’s? Did you let out your horny self?” He chuckled and you laughed.
“I wish” You answered jokingly “BUT!” You smiled at him smugly “I may or may not have a date next week…”
“Oh?” He sounded surprised “Where are you going?”
“We’re going to watch a movie and cuddle on his couch” You snorted “Not really your kind of date, hm?” You joked and Minho laughed.
“Are you going to make him watch Tangled?” He scoffed and you slapped his shoulder.
“Stop it! I let him choose it” You confessed “Hoping He will choose some horror, actually” You laughed and Minho snorted.
“Eager, aren’t we?” He mocked you “Listen, Kitty, I’m going to lay down for a bit. Even though Hyunjin deserves to be beaten up and all that shit I’m not the fighter type so I’m feeling tired as hell” He looked like shit, but you didn’t tell him this.
“It’s okay” You assured “If you need anything call me” He nodded at that and closed his door.
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You felt great having your own keys for your room, it made you feel safe from Hyunjin’s assholeness. You were expecting him to just start to bang on your bed if He started to get really pissed off, so it was reassuring to know He couldn’t do it now.
You had to thank Chan again.
Speaking of which, you were really excited about tonight. Your movie date was finally around the corner and you felt happy to think about it. Felix was teasing you with is about a week for now and you could only groan to your friend from time to time, tired of his cheering self. “I told you He liked you” He always made sure to remind you and you could only laugh by yourself thinking about it.
“What is it?” Minho asked, scoffing, eyeing you amused.
“Thinking about Felix” You answered, laughing.
“Chan will be thrilled to hear it!” He joked and you slapped his shoulder.
“He knows We’re just friends” You rolled your eyes “Are you jealous because I like Felix more than I like you?” You joked and He laughed out loud.
“So that’s how you treat your ally? I should go away now” He sang, threatening to stand up and walk away, but you grabbed his arm laughing.
“No! I need your phone” You whined and He smiled at you.
So your plan was quite simple this time. Minho told you Hyunjin was with a girl right now and all you would do is call him. Simple. Harmless. He knew you were trying to ruin him by now, so you needed to think harder: How would He pick up this damn call? Then it hit you. Minho. You were pleasantly surprised by his support since the lock event. You didn’t expect his fight with Hyunjin and even though both of them were alright right now, the bruises are gone and their friendship firm, He was still by your side.
Cute!
You dialed Hyujin’s number and waited for a bit.
Hyunjin was driving Minho’s car, taking the girl to her place because He didn’t want to risk you blowing his plans again. He had a smug smirk and eyed the girl that was sending him a dirty look, ready to simply unbutton his pants right there.
“You’re so thirsty for me” He purred and the girl giggled, her hands hovering over his bulge. His phone rang and He sighed. Why now of all times?
“Hmm, Who is Roommate?” She asked curiously and answered it without giving a damn. Hyunjin grimaced, unhappy.
“Hey, babe?” A girl’s voice sounded through his phone and He frowned. What the hell? “Are you coming home already? I’m making us dinner… And, hm… Did you get the pregnancy test?” Holy shit! It was Y/N. Hyunjin tried to pick his phone from his date, but the girl shot him a horrified look and pushed him.
“You really have a girlfriend?!” She yelled and you and Minho suppressed a laugh “Oh my god! I’m so dumb! I heard the rumors but I thought… You’re an ass! Stop that car, now!” She ranted and Hyunjin groaned.
“She’s not my girlfriend! I can explain” He pleaded and the girl scoffed.
“Stop this damn car right now!” She demanded and Hyunjin pulled over, tired. She stormed away and you cackled up.
“Nice try, dude” You teased him “But wherever you go, I’ll be there”
“I hate you” He sighed “Do you know how long it has been since I got laid? I just hate you” He sounded tired and you smiled proudly.
“Well, you have been doing some hateful stuff too If you need a reminder” You stated and He nodded, although you couldn’t see it.
“Okay, We need to talk about it” He stated and you arched your brows.
Talk like a real talk? That was a nice surprise.
“I agree, but tonight I’m going to Chan’s. We can talk about it tomorrow” And He hummed from the other side, hanging up. You looked at Minho, happy “Oh my god! I think He’s gonna apologize to me!” You uttered and He high fived you.
“It was about time” He cheered and you beamed.
“I can’t believe it! Finally”
You couldn’t feel any better right now.
Step 5: Make Him want you
Chan opened his door with a bright smile, looking adorable and you smiled back.
“Hey” You said, getting inside and looking at his mattress in the middle of the living room. You eyed him like He was crazy “Why is your bed on the floor?” You asked amused and He snorted.
“Well, what can be better than watching a good movie cuddling up on the bed? Since I don’t have a TV in my room I figured I could just bring my bed here” He smirked and you giggled.
“You’re really serious about our cuddling session, aren’t you?” You mocked him and He nudged you.
“Felix told me you loved to cuddle up and watch stuff on TV with him so… Well, I guess I wanted to outrun him on this” He laughed and you cackled up “I mean… We’re on a date, right? I should get you comfortable and all that” He averted his eyes, shyly.
Oh my god! He was so cute! Why were you so worried about it last week? You wanted to hug him and never let go, but you made your way to the mattress and sat down, looking at him.
“So? What will we watch?” You asked curiously and He sat next to you, bringing popcorn, chocolate, and soda and giving it to you. You took a piece of the chocolate and hoped He would say something really creepy so you could have an excuse to touch him more often.
You laughed at yourself.
“I thought we could watch some rom-com or animation” He told you and you frowned “Or… Not. Yeah, We can totally watch something else” He said unsurely as He saw your face.
“No! No! I do like those but…” You snorted “I was expecting you to say some horror movie or… You know? Don’t you like those?” You asked confused and He laughed at you.
“So you thought I was playing low! I see…” He hummed knowingly “I asked Felix what you like to watch and He said you loved this kind of thing… And to tell you the truth I love a good animation too, so…” He eyed you cutely and you grinned.
“It sounds like you interviewed Felix” You teased him and He blushed hard.
“I… I wanted to give you a good time” He admitted embarrassed and you didn’t fight the urge to hug him this time.
“Thank you, I appreciate it” You assured him “Let’s watch some good stuff then! How do you feel about ‘How to train your dragon’?” And He beamed, hugging you back and muttering on your hair.
“I feel like I just found my perfect movie buddy” He answered and you smiled into his chest.
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Minho scoffed when Hyunjin’s friend told him how he was lucky to have such a hot girlfriend.
“She’s not my girlfriend!” He whined and Felix laughed.
“But she’s hot!” Felix agreed and Minho frowned at him.
“I thought she was just your friend” He said, confused and Felix looked at him feeling lost.
“She is” He agreed.
“Are you calling your just friend hot?” He asked to make his point and Hyunjin laughed.
“That’s because He’s not blind” He reasoned and Minho shot him a surprised look.
“You think she’s hot?!” Minho uttered, “But you said you hated her!”
“Well, She’s annoying me as fuck! But She can annoy me and be hot, I don’t understand your point” Hyunjin scoffed “Don’t you think she’s hot?”
“No! I don’t” He frowned “She’s my friend”
“She’s my friend too, mate” Felix stated “If you don’t want to fuck or date them they can be just your friend and you still can think they’re hot… I tell her she’s hot all the time and she tells me the same all the time… It’s what friends do”
“I never told a girl friend that she was hot” He shrugged and Hyunjin rolled his eyes.
“Do you think I’m hot?” Hyunjin asked.
“Of course, If you weren’t we wouldn’t have so many dates” He reasoned.
“Do you want to fuck me?” Hyunjin asked.
“What? No!” Minho laughed and Hyunjin laughed along.
“Exactly. We’re friends and you think I’m hot. Move on” He mocked him.
“But that’s different” Minho shook his head “I wouldn’t like to fuck you” He stated. Felix snapped his head up, looking at Minho surprised. Minho arched his brows, startled and Hyunjin smirked.
“Did you just say you would like to fuck my best friend?” Felix asked amused and Minho shook his head eagerly.
“No! That’s not what I meant!” But Felix and Hyunjin were already on it.
“You don’t say that she’s hot because if you admit it you will acknowledge you want to fuck her? Is that what I just heard?” Hyunjin mocked him and Felix cackled up.
“That’s exactly what I heard too” He smirked “So… You’re into Y/N… I would do something about it if I were you because as far as I know, Chan is way ahead of you right now”
“I don’t need to do something about it, because that’s only on your head, guys” Minho rolled his eyes “She’s just a friend”
“Just a friend” Hyunjin agreed “That you think that it’s not hot at all”
“Even though I know damn well you checked her out” Felix sang and Hyunjin scoffed. Minho tried to ignore them, pretending to look at some craft stands on the way and stopping on his track when a key chain got his attention.
A cute kitty key chain.
He smiled at it and approached the stand.
“How much for this key chain?” He asked and the boys followed him. He gave the seller the money and looked at it fondly.
“Did you need a key chain? I have tons home” Hyunjin frowned and Minho shrugged him off.
“It’s a gift” He said nonchalantly and Felix grinned like a Cheshire cat.
“A kitty for your kitty?” He hummed and Minho blushed.
“She just got the key door so… Well…” He rambled and the boys laughed at him.
“Dude, just accept you have a crush, it’s not that hard” Hyunjin mocked him and Minho sighed.
“You know what? I’m done. I’m going home, good luck on getting there later, buddy” He said while going away. He didn’t need to hear the guys mocking him about something that wasn’t even true! He didn’t have a crush on you. Would someone that has a crush on you support your date? Sprawl on the couch with you mindlessly? Constantly bring other girls to fuck under your roof?
He didn’t think so.
When He finally got home, He closed the door, walked picked up the key chain He wanted to gift you, and walked to the corridor just to drop his gift on the floor. Standing there in the middle of the corridor, eagerly drying your hair with a towel was none other than you. On a towel.
“Oh! You got home earlier” You said, looking calmly at him.
Would someone that has a crush on you be calmly looking at you standing there on a towel? Yes, they would.
He didn’t though.
Minho felt his blood rush south and then up. He didn’t know If He should hide his bulge or try to hide his blush. He did neither. He stood there, frozen in place looking at your wet body. One particular water drop decided to mock him, slowly sliding through your collarbone and going to your cleavage and He gulped, uncomfortable.
“Hey, are you okay?’ You asked concerned, approaching him and He stuttered.
He stuttered like a fucking virgin, for god sakes!
“Don’t come near me!” He shot and you frowned.
“What the hell, man?” You uttered, confused and He took some steps back, thinking about what he should do right now. Should He just leave? Should He explain that he found you hot?
Oh my god! He finds you hot. He sighed in defeat. He just thought you were hot.
“What’s this?” You asked and He eyed you leaning down to pick up the key chain. Right in front of him. He closed his eyes and groaned. What kind of unholy thought was coming to his head right now? You found it weird, but shrugged it, leaning anyway to take the object and your eyes shone when you saw what it was “Is it for me?!” You happily asked, getting up, and He opened his eyes to look straight into yours.
“Y/N…” He said cautiously and you eyed him weirdly “Please go dress yourself” He pleaded and something clicked in your head. Was that why He was being weird?
“Oh!” You let out when you noticed that his pants didn’t look as flat as they should and He shot his hands down, averting his eyes clearly ashamed “That’s ok! It’s totally normal!” You assured him and He groaned feeling humiliated.
“I’m gonna take a bath” He said, storming to the bathroom and locking the door.
“It’s just a physiological response!” You shot through the door and He groaned again.
“Go away!” He pleaded.
“I’m okay with it, no hard feelings!” You continued and Minho turned on the water. You sighed “Come see me when you’re done”
Minho rested his head against the cold wall and felt the water hit his back while his mind went back for your standing self. You were gorgeous! Hot couldn’t even begin to describe it to him. What the hell was He thinking when He thought you were cute? He felt so ashamed right now. He wanted to get off thinking about you but He refused to do it.
“Come on, Minho, think about anything else….” He instructed himself “Anything… Anything else… Not her dripping hair… Not her innocent eyes… Not her smugness… Not her legs… Not her lips… Especially not her lips!” He swallowed thick, remembering how your lips formed a beautiful “o” shape when you saw him coming in.
Fuck!
He couldn’t believe it.
He would have believed if someone told him he would want to hug and cuddle you, watch movies with you poking each other with your feet, laying down speaking unimportant things all evening, or even if someone told him He would like to kiss you someday.
He could believe it.
But he never would have believed it if anyone told him He would run into you someday and just wish to take off your clothes (or your towel), pin you down against the wall and fuck you senseless without a care in the world.
Then again, Here He was.
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Too Loose And You’ll Lose It
Ch 1- GI Joe and Army Barbie Co-written with @icanfeelastormbrewing
Summary: Following the Child Sex Trafficking job, The Losers all go their own way for a break before they are due back in Fairfax County. Stella is enjoying some quiet time with her mother.
And Jensen.
But noting is EVER quiet where he is involved.
Warnings: Bad Language words.
Pairing: Jake Jensen x OFC Stella Stevenson.
A/N: So here it is! We’ve been waiting to bring you this one for a LOOOOONG time, and we hope we don’t disappoint. We can’t wait to dive into this fic! We pick up in 2007, roughly 2 years or so before the events of the Losers Film (in our head anyway) and we can’t wait to cram it full of adventure. Please let us know what you think with a reblog and a comment.
TLAYLI Masterlist // Main Masterlist
May 2007
Stella and her mom sat in the kitchen of her childhood home in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was late morning one Friday morning, the day after she had returned home following debriefs at the CIA. It had been an emotional reunion, not having seen her mother for almost 8 months in person. They’d stayed up late with a bottle of wine before retiring to bed and after a lazy morning she had eaten a huge breakfast of pancakes, bacon and eggs, god knows how many rounds of toast and some decent coffee.
“Have you had enough to eat honey?” Her mom asked.
“Yup, honestly I’m stuffed, Ma. It feels good to be eating home cooked food for a change.” She smiled.
“Yeah, well, God only knows what you’ve been eating out there.” Julie mumbled as Stella smiled at her mom’s typical mother concern.
“So when are you due back in the office?” Julie pressed and Stella’s smile grew even wider at her mom’s name for the George Bush Centre for Intelligence in Fairfax County, the CIA HQ where The Losers would be based predominantly when they weren’t running missions.
“I have another week of leave. They gave me longer seeing as I was down there for so long. Clay and the rest only got a few days, much to Jake’s disgust, he heads back over there Monday.” Stella shook her head snorting “You know if he had his way he would be on permanent leave, drinking and watching football on TV.”
“He hasn’t changed then?” Julie grinned.
“Nope.”
“I bumped into his mom the other day at the supermarket.” Stella’s mom continued.
“Yeah? How is Janet?”
“She’s good.” Julie nodded “John has been building a new shed for the garden…or maybe it was a summer house. Either way, they were planning on having a BBQ soon when Gracie finishes school”
“Sounds good, have you seen them much at all recently?” Stella asked.
“We’ve got together a few times yes. Which reminds me….” Julie narrowed her eyes “She told me Jake has been back in the US now for 12 months. You tell him from me he’s gonna get a slap for not coming over to see me when he came back home to visit.”
Stella laughed “I’ll make sure he knows how disgusted you are in him, don’t worry.”
They sat chatting for a little while longer before Julie stood up to clear the plates, waving away Stella’s offer of help, as she always did when she was home. Stella headed into the lounge, picked up her laptop and opened up her browser, dialling into her military account. About 15 minutes later Julie walked in.
“What are you doing?”
“I got some paper work and stuff to sort, you know for the accommodation in the Condo that Clay sent me through.” Julie shook her head, “You know, Estella, I really wish you’d get a normal job-“
Stella sighed “Ma, don’t start…”
“You’re as stubborn as your father and look where that got him!”
“Wow.” Stella looked up, arching her eyebrow. “Nice. Good guilt trip.”
“You’re my little girl.” Julie’s voice grew quiet. “ I worry. And I miss you. “I know, but…this is my job. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do.” Stella shrugged “But now, I’m home and…I’m not on tour all the time. I’ll be back for a week once very month and, well, you still have Rey, she literally lives 10 minutes away!”
Julie rolled her eyes “For all the good that does. She only visits when she wants food or to complain about something.”
Stella seized the opportunity to divert the conversation and she snorted “Complain about what? Which fucking sports car Richard wants to buy her next. Or because he doesn’t like whatever pretentious middle name she has planned for their first born?” Before Julie could reply they both heard the back door open to the kitchen and a familiar voice called “Yo, Stevensons…” Julie looked at Stella who rolled her eyes. “Speak of the devil…”
Jensen appeared in the doorway to the lounge, grinning “Oh, we’re you talking about me gorgeous?”
“No I was, and how you’ve been home on US soil for almost a year and not paid me one visit Jacob.” Julie glared at him, folding her arms.
“Oooh the full name. Am I in trouble?” Jensen grinned.
“Yes, you damned well are JJ.” Julie said, opening her arms “Now come here…”
Grinning Jensen stepped forward to give Stella’s mum a hug, pulling back with a yelp as she slapped him round the head.
“Shit, Jules!! What the hell was that for?”
“I told you! Your mother was telling me just the other day you’ve been back to Manchester now a few times and didn’t even think of paying me a visit?”
“Sorry Jules, been busy”
Julie narrowed her eyes “Busy doing what?”
“Wow. I really am in trouble huh.” Jensen shrugged. Stella snorted and Jensen looked over at where she was concentrating on the screen of her laptop. “What you doing Stel?” Stella let out a sigh at the same time her mother did, before Julie headed back into the kitchen.
“What’s going on?” Jensen asked, watching Julie leave before he turned to Stella “Am I supposed to sigh now?” “I was just filling in the paper work for the condo.” She replied as Jake sat next to her “Mom still isn’t a big fan of me being in the military. Swear she still thinks I’m 10 or something.”
“Well I know for a fact you aren’t” Jensen flashed her his trademark goofy smile and Stella slapped his arm.
“Shut up JJ” “Ouch…!” Jake rubbed his arm “Stel, be gentle.” She rolled her eyes and he reached for her laptop “Ok, let me see…” he glanced at the computer “You know this thing is totally outdated?”
“It does a job, I don’t care.” “Speaking of jobs…” Jensen looked towards the kitchen door, “How about you and me…”
“Jesus Jake!” Stella looked at him as he grinned “Here, whilst my mom is home? You have issues.”
“Didn’t bother you once upon a time…”
“Yeah, well I didn’t know any better, you’re living proof of that. And besides, I’ve grown up since then. You should try it.” “Hmmm, you know one of the perks of being Black Ops means we all get our own private digs in the Condo” he wiggled his eyebrows.
“I swear to god Jake, you’re a fucking nightmare.” Stella rubbed her temples “Why are you here?”
“Came to invite you to the Petunia’s game tomorrow. It’s been a while since we went out on a date babe.”
“A while?” Stella shook her head laughing. “Your concept of time measurement really amazes me.” Jake chuckled “So whaddya say?” he asked, giving her a goofy grin.
“Yeah why not?” Stella asked “Which girl wouldn’t dream of going to watch an under 8’s girl soccer game? Can’t believe my luck.” “Don’t be a whiny bitch!” Jake rolled his eyes “We’re meeting Pooch and his girl later in the evening for drinks.”
“Great, so now it’s turned into a double date.” She rolled her eyes.
“Why you being so grumpy Stel?” Jake frowned.
Stella sighed “Sorry Jakey…just..oh I dunno, I guess mom just pissed me off a bit that’s all. Bringing up my dad, suggesting I’m gonna go the same way he did.”
Jake pondered this for a moment before he took a deep breath. “You know she’s just worried about you that’s all.”
Stella smiled “I know…I know. Doesn’t help I can’t really tell her what I’m doing, other than running CIA tasked missions.”
“Come’ ere…” Jake threw an arm round her and she leaned into him, laying her head on his shoulder. “How about I help you fill that paper work out and then we can head and grab some lunch or a drink, whatever.”
“Now that’s actually quite a good idea.”
Jensen smiled and gently kissed her head. “It happens occasionally.”
Stella looked up at him “Guess it’s my lucky day then.”
“Well mine was like 9 years ago so guess I can say about time Stel.”
“Smooth…” she rolled her eyes and he shrugged, dipping his head and pressing his lips to hers in a soft kiss, but before it could go any deeper another loud voice rang out from the kitchen and Stella pulled away giving a groan.
“Just what I fucking need.”
Jensen grimaced at the sound of Stella’s eldest sister as her airey tone grew louder, before the door to the lounge opened
“Aww GI Joe and Army Barbie are back in town.”
“Fuck off Aubrey.” Stella looked up at where her sister was stood leaning in the doorframe.
“Hello to you too.” Aubrey rolled her eyes.
“S’up Rey? How’s Dick?” Jensen grinned at her. Stella nudged him, trying hard not to smirk
“You know full well his name is Rick, Jacob.” Aubrey replied with a bored tone. “You were at the wedding after all.
“Yeah…” Jensen mused “Still looks like a Dick to me.”
At that Stella snorted and he flashed her a quick wink. She loved how he always had her back against her sister and her snobby bastard husband. Aubrey merely rolled her eyes, she was well used to Jake and his quips by now.
“Yeah laugh all you want losers” and with that she left and made her way to the kitchen
“Well, she’s not wrong we are Losers.” Jake shrugged “Yeah but she doesn’t know, let’s keep it that way.” Stella sighed, before she shook her head “I don’t know how your sister is still friends with her, I mean out of choice? Really?
“Well, us Jensens are made to please.”
At that point Julie re-entered the living room “Jake are you staying for lunch or are you expected anywhere else to please today? I’m making lasagne.”
“Mom we literally ate breakfast an hour ago.” Stella looked up at her and Julie smiled.
“I know, but I’m making the pasta from fresh and have a few other things to do so it won’t be ready for a while. You two do your…thing and let me know what you decide. Rick and Rey are staying, he’s coming later so…” “Can’t wait.” Stella deadpanned.
“Please don’t start Estella…” Julie shot her a look.
“Anyway, change of subject…how is her shit soap selling?” Jake leaned back on the sofa and Stella snorted.
“Ask her, I dare you. I’d pay to see her face.”
“I’d do it for free if it makes you smile.”
“You two, behave if you’re staying.” Julie said sternly, pointing at them both.
“You gonna be pissed if we don’t stay?” Stella looked at her mom.
“I’ll be more pissed if you do and don’t behave.” The reply came back.
“Cross my heart Jules…” Jensen made the sign over his chest “Best behaviour. Anything for your lasagne.”
“Glad to hear it Jake.” Julie raised her eyebrow and then turned from the room.
“Looks like we’re staying then.” Stella looked at Jensen who merely grinned back.
“Sorry Stel, but you know I love verbal sparring with Rick the Prick.”
She snorted “You’re a bad man JJ” “I’m your bad man.” He winked.
Stella looked at him, cocking her head to one side trying to figure out what exactly he meant. As far as she was concerned he wasn’t after anything serious. Especially seeing he was the one that broke it off 4 years ago. Sure they’d fallen into the whole friends with benefits thing but it was no strings and all that…
She took a deep breath, cleared her throat and nodded to her laptop “So, er…forms?”
****
Two hours later they were still filling in the damned paperwork, Stella having a lot to complete…that and the fact they’d been distracted a bit by laughing and joking around, Jake showing her on Google Maps the location of a few good restaurants and bars not too far from the Condo to head to. They both looked up as Julie walked back into the lounge to tell them lunch would be ready in 20. They finished up what they were doing before walking into the Kitchen where Stella was greeted by her brother-in-law with his usual stiff hug, whereas Jake took great delight in pumping his hand up and down furiously, grinning at him.
Stella shook her head, smiling to herself as they all sat down outside in the garden, making the most of the nice weather, and began to eat. Richard was telling some boring tale from his office and Jensen was hanging off his every word, pretending to give a shit when Stella knew nothing could be further from the truth. He was merely waiting for his opportunity, which was handed to him a few minutes later by Rey who couldn’t resist getting the first shot in.
“Jake, how’s the army geek life treating you?”
“Great Rey, how’s the soap?”
Stella instantly choked on her water, and Jensen looked at her, patting her on the back as she recovered.
“Oh, it’s ok.” Rey waved a hand “I haven’t made much recently, been so busy with you know…other stuff.” “Yeah, that other stuff just keeps gettin’ in the way of…soap.” Jake shook his head.
“Are you joking with me now?” Rey narrowed her eyes.
“Wouldn’t dream of it.” Jensen shook his head. “In fact, I’m in awe of you. I mean it literally amazes me how you can make that stuff and sell it when you hate getting your hands dirty so much.” Jake swallowed a mouth of his food and grinned at her.
Rey glared at Jake “I wear gloves, ass-wipe.”
“You really don’t get irony do you?” Stella laughed, taking a drink from her glass of water.
At that point her mother caught her eye and gave her a stern glare, her earlier warning to the two of them to behave flashed across Stella’s mind but she was struggling to care. Her and Jake ‘Tag-teaming’ Rey and Rick was a well-practised art that the two of them had fine-tuned over the years, and it was the only time Stella ever felt she could get one up on her sister.
Rey looked at her and flicked her hair behind her shoulder “You may laugh but its selling really well. I’m actually thinking of expanding into a baby range.”
“Be handy for when we get pregnant.” Rick smiled at her.
Stella pulled a face as Jake grinned “You guys have that planned too? A designer little Rick or Rey on its way?”
Aubrey smiled and looked adoringly at Rick in a way that made Stella want to barf “Yeah, we’ve been trying.”
“Code for we’ve been fucking non-stop like Rabbits.” Stella mumbled.
“Estella!” Julie said sharply as Rey glared at her.
“Just because you can’t get your own relationship sorted…” she shot
“I’m not in a relationship, as well you know.”
“You sure?” Rey stared back at her, her eyes flicking to Jensen for a second. Stella felt herself grow red.
“Fuck off.”
“Ok that’s enough!” Julie said loudly “Can the pair of you just not stop this sniping for even one damned hour?”
Stella took a deep breath “Sorry Ma.”
Jake who had remained quiet, up until that point chipped up again, deflecting the conversation.
“Huh…” he pondered something before he pointed his fork at Rey “You know, if you’re trying to get pregnant it’s highly recommended to be in good spirits. You keep getting so angry and snippy at people, you’re gonna scare Rick’s little soldiers away. It’s a question of PH.”
Rey and Rick exchanged a glance whilst Julie looked down at her plate, coughing slightly, a smile flickering on her mouth, her admonishing clearly forgotten. Stella’s eyes moved from her mother to Jake and she mouthed ‘are you for real?’
Jensen simply grinned, shrugging, as Stella shook her head, trying not to laugh. She adored Jake when he was in full on playful mode like this. He was always full of random, stupid trivia that you could never tell whether was actual fact or simply made up for the sake of sheer, stupid comedy value and he could use it perfectly to diffuse a situation and divert attention just as he had done right now. The best bit was, that Rey and Rick were utterly oblivious to his tactic and were now looking at him, like his words were gospel.
“Where the hell did you hear that?” Rey asked.
“I read it in Nature…” Jake shrugged, taking another mouthful of his food.
“I’m impressed Jake.” Rick looked at him.
“Well, sometimes I’m more than just a pretty face Dick.” Jensen shrugged.
Rick blinked “Did he just-“
“Jules, I gotta say…” Jensen cut him off before he could finish, flashing Julie his best smile “This lasagne as always is delicious.”
*****
“Damned Stel…” Jakey mumbled to himself as she heads to car. Taking in her tight jeans that show off her ass and legs, her khaki green silk chami top which hung loosely off her frame, exposing her collar bone and her light grey jacket, set off with a pair of stylish Oakley Holbrooks with matte black frames and red iridium lenses. Her hair was pulled into a side braid which hung down her right shoulder and when she smiled at him he shifted slightly in his seat.
“You look nice.” He recovered himself enough to smile as she climbed into the car.
“Thanks JJ.” She turned to him, taking in his dark jeans and grey and blue button down. “No Petunias T-shirt?”
“Well I figured seeing as we’re going out afterwards I should make a bit of an effort.” He grinned, pushing his glasses back up his nose. Stella arched an eyebrow but didn’t say anything.
“See your dad got a new car…” she mused, taking in the interior of the silver chevvy blazer before she grinned “Pity he got rid of the ford…”
Jensen smirked “Yeah, we had…good times on that back seat.”
Stella smiled and looked out of the window, before she turned back to Jake as he drove off up the road. “So who are they playing today?” she asked
“A team called the Oaks.” He said “I was checking their scores the other day, they lost their last 5 games so...” Stella smiled “You get far too invested in this you know?”
Jensen shrugged. “What can I say, I like soccer.”
Their conversation continued on the 10 minute or so drive to the Petunia’s home pitch, and eventually strayed to Jensen’s sister Jane before it moved onto their lunch yesterday and how Julie had given Stella a ticking off once Jake had left.
“You know Rey has been googling that PH bull shit don’t you?” Stella looked at Jensen as he drove towards the soccer pitches “And she’s realised it’s just that. Bull shit.” Jensen shrugged “I don’t care, she was being a bitch to you.”
“Well thankfully she left about an hour after you did yesterday so I didn’t have to put up with her for much longer.” Stella shrugged “Still, was long enough for her to keep talking about fucking soap.”
Jensen grinned “I think I touched a nerve?”
“No shit.” Stella grumbled “You know what she said? After all that about how well it was selling and them expanding the range, she told ma she only made $500 last month!”
Jensen laughed as he swung the car into a spot by the side of the road. “Yeah, that’s…not great.”
“I did point out that maybe the reason people don’t buy whatever shit she sells because they freak out at the ridiculously ostentatious name of the company.
“The Bath To Righteousness” Jensen grinned as they both climbed out. “Yeah it is pretty pretentious. Stuff like that needs an angle you know? These companies selling homemade, organic shit are ten a penny. It needs to be a catchy name, something punchy.”
“What would you call it?” Stella looked at him, slipping her arm through his as they headed over to the pitch The Petunias were playing on.
“I’ve got Soap, Bitches.” He nodded firmly. Stella burst into laughter. “Or Lick My Soap.” Jensen continued reeling off stupid names as they approached the side lines. “Soap In Your Hole…Hit Me with Your Best Soap…Slippery when Wet… Don’t Buy Soap, Won’t Be Soap”
Stella was laughing that hard she was struggling to breathe. Jensen grinned as her nose crinkled up and she let go of his arm, doubling over, clutching her stomach. “Don’t buy soap, won’t be soap?” she managed to stutter, wiping her eyes “What the fuck does that even mean?”
“It’s from an ancient Tibetan philosophy- don’t start none, won’t be none.”
“You’re so full of crap.” She snorted, shaking her head.
“Maybe I should eat one of those soap bars then?”
Stella began to laugh again and at that point Jake’s sister Jane appeared from wherever she had been and looked at the pair of them over her shades. “What the hell’s got into you?” she looked at Stella, a smile playing on her face.
“Hey Jane, What’s soap, I mean up.” Jensen quipped and Stella let out another loud howl of laughter. Jake looked at her, laughing a little before Jane shook her head
“I just can’t with you two…” Jane grinned and gave Stella a hug. “Good to see you Stel.”
“You too Jane. You look well.” She said, stepping back to take the blonde woman in fully. “Where’s Gracie?” “Oh they’re over there with their coach.” Jane said, waving her hand in the direction of the pitch “She’s been asking about you all day. Ever since Jake said you were coming she’s been so excited.”
“I can’t wait to see her either, it’s been like a year!”
“Oh she’s grown up a lot. You’ll see.” Jane smiled.
“Hear that JJ- grown up.” Stella looked at him. “Seems even your niece can manage it.”
“Says the girl that almost pissed herself laughing at the phrase slippery when wet.” Jensen eyed her over his shades and she shrugged.
“I daren’t even ask…” Jane looked at them both and Jensen simply waved her comment away.
“Oh we were just trying to think of ways to help Rey boost her soap sales.” He shrugged.
“Do I really wanna know?” Jane asked, “Mind you, she’ll probably chew my ear off about it all later.”
It wasn’t long before the teams head out to the pitch and the three of them took their seats on the small stand as they kicked off.
“I’d kill for a beer.” Stella mumbled about 5 minutes later.
“Well, I nearly bought some but thought better not. I got caught last time and fined- broke a by law apparently.” Jensen said, his eyes not leaving the game “Jane went bezerk. She’s kinda scary when she gets mad. Like you.”
Stella smiled and turned back to the game for a little while, until the Petunias made a break for goal, only to have the girl who was running through felled down by one of the Oak’s defenders.
“Oh look at that!” Jensen yelled, jumping up “Foul ref…are you blind?”
“Jake sit down.” Jane hissed, looking up at him from where she sat to Stella’s right.
“I’d say this is embarrassing but I’m used to it.” Stella shook her head.
“I swear to god behave or I’ll ban you for life.” Jane threatened him again as he continued to yell down to the pitch.
“Can you sit down please?” A voice came from behind them and Stella looked at the woman who was speaking “You’re blocking my view”
“For fucks sake…” Stella grumbled, reaching up with her left hand and yanking on his shirt “Jakey, sit!”
With a grumble he did as he was told and leaned across Stella to look at Jane “You soccer mums are a nightmare.” Jane glared at him, Stella remained focussing on the game, trying not to laugh. When Jensen moved to sit back she looked at Jane and mouthed “Sorry.”
“Don’t be.” Jane shook her head “He’s far worse when you’re not around.”
“God help you.”
“Yeah there was this one time he was that bad Gracie stopped talking to him for an entire weekend. Poor Kid hadn’t been so embarrassed in her life.” Jane mumbled. Jensen turned to look to his right at Stella and his sister, frowning.
“What are you two whispering about?”
“You.” Stella looked at him “Now shut up and behave.”
“No need to be so aggressive babe.” He arched an eyebrow but obeyed anyway.
“Stella, can I hire you for like ALL the games?” Jane asked, nodding to the fact Jensen was, for once, doing as he was told.
Stella snorted, shaking her head as she turned back to the match.
As it was only a kid’s game, they only played 20 minutes either half. The first one closed at 0-0 and after a quick 5 minutes break they swapped ends and kicked off the second half. About 5 minutes in the Petunias broke and this time thanks to a great pass through from Gracie they scored. Naturally Jake cheering loudest. The rest of the half was uneventful and the game ended at 1-0. As everyone began to move, the three of them headed down to the side lines, Gracie trotting towards them.
“Stella!” she grinned, throwing herself at the woman. Stella grabbed her in a hug, swinging her round slightly.
“OMG look at you! You got taller!” she smiled, ruffling her hair.
Gracie grinned “I know. But it has been a while since I saw you.” She admonished Stella a little.
“Really?” Stella grinned “Doesn’t seem that long.”
“Did you see my goal assist?” Gracie asked and Stella nodded.
“Of course I saw it honey, you were great!”
“Alright, alight, favourite uncle right here.” Jensen said, gesturing to himself.
“You’re my only uncle, duh.” Gracie rolled her eyes.
“Well guess that makes me your favourite by default then.” Jensen shrugged.
Stella pat his shoulder gently. “You were brilliant JJ.”
At that Gracie gave a snigger.
They chatted for a little while longer before Jake said they needed to leave to meet Pooch and ‘future Mrs. Pooch’. Gracie wasn’t impressed at Stella going so soon and there was a brewing tantrum until Stella assured her it wouldn’t be too long before she saw her again. In all honesty, Jensen could have spent the rest of the evening watching his niece and Stella interact. He had to concede Stel had a way with children which contrasted with the focused military Captain persona who was now part of an elite black-ops team . Mind you, Gracie had known Stella her entire life. Granted, Gracie had spent more time with Aubrey, being as she was one of her mother's best friends, than with Stel and yet it wasn't hard to tell Stel was one of Gracie's favourite people in the world.
So after a vague promise to take Gracie out for an ice cream during the week she still had left of her leave, Stella managed to avert the tantrum and they said goodbye and headed back to the car.
When they got to Tandy's, almost half an hour later, Pooch and his fiancé were already at the bar waiting for them. Pooch stood up as he spotted them approaching and he pulled Stella into a hug before greeting and patting Jensen's back and introducing Stella to his wife-to-be, Jolene. They grabbed a drink and sat down, the 4 of them chatting for a little while. Pooch and Jolene told Stella all about their wedding plans, which sounded like a beautiful ceremony planned for the following year in Mexico.
Stella was asking the reason for their wedding ceremony being in Mexico when they finished their first round. Jensen, noticing their glasses were empty, stood up to go get another round, he had already had his share of Pooch's wedding plans for the past year, and Jolene excused herself to go to the bathroom soon after, leaving Stella and Pooch alone.
"So you enjoying the chance to be at home for a few weeks Arty?" Pooch asked her.
"It’s great being with my mom but she’s already driving me crazy, telling me I need to leave the army and get a good, normal job. She’d have a fit if she knew I was part of this Elite Black ops shit."
Pooch chuckled "Well, it’s not all undercover life or death situations. You know, Jensen ended up doing 2 months at HQ working on some online terrorist cell last year. Cougar has run a few sniping jobs too. I ran a couple of training ops with some troops in Canada."
"Yeah. Clay mentioned it’s pretty mundane on the whole…" Stella nodded, as she fiddled with the coaster on the table.
"So it’s good to be reasonably close to home, you know? Well, I say reasonably close…still like a 7 and a half hour drive. Hurrah for Military Discount on airfare…or you can go via New York and take a night there.” Pooch shrugged “Me and Jensen done that a few times. Although keeping tabs on him in Times Square can be a pain in the ass…"
"Yeah I can imagine." she laughed.
"So, what’s your dad think about your career choice?" Pooch asked then.
"No idea, he died when I was 10." Stella shrugged.
"Shit, sorry." Pooch apologised, eyes wide open at the realisation of his gaffe.
Stella gave him a comforting smile. "It's ok. You didn't know."
"No siblings?" Pooch inquired and Stella could feel his wariness as he asked another personal question.
"One." she smiled again. "Sister, she’s…” Stella hesitated, trying to thing of the most diplomatic way to phrase what she wanted to say. “Well, she’s very different to me. Her husband is a Finance Director for Lockheed Martin and earns a ridiculous amount of money so she doesn’t work. Well, unless you count running an online Etsy shop selling home-made soaps. She’s friends with JJ’s sister although fuck knows how Jane puts up with her."
"I could ask you the same thing about Jensen." Pooch joked, nodding at Jensen at the bar and Stella smiled again.
By then Pooch had noticed Arty smiled a lot. She had a warm smile that made him feel comfortable around her. That and the fact she wasn't shy to talk about her life with him. He liked her and thus he was curious about what the real nature of her relationship with Jensen was.
"So you know his family as well then?" he asked.
"Yeah I’ve known them all since I was 11." she offered.
"That’s nice." Pooch nodded.
"What is?"
"You guys being so close since you were kids." he said, smiling.
Stella smiled at him again but it was now a mischievous smile "He told you how we met?"
Pooch shook his head "No."
"It was first week of middle school. I was walking to class and my bag split. He came over to help me pick up my stuff, smacked his head straight into mine as he stood up." she stopped to let Pooch laugh it up.
"He banged his head?” Pooch snorted “Yeah that…that sounds like Captain Chaos alright…”
Stella shook her head as she gave Pooch a nudge, stretching her arm over the table. "Don’t laugh, he was cute. A dork but cute. And he was a friend. My dad had only been dead 6 months or so and we had moved back home from Kentucky to be nearer our grandparents so I didn’t really know anyone. But, he came straight over when everyone else was laughing at me and he deliberately placed himself so no one would see me crying." At that Pooch saw Stella glancing over at Jensen, smiling softly. "Been hanging out ever since."
"So when did you two…you know…cross the line so to speak."
"He asked me out on my 17th birthday. I’d liked him for years but didn’t think he thought of me in that way. We dated through senior year and then we both went off to Norwich University for the ROTC." She explained.
"Oh, so you didn’t direct enter either then?"
"No. I talked to Clay about it and he suggested I do the ROTC so I could get a college education as well. I mentioned it to Jakey and we both went for it."
"So, excuse my prying but why you two beak up? Seems like you were together for pretty much the most important decisions of your lives?"
Stella hesitated before answering. Although she didn't mind talking to Pooch it was the first time she explained her and Jensen's story to anyone. She hadn’t needed to up to that point, seeing as everyone she had met till then didn't know Jake too, bar their respective families and friends and they already knew what the deal between them was. Sort of.
For the first time Pooch felt like she wasn't that willing to answer. "Well, after the ROTC thing we both got our first overseas postings and, well, he suggested that maybe it was better if we called it quits before the distance tore us apart and we resented one another. I agreed. We stayed friends though."
"Friends with benefits, huh?"
"Yeah, you could say that." she snorted.
Pooch looked at her. He sensed it was better not to pry more on the subject so he decided to change topics.
"So, you know Clay of old then?" he asked, remembering Clay had warned them she was like a daughter to him.
"Yeah he was in the Army with my dad. My dad was a major in the Screaming Eagles, you heard of them?"
Pooch nodded "The 101st airborne division, right?"
Stella nodded too. "Clay was first lieutenant in his command. He was killed when they launched the operation to cut off Highway 8. One of only 16 to die. Clay took it hard, he was literally right by dad when he died. A foot to the right and he’d have taken the bullet not dad, and he felt guilty for ages for not spotting the sniper but…either way one of them ended up dead. I mean, dad was only 45 when he died and Clay would have been…what, 28 or so at the time, maybe? Either way it’ no age, total waste of a life."
"You know, Clay never really talks about his past much but he did tell us once that seeing his friend die at the hand of an insurgent was what spurred him into the Special Ops. He wanted to get involved in tracking down terrorists, making places safer. Never knew who he was talking about though." Pooch offered.
"Well now you do." she shrugged "I expect it's painful for him to talk about. We’ve all been there, lost people …it’s hard."
"So that's why you joined as well? Your dad?" Pooch asked.
"Yeah. Much to Mom’s disgust. She called Clay, thought he would talk me out of it. I think his words to my mum were, and I quote “ I don’t stand a chance Jules, you know she looks up to Ian’s memory like he’s Captain America….”."
Pooch laughed out loud and Stella grinned. "Yeah she’s still not best pleased with him. And when I got stationed over in Iraq, well, I thought she was gonna hunt him down and kill him with her bare hands."
"You clearly made the right career choice though, I mean you made Captain pretty fast." Pooch stated with real admiration. “Just like Jensen did.”
"A lot of that was down to doing the ROTC and circumstance. Right place, right time…you know what it’s like in the field. They need commissioned, senior officers in Delta Force, I dare say female ones specifically to ‘fil the quota’ so to speak. I did my job well and…" she shrugged.
"From what I hear you’re selling yourself short. Clay speaks very highly of you. He was raving about this person on the inside for the entire time we were running that last op."
Stella smiled, after the conversation with her mother the day before and having to put up with her sister and brother in law's perfect life all over the weekend, Clay's words were like a balm to her.
"Good to know I’m doing something right."
Pooch was pondering Stella's words when Jensen returned from the bar with a couple of beer bottles and two deep orange coloured cocktails.
"Sorry guys, they had a new bartender who wasn't very sure about the best way to prepare a Sailor's Grave." He shrugged “So, this is for Pooch, this is for Mrs. Pooch and this one is for my girl…" he said, placing the drinks ceremoniously on the table, flashing a wink at Stella when he said the last part.
Pooch raised an eyebrow at Stella. The boundaries in Jensen and Stella's relationship, whatever that was, were clearly a little blurred.
Stella rolled her eyes before speaking "I’m not your girl Jake, not since you dumped me when you went over to Burkina Faso." She flinched a little as that came out slightly harsher than she meant and Jensen noticed.
"Ouch doll. Bitter much?" he frowned.
Stella took a deep breath but didn’t say anything. Worst thing she could do was encourage him, whether it was in favour or against, his attempts of flirting. Thankfully, at that moment Jolene returned to the booth.
"Sorry I took so long, I got a call from the office." She apologised as she sat at her place next to Pooch.
Stella seized the chance to divert the conversation and get Jake out of her mind and sight for a minute and she smiled at Jolene and asked “So what do you do for a living?”
"Oh I’m a paralegal for a local firm in Concord." Jolene explained before taking a sip from her cocktail.
Soon both women were engaged in a lively conversation as Stella continued to ask her questions, happy to keep her mind occupied and off all thoughts of Jake and the little tension earlier. Eventually, however, last orders were called and the 4 agreed it was time to go.
“Jolene seemed nice.” Stella broke the silence that had fallen in the car. “They make a nice couple.”
"Yeah, Pooch is a good guy and she’s a nice gal so…" Jensen agreed, hands on the wheel.
They both fell silent again, Jake concentrating on the road ahead. He was anxious and hoped Stella hadn't noticed, though they had never been so silent in a car drive. Something had been bugging him since that night in the barracks after the mission Stella had been undercover for. The sex had been amazing, it always was, but whereas they normally left it at that now… well, being around their hometown, the place they had grown up and first started dated, going out and just doing things they used to do was sparking all sorts of feelings within him. Just an hour before, calling her his girl had just slipped out, and he’d realised from her reaction as soon as he’d done it that he shouldn’t have.
He chewed the inside of his cheek as he drove, trying to convince himself that he had done the right thing breaking it off 4 years ago. But he was also cursing himself at the same time, because being around her yesterday and today, in a normal environment, he realised that just as he’d told her that night after the mission he missed her. And not just the sex. But her. The difference being now, as he pulled onto her road, he realised he didn’t just miss her because he hadn’t seen her. They’d spent 5 years together after all, and he’d loved every second of it. He missed her being his.
His. That was his last thought as he parked up at her driveway.
"Thanks Jakey, I had fun today." Stella said, looking at him for the first time since they got in the car.
"Me too, Stel." Jensen said as he nodded.
And there was a silent pause as Stella digested the fact he wasn't even looking at her. His eyes were fixed on some point beyond the windshield.
"Ok, erm.." Stella spoke but paused to clear her throat. "Well, have a safe trip over to Base and I guess I’ll see you in a week."
He still didn't say anything, he only nodded in agreement. His eyes still not on her. So she opened the door, ignoring the lump on her throat, and made to leave when she felt him gently grabbing her arm.
"Stel…"
She stopped and looked at him. He was now looking at her, almost pleadingly, as he reached out, gently gripping her chin in his finger and thumb, his eyes bouncing across hers.
"Jake, I don’t think we..." she whispered but her protests died as he pressed his lips to her. It was a furious and needy kiss, his tongue harshly dominating hers, and when he pulled away he pressed his head to hers.
"See you in a week, doll." he said, his eyes boring into hers.
"Yeah, see you." she whispered, before getting out of the car
She looked back once to wave as he was waiting to make sure she got inside, as he always did. Once in she shut the front door and headed to the kitchen. Just as she turned around and took the first step her mom walked out of the living room.
"Not in a relationship, eh?"
"Were you spying on me?" Stella asked. Best defence is offense after all…
Her mother shrugged, a smile threatening to spread on her face. She liked Jake, she had always liked him and what was more, though she would rather be caught dead than admit to it, she liked him more than she would ever like Rick in a million years. But then, what was more important to a mother than their daughters' happiness?
Stella sighed. "It's complicated."
"Sure it is. Night honey.” her mother said and, after placing a kiss on her head, she left her to it.
Stella said goodnight and headed into the kitchen for a bottle of water. She uncapped it and leaned on the counter. It had taken her a while to get to a point where she could simply fuck Jake and leave it at that, but even then deep down she knew she had been kidding herself, fooling herself. He had been right in the bar before, she was bitter. Bitter that he had given up so easily when she thought they had something special. And she’d been that much of a sucker that she’d gone along with the whole ‘friends with benefits’ arrangement because the thought of not being with him at all had made her feel sick.
During the last 12 months they had drifted apart and even though she’d hated it at first and it had killed her, it had done her the world of good in that she had finally worked him out of her system.
Or so she thought she had.
Because here she was, less than 2 weeks of being back in his presence and she was already slipping back down that deep, dark hole. After that night post the mission they hadn’t been together that way, at all, but then the previous day he’d shown up and today he had taken her out, for what had been a really fun afternoon and evening, and it had felt just like old times.
Especially when he had kissed her like that.
Jensen was the king of giving off mixed signals, he always had been. Hell, it had taken her years to figure out he liked her that way. But they weren’t in high school anymore, and it was easy, far too easy to get swept back into something that meant more to her than it did to him. She knew she had to put a stop to it, because someone was going to get hurt. And that someone was likely to be her.
Lost in her thoughts she drained the bottle and tossed it into the recycling bin before running her hand through her hair sighing to herself.
“I’m fucked.”
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just friends x damon albarn
omg this is my first anon request! i really really REALLY loved this one, so thank you to the person who requested it! x
Paring: parklife damon x reader
Warnings: nothing at all :)
Word count: 2.221
Requested by anon <3
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There’s this whole illusion that working as a manager for a band is the greatest thing ever. Yes, it does have its perks like living on the road for a few months, travelling the world - although that gets extremely exhausting, and not only for me, but for everyone - but it's filled up to the brim with shelves of endless paperwork and countless meetings everyday. Not just that, but having to go to band recordings at least 2 times a week. I did enjoy them, but when your only power source is 3 cups of coffee and a chocolate bar, things start to get tiring. Evidently, being so worked up and stressed out, I had always pondered why out of all career choices, I had picked this specific one. The fantasy of working for a band and having power to be the decision-maker for most things had gotten to me; doesn’t everyone crave at least some sort of power in their lives?
I was working for a band called Blur. I first started working for them early last year, a couple months before their release of their effortlessly amazing album Modern Life Is Rubbish. They decided to drop their old label, along with their previous manager, saying they were too ‘controlling’ and that they wanted to create a sound which pitched more into them as people. The band consisted of Damon Albarn, the gorgeous front-man, Graham Coxon, the man with immaculate skill on guitar, Alex James, the very tall and lovely bass player, and Dave Rowntree, the multi-talented drummer. This band had more to it than writing meaningful songs and catchy melodies. They meant something to me.
Over the year and a half we’ve been co-workers, I have managed to establish a very close connection with the four boys. They understood my situation, having to always be present, even at times when I’m aching for a break, a holiday, a layoff. One of the reasons I held onto my job so dearly was because of them. There were times where I had been interrupted pouring my heart and soul with tears on my office floor, interrupted by them. They were all supportive; I had been through hell with bad, toxic relationships, my heart continuously feeling lonely and contaminated with the workloads I was given every dying hour. I was able to talk to them about it all, I was able to trust them at times when I felt that no one was there. Especially Damon.
Out of all of the guys, I was closest to Damon. I wondered whether it was because we related a lot, us both having our mental struggles, but were able to try and find the good in things - attempting to enjoy our late nights as a group, or solo. Sometimes after performances, he would scan the room, a towel lousily gripped in his right hand, the other playing with the broad belt circling his jeans. His eyes would land immediately on mine, catching my lips, rounded in a small smile, my hands tied together in a grasp, preparing myself to softly clap at him for his usual exquisite performance. His eyes would squint at me, his nose scrunched up to the bridge of his perfected nose, his reciprocated beam casually showing some of his front teeth as he bit his lip in consumption, and anticipation for the night ahead of him - with me.
A while back, I had to attend a photoshoot the boys were doing for a magazine cover. Rolling Stone maybe? I can’t recall. However, I remember my eyes never managing to leave Damon. His foolproof self never failed to bewilder me. His excellent jawline, the way his eyes shone a deadly stare at the camera, making anyone, even the photographer, blush at his inborn beauty. Graham noticed me, but I never shifted my stare, only when Damon made eye contact with me after due to Graham’s nudge, in which I glared at the ground in enmity - my ears perking out, hearing all the small giggles and small remarks at how I’m checking him out.
“Aw, look at her, she’s gone red,” Alex teased, I felt the eyes of them all carving words on my body.
“Stop guys, just drop it,” Damon answered sternly, defending me. The boys rolled their eyes as they continued doing some more shoots, occasionally switching positions.
His bandmates always speculated there was something going on between us, whether it be that we’re friends-with-benefits or we’re secretly dating from fear of paparazzi. Regardless, we always denied their child-like theories. We were just friends. Even if I thought time and time again that this isn’t how friends act, we were just friends.
It reminded me of a vivid memory: the second pit stop on the journey to France on the Parklife tour. It was around 5 in the morning, we were all awake - due to our excessive drinking and non-stop chattering all night - and the guys were desperate to get out for some fresh air. Unless you were Alex, who had to throw up around two to three times because of the exceptional amounts of whiskey he downed during a game of truth or dare. Me and Damon were the only ones who hadn’t exited the bus, my drowsy eyes and limp body were giving me more pointers to relax and sleep on the sofa rather than let my stomach give out and be sick like Alex was.
Damon was in the bathroom as I was trying to adjust my leg positioning on the small sofa fixated in the middle of the bus. I stared up to the ceiling, a dozen hazy thoughts flooding my mind every second. Hearing the sound of the door unlock, the bathroom door to be exact, rang through my ears as the small thuds of Damon’s feet pattered by - getting louder and louder due to him approaching tonight’s sleeping spot. The rough, worn down sofa.
“You alright?” his raspy voice asked, causing a tired smile to curve onto my lip. I loved hearing his voice hoarse and gravelly, whether it being from the early mornings we had to get up to do sound checks at an arena, or after he had drunk too many shots like the rest of us, it always intoxicated my ear drums. It’s like when you try a sweet that your friend gave to you for the first time because she had a brimmed bag of them, and the taste so sweet but sour it coated your tongue so scornfully, you begged and craved for more.
“Yeah, just tired perhaps,” I stretched, shifting my gaze from the ceiling to Damon, standing there as if a war was going on inside his head. “Are you alright, Damon?”
Snapping out of his thoughts, he blinked a few times, scratching his head roughly. “Yeah… Do you want to bunk with me tonight? You having to always sleep on the couch is kind of… Shitty,” he stammered, not knowing where to put his hands.
I sat up on the couch, my hands tied to either side of my body. The same, drained beam was splattered on my face, nodding slowly. “I would love that,” I stated, watching him reciprocate my smile onto his adorning features. “You’re going to have to help me up there though, I feel like I’m about to drop,”
He laughed lightly, grabbing my arm and lifting me up from the settee. Guiding me to his bunk, I leaned on his body, my own being too exhausted to cooperate with me at this time. “Don’t worry, I’ve got you,” he said, carrying my body to the bunk. As I laid in the bed, I inhaled the smell. The bed smelt of him. It had an aroma of worn down cologne, hooked with a scent of red wine - he carried a flavor that any woman would cling onto his arms and never let go. Watching him climb into the bed with me, was all a dream come true.
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We were currently in a recording session; Graham had mentioned that there was this new melody he had created, and wanted to show the rest of the band, hoping they’d find ways to add it into a new song of some sort. I was sitting at the back, by the exit door on the scruffy red couch, staring at the producer talking to Alex as he began to play a bassline he had formed on the spot. It had potential, the whole song did. The way that after a mere show of Graham’s guitar abilities, they were able to brainstorm ideas for a brand-new track on an album that hadn’t been created yet. Damon had some old lyrics written down from when he was on the road on their previous tour, so he had decided to use them on this event. Everything pieced together gracefully, my admiration for the entire band as a whole seemed to grow every single time I was able to peacefully watch them create another one of their artworks.
“All right, Damon are you ready to record some vocals?” The producer asked, turning around in his swivel chair to make eye contact with Damon. He nodded, firmly grabbing onto his lyric sheet, licking his lips in anticipation as he stepped into the second room.
As Alex left the other room, he came and took a seat next to me. Graham was talking to Dave, thinking of things they could include into the melody. I stretched my arms out dearly, avoiding hitting Alex, who was staring at me. I smiled at him, trying to initiate a conversation. “Good bassline you got there,”
He chuckled nonchalantly, “That’s what I do,”
Rolling my eyes at his sly remark, we began talking about the apprehension for a new album this year. “After this, we’ll all be inspired to write more stuff, so we’re bound to create a new album, even if we literally just got off tour,” he chirped as I nodded my head slowly, the sounds of Damon’s voice deafening me in the most alluring ways.
“He’s looking at you,” Alex added, nudging my arm, detaching me from my stance.
Confused, I swiftly turned my head to look at Damon, catching his eyes in mine. Even though he was far, three or four metres away perhaps, I was still able to study his wondrous, captivating blue orbs that I had grown so deeply mesmerised of. I began blushing lightly, feeling the throb of the blood rushing to my cheeks, as I bit my lip and looked down - once again.
“Perfect, Damon, thanks for that,” the producer said, signalling for Damon to exit the room. He smiled and nodded, briskly walking out of the room. He grabbed his water bottle placed on an unused amp, taking a couple gulps from it before welcoming the repetitive comments.
“Come on mate, if you’re gonna at least try and hide the fact you like Y/n, you should at least stare at times where we’re all looking at you,” Alex teased, his eyebrows raised in amusement. “And don’t try to deny you like her, when it’s so fucking obvious, mate,”
“I mean he did sa-” Graham began, but instantly cut himself off as the realisation washed over him about what he was about to say. My eyes widened at his comment, almost immediately turning to look over to him, Graham, who was avoiding his eyes at me.
“Seriously Graham?” I heard Dave mumble, my stare too consumed by the tiny rips on the couch arm.
“I’m gonna go... To the toilet,” I lied, my mind overwhelmed over the situation. What was Graham going to say?
Countless things and speculations raced my mind as I stood outside the studio door, my head beginning to hurt as the situation replayed in my head. I leant against the cold wall, shutting my eyes in an attempt to recollect myself. It didn’t mean anything right?
As if on cue however, the door opened, a gush of air brushing past me. Opening my eyes, I was welcomed to the sight of Damon, anxiously standing in front of me. “There’s something I need to tell you, but you can’t get angry and leave after I say it, okay?” he rushed, walking away from the door and to the wall beside me. Nodding, I chewed on my top lip, fear painting my face all over. “I… I love you, Y/n, and I have for, god knows how long.”
Once those words escaped his mouth, I felt my heart drop. After the continuous ‘we’re just friends’ speeches, I realise it was all false. I knew the way we acted towards each other was more than friends. More than best friends. We both liked each other, for a really long fucking time.
“Thank fuck,” I answered, grabbing his neck and kissing him. His lips tasted sweet, the softness of his mouth due to the lip balm he had put on at the start of the session made me want to fasten my lips around his mouth and put the world on hold. I wanted to stay like this, forever.
Pulling away, our previous frowns had formed into smiles. I smiled so wide my face began to hurt, my heart feeling like it exploded after hitting the ground, like a firework on new years eve. “I love you too,”
#damon albarn x reader#graham coxon#alex james#dave rowntree#damon albarn#90s#britpop#imagine#smut#fluff#blur#music
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Meet Me Where The Waves Touches The Sky: funny things happen i guess? (V)
Note: I put a keep reading break but I am unsure if it is working, if there is no keep reading link then please let me know! I do not wish to bother anyone with long posts.
Story Description: We all have our issues, but some of us are sub-consciously pushing it away without realizing how deep under water we are. You don't realize the things around you aren't what used to be until you meet a celebrity struggling to live. Like the hypocrite you are, you help others without helping yourself first. But no one told you about helping others gives you this exhilarating feeling of being a saint. So for how long are you going to keep being a saint in a doctor's coat?
Genre: Angst, fluff (if you squint) and smut.
Pairing: You x Namjoon
Trigger Warning: It revolves heavily around suicide, depression and death. Please don’t read it if it is a sensitive topic for you. Also keep in mind it isn’t like ‘13 reasons why’. It takes place in more of an adult setting hence mature. It also has mature (+18) scene, alcohol consumption and occasional use of foul language hehe.
I am writing about suicide, death and depression not because I romanticize it or engage in it for others to partake. It is strictly for the purpose of writing a story to convey a message beyond these three words.
Story masterlist is here: MMWTWTTS
Ever since you clocked in for a night shift, working didn't help. Not even the recent news of Jungha's death was able to get your head out of the thoughts of your brothers. You ended up zoning out a lot, your co-workers had to keep snapping you out of your daze every time they found you staring at the hospital beds. They all brushed it off as you being slightly disturbed by Jungha's case, but that wasn't it. You just kept seeing faint and wispy images of your brother lying in a hospital bed weakly, but never failing to shoot you a bright white smile.
That infectious smile that was forever ingrained in your memories. You felt sick to your stomach that despite the fact that death was always near him, he still had it in him to smile. To be happy.
"Doctor Y/N." Wooyoung tapped your shoulder, pulling your attention to him.
"Huh-yeah? Something wrong?" You stitched your eyebrows together in concern at him.
"You are distracted today huh, I guess Jungha must have hit close to home. After all you disappeared after they were cleaning up her body." Wooyoung rested his hands on your shoulder in a comforting manner.
"Ah yes, I-I just feel that I failed to do my job." That wasn't a lie. Failure was something you didn't handle well and your failure was in the form of actual living beings rather than numbers on paper, rather than the number on the ranking for accomplishing something, rather than the finished products for presentation or others.
"I get that Y/N, but it's unlike you. In the past few years of knowing you, this is the most emotion I have ever seen from you," He breaks into a small fit of chuckles and a wide smile, "it's unusual, we are all used to seeing you have a stone-faced expression Y/N and I honestly feel that despite the situation being a grim one, it's a small improvement."
You knew Wooyoung meant well, but your expression of pain wasn't a means of improvement, it meant that you were going to reinforce the wall a bit more now. To you, there was no need for other people to read into you and know you, especially the traits that you particularly disliked to show.
"Why not just stay at home though? Take some time off? Plus my shift is ending soon." Wooyoung asked as he retracted his hands from your shoulder.
"Didn't feel like it, I don't mind working a bit more though. It keeps my mind off things I don't want to dwell in." You shrugged your shoulders. "I'll be in my office then. See you." You hurriedly turned around leaving him stranded in the hallway, you didn't feel like talking to him anymore and you felt guilty over that. You pushed the doors open to your office widely to step in, letting the door swing shut behind you and welcomed the lavender scented air that you had purposely placed there for it's soothing properties and to ensure your patients could ease a bit in the room.
Without hesitation, you strode over to your desk and stood in front of the desk, your palms pressed flat against your desk to support your upper body weight that was hunched over it. Your eyes were shut tight and lips were pressed against each other tightly as loose wisp of your hair hung over your forehead lightly. The only sound that was heard in the room was the soft humming of the ventilators fixed overhead in the ceiling. You really wished you could go back into time to change a few things, maybe notice some more things and maybe just implemented action then and there only. Maybe not realize things too late, or maybe just-just be a better person.
It all started with him, your eldest brother after all.
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A few days had passed by, you managed to curb the thoughts of your brothers by throwing yourself into work and Namjoon had come by your place once again and the two of you were sitting on the couch in your living room in silence. Audible clicking sounds of the keyboard from your laptop and occasional sipping sounds from Namjoon's steaming hot cup of tea resonated in the room. Nothing much changed except that Namjoon kept asking you questions, questions about yourself and every single time you managed to dodge them or monotonously answer it, until he struck a chord with one particular question.
"Are you in touch with your family?"
It was a seemingly innocent question, but it bothered you.
"Can you stop fucking asking questions about myself?" You stilled for a second, before continuing to type away at your laptop, updating the information on the recent patients you interacted with recently in your office.
Namjoon was a bit taken aback by your reply, you had cursed at him. He knew instantly that family was a touchy topic for you and backed off knowing that it was probably the best if he stopped asking questions for now. This made him gain a small understanding of why there were no pictures in the house, it was because you weren't on good terms with them, well that's what he had assumed.
The guilt started eating you away the moment when you swore at him for asking a simple question and you couldn't take it any longer considering you were a person who cared so much about what other people thought since it was literally your job to do so.
"I am sorry, I didn't mean to swear at you Namjoon", you closed your laptop and pushed it to the side of your lap to give him your undivided attention. "It's just that I don't like being questioned nor do I like talking about myself."
Namjoon silently nodded, eyes trained on you as he sipped slowly on his cup of tea.
"As for my family, yes, I am in touch with them. I've got 2 brothers, I just don't live with them. They live in a house on the outskirts of Busan. I visit them when I have the time." You felt that at least giving an answer to the last question would compensate for your inappropriate outburst at Namjoon.
"Oh, that's nice." That new information almost immediately squashed the idea in Namjoon's of you being on bad terms with your family members. Namjoon didn't know what else to say because he was a little too scared to proceed with the conversation with you. You sensed that, so you decided to ask him.
"What about your family?"
"M-my family?" He sputtered on his tea, he hadn't expected you to keep the conversation going on, "Well they are good, I've got a younger sister. I just haven't been in much contact with them because I'm busy lately and I-"
"You are a celebrity, it's understandable. I'm sure they will understand why you couldn't visit them." You interrupted him, every celebrity you've encountered had a more or less similar issue, family. At least they had a family waiting for them.
"Yeah, you are right. I hope they do." Namjoon looked down in his cup of tea, his shoulders sinking in. You made a mental note to yourself that his family was also playing a role in his stress lately.
"Is there any issue other than distance and lack of time with your family?" You asked, tilting your head slightly at him.
"Well, not really, I just feel guilty for not spending time with them." Namjoon mumbled his reply.
"You should go to them, kind of obvious but what you are missing is the actual confirmation from their mouth that they understand you that you can't visit them." Namjoon looked up at you at last, setting his tea in his lap, "Correct me if I am wrong but you haven't spoken about this with your family, you haven't told them that you were really busy nor have you heard from them that it's okay and they understand it?"
Namjoon couldn't help but let out a painful chuckle, you had hit a dead spot-on the cause of his troubles. He hadn't realized that he never heard it for himself from his family that it was okay and you had made him realize that right now. You took his painful chuckles as a yes.
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to pay them a small visit today Namjoon." You stood up and grabbed his mug after glancing to see if it was empty and took it to the kitchen, leaving him to dwell in his own thoughts and on your words.
"Would you come with me?"
You whipped around. You were surprised to hear him ask for your accompaniment but didn't show it on your face, "Me to come to visit your parents?" You repeated what he had said to double-check if he asked correctly.
"I mean you don't have to but it would give me some kind of support I guess."
You pondered over it, torn between going so you could give him some support or that you should stay behind and let him do it independently. The latter is what a therapist would have done and you decided to go against that. But then you already violated the rules since the beginning and no one noticed. By now you didn't know how many rules had you bent and broken.
"Sure, if it helps you." You shrugged your shoulders.
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You had offered to drive the two of you to his home in Seoul, it wasn't too far and plus going by train would be difficult since he's the celebrity. Your car wasn't too bad considering you earned a lot as a psychiatrist in the hospital and of course you worked over time with intentions of earning more so you weren't too embarrassed or affected by taking a celebrity in your car.
The ride to his place was fairly quiet except for soft music playing over the radio and the constant hum of the engine and roadway noise. You glanced occasionally at Namjoon, he simply was fixated on staring outside the window, watching everything pass by him fast. He was busy in his own thoughts and you didn't want to disturb him so you let him be until the two of you pulled up by his house.
"Ready?" You unbuckled your seat after switching off the engine. There wasn't any audible response except for a small nod. It wasn't a confident nod. You were quick to react upon that.
"Namjoon, if you aren't ready, no worries we can go home. You can always do this next time when you are more confident."
"No it's fine, I'd much rather get it done now than to keep pushing it. It'll give me proper relief as you had said." Namjoon replied back meekly, as if he was trying to gather the courage for himself.
"Alright, that's good, listen, it'll be difficult but I'm here alright? Do you want me to come inside or wait here?" You rested your hands on his shoulder in a reassuring manner, you didn't want to make him feel pressured nor forced. That generally never worked out well.
"Well, just walk me to the door, you don't need to come inside." He opened the car door and stood outside in the cold, fresh air of Seoul, taking in a huge breath and exhaled sharply. You followed his actions too and locked the car before shoving your hands along with the key in the pockets of your coat.
"That I can do." You gave him a small smile and walked towards the wooden door of his parent's place, the front yard of the house was decorated with bunches of small flowers such as petunias and some unknown generic colourful plants you saw everywhere but never knew what it was called and the small patches of grasses were well trimmed. When you stood in front of the door, you didn't press the doorbell but instead you urged Namjoon to take the initiative. After all he was the one that needed to talk to them, not you.
Few seconds upon ringing the doorbell, an older woman with an apron tied around opened the door, this was unmistakably Namjoon's mother as you saw her. Her eyes sparkled, her mouth stretched into a motherly smile in a fraction of seconds she set her eyes on her son, Namjoon. Anyone could see that she loved her son dearly. All mothers would for their child, with of course some exceptions.
"Namjoon-ah, what brings you here my son?" She lets go of the door handle and takes a step towards Namjoon to bring his face in her hands, she didn't notice you nor greet you but that didn't bother you since it meant that she hadn't seen her son in ages. Namjoon didn't respond but kept looking at his mother, he was slowly losing his courage to actually have the talk with his mother, so you decided to leave him with no choice but to just do it.
"Mrs. Kim, it's a pleasure meeting you." You bowed slightly and pulled out your hand from your coat pocket to greet her, "I'm Namjoon's psychiatrist and I came with him today so that he could talk to you about some things that have been bothering him lately. I thought it would be good for him and I'm sure you would also agree with me." You glanced at Namjoon briefly and he looked like a child who was uncomfortable stuck in a conversation between his parents and teacher as if he had done something bad. "I'll take my leave now and let the two of you discuss it out." You bowed again to his mother and gave Namjoon one pat on his shoulder, "I'll be in the car when you are done." You whispered before heading back to the car, leaving the mother and the son to enter the house. You hoped that Namjoon would talk about it and get it sorted out soon, it would at least mean that one issue is gone and he has got one less problem to worry about.
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3 sharp knocks against the car window was good enough to snap you out of your little nap session, the sun had already set and the lamplights were glowing brightly as if they were trying to banish the darkness within the area. Just how long had it been since Namjoon entered his house?
You looked out the passenger window to find Namjoon smiling in a more carefree manner, the talk must have gone well. You couldn't help but smile back too and unlock the car door for him to enter.
"I take it that it went well with your parents?" You watched him buckle up and set a white plastic bag comfortably on his lap.
"It did, thank you Y/N. I really needed that and you made me realize it. They understood my situation and said it themselves that it was okay." He spoke happily like a 6 year old telling their mom what happened at school today.
"That's good to hear. What's with the bag though?" You asked as you pulled out onto the streets leading back to the highway.
"Ah, this? Well, my mom was just a little bit concerned about me not eating properly so she made me take some packed home-made food for the dorm and our members. That's why it took so long because she prepared everything from scratch. I hope it didn't cause you any inconvenience." He patted the bag softly.
"Nonsense, getting home-made food from your mother is hardly an issue." You replied back monotonously. Things like this didn't bother you much since at the end of the day you knew that Namjoon would go back home feeling better, that's all that really mattered.
"My mother also made you something small, I didn't know what you liked so she packed a small box of Kimchi for you. Kimchi is her specialty so I hope you'll like it."
"That's-that's really sweet of your mother. Please do tell her thanks from me then." You were rendered silent for a second, you never really had home-made food since your parents passed away, all you ever ate was crappy ramen that Seonghwa made or just some convenience store packed meal. The two of you fell into a comfortable silence for the rest of the car-ride.
Later in the night, Namjoon bid you goodbye and headed off to his dorm, the small box of Kimchi laid on the seat where he sat moments ago looking cold and almost sad.
You didn't feel like eating it and that felt like being the biggest asshole on earth.
Back at the flat, you contemplated what you were going to with a small box of Kimchi. The food couldn't go to waste so you put the kimchi in a disposable box at the apartment and left Namjoon's box by the sink to wash and return. What were you doing to do with the disposable box of kimchi? You were going to give to someone you thought was more deserving of it than you were. The homeless, the ones who were struggling to get some food to eat..
The disposable box with the kimchi with a heapful serving of rice from your flat was later on given to one of the homeless person living in a poverty ridden area of Seoul. You normally would feel a small sense of gratitude for giving a homeless person a small side-dish to eat but you felt even worse, maybe because you were essentially giving away a home-made food made by a mother with care and love for you only, to someone else.
You definitely didn't deserve any home-made food.
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Despite seeing Namjoon a few days ago regarding the parent issues, your mind was still occupied by what more problems you could find within Namjoon. You wanted to fix him as much as you could even though he wasn't officially your patient. You were unintentionally giving him more priority over the severely ill patients but that was because you saw something familiar but new in him. Familiar as if he reminded you of someone from the past and new because it was a different person, different face, different status in the society.
You knew for sure he had a camera issue, splitting his celebrity persona from the real persona. He had issues with his fans in terms of just wanting to go out and not getting bombarded by flocks of fans, but that one was something you couldn't do much about, it was inevitable, it was something that came with the package of being a celebrity.
You were distractedly looking through your schedule for the following patients in the next few days on your laptop. Your chin rested in your left palm as you hunched over the table and mindlessly kept scrolling through until a soft vibration pulled you out of your thoughts about Namjoon, a notification popped up on the screen, it was from your brother, Hongjoong.
'Wanna come over for a night? I know you have work tomorrow, but let's spend some time tonight!'
You rolled your eyes at the message, he knew that you still had work tomorrow and even going by a high-speed train, it would take approximately 3 hours, however your first patient tomorrow doesn't come until 11 AM...It seems possible to go. It's been a while since you had dinner with him anyways. It was 4:30 PM right now, so you grabbed your coat off the coat hanger and bags in a haste, the soonest train you could catch was at 4:50 PM.
'Alright Joongie, but I leave at 7 AM sharp.'
You sent a quick message before boarding the train, you managed to buy the tickets in a nick of time so you were a little out of breath. It didn't take you too long to find a seat by the window and sit down before the train started. Few seconds later, your phone vibrated, that must Hongjoong you thought.
'Yes! I'm so happy my lil sis is coming for dinner at last! Shall I make your favourite ramen?'
You chuckled softly, the two of you had a small ongoing joke over instant ramen, more specifically Seonghwa's ramen.
'Haha very funny, I still want Seonghwa's ramen.'
'Eyy how could you like that ramen? He keeps forgetting to put the flavour while the water is boiling, not when everything is done!'
'Crappy Seonghwa's ramen still is the best!'
'Alright alright, I guess we will be eating some take-out tonight.'
'Huh? Seonghwa isn't home yet?"
'Nope, this idiot is working overtime.'
'Again...?'
You sighed disappointedly, and sent back another text confirming the plans the two of you had made.
'Alright, I'll be home at 8 PM!'
With that note you tucked your phone away and laid back in the train seat, the headphones over your ear playing music loud enough to drown the soft chattering of other passengers and the rumble of the engine working at high speed. Staring outside the window as the scenery blended into one constantly changing motion picture that made you feel that you were breezing through life without ever having some sort of control over it.
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The salty aroma of soy sauce along with familiar grease in the chinese take-out and the sounds of soft creaky wooden floorboards welcomed you home in Busan.
"Y/N! Is that you?" Hongjoong head stuck out from the living room door.
"No, it's me, God." You dropped your bag and coat to the side of the entrance hallway.
"That is so overused and not funny anymore." Hongjoong warmly smiled and walked up to you to engulf you in a warm bear hug. You sighed contentedly, closing your eyes and snuggled your head into the crook of his neck, "How have you been Y/N?" Hongjoong asked, softly caressing the back of your head before pulling away.
"Just so-so Joongie." You wrapped your arms around his arm as the two of you headed towards the living room where a considerably large-sized plastic bag laid atop of the table, containing all sorts of Chinese take-out Hongjoong chose.
"Well, I'm sure it will get better, whatever is bothering you, it'll go away eventually." Hongjoong handed you a pair of chopsticks as he pulled out few boxes of noodles.
"I guess so, like you for example, you are recovering now." You fell back into the couch in the living room and took the first bite out of the noodles. Hongjoong too sat down and opened up his take-out box, "Yeah I guess, I am recovering, the cancer is gone now." He swirled his chopstick in the box of the noodles, not taking a bite yet. That went unnoticed by you as you were too busy inhaling the noodles, after all travelling made you incredibly famished sometimes or maybe just eating with the family was better than eating alone.
"But, aside from that. Something else is bothering me." You stated, mouthful of noodles which made you look like a chipmunk for a moment.
"What is?" Hongjoong rose one of his eyebrows at you, urging you to proceed with what was bothering you.
"It's Seonghwa, Joongie."
"Not this again, you know Seong-" Hongjoong sighed sharply as his mouth opened slightly, tilting his head in a full circle before he took a good look at you.
"No, I mean like I am working now, I am earning well. I am able to support all of you aren't I? So why won't he just stop working?" You set down the empty box of the noodles and set the chopstick next to it on the table.
"Y/N, Seonghwa wants to work, let him-"
"Why? There is absolutely no sense in him working his ass off when he could have gone to University ages ago! It's been several years and he keeps working part-time, even when you got better and I started working." You interrupted your brother, you rarely interrupted your brother but this time it was getting ridiculous to hear Hongjoong constantly defend your elder brother over this matter. You guys have had arguments this many times and it always was Hongjoong defending Seonghwa. You couldn't quite grasp the idea of your eldest brother constantly over-working despite things being financially fine now.
"He should have gone and completed his university, it was his dream to become a nine-to-five office worker. He had that chance and now it's too late, you too, I finished university and the two of you could still apply for late admission." You were borderline spitting words at your brother, watching him become uneasy at your anger, it wasn't like you to get angry anyways.
"What is done is done Y/N. Just let it be. Maybe he likes working these kinds of jobs more than doing office work." He sighed, shoulders slumping down. You had nothing to say anymore, he still kept defending him for continuously working and you gave up. At least you respected his determination and tenacity to constantly defend Seonghwa.
The two of you sat in an uncomfortable silence that had steeped in after your small burst out. You glanced at his uneaten, now cold box of noodles, "Aren't you going to eat? You still need to eat Hongjoong."
Hongjoong simply closed the take-out box and pushed it further away from him on the table, "Look Y/N, I just wanted to have one simple dinner with you. No arguments or anything, but that seems too difficult for you I guess. I'm not that hungry anyways, the chemo messed up my appetite these days." Hongjoong stood up, clenching his teeth slightly in disappointment at you as his eyes bore tiredly into your head.
"I understand Joongie," You tried using his nickname to coax him a bit, to soften the atmosphere you had ruined, "Please at least eat something, I get it the chemo messed you up, but you are getting skinnier even though the chemo is over now. You are much more skinnier than I saw you last time. You need a bit of food in your system."
"You see, the way you are supporting and helping me, why don't you do the same for Seonghwa huh? Why not go visit his workplace and check on him, or see if he is eating well instead of coming here and ruining some time together by ranting about the past?" This time it was Hongjoong's turn to get angry. You were rendered silent by his words, you didn't say anything back because deep down, you knew he was right. As a sister, you should have at least been supportive of what Seonghwa is doing and at least check up on him whenever you were in the area.
"I'm off to bed. Sleep or go home, I don't care. Do whatever you want." With that, Hongjoong turn on his heels and walked back to his room in a solemn manner. The sounds of the creaky wooden floorboards got farther and farther away until you heard the door close, effectively ending the noise from the floorboards.
Guilt and regret coursed through your body as you gingerly cleared the food and chopsticks away to avoid disturbing Hongjoong from whatever he may be doing in his room. Then a small, but clear sound of light clicking off told you that he went to bed, without wishing you a goodnight. That hurt deeply even though it wasn't anything major.
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You laid in your bed of your old bedroom in that house in the darkness, constantly shifting due to restlessness and uneasiness of today's conversation between Hongjoong plaguing your mind. If you had kept your mouth shut and enjoyed the meal, chattered about useless and miniscule stuff, maybe then the two of you could have been watching a movie together late in the night to wait for Seonghwa to come back home so it would haven't ended everything so abruptly. Your throat had gone dry from being awake for hours and a pounding headache came like an unwanted guest, so you went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water.
"Y/N?" A familiar husky voice called out your name, it was undeniably Seonghwa. Why was he back home at 4 or 5 am? Well, when is he not back at that time.
"Seonghwa, you came? Why so late though?" You turned around, gulping down the glass of cold water which quenched your dry throat.
"The convenience store, my shift was till 4 am." He walked up the sink and stood by your side to fill up a glass of water for himself.
The need to ask him why was he still continuously working so late built up again, you didn't want to upset him, especially when he came late and is definitely dead tired.
"You want to ask me something Y/N. Go ahead, I can feel it whenever you want to ask, there's no point keeping it to yourself." Seonghwa braced himself mentally, he had a gist of what you were planning to ask him, it was pretty much the elephant in the room, one way or the other, someone was going to have to address it. It would be more surprising to Seonghwa if you didn't ask about it.
"Why do you still keep working, that too ridiculously late when I can do this for all of you?" You blurted out, eyeing Seonghwa cautiously for any signs of irritation. Only thing you picked up was a deep and long sigh.
"I've told you before, I want to keep doing this. I want to keep earning for all of us."
"But I am earning now, you could have gone back to university and have gotten that job you have always wanted." You mused, you still hadn't grasped why he kept doing this, it seemed completely inconvenient to you.
"I get that, it's logical to you, but I don't mind doing this. I like doing this Y/N. I like working various activities till I am exhausted."
"So, you like this better than the office job?" You asked hesitantly, you weren't so keen on accepting his reply as an answer to his actions.
"Yes, I do Y/N. Funny things happen I guess. Just leave it for now, will you?" Seonghwa patted your head, much more half-heartedly than he used to a few years ago and more out of habit, initially that bothered you but then you eventually accepted it. It seemed like this was the best you were going to get for a long time now that the relationship between the two of you had soured beyond repair. It wasn't just the issue of him working late that got in the way of the two of you, there was so much more that had yet to be resolved.
With that, you were left alone in the kitchen, in the darkness. Sounds of the creaky floorboard faded away just like Hongjoong and the door closing ended it all.
Well that family reunion went well.
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WELL, since I'm free of all charges(ignore the shouting of, "YOU'RE ON PROBATION!!!" That's just a... random person I outran- I mean... well... I'M FREE OF ALL MY CHARGES!!!), I figured now is a good time to get back into a series I started.
TIME TO BETRAY MY FANDOM SOME MORE!!!!
This is something of a part 2 to an AU where Cal has to marry Iris instead of Evangeline. Like before, I'm mostly using bullet points to get the story across, but won't use them for dialogue between characters.
Got all that? Good. LET'S GO!!
I PRESENT TO YOU PART 2: THE ARRANGEMENT
We start off where we left off, but with Cal on his own as he processes his new betrothal to Iris. He's still mad, but he's willing to go through with it, for Norta's sake.
The reason this is not a bad idea, but a terrible idea is because Norta has more electricity or power than the Lakelands, who have more food. The way this can go south is if Iris or her father, who will be accompanying her for safety, kills Tibe or Cal, then Norta will fall into Lakelander hands. Sure, Cal can hold his own just fine, but he's not the best against Nymphs.
Back on track, he joins his father for dinner. It's just the two of them. No Elara. No Maven. No sentinels. Just a father and son after their heated argument. (😈😁 See what I did there? Literally, I'm so proud of myself)
This meal is dead silent, the only sounds being the utensils on the plates aand the food being cut up. Neither talk, neither pay the other any mind, neither even LOOK at each other. Cal is simply keeping his eyes on his plate and occasionally looking outside, because it's nice out, and Tibe is reading a report on any goings on, because beimg a King is so much fun.
It is after they're both done eating and sitting in the terrible, painful, awkward silence that Cal FINALLY speaks up.
"When are we leaving for the Lakelands?"
This is not an, 'I'm sorry for disagreeing with a plan that could get us both killed and Norta destroyed,' but Tibe replies that the TWO of them are leaving in about a week, maybe two, so Cal needs to hurry and pack up so they can get to the Lakelands and be done with it. Cal, already dreading this, ponders why Maven and Elara are staying behind, considering how Cal has seen his father's lack of trust towards his wife, to which Tibe responds that should the worst happens, there needs to be someone in Norta still ruling, just in case.
The two are silent again for a little bit before Cal asks if Tibe is sure about this decision. Tibe is not EXACTLY sure, but with how things are going for Norta, the Scarlet Guard WITH the war going on, this is something they need to do NOW.
Cal can't disagree with that, so he just nods along.
The two stand and Cal looks outside again and wonders what it will be like, seeing the Lakelands in their entirety and not just the front.
Tibe chuckles a little and has a small smile on his face as he pats Cal on the shoulder.
"Cold. Bring a coat."
TIME JUMP TO NIGHT TIME! Cal and Maven are playing chess. Cal informs his brother on what's going to happen and even admits that he's nervous to go, because, for all he knows, he might not be coming back. Maven assures him he has nothing to worry about because he did some digging and found out Iris is actually the YOUNGER of the Lakelander king's two daughters, her older sister already in line for the throne.
Cal tries to ignore the sick feeling in his stomach and wonders who and what he'll see beyond the front, essentially trying to make the best of this excursion. Maven tries not to roll his eyes at this and remarks that she hopefully won't be as scary as Evangeline. The two finish their game and go to bed, but Cal stays up as he wonders what being married to Iris will be like.
Maven, however, has a conversation with his mother, but only tells her the bare minimum of what he and Cal were talking about. Enraged, she digs through his mind and just finds "useless nonsense." She affirms to him that they will find a way to fix this mishap, and they go to bed, Maven looking over his shoulder every now and again because his mother could be right behind him.
ANOTHER TIME JUMP! It's time for Cal and Tibe to leave for the Lakelands! They bid their farewells to Maven and Elara, though Cal had actually visited Julian for a bit to say goodbye, his uncle telling him to be careful in the Lakelands. With all that said and done, the two leave, Tibe hoping that this whole thing doesn't take long and Cal staring out the window as he watches and hopes the same thing, and that he can at least be happy.
Like in King's Cage, they meet just beyond The Choke, AND NEITHER SIDES ARE HAPPY TO SEE EACH OTHER. Orrec's eyes keep moving to Cal, giving an almost impressed look, only to get a little disappointed in his father; he's a perfect soldier standing next to an alcoholic, broken man; nothing against any of the characters, in my eyes, Orrec seems to be a man who would see someone's practically rather than rank alone.
Cal lets his father do the talking, as he was told to do, but can't help but bite his tongue at stuff the two say that he'd very much like to give his two cents on.
What are these two kings talking about? Simple. The terms of the alliance... AND JUST INSULTING EACH OTHER IN ANY WAY THEY CAN.
Orrec may be from a low house, but he was glad his wife loved him enough to keep him alive.
Tibe is proud he has sons; he doesn't have to sell them to stay in power.
Cal steps in after that, and the two kings get back to business, mainly about forming an alliance and taking down the Scarlet Guard.
After a while, however, Orrec speaks with Cal directly, noting the softness in his eyes and the callouses on his hands, even spotting out some oil that's stuck in the little crevice of his nail, it's not a lot, just some that he couldn't wash outvery thoroughly.
All is said and done, the kings agree to each other's terms, even throwing a few more jabs at each other towards the Scarlet Guard, shake hands, and have Cal and Iris betrothed.
Cal is slightly intimidated by the Nymph princess, because she looks like a fighter, but plays his part as the future king and Iris's future husband.
Iris, for her part, has to admit that this heir to the Nortan throne is impressive, though she is now curious about much of him is is father and hiw much is his dead mother; rumors travel farther and faster than you think.
Orrec informs them he and Iris will arrive as soon as they can, with the Lakelands already taken by Tiora and Cenra, and Tibe playfully remarks they'll have their guns at the ready when he and Iris arrive.
The two laugh and shake hands, and do that hand squeeze thing where they try to break each other's hands, but ultimately leave on an admittedly shaky alliance.
In the transport on and on the way back, Cal tips his head back and sighs, glad that the worst is over for now.
Tibe tells him to not get ahead of himself, as this is just the beginning
AND THIS WAS PART TWO!!!!
Not as dialouge based this time, and I'm so sorry for that, but at least we have the ball rolling
I really hope you guys enjoyed this, I'm kinda having fun doing this😅😁
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Hecc yea I saw @promisedangel‘s roleswap au for AHIT
and I just really like it sooo I wanted to make some ideas for it! Part 1 of I don’t know how many maybe like 2?? Anyways tho they be under the cut
General: Mustache Kid uses small bombs with varied abilities, and requires different powders to create them(as Hat Kid’s hats required yarn to forge).
Hat Girl’s future was caused because a child claiming to be there in the name of justice had set forth a series of events that led to the unwinding of reality itself. When she was sent back in time, she had believed that it was Mustache Kid that commenced these events and as such, set forth to undo everything she did. However, this caused an alternate bad future where she becomes a dictator. After the events of the Base Game, she can be found in a nice hut on the islands near Mafia Town pondering what to do now.
Once Hat Girl was sent backwards, she isn’t able to get back. This was because it was believed that when she fixed the timeline, there would be no need for her to go back in time, thus causing her to be brought back by a strange paradox. Since she wasn’t brought back, she’s trying to figure out what this means.
While Mustache Kid is for reckless justice and generally has a childish view on the matter, Hat Girl wishes to instill rules and laws to prevent these things from occurring, and has a very mature view on it, even if it borders on tyrannical. They are two sides of the same coin, and when pulled to their extremes, both can be very bad.
Hat Girl is from an organization where they go to different realities and times to fix potential catastrophes and paradoxes. She was hired particularly because she’s small enough to be nimble and has the ability to double jump. Keep in mind that they only interfere if it meant certain doom for the universe, or if it was an acopolyase scenario.
The kid that causes the calamity? They haven’t arrived in this timeline yet.
Mafia Town, or called Calico Isles: The Mafia are actually referred to as “Wrong Wallies” by CC and her fans. This is due to how she portrays them in her cooking show. While the Mafia can cook extremely well, they are blackmailed/threatened into intentionally cooking terribly in her show, so that her food looks wonderful in comparison. The person that gets this role a lot is their leader, who’s actual name IS Wallace. This usually happens in the beginning of the episode, where she states the dish she’ll be ‘preparing’(it’s actually cooked by the Mafia’s leader, for an extra dosage of irony), before the Mafia come in with extremely exaggerated accents about how they made the better dish whilst showing the intentionally terrible meal. There are many cats on this island! Though most of them are cats you won’t see elsewhere (sphinxes, grey cats, etc), though some of the Nyakuza cats are there as well. As you can tell, all of them are fans of CC and her show, and tend to bully the Wallies when they see them. Now granted, it’s more of a passive aggressive kind that Mustache Kid can break with words. After Mustache Kid vows to help the Wallies revolt against their feline threat, the food stalls are usable as a mechanic. Before, they would simply be dialogue events with comedic bad food, meant to be a reverse advertisement of CC’s show (and food line) by saying, “This man’s food is bad, but mine is great”. However, after this level, the Wallies will open up a secret business, where they will give her extremely tasty food that gives her a status boost (admittedly with pons involved). Kinda like the Nyakuza food stalls, but with fancy well-made meals instead of normal fast food.
There are advertisements everywhere, usually making fun of the Wallies(and eventually Mustache Kid) and portraying herself as an homely mother being wrongly insulted by immature unskilled sore losers.
Cooking Cat can be quite dangerous in battle, which is how she was able to threaten the Wallies in the first place.
She retains her homely country bumkin nature, although she is a lot more condescending and willing to play dirty.
Battle of the Birds:
The C.A.W Agents are still relatively the same, and are even involved in some of the Injustices Mustache Kid has to fix. Whether it’s in their favor or not varies greatly, as some of them take bribes.
DJ Peck actually has some musicals! They are generally more upbeat, and involve cliché but extremely fun stories.
Mustache Kid has a variety of movies to star in;
On DJ Peck’s end, there’s a good ol’ western, where she has to save her ‘brother’(actually an Owl doing a bad kid voice) from a gang of hungry eagles who want to use him as a ransom for her ‘dad’(a cardboard cutout). And then ya got, of course, the musical I was talking about! These are levels that go to the beat, and usually involve some snazzy tricks whilst dodging obstacles to the beat.
Conductor Grooves end has a drama, where Mustache Kid has to help a struggling dancer out of retirement in this heart warming film(mostly tasks involving helping said dancer). And a romance, where instead of being a main character, she is a side character who’s goal is to rig a series of events in order to match make a working joe who wishes to achieve his dream of groovy beats, and a celebrity dancer who’s come to the lesser city.
Co-op + Deathwish
Bow Kid and Timmy are of course, swapped! But in different ways; Bow Kid is scrapped! Joking, there’s actually gonna be a weird idea I’ll mention her in later, but for now Timmy Time!
Timmy is now Cap Chap, and has a rustic chimney sweep-esque feel to him, as he was one of the extremely few people who had survived Subcon Forest’s hostile take over by the Matriarch. He had kept himself hidden away from everyone around him, as he was terrified that he would be hung and burned for not listening to weird strict rules. However, when seeing Mustache Kid correct the wrong injustices that the Matriarch had committed, he was inspired to help. So mustering up all his courage, he had helped correct one of the biggest injustices that she had brought on. The Prince. He had taken advantage of her busyness (fixing all the damage Mustache Kid did and all) to help the Prince escape from the mansion (though it caused the poor boy to get burned badly) to Mustache Kid’s spaceship. He helps Mustache Kid out in both fixing her spaceship as well as with the ‘Death Wishes’ of this AU.
Cap Chap is an inventor! He was the assistant of a skilled mechanic in the Subcon Kingdom before everything got burned down and all.
Mustache Kid finds Cap Chap whilst he is fixing one of the computers in her ship, which beforehand was simply a running gag with it not searching the right results, or outright messing up the ship! He rambles to her about how he’s a fan, and about the whole story of he and Prince’s escape.
Now, the Death Wish in this AU is not started by the Matriarch. Mainly because she wouldn’t want to waste her time with a supposedly violent person, humoring her impulsive behavior. Plus, she has a kingdom to fix the damages of after all. Instead, it’s the Prince, who had finally snuck out (with Cap Chap’s helps as well as MU having wreaking the barriers when she had visited him Mid-game) He can be found after every chapter is complete, after interacting with Cap Chap. He hides in the pillow pool in MU’s room, reading some of the law books that she had stored on her bed. Upon interacting with him, he panics and begs for her not to alert the Matriarch that he’s on the spaceship. After reassuring him, he tells her about a bunch of fun games that they can play together, because they’re such wonderful best friends. Instead of intentionally dangerous contracts, they are actually games Cap Chap, MU, and Prince play together. The reason why they are dangerous is because he doesn’t understand how they can endanger the two kids, since it’s been literally years since he’s been out of the mansion interacting with people, as well as his occasional tantrums when he believes that the two are going to backstab him or when he becomes upset.
Of course, there are prizes! Hand made by the Prince, with an almost obsessive amount of effort put into them. From costumes to plush weapons.
Many of the Death Wish Levels are actually the three of them playing pretend/board games, with MU’s imagination involved.
Yeeeeaah I might add more but for right now, this is enough
#AHIT#a hat in time#swap au#ahit swap au#ahit au#mustache kid#hat girl#timmy#cap chap#cooking cat#the mafia
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Catwoman 80th Anniversary
In 1940, one of the now most popular comic book heroes of all time got his very first solo run. It would become a milestone in comic book history. But he wasn’t the only one who had a chance to shine. In that premiere issue, even TWO of his most famous antagonists would be introduced: The man who laughs and the woman who steals.
That woman was intended to become the love of the hero’s life. The good guy and the naughty girl, the appeal was palpable. However, she wasn’t just a love interest or a generic thief or only another villain in the ever growing gallery of rogues the hero would face over decades to come, no - she was quite the character.
Her first alias was “The Cat” which would ultimately become Catwoman. Selina Kyle, the best thief in the world, a literal cat burglar, a classy seductress and queen of sass. And fans loved her so much that over time, she grew to become just as famous as the hero.
Her story has had its ups and downs. Mostly ups. ;) Going from the pages of the comics to the little and the big screen in the 60s, then she disappeared for a while, then made a comeback. She married the hero and had a child, though that marriage was later rebooted and was followed by a depressing origin story a sexist author made up for her in the 80s.
The 90s then turned out to be her decade! She found herself on the TV screen again, animated this time. She was portrayed by a Golden Globe winner on the big screen again. And she finally got her very own solo run in comics.
Her solo title was successful enough to run for over 20 years, a time in which her development from antagonist to anti-heroine would pan out. She would be a member of several teams, dance on both sides of the law, and even have another child. The screen called her back in form of a movie and a tv show. In one she was a thief with a love for killing, in the other a teenager. And we already know that her movie career will soon continue with two more projects.
In 2016, DC rebooted their entire universe. Catwoman’s origin story was changed, her relationships were lost, her solo run got canceled. No one knew what was real anymore - and fans didn’t like it. Only a year later, a retcon followed in a pathetic attempt to restore a status quo fans were familiar with and approved of. Even her solo run came back and today, in June 2020, we celebrate her 80th anniversary!
Catwoman is my favorite DC character ever. She’s clever, she’s funny, she’s stubborn, she’s classy, she’s confident, she plays by her own rules. When written right, she is such an entertaining character, unpredictable and fun.
In 80 years, there have been countless appearances, so many incarnations and interpretations of her - sure, I didn’t like all of them but you can say there’s something for each one of us. You don’t like her in the 2010s? Check out the 90s. You don’t like her in the 40s? Check out the 80s. There’s a version of Catwoman for many different tastes. She never goes out of fashion.
So to celebrate one of DC’s most famous women, they published a collection of 10 stories in total, written and drawn by people who have had touched her character over the past years.
Did Catwoman 80th Anniversary - Celebrating Eight Decades of Beauty and Burglary do her justice?
Warning: Spoilers!
Let’s check out each story and see what the writers came up with for this very special occasion. Except for one, none of these are meant to be canon, it’s just a collection of shorts meant to emphasise why Catwoman is so good. Something I noticed was that each writer had not picked any Catwoman to write but “their” Catwoman. A nice detail. Consistency, why not? Write what you feel comfortable and familiar with. This can only help with the quality of the stories, right? ... Right? ...
Strap in folks, this is going to be a LOOOOONG post!
Story #1: Skin the Cat by Paul Dini
Selina’s just living her normal life with her cats, occasionally stealing some money and jewels. Hey, a girl’s gotta eat. ;) What catches her attention are news reports about stolen big cats. I’m a cat lover myself and this series of crimes would worry me just as much as it worries Selina. She deduces where in Gotham someone could hide those wild cats, breaks in, and is welcomed by an eerie voice - as well as the taxidermied cats. Fucking bastard... The villain Taxidermist, quelle surprise, is behind the cat murders. He now intends to gas Selina and add her to his cat collection but Selina reveals that she’d already turned off the gas before breaking in. She escapes his long knives and watches as three big cats she had brought with her attack and kill him.
What an intro! A story about Selina’s love for cats and her strategic thinking. I really liked the first half! But once the Taxidermist shows up, it loses itself in drawn out exposition. Selina goes on a long monologue to explain to the reader who the Taxidermist is, how she knew it was him, how she turned off the gas, and how she replaced three of the dead cats with alive ones. I would have preferred to actually SEE her preparations for the face-off in flashback panels instead of having to read it. It didn’t feel natural at all. Also how the fuck did she bring 3 wild cats and switch them for the stuffed ones?! How?! And when?! I’m also quite sad that she didn’t get to save the cats. That was a bummer. So all she basically did was bring 3 big cats to kill a killer.
The art’s gorgeous, nothing else to say here!
6/10
Story #2: Now You See Me by Ann Nocenti
Ann Nocenti’s name immediately made me go uh-oh... Her bad and convoluted writing style made readers drop the Catwoman books which eventually lead to the solo run’s cancelation so you can understand why I was concerned.
So Catwoman is hiding a little pouch in a pigeon loft on a roof while pondering who to sell her stolen goods to - as well as where to vacation afterwards. She then notices a surveillance camera. The scene cuts to two cops on surveillance duty. They’re both bored as hell so when one spots Selina, he quickly distracts his colleague and leaves to find her. He takes the pouch out of the pigeon loft and a fight between him and Catwoman ensues. He reveals that he wants to become her partner. He wants to feed her any intel he can see on his screens so she could steal and sells some goods, and they’d split the money. When Selina refuses, he tries to blackmail her into complying. Selina presses a button on a little device and whatever’s in the pouch the cop sacked, explodes, sending him over the edge. Luckily, he lands on an umbrella Penguin had sent off apparently because we see him in one panel, angered that his plan was foiled. I’m not entirely sure what his “brilliant plan” was supposed to be. Something with gas tanks that were strapped to the umbrella I assume? I have no idea.
This one is missing too much context for my taste. What was in the pouch? Did the explosion kill the guy? What was Penguin doing there? What was his plan? Why did we need the second cop? For a super obvious but unnecessary parallel between Catwoman vs. corrupt cop and random woman vs. random man on one of the surveillance screens? Why give Catwoman so little “screen time” and so little dialogue? Is this short story referencing anything from Nocenti’s awful run and I just forgot? To quote Val Kilmer Batman: “It just raises too many questions.”
The art’s okay, nothing too special.
3/10
Story #3: Helena by Tom King
Oh boy. This is the big one. The one everyone’s been waiting for, I guess. The man who not so long ago had promised us a BatCat wedding just to shove a huge middle finger in our faces, promised us a pregnant Selina this time. I was skeptical of course. Also other readers were convinced he’d just let Selina have a miscarriage. Well, the good news is it wasn’t a miscarriage. The bad news is he almost makes Selina seem like she would have preferred a miscarriage.
The story goes like this: Selina hasn’t been feeling well so instead of going to a doctor like a normal person, Bruce scans her head and checks her vitals and blood (I can only assume because we’re not shown). Selina’s convinced that she’s seriously ill but a gentle, hopeful smile on Bruce’s face reveals the actual truth: She is pregnant. And her first reaction is shock and denial. We cut to BatCat fighting Tweedledum and Tweedledee (I think, you can’t really see them but the two men they knock out look identical). Selina then bends over and says that she’s about to throw up. Followed by a Batbucket joke. I’m getting so tired of all the forced self-awareness, guys. We cut to Catwoman, now sporting a baby bump underneath the skin-tight leather, sitting on a roof. She prepares a glass of wine while telling the baby that it is just like Bruce and it’s such a dick for taking away her freedom. After one sip, she chucks the glass away and curses. We’re then treated to a montage of BatCat fighting several rogues while Selina’s belly grows with each panel until it’s an 8, maybe 9 months along belly. I... I have no words. Except for yes, this was written by a man. BatCat are then standing on a roof and Selina laments that she’s a thief, not a mother, and the baby will derail her life and plans. The scene switches to Bruce and Selina in bed, arguing because she’s in labor. Bruce is ready to roll while Selina is STILL in denial, crying that she’s not a mother, that she’s not a hero or a good and brave person like him. Bruce tells her she didn’t run off so that means she’s a good person and they agree that it’s time to have the baby. Another cut to Selina having to take care of a crying baby Helena, asking why she’s crying when it’s Selina’s turn to stay at home and not Bruce’s. Selina talks to Helena, saying she’s luckier than Selina was because Selina’s mom ran off. She fucking FINALLY says something nice about her own child (”You’re a cute little kitten.”) and wonders what they’re going to do with her. The last page is old Selina and grownup Helena after Bruce’s death. Selina’s complaining about the pretty cemetery while Helena likes it. Her daughter’s ability to not shit on just everything and not be a total killjoy all the time causes Selina to say again that Helena is like Bruce. Upon Helena’s question if she’s anything like her mother, Selina answers that she’s just as stubborn as her. If she wants something, she steals it. Helena asks what she ever stole and Selina delivers the last predictable cliche of the story: “You stole my heart.”
Ugh. King’s Selina is just such a boring read. She’s not charming or interesting or sympathetic. Maybe I’m too used to a fun Selina but this one’s just a drag. A heavily pregnant Catwoman fighting Joker, yeah sure, totally not absolute bullshit. And the way Selina keeps distancing herself from the child inside her? For over 9 months?! Is she going out in that ridiculous catsuit because she wants to cause a miscarriage, is that it? So she doesn’t have to make a decision like abortion, adoption or leaving the baby with Bruce? Her constant cussing over the situation and crying and whining turns the pregnancy of my favorite DC couple into such a depressing ordeal.
The art is very pretty! Thank God.
4/10
Story #4: The Catwoman of Earth by Jeff Parker
After the depressing pregnancy of Catwoman, we switch to the wacky 60s version of her. Catwoman and her henchmen are robbing a science fair when suddenly, a UFO arrives. WTF?! Four aliens and a robot are beamed down to the surface and the group’s leader, an arrogant jock-like guy proclaims that they will take over the planet and enslave humanity. Catwoman angrily stands up to him. Turns out the evil aliens are sexist too when the male one tells Catwoman females have to ask for permission to speak and the female alien in the group unhappily agrees. The jock alien tells the muscly male alien to dispose of Catwoman but she’s not easy to dispose of! She fights off the brawler, she cuts the tentacles off the tentacle alien (someone WILL jerk off to that one panel), dodges the jock’s laser gun, steals the laser gun with her whip, shoots the robot to bits, and lets the police take the males away. The female alien seems much happier now and invites Catwoman to a flight around the world in the UFO. Catwoman suggests a trip to Paris so she can loot the Louvre.
Aliens and Catwoman don’t mix. I didn’t really care for this story. I mean it’s great to see Catwoman in action and taking down four guys on her own but... aliens and Catwoman just don’t mix. It was a bit jarring to me. Also the aliens’ designs weren’t super interesting. They were basically pink elves.
The art is beautiful. Catwoman looks like Julie Newmar and the entire color scheme is very 60s.
4/10
Story #5: A Cat of Nine Tales by Liam Sharp
Catwoman’s caught stealing a diamond necklace by an armed security guard. He seems a bit scared of her but knows it’s his job to stop her. She’s not engaging in a fight - of course not, he has a gun pointed at her! So instead, Catwoman relies on her talking skills. And intimidation skills. She tells the guard that there are 9 ways their situation could play out: 1. The guard lets her tie him up and escape with the necklace. 2. She beats his ass. 3. He kills her. 4. She scratches his eyes out. 5. He slips and gets knocked out. 6. He fires his gun, misses her, and the bullet ricochets until it kills him. 7. They team up. 8. She gives up. 9. She kills him. However, the story ends with the guard fainting because Catwoman’s just so damn scary.
Very short, very simple. Even the art is simple, on one page there are 3 very similar panels with only minor changes. Nothing memorable but not too bad. It shows how Catwoman can take someone out even without touching them. It’s okay.
The art reminds me of a comic from the 80s or maybe 90s. Hard to describe why. Guess you have to see it. Again, it’s okay.
5/10
Story #6: Little Bird by Mindy Newell
Selina learns from a news report that a priceless mezuzah has been found at a flea market. It’s currently at the Jewish Museum of Gotham City and Selina immediately steals it. Later, Batman shows up at her place and asks why she wants the mezuzah. She doesn’t give him much of an answer so he leaves. Pretty pointless scene I would say. A flashback reveals that a young Selina used to live with a Jewish lady. I dunno, I guess she’s a foster mother? And the woman liked Selina so much and considered her family so she gave her that mezuzah to pass it on to her own kids one day (even though Selina doesn’t want kids, is not related to the lady, and isn’t Jewish). Back to the present, Selina’s punishing a client. That prostitute background made an unwanted comeback for this story because Selina’s resisting and denying herself love so she’s “whoring”, to prove to herself how despicable she is. Okay...? There’s an inner turmoil going on, she’s torn between selling the artefact or not. Eventually, she decides to bring the mezuzah back to the lady she used to live with. The lady’s grown old and demented, lives in a home and is at the verge of dying. Selina places an envelop between the lady’s hands and leaves. The home’s director finds the envelop which contains the mezuzah, an official document which basically ensures that the lady will be taken care of before and after her death, and a poetic note from Selina.
My least favorite story out of them all - and that is quite an accomplishment when there are King and Nocenti in the same book! It had that Frank “I’m an insane sexist racist asshole” Miller prostitute bullshit in it and Selina hating herself again. This time, the “whoring” (and this word is not me, it’s from the actual story) is used as a way of self-punishment. Because it’s disgusting and wrong and Selina only does it to torture herself. Dunno if that’s the right message you wanna send here... The Jewish lady was kinda random to me because Selina’s not Jewish and never has been Jewish. This is not a negative point, it’s just so random. And the Batman scene was pointless, I have no idea what purpose it served. Except for showing us Batman pay Selina like a john and having Selina make jokes about “whoring.” Ugh.
The art was great, very clean.
1/10
Story #7: Born to Kiln by Chuck Dixon
Going from my least favorite to my favorite story in this book!
Catwoman knows there’s a diamond in a safe on a boat that is set to leave the harbour in the morning. So she climbs aboard at night to steal the gem. She finds several dead sailors and they’re all covered in mud. Who could have done this? Yes, you guessed right - it’s Clayface! He’s already at the safe, opens it, and retrieves the big stone. Catwoman reveals herself and aims a fire hose at him. Her confidence, however, dies the moment the hose doesn’t work. Clayface swallows the diamond and starts chasing after her. There’s apparently a machine to spray-paint cars on the boat so she lures him inside, activates the paint to blind him, and the hot lamps for the drying process immobilise the big pile of mud. Now that he’s nothing more than hard clay, Catwoman takes a wrench to him and takes the freed diamond.
FINALLY a story I really, really like from beginning to end! First off, IT’S PURPLE CATWOMAN!!! Selina is wearing my favorite costume, the iconic Jim Balent suit from her 90s solo run in this story - and I LOVE IT!!! Yeah, her boobs are quite loose in it and sometimes dangle in strange ways but fuck it! LOL I prefer hanging boobs over a tight corset that should reduce her agility or a back breaking pose anytime! We get sneaky Selina, we get playful Selina, we get over confident Selina who has to think fast and run even faster, and she gets what she wants in the end without killing anyone.
The art is gorgeous! It’s very fluid and alive. I also absolutely adore the cute facial expressions on Kitten’s face, especially when she locks Clayface in. I miss Catwoman being fun. In this, she’s just adorable and not sexualised at all.
8/10
Story #8: Conventional Wisdom by Will Pfeifer
Selina finds herself at a Bat Con and is supposed to give autographs. The whole scenario seems weird and confusing to her, she doesn’t remember how she got there or what is going on. Bruce, Joker, Riddler, and Two-Face being there with her to give autographs is even weirder. And why does no one except for her react to that unconscious, bloody man on the floor?! On her way to her panel, she runs into several cosplayers which is basically only fan service. But you will find the male, dark-skinned version of me at her panel, asking when the fuck she will finally put that 90s suit back on!!! The dialogues keep breaking the fourth wall, pointing out that this story is about to end. One of the panel’s attendees looks like Marvel’s Taskmaster and another is Selina herself in her Catwoman suit. Selina slowly remembers what happened: The Taskmaster dude is Doctor Destiny, she broke into his lair and stole his reality distorter, a little machine she’s been carrying around for the entire story. She smashes the machine to wake up back in the lair and cracks her knuckles, ready to take down Doctor Destiny and his goons.
And it was all a dream! That twist has never been a favorite of mine. Even though it’s not really a twist; you know immediately that it’s a dream. We don’t learn anything new about Selina or see anything Catwoman-y in this. It’s really basically fan service. They wanted Selina to see and interact with real life fans of hers so they made it happen. She also comments on various versions of her costume. It’s cute but kinda forgettable.
The art is good, it’s rare to see light and bright colors in a Catwoman book so it was a nice change. And the cosplayers looked nice. But they could have used different body types to make the fans more diverse and visually appealing.
3/10
Story #9: Addicted to Trouble by Ram V
And here we are, the premiere of the duo that will take over Catwoman’s current solo run from #23 onward. We get a first taste of the writing and art and I must say it’s a good taste.
This short story serves as a continuation of Joelle Jones’ #21 issue where at the end of the arc, Selina and her sister Maggie left Gotham in a purple car. So we see a short recap of how they got the car and where they were headed but unfortunately, the engine dies. They hitchhike to Memphis. Selina’s frustrated that Maggie doesn’t talk to her. They get drunk and start a fight at a bar. The cops show up and arrest them. While sitting in the back of the cop car, the girls start laughing together and steal the car. They leave behind their luggage which only contains stuff they won’t miss - including Selina’s cat funeral dress. They drive back to Gotham, Selina steals food and drinks on the way, and they cuddle on a rooftop overlooking the city. The story cuts to Selina and Leandro, a character I would know if I had continued the Jones run. She tells him she wants to lay low for a while and stay out of trouble. When he asks “Oh? Really?”, Selina throws a naughty smile towards the reader. Yeah yeah, lay low my ass. :D
First off, I have no idea what happened before the road trip, I don’t know why they took it or why Maggie doesn’t talk or what the purpose of all of this was because all they do is get drunk, fight an entire bar, and go back. No idea what that accomplished. And I feel sorry for the car because it was so gorgeous. Anyway, I am happy to say that Ram V has a great writing style! He gave a good voice to Selina, it sounded very natural and like a human would talk, no forced exposition or fake deepness.
The art was good, there were a few expressive faces and the bar fight was well executed.
5/10 (because I don’t know the context)
Story #10: The Art of Picking A Lock by Ed Brubaker
Instead of ending with a transition to the next Catwoman issue (which I would have preferred), the collection offers one more story and it’s written by the man who successfully handled the second half of Selina’s first solo run. He turned her stories more into the film noir direction and gave her sidekicks. The run also gave her a fugly suit and made her have sex with old men and Brubaker wanted to kill her off and have her not know who the father to her unborn child was so... yeah, I’m torn about that guy.
The last story shows us Catwoman breaking into a warehouse full of Joker goons while thinking about the thrill of breaking locks and how she learned how to do it when she was at a juvenile detention center. She beats them all up and demands to know where “he” is. Later, her friend Holly is on a motorcycle chasing after a cab while Catwoman is riding on top of a subway. Both reach Gotham’s harbor. We see that the cab is filled with Joker gas and the driver is laughing maniacally. Holly can’t reach the cab in time and it drives off into the water. Catwoman swings down and jumps after it. She breaks the trunk open and reveals a handcuffed Slam Bradley. Cut to the three back on dry land. Holly chides him for going after Joker alone and not waiting for backup. He admits that it was dumb, then shares intel on where Joker will strike and Selina should tell “her friend.” She says she will and Slam ends the book with the words that he could really use a cigarette. NO, this book was not that good that it would warrant a cigarette at the end!
This short obviously takes place during the second half of the first solo run. We see Catwoman in action, that’s cool. Taking down almost a dozen of armed Joker henchmen, that’s pretty badass! And a woman saves the man damsel in distress at the end, that’s a nice ending as well. However, I don’t care about the costume so the visual appeal wasn’t there and I really don’t care about Slam Bradley so the reveal at the end was pretty ugh to me.
The art is great! It’s like a modernised/smoother version of Darwyn Cooke’s style, the artist Brubaker worked on the Catwoman title in the 00s with. So that gives it a pretty nostalgic feel.
5/10
In addition to the 10 stories we’ve now covered, there are pages to show off the Catwoman costumes of each decade as well as pinups. The costume pages are designed in the decade’s style (the 40s are black and white, the 60s psychedelic etc). But what I don’t get about the 90s one: It’s purple Catwoman grayed out in the background and gray BTAS Catwoman in color in the foreground - why make the purple outfit gray when you have an already gray outfit?! Just switch them! Also who put together the 70s one, couldn’t they find better costume examples?!
The seven pinups are pretty, unfortunately the majority feature the black outfits. I was surprised that even Tim Sale drew the black costume and not the purple one from his Long Halloween series. We get one of the gray BTAS costume and Jim Balent thankfully gives us BatCat with his purple creation. Nice!
Well, looking back at my personal scores for this collection of stories, Catwoman’s anniversary issue reached a total of 44/100 points in my book. Wow. That’s... not that good.
Most of the stories ranged from average to bad. Nothing spectacular, nothing memorable. There’s a lack of witty dialogue, Catwoman’s rarely fun to watch. In six stories she’s seen fighting, in three she’s seen being chased so I’m missing the variety here. I would assume you can do more with Catwoman than that. She often rather fights instead of using her wits and smarts. And actual cats are only featured in two stories but in one they die and in the other, Selina says she should drown them. -_-
A collection of 10 new stories was a great idea but celebrating the character this is not. I’m happy that the next writer for Catwoman left a positive impression on me and the story feat. Balent’s Catwoman was a delight. However, the writers didn’t really bring their “A” game for this anniversary issue which is disappointing.
Would I recommend it? Hmmm. It pains me to say: not really, no. You don’t miss much by skipping it. You don’t miss sassy lines or breathtaking art, you don’t miss out on funny scenes or emotional depth. This anniversary issue is merely average and I highly doubt I’ll go back to reread it.
(a huge THANK YOU to everyone who read this entire, way too long post! i highly appreciate it 💜you’re a real trooper!)
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Playing Pretend (4)
Requested by: @calkesttiss | Prompt:
Hi! I just watched isi & ossi (rich girl and poor boxer boy AH) on netflix and now i cant stop thinking about cal and fake dating. Do with that what you will 😂
Cal Kestis x Reader
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Cal found a way down the building and walked his way back to the Mobara Palace, one of the few cantinas in the Capital that have docking bays. The Mobara Palace was one of the biggest in the city too; occupying a whole block to cover the bar itself as well as the elaborate network of paths that connect the bays to one another, with the cantina at the starting point of it all.
The Mantis’s entrance ramp hissed and lowered, opening the door before him. An aromatic waft was the first to welcome him upon his entry.
“Looks like Greez is cooking something good,” he comments to BD-1.
As he entered the ship, Greez’s dual pairs of arms were all over the pantry and yet each arm was carefully distributed to a certain task in cooking.
“Smells good, Greez!” Cal beamed.
“Oh good, you’re just in time for dinner—with all that wandering around you’re doing, you’re probably hungry,”
He joined the others at the table as soon as Greez lifted the pot from the stove and served everyone their own plates. The meal was solemn and yet there was a warm aura emanating around them. Cal decided to up the mood by striking a conversation.
“How long do you guys still think we’re gonna stay here until this blows over?”
A silence at the dinner table. Cere’s eyes shifted, she searched Greez’s face and studied his reaction toward Cal’s question. There was only one possible and realistic answer, but the boy doesn’t seem to concur with it.
“Cal,” she clears her throat. “You do understand why…”
Before she could even reiterate her question, Cal already knew this mere dinner table conversation was going to be another lecture.
“I know. We’re hiding from the loan shark that Greez borrowed the money from to get this ship,”
It was an embarrassing truth, but a truth nonetheless. Greez felt like the situation required him to say a piece.
“Look, kid, we can scrape by with what we have. I mean, I still got coin on me—but not that enough to cover the loan plus with its interest!”
“Odd jobs, honest jobs, aren’t gonna cut it in a short time, Greez. At least you would know that, of all people,” Cal argued.
Cal had been wandering around the city looking for a quick way to earn some coin in the quickest way possible. The downtown and underground areas of the planet had some questionable methods of earning money—but they were easy money. Although Cal had grown up with street smarts, part of that knowledge is when and where a solution is either a real solution or another problem later on.
“You know the Sabacc, don’t ya?” Greez whispered with the left corner of his mouth directed to Cal.
“Greez, we are not going with gambling!” Cere sternly exclaimed. The impact of her fork dropping against the plate was just as scary as a fist landing on the table like a gavel.
There was another silence amongst them again. Cere continued on with her own piece.
“We cannot endanger anyone in our crew with something that won’t be worth our while. I don’t mind pretending to be some stranger in a different name just so we can have someplace to stay safe together. But I will not allow anybody in this ship to get into something that would jeopardize themselves or the crew altogether, understand?”
Cere’s outburst hardened the silence. Everybody understands that she hasn’t outgrown her military discipline from her days of participating in the Clone Wars—and she’s utilizing them in predicaments such as these amongst the Mantis crew members.
These episodes of hers were occasional, therefore it made her unpredictable, intimidating, but somehow her aggressive delivery doesn’t outweigh her rationale or true motive. Everybody—Cal, Greez, Merrin, and ultimately BD-1—knew that she means well and that she always will.
Cere processed what just had happened with her. She attempted to recompose herself in the midst of the awkwardness. She cleared her throat.
“I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to yell.”
“It’s fine, Cere,” Greez consoles.
The dinner proceeds. Cal wondered if the girl he met yesterday and bumped into just now would be a better subject to talk about.
“I met someone last night. Bumped into her again,”
All heads turn to Cal.
“She frequents a pub not too far from here. I always see her near or inside that place. Maybe if I bump into her again, I’ll ask her where I can find a place to get some cash—and a clean one at that,”
“Are you sure she is to be trusted?” Cere maintained her stern tone even after recomposing herself.
Cal was so sure of his judgment about you. He recalled the moments where you two were together. He felt your kindness and compassion—he knew of your good intentions, you meant no harm—but he also sensed some sort of sadness in you.
“You probably have heard of Senator Bail Organa?” Cere takes the conversation reins.
Cal shrugs, “Yeah sure, I know him. I saw him sometimes in the Senate Building in Coruscant.”
“Well, he knows of our presence here—don’t worry, he doesn’t know about the loan shark at our tail—and he’s invited us to a social function,”
“Social function?” Cal raised his eyebrow at Cere’s unusual choice of word.
“Apparently, this party was being held by a colleague of his. Perhaps they needed to fill the guestlist,”
“Proxies,”
“Exactly.”
“How bad can a few no-show guests be? It’s not like it’s gonna dent their bank account when the catering bill comes!” Greez dryly joked and it was the received likewise.
In light of this new announcement, Cal began to wonder how long does he have to stay in the party before he could sneak back out in the streets and find the unusual girl who had to drag him up a rooftop from the Tipsy Taun-Taun just to ask for some self-defense moves.
The following days passed until the day of the banquet has come. That morning, your mother personally made sure that you don’t sleep in and get yourself ready as quickly as possible. She also announced that the stylists are coming in half an hour.
“Mom, I’m perfectly capable of doing my own makeup!” You detest despite still being groggy from being woken up without your consent.
You force yourself out of bed so that you could take a shower. Unfortunately, you didn’t have the luxury of staying too long in the bath—however, you sorely wished you did. You slid deeper into the cold, ivory and gold-trimmed bathtub until only your eyes are on the surface.
A pounding on the door disturbed your watery peace.
“[y/n], hurry up!” your mother growled from the other side.
“Almost done!” you cried back.
You were actually done minutes ago, you only chose to soak yourself for a bit longer with the wishful thinking that they’ll never realize that you’ve locked yourself in your own bathroom. You’d love that though.
“No one could ever go wrong with black,” you muttered as you pulled out an off-shouldered black cocktail dress with stars and planets embroidered with golden thread.
You made quick work of yourself. You did your hair and makeup: applying minimal makeup as possible, you wore your hair down and clipped a silver headband on both ends with four tiers of golden cords hanging over on top of the other. Staring back at yourself in the mirror, a brush in your hand slides down to the length of your hair; with every stroke, you ponder if all this your parents are doing is ever worth it either for themselves or for the family.
You sigh for an answer, or lack thereof. Afterwards, you donned the dress and the shoes—both pieces were in black. The finishing touch—a personal one at that—was a pair of leather fingerless gloves.
“Here goes nothing,” a mantra you tell yourself before exiting your room in attendance to any social gathering you were obliged to attend.
The party started without you. No surprise in that, you thought. Nevertheless, you made your way to ballroom where the chatter of the guests became more and more audible yet incoherent as their voices meddled.
Immediately, you searched for Tazha in the room. She wasn’t easy to miss. Her glittering dress outshines everyone else’s, literally making her a beacon for you to easily see her. You walk up to her.
“Oh you look great!” she compliments.
“Thanks, you too,”
Suddenly, one of the Ithrel sons, Logan who was the third son and was the same age as you, appears ot be walking toward you with what you thought is the stupidest grin you’ve ever seen on a face. He comes in strong by grabbing you by the waist, reel you in for a kiss except you successfully dodged it with your gloved hand.
“Logan? What the hell are you doing?!”
“Well, your mom paid me to flirt with you until you end up falling in love with me, I’ll have a chance in the Junior Legislator’s Program! Plus, we get to support your family until your dad becomes Senator or whatever, I mean, we don’t have a choice on that, we just gotta roll with it,” he beamed with an imbecile’s optimism. “Big bonus if we ever get married though. I mean, she wanted that to happen. So, marry me?”
“Hold up. She did what now?”
Logan repeated your own mother’s plan, he reiterated that this part wasn’t even in the original agreement. Your mother had to negotiate her way through the Ithrels in promising a much stronger bond of support to your family—therefore, you became a sacrificial lamb.
You and Tazha exchanged glances. Both of you communicated clearly through the furrows of your brows and the hard rolling of your eyes. A gradual burst of rage was flowing in your bloodstreams.
“Oh my God, this is just sad and pathetic of you, Logan,” Tazha condescendingly comments.
“I’m gonna give her a piece of my mind tonight,” you growled, your knuckles were white from gripping the bannister too hard.
You searched for your mother in the ballroom. When you spotted her and your father speaking with some guests, you marched through the sea of people until you reached her.
“Mother, may I speak with you?”
Yasina excused herself from her guest and she was in for a surprise with what is about to go down.
“You paid one of the Ithrel sons to date me?! Because you thought that would strengthen your connection with them just so Dad can secure his win in the election? You did this without me knowing? Whatever the hell happened to consent, Mom!?”
“[y/n] Elvas Torvel, I do not allow you to speak to me with a tone like that in an important event like this!” Yasina hissed, struggling to maintain her composure—both mentally and physically—after just being bombarded with questions by her daughter.
“Did you even ever stop to think how I’d feel if you paired me with a complete imbecile?!”
“[y/n], honey, please listen,” your father intervenes but the argument was heating up between you and your mother.
“The Ithrels are a good family. They uphold a clear reputation. We Torvels and Ithrels would be a great collaborative enterprise,”
“You don’t see the problem here, Mom? I don’t want to get married!”
Yasina was silent. Her face was completely aghast: her eyes wide open, her lip was trembling as if wanting to say something but couldn’t because of so much nerves thrashing underneath her skin.
“You will not ruin this event for your own selfish, adolescent needs, young lady. We are not finished with this discussion.”
“Don’t worry, I don’t plan on ending it soon.”
You walked out from your parents. Turning your back on them to wipe away the tears that was welling up in your eyes.
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