#one sided bruiseshipping

[emzi-148]

Just a thought, if there are stories of “Jay being jealous of Cole & Kai friendship,” why isn't there a “Cole being jealous of Jay always hanging out with Nya”?

Can be seen as one-sided Bruise or not. But I'd prefer not at the moment, since it's more rare.

[heal2ninjagogirl]

"I love you, it'll pass" but with Cole and Jay

[kata-sans]

Do You Get Deja Vu?

Bruiseship fanfic.

"Will you give me a chance and go out with me?"

Jay was stunned. After things between him and Nya had dissolved with both sides agreeing to end on friendly terms, Jay was certain he was ready to move on. When they broke up, Nya had quickly chosen to explore her options and began to go on dates, while Jay decided to spend his newfound time with his friends on the team. At first his friends believed his reluctance to dating was due to harboring feelings for Nya. He quickly disproved their theory by openly flirting and dancing on one of the team's outings. So yes, he is in fact single and ready to mingle.

He definitely wasn't shocked that the person asking him out was a guy. He was openly bi and proudly proclaimed it. His friends and family were very supportive and encouraged him to find love regardless of gender. He will admit he did have a feeling this question was bound to happen sooner or later. While the group had initially all been available to support Jay after the break up, the group slowly dwindled down in size. Not because they disliked spending time together, but most of the team still had partners they wished to spend time with. Eventually Jay found himself with just one friend available to hang out with.

Was Jay dumbfounded that his only single friend was asking for a date? No, not really. If Jay was honest, he secretly always had a itsy, bitsy, maybe not so small crush on his teammate. But, as a loyal boyfriend to Nya, he had never let his crush develop into anything more than a fantasy. Being single now meant he was free to let his fantasy roam free. So yes, Jay was more than ready to explore this chance at love, but he felt dread.

When Jay opened his bedroom door and found Cole standing with a rose in his hand, he felt his stomach drop. Cole asked him, just as he had fantasized in the deepest back of his mind, but the butterflies that always promised excitement sank as his mind played a devious trick on him. The sick feeling of Deja Vu.

When Jay opened the door and found Cole nervously smiling holding a single red rose on his shaky right hand with his left hand pulling his hoodie coller, his vision blurred. Blinking his eyes made the vision of his past much more realistic. Swallowing down the nauseating feeling of familiarity, Jay realized Cole was waiting on an answer.

"Y-yea...um I m-mean. Yes! Absolutely." The look of pure relief on Cole's face lifted some of the dead weight in his stomach. He could almost feel the butterflies in his stomach weakly flutter as Cole embraced him in his strong arms. Jay returned the favor to bask in the warmth spreading in his chest and chase away the lingering doubts in his mind. The touch served to remind Jay that He was a vision of the past that would stay in the past.

[grimbeak]

Here’s some quotes/scenes that I may or may not definitely will use in Pirate Jay AU: 

“You said you weren’t going to judge me off of what my mother did,” Jay reminded the old man, “but you are.” 

Wu took a long, long sip of his tea. “I’m not judging you off of what your mother did,” he said slowly, “I’m judging you off you what you did.” 

Jay considered this. “Yeah, no, that’s- that’s fair.” 

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((exchange between jay n nadakhan, jay speaks 1st and last, nadakhan speaks 2nd))

“Pray to your gods, may they shine enough mercy onto you to account for your sins.”

“There are no gods here except for the one I see in the mirror.”

“Got pictures of me all over your mirror then, do you?” 

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((exchange between nadakhan n jay. nadakhan speaks 1st and jay speaks 2nd. then it switches over to jay and cole. jay speaks 1st then. this is just after jay tells nadakahn ‘uh nya ain’t gonna marry you cuz she’s stubborn like that and also a lesbian’. will re-word this scene when written))

“Oh. Well then, I suppose I’ll just have to marry someone who I can trust, and who doesn’t mind marrying a man. Such as you.”

“Yeah, that makes sens- wait what?!” 

***

“So, good news. He doesn’t want to marry Nya anymore. Bad news; he’s going to marry me.”

“What?! He’s not going to marry you, I’m going to marry you.” 

“Um.”

“Oh.”

“...Moving on, we-”

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“Can you drive?”

“That is... a very good question.”

“You can’t drive?” 

“I grew up in the fucking Cursed Realm, Cole, do you really think they have fucking cars there?” 

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((exchange between cole n jay just after the police comissioner tells cole to keep jay safe from nadakhan, and cole promises he will. jay speaks first.”

“You’re hot when you talk like that.”

“Please- please don’t.”

“Sorry- I get flirty when I’m nervous.” 

“...You’re always flirty.”

“I have fucking anxiety, what the hell do you think.” 

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((exchange between dogshank and jay after jay gets captured by nadakhan for the 2nd time, this time to marry him. dogshank is on jay’s side (mostly). dogshank speaks first.))

“...Honestly, seeing you not freak out is worse than seeing you freak out about this.”

“I get flirty when I’m nervous. I’m trying not to be nervous about marrying Nadakhan, because otherwise it’ll look like I’ll actually want to marry him. Plus, my boyfriend isn’t here, so-”

“You have a boyfriend?!” 

“...Well, I haven’t asked him out officially yet, but we have kissed several times, so... Technically, yes.” 

[sadisthetic]

Bruise is my favorite pair, in multiple sides of the spectrum just like u described. moirals, kismesis or matesprites. So you basically giving one of those sides in fanart is one of the best things fr fr

( NOT TO MENTKON YOUR ARTSTYLE IS TO LIVE FORRR AND CONTENT IN GENERALL I'm glad i found you 🛐

thank you lol. bruiseshipping is like literally so funny to me? like. them being besties? when they fight and bicker so fucking much lmao?? of all the pairs they couldve explicitly made best friends... they decided on these two. and thats so extremely good to me. they yell at each other so much and theyll be at each others throats within 0.2 seconds and yet THEY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THEYRE BEST FRIENDS DESPITE IT.... muah chefs kiss im insane about them. i NEED them to fight more LIKE THATS THEIR ENTIRE APPEAL TO ME. IF THEY DONT FIGHT AND GET OVER IT AND FIGHT AND MAKE UP AND FIGHT IN AN ENDLESS INEXHAUSTIVE CYCLE THEN WHATS THE POINT......... sorry i have very specific vision of them im very very passionate about and i will not be content with anything else i think i went off a little. i love conflict okay? its all about the conflict and tension and also friendship. i love friendship. friendship is everything to me. but who says relationships have to be smooth sailin, strife is their spice. i love spice. im so normal about them. i want them to bite bite bite bITE

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《 °•○●|| Jay | 21 | ♤♡ | He/They ||●○•° 》

○ I'm a trans-masc. nonbinary guy with autism and ADHD!! (Tone tags = okay!!) I'm also okay with being called Chaos if you know me from my other blogs!

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● Currently very hyperfixated on Ninjago and Bruiseshipping!! I've watched up to season 9 and will be starting 10 soon, but I don't really care about spoilers. Chainsaw Man and Guilty Gear are also pretty up there!! I also love things like Persona, Dragon Ball, AKIRA, Xenoblade, Twilight Princess and a lot more!!

○ I self ship!! Tohru Adachi, Happy Chaos, and Son Goku are my F/Os of all time, but I'm currently very fixated on Jay Walker and Cole from Ninjago! I've got many more from almost every fandom I follow lol. Characters like Denji and Shotaro Kaneda are also F/Os, but moreso of the comfort character variety.

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○ No DNI list for this blog. Usual criteria like bigots, TERFs, MAPs, exclusionists and pro shippers still applies though. Toxic anti shippers, RPF, YouTuber-centric blogs, and Lloyd/Ninja shippers also leave me be, I'll block you.

[that-was-anticlimactic]

7 and 8 (disregarding gross ones) for ninjago?

7: least favorite character from ninjago

okay, hmmmm this is hard. okay so, my first thought was vex because i genuinely hate him. like he's not even funny. he's just a terrible person who does terrible things cause he feels like it like... dude??? you're really going to just straight up manipulate zane for no reason other than you're too bitter to have an animal form??? sir??? so like. hate him. you know... okay so like, i was bored last night and made a list of every single ninjago character that i could think of off the top of my head and then looked up a list to see who i missed and you know who i forgot about? fenwick. he's one of those characters that makes me wish i cursed because i wanna call him a little b*tch iuygfcghuiuhgvfghuijuhg oh and ritchie... the only thing that i like about ritchie is that one moment in the speedway five-billion episode where he goes "ninja!" and then jay just glares and goes "ritchie!" that was funny. but he's still a pathetic jerk. okay last one... king vangelis. stupid little piece of-- literally what? sir??? okay first of all: you gave cole more falling trauma by sENDING HIM DOWN A MOUNTAIN AND TRYING TO MURDER HIM so like. that's always a great way to get on my bad side. then, he's a knock off garmadon and like i don't mind but like king vangelis just sucks in general like. sir. you-you enslaved two different populations for YEARS just for vengestone? hm. shady. pretty evil. despicable, actually. plus like... he was going to frame cHOMPY??? LIKE SIR YOU ARE THE REASON YOUR DAUGHTER FELL DOWN A MOUNTAIN??? also he was mean to the upply. and cole. and the ninja. and like literally everyone. i hope he's having fun in jail. tho, i cannot wait to see what the show s going to do with him in s16 !!!

8: least favorite ship from ninjago

okay... other than the nasty ones... idk, i was never a fan of wusako... like... idk, something about then flirting on the dark island in s2 in front of lloyd before lloyd was going to have to, ya know, fight his father just made me 🥴 tho that prolly has a lot to do with my hashtag divorced parents trauma lol ummmm okay so here's the thing: i like bruiseshipping (cole x jay), but i am very picky about who is doing the shipping of them. it used to be like. my ninjago ship and then fans decided to completely mischaracterize jay and make him this smol frail uwu lil traumatized bean when like ??? he is absolutely not ??? and in turn, they made cole big strong himbo obsessed with cake must protecc which is kind of like super racist because everyone draws cole darker than jay--like cole is usually drawn as black and jay is usually drawn as white or with much paler skin. so like. the way people uhhhhh very incorrectly interpret bruise almost made me absolutely despise the ship, no joke. so, mischaracterized bruiseshipping that refuses to explore cole's trauma or acknowledge the fact that cole isn't just jay's emotional support and who refuses to acknowledge that jay is not Anxiety��️: he never was and never will be,,, yeah anyWAYS uhhhh other ships i dislike... cole x vania. they are friends. they are very much so friends. gay and lesbian friends, to be exact. and conya, aka cole x nya. ugh. like, first of all, ninjago didn't handle the love triangle well at all in s3 so i often refuse to acknowledge it because cole is very much so gay, but like... they're just really good friends. they're besties. and that's it. lastly, literally any lloyd ship. lloyd x akita (which is prolly my favorite of the lloyd ships... still don't like it, but i can tolerate it), lloyd and harumi... lloyd and morro... (both of which are really freaking bad for many reasons...). at this point, i think lloyd just doesn't want to be in a relationship. he wants to focus on family and his platonic relationships so much more than romantic ones. he's been traumatized far too many times, imo.

[ruesteas]

Guide to shipping for new ninjago fans:

Names are puns on different aspects of each character of the ship, these really only apply to LGBTQ+ ships and not the straight ones.

Cole x Jay: Bruiseshipping (a pun on them being “black and blue”)

Cole x Kai: Lavashipping (earth and fire make lava)

Cole x Zane: Glaciershipping (a glacier is ice that looks like a land mass)

Jay x Kai: Plasmashipping (electricity and fire can’t combine but plasma mimics the two)

Jay x Zane: Technoshipping (Zane is a robot and Jay loves to invent so techno)

Zane x Kai: Oppositeshipping (cause fire and ice are opposites)

Nya x Pixal: Samuraishipping (both of them wore the mantel of samurai x at one point)

Nya x Skylor: Amber Phoenixshipping ( Skylor is the master of amber and Nyas suit symbol in early seasons is a Phoenix)

There are more for side characters and such but those are much less popular and more obscure, new fans might be wondering:

What about Lloyd ships?

Well that’s a controversial question. Lloyd was aged up magically in season two, and some argue that’s because of this Lloyd is mentally much younger than the others. This can lead to Lloyd x Ninja ships being seen as pedophilia and make some fans very uncomfortable. And the writers have all disagreed on the validity of these concerns. The largest Lloyd ship by far though is

Lloyd x Kai: Greenflame (Lloyd’s power is energy which in this show is green and Kai has fire)

So just be aware of all that when discussing that ship, since for some people it will lead to an automatic block.

So yeah, welcome to shipping a bunch of lego ninjas. It’s fun here.

[alena-1987]

Finally my bruiseshipping kids is here!  David- Earth from Cole, also inherited Jay's sense of humor and annoying everyone who he can with it, but Jay is very proud of him.  He’s a nice guy that try to help when someone need it. He is able to be serious when necessary and will be there in difficult times. He loves and protects his lil bro, but it is his brother who most often becomes the victim of his jokes. John hates it. He has good relations with his parents, although sometimes he wants to live like ordinary teenagers, it quickly passes, he understands that he loves this crazy family too much. He loves video games quite a lot and always persuades Uncle Borg to get some games for him before they go on sale. He wants to become a ninja in order to protect his brother in the first place, but also for him the honor of saving innocent people in the future, he often says "I understand that this is a big responsibility, but who will do it if I'll don't?" Takes the public calmly, even tries to answer questions but when they become too serious he prefers to lie that he is about to late. It’s hard enough to piss him off because he always tries to be optimistic and supporting. He often trained with Cole in the mountains, so he climbs well on uneven surfaces (Talking about Cole, yes he wanted to call David a Cole Jr. but Jay dissuaded him).  John- Lightning from Jay, also inherited Cole's love of music so he often wears headphones. Music helps him calm down when he is nervous and also when to get distracted when his brother annoys him with his jokes. He's one of those kids who steal cookies before dinner even when Jay tells him to stop. He's a cute, but sometimes he just wants more communication with people that are not his relatives . He loves his brother, he really does, but David’s jokes can just make him crazy, and we all understand that Jay will be the parent who will also do "dad's jokes" and sometimes he's just so done with them. He recently wore braces and he hated them with all his heart. He also tries to play musical instruments (like a guitar or drums) himself, but he doesn’t do very well yet. He also thinks that his parents take care of him too much, but on one side he can understand it and just tries not to bring a lot of problems, but on the other he just wants to make more friends. He dreams of becoming a ninja sooner, saving people and being a hero whom people will admire, it is difficult for him to discern how this is really dangerous for him. He is optimistic about the public, he is glad to have more attention, but sometimes it’s difficult even for him to answer the some questions so that he tries to change the subject. With Jay, he train in places where there is often a storm because of what he was never afraid of it and love the rain.

[jackdaniel69nice]

Jay-centric Bruiseshipping headcanons

He likes to overreact a lot, kind of a tsundere

Will whine and call for Cole until he gives him attention (usually cuddles)

Clingy bastard

Sappy romantic, writes poetry and sets up elaborate dates

OVERPROTECTIVE, easily jealous (don’t even look at Cole or your getting glared at, fsm forbid you talk to him)

Can be shy at times especially when flustered

Other times he’s a little gremlin and pulls pranks on him or is teasing him like normal

Jay is insecure about himself and whether or not he is good enough for Cole (Cole is always sure to show him he’s loves him)

Arguing usually ends in a make out session

Jay worries about Cole a lot, he’s lost him to many times and is paranoid

He gets anxiety attacks pretty often and Cole will just sit there and hold him untill he can calm down

He has really bad insomnia (it’s been worse since skybound) and Cole puts extra effort into helping him sleep

Will steal Cole’s clothes all the time, from tank tops to sweatshirts, if he can’t find it jay probably has it

Is a suprisingly good cook and will make treats for Cole (usually cause he stole the last one)

Ed and Edna love Cole to bits, they’ve basically already adopted him as their son in law

Jay learned to dance from Cole

He loves just talking to Cole, he’s an amazing listener and seems to care about his seamlessly pointless little rants

Starfairer convention date

He can be over emotional but Cole is understanding and helps him when he’s upset (on the up side it makes him a total sap and gets all lovey)

Jay will make Cole little trinkets/inventions as gifts

Cole-centric Bruiseshipping headcanons

[foureoreos]

oh please do delve deeper into why you think nya is not suited for romance (or at least the way she is written). I do think that jaya sometimes have cute scenes BUT Jay's desperateness ruined them for me. plus I feel like nya is not stupid. if she genuinely liked Jay she wouldn't have let a machine decide she is not compatible with him anymore which honestly makes me believe she just stopped liking him after s2.

Aight, let’s start this, shall we?

I’m really trying here not to turn this into a “why I don’t like ja/ya” answer, but it’s going to be a wee bit difficult to do if I don’t pull examples from that relationship. I’m also going to try really hard not to throw bias in here since I love bruiseshipping, but I will need it at some points to compare and contrast my different points and thoughts to make things clearer/better.

First, I want to start by saying that I’ve run into many people who tell me and mutuals things like “Wow, seriously? You’re still thinking about that? That was in the past, you gotta move on!” or “Look at Skybound again”. This is when I talk about both why ja/ya has been dragged on for so long and why Nya just doesn’t fit right into the whole romance subplot.

Well, buddy, call it what you want, but you can’t just base something off one point in time. Events like these carry over. That’s also what helps build relationships and gives them a stronger foundation.

i.e. How Jay and Cole, after making up during the Tournament of Elements, still continue to progress and develop their relationship. It actually got to the point where the character’s chemistry feels natural and very casual, almost to the point where the characters could write themselves.

For instance, we all remember that love triangle, right? I know people use the excuse “Nya is a teenager, she’s just acting like one” whenever she’s a b**ch or acts out very impulsively around Jay, but frankly, I think otherwise. Her character is really inconsistent throughout the series. There’s some moments when she’s likable and you can get behind her, but other times when she’s just straight up obnoxious.

She’s only nice to Jay whenever the plot calls for her relationship with him. Aka, ja/ya. When the plot doesn’t, she can be really mean and it feels like a complete one-sided relationship, because she acts like she just doesn’t care. And Jay loves and supports her like 24/7. (Also, ja/ya is really only developed one Jay’s end of the relationship? Very rarely or EVER Nya’s. What’s with that?)

Here’s where I point out how she contradicts herself in S3 and S6. Season 3, Rebooted, Nya lets a “match-maker machine” decide for her who her perfect match is. And while she was already dating Jay at that time, she still went ahead anyways to give Cole a shot, just because a machine told her he was the one. Okay. Can I add that she never apologized to Jay for what she did? Like, never explicitly told him that she started the whole mess? That she was the one who cheated on him?

Also, remember in Season 4 when she was telling Wu, “Jay’s funny and all but Cole, Cole’s not Jay…” (thanks to @afrenchfrypassingby for pointing this out to me)? So, what is Jay then? Or do you just have a very poor way with words?

Anyways, so, Season 6. I can’t remember the last time I ever watched this season. Must have been like years ago, because I always skip it in my Ninjago rewatches. Still, I remember a lot of things from that season. Especially when Nya told Jay that “Hey, when I first met you, I knew we were meant to be together”.

Well, hmm. Ah? Okay?

Can we rewind Season 6 a bit more?

I actually liked her at the beginning of Season 6. Only the beginning.

She wanted to be more than just “the girl ninja”, “Kai’s sister”, and “Jay’s girlfriend”. She wanted to find her own identity. And girl, I can 100% get behind that. Plus, she was basically forced to give up her Samurai X identity to become a water ninja. But then I don’t know what the hell happened that made her decide at the end, “I’m Jay’s girlfriend again”. And before anyone says anything about the lighthouse scene, etc. what she did in the end completely defeats everything she clearly wanted at the beginning of the season.

Follow up that Jay was a complete creep in that season. I know it gave him more development to his character and helped him to be more confident and have that “If I want it, I’ll take it” attitude, but the girl said “No” at the beginning and he was?? just?? so desperate to win her back and get the two of them back together? Ugh, that’s not how you write relationships, folks. When someone says “no”, that doesn’t mean “try again”.

Haha, my mind just did a flashback to that one line from Prime Empire when she told Jay she and him had chemistry. That was a lie. If anything, Nya and Ronin actually have more chemistry. And Jay and Cole have more chemistry.

I truly believe that from the beginning of this show, Nya was meant to be written as the “strong, independent, female character that could take care of herself”. But the writer’s try way too hard when they write her character.

If I’m being honest, Pixal actually shows that better. Not to mention Pixal can also be very feminine and still be a cool girl.

Strong female characters don’t have to be buff, they don’t have to want to be irritated by relationships or feeling like it pulls them down (not @ how Jay has said to Nya “I love you” over a thousand times and never once has Nya said it back because she doesn’t like showing affection because it distorts her image. When Zane and Pixal have said it to each other and show a very mutual, loving relationship), they don’t have to dislike “girly” things, and whatnot.

Strong female characters can be compassionate and kind. They can be badass and still care for other people. They can be in a relationship and still be powerful. They can show weakness and affection and emotion.

From the very beginning the writers pulled out the compulsive heterosexuality card and decided “Okay, we have one boy, one girl, let’s just put them together because yeah”. And then they started doing that with everyone else. Kai and Skylor, Pixal and Zane (though, not going to lie, is the only well developed canonical Ninjago romance). What a shame, honestly, because Lloyd and Harumi actually could have been really well developed if it weren’t for the whole “I want to kill you and bring back your dead father” abusive relationship. And, I don’t want to shame you for shipping Lloyd and Akita because I don’t care if you do, but they really had to make her go and kiss Lloyd at the end of the season huh? I personally feel like it was more a “thank you” kiss after some thought, but hah, you just can’t leave a girl alone for one second, can you, writers? And oh my gosh that subtle look between Lloyd and Racer 7 at the end of Season 12?? I got so scared. WOW.

I went OFF. And I don’t want to go any further because it will be so bitter and salty and I will rip her and everything about Ninjago canonical romances APART. But yeah!! This is all I will leave for you :)

Thanks for that ask!

[emzi-148]

For that poll

“Where unrequited love materializes as starry tears, enchanting yet lethal. Only reciprocated love can dim the celestial glow, or one can gamble with the shadows of everlasting oblivion as colors fade into the abyss, risking a destiny shrouded in eternal darkness.”

Feel free to make a fic of this or something.

Info about this disease (also inspo):

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A Ninjago FanFic that I wrote for my English class

This is an 800-word story that I had to write for my year 11 English class, I find it easier to write a story in class when I know the characters so that’s why I do this. Enjoy. - Opposite Shipping (Kai x Zane) - Bruiseshipping (Jay x Cole) - Samurai Shipping(Nya x Pixel)

My name is Zane, I’m an android from the planet Xeon, where machines are alive and are even born. Once our planet was discovered, we were treated like slaves and put to work. My owners, a word we hate to use, are a lovely married couple that got me for their wedding gift. Jay and Cole Brookstone quickly realised that I wasn’t just a machine and did some digging.

They found out that I had my own planet, a home, but no family. They treated me like a brother, as a friend. They started a petition to set my race free, they got almost nothing, people depended on us like we were their hearts. We did everything. To remove us would be to remove an important cog from the machine.

During this time, I met their long-time friend, Kai, an orphan that didn’t have parents, but a little sister named Nya. The two of them were two sides of the same coin. They were both tough on the outside but kind on the inside. Cole and Jay were still fighting the losing war, every day they went to their jobs and tried to spread the word, it did no good.

I was attacked the other day, on my way home from the store. A group of boys with baseball bats and face covers that came up to me and started beating me. I’m not too sure what happened after that, I believe that I suffered a concussion, for my memory wasn’t working for a short time after. When I rebooted, I was back at the Brookstone house, in my room. When I came out I found that Kai was there, saying that he brought me home and fixed me up.

Today Jay introduced me to his boss’s son Lloyd, he was a very influential man. With him, an unexpected turn happened. My species fought back, from the second we are born, we are taken and told that we are nothing and can only follow. The realisation that this wasn’t the case, that we were living beings that could die, brought many people into our cause.

A majority of their machines were abandoned and their world switched off. There was no-one to do the dangerous jobs and no-one to do the dirty work. The world couldn’t function without us, even though they did before. They had been relying on us for so long that they couldn’t function without us.

We revolted. Humans and Androids together, we walked through the streets yelling mantras of peace and more and more humans came to our aid. We were met with violence at first, people who didn’t agree fought back, hard. Kai and Nya were always near to protect me, always one step ahead and one step behind.

The more and more people saw that we weren’t just emotionless machines, the less control the government had. All across the world, humans were doing what humans did best, they were fighting for what they believed in, and it worked. We were given full rights and had to be treated like humans were.

People were ecstatic with the results. Yes, their world was dark. Yes, it would take time to fix. Yes, it will affect the course of their world. Yes, this will change their views. Yes, humans no know that there are other beings out there, and yes, humans will be going to discover new races.

Not even ten years later humans have spread out across the galaxy. Cementing themselves as major species in the galaxy. My life these days is simple. I spend most of my time in space, I decided to stay and help Cole and Jay as they were my family, they were all I knew.

Our ship was called the ‘The bounty’, Nya’s idea. They still worked for their old company but now did deliveries and pick-ups across the galaxy. Kai and Nya and still with us. Kai spends most of his time around me, helping me and keeping me company. My friend Pixel travels with us as well, Nya brought her home one day, her new girlfriend. Lloyd will sometimes join us for a few weeks when he has free time.

Their world isn’t perfect but we rebuilt it. Humans alongside androids, we rebuilt the world from the ground up. We turned their world from a perfect place to a warzone, right back to perfect, but even more so than before.

I’m not sure what the future will hold for us, all I know is that I’m where I’m supposed to be, and no matter what happens, I will always have my family by my side and no-one can ever tear us apart.

- The end

If you got to the end, thanks, also any criticism is welcomed, so if anything bugged you, please let me know

[itsaboutbee]

Pre-Fight - Pacific Rim au

Guess who finally finished another thing of her Pacific Rim au??? Anyway, its basically the pre-fight part of Bruise in “The Knifehead Incident” fic thing. I didn’t have anyone proof read which is my own fault but I hope you enjoy anyway!!

Title: Pre-fight

Fandom: Ninjago

AU: Pacific Rim

Ship: Bruiseshipping

Word count: 1222

Summary: Jay is cold and too awake, Cole is a dumbass and to alseep

Jay opened his eyes and was met by the cold concrete wall of the barley lit room they currently lived in. It was a small originally very cold looking and feeling room. It almost resembled a holding cell. The room didn't have a single window either so telling the time could be a difficulty at times. Thankfully after a while of staying there the two of them somehow managed to make the room a little warmer and more welcoming.

At least Jay felt like they did.

But the heavy metal door closing them away from the hallway outside still kept their sleeping quarters from being very homey. At the start of moving in Jay was barley able to open them, while his drift partner, Cole, easily shoved them open. Since the day the two of them had met in the academy Cole had gone from an outcast chubby acne ridden guy to a handsome mountain of a man everyone loved. Jay never really care much though, like yeah, he was a little jealous about all the attention Cole now got from girls and boys, but Cole's looks were never the reason for their shared bond.

It was different.

It always had been.

The ginger shifted in his bunk, he stretched and one of his legs slipped out from under the blanket. Jay shivered when the ice cold air of their room hit his bare skin. He immediately pulled his leg back under the blanket trying to figure out why in all world it was that cold. The ginger reached for the screen mounted on the wall next to him. He pressed the small clock button and a bright greenish light light shone him right in the face. He groaned quietly and squinted his eyes to see the numbers.

The redhead finally understood why it was so freezing cold, 4:27am in early January with the heating turned on low couldn't possibly keep his slender frame warm. Cole always insisted on shutting it down before going to sleep and Jay reluctantly did so, every time. Even though he knew he'd wake up super early because he was freezing.

The man pressed the small button once again and the light disappeared. He sat up almost completely silently and got out of his bed the same way. He put on his slippers and quietly walked over to his fellow pilot's bunk. Cole was still peacefully snoring away with one of his arms over his head, his blanket only covering half his chest and hair messily strewn all around his face, covering his eyes. Jay rolled his eyes and carefully pushed some hair out of Cole's face.

“Stupid buff man never gets cold does he?”, he softly mumbled while doing so. The dark haired male shifted his head slightly, nuzzling his hand with a satisfied smile forming on his face. He sighed in his sleep. Jay couldn't help but smile, “Handsome stupid buff man...”, he spoke a little louder.

After a few more lingering seconds he carefully pulled his hand back and shuffled towards the thermostat. The ginger cranked the heat up to a temperature more fit for his thinner frame. After hearing the soft crackling that indicated the heat was actually working he went to grab some clothes from the large wall closet. With an armful of clothes he entered the shares bathroom. After taking a nice and hot shower the room had already gotten to a more comfortable temperature. He dried off, only needing to dry his short hair with a towel to not get sick. He grabbed the clothes and started putting them on. A light grey under-shirt, dark blue work-pants with a belt, and a dark blue knit sweater. Once Jay was done he stood up straight and looked in the large wall mounted mirror. He analysed his appearance. A bright blue eye staring back at him, freckles littering his pale complexion, ginger hair messily sitting in every wrong way. The man quickly fixed his hair, his fingers grazing over the scar splitting his eyebrow in two. The one that took away the sight in his right eye, the same one that gave him the chance to actually become a pilot.

He smiled and let out a deep sigh.

The ginger turned and walked back out of the bathroom to the closet. He opened a drawer. Grabbing his ID card and clipping it to his belt he glanced over to Cole. By now the man had shoved the blanket down even further and had his second arm was hanging of his bunk completely. Jay grabbed his boots and slipped into them.

The second he had finished tying the laces a loud siren and red light spread through their room from the screens next to their bunks. The redhead let out a short yelp and landed on his butt.

“Bruise Control report to Bay 05; Level A37; Kaiju Codename 'Knifehead'; Category 4”, the recorded voice of their shared friend Pixal rang through the room from the speakers. Jay scrambled up from the floor and over to his partners bed. He shook the black haired male by his shoulders, “Wake up!! We're being deployed!!”.

All Cole did was roll to his side and wave his hand through the air trying to shove whatever was bothering him away. Jay once more shoved him and yelled, “WAKE! UP! WE'RE! BEING! DEPLOYED!”.

“Mhmgh five more minutes please”, the black haired male grumbled slowly waking up. Jay sighed and rolled his eyes. “How can he sleep through this? Normal people wake up from this even if they're used to it by now.”, he thought and stood up straight again, smirking when another idea immediately came to mind.

“Guess I'll have to find a different drift partner then~”, the ginger turned with a shrug and started walking to the door, still smirking.

Cole almost immediately snapped into a sitting position, “Hell no! I'm awake!!”. Jay turned around crossing his arms and leaning his hip out to one side. Cole jumped off his bunk with a fairly loud thump and quickly started getting dressed.

“No one is getting in your head except me...”, the burly man mumbled almost fully ineligible.

Cole hated when Jay drifted with anyone but him, even back in the academy Cole got rather agitated whenever Jay was paired with someone else. He already strongly disliked even thinking about another person possibly messing around in his Partner's mind. Jealousy? Most definitely a large part of it. Cole trusted Jay with all his heart but anyone else? Rarely.

“What was that?”, the slender man shifted to the other side to get a better look at Cole.

“Nothing nothing”, the dark haired man waved off while pulling his under-shirt over his head. Jay rolled his eyes and started to tap his foot impatiently, “Just hurry up!!”, he whined.

After only a short while Cole was finally dressed. Jay immediately spun around towards the door, he shoved the heavy metal door open as fast as he could and almost tripped down the steps to the hallway. Cole had tried to grab his arm but Jay was already running down the hallway within seconds. “COME ON!!”, the ginger motioned for Cole to follow him. The dark haired male sighed, “No pre-fight kiss it shall be...”, he started running after his drift partner.

[garmadragon]

it's free real estate

suddenly I was in a bruiseshipping mood?? And then I actually wrote something about it??? this never happens I don't know what came over me.

rated... T? it's so fluffy we lost the plot in it, the whole thing is goofy intimacy. if you find the plot, please report it to the nearest station officer.

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"Eeuuuuugghhhh," Jay groans. Cole hums in agreement. That-- yeah that was pretty much it. The whole day spent hiking a mountain in the blistering summer heat only to figure out that the artifact they were looking for was on a different mountain, and then having to hike back down and losing their way in the weird scraggly buggy brush? And then getting caught in a rainstorm to end all rainstorms? And not even being allowed to use the dragons? Yeah, that elicits an 'eeuuuuugghhhh'.

With a flourish, Jay tosses his gi shirt into the dresser, where it makes a spectacular smack and flops onto the floor. He snaps the straps of his tank top anyways, bowing haphazardly to a sleepy audience.

Cole just puts his hands behind his head and falls onto his bed, and then thinks the better of it and spreads out across his, Kai's, and Jay's bed.

Jay makes a noise of complaint. He was super gonna sleep on that. Cole doesn't respond, however, even when he complains louder, so Jay decides to improvise around the problem and cannonballs right across where his spot should be, which is Cole's stomach.

He doesn't even knock the breath out of him, but having him startle enough to bring a hand out from behind his head to try to push him off is close enough. Jay Adamantly Refuses to be pushed off from His Spot.

"You," Cole says, cracking open one eye, "are heavy."

Jay sticks his tongue out and props his elbows on Cole's chest, scooting himself to be a full annoyance on top of him.

"You are also sharp," he grunts, shoving at his arms, but it doesn't do much besides make him falter and drop one elbow.

"My spot," Jay quips.

"Really? Cos I laid on it first. Think that means it's mine."

"'S not how that works."

"Yeah-huh."

"If that's how the rules are," Jay sniffs, "then this is mine now." He folds his arms under his chin and pats his hands rapidly on Cole's shoulders. Cole opens his other eye, considering the order of operations when claiming land space to the ruling of finders keepers. He looks up, at Jay's goofy half-grin and still-soaked hair and the beginnings of a sunburn across his nose and shoulders that have more freckles than they usually do, and then down at the blue sheet he is clearly lying on.

He shrugs. "Them's the rules." Then, before he can think the better of it because he knows it's gonna throw him off, he leans up and says "Congrats! This is yours."

Absolutely that little red tinge to Jay's ears is worth it. But instead of turning into a tiny ball of Mess and rolling off of him, his grin gets wider. He scoots a little to the right and threads his fingers through Cole's, his arm almost perfectly mirroring his own.

"This's mine now too, then. Free real estate."

Cole splutters a laugh. "If it's that easy," he says, and whips his other arm out from behind his head to wrap it around Jay's back. He squeaks, the blush from his ears starting to spread across his face, which is honestly adorable.

"It's-- it's not that easy," Jay says, trying and failing to keep a straight face. "One measly hand doesn't count."

"Mmhmm." Well that was a challenge if he ever gave one. He feints to the left and tries to roll, but Jay smacks a hand down in front of his face to block him. He rolls the other way, but the same thing happens, like a cat with a laser pointer. Cole tries to shove Jay off, resulting in him on top of his side instead. Jay is absolutely just giggling his head off at his efforts. He narrows his eyes, letterboxing in his mind for the dramatics (last resort and all), and then darts upward, pressing a gentle kiss right over the top of his freckles.

With a startled gasp, Jay forgets that he's supposed to be guarding his hard-earned property space, and drops his hand. And the second he does so Cole flips around and tucks Jay half under him like a stuffed animal.

"Gotcha," Cole breathes. "I have a monopoly now."

Jay takes a second to get his focus back. "Wh- hey! No, th.. that's illegal!"

"Your face is illegal," Cole retorts, and presses another kiss to his jaw. Jay blows a raspberry at him, but very quickly dissolves into laughing again in his silly little way as he gets a couple more kisses down his neck.

"You're so giggly," he says.

Jay shoves his free hand onto Cole's cheek. "Because you're pokey! Shave!"

Cole responds by burying his whole face into Jay's shoulder. He yelps, and then goes right back to that genuine laughter that Cole's been missing all day. Nevermind that the two of them are still kinda wet from the rainstorm, and they kinda smell bad, and are way too tired to do anything else today and probably tomorrow, if this is what he gets at the end of an awful day, he'll do it every week.

They just lay like that for a while. Cole slowly combs his fingers through Jay's curling hair, his other hand subject to being played with even as it's half under a pillow.

Jay snickers, suddenly. "We look like we fell over dancing and couldn't get up."

'I think that would probably happen if we tried dancing right now."

"Tragic accident. Two idiots waltzed so bad they died."

Cole laughs under his breath. "You would. I actually learned to waltz."

"You should show me sometime!" Jay says, suddenly excited. "I've always wanted to dress up fancy and hold a champagne glass in one hand, and then like get swept away onto the ballroom floor, right? But I can't do that if I don't know how to dance."

Wow, Cole loves how ridiculous Jay can be. He grins and kisses his forehead, longer this time, and then finally steals a quick kiss from his half-parted lips, loving how Jay just melts entirely under him. Cole pulls back, watching the stars dance across his mismatched eyes, half-obscured by his dazzlingly crooked little grin.

"Sure. I can do that for you.'

[criminalspacebros]

can we - space au

Pairing: ColeXJay / Bruiseshipping

Summary: Jay and Cole falling in love.

Jay panted wildly, struggling to catch his breath as he and Cole fought to outrun the cops. His feet landed in some puddles and the large splashes he made sent water flying in the air as it soaked into his cape and pants.

It was nighttime and the two space criminals had just pulled their first biggest heist together.

Both used their skills greatly to their advantage. Cole having schemed out the plan in great detail while Jay put together a little spybot for their advantage.

Pixal set up the coordinates to their destination, however, none of them had planned on the weather being wet and cloudy when they arrived.

As they ran, Cole scanned his surroundings, searching for an alley way to hide in.

Cole threw out an arm, wrapping his fingers tightly around Jay’s wrist and forcefully pulled him into the alley way alongside him.

The space pirate struggled to catch his breath, collapsing against the side of a building as he rested his hands on his knees, wheezing.

All at once, the two of them burst into an enormous fit of laughter, their eyes swelling with tears.

Jay jumped on his toes, shaking his wet head. “What a rush!”

Cole laid his head back on the wall opposite of Jay and he grinned, wiping the wet hair that clung to his forehead.

“Yeah.”

Jay snorted, parting his hair from his eyes. “We barely just missed them. I can’t believe we made it!”

The space pirate cried out loudly, trying hard to contain his excitement.

Cole feared for their safety and he brought a finger to his lips, trying to shush Jay.

“Jaaaay, you have to keep your voice down,” Cole urged. He threw his arm in Jay’s direction, attempting to grab a hold of his shaking figure.

“That was so fun though!” Jay curled his fists, leaning forward, “And you were so awesome back there. Heehee. The cops came in like “wooh!” and you were all like “I’d love to stay and catch up but I’ve got a date to get to and I’d hate to be late”, which was a total lie but come on, who wouldn’t believe Cole Brookstone wouldn’t have a date?”

Cole’s face turned solemn. He did say that didn’t he?

“But then I tripped and I was pretty sure I would have been a goner but… you came back for me and we were so close. They were on our tails and, and-”

Cole furrowed his brows. He stared at Jay as the space pirate continued to laugh and ramble on and on.

He knew he loved to joke around, but he’d never actually joked about going on a date before.

So then, what happened this time?

Did he think he was going on a date?

One time Jay had asked him what his response would have been if a guy, theoretically, were to have asked him out.

Another time, the two of them had encountered laughing gas, and as the two of them waited for Pixal to get them out, he was pretty sure he remembered some kind of exchange in confessions. But the entire day was a blur and no one really had any clue what exactly happened that day.

Then there was today. Today, when Cole had offered to take Jay out for a drink after they would successfully pull their first biggest crime together.

Cole licked his lips once he realized they had suddenly gone dry.

“... we still up for that drink afterwards? I mean, we don’t really have to. It was your idea anyways.”

Cole squeezed his eyes shut for a couple of seconds, trying to pick up on what Jay had just said.

Though… he found it harder and harder to do so when all he started to focus on was Jay and Jay alone.

The way his damp hair fell over his eyepatch, but Jay didn’t seem to care any longer. The way that ferocious spark of lightning in his blue eyes crackled, lighting up his face with so much joy and excitement. How his freckles were now more prominent. And how the smile on his face succeeded in making him return the gesture.

The thrill and the rush that Jay felt during it all, mirroring Cole perfectly.

They made a great team together, he had to admit.

But, maybe Jay would (also) make an even better partner.

His stomach turned as his eyes fell on Jay’s smile.

What if…?

“Wait. Jay, shh. Just, stop laughing for a minute.”

Jay’s laughter caught in his throat and he turned to Cole, his mouth agape. “Haha… yeah?”

Cole didn’t want to look away. Was he really going to do this?

“… I think like someone. I think? Maybe?”

Jay choked on air.

What?

Was he really bringing this up now?

Cole clenched his fists, his shoulders rising. “I don’t know. What am I feeling? Am I in love with someone?”

At that moment, Jay swore he heard glass shattering in the distance. A symbol of his own heart falling to pieces.

He recalled the last time Cole started to talk about his feelings openly with Jay. He claimed that he had quite possibly taken a liking to some ‘other dude’, but he wasn’t exactly sure and didn’t want to call it love just yet. And Jay tried to wave it off. He tried to ignore it.

For the most part, he was happy that a guy like him was finally coming to terms with his emotions.

At the same time, he was sour that Cole hadn’t recognized him. Of course, everyone and anyone could fall for Cole’s charm and his mastery. Jay had just hoped, desperately hoped, that he would be the one Cole would have fallen for. Though he hadn’t lost all hope yet.

He tried to sound hopeful. To sound happy. But what came out next sounded envious and bitter on his tongue.

“Wow. Well then, they must be real special if he or she can get Cole Brookstone to fall in love with them, amiright?”

Cole was closer now. Jay didn’t notice.

And the fugitive couldn’t seem to pick up on Jay’s envious tone. He suspected nothing. He was instead still struggling to cope with his sudden burst of feelings on the inside.

“Yeah…” Cole muttered, a thought flashing in his head. He’d conjured up the thought many times before, but he could never bring himself to act on it. But that was before. This was now. He locked eyes with Jay, determination in his eyes. “Can I try something?”

Jay, still a little beaten up by Cole’s words earlier, mustered a smile and said, “Um, yeah, I guess-”

Jay flinched.

The first thought to cross his mind was that the kiss was soft.

The second was the realization that Cole was kissing him.

None of it had actually really clicked until he felt a hand rest comfortably on the left of his hip as Cole pushed deeper and further.

And Jay’s eyes were wide.

It felt like a dream come true. Which, in a way, was the right way to put it since for years Jay had been dreaming of this moment.

Even with the comforting thought that Cole had never reached even this level of intimacy with anyone, ever, somehow, he felt like a pro at this.

Jay eventually found himself holding his breath. He needed air. And fortunately, Cole gave that to him as his lips softly strayed away from Jay’s.

The second Cole backed away, his cheeks flushed and he held his breath, riding only on luck at this point, as he was scared he had made the wrong move.

Because holy shit.

He wanted to do that again.

Jay drew in a deep breath, never taking his eyes off of Cole. The after feeling hurt and Jay’s stomach sunk. What an idiot he was. He should have just let Cole keep on kissing him. Why did they have to stop?

He stared Cole dead in the eyes and saw nothing but awe and regret. His hands were still around Jay when he dared to meet Jay’s eye.

“Hi…” Cole’s voice faltered and cracked as he struggled to find the right words.

Jay's face broke into a grin. “Hey,”

Cole raised his other hand, using it to cup Jay’s right cheek. “I really like you.”

Jay’s heart skipped a beat.

“I really like you too.”

Cole felt his cheeks warm.

“Can I kiss you again? Can we do that again?”

Jay felt himself break into the widest grin. “Yeah.”

“Okay. Yeah,”

A grin broke onto Cole’s face. His knees buckled and his body and lips came crashing onto Jay’s.

Jay didn't flinch this time around. He didn't show any sign of resent as he allowed himself to be immersed by Cole once more.

He looped his hands around Cole, communicating to him to go deeper.

And Cole couldn’t explain it, but it just felt so good and so right.

He’d been holding back from this for so long, fearing it’d label him as soft and someone else, but he was stupid to think that way.

“So… does this mean I get to have Captain Walker?”

Jay smiled against Cole’s lips. “Only if you kiss me again.”

Cole chuckled softly, gently pressing his lips to Jay’s.

“Deal.”