#or like Rosa is in the right for hitting her or excused for it for that matter)

[anawkwardlady]

OK, a take that crossed my mind: can we discuss how Ryukishi loves his characters so much that he's ready to forgive even the worst of them? EVEN KINZO???

First, there is no debate that he writes with love.

Also, he writes about violence, from the point of view about both the perpetrator and the victim, and without judgement. Which is amazing! He shows how violence is devastating for the victim, but he also shows how the complex mindset of the people that are to commit such acts, related to isolation and trauma.

He shows that it's possible to break the generational cycle of violence, with communication (to de-isolate) and love.

And I love how violence is not shown as a moral failure, but as a product of past violence, and as prepetrator are not depicted as monsters but as humans.

But Kinzo, seriously? Do I need to explain what he inflicted on Kuwadorian Beatrice? And his children? And the lessons I should get from Chiru is "Battler looks like Kinzo, he should be proud of it" and "Ange should remember Kinzo as a kind grandfather". HE DID NOTHING TO DESERVE FORGIVENESS, EXCEPT SOBBING AT THE FEET OF THE MOST TRAUMATIZED CHARACTER OF THE SERIES.

And finally, my hot take: the only characters who are not forgiven are Teppei Hōjō and Rina Mamiya, because unlike Kinzo, Ryukishi does not love them.

I get the point but I think it's more complicated. it's not so much a "we're forgiving Kinzo" narrative and more a "a lot of characters are trying to cope and deal with the complex feelings they're dealing with" thing.

For exemple, I don't think Chiru's message is that Battler should be proud of being like Kinzo but a mix of trying to convey what Kinzo's and Kuwadorian Beatrice dynamic was like through BATTLER and chick Beato, Sayo's complex feelings towards Kinzo's and her circumstances of birth, Tohya understanding Sayo's feelings and coping with his own situation and what Battler represented to her and Battler wanting Ange to be happy. Battler's message in EP8 was not so much to remember Kinzo as someone's kind I think, but that everything Ange experienced was the worst of everyone and therefore her view was distorted and bringing a lot of pain to her. He wants her to also remember to cherish the good they had because he wants her to be happy. He is her brother so his view is biased in favor of protecting her.

All of this will make things more gray and blur the lines because it inherently will bring some sort of romanticism. I do think theres discussion to have on to which extent it does become enabling and so on but yeah, I think it's a also more nuanced than Ryukishi telling us that Kinzo was not that bad. It's tricky! I had the same complex thoughts about the whole Ange taking some "responsibility" on Eva's abuse thing. On one hand, it's her view and way to cope with it and theres not one acceptable way a victim should react and grow, on the other hand... Yeah I left meh about the message sometimes.

And for your last part : wasn't Teppei somehow "forgiven" by the narrative in GouSotsu? (i didn't watched it all so idk) also I have to admit I always was a bit annoyed that Rena's dad wasn't seen in that same light just because he wasn't overtly physically abusive despite being extremely abusive nonetheless but thats another subject. ANYWAY

[justplainwhump]

Pirate Lady

This is a very, very far time jump in the storyline of Pet Safety. And a small one in Angel's story .

Because there's a happy ending, eventually, and I think, you deserve to see at least a part of it.

Enjoy.

Content: Hints at the BBU setting (but from an escape / recovery perspective). Mentioned past death of a family member.

The doorbell rang.

Usually, Rosa would open the door at the Woodward house. But these days nothing was usual any longer. 

Bradley's father was dead, his mother a disheveled mess, and his older sister had pulled the consequences she'd always said she would and ran off. She'd called eventually, told him she was safe and far away. He thought he'd heard the sea in the background.

In front of all that, it was off-putting how much Bradley's life had stayed the same. Sloane hadn't asked him to tag along. He would have, probably. But alone, on his own, he hadn't mustered the courage. He'd pulled out his long packed, long stashed bag, stared at it for a while, and then stuffed it back and went to bed.

Rosa had hugged him particularly long that night, and he'd let it happen, a little surprised, but still glad. Rosa's hugs were the best.

Rosa.

Even she had changed after his father's death. 

She was still quiet, still utterly reliable, cared for Bradley, made his breakfast, brought him to school and picked him up again, helped with his homework, but she was... more, even though he didn't know more of what. Vibrant, maybe. Alive.

Her movements were less mechanic, her smiles more rare but also, when they showed, somewhat deeper. 

He liked her like this, but somehow, the change in her was more terrifying than all the other things happening around him.

And it all culminated in this one day, when it was Bradley who answered the door, because Rosa was in the basement, storing away some things from his late father's wake.

Another person to offer belated condolences, he'd figured, when he saw a the shape of a woman dressed in black through the milky glass. He hated these visitors, with their fake smiles, their feigned interest, and their casual contempt of teenagers.

With a sigh, he opened the door.

The woman was short, with dark brown hair, playing into red. She was dressed rather like a fighter than a mourner, he realized, in black jeans, black blouse, and a leather jacket. The most fascinating thing about her, however, was the black eyepatch covering her left eye. 

Her other eye was gray, like a sword, Bradley thought, and she stared him down wordlessly.

She didn't seem like someone to visit his parents. She was way too cool.

She was, however, also pretty scary.

"Um," Bradley said. "I don't think you've come to the right place."

She looked at the house, the facade, the inside behind him, and then back at his face, almost wistful. "You do look like your father," she said. It didn't sound like a good thing. 

"He's dead," Bradley said flatly. He didn't particularly know why he felt the urge to say it. It came out like an excuse.

She smirked at that. "I know," she said.

Nothing about condolences. Nothing else, either, even though the muscles in her neck clenched. It seemed as if she wanted to speak, but... couldn't. 

He felt a pang of sympathy. Like when he was asked to read his English homework in class. This woman was way too dangerous looking to be afraid of teachers, he thought. She couldn't be afraid of him, now, could she?

"Are you... are you looking for something?", he offered.

"Ro...", she began, before her voice broke off. Her breath was shaky. "Rosa?"

"Rosa?" Bradley couldn't hide his surprise. Rosa didn't have any friends. Rosa didn't... she didn't have anyone, except for him and Sloane. Right? She wouldn't keep secrets from them. Or. Did she? 

A weird jealousy hit him. "Why?" he asked, more sharply than intended.

She flinched.

The scary, cool, biker pirate woman in front of him flinched at the sound of his voice.

What the hell.

"Sorry," he hurried to say. "Sorry, I, uh. I don't know. I'll... I'll get her. Wait a second." He turned over his shoulder and called "Rosa?"

"Coming," Rosa called back from the basement.

The pirate woman's hand clasped around the railing. She seemed to have paled, suddenly. For a moment, Bradley was afraid she'd puke right there, on their front porch.

Then he heard Rosa come up the stairs, and stepped back.

"How can I-" Rosa began, and then froze. Like he had pressed pause in a video game. He'd never seen her like this. He'd never seen her in shock or afraid or even at loss of words. 

The pirate woman's lip twitched, curved into a slow smile, that spread over her entire face, like a sunrise, and in that light Bradley suddenly realized how stunningly beautiful she was. 

"Hi," she whispered. "Hi Rosa. I've missed you."

Rosa didn't say anything.

"It's time," said the pirate softly. "For us."

Still silent, eyes glued to the strangers', Rosa reached for a coat from the racket. It was one of Bradley's moms', an expensive designer piece, long coat in a dark red.

Rosa put it on, almost mechanically, then kicked off her rubber clogs and slipped into a pair of sneakers. They were Bradley's, he realized dimly, but couldn't even find himself to bother.

Rosa lifted a hand to undo the strict bun on her head. Long, black hair fell over her shoulders. She smiled now, too.

And Bradley was struck with the realization that he'd never actually seen her happy. Never. 

She was, now.

She stepped forward, past him, without as much as a sideglance.

"Ro… Rosa?", he asked slowly.

But he didn't exist. Not to her.

"Blanca," she whispered. Her voice was hoarse. "Blanca. Blanca. Blanca."

"Yeah," the pirate whispered. There were tears in the corners of her eye. "It's me. I remember, Rosa. I… I remember." She lifted a hand.

Rosa took it.

Hand in hand with the stranger, their fingers interlaced, she walked through the door, down the steps, through the house's neat little yard, to a car parked in the street with its motor running.

A tall man pushed the car door open from inside.

Rosa got in without looking back even once.

A cold draft was blowing into the house, and Bradley shivered.

"Rosa?", he whispered, but he knew it was to himself only.

She was gone.

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[miracles-and-butterflies]

Hello! Hope I'm doing this right :)

Sooooo about the Brooklyn 99 au................ I am very excited and wanted to ask if triplets and Alma (and Pedro) are in the picture too? And who is the new captain, is it who I think it is? 😀🫢

And is the precinct like Casita? Maybe it is a really old place and it creaks sometimes and it sounds like it's talking? And maybe the characters interpret the precinct 'talking' according to their needs (like, Mirabel or Dolores - to prove their point, or Camilo - to have an excuse to fool around)?

And do the Madrigals fall in the established characters (e.g. I suppose Camilo could be Peralta, Luisa or Isabela - Rosa and etc.)?

And how does Aaron look like?

And do you mind if I come up with a kind of a story with this au? I have an idea, and I think it would get richer once I hear your answers!

There is no right or wrong way to do it, don’t worry!

I love it when people send me tons to answer.

This is going to be a long one.

Alma, Julieta, Pepa and their husbands are in the picture too, yes. But serve as relatively background roles, I’m afraid - to fill the parental relationships that you see in B99. They’ve been split, so each of them does parent one of their respective “kids”. There is an exception to this, however, as Pedro, Antonio and Bruno (we’ll come back to him) aren’t related to any of the “kids” at all and are their own characters.

Alma is Bruno’s mother

Julieta is Luisa and Mirabel’s mother

Agustín is Isabela’s father

Pepa is Camilo’s mother

Félix is Dolores’ father

However, they all keep elements of both their canon parents.

E.g.

Mirabel’s design is inspired by Agustín - very classy and formal in her dress.

But yes, Bruno (who keeps the surname Madrigal) is going to be their new captain.

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The precinct is how you see it in the show. Modern building.

Casita, however, plays a role as the local bar in place of Shaw’s. Where it is in fact old and creaking. A theory is passed around that the place is haunted - though that is mainly to scare off firefighters, and occasionally Mirabel (Camilo likes winding her up)*. In saying that, there has been unexplained accounts of strange things happening.

The odd door might hit you if you get too riled up. The chairs always seem to be there to catch you. There’s a few tiles that seemingly clink to the music. Etc.

*To note - Mirabel was in a collapsing building as a child and she still gets freaked out over any building being potentially broken or unsafe.

~~~

They somewhat fall into established characters. Some more than others:

Camilo is Jake

Aaron is Charles

Osvaldo is Hitchcock

Rendon is Scully

Dolores is Amy (NOT romantically)

Isabela and Luisa both flick back and forth between being Rosa & Gina. Isa can’t do the more stoic and silent demeanour of Rosa, while Luisa isn’t quite as bold and verbally brutal as Gina.

Mirabel doesn’t really fit with any pre-established character, but is somehow the mother of the squad (in spite of literally being the youngest and having no authority). If you consider Terry being the father. So there’s that.

Bruno initially starts off a lot like Holt, but slowly becomes more of himself as time progresses and Camilo starts bringing out his more chaotic side.

~~~

Aaron was purely created for the purpose of giving Camilo his own Boyle.

I’ve been using this kid (from the Where Is Bruno Hiding? Book) as inspiration for his design:

~~~

I am absolutely honoured that you’ve taken such an interest in my AU. I’d love to hear more of your story idea first, if that’s alright.

It is still new and I haven’t done much for it yet myself, as this is the first ask I’ve received from it.

[ninja-librarian]

So is Henry, Maria's ex coming back because I what to see Abner kick is butt and tell him off.

I've thought about it... Mostly because, if Henry does, indeed, make the mistake of coming to Duckburg, it's going to go like this.

*Donald's phone rings before the sun is even up*

Donald, half-asleep and grabbing his phone, not even looking at the caller ID: Hello?

Maria, slightly hysterical and whispering: I think I killed someone.

Donald, more awake and looking at his phone now: Maria?

Maria, now more hysterical: I need you to get to the House of Mouse now because I just killed someone.

*Five minutes later, all three Heroes of Duckburg are descending upon the House of Mouse, along with Pilot, Storkules and Rosa, the last of whom is way too giddy without coffee at the prospect of hiding a body*

Rosa: Where is it?

*Maria, standing in a corner of the kitchen, holding a marble rolling pin, which she uses to point at a prone form on the floor*

Gizmoduck: What happened?

Maria: I came in early to start my prep work and he came up behind me and I was rolling dough, and...

Darkwing: Wait. You hit him. With a rolling pin?

Pilot: You killed a guy with a rolling pin?

Maria, very hysterical now: It's marble!

Storkules: Why doth you have a rolling pin made of marble?

Maria: It's good for working with pastry dough!

Rosa, nodding approvingly: And for whacking intruders.

Duck Avenger, crouched beside the body: You guys want the good news or the bad news for us?

Gizmoduck: Good. Always good news first.

Duck Avenger: He ain't dead.

Maria: Oh thank God.

Darkwing: And the bad news?

Duck Avenger: This guy's gonna wish Maria had killed him with a rolling pin when we're done with him.

Rosa: So... I still get to hide a body?

Duck Avenger: If there's any body left to hide, yeah, he's all yours.

Pilot: Who is it?

Duck Avenger: Maria's idiot of an ex-husband.

Long story short, Henry wanted to try to bully Maria into giving him money or something, and knew Maria worked at the House of Mouse and didn't want to run the risk of interacting with Gyro or Natasha or Abner at the Grotto. So Henry, in all his brilliance, thought that he should wait around the House of Mouse for Maria to come in early and talk to her alone there.

Huge mistake. Very painful mistake.

All Abner has to do after that is calmly inform Henry that he's been to prison before, and that he'd gladly walk right back in there if Henry doesn't stay the hell away from Maria and his kids, because prison is exactly where he's going to end up when he's done with Henry.

Cue Gyro and Natasha yelling that that isn't true, they know enough people and science so that Henry's body would never be found and no one will end up in prison. Abner simply smirks and tells Henry, "Well, I really don't have an excuse now." Henry books it out of there and is never seen or heard from again.

Like, he's still alive, but totally in disgrace, alone, and bitter.

[smolwritingchick]

Forced To Believe Chapter 50- What Are You Doing!?

Chapter Summary: The Shield take on The Wyatts but tensions run high when Seth Rollins leaves his team high and dry

Words: 6,000+

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The Shield were getting ready and Morgan walked over to them. 

"There she is." Seth grinned. "Ready?" 

"Yeah." She glanced at Dean before bumping fists with Seth and Roman. 

Seth and Roman noticed the tension between the former lovers and cleared their throats. 

"Can I talk to you? Alone?" She looked at Dean. 

He nodded while Seth and Roman gave them privacy. 

"Look...we need to be 100 percent focused tonight. We can't let our issues get in the way of this war. We'll deal with our situation later. For now, we really need to work together to bring the Wyatts and Rosa down. Okay?" She put her fist out. 

He smirked at her fist and nodded before bumping his fist against hers. She didn't want to fight or argue with him. 

"Right." he replied.

"Good. Keep a cool head." 

"I think I should with you around." 

"Heh. Good to know." 

Morgan tweets '#TheQueenOfTwirls is about to be a team player and put her body on the line to win. #ItsWarTime #NoRegrets' 

In the ring, The Shield stared down Rosa and The Wyatts who stood at the end of the ramp. The Chicago crowd starts chanting 'This is awesome!' 

The Wyatts and Rosa make their way to the ring but then Dean and Seth hit Luke and Erick with a suicide dive as the crowd gets hyped. Rosa tries to distance herself from The Shield members but as soon as she turns to the ring, she's hit with a diving clothesline by Morgan as the crowd cheers. 

"And here come The Shield!" Cole shouted. 

Morgan slides back in the ring while Roman hits Bray with a Samoan drop in the ring. He throws Bray out and high fives her while the ref tries to regain control. After things get settled, Morgan and Rosa start off the match. 

"And The Queen of Twirls is gonna start things off with The Stunning Latina," Cole said as the bell rang and they circled around each other. 

Rosa flips her hair and starts trash talking. Deciding to piss her off, Morgan mocks her hair flip.

"Excuse me!?" Rosa shouted but got kicked in the stomach as she fell down on her knees. 

The Outspoken Diva smirks before giving her another cocky curtsy. Rosa shoots her a glare and stands up but gets speared. She starts uploading on her with punches, making the crowd cheer. 

"They're all over each other!" King shouted as Rosa tried to scratch and claw her way to gain control. 

The ref manages to break it up and as soon as Morgan gets up, Rosa hits her with a swinging neckbreaker and pins her for a two count. 

"Come on, grapes!" Seth cheered as Rosa put her in a twisted bow & arrow submission. 

She puts her knee on her midsection and holds her leg and head to stretch her. 

"Come on, Morgan! Give up!" Rosa yelled as the crowd tried to motivate her. 

"Bending her like a pretzel!" King exclaimed. 

She releases the hold but puts her in a crossed armed surfboard.

"This is painful," JBL said but then Morgan managed to headbutt her from behind, making her release the hold. 

She begins to fight back and hits her with a handspring back elbow smash.

"Both divas trying to make a tag." JBL continued and then Morgan tags in Seth while Rosa tags in Luke. 

Seth hits Luke with a splash off the turnbuckle and a one leg dropkick. Luke begins to fight back and tries to hit him with a high risk move off the top rope but Seth lands on his feet as the crowd 'Ohs'. Morgan grins as he throws Luke out the ring and dropkicks Erick off the apron. He runs and hits Luke with a dive over the ropes and lands on his feet. 

"That's what I'm talking about, bro!" She cheered. 

Seth slides back in the ring as The Shield points to Erick. He dives on top of Erick outside the ring and lands on his feet again, getting hyped up. 

"This guy is amazing!" JBL shouted. 

Luke runs and goes in between the ropes, only to be kicked in the head by Seth. 

"That put a big smile on the face of Roman Reigns," King said as Roman was grinning at his performance. 

Rollins gets on the top rope but Bray gets in the ring. Dean gets in the ring and starts beating on him as it distracts Seth. Moments later, Dean gets thrown to the ropes. 

"Oh no!" Morgan exclaimed as Seth lost his balance and fell off the top rope. 

Dean and Bray get back on the apron while Roman tries to get Dean to explain his actions. Luke throws Seth into the barricade as Morgan cringes. Moments later she starts to get angry as The Wyatts gained the upper hand.

Seth kicks Luke in the head and crawls over for a tag. But then Dean gets off the apron to talk trash with Bray. 

"Dean!" Morgan exclaimed and got off the apron with Roman as soon as Seth tried to make a tag. 

Roman pushes Dean back and tries to calm him down. Erick gets tagged in but gets hit in the face on the middle turnbuckle. The Shield gets back on the apron and Luke hits Roman with a big boot to the face, knocking him off as the crowd boos. Ambrose tries to hit Luke while Luke taunts Ambrose. 

Having enough, Morgan decides to get on the top rope and hits him with a diving clothesline as the crowd cheers. 

"Look at Morgan!" King shouted. 

"Do something! What!?" She taunted and got back on the apron while Luke rolled out the ring.

"That's not fair! DQ her!" Rosa yelled.

"Shut up!" Morgan yelled back.

Seth tries to go for a suplex on Erick but Luke slides back in the ring. Roman slides into the ring and grabs him for a suplex while linking arms with Seth to help him out. 

"What is going on?" Cole asked as Bray got in the ring to try to interfere but then Dean grabbed him for a suplex while linking arms with Roman. 

"Are they going for a triple suplex!?" King exclaimed as the crowd got excited. 

"Aye! Don't have all the fun!" Morgan said and got in the ring as soon as Rosa tried to interfere. 

She grabs her for a suplex hold and links her arms with Dean. 

"They're not gonna do this..." Cole said but then the crowd chanted 'Holy shit!' as soon as The Shield give The Wyatt Family and Rosa a quadruple suplex. 

"Aw, man! A quadruple suplex! Ha ha I love it!" JBL said. 

"Booyah!" Morgan yelled and high fived her teammates before getting back on the apron with Dean and Roman. 

Seth tags in Dean while Rosa, Bray, and Luke get back on the apron. 

Brie tweets 'I thought a triple suplex was good back in the day...a quadruple suplex is even better! #Teamwork' 

Nikki tweets 'I'm starting to believe! #SuplexOfJustice' 

Dean jumps on Erick and starts unloading on him. 

"Dean Ambrose just seems a little bit out of control here tonight." King looked on. 

"Ya think? The Wyatts are doing everything they can to get Roman out of the ring." JBL said 

Dean begins to take control and hits Erick with a dropkick to the knee. 

"Stay on him." Morgan supported while Roman and Seth were at ringside, resting. 

He puts Erick in the Figure Four as the crowd starts 'Wooing'. Morgan begins to grin when Dean puts the lock on tight but then Luke breaks it up by hitting him in the midsection. Roman gets back in the ring and starts hitting him and Luke falls out of the ring. 

"Referee! Referee! Referee!" Bray yelled as he tried to get the ref to stop Roman and Luke from fighting. 

Luke gets thrown into the timekeeper's area as the crowd cheers. Bray gets tagged in and slams Dean down on the mat as the crowd 'Ohs'. Bray taunts the crowd and turns to Morgan as she scowls at him.

"This is what you wanted? This is what you want?" He pointed at Ambrose's beaten up body. 

She begins to grip the ropes tightly as he gets on top of Dean and starts beating him with punches. Moments later, she begins seething as he hits Dean with a stomp in the face. 

Roman gets back on the apron. He glances at Morgan's angry expression and starts to show a smirk on his face. She was getting motivated and that's what The Shield needs in this match. Dean begins to get controlled by The Wyatts and Morgan does not like it one bit. She did not like watching him get beaten up like this. 

Nikki tweets 'It looks like WWEMorgan101 wants to scream. I can see the frustration on her face.' 

The Outspoken Diva runs her hands through her hair and starts pacing on the apron while Dean is in a submission by Erick. He pulls on his beard and escapes the hold but gets hit with a sidewalk slam. Luke gets tagged in and he hits Dean to the ropes. Ambrose falls back in between the ropes and comes back by hitting him with a lariat as the crowd cheers. 

Morgan begins to look relieved and watches as he goes for the pin. Rosa breaks it up and she gets in the ring, attempting to clothesline her but Rosa ducks. 

Roman gets in the ring and goes for the spear but Rosa jumps out of the way. As soon as Morgan turns around, she gets speared by accident. She lands on her neck as soon as he hits her with the spear and rolls over, face first on the mat. 

"Spear! Spear on Morgan! Again!" Cole yelled as the crowd chanted 'Holy Shit!' 

The Bellas tweet 'Oh my God! WWEMorgan101 landed on her neck! Is she OKAY!?' 

Celeste tweets 'Took that spear like a champ. I really hope WWEMorgan101 is okay. Edge and Trish Spear 2.0!'

"Morgan! Are you all right!?" The ref yelled and went to check on her to see if he needed to signal the WWE Doctor.

Seth, Roman, Dean, and Rosa widened their eyes at the way her body moved from the spear and that was not supposed to happen and it made everyone look worried. 

Milena (Rosa) put a hand over her mouth, breaking character a little. "Is she okay?" she murmured.

"That was hard to watch," Cole said as they showed Roman's spear to Morgan 4 times. 

"She landed on her neck!" King screamed in a high pitched voice. "Is she okay!?" 

Melanie grunted. That almost gave her whiplash. "I'm okay." she signaled as everyone began to look relieved.

She already knew her mom was probably screaming at the TV as soon as she saw that spear. 

"Amazing." Milena sighed out of relief. 

Melanie rolled out of the ring while Joe slid out of the ring to check on her. She was sitting down, leaning on the barricade, holding her neck. Thankfully there was no pain. But that was scary how she flipped.

"You okay? I'm sorry," He said as concern was shown on his face. 

"It's okay! I'm fine, I'm fine." She reassured with a smile. "I hope I didn't botch the spear." 

"Nah, but you gave us all a scare there. I didn't think you'd land on your neck like that. I'm glad you're okay." 

"Yeah, no worries." She smiled at him and he got back on the apron. 

Jon turned to Melanie, who was lying down in the ring, checking to see if she was okay. She gave him a reassuring smile and he started to look relieved. He smirked and gave her a wink. He admired her heart in the ring.

Dean tries to go for the tag as Roman gets hit off the apron by Bray who was tagged in. But then Dean plants him with a DDT as the crowd gets hyped. He slowly starts to crawl his way towards Seth but Seth doesn't put his hand out. He just gives him a blank look. 

Morgan watches Dean crawl over to him and drops her jaw as soon as she sees Seth jump off the apron. The crowd 'Ohs' and gets excited as some stand up to this exciting and shocking conflict. 

Morgan frequently starts to shake her head. "No...no...what are you doing...? What are you doing?!" She yelled at Seth while Dean slumped over the ropes in disbelief. 

What the hell is going on!? Why would Seth leave Dean hanging like this? It made her panic. This was not supposed to happen. This could not be happening. 

"Wait a minute..." Cole said as the crowd gave Seth mixed reactions. 

The crowd starts to get louder as Seth begins to walk to the ramp. 

"And Seth Rollins has no interest and I think Seth Rollins is walking out of here!" Cole shouted.

"What!?" King yelled. "You're kidding me!" 

"I'm not sure you can blame him after the things that went down earlier tonight." 

Morgan manages to get up and catches up to Roman who walks over to Seth at the middle of the ramp while Ambrose watches.

"Seth!" Morgan's voice cracked. 

Her heart was starting to break. She could not believe he would walk out on his teammates. After all they've been through? After all the times he's kept peace in the group? 

Seth averted his eyes from her. He couldn't bring himself to look at her. He was starting to feel conflicted with his decision. 

Roman looks back at Dean and then at Seth. "What are you doin'?" he asked, breaking Seth from his thoughts. 

"I can't be the glue to keep this together! You two weren't there for me I reached for the tag!" Seth yelled as Morgan started to get angry. 

"Are you kidding me!?" She shouted. "You asshole! What are you thinking right now!?"

"You're the glue!" Roman yelled.

"You three, figure it out. You three, figure it out." He continued to walk up the ramp. 

"Seth!" Morgan shouted.

"What are you doing, man? What are you doing!? This isn't the game plan!" Roman yelled as Dean managed to get up from the ropes and looked at Seth walking up the ramp. 

He gets hit with a splash by Bray. Morgan snaps her head to the ring as Dean gets dropped and pinned. She runs her hands through her hair. So many emotions going through her right now. 

She and Roman run to the ring as Roman breaks up the pin. He drops Erick and Luke and cleans house until he gets hit with a big boot by Luke. Roman rolls out the ring while Morgan is on the apron, looking worried. 

Bray begins to laugh and hits Ambrose with a running senton while he grunts out in pain. The Outspoken Diva puts her hands over her mouth as Bray looks at her and laughs. 

"This is what happens!" Bray yelled. 

He picks Dean up for the Sister Abigail. 

"Dean, no!" she screamed as Bray stopped himself from kissing his forehead. "Don't hurt him, leave him alone! Fight me!" She yells as the crowd cheers. 

"Yes! She cares!" JBL said with hope as the crowd cheered loudly for her.

Bray throws him down, near her. 

The Bellas tweet 'She just screamed. #MorganCares!' 

Morgan tags herself in and slowly gets in the ring while Dean rolls out the ring. She exhales and looks a little worried as Luke, Rosa, and Erick get on each side of the apron, surrounding her. 

"This is what The Shield has done ever since they debuted," JBL said. 

Morgan turns her head to look at Seth with a disappointed look as he continues to stand on the ramp and do nothing. Seth's heart starts to ache as he watches her in the ring, alone, but he is trying to prove a point. 

The Philly Diva looks back at the Wyatts while Bray gives her a stern look. 

"You will pay for your sins, rose..." he demanded as he took a step closer. 

She sinks down to her knees and looks at the mat while Bray laughs again. 

"I'm all alone..." Morgan mumbled and clenched her fists.

"Morgan! Don't give up!" King shouted.

She looks around and closes her eyes. She exhales and opens them before slowly standing up. 

'One...two...three...four...' she looks at each opponent, thinking to herself. 'This isn't like Survivor Series...this is much more dangerous and harder...I can't go after just one person...they'll jump me...I can't just lunge after Rosa because they'll grab me...I need to do something quick and offensive...I can't run away now...this is risky, but I need to do this...if Seth won't help out and try to save this match, maybe I can. It's worth a shot.' 

The crowd begins to chant her name while Luke, Erick, and Rosa slowly get in the ring to surround her. 

"They are gonna eat her alive," JBL said with worry. 

Morgan decides to make a bold move and run towards Bray. He tries to clothesline her but Morgan yells "Whoo!" as she ducks and turns around to hit him with a spinning kick in the face. Erick runs over to her but Morgan begins to drop The Wyatt Family and Rosa with clotheslines. She starts striking them with spinning kicks to the face as they keep getting up to get hit again. 

The Bellas tweet 'This is like an action movie. WWEMorgan101's hair is all over the place, flowing in the air. #Heroine' 

She throws each opponent to each corner. 

"Let's go!" She yelled as the crowd cheered her on. 

"Look at her go!" Cole yelled as she hit each member with a handspring back elbow smash. 

"Whoa!" King exclaimed as Roman got back on the apron. 

"Look at her go!" JBL yelled as Roman began to grin at her performance despite having Seth leave them hanging. 

"Atta girl!" Roman cheered. 

Luke and Erick roll out of the ring as Morgan gets on the top rope and hits them with a diving crossbody. She slides back in the ring and jumps on the other slide, hitting Bray with a suicide dive. 

"She's running all over the place! Is she out of breath?" King exclaimed. 

"Must be on an adrenaline rush," Cole said.

Nikki tweets 'Uh oh, I think WWEMorgan101 is having a little #GrapeRush.' 

Celeste tweets 'Whoo! Keep kicking ass WWEMorgan101! #ThisDivaCanFly' 

Rosa was left in the ring, looking on in shock.

"This cannot be happening!" Rosa yelled as Morgan got back in the ring. She turns around and is about to run but bumps into Roman's chest. "Get out of my way!" She slapped him across the face as the crowd 'Oohs'. 

"Big mistake," Cole said but then Ambrose grabbed her from behind. 

"No! No!" 

Erick gets back on the apron but Morgan runs and dropkicks him. 

"Morgan!" Dean yelled. 

She turns around and he throws Rosa towards her. She spins around before striking her with a roundhouse kick in the face, dropping her down. 

"Roman, Morgan, and Dean are holding their own tonight!" Cole said with amazement. 

Dean and Morgan sets Luke on the middle ropes and hold him down. Dean motions to Roman and he runs to hit Luke with a one leg dropkick.

"Oh, man! Harper!" Cole exclaimed as Roman roared. 

Rosa manages to get on the top rope and as soon as Roman turns around, she jumps. He catches her in a powerbomb hold as the crowd gets hyped. 

"Uh oh! She's caught!" Cole shouted.

"I got this!" Morgan said and got on the top rope. 

She jumps off and hits Rosa with a clothesline, making her drop down on her back. 

"She clotheslined Rosa!" King shouted.

"This is starting to get chaotic!" JBL yelled as Morgan rolled out of the ring. 

Dean starts unloading on Bray in the ring while Erick runs towards Morgan at ringside.

"Whoa!" She yelled and evaded him. 

She gets back on the apron and kicks him in the head, making him stumble. Then, she takes him down with a diving clothesline. 

Erick stumbles back, near the announcer's table. 

"Oh look out guys! Look out!" Cole yelled as Roman spears Erick over the announce table.

Meanwhile, Dean gets hit with a big boot by Luke. Luke hits Roman with a suicide dive, making him fall over the table. Morgan gets back on the top rope, about to dive on Luke but Rosa runs back in the ring and pushes her off. Morgan lands right on the table, breaking it as the crowd 'Ohs' loudly and starts chanting 'Holy Shit'. 

"No! Morgan! She just got pushed off the table!" King yelled. 

"Rosa! What were you thinking!?" JBL yelled as Morgan looked hurt. 

Rosa grins at what she's done and blows her a kiss. 

Celeste tweets 'WTF Rosa!? Are you fudging kidding me!? Pushing her off the top rope!?' 

Brie tweets 'Oh my gosh! Morgan! Are you okay!?' 

"Oh my God! I told you it's Armageddon!" Cole yelled. 

Ambrose jumps on top of Luke and starts beating on him but then Bray throws him to the steel post. He falls face first as Morgan manages to sit up. Rosa gets out the ring and grabs her by the hair. She throws her inside the ring while Bray, Erick and Luke get in the ring. 

"Oh no, this is not good. Morgan held her own for a while but I don't think she is gonna be able to escape Bray's wrath." Cole looked on with worry.

Erick and Luke grab her arms as she tries to escape. 

"Get off of me!" She yelled. 

"Seth! Help her!" King shouted. 

Seth watches on and continues to do nothing. He starts to get tears in his eyes as he watches her suffer. 

"You wanted this!?" Bray yelled. "You did this to yourself! You shall pay for your sins!" 

Rosa hits Morgan with a hard kick in the face as the crowd 'Ohs' from the impact. 

"That was brutal," JBL said. 

Morgan holds her right eye in pain as she grunts.

"Morgan's hurt. Something's wrong." King said with worry. 

She touches her face near her right eye and sees blood coming out. Rosa's shoe must have cut her open near her eye. 

"This is crazy!" King exclaimed. "Morgan is defenseless!"

Nikki tweets 'This is too much! A four on one assault!?' 

"Reigns is out...Ambrose is out..." Cole looked on.

"Nobody is safe," King added. 

"Morgan is in the ring, left for dead while Rollins continues to do nothing," JBL shook his head. 

"Oh no Morgan's bleeding!" King panicked as she tried to get up. 

Blood was starting to cover most of the right side of her face which caught the audience's attention. 

"Rosa made her bleed?" Cole asked. 

"That kick," JBL informed as the titantron showed Rosa's kick. 

Morgan touches her face again and sees a large amount of blood on her hand. 

Bray grabbed her face. "I didn't want this rose! This could have turned out better!" 

Suddenly, it was like a switch went off of her and the Outspoken Diva started laughing in his face, making the crowd cheer. Tilting her head to the side, she gave him a crazed look. "This will not be enough to break me. Do your worst,"

Looking amused, Bray releases her as she gets grabbed again. This time, Luke hits her with a big boot to the face as she drops down again. 

Brie tweets 'This is hard to watch...Why aren't you doing anything, Seth!? #HelpYourSister' 

Bray does his signature pose near the corner. He then laughs and grabs her for the Sister Abigail position. 

"Seth Rollins is watching all this." Cole looked on in disapproval. 

"How can Seth Rollins just stand there and watch his teammates, specifically Morgan go through all this?" King asked. 

Bray kisses her forehead and hits the Sister Abigail on her. Rosa grins and turns her over to pin her while Morgan turns her head to the ramp, looking in her groggy eyes, at Seth who continues to stand there and do nothing. 

"1!" 

"2!" 

"3!" 

Seth runs his hands through his hair as The Wyatts and Rosa pose around Morgan's body. 

"You gotta wonder what's going through Seth's mind," Cole said. 

"He's conflicted," King replied. 

"Is he second guessing himself for what he did? Does he feel bad because he left his teammates here, high and dry? So many questions that need to be answered." 

"Seth just stood there and watch his teammates get beat," JBL added. 

The Wyatts leave the ring while Seth leaves the arena. 

Roman and Dean start to recover and they see a badly beaten up Morgan face first on the mat. They help her out of the ring as the crowd cheers for them. They put her arms around them and help her walk as her face is still bloody. She is very groggy and stumbles before Dean and Roman catch her. 

"I have never seen Morgan this beaten up before. This is just...wow..." JBL said. 

The crowd starts to clap for The Shield and begins to chant Morgan's name. 

"You've gotta give it up for Morgan. She knew the risks and still decided to fight back." Cole said as the commentators agreed. 

"And the crowd is letting her hear their appreciation for her efforts," 

"So much heart..." King said. "Win or lose, Morgan is starting to earn the respect of the crowd." 

Brie tweets 'WWEMorgan101 took one for the team. Amazing match!' 

Chyna tweets 'Beautiful job WWEMorgan101! Let no one bring you down. Keep getting back up and fight!' 

Celeste tweets 'Amazing performance by WWEMorgan101! Loved every second of it! You have so much heart in the ring! #KeepGettingBackUp' 

Stone Cold tweets 'Respect for WWEMorgan101. Great performance out there. #KeepingMyEyeOnYou' 

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Joe and Jon help Melanie backstage.

"We got you grapes. Don't die on us now." Joe joked while Melanie managed to chuckle. 

She felt kind of groggy from all those attacks and the bleeding made it a little worse. But overall, she loved the match and was glad she continued the match even though she was bleeding. 

"How bad is my eye?" She mumbled. 

"You're bleeding more by the second. I think Milena's boot must have scraped your face and hit your eye." Jon answered. 

"I look like a hot mess..." 

"You look like you've been in a real wrestling match." Jon countered. "Just like old times. CZW vibes,"

"Heh. Yeah. Thanks." 

Moments later, the WWE officials and some of the roster begin to cheer for The Shield and Wyatts for their performance. 

"I'll carry her to the trainer's room. Here we go." Jon picked her up bridal style and walked her over to the trainer's room. 

Before Melanie was examined, she took a photo of herself. 

She tweets 'I can get beat up but I'll always get back up and fight back even harder. Not enough to take me out. You didn't finish the job. #WarWound' 

Melanie was examined by the WWE Doctor. She had some time before her next segment for the night as The doctor cleaned her face and fixed the small cut near her eye. She was told that she may get some bruising on her right eye since she was still feeling some pain. The doctor also checked her neck since she took a nasty fall from Joe's spear. Luckily everything was okay. 

"You should call your mom. You may have given her a scare." Jon said and gave Melanie her phone after the doctor was done. 

"Jeez, over 15 missed calls." She dialed up her mom's number and she answered on the first ring. 

"MELANIE! Are you okay!?" Jane screamed.

Melanie winced in pain from the loudness while Jon laughed. "Yes, mom, I'm fine."

"Thank goodness! You did wonderful out there! You scared me to death when you landed on your neck!" 

"I know, I guess I landed weirdly. I thought I botched the spear by it just looked more painful to watch." 

"It was! Fans will be talking about it for a while! I am so proud of you!" 

"I'm proud of myself too. Thank you," 

"I know you have a segment to do but I am just happy that you're okay. I love you!" 

"I love you too!"

"You were badass out there." Jon smiled and kissed her on the forehead after she got off the phone. 

"Thanks. You too."

"Take a nap. I'll tell you when it's our cue for the Backstage Fallout." 

"Okay."

'Backstage Fallout' 

Roman, Dean, and Morgan were walking backstage in a foul mood. Dean kicked some equipment nearby as Tom followed them. 

"Excuse me uh, Dean, Roman, Morgan, can we get-" Tom began as Dean motioned him to go away. 

"Get out of here, go." Dean turned around and so did Roman and Morgan.

"Can we get a word, real quick?"

"No, not at all, go."

"We just saw uh, Seth Rollins leaving the building," Tom said as it caught their attention.

"What?" Morgan asked. 

"You saw Seth?" Dean stepped up to him. "You saw Seth Rollins? Where was he? Where was he?" He pushed him. 

"Hey, hey, calm down." she put her hand on Dean's chest, making him back off. "Where did you see Seth?"

"He was leaving the building," Tom answered. 

"She didn't ask that. She asked where was he." Dean retorted. 

"I'm gonna ask you this one time..." Roman began. 

"Parking garage?" Dean asked. 

"I'm gonna ask you one time." Roman stepped up to Tom. "Where is Seth Rollins?" 

"WWE just saw him leaving the building over there," Tom answered. 

"No, no, no, I didn't say stutter, I said tell me where he is. Your future depends on this one, where is he at? You point in the direction and you go the opposite way." 

"He's gone...he's half way through Detroit by now." Dean shrugged. 

"Morgan, what are your thoughts?" Tom managed to ask as The Shield looked at her. 

Breathing heavily as her emotions were getting too much, she began to break down, crying, and ran away. Ambrose and Reigns called out for her as the cameras quickly followed her while Kane watched her run past.

"Morgan! Calm down!" Kane ordered and made a bunch of refs follow her to make sure nothing bad happened.

He did not want to hear or see another rampage from her.

With Morgan, she stopped running and ran her hands through her hair. She was so distraught about Seth. 

All of a sudden, she spots him quickly putting his bags in his car and opening up the door. He must have requested Tom to tell a little white lie to buy him some time to leave. 

She wiped her tears. "Going somewhere?" She called out as he turned around in surprise.

"Morgan..." Seth sadly said. "Look..." 

"You son of a..." She glared at him and began marching up to him, angrily. 

She tried to hit him but he grabbed her forearm. She tried to hit him with her other hand but he grabbed her other forearm. 

He released her, gently pushing her back. "Morgan­-" 

"You son of a bitch!" She screamed and slapped him in the face. She began beating on him with tears running down her face. "You son of a bitch! I trusted you! I trusted you!" 

Her screams got louder while a bunch of referees came to restrain her.

Rollins watched her with a pained expression. "I..." He trailed. 

"You were supposed to be my brother! What kind of brother walks out on his sister like that!?! You don't walk out on your team no matter what! Why!?" Her voice cracked as she began to get escorted out of the parking lot. "We were supposed to stick together!"

Rollins got in the car and locked his doors. He gripped the steering wheel hard and placed his forehead against it. 

"I'm trying to prove a point...I'm sorry, Morgan..."

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During Smackdown, Morgan was beyond pissed tonight. One...she was mad at the refs taking her away from Rollins. Two...she was not done with Rosa. Not after what she's done. She got lucky because of the Wyatts. When she's alone, she'll regret everything. And three...Seth is gonna be in the hot seat and better give some answers to his actions on Raw. 

She was pretty banged up. She landed on her neck when her teammate accidentally speared her, she got thrown onto a table, and she got a small dark bruise on her right eye all thanks to that sinister kick from Rosa. She wasn't the one to blame others, it was mostly her fault. She should have focused on the match more and let Roman try to handle Seth but shock overcame her. She would never guess Seth of all people to walk out on The Shield. 

She just wanted answers. 

She put on her fingerless gloves and saw Ambrose approach her. 

"Roman and I are ready-what happened?" he looked at her face in concern.

"It's nothing...just a bad bruise"

"No, it's not nothing." He lifted her chin before caressing her face to check out her eye. 

She put one of her hands over his hand. "Look...I'm fine. It'll heal. Okay Let's just go," 

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Dean, Roman and Morgan were in the ring. Morgan's small black eye was very visible to the camera. 

"Morgan took a nasty beating on Raw. She held her own for a while but the Wyatt Family and Rosa were just too much for her to handle." Cole informed. 

Before Dean had a chance to talk, he stopped as the crowd began to chant Morgan's name. She smiled at the crowd with appreciation as the commentators talked about her performance on Monday. 

After the chants died down, Dean exhaled. "We can handle getting beat up, we can handle getting hurt, we can handle physical pain, that's no problem. I don't know about you two but there's one thing that I can't handle. What I will not tolerate, what will keep me up at night, and that's being lied to, by somebody that I trust. And I feel like we've been lied to, for the last 18 months. You see I was under the impression...that The Shield had each other's backs. Evidently, Seth Rollins didn't our back on Monday Night Raw. He walked out on us, in the middle of a war!" Ambrose did his neck roll. "So we're not much for talking right now but uh, Seth Rollins, we know you're here since you called this little 'Summit' all right? So why don't you come out here and say what you're gonna say? Huh? Tell me something, tell me a story, tell me a lie, make an excuse, say something after all the wars we've been through!"

Morgan's face showed irritation as she continued to listen to Ambrose speak, "You better come out here and explain yourself before this war begins, and judging by the look on Roman's face...you got about 30 seconds... But by the look on Morgan's face...you got about five seconds."

Seth slowly walked out near the stage and walked down the ramp. He walked up the steps slowly and got on the apron to stand before his teammates. 

"Before you open your mouth..." Roman muttered. "I hope you thought really hard about what you got to say. And it better be good." 

"All right, look...I get it...leaving you three to fight The Wyatts and Rosa, three on four, on Monday night, maybe wasn't the opportune time to prove a point." Seth said. "But what you don't understand is that the war isn't with the Wyatts. The war is within us all right? Look it's no secret that The Shield hasn't been The Shield for some time. But I did what I always do Monday, I sacrificed myself for the greater good so that we can get ourselves on the same page!" 

"You sacrificed!? Oh, Seth sacrificed himself. I didn't realize you were making such a sacrifice when you left us for dead against The Wyatts and Rosa, all right? Look there's a big difference between what you did and what we did. Morgan sacrificed more than we all did combined! She got a black eye because of you!" Dean yelled. "We fought off, you walked off!" 

"Look, look at you guys. You're all on the same page. You're seeing things eye to eye. Don't you get it? I'm proving my point! I'm already halfway there." He got in the ring. 

Morgan grabbed a mic as the crowd cheered. "I don't care if I got a black eye. It'll heal." She reassured Dean and turned to Seth. "That's not what's bothering me right now...that's not what's hurting me right now...what's hurting me is my heart because I thought my brother was supposed to be there for his sister." 

Seth looked down at the mat at her words. They stung. "Look­-" 

"I thought my brother was supposed to look out for his sister." 

"Mor-­"

"I thought my brother could be trusted." 

He gave her a sorrowful look. "...I never meant to hurt you grapes...it was hard to watch-­" 

"Bullcrap...If it was you should have done something!" She yelled but quickly calmed down. "You know what? I...am so tired of getting stepped on and jumped by the same Barbie dolls over and over again. A cheap shot I can handle; a loss I can handle...but jumping? Four on one assault while Dean and Roman were down and out? I fended for myself as long as I could but it's getting really old to beat the crap out of the same pathetic faces, like Rosa, that I have to see everything I step into this area. But you know what bothers me? You. You standing there when a group of people don't have the balls to face me one on one and jump me...do you know what you've done to me? You stood there... you watched me get beaten...you watched and saw me bleed...how could you stand there and do nothing?" 

[ggren-mainz]

Umineko - question arcs playthrough -> ep 2 - 3

last part - All parts and episodes - next part

So this post was just sitting in my drafts and i completely forgot about it lol?? I assume i wanted to put some more photos but id argue it's enough, so here is part 3.

Maria has a little fit in the train, and Rosa hits her again, to the shock and horror of everyone else in the train. It really is sad to see this, both for Maria for obvious reasons, and for Rosa for seeing how much she fails at being a mother.

child abuse. Lovely.

it hurts me too, personally. This really is tragic, Ryukishi why must you hurt us like this. But this does really put in perspective why Maria is so obsessed with witches and magic.

"Wdym i'm projecting my insecurities and issues on my child? it's the 9y olds fault that my husband doesn't love me!"

Rosa reminds me to an uncomfortable level of my mom, so I can't help but hope that perhaps in another life (cough cough some fanfiction) she got the help and therapy she needed and was able to be an actual good mom. Or perhaps she's just an actual horrible mother who hates her child and is just a horrible being in general and i am the one doing the projecting now. nooooo

Yeah i was gonna say that i suspect that Maria thinks her mom is possessed by some evil spirit, and seems like that's true. Is that another reason why Rosa doesn't deny the witches stuff? Because she needs it as an excuse for her abuse?

Anyways Rosa offers to buy Maria some sweets and they go to a supermarket. In the meantime we are showed some discussions in Krauss' family

Me after the 7th billion test where i cross out the right answer moments before the end of the test because i don't trust myself.

O? So does that mean that they won't let his siblings to talk to Kinzo?

Is this refering to Beatrice or could it refer to Battler? Idk it would make no sense to be Battler but i just have a feeling it might refer to him. Who knows

#relathionshipgoals

woah woah what's this? feat my achievment

huuuuuuhh??? why is she playing a game with HIM?? Where does this happen? In that purgatory place??

Ok so yeah prolly in that purgatory. Also idk why it took me so long but I'm starting to believe that "believe in you" isn't as literal as I've been taking it, and is actually more philosophical.

Battler pulled the danganronpa/ace attorney pose before it was cool.

why do all of these people act like 9 is the peak of maturity?? Bitch i still believed in santa claus at 9?? I thought i was some cat hybrid, who will be welcomed back by the shadow clan at 9. And like that was before i discovered twilight and thought i was a vampire. My cousin believed he's some shadow magic welder at 12. 9 is not that much y'all.

next part

[toxic-mothers-tourney]

Toxic propaganda: Rosa Ushiromiya (Umineko: When They Cry)

Left her daughter alone, sometimes for days at a time, with the excuse that it was for work when in reality she was off on vacations on her own multiple times, when people around her neighborhood got concerned SHE got mad at her daughter, when her daughter was seen playing with a stuffed animal with herself she also got mad thinking people would think they're weird, her daughter is 9. She is also physically and emotionally abusive as seen when she "killed" one of her daughters stuffed animals after she wouldn't stop playing with it. Literally the worst

she isolates, destroys the toys of (including the very precious lion plush that her daughter regards as a little brother/best friend), beats, and blames her (heavily implied but not directly stated to be) autistic 8-year-old daughter Maria for, among other things, her lover leaving her and her business failing, and her low status in the family. there's extensive sections of an already very very long visual novel devoted to whether it's right (as in moral and as in the practical choice to survive) for Maria to try to recognize her kind moments and to separate 'good' Rosa and 'bad' Rosa that made me cry several times. those sections about Maria's perception of her are tied in closely with overarching themes of the work and compared to the abuse dynamics of other parts of the family

A sad angry ball of generational trauma in the shape of a woman, just like the rest of her family. She is the mom of all time.

She's written incredibly realistically to the point that you absolutely understand where she's coming from but also understand she's a horrible person. The writer of Umineko was a social worker before a writer, and it absolutely shows.

some notable things single mom rosa has done:

-got mad that some nice lady on the train tried to give her daughter maria some candy cause ???, and when maria wouldnt give the candy back straight up hit her. bought maria a lollipop to try to make up for hitting her and then later crushed the lollipop cause maria was being 'creepy' by talking about the occult to her family (maria is 9)

-left an even younger maria alone at home for days at a time while she was gone on business trips (actually vacations with her boyfriends). she would literally coach maria on how to not draw attention to herself when doing this (dont bring your plushies, dont go to the same store multiple days in a row, dont talk to ppl etc)

-when this came out after maria lost her house key and cps came investigating, she 'killed' two of marias imaginary friends by destroying the toys they were connected to. maria has a very active imagination and to her this was clearly her friends being murdered in front of her, the sound effect from when someone dies even plays

-this is more funny than bad but she told maria she doesnt have a dad cause the father ran off with the money she gave him to make his fortune with, so now maria thinks shes a virgin birth and kickstarting her interest in the occult

in short she loves maria but also resents her a lot, so she ends up emotionally and physically abusing and neglecting her, and then trying to make up for it, mostly with gifts

She's a really complicated portrayal of how some of the worse abuse comes with good intentions. She really does love her daughter and is really concerned about people will treat her for being autistic but that means she ends up being super concerned about Maria being "normal" in really harmful ways

So adept at psychological and physical attacks that her 9yo daughter was rooting for an evil witch to kill their entire family so she could reunite with her "nice mama" in the afterlife

your favorite child beater and emotional mess

[chibi-celesti]

Twisted Tonelico (An Ar Tonelico x Twisted Wonderland AU) Book 01, part 2

Phase 01- Part 01, Part 03, Part 04, Part 05, Interlude

Phase 01: Book 01: Dia rosa rudje

Previously: Adding insult to injury, Grim laughs at Ace’s retreat. “Look at you. Cowering away like a baby all because a girl one upped ya! Ha ha!!”

Ace growled, his annoyance and anger bubbling over. “SHUT UP!” He flicked his pen causing a wind spell to fly to Grim. It almost hit its mark if Grim hadn’t avoided it at the last second. “Stupid cat!”

Grim snarled at the red head. “I’m not a cat!” And blasted fire back in retaliation.

And so began their fight.

~Twisted Tonelico~

Ace and Grim casted their spells at one another, dodging each attack as well. Despite the protests of both Deuce and Meryu, these two weren’t stopping anytime soon. Worse off, it was gaining more attention from other students as well wanting to see them fight.

If this keeps up, they’re gonna break or destroy something! Meryu panicked. She frantically tried to figure out how to stop Ace and Grim’s fight. Looking at the young man that accompanied the red head troublemaker, Meryu ran towards him (and dodged some fire balls and wind balls) hoping to get his attention. “Excuse me!” She called out.

Deuce, sensing her presence, turned to the panicked girl. “Y-yes?”

“You know magic, right?” she asked.

“I do!”

“Do you know a spell that can stop them?”

Deuce quickly thought about one, and quickly pulled out his pen. “Stand back, ok Ms?”

Meryu did as he asked and went back behind him.

“I CALL UPON THEE, CAULDRON!!!” A huge Cauldron fell from the sky, falling towards the fighting duo.

Ace and Grim were still so busy fighting, that they failed to notice too late the Cauldron’s descent. As they casted their spells once more, the giant pot hit the ground causing the duo’s spells to ricochet away from their targets…

With both wind and fire magic leaving burn marks on the statue of the Queen of Hearts.

Deuce and Meryu gasped at the sight. "THAT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!!/ OH NO!!" They shouted in unison.

The other duo’s jaws dropped, freaking out that one of the statues was ruined.

“Aw shit! Look what you did, you dumb cat!” Ace shouted.

Grim retaliated. “ME?! YOU STARTED IT! I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF!”

“YOU-”

“WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!?!” A new voice cut through the crowd and the quartet froze in fear of who that was.

The Headmage walked through the crowd of students slowly dissipating and fleeing to class at the sight of his presence. He paused in his walk, taking the horrifying sight before him! “What have you done…” his voice was a whisper, before shouting at the four people in front of him. “WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?!”

~In the evening: Dwarf Land Forest~

“I can’t believe this… I tried so hard.”

“There, there.” Meryu tried comforting Deuce as they made their way to the abandoned mines. Her eyes were downcast as she reflected back on the incident with the Dire.

~Flashback~

“YOU FOUR, FOR CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE, ARE EXPELLED!!”

“WHAT?!/ EH?!”

“Sir, wait! Let us explain-”

“SILENCE!!” The four suspects in question ceased. “You four started a fight on school property one the first day, and you’ve damaged one of the statue’s of the Great Seven in the process.” Crowley reprimanded.

After the events of Ace and Grim’s fight, the Headmage had called them plus Deuce and Meryu to his office. The feathers on his coat were ruffled from what he had witnessed. Their actions today were something he could not overlook.

Despite their pleas, Crowley would not change his mind about expelling them all. When Deuce pleaded about something they could do to make up for the incident, the Dire was about to dismiss them again, until he came up with a ‘task’ for them to repent for their actions, and maybe he would revoke their expulsion (and MAYBE give Grim a chance to enroll).

~End of Flashback~

And so here they were, out in the Dwarf Woodlands, a forest area far from the main campus that is… mostly abandoned. This forest used to thrive with life; countless mines that used to be filled with majestic Crystals and Magestones. Nowadays, they are vacant due to the mines all dried up of these gems. Abandoned by all except for supposed monsters and ghosts.

If they can find at least one to make up for the trouble they cause, Crowley might change his mind. Something all four of them are hoping for before morning arrives.

The forest is near pitchblack it makes seeing in the dark almost impossible. Luckily, Ace knew a simple flame spell to light their path, and Grim’s fiery ears also provided a secondary source of light. The quartet walked further until they stumbled across a small opening where some moonlight showed through the trees. Within the opening, appears a small home. 

“Feels like something could pop out,” Grim cried.

Meryu, holding said feline, gave him a slight squeeze. “There, there. Nothing is going to scare us.”

The ace of hearts rolled his eyes at them. “C’mon. Let’s see if anyone’s here.” Heading to the house by the mines, he goes to open the door and peek inside. Deuce, Grim and Meryu following behind.

What greeted them was silence. The house was a vacant, but messy place. Cobwebs all over the place from the chair legs to the ceiling. So many layers of dust on every household item, no signs of personal belongings.

It was completely empty…

“One, two, seven- So many!” Ace exclaimed ,counting the amount of chairs in the main dining room.

“This must’ve been a home to the dwarves that lived close to the mines.” Deuce explained.

The Reyvateil gulped. “I wonder what became of them? Did they leave after the mines stopped working?”

“Probably.”

With no sign of anyone home, the group left the house and walked further into the woods. Not too far from where they were, the very mine they were looking for was up ahead. The entrance was total pitchblack, it was difficult to see if there was any sign of magestones or, if they were unlucky, any monsters.

The lone girl shivered at the cold breeze coming from the opening. Wish I had a jacket. Or a good fire spell…’ Her shivering caught the trio’s attention. 

“Um, Melenas-san?” Meryu turned to the Spade. “Are you ok?”

“I-I’m f-ff-fine…” she replied, hoping to brush off their concerns.

Ace stayed quiet for a few moments before doffing his school jacket and covering Meryu by her shoulders. This surprised the woman for a moment, and before she asked, he cut her off. “Look. I don't want you getting all sick on us. Last thing I- we want is for you to be honest.”

Ace marched on ahead, trying to cool off his reddened face. The others followed after, with Meryu hiding a small smile within Grim’s fur.

~The Dwarf Mines~

The inside of the mines, contrary to what they saw outside, strangely still had sprinkles of light all throughout parts of the main path. Thanks to the lighting, what laid before them was a roller coaster of a near maze-like cavern. Mine carts were either left on broken tracks or strewn across the ground in broken pieces. Splintered, wooden support beams decorated the walls. Their withered structures are still durable even after years of being neglected. Pieces of faded geodes-none were magestones sadly- stuck out from the walls. 

However, they knew that they couldn't cover the whole mine just to find ONE working, usable magestone. For the sake of not losing time and getting lost altogether, the students and their plus one stuck together. 

Since searching for the stone was one their minds, Meryu thought to ask them a question. “So… this Magestone we’re looking for. Is it super special?”

Ace, wanting to be ‘nice for once’ answered her. “All mages use Magestones. It’s to help us cast our magic without going to overboard. At least that’s how my grandma nags me about it.”

She “Ahh’d” at his answer. “They sound quite different from Hymn Crystals.”

“Hymn-a what?” Grim said.

“Hymn Crystals. They usually are made by people like me. Sort of. They’re sort of like your Magestones, but instead of a wand- or pen in this case- they are downloaded inside of us.”

Suddenly the heart and spade duo halted their pace and stared at the girl. The boys stared at her like she said something insane. “Down…loaded inside of...?”

Before she could answer any further, the students heard a voice.

“On’t…ive…wou”

“Wh-what was that?!”

“St…one…ssss…mine”

“I-I think it’s getting closer…” Deuce said worryingly.

Slowly, out of the shadows of the many mine shaft paths, came a huge, grotesque monster. 

The beast itself oozed a black, ink-like sludge wearing a worn and torn red tunic. Its head the shape of a round glass bottle filled with the same ooze. One arm was decrepit and holding a lantern; the other… was a whole pickaxe from the elbow down! As it grew closer, it bellowed out through the cavern.

“STONE………IS MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!”

~Phase 01: Book 01: Dia rosa rudje- tes biron~

A/N: No Hymmnos translations this time, but I did borrow some lines of dialouge from Shel_BB's Eng Sub translation of the Prologue chapter for the Mine scene. And yes, I also cut out the ghost chase sequence to save on time and my sanity! (:

[thatpersonthatisgenderfluid]

A sweetheart

Words- 1,300+

Summary- Rosa doesn’t want you to meet her work friends, why is that?

Warnings: gets a bit steamy, probably some cursing.

AN: Duh this isn’t cannon and is not the same as the time line of the show.

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As you chop onions, you think about how you want to meet people from the nine-nine. That it will be wonderful and it will all be perfect. Then on the other hand it could go terribly. These are the people Rosa spends so much time with. If they hate you, will Rosa hate you? You can feel your eyes water.

A hand caresses your lower back then the cold leather touches your skin. A strong arm covered in leather wraps around your waist and you feel her breath hitting your neck. The heat from her breath warms your neck as you lean your head to the side. A raspy voice hits your ear “What are you making?”

“A stir fry.” You answer. “Mhm, well you could take it off the stove..” she pauses for a second and kisses your neck very softly. Her left hand moving up your shirt stopping just below your chest. “..we could go to the bedroom.” Her mouth is right beside your ear as she whisper. “Mm I would love to but I need to finish dinner.”

——

You sit at the table of your shared apartment. You take a moment to study her features. Her long, curly, black hair and her stone cold face. You remember how it frightened you when you first started dating that you could never tell what she was thinking. Now it is a thing you just love about her.

Even with the doubts that can fill your brain you still trust and love her. You love Rosa and yet you have never met the people she considers family. You would never utter the words, at least that is what it feels like. “Rosa” You say it in an unsure way and she looks at you waiting for whatever you are going to say. “I want to met the precinct.”

Her eyes are dead set on you and her face doesn’t change a bit. “Why would you want to do that?” Her voice stays consistent but as you look in her eyes you can tell she doesn’t want that. “Why don’t you want me to meet them?” You say you feel your voice get louder than you want it to.

“Are you scared of what they will think? Are you scared that being with me will disappoint them? Tell me what is going on.” Your voice is out of your control as your emotions take over.

“No it is none of that.” She says “I just don’t get what the big deal with meeting them is, we are in a relationship, we live together, and I care about you.” Even if she has the same serious face as before in her eyes you can see the insecurity. “I’m sorry I raised my voice. I feel incapable, you have this life that I’m not a part of and it feels like you are hiding me.” You say trying to look away from her.

She gets up and walks over to you. “Look I know I’m not good at all the emotional stuff but I’m not going to use that as an excuse. I made you feel this way with my actions. Your emotions are valid and I’m sorry that I made it feel like you had to hide these feelings.” She says.

She stands there for a moment and you sit there processing. “Can I hug you?” You ask. “Fine.” She always acts like she doesn’t love your hugs but she does.

Her arms wrap around your waist and with the leather jacket off. It is different, it is not the big scary Rosa, not the will kill anyone that touches her Rosa, but your Rosa. The Rosa that brought you soup when you were sick even though she hates soup. The Rosa that was took shy to ask you out when you first met. The Rosa that even if it doesn’t seem like it, is one of the most caring people you know.

You both start to pull out of the hug. You look up at her and as your eyes meet, you feel loved. You cup your hand around her cheek. Your eyes locked on to one another you lean in. You stop before you touch her lips. You are so close that her breath hits your lips.

Your noses touching and both of you just waiting till the other makes a move. She leans in ever so little. She glances at your eyes, her eyes are filled with questions but you both know what the answer entails. So you close the gap.

Your lips are up against hers and unlike most of the time there is no fight for dominance. There is a simple bliss to this kiss. Her lips are so soft and she is being so gentle.

When you pull away you feel a smile take over your face. “I will ask if I can host the next game night.”

“Sounds perfect.” You say

——

You feel butterflies in your stomach as you wait for company to arrive. You find comfort in fixing the cloth over the table in the living room. Then you hear a knock. It is 8:50pm the event at 9:00pm.

You follow behind Rosa as she opens the door. You are met with two older men that look to be together. “I am Raymond Holt and this is my husband Kevin.” He reaches his hand out and you shake it. “It is a pleasure to meet you. I’m y/n”

You and Rosa are close together her hand on your lower back. You feel her hand shift a bit when you leave out that you are dating. “Come in and get seated. I will get drinks.”

You are in the kitchen pouring a drink when another person knocks on the door. You start to get out some snacks to make the event feel more welcoming. You get out some more glasses and you reach up to grab the last one on the top shelf. Your fingers almost have it but it slips. The shatter is loud and you are happy you aren’t hurt.

Rosa walks in “are you ok?” She says as she moves towards you. “I’m fine, I’ll clean it up.” She looks at you one more time before leaving the room.

It takes a bit of time to clean it all up and then finish the snacks. When you are done everyone is already here.

Rosa walks in to check on you and you have it all ready to carry out. “You didn’t have to do these snacks. Thank you for doing it.” She says. “I know just want to make a good impression. Maybe I could have a good luck kiss for courage and because of the snacks.” You say.

She chuckles every so slightly and a little smirk is on her face. “You don’t even have to give me a reason.” She says before kissing you very softly and before you can even take it in she pulls away. You chase her lips but she puts her finger on your lips stopping you.

You grab the snacks and get ready to meet these people. You walk in and everyone’s eyes are on you. You set the snacks on the table and so does Rosa.

“Hi, I’m y/n” you say to them all. “Well hello there I’m Hitchcock.” Hitchcock says in a very flirtatious tone. Then Rosa pulls you in close and rests her hand on your lower back. You can feel the jealousy radiating off her.

“This is Y/n. My partner.” She says. “So she is a detective.” Sully says. I can feel Rosa hold herself back from hurting him.

“Rosa means romantic partner. As in we are dating.” You say.

“Shall we play charades?” Someone says.

-

The rest of the night goes smoothly and as you clean up with Rosa a smile comes to your face. “Why are you smiling?” Rosa asks. “I really liked it.” You say.

You are fluffing pillows and Rosa walks up behind you. You feel her hands on your hips. “Let’s stop cleaning up and have some real fun.” She says.

You turn around and smile as you kiss her. “I would love to. We could even try the new thing we got.”

@stonemags @chelleztjs18

[imaginesbymonika]

Mischief and Bagels | Part 4

A humor B99 x Marvel Crossover.

Plot: Loki fleed Asgard and he is now roaming the earth. Only the mightiest heroes on earth could stop him- with the help of the world's mightiest detective (in his opinion), who knows the streets of Brooklyn like the back of his hand.

Characters: Y/N x various marvel characters, Y/N x The Squad of the 99, might some Y/N x Matt Murdock and Y/N x Jake Peralta who does his best at flirting.

btw merry christmas or happy hanukkah, and if you don’t celebrate either- i hope everything is fine and you have a great time with your family

masterlist | previous chapter

"You have a very lovely apartment, Matt.", Amy says as she looks around. Her eyes are roaming the big living area that is attached to the kitchen. "Well, thank you.", Matt answers: "I tend to hear that a lot." He chuckles."Do you guys want to drink something? Water? Soda? Y/n, would you be so kind?” The young woman nods.

"And you are blind?", Jake asks as he slowly wanders through the apartment. "Yeah.", Matt's smile softly fades away: "When I was a child I got into a chemical accident, and ever since then I have been fully blind in both eyes."

Y/N walks over to the couch and places the four drinks on the coffee table. "And you still managed to study law after all of that happened?", Amy sits down on the couch next to him, before she reaches for her glass of water. "Well, where's a will there's a way."

Jake who stands with his back turned to him, quietly mumbles the same sentence- rolling his brown eyes at his answer. He couldn't believe that Y/N was dating that type of guy.

“We are actually here because we need your help.", Y/N explains while sitting down, making Matt turn his head in her direction. "Really?"

"Loki is currently on the run. I've told you about his brother Thor, remember? Anyway, Loki was seen in this area just a couple of days ago- I wanted to ask you if - maybe you have heard anything from anyone or well, from you know who."

Matt takes a deep breath and leans back. "You know who?", Amy recites Y/N's sentence and furrows her forehead in perplexity as she stares back and forth between the couple.

Jake, who is abruptly much more interested in the conversation turns around as well: "Who are you guys talking about?"

"Daredevil."

The second the name leaves Matt's mouth the jaws of the two detectives virtually hit the floor. They were definitely no strangers to the disguised anti-hero. "Y-you know Daredevil?"

----

Sam, who sits next to Rosa gazes at the map: "This makes no sense." Bucky carries a cup of instant noodles in his hand as he re-enters the briefing room:” What do you mean?”

“I mean, just look at all of this.”, he refers to the several red circles, that are drawn all over the map:” There is no system, no pattern- nothing at all.”

“Does it have to have a pattern?”, Rosa inquires, making Sam turn to face her. “Oh right, you haven’t come across that freak yet. Loki’s like a progressive Doofenshmirtz. He never wins in the end and always pursues some weird scheme.”

Bucky stares at his friend for a brief moment. “What?” “I don’t get your comparison.” The Falcon clears his throat before turning his awareness back to the map:” Right, I forgot that you’re old, sorry.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You heard me.”

——

“You know who that fucker is?!”, Jake inquires, his eyes widening. Matt immediately tenses up:” Excuse me?!” The pitch of his voice shifts drastically.

Y/N on the other hand, who just took a sip of her water begins to cough. “We have been looking for that guy for what feels like forever now!”

“Wait- a- moment.”, Y/N lets out in-between coughs and stands up. “Aren’t you fighting the same type of people?”

The detective scoffs:” Yeah right, he’s been stealing our cases.” “Perhaps you are just terrible at your job.”

Outrage flashes up in Jake’s eyes:” You're wandering on thin ice, considering that you're a blind guy!” Matt chuckles drying and stands up from his spot on the couch, perhaps a bit too rapid. Y/N immediately pulls on his arm: "Don't." She swallows thickly, before she peeks over at Amy: "We should go. Matt, I'll call you. Maybe ask Daredevil if he knows anything, okay?"

He simply nods, before he turns in her direction. An regretful smile appears on his lips. "It's fine."

On their way to the car, Jake scoffs. "I would have taken him down just like that. He throws a few punches and strikes the air around him (and nearly Amy).

"Believe me, I just did you a huge favor.", Y/N mumbles under her breath, and only Amy appears to blink at that.

[thenovelartist]

what tot boys would do if someone made their s/o cry? haha i feel like all of use could use a pick me up right now :( thank you and i hope you’re doing well in life just like how you make us so happy with your fics

Aww, thank you! Life is up and down, especially navigating it with a new dog. But generally, I'm doing well :)

Anyway, onto the headcanons. (These were really fun to write, BTW XD)

Luke

He was no stranger to her tears, having grown up with her.

Still hated when she cried.

And when she came to him, already in tears, the only thing he could do was run to her and hold her tight.

It would take a little coaxing to get her to confess what was wrong, because now adays, she didn’t cry unless it had really hit her hard.

And when she confesses that she’s gotten tired of being harassed by some stalkers connected to a case she took on, Luke sees red.

Protective mode activated.

You would think he would then offer to personally escort her to work and back. But no. Instead, he follows her in the shadows in hopes that he’ll be able to get closer to the person actually harassing her.

And when he does. Well…

When asked, Luke will merely say that she won’t be bothered by her stalkers any longer.

And he hopes she doesn’t find out about the pair of idiots cowering in the corner of their new jail cell with some dislocated joints.

(And he’ll call in a favor to Artem to handle that case so MC really doesn’t find out.)

Vyn

Vyn is no stranger to tears, and he’s quite used to handing out tissues.

But MC has always been different.

He’ll hold her tightly, rubbing her back in a soothing motion while letting her cry it out.

Once she’s calmed, he’ll sit her down and have her explain what happened.

The light leaves his eyes when she confesses that a lawyer, who was also studying for his advancement exam and part of her study class, had been belittling her. And how she knew she shouldn’t take it personally, but after months, she was so weary of the verbal abuse.

Firstly, Vyn was pissed that it had been going on for months and she’d never said anything. So they have a discussion that’s a little more of a friendly lecture from Vyn telling her that he’s always happy to listen to her problems.

Once that’s out of the way, Vyn forms a plan.

He uses his connections to stick his nose where it doesn’t belong and ends up preforming the psychiatric exam that the aforementioned lawyer was required to take before a big criminal case.

And Vyn proceeds to wipe the floor with him. Both by brandishing his sharp tongue to knock the man down a few pegs and by hanging some of the man’s dirty laundry out to dry.

No one makes his precious MC cry and gets away with it, after all.

Artem

Firstly, Artem would be freaking stunned to see her cry in the first place.

He’d seen her angry and upset before, but never had he seen her cry.

And it had been after an exhausting case she’d lost quite unfairly.

However, they did have enough evidence that the verdict had been comprised and therefore should qualify for a retrial.

But still…

Awkward as he was, he took her in his arms in a hug, soothing her and reassuring her that she did everything she could.

He’d stay by her side as long as she wanted him to be there.

However, when it came to the case? He wouldn’t let her touch it again. That was under his jurisdiction now.

The excuse he gave was she had been emotionally compromised by the case itself and therefore he, as her superior, would take it over so they could present an unbiased front in this retrial.

But really, that was just his fancy roundabout way of taking over so he could have the honor of utterly destroying the lawyer who dare hurt his precious subordinate (and love of his life.)

Marius

When MC starts crying, he panics.

He’ll hold her and start reassuring her, all while he’s freaking out and wondering if he’s actually doing this right and wondering why she’s crying in the first place.

Once the tears stop, Marius is able to breathe a sigh of relief. Only then does he have the good sense to ask her what was wrong.

She’ll confess that she had been fired from a job writing a contract for a company because the boss was trying to hit on her.

And once those words sink in, Marius demanded to know what company it was.

Turns out, he was scheduled to have a meeting with the guy in question tomorrow.

Oh, Marius was going to make the man rue the day he messed with Miss Attorney.

First things first, he’s going to chat the guy up, make him comfortable. And then slowly begin making hints of details he shouldn’t know about. Like how unprofessional it is to flirt in the work place or how people could sue due to being fired over things like sexual harassment.

And just as Marius begins to watch the guy sweat bullets, that’s when MC arrives.

“Oh, have you met my lawyer. She’s truly incredible. Very accomplished for someone so young. And completely professional. Have you met her? She’s very renowned.”

Yeah, there was no work agreement that was going to happen that day, or ever, but Marius can’t say it was wholly unproductive.

After all, watching the guy who made his Rosa cry nearly piss his pants like a two-year-old was great fun.

[neonain]

Title: What's worth the sea

Ship: Law x Reader

This can be Platonic or Romantic, Summarizing this One-shot is that: Law wants you in his crew

"Me? Join your crew?" You asked, letting go of the unconscious man you were holding

The man named Law infront of you only nodded, his sword on his shoulders. Your shoulders slumped down, the gang you beated up are unconscious so no need to be on gaurd really and the guy infront of you doesn't seem like his gonna do something

You hummed, Going on adventures seems fun but. . . ngeehh.

"Nah" you said with a poker face and stroded to the exit besides him " Pirating really aint my forté, but Im giving ya credit for tracking me down for 2 months. Give me something thats worth the sea then Ill reconsider your offer Mr. Trafalgar"

You exited the run down cabin and made your way to the town, the little girl right besides you. You patted her head and asked "Did they do anything to you sweetheart?"

"No" She shook her head, You hummed in relief, glad that they didnt do anything to a sweet girl

You really didn't notice the time but now you did, It's already dusk. You hummed once again and carried the girl on your shoulders making her squeak by the sudden action "This should be faster, Now where do you live kid?" You asked and walked down a steep hill

"I live in the bakery with my Papa" the girl answered, resting herself on your head

"Oh the Dela Rosa? Sweet! I should atleast get {pastry} as a reward aight kid?" You asked in excitement, You dont get to eat freshly made pastries everyday!

The girl laughed "okay!"

You continued your way down to the town while Chatting with the little girl about anything, Its really interesting her father was once a pirate but settled down as a baker after getting married with her mother

It was already night when you gave the sleepy girl to her father, They wanted you to stay and sleep for the night since you looked exhausted but you refused. So the father just gave you {pastry} as a thank you for saving his daughter. You can already see why the father couldn't fight the goons, since both his legs were gone, only sitting on a wheel chair

You bowed down and waved good bye, you walked through the empty town while eating the warm pastry. It was already midnight, The sound of the shore only filled the quite night

You sat down on a flat stone on the sand, munching down on the pastry. This is the greatest thing you have ever tasted, you cried inside

You hummed a little tune, bored out of your mind. You watched the little crabs fight on your feet, its really funny, You poked the little crabs with a stick not noticing the rustling of leaves behind you

Right then you got kicked out of your spot, You got rolled away a few feet from your seat. You groaned and sat up, massaging your back, Whatever kicked was powerful as fuck

You looked at the person- er- bear? grizzly bear- a bear- Right on your seat is a bear aggressively eating your {pastry}, it might be cute but geezus it seemed hungry, excuse the glowing eyes and floaty hair

You got closer, You noticed that it was actually a Polar Bear wearing an orange wear, the orange color turning brown because of the moon's hue

You sat down infront of it, the crabs gone long ago. You watched the bear eat your precious {pastry}, You would've hit it the moment it you got up but its too cute-

You sighed and watched the bear eat, Once the bag was empty its eyes returned to black and its hair settling down to be short. You mentally died, This bear is too cute-

"Im sorry" The bear apologized, its head down and it fiddled with its fingers and tears were threatened to fall

You panicked "No- NO- Its Okay! I was full a-anyways-" Lie- You was hungry- but seems like your appetite is gone lol

The bear wiped away his tears and sat there, his head still low. You couldnt help but blush and muffled down a squeal down your throat, This being is too cute

Wait- Did the bear just talk- You froze and coughed. "You can talk?" you asked, Crazy things sure are something

The bear nodded, you mentally squealed, How can something be this cute? You slapped yourself, No time to think about that

"If you can talk then do you have a name?" You asked

The bear nodded "Bepo"

You inhaled, You need the gods to slap some senses on to ya. "Okay Bepo, Can you tell me where you came from?" You asked again, you glanced at the shiny metal piece of the clothing, It looked very familiar

Bepo shook his head "Im lost"

You thought for a bit and sighed, You stood up "Alright Bepo, Let's go and take a look around the Island then, Maybe we'll find some of your friends if you have"

Bepo beamed up and walked besides you, silent but happy. You will die for him you thought, Damn his cute as hell His worth your life

You both walked first in the town looking for someone maybe looking for him, The town is wide, they walked around for an hour before they bumped onto two people wearing the same clothing except for the hats in the town exit

"Bepo!" Both men were relieved seeing their friend safe and sound, not that there were dangers around but because he went wild when the full moon appeared, thank goodness it was gone now

Bepo went to hug both the men, the duo groaned at the weight. Who could carry a polar bear? Their Captain apparently

Penguin looked at you and bowed down "Thank you for taking care of our friend!"

"Nah Nah its fine, Im also thankful that He made me do something for awhile" You chuckled and waved the three men good bye, Though they left you a small bag of Berries as thanks

You walked away whistling, you entered the barn and climbed up the second story. You sighed in exhaustion, laying down on top of the hey covered in wool. Its kind of the owner to let you sleep in here

You gazed at the stars above the window, The three men had the same token on their clothes. It bothered you, The token is familiar. You dont know where you have seen itA before, you groaned in annoyance and just went to sleep. Not forgetting to close the window above

•°•°•°•°•

You woke up with a sneeze, Sleeping in a barn really isnt great but its comfortable. You stretched and exited the barn, and walked your way on the busy road while softly singing

"Breakfast~ Time for Breakfast~"

You entered the small restaurant and ordered your food.

You sat down on the corner table of the restaurant and ate happily.

There werent much people in the room, so it gave off a calming atmosphere

You drank down on your {beverage} and ate your food. Right when you finished it, the man from before sat down

You deadpanned "What is it Trafalgar?"

"Of course I brought you that is worth the sea or should I say your life" He chuckled, right then Bepo appeared besides him with a little hi

You froze, "Oh you fucking Bitch" you said and smirked, so that's why the token was familiar

"So your officially part of my crew {Name}, I heard from Bepo that his worth your life no¿" He said and tossed you the token, You almost blushed in embarrassment. Looks like you thought about it out loud

"Lady Faith chose the way, I ain't no savage turning this down now" You chuckled down your embarrassment and complimented at the token on your hand "Your Jolly Roger sure is unique"

"Well then, Its a pleasure being in your crew, Captain"

[ejzah]

Hi! I LOVE your stories! I have a story prompt for you, in case you're interested. I haven't really found any good fics for the end of A Land of Wolves.

Any thoughts on what happened from when Deeks and Kensi reunited in the woods to when they got into bed at home? The chopper ride, the hospital, Deeks convincing the doctor to let Kensi go home, or him caring for her at home? ☺️

A/N: I wrote several fics related to this episode, including a couple post-eps if I’m not mistaken. So, this might bear some resemblance to those.

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The Ninja Rests

He hates seeing her in pain. It’s definitely not the worst injury Kensi’s experienced in the field, but the thought of her being chased down by the fake militia group, fighting tooth and nail for her and Rosa’s life makes him shiver. Deeks just wants to hold her, but that will have to wait until her bullet wound and other injuries are seen to.

Deeks glances at Kensi where she’s curled up on a exam table, crinkly paper scrunched beneath her as she rests her head on the poor excuse for a pillow. There’s blood staining all of her clothing along with days worth of dirt and grime. He shivers again.

The medics on the helicopter had patched her up as best they could on the ride back over the boarder, but Kensi still needs stitches, x-rays, and treatment for the plethora of abrasions and cuts covering any visible skin.

As he watches, she shifts on the bed, grimacing.

“Baby, are you ok? Do you need something? Water, maybe I can grab a nurse and get some pain meds,” Deeks offers, dying to do anything for her.

“I would kill for a cheeseburger right now,” Kensi answers softly. Turning her head just enough to see him, she offers a weak smile. “I’m starving.”

“You mean there weren’t any McDonald’s in the middle of the desert?” he teases, knowing that Kensi doesn’t need his anxieties and fear piled on her right now.

“Not even F-rated Chinese.”

“Well, when we’re done here, I promise to buy you all the burgers, fries, and shakes your heart desires.” Kensi grins at that.

“Sounds amazing.” She’s silent for a moment, then shifts onto her back, her expression turning pensive. “Do you see where they took Rosa? I tried to keep contact with her, but I lost track of her after we got here.”

“She’s in surgery right now,” Deeks tells her. “She’s in good hands.”

“Good. I can’t even think about what would have happened if I hadn’t been there,” she murmurs, voice catching a little. “They killed everyone else in seconds. If I’d been any slower or hadn’t—” her face crumples a little as she breaks off, the weight of it all hitting her, tears welling in her eyes.

“Oh baby, come here.” He reaches for her and Kensi lurches into his arms, burying her head in his neck. “You did amazing out there. Don’t think about what might have happened, because you were there and you fought tooth and nail to save her. You were her hero, you crazy ninja assassin.” He smooths his hand over her hair, as much for her comfort as his own.

Chuckling wetly, Kensi wriggled her good arm free to brush her thumb across his cheek.

“I was pretty awesome.” Her body is slowly relaxing bit by bit. “Did I tell you I broke a window with my head and pulled out the pieces with my teeth?” she asks casually.

“Wait, you what—Baby, that is so not the thing to say two hours after you were just rescued from a self-made militia group,” Deeks says, horrified as he gently cups her jaw. “Did you cut yourself?”

“No, I was very careful. But even if I wasn’t, it’s much better than the alternative.”

“Oh my god, you’re insane and amazing as always, but please never leave the country without me again.”

“Deal,” Kensi whispers. “Thank you for coming and rescuing us,” she adds.

“Yeah, like you needed it,” Deeks says. Horrifying as the thought is, he’s almost certain Kensi would have found a way to save herself and Rosa in the end.

“We were stuck, Deeks, and you swooped in and saved us.” Her eyelids flutter a little bit, exhaustion taking over now, and she sighs again. “Promise me you’ll never stop saving me. Even when I do crazy, dangerous things.”

“Never,” Deeks promises easily.

“Mm. And that you won’t let them keep me overnight.” Kensi makes a sleepy sound. “I hate hospital food and the beds are too hard.” Despite everything, Deeks finds himself smiling at Kensi’s sleep-induced silliness. He runs his hand through her hair again, ending at her mid-back

“I’ll break you out if I have to.”

“Best husband ever,” she murmurs right before she succumbs to sleep.

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A/N: Yes, this does mirror the final scene, but I liked the idea of them having a little bit more emotional discussion. Of course, with a touch of lightness as well. Plus, I imagine Kensi would be extremely tired.

Thanks for the prompt and your support!

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On consequences.

In Gentleman's Game it was sort of hinted that Vyn, aside from being adept in equestrianism and polo, is also skilled in sword duels. So I thought...what if he had to use those skills to protect Rosa? Which resulted to this fic.

The fighting style used by Vyn here is the French canne de combat. A good example of how it goes can be seen here. I thought if Vyn had to fight with a weapon that is still plausible for setting, it would have to be this (apparently the sport adds points to flair).

"Looks good so far, Emma." Rosa gave the waitress sitting opposite her a reassuring smile. "Consider this the first of many steps towards reclaiming your life."

Rosa went over the papers a third time, just to make sure that everything was in order, down to the crossed t's and the dotted i's. Finally satisfied, she gathered the papers off the diner table and slipped them into her folder.

"I...I hope you're right." Emma, the waitress currently working the closing shift, was obviously still shaken and unsure about filing a restraining order against the father of her child.

She had asked Rosa to come to the diner she was working at--a non-descript greasy spoon in the outskirts of Stellis City--for consultation on getting a restraining order on her domestic partner who was known to physically abuse their eight-year-old son.

However, this was the closing shift. It was hardly an ideal time for an unaccompanied woman like Rosa to walk the streets far from the better-lit streets of Stellis CBD alone, but this was the only time and place Emma could think of where she could escape the watchful eye of her abusive partner.

Emma's partner believed that she had another lover, and in turn used that paranoia as excuse to physically hurt her and at times their son as well. This led him to follow Emma around where ever she went, even for errands as innocuous as getting supplies in the next door grocery. Apparently even the most minute suspicion would spur him to hit Emma with his fists, or at times even a steel chain.

Rosa coming to this diner at 10'o clock at night seemed to be the best option.

Vyn had warned her against it, but time was of the essence.

"Well, I'll be going now," Rosa said, patting her leather briefcase containing the documents. "I'll be discussing the next steps with Mr. Wing and I'll update you on Wednesday."

Emma could only nod, absently rubbing a healing welt on her upper arm. "Thanks Rosa," and, sincerely she added:

"Do be careful on your way home."

Unknown to both women, a man sitting in the farthest booth seat was watching the exchange very closely, and quietly followed Rosa as she slipped out through the diner's front doors and into the desolate night.

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The street leading toward the nearest main road was deserted, and many of the streetlights in the area were not lit. It was as if a forbidding shadow cloaked Rosa's path.

Rosa's one arm held her briefcase close her body, and her other hand in her purse, holding Luke's miniature pepper spray at the ready.

Her steps were fast and light, and she half ran, half strode towards the main road where she can finally hail a cab and into the safety of inner Stellis City area--

"Hey, aren't you the lawyer feeding lies to my wife?"

Rosa's heart jumped to her throat. Oh damn. The worst case scenario she was fearing was actually happening.

"Who's there?" She called out, the hand in her purse disengaging the cap of her pepper spray. Her heart thudded violently against her ribcage; blood rushed to her head, stimulating all of her senses to full alert so much that she felt the stirrings of a headache coming on.

A man stepped out of the shadows from beyond a pile of shipping pallets. "I suppose you know my name already."

Visibility was very poor due to lack of light, but Rosa could still make out the makings of a sneer.

"Probably written down in your papers there."

There's nowhere to run. He has effectively cut off the path to the safer main street area, and she was also already too far away from the diner where she met with Emma. She can't risk turning her back on this man.

Right. There's no turning back now. Rosa steeled herself and readied the pepper spray hidden in her purse. She only need to wait until the man is in its effective range before she can take it out and use it.

"Hey. What's that in the bag, huh?" The man spits onto the street. "Is that a gun? A knife? Give me that."

Suddenly the purse that Rosa was holding flew into the air, spilling its contents out, including the pepper spray.

"No!" Rosa cried out, and then she felt a sharp stinging on her hands, as if they were whipped.

Sure enough, in the man's hand was a long heavy chain. He snapped it at Rosa threateningly.

Rosa's eyes widen. That is probably the same chain that he used to hit Emma!

"Give me your bag--"

Instinctively Rosa held the briefcase closer to her, as if protecting it with her very life.

"That is enough." A familiar voice cut in.

Rosa looked behind her, hoping against hope that she was not hallucinating. The timing was just too perfect, too fortuitous for him to arrive at that very moment, just when she needed him.

But sure enough, there he was: clad in an uncharacteristic grey shirt and relaxed trousers, but his halo-like silver hair and cat-like gold eyes were unmistakably him.

Dr. Vyn Richter gently nudged Rosa aside to safety, his eyes locked onto the other man.

In his right hand was a walking stick.

Did Vyn ever need to use a walking stick?

Yet the way he held it in front of him, like a fencer would a fencing foil, clued Rosa in that Vyn was not using it as a walking aid but rather as a weapon.

His left arm hung lax by his side, unmoving.

"Oooh, look at Mister Fancypants here," Rosa's assailant jeered. "Comes here with a cane--fuck!"

Vyn didn't bother with pleasantries of letting the opponent finish talking. With a short lunging step and quick snap of his wrist, the tip of the walking stick whiplashed directly at the other man's hand with a sound thwack.

But it was not enough to dislodge the steel chain from his hands.

It was clear that the strike of the stick hurt, however, and only served to enrage the other man further. "The hell..."

The steel chain sliced through the air, aiming at Vyn's lower legs with the intention to take him off balance, but it did not connect.

Now that connected, and with such force that the sharp sound of impact reverberated loudly across the street.

Vyn had effortlessly avoided the chain with a small hop.

Seeing the man recovering his chains for another swing, Vyn took his chances and pivoted on his hips, applying heavy force to his overhead swing of the cane directly aimed at the man's throat.

"Rosa, are you alright?" Vyn dropped the walking stick and ran towards her, gathering her in his arms as soon as she was within his reach.

Rosa's assailant doubled over in sheer pain, effectively knocked out.

It took all of Vyn's self control not to grab the man's head and break his neck.

He was trembling.

"Y-yeah...I am..." Rosa mumbled against Vyn's chest, still in shock.

"Do not do that ever again," Vyn whispered, his words heavy with urgency and desperation. "Please, listen to us next time."

"I'm sorry--but---"

"No buts!" Vyn snapped, holding her closer. He was clearly agitated. "If I did not cancel my appointment tonight at the last minute, if I did not listen to my gut feeling, you could be...you could be..."

This was the only time Rosa had seen Vyn so upset to the point of him losing control of his words.

"You're right. I'm sorry, Vyn..."

"Where did he hit you?" Vyn said as he let Rosa go to assess for any injury.

"I'm okay, but he did hit the back of my hands with the chain," Rosa held out her hands for his inspection.

Sure enough welts formed where her skin made contact with the steel chain.

"It's the same injury I noticed on Emma so...I guess this can be submitted as evidence too? Haha..."

"Do not make light about this, Rosa!"

"Right. Sorry..."

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As expected, Artem was furious about Rosa's latest brush with danger.

Vyn had called the police to the scene and sure enough, Artem arrived along with them.

"Again, Rosa! This is not the first time you've been this reckless!" Artem couldn't contain his anger, his frustration that something could have happened to her when he was not there to protect her.

Rosa said nothing, her gaze on the ground.

"What do you think would have happened if-- if--"

Vyn did not arrive. Artem somehow could not find it in himself to say those words.

"Do you want to ruin your career this badly?"

"That's enough Artem," Vyn interrupted, voice terse. "I was with her on a consultancy role. How else was I able to subdue the suspect?"

"What?!"

Artem, finally having been given reason to hurt Vyn, wasted no time in doing so. He lifts the shorter man by the round collar of his shirt. "I told you, if you ever bring Rosa in harm's way even once..."

"...you will personally harm me," Vyn finished for him. "Yes, I know. Why don't you--"

Vyn was not able to finish his snipe at Artem, having received a direct blow to the stomach.

Artem let go of his collar and let Vyn collapse to the ground, doubling over in pain and hacking out spit.

"Vyn!" Rosa cried out. "Wait, Artem, he didn't--"

That's an outright lie! I came on my own, Vyn actually warned me not to go! were the words she wanted to tell her senior partner, but he was already making his way to his car.

"Tell that bastard that I don't ever want to see his face ever again," Artem muttered as he opened the door to the driver's seat. "And if you know what's best for you, I suggest you come with me so I can take you to the hos--"

"No," Rosa said curtly. "I'm staying with him."

"Tsk. Suit yourself."

===

"Ah," Vyn groaned as Rosa helped him into his bed. "Artem got me good this time."

Rosa dipped a washcloth in a bucket of cold water and wrung it out. She pushed Vyn's shirt up to reveal an angry-looking bruise spread across his left abdomen. Gingerly she dabbed the damp, cool cloth over the bruising.

Vyn winced.

Then finally, Rosa found it in herself to ask the question she'd been wanting to ask ever since their confrontation with her senior.

"Why did you cover for me, Vyn?"

"I could not bear to see you being humiliated in public like that," came the matter-of-fact reply.

"You didn't have to, you know," Rosa bit her lip, feeling tears well up in the corners of her eyes. "I don't want to see you hurt like this.

"And I don't want to see you two fight over something that is totally my fault." Rosa sighed in frustration. "You never let me take any blame, even if I'm the one who is in the wrong.

"And if I'm humiliated, that's on me," Rosa muttered. "You don't have to--"

"Stop that, Rosa," Vyn cut in abruptly. "You would do well to remember that consequences of your actions are not limited to only you alone.

"If you were harmed in that abandoned street last night, do you think it is only you who will be affected by the consequences of your brash decisions?

"If you were being humiliated in public in front of your lover, do you think he is unfeeling enough not to be affected?"

Rosa sighed. "Alright, I'm sorry."

"I can't bear to lose you. You are the only one true possession I have." Vyn reached out for her hand, the pained expression on his face tinged with desperate pleading.

"Please. Cherish your life as much as I do."

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Forced To Believe Chapter 71- Closing The Chapter

Chapter Summary: Rosa's words begin to get to Morgan. Morgan has one final match with Rosa at SummerSlam, ending the feud once and for all.

Words: 9.000+

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On Raw, Rosa went up against Emma for a match.

"Here we are, getting set for some diva action. Rosa and Emma." Cole observed as the ref signaled for the bell. "And here we have Natalya at ringside, as our guest ring announcer. She did a great job announcing these two talented divas."

Rosa and Emma's match starts with Emma in control. But things turn around once Rosa manages to move out of the way before Emma can hit her with a running crossbody in the corner.

"Good grief! What a bump." King said with worry.

Rosa grabs Emma by the hair and lays her out with the swinging neckbreaker. She is about to go for the pin but decides to take a page out of Morgan's book and hit Emma with the Morganizer.

"Haha! That was brilliant!" JBL praised while the crowd booed.

"Taking someone's finisher. Rosa is starting to really provoke Morgan with these mind games." Cole says.

"1!"

"2!"

"3!"

"And Rosa dominates," Cole announced.

"Here is your winner, Rosa Mendes!" Natalya announced with a frown.

Rosa glances at Natalya and rolls out the ring. She steps up to her and snatches the microphone out her hands.

"Close...but not really. You forgot one thing...that I am going to beat Morgan Lopez and become the next diva's champion afterward. Now, announce me like that." She ordered.

Nattie didn't like the tone of Rosa's voice and gave her a dirty look.

"Say it!" Rosa shoved her.

"Uh oh!" Cole exclaimed when Nattie slapped her in the face. "Natalya with the slap to Rosa!"

"You don't talk to me like that." The Queen of Harts spat and started walking away.

Fed up, Rosa snatches her hair from behind and tosses her into the barricade.

"Oh come on!" King exclaimed as she started unloading on Natalya.

"You don't ever do that to me!" She shouted and threw her into the barricade again.

The crowd erupts into cheers when Morgan dashes to ringside. Turning around, Rosa runs away, laughing at what she's done.

"Stay away from my friends!" The Outspoken diva shouted. "They have nothing to do with this!"

"With SummerSlam fast approaching, will Morgan get the last laugh and close the book for this feud?" Cole asked as she helped Nattie.

"I hope so," King said.

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On Smackdown, Rosa walked down to the ring with a huge grin on her face.

"On Monday night, Rosa went up against Emma, and decided to add insult to injury by giving Emma the Morganizer. The Morganizer, John." Cole reminded.

"And it was a great thing! She did it better than the Outspoken Diva herself." JBL praised.

"I would like to call out Renee Young. I want to be interviewed, right here, right now. Where are ya?" Rosa looked around.

"Interview?" Cole asked with confusion

"Renee, if you don't get in this ring, right now, I will drag your little ass." She threatened while Renee walked around ringside. "Are you gonna stand there and look stupid? Get your butt in this ring and do your job."

After watching her reluctantly get in the ring, Rosa continued, "Now before we start this little interview, I've asked the WWE universe this question at Battleground. And you better not disappoint and give me a wrong answer, you understand me? Now...who is one of your favorite divas?"

"Rosa..." Renee began as she grinned at the crowd.

"You see? I knew she was a fan. That wasn't so bad right?"

"Actually, Rosa I wasn't finished." She said as the crowd cheered.

She turned back around and gave her a dirty look. "Excuse me?"

"Morgan is one of my favorite wrestlers—" Renee got cut off when Rosa grabbed her by the hair.

"Excuse me!? I'll ask you again! WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE WWE DIVA!?"

"Rosa has become obsessed over this," Cole said with concern.

"No, she's not. She's not obsessed." JBL defended.

Morgan dashes down the ring, while Rosa releases Renee. Rosa goes for a clothesline but she ducks it, to drop her down with a spinning heel kick, making her fall down and roll out the ring.

"Thank goodness!" Cole looked on.

"Get back in here! I watched you for weeks, beating up Nikki Bella, and going after my friends. This ends now! Renee isn't a wrestler, so why are you putting your hands on her?!" Morgan shouted as the crowd cheered in agreement. "I'm sick of it! You talk about being a dominant diva, but here you are putting your hands on a woman, who isn't a wrestler! So, since you want to put your hands on defenseless women, why don't you fight me? Let's not wait till SummerSlam. I want this match done and over with, so I can earn your so called respect and you can leave me the HELL alone! Let's get nuts!"

Rosa shakes her head and Morgan drops her microphone.

"I'm not ready! You'll fight me when I'm ready!" Rosa yelled.

"You are such a bitch!" She shouted before going over to Renee to help her.

"Thank goodness for Morgan saving Renee. That was uncalled for." Cole said.

"She wanted to make a statement," JBL stated.

"By going after Renee Young of all people? She didn't have to do that."

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Next week, on Raw, Morgan storms into the Diva's locker room, seeing Rosa chatting with Alicia, Eva and Cameron.

"Oh, look who it is—" Rosa got cut off when Morgan grabbed the handles of her chair and forcefully made her face her, as she was looking in the mirror.

Eva, Cameron, and Alicia got in her face but Morgan glanced at them.

"Don't do that. Step away. Now." The Outspoken Diva ordered, in a harsh tone.

The divas backed off, leaving Rosa on her own. Morgan leaned in, having a stare down with her SummerSlam opponent.

"If you ever...touch my friends again...you're gonna wish that you never started to feud with me from the beginning. This feud was nice. It was fun. But at SummerSlam, I close the book. This is the last chapter. At SummerSlam you're history. I want a fight. And you better be worth my time after all the crap you've put me through."

Rosa smiled. "No. You better be worth my while and not be a crazy lunatic in the ring. I'm not scared of you, Morgan. I know what I'm going up against. You just better be ready. Got it? Good," She stood up and left the locker room.

Later, Seth was in the ring, about to go at it with RVD. But then Justin announces that Heath is Seth's new opponent.

"Oh come on!" Cole exclaimed as Seth started to grin.

Morgan tweets 'Haha! Don't judge a book by its cover. I wouldn't underestimate Heath WWERollins'

"Look at the smile on the face of Seth Rollins. He's loving this." King said as the match went underway.

Seth starts to dominate the match but the crowd starts to cheer when they see Dean walking around ringside, near the announce table.

"Look who's here." Cole looked on.

"You see how much time I have?" Seth pointed to the clock, showing that he had 14 minutes left.

Out of nowhere, Heath hits Seth with a neckbreaker and goes for the pin, to get a near fall. Dean continues to observe the match and takes Seth's briefcase.

"Wait a minute. Dean Ambrose just took his briefcase." King pointed out.

"He can't do that," JBL exclaimed as Dean opened up the briefcase and took out the contract.

"Gimme my contract!" Seth shouted and pointed. All of a sudden, Dean cringed as he slowly ripped the contract in half. "Oh, okay. Okay..."

"He just ripped the contract in half!" Cole said in shock.

Dean continues to rip up the contract before putting a few pieces in his mouth, only to spit it out, seconds later, and tosses the rest of the paper away.

"Somebody call the police department, please? He's destroying someone else's property!" JBL shouted.

"Why doesn't Rollins come out here and do something?" Cole asked.

"Why don't the police do something, about it!?"

"Slater!" Cole shouted as he kicked Rollins in the face.

Heath quickly goes for the pin but gets another near fall. Dean looks around and takes a fan's drink. He takes a couple of sips before opening up the briefcase.

"What are you doing?" Seth called out. "Hey!"

Morgan tweets 'Hey! Theft! That drink was probably a Pepsi! And Pepsi is the best!'

CM Punk favorited her tweet and replied, 'WWEMorgan101 you know it. #PepsiBuddies'

"Wait a minute, Dean." King chuckled as he positioned the drink to be poured into the briefcase.

King makes a disgusted sound effect as Dean slowly pours the drink in the briefcase.

"I hope it's waterproof!" Cole cringed.

"Put that down! Put that down!" Seth shouted.

Morgan tweets 'I love watching WWERollins get mad over stuff like this. #BigBabyRollins'

Dean walks around and grabs a fan's popcorn. He takes a few bites and walks back over to the soaked briefcase.

"Seth Rollins can not concentrate with Dean out here," King said with amusement.

"Not at all." Cole agreed.

Dean pours the popcorn into the briefcase, twisting his face into a nervous expression. He looks around and decides to grab JBL's hat. He puts it on his head as the crowd cheers.

"Now, he's really stealing things, right?" King asked.

Morgan tweets 'Indy memories coming through! He stole his hat! #CowboyAmbrose #CowboyMoxley #GrandTheftAutoPGStyle'

"Oh no! Look at your hat!" Cole exclaimed as Dean put JBL's hat into the popcorn and soda infested briefcase.

He shuts it and locks it.

"Come on! Somebody call the police!" JBL shouted.

Morgan tweets 'Somebody call 911! A sexy Lunatic Fringe is on the loose, ruining WWERollins's MITB briefcase.'

Dean stands up on the announce table, raising the leaking briefcase in the air, and making the commentators move out of the way.

"There is soda everywhere!" Cole moved away.

While Seth continued to yell and scream at Dean, Heath rolls him up for a pin.

"1!"

"2!"

"3!"

"He did it!" Cole shouted as the crowd went wild.

Dean's jaw drops and he starts laughing, while Seth begins freaking out. He just lost to Heath Slater for goodness sake! And it was all because of Ambrose. He was furious.

"The winner of this match, Heath Slater!" Justin announced as Seth ran his hands through his hair and began slamming his fists on the mat.

Dean drops the briefcase and gets off the table, dancing to Heath's theme. He leaves while Seth goes over to the announce table.

"How could you let him do that!?" Seth shouted and looked at his briefcase.

"I'm sorry man, what are we gonna do about it?" King shrugged.

"Oh God!" Cole looked on in disgust as Seth opened up the briefcase.

"Ah~" Seth whined and looked away.

It was hard to look at his well earned briefcase, in his opinion, ruined. He dumps everything out, looking frustrated as he starts kicking the table and throwing a chair.

"Dean Ambrose gets to pick the stipulation against Rollins at SummerSlam and I can guarantee ya, that Dean Ambrose is gonna make it good," Cole said as Rollins stormed off, with his ruined briefcase.

Morgan tweets, 'Ha! WWERollins #YouMadBro?'

Rollins replies, 'WWEMorgan101 Shut up! Just SHUT UP!'

She replies back 'WWERollins Ha ha! Sucks to be you.'

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Next week on Raw, Morgan walked out to the ring to a huge pop.

"Morgan! She's looking so bubbly, tonight. I love it when she smiles and twirls." King said with excitement.

She gets in the ring and grabs a microphone, enjoying the loud Morgan chants.

"You guys are so good to me." She chuckled and they cheered in response. "I won't keep you long. I'm not gonna bore you about what I'm gonna do at SummerSlam, but I just wanted to talk about the last diva standing match, this coming Sunday. This will be the last time I have to deal with Rosa and her annoying ways. It's time for me to move on to more important things. Like becoming Diva's champion. So AJ, Paige, don't think this spitfire has forgotten about the title. I just want to thank you two for keeping the title warm for me, while I take care of an annoying piece of crap..."

Rosa walked out, as the crowd booed her. She got in the ring and grabbed a microphone.

"Oh, here we go. What Morgan? What? You got something to say? You gonna tell everyone about Summerslam?" Rosa questioned.

"I was getting to it—"

"What are you gonna do Morgan? Tell everyone about how you're gonna kick my ass, at SummerSlam? Talk about being tired of wrestling me? I'm tired of wrestling you, too! You see, Morgan, you're like the John Cena around here."

"That's a terrible comparison­—"

"Shut up!" Rosa shouted, as the crowd 'Oohed' at her comment. "Fans love you. You have everything that I WANT! The push I wanted. The kids find you as an inspiration. I wanted all that. But you took it all away from me. You know how hard it is to watch all these divas get all these title shots and opportunities? No. Well, not anymore. And this Sunday, I am going to give you a beating that you have never seen before."

Morgan remained silent, as she continued to listen to her talk.

"Why are you still here, Morgan? To try to become better than your boys? To make sure they don't outshine you because you're a diva? Ambrose, Reigns, and Rollins are always going to be better than you with the route you're going. It's a fact. You don't have to stay here in the WWE for them. And you don't have to come to SummerSlam. You can go home, and hang up your boots. Be a wife and a mother. Not pretend to act like a crazy person and attack your own boss, for attention."

Morgan began to narrow her eyes as Rosa rambled on.

"It's no secret you're clearly upset about The Shield. We all know it. And you desperately want things to go back to the way they were. You want things differently but guess what, stuff happens and you have to deal with it. Not be a big baby about it. Things are different around here, Morgan. It's not 2013. This is 2014. The Shield are no more. Stop living in a fantasy and face reality. Who are you going to become in this company? A dominant WWE Diva? Someone who doesn't look back and keeps going forward? Whatever can get you to the top? Or are you going to continue pretending that you're The Shield's girl? I saw you crying backstage numerous times, asking yourself what you could have done differently. But you seriously need to wake up and accept the fact that The Shield is done and over. Your boys moved on. You need to as well."

Rosa then began to frown at her, shaking her head. "I know exactly what is going on here. I'm not dumb. I see it and smell it from a mile away. You think I don't see what these people see? You are slowly becoming someone you hate. Someone you wanted to avoid since you stepped foot in this company. Don't think I don't know what's going on here. So, when are you going to look at yourself in the mirror? And take off that mask? To show who the real Morgan, is?"

Morgan was about to speak, about to tell her off but stopped herself, making Rosa raise an eyebrow as she felt like she just proved her point. Conflicted, Morgan dropped the mic and nodded, shocking the audience when she just got out of the ring.

Rosa scoffed and shook her head. "Hit a nerve?" she asked as she dropped the mic while her theme song came on.

"I don't, I don't know what to make of this," King said as the Outspoken Diva headed backstage.

"This is the first time that I have ever seen Morgan walk out like this. I'm surprised. What's going on?" Cole looked on.

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Melanie headed to Gamescom with Paul Wight, better known as Big Show.

"Gamespot here, at the 2014 Gamescom, and I'm delighted to be joined by the lovely Outspoken Diva, WWE Diva Morgan Lopez." Danny O'Dwyer said as she waved at the camera, wearing her trademark denim jacket, and casual wear. "So, today we'll be talking about your thoughts on WWE2K15 and answer questions that the fans and I have for you."

"Let's do this." Melanie grinned. "I'm ready."

"So, Morgan, there are rumors going around that you haven't been scanned for WWE2K15, is that true?"

"Yikes, I didn't think the rumors would get that far. Might as well confess. I have been scanned and everything but I was one of the last ones to get scanned. My schedule got really crazy with the WWE Live events. And every time 2K wanted to call me in to get scanned, I couldn't do it. So, it was like very last minute and stuff. But it's really fun. Can't wait for the game."

"Oh great. Because I'm sure the WWE Universe would love to play as the Outspoken Diva, in the game." He said while she nodded in response. "So, are you an avid video gamer? Do you play a lot?"

"Loving video games. Thanking AJ for everything about games. I haven't played any in a while because of my crazy schedule but when I have the free time, I'll try to get at least an hour or two in. The last game I played was with AJ when we were playing GTA V online. I also love The Sims, and a lot of those games. And I'm trying to recover from trying the demo of the new Silent Hill game. So, if my voice sounds a little hoarse, today, it's because of my screaming from all those jump scares." She laughed with him.

"You think you'll get it?"

"I dunno! I don't wanna lose my voice!"

"I would love to ask you, are you crazy? I've seen Harley Quinn show up these past weeks."

"Yes. I am a little rough around the edges. I have some screws loose and I can be a loose cannon if I get angry in the ring. But I'm really nice. Promise. I'm not gonna go crazy on you if you call me crazy or Harley Quinn. Although AJ on the other hand...you may wanna watch out."

"All right, on a more serious note. And you knew this question was coming."

"Yes." She nodded.

"The question that is on everyone's mind. Why did you walk out? Why did you walk out when Rosa was cutting a promo on you? You've been one of the top trends on Twitter these past couple of days, and we all want to know. Why?"

"I'm just...I'm so tired of explaining myself. Why not just wait till Sunday to make a statement? Not cut the pointless promos. Actions speak louder than words. And you will understand that on Sunday,"

"So, what do you think of WWE2K15?"

"It's so realistic. I'm excited. The work and the effort for this game are amazing. It's like you're watching WWE live. It's real, and it's like, for example, Randy Orton. You can actually see him doing his moves realistically. And it's like it's actually him wrestling in the ring, and it's actually him doing his own moves. It's awesome."

"That's very cool. So, Morgan you are a huge grape lover. When did you actually start eating grapes and why do you love them so much?"

"Funny story, okay so, I haven't tried grapes until I was 16. I know. Crazy. Shocker. My friends thought I was crazy for not eating a very common fruit for all these years. But I wasn't into trying new things and I always thought grapes looked gross. Especially when they look a little brown. I was like, ugh, no thanks. So, I stayed away from them. But then I finally tried it. I was like, oh my God, where have you been all these years!? They're just so juicy. I can't stop eating them. Just the sourness, the sweetness, jeez!"

"We heard Dean will be in a new WWE movie. How do you feel?"

Melanie's eyes lit up. "I'm excited! If you see how good he performs in the ring, then imagine how awesome it'll be to see him on the big screen. It's gonna be sick! Can't wait to see Officer Ambrose in uniform."

"I see a little blush there." Danny pointed out, making her giggle. "I have a question, what do you think about the fangirls? Do they love you? Hate you? What?"

"Yikes. I deal with different types of fangirls. Some love me, love me and Dean together, some hate me, envy me for dating their dream guy, some like to do research on me, trying to see my flaws or something, some think of me as a role model and just an awesome diva, like there are different types of fangirls out there. But the negativity some of them give me, it's not worth dwelling on. Not everyone is going to love me. So, that's that."

"All right, what's your worst injury?"

"I haven't really broken any bones or anything. But right now it's my ribs, back at Money in The Bank. When I tried to do a moonsault on Seth on top of a ladder, my ribs weren't so lucky. They hurt like hell. I hate hurting my ribs. It sucks. And that's one of the reasons why I'm not wrestling a lot in the ring, right now, as I really would like to, but WWE just wants me to heal up, and be in the best shape I can be for SummerSlam."

"So, do you see yourself and Triple H having a match? You two got in a heated confrontation back at Battleground and I know you two have some unfinished business. And also, where would you like to take him on? SummerSlam? WrestleMania? Royal Rumble? Or another place?"

"First off, hell to yes! I want that jerk in the ring with me, ASAP! I want to kick his head off." She said with determination. "Morgan holds grudges, and she isn't gonna let you slide with that little stunt, you pulled, Triple H. And also, I wouldn't mind facing him on RAW. Raw has a lot of big moments and it'll make me think about him and Chyna going at it."

"Speaking of Chyna, do you think Chyna will get her hands on Triple H, anytime soon?"

"I wish! Oh man, I want that to happen so badly,"

"So, we all heard about the WWE Magazine having its final issue coming up. And come to find out, you, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns will be on the cover. How do you feel? I know you've always wanted to be on the cover of the WWE Magazine and you finally get your wish."

"I am so happy and blessed. To be on the cover of the final WWE Magazine is so unreal. And I was pretty happy when they wanted all members of The Shield and not just the guys. I'm so excited and I hope you guys enjoy the final issue."

"Why do you love Dean so much?" Danny asked on behalf of the fans.

She blushed and laughed. "Fangirls?"

"Or it could be fanboys wanting to know,"

"It's hard to put into words. I love Dean so much. He has always been there for me since back in the Indy days. And we've just clicked ever since I met him. He's funny, he listens to me, and I'm always so comfortable with him."

"Even when you blush?" He teased.

"Danny, stop embarrassing me!" She laughed and playfully punched him on the arm.

"What's your best moment with Jon Moxley?"

"Despite all the awesome, and crazy moments I had with him, the one where he was the special ref for my match and he hit me with the Moxicity, to make me lose, started everything for me. Reason is because that really started our feud. Our popularity grew and stuff. If it wasn't for that attack, I don't think I would have been at TNA when they checked me out. And then on to the WWE."

"Another fan question, Do you hope to get married to Dean?"

"Absolutely." Melanie smiled.

"And would you like to get married to him onscreen or off?"

"Off." Melanie immediately replied. "Definitely off. I really wouldn't want my wedding filmed by Total Divas. Let me rephrase that. Hell no. No way I'm getting my wedding filmed for Total Divas. F outta here. And WWE weddings are always bad luck, so we're gonna stay away from having a wedding in the WWE."

"That's a beautiful ring on your right hand."

"Guess I should show you my rock." She revealed her hand, showing a ring on her right ring finger. "It's a promise ring."

Danny checked out her white gold ring, with her birthstone on top, and diamonds around it. "I saw how shiny it looked."

"Thanks." She grinned.

"So, tell me, how does it feel wrestling with your boyfriend?"

"I loved taking on Dean back at the Wyatt Family feud. It gives me pleasant memories of the Indy days. And working with him is awesome. A lot of divas are with WWE superstars but don't get to work with them, so it's a blessing to be able to work with Dean. He really helps me out with wrestling. And we're used to working together a lot, so it really works."

"In the future, can you see you and Dean Ambrose holding tag team belts?"

"Haha, that is very interesting." She chuckled. "Anything can happen in the WWE. So never say never to that. I can see us as a badass tag team. We dominate a lot together."

"Last question, do you think The Shield will ever reunite?"

"Yes. Even though we are all on a rocky road, deep down, we still all love each other and think of each other as a family. Right now, we're all focusing on our singles careers, and right now I'm focused on taking Rosa down once and for all at SummerSlam. And then making sure my journey as a single's competitor shines bright. I'm looking forward to the future." She smiled.

"Thank you so much for taking the time to answer these questions. And thanks for coming to Gamescom."

"No problem, thanks for having me."

"Morgan Lopez, everybody." Danny signed out.

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For Smackdown, Morgan was on commentary for the show.

"Morgan, the question that is on everyone's mind, why did you leave?" Cole asked.

"Look, I'm tired of explaining myself, 24/7 when it comes to kicking someone's ass. I'll let my actions do the talking. That's why I left." She explained.

"So...Rosa didn't get under your skin?" JBL instigated but Morgan ignored him.

"Rosa seems to have been really trying to do mind games by doing your finishing moves," Cole said as Rosa took down Naomi with a suplex.

"I could care less. She can't do it like me, anyway. She can add insult to injury." The Outspoken Diva shrugged.

"And I think we're about to see it, again!" Cole shouted as Rosa trapped Naomi in Morgan's breakdown submission.

Naomi had no choice but to tap as the crowd booed.

"Here is your winner! Rosa Mendes!" Lilian announced as she got her hand raised.

"That was awesome." JBL applauded.

Rosa gets out of the ring and taunts Morgan.

"That's gonna be you at SummerSlam! Believe that!" Rosa turned around and started walking away.

Morgan sighed and took off her shoes. "I didn't want to do this..." The Outspoken Diva got on top of the announce table as the crowd cheered.

"What the what are you doing!? Get down! And watch the hat! I already got it ruined once by Ambrose!" JBL exclaimed.

"Look out!" Cole shouted as she jumped on top of Rosa, pummeling her down with punches. "Morgan and Rosa going at it!"

"Get off of her, Morgan! She didn't do anything!"

"You and me are gonna have some fun, this Sunday!" Morgan shouted before getting taken away backstage along with Rosa as referees tried to separate them.

"Uh...I think we just lost a commentator." Cole laughed.

"She'll be back..." JBL mumbled.

Later that evening, Morgan came back to continue commentating during Jack's match against Bo Dallas. After the show when Roman Reigns took care of the Miz, she took off her headset and enjoyed the dark segment as the Wyatt Family, Rosa, Seth, and Kane surrounded the ring.

Dean rushes down the ring to aid Roman, as they stand back to back. The crowd cheers even louder when Sheamus gets in the ring, to back them up. All the heels, but Rosa rush into the ring, and go after the faces. Morgan decides to get up from her seat, as she sees Rosa, over to her.

"Don't come over here. Don't do it." Morgan pointed out.

She sees the heels taking over the faces and decides to hit Seth with a low blow from ringside, as he was leaning on the ropes. That gives Dean the advantage to dropkick him as he rolls out of the ring. Morgan sees Rosa grabbing Dean by the leg and starts chasing her around the ring. Dean strikes Seth with a suicide dive, making him run backstage.

Sheamus gives Erick and Luke a brogue kick. Kane grabs Sheamus by the neck, preparing for the chokeslam until Roman drops him down with a Superman bunch. Rosa slides into the ring, to get away from Morgan and so does Bray. But Bray gets dropped back down by a Superman punch. Roman roars and hits Kane with the spear as the crowd cheers loudly. Dean and Sheamus get back in the ring to celebrate but witness Rosa in the ring.

"U­—um, I mean no harm." Rosa put her hands up in defense, looking scared.

Dean and Roman start stalking her, as she tries to get away from them. Suddenly, Morgan slides back into the ring, as the crowd cheers for her. She rests her hands on her knees, awaiting for Rosa to turn around.

Dean and Roman yelled "Boo!" making her shriek and turn around, only to be laid out by backfire.

Rosa rolls out the ring as the crowd cheers, and the faces celebrate and taunt the crowd, in the ring. Morgan fixes her denim jacket and laughs.

"Haha, did you see her face?" The Philly Diva bumped fists with Roman as he laughed at her response.

Melanie, breaking out of character along with everyone else, finally gets out of the ring and starts tagging hands and taking photos. Meanwhile, Jon was standing on the announce table, getting hyped up. He sees a rose on the floor and picks it up, putting it in his mouth.

"Morgan! I hope you win on Sunday!" A little girl cheered.

Melanie smiled and thanked her, giving her a big hug. Meanwhile, Jon takes the rose from his mouth and holds it as he starts tagging hands at ringside. He sees Melanie with fans in front of him and gently grabs her by the wrist, making her turn around.

She saw the rose in his hands and laughed lightly. "Really? Thank you,"

"Yeah, really. You're welcome," he replied with a laugh before giving her a loving kiss, making the crowd cheer louder.

Jon heads up to the stage with Joe, continuing to taunt the crowd, while Melanie continues tagging hands at ringside. She sees them motioning her to come over as they start doing The Shield pose.

"Really?" She laughed as the crowd encouraged her. "All right, all right."

She walked over and stood in between them, putting her fist up.

SummerSlam was going to be great, this Sunday. Melanie couldn't wait.

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It was Sunday morning, and staying at a hotel in LA, Jon got himself situated for the big night ahead of him.

"Dude, where's Mel?" Joe asked, coming into the room after Jon let him in.

"She went to the pool. She wanted to enjoy the sun before heading to the arena." He replied.

Later, the two guys hear someone knocking on the door. Jon answers it to reveal Renee & Danielle.

"All right, Jon, where are you hiding her?" Renee smiled.

"Where's Melanie? April's trying to find her." Danielle informed.

"She's at the pool," he informed them.

"Pool!? We have a big night ahead of us! Why would she be at the pool?" Danielle walked off. "Wait until I see her! She's gonna get it! I thought she got kidnapped or something!" She went on, walking down the hallway.

Renee rolled her eyes in amusement and caught up with her.

"I heard she got challenged for the ice bucket challenge." Joe brought up.

"She did, huh? You thinking what I'm thinking?" Jon showed a mischievous grin.

"As long as I don't get killed, I'm in." He bumped fists with him.

With Melanie, she decided to get some sun before SummerSlam. She wore a red polka dot bikini and short jean shorts while taking a nap, on a white poolside chair, enjoying the hot sun. Meanwhile, April walked around the poolside area, trying to find her with Danielle & Renee.

"There she is!" Danielle pointed out.

"Mel, get up! SummerSlam is today!" April shook her.

"Hm..." Melanie mumbled, taking off her brown sunglasses. "Gimme ten more minutes..." She put her sunglasses back on.

"You've been napping all morning! We gotta get to the arena, soon." Renee took her sunglasses off, her eyes.

"And also you gotta donate. Your 24 hours is up." April pointed out.

"Donate...?" Melanie looked at the three women with a confused expression.

"The challenge," Danielle called out.

"Challenge? What challenge?" The Outspoken Diva yawned as the three divas glanced at each other.

"You don't know what the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is?" Renee asked.

"Um...no?" Melanie got up from the chair.

"Oh my gosh, we gotta get you educated! Shame on you, Mel! And you're the Twitter sensation. Check out the videos of the ones that challenged you." Danielle took out her phone.

The three divas gave Melanie an educated lesson about the challenge and showed her a couple of fan videos.

"And you gotta check out Phil's. He challenged you." April grinned.

"He did what? And I'm finding this out now, because?" Melanie exclaimed as she watched Phil's video.

"...And I challenge the grape monster, Melanie Laurer. Sorry, not sorry, Mel." Phil grinned in his video and motioned for his friend and April to pour the big bucket of water on him.

"I hate him..." Melanie said with a laugh.

"No~ don't hate my man! He's the best in the world!" April nudged her.

They checked out Ronda's video, along with Dana White and Celeste's ice bucket challenge videos.

"So, we're still making you dump ice on yourself." Renee grinned.

"Fine, fine, I'll do it and donate."

"I'll be recording!" April took out her phone, while Renee and Danielle went back inside to get a big bucket of ice.

Meanwhile, Melanie tweeted, 'I'm a targeted woman for the Ice Bucket Challenge? Challenge accepted! CMPunk, danawhite, RondaRousey, CelesteBonin, and WWE Universe.'

"Ready!" Danielle giggled as she brought with big bucket of ice and some water with Renee to the pool area.

"Recording?" Melanie asked and April nodded in response. "Hey, it's Morgan Lopez and I've been nominated by Ronda Rousey, my awesome enemy, Madison Rayne, CM Punk, Dana White, Celeste Bonin, and the WWE Universe to take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Before I get started, I would love to encourage everyone to get involved and donate, please." She looked at the large bucket before her and exhaled. "Okay..."

April started to giggle when she saw Joe and Jon in the background, behind Melanie. Joe gave Jon the large black bucket of ice and moved out of the way. Danielle and Renee struggle to keep their laughs in, catching Melanie's attention.

"I know, you can laugh." Melanie pointed out. "All right, let's do this—AHH!"

She screamed out of shock when she got a large bucket of ice and brisk water dumped on her head. She was soaked head to toe, jumping up and down in surprise, at the sudden coldness. The divas laughed while Melanie ran her hands through her cold and wet hair, shivering. Jon laughed and placed the bucket on top of her head.

"What the heck was that!? I wasn't even ready!" she shouted and took the bucket off, throwing it at Jon, who evaded it.

"What? It's for charity. You'll live." He grinned.

"Oh okay...okay. Fine. You know who I nominate? I nominate my mom, dad, Chyna, my good buddy from TNA, The Devil's Man, and...you, T Master." Melanie pushed Jon.

"T Master? What? No way. I donated—" Jon jumped in shock as she dumped her original freezing bucket of ice water on his head.

"Now, you're all nice and wet for the fangirls. And it's all for a good cause." She laughed and placed the bucket on top of his head.

She turned him around and kicked him in the butt, making him fall into the pool as everyone started laughing out loud.

"How's the weather down there?" She laughed and turned back to the camera.

He got out of the pool and took off his leather jacket and shirt, leaving him just in his sneakers and jeans.

"Man, that water's cold." Melanie shivered. "Anyway, don't forget to donate!" She gave the camera a thumbs up.

"Watch your back!" Danielle warned but it was too late.

Melanie screamed as she got a pair of strong arms, wrapped around her waist. She got pulled back, and fell in the pool, making a big splash.

April laughed and ended the video. "Now, that's a keeper."

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While the SummerSlam Kickoff was underway, Melanie had on jean shorts with black fishnet stockings that had tiny holes, that were almost invisible to see until you get up close. Black boots, a red vest that stopped before her pierced naval and it showed a little bit of her black bra underneath. She put her hair in loose curls and headed to catering.

"Nervous?" Brie smiled and handed her a bowl of grapes.

"Appreciate it." She exhaled. "I'm kind of nervous. This night is going to seriously change the course of my career, I can tell you that."

"So is mine," she replied with a sweet smile. "But you're going to do great out there. Just like you always do."

"Thanks, you will too."

Sadly, at the last minute, WWE changed the time for Milena and Melanie's match. They had even less time for their match and the two decided to work on doing as many crazy spots as possible. When wrestling news sites grabbed a hold of the leaked news that their match time got cut down, social media was not too happy. Their match was barely longer than Paige's match going up against AJ later that evening. Of course, both Melanie and Milena were pissed but they were going to make sure to do what they do best even with the short time limit.

Melanie tweets 'Time to make a statement, tonight. Somebody is going to get hurt. You know who you are. #FistsAreOnFire'

SummerSlam started off with Hulk Hogan and now it was time for Melanie's match against Milena. It was pretty darn cool of WWE to let the Last Diva Standing match be the opening of the show. And Melanie was going to make sure not to disappoint.

"This is a last diva standing match!" Justin announced as the crowd cheered loudly.

"Ooh! We're starting off big tonight!" King said with excitement. Nothing like diva action to get the King hyped up.

"Introducing first, from San Jose, Costa Rica, Rosa Mendes!" Justin announced as she walked out with a smug look.

"New attitude, more focused, I think Rosa has a chance here. This is the final chapter of this feud, they close the book in this personal story, and I can't wait to see the outcome." Cole looked on.

"I agree. This rivalry has been going on for a very long time. And finally, it comes to a close. The final showdown. I am so excited. Who do you think is gonna win?" King asked.

"Despite Rosa's actions, I think Morgan is gonna come out on top. But I can guarantee that Rosa is going to give it all she has and prove that she is a worthy future Diva's champion one day. No more messing around. Things are getting serious."

The arena dimmed its lights as the beats of Morgan's theme came on.

"And introducing her opponent, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Morgan Lopez!" Justin announced as she walked out to a big pop, putting her hands on her hips.

Her wrestling attire started glowing in the dark, showing off the neon colors from her belt, vest, and fingerless gloves.

"She's here! The Outspoken neon beauty!" King said with excitement.

Celeste tweets 'Here we go! #OutspokenNeonBeauty in the house! End this feud once and for all WWEMorgan101!'

"Morgan has dealt with Rosa for many months, and now she seeks closure. She wants to beat Rosa here, tonight, and close the book of this story." Cole informed as she twirled around and tagged hands.

"Morgan, stalking Rosa outside the ring." King looked on as The Outspoken Diva touched each ring post she passed while staring down at Rosa. After walking around the ring twice, she got in the ring.

"Got a feeling these two are going to give each other a lot of pain and suffering here, tonight." JBL said.

'Ding Ding Ding'

Milena and Melanie stared at each other and nodded. They were pressed for time so they were going to have to do a lot in a short amount to at least make this last match worthwhile.

Morgan runs and jumps right on top of Rosa, pummeling her down with punches as they roll out the ring.

"This is getting violent, quick!" King exclaimed.

The announce team moves out of the way, once she slams Rosa's head on top of the announce table, over and over again. Rosa elbows her in the stomach and tosses her into the steel steps.

"Good grief!" Cole shouted.

"No more games, Neon girl!" Rosa tossed her into the barricade, while Morgan held the back of her neck.

Rosa waits for her to get up, and lays her out with a swinging neckbreaker.

"Count!" She ordered the ref, who was at ringside, to keep a healthy distance from the action.

Celeste tweets 'Come on #NeonDiva, get up!'

"1...! 2...!" The ref began to count.

"This match may end early!" Cole looked on.

"3...!"

Morgan starts to get on her hands and knees.

"4...!"

She almost gets to her feet with the help of the barricade.

"5...! She's up." The ref stated.

Annoyed at the outcome, Rosa rolls the Neon Diva back into the ring.

"Come on, Morgan, is this what you wanted?" She taunted and grabbed her for a suplex.

The Philly Diva counters and hits her with a suplex of her own, as the crowd cheers. She Irish whips Rosa into the corner, and hits her with the handspring back elbow.

"Uh oh, this might get ugly," King said with worry as she placed Rosa on the top rope and tried to go for another suplex.

"W­—wait a minute!" Cole shouted as Rosa managed to put Morgan in a suplex position. "Outside the ring!"

"Oh my gosh!" King screamed in a high pitched voice as Rosa suplexed her outside the ring.

"Off the top rope! They may be broken in half!"

The crowd chants 'This is awesome' while the ref slides out of the ring and checks on the two divas. Morgan was laid out, flat on her back, while Rosa was laid out, face first.

"Can we rewatch that landing? Oh!" King said as the titantron showed the suplex a couple of times. "Look how hard they landed."

The suplex really took a toll on them both, especially their backs as they were still exhausted.

"I didn't think it was gonna get this dangerous, this quick!" Cole said as the ref began to count.

"1...!"

"2...!"

"3...!"

"4..."

"5...!"

"6...!"

Both divas start to stagger up to their feet. "7...!"

Both of them make it back to their feet. Rosa walks around the ring and grabs a kendo stick, as the crowd cheers.

"Oh no...no. Do not, do this! There's a better way!" King shouted.

She walks back over to Morgan and tries to hit her with it, but she catches it and yanks it out of her hands.

"Uh oh!" Cole shouted as she whacked Rosa on the arm, with the stick.

Rosa tries to run away but Morgan is right on her tail, continuously beating her with the stick. She drops Rosa down with a whack to the face, with the stick, and gets back in the ring. She starts to get back on her feet, while Morgan goes for a suicide dive. But Rosa manages to move out of the way, while Morgan lands on her face.

"What a landing!" Cole looked on.

"Good grief! Is she okay?" King asked while The Outspoken Diva held her face. "She didn't break anything, did she?"

Rosa rolls Morgan back in the ring, and places her on the top rope again, with her back facing her. She makes Morgan go in the tree of woe, better known as hanging upside down, on the turnbuckle, as she gets a chair.

"What is going on with Rosa, now?" Cole asked.

"We're gonna end this match, quickly, okay?" Rosa mentioned before striking Morgan's stomach with the chair. The crowd 'Ohs' at the impact as she yelled out in pain.

"Morgan's defenseless! Get her down, ref!" King shouted.

"Again..." Melanie murmured to Milena, prepared for the pain.

Rosa laughed evilly and hit her hard against the stomach once again as Morgan cried out in pain.

"Let them fight, she'll be fine," JBL replied.

"Repeated shots..." Melanie murmured again to her.

Suddenly, Rosa continuously hit her with the chair, taking out all her frustration.

"Doesn't feel so good, does it, Neon girl?" Rosa taunted and hit her one more time, before letting her go.

Morgan falls down and clenches her stomach, as the ref begins to count.

"1...!"

"2...!"

"I think this is it. Rosa did a lot of damage to that midsection." King murmured in defeat.

"3...!"

"4...!"

"5...!"

"6...!"

"7...!"

"8...!"

Morgan manages to get back on her feet and continues to hold her stomach. Rosa tries to go for another swinging neckbreaker, but Morgan counters and hits her with the backfire.

"Backfire!" King said with excitement as the crowd cheered.

She slowly gets on the top rope and hits her with a moonsault. Rosa rolls out the ring, while Morgan continues to recover. The moonsault took a lot of energy from her. After a minute of recovering from Morgan's offense, Rosa looks under the ring and gets a bag.

"What on earth...?" Cole wondered as she got back in the ring.

She opens up the bag and dumps it out, in the middle of the ring, causing the crowd to go crazy seeing two women in WWE with thumbtacks.

"T­—that's thumbtacks!" King shouted.

"Is she out of her mind!? Thumbtacks!?" JBL shouted as Morgan started to get up.

'Ugh...fuck my life...' Melanie complained in her head as she tried to mentally prepare for what was about to happen.

'You got this...it's going to be okay...you can do this...' she thought in her head, trying to encourage herself.

Morgan runs over to her, going for a clothesline, but Rosa manages to pick her up.

"I'm sorry!" Milena murmured, knowing this was going to hurt like hell for her, and slammed her on top of the thumbtacks.

King screams in a high pitched voice while the crowd cheers loudly.

"AHH~!" Morgan screamed out in pain as she arched her back from the pain.

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"AHH~!" Melanie screamed inside of a CZW ring.

Silver thumbtacks were all over her back, arms, legs, everywhere as she got suplex in the middle of the ring by Christina Von Eerie. The loud holy shit chants were everywhere as the commentators were freaking out.

"Do you want to continue?!" The ref asked.

"No!" Melanie shouted as the ref called for the bell.

She started crying and began to freak out as the referees tried to help her. She was scared out of her mind, and never felt this pain before. And she never wanted to feel it again in that moment.

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It took weeks of convincing to agree to this spot. It began to give her PTSD of that match in CZW. But Melanie knew she'd be able to power through the pain. That match toughened her up and made her more open to those risky spots. But it was nothing like having thumbtacks all over your body.

Her body was shaking as she felt agonizing pain. Stabbed all around her body. The discomfort and agony were clearly shown on her face.

"Oh my God!" Cole shouted while she continued screaming in pain, clearly going beyond selling the pain of the thumbtacks. "What a way to start off Summerslam!"

"She's wide awake now! Rosa isn't playing around, this time!" JBL yelled. "She caused this!"

Melanie started to calm down, still shaking from the pain.

"Oh my God! Oh my God~!" King continued to shout and scream. "Thumbtacks all over her body!"

The crowd chants 'Holy shit!' while Melanie lays back down on her back as tears began to flow.

"Morgan's in pain, guys. The tears in her eyes," Cole observed while Rosa grinned in satisfaction and laughed.

Thumbtacks were everywhere. On her back, legs, arms, hands, clothing, almost everywhere on her body. She used to regret having that match against Christina because it came to an end so quickly, but it changed her. She wasn't going to chicken out and quit the match. And she wasn't going to give up and stay down, again.

"1...! 2...! 3...! 4...!"

The referee's counts filled Melanie's head and so did the crowd's cheers. She could hear Milena in character, laughing in the background, most likely taunting the crowd.

Crying as she fought through the pain, she slowly started to get up. She heard the ref inform they had only 3 minutes left of their match, being one of the shortest matches on the card.

Morgan wipes her tears and started to get up on the count of 7.

"So much heart. Can't believe she's continuing this match." Cole said as the crowd cheered. "Thumbtacks and all."

"There you go, always playing the tough girl. It's okay to just stay down and give up, for once!" Rosa shouted.

"As cliché as it may sound, give up isn't in my vocabulary." Morgan snapped, in an icy tone.

"It is in my ring! You're done!" Rosa kicked her in the stomach and threw her out of the ring.

"These two are very hostile towards each other. I don't think they'll ever become friends." JBL said.

"Rosa has dominated this whole match. Morgan has tried to hold her own, but it seems that Rosa always finds a way to keep her down." King said as she grabbed another kendo stick and whacked Morgan's back with it.

Morgan falls down on her knees but manages to get back up, slowly walking up the ramp. Rosa whacked her back every time she tried to make a step up the ramp.

As soon as they get on the stage, Rosa tries to hit her in the head with the kendo stick but Morgan manages to catch it and throw it away. She tries to go for a powerbomb, but Rosa counters and hits her with powerbomb of her own, at the edge of the stage, on the left side.

"No! Morgan may be broken in half!" Cole shouted as Rosa walked over to the right edge of the stage, taunting the crowd.

"I got a bad feeling about this..." JBL mumbled.

"1...! 2...! 3...! 4...!"

"Come on Morgan!" King shouted.

"5...! 6...!"

"She's motionless, King. I think this is it." Cole said in defeat.

"7...! 8...! 9...!"

The crowd explodes into loud cheers when Morgan kips up.

"Taking a play out of Shawn Michaels' book!" Cole shouted.

"She's still alive?!" JBL yelled in disbelief.

"Woo hoo!" King cheered as she managed to come out of her groggy state.

She stares down Rosa's back and makes a gun sign, before shooting it towards her head.

Rosa turned around and widened her eyes. "How did you get up so fast!?"

"Believe in that, bitch!" The Outspoken Diva started running up to her, and speared her off the stage, onto a table as the crowd's cheers got louder.

"Oh my God!" Cole and King shouted as the ref quickly rushed over to the two divas.

"You okay?" Melanie asked Milena in her ear.

"Yes. I love you. Amazing match. Thank you for this rivalry. Thank you for helping me with my career,"

"Love you too. Milena, thank you so much for everything," she moved off her and laid face first on the ground.

"1...! 2...!"

"Is this it!?" King shouted.

"3...! 4...! 5...!"

Morgan starts to stagger up to her hands and knees.

"6...! 7...! 8...!"

And with the help of the stage, she finally manages to get back to her feet. Rosa was still down and out, motionless.

"9...!"

"10! Ring the bell!" The ref shouted as the crowd yelled 'Yeah!'

"Here is your winner! Morgan Lopez!" Justin announced as the crowd cheered loudly.

The ref raises her hand and helps her. She was starting to bleed with the thumbtacks but the pain was bearable as the adrenaline pumped through her.

Celeste tweets 'Short and sweet with a lot of extreme spots. Making an impact with little time is awesome.'

"Morgan finally closes the chapter. Very extreme match up. Rosa may have dominated most of the match, but Morgan endured the beating and came through." Cole praised.

"Can we see that spear one more time? Good grief! What a landing!" King shouted.

"And it seems that Rosa isn't going to be a problem with her, anymore. Incredible match." JBL praised.

"Wearing these battle wounds, proudly." Morgan gave the camera a thumbs up and tagged some hands.

[viking-raider]

Cover Me in Sunshine - One Shot

Summary: You meet Henry's little brother and his family, making a connection with someone unexpected.

Pairing: Henry Cavill/Reader

Word Count: 1,586

Rating: G - Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Cotton Candy Goodness, Song Fic

Inspiration: P!nk's song with her daughter Willow, Cover Me In Sunshine.

Author's Note: I heard this song last night and muse came up with this. Cred to @firefly-graphics for the divider!

“Charlie, Heather, this is my girlfriend.” Henry grinned as he introduced you to his little brother and his wife.

“It's a pleasure to meet you.” Charlie grinned, throwing out an arm and giving you a hug.

“Sames.” You smiled back and returned his hug. “Hey.” You nodded, as Charlie and Heather introduced you to their kids.

The kids nodded and mumbled their hellos to you, then vanished to various corners of the house, while you, Henry, Charlie and Heather went into the kitchen. Heather pulled out wine glasses and Charlie grabbed a bottle of chilled Stella Rosa wine from the fridge.

“Is mum and pops coming over?” Henry asked, standing at the island, sipping his glass and resting his hand on your lower back.

“Yeah, mum said they'd be here in twenty.” Charlie nodded, taking a deep gulp of his own glass.

“Cool.” Henry nodded back, turning his head, his nose brushing the hair above your ear.

The doorbell rang several minutes later and Henry's parents joined the party of adults. You excused yourself at some point to go to the bathroom and were coming back out, when the sound of a guitar caught your attention. Biting your lip, you looked back towards the laughter and voices of Henry and the others, but decided to follow the sound of the instrument instead, finding Charlie and Heather's oldest daughter, Maddie, in the den, sitting cross legged on the carpet, strumming a guitar.

“Wow, you're pretty good.” You commented, when she paused for a moment “Oh, sorry.” You chuckled, when you startled her. “Where'd you learn to play?” You asked, stepping further into the room and sitting down beside her.

“My dad taught me.” She replied, chewing on her lip as she regarded you shyly.

“My dad taught me how to play too.” You smiled at her, sweetly.

“You know how to play too?” She asked, surprised.

“I do.” You nodded.

Maddie put her guitar down and rushed out of the room, coming back a moment later with another guitar. “You want to play with me?” She asked, excitedly holding the guitar out to you.

You smiled a little bit wider at her. “Sure.” You nodded and took the instrument from her, situating it in your lap. “Do you have any songs you like?” You asked her.

“I do have a song that I wrote?” Maddie admitted, shyly brushing her hair behind her ear.

“Oh yeah?” You grinned, lifting a brow at her. “You want to teach it to me?” You asked, turning to face her.

“You actually want me to teach it to you?” Maddie asked, caught off guard by your request.

“A Hundred percent.” You nodded, positioning your fingers on the guitar strings and patiently waited for her to start giving you instructions.

Maddie's shock instantly melted away into a bright excitement and she started showing you what strings to pluck and play and in no time, the pair of you were playing the song together and falling more and more in sync the more you played it.

“Can I show you something?” Maddie asked after one last play through of the song.

“Of course.” You nodded at her, resting your arms on your guitar.

Maddie set her guitar down and raced out of the room at full speed, you could hear her feet pounding up the stairs to the second floor and Heather yell out from the kitchen for her to slow down, but she didn't, and she came thundering back into the room with you, plopping down on carpet beside you, spreading out a crumpled piece of paper with several lines written in blue ball-point pen, with the title 'Cover Me in Sunshine' scribbled at the top in black sharpie.

“You wrote a song.” You identified it instantly.

“Yeah.” She nodded, vigorously. “I've never shown it to anyone else before though.”

“Have you ever sang it before?” You asked, reading through the lyrics.

“No.” She replied, becoming shy again. “I-..” She bit her lip and sighed. “I don't think I can sing that well.”

“Hm.” You pressed your lips together. “What can I do to help?” You asked, tilting your head at her.

“I know you're a really good singer.” She said, making you blush.

Maddie wasn't wrong, you had made your living as a recording artist, a successful and famous one at that, so it didn't surprise you that Maddie knew that you could sing.

“Could you sing it?” She asked.

“How about this.” You said, licking your lips. “Do you have a pencil?” You asked her.

“Yeah.” She nodded, getting up and crossing the room to grab it and came back, handing it to you.

“I'll sing these parts.” You drew a bracket around a set of lyrics. “We'll duet these together.” You underlined the lyrics you and Maddie would sing together. “And you can sing this last part.” You circled the last set of lyrics for her to sing on her own.

“How's that sound?” You asked, giving her an encouraging look and smile.

“Okay.” Maddie nodded, still shy and apprehensive, but willing to try, since you were.

“Good.” You nodded and the two of you picked up your guitars and started working on it.

“Hey, where did y/n go?” Heather asked, just realizing you hadn't come back from the bathroom.

Everyone stopped, frowning at each other, just then realizing the same. It had almost been an hour since you had excused yourself to go to the bathroom. Henry set his glass down and stepped out of the kitchen and went out to the hallway bathroom, the others following behind him, to make sure you were all right, when they all heard the sound of guitar music and singing coming from the den. They all looked at each other, confused, and followed it, stopping in the doorway of the den, finding you and Maddie sitting on the floor together, grinning and giggling, just having a blast together as you jammed out and played the song together, over and over.

You: I've been dreaming, friendly faces I've got so much time to kill Just imagine people laughing I know some day we will And even if it's far away Get me through another day.

You and Maddie: Cover me in sunshine Shower me with good times Tell me that the world's been spinning since the beginning And everything'll be alright Cover me in sunshine!

Maddie: Cover me in sunshine Shower me with good times Tell me that the world's been spinning since the beginning And everything'll be alright Cover me in sunshine!

You and Maddie were startled after finishing the song by their sudden and involuntary clapping, they were just so caught up in the moment and how amazingly beautiful the song was and how well the two of you played together, they were clapping before they knew it. Both of you blushed and became shy as the group funneled into the room with the two of you.

“That was amazing!” Everyone of them said, crowding around.

“Have you been sitting in here with her the whole time, just playing guitar and singing?” Henry asked, squatting down beside you, while the others clamored over Maddie, a huge smile on his face as his eyes sparkled with love.

“Yeah.” You chuckled, smiling. “I was coming back from the bathroom to join you guys again, when I heard her playing and came to check it out. One thing led to another and she taught me a song she composed, then a song she wrote and, well, you heard that by-product.” You said, motioning between you and Maddie.

“You wrote all that, Maddie?” Charlie asked, surprised by his daughter.

“Yeah.” She nodded, rubbing her arm.

“That's amazing.”

“It is.” You nodded, smiling at her. “She's got a lot of talent.” You complimented her.

You were impressed by Maddie, she had a natural talent.

“You think so?” Maddie asked, coming to life again.

“Completely.” You assured her, honestly.

Henry couldn't keep his eyes off of you, even after you joined him on the couch in the living room with the other adults, grinning like the love crazed man he was. The pair of you had been dating for several months and this was the first actual meeting you had with his family, he was positive you would hit off with his brother, sister-in-law and parents, but the connection you made with his niece had come out of nowhere and he was pleasantly surprised by it. The sound of you playing and singing with Maddie kept replaying over and over in Henry's head and it only elated him more.

“Are you okay?” You asked as you got into the car with him.

“Yeah, I'm great. Why?”

“Because, I'm worried your face is going to get stuck like that.” You chuckled, grinning at him.

“It just might, and I'm all right with that.” Henry replied, resting back in the driver's seat. “I've never had a girlfriend make such a connection with my family before.” He confessed to you, reaching out to rest his hand on your knee, gently squeezing it.

“Guess, I covered you in sunshine then.”

“More than you know.” He smiled, leaning over to kiss you.