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"Omg ur exposing minors to bad stuff" if a minor can read and understand fanfiction, they can also read and understand the following words. RATED 18, DARK CONTENT, TW. INCEST, MINORS DO NOT INTERACT.
And if they can't understand simple sentences, then Wattpad is right there for them. Not tumblr.
You can bitch and moan about how writing shit like this is "bad", but really the closest thing you've read to an actual book with nuance is ... actually nothing, you don't read anything. It's always the smau writers who just entered tumblr, like shut up and sit down. If you're worried about kids, host a security seminar to parents to monitor their online presence or teach kids internet safety and how to use the block option. No one is obligated to hide their content from you because you think you're on a moral high ground compared to the rest of us. People like you are the reason why we can't say murder and kidnapping and call real pedophiles pedophiles because you don't want "kids" knowing bad stuff, but in reality you're doing more harm than good with your chronically online takes.
Respectfully take a break from smaus and pick up a book. I may not endorse many things but I'm on the side of artistic freedom and blocking people. I'm on the side of writing about darker topics and exploring trauma, because talking about pedophilia was how I discovered that I was assaulted at seven. Something I didn't know because adults with YOUR mindset refused to let me know that it's wrong for an adult to touch a child because "what about the kids."
I'm not saying children should be exposed to reading r 18 fics, god no. I'm saying that 1) people should write wtv the fuck they want without being looked at as a bad person. 2) kids should have a safe space, preferably with a trusted adult that is NOT on the internet who will not be afraid to talk about darker topics that can affect them. 3) enough of what about the kids or the mentally ill people, why should a kid be on my account?
#hello.layla đ#'your exposing minors and mentally ill people to bad stuff' my guy are you stupid ?#x reader#jujutsu kaisen x reader#jjk x reader smau#harry potter x reader#btw my first introduction to incest was the bible. which i was encouraged to read as a kid. long before fanfiction.#should they ban a religious text for including something that happens in real life simply because Ä·ids will read it.#or should parents watch their damn kids instead of putting the responsibility on everyone else?
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Billy Loomis and Stu Macher x Reader- 27 (Part 3/Finale)
Read Part 1Â | Read Part 2Â
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Alright you weenies, hereâs the last part of 27....
I realized Iâve also made an error, I forgot that they already killed her other boyfriend, so letâs say the ex they killed in the previous chapter was a different ex.
leggo
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Today was the day and you were excited.
Vengeance, the cherry on top, the final piece of this damned puzzle. You had snapped. You were completely bloodthirsty now and you WISHED someone would try to stop you. You had come a long way. A VERY long way. It was safe to say both Billy and Stu rubbed off on you a tremendous amount and you were absolutely fucking ready!
It didnât help that you had two killers hyping you up to all hell. From Billy whispering how many hours were left in the day to Stu commenting about how hot heâd think it would be to have sex in a pool of blood.
When it came time to leave, the boys offered to walk you home.
âSo who you gonna get first?â Billy held your hand as Stu stood your opposite side with an arm around your shoulder.Â
âDefinitely the old man.â you declared. âI want to watch the life leave his eyes. Heâs the reason behind all this.â
âHow so?â Stu asked.
âHeâs convinced Iâm not really his child, heâs been trying to get me out of that house since I turned 12...â the guys noticed your significant mood change. âNevermind that.â you shook your head. âMy mom can fuck off with the rest of them, her and her can-do-no-wrong, perfect home bullshit.â you seethed. âIâll explain while everythingâs going down.â
...
âIâm home...if anyone gives a shit.â you grumbled the last part. You walked in to see your mother and father along with Hannahâs mother and father. They were all sitting at the table. Hannahâs mom and dad were bawling their yes out while your parents comforted them.
âY/N...Iâm glad your here.â you father spoke up. âWe were talking about funeral arrangements.â
âFor the daughter you wish you had instead of me? Not interested.â you rolled your eyes. âIf you need me, Iâll be doing homework. Parentals, friends. Friends parentals.â you shortly introduced Billy and Stu to your folks.Â
âNice to meet you.â Billy managed to express. Stu put on a fake smile and waved.Â
âKeep your door open so we can hear you!â
âWhy would I close the door? You guys would just kick it open anyways.â you grunted.Â
You had no reason to be cordial with your family anymore, just because they wanted to put on a show for your guests, youâd give them a damn show.
âY/N donât talk to your mother like that.â
âThen Iâll talk to Hannahâs family.â you turned to the two mortified adults.
You could see Billy and Stu out of the corner of your eyes, both looking like they were about to burst out laughing.
âY/N we have nothing against you.â Hannahâs mom wept. âWe knew Hannah could be a bit much.â
âHannah was much? Oh No Mrs. Doyle. Your husband screwing around with your teenage secretary was much.â you crossed your arms. âYour daughter was a fucking nightmare and Iâm glad no one has to put up with her shit anymore.â
You wanted to see just how far you could take this before your parents exploded.Â
âY/N L/N!â Your father rose from his seat, ready to storm over.
âI wouldnât do that if I were you.â Stu was first to stand in front of you. âMr. L/N with all due respect, Iâd advise you against that.â
âAnd just who do you think you are?âÂ
âThe man whose about to be responsible for your funeral if you take another step.â Billy stood next to Stu, the both of them making a human wall, separating you from them. âGeez Y/N you werenât kidding.â
âYou should see our security camera footage.â you scoffed.Â
âWell this has been a lovely chat but we really must be going.â Mrs. Doyle stood to her feet.Â
âOh nononono~â Billy sang with conviction. âSit your asses down...letâs play a little game.â (I know Saw hadnât been made yet, just go with it.)
...
Watching back the camera footage hurt a lot more than you thought it would. You couldnât imagine how everyone else was feeling. Both of Hannahâs parents were tied up with blindfolds over their eyes. Stu had knocked out your dad and tied him to the table while Billy handled your mom, duct-taping her hands and wrists to a chair...
âLook at that. An innocent little girl...â Billy shook his head as he listed to your parents berate you to your face. You blocked everything out while you watched. How Hannah and her would smile in your face all the while being your biggest tormentors. How you couldnât tell your mother or father because they never believed you the first ten times you tried.Â
It was all crashing down on you now.
There was an eerie silence as your crying voice filled your own ears. You were used to crying yourself to sleep by that time. All of this happening a little before you met the boys.
âY/N, whatever you have to tell us, we donât have to involve them.â your mother sobbed.
âMommy....youâre crying.â your voice broke as you opened your mouth to speak for the first time in a couple of hours. âBut what about when I was crying?....What about when I was in the hospital scared for my life? What about when you guys were threatening to ship me across country....â much like you did with Hannah, you kicked the chair sending your mother falling back.
âAnd you.â you turned towards your dad. âI know you donât believe Iâm your biological daughter...and guess what...I hope Iâm not either.â you growled, staring down at the now cowering man. âYou are pathetic...both of you.â you turned back towards the TV screen. A video of you in your bedroom (since your parents didnât believe in privacy) was playing. You were on the phone with your friend Kyla.
âNo, no I know Ky.â you laughed. You had a much different laugh than you do now. â...I donât know, itâs hard to trust cute faces like theirs.â
Your eyes widened as you listened to what you were saying. Before you could go to turn it off, Stu had taken you in a hug. âOh no princess, donât be rude...let the video play!â
âDo I like them?....Maybe...okay totally!â you watched yourself squeal as you threw the pillow you were hugging across the room. âKyla I wish you were here to see them THEY ARE SO-â you covered your mouth to stop from shouting too loud. âThey are so cute and so hot and they wanna be seen with me!...of all people! No Iâm not gonna make a move on them.â
âAwww Y/N has a crushy wushy on us!â Stu gushed. âWe love you too baby!â Stu abruptly kissed you, right there. You almost forgot Billy was standing there.Â
âWoah...â you almost lost balance.Â
âYoung lady! How dare you-â You father tried to said.
âOh shut up!â Stu took it upon himself to finish the job.Â
(OKAY SHEILD YOUR EYES NOW)
Stu wrapped a hand around your dadâs neck and applied pressure, so much to the point where his face went blue within a mere 5 seconds. Stu laughed maniacally, only seeming to tighten his grip while Billy continued to antagonize your mother, laughing in her face while she watched the horror happen with her husband.
âY/N...why?â your dad choked as he struggled.
âWhy not...and while weâre here.â you shrugged. âI killed Hannah.â
âWHAT?â
You almost forgot Hannahâs parents were in the room, listening to everything go down.
âOh yeah.â you shrugged. âBitch had it coming...the better question is what should I do to you two.â you crossed your arms as you thought.
...(Time skip)
âPretty isnât it.â You gazed up at the stars.Â
âNot as pretty as you.â Billy flirted, using his sleep to wipe your face. As you all sat on the front steps of your porch, ambulances and cop cars lined up the street for many blocked.
âI agree.â Stu wrapped an arm around you waist. âBe honest, how do you feel?â
âI feel free.â you replied, letting out a large sigh. The cops had just finished questioning you. Your story was clear. Your dad lunged at your mom first and Hannahâs parents saw too much...then he accidently tripped and hung himself. Perfect crime. Billy and Stu were walking by when they heard your cries for help and they hopped in.
As to how you three managed to escape unscathed, they got you out of there in time just as he was hanging himself. As for the tapes playing on the T.V...they were watching old videos to find something to ground you for. (Something they usually did anyways.)
âGood.â
âI just donât know where Iâm gonna live now. My aunt lives the next city over and thatâs a long drive.â
âHm...just gonna have to live with us now!â Stu shrugged, weâll all be like a married couple!
âAll...as in-â
âYes, the three of us.â Billy grabbed your attention. âLucky you, eh?â He pecked your lips when the officers wasnât looking just as Stu planted a smooch on the back of your head.
âYoung lady.â the officer walked up to you three. âYouâre lucky to have escaped them, that psychopath stabbed your mother 27 times...who does that?!â
You paused before you gave your answer. âI guess he was just fed up, officer.âÂ
Stu tried hard to contain his laughter while Billy coughed into his hand, you all knowingly shared a look.
Yes...fed up indeed.
(So...I guess this slasher stuff might be a regular thing...I kinda like it)
#slasher imagines#slasher fan fiction#imagines#slashers#slashers x reader#billy loomis#billy loomis x reader#stu macher x reader#ghostface imagines#billy x reader x stu#scream imagines#billy loomis imagines#stu macher imagines#horror imagines#polyghostface
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Hello! Could i please have some good good pregnancy and parenting headcanons with a fem!s/o for Law, Eustass, and Zoro please? Thank you so much and have an awesome day!
Oof pregnancy and parenting headcanon make me so soft, thank you very much for this sweet requestđ„ș! I focussed a bit more on the pregnancy part rather than the parenting tho since I've written something similiar for Kid and Law alreadyđ
Hope what I came up with suits you, and sorry for the long wait!
How they deal with a pregnant gf and having a baby headcanon
Trafalgar Law
because of his medical knowledge and observant nature, Law actually noticed the first signs of your pregnancy even before you did
so when you finally realize that you're pregnant and go to confront him with your discovery, he's anything but surprised
"Law, I need to tell you something. I'm-"
"Pregnant? Yeah, I thought so."
he looks pretty unbothered and composed, almost as if this isn't anything new to him, but on the inside he is completely tense and filled with anxiety. A baby just doesn't fit into your pirate lives. At all. However he doesn't want to show his true feelings and possibly cause you to panic. You already got enough on your plate with all the new physical and hormonal changes you're about to go through
personally Law didn't plan on having kids, ever, but what's done is done. To make sure that this is really what you want he'd still offer you the option of an abortion, but when you decline and tell him that you want to keep the child, he accepts your decision
"Alright (Y/N), brace yourself then. A few major changes are upon us..."
everything from the beginning of your pregnancy to the date of birth is planned out by him. Law doesn't want anything to go wrong and refuses to take risks. That means you'll spend most of your time either stuck by his side or in the proximity of another member of the Heart Pirates
Bepo, Penguin and Shachi are super excited for the kid and to be uncles. They all come up with their own ideas on what they'll do with the baby once it's born, and their enthusiasm sort of puts Law at ease. This means he and you at least won't have to deal with everything by yourselves
when you actually go into labour, Law's composed facade drops for a moment and he reveals just how stressed he's been up until now
in order to properly assist you and be there for you while you're giving birth, he forces himself to imagine that this is just an ordinary operation. It's not his girlfriend having his baby, he's not about to be a father in a few minutes-
all the stress and anxiety instantly falls off of him when he first holds the new life you two created.
the first time Law looks down at his baby he's absolutely mesmerized. Sure it's still bloody and screeching its lungs out, but despite all odds it's looking completely healthy and is actually,,,, really adorable? Holy shit, how did he manage to make something so pure-looking-
after cleaning the baby and introducing it to its mother, he brings the little human over to Bepo and lets it rest in the bear's soft fur instead of wrapping it up in a blanket. Not only should that be far more comfortable for the tiny thing, but it's also the first bonding experience with uncle Bepo. And while the baby is sleeping, Law walks over to check in on you and tells you how great you did
as far as being a dad goes, Law belongs to the supportive but distant type. Whenever he's got the chance he'll try to spend time with his kid, but there are often other, more important things he has to take care of
however he's still a proud parent and lowkey hopes that the child will take an interest in his work when it gets older. It shouldn't come as a surprise that one of the first things your kid will be taught by Papa Law is how to dissect a frog
Eustass Kid
his immediate thought when you let him know that you're pregnant is "how can I make this unhappen"
look at him, Kid is not ready to be a dad. Especially when it comes to his level of maturity he's basically still a child himself-
no one on the Victoria Punk is prepared for the big news. Their captain made a baby. There will be a kid running around the ship. Oh shit, everyone better start learning to limit their use of profanities already-
initially Kid acts pretty grumpy throughout your pregnancy. He didn't want this, but it's still happening. And he can't do anything against it. He's almost acting like a pregnant woman himself-
can not and will not handle your cravings/mood swings. Whenever you start acting up he just gets completely irritated and quickly peaces out when he can't come up with a way to deal with you
but what started out as regret turns into excitement when he thinks about how awesome his kid would be. With him as dad and you as mom it's only natural that the result will be amazing
and thus he starts to be a bit more open-minded towards the whole situation. Heck, he even gets lowkey excited and starts building a few baby cribs and closets for the child!
unfortunately tho Kid is anything but compassionate during your pregnancy, and it gets especially bad when you start showing. His immature nature shines through and he makes quite a few indecent comments on how you look a balloon,,,
for some reason he also tends to be more horny than usual. Hey, you already got a bun in the oven, so there isn't anything else you need to worry about, right?
in contrast to how he treated you during your pregnancy, he's actually very supporting and motivating during birth
lmao but that's mostly because he's eagerly waiting between your legs for the kid to plop out and right into his arm like a Christmas present
it's almost like a lottery to him and he's super excited what the brat will look like
however nothing could have prepared Kid for the moment when he gets to hold the baby for the first time. The young man basically beams with pride and grins from one ear to the other while the baby cries like an alarm clock
Kid's first time holding the newborn in a nutshell:
"Hehe, it looks like we got a girl here, ey (Y/N)?"
"Kid... that's the baby's ass. You're holding it the wrong way around."
he definitely comes up with ridiculous names for the child, such as: "Eustass Explosion", "Eustass Chainsaw" and his personal favorite- "Eustass the Destroyer"
putting his excitement aside, the young pirate captain definitely has to grow into the role of a father. At first he almost treats the kid like some sort of new toy or pet
you'll never catch him changing even a single diaper. Most of the time Kid tells Killer to man up, cover the holes in his mask, and take care of it by himself if he really wants to be considered 'the best uncle'
despite his rowdy behaviour he is aware that the child is 'fragile' and usually makes sure to keep it away from any dangerous stuff, meaning that the workshop is off-limits for the little one. Kid also never uses his metal arm when he's playing with or holding the baby; instead he build a more authentic prosthetic that'll allow him to hold the child more properly
Roronoa Zoro
his eye almost pops out of its socket when you tell him
holy shit! Zoro of course knew that sex makes babies, but what are the odds of this happening to you?! Besides he always considered himself to be too controlled and restrained for that to work?! Damn?!?!
despite the initial shock he wants to do his best to help you through the pregnancy. After all he basically caused this-
however Zoro can't even find the way to the grocery store to get some diapers
someone send him help. And by help, I mean Chopper
the reindeer himself doesn't know too much about pregnancies, but he's more than happy to collect some first-hand experience and teaches Zoro all about how to be a dad and what's going on with your body
whenever you're near he keeps his swords sheathed and tucked away from you. Once your stomach starts popping he's wary that if he comes too close to you with a sharp thing you might burst or something
at night he keeps watch like a guard dog, his overprotectiveness shines through and he often refuses to go to sleep before you
you probably go into labour while he's out getting lost or fighting some marines, but once Zoro gets the news he almost drops his sword and hurries back to be with you
but he arrives almost an hour later because he got so excited that he forgot the way back to the Sunny
Zoro really wants to help you and Chopper deliver the baby. He's constantly repeating what the reindeer doc says to you and at some point, when your pain reaches its peak, he even suggets reaching down and pulling the baby out of you with his own two hands lol
but once the first cries fill the rooms, he freezes up. It's done. Those nine months of worry, mood swings, suffering and cravings are finally over. A wave of relief washes over him as he smirks down at you, quietly saying how proud he is
however Zoro strongly refuses to hold his baby at first. He's genuinely scared he might drop it or accidentally crush it.
you and Chopper basically have to yell at him to get him out of his trance and convince the new father to take a look at his child
"Zoro, I did not go through hours of pain just so you can say no to holding our baby. For crying out loud, take your child!"
the second you put the baby into his arms Zoro's protective dad instincts kick in and now he refuses to let the child go again lmao
he's mustering the little one's face like some abstract oil painting, unable to tear his gaze from it and proudly recognizing all the similarities between the baby and its parents
luckily Zoro got some natural dad skills under his belt, and you both share the responsibilities evenly
he's never opposed to changing diapers or feeding the baby, even if the first annoys him sometimes. He also keeps the baby around himself 24/7- during workouts he puts it onto his back, when he wanders around the little one sits on his shoulders, and when he takes a nap on the desk the baby lies on his chest
all of the other Strawhats are more than welcome to take care of the baby from time to time and bond with the newest family crewmember to their heart's content. Well, that goes for everyone except Sanji. You better not let Zoro catch him handling the baby or a fight will break out-
#one piece#trafalgar law#eustass kid#roronoa zoro#law x reader#kid x reader#zoro x reader#one piece x reader#op headcanon#one piece headcanon#one piece imagine
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Part XXVI: Giving Grief
Authorâs Notes: This is the first chapter Iâve posted in months (literally since April). I donât know if this is a full comeback. I have a few chapters in the drafts that need to be edited and formatted for posting but after that, I still plan on continuing the series bc my plan was always have a long fic. With no new content after part II of the game was released, my interest in the fandom waned but was always there. Now with HBO creating a show based off the game, as well as me being apart of the Pedro Pascal fandom, I think I will soon become more consistent in posting as new content gets released. I will say that at least half of what appeals to me for Joel is Troy Bakerâs voice and while I love Pedroâs voice too, I know it wonât be the same. I still think Pedro will do the voice justice bc he can do a damn fine country accent as seen in the movie Prospect on Netflix. If youâre a fan of his and have Netflix, please go watch it!
Genre: Angst and Fluff
Summary: You and Joel reconcile and bond over Ellie and Sarah.Â
Ship: Joel Miller x Fem!Reader
Joel waited for you to come home. He paced back and forth in the kitchen switching from holding the card and setting it down on the counter. He was eager to talk to you about this new revelation partly because he was nervous to have the other conversation with you. After a while of calming his nerves down, you still hadnât come home. The sun had set an hour ago and Joel was ready to throw on his boots and go looking for you.Â
Just as he laced them up, the front door opened. You walked in and immediately stopped because his body blocked you from walking in the house further.Â
âGoing somewhere?â You asked as you slid past him. He was a grown man and could do what he wanted, but the thought of him leaving to go do other things before the issue between you was resolved upset you.Â
He reached back down to unlace his boots. âNot anymore. I was âbout to head out and find you.â
âWhy?â You asked dryly.
âIâd been waiting on you to come home for a couple of hours. We gotta talk.â
âYouâre right, we do. I was helping Wendy walk the kids home from the daycare; thatâs what held me up. Iâm here now, though.â You leaned against the back of the couch and crossed your arms. The stance you took reminded you of what Joel would do.
He walked into the kitchen and came back. âKiddo made this for us.â
You took it in your hands. âWhen did she have time to make this?â He shrugged. Your fingers brushed across the drawing of the hat before finally opening it. âOh my God.â She looked at you for a split second before looking back down at her signature. âHer name has been âEllieâ the whole time.â
âI know.â He commented.Â
âShe never said anything. All of us have asked her.â
âTechnically, she still hasnât spoken her name, but I guess she wasnât ready for that.â
âShe wasnât ready to let anybody in.â You said. He nodded in agreement.
âUntil now.â He walked up to you and pointed to her name on the card. âSheâs doing so good, this Ellie. I can only try to imagine the horrors that sheâs seen out in the world before she came to Jackson, but whatever happened out there, it led her to us. Iâm...Itâs just nice to see her opening up to this place.â
You understood what he was trying to say. âYeah, Iâm proud of her too.â You walked past him and into the kitchen to hang the card on the refrigerator. Joel followed. This time, his arms were crossed.
â(Y/N), I meant it when I said I was sorry back there. I shouldnât have said what I did.â
âIf you didnât mean it, you wouldnât have said it.â You rebutted.
âI was upset with you because I expected you to react the same as me when Ellie climbed up that T-Rex, but I donât want a carbon copy of myself. I love you and want to have a family with you because you are wise beyond your years, confident even if you donât always think so, responsible even for things that arenât your responsibility and most importantly, youâre level headedness. Where I have a tendency to lose my cool in certain situations, you are guided by this calm...patient sense of will that I envy.â He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, giving you the opportunity to say something. Seeing that you were still soaking in his words, he continued. âYouâll be a great mother. I saw it in the gentle way you juggled all those kids at the daycare. I saw it in the way you took care of Ellie the first day she came here. Youâll see though, if itâs meant for us to have a baby, how difficult it is to stop worrying. It didnât stop when Sarah....even when I tried to push those feelings away. It doesnât stop. I know sheâs not her, but itâs hard for me to just stand by and watch her do something that could hurt her.â
âI wasnât standing by, or at least that wasnât my intention. I wanted to give her space. Sheâs so delicate, or maybe thatâs my problem. I shouldnât treat her like sheâs some glass figurine. I just wanted her to grow comfortable with us by trusting her. Believe me, it wasnât easy for me to do when there was nothing personally for me to go off of, but then I thought, sheâs lived out there for God knows how long by herself. Sheâs not only seen things but has been able to survive things. Itâs hard to see how clever someone is when they wonât let you in, but I knew she had to be to have made it this far. I get it though. Iâve never been a parent. I can only sympathize with your worries. I can not empathize with you until Iâve been where you have. Iâm sorry too. I could have found a way to give her space without allowing her to be in such a dangerous spot. You must be disappointed in me.â
He moved up to you and placed his hands on your shoulder. âIâm not. Look at me. Iâm not disappointed in you. She was both of our responsibilities earlier.â He brought you into a tight hug. âYouâre right, she is smart. She felt comfortable enough to show a side of herself that no one else has seen. You know why? âCause she felt safe around us. Despite the grief she put me through, it was nice to see her so happy.â
âI know it was, wasnât it? I canât believe she jumped though! I didnât think sheâd go that far.â
âAt the end of the day, kids will be kids. Itâs not an excuse to slack off on raising âem, but there's just a certain wild and carefree nature that every kid has. Itâs instilled in their DNA or somethinâ and then it fades away as they get older, about the time their back starts to ache.â Joel chuckled as he explained. He kissed the top of your head before pulling away to get a good look at you. He made a face as if to ask if you were ok. You nodded. He took your hand and pulled you into the living room. You sat down next to him. âShe reminds me of Sarah sometimes. Ellieâs about the same age as her. She ran me through the ringer, raising that one.â He chuckled at the memories. âI wouldnât trade it in for the world, being her dad, but you shoulda seen the amount of grief she put me through. Especially being a single parent.â He wiped his hand across his face, letting it linger along the length of his neck. âOne time, she snuck off to some skate park when I told her no. She was in this skateboarding phase. I bought her a customized skateboard for her birthday and she would practice using it up and down the driveway. She had barely learned that little flippy trick when she asked me to take her to the skate park. I told her no because it looked like it was for experienced skaters. I wanted her to practice more first. To say the least, she was mad at me. She told me she was staying after school for the science club, but she really went to the skate park with some friends. By the time I figured out where she was, I found her lying in the grass, holding her arm in pain. Turned out she had a hairline fracture in her...radius?â He pointed to the bone on his arm. You nodded that it was in fact called radius. âI grounded her for lying to me, but sometimes I wonder if I should have taken her to the park. I mean Iâm no expert on skateboarding, but at least I could have been there to supervise; make sure she wasnât on one of those tough looking ramps.â
âDid you ever take her skateboarding after she healed up?â
âAfter the cast came off, she switched interests to soccer. I installed a shelf on one of her walls to hang the skateboard on. Better that than being stuffed under her bed. Soccer was her life though. She made new friends from the team, won titles, learned tricks with the ball. Me and Tommy were regulars at her games. I was...am proud of her.â
You smiled as you envisioned his memories. âDid she give you grief with that as well?â
He nodded in an exaggerated way. âOh yeah, but Iâm sure I used to give her grief too.â You lifted your eyebrows with desire for him to elaborate. âI may or may not have argued with the coach and ref on a few occasions regarding plays.â
âYou never dated any of the soccer moms?â You teased.
He scoffed. âMost of them were married and the ones who werenât, I sent Tommyâs way instead. He wasnât mad at it.â The two of you chuckled. âI did flirt with a few, married or not, so I could get my hands on some of their homemade baked goods.â
âI was under the assumption that soccer moms made food for everyone.â
âThey did, but I still wanted a few more cupcakes for the ride home.â He admitted as you laughed. âListen, I had a busy life. I didnât have much time to hone my baking skills, so it was nice to be able to have homemade cakes and cookies for a change.
âWell, if you wanted cookies, thatâs all you had to say! I can show you how to bake right now.â
âItâs late.â He reasoned.
âItâs never too late to feed your sweet tooth.â You rebutted as you pulled him back into the kitchen.
#TLOU#TLOU2#TLOUII#the last of us#the last of us joel#the last of us fanfic#The Last of Us 2#the last of us fanfiction#tlou ellie#tlou joel#tlou fanfiction#tlou oc#naughty dog#Joel Miller#joel x reader#joel miller fanfic#Joel Miller x Fem!Reader
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Since the first thing that strikes me about re8, story-wise, is that it seems to be all over the place? Again, Iâve no idea how it ties to previous games but it feels like this parental/mother-child theme is just hanging there with no resolution at all? I mean yes, Ethan saved his daughter, presumably breaking some sort of abuse cycle, yay, congrats, but what about his wife/gf? Isnât she supposed to be like the main protagonist of the story of a mother bereaved to the point of tyrannical madness
Or rather, this specific story is not the right choice for his character since thereâs SO many ethical and philosophical issues and questions implied but never properly explored because of Ethanâs âfuck you, idcâ attitude (which is completely understandable in those circumstances but adds virtually nothing to the plot and arguably even ruins it a bit). Heisenberg couldâve been an excellent ally with fascinating grey morality (provided the writers wouldnât push him to the point of absolute insanity and let freedom, not power-hunger be his main goal and motivation for rebellion).And again, arenât the lords supposed to represent child development stages? In which case Ethan what? Kills the possibility of some evil version of Rose? Or his own chance to experience fatherhood throughout all of those stages? Either way, it seems a bit⊠weird to have a Parent destroy multiple people whose main relevance to the plot is that theyâre children of an abusive antagonist in a storyline so extremely focused on parent/kid relationships.
I feel like the main theme of re8 is not just parenthood/motherhood, but the relationship itself of the parent to the child. There's a lot of mentions to "children being used". Miranda kidnapping people, experimenting on them and mutating them and then treating them like they're her kids; Miranda kidnapping and practically killing Rose; Dimitrescu making daughters out of reanimated corpses she experimented on; Heisenberg wanting to use Rose's powers, etc etc.
And it's important that Miranda is at the center of this. There's something very interesting she says to Ethan in her boss fight:
"Why do you interfere? Surely you have no need of Rose now, so close to death?"
And that's where her mistake was. Ethan wasn't doing all that because he needed Rose herself. He was doing it to save her, fully aware that he wasn't going to be a part of her life cause he knew he was dying. Miranda was way too dependent on her love for Eva - and like, I honestly get it that losing your child can devastate you (if anything my fear of that is one of the reasons I don't want to have kids) - so much that her life literally revolved around her child. Once Eva died, Miranda wanted to die. Once she found the Megamycete and discovered she maybe had a chance to bring Eva back, she dedicated her entire life and ruined multiple others to do just that. Her one and biggest need was to get Eva back. It wasn't a simple want or wish. It was a need. She'd get her child back, damn everyone else - including other people's children.
Miranda had no-one to blame directly; Eva had died from the influenza, it wasn't like she had any chance to change things. Ethan's case was different; he had people to blame, particularly, the one who kidnapped Rose and dismembered her, and her lackeys who kept said parts and fought him for trying to take them back.
So on one end, you have a parent who lost her child due to a tragedy, and ended up destroying other - innocent - lives in order to get her back. On the other, you have a parent who lost his child due to a crime, and ended up going after the criminals responsible in order to get the child back. Like, it wasn't even revenge, and it wasn't that he "needed" Rose in his life. He simply wanted to save her and ensure she'll be alright.
I fully agree it could have been Mia as the protagonist in re8, and that it was a wasted opportunity to simply fridge her and have her in the sidelines angsting over her husband. But whether it was Mia or Ethan as the protagonist, I feel like the theme that I explained above does offer a resolution, showing the opposites of Miranda and Ethan, and ending Miranda's tyrrany of her "need" to have her child back through Ethan's determination to ensure his child's safety and happiness - even if he doesn't get to be a part of any of that later on. Miranda showed obsession; Ethan showed dedication.
And this is how I see the abuse cycle breaking and the resolution is reached; an obsessed parent hurt a good parent's child to bring their own child back - the good parent's dedication stopped the former, allowing the former's tyrrany to end and their child to grow up safe.
Seeing as this is a horror game, I don't tend to focus on the morality issues (if I'm interpreting your second message correctly). Like, the developers are making a grant effort to put us in Ethan's shoes, first-person POV, plain character protagonist and all; our child got kidnapped and practically murdered, and we have the chance to bring her back. We'll absolutely raise hell to the people who are responsible for it and we will get our child back, fuck any moral dilemmas we might have. When someone is threatening your life, you have the ability to kill them to defend yourself. In the case of a caring parent, that ability may multiply by a lot when the threat is towards their child. And I feel that this is what the game explored in the end. Though the whole survival issue is taxing on Ethan, he doesn't give a damn about who he has to kill if it means saving his daughter - but again, it's only the responsible parties. We see how watching all the people at Luisa's house die affected him, and even before Elena died, he wanted to ensure her safety before he went searching for Rose; he is sympathetic and morally rational, but also capable of cold-blooded murder if someone is threatening his child. To a lesser extent, we saw that in re7 too. With his life on the line, he killed Jack (multiple times) and Marguerite, and at the end he recognized how they were actually victims of Eveline. But they were still actively trying to murder him so he wasn't given the chance to help them. With Zoe, he promised to send help, and he did, even wanting to talk to her once she'd been rescued by her uncle and Chris. The same applies to re8, but as I said, it's multiplied since it's his daughter who's in danger, and the end of re8 proves he cares for her safety more than his own.
Now, all that said, I think it's important to note how it's stil a Resident Evil game. I haven't actually played or watched any playthroughs of other games, but the basic concept in these games, from what I understand, is that the player shoots zombies; ex-human beings who have lost any human mentality and will just come for your throat if you don't kill them first. They're not humans anymore, they can't be reasoned or sympathized with. It's not really an issue of morality, ethics or philosophy. Your life, and the life of your child in the case of re8, are in danger. You don't give a shit. You just start shooting and hope for the best. Again, I don't know if the morality issue is explored in other RE games, but to be honest... Resident Evil doesn't sound like the kind of franchise that's thematically into going super deep into the morality of shooting zombies to save your life.
I have to admit I haven't thought of the Lords being representative of child development stages. I think they could be put as Moreau being a toddler, fully dependent on their parent - funnily enough, the Greek word for baby is "moro", pronounced almost exactly the way "Moreau" is pronounced in the game - Donna as a child, Heisenberg as a (rebellious?) teenager, and Dimitrescu as a late teen/young adult (if anything, Dimitrescu seems to behave like the eldest child of the bunch). But I'm not sure the connection that has to Ethan as a father, if anything because the bosses are fought in complete random order of age, if my analysis is correct. Like, I understand the symbolism behind the Lords' behaviours, maybe as you said they represent the obstacles Ethan had to overcome. In one single day and with his life on the line, instead of in the course of Rose's entire childhood and adolescence, but that's exactly why he hated being a protagonist of a horror game, lol.
Anyway, yeah. All in all, I don't think Resident Evil is a franchise where we should expect to sit down afterwards and ponder whether we were right to shoot the zombies that were trying to kill us. Again, I'm not the right person to ask this, since I don't know anything about other RE games, but that's the conclusion I'm making in a meta-thinking way.
#Resident Evil#Resident Evil Village#Resident Evil 8#Ethan Winters#Mother Miranda#re meta#anonymous#ask and ye shall receive
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What was your first?
So a horse walks into a rehab and says âouchâ. And not a lot. Then a great deal. While also saying nothing. Itâs BoJack, in rehab, and going about as well as you might think!
âThe Stopped Showâ may not have been much about BoJack, but âA Horse Walks Into A Rehabâ makes up for it by being 99.9% BoJack, setting aside the brief appearance of the other characters to set their stages for when we get back to them. Dianeâs in a shitty motel, Toddâs in a seedy alleyway, Princess Caroline has her porcupine baby, and Mr. Peanutbutter continues to deliver cheer while everything around him burns AND drowns. Iâve now touched base with them about as much as the season premier, and weâll get busy ignoring them.
As I said, BoJack is the star today, and we continue his quest for ... what, exactly?
Trying to pin it down, that âwhat is BoJack looking forâ question, itâs a lot harder to answer than I expected, which marks another instance of me fucking myself, GOOD JOB ME.
I initially said âpunishmentâ, but that isnât true, or a least, is too easy. BoJack wants accountability for his actions -- which is a very different thing than punishment -- but he wants it in a way that also absolves him from having to do any work to rise above it. So youâd think heâd love this, the constant claim in rehab that heâs powerless. It seems like the answer to everything, a blanket pass to excuse his behaviour because heâs powerless. Why doesnât he? Iâm not sure Iâm entirely clicking with the heart of that, so come with me as I have a poke at it.
For one, I doubt very much rehab would begin and end with âyouâre powerless, oh wellâ. Addiction is some nasty business, but in and of itself, itâs a symptom, not the problem. That in mind, we swing back then to BoJack having to put in the work, only now itâs with the removal of his favourite coping mechanisms.
I think what he was hoping to get out of rehab was more along the lines of âVodka is a naughty irresistible siren who topples even the most noble of men, but if you cross your eyes and click your heels, youâll be free from her spell forevermore.â And yeah, no.
I think we get some of that in how, for a while, rehab seems to suit BoJack.
To the point I very specifically said to Doc as I was watching this, âOh shit, did BoJack just become even MORE insufferable?â Heâs okay so long as he has the comfort of the scripts and the regimented plant therapy and the same hike every day. When he starts to get fucked is when he has push further, when he has to work harder, when the treatment demands MORE.
âI notice you tend to deflect when I ask you about the source of your addiction,â his therapist says, causing BoJack to immediately deflect, first with a joke and then, when that doesnât work, attacking the entire system. Getting to the root of his problem is the last thing BoJack wants, to the point where the entire episode ITSELF is one giant deflection. I made a joke in passing up there about our passing moments with each of the other main characters, but thatâs actually it, thatâs the heart of this episode.
Each of these are efforts by the episode to deflect whatâs going on NOW, tempting us with something shiny and interesting, if only weâd take the bait. I ONLY JUST MADE THIS CONNECTION WELL FUCKING DONE SHOW
And of course, thereâs Jamesonâs story, which is part deflection, part contrast. Sheâs intended to appear at first like someone BoJack can relate to, a Sara Lynn Pt. 2 that he wants to save and in whom he sees so much of himself. In equal parts, heâs the adult trying to guide her and the force enabling her, and Iâd have to do a bit more thinking on whether I thought his success with her was about him walking both sides of that line, or Jameson just, at the end of the day, being lucky. Either way, itâs also not really about her, so much as BoJack talking a really good game at her, while giving her all the tools to make the worst choices.
Which is, I think, where the episode finally settles. BoJackâs choices have been his own, but they arenât made in isolation. Throughout this episode, we get moments, presented in reverse chronological order, that could on their own answer that key question: When was the first time you drank?
To settle your nerves to get through a scene everyone was counting on you to nail?
To fit in with the cool kids at high school?
To win your fatherâs approval?
Whatâs brilliant to me about each of these flashbacks is that the further into the past we go, the more willing we are to absolve BoJack. In the first, heâs a professional actor required to kiss an attractive and consenting fellow professional in the course of a performance. Nervous? Makes total sense. Getting plastered to do it? LESS SENSE.
The high school one is the most damning, which I adore. BoJackâs the butt of some light bullying by the jock, and I donât mean to completely dismiss that it sucks, but the remainder of events before he starts in on the beers shows heâs hardly an absolute social pariah. And even if he were, once he begins to drink, BoJack doesnât just become the life of the party, he becomes cruel (demonstrating quite well that jokes arenât his only tool of deflection). Worse, that he KNOWS heâs doing it, but cares more about his positive attention than their negative. Still, BoJackâs a kid and peer pressure is a hell of a thing. This isnât a good look, but itâs also not damning, if heâd come to learn from it.Â
Now we jump the line to, Iâd guess, ten or eleven year old BoJack, who walks in on his father having an affair with his secretary, but too young to recognize what heâs seen. Butterscotch canât take the risk though, so he effortlessly manipulates little BoJack into getting drunk and passing out, then uses BoJackâs shame about it to keep him quiet on the whole evening. UNDER THE GUISE OF BEING HIS FRIEND AND DOING HIM A FAVOUR BY THE WAY. No question, Butterscotch is a son of a bitch, and the only thing BoJack did wrong here was crave his parentâs love.
Even with the high school one being a little more grey, theyâre all pretty cut and dry. Remember that weâre following the thread of âWhen was the first time you drank?â and to land on the answer âWhen my unrepentantly dickish father lied to me to save his own assâ puts a pretty solid punctuation mark on the whole affair. Addiction may not be at fault, but Butterscotch Horseman is. Case closed, we can go home.
BUT WAIT WHATâS THIS
Right at the end, when you think weâre done, thereâs one more flashback. A party of some sort, possibly New Yearâs. The house sounds empty, thereâs only the looping of the record player, stuck repeating the same five seconds again and again and again. Butterscotch and Beatrice are passed out drunk, judging from the empty bottles around them. Was it a good party? A bad one? She has her back to him and theyâre about as far apart as they could get while still remaining in the room, but also, nothingâs broken? Itâs impossible to know.
What we do know is that BoJack, aged about where we saw him in the âFree Churroâ flashback so maybe seven or so? Very young, at any rate, and heâs alone. There doesnât appear to be anything in the room for a child, so itâs probably fair to say he wasnât included in the festivities. Did he have something to do instead? His own party maybe? Friends to play with, someone to watch him? Did he even get dinner? From what weâve seen, ânoâ is a much more likely answer to any or all of these.
AND NOW THE FIRST TO PUNCH YOU IN THE HEART
Tiny BoJack knocks back several gulps of vodka (like a fucking pro, may I add), then crawls onto the couch next to his unconscious mother, pretending for just a few minutes that sheâs cuddling him until he, too, will fall into a drunken slumber.
RIGHT SO WHAT THE FUCK DO WE DO WITH THIS JESUS WEPT
Had you told me âJust wait, seven year old flashback BoJack is going to muddy the hell out of thisâ I wouldnât have ... okay, well, I know the show, so I probably wouldâve believed you, but I wouldâve been preemptively grumpy.
This isnât his fault! But it is! This isnât his parentâs fault, but it super super is! Nobody MADE BoJack drink the vodka, as the scene goes to great lengths to show. There is nobody to tell him to do anything at all. Beatrice is three fucking sheets to the wind, she has no idea heâs there and he could have pretend cuddled all night AND stayed sober. Did baby BoJack, like adult BoJack, take the drink to calm his nerves for an expression of physical intimacy? Would baby BoJack have even known that was an option? Remember, this is framed as the answer to the question âWhen was the first time you drank?â Not âtook a drinkâ, but âyou DRANKâ, the phrasing of which I think is important. Itâs all about the root of the problem. What I get out of that question is then is âthe first time you drank to numb yourselfâ.
Baby BoJack is looking at this disaster, this mess that is his every day no matter how many party hats and streamers you stick on it, and he wants anything else at all. So he turns to the easiest thing he knows will take it away the fastest. The situation isnât his fault. The opportunity isnât his fault. But the response IS, in a way that EVEN AS I SAY IT, makes me feel shitty.
CONGRATS BOJACK HORSEMAN FOR MAKING ME SEE A LITERAL CHILD SLAMMING BACK VODKA STRAIGHT FROM THE BOTTLE AND MAKING ME GOÂ âokay, butâ.
SEASON SIX SHOULD BE A WALK IN THE PARK
#jet wolf watches bojack#itâs no wonder the answers for bojack are so hard to find#when even the goddamn QUESTION requires a dissertation and three hundred caveats#oh i didn't have a place for it really in this essay#but i love the use of the space/planetarium overlay when bojack is really wrestling with his urges
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pumpkin patches and broken things
part 3 of "Wayhaven Frights - Connections" prompt "Harvest"
pairing: detective alexis "lex" crawford and adam du mortain
rating: t
summary: Lex has a thing for pumpkin patches and Adam has a thing for broken things.
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The cool autumn wind brushed against her cheeks, lifting a few strands of mousy brown hair away from her face and dancing them through the breeze. The air smelled faintly of burnt wood and decay, that cold familiar scent that usually reminded one of late night bonfires, jewel colored leaves falling to the ground, hot ciders and mulled wines. A reminder of the end of a cycle, the buds of spring and the blooms of summer giving way to the harvests of fall and eventually the barren fields of winter.
The sky was that particular shade of icy blue that somehow only made an appearance in October and suddenly vanished once the grey tones of December spread through the atmosphere. Every now and then thin white clouds stretched their boney fingers across the sky, blocking out the false Sun that shone but offered no heat, and the shadows of late birds migrating south for the year dotted the ground.
Detective Alexis Crawford shoved her hands further into the pockets of her dark leather jacket and took a deep breath, enjoying the sting of the cool air in her throat. She closed her eyes and allowed herself this moment, this one singular moment of peace and quiet and-
âThere you are!â
She flinched at the sudden noise, then kicked herself for her weakness.
She turned to find Unit Bravo walking towards her at varying strides. Farah led the pack in excitement, her golden eyes so at home in the late afternoon sun. She waved at Lex who made no effort to move in their direction but nodded at the motion. Nate trailed after Farah, his easy smile in place and his dark green jacket zipped up for the first time since Lex had known him. Morgan meandered behind everyone, somehow finding shadows to hide in even on the mostly vacant path, smoke from her lit cigarette twisting around her face.
Lexâs attention of course went straight to the actual leader of the group walking in the middle with an expression reminiscent of a frozen lake, calm ice on the surface with something deeper and more intense beneath. Adam had donned a black peacoat that accentuated his broad frame and squared shoulders, the dark fabric in stark contrast to his pale green eyes and blond hair. She told herself she noticed these things because it was her job to pay attention to details.
That she noticed the way his muscles rippled under the sleeves of his coat, howeverâŠ
âSee something ya like?â
Lex shifted her gaze to where Farah now stood next to her, watching with that annoyingly knowing smile. She rolled her eyes, causing Farah to burst into laughter as the others caught up.
âYou guys are late,â she said, only somewhat trying to keep the annoyance she felt from lacing itself through her words. âHow thatâs possible given the fact that you literally have super speed, Iâll never know.â
âBlame that one,â Morgan accused, nodding her head in Farahâs direction.
âWhat? I just wanted to make sure I put on the proper clothes! Iâve never been to a pumpkin patch before, there were literally hundreds of options for me to sort through,â Farah explained, twirling around to show off her plaid skirt she had paired with wool leggings, boots, and a cardigan. She had a scarf wrapped around her neck as usual, though this one was a deep crimson red that matched the pattern of her skirt.
âItâs not really that big a deal, theyâre just pumpkins,â Lex mumbled, turning to walk towards the entrance to the field where a few other Wayhaven residents stood waiting to gain access.
She hadnât meant to mention her plan for the weekend to them, and she certainly hadnât been prepared for everyone to come along. She didnât consider herself to exactly be a âtraditionsâ type of person, but for some damn reason she found herself back at this pumpkin patch at the beginning of October every year to find a stupidly large pumpkin to take home and carve. She made a whole day of it, usually spending an hour or two scouring the field for the perfect specimen before taking it home, cracking open a few beers (or whiskey, depending on the week), and taking a knife to the thing. She never claimed the title of âArtistâ or âSupreme Pumpkin Carverâ, indeed her designs and faces would never win any contests, but she found catharsis in the way she cleaned out the seeds, traced her patterns, cut into them with repetitive motions.
There was something to be said about the comfort she found in repeatedly stabbing something over and over, but she never lingered too longly on the thought.
Farah babbled excitedly as they walked towards the vendor. Lex fell into step beside Adam without even realizing it until his voice broke her concentration.
âDetective.â
She looked over at him, having to tilt her chin slightly up to meet his eyes.
âAgent,â she replied, matching his neutral tone.
After giving her a once over and seeming to be satisfied, Adam turned to face forward again and didnât say another word. Lex knew better than to hold her breath expecting more from him, but for some reason the lack of so much as a âhow are you?â stung. Annoyingly so.
She never quite knew where she stood with Adam. Most of the time she couldnât stand the man, they fought each other tooth and nail on almost every single mission they went on, neither wanting to relinquish control over any situation. She loathed his arrogance, hated the way others automatically deferred to him for command like it was owed to him, meanwhile sheâd had to fight her whole life for the scrap of command she held. Once, on a night that theyâd spared one another more wounds to their respective prides, he had told her of his station in his previous life as the son of a noble. He had been born into power and he carried it well.
She envied and admired him for it. Both things she hated but couldnât bury deep enough to forget.
There were other things, though. Things she genuinely appreciated about him. She understood his innate need to protect those he cared about, but the intensity with which he upheld that responsibility continued to surprise her. Never had she known someone with such ferocious loyalty paired with a cynical realism that rivaled her own. She even respected his physical prowess and intimidating presence, things that didnât particularly phase her but that she could appreciate. Especially as she watched him move, a soldier groomed and transformed into the perfect predator. She should be afraid of him, terrified. And she was.
The feelings that had been stirring and building like kindling that would set fire and consume her terrified her more than anything sheâd ever known.
âDetective Crawford! Always a pleasure to see you,â Terry, the owner of the pumpkin patch, called out as they made their way to the front of the line. He had to have been in his late sixties, and heâd been running this business every year for as long as Lex could remember. Heâd always been kind to her, as a kid heâd let her get her pick of the field and never charged her anything.
âHey,â Lex responded, nodding in his direction. She pulled her wallet out of her jacket pocket to pay the entrance fees for everyone as the owner continued.
âI see you brought them fancy agents with you this year, so glad to have you,â he continued, smiling genuinely at Unit Bravo, his eyes twinkling behind his large rimmed glasses. He caught sight of Lex pulling money out of her wallet and shook his head. âAbsolutely not, Detective, I wonât see you pay another cent. Not after youâve solved all those big cases recently.â
Had she more grace she might have blushed. Instead, she straightened her back and jutted her chin forward in what she could only hope would be seen as respectful defiance. âI canât accept that, Terry. I will pay like everyone else, Iâm no different nor more special than anyone.â
Morganâs eye roll and Nateâs appreciative smile both irritated her, but she tried her best to ignore them. She laid a couple of bills on the table in front of Terry and thanked him before he could say anything else. He shook his head with an exasperated smile but waved them on through the entrance to the field.
Farah immediately began asking a million questions. âWhich ones are the best ones?â âDo you think I should get a big one or a small one?â âWhat kind do you usually get?â âI didnât know there were different colors, which ones carve better?â
Lex never counted patience as one of her greatest virtues and as much as she genuinely liked Farah and found at least some small appreciation for her...perkiness, she found herself just barely clinging on to whatever patience she actually did have.
Nate must have been a saint in another life because as if he could sense the calmness withering away in Lex, he pulled Farah down a far off lane in search of her very own pumpkin.
âDid you have any questions,â Lex asked Morgan probably more roughly than she should have, but Morgan could take it. She simply blew a puff of smoke towards Lex then turned and followed the other two.
Without bothering to look and see if heâd follow, Lex walked off in the opposite direction of the others and away from Adam.
âAre you angry at us for coming?â
He kept pace beside her as she carefully stepped over vines and divots in the hard dirt beneath their feet. There were a few other families out and about in the field, children running and laughing, parents bent over to pull pumpkins up, couples holding hands. She subconsciously looked over to watch Adamâs hands, casually swaying by his sides, before looking up to meet his eyes.
âWhy do you ask?â
A somewhat bemused smile played at his lips. âNot that you ever give the warmest of greetings, but you havenât exactly expressed much joy in seeing us today.â
âOh.â
She tried to focus her attention on finding a goddamn pumpkin but how could she be expected to think about anything other than the fact that they were walking through a field on a nice day? Together? Or at least next to each other in a not-completely-hostile way?
âDetective, I-â
She rounded on him. âLook, far be it from me to prevent you all from picking a stupid pumpkin to take back to the warehouse and decorate or cook or what the fuck ever. Iâm not mad that you guys came, in fact I think itâs smart for the people of Wayhaven to see you all out doing normal people things but please, just donât bother me while Iâm doing this.â
His eyes hardened. âIf you didnât want us here, you could have simply told us.â
She huffed and wanted to stomp her feet in frustration. Another thing she hated about him: he constantly made her feel everything so much more intensely.
âItâs not,â she took a breath and clenched her fingers into fists for a moment before breathing out and releasing some tension. âItâs not that I donât want you here, I do. Want all of you, I mean. I mean I want you guys all here, with me.â Another breath. âCan we just find a pumpkin please?â
Lex turned away before he could reply and kept her eyes downcast. She could feel the moment he had caught up with her, matching her strides yet keeping enough distance to allow her the illusion of her own space. They continued on like that for several minutes, every now and then stopping to inspect one pumpkin or another.
âRebecca and I used to come here every year.â
If sheâd startled him with the willingness to give information, he hid it well. She for sure startled herself, even more so as she kept going.
âItâs no surprise she wasnât exactly Mother of the Year, but one thing I could always rely on her for was taking me to pick a fucking pumpkin and then taking it home to carve. She stopped when I was about fourteen, too old for pumpkin picking I guess, but...I donât know, Iâd gotten so used to doing it every year that I just kept coming.â
Whether he felt her admission didnât dignify a response or he just didnât know what to say, Lex couldnât be sure. All she knew was that he stayed silent for a while, maybe processing the information, maybe figuring out how best to respond. Maybe even just giving her the space to talk and say more if she so chose. She definitely wouldnât, that she had already told him as much as she had mortified her. No, instead she again attempted to turn her attention to the field hoping to find anything at this point.
âThereâs nothing wrong with wanting to keep traditions to yourself, especially ones as,â he paused, âintimate as this one.â
She scoffed. âDigging in the dirt is your idea of intimacy, Agent?â
He folded his arms across his chest. âHardly.â
They watched each other for a moment and then his eyes flicked up to the sky. âWe might want to hurry this along.â
âWhy,â she asked before following his gaze and finding massive dark grey clouds rolling in. They began swallowing the blue sky and in the distance she could hear the faint low rumble of thunder. âI donât remember hearing anything about rain.â
âI doubt the weather would discuss its plans with you before changing, Detective.â
She rolled her eyes but followed him with renewed energy knowing that their time ran short now with the threat of a storm looming overhead. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Farah hoisting what must have been the largest pumpkin in the field into her arms and running back to the entrance with glee. Nate had found himself a medium-sized, perfectly round and spotless one that he kept in the crook of his elbow as he followed behind her. As far as Lex could tell, Morgan seemed content to simply smoke and make a snide remark here and there.
âWhat about this one?â
She swiveled back to him and when she saw his chosen specimen, she crossed her arms and looked at him incredulously.
"Seriously? There are literally hundreds of others in this field, why the fuck is that the one you pick," she asked dryly.
He shrugged. "I like this one."
Adam had pointed to a small, unassuming pumpkin that had almost been completely camouflaged by the leaves and vines of its neighbors. There wasnât anything particularly special about it, in fact as far as Lex could tell it was one of the ugliest ones in the whole patch, discolored with spots of damage dotting its surface and roughing its edges.
But Adam had seen some sort of value in it, he had chosen it, so maybe it was worth somethingâŠ
âFine, sure, grab it so we can get out of here.â
She turned on her heels to leave, but felt a hand on her shoulder. She fought her initial instinct to break the hand and instead looked back at him. The look he gave her threatened to pull her in as the Moon pulled the tides.
âAlexis, I-â
He shook his head as if waking from a dream then removed his hand.
âI wanted to thank you for sharing this with us. I know the others have enjoyed the day so far and are looking forward to the other activities we have planned.â
She stared at him, taking in every detail, every line of his face and every stitch of his coat. For some reason she wanted to remember this moment, the moment where she realized that Adam had a thing for choosing broken things. After saving the mental picture and framing it in the back of her mind, she simply said, âjust harvest the pumpkin, Adam.â
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Your Protector ~ Gloxinia x Reader
Someone explain to me why do I love this beautiful boy so much.
He used to be such a cry baby, always clinging to his mumâs skirt, not wanting to learn how to properly use his powers...No, he just wanted to play around, sniff flowers or make flower crowns out of them, bask in the morning sun and watch clouds float away...
But heâs the future Fairy King, how can I let him alone? His parents asked me to always be by his side, now that theyâre gone...
And heâs so cute, especially when he does those puppy eyes, pleading not to get him to practice offensive magic, although he was the one chosen by the Sacred Tree.
I know heâs scared, itâs a lot of responsibility to look over everyone...But, after all, heâs not truly alone, and he will never be.
Cute little Gloxinia...Cute little Gloxinia whoâs both taller and older than me, but still loves acting easy-going and child-like, especially when he hang around his sister, Gerheade.
âHey, Gloxinia, wake up.â I kneel by his side, as he was sleeping on a huge sunflower, high into the sky, to not be bothered by anyone, and to bask in the warmth of the sun. âHmmm...? Ah, Y/N, itâs you. I donât feel like training, come again later.â he sighed, turning to the side, so he wonât see me. â...Okay. Iâll try later.â I hung my head, flying away, trying to get myself something to do, so I wonât get bored.
Sometimes, I donât realise how boring life can be, which is why I have to always keep myself busy...I wonder, how is it like to be able to be so outgoing, so sociable, so friendly and able to relax and do...Nothing. Nothing at all...All day, just laying down and admiring the world around you.
Being one of the few fairies who can use her powers to the fullest, because of all the extensive training, and since Iâm so different from everyone around me, I feel like an outcast, even though I know nobody wants to make me feel that way.
For some reason, I found myself sitting in a bed of beautiful, colourful flowers, and letting myself fall down on my back, I start watching the clouds move. But it was boring, and I felt restless. I had to move, in some kind of way, to keep my mind occupied, so I started picking up flowers and attempting to create a flower crown.
But, by the end of the 10th flower crown, I got frustrated since they all looked terrible, so I threw them away and went back to practicing my magic, until I started feeling a dark presence, and when I looked back, a huge white and green demon, for some reason, came out of nowhere, ready to attack our Forest.
Not on my watch.
I flew in front of the demon, pissed off that it dared get close to our home and threaten it, and taking out my weapon, I start attacking it, while yelling out for Gloxinia, hoping heâd hear and get everyone to safety, since things were going to get messy.
Only the Goddess clan can naturally take down demons so easily, so I could only hope it was going to go away before destroying out home. No demon ever came to disturb us before, so needless to say, it was disturbing.
That blasted demon so easily slapping me away in a tree trunk as if he was swapping a headless fly, but that wasnât going to throw me off my game to drive it away. However, a familiar cry of fright brought me back from reality, when I saw the demonâs other hand trying to attack someone...That someone being Gloxinia himself. That was the last drop for me, as I pried myself off the tree and stretching out my wings, I flew at full speed and picked up the wingless fairy, getting him to a safer spot.
âGo find your sister and make sure everyone is safe. Donât worry, Iâll protect you. Take care.â I kissed his forehead, wiping away his tears, before getting up, ready to fly again, but he stopped me. âWait, no, donât go! That thing is too powerful, even for you! You canât fight it all alone!â poor darling, Iâve never seen such fright and despair in his eyes, it broke my heart. âIâm not the future Fairy King, dear. You are. You are the future of our kind...And even if you werenât, Iâd still gladly give my life to save you. Now go, that thing is going on a rampage.â I pushed him away as I flew up again, using all the power I could muster to keep the monster away, but each time, it would swat me away, and each time, Iâd fly back to fight it again.
That is...Until, as the demon threw a blast of dark power at me, and I knew I wasnât fast enough to fly away from it, so I maximized my own power, hoping it would counter it... But next thing I know, I was pushed out of the place, and, on the ground, a little fairy with 4 little wings lay there, injured gravely.
It was Gloxinia.
Damn it, Gloxinia, you reckless kid...You just canât stop getting into trouble, can you?
Flying to his side, and kiss him, giving him the Kiss of Life, one of my specific powers as the Guardian of the Fairy Forest, and he was back in perfect health.
âYou, idiot...Never do that again, got it? You got me worried sick...Especially now that you got your wings.â I smiled at him gently, holding him tightly to my chest. âMy wings...? Wait, really, I got them?! I didnât even realise!â he gasped in shock, prying himself from my arms, looking at his back, grinning at his achievement. âYouâre the best, Gloxinia.â I said, and feeling another dark matter approaching, I quickly figured out another dark blast was going to hit us again, so I spread out my wings and wrapped them around him, protecting him from the blast. No matter what, he has to live.
With the last bit of my power, I reflected the attack at the demon, which went back at it with double the power, which thankfully, managed to drive the demon away to its realm...But it also managed to fry and pierce me pretty good, so I had no idea I fainted, until I woke up, the passing clouds being the first thing my eyes captured.
With some difficulty, I manage to push myself into a sitting position, realising that I was sitting on a flower, very high in the sky. My body was still aching, but my wings were in perfect shape, as if nothing happened.
âYoo, you woke up. Finally. I was beginning to worry.â a familiar voice called out, and Gloxinia appeared, holding some flowers in his arms as he sat down next to me with the same chill face as usual. âUhm...The demon went away, didnât it?â I asked, feeling a bit nervous. âYes, of course. You defeated it, remember? Anyway, feeling better?â he asked as he started fidgeting around with the flowers. âYeah...Iâm okay. Are you, though? And everyone else?â I asked again, as a way to calm myself down. âYees, donât worry about us. Everyoneâs okay, thanks to you.â he said cheerfully as he placed a flower crown he just made on my head. âThanks for protecting us. You were right, instead of slacking off, I should have trained. I will be the Fairy King, and I have to be brave and strong, just like you, so that next time, Iâll be the one protecting you, not the other way around. So...Will you please continue staying by my side and helping me?â he cupped my face, his expression soft and gentle, like I havenât seen him before with anyone but his sister. âW-Well, of course. Iâm not going back on my promises.â I looked down, feeling my cheeks warm up a bit. âEhhh~? Youâre surprisingly soft, arenât you? Youâre cute, Y/N, I want to see how much cuter you can get.â he chuckled, playing with a strand of my hair. âTalk to me when your wings are fully developed.â I jolted to my feet, flying a bit farther away from him. â...Like mine.â I looked back at him with a teasing smirk, which made him laugh. âWhat is it, you want to play tag?â he crossed his arms, as if accepting a challenge. âWith those tiny wings, can you even keep up the pace?â I giggled, propelling myself far away from him, and going through the cramped spots so it would be more difficult for him to follow. âGotcha~!...OH-â I eeped in shock as Gloxinia somehow ambushed me and threw himself at me, only for both of us to lose balance and fall tumbling on the ground, in very awkward positions, away from each other. As we turned to look at each other, we started laughing at how silly that was, especially considering we were the best flyers in the forest, and yet, we ended up like this.
âSee, Y/N? You can be lots of fun, if you want to. You just need someone who gets you. Now then, since weâre so far away from the others, help me figure out how to properly use my Spirit Spear Basquias. Only you can help me out.â he said, taking out his weapon. âOkay, kid, letâs see what youâre made of, now that youâre finally serious about your training.â taking out my Sacred Sword, ready to properly train for the first time in a long time.
The next training sessions went surprisingly smooth, now that Gloxinia finally took his responsibilities seriously and easily picked up everything I taught him, and sooner than expected, his small wings grew to be the most beautiful ones Iâve ever seen in my life, beating any species of butterflies.
He was so happy that his wings completely developed, that he started laughing gleefully, doing loops in the air, before snatching me up and going as far up into the sky, and as soon as he stopped, he put his hand on the back of my head and pulled me into a deep kiss, leaving the both of us with pink cheeks, but different reactions altogether.
âI...Well...Wasnât expecting that.â I looked away, hiding my face with one of my hands. âYouâre the one who kissed me first and said to talk to you when my wings developed, right?â he hummed in amusement, teasing me. âW-Well, yes, but I did that to heal you!â I tried to defend myself. âThen...You donât want me to kiss you again~?â he tilted his head to the side, a side grin growing on his face. âOh, youâre such a jerk.â wiping that nasty grin from his face, I rest my hands on his shoulders, bringing him closer to me, so I could properly kiss him back. âNice try, Gloxi, but you canât tease me.â I winked at him, as I held his hand and dragged him to a beautiful field of flowers. âCan I braid your hair, dear?â but before I could say anything, he got behind me, on the ground, holding me in his arms, between his legs, his chin resting on my shoulder, as he quickly pecked my cheek. âSure, go ahead. Youâre much more talented at that than Iâll ever be.â I chuckled lightly, letting my hair cascade down my back. âThankfully, there are tons of pretty flowers and I can put them in your hair...Although, thereâs no flower thatâs more beautiful than you.â he spoke so nonchalantly that he almost shocked me. âSays you, butterfly boy.â I smiled, feeling at peace, letting myself relax as his fingers running through my hair so skillfully were weirdly soothing.
For a long time afterwards, I and Gloxinia have been together, and he promised to marry me once the Holy War was finally over, as he didnât want anything to happen to either of us.
However...Due to certain circumstances, Stigma was a complete failure, thanks to the humans, demons and archangels who messed up everything...And massacred my people...And Gloxinia...
My Gloxinia disappeared completely.
There was no body, no evidence, no hint that he ever was in the forest anyway, except for Gerheade who told me he killed Rou and then left...So we were convinced he died somehow.
Years passed, and I had to train more Fairy Kings to reach their full capacity, and yet, there was nothing that allowed me to feel any ounce of happiness or fulfillment in my heart.
There was nothing more than an empty void that nothing could complete, and it appeared as soon as I couldnât feel his presence in this world anymore. Not to mention, after 3 millennia passed, the new King is a complete, irresponsible child who left his little sister to take care of the Fountain of Youth, which is result led to her death, and a human had to replant the Forest Seed, otherwise our whole realm would have died.
This guy...He looks so much like Rou...The one who protected Gerheade long ago...And now, he tried, and still tries, to save Elaine, to bring her back to life. To think that some humans could hold so much love for some fairies like us, itâs almost unbelievable, but so beautiful nonetheless.
But then...Something unbelievable happened...And I felt this weird feeling in my heart that only occurred when Gloxinia was alive. Why would it happen...? Heâs long dead, isnât he?
I have to test this feeling I have, so I went in search for the Seven Deadly Sins, who claimed to be fighting the Ten Commandments who, for some reason, were brought to this world, and Meliodas, whose demon rage took over him, needed help in his fight.
But then...There he was...
A little fairy with long red hair, sitting on the shoulder of a blue giant with four arms. If I werenât as old as I am, I wouldnât have had a clue who they were...But I remember...Gloxinia and Drole, they used to be best friends, as they were both the leaders of their people...
And there I was, floating in the middle of ten demons, looking with shock at the fairy, who stared at me with demonic eyes, with the same expression I had.
âGloxinia...?â I wasnât sure if he heard me, for my voice was barely above a whisper, before one of the demons attacked me out of nowhere, sending me tumbling to the ground. âDONâT ATTACK HER!â his voice echoed throughout the place, anxiety surging through it a bit too obviously. âGloxinia...Is that really you?! What happened to you? I...I thought you were dead...!â I pushed myself off the ground to get back in the air to his level. âYes...Yes, itâs me...But what are you doing here?! Go back home, I donât want to see you hurt!â he tried to care for me, but that was the last thing I cared about. âNo! Iâm not going anywhere without you! You already left me once, Iâm not letting you do that again.â I frowned at him, determined to get him back home. âThatâs enough talk! If she doesnât wanna leave, or join our side, then sheâs gonna die!â one of the demons roared, and attacked me. âNo! Thereâs no way Iâm leaving without Gloxinia! Never again!â no matter how many times I got thrown around, stabbed, hit or blasted away, Iâd get up to fight, because death is a better outcome than not having him by my side for another day. âThatâs enough!â but the Fairy King flew over, taking my form in his arms, his wings protectively covering me. âAs naive as always.â I smiled weakly, putting my arms around his neck, and in an instant, I teleported us far away from that place, which shocked the fairy beyond belief. âForgot about my powers, didnât you?â âWhyâd you do that?! I have to go back, otherwise-â he kept looking behind him with a worried look, and I could only push myself to kiss him, not realising tears were streaming down my face. âWhy did you leave me? Why did you leave us? You have no idea how devastated Gerheade was...â I bit my lip, making him sigh and hang his head. â...Iâm sorry, Y/N. When I saw you and my sister in that state...I thought you were dead. I thought there was no more reason to live...So I and Drole joined the Ten Commandments. We wanted revenge on the humans who destroyed everything we held dear to us. And...I was too afraid to check if you were alive or not. I was afraid of knowing you might be dead...So I ran away. Iâm a real coward, arenât I?â he chuckled weakly, his face showing the sorrow he held in his heart. âThen...Canât you come back to us? Return your commandment and come back. Drole can do the same. Itâs no big deal, is it? ...Is it?â I asked with hope, gently cupping his face. âI...Yeah, it can work, but...Who will accept me back? Iâm the Fairy King who abandoned his people. I know I did a terrible mistake from which I couldnât turn back.â he explained, as I raked my fingers through his beautiful hair that remained as soft as always. âEveryone will accept you, I promise. You were the best and most powerful King we ever had. And, besides...Gerheade would be so happy to hug you again. She hasnât danced or sung since that day...But sheâs been a great adviser for all Kings. She grew up as a fine lady.â I put my forehead to his, trying to calm him down. âAnd...And you? Do you really want me back, after everything Iâve done to you? After all the promises I broke to you?â his voice was more of an usher than before. âIâd want nothing more than to spend my life with you by my side, no matter what.â I replied, which made him raise his head up, his demonic eyes turning back to his gorgeous, amber like ones, and the demon mark on his chest disappeared completely. âThen...Would you still want to marry me, even after I abandoned you for more than 3000 years?â he asked, and my heart burst with warmth and happiness. âOf course I would. As long as you are by my side, everything will be okay.â I threw my arms around his neck, too afraid to let go of him. âThank you...Thank you for not giving up on me, even though I deserve it. I love you so much, Y/N. I promise, this time, Iâm not going anywhere. I promise.â he held me close to him, one hand on the back of my head, while the other was holding me tightly. âI will always love you...My dear Gloxinia.â
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| snakes | Suna Rintarou
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song | Trust Fund Baby - Why Donât WeÂ
pairing | Suna Rintarou x ReaderÂ
words | 1.8kÂ
warning(s) | The reader has undertones of someone whoâs sort of mean and sadistic? The story also relates the reader to a snake. I like snakes. I think theyâre cool. But if youâre scared of snakes and youâre uncomfortable with the idea of being referenced to a snake,,, donât read, I guess? Â
authorâs note | I rewrote this five fricking times and I still hate it but Iâm not writing this again so have thisÂ
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Confidence.Â
He could feel it radiating off you in waves. Your presence diffused into the gym, alerting every person in the room of your arrival. Attention was drawn to you like moths were drawn to the light, every pair of eyes magnetised to your form by the gym door.Â
Kita instantly rushed over to greet you politely, the details of your conversation too far away to be heard. For a brief moment, Suna registered just how well the two of you looked together.Â
L/N Y/N, the representative and top student of his class, the newly-elected second-year secretary of the student council. No one doubted that you would take the president position in your third year, not with the âperfect studentâ image you had going on.Â
Kita Shinsuke, also top in grades, captain of the volleyball club, well-liked by the staff and students alike due to his politeness and nature.Â
The two of you looked like a perfect imitation of what a modern royalty would be like. A combination of grace, elegance, and a face that was hardly fazed by anything. Something similar to bitterness ate away in the bottom of Sunaâs heart as he turned away, muttering about putting more practice into his blocks.Â
âWhat was she looking for you for?â He overheard Aran asking.Â
âOh, sheâs filling in some missing information for our club. She came over to clarify some details.â Kita answered easily.Â
Suna wasnât really surprised when a couple third years, belonging to the student council committee- Showed up on the doorsteps of your shared class, asking to see you. Later on, he learned that the entire council body had brought up your name when asked which second-year should be elected as the secretary. You were well-known, even among the third years, as someone who possessed high intellect and organisation abilities, so it wasnât a shock that your name was the one that nearly everyone suggested.Â
If only they knew.Â
If only they knew that you werenât completely that âperfect studentâ act that youâd put up.Â
If only they knew just how cunning, sly, and sarcastic you really were.Â
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If Suna had to describe you in one word, it would be snake.Â
You were the definition of elegance, grace, and beauty. Every movement you made was meticulously calculated and not a single joule of energy was wasted or passed off as inefficiently used. There was never a hair out of place, and your skirt was never creased, no matter how long you had been sitting at your seat.Â
Of course, Suna hadnât always thought of you as a snake. It was only after that one fine summer day in his first year that his perception of you took a 180 turn, revealing to him what you truly were like.Â
He had been on his way home, bag slung over his shoulder, when he caught the slight noise that seemed like a whimper. Never one to leave his nose out of someone elseâs business, Suna slunk around, careful to stick to the shadows until the shocking sight befell his eyes.Â
âSo, youâre the one whoâs been bullying [your brotherâs name]?â The voice that dripped from your lips was distasteful, as if the junior high student that you had cornered in the alley was a filthy peasant compared to your royal status. âYou donât look very fierce now, do you?âÂ
If sarcasm was an art, then youâd probably be a DaVinci-level expert. He would even go as far as calling you a prodigy. And if there was a championship for the worldâs most sarcastic human being, he would instantly sign you up. There was no doubt that youâd take home the no.1 trophy in that category (not that you werenât already taking home trophies in other competitions, of course, he overheard that you recently dominated an advanced maths competition).Â
âIâ Iâm sorry!â The student shivered under your piercing gaze. âIâ I wonât touch him again, I promiseâ!âÂ
The laugh you responded with was overly sweet, combined with something from a Disney movie villain. If the movie also, by chance, happened to have âhorrorâ as itsâ genre. Your eyes carried a maniacal threat that Suna believed wholeheartedly that you were capable of carrying out. âBold of you to assume Iâd even let you do it again.â You whispered, just loud enough for Suna to catch your words.Â
The junior high student scrambled off, too busy getting away to notice Suna by the entrance of the alley. He slipped away before you reappeared at the beginning of the alley, having fixed your hair and flattened your skirt.Â
You looked like a snake that had just finished a very satisfying meal. Suna could hardly believe that he had just heard youâ the pride and joy of every teacher, the âperfect studentââ spitting insults and threats at 200 words per minute, all while maintaining a âpoliteâ and âsweetâ tone.Â
He was a little breathless after the whole ordeal. He could barely imagine what you would say to him if youâd caught him listeningâ But damn, part of him wanted to find out if he could withstand your literature-form venom. Truly, you were a snakeâ A creature that could hold itsâ elegance even as your tore your prey apart (verbally).Â
Suna always liked snakes.Â
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âYouâve been spending a lot of time with L/N, Kita.â Aran teased, Suna overhearing as he stepped into the locker room for morning practice. Freezing in his tracks, the middle blocker curved right round the bend, staying out of sight. âThereâs been a lot of rumours about how nice the two of you look together.âÂ
The volleyball captain only hummed in response, which, for some reason, pissed the hell out of Suna.Â
âCome on, tell me something.â The other third-year complained. âSheâs really pretty, Iâd totally see why youâd go for her.âÂ
Something about the situation made Sunaâs blood boil. He bit back his rising anger, setting aside the cause for the moment. Why was he getting so riled up? He never cared much about things in general, anyway, so... So why was the image of you and Kita, matching polite smiles on your lipsâ Why did it make him so furious he had to physically resist the urge to punch a wall?Â
âThe two of you do look nice together, though.â Aran continued as Suna pushed down the urge to strangle his upperclass-man. âGives me the vibes ofââÂ
Before Aran could finish his sentence, the dark-haired middle blocker marched into the locker room, apologising for how loudly he had slammed the door open. âSorry.â He drawled lazily, restraining the lava-hot anger in his blood. âI pushed too hard.âÂ
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You didnât even blink, much less jump when Suna appeared abruptly by your desk. Instead, you simply set down your pencil and gave him a warm smile. âCan I help you with something?âÂ
Ever the helpful class president, Suna bit back to himself. No, no, he wanted you to like him. Not get a bad impression of him. âDo you... Think you could help me with the physics homework?âÂ
âItâs due tomorrow.â You said slowly, both of you aware that the assignment was well over forty pages. âHave you... Tried it?âÂ
âYes.â He answered. âIâve got a few questions I need help with. Are you free to stay back today?âÂ
This raised a tentative eyebrow from you. âDonât you have volleyball practice?âÂ
Dammit, why did you have to have such a good memory.Â
âAcademics are more important than the club sometimes.â He shrugged. âIâve got permission to skip.â No, he didnât.Â
âAlright then. Iâll meet you in the library after school.âÂ
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He watched you through hooded eyes as you reviewed his work. So you did know how to let loose, Suna murmured to himself in amusement, eyeing your untucked blouse and the beige sweater youâd thrown on in a defence against the libraryâs air-conditioning.Â
âYouâve got most of the parts down, which bits do you need help with?âÂ
The rest of the time was spent going over the questions, your patience filling the silence along with his occasional âohsâ. Your handwriting flooded through his homework in neat rows, providing an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide on how to work through the questions, for revision purposes.Â
âSo.âÂ
You broke the silence, the two of you walking side by side, leaving the school together because he offered to buy you some food as a payment for the tutoring.Â
âAre you going to tell me why you faked confusion and asked me to tutor you?âÂ
He winced. How could he forget that you were always straight to the point?Â
âWhat do you mean?â The look on your face clearly said âfeigning ignorance, eh?â.Â
âIâm going to be frank with you,â You deadpanned. âYouâre among the best at physics in our class. Some of the questions you asked me to help you through were ones that had been discussed in classes, and I know that you are listening even though you have your head on the table.âÂ
Alright, so he had under-predicted exactly how observant and attentive you were.Â
âThen why did you agree to help me?âÂ
âYou saw me that day, didnât you?âÂ
He stopped walking. âWhich day?âÂ
âThat day. In our first year. When I threatened that junior high kid in the alley.â You stopped too, to turn your expressionless gaze on him. âYouâve looked at me differently since that day. I heard someone elseâs breathing at the alley, but I didnât see anyone so I figured theyâd ran. I guessed it was you.âÂ
â... Yeah.âÂ
âYou donât seem to mind.âÂ
âMind what?âÂ
âThe fact that this...â You gestured to yourself. âIs a lie. This whole âperfect studentâ image is an act that I put up to please my parents. Iâm actually someone who has really mean thoughts. I could be a really toxic friend. Iâm also probably a sadist.âÂ
Suna blinked quietly at you, running your words through his head a couple more times for good measure. âYou remind me of a snake.â
In that one sentence, you realised that if there was one person in the world that was going to be fine with your personality the way it was, that person would probably be Suna Rintarou. The two of you continued your walk to the takoyaki shop Suna offered to buy you food from, continuing meaningless chatter on the journey.Â
âIs that a good or bad thing?âÂ
âI like snakes.âÂ
âThatâs cool. Me too.âÂ
âWhy?âÂ
âI donât know, I think theyâre pretty cool. Theyâre like spiders, except theyâre not insects. I donât like insects very much.âÂ
âHmm. I like snakes cause I think theyâre really elegant. And pretty.â He paused for a moment. âLike you.âÂ
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Buck Begins Fic Recs
For @thisissiriusÂ
Here are a couple of fics that I have written. And Iâll probably add a couple of favorites that Iâve read along the way!
Nothing I Ever Did Was Good Enough
Buck bit his tongue, looking away from his father. It was too early in their get together to have a blow out. He especially didnât want to have that blowout in front of Chim and Albert. âYou know, firefighting, until recently, has had a huge amount of off duty suicides due to improper care of mental health. The department has changed to help firefighters through hard times of losing patients or families in fires by hiring departmental psychologists and having service animals available for visits to the firehouses after really tough calls. If someone isnât in the right mindset, we could lose more people, not to mention our own people and that person. Mental health is no joke,â Albert stated. Buck had to hide is smile, but he turned to Albert, giving him a knowing look and small smile. His parents spluttered for a few seconds before Phillip turned to Albert. âI donât think I was talking to you. Mind your own business, this was a family matter.â âDonât talk to him like that,â Buck nearly growled. âHe is family.â
~~Or the one where the parents visit and Buck is in over his head...luckily his family has his back.
~~~~Part 1 in the Nothing I Ever Did Was Good Enough series
Nothing I Ever Did-
~~~~Part 2 in the Nothing I Ever Did Was Good Enough series
"Watch your attitude, Evan," Margaret glared. "Why should I? All you've ever done is put me down and compare me to Maddie and try to make me into her. News flash, I'm my own person and I'm different! I get that nothing I ever did was good enough, but I don't have to keep trying to appease you and let you walk on me or my family. So if you could kindly drop the attitude and rude comments regarding Eddie and Christopher, it would be much appreciated. They invited you into their home and you've been nothing but assholes since you got here! Clearly you came here with opinions and baggage and a want to have your way, but that's not going to fly here. You best just head out of town tonight, you're not wanted here in my life or Maddie's life. We don't want your toxicity melting into our families because I'll be damned if the shit you've said tonight will ever affect my niece or my kid!"
~~Or the one where Eddie hosts the Buckley parents and just tries to be supportive in general...but the parents are nightmares. Featuring cuddles with Chris, Eddie, and Buck.
Not The One You Wanted
âEvan, I donât know what you expected us to do.â
âLove me anyway,â it had been said like his heart had been ripped out...which, it felt like it had. Because that was the truth, wasnât it...all he ever wanted was for them to love him anyway. He wanted his parents to give a damn about him but they never did...it was like he was a responsibility that they never wanted.
Maddie had said that their parents had been different back then when they were sentimental and made a box for her...and now Buck knew why. Daniel. His older brother Daniel...a brother that he didnât even know existed until he sat down with Maddie to look at all the baby photos in the box...and there were plenty...Buck can hardly remember ever getting portraits like these done during his childhoodâŠ.but his parents were different back then.
-OR- Evan Buckley deserves love and hugs because of how shitty his parents are.
*This is honestly one of my favorites that Iâve written...itâs like a character study while Buck was trapped in the warehouse with some liberties surrounding the reason Buckâs in the warehouse*
Secrets
Heâd been lied to his whole life...Maddie had never thought to tell him about not being his actual sister...his parents were acting like it didnât matter...like he should just get over it. Buckâs eyes met Chimâs...and his whole body went rigid. âYou knew,â he whispered, looking directly at Chim. âYou knew and you didnât tell me?!â He rounded on his sister, âyou told him, but not me?!â
âEvan, I was trying to protect you-â
âNo, you donât get to do that! You donât get to try and protect me! Iâm a grown ass adult, I deserved to know but instead of telling me, you told him and even though Iâve known him longer he still didnât tell me!â Buck shook his head, backing from the room. âI canât do this,â he whispered.
-OR- Buck finds out the secret Maddie's been keeping from him while his parents are visiting...he is understandably betrayed.
*Basically, Buck Begins and the Daniel scenes hadnât happened yet and I wanted to know what the secret was, so I came up with this.*
Ambush of the Parents
Based off the new Promo (or the one I just saw) where we see Maddie, Chim, Albert, Buck and (who I believe) are Buck and Maddieâs Parents. Buckâs dad says âyouâve been seeing a therapist?â and Buck responds âWell, the job can be stressful.â
Disclaimer: Please don't read if verbal abuse from parents triggers you.
~~~~Or Buckâs parents are absolutely horrible and Buckâs family defends him.
Buck Begins
Buck always tried to please his parents. He wanted to be recognized and loved. He tried to get their approval but it was never enough. *Includes flashbacks, this was before Season 4 was even in production*
~Evan had thought that the SEALs would make his parents proud. He tried out for the SEALs, he went through training, but it still wasnât enough. Then heâd dropped out. That had been the icing on the cake. Evan had never had a big blowout with his parents. Heâd always tried to appease them. He tried to be the perfect sonâŠbut they never thought he was good enough. So when he dropped out of the SEALs, having a shouting match with his father as a consequence, he left for South America. He bartended and had fun. Then heâd gone to LA and became a firefighter and he hadnât contacted his parents since the blowout.Â
Here are some fic recs that are not my own works
double vision wrapped in last nightâs party clothes by amirlywritingfanficnow
"I have always been honest with you." When Eddie's voice cracks, Buck's composure almost cracks with it. "Why can't you just be honest with me?"
or
When Buck is let in on a long kept family secret, he doesn't know what to do. He almost ruins things with the one person that keeps him from feeling like he's floating away with no way to land, but it ultimately turns out okay with help of a little communication.
*This one pulled at my heart strings a little*
but i leave it in my heart, cause I donât want to stay in the dark by neoncrayolas
Buck hadn't meant for the confession to come out like it did. He'd wanted it to be more eloquent and not so full of snot and tears.
But once it was out, there was no going back.
Or, part character study of Buck, part coda to 4x05.
*Basically, Buck isolates himself, Eddie gets worried, and Buddie is endgame
Learning to Breathe by TearsThisSideofHeaven
Boy, he thinks as the city lights blur a little in his vision, my therapist is going to have a field day with this.
*Short little fic that delves into Buckâs emotions with Eddie trying to support him
Finally Safe by WinterLioness
In the aftermath of finding out a family secret Buck finds himself going to Eddie. Christopher and Eddie use their Diaz charm to help.
*This picks up on the emotions Buck feels not only because of the family secret but because Maddie kept it from him (not full on hate, but what any normal person would need to work through) and Eddie is there to support him. Features cuddles with the Diaz Boys.
Not Related to the story line of 9-1-1 but has a whole âBuck Beginsâ vibe because I was world building: The Life We Live
*The Old Guard AU no one asked for* "Athena had seen many a millennium and many men, women, and children die. She had seen the rise and fall of civilizations. She had felt the pain of loneliness and the happiness of community...but sheâd never, in her many years of living, seen something like Eddie, Buck, and Chris. Sheâd never seen this profound of a bond, even between herself and Bobby. After Buck lost Abby and, later, Ali, Athena wasnât sure he would have let his heart reach out to another person that he could lose...but she was proud of him. He built something that was hard to come by in their way of living. He built a home."
*Iâm really proud of this one, it turned out well*
Not Related to the Story Line of 9-1-1, Fics by others!
Please Donât Say You Love Me (because I might not say it back)Â by Queerfeministdork
"Say I love you loud, and say I love you often. It was an easy sentiment, and it was a beautiful background picture. But something clenched tightly in Buckâs chest when he saw it flash open as he handed Hen her phone. Because he knew it was a simple thing for most people, that most people could just let those three little words slip out without a care. But he couldnât. They always got caught in his throat, stuck behind his chest. Tamped down before he could think to breathe them out."
Buck always wished he could just say the words. Turns out, maybe people just know.
*Basically, Buck canât say âI Love Youâ as easily as everyone else and panics about it...but eventually, everyone understands.
everything is blue by amirlywritingfanficnow
When Evan Buckley is ten, he discovers nail polish.
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In which Buck paints his nails, Eddie is flustered, and May is a matchmaker.
*Basically Buck and Eddie saying fuck toxic masculinity. Buck enjoying painting his nails and Eddie is definitely in love with him.
Coming Home To You by kariberri13
The 118 want to know more about Buck, but the man won't give them many details. That is until the biggest detail walks through the station's bay doors.
*Not focused on his past, but a different story focusing on the fact that Buck is married to Eddie and has a kid that he didnât tell the Fire fam about.
There are tons more, but this is what I could think of off the top of my head!Â
Hope you like them!
#buck begins fic recs#buck begins#fanfiction writing#9-1-1#evan buckley#buddie#evan buckley x eddie diaz#eddie diaz#christopher diaz#the buckley parents#fic recs#for thisisserious#longish post
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Perfect Timing//Bill Denbrough x fem reader
Please be kind! This is only my second time publishing on tumblr, so Iâm not really sure what Iâm doing, but here we are!
Warnings: smut, brief mention of fem oral receiving, swearing, mild angst, underage drinking
Spring break came way too slowly, especially for Y/n. Freshman year of college is said to be one of the best years of your life, but itâs definitely the worst. Her high school was entirely too easy for her, probably because her teachers were just idiots. Then college hit, and the workload was unbearable. Not to mention, she grew homesick for her parents and her best friends and even a tiny bit for Bill.Â
Oh, how she hated Bill back home.Â
Well, okay, she didnât hate him, it was more of just a mutual tension that sometimes led to the Losers separating them at all costs.Â
They went on a few dates freshman year, and even kissed once, but it all ended when popular Autumn asked Bill to âhelp her with Englishâ at lunch one day. He completely forgot to tell Y/n, but didnât think much of the whole affair anyway. When Y/n walked out of the lunch line, she smiled at her newly official boyfriend. He was hunched over a piece of paper, diligently writing with ginger hair falling into his eyes. When Autumn saw her coming over, she tapped Bill on the shoulder, and kissed him full on the mouth when he turned to her.
Y/nâs hands went slack, causing her tray to clatter to the ground. Tomato soup splattered all over her new white Keds. She obviously looked down to see the damage, and missed Bill pushing Autumn off of him. He went over to check on her and help her clean up, but she stormed off to the bathrooms.Â
From then on out, thereâs been so much tension between them. Even though Bill explained what happened countless times, sheâs absolutely refused to listen. Sheâs had trust issues after her biological father cheated on her mother when she was little, and this, well, this basically made them inflate like the economy. She wasnât on speaking terms with him until the end of the school year, and even then their friendship was rocky.
But there was also a sexual tension. Bill and Y/n still had blatantly obvious feelings for each other, whether they wanted to admit or not. In fact, they even went to senior prom together, but it ended in disaster. There was a dramatic exit from Y/n when he mentioned how he was on good terms with Autumn now, and she was really sorry for what happened.Â
âWhy the hell would you bring that up now?â Y/n rose from her seat.
âB-b-because she t-told me she w-wanted us to-â
âCanât we just completely forget what happened back then? It was so long ago.â
Bill flushed. âWell, it r-r-really seems l-like youâve n-n-never forgotten ab-about it these past th-three years.â
She threw her napkin on the table and left after saying, âYouâre a dick.â
That night she vented to Eddie and ultimately admitted to having feelings for him, but he knew that all along anyway.
That night was the last time they talked until it was time for Bill to leave for NYU.
âGood luck,â she told him, bouncing on the balls of her feet nervously.Â
âTh-thank you, Y/n, y-you too!â he was so excited that day that he even pulled her into a hug, much to her surprise (and delight).Â
And now, here she is, on the plane to Palm Springs. Itâs a long flight from Marywood, so Y/n uses her time to finish her homework. Sheâs majorly jetlagged by the time she lands at Palm Springs International. Luckily, the cab ride isnât ridiculously long. When she gets to Richieâs beach house, heâs on the porch with his feet up and a daiquiri in hand.
âY/N!!!!â he shouts, putting his drink to the side and running down the stairs.
âRICHIE!!!!â she yells back, dropping her bags to run and hug him.Â
âOh, itâs been so long!â
âI know!! And holy shit, your house is gorgeous!â
âIâm telling you, Y/n, I lucked out so much by scoring that audition. Can you believe it? Rich Records Tozier, the nationâs youngest beloved DJ.â
âHardly,â she chuckles. âSo how is the life of fame treating you?â
âOh, brilliant. Come on in, Iâll give you a tour,â he scoops up her bag and leads her to the door. Itâs an incredible house, with a beautiful kitchen and even a movie theater.Â
âAnd hereâs your room,â he gestures to the first door upstairs.Â
âMay I?â she asks, hand on the doorknob.Â
âBe my guest.â
She swings it open to a redheaded girl on one of the two beds. She looks up from her magazine, smirking. âHey, roomie!â
âBev!â Y/n shrieks as her best friend runs to her and practically knocks her over.Â
âWhen did you get here?!âÂ
âAbout an hour ago. Stanâs here too, but heâs taking a nap.â
âWell, weâll have to fix that, wonât we?â Y/n grins mischievously.Â
âEveryone else is supposed to get here tomorrow morning, except for Mike. Heâs coming tonight.â
âOh, thank God. No Bill for a half day more.â
âOh, Y/n, donât be so close-minded,â Bev giggles and they sit down on the same bed, bursting with so much to catch up on. Richie doesnât know if he should sit down with them or just go back to his daiquiri, but the doorbell rings.
âSaved by the bell,â he says, getting the side eye in response.Â
The girls talk for hours until they decide to say hello to Mike. Y/n stops at the bathroom first, and it takes her a while to find the kitchen after that. She has to follow the voices and Richieâs booming laugh.
âSorry, I got lost,â she says, turning in the kitchen. âHi, Mi-â
The third person talking to Richie and Beverly is not Mike.
Itâs Bill. And she looks like a total bum in her old sundress and messy ponytail. She isnât wearing a drop of makeup, either.
âY/n.â
âBill. Good to see you,â she holds out her hand professionally. He shakes it.
Is it good to see him? Looking at his cerulean eyes certainly sends butterflies through her stomach and through⊠other parts of her body.
âY-you too.â
That immaculate stutter. She sits down at a barstool and crosses her legs together tightly. Richie and Beverly are quick to notice it, but restrain from commenting.
âI thought you were coming in tomorrow morning?âÂ
She doesnât sound rude or accusatory, just curious.
âM-my flight got c-c-cancelled.â
âOkay, gotcha.âÂ
She drums her fingertips on the counter restlessly, not really knowing what else to say.
Luckily, Richie has a plan in case things get awkward between these two- and heâs already having to use it.
âAnyone want a drink?â
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âNursing school is so insane. In anatomy, our teacher dissected a literal human body, and we had to examine it.â
âEddie, please. Weâre eating,â Y/n coughs.Â
âIt was disgusting, but it was also fascinating,â he defends himself.
âWhatever floats your boat,â Ben shrugs.Â
âY/n, tell us more about Marywood,â Eddie says, but sheâs way too busy watching Bill talk to Richieâs cute next door neighbor while holding her little sister.
âYouâre so good with her!â she simpers, tossing her shiny brown hair.
âY/n? Earth to Y/n?â
âWhat?âÂ
âHowâs Marywood?âÂ
âOh, itâs⊠fine.â
âJust fine? Did you pick a major yet?â
She shakes her head.
âWhat about that guy? Are you still with him?â
âDavid? No, we were together for a while, but I guess the spark just kinda died. I mean, he initiated the breakup, but it was all mutual.â
Eddie squirts a dollop of sunscreen the size of a clementine in his hand. âThat sucks. Iâm sorry to hear that.â
âDonât be,â Y/n shrugs, averting her gaze back to Bill. Sheâs very glad that she's wearing sunglasses, to hide her stares.
The cute girl was right, he is good with that little girl. Her heart would be melted, but Bill keeps flirting with the older sister. Itâs disgusting.
And then, that girl has the audacity to drop the rattle she shook in the babyâs face. Y/n is close enough to hear the conversation, or at least read lips.
âOh, l-l-l-let m-me get that.â
âDonât worry, I got it,â she smiles, bending over so stealthily so that her breasts are all but out of that bikini.
âUgh,â Y/n rolls her eyes.
âWhatâs up?â Ben asks.
âNothing. Iâm just going to go to the bathroom,â she stands up and walks almost catatonically to the door.
Instead of going to the bathroom, she finds a glass and slams it on the table.Â
âD-damn, Y/n. Thatâs n-n-not a napkin, you kn-know.â
She jumps at Billâs voice. He obviously followed her in, and sheâs not too thrilled about it.
âFunny,â she replies, searching the cabinets. âDo you want anything?â
âI-I was ac-actually getting d-drinks.â
âOh, for you and your new girlfriend? Hey, let me know when the wedding is. That is, if I even get on the guest list.â
âWhatâs your p-p-problem?â
âI donât have a problem.â
Y/n finds a bottle of straight vodka and pours it right in the glass.
âHey, its eh-eh-eleven AM,â Bill warns her, reaching for the glass. Unfortunately, their hands grab for it at the same time and it goes crashing to the ground.Â
âGreat, thanks,â she says.
âI didnât w-want you to be w-w-wasted all d-day.â
âListen, Bill,â she takes a deep breath. âI really appreciate your concern. I do. But itâs my life, and if I want to get wasted this early, then no one should stop me.âÂ
He doesnât answer. They both grab rags and start to clean up around their feet.
âTh-this kind of r-r-reminds me of a certain sit-situation involving t-tomato soup,â Bill risks saying.
It was a terrible idea.
âAre you kidding me? I thought we moved on from that!â
âYeah, so w-w-we can j-joke about it now!â
Sheâs silent for a minute, a blend of wrath and sadness.
âJust,â Y/n says, âJust go back out with your girlfriend.â
âI-I-I h-hardly know- o-okay, what the hell is y-y-your problem? Weâre n-not together an-anymore!!! You sh-sh-shouldnât c-care about my l-l-love life.â
âYou donât get it, do you?â she stands up, vodka dripping from the rag to her toes. âI donât care that I shouldnât care. I do care! Iâve always cared!âÂ
Bill is speechless, and she honestly doesnât blame him. Y/n assumes he doesnât feel the same about her. After all, they havenât dated since freshman year. Sighing, she puts the rag in the sink and walks back outside.
Sheâs opening up her book and lying on her stomach to get a tan when Y/n hears an obnoxious âExcuse me?â
She looks up to the girl, who could literally be a bikini model.She looks at Y/n like sheâs a piece of dirt, and Y/n just wants to smack her. She could never hurt anyone, though.
âUm, do you know when Bill will be back with the drinks?â
âNot a clue.â
******
Bill absolutely could not stop thinking of Y/n all day. He never really can, ever, but his thoughts have been out of control all damn day. They range from wild fantasies to regrets from way back when to just simply: She still likes me, she still likes me, she still likes me!!!!
He wants more than anything to talk to her and confess heâs been in love with her since high school, maybe even before that. But some small voice in Billâs head tells him that even if she does have feelings, she wonât want to act on them. After all, heâs been nothing but an asshole to her.
Then again, so has she.
Itâs really ironic that theyâre so abrasive towards each other. Y/n is so kind and friendly to everyone she meets; thatâs why Bill fell for her. And everyone tells him that heâs nothing but a sweetheart. And heâs always treated his every girlfriend like a princess.Â
But itâs Y/n he wants as a girlfriend, and it always has been.Â
Y/n comes running down the stairs, using the bansiters to prop herself up and skip the last couple steps. Sheâs been strangely lighthearted after she made that confession to Bill. It had been a weight on shoulders for the longest time, after all. And now that itâs out of the bag, she feels as if she can finally move on.
Holy shit, sheâs so cute, Bill says to himself. She has this youthful energy, but the looks of a gorgeous young woman. Not to mention her outfit- a pastel yellow halter top, short jean shorts, and a sky blue scrunchie- looks magnificent.
âOkay, Iâm ready to go!â she grins widely. âSorry for the holdup!â
âYouâre good,â Richie replies. âWe were just figuring out transportation, considering I can only take five of us in my car.â
âI donât mind taking the trunk,â Y/n shrugs. âAnyone else?âÂ
âI will,â Beverly volunteers.Â
âOkay, great, and five of you can squish in the backseat. Mike claimed shotgun earlier.â
Everyone else groans while he flashes a smile and gives them finger guns.
âSo charming,â Bev laughs and grabs Y/nâs hand. They run out to the car and squish in the trunk.
âBev, I have to tell you something,â Y/n whispers.
âWhat?â
âIâm still not over Bill.â
âThank you, Y/n,â she responds sarcastically.
âHow did you know that? I only told Eddie!â
âIt was just a little obvious,â she laughs. âAnd the good news is that we all think he feels the same way!â
âI donât think he does, Bev,â Y/n shakes her head.
âWhat makes you say that?â
âWell, I told him today-â
âYou what?â
âShush!â she scolds as the boys get in the car. Luckily theyâre all talking and canât hear the girls if they whisper. âIt just sort of... slipped out. But he didnât even say anything. He just kind of⊠froze? It was so awkward.â
âYou know heâs a little awkward around girls that he likes.â
âIs he, though?â
âSure he is!â
âI donât know, Bev. He stood there for a full thirty seconds without saying anything, and he just let me leave,â Y/n explains. âI think if he really liked me, he would have told me by now.â
Beverly gets quiet. âIâm so sorry, Y/n.â
âHey, itâs okay! The timing was never right, and that- that happens. And itâs better I know now so Iâm not hung up on him for the rest of my life.â
The rest of the drive is mostly just Beverly telling Y/n that thereâs someone out there for her, and to keep her eyes open at the restaurant.Â
Itâs a bright restaurant, very tropical and very flamboyant. A lush plant, obviously made of silicon, is the centerpiece of every table.Â
Good, it can hide me from Bill and spare my embarrassment, Y/n thinks as she sits opposite him. Unfortunately, Ben asks the hostess to take it away so he can see everyone. Y/n is mortified. Being directly across from her, he can watch and judge the girl the entire dinner.
She tries her hardest the whole meal not to pay Bill any mind, but it gets difficult when he starts getting tipsy. And drunk Bill can be wild. Singing and dancing on the tables wild. Luckily he isnât at that point yet.
She doesnât even know how he was able to buy drinks here; heâs only nineteen. The waitress must have a crush on him or something. Maybe she and Richieâs neighbor could start a Bill fanclub.
Y/n has a feeling the waitress would ask for her ID, though, so she sticks to soda. And three Shirley Temples is never good on anyoneâs bladder.
âIâm going to the bathroom,â she announces. âAnyone else?â
Everyone shakes their heads. Everyone exceptâŠ
âMe! M-m-me!â Bill waves his hand around like a hyper child.
âGreat, Iâm a babysitter now,â Y/n murmurs.
She starts walking to the bathroom, Bill hot on her heels. Surprisingly enough, when she finishes peeing, heâs actually waiting for her.Â
âF-f-finally. G-g-girls take so long in the buh-buh-bathroom.â
She ignores him.
âY/nnnnn,â he slurs. âIâve been m-m-meaning to t-t-tell you, your a-a-ass looks fantastic in th-those shorts.â
âBecause thatâs not a rude thing to say at all,â she replies, feeling her face burn up.
âIâm n-n-not trying to be r-rudeeee,â Bill grabs her waist and pulls her in. Y/n can smell all the alcohol on his breath, and itâs disgusting. He kisses her full on the mouth.
She shoves him off, embarrassed by his behavior. âYouâre drunk.â
âIf b-b-being drunk makes me w-w-want to m-make out with you, I-I-I never want t-to be so-sober.â
That hits Y/n hard. Bill Denbrough wants her. But only when heâs drunk.Â
He doesnât love her in his right mind. This is all she has, and she canât even fathom just taking advantage of him when heâs drunk. Using someone would hurt her in such an inexplicable way, and not to mention it would tear whatever small bond she had with Bill into shreds.
She plops back down in her seat, barely touching the rest of her food or speaking for the rest of the night.
When she gets to her shared room with Bev, Y/n takes a shower. Sheâs always loved showers because theyâre a place where you can cry without risk of anyone hearing over the water running.
And thatâs exactly what Y/n does. She lets the tears stream down her face, washed away by the showerheadâs water.
*******
Bill knows he got plastered last night, so itâs no surprise when he wakes up with a pounding headache. But he isnât sure why Y/n is so quiet, especially around him. Usually she has a remark or at least a glare for him, but she seems almost meek today.
He pulls Beverly aside at one point, and asks if he did anything to her last night.
âI donât know, Bill. You guys went to the bathroom at the same time, and when you came back, Y/n seemed really upset.â
âL-l-like angry, or s-sad?â
âSad. But she didnât tell me anything that happened. Iâm sorry, Bill.â
âItâs o-o-okay. Th-Thanks, Bev.â
He spends the rest of the day trying to remember something- anything- from last night. Bathrooms. Bathrooms.
There are some vignettes. Y/n across from him, in that pretty top. Watching her ass as she walked to the bathrooms.Â
Oh, shit. Bill made some sort of comments about those shorts. What happened after that? He kissed her, didnât he? But why would that make her sad?
When evening rolls around, Bill still doesnât remember anything new. Heâs the only one in the living room, not even paying attention to the TV. His friends come bounding down the stairs, all wearing sneakers and athletic outfits.
âA-a-are you g-guys going somewhere?â
âYeah, to the new rope climbing place,â Stan replies.Â
âWhereâs Y/n?â
âShe has vertigo, and wanted to stay here. We thought you could stay here so sheâs not alone all night.â
âYou d-d-didnât th-think about asking me f-first?â
âWe drew names out of a hat,â Beverly steps in. âYou just werenât around when we did it.â
âIsnât that a l-l-little ruh-rude to Y-Y/n? One of us is g-g-going to st-stay with her instead of h-having fun?â
âNo, Bill, it was the opposite!â Richie tries to save the group, much to their chagrin. âWe were voting on who didnât get to stay home with Y/n. And you won! You get to!â
âWh-what i-if I want to donate m-my win?â
âDoesnât work like that. Wins are final.â
Itâs all BS, and Bill knows it. There never was a hat draw, everyone knows that Bill and Y/n have a lot to work out, and they donât want the two to go back from spring break with even more animosity for each other.Â
Also, they know that the two have feelings that have been expressed so wrongly over the years. Maybe now itâs time to work them out.
âSo weâre going to head out now; have fun with Y/n!â Eddie waves, and they run out excitedly.
 Bill sighs, not knowing what heâs going to do with Y/n all night. Maybe sheâll just be antisocial and hide in her room all night, but he personally hopes she wonât. He decides to hang out by the pool for a while, and changes into his swim trunks.
By the time he gets outside, though, Y/n is already there. Sheâs hugging her knees to her chest and watching the little waterfall intently.
âHey,â Bill says, making her jump.
âHey.â
âC-c-can I join you?â
She nods.Â
âWhy arenât you with the others?â
âB-because I w-w-won their âcontest,ââ
âContest?â she shakes her head, not understanding.
âTo b-b-babysit you, ap-apparently.â
âAh. Sounds legitimate.â
He doesnât know how to respond to that, so he just lets the sounds of the waterfall and the faint grasshoppers fill the silence. Heâs sure Y/n doesnât mind, though. When everyone else complained about the summer grasshoppers as kids, she would always dote on how theyâre melodious and comforting.
Bill canât hold himself back any longer.
âY/n, what d-d-did I do l-last night?â
She turns to him. âYou really donât remember?â
âI re-remember making a com-comment, which I-Iâm sorry about b-by the way, th-that was an a-asshole move. And I-I remember kissing y-you. But then what?â
Taking a deep breath, Y/n continues. âWell, then I pushed you off and told you that you were drunk.â
She pauses.
âAnd th-then?â
âThen you said, âIf I want to make out with you when Iâm drunk, then I donât ever want to be sober.ââ
Thatâs it? Bill thinks. Heâs not stupid enough to voice his thoughts, luckily.
âOh, Y-Y-Y/n, I w-w-was drunk. I d-didnât know what I w-w-was saying.â
âListen, Bill. I know you remember what I told you yesterday in the kitchen. And what you told me at the restaurant really hurt, okay?â
âWhy? I-I wanted to k-k-kiss you,â he asks, genuinely confused.
âYouâre such an idiot sometimes!â Y/n laughs incredulously. âYou wanted to kiss me when you were drunk, not in your right mind!â
âI al-always want to k-k-kiss you in my right mind!â
âWhat?!âÂ
âI-I think I love you, Y/n.â
Sheâs frozen. Could he actually mean that? Has he been drinking again? Hearing that from Bill Denbrough has been her dream since⊠forever.
âI think I love you too, Bill.â
He jumps up from his lounge chair, and leans over Y/n. He tucks a piece of hair behind her ear and kisses her tenderly, gently. Her lips are just as soft as he remembers them to be all those years ago, softer than any other girl heâs kissed.
âWow,â she beams as they pull apart. âI guess I knew this, but youâre a much better kisser than my ex.â
He laughs. âW-why, thank you. Youâre n-n-not so bad y-yourself.â
âThanks,â she giggles. âI just⊠I canât believe this is happening. I feel like doing something crazy now, something outrageous.â
âL-like what?â
âHmâŠâ she thinks for a minute. âDo you want to go skinny dipping?â
âOkay, sure,â Bill chuckles.Â
Grinning, she begins to peel off her one piece. She slips the straps off, and the rest slowly slides off her body. Her breasts are exposed first, then her stomach, then everything. Her skin is smooth and glorious.
Bill pulls off his swim trunks and throws them behind him. Y/n wants to tease him about his erection, but sheâs way too shocked at his size.
They bask in the beauty of each other for a moment before they dive into the water, crisp and cool on their bare bodies. Y/n splashes Bill right in his face.
He pushes wet strands of hair from his ocean eyes. âH-how dare you?âÂ
âWhat are you going to do about it?â she taunts.
âThis,â Bill says, throwing Y/n over his shoulder and taking her outside the water. Sheâs both screaming and laughing her head off at this point. He carries her all the way to the deep end and tosses her in.Â
When she surfaces, Y/n makes sure to flip him off.Â
âSo r-r-rude.â
He cannonballs in, and they swim around, and eventually go under the waterfall. They end up making out and gasping for air.
âD-d-do you want to tuh-take this inside?â Bill whispers.
She nods, and they get out. As Y/n shivers, Bill gets them fluffy towels from a bin by the chairs.
Grabbing his hand, she pulls him through the sliding glass doors. They run around the house in nothing but towels, giggling and kissing and dripping pool water everywhere. The two finally make it to Billâs room and go directly to the bed (after locking the door).
âSpruh-spread your legs,â Bill breathes in her ear, sending goosebumps up and down her body.Â
She obeys and lets him kiss her knees, her thighs, and eventually her core. He pleases Y/n in a way her old boyfriend never did.
When she finishes, Bill holds her for a minute so she can catch her breath. Then, when he turns around to put on a condom, she moves against the wall.
âOh, s-s-so you w-want wall sex n-now?â Bill raises his eyebrows.
âMaybe,â she shrugs. âIf youâre comfortable with it.â
Instead of using words, Bill throws Y/n up against the wall and kisses her roughly. Their tongues clash, and she loves every second of it. Then he goes in. He starts slow at first, but begins to pick up the pace with her approval.
âD-damn, youâre so t-t-tight,â he whispers while she keeps muttering his name.
âProbably because I wasnât with someone as big as you before.â
Hearing that makes him turn redder than his hair. âReally?â
âReally,â she sighs. âCan you go a little slower?â
He listens to her, and almost screams in pleasure when she starts to suck on his neck.
They both finish in a couple minutes, and are pretty burned out- Y/n especially because sheâs never made such rough love before.
She lies in his arms, back on the bed, and traces the love mark forming on his neck.
âI think I love you,â Y/n says for the second time tonight.Â
âI-I th-think I love you t-too.â
They canât help smiling for the umpteenth time in the past hour. Their stars had never aligned until now, and it couldnât be a more perfect exchange of love. The wait was unbearable, but incredibly worth it.Â
Y/n and Bill make each other feel whole, like there was a sort of void within each other, unfilled until now.Â
âHey,â Y/nâs voice is soft and gentle. âIâm so sorry about these past years. You know I have trust issues, but I took them too far and didnât treat you right. And Iâm so sorry.â
âIâm s-sorry, too. Iâve been an ass-asshole to y-y-you, a-and itâs m-m-my fault we broke uh-up in the f-first place.â
âDonât say that,â Y/n frowns. âIt was Evil Autumnâs fault.â
They chuckle.Â
Resting her head on Billâs chest, Y/n asks the dreaded question.Â
âSo whatâs going to become of us? After spring break.â
Bill thinks for a minute, stroking her hair, and admits, âI donât w-w-want us to c-c-cut each other off again.â
âNeither do I.â
âI think our sc-sc-schools are like t-t-two hours ap-apart; thatâs n-not terrible.â
âItâs not,â Y/n agrees. âMaybe we could take turns driving every weekend, and find a halfway point or something.â
âA-an ex-exact halfway point,â Bill adds.
âAn exact halfway point.â
They can make it work, theyâve got to. Both Bill and Y/n are extremely optimistic about the future ahead, now that every feeling has been sorted out between them. And even in the unfavorable event where things donât work out, there will always be Palm Springs.Â
Bill presses a kiss to her forehead. Thereâs not a chance that they wonât make it. The timing is finally, after all these years, perfect.Â
#bill denbrough#bill denbrough x reader#bill denbrough smut#stephen king IT#the losers club#mild angst#some smut
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Chris basically blacking out when the medicine wears out and Jake bundling him up in a blanket and carrying him to bed or the couch, holding Chris tightly as he lets him sleep soundly
CW: Sick/feverish whumpee, neurodivergent whumpee having a reaction to medicine, referenced past child abuse and domestic abuse, referenced dubcon attempt. Thoughts of an abuse survivor on his fear of recreating the cycle of abuse.
Tagging: @burtlederp, @finder-of-rings, @endless-whump, @whumpfigure, @stxckfxck, @slaintetowhump, @astrobly, @newandfiguringitout, @doveotions
This is what having a newborn feels like, isnât it? The thought filters blearily into Jakeâs mind as he slowly registers the numbers staring back at him from his cell phoneâs lock screen. 4:10 AM.Â
Thereâs already a bird stubbornly singing just outside the window in the white birch tree. Itâs got to be that red cardinal Chris is obsessed with - or his mate - theyâve set themselves up a nice little domestic scene out there with a nest. Chris swore after Jake caught him hanging halfway out the window and nearly had a heart attack that they have eggs now.Â
Jake normally likes just about anything that makes Chris happy, but right now he hates that fucking bird. Heâs been fighting a wild urge to stomp outside and wring its stupid feathered neck.
The bundle of sweat and red hair beside him shifts, and Jake takes a deep breath, settling back against the couch and letting his eyes slowly drift closed, tightening his arm over the blanket-draped lump that would normally be an energetic, cheerful teenage boy.
Chris, at least, had finally stopped bouncing off the fucking walls a half-hour ago or so. Jake had thought Nyquil was a great plan for the nasty flu bug that took Chris out for the count... until it turned out something in Chris didnât read Nyquil the way everyone elseâs body did, and instead of peacefully sleeping off his symptoms, Chris... lost it.
Heâs spent the whole night alternating between a constant chattering narration of every single breath he takes to rocking, tapping, shaking, spinning, working out energy that wouldnât end. Nat told Jake early on itâs called stimming, and Jake definitely canât think of any other word for what it is - not when he can see what itâs doing to Chris, soothing jangled nerves, keeping his brain more on track, helping him find words when they would otherwise spark like embers and float away.
Chris talked all night.
Heâd told Jake all about every detail of the hallway heâd lived in, drawn him a diagram of the fucking bedroom the Mystery Asshole had kept him locked up in, talked about silk sheets and grosser things until Jake asked him to stop. Chris had explained white rooms and white walls and fog and pain. He had talked and talked and talked and talked.
Heâd been jittery, snapping irritation when he didnât mean to but then turning those big puppy eyes on Jake with a mouthful of apologies as soon as he did. Heâd gone from cheerful to terrified and back again, unable to stop his mind from whatever wild rabbit trail it ran down. Heâd even tested Jake again and he hadnât done that in months, climbed on top of him and started trying to kiss him before Jake pushed him back and said no for the third time, as firmly as he could without sounding cold or cruel.
Chris had collapsed in relief at the rejection and then bounced back up again, throwing arms around Jakeâs neck and thanking him and then tearing off to the kitchen for a snack only to realize he was still so sick he wasnât hungry and drinking too much Gatorade instead. Jake had half-expected him to climb the damn walls like Spiderman.
The little rescue narrated every move he made until Jake would have given just about anything to shut him up and had to keep reminding himself of how eerie it had been back when Chris did nothing but hide silently in perfect stillness under or behind the bed.Â
Now - finally - itâs wearing off, making its way out of his system, and the constant barrage of motion has ceased. Chris is settled against him breathing slowly, evenly.Â
Thank God itâs a Friday and Jake doesnât have classes. Otherwise heâd have been up all night and still have to get ready to catch the bus by 7:30, be on campus âtil nearly 10, and then come back again.
Thereâs a girl he has a ton of classes with who has an almost-two-year-old and he wonders, now, if all the times heâs thought she looked kind of tired... if she had just been up like this, all night, and still had to make it work the next day because life doesnât stop just because someone needs you.
Instead, he shifts himself and Chris very slowly. Chrisâs fingers curl into the fabric of his shirt and hold tightly, even in his sleep he wonât let Jake go. It takes some doing, but Jake eventually gets himself laid out on his back on the couch, head against one arm and his feet hanging in thin air off the either, with Chris laid out on top of him. Heâs a fucking furnace giving off body heat and Jake is sweaty already, but fuck it - heâs so exhausted he doubts being a little hot is going to keep him from blacking out soon, too.
Is this what having kids is like? A weight on your chest, the sound of snuffling breaths, sweaty forehead a sign that the fever is broken, hands smaller than yours holding onto you for dear life and with perfect trust that you donât deserve, canât ever do enough to earn?
Trust you could shatter, a person you could destroy, just by fucking up?
Jake lays there with his heart pounding in fear at the thought. Chrisâs dependency is only something he can handle because itâs spread around - he depends on Nat and on Antoni, too, Leila when sheâll let the little Romantic get close to her. Kauri whenever he drops by.
Jake would do anything for Chris - and thereâs enough in Chris, like his straightened teeth and obvious gymnastics training and the things he mumbles to himself sometimes when sparks of something that used to be his life come back, to suggest that he had had parents once who loved him, too - but the idea of someone needing him so badly, and for forever or close to it, is the scariest thing he can imagine.
One day Chris will do something that makes him angry - and it doesnât matter how Jake acts, Chris will forgive him for it immediately. Jake knows because he used to be the kid who forgave the anger, too.
He swallows against the terror that comes with the memory, that someone could be your worst fear and still hold you when you were sick, could leave bruises where your t-shirts would hide them and still lay a gentle hand to your forehead to feel for a fever. Could throw a plate to smash against the wall next to a small boyâs head while screaming spit into his little round face and then take him to fly kites at a park the next day.
He knows how easy it is to step over that line, he watched his father do it every night. Watched his mother argue and cajole and plead and try to step between them and take it, and then - in the end, when nothing else worked - turn away. Go to a different room. Leave Jake with the monster that turned into a man and back again with a suddenness that no child could ever have been expected to predict.
But sheâd left, too, and he never thought of what hadnât been done without thinking of what had. That she had packed her bags and his, set aside a few dollars here and there with a friend she trusted, and in the end... she hadnât left Jake with the monster at all, but had taken her preteen sonâs hand and walked out the door.
He doesnât want to be his mother - who could make herself turn away from the injured boy who needed her help. He doesnât want to be his mother and fatherâs families, who hid behind the Bible and the church to avoid taking responsibility, who said âit takes twoâ, who sent Jakeâs mother to counselors who quoted verses instead of telling her to leave.
He would rather die than be his father - the monster with two faces.Â
But the idea that Chris needs him this much, in ways that the other rescues donât, makes him terrified he could end up just like them, anyway, whether he wants to be or not.Â
These are late-night thoughts and Jake knows it. Theyâre foggy, slip-slide thoughts. The ideas and fears that come to you when your mind is a physical heaviness inside you, when exhaustion is all your body knows and still sleep canât find you.Â
He doesnât think about it during the day. Only at night, and itâs morning but the world is still dark outside, and so is Jake, inside.
Outside the window, the cardinal has stopped singing. Jake slides his arms up over Chrisâs back, lays them across his shoulder blades, and holds him so tightly the sleeping boy shifts around a little.
âLove, love, love-love you, Jake,â Chris mumbles against his collarbone.
âLove you too, kid,â Jake whispers back.
It should feel great, to hear it. It should feel amazing.
Instead, Jakeâs veins flood with adrenaline in a new burst of fear. He canât possibly live up to the trust Chris has in him, but heâs going to have to try... and pray that when he fails, he doesnât fail in ways he canât come back from.Â
I promise I wonât hurt you, Jake thinks, mouths the words but doesnât say them. If he speaks the promise, heâs just like his father, who swore up and down again and again that this would be the last time, then this, then this time and this time.
Jake has had so many this is the last time Iâll hurt you, it wonât happen again, I promise I would never hurt yous happen to him that he knows words donât mean shit. What matters isnât asking someone to trust you - but proving they can.
He has to hope he can be worth even half of the instant, immediate, total trust Chris has put in his hands.
Someone else once tried, with Chris. He clearly had parents who cared for him, once upon a time. Are they still out there? Did something change, and they sold their own kid? Was Chris abducted, hauled off in a white van like the rumors say?Â
Are there good parents still out there searching for him, while Jake is the best Chris can do now?
Is he playing at being a big brother when Chris might have a real one out there who misses him? They canât find him, or anyone who even looks like him, on any missing persons reports.
What if he doesnât have anyone?
What if Jake - with his fears and his anger - is really all Chris has?
Heâs still holding Chris, staring up at the ceiling, thoughts spinning and circling like Chris in the depths of the Nyquil-high, when Natalie comes downstairs at 6:30 to start coffee.
That fucking cardinal has started singing again.
#sickfic#whump#sick whumpee#feverish whumpee#angry caretaker#frightened caretaker#fever#hurt/comfort#angst#angst angst angst#come get y'all angst#child abuse#domestic violence tw#child abuse tw#referenced past child abuse#cycle of abuse tw#jake the shelter guy#chris the strawberry blond romantic#chris is a delight okay#h/c#angst and fluff#is... is this a fluff?#chris is heavily based on how my SO responds to nyquil and trust me it is a TIME#drugged whumpee#drugging tw#I mean it's nyquil but still
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Riverdale S5 Ep11 Thoughts *Spoilers*
thoughts under cut to keep tag from being cluttered :)
- Oh yeah I forgot that Chad was blackmailing Veronica about the dirty dealings in her company even though itâs not her at all (unless itâs just been so long and Iâve forgotten but sheâs my baby and I feel like I wouldâve remembered but-
- Hiram and this dumb prison is one of the worst things for this show itâs a constant plot of people escaping and itâs so annoying like sure Hiram owns it and he was in the jail but no one has, like, taken him back to jailâŠ??? Hiram is a fucking disease smh
- âback to remote learningâ why didnât you just stay that way though⊠like even right now in covid schools are opening back up and kids are complaining because itâs still not safe so like⊠just⊠go back to it??? Iâm so not built for this world fasdhfkahf
- Veronica and Smithers đ„șđ„șđđ
- the way Veronica hugs Archie is so cute bc sheâs so tiny but like she always gives her all and Archie is just đ never giving anything ahjfsdfsh itâs quite sad you can tell how done KJ is with Varchie lol
- âI really hate that Iâm dragging you through this.â ⊠what about constantly pulling him into your mob boss father mess that the writers refuse to allow you to escape from?
- âuntil you and Chad are officially done, I think we should keep our distance.â Varchie bones!!! you just KNOW that Archie has been looking forward to this because that man is whole heartedly in love with Betty and has been since forever and that while Chad prolongs the divorce papers, Archie will not be waiting for Veronica considering he doesnât want her. Varchie = bones we love to see it!
- now who tf would join Penelope Blossomâs ministry⊠no one, realistically.
- can Cheryl stop being given the craziest and usually most boring plots ever please...
- Not someone holding a gun to Tabitha literally donât hurt Riverdaleâs best girl weirdo
- these bitches really havenât aged huhâŠ. poor Veronica though being robbed but like they stole some watches or something and the opal like thatâs all you take..?? okay-
- Fangs đđđđđ also rip to him having to work with his ex tho
- STOP HAVING ARCHIE GO TO HIRAM WEâRE TIRED
- You know considering the whole reason why Hiram is still here as the villain and ruining Veronicaâs life/growth to keep her in his plots al because Mark is a big soap opera celeb and apparently brings in money, youâd assume they would give him GOOD shit instead of everything heâs gotten. If they hadnât of hired Mark can you imagine how much better off the show would be if they didnât have to keep him around bc of his status????? God why-
- Reggieâs always there for Veronica muahâŠ. oh fuck me I guess fjasjkdf
- âI work for one Lodge and itâs not you.â lmao okay??? you acting like thatâs a flex, and that youâre working for the better Lodge who literally left you to die after the Serpents thought you shot Fangs so-
- MARTY BEING WHY REGGIE IS WORKING FOR HIRAMâŠâŠ.. YOUR DAD IS ABUSIVE LET HIM HANDLE HIS OWN DEBT??? God both Veronica and Reggie are always fucked over when it comes to their parents huh
- donât you just love when they make characters act ooc for a plot ahhhhhh itâs totally fun to watch and totally not frustratingly annoying
- âFOR OLD TIMES SAKE.â đđđ we love Veggie even though they made Veronica act ooc and hurt him back then and they werenât given an actual chance.
- âdonât be such a Bettyâ now why is Betty so surprised she only ever had fun when she was with Archie, when sheâs with Jughead all she did was do what she wanted and order him around so likeefjhakdfh
- âhe shouldnât really be my problem anymore.â BUGHEAD BONES YASSSSS
- I know it was just a sound they used but like that squish sound when Darla kicked Tomâs face⊠did she like smash his face in damn what is this The Walking Dead?
- see the problem with them randomly bringing characters/parents in when they need them is that theyâre never around so like no one really cares⊠like they could have utilized the parents so much (and Skeet and Marisol never would have left) and it would have been so much better than random appearances that make them look incompetent and awful parents because theyâre never there during all the other times their kids need them. but we have to see the two toxic parents that wonât go away constantly??? literally what the fuck
- Betty calling Jugheadâs writing cringey wbk sheâs never liked his writing she was just stroking his ego bc she was his gf and had to be supportive lmaoo
- why are these 60+ year old men beating up Jughead like for why???
- so they just forgot that Tom was checking in on the convict huh gotta love dumbing down characters for plot!
- Fangs with his switchblade muah
- jealous Tabitha muahhh over a password
- âwait THE BETTY?"
- Cheryl looks so good
- Find meaning in his death⊠girl didnât you not care that your husband killed your son over the illegal maple stuff I forgot the plot but it was something illegal and dumb
- âdrain the veinâ âŠ...
- Reggie helping muah
- Why is Archie acting like an ass? like sure he doesnât know that Chad is abusive and toxic but câmon fucker you cheated on her and never apologized and you donât even wanna be with her in the first place so why are you acting like youâre personally hurt sit down
- God Archie really hates Veronica huh⊠I donât even blame him considering the shit sheâs brought him into time and time again.
- Jughead was kicked like maybe five times yet he was fine falling out of a two story window and the serpent imitation but now he needs antibiotics..? plot convenience!
- literally donât remember anything about Doc tbh or him talking to Donna and Bret likeâ
- ever since Negan people are obsessed with bats with barbed wire.
- also! yes please kill Hiram <3 I know they end up saving him bc of the opal but c'mon
- they searched basically nothing for five seconds wow such great detective work you guys!
- we know you just want his manuscript Jessica
- Cheryl with her rainbow skirt how cute!
- âdaddykinsâ girl youâre like 25
- Veronica acting like she cares about Hiram fjsadhkfhas these guys thinking that theyâd kill Hiram even though they need him lol
- bad bitch Ronnie we love her even though sheâs gonna have to save her father to save others and get her opal </3
- not Veronica calling Archie first and not Kevin considering Kevinâs dad is thereâŠ. this is the pandering va fan service bs we have bc it makes no sense and itâs so forced
- Fangs knowing Archie rides with tools in his truck mmhm thatâs a little sus idk how but archiefangs agenda coming through!
- no one would actually believe that Jessica ashkjdfsj and they take this bait�?? you gotta be joking lmao
- Jug got to help doc this time đ„șđ
- âŠ. tell me why when he said boyfriend I immediately thought of Reggie I hate myself for wishing fahsdjkfsafj
- okay as cheesy and corny and awful the fight scene is since they posted a clip of it, them working together is so refreshing and nice we love leader!Veronica bc sheâs so good at it. but the show only cares for Betty which is funny since sheâs an awful detective fbahsdjfj
- my god enough with Jasonâs body!!!!!!!!! you burned his body please let him stay dead let his body rest
- okay but the back and forth from Betty and Jessica is so good like I wish we could get that kind of rivalry drama type stuff all the time. too bad they refuse to let Veronica act like a normal person and get angry at being cheated on and such :/ when will Veronica slap the fuck out of Betty
- heâs not a blameless victim but Betty take responsibility for how awful a person you are PLEASE
- THE VOICEMAILLLLLLL Jughead only speaks the truth! itâs weird that he only realized what we all knew about Betty after but whatever, finally he gets upset like damn. also jeronica crumb heâs the only one to ever include Veronica smh ALSO Cole acted the fuck outta this voice mail muah
- the way Betty just sits there uncaring⊠she really is a freak huh god when will someone punch her in the face and take her ego down a million notches sheâs so annoying
- âthatâs darkness.â âŠ?? what?
- the way bhâs relationship parallels jugheadâs with Jessica though. the unhealthy habits, the bad energy, etc. except Jessica left it and Betty didnât and it turned Betty into whatever the fuck this is. I miss s1 Betty :/
- so when will they sue Jessica for drugging them? mmhm probably never
- poor Tabitha being the only one who cares about jughead tho
- oh no I forgot there was a random musical numberâŠ
- youâre gonna have Betty and Tabitha act like THAT and not put them together so rude
- when will Cheryl be free from her mom. is was like turned on by abuse or something sigh why do the toxic (and most boring!) parents get plots and screen time and everyone else doesnât...
- Veronica would be able to do Moree than pepper spray but whatever only Betty is allowed be âbadass"
- fangs being fangs ugh so sexy my babyyyyy
- Trevor Stines is so attractive itâs a shame they only bring him back for five seconds to traumatize Cheryl over and over again though </3
- wow varchie in a popâs booth what season is this again??
- god itâs so upsetting how amazing varchie would have been as just friendsâŠ
- the way he smiled at Veronica was so contradicting to the blank, âplease donâtâ expression when she was telling him she was gonna get divorced as fast as possible. why canât he just admit he doesnât want to be with her!!!!!! my god theyâve put off barchie long enough just let them be together so their characters can finally act in character and stop being so awful and annoying
- âthis causeâ what cause you fucking weirdo
- not Hiram threatening the mayor he could literally be your downfall if we had good writers fjasdkjfasf
- jughead how would you have killed him with a small wooden basket
- I like doc so much but I know weâll never see him again until we randomly need him seasons from noow
- Betty wasnât hit by the drugs until after the message though⊠how would she not remember? it didnât seem to be doing anything to Betty until the bunker
- hopefully since theyâre friends now Tabitha can make Betty act like a decent human being <3
- the way Tabitha looked at Betty please stop doing this to me...
- maybe we can finish that dance!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jabitha rising bughead dying we love to see it!
wow that episode felt like it was two hours long but thankfully I finally finished it⊠donât have many actual thoughts but anyways hope you enjoyed my live blog of my thoughts!
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Revolutionary
Pairing: Preston Garvey/ Female Sole Survivor
Summary: In the aftermath of personal tragedies, Preston and Charlie both seek to make a difference in the Commonwealth and those around them. They could never anticipate the impact that they will have on eachother in the process.
Chapter Two: When Freedom Calls
Chapter Summary: Â The Museum of Freedom feels like the end of the line until another one of Mama Murphy's visions comes true.
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âThe first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.â
- Huey P. Newton
Concord, October 2287
A loud barrage of knocks thundered against the uncomfortably flimsy wooden door, the millionth barrage of knocks in the past two days. Preston was actually impressed that the barricade continued to hold out as long as it had considering the number of raiders whoâd thrown themselves against the door, attempting to ram it open. A few of them stomped away withâmost likelyâ dislocated shoulders and the more forceful negotiation tactics simmered down into hilarious attempts to persuade him and the four remaining Quincy settlers out of their makeshift museum bunker.
The Museum of Freedom turned out to be a pretty decent spot to hole up, with its remotely controlled security gates and maze-like remnants of hallways. It had managed to keep the raiders busy for most of the night as they attempted to navigate their way in the dark, spending ammo on mannequins conveniently dressed in colonial attire. Under different circumstances, Preston might have found it funny, but he could hardly bring himself to even be relieved, let alone amused. After nearly a month of traveling, and losing far too many people under his care, it was all he could do to not surrender.
âCome on,â whined one raider with a deep, gravely voice, âWe just want to talk to the old broad. Let us in!â
âNot by the hair on our chinny chin chins,â Sturges mumbled absently and under his breath as he fiddled with a locked terminal heâd been trying to hack. Unsuccessfully, so far.
â Are you fucking kidding me? Jokes?â Marcy scolded. âThere are raiders outside trying to kill us.â
âWell, itâs a good thing we built our house out of sticks this time,â Preston remarked dryly, walking over to the door that led out to the balcony and cracking it open to take a peek. More raiders littered the streets, hiding behind stacks of crates and rusted old cars and shooting at the museumâs exterior. A laser musket glowed in one of their hands and he closed the door. His last comrade had been shot just as the last of the settlers entered into the museum and now the damned raiders were using the manâs weapon, a gut-wrenching disgrace.
When he turned back around, he found Marcy glowering at him, arms crossed. She wasnât crying, but he could tell she wanted to, and he could hardly blame her. Despite all their efforts, Kyle hadnât made it. His leg wound had become infected, and his parents had to bury him in a shallow grave just on the outskirts of Jamaica Plain. Nothing about the situation fair, but the loss of a child in the middle of it allâhe couldnât imagineâ but it wasnât his fault that they were currently without sanctuary. Â Heâd done the best he could to protect everyone, and while he prided himself on patience, Marcy was wearing him thin. Â He shook his head and turned back to Sturges.
âGoddammit,â shouted the mechanic at the terminal screen that suddenly went blank.
âNo luck,â Preston asked, watching green text reappear in a crawl across the screen.
âIt locked me out again.â Sturges sighed. âI donât know if I can crack it.â
Preston clapped him on the shoulder. âWhy donât you take a break? Youâve been at it all night.â
âThanks, boss,â he answered and collapsed back into a chair by the desk, rubbing at his eyes.
Preston wouldâve rubbed his own eyes, too, if he thought it would help, but his exhaustion was more than even a decent nightâs sleep and hot meal could fix.
More pounding rang out against the door, this time accompanied by a threat of violence if those inside did not open up. It was not exactly a convincing offer, considering that the raiders would be violent whether he opened the door or not. He pinched the bridge of his nose and attempted to ignore both the obnoxious men at the door and Marcyâs audible complaints about his âpathetic attempts at playing a hero.â It startled him when a gentle pressure fell on his arm and he jumped, opening his eyes to see the old woman smiling up at him.
âHey Mama,â he said, still blinking, âEverything okay?â
âWeâre going to get out of this,â she remarked emphatically at the wall just behind his head. Her eyes never focused when she was like that. âI saw it. Weâre going to find our Sanctuary.â
âWhereâd you even find chems in a place like this?â
âHush, Preston. Just listen,â she said, holding a crooked finger to her mouth. âI saw⊠an angel in golden ones and a sea of bright, bright blue. Right place, wrong time, to save us!  To save you.â
Those last words were the twist of a knife already lodged deep in his chest, one heâd been pretending wasnât there, one heâd assumed no one else could see. How had Mama heard his constant, nagging wonder if death would be better than continuing his exhausting, hopeless battle to survive. Had he worn his hopelessness on his back the entire time, or did the old woman really have psychic powers? Skeptical as he was, he couldnât count her vision out. He didnât really want to. If some âangelâ wanted to conveniently fall from the sky and save their asses, he might actually get religious.
âWell,â he said, âLetâs hope our help shows up soon. I donât know how much longer Iâll be able to hold these raiders off.â
The old womanâs mouth twisted into a wry grin and she squeezed his arm. âThank you for helping us, kid. The others canât see what Iâve seen yet, but they will.â
Preston watched as Mama shuffled back to her seat on the couch and eased down, leaving her words to ring in his head. He wanted to believe in her visions, to have something to put his faith in, but heâd already lost so much. The Commonwealth had robbed him of his family, his role models, his friends, and now his last shred of hope. Even if they managed to escape the museum and make it to safety, what then? He was the last of the Minutemen, and he couldnât do it all on his own. Â He wouldnât.
Gunshots outside interrupted his thoughts, followed by the low growl and furious bark of a dog. Dogmeat. He had forgotten that he sent the hound out to find help, hoping that the raiders wouldnât notice a stray mutt wandering around Concord, and they hadnât, at least not when heâd gone out just an hour or so before. That they shot at him now must mean he had someone with him. Preston glanced over at Mama who smirked, then to the rest of the settlers who wore stunned expressions. Heart pounding, he rushed back to the balcony door, swung it open and stepped outside to investigate.
Some commotion it was, the small cluster of raiders heâd seen before all with their backs toward the museum, and instead aiming their weapons at Dogmeat, who stood protectively in front of a crouching figure dressed in a bright blue vault suit. He could tell little else about this person, other than the coppery red hair that peeked out behind Dogmeatâs fur and that they were armed with nothing but a security baton. Â He tried not to get ahead of himself and believe that this was the same person Mama had seen in her vision, but his pulse jumped anyway. Personal savior or not, this mysterious stranger was a goner if he didnât do something and fast.
His hands tightened around his musket as he lifted it, aimed, and turned the crank. If there were ever a time when he wished he had an automatic weapon, this was it. He shot the raiders closest to the figure first, each with a slow, precise blast to deadly areas. Head, chest, ribs, each shot filling his nose with the scent of burning ozone, each coming with a flashbulb memory of Quincy, of Lexington. He kept his breath steady and scanned the area. Once he was reasonably confident it was clear enough for the womanâ he could see she was a woman nowâ to make it inside, he called out to her.
âMaâam!â Dogmeat barked in response but the woman looked around from side to side, clearly disoriented and unable to tell where his voice came from, so he shouted again and waved. âUp here.â
Dogmeat nudged at the womanâs thigh and barked in Prestonâs direction until her gaze lifted up to the balcony. He could see the frightened suspicion in her eyes, the doubt that he was anymore trustworthy than those who had their guns pointed at her. Lowering his weapon and raising his hand, he continued. âListen, I know youâre scared, and youâve got no reason to trust me, but more of those guys are coming and you need to get inside.â
The woman looked around her, then to the dog who nudged her again and wagged his tail. Worry churned in his stomach as he noticed more raiders approaching from the outskirts of town. Agitated and desperate, he yelled again. âCome on! Iâm trying to help you out. Grab a weapon off of one of those raiders and hurry.â He didnât like being forceful, or barking orders at anyone, especially not a frightened and confused woman who probably hadnât factored fighting raiders into her schedule for the day; however, he had no choice. She was going to get herself killed if she stood there any longer.
To his relief, his demand seemed to snap her out of whatever shock she was in and back to reality where she looked up at him and nodded frantically before grabbing a pistol and some ammo off one of the bodies near her feet, and headed inside. He knew he should have warned her about the raiders that were in the museum, but he wasnât thinking clearly, and it would be easier for her to take out a couple of the goons at a time in the narrow hallways than to survive being surrounded outside. He returned to the room where the others waited expectantly for him to give them a recap.
âItâs a woman,â he explained, âLooks like sheâs from a vault.â
âOh thank God,â Marcy spat, âExactly what we needed! An out-of-touch Vault Dweller who doesnât know shit about surviving out here.â
Preston clenched his fists, biting his tongue so hard he thought it might bleed. Losing his temper with Marcy wouldnât do anyone any good, no matter how much he wanted to just explode. Jun sunk down against a desk on the far side of the room, hands in his hair, rocking back and forth, and Sturges hung his head. The only person who seemed to be pleased with the latest turn of events was Mama Murphy, who winked at Preston and leaned back comfortably against the couch cushions.
The wait was excruciating, each uproar and explosion of gunfire tightening the knots in his abdomen. Â If he were honest with himself, Marcy was right. The odds of some lady from a vault, of all places, surviving the hostile maze of raiders with nothing but a pistol and a dog were slim. The odds that she might be able to get them safely out of the museum were non-existent. If she made it up to the third floor, it would be pure luck. If she managed to rescue him and the settlers, well, he might have to reconsider his opinion about miracles. Still, the gunshots crept closer and closer, slowly but surely, as he paced around the room. He stopped when the men whoâd been terrorizing them just outside the room stirred.
âWell, well, what do we got here,â asked one of the men, âAre you lost, little gââ
Whatever he had been about to say was interrupted by a gunshot, and the thud of his body collapsing to the floor rang out past the door. Alarmed, the other guy whoâd been outside shouted, âYou killed âim! You bitch.â
Another shot rang out, followed by a gargled yelp, and then nothing. There was silence for what felt like an eternity, broken only by the sound of Dogmeat pawing at the door. Preston hurried and moved the barricade of desks and chairs out of the way, unlocked the door, and pulled it open.
His breath caught at the sight of the young woman standing in the doorway. She looked to be close to his age, with short-cropped, red hair that was in disarray and caked with splattered blood at various stages of drying, along with the rest of her. She was wet with sweat, and stood tall despite the exhaustion in her dark brown eyes. Her gaze locked with his and she scowled.
âI am not a bitch,â she grumbled, placing a hand on her hip.
Preston flinched, not expecting those to be the first words out of her. Â Cautiously, and with a grin tugging at a corner of his mouth, he ventured a reply. âI, uh, didnât say you were, maâam.â
âNo, but I just wanted it on the record because thoseâŠâ she trailed off looking back out into the hallway as if the word she was searching for would be there.
âRaiders?â
âYeah. Those assholes.â She shook her head and turned to face him again. âThey kept calling me a bitch, and thatâs just⊠hurtful.â
âWell,â Preston began, not exactly sure how to bridge the conversation from name-calling to the need to get the hell out of the museum, âI donât know who you are, but your timingâs impeccable. Iâm Preston Garvey. Commonwealth Minutemen.â
A confused expression crossed the womanâs face, and when he offered her his hand, she glanced between his eyes and his hand tentatively, before shaking it. Â At the touch, she trembled, and when he moved to pull his hand away her grip tightened, eyes filling with tears.
âWhoa. Hey,â he said gently, keeping a hold of her hand as he led her over to the chair where Sturges still sat, and motioned for him to get up. âAre you alright?â
âYeah,â she said, releasing his hand as she sat down and took a few deep breaths. Then, she smiled up at him. âItâs a long story.â
âIâd love to hear it.â Preston knelt down so that he wasnât looming over her and offered her the most reassuring smile he could. âBut first, we have to get out of here. Itâs not safe.â
She nodded. âRight.â
âWhatâs your name, maâam?â
âCharlotte. Charlotte Smart,â she answered and then cleared her throat and tucked a lock of hair behind her ear, âBut, um, I go by Charlie. You can call me Charlie.â
âItâs nice to meet you, Charlie, and thanks for the help with those raiders.â
âIâm not actually sure how I⊠I mean Iâve never.â Her voice cracked, and she swallowed hard enough that Preston could hear.
âWhat did I tell you? Sheâs useless.â Marcy laughed derisively in the background, and he snapped his head to glare at her. She rolled her eyes and sat down beside Jun.
âThatâs Marcy,â he explained as he turned back to Charlie, âSheâs lost a lot and sheâs just angry. That guy by the desk is her husband, Jun. Old Mama Murphyâs over there on the couch, and this is Sturges.â
âYo.â Sturges looked up from the terminal where he was hard at work again, and waved, before looking back at the terminal which had gone blank. âDamn it all.â
âWhatâs he trying to do,â Charlie asked, eyebrow quirked.
âHeâs trying to hack that terminal to open a security gate downstairs. See, weâve found a crashed vertibird and a suit of old pre-war power armor on the roof butââ
âItâs out of juice,'' Sturges interrupted, much to Prestonâs relief. Technology had never been his strong suit, âBut, thereâs a fusion core downstairs behind that gate. If we could just get the damn thing open, we could use the power armor to rip the minigun off that âbird, and the raiders are toast.â
To Prestonâs surprise, Charlie rose out over her seat slowly, and he stood with her, stepping out of her way as she walked over to the terminal. âCan I try?â
âItâs all yours, miss,â Sturges replied, scooting over and leaning against the desk, and Charlie went to work, long fingers clicking rapidly on the keyboard. A gold band glistened on her left hand, and Preston wondered why she was alone.
âLetâs see,â she mumbled to herself, âIâm not sure if these are the same as the ones my husband used to work on back beforeâ well, just a while back. He taught me a little about how to break into a locked system because I had a bad habit of forgetting my own passwords.â
A smile flashed across her face, but it wasnât happy. There was something beneath it, something she seemed to be trying to muscle her way through, as she continued working until finally she blurted, âHa! There we go. Iâm in.â
Sturges jumped up from his lean and turned to peer over Charlieâs shoulder, amazement washing over his face. âWell, Iâll be damned. When we get out of here, youâve got to teach me how you did that.â
âI can try.â She stepped away from the terminal and collected her pistol from the desk, reloading and cocking it, then she turned to Preston. âIâll get that fusion⊠thing⊠and head to the roof.â
Caught off guard by her complete shift in confidence from the shaking woman whoâd been sitting in the chair just moments before, refusing to let go of his hand, he stammered out, âI⊠but⊠okay. Thanks.â
She ran out of the room, Dogmeat trailing behind her, and Preston had to focus much harder than usual to keep his mouth from hanging open. Just as she was out of earshot, Sturges cackled beside him. âThat little lady is something else.â
âNo shit,â Preston agreed, shaking his head, and then looking around the room to everyone else, stopping at Mama Murphy, whose eyes glittered knowingly, âShe might get us out of this after all.â
After just a few minutes of waiting, Charlie burst back through the door, fusion core in her free hand, waving it in the air as she rushed past the settlers to the door that led up to the roof. There was some loud clanking, the whirring sound of power armor starting up and then a clatter as she seemingly tore the minigun from the vertibird. Preston stepped outside on the balcony, and peered over and up at her on the roof. She waved cheerfully, before jumping down into the street and absolutely laying waste to the raiders that flooded toward her. It was messy fighting, and she clearly wasnât so much aiming as she was, closing her eyes, spinning, and holding down the trigger, but it was effective. He only had to take care of a handful of enemies who managed to climb up to the tops of buildings.
When Charlie finished clearing up the area, she turned around and waved up to Preston. He laughed and waved back in disbelief, at least for a second until a cold rush of dread fell over him as he noticed the beast surging toward her, claws out, drool leaking past itâs gigantic, sharp teeth. Â He didnât have time to say more than, âCharlie. Behind you,â before the deathclaw picked her up, power armor and all, as easily as if she were a rag doll. He watched in horror, gripping at the railing, too far away to get a good shot at the thing.
She struggled with the minigun, pulling the trigger a few times, only for it to shoot a couple of rounds and fizzle out of ammo. She yelped, and tossed the gun at the deathclawâs nose, which stunned it just enough for her to reach into one of the leather pockets on her belt and pull out what looked to be a frag grenade. Preston panicked. If she threw it at such a close range, sheâd be caught up in the blast too. He opened his mouth to shout at her not to do it, but sheâd already ripped out the pin with her teeth. Then she leaned back, and tossed the explosive just as the deathclaw opened its mouth. Startled and choking, it threw her to the ground, the armor the only thing protecting her from several broken bones.
Ten long seconds passed as the giant lizard wheezed and clawed at itâs own throat, long enough for Charlie to rise to her feet, exit the damaged suit, and run for cover behind a nearby barricade the raiders had built. Then there was a sickening explosion, a muffled boom followed by the splattering of deathclaw limbs and flesh all over the street and nearby buildings. Flecks of blood even reached as far as to splatter on Prestonâs duster and he frownedâ Heâd just found the damn thing, and it was already going to have stains on it. Â Looking up and out at the gory mess, he sighed and muttered to himself. â I guess thatâs one way to do it.â
By the time he made it back inside, everyone had left the upper floors and congregated downstairs, waiting for their hero to return. Mama wobbled on her feet, and Preston hurried over beside her so that she could grab onto him for stability. âTake it easy, Mama,â he urged, patting her hand sheâd looped through his arm, âYou okay?â
She squeezed his arm and hissed playfully. âIâm fine, Preston. Quit fussinâ.ââ
âSomeone has to fuss over you,â he teased, guiding her to a cushioned chair that sat against a wall and helping her sit down, âMight as well be me.â
âSugar, Iâm about fifty years too old for you to be doing all that flirting.â
âItâs notââ
The old woman chuckled and patted his cheek. âIâm just yankinâ your chain.â
Preston let out an embarrassed laugh, and rose just in time to see the doors to the museum creak open, a thin band of light peeking through, and Charlieâs silhouetted figure walking in way too gingerly for someone whoâd just gone toe-to-toe with a giant irradiated lizard and won. When she closed the door behind her, the shadows cast over her vanished, revealing her harrowed face. To see her fight, one would have thought her fearless and indestructible, but it must have been terrifying.
âWell,â she exclaimed as she walked toward the area where the group had congregated, âThat sucked.â
Preston hurried forward without thinking, compelled to greet her, to thank her, to apologize. âThatâŠâ he trailed off not knowing what to start with, âThat was impressive. Iâm glad youâre on our side.â
âIâm glad I have someoneâs side to be on,â she stated kind of ominously. He couldnât figure out what she meant. âYouâre the first people who havenât tried to kill me since⊠I got here.â
âNew to these parts then?â
âYou could say that.â She laughed, scratching the back of her head and looking down at the floor.
â Well, itâs good you got here when you did. I think I mentioned that Iâm with the Minutemen earlier?â
âYou did. Iâve no idea what that means anymore, butâŠâ She shrugged.
âIt means we protect the people... at a minuteâs notice, andââ He dug into one of his pockets and pulled out a pouch of caps, all he had left, and extended it to Charlieâ âWe pay our debts.â
Charlie reached out with both hands, placing one atop his and the other beneath the pouch, squeezed and then lowered his arm, smiling and glancing briefly toward the others in the room before bringing her eyes back to Preston. âYou donât have to pay me,â she said.
Alarmed, Preston pulled his arm away from her grasp and returned the caps to his pocket, eyeing her suspiciously. âWhy did you help then?â
âBecause I could.â She smirked and put a hand on her hip in what was turning out to be a characteristic movement for her. âOr at least I thought I could. The dinosaur was a surprise.â
He laughed, truly laughed for the first time since before Quincy. âYeah, itâs not everyday a deathclaw strolls into town.â
âDeathclaws? Thatâs what you call those? Huh.â
âMan, you really arenât from around here are you?â
âNo,â she stated more seriously, glancing back down again and twisting the ring on her left hand. âDefinitely not.â
A heavy silence passed between them, and Preston found himself fidgeting uncomfortably, not exactly certain how to react to genuine kindness and generosity from a stranger. Â Itâd been so long. âYou know, you remind me a lot of some of my friends in the Minutemen. They died doing what was right, and now Iâm all thatâs left.â
âIâm sorry,â she interjected before he could finish his thought, âI kind of know how that feels.â
âUmm, thanks.â It was the first time anyone had apologized to him since everything started, and she didnât even know what happened. He straightened his hat. âWhat I was going to say is that you should come with us. We could really use your help.â
âWhere are you going?â
Preston tilted his head toward Mama. âMama Murphyâs been seeing visions of us going to this place called Sanctuary. Itâs a rundown old town right now, but she thinks we could build it up again.â
âVisions,â she asked, looking back at the old woman.
âShe just thinks she has visions,â Marcy chimed in from across the room, âAnd Preston and Sturges are too nice to tell her sheâs just high off her damn gourd. So we end up wandering around based on the ramblings of an old chem addict.â
â Hey,â Preston snapped, âIf you think you could do better, then by all meansââ
âWhoa whoa whoa,â Sturges scolded, clearly sick of the hostility, âWeâre all on the same side here, so let's settle down. Marcy, do you have a better idea?â
There was a long silence in which Marcy did nothing but cross, uncross her arms, and huff. âNothing? Okay, then weâre going to this Sanctuary place.â Sturges said after some time and then winked at Preston, a signal that he had the situation under control. Â Preston nodded his thanks and returned his attention to Charlie once again, who was still deep in conversation.
âDiamond City,â she asked, that pain heâd noticed before surging to the front of her face, âIs he there?â
âI⊠itâs not clear, kid, and Iâm tired,â Mama answered in that way she always did when she was about to attempt to bum some chems off of someone, âMaybe you bring me some jet later? Maybe Iâll have you some more answers.â
âJet? Whatâsââ
âMama,â he interjected, not wanting the old woman to abuse the good graces of a potential ally, or even a friend. âI told you to stop messing with that stuff. Itâs gonna kill you.â
âOh shush, Preston,â Mama grumbled, âWe all die someday, might as well help this young lady out.â
Charlie flashed a grin at him, and then patted Mama on the shoulder, âI wouldnât want you to do anything dangerous on my account.â
âOh, come on, sweetheart. Donât let Preston charm you into good behavior with that pout of his. Handsome or not, heâs just a worry wart.â
To his surprise, Charlie actually looked back at him and tilted her head. He darted his eyes away under the scrutiny of her examination. âHeâs not pouting,â Charlie remarked matter of factly, âAnd Iâm perfectly capable of good behavior on my own.â
Mama shook her head as Charlie gave her another gentle pat on the shoulder and walked to stand next to Preston and whisper, âIâm assuming Jetâs a drug?â
He blinked a few times, âDo they not have chems where youâre from?â
âI donât know enough to answer that question.â She laughed and brushed a stray strand of hair from her face, before bumping his shoulder, âIâll explain later⊠when we get to Sanctuary Hills.â
âSo, does that mean youâre coming with us?â He tried not to let his excitement show too much.
She nodded. âDefinitely.â
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Safe Place Chapter 2
Emma nervously tugged at the bottom of her dress as she made her way towards Athenaâs front door. Balancing the baking dish of brownies and the bowl of pasta salad in one hand was proving to be quite the feat as she desperately tried to keep her skirt from riding further up her thighs. Â
Once she got to the front door, she cleared her throat before ringing the doorbell. A few seconds later, a very tall man with a welcoming smile greeted her as he ushered her inside.
âEmma! Itâs so great to finally meet you. Athena has told me so much about you. Iâm Bobby,â he said as he took the dish and bowl out of her hands with one hand and offered her his other hand to shake.
âItâs nice to meet you too, Bobby. Iâve heard quite a bit about you as well,â Emma replied with a laugh. Bobby grinned at her in reply.
âIâll put these on the table. Why donât you head out back? Athena is right outside the door,â Bobby instructed. Emma nodded before turning around to walk out onto the patio. Her green eyes scanned the crowded patio for her partner, but someone else caught her attention first.
âEmma!â Christopher exclaimed as he left his fatherâs side to come greet her. Â
âHi there, Christopher. How are you?â Emma said as she leaned down to hug the boy. Â
âIâm great! All of my favorite people are here. Well, except my grandparents,â Christopher said with that easygoing smile on his face. Emma smiled in return and glanced up as Eddie joined them. She could see where Christopher got that amazing smile from as the firefighter came to stand beside his son. Â
âNice to see you again, Emma,â Eddie said.
âYou too,â Emma replied.
âStopped any arterial bleeding lately?â Eddie asked with a chuckle causing Emma to laugh in response.
âNot since the last time you saw me covered in blood,â she answered. Eddie opened his mouth to say something else, but a tall blonde haired guy joined their group with a loud exclamation.
âWell, who do we have here?â he said in his loud, boisterous voice that had Christopher laughing and Eddie rolling his eyes.
âBuck, this is Emma Sullivan. Sheâs Athenaâs new partner. Emma, this is Evan Buckley, AKA Buck. Heâs also a firefighter at the 118,â Eddie replied as he gestured between the two of them.
âItâs nice to meet you,â Emma said as she stuck out her hand. Buck laughed before pulling her into a bear hug. Emma laughed as he squeezed her tight and lifted her off of her feet.
âI have heard so much about you! I canât believe Athena actually agreed to have a partner,â Buck said loudly in her ear.
âYou can put her down, Buck,â Eddie said as Christopher laughed.
âBuck! What on earth are you doing?â Athena said as she walked up to them. Buck gently put Emma back on her feet before turning to beam at Athena.
âI was just greeting the newest member of our posse,â Buck said as he threw an arm around Athenaâs shoulders. âYou didnât mention she was this cute!â
âAnd why would I say that to you?â Athena said as she shewed him away. âGo help Bobby with the grill and give the girl some space.â
Buck dutifully followed her command while Athena looked to the trio of people standing before her. What she saw had her smiling. Emma was slightly rubbing her arms where Buck had gripped her, Eddie was tenderly examining her arms to see if she was hurt, and Christopher was smiling at the pair of them with a glimmer of hope in his young eyes. Â
âIâm okay, Eddie,â Emma said as the dark haired man gently lifted her arm to see if a bruise was forming. His brown eyes lifted to meet her gaze and Emma had to quickly suck in a breath. Good Lord, this man is attractive, she thought. Â
Eddie slowly dropped his hands before he nodded at her. Â
âIâm sorry about Buck. He can be a bit much sometimes,â Eddie apologized.
âItâs not a problem. He reminds me of my older brother,â Emma replied with a smile on her face. Â
âSo, Emma, did you find the house okay?â Athena asked, causing the two adults in front of her to break their gaze and look at her.
âI did. I took an Uber,â Emma said.
âGood! Now come meet everyone else,â Athena said as she began to lead Emma towards the crowd.
âIâm coming with you,â Christopher announced as he moved to walk beside Emma. âIâll see you later, Dad!â
Emma smiled down at Christopher before Athena began introducing her to the rest of the 118 crew and their families. Â
Several hours later, the party was dying down and Emma had begun to help Bobby and Athena clean up. She glanced over to see Christopher and Buck asleep on the couch. Â
âThose two are attached at the hip,â Eddie said from beside her, startling her slightly. Emma glanced up at him and couldnât help but smile herself when she saw the beatific smile on his face.
âI can tell,â Emma replied. Â
âAlthough, you are just about all he talks about these days,â Eddie said.
âReally?â Emma asked, surprised.
âOh yeah. He has been dying to hang out with you. Heâs always asking if he can go over to your place,â Eddie said with a laugh.
âWell, heâs welcome anytime,â Emma said. âI miss being around kids.â
âOh yeah?â Eddie asked as they both began to pick up empty plates and cups to put in the trash bag Eddie was holding.
âYeah. My nieces and nephews live in Atlanta, so when I decided to move to LA from there, it was hard not getting to see them all the time,â Emma explained.
âI knew I detected a Southern accent there,â Eddie said, and Emma laughed.
âI was raised all over the world, but my parents are from the South, so the accent stuck,â Emma said.
âAll over the world?â Eddie asked as Emma dumped a few more plates in the trash can. Â
âMy dad is Navy, so weâve been all over,â Emma explained.
âNavy, huh? I was in the Army,â Eddie said. Emma paused to look at him.
âWell, thank you for your service,â she said and Eddie nodded in reply. âWhat did you do in the Army?â
âI was a combat medic,â Eddie replied. Â
âImpressive,â Emma said as Eddie cinched up the last of the trash bags.
âI think weâre done here,â Eddie said as they both turned to head inside. âChristopher is staying with Bobby and Athena tonight because he and Harry have a party to go to tomorrow. So, since we are neighbors, would you like to ride home with me?â
âSure, that would be great,â Emma replied. After saying goodbye to Athena, Bobby, and Buck, Eddie ushered Emma out to his truck. Just as she stepped up to grasp the door handle, Eddie beat her to it and opened the door for her.
âYour chariot awaits,â Eddie said as he playfully bowed to her. Â
âWhy thank you,â Emma replied with a smile as she situated herself in the front passenger seat. Minutes later, they were headed down the freeway towards the exit that would take them to their homes. The ride had been quiet so far. Â
âSo, what made you decide to become a cop?â Eddie asked quietly. Emma nervously picked at the hem of her dress before clearing her throat.
âI was all set to become a doctor when my best friend and roommate was murdered. The aftermath of that was a complete nightmare, and I guess I just knew that I wanted to be the person to help stop something like this from happening again,â Emma said quietly in return. Eddie sighed softly before he reached his right hand across the console to grab her left one. He squeezed her hand lightly.
âIâm so sorry about your friend,â Eddie said softly. Â
âThank you,â Emma whispered. âEven though it was 6 years ago, it still feels like it happened yesterday. My whole life changed after that day.â
âHow so?â Eddie asked.
âWell, the detectives connected her murder to a series of murders that had been happening for the past eight years. The only problem was she didnât fit the victimology. All of the other victims were petite, blondes with blue or green eyes. Rachel was African-America and tall with brown hair and brown eyes,â Emma paused to swallow. Eddie gently squeezed her hand again.
âYou donât have to talk about it, if youâre not up for it,â Eddie said.
âI know, but it might be good to talk to someone other than Athena and the department shrink about it,â Emma said. âI was gone to visit my family when she was murdered. I had taken Rachelâs car instead of mine because my alternator was having issues and we were waiting on a part to come in. I found her body when I returned that Sunday evening. The detectives told Rachelâs family that they believed the killer had gone there to kill me. They think that Rachel surprised him and he killed her so he wouldnât leave a witness who could identify him.â
âDamn,â Eddie breathed as he maneuvered the truck off the freeway and onto the exit ramp. âDid they ever catch the guy?â
âYes, eventually. Unfortunately, he killed four other women before they could catch him. By that point, I was living in survival mode. I barely made it through my residency each day, and I barely slept. I had been so close to Rachelâs family, but after her death, things just werenât the same. Her parents were so heartbroken, her brother was angry at me, and I carried so much guilt because it should have been me instead of her,â Emma said as Eddie pulled into his driveway. He put the truck in park and unbuckled his seatbelt before turning to face her.
âDonât say that,â he said adamantly. âYou were meant to live otherwise you wouldnât be here now.â
âI know,â Emma said quietly as tears silently made their way down her face. Eddie softly reached over with his right hand to wipe away the tear that moved down her left cheek. âMy therapist always says that I canât control what happened and that none of it was my fault. Itâs easy to say that, but believing it is another thing entirely.â
âI know what you mean,â Eddie said. âIâve seen friends get killed in the line of duty and I watched Christopherâs mother die right in front of me. It sucks, and I donât think you ever really get over that. You just learn to cope with it and try to move on with your life.â
âThatâs what Iâm trying to do,â Emma said as she turned to face him. âA change of scenery was very helpful, and Athena has been wonderful. Speaking of Athena, what did Buck mean when he said he couldnât believe Athean agreed to have a partner?â
âAthena hasnât had a partner in years,â Eddie said. âBeing a field sergeant gives her the choice of having a partner or not.â
âSo why would she choose me?â Emma asked.
âWell, I donât know the exact answer to that, but I can take a guess,â Eddie said with a smile.
âAnd what would that be?â Emma asked as she tilted her head slightly.
âShe saw a lot of herself in you, and she knew how hard it was to overcome a traumatic experience like you did. Plus, Bobby told me that she has bragged about how smart and intuitive you are,â Eddie said with a smile on his face. Emma blushed slightly and bowed her head for a moment. When she raised her gaze to meet Eddieâs, she was surprised to see the smile gone from his face.
âWhatâs wrong?â she asked.
âNothing,â Eddie said quickly. âItâs getting late.â
He got out of the truck abruptly and Emma followed suit. They met at the front of the truck and silently stared at each other for a few seconds.
âThanks for the ride home,â Emma said as she started to walk past him. Eddie gently grabbed her hand to stop her.
âThank you for telling me your story,â he said softly. âI know that wasnât easy.â
âThank you for listening,â she replied as she gently tightened her grip on his hand.
âLet me walk you to your door,â Eddie said as he began to lead her across the small space between their homes. Once they arrived at her front door, Emma pulled her keys from her purse and unlocked the door. Then, she turned to face him one last time. His body was only a few inches from hers and she could feel his breath on her forehead.
âGoodnight, Eddie,â she whispered. Before she could turn to go inside, he lifted his right hand to cup her left cheek. Â
âGoodnight, Emma,â he replied before leaning down to place a quick kiss to her forehead. He quickly backed away and headed back to his own house leaving a stunned Emma on the front porch. After a minute or so, she walked into her house and slumped against the closed front door.
Oh man, she thought.
In the next house over, Eddie braced his hands against his closed front door and let out a long sigh.
âWhat are you doing?â he said aloud to himself as his head slumped against the door. âYou just told everyone, including Anna, that you werenât ready for any kind of relationship, and here you are pining after your neighbor that you barely know. Get it together!â
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It's September, witches, bitches, and litches(I'mso sorry for any offense, I was trying to be funny!)!
Let's see what mischief is in for the Skellington triplets this time!!!!
It is the next day in sunny Halloween Town and Jacob has been let off the hook for the day's meeting, so Jack and the Mayor can discuss something in private.
That leaves Jacob free to do whatever he pleases!
WITH LUNA AND DAEMON AT HIS SIDE.
He asks why they're following him and Luna states sharply that Jack told her to keep an eye of Jacob so he doesn't do anything crazy. That makes sense, but why is Daemon following?
He's BORED.
Jacob's glad to hear that, at least, because he's going to keep his brother entertained with an exploration around town, specifically what's on the outer limits of the town.
Luna warns him against it and Daemon's skeptical, but neither are able to stop Jacob as he slips through the bars of the town gate, explaining that they should stop him, then.
Daemon follows because he's bored, but Luna also follows, very reluctant.
Jacob teases her, asking if she's afraid.
She's not afraid. She doesn't want to get in trouble, lest they forget how mad their parents get when they misbehave.
Jacob corrects her: They don't get in trouble, if they don't do something they're not supposed to.
Luna, fed up, asks if he's been hanging around those bastards Lock, Shock, and Barrel, who are listening behind some tombstones and are all very offended by Luna's insult toward them.
And Jacob's response that no, he'd never go within a mile radius of those three reprobates, not with being the next Pumpkin King amd his father on his back.
Luna asks if he DOESN'T WANT to be his father's heir and Jacob kicks up a stick, asking back if SHE'D like the position instead.
She doesn't, because Jacob is the eldest, therefore making him the heir by tradition. And he's a boy, which us another strike against her.
Daemon reminds them both that tradition and gender be damned, they're ALL the same age. Imagine a Halloween with all three of them after Jack steps down.
Jacob muses that it sounds like fun while Luna sighs that she'll be the ring leader of two out of control hell hounds that are her brothers.
Daemon gawks at her, because he doesn't even take his EYES off of the line, much less set a toe outside of it, so how dare she.
Before she can correct him, Jacob dashes up a hill and stands still, staring long enough for his siblings to catch up.
Turns out they found the treehouse Lock, Shock, and Barrel reside in, and where Oogie Boogie used to be.
Luna is a little freaked out at the fact that it has now started to fall apart and Daemon, who pulled himself up to look, dips back down because he heard rumors that there have been a alot of bugs that remained and are still residing there to this day.
Jacob asks, a little nervously, where these rumors came from and who's been saying them.
Daemon shrugs, admitting he just heard it from Corpse Kid and Vampire Kid and it just stuck with him because some bugs are kind of hard to kill.
And then there's the fact that Lock, Shock, and Barrel are still hanging around, for some stupid reason.
Luna hugs herself and notes that knowing WHO lived there, under the house, and what he did, it doesn't make any easier to look at, even with the knowledge that he's gone by their father's hand.
And Santa's boot, which Daemon adds before sighing that he'd actually like to meet old Saint Nick one day, if it's okay with Jack and Chris Kringle himself.
Those words make Jacob's uneasy look turn to determination as he clenches a fist; now he doesn't just want to exceed Jack and everyone else, he wants his brother to meet Santa Clause.
He's also mentally wondering how he missed the woods with the doors, seeing as how he knows the town very well by his age, even semi-hallucinating/visualizing a map he'd drawn to find the holiday doors.
He's pulled out of his thoughts when he hears Daemon shrieking and falling down the hill.
Turns out a butterfly is flying around him and won't leave him alone no matter how hard he tries to smack it away.
He shouts for either of his siblings to kill the butterfly because it's trying to kill him.
Luna pulls him up and swats it away, givung a sound of disgust because while she likes wearing dresses and playing with her hair, she's not a fan of things like butterflies.
She calls for Jacob, asking if he's coming, because Jack's bound to be finished with his meeting by now and is probably looking for them.
Jacob nods and follows them, after one last look at the treehouse and watching the butterfly circle him before flying away.
Luna was half right, Jack IS done with the meeting and is looking for them, except he brought Sally and Zero with him.
He asks where they've been, and Daemon somewhat saves Jacob's ass by saying they were looking for something interesting and found nothing, except for a good walk.
Somewhat because when asked what they were looking for specifically, he replies by offering the encounter with a killer butterfly.
Jack asks him to repeat so he KNOWS he heard that Daemon was attacked by a BUTTERFLY.
He was, and it did not help that Luna and Jacob stood by and did not help him in the slightest.
Sally, not buying this BS and genuinely curious, asks where their walk took them, while they walk home.
Luna offers an answer, which Jacob would know.
Jacob bites that she was there, too, so she should answer.
She would, but all she did was follow him, so his call.
Jack tells them to not argue because all they want to know is where they went, not if they had some sort of competition. He and Sally are asking because good on them for exploring a little and they want to know what their kids are up to.
Jacob relents and says they were just wandering until they accidentally found the old treehouse. They didn't go inside. They just went there and saw it from the outside, that's all.
Daemon backs his brother, saying they found it on accident and turned around, because it's evil.
Sally calms him by explaining the place itself is not evil, but kudos to the teiplets for no going in to explore.
Luna asks if it's because of all the bugs and Jack explains it is not because of the bugs. It's because he doesn't want them going in and getting trapped there with no way out, and doesn't want Lock, Shock, and Barrel to be anywhere near them because those three are still living in the house.
Jacob is silent as he listens, zoning out and thinking about the rumors and the fact his brother is probably going to be in on the idea of finding the holiday doors.
While the family continues home, the butterfly we saw earlier flies over to a crouching Lock, Shock, and Barrel, whispering into Lock's ear about what it found.
Shock asks what it's saying and Lock explains that they found their way of helping out their old friend, said way being a zoned out Jacob as the family returns to town.
With a bonehead even more clueless than Jack, it'll be easy to bring Oogie back, they just need to get him to walk a little further away than he should and they've got him.
Barrel, in a moment of realization, asks if they should really ask JACOB for help.
Sure, it'd hurt Jack the most, because Jacob's the eldest, and he's really good at sewing, but that's qhen he needs to keep his hands busy, and he's walked into trees mutiple times, sat and stared at a wall for hours on end, accidentally lit himself on fire, and made a bookshelf fall on top of him. To sum it up: he puts the E in idiot, for a guy who's his father's son.
He offers they go for Luna instead, who's worked in Dr. Finklestien's office the most, is very meticulous in her sewing, and is the only girl, so they can use that to draw her to them. Shock explains why THAT is a bad idea: Luna is not stupid. She has been sharp enough to see when people lie to her, just like Sally, and is the most obedient out of all three triplets, so she's a no go.
Okay, okay, that leaves the youngest, and arguably easiest to deal with, Daemon.
HA! Fools! They have never heard the series Pirates of The Caribbean, which Daemon watched on marathon on one Halloween night, or a particular man named Captain Jack Sparrow.
Five words:
Genius diguised as a fool.
Lock laughs and states the two of them are lying, because he's only seen Daemon following his brother and sister or either if his parents. There's no way he's a genius.
Shock challenges Lock, then, asking him to try and talk to Daemon and also try to get him to do something Lock wants him to do, maybe try pranking him.
We end with the triplets with their parents, Sally braiding Luna's hair while Luna vigorously sews a horned hat for Daemon, who's writing and solving math problems, while Jacob and Jack look over Halloween plans.
Jack notices that Jacob looks confused about something and asks what's on his mind.
The question turns everyone's heads:
Who lived under the treehouse, what happened to said person, and why did it happen?
#the nightmare before christmas#nightmare before christmas#jack skellington#sally ragdoll#sally skellington#jack and sally#oc children#slight swearing tw#butterfly hate tw
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