#otp: nikki & michael

[nikkiruncks]

#same ship different font

[inevitablemoment]

“does that hurt?”

Word Count: 871

Warnings: Politics, politically motivated violence, stranger attack, black eye, injury, dislocated shoulder

Fandom: Spin City

Pairings: Mike Flaherty x Nikki Faber

I’m finally writing a Spin City fic! I love this show so much, and I am just shocked that there is no content. Like literally, on AO3, there’s no fics under the Spin City (TV) tag. But, that may change, as writing this piece has given me a spark of inspiration for to expand on it in a multi-chapter fic.

Takes place in late Season 3.

Enjoy!

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As Nikki had taken to spending more and more nights at Mike’s apartment, they often made their commute to City Hall together. It was not an uncommon sight to see them hand-in-hand as they made their way up the steps into the building, and she could not see them stopping anytime soon-- no matter how much Stuart teased them.

Besides, she had valuable ammo against him, should he annoy her enough.

She and Mike were discussing the previous night’s episode of Law & Order when she caught something in the corner of her eye; a man, dressed in a grey hoodie and his face obscured by a baseball cap.

Something in her gut flared at the sight of this man. She had lived in New York City all her life, a city girl through and through, and these instincts had been drilled into her from her earliest memory.

Her hold on Mike’s arm tightened when she realized that the man was approaching the both of them.

“You Mike Flaherty?” the man asked.

As tightly as Nikki tried to squeeze Mike’s arm to warn him not to engage, he still took two steps forward.

“Yeah, what can I do for y--?”

The man’s fist came flying towards Mike, immediately knocking him down. The man began yelling things like “Liberal puppet!” and “Commie bastard!” as Nikki rushed to her boyfriend’s side, trying to help him up as two security guards restrained his assailant.

Nikki helped Mike back to his feet. “Hey, you okay?”

Mike shook his head, even as he held the heel of his palm against his left eye. “Y-- yeah.”

“Mike,” she gave him a warning tone.

“Nikki, don’t worry about me,” he asked. “Did-- did he try to hurt you? I couldn’t see--”

“No,” Nikki said. “Are you sure...?”

“Nikki... please,” Mike lowered his hand, revealing that his eye was beginning to swell shut.

“Mike...”

“Just... let’s just go inside,” he requested, taking her hand again. “Please?”

Nikki sighed. “Fine. But I’m getting ice for that eye when we get inside.”

Throughout the rest of the day, everyone reacted just as Nikki predicted they would; Carter, James, and Janelle showed genuine concern, Stuart asked if it had been a result of their “activities in the boudoir,” Stacey asked if Mike at least got a punch in, and Paul was just as clueless as ever.

“I heard the Secret Service guys talking,” Carter said as he and Stuart followed Nikki to the ice machine. “You think this might be the guy that tried to take a shot at the mayor last month?”

“I don’t know,” Nikki answered, inserting a coin into the machine and holding an open Ziploc bag out.

“Seems a little weird-- can’t take out the mayor, so you try to get the guy below him,” Stuart mused. “Like how I couldn’t score a night with a future Penthouse model in college, so I dated that flat-chested girl for six months. She even roped me into spending Thanksgiving with her family.”

Nikki let out a heavy sigh of frustration and contempt that harmonized with the ice machine as the ice fell into the bag.

No.

She would not let Stuart’s “horny bastard” ways aggravate her today.

She had too much on her plate to worry about.

Nikki sealed the bag and turned back around. “Just see if you can get a security detail for Mike-- and make it discreet. Don’t want to make him feel smothered.”

“And what better way to do that than to gaslight him about the black, windowless cars outside his apartment building?” Stuart said.

Nikki gave herself one split second to glare at Stuart before she turned to Carter. “If I broke his jaw, I’d be doing mankind a service, right?”

“Oh, you’d get the Nobel Peace Prize,” Carter remarked.

Nikki gave Stuart the fakest smile that she could muster up before she left for Mike’s office in a rush.

As she expected, Mike was sitting at his desk, working as if nothing had happened that morning. The only indicator that this was not just a normal day was the beginnings of a violet bruise that framed his left eye, and the pained expression he seemed to have on his face as he filled out some paperwork.

Mike looked up, seeing her standing in the doorway. “Hey.”

“Hey-- I got the ice,” Nikki held up the bag, walking towards his desk and taking a seat across from him.

“Thanks, but--”

Whatever he was going to say, she didn’t listen as she gently pressed the bag of ice against his injured eye.

“Thanks,” he repeated, sincere this time.

He began to reach his hand to take hold of the bag himself, before wincing in pain.

“Wh-- you okay?” Nikki asked.

“It’s-- it’s just my shoulder,” he tried to wave off. “It’s a little sore.”

“That didn’t sound like a ‘little sore’ groan,” Nikki observed, reaching over the desk to try to examine his shoulder. “Does it hurt? Let me--”

As soon as her hand made contact with his shoulder, Mike cried out in pain. Nikki sprung to her feet and practically hurdled the desk to get to him.

“I-- I think we need to take you to the hospital.”

[florxdexcerezos]

@4fter-hours @misunderstoodcreatures @erstwhles @cursivebloodlines

[smashthegiantkiller]

Smash! For the Ask Game -

Feud ~ Your favourite rivalries?

Gold ~ Your favorite championship title(s)? Why?

OTP (One True Pair) ~ Your favorite wrestling paring(s)/ship(s)? (can be friendships or romantic parings)

Theme ~ Your favorite and/or least favorite wrestling theme songs?

<3 - Mitch

MITCH!!

Feud ~ Your favourite rivalries? - This seems similar to the storylines question that I answered here, but this gives me a chance to highlight some of my other favorite rivalries (these are mostly women's feuds, btw):

Nikki Bella vs Carmella (2016) - I know what you are saying, really, a Nikki Bella feud? But that feud was so well done for a short term feud, and it did a well job on introducing Carmella to the main roster audience.

Trish Stratus vs Stephanie McMahon (2001) - I know the reasoning of this feud was due to... well, yeah (thank god Shane ended that shit), but they worked well together, and it was a fun feud.

Deonna Purrazzo vs Jordynne Grace - After watching parts of their Victory Road match, they have that we are destined to do this forever vibes.

Sasha Banks vs Bayley (see above)

Gold ~ Your favorite championship title(s)? Why? - WWE (later NXT) UK Championship. God that belt is so sexy. Stone Cold's Smoking Skull belt, the White IC title belt, and the Women's World Title belt (white on gold is just *chef's kiss*)

OTP (One True Pair) ~ Your favorite wrestling paring(s)/ship(s)? (can be friendships or romantic parings) -

Mercedes Mone, Trinity, Tamina, & Bayley. Their friendship is wonderful to me.

Baymella (Carmella and Bayley)

Saraya and Renee Paquette

Britt Baker and Adam Cole

Triple H and Shawn Michaels

MJF and Adam Cole

Shane McMahon and Chyna

Shane and Dean Ambrose

... and lastly Shane and AJ Styles

That's a lot of pairings, but those are the first that come to mind.

Theme ~ Your favorite and/or least favorite wrestling theme songs? I stated my favorite ones in a previous ask, but here are my least favorite ones:

Saraya (mainly because it's a song by her boyfriend addressing him being cancelled, and I really don't know why you would use that as an entrance theme).

JD Mcdonagh - I mentioned this on Monday, but it truly sounds like a generic CAW themes

most themes composed by def rebel in general

Right to Censor - it gives me sensory overload.

[nikkiruncks]

jackie and kelso + nikki and nate parallels

(7th gif belongs to @burkelso)

[inevitablemoment]

Pairing: Mike Flaherty/Nikki Faber Rating: General Summary: His heart began to speed up as he recognized the voice on the other side of the door. He undid the chain and opened the door. Sure enough, Nikki Faber was standing in front of him.

She had apparently decided to keep her hair as its natural blonde, which she had decided after the break-up as an attempt to "reinvent" herself, but she had cut it much shorter since the last time he had seen her. Her eyes were rimmed red, as she had been crying.

"Nikki, wha-- what are you doing here?" Mike asked. "I mean, I'm-- I'm glad to see you, but..."

"I quit my job," Nikki confessed, her voice beginning to quiver as if she were about to cry again.

(OR: The beginning of the happy ending that Mike and Nikki should have gotten)

[eleanorcaldit]

Ship Tag Game!!!!

hiii I was tagged to do this fun ship game by @spookykittendetective​ thank you so much for tagging me, this was so fun!!!!

I’m bad a tagging other people because I don’t know who wants to do these but if you read this and want to do it, I tag you!

1. First Ship - Gilbert/Anne from Anne of Green Gables

invented romance and slow burn!!! My mom is from the maritimes so I grew up on Anne of Green Gables and have always been in love with them!

2. First OTP - Jonesy/Nikki from 6teen

I’m not sure i can differentiate between otp and ship but ill say these guys here. i love this bicons, they deserve the world!

3. Current fave ship - Peter/MJ from Spiderman

i love them with my entire being um yeah!!!

4. Your ship since the first minute - Would it be cheating to say Anne/Gilbert from Anne with an E

I’m saying these two as separate from aogg because it was such a different turn from their original story that I often did not prefer lol but still enjoyed and I loved their first meeting (though not as much as in the book/1985 version)

5. You wish they had been endgame - ??

this one is hard because i dont ship anything knowing its not endgame because i’m sensitive. idk im sure there are lots of ships that i wish were endgame but then I don’t really ship them lol

6. You wish they had become canon - Charles/Erik from X-men

or are they....

7. Most of the fandom hates, but you love - Sylvie/Loki from Loki

idk about most of the fandom but i see mostly hate on my dash

8. You don't even watch the show, but you ship them anyways - Those gays from Roswell, New Mexico

i watched a clip when the cowboy one took his hat off to kiss the other and then he was like phew or whatever after the kiss and i was like wow thats love

9. You wish they had a different storyline - Nikita/Michael from Nikita

i love them and I love the first season so so much i just wish they didnt spend so much time like not together especially near the end of the series idk i just wanted them to be happy

10. Fave ship that is endgame - Bella/Edward from Twilight

hello!!!!!!!!!!!

[morgansdeb]

lost and fnl for the ask game

Thank you!

Lost

Favorite character: Katherine Anne Austen

Least Favorite character: All the abusive parents.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Kate/Sawyer, Kate/Sayid, Kate/Sun, Sun/Jin, and Desmond/Penny.

Character I find most attractive: NIKKI!! Kate, Sayid, Penny, Ana Lucia, Shannon... so many attractive people on this show.

Character I would marry: PENNY!!

Character I would be best friends with: HURLEY!!

a random thought: I feel like the show became kind of a drag after season 3, and it was obvious the writers were making up stuff as they went, but I still love it.

An unpopular opinion: I love the finale.

My Canon OTP: Kate/Sawyer!! I was born on this hill, I’ll stay on this hill, and I’ll die on this hill.

My Non-canon OTP: Kate/Sun

Most Badass Character: Can I say Kate again? No? Okay, then Sun.

Most Epic Villain: Ben... even tho he annoyed me most of the show lmao

Pairing I am not a fan of: Jack/Kate, Sawyer/Juliet, and Charlie/Claire lmao. Also, Shannon/Boone, because I still can’t believe they had time to show step-siblings inc*st but not a gay couple.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): SAYID in the later seasons by making him kill people again and then having the MIB “infect him”. CLAIRE, by writing her off and then bringing her back and turning her “crazy”. JULIET, who was all about leaving the island and returning to her sister and then went “I wanna stay here and live my 70s fantasy life with Sawyer, how dare y’all try to ruin my happiness”, and then died for Sawyer’s angst. SUN AND JIN, by killing them off and not letting them go back to their daughter. MICHAEL, by turning him into a murderer and not letting him rest in peace (even tho they redeemed characters like Ben... silence), LIBBY, by not giving her a centric episode... idk, I love this show, 10/10 would recommend, but it did several characters dirty.

Favourite Friendship: Hurley/anyone, tbh

Character I most identify with: I have daddy issues like the majority of the main characters, but I don’t think I can completely identify with any of them.

Character I wish I could be: Miles. He was funny, could talk to ghosts, and got to leave the island.

Friday Night Lights

Favorite character: See my url... Miss Lyla Garrity.

Least Favorite character: Joe McCoy... fuck that dude.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Tim/Lyla, Coach/Tami, Matt/Julie, Vince/Jess, and Julie/Tyra.

Character I find most attractive: LYLA!! Tami, Tim, Tyra, Jess... so many.

Character I would marry: TAMI!!

Character I would be best friends with: MATT!!

a random thought: I love this show so much, but there are too many dropped characters/storylines. The lack of female friendships also bugs me.

An unpopular opinion: I love Julie Taylor!!

My Canon OTP: Tim/Lyla

My Non-canon OTP: Julie/Tyra

Most Badass Character: TAMI!! Also Coach Taylor and Tyra.

Most Epic Villain: All the villains of this show were pretty dull and annoying.

Pairing I am not a fan of: Tim/Tyra... ugh.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): I love Tim/Lyla and Jason/Lyla, but damn, why couldn’t the writers allow her to have female friends?? Also, I hate how Tyra being almost r*ped was turned into a plot about Landry killing a guy...

Favourite Friendship: Tim/Jason

Character I most identify with: Becky. She’s chill, has a crush on the wrong person, and her dad is trash lol

Character I wish I could be: Coach Taylor because he’s married to Tami and people respect him.

[florxdexcerezos]

@4fter-hours

the totally hinged urge to text "i want you" in the middle of a normal conversation

[lovesjustachemical]

Lost and POI for the ask meme!

Oh man I suuuuuuuuuuck! I don’t like answering asks on mobile, so here it is at long last from my PC!

Send me a fandom, ship, or character

Lost

Favorite character: Juliet

Least Favorite character: I don’t know. I’m even weirdly endeared to Nikki and Paulo, although I couldn’t take much more of them.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Sawyer & Juliet, Kate & Claire, Charlie & Claire, Sun & Jin, Shannon & Sayid

Character I find most attractive: Kate, Sun, or Sawyer

Character I would marry: Penny is the fucking best wife.

Character I would be best friends with: Juliet or Hurley

A random thought: I honestly wish they would have made a mysterious world where absolutely no one was gay instead of that lone, uncomfortable gay villain out of hundreds of straight characters.

An unpopular opinion: Jack doesn’t really bother me??

My canon OTP: Sawyer & Juliet

Non-canon OTP: Kate and Claire would have been cute. Or Ben & Locke, maybe.

Most badass character: Sayid? But they’re all fucking metal.

Pairing I am not a fan of: Honestly, I don’t remember anything too terrible.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Michael and Walt got a raw fucking deal.

Favorite friendship: Charlie & Hurley or Kate & Claire or Kate & Sun

Person of Interest

Favorite character: Root, but also Shaw, but also TM, but also everyone

Least Favorite character: Don’t really have one. I resent the shit out of that Voice Guy for turning up in the fifth season, though.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Root & Shaw, John & Carter, Harold & Grace, Shaw & Carter, John & Frankie

Character I find most attractive: Root or Shaw

Character I would marry: Carter

Character I would be best friends with: The Machine

A random thought: I wish we’d had more time and gotten more of Samaritan as a character. 

An unpopular opinion: I like the John/Harold dynamic and the Root/Shaw dynamic equally and think that they both make the show.

My canon OTP: Root & Shaw

Non-canon OTP: I saw a Frankie/Harper vid once, and now it’s my post-show headcanon.

Most badass character: Shaw

Pairing I am not a fan of: Iris and John were just...uncomfortable for me. I liked Iris, but I didn’t feel like the uncomfortable and inappropriate facets of that relationship were dealt with enough, and they were just trying to give John and the show a very basic, cookie cutter Straight White Love Story.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Honestly, Dominic’s development was...not great and not up to par with the rest of the writing. Which wasn’t fair because Elias got so much development.

Favorite friendship: THE WHOLE TEAM? John & Harold, John & Shaw, Fusco & Carter, Root & Harold, Bear & everyone...

[ponytailcoby]

Andi Mack, Teen Wolf, Y&R ;)))

First of all, How DARE you Mel???  I literally JUST woke up LOL!!!  Okay so here we go

Andi Mack

otp- JYRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!

favourite canon pairing-  Hmm probably Bex/Bowie Box?? Bexie??? *whispers* but y’all know Jyrus is about to be canon so….. ;) 

worst pairing ever- Jamber obviously 

guilty pleasure pairing- LOL probably Buffy/Jonah because they’d have that love/hate thing going. 

a pairing you want to see more- JYRUS!!!!!!

that pairing everyone likes but you’re like “lol no”- OOOOHHHHHH *whispers* J/andi I’m so sorry :(

favorite non-romantic pair- Sorry I’m cheating gotta go with the trio of the Good Hair Crew

Teen Wolf 

otp- hmmm let me think….STEREK of COURSE

favourite canon pairing- yikes um did this show have a canon pairing I like ummmm maybe Scallison????  ??????

worst pairing ever- Derek/K/ate

guilty pleasure pairing- probably Derek/Chris  

a pairing you want to see more- STEREK *whispers* since they took their scenes away FOR SOME REASON like Dylan said

that pairing everyone likes but you’re like “lol no”- maybe Melissa/Chris? like I get the aesthetic of it all but Melissa/Sheriff was what I wanted

favorite non-romantic pair- I loved Allydia 

Y&R

otp- ooh um do I have one???  Ravi/me TBH LOL!!!

favourite canon pairing- Probably Kevin/Jana when they were at their best before all the craziness went down

worst pairing ever- all of them lol everyone is sooooo bad together

guilty pleasure pairing- LMAO Mariah and Summer they should’ve happened before they sent Summer off to wherever she is

a pairing you want to see more- They’re all awful lol but probably Mariah/Tessa 

that pairing everyone likes but you’re like “lol no”- ugh Nick and Sharon they try so hard to make them Victor/Nikki and they’re just…not

favorite non-romantic pair- Michael/Phyllis just because he’s one of the few people that calls her out on her shit and I like their friendship

[roman-winter]

ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS

WELP good thing ur the only one who actually sent me anything. HERE WE GO. every single number under the cut lmao

1. your favorite face claims

ZANE HOLTZ, MICHAEL TREVINO, BOB MORELY, STEPHEN JAMES, CAMERON MONAGHAN, if i could only use those faces for the rest of my rping life, i’d be perfectly happy, they’re my babes

2. your least favorite face claims

fcs i actively don’t like are p much bc people ruined them for me such as dane dehaan, xavier dolan, that blonde guy who’s always w xavier dolan and serval others that i never see around anymore anyway so it doesn’t really matter

3. face claims that you are dying to use

for the love of god someone actually let me use dj cotrona jfc. also miguel angel silvestre pleaseeeeee. and more zane holtzes always. like if u want a holy holtz, i’ll give him to you

4. face claims that you are dying to play against

rn i’m super into american gods so def both ricky whittle and emily browning. i’ve always wanted to play against a billie piper. every single person in this tag

5. your favorite original-verse oc (or one of your favorites)

shit that’s hard ummm i’m just gonna go w a current fav which is eli whitehall mostly bc of the amazing world that we’ve created for him and andrew and the like super amazing and rich backstory that has been developed, also just like playing a trans character who’s 50?? BEST THING EVER 10/10 WOULD RECOMMEND esp since he’s got the best husband in the world #relationshipgoals

6. your favorite fandom oc (or one of your favorites)

not technically an oc since his name is mentioned in the books BUT since the verse is so completely not canon he’s basically an oc AUGUSTUS ROOKWOOD ALL DAY EVERY DAY my love my light my fav i will keep playing him forever and ever and then a bit more

7. your favorite oc who isn’t yours (or one of your favorites)

can i just say every single one of @chrysalis-writes​‘ characters??? but like atm probably oliver who is the love of my life. like wtf is better than an unplanned ship just taking form out of nowhere and then being THE BEST SHIP EVER CREATED like fuck man i get emo when i think about oliver and how beautiful and pure and wonderful christine made him. i’m crying ok bye

8. your favorite fandom character to have played

rn my fav has to be richie gecko my trans son, i love fdtd w my whole soul and i love having the privilege of writing richie w my two fav ppl 

9. a fandom character who you would really like to play

hey guess what i want? i want to play bruce wayne in my horrible crossover crackship helldream that is ironbat, aka the best ship in the world. i want bruce wayne and tony stark to fuck and i have zero regrets

10. a fandom character who you would like to interact with

see above.

11. an rpg that meant a lot to you

knockturn meant the world to me and i’m so so glad that i’ve gotten to keep writing in that verse even if it’s outside of a group environment, but it was such a fantastic experience and so much fun to create that world with my best bruv and i’m so so proud of all the writing we did, everyone was just absolutely amazing, and it’s also how i met nikki GOD BLESS US EVERYONE

12. an rpg that you’re excited about

i just applied to an rp a few days ago and i’m pumped about maybe getting to be in that but i'm not gonna tag it bc i dunt wanna be that asshole but it’s all the worlds and it looks hella cool

13. an rpg that you’d like to create

lmao NONE i’m done w that game man. i still dream of bringing back knockturn w christine one day bc that was legit my fav rp that i’ve been part of but a lot of things about the rpc would have to change before i’d feel okay about putting that much work into something again

14. your favorite rp friendship

i’m not gonna say christine bc that’s a cop out and also we were friends years b4 rping 2gether, so i’m gonna throw a bone to my two favs SUZIE and NIKKI the loves of my life whom i am so so lucky to be friends with and get to write with, and if either of u read this i love youuuuuuu

15. your favorite rp otp

every single ship that i have w christine but mostly oliver and val alwayz

16. your favorite rp notp

lmao idk bro you’d be surprised about how many notps i have tbh i’m just quiet about it bc i mind my own business unlike some people :~~~)

17. your favorite rp family relationship

UM SETH AND RICHIE GECKO OFC WHO DO YOU THINK I WOULD SAY the first time we started a thread w them we were legit like wtf why have we never played bros???? and it was the best and i’m always emo about those two trans losers

18. your favorite rp universe/world

i’m super into the little sensate world we’ve got going bc we have such cool and amazing characters and evil jeff goldblum exists and the story we’ve got concocted is great and can you tell i’m just talking directly to you now christine? bc i definitely am, who else would read this whole thing????

19. your favorite non-playable character

that is very very hard bc i’m notoriously bad at npcs, but i luv valentin’s daughter, alexandra bc she’s just so sweet and kind and accepting and i love her and all of the cute little things that have and will happen with her interacting with val and all the other sensates KILLS ME

20. your first rp character

omfg my first chara was an oc when i was like eleven called lily lupin and she was remus’ secret brother’s child???? i remember nothing else about her but that. idk guys i was a weird child but i had a good time rping on an hp forum lmao

21. your latest rp character

ELECTRIFICATION KOZLOV who is a badass kgb agent during the cold war who i’m super excited to start writing soon. he’s awful and great and idk what happened but i have a thing w playing russian characters rn????

22. a plot that you’d like to play out

see numbers 9 and 10

23. a real-world setting that you’d like to use as the setting of a plot

i think i’ve got all the real world setting plots i want rn tbh i’m really into grabbing more supernatural plots!

24. your favorite rp genre

probably scifi, esp atm! i’m so so bad at science myself but i really do love playing inside a scifi environment that i didn’t have to build lmao

25. a quote you’d like to use to build a character on

omfg i’m the WORST but i really would love to build a few characters (probably like a 1x1x1) based on “you are jeff” just literally the whole damn poem. i’ve had some character relationships that mimicked the twins section of it very well, but i think it’d be super fun to literally base a plot on that

26. a song you’d like to use to build a character on

i just saw reeve carney live and i’ve been listing to his new album nonstop and “resurrection” would make a really REALLY good character song, so THAT!

27. a song you’d like to use to build an rp relationship on

i’ve had the need since the album came out to have a ship based on against me’s song “haunting haunted haunts” i feel like it could make a pretty good plot tbh and i’m always here for angst

[nikkiruncks]

Tethered 😍

First gif belongs to @burkelso

[nikkiruncks]

Same vibes 🥰

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