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Thinking about Nicky being openly and loudly gay while Kevin's all, 'it's easier to be straight if you want to play exy' and wondering if anyone has actually given him shit for being an openly gay athlete in class I collegiate exy. AFTG does seem to be set in a universe where homophobia exists and seems fairly common but maybe Kevin's just wrong. Or maybe (and I think this is a funnier interpretation), Nicky gets no blow-back for being out and gay because actually no one has noticed he's gay (despite his best efforts) -- in fact, they haven't really noticed Nicky even exists. Kevin and Neil have so thoroughly dominated the public image of the PSU Foxes and what with the news about Aaron killing a guy with a racquet and Andrew breaking Riko's arm on live TV, Nicky is nothing but a number on a roster in the public's eye. He could probably stroll into the middle of a court after a game, kiss a dude and proclaim to the world he's here and he's queer and everyone would just be like, "who the fuck is that? ANYWAY did you hear about that crazy rumour about Jean Moreau?"
#i really like nicky actually#he's kinda sleazy and has hit on everyone (except seth)#he cares deeply for everyone around him with a ride or die kind of loyalty#in my head he had his own dramatic gay romance story when he was in germany#it'd be like an emotional romcom where he goes to germany for some breathing space while still very much trying to repress his sexuality#he meets his home-stay brother who is just this annoyingly perfect specimen of athletic manliness#probably someone who's never had a stray gay thought in his life#or so nicky thinks#until he walks in on erik with another perfect specimen of athletic manliness doing something that's definitely not straight#romcom shenanigans ensue#to nicky the rest of what happens at PSU is just the epilogue of his romance drama#aftg#all for the game#the foxhole court#nicky hemmick
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Love for Love's Sake Ep 5 Stray Thoughts
Last time, Tae Myungha finally had a breakthrough with Cha Yeowoon and swung all the way from -99 approval to 17. Yeowoon is now obviously smitten with Myungha and they are currently on a date by the sea. Sangwon rose in my estimation because he confronted a whole group of homophobic bullies and probably got his ass beat.
Tae Myungha looks a little out of it. Did the gay realization shake him?
Episode 5: Relationship
Oh... That was his mom.
I like that Yeowoon isn't that fickle. His approval didn't go down just because Myungha was in a bad mood about something.
If Sangwon is sitting here worried about his crush, I'm going to presume he won that fight. Thinking about that fem guy who jumped into our brawl once and saved our asses.
Friends? Oof.
The death reminded over the grandma? I don't like that.
How do we reboot the game when we're experiencing bugs?
I'm with Shi-a. I would also tease Yeowoon a little bit and make him ask me explicitly for help.
I actually really like Sangwon having a crush on Myungha. He said he didn't like stories where someone is left in despair during someone else's happy ending.
Yeowoon just has such a difficult life. Don't know who this guy is but I do not like him.
I like that Myungha rejects Sangwon firmly.
Oh Myungha. Yeowoon likes you, too. How will you handle this? It's easy to reject Sangwon, but what about your blorbo?
Now why did they find a child actor who also has big ears to play young Yeowoon?
Interesting. This mission requires Myungha to save the money himself.
Thank you, Kyunghoon, for modeling LDR behavior for Myungha.
I am very curious to see Myungha meddle with this older relative who put hands on Yeowoon.
I love these sparkles whenever Cha Yeowoon has a big surge of feelings related to Myungha.
I'm still uncertain where Myungha sits in queerness, because he's never bothered by it from others. Maybe it is just that in his mind he's still older than them and doesn't see them that way, but he did go running to Yeowoon. I'm also worried about the game glitching. That feels like foreshadowing for something horrible to happen.
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Howâd you think it be like if the roles in your foxtrap au were reversed? Like Hawkeye was the one who was cursed and how Trappper would act and such? (Sorry this idea got stuck in my head and I wanted your thoughts)
OOO. Good question. I'm going with the obvious answer and saying Hawk's a cat - part of what I really like about the beejtraphawk dynamic once they're settled in with each other is that you've got either end and the middle of the dog<-->cat spectrum.
Assuming Hawk gets cursed about the same time Trapper did (fourish), I think he's going to have a much more supportive childhood. Part of that is thanks to his parents being kinder people overallâeverything we hear about Daniel Pierce is really positiveâand part of it is that in this 'verse people who live in more rural areas are a lot friendlier to cursed people because there are just more of them around. More likely to get fucked over by the fae if you're around more fae, after all. In the same sense that Hawkeye's often pretty flamboyant and is willing to lean into gay jokes ("are you one?" "yes, are you?"/"okay, take me, I'm yours" "I knew it, you're one of those, too") I think he's more comfortable with himself than Trapper is (provided there aren't any huge events in his life that don't happen in canon other than getting cursed), or at least outwardly projects that he is.
As for Trapper's behavior with him... I don't think he's hostile with Hawkeye, but I do think he's much less considerate, and that's partially fueled by Hawk not being as touchy about his curse as Trapper is in the base foxtrapverse. Like BJ over there, Trap's never really met any cursed people before outside of a medical setting. He feels kind of bad that the tests they have him do on initial curse checkups are so invasive, but ultimately he's got no skin in the game.
But also. Hawkeye's stupidly charming. And he's a big fan of making fun of himself to make someone else smile. So I don't think it takes very long before Hawk wins him over.
John's trying to catch a few minutes of sleep in his cot when the door opens. He doesn't pay attention. The kid'll wake him if he's got mail. Maybe the girls have sent him something, but it'll be a while before his last letter gets there, so he doubts it. Then, there's a new voice. One with something funny woven beneath it, like the grumbling noise the stray cat he fed as a kid would make. "Oh, I don't mind a pigsty. Our neighbors had pigs when I was little." The clerk snorts. "Yeah, well, Major Burns ain't exactly friendly as a pig." "What about this one?" "I dunno, sir. He's quiet." John lifts his head. The guy's a cat. Black ears, white-tipped tail, a little flash of fangs when he smiles with a chirp. He probably shouldn't be an asshole to the guy he's going to share a tent with for the foreseeable future. "Kid show you the latrines yet, or you need a tour?" "Not much better than a litter box, are they?" John can't help but laugh. "You always open a relationship with self-deprecating humor?" The guy shrugs. "What can I say? Charming, isn't it?" Hell. It is.
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Looking for Stray Kids rp!!
Before we get started, please take note of these things;
skzxskz only. No ocxoc or skzxoc
he/him. I am 17, 18 in September. Therefore, I am only looking for those who are 17 themselves or slightly older if comfortable with that.
I type in paragraphs! Usually around 3 and around 5-6 sentences a paragraph. Sometimes I do 4-5 paragraphs if I really lock in.
I have no triggers or anything, Iâm okay with nsfw. Js note Im a sub
Not having proper grammar is a huge ick of mine. Messing up here or there is fine, I do it myself, but if it is a constant problem I wont rpđ
i only roleplay on discord bc itâs the easiest to do so on. i also rp as felix! if that wasnât obvious by my layout. please send a friend request if you are interested! @/m.egaverse. If you have any plots pls lmk! i would love to hear them
plot 1: college au! bsfs!
Felix and Muse B have been friends since about their sophomore year of high school. (or while Felix was a sophomore, depending on who you rp as) They had a large friend group but tended to stick by each other the most and will occasionally get teased for spending so much time together. The two has gotten a bit touchy the last couple years, side hugs turned into full on hugs, to cuddling on the couch if they were watching something, to gentle kisses on the face, head, or just the corner of their lips if they got bold enough. But that rarely happened. As the years passed and their friendship developed, so did Felixâs feelings. He was unsure of how the other felt and he was too afraid to confess his feelings, so he kept his mouth shut.
Muse B always had a fluttery feeling around Felix but he couldn't make out what it was. But as the years went on, he realized he liked his best friend. The thought of Felix possibly not feeling the same and their friendship ruined because he had to be that person to gain a crush on their best friend, kept him from ever saying anything. Both boys went to their best friends for advice on what to do with their ever growing feelings and theyâre both told the same. âjust tell him how you feel.â but the churning fear in their stomachs keep them from doing so. Will the two continue to tiptoe on eggshells around each other or finally confess their feelings? â ď¸: mostly fluff. includes smoking and drinking which can easily be taken out
Plot 2: highschool au! homophobe-not-really x quiet gay kid
Felix was a quiet kid inside of Suwonâs very own Christian highschool. He never once spoke back to a teacher, never tried to stick his neck out from the crowd, always kept a bubble around him and never let anyone poke it. He didn't have any friends in school, and the only two he trusted with his life lived hours away from him. He got straight Aâs in every class and that's all he wanted in life; be a straight-A student and graduate this hell called school without any kind of trouble. Unfortunately, despite his wishes, life tended to always have plans of the exact opposite.
Now, on the other hand, Muse B did almost everything BUT school. Smoking, partying, drinking, certain illegal substances that could have him locked away for years if he were to ever be caught with them, sneaking off between and during class periods. The fact that he hasn't been expelled yet is somewhat of a miracle and his parents couldn't care less about what he does, or what happens to him. Besides his friends, probably one other person is glad he hasn't been expelled. Lee Felix is absolutely infatuated with him. Only problem? Muse B was extremely popular and homophobic like everyone in this school(or was he?). Felix wasn't. Felix was far from it. â ď¸: angst angst angst! bullying!!! drugs! underage smoking, drinking. maybe some fluff
I do wish to have a plot as trans felix, only problem is I'm not sure if anyone would be comfortable with that. roleplaying someone as trans would just heal the trans guy in me lol
I also have fantasy plots (abo, hybrids, fairies, shit like that) collecting dust in my notes in case anyone is interested
activity: I am employed so there will be days that I don't reply for hours but other than that, I usually reply pretty quickly and I try to be active as much as I can. My timezone is also EST!
If you are interested, again, please send a friend request on my discord!!
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The Other Side of the Storm
Summary: Spencer & Luke are not out as a couple but have to attend the same FBI gala where a young, pretty agent insists on flirting with Luke. Misunderstandings and surprising reveals ensue.
Tags: relationship reveal, secret relationship, coming out, jealousy, caught, hurt/comfort, autistic spencer, angst with a happy ending, misunderstandings, found family, est. rel., cuddling & snuggling, domestic fluff
Pairing: Luke Alvez x Spencer Reid
Word Count: 2.7k
Masterlist // Read on AO3
Lets pretend I didn't just disappear for a couple of weeks bc I'm BACK now yay! This is written for a prompt from @ralvezhq who asked: "Ralvez is already dating but no one knows about them yet. they get invited to some sort of FBI gala and a young, accomplished female agent wonât stop flirting with luke and spencer is absolutely not having it so he finds a way to let everyone know they are together." -- I stuck to it except that they're caught rather than willingly confessing, I hope that's okay! I really enjoyed this one, so I hope you do as well.
!!!TW: the woman is very insistent on her flirting and makes Luke uncomfortable when she touches his chest without his consent!!!
âAny particular reason you keep looking over at that table full of Fugitive Task Force members, Spence?â JJ asks amusedly, sipping from her wine glass.
âMm, Iâve noticed you looking over there a little bit,â Tara muses. âYou got your eye on someone?â
Spencer looks down and forces a laugh, but he can feel the tips of his ears turning pink, and knows that heâs not gonna hear the end of this for the rest of the night. The team have never been fond of the FBI Galas theyâre forced into attending every year, and unfortunately, Hotchâs usual stunt of pulling a non-urgent case from the stack and jetting off to some far-flung corner of the country to avoid it failed to fool the director this time.
Heâd broken the news to them at the start of the week, and conversation in the bullpen has pretty much exclusively revolved around the event ever since. Even Penelope, who loves seeing people win awards and dressing up in her favourite full-glam outfits, has been significantly less upbeat. She only gave him one spontaneous hug all week.
None of them, though, have been dreading it more than Spencer. The others arenât exactly fond of the faux smiles and convoluted politics and fake niceties either, sure, but tonight he has far more to lose than ever before. Namely, the man sat just out of his direct eye line at the Fugitive Task Force table.
Ironically, he and Luke had gotten ready for the same event together. Theyâd stood in the mirror side by side and tied one anotherâs ties in the way that always makes Spencer smile and Luke had gently brushed his hair out of eyes, but when it came time to leave, Spencer called a rideshare, and Luke drove the truck, arriving at completely different times in completely different vehicles.
The thing is, that as much as he loves his team, and as much as the FBI fraternisation policy has been significantly relaxed over the last few years, no one can know theyâre together and have been for the last eight months.
Even the thought of Derek or Hotch or even JJ finding out â not only that heâs dating someone but that that person is a man â makes him feel queasy.
Which is why he smiles around an awkward cough and forces himself to meet the eyes of his profiler teammates, fighting every instinct in him to run, leg it out of here, never show your face again.
âNo, Iâm just looking at the clock above them,â he lies, and it isnât smooth in any way shape or form but itâll have to do. âYou know I canât wait for this to end. I havenât read any Carl Jung in weeks.â
Tara laughs, raising her wine glass slightly. âNow that I understand.â
âNah, Iâm not so sure,â Derek grins slyly, âI think my man has his eye on some girl and heâs just getting a little shy, am I right, pretty boy?â He quirks an eyebrow playfully, leaning over to pat him on the back, and Spencer scrambles to recover.
âBelieve whatever youâd like, Morgan,â he says, bringing his own glass to his lips to conceal any tells in his expression. âDoesnât make it any less false.â
Thankfully, the conversation is interrupted by the Director clearing his throat into the mic on the stage as he introduces the next round of awards. Spencer loses himself in the anonymity of a dark room and a clapping audience, grateful that heâs avoided this round of interrogation.
The rest of the night progresses similarly. Spencer tries to keep his eyes away from Lukeâs table â and valiantly attempts to keep from blushing like a schoolgirl when their eyes meet and Lukeâs lips quirk upwards in an I-tried-to-stop-it-but-I-just-canât kind of smile â and the rest of his team rib him pretty relentlessly about this âgirlâ he supposedly has his eye on.
Hotch tries to get the team to leave him alone, but when a group of skilled, determined profilers all a little tipsy on wine and champagne encounter a friendâs mysterious love life, itâs pretty difficult to stand in their way.
Once dessert is served, though, things rapidly go downhill.
As much as heâs been trying to keep his eyes away from Lukeâs table, itâs almost impossible to prevent his gaze from straying in a temporary moment of cognitive lapse every now and then, and while everyone is relatively quiet and occupied, digging into the Belgian waffle dessert, it happens once again. This time, though, instead of a small smile from Luke, heâs rewarded with the frankly heart-stopping sight of a young, pretty agent practically sitting in his lap, trying to feed him dessert.
He looks uncomfortable, and immediately Spencer is hit with an overwhelming wave of insecurity, jealousy, and an urge to protect that strangles his breath for a moment. He stares unabashedly, no longer caring whether anyone sees him because thatâs his boyfriend and an extremely pretty woman is all over him and he looks like he wants her to stop, and oh my god, what does he do?
âIs that the girl you like all over that dude?â Derek asks sympathetically, catching onto Spencerâs staring. âItâs alright, man, if sheâd choose someone else over you then sheâs not right for you anyway. Why donât you come and enjoy your dessert?â
Spencer senses the rest of the teamâs eyes on him, but they donât say anything, probably from a combination of pity, awkwardness, and confidence in Derek to counsel him through it. Heâs hardly cognisant of that, though, instead a roar of emotion crashing through his mind, and he has no idea what to do about it.
When he sees a perfectly manicured hand land directly on Lukeâs chest, though; when he sees Luke reject her more firmly, this time pushing her away; when he watches as she clearly gears herself up for some sad protest of self-victimisation, he sees red.
Before he can stop himself, heâs storming across the room over to Lukeâs table. âHi,â he says firmly, audibly pissed off and not in the mood for bullshit, âdo you mind if I borrow my friend here? I have some official FBI business to discuss with him. Thanks.â
Without waiting for a response, he grabs Lukeâs arm and leads him to the corridor outside the main hall, Luke following quickly and willingly behind him.
âAre you okay?â Spencer asks with his brow furrowed, his hand coming up to gently rest on Lukeâs waist as he peers at him concernedly through the dim lighting of the hallway.
âYes, baby, Iâm fine,â Luke smiles reassuringly, raising a hand to Spencerâs face. âIâm sorry you had to see that. She was⌠persistent.â
âShe shouldnât have made you uncomfortable like that,â Spencer insists, still feeling distressed and anxious despite the immediate situation having been diffused.
âYouâre right,â Luke agrees. âAnd she shouldâve listened to me when I told her I was taken. Iâm sorry you had to see someone flirting with me so openly like that, carinĂľ, I know you still get insecure about things like that.â
Spencer sighs, relaxing slowly the more he hears Lukeâs voice as steady and strong and kind as it always is. He steps forward and buries his face in Lukeâs neck as he nestles in close for a comforting hug.
âYou know I only have eyes for you, right, sweetheart?â Luke whispers softly, one arm holding his waist and another tangling itself in Spencerâs loose curls.
He nods into Lukeâs neck, but doesnât make any move to pull away, just enjoying the warmth and closeness of standing so intimately with the man he loves untilâ
âSpencer!â Derekâs voice pulls him violently from his sweet escape from reality and horror instantly floods him as he jerks away from Luke, staring at Derek in a nauseating mixture of alarm and trepidation.
âWhatâŚâ Derek stares right back at him as both JJ and Tara come tumbling through the doors behind him, looking ready for a fightâ
Oh. That makes sense. They all saw him storming towards a woman they thought he had a crush on, then pull the man she was flirting with out into the most secluded corridor surrounding the hall. Even considering Spencerâs character, he has to admit that the circumstances definitely look like he was gearing up for a fight, and everyone knows that he is not the kind of person who could hold his own against an ex-military man who chases down criminals for a living.
âYouâre⌠not fighting him,â Derek says hesitantly, the puzzle pieces clearly falling into place for him.
Spencer shakes his head minutely, and is only thankful when Luke inches closer and wraps an arm around him. After all, he has nothing more to lose.
âYou were looking at him, not her,â Derek continues slowly.
Spencer nods, unable to meet the eyes of any of the three friends standing in front of him.
âYouâre dating him,â he says, still sounding shocked, his voice almost entirely numb. âYouâre gay.â
âOr bisexual,â Tara offers, and Spencer takes a little comfort in the fact that she doesnât sound shocked or upset, her voice warm and helpful. He tries to meet her eye, but he canât work up the courage and buries closer into Lukeâs embrace instead.
âGay,â he whispers.
âSpence,â JJ says quietly, earnestly, âwhy didnât you tell us?â
Itâs too much to go into right now, too convoluted and long of a story for him to explain when even choking out a single syllable takes a herculean effort, so he shrugs instead.
âWe were talking all night assuming you were interested in a woman,â Derek says numbly, more to himself than anything, but Spencer watches out of the corner of his eye as he shakes off the shock and comes back to himself, slowly putting more of the puzzle together as he looks at Spencer. âThatâs why you didnât tell us. Weâve been making assumptions all this time and hurting you in the process.â
âOh, Spence,â JJ whispers sadly, stepping a little closer.
âIâm so sorry, pretty boy, Iâ I shouldâve known or tried to be more inclusive at least, Iâm so sorry I made you feel like this.â
The regret in his friendsâ voices and the absence of a negative reaction brings him out of the safety of Lukeâs arms slightly. His boyfriend is eyeing him with serious concern, and he tries a smile to reassure him a little, squeezing his hand.
âIâm sorry I didnât tell you,â he manages, clearing his throat awkwardly as he finally succeeds in making eye contact. âItâs a long story and Iâll tell you another time, but, uhâââ this is Luke. Weâve been together for eight months, two weeks, and four days.â
Luke smiles fondly. âAs much as we didnât expect to reveal it like this, itâs nice to meet all of you properly,â Luke says warmly, shaking everyoneâs hands quickly before stepping back to Spencer and interlocking their fingers, pressing a quick but meaningful kiss to his temple.
âIâm really glad you felt able to share this with us, Spence,â Tara says encouragingly, smiling at him in that bright, reassuring way of hers that rivals Penelope in the warmth and comfort it radiates. âIâm proud of you.â
Something about her reaction this entire time has him wondering whether she already knew. Heâll ask her later when he feels less like his heart is still firmly lodged in his throat.
âMe too, kid,â Derek agrees, smiling as well. Spencer wonders whether the initial shock and numb reaction was more a response to his own behaviour than anything about him and Luke, and the thought makes him feel substantially better.
JJ grins, stepping forward and grabbing Spencerâs other hand. âMe three.â
Before anyone can say anything else, the doors are opening again and Penelope is flying through them.
âOh! Thank god youâre all okay! You just ran off after Spencer and I left you guys to it because I thought you could handle it better than I could but then you didnât come back and even Hotch was worried, andââ she cuts herself off as she realises everyone staring at her, and slowly she takes in the scene around her. âOh my god, Iâve missed something. Oh my god, I missed a moment, didnât I? What have I told you guys about having moments without me? Someone tell me what happened, please, before I explodeââ
âAlright, Penelope,â Spencer chuckles, interrupting her. Heâs known her for too long to expect her to cut herself off when sheâs on a tirade like that. âUh, this is Luke. My boyfriend.â
âYour⌠your boyfriend? Oh my god, I finally get to meet him? Wait you told the others? Oh my god Iâve missed so much!â
âPenelope knew?â Derek asks, surprised.
âHalf of mine and Spencerâs mutual friends are FBI Agents, and the other half are drag queens, of course I knew,â Penelope dismisses him, âbut he wasnât ready for me to meet his boyfriend yet or even know his name and I very nicely did not go hunting to find him out because I couldâve done that, but I didnât, because I value you so much as a friend, Spencer, and Iâm so glad you finallyââ
âPenelope!â Spencer interjects, laughing even more as the tension and distress heâd felt only minutes ago finally melts away fully. âDo you actually want to introduce yourself to Luke, or do you want to keep rambling about drag queens?â
âRight! Yes!â she says eagerly, turning to Luke. âIâm Penelope and it is so nice to meet you, like you donât even know how much Iâve wanted to meet the man who has my blueberry muffin blushing bright pink in the corner of my batcave while he texts on the phone, and I know you call him carinĂľ because I saw a text once and itâs the sweetest nickname ever, you are just the cutest, and we are going to be best friendsââ
Spencer rests his head on Lukeâs shoulder as he listens fondly to Penelope rambling and his friends chatting amongst themselves and everyone getting to know the most important man in his life â the only man heâs ever wanted anything long term with, the only man heâs ever wanted to actually marry one day â and a warm, sweet feeling of contentment floods his chest.
Itâs far from the way he thought heâd feel after the team found about Luke, and he savours it, holds it in his mouth for as long as he can before swallowing the memory and filing it away to treasure forever. A moment like this deserves that kind of reverence.
âHow are you feeling about tonight?â Luke asks gently as they crawl into bed, tired but happy at gone 2am. He pulls Spencer into his side as soon as theyâre under the duvet, resting his chin on his head as he always does.
Moments like these make Spencer smile, the kind of familiar routine thatâs so essential to their relationship. Luke had figured out early on that close physical contact and firm touches make him feel safe and settle his racing mind, so theyâd worked out positions that made them both feel comfortable, and now relaxing into them is second nature.
âA bit weird,â Spencer admits after thinking for a moment. âIâm happy that they know now and everyone took it well, but itâs strange. A significant part of who I am has been not only that Iâm gay, but the dedication I felt to protecting that secret. And now that itâs out, it feels like something private has been bared for my friends to inspect.â
âI think thatâs only natural,â Luke muses quietly, pressing a kiss to Spencerâs curls. âItâll take some getting used to, but youâll adjust eventually.â
Spencer sighs. âYeah, youâre right. After I tackle telling Hotch and Rossi, itâll be nice not to have to hide it. Iâll be able to talk about you at work and maybe even go crazy and put a photo of you on my desk.â
âWow, that is wild, check you out,â Luke chuckles, before they settle into a comfortable silence in the warm glow of their bedroom. Eventually, he speaks up though, quiet and reverent. âIâm proud of you, carinĂľ. I really am.â
The words instantly make Spencer smile, a light blush tinging his ears again. He hides his face in Lukeâs chest, scooching impossibly closer into his arms. âI love you,â he whispers.
âI love you, too, Spencer,â Luke replies, a happy sigh in his voice.
He reaches over and turns off the bedside lamp. His hand returns to Spencerâs hair and something clicks into place somewhere, a fundamental alignment of the universe that brings a feeling of something so incredibly right as their breathing rhythmically matches to one another and they slide into the welcome embrace of sleep.
I hope you enjoyed that! I had a lot of fun with this one. If anyone has any more ralvez relationship reveal prompts, feel free to send them my way!
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Heyo!! Can I request a Kuroo x male reader, where yn goes to give him a love letter one day, but he sees him with his new girlfriend??? And heâs like-sad and he tears up the note and he moves on??? But then one day kuroo asks to talk to him, and he confesses to reader, but since reader already moved on he doesnât accept??? Angsty ending if you will đđđ thank you, Mr. Mizunetzu !!
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Kuroo x reader - you did once...
â ď¸Warnings - Kuroo gets a gf, angst, not so much of a good ending?
Pronouns- male, he/him
You can find part two here!
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â(Y/n), can I talk to you real quick?â
(Y/n) looked up from adjusting his loose kneepad, and wiped a bead of sweat rolling off his face. He turned his head to his teammates still on their diving punishment, and looked back at Kuroo. They just lost to another school again, but he got his punishment done rather early. âMm? Okay..?â
He rose to his feet, following Kuroo out the gym door. The walk to a secluded place far, far away from the main gym was silent and awkward, not to mention suspicious. If Kuroo wasnât one of his good friends, he wouldâve thought he was about to be kidnapped. Or murdered.
Eventually, they stopped where the fenced pathway met the grass. Kuroo stopped ominously, further proving (Y/nâs) âserial killerâ theory. He turned around, facing (Y/n), and leaned on the railing.
(Y/n) stiffly held his hands behind his back. âSo...â he rocked on his heels, trying to seem as casual as possible. â...what did you...need...?â
He was met with no response. Kuroo, instead, gripped the railing tighter, his knuckles turning a pale white. His eyes were downcast and he was sweating like crazy. He looked like heâd seen a ghost.
(Y/n) stepped forward and crouched down, so he could see Kuroos face behind the mop that was his hair. He rested his palms on his knees, trying to decide what to say.
â...I...think your hair looks nice...today...â
If itâs one thing he hates, itâs awkward silence. Not to mention the suspense of waiting on someone to say someone possibly life changing. I mean, why else should he drag him out miles away from the gym during training camp?
âUh-If we donât hurry up, weâre gonna miss our next match-â
âI need to get something off my chest.â
(Y/nâs) throat closed up. It was simple. The secluded area, Kuroo flushed face, fiddling and chipping the rust off the railing. He didnât know how he didnât see it before. Heâs been in this situation plenty of times, with girls he canât even remember the face of. But oh how much heâd love to be in this situation a few months ago.
ââââ
âJust do it. just do it. God, just do it. Worse comes to worse, heâs straight. Itâs not like heâs the type of person to de-friend someone because they like them!â
(Y/n) gripped the white envelope behind his back harshly, crinkling it on the corners. It had a red, heart shaped sticker on the seal flap, with the words âTo Tetsuâ written in dark pink across the back.
Both Karasuno and Nekoma were bidding their new friends goodbye, all scattered across the parking lot of Karasuno. (Y/n) paced around awkwardly, looking for Kurooâs familiar mop of black, messy hair. He was nervous, to say the least. Very nervous.
âNe, Kenma,â (Y/n) placed a sweaty palm on Kenmas handheld game, pushing it down lightly and forcing him to look up.
âMm.â
âHave...have you seen Tetsurou? I need to give him something.â
Kenma hummed in acknowledgment, and nudged his head to the side. Sure enough, Kuroo was there, off in the distance and talking to someone he couldnât make out. His back was facing towards them, and his hand was on his hip. (Y/nâs) heart pounded even more.
âTh..an..k...y-you...â (Y/n) gave a lopsided, very stressed out smile, and limped his way over to Kuroo. Kenmas eyes were drawn to the extremely obvious love-letter being wrinkled by (Y/nâs) sweaty hands. He pursed his lips.
He then looked up to the petite girl chatting with Kuroo. It wasnât visible in (Y/nâs) line of sight, but it was to Kenma. He almost felt kind of bad.
(Y/n) stopped dead behind Kuroo, his eyes fixated on the ground as he ran through his memorized confession for the millionth time that day. He tapped on his shoulder, keeping the letter flush against his back with his other hand.
Kuroo turned around, and that was when his eyes landed on the brown-haired girl wearing an obviously oversized Nekoma jacket. From context of the scene, (Y/n) supposed it was Kurooâs. He gripped the letter tighter.
The girl walked forward and extended her hand out. Her bubbly aura practically suffocated (Y/n). âHi! You must be â(Y/n)â. Tetsu was just talking about you! You two are likeâbuddy buddies right?â
âTetsu.â That was (Y/nâs) nickname for him. Only he got to call him âTetsuâ...and who gave her the right to call him by his first name?
(Y/n) glanced at Kuroo. Kuroo shoved his hands into his pocket and grinned. It wasnât his usual shit-eater smirk, rather a genuine, lovesick dopey smile. A smile (Y/nâs) never seen before, not directed at him at least. It was a sight he wanted to burn into his mind, but at the same time, he wanted to slap that smile right off his face.
â(Y/n), this is Yumi-chan. Sheâs our new manager.â
Kuroo stepped behind Yumimite, and draped his arms around her dainty shoulders.
âSheâs also my new girlfriend~â
âOh-hush it, you!â Yumimite turned around and berated Kuroo with small punches, earning a playful chuckled from the Kuroo. (Y/nâs) grip on the wrinkled letter loosened.
â...ahaha! Congrats..! When...when did you two get together?â If (Y/n) was good at anything, he was good at pretending to be interested in something. Maybe he shouldâve joined the drama club instead of the volleyball club.
âMm. We got together just last week. She gave me a love letter.â Kuroo patted the girl on her head, ruffling her neat brown hair and making her blush red. It looked like it felt nice. He wondered how it would feel to have Kurooâs undivided attention, to be pat on the head like a blushing schoolgirl. To be a small, pretty girl next to Kuroo, to have the ability to call him âhisâ. All his nervousness simmered away, replaced by a strange ache of numb.
âWell, thatâs awesome dude! Honestly, I donât know how you managed to snag a girlfriend before me...â (Y/n) slouched dramatically, quickly hooking the letter in the waistband of his volleyball shorts and tugging his shirt over it. âEspecially such a cutie like her! Iâm (L/n), by the way...â
Kuroo chuckled, slinging an arm around Yumimite. âDonât go flirting with my girl now. You have plenty of girls practically throwing their panties at you.â
âYeah...but Iâm gay, Tetsurou. For you no doubt! I-I love you-!â
(Y/n) almost wanted to yell that out. And he almost did. But he chose instead to keep silent and laugh in response.
(Y/n) bowed slightly. âAnyway, it was nice meeting you. I just wanted to say hi to Tets-uh, Kuroo...â
Kuroo tilted his head at the use of his last name, but brushed it off when Yumi hooked her arm in his. The couple bid their goodbyes, as they turned around and walked off. (Y/n) followed suite, turning around robotically and marching off.
Once he was a good enough distance away, he stopped behind a trash can and fished the letter out from his sweaty back.
He watched as the big pink words âTo Tetsuâ bled and distort with every falling teardrop rolling down his cheeks. The water expanded and smudged the ink lighter and lighter until the words were practically indecipherable. You couldnât tell it was a love letter anymore. Especially because (Y/n) ripped and trashed it up til it was a pile of pink and white paper shreds.
He tossed the stray flakes of soggy paper into the trash bin, watching as it fluttered and twirled tauntingly down the trash can. He quietly scrubbed at his red hot face, probably soaking his shirt with his salty tears. He rested his hands on the edges of the bin.
âOkay...â (Y/n) stretched up, spitting onto the concrete. âI...wonder...if my favorite ramen place is open...â
Strangely he didnât feel devastated, or heartbroken at all. He just felt sort of numb. He didnât feel the need to blast heartbreak music and cry out on his bed for hours on end. In fact, he was glad. Albeit a bit raw, and maybe a bit tired, but glad.
He got closure for the confusing feelings bubbling down his throat ever since heâd met Kuroo Tetsurou. He got his answer, and even if it wasnât the preferred one, it was something.
The recovery process was easier than most people would think. It only took a couple long days to get him back to his prime condition. It was a given, since (Y/n) had so much other things to be worrying about. Midterms, volleyball practice, his friends. Itâs a given that he would move on the things that was no longer on his priority list.
And Kuroo Tetsurou was no exception.
ââ
It was kind of pathetic to see such a high strung man like Kuroo so shaky and nervous. Though, he felt the same way three months ago, spending the whole golden week perfecting a letter he never got to read. What a hypocrite he was.
(Y/n) cleared his throat. âSo...what did you wanna say?â
âI-just,â Kuroo swallowed thickly. âAh-I...give me a second...â
âOkay, take you time, Kuroo~â he stood back up to his full height, and leaned on the rail across from him. It was obvious they werenât gonna get anywhere. âSo...hows âYumi-chanâ doing?â
âAh. We broke up. Sheâs gay. She has a girlfriend now.â
âAw, Iâm sorry. Though, good for her for snagging a girlfriend. No offense.â Kuroo mumbled out a ânone taken.â (Y/n) continued.
âWas that what you wanted to talk about? Her breaking up with you?â
âNo! Actually, I broke up with her first. And it was...it was kinda mutual.â Kuroo sharply inhaled. âBut it does have something to do with what I need to tell you.â
How could he be more obvious. (Y/n) forced a smile. It felt mandatory now. âReally? Thatâs interesting. Do tell.â
âPlease...Please donât say it.â
âI broke up with her...because I had these...feelings.â
âPlease donât say it. I donât want to hear it. I donât want to see it. I donât want to read it. I donât want to know it.â
âAnd you know how sheâs gay? Well, I think I am too.â
âNo shit Sherlock. I donât wanna hear it. Youâve been fiddling around with your hands like a schoolgirl. Stop it, so we can just be friends like we used to be. Donât make it awkward. Donât make me hear it. Please.â
âAnd...well...â
âDonât make me look at your crestfallen face when I say no. Itâs too much for even me to handle. I donât want to see that.â
(Y/n) knitted his eyes shut. A fierce shudder threatened to rattle him and cover Kurooâs mouth, but he kept still, as difficult as it was. He braced for impact.
âI think Iâm in love with you.â
There it was.
(Y/n) pursed his lips and let his smile finally drop. Kuroo looked up from his trained gaze on the ground, only to be met with (Y/nâs) pitiful expression. (Y/n) never saw his face go from hopeful and love struck to devastated and heartbroken so fast.
(Y/n) cleared his throat. He was going to lay him down gently if it was the last thing he did. â...uh.â
He never said itâd be easy, though.
âIf it makes you feel better...I did like you once, Tetsurou.â He only used his full first name during important situations, as he switched to using his last name instead of his first a long time ago. A lump grew in Kurooâs throat.
Kuroo jabbed at his chest exasperatedly. âT-then whatâs the problem?! We both-â
âThe problem is I donât love you. Not anymore.â Kuroo fell silent. He was so prepared to do anything it took to win over (Y/n), but after standing in front of him now, it was clear. Watching as he looked down at him with a pitying expression that made his brain go numb. He would get no where if he tried.
â...a-anymore? You liked me before? When!? Why didnât I know?!â Kuroo grasped fistfuls of his black hair, a cold sweat condensing on his forehead. He was so animatedly desperate it was kind of sad.
âNot too long ago. Though, you kept me waiting since forever. And I thought I could wait forever.â A sorry chuckle emitted from (Y/nâs) lips. âI watched you go though girlfriend after girlfriend, Tetsurou. You even introduced me to Yumimite when I was going to confess to you. How do you think that felt? Even I got tired of waiting.â
âYou...you were...â Kuroo had never felt so helpless. (Y/n) shrugged.
âI would give you the love letter I wrote for you that day, but itâs in a trash can somewhere. Ripped to shreds. And I donât remember the words I wrote. Iâm sorry, Tetsurou.â (Y/n) sighed and patted Kuroo on the head.
âYou missed your chance...â
Kurooâs eyes stung, threatening to unleash hell, but he promised himself he wouldnât cry. No matter what. Instead, he rubbed the back of his neck and stood back up.
âI never stood a chance, did i?â Kuroo chuckled. It was a sad chuckle, one that made (Y/n) want to cry aswell.
âThatâs the sad part.â (Y/n) pressed his lips into a fine line, turning it into a smile conotated with pity.
âYou did once.â
ââââââ
Go sit there and stare at the wall in silence as you feel bad for Kuroo getting rejected by you. Go on, stare. Maybe then Iâll consider a part 2 (and if people comment or reblog asking for a part 2, hee hee.)
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Nothing ever stays the same
Farmer's Market redux.
A few days after running into his parents at the farmer's market, Carlos and TK run into them again. This time Carlos tells them who TK really is to him.
Spoilers for 2.04
They give the farmerâs market another try. TK suggests it since they didnât get a chance to explore all of it the last time. Carlos agrees, even though heâs a little tentative about it.
TK swears up and down theyâre okay and spends the rest of the week at his place. Carlos thinks itâs both to reassure him theyâre fine and because Owen and Gwyneth are acting weirder than ever around everyone.
âTheyâre both jumpy as hell and secretive,â TK mentions as they walk around the market hand in hand, stopping here and there at different stalls. He smiles sweetly at the old lady that offers him to try one of her organic strawberries. Carlos watches him as he bites into it, smiling as TKâs smile grows at the taste. He opens his mouth when TK turns to him, offering him a piece, and nods when he asks if they should get a pound of the berries.
âWhat do you think is up with them?â he asks curiously after paying the woman.
âOh god, who even knows with those two,â TK answers with exasperated fondness. Itâs a familiar tone for TK when talking about his parents and their weird relationship. âI rather not speculate, to be honest. I donât need any more parental trauma,â he says with a dry smile that says heâs only half-joking.
Carlos lets out a sympathetic sound before touching his shoulder, tugging him gently towards him. Heâs relieved when TK comes into his space without hesitation. Even though TK has repeatedly told him everything is okay between them and understands his situation, Carlos canât help but be unsure. He knows he really hurt TK just a few days ago in this very place, and the thought has been plaguing him since. He canât stop thinking of when they first began and how TKâs reluctance to define them hurt him. But back then, they werenât in love. If TK denied them now, heâd be heartbroken.
It kills Carlos that he did that, allowing his fears to take over, hurting the man he loves.
âHey,â TK questions quietly, his green eyes soft and loving. âWhere did you go? You were a million miles away just now.â
He shakes his head and forces a smile on his face hoping itâs enough to distract TK. The sad, knowing look on TKâs face tells Carlos it isnât. He winces at the loud sigh he lets out.
TK reaches out, touching his thumb to his brow, smoothing it over, and Carlos canât help a sound of his own at the gentle touch. He closes his eyes as TK leans in, pressing his lips to his temple as he hugs Carlos to his side.
âStop feeling guilty already,â he murmurs against his skin, huffing out a dry laugh when Carlos tries to deny it. He gives Carlos a look as he pulls back. âItâs like you think I canât read you like a book by now. I see every worried look you send my way. It looks like youâve had a stomach ache for days now, enough, baby,â TK lightly scolds him, his affection for him shining through it. âWeâre moving past it, okay?â he finishes in a serious tone.
Carlos looks at him and finds nothing hidden behind his eyes he doesnât mean. He opens his mouth to say yes, that heâll listen this time and move on from their fight when he stops short, the reason for their argument standing by the cheese stall a few feet away from them. âYou gotta be kidding me,â he whispers, honestly shocked at the chances. Since when do his parents visit the farmerâs market so damn much?
TK turns his neck to follow his line of sight; he tenses against him when he finds what heâs looking at. âDamn, what are the odds,â he says under his breath. He turns back towards him with a smile so forced on his face, Carlos thinks he actually hears his heart break from seeing it. âIâm going to take a walk around the corner before they see me. You go say hi.â
TK takes a step away from him without waiting for an answer, and Carlos realizes heâs serious; heâs really willing to hide to make sure heâs comfortable. Carlos has never loved and hurt more for someone in his life. He sticks out his hand, taking TKâs before he can take another step away from him.
âNo,â he says softly but firm even as his heart pounds like a jackrabbit against his ribcage as he comes to a decision. Heâs scared, he can hear his pulse roaring in his ears, but he refuses to let TK feel like he did days ago; he wonât let them go through that again. âNo,â he repeats once more as he gives TKâs hand a squeeze. âNothing ever stays the same,â he reminds him of his comment from the other night, getting a quirk of TKâs lips in return. âAnd I donât want it to.â
TKâs eyes widen as he gets his meaning; they stray to Carlosâ parents. They still havenât noticed them but probably will in a matter of seconds. âAre you sure?â he asks, concerned. âThis doesnât have to happen now, I meant what I said.â
âI know,â Carlos cuts him off, knowing TK has been nothing but sincere since their talk. TK is more than willing to let him set the pace to this, and Carlos couldnât possibly love him more for it, which is why he canât hide him from the people he loves. âCome on,â he whispers, tugging on his hand as he starts to walk towards his parents. He feels TK give it a squeeze of his own.
âMami, Dad,â he calls out to them, getting surprised smiles in return as they turn towards him.
âCarlitos!â his mother says happily, as his dad lets out a chuckle.
âTwice in one week at the same place,â he says with a grin. âIs the farmerâs market where first responders hang out these days? In my days, weâd just hit a bar,â he teases.
Carlos tries to smile at the joke, but his focus is on his mom, who has quickly zeroed in on his and TKâs clasped hands. She looks up at him with wide, surprised eyes.
She stares at him for a moment more, understanding entering her brown eyes. âOh,â she says softly.
âYeah,â he whispers back with his heart in his throat. âMami, Dad â this is TK,â he says before looking back at him, not at all surprised at the love and support he finds in his gaze. âHeâs my boyfriend, and the man Iâm madly in love with.â
He turns back to them, finding their attention on him, though they both stray a look at TK once more. âI lied the other day because I was scared,â he tells them, answering their silent question. âYou guys and I donât talk about me being gay, and for years that has worked out fine,â he says, holding up a hand when his father opens his mouth to speak. âI know you guys love and accept me, but itâs been easier all these years to just ignore the elephant in the room because there was never anyone that really mattered to me.â
Carlos turns to look at TK once more, smiling at him as his heartbeat settles into a peaceful rhythm. He knows, no matter what happens next, everything will be fine because he has TK.
âThatâs changed now,â he finishes knowing how true it is.
There is silence between the four of them for a moment before his father clears his throat. âWell, itâs nice to meet you, TK,â he says with a small but sincere smile.
âYes,â his mother follows gently. âVery nice to meet you.â
TK swallows first before giving them a smile of his own; itâs nervous at the edges but beautiful. âItâs very nice to meet you too.â
His mother smiles at TK the same smile she usually reserves for him, itâs welcoming and kind, and it loosens the tension in Carlosâ shoulders. Proving she misses nothing, she instantly catches it, her expression changing once more as she looks back at him.
âYou were scared to tell us about your relationship,â she comments quietly, looking sad when he gives her a shaky nod. âOh, Carlitos,â she lets out a sigh before taking a step towards him.
Carlos swallows hard as she looks up at him, holding his breath when she reaches out, touching his cheek. âTu sabes que te amamos, no importar quĂŠ, si? Siempre mijo, we love you,â she says sternly with tears in her eyes.
Carlos looks over at his dad, who looks affected by her words too. âListen to her, son,â he says gruffly. âYour mother is always right.â
âThatâs right,â his mother answers smugly, as she gives him a  watery smile. She pats his cheek lovingly before she looks over at TK again.
âYou have a kind face,â she tells him, chuckling when TK blushes a bit. âSweet boy,â she grins. âI canât wait to get to know you better.â
âMaybe Carlos can bring him to Tia Lucyâs,â his father suggests suddenly, and Carlos lets out a startled laugh at the way his mother lights up.
âYes,â she says enthusiastically. âOh, you have to, Carlitos. You know how Tia Lucy loves pretty boys. Sheâll adore him.â
âI would love to take him,â he says after clearing his throat, still a little shell-shocked at the turn of events. âThat is if TK is okay with it.â
TK nods quickly as a bright smile takes over his face, and Carlos has to hide his own as his motherâs eyes widen in response; he understands her reaction perfectly. Itâs taken months to not be completely overwhelmed by TKâs beauty.
âOkay, then,â his father says with a clap of his hands. âThatâs settled then, weâll see you both on Sunday. TK â â he continues as he holds out his hand to him. âIt was nice to officially meet you. Youâre okay for a firefighter.â
âThank you, sir,â TK chuckles as he shakes his hand.
Carlos is pulled into a hug by his mother and then his father, both of them squeezing him tight. His mother surprises both him and TK by pulling him into his own hug. She whispers something into his ear that causes TK to smile again as he nods at her.
They watch them leave, rounding the corner before TK turns to him with the gentlest smile heâs ever seen.
âIâm so proud of you,â he whispers, wrapping his arms around him before the first tear falls down Carlosâ face.
He shakes, but TK just holds him tighter, running his hands up and down his back. Whispering that heâs there, and he has him until Carlos can take a steady breath. When he pulls back to look at him again, TK is ready, wiping the tears off his cheeks.
âWhat did my mother say to you?â he asks, holding his breath at the bright smile TK gives him.
âShe thanked me for loving you,â he tells him, causing Carlos to swallow around another lump of emotion forming in his throat.
âSheâs right,â he whispers as he leans in, pressing his forehead against TKâs. They stay like that, blind to the world around them. Right now, there is nothing but TK and his love in Carlosâ world. âThank you for loving me.â
TK closes his eyes, his adoring smile firmly in place. âLoving you, Carlos, is the easiest thing I have ever done.â
translation for what Carlos' mother says to him: You know we love you, no matter what, right? Always, son
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Gays team up and fight a guy who used to have a good cause but became a psychopath instead of the hero they aspired to be
Bonus: One of the gays also happens to have an arm replacement while the other has some kind of a a connection to the one they are fighting (Blake and Adam + Bucky and Captain America)
Here are some of the awesome lyrics from Rwbyâs song Nevermore that works just as well for Sam and Bucky as Blake and Yang
Bucky: Nevermore
Sam: Nevermore
Sam: Will I be afraid nor will I run away
Bucky: Itâs behind me
Sam: Freedom is finally here
Bucky: You may have taken the lead but Iâll even the score
Sam: You won the battle you wonât win the war
Bucky: Not now and nevermore
Sam: You talked of subjugation I answered your violent plea youth and infatuation kept be to blind to see
Bucky: You think youâre someoneâs hero youâre hiding more than your eyes I challenge your weak manifesto the goal of a savior is not to be lionized!
Sam: Back when it started, I thought that justice was your goal
Bucky: Then in the darkness
Sam: You lost your mind I lost my soul
Bucky: Thatâs in the past and I wonât be controlled!
Sam: Nevermore
Bucky: Nevermore
Sam: Youâll torture my heart and my head!
Bucky: Nevermore
Sam: Nevermore
Bucky: Will I be afraid!
Sam: Nor will I run away!
Bucky: Itâs behind me
Sam: Freedom is finally here!
Bucky: You may have taken the lead but Iâll even the score
Sam: You won the battle you wonât win the war
Bucky: Not now and nevermore!
Bucky: You had me down, defeated a state that I canât allow! Itâs over, my fearâs retreated Iâm more like an army now!
Sam: You offered hope, salvation gave me a place to be but your vision of liberation was all about you and it would never apply to me!
Bucky: I wonât stay a martyr itâs my turn to take back what you stole and this time Iâm smarter!
Sam: I made a vow Iâm not alone not dying now weâre protecting our own!
Bucky: Nevermore
Sam: Nevermore
Sam: Youâll torture my heart and my head!
Bucky: Nevermore
Sam: Nevermore
Bucky: Will I be afraid nor will I run away itâs behind me!
Sam: Freedom is finally here!
Bucky: You may have taken the lead but Iâll even the score
Sam: You won the battle but you wonât win the war
Bucky: Not now and nevermore!
Sam: Thereâs no cause to celebrate another soul consumed by hate and spite another destroyed life
Bucky: Thereâs no pleasure thereâs no joy itâs just a story of a boy who lost his way
Sam: Into shadows strayed heâll see the light of day!
Sam: Nevermore
Bucky: Nevermore
Sam: Youâll torture my heart and my head!
Bucky: Nevermore
Sam: Nevermore
Bucky: Will I be afraid!
Sam: Nor will I run away!
Bucky: Itâs behind me
Sam: Freedom is finally here!
Bucky: You may have taken the lead but Iâll even the score
Sam: You won the battle you wonât win the war!
Bucky: Not now and nevermore!
At the beginning, John Walker became Captain America and neither Sam or Bucky were happy about it, but perhaps they couldâve dealt with it if he was a better person. They were both bothered by him because he took a title they didnât think he deserved, but Sam wasnât ready to become Captain America, and Bucky couldnât do anything without winding up in a prison somewhere, so he was powerless in the situation as well. Eventually, John Walker saw himself as weak which led to him seeking power from the serum and he wasnât able to control himself when his friend died, leading to him killing someone so Sam and Bucky having to work together to take him down, and take the shield back. The two of them presented an unbreakable front during the whole fight so John Walker was overpowered in the end despite having the serum inside of him. Bucky got the title of Captain America out of the wrong hands, while Sam finally took the mantle which he was previously too afraid to even consider. However, even though they finally accomplished something they wanted to for awhile, they didnât want John Walker to become evil, and Sam probably wouldâve let him remain Captain America if he turned out to be an actually good person and John Walkerâs entire reputation was destroyed because of all this, making Sam becoming Captain America this way somewhat of a tragedy instead of something really worth celebrating over.
Blake was originally Adamâs lover when they were in the revolutionary/terrorist group known as the White Fang. She eventually saw that he was losing his mind, so she left him and went to Beacon as a hopes of being able to become a huntress so she could become a better person, leading to her joining Team RWBY. The school was eventually destroyed because of some villains, grimm, and even Adam and the White Fang themselves. In the process, Yang lost an arm, and became really depressed afterwards, giving up on fighting against the evil forces entirely, and sitting around at her home, while Blake went on the run as a hopes to find a way to defeat Adam and to drive out the White Fangâs forces. Eventually, Yang recovers, leading to her reuniting with her team and Blake. Later on, Adam attacks Blake, and she stops running and faces him head-on for the first time. She almost gets killed, but Yang saves her, and the two of them take him on together, which eventually leads to them having no choice but to kill him, since he wouldâve killed them without s second thought if given the chance. However, this broke Blakeâs heart since she once loved Adam. She then tells Yang she will not break her promise and leave her again and so far, she has kept it to the best of her ability.
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Stained Flowers
Hi this is angsty af but im struggling right now so imma project onto fictional characters
Sorry @lumosinlove I like making Leo suffer
this is my entry for the @hpbrokenhearts â contest, i started out writing this when i was struggling, and tbh i still am, but itâs gotten a lot better.Â
Much thanks to the wonderful @iswearimnotanaestheticgirl for editing this monstrosity. You wrecked carnage on it, but it helped so much and I love this end result so much.Â
Thank you so much to @peggyrose19 and @marauderss-hp for looking this over and giving me suggestions!Â
This is probably inaccurate but I donât know anything about hockey, and this is fanfic so who cares about the accuracy.Â
THIS COULD DEFINITELY BE TRIGGERING, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
TW suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt, its got a TINY bit of spice sprinkled in (i would rate this teen probably, mature if i was being extra safe), major character death, stress, homophobia, one sided pining, hanakhai, vomiting, something thats sort of like a suicide note, and a shit load of angst
Read on A03 here
Leo knew he was screwed the moment he saw Finn O'Hara on the screen for the first time. He knew he was gonna fall hard. It didn't matter that they had never met or that Leoâs attraction was purely physical. He knew that he would want everything with Finn.
But then Leo started to fall deeper and deeper over time, time that was spent mostly spent obsessing over Finn. Only a few weeks after Leo saw Finn for the first time, it started.
Everybody knew about hanahaki. When someone felt unrequited love, a seed sprouted in their lungs. Nobody knew how or why the seed appeared but it was inevitable.Â
The victim would start coughing up flower petals, and if their feelings grew, the flowers would grow larger until the victim couldnât breath because their lungs were filled with nothing but blossoms.
There were only three things someone with hanahaki could do. The main solution was to surgically remove the flowers but have all feelings of love vanish. And some said it was impossible to ever love another person.
So Leo knew exactly what was going on when he started coughing up small yellow petals a few weeks after he first saw Finn on screen.Â
But, over the next few months he learned to recognize the signs. The tingling in the back of his throat before he started coughing up the silky yellow petals. The itch in his left lung when people mentioned Finn O'Hara. The stabbing pain toward the left of his chest when his teammates threw around homophobic slurs and comments like beads at Marti Gras is nothing new, but now it's accompanied with a burning sensation in his lungs and bloody daffodils.
The daffodils. The fucking daffodils. He decided to look the meaning of the cheery flowers up one day. Unrequited love. After that Leo laughed humorlessly, and decided that hanahaki had a fucked up sense of humor.
Somehow, Leo made it through a full year while coughing up a mixture of blood and petals. He learned how to hide it, how to excuse himself from a situation, and how to choke the petals back down while playing. He made sure that nothing would impact his career, no matter how much longer he had left.
Leo feared that his time was almost up some days. On those days, he wondered Why was he alive? Why did only the left lung sting? Wouldn't it just be better to end it than to live through the constant pain?
He almost made it through a year keeping his hanahaki a secret.Â
Well, almost. His mom walked in on him cleaning the daffodils smeared with red off the floor, and he had promptly broken down in tears.
He had ended up telling her everything, how he was gay, how he hated himself for it, how he sometimes thought it would be better to just end it all instead, who he loved and why.
His mom had made him tell his coach, insisting it was for the best. There had been a major fight between the coach and him. Leo was yelling and crying but standing his ground about how he needed to play. How playing was the only thing he was living for, damn it. Leo had ended up winning, so he kept playing. And just like before, he kept the hanahaki a secret from everyone, especially his team.
But then, he found out why only his left lung stung. Logan Tremblay. The latest player that was drafted to the Lions. He was newly minted, fresh from Harvard university. Short, broad, brunet, green eyed rookie Tremz.Â
As soon as Logan stepped out onto the ice for the first time Leo felt that telltale sting. But it was on the right side of his chest for the first time. Fuck, I'm not having unrequited love from one person, but from two?!Â
His right lung had irises. Royalty, the Fleur-De-Lis, France. Leo didnât know how those things related to Logan but he could take a guess. Logan was French Canadian born and raised, that had to mean something.Â
Leoâs life went on. Now he had double the work of fighting the flowers down. Two names instead of one. Leo could tell there was something between Fish and Logan. The intense stares they gave each other across the rink meant something. The tension between them one day had just disappeared. Leo saw something as Logan's hot temper reared up whenever Harzy got into a fight or got hurt.Â
The signs grew. Rainbow tape on their sticks, posting LGBTQ+ supporting messages on the team Instagram; small things youâd need to look out for, or know exactly what they meant to know the significance.Â
The real confirmation was when the official Lions Instagram posted the picture of Logan and Finn kissing at a pride parade, smudged bi flags painted on both of their cheeks.Â
The caption read âWe are aware of the homophobia in the league, however, two of our players arenât willing to hide their relationship from the public anymore. Both Tremz and Harzy have our full support.âÂ
The moment he saw it, the feeling of petals started to itch in the back of Leoâs throat, but he gagged them back as he scrolled through the comments. They were filled with the expected bigotry and homophobia with the occasional biphobic comment. Yet scattered in were the kind comments, full of support, rays of sunshine on a raining day.
Leo started typing out a comment of his own, telling the happy couple how happy he was for them. But the lie was rancid in his head. The flowers Leo had been choking back came up in a wave of blood.Â
Before Leo got hanahaki, the few dreams he had were filled with a faceless man. One that would kiss him and fuck him, but now, now there were two men. And they had faces.Â
Finn O'Hara and Logan Tremblay haunted Leo's dreams in the best way possible, more nights than not. Sweet soft kisses, hands tangled in auburn or brown hair, gently worshiping the hard planes and angles that came from a lifelong dedication to hockey were commonplace in Leo's dreams.Â
In stark contrast, some nights were filled with sloppy, urgent kisses, nails scratching on backs, and a pure need for release. But the dreams would always end, and Leo was left with the burning pain of self loathing building up in his throat before the flowers would make themselves known.
During this dream, Leo had been on fire all night, and it was thanks to him that the team had been led to victory. So here he was with his boyfriends, celebrating.Â
Leo leaned up to give Finn a soft kiss before turning onto his side and beginning to kiss Logan's neck. Finn had started to ruin Leo and didn't stop until Leo had hit the peak of his pleasure.
However, the aftermath of Leo's pleasure was slowly but surely turning into pain. Suddenly the metallic tang of blood was clogging his throat and the familiar smooth petals were filling his mouth.Â
The flowers and blood were dripping out of his mouth, and seeping into the white bed sheets. Even worse was that Finn and Logan seemed unsurprised. no, they were almost happy. Their gentle murmurings of praise turned into cold raucous laughter. In between the harsh laughter they told him how stupid he was, how he was a nobody, how they would never love him.
As the flowers only got worse, coming up in waves and mingled with the tears that were rolling down his face, Finn and Logan vanished. Then he was falling, falling, falling.Â
He woke with a start, his heart pounding in his chest, lungs gasping for air in between choking sobs; lying in a combination of petals and blood. His face was sticky with tears and warm, wet blood, and a few stray yellow and white-ish purple petals stuck to his skin. The only indicator that Leo's dream wasn't all bad was the stickiness in his underwear. But the worst part was that he was alone, stuck with only fantasies, once again.
The next day, Leo knew that practice would be bad. Even though yesterday his team was idolizing the Lions, they sure as hell wouldnât be idolizing them right now. Practice was full of his teammates throwing around a myriad of slurs. The locker-room was even worse, where the coach wasnât there to monitor their comments.Â
Leo fidgeted with his bracelet, uncomfortable with the comments that were flying around, with the flowers edging up his throat. He didnât remember what happened next.Â
One minute Leoâs fidgeting with his bracelet, the next heâs yelling. Yelling about how people arenât judged by their sexuality, how hell, maybe there even was a gay person in the room! To that he was obviously asked if he was the gay one, to which, he responded yes. Leo stormed out of the room to a soundtrack, suppressing the flowers fighting their way up his throat as soundtrack of cruel laughter and biting words rang around the room, just like the ones in his dream.Â
The next day he dreaded going to practice. He knows he wonât be welcome on the team anymore, so whatâs the point of going?
Leo ended up just texting his old coach that he was resigning. His team broadcasted the fact that heâs gay on their Instagram. Now Leoâs the target of the myriad of hate that Finn and Leo faced. It made him sick to his stomach. Seconds later, he was puking into the toilet. No flowers this time, but still unpleasant.Â
He still walked with dragging steps to the rink and practiced, of course. He didnât want to lose his skills when he attempts to go pro. Trying to ignore the fact that he knows no one will take him now.Â
Out of the blue, three days after Leo outed himself, his phone rings shrilly. Marlene McKinnon. The Lions announcer. Why was she calling him?
Marlene asked him to play for the Lions because he had great potential. Leo hesitated. Did she not know that he was gay? He pensively inquired about his sexuality, how would that impact his place on the team?Â
To his surprise, Marlene told him it wouldnât influence anything. Leo was shocked, but in the happy way. Then she asked if he had any health conditions. Just like the thing about his sexuality, Leo hesitated. Eventually he nodded and said yes.Â
Itâs hanahaki, he told her in a slow voice, but it doesnât impact my playing.
Fucking lie.Â
Marlene was silent for a moment but then put him on hold with some shaky words. 5 minutes later, she agrees to let him play, on the condition that his hanahaki doesnât get worse, and if it does, he needs to have them removed. Leo agreed, and suddenly, Leo was going professional.Â
Sure, Leo was worried about becoming a Lion; his subjects of affection were there and they were in a happy relationship. But over time, and many, many practices filled with words thrown at OâHara and Tremblay, he had learned to choke back the petals.Â
After a few months, the day came where Leo was leaving. With many tears, and a lot of goodbyes, Leo left for Gryffindor. After a couple long flights, and a short taxi ride, Leo stepped out of the car to Hogwarts.Â
Inside the rink, he was greeted with the signature smell of a hockey arena, he couldnât quite describe it, but it was pleasant, and reminded Leo of home.Â
In a blink, he was bombarded with maroon and gold, hugs and welcoming words. When he turned his head from the excitement, he saw them. Finn and Logan, standing back with Pascal Dumais, who he was going to move in with.Â
After meeting everyone and flipping out while Finn and Logan give him a hug while swallowing down the familiar liquid and petals that up, Leo was informed that he wonât be living with the Dumaisâ after all.Â
âYouâll be living with Finn and Logan, I hope thatâs alright?â
Leo quickly excuses himself to the bathroom to let the mixture of flowers, blood, and bile out.Â
But Leo ended up moving in with Fish and Tremz. However over the weeks, he formed a close bond with both Finn and Logan. Of course, he became closer with the rest of the team, Loops especially. Hell, Leo has a feeling that Loops knows what it feels like to love someone who will never love him back.Â
But after Sirius and Loops get together, Leo knew that heâs the only one who will never get the privilege of having requited love.Â
Leo was glad that he had managed to keep it a secret from the team. Well, there were some people he had to tell. After all, Remus was the team medic. Remus was keeping it a secret from the team and the public. But Remus didnât know who was triggering Leoâs love. The only people who knew were Leo and his mother.Â
Each practice where the two of them do anything lovey dovey, Leo needs to be excused while he chokes back the flowers that are bringing themselves up his throat. But his goalie face hadn't been developed over happy things, so he shoved his feelings back and forced himself to remain calm, pretending to support their relationship; which he did, of course he did, but Leo wished more than anything that he was there with them. Leo wishes he was there in between them, wishes he was the one holding hands with them, and sharing sweet soft kisses with them.Â
Hell, more than once in the time when Leo was with the Lions he considered ending it all. The thoughts werenât new, no, heâd been struggling with them since he had realized he was gay. But now, with the objects of Leoâs affection so close yet so far, he didnât know if it would be worth living.
But then one day, about three years after the hanahaki had started, Leo woke up with agonizing pain in his chest, like someone was squeezing a palm around his heart. He thought back. The aching had worsened every time he interacted Finn and Logan. Now the flowers were coming up almost every hour of every day. The tingling feeling is now always at the back of his mind. As soon as Leo thought about Finn and Logan he felt flowers coming up.Â
The flowers are accompanied with a burning pain instead of a small stab. All of the flowers are full blossoms, a few with stems and leaves. Theyâd be perfect and prim, beautiful, if they werenât coated in enough blood to look like a murder scene.Â
This was it; this was one of his last days, if not his last.Â
With slow robotic steps, Leo stands up, taking some deep breaths. He fished a pen and a notebook from his cabinet, and started to write four letters.
The words to his family tell them how sorry he was at how bad he was at hiding his worsening hanahaki, how much he loves them, and how he wishes he could have said goodbye in person.Â
âIâm sorry for causing you pain.â
In the letter towards the team he apologized for hiding his disease and explained how thankful he was to be a part of his dream team. He told them how different the Lions were to his old teams, how they were a family and how they loved each other no matter what, regardless of their differences.
âThank you for being like a family to me.âÂ
In the one addressed to Logan and Finn, Leo explained how they were the subjects of his attraction, how much they influenced his life coming out by choice, consequences be damned. Through blood, sweat, tears and flowers, he found himself rattling on and on about how much he loved them, how he fell in love with them, and how much he valued the friendship they had; even if it was just friendship. Leoâs hand lingered as he thought about it. Would this letter cause the two of them to blame themselves? Should he really write it?Â
No. He had to. Leo added a note telling them not to. It wasnât their fault, it was his choice.Â
He brushed away the crimson mess. With droplets of blood staining his fingers, Leo starts on the final and most formal letter.Â
Leo wrote vaguely in this letter. He told that he did have hanahaki, and how he had dealt with it for years before he joined the Lions. He publicly commends the Lions for being so accepting of him, even though he had hanahaki and he was gay. Finally, he thanked his fans for staying with him through it all.Â
Then, with all the letters finished, Leo sealed them in envelopes and wrote to whom they are addressed to. Gingerly, Leo placed them on his nightstand and prepared for his final practice.Â
During practice Leo told everyone how much he appreciates them, which wasnât too unusual, so nobody took much notice. Otherwise, practice was uneventful. Leo blocked some passes as they prepped for their game with Hufflepuff next week.Â
Leo was coughing almost nonstop during practice but he chokes back the blood, bile, and flowers. He allowed himself to think that this is the last time heâd have to push it down. The aching pain in his chest doesnât subside, if anything it only grew worse the longer practice goes on.Â
Leo walked into the locker-room, preparing to take a shower and stretch before heading home when the aching in his chest grew. He could hear the blood pumping in his ears and the world around him blurred. He swayed, unsteady on his feet, trying not to cry or scream. His breaths were labored, he was becoming lightheaded and his heart was pounding in his chest. The pain became too much to bear and Leoâs legs failed on him.
The team rushes over with concerned expressions on their faces. On his knees, the flowers, stems, and leaves start to come up, splattering all over the cold ground, no matter what Leo does to try and keep them back. The team became frenzied, calling for Remus.Â
It was too late. Leo knew that this was his end.Â
Once, when Leo was little, he asked his grandmother why people didn't just get the flowers removed. She smiled at him sadly and told him that, there might be a person you loved so much you couldn't bear the idea of not loving them. Even if you died for it.Â
At the time, he brushed it off as stupid but now, now as tears sqeezed through his blurry vision and the feeling of the cold tile floor disappears, he understands exactly what she meant.Â
The last thought that went through his mind, before the petals, flowers, and blood came up for the last time, was of his two loves. In an instant, all of his fantasies of Finn and Logan melted into the reality of their friendship and flew past his eyes. With one last satisfied smile, Leo closed his eyes. His grandma was right.Â
Some love really was worth dying for.
Just a quick reminder, this is my entry for @hpbrokenhearts so if you liked this fic or it made you cry/broke your heart, please put a broken heart in the comments, either in emoji form or not! Thank you so much for reading!!!
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Hear the sirens, {connor stevens}
synopsis: After the shadow man was defeated their was no new supernatural anomalies in town, then you and your wayward family showed up.Â
also this gif is lovethephantoms gif but I still canât figure out why the handle wonât come up underneath the gif.Â
another female requested reader however when referred to in the writing the pronouns are gender neutral.
This is part one of three!
The Midnight Society had finally settled back into life as it normally was. Gabby had passed her PSATâs and gotten her permit, still working her way to get out of shadow bay. Hanna still heavily involved in her activism and getting more signatures than before hand on her petitions, making the world a better place even if it was one step, by herself, at a time. Luke back to focusing on school and wrestling, he was still benched for weekend meet for disciplinary due to being late to practice which gave him plenty of time to work on the science project he owed . Jai back to being the comic book nerd his friends loved him as, no longer feeling like he had to own up to any sort of standards when his friends loved him the way he was. Then there was Connor. Who found it harder than his friends to move on, it wasnât that easy for him. His dad didnât know what happened so he carried on with the fishing trips like usual. Luke and Hanna had started dating after the glow dance so he was adjusting to his best friend not always being available. While he knew that the shadow man was gone, something in him still felt dark. Like a part of him had been permanently darkened by what heâd been through. He felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up whenever he walked by cemeteries, or historic settlements of shadow bay. He pushed it all down and acted like nothing happened. But he still slept with the lights on. He still had nightmares most nights.Â
The Amana family Coven had been around for centuries. It was one of the few that was a female centric coven throughout the dark ages in magic along side the golden ages. The eldest of the coven was Gaia Amana, whose daughter was Leticia Amana, they remain the only two witches in the coven. Leticia married Willow a human woman that had been orphaned in her childhood due to an magical accident claiming her parents. They had two children. Two daughters. One who was a Witch with the gift of clairvoyance. Another who was a Banshee with a generational blood curse.Â
That Witch, with the clairvoyance? That was you. Your Sister was the Banshee. This was the story of your family and the magic deeply routed throughout your family and bloodline, biological and adoptive. Growing up with magic isnât a fairytale. You never stayed in one town longer than four years, where there was witches there was hunters who never strayed far.
So anyone who had magic lived by three commandments for protections.
Thou shall not bear the knowledge of magic,
Thou shall not caress a practitioner of magic,
Thou shall not survive a witches love.Â
By those three commandments your family was able to continue to practice their respective magic without worrying about witch hunts in town. But the times had changed from when your grandmother first took over the coven. It was the twenty first century and spirituality and supernatural abilities were somewhat mainstream, not the truth but the refraction of what was going on. It blurred the lines of what was actually going on. So when it was time for the quadrennial move, your mothers had chosen a small town in Canada. Shadow Bay. There was hardly any supernatural occurrenceâs there. With the exceptional of a magic shop but witch hunters had standards so theyâd never show up there anyways.Â
Youâd gotten used to the somewhat lonely routine of your life. The moving every four years, the secrets about your magic, while it wasnât ideal. You loved your magic and you wouldnât trade your abilities for anything else in the world. But having some solid friends wouldâve been a nice start. Â
The drive wasnât the longest youâve ever taken, it also wasnât the shortest youâve every taken either. The only difference was that due to getting your license recently your grandmother let you drive her car. Youâd lived in a lot of placed over the years. Apartments, ranch, colonial, victorian. Now you were living in a cottage in the woods by a lighthouse. Pulling into the drive you passed a group of six people. Five teens who looked around your age and one who seemed to be younger possibly in middle school.Â
âKeys are in the mail box.â Your grandmother said, you looked over. âThatâs harsh.â You said unbuckling and opening the door to retrieve the keys from the mail box. If the group of teens werenât staring before they definitely were now. âCan i help you ?â You asked turning around at the group of teens who were like you thought, were staring.
A tall blonde in a leather jacket and all black, A red head wearing an army jacket and docs, A brunnette with curly hair who had a denim jacket on, A tanned brunnette boy wearing street clothes, A pale brunette who had a skateboard not far from his grasp, and a little boy wearing a cap and a wand in his hand.
âDid you just move into the haunted house in the woods?â The brunnette in street clothes asked with zero hesitation. Haunted? âJai!â The red head exclaimed slapping his arm. The blonde still was staring at you. Like there was this connection flowing between the two of you, you felt it too. âSorry he has the social skills of a second grader. Iâm Hanna Romero.â She said extending a hand towards you. âY/n Amana.âÂ
âThis is Gabby Lewis, thatâs Jai Malyas, Heâs Luke Mccoy, on the end is Connor Stevens,â So staring boy has a name. âAnd thatâs my little brother Seth.â She said giving a full rollcall for you. âSorry i just have to ask, the haunted house in the woods?â Jai said not putting his question down. Everyone turned to him and you laughed.Â
âSo you believe in the other side?â You said crossing your arms and raising your eyebrows. The group fell silent for a minute. âWell I mean is there really another side? Maybe all the funs having here.â Connor said smiling at you, lying. You didnât need magic to know. You just knew the faces of people whoâd experienced the supernatural and didnât know how to explain it afterwards.
âAll right then pretty boy.â You said slightly taken aback Connors eyes widened. âAre you going to shadow bay high once you get settled?â Gabby asked you. You nodded, âYeah my sister and I are suppose to start next week.â Gabby looked at Connor and then back to you, âWe could show you both around, give you the old razzle dazzle.â She said. You smiled, âYeah iâd really appreciate that!âÂ
âNo problem! Right Connor?â Gabby said, nudging him. You turned your eyes backed to him. âYeah no problem at all.â He said running a hand through his hair. You nodded. âI should probably go but iâll see you guys next week.â You said, each of the teens saying a goodbye to you and you got into the car where your grandmother was waiting, dropping the envelopes with the keys on the dash board.Â
âWell that looked like a lot more than just getting the keys.â She noted as you started to drive up into the woods. âJust some local kids who offered to show me around when i start and also said our house is the local haunted house in the woods.â You said turning as the road winded. She nodded, âThis town is going to be different, you can feel it canât you?â You could and it gave you butterflies.Â
That night after dinner you sat up decorating your room. Youâd never had your own room before and now you had free creative decisions. You sister knocked on the door holding two cups of tea, âTea time?â You nodded. You were older by two years, it wasnât much but sometimes it still managed to wedge a gap between the two of you for certain subjects. She placed your mug down on your desk were you were placing posters up and she sat on your bed. âSo Grams said that you were flirting with some outsiders type beat boy earlier.âÂ
You turned taking a sip, âI was not flirting. I mightâve called him pretty boy. But thatâs the highest form of flattery rather than flirting if anything!â You said to your sister. âWhat if you date him? What if you fall in love and have cute babies?â She gushed. âI just met him!â You exclaimed to her turning around, âOh come on, havenât you ever wanted to date someone?âÂ
âI donât date. We move too much besides thereâd be too much lying. It would just be heartbreak for me and whoever iâm with.â You said turning your attention back to decorating rather than the conversation. Silence washed over and the question that had been on everyoneâs minds was asked once again. âIs it gonna be different here?âÂ
You stalled, exhaling slowly. âYou have the gift of clairvoyance, if anything you can tell out of all of us.â She said with excitement. âNo iâm not doing it.â You said shutting her suggestion down. âOh come on!â She persisted.Â
âAstral projecting isnât meant for figuring out if weâre going to live out our coming of age fantasies, itâs meant for real magic. Iâm not doing it. If any clairvoyant dreams come to me, thatâs one thing. Iâm not chasing them.â You said breaking down the now empty box that once held pictures, posters and other wall hanging knick knacks. Your sister pouted, âBuzzkill.â She muttered under her breath, âWell were either of the girls cute and give gay vibes?â She asked as she finished her mug and placed it on the floor.Â
âAsk them yourself. They offered to show us around on our first day. But no powers. If you want a relationship it has to be fully yourself no magic sire ties. Magic sometimes makes it messy.â You said unfortunately speaking from experience. Magic was beautiful but it doesnât come from nothing, there is a give and a take. Like everything else in the universe.Â
That night you found it hard to sleep, you usually had issues sleeping the first night in a new town. It was some sort of internal clock routine. You snuck out of the front door, for a house that had been around for as long as it had been it wasnât the loudest. The floor boards didnât creak every time you walked over them, the doors didnât screech whenever you opened them an inch at a time, and the house didnât settle several times a day. But for all you knew a spell couldâve been casted to prevent that.Â
You found comfort being on your own. Having clairvoyance was overwhelming at times. You had no control over your powers, they never had a specific trigger, so naturally you just steered clear of people in general. You figured there was no way to be given unwanted visions of the future if you just didnât have anything to do with anyone at all. Your own loneliness was your own fault. Walking through the woods you felt the feeling of dark magic, it was a distinct feeling that you hadnât felt often but it was unforgettable when you did. It over takes you, like a wave but instead of being able to see through the water its ink. Itâs heavy, and dark. It drags you under.Â
You hear several snaps of twigs behind you and slightly startled you turn to see the animal or whatever that was behind you. Ready to cast a spell incase whatever followed was a foe and not a friend you gathered your hands in front of your body, âEither you come out or itâs going to be a bad night for you.â You called out into the darkness. Several more twigs snapped under what you assumed where footsteps as a dark shape came out from behind the tree.Â
âI surrender!â The figured called out with slight fear in their voice. âMy hands are up!â The voice sounded so familiar as they neared towards you. Once they were within eye sight you noticed it was one of the boys from earlier, Connor. â Take it easy there cobra kai.â He said gesturing to your hands which could be assumed in a fighting position, which they were just not the fighting position he thought it would be.Â
You took your hands away from the stance they were place in front of your body, âSo, you enjoy taking walks in the dark and startling people pretty boy?â You asked crossing your arms. He lowered his flashlight so he wasnât practically blinding you anymore. He laughed lowly for a second, âTo be fair with the way i was snapping twigs, if you were startled that sounds like a you deal.âÂ
You smiled at him for second, âIâm Connor Stevens by the way, we met earlier but i donât know you if remember me.â He said running a hand through his hair, a nervous habit probably. âOh so you assume that youâre unforgettable. Not a chance pretty boy.â You said taking several steps closer. Slightly taken aback once again by your boldness for the second time in the one day. âI have a name you know.âÂ
âOh so you donât find pretty boy flattering?â You asked coyly, going silence after trying to create an argument. âThought so.â You said smiling. His eyes stayed glued onto you, his dad has taught him better than to stare.Â
âSorry, i just keep getting this deja vu feeling but i would definitely remember meeting you.â He said unfiltered getting close enough for you to catch a vision, you back up slightly and heâs hurt by this. Itâs written all over his face. âI didnât mean to make you uncomfortable.â He apologized quickly and sincerely.
âOh no i just have this thing with physical touch, itâs nothing personal. Youâd remember meeting me? Are you reading into my character?â You said with a slight cockiness mixed into the tone. He nodded, âNo itâs just youâre literally one of the prettiest girls iâve ever seen.â You dropped the flashlight that youâd brought with you. You rushed forward to pick it up as did Connor, both your fingertips grazed each other.
The images flooded through your head. You saw past images first, not older than a month or so. It was dark, he was in the woods running, then there was a book of spells it looked like ever other witches book, and then he was grabbed into the dark. Inside of something that looked like a lighthouse but rotted on the inside and there was absolutely no light. Then there was present, this moment right here right now. The future was the two of you in front of the high school, you guessed. Then it was just the two of you, your auraâs with a red string connecting them at the pinkies. But then it was him holding your hands as something tried to drag you. Then it was over.Â
You blinked a few times before looking back up at Connor, âAre you okay? You looked like you saw a ghost.â He said with a slight laugh dropping the flashlight into your palm like it was burning him to touch. âSomething like that.â You muttered lightly and standing back up. Silence washed over, âI should probably get back home before anyone notices iâm gone.â You said. He nodded, âSee you around, cobra kai?âÂ
âSee you pretty boy.â You confirmed turning around to walk back to your house for the night. Sneaking back in just as quietly as you left. You managed to fall asleep before the sun rose this time. Once you fell asleep, the visions still lingered on a loop. Despite how much you hated it on a deep level it was comforting compared to the nightmares that had a tendency to plague you from time to time.Â
The next morning your family had gotten take out from the local diner for breakfast and during the morning conversation no one mentions anything that gives away your nightly adventure. Throughout the rest of the week you and your family continues to get settled into your house. You hadnât seen Connor on any of your nightly walks through the woods throughout the rest of the week and as the day of starting school gets closer you just assume youâll see him along with his friends.Â
Your sister and you were sitting in the office after youâd gotten your schedules and other paperwork. âWe have two student volunteers who offered to show you around.â The secretary said as she handed the two of you a peppermint, Slightly disappointed, going under the impression youâd get to hang out with Connor and his friends today. The door creeks open and you turn. Gabby and Hanna enter the office, you notice through the glass pane of the door Luke, Jai and Connor standing in the hallway waiting for them.Â
âAh, Hanna Romero and Gabby Lewis. This is Y/n Amana and Ramona Amana.â She said as the two of you stood up. âIf you need anything during your next few days donât hesitate to reach out.â She said sincerely, offering a comforting smile. Your sister and you both exchanged thanks before leaving the office.Â
You saw Luke nudge Connor to which he muttered a shut up, you smiled. âNice to see you again pretty boy.â You said smirkingly, Jai looked up from his phone. âAgain, you went into the haunted woods?â He said looking at Connor, who blank faced. âThanks for ratting me out. Besides, there wasnât anything out there other than Y/n and their fists of fury almost giving me a black eye.â He said punching you lightly in the shoulder, laughing with you.Â
âWhatâs the deal with those woods anyway? It seems like everyone has some story about them.â Ramona asked no one specific just wanting a general answer after hearing the endless week of comments. The group went silent, âOkay so like did someone get murdered there. Some true crime type beat?â You asked as you leaned against the wall next to Connor. Leaning your head on his shoulder, he leaned his head on yours after a few moments of hesitation.Â
âItâs an unbelievable story.â Jai said as he looked at the comic in his hand with a confused look and then closed it, Ramona smirked. âOh we know a lot about those type of stories.â She said standing next to Gabby. Both were stealing looks when the other wasnât. âWhere are you guyâs from?â Hanna asked with confusion and a slight laugh. âWhere arenât we from.â You said under your breath catching the attraction of the group.Â
âWeâre military, we move a lot.â Ramona said. The cover story that had been engrained into you both from elementary school. âDamn that must suck.â Luke said getting elbowed by Hanna, âI mean thank you for your service.â He corrected himself. You laughed a little as Luke tried to awkwardly save himself. You saluted him, causing Connor to smile.Â
âNice bracelets.â Gabby said to Ramona, she looked down at them before looking back up. âThanks.â She said slightly flustered and blushing. âMo you should see if you and Gabby have any classes together.â You suggested slightly trying to wing woman. âWhat? Oh yeah!â She said handing over her schedule eagerly to Gabby. Soon enough the two walked off.Â
âSo, Hanna do you have the list for morning announcements?â Jai said, Hanna met him with a confused look as did Luke. âAnnouncements? Oh yeah! Weâll see you guys after home room!â As they left Connor and you in the hallway. âYour friends really lack subtly.â You said as you watched them go down the hallway, Hanna arguing with Jai while Luke occasionally looked back.
âOh you have no idea.â He said turning back to you, âOh! How do you feel about horror movies?â He asked reaching into his backpack. âTop three movie genre. Why?â You asked, he pulled out a small âslashers ruleâ pin and handed it you. âA formal apology for scaring you in the woods the other night, and you seemed like youâd like it.â He said gesturing to your backpack decorated with pins and patches, you smiled. âI love it.â His nervousness seemed to fade with those three words. âIâve never really had friends or anyone give me something like this so, thank you.âÂ
âThat mustâve been lonely.â He said as you shrugged, it was lonely but it was also complicated. âYeah but iâm not lonely anymore.â You said as you subconsciously ran your thumb over the pin and looked up at him. He blushed, youâd learned he did that a lot and quite easily none the less.Â
âSo you ready for the shadow bay tour?â He said pushing off the wall, rubbing his hands together. Students had started to clear out of the halls paying absolutely no attention to Connor and yoursâ affair in the corner. âOh definitely. Just so you know iâve been to four schools over the past eleven years, so youâre competing with that.âÂ
âOh itâs a competition?â He said with fake outburst laced onto his voice, you nodded with a sarcastic smile that turned genuine. âI think i can handle that.â He said as you two began descending down the halls of Shadow Bay high. Despite your own personal barriers and everything youâd ever been taught in your life, you were falling for Connor. Your better judgement knew that youâd pay for that at some point in your life. Sooner or later, you always did.Â
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hello my loves! This is part one of three and iâm currently working on the other parts!Â
#are you afraid of the dark#ayaotd#are you afraid of the dark imagine#are you afraid of the dark x reader#connor stevens imagine#connor stevens x reader#luke mccoy#gabby lewis#hanna romero#jai malyas#the midnight society
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remember when I was gonna write that parkner fic?
cool so I've decided I'm gonna, but because I cannot write for SHIT and I hate my writing every time I see it, ill just share my outline of what I have so far. its not coherent. sorry.Â
Section one: aunt may dies. Itâll be like âit's been 3 months. 3 months since May was shot. 2 months and 3 weeks since she died.â
Something like that idc. Basically this section will base around peter living tony, because heâs not doing well, and he is only 17- which is not actually old enough to be on your own after something like this. Setting is established, with cameos from dr strange (who tony is dating and lives with (yeah bite me, this is my fanfiction i can make it what i want.) it will be made obvious that this takes place after endgame, which also means that tony is Not going to die. Iâm not that mean lmao. The avengers are like largely together, there was not as much death in this as there was in endgame. Whatever. Everyone is very nice to peter because they know that for him its either this or him becoming a ward of the state so like.
Section two: harley gets kicked out. His mom finds out that heâs gay (from gossip sources idk) and kicks harley out. Im not going to write them having a big fight like in the moment, but harley will recount what happened somewhat to tony in this section, and then more to peter later in the story. Gay ppl trauma dump, we know this. Okay anywaysss so harley calls tony literally sobbing and like freezing fucking cold. IM SORRY IM BEING SO MEAN TO THEM I PROMISE THEY'LL GET A HAPPY ENDING. Okay. harley explains how his mom kicked him out. Tony asks why, harley says something like âshe didnât agree with my lifestyle choicesâ like bitterly. Tony is a good person in this (i know, im really taking some character liberties) and heâs in the mood for collecting strays apparently, so he has happy send over the quinjet. He canât make it himself bc hes in fucking japan or something for the next few weeks,, but. Yeah! Tony also calls peter, who is presumably in bed and feeling depressed. âHey pete. How ya feeling? Any better?â âNot really, tony. Sorry.â âyou donât have to be sorry-â âdamn tony you sound like my therapist.â âsorry pete, but i do have something to tell you- you know harley?â âonly from what youâve told me about him, but yea. He was the tennessee garage kid, right?â âi mean. Yes. so- heâs gonna come stay with me for a while too- it might not be permanent but it will probably be a bit. Heâs about your age, and he just has no where to go (just like u). Heâs not going to stay in your room or anything, but with bruce and thor here, he will be in your apartment area.â âokay tony.. Will i have to talk to him a bunch?â ânot if you donât want to- i already warned him about you, so it should be okay. I wouldnât worry so much pete- you guys are so similar in a lot of ways that i wanted to introduce you two long before he called me.â âokay tony, i trust you. Thank you again for letting me stay with you :)â (yeah that kind of got away from me)
Section 3: build up. this is a shorter section. Harley and peter are gonna meet in section 4. This section is harleyâs jet ride (with an intuitive happy) and harleyâs nerves about how he really isnât worth this (i mean hes pretty intimidated tony sent a private jet just for him) and happy like reassures him. Hes still insecure though. Peter is also nervous bc what if harley doesnât like him? What if he doesnât like harley?? Tony did say they would get along, but peter hasnât really been himself recently, so who knows? Yeah lots of that. I do want to emphasize though- peter is not completely unhealthily coping. Like he has a therapist and he has been reaching out to ned and mj, but its still an open wound for him. Obviously. He still has a sense of humor though, but its to cover these deep insecurities. Like the first month or so that he was with tony, he was reallllyyyy trying to not get close to him bc he sort of thinks he kills everyone around him. Like logically he knows this isnât true, but he does really think the that non superheroes that he surrounds himself with are very at risk if they know about his spider-man-ness. The only people who know now are ned and mj (may knew too).
Section 4: the meeting of harley and peter. Keep in mind peter has been living in this apartment/area of stark tower for about 3 months now. He actually moved in while may was in the hospital because he couldnât stand to be alone in the apartment when he knew why may wasnât there. And um. Yeah. so peter is like comfortable in this space, basically. Also- the reason theyre in the same apartment is because stark tower was not really created with the idea of housing broken orphans in mind, so it only has a certain amount of residential space. Thor and bruce are currently staying there together (although no one really knows if theyre together, or if theyre just best bros who went through some extreme trauma together and are now inseparable. Hmmm wonder if thats gonna come up later) and theyre using one apartment, and happy lives there with his own apartment, and tony and stephen are currently sharing the penthouse, even though thats not public knowledge. Really only the people close to tony know that heâs dating stephen. So. this leaves just the one other 2 bedroom apartment for peter and harley. It has one bathroom, and the bedrooms are connected by a door but theyre pretty big so like. Theres a kitchen, a living room with a fancy ass tv, and a really pretty view (with a balcony bc <333). May died in march, peter got leave from the school in april, and it is now the middle of june btw. Tony is now peterâs official guardian (he was before may died anyways) and now has sole guardianship over him which he has fully accepted, even though peter and him both know that there are going to be times where he has to go out of town bc he does own a company after all. Times like right now. Harley is pretty nervous that tony isnât going to be there to greet him and that he is going to have to like introduce himself to peter and everything. Cmon, theres no reason to feel like that, heâs the one intruding after all, he should at least be able to handle himself. (<--- harleyâs thoughts). Yeah so theyre insecure super cool. A n y w a y s so peter was stressing about harley as he arrived, and so when harley walked in they were both complete bundles of nerves. Harley walks up but knocks. Peter actually jumps (bc spidey sense okay whatever) and goes to get the door. Oh my god these awkward teenagers i hate them so much (i love them). Peter kinda looks like shit, sorry king. He was a little bit crying earlier, then tony called and he switched into stressed out ball-of-anxiety mode. Distractions are good, its okay. Peter opens the door for harley and they like introduce each other all awkward (again sorry) and peter shows harley where he is staying. Harley doesnt really have muchhhh bc he was kicked out and all. He just has a suitcase full of clothes, his favorite blanket, his favorite stuffed animal (yeah whatever bc ofc he does) and his phone/charger. He sets all his stuff down at once. He thanks peter for letting him stay in his apartment and also said sorry. First thing peter noticed was harleyâs accent. Stfu. peter asks why harleyâs here- ok. Harleys had a long ass day. Too fucking long. He- he breaks down. He tells peter a lot. About how his mom found out that he was gay, and how she told him never to come back. Yikes. Anyways, this is establishing the beginning of their relationship as friends. Peter is there for him even though he doesnât know him at all. Peter sees some of himself in harley in this moment, even though heâs not talking about himself yet. Eventually harley does ask about peter, and they really just get to know each other really quick. They have these deep scarring individual traumas, and neither has nearly recovered, but they find comfort in just knowing that theyre not alone in their suffering. At least for now. At least in this moment.
Section 5: the next day. Peter and harley spent that whole night talking about what they were going through. Peter said good night at around 5 am (there were no adults around they can do what they want to) and they both got good sleeps. In peterâs case, one of the first solid nights heâs had in a while. Harley was kept up a little longer after peter left, however, because he just couldnât shut off his mind. It was really cathartic for him to just lay everything out there and for someone to just accept him. Peter told him he was bi, but he was.. Lucky. He had accepting people in his life. May was accepting. God, harley couldnât fathom having lost everyone in his life, everyone he ever cared about, and still having the heart to sit and talk with the dumbass anxious gay kid who canât go home anymore. His problems felt so small compared to peterâs, and all he could do was admire peterâs resilience and how he was seemingly able to bounce back from anything. God, peter was something. He couldnât wait to get to know him more. With that thought circling in his head, he finally went to sleep at oh shit 6:30 am. Peter woke up around 1. Harley at 2. When harley woke up, peter was watching tv and eating cereal on the couch and he just sat down next to him. No words, just sleepy children being sleepy. They stayed like this for like an hour when someone knocked on their door. Enter stephen strange!!!!!!!!!!! Get excited people. Hes just coming in to check on them bc tony told him to, and he didnât get the chance last night bc he was _busy_. K so now heâs here and hes awkward and he just wants to make sure these boys r okay bc theyve both been through too much recently, and it would be just the cherry on top if they didnât get along. Him and harley had never actually met before so he like introduced himself and all that. Offered like if they needed anything he was there, and its only gonna be a few days until tony gets back (did i say a week earlier? Im retconning that bc i cannot find it in my writing so it is now retconned). Peter and harley just have to sort of explain to dr strange that theyre getting along gREAT and there is no need for concernâŚ.. And peter was even thinking about showing harley around the city a bit that night (something he had not yet told harley, but wanted to make it seem like he was doing well and not acting too depressed in front of Dr. Strange) so dr strange is like yeah !!!!!! do that, that sounds super fun petey !!!!!! and so now they have evening plans
ok ps I wrote this like 2 weeks ago and completely forgot I posted something on Tumblr about this fic idea, and so this is literally just how I talk to myself. was not gonna ever post this but then I decided to because I'm bored. there are more sections but I'm not gonna post them rn because this post is really fucking long already!!!!
#hope this is marketable??#sort of just wanted to share my 4 am writing tbh#it doesn't make sense just go w it#parkner#peter parker#harley keener
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Chapter Three: If We Have Each Other.
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~When the world's not perfect When the world's not kind If we have each other then we'll both be fine. I will be your brother and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you. I will always be there for you~
"Dude, we are in some serious jelly," I proclaimed as I paced around the small perimeter of the tree house.
"And that jam!" Isaac added from where he remained sitting at the table.
"Tight spot."
"Indeed!"
"Up a tree!" I supplied.
"Lost in the grass!" He offered. I swung around, shaking my finger at him.
"I'll tell ya what's grass, our- AAH FRACKLES!"Â I had stepped on a stray nail in one of the floorboards. Hobbling my way back into my chair, I thunked my head against the table.
"But look at the bright side." Isaac leaned back in his chair. "Seeing as how our grand-theft-hairbrush is going viral and all, there is still a chance that me flipping the camera off could become a meme!" He pointed out. Slowly, I raised my head to stare at him.
"Are you kidding me right now?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.
"Consider it, Marty! All it took was five years being dead and now I'm finally fulfilling my life-long dream! If I'd known it was this easy, I would have killed myself a long time ago and spared me all that drama and emotional damage," Isaac smirked. I shook my head, my gaze drifted back to the Vader figure and snow globe sitting side-by-side on the shelf.
"Please don't talk like that Isaac," I sighed. Isaac's face fell.
"Sorry, I-I wasn't thinking," He apologized. I nodded.
"It's okay." It wasn't, but what more could be said when you didn't want to speak?
"Hey," Isaac spoke softly, ducking his head to get me to look at him, "Even if things go sour, I'm gonna be here for you. Just like I promised. Through thick and thin, remember?"
"Through thick and thin."
Smiling weakly, I repeated our life long mantra. I took a deep breath and focused back in on the problem.
"Alright, man. We gotta figure out a game plan. That video is gonna bring every hunter and their mom up here to ice our, or my, gluteus maximus. And if they know about the minimart then they know about the hospital. So, what's our play?"
"Well, I say you use your Sweet-Talkin' thing and talk any o'those alcoholic weirdos out of it," Isaac suggested. I shook my head.
"Isaac, you know how much I hate doing that."
Although it was a tempting idea, that wasn't something I wanted to mess with. If you start playing with the dark things, the dark things start playing with you. That wasn't a concept I liked, but Isaac would never understand that.
"I'm just saying itâs an option! And an easy one at that," Isaac pushed. I glared at him.
"I'm not doing that."
"It might come to it, Marty. I'm just saying as a plan C it-"
"The answer is no! Moving on." My tone killed and buried the subject. Isaac raised his hands in surrender.
"Fine. But misinformation is still our strongest tool. We should use it. Tell anybody who asks that it was all done on a computer," He conceded.
"Alright, that's plan A. What's plan B?"Â Isaac's face twisted in thought. I let him do any and all planning when it came to telling a lie because he was so much better at making it convincing than I was. Isaac was the king of spouting believable bull crap. In fact, he would have made and excellent demon. That guy could probably get an angel to sell its soul for a box of holy doughnuts. When the idea hit Isaac's brain, I could almost see a light bulb light up above his head. He leaned forward, exited.
"Okay, I got it. We make up some BS story about a gay black dude who got chopped up by the ferry or something and the hospital wouldn't help him because all the doctors were racist homophobes, and it was the 50's." He nodded at me very seriously. Like I said, Isaac was king.
"That's is the worst, most ridiculous and stupid story I have ever heard," I told him. Isaac's nodding grew more excited. "It's perfect. They'll buy every word. Just one thing though, what about the mini-mart?" I pointed out.
Isaac opened his mouth before closing it again. Then he opened it. Then he closed it. Open. Closed. Open. Closed. This happened several more times before he finally came up with something good.
"So, our gay black guy was also a nice hobo dude and after he died he started stealing crap to give to his hobo buddies." Isaac gave me a thumbs up. I nodded.
"Okay, sounds good, sounds good. How do we explain me?" I splayed my hands. Isaac huffed and rolled his eyes, leaning back again and tucking his hands behind his head.
"Well, thatâs easy. The camera never even caught a glimpse of your face, so you're his anonymous theft buddy slash item distributer!" He explained. I grinned at my fantastic phantasmal co-conspirator.
"Excellent, and of course nobody knows who the thief is. Especially not, innocent little me!" I chuckled at his brilliance.
"Exactly!" Isaac smirked.
"It's perfect! Except one last thing. We're gonna need some eyes and ears in on this. Someone to alert us when someone fishy comes lurking about," I said. Isaac nodded seriously.
"You're right. But who can we trust around here?" He asked. I could feel the smile split across my face.
"I can think of only one man for this job. A man as trustworthy as he is slimy. A man scrubbed clean by his own filth. A man so wonderful, words do him no justice!" I declared dramatically. Isaac was confused for a moment before realization dawned. His face fell.
"Please tell me you're not thinking what I think you're thinking."
"I think I am." I grinned. Isaac just sighed.
"Marty, no."
"Marty, yes!"
- 45 minutes later-
"Yo! Danny, my man! How's life?" I called out. Dan-the-Dope-Man looked up from...whatever it was he was doing outside Copper Harbor's one and only pharmacy. The pharmacy which he, in fact, owned. Honestly, I didn't want to know exactly what he had been doing behind the pile of cardboard boxes that were stacked up against the moldy brick. I figured it was better if I didn't. Dan smiled a grin that was missing two teeth.
"Marty! My worst customer and only friend! Life's good!" He greeted me, kicking a few of the boxes over to hide whatever suspicious activity it was that he had been up to. He winked and walked over to me, pushing his absolutely disgusting blond hair out of his face. "But, you know, business is betta'," He concluded.
I could never tell how tall Dan was, in this form especially. See, Dan-the-Dope-Man was a shapeshifter, though of course, no one else in the town knew that. That's how he was the owner of the pharmacy as well as a drug dealer. His other form, Jonathan Deâ Santos, was the tall, 40-year-old, honest-looking Hawaiian man that ran the pharmacy. In this form, however, Dan was a somewhere-in-the-upper-five-foot-range Caucasian guy from Brooklyn with a thing against bathing. He said that the grungy, sewer-rat look was better for his side business. I wasn't sure how much of that I bought, but then again, who's gonna buy drugs from the guy who's supposed to make sure you don't destroy yourself with them.
"I bet it is!" I said, taking a step back when he reached me because, like I said, the guy had a thing against hygiene.
"This is a terrible, terrible idea," Isaac muttered, leaning on the wall to my left. I couldn't reply to him because although Dan knew what I was he didn't know about Isaac. So all I could do was give him a rude gesture behind my back. He saw it and stuck his tongue out at me.
"What can I do fo' ya, Marty?" Dan always pronounced my name as 'Mawty' at least in this form as it had a Brooklyn accent.
"Well, o' Danny boy, I have some rather bad news to deliver," I continued, "There might be some hunters coming to town soon."
Dan frowned; his eyes narrowed at me as he folded his arms over his chest.
"Well, that ain't good. Whatt'id ya do, Marty?" He asked. Sometimes Dan could be like my older brother, even if he didn't realize it.
"Woah, woah, woah! Who said I did anything?!" I defended. Dan just raised an eyebrow.
"You're always showin' off and ya know it," He said simply.
"He's right, you know," Isaac interjected. I wished I could tell him to shut his eidolic cake hole. It wouldn't have made much of a difference if I could, as he would still have continued talking, but the principle remained the same. Isaac was annoying. He needed to shut his mouth now and again. But I couldn't say that right now because he was a flipping ghost and ghosts are invisible. Mostly.
Ignoring Isaac, I opened my mouth to try to argue with Dan but quickly closed it again when found that I couldn't, because he was absolutely right. Now, I couldnât admit that to him because Isaac was right here and that would be saying that he was right about something, and that was a thing I would never hear the end of.
"In regards," I started again.
"You'd just say 'regardless'," Isaac chimed in. I had to physically bite my tongue to keep from screaming at him to shut up.
"Regardless," I corrected. Isaac chuckled. I really needed to get myself some iron gauntlets or something so I could give his apparitional arse an involuntary appendectomy. Or just an iron ring so I could punch him in the face.
"Regardless, it wasn't me. This time. It was some attention seeking moron with a computer. That combined with my little hospital trips and you get something fishy looking." I finally managed to finish my sentence without Isaac chiming in.
"Well then ya betta' keep ya head down, Marty. I don' wan' ya gettin hurt." A dark look crossed over Dan's usually upbeat face. "Or worse," He finished.
"I know Danny, which is why I need you to do something for me," I said. Isaac sighed and face palmed but I ignored it.
"What?" Dan asked.
"I need you to watch out for any newcomers asking weird questions. I've got a plan if any hunters get too close to us, I just need to know who and where they are," I told him.
See, the pharmacy, the mini-mart, the bar, and the barber shop all sat across from each other at a four way intersection. Thus, Dan would have an excellent view of any hunter's first two targets. The origin of the supernatural activity, in this case the mini-mart, and the bar. He would be the perfect spy. Dan looked at me strangely.
"Say, Marty, you ain't plannin' on gankin' any a' dose' suckas' now are ya?" He asked, caution evident in his voice. I sighed, shaking my head internally. This was just another downside of being what I was. Everybody thinks you're a murderer. Though I knew I was far from innocent, I had never killed anyone. At least, anyone who didn't deserve it.
"Come on, Danny. In all the time you've known me, have I ever, er, ganked anyone?" I asked him, spreading my hands as if to catch the obvious answer.
"Well, no. But people can change," Dan pointed out. I rolled my eyes.
"Dan, I'm not gonna kill anyone. There, ya happy?" I said, only mildly aggravated. Isaac decided it was time to speak up again.
"You may not. But I will. If it comes to that. I won't let anybody hurt you, Marty. Not again. Not when I can do something about it."
I knew he was saying this now so I wouldn't be able to argue with him. Then I would forget and if he did kill someone Isaac would say he'd said he would. I ground my teeth together and reminded myself that it wasn't going to come to that. I wouldn't let it.
Meanwhile, Dan thought about what I'd spoken aloud.
"Yeah okay, but if anybody comes sniffin' I'm skippin', kay?" He agreed. I nodded.
"Okay, take care of yourself, Danny."
"You too, Marty." I smiled at him and began to walk away. Isaac pushed himself off the wall and trudged behind me, complaining loudly.
"Make sure you take care of yourself too, Issac! I'd hate myself if anything happened to you, Isaac! I wouldn't be able to survive without you, Isaac! Thanks Marty, your friendship means everything to me!" He said, sarcasm dripping from his voice. "Ugh! Why do I even bother?"
I smirked giving him the sign for 'I love you' behind my back.
"Aw shut up!"
But I knew he was smiling.
~So, I'm thankful for my sister even though sometimes we fight When high school wasn't easy, she's the reason I survived. I know she'd never leave me and I hate to see her cry. I just wanna tell her that I'm always by her side. I just wanna tell her that...
The worlds not perfect, but itâs not that bad. If we've got each other and thatâs all we have I will be your brother and I'll hold your hand You should know I'll be there for you When the world's not perfect When the world's not kind If we have each other then we'll both be fine I will be your brother and I'll hold your hand You should know I'll be there for you.
I will always be there for you.~
Lyrics from: If We Have Each Other by Alec Benjamin
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Only Boo Ep 9 Stray Thoughts
Last week, we finished out the high school section of the series. All of our boys qualified for college, and our aspiring idols passed their second audition even if it seems like Jang is primarily interested in Payos. Payos expressed his feelings to Potae, and Moo finally had his first kiss with Kang. Iâm excited to see what life after high school looks like for these boys.
Wow, we just started and I am reminded of how much I love Moo. I will have notes for this show, but I want to reiterate that I like the way this team writes gays who know themselves and arenât shy about it.
Also, Iâm very glad that Moo found someone whoâs good at time management and planning details.
EP 9: Blank Letter
Oof, this is a #LipWatch2024 episode. Everyone needs to hydrate.
Aunâs torso doesnât soften the blow of Potae not handling this confession well.
Why is he not taking that $500 bike he bought with him??
Suddenly, Shone.
So, the whole competing cousins thing is over because they talked it out? I guess!?! Sure.
I do love that Mooâs mom never taught him shame. Her stern warnings about keeping up his grades is also pragmatic.
Now, Kang, you are boyfriends who are living together. What made you nervous there? Yaâll we at âtake our timeâ kissing.
Alright, Iâll take negotiating intimacy and different sexual velocities.
Man, this show continues to walk a line somewhat unsuccessfully. I want this idol dating plotline to be handled well.
Sleeping on the couch when they have a king size bed? Kang, I am trying to be with you bro, but you are making this difficult.
I see what they did there with finding a comfortable position.
Itâs always fun and games when youâre trying to Netflix and Chill until you find yourself engrossed by The Red Violin (1998) and now you canât stop thinking about that film.
If they named the episode after this storytelling device, and fail to use it in this episode, I will be disappointed.
Moo flirts relentlessly, and I love him.
Potae about to learn a harsh lesson about asking your friend not to change when the way heâs always treated you has been grounded in how much he loves and desires you.
Damn, Moo let everyone know heâs seeing a dude as his first impression.
I canât believe they have Louis out here ruining gays again.
Multiple people bodied Kang to be responsible for Moo. I hate that.
Iâm not surprised Potae needs improvement, but what Iâm hoping for is his ability to grow from the feedback.
I also like this boy beefing with them. I am curious if he also succeeds and theyâre all forced to work together in a group.
Jang only glanced at Payos once this week, and didnât insinuate anything about putting them in housing for the duration of their camp.
You canât fall in love if you ainât clumsy!
Not Moo pulling out the Seme Juice!
Itâs really fascinating watching this show not want to put this show in a real gay context. Having the older characters talk around it as if they donât want to inflict homophobia on Moo leads to some difficult conversations.
I donât like Moo responding to the push to be discreet by blasting his boyfriend in front of all of his followers without consulting him. Theyâd just spoken about this. Thatâs not great. I really do get it, but hoo boy.
I am not interested in Potae jealousy next week.
Feeling a bit mild about the blank letter introduction and name of the episode only for it to be probably a seed for episode 11 breakup drama. I am trying to stick with this showâs goal to explicitly avoid mentioning the queer reality around its characters, especially Moo. I can see the desire to create a world around him where his queerness isnât a problem he has to manage, but itâs also creating a painful dissonance for me.
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OMGOMGOMG possibly Kakashi head-cannon collection? He is the love of my life (lmao donât tell my bf that)
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Your secrets safe with me heâs my love toođ
Kakashi Headcanons Collection
What He Looks For In A S/O~
⢠A reader, they donât have to read Icha Icha (bonus points if you did) but someone who appreciates a good book
⢠Someone laid back and not very high maintenance
⢠I see him wanting a shinobi S/O cause he needs them to be to take care of themselves or heâll worry too much
⢠heâll worry anyways
⢠Someone who understands his pain and wonât shy away from him when heâs going through a rough patch
⢠Someone who is good with words, like say something sweet and heâs metlinggg
⢠A person with considerate personality traits
⢠He would like an S/O whoâs willing to try new things and adventures
⢠Someone who would take things slowly
⢠Someone who could honestly make him laugh
⢠Heâs DadKashi heâs going to want someone good with kids
⢠To be frank, he would probably want a relatively stable S/O so that in his mind thereâs no chance of them ending up like his father
⢠He wants companionship so someone whoâs not distant and who wouldnât mind him being around all the time
⢠I really canât see him with a tsundere S/O, he needs to see that his partner loves him as much as he loves them
Relationship With Kashi Stuff~
⢠Please do domestic stuff (Sending him off to work with a kiss, a note in his lunchbox, kissing him when he gets home) he will be near tears every time
⢠TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK⢠(whether itâs kicking butt, making dinner, or teaching (raising) Team 7)
⢠You probably wonât notice moving in with each other until you look up like âholy crap I havenât been to my apartment in like 2 weeks?â
⢠Read with him or read to him, and you will have his HEART
⢠Heâs not clingy per se, but he loves to be in your presence whenever he can
⢠Will take you out on dates once a week EVERY WEEK (Sorry Tsunade-sama, I have a date then, but Iâll leave right after?)
⢠Dating Kakashi means youâre now honorary rivals with Gai (who knows Kashi better, who can make him laugh most etc.)
⢠Pick up line wars 24/7, the loser has to do the otherâs chores Kakashi wins
⢠Okay, but Kakashi never had a childhood, so make a list of everything he never got to do and you slowly complete them together
⢠Heâs such a sweetheart like, surprise, heâs so sensitive
⢠Getâs so flustered seeing you in his clothes, he temporarily shuts down
⢠Heâs given up trying to take back his mask whenever youâre wearing it
⢠Okay, we all know this silver-haired hottie is suave, but he is SMOOTH, he will 100% find ways to have you blush whenever possible, he is the CEO of leaving you hot and bothered
⢠Made you your own area in the Hokage office as a hint that he needed your company
⢠Has never forgotten an important date (he uses his Sharingan on the calendar)
⢠Heâs fought demons and other crazy villains, but will still be terrified of you on your period (heâs brave tho heâll just bring a lot of peace offerings)
⢠He heard you refer to him as DadKashi in front of Team 7 and/or your friends and just about loses his mind
⢠When you first see his face without his mask youâre probably pissed cuz WHY would he hide that beauty from the world?! itâs for the greater good hun
How To Lose/Annoy Him~
⢠Being insensitive/ignorant about things like loss or mental illness
⢠Constantly distracting him from his duties or hobbies
⢠Being rude or uncompassionate
⢠Being willing to abandon people or being self-centered you SCUM
⢠He always makes time for you, so heâd be a bit bothered if they didnât put forth any effort to spend time with him
⢠Little pranks are harmless, but things that make him scared for your wellbeing or stealing his mask are big fat NO
⢠Being reckless just because, being a shinobi is already dangerous with would you play with death like that??
⢠Being lazy, Kakashi at his core is really something of a go-go-go person, he doesnât want to just do anything all the time
Soft Kakashi Things~
⢠Kakashi is such a softie omg
⢠He likes to fall asleep last just so he can tell you how much he loves you and you saved him while youâre asleep
⢠If youâre having a bad day, heâll drop everything (if possible) to hold you and be there for you in every way you need
⢠Definitely has Sai draw a small pic of you so he can carry it around and/or put in the Hokage office
⢠Mission dates are a thing like imagine flirting with Kakashi while destroying your opponents (so romantic)
⢠Heâs big on practical gifts. If he notices youâre running low on shuriken? Expect a box of them from him
⢠Heâll read a particular *wild* Icha Icha quote to you just to make you flustered (bonus points for him if youâre in public)
⢠His students question you all the time like how did you end up with their lonely, pervy sensei?
⢠Will sweep you off your feet for no reason other than he likes to hold you and carry you
Random Kashi Facts~
⢠Kakashiâs love language is words of affirmation like he craves hearing that you love him and the like
⢠He hums and sings around the house or whenever heâs bored or preoccupied
⢠After having eating fish out of necessity day after day he prefers not eating it if possible
⢠He will often fall asleep a good while after he actually lays down because he enjoys debriefing himself of everything that happened during the day
⢠Actually sleeps really deep when heâs next to you, otherwise, the smallest sound can wake him up
⢠He likes to put notes or letters from you in his Icha Icha books so he can read them whenever and no one will peak cuz ew, Icha Icha
⢠In all honesty, Gai is a common factor in why heâs so late everywhere, but itâs mostly him walking around and taking in the sights like a nostalgic old man
⢠In the episode where Sakura and Naruto transformed into kids and called Kashi and old man, giving him an identity crisis is actually common. His hair color and the fact that you canât see his face make some kids think heâs old
⢠Sometimes when he canât sleep heâll find a random tree and fall asleep in it (heâs a strange one)
⢠He lost his newest Icha Icha book when he was Hokage and very nearly (thanks to Shikamaru) called a citywide search party
Little Things~
Favorite:
⢠Place to kiss- Your temple, it feels really intimate to him and heâs so tall itâs an easy place for him
⢠Way to hug- Kakashi loves those giant bear hugs where he just envelopes you like youâre basically one with him now
â˘âThing to do with you- He really loves reading with you, whether itâs the same book, or youâre just both sitting next to each other reading
⢠Type of date- Although your most common date is a mission date (lol), his favorite is being able to take you to a nice restaurant and then on a walk around the city
This or That:
⢠Heâs a winter person actually, he loves being cuddled up with you and blankets, and the abundance of hot drinks
⢠Heâs a morning person because heâs been waking up early since he was a child, and doesnât really know how to enjoy sleeping anymore (but if that wasnât the case heâd be a night owl)
⢠Loves both cooking for you and being cooked for he puts Bobby Flay to shame honestly
⢠He spends all his time reading obviously and if his S/O is a writer or heâll be soooo excited and will read everything they put out
Conflict Happenings~
⢠He knows disagreements are a normal part of relationships (in moderation of course) so if there was a real problem, he wouldnât shy away from it
⢠He wonât raise his voice or take a tone with you, he doesnât feel the need to, but he will definitely get his point across
⢠To his fault, he might throw in a slight or cutting remark here and there but he will regret it the second your expression changes
⢠Heâs a real go with the flow kind of guy so if he realizes that something is his fault, he will correct it ASAP
⢠If he notices youâre getting really worked up, heâll just hug you until you calm down and can speak coherently but at that point itâs like âwhat was I mad about??â
⢠If his S/O is headstrong itâll probably bring that side out in him, even if temporarily
⢠If itâs a minor disagreement heâll probably say something funny to diffuse the situation
⢠He would rather die than argue in public, to him itâs a private thing and he hates causing a scene
Modern Kashi~
⢠I can see him as more of a club/extracurricular activities leader than a teacher
⢠Heâs really close to those kids in his group and probably sheds a few proud DadKashi tears at their graduation
⢠That one fine teacher that all the students are thirsting over
⢠If not a teacher heâd probably be an elite CIA agent or a higher ranking FBI officer
⢠He has so many dogs like he sees a stray and how could he possibly give them up??
⢠Heâd probably walk around Playboy Magazines just cause he can
⢠At one point he dyed his hair black cause he thought itâd look more ânormalâ but he HATED it
⢠He likes plants but heâs so bad at taking care of them?? He can remember all of his dogsâ names and their food preferences but canât remember to water a plant
⢠His house is so clean heâs been doing all his household chores since he was a child
⢠He definitely met Gai in elementary school and they never parted, even going on to become college roommates never again
⢠Gai probably barges in Kakashiâs classroom so often heâs most likely considered the co-leader/teacher
⢠Kakashi has definitely gotten drunk on school nights before but heâs such an in-control drunk no one ever noticed
⢠Kakashi was my first Naruto love and my first husband. BACK OFF
Masterlist
#naruto scenarios#naruto shippuden#kakashi x reader#hatake kakashi#reader insert#Dadkashi#headcanon#hes so perfect
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1989 [High School AU]: Chapter 9
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Chapter 1 ~ Chapter 2 ~ Chapter 3 ~ Chapter 4 ~ Chapter 5 ~ Chapter 6 ~ Chapter 7 ~ Chapter 8 ~
Pairings: slight Logince, eventual Prinxiety & Logicality
Word count: 2,043
Story summary: Roman Prince is your stereotypical Jock, with everyone swooning after him. Every day a crowd of people follow him around, only to disperse at his personal whim. In reality, he's lucky to have such good acting skills that help him cover up the disdain he has for his life. He only wishes he could use his skills properly.
Patton Whitelock's always there to lend a helping hand, no matter who you are. If you need a favor or just need someone to talk to, go to him. In reality, he's been taught from a young age that kindness should be held above all else. No one suspects that he took it the wrong way.
Logan Montgomery is the smartest boy in the Senior class. He's stern, and most people are too intimidated to speak to him. In reality, he despises most all of his fellow students. He sticks to his studies and doesn't stray, for fear of being stuck in his father's shadow his whole life.
Virgil Black is the most emo kid in school, let alone 12th grade; everyone knows to leave him be. In reality, he's very fortunate. He has two parents who love him dearly. But everything beyond his life, everything within his mind, is utter chaos and turmoil.
what will happen when they're assigned a biology project together?
General CW: food, swearing, implied s-lf h-rm, non-graphic descriptions of s-lf h-rm scars, graphic and non-graphic descriptions of anxiety attacks and panic attacks, drug abuse, minor character intoxicated on heroin, non-graphic drug overdose description, sickness/description of sickness, blood, non-graphic descriptions of needles, (will be added to as I write more)
Chapter CW: swearing, food/meal mention, (let me know if i missed anything please!)
Author notes: the massive amounts of gay panic. this chapter was fun to write
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Roman returned to find his room far less lively. The tall nerd and the short puffball have seemingly disappeared! Of course Roman knew they'd likely just gone home, but what fun is life without a little exciting drama?
The only one left was Virgil, who was curled in on himself on Roman's bed, a pillow in his lap and phone in his hands yet again. Roman sighed dramatically, sprawling out beside his darkly dressed counterpart.
"Is this what they meant when they said 'get a room?'" He commented after a long boring silence, waggling his eyebrows when Virgil looked at him with wide eyes.
"Oh shut up," Virgil looked away, slamming his pillow into Roman's face in a fit of deja-vu.
"Oh come on! Look up the word joke in the dictionary, Jack Smellington!" Roman said exasperatedly. Virgil shook out his luminescent hair, which was now out of his hood and proudly on display. Roman couldn't convince himself to look away.
"As much as I appreciate being compared to one of my favorite Disney characters, that was a bit- what?" Virgil looked at him confusedly, and that's what finally got Roman to look away.
"Nothing." He said shortly. He considered apologizing, but he figured that would make him look worse. Virgil just laughed lightly, not awkwardly. Mostly to himself about Roman's dorkiness. Roman felt his face heat up, and hated himself for it.
"Well, I should probably get home..." Virgil flopped back onto Roman's bed, stretching his arms out above his head. his shirt lifted slightly to follow, and Roman caught a glimpse of his navel, as well as some impressively sharp hip bones, and the very gentle start of a V-line. He forced himself to look away that time. Getting caught looking at someone's hair is one thing, but... but that, was something else entirely. Roman was already in dangerous waters, and he knew it.
"Ehem, well, I know you denied me last time," Roman began, flopping down beside Virgil and looking up at his pride flag, "but the offer of a ride is still up for grabs. Unless you'd rather be stuck on the bus at night for half an hour." Roman crossed his arms over his chest, and Virgil sat up to lean over him. He nearly opted to retort and deny the offer more snarkily than last time's failed attempt, but...
Roman's eyes. He'd never been close enough and calm enough simultaneously to really look at them; they were a deep melted milk chocolate brown, and held nearly imperceptible flecks of shining red. Virgil's eyebrows knit together, and he leaned closer to look into Roman's eyes more properly.
He didn't realize what he'd done until he'd started to reach down, almost putting his hand on Roman's cheek, and Roman made a small squealing noise to go with his completely tomatoed face. Virgil gasped slightly louder than he'd meant to and immediately recoiled.
"Shit, sorry, I just..." he considered shutting his ridiculous mouth and trying to move on, but he figured he couldn't leave that one without some kind of excuse. "I just haven't really looked at your eyes before. Not like, really, I mean. They're... nice. I like the little red bits." His voice grew much quieter as he spoke. He was facing away from Roman, and thank god, because if Roman could see his face he'd see peach-colored cheeks and a childish smile. And how very uncharacteristic of Virgil that would be.
"Thanks," Roman finally managed to huff. He stood slowly, trying to gather himself, and walked over to his desk, grabbing his car keys. He jangled them in his fingers, raising his eyebrows and silently asking Virgil if he'd take him up on the ride offer. Virgil, who had barely managed to discipline his face before Roman turned to him, just smiled very slightly and nodded.
Virgil grabbed his backpack, and Roman led the way from his room and out the front door to his ridiculous shiny-red mustang, which happened to have white racer stripes. Virgil thought this was pretty funny, but kept a sarcastic tease to himself for once in his life.
Virgil texted Roman his address from the passenger seat. While the bus ride to Virgil's house from Roman's was about 20-30 minutes, the car ride was less than 10. Roman considered putting on some music, but decided against it, considering what happened the last time they were alone with just music and each other. What the heckity heck is happening here? When I imagine... love... this is what comes to mind. He cringed at himself, surprised and disgusted that he was admitting that. This doesn't feel the same as it does with Logan though... so then, maybe I truly love Logan, and Virgil just inexplicably makes my heart flutter? Of course, the only other possibility is so much worse-
Roman's thoughts were interrupted by Virgil shouting "RED LIGHT!!!" very suddenly, and Roman slammed the breaks.
"Jesus Princey, are you trying to kill me!? Is that why you were so hell-bent on driving me home??" Virgil's voice was mostly panic, but laced with some half-hearted sarcasm. He clearly had more panic and less sarcasm in it than he'd meant to. He was holding onto his seat and the door beside him for dear life, looking at Roman with wide eyes, his chest heaving comically. Roman was too dazed to laugh.
"Shit, I'm sorry," He looked up at the street light, which was in fact red. "I got lost in thought for a minute. I won't let it happen again while I'm responsible for you. My deepest apologies." Roman would have normally faux bowed and reached out for Virgil's hand to kiss his knuckles, but unfortunately Virgil was making him feel... well, bitterly jittery and not very glittery. Or maybe, too glittery. He didn't know anymore; all he knew is he had to leave his thoughts for when he got Virgil and then himself home safe.
"Lost in thought?" Virgil let that little comment slip sooner than he could corral himself, and almost brought his hand to cover his mouth, but far too late. Roman just looked at him anxiously, sighing.
"Yeah. I guess so." Roman wasn't normally this dismissive, and Virgil knew far better at this point than to press.
Before they were even on Virgil's street, he broke their awkward silence with an extremely unexpected "thanks for driving me home, Ro. You didn't have to, and I really appreciate it."
Roman was shaken to the core, partially by Virgil's sincerity and partially by the nickname. "Oh, uh, well, no need to thank me now. I nearly killed you once, and you aren't safe and sound at your destination just yet." He smiled softly over at the taller emo. Virgil just returned the smile.
A few moments later came a quiet "really though." Virgil's capacity for sincerity wasn't very extensive, and if anyone knew that it was Roman. He felt a blush creeping up his neck, and couldn't think of a good response.
Finally Roman turned onto Virgil's street, adhering to the 10 mph speed limit. He cruised to a stop in front of... what was apparently Virgil's house.
It wasn't what Roman was expecting at all. Not that his... notion, that Virgil's house looked something like Gru's house from Despicable Me, was something he thought was realistic. He just hadn't known how else to imagine it. Instead of anything close to dark and sinister, the outer walls were made of some gentle tan planks all stacked horizontally. There was a light turquoise front door with a rounded top, and to its left a large window covered most of the street-facing wall. In the window, Roman could see a round inviting table with a mother, a father and a young boy sharing dinner, all smiling and seemingly caught up in their nightly banter. They were all laughing and seemed so... happy. The house itself seemed to emanate a calm happiness.
"Is this...?" Roman gestured vaguely toward the house with the address Virgil had given him.
"Yep. There's my parents, and my brother. I guess I just missed the start of dinner." Virgil reached down between his ankles to grab his bag.
"Talk about clashing aesthetics." Roman smiled mischievously at Virgil, hoping to lighten the mood without sounding like a complete jerk, at least.
Virgil caught onto this, looking over and offering him a breathy laugh. "I know. It's almost a crime for me to live here."
Roman giggled, and they found themselves stuck looking into each other's eyes once again.
"W-well, I'd better-" Virgil turned and made to open his door, but something possessed Roman to lean over to Virgil and grab his shirt, accidentally pulling him far too close to his face. They both yelped simultaneously at the close proximity, and Virgil leapt back as far as his seat would allow him, grabbing it similarly to how he'd done when Roman had nearly driven through the red light earlier.
Virgil almost said something, but some noise outside stopped him. He turned to seek its source, giving Roman a view past him as well.
"Virgil, honey, is that you?" his mom called from the doorstep. She held Atticus on her hip, and Virgil's dad towered behind them in the doorway. all of them were waving. Virgil waved back deftly, and opened the car door. He turned to Roman once again, who looked as though someone had just stomped on his heart and twisted their foot viciously.
Virgil couldn't bring himself to smile at him, but offered instead something he hoped sounded kind. "See you in class tomorrow. And... thanks again for the ride."
With that, Virgil got out and shut the door behind him, and Roman watched as he reunited with his picture perfect family, unable to move for some god forsaken reason.
"Is that one of your friends from that biology project, Virgil? He's so cute!" Roman could hear Virgil's mom squeal at her approaching son.
"Mom, leave it be, will you? he's-" Virgil's voice was cut off as their front door was shut. Roman eventually managed to take a single deep breath.
He twisted in his seat to face forward again, gripping the steering wheel with whitening knuckles and staring blankly at the mustang logo in the wheel's center. What. Was. That.
...
Roman's ride home was fast. At least, it felt much faster than the ride to Virgil's house. He didn't come close to running any more red lights, and before he knew it he was twisting the keys out of the ignition and then stepping through his front door.
He couldn't shake the daze that was clouding all of his senses. He wasn't intercepted by either of his parents on his route from the front door to his bedroom, so there was nothing to distract him from his... distractedness. He flopped onto his bed, laying on his back the same way he'd done less than half an hour ago when Virgil had almost...
That's when the haziness suddenly sped up, and the fog in Roman's brain rapidly became a hurricane. He was so confused by his own feelings that he had to squeeze his eyes shut to will away a sob. He didn't know what he was doing anymore. He pushed the palms of his hands against his closed eyelids, trying to distract himself with the aching pain and sparkling stars they brought to his eyes.
Meanwhile, Virgil had eaten dinner, thankfully and willingly accepting the pleasant distraction of his family's company. His mom was an excellent cook, and Atticus was extra animated about the stories of his adventures at school that day. He and his best friend had apparently played by the creek during recess, and found a tadpole to poke and prod. Virgil found his brother very endearing when he told his stories.
However, as all things are, his distraction was only temporary. Soon he found himself having finished the washing up after dinner and slowly trudging his way up the stairs to his room. The moment he shut his door behind him, all of the feelings that had been kept down since he'd gotten out of Roman's car crashed into him like a 20 foot wave. He leaned back against the shut door, sinking down to sit on the floor and hold his knees.
Roman and Virgil, clueless of each other, had the exact same thought at the exact same time.
Fuck. Why do I feel this way?
#ts patton#patton sanders#logan sanders#roman sanders#ts roman#ts virgil#ts logan#virgil sanders#prinxiety#virgil x roman#patton x logan#logicality#sanders sides#thomas sanders#sanders sides fanfiction#slow burn#high school au
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Flashback Friday || Morgan & Luis
TIMING: Distant past, in the days of yee-haw
LOCATION: The Magick Cauldron, Houston, Texas
PARTIES: @ontheluis & @mor-beck-more-problems
SUMMARY: Luis wanders into a magic shop looking for some herbs, Morgan spies an opportunity, and the cards know more than either of them reckon.Â
CONTAINS: Mellow yee-haw vibes
âWelcome, traveler, to the Magick Cauldron! Browse at your pleasure and inquire if you have any questions!â Morgan had given the scripted greeting so many times, it came out of her in full customer service cheer every time the shop door opened. She didnât even look up from the book she had open under the cash register anymore, but flipped another page and let the customers let her know if there was something worth talking about by shouting âlady!â or coming into her peripheral view.
The Magick Cauldron was the only occult shop still standing West Houston after the Y2K stress fads had died away and the first bout of shiny, corporate development had found its way into Montrose and bulldozed a crystal shop, a Greek deli, and one of the few ladies-only gay bars in favor of a mixed use building that so far only housed a nail salon and a Jamba Juice. Ralf, the fine proprietor of the Cauldron as he called himself, said that this space was protected. As the door chimed open again and Morgan made her welcome speech, bright and shiny as the plastic plate armor hanging in the kidâs section, she wondered if he was right. She never seemed to serve more than a dozen or so customers during her shifts, but the lights stayed on, day after sweltering day. If Ralf was right, it might just be the one piece of real magic in the place, not that she could say that to anyoneâs face.
The warped outline of a boy rippled over the glass counter and Morgan blinked up from her book. âIs there something I can help you with, weary traveler?â She asked wryly.
âSorry maâam,â Luis assured, âdidnât mean to bring the stray in here,â
Evening had fallen outside, heat from the blistering still wafting off the pavement. Telephone poles and streetlights were thin black columns that stood stark against the blazing orange and wane blues of sunset. Â
âGo on, git!â
At the Magick Cauldronâs threshold was an enormous black dog. Even while quietly sitting on its haunches the shaggy canine was easily as tall as the teenage boy snapped at it. Pupiless red eyes regarded Luis impassively, only an ear twitch showing that the dog wasnât just a statue.
When the black dog gave no indication of actually entering the store nor stopping its scrutiny of Luis, the young man cut his losses and regarded the woman at the counter again.
âHere,â Luis reached into a pocket of his jeans and withdrew a crumpled piece of paper, smoothing it on the counter. The names of herbs and powders were written in someone elseâs prime neat handwriting. âI uh donât know what any of this isâŚ,â he confessed.
Morgan took the paper carefully between her fingers, trying not to let her discomfort at how damp and sweaty it was show too much. It didnât take much to figure out she was looking at an herbalist mixture for anxiety and sleeplessness. She looked up and the boy, and down to the list again. âWeâve got everything you need over here,â she said. She lead the boy over to the bulk aisle where the dried herbs and bottled oils were kept and alphabetized. âDid you want these bagged separate or together? Or--you probably donât know how these work huh? Weâll do separate, so you can use any excess as you wish. But fair warning, we have a purchase minimum of one ounce for each item.â She put a small paper bag on the shelf in the middle of the display and started shovelling the herbs in. As she worked, she glanded sidelong at the kid and the dog that had decided to become instantly fond of him. Someone cared about them, to throw together this recipe, and he looked embarrassed enough for a kid his age to seem like he needed help. Would it be wrong to squeeze a few more dollars out of him if it so happened to brighten his day or give him some direction? Sure, he was scruffy, but not so much as to be desperate. He could afford a few extra bucks, right?
âHey, you okay there?â Morgan asked him. âYou seem a little lost. Iâm getting some âneeds directionâ vibes from you.â She gestured vaguely. âIf youâre looking for Niko Nikoâs, itâs just further down the street. Youâre not supposed to leave your car here while you go over there, but I wonât tell. And if you need something a little less literal, I might be able to help you with that.â She nodded toward the oracle room at the back of the shop, with its hand painted sign hanging crooked from a nail and entryway draped with lavender beads. âI do have sliding scale rates, if it helps you make up your mind.â
The great black dog continued to watch Luis in silent stillness, the Barghestâs posture poised as if waiting for something.
âNo offense maâam but I donât believe inâŚ,â the teenager half-turned but caught sight of the enormous stray waiting for him in the darkening sunset. Those pupiless red eyes immediately filled Luis with a nameless dread. Cold sweat stained the back of his T-shirt as Luisâ skin went clammy despite the Texan heat. Luis couldnât process why some random big-ass dog would wig him out so much. He wasnât even afraid of it biting him or even the dog itself.
So why was his heart pounding in his temples?
âYeah uh..s-seperate would be great,â Luis reaffirmed to Morgan needlessly. The labels on the tinctures and herbal selections blurred in his vision as Luis tried to get a handle on his thoughts. âDirection like, oh you mean to the interstate,â Luis replied in a misinterpretation of Morganâs broader meaning. âIâm alright thanks, yeah merging on that triple hairpin by Foster is a pain in the ass but it's chill.â
Luis looked over to the oracle room with the dubiety of someone for whom the occult was just a vague âotherâ mentioned at Mass or when abuela suggested a Sonora Market cure for whatever new cold was going around. He seemed about to decline again until the creeping skin-crawl of Barghestâs glare boring into his back made Luis amenable to any distraction.
âYeah uh sure,â he said, taking a step towards the beaded shroud. âIâll give it a shot.â
Morgan followed the boyâs eyes to the dog. He was looking pretty well fed for a stray, and his eyes--red, alert, sharp with an uncommon intelligence--made her shiver. Definitely supernatural. She didnât know, how, or what, but it didnât look good. âAnd I mean--â How to put this in just the right way? Or at least the more convincing way? âI mean your spirit, your chakras. Believe in your connection to the universe or not, but are you really going to say to my face that you know how youâre going to make your life worthwhile to yourself? That you know how to reach your greatest good?â No one did. Heck, she was a devout wiccan most days out of the year and even she didnât know what her highest, greatest good looked like. âAnd if youâve got the cash, Iâll throw in a cleansing, something to make--â she gestured at him vaguely, âWhatever negative heavy energy this is thatâs stuck to you. Seriously, do you ever feel tired out of nowhere?â It was summer and the sun was exhausting; everyone got tired out of nowhere.
Maybe she was laying it on a little thick, but Morgan was tired of ordering off the dollar menu for dinner and she felt like she was taking her life into her own hands when she conjured money from school pens and laundry lint cotton. This kidâs money might get her a pot pie that didnât come from the freezer, or enough tacos to last her a week, or maybe sheâd blow it all on seafood, or a dress that hadnât been worn by someone else. âIâll ring you up first, and then weâll see about getting the rest of you squared away.â Morgan did, and when that part of the transaction was over, she lead him into the oracle room.
In truth, the oracle room was an old storage closet with the door taken out. Morgan breezed through them and went to the antique flea market find armoire, where all the necessary items were kept. Morgan took out a small tray of tarot decks and took the one she liked best, a well loved Raider-Waite with stars on the backs and gold-gilt edges. âIâll shuffle them myself, but you should tell me when to cut and start again and when to stop. When Iâm done, youâll spread them. Youâre the one who needs to connect with the deck, after all.â
Rafael Martininez had given his son that smirking half-smile while Malia had given Luis the pale blue eyes watching Morgan shuffle cards. Sweaty light brown hair clung to his forehead beneath the Dallas Burn hat, stray strands dangling back his eyes. The lanky teenager sat awkwardly across from the cartomancer, doubting not only her veracity but that a term like destiny could even apply to someone like him.
Like many children whoâre so profoundly blessed to grow up in a home of unconditional love, Luis had no idea that Rafael and Malia given him a protection rarer than talismans, weirds, or wards. Rafael had come to this country for a better life, and Malia had wanted a home that was safer then the hell sheâd left. Together theyâd given both dreams to their children, so Luis and his siblings would never have to go through what they had.
The freckled face that lifted to Morganâs was innocent of hate, abuse, or fear of abandonment. Even in following a strange woman into a shrouded back room, itâd never occurred to Luis to worry about anything more sinister than carnival charlantry.
âSo uh...like this maâam,â Luis asked as he placed some cards face down on the table.
It was this very innocence in Louis that dulled the edge off Morganâs guilt. It was wrong (if wrong was a real concept) to spoil something pure, but if she was really the worst thing that was going to happen to this kid in his teenage years, he was pretty darn lucky. At least he was getting some introspection out of the deal. Could he have gotten a tarot deck from the discount bookstore two blocks over for a quarter of what she was going to charge him, or thought everything out on his own for free? Yes. But he was also some bushy tailed high school kid; could happen wasnât the same thing as would happen.
Sheâd had more instructions to give, some arbitrary waving of hands and maybe some visualization in what one of her co-workers called her âyoga voiceâ, but Louis, in his eagerness, had taken more than the requisite three cards she had planned on, wich just meant she had a ready-made excuse for the forty dollars she was going to take from him. âMy, my, arenât we eager?â She said. âWhatâs interesting to me already is that you have intuitively drawn out one of the more complex and energy taxing card spreads. Imperfectly, but--â She straightened them out at random until they made more of a geometric pattern. âSee? I barely did anything at all. These cards must really like you. I donât normally do something this involved, but it looks like thereâs something here that wants to come out, and Iâm not in the business of stifling anyoneâs growth or energy.â
Morgan flipped the first card over to reveal The Fool and managed to keep her laughter light and soft. âWell, even if I hadnât been doing this for so long, this is you, where you are right now. Donât take the title personally, these are antiquated terms. Heâs just young, and at the start of a great journey, not even begun, just on the precipice. Heâs got his whole life ahead of him, and the sun, see? Itâs shining on him to show that the universe is aligned with his desires. The world wants you to support you, wants to see you succeed.â
The second card. The Tower. Morganâs eyes widened. Not really vibing with the story sheâd been telling, but maybe the one after⌠Eight of Cups. Morgan flipped over the last ones. Death and The Moon. âHmm...Fascinating...â Morgan said, stalling for a way to spin this. âThe thing about the major arcana is the magnitude of forces. Forces like destiny and fate and the collective consciousness. These forces are bigger than a ten minute fight with your friends or what you want to do after graduation, these are âbeyond your controlâ. And you have four. The universe really does have plans for you, thatâs kind of exciting, right?â She smiled, hoping to get some confirmation from him, or at least some more of his trust. âWhat does your intuition tell you about this journey, honey?â
Morganâs performative coaxing elicited a dubious look, but the striking illustrations of the Tarot drew Luisâ attention regardless. The fool was poised with one foot over the cliff, smiling blissfully as the sun warmed his back. The towerâs blackened crenellations tumbled down the cliffside as the once indomitable edifice was battered into ruins by a storm. A haggard traveler slumped down in relief on a river bank as eight golden chalice stood resplendent over the churning rapids. Death rode on its pale horse, a scythe clutched in one skeletal hand while offering an exquisitely detailed rose. The Moon slept in the sky above a verdant shore. Wolves howled in its light while pelagic creatures breached on the lunar tide.
âWoah that art on these is something else,â admitted Luis as he squinted at the intricate illuminations, clearly sensitive to aesthetics but not the higher esoteric meaning.
Unfortunately intuition is only as good as the experiences which inform it and Luis Martinez had been sheltered from the worldâs cruelty. It was a blessing to be sure, but it also made Luis unable to imagine that evil doesnât need consent to claim you.
âMy intuition is uh,â floundered the young man who had about as much affinity for divination as the average block of cedar. âThe ranchâll catch on fire, maybe a relative will die, but weâll find like eight things thatâll make it better before the next full moon,â Luis posited.
Morganâs stomach rumbled as the boy ogled the artwork on the cards. She was tempted to commend the kid on his âuncanny insightâ into the realm of the divine and take her money and run down the street for a hot stack of tacos. But the kid was so bright eyed and easily awed. She felt like she owed him at least some of her knowledge, even if she thought the tarot was psychological self-talk at best.
âFortunately for your relatives, nothing here is quite that literal,â she said, laughing warmly. âBut this journey youâre on, both within and without, is going to be perilous.â Perilous to the point of being seriously dangerous and traumatic, if this really was his subconscious sensing something on the horizon. But that wasnât something she was going to say to his face. She wanted money without having to lie to her mother about where it came from later. âEven though your desires are upheld by the earth and stars, there will come a time when it feels as though youâve been cast out and lost everything. But the key to staying your course is toâŚâ What was a precious uplift-y way to spin this? âHold fast to your sense of self. Remember the core of who you are and what you want. Because, if you do, then you will survive the upheavals, and you will be able to choose wisely what to keep, what to leave behind, and end up so strong, itâll feel like youâve been resurrected and leveled up into a new, better, cooler version of yourself!â She had no idea how to make sense of the moon card in a positive five star customer service rating sort of way, so she moved it underneath the spread, smiling like this had been her master plan all along.
âThis card with the moon and the wolves isnât your endgame, itâs an indicator of the vehicle, the thing that encompases the whole. All this massive change ahead of you isnât necessarily going to be visible to everyone. It comes from within, sometimes hidden, like how you can only see the stars when itâs dark out and most of the world is asleep, and wolves howl when the world is in shadows. Itâs like that. And itâs going to be amazing.â
Morgan checked her watch and slumped back in her chair as if she were exhausted. Not a hard thing to do when it was this hot out. âSo, thatâs gonna be forty dollars for the energy and the insight. Technically, with how many cards you pulled, it should be a little more, but I can tell youâre taking a risk on something new here and I want to honor that. But we can keep going if you have any more questions!â
âVehicle huh...not sure dadâs gonna let me spraypaint moons and wolves on the truck,â Luis mused, perhaps taking the âvehicleâ thing a bit too literally or not wanting to think too hard about the possibility of his life changing.
Luis looked over the intricately illustrated cards, eyebrows wrinkling as he tried to parse through the profound chicanery Morgan had spouted. A bite of the lower lip hinted that Luis had never really encountered those who could appear to say everything while stating nothing particularly specific.
âWell shiiiii..,â the teenager breathed before glancing up at Morgan and catching himself with a small hssk of inhalation, as if some inner parental voice had scolded him about cursing in front of a lady. âThat was pretty cool,â he amended, clearly at a loss before everything heâd been told, too polite to claim he didnât believe any of it, but also too much a child of modernity to heed the weird feeling in his gut that recognized something...hit different...about this chance prophecy.
Luis grinned bashfully and unknowingly let fateâs final warning pass him by.
âForty bucks huh, Iâll havta explain that somehow,â the young man noted with the mild consternation of someone blessed enough to just worry about a family member whoâd be more peeved about gas money going to âfortunetellerâ then the actual cash itself.
The bills slid across the table after some awkward wallet-riffling. âThank you maâam.â
Morgan snatched up the bills and shoved them down her shirt before the kid could change his mind. Whatever ominous feelings his subconscious were trying to air out was no concern for her. She had too many problems of her own to bother with anyone elseâs. âIt takes a long time to read the cards,â she drawled smugly. âAnd lots of energy, to open oneself and reach beyond the veil.â She waved her fingers as if to say tootles, and went back to fanning herself until he was gone.
She helped a lady find some yarrow and made up a policy about consultation fees to get another $10 in her pocket. She was using her agency to bridge the gap between minimum shop girl wage and living wage, working her will to get the right kind of energy flowing her way. Mostly, the energy of not-starving and not invoking the ire of darkness from using alchemy to get ahead. It didnât line up with the rest of what she understood, neutral magic forces should be lining up to help her right her cosmic access and be less chronically miserable, but that was a problem to untangle another day.
At the end of her shift, Morgan shuffled the cards once again and lined them up on the cleansing plate the shopkeeper wanted the used decks put on. By chance, or so she told herself, she picked up the topmost card to see what was there for her. But it was just the death card, and Morgan knew the last thing that was gonna happen to her life was a hard reset. She stuck it back in the middle of the deck and slipped away into the long shadows that marked the summer evening.
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