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this is just so adorable i basically have no fucking words.
Chaotic Dads
A/N: so i had this all written last night and then lost half of it so i had to rewrite it but thatâs okay because it was so fun to write. i had an amazing time with this imagine and i hope that it is as much fun to read as it was for me to write :-) also also this is the longest imagine iâve written so iâm proud of that :-)
Pairing: Reddie (Richie Tozier x Eddie Kaspbrak) x Daughter!Reader
If there was only one word that Y/N had to describe living with her dadâs Richie and Eddie, it would be chaotic.Â
Only on the night Y/N got back from her study group, walking through the doors of her home, there was no chaotic shouting and laughing, no Eddie admonishing Richie for another poor attempt at a British accent. It was silence and hushed whispers, more stressed on Eddieâs side while there was more silence on Richieâs.
âI canât believe MIke called us. What does he think weâre going to do? Go back to Derry?âÂ
Richie ran a hand through his hair, both men not noticing Y/N walk into the room and stand in the doorway.Â
âGod I feel fucking nauseous.âÂ
âDad, are you okay?âÂ
Eddie turned his head first, looking at Y/N like a deer caught in headlights, Richie slowly turning his head after; looking a little gray faced.Â
âO-Oh yeah Iâm good kid.âÂ
Y/N nodded slowly, looking skeptical but deciding against saying anything.Â
âWell is everything okay?âÂ
Eddie started to ring his hands before running his hands over his face.Â
âU-Um yeah itâs good.âÂ
 Y/N nodded before looking around.
âSoâŚâÂ
Both men looked at her confused because of the coy way she had her hands behind her back, rocking back and forth on her heels.Â
âSo?âÂ
âWhere is Derry and why does it have you both stressed?â
The couple looked at each other, fear slowly seeping through their bloodstream.
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Y/N sat in the back seat as Richie drove, Eddie sitting in the passenger seat, the spectacle clad man gripping the steering wheel until his knuckles were white while passing the sign that read âWelcome To Derryâ.Â
The sound of the radio created a soft hum as the wind whipped through the ajar windows, providing a soft sliver of fresh air to combat the suffocating interior of the car.Â
âSo where are we going?â Y/N asked, taking her headphones out and pausing her music, taking in how Eddie and Richie looked at each other.Â
âT-To um meet up with some old friends.â Eddie whispered, feeling a ball well up in his throat that was about to bring on hyperventilation but then he felt fingers intertwine with his; Richie smiling while he kept his eyes on the road.Â
âI didnât know you two had friends.âÂ
Richie laughed properly for the first time since he got the call from Mike, feeling some of the fear alleviating from his chest.Â
âHa ha thatâs very funny Y/N.â Eddie spoke, his voice deadpan but the humor was evident.Â
âAlso why are we in Derry? I didnât even know this place existed.âÂ
Richie cleared his throat, uncomfortable memories coming back of Henry calling his homophobic slurs and the sadness of pushing down who he truly was washed over his in staggers.Â
âWell you see mah dear, Derry is the bees knees.âÂ
Richieâs accent couldnât be placed and it made Y/N roll her eyes but a smile couldnât be held back.
âBeep beep Richie.âÂ
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Richie pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant and after turning off the car just sat there with Eddie, both looking at each other with a fear that was palpable, Y/N feeling it fill the car and wash over her.Â
âDads? Are we all good to go in?âÂ
The sound of their daughterâs voice brought them out of their shared terrified memories, turning in unison to face Y/N before Richie smiled and nodded.Â
âLetâs get in there.âÂ
âYour New York accent is terrible dad.âÂ
Eddie laughed as Richie rolled his eyes playfully.Â
âI thought I was getting better.â
Y/N laughed while getting out of the car, Richie and Eddie following shortly after and there was a moment of calm before Eddie grabbed Richieâs hand for stability; Y/N pulling her jumper closer around her as the night air seemed colder.Â
âAre we sure this is a good idea?â Eddie asked, his hand coming to grip Richieâs shirt to ground himself.Â
Before Richie could push down the fear to be able to answer, Y/N spoke up from across the parking lot in a tone of faux annoyance.
âAre you two coming or what?âÂ
The pair look at each other, sharing a look and a still moment before turning to look at Y/N, both of them nodding and starting to walk over.Â
âI donât know why we agreed to do this?âÂ
Eddieâs rhetorical question came out as a whisper as the trio walked through the door, Y/N going first and heading straight to a small fish tank. The sound of excited conversation and constantly moving cutlery eased the older menâs minds for a moment, focusing hard to not fall into the fear that was clinging at their peripherals; Eddie was shocked that Richie hadnât tried to fill the silence between the two with unfunny quips and awkward humor.Â
Eddie stepped forward then and wrapped his arms around Richieâs waist, wanting to hold him and do his best to ground the spectacle clad man. It seems to work as Richie pressed a soft and loving kiss to the crown of the shorter manâs head.Â
âWhatcha lookin at ova there?âÂ
Y/N turned around and put her hands in her pockets, tilting her head and one of her dads and smiled.
âI was just checkinâ out dem fishes pops.âÂ
Richie laughed at the attempted New York accent, the low rumble in his chest comforting Eddie immensely.
âYou really have to work on that accent darling.âÂ
Y/N laughed while rolling her eyes.
âI wouldâve said itâs better than yours if Iâm honest.â
Before Richie could retort, a hostess came over to them and asked how she could help.
âWeâre here to see Mike Hanlon.âÂ
Eddie followed beside the hostess, Richie and Y/N walking a little ways behind so he could list off what he couldnât eat to the hostess; the other two tuning out what they had heard countless times before.
â- gluten and if I eat cashews I could realistically dieâŚâÂ
Eddieâs voice trailed off as he made eye contact with Mike first and then Bill, a rush of memories hitting him like a train; not noticing that Richie and Y/N were right behind him.
âHoly shit.âÂ
Mike was the first one to one to step forward and greet the trio, first Eddie and then Richie, giving the men a hug each and lingering with his hands on their biceps, one after the other, and just taking in the fact that they were in front of him. Shortly after Bill followed suite and gave each man a handshake.Â
âIâm so glad you both came.âÂ
The men nodded and were about the speak but then Y/Nâs voice cut through.Â
âOh my god.âÂ
All the attention was on her as she stepped forward towards Bill, her eyes wide and starstruck. The man in question looked confused for a moment, taken aback by the reaction of the young girl and how excited she was to even be in the same room as him.Â
âYouâre Bill Denbrough.âÂ
âI am and who are you?âÂ
Y/N forgot how to speak for a moment, not believing that her favourite author was speaking to her.Â
âIâm Y/N, the kid of those losers.âÂ
Y/N motioned to Eddie and Richie lazily with her thumb, smiling when Bill laughed and nodded, both not noticing the mock offended look on the taller man.Â
âOi you take that back.âÂ
Y/N turned to look at him and stuck out her tongue before turning back to Bill.Â
âItâs amazing to meet you. Your books are some of my favourites. I especially love the endings because you have a way of making them feel so real and raw, even if they might not always be what is expected.âÂ
Bill felt a swell of happiness in his chest at hearing that his endings had been enjoyed, only hearing that they werenât good by so many people, even if they felt like the best direction to him.Â
âWhatâs one of your favourites?âÂ
It took a moment for Y/N to think but then it came to her.Â
âThe book about the man with a hook for a hand. It was insane. It took me three days to read the last chapter because I didnât want it to end.âÂ
âThat was one of my favourites to write. The ending of that book was my favourites.âÂ
âIt was my favourite too. I felt like I was there with the main character. It was so good.âÂ
Bill smiled and thanked Y/N, watching as they got the copy of the book out of their bag along with a pen and shyly asked if he could sign it.Â
âIt would mean the world if you could.âÂ
Bill took the items from Y/N carefully, opening the book to the title page on the table before writing a sweet message and then signing underneath; handing it back and watching as Y/N read the note.Â
The pair continued to talk a little ways away as Mike, Richie and Eddie spoke quietly.Â
âThank you both for coming. I knew you both would.âÂ
Eddie didnât want to say anything about the fact that he had really considered not going and it was thanks to Richie that he hadnât balantently refused or jumped out of the car while it was on the road. He didnât think Mike would want to hear about that. âOh yeah, of course Mike. We wouldnât miss coming back to kill the clown that made our lives hell as kids for anything.â
Mike didnât react to the sarcasm or the uncomfortable looks on the pairâs faces, instead starting to ramble about how grateful he was and how excited he was to see the others; no one mentioning Stan. Before anything else could be said however, Beverleyâs voice was heard.Â
âIs that you Trashmouth?âÂ
Everyone turned at the sound, Bev standing there looking as beautiful as always while Ben stook behind, looking bashful and flustered, his crush on Bev hitting him full force after all these years.Â
âThatâs Mr Trashmouth to you mah dear.âÂ
Bev laughed at the accent, memories of Richieâs nonsense filling her mind.Â
âYou know you havenât gotten any better at the accents Tozier. I would have thought time would help.âÂ
Richie laughed and the soft rumble of his chest comforted Eddie, grounding him and filling his chest and heart with a feeling of overwhelming love and adoration.Â
âSo drinks?âÂ
âAfter the drive I just had, yes please.âÂ
The group got situated around the table then, Y/N sitting between Bill and Richie, laughing as her dads began to bicker and the waitress come in the take orders. THe atmosphere was like coming home, friends reuniting and picking up right where they left off, even if the elephant in the room was waiting for them to talk about it.Â
âOh Bev, Ben, this is our daughter Y/N.âÂ
Beverley was the first to introduce herself, Ben after, the red head making conversation and helping the girl to feel comfortable and welcome. It didnât take long for the group to share stories with her about what her dads were like as kids, Y/N laughing harder than she had in a while at Richie and Eddieâs antics and how similar they were then to how they were now.Â
It was then that the drinks came, alcohol for everyone else and a coke for Y/N.Â
âTo the Losers Club and to memories.âÂ
Mike said, raising his glass, the rest of the group, including Y/N (even if she had really no clue).Â
Everyone repeated the sentiment before clinking their glasses together.
âTo the Losers Club and to memories.â
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nothing in the world belongs to me |carmen berzatto x reader|
prompt: still new in your relationship, you show up to the bear for dinner unexpectedly, surprising carmen and the others.
based off this prompt from the other day :)
contains: fluff lol. really, it's just fluff. established-ish relationship (the others don't know). carmen being a little nervous and possessive but mainly cute <3 language.
âAlright, listen up,â Richie stood next to Sydney, flicking through the piles of tickets that were ringing through by the second. It was normal now, an expected task in their routine. âWe need to walk the focaccia to table seven, please.âÂ
âYes, Chef!â A chorus of nearly robotic voices rose from the sizzling hiss of the lamb searing in Carmenâs pan, lifting the spatula to tip the meat over, before giving it back to the chef on the line.Â
âAnd for table nine, weâve got a shellfish allergy, alright? So letâs triple check the cross contamination on that. T, can you handle that one?â Richie moved from his leather bound book of notes back to the ticket.Â
âYes, Chef!â Tina chimed, pulling a freshly washed pan, filling it with the veal stock.Â
âTable nine, is that- thatâs the senator?â Carmen turned to Richie, tasting the roux bubbling on Victoriaâs station, giving her a curt nod of approval.Â
âNo, thatâs table eleven.â Richie hummed, looking back at his notebook. âNine, is⌠a birthday. Booked online.â Carmen had already begun to drone him out, mind racing with a million other things as Richie listed the guests name. Until he got to one.Â
The name Carmen was sure he was hallucinating. The name no one knew- How would they know? How could they possibly know your name?Â
You and Carmen had been seeing each other for a little while. A few weeks that were slowly turning into months. A casual thing that was slowly turning more serious. Dates and meetups are becoming more frequent. Youâd even invited him over to your place a few times, heâd spent the night last week.Â
Still, Carmen hadnât managed to tell anyone. Selfishly, he liked that you were all his for now. Privacy was not guaranteed in the Berzatto house, in Carmenâs life still. He knew they meant well, they always did- he knew it wasnât purposeful, the intrusion that almost always led to a demise. Carmen wasnât ready for it, not yet, he still wanted you all to himself.Â
âCarmen?â Sydneyâs voice pulled him out of his panicked trance. âChef, are you- are you good?â Her voice lilted with that familiar suspicious quip, the one always accompanied with her lifted brows.Â
âWhat?â Carmen blinked, hands buzzing, heart thumping. He could see the window, Richieâs frame blocking most of it. âSorry, yeah- yeah, Iâm good, Chef.âÂ
Sydney watched him carefully, a slow nod before she continued calling out orders. Carmen could feel Richieâs eyes on him, narrowed with curiosity. Carmen tried to be nonchalant, crossing the kitchen back towards Tina, his eyes cutting carefully, looking out the window.Â
There you were.Â
Sitting pretty at the middle table, surrounded by friends, some Carmen recognized from your Instagram. Heâd actually logged in to the app, looked you up after the first date, consumed every photo of yours in the dark of his room. Cheeks burning with excited heat, stomach fluttering in a way he hadnât felt since junior high.Â
âAlright, walk five salads to nine.â Sydney called out. âWhereâs our runners? God, Richie, can you run-âÂ
â-I got it.â Carmen called, the urgency in his tone making Tina jump behind him. Carmen took the tray before Gary could, his hands shaking as he lifted it.Â
âCousin, I can get it.â Richie frowned.Â
âNo, I-I got it.â Carmen nodded, swallowing down his fluttering nerves. His eyes cut to your table through the window, heart skipping when he saw you. âI got it. Iâll be- Iâll just be a second.âÂ
âI donât- I canât even handle that one right now.â Sydney sighed in exasperation. âAlright, Chefs. Letâs get back on track.â She announced, shaking her head. Richie frowned, pulling out his phone.Â
Sugarâs cell buzzed against the hostess stand, excusing herself to check it.Â
From: RichieÂ
âLook at table nine.âÂ
Sugar huffed.Â
To: RichieÂ
âWhy? Is there something wrong?âÂ
She stepped back, casually turning to scan the room, eyes landing on the table. A small group of girls, younger, and amongst them- Carmen?Â
To: RichieÂ
âIs something wrong with the food? Do I need to comp it?âÂ
From: RichieÂ
âNo. Cousin wanted to go out there.âÂ
Sugar frowned, angling her body behind the large plant near the front as casually as she could. She watched through the leaves as Carmen passed out the salads, each girl grinning widely, but their eyes always cut to one on the end.Â
Carmen saved your salad for last, hoping the lowlights of the restaurant would hide his boyish blush, setting the bowl in front of you carefully. âHey,âÂ
âHi,â You smiled sheepishly, looking to meet his gaze. âEverything looks so good.âÂ
âYeah? Thanks.â Carmen nodded. âI-I didnât know you were cominâ tonight.âÂ
âIâm sorry.â You cringed softly, embarrassed heat flooding through your veins. You knew better, knew you shouldnât have done this- showed up at his restaurant unannounced.Â
âI, uh, itâs my friendâs birthday.â You nodded towards Alicia at the end of the table. âAnd I was telling them about that pasta you made me, and they really wanted to come try it.â Your nerves bubbled, rambling in nervous peals that seemed to pour out before you could stop them. Â
âYeah, no, thatâs really nice. Thank you.â Carmen nodded, giving a half smile to your friends, hoping they didnât see the way he wiped his clammy hands on his apron. âWhy didnât- Why didnât you just call me? Tell me you were cominâ in.âÂ
âI didnât want to bother you.â You muttered softly. âI honestly didnât think youâd even see us here, I swear. I didnât mean to bother you or anything-âÂ
â-Youâre not bothering me.â Carmenâs voice dropped to a coo, accompanied with a soft smile that had your head spinning. âNever a bother, but, uh, next time? Bother me, ok? Wanna make sure you get the best seat in the house.âÂ
Your cheeks flushed with heat, your friends excited giggles only intensifying the rushing heat blanketing over your body. Carmenâs own cheeks heated, tongue rolling on the inside of his cheek to hide his grin.Â
âAlright?â Carmen added, and in a complete act of shocking boldness, his hand squeezed your shoulder affectionately. A small gesture on the outside, but for Carmen, it was huge.Â
âAlright.â You grinned, leaning into his touch, your hands sliding over his.Â
âHowâs everything so far?â Carmen turned to the table, nodding at the excited gushes of compliments, not missing the way your friends cut their eyes to you with animated glee.Â
âJust let me know if you need anything, ok?â Carmen turned to you.
âI will.â You nodded, starry eyed with love sick affection.Â
âGood. Iâll see you before you leave, alright?â Carmen muttered, ducking down towards you. His lips brushed over your cheek, your perfume clouding his senses. âYouâre not botherinâ me. âM glad youâre here.âÂ
Your cheek pressed to his, a gentle, affectionate rub before Carmen parted. Both of your features painted with shy delight.Â
Carmen could feel everyoneâs eyes, through flickering gazes and lifted brows. Sydneyâs gaze lingering over him skeptically, still counting tickets. Fakâs wide grin from the corner, loading trays to take out.Â
âHey, uh, Marcus.â Carmen ignored Richieâs raised brows, a teasing, questioning remark on the tip of his tongue.Â
âYes, Chef?â Marcus muttered, looking up from the cannolis he was garnishing.Â
âTable nine has a birthday. I was thinkinâ maybe the chocolate ganache, punch it with the little circle to make it look like a cake. Add a candle?â Carmen muttered, hand rubbing across his face.Â
âYeah, Chef, I can do that.â Marcus nodded.Â
âThank you.â Carmen nodded. âAnd Chef? Let me know when itâs ready before you walk it.âÂ
Marcus frowned. âNo, itâs not- I just wanna walk it, ok?â Carmen shook his head.Â
âAlright.â Marcus nodded slowly. âHeard, Chef.âÂ
Richie smirked, leaning against the stainless steel table. âSo,â Richie hummed. âThere a complaint or somethinâ? Need me to go talk to âem-âÂ
â-No,â Carmen snapped, the possessiveness in his tone startling the both of them. âSorry, itâs- No, I-I donât need you to do that, Chef. Everythingâs good.âÂ
Richie nodded slowly, passing the dishes to Gary with a nod. âYou gonna tell me what that was about?âÂ
âNo, Chef.â Carmen clipped, an edge to his tone that was teetering on annoyed. âBut, uh, thereâs not gonna be a check on table nine.âÂ
âWhat?â Richie frowned. âDid you mess somethinâ up? Seriously, Cousin, if something's wrong itâs my job to know-âÂ
â-No, itâs not-.â Carmen huffed, eyes pinching closed, running a hand over his face in frustration. âLook, thatâs⌠The girl on the end? I-Iâve been kinda seeinâ her, ya know?â He muttered.Â
Richie gawked, blinking in disbelief. âNo shit.â He grinned. âNo shit? You-Youâre serious?â He turned to look out the window.Â
âDonât fuckinâ look.â Carmen hissed. âLook, it-itâs not a big deal, alright? Just donât-donât say anything o-or do anything.âÂ
Richie swallowed back a teasing remark, a reactive reaction from years of being with Mikey. How the two of them used to tease Carmen endlessly, until they were fighting on the front lawn, Mikey howling with laughter while Carmen was red faced with mortified anger.Â
This time, Richie held back. He wasnât sure why, call it divine intervention, a gut feeling maybe, but it felt different this time.Â
âAlright.â Richie nodded slowly. âNo ticket for nine. Heard.âÂ
Carmenâs foot tapped anxiously. âI mean, right? Th-Thatâs what I should do right?â Carmen looked over his shoulder out the window. âThat would be shitty to give her a check? Be a complete jagoff move to charge her?âÂ
âYeah,â Richie scoffed lightly. âJagoff of the fuckinâ year. Makinâ your girl pay to come to your place.âÂ
Carmenâs heart swelled at the term- your girl. His girl. You were his girl.Â
âWalk four Pappardelle to nine. Walk one Pappardelle vegetarian style to nine.â Sydney called.Â
Carmen dipped the spoon in the glaze, garnishing the plate before sliding it towards Sydney. âSo, you gonna take these out?â He muttered.Â
âNo,â Carmen huffed. âGonna wait until the cake.âÂ
âYeah, good idea, Cousin.â Richie nodded with a proud smile. âThat when youâre gonna tell them no check tonight?âÂ
âNo,â Carmen shook his head. âI donât- It would feel weird cominâ from me.â He looked up at Richie. âI was gonna let you do it.âÂ
âYeah, I can handle that.â Richie smirked. âAnd I wonât say anything, Cousin.â He stopped Carmen before he could say it. âI got you, Cousin. I wonât fuck it up, alright?âÂ
Carmen nodded slowly, a strangled thank you on the tip of his tongue. The door swung open behind Richie, and for a second, Carmen caught a glimpse of you. Smiling and laughing, leaned in over the table, no doubt giggling with your friends about him. Carmenâs heart squeezed, but this time, without fear. No, there was no dooming fear that you were mocking him, making fun of him. This time, he felt the content rush of adrenaline filled love. A change in his routine, yes. Unexpected, sure, but he was glad for it. Glad that you were there- here, with him.
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Hey! Little add-on to the Steve Has Older Siblings AU that Iâm apparently cultivating in this post and this post, but not going to actually write.
1. Steveâs oldest sister, Elizabeth, has not talked to the family since before Steve was born because his mom is a year older than her. They went to school together. They used to be friends.
2. The first of Steveâs siblings that try to mend their relationship with him is his brother Richie. Steve thinks heâs only trying now because his wife got full custody of their kids in the divorce and moved to Colorado. He has no interest in being anybodyâs substitute kid.
3. Jason tried to drown Steve in the pool once. At least thatâs how Steve remembers it. Jason remembers it differently. Very differently.
4. His sister, Claire, is secretly his favorite sibling but she did nearly overdose him on childrenâs Tylenol when he was a baby.
5 The first time Steve met Tommyâs brothers they were so (averagely) nice to him that he cried so hard Mrs H called his mom to pick him up.
#now imagine if I actually just wrote the fic? imagine if I wrote anything at all#so i figure the age gap between Steve and his siblings are#Elizabeth: 18 years#Richie: 15#Jason: 14#and Claire: 12#which makes Steveâs mom 19 when she has him and his dad: a creep#steve harrington#stranger things#Steve Has Older Siblings AU
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KINKTOBER MASTERLIST 2024
cyberâs note : my first ever kinktober!!! im soo excited to participate and i hope you guys like it <3
01/10 â cockwarming w/ logan howlett
03/10 â spitting w/ rafe cameron
05/10 â shower sex w/ ellie williams
07/10 â dacryphillia w/ rafe cameron
09/10 â dry humping w/ logan howlett
11/10 â fauxcest w/ jj maybank
13/10 â abo dynamics w/ logan howlett
15/10 â âjust the tipâ w/ rafe cameron
17/10 â hybrid!reader x pet play w/ logan howlett
19/10 â breeding kink w/ richie jermiovich
21/10 â overstimulation w/ ellie williams
23/10 â watersports w/ logan howlett
25/10 â orgasm denial w/ logan howlett
27/10 â brat-taming w/ richie jermiovich
29/10 â virgin!reader collab w/skyoangels
31/10 â mirror sex & choking w/ logan howlett
possible add-ons: sex pollen, thigh riding, somnophilia, degradation, daddykink, period sex, witch!reader, beauty and the beast au âwith various characters <33
#logan howlett x reader <3#rafe x reader <3#wolverine x reader <3#ellie willams x reader#richie x reader <3#jj x reader <3#logan howlett#rafe cameron#wolverine x reader#obx smut#outer banks#logan howlett smut#jj mayback imagine#jj mayback x reader#kinktober 2024#ellie williams#ellie smut#rafe x black reader#jj maybank#jj outer banks#obx#wolverine
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Rich to me is always the friends to lovers (everybody sees it but you two) itâs him yelling âbehindâ at everyone but sliding behind you with a hand on your hip âbehind sweetheartâ itâs you walking into the group of boys smoking outside & u bypass everyone to grab a smoke straight from his lips âthanks babeâ itâs family having no empty chairs at the table so you sit on his lap while Syd & carm just stare. I think youâd bring my wish to life beautifully written. I need all the build up to the smut
can i just say that richie is definitely the type to be a jagoff to everyone, but never to you - everyone else knew how to work his last nerve, but you and your cutesy smile and bright eyes would make him all warm and fuzzy for sure
explicit sexual content ahead
it was no secret to anyone who worked at the restaurant (or had eyes) that you and richie had a âspecialâ kind of relationship. for starters, it wasnât common for a hotheaded man, like richie jerimovich, to be so touchy and lovey-dovey with anyone. i mean, not even his ex-wife got to see that side of him often, and they shared a child. however there was something about you that just made richie feel as though he needed to be around you, protect you, handle you tenderly.
maybe it was because you were younger than him - fuck if he knew, all richie knew in his heart of hearts was that he had it bad for you.
things between you two started off gradually, âgotta get past you, sweetheart,â the older man rasped, the warm and calloused palm of his hand gently cradling the small of your lower back as he made his way past you, his tall frame easily reaching over you to grab ahold of a pot from the top cabinet.
youâd simply nod wordlessly, keeping your eyes trained forward in an effort to conceal the blush that rose to your cheeks.
after weeks of comfortability that increased between the two of you, you decided youâd test the waters. youâd watched carefully as he made his way out of the back door that led behind the building of the beef. quickly scanning over the not-so-busy environment of the restaurant, you walked away from the cash register, towards the back exit of the beef.
âiâll be back in ten!â you called out, earning a mumble of approval from carmy and sydney who were entirely too engrossed in a conversation about expanding the menu.
the moment youâd exited the restaurant, the unforgiving cold winter chicago air bit at you, causing you to hiss as you quickly folded your arms tightly over your chest, your fitted âthe beefâ t-shirt lifting a bit as you turned to find richie leaned against the brick wall.
he was so rugged and laid back, it drove you insane. his hoodie remained open, revealing the matching t-shirt that clung to his slim abdomen, one of his hands shoved in the pocket of his adidas track pants, while the other held a cigarette to his lips. richie didnât notice your presence yet, too involved in a conversation with sweeps and marcus.
youâd decided it would be the perfect time to push the envelope, walking directly past marcus and sweeps as you approached richie, a flutter now swirling in your stomach as he raised his eyebrows at you, cigarette loosely held between his sharp teeth.
you two held eye contact for a beat, before you gently grabbed the cigarette from his mouth, before raising it to sit sit between the swell of your lips, taking a quick pull from the cigarette, âthanks babe,â you exhaled with a sweet close-mouthed smile.
all richie could do was swallow thickly, nodding to himself before he returned his attention back to the conversation at hand, softly swatting the side of your thigh when he decided that it was time for you to return the cigarette.
it was then, that things started to reach a whole new level of touchiness and couple-like actions between you and richie.
today was family. your second-most favorite day of the week, aside from payday. you were a bit late to the function, courtesy of your hair appointment, walking into the main room of the restaurant, instantly being greeted with a chorus of differing âhelloâsâ.
âhi, mâsorry for being late, my hair girl was late!â you rushed to explain, shrugging off richieâs your zip-up hoodie as you glanced around the room, seeing that all seats were occupied, âoh.â
sydneyâs eyes widened as she shared the same realization, âfuck, uh, maybe we can get you an extra seat from the office, i-â she began, taking a bit too long, leaving richie no choice, but to come up with a solution of his own.
âsânothing syd, she can sit with me,â richie spoke with a careless shrug, his mouth full of pasta as he looked up at you, swallowing his food before continuing, âc���mon, sweetheart.â
you obliged, your lips suddenly running dry as you walked towards richieâs seat, softly grabbing his outstretched hand as he gently guided your hips to sit comfortably against his.
you slightly shifted your hips, sending a shock to your clit as his bulge deliciously sat flush against your ass, âthanks, richie,â you muttered, focusing your gaze on the pasta dish that sat before you.
richie leaned back into his seat, the suddenly awkward silence of the dining room now becoming a bit too apparent to him. shaking his head, richie kept one of his arms loosely hung around you, before clearing his throat.
âyo, i donât know why the fuck everyone is being fuckinâ quiet,â he huffed, his eyes now landing on carmy and sydney, before he sighed, âcousin, just say what the fuck youâre grateful for already!â
it wasnât long before everyone returned to their normal conversations, about twenty minutes passing, before richie decided to lean in close to you, bringing his lips to your ear.
âmâready to get the fuck outta here.â
and thatâs how you ended up in the driverâs seat of richieâs car, his seat fully reclined back, one hand gripping the back of your neck, while the other guided your hips to bounce hard against his.
âah, fuck - yâgonna make me cum in you if you keep fuckinâ me like that, sweetheart,â richie groaned, moving the hand that guided your hips to your back, pushing you further into his chest as he fucked up into you.
your face was in his neck, throaty moans and gasps leaving your lips as you sloppily kissed and sucked at the skin of his neck, the sound of your hips slapping into each other mixed with the squelch and slurp of your wet pussy taking his length leaving you a needy mess.
you were so close to reaching your peak, your pulsing hole clenching around richieâs dick as his thrust remained forceful and rough, âi can fuckinâ feel you around me, baby, yâwant me to make you cum, yeah,â he chuckled, leaning his head against the headrest as he brought his hand to your hip, grinding your hips flush against his in circular motions.
âfuck, richie,â was all you could mewl through your gritted teeth, your stomach tight as your clit rubbed against the wet skin of his pelvis.
âkeep ridinâ me, sweetheart,â he whispered, pecking your flexed temple as he forced your hips deeps against his, âjust keep fuckinâ ridinâ me.â
yeah, your relationship with your coworker was far from orthodox, but neither of you seemed to get enough of it. nor, did you want to.
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shift shenanigans - s1 social media au
note: jus for fun ! may or may not do more parts.
warnings: crude humor, slightly offensive jokes from richie sry
part two
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chefboyardee: my friends! i love my friends! the two on the right more than the left (iâm joking i promise) đđđđ
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syd_adamu: brave of you to call him your friend y/n
âł chefboyardee: boss man carmy save me
âł syd_adamu: oh.. :///
marcus.brooks11: you did me so dirty, friend.
âł chefboyardee: love you marcus you look spectacular
âł marcus.brooks11: donât start
richietheking: Where am I?
âł chefboyardee: ya motha
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marcus.brooks11: This is coolllddd.
âł richietheking: You already know it man.
syd_adamu: this is actually crazy
carmyberzatto: can you show this on instagram? i think you should delete this.
âł richietheking: Delete your life.
chefboyardee: come down to the beef for a number 6 the occy way đŻ the safest joint on the block đ¤đŻwe are đđ
âł richietheking: Eyyy I know thatâs right.
âł carmyberzatto: please donât advertise this.
WE HAVE THE BEEF đĽŠ
[ 8:25 am ]
y/n:
bruh im about to lose it. heads up when you guys get to work.
marcus: that catering order is about to be crazy
DO NOT REPLY: These white boards are stressing me out.
syd: we know, probably giving you ptsd from not finishing high school
DO NOT REPLY: Fuck you I did finish it.
y/n: oh i gotta change ur contact name richie
richie poo: ????? What
y/n: it was âDO NOT REPLYâ lols
marcus: valid
syd: real
richie poo: What? Why?! Thatâs so rude
y/n: cuz you piss me off
and you kept blowing up my phone yesterday
richie poo: You werenât answering, and we needed help at the cook out.
syd: the one where you poisoned everyone?
richie poo: Fuck off.
y/n: when iâm off work, iâm off work.
marcus: donât let carmy hear that, y/n
y/n: donât remind me
syd: heâs trying at least, go easy on him. he really has great ideas
richie poo: You mean you have great ideas in that little notebook
tina: Never trust a broad with a notebook.
syd: hey! iâm just being helpful
y/n: do you guys think my ig post will hurt carmys feelings
marcus: it would make me a little sad if i were him, but i donât think he cares
y/n: great iâm gonna cry now
syd: i doubt he even saw it y/n itâs fine
richie poo: Check the work chat. Cousin is in a mood.
y/n: oh great
tina: Help us all.
syd: be nice you guys
WORK
[ 9:15 am ]
carmy: Everyone, we have huge catering orders tomorrow to prep for today. Please get here as soon as you can, the earlier you clock in the better. Additionally, please be careful what you post on social media. I donât want people to get the wrong impression
y/n: yes chef đ¨âđł
syd: ok sounds good
richie poo: Cool it, Cousin. Whatâs the issue with the social media
tina: I use FaceBook. That not allowed now??
carmy: Tina, youâre fine. Iâm talking about those who post work things on public accounts
marcus: facebook is crazy
richie poo: I canât go private
y/n: he needs the likes
richie poo: No Iâm disabled from doing so. Not sure why
y/n: liar
richie poo: đI donât like you
carmy: Then please donât post pics of yourself posting up with a gun and an air horn outside of my shop anymore.
marcus: that pic was fire canât lie
carmy: Well, itâs bad for business.
richie poo: Fine, whatever
y/n: carmy
carmy: What, Y/n?
y/n: is this because of my caption on my post iâm sorry i promise i wasnât being for real
carmy: I donât care Y/n.
y/n: is that code for âi care a lot and iâm crying in the office right now and thatâs why the door is closedâ
oh
syd: ? why the oh
y/n: he opened the door and yelled no 𤨠but i think i saw red eyes
carmy: Please get back to work and Iâll comp a meal for you later
y/n: OMG yes chef đ
richie poo: Inappropriate emojis and you shouldnât have to incentivize her to work
y/n: shut up acting like HR iâm gonna beat your ass
jealousy is ugly which is why you have that mug on your face
carmy: Stop
y/n: yes chef đ¨âđł
i heard your giggle tho
richie poo: Again with the schizo episode
syd: you canât say that richie
richie poo: Oh sorry
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Carmy Berzatto blurb
UNLIKE HEâD USUALLY DO IN HIS TYPICAL chef ways, yelling behind/corner whenever moving around the kitchen, your warning was a light touch on your hip or back. If his hands are free then theyâd both fall onto your hips, before detaching themselves as he left. If one hand was occupied youâd still feel the brush his palm on your lower back. If someway both his hands were busy then heâd call out the words.
âBehind, babe.â He muttered, the air of his quickly moving figure blowing by before you could even think about turning back to look at him.
âHow fuckinâ sweet.â Richie commented, picking up the next line of orders for table 6. âI get fuckinâ crucified for the smallest thing, and you get the special treatment.â
âDonât be jealous, Rich.â You reply, giving him a sly grin and handing him the last dish for the table. That completed the entrees meaning you could remove one of the many tickets lined up for the night.
âYou two make me sick.â He walked backwards, pushing the door into the dining area open slowly. âSick, I tell ya.â
âWhatâs he talking about?â Carmy questioned softly, walking next to you and immediately getting into the zone despite the shift between jobs. On some nights he stuck to one role, on others he liked to move around, to inspect and watch.
âNothinâ that had to worry you for the night.â You smile gently, looking over at him with an adoring gaze.
âYou sure?â
âMhmm.â You nodded back, leaning up to peck his lips as an extra form reason not to worry.
okay maybe Iâm a lil late w the bear fics but I was struck with this idea and had to get it off my chest.đŤŁ
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imagine richie shamelessly flirting with the new waitress at the bear as a 'joke '
he's being charming, flirting with her every chance he gets and she's oblivious to his antics but is still nice to him
after a while, the lines for richie becomes blurred and he starts to develop real feelings
so, while he's having this internal crisis, tiff drops eva at the bear and everyone's really busy, including richie
and the waitress takes care of eva & she's just so sweet to her, and when richie sees the two girls he loves having fun with each other, he knows he's far gone
(i need that old man so bad it's not even funny anymore-)
-đŞˇ
my lotus. i'm obsessed.
okay.
richie and you had first met when you began working for the bear. being trained by him, it meant you two were spending a lot of time together. late nights, early mornings. you two would talk over coffee when you could sneak in a break during kitchen prep, you'd talk when marcus had you two try his newest pastries.
the first time he flirted with you, it was an accident. just slipped. but then it became your 'thing'. it was that teasing flirting, you know? pet names for each other, the whole shabang.
over the months you and him spend together, richie begins feeling the lines blurred. what's real and what's not between you two? it's the age old question. are you calling him honey as a joke or is that real? is his contact name 'R HONEY' to fit that joke or whatever?
he can feel himself falling in love with you. and before he can catch himself, he dives into it when he sees you and eva interacting.
tiff had rushed to the bear one afternoon when she was called into work. it was unexpected and in the middle of the lunch rush, and you'd been at the front when eva was dropped off, backpack in hand.
you guided her away from the chaos and into the back office. you and her talked about how excited she was for weekend plans with richie, what she learned in school. by the time richie found you two, you were talking her through her math homework. your voice was soft, you were patient with her.
he's in love.
by the time he realizes, he's so far gone. he knows it's the kind of love that could metaphorically kill him. you and him watch over eva together, and you help him load her into the car.
when he and eva are driving back to tiff's house, it's silent until eva's small voice speaks up. "are you in love with y/n, daddy?"
well, shit. if the kid can figure it out, maybe you have, too.
he returns to the bear where he knows you'll be, cleaning up with syd. he finds you in the front, sweeping the floors. before you can greet him, he's blurting it out. "i'm in love with you."
it's a blur. his ears are filled with the sound of his heartbeat and he knows you're talking, he can see your perfect lips moving but he can't hear you. it isn't until you're in front of him he can hear you clearly.
"i love you, too."
one of my favorite movie quotes is from the princess bride, where they say that since the invention of the kiss, there have been five kisses that were the most passionate, the most pure.
the one you and richie share buries them all in a fucking grave.
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oh look itâs eddieâs blood circling richieâs ring finger like a wedding band
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Don't Gloat
(From the "Shut Up" kiss starter prompts, found here)
CW: Â Richie being Richie, swearing, mild violence (a misunderstanding), smut (PiV, protected). 18+ only.
Word Count: Â 7289
AN: Â Requested by an anonymous person, place, or thing!
AN2: Drabble? I don't know her, apparently.
Your first real fight is over chicken.
You squabble, pretty much from day one. Carmy hires you to help in the kitchen, and Richie immediately takes an intense dislike to you. Adding you upsets the delicate ecosystem of The Beef. You are unnecessary. Richie makes it known on your first day.
âDonât get comfortable,â he warns an hour into service. âCousin doesnât run things.â
âSeems like he does,â you shoot back.
âIâm the manager here.â
Here is where the dislike really starts. Richie is rude and sarcastic, but youâre a chameleon. You can shift and change your demeanor to match what someone is giving you, so when Richie is rude and sarcastic to you, you respond in kind.
You call him âMister Managerâ in a tone dripping with sarcasm, and by the end of that first shift, Richie completely hates you.
The feeling is mutual by the end of your second shift.
At first, you just squabble. You trade barbs and insults. When Richie throws a temper tantrum over Carmyâs organization of the spices, you pout and turn to Ibra and posit that Richie is grumpy because he needs a juice box and a nap. Which makes Ibra cock his head at you. He speaks English impeccably, but sometimes he misses the finer nuances of language like sarcasm.Â
âI do not think we have juice boxes here,â Ibra says, and Tina swats him as she walks past.
âSheâs being sarcastic, you old bitch,â she tells him.
The allusion to Richie being a toddler isnât far off. He acts childish all the time. He flings cookware around when heâs having a tantrum. He swears, he throws out middle fingers like an angry pre-teen.Â
He hides your expensive Henckles knives. He turns the heat up or down when your back is turned. Once, he parks you in behind The Beef, and when you go to leave, heâs nowhere to be foundâyou end up doing a thirty-six point turn, a fraction at a time, before you can properly pull out and drive away.
But your first real fight is over chicken.
The meat delivery is wrong one day. Youâre short on beef, but thereâs five whole chickens, and Carmy throws up his hands and tells you to come up with something.
So you do.Â
You roast them low and slow so they stay tender, and youâre putting the finishing touches on the sauceâan adobo-based barbeque thatâs the perfect blend of tangy and smokyâwhen Richie strolls in. Heâs in his stupid leather jacket and ridiculous blue track pants, and he announces himself with his usual grinning, âwhatâs up, you fucking lizards?â
Sweeps and Manny call out their hellos, but Richie ignores them. Heâs already super-focused on youâŚand the sauce youâre stirring over a low heat.
âWhat the fuck is that?â he asks. He stands too close to you, dips his head close to the pot, and takes a loud sniff of it. Then rears back with a grimace, like youâre simmering a pot of shit and not a finely balanced sauce for your roasting chickens.
âItâs barbeque sauce. For the chicken.â
âWhat fucking chicken?â
âMeat delivery was fucked up,â Carmy calls across the kitchen.Â
Richie scoffs and turns to Carmy, and he gestures at you and your sauce. âNo offence, Cousin, but the place is called âThe Beef.ââ
âNo offence, Cousin, but fuck off,â Carmy replies.
âHeaven forbid we try something new,â you add. You snap the heat off and settle a lid over the pot to allow the flavors time to mellow together. Once the chicken is done, youâll shred it and mix it in. You have a red cabbage slaw planned for it, and thin slices of sharp cheddar to round it out. You turn towards the refrigerator, but Richie blocks your path.
âNothing Italian about whatever the fuck that is.â He glares down at you; heâs half a head taller than you, but he has a way of puffing out his chest like a bantam rooster spoiling for a fight.
Maybe other people are cowed by his posturing, but youâre unimpressed and not scared at all.
âItâs about as Italian as âJerimovich.ââ
His chest puffs out more, and he takes a half step closer to you. This close, you can smell the cigarette smoke that clings to him, the old man cologne he splashes on with a heavy hand, the subtler scent of laundry detergent.Â
âPeople come here every day and get the same thing,â he says. âSame order every fuckinâ day. No one is gonna order whatever fancy Noma bullshit youâre trying to pull out of your ass.â
You take a half step up to him and puff out your chest, and it makes Richie falter for a moment. He leans back, just a fraction, but you note the movement and smirk up at him. You reach out and poke him in the sternum with a forefinger, driving home each point.
âOne, this isnât Noma bullshit. Itâs literally slow-roasted chicken. Two, itâs a pretty simple sauce. Maybe it seems fancy to you because itâs more challenging to your palate than chicken nuggets. Three, some customers might appreciate a change in their usual lunch order. Not everyone is so resistant to change, Cousin.â
Your use of the familiar nickname makes his nostrils flare and his eyes widen in anger. âIâm not your fucking Cousin.â
âSure you are, Cousin.â
âStop it.â
âIâll save you a sandwich, Cousin.â The thought occurs to you that youâre being childish now, that Richie has brought out some immature part of you, and you think itâs kinda fun, being a juvenile brat at work and leaning into the fight.
âFucking stop it.â
âStop what, Cousin?â
He turns away from you so quick, it makes you blink in surprise. âFucking bitch,â he mutters to himself, but heâs striding across the kitchen towards the office, and heâs calling for Carmy, so you follow at his heels and call for Carmy too.
âYo, Cousin, can you fucking fire her already? Jesus fucking Christ, Iââ he starts, but you cut him off, mimic his growling voice and Chicago accent.
âYo, Carmy, when are we gonna fire Richie already? I mean, the place is changingââ
It makes Richie go fully nuclear. The mention of change makes him apoplectic. He turns and crowds you against the door jamb, and he gets right in your face: so close that you can see his eyes arenât completely blueâthey are flecked with grey, like bits of mica in pavement. Youâre startled for a moment, surprised to find that his eyes are beautiful, but you obviously donât say anything because heâs snarling in your face.
âFuck you!â he spits out, and he points a finger inches from your face. âFuck you! Nothinâ is changinâ here! Nothinâ needs to change!â
And then he gives you his patented Richie double-chin flick, and he mutters some Italian insult you donât know, and heâs marching through the kitchen to leave.
Not before he sweeps your mise en place off the counter, sending thin-sliced cabbage and vinegar flying.
Carmy stares at you with a look that is purely beleaguered. He sighs, he scrubs his face with his hands, and he runs them through his hair before he sighs again.
âWhatever you and Richie have going on? Squash that shit, Chef.â
You nod, embarrassed at risingâor sinkingâto Richieâs childishness. âYes, Chef,â you reply.
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âSquashing itâ mostly means that you and Richie only fight when Carmy isnât within earshot.
Your fighting still entails getting in each otherâs faces. It still means you insult each other, albeit more quietly. You hiss insults at him, he grumbles them back. You part when Carmy shows up, and you each stew in your separate corners and wait for the next round.
You start to suss out where the limits are. You insult him as a father one single time, and the flash of hurt on his face makes you hold up your hands in a truce and apologize.Â
He insults you once as a woman with daddy issues, and the words hit you like a punch to the gut. You did grow up without a fatherâhe died when you were six, and your only memories of him are full of pain from the stomach cancer that slowly killed him. But you must show the hurt on your face too because Richie takes a step backwards away from you, stammers out an apology too.
All told, once you know each otherâs hard limits, you actually fight pretty nicely, and if anyone notices it, no one says anything.
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Sunday nights are a good time to come in to The Beef and set yourself up for the week. You work it out with Carmy because it gives him a break and gives you a few more hours. You enjoy the time there with the restaurant being closedâyou blast your music, you sing along at the top of your lungs as you rotate stock, make detailed shopping lists for Carmy, and make sure everything is clean.
If one thing infuriates you, itâs the way certain national media outlets focus on Chicago as a cesspool of violence. But it is a large city, and violence does happen, so when youâre in the basement of The Beef and hear the beep of the alarm system as it is deactivated, you immediately feel ice cold all over. The alarm system, Ibra told you once, is easily overcome, and The Beef has been robbed before.
You glance around and see that youâre trapped, unless you want to rush up the steps (not advisable) or shimmy out a tiny window at street level (also not advisable). Thereâs nothing in the way of weapons in the basement either, so you arm yourself with a half-burnt cookie sheet and tremble as you listen to the heavy tread above you.
Maybe theyâll just trash the place and leave. Thereâs nothing worth stealing, unless they want to wheel out the massive, ancient Hobart. Maybe theyâll get into Marcusâs stash of good vanilla. Maybe theyâllâ
Maybe theyâll make their way to the top of the stairs. Maybe theyâll pause there and start walking down to where you wait. You try not to breathe too loud, but your heart is hammering in your chest, your pulse is in your ears, and youâre flooded with adrenaline as the shoes of your would-be assailant come into view.
You donât hear Richie���s voice when he calls out your name. Youâre too panicked. You donât hear him, and you donât even register him when he rounds the cornerâheâs in his usual track pants and leather jacketâbecause youâre fully in fight-or-flight modeâŚand independent of your will, your body chooses fight.
âFuck you!â you scream, and you swing the cookie sheet directly at his head with all the force you can muster. Your assailant stumbles backwards with a cry of pain, and you drop the pan and try to scramble past him, but you trip over his foot in your panic and fall hard, cracking your shinbone against the lowest step.
If you ever idly wondered how youâd react in a real life-or-death scenario, here is your answer:Â you scream and scream, and you clutch one hand to your throbbing shin but flail your other hand at the person reaching for you, and itâs not until you smell himâthe familiar cigarette/old man cologne smellâthat your panic ebbs a little.
And then you see those blue eyes flecked with grey, and even if Richie is your enemy at work, heâs never really been an enemy in the true sense of the word. The relief that you arenât about to be raped or murdered floods you so suddenly that you burst into tears.Â
And then you hug him, your arms so tight around his middle that he breathes out a sharp oof, but then he wraps one arm around your trembling form while the other clutches his bleeding nose in an attempt to staunch the blood.
âWhat the fuckâs wrong with you?â he asks. His voice is thick and nasally, but thereâs a hint of amusement to it.
âThought you were an intruder.â You release him from your hold, and you will yourself to stop shaking.Â
âCarmy.â He shakes his head. âGuess Food and Wineâs Best New Asshole didnât tell you I was coming by.â
âHe did not.â
Richie reaches into his pocket and pulls out a wrinkled napkin. He presses it to his nose and winces, and your panic is replaced by shame. Youâll never live this down, you realize. Richie is going to tell everyone first thing tomorrow, and heâll add his usual Richie flourishes to make your screams more shrill, your flailing more erratic in the retelling.
His nose stops bleeding, and he checks it tentatively. He prods at the swollen skin, red that is going to bruise by morning. He fixes you with a curious look.
âYou hit harder than I would have thought.â
âI play softball.â
âWhere?â
âLincoln Park. At the North Avenue fields.â
He huffs at that. Clears his throat. âYeah, my daughter has t-ball there.â
Your panic is gone now, and you feel more like yourself. Your leg throbs at where you banged it, and it will be bruised by morning like Richieâs face. You limp over to the big table and gather up your coat and purse.
âDonât do that,â you tell Richie.
âDo what?â
âDonâtâŚwhatever. Talk to me nice. Tell me about your daughter. Donât do that.â
He snorts and says, âwhy the fuck not?â
âBecause weâre not friends, and you scared the shit out of me, and now Iâm all keyed up and just want to get home instead of having an impromptu bonding session with the one guy at The Beef who truly, honesty hates me.â
âAlright, fine. Youâre a fucking head-case to freak out the way you did, and I think you broke my fucking nose. Better?â
It startles a laugh out of you, and your laughter makes Richie grin. Itâs shy, and he ducks his head, but you catch it all the same.
He clears his throat again, then asks if you drove there. You tell him noâyou had a premium parking spot on your street, so you took the L. He nods at that, and he seems to be thinking through something, so you pull on your coat and sling your bag over your shoulder and wait for him to say something.
âLet me drive you home, at least, âhe finally offers. âYouâre all sorts of fucked up.â
âIâm fine.â
âThe hell you are. Someone looks at you wrong on the train, gonna catch an assault charge.â
âYouâd love to see me in prison,â you reply. âOut of your way. No one left to defiantly make a delicious chicken sandwich special and destroy the system here.â
âAsshole.â He shakes his head, then gestures for you to take the stairs ahead of him. âIâm driving you home. Letâs go.â
You canât admit that a ride sounds fantastic. You do feel keyed up, anxious and twitchy, and even if itâs Richie, youâre grateful for the offer.
Even so, as you limp upstairs, the pain in your leg makes it easier to admit to him. You turn as he resets the alarm, and you thank him, softly.
âYeah, fine. Whatever.â He points at his car, then grumbles, âcâmon already.â
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Somehow, it becomes a thing.
Sunday evenings become yours and Richieâs thing. The work should go twice as fast, but Richie doesnât work so much as⌠not work. He leans in the doorway of the walk-in as you take inventory, he perches on the counter as you make giardiniera for the next day. He sits in the office as you write out the order list for Carmy, and he gripes about how long youâre taking, how he has better things to do.
If that were true, why does he spend every Sunday with you? You doubt Food and Wineâs Best New Asshole told him to, yet he shows up every week and complains the entire time. He complains the entire drive to your place, and when you thank him for the ride, he either flips you off or makes a jacking-off motion with his hand before he peels away from your curb.
âYou almost done?â he asks now. âGot shit to do.â
âYou donât have shit to do.â You check the takings from last week, do a quick calculation in the margin of the print-out. âIf you did, you wouldnât be here.â
âSomeoneâs gotta keep an eye on you.â
âWhy, you afraid I might introduce a dish that isnât entirely Italian-American approved?â
He grumbles, ânothinâ needs to change. Menuâs fine the way it is.â
âYou really donât have to stay, Richie. I can handle myself.â
âBullshit you can.â He leans forward, taps the side of his nose. âYou handle yourself so well, you dislocated my fucking nose.â
âAnd it gave your face some character,â you retort.
âWhatâs wrong with my face?â
You glance at him, roll your eyes. âAside from the fact itâs always in my face, glaring or stirring up shit? Nothing.â
He leans back in his chair again and sighs. âI donât stir up shit.â
âYou do.â
âDonât.â
âYes, you do.â
âNo, I fucking donât.â
âYou talk way too much, Richard.â
âDonât call me fucking Richard. You sound like my asshole mother-in-law.â He pauses, then amends it to, âmy former asshole mother-in-law.â
A long beat of silence passes. You calculate the meat order, the vegetables, the shelf stable stuff. You balance out the order against where thereâs already overdue billsâCarmy is juggling the vendors as best he can, and you try to give him relief where you canâ
âDone yet?â
âNope.â You cross out the one line for the produce vendor, split it between two vendors. âWhat are you in such a hurry for?â
âTold you. I got stuff to do.â
You glance over at him. He does seem more keyed up. His leg bounces up and down, and he wrings his hands in his lap.Â
âWhat sort of stuff?â you ask.
He mumbles his answer, and you miss it at first. When you arch an eyebrow at him, he repeats it. An embarrassed, âgot a date.â
You pause in your writing and turn to face him. Fak told you once about Richieâs imploded marriage, and he had heavily implied that Richie was still pining for his ex-wife. âA date?âÂ
He shrugs. âKind of a date.â
âWhatâs kind of a date?â
Another shrug, and he fixes his gaze to the dirty tile floor. âWe went out last week, and we talked about grabbing a drink tonight. I was gonna text her after I drop you off.â
âSounds like a regular date to me.â
He lifts his hands in a gesture of helplessness, then lets them fall again. âI dunno. Wasnât really feeling it, you know?â
You turn completely to face him, your list forgotten. âThen why agree to a second date?â
Another shrug, a sheepish lift and fall of his shoulders. The two of you are toeing the line of near-friendship, your usual squabbling turning into an honest-to-god friendly chat, but maybe Richie doesnât have any confidants in his life, because he sighs, then mutters about how she seemed cold, how she wasnât charmed by his Bill Murray voicemail greeting story, but how he thought he should try anywayâ
âRichie, Iâm not your gal pal in a rom-com, but if you arenât feeling it, donât do it. Jesus, thatâs just common sense.â
He fixes you with a glare. âOh, Iâm sorry. I didnât realize you were a goddamned relationship expert.â
âItâs common sense.â
âWhen was the last time you went on a date?â
You bristle at the question. Your love life is about as dead as The Beefâs commercial credit, but Richie doesnât need to know that. But you hesitate long enough that he can guess, and he laughs at you, and you bristle more.
âI knew it!â He points at you, and you swat at his hand until he lowers it. âYou give off this whole âhasnât been laid in a long timeâ vibe.â
You turn away from him and bend your head back to your ordering list. âShut up,â you mumble.
âAll those prissy little dishes you add to the menu. Youâre all wound up. It makes sense.â
âMy culinary excellence has nothing to do with my love life or lack thereof.â You hope your tone is even and nonchalant, but you fear it comes out as defensive. Which it must, because Richie holds up his hands again.
âNo judgement. Itâs tough out there. I get it.â
You groan and turn away from him, twisting yourself to get his smirking face out of your peripheral. âYou should leave. Go get ready for your kind-of date.â
âNah.â
âSeriously, you can go.â
âNah.â You hear his deep breath, then a beat later, he continues.
âIf you ever want to blow off some steam, we couldâŚâ He trails off, but his intent is clear, and you feel a prickly heat break out across your skin.Â
ââŚshut up, Richie.â
You turn a little and he reappears in your peripherals. He presses his hands together in a prayer position, then presses his fingertips near his mouth in an expression of thoughtfulness.Â
âShut up, Richie isnât no, Richie.â
âItâs most certainly no, Richie.â
âLook at me.â
âI gotta finish this list and send it to Carmyââ
âLook at me, sweetheart.â
You canât. You stare at your handwritingâthe 50 pounds of cake flour Marcus needsâand you feel yourself heating up at the sudden image of you and Richieâno, you shove the mental image away, shake your head to clear it, and the man notices all of it.
âWhy canât you look at me?â he asks, and his voice is soft, low. A graveled rumble, roughened by the cigarettes he chain-smokes when heâs not inside, and you donât know if it really has been that long, but itâs a step-progression of reactions in your body. The prickle of heat along your skin, the way your skin feels too tight. The way your mouth feels too dry all of a sudden.
The strong, traitorous pulse of desire between your legs. Fuck.
âWouldnât have to mean anything,â he continues with that low voice. âNo one would have to know.â
âShut up, Richie.â
âStill not hearing a no, sweetheart.â
You breathe in deeply through your nose, then turn to face him squarely. You look him right in his eyesâthose bright blue eyes, flecked with grey, beautifulâand say, âNo, Richie.â
He stares back at you, and a smile slowly unfurls across his face. A real smile, not his usual shit-eating grin or smarmy smirk. A real smile that, paired with his gorgeous eyes, makes his face transform into something beautiful. Itâs like heâs lifted his mask for a moment and is showing you who he really is.
âYouâre tempted.â He sounds in awe of the revelation, and he leans back against the wall. âHoly shit, youâre really tempted by it.â
âNo, Iâmââ
âBullshit,â he cuts you off. âYou are.â His smile stays fixed on his face, and he shakes his head. âHoly shit, sweetheart.â
You grumble out the weakest rebuttal, but he only laughs and shakes his head again, and the last half hour is passed in uncomfortable silence:Â you as you email the shopping list to Carmy with hands you will into steadiness, and Richie as he grins at you and chuckles to himself.
Of course he drives you home, just as he always does.
And of course he parks his car and comes up to your apartment when you invite him up, which is a first.
*****
A therapist would have a lifetime of secure business if Richie ever decided to pursue therapy for himself. Not that he wouldâfeelings are bullshit, and life is tough all overâbut if he didâŚthereâd be a lot of deep shit to mine.
At the core of him, Richie is desperately insecure. He had a dicey childhood, and he glommed on the Berzatto family to make up for his own familyâs shortcomings. He had Tiff, for a glorious while, then lost her. He has his daughter, but only part-time. He lost Mikey, the nearest thing to a brother, and now heâs slowly losing The Beef as it becomes something more than a sandwich shop.
No wonder he feels lost all the time. No wonder he lashes out and hurts those closest to him.
No wonder heâs been riding your ass for months, trying to get you to quit even as his initial dislike has mellowed out to acceptance and then toâŚsomething else he wonât name.
He canât lie to himself: that night in the basement shifted things. Maybe you concussed him along with the dislocated nose. Maybe he has slight brain damage. He canât account for it any other way, how seeing you so terrified caused a sea-change in him. How feeling your arms around him, clinging to him and trembling so hard, softened him towards you.
He wonât name it. He wonât even think it. The most heâll admit is, âmaybe I donât completely hate her.â
Which somehow turns into this moment. The two of you awkwardly standing in your entryway, unsure if the other is bluffing, unsure if the other is serious. Thereâs too much bad blood in your shared past, and you each are expecting the other to say âsike!,â to turn it into a humiliating story to share in the morning with the crew.
Youâre both wrong.Â
âSo, uh, nice place.â He looks around your apartment and rubs the back of his neck. âYou got a lot of books.â
âI like to read.â
âYeah. Nice.â He takes a few steps deeper into your place, and he studies the titles on the nearest bookshelf. âStephen King. Clive Barker. You like the spooky shit, huh?â
âNothing as scary as being ambushed in the basement at night by you.â
He snorts, shakes his head. As heâs softened towards you, your teasing has gotten gentler too. Youâve always rose to meet his energy, and now that heâs not actively despising you (he wonât name it, he will not), you arenât actively despising him.
âNothing as scary as seeing a giant fucking sheet pan flying at your faceââ
You cut him off. âOkay, Richie. Enough.â
âIâm just sayingââ
âEnough words. More action.â You face him and lift your eyebrows challengingly. âUnless this was all a ruse.â
He shakes his head.
âUnless this is just a prank to embarrass me later.â
He shakes his head again, and he flexes his hands along his sides. Heâs itching to reach out and touch youâhe remembers the feel of you in his arms, the way you tucked so perfectly against him when you were scared. You had been relieved to see it had been him; you had felt safe enough to reach for him, and heâs been chasing that high ever since. A therapist would make short work of this moment, but Richie wants to feel important to you again. He wants to feel like you need him to protect you, to shelter you. He wants to feel like a man, needed, necessaryâ
Youâre talking but he doesnât register the words. Instead, he reaches for you, pulls you to him, and when you look up at him in surprise, he dips his head and kisses you.
Itâs brutal at first. Heâs out of practice. Heâs certainly never kissed someone like youâsomeone so infuriatingly challengingâand he mashes his lips too hard against yours, can feel your wince as you struggle to kiss him back. So he breaks the kiss and tries again, much more carefully, and itâs so much better: the softness of your lips, the quiet moan you give as you kiss him back.
Maybe you need it bad, but he needs it just as bad, and when he considers why he does, he pushes the thought away completely. Because if he thinks on it too much in this moment, if he thinks on how good it feels, the way you tug at his clothesâeager but shy, your hands steady but your eyes unable to meet hisâheâd have to face an uncomfortable truth.
Still, he needs to see you. Needs to look you in the eye. He grasps your chin and tilts your face until youâre looking at him.
âYou okay with this?â He says it softly. He says it as kindly as he can.
âYeah.â You nod, then add, âno one needs to know, right?â
âRight.â
âNo one needs to know.â
âExactly.â
You offer him a smile, and itâs genuine. Itâs not your normal smart-ass smirk, the way one corner of your mouth lifts higher than the other. Itâs a real smile, and he has to push that uncomfortable truth away again because if youâre cute when you smirk, youâre beautiful when you smile, and Richie canât dwell on the fact.
âCâmon then, Richard. Bedroomâs this way.â
âAsshole,â he huffs out, but you push his jacket off of his shoulders and let it fall to the ground, and you tug him down your hallway.Â
You alternate and he lets you strip him and yourselfâa piece of his clothing, a piece of yours. You leave a trail so that youâre both nearly naked once youâre in the bedroom. He stands in front of you, his boxers tented, and he takes in the sight of you. In standard, everyday lingerieâdark grey bra and pantiesâbut the everyday shit makes his mouth run dry. Elaborate lingerie is not really his thing, but seeing a woman in her everyday shit, the comfortable cotton shitâŚthat feels more special, somehow. Like you woke up that morning and put on the functional stuff, but now here you are, nearly naked for him.
You always rise to meet his energy. Heâs openly ogling you now, and you gaze back at him, openly staring back. He has a moment of doubtâmaybe he should lift more, cut back on beers after workâbut your eyes are blown dark with desire, and it makes his cock twitch to see it.
You seem to want him as much as he wants you.Â
âCâmere, you fucking pain in the ass,â he growls, and you roll your eyes but bridge the distance between you. You press the length of your near-naked body against his, and the sudden touch makes him bite back a groan. He puts his hands on your waist, and you lay your palms against his chest, and you kiss again.
The kiss grows and grows. He bullies his way into your mouth, sweeps his tongue and licks against your mouth, and you answer in kind. You kiss him back, and your hands stroke his chest, his shoulders, his arms. One snakes lower and grasps him through his boxers, and he swears against your lips at the feel of your palm stoking him.
He pushes you backwards towards the bed. He pushes you until you hit the bed, and then he pushes you down, but you reach out and grasp him golden chain and tug him down to join you.Â
You always rise to meet him. He takes charge and slots himself between your legs, but you move eagerly. When he lowers himself onto you, still partially dressed, you lift yourself up and press against him. Your clothed breasts against his chest, and he dips his head and tugs the cups of your bra down until youâre exposed to him. He lowers his head and kisses you, works his mouth against you. He sucks a mark on each curve of your breast, right where your bra will cover. He wants you to see them and think of him, a pair of mementos to this moment.
âFuck, Richie.â You breathe it out, and your hand cups the back of his head. You hold him against you, and heâs too happy to stay here for a while: sucking against your nipples, biting lightly until you squirm. Laving your tender buds with the flat of his tongue, pinching and tugging until you shove him away with a groan.
âToo much,â you whine, but you tangle in his chain again and tug his mouth to yours. He kisses you, relishes how flushed your skin feels under his lips as he kisses his way across your face, down your neck, across your bare shoulders. He pauses long enough to undo your bra in earnest, tosses it aside. Then he kisses his way down your chest again, traces his tongue further down to your soft belly until his chin is perched right on the waistband of your panties.
âCan I?â he asks. He traces a finger under the lace edging, and he watches your face. You gaze back at him, your eyes still dark and pupils blown. Your lips are swollen, and your chest rises and falls with how hard youâre breathing.
You nod. âYou can take them off.â
âIs that it? Nothing else?â
You laugh, breathless. âSome other time. Really want you to fuck me instead.â
Some other time. The thought makes Richieâs dick twitch at the idea of doing this another time.
You feel him twitch against you. You laugh again to feel it, and you lift a leg to hook it clumsily along the waistband of his boxers. You try to push them down, and then youâre chanting âcome on, come on, come onâ as he scrambles to shuck off the rest of his clothing, scrambles to hook his fingers under your panties as he draws them down your legs.Â
âCondoms in the bedside stand,â you tell him, and he opens the drawer, snags one. He notes the bright pink vibrator there but doesnât remark on it. Heâll tuck the image away and revisit it days later in the shower: a rich bit of fantasy where he pictures you masturbating to the thought of him.
He tears the foil with his teeth, and he watches you as he rolls the condom on himself. Youâre absolutely fucking gorgeous, better than he ever imagined, and a galling little voice in the back of his head asks, âso youâve been imagining her, huh, asshole?â
He ignores the voice and what it might say next. He stands over you and asks instead, âhow do you want me, sweetheart?â
Another smile. A genuine one. âHowever you want it.â
âAnal, then.â
It startles a laugh out of you, and Richie thinks he might love thatâthe way he surprises you into laughing. You prop yourself up on your elbows and look at him. You kick out a bare foot and press your toes low against his belly, centimeters away from touching the tip of his cock where it stands at attention.
âNot that,â you chide. âThat requires prep.â
âNot a no, sweetheart.â
âItâs a no for this moment.â
âHmm. Interesting.â He grips your ankle and circles it with his hand, and he bends your leg. Pushes it away from him, pushes it closer to you, and it reveals your gorgeous pussy to him: the neat-trimmed curls, the slick arousal, the swollen bud of your clit.
âJesus Christ, sweetheart,â he groans to see you. âGotta tell me how you want me, and fucking quick.â
âMissionary works for me,â you reply. âOld reliable.â
So he climbs onto you. He kneels between your legs, then pushes them apart obscenely wide. You stay propped up on your elbows, watching him, but when he settles between your thighs, you fall back against your pillow.
âGood?â he asks.
âYou havenât done much,â you point out.Â
âSmart-ass.â He reaches down and grasps his cock at the base, and he drags the tip of himself through your folds. He coats himself in your arousal, feels the heat of your pussy even through the latex, then notches himself at your entrance. He looks down and pushes just the tip in, and the sight of itâbarely inside you, the promise of burying himself inside youâmakes his vision go fuzzy around the edges.
âRichie.â You reach up with one hand to cup his face, and you peer up into his eyes. âFuck me, please.â
Your other hand finds the small of his back. You canât quite reach his ass, so you lay your palm against the small of his back and urge him forward, and he pushes into you. He goes slow but steady, and he hears your small gasp as your tight cunt makes room for him. He feels the stretch of it, the smooth muscles twitching at him, and he studies your face for any pain but finds none.
âPussyâs gripping at me,â he grits out once heâs seated in you. âGuess you needed it bad after all.â
âDonât gloat.â You bear down on him, squeeze him like a fist, and it makes him choke out a curse. âYou needed it bad too, I think.â
âNot complaining here, sweetheart.â
You take his chain in your hand and tug him down to you again. You kiss him, then mumble against his mouth, âso fuck me then, Richard. Move.â
He does as you ask. Youâre a pain in the ass, and youâre a representative of all the change occurring in his life without his permission, but he wants to make it good for you. He remembers the way you clung to him that night in the basement, and he wants to capture that feeling againâŚeven as he shoves the memory aside and begins to fuck you in earnest.
He doesnât thrust in and out so much as up and down; he learned this move a long time ago and knows it feels better for his partner. His thrusts hit every partâeach reseating brushes the tip of him against the end of you, and it makes you whine each time. The slide in and out, at this angle, draws along the firm bud of your clit. And each time he pushes himself home, the base of him grinds along your clit too, and it makes him feel like a million bucks when you gasp out his name, warn him that youâre closeâ
âFuck, fuck. God, Richie, Iâm c-close. Donât stop, donât stop, donâtâ"
And then it tears out of you: the hard snap of your hips as you lift them to meet his most punishing thrust, the way you tremble under him, your legs shaking, your eyes rolled back in your head. The way your cunt grips him, ripples against him until it feels like heâs being pulled into your body, and the thought takes hold of him. He wants to crawl inside you, wants to fill you with himself, wants to merge with you, and the thoughts are so rapid-fire he feels insane for a moment before he settles.
You open your eyes and blink up at him, surprised. âHoly shit.â
âTold you.â
âDonât gloat.â You lift your head and kiss the side of his neck, and he adjusts himself and keeps fucking you.
Heâs hit his rhythm now; he deals you hard thrusts and you take them. You beg for more. His arms burn as he arches over you. His calves burn as he drives his cock into you, and sweat beads along his hairline. Heâs covered in a sheen of it, but he doesnât stop. He fucks you hard, and his gold necklace swings in time to his thrusts. It hits you in your face until you hook it with a finger and put the fucking thing in your mouth, and he doesnât know why it's so hotâmaybe it makes him think of your mouth on parts of him instead of just his necklace.Â
He makes you come a second time, and it breaks around you again, leaves you trembling and incoherent, but after you recover, you push him over. Itâs easy for you to doâheâs winded as fuck from all his smokingâand Richie finds himself underneath you as you ride him.
Heâs happy for the break, but heâs happy to see this side of you. Any shyness from earlier is long gone. You sit astride him and bounce on his cock, and it makes your tits bounce too, and he can look down at where he disappears into your tight, wet pussy.
Heâs not going to last much longer, and he tells you so.
âSâfine,â you pant out. âWant you to come too, Richie.â
Then you reach down and take his hands in yours, you place his hands on your tits, and he sort of loves how you take charge at the end. You push your chest into his hands and ride him, and once heâs touching you thereâpinching at your nipples until you arch your backâyou reach down and touch yourself. He watches, transfixed, as you rub a tight circle against your clit, and he can feel you getting close now. Two orgasms down, he can feel the warning signs.
âTry to come with me,â you order him. âWant to feel it.â
Heâs close. Heâs been close for a while, has been forestalling his own pleasure by listing out White Sox statistics in his head. But now he wants to come with you as youâve asked (he wants to do everything for you, anything you ask, he wants all of it, and he struggles to push the thoughts away this time). He breathes in time with your riding, and he feels his balls tighten as his orgasm approaches.
âIâm close,â he warns. âFuck, sweetheart, are you close?â
âY-y-yes.â You close your eyes and drop your head, focusing on whatever youâre feeling.
âGonna come with me?â
âMmm-hmm.â You take a sharp breath, then moan as you come a third time, and if he doesnât quite come with you at exactly the same time, itâs close enough: the way your pussy grasps at him, draws him in deeper is enough to push him over the edge, and he shifts his hands to your waist. He pulls you down onto him and stills, feels the pulse of his orgasm as he spills in the condom.
It takes him a long while to recover. He feels weightless. Boneless. He feels like heâs melting into the covers of your bed. Like he could sleep for a hundred years. Like he could give up cigarettes and Xanax if he could just stay here and fuck you whenever his anxiety or insomnia are too muchâŚ.
You dismount on shaky legs, and you disappear. When you return, youâre in an oversized t-shirt that skims the top of your thighs, and you hand him a warm washcloth.
âYou can take your time,â you tell him. âNo rush.â
Richie reaches down and pulls the condom off. He ties it off and looks around until he sees a waste bin. He tosses it, then flops back down on your bed.
âJust need a minute,â he says, but his voice is already thick with sleep, and he doesnât remember anything else until morning when he wakes up to the smell of strong coffee and sizzling bacon.
He doesnât remember you standing over him, bemused as you watch him snore. He doesnât remember you lying down beside him, covering both of you with a blanket.
And he certainly doesnât remember reaching for you in his sleep. He doesnât remember how you wrap your arms around him, just like that night in the basement of The Beef, and how he sighs at the feeling of you tucked against him again.
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in your eyes, the man that i could be |carmen berzatto x reader| part two
prompt: after carmen finds out you're staying at pete and sugar's house, he goes to try and talk to you. he's faced with his furious sister and harsh truths instead.
or part two of the devastation fic lol that is based off this ask from the other day <3
contains: angst! angst! this one is very much so more carmen focused bc let's be real... he's the problem in this one lol. still hurt with no comfort but more this one than last one?? mentions to past trauma, family trauma. sugar clears carmen in this one. slight mean carmen still, slight angry carmen still. language. dad!carmen x mom!reader. no resolution but the make up is in the next and final part! still heavy so read at your own discretion! word count- 4.8k+
Fak twisted his hands, nervously watching Carmen pace back and forth furiously. One hand running through his hair, tangled and matted from the continued motion; the other lifting and pulling the cigarette to and from his lips. Fak wasnât sure how Carmen wasnât sick yet. Heâd never seen him smoke so much, seen anyone smoke so much.Â
âNeil, Iâm not fuckinâ playinâ anymore, ok? Youâre startinâ to really, really fuckinâ piss me off.â Carmenâs jaw ground tight, voice starting to growl with that gravelly warning shake that had Fak flinching. âYou better tell me where you put my fuckinâ car keys, alright? I-Iâm not sitting here, ok? Iâm not gonna sit around wi-with my fuckinâ thumb up my ass like a jagoff while my wife and kid are a-at fuckinâ Sugar and Peteâs!âÂ
âCarmy,â Fak tried to keep his voice calm and firm, like Sugar and Richie had coached him to, hyping him up before he entered the house. âI canât give you your keys right now, becaus-âÂ
â-Oh, fuck you! Fuck you! Who the fuck do you think you are, huh?â Carmen roared, teeth bared and eyes narrowed.Â
Fak didnât think heâd ever say it, but he missed the sad Carmen from before. When heâd been sent to check on Carmen and Richie, to find out where the hell they were before Sydney had a meltdown in the kitchen, only to find a nearly hyperventilating Carmen and an unsure and frantic Richie trying to calm him. Fak had known Carmen a long time, his whole life, really, and never once had he seen him so⌠so sad.Â
That sadness was long gone now. In its wake, an anger, worse than before, than heâd ever seen or could have imagined. Fak had just tried to comfort Carmen, offer up some encouragement that you and Teddy and Anchovy were all ok, taken care of- at Pete and Sugarâs. He didnât realize how that would flip the switch, how it would infuriate Carmen.Â
âI-Iâm Fak.â Fak blinked, nervously. âYou know me. Iâm your friend, Carm, and I-Iâm just trying to help you-âÂ
â-Youâre trying to help me? Youâre trying to fuckinâ help me by keepinâ me away from my wife?â Carmenâs voice boomed, shaking the walls of the house.Â
Even in his loud rage, the house seemed too quiet, too still. There was no baby TV show on, no hum of the diffusers, or Anchovyâs small purrs and chirps. Carmen missed him, missed him jumping on the counters just to piss him off. He missed you defending him, missed how Anchovy would startle and run anytime Teddy would gurgle or whine.Â
God, he missed Teddy. He spent the first night in the nursery, sitting in the rocking chair, staring blankly ahead, wishing he had the small screaming bundle to rock to sleep.Â
Carmen couldnât bring himself to go into the bedroom. Not again. Not after he found your ring laying there. Heâd scared Richie so badly with his cries that Richie had enforced the âMikey Prevention Planâ, his twisted humor of a way at keeping Carmen from being alone, from hurting himself in his misery.Â
âCarm, I-I canât.â Fak stuttered, looking at the door, begging Richie or anyone, really, to walk through the door. âYou know I canât.âÂ
âThis is fucked up, Neil. You know that? You know how fucked up this is? Keepinâ me from-from Teddy? From my kid?â Carmen took a long drag of the cigarette, smoke blowing out of his nose with his panicked breathing. His hands still shook, everything was still shaky and rattling with uneasiness inside him.Â
âCarm, I- Donât say that.â Fak shook his head, he could feel himself caving. Carmen could too.Â
âYouâre keepinâ me from her, Fak. You know that? You know you-youâre keepinâ me from my daughter? My baby? Donât you-you know how fucked up that is?â Carmen shook his head, lips pursing in disgust. âYouâre lettinâ Richie boss you around like he always does, an-and you know, you know deep down that this is wrong. Keepinâ me from them is wrong.âÂ
Fak hesitated, a nervous sweat breaking out on the back of his neck. âRichie said-âÂ
â-Richie can get fucked. Ric-Richie doesnât know shit! He doesnât know shit, you know he doesnât know shit, a-and youâre lettinâ him tell you what to do? Richie?â Carmen scoffed, throwing his hands out. âThe fuck does Richie know, huh? H-Heâs divorced, an-an-and barely sees his kid-âÂ
â-Hey!-â Fakâs eyes widened in shock. âCarmen, you donât-âÂ
â-Is that what you want? You want me to end up alone?â Carmenâs eyes are wild, crazed, but he goes still. âY-You want me to end up like-like Richie? Li-Li-Like that?âÂ
Fak swallows, both standing in the thick, tension filled silence. âCarmen, I-I canât.â Fak shook his head slowly. âI donât⌠I think you need to, I donât know, I think you need to calm down before you go see them.âÂ
âCalm down, youâre tellinâ me to calm down.â Carmen snarled, bitterly scoffing at Fak. âFuck you. Alright? Fuck you. I will never forgive you for this shit. You hear me? You-You doinâ this to me, keepinâ me from my family. Iâll never fuckinâ forgive you.âÂ
Fak flinched, Carmenâs words cutting brutally through him with a bitter sting. Carmen stormed off, the front door slamming with a force that sent vibrations through the house. Fak was surprised it didnât split the wood in two. Walking towards the front window, he saw Carmen storming off, furiously lighting another cigarette, running a hand through his hair, again. Fak assumed he was out of Spirits, that heâd smoked through another pack, walking to the corner store to get more. After thirty minutes, he called Richie, frantic that heâd let Carmen loose.Â
âWhat part of Mikey Prevention Plan donât you fuckinâ understand?â Richie sneered over the phone, trying to keep his voice low so the new hires didnât hear. As far as they were concerned, Carmen was on a vacation, only the OGs knew the truth.Â
âI-I didnât mean to! I swear!â Fakâs voice lilted high, a shrill of nerves that had Richieâs eyes pinching in annoyance. âI thought he was going to the corner store to get more cigarettes, an-and then he didnât come back for a while-âÂ
â-Whatâs a while?â Richie muttered, catching Tinaâs eye through the glass. She set her rag down quickly, walking towards him.Â
âI dunno⌠Fifteen, thirty minutes?â Fak mumbled. âMaybe closer to an hour now. B-But then I went to look for him, and he wasnât there, so I asked the guy working and he said he hadnât seen him, and-and now Iâm driving around trying to find him. I-Iâm shouting his name out the window and everything!âÂ
âHeâs not a dog, Neil, he wonât-â Richie huffed, pinching the bridge of his nose. âI know where heâs at.âÂ
âYou do?â Fak perked up.Â
âYeah, I mean, no, but I-Iâm pretty sure I know where heâs at since you fuckinâ told him where they were stayinâ.â Richie rolled his eyes bitterly. âJust- Come over here and get me, alright? Let me call Pete- God, you and this fuckinâ kid, got me callinâ Pete. Youâre killinâ me Neil Jeff.âÂ
Richie hung up the phone with a huff, looking up at Tina. âWhatâs goinâ on? Jeff alright? Whatâs he doinâ?â She pressed.Â
âYeah, Fak-Fak fuckinâ lost him.â Richie rubbed his forehead in exasperation. âBut, I think I know where heâs at. Have a pretty good idea, anyways.âÂ
Tina eyed Richie carefully. âRichie, you know I love that kid, you know I do. But if heâs fuckinâ with Mama,â Tina shook her head, lips pursing in fury. It was no secret how taken she was to you, even before the affectionate nickname that came with the pregnancy.Â
âHeâs not,â Richie shook his head. âHeâs stupid, hot headed, a fuckinâ baby- all that. But⌠Câmon, T, you and I both know he loves her. He wouldnât do anything to them. Do somethinâ to himself before that.âÂ
Tina paused but nodded, face softening. âSo, you know where heâs at then? You donât⌠You donât think heâs gonnaâŚâ She couldnât bring herself to say it, looking at the picture of Mikey with Richie, Tina, Ebra, and Marcus only a few months before he passed. Carmen had placed it at the front, a reminder of the legacy that was there before him, of The Beef and his brother.Â
âNo, I hope not.â Richie muttered, looking at his phoneâs screen with dread, Peteâs contact on the screen gleaming back at him nearly mockingly. âI think I know where he is.â He sighed, pressing the button.Â
Pete could feel his phone buzzing in his pants, ignoring it as he held the front door in a white knuckled grip. He hadnât expected to see Carmen there, on his Ring camera, knocking on the door softly, softer than he expected given his manic looking state.Â
âH-Hey, Carm,â Pete closed the door as casually as he could, only leaving a sliver open. âWhat, uh, whatâs up, man?âÂ
âHey, Pete,â Carmen could barely meet his gaze, suddenly overly aware of how disheveled he must have looked.Â
âUh, what-what brings you by?â Pete stuttered, heart picking up when he heard the soft thump behind him, Anchovy lurking behind his legs curiously. He gripped the door, shuffling his legs together, trying to close it on his frame so Anchovy wouldnât slip by.Â
âCâmon,â Carmen sighed, a tired look in his eye, too exhausted to even be pleading. âYou know why Iâm here, alright. I-I know theyâre here.âÂ
âW-Who is? Sugar? Yeah, she-sheâs off today.â Pete stiffened at the claim, swallowing nervously, trying to play it cool. Anchovy meowed loudly behind him, cringing when he was given away by the cat.Â
âPete, donât-â Carmen pinched the bridge of his nose, breathing in slowly, trying to calm the tears that threatened to fall. He could hear Anchovy, hear the sounds of the house- the home. Soft child shows, the hum of the dryer, all the things that made the house feel alive. Carmen would give anything to have his home sound like that again, the silence was beginning to drive him crazy.Â
âWhere is she?â Carmen looks up, his gaze much harder than before, a frantic look beginning to take over his sadness.Â
âI, uh, I-I donât-â Pete stutters, fingers tapping on the wood of the door anxiously.Â
â-Pete, I really donât want you to fuck with me right now, alright?â Carmen takes a deep breath, trying to swallow back his emotions that were already beginning to climb in his throat again. âI need to- I-I need to see her, Pete.â Carmen couldnât bring himself to say your name, sure even the first syllable would have him in tears, breaking down on the front porch.Â
Another meow, louder than before, came before Pete could answer. The soft scratching of Anchovyâs paws on the door, a demanding meow that Carmen knew all too well. Heâd learned to drown it out, or try to. It became nearly a soundtrack to your sex life when youâd first gotten the cat, locking him out of the room so you two could fuck, only for him to yowl and scratch and demand to be let in. Carmen could remember how youâd giggle, pouting at him exaggeratedly to let him in. His heart fell with an ache that was warm yet still made him feel sick.Â
Pete looked down at the cat, then back at Carmen, a hesitant grimace on his face. âCarm⌠You-You know I would,â He started. Carmenâs heart soared with hope, eyes wide, a near adrenaline rush of excitement shooting through his system. âButâŚYou know I canât.âÂ
Carmenâs heart crashed, shattered with the hope heâd finally begun to find, to feel again. âWhat the fuc- Pete, thatâs⌠Pete, câmon. Câmon. Yo-You gotta let me in. Let me in.â Anger surged through Carmenâs chest. He closed his eyes tight and tried to swallow it down. All heâd been is angry. For weeks now, it had been a never ending cycle of anger and sickness and distraught, all amplified to new heights the second you left.Â
Carmen could feel himself spiraling, ears starting to ring again, rushing and roaring flashbacks flooding into his mind. Your face when you left, Teddyâs cries, the criticâs pursed lips, Sydneyâs disappointed face when he forgot something again, Tinaâs eyes cutting. Carmen turned, shaking his hand lightly, trying to do a breathing exercise he saw on YouTube, years ago when heâd moved to New York.Â
His breaths were deep, shaky, but deep enough that it cleared his head, dulled the ringing. His mind wandered back, Richieâs voice ringing in his head. âYou wanna get her back? Quit actinâ like a goddam baby. Quit actinâ like this isnât your own fuckinâ fault. Like you didnât do this shit to yourself, Cousin. Take some fuckinâ accountability, grow the fuck up, and get your motherfuckinâ shit together, alright? And maybe-maybe youâll get your family back.â Richieâs voice rang clear through his mind from a few nights ago, when Carmen was especially mean and awful.Â
âHey, uh, you alright?â Pete hesitated, leaning towards Carmen, his grip on the door loosening.Â
Carmen took a deep breath, running a hand over his face before he turned back towards Pete, eyes shining with tears that threatened to fall. âPete, please? Please?â Carmen begged, voice soft, cracking at the end. âPlease, jus-just let me see her? L-Let me talk to her? Just- Let me tell her tha-that Iâm sorry. Please⌠I need to tell her I-Iâm sorry. Donât-âÂ
â-Carmen?â Sugar gaped, her voice coming from behind Pete. She pulled the door open, shocked gaze dropping into furious, jaw setting in a near snarl. âWhat the fuck are you doing here?â She hissed.Â
âWhy do you think Iâm here, Natalie? Huh?â Carmen snapped in anger, rolling his eyes in annoyance.Â
âOh, youâve got a lot of fucking nerve showing up here.â Natalie snapped back, pulling the door open and stepping out on the porch. She stood in front of her younger brother, arms crossed in a standoff.Â
âPete, go inside.â Sugar sneered, her gaze not moving from Carmenâs. She felt like they were children again, having a staring contest to see who got the last piece of gum from Donnaâs purse, only this time, it was for worse.Â
âNat, I-âÂ
â-I got it.â Natalie said firmly. Pete didnât argue with her, simply nodding, shutting the door softly behind them. Her eyes held Carmenâs gaze, both of them intense, furious at the other for other reasons.Â
âYou should be ashamed of yourself-âÂ
â-I am-âÂ
â-Mortified.â Sugar sneered, giving him a disgusted shake of her head. Carmen shifted, biting his own tongue to keep it from lashing out at her. âDo you know what I came home to the other night? You want me to tell you?-âÂ
â-No, I know-âÂ
â-No, Iâm going to tell you.â Natalie snapped. âI came home after a very long shift because our head chef decided to, oh, I donât know- disappear and go on a psychotic rampage apparently.â Natalie scoffed sarcastically.Â
âAnd I walk through the door, ready for bed. Maybe a glass of wine, maybe a bath, maybe to finally catch up on my shows with my husband; and you know what I found instead?â Sugar took a step towards Carmen, intimidating him with her harsh glare. âI find my husband taking care of your baby because your wife is sobbing-âÂ
â-Donât-âÂ
â-No, no. I mean, sobbing. A total broken mess on my kitchen table, because she said you,â Sugar jabbed a finger at Carmen. âDecided to come home and scream at her. Not only scream, but say some of the most volatile, disgusting things Iâve ever fucking heard in my life to your wife, the mother of your very much so still a newborn baby.âÂ
Carmen felt the familiar wave of nausea wash over him, swallowing back spit that pooled in his mouth with a cry that threatened to fall from his chest. He couldnât bring himself to speak, to look at her gaze anymore. It felt too judgemental, left him feeling too vulnerable and sick of himself under it.Â
âSo let me ask first; What the fuck is the matter with you?â Natalie sneered.Â
âI donât know.â Carmenâs voice was tight, jaw tighter, fighting a tremble that was threatening to break. âI-I donât⌠I donât fuckinâ know. I-I didnât- I didnât mean it-â A single tear fell, slipping out of the corner of his eyes, sliding down his cheek- the final crack in his demeanor.Â
Carmen tried to fight it, deep breaths that burned his lungs and nose to control the tears, keep him from breaking here on his sisterâs porch, but they wouldnât stop. Carmen wasnât sure how he had any tears left, after crying for days on end, how he hadnât shriveled up his tear ducts. Yet here he was, broken sobs slipping out again.Â
Sugar didnât move. Arms still crossed over her chest, lips still fixed in a hard line, watching Carmen with intensity as he broke down, tears flowing in front of her. She didnât comfort him, not that he expected her to. She didnât try to give him words of encouragement, advice on how to right the wrongs like the others did. Instead, she kept a furious gaze on him, unmoved by the tears.Â
âPlease,â Carmen sniffed hard, running the back of his hand over his nose. âPlease, Sugar, please. Ju-Just let me see Teddy. Let me se-ee her. Donât-Donât do this to me. Donât ke-ep my kid away from me-âÂ
â-Me?â Sugar scoffed, pushing her hand into her chest. âOh, no. No, no, no, no. Donât you even start that shit, Carm. Iâm not keeping your kid away from you, letâs make that clear.âÂ
Carmenâs breath hitched when she stepped towards him, toe to toe with him, teeth bared in a grit of anger. âI didnât take your kid away. You know who did? Hm? You.â Natalie snapped, Carmen flinched at the cruelty of her words. âYou did this, Carmen. You did every last bit of this. This is on you. No one else but you.âÂ
Carmen held in a cry that threatened to break out, face crumbling with tears. He rubbed his hand over his face, trying to soothe the burn and hide his distraught. âAnd you know something else? I know you donât remember dad very well, but I do, ok? And lately, youâve been acting just like him.â Sugarâs tone clipped, leaving a burning sting in Carmenâs chest at her words.Â
âYelling just because shit didnât go your way? Do you know part of the reason momâs so fucked up? Why everyone takes her side all the time and babies her? Uncle Jimmy and Uncle Lee? Itâs because dad used to berate her, scream at her so badly- say some of the worst shit in the world because he was stressed out, that those guys would feel bad for her.â Sugar ranted. âAnd I promise you- promise you if I told Uncle Jimmy right now what you said, how I found your wife, heâd agree with me. Maybe even worse.âÂ
Carmen shifted, his heart squeezing in fear now. Jimmy loved you, always had. He held a special soft spot in his heart for you. Worse was probably right, and truthfully, Carmen would accept it- he deserved it. It wouldnât be as bad as how he felt right now.Â
Natalie held Carmenâs gaze, letting her words sink in. She lifted his hand when he started to talk. âI donât-I really donât want to hear it, ok?â Natalie shook her head. âAnd before you start trying to come up with some excuse-âÂ
â-I-Iâm not-âÂ
â- I want you to know something. To hear it and really listen to it.â Natalie paused, waiting until his eyes met hers to continue. âI know youâve been through a lot- Weâve been through a lot. But that doesnât mean you get to just treat people like shit. That you can act like this and itâs ok.âÂ
âI know that.â Carmenâs jaw was tight, strangled words croaking out.Â
âThen act like it.â Natalie snapped. âItâs not easy, none of this is easy, Carm. I mean⌠Do you know that every day- every single day, I wake up and something happens thatâs shitty or rough, and I think about how easy it would be just to grab a bottle of wine or two. Drink myself unconscious like mom does. Just how easy that would be, how nice it would be just to drown myself out instead of face the issues.âÂ
âThereâs days when MJ or Maggie or-or Pete just drive me fuckinâ nuts, and I want to pull my hair out, or scream, or Pete will do something that just pushes me right over the edge and I just want to rage.â Natalie continued, arms waving dramatically. âI want to throw in the towel, take the easy way out, rage, drink myself silly, scream at all of them until I feel better, but you know what? You know what I donât do? I donât do that.âÂ
Natalie crossed her arms, taking a breath to steady herself. âI donât do that to them because I know how that feels.â Her voice cracked, just barely, enough to show the emotion that was hiding underneath. âI know how that felt. I know how that made me feel.âÂ
Carmen could feel his eyes brimming with tears again, too emotional to be embarrassed. Donnaâs many red faced, slurred screaming tyrades came back to his mind. How heâd hide, try and stay quiet and invisible to avoid them. Even as he got older.Â
âI know how that fucked me up. How it fucked them up. How it fucked you up, an-and Mikey up. I mean- how itâŚit fucked our whole life up!â Sugar laughed humorlessly, throwing her hands up in mock defeat. âI just⌠When I think about that, and about how it just ruined all of us. Thatâs the last thing, the very last thing, Iâd ever want to do to my kids, to Pete, t-to anyone, really.âÂ
Carmen nodded, too overwhelmed with emotions to speak. His throat burned, scratchy and sore from screaming and crying. His chest was tight, constricting his lungs, stealing his breath. He was on the verge of an anxiety attack, maybe something worse, yet, he felt eerily calm in the moment. Still even under the shame and hurt her words brought. He sat on the porch, sure his knees would give out soon, head spinning and dizzy with this damning realization.Â
 âYou need to make up your mind. Make a decision, right here, right now.â Sugar continued behind him. Though he couldnât see her, he knew her face was stoic to hide the hurt, hide the emotions. A classic Berzatto deflection trait. âYou need to decide what youâre going to do to be better for your family. If youâre going to continue to be a selfish, piece of shit, or if youâre going to change; be better.âÂ
Carmenâs shoulders shuddered with his next breath, deep but not intentional; like he didnât even know he did it. Too dazed and deep in thought, staring blankly ahead. âI can tell you,â Sugar stepped towards the door. âItâs not comfortable. Itâs not easy. It is so hard some days. You have to fight for it every day, fight to break shit that was drilled into you, fight to recognize that some things you do, you donât even mean to. It takes a lot of work, but⌠Iâd rather fight every single day to be better, to be kinder and softer and more understanding for my family, than to not have them at all.âÂ
Carmen couldnât stop thinking of you. How you were so naturally nurturing and sweet. Youâd always been like that. You were loving and gentle freely. Youâd always been so patient with him. It almost made him feel insecure, inferior, when he thought of it before, but now, he just wanted to return the favor.Â
âYou decide what you want to do, and then maybe- maybe youâll get to see them again.â Sugar turned the door knob, pushing it open. âBut today? Not a chance. Go get yourself together before you try and do this again.â Carmen flinched at the door slamming behind her, harder than he thought it would. Still, he didnât move from his spot on the porch, head in his hands, deep in thought about his future, his past, everything.Â
âThere he is!â Fakâs voice was muffled through the car window, slowly pulling to a stop in Sugar and Peteâs driveway.Â
Carmen looked up slowly, taking a slow, grounding exhale in, just as Richie and Fak climbed out of the car. âCousin, thank fuckinâ- You better be glad heâs here.â Richie glared at Fak.Â
âI am!â Fak chirped defensively.Â
Carmen stood slowly, turning one last time to look at the front door. He couldnât see through the small privacy glass on the door, but he swore he could hear you- hear your voice. Soft and hushed, a little cautious mixing with Sugarâs reassuring one. It took everything in him not to turn and bust the door down, run inside and throw himself at your feet, begging for forgiveness.Â
He knew that time would come.Â
Instead, he walked to the car, sliding in the backseat, ignoring the confused looks Richie and Fak gave each other. âSo, uh, did you-âÂ
â-Donât ask that.â Richie cut off Fak with a bark of annoyance. âWhatâs the matter with you?âÂ
âNothing! I just- I thought we all wanted to know-âÂ
â-Hey, Cousin,â Carmen muttered, staring blankly at the house. Richie hummed, turning to Carmen carefully. âWhatâs, uh⌠You-You said you had someone for me to talk to?âÂ
âYeah,â Richie nodded slowly. âThe therapist?âÂ
Carmen paused, swallowing slowly. âYouâŚYou think sheâd see me now?âÂ
âRight now?â Richie lifted a brow. Carmen nodded slowly, still looking past him, eyes glued on the house. He swore he could see a figure move- your figure, peeking through the blinds before ducking back into the shadows. âYeah, Iâm sure she will. I can⌠I can call her. See what I can do.âÂ
âThanks.â Carmen twisted his wedding band gently, the car jolting gently as Fak started to back out.Â
Fak turned around, looking from the back window to Carmen with a hesitant grimace. âYou ok?â He asked, his voice dropped to a low hush with Richie on the phone beside him.Â
âNo,â Carmen admitted, shoulders slumping in defeat. âNo, I-Iâm not, but⌠I wanna be.â Carmen looked at Fak, eyes glassy with emotion. âI gotta get my shit together. Gotta do better f-for my family.âÂ
Fak nodded slowly, pulling out onto the road, slowly shifting the gears back into place. The car began to roll, Carmen watching Sugar and Peteâs house disappear in the rearview. His heart tore, ripped right down the middle and split at the seams knowing he was leaving you, Teddy- his family behind. It took everything, every ounce of strength not to turn around, not to run back. It hurt, but he realized, this is what Sugar was talking about.Â
So, Carmen went to the other side of town, to the small building where Richieâs therapist was. His counselor heâd started seeing a while back, when he was on his purpose journey.Â
It was weird, weirder than Al-Anon. Carmen felt entirely too vulnerable sitting in that chair, having her stare at him and only him, nodding as he told his âstoryâ- it felt weird to call it that. He didnât want it to be his story, his defining qualities. No, Carmen wanted a new story, a better one with you and Teddy and his family. Heâd told Dr. Mullins that.Â
âI think thatâs a great start, Carmen.â She nodded, giving him a soft smile. âSo, tell me how youâd do that.âÂ
Carmen scoffed lightly, looking down at his hands. âI, uh, I donât really know.â He admitted. âKinda thought thatâs what you were for.âÂ
âYouâre right. Iâm here to help you reach that goal, maintain it.â She nodded. âBut in order to do that, I need to know a little more.âÂ
âLike what?â Carmen muttered. âI donât really remember my dad and all the bad shi-stuff heâd do.âÂ
âYou said you didnât want that to define you, so letâs not talk about that.â She shook her head softly. âLetâs focus on what you want. What kind of life youâd want to live with your family.âÂ
Carmenâs knee bounced, taking a shaky breath. âI⌠I donât want to lose control.â He admitted. âI donât want t-to scream, and say shit I donât mean, and-and to take it out on people who donât deserve it.â He looked up at her. âI donât want to do that again.âÂ
âGood.â Dr. Mullins nodded slowly. âLetâs start there.âÂ
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"GIRLFRIEND"
Carmen Berzatto x Reader (you)
( @softmullet : i want me some tender love from carmy đŠ ) Notes: I believe that if things had gone well in the last episode of the second season, it could easily have gone something like this, I hope this story is enough for you, and i hope u like it. Thank's for the request
Summary: When Carmen's "girlfriend" comes up at the opening of The Bear, at the end of the night they both realize something
It was family and friends night at the restaurant, the first service at The Bear, and Carmen couldn't be more anxious about it. He wanted everything to go well, to serve good service, good food, a good place, he wanted it to be perfect. You went with your friends, Melissa and Isis, to the opening of The Bear. Although Carmen was aware that you might be there, since he was the one who invited you, he hadn't thought you would actually go.
â Cousin, your girlfriend is at table 29.
Richie, who was in charge of the dining area, approached Carmen working in his station. â She's your girlfriend already, right cousin?
â She's here? Carmen asked, not stopping his food preparation.
â Damn, man, figure it out and make her your girlfriend quick. That's what Richie said before leaving the kitchen, leaving Carmen thoughtful
You and Carmen started going out frequently four months ago. Your confidence in what you did, your smile, and the unusual comfort you transmitted to Carmen made anxiety spread through his body. But for the first time, it wasn't the bad kind of anxietyâit felt good to be near you.
Sitting at table twenty-one, you smiled towards Richie, who approached the table with a bottle of wine and a smile on his lips.
â Y/n. Richie said your name as he stopped beside you before continuing; â Excuse me, girls, would you like some wine? I know it's what you like.
â Hi, Richie. You greeted him and your friends smiled.
â Yeah, Iâd love that. Isis smiled at Richie following Melissaâs confirmation beside her.
â How sweet, thank you.
â Thanks. â you thanked politely as you saw him filling your glass. â Things are really good around here, dude. Carm didn't tell me it was all so fancy.
â What do you mean, cousin didn't show off with those fancy cutlery?
Richie teased Carmen, causing laughter from your lips and two mischievous smiles directed at you by your friends.
â Yeah, I don't know, I guess he didn't want to involve me in this. You said shrugging your shoulders as you took a sip of your wine.
â I think he wants to involve you in everything, Y/n Bear. Heâs just not good at it... â the older man nodded and started stepping back â Now Iâll let you enjoy the night, if you need anything, Iâll be at your disposal. He said before disappearing into the dining area.
â Oh no, stay. Isis murmured watching Richie leave while biting her thumb distractedly.
â He's too old for you. You said laughing out loud and snapping Isis out of her daydreams.
â Regardless, sister. Your boyfriendâs friend is hot.
â Carmen is not my boyfriend. You huffed looking at the glass in your hand.
â Oh really, youâre still at this? You sleep at each other's houses, fuck like rabbits, and I feel like the loneliest person in the world when I see you two. What are you? Friends? No way. Melissa said rolling her eyes before laughing and drinking her wine.
â Weâve never talked about it. He didn't grow up with a good image of relationships, I don't want to force anything, sometimes he just wants a fling.
â Right, a fling of a hundred and twenty-one days. Wake up, baby, you heard the hottie, he wants to involve you in everything. Isis said sighing.
â But what if he doesn't want to... he probably didn't even want me here. You said laughing nasally, remembering Carmenâs vague mention a week ago, saying you could come if you wanted to.
â Believe me, Y/n, you have enough personality for him to want you! â Melissa smiled leaning back in the chair â I bet twenty bucks heâll come here just to bring your dish because heâs totally in love with you.
â As if he had time, this is a restaurant and itâs full, Mel...â You said laughing again.
â I think heâll come, I mean, would he really not? Isis shrugged drinking her wine again.
â Alright, letâs see...
Not long after, the conversation that you three had started was interrupted by the huge smile on Melissaâs face. The dishes were placed in front of you and Carmen's eyes fell on you like a magnet.
â Hi.
â Hi, everything is really good, Carm. Congrats.
â Thanks. Uhm, yeah...â Carmen said and at that moment he was grateful not to have anything special to present on your plate because you were too beautiful for him to focus on anything other than you at that table. â You look beautiful and I hope you all have a good time. Enjoy! He said stepping away from the table with a glance before disappearing back into the kitchen.
â Heâs obviously busy and still came to say hi to you. Melissa smiled and groaned while throwing her head back.
â You look beautiful, thatâs the compliment Iâve heard the most on all my dates and this was the first truly sincere one Iâve heard, my god. Isis said smiling while looking at you, smiling at your plate.
â hmm, yeah, heâs sweet.
â I want my money. Melissa said before starting to eat like you and Isis.
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The end of the night had come, the place was less noisy, the last customers were leaving, the kitchen was starting to be cleaned and that meant Carmen was less hectic if everything had gone well.
You had left Isis and Melissa behind in the dining area with Niel and Richie while you looked for Carmen.
Passing by Sydney who was leaning on the counter, you stopped to look at her for a while.
â Hey, Syd. Are you alright? You asked and received a nod from the girl who seemed tired.
â Yeah, Iâm fine, itâs just...you know...all of this was crazy and it was my first night working like this for real, so... itâs a lot. She vented and you sighed agreeing.
â I could say I understand but in reality, I donât understand the pressure you guys have in the kitchen, but I can guarantee you did a great job, everything I ate, the service, everything was great. You said and Sydney smiled at you, understanding why Carmen liked you, it was simple.
â Thanks, Y/n. I think you should tell him that, heâs a bit worried.
â Where is he? You asked, twisting your lips.
â Office. Sydney gestured with her hands, showing you the way and with a grateful smile, you went after Carmen who was found by you sitting in the office, now Natalieâs, with his hands on his head.
â Hey, Chef. You said, standing at the office door waiting for him to let you in.
â Hi. Carmen responded, adjusting his posture and freeing his lap for you to sit on his thighs. There was the confirmation you needed.
â Whatâs wrong? You asked, sitting on him and wrapping your hands around his neck.
â I think I could have done better. He murmured
â You can always do better, Carmy, but what you guys did here today was great. The girls were delighted even with the damn glasses on the table. You murmured and saw Carmen close his eyes, closing his arms around your waist. â You know I wouldnât lie to you if I had any complaints about this place, and I can assure you that things, at least out there, were great. How were they here?
Your voice was calming for Carmen who forced himself to open his eyes and look at the beautiful thing in his arms. â We should be more organized.
â Hm, things like that always happen, you guys will get the hang of it, this was the first service, my love.
And there was the nickname that made Carmen feel like a prematurely lovestruck teenager.
â Iâm really happy you liked it, beautiful. Carmen murmured, bringing a hand to your left cheek.
â You. Should. Relax. â With each pause, you planted a peck on Berzattoâs lips. Once you felt him still tense.
â Why are you so perfect, fuck. Carmen whispered, sucking on your neck and pulling you in for a longer, more heated kiss. â Did you like the wine you drank? He asked, pulling your body closer to his.
â It was you who chose it. Now it makes sense. You laughed softly, playing with the curls of the man below you. â I loved it, thanks.
â I'm happy that you came, I thought you wouldnât. Carmen admitted, which made you make a confused face.
â I almost thought you didnât want me to come. You murmured, embarrassed, and Carmen frowned, pulling your face to look at him.
â I love when youâre near me, please, stay close. He asked with conviction in his words.
â Okay, I will.
â Listen, I-I want you to be my girlfriend, Y/n. But I want to do this right...â Carmen started and before he could finish you stopped him, agreeing.
â I love you, Carmy. You asking me to be your girlfriend or not, itâs okay, we donât need to do this like itâs a race. You agreed softly, looking into his eyes until the mood was broken by Richie shouting from the other side of the kitchen:
â Allright, cousin, enough of the mushiness. We need to close this restaurant. The older man appeared in the doorway and looked at you two with a bored face. â Didnât know we could have sex at work.
â Shut up. Carmen said while you got up from his lap and Richie disappeared from your sight.
â Hey, want to sleep over? Iâll finish quickly. Carmen offered and you smiled, nodding your head gently.
â Sure. You said watching him leave the office and come back in a second.
â And hey, I love you too.
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#carmen berzatto x you#carmen berzatto imagine#carmen berzatto angst#carmen berzatto smut#carmen berzatto x reader#carmen berzatto#carmen berzatto x fem!reader#carmy berzatto x reader#carmy the bear#the bear fanfiction#the bear#the bear hulu#richie the bear
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this was a bit old but drew this based on the idea of uncle paul for richie. Like imagine if ccrp got those bring your kid to work type gathering or something
#justtrashdoodles#hatchetfield#starkid#richie lipschitz#paul matthews#ted spankoffski#peter spankoffski#i think it's a silly idea honestly#like imagine if peter only talked about ted by saying big brother and richie has never seen the guy
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i just want richie to rail me h a r d in missionary whilst holding me hands is that too much for a girl to ask for :(
Not too much at all, nonny đ¤đđĽľ
This derailed into a breeding/daddy kinkâŚ. Sorry đłđĽľ
FILTHY SMUT BELOW THE CUT (minors DNI)
âSh, sh, shh, baby girl, I know,â Richie rasps almost mockingly, âI know you can take it, baby.â
All you can muster is a whimper of a whiny âyesâ nodding frantically as your eyes threaten to roll back into your head.
Richie has you pinned on your back, hands pressed up above your head with his own. The way his long, slender fingers intertwined with yours keeps you grounded as he pounds into you mercilessly.
âGood fucking girl takinâ my cock like that,â Richie growls above you, his rough pace making your drooling pussy ache, âWho makes you feel this good, baby, huh?â
You barely register the words coming out of his mouth as Richie drills his cock into you over and over again, filling your walls with the most delicious stretch.
âRichie,â You whine, your hips bucking up into his with every grinding thrust, âPlease.â
The pressure builds in your core, threatening to implode and spill out all over Richieâs throbbing cock. He grinds into you impossibly deeper â His thick head reaching that spongey spot inside you that makes your toes curl.
Your veins run white hot as the blinding pleasure overtakes your senses, every nerve in your body suddenly on fire in the most mind-numbing way. A high pitched moan falls from your lips as your walls pulse erratically around Richieâs aching cock.
âJesus, baby, fuck! Keep squeezinâ me like that baby girl, come on,â Richie growls as his punishing pace wavers for the first time. He tries desperately to keep his own orgasm at bay while he fucked you through yours and into oblivion.
As you slowly drift back to reality, you wrap your legs tightly around Richieâs hips to keep him deeply stuffed inside your drooling pussy. He groans as he realizes what youâre doing, knuckles turning white as he squeezes your hands.
âCum in me, baby,â You whine, surprising yourself at your boldness, âPlease, daddy, fill me up.â
Richie hisses something akin to âholy fuckâ and explodes inside you, shooting rope after rope of his hot seed deep into your aching core.
Both of you are a sweaty, panting mess as Richie slowly pulls out of you and grants you another pleasant aftershock as his swollen tip brushes your clit.
Your sudden jump causes him to finally release your hands after what feels like forever and lean down to cradle your face. His lips canât help but curl into a smile as he kisses you softly, pecking your lips a few times before drifting onto his side and pulling you along with him in a tight embrace.
You lay there tangled up in each other for a while, letting your heart rates slowly return to normal. Richieâs strong arms keep you snuggly pressed to his chest while he presses soft kisses to your forehead, cheeks, nose; anything he can reach.
After a few minutes, you squeeze him gently and try to sit up, but Richie pulls you back to him.
âStay just a minute, baby, sâall,â He practically begs of you, âStay right here mama.â
You let out a soft giggle as you realize what he really wants. Happy to oblige, you roll onto your back and guide one of his hands to your tired, drooling pussy. Both of you groan as he pushes some of his hot load back inside you with two fingers.
âFuuuuck, sweetheart, you oughtta be more careful,â He props himself up on his elbow to meet your face with his, âOne of these times Iâm gonna put a baby in you.â
You smiled and shook your head at Richieâs silly act, knowing full well he wanted nothing more than you get you pregnant.
âWell,â You leaned up to kiss his lips sweetly, âI sure hope thatâs a promise, Daddy.â
#richie the bear#richie x reader#richie jerimovich smut#richie jerimovich x reader#richie jerimovich#shut up richie#kdogreads#the bear#the bear imagine#the bear smut#kinktober 2023
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All I'm saying is if Richie "Anime Weeaboo" lipschitz and Ruth "Scifi Fantasy Geek" Flemings knew they existed in a story deemed the Hatchetverse where practical Gods named the Lords In Black ruled over a dimension called the Black And White?
They'd wanna fuck themđ¤ˇ
#richie lipschitz#nerdy prudes must die#ruth fleming#starkid#starkid npmd#npmd#Richie and ruth are monsterfuckers you cant convince me otherwise#They commision steph to draw it too#Cause i imagine her being a good artist#the lords in black#wiggly#the black and white
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Pov: If u were in the Bowers Gang or Losers Club
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Tell me which one u'd pick and also if u wanna see a male version.
Bowers Gang:
Losers Club:
(Idk I got bored and did it. I'm definitely Bowers gang lol)
#it 2017#bowers gang#losers club#It#pennywise#bowers gang imagines#henry bowers#patrick hockstetter#victor criss#belch huggins#billy hargrove#beverly marsh#richie tozier#eddie kaspbrak#losers club imagine#it movie#henry bowers x reader#patrick hockstetter x reader#bowers gang x reader#bowers gang imagine#losers club x reader
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