#the alarm at my job has no battery so i come in and it immediately starts BLARING and the keypad is dead so i cant turn it off.
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sant-riley · 1 year ago
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MW3 SPOILERS FOR WHO DIES //
Yk what ever fucking since I saw Soap die in front of me, I have not had one moment of fucking peace y'all, this is fucking insane.
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jazzyblusnowflake · 7 months ago
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mini update yay-
so lets see, ill start off apologizing for being dead- exam season is around the corner and the only good thing about that will be that i will no longer have to teach or design papers- so i can probably draw a bit again, hopefully at least- so i WILL get back to the requests yall have sent me i promise uwu💕
tho bad news comes in the form of my school principles and viceprinciples bullying me because im a newbie, saying im not good at my job and putting their shortcomings as my fault because who wouldnt like to blame someone else for something they werent able to do- and i feel like the abuse im taking in this toxic environment is convincing me slowly to quit my job and start risking less stable jobs even if it means being my daddies little house girl again for a while. 🙄 at the very least even if im leaching off my parents i still actually HAVE somewhat decent parents and thats not something alot of people could say and im greatful for that.
the audacity was well shown when the principle went on the teachers meeting and was like "some of the teachers here who i will not name dont know how to do their job-" and then told me that i only got my job cuz my dad is rich [which yeah sure my daddy studied 4 years of uni and then credited me sure mmhmm makes sense.] and honestly i feel like im surrounded by 50 year old toddlers-
overall, learning to adult is difficult and im glad some people are helping me figure out how to put together a resume and apply for jobs and all that.... but i guess the next bad news comes in the form of us leaving for russia. i dont hate seeing other countries but having my life uprooted immediately after work ends and summer starts and selling off the car and putting stuff in boxes and yeeting ourselves via plane to live somewhere else for the next 4 years in pure isolation is not something my mental health is gonna be haha about. esp since im gonna have to talk to my therapist and doctor to give me enough meds for me to be able to search for another doctor while im there to give me similar treatment. ughhhhhhh.
overall i feel like i have reached a lovely level of ✨️no longer giving a shit about existance✨️ and thanks to some friends i was convinced juuuuust enough to reconsider ending myself :) in my defense, google was getting annoying for only bringing up hotlines =_=
my eyes cant see well anymore due to constant crying and emotional numbness has taken over me, so i apologize if i may seem out of it or a lil blunt at times when im talking lol i no longer have the energy to PRETEND and hold a mask to seem SOCIALLY appropriate and in this last month of school im gonna be making it everyone elses problem at school.
but other than that im looking forward for school ending so i could just sleep for a while without waking up BEFORE my alarms at 5am.
ok lets see what else uhh... my bday is on 19th and i pray to lord nobody makes a surprise party for me here, the anxiety of being in crowds is already kicking me in the ass im not ready to pretend to have a social battery ugh.
okay thats it mostly, i think.
i actually made this update MINI get it? :D
...ill show myself out...
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dysfunctionalcrab · 4 years ago
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babysitter
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pairing: georgenotfound x reader
pronouns: gender neutral
description: george is left to babysit your niece
warnings: mentions of a future family? just in case that makes you uncomfortable.
[y/n/n] - your nieces name
[y/s/n] - your siblings name (gender neutral too)
note: i’m not too sure about this imagine, please a like or reply if you actually enjoyed! - niss
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you woke up to the sound of your alarm blasting your ear off, if you hadn’t turned it off right there you probably would have gone deaf.
george was sleeping like a baby beside you, you could hear his quiet snores. you were surprised he didn’t wake up to the sound of your ear-piercing alarm.
turning on your phone, you glanced at the time that read 12:30. you sighed in annoyance as you registered that you only had half an hour before you had to be on your way to university. so you got up and began your normal morning routine, brush your teeth, shower, have breakfast and finally get dressed. however, as you were packing your bag, almost ready to go, you received a notification from your [sibling]
[y/s/n]: we’re 5 minutes away!!!
[y/s/n]: thank you so much for agreeing to do this :)
fuck.
it completely slipped your mind. you had promised to take care of [y/n/n] for today, your 7 year old niece, while your [sibling] was at their job interview. regardless, you texted them a quick ‘no problem’ before rushing upstairs to wake up george.
he was still sleeping, but now he was completely hiding under the covers with one arm sticking out. you hated to interrupt his beauty sleep but this was more important. you began to shake him awake.
“babe,” you shook him
“wake up,”
“george,” you removed the covers off his face
“wake the fuck up!” you started poking his sides. usually, you would be a little less... harsh, but you were panicking.
finally the boy rose from his slumber, groaning and stretching all his limbs. he blinked a couple times before meeting your eyes
“good morning,” he said softly, as if he completely just disregarded your tone of desperation and worry.
you pulled him by his arm and he sat upright,
“you need to get up right now,” you told him
“what’s going on?” he questioned, clearly confused as you weren’t giving him any context
“you need to take care of [y/n/n] for today, i have classes today, and i need to leave in 5 minutes and [y/s/n] has a job interview and there’s nobody else to take care of her,” you rushed out all in once sentence.
“are you serious?” he narrowed his eyes at you. “you know how bad i am with kids, especially [y/n/n] , she hates me,”
that was partly true. unfortunately, your niece wasn’t exactly fond of george. ever since you even started dating,m, [y/n/n] acted cold towards your boyfriend, it only got worse when you moved in with him. she always refused to play a game if george was going to participate, or never accepted any high fives or hellos from him. you felt sympathy for george. this child despised him and now you were asking him to look after her.
“please, i’m begging you,” you looked at him with pleading eyes. his eyes softened up after recognising the urgency of the situation.
“fine,” he agreed. you sighed out of satisfaction that you didn’t have to stress out [y/s/n] over finding a new baby sitter.
“thank you so much,” you pressed a small kiss to his lips appreciatively.
right at that moment, you two heard the doorbell ring. you urged george to get ready as fast as he could while you went down stairs and greeted your [sibling] and your niece.
“auntie/uncle [y/n]!” [y/n/n] yelled as you opened the door, immediately rushing into your arms. she looked a lot taller than the last time you saw her
“how’s my favourite girl?” you picked her up and swung her, before placing a little kiss on her head
you gave your [sibling] a quick hug. they handed you a bag full of toys, teddies and colouring pens, along with a spare set of clothing just in case [y/n/n] got a little messy throughout the day. and some quick reminders about her favourite foods or how to get her stop crying. you’d looked after her before, so all of it was pretty familiar to you
“again, thank you so, so much, you have no idea how much you’re helping me.” they told you. your [sibling] gave [y/n/n] a kiss on the cheek and told her to be a ‘good and kind little girl’ before finally exiting the household.
george, at last, made his way down. wearing a decent pair of jeans and a hoodie, giving an awkward wave to [y/n/n]
you checked the time and knew you had to get going. you had to explain to her that uncle george was going to be the one looking after her today. and after one whole tantrum, you managed to convince her to be a good girl by promising to give her a big reward afterward.
finally, you kissed [y/n/n] and george a goodbye , then shut the front door behind you.
george and [y/n/n] stood opposite each other. there was an uncomfortable silence in the air. george felt so...he didn’t even know. what do you say to a child who hates you? [y/n/n] tightly clutched her bag of toys.
“so, [y/n/n],” george cleared his throat, he bent down to her level. “i hear you like toy story?”
[y/n/n] pouted “i don’t like you” she said, and stomped away.
george sighed. this was going to be a long day.
and it was.
-
it started off with [y/n/n] innocently using her colouring pens and drawing random things, you know, as children do. but when she ran out of paper, she made her way to your office, where all your uni work was. she grabbed the closest piece of paper that was sitting on your desk, deciding it was going to be the next canvas for her art. this paper just happened to be a very important assignment.
when george caught her in the act, he had to physically tear her away from your office, in defiance of all her kicking and screaming.
-
then, when george accidently left the door to your shared bedroom open. [y/n/n] waddled in without him noticing, she started playing with all of his devices. his computer, his microphone, and somehow she got a hold of his headphones, and took out the battery. george didn’t realise until he noticed the cover missing. he tried to ask her nicely where she threw the battery. but she insisted that she wasn’t going to give it back unless he stopped being ‘mean’
-
when lunch time rolled around, george put a pizza in the oven, he remembered clearly that [y/n/n] loved pizza, specifically pepperoni. nothing could go wrong here.
but when he called her to the kitchen so she could receive her lunch. she just stared blankly at the pizza, and then at him. she crossed her arms
“[y/n] usually makes a smiley face with the pepperoni”
george just felt all his will to live just disappear
-
coloured pens and toys were spread out all across the living room floor, [y/n/n] was sitting in front of the tv, george put on one of her favourite shows which thankfully distracted her for a bit, allowing him to relax. he pulled out his phone and texted you
to [y/n] <3 : help me please
to [y/n] <3: i cant take this anymore, i’m literally dying rn
to [y/n] <3: come home quick
he exhaled heavily, throwing his phone to the side. he was so exhausted.
[y/n/n] was roleplaying with her toys, making them move around and doing squeaky little voices. george smiled at the innocence
“purple bear doesn’t play with us anymore. princess giraffe, mr. george took her away from us,” she spoke in a high pitched voice
george’s ears perked up. how funny that she had a teddy named ‘mr. george’. curiously, he watched the little girl.
“koala george, is a meanie, he stole purple bear and now they don’t want to hang out with us!”
it didn’t take a genius to find out what [y/n/n] was displaying through her role playing teddies.
that was why she didn’t like george. before they got together, [y/n] mentioned they almost spent every weekend with [y/n/n], playing with her and having fun with her.
she felt abandoned by [y/n] and felt as if george had taken them away from her .
george felt at fault as he noticed the girls eyes started to water.
“does purple bear love us any more?” she continued to play.
george decided it was enough and he switched off the television. he joined [y/n/n] on the floor and grabbed the teddy that was supposedly ‘koala george’
“[y/n/n]” he spoke softly. the little girl looked up at him expectantly. he held up the teddy.
“is this supposed to be me?” he questioned her.
“that’s a koala bear,” she answered
“no-, [y/n/n],” he said. he thought about how to ask her, and just chose it was best to be flat out with the child,”
“did i steal auntie/uncle [y/n] away from you?”
the question took her by surprise. she gazed at him with big wide eyes. she thought about her answer and grabbed the purple bear, which was supposed to be you.
“they don’t play with me as much anymore, they’re always with you, because of you, they don’t love me anymore,” she pulled a face, it wasn’t angry, it wasn’t annoyed.
it was a genuinely sad face.
george was sure he physically felt a pang of guilt in his stomach. he never even comprehended the fact that a child could feel so rejected.
“listen... [y/n/n],” he said gently. he thought about his words. comforting someone wasn’t exactly his strongest point, particularly not a child who detested him “[y/n] will never stop loving you, okay? they love you very much, and i’m sorry you feel like i stole them ”
[y/n/n] continued to listen.
“but don’t forget that [y/n] has so much love to go around! look, they love you, and they love me, they love grandma and grandpa too! they will always love one another even if they can’t see each other often,”
[y/n/n] stayed silent. she fiddled with the purple teddy, folding its ears and patting its head. she loved that bear. it was actually gifted to her by you, when she was first born. she brought it to her chest and hugged it. george tried a different approach.
“listen, how about- this weekend, we can all go to the park together, and have a picnic. you, me, [y/n], and your parents too,”
she continued to just stay silent. george didn’t know what to expect, she was unpredictable, was she going to throw another hissy fit? or start to cry? he wasn’t sure
“can we also get ice cream?” she asked
george smiled and felt himself relax. thank god. “all the ice cream you want,” he told her
[y/n/n] stood up and giggled. like her whole entire mood did a whole fucking 180. “okay! let’s go play dress up now!”
———
7:45 pm. you finally arrived home. you were tired out of your mind. [y/s/n]’s interview was delayed by two hours and was currently half way back home, meaning you had enough time to spend with [y/n/n]
you unlocked the door, expecting to see a giant tsunami of toys and colouring pencils and pens, but what you saw was the most heart warming thing ever.
george was sleeping on the couch, his head resting on the armrest. he had a couple pink bows in his hair, his lips were painted a hot pink, he was wearing a couple sparky bracelets and a purple floral necklace.
in his lap, [y/n/n] rested her head, she was wearing a fairy costume with matching pink bows and sparkly bracelets.
you quickly snapped a photo of this wholesome moment. because, who wouldn’t? you spent a few minutes just watching the two sleep, they were probably just as tired as you.
moments like these made you really appreciate the people you had in your life. the people you love so dearly much.
you didn’t want to disrupt the ambience but you felt it was better for your [sibling] to collect your niece when she wasn’t covered in glitter and an overload of pink accessories.
you quietly woke george up,
“baby, wake up.” you shook him awake, gently. in a very different way than you did this morning. he opened his eyes. and immediately smiled upon seeing your face. you ran your thumb across his cheek
“it looks like you two had a lot of fun,” you teased.
he quietly chuckled. “she’s okay,” he told you. looking down at the little girl sleeping in his lap.
you slowly and carefully picked her up, removing any accessories you thought may seem uncomfortable to sleep in. she was a heavy sleeper.
you carried her upstairs, tucking her into you and george’s bed and placing a kiss upon her forehead. you turned back to george and rushed in for a bear hug
“thank you so much for doing that,” you said. “i love you so much, i know it probably wasn’t easy, she can be quite the handful,”
george chuckled. “handful is an understatement,”
“you’d better be willing to dress up like that with our own kids one day.” you stated, hugging him tighter.
his face broke out into a small smile, having thought of an image of you two playing with you future kids. he kissed top of your head and then your nose
“maybe one day”
———
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ambertea · 3 years ago
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together
(read on AO3)
Day two of the Doctorrose Fic Marathon! Based on the prompt "holding hands".
“I want a job.” He announced one morning. Rose was hovering over a mirror as she lined her eyes with dark pencil. “I was thinking Torchwood.”
She stayed silent, her eyebrows furrowing as she rubbed at the mascara that had fallen under her eyes. His feet lead him to stand behind her, and he watched his nervous face reflected back at him.
“Is that okay?”
She nodded at herself in the mirror and straightened. “Talk to Pete.”
“Well, actually, I was thinking your department sounded more interesting.”
She turned and stared at him flatly.
“Tell me what my department does.”
“Alien…stuff.” He replied, rubbing at the back of his neck.
She brushed past him and his hands snatched at her wrists, quickly dropping them at the look on her face.
“Rose, please.”
Her eyes flicked to the clock behind him. “I’m running late.”
“Tomorrow, then?” He asked eagerly. She nodded.
“Tomorrow, yeah. Sure.”
The door banged behind her, and he collapsed onto the bed and let the silence taunt him once more.
It was nice, being stuck in one place, nice in a way that made his muscles tense and his fingers curl. The next-door neighbours always smiled at him when he put out the bins, and the girl at the coffee shop didn’t even ask for his order anymore, just thrust it at him with her usual dreary rage. The kids on the street all knew his name – well, one of his names – and called out to him to play football with them or help them with their homework.
Rose enjoyed it less. Everywhere she went, whispers followed. People eyed her nervously in the supermarket, would press themselves against the shelves as though she was an elephant thundering past, rather than a small human woman trying to buy milk.
Everyone he asked about it had just shrugged. Rose herself had ignored him entirely, but whether that was due to the question itself or just his presence was unclear.
He had spent three long years away from her, yet he had never missed her quite like this. She slept beside him—apparently, the only proof he had was slightly creased sheets and makeup stains on her pillows—and then would disappear with a cursory “Torchwood” thrown over her shoulder. Her phone, that was literally always in her hand, was apparently incapable of picking up his calls or answering texts, and his own only mocked him with read receipts.
He had thought she would understand this new him. He had changed his entire body before, and it was less than a day after that she had been holding his hand and snuggling into his side. It had been four months now, in this universe, four long and agonising months of sitting indoors and waiting for something to happen. Every time he looked at her, he hoped for some flood of recognition, a moment where she realised he was still him and so they ought to just get on with it.
Every day that passed brought less and less hope that that would ever happen.
“Wake up. Hey, wake up.”
He opened his eyes, blinking against the bleariness of sleep. A fan of blonde hair tickled the sides of his face, and brown eyes watched him blankly.
“Rose?”
“Come on.”
He sat up, stretching out his arms and working the kinks out of his back. The windows were dark, and the traffic outside was only loud, rather than its usual deafening. Rose folded her arms and stared down at him, and he fidgeted slightly under her gaze.
“What’s going on?”
“You wanted Torchwood. It’s time for Torchwood. Put these on,” she ordered, throwing some boots on the floor. “We need to go.”
“Right.” He said, limbs failing in his haste to stand. The room flickered with darkness for a second and he cursed stupid human blood pressure. “Where are we going?”
“Coast.”
“Which coast?” He asked, wrestling the boots onto his bare feet. Rose rolled her eyes and threw a jacket at him.
“The one next to the sea. Now come on, hurry up.”
He thrust his arms into the jacket and hurried after her retreating form. A blast of cold hair hit him like a bucket of cold water, and he wrapped his arms tightly around his sides as he shuffled forwards. Rose’s phone was at her ear, her voice hard as she barked out her instructions.
“Solomon street. Now.”
A green SUV whizzed round the corner, skidding to a stop perfectly in front of them. A young man stepped out, ginger and pale, and immediately saluted.
“Ma’am.”
“Thank you, Stewart. I’ll take it from here.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
The boy turned and marched down the street, picking his direction seemingly at random. Rose jumped into the drivers’ side and looked at him impatiently. He gawked at her through the window.
“What’s going on?”
“Later. C’mon.”
Her hands were white around the steering wheel, and he stared at them, feeling dread settle in his gut. The engine started up with a groan and he quickly ran around and jumped into the passenger side.
Before he could even reach for his seatbelt, the car lurched into action, and his head slapped into the headrest.
“Sorry,” Rose mumbled, her eyes not moving from the road as the speed only went up. He nodded frantically, quickly securing himself and then gripping tightly at the edges of the chair.
“Where are we going?” He asked, voice unnaturally high. For a moment, he thought he saw her mouth curve upwards, but within a second it was back to the same flat mask.
“Where do you think?” She scoffed. “Where else? Bad Wolf Bay.”
Their journey to Norway passed in heavy silences that were only occasionally broken by questions that Rose only ignored. He fiddled relentlessly with the cuffs of his shirt and tried to calm his stupid single heart, that pounded and screamed in his ears.
This, more than anything else, was what he hated about this world – he was never in control here, never understood what he should be doing, or what he should say. He never used to care about that stuff before. His life had always been spontaneous, he had prided himself on it in some sick, sad way, but all he could long for now was a sliver of certainty.
Was this how she would finally dump him? On the very beach they were headed towards, she had kissed him, and at the time it had felt like a hello. It seemed now it had been more of a goodbye. He had always known Rose, could always reliably understand what was going through her head at any given point. The woman he had been left with seemed like someone else entirely. A stranger, with the face of the woman he loved the most.
His whole species had died – all his family, all his friends. But this loneliness was far more insidious and hung heavily in the space between his bones.
“We’re here,” Rose said, and he startled. She jumped out of her seat and walked round to his door, flinging it open. He watched her eyes staring carefully at the space between his eyebrows. “Come on.”
“I don’t want to.”
“What, you think I’m going to drown you?”
“Well, I do now.”
She sighed. "I’m not. I promise you’re going to want to see this.”
He gazed at her, trying to understand what was behind the tense line of her mouth and her unwavering stare. Nothing revealed itself.
Unclipping his belt, he got out of the car and slammed the door behind him. Rose reached out, grabbed his hand, and pulled him towards the beach.
It was hushed, only the angry crash of the waves breaking the idyllic landscape. His eyes flickered towards where it happened – where the TARDIS had landed and stranded him in this world of mystifying social cues and angry faces.
Her hand was clasped around his own tightly, as though trying to stop him from running away, but that was the last thing on his mind. It had been so long since he had held her hand. It was as comforting as it was devastating.
“Before the stars started going out,” Rose whispered, her soft voice carrying through the wind. “I was working on a way to get back.”
“The dimension canon.”
“Yeah, but other things too. We dumped them all when the canon started working.”
Her face was sad, wistful even and he squeezed her hand tightly. She startled, looking up at him, and he was alarmed by the wetness of her eyes.
“And?”
“And I’ve been working on one of them. Since…since we came back.”
His heart had literally leapt into the back of his throat. It was the only plausible explanation for the lack of air, for the way his whole body was screaming at him to go, to get out now. He hung his head and kicked at the sand.
“This is where the walls are weakest. We made a sort of, um, portal. You can just step through, see.”
She reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. With a tap of a key, a bright swirl opened around them, wind whipping around it angrily. He stepped back and pulled her with him.
“It’s not possible.”
“Same phone you gave me. Energy source from the original universe. Battery never runs out, so—”
“—so it has the power to send you back.” He finished darkly. She shook her head.
“No. Enough power to send you back.”
He thrust away from her hand and stared at her. She had tears running down her cheeks, and her eyes were wide and sad.
“No.”
“You’re not happy here.” She whispered, pulling on her earring.
“Neither are you.”
“No.” She agreed with a half-hearted chuckle.
“Rose,” he said desperately, clutching at her hands again, pressing his body as closely to hers as he could. “Rose, no. Please. I’m still the Doctor. I swear—the exact same man. I want to be here with you.”
Her hand came up and rested lightly on his cheek. He leaned into it, kissing her palm, greedily clutching at this small token of affection.
“I know,” she whispered. “Exact same man.”
“Yes! I’m him; I am exactly him—”
“The same man who left me on this beach.”
The wind from the portal settled. The sea calmed. Silence reigned.
“I stayed with you.”
“But left, as well.”
He was still clutching at her. His hands snaked around the back of her neck, pulling her forehead to his. Rose’s eyes were tightly shut. His were wide and searching.
“I don’t understand,” he whispered to her, and she only squeezed her eyes tighter, mascara leaking from her eyelashes.
“You left me, again. You didn’t even say goodbye. Why do you never say goodbye?”
“Rose—”
“I did everything I could do get back to you. Everything. Terrible things. But—” She opened her eyes and stared at him with open devastation. “You didn’t want me.”
“Of course, I did, I do.” he whispered. She ignored him.
“You just—left you here. To deal with me. To stop me trying to come back again, or whatever.” She cleared her throat and stepped out of his embrace and rubbed angrily at her eyes. “But it’s okay. I’ll stay here. I want you to be happy.”
“Rose, please.” He begged, voice breaking. He tried to grab her hand again, but she was stepping away from his embrace, arms wrapped tightly around herself. “I want to be with you. I told you, didn’t I?”
“You said you could spend your life with me.”
“Yes—yes—please. I want that. I swear I want that. He had to go; you know he had to. But I,” his face broke into a tiny, happy smile. “I got to stay.”
She stepped forwards cautiously, her hands shaking. He stayed as still as he could, resisting the urge to pull her tightly into his arms.
“You were dumped here too. You didn’t get a choice, either.” She whispered. He smiled and gently took her hand.
“I didn’t need a choice. My answer will always be you.”
She flung herself into his arms, and he clung to her desperately, nuzzling his face into her hair. Her hands were everywhere – along his back, down his arms, his neck. They clutched at his jaw and he pulled back, just a little, so he could take her in properly. There was still pain splashed across her face, but a cautious hope lit up her eyes.
“I love you.” He whispered. “Please let me.”
“Okay.” She whispered back.
She untangled herself from his embrace, and pulled out her phone, closing the portal as quickly as she’d opened it.
He offered out his hand, and she took it, a smile playing across her face.
“Together?”
“Together.” She nodded.
He pulled her away from the beach, feeling, for the first time in months, that they might just be okay.
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mypimpademia · 4 years ago
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Hi! If you aren't too busy or anything, I'd like to request Izuku, Kristina, and Mirio x reader where the reader has ADHD and is super incredibly behind on homework and is really stressed about getting everything done (online school and executive dysfunction is a terrible combination, I'm so behind on everything but I just can't get myself to start working...)
Midoriya x adhd!reader, Kirishima x adhd!reader, Mirio x adhd!reader
TW: Maybe some swearing
Note: online school fucking sucks, couldn't imagine having adhd on top of it. But I believe that you'll get through it, so good luck anon :)))
Also, im guessing and hoping you meant kirishima😭
For plot purposes, this takes place during fall break
Taglist: @myhoodacademia @bnhainthewoo @iiminibattlehero @ecao @v-vpluto @cheerfulpeople1234 @strawberry-ice @mixxfi @renzai @liltodo @wolfkid22 @mythiccheroacademia @myfandemons @melanimed @sheepydumpling
MIDORIYA.
You call Midoriya over to talk to him about how stressed you are with your work
He can't really relate to what your saying, nor can he fully understood since he doesn't have adhd, but he promises to help you to the best of his abilities
"I'm sorry youre so stressed baby... I dont know how much help I can be but I'll try!"
He starts by helping you email Mr. Aizawa and the rest of your teachers about your struggle with adhd, and asks that they excuse you for late work, and maybe even extend the date on any projects you have
"I'm glad its fall break... now we'll have more than enough time to work on everything!"
Izuku sets up a schedule for the entire week on everything you need to work on
It has work times labeled with what exactly you should be working on at that time (projects, regular assignments, any late tests, etc.), break times, and the days are split up by subject
"Alright so, we'll work on all your core classes first from Saturday to Tuesday since those a priority... then we can work on your elective classes Wednesday through Saturday. Oh, that should give you Sunday off to work on any assignments we missed."
It sounds like a lot to you at first, but when he actually gives you the schedule, he organized it perfectly so you could go about your daily routine while still getting caught up on school
Izuku clears your entire room from any distractions first, unplugs the TV and turns it around, puts away any toys you might have, takes your phone and turns it off, and uses his phone to set all the alarms
Izuku sits right next to you while you do all your work, and helps you when you need it, occasionally tapping you when you start to zone out
During your breaks, he lets you get water, have your phone for awhile, eat if youre hungry, and Izuku cuddles you and tells you youre doing a great job
You manage to finish everything by the end of the break, and get the highest possible grade you can in every class
Izuku treats you by taking you to your favorite restaurant :)
KIRISHIMA.
You call him crying about how stressed you are with school, and hes immediately determined to help you because you're his s/o and he loves you, plus its the manly thing to do
Eijiro rushed to your dorm, all his notes (especially the ones bakugo helped him on) and textbooks in hand
He puts your TV remote far out of reach, and puts the batteries to it in a separate place, takes your phone and other electronics and shuts them off, and uses his phone as a timer
"Alright, let's start with (insert subject youre most behind on)."
You both work on as many assignments as you can with 30 minutes on the clock before you get a 5 minute break
While you type everything down, Eijiro uses his phone to get the answers so you can tag team your work to make it easier, and he gets you back on track when ever you get distracted
Once the w 30 minutes is up, he gives you your phone and sets his five minute timer
You do this routine about 2 more times... but Eijiro doesn't exactly have the best attention span either
So he ends up forgetting to set a timer for your breaks, and next thing you know its been an hour since you did your work
Eijiro calls up Bakugo to come help since he can hardly even keep time
Bakugo yells at him over the phone, but comes in 5 mins later
He takes Eijiros job of getting the answers, while Eijiro is assigned time keeper as well as having the job of keeping you on track
You work for a total of 4 hours, and then you're done for the day
Bakugo recommends repeating the process for another week, so you can work on one period a day
You and Eiji thank him for helping, and Eijiro tells bakugo he doesn't have to help anymore
He promises that he'll help you without getting Bakugo
"I promise to help you without calling anyone else over! It was just today, you're my s/o, I'm supposed to help you. Plus, it's the manly thing to do!"
You manage to finish it all the Tuesday after break
It took a little longer, and you finished late than you wanted, but you were relieved to be finish
You, Eiji, and the rest of Bakusquad went to a bakery to celebrate:)
MIRIO.
You didn't even have to tell him
He already knew you were struggling, so he popped over to your dorm one day with textbooks and notes
"Alright Sunshine, let's start on this work, shall we?"
He lets you set everything up while he puts away all distractions
Unplugs your TV and turns it around, takes your phone and shuts it off, puts away any other electronic device or toy of some sort, or anything else that could distract you
"Alright, lets start with the class you have the least work in!"
Eases you into your work
You start off by doing as much work as you can with 30 minutes on the clock before you get a 5 minute break
When the timer goes off, you get your phone, but its right back to work after 5 minutes
But he adds 30 minutes, and has you work for an hour and then gives you a 10 minute break
Taps you when he thinks you're zoning out even a little, and gives you check ins
"Everything alright, Pumpkin?"
After the hour is up and you get you break then he adds 15 minutes and gives you a 12 minute break, and so on...
He stops when you've been working for about 3 hours for a quick lunch break
Mirio makes sure you eat a good meal to help you focus a little more
You end up working a full 8 hours, but it honestly felt shorter with Mirio helping you
You manage to finish everything in just 5 days
Mirio takes you to a little bakery by campus as a treat
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leahseclipse · 4 years ago
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More fear than harm
Pairing: Spencer Reid x Luke Alvez x fem!reader
Summary: Panic sets in when Luke and Spencer are told about a potential terrorist attack coming on a case, while their partner happens to be home with their child. 
Warnings: Mentions of case, usual cm stuff, all of them are worried asf messes
Category: Fluff/ a bit of angst
Word count: 4.4 k
A/N: hEllo!!!! I’m here for another fic :) It was @imagining-in-the-margins​ who gave me the original prompt, so I took it in!!! It’s my first Ralvez fic, so I’m really excited! Another one might come around soon!!! I hope everyone enjoys :)
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          The peace and calm that they had finally managed to find in what seemed like an eternity quickly disappeared as soon as they took conscience of it, with a pleasant surprise known as: a case.
It kind of...ruined the mood of everyone, but after Luke and Spencer saw their partner’s reaction as they woke up at 5am after hearing the phone, they quickly decided to set aside their anger as y/n already had enough of it. 
Even if she was indeed quite mad, she tried to calm down, quickly helping them check their stuff within the few minutes they had, and before she could even say something, the door closed, and she just...stood there.
She’s been used to being alone with her daughter more than she can ever count with her hands, but when she finally thought that they’d be home for more than a few days, she couldn’t admit that she wasn’t upset about it.
She could handle it fine in general, but some moments, when it’d become too much, she couldn’t call them, have a proper conversation, because they’d either have no time, or just a few minutes, which wasn’t clearly enough.
Y/N was well aware of that when the relationship become more serious, she knew that it meant that she would be alone most of the time, even if they’d eventually call or send a text to try to ‘be with her’, she knew that she couldn’t do anything no matter how angry it made her, all she could do was hoping they’d both return as fast as possible and in one piece.
She had enough stress to deal with when they were away, so deal with the stress of knowing they’d gotten hurt, and not knowing right away if it was bad or not, she didn’t even want to.
They had given her enough heart attacks, whether they were hurt or not; various stories about it can be remembered. 
For example, when they didn’t happen to be hurt, both of their phones were out of battery, and she was there, calling again and again, she even went to JJ and whatever colleague that was with them, and they also told her that they went somewhere and didn’t answer.
Even if she really wanted to, she chose not to lash her anger on her, and...tried not to have a literal panic attack. 
Because after knowing them and their jobs along the way, she knew that the ‘not responding to the phone’ situation wasn’t always caused by a battery problem, a busy problem, but possibly them being in a dangerous situation.
She didn’t hear from them at all for half an hour (which, by the way, seemed like an entire hour), and they just called in like ‘Oh, hi, it all went well, we’re coming back soon’.
Oh, how she wanted to yell at them (which...she did) at this moment.
They were just there, calm as ever, as she was close to take the plates from the cabinet and smash them on the floor, so they clearly felt the anger all the way, it lasted a while before she could not yell.
Eventually, they still joke about it, but at least, it acts as a reminder to not let the mistake happen again.
After a brief moment of thinking, she just decided to return to the living room, not really in the mood to sleep anymore, it’s always stressful to see them go on cases. 
Especially when she has no idea what it’s even about, they just left in a hurry, and didn’t even have the time to talk a bit to reassure her, she just hopes that she’ll get to have a bit to call them.
She’s probably imagining stuff that won’t happen, and everything is going to be fine, she just can’t stop but worry after what happened with the previous cases.
*
*
Both of them were afraid that the car might crash on the way, they were told that it was local, but might have to go to another state, it kind of was...blurry.
They arrived around ten minutes later, thankfully. It would have been more like twenty with morning traffic and all of the joys of 9am rides. 
The main reason explaining why they were frightened about having a literal accident with the crash was y/n, they really didn’t like to be away knowing she was on her own.
Sure, she could protect herself, but, with all of the stuff that happened to their colleagues, their families, they couldn’t know in advance, hence, they wouldn’t even know at all if something would happen hundreds of miles away.
That’s what would get them stressed in most cases. That one was close to where they lived, but, at the same time, they couldn’t go there every minute because of the work, and also in case they happen to go to another state, all there is to do are phone calls, and hope she’ll be okay on her own.
Frequent work visits weren’t up either, they preferred her not to attend if a case was on, because of, again, all that happened, and security reasons.
As much as they wanted to just stay a bit more, other people needed their help and they happened to be the ones called to assist.
After rushing through the glass doors and walking in the direction of the conference room, only two members were missing, probably stuck in the traffic or called in in surprise like for them.
It didn’t take much for everyone to gather, in just a few minutes they had begun the briefing, which was quite short considering that not much evidence was there. But even if they happened to be limited, they were enough for them to have something to work on.
Once they had discussed a bit, a few orders were given as the one given a place to go exited the room, leaving the others in the bureau to work on what had been ordered to them as well.
Mainly everyone was less stressed, as they didn’t have to travel or anything, they could go straight to work and directly work which was a tad better than having to rush along with all of the directives that had to be done when boarding and all, which would cost a bit of time comparing to when the case was closer and only needed them to drive from a location to another.
But, the plane wasn’t ruled out yet, they couldn’t really know if they didn’t need to go somewhere else throughout the case, so, they just had to ‘enjoy’ their home-work moment. 
Not really ‘enjoy’, as...people had been killed, maybe on the work side for them, so, the ‘enjoy’ thing had to be kept to themselves and certainly couldn’t be said and heard by Hotch.
No one really wanted to upset him, he seemed upset enough when he stepped in the room, so...an inappropriate comment wasn’t up now, or even till the case was done.
*
*
Spencer and Luke have been the ones that had to exit the office to attend one of the scenes in order to meet the officers first present on the location, only a few minutes were necessary to be there, traffic wasn’t present in the roads they used for the ride thankfully.
This was always reassuring when they couldn’t allow themselves to take their sweet time, and in this case, even if they were only driving to the scene with only a few officers and evidence laying around, this wasn’t a reason to be slower than for another situation that requested immediate assistance before turning to dire.
More talking than observing stuff was done not long after they had arrived, presented themselves to the officers and made their way to the different evidences discovered.
Not a lot was to be seen, but each of the evidence was constructive enough to be discussed for long as they moved on a bit around the others, and possible history about the case and their possible witnesses, suspects, and everything that Spencer could spit out.
Facts included.
No matter how many times he’d do that, no one would expect it and would either, understand half of it, and kind of hesitate to ask for further explanation as they didn’t want to interrupt him, or just sit there as he’d deliver an essay.
This was funnier from everyone else’s point of view, at least the ones used to it, they liked reading the look on their faces. 
Even if it mostly happened in cases and no moment was to be found for fun, it still was something that’d quickly happen to brighten their mind before turning back to the ugly and dark stuff.
It isn’t always strict, they still happen to talk about ironic-ish stuff without making it sound offensive, but some situations are dark enough and certainly don’t need a fun comment to lighten the mood or something.
That’s why it’s better to think of the words about to be said, no one wants really to waste time for a stupid choice of words.
No one even noticed the time going by, they just talked about all that could be said from A to Z, and stood a bit outside as they briefly continued before Luke and Spencer headed back to the alley leading to the entry portal.
“Oh, I...didn’t even hear my phone, wait. Shit, I forgot to turn the silent mode off. Hotch’s going to kill me.” Spencer said, sighing as he walked further to take in the call. “Yeah. Oh, JJ?...I know, it was stupid and...what do you mean?” He asked, as the pitch of his voice was nothing but slightly alarming.
“What’s going on? Put it on speaker.” Luke asked, getting closer to the phone as Spencer displayed it in front of them.
“We just found out that there might be a potential...terrorist attack coming. We have no idea when it’s coming, and how important it is. We just know that it’s gonna happen at like...any moment.” JJ explained.
“Okay, normally, no offense- I would have thought it was a joke, but...it doesn’t really sound like one...anymore.” Luke admitted.
After a slight moment of confusion and panic, the phone call came to an end, as they just looked at each moment, not quite sure how to react, what to say, hence, even do.
“Um...in that situation, does y/n and the baby count as possible problems to count in? Because, even if they’re not involved in the case at all, they might be involved in the matter we just discussed over the phone. And I don’t think that I could...remain calm knowing they’re at risk...you know.” Spencer explained.
“Yeah, they might be.” Luke agreed. 
“Why does it have to be so...complicated? I really want to call her right now, but we can’t risk it. We could put them in danger before it even comes, that could worsen it.”
“We can’t let them, y/n doesn’t even know and won’t know until they discuss it and possibly do an announcement minutes after it could have begun. I don’t give a fuck if I get fired, I have to go. I can’t keep going with the case until they’re not somewhere safe.” Luke argued.
“Gosh, I...okay. You go, and make sure they’re okay, you do not let them by themselves until they’re somewhere really safe, even if y/n tries to play it stubbornly. Promise me that, you have to keep them safe, no matter what happens. I’ll find whatever Hotch can believe.”
“I promise, I can guarantee it to you.” Luke said, entering the car by the driver’s seat, not even wasting time to check around, he just turned the car on and began driving as fast as the car allowed him to.
They had to be okay.
*
*
Luke didn’t even care about counting the minutes,or whatever distance was between the scene to their place, because the potential twenty minutes ride had just turned to a thirteen-ish one, he doesn’t even think that he ever drove that faster than today.
Either him or the car would have ended with scratches if he didn’t take the time to think about being careful, it kind of was better to at least arrive in one piece to not stress her more than she would as no one could tell what was on.
Hell, they weren’t even supposed to be there until they could be told to in the first place.
They might end up with some problems, such as, a big talk, or in the worst case, a suspension, but, to be honest, none of them really had a fuck to give about it, not until they knew her and their child was okay.
Still trying to be careful, he parked the car in whatever space was free and seemed correct, and pushed the door of the building, going for the stairs as the elevator would be way too slow for his liking.
All of a sudden, the choice of settling at the 2nd floor wasn’t such a bad idea, in just a minute he stood in front of it, fidgeting with his keychain to find whatever key fit to the door.
That’s when he regretted putting so much stuff on it, he eventually found it, but as quick as he wanted to, nothing was going fast enough.
A rush of panic set itself in the whole place when he didn’t see them around, but both of them surprised the others when they faced each other.
“Gosh, you scared the hell out of me. What are you doing here? You barely left...five hours ago. Did the case miraculously end or what? Where’s Spencer?” Y/N catches her breath, holding her grip on the little girl.
“I’m sorry, I just can’t tell you, we have to go like...right now. Spencer will come later”
“What the hell is going on? You’re freaking me out. Is someone trying to kill me or what?”
“I still can’t tell you.” 
“Once all of this is done, you both owe me an explanation. It better be a good enough one.”
“I don’t have one yet, but I can guarantee you that I’m not pulling a prank on you, it’s serious enough that I had to rush here.”
“It better be. My heart is about to get the hell out of my chest.”
“Try to not have a heart attack, I promised Spencer to keep you safe, and even if he didn’t tell it...alive as well.”
“Easy to say, I have no idea what’s going on, and how dangerous it might be, as no one is capable of telling me how big I need to worry in order to possibly try to calm down if it’s not too bad.”
“It’s bad enough that none of us could wait until the end of the case, that’s all you need to know.”
“Okay, so I do need to worry, a lot. Right?”
“...you might, but not too much, don’t want you to have an attack, please.” 
“I’ll try.” Y/N admitted, as the same scenario that happened this morning repeated itself; they both hurried to get what was needed in a big enough bag, and after everything else was checked, he made his way back to the car with them.
After exchanging brief words, Luke started the car again, speeding up to the location, while trying not to cause an accident. He really had to be more careful this time, as he wasn’t alone at all.
The two most important persons to his eyes were with him, and not one single scratch was to be on them.
Not even a two millimeters one, nothing.
Even if Spencer wouldn’t have made him promise to keep them safe (which would have happened to matter what anyway), he didn’t need to, he was ready to protect them, even if from a bee flying in the room.
This example might be ridiculous, but he doesn’t need someone to tell him, he still does it when there’s absolutely no danger, even if there might be one in this case.
He just hopes Spencer’s safe as well.
*
*
What he didn’t give a single fuck about this morning had been bugging him off more than anyhting during the ride that seemed like an endless one rather than a quick ten minutes one. 
Traffic decided to mess up with him, and it wasn’t like he could just go and tell to the car blocking his way ‘Hurry up, a potential terrorist attack is coming’, because he wasn’t even supposed to be out in the street, he should be with his team and whatever people they called back in also whatever place they were at.
Normally, he should not be here, in a car with his partner and kid.
But he couldn’t leave them by themselves, waiting for a stupid announcement that would probably come too late along with it getting complicated for Luke and Spencer to reach out to both of them.
He didn’t care at all about getting fired. 
If y/n, his kid, and Spencer were safe, he didn’t care about the damn consequences, whatever Hotch had to say.
None of them could stand there while knowing they weren’t safe and sound.
They’d both have to come up with something to make up all of the panic that they caused, but the only thing she needs to know is that this action was necessary for their security.
...which wasn’t something she really wanted to hear, she was...really panicked.
Her face didn’t actually show it, as she didn’t want to worry her daughter and have to comfort two people, but when she doesn’t know what’s going on, it’s impossible for her to stay calm.
She doesn’t care about the whole, ‘don’t panic, take deep breaths, it’ll relax you.’, because the only thing you’ll get back after saying would be anything but a ‘Oh, thanks, I feel way better.”
They already did that with her, and...it didn’t go as well as they both planned.
It only got her more upset.
“Don’t you dare say the whole ‘deep breaths’ shit, I am not doing that. You know it better than me.” Y/N spat.
“...I’m aware of it, don’t worry.” 
“Can you at least inform me about Spencer? Since you can’t even tell me why you jumped in the apartment and why you brought me here, at least knowing if he’s okay would be...nice?”
“I can’t tell you either, because I don’t even know, I haven’t heard from him since I drove from the scene to our place.” Luke admitted.
“This is...great.” Y/N softly rocked the child in her arms, stroking her hair as she made a few noises. “It’s okay, shh.” 
“I can take her if you want.”
“It’s okay, thanks.” She gently answered, slightly raising her brow as the sound of a notification made itself heard easily. 
Luke quickly took the phone out of his pocket, turning it back on as he walked a bit further, still keeping his face visible to hers.
That was a mistake to do that.
His eyes revealed that the message was nothing but reassuring.
“This doesn’t sound good, tell me what’s going on. Luke.”
“Nothing, it was just….uh, a stupid twitter notification.”
“Who the hell reacts to a fucking twitter post that way? Tell me what’s going on, or I swear to god that I’m coming to take that phone from your hands right now.”
“Y/N, just let me explain-” He said, trying to get her to calm down, but she quickly set down her child on the couch, taking the phone from him before sitting on the couch, setting her on her lap.
[Prentiss]
“Alvez, where the hell are you??” read - 10:02
“There’s been an explosion somewhere.” read - 10:03
“Call me ASAP” read - 10:03
Y/N stared at the phone for a minute, staring back at Luke.
“Um, care to explain? I hope it’s not a joke.”
“...it’s not.”
“Where the hell is Spencer? He should have gone here with you.”
“I know, it’s just...complicated. I wasn’t even supposed to be here myself. Just try to calm down, he’ll call.”
“There’s no way I’m staying calm until I’m not seeing a genius standing right in front of me.”
“I happen to be in the same boat, I have no idea when he’s going to be able to come.”
“You better find out, because I’m not going to be able to hold that attack long.”
“Me neither.” 
He couldn’t even find the courage and right time to say that he had to promise Spencer to take care of them if he didn't make it home.
How could he even think of that? 
Spencer not coming back? It couldn’t happen.
He had to walk right through that door, safe and sound.
How could he ever think of having to announce to her that she wouldn’t see him again?
He couldn’t.
He had to be fine.
Spencer had to…
The loud ringing interrupted his panicked thoughts, sending a sudden rush of fear as he took the phone back.
Was it going to be Emily calling to say Spencer was hurt? 
Was it going to be Spencer calling to say everything is okay?
Please don’t let it be the first option, please let it be Spencer, it has to be him.
[INCOMING CALL - SPENCE]
If God even exists, he swore that he’d thank him a million times for that.
“Luke, I- I’m sorry I couldn’t call earlier, it was just...a mess. Is everyone alright? Please don’t tell me someone got hurt on the way.” 
“Is that Spencer?” She asked, receiving a quick nod from Luke before he had resumed the conversation.
Turns out none of them will be having a heart attack today.
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After Spencer arrived, (as expected), y/n both had them sit down on the bed, while she was (nicely) yelling at them for...quite a while as long as they can recall.
“What the hell were you both thinking? Risking literal national security? What is that...madness?” 
“We’re sorry, really. We didn’t mean to...cause that much trouble.” Luke exclaimed.
“That much trouble? You could have gotten fired.”
“We know that, we just...loved you and just wanted you to be safe even if...we could have gotten fired.” Spencer said.
“I love you too, but if you ever do it again, I swear to god, your superior and the whole FBI, that I will kill you myself, okay?”
“Okay...we’re sorry, again.” Spencer apologized, as Luke kind of repeated what he had said.
“Stop being sorry! You guys have no fucking idea at how angry I am at you two.”
“I mean...it’s kind of romantic in a way, you were worried and now you’re-”
“Luke if you don’t shut your mouth right now-” 
“I shouldn’t have told that.”
“Yeah, no.” Y/N sighed, putting her hand on her forehead, firmly keeping the other around the baby. “I just...why did you decide to stay back there? Who the hell was...going to do the damn taxes Spencer? We don’t know anything about it!”
“...the taxes? Why are we-” Spencer looks at Luke, confused.
“Don’t look at me, I don’t know anything about that.”
“Why are you confused about the taxes? That’s why we married in the first place! You knew how to do the damn taxes!”
“I mean- It’s kind of easy...to me.” He admitted.
“Well it’s not to us!” She stage-whispers. “How could you think that it was smart to do that?”
“I didn’t think about the taxes first.”
“You should have!” She exclaimed, gently tapping on her baby’s back. “How the hell do you think we could have done them? I truly wonder if you really have a 187 IQ sometimes, because right now, it was more of a 60.”
“...60’s a bit low, maybe 90.” Spencer quietly said.
“No, trust me, it wasn’t close to that, I’m being…” Y/N stopped for a bit, holding back tears. “...nice with 60.” She continued, as she resumed her motions on her daughter.
“Okay; I did...not really think about it.” He agreed, suddenly getting interrupted by the baby, who had just let out a pretty...loud burp that kind of, gave the envy to laugh at the three of them; at the moment. 
“I’ll punch you right in the face if one of your laughs. I am...certainly not in the mood.” She warned.
“We won’t.” They both answered.
“Great. Now I have to change!” She yells, exhausted. “This is the worst day ever. I really like this top too.” She says, getting a bit tearful as the baby moves a bit, getting comfortable in her arms.
“Here, I’m gonna take her for a bit.” Spencer gently takes her from y/n’s arms, as she sniffles. “There should be one hoodie in my bag, can you get it Luke? I left it on the couch.”
“Sure.” Luke answers, as he briefly kisses his cheek, doing the same gesture to y/n, as he wipes her tears from her face before leaving the room.
“I’m sorry, I just...It’s been a tiring day. I just want to get home Spencer.” Y/N explains.
“Yeah, I know. Don’t worry, we’re going back.” He reassured
“Are we going back?” She asked.
“Sure, sure. We are. We’re gonna get you changed, and then we’ll head back.”
“But, what about your work?”
“It’s okay. I...briefly got a talk. But, we’ll see later. Let’s get back home first.” Spencer explained, as he left the room along with them.
After a few words, Luke had helped her get changed, quickly checked on the baby, and once they had gathered the stuff left there, they all headed back to the car that had stayed in front of the building, starting it a moment after.
“I’m sorry about what I said. I...I didn’t mean it.” Y/N apologized.
“It’s okay, we understand. You don’t have to-” Luke answered as she cut her off.
“I know, it’s just that...I was really angry because...I was kind of, trying to process the fact that I could have...easily lost you both today. And, I wouldn’t have known what to do if Hotch had called to announce me that.”
“It’s okay, we’re here now. We know we scared the hell out of you, took a lot of risks, but, we’re all fine.” Spencer interrupted.
“I know, I’m really glad. I love you guys.” 
“We love you too.” 
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harryskalechips · 4 years ago
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This sucks Part 3
A/N Hiiiiii! Here is part 3! It’s a bit fat but I hope you enjoy 🥰
Word count 5644
Warning: Smut :))))
Part 1, Part 2
Flashback…
Vanilla, warmth, and little giggles were the best things Harry could wake up to and although, he couldn’t have it all the time - at Y/N’s apartment they were always available. 
A finger slowly drags itself across his face as he tries to hide his smile. Grazing from his nose to his cheeks to the outline of his soft lips. Muffled laughs fill the room as Y/N tries to wake him up. She bites onto her pillow as she tickles her boyfriend’s face. 
“Ouch!” She yelps as her boyfriend caught her finger in his mouth. He opens his eyes to find her beautiful hair sprawled out on the white pillow sheets. The light from her window  was shining through her curtains hitting the corner of their bed. He teasingly bites as he sucks on it while his eyes stare innocently at her.
A few seconds later, the wet digit falls from his lips as he moves closer to wrap his arm on his girl. His face finds a comforting position between her shoulder and her neck. 
“Waking me up love?” He murmurs as his mouth leaves wet kisses on her shoulder. 
“I love tracing your features. Sometimes I forget this real.” She turns over to face him. Her hand tracing his jaw this time. “You’re really pretty you know.”
“I think you’re prettier than me.” Harry leans in to kiss her. His hands gripping onto her waist as he tries to rub himself on her soft legs.
“Not true. You’re the best man that I’ve ever known.” She wasn’t lying. All her past boyfriends didn’t want to treat her right but somehow she found herself in bed with a man who seemed to actually care for her. Her hips involuntary move forward as he sits up a bit to hover over her. 
“Someone’s a little excited, don’t you think?” He licks his lips as he takes both of her hands and holds them above her. “Last night wasn’t enough baby?” 
“I don’t know what you’re saying,” She glances down as she purposely bites her lip. She then looks up at him innocently. “Harry Jr. seems like he’s begging for more.” He laughs as he turns his head to the side to look at the window. 
“We should probably give him what he wants right?”
“Mhm.” He leans down to kiss her as she thrusts her hips forward.
“Fuck baby, look at you.”
Bzzz. Bzzz. ….. Bzzz. Bzzzz…..
Harry pulls away and gets off of her as Y/N sighs. She reaches the side of her nightstand to grab her phone. It’s her alarm. “I have to get ready for class.” She pouts as Harry palms himself.
“Maybe, you should stay in bed a bit longer. I won’t have you for long especially since you’re coming with me back to London next week.” He takes the blanket off of her so he can put it behind his back and throw it onto both of them. “See, now we’re both warm and we can get back to what we were doing.” He attempts to snuggle her. His mouth forming into a smile as he almost feels her body relax back into his arms.
“I’m sorry baby. You may be a pop star but I need to get a degree.” She kisses his lips as she gets up from the bed. Harry watches her as she takes his hoodie from last night and puts it on. “Now, I’m going to make breakfast while you help Harry junior.” She awkwardly makes guns with her fingers as she walks back to open her bedroom door.
“Or you can come here and watch me. Better yet, help me out.” He smirks as he leans forward to pull her back to bed. “Don’t need to make breakfast if I got my meal right here.”
~
When Harry was younger during his days in One Direction, They took some time in every country to explore a bit. He found himself in this old family vintage store with Niall during their time in Japan of 2013. As they looked at some of the things they sold, he couldn’t help but be fascinated by the little treasures that people forgot about. He was walking through the opposite aisle where his mate was when his eyes caught sight of the red strings that were hooked onto the wall. He didn’t know what they were but his hand couldn’t help but intertwine itself into the strings.
“You like that?” The old lady slowly walks to him as she grips onto the shelves to help herself walk. “That no buy. Therefore decoration.” Harry immediately pulls away as he tries to hide his embarrassed face from her. “You know what it’s about?” She smiles at him as she touches the strings too. “It’s the red thread of fate.” Harry looks at her with a confused facial expression. 
“The red string of fate connects two destined lovers together. Regardless of time, place or circumstances… this magical thread…” She struggles to translate her thoughts into English for this young man. “May stretch or tangle but it will never break.”
Ever since that trip, Harry couldn’t forget that myth in that little shop. Maybe, the old lady was bullshitting him but he couldn’t get rid of that thought. The thought of having a soulmate. It was the hopeless romantic side of him that believed his girl was there waiting for him and no matter where he is or what happens… he will find her. Y/N. The girl he met as he was buying coffee close to Columbia Records’ building. 
It was an accident when she turned around too quickly to only pour her $5 coffee on him. Being a gentleman he is, he bought her a new cup of coffee as they walked alongside each other to a secluded bench off a trail they found themselves on while at the park. 
But as time kept moving forward, his heart began to mend again after feeling death on his shoulders for the past year. 
It was now, December but more importantly, it’s been exactly a year since he met her. He could barely survive his tour without her but now that it’s been a long while, he knew too well that nothing could happen. What happened to her being his soulmate? He obviously took her for granted and now she’s gone. All he has left is his beaten up journal with loose papers sticking out as it gathers dust on his piano. 
“Should I leave?” A raspy feminine voice interrupts his thoughts as he takes his gaze off his piano and onto the girl wearing his shirt. 
“Yeah. Take off my shirt too.” He sips the hot liquid into his mouth as he holds onto the handle of his mug. “Put it in the laundry basket.” He eyes her as she walks back into his room. He had just finished his tour for Fine Line and now that his schedule was free, he had some spare time on his hands. Especially to play around with Eva.
He doesn’t love the girl. No way! but he does get lonely some nights and instead of calling the number he knows by heart, he forces his finger to tap another one. 
~
It doesn’t snow in Los Angeles but Y/N always found herself craving a cup of hot coffee from Blitzers during times like these. It wasn’t the cliche feeling of having a warm cup in her hand as she walked through the snow instead, she used it as her drug. During her time in University, caffeine was the only thing that got her moving. She graduated last June and now she is finding herself nervous as hell after having one of her many interviews at another stupid corporation. She takes her cup from the counter as another name is called. 
“Hershell?”
“Sorry to bump into you, love.” A man bumps into her shoulder as he tries to grab his drink while she tries to walk away. He was wearing his shades and the hood of his hoodie was on as he made a perfectly criss-cross tie in the front with the strings. She glanced at him quickly and gave him a nod as she continued walking out of the shop. Was that him? 
“Y/N.” The familiar voice calls her out as she turns around to smile at him. Harry held the door for another customer entering and soon let’s go.
“I was wondering if that was you in there.” She eyes the iced coffee in his hands.
“Long time no see.” He walks towards her. As he stood 4 feet from her, he hid his hand in his pocket while he observed her. He truly thought he would never see her after his show in September but somehow the first visit back to this coffee shop, his eyes already caught her figure as she bumped into him… again. Her hair grew longer and it seemed like she dyed the ends. She was holding onto her cup of coffee as she had her purse in another. A pink lip and a business sort of like outfit.
“You graduated right? Where are you working now?” He takes a sip of his cold drink. Luckily, his shades covered his eyes. He was almost embarrassed just by remembering their last encounter. Remember when you begged for her like a pathetic dog and she still rejected you?
“Oh, I’m applying for a couple of jobs. I never knew you still get your drinks here.” Y/N switches the subject quickly. She couldn’t help but feel a bit sad that she wasn’t good enough for any of the businesses here. 
“Yeah um, I actually just finished the last leg for my tour this year. I was just craving some coffee after having a meeting from work.”
“Cool.” She bites her lip as she pretends to be in shock after looking at her watch. It wasn’t even working. She hasn’t replaced the batteries in 7 years! “Look H. I have to go. It was nice seeing you.” She was scared to lean in and hug him. 
“Alright bye.” He purses his lips as he watches her turn around. “Catch you next time.” What? Why would you say that? You haven’t seen her for 8 months nor do you have her number!
It was weird to see her walk away from him again but this time it was as if those four months of dating meant nothing to them. There were no tears in her eyes or his. Instead, they’re in the busy streets casually bumping into each other and bidding farewell as if they hadn’t cried their hearts out the last time. 
~
“You saw him again and the first thing you do is attempt to cut the conversation short?” Jenna sits in front of Y/N in their booth as they wait for their plates to arrive. “Babe, remember last time we spoke? You missed him.” Her hand takes Y/N’s across the table. They’ve been best friends since the first year of Uni and despite the new stage in their lives, they chose to keep in touch. 
“Jenna, he looked good.” Y/N rests her head on the table. She looks up to the girl and pouts. “He had his hood on and his sunglasses but the way he called out for me when he exited the shop…. He’s moved on.” 
“First off, you told him to move on. He was crying on his knees begging you to be with him in September. Lastly, what do you mean just by the way he called you out? How do you know he’s over you?”
“I don’t know. He just sounded okay.” Y/N sits up and rests her chin on her hands. “He went through his 7 stages of grief while I chose to just forget about it.”
“Karma is a bitch huh? Now you want him back?” She laughs a bit. “Look Y/N, you can’t let yourself be stubborn your whole life. If you know what you want. Take it. Stop being so scared. Now, Harry’s gone and you lost one of your chances to be in a happy relationship with a great guy.”
“He’s probably with some other girl now.”
“So what? If you can’t have him at least try to keep in your life. He made you happy.” Jenna’s eyes look behind Y/N to see their food coming. “Now let’s eat. I have to tell you all about my desk buddy at work. He’s a total cutie.”
~
As Y/N was walking the stairs to her apartment, she noticed Jim her landlord standing in front of her door. He was a nice guy. His family lived on the first floor and during the holidays, he would always deliver some homemade curry his wife made while she exchanged her own signature dish for them to enjoy. 
“Hey, Jim.” She smiles. 
“Hello Y/N, I know it’s late but I wanted to remind you about your bills. I know this whole year has been a struggle but I was hoping you would get a job by now and pay them.”
“I know I’m sorry. I promise I’ll give you my rent for this month just give me an extra few weeks.” She sighs. Don’t misunderstand. She was able to pay her rent every month it just took her a couple of weeks every time to get the money in. Now, that she has student debt and no job, it was more of a struggle. Funny thing is as much Harry adored her homey apartment, he had no idea she was struggling to pay for the place. He just assumed it was school stressing her out but maybe that’s why Y/N needed a reason to take a break from him. It was hard to focus on getting money while your boyfriend just threw money in the air for fun. 
She needed a job and she needed one right now.
“Hello?”
“Hey Glenne, I need a favour.” 
~
“Harry, you never know taking this brand deal may do you good.” Jeff parks the car in front of Glenne’s building. He always picked her up from work and today after having lunch with Harry, he decided to bring him on the ride. 
“I know but I was thinking of taking a break from the cameras.”
“And write new music? You have a thousand of those in your journal.”
“Anything that was written about Y/N, won’t be recorded for anyone to listen publicly.” He shakes his head as he leans back in the seats. He was sitting in the back since Glenne was obviously going to sit with her boyfriend. But those songs he wrote for Y/N was his only evidence that what happened between them wasn’t a fling. Despite being together for four months, it was intense and real. 
“Hey, babe!” Glenne opens the door to sit down and kiss him. “Harry fuck! I didn’t know you were with him.” She turns around to see Harry, confused.
“What’s wrong?” Jeff questions as Glenne looks out her window with anxiety. 
“I offered Y/N a ride home. She had an interview with my boss today.” Harry’s eyes widen. Holy shit. Was he going to see Y/N regardless if he went to the coffee shop or not. 
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Jeff looks at Harry then at his girlfriend.
“Why didn’t you tell me you brought H with you!” She was cut off as Y/N opens the back door.
“Hey Je- Oh! Hi Harry.” She smiles and sits down in the car. Glenne can already imagine Y/N choking her the next time they see each other alone. 
“Hey Y/N. Sorry, I brought Harry along, we just had lunch together.” 
“That’s alright.”
“We’ll drop you home first and then H,” Glenne reassures Y/N as Jeff drives out of the lot. 
“Hey.” Harry looks at Y/N. He smiles softly biting his cheek. He was nervous as fuck as he sat very closely to her. She smiles back and decides to talk to Glenne for the rest of the ride.
“Your boss offered me a job.”
“Oh my god, I’m so happy for you!” she turns back to smile at her. “You deserve it!”
“Thanks!”
~
After twenty minutes of driving and catching up, Jeff’s car pulls up to a familiar building Harry and Y/N knew too well. Back when they were dating, he used to cover his face walking into her apartment at night. Now, he stayed in his friend’s car just looking at it. 
“Thanks for the ride guys.” Y/N opens the door to get out. “Bye Harry.” She waves at him as she steps out. Harry just looked at her as she closed the door. They watched her step into the building before driving off again. 
“Can you stop the car?” Harry blurts out as Jeff waits for the cars to clear so he can turn onto the road and off the property. 
“Harry.” Glenne looks at him in pity. “Don’t tell me what I think you’re doing.”
“I have to.”
“You’re right.” Jeff unlocks the doors and glances at his friend. “Go talk to her.”
His heart was beating fast. Faster than ever this past year. “Thanks, mate.” He smiles at the guy who looks at him in surprise. It was Jim who just so happened to be watering the plants in the lobby. Harry opens the door to the stairwell and runs 4 flights of stairs to Y/N’s floor. He would’ve used the elevator but after a whole year, he knew better that it still wouldn’t be fixed.
Knock knock…
Y/N somehow had managed to change in a pair of shorts and a shirt as soon as she came home today. Her plan was to drink a couple of glasses of wine tonight in celebration of finally getting a job.
“Harry?” She opens the door in shock to see him panting. He was wearing his black jeans and a regular band tee. 
“Hi, I was thinking if we could talk.”
“Alright come on in.” She opens the door wider for him. He looked around her apartment to see how nothing has changed. It still looked the very same. It still smelled the same. All he was wondering if she has changed.
They sit on the couch as Y/N grabs another wine glass for him. “I know it’s a bit early but I was planning on drinking in celebration of today.”
“I know. Congratulations by the way.” 
“Thanks.” She pours him a bit and some for herself. It was just about 5 PM and a little drink wouldn’t hurt. “How are you?”
“I’m okay.” He looks at her as he talks a bit more slowly now. It almost seemed like a dream to be here again. “I had to ask Jeff to stop his car so I can be here. I just thought that maybe we should catch up.” 
“Oh… true.” she takes a sip of her wine. Was there a possibility that Harry still thought of her. She knew he was too good for her. How could he? He deserves someone better. But she promised herself after walking home from dinner with Jenna, that if this offered ever came up again... she would take it. 
“I thought you had a car?” He looked around in the picture frames. He didn’t know what her boyfriend looked like but he wondered if they were still together.
“I actually uh sold it to get some money.” It was true. She had so many part-time jobs as a student that she simply burnt out after graduation. She was exhausted and the only thing she could do to earn a couple of months off was selling her car.
“Oh.” Harry looks at her in pity. “You loved that sedan though.”
“It was shit anyway and it’s not like my mom would give me some money if I even asked.” Harry knew the broken relationship between Y/N and her mother. It wasn’t a surprise that on the plane ride to London, Y/N was too excited to meet his. 
“Doesn’t your boyfriend give you rides?” He puts his wine glass down as he sits beside his ex-girlfriend. He likes to befriend his exes especially if they ended on good terms but it never numbs down the pain he felt. 
For Y/N, she was different. Maybe he wanted to befriend her but there was obviously that little feeling of wanting her back. Yes, he knows he said he was over her. He said it multiple times as he sat in the seat in front of his bed as Eva slept in his sheets. But somehow, seeing her again made his mind cloudy and his heart itchy. Too selfish and tempted to get back what was once his.
“We broke up in October. He uh cheated on me.”
“What the fuck? Are you okay?” Harry frowns as he sits up a bit more. 
“It’s fine.” She laughs as she places her glass back on her table. “I wasn’t that into him. He was way too jealous about things.” Harry raises his eyebrows for her to continue. “He was jealous of you asking me to go backstage.” She confesses as she rolls her eyes. 
“Please he would beg to leave the room if he knew what was truly going on in there.” It was screaming and crying and a bit of kissing. The worst nightmare a boyfriend could imagine.
“I know.” she laughs at his comment. “How about you? You have a girlfriend or something?”
“No.” He wasn’t technically lying but… he also kind of was. Eva wasn’t his girlfriend -just a fuck buddy. “Haven’t dated anyone after you.” She smiles at him. Truly the wine was kicking into her but she wasn’t drunk, she just had the confidence she needed.
“I miss you.” she murmurs as she lays her head on the couch staring at him. His lips still looked as soft as ever. He had a bit of facial hair but it honestly turned her on a bit more. She hasn’t had sex since 9 months ago. It wasn’t that Robbie and she didn’t try to do that stuff. They simply just weren’t in that stage of their relationship yet especially, when he was getting it somewhere else.
“I miss you too.” He bites his lip. He never expected Y/N to be this outgoing. He expected they would have a chat, become friends again and leave it there. 
She leans in to kiss him as her hands rest on his cheek. She wasn’t going to lie. Kissing him back in September gave her butterflies the same way as it is right now. He ushers her to straddle him as his hands hold onto her waist. She slowly rubs herself on him as he moans, kissing down her neck. 
“Baby, I missed this.” He whispers as he pulls himself away from her to only find her lips again. He kissed her with all the passion burning in him. She was moaning, fighting for dominance as their tongues fought back and forth but Harry knew just want to do when she started acting this way. He took his right hand and gripped on her chin to open her mouth a bit wider so he can kiss her more. Her hands rested on his shoulder as she continued to rub herself on him. 
“Still a needy girl. Aren’t you love?” 
“I just really missed you.” 
His hands hold onto the back of her thighs as he carries her off the couch and into her bedroom. Her sheets were different but overall, it still looked the same and that made Harry very happy.
“Why are you smiling?” She takes her mouth off his neck to see him looking at her room.
“I just missed this place.” He throws her on the bed as he pulls off her shorts with her panties. She moves a bit as he takes off his shirt. She almost gasped as she watches his arms flex to pull the tee off of him. She missed his tattoos and his soft chest. The same body she would cuddle as she fell asleep after studying for a fat exam. “Fuck, you look so good.” He licks his lip as he urgently unzips his jeans. He frustratingly pulls at the ends of his pants while balancing himself. Why did he wear jeans today????
Y/N watches him as she takes off her shirt and starts playing with her breast. “You’re taking a bit long there? Don’t you think?” He looks at her with his mouth open in shock. 
“Fuck it.” He pulls one last time to get his pants off and fortunately it was a success. He walks on his knees as he approaches her kissing her one more time before dipping his tongue in the center of her chest. His hands playing with her nipples as he slips his tongue lower and lower until they reach her needy core.
“Harry.” She bites her lip as she thrusts her hips forward. He smirks as his lips attach themselves on her thighs, sucking on it and biting on each side. He wanted to leave a mark on her. He needed to.
“Fuck!” She moans as her fingers rest in his hair. 
“Tug on it, baby. Let me know you miss me.” He licks her centre greedily as he murmurs against her. He’s trying his best not to rub himself on her sheets but he missed her too much. Her centre was wet… too wet. His fingers were slipping in too easily as he fucked her like that. It almost was too much for her to handle as she sat up and pulled away.  “Are you okay?” He licks his fingers and holds on to her thighs. Was she starting to regret this? He needs her back. He wants her back. Why can’t she want the same thing?
“Lay down.” She pants as she moves over so he can lay on the pillows. He rests himself on his elbows as he watches her take him in her mouth. 
“Aw baby. Fuck I miss your mouth. You take me so well.” He watches her mouth wet his dick as his chest heaves up and down. His mind was clouded with her. Her only. He forgot everything else in the world as if he wasn’t abusing alcohol earlier this year. 
She gags on him as her hands play with his balls. He begins to thrust his hips forward before stopping almost immediately. “Can I fuck your mouth baby.” He groans as she looks at him innocently before nodding. His hand holds her hair into a makeshift ponytail as he thrusts his hips forward and harder. The sound of her choking makes him harder.
“Good girl.” He pulls off her and carries her to where he was laying beforehand. “Let me go get a condom.” He was about to get off the bed when Y/N holds onto his wrist. 
“I’m on birth control and if- you haven’t been with anyone for a while maybe we can…” His mouth waters as he leans down to kiss her. 
“I’ve been with only one other person and I’ve always used protection.” She couldn’t help but pout at him. Was he seeing someone else at the moment? What were they doing? She began to sit up as Harry shook his head. 
“No no, please. I’m not dating her or anything. I’ve only been having sex with her. I love you, please. I need you.”
“Can you not talk about her?” Y/N snaps as she drops her head on the pillow. He leans down to kiss her on the lips before moving his lips to her neck. 
“We’ll talk about her later but I’m telling you now -I want you so badly. I’ve been missing for a whole year now and I’ll drop everything for you.”
She closes her eyes as he bites on her earlobe. “Who said anything about me fucking her good? I have never eaten her out. Never left my marks on her. I never pulled her hair and choked her until she cried out of pleasure. Baby, that’s all for you and I’ll make sure after tonight, I’ll have you back in my arms.” He sucks on her nipples as he positions himself and thrusts in her. He takes a deep breath as she continues to close her eyes and scratch his back. He could feel her heart beating fast as he thrusts a bit harder.
“You okay bub?” He kisses her neck as she nods.
“You’re so big and I can fucking feel you in my stomach.” She laughs as she accidentally clenches her walls on him.
“Uh, babe.” He bites her shoulder. 
“Sorry, it’s been a while.” He smirks and licks a stripe of her neck. 
“Alright, whatever you say. You’re still as tight as I remember.” He smirks at her. “Pussy so good I was heartbroken when you left me.” Y/N rolls her eyes as he continues to thrust into her making her begin to moan louder. 
The night carried on as he fucked her and how she fucked him. They couldn’t get enough of each other. They were sure to leave a dent on her wall due to her bed frame bumping into the wall every so often. 
But as much as they laid in each other’s arms, they still had an outstanding problem of what they were now. and it wasn’t long until that problem said peek a boo once again.
~
Happy. Happy Harry was. It’ was just about Christmas and he had a gift in his hand as he walked the stairs towards Y/N’s apartment. Lately, he’s been spending time with her. It was as if those 8 months no longer meant a thing to him. H made sure to visit Y/N during work, drop her off and pick her up. He made sure to cuddle her to sleep and most importantly he called Eva the day after he and Y/N reconnected. He made sure to make things clear-that he no longer wanted to play games with her and that they were over. 
Although it made Y/N a bit jealous he was sleeping with a pretty girl when they broke up, Harry made sure to fuck the jealously right out of her so the only thing she could do now was to roll her eyes. She wasn’t mad at him just a bit insecure but Harry reassured her, he only began a fling with Eva in the beginning of November. It was never serious. 
“Merry Christmas.” He smiles gleefully as he flashes the small Cartier gift bag to her.
“Harry, that better not be for me.” Her eyes were in shock. He shakes his head and wraps his arm around her waist as he kisses her. 
“I love you.”
“I love you too but you shouldn’t give me that.” After meeting Harry’s family and finally started seeing him again, she was scared his family would still think of her as a gold digger. She didn’t want to talk about it with Harry. She was really hurt when she heard that. 
“I bought it for you.” He locks the door and takes her wrist as they sit on her couch once again. Y/N had no family members and she was planning on spending Christmas with Glenne and Jeff or maybe Jenna but now Harry is back. Harry had nowhere to go either since he’s been avoiding his family for the past year. Now they decided to just spend Christmas together and catch up.
“Here.” He gives her the bag as she opens it. It was their signature love bracelet with diamonds on each side. Y/N began to cry as she looked at the bracelet. 
“Harry…”
“I want you to have it.” He takes the bracelet and puts it on her. “You look so pretty.” He smiles cheekily at her as she wipes her tears away. 
“We were supposed to give our gifts later but you’re too excited.” She sits up and picks up a rectangular box underneath the tree. “Here’s yours.”
He kisses her and takes the gift in his hands. As he opens the gift wrapping paper, there were a bunch of papers folded and underneath was a brand new journal that looked exactly like the one resting on his piano. 
“Read those letters on your own time!” Y/N’s cheeks turn red. “I bought you a new journal after you desperately ripped papers out of your old one.” She laughs as she plays with her nails. “You need one of those and I thought maybe a new one for the new year. For new beginnings.”
“I love you!” He tucks the notes in his new journal as he leans forward to kiss her a bit more longer. “So much baby, so much. you know I’m not letting you go anymore right?” Y/N smiles as he kisses her nose and her cheeks.
“I love you more H. Now, I have one more request and I was hoping you would allow it to happen.”
“What is it bub?” She grabs his phone beside him and takes it in her hands. 
“I was wondering if we could call your family and greet them?” His heart softens as he looks at her. He nods at her without another word as she searches for Anne’s name. The ringing was the only thing heard until Anne’s voice picked up.
“Oh my God, my baby boy!” 
and at that moment as Harry watched Y/N smile as he spoke to his mother, he knew he found the one. Y/N wasn’t mad anymore about what happened in London. She wished that trip ended another way but she found the goodness in her heart to let Gemma and Anne’s comments go. She hated the fact that Harry stopped talking to them. She had no family anymore and she doesn’t want Harry to feel that way anymore.
As the call ended, Harry’s eyes were wet as he looked at his phone. He haven’t heard from his mum this past year. And Anne made it clear that she wants to visit them two and make peace with Y/N. Harry became in asshole when he broke up with Camille but for some reason, when he broke up with Y/N, he fell apart. The only thing that Harry was thinking about now was what Anne said to him in the call. 
Are you two dating again? You better ask her or she might slip through your fingertips again. She’s a beautiful girl, Harry. I’m sorry about what Gemma and I said. Bless her soul that she encouraged you to call me. I missed you baby, you’ll always be my son.
Harry’s heart was beating fast. This was the problem. He knew he could only spend a few weeks with before this question came up. He was scared to ask her. What happens if they break up again? What happens if she says no?
“What’s wrong H?” She brushes his hair out of his face. Throughout the 10 minute phone call, she sat there listening to them catch up. Harry offered the phone to her but she wanted the mother and child to talk.
“I’m scared uh you might say no but I have a question.” He puts his phone down and takes her hand. “I was wondering if you would be my girlfriend again. I promise you I’ll treat the best I can. I want to make you happy. I want to travel the world with you and just love you.” He squeezes her palm. 
“Alright.” She nods before flashing a sweet smile. “I’m your girlfriend again.” Harry’s eyes sparkle as he kisses her and picks her up. He swings her in his arms before carrying her back into her bedroom. 
The red string of fate connects two destined lovers together. Regardless of time, place or circumstances. This magical thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break.
Y/N was his soul mate because she made him the happiest he could ever be and the saddest too. Despite their relationship starting out once again… this time she was trying and they were both more serious about fighting for each other- they were more confident in their love. No one can break them apart this time… after all, it was a new year.
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[CN] ASMR Transcripts (Kiro)
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This post contains transcripts of the following:
> night warmth - 黑夜温度
> dawn - 晨光
> visiting his workplace on the beach - 海岛探班
night warmth - 黑夜温度
[ MC and Helios are being chased by a police car. Heavy panting. ]
Here. Hurry.
Don’t make a sound.
We’re safe for now.
…have you hugged me enough.
You’re right. This place is very dark and cramped.
You’re afraid?
…I said it before. Stay away from me.
[ Sound of ruffling and Helios tapping on his phone ]
We have to stay here until we can be certain of our safety.
My phone still has battery. There’s enough for it to be used as a light source.
Hm? What’s wrong?
It’s just a bruise. It wouldn’t affect anything.
I don’t need this…
Wait.
[ Sound of bandages ]
Don’t touch…
…it doesn’t hurt.
You don’t have to be so careful.
I wouldn’t become paralysed from this level of injury.
Why are you looking at me like that?
…I already said that it doesn’t hurt. I don’t want to repeat myself again.
You shouldn’t need to understand these things, much less interfere in them.
You…
What’s wrong with your hand?
Don’t move.
Only now do you know what pain is?
Open your hand. Put it here.
…come nearer.
What are you hiding from? I haven’t even started.
Put your hand properly. Don’t tremble.
…does it hurt?
I got it. I’ll be gentler.
Since you’re so afraid of pain, you should remember this clearly. Don’t be a busybody, especially when it comes to me.
There is a reason for that.
Tell me… you know quite a lot.
However, being bold isn’t necessarily a good thing.
[ Sound of running ]
There’s movement.
[ Sound of running ]
…they’ve gone far away.
What’s wrong? Why are you so warm?
Shh…
Don’t make a sound.
…looks like you have a fever.
The wound may have an infection.
Hang in there. I’ll bring you out soon.
Shh, don’t make a sound.
What did think I was going to do…
Fever and chills.
Come closer to me.
Even closer.
Treat this as thanks for “saving” me again.
I wouldn’t care about you the next time.
I hope there wouldn’t be a next time.
What are you laughing at?
Like a disobedient child stuck in a small black house?
You still have the mood to joke around?
Looks like you’re still clear-headed
Very strong… nothing.
If you’re tired, you can lean on me and sleep for a while.
Hm? You don’t dare to sleep?
Aren’t you very bold?
They likely think we have already escaped.
So once it’s dark, we can leave.
This time, after we part, I hope I’ll never meet you again.
At least, not in such an embarrassment situation.
You’ve fallen asleep so quickly.
For now, have a good sleep.
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dawn - 晨光
[ Kiro waking up. Cute grunts ]
Hm? Are you awake?
What time is it?
[ Kiro unlocks his phone to check the time ]
It’s still early.
[ Kiro taps on his phone, then locks it ]
Savin says he’ll pick me up at 9am.
I can still sleep for another two hours.
Hm? Didn’t you know that Savin moved house recently?
Coming here requires him to take the most congested route in all of Loveland City.
Besides, it’s the early morning peak period now.
Last night, I saw that he was still singing karaoke at 1am on Moments.
He won’t make it at 9am.
[ Rustling ]
And I haven't been busy lately.
I’ll be investing in two days.
[Note] He actually says “进组” (“jin zu”), but I don’t know what it means even after searching it up. The closest thing I could find is the phrase “带资进组” (“dai zi jin zu”), which refers to how actors bring in start-up capital to invest in the crew before filming officially begins.
I’ve already pushed away jobs that should be pushed away.
These two days will just be spent recording some things in the shack.
[ Rustling and Kiro sighs ]
If I were to head over at noon, I’ll be done in the afternoon.
Hm? Do you want to look for me later?
We can go for a meal together.
[ Random grunt. Kiro sighs again, followed by a long period of silence ]
Oh right!
The program you mentioned the other time.
How’s it going? Smoothly?
I was going to ask you about it on the plane yesterday.
But once we met, I forgot about it.
Savin mentioned that you even asked for his help to find a celebrity who’s good at variety shows.
Have you found one?
In your proposal this time, is there nothing I can help with?
[ Rustling ]
‘No’?
How could there be nothing?
Hmph. Don’t underestimate me.
Even though I have more experience on stage,
When it comes to staging lights and acoustics,
I’ve done my research too.
I wouldn’t be much worse than experienced staff.
Also, if I can’t be a guest on your program,
I could be a member of the staff.
And my rates are very cheap.
If you’re the one hiring me, I’ll give you a large discount.
Hm? Why are you suddenly looking at me like that?
I’m not thinking of anything bad.
I’m just thinking…
I don’t seem to be very busy in the later half of the year.
If you aren’t busy either, we can spend more time together.
If you’re very busy, I can accompany you to work.
It’s so rare for us to have time. I have to cherish it.
Having more things to look at, having more songs to write, and seeing you more frequently.
Don’t worry, I really have time.
[ Rustling ]
I’m not the lead in this show.
So I can finalise it in around a month.
Mm! Even though I’m not the lead, I really like this role.
And it’s the first time I’m acting as someone’s brother.
I don’t know if I can act it well.
What’s wrong?
Did it leave you in shock that I’m not the lead?
Do you also think I should only accept lead roles?
Actually, Savin and I have discussed this matter.
He’s the same as always, leaving the decision to me.
So I think…
They’re all fine. I’ll just look at the script.
And the director this time round specially explained his reason for not casting me as the lead.
It made me feel a little embarrassed.
He’s an incredibly experienced director,
But still had to consider these trivial things for me.
[ Kiro sighs ]
Maybe my schedule was too packed with work before.
So it caused people to misunderstand.
Which is why I want to tidy it up from now onwards.
And not stretch myself too thin,
And to give myself more time to digest the work on hand.
[ Kiro sighs. Long silence again where you can hear Kiro’s breathing. ]
Hm? Are you getting up now?
I’m not that tired either.
But I keep thinking it’s a loss to get up when the alarm hasn’t sounded yet.
You said you didn’t want to get up and yet can’t sleep.
What should we do then, Miss Chips?
[ Rustling ]
I’m not referring to playing games, or watching the television, or using the phone.
[ Rustling. It sounds like he’s FEELING HER UP. ]
Looks like my intelligent and adorable Miss Chips has finally guessed it.
Which is why you’re using the blanket to cover your head.
Hmm, you can’t do that.
Weren’t you the one who said that on account of how I’ve been working hard during this period, you’d reward me with food and drinks?
If you say things you don’t mean,
I’ll be very upset.
I’ll count to three.
If you don’t take more initiative, I’ll do it myself.
Although I never bully you, being a little mischievous occasionally should be okay, right?
Three.
[ Rustling ]
Are you sure you don’t want it?
[ Kiro laughs ]
Two.
[ Kiro sighs ]
Looks like Miss Chips really isn’t afraid.
One.
I’ll be gentle.
[ Rustling ]
I promise.
[ A lot of rustling. Kiro breathes heavily. ]
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visiting his workplace on the beach - 海岛探班
[ sound of waves on the shore + footsteps ]
Miss Chips, you’re here…
Don’t worry, it’s just that today’s shoot started too early.
I’m not very tired.
…of course I’m not lying to you.
[sighs] Come, sit over here.
How is it? Isn’t it very comfortable here?
Mm, I like staying by the seaside too…
Just being under the sun and feeling the sea breeze makes me feel so happy.
[laughs] But… with Miss Chips visiting me at work, I’m even happier.
[ zipping sounds ]
Hm? This is a “visiting at work” gift for me?
Wow, it’s a coconut from here.
As expected of my Miss Chips, who knows me best in the entire world.
You actually knew that I happened to be thirsty right now.
…mm, I see the opening.
…mm, very fresh and sweet.
Come, you can try it too… mm?
Why do you need to insert another straw?
Don’t move. I’ll just hold the coconut and feed you… open your mouth.
How is it? Does it taste delicious?
Ahh I’m sorry, it spilt onto your clothes…
[ tissue wiping sounds ]
…all right, it’s just that the collar is still a little wet.
Want to loosen your collar slightly?
Maybe it’d dry a little faster.
…don’t look at me with that expression. I really didn’t do it on purpose.
[ tissue patting sounds ]
[laughs] But there’s some coconut juice at the corner of your mouth which hasn’t been wiped clean…
[ tissue wiping sounds ]
[kiss] All right, it’s clean now…
…but I realised something earlier.
And that is… coconut juice is really very sweet. It’s savoury, especially…
[kiss] Eh, why is your face suddenly so red?
I know, I know, it’s the sunlight’s fault for being so strong on the seaside…
Miss Chips’ reddish cheeks were under the sun, and it’s definitely not because she’s shy.
No, it has nothing to do with you…
I accidentally bumped into something this morning during the filming.
Mm. I’ve already applied medicine. It doesn’t hurt at all, don’t worry.
Also, the moment I see you, I immediately come back to life.
…as long as Miss Chips is by my side, it’s already the greatest show of support.
However, the most effective way of visiting me at work is actually…
Come a little closer and I’ll tell you.
[ ruffling sounds ]
[kiss] To me, this is the most effective way of visiting me at work.
[ many more kisses ]
On a contented afternoon, quietly sitting by the seaside,
Having Miss Chips beside me,
Along with her hugs and kisses…
[sighs] This kind of visits at work are what I’ve always longed for… very perfect.
[sighs] Promise me that in every film I shoot in the future,
You’ll try your best to visit the set once, okay?
Because I hope you can always participate in my life.
[laughs] …all right, I’ll take it that you’ve agreed.
Don’t worry… this place is very hidden, and no one will come…
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betweentheracks · 4 years ago
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Heyo! Not to be too nosy here but you mentioned you're in bad health and recovering, and I just wondered what happened? Also how would it impact your career since, from how you've made it all seem thus far, it's a highly active and demanding job?
Hope you take care and get well! You appear quite strong and not like you'd take whatever has happened just lying down, so here's to you!! 🙏💓
No sweat and no worries here, I dont find this particularly invasive. If anything, I'm flattered you care to ask after me lol. 😁
A few weeks back I met a friend I hadn't seen in some time for lunch. This was against my better sense of caution that I've held firmly to throughout the pandemic, but I would feel regretful and dismissive if I didnt agree to see her while I had the chance. I should've listened my gut and stayed safely at work because this "friend" failed to mention she had tested positive (she knew already by the time of our lunch date, she has since admitted) and had figured since she had no symptoms there was no harm in being in public.
FF only a few days later and I was feeling a little unwell but had put it off as an effect of the winter blast that had just hit where I live. I'd spent half a day out in the cold and snow for a photoshoot only the day before and thought it was probably due to that since I'm susceptible to weather influenced head colds and bronchitis. Fortunately, my job mandates a rigid COVID-19 screening twice a week due to our high profile clientele and as an assurance of health and safety for us all. Mine read back with a positive and with the way I had been feeling I was immediately sent home and the company closed its doors while the building was sterilized and our clients notified.
Thankfully I managed not to infect anyone I work with nor my son. Regrettably, I did infect my best friend since we're horrifically incapable of maintaining personal space and have weak shit immune systems. We both agree it is a wonder we made it this far into plague times without it catching us.
So I went and got looked over and sent on my way with my prescription of potent anti-virals and steroids. I was well prepared to abide the quarantine guidelines and had sent my son to my mother's home for the duration so that he was out of the danger zone. It was fine, I was kinda cool and keen on getting a few days to myself to rest up and all that jazz. But it wasn't meant to last and I found trouble in the form of being unable to remain conscious much at all and would pass out constantly. After a few times of this I gave my brother (he's a doctor and vaccinated) a ring and told him that my fatigue was no joke dude and needed him to come give me a better once over than the one I'd gotten before bc I was sure I was not meant to feel this badly. He found me unconscious in the shower that night, my head battered from crashing to the basin.
After ensuring I wasn't concussed and jokes on what a hard head I have to take such a beating and show no signs of registering it beyond bruising (a joke between us due to him having once accidentally put a golf club into my forehead and fracturing my skull but that's a different story) he told me to call him regularly so that he can review how I feel and the progression of my symptoms and left. By the morning I had already had two more instances of sudden fatigue and collapsing in on myself. I had been posting on my main blog here about how I was doing and due to this I caught the concern of @peekbackstage and upon their suggestion to have my O2 levels tested it was revealed that I was having issues with my blood not circulating oxygen as it should and nearing hypoxia.
Here's the rub. I have a heart condition that is already very dangerous and bleak which limits my heart's capability of delivering blood through my body as it should. Cardiomyopathy or, as it seems better known, congestive heart failure. I've had surgery for it and it has been a while since it caused me any real issues as long as I stick to my routine of care and manage my health, but when COVID-19 infiltrated my body it immediately snagged upon this weak heart of mine and sank its fangs in.
Within a day of being admitted to the hospital I had a grand mal seizure due to the constant fluctuations of oxygen in my blood and the way my body was working double time to supplement for it. And only 2 days after that and when my nervous system had finally quieted down, I went into full cardiac arrest with a heart attack at my young age.
My next weeks were spent connected to machines doing more for me than my own body could. I developed pneumonia in my lungs, acute though it was it was still another complication that my wrecked body had to overcome as it made my already ragged breathing even worse. I was steadily shedding muscle tone and definition due to a lack of mobility and the fact that my body felt like a deadweight I could hardly take command of, and generally very weakened. My heart, the horrible thing, was inflamed and trying too hard by beating too fast, too hard.
FF some more and I was doing fairly well and treatments were showing some improvement. My heart was still being an ugly and gnarled beast in my chest and throwing weird spikes on the monitor that raised alarms. The pneumonia was retreating and I had no further seizures. It was the dawning light of my first signs that I was recovering!
It took a while more and so fucking many tests day in and day out for me get cleared for release. I tested negative for COVID-19 and was ashamed that I actually forgot that that was why I was even in the hospital to begin with, given all that happened. I have to undergo physical therapy and counseling; PT for heart happy exercises as well as to manage to my depleted muscles, counseling bc I was rocked mentally from all the almost dying and the depressive haze of being holed up in the hospital and surrounded by people who, like me, came in with COVID-19 but unlike me did not come out of it.
I'm home now. I had to have a pacemaker implanted and must stay vigilant for any showing that my heart is not performing as it should. I still have some severe inflammation and chest restriction in my airways as well as my blood vessels but nothing too daunting. I also have a full battalion of prescriptions, most for my heart, and a nebulizer to ease any breathing issues. The worst is honestly that I still am very weak and have severely limited reserves of energy.
My job is required to make me take 12 weeks of leave for rest and recuperation. This is very upsetting since I had been requested by name to be an assistant stylist at the Grammys this year which is truly a dream (especially with BTS in the mix 😩😩) and also bc I'm just a workaholic by nature and love my job. When I return I am expected to learn how to properly delegate tasks that do not directly require me to handle and slow down the pacing of my projects. My boss terminated a contract with a client that was nearing the scheduled end of our agreement and was also incredibly problematic to help lighten my workload. It's imperative that I reign in my stress levels or my heart will not last until the next surgery I'll need, so I'm gritting my teeth and letting my job be picked apart to reduce my responsibilities.
My post awaits my return but I will not be returning to full activity for a while after, which means no rifling through the racks for hours alongside the archivists in search of the perfect piece. I'll be welcome to meet with my clients and oversee the glam teams, will still be the command tower for final verdicts on which styles to use. But I will not be running around showrooms nor personally handling matters any competent trainee could be tasked with like I've always done. I will no longer be able to fly out anywhere for destination shoots or fashion shows.
If, after my next surgery, things are better and my heart stable to the point that they are hopeful of things will be reevaluated. While it is difficult beyond measure for me to relinquish the reigns of my career and be restricted in what I can do now, I am very thankful to be alive and upright when that wasn't a certainty just a little while ago. This is such a humbling experience to have survived when my stats kept dropping every day. I've been told to expect that I will never make a full 100% recovery and to expect to stall out around the 70%-90% range, with 70% being the most realistic.
My best friend (the one I gave the plague to) will be moving in with me so that I am never on my own if things go tits up and to assist in wrangling a toddler since I am currently without the energy to do so as my child is, sincerely, a crazy gremlin spawn with limitless battery life. Slowly, my life will regain some normalcy 💖
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misfit-among-the-angels · 4 years ago
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Adventures in Prague
Word count:6105 Genre: Smut, but with like plot and romantic stuff. Pairing: Tobias Sammet x Reader Warnings: Smut Summary: Reader is a photographer for Avantasia and also Tobi's gf and the band has a concert and then a day off in Prague. And there are some adventures and fun stuff to be had.
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A/N:I think that this fanfic is like my come back to writing fanfics lol. It took me like 3 months to write it and it's really different from the other ones I've written. This one was proofread by my friend ♥♥ P.S. I've never played Fifa so if it's incorrect I'm so sorry.
Another night, another concert. Usually it’s like that, but not this time. This time we’re anticipating an off day in the beautiful city of Prague. Just one more concert night.
I don’t dare whine even a tad bit to Tobi because I know that his job is harder and is more tiring than mine, but I can’t help showing how excited I am that we’ll have an off day exactly in this city.
My camera’s battery is fully charged and ready, lenses that I’ll need are unpacked, and I am ready for another three and a half hours of work. Tonight, Tobi seems to be in an extra good mood, probably because he loves performing in Czech Republic so much. I know that my job is to capture the best moments of the concert, but I can’t help smiling when Tobi or one of the other guys tells a joke. I mainly stay by the stage, but a few times I go to the backstage to rest a bit or to capture some moments from a different perspective. I don’t forget the fans either. I know, I’m mainly a band photographer, but capturing emotions of the fans is a good thing as well. Tobi seems to have upped his posing game for this show, or maybe it’s just me. I haven’t had more intimate moments with him for a while. Kissing or hugging doesn’t count. But enough whining. Every time Tobi spots me or comes to one side of the stage where I am and starts his silly poses, I can’t help but feel a bit hot. I smile as I take pictures. A few times he lets his tongue out for a picture, and I hear some fans screaming louder. Yes, fans do love that. Of course, I also take pictures of the other Avantasia guys. They pose less, but that’s okay for me. It makes my job more interesting.
Finally, the show is almost over. I go up on stage and take pictures of the band and the fans. Then my job for today is over, and I can go back to the hotel. Sometimes I hang around the backstage to take more pictures, but today I am done. All I want is a hot shower and bed. And Tobi of course, ehehe. I get to the hotel first. It’s a public secret between the band that I am with Tobi, so of course we share a room. I take all my clothes off except for my underwear, then turn on my laptop and let all my pictures be transferred to it. Then I jump in the shower.
Later, Tobi comes in and finds me all comfortable in bed with my laptop, quickly editing pictures. We smile at each other. I can see that he is tired. He surely gave his all tonight, and I’m not surprised that he goes for the shower straight away. After a good thirty minutes he comes out and flops beside me on the bed. I look at him and suddenly I get this strong craving. I think I know where it came from. I also know that he won't fall asleep right away, no matter how tired he is. Adrenaline from the show hasn't worn off just yet. So I put down my laptop and get closer to him. He finally opens his eyes and looks at me. “Want cuddles?”
“Always.” I giggle a bit. “But first, let me take care of you. Let me do something that will make you feel good.”
I see him wanting to protest and quickly put my finger on his lips. “I know, it's not what you think it is, and like I said, please, let me take care of you. You won't need to do anything. Just lie here, relax, and enjoy.”
He knows me, and he knows my sex drive, which can be high, and, sadly, when he is touring he is usually too tired to have some intimate time, even if we are in a hotel. Of course, his sex drive acts up too, but he can ignore it. I, on the other hand, really struggle with that, and sometimes I have to take care of it myself if I'm not fast asleep. It's kinda frustrating, but tour life is tour life - he warned me about this. Probably that's why the other guys leave their significant others at home. Of course, Tobi could have decided to choose someone else as a band photographer, but I guess his emotions got the better of him, and he chose me. And I was glad to be included into this happy family on the road. I don’t wait for his response, but I know that even though he is tired, he is also curious about what I'll do. I straddle him and start kissing his face. Nose, cheeks, forehead, and finally his lips. He giggles and smiles at the kisses. I let myself kiss him for some time. I always love kissing him, and lucky for me he loves kissing just as much. I break the kiss, then kiss down his jaw to his neck. I give his neck so many kisses until I am down to his shoulders. Then I move to his chest and keep slowly moving downwards. He sighs and makes some quiet noises. I feel his relaxed heartbeat and smile against his skin. I feel myself getting aroused even though I didn't do anything yet. I smell the shower gel, but also his natural scent comes through it, and it makes my head spin. So I have to remind myself that it's all about him. I move down to his stomach and feel his stomach muscles flex at my kisses. He has a towel around his hips, and I take it away and continue to kiss his body even lower. I kiss his thighs, then stop and just run my hands down his body. I look up, and from his face I can see that he is relaxed and content. I briefly wonder what he is thinking about. Probably me. I slightly smirk. I was soft, but now the urge to make him moan and come is taking over. I’m not taking my eyes off his face as I lightly run my fingers up and down his cock. I know he wasn’t expecting this, and his surprise is clear on his face. Without any pressure, I rub his tip with my thumb a bit. He makes a sound. I stroke him more, but after a few minutes I can’t help myself and lean down, taking his tip into my mouth and just sucking on it as my hand slowly strokes him.
“Oh, yesss!” he moans lightly and smiles. I keep my eyes on him, and his sexy reaction makes me smile internally as well. I swirl my tongue all around and listen to his sounds. This is one of the most effective ways to make him hard pretty quickly. And it seems it’s working magic. That’s the advantage I can take because I know that he hasn’t been sexually active for a few weeks. So he’ll be desperate to come, and oh, if it would be a different situation, I’d tease him long and hard. But now, I got him almost all hard already. His hips twitch a bit and I know it’s time for something he always loves so much. I take my hand away and slowly take him all in and as deep as I can.
“Ohhh, fuckkk..,” he moans louder and I feel goosebumps appearing on my skin. He looks so sexy like this – mouth a bit open, his head leaning back on the pillow. I moan too. When I’m sure I have him all the way I stop a bit, letting myself drool a bit too. I feel one of his hands tangling in my hair. Oh, this is perfect! I slowly move my head back up, creating this slow rhythm. Now he moans more often, though not as loud. I think he keeps in mind that we are in a hotel and the walls are thin. I close my eyes, not noticing him actually opening his eyes and looking at me. I hear him murmur something in German, probably some endearments or so. I smile internally at that. I moan a couple of times too, both to create some nice vibrations for him and, of course, because I enjoy this just as much as he is.
After some time, I move my head faster and now he tugs my hair more. I hollow my cheeks and hum a bit to give him the best experience and oh, that pays off wonderfully. “Oh, you are such a good girl,” he praises me and caresses my hair. I really can't help but moan. He knows how much I like being called that. I feel his hand that’s in my hair shiver a bit, and I can tell that he won't last long. I slow down again and every time I move my head up, I run my tongue over his tip and then slowly take him deep. I open my eyes to look at him, and he is biting his arm to not be so loud. But I can still hear noises and moans, and I wish I could hear them all normally. But of course we don't want any weird looks or complaints. One of these times when I take him deep, I feel his hand pushing down on me, then I hear him moan wordlessly and feel him coming down my throat. I swallow it all. After a few seconds, I feel his body and hand relax, and I slowly take him out. I look at him. He is breathing hard and has a happy smile on his face.
“That was amazing,” he says, sounding sleepy.
I smile. “I told ya. I just wanted to take care of you, and I'm glad you enjoyed it so much”. I kinda wonder if I should bring up that I'm hella aroused now. But seeing him so sleepy looking, I just can't bring that up. He needs to rest, and I can always get off on my own or just wait for tomorrow. I crawl up to him, give him a little peck on his lips, and get both of us under the covers. We cuddle up, and unsurprisingly Tobi falls asleep after about five minutes. I feel his relaxed body close to me and his arms around me, and I smile. The ache between my legs is almost unbearable, but soon I feel tired too. I force myself to calm down, and soon I follow him into the dream realm.
It's an off day, and we are definitely catching up on sleep, but just a bit. I had an alarm set from yesterday and it goes off at 10am. I wake up immediately to turn it off and yawn. I hear sleepy noises from Tobi and smile. I hate mornings, and even though we had a really nice and long sleep, I could still use some more hours of sleep. “Morning, lovebird.” I hear his sleepy voice in my ear and giggle. Then I turn around to see his totally cute face.
“Morrrrrrrning,” I intentionally roll my r's and giggle more. He hugs me close to him and kisses me. Looks like someone's in a good and loving mood. I wonder why… I kiss him back and run my hands on him. This really wakes me up and my body as well. Oh, how I wish I could have some intimacy now, but that impossible. In thirty minutes we’ll have breakfast, and then who knows what we'll think of. I feel his hand playing with my hair, and I smile between kisses. After we satisfy our kiss needs, I just smush my face into his chest and hug him more. He giggles and starts drawing patterns on my back with his fingers. I feel goosebumps on my skin and shiver a bit. By now he knows me and my body so well that he can tell what I crave and want. After a few minutes though he pokes my side which makes me twitch a bit.
“I know what you want, but we have breakfast to attend to, and we don’t wanna be late”.
I look up at him and pout, but he gives me a kiss on my cheek as a silent apology. I sigh and disentangle from him. As he is getting up, I can’t help myself and give his ass a slap. He giggles and shows me his tongue. I giggle too. We are happy because we love each other and because we can be silly. I stretch and then get up too.
On band off days I usually get an off day too. Sometimes I go and take some pictures of the other guys, and sometimes I just go explore by myself if Tobi feels too tired or wants to hang out with others. This time though I’m spending it with Tobi. After breakfast, we decide to have a walk. I promised to take him to a few cool places, and I also agreed that we won’t take too long because he wants to rest at the hotel and play some video games. I am more than okay with this because I love video games as well.
Of course, I’m bringing my camera with us. It’s such a good opportunity to take some pictures of the city. And of Tobi, too.
It’s a nice and warm spring day, and we find ourselves in the city centre.
“Can we keep away from the main streets and go somewhere with fewer people? I don’t really want to meet any fans, you know”.
“Oh, sure,” I smile to him. “I know this little nice pub that we have to visit, and then I want to take you to another really cool place”. I take my phone out to see where we actually are and how we can get to where I want us to be. We walk away from the centre, and Tobi seems happy and looks around when we turn onto a small unknown street. I point out interesting houses or pretty architecture. A few times we stop because I see something cool and want to take a picture, and then we stop some more because Tobi wants me to photograph him near this house or that one. It’s nice like this. A few times he insists on taking a selfie or two with me. We don’t really talk too much, but that’s okay because I'm taking in the vibe of the city. As for him, I think his coffee still hasn’t kicked in. I look at him and can't help but smile. My heart is full of joy and love and happiness. So I "secretly" take some pictures of him when he isn't looking my way. I want to freeze this moment so I can always look at these pictures and remember how I was feeling, and of course to show him how lovely he looks when he isn't posing for the picture.
My knowledge of the city and the ability to orient myself in it finally lets us arrive at the cute little pub. I stop and wait until he comes to me and says “well then, show me around. You know this place better than I do”.
I smile and lead him into the pub. Inside there isn't much room to sit. We greet the bartender, and then I lead Tobi out to this nice backyard where there are more tables to sit at. We choose one that's closest to us and sit down. “This place is also a hotel. I've stayed here once. It's a nice, quiet place”.
Tobi looks around. I see him opening his mouth to say something, but then the waitress comes to us and gives us a menu. We both love Czech beer, so we choose the same one, and as a snack we get ourselves some nachos. As we wait for our food and beer, we both get on our phones, not because we don't enjoy each other's company, but because it's the first time today we both get to check on things. Soon our beer arrives followed by the nachos, and we dig in.
“You know, after this tour is over, we need to come back here for vacation,” I’m taking the last pieces of nachos. “I understand that you might want to be at home and get some rest, but I’m sure a week spent here won’t hurt”.
Tobi takes a few sips of his beer. “I guess you are right. I like it here. I like the atmosphere and the feeling this city has”. I smile when he talks and drink my beer.
We talk more about things that we’re gonna do after the tour ends. I’ve been planning to move to live with him, so we talk about that as well. Talking about all things except our jobs is good.
We finish our beers and pay for everything. “Now where to? Our hotel?” Tobi asks.
“Nah, I wanna show you this amazing church and the park outside of it, and I just want to spend some time there with you.”
“Church you say, huh? Is this a hint about you wanting to marry me?” he grins.
I can’t help but giggle. “Well, maybe it is” — I show him my tongue — “but you know, you have to propose to me first.” As an answer he just wiggles his eyebrows. Being silly like this is the best.
After a good half hour we reach one of many bridges. As we are crossing it, I point to my right. “See, that’s the church I was talking about. It looks badass.”
He looks that way, and I can tell he likes what he sees. “It looks a bit sinister, but I like it!”
I smile and sneak my over hand to his and take it. At first, I can tell he is hesitant, but then he takes my hand too and oh, I’m sooo happy. He loves holding hands, but usually does it when we are in private or somewhere without many people, and on tour it’s just a no-no. But it seems he gave in this time, maybe because nobody is really paying attention to us. I love holding hands and this thing of his kinda makes me sad, but I understand him.
We cross the bridge and choose to walk on the quay. So peaceful, so nice. A few times I have to take my hand away because I want to take some pictures of the Vltava river. A few other times I ask him to sit down and take some great shots of him. Once I sit beside him, and after I take the pictures, I just can’t help myself and kiss him. He’s surprised but pleased. I don’t know why, but after that kiss I giggle and blush and feel more in love with him than ever.
Finally, we reach the hill and the church on top of it. I speak. “Ready? It’s not gonna be so hard because it’s not so hot”.
He gives me a nod, and we start climbing up. It’s a nice place, some sort of park, and as we’re going up the noises of the city slowly go away. We see some park benches, and I take a mental note to sit here when we’re going back.
We are at the top, looking at this beautiful church. I kinda wanna go inside as I’ve never been inside it, but then we hear some sounds from the inside and decide to just look around. I take some pictures and then point to the cemetery next to the church. “This cemetery is really pretty. C’mon, let’s look around”.
But Tobi shakes his head and says “maybe next time. If we can’t go inside that church, then let’s go back”. I pout a little but say nothing and follow him downhill. As we are halfway, I spot a bench and run to it and sit. “Come here! It’s a nice place to chill!”
I really picked a good spot because the city panorama is before our eyes as we sit. I place my head on his shoulder and say nothing, just enjoying this little moment. Tobi looks at me and smiles. We both look at the beautiful city before our eyes for some time, and then I take one of his hands and start playing with his fingers. Eventually he leans his head on mine.
“You know, I’m so glad to have you in my life, and I know I say this a lot to you, but really, you mean so much to me, and I can honestly imagine being with you for all of eternity…” I’m almost whispering, but I know he hears me perfectly. “I know that sometimes you struggle with voicing out your feelings, but you make me happy, and you always make me find more reasons to be in love with you even more. Even if it’s your stupid jokes or random noises or anything else.”
I pause for a bit because, damn, I’m feeling a bit emotional, but I know that he is smiling and he is listening, so I sigh and continue, “I know that maybe it’s a bit too early to talk about marriage, but let me just tell you that when we’ll be ready for that I’ll gladly say yes to you.” This is actually important because he knows that I don’t really like marriage, but if I’m saying this it means that he and me together is a big thing. He moves, and now we are looking at each other. I can see in his eyes that he is looking for the right words to voice out things he wants to say, but his eyes also tell me a lot.
He takes my hands in his. “I’m so happy to be reassured that this, us, is serious, and I’m also happy that somehow I changed your views on marriage. You make me happy, and I love you with my whole heart.” Then he leans in, and we kiss. And we kiss for a long time until we are both out of breath, and still our lips search out the way to kiss each other again. Moments like these are always my favourite. It doesn’t need words. We both feel the same, and we make it feel either through kissing or when we make love. It’s something I only discovered when I met him. Magical stuff. We kiss again, but it’s a shorter kiss this time. As we break away, we giggle as we both feel the same. We go back to the hotel holding hands all the way. I think this was the first time Tobi didn’t care if anyone might see.
Back in our hotel room, I change into more comfortable clothes while Tobi sets up the game. Of course it’s Fifa, his favourite game. I sit on the bed near him and take my controller.
He picks the team first and of course he picks Bayern. I poke him. “Hey, ladies first, you know.”
He looks at me with a grin. “Oops, I forgot that. But hey, it’s your turn now.”
I show him my tongue and pick Manchester United. I’m not as good at this game as he is, but I’ve beaten him a few times before, and now I’ll do the same.
“I’m tempted to let you win this time and you know why.”
“That would be soooo boring, but I’m sure I’ll beat you anyway.” I put on a confident look on my face. Tobi giggles, and the game starts, and his focus and mine are on it.
I’m not particularly competitive at the moment, but Tobi seems to be really into it even though it’s not even five minutes past when we started. He swears in German when the character he is playing fails to get the ball, and I can’t help but giggle. My focus shifts onto him, and I just admire how cute he looks when he is so into the game. I’m not even noticing that I’m basically just looking at him, so when he suddenly shouts “YES!” I jump a bit and look at the screen. He got the first goal.
Tobi looks at me. “Why didn’t you try to stop me? You could’ve tried at least.”
“Sorry, I got distracted a bit.”
“Distracted? By what? OH!” he looks at me again but with a grin now. “You got distracted by me, didn’t you?”
I roll my eyes a bit and blush but don’t say anything. The game progresses, and I get my first goal too. Bit by bit, my focus on the game is back. Soon I’m into the game just like Tobi is.
Three minutes left of this match, and we are both shouting at our characters, aaaaand “YESSSS!” I shout as my team gets another goal and wins the match.
I put down the controller and poke him. “Told ya that I’ll win.”
Tobi pouts for a second, but then he puts his controller down as well and launches at me and tackles me down on the bed. I wasn’t ready for this, so I only made a surprised sound as I found myself being down on the bed with him on top of me. He giggles and grins. “I might not be able to win that game this time, but I know another game which I’ll definitely win!”
I have no time to think what he has in mind because he starts to tickle me, going right for my weakest place, which is my sides. I laugh and squirm and wiggle. Trying my best to get out of it but failing. I grab one of his hands and try to take it away, but he is of course stronger than me. He takes my hand instead and pins it to the bed. I whine and squirm more. We look at each other as we know that we both have one free arm. I’m quicker and pull him into a kiss. Tobi is surprised maybe for a second, but then he relaxes and releases my hand as he kisses me back. I hug him immediately. This kiss is different from the last one though. This one is more passionate and communicates my need without me having to use words. But it seems he isn’t getting the hint because his hands just go to my hair. Usually when he understands what I want, he does something, like his hands starting to wander. I break the kiss, and I roll us to the side so now I’m on top of him. I know I wouldn’t be able to do this in any other situation, but now he is all relaxed and so easy to move. He looks at me with surprise and opens his mouth to say something, but I lean down and kiss him again. He immediately hugs me and just lets me do what I want. Soon, I break this kiss to kiss down his jaw and his neck. I ABSOLUTELY love giving his neck attention, and he loves it just as much. I kiss his neck all slowly and hear him sigh and make quiet noises. I smile against him. But how can I leave his neck without some marks? His neck looks wonderful with my marks. So I bite his neck in a few places, making sure to make pretty marks. He moans at the biting. His moans are such a big turn on that I can’t help but whine as I feel myself getting more and more aroused.
“I need you so much right now, my love,” I manage to say between all my whining and biting.
His response is his hands, moving them to the hem of my shirt. I get what he wants to do, so I straighten up and let him take it. My bra goes next. Then both his hands go to my breasts, massaging them and pinching the nipples. My whole body shivers and I can’t help but make noises. I try to grind but realize that we both still have our pants on, and I whine. He gets why I’m whining and fiddles with my pants’ buttons, and then his hands are back on my breasts. I smile at him and run my hands under his shirt, slightly scratching him when he pinches my nipples. But he gets the hint, and soon his hands leave my body to take off his shirt. I roll off of him and wrestle off my pants but leave my panties on. Then it’s time for his pants to go, and I help him with that. Finally, I straddle him once again. I am so turned on that I can’t help but shiver. I start grinding on him, and we both moan at the same time. I lean over to kiss him as I move my hands to his hair. I feel his hands moving to my ass and squeezing it and pushing it down on him. We go on like this for a bit, exchanging kisses and little moans and breaths.
“Fuck, I really need you inside me,” I whisper against his lips. I feel him shiver at my words.
“Yes, yes! I want it too.” His voice changes when he is aroused. It gets sexier. I smile and straighten up and move a bit lower and slide his underwear lower too. He takes his cock and holds it for me. I pull my panties to the side and sink down on him. We both moan loudly at this. We both needed it so much. When he is all the way in, I keep still for a minute enjoying how perfect he feels. He is doing the same.
“You are so beautiful, so hot when you are like this,” I hear Tobi say and then feel his hands on my hips, moving to my belly and then back up until he cups my breasts again. I smile so big. I’d blush, but my cheeks are already red.
I finally open my eyes and look at him with a smile. “You look hot and pretty like this too.” I find his hands and hold them as I start to move up and down. His hips thrust too, helping me. I look him in the eyes as we both create this slow pace. I moan a few times feeling how I’m falling into this realm where only this pleasure and the look in his eyes exist. He makes noises and moans too, and they are oh so delicious. Eventually we let go of each other’s hands, and mine rests on his chest, both as support and because I like feeling his skin and heartbeat. He moves his hands all over me, not really resting them anywhere for too long, and I love that. I move a tad bit faster and my head falls back a bit as I breathe out a moan.
“I wanna make you come so bad!” he says as one of his hands is already moving downwards.
“Oh, yes! Please…” I look at him, but then moan when his fingers touch my clit and start to slowly rub it. I close my eyes again. I’m noisier now, and with his fingers rubbing at me I can feel it coming faster.
“Oh, Tobi…” That’s all I manage as I feel it coming. He still keeps rubbing slowly, and I’m moving at the same pace too. The orgasm starts washing over me, and I arch my back and don’t hold back any moans or noises that escape my mouth. I stop moving too and just shiver. I slowly start to relax, and my hips twitch, and he finally stops rubbing me. I make quieter noises now and slowly open my eyes. I’m realizing that my nails dig a bit into his chest, so he’ll have some nail marks too. Finally, my eyes make the way up to his face, and I’m greeted with a smile.
“You were so beautiful. And so hot that you almost made me come too!” Our eyes meet, and we both know that this isn’t the end.
I smile and lean down and kiss him. The kiss communicates all the words I wanted to say. After a bit, he slowly moves his hips in small thrusts. I’m still sensitive and break the kiss to moan lightly, and I just rest my forehead on his. I feel his hands going up and down my back and sometimes squeezing my ass. He moans a lot more now, and I feel that he wants to go faster, but he is being gentle for me.
“I love you so much, Tobi,” I whisper and caress his hair.
He smiles big, and I feel his hands going around me in a hug. “Love you so much too. You feel so perfect. I missed this feeling…”
I kiss his lips briefly again and then settle for his neck. His hips snap faster and harder now, making me bite him and making him moan more.
“I am ready when you are ready”, I whisper in his ear and also buck my hips to match his thrusts. That makes him throw his head back more on the pillows.
“I’m close, my love”, he manages to say between all his noises and breathing. I raise my head to his, then bring my hand down between our bodies and start rubbing my clit again. Soon we are both moaning out each other’s names. I feel him squeezing me tight and coming in me which just makes me shiver more. Everything starts to wind down, and we both go limp. My head is in the crook of his neck, and his hands are loose but still around me. I don’t even care that I still have an arm in between us, and it’s not really comfortable. We both breathe heavily, and when he shivers feeling the afterglow, I shiver too.
I don’t know how long we stayed like this, but both of our senses start to come back to us and we almost simultaneously start giggling.
Tobi tries to speak first in between giggles. “I wonder if we’ll get away with how loud we were…” I bring my other arm back and then finally raise my head.
“Ah, who cares about that. This was AMAZING, and that’s all that matters.” I give him a giggly kiss.
After some more time, we finally disentangle. I still refuse to leave the bed so Tobi gets up first. I'm all satisfied and happy and even more happy seeing him strut around all naked. Finally he gets back from the bathroom.
"How and when did you manage to mark me up like this? Now I'll have to wear my scarfs even more," he pouts playfully.
I giggle before I can respond. "I'm not gonna be sorry for this. Your neck looks even prettier with all the marks. And besides, you wear your scarfs almost always anyway."
He only shows me his tongue, but doesn't say anything more. He knows I'm right, and secretly he likes that now his scarfs will hide a little secret of ours.
I use the bathroom too. We get dressed up and go to dinner with the other Avantasia guys. No one really questions why Tobi wears his scarf and no one says anything about what happened earlier. Either they don't know, or they know but don't say anything.
After the dinner, I leave Tobi hanging out with the guys, and I go back to the room as I feel really tired. This is the last day in Prague, so I pack my luggage. Before I go to bed, I look through the window at the lights of the city and daydream a bit. Suddenly I feel very familiar arms going around me, and I smile. Tobi's here. He hugs me from behind, and we stand like this for some time.
Back in bed and just before I fall asleep, I think about all that happened, and my heart once again fills up with love and joy. Then I cuddle up with him even more and fall asleep. Tomorrow we'll go back to Germany. The tour continues, but we both will remember Prague for a bit longer this time.
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smallandsneezy · 3 years ago
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given the temperature you’re running
giles finds willow fast asleep and sick in the library and takes her home with him. that's it, that's the tweet. (don’t mind me, just publishing all my old fics on here) (ao3)
It was nights like these that Giles was sure he’d never attain one of those work-life balances everyone’s always talking about. As he pushed open the doors to the library, he looked at his watch. 1:34AM. Perfect. The school day would be starting six hours from now, giving him plenty of time to get some extra reading on metaphysics done before the first bell rang.
Suddenly, a soft sniffle came from the corner. Giles leapt a foot in the air, clutching his collar in a panic. What in God’s name could it possibly be this time? He flipped the lights on before edging his way deeper into the library’s depths, wishing he’d brought an extra stake with him.
Oh.
Willow sat at the table, fast asleep among the books. Giles battled the opposing urges of frowning disapprovingly or smiling fondly. Of course it was Willow. He’d left her in pretty much the same position, although on his last time seeing her she’d been far more conscious than she was now. He drew closer.
Her hair was sticking to her face. He frowned, and moved to fix it, before getting distracted with how hot and sweaty her brow was. She groaned in her sleep, almost nuzzling into the hand that sat at her forehead checking her temperature.
Giles quickly ran through the day. Yes, Willow has been quieter than normal, but these kids were so full of hormones that he’d learned to take their mood swings with a grain of salt. He poured back over their afternoon of research, cursing himself when he noticed the quiet coughs and balled up tissues that danced in the periphery. Bloody hell, he was thick.
“Willow?” he said softly, pushing her hair back from her sweaty cheeks.
“Mmmmm.” Her eyes fluttered open, not coming into focus for just a moment too long for Giles to be comfortable.
“Giles? What… what are you doing here?” her voice was croaky, and she made a valiant attempt to clear it but only succeeded in making Giles violently wish he had brought some warm tea with him.
“I could ask you the same question. What have I told you about staying in the library after 11?” His hands had moved from her forehead to her throat, as he felt for… something? Medical knowledge was the one thing he’d never really gotten around to.
“Sorry. I got distracted. I’ll just…go now.” Willow made to stand up, but made it all of half a knee bend before her legs gave out and Giles had to make a mad dive to keep her from slamming her head on the table.
“I don’t think you’ll find that to be happening.” Giles’s mind was going a million miles an hour. What was he supposed to do? Drive her home? Her parents hadn’t noticed she was gone, clearly, and she needed someone to keep an eye on her.
“Willow, aren’t your parents missing you?”
“They’re out of town this week. Work.” She had closed her eyes again, her head lolling to rest on her shoulder.
Bollocks.
“Well… would it… would it be alright… I think you had best stay with me.” Giles decided the name of the game would have to be confidence. He may not have any idea what he’s doing, but Willow didn’t need to know that.
“I…” she broke off to cough, a tight wheezing noise that made his own chest clench. “I couldn’t, I don’t want to put you out.”
“Willow, I insist.” Giles fought down the urge to pick her up and carry her to his car. “Let’s go. Do you have everything?”
She looked listlessly at him, a vague bashful look on her face. “I should stop by my locker. I think I need my inhaler.”
Giles felt his stomach drop out of him.
“Inhaler?” Internally, he catalogued every asthma trigger that they’d been around in the last 24 hours alone- simply the books sitting around her head were a hazard.
“It’s no big deal.”
Giles was quite sure it was actually a very big deal, but decided to save that matter until Willow felt better, or at least didn’t look like she was about to faint.
“Well, we’ll get it and we’ll go to my house. If you’re comfortable with that.” he threw in quickly, wondering if he was being too demanding. Willow let out a sneeze that doubled her over, and Giles decided he wasn’t being nearly demanding enough.
“God bless you. Come along Willow.”
Their drive home was quiet, passing mostly in sneezes and Giles saying “bless you”, it each time coming out more strangled. When they hit a light Giles removed his handkerchief from his breast pocket and placed it on Willow’s lap. He took it as a bad sign that she didn’t push back on this.
Normally Giles didn’t mind his car too terribly; it got the job done and him from place to place. Now, with Willow shaking like a leaf beside him, he prayed for a working heater. By the time they pulled into his driveway, Willow had nodded off yet again, her face resting against the window. The heat from her cheeks were fogging up the window around her, making it look like she had a halo. Giles turned the car off and sat for a moment, fighting the urge to let her sleep given the nighttime chill. Willow gave a pronounced shudder, and he decided enough was enough.
“Willow?” He reached out and gently took her shoulder. Willow’s eyes flew open, and she gasped, sending her into a coughing jag. Giles patted her back while he resisted the urge to hold the girl.
When the crackling noise emitting from her lungs had stopped, Willow looked over at him, her face red from exertion.
“Sorry.”
Giles decided that his first order of business after she was feeling better would be finding whoever had left her feeling the need to apologize for being ill.
“There’s nothing to be sorry for. Here, let’s get you to bed.” He let her walk by herself, albeit reluctantly, and led her into the large bedroom two doors to the right of the entrance way. Thank god he’d never gotten rid of the compulsive need to keep his room clean. He guided her to sit on the foot of the bed and turned to his dressers.
“Here are some clothes you can wear. You should keep warm.” He held out a pair of gray sweatpants and one of his older sweaters, carefully avoiding in his mind the alarm bells going off in his head. Was this unprofessional? Yes. But at the minute he didn’t really care.
Willow has accepted the clothing without question, looking up from the bed doing a thing with her eyes that made her look very young.
“I’m going to go make you some tea and see what medicine I have lying about. Go ahead and get changed and get into bed.”
“No!” The sudden sharpness in her tone startled him, and he immediately stopped in his tracks, turning to look at her.
“Is something wrong?”
“I can’t… I can’t sleep in your bed!” Her voice sounded like she’d swallowed a set of knives, something he couldn’t quite push to the back of his brain even as he considered this point.
“Well, I do understand it might be a tad strange, but given the temperature you’re running-“
“I really appreciate it! I do. I just… I don’t want you to be uncomfortable because of me.”
Giles very nearly laughed aloud.
“Willow, let me assure you that I would be far more uncomfortable letting you sleep on my couch given the current condition you’re in. And besides. My mother would have my head if she knew I made a guest sleep on a pull out sofa, especially,” he paused to allow Willow time to sneeze, taking a box of tissues from his nightstand and placing them in her lap, “if she was under the weather.”
Willow didn’t say anything more, simply began to shed her shoes and jacket, so Giles made his way to his kitchen, already dreading the lack of supplies he was going to find in his meager pantry. As the tea boiled, he put everything that could possibly be helpful out on the kitchen table. To her horrible hacking, which sounded just as painful a room over, he evaluated his loot.
A two year old pack of cough drops, generic. Enough Tylenol to kill a small animal. Honey, of which only a fourth of the bottle remained. He scoffed at himself. Given that his entire job was to protect the Slayer (and by extension, Willow and Xander), his medical supplies were only adequate if they were being used by a rock and roller treating a hangover the night after a concert. He resolved to go out first thing the next morning and pick up a battery of Dayquil and Nyquil, regardless of how expensive the miserable American healthcare system made it.
Tea with the remaining household honey in hand, he returned to his bedroom door. He stood quietly for a moment, listening. Nothing.
“Willow?” His voice sounded weedy and worried and he cursed himself for his incredible lack of ability to be cool in any situation.
“Yeah?” It was a croak, but it was confirmation of consciousness so Giles took it as a win.
“May I come in?”
“Sure thing.”
He slid inside to find Willow already tucked in amongst his covers. His sweater dwarfed her thin frame, and she has already rolled the sleeves up several times to let her hands have any chance at being useful. She was very pale, even more so than normal, with the exception of her cherry red nose and her pink cheeks. Giles felt so overwhelmed with affection for her that for a moment all he could do was stand there and watch her blow her nose.
“Are you sure this is alright?” Her voice was uncertain, almost as though she expected to be kicked out at any moment, and the ideas that brought to Giles’s head made him angry so he decided to push them away to be dealt with at a more convenient time.
“Willow, I swear this is more than alright. Are you feeling fevered still? I have some Tylenol in the kitchen, I just didn’t have the hands with the tea.” He gestured his head in the direction of the nightstand, which held said tea.
“Speaking of which, you should really drink that. It should help your throat, and maybe your chest if we’re lucky.”
Willow complied, wrapping her hands around the mug and taking a sip. She sighed contentedly.
“Giles, you always make the best tea.”
Giles felt himself go pink with pride and pleasure, and quickly went to go find more handkerchiefs to hide how happy he was about having his tea-brewing skills complimented.
He dug through his linen closet for a while, assessing the pros and cons of each type of blanket. Fluffy ones would keep her warm, but she could overheat. A sheet was really the best option, but she had been shivering so much and he resented the idea of withholding anything from her.
When he came back, Willow was asleep. Her chest made soft crackling noises as she breathed, but she looked better than she had an hour ago when he’d found her asleep at the desk. Giles felt the tension in his shoulders unwind, just a little bit. He crept softly up to the bed, laying the blanket he’d decided on over top of his covers. He stood for a moment, just watching her breathe. Only after she rolled over to curl up even tighter did her realize that he still had metaphysics reading to be done. The book was likely still in the library, never even touched. He looked at Willow again.
Worth it.
Giles placed a soft kiss to Willow’s temple and shut the door quietly.
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zrtranscripts · 3 years ago
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Season 9, Mission 10: On The Run
Out of the Frying Pan...
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[crowd chatters, guards blow whistles]
GUARD 1: Stop them!
GUARD 2: Don't let them get away!
FRANCES DEMPSEY: Sam, the city guards are catching up.
GUARD 2: Over there!
SAM YAO: Keep running. We wrecked a tea tent, let a zombie loose in the souk, destroyed a hard drive, and stole a briefcase! The city guards are only doing their job. But if they catch us - [shouts]
MARYAM ABANI: What is it?
SAM YAO: A stabbing pain in my head. Maybe - [high-pitched voice] Too hot, too hot.
FRANCES DEMPSEY: Sam?
SAM YAO: I didn't mean to say that. It's the tea! It didn't just cause amnesia, it's making me lose control!
FRANCES DEMPSEY: Maryam's a doctor, she'll take a look at you once we're safe. In the meantime, what about Janine, Peter, and Mo? We have to find them if we're going to piece together what happened last night and get Veronica back.
SAM YAO: We don't even know if they made it over the border. Either way, we're no use to them with the guards on our tail.
MARYAM ABANI: Look, the main square. A huge crowd’s gathered. We-we could lose the guards there. Come on!
FRANCES DEMPSEY: Everyone's staring up at something. Oh, the biggest dome in the square's on fire. Someone's standing next to it. They don't look too steady on their feet. [gasps] It's Janine!
SAM YAO: What's she doing up there?
[gunshots]
FRANCES DEMPSEY: Someone just shot at her! Oh, they missed. She's running away!
SAM YAO: We've got to catch up with her before they try again.
MARYAM ABANI: This way, through the crowd. Run!
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[crowd chatters]
SAM YAO: Okay, this is the building with the burning dome. Yeah, looks like there's an alley down the side.
FRANCES DEMPSEY: Janine!
MARYAM ABANI: Shh! Frances, people are looking for her! And us.
JANINE DE LUCA: Miss Dempsey, is that you?
SAM YAO: Janine, we're coming!
JANINE DE LUCA: Mr. Yao, Runner Five, Dr....
MARYAM ABANI: Abani, but call me Maryam.
JANINE DE LUCA: Thank you, Dr. Abani. I'm relieved to see you all.
SAM YAO: Janine, what were you doing on that roof? Why was the dome on fire?
JANINE DE LUCA: I think I meant to create a distraction, but I can't remember what for.
FRANCES DEMPSEY: We've all got gaps in our memories.
SAM YAO: And uh... we've lost Veronica.
JANINE DE LUCA: What? Oh, this is my fault. I should never have drunk anything without fully understanding its properties!
MARYAM ABANI: Oh, no no no, it-it's my fault for offering it to you. I'm so sorry, I thought it was mint.
JANINE DE LUCA: The situation is unfortunate, but we must focus on resolving it, not apportioning blame, Dr. Abani.
SAM YAO: Anything you remember could help us do that, Janine.
JANINE DE LUCA: I crossed the border alone, leaving Miss McShell with Mr. Lynne and Mr. Boujettif. I remember buying an approved headset inside the city and running through the streets.
[flashback]
PETER LYNNE: Okay. God, okay. This must be – yes. Is – uh, hello, is this the right button? Janine, do you copy? Over.
JANINE DE LUCA: I read you, Mr. Yao.
PETER LYNNE: Well actually, we discussed this, Janine. You see, it's Peter here. You see, Sam is... Sam is busy. What is your - where are you?
JANINE DE LUCA: I'm running on polished flagstones surrounded by tiled archways and mechanized carts.
MOHAMMED BOUJETTIF: You're in the central square. When the guard changes watch, set off the alarm at the guard post to the south. This will attract many guards to where you are.
PETER LYNNE: Giving us the window we need here at the border.
JANINE DE LUCA: What do you need a window for again?
MOHAMMED BOUJETTIF: We went over this. We need to get Veronica -
PETER LYNNE: Mo, no. Trust me, don't confuse her. Janine, um, just have to get to the guard post, okay? Run!
~
JANINE DE LUCA: I'm in position, Mr. Yao.
PETER LYNNE: It's Peter, your... okay, doesn't matter. Um, can you see the guard post?
JANINE DE LUCA: Yes. I must say, that formulation is very shoddy. Multiple gaps in their line of sight, patrol patterns all over the place.
PETER LYNNE: Okay, good. That should make it easier for you to trip the alarm without being seen.
JANINE DE LUCA: Yes, but what then? These guards are clearly ill-disciplined. If I set the alarm off, the guard station at the border might not even respond.
MOHAMMED BOUJETTIF: Please just stick to the plan.
JANINE DE LUCA: Mr. Boujettif, your last plan resulted in us losing contact with Miss Dempsey and Dr. Abani. I have decades of military experience and I'm going to find a better distraction.
PETER LYNNE: Janine, listen to me. Stop, okay? Mo knows the city.
JANINE DE LUCA: And I know subterfuge.
PETER LYNNE: Please, just at least tell us where you're going. And-and be quick, the battery on this headset is running out.
JANINE DE LUCA: I'm running through formal gardens. That's a rather ostentatious fountain.
MOHAMMED BOUJETTIF: What does it look like?
JANINE DE LUCA: Hm? Oh, it's round and marble, mirrored tiles around the edge and a changing LCD light display beneath it. Complete waste of water and energy.
MOHAMMED BOUJETTIF: Stop! If you don't turn back immediately -
JANINE DE LUCA: Come in, Mr. Boujettif, Mr. Yao? I need a better vantage point. I'm going to climb up that trellis onto the roof. Over!
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[foliage rustles]
JANINE DE LUCA: Mr. Yao, I've climbed the trellis. I'm now on the roof. There are electrical cables over my head and a dome in front of me. It's 30 feet high, made of wood and plated with gold. What a waste. This could go towards thousands of electrical circuits. That gives me an idea, Mr. Yao. Mr. Yao, I'm going to start an electrical fire. It'll attract the guards away from the border far more effectively than an alarm. [flames crackle] Mr. Yao, I've set the dome alight.
MOHAMMED BOUJETTIF: Janine, what have you done? That dome belongs to Skull-Kicker!
JANINE DE LUCA: Mr. Boujettif! Did it work? [yawns] Do you read me? I'm going to take a... tactical... nap.
[present time]
JANINE DE LUCA: - and that's all I remember.
SAM YAO: If Peter was operating comms for you, he can't have been that badly affected by the tea.
JANINE DE LUCA: His condition accelerates his metabolism.
FRANCES DEMPSEY: So maybe he has Veronica. Maybe Janine's distraction worked. Did he say where he'd be?
JANINE DE LUCA: I have this business card in my pocket.
MARYAM ABANI: It's for a bar.
SAM YAO: Finally, some luck! Let's get there before whoever shot at Janine catches up. Run!
~
[crowd chatters]
MARYAM ABANI: Here's the bar on the business card Peter left. I've been here before. Amazing collection of vintage arcade machines.
SAM YAO: [high-pitched voice] Hot, hot, hot!
MARYAM ABANI: Sam, are you all right?
SAM YAO: No, no, I feel dizzy. I'm-I'm just going to sit down outside while you all go in and look for Peter.
JANINE DE LUCA: Very well, Mr. Yao.
[door opens, arcade machine beep]
PETER LYNNE: Oh, Janine, thank goodness. Uh, Frances and Five too, obviously. I have been worried sick. And uh, Maryam, was it? Uh, look. Here, I've got you all some orange juice.
MARYAM ABANI: Oh, thank God.
PETER LYNNE: And next is some aspirin.
FRANCES DEMPSEY: Finally.
PETER LYNNE: And finally, a raw egg with a slosh of hot sauce from the market!
JANINE DE LUCA: I think we've all learned our lesson about drinking strange concoctions.
PETER LYNNE: Well, suit yourself. More for me. Wait, um, where's Sam?
FRANCES DEMSPEY: Oh, his head was hurting. He's just waiting outside.
PETER LYNNE: Is he wearing his cold cap?
MARYAM ABANI: What cold cap?
PETER LYNNE: Oh no no no no no no! Out of the bar!
[door opens]
SAM YAO: Peter! Oh, am I glad to see you!
PETER LYNNE: There's no time, Sam. We've got to get you to the fish market!
FRANCES DEMPSEY: Fish market? Why?
PETER LYNNE: There's no time to explain, just run!
~
SAM YAO: Peter, I don't understand. Why are we in a fish market? Can we slow down? I've got the worst headache.
PETER LYNNE: Sam, listen to me. Get to that fish counter and stick your head in the ice now.
SAM YAO: What? That’s someone’s stall, Peter. They've laid the fish out all nicely. And I don't feel great. I'd rather not.
[PETER picks SAM up, SAM yelps]
FRANCES DEMPSEY: Did Peter just pick Sam up?
JANINE DE LUCA: He's very strong.
[SAM shouts, PETER dunks SAM in ice]
MARYAM ABANI: Peter just submerged Sam's head in that pile of ice.
FISHMONGER: Hey, you ruined my stall!
PETER LYNNE: I’m sorry, but it's an emergency, okay? Just a few more seconds.
[SAM yelps, PETER dunks SAM in ice again]
MARYAM ABANI: Peter, stop!
SAM YAO: [coughs] Peter, what was that for?
PETER LYNNE: If I hadn't done that, you would be dead.
JANINE, FRANCES, MARYAM, and SAM: What?
PETER LYNNE: Sam, Veronica is inside your head. It was the only way to get her over the border. Last night, Janine created a distraction so I'd be able to get Veronica out of the briefcase and under your scalp without being seen.
SAM YAO: What.
PETER LYNNE: Yes, well, ideally a doctor would have carried out the surgery, but Maxine's miles away fighting a measles epidemic.
MARYAM ABANI: And I was off chasing goats. I can't apologize enough.
PETER LYNNE: Uh, that's fine. Um, Veronica talked me through it, actually. She-she needed access to your greater occipital nerve so she could interface with your brain, you see. Fortunately, cactus tea is a potent anesthetic, hooray! Unfortunately, we did have to remove most of Veronica’s components, so she needed to recompile overnight and that's an intensive process that could have/was causing your brain to overheat, short-circuiting her and killing you. And we'd have lost you both if I hadn't done the right thing and cooled your head in time.
SAM YAO: Well, wasn't there any other way to get her into New Agadir?
PETER LYNNE: [laughs] Well, not after the way you all acted. The guards were on high alert.
JANINE DE LUCA: Why Mr. Yao?
PETER LYNNE: Janine, we went through this. My regenerating body or your nanites might have rejected Veronica. Five is our chief runner. So that leaves Sam.
SAM YAO: [high-pitched voice] Let me talk.
FRANCES DEMPSEY: No one's stopping you, Sam.
PETER LYNNE: It's not Sam, it's Veronica. Sam, just relax.
SAM YAO: Hang on a minute! It's... [sighs] Fine.
VERONICA MCSHELL: Sam, even though your brain is poorly optimized, I've been able to recalibrate my systems to operate on it at a reduced capacity. I'm going to have to reorganize your cerebral cortex... but further explanation will have to wait. There's a high probability that guards are closing on your area.
SAM YAO: What? Sorry, Veronica, what-what are you doing to my cerebral cortex?
GUARD: It's the fire starter! After her!
PETER LYNNE: Oh God, they've caught up with Janine. Run!
~
[crowd chatters]
MARYAM ABANI: They're gaining on us!
PETER LYNNE: Quick, down this alley.
FRANCES DEMPSEY: It's a dead end!
SAM YAO: Oh, what are we gonna do?
VERONICA MCSHELL: Stop running. Put your hands up. If you don't surrender, there's an overwhelming probability of you all being shot.
JANINE DE LUCA: Fine, everyone do as Miss McShell says.
PETER LYNNE: They're coming towards us. Ten of them, at least.
SAM YAO: They've got Mo. But he didn't do anything wrong!
GUARD: Hello, Colonel De Luca. You owe our employer a lot of money.
FRANCES DEMPSEY: Your employer? We thought you were the city guards.
GUARD: The city guards have been after your group before, but we are involved now, and they know better than to interfere with our business. We work for Skull-Kicker, the woman whose dome you destroyed, Colonel. It was very expensive.
JANINE DE LUCA: I understand. Fortunately, my associate Mr. Boujettif, whom I can see you've met, has a fund to cover our expenses.
MOHAMMED BOUJETTIF: Not anymore. After I paid for the hotel bill you walked out on and the many, many damages you've been responsible for over the last 12 hours, there wasn't anything left. You've incurred a terrible debt to – forgive me – the most vengeful crime boss in the city, and mere hours after I finally squared my account with her.
GUARD: So unless you want to end up like the last people who owed her money -
MOHAMMED BOUJETTIF: Drawn and quartered, so they say.
SAM YAO: What?
GUARD: - you're going to have to find a way to pay it off, quickly.
~
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darkestwolfx · 5 years ago
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Power Play - Re-Review #41
Woah, I honestly didn’t expect to get this far! I know I haven’t been able to reply to everyone individually last week, but I’ve read every piece of feedback/comments that came my way. Seriously, thank you all so much for supporting this series, because else the Re-Review’s would have died out long ago! Anyhow, here we go;
Doesn’t thisstart make the episode just look lovely?
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Attack of the giants! It’s like someone’s found and used a growth serum- oh no, we have to wait another two episode for that!
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Honestly though the behind the scenes features for this episode did look pretty awesome.
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But the actual episode is what we will now discuss.
Oh, lookie here, a problem! Send in the Thunderbirds (like with most episodes)!
“What’s going on down there?”
“I’m not the one in charge of the floodgates! You tell me.”
And what a response that was. Almost typical really.
“You’re going to have to close the floodgates manually.”
“Wait, something’s here. What is that thing? We need help!”
“This is International Rescue. Help is on the way.”
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So we’ve got a dam that’s on the way down and some strange presence within it... interesting.
I can’t keep up with Brains and type so basically, it’s one of the largest dams in the world and it’s cracking!
“This will need all of us.”
Family outing!
I’m sorry to say it though, but did Scott wobble in his launch sequence? Seriously I’m hyper aware of it at the moment for some reason. I blame @tsarinatorment​ - stop putting ideas in my head! (I’m only kidding, please don’t stop). But I think you’ll find there was a wobble there.
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Playing skipping rocks with Thunderbird Four? Seriously boys, hold off on the Gordon cruelty! After all, that’s the job of us fanfiction writers.
Interestingly, Alan was playing skipping rocks in the 2004 ‘Thunderbirds’ movie.
“I just have one question. If you drop me off, how are you going to get the pods out?”
“Glad you mentioned it. Better hold onto something.”
“Hey! What are you?”
“Ok, that was awesome, but a little more warning next time.”
“It was Alan’s idea. Sorry Gordo!”
Nicknames are back! And that little bit of music accompanying it was perfect! One of my favourite moments for sure!
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At least Gordon was planning on going for a swim, unlike Scott here.
“What’s the next fastest way inside?”
“You’re looking for the auxiliary entrance to number six.”
“I wasn’t planning on going for a swim, John.”
“My scan say it should be dry.”
“Ok.”
The should gave it away for me.
“I wouldn’t want to be in here when someone turns on the tap.”
That for me was Scott really pushing his luck.
“Ur... guys, I think I’m about to take that swim after all.”
Well, you did push your luck.
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“Meaning?”
“Something inside that turbine room is taking all the power!”
And who else could that be, but this guy.
“This means The Mechanic is here.”
And um, he’s still got that hacked link into their systems from ‘Up from the Depths’. Seriously, I thought Kayo was on that? Do a better job the second time around please?
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“We need the GDF here and fast.”
“They’re arriving now.”
“You gone up against this Mechanic guy before, Captain? I hear he makes The Hood look soft.”
“The Mechanic will get what’s coming to him.”
Yes, I’m sure he will. Especially with the return of Captain Foster... Did anyone else worry at seeing her face?
“We’ve got nothing to fight these things with.”
“Speak for yourselves.”
Did anyone else feel the suspicion in that as well? I know ‘she’s’ a Captain, but the GDF wouldn’t only arm one person if they had the weaponry to fight The Mechanic. At least, my logic tells me they wouldn’t.
“I’m not waiting any longer. I need to get these people out of here.”
“Thanks. Scott Tracy, International Rescue.”
“Captain Foster. I got you covered, Tracy.”
Good deeds! Captain Foster helping with a rescue. That would’t normally be a new thing for the GDF.
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“Looks like the GDF got some upgrades!”
Yeah, one person, Scott, and really did that not set alarm bells off? Who (other than Brains) is the only person we know capable of fighting The Mechanic? And um... who was wearing Captain Foster’s face the last time we saw him? I mean, there was of course every chance the real Captain Foster could have showed up and forced him to chance faces, but I think The Hood is more practical a thinker than that.
“No matter. I got what I came for.”
And that fact really does set off alarm bells. What does The Mechanic want super-super-super-super-super-super-super-super-super... imagine the rest- super-charged batteries for?
“So did I. We’re leaving!”
“I’ll take care of The Mechanic.”
“It’s not worth it. You don’t have to be a hero.”
“I’ll leave the hero business to you, Scott Tracy. My business is a very different kind. Unfinished.”
“The Hood!”
But, oh no, green is so not his colour!
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It’s like Battle of the Bad Guys - I imagine that is actually much better than battle of the bands too...
And maybe a little bit like an episode of Eastenders..? I’ve honestly never watched it, but I’ve seen trailers in between other programs, and this first part of dialogue just seems like the sort of conversation that might appear in an episode. Let me know if you have seen it. 
“You’ve been mascaraing as a GDF officer all this time just to find me?”
“I consider it a public service. Though I admit I expected more of a challenge when I did.”
“Now that I know what I’m dealing with I’ll make it one!”
After their ‘break up’ at the mid-point of Series Two, I suppose a scene like this was inevitable. The big thing is, however, we still don’t know entirely what set these two against each other. Okay, The Hood’s horrible insults might make it onto that list, and obviously we know there’s some kind of influence/control going on with that golden eye of his (nice little nod to TOS there, even though they’ve taken all the magic and wonder out of it by replacing it with ‘cybernetics’). Big reveals are on the way though!
“Sorry pal, but I don’t want to stick around for the light show if you know what I mean.”
“Brains, I need you to keep an eye on things here.”
“R.A.D.”
And here’s the big reveal I mentioned;
“You should have left well enough alone.”
“I never forgive and I never forget. But I have to give you credit, whatever you have planned has made me quite curious.”
“You haven’t figured it out yet? It was your idea.”
“Project Sentinel?”
“Sentinel?”
Sentinel you say, Brains? Sentinel was the original name of the US Navy ship which shot down Thunderbird Two in the TOS episode ‘Terror in New York City’.
“You must be joking. I decided that was far too extreme. Even for me!”
The Hood thinks something is too extreme for him to use even though he originally planned..? Interesting.
You see - this debate will be fully taken up in that other post I keep talking about, which will appear eventually - this is where my issues with The Hood’s ultimate ending in TAG come around. There’s a great bit of writing here, with two feuding bad guys, which I’m still completely believing. I can’t quite remember what I felt the first time I watched this episode, but having seen the final and knowing how The Hood’s big career speech turns out, this loses all potential power for me. Someone who was just out for revenge and always seemed to never have a conscience compared with the great Jeff Tracy doesn’t seem like the sort of guy who would say this.
Also, with the great revelations we get on The Mechanic, his reply also seems out of place to me now. Okay, we could claim it’s because The Hood’s control over him is driving him mad, but even so, the fact is that they’ve shown The Mechanic to be able to think of his own accord still and he’s had other opportunities to get The Hood which wouldn’t have involved endangering the planet. I don’t know, it just seems to me like someone crossed their wires when writing these characters, or just forgot to re-watch Series 2 before writing series 3..?
“I, on the other hand, have no such reservations. It would have been building it for you after all. Now there’s nothing to stop me picking up from where we left off.”
“Except for me!”
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“He’s fighting The Hood in there, remember?”
“As if this day couldn’t get even more interesting.”
Yes, so let’s take a look at the rescue effort for the dam in detail;
“Virgil, are you sure you don’t want me to take the pod?”
“Not this time.”
Wait, Virgil’s willingly handing over Thunderbird Two? Get the record books out. And all because he wanted to inspect the damn personally... He really is a structural expert.
“It’s pulling me off the dam!”
“Bulls-eye!”
“Nice going, Alan.”
So Alan gets Scott’s aim as well? Seems a little unfair.
“It seems to be working. I just hope I don’t run out.”
We went a couple episodes without jinxing things, and so now we’re back at jinx central.
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Meanwhile whilst Gordon is fighting mechas underwater whilst trying to attach cables to the damn, Virgil is sitting pretty here... until... down they both go!
“Fancy meeting you here.”
I think that’s pay back for the dropped landing earlier.
“Alan I sure hope you’re in position. Things are about to get wet!”
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I’m guessing this wasn’t the ultimate end game plan though... You okay chilling down there?
“I’m ok. I think.”
Okay, we’ll just leave you there for a minute then, so that the battle of the bad guys scene can happen.
P.S. Look at poor little beached Thunderbird Four.
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In fairness though, probably neither was this;
“This stuff washes off right?”
The fact that Gordon has asked that immediately gave me the answer.
No.
“Um, no, that’s the point.”
“Oh, ok, just checking.”
“You didn’t get any on Thunderbird Four, did you?”
“Let’s focus on the positives!”
Which means: yes.
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“We can’t let him or The Mechanic leave with those power cells!”
“Seal off the area. Nothing gets in or out of here!”
And bye-bye goes The Mechanic.
 Another job well done by the GDF!
Scott’s face as The Mechanic’s ship vanishes.
“Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to help Alan.”
“Why? What’s wrong with Alan?”
“Oh nothing.”
This Kayo and Scott exchange reminded me a little of conversations in TOS episodes ‘End of the Road’ and ‘Attack of the Alligators’ - you know where the big brother’s are doing the thing of wondering about the younger brother’s dating prospects.
And just a question, do we think that guy in the green shirt who came out to go fishing at the start of the episode has just been sat there watching the whole time? Because I do. Trainspotting? How about IR spotting?
So, humour aside, let’s explain what Project Sentinel is;
“What is it? Some kind of engine?”
“It’s a laser. The most powerful one I have ever seen. In the wrong hands it could be dangerous.”
This is a great episode, don’t mistake me on that. It’s got a nice rescue, balanced out with some smashing moments and a bit of bad guy brawling... but somehow, even though this episode is lighter, it’s not all fun and games. It’s a filler really, but it doesn’t portray itself in the typical way we usually see episodes of that type done. It pushes the plot forward just enough without giving away everything and ties up the remaining lose ends from ‘Escape Proof’. The comedy hits and it’s definitely less tense than some of those before it, but it’s still ultimately setting up some serious events to come and that always makes me a little worried. 
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prettywordsyouleft · 5 years ago
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What Happens Next?
Request: #182 for @1twistedsister – “We’d make such a cute couple.”
1twistedsister said:
How about 182 with Namjoon?? 8D
Pairing: Kim Namjoon x reader
Genre: friends to lovers au
Warnings: Your Name inception XD
A/N: Happy birthday Megan! I hope you enjoy this as much as I did writing it!
Word count: 2033
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“We’d make such a cute couple.”
Glancing up at the statement Namjoon just made, you grinned. “Would we?”
“Well, look at us,” he gestured to the reflection of you both in the window of the restaurant you were waiting outside of, and you eyed it with some interest. You were nestled snugly into his side, sharing Namjoon’s jacket as your own had been left back in the office in your hurry to catch up with him. It was hard enough to track down your best friend these days, given his international career, and your not so star-studded but still jam-packed schedule. Forgetting your jacket meant you just got to catch up on inhaling in his familiar scent and poking him in the ribs at his playful teasing.
There was no humour in his expression right now though, and you glanced away from his reflection, smiling up at Namjoon again. “I guess I better watch out in case someone snaps us together.”
“Everyone knows we grew up together, Y/N,” he commented dryly, though he made no attempt to distance himself from you. It was obvious he had missed you as much as you had him.
“Haven’t you heard of the friends to lovers trope? We could very well fall trap for it just like you do with Your Name in the multiple stories your fans have written.”
“Your Name?” he repeated and you giggled, nodding in response. “Are you really referring to fan-fiction with me right now? I’ve just come back from America and-”
“I’m actually jealous of Your Name,” you announced, shooting him a scowl. “As your friend, she hears from you more often and she gets invited to meet up with you when you can’t stand being apart from your best friend anymore. A shame it differs so much with reality for me!”
Namjoon chuckled. “Let me guess, that’s when I announce I’m in love with you.”
“Precisely!” you cried, shunting his side again. “She’s living the life.”
“She’s not real,” he pointed out but you dismissed him, waving your hand about. “What, it’s just a story!”
“If I substitute out Your Name for what I’m intended to do, which is to put my own name there, then she does exist. I exist.”
“You’ve gone mad.”
“You’re the one who exclaimed we looked like a couple first. I was half-anticipating the confession, Joon,” you teased and he shot you a dark look, rolling his eyes. You noticed the uncomfortable change in his mood and you eased off, patting his shoulder gently.
After all, you hadn’t actually imagined him as your lover before.
Namjoon glanced down at your predicament and then smirked. Clearly, he wasn’t yet ready to let go of the topic entirely, having recovered from his previous disdain. “Was it part of your story progression to forget your coat as well?”
“Of course,” you replied immediately, hugging him tightly. “I had to get in all the hugs I could to convince you that you missed them.”
Enveloping you within his arms, your best friend rested his head on top of yours. “You don’t have to convince me, I did miss them.”
“Well, they’re here for you to take all night long,” you proudly offered, and he chuckled into you. The comfort of being in his arms was better than you last remembered. You felt all the weight of your stress from your work day seep out and away from you the longer he held you, sighing contently as you started to re-charge your batteries in his grasp.
You had really missed this.
“So what happens after the hug?” he wondered and you pulled your head free from where you had nestled it into the juncture of his neck and shoulder. You noticed the tinge of colour to his ears and shrugged nonchalantly.
“Nothing, of course. Just a lot of internal pining and then the night ends.”
“Really?”
You nodded solemnly. “There’s got to be some angst in this development, Joon. We’re going from childhood friends who saw each other naked in bathtubs to wanting to see each other with a more adult approach.”
He cleared his throat loudly, shrugging off his coat and placing it on top of you to step out of the embrace. You giggled at his obvious reaction. Catching up to his side, as he started to walk away from the window, you inserted your arm in between his side and elbow, curling around his forearm and batting your eyelids up at him. “But Joonie!”
“Don’t be foolish, Y/N,” he scolded, barely looking in your direction. “Let’s go eat somewhere else.”
“Why don’t you just come over to mine? I can make us something to eat and we don’t have to worry about anyone else thinking we’re a couple.”
“I shouldn’t have mentioned it,” he grumbled, mood now souring. You grinned and hanged onto his arm all the way back to the car. Once inside, he shot you a tempered gaze. “You toy with emotions too easily, you know?”
“It’s my job to know everything about you, Kim Namjoon,” you announced and he stared at you for a moment before shaking his head, starting the ignition and pulling out of the car park.
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Dinner had gone well, with the conversation out on the street long forgotten about. You were both at ease, discussing what you had each missed whilst separated in your respective lives, laughing until the early morning arrived.
And just as uneventful as it should be, Namjoon bade you farewell when it was time to go home, shunting you back into your apartment and leaving you with a generous wave of his hand.
You had gone through your night time routine with a happy hum and a smile on your face, much like you always did when you finally got to catch up with your best friend in person. Climbing into bed, you pressed your blankets down around your form and closed your eyes. Your dreams came forth to take a hold of you easily, slipping into a sound slumber.
Until you head the loud banging on your front door.
Blearily glancing to the red digits on your alarm clock beside your bed, you groaned, pulling yourself up and tentatively peered at the small monitor screen that showed you who was at the front door. Seeing who was there, you frowned before dashing to open the door.
“Joon, what the-”
“I need to know what happens next,” he confessed, stepping into your apartment. You stared at him in confusion, watching as he agitatedly paced before you. Gesturing for him to take off his shoes, you then turned to go over to your sofa, taking a seat on the furniture and waited for him to do the same.
Namjoon remained standing.
“Are you referring to the silly stories I was talking about earlier?” you asked and he nodded impatiently. You didn’t laugh like you usually would, not with how wound up he appeared. Your brows furrowed together at his state. “Joon, you’re not-”
“Do I do something stupid, like turn up on your doorstep in the middle of the night because I can’t get you off my mind?” he suggested, darting his gaze to yours before looking away again. “Do I say things I’ve held quiet about for years and finally build up the courage to tell you how I really feel?”
“Namjoon,” you said firmly and he gazed at you like a deer caught in headlights. You saw it then, the emotions clearly before you.
He wasn’t frazzled by some stupid storyline, but rather by something you hadn’t picked up on before. Perhaps, he hadn’t let you see it until now. Ever since he had picked you up earlier in the night, he had seemed different but you had left that down to the distance travelling always left between you.
Now, you were aware there was more to it all.
Getting up slowly, you approached him; each step you took spent gauging his reaction. He stopped moving altogether as you got closer, his eyes blown wide. There was no way he could hide any of it now. Smiling softly, you reached up for his cheek, running your fingers to the back of his head and threading in with his hair, your thumb remaining on his skin. You gently rubbed circles on his face, which seemed to help him recompose himself.
Namjoon merely stared back at you, waiting for some sense of permission before acting on his feelings. You stepped up onto your toes, hovering around his mouth. “It’s at this moment when Your Name realises how blind she’s been all along to your feelings.”
“Substitute the name,” he instructed with a shaky breath and you chewed at your bottom lip which antagonised him. Namjoon slipped his arms around you, securing you against him.
“How long have you liked me, Joon?”
He shook his head. “Not like.”
“Of course, because it’s been one-sided love for so long, huh?” you murmured and his heavy breath fanned over your face. “How long have you loved me?”
“Far too long for this to only be happening now,” he admitted before letting his lips find yours, kissing you with such conviction, you were certain his passion was endless. Your other hand found its way up into his hair as you pressed yourself flush against him, letting out a moan when his tongue licked along your bottom lip. Growing entangled through bodies, passion and hearts, you somehow ended up pressed against the counter to your kitchen, and when you finally tore your mouth away from his, Namjoon instantly hoisted you up onto the countertop, stepping in between your legs. You tenderly ran a hand over his neck, taking in the mess that stood before you.
This love drunk look that resided on your best friend’s face was possibly the best thing you had ever seen in your entire life.
“What happens now?” he asked, resting his hands on your bare thighs. You chuckled at his eagerness and shot him a look. “I’m not going to… well, I mean-”
“It’s about here where Your Name is clearly evaluating everything she’s been not aware of, or more importantly, has been denying and tells you that she had been dreaming of you until you arrived on her doorstep.”
Namjoon couldn’t hide his elation, his smile shining through as his hands gripped your thighs gently. “What were you dreaming of?”
“You,” you repeated, feeling your cheeks flood with colour. You looked over Namjoon’s avid stare to the wall behind him. “Just you.”
“You with me?” he prompted and you glanced back at him, nodding feebly. “What was happening?”
“Do you really think we’d make a cute couple?” you asked and Namjoon smirked. “I’m being serious.”
“I just kissed you with years’ worth of pent up passion and you’re still wondering about this? Of course, we would,” he remarked and then shook his head, still smiling. “We do.”
“There’s a we already?”
“Isn’t that the result of the friends to lovers trope?” he mentioned, running his hands up your sides and encircling your waist, drawing you in closer. “That we become more than just friends?”
“An us?”
Namjoon grinned. “An us.”
“I’m not so jealous of Your Name anymore,” you admitted and he cocked his head to the side at your statement. Playing with the collar of his t-shirt, you smiled. “When the confession is made, the story generally ends there.”
“Happily, of course.”
You nodded, curling your legs around his waist, pressing yourself into him again. “You don’t get to know what happens next. Sure, you can have an assumption about it but you don’t get to see how everything pans out,” you explained and lowered your head so you were close enough to kiss him again. Namjoon waited with bated breath. “I’m luckier than her. I get to experience everything that comes next with falling in love with my best friend.”
“Everything?”
You nodded. “I can’t wait to see what’s in store next for our storyline, Joon.”
He kissed you then, and you could tell with the way he was embracing you that Namjoon was equally ready to start writing a new chapter with you.
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jenni42085 · 4 years ago
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Nervous <Five>
Chapter 5
Between the motion of the car, the amount of alcohol in her system, and the warmth from Chris and his jacket Lena was fast asleep by the time they arrived to Chris’ house. 
“Lena.”  He gentle shakes again. “Lena. We are home.”  As he starts to lift her from the car she finally stirs. She tries to fight him but he holds her firmly to his chest. “Just relax. You are ok. I’m not going to drop you.”
“Ok. Just be careful. Don’t hurt yourself I’m not a skinny mini.” 
Chris chuckles and kisses the side of her head his beard gently rubs against her skin. “I won’t drop you. I’ve carried much heavier things than you.  Just enjoy the ride.”
Once they are inside his house he gently places her on the oversized plush gray couch.  He lets Dodger out then joins her in the couch.  She reaches out and strokes his hair and beard playfully, “I like the longer hair and the beard.”  He nods and kisses her finger tips. 
With out any prompts she snuggles closer to him and gives him a kiss on the neck while stroking his hair that he had grown out for Infinity War.  He runs his hands up her torso and pulls her closer. “You smell really nice. You know that?”
He pulls his face away from her and gives him a smile, “Well thank you. I can say the same thing about you.”
Lena runs her hand up his chest and takes a deep breath. “I need to change would you mind unzipping me?”  It was an innocent request but the look in her eyes and the way she bit her bottom lip was saying anything but innocent. 
She sits up and pulls her ponytail down runs her fingers through her hair and fixes it to her classic messy bun. Chris quickly sat up behind her and slowly unzips her dress.  The cool air from the fabric separating causes goosebumps to raise on Lena’s back. It’s now or never. 
In a bold move that Chris never saw coming, Lena lets the dress fall to the ground pooling at her feet. Leaving her in a nude colored strapless bra and lace panties.  She seductively looks over her shoulder to see if was gauging Chris’ earlier reactions correctly.  By the look on his face currently she did a good job and still has it.  Good. 
He pulls her back on the couch with him, he lifts her chin up so she has to focus her eyes on his.  She boldly tugs his long hair  down pulling him to her eager mouth. A small moan escapes her causing Chris to groan and flip her on her back. 
Chris looks down at her beautiful brown skin and admires the soft curves of her body. He is finally seeing more of her hidden tattoos. His hand travels down the left side of her rib cage landing on the tattoo. “What does that mean?”
She sheepishly looks up at him, “Wakanda forever.”  He smiles when he realizes how much of a nerdy girl she is. While Chris was admiring her body realization hit her like a ton of bricks.  "Please don’t hurt me," Lena stuttered through a few hiccups that hit her briefly, as she ran her hands through his soft dark brown hair.
"I won't," he promised, as he slowly pulled off her nude lace panties. He stared into her face as he slowly traveled down to a particular place between her legs. He could hear her breathing heavily as he slowly licked and kissed his way down her silky smooth body. He finally got to her most private area.  She immediately began to moan and twist underneath his assault, but he held her legs firmly with his arms. He knows she has had a rough year and, now he just wanted her to feel pleasure. To relax. 
He swiveled his tongue up and down and in and out of her sweet love nest. “Chris…oh," he heard her whisper, as her legs began to tremble and breathing became erratic. She started coming and twisting in the sheets as he continued to enjoy her.  I might die a happy woman.  
When she was done trembling, Chris released her legs and removed his shirt.  He looked down at her beautiful body once again. She is still glistening from whatever lotion Edna had her put on.  She reaches for his belt to return the favor but he stops her hand.  He kisses her hand and says, “Not tonight, this is about you.  I want you to feel relaxed, happiness, and so much pleasure that you might explode.”
“Are you sure?”  She asks in a husky voice.  
“I’m positive.  My only real request is that you just stay in my bed tonight with me.”  
She quietly observes his face while thinking about his request.  She is digging the beard and the longer hair he is sporting especially with it brushed back.  He looks like a rugged man with his amazingly blue eyes and extremely plump  and kissable lips who by the way his oral sex game is, might make feel like a new woman.  It has been a year plus since she has had any sexual interaction that wasn’t battery operated.  
Chris is waiting for her response hoping that he didn’t offend her by stopping her actions, he would love to take her to bed and have his way with her but, he wants her to know that he is and will always be a gentleman.  He gave her much pleasure because she deserves it and he had to admit to himself there is nothing sexier than watching her writher and moan his name.  Her kisses were addictive and filled with so much passion, not to mention her touch made his body feel like he was on fire and he was afraid he wouldn’t last with her the first time. 
“I’ll stay with you in your bed but. . . “
“I will respect you and what ever demands you have.  I’ll never overstep any boundaries with you.  But I just want you near me tonight.  Is that ok?”  He gives her the most sincere look that she honestly couldn’t say no to even if she wanted to.  
She nods and he kisses her again.  He nips her neck and she squeals as he scoops her up with one arm and throws her over his shoulder.  “Hey!  This isn’t fair!  I agreed to sleep but I don’t need you carrying me.”
Chris gives her a playful swat on her nude booty. “Shhh just relax.  And you said your feet hurt, just trying to help you out.”  He carefully lays her on the bed.  She sits on the edge of the bed as she watches Chris undress, watching him undress was an amazingly sexy strip tease. 
He leaves the room, leaving Lena on the bed in one of his gray Henley shirts he handed her.  She looks around the room and feels cozy. Seeing as he was taking so long to come back to bed she decides to remove her make up and pulls her hair down and braids it into a pretty side braid. 
Chris comes back in the room with a beer for him and a wine cooler for her. He stops and does a double take as she is sitting in the middle of the bed in his shirt with a small smile.  “I know Edna made you look amazing tonight but you look sexy right now in nothing but my shirt on.”
“Well thank you.” She replies with a blush as she takes the drink from his hand.  “It feels very comfortable.  Trying to keep me buzzed?”
“Nah, just figured the night was still young and no need to stop drinking just yet.”
“This is true.”
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The rest of the night the two kissed, talked, and drank. True to his word he didn’t have sex with Lena.  However he did manage to make her moan his name a few more times before snuggling her close to him.  
His theory was to make her cum so hard and so much that she would be completely exhausted and just sleep soundly and peacefully all night.  By the sound of the tiny snore that escaped her, he had succeeded in making her feel good. He smiles as he brushes a strand of hair out of her face. 
Dodger looks over at Chris and wags his tail.  “Whatcha think buddy?  Is she a keeper?”  He whispered to the dog who walked to his side of the bed and gave a few loud barks. Chris quickly jumps up to silence the dog. “Shhh buddy, don’t want to scare her awake.”
He looks over at Lena to make sure she was still asleep, thankfully she was, even though the sound made her jump and she moved closer to him. The chill of the room makes goosebumps on his arms so he pulls the plush comforter over the both of them. He turns off the lights and his alarm so they could both sleep in. This is nice. 
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Lena woke up feeling so well rested she couldn’t remember the last time she woke up feeling that way.  She stretched her arms over her head a small yawn came out and felt wide awake.  Looking around the room she notices that Chris and Dodger were gone. On the night stand was a bottle of blue Gatorade and a bottle of Tylenol. How thoughtfully. Thankfully she didn’t need the medicine but greedily drank the Gatorade since she was so thirsty. 
After finishing the Gatorade she finally decides to search out where Chris went to. For someone who didn’t want her to sleep in her own room she figured that he would wait for her to wake up. She walks into the living room and sees her dress still in a pool of fabric on the floor. Seeing and thinking about everything that happened last night and this morning make her blush. 
What a night. I hope he doesn’t regret it. Not only was the oral sex amazing just spending time, being held, and genuinely get to know him was great. She walks past her room to the kitchen hoping to find Chris there. Shockingly she doesn’t see him or Dodger there. Assuming he went for an errand she grabs the morning paper off the porch and gets her phone.
She does a quick phone call to her mom to check on Eevee and them. Thankfully everything is ok at home and her mom tells her a few more days and Eevee would be with her so stop worrying so much. Marylea has sent her a few texts that make her chuckle:
Marylea 6:45am: Good morning girlie!  I saw your snap and you look absolutely beautiful!  
Marylea 7:06am: Mr. Evans really did something to you if you aren’t already up. 
Marylea 8:27am: Omg!  You actually kissed him!! How big is it? 
Attached with the last text was a picture of Chris and Lena dancing and in a major lip lock.  They do look beautiful and very happy with each other. I wonder who all has seen this? Before she could totally react, Chris and Dodger come in with a beverage carrier and a brown bag that presumably has food in it. 
“Hey!  You are up!  How are you feeling?”  He asks cheerfully as he sets the bag of food on the coffee table in front of her and give her a kiss on the side of the head. 
She greets him a warm smile and closes her conversation on her text with out replying mainly because she isn’t sure of what to reply just yet. “I’m actually feel great. I haven’t slept that good in a long time.”  He sits down next to her and she suddenly feels under dressed and bashful because she was still in his shirt. 
“I figured you would sleep in for a little bit so I got you a bagel and scrambled eggs with a Chai Latte.  Is that ok?”  He asks feeling oddly calm and relaxed. She nods her head and he looks at her expression. Something is wrong. “Lena, are you ok?”
Lena shrugs her shoulders, no point in hiding this from him. “Well yes and no. Here look.”  She hands him her phone and shows him the picture. “Is this ok?”
He pulls the phone from her hand then looks at the picture and then back to her. “Is what ok?”  Chris was oblivious to the fact that Lena wasn’t use to candid pictures being taken would end up in the press. Also she wasn’t sure if this was part of their agreement. 
“Us.  Like I get you wanted a date for a couple functions but . . . “ Lena pauses and looks at him for some understanding before having to explain it all. “Was the picture and last night planned or was it like you maybe being attracted to me. Not to mention when you . . . “ she trails off and looks down at her hands and blushes. 
Chris stays silent for a second longer then what Lena would have liked and quickly gets embarrassed then retreats to her room. “Lena!  Come back here.”
Lena lets a few tears fall. He is just using me. She strips down then jumps into the shower trying to wash his scent off of her skin. How could I be so stupid to believe he might have actually liked me. As the hot water washes over her hair and body she lets out a few more tears.  She takes her time and washes and conditions her hair letting it return to her normally curly texture. 
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Chris sits there in shock for a moment or two after Lena had retreated to her bedroom. He likes her a lot, anything done between the two of them is because he genuinely likes her not for the cameras. Unsure of what to do to make things right or to have her understand he goes to her room and waits for her to come out. 
“Chris, what are you doing in here?”  Lena asks in a shocked voice. Seeing Chris on her bed was the last thing she expected. 
“Well, I live here and we need to talk.” He says with a grin. 
“No, we don’t. I over stepped my boundaries and over thought the situation.  I’m sorry.”
He gets up and steps closer to her, instinctively she grabs her towel closer and tighter. Feeling him so close makes her nipples hard for him to touch her like he did last night.  Chris admires her fresh out the shower look; her cheeks and nose are rosy red from the hot shower, her normally straight hair has been replaced with beautiful, black curly hair. 
She tried to go around him to get dressed but he blocked her. “No, we are going to talk this out.  I didn’t plan for our picture to be taken last night. Honestly, I had no clue until you showed me.”  He runs his hands down her arms to gain her attention again. “I’m very attracted to you. Last night when you moaned my name as I gave you pleasure I adored it.”  
Her eyes went from sadness to pure and utter surprise.  “Really?”
“Yes really. Why did you think I stopped us from going all the way last night?”  Lena shrugs. “I like you but I didn’t want our first time not being like that since I haven’t taken you out in a proper date yet.”
“Ohhh Chris. You are so sweet.  I like you also.” She sheepishly admits. 
“So will you finish getting dressed and come enjoy breakfast with me please?” He looks down at her and lightly strokes her cheek. 
She leans into his hand and nods. “Yes, just let me finish getting ready.”
“Keep your hair curly. I like it, it suits you better.”
“Can do.” She gives him a quick peck on the shower. “Glad you like it.” He smiles down at her as she playfully shoved him towards the door and locks it behind him. He likes me!  Omg omg omg. What do I do now? She does a small happy dance and continues getting ready for the day ahead. 
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insanelycooljk · 4 years ago
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Jared gets kicked out?
send me the title of one of my deh wips and I’ll share an excerpt/tell you a bit about it  
Oh boy... I hope you’re prepared for some angst lmao. In terms of just, the amount of angst/hurt, this is probably the worst wip I’ve got (...except maybe the one that’s just titled ⚡⚡⚡ lol 👀). This is another one that I’m not sure I’ll ever actually write, but it was like 2am and my brain just went hey...what if?? and I had enough to say about it that it warranted it’s own word doc lol.
Anyway, the title pretty much says it all with this one.
Also just wanted to clarify that I can’t actually imagine Jared’s parents ever kicking him out. Like, they’re clearly friends with Heidi and I like to think that anyone Heidi is friends with must be pretty decent people. But, for angst purposes... yeah they’re not great in this. On that note, trigger warning for shitty homophobic parents and homelessness.
So Jared knew coming out wasn’t going to go well, but he didn’t expect it to go quite this badly
He tells his dad first and it’s definitely not great, but it’s not a complete disaster either. His dad kind of just says “Well, you know what I think about that.” and Jared says “I know.” And that’s just the end of the conversation really. And sure Jared’s still hurt by it, but also that was exactly how he expected it to go, so it’s not like he ever had his hopes up enough to be disappointed.
“Are you going to tell your mother?” Jared knows he probably shouldn’t, but part of him just wants to get it over and done with already. I mean really, it’s not like he’s ever tried to be subtle, his mum should probably know already just based off of some of the things Jared’s said over the years, but she’s probably in denial.
So Jared just thinks fuck it. She doesn’t have to like it but he’s sick of pretending.
Which ends up being a very bad decision. As expected she takes it very poorly. There’s a lot of yelling and it’s awful and she’s saying all the standard homophobic bullshit, and then she starts talking about kicking Jared out.
And Jared’s just in shock because... she can’t be serious. Like, this isn’t happening. She’s just angry, she doesn’t actually mean it. Right?
Wrong. Turns out she is absolutely serious. And Jared is just looking at his dad desperately because he hasn’t said a word this whole time, but he still says nothing.
Jared is just so scared and angry and hurt and in shock. Part of him wants to throw a tantrum and just kick and scream and refuse to leave unless his parents physically drag him out of the house.
But he’s in too much of a state of shock to really say or do anything. His dad helps him pack some things and tells Jared that his mum just needs some time to process and calm down, and that he’ll talk to her. Jared just nods numbly, but the unspoken questions lay heavy in the air. How long? Does Jared even want to come back after that? He’s starting to regret lying to his parents so much (”literally nothing I tell my parents is true and they have no idea”) because his dad probably assumes that Jared actually has friends or something that he could stay with for a little while.
His eyes are burning from the effort of holding back his tears because Jared is just stubbornly refusing to completely break down.
He’s still in such a state of shock that he’s kind of dissociating a bit, because next thing Jared knows is that he’s in his car and driving somewhere.
It takes him about 5 minutes to realise that he’s on autopilot and is driving to Evan’s house. Once he has that realisation Jared immediately pulls over because he can not go to Evan’s right now.
Partially because he’s seconds away from completely losing it and having a full-on breakdown, and he is just not in a place right now where he could fake being fine (and obviously breaking down in front of Evan is not an option because please, this is Jared we’re talking about). But also because showing up at Evan’s uninvited and asking to stay over would be pretty out of character for Jared, so if Heidi’s home she’s going to (correctly) assume something is wrong and call his parents, and Jared just... can’t deal with that right now.
So he just lets himself finally breakdown. Once he finally calms down he’s so exhausted from everything that he just quickly makes sure the doors are locked and falls asleep almost instantly.
Any hope that the previous day’s events had just been some kind of messed up nightmare is lost when he wakes up in his car and not his bed.
and Jared’s just... not sure what to do really. His dad seems to think that his mum just needs some time to calm down, but how long is Jared supposed to wait? Should he call? Just show up at home? He doesn’t want to be the one to reach out first because fuck that, but the waiting is going to drive him crazy.
He just feels so lost. So Jared kind of throws himself into planning shit so he can feel some sense of control. He figures he can sleep in his car. His parents paid for like 6 months of a gym membership for him for his birthday, which he’s pretty sure was just a passive aggressive comment about his weight, but boy is he grateful for it now because he figures he can go to the gym and shower. He can do his homework at the library. He figures he should buy one of those adapters so you can charge your phone from your car, or maybe a portable charger so he doesn’t risk killing his battery. Jared doesn’t really spend much, so despite not having a job he’s got a decent amount of money saved up just from birthdays and things over the years. Nothing is ideal but like, he can make it work.
Of course, Jared being Jared is incapable of asking for help so he just... doesn’t tell anyone.
He goes to school the next day, and eventually he’s got a little routine going. He sets his alarm on his phone really early on school days so he can go to the gym first. He does like... the absolute bare minimum amount of exercise to avoid suspicion before he showers. He stays late after school to do his homework in the library, and then once the school library closes he tends to go to the public library to either finish his homework or just take advantage of the free internet and watch youtube or something. He’s worked out the best place to park his car overnight so he’s inconspicuous and he’s relatively safe. Like, obviously he locks the doors and covers most of the windows, but it’s still kind of scary sleeping out in public sometimes.
But he hangs out with and stays over at Evan’s as much as possible. Which like, are the best nights of his week, but also sleeping at Evan’s house almost makes Jared feel worse? It just makes him acutely aware of everything he’s lacking right now.
But overall Jared is doing kind of ok, and he thinks he’s doing a pretty damn good job of acting like everything’s normal.
Which... he is absolutely not lmao. Evan and Alana and even a couple of Jared’s teachers are on to him (maybe Connor and Zoe too, although I haven’t decided if they’ll be in this or not). I mean, no one knows exactly what’s happened, but they can tell something is up.
Jared’s just been... off. He’s very flat and his shitty jokes have been a little harsher than usual lately. And Evan’s kind of confused about why Jared suddenly wants to hang out with him so much. Not that he’s complaining, he’s enjoying hanging out more with Jared, but it does seem weird. It’s weird that Jared stays over multiple times a week now, but Evan can barely remember the last time he went to Jared’s house. It’s weird that Jared never comes over if he knows Heidi will be home that night. It’s just... something’s not adding up and Evan can’t quite work out what.
Anyway, better end it here because wow I did not mean to make this so long lmao. It’d probably end with a confrontation, confession and ultimately Jared staying with Heidi and Evan for the foreseeable future. Plus one VERY angry confrontation with Jared’s parents from Heidi lol. I love angst, but I love an (at least somewhat) happy ending even better, so things would turn out alright in the end :)
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