#the fight continues. cam would want that for you & all of us

[featherbreak]

Pyrrha [...] did not kiss the top of Camilla’s head but told her, “Good hunting, you two.” “Good hunting,” echoed Camilla. - Nona the Ninth, ch. 4

Camilla Hect (New Rho/Nona the Ninth): @featherbreak Photos: @stingray_photos (IG)

[svtminji]

𐙚 ‧ jeongmi ─── scenarios

╰ anon request: Your recent blog was so sweet!! It kinda shows us their relationship dynamic with each other. Maybe for another blog it could be “fan favorite moments” with them — ⭐️ anon

I 𝓲. I request ୨୧ jeonghan x oc

❪ 🏹  going seventeen  ❫ as always, going seventeen provides the viewer a comedic setting of seventeen and their idol personas. in this fic, you'll be able to read the jeongmi moments/cuts caught by carats. this is just a compilation of my favorite gose episodes 🥲 not proof-read 😞

﹙  INSOMNIA-ZERO I ﹚—  with seungcheol still in his hiatus, minji was the first person up and she had no clue what she was getting herself into. although there were a few remarks about her snarky behavior when she gets mad and her constant fights with s.coups, she had a clean slate. most of the members mentioned how she was quite literally their mother since they spent most, if not all, their time training. after her time was over, minji had left the mattress with a heartbeat of 98, which was not bad compared to the rest. minji handed jeonghan the heart monitor and sat herself next to wonwoo. 

as many might notice, the 95 line are quite stuck to the bone and minji was not afraid of spilling some secrets about jeonghan. the female member began talking about the "oppa" situation and jeonghan turned to the side trying to forget it. the members, who had already heard this story, continued it with jeonghan's prior remarks about how she would never have a clue. all of the chatter about the two later transferred to jeonghan's more devious plans towards the members; minji sat there in silence just montioring the members. once jeonghan's time was over, his first instinct was to look at the cause of the chaos: minji. 

"jeonghan-ah, remember. once your time is up, you can't defend yourself~"

[forced to be silent]

he gave her the stink eye and handed joshua the monitor. minji scooted to give him space, which he gladly took. the pair sat in silence for a while until he started to open his mouth about joshua. in the camera shots, you could see the small little heart eyes minji gave jeonghan whenever he spoke and would lean into him. it was the small signals that would drive shippers crazy.. though it would soon end after jeonghan was part of the three members that would go home early, minji being tied with another and turned her attention to joshua c:

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﹙  TTT 2020 ﹚—  this was the "going seventeen" episode that basically comfirmed the dating rumors between these two. minji, jeonghan, hoshi, and woozi were all in the same car on their way to the rented house. while woozi and driver jeonghan were in the front seats, minji and soonyoung were in the back having fun and giggling to each other. this led to frequent checks from jeonghan through the rearview-mirror only to spot minji looking at him and smiling :3. at their stop to get food, the "woozi cam" captured the pair walking together with jeonghan's arm around her. during the cuts of them eating, a slight drunk minji was basically all up on jeonghan. it got so worse the editors had to cut so much of the footage. 

while being on the losing team during foot-volleyball, minji made her way to the alcohol stand where her worst enemy laid, the vodka mix. offering to drink the member's shots, minji knew she wouldn't remember a thing tomorrow. before she started her third shot, jeonghan looked at her questionably and asked if she was okay doing this. 

"are you sure you're going to be okay? i don't want you throwing up on me later tonight."

"relax babe, i'll be fine! i used to go band for band when i was a teenager, it'll be alright~~"

[. . . . “babe”?]

noticing her slipup of the word "babe", jeonghan knew it was too late. the members just stared at her and hoped it wouldn't make it to the final cut (it did). though like the self-proclaimed pro she is, she raised the shot glass to her lips and threw her head back. the bitter aftertaste of whatever was in that container had left her feeling a little silly, which had meant the real fun had started to begin.

joining soonyoung in the fanatic drunks is minji. as stated before, minji becomes up and personal with the people around her when drunk. although she may have a high alcohol tolerance (thanks to her underage drinking), minji's affections become more and more affectionate when drinking way too much. 

during this time, minji and jeonghan were first beginning their relationship and they did not want to be exposing it right away to the cameras; but pair minji + alcohol and you get a mess that is quite hard to clean up. after she had made dinner, she sat between jeonghan and seungcheol. many fans point out the difference in actions done by the two men. jeonghan was basically minji's headrest and seungcheol was just there to balance her out. 

"hannie.. you look so pretty today.. like a cloud.."

"minji-ah, leave that poor man alone.."

"coups.. you look handsome too.."

coups + mizu + han + shua = the poly couple idc argue w the wall

the day after constant drinking and singing, minji was pretty much hung over #she threw up and spent most of her day taking things slow, especially when cleaning up the kitchen… moving into the car was the best thing she could’ve done. with hoshi taking the driver’s role on the way back, the '95 duo were left in the backseats and spent their time resting (cuddling eachother too bruh).

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﹙  AB-LIB GOING COMPANY ﹚—  the first ‘gose’ episode after the news of the couple… so let’s say the members didn’t quite hold back. starting off with the ceo and the employee relationship ..

[before minji enters (on standby with the "foreign department")]

“have you guys heard the rumor?” seungcheol starts while leaning in to talk with the rest of the ‘employees’. some of them shook their head and leaned in to hear.

“supposedly the ceo and mizuki.. are dating.” seungkwan revealed it. “but that’s just a rumor..”

“isn’t that nepotism?”

“hyung.. that’s when your born into the company..”

minji’s reaction, while on standby, was just her eye-rolling at what they were doing. though as soon as minghao, jun, and vernon started walking towards the rest of the ‘employees’, she followed them.

[staff chwe hansol, doi mizuki, wen junhui, xu minghao come to work]

“oh! good morning mizuki!” seungkwan smiled as he spoke as if he wasn’t talking about her a second ago.

“good morning seungkwan, how’s the research going?”

“research about what…?” minji smiled about his inital confusion and began her snarky comment.

“about my relationship with the ce-”

[ceo yoon jeonghan comes to work]

though she was cut off by jeonghan’s entrance, she just closed her mouth and stayed quiet. after embarking in the classic “content is power!” “sleep when you’re dead!” chants, the day went pretty eventful. not much was spoken about the ongoing question at hand but that was until jeonghan stirred the pot.

“let’s see who hasn’t spoken in a while.” jeonghan scanned the room to which he laid eyes on her scribbling down doodles. “ah, mizuki.. why don’t you share what’s on your notepad?”

seungcheol, who was across from her, snickered then later shook due to the ‘coldness’. minji smiled, stood up, and cleared her throat. “well, it says i’ll like to go home.”

[not taking her job seriously.. pure silence]

“great! everyone clap!” jeonghan replied after a few seconds of silence and everyone had followed through.

“what a guy.. only excusing her just because they’re dating..”

“this has to be corruption..”

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﹙  THE TRUMAN SHOW OF MR. SVT’S WE LIVE ALONE ﹚—  placed into a small room was seungcheol, minji, jeonghan, wonwoo, and seokmin. they were all commentating and watching the “everyday life” of mr. svt, mingyu. soon enough minji’s turn would begin as the new “mr. svt”.

[a good morning for the new mr. svt]

with an airpod in one ear, she knew it wouldn’t end well, especially with that devil in that room as well. the female made her way towards the kitchen to figure out a small snack. although she had eaten prior to the shoot, she thought of her members first.

“make some beef and noodles, minji-ah” seungcheol’s voice spoke within the airpod. minji, in order to pretend she didn’t hear it, thought about what to make for lunch.

“hmm.. beef and noodles seem good right now. i should start making some before my time is gone.”

[4th wall breaker]

as she began getting the ingredients, she paid no attention to the conversation in her ear. though on the other side, the members were complimenting her cooking skills.

“wah, i know it’s going to taste good. who’s next after her?” mingyu asked the question that was lingering in everyone’s mind.

“s.coups is next so he’ll be eating whatever is left..” jeonghan replied as he sighed.

minji, who didn’t want to disappoint her boyfriend, started to placed more beef into the frying pan. she smiled and spoke out loud: “i’ll make more meat for hannie and the rest.”

[thoughtful girlfriend and member]

“oooh~~” seokmin pushed jeonghan slightly at the words that came from her mouth. “don’t pretend to be coy!”

jeonghan became silent for a while, looking down and smiling.

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﹙  CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST II ﹚—  the episode loaded into with jeonghan in the middle of the set, using his food coupon. minji walked in with the rest of the members and managed to stand behind him. placing her arms around him, she whispered in his ear and to which he nodded. circling in the spaghetti with his utensils, he raised it up to her mouth and the female gladly to the bite.

[special privileges]

“wow.. you give her some but it’s the end of the world if you give us any bite huh?” dino spoke as he looked in disbelief.

“yah, she asked me politely. what type of man am i to deny her?”

minji just smiled and listened to the chaos she created. after the rules were explained once again, christmas in august had already begun (even if it wasn't even august 😞). she had small knowledge of horror games and the female would only play them with friends or family. considering this was a one time thing, minji didn’t mind at all. choosing the room that was the least scary led her to be in the room with seokmin, who immediately embraced her.

[a motherly aura enters]

“minji-noona~~ i’m so glad we’re together.” seokmin says as she sits down beside him.

“i was so scared, i didn’t want to choose a room that was all alone.” minji replies as she looks around the dark and empty room. in-front of them laid the gaming computer and she knew it wasn’t going to be an easy game.

after a while, the door opened once again and this time jeonghan entered. both seokmin and minji sighed in relief.

“a-yo, a-yo” jeonghan said as he broke up the silence within the room.

“i’m relieved you’re here” seokmin spoke as he motioned him to sit down.

[not lonely]

“i’m a spy”

“don’t lie” minji warned, she had enough of his shenanigans already.

“okay~~”

“just sit down and be quiet”

[jeonghan joins room 4]

after making jeonghan stay, they all waited for the next member to arrive.

“s.coups?” seokmin question as he saw a figure walk in.

“it’s s.coups? what is this?” jeonghan spoke as him and seokmin grabbed s.coups by the shoulders leading him towards the chairs.

[a full room: three ‘95s, and one ‘98]

“yay~~ it’s coups!! we’ll definitely beat whatever game we’re going to get” minji replied as she got up and hugged him.

“this is why i didn’t want to come.. to where you, seokmin, and jeonghan were” seungcheol finally spoke as he leaned away from the affections.

[sensitive eardrums]

minji pouted in response and got off of him, “you’re no fun at all.”

after the complaints, the group managed to make it throughout the game with barely any problems. although minji had barely touched the mouse and keyboard, she still managed to give in her in-put of where to go. though all that carats could see was her hiding behind jeonghan during the more graphic and intense scenes.

❪ 🐰 ❫ — an

this was originally supposed to be posted a LONG time ago.

i would add more gose but i haven’t caught up at all since the middle of 2023 and i would like to save some for the enlistment period 🥲

i decided to begin where it would signalize when they started to rlly like each other 🤞

[bronx-bomber87]

Good evening my incredible readers and wonderful fandom :) First off wanna thank everyone for the love I got for 7x08. Holy cow. That was the best reception. You are all the best. I am so happy to be back and that our beloved show is back after a short hiatus. Although the decompression was good I missed our ship and show.

This was a fantastic episode through and though. Keep saying writers are killing the game. It's because they are. We got a couple sweet moments in this one despite it being Harper driven. (Which I loved) Just wasn't expecting to get anything for them to make me squee. But the giving season keeps giving. Let us start.

7x09 The Kiss

We start out with our lovely ship being discharged officially. Getting some homework to help heal their smokey lungs. I've had to do that yellow ball thing. it is HARD LOL Let us note the very little gap between them as they walk together. After 6x07 I crave that little to no space between them. It's the little things as always that make me happy. I adore Lucy picking Tim's brain about it. Although he has zero clue if it'll help them or not ha It still leaves me feeling content.

Can I say how much I love Lucy bringing up their dance? The smile on that man's face. Oh my lord. It’s reminiscent of his smile in 5x10 when he was thinking of her in the green dress. That dance memory in particular making him beam with happiness. Just look at him when she brings it up. His joyful smile has me reeling. Even though they were fighting their feelings at the time, tooth and nail, Tim can look back at what a good moment that was for them. It's one of my fav episodes of that season for a reason.

Gah. Tim remembering her dress in detail. My damn heart. She really can bring this man to his knee's with just her outfits. I mean she did it in 3x14, 4x18, and we know how much he enjoyed her dress in 5x10. I just adore him remembering stuff like this. Sure he actually wanted to say 'That sexy dress you wore.' But instead settles for 'The shiny stuff.' I love you Tim Bradford. I just do.

The heart eyes galore too. My goodness sir. You are at work and don't even care. On their dash cam as well. Tim is just full of them this entire scene. Hell this entire season really. He's so cute stumbling around for the right words and lands on shiny stuff. This goober. I adore him so much. Lucy is enjoying his stumbling as well you can see it in her expression. She loves this idiot sitting next to her so very much.

Then he tells her she looked amazing and my heart stops. Serves that lovely line up with a heaping side of heart eyes. Just look at him before he delivers that line. That man is such a soft puppy for her it blows my mind. He loves her so much and isn't afraid to keep letting her know this fact. 'Not holding back' Tim is rapidly becoming a favorite of mine. This man has changed so much and I couldn't be prouder of him. So open and forthcoming about how he feels about her. Lucy is smitten af with his compliment. I mean she is all red. I would be too. Goodness. Just a touch of hesitancy still but she is cracking.

We all knew Tim had feelings back then. Found her beautiful. But to hear him verbalize it is everything. Holy cow. She is slowly thawing everyone. Take a gander at the slow melting above. I love that it’s now Tim cracking her wall. The full circle of it all makes me delirious with glee. Also there is a wonderful beauty to Tim continuously doing this. Of him showing up for her time and time again. Letting her know exactly where he stands. It's reminding Lucy he’s still madly in love with her. Which in turn is prepping her IMO. Why and how you ask?

Because at some point it’s going to drive her ‘why’ insane. Thinking if Tim is still this in love with me, seemingly even more so now than before, then why did he break up with me in the first place? The more Tim continues to show her he’s here to stay. That this new open Tim is here for the long haul. The more she’s going to need to know the why of it all. To hash it out. To finally be ready for that adult convo that Tim is so very willing to have now. We are inching our way there fandom I promise. It's going to be so extremely satisfying when we arrive at our destination.

Their lovely moment is interrupted by dispatch. We get some field crack. Least it's that way for me lol They are flawless in action and I never get over it. It’s a chemistry no one else has and I can’t get enough of it. Eric and Melissa are a treasure. They are effortless through out this chase. Not once hesitating or panicking when they lose their guy. They are crazy calm and it is fascinating to watch. Said this many times before and it still holds. They are poetry in motion.

I love Tim's response to Lucy's worry about Grey being mad at them. Trying to lighten the moment the best he can for her. I mean he's not wrong. Yes they lost Connor BUT they did save a senior citizen from a gruesome death in a crosswalk. Lucy isn't fully satisfied because they are still working on her.... Her worry and empathy just coming off her in waves.

We catch up with who we think is this woman's daughter. I mean to know those kind of details about her... Why would they question her any further? It's so sad she won't make it. Breaks my damn heart actually. Legit innocent bystander in the way. You can see it’s shaking Lucy.. It was shaking me ugh. That slight hesitation she does as they walk away. You can see the hitch in her gait as they do so. Killing me softly with that stuff Melissa.

I adore Tim checking in on Lucy. Clocking her stress and heartbreak over this. Her empathy sapping it out of her right now. So he makes sure to check her temperature. I knew this would wreck her. I do love her confiding in him about her frustrations. Tim doing his best to apply some logic at first. Side note I love when he uses words like 'Ascribe.' *fans self* Don't why but it just does it for me...*ahem* Anyways Tim is hoping his logic will be the salve she needs.

It does help in terms of her opening up to him more. Lucy continuing on about how this job sometimes makes her feel like they solve one thing at the expense of another. That it's almost like a judicial debt they'll never be able to balance. I can't say that I wouldn't be just as aggravated as her. Tim's empathy kicking in shortly after this comment. Even finishes her sentence for her. (Love this)

Replying with something I know is dear to him. Protecting those he loves. Lucy being one of those people. His top priority as he stated in the last ep. The eye contact they make when he says this. *happy sigh* The way she looks up at him asking if they should check on Harper? Just leaning on him for answers and guidance when she can. It makes me smile.

What a turn in this case. Good lord. I wasn't expecting it in the least I'll say. Pretty gross of both of these women. More so of the daughter really when we find out about the will. I do love the shared looks through out this scene. If you watch their eye line it's mainly at each other. They’re always crushing it with the silent communication.

Friggin love Lucy just taking charge and Tim stepping aside to let her do so. Putting that woman in her place about her mother's belongings. Then we top it off with sharing a look with Tim after. That field goodness shinning through. Makes me happy to witness.

This scene made me laugh so much. Tim embodying Aaron's line from 5x06 about how he is like the old dude from UP. lmao 'Don’t know. Don’t care.' Oh Timothy, my grumpy old man. I do enjoy you so very much. He most definitely does not care about what show it is. Unless it's Top Chef heh

Always fan myself with a good Tim takedown. *phew lord* gimme gimme. Something so god damn attractive about it when he pulls it off so easily. Mmm. I will take that all damn day and not complain.

Of course Nolan knows the name of the show LOL This made me chuckle quite a bit. Little levity in this intense episode. Also that’s a terrible name for a show haha Chenford's initial reaction to John's show reply had me laughing so much. They couldn't be more confused. Tim especially. Wondering if he hit his head or something. Lucy is kind in her reply even though it was unnecessary info haha

Once again must point out the lack of space between them. Damn near touching in that hallway. Which makes me happy considering that brutal convo in 6x07 took place in there. Slowly healing that shipper wound. I love Tim's smile when he hears she's going back to the hospital. That changes when she tells him it's actually for Kylie....

Honestly it's the most Lucy Chen thing ever to go sit with Kylie. She’s only one who’s thought of her for most of this episode besides Celina. This is why Tim is so damn gone for her. That endless compassion she has for others. Thinking of people that no one else has. He may be giving her shit in the moment but internally we all know how much he adores her empathy.

Admires that sunshine heart of hers. Wouldn't be Tim if he didn't give her a little crap for it though. Toss in some light flirting while he does so. Lucy doing a little flirting back herself with her competition line. Damn they cute. I love them sfm. Solid way to end the episode for them.

Thank you forever and always to those that like, comment (they make my heart so happy. Come talk to me haha), and reblog these. It brings me joy like no other. You're all amazing and I adore every single one of you. Shall see you all in 7x10 :)

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Sides notes-Non Chenford

I loved Lucy and Harper holding hands and hugging. I need more of these two together.

Celina getting a nice little drug bust as a P2. Well done madam.

Mekia killed it good lord. I knew she would. Love seeing her get this time to shine. Shawn too that scene was so good and very sad. I love them giving more to Shawn this year he's crushing it.

Such a sweet moment in the hospital for James and Nyla. So raw and real my goodness. I love them getting some real problems as well. This SL this was so good for them I enjoyed it quite a bit.

I don't usually do gifs in my side notes. Or make ones that aren't Chenford related. But I had to with this scene. It. was fantastic. Nolan making me feeling things again. They’re writing him so much better this year. They really are tapping back into why I enjoyed him in the very beginning. Also Nathan reminding us he can bring it emotionally. He had me tearing up with his speech. Way his voice hitched and broke.

Another reason I wanted to do a gif of this was because of the amazing character that is Nyla Harper. Other than Lucy she is my absolute favorite female character. Hands down. I love me some Angela Lopez don't get me wrong. I just friggin love Harper so damn much. Maybe it's because she is the female version of Tim hahah But Mekia could not have been a better addition to this show. She came in s2 and has knocked it out of the park since. I legit forget about Talia every time until I rewatch s1. Because feels like Harper has always been here.

No offense to Talia but she had no where near the depth and grit Nyla Harper does. Just wanted to gif this because Nolan's speech is so fantastic and accurate. We all love this BAMF of a woman. She had Nolan as her rookie and turned him into a good cop. So we know she's a resilient bad ass. I loved him paying homage not only to what she did for him as his T.O. but just her as a person. This was really well written and acted. I loved it.

I missed their dynamic honestly. Was part of why s2 as a whole was so good for me. How far they've come to get to this moment. This hug was so nice. Made me teary. Nice to see her finally lean on someone in this episode. I think Nolan was the right choice especially with him having been the one to witness that kiss. The writers have really come to play this season. It makes me very happy. Because I do love this show as a whole. They're bringing it back to it's roots and this day one Rookie girl is quite pleased with it.

[cinemadaydream]

can you do a story where conrad gets jealous because cam cameron is getting a little too touchy with y/n and she’s entertaining it. but little does he know it was all planned, y/n asked cam to do that to make conrad jealous. (they’re fwb and y/n got bored and planned this so she could see what conrad would do) well y/n ended up kissing cam and it got heated and conrad pushed them apart and took y/n upstairs to his room and made sure she wouldn’t do that again.

He's going to kill me

parings: Conrad Fisher x reader

warnings: unprotected rough smut

"If keep touching you like this, he's going to kill me." Cam glancing nervously towards Conrad before wrapping his arms around your waist.

You can't help the smirk on your face as you lean into Cam's touch, nuzzling your face against his neck before whispering in his ear. "He won't kill you, I promise. I guess that means my plan is working?"

Cam hums in response before he looks at Conrad once again from the corner of his eye, still not fully convinced. Conrad's hands were clenched tightly and the old saying "If looks could kill, you'd be dead" had never been more accurate as Conrad continues to send daggers in yours and Cams direction.

Despite Cam's fear that tonight may be his last, you can't help the way feeling of excitement that's oozing through you over Conrad's jealously. The two of you are friends with benefits, both of you agreeing to have no feelings involved, but there were moments when you wondered if there was more between you two than you both let on. Longing glances across the room, lingering touches after the two of you had finished having sex. He even asked you to stay the night on multiple occasions so he could hold you all night which was against the rules the two of you had made. Which is why once you were told Conrad was throwing a party that you'd use it to your advantage to see if your suspicions about Conrad liking you were true.

"Do you want to dance before you're impending doom?" You tease Cam playfully as you pull away from his neck to look up at him. Cam laughs at your joke before grabbing your hand and walking you both to the middle of the living room where everyone was dancing.

For the first time all night, you make eye contact with Conrad as you dance with Cam. He's still glaring at you both and now worse than ever as your ass is pressed against Cam, moving your hips against him as you both dance together. You've never seen Conrad this pissed before. It makes you breath hitch and your heart skip a beat, but you don't crack yet. Wanting to see if he would act upon what his face was showing. You can see how badly Conrad is fighting with himself. Wanting to grab you and show you who you're supposed to be with. But Conrad does the opposite. Instead of walking up to you and Cam, he starts to dance with another girl. Now you're the one pissed. The same glare Conrad had on his face is now on yours. You pull your eyes away from Conrad and the blonde you don't know the name of and look at Cam.

"Kiss me."

Cam's eyes widen a bit as you ask him to kiss you. He didn't expect you to want to go that far with this plan. He almost says no before he notices Conrad and the blonde. Cam nods and then he kisses you softly on the lips. The kiss doesn't stay soft though as you pull Cam closer to you, kissing him hard knowing Conrad is still watching. This kiss becomes heated. Although it isn't the same as all the kisses you've shared with Conrad, you're pleasantly surprised to find Cam is a quite the good kisser. You could get lost in the kiss, forgetting Conrad even if just for a short while, if it wasn't for a pair of hands pushing you and Cam apart.

"My room. Now." Conrad demands, frustration evident in the way he speaks. He doesn't even glance at Cam which is probably for the best because Cam's worries may not be so far from the truth with the amount of anger Conrad is feeling.

Your body reacts before your mind can process anything, you immediately head to the staircase and walk up the stairs into his room that you've been in so many times before. You can hear him shut the door before locking it and then you feel him, shoving you down on his bed before climbing on top of you.

"What the fuck was that bullshit?" Conrad asks, his breath hot and heavy against your neck as his fingers trail under your dress. You think he's about to touch you where you've been aching for him to touch all night, but he surprises you when he flips you over onto your stomach and slaps your ass roughly making you shriek in both pleasure and pain. "What makes you think you can bring someone into my house and dance with him like that?" Another harsh slap lands on your ass. "To kiss him with the same lips you use to suck my cock?"

Your eyes widen when he says that, but you don't say anything. You feel him slap your ass once more before he slides his hand under his dress and takes off your underwear in one quick, swift movement. Your breath is uneven as you hear him undo the zipper of his pants and then he slides himself into you. You moan loudly as he starts to move inside you.

"Did you wear this dress for him?" Conrad asks, his thrust quickening as he slaps your ass again before he yanks down one of the straps to your dress and squeezes your tit before flicking your nipple with his finger.

"N-no! I wore it.. I wore it for you." You moan out before burying your face against his pillow. He seems pleased with your response, but he doesn't let you bury your face in his pillow. Instead, he grabs you, wrapping his arms around your waist as he continues to thrust inside of you.

"And you're going to cum for me in it too, sweet girl. Gonna let this whole god damn party hear you, let them know who's fucking you this good" Conrad groans into your ear before kissing your neck, leaving a trail of love bites all over it. Needing to mark you up more than he's ever needed it before.

And just like he wants from you, you start to moan his name. You do it louder and louder with each thrust he gives you. His pace is so fast, so rough that the only thing keeping you up is his arms that are still wrapped firmly around you, wanting you to feel every inch of him.

"That's right, baby. I'm the one making you feel this good. Not fucking Cam Cameron." Conrad smirks against your neck as his free hand cups your face, pulling you into a passionate, needy kiss. His tongue exploring your mouth as you cum all over him. You cry out in pleasure as he keeps going, sensitive from the orgasm he just gave you before he finally cums deep inside you.

Conrad gently releases you, letting you rest against his pillow now before he pulls out of you and holds you in his arms. He kisses you again but this time it isn't rough. It's soft and sweet with a hint of desperation behind it. All he wants is you. Fuck the rules you two made.

"Are you okay? I wasn't too rough on you, was I?" Conrad asks, his voice much softer now as he strokes your hair with his fingers. You smile and shake your head before you kiss him once more.

"I liked how rough you were, Con." you say blushing. Your ass was sore and you could still feel yourself coming down from the orgasm he gave you and you absolutely loved it. Loved that it was him that did it.

"I don't want to ever see you with another guy that isn't me." Conrad admits staring so intently at you. Your heart flutters and you nod your head. You feel his arms pull you even closer as he waits, still nervous that you'll reject him. It's a fear he's had the moment you two started being friends with benefits. He had always liked you.

"And I don't want to be with any guy that isn't you." You smile at Conrad as you watch his worries fade away before he pulls you in for another kiss. He cups your face, holding you close to his body. You kiss him happy that your plan had worked and that he's finally yours.

"I'm going to kill Cam by the way." Conrad says as you two pull away. His lips are still against yours and you can't help but to laugh when he says this.

"It's okay, he's expecting it."

-

The way i wrote this in less than an hour lmao sorry if there's any errors, I haven't proofread it yet!

[hippolotamus]

can nobody hear me? (i've got a lot that's on my mind)

some EddieKaren thoughts that have been rolling around my brain since the end of S7 🫶

“How did you do it?” Eddie asks, staring into the wine glass loosely held in his grasp. “Do what?” Karen raises a brow at him before taking a sip of her Pinot Noir.  Eddie decides that’s a good idea, too. Something he can do to stall while the full bodied liquid bursts with flavor on his tongue. Earthy, oaky, all the little nuanced notes Eddie’s never been able to discern quite like other people. He knows hops, summer ales and IPAs, but tannins or detecting Napa versus some remote region in France? Not really his forte.  “The empty room,” he finally supplies. “When-"  He doesn’t finish his sentence - can’t finish it - but he doesn’t think he’ll have to.  “Oh.” Karen slowly lowers her glass to the coffee table and folds her hands in her lap.  “The first night-“ She fixes her gaze on a spot by the door, as if she expects to relive the nightmare all over again at any moment. “The first night without Mara was absolute hell. We sat in her room for hours, me and Hen. Like worried parents waiting up for someone we knew wasn’t coming.” She continues to stare, clicking her thumbnails together. “In the morning it was almost worse. To wake up and remember all over again. To realize nothing had changed except the position of the sun. Our daughter was still gone. Ripped right out from under us.”  He watches as her jaw ticks and she swallows down the bitter memories. She finally looks at him, her face painted with compassion and a watery smile. “But life didn’t stop. No matter how much we wanted it to. We still had Denny. He reminded us that we weren’t the only ones hurting.”  Eddie shifts uncomfortably in his chair, wanting to hide from her subtle insinuation. The way she always sees through him. “It was him and trying to figure out how to get Mara back. How to get our family back. That's what kept us going. What kept us from giving up on everything else.” A tangle of emotions sits in his chest, barbed wire slowly ensnaring his heart and lungs. He doesn’t have another kid to keep him afloat, or a villain councilwoman to fight. Only himself. Well, him and his demons. The voices in his head telling him he should have died in Afghanistan. Or on the sunny streets of LA. The insistent whispers that he should have skipped the step where he dared to hope, that he should have conceded Chris to his parents in the beginning. He wishes fixing this was as easy as convenient body cam footage.  “Hey.” Karen lightly touches his shoulder, just enough to remind him she’s still there. “He’ll come back.” It’s meant to be a comfort, he knows that. Except it feels like a platitude, the way people say ‘remember the good times’ when someone close dies. A part of him wants to throw the wine, to ask how she can say that. Because she doesn’t know. Just like Eddie didn’t know he would ever have to be without Chris again. A different piece of him wants to throw a tantrum. He wants to be the one screaming for once and making demands of the unfeeling universe.  Instead, he gives her a tight nod. “I hope so.”

[jennysparksandtheauthority]

I wish I could believe any Pricefield's criticisms in good faith, but this is the same fandom that harassed and abused Dontnod when Life is Strange 2 came out and it wasn't about Max and Chloe. The game got review bombed in the early days, and along with harassing the staff, the VAs and characters both received terrible racist comments. We also saw similar instances with True Colors. Harassment, review bombing, and racism.

Both Dontnod and Square/Deck Nine wanted to make this series into an anthology.

It was the Pricefield shippers who continually demanded the return of Max and Chloe.

Seeing how horrifically this fandom has treated so many people who worked on these games, many of whom are just as big of fans and passionate about it as they are, is it any wonder the latest entry is now a souless cash grab meant to bring in money banking on nostalgia while disrespecting the fans and hating on one half of a big ship?

And ever since the first two episodes of Double Exposure has come out, when the fandom isn't talking about Pricefield, I've seen nothing but transphobic comments about Gwen (constantly misgendering her and calling her a pedo because she's trans), racist comments towards Moses and Safi (accusing Moses of being the murderer just because he's black or being hoping Safi is going to die in both timelines because she's Arabic), bisexual erasure towards Max (which Michael confirmed was always supposed to happen, Square didn't influence her sexuality like so many of the fandom and the "former D9 employee" keep insisting), and attacking the VAs who are actually excited for this project and want to play the game on their youtube channels.

I used to love Pricefield when I was younger. I grew out of it as I got older because I saw all the flaws with the ship and figured out it wasn't for me. Any chance of enjoying the ship ever again was ruined by this fandom.

The Life is Strange fandom, and the Pricefield fandom especially, are incredibly entitled and bigoted. One of the worst fandoms I've ever had the displeasure to be a part of. And I'm not surprised at all that things ended up this way.

Big fandoms are always bound to be toxic at some point. The more people in a fandom, the higher the chances of having assholes among us. Unfortunately, it happens. And you’re right about all the fucked up shit that happened through the years, the LIS2 situation was especially heartbreaking.

But you’re also leaning into confirmation bias.

I’ve seen people on Twitter and TikTok and Instagram and here making fan cams of Gwen, saying she’s the best new character, arguing that she would have been a better love interest for Max than whatshisname and Amanda (and I echo that sentiment, Gwen rocks and I’ll fight the transphobes with my bare hands if I have to).

I’ve seen people hold dearly Sean and Daniel’s story, making the ‘squad’ sweatshirt sell out repeatedly in that website that has LIS stuff.

I’ve seen people saying they want to protect Moses at all costs, even calling for everyone to be respectful to the VA and to leave him out of the madness, just like with Hannah Tell.

If we’re having dinner in a restaurant with 100 well behaved people and there’s one or two or even ten assholes screaming and throwing things to other people, they’re going to ruin the experience for everyone else. They’re going to be loud and annoying and you could leave saying you’re never coming back to that restaurant. That’s fair. But the fault falls specifically on that group, not the other hundred people that were minding their own business and enjoying their dinners.

Nowadays, it’s impossible to enjoy any fandom if you don’t find the four/five weirdos that enjoy the thing as much as you and you create a nice little bubble of the stuff you like and the people you want to interact with. It’s sad, but it’s true.

This doesn’t mean people shouldn’t be held accountable and that we shouldn’t try to take out our own trash — I’ve been calling out an awful person on Twitter that’s been harassing and insulting the devs for the last few days. I reported them, I tried to reason, I did all the work until there was nothing left to do but to block them.

Sometimes you can make a difference. Other times, you can’t.

Now, are you suggesting that the whole pricefield fandom deserved this? That we all should be punished? That we’re all implicitly responsible for the misogyny, the homophobia and the greed of the capitalistic machine? Wow.

The simple truth is SE and D9 wanted to pander to casual gamers and gamebros cause they thought that would give them more money. The truth is that D9’s toxic work environment (reason enough to boycott everything they put out well before the pricefield fiasco) influenced this game to the point of being lead by people who didn’t understand the first game and that hated the themes at its core.

You think the pricefield fandom is bigoted and entitled? Oh boy, have a look at all the articles about D9’s internal affairs: N*ZI symbolism, misogyny, sexual harassment, homophobia…

You think the majority of the LIS fandom is toxic? Then take a look at what the casual cismale straight gamers are saying now. They’re the new LIS:DE fandom. I’m not going to reproduce the comments and the absolute vile things I’ve seen them say post-DE gameplay reveal and the break up confirmation, but I’ll show you a glimpse of the reactions:

So, in the bitter conclusion, you might be right: just like Chloe, we might deserve all of this because after all we’re loud, we’re queer, and we deserve to be punished.

Just like Nathan said to Chloe in the bathroom, the devs were asking this to the pricefield fandom… “Nobody would ever even miss your "punk ass" would they?”

Well, fuck around and find out.

[pbaz7]

eee im so excited i love new series!

The Sparks were up by twenty-four.

wow this must be AU then

They didn’t pay for their court side seats for nothing.

lmao please

Blonde. A little stone-faced. She wore a cream Essentials sweatsuit, ankle resting over her knee, a few rings on her fingers, completely still.

oh shes one of THOSE people

“She does MMA. Popular as hell in UFC right now. She’s...definitely different, I love her though.” Rickea said it and her tone was like a warning mixed with a compliment.

woah okay plot twist was not expecting that... makes a lot of sense tho

“My sister,” Cam said, casual, like it was obvious. “Well—god sister. But she’s basically blood so.”

I need to know how cam and p met

Her gaze flicked over Azzi in a single sweep—measured, unreadable. No smile. No raised brow.

paige actually being nonchalant? what kind of world is this

Then Paige gave a small nod. No handshake. No return greeting.

damn tough crowd

A breath of laughter left her, but Paige didn’t outwardly react—no smile, no eye roll. Just stillness. Cam barely noticed. She was used to it.

well aren't you a fun time to be around

You might actually see her blink. You’ll love it.

seems about as fun as watching paint dry

Rae basically got a girl crush on her after seeing her fight the first time.”

please not this bitch STILL being strung up on P

Paige didn’t answer. She just nodded—precise, barely perceptible.

hun... are you mute?

here less for the fights, more for whoever looked good throwing punches.

lmao valid

“Fighting out of the blue corner—twelve wins, no losses…”

of course she's undefeated

already knowing his night would likely be uneventful.

why does this feel like a warning that it WILL be eventful

“Quicker than most,” Cam replied. “She’s still holding back. Hasn’t gotten the read she wants.”

im scared like i dont want baby to get hit (can you tell I don't watch MMA)

Then—snap. A right hook came quick out of nowhere and landed hard across Paige’s jaw.

SO sorry to that opponent cuz she is NOT gonna be feeling accomplished very soon

Cam groaned, completely unfazed. “Okay, silent treatment. Classic.”

still have yet to hear this girl say a word!

Cameron stepped closer, folding her arms as she watched Paige continue hammering the bag, knuckles snapping against leather like a ticking clock.

she is going to fracture her hand like I hope she knows that

“Don’t touch me when I’m not ready Cameron,” Paige snapped.

"dont rush me Katie! I'm just not ready" core

also yay!!! first words!!!!

She’s a softie. That’s just her version of agreeing to be social.”

I'll believe it when I see it...

“So it’s the face you’re protective of. Not the record?”

yes azzi! try to see if paige will speak to you

A beat passed. Then Paige’s gaze drifted away again. “Then you kinda get it.”

wow! they just had a conversation! why am I surprised...

Then softly, “You always this friendly?”

wow how hilarious

“Damn I can’t even try the ride out? You like pussy or sum?”

AH HELL NAH. PAIGE GET IN HERE

You sure you wanna get in another round, pretty girl?”

oh you have NO IDEA old man

“Hey,” Cam said, firm but easy. “You don’t need another lawsuit tonight.”

LOVE how this has happened before

She’s real dramatic like that when she’s pissed.”

she WOULD

“No clue how or why, but she always has Paige laughing like it’s nothing. It’s kind of freaky.”

that's her vet right there🥹

“You know, you actually look kinda pretty without the bruise blondie.”

alr it was funny at first but let's back off of azzi's girl kea

“You really are a sweetheart,” Azzi said softly, voice filled with sarcasm. A dry chuckle slipped out of Paige’s mouth before she turned away like it didn’t happen. No smile. No change in expression. But it was something

oh my god did azzi just achieve step 3

“You know I’m not turning down a fight Cam.”

yeah I dont have a good feeling about this

Up and comer. Had six fights—all KO or TKO apparently.”

well isn't this gonna be fun!

No,” Cam agreed. “She’s calculated as hell. She’s just competitive to a fault. Wants to win everything.”

wow sounds like someone I know... perhaps this universe's PB?

Paige drank from her glass, then set it down. “I have blonde hair and blue eyes. You can find that all over LA.”

a girl knows her strengths what can she say

Azzi shrugged, the corners of her mouth tugging up. “Because I think it’d look good on you and I like looking at pretty women.”

OH OK MAKING MOVES

Paige stared at her for a moment, unreadable as ever. Then she pushed off the counter and turned toward the hallway. “Tell my sister to lock the door on the way out.”

wow I bet that was EXACTLY the response azzi was looking for...

i have literally NO read on paige like i do NOT understand this girl

i mean she's gotta have some kind of underlying trauma right...

who knows, but author i love this already, and ily!

-🍉

The Sparks were up by twenty-four.

wow this must be AU then

quite literally 😭

paige actually being nonchalant? what kind of world is this

this is who she swears she is irl

im scared like i dont want baby to get hit (can you tell I don't watch MMA)

def can tell lmao

that's her vet right there🥹

i love them so much already

well isn't this gonna be fun!

so fun !!!!

i’m so glad you like it ily stink

[possibilistfanfiction]

for surgeons AU could we get some early days, maybe first date or something? obsessed with your work as always

[s/o to everyone who asked for their first date, love u, crossposting this au to ao3 now too i guess lol!]

//

‘don’t laugh.’

‘i’m not.’ 

you glare. 

‘i swear, i’m not,’ she lies.

‘cam, you’re actively laughing. physically. audibly. at me.’

camila takes a deep breath and forces herself to frown. ‘okay. sorry. continue.’

‘bea is just — hot.’

you can tell that camila fights a grimace, which is fair, maybe, because she’s known beatrice for years through medical school. ‘she’s also very kind and understanding, if you wanted to, like, do something that would actually be fun for the both of you.’

‘hiking sounds fun.’

‘ava.’

it’s not all that often you feel the tightness in your chest that you remember from childhood: things are far less limited to you now. you have care you need, and your physical therapy and surgeries and medications are usually effective at letting you do whatever you want day-to-day. ‘just — don’t.’

camila sighs. ‘okay. but i promise bea wouldn’t think any less of you.’

you flop back on her sofa. ‘i know that, i really do. but it’s just so not sexy. and you know what is sexy? beatrice without a shirt on hiking ten miles, all sweaty and —‘

‘— it’s november, i’m pretty sure she’ll be wearing a shirt and a jacket —‘

‘— that’s not the point.’

camila loses her battle and does outright laugh at you now. ‘okay. well, to answer your question, you can borrow whatever of my gear you need, and i won’t tell bea.’

‘you’re a saint.’

/

to be fair, beatrice picks you up in her extremely clean subaru — you refrain from saying anything; it’s way too easy for it to actually be fun anyway — and offers you a breakfast sandwich and a coffee from, apparently, her favorite place near her house. it’s a cool, cloudy morning, typical november fair, and it’s still dark out, but you’re used to being up early or really at any time of day or night at this point. you’d done every spine decompression stretch you’ve ever learned in physical therapy, taken some ibuprofen, and truly have no plan other than hoping camila’s trekking poles — a very serious name for very fancy walking sticks — are enough to see you through.

beatrice, for her part, is clearly nervous, and it’s charming: she spends at least twenty minutes talking to you about all of the features of the hike and why it’s an ideal one for the two of you — ‘it’s moderate elevation gain up to the crest, about 2.5 miles, and, since it has southern exposure, we won’t get too much wind today.’ and, ‘if you want to keep going, it’s beautiful along the ridge, and there’s two mild peaks we could summit.’ and, ‘i’ve packed enough food and water for essentially however long we want to go; you can carry some if you’d like, if you didn’t pack much yourself.’ and, ‘anyway, the entire thing is wonderful and, in my experience, fairly empty, especially as it grows colder. but, just our luck: not much rain forecast for today.’ — and then asks, almost painfully awkward, about your last shift.

‘it was fine,’ you say, finishing your sandwich and making sure your trash is neatly packed up in the bag, with hers too. ‘but enough shop talk. i want to know about you.’

she blushes and you see, not for the first time but maybe in a way that’s more obvious than you have before, that beatrice is just a person after all, even if she’s unflappable at work. 

‘it’s okay,’ you say, so she doesn’t shut down or feel embarrassed. ‘i don’t mind shop talk, but i’m just — i’m glad to spend the time with you, away from work. plus you’re like a total enigma. very mysterious. it’s kind of hot.’

you haven’t said explicitly this is a first date, but you’ve been on lots of first dates and you’re fairly certain this is one. you’re definitely certain when she laughs, her shoulders loosening down her spine, away from her ears, and says, ‘only kind of?’

‘well, i wasn’t sure if we were just colleagues or just friends or whatever.’ 

‘or whatever?’

you groan. ‘you’re extremely hot, are you kidding? i think it’s affecting my residency, actually. i get distracted by your hands and then i lose the plot.’

she takes that in, maybe more than you had meant to say but who cares at this point; you’d gotten up at 5 am for her on your day off, so it’s fairly clear how you feel. ‘you’re quite distracting yourself, dr. silva.’

‘in a good or bad way? like, sexy or annoying?’

she rolls her eyes; you can tell, even if she’s still watching the road. ‘it depends. often both.’

you grin, lean back in the seat. ‘i contain multitudes, what can i say. triple threat.’

‘sexy, annoying, and… ?’

‘brilliant, obviously.’

‘oh yes, obviously.’ you pull into a deserted parking lot amidst a lush green forest and a heavy early morning fog; it’s beautiful, and you don’t ever regret that you ended up here, but you feel particularly grateful for it now. ‘you are brilliant, ava.’ it’s serious, the way she says it and the way she squeezes your hand, just once, before she gets out of the car with a soft smile. 

you watch her as subtly as you can as she puts on her gear, following suit as closely as you can without being too obvious about it. you know this is, objectively, really stupid and unnecessary, and jillian is probably spidey-senses yelling at you from somewhere in the world, but you have never wanted to impress someone so badly in your entire life. once beatrice is all ready to go, in her warm fleece quarterzip underneath a waterproof shell, a similar setup for her pants, her boots tied securely and her pack neatly zipped, poles ready at the correct height — so your elbows are at 90 degrees, camila had explained yesterday — and a beanie pulled down securely over her buzzed hair and ears.

‘the most important part for me,’ she says.

it takes you a second, but then you laugh. ‘you’re being funny.’

she makes sure her car is locked, zips the keys in a pocket inside her jacket, and then takes off down the trail. ‘i’ve been known to have a sense of humor from time to time.’

she’s not even walking that fast but it’s cold and jillian is mad at you all the time for how much you have to stand just for work, definitely without the however-many-long mile hike you’re about to go on. ‘the other interns are terrified of you, you know.’

beatrice turns toward you with a smirk. ‘and you’re not?’

‘well, i’ve seen you cry, once not even about a patient but about the fact that the coffee cart was out of earl grey tea.’

‘i hadn’t slept in thirty hours.’

you shrug — that’s probably true, but still — and bump her in the shoulder. ‘i like you,’ you tell her, honest, finally, amongst the moss and the ferns, the sun barely up, no one around to hear you. there’s a different kind of fear you feel when it comes to beatrice: not as dr. choi, indomitably talented and ruthlessly efficient resident, but as someone whose cologne you recognize, as someone who you want to make your grandma’s vatapáfor. ‘you’re kind to me.’

beatrice slows down for a moment — thank fucking god — and takes you in. you feel out of place often, and especially here, but the best thing about her is that, even if she senses it, she never faults you. ’that’s what you deserve.’ and then, ‘i hope i am. i want to be.’

you don’t know much about her, really: you know that she went to boarding school at 14 and had been at the top of her class at the best schools and programs in the world ever since; that she loves to be in nature and has known lilith for forever; that her accent loosens, just slightly, when she’s especially excited or especially exhausted. she likes otters, you’ve gathered, from a little pin on her coat, and she wants to go into cardio because it’s endlessly fascinating to her, and impossible, and miraculous. she runs so much admin for the free gender affirming surgery clinic even though it’s not her speciality and she certainly doesn’t have to; she learned asl last year, in addition to a host of other languages she speaks, to better communicate with patients and colleagues. you think, of anyone in your program, maybe of anyone at the hospital entirely, she’s chief superion’s favorite.

there are so many things you want to learn about her: what makes her scared and who she let take care of her after she had top surgery and what her favorite song is and what book made her cry as a child and if she likes comedies or is more of a drama kind of girl. you want, you can admit to yourself, to know everything about her in a way you’ve never quite wanted anything before.

‘you’re the best person i know.’ you’re worried it’s too much before she smiles — not at you, too shy, but you catch it anyway before she looks away.

‘that’s generous.’ 

‘still, true.’

she worries her lip before saying, ‘i am, technically, your boss.’

‘barely.’

‘ava.’

‘hmm. not dr. silva? doesn’t sound very position of power to me.’

‘i — i like you too.’ you watch her push her poles into the soft ground a little harder, like her whole body is fighting — to say what she means, or to not say it, you’re not sure. 

you’ve had crossroads in your life before, most of them really fucking horrible — until they weren’t, until the world stretched out before you and opened up before you. you’ve talked over and over about this with jillian and the therapist she made sure you went to before you consented to any truly dangerous and experimental procedures or injections: disability was limiting, sure, but the real harm was done by the lack of care afforded you, not your lack of movement. you work so, so hard to believe it on good days; it’s nearly impossible on the worst.

but this is the best day, you decide. camila is right: beatrice is kind and caring and brave in ways you know; in ways you have yet to find out. 

you’ve made it maybe half a mile into the hike but your back is aching, left foot going numb already, your right hand clenched too tight around the handle of the pole, so much so that even the soft cork of it hurts. so, instead of moving and moving and moving like you always do, like you have since the moment you could close your hands into fists so tight you swore you’d never let the world go: you stop.

bea takes a few more steps and then notices; she turns around and looks at you curiously.

‘sorry,’ you say, impulse and fear and habit, then shake your head. ‘actually, uh. i’m not? yeah, i’m not.’

she stands steady, unfazed by that. ‘okay.’

‘uh, well. i like you too. i already said that, but i really like you. i don’t — god, this sounds so stupid. but i don’t want to be your intern.’

the small, amused smile on beatrice’s face makes you feel better. ‘am i not a good teacher?’

‘i think there are lots of other things i would enjoy you teaching me.’ you close your eyes for a moment as she laughs, trying to regroup. ‘okay, i am sorry for that one.’

‘don’t be. i quite enjoyed it.’

‘before — before we tell chief superion anything, if you wanted to try, just — you should know that i shouldn’t have said yes to going on this hike.’

beatrice’s brow knits together, so immediately concerned you reach for her hand. 

‘not because — it’s beautiful,’ you say. ‘you’re beautiful, and i’m so happy you asked me.’

she doesn’t look any less worried, which is fair.

‘i have a spinal cord injury,’ you say, and her face softens into something you’re terrified of for a moment, until you realize it’s only patience, only an opening for understanding — not pity, and certainly not anything close to contempt.

‘okay,’ she says, calmly and as kind as ever.

stupid, annoying tears burn at your eyes. ‘i just — you love hiking, and you asked and planned so nicely, and you wanted to share this special thing with me, and —‘

‘ava,’ she says, then brings her thumbs to wipe your cheeks with a gentle smile. ‘i just wanted to spend time with you. you’re right, i enjoy hiking, but i also enjoy lots of other things. things that i would also want to share with you.’

‘i should be using a cane at work,’ you admit, in the middle of this beautiful forest where no one but her can hear you. ‘i haven’t been because i didn’t, i don’t —‘

‘— while i think it’s wise you’re moved off my service,’ she says, ‘i will burn down that entire hospital if anyone looks down on you for that.’

‘that seems counterintuitive to do no harm.’ the way you say it is wobbly and your nose is full of snot and it’s kind of all so terrible, but then you catch up: ‘you don’t want me on your service?’

beatrice steadies herself. ‘i want to kiss you.’

‘even after —‘

‘ava, listen. i want to kiss you.’

‘yeah,’ you say, and lean forward.

it feels like your entire body lights up, even though it aches in the damp cold — golden light everywhere. 

/

you laugh a little afterward, then beatrice smiles and takes off back toward her car without any complaints. 

‘it’s still rather early,’ she says as you go on your way, ‘and we’re only about twenty minutes from the car.’

you grimace. ‘yeah, sorry.’

she shakes her head. ‘there are undoubtedly so many things you need to apologize for daily, ava —‘

‘— hey —‘

‘— but this is not one of them.’

‘fine,’ you huff.

she’s unfazed. ‘i was going to ask if perhaps you wanted to come over to my place. among other things i like in addition to hiking, i do like to catch up on rest as well. and then perhaps lunch? there’s a spot near me that has wonderful oysters.’

‘a nap? in your sexy house? lunch? with your sexy face?’

she ignores most of it: ‘it’s a rather normal house.’

‘i bet it’s sexy. lilith told me you were rich.’

beatrice grimaces.

‘it’s okay. like, really. i just bet you’re, like, the kind of person who has bespoke everything, aren’t you?’

‘no,’ she says, but she’s blushing and looking away from you.

‘you know, you’ve got a terrible poker face.’

‘only when it comes to you, i’m afraid.’

‘ah, what a terrible fate.’

‘the worst,’ she agrees, shaking her head with a smile. ‘it’s got a good view, i will say.’

‘well, lead the way then.’

‘ava, we’re just walking back to the car.’

you roll your eyes. ‘you know what i mean.’

/

beatrice’s house is beautiful, perched on a hill with giant windows overlooking the sound and the olympics. she laughs — not unkindly — when you admit that all of your hiking gear is actually camila’s, says, ‘i thought that pack looked familiar,’ and then lends you a hoodie and some comfortable running shorts to change into. you don’t ask her so many things brimming inside of you; she doesn’t ask you either, although you’re sure she — as bea and as dr. choi — has a billion questions. you’ll ask and answer everything in due time. 

for today, you bully her — with far too little bullying involved to make her argument of i’ve never seen it before and i don’t waste my time on shows like this — to start binging season 4 of real housewives of salt lake city; even less convincing when she knows all about jen’s escapades last season and then clamps her mouth shut when you laugh into her shoulder.

‘it’s compelling, fine,’ she says with a very dramatic pout, and you’re kissing it off her face before you can think twice.

she smiles into it, your nerves dissipating, and it’s good, and right, and safe. you eventually kiss her cheek and run a hand over the soft bristles of her hair — which you’ve been dying to do — while she smiles and then settle into her side. 

‘thank you.’

she lets out a big breath, peaceful under the blanket, thick socks on your feet, cold rain outside but only warmth in this house with you in it. ‘no, ava. thank you.’

[vforlove]

Happy Late Valentine's day @fra-aria !!!! I'm your secret cupid <3

I'm very sorry for the very late gift!! I was very busy with school so I didn't get the time to make it.

Hope you like your gift!!! (And I'm sorry if it's ooc)

Thank you for @cupidsgifts for the event!!!

Baking With Friends! (Gone right?)

It was a sunny afternoon when Sage, Cam, and Deja decided to bake. Cam was the one who initiated the baking idea, saying that Jamie had shown and sent them a recipe and they wanted to try it. Of course, Sage agreed to it. Deja agreed as well with the promise to try to not destroy the kitchen.

Well, the kitchen wasn’t destroyed, but it is very messy.

It started out alright, everything was in order. Turns out, the recipe that Jamie sent was a cupcake recipe, something that Sage doesn’t really have an experience with. But with the help of Cam and Deja, they’re sure that they wouldn’t mess up the recipe.

Cam is in charge of the frosting while Sage and Deja are in charge of the cupcake. It was going great, with minor trouble. Well, that was before Cam decided to mess around. They sneakily went up behind Sage and spread a frosting over Sage’s nose, catching them off guard. Sage retaliated, they swiped some frosting from their nose and went over to Cam, who started to run around the kitchen.

As Sage and Cam try to swipe frosting on each other, Deja watches and laughs as she takes a picture of both of them, catching both of their attention. Sage and Cam look at each other with a look of mischief in their eyes.

Slowly, Sage and Cam swipe a small amount of frosting onto their fingers as Deja watches cautiously. Without saying a word, both of them rushed over to Deja. Deja, seeing it, tries to run away from them.

It was pointless, Deja’s face ended up with frosting across her cheek and forehead. As Sage and Cam laughs, they didn’t notice that Deja has frosting on her fingers, and is currently searching for revenge.

As they were laughing, a smear of frosting appeared on Cam’s cheek. Cam stares at Deja's smirk before retaliating. It went on for a while, and in the span of that happening, a few frosting was on the counter. Originally, Sage didn’t join in, since they were pouring the batter into the cupcake tray and was taking pictures of the frosting fight.

But when Cam accidentally smears a frosting on Sage that was originally meant for Deja, they retaliate.

The frosting war ended when Deja decided that it was time to bake the cupcake. They did end up remaking the frosting because most of the frosting was wasted on the war.

Light poured into the kitchen as loud noises filled the room. Sage watched as both Cam and Deja helped around cleaning the kitchen as they put the cupcakes in the oven. As all of them waited for the cupcake to finish baking. They decided to bake another dessert, cookies. But before they baked, they cleaned up their face that was filled with frosting.

For cookies, Sage is confident that they can bake it without any complications, as it is not the first time they bake it. All three of them prepared the ingredients for the cookies, like chocolate chips, flour, sugar, and.. Other ingredients.

Sage help instructed both Deja and Cam on what to do. In the middle of making the cookies, the cupcake had finished baking and they decided to let the cupcake cool down first before continuing making the cookies.

They finish making the cookies with zero casualties, despite Cam trying to steal some cookie dough for them to eat. Sage had tried to stop it but it's no use.

Deja put the cookies in the oven and let it bake. After that, they decided it's time to decorate the cupcakes. They had coloured the frosting so it was a bit of a mess. They decorated the cupcake nicely, albeit a bit messy, but it still looks good. This was something that Sage loves, even if the cupcake looks messy or the kitchen gets messy again, when they make it with Deja and Cam, things would always be great.

They cleaned up the mess for the second time and set aside the cupcakes to take out the cookies that had finished baking. Sage puts the cookies in the jar as Deja tries one of the cupcakes.

Deja was surprised when she tasted it. It was good, better than she was expecting, especially since they did leave the batter for a while before pouring it in the cupcake tray.

Cam commented on Deja’s surprised face before trying it themselves. Sage had to stifle a laugh seeing Cam’s reaction. Cam's eyes were wide open and the smiles on their faces brought both Deja and Sage joy. Cam shouted about how the cupcake was the best thing he had ever tasted, although Sage wasn't that sure.

Sage tries the cupcake before smiling. It does taste good. All three of them decided to move the desserts to the living room. It was a nice afternoon, Sage had thought it would be a great day to have a picnic. Maybe some other time. And they'll invite Percy, Jamie, and Elio, Sage's sure they would love it.

All three of them are hanging out in the living room. Sage wished this would last forever. The laughter from both Deja and Cam are one the things that Sage loves. They are truly their best friends. Deja eats one of the cookies and compliments it. Sage smiles brightly, while they were sure it would taste good, they still love hearing how their friends like it. Cam also compliments the cookie while jokingly saying compliments to the baker, who had Sage laughing before saying why thank you.

Cam's big smile as they take a picture to show off in the group chat. Deja's amused smile as she watches the group chat becomes active due to the picture. Sage read the group chat. Watching as Percy jokes around, Jamie complimenting the cupcakes, and Elio's complaints about not being invited to their sudden baking together. Sage commented on the group chat on how all of them can bake together soon, in which all of them agreed.

Sage loves them a lot. Maybe they'll invite Percy, Jamie, and Elio to hang out as well. They're fun to be around, remembering all the time they've hung out together. Maybe Sage will teach them how to create clay pots.

Maybe they'll bake something together again, maybe they'll have a study group, maybe they'll have a picnic. Only time will tell. Sage takes a bite out of the cupcake and smiles once more.

Sage opens their gallery to see the pictures they had taken while all three of them were baking. The start of the baking when they 're just mixing things, the middle of the frosting fight with both Cam's and Deja's face covered in frosting, the end of the frosting fight with all three of them; with wildly different coverage with frosting, posing for the picture. Sage sent it to the group only for the three of them before shutting off their phone.

Silence fell upon them, the comfortable kind. As Sage was thinking about what to say, Cam blurted out a joke that had both Sage and Deja laughing. It was a fun day for the three of them.

Sage wishes they could stay like this forever, hanging out with their friends, free from the stress of college. Maybe there's another universe where they're just living together, no worries of anything. Maybe there's another universe where all of them are fantasy creatures living in a cottage, away from society.

Sage sat comfortably, smiling lightly. Watching as Cam ate the cupcake happily, with Deja commenting on how messy they were eating. Sage laughs loudly at Deja's comments. The cookies were opened as well, with Deja eating them and saying how the cookies would be great with milk or ice cream, and maybe they should try it.

Cam had immediately jumped up to prepare the ice cream while Deja just smiled amusedly and followed them. Sage follows them as well while carrying the cookie jar and smiles. They took a picture with Cam's face covered in ice cream while Deja was staring at them amusedly. Half of the cookies became ice cream cookie sandwiches, while the other half stayed in the jar. They put the ice cream cookie sandwiches in the freezer to let them cool before they could eat it. Although Cam did complain about why can't they just eat it now. In which Deja retort back with the cookie would be soggy.

Sometime later, they'll eat it and laugh at their messy faces. Sometime later, they'll invite Jamie, Percy, and Elio over. Sometime later, they'll hang out and talk about their day as if the three out of six of them didn't spend it together. Sometime later, they'll plan a cooking competition next week. Sometime later, Sage would say their idea about having a picnic tomorrow, in which everyone would agree. Sometime later, they'll laugh about everything that has happened.

But that's sometime later, that's the future, for now, Sage is with their best friends, and Sage wouldn't change it for the world.

[yanxidarlings]

Hello there! I don't know if the inbox is open but could I request the Nordics (separate) with a darling (romantic) who just keeps questioning why they chose them of all people as they continue to try and leave them? Thank you and have a wonderful day!

INSECURITY: NORDICS

DENMARK

matthias honestly see's his darlings insecurity as fishing for compliments - normally he would shower them in verbal affection, especially if asked, but assuming that this is just after getting caught trying to escape, he's a bit pissed. "i don't know, i could probably find someone better couldn't i" yes this little shit is using his darlings moment of self consciousness as manipulative ammunition.

his darling is probably crushed at his words, matthias feels a bit bad seeing how their face falls, but it's for the best. if things go as planned, his darling will start to put more effort into the 'relationship', and stops trying to escape.

or his darling could completely shy away from him after hearing his words, smart decision, darling, if he see's how dejected they are, matthias is going to feel really bad.

he didn't mean it, min elskede!, he was just in a bad mood, it's like when you're feeling insecure and try to up and leave!. please forgive him.

it's best not to drag this out any further, and take the apology and pampering, lest matthias starts to think his darling is attempting to manipulate him, and believe me, you do not want to entirely loose his trust.

NORWAY

lukas wonders the exact same thing sometimes. he really tried to shake his obsession, it's not like he wants to be so attached to his darling but he is.

he doesn't answer his darling initially, too busy enchanting the basement to keep them from trying to escape again. this likely puts his already distressed darling on the edge, and might lead them to think he's decided to dispose of them when he doesn't come and visit for the next week.

the darlings words linger in lukas's mind; if he hadn't already kidnapped them, he might have tried to distance himself from them and focus on his responsibilities as a big brother and a country (to no avail), but he can't risk his darling going off and telling everyone about what he had done, so, in that week he decides to put his darling out of their misery.

finally, after a week, he re-emerges into the basement, with a tray of food in his hands, his darling is soiled and starving at this point, so they don't fight back when he hand feeds them the love potion infused fiskesuppe.

FINLAND

tino's heart just about breaks upon hearing his darlings words - it all makes sense now! his darling does love him, they just struggle with insecurities, that he clearly desperately needs to address.

so, if his darling doesn't like physical affection, verbal affection or being smothered, they just made the stupidest decision of their life; tino now dedicates his days to boosting his darlings self esteem. best to go along with his self love boot cam, he'll forget all previous grievances.

but assuming 10 hours of standing naked in front of a mirror complimenting themselves just creeps them out, and they still want to escape from tino's clutches; they once again try to leave when the chance presents itself.

finland goes absolutely insane, no one can calm him down when he realises his darling isn't home when he returns from the latest world meeting - after all he did for them? were they even being sincere or was it all another ploy to escape?! throw all previous trust out the window, once he gets his darling back he's going full tiger mum.

SWEDEN

"who made you think this" berwalds instantly ready to throw hands, start a war, go viking mode. it's simply incomprehensible to him that his darling doesn't adore themselves as much as he adores them.

it must be someone's elses poisonous words corrupting his darling self image, probably denmark, or maybe prussia, germany and austria, or it could be-

if berwald hadn't kidnapped his darling yet, expect to wake up in his house the next morning - clearly his darling is being horridly abused by the people they surround themselves with to think that they aren't worthy of love.

whilst he wasn't planning on pursuing a romantic relationship with his darling, and was content in his position as their guardian angel, if it's what he thinks they need, he'll do whatever he must to ensure their wellbeing.

ICELAND

here we have the angsty teenager, who immediately takes it as his darling mocking him. fine! be that way, he didn't even like them that much to begin with (lies). once he realises how immature he's being, he panics.

did he just ruin his entire relationship with his darling over his own insecurity? emil screams into his pillow when it occurs to him that his darling was being sincere. even if they weren't, he couldn't stay away from them for that long. if he wasn't already stalking them, he's picked up the habit now: they hate him so how else is he to get his fill of them?.

after a few months of being estranged, emil works up the courage to make amends. but it isn't the same, his beloved is on edge, they don't trust him like they used to. it drives him to absolute insanity loosing the closeness he once had with his darling.

he doesn't sleep, he doesn't eat, he just follows and watches them in a desperate attempt to get close to them again.

eventually, his brothers get concerned, lukas can't stand to see his baby brother so distressed, so he does what all good brothers do and puts icelands darling under a love potion. to emils horror. at first he thinks they've come around, but is quick to become suspicious of the sudden affection he's receiving.

emil will demand lukas undo the love potion, when his darling is back to their senses he's so embarrassed, he stutters apologies, as the door opens.

norway walks in with a suitcase, "here's all their stuff" "WHAT"

isn't norway a great big brother kidnapping icelands darling for him.

GREENLAND

way to reinforce kunuk's belief that he and his darling are soulmates, reader. just when he thinks his darling can't get any more perfect for him, they say this. it's kinda disturbing to see the heart eyes he gives them as they pour out their heart to him, probably sobbing too.

he immediately counters with his own belief that he isn't good enough for his darling, but he loves them so much that he's gotten past that to bring them together (kidnap them).

if anything his darling made him more attached to them, he goes from being attached at the hip with them to being their conjoined twin; if kunuk wasn't open with them before, he sure as hell is now. if he was, all boundries between him and his darling fade at this point.

kunuk also uses his darlings insecurity as a way to isolate them from others; no one understands them like he does, as no one understands him as they do, so what's the point of going to america's birthday bash when he and his darling could stay home and cuddle?

[d34dlysinner]

Said iI'd make another, couldn't resist after listening to Amen. I need some Angstsy ahh shi to live, but with good ending lmao, kings + Lucifer, our lovely butcher devil, sitri, and Zagan. (and anyone else if you feel someone wld work for this lmao) With a mc who was highly religious and devoted to our lord and savior Jesus h Christ, stemming from past loss of a lover. Y'know how people sometimes after loss turn to religion to help get through it. idk brain not braining typing this whole typing am essay for my Paleobiology class lmao. And well, y'know when they meet the reality of heaven and hell it's like.

'Aw shi-' cue internal mental crisis as they find out their faith was a lie, God is dead. And angels want their soul but not for the good reason.

So it's like, the grief starts all over again n'they're just sitting in the corner vibrating ready to claw the next angel they see in 'WHERE TF IS [insert dead partner]' and probably tried to out of sheer gremlin energy. It's like, they're going through the emotions again n'feel like an idiot for believing such things. Y'know musing over the loss all over again, yadda yadda In the end they come to terms n'shi and move on for real for real.

Ik this is a lot but it's a thought I had how things would go on an mc who was really religious and experiences well, that the religion was a lie xD. Bonus Angst points if the religious belief started to help quell the person after a loved ones death. Lol

Ok enough rambling, I need to finish this essay before I get thrown out a window again.

(Hope I interpreted this well- thanks for the ask!! XD keep on brainrotting)

There you were shivering in the corner of a small room as your mind started to race. Pictures of angels and your dead lover flickering through your mind as you started to doubt what reality and truth was. Your eyes pricked as continuous tears poured out. You seemed too deep in your thoughts. Almost to the point where you cancelled everything and everyone around you.

Satan could feel your rage and happily fed of from it. But at the same time he felt useless as he saw how shattered you seemed from learning the truth.

"I know that humans learned from the angels lies, but I promise you some sense of relief during this battle when we cam finally put an end on them...", he said as he wasn't the best to console someone who was as broken as you were right now. He didn't understand how you felt tho.

Beelzebub understood your anger. He wouldn't show it himself, but he was angry too. Of course he wants peace and to relax. This can't happen when there are angels literally hunting him and other demons. He would sit with you and allow you to cry it out before trying to convince you to join him. He promises to aid you to fight the angels. Even when you can't see him.

Mammon stared down at your saddened frame as he stood in front of you in silence. He took some time before trying to speak to you. "If you're sad about them taking away what's yours. Then demand it back from them. Or make them pay.", was all he said. He wanted you to feel determined to take back what was yours. But he had to he honest that it saddened him to see you so greedy for a past lover and not him.

Leviathan looked down at your form. He didn't know why you cried. But he felt as of he should be jealous. Where you crying for another? Or was it for him? It didn't matter at that moment as he said: "I don't know why your crying. But let's stop using time on crying when you could possibly avenge what your crying for by fighting angels." He isn't the best at consoling others. He is someone who likes to do things efficiently.

Lucifer did enjoy the tears that streamed down your face. What he loved even more was knowing that these tears came to be because of the betrayal and anger you felt towards the angels. Yes, he was an ex angel, but he just as any other demon wants and needs to put an end to the torment that the angels put on the demons. "Join us and fight. It's better to seek for some sense of peace than to do nothing in a tiny room. You could help us and put a stop to those who lied.", he says as he referred to the angels.

Andrealphus could only smell revenge. He knew how you felt and tried to convince you to fight with him. He wishes for you to join and help and hoped that it would give you some sense of peace as you go against the thing that ruined your life even more.

Zagan wasn't a man of many words, but that didn't mean that he would wait out with you and listen to you vent. When you were done he would only nod, stand up and reach a hand out to you. "If you hate them so much... please fight against them with us. We're stronger with you at our side...", was all he said as he waited for you to accept his hand.

Sitri heard your sniffles over your heartbeat. It saddened him as he sat next to you and tried to embrace you. He waited it out and was set on protecting you while you vented incase anyone tried to hurt you during this time. Only when you were somewhat calmed down did he dare to speak. "Solomon...", he started referring to your ancestor again. It somewhat made you feel inferior, but for now it didn't matter as you understood that the demons like you also lost someone dear to them because of the angels.

"I hope you're willing to fight at our side. I understand that this might be a huge change for you since you like other humans were misled by the angels. Please, understand that we also need you.", he said as he stood back up, reaching down to you.

Whether they could console you or not. You appreciated that they tried as you yet again see how wrong those lies of the angels were. You understood that like you, those demons also lost things they thought were precious. You accepted their request as you want to atleast have answers and see if you can atleast find some peace with your lost.

[jedijesi]

Caught in the Cat's Web Chapter 14

Miguel O'Hara x Felicia Hardy!Reader

Previous Chapter 🕸️ Series Masterlist

Warnings: Fluff, Angst, Implied Smut, Heartbreak, Little bit of Violence.

Word Count: 4K

Summary: Felicia relives her heartbreaking past with her ex, Peter Parker AKA Spider-Man. 

Co-Author: @stclairesplace

A/N: Sorry for the late update, holidays and finals have taken us hostage. Enjoy this chapter, I loved writing it! I also recommend listening to the other woman by lana del rey during flashbacks!

New York, Earth-192

Felicia and Miguel sat comfortably on the couch, pretending to be engrossed in the captivating show playing on the television as their minds wandered to the thoughts of each other's lips. She found solace in leaning against Miguel's chest, feeling the rhythmic rise and fall as he breathed, a comforting and familiar rhythm that reassured her.

The playful touch of his fingers touching the silver strands. As the scenes continued on the screen, Miguel would occasionally plant tender kisses on the crown of Felicia's head, causing her heart to beat faster. Then, with a delicate touch, he would kiss her neck, leaving a trail of affectionate pecks that ignited a spark within her. Each kiss left a tingling sensation in its wake, and Felicia couldn't help but sigh contentedly.

In this intimate moment, the outside world seemed to fade away as they found comfort and love in each other's presence, even if they were doing nothing but simply watching the television. The shared silence spoke volumes about their connection.

Miguel continued his sweet assault on Felicia's neck, listening to her soft gasps and moans, until LYLA's sudden appearance jolted Miguel out of his moment with Felicia. He sighed, reluctantly pulling away from her neck, his attention shifting to the unexpected intrusion.

"What?" Miguel asked, a trace of irritation in his voice.

"I thought you wanted updates," LYLA said, crossing her arms with a no-nonsense expression.

Miguel pressed one last tender kiss to Felicia's lips. "Enjoy your show, Hermosa. I'm going to go in the other room if that's alright."

Felicia nodded and stole one last kiss. "You can go to the gallery. Its the third door down the hall." She gestures with her hand. 

With a smile, Miguel briskly made his way to Felicia's gallery. He opened the French doors, stepping into the room that held breathtaking displays of art. The walls were adorned with some of the most stunning paintings, and practically every inch of the room was covered with canvases. Miguel can’t help but shake his head and smile, imagining all of the Black Cat’s escapades. 

“Miguel.” LYLA interrupts his daydreaming to remind him of her presence. 

“Yeah, sorry, what’s going on at HQ?” Miguel asks as he walks to the desk by the window where a box of newspapers had fallen. 

“One thing has been confirmed, It’s all an inside job.” Miguel sighs, bending over to help clean the mess on the floor. “Miss Drew and I interviewed everyone that works in the Gismo production so see if anyone has been smuggling them. So far, we’ve got nothing there. A little over two months ago there were a few outages in the security cams.”

“That must have been when they retrieved enough to give to the Maggia.” Miguel ponders as he places all of the newspapers back into the box. 

LYLA continues to theorize, but Miguel becomes enchanted by the headings of the newspapers. 

FAMOUS PAINTING: THE SWING, MISSING! NEW YORK’S NEW VILLAN, BLACK CAT?

Several security guards reported a woman in a 

black suit and claws stealing the precious art.  

Miguel chuckles to himself as he looks over his shoulder to where the girl in a pink gown on a swing, hung proudly in the center of the wall. Miguel flips through several more newspapers spanning over the years. As he flips through the various years and headlines staring his Felicia, he stops on one in particular that catches his eye. 

SPIDER-MAN AND BLACK CAT FIGHT SCORPION

Has the Black Cat changed her ways? 

“LYLA,” Miguel interrupts the AI’s train of thought. “Does Earth-192 have a Spider-Man?”

Taken back by Miguel’s random question, LYLA stops to go through the data in her codes. “Yes. Night-Spider and Spider-Man AKA Felicia Hardy and Peter Parker.” She informs. “Why do you ask?”

“She never mentioned having a Spider-Man.” His brows furrow. 

“According to my records, Peter Parker of Earth-192 sponsored Felicia throughout her training and interview process.” Wanting to know more, Miguel dives back into the box of newspapers. “Whatcha doing there, boss?” LYLA peaks over Miguel’s shoulder with suspicion.

“Just… looking.” He shrugs. 

“You sure you're allowed to do this? Might be a violation of her trust.” LYLA warns. 

“Holy shit.” He muttered as he finds exactly what he is looking for. 

SPIDER-MAN AND BLACK CAT KISS!

New York’s favorite crime-fighting duo was spotted kissing on the Empire State Building!

SPIDER-MAN AND BLACK CAT: NEW YORK’S FAVORITE COUPLE SAVES THE DAY AGAIN!

Spider-Man and Black Cat take down the sinister six! 

SPIDER-MAN AND BLACK CAT PREGNANCY?

Is she bloated or pregnant? 

SPIDER-MAN AND BLACK CAT ENGAGED?

Black Cat seen with diamond ring! Is it from cat burglar days or a special spider? 

SPIDER-MAN AND BLACK CAT BREAK UP!

Black Cat makes it very clear that it is over!

LYLA and Miguel read each headline in shock. Slowly, Miguel places the stack back into the box, trying to take in the new information. As he takes a step back, Miguel notices a newspaper crumpled on the ground. Hesitantly, he picks it up to read the headline. 

SPIDER-MAN AND NIGHT-SPIDER: NEW YORK’S COUPLE REUNITES WITH A KISS?

After a tragic car crash, the former Black Cat was seen working with Spider-Man and sharing a passionate kiss! 

Refusing to let his scattered mind confuse the situation, Miguel grabs the box, rushing back to Felicia. 

“Felicia,” Miguel calls out, striding down the hall into the living room. 

“Yes, my spide-” Felicia’s smile fades as she recognizes the box he holds. “What are you doing with that?” Her posture straightens to attention. 

Miguel timidly sits on the couch next to Felicia, setting it down between them. “I found this.” 

She sighs, staring at the two Newspapers on the top. “SPIDER-MAN AND BLACK CAT: NEW YORK’S FAVORITE COUPLE SAVES THE DAY AGAIN!” and “SPIDER-MAN AND NIGHT-SPIDER: NEW YORK’S COUPLE REUNITES WITH A KISS?” 

“Mí Vida.” Miguel brights Felicia out of her dark thoughts as his hand touches hers. “You can tell me.” 

“He was the guy that… kissed me that night- the first night I stayed with you.” Felicia could feel her heartache as memories began to flow filling her mind’s eye. 

“He was the asshole that kissed you!” Miguel shouted, his eyes glowing red with fury. 

Felicia nods. “Peter Parker, the man obsessed with the front page of the Daily Bugle.”

“I just don’t get it,” Miguel becomes baffled by the information. “Peter Parkers aren’t exactly known for being egotistical assholes.”

“He wasn’t always… he was my first love.” 

Freshman Year of College…

Black Cat offered a playful smile from her elevated vantage point, perched on the rooftop as she surveyed the treasures of Tiffany & Co. she planned to rob after nightfall.

"Tiffany's? Again?" Spider-Man couldn't help but express his disapproval. "Can't we fight somewhere else tonight?"

Her melodramatic gasp followed, and she placed a hand over her heart as though she'd been wounded. "I thought we were close enough not to judge each other."

Spider-Man moved closer, nimbly walking along the thin rooftop wall. "When are you going to join me on a real mission and help people?"

Black Cat met his gaze, her sultry tone curling into a teasing purr. "Whenever you decide to take me on a date."

Spider-Man chuckled at her response. "That's not fair. You never say yes."

Black Cat shrugged with a devious grin. "You haven't earned it yet, Spider."

Their flirtatious exchange took a more serious turn as Spider-Man whispered into her ear, "I thought I earned it two nights ago, but I guess I was just a booty call."

Before Black Cat could come up with a witty response, Spider-Man suddenly leaped off the building, swinging down to the street below. Concerned and curious, she hastily followed him, only to discover that he had stopped traffic to allow a family of ducks to cross safely.

It was a simple, lighthearted gesture, but it struck a chord with Felicia. She couldn't help but reconsider her goals and her plans for the night, including her intended heist at Tiffany's. Perhaps she did want to explore the Italian restaurant Spider-Man often raved about.

Junior Year of College…

Felicia's heart raced with excitement as she raced up the steps of the campus lecture hall, leaping into his arms. "Pete!”

"My precious girl," Peter replied with a tenderness in his voice. He showered his girlfriend's face with affectionate kisses as his arms wrapped tightly around her.

"I missed you," Felicia pouted, looking up through her lashes at her dashing boyfriend.

Peter couldn't help but chuckle at her infectious energy. "It's been 8 hours!" he teased, his eyes sparkling with affection as he held her close.

"8 hours is a long time to show you this!" Felicia exclaimed, pulling a newspaper out from behind her back. She bit her lip, eyes gleaming with anticipation.

Daily Bugle

SPIDER-MAN AND BLACK CAT: NEW YORK’S FAVORITE COUPLE SAVES THE DAY AGAIN!

"We're New York's favorite couple!" Felicia excitedly whispered, her eyes dancing with enthusiasm as she carefully ensured they wouldn't alert other students. "We were all over international news, babe!"

Peter took the newspaper and inspected the featured photo, which captured the thrilling action of Black Cat and Spider-Man's recent battle against Vulture, Shocker, The Lizard, Sand-Man, and Green Goblin.

"Look how much you've grown, baby," he said, his voice filled with pride and love. "I'm so proud of you. I couldn't have done it without the love of my life."

With those heartfelt words, Peter passionately kissed Felicia on the steps wanting everyone to see how much he loved his Felicia.

Later that night…

"Wanna order takeout to celebrate?" Felicia asked as she playfully traced invisible doodles onto Peter's chest.

"Chinese downstairs?" Peter responded with excitement, his eyes lighting up at the idea.

"Mmhmm!" She confirmed as her fingers continued to dance along his skin.

Peter couldn't help but smile, and he gently pulled Felicia in for a sweet, lingering kiss. "I love you so much," he whispered, his words laden with warmth and devotion.

Felicia giggled her laughter like a cascade of soft chimes, and gracefully slipped out of the bed to put on some clothes. "It shouldn't take long. Why don't you set up a movie and get some drinks ready?" she suggested a playful glint in her eyes.

"Sure, baby," Peter agreed, giving Felicia a playful smack on the ass before she left their cozy studio apartment.

As he reached for his sweatpants, his phone chimed with a message, a notification that displayed a name he hadn't seen in a long time. His heart raced as he read the name, his mind racing with questions and emotions. The air in the room seemed to thicken with anticipation, casting a shadow over what had been a tranquil and affectionate moment between him and Felicia.

MJ: Hey, Tiger. It's been quite a while. I caught a glimpse of you and your girlfriend on the news, and you two were nothing short of amazing. I'd love to catch up sometime. Feel free to text me whenever you can. I've missed you <3

Peter: Hey, thanks. I'm just relieved no one got hurt. Missing you too, by the way. How's everything going?

MJ: San Francisco has been chaotic. I can't help but wish I was back home with you. ;)

Peter hesitated, his gaze fixed on his phone, before typing his next message.

Peter: How's your boyfriend?

MJ: I called it quits with him yesterday.

Peter: Oh. I’m sorry to hear that. 

MJ: Don't worry. I'm genuinely happy.

MJ: I just realized that he's nowhere near as spectacular as you, Spider-Man ;)

Peter: Haha... Thanks. You're remarkable yourself too.

MJ: I'll be moving back after college next year. Perhaps we can reconnect?

Peter: Yeah, I'd really like that.

MJ: Can't wait to catch you on the news, Tiger. ;)

Peter's fingers danced over the phone screen as he exchanged messages with MJ. The nostalgia of their conversation filled him with a mix of emotions – a bittersweet blend of longing and fond memories. He couldn't help but smile to himself, lost in the exchange of words that felt like a breath of fresh air from his past.

"Dinner!" Felicia's cheerful voice broke through his daydreams as she walked into their cozy apartment, holding two plastic bags filled with takeout. Her vibrant enthusiasm clashed with the introspective mood that had overtaken Peter. "You didn't set anything up," she remarked, her smile slightly faded, but still optimistic.

Peter quickly wiped the smile from his face, placing his phone down as he returned to the present moment. "Oh, sorry," he mumbled, the weight of his previous conversation still lingering in his mind.

"It's okay, Spider. Everything alright?" Felicia inquired, her concern evident as she placed the bags of food on the small table by the window.

Peter managed to put on a smile, though the warmth that usually danced in his eyes was absent. "Never better." 

Today…

Felicia's gaze was distant as she stared at the black and white print of the newspaper. "After that," she continued, "he became utterly fixated on the limelight. It was like he couldn't get enough of it." Her fingers absently traced patterns on the paper, betraying the weight of those memories. "He'd pose for every picture, he became obsessed with his physique, and took on the most outrageous stunts," she sighed, the words laden with both disgust and disappointment.

The room fell into a contemplative silence for a moment, the distant sounds of the city filtering in through the window. Miguel scooted closer to Felicia, letting her fall into his arms so that he could hold her. Then, she added, her voice lower, "He hooked up with MJ the very day she returned to New York." The words hung in the air, heavy with the knowledge of a romance that had played out in the public eye, and the impact it had on Felicia's relationship with the man in question. “Took me a bit to find out though.” 

2 Weeks after Graduation…

The apartment was immaculate, as Felicia desired to surprise Peter on their special date night. Freshly cut flowers from the rooftop garden adorned the living space, their fragrant aroma mingling with the alluring scent of Felicia's new French perfume, filling the apartment with an ambiance of romance and elegance. She dressed in Peter’s favorite black dress with elegant make-up and sat on the fire escape of their cozy apartment, a hint of anticipation in her demeanor. She occupied herself by meticulously manicuring her nails, her signature black nail polish to match her attire. As the minutes ticked by, Peter's absence stretched to over an hour and a half, causing Felicia to be more engrossed in her nail care routine while the anticipation gradually turned into concern. 

As the clock marked the two-hour milestone and Felicia's attempts at contacting Peter remained fruitless, her growing concern turned into determination. She decided to take matters into her own hands, donning her iconic Black Cat suit. With her agile and graceful movements, she swung out into the vibrant New York night, visiting the locations Peter frequently frequented in the hopes of finding him.

While gliding through the cityscape, the distinct sound of Peter's hearty laughter reached her ears, piercing through the bustling nightlife. Guided by this familiar echo, Felicia zeroed in on an apartment. With her newfound spider-powers, she stealthily crawled along the brick wall. Her cat-like finesse allowed her to peer inside the cluttered room, where she spotted Peter seated on a couch. Tears glistened in his eyes as he burst into laughter, the intensity of his amusement visible through the window. The sight both relieved her and piqued her curiosity, as she wondered what had brought such joy to her often absentminded boyfriend. Adjusting her angle, she finds the source in her blind spot. 

Felicia's heart plummeted and an overwhelming feeling of nausea washed over her as she beheld the scene before her. Watching MJ in her underwear, return to the couch with two glasses of wine, a million thoughts raced through her mind. She knew she couldn't let Peter see how he had just shattered her world.

With a heavy heart and a sense of devastation, Felicia glided back to the apartment, her swift, graceful movements belying the turmoil within. She hastily packed her belongings, leaving no trace of her presence behind. The only place she could run to was the secret penthouse at the Plaza that her father left her. It was dusty as she had mainly used to store her stolen valuable jewelry and artwork. Previously, she was content with the idea of living a humble life with Peter, but life had different plans for her.

After moving everything out of her, now, old apartment, Felicia found herself on her rooftop of the Plaza, finally alone with her thoughts. It was the first time she allowed herself to fully absorb the reality of the situation, the pain of heartbreak weighing heavily on her shoulders.

Painted tears streamed through Felicia’s Black Cat mask, leaving streaks of make-up along her face. In an instant, the Spider-Woman-in-training decided to revert to her previous life, purging herself of any trace of Spider-Man. Her tears blurred her vision as she gazed down the street at the Dolce and Gabbana store. A shift in her demeanor occurred as an idea suddenly sparked in her mind. Before she could put her plan into action, she goes back inside for her old bag of tricks, hidden away in the dusty confines of her home.

Across town, Peter wiped away his tears of laughter before reaching for his phone, which was charging on the table. "Oh, shit!"

"What's wrong, Tiger?" MJ inquired.

"I have a ton of Spider-Man alerts; I gotta run!" Peter replied, quickly grabbing his Spider-Man suit from his bag.

"Hurry back, lover," MJ said with a gleam in her eye as she pressed a kiss to Peter's lips before he pulled the mask down and swung out of the window.

Felicia deftly twirled her vibranium baton in her hand as her eyes locked onto her next target. With a powerful swing, she shattered the glass protecting the precious jewelry. A triumphant scream escaped her lips as the gems and trinkets lay exposed. This was her fifth shop of the night, and in each one, she left his clothes and a deliberate and enigmatic message for New York's beloved Spider-Man. 

Dolce and Gabbana: “CHEATER” 

Tiffany and Co: “TRAITOR”

Gucci: “FUCK YOU”

Chanel: “LIAR”

Versace: “ROT IN HELL, SPIDER-MAN”

Each message bore the distinctive signature of clawmarks and a cat sketch, a calling card only too familiar to the city's web-slinger. As Spider-Man arrived at the first scene, a heavy sense of dread engulfed him. 

"Did Black Cat make this for you, Spider-Man?" a cop inquired, eyeing the bold, black spray-painted words.

Spider-Man hesitated for a moment, his thoughts racing. "Are there more?"

The police officer nodded. "Yeah, several places around the upper east side have been broken into and tagged."

"Fuck!" Spider-Man cursed before swinging away in search of the next location. The night was a relentless cycle of pursuit, revealing message after message until he reached the last one. His frustration and anxiety grew with each discovery.

"FUCK!" he exclaimed once more, his voice filled with exasperation. He finally returned home to find his apartment nearly empty, all his belongings in a messy pile in the middle of the room.

Felicia stood before her floor-to-ceiling window, arms crossed, and gazed at the flashing police lights converging on the designer shops she had systematically destroyed. The ever-growing chaos in the city below, brought her a strange sense of peace. 

After Felicia had run out of tears, she stepped away from the window and set about the task of cleaning the dusty apartment. She hung up her stolen art, unpacked her belongings, and gradually transformed the space into her new home. It was a solemn process of letting go and starting anew, but it needed to happen, even if she’d spend half the night doing so. Once the daunting task was complete, Felicia crawled under the covers of her king-sized bed, tears streamed down her face, and she cried herself to sleep. 

Today…

As Felicia’s head rested on Miguel’s heart, she continued. “For the rest of the summer Peter and I were in an on-and-off relationship.” She cringed to herself. “He would keep trying to convince me that there was nothing between him and MJ. It was a painful cycle where I’d cried every night as I realized that I would never truly have his heart.”

“It’s not your fault, mí vida,” Miguel whispers, caressing her hair soothingly. 

“Looking back, I realize I shouldn't have ignored the glaring red flags. I was a fucking dumbass and kept going back to him. I genuinely believed that the same Peter that would have stopped the world for some ducklings was still buried in there. But now, he's still obsessed with MJ's approval while she's obsessed with the chase. I hope they're happy in their psychotic relationship." She spat out, frustration causing her to throw the newspaper across the room. 

Miguel presses dozens of kisses to Felica’s forehead to soothe her. 

“Thanks, Miggy.” She looks up and smiles at Miguel. She moves around so her legs straddle his lap, a knowing smirk drawing itself on her face. She leans into his lips, whispering, “I consider myself very lucky to have you,” and presses her lips against his, both of them smiling into it. 

“Is that so?” 

“Hmm” 

“And what is it about me that makes you feel lucky?”

Felicia takes a deep breath in before saying, “I love it when you throw me around.” 

Miguel bursts out laughing at the bold statement. “You- you do huh?”

“Don’t you dare make fun of me O’Hara we’re supposed to be having a nice moment!” She slaps his chest to scold him. 

Miguel catches his breath still laughing. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry what- what else, please please continue baby.”

Felicia huffs before continuing. “I like how you’re a good leader. You think about everyone else before you do yourself.” Miguel nods for her to continue.

“And I don’t care what anybody else says, but I like how you have a scary, menacing walk. Where people look at you and are scared to approach you but I for one find it incredibly sexy.” Miguel’s smile fades into a stern expression, his tone changing.

“Who says what now?” 

Oops. “No one! Just rumors, anyways!” Felicia quickly diverts the subject, waving her hand in the air as if to wipe it away from memory.

“I like the way you look at me.” 

“And how do I look at you?”

Felicia smiles to herself about the answer, the heat rushing up to her cheeks. 

“C’mon tell me.” Miguel sits up more on the couch, hands now rubbing at her sides. 

“I like how you look at me like I’m your equal. Like I’m worthy in every way possible. Not someone who needs fixing, or needs to be changed. You look at me like a partner, not an enemy.” 

Miguel slowly nods his head, absorbing all the things that Felicia expressed to him. 

“I’m lucky to have you too sweetheart. You have no idea, how lucky.” Without giving her a chance for her to reply he immediately pulls her head in to kiss her deeply.  She melts into his arms, her heart racing as their kiss deepens. His words echo in her head, I’m lucky to have you. She feels so lucky to be in his arms, feeling safe and loved. She’d never felt such adoration before, not like this, especially with Peter. She wraps her arms around him, wishing for the moment to never end.

Chapter 15

Taglist: @leahnicole1219 @oscarissac2099 @www-interludeshadow-com

[mediocre-shark-tales]

Qsmp x Streamer reader (5)

Summary - Prison Event Day 2

Warnings - In Game/lore- Mentions of abuse/torture, Violence, and swearing.

There is a chance for this to turn into a love trope of some kind but for now there is focus on fluffy platonic-ness

This series will not be 100% lore accurate, but it will be pretty close to it.

Masterlist

I had just turned on my live video, watching as everyone slowly began to join. I smiled seeing them chat amongst themselves about if I will drop more lore. Others putting dancing emotes in chat, dancing to a few of my current favorite songs. I was currently messaging Tubbo, reminding of him to get on at the right time. NO way would I let sunny get left out today. Finally I the timer on my starting screen ended and I clicked start on my face cam. "Hey guys! we are getting back at it today! Let's go ahead and get started right away since it should have just opened."

I quickly logged in and found myself in my lonely fish cell. I was in Shark mode in the fish tank. So I turned it off and headed out into the rest of my room. Outside the cell, I saw others were already on and getting to work on fighting the mobs outside. I saw Bagi's cell, so I called out to her. "BAGI! HELLO!" She turned around and looked around for me. Once she saw me, she quickly began got yell back. "HI Y/N!" Seconds later they began to let us out of the cells. I saw tubbo join and bolted to go say hi to him.

He was yelling and screaming at the guards by the time I got over there. Fit joined us as well telling tubbo how they were roommates now. Once their conversation was over, that when I basically shattered Tubbos ears. I had turned on my voice changer so I sounded like a god. You know the overly echo-ed voice with slight increased pitch change. I had already pre-warned my chat.

"TUBBO! You bitch! left your fucking daughter alone without notifying your free babysitter!?" Tubbo yelled back. "Holy shit you are loud! what the fuck!" I laughed and turned off my voice changer. Without another word, I left him and pulled out my little diamond knife. Finding the first round of mobs to fight, while I waited for others to join.

Now that everyone was on, I knew any second now they would pull me away for my 'torture lore'. Currently we had been moved to a hallways with a lot more mobs to fight, or clean I guess. Tubbo showed up with sunny, this made me smile knowing she had someone to watch her now. I was chatting with Phil while we fought mobs. "So we getting another escape plan set up today?" I asked. "Yeah we have a few ideas, fit and I." He told me. "Cool what ide-" I was cut off as I got teleported away. When it loaded, I realized I was in the torture cell. Great.

In chat I saw Phil typing, trying to understand where I went. However I could reply as I was now stood in front of Guard 1, they were quick to hand me a book. I read it aloud again.

So, Do you want to give up the information we asked for yesterday?

Do you want to confess your crimes? Tell us where and what your master is? Give us the information we want.

Only then will all his stop, no more pain, no more questions. Give us the information and we let you go.

I returned the book to them and stared them down. I sighed and then spoke with as much determination as I could. "Once again, I will tell you that I have NO clue what you are talking about. Trust me if I knew what you were talking about, then I would most likely tell you to keep my friends safe. However, you only continue to prove to me how useless and stupid you are by not listening to me. So I know you have already stopped listening to me now. So go ahead, rip open my skin, beat me into your idea of a submissive civilian. I don't care, my only master is Poseidon, he will one day grant me the power I need to enact my revenge on you and your mindless drones. So go ahead, spill my blood however you see fit. Just remember that karma is a motherfucking bitch, you coward."

They stared at me for a few more seconds, then they pulled out a sword. This one was shaped like a katana, the blade was a shining silver with reds outlining. The base a black with red detail. This is what he used to mercilessly kill me over and over again. As the voices returned along with it. This time not only did I hear that dreaded male voice, but they could also hear mine responding to it. Almost as if I was hearing a memory.

"You will fight with us little shark, this is our home!" ~Him

"If any of your words were true, then yes! You know I would fight to the last man standing. But this is all a huge lie! YOU CHOSE A DEMON and you refuse to see the mess you created!" ~Me

"I am saving our home! all you and the others are expected to do is follow my lead, that's how this works! I saved you from those sinners!" ~Him

"You were the one I depended on the most, Yet you've let me down in ways that I can't even- (sigh) I can't keep forgiving and forgetting what you have done!" ~Me

"I never did anything to you, you don't get to say that." ~Him

"You have caused so many different problems for me, you have ruined things I loved, and hurt those I cared for. Yet I was convinced that maybe you were right. But a long time ago I realized the truth, that you were just a coward hard riven on your ways. You won't relent to allow new prosperously hopeful ideas to exist, so you tear them down inch by inch. I won't live by that anymore." ~Me

"Wait Little shark! Don't go out there!" ~Him

The voices ended with the sound of a huge explosion, at the same time that I was killed for the last time. When I respawned, this time I looked a little worse overall. More rips to the clothing had been added, and more bruised looking skin placed around my character. They then teleported me back to the group, who were now outside getting ready to build as a game.

I sighed and tried to put back on a smile as I walked over to the group. "Hi guys I'm back." They all looked at me then at Phil. Who walked up to me with Fit and the eggs. "You come over here right now." He spoke really close to his mic to sound more intimidating. "Okay." I said with a smaller voice, following right after him. Once we got to a more hidden area where only Phil, Fit and the Eggs could hear me.

"You need to explain what is going on right now. Why does guard 1 keep stealing you away to kill you million times and you come back looking worse than when you left!" Phil asked. "You have to tell us y/n, we know something is going on and we want to help you." Fit said. I sighed. "But it really doesn't concern you guys, it's just bette you don't know, so I can keep you and the eggs safe. You don't need to become potential confidants in my problem." I told them trying to get across that it's better this way.

The two looked at each other before trying again. Fit speaking first this time, "You don't have to protect us y/n, we can do that ourselves just like we have before you came to the island. Trust us we have seen the worst of the worst." I looked to him. "But this is starting to look like a lot bigger than you may have ever fought. You know about my past as much as I do, You know I can't remember anything from before the day the pirates capture me. Now things are changing, Now I can't recognize fat from fiction. I can't allow my burdens to become yours." Phil spoke next sounding a lot more sympathetic this time.

"Awe mate, you can't let yourself fight this alone. Let us help you. Give us a chance to help you, to keep you safe." This broke something in me, of course what came next was all part of my lore. "I know you want to help me, but after what I have remembered? I can't let myself trust someone so much again. It's for the better that this is how it must be. I'm sorry guys, but I just can't risk it." With those words I walked away. Hearing their voice get quieter, however I did hear a few things before their voices were too quiet. "She remember something from her past?" fit asked. "I guess so, it must have hurt her a lot for her to be this way now, she would have told us if it wasn't that bad." Phil replied to him.

I glanced at Chat, seeing them yelling that I should have told them. Angry and exhausted from the way my lore was falling, they were hilarious to read. However, I held my self back from smiling to much.

When I returned to the building area, I found out my group to build with was Tubbo and Bagi. However they were already done, mainly giving up on trying to build whatever it was. "What is this y/n?" He handed me a book, reading it I smiled. "Have you guys seen Cars 2?"

They both said they had seen it. "Well this name belongs to the red, green, and white formula FB1 car. He was the car that lightning McQueen was genuine rivals with. The one who had angered McQueen enough at the beginning of the movie to convince McQueen to sign up for the big race?" After my explanation, both seemed to have finally dawned who I was talking about. Tubbo scoffed. "Of course the American gets it." I laughed. "Hey in 5 years I while be a citizen of the UK." This made Tubbo gasp. "Wait you're staying here after your schooling?" I smiled. "Well I'm just getting stuff ready to make that decision. If I do end up finding the right connections or main job here while in schooling, then yeah might as well stay and get citizenship. BUT if somewhere back in LA was to contact me with a better job option then I'll move back home. For now, I'm living here as an international student until I decide."

Tubbo made a sound of understanding. "Well I hope you stay, it will be so nice to have you around with the rest of us." We were now running around for a free time while others finished their builds. That was until we saw some one new join the server. Charlies name popping up. I looked at Sunny, who immediately saw me and placed down a sign. Once she finished I read her sign, "Oh my god! That's my other pa!" I smiled. "It is isn't it! Hopefully they will bring him to us soon! Just stick with papa tubbo and I. Once we seem him we can go meet him." She nodded to agree with my plan.

For now we followed tubbo around as he looked for things to steal. Of course I joined him in looking for things. But soon we got bored and went to find out if we could go back inside ourselves. However right when we got to the door we ran right into Charlie. "TUBBO!" He yelled as the man in question responded with an equally happy hello.

While they chatted, I ran and brought sunny over. "Come on sweetness, time to go meet your pa!" But she stopped crouched down before placing a sign. She told me she was nervous and scared. "You hold on over here, I'll get Tubbo's attention and he can hold your hand while you meet Charlie." She gave me a small slow nod. While Charlie was in a conversation with fit and Ramon for a second, I hit tubbo who turned around questioning me. I quietly looked right at sunny then back at tubbo, whispering for him to go to her. That's when Charlie saw me and yelled. "Holy Shit! Y/n?! What are you doing here!? Since when did you join?!" I laughed "I joined like a fucking week ago man!? Somehow they already wanted to arrest me. I don't even know what I did." He laughed and then looked right at fit, talking about the crimes we are in for and how long we are in for. Finally when he walked off towards the eggs again, Tubbo spoke up. "Hey Charlie do you want to say hi to sunny?" I watched as slowly tubbo was able to drop that sunny was also his new daughter.

That's when all hell broke loose, Charlie trying to understand how he had a new daughter and why. Once sunny asked me if Charlie didn't like her or something, that's when I went into my own parent mode. I hit both boys and whisper yelled to them. "First tubbo, get back over there and explain to sunny that Charlie just needs a second to take all this in cause he just woke up from a long ass coma and is in a prison. She's over there doubting herself because of how you both reacted." Tubbo quickly walked off to support sunny. Then I stared down Charlie, giving him another hit. "And you, get yourself together, she's your kid whether you like it or not. Though I'm sure she will grow on you just as much as she has for me. Anyways, you get over there and start acting like a dad, or so help me-" He cut me off. "Okay don't worry y/n! I wouldn't be a dead beat dad, let me meet this sunny." With that he walked over and began to chat with sunny again.

I smiled and left them to interact before returning back to the rest of the gang. We were now being taken to a new room, apparently it was language class time. Entering the "Classroom" It looked almost like a mini version of the movie theater, just with the addition of a big stage. I found myself a chair at the front of the room, with a little easel in front of it. Other began to pile in, the small space quickly becoming louder and louder with everyone talking. Suddenly there was a small duck in front of me. Taking in the accessory and voice of the duck, I knew this must be Baghera. I smiled as she quacked before speaking. "OH hello! You must be y/n!" Baghera and I had never really met before. "Yep, the one and only!" She giggled. "Do you want a gift!?" Her high pitched voice changer made everything she said just a little funnier. "sure!" she giggled like a little evil duck. "Well I am the duck of love cause I love love, so you have to kiss someone to get this gift!" This caught me off guard and I looked around the room. "But no one here is really single and those who are would never!" Thinking harder, the only one who would do it for the shits and giggles was Wilbur, but that bitch was in the middle of tours and other shit. Baghera, wait I mean Quacki's giggling brought me back from my thoughts. "Don't worry, I'll find someone and give both a gift." With that she ran off and I laughed lightly before paying attention to the front again.

However almost a full minute later, right as Charlie, tubbo and fit were just entering the room. I heard a hello to my left. Standing there was Foolish. "Hey Y/m, I was told by Quacki here that If I want a gift I had to kiss you." I scoffed. "She told me almost the same thing, but I told her no one here would do it. Guess she convinced you huh?" He laughed, "Wow glad to know that's the only reason I got a chance at a free gift." I laughed with him. But Quacki walked us both, yelling "Hey, Now you kiss! on the lips! Then I will give you a gift, I am the duck of love so kiss!" I giggled a little at her with Foolish. "Okay okay, alright come here foolish." I stood up and crouched my character, he did the same thing slowly coming closer. We both made a kiss sound before quickly turning to Quacki. She laughed loudly like a school girl, spinning around in circles. "Okay! here is your gifts!" She gave Foolish and I both diamond swords. We quickly hid that into our inventories, chatting for bit before Charlie overheard something he said. Thus Charlie took his attention away and I returned to my seat waiting for class to begin.

Masterlist

[lastflowerofyourhouse]

idk why my brain has decided to play with this, but it's what i was thinking about in the shower today, so i'm posting it here.

my thoughts on tlt characters' hygene/shower routines, assuming modern au rules:

harrow:

would have a passable but basic routine, with separate products for each step

lukewarm or cold showers, probably in the morning

would shower daily and usually wash her face, unless she's fixated on something or just really Going Through It, in which case she can forget to do both for days on end

shampoos, doesn't condition

uses exclusively unscented products

gideon:

evening bath person, scalding water

quick, cold showers after training/working out

3-in-1 bitch, probably old spice or similar

would wash her face with it too

this contrasts the excessive amounts of bubblebath and probably candles that she uses in the evenings

ianthe:

rediculously luxurious baths in water hot enough to leave her a bit pink afterwards

would do this in the mornings because she's just that unhurried

rigorous, like, 38-step skincare routine, twice a day

deep conditions three times a week

(she calls this "self-care." actually it's just the only way she can continue looking even slightly similar to her sister.)

coronabeth:

exactly the same as ianthe, except it sometimes slips her mind, or she doesn't feel like doing the whole thing

you cannot possibly imagine the shit ianthe gives her for this

bathes at night tho because ianthe has dibs on the mornings and you know they share a bathroom

does not shave. at all. fight me.

their shared bathroom has two sinks so ianthe can neg her fist thing in the morning before she's even brushed her hair. you know, it's the little things.

camilla:

tends to go for the cheap stuff that just smells like soap.

like it smells clean but it doesn't smell like anything in particular

showers at the same exact time every day, for the same amount of time, perfectly balanced with the rest of her schedule

washes her face with a very basic cleanser twice a day, then moisurizes. no other skincare routine to speak of.

palamedes:

pretty much the same as camilla

she also schedules his showers

if cam says he has to shower from precisely 2:15-2:25 PM on wednesdays if he wants to pass finals, then by god he will do it

if she didn't tell him to, he would probably forget. often. so really it's better this way.

i like to imagine he buys one like really indulgent scented soap though. something along the lines of what the tridentarii use. as a treat.

even cam has given up trying to assign that boy skincare

[ejzah]

Collateral Damage, Part 3

***

Kensi woke up bound to a chair, confused and with her head aching. She was in a small room with an ordinary bedroom door, the only defining feature being a stack of cardboard boxes lining one wall. Kensi flexed her hands several times, testing the strength of the zip ties around her wrists and ankles; they were too tight to break in this position.

There were some holes, but she remembered questioning a witness, hearing a noise, and being ambushed by several armed men. She could only hope Fatima had escaped in the chaos.

She felt a little banged up, but it didn’t seem as though they’d beaten her, and she slowly exhaled in relief, wishing she could touch her stomach to confirm. Continuing to search the room for anything that might be of use, Kensi tugged more persistently at the zip ties.

A door slammed, followed by heavy footsteps. Acting on instinct, Kensi dropped her head, letting her body go limp a second before the door opened, smacking into the wall.

Someone, a man based on the movements, stepped into the room, walking up to Kensi, and she could feel hot breath wafting down on her neck. It took all Kensi’s effort not to react, and hope he didn’t investigate further. After another moment, he retreated, closing the door behind him.

“She’s still out,” Kensi heard him say and then a second male asked,

“What are we going to do with her?”

“I told Johnson we should have killed her there,” a third voice growled, and Kensi tensed.

“We can use her. Don’t touch her unless I say,” the first man ordered tersely, his voice growing distant as they obviously moved away from the door.

Once she couldn’t hear them at all, Kensi began working at the zip ties in earnest.

***

Sam left Deeks alone in the locker room to gather himself, heading back up to OPS. He didn’t envy Deeks current situation at all, remembering how terrified he’d been when Aiden was held hostage. He couldn’t imagine the terror of defenseless unborn children being in danger. And Kensi…Sam shook his head before he could spiral down that train of thought.

In the time Sam had been gone, Rountree was apparently hard at work; he had various street cams pulled up on one screen and documents related to their victim’s wife.

“You find anything yet?” Sam asked.

“No, but I just got started,” Rountree replied, flicking a glance over his shoulder. “How’s Deeks?”

“Struggling, but he’ll manage.” He didn’t really have much choice. He hesitated for a moment then added, “I don’t know that Deeks wants me to share this, but Kensi’s pregnant with twins.”

“Damn,” Callen muttered.

“Exactly. So we’re going to do everything in our power to make sure nothing happens to Kensi or those babies.”

Rountree nodded seriously, a slightly uncertain, almost guilty look in his eye.

“I hate to say this, but do you think we should bench Deeks?” Callen asked, and Sam huffed an unamused laugh.

“When has benching any of us ever worked when cases get personal? No, that would probably make it worse since Deeks would undoubtedly go rogue,” Sam said. “I’ll keep an eye on him, but he needs to be involved. He’s fighting for his family.”

“Ok. As long as we’re all in agreement.”

Deeks slipped in a moment later, looking reasonably put together, if more subdued than normal. Based on his expression, he’d guessed he’d been the topic of conversation. Clearing his throat roughly, he walked to the spit he usually shared with Kensi.

“Any update from LAPD or Fatima?” he asked.

“I was just about to go down there,” Callen told him. “You got it covered here?”

“Yeah. We got it, right Deeks? We’ll follow up on any leads Rountree gets,” Sam responded. Deeks jaw clenched tightly, but he didn’t object.

“Got it.”

“Hey Callen,” Deeks called out, stopping him on his way to the sliding doors. “Make sure Fatima knows this isn’t her fault, ok?”

“Will do,” Callen promised.

***

A/N: This chapter has everything. Angst, whump, mentions of people going rogue (yes, you should read this as Stefan from SNL).

[animal-lover-forever]

And Then There Were Five.

Wip #1

This is not one of the chapters- this is a wip- this is not tied to the "ATTWF." world that we have been following. Anyway, this is what I have of an alternate world of the "ATTWF." where Kai ended up killing Draxum before the first episode of ROTTMNT. I was going to continue this, but I don't even know where to go from here, so you guys can have this as it is.

He panted heavily as blood dripped from his beak. Drip, Drip, Drip. He watched as the blood dripped from his beak onto the body that now lays there, lifeless. His growling slowly turned into giggles– he did it. He finally did it– ehehehe– after all these years of torture, of abuse, of training, his creator was finally Dead. Baron Draxum is finally dead!

“I did it.” His voice was raspy as he spoke, but years without talking and the chains and muzzles that restricted his airways would do that– the dehydration and malnutrition probably didn’t help either.

“You thought you had control, but look at you now. You lay here dead. I used your training against you– you helped me achieve this.” He giggled once more. “I guess I should thank you for that.”

A clatter made him whip his head up from Draxum, to the origin of the sound. Two gargoyles filled his vision. They shook with fear, clinging onto each other like their lives depended on it. He stepped over the dead body and walked over to them– like a predator stalking its prey.

“P-p-please! S-subj-ject-5, d-don’t h-h-hurt u-us!”

They were so full of fear that they couldn’t even speak properly. As Draxum would say– “Truly a pathetic sight.” Subject-5 sat down in front of them, growling softly. “Tell you what, I’ll let you two live, but you listen to me now.”

They looked at each other before nodding quickly. “Y-you got yourself a d-deal… b-b-boss.”

“Good. Then let’s go.” The two gargoyles were stuck, frozen in fear for a moment longer before they moved from their spot in the corner onto Subject-5’s shell.

S-5 looked at Draxum’s body one last time– giggling– before walking off– he couldn’t stay here, not anymore, but that was fine; he didn’t want to stay in this God-forsaken Hellscape anyway. He limped slightly as he started to walk. He stopped momentarily to look at his leg– tsk– guess he broke his leg in the fight. No matter, it will heal. Though he should look for some medical supplies– they would be useful. S-5 continued his walk, hiding the limping so well, that you would have to be looking for it to notice.

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“Where are we heading, boss?”

S-5 gave off a low growl. “I don’t know yet.”

He had been walking for hours. He was hungry, thirsty, and his wounds were starting to really hurt– not that he showed any of this. He still hasn’t taken care of his wounds, and if he continues on like this, he’ll probably get an infection. But he has to keep going– he has to get as far away as possible from the castle, and Draxum’s lifeless body– ehehehe– that thought alone makes him giggle. S-5 sighed as he watched more and more stuff cling onto the blood that covered his body– a mix of his and Draxum’s blood from the battle– the battle he came out victorious in.

“You should really take care of your injuries and rest.”

“I know!” He growled loudly, snapping at Muninn. He couldn’t see them from their position on his shell, but he felt them shift to be closer together. They were probably clinging onto one another again. S-5 sighed once more. “I am aware of my condition, and I am aware of what I need to do. But right now, we need to get as far away from the castle as possible. We can’t risk being anywhere near there when they find the lifeless body of the ‘Great’ Baron Draxum– ehehehe.” He went quiet for a moment before speaking once more. “We’ll keep going for another few hours, then I’ll patch myself up, and we’ll rest. Then we’ll head to the surface; we’ll stay away from any humans– but that will give us cover from any yokai who are going to be looking for whoever killed Draxum.”

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Subject-5 finally came to a stop in an area in the middle of nowhere. As he looked around, his eyes landed on the creek that was in front of him– water– then to the nearby cave. “Huginn, scope out that cave over there.”

“Right away, boss.” S-5 felt Hugin leave his perch on his back in favor of checking out the cave.

Good, now he can finally have some water. When was the last time Subject-5 had water? Two days ago, he’s sure of it. He walked over to the creek, dipping his head in and finally taking a drink. The blood that resided on his beak started to wash off– tainting the water slightly, but he didn’t care. He drank the water greedily, not even lifting his head out of the water to breathe. It wasn’t until he heard Huginn making his way back to him that he finally lifted his head from the creek.

“The cave is empty, S-5.”

“Good. Then we have shelter and water for tonight.” S-5 licked the water that dripped from his beak. “Muninn, take the medical kit to the cave; Huginn, head back to the cave with him. I’m going to clean myself off in the creek; wait for me in the cave.”

“Yes, boss.”

“You got it.”

He felt the weight of Muninn leave his shell just before he saw the two gargoyles head to the cave. S-5 walked into the creek– the creek was big, just not quite big enough to be considered a river. He swam to the middle, starting to scrub off all the blood and everything that stuck to it, letting the gentle current of the creek whisk away the red-tinted, blood-stained water. Once he was done with that, he took a deep breath and let himself sink to the bottom.

He stayed at the bottom of the creek for well over two hours. As an aquatic turtle, Subject-5 could hold his breath for a long time. On top of that, Draxum had him doing breathing exercises, so that allowed him to hold his breath for even longer. He stayed at the bottom– relishing in the feeling of being submerged in water– until his lungs burned– begging for air– reminding him that he does actually need air to survive. S-5 surfaced and made his way back to land. He hissed in pain as he dragged himself out of the water, quickly reminded of his injuries. He shook himself dry before walking to the cave. When he entered, he saw Huginn and Muninn using rocks to play games of tic-tac-toe on the cave floor.

S-5 huffed, drawing the attention of the gargoyles momentarily before he grabbed the medical kit– that he took before they left the last town– and started to actually take care of his wounds. “Remember, we’re not sticking around; we’ll leave tomorrow,”

“Are you sure you don’t want to stick around until your wounds are healed?”

“No. That would take too long.” He hissed in pain as he tightened the gauze around the splints on his broken leg. “Right now, we’re ahead, and I plan to keep it that way. Draxum’s own training lessons allowed me to kill him, but I would be a fool to try and fight the police in my condition.” Once S-5 took care of his injuries, he laid down, closing his eyes. “Do what you want– but stay near the cave. Though I suggest you sleep.” He listened to the sound of the rocks the gargoyles had scrapping against the stone floor of the cave. Guess they decided to continue playing tic-tac-toe with each other.

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Subject-5 opened his eyes, looking around; right, he was in a cave– he killed Draxum. He smiled before pushing himself off the ground. “Huginn, Muninn.” S-5 looked over to the sleeping gargoyles when he didn’t get a response from them. He sighed before stalking up to them; he growled loudly, snapping at them. They yelped as they woke up in a panic; they clung onto one another for a moment before looking to S-5. “Oh, I’m sorry, did I wake you up?” He snarled at them before huffing. “Come on, we need to get going.” He felt the two gargoyles land on his shell as he began walking out of the cave. Walking on all fours had its benefits; he was lower to the ground and harder to see as a result; plus, he didn’t put as much weight on his broken leg walking like this compared to just walking on his feet.

“So we’re heading to the surface, right?”

“Yes. The humans are dangerous, but we can keep hidden. And it will make things easier by heading up there. I doubt anyone would be looking on the surface for Draxum’s killer– especially not me. Draxum was well known for his hatred of humans, so why would his subject flee to the one place he despises most?”

“But they will be looking for you– and us probably. We’re associated with him.”

“Yeah, they’ll probably be wondering what happened to us.”

“All the more reason to flee. We’re not there for them to find us when they find Draxum, which means they’ll start drawing conclusions. One, we were taken by the murderer; two, the murderer killed us as well but hid our bodies– less likely, but if they do go with that option, then why? Could they not hide Draxum’s body before the police arrived? Or did they leave Draxum’s body to make a point?– three, we’re the murderers; or four, we witnessed the murder and fled because of fear.” S-5 looked around his surroundings before he sighed; it was going to be a while until they reached the next town. All they had to do was make it to the next down– they didn’t even need to head very deep into it; they just needed to get access to the nearest portal to the surface, then, they will be home free.

Subject-5 listened to the gargoyles as they talked about this and that, occasionally speaking up when they asked him questions, but otherwise, he remained quiet as he walked to the next town.

“Look! That must be the next town in the distance!”

S-5 huffed. “Good– it only took five hours.”

“Look at the bright side, Subject-5; once we make it, you’ll finally be able to rest so you can heal.”

“Let’s worry about getting to the surface first, okay?”

S-5 walked for another 45 minutes before they finally made it to the edge of the town. Once there, he walked up to the first yokai he saw. “Excuse me, sir, where might I find the nearest portal to the surface?”

“Portal?” The yokai asked, looking down on Subject-5. “I don’t know anything about any portals to the surface. However, maybe an offering will jog my memory.” He smirked, clearly oh so full of himself.

It was the edge of town, so a lot of shady yokai resided around there– and shady yokai often want something in return when giving away anything. Well then, if it’s an offering he wants, it’s an offering he’ll get. S-5 giggled as he stood up to his full height on his back legs– the gargoyles shifted with him, moving to now rest on his shoulders like they used to do with Draxum. “Forgive me, sir; I must have forgotten my manners.”

“That’s what I thought.”

In seconds, S-5 grabbed his scythe and sliced the yokai’s hand clean off. He wiped that smirk off their face quicker than they put it on. The yokai screamed in pain as he finally registered his hand being cut off. S-5 licked the blood off the blade of his scythe before snarling at the yokai and putting his blade to their throat. “What I offer is your life! Now, tell me where the portal is, or you won’t live much longer to receive any more offerings! So what do you say, do you accept my offering?”

“O-of course! You can find the nearest portal to the surface one mile n-noth! Near the docks!”

S-5 smirked as he moved his scythe away from the yokai’s throat, putting it back where it belonged. “Now then, that wasn’t so hard, now was it?” He giggled once more. “Thank you for your cooperation, ‘good sir.’” He watched the yokai grasp their bleeding wrist where their hand once was, running off. S-5 huffed as he got back on all fours to continue his journey to the surface.

“Do you think he’ll ever do that again?”

“Maybe. But I bet he’s going to be a lot more careful the next time he asks for an offering after what S-5 just did to them.”

He growled quietly. “Quiet, both of you. We don’t need to attract any more attention to ourselves than we already have.”

He made his way to the location where the yokai had told him the portal would be– for the sake of his own life, the yokai had better have been telling the truth. Lucky for the yokai, he was telling the truth; the portal activated, and S-5 jumped through– guess the yokai will live another day.

Subject-5’s senses were overwhelmed as he entered the city on the surface. It was much brighter than he expected even though the sky was dark; it was incredibly loud, and there were so many new smells that it was throwing him off. It took him a moment to process what was going on. He looked to the building next to him and started to scale it. His injuries– and most importantly, his broken leg– made it hard to climb up the bricks; he kept slipping. Thankfully, Huginn and Muninn helped him climb to the top of the building. “Thank you.” He panted as he sat down on the edge of the roof, looking over this new city. As S-5 looked around, he spotted something interesting– a turtle– but not just any turtle; it was a yokai. Turtle yokai were incredibly rare, yet one was right there. He seemed young, too. S-5 watched the Yokai with interest, chirping quietly. Not too long after, three more revealed themselves. It wasn’t just the one– it was a bale of yokai. He mildly wondered if he would be able to join the bale– probably not, though. He could feel the gargoyles moving and shifting around his shell nervously as he followed after the bale of yokai– stalking them– but he was much too enticed by the bale to pay the gargoyles any mind.

 The bale of yokai jumped across the roofs of the buildings across the road– he kept up with them no matter how much it hurt to leap from one building to the next. They finally came to a stop and hopped down into the alleyway. Once they were down there, S-5 opened a portal. He watched as the black portal moved and shifted– how pieces of the portal would break off into some more, smaller portals before shifting to join back up with the primary portal, over and over again. He walked through the portal and ended up on the building that the bale were just on. He peered over the edge of the building’s rooftop, chittering softly.

“Come on, guys, we need to get home.”

“Chill, Raph, it’s fine.”

The biggest turtle grabbed the metal plate from the ground, moved it over, and revealed a ladder that went down.

“Uhhh, guys?”

“What is it, Mikey?”

“We're not alone.”

The four turtles looked at the roof as the smaller turtle pointed at S-5. He hissed– he was so distracted that he didn’t even realize that the smallest turtle had noticed him. He hopped down to the alleyway, making sure to keep his distance just in case the bale were hostile.

“Is that… another turtle?”

“Ohmigosh!”

The smallest turtle quickly went to him. He shot up to his full height, standing on his legs, grabbing his scythe and pointing it toward the turtle– box turtle, red-eared slider, alligator snapping turtle, and he couldn’t tell what the fourth one was.

“S-5…” He growled softly as Huginn flew closer to the other three.

“Woah! Hey, you better point your weapon away from my little brother, or we’re going to have a problem!” The slider demanded as he pulled out a katana, pointing it toward S-5.

“Hey, it’s okay, I won’t hurt you; I just got a little excited– I didn’t mean to scare you.”

He looked at the box turtle before slowly lowering his scythe but keeping it in his grasp.

“Hey, Muninn, do you think it’s them?”

“You know, I think they might be, Huggin.”

“What are you two talking about?” He kept his eyes on the bale even as he asked the gargoyles the question. He snarled when they didn’t answer fast enough. “Answer me!”

“Hey buddy, you need to calm down!” The snapper said in warning as he grabbed a pair of sais.

“Do you remember the files? You’re not the only one!” Muninn finally answered S-5’s question.

The fourth turtle followed his lead, grabbing what S-5 believes is supposed to be a bo staff. “Files? What files?”

“Hey, are we going to have a problem?” The slider asked, going a few steps closer to him.

He giggled– maybe a little too violently since his body began to shake with the force.

“What’s so funny, buddy-o?”

“You–” S-5 managed to stifle his giggling as the gargoyles returned to their spot on his shoulders. “They survived?”

“What are you talking about?”

“You’re the other Subjects! You’re all alive!” He chirped softly, looking surprised to the box turtle when he chirped back. “Well then, this is quite the surprise. Let’s see: the alligator snapping turtle, the red-eared slider, the box turtle– which means you must be a spiny softshell.” They watched S-5, obviously very confused about what he was talking about. “What’s it like?”

“What is what like?”

“Living freely… You do live freely, right? You don’t have to train every day; you can eat and drink water every day; you’re not tortured every time you make a mistake; no muzzles or chains, right?”

Their expressions all turned to shock, then to horror. They all slowly put their weapons up, and S-5 put his up as they did.

“Ohmigosh.” The box turtle looked S-5 over with new understanding. His eyes landed on S-5’s leg, which was wrapped up with some sticks, making a splint for his broken leg. “Guys, he’s hurt.”

“No. Are you crazy, Miguel? This guy is insane!”

Tears filled the box turtle’s eyes, and he gave off a sad, pleading chirp as the slender started to make his way closer to the box turtle. S-5 reacted without thinking. He grabbed the box turtle, holding onto him tightly, hissing at the slider.

The slider grabbed his katanas, and S-5 snarled, giving off a warning growl. But before the slider could come any closer, the snapper put a hand on his shoulder, stopping him in his tracks.

“Leo, wait; look at how he’s holding Mikey.”

Subject-5 hissed, shielding the box turtle from the slider.

“He has him in a protective hold… He’s holding him like Raph holds us when he’s trying to protect us from something– He’s trying to protect Mikey from Leo.”

“But why?” The box turtle chirped to S-5, and he chirped back to the box turtle.

“Raph’s not sure…”

“Uhhhh, S-5?” One of the gargoyles poked S-5’s face– that was a mistake. He snarled at him, snapping at the gargoyle. With a yelp, he quickly flew off S-5’s shoulder; the second one was quick to follow.

“Well, that’s not good.”

“What do you mean? What’s not good? What is he doing?” The snapper asked, worry lacing his tone. S-5 chirped to the snapper, chittering softly to him.

“Raph… he picked up on the worried tone you used. And he didn’t start acting like that until Mikey gave off that sad chirp. I don’t think he’s all there right now…”

“You would be correct on that.”

“Yeah, looks like Subject-5 is having an episode.”

The two gargoyles landed on the softshell’s shoulder; he looked at them, confused. “What do you mean, ‘having an episode’? What is an ‘episode’?”

“His mind essentially shuts off, leaving only natural instincts.”

“How long do these episodes last? How do we get him out of this state?”

The gargoyles looked at each other before looking at the softshell. “You can’t… not without Draxum.”

“Great, where do we find this Draxum?”

“You don’t. Draxum was killed not too long ago.”

The slider put his weapons away before carefully moving closer to S-5. He hissed at the slider, moving the box turtle away.

“Leo, what are you doing?”

“I have an idea.” Leo gave off a scared chirp, slowly coming closer to S-5. “Mikey, do a chirp call.”

He nodded, chirping to the slider, calling for him; the slider chirped back. S-5 chittered to the box turtle, watching the slider; after another calling chirp from the box turtle, S-5 started to slowly let him go so he could go to the slider.

“It worked; he let him go.”

“Thanks, Leo.”

“No problem, Mikey.”

S-5 went back to standing on his hands and feet; soon, he limped over to the softshell.

“Nervous chuckle. Uh, Hi, Subject-5, was it?” S-5 gave off a click as he looked at the gargoyles perched on the softshell’s shoulder. The gargoyles left the softshell’s shoulders and returned to S-5’s shell.

“Guys, please, we have to help him.” The box turtle gave off a calling chirp toward S-5. He looked at him before limping his way over to the box turtle, chirping back.

“Raph’s not so sure. What if he flips out again.”

“If it makes you feel better, S-5 shouldn’t become hostile unless he feels like there’s a threat.”

The snapper looked to the gargoyle before sighing in defeat. “Alright.”

“Raph?”

“Are we sure this is a good idea?”

“No, Raph’s not sure this is a good idea, but Mikey is right; he does need help.” The snapper crouched down, chirp calling for S-5. He watched the snapper for a moment before going to him. “Alright, now don’t freak out, cuz Raph is gonna pick you up, okay?”

Subject-5 tilted his head in confusion. He couldn’t understand the snapper. He kept hearing the bale and gargoyles making these foreign sounds– he couldn’t understand any of it; but they were also making sounds that he could understand. The snapper reached over and gently picked S-5 up, lifting him off the ground– he hissed, trying to escape. He heard a reassuring chirp from the box turtle, then another one from the snapper; he calmed down slightly, chittering softly. The gargoyles migrated off of S-5’s shell onto the snapper's shoulders.

“Come on, let’s get home.”

S-5 looked around as the snapper brought him down into the dark tunnel. The bale walked through the dark tunnels for a while before they came to a stop in a large area that was well-lit.

“Put him in the medbay; I’ll take care of him.” The slider walked ahead and the snapper and box turtle followed after.

They entered a room that was brighter than the room they had just come from, and it smelled of chemicals. The snapper put S-5 down on a bed. He chirped, confused, looking to the slider as he started to make his way over to him, holding a needle. He hissed at the slider. The box turtle came closer to him, giving off another reassuring chirp.

“It’s okay; he’s going to help with the pain.”

“Raph’s got this.” The snapper started to churr, drawing the attention of S-5.

Subject-5 chirped softly as he started to relax as he listened to the snapper’s churring. The snapper’s deep rumbling churr filled the room, telling S-5 that it was okay, that he was safe. He was so focused on the snapper’s churring, that he barely registered the fact that the slider had just injected something into him. He hissed, swiping his claws at the slider.

The slider backed away, putting his hands in the air. “Okay, okay. I’m done; I’m sorry.”

He growled a warning to the slider, hissing. He looked around the room, and soon, his eyelids became increasingly heavy. He did his best to fight this newfound sleepiness, but he was fighting a losing battle.

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When S-5 woke up, he quickly realized that his surroundings were different. His mind was foggy, and thinking was difficult, so he didn’t think when he tried to get up. He hissed in pain as he crashed to the floor. When he looked up, he saw a gargoyle in front of him. He huffed before trying and failing to push himself off the floor– it was like his limbs were made of jelly. His response time is low, too. He sighed. “Where’s Huginn?”

“Right, here, boss.”

He looked over to see Huginn perched on the shoulder of the slider. He thought for a moment; where were they? And how did they get here? “Where are we?”

“Well, it’s nice to see you can talk again. You’re in the medbay– in our lair.” 

‘Nice to see you can talk again.’? What was the slider talking about? “How did we get here?”

“You don’t remember? … I guess that makes sense.” The slider picked S-5 up off the ground and placed him back on the bed. “Wow. You are way too light for size.”

S-5 glared at the slider. “You didn’t answer the question.”

“He brought us here.”

“Well, actually, the snapper did that.”

S-5 looked between the gargoyles. “Then why don’t I-...” He fell silent as something in his mind finally clicked. He growled quietly. “I had an episode, didn’t I?” He asked the gargoyles quietly.

“Yeah, you did.”

“You know that you wouldn’t have had one if Draxum was here.”

He snarled loudly, throwing a dagger at Huginn– he missed both the slider and the gargoyle, and the dagger hit the wall. “Don’t you dare bring him up!” 

“Woah! Calm down! Don’t make me have to sedate you.”

“I don’t listen to you, slider! I listened to Draxum for 13 years before I finally killed him.”

The slider’s expression turned to horror as he heard the words that fell from S-5’s mouth. He quickly sobered up his expression, however. “You killed someone?”

“I have killed so many times it’s hard to count. Draxum was my creator– our creator. I Have my reasons for killing him.”

“And your other kills?”

“Training.”

“Leo?” The box turtle made his way into the room. “Is everything okay?”

“Yeah, Mikey, everything’s fine.”

The box turtle looked at S-5. “Oh, he’s awake.” He chirped to S-5

He sighed. “Munnin, grab my dagger.”

“Oh, he can talk again.”

“Yeah.”

Muninn grabbed the dagger and returned it to S-5. “Thanks…”

“So, how do you feel?”

S-5 looked at the box turtle. “I hurt, but I will get over that.” He looked at the gargoyles. “Whatever’s in my system has lowered my response time.”

“That would be the anesthetics.” The slider pointed next to the bed that S-5 was in.

He followed it to see the IV bag, realizing that he was attached to it. He pulled the IV out of his scales.

“Hey! One, that’s helping with the pain, and two, you have severe malnutrition and dehydration. That’s helping with those.”

“I’m aware of my condition, slider. But it’s already dangerous here; I don’t need my response time down.”

“Your response time is fine. You're fine.”

“Yeah, except I can barely move right now. Which means I’m not fast enough if someone comes after me. Everything should be out of my system by tomorrow– we leave tomorrow.”

“What?” the box turtle yelled. “You can’t leave! You’re hurt!”

“An inconvenience, yes. But we have to keep moving.”

“Why? We’re out of the Hidden City.”

“Yeah, and surely we’re far enough away from our town, so it couldn’t hurt to stay here, at least until your injuries are healed, boss.”

He glared at the gargoyles before he huffed. “Fine, we’ll stay for now.”

“Well, with that settled, let me just–” The slider put S-5’s IV back in. “There. Now, do me a favor and keep it in this time, K?”

“Why are you helping me?”

“Because you’re hurt?”

“Yet I saw that look on your face. So why continue to help me?”

“What is he talking about, Leo?”

“The fact that I’m a murderer.”

“What? You’re joking, right?”

“I don’t joke. Draxum got what he deserved. For 13 years, I’ve been abused and tortured. Weeks without food, days without water. I’ve had to continue on with my training with injuries worse than what I have now. Tell me, box turtle, Have you ever had to fight a failed subject that’s three times bigger than you? What about when you just got your shell cracked the day prior? Do you know why a failed subject is considered failed? Because they’re animalistic.”

“Then are you considered a failed subject? I’m going to guess no since your name is ‘Subject-5’ and not ‘failed subject-5’. Or am I missing something?” The slider looked at S-5.

“Hehehe. Because I’m not animalistic.”

“Yet that ‘episode’ of yours says otherwise.”

“But they are just that, episodes.”

“Yeah, and Draxum had ways to stop the episode.”

“Oh, Huginn, he did have a way around them, but when did they start?”

“When you were five.”

“Oh look, Muninn answered for you~. Ehehehe~. Draxum had a way around the episodes, but he was the reason I started having them in the first place!” S-5 growled at the gargoyles. “It doesn’t matter now. He trained me to kill, so I killed.” He sighed, looking to the slider. “You wanna know why I wasn’t considered a failed subject? Because I could be trained. The failures aren’t trainable– too aggressive, too idiotic. I’m also a different breed of subjects. I’m one of five.”

“And we’re the other four?” The box turtle spoke up for the first time in a while.

“Yeah, it sure seems that way. Five subjects, all of different species. Subject-1: Alligator snapping turtle– deceased. Subject-2: Spiny softshell– deceased. Subject-3: Red-eared slider– deceased. Subject-4: Ornate box turtle– deceased. Subject-5: Northern red-bellied cooter– survived. The first four subjects were thought to have perished in the explosion– I was thought to be the only survivor.”

“You said that you were a different breed of subjects. What is that supposed to mean?”

“It means, slider, that we were made with something the rest were not– human DNA.”

“Alright– we have names, you know. My name isn’t ‘slider’, it’s Leo. And his name isn’t ‘box turtle’, it’s Mikey.”

“Hey, guys, pizza’s here.” The snapper walked into the room holding a box. He looked at S-5. “Want some?”

S-5 just watched the snapper for a moment before looking away. “No. I’m not hungry.” He soon heard the sound of choking.

“What do you mean you’re not hungry!? You literally just told us how you’ve gone weeks without food! And you’re malnourished and underweight!”

“I’ve learned to survive with little food, slider. I was allowed to eat three days ago.”

“Uhh, actually, by now, it’s been four days since your last feeding, boss.”

How long has he been out of commission for? “Huh. Either way, I’ll live.”

“Mikey, as the chef of the family, I’m going to need you to make some food that’s high in protein and high in calories so that S-5 here can gain some weight and not be malnourished.”

“Okey-dokey!” The box turtle gave the slider a thumbs-up before hopping out of the room.

“You sure ya don’t want any pizza?” The snapper asked once more.

“Yes, snapper, I’m sure. Besides, that’s not even remotely close to what my diet looks like.”

“And what does your diet look like– when you eat of course.”

“Draxum usually has Subject-5 eat the opponent he just killed.” Huginn answered the slider’s question for him.

“I’m sorry, you eat your kills!? Ohmigosh…” The slider looked in horror to S-5– he’s been doing that a lot– before his expression sobered once more. “Right, well, starting now, you won't be doing that, and you’ll be eating real food.”

He huffed before he yawned.

The slider sighed, looking at S-5. “We’ll get on that tomorrow; you should get some rest for now. Come on, Raph, let’s go.”

He watched as the slider and snapper walked out of the room before looking to the gargoyles that had just landed on the foot of the bed that he was on. “If it weren’t for the fact that my reaction time is down, we would be leaving now.”

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