#the love in ekko's eyes when looking at powder ARE YOU KIDDING ME ????? the boy's so soft

[yukinyaminyato]

god i finally got to watch arcane s2 ep7 and i was crying literally the whole time..... not even kidding or exaggerating. i love jinx (powder) and ekko so so so much i love timebomb and while i do also love traumatized characters, giving them a chance to be happy just makes my heart ache aaaaaa 😭😭 crying screaming throwing up etc etc.

i just wanna yap abt arcane (ok more like abt jinx and things related to her tbh) to someone but i have only one friend who has watched the series (and tbh she was the one who dragged me into it without even trying) so. Yeah. 😔 And it's not like i could even put my thoughts into words bc there's too many of them. hhhhhh im unwell. Help.

[xetlynn]

an artists muse- a viktor fic.

one.

[intro] [one] [two]

a paradox of fate.

“Shit, shit!” You muttered under your breath as your feet quickly rushed across the college campus. Repeatedly checking the time on your phone along with your lockscreen that was a picture of your schedule. You were over five minutes late due to your ignorance in paying attention to the clock whilst completing applications for part time jobs. 

Your hands collide with the door to your class, slamming it open. Earning awareness from all eyes in the room. Your cheeks flush in embarrassment. “I- sorry! I lost track of time!” You pant, shakily walking inside. Your professor has a gentle smile upon his lips. “It’s quite alright, dear! Find a seat, it’s the first day so no harm done!” He waves off your tardiness, relief sighing out your body. 

Your eyes scan the room, hoping to see someone familiar but  no luck. Instead you lock contact with a boy who sends chills down your spine. His gaze pierced into you. His brunette locks falter into his vision when he attempts to glance away. You deem him nice-enough looking and make your way beside him. 

His shoulders tense, not expecting someone to choose to sit next to him. Not when there were multiple other choices to choose from. He figures you only did so because he looks smart. Conjecturing that you could cheat off of him. 

“Did I miss anything important?” You lean close to him, not too close to where you were in his personal space though. It was enough that your scent hit his nose like a ton of bricks. Vanilla and honey? A hint of coconut in there as well? 

He doesn’t look at you, staring straight at the board. “No, just an introduction of himself.” He whispers, leaning his chin on his clasped hands, held up by his elbows. You purse your lips out, almost frowning. “Introductions are important.” You murmur but it was inaudible to his ears. 

When class is dismissed you’re the first one to stand from your seat. Just like you entered the room is exactly how you left. Flinging the heavy doors open and scurrying to the school’s cafeteria. “[Name]! Over here!” A blue-haired girl loudly shouts, standing from a chair as her boyfriend behind her was quietly begging her to get down. You laugh, waving at her. You join the two, sitting down as your chest is still heaving. 

“I was late to my first class! What a way to start the semester.” You pout, stealing a sip of Ekko’s drink since it was the only thing on the table. He went to stop you but he knows he’d lose the argument against you. “Hah! Really? Me too!” Powder, your best friend laughs. 

“We’re like platonic soul mates!” You beam, grabbing her hand. She squeezes it, getting in close to your face. “Why platonic? We could be romantic!” She scrunches her nose with determination. You roll your eyes as Ekko clears his throat, reminding the both of you that he still sat there. “Right… boyfriend.” Her face goes sour in a playful manner, leaning back on her boyfriend. “Just kidding, just kidding…” She kisses his cheek causing you to gag at the sight. 

“Gross.” 

“You’re just jealous.” He points a finger in your face. “Whatever.” You sulk. 

“Oh, I have to get to my next class. Don’t want to be late a second time.” Powder shoots up, pecking Ekko’s lips and then ruffling your hair before sprinting off. 

Ekko and you look around, pretending to act awkward. “So…” He begins. “So.” You repeat shortly. “We’re going to have a sleepover tonight, you comin?” He tilts his head. Your eyes sparkle at the question. “Uh! Of course!!! Powder and I will beg Vi for drugs.” You blurt out, a little too loud. People look over and you just chuckle. 

Ekko shakes his head, “I don’t think she’s going to after the last time she got you alcohol.” He presses his lips together in a straight line. “Psshhh, we didn’t even cause that bike to explode.” You say while avoiding eye contact, knowing for a fact that it was the both of you. 

“I can convince Vi, she loves me!” 

“I know she does but ah, whatever. You’re going to do it anyway.” He stops himself from lecturing you, you nod in response. “Exactly. 

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[gc with Ekko, Claggor, powder, mylo and you]

mylo 👎- someone tell [name] to STOP SENDING ME PICS OF SCARY IMAGES

Claggoooo- [name] stop.

You- BOOOOO!!!

Lover stealer- please remember to get food and stuff for tonight. Everyone.

Lover stealer- even you mylo.

mylo👎- what!? Why are you singling me out???

Powpow😻- you never bring anything. You moocher.

You- literally.

mylo👎- [NAME] I DONT WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!

You- too bad, cry about it. Sob.

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“Please, please, please, PLEASE!!!” You and Powder are currently on your knees, begging the pink-haired girl in front of the both of you. Arms folded and an eyebrow raised. “Guys-” 

“Puh-LEASE!” You interrupt before she can say no. 

“[Name]-” “VIOLET PLEASE!!” You cry out dramatically. Powder giving her sister puppy-dog eyes. “If you would listen for a second!!!” She smacks a hand over your mouth. “I was going to say you could have my left over vodka that’s in my mini-fridge.” She points over to the black appliance. Both of your faces fall momentarily before Powder goes to the fridge, snatching the clear and blue glass bottle. 

You stand up, embracing Vi. “I love you.” You mutter in her ear, following Powder out of the dorm, yelling ‘thank you’s.’ 

“The party’s here!!” Powder bursts into the three boys’ shared apartment, holding up the bottle of vodka like simba from the lion king.

They cheer, Claggor taking the bottle and putting it in a bucket of ice they have. Beers from their last hang out in the ice. You also brought three boxes of pizza, sitting it on the stove. “I also brought my wii and just dance. We are going to get so wasted.” You announce excitedly. 

“Don’t you have a class in the morning?” Mylo prompts, and you just ignore him.

“I’ll hook this up while you guys get some food.” You say, the short brunette scoffing at your rudeness of not replying to him. 

[renatogpadilla]

What's In A Name.

Lux had to stop herself from lighting up.

"Jinx... Jinx..." She tried the name out in her mouth. It felt good! She looked like a 'Jinx'! Short, sweet (well, maybe 'sweet' wasn't the right word) and scrappy! "Jinx!"

She put her entire accent into that last one.

Jinx wondered how it was possible to roll the letter 'J'. She also wondered if she was as red as she felt hearing her say her name so much with such... Joy? Yeah, that must have been it... She wasn't used to that.

"Okay, glad you like it." She was REALLY trying to hide that smile, she was! "And... I appreciate that you don't blame me for... Who I was then."

"Never."

Alright... Where was she... Ah, right. Vi.

"My sister eventually found me..." She continued, tapping her temple with a brass middle finger. Had Lux noticed that before? "And I wasn't really in the best place up here. So imagine my face when she rolls up with Piltie girlfriend of all things."

Lux's hands shot up to her mouth. "No!"

"Yeah, I did NOT take that well..." She wasn't as much ashamed of how much she'd been mad at Vi as she was embarrassed of how little control she'd had over it. "Apparently, they'd been trying to find some dangerous psychopath with ties to Silco that had been making the criminal underworld get a little too bold for comfort... Imagine her face when it turned out to be her baby sister." Now that Jinx had time to really think about it, from Vi's point of view, their entire dynamic had been exceedingly fucked up.

"Anyways, things escalated pretty quickly after that. She'd grown to love her Piltie 'Cupcake' so much I thought she was replacing me... I got ready to take care of that issue myself when I found myself on the bridge between the two cities. And on the other side? Who else but Ekko? All grown up and ready to rock. my. shit."

Lux gasped. Audibly. Jinx could tell she was holding in a squeal. Childhood friends to enemies to lovers? Class-defying sapphic romance? Criminal underworld political drama?! This story had it all! Lux had never been so invested in anything in her life!

"Lemme tell you, that fight was a wake-up call. Boy Saviour had HANDS! I'd never seen anyone dodge like that either... This was before I got my powers so he was a real threat! But when he had me pinned to the ground, hand on my neck... put your eyebrows down, Lux they're gonna hit my roof, it wasn't like that! But... something stopped him. He hesitated. For a moment, he wasn't Ekko the Firelight and I wasn't Jinx the criminal... I think... He saw Powder in my eyes then. Whatever was left of her and he couldn't bring himself to kill me." She would never forget the look on his face. "I had... Other priorities. And a tricked-out grenade. I pulled the pin and waited..."

Lux softened again, and it was at this point that Jinx realized that she had tried to blow herself up a lot along with her enemies back then. Like, every other fight she'd tried to take herself out, even when she had Isha... Damn, she had NOT been okay in the slightest.

"Well, I know he made it out," said Lux, she had to make the lights dim a bit. When had she made them that bright? "So... How did you...?"

"Same way anyone in Zaun made it out of anything back then. Ekko pushed us out of the way. Saved us both."

Lux was starting to idolize this boy she'd never met. I mean, kid makes it growing up in Zaun, starts a freedom fighter gang and then pulls Jinx?! AFTER that big fight on the bridge?! 'Boy Saviour' sounded right! She HAD to meet this absolute hero someday! She hoped, whenever her witch left for home (ouch) maybe she could bring her friends to visit someday... Or, perhaps very selfishly, that she could tag along.

"Anyways, next thing I know I'm strapped to a chair. Silco had taken me to this crackpot scientist he knew. Brilliant man, but Gods he was messed up! Like, he had issues and that's coming from me! Just straight up creepy... Anyhow, he pumped me full of drugs until I got better... And I got superpowers out of it, so that was a plus!"

"I'd been meaning to ask about that... We've been running tests on me for weeks but what exactly is it you can do?"

Ooh, a chance to flex? Don't mind me! "I call it 'Chemhead Strength'! On command!"

"Isn't that a derogatory term...?"

Jinx walked over to Pow-Pow on the ground and lifted it with a single hand. "You tell me, Flashlight!" Her eyes glowed purple when she used her powers... Lux thought it was absolutely sick. And hey! There's something we have in common!

"Strength was just one part of the deal!" She said, putting the gatling gun down gently next to Fishbones. A flash of purple later she was sitting next to Lux again, like she'd never moved at all. Lux hadn't even seen her cross the room! "Speed's only good for short bursts, though. Little hops and dashes here and there. I can't exactly run from here to Piltover-Zaun in the blink of an eye, but I can cross a room no problem." She said it as non-chalantly as she could. She was suddenly feeling herself quite a bit.

"Last but not least came endurance. I speak from experience when I say you could put me through a brick wall and I'd walk it off!" She was actually pretty proud of that one. It had come in handy more than she'd like to admit...

"That's so...! Wait. From experience?"

"Yeah, you can thank my sister for that. I'm getting there." She was so excited getting to show off that she'd momentarily forgotten where her story took her next... She sunk herself into the couch. "You were right, you know? The person I had been up until getting strapped to that chair was the result of circumstance. A lost little girl who hadn't had the power or the nerve to right her wrongs. To work on herself. Who had been too clouded by her own grief and rage to see it... And I thank you for letting me understand that." Though a part of her still didn't fully believe it.

"You are so very welcome, friend." Lux was feeling herself now too.

"Having said that..." She steeled herself for this one. "Who I was after that, was all me. That I can't deny. That I won't deny. I did some messed up things, and I won't pretend I didn't. So... If you still want to hear it... know that that was MY choice. Alright?"

Lux nodded her head again. This felt heavy. She took a deep breath as discreetly as she could.

"Remember." Jinx said, straightening on the couch. "You wanted this."

"And I still do. If you feel like it."

"I think I just might, Flashlight."

She told her everything.

Kidnapping Caitlyn in the shower...

"You saw your sister's girlfriend naked before she did?" Lux mostly asked to distract herself from how terrifying the thought of getting kidnapped naked by a Jinx high off her mind would be. Nope! Just shoot me, thank you very much!

"Yeah, I never gave her enough shit for that... I'll say this, though: I may hate the bitch, but she's fine as fuck for Piltie swine. Gotta give my sis props on bagging that, but you didn't get that from me!"

The tea party...

"I didn't know what was going on... I just heard them, all of them at once... Some insane combo of schizophrenia and all the chems in my system telling me to shoot... Anything. I fired on Vi and Caitlyn... I didn't hit Vi and Caitlyn." Her voice was so small saying this, Lux wanted to hug her again, but too many in one night would probably lose its effect... She'd try it anyway later. For now, let her get this out, just like she'd needed to vent about Sylas. Jinx was fighting her demons and she was proud to stand by her side while she did.

"Silco bled out in my arms... riddled with holes, straight from his d-daughter's hands... And he still didn't blame me..." The words rang in her head again, whether a twisted reflection of Fiddlesticks' vision or exactly what had happened, she couldn't tell. You're perfect just the way you are...

She needed a moment after that. She couldn't tell if Lux had grabbed her hand or if she had grabbed hers. It didn't matter, she supposed.

She may not have had tears left tonight, but her eyes still hurt.

"Still here, Jinx." Lux said, squeezing the hand a bit. To kill your own father... Twice! And one that loved you regardless of who or what you were, at that... Lux couldn't imagine the pain. The grief. This girl was made of iron.

Jinx simply nodded her head in acknowledgment.

"What I did next took the cake, though." She couldn't help but glance at Fishbones. "The absolute finest crash-out Zaun ever spawned..."

The explosion of the Council...

Lux was starting to see why Jinx thought she might be... apprehensive about her past.

Here's a girl from nothing, who was seen as a menace (and at her worst moments, was a menace), who the downtrodden minority saw as a symbol of hope and rebellion, as a light in the dark! And she had now effectively killed a large number of the people in charge of the pseudo-regime they were all rebelling against.

Jinx had, Lux realized to her nausea, unintentionally become everything Sylas wanted to be by complete accident.

Maybe her new friend was afraid that Lux would shun her because of that. To tell the whole truth to herself, there was a knot in her stomach thinking of the parallels between this reclusive not-a-witch and the rebel very-much-a-mage... But Lux, maybe due to foolishness or hope or clarity or experience or some weird mixture of all of the above, realized that there was one key difference between the two: While both Jinx and Sylas had grown up in environments that hated who and what they were, Jinx had had people (criminals and villains, sure, but people nonetheless) that had let her be herself despite the horror and the glares. Silco had been the father she'd needed, and now, without him, she'd gone off the rails and done something the whole of Zaun would live to regret...

Lux realized that Sylas was Jinx, made alone. If all she'd known had been that hate, that grief, she wouldn't be the kooky friend living in the woods she'd come to care for. She'd be a monster, dark and terrifying, that even her light couldn't save from her spite at herself and the world.

And while Jinx had reacted to the pain, Sylas had chosen to inflict it... But then again, Jinx hadn't been kept in isolation for decades just for being herself and existing... Ugh, the whole comparison was so complicated!

A very small part of Lux began to pity Sylas. Oh, who he could have been, if he wasn't alone... Best not to dwell on that... For her own sake.

Jinx then told her of the following weeks... And how she'd met a lovely little street urchin named Isha. The little mute girl had come into her life and just... Decided to stay. No judgement, no hatred... Just love. She was everything she'd needed at the time. Well, her and her other friend (Frenemy? Co-worker? Aquaintence? Second surrogate mother to her child?) Sevika, who hadn't allowed her to be alone, whether intentionally or not. The two apparently hadn't seen eye to eye a lot over the years, but now that Silco was gone, they got to grieve together, and while they still came to blows on occasion, they became each other's rock and bonded over their shared love of little Isha...

Lux found the thought of her friend raising a scrappy child the cutest thing she could imagine. Just her and her little rascal playing games, building little inventions (possibly of mass destruction, but she wouldn't think about that), getting into trouble and being adorable together was enough for Lux to feel her heart grow a size... But she knew how it would end. She knew, after a while it would come to tragedy. So she enjoyed Jinx's smile and joy as she recounted how they used to get beetles to fight and pretended it was this huge spectacle for all to see... But it was just for them. Two orphans that found each other at the bottom of the barrel and made each other's words a better place.

It was the purest love that Jinx had ever known.

Her laughter filled the hut and for a moment her smile was brighter than Lux could ever hope to glow.

Then she told her of how things evolved... How she'd fought Vi and Caitlyn inside the city's guts. How she'd been put through that concrete wall. How Caitlyn had blown off her finger. How Isha had saved her... How she'd become the symbol of revolution for the entirety of Zaun, and how she'd gone into hiding for the next seven months, hearing how people with blue hair had started taking a stand against the Noxians flooding their streets... Oh, yeah! The Noxians! That whole thing also happened!

It really told Lux something about how incredibly messed up the situation was that the actual Empire of Noxus was involved in this tale and she hadn't heard about it until this point. What do you MEAN the greatest military force in the world taking over your city was a side-plot?!

"Yeah, this big unga bitch named Ambessa brought them along. I never really knew what it was she wanted, but it became a problem."

Lux did a double-take. "...Ambessa Medarda? 'THE WOLF', AMBESSA MEDARDA?! THAT AMBESSA?!?!"

"That's the bitch!" Jinx said it like she had no stake in that at all. "Why? Were you a fan of something?"

Now it was Lux that braced herself.

"The Noxians are Demacia's greatest foes! Once every two months almost on the dot they come to our borders trying to conquer us and make us part of that barbaric coalition they call an empire, and you mean to tell me they just showed up one day, with AMBESSA MEDARDA herself and you just... what, lived?! Told her 'No thanks, madame! We do not want to be colonized today! Please leave!' and it just... worked?!"

"Well, to be fair, I only saw the bitch like once. She passed by me when I was breaking into prison..."

"Yeah, and you LIVED! How the fu- wait, did you say you broke into prison...?"

Ah, yes... Isha. "Okay, so... As I became the symbol of a revolution, the most wanted woman in two cities and now one middle finger lighter, it turned out little Isha had been rilling people up. I didn't want to be a symbol, or lead the revolution or anything... I didn't even KNOW there was a revolution for most of it! But Isha... She wanted to do something with it. She wanted to actually inspire people to rise up! So she dressed up as me when I wasn't looking and started going to rallies and meetups, instigating and causing riots in the name of standing up to anyone that would threaten the people of Zaun. Noxians included..."

She continued to tell Lux about how little Isha had been taken during a rally and she and Sevika had gone in to save her... And what had happened inside.

To say Lux was surprised at the Vander fight and reveal was an understatement. Yeah, Jinx had been there. Finding out her father was alive, and more than that, that he'd been turned into a monster was a moment she'd never forget... And naturally, now that her father was back in the picture, it was time to get her sister, who apparently had quit her job back when Caitlyn had shot her middle finger off.

"Lemme tell you, that breakup got her BAD." She told Lux. "She'd been doing underground fights to drown out her pain for seven months and dyed her hair black... So when I found her, she was passed out in her apartment after a night of fighting. Needless to say, she didn't exactly react well to me popping up in her room."

The explanation of the next few hours was... Emotional, to say the least. Lux heard, little by little, as Jinx recounted spending time with her sister, bickering, fighting... bantering. How they found a note their father had left, and how it might have changed things if it had ever been found... How they found Vander again, changed and transfigured into something almost unrecognizable, and how he realized who they were... How for a brief, beautiful time, despite everything, the sisters were and had a family again.

What happened next was hard to hear...

It wasn't the part about the mystery cult leader mage that turned chemheads into robots offering to help their father (though that did catch Lux's attention. Apparently Jinx called him a 'Metal Fortune Cookie'), or the part where Caitlyn came back and turned on Ambessa within about a minute of seeing Violet again (Jinx's sister must have been really something else if she had her ex that whipped after seven months absent). No...

It was the part where the Noxians showed up and somebody killed the cult leader mage, corrupting his connection with all the people he'd helped and causing them to forget themselves... including the now-mindless monster that was Vi and Jinx's father...

How one moment they were a family, holding each other past the pain of a life of strife none of them deserved, and the next, her father was gone, lashing out at whatever moved, his daughters included, wild and in pain, with Noxians on all sides...

It had been little Isha that had known what to do.

The same thing her mama had done so many years ago. That same haunting mistake that had kick-started everything...

And Lux held her through the whole thing.

She had no more tears. She couldn't cry anymore tonight.

For this, she wished she had tears.

Lux killed most of the lights. She left one, small and unimposing, changing from blue to pink, blue to pink, blue to pink... A perfect little candle for her friend's perfect little girl. Jinx thought it was wonderful.

Gods know how long they held each other, but the sun hadn't come up yet, so it was still somewhere deep in the early hours.

"After that, all hell broke loose." She said. She had some mixed feelings about this next part. "The Noxians were everywhere, Cookie - sorry, Viktor- got resuscitated by some insane mix of chems and magic and lost himself as well somewhere in the process. And as if that wasn't enough, he brought the corpse of my dad back to life as a bloodthirsty monster to use in his uprising. Oh, yeah. He kinda gave up on the whole 'help thy neighbor' thing and decided to turn everyone into mindless robots, so we had THAT 'Glorious Evolution' to deal with... Well, the others did. I... I had other plans." Home stretch, Jinx, you're almost there.

"I tried my best to make peace with my sister and then..."

Lux just knew she wasn't going to like what happened next...

"Well, then I remembered that the only way to break a cycle of suffering was to step out of it. To... To remove yourself from it." She put her arm around Lux a little tighter. Lux didn't mind at all. "So I went home. To The Last Drop. Had a whole meltdown, cut my braids off, set the place on fire... And while it burnt I went down to my workshop and made one last little gadget. One just for me. A little monkey bomb. Felt fitting, you know? To... to end it... to end me with it. So I stepped to the nearest ledge and took a deep breath..."

"Oh, Jinx..." Lux didn't have the words. But a part of her understood. There were days (not many, and not often, but there were days) though she would never admit it, when things got so bad... when the pressure of hiding who and what she was became so unbearably crushing that she had eyed her bottle of Petricide Potion a little too longingly...

But the weight of this moment, she couldn't have imagined if she'd tried. And for her friend, she tried.

"It was Ekko that saved my life."

Absolute fucking hero, Lux thought. Whenever she met him (and now she WOULD meet him!) she owed him a drink.

"He came in, at the nick of time, sweating like he'd run a marathon and talked me down from blowing us both up... He... He just sat with me. Just... Let me get it out. No judgement, no fight, no snarky remark, just... time. Time enough to tell me... Well, it sounded ridiculous, but I couldn't help but listen, you know? He said that in the time since I lost my finger he'd been stuck on this other version of the world. Apparently, he and Jayce and a Yordle professor from Piltover just happened to be messing with this huge magical reactor at the same time and ended up stranded in another reality."

"And the Noxians were the side-plot?"

"Yeah, I still don't fully get it myself. But... he told me about this other life. This other world where nothing bad happened after the heist... Other than Vi not making it out, but that's not the point. He told me of this other Jinx... One that never stopped being Powder. For a second I thought he was gonna rub it in my face. 'Look what you could have been!' or 'She was so much better than you!' but... He didn't. Hell, he saw the good in her and told me that all that mattered is that that was somewhere in me too. He didn't try to change me. Just... show me I could do good with who I was. That I wasn't broken. That I still had time to figure out a way to make myself work... To make us work... if I wanted it. And I wanted it, Lux. I really REALLY did. And that he would be there every step of the way..."

No romance novel Lux had ever read (and there had been quite a few) could ever come close to that. Gods above, he gave up the perfect life for her!

"You'll... umm..." Jinx cleared her throat. Now she knew she was all red. "You'll have to forgive me for not going into detail about how the next few hours went."

"Oh, worry not, mon chère." Said Lux, not even trying to hide her playful grin. "I've always been told I have an incredibly active imagination and I'm more than happy to put it to good use!"

Jinx smacked her in the arm and chuckled. What a rollercoaster tonight had been!

"Anyway, after a few hours of making new gear, changing our looks and making up-"

"And out!"

"-WE managed to convince Zaun to join the fight against the Noxians on the side of Piltover. Brought the whole thing together for the first time since... I don't even know how long! Also made this huge flying machine to get us there. I think it's the best entrance I've ever pulled, if I'm being honest! Colors and bullets flying everywhere... Noxians and robot-people getting knocked every which way... Lux, I think it's the closest I've come to making actual magic happen. Then Ekko took off to help out in the fight..." Her tone changed for what must have been the 10th time tonight. "I heard he made it out, but..."

"Was he okay...?"

"I don't know... I never saw him again."

Lux was genuinely speechless.

"I joined up with Vi and got jumped by what was left of dad... We fought. As hard as we could. We... tried to get him back to us. To talk, but he wouldn't listen. Like there was nothing left to listen... Except there must have been, in the end..."

This was the last of it... Just get this out and you're free.

"He grabbed me, and I let myself fall into the bowels of the city with him. I pulled out the monkey bomb and got ready to blow us both to hell, but... at the last second, he... softened. One last act as my dad, I guess. His claws relaxed around me and I got the smallest opening possible to dash away. I left the bomb to go off with him and jumped into an old ventilation duct on the way down as the colors exploded around us... And after that... I was gone."

Jinx felt herself relax, for the first time in... probably months. Someone knew now. The whole thing, beginning to end, and she was still here.

"Remember when I said the only way to break a cycle is to remove yourself from it? Well, that's what I did. My sister would never move on if I stayed in her life, and Caitlyn only left me alone at the time because she loved my sister more than she hated me, which side-note: I blew up her MOM after the tea party, kinda skimmed over that before, so Vi must've had her on a leash! But she'd have to go after me again, if I showed my face... And Ekko? He'd find a way to kill himself for me at the first sign of danger... Better to leave him sad but alive. I lo-... I care for him too much to curse him with me. To give him that chance to play hero one too many times. Did keep his hoodie, though. That's for me... So I stowed away on a blimp (always wanted to ride one of those things, by the way) and flew wherever people wouldn't look for me. Where the name 'Jinx' wasn't on everyone's mouth... Where I could disappear into the dark, and curse the ones I loved no more..." And for a while, she thought, it had worked.

"Just your luck a Mage comes knocking on your door."

"Yes. Luck." Jinx admitted. She allowed herself to smile. "The best luck. And not to get sappy but... I'm really glad you did, Lux."

"Well why would we get sappy now?" The glowy Demacian girl quipped, and Jinx knew she'd made a friend for life.

"Anyway, that's me!" She said, standing from the couch she had practically fused with over the last... Hour? Or two? Meh, whatever. "You wanna take the bed? It's not much of a bed, but you're not sleeping on the couch after sitting through all of THAT."

Lux hadn't even thought about how she was going to spend the night here until this exact moment.

"Oh, no! I couldn't! I wouldn't want to impose..."

"Girl, I told you I was a wanted terrorist and you hugged me so hard you provided mood lighting. You're taking the bed."

"I-" She sputtered, but Jinx practically lifted her off the couch and started dragging her to her ramshackle little room. She really was deceptively strong.

As Jinx unceremoniously carried her through the door at the back of the hut, Lux got her first look at her friend's room. A big, thatch bed and a couple of hand carved drawers (wow, she'd had a LOT of free time on her hands!), a big window to the outside with the floppiest curtains Lux had ever seen, a little shelf over at the side of the wall with a bunch of little trinkets of her own making, a little mini-workbench for Zapper, Lux presumed, and a standing mirror in a corner of the room in front of the bed.

Jinx dropped her on the bed like an unruly kitten.

"Jinx, I can't. Noble or not, I'm a soldier! I could sleep on the floor! It's no problem, really!" She was just making excuses now.

"You are NOT sleeping on the floor!" Jinx went, taking off Lux's boots and gently (at least she thought it was gentle... she was moving a lot!) tucked her in. Which implied holding her down on the bed and just dropping a big blanket on her. "You are my guest and my friend and I'll be damned if I let you treat yourself like that in my house!"

"But it's your bed! Where are you gonna sleep?!"

"Uh, couch? I was already sinking into it before! Never let it be said I'm not a good host!"

"That doesn't feel right." Lux protested. Even if she was already snug as a bug in a rug.

"Well, we're not gonna cuddle. Buy me dinner first!" Jinx jested. She thought she was being funny. She clearly didn't know who she was dealing with.

So she almost jumped out of her skin when Lux answered with "Deal!"

...

"Um... Excuse me?"

"Dinner! Or lunch, or whatever! Because you know what, Jinx?" Lux sat up and spoke with authority, trying to hide how incredibly red she was at the moment and failing miserably. She'd just answered out of reflex! And she didn't think of Jinx like that... though she had to admit she enjoyed being carried juuuuust a little bit too much. "We went through something horrible tonight. And it was so bad you told me your whole life story! And on top of that, we have both been through a lot! Each of us has dealt with Noxians and a revolution! Hell, I'm still dealing with mine! So we're taking tomorrow off! As soon as my shift is over at midday, I'm going to make an excuse and I'm coming to get you, and I'm going to show you what Demacia is all about! Outside of the mageism, the swords and shields, the politics... You let me into your home, Firework, so now you gotta let me show you mine!"

Jinx slowly realized how dangerous letting Lux call her 'Firework' had really been. She was a bit overwhelmed at all the aggressive kindness. "Look, that sounds wonderful and all, but I haven't gotten to the cities for a reason! What if someone recognizes me?! And besides, I only have two outfits..."

"Then I'll sneak you a dress or something!"

"Oh, don't you DARE, Flashlight! Do I look like the kinda gal that wears a dress?!"

Lux had to admit she thought she'd look cute in one. Like a big ragdoll!

"You won't know if you don't try it!" She said. And she was really getting excited now. "If you don't like it, I won't push, but please try it? For me?"

Big round eyes... Waaaay too big, but they did the trick!

Jinx sighed in defeat. "Fine... Tomorrow. But nothing fancy, okay? I was never exactly high class or nothing." She smiled a bit. When was the last time she'd let herself have nice things?

"Yes! You're going to love it!" Lux let herself light up a little. "I'll pick out something simple for you to wear, nothing too fancy! Don't worry, it's going to be lovely." Okay, maybe she was a bit too excited about this...

"Okay, whatever. See you tomorrow..." Jinx stretched and went to the door. "Goodnight, Flashlight."

"Goodnight, Jinx!" There she went, rolling Js again.

When Jinx closed the door, she let herself lean on it a bit and breathe a sigh of relief. Like a huge weight had lifted off her shoulders at last... She smiled wide. And for a moment, nothing was wrong in the world. She said it to herself, mostly. Barely a whisper before going to sleep.

"Isha would have loved you."

And she thought Lux didn't hear it, but now it was the noble who had to fight back the tears...

[starry-nights12]

"Precious"

One Word Prompt-Closed (Jinx's POV)

TW:Murder-Suicide, talk of death, Jinx expressing positive views about dying

Ekko's eyes trialed from me to the pin of the chomper around my finger.

This was the only way things could go back to how they used to. The damage we have done to each other over the years could never be fixed.

This way we could be free of our past and be happy

I didn't stick it onto him. He has the choice to stay or leave me like everyone always does.

Vi had abandoned us.

She left me on that night of the canery and she left him for dead to take care of her beloved demon.

Yet he didn't move or try to run away. His eyes clouded with tears until it was raining on my face.

When everyone else was gone it was only us. We grew up to resent and despise each other. We both went our separate ways and he loathed me for not following him.

For the first time in seven years;

His tender, brown eyes stared into mine with something I always longed for. A treasure that I could only have in my memories brought to reality.

He was looking at me like I was precious. 

It's what I missed from him. It was all I ever wanted and I had to die to receive it.

I swallowed the bitter taste of the blood I wanted to cough up to prevent it from ruining everything.

When we were kids, I could confide in him and he was a shoulder to cry on when my siblings overwhelmed me. He was the boy I discreetly gazed at as he looked over his blueprints.

He encouraged me and believed in my inventions just like Vi did. In return, I drew hearts over our initials and drew us holding hands and kissing in my diary.

The sweet, pretty boy had become a strong and most beautiful man at twenty. The sad, pitiful little girl had transformed into a sadistic, terrifying woman at eighteen.

I'm not afraid of death. We all die eventually, so there's no point of fearing the inevitable.

But I rather die by my grenade than have my ex-childhood friend I still cared for kill me.

He cradled the back of my head, he lowered himself on top of me until he whispered in my ear, "I love you."

My eyes widened and I temporarily stopped breathing. A great tremor took over me as I began to sob.

The questions I wanted to ask had gotten caught in my throat:

Why?

For how long?

What's the matter with you?

How could you possibly love me after everything we did to each other?

Who do you love? Powder or Jinx?

I didn't want to stew over the last question.

This was going to be our last moment together and it was perfect. It was everything I ever dreamed of.

It's only us now.

It's all we need.

We'll be together again. We'll be able to finally be happy in the afterlife.

I craved so badly to kiss him. To finally experience what his mouth would feel like over mine. I wanted to caress his face and run my fingers through his dreadlocks.

But we didn't have any time. The chomping had gotten louder and we only had seconds left.

Instead, I wrapped my arms around him tightly, my hand clutched in his hair. "I love you too,"

A flash of a pink cloud blinded me. The blast from the explosion covered our bodies in searing heat.

[he-is-kinda-spacey]

Alright last one (not that anyone cares this is just fun to do)

Arcane

Episode 6: baby viktor awww!! He’s so cuteee! He fell over :( oh I hope he doesn’t die, surely they can find a way to survive. Oh pooor viktor :(( I still don’t like Jayce but surely he can do something abt this. Jinx is such a cutie patootie. Vi is ducked uppp! Jinx is so coool I love how long and I want her to kill that chick Stab Stab Stab her me thinks it would be funny. I fear the guy with one eye is gonna kidnap or hurt the ranga baby. Oh I love viktor he is so cute I’m gonna cry if he dies even tho I know he will. oh great now we’re back to the pink and blue gays. Are they gonna kiss or what cuz that’s the vibe I’m getting. But they can do that after Vi sorts out her visions of powder. I wonder what happened to ekko. He was cute, I hope he’s alive. “What you don’t have parents?” Hey Caitlin do me a favour and USE YOUR BRAIN. Okay nvm she was smart. AAAA JINX WANTS TO BE FOUND. SHE WANTS TO BE SAVED. oh wait unless she’s trying to trick them. VI SAW IT. LMAOO JINX KILLED THAT BITCHUH I knew it. Oh wait no she’s alive Aw vi didn’t come :( WAIT YES SHE DID. OH MY GOD REUNIION AWWWWWWWWWW IM GONNA CRY ALL JINX NEEDED WAS SUPPORT. Powder fell down a well 💔 poor jinx oh my god someone get her on some meds. Like asap. Aw NOO she’s alone again.

Episode 7: EKKOOOOO ITS EKKO!!! Jesus he looks so much older. I still love his design. Viktor is gonna make a mistake :( I just know it. “Will it work on plants” oh sweet baby you’re so silly. Jayce is stillll annoying me ✨ damn Mylo is still bullying Jinx even in her hallucinations. Im so happy ekko was back I swear last episode I said I missed him. “I’m from the undercity” cook him viktor. “Vi tells me I can trust you” oh how cuteeee. I love ekkos voice. Poor Jinx being blatantly manipulated someone save her. Also Caitlin is a grade A gaslighter, love her for that. Mel is too lol love them girl issues. I love how Viktor sounds like a vampire. And he’s always spitting facts. I also have a bueaty mark in the same place as him so that’s cool. Oh no he’s making a mistakeeeeee!! Noooo be careful :(( are vi and cupcake gonna kiss goodbye or what. Okay guess they aren’t what a shame. Oh no Caitlin HE WORKS WITH SILCO!! NO. IS EKKO DEAD. ARE YOU FUCKING JOKING PLEASE NO. I’m crying. Woah all the moths were bombs. That’s crazy work. Did Jinx do that. Ofc she did that crazy bitch I love her. Erm guys jinx is behind you. EKKO IS ALIVE. LETS FUCKING GO OH IM SO HAPPY. How old are jinx and ekko. I thought they were abt the same age. Is he trying to hypnotise her. AW THEIR KIDS AGAIN CUTE!! Woah this animation is so COOOOL. I low-key don’t want him to hurt her :( can’t they all be friends again. Nvm she blew them up.

Episode eight: is this Mel? It looks like Mel. OMG SHE CUT HER HEAD OFF. Jesus poor Mel :( and to make it worse she’s sleeping next to an ugly bitch. Did jinx blow herself up? Low-key dumb of her. OH SHE HAS THE DAMN CRYSTAL. dang it jinx. Ew Jayce is puking what a loser. LMAO CAITLINS FACE WHEN HER MUM PULLED A GLOCK ON HER. Yess Caitlin tell those fascists !! She saw homeless people and decided to be an activist. Oh they’re gonna Frankenstein Jinx. That’s cool. Mel’s lore let’s goooo. Who is this twink on the boat. Okay to Vi and Caitlin are in her bedroom with a bed…. Soooo are they or are they not gonna SMOOSH. Oh nvm vi is truama dumping… kissing can wait I wanna hear this. Poor Jinx they’re gonna turn her into a monster. Oh poor baby :( what did he do to her. EKKO IS ALIVE OH MY BABY BOY THANK GOD oh he’s so cute. Also literally why is Mel’s mum dating this teenage twink I feel grossed out. Yo she’s nude and she’s touching Jayce what a freak. Vi and Caitlin ready to give a speech!!! Jayce needs to be put down he’s ANNOYING MEEE. yes VI TALK YOUR MOTHER FUCKING SHITTTT. TELL THEM!!! THOSE ASS HOLE UGH MY GOD. aww Caitlin chasing her on the rain. This is beautiful so romantic. Arguing in the rain. Vi looks like a wet cat. OIL AND WATER. NOOO. I WAS RIGHT THEY LOVED EACHOTHER. NOOO. YO. VIKTOR CAN WALK!! Oh my god I hope it doesn’t turn him into a monster tho if he can keep it under control this is amazing I’m so happy for him. Is viktor naked rn. What is this girl abt to walk in on. OH NO VIKTOR. HOLY SHIT THAT GIRL DISINTERGRATED. NOO I LIKED HER. Don’t call Jayce pretty boy Vi that’s just lying. ALRIGHTTT WE GOT VI FIGHTING FOR REAL AGAIN!! She looks so hot when she’s angry uh I mean this is awesome for the PLOT. Like 90% of the ppl working for silco are children. Child labour love to see it. Woah and now we are in the shower with Caitlin. She should rly wrap up her wound better. Uh oh spaghettio Jinx found her AND SHES STILL NAKED.

Episode nine: Jayce continues to be the most annoying fucker alive. And Vi is still hot. Aw poor Viktor. She was the one who truely loved him, and he killed her. :( I do wish he would put some pants on tho. Bro Mel should be allowed to kill ppl she doesn’t like. Poor thing. Is viktor gonna kill himself. Oh nvm Jayce is here…. Great. I love the detail of Jinx’s drawings all over Silcos office. Will he hand Jinx over.. I wonder. Aye ekko and hermindinger or how ever you spell it. Love them. Yo jinx is back and she’s tweaking out but not the way she normally is. And now Vi is back looking cool as everrr. I don’t like Sevika but she’s fit as. Her hips go crazy. Vi is LOVING her new gloves ong. Aw man now she’s getting wrecked. I thought she had it in her. OH AWW ALL SHE NEEDED WAS VANDERS WORDS. she’s so strong mentally and physically. Plus she just had a lesbian situationship so now she is filled with rage. Oop jinx clocked her shit. Omg sisterly bonding time!! Trauma bond!!! SHES GOT SILCO. I hope she kills him. WHERES CAITLIN. What did she do. LMAOOO jinx tricked her. Omg Vi she looks so desperate to want to cry. Silco is trying soo hard to manipulate her. And Caitlin you are not helping by pulling out a glock. COME ON VI YOU CAN CRACK HER. who did she shoot. YESS SHE DID IT I KNEW SHE COULD. fuck silco I hope she doesn’t like flip on Vi cuz if this. No she chose jinx :( she does love you I promise. NOO jinx come on. She’s legit gonna blow up the city. Aw man I rly wanted to see her get close with Ekko again. Woops jinx is gonna blow up the castle right after they proposed peace. Wait what that’s it no way that’s it wait is Mel gonna survive that what’s gonna happen no way that’s it that that can’t be the nd what the hell how am I going to keep going wjay the hell no NOO WHAT HOW IS THAT THE WND. THAT?? THATS IT?? WHO APPROVED OF THIS.

Watching arcane for the first time; marking my reactions as I go.

(Spoilers obviously)

Episode one: this is so cool, the art style is incredible, Vi is super cool and the one with blue hair is so cute.

Episode two: I don’t like Jayce, don’t know why. This is getting intense, powder is lowkey relatable. I don’t like Mylo, but I like the other boy (dk his name). Vander is cool too, and ekko!! I love ekkos design he’s so cute. So from what I’ve gathered Vi is gonna give herself up for the group.

Episode three: oh my god holy shit this is so fucking intense holy shit. I should have known it was gonna go wrong. OH THANK GOD TBEIR MAKING POWDER STAY HOME. OH MY GOD I JNEW IT WAS A TRAPP! NO POWDER. GO. HOME. PLEASE. HOLY FUCK OH MY GOD. EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG. DONT YELL AT HER PLEASE. SHES JUST A KID. IM FUCKING SOBBING. NO WAY THEY ALL DIED?? PLEASE DONT YELL AT HER SHES JUSY A BABY SJE DIDNT MEAN ITT NOO FUCK NOW SHES GONNA JOIN YHE EVIL SIDE OHH MY GODDD

So… I’m obsessed.

[punkrockmads]

There's Nothing Wrong With You

Young Vi x Young Fem! Reader(Platonic!), Young Powder x Young Fem! Reader(Innocent Lil Kid Love) (Reader is Powder's age)

Summary: Struggling with your sexuality is hard, especially when you don't know who will be accepting and who will think you're disgusting. (Child Reader comes out to Vi)

Warnings: mentions of homophobia, swearing, slight use of homophobic words (nothing extreme), slight angst, big sis Vi tooth rotting fluff

For more angsty feels, listen to The Village by Wrabel

For the past few nights, Y/N had been struggling to sleep. A few days ago, she and Powder had been walking around by The Last Drop holding hands and just playing around when an older boy started teasing them, saying things like "disgusting" and "faggots" and "freaks". Y/N knew what they were angry about. She was holding hands with a girl... a girl she likes... something a few assholes in Zaun didn't approve of.

Before the boy's bullying could continue, Mylo had come out of the bar, hearing the yelling. He stood in front of the scared, embarrassed girls, yelling at the boy and threatening him within an inch of his life, defending his younger family members as they hurried back into the bar.

Since that day, Y/N had been overthinking it all. Were the butterflies that she got in her stomach around Powder really disgusting? Was she really a freak for having a crush on her for years? Was it really wrong for her to feel so happy with her? It all started to eat her up inside.

The more she thought about it, the more worried she was about someone finding out and hating her forever. What if Vander found out, or worse, what if Powder found out? She decided to go to the person she's considered her big sister ever since they met when Vander took her in a few years ago. The one person she knows wouldn't judge her; Vi. She walked to the room she shares wit Vi and Powder and sometimes Mylo and Claggor and Ekko when those crazy people decide to actually sleep.

"Vi?" She called softly, peeking in from behind the doorway. Vi looked up from the book she was reading, seeing the girl standing there with an anxious look on her face.

"Hey, Y/N." Vi gestured for the younger girl to come in, patting the spot next to her on the bed. Cautiously, Y/N walked in and sat beside her. It was odd to see Y/N so anxious. Usually she's only like this when something really scares her. "Everything okay?"

Y/N shook her head, keeping her scared gaze on the floor. "I think something's wrong with me." She said, her voice barely above a whisper.

"What?" Vi asked, scanning the smaller girl for any sign of injuries. "Are you hurt? Do you feel sick?" She placed her hand on the 12 year old's forehead, expecting to find her burning up.

"No." Y/N shook her head once more, tears welling up in her eyes. Vi could hear the fear and sadness in her voice, placing a hand on her little shoulder and squeezing lightly.

"Hey." Vi tried her best to keep her worrying at bay, making her voice sound as smooth and as calm as possible. "What's the matter? You can tell me."

"I'm disgusting, Vi." Y/N's voice cracked as she spoke. Tears fell from her frightened eyes.

"What?" Vi asked, confused. What the hell would make Y/N think such a thing?!

"I like girls." Y/N whispered, bursting into tears. "I know it's not normal and gross and- I hear people say all the time that people like me are disgusting freaks but I- I don't know how to fix it! I can't fix it! And now you're gonna hate me and Vander's gonna hate me and- and Powder and Mylo and-" Y/N was full on sobbing at this point. Vi sat there awestruck, mouth agape as she listened to the girl confess something she'd been holding onto for God knows how long.

As soon as everything registered in Vi's head, she pulled Y/N into her arms, sitting her on her lap and hugging her tightly. "Oh, Y/N." She whispered soothingly. The smaller girl wrapped her arms around Vi, clinging to the back of her shirt with balled up fists as she wept into her shoulder. "Shhh. It's okay." Vi slowly rocked side to side, rubbing Y/N's back with one hand and her shoulder with the other. "You're okay. Deep breaths." She remembered comforting Powder like this when she came out to her. It's the same way she comforts her when she has a rough day or her mind decides to be especially cruel to her.

Vi waited for Y/N to calm down before speaking again, rocking her slowly and whispering comforting words until her sobs became soft sniffles. "Y/N, nothing is wrong with you." She started, her voice firm but gentle. "What you hear those people say on the streets is so far from the truth. There is nothing wrong with you. There's something wrong with them."

Y/N looked at Vi instead of the floor for the first time that night, listening intently as the older girl spoke. "Love is love. It doesn't matter what gender they are or what race they are or any of that shit. All that matters is that they make you happy. That you can look at them and feel a happiness and a safety and a love that can't possibly be measured and that they can do the same with you."

Vi ran her fingers through Y/N's hair, soothing her as she spoke. "Liking girls is completely normal. It doesn't make you disgusting or a freak, it means you like girls and that's perfectly okay. And if anyone tries to tell you otherwise, you just let me know and I'll take care of it."

Y/N's grip on Vi's shirt had relaxed, her arms now loosely wrapped around the girl's strong torso. "There's nothing wrong with me?" Y/N asked, her voice raspy and her nose stuffy from crying.

"No, honey." Vi assured, hugging Y/N tightly. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. I promise. I am so proud of you and I'm really happy you felt safe enough to tell me. Coming out can be really hard."

"Coming out?" Y/N asked, not knowing what that meant.

"Coming out basically means telling someone you like the same gender or both genders or neither gender. Or telling someone you don't identify as the gender you were born as." Vi said, explaining it just as she had done to Powder about a year ago. "Can I tell you something?" Vi said, making her voice seem like she was about to tell Y/N a deep dark secret. Y/N nodded, looking at her with big, curious eyes. "I like girls, too." Vi said. "I'm a lesbian. It means I like girls and I don't like boys."

Y/N nodded, easily understanding everything Vi was saying. "So if I like girls and not boys, I'm a lesbian too?" She asked.

"That's right!" Vi said with a grin. "And you should be proud! Girls are way better than boys anyways." She laughed, making Y/N crack a small smile. "When I came out to Vander, I was just as scared as you. But he just hugged me and told me the same things I just told you. Plus he said he kinda already suspected it."

"Do I have to tell Vander?" Y/N asked, letting Vi wipe her damp cheeks with the pad of her thumb.

"You can, but you don't have to tell anyone unless you want to. Nobody can force you to come out, Y/N."

Y/N nodded. "Can we tell him together? When he's done working?"

"Absolutely!" Vi smiled. "So... any specific girl caught your eye yet?"

"I don't know..." Y/N mumbled, hesitant to tell her.

"Oooh there's definitely a girl!" Vi teased. "Who is it? Is it someone I know? Tell meeeee!"

"I, uh..." Y/N took a deep breath, looking down at her shoes as her cheeks turned red. "I like Powder-"

"Fuck yeah!! That's amazing!! God, I'm so proud of you!! Wait right here, I gotta go tell Vander he owes me 20 bucks!!"

[l-artemisia-del-secolo]

Watching Arcane

Masterlist Shelter for survivor!Natasha Romanoff

A/n: spoilers for Arcane

You were dying to watch Arcane. Reading about it on every site and hearing about it from everyone made this show so tempting.

"Come on, Nat. Let's watch it together." You whined, while your girlfriend was busy with house chores. It was her turn to do the laundry.

And you thought her slight annoyance was the perfect time to follow her around and catch her off guard.

"Babe, I told you. I'm not watching cartoons." She was almost done sorting the clothes. "And do you have time for that? Don't you have anything better to do?"

"You know, I'm all about good storytelling." You pouted and touched her hand gently. "And all about cuddling with you while watching something, I'm sure, we're going to enjoy it."

"You know me so well?" Nat smiled at your determination. Of course it wasn't about watching the series itself. It was about spending time with her and sharing something.

"I do. And my bet is that Vi is going to be your favorite."

"I've no idea what they are talking about. But ok. let's watch it."

___

When the first episode started Liho was between you and Nat clearly didn't understand what was going on. You could see that in her pursed lips and tense pose. Kids, blue balls, Piltover? Nat's head was tilting in the direction of disappointment. You, on the other hand, were super invested. But still keeping your girlfriend's reaction in your peripheral vision.

She didn't ask you to turn it off after the first episode. Nat was becoming interested. By the middle of the second episode she was already cuddled up to you.

"Tell me, he won't turn himself in."

You were gently caressing her, feeling how her body was reacting to more emotional moments. Nat was putting Powder and rooting for Vi. She was smiling when the whole gang was on the screen.

"She's making the right choice." Of course Nat would do the same thing as the pink haired kid. If only for a second Nat felt the weight of guilt, she would do everything to fix the situation.

When Vander was captured and enforcers were killed Nat hid her face in your chest and didn't look until you told her to.

By the end of the first act she was sobbing.

"Hey, maybe we should stop and distract ourselves?"

"No-no. I want to know how it ends" She whispered.

___

Second act wasn't easier on both of your nerves, but at least there were moments that were watering down the angst. You caught her knowing look, when Vi and Caitlyn were sharing a moment.

"Would you like me to call you Cupcake?" Nat teased your attention.

"Well, I wouldn't settle for anything less than "the life of my life"."

That earned you a loving bite on the neck.

"Poor girl." You were saying quietly in unison when Jinx was showing more and more of her madness.

Nat didn't want to pause, but you made her, promising to get the snacks. It was almost midnight and when you returned with plates and wine Nat was already stretched out on the couch.

"And where I'm supposed to be?" You put everything on the floor.

"I have a feeling that I'm going to need a hug."

You smiled at her and showed your athletic skills while placing yourself behind your woman. Luckily the couch was big enough, but Nat immediately put your arms around her. Her life depended on your arms. Always did.

"Why can't they give the girls at least a moment of happiness?" When the second act ended, Nat was frustrated.

___

"Oh, my boy Ekko."

You didn't remember when Nat actually cared to remember the name of the characters. But it was the last time she said something. The more episodes progressed the more she was sighing, gasping and grabbing your hand. It was almost morning, but Nat didn't feel that. She wanted to know, to believe, that the characters would have happy endings.

But when Jinx chose the chair, Nat put your palm on her eyes. Nothing would go right. Not this time.

The second the bomb was sent to Piltover, Nat turned to you and melted in your hug. She needed a pause, she needed your support, She needed to remember it was just a cartoon.

"Now that was a wild ride. Tell me, there's going to be a second season?"

"So you enjoyed it?"

Nat nodded.

You gently kissed her, but didn't let her stand up. She wouldn't admit it, but she cared too much for these fictional characters. You were lulling her to calm and both of you fell asleep on the couch.

Yes. you would definitely watch the second season.

[0bunny-writer0]

Who are they|Ekko x reader x Male! Powder/ Jinx|Part 11

A/n; Takes place when the Teaser stared but I changed it a bit, and continues to episode one a bit. I also decided to add a male Powder/Jinx in the mix to make a love triangle. He's going to be a little bit older than the first episode. Its probably gonna suck but I'll try my best. Also your going to be Flexible like Ty-Lee a little bit. Enjoy...

Your POV

It's been at least 2 years since our parents were killed. Me and Mylo are staying with Benzo's friend Vander who seems to be a really nice guy, I mostly live with Benzo and Ekko after what..happened that day. Ekko makes me feel more safe and comfortable.

Mylo and his friend Claggor both stay with Vander. He trained me, fed me, and gave me new clothes.

Right now me and Mylo were waiting for Vander, he said something was going on at some bridge and enforcers were there killing people, I don't know. Mylo fell asleep on the bar counter...again while I was stuck cleaning this place.

I finally finished and closed down The Last Drop. I went to the back of bar counter to get me some blueberry juice. I sat down next to Mylo and looked at his snoring face.

"Ew, Mylo you got all of your disgusting spit all over the counter!" I said raising my voice a little bit not above to a whisper so he didn't wake up.

Suddenly I here the door get kicked opened, I looked up to see Vander holding two kids. There was a girl looking to be Mylo's age just a tad bit older with pink hair and a boy my age with blue hair.

He put them both down, I was about to go introduce myself but they looked like they've been crying. I walked up to them slowly and looked at Vander who looks to be pissed off.

"Hi my name is Y/n, and that weird ugly guy who's sleeping over there is my big brother Mylo and Claggor's here to but down stairs. What's your name." I said trying to be nice.

"This is my little brother Powder and I'm Vi." The girl with pink hair said.

I looked at Powder and stepped in front of him and put my hand out "Pleased to meet you." He seems taken back but shakes my hand anyways.

Mylo of course had to ruin the moment. "Hey uh...what..who the hell are they?" He said in a rude tone.

I glared at and told him to shut up. He just rolled his eyes and went down stairs to go see what Claggor is doing.

"Don't mind him he's always a little shit...know if you'll excuse me." I opened the door down stairs and yelled "Mylo!! You better apologize or I'll beat your ass!!"

"Ha! I'd like to see you try!" He yelled back ina cocky tone.

I looked back at Powder and Vi and said "It was nice meeting you."

| Time Skip |

Vi's POV

Me, Powder, Y/n, Mylo and Claggor were climbing a wall with pipes so it was easy to climb.

Y/n of course was the first one to get up on the roof, I was second to get up on the roof. Y/n just looked at me and smirked, "I win...again." She said in a cocky tone.

Powder was have some trouble getting up, I was about to help him but Y/n beat me to it. "Here need some help?" She asked him giving him her hand. He started to blush at how close she was but took her hand anyway.

Mostly everyone knew he had a crush on her, Ekko didn't know, he'll probably figure it out some day.

I walked up to the end of the roof and said "Hey Powder, Y/n come check out this view."

Powder came to look while Y/n was waiting for Mylo and Claggor. We were all covered by a shadow, Powder looked up in awe "One of these I'm going to fly one of those things." He said confident.

"And of these days I'm going to shoot one of those down." Mylo said making a fake gun with his hand and pretending to shoot it.

Y/n hit him on the head hard and we all laughed, "Okay come on guys, we came here for one reason so let's go." I said.

??? POV

"It's been 2 years, 2 fucking years." I said "And you haven't found at least a trace of her!?" I yelled. "P-please boss were t-trying." Wrad said scared. "Well try harder, she's the only one left of her kind! After she had her mind erased so she doesn't remember who she is. We have to find her, she the last hope for than entire universe.....we have to find my daughter and get her back..."

To Be Continued...

[misfits-of-zaun]

For a split, dangerous second, Ekko felt himself freeze up - utterly unprepared for Vi to break free and come at him, he couldn’t react in time to stop her. Eyes widening in frightened surprise, he sucked in a sharp breath at the hands that snatched him by the front of his shirt and clamped tight, muscles tensing in instinctive anticipation of violence.

Shit-!

Fortunately, Ekko's mouth managed to finish the point he'd been making on stubborn autopilot, in spite of the rest of him locking up like a startled little boy getting yelled at by an older sibling - like a kid who was still only learning how to fight back, and didn't have years of muscle memory to rely on.

He hated that Vi made him feel like this. Hated that even now, part of him still viewed her as someone safe, and still craved her approval - enough so for it to come as a painful shock when she laid hands on him this way.

Ekko's hands fisted at his sides, but he stayed still in Vi's grip, staring her down.

Let go of me, or this is gonna turn ugly.

He didn't want to fight her. But he would, if he had to. If she pushed him any further.

Vi's face spoke of the complex and painful emotional journey she was going through. For several tense seconds, they stood like that in silence, as she processed his words. What he was trying to tell her.

Then, her shoulders sagged, and she finally released him.

“...Fuck, Ekko.”

Ekko rolled his shoulders, and mulishly fixed his rumpled shirt, eyeing the restraints that were supposed to still be attached to Vi's wrists. His heart was still pounding in his ears. Cool anger was starting to filter through the shock, fear and hurt.

How the fuck had she got the shackles off? When had she got them off? They were supposed to be secure. He'd checked them.

Obviously being an annoying escape artist ran in the family. Ugh. Whatever. Lesson learned.

"I told you," he responded in an unrepentant undertone. "A lot of shit happened while you were gone."

...That fucking enforcer better still be chained up where he'd left her. Ekko was swiftly reaching his limit with uncooperative prisoners springing surprises on him today.

“She’s still my sister…nothing can change that.”

A small scoff left him at the declaration; he fixed Vi with a sardonic look, edged with sharp appraisal.

"Yeah, well. People change."

Vi hadn't been able to handle the deaths her sister had caused by accident - how would she cope with all the deaths Jinx had caused very much on purpose? How would she cope with knowing Silco had moulded her sister into a monster - a monster that she herself had played a pivotal role in creating, that disastrous night all those years ago?

“...We’ll get Caitlyn home.”

Vi was technically saying the right things - unconditional love for her sister, agreeing to send the enforcer packing - and it seemed like she was even sincere about it. That wasn't enough to shake Ekko's protective wariness. If he let Vi be in the same room as Jinx, and it went wrong...

“...But then I need to speak to Powder. I need to see that she’s okay. No more bullshit.”

Ekko's jaw clenched.

"It's Jinx now. And maybe she doesn't want to speak to you," he shot back caustically.

"Do you realise what you left behind that night, when you got arrested? Of course she isn't fucking okay, Vi - she accidentally blew up her family. And then you left her."

He let that hang in the air for a moment. Gauging Vi's reaction.

Yeah, that's right, I know what happened. Or do you have a different version of events you'd like to share with the class?

"I've been trying to pick up the pieces of that night for years. And I won’t let you fuck up the progress we've made now, when things are finally getting better. So you don't get to come in swinging and making demands, okay? Sit the fuck down."

@just--a--jinx

"You better start talking. Fast." ((@just--a--jinx Vi to Ekko))

Ekko's carefully flat expression didn't falter, but his eyes hardened as he looked down at the girl he'd believed had died long ago. The big sister figure he'd grieved, and painted on The Wall.

"Funny, that was my line." He retorted in a tone utterly bleached of humour.

Don't try to call the shots here. This is my interrogation.

"You disappear for years - and now you turn up out of the blue, all buddy-buddy with an enforcer." He nearly spat out the word, making no effort to conceal his vitriol for their secondary 'guest'. His arms folded across his chest as he appraised Vi, bitter and distrustful.

You left her. You left us both. We thought you were dead - why did you leave? Where did you go?

And why have you only come back now?

Focus. Practical questions first.

"Are you working for the pilties now?"