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Hello hi. Will LaughingStock and/or PopStar appear in the Lights Out au?
Also also: âïž
allow me to provide Over Explanation for this supposedly simple yes/no answer. technically, yes! however
the au is structured into four main chunks - Acts, if you will. we've got Act One, which is the story i've shared bits and pieces of with you all. it's the main body of the au, the "in the dark" part. the Only romantic relationship progression / development (beyond little blink-and-you'll-miss-it hints) is FranklyDear.
Act Two begins with Sally waking up, and there's a whole... thing for that, where everything falls apart in an entirely new and way more sad way! Act Three and Four are the "aftermath" of the au - in a sense.
like - if i were to write a fic, the main one would be Act One + (maybe) Two, though that one might need it's own - shorter - fic. then Act Four would be the immediate squeakual. Act Three could be just an extra fun addition, cause it wouldn't be strictly necessary or overtly Vital due to Act Four's needs. it's more of a... uh... ~Behind the Scenes~ thing.
ALL THIS TO SAY! Popstar would become a thing either in Act Two or Act Three, but Laughingstock would solidify well into Act Four.
#I HAVE VERY GOOD REASONS AS TO WHY LAUGHINGSTOCK TAKES SO DAMN LONG I PROMMY#but popstar. popstar can take center-stage first#especially since Act Two would be Sally-Centric#i think one would be for frank#two is for sally#three is broken up between povs#four would be... uh.... frank again.... maybe wally too?#but wally's would come Later. OH yeah ok i could dole out povs between the two of them#shit but i also have ideas for like... barnaby.... and that thing for sally... and -#ok i think act four would start out frank-centric and slowly include other povs#wh lights out au#rambles from the bog#ive been reworking the aftermath after an Epiphany i had the other day#its gotten more complicated but in an easier way? somehow?#this au still has a ways to go before it'd be Fic-Ready though#i need to streamline and tweak and implement....#in fact i think i will go have a Thinking Session rn#pulling up the doc for it <3
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Cherry Red, Crimson Blood
Chapter 38: Shattered
Summary: Things aren't okay. They never will be again.
Pairing: Poly 141 x reader
Word Count: 7,743 words
Warnings: Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics, Alternate Universe, angst, PTSD, nightmares, POV changes, depression and anxiety, medical stuff, injuries, brief description of a possible death, language, mention of weight loss due to medical stuff, emotionally heavy chapter (again), slightly graphic imagery, illness, so much crying
A/N: I just want to make something very clear here since there's a scene in this chapter that might be interpreted this way, but 'mega is NOT suicidal. That's not something that's going to be in this fic, and neither is self-harm. It would have been well warned in advance if that was going to be something coming up in this fic. She's struggling a lot, but she's not suicidal, she's not going to become suicidal, nor will she self-harm even off screen. So don't worry. That's not what's happening. It won't be happening.
Okay, just wanted to make that clear. Enjoy the suffering!
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The scream slices through the silence seconds before chaos erupts.Â
John is on his feet and out the door before Kyle is even fully awake. Simon is on his heels down the stairs, the two of them nearly colliding in their rush. His heart thuds in his chest as he sees your door open, the overhead light on. Itâs bad. It must be bad if the overhead light is on. You hate the overhead light.Â
He barrels in like a bull, ready to fight. The screaming has stopped, but it still rings in his ears. The fear, the panic. Something has happened. Someone got in. He should have made you take the room upstairs. He should have put a barrier between you and the door. That window. Someone could break that easily and grab you before they even noticed.
âItâs okay, itâs okay.âÂ
The screaming has stopped, but gut-wrenching sobs have taken its place. He takes a moment to scan the room. Nothing is misplaced. The window isnât broken, thereâs no bodies, no one that shouldnât be in there.Â
âYouâre okay.â Christine soothes you as you sob. âIt was just a nightmare.âÂ
The bright fluorescent overhead light burns his eyes as he stands there, staring at the bed. Christine is right there, having beaten them across the living room, or perhaps she had already been in there, having heard you in your distress before they could. You're tucked in her arms, your face against her shoulder as she holds you.Â
Nightmare.Â
The safety and security the cottage promised has faded, leaving you at the mercy of the horrors your mind can conjure up in your sleep. Something twists deep in Johnâs stomach as he turns, motioning for the others to back up and give you some space. You wonât want them there, and things will only get worse if you notice them.Â
His heart is still thudding in his chest as he stands there, the sharp sound of your scream still ringing in his ears despite his confirmation of your safety. The other three look just as startled as he feels, standing there tensely in the dark living room. He brings himself to move, turning his back on them for a moment to try and gather his thoughts as he flips on the lamp in the corner. It casts a warm light across the living room, far too warm for how heâs feeling. Heâs trying not to panic, trying not to be sick on the floor from the worry. His heart is in his throat, trying to choke him. Heâs trying so hard to be strong, not just for him, but for his pack, for you.Â
He sinks down on one of the couches, rubbing a hand over his face. He had been so sure something had happened, that their safe little bubble had been breached and someone knew about their whereabouts. He had been so sure someone was trying to hurt you with a scream like that.Â
Maybe someone was, but not in reality.Â
What is it you dream about now? Your nightmares about your father and your traumatic presentation must seem like nothing now compared to what must haunt your mind. Do you dream of Graves and his torture? Do you dream of them leaving you behind? Do you dream of dying because of their failures?Â
A hand settles on his shoulder, a body sinking onto the couch next to him. Arms are wrapping around him, easing him against a solid chest.Â
Heâs crying.Â
He didnât even realize the tears had started flowing.Â
He can hear the reverberating voice in his head, yelling at him, telling him not to show such weakness in front of his pack, in front of his team. Heâs supposed to be the strong one, heâs supposed to be the stable one keeping the pack afloat and steady. Yet here he is, breaking down in front of them.Â
âItâs okay.âÂ
Kyle.Â
His sweet Kyle.Â
How heâs been neglecting his sweet beta, and yet, how willing Kyle still is to reach out and comfort him in such a time of visible distress. Thatâs what betas are supposed to do. Mediate and balance the emotions of the pack. How have they been coping with all of this? How have Kyle and Johnny been managing in such a time of disarray and upheaval? Have they been managing it? He doesnât even know. He doesnât even know the state of his pack, of the members of his team.Â
What a failure he is.Â
He lets himself lean against Kyle, something filling his chest as Kyleâs soft scent seeps into his senses. Heâs projecting it, not just for John but also for the whole room. Johnny is crying too, soft sobs tearing from his chest as he sits on the other couch. Simon is on his knees in front of him, trying to get him calmed and breathing.Â
Theyâve been ignoring and denying each other for days, fraying the bonds further while trying so hard not to. The pain theyâve been causing in their emotional constipation and intentional neglect is almost worse than the pain caused by their infighting. At least fighting they were feeling something. At least fighting they werenât cutting each other off so willingly.Â
âWe canât do this anymore.â He says, his voice thick and shaky from his tears. âCutting each other off. Itâs not helping anything.â He doesnât move from where heâs tucked against Kyleâs chest, letting the comfort wash over him for the first time in a week and a half.Â
How heâs missed this.Â
âItâs not doing any good for any of us.â Simon says, shifting onto the couch next to Johnny.Â
âEspecially not our omega.â Kyle says, voicing the thought flashing through all of their minds.Â
âWe may not be able to do much to help her right now, but we can focus on each other. That is something we can do.â John swallows thickly, his alpha starting to come back to life, his instincts aware again as he stares at Johnny and Simon. âDoing nothing isnât good for any of us. We need to have something to focus on, something tangible we can do. Denying each other comfort isnât going to help anyone.âÂ
âI full-heartedly agree.âÂ
John whips around, Christine standing in front of your closed door. He hadnât even noticed her enter the room, hadnât sensed her standing behind them. Johnny and Simon are the only two that donât look startled, but they must have seen her come out from their position facing your door.Â
âSorry.â The corner of her lip twitches up in a smirk. âThought you would have noticed.âÂ
John clears his throat. âHow is she?âÂ
âSettled again.â Christine says, moving over to the chair.Â
âHow long has she been having nightmares?â Kyle asks.Â
âSince that first day in the med center in Dallas.â She says, sinking into the chair. How heavy this must all be on her shoulders. âIâd almost call them more sleep hallucinations. Mostly of Graves. Seeing him in the room, being attacked by him.âÂ
âIs there anything that can be done to help?â John asks.Â
âFor these kinds of nightmares? Not really.â Christine folds her hands in her lap. âHer brain is trying to process what happened. Until she feels safe enough to truly begin working on processing the trauma, itâs likely the nightmares will continue.âÂ
âIs there anything we can do to help her feel safe?â Kyle says.Â
Christineâs lips purse as she looks between the four of them. âIâm not sure any of you could do anything right now directly, at least. Sheâs not open to that yet. Working on your bonds with each other, though, could help her omega finally settle and allow her emotions to even out again. That can help her feel safer, remove that instability and the fear of losing control again.âÂ
All of them share looks, John and Simon staring at one another. They hadnât even thought about that. Well, at least he hadnât. Christine had told him months ago that omegas need their alpha when they distress, when their omega takes over. They can come back from it with the help of an alpha...their alpha. Without one, the chances of survival were slim. Yet here you are, trying to do it all on your own. Having to do it all on your own.Â
That ache in his chest starts again as he stares at Simon. He sent Simon after you, he made Simon go through that process of seeing you in that state and scruffing you. He made Simon be the one to help you through that. He made Simon be there when you needed an alpha most because he couldnât face the fact that he abandoned you, he left you behind like you were nothing but another faceless soldier.Â
He wipes his face as the tears start falling again. He truly is a failure of an alpha.Â
Despite Christineâs reassurances, John canât help the automatic reaction to your screams. On his feet instantly, his heart pounding in his chest ready to fight bare handed whatever might be causing such a reaction. Whoever might be causing such a reaction. He canât fight the demons in your head, though, and heâs always greeted by the sight of Christine by your side, comforting you as best she can.Â
He wants to hate her, wants to be angry at her for taking his place, doing what he should be doing. His alpha scratches at his mind every time he sees her by your side, giving you comforts he should be giving, but itâs his fault. Itâs his fault sheâs the one there with you. Itâs his fault youâre suffering so much. Those thoughts send his alpha crawling back into its cage with its tail between its legs.Â
It doesnât matter the time of day, whether it was a nap or the middle of the night, your screams have a pain throbbing deep in his chest. His heart is constantly racing, waiting for that rush of adrenaline at the sound of your terrified scream, at that rush of instinct to protect and fight. Heâs not sure how much his heart can take.Â
He might have a heart attack by the end of their stay at the cottage.Â
Thatâs something heâs been trying not to think about.Â
They canât stay here forever, no matter how much he knows youâll want to, how much the others will want to. Eventually theyâll begin to go stir-crazy, itching for something to do. They still have jobs, and Kate can only keep them off the radar for so long, and can only give so many excuses. Eventually theyâll have to go back. Eventually theyâll have to make that decision of what comes next.Â
Heâs going to delay that as much as he possibly can.Â
They canât go back while Shepherd is still out there. They canât trust that anywhere is safe while heâs still skulking around, while he still has contacts that could put them all in danger. That could put you in danger.Â
Thatâs not a risk heâs willing to take again.Â
But what comes next?Â
What will they decide to do? Can they go back, knowing what the inevitable will be? Can they take that risk of having to leave you again, put you through that constant fear and worry that they might not come back? What if they all leave again? Could you survive the fear that something might happen while theyâre away again? Not to them, but to you?Â
Could they leave you alone again?Â
Those are thoughts for another day when theyâre inevitably faced with the fact they have to return to society and their lives and jobs.Â
They have time.Â
He has to make sure youâre okay first.Â
Youâre not okay.
Youâre so very far from okay.Â
The bedside lamp is on, casting a golden glow around the room.Â
Thereâs nothing there. Thereâs nothing there.Â
Itâs one of the rare times youâve woken before you can react, before you can scream and alert everyone in the house that youâve had a nightmare. Theyâll all come running. All of them.Â
You hate it.Â
You hate the nightmares, you hate the fear, you hate the constant pain and worry and the constant knowledge that your pack is right there. They want to go back to how things were, they want things to go back to normal, but they canât. They expect you to forgive them, to go back to loving them, but how can you after everything?Â
They left you.Â
They let this happen to you and they just want you to pretend like nothing happened. Thatâs what they would do. Go back to normal life after being tortured and forget it all happened because thatâs what they do.Â
Youâre not them.Â
You donât want to be like them.Â
Cold. Heartless. Uncaring. Unwilling to put anyone but themselves first.Â
Fuck them.Â
The only thing keeping you here is the fact youâre bonded to them. That, and youâre an omega. Youâd get picked up off the street and brought right back here to your owner. Or, worse, youâd get picked up by someone looking for a cute little omega to add to their collection.Â
Or worse.Â
Youâd get picked up by someone else.Â
Graves. Shepherd.Â
If youâre lucky, theyâd kill you instantly. Leave your body on the front porch for the others to find. You wonât care anymore. Youâll be dead.Â
You hastily wipe the tears from your cheeks, wiggling yourself back until youâre leaning against the headboard. Your shoulder doesnât hurt quite as much anymore. It still throbs, still aches, still occasionally almost puts you on the floor when you try to reach over your head with it. Your throat is healing too. Soup isnât quite as horrible as it was a few days ago. Solid food makes you ache, but at least you can get it down without feeling like youâre swallowing glass.Â
You still havenât spoken to them, though.Â
You can hardly stand to look at them.Â
Fuck them.Â
Just the thought of them makes you want to scream.Â
Dr. Keller says it's normal, being angry. âItâs all part of the process.â The anger, the fear, the pain, the depression. Itâs all normal. Itâs all part of the process. Itâs all necessary. You wonât get better holding it all in. You wonât get better numbing yourself. You wonât get better if you donât allow yourself to feel everything.Â
You hate it.Â
Why should you have to go through all these feelings, all this pain? Why should you be the one suffering because of their decisions? Itâs not fair. They should be suffering. They should be in pain. They should be the ones on the brink of insanity because of the fear and the pain and the suffering and their omega constantly screaming at them.Â
It makes you want to scream.Â
Screaming will only draw them in, force them closer. Screaming will alert them all, make them all come running. You donât want any of them near. You donât want to have to see them again.Â
Fuck them.Â
You let out a huff before wiggling back down the bed until your head hits the pillow. You wonât go back to sleep. You never do. At least you have the pain and exhaustion and tumultuous emotions and your very nature to excuse your constant naps, constant sleeping during the day. They donât need to know youâre not sleeping at night. They wonât care. They donât care. None of them do.Â
Fuck. Them.Â
You want your phone, you want something to keep you occupied. Itâs probably lying somewhere on the side of the road shattered beyond repair. That, or itâs back in the barracks. The barracks. Fuck that place. Youâll rip your hair out strand by strand if you have to go back there. Itâs not safe, itâs not happy. Thereâs nothing good about that place anymore.Â
Itâs just a place of pain. You might as well have been tortured by Phil there.Â
You were tortured there.Â
It wasnât a physical torture, but a mental one. The entire experiment was just torture for you. No one thought of you, no one cared about you.Â
Dr. Keller cares.Â
Itâs her job to care.Â
Still, you canât hate her entirely. Sheâs the only one that understands. Sheâs the only one that can help. Sheâs the only one thatâs been helping. Not just now, but back then. She cared, she fought for you, she did her best with what she had. Sure, she made mistakes, but so did you. Sheâs the only one you can forgive.Â
Sheâs the only one you want to forgive.Â
Fuck the others. Fuck your pack. Fuck those fucking soldiers who were never going to care about anyone but themselves, who were never going to care about anything but their jobs and their duties and the good of the world.Â
You should have been their world.Â
They couldnât put you first. They wouldnât put you first. They didnât want to put you first.Â
They wonât change. They canât change. Thereâs no hope for change.Â
Youâll just go back to the way things were before and be forced to pretend everything's okay and that youâre happy and fine and content. Were you ever really content or were you just trying to make the best of the situation? Were you deluding yourself into believing you loved them and cared about them and that they loved you and cared about you to numb the fact you knew deep down that they never would, that they never could. Were you deluding yourself into thinking everything was fine and dandy to hide the constant pain from the knowledge that you would never come first?Â
The pain begins to burn in your chest again. Itâs hot like acid, rising in your chest to your throat, threatening to choke you. Itâs a deep pain, one nestled right in against your soul. Tears leak out of your eyes again as you squeeze them shut, pushing your right hand against your chest in an attempt to get it to pass.Â
You thought you were dying the first time.Â
You could only be so lucky.Â
The bond.Â
Itâs trying to break, trying to sever itself, trying to free you from the constant pain, but it canât.Â
Maybe because deep down you donât want it to. Maybe deep down you want to forgive them and move past all of this. Maybe you want things to go back to normal, even if normal means pain and distress and fear. Maybe you want to believe them that theyâre finally going to put you first.Â
âMaybeâ is only a doorway to disappointment and pain.Â
Fuck yourself.Â
Fuck your omega.Â
Fuck your pack.Â
Hell, fuck Dr. Keller for not fighting harder, for not doing more.Â
Fuck Graves and his haunting of your nightmares.
Fuck Kate for choosing you.
Fuck Shepherd for creating the initiative in the first place to try and cover his own ass.Â
Fuck them all.Â
You tug the blanket higher around yourself, rolling onto your right side.Â
Fuck. Them. All.Â
You donât want him here.Â
He does it now, usually in the mornings.Â
You hate it.Â
You like it. Itâs nice. Heâs the only one making an effort.Â
He never says anything, surprisingly enough. Itâs silent as he sits there, steaming cup of coffee in hand. Always coffee, never tea. He wonât sink that low. He brings you a cup, but you can never bring yourself to touch it. You feel like a mental patient stuck in a straight jacket. You could free yourself, but that would bring too much awareness, too many questions, too much pain.Â
You donât want to.Â
So instead you sit there in silence, staring out at the sea. Itâs so far away still, yet itâs right there. You can hear it and smell it and see it.Â
The sea.Â
They brought you to the sea.Â
John remembered. He did it for you.Â
The thought has something stirring in your chest, and itâs not pain or anger.Â
You hate it.Â
Johnny leans back in the chair, his eyes on the horizon like yours. He sits there in that chair every chance he gets, usually in the mornings when Dr. Keller takes time for herself and leaves one of them watching you through the sliding glass door. You do feel guilty for forcing so much on Dr. Kellerâs shoulders, yet you need her.Â
Youâre not ready for the others yet, no matter how loudly your omega screams at you.Â
You donât want them.Â
Fuck, you desperately need them.Â
Your eyelids flutter frantically as you try to keep the tears at bay. You canât cry. You canât let him know how close you are to breaking down. You canât.Â
You canât reach out.Â
You canât take his hand.Â
How desperately you want to.Â
You nearly breathe a sigh of relief when the sliding door opens, Dr. Kellerâs soft footsteps crossing the wood planks of the porch.Â
âReady to go inside now?â She asks, pressing the back of her hand against your cheek. You donât say anything, donât react, frozen in fear of everything coming tumbling out in front of Johnny. âYouâre getting cold.âÂ
Johnny glances your way and you immediately turn to look at Dr. Keller, scared to look him in the face. That desperate hold you have on the gaping wound in your abdomen will open and your guts will come spilling out like some gory scene in a horror movie.Â
Disembowelment thanks to your own weakness.Â
Dr. Keller holds the crutch out for you as you push yourself to stand. Your legs are strong enough you could probably walk without it, but itâs still nice to have it in case you get tired.Â
If you fall, youâll never get up again.Â
Itâs the weakness from your liquid diet over the past week and a half. The weakness of being unable to eat solid foods, to properly nourish. Youâve lost weight, your clothes hanging from your body in a way they never did before. Youâve lost the softness that marks you as an omega, but it feels fitting. You donât feel like an omega anymore.Â
You donât feel like anything anymore.Â
Youâre fighting your instincts out of pain and suffering and stubbornness. You keep taping your omegaâs mouth shut despite how loudly she screams at you. You donât want your instincts. You donât want that need. Eventually it has to go away. Eventually it has to recede and your omega has to go back into her cage and sleep. Eventually you can numb yourself to it and force it away forever.Â
That will certainly make things easier.Â
But will it make things better?Â
No. Probably not.Â
Itâll make things worse.Â
But if it allows you to keep your distance, allows you to avoid them, youâll risk it. Youâd take numbness over anything right now.Â
How you miss those long days of depression while they were away. How you took those days for granted.Â
Who knew those hours spent worrying about them and their distance and what might happen to them would be for nothing?Â
What you wouldnât give for all of them to disappear right now.Â
How badly it would destroy you.Â
âSheâs at war with herself. That instinctual need is screaming at her, but that emotional pain is keeping her shut away. If anyone is going to get through to her, it will probably be you.âÂ
âI canât do that.âÂ
âCanât or wonât?âÂ
Simon clenches his jaw as he stares at Christine. As much as he wants to hate the doctor and her ability to see straight through him, he canât deny how necessary her presence has been. Sheâs the only one you tolerate, the only one youâll let close. Without her youâd probably be rotting in bed, stuck and unable to do anything out of stubbornness. You wonât let them close, yet you need them close.Â
Youâre going to rip yourself in half, metaphorically and possibly even literally.Â
He shakes that mental image from his mind. The horrifying images his mind has conjured up over the last few days have his stomach churning. Even his tea no longer looks appetizing.Â
He put milk in it this time. Almost how he likes it. Almost how he wants it.Â
âJohnnyâs the one actually trying.â Simon says, staring across at her. She doesnât shy from his gaze, doesn't even flinch. âYou should talk to him.âÂ
âWhile I agree, reintroducing a beta from the pack is the first step, eventually sheâs going to need an alpha.â Christine says.Â
âShe needs her alpha.â He argues.Â
âShe doesnât want her alpha.â Christine counters. âHeâs going to be the last she lets close, but sheâs going to need some kind of stability.âÂ
âI canât give her that.âÂ
âCanât or wonât?âÂ
Simon clenches his hand around his mug, his knuckles going white. Sheâs infuriating, yet he canât be mad at her. Not completely. The good sheâs doing for you, for the pack, far outweighs his annoyance with the doctor. Sheâs right. He knows it deep down, but he canât. He canât do that, he canât put you through that. Heâs already done enough. He did his part, he faced his fears, he saved your life. Thatâs enough for him. Itâs up to John now.Â
John has to do the work to fix it. He broke it, itâs no one elseâs job to fix it.Â
âMaybe both.â Simon finally says, pushing himself up to stand. âItâs not my job to fix this.âÂ
He leaves his mug behind as he stalks out of the kitchen, heading for the front door. He canât stand being in the house any longer, cooped up with the same five people. Four people and a ghost.Â
He shakes his head, jogging down the steps into the gravel. He should go for a jog. A long jog. He could jog to town and back. That will clear his head.Â
Thatâs a long jog.
If something happens while heâs away, he wonât get back in time. Itâll be his fault because he took the time to do something selfish. He can picture it, coming back to find five bodies laying in pools of blood, dead because he wasnât there to help, because he wasnât there to fight.Â
Itâs a ridiculous thought. Thereâs three other highly trained soldiers in the house. If anyone tried anything, they wouldnât make it past the door. He can see it now, Priceâs alpha coming out in a rage because someone dared try to enter and hurt his vulnerable omega. Heâd probably win in a fight ten to one if that happened, and he has Kyle and Johnny to back him up. Christine would take you and run the first chance she could. She wouldnât let anything happen to you. Not again.Â
Still, he canât shake that fear. If he canât sprint back, then it's too far. If it will leave the pack too vulnerable, he canât.Â
To the beach and back, then.Â
Sheâs like an angel.Â
The soft sunlight streaming through the clouds makes her glow. You wouldnât be surprised if the sun was shining just for her, sending down a beam just to illuminate just how ethereal she is.Â
The Garrick beauty is genetic.Â
Kyle is beautiful in terms of a man. He shares the same ethereal glow as his sister, but Ashley? You donât feel worthy of looking upon her.Â
âKyle never mentioned an omega, but then again, he never says much about his job.â She gives another dazzling smile, your heart rate picking up just slightly. âCanât, I should say. You havenât been with them long, huh.âÂ
âAbout nine months.â You say, your voice still a bit hoarse. Itâs not quite healed yet. It might be that way forever.Â
âSuch a short amount of time to go through so much.â She says, giving you a soft, sympathetic look. You donât know how much she knows, though itâs still fairly obvious youâve been through hell. That youâre still going through hell. âChristine told me a bit about what happened. I donât blame you one bit for being upset at them. I would have left them, but I know. In a perfect world, right?âÂ
You make a quiet sound. Indeed in a perfect world where omegas have rights and can make their own decisions and could leave and have support in doing so. Youâd leave with Dr. Keller or even Ashley, even though youâve only known her for ten minutes. She has the same magnetic energy as Kyle, so much so you donât mind the way the scent blockers burn your nose. She probably smells like something warm and soft, something comforting.Â
âSo, tell me about yourself. What do you like to do?â She says, settling in the chair. Itâs cool outside, but she doesnât seem bothered by it one bit.Â
You scramble for something, anything. What is it you like to do? What are your hobbies? Youâre drawing a blank, your mind searching through its filing cabinets to find where you shoved all the things you like to do.Â
âI like to read.â You finally say, remembering the stack of untouched books on the dresser across from the bed.Â
âOh? What do you like to read?â She asks.Â
What do you like to read? What is a genre? What are books?Â
âOh, I read anything, as long as itâs interesting.â Is that the truth? Youâre not quite sure.Â
âI see, I see. Well, thereâs quite the collection on those shelves inside. Iâm a reader too. Read through those entire shelves over the years.â She grins at you. âWe could do a little book club, if youâd like. Read some books and talk about them over some tea. We could get Christine in on it too. Have a little thing just for us girls.âÂ
You nod, staring at her in awe. This is the first time someone outside of your little circle has offered to do anything with you, for you.Â
You want to do it.Â
You want to spend time with someone who isnât your pack, who isnât Dr. Keller.Â
âOkay.â You say, still staring at her in awe.Â
âI could come over on the weekends, or we could do a call if youâre not up to seeing anyone.â She continues, and youâre not sure if she made this plan before she came, or if sheâs coming up with it on the spot. Regardless, you're still impressed by her and her dedication to a complete stranger.Â
âWould...would that be too much?â You ask, your brain starting to wake up again, the wires connecting once more.Â
âNot at all.â She shakes her head. âI live and work in Exeter, so Iâm not too terribly far away.âÂ
Youâre not sure where Exeter is off the top of your head. Your mental map isnât even sure how far away London is...or even where you are on a map of England. Are you even in England right now?Â
âWhat do you do for work?â You ask, realizing youâve been silent for an awkward amount of time.Â
âIâm a finance lawyer.â She says. âMum used to say âyou love to argue so much, you should become a lawyer.ââ She laughs. âSo I did.âÂ
âYou must make a lot of money.â You say. You donât know how much lawyers make in England relative to the US.Â
âI make enough to be comfortable.â She says. Enough to travel back and forth every weekend. âSeriously, though, if you need or want anything, let me know. Iâm more than happy to come sit with you and give you a break from those stinky men.âÂ
Youâre not quite sure what happens to your face. It contorts, muscles shaking off the dust and starting to move before you even realize it. Your lips are tilting upwards instead of downwards. Something is happening. Something that feels good, something that youâve been missing.Â
Youâre smiling.Â
Youâre smiling. You havenât smiled in a long time. Weeks. Not since the cameras. Not since your pack left. You havenât felt like smiling in so long youâre certain you forgot how to. But yet, here you are, smiling at Ashley. Itâs not a genuine smile, one that crinkles your eyes and shows joy, but itâs a smile. It almost hurts your face after so long.Â
Sheâs funny too.Â
Stinky men.Â
They are that.Â
Your smile falls as soon as the sliding glass door opens, your head whipping around to look. Ashley turns to look too, perhaps out of instinct at your sudden movement.Â
Youâre half expecting it to be one of the guys, maybe Kyle out to ruin the moment, but itâs only Dr. Keller.Â
âHow are things going?â She asks, stepping up beside you.Â
âGood.â Ashley says. âWeâre planning a book club.âÂ
âOh?â Dr. Keller raises a brow, looking between you. âI think that would be fantastic.âÂ
âYouâre welcome to join in if youâd like,â Ashley says, giving Dr. Keller a smile.Â
You stare up at Dr. Keller, watching the way her lips turn up a smile, her eyes shining with...something. Her hands open and close, tugging at her pants almost nervously. Your brows raise as you look back up at her face. She almost looks...flustered.Â
Oh.Â
Another grin forms on your face as you stare between them, Ashley still smiling and Dr. Keller still looking a bit flustered.Â
Oh.Â
âYou could join us if you want.â You say slowly, still looking up at Dr. Keller.Â
She seems to snap out of her daze, her gaze darting down to you. She gives you a soft smile, back to her composed, professional self. âIf thatâs what youâd like.âÂ
You nod. Even though you see her constantly every day, youâre not tired of her existence yet. Sheâs the only one whose existence in the house doesnât make you want to gouge your eyes out, the only one you want to talk to, to see, to have around. If you had the choice, youâd be here alone with her.Â
Thatâs not possible. You know itâs not.Â
âA thing for just us girls.â Ashley says. âOn the weekends. No pressure whatsoever.âÂ
âI think that would be fantastic.â Dr. Keller says. âA nice little distraction.âÂ
âA nice break from those stinky men.â You say.Â
Both Dr. Keller and Ashley erupt in laughter.Â
Another smile tugs at your lips.Â
You donât want to be here. You can feel him staring at you from behind. He hasnât moved since Dr. Keller left, still just standing there like heâs not sure he can approach you or not. You hope he doesnât. You want him to.Â
You donât say anything, still staring out at the ocean, but you can see him reflected in the glass, obscuring your view of the horizon. Hatred burns inside of you as you have no choice but to stare at him, even when youâre trying not to. Heâs like a ghost, always haunting you. He always will be.Â
âI didnât want to try to rush into this.â He finally says, knowing youâre not going to say anything. You wonât greet him, welcome him into your space. It already feels like an intrusion into your safety, him being here.Â
Is this becoming a safe space? A nest? No, not that far. Itâs becoming sacred to you, though, and having him in it without invitation feels wrong. It makes you uncomfortable.Â
You hate it.Â
âBut I just wanted you to know that weâre all feeling the weight of what we did, Iâm feeling the weight of what I decided to do. We all feel guilty for putting you through that, for forcing you to endure things you never should have.âÂ
He swallows thickly, falling silent for a moment. You almost feel like laughing at his attempt at an apology, another attempt at an apology. Why is he even bothering? He knows you wonât forgive him. Heâs probably doing it for himself again, to make himself feel better.Â
âI know itâs not an ideal situation, being forced in such a small space together, but we all wanted you to know that youâre the one setting the boundaries. If you donât want us to be somewhere or do something, then you can tell us, or have Christine tell us. If you donât want to see us at all, we can make our best attempts at that.âÂ
âThat would be ideal.â You say, breaking the silence youâve held for days. Itâs the first time youâve spoken to him since the hospital, since his first sad attempt at an apology.Â
It shocks him to stillness and silence.Â
The words hurt, burning your throat like acid as you stare at his reflection in the glass. You hate it, how pathetic he looks standing there. Whereâs the big, tough alpha? Whereâs the strong protector? Whereâs the person thatâs supposed to take care of you and care about you?Â
He never existed.Â
He left you behind.Â
He never cared.Â
Anger begins to bubble within you.Â
âIâm sorry.â He says, his voice shaking. âI never meant for this to happen-â
âYou think your sad attempts at apologies are going to work?â You hiss at him through your teeth. You push yourself to stand, turning to face him. âYou left me. You fucking left me there knowing full well what was going to happen!â Youâre shouting now. All the quiet movements on the other side of the wall in the main area stop.Â
Theyâre all listening.Â
Itâs not like youâre giving them much of a choice not to.Â
Fuck them.
âI know,â He says, his eyes wide as he stares at you.Â
âDo you? Do you know?â Your voice is wavering, your throat starting to ache but you canât stop. Not now. Itâs all coming out and thereâs no stopping it. âYou. Left. Me. You willingly turned your back on me time and time again even when I was being tortured! You leaving was torture enough and you still chose me second. Iâve always been second. Iâve never mattered enough for you to even question anything!âÂ
You let out a sob, the sound cracking in your throat. It hurts, but it will always hurt. Youâll always carry this hurt with you, so you want him to hurt too.Â
âI asked you once if you would ever leave for me. You said if things got dangerous, if my life were ever at risk because of you, youâd leave in a heartbeat.â The tears are falling, streaming down your face. âWas that a lie?âÂ
He doesnât say anything. He just stands there, staring at you. Does he even remember that conversation?Â
âWas that a lie?â You shout, making him jump.Â
His eyes drop to the floor, his scent souring. Good, you think. Let it hurt.Â
âAnswer me.â You say, pushing him to give some response to your question. You need to know. You need him to say it.Â
âI didnât intend for it to be.â He says quietly.Â
âYou didnât intend for it to be.â You say, bitterness coating your tone. âWhat the fuck does that mean? You said you wouldnât let me go even if the initiative failed. Was that a lie too? Was it all a lie to keep me happy and complacent? âThe job always comes first,â even when my life is in danger, right? The job always comes first over everything, even me. You lied to me.â You swallow the sob threatening to come up. âI want to hear you say it.âÂ
He stands there, tears brimming in his eyes. He hasnât moved hardly a muscle, still frozen like a statue.Â
âSay it!â You scream at him, your throat tearing around the words. Youâre surprised youâre not tasting blood yet from how raw it feels.Â
âI lied.â He says, swallowing thickly. âI lied to you and I couldnât keep my promise. And Iâm sorry-âÂ
âDonât apologize.â You cut him off starting to pace as the anger burns hot in you. âDonât you fucking apologize to me, you donât deserve to apologize. You donât deserve the chance at forgiveness. Youâre a shitty alpha and you always have been!âÂ
You let out a sob, wiping at the tears streaming down your face. Thereâs a tear sliding down his cheek, and it brings you some sort of relief deep down. So he can feel things after all.Â
âI donât know what I expected, though.â You let out a sardonic laugh. âYou military men are all the same. Itâs always about the job and the image and the âgreater goodâ and making sacrifices, even if that means sacrificing your pack. Youâre just like my dad. You never wanted an omega, you never wanted me. You cast me out and let me suffer when I needed you most.âÂ
The anger burns hot in you again, shooting through your veins until itâs choking you as you stare at him standing there pathetically. He thought he could apologize, he thought his groveling would mean anything to you. Fuck him. Fuck them all.Â
âYou left me.â You grit out, your hands starting to shake. âYou left me! You abandoned me, you let me get hurt! You didnât care, you never cared about me!â You storm over to him. âFuck you!â You scream, hitting his chest. âI fucking hate you!â You shove him back, sending him stumbling. âGet out!â You shove him again, pushing him back towards the door. âGet out! I never want to see you again!âÂ
He stumbles back out of the door and you slam it in his face so hard it shakes on its hinges. You click the lock as you sob in pain, pain both physical and emotional. Your chest aches, a tearing feeling burning through it.Â
The bond.Â
You donât care. You donât give a fuck anymore. You hate him, you hate them all.Â
The tears and sobs threaten to choke you but you donât care. You donât care anymore. You donât care about anything anymore except the anger burning hot through you, making your hands shake. Your legs give out and you slide to the floor against the door, sliding until youâre laying down on your back on the hardwood. Itâs cold against your skin but you donât care. You canât care anymore.Â
If you fall, youâll never get up again.Â
Her hand presses against your forehead, wiping some of the sweat beading on your skin. Despite your shivers, youâre burning hot. A fever. You worked yourself up too much earlier in your outburst. She had been proud of you for finally releasing some of it and showing some emotion, but she knew the consequences of getting so worked up would be high. Your omega is still unstable, on top of still trying to physically recover. You hurt yourself doing that, even if it was necessary.Â
She shushes you as you whine, fingers grasping at the blanket clumsily. She pulls it higher over you, your body shuddering underneath the pile already stacked on top of you. Sheâd put every blanket she could find over you, and yet you still shiver. Worry floods her again as she stares down at you, your eyes pinched closed. You must be aching, your show of anger taking its toll.Â
It was necessary, but at what cost?Â
If your temperature continues to spike, the risk of distress heightens. You canât handle distress in your current state, which would mean your omega would come out, finally be freed again from the unprotected cage it's been pushed back into. If your omega comes out, that will require John to help, which may only drive you further into distress.Â
She needs to try and stop this before the situation continues to deteriorate.Â
But how?Â
How can she move you past this without the help of your pack? She canât give you the comfort you need. Medicine or any therapeutic methods can help solve the issue at its core. Sure she can try and lower your fever with medicine, but you need your pack. You need that comfort and stability that only they can offer.Â
You need someone, and it canât be her.Â
If your omega comes back out, they might never be able to get it back in. Itâll be the end of you. All of your recovery, the fight youâve put up against your body and your instincts and your mind will have been for nothing.Â
You need someone.Â
An idea begins to form in her head, her hand resting against your forehead. Itâs hot under her hand, your skin burning. You might hate her later for this. Itâs risky, but sometimes risks have to be taken in dire situations. Sometimes those risks pan out in the end. What will happen if it fails? The inevitable thatâs going to happen if she doesnât try. Itâs a lose-lose situation, but if it works, it could be a win-win.Â
She canât help you, but maybe she has someone who can.Â
She tucks the blankets around you, cocooning you in an attempt to keep you warm and still while she steps away. She wonât be gone long. Â
She leaves your door cracked open just in case, even though she doubts youâll be moving much while sheâs away.Â
Just in case.Â
One can never be too careful.Â
She heads up the stairs quietly, going slow to avoid startling any of them. Sheâs intruding on the safe space theyâve made in their solitude. It feels like invading sacred grounds, but it's a necessary invasion. Their omega is in danger. Theyâll forgive her.Â
The bathroom door is closed at the end of the short hallway, a light on inside. The lights are on in both rooms too, glowing beneath both doors, and she takes a gamble. Based on the heaviness of the footsteps above the kitchen she can guess the room on the right is the one Simon and Johnny are staying in. If sheâs wrong, sheâll have some explaining to do before sheâs ready, and she knows John will have his thoughts about this. Though, with what happened earlier, perhaps heâll agree. You wonât see him, but maybe...just maybe...Â
She lets out a deep breath before knocking firmly, waiting a breath before she calls out. Â
âJohnny, I need your help.â
She just hopes you donât hate her too much later.Â
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tags: Logan timeline, sorta divergent/fix-it fic, angst, hurt/comfort, everyone is going through it, wound tending, dark thoughts/references to violence/death (aligning with themes in the movie), neurodegenerative disorders (Charles), multiple pov, established relationship, shower sex, oral sex, PiV, feelings
a/n: still on my druid!mutant kick - reader absorbs the sun via photosynthesis and can transfer that energy to grow plants. no features described but small details & a codename are noted in reference to her mutation.
Every day you wish you could do more. More for Charles. More for him. But the harsh sun eats away at you. You werenât built for this heat.
You were meant for gardens. For Eden.
But you think⊠as your fingers trail through the earth, your life force flowing down into the greenery below - if something can grow here, in the desert - then maybe, so can hope.
Logan finds you in the garden.
It's generous to call it that. Carved out with old bits of metal, used like a spade. Scraping through dirt, packed and hard from the burning sun. Dust swirling around you - catching under your nails that are as tough as bark.
The only bit of green for a couple miles, at least. Incongruous to the climate - all you can see is desert around you.
It's only you that keeps it alive.
Your hands pass over each stalk and stem. The low thrum that used to come so easily, siphoning your life force to the roots below, comes slowly now.
Used to be able to make things bloom, just by feeling.
A garden had sprouted your first night together. Blooming lush - vines twining around the bookshelves. Wildflowers in your hair. Moss spreading out across the wooden floor, out and into the mansion.
Everyone had known you were in love.
It feels so long ago now. Another lifetime.
Now you can only tend them. Youâre at your strongest in the rain, but itâs day twenty-three of sunny, blue skies. No more than a wisp of a cloud on the horizon.
It leaves you wilting. A half-broken lawn chair, dragged to face the packed-dirt road. Watching for him, as your face tips up to the sky. A slowly-recharging battery, one that hasn't been full in years.
But the sun is unforgiving. The tips of your fingers and toes darken - it's too much.
And not enough.
An eye cracks open, with the slam of a car door. There's a limp to his gait - a hand braced against the limo. Something you notice immediately. The way it takes him longer than usual to reach you.
That severe frown softening at the edges, but still holding a weight he's carried for years. A brown bag held out silently, the top crumpled from his fist.
Your fingers brush his, and you know he can see the burn. The mark between his eyebrows deepens.
"Don't push too hard, blossom," Logan rasps, "'Bout time to go in."
It makes your jaw grit, as you bristle.
You want to protest. Ask him "well, what in the hell do you think you're doing/?" He's the last person that should be lecturing you, as he shifts - a crimson glint of red near his collar.
But you don't. He doesn't mean it that way.
It comes out wrong, you've learned that by now. Misplaced anger - seeping into your roots like poison. Loving him so fiercely that it aches, to see him this way.
The Logan you knew and loved changed that day at the mansion.
"I will." You tamp the feelings down, burying them with the rest, "Let me get these started, and I'll be in."
He lingers, for a long moment.
You rip the seed packets open, scattering them across the earth you've prepared. Essentials, fit to feed Charles.
Carrots, beans, tomatoes, onions. Kale and fresh berries.
A packet of wildflowers.
There's a lump, lodged in your throat. You look over your shoulder, just as he disappears inside.
An inhaled breath, as you begin.
He knows you hate it, all the dust. The heat.
Knows you stay, for him.
Logan always was your sun.
"He's bleedin' again." It's muttered out, in greeting.
Caliban's eyes flick towards the back door, "Don't know if I've got enough peroxide to get it out."
Your smile is weary, "We'll figure it out. Always do."
A fine pair the two of you make. Only the mornings and evenings spent together, in your slow rotation of work-Charles-eat-sleep, and always just out of sync.
He tends to the smelting plant. An attempt at keeping things in place, keeping things running. Something simmering on the makeshift stove, as you empty your apron into the sink.
Outside is your domain - days spent with wind-whipped skin. The desert heat surrounding you.
"Could use some potatoes," Caliban offers, without thinking.
Peeling back the husk and silk on an ear of corn, fished out. Peering down at the kernels beneath - still hesitating, even though it's clean.
Your arms cross over your chest, head tilting, "Well, you're welcome to ask him."
It all comes out hushed, even though you know Logan is out with Charles. He gives shoots a reproachful look your way - he's already taken an earful. Doesn't need another from you.
He's been with you both for a year now. A second set of hands, as the seizures worses. You hadnât wanted to admit you needed help - but Logan had saw right through you.
Charlesâs space feels like a tomb.
Each minute you spend in that dome makes you crave another five outside. Too much for you to handle alone - something that still eats away at you.
Never felt like you were doing enough.
Carried the others with you, as he did. The shame of feeling like you should've done more. That you should have been there with them.
Buried beneath the rose bush that bloomed, when you had first told Logan you loved him.
You had thought that he had been. Had spent two years adrift, so certain he had been lost. That adamantium had not been enough to suppress the force of the seizures - that it ripped through the metal and took him from you.
It's why you cling now. Worried. Seeing how each day changes him, like it does you.
It's why you grow the vegetables for them. Even then, it's not enough. The suppressants they released still worked its way into the water and soil. You'd already ingested enough food to have it affect you.
Used to eat for fun, for pleasure. Haven't had a bite in two years now. Haven't needed to, haven't wanted to. Looking to the sun instead, even if it burns.
Now, you're just maintaining. Trying not to worsen, trying your best to keep them afloat, even if it costs you.
"Sorry." You mutter.
Easing into the routine of ladling out bowls. Chunks of half-stale bread, from the last time he baked. Hadn't harvested as much wheat this season as you would have liked. Pests chewing up a portion before you noticed.
The drought makes you hazy. Running on fumes for a while now. Same as all the rest.
Two bowls set on a plastic tray. A glass of tepid water in a chipped mason jar tucked in the crook of your arm. Fingers swirling in the liquid to cool them, before you're tilting it back - taking a swallow. Just managing to ease your parched throat.
"How is he?" You ask.
Caliban's eyes are slow to meet yours. He looks at you like he knows something you don't. Few secrets between you, except ones like these that he keeps deep. It always sends a twist in your belly.
Curling vines, weaving between your ribs.
"Logan or Charles, dearest?"
"Both." You sigh, "Either."
âLogan is⊠well. You saw him.â Caliban mutters. His nose twitches. A breath - as if he means to say something.
He falls silent instead, pivoting, âAnd Charles still thinks he's in Macbeth."
It makes your heart lurch, how so kind and sound a mind had changed. Not his fault and it only makes you love him more, after everything.
âBeen asking about someone named Erik lately, too.â
You and Logan had agreed. It was better that Charles didnât know, if he didnât have to. That the two of you would bear it - shielding him like he had shielded so many for years.
But it never made the memories any easier.
His head inclines towards the trays, "You want me to take those out?"
Caliban knows you hate it.
You know the sun is still setting, sitting golden on the horizon.
A shake of your head, as the tray tucks under your arm.
âThanks, Cal. I've got it."
The music comes first - 60s-era jazz, floating through the opened door. Voices come after, as you step into the shadows.
â-sorrow words, the grief that does not speak," Charles's reciting pitches louder, as his chair wheels in front of you, "Knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break-â
Logan stalks after, reaching for the controls.
"Enough."
"Thrice the brinded cat-"
The tray clatters on the top of an old desk. You step in front of them, arms spread wide, "Charles."
The chair halts, going still.
Something scrapes at your brain, when his hazy eyes meet yours. Fingers sifting through files. A dealer skillful hands, l shuffling through cards - snapping them back into place.
Plucking old memories from you like weeds. Dragging them to the surface, long buried.
He doesnât mean to.
Doesnât even know heâs doing it.
Your breath coming in a ragged gasp, eyes meeting Logan's. He doesn't need Charles powers to know what you're thinking.
Afraid that he'll see. What heâll remember.
"Come on." Logan is hoisting him out of his chair. A grunt as he struggles, near dead-weight in his arms, âEnough poking around.â
Depositing Charles in his hospital bed, the last golden rays of sun streaking across the worn blankets. Logan just starts to move away, when a hand fists in his dark tie, dragging him close.
"You're not listening to me. No one listens to me." The words almost seem lucid, with how sharp his eyes suddenly shine, "Liberty, Logan. They're waiting for you. Eden-â
"No one is waiting for me." It's barked out.
Uneasy, tipping towards harsh.
Logan's patience has always ran thinner than a knifeâs blade. It's love that keeps him here, you know that as well as you know your own name.
You have to step between them to break the connection. Hand wrapping around Charles' wrists - soothing, easing them down into his lap - as Logan fishes a bottle out of his pocket.
Slipping a needle into his arm. It's fluid, how you move together. Easier to help him together, then when you're alone.
It soothes the seizures. Thoughts slipping between his fingers, as he settles. The anger with it, as you bring dinner over to them. Your hand extended to take the pills that Logan shakes from a bottle.
"Take these, Professor." You coax, handing over a stained mug from the attached tray.
The chalky pills disappear, with the tilt of his head and a swallow of weak tea. Only then does it feel like you breathe. Letting your fingers drift across the makeshift herb garden he has sitting on the desk, something you tend together.
Eyes closing, as you concentrate. Pink petals blooming, plucked from the stem, and placed in Charles' open palm.
Logan's gaze a heavy weight - too tired from the day - you could already hear it in his voice. In the slow shift of his weight, as he eats.
"Only one?" The wizened fingers close like a cage around the flower, "Youâll have to work harder, Crescere."
The name is one that you haven't heard in years. It ricochets through you like a bullet, threatening to rip you open. You must show it in your face - a hand reaches to smooth down your back.
It soothes you, until an edge creeps into Charles's voice.
"If you cannot do more, how will you ever survive without soil?"
Logan goes stiff at the words. Breaking contact as if he'd been burned. A rough tilt of his head, as he pushes himself up.
âIâll be inside.â Itâs gritted out, through clenched teeth.
Leaving you alone, perched on the edge of Charlesâs bed.
His mood already shifting, as it often did. The anger and confusion flaring. Melding with the medication that slows his tongue, dulls his thoughts.
âCrescere,â His eyes fix on you, while you watch the door creak shut. The moonlight has just started to stream in now, and it's just dark enough to imagine a breeze, âHave I told you about Eden?â
You tuck him in. The worn quilt tugged up high against his chest. A fingers smooth down to wrap in his - his hands frail with age, but his grip is still strong.
Tears prick your eyes, but you smile - your hand gently squeezing.
âTell me again.â
His fingers fumble with the buttons. The black tie tugged loose, hanging against his chest. A hiss of breath, as sore shoulders roll. The dress shirt caught against his bicep, the sleeves still pushed up around his elbows.
Thereâs a hand against his shoulder. Your fingers slipping beneath the fabric, easing it down his arms.
âYou gonna stop running from me?â
Itâs soft, in the room that you share. A far cry from the mansion - all cozy, stained wood. Home.
Here, itâs sheet metal. Car batteries running a broken coffee maker, blankets stained with sweat. An industrial fan, slowly spinning where itâs mounted into the wall.
Wasnât trying to run.
Just couldnât shoulder your hurt, knowing he caused it himself. Knows that the heat eats away at you. Has watched how you struggle, though you hide it so well.
And the open seas - the sun and the salt water - would it be enough? Could you ever be happy, away in a place like that?
Youâve told him all you need is him. But pretty thing like you should be somewhere else.
Somewhere safe.
Knew he was too old for you, even back at the mansion - and that was when his hair was just starting to grey at the temples.
Now, he wishes he could convince you to go. Even if he couldnât live without you.
But he knows your answer. That set of your jaw. Rooting you in place, unmoving.
It flickers in you here, as your arms wrap around him. Nose buried against the nape of his neck, as he exhales a breath that heâs held all day.
His muscles going lax as he leans into your embrace - letting you move him. Touch gentle as you guide him towards the bathroom. Fitting between spread thighs as he leans against the cracked counter, your fingers tracing the red-stained rips on the white tank beneath.
A cloth, wrapped tightly around his fist.
âRunning to you,â Logan husks, âJust lost my way.â
You soften before his eyes.
Unwinding the wrappings to check the wound across his palm. Your lips pressed against scar tissue. Moving to backs of his knuckles, between the angry red slits.
Something in his chest lurches. Calming the beast, as his palm cups your cheek. Letting you lead him into the old ceramic tub, even though the space was narrow.
Lets you strip him down, knowing your eyes flicker over each scar. Looking for ones you missed, though you know them all.
Already knows what youâre going to say, when your gaze catches on the still-healing wound - a bullet beneath his collarbone. In his chest, through his bicep.
âCanât keep taking hits, baby.â You fingers trace just shy of the wounds. Blood flaking, where he hadnât washed well enough - two days spent in a shitty motel, each one thinking of you.
Need to shield yourself. Pick your battles.
Heâs heard it all before.
Tried to earlier - wanted to gut the Alkali-Transigen fucker who had climbed into his limo. He is trying, even if it doesnât seem like it.
All he got was a business card burning a hole in his pocket. A lie of omission like a lead weight in his belly.
Another tucked against his chest - the bullet nestled in the pocket of his shirt. Resting against his heart while he drives. Hidden, when he returns home.
Itâs insurance - but it would still crush you to find it.
âIâll ease up when you do.â He counters, though his voice softens, âPushing too hard, sweetheart. We could stand to eat less, if you need a break.â
You sigh, as you lean into him. Face muffled against his chest, and he only just catches the words.
âWhen I used to imagine playing house with you,â You breathe, âI always thought it would be a little different.â
It makes his heart jolt.
Something tearing inside him, as his mouth presses against yours. A hand searching to turn the handle - the water stale. A weak spray that only reaches room temperature.
But itâs enough.
You wash the red from him. Swirling down the drain as you coat the washcloth with a sliver of soap. Careful in your movements, as your hair dampens.
As his hands catch at your hips, looking for an anchor.
A little huff when you fingers twirl - when he has to let go, to turn around. Soaping up his back, fingers raking through his hair.
The stress of the day sluices from him. Melts away as your lips press against his back, trailing across his shoulders. Nails tracing against his abdomen, as he leans into your touch.
Itâs always been softer than he deserved.
And when your hand drifts lower, swirling soap against the dark trail of hair that leads down, he guides your hand the rest of the way.
A throb, at the soft inhale of your breath. Fingers that close around him, coaxing him to full hardness. His own scrape against the tile, as he props himself up.
Eyes half-lidded, as you nuzzle against his scars. Fist working him from root to tip - he canât resist bucking into your touch.
His own hand wandering. Hesitant.
Afraid he wonât find you the same.
Reaching behind him, feeling the stretch of healing muscle and sinew as he cups the curve of your ass. A held breath loosened, when he hears the needy sound you make, when his fingers slip to trace between.
Teasing, drifting down to where youâre slick. Honeyed.
Always for him. Only for him.
His eyes fully shut now, as his fingers work inside you. Feeling the clench, the way your hand stutters.
Your breathing turning harsh, panting. His name whined out as your hand dips to cup him - the pressure coiling low in his belly. Hips nudging against his as he pets at your clit, smearing your skin with your need.
Turning, when he isnât able to take it any longer. Always would be strong enough to do this - to hitch your thigh around his hip.
Lifting you enough to rub his flushed cock against your folds. Your nails biting red marks into his shoulders as he lines himself up-
The water cuts off.
The evenings rations depleted.
Your laugh is more of a whine than anything, but itâs still a sound he treasures.
His own lips curving, and it feels like the first time in days.
The words rasps out, coated with need.
âLet me take you to bed, honey.â
His skin is still damp when he lays you down.
Nestling you against the pillows - ignoring your soft protests of needing to take care of him, as he seeks out the honey between your thigh. Hands tracing up your leg, calf to knee. Up against smooth skin, until he can hitch one over his shoulder.
Letting him bury himself deeper. Tonguing at your clit. Down to dip inside you, a rough groan against your skin as his hips rut into the mattress.
He had you close already. You always unfurled for him, and that hadnât lessened with his age. Automatic, in the way his fingers fit inside you, finding the spot that has your back arching as you cry out.
Stroking against it again and again, a groan caught in his throat as your fingers twist into his hair and tug.
Loganâs name a soft cry as he tastes you sweeten against his tongue. The tight pulse around his fingers, echoing where his lips shift to suck against your clit.
Itâs only when you reach for his wrist does he stop, content to spent the night right here if youâd let him - make up for the time spent away.
Only then does he relent. His arm stretching out behind the pillows as he finally lays back, the tug of a smile as he watches you.
Thereâs a sweetness about you - all limp-limbed as your thigh lifts across his waist. Straddling him, as you lean - tugging supplies out of the end table.
Squirming, as his head lifts - unable to help mouthing at your breasts. A heady throb down low when he can feel your heart kick up a notch.
Always doing things out of order.
Each shift of your hips rubs your pussy against his cock. Slick and wet and warm, and he catches the curve of your lips.
The slow rhythm, as you pack padding against his wounds. Affixing tape to his skin, a kiss placed against one - as if it would help them heal faster.
His look heated, and he knows you feel it too. The hitch of your hips. The pressure when you grind down - your eyes blown dark when you look at him from beneath your lashes.
He can give you what you need.
A grunt, as a hand grasps at your hips. The loose supplies slipping from his abdomen, as he coaxes you into your knees.
His other hand wrapping around the base of his cock, tilting his hard length up to rest against your belly.
âNeed you.â Itâs gritted out.
On another day he might have swallowed it down. Let you come to him.
But right now, he canât take any more teasing, wrapped in your soft touch. Heâs already resisting the urge to drive into you, as you angle him against your opening.
The slightest pressure, as you start to give around him - opening up. And when you finally sink down flush against him, he forgets himself.
Itâs now and itâs six years ago - all those evenings spent, entwined.
Fitting together, watching the way your brow still pinches as your body makes room to take him - the stretch as your hands curl into fists against his chest.
âMissed you, sweetheart.â It slips from him, when your hips fully meet his.
It only makes you squeeze more tightly around him, his breath caught in a low rumble in his chest.
Your own admission, as you dip down to kiss him, âMissed you more.â
Finding himself transfixed, in spite of the weariness. The ache in his bones that are now a part of him are forgotten in the way you watch him.
Eyes half-lidded, as you find your balance. Starting a slow grind of your hips, a look thrown his way when you feel his muscles string tight beneath you.
The lightest pressure of your palms against his chest, careful of his wounds.
âWant to make you feel good.â Itâs a command, tinged with permission. Itâs woven with love, and the thought of taking matters into his own hands ebbs.
âAlways do, sweetheart,â Logan husks, âEvery fucking time.â
Letting himself settle back against the mattress. Losing himself in the tight grip of your pussy. Your soft curves, as his hands wander.
Squeezing the soft flesh of your ass, urging you to ride him harder. Slipping up to tease at your tits, an upward flex of his hips when you cry out his name.
You once told him that you wanted him the first moment you met him. Now, he wishes he had met you sooner.
A year. A day. Even a minute.
The thought pulses in his chest, in time with his heart. Fingers skating over skin as you ride him. A flash of white when he thumbs against your clit, giving you something to grind against.
Youâre molten around him. Soft and sweet and itâs all he can do to match the way you bounce on his cock. Feet planting against the bed to help can meet you, urging himself just that little bit deeper.
Melting just a little bit further, when you canât help but lean down - needing his mouth against yours.
Flattening yourself against his chest, as your rhythm goes needy. Sloppy grinds instead of the sharp slap, taking him deep and keeping him there.
His thumb swirls, and your ragged moan breaks the kiss. Head dipping as you lean back - hips chasing your pleasure, rocking into his familiar touch.
Can smell how much you need it. How you drip around his cock, the coarse hairs matted with your desire.
Teeth clenching, and it only makes him fuck to harder into you, to loosen your tongue.
âLogan, fuck-â Itâs whimpered, in that pretty tone that he loves, âThink Iâm gonna come-â
The leash he grasps onto slipping between his fingers. A low heat in his belly burning brighter, a pressure ticking down with each slap of his hips.
âKnow youâre close. Let go, baby. So fucking good for me-â
Something rasped out, as you flutter around his cock. Taking him deep, spearing him into your belly.
âFuck, I can feel you coming on my cock.â It comes out ragged, his breath catching, âGonna make me come, too-â
Your gaze is dark. Hands pressing harder against his chest as you find yourself again, riding him harder. Panting through it, as it tips towards too much - your orgasm still burning brightly.
He's surrounded by you, and he only wants more. Fingers pinching into your hips, driving himself into you.
âWanna make you come,â You breathe, âWant to feel you tomorrow-â
Itâs enough that he forgets himself. A hands tight against your hip, a sharp tug that pulls you flush. The other curls around the back of your neck as he flips you beneath him.
Your gasping laugh pairs with his snarl. An arm hooking under your knee - pushing, opening you up as he holds you in place.
Watching how your eyes glaze. Following the tug of your fingers, bringing his mouth down to yours. Your pulse thundering beneath his thumb, as his tongue licks into your mouth.
He tastes like you, as his eyes slip shut. You linger on his lips, smeared across his beard. A ragged moan as your hips lift to meet the sharp smack-smack-smack of his hips, and then his vision is going hazy.
Your name snarled out, twining with soft sentiments. Hilting himself just as the pressure reaches its peak, his cock throbbing as he spills with a growl inside you.
The tension easing with each flex of his hips, fucking himself empty into your warmth. Into your embrace, your arms wrapping around and keeping him close. The scruff of his beard scrapes your cheek, but you only hitch a thigh around his hips - nudging him deeper.
Logan would stay here forever, buried in you, if he could. It slips from him, then - rasped low into your ear.
âFuck, I love you.â
He should tell you more often. Would tell you every day, if not for the guilt that twists in his guts each time you say it back.
But tonight, he can only lean into it. The soft whisper, as your lips drag against his cheek. You say it just like you used to. It still comes just as easily.
âI love you too, Logan.â
And when his breathing settles and his eyes open - his chest catches.
You're adorned with your devotion - hair dotted with alyssum. Forget-me-nots and primrose dappled across your shoulders, yarrow and heather blooming around your curves.
Had learned the names of them, long ago. They come back, as his fingers trace over each bloom.
Youâre beautiful.
But you always have been.
Prettiest goddamn thing heâs ever seen.
He bites harder, when heâs wounded.
No more than a cornered animal. But the anger - it takes a hold on him. Leaving him to soften, when thereâs a hand he knows.
Making words slip from him that heâd tuck inside, on a different day.
âI do it for you, blossom.â It comes out quiet, in the darkened room, âYou know that right?â
You shift against his shoulder. Head cradled against his chest, ear pressed to his heart.
âWe do it for Charles,â You breathe, half-asleep. Fingers splaying across his sternum, tracing against the dark whorls of hair.
His own brush over petals. Used to help pluck them from you, after stolen moments during missions. Would love the way your face screwed up - a soft veil of embarrassment washing over you. His own lips pulled in a smug smile, as he had tucked one behind you ear.
Logan huffs, the sound low. Almost a laugh.
âI keep going for you.â
His heart would keep beating for a long time, but he thinks it would stop if yours did.
You press yourself tighter against him. Itâs mumbled against his skin, âKeep going for you, too.â
Thereâs salt against his skin, tears you canât afford to shed. Silent, as the stars creep higher in the sky above you.
Should be out driving, right now. Canât bring himself to leave.
So he holds you, until your breathing slows. Until the tension eases once again, sleep taking you.
You never were afraid of him. Only for him.
Never hesitated to crawl into bed beside him, even with his nightmares. Can still remember your insisting.
Clip the stem of the flower, and the bloom will fade. Skewer it though, and it will grow around it - oozing golden ichor until it heals.
It's supposed to be a comfort.
But Logan doesnât know how to tell you that heâs afraid that he plucked you from the earth, long ago.
You just havenât realized it yet.
Logan finds you in the garden.
Charles is out with you today. Tucked beneath the afternoon shadows of the smelting plant. He would laugh - does laugh - at your excuse of a garden. It pales in comparison to the mansion. The old ivy that crawled up the walls, across the sprawling grounds.
You laugh with him, because - what else is there to be done?
The sound dies, as the limo comes back early. A hand shades your eyes, as he steps out.
Still weary, though not as much as yesterday. Worry set in the lines around his eyes the grit of his jaw.
The reason revealed, when he steps to the side. A girl, stumbling out of the back seat of the limo.
Her eyes are feral, and thereâs something so familiar about her that it steals your breath.
âCrescere.â Charles breathes - more lucid than youâve seen him in days, âThat is Laura. Sheâs the mutant I told you about. The one we have to help get to Eden.â
And for a moment, heâs the Charles he was a decade ago. The one you would have followed to the end.
Something blooms in your chest, at the sight of the girl.
The mutant, when there hasnât been a new one in so long. A tight knot unfurling inside you, and it feels like a new beginning.
It feels like hope.
and then they all left to find Eden together and nothing bad ever happened again! đđ I'm heading back to Trouble Will Find Me and Come On And Show Me after this, just was struck with this idea and wanted to explore it! thanks so much for reading!!
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Unbreakable Bond - Jasper Hale x female readerÂ
Summary: Someone reveals your relationship with Jasper to the Cullens
Words: 1.5k
Warnings: a little angsty I guess but mostly fluff
Y/Nâs POVÂ
The Cullen household is bathed in a soft, warm light, casting a cozy ambiance over the living room. Weâre all gathered here, the entire Cullen family, and our guests from the Denali Coven. Iâm curled up on the couch, next to Seth Clearwater, our own unique mix of vampires and wolves living together in peace. Though Iâm a vampire now, Iâll forever be grateful to the Cullens for making me part of their family.Â
The Denali visitors also have a new member, Isla, who possesses a remarkable and unique ability - the power of relationship identification. If I were human my heart would be pounding and Iâd be sweating buckets from anxiety as no-one knows about me and Jasper. Iâve been trying to mask my scent with Sethâs all evening and I know itâs been pissing Jasper off but he understands, knowing it might still be too soon to tell anyone our relationship. Alice left just over three months ago, wishing our relationship well and hugging us tightly before she slipped away.Â
Weâve all been sitting together, enjoying the light conversations, when Isla suddenly goes silent, her brows furrowing as she looks around the room. Her eyes dart around the room, evaluating the various relationships within the house. I feel her gaze on me, and it sends a shiver down my spine. I hope she doesnât discover our secret.Â
As the night wears on, the tension within me mounts. Islaâs sharp gaze flits between me and the members of both our covens, and her curiosity seems to be growing. I canât help but fidget on the couch next to Seth. He gives me a knowing look, his eyes filled with sympathy and understanding. Weâve been through a lot together, and heâs one of the few Iâve trusted with mine and Jasperâs secret. Sethâs hand settles on my knee, thumb rubbing soothingly and I can feel Jasper bristle from across the room where heâs sulking, leaning against the wall.Â
Finally, a calming silence falls over the room, conversations slowing to a quietness that is only broken by the record playing in the background. Esme, Rosalie and Tanya are looking at Isla with curiosity and Iâm shifting in my seat again, my legs still over Sethâs lap and his fingers drumming a comforting rhythm on my calves.Â
Isla's penetrating gaze is unwavering, and I can sense her curiosity burning like a flame in her dark, enigmatic eyes. Her words break the silence, each syllable imbued with a contemplative and almost otherworldly quality. "There's a bond here," she speaks softly, her voice tinged with reverence, "A romantic bond that's stronger than anything I've ever sensed before." Her statement lingers in the air, and I can almost hear the collective intake of breath as everyone's eyes dart around the room, desperately searching for clues.
My heart should be pounding in my chest as her gaze momentary flits to Jasper, who shifts his position from where he leans against the wall. I can feel the weight of the roomâs expectations, the unspoken questions about who this powerful romantic bond might involve. My eyes dart from Jasper to Seth again, the latter trying to provide me with comfort without drawing unnecessary attention.Â
Then, an electrifying moment unfolds. Islaâs voice, trembling with excitement, pierces the stillness as she cries out, âItâs you!â The words seem to hand in the air, leaving everyone shocked and bewildered. After all, everyone knows Jasperâs mate - Alice - left him months ago, a revelation that had sent ripples of sadness through the family and making me feel even guiltier than ever before.Â
But Isla seems to pay no heed to the apparent facts, as her eyes dart frantically around the room, unwilling to let go of her conviction. Then, with sudden clarity, her intense scrutiny lands on me and Seth, the two of us glancing at each other and Iâm swallowing hard, somewhat panicked as Isla whispers somewhat uncertainly, âYou?â
Her words feel like an electric shock, coursing through the room. I feel like the ground beneath me has crumbled, and the eyes of the Cullen family, the Denali visitors, and Seth all turn towards me, their expressions ranging from shock to confusion. I can't bear the weight of their scrutiny, the disbelief in their eyes.Â
In that overwhelming moment, Iâm gripped by an uncontrollable surge of emotions. I jump up from the couch and, without a second thought, flee from the room. My footsteps are swift and soundless as I rush outside to the porch, needing the cool night air to soothe myself.Â
Out on the porch, I grip the railing tightly, my body trembling with emotions. My chest aches, but no tears come; vampires canât cry. Itâs a though my body is trying to release something thatâs forever been denied to me. The weight of the revelation, the fear of judgement and the sudden exposure of my hidden relationship with Jasper has left me in a state of turmoil. I close my eyes, trying to steady my racing thoughts and find solace in the tranquility of the night.Â
With my eyes closed, I focus on the cool, night breeze, hoping its gentle touch will provide some relief. But its not the wind that soothes me. Itâs the warmth and presences of someone wrapping their arms around my waist from behind. A familiar scent fills my senses, and I shudder as soft, cool lips press against my shoulder.Â
Jasper. Heâs here, holding me, his presence a comforting balm for my turmoil. His empathetic powers come into play, and a calm washes over me, as if heâs channeling his own serenity into my very being. In that moment, the world around me fades into obscurity, and itâs just the two of us, finding solace and strength in each otherâs embraces.Â
Slowly, he untangles himself from me, but his hands remain gentle as he turns me to face him. He cups my face in his cool, comforting hands, his golden eyes filled with love and understanding. He begins to speak softly, âYou know how much I love you, right? And I want you to know that Alice left letters for everyone when she saw this day coming.âÂ
His words are a balm to my anxious heart, reaffirming the depth of his love and commitment to our relationship. I canât help but smile though my lingering uncertainty, touched by his unwavering affection. But before I can fully process the weight of his words, he moves closer to me, my hips pressing against the porch railings, and his strong, sturdy body now surrounds me. The space between us vanishes, and the electrifying tension in the air seems to grow hotter.Â
Jasperâs lips find mine with an urgency I havenât felt since the first time we kissed when he opened his emotions to me. Neither of us realising the first time that his emotional manipulation powers can go both ways like Bellaâs where he can let me feel how heâs feeling. Itâs almost euphoric, being able to know exactly how he feels with no barriers.Â
The kiss is a heady fusion of sensations. His lips are velvety and cool against mine, an exquisite contrast to the heat that radiates between us. I can taste a hint of his unique, familiar flavour, an alluring combination of the forest after a summer rain, the subtle sweetness of his breath, and the enticing essence of Jasper himself.Â
His emotions are a revelation, an unfiltered connection to the depth of his desire and longing. I feel the surge of his love, a powerful current that engulfs me, overwhelming but incredibly tender. Thereâs a are, unbridled passion in his kiss, a manifestation of the profound emotions he feels for me. Itâs almost euphoric, this unadulterated exchange of feelings, being able to know exactly how he feels with no barriers, just the pure, unfiltered connection of our love.Â
The kiss itself is a passionate dance, an exploration of each otherâs souls through the meeting of our lips. Itâs an affirmation of the love that binds us, acknowledging the intensity of our connection and a promise of the forever weâll share together.Â
âCome back inside with me," Jasper murmurs against my lips, breaking the kiss but not the closeness between us. His words are filled with warmth and reassurance, and I can feel the sincerity in his embrace.
"They hate me," I confess, my voice a soft whisper as I rest my forehead on his shoulder.
Jasper gently lifts my chin, his golden eyes meeting mine with unwavering love. "No one hates you," he says, his voice tender and filled with conviction. "They may have been surprised, but we'll face this together. You'll see, they'll understand.â
He places a sweet, lingering kiss on my forehead before entwining his fingers with mine and gently coaxing me back inside. His presence is a source of strength, and with him by my side, I find the courage to face whatever challenges lie ahead
              â âââââââââ â
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i'm just â gojo satoru and geto suguru.
wc : 1.6k
summary : (fem!reader) satoru gets lost in his head way too early in the morning, you and suguru ease his worries with one simple question.
part of : the star paradox collection.
notes : honestly this is before megs and tsumiki, just when the trio is figuring out their futures and i wanna show rlly how complex satoru's feelings are but from the pov of the ppl who love him. bcus let's bfr suguru and reader would live in a cardboard box under a bridge with satoru if it meant the three of them would be happy.
other : mentions of hickeys/lovebites ig? poly satosugu x reader but labels haven't really been defined so do with that as you may. and yes this is totally reader n suguru telling satoru that hes kenough!
current casette : i'm just ken - barbie, the album
You wake to a weight pressed against your left arm, blood rushing to your fingertips. A soft gust of summer air blows the thin blue curtains to the side, just as the morning sun peeks out from beyond the railing of the balcony. Itâs hot.
Itâs not just hot. The apartment is quiet.
Not often is it this quiet.
Wiggling your legs beneath the covers, you roll onto your left side, and the first thing you see makes your heart do a somersault.
Suguru, with his head pressed against your arm, his chin snug in the inside of your elbow. You donât want to wake him â really, when was the last time any of you got a full nightâs sleep let alone the privilege of sleeping in during the day?
One of your legs hike over the thigh Suguru has slotted between your own thighs, and thereâs a sliver of movement beneath his eyelids. You freeze.
Thereâs a shift in his breathing pattern, like heâs about to wake up, and instead of moving your leg more, the arm heâs laying on moves around him to the back of his neck, pulling him closer and into your chest.
In his sleep, he mumbles something inaudible.
You still talk in your sleep after so long, Suguru?You think, but you swallow it with a smile.
Strands of jet black swallow your chest like a blanket. Silently, you card Suguruâs hair between your fingertips. Halfway down, the length of your thumb hooks on a broken hair tie, and you pull it out, a few darkened knots coming with it.
Graciously, you discard it on the empty side of the bed next to you. Satoru's side.
The pillow is cold.
Back then, you would slide out of Suguruâs hold and saunter off to find Satoru, drag him back to bed maybe. But now, youâre old enough to know he can never stay away too long.
No sappy stuff! Satoru just gets major FOMO when you and Suguru cuddle without him, thatâs all!
His words, not yours.
The sunlight beaming in from the open balcony door warms your skin, heating the curve of your jaw, the flesh of your cheeks buzzing with warmth. You look down at Suguru, wondering if you should close the curtains before the light bothers himâ
Heâs like a baby, just laying there on your chest.
From here you can see the edge of his shoulder, a soft red mark blooming on his bare skin. Was that you? No, you donât remember doing that. Maybe it was Satoru.
Maybe it was the both of you. You can never tell.
Suguru shifts, nuzzling his head into you, tip of his nose in between your breasts, and you wonder if he can even breathe like that.
He babbles something mindlessly, and his arms snake around your waist, pressing his weight firmly on top of you. Curious, you move a tuft of hair out of his face.
His eyes form soft slits, moisture tickling the edge of his dark lashes from sleep, his lips parted slightly with soft breaths. Heâs beautiful like this.
â...Did I wake you?â A whisper comes from across the room, and you turn your attention from Suguru to where Satoru is leaning against the doorframe, shirtless and eyes heavy with sleep.
Carefully, you check on Suguru before you glance back at Satoru. âNo, youâre fineâŠâ You whisper back, hyper aware of your volume. âI got warm, is all.â The last thing you want to do is wake Suguru, and Satoru gets the idea quick as he steps over to the end of the bed.
âWarm?â Satoru repeats, rubbing a fist over his eyes, before he glances over at the open balcony doors adjacent to the bed, the baby blue curtains swaying softly with the little wind. And it clicks in his brain. âYeah, the thermostat is still busted â I tried fixing it,â he murmurs, taking a seat at the edge of the bed, back turned to you. âIâll just call someone to get it fixed later.â
Suguru stirs atop your chest, and you pat the top of his head, coaxing him to sleep more.
âDo we even have the money to get it fixed anyway?â You ask, soft.
Sometimes, the three of you tend to forget youâre just kids. Fresh out of highschool and starting from scratch â desperately trying to make something of your own. âI can ask Nanami to look at it tomorrowââ
âI donât want you to ask Nanami, though.â Satoru cuts you off, and you breathe a sigh.
âDonât be prideful, âtoru. Itâs just a thermostat.â
Satoru feels a foreign feeling bubble in him. Rather, not foreign, but a variation of the same feeling heâs been feeling these past days.
Ever since he decided to put his inheritance from the Gojo clan on hold, so the three of you could do this on your own. Ever since Suguru started taking extra missions to help with rent. Ever since you started taking half of Nanamiâs overtime shifts â is pride the name of the heat bubbling inside him? Or is it disappointment?
âItâs more than the thermostat, name.â He whispers, looking over his shoulder for all but a mere second, waiting for Suguru to stir again. But he doesnât.
He canât run to Suguru to stall this conversation. âItâs the bathroom sinkââ
âSuguru tied a bandana around the bottom of the faucet, itâll stop the dripping until we canââ
âNo.â He shakes his head, shifting to fold one leg under him as he finally turns to look at you. âItâs the whole apartment, itâs the late shifts â itâs all the things I canât do.â Satoruâs voice cracks an octave higher than it should.
You open your mouth to say something, but no words come out. Suguruâs body rolls to the side and you take advantage of this to slowly start sliding up against the headboard.
âAll the things I canât give you two.â Satoru whispers, mostly to himself than to you.
Suguru sleepily stretches his arm to you, his fist curling around the hem of your shirt just as your back leans against the wood of the headboard. âI never asked for anything though⊠I doubt Suguru has either.â You reply in a mumble.
Youâre right. Satoru knows that. But why would you and Suguru ever need to ask him for anything?
Itâs what heâs supposed to do. Thatâs what love is. Heâs supposed to want to give you two the best. Heâs supposed to do all the heavy lifting â heâs the strongest. He's supposed to take care of the both of you.
âYouâre stupid if you think we care about all that.â Suguruâs voice cuts through the air, hoarse from sleep but thick with something other than sleep â conviction, pride.
Pride in Satoru. Pride in you. âWho cares about the thermostat? Who cares about the sink?â His head lifts only a few centimeters away from your chest, his eyes still closed but his voice showing no signs of slumber at all. âI could drown in the bathroom tonight for all I care.â
You smile a little. And Satoru looks over at you two, albeit a little incredulously.
Why are you looking at him and smiling like that?
Why is Suguru so unbothered?
Satoru tries to wrap his head around it but for the life of him he canât.
âWhat the hell is wrong with you twoâŠâ Satoru mumbles beneath his breath, turning his body completely, both legs crossed as he sits on the bed. âThis isnâtâ this isnât what we wantedâŠâ
The three of you wanted peace. A life full of shenanigans and sporadic missions. A life where youâd worry about nothing, do nothing but feel everything.
Satoru canât help but burn inside at the way you two donât even realize youâve gotten the short end of the stick with this life. This life with himâ
âname.â Suguru mumbles into your chest, just as he raises his head to your eye level, the first time heâs opened his eyes since morning. And yet, thereâs a softness in them youâve never seen before. âAre you happy?â Suguru asks, simply, straightforward.
In your mind, you think of a million different ways to answer the question, a million different ways to break down and explain and talk and talk and talk about how you feel but ultimately it all leads back toâ
âOne word, yes or no.â Suguru tilts his head, looking up at you expectantly yet prepared. Like he already knows what youâll say before you think it.
âAre you happy?â He asks again and Satoru strains his gaze to the bedsheets, waiting for an answer he thinks he doesnât want to hear. Because how? How can you be happy?
âYes.â The answer leaves your mouth with a fluidity, like it came out absentmindedly, without needing any thought. And Satoru is about to say something like about it not being so easy or Suguruâs question being dumb and vague, butâ
âNow, Suguru, are you happy?â Suguru mimics Satoruâs voice, dramatically raising his pitch a few tones, even going as far to open his eyes wide â like heâs got six eyes to spare. âOh, Iâm the happiest Iâve ever beenâ!â Suguru raises his arms in an over the top gesture and you canât help but laugh.
You look over to Satoru, and heâs looking at you and Suguru like heâs seeing something heâs never seen before.
And the knot twisting inside of him loosens. Just enough for him to have to force himself to bite back a chuckle. I don't even talk like that, he wants to say.
âAre you happy, Satoru?â You ask, and he stills for a moment. And now he thinks he understands Suguruâs dumb not so easy but extremely vague question.
Heâs never not been happy when heâs with you two. It shouldnât even be a question.
âIâm never⊠not happyâŠâ He whispers, his shoulders slouching forwards. âBut itâs notââ
You cut him off with a grin. âOne word.â
Suguru laughs. âYes or no?â
Satoru sits a little straighter, and he feels like he can breathe easier.
âYes. Itâs always yes with you two.â
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Fractured Desires
ê„ Pairings: Satoru Gojo x Reader
ê„ Content warnings-MDNI-explicit sexual content, threesomes/ foursomes/ complicated shit, infidelity. Abusive gaslighting Suguru. Yandere Gojo behavior. In this chapter- Rough sex, bdsm, whipping, videoing against consent (kinda lol) oral, rough kissing, mommy/daddy kink, misogyny high key, choking, objectification, obsessive crazy PSYCHO stalker SATORU but he's hot. And reader likes it
ê„ Word Count this chap- 10k
ê„ Summary- You meet Suguru Geto at your work, he is charming, gorgeous, and has a poly lifestyle. You jump in, and you all share women and have way too much fun. But then it's starting to get serious between you, official even. He can't wait to have you meet his best friend. But... Satoru Gojo hates you. The minute you meet. He gives you no reason, but he's nasty to you, no matter what you try. Suguru finally has enough of Satoru being so mean and brings up the idea - 'let's have you two fuck this frustration out'
Satoru hates you because deep down wants to make you his. He doesn't understand how Suguru could ever want anyone but you. Though it's a bad idea, he agrees to share you with Suguru for a chance at you and... The moment he touches you... Rules are bent and broken, Suguru develops feelings for another girl, and Satoru gets further obsessed with you. Nothing is as it seemed. Will everyone get hurt?
Split btwn Satoru's POV and yours
Chapter 8 ê„ Masterlist ê„ Playlist
Final Chapter- Chapter 9 (will have an epilogue some time <3)
Your POV
Three weeks later
âThere, f-fuck!â You cry out as Satoruâs got you bouncing up and down his cock in his office, heâs leaned back in his chair, your skirt bunched up on your hips, heâs using it to pull you down, shoving against your cervix.
âShut that pretty mouth, slutty brat.â He whispers, a hand over your mouth as he rolls his hips, grinding, and youâre screaming into it, hands clutching the cherry wood of his desk. âCanât keep quiet, I won't let you cum, Iâll just bust in you.â
âMmm.â You whine, looking at him with big eyes, and he chuckles a bit, lifting his hand and kissing you, tongues slipping together, your breath coming in little pants.
âYou really think I would ever not let you cum?â He whispers, reaching a hand around to toy with your clit, which twitches under his touch, your body jerking. You shake your head, rolling your hips for more of that friction.
âN-no, I know⊠you⊠Toru!â
âThatâs it.â He stands then, bending you over the desk, and takes the panties around your ankles, sliding them off your ankles, before shoving them in your mouth. You try to yank them out, but heâs got your two hands behind you now, your wrists in his big grip. âGotta shut that pretty mouth.â
He smacks your ass then, pushing your entire body up on the desk, your legs dangling, so he could get your hips where he wants, fucking you so hard you canât function. His thick length is stretching you out so good you canât stand it, crying out against the fabric of the panties, shivering as the cold vent of his office blows cool air on bare skin, so overheated from his play.
Youâve been in Satoru Gojoâs office so, so many times, but never like this, youâd been with Suguru then, and you and Suguru had fucked in his office, but god it was nothing like this. Like him overtaking you, owning you, fucking your body and your mind up so goddamn good. Satoruâs pouty pink lips are against your ear now, his breathy moans washing through you.
âFeel so fucking perfect, god I love you.â Your eyes roll back, as he slows, pulling you up by your ponytail, to arch your back, as he shoves in deep.
âMmm!â You want to say it back, that you love him, as your cunt is dripping down Satoruâs lengthy cock,Â
âCanât say it back, just mumbling, huh? Pathetic little barbie? Oh so wet, thinking about that friend?â Heâs teasing you, and you spit out your panties then, glaring back at him.
âOh, fuck you, Toru- mmm!â He flips you then, your pink pleated skirt a wrinkled fucking mess, as he presses you down on the desk, smirking.
âI wonât give you anymore threesomes, slutty girl.â
âI only want you, psychotic ass.â You whisper back, and his blue eyes glitter then, as he tilts your chin up with two fingers, kissing you softly, his free hand wrapping around your waist, pulling you against his hard body, clothed in a fancy three piece suit, looking so fucking good.
âOnly me, forever.â He whispers against your mouth now, and you nod, gasping when his cock slides in easier now, inch by inch, your soppy little cunt sucking him in. Your hands cling to him, crumpling the expensive material of his jacket, as he kisses you over and over. âSay it for me.â
âOnly you, only you Toru.â You hear him then, that little sound from the back of his throat, as your pussy is fluttering around him, tightening when the tip is dragging on your g spot.
âNever leave me, please.â His words are pleading, as his eyes shut, and he loses himself in you, on you, rolling his hips and making you closer and closer, that pressure in your tummy building more and more.
âHow could I? Youâre Toru.â He exhales, one hand braced on the desk, the other grabbing your thigh, pulling it over his hip and pressing in so deep, his eyes studying you intensely, fuck everything about Toru was intense, wasnât it? It always had been, even before you got this side of him.
âI could have been doing this.â He whispers then, the coldness of his gold watch making you gasp as it presses into the muscles of your thigh now, as he bends it even higher. Your pussy sucks him right in, making Satoru tense just a bit now, slowing even more, pulling you closer so more of him could be inside of you.
âWish you⊠wish you had⊠wish weâŠâ You canât finish any of your quiet sentence, not when Satoru looks at you like that, not when he feels so fucking good on you, in you, surrounding you.
âNothing existed before me, did it? Nothing, say it pretty fucking brat.â Heâs squishing your ass in his free hand now, you feel him thickening when he pumps in again, and you have to cover your mouth not to scream as youâre cumming. âOh f-fuck⊠no, say it.â
He yanks your hand down, and you struggle to breathe, the orgasm washing over you, but Satoruâs got that insane look, as he takes you on his desk. âNothing.â
âNothing exists but me in your pretty mind?â
âNothing but you.â Your words are cut off by his big hand, while he fucks you hard again, you scream and droll against his palm, pussy gripping him so good he throws his own head back, snowy lashes fluttering shut.
âFeel so perfect, made fâme, all mine. Mine. Me.â Heâs looking back at you as he repeats his insane mantra, your brows knit together, your body so overheated, youâre shaking violently now, legs struggling to grip his slender hips. âNod, youâre too fuckin loud.â
You nod, and he exhales, as your head falls back, smacking his desk hard, but you donât even notice, how can you? When your psychotic boyfriend is fucking you so good right next to your ex boyfriendâs office. It took a lot of convincing for you to come here, to see Suguruâs sad expression, and Satoruâs devious grin as he locked you in the office and shut the blinds.
But youâd do anything he wanted, when he looks at you like that, when he pleasures you like this, when he says those words-
âMine, all mine. Arenât you baby?â You nod again, his hand pressing firmer, muffling your cries, but you can hear your wet squelching noises as his cock strokes in and out mixing with the whirling of the fan. âWant all this cum? Gonna make me a Dad, arenât you?â
Your pussy clenches in response as you nod once more, then heâs groaning, filling your full, coating your walls with his hot ropes of cum. Youâre cumming just from his cum, itâs so warm and gooey inside you, and him throbbing in you, you scream your pleasure into his hand, but he releases it then, replacing it with his lips. You taste his sweetness, the mints heâd been sucking on, tears pricking your eyes.
âToru, l-love you sâmuch.â You murmur, all fucked out and looking up at him with glimmering tears. He exhales, kissing you over and over, thumbs rubbing on the apples of your cheeks.
âI love you, perfect slut for me, arenât you?â You nod weakly, itâs all you can do, pathetic for this man, heart pounding in your ears as your body tries to calm itself, failing in his presence. He pulls out then, and youâre dripping down to his pretty gray carpet, Satoru smirks then, shoving his two fingers in your sore hole.
âMmm, Satoru canât take anymore.â He presses you back on the desk, pushing your legs up against you now.
âIf weâre gonna make a baby you need to keep it in longer.â Youâre crying at the overstimulation, his fingers shoving cum and pushing it back in. âYouâre so fucking pretty like this, cum dripping out of your pussy, tears out of your eyes, drool out of those lips. Pretty little mess.â
Suddenly there is a knock on the door, and Satoru sighs, quickly grabbing you tissues and wiping you up. âShitâŠâ
âItâs fine. One minute.â He says loudly, sliding your panties up you, giving your pussy just a little kiss and smirking up at you then. âGonna be dripping all day, arenât you baby?â
âOh stop! Ow, sore.â You wince as he helps you stand on wobbly legs, fucking Satoru constantly was not easy, by any means. âI need a break.â
âFrom dick? Fuck no.â He snorts then, making you glare, and making him glare down at you, as the door knocks again. âI said coming!â
You smooth your skirt down now, heâs got it all crumpled in places from using it as leverage. Hopeless wrinkles youâre frowning at while he is adjusting himself and straightening out his dark suit, slicking back his hair. You reach up carefully, smoothing it further with your fingers, watching his eyes flutter shut in bliss.
âHedgehog.â You tease, earning another glare from your psychotic, very attractive boyfriend. You just giggle.
âIâll beat the fuck out of you later, just wait.â Your pussy clenches unwillingly, you stomach tensing up, you bite a lip and he moans softly. âFucking slutty brat.â
âYouâre the slut-â
Knock. Knock. Knock.
âMr. GojoâŠâ
âJesus christ.â Satoru opens the door then, and you recognize the assistant, the one that Satoru fucked before you two ever got together, the one he turned down with no hesitation. She puts a hand on him and he smacks it away, you try to hide your smile behind your hand.
âMr. Gojo, I just-â
âDonât touch me. Iâm hers.â He yanks you up to him then, filling your heart so full, Satoru may be a psycho but he loves you, and loves you so much.
She sputters, scowling at you now. You wave. âHi there, Manami.â
She rolls her eyes. âWhatever.â
âExcuse me, thatâs pretty fucking rude. Say hello properly.â Satoru says, leaning down, hands in his pockets. She steps back, eyeing you, and you struggle to contain your amusement.
Fuck you love him.
âSo sorry, hello. Mr. Geto would like a moment with you. With both of you.â Satoru and you both look at each other, tense, before he sighs.
âFine.â He shuts the door on her, looking at you now. âShit, I may throw him out the fucking window.â
âToru, donât do that. Heâs left you alone for weeks now, yeah?â
âHe says hello though.â
âWellâŠâ
âI hate him.â He speaks through gritted teeth. You nod understandingly, the bliss Satoru and you have had this looming presence of Suguru, even though he had kept his word of leaving you alone, it seems it will always be there. âFine, letâs see what the fuck he wants.â
Soon you all are in Suguruâs office, he looks tired lately, dark circles under his eyes, and his hair is a mess, heâs not put together like you remember him. He lets a small half smile as he looks at you, and you cannot return it, instead looking down at your feet. Satoru has his arms crossed, so big and tall, your protector always, as he stands just a bit in front of you.
âYou look like shit, Suguru.â He says then, and you know Satoru hates him, but deep down you think he cares about the friend he used to have.
Suguru sighs, sitting on his desk and crossing his legs at the ankles. âYeah well, I feel like shit so.â
âYou should.â Satoru says.
âI know. I wanted to tell you both something, thank you for coming.â He stands now, walking toward you both, Satoruâs grip on your waist now tightens as he holds you close, you feel his breath quickening.
You hold his hand gently, smiling at him, he does not return it, his blue eyes full of fury, his jaw tense. âWhat is it?â He asks Suguru, looking at him now.
Suguru sighs, chocolate eyes showing many emotions, different than the unfeeling ones youâve been so used to, looking at your face again. âI am leaving to start another office in Kyoto, Iâll leave Tokyo next week.â
You both pause then, blinking in confusion, looking at each other, then back at him. âYou what?â
âIâm leaving. I feel it will be best for you all, not to have to see me.â His voice breaks a bit, so he clears his throat, tugging on the knot of his tie.
Satoruâs lips are parted, and he then exhales, his shoulders relaxing just slightly. âYouâre leaving, really?â
âYes.â
âCouldnât you go to like Antarctica? Kyoto is too close.â He says, and Suguru chuckles a bit without humor.
âSatoruâŠâ You say, and he just smirks when he looks at you.
âWhat!?â
âThatâs fair. I am not going to be communicating with you, however, and Iâll be taking Manami with me. I know sheâs a bit of an annoyance.â Satoru scoffs a bit, shaking his head now.
âYouâre acting like some great man, when youâre still a piece of shit. Like youâre giving us some gift by fucking off.â He grips you so tightly you wince, and Suguruâs face falls at his words. You almost feel sorry, but you remember what heâs done, even though itâs hard to see him that way.
The things heâs done to Satoru, and to you, are truly heinous, the entirety of you knowing him had been a lie, a game for him, you were just a pawn in his game of chess, and now heâs finally admitted Satoruâs checkmate. In a way youâre relieved heâs leaving, because you know his presence weighs on you both, but also you wonder, was there good in him somewhere?
Satoru always says you are too kind, and perhaps he is right, maybe you want to see a goodness in everyone, one that was not really there. Maybe you wished things were different, that Satoru could have his best friend, that he had not done such terrible and cruel things, but this was the reality.
âWe will only need to speak of business remotely, and Iâll have communicators run between us. Essentially, Iâll be out of your lives as much as I can be.â Suguru continues, shaking you out of your thoughts, as you three stand in his office.
You remember the day everything changed with you all, when Satoru had that birthday, and you were in Suguruâs arms, what was a couple weeks ago felt a lifetime ago, ages and ages. When youâd hugged Satoru and heâd been a dick, and youâd went to that game and thought he hated you, only to find out it was the opposite, Satoru had made himself hate you.
To be a loyal friend, a good friend, a best friend.
One Suguru Geto was never to him, well, not since they were quite young, many years back. Satoru acted tough but you know it still hurt, to have the man he thought was a brother be so false, so malicious. You could see the toll it took, how Satoru clings to you even more, seeking your comfort along with the passion and love you both share with each other.
âYouâre bailing because Shoko left town.â
Suguruâs jaw tenses. âShoko will not even talk to me, perhaps ever again, so no Iâm not leaving for that.â
âGood.â
âYes, good.â He sighs, running a hand through his dark locks, covering his face for a moment then. âI hate myself for it all.â
âGood, I hate you too.â Satoru continues, stepping forward, but you pause him then, earning his scowl at you.
âSatoru let him finish. Heâs clearly trying⊠to be⊠decent.â You manage to say, and they both study you, in shock.
âYouâre too nice, I swear to god it annoys me.â Satoru mutters, Suguruâs eyes waver a bit, he blinks his dark lashes, stepping a little closer now, tilting his head and looking at you.
âYou are too nice. But, Iâm glad Satoru has you.â
âWhat now!?â Satoru demands. Suguru just looks back at him.
âYou need someone sweet and kind, youâre a dick.â Satoru snorts a bit, and for a moment you see that friendship they had, but itâs over in a moment.
âFuck you, donât think weâll ever be okay.â Satoruâs words are low and serious. Suguru gives a little nod.
âI know that. For what itâs worth, Iâm sorry I was such a shitty fucking friend, you didnât deserve it, even with your mistake. I should have expressed myself, rather than hold it in, let it change me.â
âWhat youâre in therapy? Fuck you.â Satoru shoves at him now, Suguru does nothing, looking too exhausted.
âI am just deep in thought, alone. Iâm sorry, Satoru. Truly. I get it if you never forgive me, but I wanted to say it before I leave.â Satoru just scoffs, turning away then, heading to the door and snatching your wrist.
âYeah well good riddance, I donât have shit to say.â
âCan I talk to her alone for a moment?â Satoru looks at him in complete anger and shock, his mouth wide open.
âNo you canât, the fuck, remember last time you were alone. Think Iâd ever risk her again?â
âI wonât ever hurt her again, I swear it. Thereâs just something I need to apologize to her about, if youâll both let me.â He looks between you both, and you gently touch Satoruâs face, feeling his anger fuming.
âIâll be fine, Satoru. Heâs leaving. Let me hear what he has to say.â You whisper softly, earning him gripping you tightly by the shoulders, bending low.
âFuck no. I canât risk you.â
âI swear it, I will not hurt her. I just⊠need to say something.â Satoru rolls his pretty blue eyes, studying you carefully.
âI will cut him piece by piece if he says or does anything in any way rude. Suguru Iâll feed you to fucking-â
âItâs alright, Iâll be fine. He canât hurt me, I have you.â You say softly, and lean up to kiss Satoruâs pouty pink lips. He grips you tightly, pressing you against him, sliding his tongue in and devouring you right in front of Suguru.
You cry out softly, as his other hand slips up to the back of your neck, fingers entangling in your hair, pulling back just slightly. âYouâre mine.â
âIâm yours, Toru.â He nods a bit, then his jaw tenses again while he looks at Suguru, his grip in your hair tight before his hands fall.
âYou can say what you need, Iâll be right outside this door. Donât you dare fucking-â
âI swear it.â
âYour word isnât shit.â Satoru walks out then, and you cross your arms, tilting your head as Suguru stands there, looking at you.
âWhat do you want to say? You have a death wish.â A small smile plays on his lips then, as you walk up to him, keeping a distance.
âI clearly do. I wanted to truly apologize, not that half ass apology where I⊠fuck, where I smacked you.â He walks forward, touching the air beside your cheek, sighing and shaking his head.
âYeah, that was kind of a shitty ass apology. And insincere.â
âI know. It wasnât one you deserved, not when Iâve hurt you more than anyone, even more than Satoru.â
âI donât know⊠I think the years of not truly being his friend hurt him more.â
âI always loved him, I love him now. I just⊠let my hate consume me, and now I know how deep I hurt him, and you and IâŠâ His eyes glimmer then, surprising you as a sheen of moisture coats them.
âWhy did you let it go on so long?â You ask, arms falling, but youâre now fiddling with your skirt nervously, finding it hard to be alone with him, remembering what he had done to you makes you sick.
âI donât know, I really donât. Looking back none of this was worth it, I should have just forgiven him fully or ended our friendship. Now Iâm alone, and I deserve it.â
âYou do deserve it. At least to be alone from Shoko and Satoru.â
âAnd you.â
You laugh then, without humor, a small little sound. âYou never even liked me, be honest.â
âThatâs not true. And you know it.â
âI know nothing about you really. And I was naive, to just fall into your arms, but I had shit self esteem, and a lot of issues, and you seemed so perfect. You seemed to truly find me special, and you didnât at all.â You feel your own emotions again, shoving them down, gulping with a dry throat.
His lips part, lips you used to kiss, lips that spilt lies, and you try not to fully hate him, but itâs almost impossible. He had played you for months, and prevented what could have been beautiful from the start with Gojo. He had kissed you and taken your virginity, said you could trust him, how can you ever fully forgive that, even if youâre trying to hear him out.
He doesnât really deserve forgiveness, but for some reason, you think of how long heâs known Satoru, since sixth fucking grade, and you wonder if thereâs good in there, but itâs not your worry anymore. You know that Satoru is hurt by him, but there is not going to be forgiveness ever from Satoru, and you canât blame him, Satoru loves you too much to let even Suguru hurt you.
Suguruâs shoulders slump, as he steps a little closer, watching you tense. âI wonât hurt you ever again.â
âMaybe so, but Iâm still fucking traumatized.â
âI know. I hate myself for touching you like that, itâs nothing I have ever done, and I know it hurt you, scared you. Fuck Iâm sorry. I will hate that forever.â
âYes well.â You look away then, to his desk, a desk heâd fucked you on, licked you on, one you used to kiss him and laugh on. But now itâs all disgusting, every memory makes you sick, itâs all distorted. âThanks for your apology, but it doesnât really change anything.â
âI know. But I just needed to tell you, you were worth so much more than that, some fucking game for me. You adored me, you were sweet, you were so caring and thoughtful. You deserved better for your first time, than a lie, than a man not interested in you for more than a nice body and revenge.â
You canât stop the tears that fall from your eyes, you swipe at them, irritated, taking shaky breaths. âI have more now, I have Toru.â You whisper, and his own tears fall, as he nods a bit, swiping at them himself.
âYou do. And you should have from the beginning. Iâm happy for you both, that you have each other. You are a sweet, beautiful soul, you really are, and you make him better. You two had a connection I could always feel, even if I actively tried to prevent it, one that when I started feeling things for you infuriated me. It made me so angry you chose him.â
âIf you werenât a piece of shit I would have stayed, even with my feelings.â
âI know, because youâre loyal, and I never was.â
âNo you were not. Iâm almost thankful I heard you and Shoko.â
He blinks. âThankful?â
You nod then, taking a breath. âYes, because I learned who you really were, not what I thought. I told everyone, Suguru is perfect heâs so good to me, he spoils me, he loves me. I realized that night you did not give a fuck about me.â
âI did not care enough, itâs true. You were just a pretty pawn in my game.â You nod then, swiping more tears. âI will never forgive myself for hurting you, for using you, especially for touching you when you didnât want it. I am so sorry, truly. I will never be able to apologize enough, but please know I regret it all.â
Suguru brushes a lock of your hair behind your ear, and you step back, eyes looking at him in confusion, in fear, and he sees it, sighing.
âYouâre afraid of me.â
âYes, I am.â You admit, even if heâs remorseful, the images wonât leave your head. âWere you going to go further?â
âNo, I swear it. I swear I⊠donât know how to live with myself. That I hurt a woman, that I hurt you like that.â He brushes a tear from your cheek, his own flowing from his eyes. âI just wish you and Satoru the best, and I want you to know you were worth everything, so much more than what I did. There is no âbetterâ like I fucking said.â
âYou built me up to break me down.â You huff the words out, choking on a sob, as the emotions roll over you, and he looks up then, adams apple bobbing under dark stubble, before nodding and looking back down.
âI did, and I fed off your insecurities, it made you easier to manipulate, to do whatever I wanted. But none of it was true. Satoru is lucky to have you, anyone would be, I was but I didnât appreciate or deserve you. Now that I look backâŠâ His brows knit together. âI see I didnât even care about you, your feelings, nothing.â
âYou admit it all. Thatâs⊠something.â You say with a breath, he clears his throat, hands back in his pockets now, sitting once again on his desk and looking up at you.
âTake care of him, of Satoru. I know you will be good to him, but justâŠâ
âIâll always take care of him. I love him more than anything.â You say, and Suguru smiles a bit, nodding. âI will be there for him no matter what, forever.â
âForever you all are talking about?â
âYes. Forever. Thereâs no one but him.â
âAnd there was never anyone but you for Satoru, once he saw you. I will let you go, thank you for hearing me out. I didnât deserve it.â He covers his face again, looking tired and sad, helpless, for a moment you feel horrible for him, for his own doing. But itâs what he brought upon himself.
âThank you Suguru, for apologizing, I do believe you meant it.â You gently touch his shoulder, and he looks at it, putting a hand over yours, then looking up at you in surprise.
âYou accept the apology?â He whispers.
âI accept it. I hope you can⊠change, become better in Kyoto. I do not wish ill on you, despite it all. Maybe you can find who you were before.â
âYou should wish ill of me. You should despise me.â He kisses your hand the way he used to, bringing painful memories back, but then he smiles and itâs genuine, itâs not the fake one you knew for months. âYou deserve everything good. And I hope you and Satoru will be happy, that I didnât fuck it up completely.â
âThereâs no touching our happiness, we love each other too much.â You pull your hand back then, nodding to him and turning away. âGood bye, Suguru Geto.â
âGoodbyeâŠâ He says your name softly and you look back for just a moment, before pushing him out of your mind for good, and walking right into Satoru, who snatches you up and pulls you in his arms.
âAre you okay, baby? Are you hurt!?â He whispers, since the office is full, you shake your head, cupping his face with your hands.
âHe just apologized. For everything.â
Satoru rolls his eyes, grimacing in disgust. âAs if I wonât hate him forever, till I fucking die.â
Your heart hurts for Satoru. âI know, I know. Itâs over now. Heâll be gone, and we can live our lives. Together.â You say softly, and Satoru exhales, slamming his lips on yours. You distantly hear the click of Suguru closing his office, and closing out the painful chapter of both of your lives.
âTogether.â He agrees, smiling then, and you can feel a weight lifted off of both of you. âNow, I have a question.â
âWhat question?â
âWhen are you moving in?â
Satoruâs POV
Six Months Later
Satoru is watching you from the cameras he has set up in front of his house, well itâs both of your house now, you sold yours last month and finally moved in after he proposed to you. Now youâve made his home a fucking pink fucking monstrosity in places, you have your stupid barbie collection in his fancy white curio cabinet, you have pink fluffy towels in your bathroom (not his he would never let you).
Your pink BMW sits in front of the four car garage, thank god you allowed him to upgrade your ugly, awful pink beetle. Itâs in the garage collecting dust because you just wonât let it go, but he knows you prefer that BMW a lot more, you always look so pretty when you put the top down and he watches your hair flying behind you, in some bedazzled pink sunglasses.
Satoru says he hates your girliness even now, but he doesnât, and you know it too, itâs an ongoing joke between you. Heâll grumble about something but then smile watching your pretty reactions, as you get so passionate about your silly things you enjoy. He secretly loves them because you love them.
Now heâs watching you water all the million succulents you have brought to his house. It's got an insane garden that you love to tend, but Satoru doesnât mind because it keeps you home. You only work at the bar once a week now, and soon you will not be doing that anymore, because you are about three months along with a baby, itâs still early but you all found out it would be a girl.
Satoru remembers how excited you were, when you all got the ultrasound, and how his heart had faltered then, as he thought of a future with you, with his beautiful wife, and a baby. He wonders if she will be so girlie like you, or will she perhaps enjoy sports like Gojo does, be a little more of a tomboy. He makes jokes about it to you constantly.
âIâll give her all of my barbies!â
âWhat if she hates them, hates pink!?â
âWell Iâll dress her in pink until she tells me not to!â
âOnly pink, huh?â
âAnd purple!â He had chuckled then, as he held you in his arms, your eyes were glittering with such excitement. âMaybe some blue, like her dadâs eyes. Oh Toru, do you think sheâll have your eyes!â
âI hope she has yours, theyâre beautiful.â Your lip trembles then, your hands sliding up his chest, wrapping around his neck, head falling back while you look up at him. Youâre so small compared to him, when heâs pressing you against the island of the kitchen, it just makes him more excited as he thinks of every way to have you.
âMy eyes!? SatoruâŠâ
âYes, your eyes.â He tilts your chin up, taking it between his thumb and his forefinger, pressing a kiss on your pretty lips.
âYouâre being so sweet!â
âShut it, brat.â He glares at you now, and youâre giggling, so pretty and happy, you make everything feel whole for him.
âGonna punish me, daddy?â You tease, then duck under his eyes and run to the bedroom, giggling like crazy.
Fuck Satoru adores you, adores all the happiness you bring, adores you so much he has cameras in every room. Heâs not sure you know about them all, but sometimes you find one and get so angry, youâre adorable when youâre angry too, your cheeks all pink, your little scowl, so cute. It takes nothing for you to forgive him, though, just some flicks of his tongue and you melt.
Satoru tries to give you freedom, he allows you to spend time with your best friend still, and any friends you have, but he does have to track your phone, and your car, just to keep you safe. As for the cameras, well he just likes to look at you, as youâre cooking in the kitchen, or concentrating on your laptop writing. Sometimes you just look in the mirror and rub your tummy.
Itâs so precious, how can he not want to see it all the time?
Since Suguru had been gone, heâd kept his agreement to stay out of your lives completely, even in Satoruâs business, they have go betweens, and he has not had to deal with him barely at all. The couple of private correspondences about the company were through email, and Satoru hated even typing to him. Satoru still hates Suguru with a burning passion.
Itâs dulled with the happiness you bring, the new baby will bring, your new engagement to him⊠it all makes it easier. But he does not think he will ever forgive him for what he did to you, even if he could forgive him for the wrongs against himself. Heâs heard heâs doing well from some mutual friends, Shoko had actually ran into him and said he seemed very different, but she keeps her distance from him now.
Satoru wishes he had not gone down that path, but thereâs no helping or fixing it now truly, even if his pretty little fiance (you) wants to see good in everyone, Satoru absolutely knows better. He loves that you are that way, but it means even moreso he has to keep you protected and safe.
Satoru sees that neighbor come up to you now, heâs more your age if not younger, Satoru thinks heâs maybe twenty one, and heâs enamored by you. The whole neighborhood is, they all love you, since you go bake cookies and muffins and bring them around with your pretty smile, youâre the perfect little domestic housewife. He even bought you several pink aprons and fuck you look good in them.
Especially only the aprons.
Satoru Gojo never thought he would have domestic bliss, but he did, and he never knew he deserved it, not until you showed him his worth, until you showed him all the love you had for him, even embracing his darker tendencies. You could switch from a sweet little homemaker to a freak in moments, when he had you tied up dangling from the ceiling and taking full sets of you just last week.
Now youâre barely showing, you have a little tummy, and he knows the sex will have to be easier, he canât risk anything. He is trying to be easier with you, more gentle, and he falls deeper in love as he does so. As he now takes things slower, and studies your pretty features more carefully, as he thinks heâs made you a mommy, and his love becomes so intense itâs hard to breathe at times.
Satoru gets so angry when he sees two more neighborhood boys talking to you now, offering to help in the garden. Of course they are circling you, youâre in these cute cut off shorts and a pink crop top, Satoru really should just not allow you to leave the house, but he loves you too much to do so. Ugh. How annoying.
âLittle brat.â He mutters, staring at you on his phone, then he heads out of work early, he certainly canât have this happening.
He pulls up in his sleek sports car, scowling at the now five twenty something men pulling weeds and helping you water your plants. When he steps out of the car, towering over every single one of them with his gucci suit and gucci shades on, smiling tersely, they all tense. You giggle when you see him, the sun has left a little red on your nose, and your eyes are wide and glittery.
âToru! Youâre home early!â He sees just the tiniest bit of a pooch on your tummy where your jeans are getting tight, and it turns him on so much he canât think, thinking of the baby growing there already. You probably donât look pregnant to anyone yet, but he knows.
You run to him and hop up, and he picks you up, genuinely smiling as he grabs you by the back of your thighs, where half your ass was hanging out. He scowls then, whispering in your ear - âIâll burn these slutty shorts, brat.â
âOhâŠâ You pull back, blushing furiously, your lashes lowering as your legs wrap his waist. âI think theyâre too tight?â
âThey can be worn in the home. Got me, baby?â You nod shyly, youâre so cute he melts for you. âYouâre destroying these boys.â
âNo way!â
âMmhmm. Look at âem.â He eases you down, and you then realize they all have puppy dog eyes for you.
âOh shit. I thought they were being nice?â You whisper in his ear, leaning up on your tiptoes.
âNope. They wanna see your ass. Now, ahem.â He clears his throat, pulling you along through your driveway. âThe future Mrs. Gojo has a lot to do, head on back to college or whatever kids.â
They all get flustered and run off, and youâre giggling as he shuts the door behind you both, locking it and glaring at you, instantly unbuttoning your shorts, putting a big hand on your tummy. You melt, a hand going over his, the other caressing his face, Satoru revels in your touch, in your warm skin under his palm.
âHow is my baby doing? Both of my babies, I should say.â
âI canât tell how she is yet! Not even fluttering really. But I am good, so I hope she is good too.â
âGood, not too far along for me to discipline you?â You bite your lower lip now, fuck youâre sexy, Satoruâs already hard. âI had to leave early because of you.â
âHow⊠what⊠Satoru the cameras!?â
âYes, the cameras. Iâd rather see you writing or cooking than being surrounded by a bunch of boys. Scarlett OâHara.â
You giggle at the reference, rolling your eyes. âThere were more men for Scarlett, surely.â
âNot really. Little belle of the ball. Be mean to them.â
âNo! They know Iâm with you.â
âYeah, yeah. Now.â He picks you up, and you squeak cutely as he carries you to your room, bending you over his bed. âYou know how it goes.â
âYes, Daddy. Iâm sorry, you know.â You pout as you look back, pout so cute he almost falls for it, but then he glares.
âHow many do you get?â
âHow many boys were there?â You ask, giggling breathlessly, then gasping as your shorts slide down, and reveal your perfect ass in just a thong. He moans as he gently smacks each cheek.
âFive boys. Now⊠fuck your ass is getting nicer? Mmm.â Itâs rounder, he thinks, it jiggles just a little more. âPregnancy already looks sexy on you.â
âUgh, I love you Toru.â You whimper out. âIâve been feeling a little insecure.â
âNever around me, I told you back then, Iâll fuck every insecurity out of that pretty little head.â He leans over you, kissing your cheek, and feels you tremble when he slides your thong off you, he looks down and smirks. âAlready a wet spot, how desperate and easy you get for me.â
âJust for you, Toru.â He smacks you harder, firmer this time, and you cry out, head falling back, hair cascading down your back. One of his hands brushes it back, feeling it silky under his fingers. You gasp when he pulls it. âToru, please.â
âPlease what, brat? Use your words.â He smacks you again, feeling you tremble under him, heâs so hard he has to unzip his pants.
âHit me, please.â How can he turn anything you ask down, fuck you ask so sweetly for him too.
âI canât soon you know.â
âNot for a while!â
âIâd say in two months it will be all vanilla.â You snort then, peeking back hungrily as heâs shrugging off his suit jacket.
âYou vanilla!? Youâre a psycho, yandere- ah! See!â He holds in his laugh at you, peeking then at the camera facing you both, itâs in your little pink pig plush that sits on the dresser, youâd probably never know. If you did, he has more. Heâd have to watch this one later on and jerk off to you.
âYou were saying something, brat? Do I need to gag you?â You shake your head quickly, and Satoru now slips off his blue silk tie, bounding your delicate wrists together behind your back. You obediently let him. âYouâre being a good girl for me, arenât you? Such a good girl.â
âYes, Iâm trying. Mmm!â He rewards you by running a long finger in your slick, and fuck youâre soaked. âToru, yes, pleaseâŠâ
âDo you deserve to be pleased yet? I donât know, you were out there bending over so slutty.â
âYou psycho spying- ah! Shit, I mean sorry!?â Heâs smirking now. âIâll take five hits.â
âWith what?â
âYour belt.â Your voice gets so sexy and breathy, Satoru almost loses it, sliding off his dress shirt and then unbuckling that belt, slipping it off with a crack that resounds in the air.
âYou sure, itâll hurt more.â He whispers huskily, running his hands up and down your perfect ass, down your thighs now, watching desire pool out of your little entrance, dripping down as you whimper.
âIâm sure, I want it, please.â He groans then, pulling back and smacking you harshly, watching the welp rise up right in front of his eyes. Heâs dripping precum as your head falls back, your pretty little moan. âF-fuck!â
âCount them.â He orders softly, and you exhale, sinking your head against the bed, nodding against it.
âOne.â
He smacks you again, on the other cheek, slipping a finger inside you for a moment, how hot and wet you are, when he pulls it out you whimper at the loss, he brings it up to his lips, tasting your sweetness. Now heâs down to his boxers, precum sticking, his cock is fucking twitching as he is picturing it pumping into your tight little cunt.
âTwo.â
âGood girl.â He smacks you across both ass cheeks, in the center, the leather of the belt bruising your pretty ass.
âThree.â You cry out, choking on a sob, Satoru worried at first when you would cry, but you liked getting to this point, you knew the safe words and had used them a couple of times. You liked to be pushed, bruised, you liked to be a sobbing little mess, and he loves you like that.
Satoru leans forward to see those glistening tears, making him even harder, he loves when his pretty girl cries in pain and pleasure. He kisses your cheek, tasting the salty tears, listening to you sniffle. âYou alright, pretty little slut?â
âIâm good, p-promise. Feels sâgood, Toru.â You whisper back, your eyes glimmering with your tears.
âGood girl, how many more?â
âT-two more.â
âSo perfect, arenât you?â He says, hitting you once more, across your thighs, and watches you twitch, you scream out and choke on a sob, as your ass is becoming decorated with his marks.
âFour.â You choke out the words, and he moans as he hears you.
âYou wonât be showing that perfect ass off for a bit, huh? All the boys were wanting you, know how mad that makes me? Youâre mine.â
âI am yours. Y-yours.â You are so good, fuck he loves you.
âMine. One more, can you take it baby?â
âI can, promise.â
Satoru smacks you with the belt one more time, exhaling as he watches you twitch and shiver, watches your wetness glisten on your puffy lips, and he instantly unties you, turning you around and lifting you up, pressing you into the bed. You have streaks of tears all along your cheeks, little trails drying, your lips all reddened from biting them.
âYouâre the perfect girl for me, you know that baby? So good.â You exhale, kissing him hungrily, as he rubs your wrists for you.
âI wanna always be good for you.â You whisper back, then heâs slipping off your top, watching your tits bounce out, groaning as they do. âTheyâre already getting so big, arenât they?â
âFucking sexy. I canât wait till they have milk dripping.â You whine out as he kisses down them, sucking one peak into his mouth.
âSo sensitive, ah!â You cry out, wriggling under him, as he sucks your nipple into his mouth harder, moaning at your reaction.
âHurts?â He whispers, you nod then. âGood or bad?â
âItâs good with you, Toru. Always with you.â
Fuck.
Satoruâs sucking on the other one, feeling your little hands enwrap in his silky white hair, drinking in your every cry and moan as heâs sucking on them, as he feels the heat of your pretty pussy against him. Youâre grinding up, gasping, pulling on his hair now as he bites your already sensitive nipples, relishing in your every cry.
âI canât wait to have your baby.â You whisper then, and Satoru leans up, cupping your face in his big hand, thumb brushing more tears away.
âI canât wait for you to have my baby.â You cry more, and he smirks. âYouâre such a crybaby.â
âI know. I just love my fiance.â You cup his face, and he takes that hand, seeing the giant heart diamond on your finger, itâs the most expensive ring he could find, surrounded by two pink jewels, just for you.
âAnd I love my fiance. Love watching her cry, beg, wiggle under me. So wet for me, isnât she?â He whispers, sliding your own hand down to find yourself, and watching your head fall back against the pillows.
âS-so wet for you.â
âAre you going to be a good girl from now on?â
âI promise. PleaseâŠâ
âPlease what, brat?â Heâs kissing down your tummy, pecking little love bites down your ribcage, then a hand on your tummy, smiling up at you. âYouâre carrying my baby, you know that?â
âI know that. PleaseâŠâ
âPlease what?â
âDrink me, Toru. Please.â You spread your thighs, your pretty breasts rising and falling, and Satoru groans, spreading your thighs further, looking at your eager, soppy little cunt now.
âDrink you? Are you that wet?â He asks, pulling your lips apart, watching it gush out of you when he just barely breathes on it. âOh, you are⊠such a desperate, slutty little pussy.â
âFor you.â
Fuck, Satoru Gojo loves you.
Your POV
Satoru Gojo, your fiance, and soon to be father of your baby, is looking hungrily at your pussy with those brilliant blue eyes, his snowy lashes low over them, his perfect face shattering your heart. Youâre so sore, your ass being pressed into the mattress burns, but it only serves to make you wetter, as you watch his lips part, watch him lick them with that pink tongue of his.
Your hands bury in his snowy white hair, and he looks up at you, hunger in his eyes, so intense itâs hard to breathe. But everything about Satoru Gojo was intense, down to that damn camera he has in your pig plush, he thinks you donât know, but you look at it now, smiling, and he joins your gaze, smirking as well as he slides a long finger through your little gummy entrance.
âAh fuck!â You cry out, and heâs chuckling, his breath making you jerk.
âYou know about it? Freaky little slut.â
âYouâre the slut! Yes I found it when I was cuddling it. Psycho.â He kisses your pussy lips now, and youâre getting overheated, your entire body on fire with need.
âYou love it, donât you, me being so obsessed?â
âNo!â
âLiar. Fine, no licking.â He goes to get up, and you glare.
âAs if you donât want to!â
âOh I do, but I can eat you out after I beat your pussy up-â
âI love it, okay? I love you being obsessed.â You whisper now, because you do, fuck you do. You know he watches you all the time, tracks you, you know heâs a psycho and possessive.
But it makes you feel so loved, wanted, protected.
He still lets you live your life, have your friends, heâs just your pretty fiance who happens to stalk you. Casually!? Itâs weird, it makes no sense, and he may be a whole bunch of red flags, but he loves you, and you love him, more than anything. And now, youâre going to be a mommy, and you canât fucking wait, to see him as a dad, to have your family.
You wouldnât change a thing about your psychotic, yandere fiance, not a damn thing. He is everything to you, even when you bitch about it, even when youâre not sure you do know all the ways he watches you, you thrill in it. You love to bend over and know heâll be touching himself at work, fuck you love being his little domestic housewife even.
Satoru makes you so happy, happier than you ever have been. And as heâs moaning and lapping at you with his tongue, youâre falling apart, so sensitive from his play you canât stand it. Youâre even more sensitive now that youâre pregnant than ever, every touch is heightened, and youâre hornier than ever, finally almost able to match Satoruâs insane sex drive.
Almost.
He hums against you now, and it vibrates your clit, making you shatter, the orgasm hitting so soon even he laughs. âDamn youâre easy now, huh baby?â
âFuck you, Toru.â You glare, earning his scowl, but then heâs back to devouring you, and youâre screaming - âYes, please, there!â
âMmmâŠâ Satoruâs tongue is fucking in and out of your entrance, you hear how wet you are in the room, so wet itâs stupid. Heâs slipping two fingers in, and you hiss at the stretch, hips bucking up for more and more. âTaste sâfuckin yummy, baby.â
âToru!â Youâre fucking his face now, the one rare time he allows you so much control, typically Satoru is always dominant, but he loves when you pull his hair, when you ride his face. âThere, fuck please donât stop!â
He does not stop, when heâs flicking your clit with his tongue over and over, and his fingers hit that spot that makes you see stars, you cum so hard you nearly black out, shaking everywhere as he looks up at you, covered in your slick. His eyes are an insane blue, they get so crazy when you all fuck, when you all make love, when you all are intimate in any way.
Satoru sees only you, and you see only him.
Heâs on you now, and youâre eagerly reaching for him, stroking his cock in your little hand, watching his eyelashes flutter. âFuck my mouth.â
âWant your pussy first.â Heâs shoved his thick eight plus inches in your cunt, and you scream out then, as he grins, those white teeth glinting in the room. âAw, shut that pretty mouth up?â
âNgh.â Is all you can imagine, as he allows you to adjust, will you ever really adjust to Satoru? Heâs so huge and thick your body always needs a minute, his long body taking over your small one, so much bigger than you, he intimidates you as he makes you feel so safe in his embrace.
The size difference of you and him just makes you wetter, when he takes you over completely, and he loves to tell you - âSo fuckin small, arenât you? Want me to break your little pussy?â
âPlease, please. Break me.â You whisper, desperate for him, and he groans loudly, pulling back, your slick dripping down the length of his veiny cock, before he shoves back in you, and his tip kisses your cervix. âMnh!â
âWanna feel you cum around me, can you baby?â He whispers, you nod eagerly, and heâs fucking you harder, slamming his lips into yours, your legs wrap his hips, your heels pressing in, as he pumps over and over. Youâre falling apart under him, Satoru takes over everything you are. âThatâs it, I feel it, cum, little brat. Now.â
You do exactly as he says, how could you now, when his tip is dragging on that spot along your walls, that are clenching around him. Heâs kissing you and drinking your cries as the orgasm washes over you, blinding you again, when his hand slips up to your throat, and he leans up, balancing with one arm on one side of you as he squeezes.
âHarder, please.â You beg softly, and he shakes his head.
âYouâre having a baby-â
âNot yet!â
âYouâre a slut.â He glares, and you just pout and squeeze his wrist, your pink glittery nails digging in as you do. âAnd a brat.â
âPlease, you can be all vanilla soon. Let me feel you choke me- ah!â Heâs squeezing now, grabbing your hips with his free hand and pulling you down harder on his cock, splitting you in two.
âYou want me to choke you, huh? Love knowing I could end you, donât you, your pretty throat in my hands. Could snap your neck.â He whispers now, and it does nothing but make you throb around his thickness, wetter and wetter, you love when he talks like this, youâre just as insane as he is.
âYes, I love it.â You breathe out, and his eyes go mad and insane, just how you love them, a grin on his handsome face.
âFine, one more time hard.â He squeezes your throat tightly under your chin, your oxygen being sucked out of your body as he pumps over you, and youâre fading so goddamn deliciously. âPretty face, when youâre losing that oxygen, I could make you faint. Couldnât I?â
You love hearing it, when heâs so big and huge and strong, and youâre pathetic under him, and he takes you over. You nod barely, itâs getting fuzzy and your ears are ringing when he shoves in deep, grinding in your pussy, his own head thrown back for a moment as he feels you convulse. Youâre cumming so hard you almost faint.
Satoru takes his hand off at the right moment, and you gasp greedily for breath, shaking as you lean up, kissing him so sloppy. Satoru groans as you do, slowing a bit and caressing your face, looking to your throat, all reddened from him. He kisses down your throat now, hands overtaking you, sliding down every line and curve, then heâs biting you hard with sharp teeth.
âAh!â You let out a strangled cry, and now heâs fucking you even harder, you hear the sounds lewd in the room, his balls smacking your ass as he does, as you cling to him desperately. âToru, too much!â
âToo much, huh? You want it, donât you.â You weakly nod, you love being pushed over the edge, relishing in it as you know soon sex will change, heâll get easier, and you soon will have a baby occupying your time.
You want your freaky Toru as much as you can have him.
âBeautiful, fuck youâre beautiful.â He whispers then, slowing his rhythm, cupping your chin again. âI fucking love you so much.â
âI love you, Toru. Youâre beautiful.â
âHandsome, fuck you.â You giggle and he gently smacks your cheek, making you moan again. âSlutty brat.â
âMm, you love it.â You grin and he grins too, rolling your hips up, to meet him stroke for stroke, and heâs falling apart now over you.
âWanna have all this cum? Fill you up more?â He whispers, and you nod, nails digging into his back making him hiss, as both of your brows furrow, and you both grow slick with a sheen of sweat. âFuck I wanna cut your stupid nails off.â
âYou like them - ah - too. And you like⊠pink! Ah!â Heâs smacking your other cheek, glaring as you laugh softly at him.
âOnly pink I like is your pretty pussy.â You desperately kiss him now, and heâs pulsing inside of you, cumming so hard he cries out desperately, and youâre getting filled so goddamn good, heâs pumped so much itâs dripping down his length. Youâre trembling as he pumps, as youâre both too sensitive. âOh my god⊠fuckâŠâ
âFuck⊠ToruâŠâ You whimper as he keeps pumping, then he cups your face with both hands.
âI love you so goddamn much. Youâre mine, say it.â
âIâm yours. We are yours.â You whisper, touching your tummy, and he exhales, nodding then.
He pulls out of you, kissing your tummy, and you feel your heart swelling, more love than you knew, when he looks up at you lovingly. âI will protect you both, forever, I swear it. No one will ever hurt you both. Iâll be everything.â You watch tears form in his beautiful azure eyes, and you choke on your own sob.
âSatoru, I know you will. I know. And Iâll be the best mother ever, and the best wife to you. I swear.â He is picking you up now, kissing you deeply, over and over, and youâre a tangle of limbs, mouths messy as you kiss deeper, more desperate. He has to take a breath, pulling away now, before glaring. âWhat!? We were having a moment, why psycho Toru again!â
âBecause if you flirt again, Iâll chain you to this damn bed.â
âOh fuck off!â
âOh yeah, think I wonât?â He raises a white brow, and you tense then, studying his face, and then he chuckles. âYou think I would.â
âYouâre insane, so maybe!â
âNo, I wouldnât, but itâs tempting.â He flips you on top of him now, youâre straddling him, your hair falling like a curtain on the side of your face, and heâs brushing it back gently. âI love you both so much already. I canât take it.â
âI know what you mean.â Your hands meet over your tummy, then you meet his eyes once more, drowning in them. âYouâre my everything.â
âYouâre my everything. Never, ever fucking-â
âToru Iâll never leave. Why would I? Everything I need⊠is right here.â Youâre grinding on him now, slick messes, heâs still half hard, and his cock twitches, his hands gripping you so tightly. âIs it time for vanilla yet?â
âItâs time for vanilla.â He smirks, pulling you to him gently, and grinding you against him, his cock between your folds, kissing you sweetly, so different than before. You whimper into his lips, feeling his love, his affection, his well⊠obsession, and you revel in it.
Youâre obsessed with Satoru Gojo too.
âLetâs see how vanilla you can be.â You whisper, leaning up to sink onto him, inch by inch, and holding both of his hands, fingers entwining against the black leather headboard. Satoruâs at your mercy, as he lets you ride him, lets you have control, kissing everywhere he can reach.
âBeautiful, fuck youâre so beautiful. You bring me to my knees, donât you know?â He says softly, gulping now, and your eyes fill with more tears, as he eases up into you, freeing a hand to cup your face so gently.
âYou bring me to my knees, Toru. I love you forever.â You whisper, and you all fall into each other, for once gently making love, so deep and beautiful it takes your breath, as you see your beautiful future.
Satoru is a psycho, but so are you.
And youâre both never letting each other go.
The End
I will do an epilogue one day, will tag anyone who wants to be tagged (along with current taglist) Thanks to everyone who enjoyed this! Don't worry, I have tons of Gojo content and more to come. Love you alll (another fic done, holy fk!)
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wherever you go (a joel miller's ff) - chapter 1
series masterlist | main masterlist | chapter 2
pairing: outbreak!2003!joel x f!reader.
summary: itâs september 29th, 2003, and joel cannot wrap his head around the fact that sarah is truly gone. as heâs about to put an end to his own sufferingâŠ
warnings: mdni. suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts, deathwish. loss of a daughter / family members. please do NOT read if this is triggering for you. swear words. reader is female, no description given. no mention of age. no use of y/n.
a/n: this is my very first attempt at writing tlou fan fiction. please be nice >: one-shot (maybe?). mainly joelâs pov but then changes to readerâs pov. this is by no means lore-accurate. also this is my interpretation of how joel lost his hearing in his right ear and got the scar on his right temple â he did imply he tried to end his life after sarahâs death so this is how i imagine it happened. finally, this is not proofread and english is not my mother tongue, so please excuse any mistakes you might spot. enjoy! (or not? cry with me pls).
w/c: ~1.3k.
Had life been any different, Joel would probably not be in this position.
He had lost everything he held dear. His very reason for living. He could not wrap his head around the fact that Sarah was gone. Truly gone. He could still feel the mud under his fingernails â his vain attempt to undo the work Tommy had put into digging Sarahâs grave.
It still felt unreal. His baby girl was six feet under, just a few yards away from him. But in his mind, he was still hugging her closely against his chest, feeling her warmth. Tommy had tried to console him, but there were no words in any human language that could sooth his broken heart, so his brother left to run the perimeter and give him some space.
The last few days were like a whirlpool of pain and tears â agony filling up his lungs, constricting his throat. Joel could not remember the last time he had cried, but he had done so many times in the last seventy-two hours. He could not contain his own emotion any longer. Such torment was too overwhelming. A father was not supposed to bury his own daughter.
It was thanks to his brother that he had been able to put his Sarah to rest. After hell broke loose in Austin and that damn official had shot at them, Joel could not bring himself to recall what had happened afterwards. From what Tommy had told him, they ran for as long as they could â Joel still holding onto Sarahâs lifeless body. His brother was able to secure a vehicle and they drove out of the city to avoid any more unwanted encounters.
That was how they got to Sam Houston National Forest. Under normal circumstances, they would have gotten there in under three hours, but it took them almost three days. Sarah loved that nature reserve. They would vacation nearby in the summertime when Joelâs schedule was clear of contracting jobs. Sarah, always full of life, would push her dad down the hiking trail, giggling, teasing him and his old knees.
Paralysed by fear, pain and guilt, Joel had only been able to watch as Tommy put a shovel to the ground and started digging. He only snapped out of his stupor when his brother murmured something as he kneeled before him to take Sarah away from his arms. Joel could not comprehend what Tommy was doing until the younger Miller put Sarah in the hole. That was when he had completely lost it.
It had been hours and Joel had not moved yet. His back against a pine tree, hands on his lap. His eyes fixated on his daughterâs tomb. Tommy had fashioned a cross with wood branches to mark the grave, wildflowers surrounding it despite being September. The contrast between the blooming wildlife and Sarahâs burial pit was gut-wrenching. So much that Joel had to close his eyes to stop them from watering once more.
Tommy had assured him this dreadful feeling would lessen with time â maybe even go away. Joel had just looked at him blankly in disbelief. He very much doubted it. There was no way he could feel his heart beating again when it had been ripped out of his chest. Emptiness eating him up, nothingness taking over his soul, dread engulfing his senses. There was no coming back from this.
Truthfully, he could not see the point anymore. The world was ending anyway, why postpone the inevitable? Joel was sure that he would only burden Tommy â in this state of mind, he was not going to be able to protect anyone, let alone his brother. In fact, he would just guide him to his death, the same way he had led Sarah to hers.
Joel opened his eyes and looked down. Tommy had left a gun on the ground to his right while he patrolled the surrounding area, in case he was interrupted and in need of protecting himself. What he was thinking about doing could be considered as âprotecting himselfâ â from his own thoughts, his own breathtaking pain.
His right hand wrapped around the grip of the gun while his index finger slid towards the trigger. As Joel put the gun to his right temple, his eyes locked on the makeshift wooden cross. He hoped he could be reunited with Sarah in Heaven, God knew he had tried his best in this life and had still failed. It was not enough. He was not enough.
Joel took a deep breath, eyes closed, and pulled the trigger.
Houston was in shambles. You just barely escaped that godforsaken city and made it to the closest nature reserve you could think of. It was the best idea, you thought, as people would be scarce in the midst of nature. So, you walked and walked, until you came across two men who had set up camp off the main trail. You kept to the shadows, not knowing if you should trust them or not.
The youngest one left a few minutes after your arrival, so you adjusted your position in order to not be seen. From there, you could have a better look at the older guy, who seemed rather defeated, sat on the ground, his back resting against a tree. His eyes bare, his face completely blank. You assumed his crushed expression was because of the events of the last few days.
Or, at least, that was what you thought until you spotted the improvised grave in front of him.
Tears welled up, gathering at the rims of your eyelids. You knew that feeling damn too well. Not only the outbreak, but life had also taken some very important people from you. The feeling of loss â you perfectly understood how hard it could hit.
But you could not reminisce about old times, not now, when your own life was hanging by a thread. You were alone in this world, and you knew how fucking dangerous that would be for a woman. Human nature scared you more than some goddamn virus.
So you were lingering. You saw those two men, and you pondered your options. Something was telling you that you could trust them â if you could trust anyone while the world was ending.
You came closer, making sure you did not make a noise. That was when you saw the raw emotion painted on his worn-out face. There was something about him that drew you in. His gloomy look spoke of hurt, but also danger.
And then you also saw his hand holding a gun to his temple.
You just acted â without any concern for your own safety.
âNO!â, a painful shriek left your mouth as you ran towards him, your knees skidding through the dirt as you stopped by his side.
You wrapped both of your hands around his wrist, trying to pull the gun away from him, when the shot went off with a loud bang. It grazed the skin on his temple and blood started to pool on the fresh wound.
âOh, shitâ, you said breathlessly, pressing the palm of your hand against the gash to stop the bleeding.
His brown eyes focused on you, a mixture of shock and disappointment.
After what felt like an eternity losing yourself in those irises, he mumbled:
âWhy?â
You tried to talk, but the words would not leave your tongue.
âIâŠâ, you started to explain yourself, but was quickly interrupted.
âWhat the heck was that?!â
You looked up and spotted the second man, the one you saw walking away a few minutes earlier, running towards you â rifle on hand, pointing at you.
Blood rushed out of your face. Was that how you were going to die after all?
âTommy, waitââ
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Hi could u pls suggest a pic where derek or Stiles gets injured and the other takes care of them?
Ah, yes, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, the top tier duo...
Holy Injuries, Batman! by LadyDrace
Stiles gets hurt. Badly. Getting better turns out to be more of a process than anyone expected, and there are a few surprises along the way.
Leave It All Behind by asarcasticwitch
A coil of panic tightens in his chest as, after just three short rings, Derekâs voiceâraspy as if barely awakeâechoes through the speaker. âDo you know what time it is?â he grumbles, and at any other time, Stiles wouldâve made a joke or retorted with something so sarcastic it wouldâve undoubtedly earned him a huff in return. But right now, he canât think of anything to say.
Our Days Are Numbered by tylerfucklin
They didn't know, not until it was too late. The damage was done; the scars and broken bones made, and the nightmares endless. No amount of corrective surgeries and physical therapy would take away what had happened to Stiles that day.
Beltane by DevilDoll
"Watching Stiles heal someone has always been a little uncomfortable for Derek, like he's seeing something intimate and private that shouldn't have an audience. That's nothing compared to how it feels." This is an AU in which Stiles has magical healing powers.
The Bite by LeeHan
The first time Stiles was offered the bite, he said no, but the universe only gave him the courtesy of asking so many times. When the inevitability of the bite catches up with him, Stiles has to face his new nature. Luckily, he has Derek by his side every step of the way.
Surrounded and up against a wall, Iâll shred âem all (and go with you) by Gorgeousgreymatter
Stiles hates hospitals. Heâs always hated hospitals. Well, not always (who likes them, anyway?), but since her. Since before -- and now just the thought of them makes him want to retch, gives him that crawling-out-his-skin feeling that makes him want to peel it all off with his fingernails. Which he should really stop biting, he muses, wincing as he tears a hangnail off with a rabid flash of teeth.
Although, technically this wasnât exactly a hospital. Not for humans anyway. But whatever, Stiles thinks, veterinary hospitals still counted. At least as long as Derek was in that back room screaming like heâs dying, because maybe he is.
This is Ridiculous by zosofi
There's a unicorn in Beacon Hills. A fricken' unicorn. In fricken' Beacon Hills, California. And it turns out that unicorns aren't drawn towards virgins in a happy-go-lucky let-me-lay-my-not-at-all-metaphorical-horn-in-your-lap way. No. They kill them. And guess who's the only virgin idiotic enough to get sucked into the Beacon Hills supernatural scene? Stiles, that's who.
I will stand with you by Taigrin
John Stilinski comes home to find Stiles and Derek passed out on the couch pretty much after telling his son to stay away from the werewolf.
Or the one with family Stilinski feels mixed up with angst and a hurt alfa.
Not Your Disney Romance by Wrennefer (Wrenegadeone)
After a long-forgotten agreement of an arranged marriage between Derek and the daughter of another pack's alpha resurfaces, Stiles takes it upon himself to become the most amazing fake fiancé that a clueless, desperate alpha werewolf could wish for.
Other fic recs: pack mom!Stiles | angsty fics | historical AU | baby/mpreg | outsider POV | possessive Derek | smut | mafia | magical!Stiles | Stiles gets kicked out of the pack | BAMF!Stiles | omegaverse
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Thea Muldani: a rant
I feel weird about Thea but I canât really put into words exactly why? So Iâm writing down some things Iâve thought.
I honestly didnât think much about her before TSC, like she was okay (I wish sheâd been introduced earlier tho or that she hadnât graduated already so she was a recurrent Raven player or something).
After reading the extra content I wasnât bothered about the age gap between her and Kevin but yes a little bit about the fact that Kevin was fourteen when they first met + the -you fuck like a virgin, maybe some practice will make you better at it- comment that Nora included. It was uuhh weird but the rest of the Kevthea story was okay, and Thea is 100% not a groomer. Plus, Nora technically deleted the extra content so in theory nothing there is canon yet.
Now in TSC we get her sole appearance in TKM from Jeanâs POV, who has known her since he was fourteen (like Kevin- this is important to keep in mind). The scene starts out cute! We find out she took him under her wing and even had nicknames for him like Paris and her little ducklingđ„°. So the fourteen year boy that just arrived from france with broken English looked up to her, Thea was ~21 at this point.
We know Jean is going through HELL during this time:
And we also know the Moriyamas were always particularly cruel with Jean, getting more physical him than with Kevin. Even though Itâs said that Riko would torture Jean and Kevin (broken hand incident) in private, hence the other Ravens not knowing the whole picture, how can a fourteen year old kid hide such pain? But apparently , as we later find out, Thea was too deep into the Evermore raven cult mindset that she didnât find anything strange about the coach and Rikkâs behavior towards Jean.
At 15 Jean is given a number and place in the perfect court, but only at 16 joins the lineup. He gets a lot of hate, especially from the other defensemen, whom Thea works with:
Although the Ravens are know for being extremely violent training, at least in the court Thea must have noticed that the defense line were especially brutal to Jean. Or SOMETHING.
But here comes the worst part: during this same year Riko forces Jean to sleep with 5 defensemen. By the time Jean is a junior most of these have graduated which means they were 20 or older. So Thea had been playing with each of these guys for at least 2 years (except for Grayson), she knew them.
They went on to joke and talk about the whole ordeal as Jean paying for his perfect court number. Thea also being in the defense line could have heard all of this first hand, we donât know. But Itâs so widely talked about that it reaches Tetsuji and we do know Thea witnessed Jeanâs punishment:
Coincidentally Thea starts a sexual and emotional relationship with Kevin this year (itâs her last too).
So hereâs the part that made me dislike Thea very much. In TKM she goes to Kevin demanding answers, Kevin then brings her to Jean, who is looking like this:
Itâs been three years since she graduated but sheâs still wearing her Raven number in a necklace, and when she sees Jeanâs state in TSC she comments how if Kevin hadnât said anything sheâd think it normal:
By now itâs clear she at 26 is still 100% brainwashed, but this next line of hers cemented it:
YOUR OLD TRICKS ?!
So letâs break that down:
1. The immigrant kid (16!) she watched over for two years from age 14 to 16 suddenly starts having sex with members of HER (23!) defense line who are all around her age and openly hate him for 5 consecutive nights and she doesnât suspect anything?
2. Said defensemen then brag and shame Jean afterwards calling him a whore, which leads to Jean getting beaten half to dead by their coach and still nothing?
3. Years later she recalls the incident as Jean being up to his little tricks and being rightfully beaten to a pulp?!!!!
I canât. I know sheâs also a cult victim but no. It was super common for Ravens to have hate sex with each other but her being close to Kevin (and somewhat Jean) during the time Jeanâs (a 16 year old!) assaults were happening and still remaining this clueless⊠Iâm sure she must be lovable for both Kevin and Jean to respect and care for her so much but her one scene convinced me sheâs way too deep into the Raven spirit and her presence around Kevin and Jean would be just so harmful.
But I have to give credit when itâs due, apparently after some hours with Kevin and 7 years later she believes her King broke Kevinâs hand:
In conclusion:
Thea is absolutely no groomer but if one takes a look at her attitude towards Jeanâs sexual history when he was 16 and how her relationship with Kevin was happening simultaneously, her you fuck like a virgin, maybe some practice will make you better at it and tell me you werenât up to your old tricks comment combo, it all makes me dislike her. Cause youâd think someone who at 22-23 was dating a boy who had just turned legal would be careful or mature enough to choose her wording better when talking about the sexual activity between a boy close in age to her own boyfriend with people around HER age, but nope. The fact that Kevin married her, has a child and lives happily ever after with her seems unbelievable to me.
PS: Her and Kevinâs (we donât know if he believes Riko) apparent ignorance or lack of suspicion of Jeanâs freshman year assault was the most hurtful part of TSC tbh (not counting Elodie). Imagine having the closest people to you misunderstand/ believe lies about such a traumatic event. I guess this is why Nora didnât include a Andrew POV, I would have died or wanted to kill Nicky and Aaron for not looking deeper into Andrewâs attitude.
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Sundays at the Library | Part Two
Part One
Pairing] Spencer Reader x glasses wearing! shy! librarian! fem!Reader
Synopsis] Despite Spencer's best efforts to keep you his Sunday solace, you become all he can think about.
Warnings] Gruesome descriptions of typical CM gore, references to sex, Spencer's POV, insecure/anxious reader, poetry excerpts, like 3k of Spencer pining over reader (sorry not sorry), tech stuff I know nothing about
Word Count] 14.1k
Author's Note] These are links to the poetry from this part: "Your laughter", "The Insect", "And because love battles". Though I use important excerpts, I would highly recommend reading these because I reference them throughout. Sorry to make you do homework but I promise it's cute bc Spencer is falling in love through poetryyyy.
Spencer spent four days in Seattle, but he would be lying if he said that was the only reason he didnât get to finish all ten of his library books by Sunday.Â
He read one book last Sunday evening while sipping tea on his couch and then he read two of them a day from Monday to Wednesday in between his work hours. Early Thursday morning Penelope rallied the troops to the conference room to explain that they were going to Seattle because four women had been found butchered. No case was easy exactly, but this one was especially hard. The women were found in horrific states, cannibalism was suspected, and Spencer was in charge of doing the geographic profile. The problem was the unsub was very criminally sophisticated and it seemed like he had no comfort zone, so Spencer was struggling. To top it all off, one of the victims' mothers had broken down wailing in the police station, right in front of Spencerâs map, begging for someone to find her daughter's killer. . . and the rest of her remains.Â
Spencer had nothing he could say to the poor mother. JJ ended up trying to comfort her, old instincts from her liaison days kicking in. He went back to his hotel room that night and cried. Itâd been a while since he cried on a case, a few months or so, but it happened every so often with bad ones, mostly children. So he let himself cry on the loveseat in the corner for a few minutes before taking a shower, putting on some soft PJs, and crawling under the covers of his double bed. For a while he stared into the ceiling picturing the map, the circles he drew, and the pins he placed on it. Half the pins marked an abduction site and the other half signified where a body was found. If he concentrated too hard, he could see the bodies in the morgue: their blue lips, sheet like skin, the carved out flesh.
Most people would assume there was no downside to an eidetic memory, but Spencer knew there was. He could remember every horrendous, gruesome detail of a crime scene, a victim's injuries, an unsubâs taunts. It all haunted him, swimming around in his vision and fogging his brain when he wanted peace. Reading helped because it kept his brain busy and his head clear. When he couldnât take the horror anymore, Spencer leaned over the side of the bed to his go-bag on the floor.Â
Inside was a couple outfits, sleepwear, his usual toiletries, and a few of his library books. He wasnât sure how much time he would have, so he brought all three of his unread ones. When Spencer unzipped the bag, he remembered he brought four borrowed books. The Poetry of Pablo Neruda sat atop the rest of his clothes and books. It must have floated to the top as Spencer rooted through the bag for his comfiest pajamas. He hesitated to bring it up onto the bed, thumbing the curling corners, but eventually took it into his lap.Â
Spencer wanted to read the book as soon as he got home from the library. He actually almost blew a stop sign he was in such a rush, which Spencer never did because he was a very careful driver. SomeâDerekâwould call him too careful, but there wasnât such a thing as too careful. However because he was so reckless and excited, Spencer couldnât bring himself to read the book. It was too distracting, too enticingâhe couldnât allow himself the pleasure of it because it would consume him. Already you were nagging his thoughts, distracting him from his day, his job, and he had to curb it somehow. He certainly couldnât feed into it by reading the book you gave him. So, he decided he would wait until Saturday to read it so you would continue to just be his solace on Sundays.Â
But Spencer wanted a distraction, he needed one really, and he wanted it to be you. He opened the book and immediately smiled as he was met with your handwritten notes in pink pen ink. He couldnât explain why the loops and lines were so you, but they were, and it only made it easier for him to hear them in your gentle whisper.Â
Spencer read 20,000 words per minute, but he read close to three per minute as he combed through the poems and your little comments and analyses. He savored them as much as he could, because he could only read them for the first time once and never again would they be so fresh and sweet. Every other line his heart would flutter and his breath would pause as he searched between the stanzas and in the margins for your own reactions.Â
Pablo Neruda wrote some powerful political poetry in support of the Communist Party in Chile, but it was only a sliver of the book's poems. The rest of the pages consisted of beautiful and heartbreaking romance poems. As he read them, he thought of you. Because youâd given him the book, of course, and it was your thoughts scrawled out on the page right alongside Nerudaâs. In his drowsy head, the words merged, printed black and scribbled pink swirling, and suddenly the woman Neruda was talking about was you. You were the woman he longed to forget, but would forever plague him. You were the woman made for his arms, his kisses, his soul. Your body was the journey his hands itched to make.
But Spencer couldnât think that of you. When his eyes would glaze and your image would appear on paper, he blinked quickly and rubbed his eyes raw. It was wrong to think of you like that because you were an acquaintanceâa friend at best. He had no right, even if youâd given him the book. He thought then about why youâd given him the book. Sure, it was because he reached his check out limit and could always read more, but why had you given him this book? It was clearly a favorite by how worn and full of notes it was, but the notes were your deepest thoughts on love. Obviously he would consider you as he read them.Â
He tried not to though, he really did, until he came across âYour Laughter.â Upon its title alone your giggle echoed in his ears and he leaned closer to the lamp light to read it unobstructed.Â
âMy struggle is harsh and I come back with eyes tired at times from having seen the unchanging earth, but when your laughter enters it rises to the sky seeking me and it opens for me all the doors of life.â
Perhaps he had imagined those other women Neruda wrote about as you, but this was you. Your laughter gave him life, comfort, and he was starting to think he couldnât be without it. Every stanza solidified it in his mind that he loved your laugh, that he would take it over bread or air, because in the dim library it stole him away from the world and relieved his burdens, if just for a moment. He finally fell asleep in the early hours of the morning with the page open on his chest.
â
On Friday morning Spencer woke with you on his mind, and that couldnât happen. He had to banish you from his head, lock your memory away in a deep, dark vault just to get his work done, because every time he saw a flower, or a book, or even heard a laugh, he was thinking of a line from The Poetry of Pablo Neruda and you were that poetry. He had to stuff the book at the bottom of his go bag and swear off it until the case was finishedâand he did. He redirected his entire focus back to his map, pins, and circles.
But every night when he went back to the hotel, depressed and exhausted, he sought the book out and found comfort in your words. He fell asleep to them and dreamt your thoughts, then woke up in the morning to you clouding his mind and he had to lock you away again to stay focused.
He was successfully able to rid you from his thoughts at work until Sunday when he woke up antsy at the idea you were in a different state. He tried again to concentrate solely on the case, but when his watch rolled over to 11 he got stuck staring at it, thinking about what you were doing on the other side of the country. It was already 2pm in Virginia due to the different time zones. He wondered what you were thinking. Did you stand at the desk, perched over it for the best view of the front doors? Were you also sad when the hour hand crept slowly passed 11 on the grand clock above the door and he did not walk in? Maybe you didnât care and the day continued as normal. Or maybe you were only upset he was not promptly returning your book. He thought if only he solved the case faster he wouldnât have to wonder.
He shook his head, shaking you away, then focused back on the map. Not more than 20 minutes later he solved it thanks to a call from Garcia about a fifth missing woman fitting the victimology. When he added a pin to her abduction site, he found the pattern, the comfort zone, and the unsub. He gathered up the map to present his findings to Hotch, to show him where he knew the secondary location had to be, and just like that the police station was bustling with a new vigor.Â
They wrapped up the case late Sunday evening. They put away a monster and were able to give that grieving mother and three others closure on what happened to their daughters. That night, a woman went home to her family and Spencer returned to his hotel room, gathered his belongings, and rushed to the jet. Heâd never been more ready to get back to Virginia because as exhausted and relieved as he was, he was also sad. He shouldnât have been, but he was, because 11am came and went in a police station and not in the library ten minutes from his apartment. Youâd called him so reliable and he missed it. He should have warned you about his unpredictable hours, he realized, but now he was just anxious to explain himself. He didnât want to be the unreliable man leaving a trail of disappointment and broken promises, it was so much like his father the thought made him shiver.Â
He was so quick to the jet he beat Hotch and JJ, who were always prompt to get back to their kids. She eyed him as he bounced on his heels, checking his watch. It was nearly 9:30pm which meant they would arrive in the early morning anyway. He would return to his apartment and sleep, hopefully for a while, because the library wouldnât be open for hours. But Spencer bounced with anxiety because he was late and he hated being late. All he did was think and he was overthinking. He hoped you werenât.Â
âSpence?â He realized JJâs eyes were on him. She had her usual concerned expression, knitted brows and tilted head. âYou okay?â
He nodded because he was okay, technically. There was nothing really wrong. âYeah, of course.â
She didnât look entirely convinced, and by now Hotch was watching their exchange. âAre you sure? You look a little. . . stressed.â
She wouldnât give it up then. âNo, I just sort of had plans today I missed. I had to return some library books and I donât like to be late,â he explained, hoping it would soothe her worries. It wasnât a lie. . . maybe a bit of a half truth, but his weekends were meant to be his and he wasnât obligated to talk at length about his personal life.
JJ scoffed, checking her phone as she relaxed, calmed by his explanation. Hotchâs eyes swept back across the street, waiting for the others to arrive. âWell, you know better than to make plans. I missed date night with Will again.â
âThat sucks,â Spencer hummed absentmindedly, eyes also watching down the road for the rest of the team.Â
It was approximately seven minutes later when their SUV pulled up and the six of them boarded the jet. The team took their usual seats, mostly in silence as Hotch did paperwork, Morgan listened to music, and the rest of the team tried to get some sleep. Spencer took the familiar couch at the back of the jet, but he didnât curl up to sleep just yet. Instead he opened his go bag to the book he had packed away right at the top to ensure he brought it. A smile spread across his face unbeknownst to him as he took it into his hands. He brought his legs up onto the seat and leaned with his arm on the armrest and his head tucked into his elbow as he got comfortable. Unfortunately, he was used to folding himself up on the small couch, long limbs and all, but it was a good enough position to read in.Â
Spencer picked up where he left off reading slowly again, tasting the words as he mouthed them to himself alone. Every so often his silent recitation was interrupted by a quiet chuckle or a snort, because not only was your commentary deep but it was witty. Your takes on Nerudaâs physical interest in love was so intriguingly sardonic he couldnât hold back a laugh.Â
Spencer found one particular poem, âThe Insect,â sensual until he spotted your jokes scrawled along the bottom near the page number.Â
âFrom your hips down to your feet I want to make a long journey. I am smaller than an insect. Over these hills I pass, hills the colour of oats, crossed with faint tracks that only I know, scorched centimetres, pale perspectives."
In your hasty, sloppy handwriting you responded:
âHe better be adept at licking between those hills if he is smaller than an insectâ
Spencer cracked a wide grin, stifling his laugh in his collar. Your humor, tucked between the pages of an unassuming book, was uninhibited by your meekness. He couldnât help but think you would never say such a crude thing aloud, or maybe you would, and he only needed to know you longer to hear it from your lips. Nerudaâs next stanza was even more lewd.
âNow here is a mountain. I shall never leave this. What a giant growth of moss! And a crater, a rose of moist fire!â
He followed a loopy arrow from the section of lines to your reply.
âCrater??? I suppose my razor bumps must be the stinging rocks that tearing out the moss uncoveredâ
Spencer snorted, wondering if you remembered writing those quips when you generously handed him the book. They werenât abundant, most of your responses were scholarly thoughts or opinions on love, but he could see your mood ebb and flow throughout the poems, crossed out thoughts and new additions from when you reread and re-examine with fresh eyes and new ideas. When he got to the end of the poem, he could see how your tone had shifted.
âSliding down to your feet I reach the eight slits of your pointed, slow, peninsular toes, and from them I fall down to the white emptiness of the sheet, seeking blindly and hungrily the form of your fiery crucible!â
Another arrow from the last word guided him to the next page where he assumed you added more thoughts after going back over the poem again.
âNeruda is only a man, so his metaphors of the body have to be expected. But his unrestrained desire and dedication is the important subtext. To make the journey long and slow and appreciate it all with unparalleled reverence? A girl might just have time to fall in love.â
Your interpretation of the poetry spoke volumes about your outlook on love. How you searched between the lines for the words unsaid, that between the carnal romance, you found desire and dedication. That was what you valued, as well as âtime to fall in love.â The sentiment gave him pause because Spencer had a habit of. . . fixation. Spencer cared fast and deeply, and maybe that was too much for you. He would have to cool off, give you space, even if he was starting to want everyday to be Sunday.Â
âWhatâs so funny over here?â
Spencer looked up, tucking the book into his chest, startled by Derek suddenly standing right in front of him. âNothing. Just. . . reading.â
Derek leaned down his head to see the title, eyebrows rising with a scoff. âThe Poetry of Pablo Neruda?â He shook his head as he continued behind the curtain to the bathroom. âOnly you would be laughing at poetry, pretty boy.â
Derek would laugh too if he took a look at your writings, but Spencer didnât feel like sharing you. He went back to his reading and it took him about an hour to finish the book. The feeling of turning over the last page was hollow. Of course, he could remember every single word, could recite it backwards if he wanted to, he studied it so intently, but the feeling of reading it, of getting inside your head was over. He drifted to sleep with the book tucked into his arm, trying to hold onto that feeling just a little longer.
Rossi shook him awake when they landed. The sun wasnât up yet and a glance at his watch told him it was only 5:30 in the morning. The team wasnât expected back until Wednesday, so Spencer only dipped into the office to grab paperwork before he got into his car and drove back home to his apartment. Blasting the radio was the only thing that kept him awake while driving. He didnât realize it when he first got on the jet, but his body and mind were exhausted. His limbs ached and his head was foggy. Once he got in the door he dropped his bag on the floor and slumped into his bed, drifting back off into deep sleep.
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From the way the light filtered in through the blinds, the sun was arching high in the sky when Spencer finally woke up again. His eyes were practically crusted shut and his mouth was dry, all the moisture leaking out onto his face and bedspread. He rubbed a hand over his face as he sat up and stretched. The rest did him good. He had more energy, at least, and he didnât feel like weights were attached to him. He sat there for a minute, just adjusting to the world, then his eyes drifted to his alarm clock. It was 12:43pm.Â
At once he jumped up from his bed, raiding his closet for a fresh pair of clothes. He didnât mean to sleep in, he meant to be at the library early to explain himself. All he bothered to put on was a clean button up and slacks before he slipped on his converse and grabbed his keys. He stopped himself at the door when he remembered he was going to the library to return his books, so he swung back around to pick up the basket on his coffee table and grab The Poetry of Pablo Neruda from his go bag.Â
He jogged down the stairs to his car, breezing past his neighbor Mrs. Cavanaugh who greeted him kindly. Of course, he drove just as carefully as he normally did, using his turn signal, completely stopping at each stop sign, and maintaining the speed limit, all the while his fingers rapped the steering wheel. His parking job in the library lot wasnât great, though if he was being honest it never really was, but he didnât hang around long to admire its crookedness as he grabbed his basket and speed walked into the library.Â
It was comforting to be met with the familiar chill and paper air. A hand thoughtless combed through his hair as he took his time to walk down the rug to the front desk. He realized he didnât put a comb through his hair before he left which meant it was definitely wild. He would have spent time being embarrassed about it if he looked over the counter and saw you, but he didnât. In your chair was an elderly woman who squinted through her own glasses as she read a thick book she clutched in her wrinkly hands. She looked up and saw Spencer standing there, an unamused look on her face.Â
âChecking something in?â She asked in a smoker's voice.Â
âOh, uh, yes,â Spencer floundered, surprised you werenât there. He took your book from the top of the basket and then brought the rest up to the counter. The woman watched him as he pulled the books from the basket, an over plucked eyebrow raised. He had to dig around in his wallet for his library card too, but eventually set it on the counter to avoid the talons at her fingertips. She let out a sigh as she began scanning them.Â
Spencer tapped his fingers against the countertop, eyes roaming around the library. Was Monday your off day? He never asked. He actually didnât know much about your personal life besides that you were in graduate school. Maybe you had classes today? He could come in again tomorrow. . . but was that weird? He wouldnât have any books to check in, so he didnât have any actual reason for coming in besides seeing you. Would you find that odd? That he sought you out? He didnât want to wait until next Sunday to talk to you again.
Spencer looked back at the librarian as she cleared her throat. She finished checking in the books and slid back over his library card, but he was still just standing there. âIs there something else you need?â She asked and he whispered your name. âWhat?â
âIâI mean, is she working today?â Spencer clarified quickly. âThe girl who is at this desk on Sundays?âÂ
She blinked at him, leaning back in her chair and picking back up her book, a sharp finger turning the page. âSheâs working.â
He nodded, gathering up his library card and basket and briskly walking away from the desk. With no additional clues as to where you were, he went to the second floor and began walking around. You had to be around there somewhere, eventually he would find you. He scanned the shelves as he walked, looking in the sciences for books that interested him, but he was too preoccupied looking over his shoulder for you walking by. Eventually he was fed up waiting for you to walk by and roamed the library just looking for you.
It took going to the fiction section to find you. He rounded the corner of a bookcase and saw you up on a ladder, arm full of books, the other busy nestling them into their places on the shelves. Your hair was done up and you wore a long, patterned skirt, but also a fitted long sleeve shirt. It hugged you like you hugged the books, and Spencerâs eyes trailed the outline of your figure illuminated by a gold halo from the window behind you. In over a week of not seeing you, Spencer didnât forget a single detail of how you looked, but the feeling he got when he looked at you was new and invigorating.Â
He saw you in a new light, literally and figuratively. He knew some of your inner thoughts; each poem he read felt like a conversation. Maybe it was one way, but you read the book so many times perhaps it wasnât. He hoped maybe you knew exactly what you were doing when you gave it to him, as if, in your own shy way, you were saying all those words to him.
A quiet gasp broke his train of thought and suddenly you were looking at him, turned on the ladder to see him at the end of the bookcase. âSpencer?â You looked surprised, caught off guard, and when you tried to scramble down the ladder clinging onto the books and nothing else, you tripped on your skirt and teetered on the foothold.
Spencer was next to you instantly, the basket sliding up his arm as he steadied you with a hand on your waist. You took hold of his other hand, delicate fingers wrapping tight around his palm, and slowly came down off the ladder. He let you go once you were on the floor again, unsure of what to do with his hands warmed by the feel of you.
âThank you, I was really trying not to twist my ankle falling off that again,â You smiled nervously, embarrassed, and looked down at the books you held against yourself.Â
âAgain?â Spencer asked, brows quirking up, lips twisting into a smile. Not only were you shy, but you were klutzy. He wasnât sure which made you more endearing.Â
âOh yeah. I was laid up for a week after falling off a three foot ladder. Now I donât reach so far out,â you explained, finally chancing a look up at him and finding his eyes already on you.
âI got shot in the knee once. I was on crutches for five months, two weeks, and five days and I hated pretty much every second of it,â he blurted out, and to his delight you breathed out a quiet laugh.Â
âWell youâve got my twisted ankle beat,â You shrugged at him. He chuckled in reply, and slowly the conversation faded away. He had so much to say to you, to explain, but it disappeared from his mouth when he stood in front of you. Suddenly he felt self-conscious. He wondered if you thought about him even half as much as he thought about you. Finally, your voice came out in the softest whisper. âI didnât know if you were going to come back. . .â
 âI was in Seattle,â like a dam burst, at last his words came rushing out. âI travel for work a lot and Iâve been in Seattle since Thursday. I only got back this morning.â
He searched your face for your reaction but your eyes were unreadable. âYou just got back from a four day work trip across the country and the first thing you do is go to the library?â He couldnât tell whether you were weirded out or not. Normally your emotions were all over your face and he read it just like a book, but suddenly you snapped it shut.
âNo. Wellâyes, kind of. . .â When you only continued to look at him, he felt the need to keep talking. âI had to return the books, yâknow? And. . .â He searched your eyes for an indication to stop or keep going, but they were only pools of hope with borders of acetate. âYou called me reliableâbefore, I meanâand I didnât want you to think I wasnât. I didnât have any way to contact you either to let you know I wasnât going to come in so I just. . . came here as soon as I could.â
The meekest of smiles lifted the corners of your lips and Spencer nearly let out a sigh of relief. âI guess itâs silly, but I was a little sad when you didnât come in. I thought I really messed it up, and that sucked because it gets kind of boring in here without a genius FBI agent to be surprised by,â you shrugged, finger tapping along a hardcover book in your arms. Spencer opened his mouth to reassure you that you didnât do anything wrong, but you continued. âI think itâd be better for both of us if we had a way to contact each otherâso you can warn me of course! When work has you too busy to come in.â
Spencer stood in front of you for a few seconds, processing what you were saying. Then you inclined your brows at him and he scrambled to get his phone from his pocket. âOh, right. You can just put your number in and I will, uh, text you.â
You struggled to adjust the books in your arms to get a free hand, so Spencer set the basket down and offered his help to take them. âOh, thank you,â you mumbled, passing the books into his long arms and taking his phone. As you thumbed in the numbers, Spencer turned to the shelves and began putting the books in their rightful places. You furrowed your brows at him, mouth falling open. âOh, Spencer, you donât have to do that.â
âIâd like to help.â He gave you a smile over his shoulder and went back to fingering over the spines to find the correct placement.
âThank you then. Just. . .â Your head craned outside the end of the bookcases, glancing either way before walking back to the trolley that carried the books that needed reshelving. âDonât let Mrs. Wilson see you. I think sheâd actually fire me.â
âMrs. Wilson?â Spencer questioned, brows creasing. âThe woman at the desk today?â
You just gathered another armful of books from the trolley when your head snapped back to Spencer, then glanced between him and then the nearly empty basket on the floor, worried. âOh my God, she checked your books back in. She didnât say anything mean to you, did she? Nasty little comments are her specialty.â
Spencer took more books from the cart, his eyes glued to you as you scaled the ladder again. âNo. She wasnât exactly friendly either, but she didnât say anything mean.â You wiped fake sweat off your brow. âIs she your boss?â
âKinda, yeah. Technically Iâm a library aid, but I do pretty much everything she does as the librarian,â you said, voice dry and tired with annoyance. âActually I do everything sheâs supposed to do besides berate people for late books, thatâs her favorite pastime. Most of the day she manages the desk while I do everything else. I only work the desk Sunday because thatâs her off day. Iâm pretty sure she spends it at church because sheâs always telling me I should be going.â
He glanced at you as you talked, continuing to organize the books. It was the most he ever heard you talk, and he was starting to hear the same voice he heard on the margins of The Poetry of Pablo Neruda. âIâm glad I came in on Sunday then,â he said. He likely never would have met you if he didnât come in on Sunday, what with you rushing around doing all the other day to day library duties. That meant there was a 1/7, or 14% chance of him meeting you at the library the way he did. He didnât even want to think about how slim the chance of him meeting you was after also factoring in the other libraries in the area he could have visited.
âIâm glad you did too.â You smiled over at him, shelving your last book and carefully heading back down the ladder. âShe never would have let you check out all those books at once.â
He quickly placed the remaining book in his hand on the shelf, joining you at the trolley as you divided up the last of the books left. âSo, if sheâs so mean and awful at her job, why donât you report her?â
You paused, eyes going distant and your shoulders slighting curling in on yourself. âI could report her to the director I guess, but. . .â You only considered it for a moment before collecting the books and spinning away down the bookcase with a shake of your head. âI donât see the point. Sheâs just a grouchy old woman. Itâs not like I canât handle it. I think the reason she hates me so much is because she thinks Iâm going to replace her.â
Spencer eyed your body language and shift in tone. It was the confrontation that scared you, he realized. He saw it before with Todd and now with Mrs. Wilson and the director. You didnât stand up to her or advocate for yourself because of some self conscious doubt or fear of rejection. Sure, Mrs. Wilson might be mean and a bit scary, but that shouldnât mean you have to deal with her blatant disrespect. He wanted to give you some encouragement, but seeing your reaction to his questionâthe way you curled in on yourself to protect yourself from the discomfort just considering reporting her gave youâmade him not want to push you, so he finished putting the books in the bookcase.Â
âIf you say so. I'm just sorry you donât get along with your coworker. I feel like my team at the BAU is my family and I couldnât imagine it any other way,â he confessed. His only real family was his mom, but he felt it wasnât appropriate to talk about her just yet. Although he did feel like the team was also his family, so it felt right to talk about them.
You hummed, a dreamy look on your face. âThatâs nice. It makes sense too, since you all have to trust each other with your lives, donât you?â You brought your bottom lip between your teeth suddenly, hesitating to look at Spencer. âI um, I looked up what the BAU was the other day because I wanted to know what you did exactly. It just said you created âprofilesâ of serial killers, but it didnât mention field work.â You slotted onto a shelf the last book in your hands, fidgeting with your fingers as they became idle, eyes wandering back and forth between him and the floor. âI was just thinking if. . . are you in danger often? You didnât seem very scared of that guy the other dayâobviously heâs not nearly as scary as a serial killer, but you also said you got shot in the knee?â
Spencer held back a smile because you seemed upset, but the fact that you took the time to look up what he did and worried about him made his stomach swirl in a way which was more pleasing than nauseating. âField work is a part of my job, yes. We profile serial killers and other criminals, but we also help the local police catch them. Iâve had other injuries besides getting shot in the knee, too. So, yes, often it can be a very dangerous job.â It also felt wrong to bring up Tobias Hinkel, the trauma Spencer experienced, and the path it led him down. Maybe at a later time he could bring it up, but now he was more comfortable recounting exactly the amount of times heâd been shot at and every injury heâd gotten on the job from being punched to poisoned. Spencer did none of that though, because your face became sickly and your brows knitted so tight with concern he thought they might merge together. âIâm always okay though! I trust my team and we all keep each other safe. I wear a bulletproof vest to protect my vital organs and I carry a gun, so Iâm kind of hard to kill.â
You crossed your arms, nodding as you calmed down from the worry. Spencer wondered if you were also an anxious person, it would make sense since you were so concerned about him and his job. It was a dangerous job, sometimes in the moment Spencer dismissed the probabilities that he could actually die, but it was always possible despite his experience, knowledge, and skills. Unlikely, but possible. âItâs a really good thing your coworkers have your back then,â you joked, but it was weak and Spencer could tell you were still unsettled.
He wanted to calm you down, because there wasnât anything to be worried about. He was good at his job, safe, and he always ran all the probabilities and took the best course of action. Most importantly, he always had a thorough and accurate profile, which Gideon always said was the deadliest weapon he could have. You didnât need to worry about him despite the danger. ââWhat more can they tell you? I am neither good nor bad but a man, and they will then associate the danger of my life, which you know and which with your passion you shared,ââ he recited. Your head tilted as you took in his words, an excitement of realization slowly filling up your face. ââAnd good, this danger is danger of love, of complete love for all life, for all lives.ââ
ââAnd because love battlesâ, Pablo Neruda,â you named it. Spencer was right when he assumed you read it several times because you had it memorized enough to spot it. âThat poem is about fighting for and defending his love despite his past and what others have to say about itânot the danger of having standoffs with murderers.â
âYes, but I can repurpose it. I do this job despite the danger because I love people. I love helping them, saving them. I couldnât imagine doing anything else. If I donât catch the murderers, who will?â He explained, trying to show you that this job was just a part of him, however dangerous it was, he could handle it. âI know it can be scary, but trust me when I tell you that Iâm good at what I do. There aren't any people out there better at this job than my team. You donât have to worry.â
You plucked at the ends of your sleeves, thinking on what he told you. The seconds ticked by and he resorted to examining your body language, how your shoulders were even and between them your chest rose and fell at a steady pace. Your face was placid too, until it warped with a playful smile and you stepped closer to him. The breath left his lungs in an exhale. âSo. . . you did finish The Poetry of Pablo Neruda?â He took air in again with a chuckle. Teasing him must have meant you felt reassured. âYou must have been distracted being so good at your job that your interpretation was off, because thatâs not at all what that quote means.â
Spencer took a step towards you, his long legs almost closing the gap of space between your bodies before you scrambled back a step. âOh, I know what you think of that poem. I know exactly what you think of all Nerudaâs poems, since you spelled it out for me.â
Your hands came back to the front of you, fidgeting with your fingers as you avoided the intensity of his eyes, face warming with embarrassment. âYou read all my notes?â How could he not? Surely, you must have known he would.Â
âOf course I did. I thought it was all very insightful,â he said, and because he couldnât help himself, he continued. âEspecially all your little jokes. What did you have to say about âThe Insectâ? âHe better be adept at lickingâââ
âSpencer!â You squealed, certainly disturbing anyone who was in the surrounding rows of bookcases. Your hands rushed to cover your face. âI didnâtâYou werenâtâoh my God!â
Spencer laughed at your suffering, taking sadistic pleasure in it only for a few moments before he gently pulled your hands from your face by your arms. âItâs okay. I thought they were all very funny. Youâre very funny.â
It was harder for you to shake off the embarrassment. You carefully removed your wrists from his hands to wring them. âI didnât think you were even actually going to read it.â
Spencerâs brows twitched into a furrow, puzzled as to why you thought he wouldnât read the book you gave him. âWhy not? I like poetry.â
You shrugged. âIâI donât know, I just definitely didnât expect for you to memorize it and everything I said.â
âI have an eidetic memory,â he countered, knowing he would remember everything you ever wrote and said to him. âAnd some of that stuff is pretty hard to forget anyway.â
You whined, mortified. âYeah, Iâm starting to realize what that means.â
There was a pause between you and Spencer, because you were embarrassed and he wasnât sure why. Having someone read your private thoughts is vulnerable and flustering, but you gave him the book. You must have known he would agonize over your every word, but your reaction said you didnât. Spencer couldnât help but feel he was reading too far into things, his obsessive, addictive personality sending him spiraling down a hole of a relationship he dug all on his own. You didnât think about him as much as he did you; you didnât read into the things he did and search for more meaning.Â
âDo you need more books?â
âHuh?â
He was staring into your face thinking hard, but you snapped him back out of it. âYou finished reading all your books right?â You repeated.
âNo, I only read seven of them,â he thought aloud.
âWhat? What happened to Mr. 20,000 words per minute?â The shyness fled you slowly as you turned again to teasing him. It was cute, but it also flustered Spencer, because he definitely couldnât tell you he didnât finish his other books because he spent all his time scrutinizing every word both you and Pablo Neruda wrote.Â
âIâI told you I was in Seattle for four days. I didnât have time to finish them because I was busy.â It was a lame excuse because he definitely did have enough time, he just spent it reading the book you gave him because it comforted him better than any other book could.
You hummed, tapping your fingers along your forearm. âOkay, well, you should look for some more books. I have to get back to work or the libraryâs going to collapse without me. So, um, text me?â
He got whiplash from your sudden goodbye. âYâYeah, of course. Iâll see you next week right?â
âOf course,â you repeated, throwing him a wave as you grabbed the handle of the trolley and started pushing it out of the aisle.Â
âWait, donât forget this.â Spencer stopped you as he picked his basket back up from the floor, plucking The Poetry of Pablo Neruda out of it to hand to you.Â
You took it with a grateful smile, setting it on the trolley. âThank you, Spencer, Iâll have to give you more poetry book recommendations since clearly you liked this one so much.â
He watched you disappear around the corner and was immediately hit with everything he wanted to say to you, what he should have said, all the conversations he wanted to have had. It wasnât enough. Youâd taken a decent chunk of time out of your busy day to chat with him but it still didnât satisfy him. Spencer wondered if there would ever be enough of you, or if he was now forever craving you, needing your words, your laugh, you entirely.
He resigned himself to looking around the library for new books to read. Every time he entered a new aisle, he looked for you, having hope youâd be there but you never were. Still, he took his time finding books, but once he had seven in his basket he made his way down to the front desk.
Of course, Mrs. Wilson was sitting there and she was just as pleased as she was before to see Spencer standing in front of her. She stood up as he began unloading the books onto the countertop.Â
âSeven books?â She croaked.
âYes? I only have three out and the check out limit is ten,â he justified, pausing as he rummaged his wallet for his library card.
âI know the checkout limit. You canât check out more than five books at once,â she hissed, clawing two books off the top of the stack and dropping them onto the cart behind her. Without missing a beat, she turned back and snatched up his library card from the counter and began scanning.
âOkay. . .â he mumbled, unsure how to respond. Obviously that wasnât library policy, but he wasnât interested in fighting with your coworker. All he needed was for her to dislike him. Well, dislike him more than the disdain she seemed to have for everyone.Â
When she finished scanning and checking the books out, she slapped his library card on top of the stack and sat back in her seat, picking up her book again without a word. Spencer took that as his sign to get lost and quickly gathered up his books in his basket and made for the exit. He looked back once more as he opened the double doors and turned back around as they shut behind him.
Spencer wiped down the books and his basket in his car, setting them both up snug in his passenger seat. He sat there for a moment, looking back at the library, then pulled out his phone. Like you said, your name had been added to his contacts, your full name. He bounced his leg as he considered sending you a message, but finally gave in and typed a simple one out.
- Hey, it's Spencer Reid.
Again, his leg bounced viciously as his fingers hovered over the buttons, sporadically typing out letters before deleting them. He even set it down before he picked it back up and hurriedly sent another message.
- Mrs. Wilson only let me check out five books.
He tossed his phone over into his passenger seat with a sigh. Spencer Reid did not text. It was strange, embarrassing, and not at all something he was used to. He felt the urge to call Garcia and even ask if he was doing it right. Was there even a right way to text? There had to be and he had no clue what it was. Constantly Garcia was bringing up internet language Spencer did not understand. What if you knew it and he didnât? He almost went back into the library to research it on the computer.Â
But he had to go home. He hadnât eaten yet and his stomach was starting to rumble and growl. There was a chinese place on the way home, he could stop by there and get takeout. It wasnât the healthiest plan, but there wasnât much at the apartment besides pasta. That meant he also had to go grocery shopping tomorrow. He sighed through his nose as he put the car in drive, only to immediately throw it back in park when he heard his phone chime. He lunged over the console to the passenger seat so quickly the seat belt locked up and he choked himself momentarily before he could unfasten it and snap up his phone from the seat. There was a text from you.
- When do you go back to work?
His brows creased, but he responded swiftly nonetheless.
- Wednesday. Why?
- That means you have to come in tomorrow at 11, that's her lunch break. I can check you out.:)
He was even more confused by the punctuation at the end of your sentence. He reread it thrice for any clues to the meaning before he tilted his head and saw a smiley face staring back at him. A laugh burst from him, shaking his chest. He could put off grocery shopping until later in the day tomorrow.
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Spencer came into the library Tuesday at 11am promptly. You escorted him around the library as he found two more books, then you let him pick an additional two more to check out on your own library account. After picking out the books, sneaking to check him out at the front desk became the best covert op mission Spencer had ever done, and he actually had done quite a few. As you talked, Spencer recounted cases he worked on and taught you the lingo they used in the field. When you slunk behind the front desk, you actually whisper-screamed âClear!â at him with a face so serious Spencer had to slap a hand over his mouth so he didnât blow the whole operation by laughing in your face. Your head bobbed constantly for any sight of Mrs. Wilson, even though you told him she ate lunch at the diner down the street. Then you slid him the two extra books like the scandal was DEA investigation worthy. All the while, you and Spencer giggled like children.Â
You were a lot less worried now when he told you about the cases he worked on, he tended to leave out the really scary parts, but the idea of him chasing after armed murders didnât terrify you as much anymore. You seemed to trust him and his skills more, likely because of his excellent performance during âOperation Paperback,â which was the code name you lovingly bestowed upon your mission to check Spencer out more books while Mrs. Wilson took what was most definitely not a smoke break. (You told him you were going to launch your own investigation into the cigarette butts you kept finding in the parking lot when he left now that you were a pro at âFBI stuff.â)
Spencer left the library with a giant grin on his face and it stuck with him even as he picked out his next week's worth of meals at the grocery store. He also planned when he would see you again and thought about all the things he wanted to talk to you about. Of course, he wanted to tell you about all the great things he did: his successes as an FBI agent, how he earned his PhDs, the time he hit the ball and ran the winning homerun for Derekâs baseball team. But he also wanted to tell you the darker parts of his life: his motherâs illness, how the job had traumatized him, his struggle with addiction. And he wanted to know so much more about you in kind.
Swiftly, it was no longer just Sundays he was visiting the library. He was dropping in after work and on the odd days he had off due to prolonged cases in other states. It took him less than a week to memorize your schedule. You had off on Fridays and Saturdays, and on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays you had classes. Of course, your classes were late after work on Monday and Wednesday, however they were early in the morning on Friday. The library hours were something he also saved in his mental rolodex. It had open hours all seven days of the week: 10am to 4pm on weekends and 11am to 7pm on weekdays. Spencer was leaving work on time for the first time in years to make it to the library before close.Â
Over the next couple weeks as he went to the library, he realized you spent a lot of time troubleshooting the computers. So when he came in he would either find a book to read or set himself up at an open computer near the one you were working on. He told you he was âresearchingâ things for cases, but he didnât really have to because anything he wanted to know he could have asked Garcia with her masterful skills and FBI grade software. He came to chat with you, listen to you complain about having to fix the computers so often because the local teens kept breaking them. Still, you were too timid to reprimand them or threaten to kick them out. In his job everyday there was always confrontation, everyone had to do it, so it was both confusing and sweet to him that you lacked the nerve to address people. He only wished you would stand up for yourself, because when you avoided confronting the problems it only ever gave you more labor.Â
You became much more comfortable with him though. You shared more thoughts openly, met his eyes more, and even shared things about yourself that seemed very personal. You told him about your parents, your friends, your quaint apartment, and some embarrassing stories of your childhood. As close as you both were becoming over the weeks, you refused to let him read any of the poems you wrote because âit's different when you read it than when strangers read it.â He couldnât dream of it being bad. He wouldnât even give criticism or comment on it, but still you wouldnât let him. You did, however, let him read your interpretations and analyses of poetry and literature you were reading for your classes. He would finish scanning the texts in minutes, which you would whine and complain about taking hours doing as a slow reader, and then read your writings and give you his critiques. At first you were nervous and fidgety about it, would go quiet when he didnât necessarily agree. Then, slowly, you became more argumentative, fighting him on whose perspective was correct. Spencer loved arguing with you, the way your face lit up when you thought you had him, and the pout of your lip when you conceded the genius maybe knew what he was talking about.Â
He handled five cases over the weeks he got to know you, during which he never used his phone more. He would be away for days at time and not be able to visit the library, so he resorted to texting you during the day and calling you from his hotel room in the evenings after you got home from classes, or just before you tucked yourself in for bed. Sometimes he talked about the cases, only giving you bits of information and keeping out the truly horrific things. Other times, he talked about his life. It was hard at first, telling you about the darkest parts of him, how he was far more complex than he originally led you to believe, then it became easy. You took it in stride, showing him an empathy he never knew he craved so deeply. You comforted him over the phone, or in the library, and assured him you didnât see him any differently than before. Told him you were still his friend.
His friend. Of all the things you said to him while he was vulnerable, that one was the only one that wounded him. You were a great friend, truly, but Spencer was closer to the realization everyday he didnât want to just be your friend. On the nights he wasnât away on a case, when he entered his empty apartment and prepared himself dinner alone, he missed your voice. He wanted you there always, more than someone should want a friend. He never thought about Derek, or Penelope, or JJ the way he thought about you. His team was his family and he loved them, but the way he felt about you was another thing entirely. You consumed him at times. When he should be thinking about a case or chatting with one of the team, something reminds him of you and suddenly heâs stuck in a loop of thinking about what you were doing, thinking, feeling. He was distracted, and the worse part of it all was that his team was starting to notice.
Spencer tried to be discreet, but sometimes as he sent a text under his desk or hidden alone in a room Derek would catch him and heâd have to come up with a fast excuse. It always sounded defensive and not quite convincing because Spencer was not a very good liar. The rest of the team was catching him lost in thought, which wouldnât be as damning if it didnât happen so often. He cared for you so much he couldnât help but think of you all day. He likely would never stop talking about either if he wasnât hiding your existence from his team. At first it was because he tried to keep you very separate from his work life, like his job at the FBI didnât have to exist when he was with you and therefore you did not exist when he was at work. But now youâd infiltrated his life completely and there was no possible way to keep you separate. He hid you now because well. . . he was embarrassed. Clearly he was obsessed with you, he couldnât deny it anymore, but you didnât feel the same way.Â
You were caring, kind, generous, empathetic, yes, but in love with him? Well you gave no indication you were. Often you would call him your friend, mention you were scared of relationships, and when he tried showing you he was interested in being more than your friendâgetting closer to you, complimenting you, flirting with youâyou got quiet and shied away, so he backed off. He wanted to be with you so desperately he put to use all the tips Derek had given himâthe PG-13 ones at leastâbut none of it worked. Perhaps he wasnât doing it right, or you just didnât like him. He was trying hard to just settle with being just your friend.
âOh my God, I hate this thing!â You hissed, slapping your hands over your face and groaning quietly into them.Â
âIâm guessing you tried turning it off and on again?â Spencer grinned. He pulled out the seat to the computer next to you, hanging the strap of his messenger bag on the chair behind him. Your eyes glared at him between your fingers.
âDonât make me hate you too, Spencer. That never works.â Well then the problem went beyond his ability to fix. âI just donât understand how they can get so many viruses on a computer? Everyday Iâm blocking new websites.â
Computer six, which conveniently was the computer with the least visibility from the front desk, was almost always in need of fixing. Mainly because of a group of teens who would come in on the weekends or after school to play around on it. Constantly you were blocking the unsecure, often dangerous or pornographic websites they frequented. How they found them all, you could not fathom. You were fairly good at fixing the computer with all the time youâd spent doing it and all the tutorials you had to research, but were truly stuck. It was almost a week of the computer being down and you had no luck repairing it.Â
âYou tried everything?â He asked, his smile dropping into a frown at your distress.
âYes. I donât know what to do anymore. Mrs. Wilson is on my ass about fixing it and sheâll never call the director to send someone to fix it because that costs money. And Iâd have a better chance at winning the lottery than getting a new computer and I donât even play.â You drug your hands down your face, shoulders slumped in defeat.Â
âI could get it fixed.âÂ
You let out an unstifled laugh, which he would be happy to hear if you werenât laughing at him. âSpencer, you suggested turning it off and on.â
âNo, I mean I could ask someone to fix it. A member of my team, Penelope, is a technical analyst. Sheâs very good with computers and she could fix it.â He didnât want to ask Garcia, actually the last thing he wanted to do was get his team involved, but he hated even more to see you so upset and stressed. He was just your friend and that was all Garcia would see.Â
Your mouth fell open and you waved your hand dismissively. âOh no, I couldnât bother her with this. She's probably so busy. IâI can handle it.â
Spencer smiled. You were so sweet, always determined on dealing with things so you didnât have to put the weight onto others. It only made him want to help more. âSheâd be doing me a favor. Iâm sure sheâll be happy to help.â
âAre you sure?â Beyond the apprehension, he saw how hopeful you were.Â
âYeah, of course. Iâll let you know when she can come fix it,â he said, watching the smile spread across your face. You were so elated, you reached over the space between the chairs to give him a hug, letting out a deep sigh of relief.Â
âThank you so much, Spencer,â you mumbled into his shoulder. He awkwardly patted your back, unsure exactly what to do with his gangly arms. He wasnât too much of a hugger, neither were you, so it was the first time youâd ever hugged him. His cheeks warmed at the thought.
Unfortunately, he had to follow through on his promises. So the next day when he went into work he hung around the door to Garciaâs lair, repeating over and over in his head how he was going to ask. He opened the door with a knock and she swirled around in her chair to look at him, a megawatt smile beaming.
âHey handsome, what can I do ya for?â She greeted, spinning a fuzzy orange pen between her fingers.Â
Spencer wrung his hands in the doorway, halfway between coming in and running away. âI was wondering if you could do me a favor?â
âOf course! What did you need me to look up?â She spun back in her chair, hands at the ready.
âItâs not that, it's a personal favor. AâA tech problem. Do you think you could help me with it this Sunday?âÂ
Slowly, Garcia tapped her heels on the floor to turn her spinny chair back towards Spencer, eyebrow quirked. âOkay, technophobe. Whatâs this tech problem because I didnât think you owned a computer?â
âItâs a computer at the library I go to. Itâs been out of order for a week now and they canât seem to get it fixed,â he explained, continuing to fidget.Â
She pursed her lips and tilted her head, gesturing at him with her fuzzy pen. âIs there not more than one computer at the library? Or are libraries really that popular still? I think you should just get a computer, Reid. I promise itâs not that scary and Iâll pick you a good one! The kind even old people know how to useâno offense. We can goââ
âGarcia,â he interrupted her rambling with a wince. Clearly he wasnât going to get away with asking for her help so vaguely. âThe library canât afford to pay someone to fix it so I told the librarian Iâd ask if you could. If youâre too busy, itâs alright.â
She seemed skeptical, mouth bobbing open and closed like she had more to say, but finally closed it with a simple nod. âI can fix it, of course I can fix it. JJ canceled our brunch plans Sunday so I can be there at 11:30.â
Spencer gave her a tight lipped smile and a nod. âOkay, Iâll send you the address. Thank you, Garcia.â He wanted to add that she probably shouldnât mention it to the rest of the team, but knowing Garciaâs lack of subtlety and habit of being just a tad nosey, he figured that would only make it more suspicious and odd.
So he gave her a farewell and speed walked back to his desk, taking his seat with a heavy sigh of relief. Garcia may not be a profiler, but she knew him well and she had a bloodhound like nose for gossip. If he wasnât careful, she would sniff out just how much he liked the librarian he mentioned so briefly. Then it would spread like wildfire around the office and Spencer would be safe from no oneâs prying and teasing.Â
It was the first Sunday he was nervous to go to the library. His palms were sweaty as he waited at the computer with you, you none the wiser. He tried to focus on you to calm down because you were always his source of comfort. His eyes trailed over your long skirt and t-shirt combo, making note of the way you kept touching your arms as if you were cold. No doubt youâd slip on the cardigan you kept behind the desk soon, but he assumed you wanted to look nice to meet Penelope, because you did look very nice. Your hair was out of its updo and if he looked hard enough at your face, which he did, he could tell you were wearing lipgloss and some other little bits of makeup.Â
âYou okay?â You asked him softly, eyes looking over his own face.
âIâm fine,â he blurted maybe a little too quickly because you looked unconvinced. Slowly you were learning his tells and he wasnât sure how long it would be before you found out how fixated he was on you and you didnât want to be his friend anymore. âI just. . . I hope Penelope can fix it for you.â
You smiled sweetly, looking away at the entrance. âI bet she can, but even if she canât, it's okay. It was nice of you and her to try.â
He wanted to reassure you that he would always try for you, but Penelope came through the double doors, absolutely glowing like the sun. In mood, but also in outfit. Or maybe it was more like a sunflower? All Spencer knew was that it was very yellow and vibrant. She came rushing over when she saw him and you stand up to greet her.
âHi, you must be Penelope. Spencer told me so much about you,â You greeted and immediately Spencer realized he messed up.
Garciaâs eyes ran over you, then went back and forth between you and Spencer. He could see the gears turning in her head. âOh, hello!â She chirped, friendly as always but awkward because she heard nothing about you.
Quickly, Spencer introduced you to Penelope and both you and her shook hands before she put him out of his misery and asked what the problem with the computer was. She took a seat at computer six and you stood next to her, pointing out things on the screen.
âI have some kids that keep coming in and going on all these sketchy websites. I keep blocking them, but they keep finding new ones and itâs loading the computer up with viruses. Then it runs slow and freezes so often itâs unusable,â You shook your head as you explained, exasperated by it all. âSorry, I know itâs a lot, but do you think you could fix it?â
âOh, please. Those are some easy fixes! Iâll just remove the viruses and add some more blocking software not even tech savvy kids can get around.â Garcia was already typing at the computer, doing things on the screen Spencer didnât bother to try and comprehend. He was looking at you as the grin yanked up your lips.
âReally? Thank you so much. Iâve been fighting with this damn thing for weeks. Iâm not great with computers.â
âI think youâve done pretty good so far. Youâre much better than Reid, thatâs for sure. Sorry fellow genius, but it's true,â she glanced back at him, almost remorseful but still carrying a smile.
You laughed, always eager to tease him. âWhen heâs on a computer I think he lied to me about having an IQ of 187. He needs my help finding research databases, pulling up old articles, everything but logging in, really.â
âHuh,â Garcia glanced back at him again, only to find his eyes averted and his hands stuffed into his pockets to stop their incessant fidgeting. He was caught and he knew it. He maybe. . . exaggerated how bad he was with computers to you at first, just to get you to come over and talk to him when he first started coming to the library after work, but unfortunately he didnât know how to end the ruse. Garcia called him a certified technophobe, but even she knew he had those basic skills, especially since sheâd seen him do it on his own before.Â
âHow long do you think it will take?â You asked, glancing over the rest of the computers to the desk. âI just have to get back to managing the front desk.â
âOnly about a half hour. Iâm going to do the other computers as well to save you some time blocking websites. You can go though, I got this.â She gave you a smile, gesturing for you to leave.
âThank you again, Penelope. Iâll be back before youâre done,â you promised, fluttering away from the table swiftly to help someone standing at the front desk.
âSoâŠâ Garcia was looking up at Spencer impishly.
âSo?â He asked, though he had a good idea of what was coming.
âDo you like her?â Her eyes were hopeful, lips spread into a grin.Â
âGarcia. . .â he warned, pleading for her not to go any further. He didnât want to have to lie, but he couldnât tell her that he was hopelessly falling in love with you.
But that only sold it for her, her hands reaching off the keys to fan her face. âOMG. You do like her!â
He glanced around to see if you heard her exclamation, but you were busy talking to the man standing at the front desk. âPenelope, sheâs my friend,â he tried to be firm in his assertion, but even to his own ears it sounded more like a whine.
âA very cute friend! Who seems like the sweetest person on earth. Oh, and she works in a library. So adorableây'knowâbecause youâre always reading? Are you sure sheâs just a friend?â She launched into a ramble, too clouded by the idea that he may be interested in someone to recognize the hurt on his face.
âIâm sure. Sheâs⊠she doesnât like me like that,â he sounded sad, he didnât mean to, but he was. He had a very hard time hiding his feelings, and now Penelope heard it and was looking at him like he was a kicked puppy.
âOh, well, Iâreally? She seemed so. . .â She was at a loss for words, watching as you walked past guiding the man from the desk over to the staircase, likely showing him where to find a specific genre. Penelope shook her head as you disappeared from view, redirecting her focus back to the screen and letting her hands fly back to the keyboard. âI should mind my business. Right. Bad Garcia.â
Spencer frowned, eyes lingering on where you vanished up the stairs. He pulled back out the chair beside her and slumped in it, avoiding her eyes. âThank you, Garcia.â
He didnât have to thank her for long though.Â
She fixed the computer and you were so incredibly grateful you hugged her. Or rather, you hugged her back after Garcia enveloped you into her arms, so overwhelmed with your praise, but you seemed glad to let it happen. Even after she left, and a few days later the teens returned, they were upset to find the new restrictions on the computer they couldnât bypass, much to your delight. Spencer was thankful for that, but he was much less grateful when only a week and a half later Garcia slipped up and mentioned you to the team.
He was wrapping up his paperwork fast, reading through documents at lightning speed and filling them out so quickly his handwriting was nearly illegible. But he promised heâd come to the library to see you after work because he was away on a case the past couple days including last Sunday. He was so invested in completing his paperwork he didnât even notice Derek and Penelope passing him with cups of coffee.Â
âWhoa kid, got a date you're running late for?â Derek joked, perching at Spencerâs desk to grin down at him with a teasing smile.
âOooo, I bet it's that cuteââ As the words came tumbling from Garciaâs pink lips, Spencerâs face ripped away from his paperwork to look at her, and with a look of horror she quickly cut herself off to sip from her mug.
Derekâs brows creased, looking between Spencer and Garcia with an amused bewilderment. âThat cute what?â When Garcia avoided his eyes, drowning in her coffee, and Spencerâs cheeks turned pink, realization covered Derekâs face. âOh, okay pretty boy, I see you! That must be why youâve been on your phone so much. What cute girl have you been talking to?â
Spencer cleared his throat, turning back to his papers as he consolidated them from the cluttered mess into a neat pile. âNo one.â
Derek laughed, clapping a hand on his shoulder. âNo, no, no. Donât get all shy now, playa, spill.â
When Spencer refused to respond, continuing to shuffle about his papers, Derek narrowed his gaze onto Garcia, who could drink from her cup no longer and began coughing. It gathered the attention of a few other pairs of eyes in the office just in time for her to finish her choking and begin spilling.
âOkay! Sheâs this absolutely adorable librarian! Sheâs the sweetest thing and her style is so cute and I wanted to ask her where she got her glasses from, but I was too distracted because Reid totally likes her and thinks that she doesnât like him, but I was trying to get all profiler on her because I thought âthereâs no way she couldnât like boy genius because heâs just as cute and they are so made for each otherâ andâlike you guys know, Iâm no profilerâbut Iâm pretty sure she likes him!â Finally she took in a breath, practically hyperventilating and fanning her face.
Spencer gawked at her, wide eyed. âPenelope!â
She looked at him sympathetically, but it was Derekâs face that he focused on. His brows were high on his forehead, mouth gaping as he took all of her words in. âOkay, first of all: wow. Second of all: why do you think she doesnât like you?â
Spencer chewed on his lip. He didnât really want to explain himself to Derek and Penelope, two people known for their confidence and dating escapades, but he was cornered. Not only that, but he was becoming so desperate he found himself wanting their advice. âIâI donât know. Whenever I try to show her Iâm. . . interested, she gets quiet and awkward.â
âHow have you been showing her youâre âinterested?ââÂ
He shrugged, leg bouncing under the table. âFlirting with her I guess?â
Derek scoffed. âYou guess?â When Spencer could do nothing but look away with a heavy sigh, Derek continued. âLook man, she could just be shy. I know itâs scary, but you have to just ask her out on a date. That's the only way youâre really going to know if she likes you.â
Spencer picked at a loose thread on his cardigan, voice quiet. âBut what if she says no? I just. . .â He licked his lips, playing over the words in his head and wondering if he wanted to be so vulnerable to Derek and Penelope. âI like her so much. . .â he whispered.
Garcia cooed, tottering around the desk in her heels to wrap her free arm around Spencer. âWho could ever say no to you, handsome? Iâm positive, sheâll say yes, I know that girl likes you!â
âHey,â Derek said, getting Spencer to look up at him as Garcia released him. âYou got nothing to worry about, pretty boy. Now you go to that library and ask her out to a nice fancy restaurantâwhich no pretty girl can refuseâand Iâll worry about this paperwork.â
âAre you sure?â Spencer asked meekly, but Derek and Penelope only reassured him and ushered him out of his seat. He was out of the office less than ten minutes later, getting into his car. He flipped down the sun visor to look at himself in the tiny mirror, frowning at his reflection. His hair was always a mess and he needed to shave.Â
He flipped the visor back up with a sigh, putting his car in drive and taking himself to the library before he sat in the parking lot all night stressing. He didnât have to ask you out, but he did have to go because he promised you heâd be there. . . and he missed you dearly.
The library was empty when entered. There were sometimes a few stranglers this late, but on a random Tuesday night the library was clear of everyone but you, bent over wiping down the tables for the night. His eyes roamed over you, breath catching in his chest like it always did when he first laid his gaze on you again.
âGood evening,â he greeted, trying not to startle you with his presence.Â
You turned quickly, a smile taking over your bored face when you spotted him standing by the front desk. âSpencer! How was your flight this morning?â
âFine. I finished the book on biological regulations and development, but I mostly just slept because we had a whole day of paperwork to catch up on.â
âAnd work today?â You asked, throwing a wet wipe in the trash and plucking out another as you moved to clean the next table.
âLike I said, paperwork. Very boring.â He untucked his hands from his pockets, setting his messenger bag down at the front desk and grabbing a wet wipe from the container to help you wipe down tables. He often helped you with your closing work when he arrived so late, especially on nights you had classes after work. âHow about you?â
You shrugged, gesturing around the room with your hands. âItâs the library. Same thing everyday here.â
âThatâs not true. What about the clown?âÂ
A laugh burst from you as you remembered the story you told him the other day on the phone, you curled up in bed and him sitting on a couch in a hotel room five states away. You stayed up late until he got back from the police station just to tell him about the man who came in dressed in a full clown get-up to print out coloring book pages for a birthday party he was running late to. It made your whole week and you just had to tell him, howling particularly hard about how Mrs. Wilson, after thoroughly wiping down the printer, printed out a notice to put on the front door instating a library dress code of no costumes.Â
âThe clown was probably the most interesting thing to ever happen in this library. That says something about how boring it is.â
âIs the FBI showing up everyday not interesting?â He mocked confused.
You gave him a playful glare over your shoulder. âOkay. I guess you can be the second most interesting thing to ever happen in this library. Right below the clown.â
Spencer chuckled. âI should be offended by that, shouldnât I?â
âFeel how you want to feel, Spencer. But Bo-Bo is the only one whoâs given me coloring book sheets.â You shrugged, playing nonchalance.Â
âOh, because I print those out so often at my job? If I did, there wouldnât be enough crayons at the dollar store for you to color them all.â Maybe he was in a fake competition with a clown for your favor. Either way, when you ducked your head with a breathy giggle, he knew he won it.Â
When you both finished wiping down the tables, he took out the trash while you set about turning off the lights, shutting down the computers, and other small tasks. He met you at the front desk as you collected your bag and jacket, pulling his messenger bag back over his own head. He held the door open for you as you both left the library and stood by your side as you locked the doors.Â
âThank you for helping me close,â you smiled at him as you tucked the keys into your bag.
âOf course.â He wanted to say it should have been Mrs. Wilson helping you, because the old bat usually took off an hour or so before close, but you brushed him off every time he suggested reporting her and he didnât want to sour your mood. He also liked walking you to your car, especially when it was this late and dark, because the thought of anything happening to you was so devastating he couldnât stand to think about it.
So he walked with you down the staircase and across the lot to where you parked your car early this morning and he pulled in next to you a little while ago. It was already dark, but the street lamp you parked your car under illuminated you and him as you stood under it, arms wrapped around yourself. You searched for something to say, he could see it in the way your lips twitched and your eyes roamed his face. For a moment, the sound of crickets and the eerie hum of night faded, and Derekâs words were thunder in his ears. He would never know unless he asked you, and he couldnât live looking at your sweet face knowing he never even tried.
âWould you want to go on a date with me?â
Your eyes nearly as big as planets amplified by your glasses, which glinted off them as you nodded rapidly, lips parting to take in a sharp breath. âYes!â
Spencer was taken aback. His ears buzzed and a tingling sensation filled his extremities. He was elated, but thrown off by your complete enthusiasm. âWhaâreally?â
You shook your head at him, laughing breathily as if he stole the wind from you. âYes, of course I do, Spencer. IâIâve wanted. . .â Your eyes looked between his nervously.
âYou wanted what?â He insisted, leaning in because he had to know what youâve been thinking, what youâve been wanting from him that he missed.Â
You looked down shyly, picking at your nails despite how your fingers shook. âI wanted to ask you out when I first met you. When you were just some guy in the library, and I thought you were obviously flirting by trying to impress me but. . . then you were telling the truth and IâI was so embarrassed I was wrong and I thought you didnât like me like that. . . and soon enough you werenât just some guy, you were Spencer, and Iâum, I couldnât let myself ruin it.â
His hands gently took yours, stopping their anxious picking. His pupils were blown wide as he looked at you, heart so full and beating so fast he heard it thrumming in his ears. âYou couldnât ruin anything. Youâre so. . . perfect,â he mumbled, close enough to taste your air. âI havenât been able to get you off my mind since you gave me that book. I saw you in every poem and reading your thoughts made me feel like I was in your head, feeling what you were feeling. I needed it after every case, IâI needed you. All I wanted was to ask you out but. . .â
He was at a loss for words, but you shook your hand, squeezing his hand in yours. âItâs okay, Spencer. . .â His eyes glanced down to your lips, but just as he considered leaning down to capture them with his, you ducked your head nervously again, softly letting go of his hands. Spencer reeled with disappointment he didnât kiss you, stuffing his hands back into his pockets. âUm, I did give you that book on purpose. I think the most romantic thing on this Earth is poetry and. . . I hoped it was enough of a sign.â
He recovered quickly, excited just to know you returned his feelings. He sighed into the new open air between the two of you. âI knew it. You bewitched me.â
You giggled, a sweet sound that picked up as you met his eyes again, swatting at him with a hand. âNo I didnât!â
Your laugh dissipated and the two of you were standing in the parking lot, looking at each other under a streetlamp. âSaturday at seven?â
âWhat?â
âOur date? Is Saturday at seven okay?â He reiterated.
âOh. Oh, yes. Thatâs a good time,â you stuttered, snatched from whatever daze you stared at him in. He smiled.
âOkay. Iâll call you tomorrow and weâll figure out the details?â He offered. You needed time to process it, he thought, because he knew he did. He would get home and sit on his couch, replaying every word from your lips and flutter of your lash in his head. Maybe that was the best part of an eidetic memory.
âOkay.â You nodded. He opened your car door for you and you climbed inside. âGood night, Spencer,â you hummed at him before closing the door.
He watched you leaving the parking lot before he got into his own car because he had to sit there for a minute, calming his pounding heart before he got out on the road. For the first time in a while, he was most excited for Saturday over Sunday.
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Pairing: Aoi Todo x f!reader
Rating: Explicit - MINORS DO NOT INTERACT
Word Count: ~4.7k
cw: switching POVs (reader is in 2nd person, Todo is in 3rd), established relationship, explicit language, smut â phone sex, PIV sex (cowgirl, doggy), nipple play, clitoral stimulation, lots of dirty talk, degrading language (use of the word slut), pet names (babe, baby, baby girl, good girl, princess, sweetheart)
Summary: All of what happens in four months of dating your new boyfriend slash past rival Aoi Todo, leading up to Takada-Chanâs âWinter Wonderlandâ.
Authorâs Notes: Things get explicit here! This is just a fun little bonus chapter to see our two idol fans going at it (literally). Hope you enjoy! Thank you everyone for all the love and support on this, I really appreciate it! Divider credit to @/saradika.Â
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Dating Aoi Todo is never boring. If youâve learned anything from this relationship so far, itâs that.Â
Also, taking things slow has proved to be much more difficult than you and Todo ever anticipated, especially when the two of you are alone together. That commitment is broken about a week into your budding relationship. Â
The night of the confession, you and your new boyfriend talked for hours while Sara slept on your couch as a watchdog. You didnât dare try anything with your best friend right outside just a few feet away. To prevent temptation, you set up an air mattress for him as the night progressed, agreeing to sleep separately. The only physical contact you made was when you both feel asleep in your respective beds, holding hands. Cute, innocent, and wholesome. Â
After that night, you and Todo started texting every day. He is a man who loves sending good morning texts, along with an array of different emojis. His favorites are the smirking face (of course), the muscle flex (another of course), and surprisingly, the koala bear, which always leaves you with a goofy smile on your face whenever you see it.
Four days after the confession, there is a late-night phone call that lasts over three hours, covering different topics from favorite foods (his is skirt steak, yours is salmon nigiri), ideal date ideas (both of you said a Takada-Chan concert), and pet peeves (he said boredom, you said passive aggressiveness).Â
This call also may or may not have ended with phone sex.Â
You and Todo just finished discussing your favorite movies when he asks, âArenât you sleepy? Itâs past one already.â
âI drank a lot of matcha today, so Iâm still wide awake,â you explain, shifting around beneath your blanket.
There is silence on the other line and after a while, he finally says, âI can help you fall asleep. So, what are you wearing?â
You snort into the phone, laughing at his less-than-subtle attempt. âYou canât be serious right now.â
âCome on! Just play along!â He clears his throat and in a significantly lower octave, he repeats, âSoâŠwhat are you wearing?â
You do your best to hide your giggles. âA t-shirt and pajama shorts.â
Even his smirk is audible through the phone. âSexy.â
Cheeks getting sore from smiling , you comment, âHas anyone ever told you that youâre not very good at this?â
âIâm good at it! Come on babe, youâre ruining the mood. JustâŠlet me get in the groove.â
Growing impatient from his feeble attempts, you take matters into your own hands. âWhy donât you think about me in that mini skirt you like so much. The one from Takada-Chanâs birthday. I know how much you like that.â
âOkay,â he replies quietly, some movement evident on his end.
âYouâre supposed to show me how rough you like it, remember?â
âYeah,â he blurts out, starting to breathe heavily. âCan we do that one time? Please?âÂ
Hearing him beg arouses you, hand reaching between your legs, spreading them wider beneath the covers. Feeling too brazen at this point, you purr, âOnly if you can make me come right now.â
He whispers your name under his breath, followed by a husky, âFuck. Tell me what you want to hear.â Thereâs movement against cloth and you can only imagine now that heâs touching himself, palming the bulge straining inside his briefs.Â
You shove your panties down your legs, rubbing circles around your clit. âTell me how you want to fuck me in that skirt.â Youâre already wet with arousal, though you donât tell him that yet, keeping it a naughty secret to reveal when the time is right.
âI want you to ride me in that fucking skirt. Want to bounce you on my fat cock.â His growl is guttural, too fitting for a grade-A beefcake like him. Of course he sounds this sexy when heâs turned on, and of course youâre falling fast for it.Â
Desperate to hear more, you goad him. âYeah? What else?â
He swears harshly again, loving the way you coax him into being bad. âWant to suck on your tits while youâre bouncing on me. Want to play with your clit until you squirt all over my cock.â
âFuck, Iâm touching myself right now,â you whine, squirming against your fingers.Â
His voice is erratic, trembling with frenzy, gradually losing himself to the pleasure. âYeah? Imagine my big fucking thumb on your pretty clit, rubbing it so fucking fast until you come on my big dick.â
âIâm so wet for you, so creamy for you.â Youâre salivating, drool leaking from the sides of your mouth, fingers squelching lewdly between your thighs.
âSpread it all over,â he demands. If you listen closely enough, you can hear the rapid strokes of his cock within his fist. âDo it, slut.â
You obey his orders, sliding your middle finger up and down your slit, collecting your slick to smear it over your throbbing bud, so close to your orgasm. In a daze, you moan his name, letting is roll off your tongue.
He jerks himself off to completion, coming from the sweet sounds of his name from your mouth. In between heavy breaths, he grunts harshly. âFuck. I just came. Sorry.â
You giggle, slowing the pace of your fingers, teasing him. âI thought you were the one that offered to help mefall asleep?â
Embarrassed, he says, âI know, Iâm sorry. I just didnât expect you to say my name like that. That really got me.â Thereâs more shuffling in the background as you picture him inspecting his own mess. âHoly shit, I came a lot.â
âYou should go to bed. Youâre probably sleepy now.â
âNo, not yet. I have to make you come still,â he offers, determined.Â
âItâs fine.â
âNo. I need to make you come tonight so I can fuck you in that skirt. Itâs going to happen.â
You learn that when Todo is determined to do something, he does it. He is a man that, when given any challenge, will do his damn best to complete it no matter what.Â
~~~
Not counting the phone sex, Todo could confidently say that they have been successful in taking things slow. That is, until a few days after the infamous phone sex, when all hell breaks loose.
It begins when his girlfriend decides to host a Takada-Chan concert marathon. The pop idol kicks off her international tour a week after Todoâs confession. To honor the start of it, she invites him, Sara, and Yuji to eat a bunch of delicious food and binge watch all Takada-Chanâs concerts available on streaming platforms. Sara and Yuji stay a while, but after the fourth consecutive Takada-Chan concert, they have enough, leaving the couple alone to their own devices, which anyone could guess is not a good idea if they are still sticking to the âtaking things slowâ route.
As soon as their friends leave, the two give each other one glance before the kissing starts. He spent all day resisting the temptation to touch her in any way since they were with Sara and Yuji. Itâs been an excruciating four hours considering how cute and irresistible his girlfriend is.Â
She slides her hands under his shirt, pawing at his eight-pack. He slips his tongue inside her mouth as he completely pulls his shirt off. She pulls back, gawking at his body with wide eyes and an open mouth, practically drooling for him. âLike what you see?â he teases, raising a brow at her. She nods her head, leaning in for more kisses.Â
Eventually, she whispers, âWait.â
He stops, leaning back on the couch. âEverything okay?â
âYeah. I just have a little surprise for you. Wait here.â She gets up and disappears into her bedroom, leaving Todo confused and concerned. After several agonizingly long minutes, she comes out. When he sees her, his jaw drops, blood rushing straight to his cock.Â
The mini skirt. Sheâs wearing the fucking mini skirt. Not only that, sheâs also wearing the same blouse she wore at the cafĂ©, the one that exposes her shoulders and plunging neckline. Essentially the same outfit he has fantasized about since. In one swift motion, he hoists her up onto his lap, spreading her legs so that sheâs straddling him. âYouâre such a good girl for me, huh?â he growls, scattering wet smooches all over her face. âSuch a good girl.â He fondles her body beneath the skirt and to his shock and delight, she isnât wearing any underwear. âNot even wearing any panties for me, you fucking slut.â
âOnly for you,â she whispers, directing his giant hand to her pussy. âDo you feel how wet I am for you already?â
âFuck,â he breathes out, pressing his thumb to her and drawing circles around her clit. A guttural moan vibrates from her throat, making him move his thumb faster.Â
âI want you,â he grunts, feeling fucking feral beneath her.Â
âYou want to fuck me here on the couch?â Sheâs panting now as his fingers brush against her bud faster.Â
âYeah, right here, right now. Show me that pretty pussy.â With his free hand, he lifts the hem of her skirt to put her on display,  watching her melt away in the palm of his hand, thumb unyielding against her clit. It glistens with her slick and his dick get tighter and tighter in his pants from the mere sight of it.
She tugs at the waistband of his joggers to release his erection. Thereâs a thick bead of precum on the tip. She rubs her thumb on it, spreading it over the head, causing him to groan in pleasure. Somehow, she conjures up a bottle of lube and pours a generous amount straight onto him, then she slides her fist up and down his shaft. In this moment of pure ecstasy, he canât help but thank the pop idol gods for bringing this goddess of a woman into his life. He slides his fingers inside her, relishing how wet she is. Everything is happening so fast; his carnal desires take control. âFucking ride me,â he commands.Â
She gets up on her knees, guiding the tip of his dick to her fluttering hole. Slowly, she sinks down on him, moaning. This is the hottest thing heâs ever fucking seen in his life. âSo tight for me. My good girl,â he coos, gripping at her hips and gently moving her further down his shaft.Â
âSo big, baby. Oh my god,â she whines. Once he bottoms out, she grabs hold of his shoulders and rocks back and forth on his lap, adjusting to his size.Â
âTake the skirt off. Want to watch you fuck yourself on my fat cock.âÂ
He tries to lift her up from his lap, but she shakes her head. âDonât pull out. Feels so good. So good.âÂ
Absolutely unhinged, Todo growls, âIâm going to rip this skirt off, then. Need to see your pussy creaming all over me.â He hooks to the waistband, easily ripping it along the seams, tossing it behind him. Smirking, he whispers, âThatâs it. Just like that.â
âMy skirt!â she cries out, shocked and aroused.Â
âIâll buy you a new one, princess. Iâll buy you hundreds more so I can fuck you just like this.â He holds her waist again, setting the pace, thrusting his own hips into her. His eyes are glued to the shiny ring of her cum collecting on the base of his cock. âYouâre so fucking hot, you know that? You wanted to get fucked in that skirt, huh? Such a slut for me.â He releases his tight grip on her as soon as she starts bouncing up and down on her own, digging her nails into the skin of his shoulders, fucking herself deeper. The sounds she makes are music to his ears.
He focuses on her clit again, massaging it with his thumb. She gasps, startling him. âYou okay, sweetie?â He cups her cheek, caressing her skin softly.
âYes, so fucking good!â Her eyes are half-lidded, mouth parted open, looking absolutely divine. She grabs at his wrist and puts her lips over his thumb, completely engulfing it into her sloppy mouth. She moves him in and out, swirling her tongue around him with each stroke.Â
He bites his lip to stifle a moan. It takes everything in his willpower to hold back his orgasm. The way she moans, the fucked out look on her face, the thumb sucking. Itâs too much and not enough all at the same time. He pulls out of her mouth and switch hands to place his wet thumb on her clit, while the other hand, still glistening from her slick, glides underneath her blouse and up to one of her nipples. She isnât wearing a bra.Â
âSuch a fucking good girl,â he murmurs as he strips the blouse off her body. He squeezes one of her breasts and puts his lips around the nipple, sucking hard. With both her hands, she squeezes her tits together, leaning forward, feeding them to him.
âYeah, want to feed me these big tits, huh baby? So fucking needy.â He buries his face in between her breasts, kissing her nipples one at a time.Â
âSuck them hard,â she whimpers. He alternates between each breast, sucking hard until each nipple is taut and plump between his pursed lips.
Mouth hot on his ear, she purrs, âBaby, Iâm so close.â
âCome for me, beautiful. Come all over my cock.â
With his lips latched onto her breasts, thumb relentless on her clit, and cock deep in her pussy, itâs no surprise when, after just a few more minutes, she throws her head back and cries out, âIâm coming!â She clenches around him, creating a sensation of pure ecstasy, he canât help but orgasm right along with her. She moans as it continues, his thick cum filling her up, the excess dripping down the inner plush of her thighs. She collapses against him, panting and trembling slightly from the euphoric rush. Todo cradles her in a warm embrace, burying his face into her neck.Â
âYou did so good, sweetie. So good for me. Thank you,â he muffles, breathing heavily against her skin.Â
âThat was amazing,â she says, still slumped over Todo.Â
âYou should go pee, baby. Donât want you to get a UTI.â
âJust give me a few minutes. Iâm tired.â
Todo, who is also exhausted from having the biggest orgasm of his life, gets up and carries his girlfriend bridal style into the bathroom. He plops her down on the toilet and turns the shower on. When he hears the distinct sound of a tinkle, he breathes a sigh of relief. No girlfriend of Aoi Todo will ever get a UTI from sex, not on his watch.Â
~~~
Once the floodgates open, nothing stops you and Todo from pouncing on each other every chance you get. The sex is always nothing short of amazing. Despite not being able to keep your hands off each other, you still try to keep PDA down to a minimum. But Todo, being the big bravado self he is, letâs his guard down a few times. He still grabs your ass in public, especially when youâre wearing dresses, shorts, or skirts. And honestly, after the first time, you intentionally started wearing skirts more often just to tease him.Â
Whenever you do indulge in the occasional kiss in front of your friends, Todo always gets carried away, shamelessly driving his tongue into your mouth. Normally, you love this, but only in private. Understandably, Sara always gives your boyfriend a whack on top of the head to get him to stop, which he does before muttering an embarrassed apology.
Besides the disgust over the occasional PDA, Sara and Todo get along great. They bond over working out, horror movies, and teasing you. Todoâs brother Yuji is your brother now too. Heâll ask you for advice when it comes to girls or his friendships. You ask him for advice on how to deal with annoying people at work, since Todoâs advice is always, âJust tell me their name and I will beat the shit out of them.âÂ
As with any relationship, there are issues you two have to work through. When Todo first explains his job, you are convinced he is playing some bizarre prank on you. To be fair, someone describing themselves as a âJujutsu Sorcererâ who âexorcisesâ evil curses sounds like something straight out of a shounen anime. When he demonstrate Boogie Woogie, where he manages to switch positions with Yuji in the blink of an eye, you are certain you are going crazy. After a few weeks of processing everything, with a lot of patience from Todo and moral support from Yuji, you can safely say youâve made peace with understanding the gist of Todoâs profession. Of course, there is still plenty that you canât grasp, but Todoâs confidence in himself relieves the stress caused by that uncertainty.Â
There are times of jealousy and insecurity on both sides that lead to fighting and arguments. When you start your full-time job after the summer, he gets jealous over one of your male coworkers training you for a week. Even after doing your best to convince him that it is strictly professional, he still canât help himself from making snide remarks about your coworker at the end of the week. An issue that youâre still working on, and slowly getting better at, is trying not to be petty when you get annoyed with him. During this time, you just canât help yourself.
Eventually, you manage to find the best way to shut him up.Â
Itâs been two weeks since you started your new full-time job. This week, you worked with a coworker, Kenji Saito, for training. Saito is a man several years older than you who is married with kids. But none of this matters to Todo because he is still jealous. As you prepare dinner at his place, you mention, âTraining went well. Saito said I should be ready for my first project next week.â
Todo grunts. âSaito. Iâm surprised youâre not calling him by his first name yet. You two have been spending soooo much time together.â
You smile to yourself, unable to resist provoking him. âI barely call you by your first name. But if you want, I can start calling him Kenji.â
He moves behind you like a lion stalking his prey, growling in your ear. âDonât do that.â
You turn to face him, his body towering above you, casting a daunting shadow. âWhat are you going to do about it, Aoi?â
As quickly as he moved behind you, he slings you over his shoulder, carrying you into the bedroom. He tosses you onto his bed, stripping off his clothes while you do the same, already wet against your panties. Youâre laid on your back when he straddles you, the way he looms over you intensifies the growing sensation in your loins. He leans down to kiss you sloppily. âOnly I get to do this to you, right? No one else?â he asks, between kisses.
âYes, baby. Of course.â
âThen say it for me. Please.â
âOnly you get to do this to me. Only you.â
He flips you over on your stomach and presses up against you, lips tickling your ear as he demands, âSay it. Say it again.â His cock throbs between your ass cheeks.Â
âOnly you, Aoi. This pussy is only for you. Fuck,â you whimper, desperate to feel him inside you.
âItâs mine, huh? Youâre my good girl. Youâre my fucking slut. Say it.â
âIâm your good girl, Aoi. Iâm your â â, you pause to catch your breath. âIâm your fucking slut.âÂ
He gets off to reach towards the dresser next to the bed. As he does this, you get on your hands and knees, ready for whatâs to come (literally). You crane your neck to watch him smear a generous amount of lube along his hard cock, causing you to lick your lips in anticipation. He tosses the bottle onto the floor and positions himself behind you.Â
You stick your ass out, back arched and ready for him. He slides the tip along the folds of your pussy, guiding himself in slowly. Itâs times like these that you are reminded at how fucking huge your boyfriend is, and you love it. Once heâs to the hilt, he stops. âShake your ass on my cock. You know how I like it.â
With your hands clenched to the sheets, you thrust yourself onto his dick, back and forth, back and forth. After youâre fully adjusted to his size, you pick up the pace, his cock easily sliding in and out with each thrust. âJust like that baby. Fuck. Wish I could take a video of this. You look so good on my cock. Doing such a good job,â he praises, watching you do all the work.
You continue to move yourself relentlessly on him, moaning loudly into the pillow. When you reach your climax, your back arches even more as you orgasm without saying anything. You donât want him to know you came already as you keep on fucking him. Todo chuckles in his deep voice. You can almost feel the vibrations of his laugh against your throbbing pussy. âI know you came all over my cock, baby. You canât fool me. Youâre so wet. Itâs dripping all over the sheets, nasty girl.â He reaches around to rub your clit, his fingers lubed up and wet with your cum.Â
âFuck. Aoi. Oh my god, donât stop. Oh fuck,â you whine.
âYouâre so good to me, baby. So good. Taking it like a good girl,â he whispers, massaging your sensitive bud deeper. Your pace slows down, knees weak from your first orgasm. Todo places his free hand on your waist, spreading his fingers wide to grip at your skin. âLet me take over, baby girl.âÂ
You let him, of course. He uses his hold on you to time the thrusts of his hips perfectly. Todo makes you orgasm twice more in this position before he releases himself inside you, filling you up to the brim with his creampie. He pulls out, his load making a mess on his sheets.Â
After you do your business in the bathroom, the two of you cuddle in bed, blissed out and exhausted. He turns towards you, kissing you on the forehead, apologizing. âIâm sorry.â
You hum, closing your eyes. âFor what?â
âBeing annoying,â he admits.
âAndâŠ?â
âBeing jealous.â
ââŠAnd?â
He nuzzles his nose against yours. âFor being an asshole.âÂ
You smile, peaking at him with one eye open. âIâm sorry for being petty. Iâll work on not using that against you when youâre feeling upset about something.â
âTo be fair, I wasnât that upset. Like anyone can compete with me, right? Especially not Saito.â He makes a face when he says that name.
Still feeling a little naughty, you joke, âYou mean Kenji?â
You immediately regret it as soon as he wrestles between the sheets, giggling hysterically as he tickles you to the point of tears.Â
~~~
Itâs been four months since youâve been dating Aoi Todo. Four months of amazing sex, occasional bickering reminiscent of the origins of your relationship, and new discoveries about each other that bring you closer than ever.Â
Now, you stand beside your boyfriend, waiting in line at the mall you first met at. Today, Takada-Chan is hosting a special Winter Wonderland event. Essentially, instead of taking a picture on Santaâs lap, Takada-Chan fans get to take a picture next to the pop idol in front of a snowy backdrop. After touring internationally the last few months, the singer planned an impromptu appearance at the mall of her hometown to celebrate the holiday season. Â
When itâs finally your turn, Takada-Chan greets you with that beautiful, bright smile. âMy favorite couple! Iâm so happy you made it! I was hoping to see you today.â
âTakada-Chan! Weâre happy to see you, too. Itâs been a while. How has the tour been?â
âTiring. Itâs nice to be back home for a little bit. Happy holidays! Oh! Todo, please go follow Haru, heâs going to give you a little something. Think of it as a special gift from me.â She winks. Todo bows deeply and follows Haru behind the set. You canât help but smile to yourself noticing that your boyfriend is still speechless around the pop idol. Some things never change.
You decide to finally be honest with her. âTakada-Chan. Youâve been so good to us. I have to come clean about something. The first time you met Todo and I, we werenât actually a couple. We were just faking it because you seemed to like us so much better together. Iâm sorry.â You look at her nervously, praying to the pop idol gods that she isnât too upset for the deception.
To your surprise, she smiles even wider, a twinkle in her eyes. âI know.â
âYou know?!â
âI knew you two werenât a couple. To be honest, I knew it was a bit risky on my end to play matchmaker, but I just couldnât help myself! Who better to be together than two of my #1 fans?â She gives you another wink as you stare at her, mouth agape.Â
She continues. âAlso, sweet Todo was convinced that I was his future wife. Poor guy doesnât know I donât swing that way. So, I wanted to steer him in the right direction to you. And now look. The fruits of my labor! The results are a beautiful harvest of love. You two are just as cute as I thought youâd be.â
Shocked, you stammer, âTakada-ChanâŠI really donât know what to say. How can IâŠhow can we repay you?â
She reaches her arms out to squeeze your shoulders. âI donât need you to repay me! Anything for my fans.â Leaning closer, she whispers, âBut tell me this: Who made the first move? You see, Haru and I had a little bet going since the two of your first visited my dressing room. Haru claims he won, since he saw Todo holding your hand at the big group date. I placed my bets on you, of course.â
âWell, actually, I kissed Todo that morning. So, you did win.â
The pop idol jumps up giddily. âYou made the first move?! I knew it! Thatâs my girl! I love a woman who takes initiative! Iâm going to pester Haru to give me my money back.â
âThank you for everything, Takada-Chan. I mean it.â
âIâm happy for the both of you. Canât wait to see you at my next event. DM me if you ever need anything!â With a hug, the two of you say your goodbyes.Â
You find an empty bench nearby to sit on while you wait for your boyfriend. Todo reappears from the back with two black t-shirts in hand. As he sits next to you, he unfolds the shirts so you can see the front. Itâs a screen-printed photo of you, Todo, and Takada-Chan doing the Taka-tan beam in her dressing room.Â
âThis is awesome! Our own special gift from Takada-Chan! Iâll cherish this forever. My two future wives in one picture,â he grins.
Laughing, you wrap your arms around him, giving him a passionate smooch on the lips. Blushing, he asks, âWhat was that for?â
âI just really wanted to kiss you.â You gaze into his eyes, smiling before saying, âBecause I love you.â
His eyes widen. âWhat did you say?â
âI love you, Aoi.â
Suddenly, he picks you up and sits you on his lap, beaming. âYou love me?â
âYes. I love you!â You throw your arms around him in a warm embrace.Â
He buries his face into your neck, muffling, âI love you, too. I love you so much.â He holds your face in between his palms, kissing you square on the lips. âI love you,â he repeats, kissing you all over your cheeks, forehead, and neck. His hands roam down to your waist, pulling you closer to him.Â
Relationships are never perfect. People are never perfect. But this moment right now is perfect. Confessing your love feels natural. It makes sense. To think that this whole thing started off as a ridiculous rivalry and blossomed into a âbeautiful harvest of loveâ, as a certain pop idol would say. It just proves that sometimes, finding love can start off silly and ridiculous. And with Takada-Chan playing matchmaking for you and Todo, you couldnât write a better love story than this.
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Summary: YN and Harry have known each other since 2010 when YN's brother, Louis, is put in a band with Harry and three other boys when they auditioned for The X Factor. From the very beginning, YN and Harry were always close, and as time went on feelings grew deeper. This is YN and Harry's story. Faceclaim: Maia Mitchell
YN:
YN Tomlinson An insight into YN's life.
Tattoos YN's tattoos.
Songs Songs (or parts of songs) Harry's written about YN.
Lockscreen Harry and YN's lockscreen photos over the years.
TikTok TikTokâs YN has posted.
2011:
Will You Go On A Date With Me? YN and Harry spend time together and their feelings start to grow. First Date YN and Harry go on their first date. Caught YN and Harryâs relationship is exposed after a photo of them kissing is leaked. Written in Louis' POV.
Caught: Pt2 How Niall, Zayn and Liam found out about Harry and YN's relationship.
2012:
Trust YN and Harry take the next step in their relationship.
Worried YN is worried after her and Harry take the next step in their relationship, and ends up talking to Anne about it.
2013:
Kiss and Make Up Harry and YN have their first argument.
Happy Birthday YN It's YN's Birthday.
Personal Bodyguard YN gets hurts by paparazzi and Harry becomes protective.
YN in This Is Us YN appears in clips in One Direction: This Is Us. Story Of My Life YN appears in the Story Of My Life music video.
2014:
Team Niall YN at The Niall Horan Charity Football Match.
Where We Are YN appears in clips in Where We Are San Siro.
Late YN realises her period is late.
Mother's Love Anne and Jay can see the love Harry and YN have for each other.
Night Changes YN in Harry's part of the Night Changes music video.
2015:
I Have One Direction play âNever Have I Everâ on The Ellen Show, and the questions target Harry.
Never Have I Ever Harry gets embarrassed playing a game of Never Have I Ever on The Jonathan Ross Show.
2016:
Just Hold On Harry takes care of YN.
2017:
Teddy Harry surprises YN with a new little addition to their family.
2018:
Shattered Hearts The argument that led to Harry and YN going on a break.
Little Break People find out that Harry and YN have broken up.
Cherry How Cherry was made.
To Be So Lonely How To Be So Lonely was made.
Adore You How Adore You was made.
Gogglebox YN and Louis on Gogglebox.
2019:
Burnout Harry and Louis help YN.
Watermelon Sugar How Watermelon Sugar was made.
Zach Sang Show Louis discusses a small part of YN and Harry's relationship on a talk show.
Spill Your Guts: Harry Styles & YN Tomlinson Harry challenges YN to a game of Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts. Friendship Test Niall Horan and YN Tomlinson Take a Friendship Test.
I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here YN is on I'm A Celeb.
2020:
Unexpected Visitor YN has an unexpected visitor.
2022:
Zane Lowe YN is mentioned in Harryâs interview with Zane Lowe.
Uncle Popstar Freddie goes to one of Harry's shows.
Capital FM Interview Harry talks about his new music, My Policeman and Donât Worry DarlingâŠand of course YN.
Venice Film Festival YN and Louis attend the Venice Film Festival with Harry.
2023:
No Complaints A fan catches a moment between Harry and YN, where she turns something innocent to sexual.
Send To All YN joins Michael McIntyre for a game of Send To All.
Proud Sister YN is by Louis side at his London Premiere for All of Those Voices.
YN and Harry Love On Tour YN and Harry's Outfits and Instagrams during Love On Tour.
Love At Wembley Harry asks YN to marry him at Wembley.
"I'm here for your girlfriend" Harry announces he's engaged during a Wembley Show.
I Think Iâm In Love Fans meet YN at LOT Wembley N4.
âOh Harryâ Anneâs reaction to âKeep Drivingâ lyrics.
Thank You Harry and YN's Love On Tour thank you posts on their Instagram stories.
Faith In The Future Tour Snippets of YN and Harry supporting Louis on his tour.
Niece YN's reaction to having her first Niece.
Mrs Burton YN's reaction to Lottie getting engaged.
Hair YN's reaction to Harry's new hairstyle.
Pregnancy Follow YN and Harry's journey through pregnancy.
2024:
Uncle Harry Harry and YN meet Gemmaâs baby.
Wedding Bells Harry and YN finally say âI do!â.
Mr and Mrs Styles Instagram post from Harry and YNâs wedding.
Love Day Harry and YN celebrate their first Valentineâs Day as a married couple.
Hormones YN gets emotional listening to Louisâ interview.
Birthday Twin YN and Harry welcome their baby girl into the world.
Uncle Louis Louis meets Grace for the first time.
Uncle Niall Niall meets Grace.
Dad Mode Harry is overprotective of Grace and worries about everything.
Love for Grace Instagram posts about Grace.
Big Cousin YNâs by Lottieâs side when she finds out sheâs pregnant with baby number two.
Styles in Rome Harry, YN and Grace have their first family holiday in Italy.
Cool Sister Lottie talks about YN during her radio interview when promoting her new book.
Big Brother, Little Sister YN, Harry and Grace find out Baby Burton is going to be a girl.
Cousin Love Freddie meets Grace.
The Show Harry, YN and Grace go to Niallâs show in Manchester.
Bare Hands YN notices that Harry wears less rings and no nail polish.
Twitter YN does a Q&A on Twitter.
Sent From Heaven Harry and YN find out theyâre expecting Baby Styles number two.
Happy Birthday Anne YNâs instagram post wishing Anne a happy birthday.
Happy Halloween YN, Harry and Grace celebrate their first Halloween as a family of three.
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My Fanfiction Recs: Korrasami
In 2020, I watched The Legend of Korra. (Fun fact: it helped me realize and accept that I was bi! So the show has a special place in my heart.) Crazy enough, I started reading Korrasami fanfiction the same year. For the next three years I devoured the fanfiction, and so the following list is an accumulation of my favorites. I think I've read enough to say these are some of the best. Though I haven't been into the fandom lately, I didn't want this old list to go to waste in case anyone was hunting for some good Korrasami reads.
Actually, I discovered some of my favorite stories through Tumblr blogs and am immensely grateful for those posters for sharing their lists. This is my way of paying it forward. Hope someone can enjoy these like I did.
I divvied these up in a way that only made sense to past me. Linked the Ao3 in titles. (You might have to be logged in to see some of these.) I tried to add some commentary for each. Also, I highlighted the ones in blue I really recommend you to read, though I do think everything here is worth a read! Without further ado, here is my compiled list of (Korrasami):
fanfics (that are actually quality)
beautiful prose & the feels
The Everthere by guileheroine My favorite one of them all. I would argue this is one of the best fanfics, if you like a cozy and character-driven read. You really get into Korra and Asami's heads and moods. Slow burn but so, so worth it. I've read this one three times.
Nightmares and Daydreams by Dispari It's been a while since I read this one, but I had a note saying this is "maybe my 2nd fave". Similar tone to The Everthere.
itâs such a gorgeous sight to see you in the middle of the night by badkids This is on almost every recommendation list I've seen. For a reason. College AU. Some angst but a whole lot of fluff and some humor and of course, dorkiness. Another cozy read. The title is from that The Cure song and is also one of my favorite lyrics ever.
like broken thunder by neurolingual Camp counselor AU. All of this writer's works are amazing. They truly have a gift for writing beautiful prose. This time, it's Asami pining for Korra, a different perspective from most fanfics.
I don't remember these as well, but I do remember them being very good and well worth a read. (I know I reread some of these.) And I haven't seen some of these on other lists, so I guess there are some hidden gems in the mix. Some shorter parenthetical notes here.
this winter, you're here by camphollstein (Modern AU. Asami POV. I think Asami was the one pining here. I also liked the family feels.)
all the choirs in my head sing, no by lupine (Canon AU. Short and cute.)
waiting for my chance to come by badkids (Sequel to itâs such a gorgeous sight to see you in the middle of the night)
if these sheets were the states by neurolingual (canon, sad with happy ending, pining/yearning, oh also Asami Pining)
be a girl like any other by neurolingual (grocery store au)
these little moments that lead me to you by raininthesea (quietly beautiful writing)
meet me at the rooftop's edge (at 3 am) by raininthesea (college au)
Out of the Woods series by ariadnerue (canon if I recall right? very feels)
One on One by paxbanana (canon. Asami Pining!)
Auld Lang Syne by aizia (modern au. how to tell your best friend you love her on new year's.)
Prison My Eyes by wreckofherheart (beautiful, canon divergence between books 3 and 4)
unique story
The Honeymooners by hellorhogwartsfics Honestly, should fall under the above category too, but the story really stood out. It was a wild ride! Modern AU. Asami is a jilted bride and her best friend Korra is there for her to take the place of her husband for the honeymoon. I'm a big fan of this author's humor too.
Brittle Wires by golari This was such a unique AU and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Maybe my 3rd fave. The way they wrote Korra and Asami here was so unique. Their interactions are subtle but meaningful. I'm also a fan of nerdy Korra and a secretly pining Asami. It shows the work as unfinished, but it's complete since the author was just thinking of adding an Asami POV chapter.
and you lift me up in a wave of love by overnights (Surfer AU, this one gave me a warm feeling I recall. Read it if you like the beach and sand. And rock.)
Maybe by selftaughthuman (Beautiful one-shot, feels, set in Boston)
Permeate by contronym (Mechanic AU, 2nd person POV, lil cliché but beautiful prose makes up for it)
humor!
An odd category, I know. But some of these really made me laugh out loud, all snorting and uglylike. Enjoy.
All These Lines Are Blurring by hellorhogwartsfics Vegas AU baby! I laughed so hard I cried at times. Opal is amazing here. I've read all of this author's Korrasami works.
Quick Bright Things by LadyRavenEye Oh, this one was absolutely wonderful. Do not skip the footnotes, that's where the humor is! Fake marriage AU. Both are oblivious.
p = mgh (potential) by the_oreo (another damn college au, crack lol, frivolously fantastic)
Paradiddle by bazaar (marching band au, very fluffy)
Sato, #22, Shooting Guard by MidoriAkiko (I donât remember this much, but itâs slapstick funny. some angst tho. slow burn like most on this list)
fluffy and light-hearted
Direct to Video by Emirael (another college au, so much damn fluff)
Company by golari (both are nerds! cute and informative)
Time for You by AnotherShotofBourbon (soulmate oneshot, dorky)
cooler than the flip side of my pillow by camphollstein (FLUFF also literally)
Absolute Beginners by ReneeMontoya (college au! pining)
That's it! There's a lot more great ones out there, but these were just ones that personally stood out to me. I also wanted to highlight some lesser-known ones and give them some love! Hopefully this list was useful to some soul out there craving for some good stories about our girls. Happy reading! :)
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more reading recs
because one post isn't enough. we are hashtag blessed with fic.
as requested, i've highlighted fics with noncon and/or dubcon elements in orange. beyond that, you are responsible for reading tags, warnings, and summaries.
pairings are indicated, although these may change or may not be established yet.
there is no method to this madness, no specific order. these are listed here as my brain remembered them.
i've checked all the links maybe three times, if they're broken, i blame tumblr's formatting.
without further ado...
Slasher Handler by @dragonnarrative-writes - Ghost x Reader
"Simon does serial killer things. What a rascal!" Another fantastically written Simon, with wonderful dashes of Gaz and Price. It's put the term 'romance knives' in my vocabulary. There are many quotable bits and moments that made my blood run cold with how normal the ~situation~ feels, but everything has to be experienced firsthand.
The Far Shore by @deadbranch - Soap x Reader
DB's fic collection is rich, and The Far Shore is no different. I fucking loved Pacific Rim, so when I saw her first mention a PR AU, I did imaginary backflips. DB's Readers are some of my favorites because of how complex and realistic they feel, and when combined with the visceral depth of the neural handshake AND Soap? Compelling. The dynamic between them is fascinating. I almost can't wait for it to be finished so I can go back and dissect it.
Falling into Place by @mortuarywriting
Morg's brought the first COD Isekai AU I've read, like a little treat, with A/B/O to boot. The first chapter hooked me and cracked me up. Their dialogue reads so well, it truly feels like I got sucked into the universe. The panicked ramblings, the over-explanation, the 'oh shit, we don't even have a shared cultural touchstone' moments. I cannot wait for more.
Carvings by @femalefemur - Price x Reader
Cyn's got this amazing thing going on called 'Top Quality Worms' where she takes me by the hand and leads me down a rabbit hole I didn't know I'd find so cozy. Carvings is one piece from her incredible list, featuring a bloody, possessive Captain Price. Somehow, out of this entire piece, Price snapping a pen really did it for me. Did someone say loss of control? Oh no, not my kryptonite!
Under Your Spell by @groguspicklejar - Gaz x Reader x Soap
This fic had me at the pairing tag. Lured me right in. No hope for me, and I'm not mad about it. The way Gaz and Soap play off of each other in Under Your Spell is spine-tingling in more ways than one. The definition of scaroused. Kelsi writes a wonderful Gaz. The first two paragraphs in part two, Split My Skin, describe him perfectly to me.
Chokehold by @ccrites - Soap x Reader
Chokehold is a chef's kiss read. Starts off as a cute and sweet gym read, and uh, well, it does get sweeter, in a way. Without spoiling anything, there is a brief cab ride that made me take a lap before things got really going for Reader. CC's Soap is a delightful tease that is tender all at the same time. I'd join his gym in a heartbeat.
Knight/Princess AU by @a-small-writer-in-a-big-world - Price x Reader
I've read and re-read this AU series a dozen times. It's so gd cute, I might need to see the dentist about how it's rotting my teeth. Seriously, it makes ME want to be a princess. Specifically Price's princess. Bear writes such a sweet and gruff Price, catch me holding a hand over my heart and just sighing. I'm also a big fan of multiple POVs and the insight into each character.
Martyr in the Making by @eilidh-eternal - Ghost x Reader
I had a tattoo touch-up the other day, and while waiting, I thought about this fic: the dream and nightmare of being tattooed by Simon and the rest of the 141. It's a dream for obvious reasons (probably unhealthy for me) and a nightmare because of, well, you'll have to read the story. Getting a tattoo can be such an intimate experience. You put yourself into someone's care and get something permanently etched onto your body. When Reader sits for Simon, you're right there with her, the two of you on an altar.
Liquid Smooth by @cordeliawhohung - Gaz x Reader
Bodyguard!Gaz save me, save me, bodyguard!Gaz. Ugh, Gaz is fucking incredible in every flavor, but there is something that hits different about the guy when he's flexing those 'VIP protection' skills. There are several tiny moments in Liquid Smooth that made me audibly whisper, "God, I wish that were me." If you have a conifer tree allergy, you might not be able to handle the god-tier pining. (I'll see myself out.)
pornstar!Gaz by @cordeliawhohung - Gaz x Reader
Gotta include the series that I drop everything for whenever I see an update. Another fantastic depiction of best man Kyle Gaz Garrick. The charm, the jealousy, the care...My personal favorite installments are Whispers and Threesomes.
plus size puppygirl!reader / Simon & Reader / Punishment by @secretsynthetic - Price x Reader x Ghost
Ghost gets his Captain a puppy, and Synth gives us a tasty Price x Reader x Ghost story. I've linked the intro and a Simon x Reader snippet, but my personal favorite is Punishment. Punishment is a deeper dive into Price the disciplinarian: "how the hell do i get a mutt like you to fuckinâ listen?" I'd gush about it, but again, this is another one to read and experience firsthand. One of my favorite recent explorations of a PriceGhost dynamic.
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i'll probably cobble another one of these together in may 2024. my fic backlog is something else. i blame it on all the massive talent. mwah.
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Why do you think gwyn would be added as a love interest for azriel if they donât end up as endgame? Why complicate the love triangle between elain/lucien/azriel?
Hello my lovely anon!
It can sometimes be hard to tell where the anonymous asks in my inbox are coming from. It is never my intention to argue or try to convince any other ships why they are wrong. I tag my work very carefully, ask my beloved rebloggers to do the same, and just want to stay in a cozy bubble. I think all ships are allowed, and the time I spend here breaking down the text and providing analysis is only for fun and comfort. I don't ever want or wish for my posts to end up in the wrong tags. Now that I've gotten that disclaimer out of the way, this is an ask where I can't *totally* tell what perspective it is coming from, but I am assuming it is being asked in good faith and I will answer how I typically do.
Point blank, I do not believe G/wyn was introduced as a love interest. Only Elain was.
I don't really know that I have anything else to add to that conversation, because people either think it was romantic or it wasn't. But I will say that I assume we can all agree on all sides that the bonus chapter is what led to the fervor of the G/wynriel ship as G/wyn quite literally replacing Elain as the romantic interest and not just a fun, enjoyable ship for those who don't jive with Elriel and want to carve out a space for themselves in the fandom. And as someone who has read all of SJM's bonus chapters and not just this one, I'm going to provide side by side comparisons using *only* bonus chapters that I can almost guarantee many people have not read- since most people don't read the bonus chapters. I still get comments on old tiktoks every day asking what the Azriel bonus chapter is and where to find it. And not once have I ever been asked about the myriad of other BC's out there.
Crescent City Spoilers ahead:
House of Sky and Breath has three bonus chapters. There is one in particular that is almost a carbon copy of G/wyn and Azriel's portion in his POV bonus, and it is the Tharion POV chapter with Hypaxia:
^^Both men head to a place where they assumed they would be alone, minds heavy and restless and needing to work off some tension before they could sleep- only to find their space already occupied.
^^They both flounder a bit with social niceties, awkwardness, being polite, the other person clearly wanting to be alone, and yet wind up falling into a conversation anyway.
^^ Both pairs experience surprise at being asked questions no one has ever asked them before. They also reveal information about themselves- and notably- both bonus chapters reveal heavy backstory or indications about unique or hidden powers.
^^ Both men experience some sort of lingering sensation that they could have sworn was happening after saying goodnight.
And last but not least:
Both Tharion and Azriel end on a particularly strong emotional note. Tharion is passing notes through Fitz back and forth with Hypaxia. He notes how he has never had such an instant, honest, and deep connection. He won't let anyone interfere with her birthright, and if she was in danger, he would risk everything he had to protect Hypaxia.
Azriel is secretly regifting a necklace to Gwyn, and feels truly happy at the thought that it might make her happy. He likes and respects her and is glad to think of being able to make her smile. (I of course think there is a reason for this, which I've broken down here but I also don't think it's necessary to minimize their friendship for this post.)
If you look at these two bonus chapters side by side, they are literally a copy and paste. Two people needing to be alone and winding up together, talking about things they have never talked about anyone with, and both men really powerfully feeling the strength and depth of a connection. And if you read Tharion's chapter in full, there are actually way more details of him talking about how beautiful and gorgeous she is, and how he has to stop himself from going down that road. But did this set up Hypaxia and Tharion as romantic love interests?
Nope. Hypaxia is queer as queer can be. Kitty only on her menu. But they develop a very genuine and close friendship. Because the thing is, SJM writes an incredible amount of deep and meaningful friendships between men and women. And they are always a blend of emotion, intimacy, a bit fun and flirty, full of banter, and true trust and connection. So as far as BC's, Azriel and G/wyn and Tharion and Hypaxia are the only comparable ones in her catalogue. And they are pretty damn comparable. It's also important to note that the Tharion and Hypaxia bonus chapter was included in the book where she is very much revealed as 100% queer and not even a little bi, so it's not like SJM was trying to create a red herring or a conversation. That's just how she writes her hetero platonic friendships. Take it up with her, man.
Meanwhile, the things that make it clear that a romantic interest is being introduced occurs in the Elain portion, and can be directly compared to the Nessian bonus chapter. Both men being willing to beg on their knees for a taste. Both men absolutely losing their minds over Elain and Nesta's scents. Both men knowing it was wrong, it was stupid, but being unable to stop themselves anyway. Both men having issues of what their family would think if they found out introduced (only Rhys DID find out and laid down that forbidden romance hard.)
Here's the thing- many people read Elain and Azriel as romantic for over four books and there were people out there like, nah, I don't see it, they are more like brother and sister. And then the bonus chapter confirmed, no, actually, they are wildly down bad and desperate for each other. Wanting to taste and touch and kiss each other- romantic interest confirmation. Fun and banter-y conversation occurring because two people needed to be alone but actually wound up in the same vicinity as someone else and had a deep conversation and talked about things they've never spoken about with anyone before-Platonic friendship. You can disagree. But it doesn't change the fact that right now, a group of fans are interpreting G/wyn and Azriel's interactions as romantic, and preferring it to Elain and Azriel's confirmed romantic interactions.
Sarah did not add G/wyn as a love interest and complicate things. The fandom did. Until Azriel is not sleeping, not thinking clearly, down bad desperate to get on his knees for G/wyn- and until G/wyn leans into his touch and says yes, they are actually currently friends. Could that change in the future? Totally. But Sarah literally has not written it yet.
I don't mind that the G/wyn ship exists. I love her. I have real life G/wynriel friends who are not online like we are. They are good people with good hearts who have different taste in Azriel's potential romance than me. They don't ride at dawn for Elain like I do, nor are they violently misogynistic against her or being toxic and hateful towards other women online. They just liked G/wyn's story and want more of her. That's okay. But it is important to pay attention to what has actually been written vs. what is being assumed by a group of people that openly dislike the only female character remaining with a confirmed book and who has been confirmed as a love interest.
Read Sarah's other bonus chapters! They are fun. Azriel's isn't the only one that has ever existed, but it seems like that sometimes (and I'll admit, it's amazing and I love it so fair). And nothing happened in the bonus chapter that is going to change the course or foreshadow to anything new. Not everyone has access to them, and bonus chapters do not create new plot. They are just an incentive to make money and secure pre-orders.
I think that's everything! You guys are awesome for reading these insanely long posts and vibing with me here. ily.
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afterglow- pt 1 [ T.A.A ]
pairings: trent alexander arnold x femreader
summary: young and aspiring marketing and business major jamie carter (you) is privileged with working alongside the liverpool marketing and public relations team while also getting entangled with their star player and right back, trent alexander arnold.
[wc: 2.6k] [part 2] [part 3 ] [part 4] [part 5] [part 6] [part 7] [part 8] [part 9] [part 10] [part 11] [part 12]
genre(s): friends?? to lovers, work romance, fluff
notes: I've had this idea on my mind for months but I had no idea how to execute it at all. also instead of using the y/n insert, I gave the character a name even though it is read from your pov. It just made it easier to write lmao
"ms carter?"
your heart dropped at the sound of your name being called by an unfamiliar voice, which was something you were going to have to get used to. nonetheless, you turned around to see an older man approaching you with a warm smile and something in his hand.
when he got close enough he put out his hand and you politely shook it as a greeting, still not sure who you were talking to. before you could speak up however, you were interrupted by something being put in your hand.
"this is your staff id," the older man said and you took a closer look at the lanyard in your hand. the picture you had taken less than a few weeks ago was set neatly inside with your name, and position.
carter, jaime
[public relations manager- social media and marketing department]
public relations manager. those three words were enough to make you feel light headed.
you liked to think that your employment on liverpool fc's marketing team was nothing but pure luck. from the moment you handed in your resume for your university final year internship out of pure whim, then to you getting accepted for whatever reason until you got the email no less than a month after graduation asking you to come in for an interview.
all that lead up to the moment you were currently in. standing in the middle of the empty anfield stadium that you had visited for nearly every home game since you were a child. it was nothing but pure luck.
you were broken out of your daze by the older man chuckling about something, which showed that you hadn't heard a single word he said during the past five minutes. you mustered up a smile regardless to play it off and proceeded to follow him for what you thought was a building tour.
"I just realised that I never properly introduced myself," he laughed dryly and gestured for you to step into the tunnel before him. "I'm billy hogan- chief executive officer and I'm ever so sorry for being in a rush right now but I'd like you to be at the training center within the next 30 minutes."
your eyes widened in shock, your feet absentmindedly picking up its pace while hogan continued to speed through the building tour, leaving no room for questions but you decided to make a mental note to ask someone else when you got the chance.
you were escorted to the black s.u.v along with hogan immediately, running through the hundreds of questions you had at the moment. you know you only had room for one though before he was on another phone call.
"uhm sir-"
"yes ms carter?" the older man addressed without trailing his gaze from his cellphone screen or the pile of documents in front of him.
oh gosh.
you managed to clear your throat. "I'm not too sure why I'll be needed at the training center. shouldn't I be in the office or..."
when he heard you start to trail off, hogan shut the folder in his lap and turned to look at you with an expression you couldn't quite read. there was a moment of awkward silence that passed between the two of you in the backseat of the s.u.v, the driver not paying any mind to the conversation.
"our last marketing manager had to be fired because we found out that he was leaking information out to reporters and news broadcasters along with four other employees."
oh shit.
you shuffled in your seat as you tried to think of a response to the news but whenever you parted your lips to say something hogan would raise his finger as a sign that he wasn't done talking. so you swallowed the bitter taste in your mouth along with any comments and listened intently.
did it sound like he was targeting you and bordelined threatening you? yes, yes it did. but you were sure he meant well and was only trying to bring his point across.
"we're low on staff and that's why you were handed two very crucial roles and are expected to make up for the losses. you'll be working alongside the team as you read in the contract," he began once again with a knowing look which made your stomach drop.
because you didn't read the contract. not fully at least. your older sister was the one who urged you to sign it the second it was sent to your house. hell, it could've stated that you were required to donate an organ and you wouldn't have known all because your were too excited and didn't spare anything a second glance.
"but why didn't you just promote people that were already in the department instead of giving me the position straight away?"
hogan let out a dry chuckle and tended to his phone once again, not looking back at you. "because nobody else wanted the position. it's dangerous up there ms carter. so you may feel important right now, but if you can't handle the workload and expectations it's going to get messy."
well this is news to me.
to sum up hogan's lecture and recital of the contract off by heart, you were in fact set up to be working alongside the team as a higher ranking media representative because there needed to be more field work done. no pun intended.
but the fact that nobody else was up for the position didn't sit right with you.
"just make sure they look good for the camera and keep everyone entertained. you're an influencer yourself, so I'm entrusting you to keep everything in order. you were hired because you are young and are in the game already. so keep yourself level-headed and do your best."
no pressure I guess??
deciding to wear sneakers instead of heels today was by the far the best decision you've made in weeks. the weather in liverpool during september was nothing short of horrid. when you stepped out of the car your face was immediately hit with the harsh and crisp air that reminded you why you spent majority of your time indoors.
"welcome to our axa training center," hogan gestured to the building in front of you, it's ceiling to floor windows having you gawking in awe. "this is where you'll be spending a good amount of your time, but it's not as bad as it seems I promise."
what's so bad about watching a bunch of professional football players train half naked?
unlike your last building tour, hogan actually took his time showing you around this time. from the lobby, breakroom, staff rooms, gym and finally to the field where the team was out practicing-- or at least that's what you thought was happening judging by all the screaming.
the second you stepped foot out onto the field, klopp turned to look at you with a welcoming smile.
did he just sense my presence??
you felt frozen in your spot, the world had practically stopped spinning the second he called you and hogan over. when you made it over he halted his conversation with the person beside him to shake your hand.
"it's lovely to finally meet you ms carter," the team's manager politely greeted and it took every single nerve in your body for you to not do something stupid.
you bashfully laughed and brushed his comment off, "if anything, the pleasure is mine. I am extremely honoured to be working in this position."
after a few moments of getting to know each other and klopp giving you a bit of an idea of what he expected media-wise, you realised that you had work cut out for you, judging by klopp saying, "think of this as your second family. the team needs something different, and you ms carter, are exactly the home improvement that we need."
you felt like the weight of the world had just been put on your shoulders again, and his tone of utter sincerity wasn't making it any less pressurising. of course you wanted to do well and give your all into this role but it was going to take a bit of time getting used to.
I should have read that damn contract.
"would you like to meet the team?" klopp asked with a smile and lightly patted your shoulder.
the gesture alone was enough to render you speechless, and you weren't quite sure if you heard him correctly. "would I like to do what?"
"boys!"
your eyes widened in shock as he called the team over. you didn't know what to do or say, your fight or flight mode had nearly been activated and you swore you were about to sprint out of the training center, all the way back home.
you anxiously fiddled with your fingers, not knowing what to do with your hands as you watched the group of soccer players head your way with little to no care to which klopp gave you a reassuring pat on the shoulder. "don't worry, they won't bite."
you mustered up an awkward laugh, muttering under your breath as you mentally prepared yourself for the moment. you obviously hadn't met any of them before, the closest you had gotten was going to the stadium to watch their matches.
the closest you had gotten to any interaction with any professional soccer player in general however, would be at the beginning of the year when jude bellingham followed you back on Instagram. which was still the best day of your life up to date.
you were awestruck, words unable to form as they all huddled up in front of you. you could see the sweat beading on their foreheads which caused a shiver to travel down your spine.
"boys this is ms jaime carter." klopp gestured to you and you managed a small wave, trying to ignore the sound of your heart beating in your ears. "she'll be working with us from now on, as manager of the pr manager for both the marketing and social media departments."
you were greeted with a choir of 'hello's' and listened to klopp give everyone the run-down and a little enlightenment into the situation regarding the last bundle of staff that had to be cut off so abruptly.
"pfft, snitches."
you head turned to look in the direction of the comment, that was immediately reprimanded.
"curtis," klopp started and the soccer player pursed his lips apologetically.
"sorry boss."
"aren't you a little too young to be the manager of two departments?"
your eyebrows raised at the question from harvey. klopp and hogan had to attend to a last minute call from the clubs directors so you were left with the team to "get to know each other", but most of them got back to training which left you with harvey, curtis and trent.
you shifted your weight to your right leg, your head tilting to the side challengingly as you eyed the boy. "well you're younger than i am and playing professional football. what does me being a pr manager make any difference?"
trent and curtis couldn't help but snicker at your counter, jokingly mocking their younger teammate until he got visibly irritated.
"you can't deny us the right to laugh at you," trent said jokingly and kicked the ball to harvey, who passed it to cutis again.
their banter went on for a few minutes as you watched the ball pass between the three of them until harvey spoke up again.
"you're straight out of university though so--"
his sentence was cut off by someone yelling, "ball!", to which you all instinctively looked up only to realise a little to late that it was headed in your direction.
shit.
you backed away just in time to get the ball before it hit the ground. the second it came into contact with your foot, you sent it back virgil's way to which he gave you a smile.
a familiar feeling stired up in your stomach after, but you pushed it aside and for back to your train of thought. "and you're straight out of high-school. so i rest my case."
a moment of silence took over, trent and curtis both shifting their gazes from you and all the way over to virgil who was over at the goal post.
harvey was taking the moment to recollect your high school comment. it was because he was short wasn't it? that's all people had to throw at him these days.
it was trent's turn to speak up, his eyebrows raised while curtis muttered to himself about the distance or something like that. "have you played before?"
before you could answer, your name was being called by hogan since it was time to get back to the office building. you huffed out a breath and sent the three boys a smile.
"looks like today's 'q and a' was cut short." you took a few steps back, stuffing your hands into the pockets of your puffer jacket. "you might as well stock them up for next time. I'll be more than happy to feed your curious minds."
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