#todd anderson x oc

[noeverse]

kara salguero in 'memento vivire'

despite being of cuban descendant, kara was born and bred in new york, and soon started working as a librarian for its finest university, that being the closest she can afford to study there. her life seems simple enough: work, take care of her sickly mother and help her father fill the table.

until she meets the sweet and shy todd anderson, and sees for herself just how complicated things can get when someone like todd falls for someone like kara.

tagging @slytherindisaster @musicallisto @retvenkos my fellow dps girlies

[vicioussimp79]

ii. todd anderson

❥ - fluff ꔛ‬ - smut ღ - imagine ♠ - sad

dps masterlist / masterlist

[didishbeulokolli]

Dibujo atrasado navideño de AnderPerry + Hermia 💖

[wrenteen75]

CHAOS DREAMING!

SYNOPSIS: aurora henson cannot stand economics. . . the summer before her junior year only highlights this when she crosses paths with a seemingly rebellious group of boys from welton academy, mixed about at a fine arts camp they’ve been shipped off to. little does she know, they’re fighting to rewrite their lives, too—which inspires her to live a little on the edge before she goes back to her all-girls boarding school next fall 𝟅𝟈

author’s note! you can find part three here! also—so happy this fic is coming into its own :') dabbling with the mix of literate & social media au has been so fun

PART FOUR — CLANDESTINE

ENTER AURORA HENSON. . .

The girl had been sprawled out in the grass, unable to sleep and unable to stop thinking. She’d been here in Vermont for a week now—and through new friends, rebellion, and creative bursts, she couldn’t stop herself from wondering more about Charlie Dalton.

Neil meant all the best for Aurora by introducing her to his friends, but the meeting only drove the girl towards insanity.

It was crazy of her—she didn’t know Charlie, and she certainly didn’t have a connection with him.

She couldn’t.

Hell, she could barely have that with herself. What made her think she’d be capable of having that with someone else?

She sighed.

The wind picked up, the leaves rattling above her smaller frame. A few fell down, landing in her hair and sticking to the fabric of her sweater. It didn’t matter if it was summertime—if the wind was blowing, she’d wear long sleeves. That’s how it worked.

Too lost in her own loneliness, she lacked proper focus as someone creeped up behind her, their feet rummaging through the grass as they ascended the hill. Spooked by the sudden noises, Aurora found herself jolting from her spot, relieved to see Neil approaching her.

His hair was a mess, and she assumed he couldn’t settle down, either.

“You scared me,” she mumbled.

Neil smiled, taking a seat across from her. He pressed his back against the tree trunk. “Sorry, Rora.”

“All good,” she answered. “Can’t sleep?”

“Nope,” Neil said. “Charlie’s been keeping us up.”

Aurora’s eyebrow furrowed. “Oh,” she muttered.

“Oh?” Neil repeated her response back to her, eyeing her expression through the darkness of the summer evening. There was something there—he could sense it.

Aurora blinked. “What else am I supposed to say?”

“I dunno,” he mumbled. “Sympathy would be nice.”

She exhaled. “I’m sorry that Charlie is keeping you and your friends up. There, is that better?”

Neil laughed. “Much better.”

There was a slight hint of humor in their conversation, though Neil was catching onto something he wasn’t sure Aurora knew about yet. Or, maybe she knew, but found comfort in hiding it—hoping he wouldn’t find it.

She and Charlie were more alike than he thought.

They both carried this hefty self-guilt, though Charlie covered his with pride and sarcasm. The two had only shared one conversation—the clandestine introduction under this exact oak tree, where Aurora realized there were more people out there like her.

Perhaps that scared her. Perhaps she was intrigued by Charlie, but wouldn’t admit it due to her parents and the weight of expectations—both academically and emotionally.

Neil kept all of this in mind as he spoke to the girl, curious and prepared to crack the case. “You look busy,” he said.

“Hm?” Aurora hummed.

“There’s something going on inside your head,” he reiterated. “What’s up?”

Aurora had forgotten how well Neil could read her.

After years of friendship, it was expected by now, but it shocked her nonetheless. The blonde exhaled tiredly. “I came here to discover my passions and finally break free. Meeting your friends—it showed me I wasn’t alone in that, you know? That scared me. The idea that there’s so many of us with the same passions, but we can’t act on them.”

Neil hummed. “How is that scary? Wouldn’t it be the opposite? To know you’re not alone, wouldn’t that give you some sort of hope?”

“I mean—I guess so?” Aurora hadn’t thought of it that way, not until now. She’d been so pessimistic.

“Look,” Neil eyed the girl. “I get it. I know you. We’re all here for the same reasons. I think you should take that and run with it, yeah?”

“How do you mean?” She asked.

“You know what I mean,” he replied cryptically. “Make connections, get to know people, break free. Don’t stay holed up in your shared bunk with a journal in your lap. Who knows, a conversation or two with the right person might just reveal new information.”

Aurora’s heartbeat quickened. Neil knew too much.

“You’re a pain,” she joked quietly.

He chuckled. “Yeah, yeah.”

THE NEXT MORNING. . .

It was a dreary start to the day. Aurora was drowsy, her legs covered in bug bites from the constant grass-sitting. She itched at them as she tossed and turned in her bed, the other girls in her bunk seemingly dispersed amongst the Vermont campgrounds.

In the short, solemn silence, she reached for her phone. Birds chirped outside—a sense of hope and confidence surging through her veins.

Her fingers grazed over the rings of her journal as she picked her phone off the dresser, the metal cool to the touch. Biting at her lip, she unlocked the screen and typed aimlessly, her thumbs trembling over the keyboard.

[sustiawan-author]

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[wet-rat96]

I would like to post anything but I just drew this in past few months, oops🤭

[ash5monster01]

Goes On Chapter Eight

Pairing: Charlie Dalton x OC!FemReader

Warnings: 18+, depression, mentions of suicide, heavy topics, eventual smut, slow burn romance, fluff, gender themes/stereotypes.

Summary: Against his best efforts Charlie has to start at a new preparatory school after the tragic events that took place at Welton. The very events that led to the loss of his best friend and getting expelled in the first place. He has no plans to make friends let alone get close to anyone ever again. That is until he meets Evelyn and her interesting group of friends. No matter how hard he tries to push them away he finds it to be impossible. So he caves and in the end learns that life can still be enjoyable even if it feels like everyone is against you.

word count: 2.3k

Seven ←→ Nine

Masterlist

Ridge Academy, NY

2/13/60

Charlie nearly jumps out of his skin when hands shake him awake. Eyes darting open only to not be able to spot anything in the dark room. His heart is practically in his throat as he registers he’s still in his room where he is meant to be and the dark figure looming above him is none other than Nate’s. Finally allowing himself to calm and sink back into his covers, he lets out a deep sigh.

“There is so many other ways you can wake a guy up” Charlie groans, hands coming to rub at his eyes. That’s when he sees it’s nearly midnight on the alarm clock beside him. Not so long until Valentine’s day.

“Sorry, but get dressed” Nate whispers, shuffling back to his side of the room where he sees him start putting on his shoes.

“Any reason in particular?” Charlie asks as he sits up and Nate just laughs.

“Yes dingus. It’s the night before the school dance. We have no homework and Mr. Lancaster took sleeping pills. That means it’s time to party” Nate tells him, referring to the teacher that monitors the dorm floor. He was much different from Dr. Hager but he did pretty much the same.

“Party, and how does that work around here” Charlie says knowing it was nearly impossible to party back at Welton. Nate just grins in the night and throws Charlie his jacket.

“Dress warm”

It’s not long until the boys are sneaking out the dorm floor. Finding their way downstairs and out the entrance. Snow falls slowly and Charlie is glad he had worn a sweatshirt under his coat. By the time they make it to the tree line and see the flicker of flashlights he finds himself experiencing some intense deja vu. Yet that all goes away when amongst the small crowd is Evelyn. She’s bundled up tightly with a blanket low hung off her shoulders. The green hat atop her head brings out her hazel eyes even in the dark of the night. Charlie feels the breath get knocked out of him as he spots her. He realizes he had never seen her in pants until now and it makes his mouth go slack.

“There you guys are, what took so long?” Violet seethes, teeth practically chattering as she stays tucked up under Martin’s arm.

“New guy here had a bunch of questions” Nate jokes as he moves to join his friends. There isn’t many people within the small crowd that Charlie doesn’t know. Only two he hadn’t really gotten to know. A blonde girl named Amy from his Math class and one of the basketball players Eli, who had his arms wrapped around Laurie. Jay Adam’s apparently never asked or Eli just beat him to it. Either way she still didn’t end up with small Nick Harrison.

“Hey you” Evelyn smiles up at Charlie as she approaches him. He does his best to smile back as he freezes in the night. Her small hand reaching out and smoothing down the front of his jacket.

“It’s freezing” he tells her and she giggles lightly, arm hooking with his own.

“Don’t worry, we have ways of warming you up” and Charlie’s cheeks flush red in the dark of the night. He knows that wasn’t the way she meant but then again she still probably knew exactly what she said. The small group moving deeper into the woods where you could no longer see the faint lights coming from the school windows.

Pretty soon they reach a clearing and Evelyn leads him to a log sat on the ground. As Charlie moves to sit beside her, Nate and Marty begin work on a fire in front of them, and he realizes fairly quickly that it had become a makeshift campfire set up.

“Shouldn’t be long until the fire is going but this should warm you up for now” she tells him softly, revealing the silver flask from her coat pocket. Charlie raises his eyebrows at her as she hands it to him.

“This is yours?” he can’t help but question and Evelyn laughs.

“Yeah, I’m not much for wine coolers like those girls over there” she points across the fire to the other log where Violet and Laurie had already cracked open a few. “Marty has a fake and he sneaks them into the woods every time we want to celebrate”

“Of course he does” Charlie says with a chuckle before twisting the top off and letting the liquid burn down his throat. When he goes to pass it back Evelyn is quick to take a sip as well, and Charlie’s throat dries because his lips had just been there, and it was extremely sexy to see a girl not choke on her liquor.

“Hey, better share” Nate calls out as the fire catches and Evelyn giggles before tossing it to him. They both watch as Nate unscrews the cap and tips the liquid back in his mouth. It’s when his face screws up tightly and a deep cough leaves his throat, Evelyn and Charlie die of laughter.

“Yeah get your jollies” he sneers, arm moving to wipe his mouth and pass the flask right back.

“Don’t worry big guy, the girls got some wine coolers for you over there” Charlie teases and Nate rolls his eyes yet he can’t help but be happy. Charlie and him had gotten really close after their talk and even if he still did love Evelyn it was so much easier to bear now.

“I’m surprised you aren’t sleeping and stressing about tomorrow” Charlie says even though he supposed by now it already is tomorrow.

“I can stress in the morning, since I have to work the dance it’s better to enjoy myself now” Evelyn tells him and Charlie smiles, shivering lightly in the night air.

“Still cold?” Evelyn asks innocently, eyes batting up at him, and Charlie smiles.

“I’ve faced worse” he says, remembering all those freezing nights spent in the cave. They were all worth it though.

“Yeah well I can’t have my co planner sick” Evelyn says and next thing Charlie knows, she’s wrapping the edge of her blanket around him. Scooting up flush to his body and huddling into his own warmth. His heart nearly doubles in speed as he pulls the blanket close to them both and wrapping them inside. “Better?”

“Way better” he whispers, face so close to her own all he can think about is kissing her. The way the fire reflects off her eyes is enough to make his insides melt, but before he can get to lost in his head he’s pulled right back out.

“So Charlie, does Welton have anything like this? Some secret party getaway?” Violet asks from across the fire and Charlie turns to face her.

“Not really, I mean me and my friends used to sneak out to this old cave but it was too strict for us to ever really have a secret hangout spot. Our dean had guard dogs even, barked if we ever tried to leave our rooms after curfew” Charlie tells them and majority of them are shocked to even hear of this. An actual fact about the boy in front of them who had spent so long trying to hideaway.

“How’d you sneak out then?” Marty asks, freeing a cigarette from his letterman jacket and lighting it.

“Dog treats” Charlie smirks and the group around the fire is laughing at the image.

“Probably wasn’t popular enough to know about the best party spot on campus” Nate teases, settling on a log beside Amy since it was the last spot open.

“Oh you’ve got it all wrong Nathan Price. I was a living legend at that school. If there was a party spot, I would’ve been the one to make it” Charlie says, the old confidence slurring in his tone. The flash of amusement in his eyes is enough to convince everyone around him.

“Is that why you got your ass beat?” Evelyn asks and the rest of the group wears confused looks at the mention of this.

“Not exactly. I wrote an article in the school paper without permission and during the assembly to address it I snuck an old phone in and when it rang I answered it in front of the entire student body and staff. Told the dean it was a phone call from God, and they should allow girls at Welton” and as he recalls the story, the rest of them laugh harder and harder. Evelyn even is shocked by the outgoing stunt the boy had pulled.

“That definitely deserved an ass beating” Evelyn agrees and Charlie chuckles, feeling that old confidence surge through him and settle in his bones. Which may explain why he takes the arm pressed against her and wraps it slowly around her waist and out of sight from everyone else.

“Yeah, I’m man enough to admit that even I had gone a little too far with that one. My friends were pissed” he says, a flash of Neil’s face as he limped back to his dorm room. The sadness in his eyes as he feared for the worst. As if Evelyn senses his sadness she snuggles in closer to his side which in turn causes Charlie to squeeze at her waist.

“Why would they be mad?” Laurie questions and Charlie takes a moment before deciding to answer.

“I had signed the article with the name of our secret club, while none of them had no idea I was writing it let alone publishing it. Hence the phone call from God so I could take the blame and protect all of them” he says and Evelyn’s heart soars for the kind boy beside her. One she really would’ve liked to know five months ago.

“I take it back, apparently he is a legend” Nate says as a cigarette gets passed to him and Charlie just laughs with the shake of his head.

“Not anymore, I just so happened to get myself kicked out and dethroned” Charlie says with a soft shrug.

“Why not try for legend status here?” Amy giggles around the puff of smoke from the cigarette Nate had just given her.

“It’s too late for that, I’ve already been stuck in the lame planning committee. My reputation can never come back from that” and Evelyn gasps before knocking her shoulder into his ribs to which he laughs.

“Such a jerk” she shakes her head as the group starts to talk amongst themselves and Evelyn grabs the cigarette Amy has passed her way.

“You smoke?” Charlie questions, more surprised by her tonight than he had in the entirety of knowing her.

“Only on special occasions, especially when I need to relax” and then she was sucking a deep drag, the lit end glowing in the dark night.

“Do you smoke?” she questioned right back around the puff of smoke she blew into the air.

“I did. When I got kicked out I had to abandon my cigarette stash at the school. Worst part is knowing my old roommate was such a goodie two shoes he’ll never get any use out of it. Feels like I wasted them twice” Charlie says and Evelyn chuckles as she taps some ash off the end.

“Well it’s a nasty habit to have anyway. I hate kissing boys who taste like smoke” she said with the soft shake of her head and Charlie was quickly smirking at her.

“Got some plans to kiss me doll?” he asks and she blushes only briefly before laughing into the night air. Without responding she guides her hand to him, cigarette pressed between her fingers. The palm of her hand meets his chin only slightly as her fingers press to his lips and allow him to inhale a puff.

“Not anymore” she said with a mischievous grin, pulling the cigarette back and passing it back to Amy.

“You’re killing me” he told her with a sincerity she was still getting used to. Out of nowhere the last few days Charlie had really come out of his shell. He was approaching her more often than not, spending time with Nate outside of their dorm, and eating lunch with them. It had been a big turnaround.

“That just might be my goal” she tells him and Charlie is squeezing her waist where he still holds her to him tightly. He hadn’t been cold once since she had been there.

“I’m not worried, girls can’t resist me” he says with a coolness that had been so foreign until now. Evelyn just shakes her head and goes to take another sip from the flask.

“I’d like to say that isn’t true but I wouldn’t be here if it was” she says and Charlie laughs into the night air. Tonight had been the first time in a long time he hadn’t felt overwhelmed by the sadness of Neil. He could just be him and maybe begin to accept his life for what it was.

“Still no kiss then?” he asked, smirk heavy on the lips Evelyn so desperately did want to kiss.

“Ask me again later” she tells him and Charlie quickly pumps his free hand in the air.

“I can live with that answer” he tells her and Evelyn smiles before turning her attention back to some of her friends. Easy conversation flows through the cold forest and laughs echo in the late night air. It was the same and yet entirely different and Charlie found that he could be comforted by it while also saddened. You don’t get over things in one night but each new day was becoming easier and easier. Plus being in the woods somehow made it easier, made him feel closer to the boys, and that’s when he remembered.

I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately.

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Landmark, The Indian Cave

N1. Where It All Started

It all started when the brunette boy decides to talk to Marjorie who's sitting beside him during the anti bullying colloquium between private schools.

And she never knew that it would end up with meeting his friends in a cave by the river just to read poems and storytelling.

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Cover is from sunset rollercoaster's music video 'Little Balcony'

English is not my first language, im sorry for any mistakes.

"Come on, Steph, they're leaving us," she giggles freely as she ran towards the bus that's parked just outside the Henley Hall campus building, her curly blonde hair gracefully blown by the air. Marjorie Melton, part of the Henley Women's Leadership Council, known for her family's matrilineal side that has been attending Henley Hall since decades ago.

Then there's Stephanie Lutz, also a part of the council, known for her family's background, yet she looks like she doesn't belong to the Lutz family. "Wait for me, Marge!" She breathe out, taking a huge inhale and exhale once she stepped inside the bus, she spotted her best friend and sit down next to her. "The bus isn't even moving at all," she said, the movement of her mouth looks uncomfortable because of her bright blue braces, "obviously, Mrs Jennings wasn't even her yet, you silly."

"God, how long are they gonna keep this up?" groaned Steph, keeping her voice low in order to not offend any girls who's currently singing Henley Hall theme song by Mrs Jennings command. This is the first time Marge have a trip out of school during school day, thankfully Henley Hall was not like any other private school that keeps their students within the campus building like a prisoner. She looks at Steph only to find out she's already staring at her, their forehead touch against each other, "why did you even become part of the student council?" asked Steph, her hazel eyes staring into Marge's blue eyes.

For a moment she thinks about why did she became a part of the students council, her eyes flicking everywhere but Steph's. "Cause my sister," she mumbled, glancing at her older sister that's a few seats behind her on the left row, Mallory Melton. "I don't like her," Steph turns her head to look at Mallory, "i know, Steph, nobody does... Except for Mrs Jennings, and at least she's my parents favorite."

After a few hours of butt cramps they finally arrived at the largest and most expensive private school located in Vermont, different from Henley Hall and Welton Academy, Vermont Crest Prestige Institute allowed both genders to study even though the campus building for male and female was seperated. While Mrs Jennings chit chat with Vermont Crest's principal, a girl who introduce herself as the vice president of Vermont Crest student council lead us inside the main campus building.

Marge's eyes light up when they entered the lecture classroom, one third of the seats already filled with Welton Academy boys. "Look at that blonde haired," she heard someone murmured, "the glasses one, though," chatter kept going when Welton boys looks at their way, smiling shyly as they try to keep everything professional. "Where's your seat?" Marge asked her best friend, "front, obviously, why did they vote me to be the secretary," she murmur to herself, Marge smiled and walk to her assigned seat.

She noticed the boy beside her, short brunette hair, sharp cheekbones yet his face looks very young and boyish, Neil Perry, she noted mentally once she saw his name tag. "You must be Marjorie Melton," he startled her, Marge looks at him with horror in her eyes before nodding her head yes, "im Neil Perry," he said with a sweet smile on his face, offering his hand for her to shake.

The whole speech and campaign took more than two hours, thankfully the Vermont Crest council is kind enough to treat their guest with food and souvenirs. Nearing the end of the colloquium she heard Neil whispers for her attention, "what?" she turned to look at him, "wanna trade? i want that chocolate chip cookie, you can get anything from my plate," he murmur very softly, his eyes maintaining eye contact with her's.

Her eyes flicking between his eyes and his plate, noticing that he ate all of the good stuff, leaving a very thin and oily slice of cake and the small raisin bread, "you can eat it, my chocolate chip cookie," she said before turning away to focus on the lecture, "thanks," he chuckled, wasting no time snatchings her chocolate chip cookies.

"No, because i was saving the best for the last, i didn't even touch that raisin bread," she complained, Steph on her side and a few juniors following along, "at least he's cute," one said, "good face but insensitive to surrounding was the worst combination ever, trust me on this one, Evelyn," said Steph as she juggle around papers in her arms, they almost reach the bus until she heard him shouting her name, "Marjorie!"

The boy run towards her with full speed, his tie going over his shoulder, his hair blown back by the wind. "Look, he's in love with you," one said, "oh, shush, get inside the bus," warned Marge, "ooh, come on, get in, get in," Steph urging them to step inside the bus as she did too. Neil lean down as he tried to catch his breath once he reached her, looking up at her with a smile on his face, "is there any way i could write to you?" He asked, she looks at him with a disgust look on her face.

She thinks for a moment, it's not bad at all, "23 Maplewood Avenue, ward 8. And by the way, it's Marge." she said before turning away to step inside the bus, he smiled and stand there watching her get to her seat, before running away and shouting, "CARPE DIEM!!" On top of his lungs as he ran back towards the group of Welton boys.

[81buttons]

Our divine idylle

The Gilmore Family Tree

Marauders Era! Remus Lupin x OC

masterlist ‘Our divine idylle’

Charles George Gilmore

Elizabeth Mary Gilmore (former Crawley)

Robert Andrew Gilmore

Cécilia Victoria Gilmore (former Black)

Andrew Arcturus Charles Gilmore

Elizabeth Adelaide Victoria Gilmore

Eric George Antoine Gilmore

NB: I've added the family tree of Lucy's family: the Gilmores; and as you can see in my story her family is closely related to that of the Blacks. If you have any questions, don't hesitate ;)

enjoy !

[cowboylexapro]

OK i have come to the realization if i want to characterize bianca and quincy more, yall should send me asks abt them. example:

who’s their favorite dad (quincy doesnt really care, bianca’s is neil by a lot)

what do they look like? etc

[myst3ry-wh1te-b0y]

A guide to the dps ships I like, because I can't think of anything to post, also I changed the names of some of them

. Chrinny = Chris Noel x Ginny Danburry (There's nothing wrong with Chrisginny I just like Chrinny better)

. Stalton = Stephen Meeks x Charlie Dalton (Cheeks? What the shit)

. Chelton = Chet Danburry x Charlie Dalton (I don't see this ship like...ever, except two fanfics on ao3)

. Anderperry = Todd Anderson x Neil Perry (no need to tell you really but whatever)

. Knarlie = Knox Overstreet x Charlie Dalton (you probably know this one too but here you are anyway)

. Chameron = Charlie Dalton x Richard Cameron

. Camknox = Richard Cameron x Knox Overstreet (duh!)

. Mitts = Stephen Meeks x Gerard Pitts

. Chetknox = Chet Danburry x Knox Overstreet

. McKeating = George McAllister x John Keating

. Cheltonstreet = Chet Danburry x Charlie Dalton x Knox Overstreet (90% sure nobody else ships this but I thought that about Chelton too)

. Dalterson = Charlie Dalton x Todd Anderson

. Cherry = Charlie Dalton x Neil Perry (Surprisingly, not obsessed with it)

. Stames = Stick x James (they are named characters I promise...they're basically oc's at this point)

. Anderstreet = Todd Anderson x Knox Overstreet

That's it (That's a lie I added like 4 more after)

[didishbeulokolli]

FATHERS and DAUGHTER ☀️ FANFIC ANDERPERRY

La Academia Welton de alfas abre las puertas a 5 omegas seleccionados, eso lo cambia todo. Años después, Hermia quiere saber un poco más de la historia de sus padres, mientras uno de ellos se ausenta antes de Navidad.

[wrenteen75]

CHAOS DREAMING!

SYNOPSIS: aurora henson cannot stand economics. . . the summer before her junior year only highlights this when she crosses paths with a seemingly rebellious group of boys from welton academy, mixed about at a fine arts camp they’ve been shipped off to. little does she know, they’re fighting to rewrite their lives, too—which inspires her to live a little on the edge before she goes back to her all-girls boarding school next fall 𝟅𝟈

author’s note! you can find part six here! sorry in advance as this chapter is incredibly angsty…

PART SEVEN — JOHN HUGHES MOVIE

ENTER THE DEAD POETS. . .

Charlie adjusted his shirt as he and the other boys filed out of their bunk and hastily rushed to meet Aurora by the oak tree. He was nervous. He wasn’t sure he had a reason to be, but nonetheless his heartbeat rattled against his rib cage. Todd and Neil walked closely next to each other, Neil’s flannel jacket loosely slumped over Todd’s shoulders. Knox shoved Cameron as the two playfully bickered, while Meeks and Pitts mediated the two.

Charlie should’ve been interacting with his friends.

As the group descended down the grassy hill, he swallowed hard. Was this happening? Sure, he was fine with sneaking off the campgrounds and having fun, but with Aurora? The girl who scrambled all his thoughts and left him utterly confused?

Knox paused his playful argument with Cameron, spinning on his heels and walking backwards. He eyed Charlie as his brow furrowed. “Everything okay?”

Charlie simply nodded. “Yeah, just tired. We won’t be out long, right?”

“Why, are you scared of getting caught?” Meeks asked.

“No, Meeks,” hissed Charlie. “Why would I?”

“It’ll be fun,” added Neil, his hand deathly close to Todd’s.

Charlie rolled his eyes. He wanted to believe him. He wanted to believe all of them.

The group approached the old oak tree, Neil grinning wide once he spotted Aurora. “You made it,” he said, bustling with joy.

Aurora spun around quickly at the sound of the approaching boys, grinning at Neil’s enthusiasm. Her blonde hair bounced with each sudden movement, her skirt flowing with the soft, summer wind.

“Wouldn’t miss it for the world,” she replied.

Charlie was in awe. Silent, all he could do was stare.

Aurora noticed. She smiled, trying to subtly ease his mind, but it only made him feel worse.

Eventually, Knox cleared his throat, grabbing Charlie’s attention. “This’ll be fun,” he repeated Neil’s words from earlier. “It’s summer. We’re young. What could go wrong?”

Charlie hated how over-optimistic Knox and Neil were.

He couldn’t protest, however. As he parted his lips, he was cut off as Neil motioned for Aurora to join their group, and with that, they started their walk towards the nearby neighborhood. They weren’t the only ones sneaking off the Vermont campgrounds. Perhaps that eased their minds a little. After all, as Knox said, they were young and here to explore—they were here to learn about themselves.

No one learned anything from constantly following the rules. Sometimes, a risk had to be taken.

Aurora wanted to test the waters.

As everyone walked, she found herself next to Charlie, making sure to keep a safe enough distance. Though, she couldn’t help but think about how his arm brushed against her knee last week. How she painted his nails, how the two talked and how he trusted her.

She shook the overwhelming thought from her mind.

“You seem quiet,” she muttered to the dark-haired boy.

“I wish people would stop pointing that out,” he replied.

Aurora cocked her head to the side. “Who else?”

“Does it matter?” He was antsy, and he disliked it.

He tried so hard not to come off as stern to her, but her questions pushed something inside of him. “I’m fine, everything’s fine, can we just leave it at that?”

“Sorry,” was all she could say in response. After that, she distanced herself, picking up the pace and walking next to Knox and Neil.

The waters were dangerous, it seemed.

Once the group made it to the nearby neighborhood, it became excruciatingly clear which house the party was being held at. There were many houses in a row, all carbon copies of each other. Aurora grimaced at the lack of diversity, her nose scrunched up as she stared.

One of the white houses in the middle had strobe lights that pooled from the open blinds, music spilling onto the dirt as angsty teenagers opened the front door.

Neil smiled, turning towards his friends. “I think this is it.”

“No shit, sherlock,” replied Charlie.

“Don’t be an ass,” added Cameron.

Aurora rolled her eyes. So did Knox, who took a sudden leap of confidence and stepped up onto the front porch.

He swung the door open. “Are we going in or what?”

Everyone nodded.

They huddled inside, immediately separating from each other to explore. Aurora searched for drinks, while Cameron, Meeks, and Pitts got lost in the living room.

Knox admired the makeshift dance floor, ‘Mississippi Queen’ by Mountain blaring through the speakers. He giggled as Todd dragged Neil towards the middle, the two absorbed in each other’s company.

“Hey, you made a deal,” said Todd. “We’re dancing.”

“Oh, come on,” stressed Neil. “I’ve got two left feet.”

Charlie bolted towards the kitchen. It was seemingly empty, providing him a sense of security. He leaned against one of the counters in the corner, sipping something sour from a solo cup he got handed as he walked in.

Aurora, a cup in her right hand, was not sure where to go next. She’d already talked to some girls she recognized, but it didn’t satisfy her. She wanted to speak to Charlie. She wanted to dance with him, to get to know him. From her spot in one of the many hallways, she could see his figure in the kitchen, the soft light highlighting his features. He didn’t see her—perhaps he didn’t care enough to look up, or maybe he was scared.

Scared that if he did, he’d make eye contact with her.

Aurora sighed. She downed the liquor in her cup, deciding she wouldn’t sulk over him. She had already tested the waters tonight, and that was enough.

The music changed seamlessly, Aurora heading towards the dance floor as ‘The Power of Love’ by Huey Lewis & The News started blaring through the room. With liquid courage in her system, she was feeling less uptight, dancing next to Neil and giggling at the lyrics of the song.

Todd silently hyped her up, pushing her towards the center of the dance floor. She closed her eyes, swaying with someone she didn’t recognize. He couldn’t have been much older than her, though with his height, he towered over her smaller frame.

He was cute. He wasn’t Charlie, but he’d do. She laughed, twirling around as the music coursed through her veins.

Charlie watched jealously from the kitchen, his eyes squinting as he finished the drink in his hand.

He then slipped out, hastily making an exit and quietly disappearing into the backyard through an unlocked screen door.

The boy she had been dancing with had his hands on her waist, the grip loose and freeing. She allowed the song to finish before separating from his touch, smiling up at him with drunken admiration.

When she turned around and eyed the kitchen, she noticed that Charlie was gone. Her expression dropped slightly and she placed a hand on Neil’s shoulder, silently letting him know that she’d be back.

She rushed into the kitchen, noticing the open screen door and the cooler air that let itself into the house. Stepping into the backyard, she saw Charlie standing there in the middle, the moonlight beaming down from the evening sky as his sneakers left imprints in the grass.

“Charlie?” She let out.

Charlie didn’t turn around. Not right away, at least. He stood there in silence, hoping that if he ignored the blonde-headed girl, she’d step back inside and leave him alone. He was wrong. He could feel her eyes on him from her spot on the back porch.

He slowly turned to face her, noticing how she leaned against the wood for stability. They both had alcohol in their system.

This wasn’t going to end well, and they both knew it.

“Would you just go back inside?” He finally replied.

Aurora noticed the bitter tone, the same one he used when the two spoke earlier. She shook her head. “No, I won’t. Not yet. What’s wrong? You’ve been cold, you’ve been silent—I mean, you’re treating me like I did something unforgivable.”

Charlie scoffed. “It’s not important, Aurora, and I don’t need you to read into it, alright?”

“Well, I am! It’s not fair,” she protested. “How can we go from enjoying each other’s company to this? Did I hurt you, or was it something I said? You wouldn’t even look at me from across the fucking room, Charlie.”

“Stop! Just stop, alright?” He wanted to yell, and he almost did. His voice was much louder now.

Aurora exhaled. “I don’t want you to hate me,” she muttered. Her voice, in comparison to his, was almost minuscule. She was afraid to increase her volume. “I don’t want you to be like this.”

“Like what?” He questioned her, his arms tight against his sides. “I’m perfectly fine.”

“No, you’re not! Stop saying that you are! Tell me what I did, and I’ll quit it,” she replied. “Please.”

Charlie’s heart hurt.

She didn’t do anything. Neil had included her, had allowed her into their group, and given her the opportunity to meet new people. No one knew it’d lead to this—a crush, one that Charlie assumed would break him if he allowed himself to feel it.

So, he did what he had to do in order to protect himself.

“Aurora, I am pleading,” he eyed her. All of his emotions were hidden away by the darkness, the moonlight doing jack shit to reveal them. Aurora knew if she went back inside and pretended this never happened, that’d that would be the end of it. She knew that he’d never admit how he felt, not unless she kept pushing him like this.

She didn’t want to push him. She knew that forcing those feelings only made things feel false or forced. So, reluctantly, she took a few steps back, her body inching closer to the screen door that opened to the kitchen.

Charlie watched her with heavy eyes. And, once she disappeared back into the white, noisy house, he blinked.

His heartbeat quickened. A tear broke, slowly falling down his face and tracing his jawline. He wiped it away with the back of his hand, swallowing all the words he could’ve said and all the feelings he wouldn’t allow himself to feel.

Aurora was gone—she was inside now, lost within the mix of people, and Charlie was alone.

Like he’d always been.

[inahallucination]

famous au but um dumb

@cowboylexapro

if the poets were on social media and famous this is what they'd be known for

(age somewhere between 19-21)

todd

tumblr blog name: toad.anderson

ao3 name: toad.writes

he's technically anon but not rlly

sexiest tumblr account known to man - he's a fanfic writer and an au poster with some occasional og stuff that floods his inbox with asks begging him to publish his og work too - what fandom does he write for? all of them.

his bf proof reads them all even if he's never been in the fandom

he writes fics for his friends when they get famous

in between his novel worthy fanfics are shitty fics of his friends

his followers get rlly confused

he wrote a neil x reader fic until straight girls started claiming it and he took it down becuz the reader was him

todd on his blog: guyss… im so sorry but im taking the neil x reader fic down… im sorry if i offend anyone but the reader was me ❤️ not you - i don't like you all claiming it

after taking down the x reader, he does a neil x oc but the oc is him but with green eyes

neil, after the oc gets described: todd the only person im seeing is u tho 😦 and u have blue eyes

eventually his relationship with famous tiktoker neil perry gets revealed and ppl realize he's not just an obsessed fan

after neil says the thing blog: toad.anderson: guys my real name is todd anderson everyone: omg we wouldve never guessed

after neil and him go public and ppl dont believe that neil is gay he alternates between seething and writing neil fics and taking joy from neil's confusion

todd points out comments that are obviously thirsting over neil and neil still doesn't realize he's being thirsted over

"neil be the father of my children!" "oh i think they meant that in a godfather type way"

todd, at a breaking point, suggests that neil and him post a kissing video but neil doesnt wanna be one of those shawn camilla couples - respect

what if he posted them kissing but he made a historians will call them bestfriends joke but then ppl did🧍‍♂️

"my bestie and I 🤩 " "NEIL PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK UR SERIOUS"

//

neil

tiktok name: neilliard.at.julliard

accidentally tiktok famous for pretty face, charming personality, acting abilities - the theater kids had a claim over him orignially but he's pretty mainstream now

comment section full of old grandmas trying to set him up with their granddaughters

everyones dream bf until he posted about his own bf

neil: my boyfie has a big tumblr and he writes a lot and he really likes frogs and he is also blond and heres his address

hes kinda oblivious about everything

"you want a close up of my collar bones? why ?"

reading comment "'show your abs?' its nice you think i have abs! only my boyfriend can see those tho 😉 "

the comments go wild

people are stitching it screaming for different reasons

all his fans r screaming into pillows bc HES TAKEN NOOO

people are trying to figure out who this mans boyfie is

"he has a boyfriend??" "he's been straightbaiting us!" "NOO HE'S TAKEN" "IS UR BF AS HOT AS U" "look at the way his eyes lit up when he said bf i love love" "this video shows an aspect of society that-"

"tell us about ur bf" and he makes a week worth of videos but its all random stuff

"my bf looks pretty in blue" "my bf likes to put salt and pepper on his fries" "my bf has hair"

the straightbaiting comments come after him posting about pride and having a pride flag in the background of his videos <- they say things like "he's such a good ally"

people attack others in the comments who ask him if hes queer "NO NEIL ISNT GAY NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE GAY HE COULD JUST BE A REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY FRUITY STRAIGHT GUY WHO LIKES GIRLS"

"are you gay neil???" -> "not everything has to be gay ppl can just be allys and btw by assuming every ally is gay, ur actually hurting the movement!!!" -> "i asked becuz he said he wanted to kiss his boy best friend on the lips in highschool" -> "he meant it heterosexual-ly"

someone asks him what his type is and he describes todd to the t and they think he likes a short haired blonde

"he likes girls in sweat pants not skirts" "his type isnt ppl in skirts" -- neil would love todd in a skirt but thats not the point

his type: "he's really shy, gorgeous, short dirty blonde hair, uhhhh, really smart, and So much more :))"

he could say my boyfriend is a man who i am dating because i am gay and they would still try to straight-ify him

a grainy video gets leaked of a short haired blond guy jumping into his arms and ppl say things like "its just a girl with short hair"

todd hate writes a neil x male reader fic

he asks his friends for help and they post todd's face everywhere on his recording set

he makes a video like "meet my toddy"

in the video todd says he's a boy and he's todd and he's neil boyfriend 3485757 times and neil is like "omg babe i love u too <33" becuz he doesnt Understand

some ppl r still in denial or think he's bi w/ a preference for girls

straight girls like him becuz he has a pretty face and a general respect for women

during prom season, he gets dmed a lot of websites for buying prom tickets

"don't worry guys! i know i said my high school time was rough, but i actually did go to prom with my bf!!"

//

charlie

twitter name: therealalpha

most popular podcast name: daltons intercourse

joke/bait account ppl took seriously

The Alpha that other alpha posters bow to

says stuff like "SIGMA MALES KISS ALPHAS ON THE MOUTH TO ASSURT DOMINANCE"

the twitter alphas buy into him so bad he's making podcasts and doign interviews and he has no clue how tf he got here but he's riding the high

he advocates for being alpha via kissing ur homies

when he gets famous he begs todd to write a fic about him

todd agrees pretty easily tbh

"ARE YOU EVEN AN ALPHA MALE IF PPL AREN'T WRITING GAY FICS ABOUT YOU"

charlie posts things like "no homo" "only the real make out with their homies" over those black and white pics of muscle-y dudes w/ no context after the neil video he posts "he homo" over one of them w/ no context

at first ppl try to attack him but then theyre like wtf is going on here and realize he's trolling the alpha community

when no one realizes neil is actually gay he makes a podcast episode talking about how he thinks neil is gay gay homosexual gay - he's holding a cigar and wearing a tight hawaiian unbuttoned shirt like "lets talk about this gay gay theater gay boykisser man"

made by @cowboylexapro

//

pitts

youtube name: gerdoesstuff

joint youtube name: idkman

homework help and crafts videos youtuber - relaxed vibes only here to be calm

he gives study and concentration tips and encourages ppl to seek help and companionship and not suffer alone

he paints mugs and looks for bugs

he was on charlie's podcast and they discussed the alpha-ness of making pottery

todd wrote a pitts x reader fic becuz ppl begged him to

pitts printed it out and framed it and put it in his filming set up

he's a regular on meeks podcast too btw and meeks is a regular on his

but when meeks is around things explode so

he has a second channel with meeks where they do silly experiments

theyre posting schedule is non-existent and they also do streams but they never tell you so their viewers just have to hope and find out

knox and him are planning on making a movie review channel but its still not fully thought out so

he makes couple mugs for todd and neil when neil asks for help

he wakes up at 2 am and sends todd prompts

anytime he learns a fun fact he sends it to todd on the off chance todd may need it for a story at some point in his life

anytime he reads anything he's like damn neil will love to act like this character and lets him know about it

he sends charlie alpha podcasters to make fun of

at some point he exposes cam's shitty handwriting for the giggles

knox

instagram name: knoxious.ur.mom.ious

he posted a short on his instagram talking about how he just learned hair grows from the head and not the bottom and blew up for being a dummy - he doesn't know whats going on but he's having a blast

he stirs up drama but on accident

he was on pitts youtube before

out of everyone here he's the only one not making content he's just vibing

eventually he ends up posting background footage of everyone doing dumb shit

when it comes out theyre friends ppl stalk his instagram to find more proof

after that he starts to stir drama but more consciously

hmm what else - idk he's just chilling, getting called out for being dumb and watching his friends do dumb stuff

oh wait when he makes that short about the hair a bunch of commentary channels post about it and he takes it like a badge of honor

cameron

instagram name: cam.studies

pinterest name: cam.studies

one of those aesthetic studying accounts on insta and pinterest - takes nice shots of his homework and his pen collections and his study desk

except its only for the pics his handwriting is atrocious - he has like one page or paragraph of pretty handwriting to post and the rest is scribbled chaos - his pens are never organized by color, theyre just thrown in a box, and his desk is filled with papers and books and never looks clean but its fine he's just here for clout

he ends up sponsoring and reviewing businesses that make those cute study supplies so now he has a hoard - or at least he did until his friends started taking them

he groaned about the cam.studies x {random ass ppl} fics todd wrote but he thinks theyre funny and has them bookmarked

he went on charlie's podcast and the two argued for half of it and then explained how as two alphas they would settle their differences by kissing

his friends help him angle his aesthetic shots at cafes and shit

he got exposed eventually as a fake becuz ppl (cough) posted his real notes which were messy and disorganized

but he played it off as a commentary about how the internet is fake and got more sponsorships

he judges todd and neil but is eating popcorn at the front seat of the drama

meeks

podcast name: chameleon hotel

youtube channel name: idkman

meeks makes a podcast for very stupid intricate crimes. he has a cult following of bisexuals

its stuff like drama over a tree being taken down

"the locals even called their beloved tree 'ole alvin'"

charlie: todd write a meeks x ole alvin fic

he has standards, so he does

he went on charlie's podcast and convinced ppl that being with other men allowed u to suck in their alpha-ness and become the ultimate alpha

but generally he just makes his little silly videos and makes cryptic posts about the neil todd drama

has a joint channel w/ pitts

is up to date with the neil thing and is the one to send neil updates

he tries to convince neil to act out his podcasts (with a lot of success lmao)

he tries to convince todd to write fics based on his podcasts (also with a lot of success)

as payback for the ole alvin x meeks fic he convinces todd (very easily) to write a bunch of dumb charlie fics and todd agrees becuz he has standards

no one actually knows that the poets know each other

they eventually post a group photo

"we need to cancel neil perry for being friends with an alpha podcast guy" "nah thats just charlie"

"yall know hes bi, right?"

"he literally has a podcast about how sucking dick as a man makes u the ultimate alpha male"

it does explain why charlie's alpha podcast go from tiktok actor, tumblr fanfic writer, instagram study blog, fellow podcaster, hw help tiktoker in between his satire of normal alpha tiktokers

half of these things are like copy and pasted from our conversation btw so dont blame me for them

[ilikereadingthisiswhatilike]

September

Sour Times @1980shorrorfilmCSummary: in which…you confront your not-so-great relationship with abby after she had stolen your best friend from you. Warnings: None Special Tag: Soft Ellabs x Reader

The Invasion. @obsessivevoidkitten Summary: Cat Man Alien Yandere x Gender Neutral Reader Warnings: Painful noncon, reader gets smacked, biting, collaring, owner/pet, pet reader, reader tied up Special Tag: OC, Alien, Yandere Oc x Reader

silver heart; clouded judgement—. @zevrra Summary: after the heist mission, upon hearing the bad news about how their life is going to go; V is comforted by Vik who wishes he could do more. Warnings: None Special Tag: None viktor x Reader

Misbehavior —. @moonlit-imagines  Summary: No matter what you did, none of your deeds went unnoticed. Good or bad. Warnings: None Special Tag: Muilt Part Jason Todd x batkid!reader

Tolerate It —. @space-cowgirllll Summary: You sit alone at the table wondering how you ended up here. Warnings: Angst Special Tag: Muilt Part Abby Anderson x reader

werewolf!ellie x vamp!abby x fem!reader @abbysbug (X)Summary: The most difficult times of the month were full moons and blood lusts. Naturally, they had to fall on the same date this month. Warnings: blood drinking Special Tag: none Ellabs x Reader

Orc x reader. @ozzgin (X) Summary: "What are you doing, step bro?" Warnings: None Special Tag: Monster fucking. Oc x Reader

Stupid Adoration @ripleysream (X) Summary: "You look nice," Y/N whispered, wrapping her arms around Rhea's waist. Warnings: None Special Tag: None Rhea Ripely x Reader

leave it to her. @jinxificada Summary: for once, you were taken care of. Warnings: None Special Tag: None. Jinx x Reader

Oath —. @girlrotterr Summary: In a kingdom on the brink of new leadership, tensions run high as a coronation draws near. Warnings: None Special Tag: Knight AU Ellabs X reader

Pretty Please. @r3starttt (X) Summary: None Warnings: None Special Tag: Shower Sex Caitlyn x Reader

Decent...? @redr0sewrites (X) Summary: Praise n Mommy kink w/ Service top Caitlyn x fem reader? Warnings: None Special Tag: None. Caitlyn x Reader

Caitlyn kiramman x female reader @reaper2187  Summary: None Warnings: None Special Tag: None. Caitlyn x Reader

leave it to her. @jinxs-gf Summary: it’s your first night working at The Last Drop. the stories of jinx being an…interesting customer are true Warnings: None Special Tag: None. Jinx x Reader

Light Underwater. @spoonguy (X) Summary: Shipwrecked on an alien planet, miles underwater, you are rescued by a lonely alien. Warnings: Claustrophobia, emetophobia, thalassophobia Special Tag: Alien Oc x Reader

Domming the alien. @monstersflashlight (X) Summary: Alien has a mate for life/soulmate situation and can be pretty pathetic Warnings: None Special Tag: Alien, Dom Reader. Oc x Reader

Yandere Socialite. @iwriteyanderes2023 (X) Summary: You regretted agreeing to this. Warnings: Violence, drama between friends, profanity usage, yandere themes, name-calling, sexual harassment, power abuse Special Tag: Sapphic Oc x Reader

Twisted Affections @st4rg8te (X) Summary: The lessons that had been instilled in you since birth resurfaced in your mind: ‘The Mother of the Nation should be dignified, elegant, and composed. She should never show any sign of weakness in front of her subjects.’ But you couldn’t help but break in her embrace. Warnings: Cheating Special Tag: Sapphic Oc x Reader

ellie's breeding strap @mystellenia  (X) Summary: ellie tries out the cum filled strap with you for the first time. Warnings: None Special Tag: None Ellie Williams x Reader

Feminine Reader x Mermaid @agirlandhersweetdelusions (X) Summary: Mermaid who is infatuated with your legs and wants to be in between them. The encounter is by chance, but it ends in something deeper than friendship. Warnings: None Special Tag: Sapphic Oc x Reader

HE APPLE'S ROTTEN STRAIGHT TO THE CORE! @andersonfilms (X) Summary: ellie williams, sporting 88’ on the back of her jersey, the world renowned football player from the united states. the overly competitive blood runs through her veins, passed down from her father, just as well as an overpowering ego the size of texas. she has the girl of her dreams, the most important game of her life in sight, but what happens when one drummer threatens to wreck it all? Warnings: Cheating Special Tag: College AU Ellabs X reader

YOU’LL ALWAYS BE MINE @abbyromanoff (X) Summary: None Special Tag: None Wanda Maximoff x reader

Please, I'm really sorry @yolli-es Summary: None Warnings: None Special Tag: None. Jinx x Reader

𝖜𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 @mamisripley (X) Summary: when a blizzard hits and traps you and your wife into your new house, you both find the perfect opportunity to christen the whole house. Warnings: None Special Tag: None Rhea Ripely x Reader

rhea x jey x reader smut @damiansgoodgirll (X) Summary: None Warnings: None Special Tag: None Rhea Ripely x Reader x jey uso

Ghost @themidnightcrimson (X) Summary: in which you move into an old house and find that you might not be its only occupant. Warnings: dubcon, mentions of death Special Tag: Haunted House AU Wanda Maximoff x reader

I Could Be Enough @dumblilb Summary: They weren’t super close as children, but running around in the same crowd kept them in the know of each other. But years later she might be all Vi’s got left Warnings: alcohol, mentions of physical violence Special Tag: None. Vi x Reader

A Dragon’s Treasure @yandere-writer-momo (X) Summary: Yandere Lesbian Dragon x Shy Princess Reader Warnings: None Special Tag: Sapphic

bloodlust—. @illovehaileesteinfeld Summary: None Warnings: None Special Tag: Vampire AU Ellabs X reader

ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ᴍᴏᴍᴍʏ @mamisripley(X) Summary: Spending time around Becky's kids gives her the biggest baby fever. Warnings: None Special Tag: None Rhea Ripely x Reader

Bring The Pain @daddynattt  (X) Summary: An unexpected surprise awaits for you at home after a long day at work. Warnings: manipulation, breeding, blood, knife play Special Tag: Ghost Face AU Natasha Romanoff x Reader

[ash5monster01]

Goes On Chapter Seven

Pairing: Charlie Dalton x OC!FemReader

Warnings: 18+, depression, mentions of suicide, heavy topics, eventual smut, slow burn romance, fluff, gender themes/stereotypes.

Summary: Against his best efforts Charlie has to start at a new preparatory school after the tragic events that took place at Welton. The very events that led to the loss of his best friend and getting expelled in the first place. He has no plans to make friends let alone get close to anyone ever again. That is until he meets Evelyn and her interesting group of friends. No matter how hard he tries to push them away he finds it to be impossible. So he caves and in the end learns that life can still be enjoyable even if it feels like everyone is against you.

word count: 3.5k

Six ←→ Eight

Masterlist

Ridge Academy, NY

2/10/60

Once classes ended Charlie found himself walking to the schools pay phones, excited to call his friends, and see what they had been up to so far this week. It was the one thing he looked forward to. He wasn’t sure if it was because it made him feel closer to Neil or if he had gone so long without talking to them it was all he wanted to do. Either way he finally felt a semblance of happiness since the whole mess had happened and Charlie was just gonna have to make do, one phone call at a time.

Yet when he rounds the corner to find the line of pay phones he also finds the familiar girl with brunette hair cascading down her back and a soft smile on her face. He takes a moment to admire her, the way she acts fondly about the person on the other end, how her fingers curl around the coiled wire, as if the rest of her body was on autopilot. She was so God damn beautiful and Charlie was such a fool, a fool for not being able to let the old him out. The old him that would do everything in his power to charm her.

“Hey you” his voice is sultry smooth, arms caging her in, and landing on either side of the pay phone. She’s so close he can smell the strawberry shampoo in her hair and the faint smell of her rose perfume. She turns with a wide smile, eyes glimmering with amusement, face so close that if he moved forward just a few more inches he could kiss her.

“Oh that’s just some classmate of mine, thinks he has a chance or something” she says into the phone, devious grin flashing back at Charlie. He figures whoever is on the other end asked who he was and all he could do was roll his eyes at the girl.

“I know. If he bothers me I’ll let you know” she says with a soft chuckle and Charlie raises his eyebrows, glancing at the girl.

“Me? Bother you? No way” he mouths, a hushed whisper coming from his mouth and she bites her lips to suppress a laugh. The sight of it alone makes Charlie’s heart clench. After eating dinner with her that one night he had somehow let her in. Not close enough to bare his soul like he had with his own friends but enough to finally feel comforted by someone around here. He regretted not staying strong but Evelyn somehow was the exception.

“Alright, I’ll talk to you later. Love you” she says into the phone and Charlie raises his eyebrows in questioning again. Watching as she turns back around to hang up the phone, still caged in by the boys arms.

“Boyfriend?” he questions and she giggles out loud this time, warming Charlie over.

“Brother actually” she tells him and now he actually is more confused than before.

“He doesn’t go here?” he asks and Evelyn shakes her head.

“No he practically begged my parents to go to public school, plus he’s only eleven, so I don’t think they had it in them to mind. Babies of the family, they get away with everything” she says with amusement glimmering in her eyes and Charlie wishes he had grown up with siblings. It might’ve made growing up with his parents much more bearable.

“So if I bother you, you’re gonna sick an eleven year old on me?” he teases and Evelyn crosses her arms, shrugging.

“Possibly, he does have a mean swing. As his only sister, I would know” and that has Charlie laughing loudly, mentally cursing himself for still not asking the girl to the dance.

“I’ll take your word for it” he tells her and Evelyn grins right back.

“What brings you to the pay phones on this fine Wednesday afternoon?” she questions and Charlie smiles.

“Calling Todd, today’s his day” he says and Evelyn snorts which Charlie finds adorable.

“They have designated days? Is Knox only Fridays then?” she teases right back and Charlie shakes his head, brunette hair swinging.

“No Knox is Tuesdays. Friday nights he spends with his girl” and Evelyn doesn’t miss this way his eyes glance down at her lips when he says ‘his girl’.

“Convenient” she teases and he rolls his eyes at her once more.

“If you don’t mind waiting doll we can go grab some dinner after this” he tells her and Evelyn smiles, still basking in the feeling Charlie was willing to spend time with her.

“I was actually going to meet Nate for trivia on campus but you’re welcome to come” she says and Charlie chuckles, thinking of his room mate who had seemed very on edge lately. If he knew him better he would know why but he figured it was just school.

“I’ll walk you to it, trivia isn’t for me” he says and now Evelyn is the one rolling her eyes at him. Charlie just finds it cute though as he finally pushes himself up off the wall and reaches for the pay phone in front of her. She watches as he drops a few coins in the machine and dials a number familiar to only him.

“Yes, I’m calling for Todd Anderson” he says, raising his eyebrows at Evelyn who watches fondly. After a few minutes of waiting, Evelyn trying to poke Charlie and urge him to finish up already, Todd finally answers.

"There he is" Charlie grins when the familiar voice comes through the phone.

"Charles" Todd greets back with a grunt and Charlie can't help but laugh. He was sad his friend had come out of his shell after he was no longer there to see it. The things he would do to see Todd stand on that desk and stick it to Nolan like that. So much better than a phone call from God.

"How are you, turning in all your assignments on time I suppose?" Charlie teases, knowing Todd was still a goodie two shoes no matter how out going he had become. He could practically see Todd rolling his eyes now.

"Well yeah considering my punishment is to work study under Nolan for the rest of the year. I do all my homework in his office" and Charlie almost winces from the punishment because that must be horrible. That meant no study group with the guys and when you had a question you had to ask Nolan.

"The rest of the year, man all I got was my ass beat and pots and pans for two weeks" Charlie says recalling the punishment he recieved for his own big stunt. He couldn’t sit in his chair properly for a week but at least he had tried to make change. Evelyn just wears a confused look as he hears him say this.

"I guess outwardly disobeying Nolan is much much worse than asking for girls to attend Welton" Todd says which has Charlie laughing again.

"Yeah well much to Nolan's dismay, him kicking me out landed me in a school with girls. Joke's on him" Charlie jokes, looking at the only girl in this God forsaken school that he had somehow gotten close too. She wears a smirk, hearing him mention girls and she hopes more specifically her.

"I'm pretty sure the joke is on those poor girls. Charlie Dalton and his miserable flirting" Todd picks on the boy and Charlie doesn't have the heart to tell him that he had given up the flirting and confident act. That he was just as miserable as the rest of the world if not more.

"Miserable flirting, me? Never" Charlie tells the boy, and Evelyn gives him a confused look because this guy talking on the phone right now is still one she hasn’t gotten to know. Yet a flash of him appears when he spots the look on her face and reaches to grab a strand of her hair, curling it slowly around his fingers.

"Yeah right- Oh, here's Meeks" Todd says before the phone shuffles around.

"Hello Sir" his red headed firends voice floods through the phone and Charlie can't help but crack a smile.

"Meeks, where have you been? My Latin grade is rapidly dropping and my teachers are starting to wonder why" he says referring to all the times Meeks spent hours making sure Charlie not only finished his homework but at least understood it.

"It's a dead language Charles, they'll never question it" he says and Charlie feels that familair clench around his heart. The one that happens everytime he misses being at that school and with his friends.

"I suppose you're right Meeks, it must just be that I miss you bossing me around" Charlie says and he watches as the brunnete girl perks up in front of him. He actually still couldn't believe he told her about all of them. He just hadn't told her what happened to them quite yet.

"We all miss you Nuwanda” the boy says and Charlie smiles, losing his cool and confident act with his friends. Especially when they got sentimental like this.

“Yeah, I miss you guys too. We’ll try and make plans soon” and Evelyn doesn’t miss the sad look on his face and she realizes just how much he misses his friends.

“Okay, bye guys” he says one last time before hanging up the phone and flashing a smile her way. Suddenly he’s distracted, no longer the boy who was just teasing her.

“You got your ass beat?” Evelyn questions, hoping to bring back that smile on his face. When he chuckles softly she realizes it just might’ve worked.

“That’s a story for another time, let’s get you to trivia” he says, arm falling over her shoulders and ready to escort her throughout the school. Evelyn smiles softly at him and shocks Charlie when her hand reaches up and laces with the one hanging off her shoulders.

“You’re different with your friends you know?” she tells him and Charlie nods slowly.

“Yeah well, they’ve known me for my entire life. Never got a chance to hide who I was from them” he tells her and Evelyn sighs, loving her new friendship with the boy but hating entirely that he wasn’t himself with her still.

“Is that you admitting how you hide your true self from us?” she questions again as they round the corner, eyes on the rec room set up for trivia this week.

“It was never a secret Ev, I just have a lot going on” he tells her as they push through the door and before she can question him even further they both realize fairly quickly trivia is not what’s happening here.

Alone beside a table is Nate holding a poster. A bouquet of flowers and some balloons sit on the table beside him, his eyes are hopeful until they land on Evelyn with Charlie’s arm wrapped around her shoulders and fingers laced with her own. Evelyn takes a moment to register exactly what’s happening but when she reads ‘Ev, will you go to the Valentines Dance with me?’ she’s quick to remove herself from Charlie.

“Nate, what’s going on?” she questions and Charlie takes one look at him and realizes what he should of when he first started here. Nate is in love with Evelyn.

“Uh, I’m trying to ask you to the dance” he mutters, eyes darting between the two and Evelyn is approaching him, almost in a way to not scare him.

“Why?” she questions and Nate’s eyes are quick to dart to Charlie, embarrassed that the boy was here to witness this.

“I’m gonna go” Charlie mutters and is out the door lighting fast as Evelyn searches Nate for answers.

“I just, I assumed no one had asked you yet” he says, arm gesturing to where Charlie had just made his great escape. Yet Evelyn doesn’t get what he means.

Nate means that he had assumed Charlie hadn’t already beaten him to it but based on the way the both of them walked through the door he assumed wrong. Evelyn takes it as him being good old reliable Nate. Her dear friend who doesn’t want her to attend a dance on her own. Her friend willing to give up his own date to help her. She still doesn’t get that he’s in love with her.

“Nate that’s sweet you don’t want me to go alone” she starts, trying to reach out for him and Nate realizes quickly his mistake.

“No I-”

“But I’m hosting the dance, I can’t take a date. It’s kinda business for me, not pleasure” and Nate snaps his mouth close. There was no use fighting, he’d already humiliated himself enough. At least this way he knew Evelyn wasn’t going with Charlie either. In fact she wasn’t going with anyone.

“Oh, well in that case” he says, arms starting to wrinkle the poster in his hands that he felt stupid for holding.

“It was such a sweet gesture though. I’ll save you a dance even” she tells him and Nate shakes his head with a chuckle, tossing the now mangled poster in the garbage.

“It’s fine, don’t worry about me” he says and Evelyn gives him a soft smile before pulling him in a hug.

“You’re a good friend Nate and the next dance I don’t plan, I’m all yours” she says and Nate feels his heart shatter once more because maybe everyone was right. He had waited far too long and now he never stood a chance with her.

“Sounds like a plan” he says pulling back, trying to hide the sadness written all over his face. Evelyn just smiles before looking back at the door, he assumes for Charlie.

“Well since there really isn’t any trivia, I better be off to do some homework” she tells him and Nate nods, collecting the roses and balloons on the table.

“Okay, I’ll see you later” he bids her and she smiles and waves before scurrying back off. Nate sighs and looks at the flowers and string of balloons in his hands. With a swift movement he dumps them in the trash right along with the poster and officially gives up.

Not wanting to face his room mate knowing the rejection he just faced from a girl they both liked, he starts for the doors to the outside. Determined to spend the rest of the day moping in his self pity alone.

It’s dark by the time Nate makes it back to campus. Any later and it would’ve been past curfew. He still hadn’t gotten over what had happened and worst of all he no longer had a dorm to himself. He shared it with the very guy that was stealing the girl he loved whether he realized he was or wasn’t. Yet when he reaches the door and doesn’t see any light flooding out the bottom of it, he sighs a sigh of relief.

Slipping inside as quietly as he can he changes into some pajamas and crawls into his bed. He still feels the heavy weight of crying from behind his eyes but he wouldn’t risk Charlie hearing him. So he tried to get comfy, erase the image of Evelyn denying him and friend zoning him all in one go. There was no way now he could ever prove to her his feelings, he was already in too deep.

“You said you were just friends” Nate stiffens at Charlie’s voice filling the dark room, assuming he had been asleep this whole time.

“That wasn’t a lie” Nate responds after a moment and he hears Charlie sigh.

“You should have told me you liked her” and Nate wears a confused look even though Charlie can’t see it.

“Why, you clearly like her too?” Nate says, his voice clipped and holding an anger he didn’t want to take out on the boy because Evelyn wasn’t his property.

“Yeah but if you had said when I asked, I never would’ve gotten close to her. You don’t do that to friends” and Nate feels his heart break once more this afternoon because before Evelyn and Charlie, he was hopeful for a best friend and he had let that get away from. He had spent so much time resenting him to even realize Charlie might’ve finally let him in.

“We’re friends?” Nate can’t help but ask and Charlie chuckles in the night air.

“Yeah man, as much as I hate to admit it. I feel like a real shit one right now for falling for your girl like that though” and it’s finally out there. A confirmation and in the open for Nate to hear. Somehow it’s more comforting to know then harmful.

“I don’t blame you, I’ve loved her since I was thirteen. She’s one in a million” Nate says staring at the ceiling he can barely make out in the darkness.

“Why didn’t you tell her then? All those years ago?” Charlie questions and Nate shrugs into his sheets, thinking of thirteen year old him too scared to say something to her.

“I felt silly. We had been friends so long and I thought it’d be weird. After a while I just didn’t want to face rejection” Nate admits, knowing how lame he sounds. Charlie wished he could understand that, considering he told everyone exactly how he felt about them his whole life.

“This is coming from your friend, not the guy going after your girl, but you waited too long man. You became someone trustworthy to her, someone to always fall back on, reliable. Once a girl starts seeing you like that you become the guy she goes to when other guys hurt her” Nate knows it isn’t a bad thing but Charlie is right. You either become reliable in a relationship or reliable to the point of a brother, and that’s why getting out of the friend zone was so hard.

“So I shouldn’t have waited around?” he asks curiously, realizing Charlie was wiser than he expected.

“No man and you shouldn’t wait around for anything. We have one life, why waste it? You never know when it’s going to end so everyday spent waiting is one that’s lost! Carpe Diem! Seize the day!” Charlie rants, excitement hitching in his voice, and when his words resonate within him he freezes. For the first time since Neil had died that burning passion had found its way out of him and in its midst he realized exactly what he had been doing. He hadn’t been seizing the day, he was wasting it. Wasting it because he was heartbroken and if Neil could see him now he’d be pissed.

“It sounds like you know” Nate tells him, feeling the statement rattle around in his brain and hearing Charlie’s heavy breathing from across the room.

“I do Nate and no life is worth living if you can’t get the things you want out of it” he says, finally realizing exactly why Neil might’ve made the decision he did.

“Have you Charlie?” Nate asks and Charlie starts to laugh. Laugh at his own pure stupidity for wasting all this God damn time.

“No but I plan on starting tomorrow if you want to start with me?” Charlie asks and Nate grins from ear to ear. Evelyn may never see him the way he wants him to but he finally had a friend. One he made on his own. He could get over her with a friend.

“Yeah, plus I’d like to finally see you getting out there” Nate tells him and Charlie wears a matching smile that the boy cannot see.

“Can I tell you something Nate, something you won’t tell anyone until I’m ready? I just need to hear myself say it” Charlie asks, his voice desperate and pleading. All around sad and Nate can tell from across the room.

“Yeah man, whatever you need” and Charlie feels the tears pool in his eyes. He stares at his own ceiling and takes a moment to breathe.

“My best friend Neil died. He was just seventeen and when something like that happens you find life isn’t really worth living for if they’re not around” Nate freezes at the words, the truth hidden deep within the boy who had seemed so broken. Now he knew why.

“I’m so sorry Charlie. No one should lose anyone that young” Nate offers and Charlie smiles, his tears sliding down the sides of his face and into his pillow.

“Yeah but if he was here right now he’d be telling you the same thing. He didn’t want to waste a second of his life and even if he died so young I can promise you he didn’t” and for the first time in months Charlie feels a weight being lifted from his chest. The suffocating feeling he had lived with for so long.

“Carpe diem then” Nate says, finally resonating with Charlie and the truth that he carries. He was a broken man who was just trying to find his way. It can’t be easy to lose your best friend and be expelled all at once.

“Seize the day”

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