#we tried saturday but they ran out fast so we had to run to the booth sunday to get it

[sunny44]

Pole position and broken wrist

Pairing: Max Verstappen x GF!reader

Warnings: broken wrist, medical center, medications etc…

Summary: Where Y/n broke her wrist on qualifying day.

It was one of those days when everything seemed to be in the right place. I woke up with Y/n by my side, her hair spread out on the pillow and a serene smile on her face. The sun was shining outside, and I felt a positive energy in the air. Today was qualifying day, and confidence was high. The car was fast, and the team's work had been impeccable throughout the weekend.

Y/n and I had a special ritual on race Saturdays. After breakfast in the motorhome, we would go to the paddock together. She was known for her vibrant personality and, of course, for her ability to get into unusual situations. I still remember when she spilled a tray of drinks on the team boss during her first visit to the paddock. But those moments, no matter how chaotic, only made me love her more.

We arrived at the paddock, and Y/n quickly started interacting with the mechanics and engineers, drawing smiles and laughter. It was impossible not to be infected by her light and carefree spirit. While she mingled, I focused on the qualifying session ahead. I knew she would be there supporting me, as always.

The qualifying session started, and the car was perfect. I managed to top the timesheet right in Q1, and that pace continued until the end. When I crossed the finish line in Q3, with pole position secured, my heart raced with excitement. I knew Y/n would be waiting for me in the garage, ready to congratulate me with that smile that made all the problems in the world seem insignificant.

But when I returned to the garage, something was off. I didn't see Y/n anywhere. Usually, she would be jumping with joy, ready to give me a celebratory kiss. Instead, I was greeted by worried looks from the team members. Before I could ask what was going on, one of the mechanics, Dave, approached me, a concerned expression on his face.

"Max, there’s been an accident... with Y/n," he said, his voice low, almost a whisper.

My heart froze. "What happened?" I asked, trying to stay calm.

"She was walking through the paddock, and you know how she is... Always bumping into things. Apparently, she tripped and fell. She tried to grab onto a metal structure but ended up slipping and falling hard. She broke her wrist."

For a moment, I couldn't breathe. The image of Y/n, hurt, flooded my mind, and a sense of panic started to grow inside me. "Where is she now?" I asked, already moving towards the garage exit.

"They took her to the medical center here at the circuit. She was in a lot of pain, but they said she's going to be okay. They just need to immobilize her wrist and maybe take her for more detailed exams."

Without wasting any more time, I ran towards the medical center. Everything around me seemed like a blur. The people, the sounds, even the noise of the engines... It all disappeared. The only thing that mattered was getting to Y/n.

When I entered the clinic, I found her sitting on a bed, with an expression of pain mixed with frustration. Her arm was already in a temporary splint, and the doctor was beside her, explaining what they would need to do next.

"Max!" Y/n exclaimed when she saw me, her eyes shining with a mix of surprise and relief.

"Y/n, what happened?" I asked, approaching her, feeling a wave of relief seeing her conscious and talking, even though she was visibly uncomfortable.

She gave an embarrassed smile, something she always did when she was in trouble. "I’m a complete klutz, Max... I tripped over one of those damn toolboxes and, trying to balance myself, ended up falling. And, well... you know the rest."

I sighed, running a hand through my hair and sitting next to her.

"Is it hurting a lot?"

"Yes, it hurts like hell."

"Do you have any idea how much you scared me?" I asked, taking her free hand and intertwining our fingers.

"I'm so sorry... It wasn’t my intention to ruin your pole day," she replied, with a pained little laugh.

"The only thing that matters to me right now is that you're okay," I said, kissing her forehead gently. "And, look, we’re still going to celebrate this pole. We’ll just do it at your pace, okay?"

She smiled again, this time more confidently, and nodded. "Sounds like a good plan."

The doctors entered and started discussing the next steps, mentioning the need to take her to a hospital outside the circuit for a more detailed X-ray and possibly to cast her wrist. The idea of her having to spend the rest of the race weekend with a cast worried me, but the relief of knowing it was "just" a broken wrist calmed me down.

After a few hours, we left the hospital with her wrist properly casted. I insisted we return to the motorhome and spend the rest of the day there, away from any potential dangers in the paddock. She hesitated a bit but eventually agreed.

We settled on the sofa in the motorhome, with Y/n lying next to me, her arm carefully propped up on a pillow. The TV was on, showing a replay of the qualifying session, but I hardly paid attention. My focus was on her, making sure she was comfortable and cared for.

"Max, you don’t have to stay here with me the whole time," she said softly, looking at me with a shy smile. "You should enjoy the rest of the day with the team, celebrate the pole."

"I'm exactly where I need to be," I replied, running my fingers through her hair. "Besides, who’s going to take care of you if I'm not around? What if you trip over the carpet now?"

She laughed, though she winced in pain right after. "I really am fucking clumsy, huh?"

"You are, but you’re my clumsy, and I love you for it," I murmured, leaning in to kiss her.

...

The next day, I woke up to the soft sound of Y/n's breathing beside me. Her arm, now casted and propped up on pillows, was a constant reminder of how clumsy she could be. But seeing her there, sleeping peacefully, I knew that even with a broken wrist, she would still make her day and mine unforgettable.

When Y/n finally woke up, the lazy smile she gave me warmed me inside.

"Good morning, champ." she murmured, trying to stretch without moving her arm too much.

"Good morning, clumsy." I replied, giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Ready for another day of adventures?"

"More than ready," she said, with a sparkle in her eyes.

"Is it hurting a lot?"

"It’s starting to hurt more now, I think the painkillers are wearing off."

"Well, you stay there while I get dressed and grab your meds." I said, getting up.

"I can get them." She tried to get up but I stopped her.

"No, no. You stay there, safe and sound, I’ll get the meds." She agreed and lay down.

After I went to the bathroom and got dressed, I got her meds and handed them to her. She got up afterward, went to the bathroom, and I helped her get dressed since moving her arm was straining her wrist and hurting.

"Ready?" I asked, putting a Red Bull bucket hat on her head and giving her a peck, making her smile.

"More than ready." She said, and we left the motorhome together. "You know, I was thinking… since I’m going to have this cast on for a while, I’ll make it more interesting."

"Interesting how?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Autographs!" she exclaimed, as if it were the most brilliant idea in the world. "I’ll ask some of the guys to sign it for me. It’ll be a nice memory of this whole thing."

I laughed, shaking my head. "You really are full of ideas, aren’t you?"

"You knew who you were getting involved with when you asked me out," she replied, winking at me and holding my hand.

Y/n was visibly excited, and even with her arm in a cast, she radiated a joy that was contagious.

Lando was her first target. As soon as she saw him, she ran over to him, carefully balancing the cast on her arm.

"Lando! You have to be the first to sign!" Lando, always the jokester, gave a mischievous smile and took the Sharpie Y/n was holding with her free hand.

"So, do you want me to write 'Caution: very clumsy' or something like that?" He asked, as he signed the cast, and Y/n rolled her eyes but couldn’t hold back her laughter.

"Just sign it, Norris. And make it look nice."

"Alright, bossy." He handed the pen back to her, and after chatting a bit and wishing her well, we went after the next victim.

Charles was talking to some members of his team, but Y/n wasn’t intimidated.

"Charles! I need your autograph, please." she said, waving the cast in his direction, and he smiled warmly, taking the pen.

"I saw pictures of you online with a cast but didn’t know what had happened. Are you okay?"

"I’m better, yeah. I tripped over a toolbox... Long story," she replied, laughing at herself.

"Well, I hope you get better soon," he said, carefully signing the cast with his name and adding a small heart next to it. "And try to stay away from toolboxes for a while."

Carlos was next, and Y/n knew he wouldn’t miss the chance to tease her. When she approached him, he raised an eyebrow and gave her a knowing look.

"Max, you really have to keep an eye on her," Carlos said, laughing. "She’s a danger to herself."

"Tell me about it," I replied, smiling as Carlos signed the cast.

"Y/n, are you collecting accidents now?"

"Let's just say I'm adding a little drama to the weekend," she replied, extending her arm.

"There you go," he said after adding 55 to the end of his signature. "I hope you get better soon."

"Thank you Chili." He gave her a side hug and started walking towards the Ferrari garage.

"Try not to break anything else," he yelled and went inside.

Alex was walking past us when Y/n spotted him. "Alex! Please sign here," she said, and he promptly complied.

He made a neat signature, adding a small trophy to the side. "I hope this brings you luck to recover quickly," he said.

"Thank you, and bring Lily to the next race." He nodded and left.

Oscar was the last one before we returned to the Red Bull garage. He was focused, but when he saw Y/n approaching with that smile that said “you have no choice”, he smiled too.

“Oscar, you’re next on the list,” she said, shaking her cast.

“Honored to be a part of this collection,” he joked as he signed it, drawing a little kangaroo next to his name.

Finally, we made it back to the Red Bull garage, where Y/n handed me the pen.

“Now it’s your turn.” She said smiling.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment,” I said, taking the pen and thinking about what to write.

I decided on something simple but meaningful. I signed my name, and next to it I wrote, “I love you, my clumsy.”

She looked at the cast and then back at me, her eyes shining with emotion.

“It’s perfect, it’s definitely my favorite signature,” she said, smiling.

The day went on, and soon it was time for the race. Y/n was by my side until the last second before I got in the car. Even with her injured arm, she was there, smiling, supporting me, and reminding me of what really matters. mattered.

When I finally got into the car and got ready for the race, I knew that no matter what happened on the track, I had something very special waiting for me at the end of it all. The race was important, sure, but Y/n… she was the reason I gave my best, on and off the track.

Bonus scene!

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Ps: I’m okay guys, just a broken wrist

[noxitsnox]

if we get too closе, would it be okay?

hyun-ju x gn!reader - highschool au

summery: hyun-ju came out to her- now ex- girlfriend who spread the rumor around the whole school.

tags: trans/homophobia (the word tr**ny is used one (1) time), bullying, hurt/comfort, lots of fluff i promise, let me know if i missed anything!

a/n: i am obsessed it's not fair. this is pre-t but i'm still going to use she/her pronouns for hyun-ju <3 also english is not my first language and this isn't proof read, so i apologize for any mistake. @exactlyinfp

hyun-ju didn't want to go to school that day. her girlfriend, ex girlfriend now, broke up with her just because she trusted her, because she didn't want to hide anymore and she believed that her girlfriend of almost two years would understand. but she didn't. she called her all kind of names and blocked her everywhere.

she hoped this was where it ended. that they could just ignore each other and keep living life as it is. it would have been so much easier that way. but the moment she entered the school hallway she knew something happened. the looks she was getting were strange, full of hate. definitely not the looks you receive when you just broke up. she tried to ignore it and walked to her class with her head down.

it was early. a lot of time passed before some of her classmates entered the room. maybe it was better if they stayed outside. their chatter died down as soon as they saw her. one of them, who was seated next to her, took his desk and dragged it as far away from her as possible. “you're sick”, he said under his breath. “stay away from me.”

she stayed silent as the realization hit her. if he knew, everyone else did too. fighting tears, she forced herself to keep cool.

slowly people filled the room. everyone ignored her, even her so called friends looked at her with disgust. only y/n seemed to be acting as if nothing happened. maybe they didn't know about it yet. they’ll turn their back to you like everyone else, she thought.

“oh hyun-ju, how are you?”

y/n waited for an answer that never arrived. so, with a sad smile, they spoke again. “it's fine. you don't have to talk with me. you have my number in case you change your mind.”

———

for the rest of the week she ignored everyone. she was barely alive.

every morning she entered school feeling like a criminal. her locker in the changing rooms was filled with insults. some guys even tried to push her on the ground. that was the only moment she reacted. she could ignore words, but physical aggression was were she drew the line.

every night she cried herself to sleep, wishing she had someone on her side, someone to talk to. her family didn't know about what was happening in school and she hoped for it to stay that way or she wouldn't even have a home anymore.

it was on saturday afternoon that she lost it. she was out, getting some groceries for her mother at the local market, and she saw her ex with her friends. she tried to hide before they could notice her, but she wasn't fast enough.

"oh god, isn't that that tranny you used to date?", one said pointing at her.

"don't say that out loud, please. what will people think of me?"

hyun-ju ran away without even taking food from the market stall. she kept running until their voice became indistinguishable echoes.

she sat on the side walk and took out her phone, looking for y/n contact. she started crying, the tears blurring her vision.

their words came back to her. you have my number in case you change your mind. were they serious? she hesitantly called them, hoping for the best.

y/n didn't take long to answer and for that she was grateful.

"hey, you called!"

"i- yes... listen can you, can you come here?"

"oh hyun-ju, you're crying? is everything okay?"

"i don't even know anymore. please, just come here." and with that she hung up the phone, quickly shared the position with them.

she hugged her knees as she waited.

———

y/n was happy that hyun-ju called, even if the situation wasn't ideal. even though they weren't intimate, they cared about her and it made them sad to see her suffer. especially if she was being ridiculed for something beyond her control.

y/n tried to get to her as fast as possible. they went out in their sweats without bothering to put on something nicer. they didn't like the idea of hyun-ju seeing them in that state, but they also realized that they had to put vanity aside at the moment.

as soon as she saw y/n she got up and hugged. they remained in that position for a while. hyun-ju cried and cried while y/n rubbed her back, doing what they could to comfort her.

"sorry... i don't know why i did that", she said as she let go of them.

"you don't have to apologize. do you feel better now?"

"i do, thanks."

an awkward silence fell until y/n suggested they start walking with a wave of their hand, "do you wanna talk about what's happening?"

"i just want to forget about it. can we talk about something else?"

"oh sure", y/n looked at her and smiled. "do you wanna hear about this manga i'm reading?"

a/n: i realize that for an xreader the reader is barely there 😬 sorry. let me now if you liked it!!

[writershapeholeonthedoor]

Black Widow

Pairing: Florence Pugh × Fem!Reader

Summary: Cooking With Flo is back and you make an accidental cameo that get the entire world to know about your relationship with Florence

Disclaimer: English is not my first language

MASTERLIST

Florence took a step away from her phone to make sure it was recording the way it should, her eyes studying the screen as a smile slowly formed on her lips. It took just a second for the comments to start showing up on the screen fast enough that she barely had time to read one before it disappeared to show other ones. She stayed quiet for a few more seconds to allow more people to start watching the live on her Instagram before she actually started talking.

“Sup, bitches? Here we are with another Cooking With Flo,” she said the famous words she always used to start her lives. She opened her arms as if to show the kitchen behind her and let out her raspy laugh. “Did you guys miss me? It's been a while, I know, but I'm back and this time we're making lasagna.”

For the last five months, she had done none of the livestreams cooking in her kitchen mostly because the space was a mess. The room was being renewed and, on top of that, she barely had time to do anything other than work and make sure people were painting the walls with the right color. But now she finally had time again, so that’s how she ended up standing in the middle of her kitchen on a random Saturday night.

“It's very simple, but it was a requested dish for tonight, so that’s what we're doing,” Florence kept talking, leaning back against the counter with her elbows to read some of the comments the fans were making. She saw a few questions, dozens of hearts, and some country flags, but her eyes quickly picked someone asking if there would be any guests tonight. “No, it’s only me cooking tonight, but I'm not alone.” Florence looked around and easily spotted her dog lying down a few feet from where she was standing. She leaned down to snap her fingers at him, which made him get up and walk towards her while wiggling his tail. Chuckling, Florence picked him up with some effort because he certainly wasn’t a small dog. “Billy's here! Come on, Billy, tell people hi.” The only reaction the dog gave was a low bark before he tried to lick her face. Florence moved away the best she could laughing at the same time. “Oh, God, you're getting too heavy for me to lift you, boy,” she complained and then put the dog back on the floor, where he wasted no time walking away to lie down one more time. Florence put her hands on her waist and smiled widely. “Jeez, guys. Well, let me wash my hands and we can get started.”

Florence had just turned around to go to the sink behind her when she heard a scream piercing through the house.

"AAAAAAAAH!"

The chain reaction was instant. Forgetting about anything else, Florence turned on her feet while yelling back: “Holy fuck! Babe?!”

The live kept going on her phone but the people watching could just glance at her wide eyes and surprised expression before she ran from the frame, the phone completely forgotten. They couldn’t see her anymore, but she didn’t wander far away. Just as she was about to get out of the kitchen and run to where she heard the scream coming from, someone came running from the hallway and almost bumped into her, making her stop.

“Florence!” You screamed again, although this time you were already pressed against her.

Florence instantly put her arms around you while her eyes tried to find the reason why you were yelling. She was trying to find a bruise, a cut, or blood of any type, but there was nothing on you that caught her eyes besides the sheer panic clear in your face. “What is it?!” She asked, though she was having a hard time even keeping standing since you were pushing against her as if you were running away from something. “Babe?!”

You managed to slip past her and go further into the kitchen all while using your hands to keep grabbing Florence’s shoulders as if she was the only thing keeping you safe. “Oh, my God! There's a monster inside the bathroom!”

Upon hearing that, Florence couldn’t help but blink in surprise, tilting her head to the side and trying to understand what you meant by that. “A what?”

It was her sudden change in humor that made you look at Florence with even more urgency. She was too calm, she clearly didn’t understand how grave that was. “It almost killed me!”

Your tone had the opposite effect, though. Florence kept looking at you for a few more seconds before her signature breathless smile cut the silence that had formed between you two. Her shoulders dropped, as did her hands to your waist, and she let her head hang for a moment to bask in the relief she felt for realizing there was no imminent danger as she initially thought there was. If it was anything as bad as you were making it sound, you certainly wouldn’t be acting that dramatically.

Finally, she shook her head and looked up at you again with a smile. “I'm pretty sure there's not a monster inside our bathroom. Haven't you watched Scooby Doo?” Florence joked.

It made you whine, however, because you couldn’t believe she couldn’t see the danger you were in. “Florence,” you complained.

Florence must have noticed you were getting mad for her lack of concern because she just chuckled again and approached you to kiss your cheek. “Okay, babe, I'm going to take a look,” she conceded.

Now more relaxed and with a pout, you nodded and let go of Florence’s shoulders so she could walk away from you. “Take care!” You yelled to her retreating form.

Florence kept walking until she reached the bathroom in the hallway. The door was open and the light was still on, but she poked her head inside first. She saw nothing out of the ordinary, so she decided to ask you again, keeping her voice loud and clear for you to hear her from the kitchen. "Again, I don’t think-” Florence interrupted herself out of a sudden when her eyes finally spotted the thing that had disturbed you. “Oh,” she breathed out.

Inside the kitchen, you were biting on the pad of your thumb as you waited for her. “Do you see it? It's right there by the sink!”

Florence smiled to herself while she saw the little spider weaving her web down peacefully as if there was nothing wrong in the world. “Yeah, I see it,” she replied with amusement clear in her voice.

“Take care!” You exclaimed again, but that was what finally caught the attention of the other occupant of the house. Billy, now alert because of the commotion, got up with his ears pointing up and started to go after his owner to see what was going on, but you quickly leaned down to scoop him from the floor. “Oh, my God, Billy, don't go there!”

“Can you bring me a bowl?” Florence asked.

“What for?” You frowned and moved the big dog a bit when your arms started to get tired. Maybe you should start going to the gym, after all.

Florence’s reply came quickly. “So I can take this little guy outside.”

You gasped in shock. “You wanna touch it?!”

The other woman laughed again. “No, that's what the bowl is for!” You rolled your eyes fondly at her teasing. “Come on, babe.”

You bit your bottom lip and looked around. There were several bowls around the counters that she had put there to put the ingredients while she cooked, but there was no way you would go back to that bathroom again when the life-threatening monster was still there. “I can't get any closer than this.”

“That's okay, I will go get it,” Florence soothed your nerves and, a second later, you heard her coming back to the kitchen.

You couldn’t keep Billy on your lap for longer so you put him down gently, only to have him running to meet Florence, who was just entering the room again. Florence was smiling, although she wasn’t making fun of you - at least yet - and she walked towards you to peck your cheek. It seemed like it was just a gesture to try to hide her smile, but you weren’t going to complain about it.

She had just turned to grab one of the bowls when her eyes caught her cell phone on top of the counter and she immediately stopped in her tracks as her heart dropped to the floor. “Oh.”

You jumped away from the counter like it was catching fire. “What?! There's another one here?!”

Florence’s gaze moved to you for a brief moment though she couldn’t stop looking at the millions of comments and emojis appearing on her screen for too long. “Uh, no.”

You followed her eyes and it was your turn to feel the dread inside. In your panicked state, you forgot Florence was doing a live. You hadn’t just interrupted it, you had walked on it. Literally. You could see yourself standing in the middle of the recording, Florence just a few steps to the side looking like a deer caught in headlights as her eyes kept moving from her phone to you.

People didn’t even know you existed and there you were now. People didn’t know Florence Pugh had a girlfriend. People didn’t know she was only making lasagna tonight because you told her that’s what you were craving.

“Shit,” you mumbled. “Oh, shit. I forgot you were going live.” You took a step back and put your hands on your face to hide the deep blush that took over your cheeks. “Oh, no.”

Noticing you were a step away from going on a full-on panic attack, Florence approached you and gently pulled you closer to her body. She tilted her head to the side to give you the perfect spot to hide your face in the crook of her neck and you took full advantage of that. There was no point in trying to hide now that the cat was out of the bag. People had seen you already, they certainly heard Florence calling you “babe” and saw her kissing your cheek.

You silently reached the same decision in the few seconds you stayed in each other’s embrace. When Florence pulled away, she held your face between her hands and offered you a smile that put you at ease instantly. “Hey, it’s okay. Don’t worry, okay?” She winked at you. “I will be right back, let me just take out the monster for you.”

Florence kissed your forehead before grabbing a bowl and walking back to the bathroom. You thought about stepping away from the camera, maybe going back to hide in your shared room as you usually did when Florence was making content when you were around, but you barely had the time to think about where to go before your girlfriend was back in the kitchen.

“I'm back, folks.” she declared to her phone while walking to put the bowl inside the sink since she couldn’t use it anymore. After that, Florence turned back to face the camera and leaned against the counter with both hands, smiling. “It wasn’t a monster, it was just a little spider,” Florence told to the people watching the live.

Standing beside her, all you could do was mumble: “It was a monster.”

Your reaction dragged another laugh from Florence - the laugh that you loved so much, deep and husky, and that made her nose scrunch in that adorable way that always made you want to kiss her. “Thank God you're dating Black Widow herself, huh?” She nudged you with her shoulder, clearly teasing you.

Affected by her smile and her expressive eyes, you easily forgot there were literally millions of people watching you two at that moment. “I don't think that would be a reason to brag considering you would kill me in the end,” you replied, amused. “Besides, I'm not dating Scarlett.”

Her gasp was so loud that even Billy barked from where he was sitting staring up at you two. “Hey, I just saved you from a terrible monster!” Florence complained, although it was obvious she wasn’t serious. “Show me some love.”

You rolled your eyes again, but the smile on your face couldn’t be ignored. “You're right.” You nodded and leaned over to kiss the tip of her nose. “Thank you, my darling savior.”

Her nose scrunched again and a low chuckle left her lips before she pulled away with a more somber expression. She looked at you as if she was trying to hold a silent conversation and, gladly, you understood what she was asking without saying a word. You only nodded and braced yourself for what was about to come.

Florence returned her attention to her phone and her smile became a more practical one. “Well, I think you guys are a little confused. That's not how I planned for you guys to find out, but that's okay. We're just going to recalculate,” she chuckled politely. “In case you hadn’t realized it since this shenanigans started, this is my girlfriend.” Florence placed her arm around your waist, pulling you closer and smiling contently with her eyes glued on you. It seemed like you couldn’t look away from each other for a while, but she eventually returned her attention to the several comments popping on her screen. “Yes, I kept it a secret until now. And yes, I was intending to keep it under the rug for a while longer, but mostly because I did not want you scaring her away,” she joked since you both knew the reason why your relationship was a secret was because you were both trying to protect your privacy and your love from prying eyes. “She was the one that said she was feeling like eating lasagna tonight, actually,” Florence added.

You nodded, feeling more relaxed to be standing there now. “She got her grandma's recipe, I couldn't resist.”

“Since the cat is out of the bag…” She read a few comments, deciding to answer them as she went. “We've been dating for a while, yes. This is our kitchen, actually.” Florence pointed to something behind her. “Well, it’s still coming together. We still want to make some changes,” she relented since you both know none of you were satisfied with the place the fridge was placed. “Uh, she’s not an actress, if that’s what you want to know, another reason why we didn't say anything about us.” Florence kept from telling her fans what you actually do with your life, trying to maintain any sense of privacy still. “Yes, she knows my family. Guys, I will answer two more questions before we move on. Now that I saved her life and our bathroom, I believe Y/N wanted to take a shower before dinner,” she joked.

You laughed and agreed with several nods, also licking your lips to add to the dramatization. Your attention ended up going to one of the comments that showed up and you decided to answer it. “Billy ran to me at the dog park, that’s how we met,” you explained shyly.

Florence seemed happy that you spoke up, though, and she proved that by leaning closer to kiss your cheek for the third time. She then moved on to pick the last comment she was going to reply to. “No, she’s not going to feature in the next Cooking With Flo unless she wants to. Or unless there’s another teeny tiny spider forcing her to run to me.” She poked your side at the exact spot that she knew would get you squirming away and that’s what happened, of course.

“It wasn’t small,” you argued as your body moved away from her. “I'll go so you can keep filming.” You turned around to leave, but changed your mind last minute, choosing to say: “I'm sorry to crash in.”

“Don't need to apologize, babe,” Florence assured you firmly and, before you knew what was going on, she pulled you in for a quick kiss. “I love you, okay?” She whispered against your lips, making sure no one else could hear it.

“I love you more,” you replied gladly in the same tone before walking away. “See you once you get my food ready!”

Florence laughed while she watched you disappear from her sight and then looked back at her phone to clap her hands once and say: “Well, so let's get started!”

[becomingkatie]

We had an absolutely fucking insane day yesterday.

Includes probably more information than you've ever wanted to know about a niche bread, and a description of a dog attack (on a human, not another animal).

So back up - I've been trying to make salt rising bread. It's an Appalachian historical recipe/food and it's not easy to make. Like sourdough, it is leavened by naturally-occurring bacteria and not yeast. The bacteria at work in salt rising bread likes it hot, so when you make the "starter" (usually some sort of combination of either potatoes or cornmeal or both and milk or hot water) you need to keep it at around 100deg F while the bacteria wakes up. When the starter stinks like a high school gym locker room and has foam on top, you add flour and maybe other ingredients to make a "sponge." Again, keep it hot while the bacteria feeds on the flour. It will continue to stink. When it doubles in size, more flour and maybe shortening or other ingredients are added to make the actual dough. The dough should also be kept warm while rising until baking. The result is a very unique bread that tastes a little like cheese and makes amazing toast.

This has been an ongoing thing and I am going to skip over it all because it's long enough for its own post, but suffice it to say I've made a half-dozen attempts, trying different recipes and warming methods, and I was trying again this weekend. I started the starter around noon Saturday because previous attempts led me to believe I would need 20-24 hours for the starter. This one worked (yay) but it worked twice as fast as expected (oh no). This means that when I was going to bed Saturday night, I checked on it and realized I needed to use it right then. It isn't like a sourdough starter that you can just feed again and use later. So I had to make bread at midnight. I was up every 2 hours for the different steps. Bread came out of the oven at 7:30 yesterday morning, and I got maybe 4 hours of sleep over 5 "sessions."

Good news is the bread turned out almost correct, and certainly good enough to eat. Bad news is the sleep deprivation.

This sets the scene for our morning, when we had a 10am appointment an hour from home to go visit a cat we're adopting (more on this later!). It's 9:03 and we're rushing out the door running a couple minutes late. As soon as we step out onto the stoop, someone screams. At the end of our street a man was being attacked by two dogs.

I ran over first because Ken had been in the middle of locking the door when the guy screamed. The man continued to scream, both screaming in pain and shouting for help. We see this man walking his own dog all the time, but there were two other dogs that were attacking him and his dog. It was hard to see what was going on, but then I got over there and realized, "holy shit I am terrified to try to pull an attacking dog off a man and have the dog then attack both me and the man," so I called 911 instead. As I dialed, Ken ran over and was a hero. He did pull the dogs off the man. They didn't go for him, though I was certain they would and was so scared. Once the dogs were off the guy, they acted like nice/normal dogs. When the man and his dog started to walk away (their own house is half a block from where this happened) the dogs ran at him again, so Ken grabbed them again until he was away.

Once the guy was gone, Ken didn't want to keep holding the dogs since he didn't want to upset them or cause further issues and they weren't acting generally aggressive, but then the dogs started running around the neighborhood and in the busier street nearby. They kept running up to me, and I sort of used my purse as a barrier but tried not to do anything that would excite them. Police showed up pretty quickly.

The dogs very happily jumped into the back seat of the police car. I suspect they will be put down, which makes me sad for them. They were pits of some sort. Enormous pitbull heads but really short and stocky. One was an intact male and the other was a female whose nipples were hanging down low - it makes me wonder if someone bred them and then released them once they had puppies, but they had some sort of collars on (that's how Ken was able to grab and hold them). The collars could have been trackers or could have been shock collars; it wasn't clear to us.

The man got his own dog back to the safety of their house, then walked back over to where Ken was talking to the police. An ambulance and firetruck both came, with EMTs for the man. He did end up going to the ER and getting stitches, but I don't know if he left in the ambulance. Ken had blood on his pants and shoes; it wasn't a little bite, or just one bite, that the man suffered. As far as we know, he's awaiting information on whether the dogs had rabies vaccines to see whether he needs to get rabies shots. We saw more cars than usual in front of his house later in the day, so we're reassured he has family or community support around. Still, I want to bake him something and take it over there just to tell him we're so sorry something this awful happened to him. I can't imagine the trauma and how it will feel to walk his dog again after this. Luckily his dog was not injured. It seems something about him and his dog set these dogs off, but they only attacked him. Weirdly, his dog wasn't going crazy fighting back or trying to protect him. His dog was pretty calm through it all. I'm not sure if the dog trying to protect him would have made the situation better or worse - probably worse.

A few other neighbors came out of their houses to watch/make sure we had called police/see if the guy was okay. I still feel guilty I called police instead of actually physically helping like Ken did. It was so scary.

I was on the verge of tears from the adrenaline the whole hour drive to our appointment, to which we were late. I let the foster know the situation and she was very nice about it. And then we met a cat and are adopting him, and then a few hours later we met some more kitties and are trying to adopt one of those, so soon we will have two kittens in our house. We wanted to have two cats so they have a companion and we can watch them play together, and we wanted to adopt younger cats so we stand a better chance at leash training them. The older kitten is 4 months old and the younger one is almost 9 weeks. Pictures and more on this later. For now I'm still feeling like crap after losing Saturday night's sleep and reeling from the dog attack.

[miniwrites1]

Childhood Friends - Ominis Gaunt (Part 2)

Requested! - My requests are still open!

Word Count - 1317

Themes - Fluff & Angst

The next morning, you’d purposely left your curtains open so you’d wake early to the sun shining through your window. You laid still for a minute, listening for any movement in the house, but everything was still. Your parents must still be in bed.

You slipped out of bed silently, changed into your outdoor clothing and silently left your room, creeping down the stairs to the front door, glancing at the clock which stood on the floor, it was 6:30 in the morning. You made quick work of unlocking the door, closing it behind you slowly as to not make a sound.

You took off running as you had done the previous day, heading towards the oak tree. The town was silent at this time of the morning aside from your footsteps echoing as you ran. Eventually, you made it back to the oak tree, climbing quickly to your spot from the previous day.

After what felt like hours you heard the faint sound of footsteps approaching, quietly peeking from your spot in the tree, you spotted Ominis. He’d come to meet you even after the events of the night before. You jumped down from the tree, landing a few feet away from him.

“Ominis?” You spoke softly. He motioned for you to come and sit at the base of the tree with him. He tried to smile but it couldn’t hide the sadness that was clear on his face.

You sat there in silence for a while before either one of you spoke.

“I’ve never really had any friends, no one wants to be seen with me because of my family name.” He whispered, so quietly that you almost missed what he said. A small tear slid down his cheek as he spoke.

“I’m your friend though, I don’t care about your name.” You replied, resting your small hand on his shoulder. You didn’t understand why everyone was so cruel to him, why would nobody want to be his friend? He leant into the hand you placed on his shoulder.

“I feel safe with you. I don’t feel safe anywhere else.” He said solemnly. You felt a wave of sadness rush over you, not knowing what to do. After a while Ominis got up from beneath the tree, pulling you to your feet also.

“Can we play a game or something? I just want to be a child again.” He asked quietly, you smiled sadly, agreeing with him that a game was needed now. Ominis suggested hide and seek, to which you agreed, it was one of your favourite games. You hid first, believing that you had the best hiding spot in the area, but Ominis still found you, whether that was down to skill or using his wand to cheat you were unsure. The two of you took it in turns hiding and seeking for hours, the game eventually evolved into hide, seek and chase meaning that you were running away from each other as fast and as erratically as possible.

Laughter rang out across the grassy fields for hours, and you both truly felt safe and free. By the time the evening came, neither of you wanted to leave each other, genuinely saddened by the thought of leaving.

“We’ll meet again tomorrow?” You asked, Ominis looked thoughtful for a moment until his expression fell.

“I’m going to be away for a week, but we could meet again here on Saturday?” He countered. You couldn’t help but feel saddened by this, but agreed regardless looking forward to Saturday, even though it was a week away.

You both said your goodbyes and parted ways for the evening, as you walked away you couldn’t help but look back. You were worried for your new friend, and you wanted him to be happy. Walking home, you were trapped in your own thoughts, you’d never had a friend like Ominis before. Not one that you had immediately felt a connection with, you found that often it would take a long time for you to build friendships to the point of being comfortable around the person but with Ominis it was different.

Walking into your home, your parents were waiting for you sat around the kitchen table. You could tell that they were worried when you saw their expressions as you walked through the door.

“Little one, where have you been?” Your father asked, worry lacing his voice. You walked over and hugged him tightly, doing the same to your mother after.

“I’m sorry, I met up with Daisy this morning and we were laying out in the grass fields. I forgot what the time was.” You answered, it was only a small lie. Your father smiled and stroked your hair.

“As long as you’re being safe, that’s all that matters. Now, dinner is ready, go and wash up.” He spoke softly, much calmer now.

The next few months passed in a blur; you’d meet Ominis at the oak tree as often as you could. You’d spend all day together, playing games and telling stories, talking about your lives. Ominis had opened up to you about what had happened the day that you’d met him. His father had tried to make him cast the cruciatus curse on a muggle and he’d refused. Because of his refusal, his father had made his older siblings cast the curse on him which was why he ran and found you. He told you about how when he returned home that night he relented to his fathers wishes and cast the curse and about how awful it made him feel after. He hated his family and the dark magic that they used.

“Are you going to Hogwarts in the autumn?” You asked hopefully, it was the school that your parents had decided to send you to so you hoped that your friend would join you. Ominis nodded, he was excited to be able to go to school with the person he now considered to be his best friend.

“I’m looking forward to it, it will be nice to have a friend to go with.” He motioned to you; you laughed thinking about all of the adventures that you’d be able to have while you were there. You rested your head on his shoulder as you sat up against the oak tree, listening to the sound of the grass rustling and the birds chirping.

“What if we aren’t in the same house?” You asked quietly. Ominis laughed at that, causing you to frown.

“You don’t exactly seem like a Slytherin to me (Y/N). You’re too kind.” He chirped, it made you laugh slightly but a worry settled in your stomach. You wouldn’t be able to see him as much.

“We’ll still see each other though, right?” You asked with a hint of sadness. Ominis wrapped his arm around your shoulder and hugged you tightly.

“Of course we will, I’m never going to leave my best friend behind. Do you remember what I told you the day we met back at the tree? You make me feel safe. I’m never going to abandon you.” You felt a tear slide down your cheek at his words. Ominis had honestly become your best friend and you cared deeply for him.

The sound of apparition broke you out of your thoughts. You looked up at the figure in front of you and Ominis to see your father.

“(Y/N) stand up.” Your father demanded. Ominis quickly removed his arm from your shoulder and you pushed yourself onto your feet, panic setting in. “I told you months ago to stay away from him, how could you disobey me?” Your father asked, sounding hurt. Tears began to flow down your cheeks rapidly. Your father walked up to you and took your arm, quickly apparating you away. The last thing you saw was the sadness on Ominis’ face as your father grabbed your arm.

Link to Part 3

[hyperfixatedoncrimminalminds]

Aaron Hotchner x Teen Daughter reader

Another oneshot for Hotch because he's my favourite at the minute and I don't know why. And yes I spent ages specifically looking for this Gif.

This is a request!

Summary: Could you make the reader like about 17 and when on a run with Hotch (Her dad) like slows down, and tells him to keep going and she will catch up, but she gets hurt or like passes out somehow

I love this idea I need to write more Hotch and Teen daughter, this is during the Marathon episode because I like how it turns out. ( set season 7 episode 16)

Third person pov...

17 year old Y/N Hotchner and her Dad were out running together, they were training for the FBI marathon together, the 17 year old had applied to the FBI academy where her Dad worked.

She wanted to be an FBI Agent and help people like the BAU do. It was early morning then the teen and Dad arrive at the park near their house, Jack was still sleeping which gave the father and daughter time to train for the big race in February.

Y/N tied her H/C hair in a pony tail while her Dad began stretching, Y/N looks up at her Dad "I will win you know" she says to him, this made Hotch look down at his Daughter and raises an eyebrow. "Oh really?" He said challenging her, Y/N smirked "you'll see old man" she said stretching.

Hotch scoffed "name calling are we now" he teased, after they finished stretching the two get ready the get into position and looked at each other. "Ready.Set.Go!" Yelled Hotch and the two were off strinting down the path trying to beat the other.

At the start they were running at the same speed, then Y/N sped up leaving her Dad behind, Hotches mouth falls open  a the fast his daughter is, the smile on her face seals it, Hotch was glad they managed to do this together.

The last time they ever ran together on a Saturday morning was 3 years ago before Foyet showed up and made the Hotchners life hell, two years ago after Haleys death he couldn't even get this daughter out of bed more so on a run with him.

He is very proud of her and hie far she had come, from that 15 year old laying in her bed for days on end to the 17 year old training for a marathon with her Dad, Hotch smiled to himself before running to catch up with his daughter, the look o  her face when he started to pick up speed made him laugh.

The two were neck and neck, Y/N fell behind a little as they got to thr end of the trail. "Annd finish" said Hotch stopping the timer on his watch, he breathed heavy after the run he did.

He turned to his daughter who had sprawled out on the path breathing heavy woth a bright red face, sweat dripping off her. Hotch chuckled at his Daughter and sat down next to her catching his breath.

He held his fist out to her, the 17 year old looked at him rasing an eyebrow. "Truce" he said moving his fist closer, he watched as his daughter smiles and bumps his fist with hers. The two then grab their bottles of water and begin draining them, Y/N poured half of hers down her because of how overheated she felt.

The teen Continues to lay on the floor while her Dad finds the strength in his legs to stand up. As he does a pretty brunette walks over to them. "Jeez, I hope you're training for something or do you just do sprints for fun?" She jokes making Y/N sit up and look at the woman  willingly talk to her Dad.

Hotch looks down at his Daughter who gives him a smile before answering the woman. "We are trying to do this

triathlon in February, so..." when he trails off she answers.him "Oh, yeah, the FBI one" said the woman

Y/Ns and her Dads eyes widened. "How do you know he's FBI" Exclaimed Y/N standing up quickly, probably a bit to quickly as she wobbled making her Dad reach out to catch her like always. Y/N looks at the man and smiles "I'm okay Dad just tried from our race" she said reassuring him, Hotch relaxes but doesn't let go of her.

The woman  watches the duo before Hotch remembers she was there. "I'm Aaron Hotchner and this is my Daughter Y/N" he said introducing his daughter, the woman smiles at them both. "Hi I'm Beth, nice to meet you Aaron and Y/N" saod Beth

Hotcb smiles at her. Beth looks at Y/N "are you doing it as well?" She asks Y/N, the girl  nods her head. "Yes I am, we were racing earlier to see who was fastwr" saod Y/N smiling at Beth, Hotch had never seen his daughter smile so much until now.

Y/N smiles before looking at her Dad ans whispering. "I go grab our stuff you stay here with Beth" she said giggling when her Dad blushed when she wiggled her eyebrows, Hotch glares at his Daughter and titles her making her laugh before letting go.

Beth watches the father and daughter she could tell they were close, as Y/N left the two began tlaking more and even exchanged numbers.

Months later...

It was the day of Hotchs and Y/Ns triathlon, the team and jake were in the stands waiting for them to finish.

"Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!" Yelled Jake and everyone else. The little boy was sitting on Derek's shoudlers in his ha s help a sign he made for his Dad and Sister. Rossi was in front of the group shouting and looking out for their racers.

Next to them Reid and the girls were talking, all three women had sunglasses on and all very hungover. "A couple hours. A couple hours. You guys didn't come home till sunrise." Saod the genius mocking them as the groaned.

"Why are you yelling?" Yelled Penelope over the noise groaning in pain.

"Make him stop" Yells Emily equally hungover.

Derek had enough and leant down to talk to Penelope "Ok, hey, Jack, Jack.

Earmuffs for a minute. Earmuffs." He said to the boy, Jack understood and covered his ears with his hands.

"What did you guys drink last night?" Asked Derek

"The green fairy. You're in the FBI." She said groaning in pain, as JJ behind her moaned all three woman were regretting last night. "Could you get the entire crowd to stop cheering?" Yelled the media lesion

"By my estimates, Hotch and Y/N will be finishing any minute" Yelled the Genius looking at his watch. Jack looked down at Rossi. "Do you see them, Uncle Dave?" He asked, Rossi grinned he saw Hotch.

"I think I do, kiddo."

Hotch then ran over the finishing line Y/N closely behind him the two come to a stop hearing the crowd cheer for them. "Whoa!" Exc the team. Y/N leans on her Dad for support, ber legs felt like jelly.

"Come on, Jack. Come on, Jack. Let's go see your dad and sister Jack." Yelled Derek letting the boy down, Jack then runs over to his family.

"You did it!" Yelled Jack and he ran over to Hotch jumping around excitedly, Y/N smiles painfully as she moves over to the girls, thw three congratulate the teen. "I can't feel my legs" she said smiling at them.

The teen then drops to the floor on her bum and laying on the ground hoping the world would stop spinning. Soon the woman realsi she passed out Emily quickly kneels down and pulls her up so she was leaning against her chest.

Emily the ge tly taps her face making sure she stayed awake. "Hey N/N stay away, you need to stay awake" he said as JJ called Hotch over and Penelope gets Derek to call for an ambulance. Seeing his daughter passed out makes the man run over to her.

"Is she okay?" He yelled over the noise, Emily looks at him worry in her eyes. "Don't worry she jsut passed out Hotch, Derek's calling for an ambulance" she said, Hotch thanked her before Y/N opens her eyes, E/C eyes stare into his brown ones.

Hotch smiles at her and rubs her cheek keeping her awake. "Hey Princess you okay?" He asked her, Y/N gives her dad a tired smile. "Yeah I'm fine dad" she whispers Hotch smiles at her. "I'm glad sweetie" he said looks around him hoping the ambulance come quick.

Someone the touches his hand it was Y/N, he looks dow at her. "Yes Princess?" He said, his daughter didn't look at him as if she was embarrassed, when she did speak Hotch had to lean closer. "Do you think mum is proud of me?" She asks his ans his heart breaks a tiny bit.

Hotch smiles a watery smile at his Daughter "Yes she is, because I am so proud of you Honey" he said wiping away the tears on their faces, Jake then jumps on his Dad's back. "Is Y/N okay Dad?" He asks worried.

"Don't worry Jackie I'm fine just tired" reassured Y/N smiling.

The end!

Hope you liked this oneshot!

As always so sorry for the grammar and Spelling mistakes

Request are open!

Word count : 1600

[heelwriting]

Saturday Night Collision

Day/Prompt: Day 6 - "Sorry! I didn't mean to throw that snowball so hard"

Fandom/Character(s): AEW All Elite Wrestling / Daniel Garcia x F!Reader

Warnings: none

Wordcount: 680

Summary: Daniel takes reader on an impromptu date ice skating and plsaying with snow

@12daysofchristmas

This was meant to be a work trip but somehow you ended up on a date with Daniel Garcia, you had time to kill before Collision and since you had promoted all morning on talk shows he saw the opportunity and took it.

“Hey, do you wanna go skating? I heard there’s an ice rink closed from here”

“Sure, we have a lot of time to kill”

Danny was happy she had accepted, they made the AEW chauffer take them there.

They after putting on the skates she was really nervous to fall down, Danny noticed her shaking and offered his hand.

“Let’s go, I’m not letting you fall”

“What if you fall?”

“That would be embarrassing but I’ll try not to, i promise”

She was definitely more confident with Daniel securing her arm, they were moving steady and they were having fun, she did a whole lap alone just to prove herself she could do it, she didn’t realize it but Daniel was watching her with loving eyes, he had been waiting on a moment like this for so long and now finally he had the courage and the opportunity to capitalize.

She staked towards him, it felt like slow motion but she was moving fast, Daniel had his arms open and she did the same trying to hug with to anchoring down, miraculously they didn’t fall down but they ended up face to face smiling to each other until they realized their lips where at a close distance both slowly moving their heads away from each other.

“Uh we… we should go make a snow fight”

He proposed trying to shake the awkwardness out of the situation, he still took her hand in his helping her out of the rink.

Now again sporting boots they went to the field collecting snow balls, running around the different obstacles that were already set up.

She had collected some snow and finally hit Garcia on the leg, he tried hitting her but she was running fast making him miss the target, she got behind a prop door, she was waiting for Daniel to get closer, it felt like a good few minutes before she saw him again but this time he was faster and hit her shoulder with the snowball, it caused her to lose balance and end up on the floor.

"Sorry! I didn't mean to throw that snowball so hard"

Daniel shouted and ran beside her, she was watching him with eyes semi closed as if trying to make his head explode with her nonexistent mind powers.

He offered her a hand to help her up, she took his hand but instead of trying to get up she pulled him with her and since he wasn’t really stabilized he fell down too, she was laughing and now Daniel had pouty lips, he plopped down on the snow and she imitated him, they just laid there until it was too cold.

“This was a bad idea”

Daniel said sitting up, she followed him and they finally got up.

“Hey you got some snow on your hair”

She said.

“Where?”

He asked her, she brushed his hair getting rid of the chunk of snow that was stuck, she was going to retract but Daniel pulled her arm until they were mere inches away, his breath lightly hitting her face, he was watching her eyes and then her lips which made her look at his naturally pink tinted lips, Danny finally pulled her by the waist and kissed her lips, she put her arms around his neck pulling him down to reciprocate the kiss, it was slow and passionate, it didn’t last long but it was enough to leave them both shaking and wanting more.

Danny had his eyes closed for a few seconds, his face was as red as she expected, he was known to turn red when he is flustered but she thought it was cute, Daniel finally opened his eyes, a new found glow in his eye, he finally had the courage to ask.

“So… second date after Collision?”

[readingismyhobby24]

Hello everyone!!! This is the first fic I've ever posted!! I don't know if it's any good, but I had a lot of fun writing it, and it's inspired by real life events too lol.

I had a large battle with a small jumping spider a few nights ago, and I lost, terribly. It did inspire this, so I hope someone will enjoy it as much as I did while writing it. While also completely freaking out about the real life events... Sorry Wars (and Mask), you get to deal with this now 😁

Also, I wanted to thank @crazylittlejester for listening to all my rambles about the spider fight, along with encouraging me to write this fic. Thanks Jes! You're literally the best!!!

Sorry for any mistakes! This was written by me at like 1 am on Saturday, I believe, so yeah... Enjoy!

(clicks post, throws phone, then runs away screaming)

Along Came a Spider

Word count: 1,100

It had been another long, strenuous day out on the battlefield. Link’s body ached and he was so sore, it was hard for him to even make it back to his tent for the night. He was so completely and utterly exhausted.

Link had never been more ready to go to sleep.

He had finally made it back to his tent and he couldn't help but let out a relieved sigh. He walked in to find both his brothers already inside on their cots. Tune was fast asleep and looked like he had been for a while. Mask on the other hand, was wide awake.

“What took you so long?” the boy asked irritatedly. “Everyone else came back hours ago.”

“I got held up to help with battle strategies.” Linked answered quietly, to not wake their other brother.

“Couldn't they have at least let you sleep some first. What person could come up with battle strategies right after they had literally been fighting in one all day?” Mask asked.

“It’s war, Mask,” Link sighed. “We don't have much choice.”

“Well, get some sleep now. You look like you really need it,” the young boy huffed, and without another word, turned away from his brother and closed his eyes.

“Thanks. I appreciate it,” Link huffed to himself with a small laugh.

After he finally finished getting ready for bed, he went over to the lamp to turn it out. As soon as his hand was about to make contact with the knob, a strange movement caught his eye. Looking down, Link gave out a loud gasp at what he saw.

A small, brown spider was standing directly on the lamp, just above the knob, and looked to be making a web. Link was at a standstill. He so wanted to go to bed, but there was a literal spider on the lamp! He certainly wasn't going to touch it, that's for sure. Maybe he could just turn off the lamp and leave it there? It should still be there in the morning if it was making a web. He could have Wind deal with it tomorrow.

With that in mind, Link slowly lowered his hand to the knob. As soon as his finger touched the knob, the spider, without a moments hesitation, jumped at his hand.

Link screamed and quickly ran to the opposite side of the tent. The two boys who were once asleep in their cots, were quickly awoken at the sound. Both Tune and Mask quickly grabbed their swords, thinking their older brother was in danger.

“What is it?!” Shouted Tune as he quickly made it to his brother's side, Mask not far behind.

“THERE’S A SPIDER!!!! And it tried to jump on my hand!” Link yelled, and pointed, with a shaky hand, over at the lamp.

“A spider?” Tune asked confusedly, while Mask screamed at the same time, “A SPIDER?!?!”

Mask quickly jumped behind his oldest brother and yelled “KILL IT!!! KILL IT!!!”

“I'M NOT TOUCHING IT!!!” Link yelled back to the boy that was literally hanging off of him.

“You're the oldest!”

“Oldest doesn't mean bravest, Mask!”

Tune shook his head. “Oh my gosh, guys. It's just a spider. It's not going to hurt anyone.”

“Have you seen those things?!” Link shouted at Tune.

Tune sighed and headed over to the lamp, but upon looking at it, he found nothing. “Uh, Link. There is no spider over here.”

“What do you mean there isn't a spider over there? I saw it with my own eyes. It literally jumped at me!” Linked yelled exasperatedly.

“Well, there isn't one now,” Tune said as he looked around the lamp.

“Yes there is,” Linked detached himself from Mask and ran over to his other brother.

He looked around for the spider at a distance, and was shocked when he didn't see it. “Oh no. Nononononon. I can't believe we lost it!”

“Link, calm down!” Tune tried to reassure his brother.

“Don't tell me to calm down. We lost a spider!” was the young man’s frantic reply.

Mask, who was still standing behind Link, stiffened. “Ummm. Link…”

“What?”

“Look at your arm..” Mask answered worriedly.

“What about my arm?” Link said. He quickly looked down, and then he too, stiffened.

A loud scream ripped through his throat when he saw the spider running down his arm.

“GET IT OF!!! GETITOFFGETITOFF!! HELP!!!” Linked screamed.

Tune quickly grabbed his brother, trying to get him to calm down. At the same time, another figure burst through the tent, large sword at the ready.

“What is happening?” Exclaimed Impa as she ran over to the three boys, all while Link was still screaming.

“There’s a spider on Link!” Mask exclaimed.

Impa quickly rushed over and grabbed Links arm, quickly swatting the spider off. “I thought someone was being assassinated!”

“Uhhhh, yeah. Sorry about that,” Link smiled sheepishly as he took many deep breaths to calm himself.

“After everything you've been through, everything you’ve fought, and seen, you were screaming over a tiny spider?” Impa asked incredulously.

“How does me, doing any of that, have to do with my fear of spiders?” Link asked back defensively.

“Yeah,” Mask agreed. “Spiders are a whole different category of scary. Don't judge him.”

Impa shook her head, and then quickly scooped up the spider that was now on the ground, and left the tent. What no one noticed was how hard she was trying to keep from laughing at the situation. That was definitely not what she was expecting when she had heard all the commotion.

Back at the tent, Link finally got to sit down in his cot. Letting out a big sigh, he flopped down on the cot. Right before he fell asleep, he heard giggling coming from a different side of the tent.

“You know,” Mask said through his giggles. “I'm sure the entire camp heard you screaming over a tiny spider.”

Link groaned. He did not need to think about that. “If I rember correctly, you were also screaming over said tiny spider.”

“Yeah,” Tune agreed. “You guys also almost succeeded in giving Impa a heart attack.”

“Poor Impa,” Mask said. “She doesn't deserve that. Imagine if Impa died because of us and a tiny spider.”

“Well, no one died from any tiny spiders tonight, so we can thank Hylia for that,” Link joked. “Also, what happened in this tent, stays in the tent. Got it?”

“Yes sir!” Tune saluted.

“Goodnight guys,” Link said.

“Goodnight,” Mask replied.

“Don't let the spiders crawl in your bed tonight,” Tune chuckled mischievously.

“TUNE!!! WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?!?”

[welcometocedarpointe]

Welcome To Nowhere Special: Chapter One

word count: 1,131

warnings: tate has daddy issues, implied drinking, religious imagery, religious mentions, religious themes

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        It’s nine in the morning on a Saturday. I hate Saturdays. Saturdays are the government’s way of pretending its people aren’t losing part of their lives by working. It’s how we the people believe we are being treated fairly. Of course, my small town embraces that logic. We work and marry when we become eighteen. There ain’t more logic than that here in the South. Now when it came to childhood that was a difficult story. I was raised in the backwoods with my three boy friends alongside me. That was until they got caught stealing and ended up in Cedar Pointe Boarding School For Boys. I tried to reason with the cops, but they didn’t listen a bit to me. Guess they didn’t trust someone like me.

        Eventually, I gave up. I visited them secretly and they still came out during the breaks to hang with me. The last time they were able to fully hang was when I was shucking the corn and they decided to bring me to the caves to cook fish they had collected from the streams. Now I was stuck here in bed, groaning as my feet hit the floor. My bones ache. My head hurts.

       I change into cargo pants and a hoodie since the weather was colder than usual down here.       

Normally it is warm and humid, the sticky summer weather staying around almost all year round, never stopping. That’s why I’m surprised at the sudden temperature difference. It was a change. Change never was supposed to happen here.

      So why was it happening now? I don’t know that answer as I go down the stairs to the kitchen where my father never goes. You may think calling him *father* is formal but for me, he never was my dad. Dads don’t forget their children like he did to me after my mom ran off. Dads don’t abandon everything about their life. Dads don’t make you want to tear yourself apart at the seams to feel wanted.

     I grab an apple from the counter and go outside to where my bike lies against the side of the house. I get onto the bike before pushing at the pedals with my feet, hands gripping the worn out handles. The breeze feels unimaginably refreshing. That makes me even more worried. 

      Five minutes and I reach the usual fishing spot that everybody’s at. Practically falling off my bike and stumbling a bit, I sit on one of the logs and pull out my still sheaved knife from my belt loop.

      “You know people normally say hi instead of just pulling outta knife.”Jaime says with a smirk, his hand pulling at Magnus’s fingers, almost as if holding off on actually breaking them.

      “Like you don’t immediately go to your daddy’s cellar when we go to your place, rich boy.”I respond back sarcastically with a slight smile of my own.

       “Touché.”

       Silence permeates the air as we sit there. Just me, Benson, Jaime, Magnus, and Jules, the girl that Jaime’s been bringing more recently. 

       Don’t hurt yourself, Tate. You know you can’t fix how things are changing. How the weather is showing it.

      “There was a breeze.”I say, breaking the silence.

      Eyes are on me, gazes fixed onto every breath I took. Every move is analyzed and nothing goes unnoticed. 

       “I don’t know what it is, but it’s not normal. I can’t place it. It’s like it knows I’m watchin’ it and it’s teasin’ me.”I say.

      Nobody says a word. I wish the silence wasn’t there. I wish they talked. I wish they didn’t look at me like that. Pale faces of different types of hurt are looking at me like I brought their worst fear to the table. Tears threaten to spill as my eye sight gets somewhat glassy. 

      I just run. I run as fast as I can. The wind knocks against me, trying to torment me back to where I belong, near my friends. I don’t belong though. I’m insane. *Something in the Orange* by Zach Bryan plays in my head over and over again. It’s my song in a way. I’m never coming home.

      Three miles without my bike shows how stupid I am at times. I’m at my house, throwing things into a backpack. Random flip phone I stole from my dad’s drawer, money, camera, cassette player with a few of my favorite 90s alternative albums on those cassettes. Of course I took a few extra items, but I don’t care to list them. 

       I make sure to not make much noise as I make it out of the house and into my old Ford. Of course, my friends are there, blocking me.

       “Get outta my way,”I manage to choke out without sobbing.

       “We’re not gettin’ outta of your way, Tate.”Magnus says.

       I know it is serious when Magnus speaks. I hate it since now it feels so serious. I want to run. They won’t let me. Why not? I know they want to leave also. Anyone who lives in Cedar Pointe knows that feeling.

       I try to reason with them. Heaven knows I try my hardest. 

       The same feeling of dread washes over me. I wanna know why everything feels like it’s changing. It never felt like this before. It used to be normal and peaceful which meant boring days filled me reading way too many books and exploring different parts of the caves.

        Now I feel like a sinner being forced to confess her sins to the public like the church in this town usually did before punishment ensued. My friends are the judges of my fate who witness the fall of the impure one. I watch all of them with my vision partially still cloudy from the tears. Somehow I can feel their hurt. The hurt that lingers in all of us.

        “It isn’t the fact that you wanna leave. It’s the fact that you wanna leave *us*.”Benson accuses me.

        “Maybe I hate this place.”I say, watching how Jaime’s herding off Jules to not scare her.

        “Maybe you’re scared.”Benson accuses me again, getting in my face like he usually does with his opponents.

        “Maybe I’ll hurt you.”I say.

        I push at him, determined to start a fight. Something stops me midway. The wind is howling as the breeze picks up speed. There’s a storm coming, a real bad one. I grab Benson and Magnus by the arms, bringing them into the house. Jaime and Jules follow, apparently not that far from us. 

        Everything slows down and I can’t grasp reality at that moment. I’m having flashbacks of my life as I run into that cellar that lies beneath the floorboards. It all goes pitch black soon enough.

[xexiar]

Keep Watching. 15

Ch14 Ao3 FFnet

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Chapter 15

As I got off the train, I happened to see Deku. How did I miss him when I walked to the station? Either way, I watched as he pulled out a foldable skateboard and road off. When he did take up riding? And while I watched him, I wonder how I would bring up what I learned yesterday. Maybe there's a reason he has to be very secretive about his quirk. Whatever it was, I will get answers today.

The morning went by smoothly, but it was at lunch that I was confused. Sitting in front of me were shitty hair and raccoon eyes. At first, I was ready to leave the table when I remembered what happened yesterday. Even when everything past losing to Deku was a blur, I do recall talking to these two idiots. But what really got me was the third person. "What the hell?"

Even though they were talking a little fast for me, I was still able to keep up. At least they don't mumble like Deku. Not to mention, I was impressed with spark plug's quirk. And if I'm training with them, then I would be able to learn their weakness. Maybe I will be able to use them to my advantage. Or not having need of Deku's notes.

Lunch was nosier than I was used to, but somehow I felt comfortable. These three didn't try praising me for my quirk. In fact, after what happened yesterday, the focus wasn't on me. Instead, they were asking for my help. They needed me? And that somehow had me feeling weird. At least, a good kind of weird. I like it.

While heading out of the lunch room, I noticed something off. Looking over at Deku, I could see he hasn't eaten. Damn, nerd! Even in high school, do I have to remind you to take care of yourself! It gets tiring to worry about you. I stormed my way over and forced him to sit back down. "Hey! Leave Deku alone!"

I looked to round face, and she immediately sat back down. If these two idiots are going to call themselves Deku's friends, they better start acting like it. Once I saw that Deku ate I removed my hand and started again to leave the lunchroom.

The rest of the day seemed to go by quickly. And when it came time to leave class, the 3 idiots walked over to my desk. "Got any plans for after school?" I tried to look past raccoon eyes as I noticed that Deku was heading out.

"Yeah." Shitty hair started to talk, but I didn't hear a word he said. Instead, I was already on the move to get going.

"Are we still up for training this Saturday?"

I looked over my shoulders at the idiots. "My place." With that, I left class. It wasn't hard to catch up to Deku. But I did notice he was in a hurry. "Nerd." He looked back and smiled at me. And before I could say anything, he started to run. What the hell? I quickly tried to catch up. When we got to the shoe lockers, he tried to replace his shoes with his sneakers quickly. And I did the same. I then watched as he dropped her foldable skateboard before running out of the school.

I grabbed his board as I continued to chase him. That's when I saw he had a second board. Wait a minute. I unfolded the board in my hand and tried to catch up to him. Deku was laughing the whole time as we rode down a couple of blocks. It was somewhat of a hassle when he did random turns, yet I still caught up. It wasn't until he turned into an ally that I felt something was really off.

When I turned into the ally, Deku was not even there. I did see that a dumpster lid was open. Do I fall for the same trap? That's when I hear something was coming my way. So I ran and jumped into the dumpster and closed the lid. When I was inside, I felt something cover my mouth. "Shh." Deku?

As I stood quiet, I could hear footsteps outside the dumpster. "I could have sworn I saw him go this way. Could I be seeing things at my age?" Was that All Might? I tried my best not to panic, as I still could hear foots making their way toward me. That was until I heard other voices. "Oh, hello, officers. There's no trouble. I simply thought I saw a villain nearby and wanted to check."

Soon the footstep started to fade into nothingness. After a moment, when I was sure I heard nothing, I bit whatever was covering my mouth. "Ow, Kacchan." I fucking knew it. "Just hold on for one more moment. The police are going to come back." How did he know that? "It never fails. Whenever All Might is in the area, the police always double-check where he said he saw something." That's when I heard footsteps again.

This time around, the footsteps left just as fast as they came. With that, I felt movement behind me before I saw that Deku opened the dumpster's lid. We then both climbed out. After making sure no trash was on us, I smacked the nerd behind the head. "What was that all about?" He just looked at me for a moment before grabbing the boards from the dumpster. "Hold on, nerd. We have to talk."

He just handed back the board I was using and got on his. "Then come on." With that, I followed Deku wherever he was trying to lead me. It took us a while, but he brought me over to a storage company. I watched as he pulled out an ID and showed it to the front desk. "Where is unit 87?" The lady behind the corner just looked at him before telling us the unit was on the third floor. "Thank you."

Once we got to unit 87, I watched as Deku got a key and opened it. He then turned on a switch, and the lights came on. "What the hell, nerd?" Inside the unit was a set of orange beanbag chairs and some lockers that lined one wall. "When were you able to get a place like this?"

Deku pulled me into the unit and closed the door behind me. "At the moment, I can't tell you Kacchan. But I will, eventually." I then watched him go to one of the lockers and pulled out some drinks. "Water?"

I grabbed the bottle from his hand and went to sit on one of the beanbag chairs. "Why was All Might chasing us?"

"I don't know. But after yesterday, I had a feeling he would be watching us. I'm glad you were able to tell that I needed you to follow me. You're so amazing, Kacchan." Deku had the biggest smile as he sat in the other beanbag chair. "So, what is it you wanted to talk about?"

I took a chug at some water before I continued to look around the storage unit. "After what you told me, I decided to check something online." I looked to Deku and saw how he was looking at his water bottle. "I found an interesting article about a war." He didn't seem to move from his position. I just hope I was wrong. "It had to do with some freak who was able to take and give quirks. Do you know anything like that?" The nerd nodded, but he still wasn't looking at me. "Another article talked about a potential brother and the two soldiers who found him."

"Soldiers?" That's when Deku finally looked at me.

"This power that was given to you, do you know much about it?" Deku shook his head. "Do you know its history?" Again, he shook his head. "What do you know about it?"

"That it was handed down from one person to another."

"Are you able to tell me who gave it to you? And why?" Deku shook his head. I let out a sigh. "I won't ask any more questions. But," I stood up and walked over to him. I pinched his right cheek. "You better master that power. Because I want a fair fight. You got lucky yesterday."

Deku then smiled and let out a short giggle. "I'll do my best, Kacchan. After all," I removed my hand, and he stood up. "I can't fail if I don't try."

"That's bull crap." I couldn't help but smirk as I grabbed him by the collar and pushed him back. "There's only victory and nothing else." With that said, we both left the storage place and made our way to the station. Come the next day, something felt odd. Besides Deku catching up on hero news and learning that All Might has been dealing with villains all morning. There were also the reporters at the school entrance, who were super annoying. Then when the alarms went off during lunch. I wasn't liking whatever was going on. Especially knowing my class was going to do another training exercise today.

…

Once we got back after lunch, the rest of the classes went by smoothly. But during homeroom, Mr. Aizawa handed out sheets that informed us about the training exercise that was happening tomorrow. As the class cheered, I had a strange feeling. Especially with how I felt I was being watched. After what happened yesterday, I started to question something. How did All Might know me and Kacchan were talking at the entrance? And how did he know what I told him?

As I walked out of class, I tried my best to keep a steady pace. It would be best if I didn't seem suspicious. That was until I heard someone was behind me. "Nerd." When he said my name, I felt my heart racing. That's when I had an idea. Knowing Kacchan, he's going to want to talk with me. Especially with how he seemed to be in a good mood; compared to yesterday. Maybe this is my chance.

I started speeding from one block to another. If I knew Kacchan, he would be able to keep up with me. It made me grateful that I had a spare skateboard with me. Before long, I spotted some police officers and zipped in front of them. "Watch it, kid!" Good. They were looking at me. I then went to the alleyway and saw an open dumpster. Kacchan, you better take the hint.

It wasn't long before a certain blonde boy jumped into the dumpster. I quickly covered his mouth the moment the dumpster's lid closed. "Shh." As I listened for footsteps, I was horrified when I heard All Might. So, he was following me. This isn't good. What's worse was that I had dragged Kacchan into this. Kacchan… Oh, god! I'm holding Kacchan!

Realizing this, my face was on fire, and I could feel my heart beating in my ears. But I tried to stay calm. There is no time for panic. Once we made it to the storage unit, I was once again trying not to panic. Even though I was completely alone with Kacchan. Before my mind started to wander into dangerous territory, I went to grab a few drinks. "Why was All Might chasing us?"

"I don't know." I watched as Kacchan took large gulps from his water bottle as I spoke. It was very hard to look at him without my face feeling on fire. It didn't help when he unbutton more of his shirt to cool off. Thankfully this unit had an air conditioner. So it didn't take long for us to start feeling cool. I tried my best to remind myself that Kacchan wanted to speak to me about something. "You're so amazing, Kacchan. So, what is it you wanted to talk about?"

As he took another gulp of water, he looked away from me. "After what you told me yesterday, I decided to check something online." Wow! Kacchan is so smart. Wait! I quickly looked at my own water bottle as I waited for what I knew was coming. He then went about telling me what he found. Which was something about a war. And from the sounds of it, it was similar to what All Might had told me. But there was something that threw me off.

"Soldiers?" Kacchan looked at me and nodded. He looked back at the door of the unit. He then asked me questions I did not and could not answer at this time. But maybe answering that last question would give him some clue without saying too much. After all, I'm not too sure if I could tell him without All Might finding out. "That it was handed down from one person to another."

"Are you able to tell me who gave it to you? And why?" I quickly shook my head. As much as I wish to tell him, I wasn't sure if it was safe. Please, Kacchan, I hope you know I'm not trying to lie to you. "I won't ask any more questions." That was a relief. "But." I watched as Kacchan walked over to me. As he did, my heart started to race again, and my face began to burn. He then pinched my cheek as he looked me in the eyes. "You better master that power. Because I want a fair fight. You got lucky yesterday."

"I'll do my best, Kacchan. After all," I couldn't help but giggle as I stood up. I tried not to focus too much on the fact that we were inches apart. But with a deep breath, I looked into Kacchan's amazing red eyes. "I can't fail if I don't try."

"That's bull crap." I watched as Kacchan smirked at me before pushing me back. "There's only victory and nothing else." The way Kacchan looked as he stood over me made him look even more like a hero. And he was so right. I have no choice but to win.

As we made our way to the station, I couldn't stop giggling. Not only was I able to tell Kacchan something, but I also had the chance to just be with him. That's when a troubling thought crossed my mind. There was no way I would be able to tell him. After all, there's a chance this is all pointless. Especially with what mom always had told me. If not for the fact that she was my mother, nobody else would want me. It didn't help whenever she cried saying things about how if only I were normal, she could have looked forward to being a grandmother.

Mom would constantly bring up how I did nothing outside of talking about heroes. Many times, she had shamed me for liking things that did not match what she envisioned for me. From how I dress to the way I behaved. Sometimes it was downright painful to hear her call me stupid and say that no woman would want me. She even argued that I needed to stop being friends with Kacchan. All because he had a better future than me. Her words just plagued my every waking thought.

And as I watched Kacchan from behind, I felt scared. Is there something wrong with me? Is it really that wrong to want something so badly to the point that it hurts? My chest started to hurt as I tried to catch my breath. I just needed to keep it together. There's no point in crying about this now. I have to focus on one thing at a time. Taking another deep breath, I tried to remind myself that I will become a hero first. Whatever happens after that could wait.

[mj-skyair-star]

█🕹️👾🎮Chapter 7: Poison░▒▓█

March 29th, 2036, Saturday, 6:55 a.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Now that everyone is still distracted by Winter, it was my turn to shine. I ran out of my hiding spot and threw the bat with all of my might at Drillbit.

BONK!

"Ow!" Drillbit cried out in pain. It was a success! My plan is working smoothly so far! Drillbit lost his grip on my friend who also fell on top of Scrap Metal.

You could even hear SM’s loud, glitchy shriek.

I kept running, running towards Airis. That feared girl.

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!" I screamed once I reached her and knowing that we were toast, without stopping, I grabbed her hand or wrist- I'm not sure! It's difficult to tell!- And get the hell out of here!

"C'MON WINTER!" Airis yelled out for him.

Since we were already far away from danger, it was difficult to tell if he heard her or not. Then again, dogs have a sharp sense of hearing, so I'm sure he'll catch up with us... Hopefully.

For quite a while, we both kept on running. We had to run at least as far as possible. This is because we know The Slayers are as nimble as that other character, Crowby. The unfortunate news is that Winter hadn't caught up with us... maybe my plan didn't work exactly as expected...

Prepared for murder.

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We stopped to catch our breaths after a three-kilometre run... We'd been running like we were in a fundraising marathon! I had my hands on my knees while Airis leaned and placed her hand on a nearby tree. I felt sweat dripping from my forehead as my heart beat so fast that it felt like a thunderbolt supplying me with an immense amount of energy. When there is too much of it, it drains unexpectedly.

It was really impressive that we were able to run this distance, possibly because fear ran through our bodies till it wore out.

"That... was... close!" I huffed heavily, still catching my breath.

"Y-Yeah... but Winter... didn't... come with us..." Airis huffed out.

"I believe he'll... be fine..."

"Be fine...!? He's all alone... with that dangerous group!" She retorted with a snap of her free fingers.

On second thought, I don't want to die.

"This is impossible... They're real..?" I changed the subject right away before she got even angrier.

It's very unpredictable.

I stood up to see her looking stunned and confused at the same time.

"Hang on a minute... You know who they are?"

"Uh, yes!? They're The Slayers from 'War of Time,'. The video game is awesome and I've heard so many positive reviews about it! So of course, I would check it out! And became a wee bit addicted to it since, to be honest, hehe..." I grew hyped over that game, especially when talking about it. Airis has that phase as well but... she's more scared and confused at this moment... I didn't have my full attention to that, thanks to my over-excitement about 'War of Time.' Occasionally, I'm not her 'best friend', but it's not on purpose, more often by accident.

She has known me for as long as we can remember, and she doesn't react to it as much.

"You play 'War of Time'???"

"Uh? Did you not hear what I said? It's the most awesome game ever! Actually, now that I think about it... because it's popular, you would definitely have played it! Right?" There was a moment of silence between the two of us.

Airis expressed to me a strange look.

"Right... Now I know you play WoT. But why didn't you tell me?"

"I guess the topic didn't present itself," I shrugged, because I seriously don't know either.

"Well, in that case, we should friend each other- HEY, wait a dang minute! You changed the topic on purpose!"

"Damn, I thought I would get away with that," I looked dumbfounded at her, at least I tried.

"Don't know what you're talking about, Iris," I chuckled nervously.

"Dude, don't act like I'm stupid! You put my dog in danger!" Now she's getting a little upset but I'm sure I can handle this...

"Yes, yes, I know! I'll admit that. I-It was the only idea I could think of to get you out of there, and I don't have any intention of letting your dog get hurt, h-honest!" Her hazel eyes squint as well as a bit of glare.

"Mhm,"

"I'm serious! Ugh! Look, please don't be mad at me or even kill me! Because I'm positive that Winter will be ok, trust me, I know it," after a competitive staring contest, Airis sighed and her eyes softened.

She then closed them and pinched her nose bridge.

"Ok, ok. I trust you, and I trust that he'll be ok," she released her nose bridge to open up her eyes again, now seemingly annoyed.

"Well, that's great-"

"I will only murder you if we find him dead. I would be prepared to run if I were you," ... This is a bit unlike her.

I can guarantee that. I never heard her threaten so sternly before. What made her kinda like that? Did something happen or what? Nervously, I gulped and moved on.

"What happened when we were gone?" I asked.

For some reason, she becomes anxious and trails off her sentence, right off the bat. That was the fastest mood swing I have ever witnessed.

"Well..." She looked down to the side as she nervously touched her left pigtail, causing me to frown.

I remember crystal clear how scared she was. I understand it, but she had to at least explain what happened so I wouldn't have to be concerned about her.

"Iris," I clutched her shoulder worriedly.

She answered my question and moved her head to face me, gazing dead into my blue eyes. Then she explained everything that happened and her encounter with OTHER characters!

I was astounded to hear this- in fact, my blue eyes widened.

"They know where you live!?" I yelled practically in her face by accident, causing me to take a few steps back, in regret.

God, what is wrong with me? Yet Airis somehow didn't seem too startled by it (obviously she knew it was an accident). I don't know if I should be glad or mad that she didn't tell me all of this until now, but I don't care! It doesn't matter anyway!

"Yes, they know where I live... What's a little more strange is... they didn't come after me when I was at the front of the house with Winter..."

"Well... Yeah... I guess? So how did the group ambush you? Not talking about your place by the way,"

"After I hit Scrap many times until he got angry at me, Drillbit grabbed me from behind... Then the rest of the group joined in..." She took one breath of unsettlement.

"One last thing. What did Slaytrap say to you?" She didn't answer. I can tell she doesn't want to tell me which makes me feel a bit more anxious. There is no way Airis can keep this from me, especially when we're in a bizarre situation. "Iris?" She still didn't answer. I can see it in her hazel eyes, fear. I cannot help but feel frustrated. "Airis. What did he say?" My voice sounded very stern.

As soon as she understood my emotions, she finally responded.

Thud, thud, thud, thud!-

Or couldn't.

We could hear clanking footsteps coming our way. We turned around to see- Oh shit!

"Slaytrap and Ugiz-oz are coming!!"

"If we keep running on the road they'll surely catch up to us... unless," rapidly thinking. I took Airis again and led her into the bushland. The chase continued as we ran. "That should slow them down a bit,"

"I don't think we can lose them!" My crush yelled, frighteningly.

"Don't doubt this! We will!" I let go of Airis' hand so she could go in front of me.

This is because she's clearly wanted, and I didn't want her to accidentally trip. We were running a bit too close to each other.

I looked back to see Slay and Ugiz far behind us. I knew that would wor- Wait, what the hell?

Someone in a green suit with tubes attached to them approaches someone. He knew nothing about the face of the person other than assuming they might be a male figure. Oscar was seeing through someone's eyes, someone who may have been hurt. The figure reached someone who was lying on the ground, seemingly unable to get up. The figure knelt down. The last thing Oscar saw was a wicked smirk formed on the figure's lip and glowing... eyes? Weird glowing pairs of eyes.

...

"What's that all about? What did I just see?" Either it's an illusion or not, but that distracts me instantly! I mean, I completely forgot about everything-

"- LOG!"

"HUH!?!? WHOA!!!" Unexpectedly I tripped over a log, thanks to my brief distraction. "CRUD!"

"OSCAR!" I looked up to see the girl running towards me, then looked back to see the two bots catching up.

"Double shit!" I face up at Airis again to see her kneeling down to grab my arm, however, I stopped her.

"No! Airis! You shouldn't have come for me! You need to keep going!" The dark brown-haired girl just gripped my arm.

Her jaw dropped and wasn't too thrilled about it either.

"WHAT!? ARE YOU CRAZY!? NO! I can't leave you here! You'll get... Slaughtered!" ... I want her safe... I gave her a sad smile.

"Iris... please," I held her wrist and made her release my arm.

She was thinking so hard. She was looking at the bots and then at me about twice.

"But-"

"Airis Gamer, go! Please don't make me repeat, or we're both goners!" Finally! She agreed! Airis nodded unpleasantly and ran off, leaving me behind.

Now I have to deal with them. Just before I was about to get up, Slaytrap jumped over me to chase after Airis.

"You're shitting me!?-"

"OOF!" I was then pinned down by Ugiz-oz (he was pinning my shoulders).

"You must be LeaderSkater, AKA, Oscar Troyquake, correct?" ... I froze...

"How did you-"

"We know who plays. Many people like this pointless game. We see everything,"

"That's just flat-out creepy, man!" I screamed, struggling to break free from his grip.

He's pretty strong for a skinny ass bot.

"It is not our fault that The Creators made a screen for all of us to watch the players... Or that you all can control us. A worthless kid like you won't understand," I growled at his description of me.

I get it he's designed to be depressing and shit, but what the hell is he talking about???

"What is it you want!? Why are you here!? HOW ARE YOU REAL!?"

"Tsk, I can answer only one... Artron needs your pathetic girlfriend," my eyes were wide in a haze as well as mad yet flustered that he called Airis my 'girlfriend'... I mean, yeah, I like her a lot and I do want her to be my girlfriend one day but... C'mon! We're just friends for now! Wait- DID HE SAY ARTRON?!?!?

"Artron is here too!? But... Why would he want a thirteen-year-old girl? My friend, my secret crush??" I became so furious that I grabbed one of Ugiz-zo's arms to push him off.

It nearly worked but thanks to his tentacles from his back (I forgot he had them) he used two of his claw tentacles to pin me back down.

"Sorry, we don't want you to leave to call for help..."

"OH! Don't tell me-" The silver sorrowfully metal robot turned one of his hands into a dart bullet and pointed it at me! "FUUUUUCK!!" I kicked Ugiz's gut, causing him to FINALLY get off of me! Completely! Then I hurriedly got myself up and ran to save Airis.

***

I was looking for her everywhere, but thanks to the trails of broken branches and Slaytrap's footprints... I know where they are... not yet... For some reason, a few minutes ago I felt sick... My head hurt and I felt weak but I kept running through... for twenty minutes.

"Ah!" I groaned in pain till I stopped to hold my gut. Why in God's name FUCK does my stomach suddenly ache?! "E-Eh... I can't stop... now," even though a couple of bricks are tumbling over me. "I must... rescue Airis..."

BANG!

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

"A-Airis!" Still holding my painful stomach I ran to the sound of her incredibly loud scream.

It doesn't sound pleasant at all. Slaytrap must have caught her, damn it!

Just as I arrived, I saw an enormous tree blocking Airis' path. She looked like she was in a state of shock, and Slaytrap had trapped her.

"Shit! Fuck! Shit!" I looked around for something to throw at until my eyes caught a rock and a long tree branch.

That's the only option, I guess.

Picking them up, I threw a grey hard rock at Slay's head and ran around him when he wasn't looking... I didn't think this through...

The strong dark blue leader of the TS turned back around and noticed me.

Me holding a branch in a defensive position in front of my crush.

He smirked sinisterly at me.

"You leave... her alone, Slaytrap!" I scolded him...

"You seem like you're dying," I didn't quite catch that.

"Oscar..." That was Airis.

"Yeah?" I turned my attention to the brown-haired girl, who looked very horrid... I grew even more confused than ever.

"W-What..?"

"I-I-I found this dart stuck to your shoulder..." She held up the dart that she was talking about. I couldn't think properly... Oh waitttttt... "OSCAR! YOU'VE BEEN POISONED BY UGIZ-OZ!!!" Suddenly, out of nowhere, I began coughing so hard that my throat hurt so terribly (possibly bleeding internally inside my throat, yet it's not out of my throat). My legs began to tremble to the rocky ground, roughly. Meanwhile, Airis knelt towards me and placed her creamy skin hand on my forehead. "Oh no! And you're heating up! A-A-And you're looking very pale!" She exclaimed to me.

After coughing, I couldn't say anything. I think coughing made me shut up. Seriously, I couldn't say anything.

A sinister laugh erupts from Slay's lips(?), causing both of us our attention.

"U91Z-0Z did an excellent job at shooting his prey without his victim noticing it or feeling a thing," I glared up at him and grabbed the branch again, getting up slowly... but tumbled back down which made me land on Airis' lap this time. Slay mock furthermore. "Trying to stand up for your friend, LeaderSkater?" Fuck him! "Not so useful to help her now, hehe. Are humans really that weak? I expected rather... differently," randomly, I felt two arms wrapped around my chest.

Straight away I knew it was Airis.

"I don't know why this is happening but this has gotten too far! YOU'RE KILLING MY FRIEND!" Airis screamed in rage.

The leader, of course, doesn't give a shit about her cries and keeps smirking, a heartless smirk.

"I am not the one who poisoned him, Snowy_Sky_Husky," Slay defined as he crossed his arms.

The next thing I know, the fucking dark of armour, octopus Emo dude showed up from the shadows... Well, the sun is already up.

"The others are coming, Slaytrap..." he told him, letting out a 'sad' sigh, even though Slay wasn't looking at him.

The leader nodded but didn't say anything to his teammate... I can't think of a better insult for those bastards!!

"Ugiz-oz does have the cure to help your friend,"- he faced the shorter teammate- "Show them the cure," and ordered him.

Ugiz rolled his eyes.

"Whatever..." and held up a small black bottle that was around his neck.

"... That's the cure? I thought that was just an accessory?"

"Now, if you agree to come with us, we'll help your friend, but if you don't..." The leader took a big step closer causing Airis to clench her grip around me even tighter (kind of hurts.) I can tell for sure she's getting timider than ever. Weakly, I held her hand. I'm surprised that I haven't passed out yet. "We'll take you away from him and leave him to rot and die! So I would suggest you make the decision quickly if I were you. I'm no patient bot,"

"Damn it! I can't believe it! We're... I know Airis too well, she's gonna accept it!" Her head faced down at me while my eyes looked at her, tiredly.

She's giving me the look of 'I don't know what to do.' There's no point... I don't know either...

WHOOSH!

Huh?

"W-Winter!?" Airis gasped in a very surprising and joyful tone.

When I look closer, it is indeed Winter... See? I knew he'd catch up... Although... I don't think he's able to help us...

The white and black-furred dog stood in front of us, protecting us... In an instant, I felt the girl moving back, pulling me along with her.

Then the rest of the group came- Uh oh, my vision is getting blurry!

"No! Not now!" I blinked a few times to see if I could see, but of course, it failed. The world is spinning around me. My eyes feel heavy. I guess this is it... I couldn't do anything about it so I closed my eyes...

Game over, I guess... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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[askdrunkzander]

Well, here we go... (that happened so fast🥲)

I was enjoying my Saturday at home when the club came over with no warning. I was surprised but didn't mind that much... until...

Jake walked back from MY kitchen with a bottle of MY step dad's liquor. Sean and millie seemed excited but the rest of us were put off.

After a while my curiosity got to me and I gave in. I told jake to give me a sip (after all its my step dad's drink not his) he gave me the bottle and to my surprise the taste wasn't THAT bad.

We watched a movie and passed around the bottle (Hailey and luke weren't interested... they were better than me I'll tell the truth) after a while (when the bottle was almost finished) I started to notice something... I was more relaxed than I should've been.

From what I could piece together jake, Sean and millie were completely fine (millie was tipsy at best) but I wasn't. I would normally not admit that I was in such a state but with my judgement impaired I yelled...

"I think I'm pissed out me head!" With a slight Scottish accent

The club (even Hailey and luke) were all laughing. I tried to stand up (for god knows what reason) but fell back onto the couch.

This is where my memory starts to get a little hazy but I particularly remember (and I wish I hadn't remembered) walking up to jake wrapping my arms around his neck and slurring...

"Being drunk is fun... make it funner"

BEFORE ANYONE SAYS ANYTHING! I probably meant to say: "being drunk is fun... can I have another drink to make me more drunk" (why I would ask that I don't know but still) but I wasn't thinking clearly.

What jake said to me the next day he apparently moved away my arms, said: "bedtime" and guided me up the stairs.

And for what Hailey said to me, after sleeping for a few hours I (at six at night) ran down the stairs, jumped onto the couch, turned to her and had a conversation that went like this:

Me: hey Hailey

Her: oh zander how are you feeling?

Me: *silence*

Her: are you still drunk?

Me: *runs to the downstairs toilet and throws up*

Yeah I threw up... apparently.

The next morning I woke up in bed to a massive headache and the smell of throw up... so even though I don't entirely believe jake I can believe Hailey because that was the proof...

Why are you drunk? And was the blog jakes idea? 😏

Yes it Wass jaks idea and... I dunno I forgedt

(Jake here! Haha yeah I thought it would be funny 🤣 and he's drunk because of the blog... though there was his first time getting drunk which was a few days ago... story at 5 notes 😏)

[reddie-fangirl24]

“Are you wearing my shirt?” Richie asked when he returned to their chairs sitting by the ocean. Little kids ran around, playing in the sand or splashing in the water. Eddie was trying to duck out of the merriment by hiding under their umbrella.

As if he was surprised to see Richie, Eddie looked almost embarrassed, holding his boyfriend's shirt by the neck or close to his chest as best he could. “Oh, hey, you put sunscreen on pretty fast.”

“Only takes a minute,” Richie said, sitting down next to him.

“Did you do a double coating?”

“Jeez, Eds, I put on sunscreen! What’s the big deal!”

“Are you seriously asking me that? Do I have to share all the stats about how many people get skin cancer or skin-related diseases because of sunburns?”

“Okay, babe, chill! I get it,” Richie put an arm around his shoulder, noting how anxious Eddie was still. “We’re at the beach. It’s time to relax.”

Eddie calmed down some, but not enough. He barely ever went to the beach, in his adult years that is. The night before it took Richie a total of three hours to convince Eddie to spend that Saturday at the beach. Eddie agreed when Richie agreed on two things. One; he wouldn’t push him in the water. And two, Richie would take him to the new train museum in town. Fair enough.

“I’m surprised I’ve never had one of my gigs down here. Do you think if I tried to book one people would come?”

“Anybody would come to see you perform, Rich,” Eddie said to him, glancing over his shoulder when a couple walked by. Earlier, a group of girls recognized Richie and fangirled over him. That didn’t make Eddie too happy. His hand clasped tightly around the collar of his shirt, almost choking himself.

“Hmm, should we start planning one?” Richie asked. 

Eddie was too distracted, fidgeting with the buttons on his shirt. They put their chairs close to the water as far away from people crowding the beach. It was 90 degrees today. Richie never understood how people liked standing or sitting in hot sand. A little breeze came off the ocean.

That’s when an idea hit him. “Hey Eds, listen!”

“To your teeth hitting the sand if you call me that again?”

“Have I ever told you how much your hostility turns me on?” Richie leaned forward on the arm of his chair.

“Oh, fuck off!” Eddie half giggled.

Richie took his hand and stood up. Eddie slowly followed, a bit nervous, but hooked on Richie’s gorgeous eyes. Feeling the smooth skin of his hands made his heart beat like the drums. Taking him close to the edge of the water, Richie stopped close to the small rocks. 

“What are-”

“Sh, listen to this,” Richie instructed, subconsciously pulling his boyfriend a little closer. Not knowing if it was from the sun or the warmth of Richie's body, his heart fluttered. Nobody ever held him close like this. His mother was always so frantic, racing around and covering him with all the blankets she could find in the house, suffocating him. And Myra... let’s just say she wasn’t the definition of a cuddler.

Staying quiet, a small wave rippled in, hitting their ankles. Eddie flinched but he didn’t move away. As the water drifted away, it swept the rocks away with it. The pebbles rattled against one another, like music. That sound made Eddie feel... peaceful. It was rare for him to feel that way.

They listened to it again. This time the rocks made a different rhythm as they pelted against each other. Eddie listened closer to the water, the way its rapids evaporated, running back to its home. Funny, Edde hadn’t noticed that since the days they’d swim in the quarry. Had his anxiety really caused him to avoid swimming - something that he once enjoyed?

“What do you think?” Richie asked softly, something very out of character for him. His hand moved down to hug Eddie’s waist. His entire body relaxed. That was good. Before Pennywise... hurt him, Richie barely touched Eddie let alone stand right next to him - leaving space. Now, he couldn’t keep his hands off him.

“It’s beautiful, Richie,” Eddie answered, leaning his head against Richie’s shoulder. The rest of the people on the beach disappeared. Only he and Richie existed.

“Thought you might. I’ve been waiting to share this with someone.”

“How long have you been coming here?”

“Since I came to L.A. when I was 18.”

“Wow, you’ve been on your own for a long time,” Eddie said to him. When he thought about it, he’d never been on his own. His mother remained glued to him after he graduated high school. When he found out that she had cancer, Eddie was overcome with so much emotion that independency scared him. Now that he thought about it, he tried to spend more time with himself. Eddie spent a lot of time at the gym or running when he was with Myra. 

“Glad I have someone to share it with now,” Richie kissed his forehead. 

Eddie hugged Richie around his waist a little tighter, enjoying the sound of the ocean. “Hey, I have an idea.”

“What’s that?”

Unbuttoning his shirt and stripping out of it revealing the long red scar indent, Eddie stood boldly on the beach. Nobody turned to look at him. “ Let’s go for a swim.”

[zachsreaderinserts]

sleepy boys inc x gn!teen! reader headcannons

trying something new! i like bbs and all, but i wanted to write for other youtubers! lemme know if yall wanna see more content like this lol.

this takes place in a minecraft au!!! also, mentions of bad parenting/abusive parents

wc: 2,319

okay the sleepy boys

chaos incarnated, all of them. you can’t deny it

so, when tommy invites a friend from a local village, at first, everyone else is skeptical. since when has tommy made a friend who didn’t hate him within 20 minutes from all the screaming and insults he spewed?

unlike his friends, phil is more excited than anything. though he isn’t tommy’s dad, he feels like it sometimes, so he really wants to meet this new person who has caught the youngest’s attention

techno is very much not on board. he has a hard time trusting people at first glance and having been friends with tommy for the longest, he knows that tommy readily jumps the gun and attempts to befriend literally anything just because he can

and wilbur? indifferent for the most part. yes, he feels the need to make sure tommy is protected and cared for, but he also recognizes that this situation is out of his hands. the best he can do is hope that their friend isn’t an absolute asshole

so, it’s saturday. all three men are sitting on the couch in phil’s cottage, talking amongst themselves as they wait for tommy to come back. techno makes a joke about murdering them, which leads to phil scolding him about his violent tendencies

“you haven’t even met them yet, techno, what the fuck.”

wilbur is simply adding fuel to the fire, making little remarks here and there and watching the whole thing escalate to phil lecturing the piglin hybrid.

because of this, not one of them had noticed that tommy returned, with his newest friend. they both stopped at the sight of phil in dad mode, tommy considering just turning around and taking his friend as far away as physically possible

too late, since techno’s sixth sense made him whip around and stare at the newcomer. this made phil stop lecturing and wilbur quit giggling long enough for tommy to introduce his friend

after saying their name, the friend lifted their hand shyly, face burning from slight embarrassment. their other hand was latched onto tommy’s, feeling intimidated.

can you blame them? the fucking blood god looks like they wanna skewer them and cook them over a campfire.

tommy took notice of their shyness and cleared his throat, “we were planning on going to the carnival in their village if you three assholes feel like tagging along.”

like there was any way they were gonna let tommy and his friend go out without chaperones.

tommy turned back to his friend, “give me a second, i’m gonna go grab my sword just in case.” and proceeded to run up the stairs and towards the guest bedroom in phil’s house that he claimed.

the millisecond he was out of earshot, techno grabbed his friend by the front of the shirt.

“what are your intentions with tommy?”

the friend blinked once, twice, then bit back a smile. “you’re asking that as if i’m about to date that motherfucker.”

this time, it was wilbur who bit back a grin of his own. who would’ve expected the originally shy kid to have replied like that????

techno’s brain short circuited and his grip on their shirt loosened slightly. did.... did this kid just brush off his question???

“can you put me down? you’re gonna stretch my shirt.”

techno’s brain blinked back into focus and he gripped the kid’s shirt harder, shoving them against the nearest wall. “i asked a question, kid.”

“you know, tommy told me something like this would happen. i’m glad i came prepared.” and then, tommy’s friend sucked in a deep breath. techno leaned back, expecting the worst...

“MWISTER TECHNWOBWADE, PWEASE PUT MWE DOWN BEFWORE I SCWEAM”

oh god, this was far worse than anything he thought of.

he dropped the teen out of disgust more than anything, reeling backwards. if there was one thing that haunted his dreams, it was uwu-speak.

phil started howling of laughter, clutching his stomach and hunching over. originally he was going to stop techno from threatening a literal child but this outcome was so much better than anything he was anticipating

wilbur was no better, already tearing up from how hard he was snickering. he started choking on his own spit at one point, smacking his arm against the couch.

tommy was so fucking confused when he came back down the stairs, seeing the mayhem that was, for once, not caused by him. he glanced at his friend, who had the world’s biggest shiteating grin.

yeah, they were gonna fit in just fine.

and they did! phil took them under his wing (both physically and metaphorically) and allowed them to come visit his home whenever they wished. and whenever they did, phil was the first to ask how they’ve been and what they were up to

to phil’s surprise, the kid was overall calm in their choice of activities. things like playing soccer or drawing or figuring out how to learn instruments in their free time. it seemed like they were desperate to get their hands on anything and everything just to learn

he found it funny, though, when their chaotic side shone through. they easily were on tommy’s level when they got into that headspace and it was so hilarious to him.

his favorite memory of the kid was when they walked into the house and marched right up to where techno was reading idly in the corner. planting their hands on their hips, they spoke.

“if you were to fuck a clone of yourself, would it be masturbation or would you be considered gay?”

phil, who was washing the dishes six feet away from them, just about crumbled into a ball on the floor from how hard he was laughing and sobbing.

of all questions, that was the one that came out.

but he had no idea that the chaos was a coping mechanism. he just thought they were naturally like that in their free time.

he soon found out the truth when they came home with tommy, who was cursing up a fit, visibly angry. his friend was slumped over, as if trying to hide themselves from the world

when phil asked what had happened, tommy exploded.

“their fucking dad took all their money from their savings! said he needed it more than them and when they asked for it back, he called them a fucking disappointment! that fucking bitch--”

phil can count very few times when he felt true anger and he can confirm that when tommy had told him what had gone down, he saw red.

but he knew better than to outwardly show it. judging by how hunched over and defeated the kid was, what they needed was a stable support system

so he walked over and shut tommy up with a hand on his shoulder, “why don’t we take the rest of the night to build up that game room you wanted in the basement. i’m sure if we knock it out before techno and wil are supposed to be back, we can all play something like monopoly.”

seeing where phil was headed, tommy nodded and brushed away his anger. he knew that what his friend needed was a serious cheering up. tommy ran towards his guest bedroom, claiming that he was going to find his blocks.

phil crouched in front of the teen, tilting their head up to look him in the eyes. “you’re not a disappointment. you’re an amazing person with a chaotic joke machine going 120 kilos over the speed limit in your head and you are talented. your dad doesn’t know shit about what you’re capable of doing.”

oh boy, the kid’s crying. those are tears, full on tears.

that night was one of the best nights of their life, however. they enjoyed the entire three hour long game of monopoly where they watched the light leave everyone’s eyes. it was funny when wilbur lunged across the table when he landed on a railroad, out for phil’s blood.

speaking of wilbur, he enjoyed every minute in the kid’s presence. they often asked creative and random questions and went along with the abstract jokes he made, the two of them laughing heartily the entire time.

when the kid first mentioned wanting to learn how to play the guitar, he practically burst through the wall of the room next door, breathing heavily and exaggeratedly.

“did someone say guitar”

yeah, he’s feral. that’s canon.

they proceeded to spend the entire day in phil’s garden, each of them equipped with a guitar. despite their outwardly smooth brain and stupid demeanor, the teen was a fast learner and could play the most basic chords by the time the sun was setting.

wilbur’s favorite moment was the first night they met, when they went to the carnival. there was the game where you shoot the water and fill up the balloons and the kid was going head to head against techno and tommy.

it was when techno won that the teen turned to techno with murder in their eyes and spoke in a deadpan tone of voice,

“you’re lucky you won this time, you gentrified mayo monkey.”

wilbur’s jaw dropped, as did techno and phil’s. tommy was already in hysterics, smacking his hand against the counter that held the guns.

needless to say, wilbur found his favorite, not-quite sibling in a heartbeat.

techno was the last to come around with the child. can you blame him? every time he tried to threaten them or had beaten them at something, they would respond in a cryptic threat--

“i’m going to pee your pants if you don’t let me win”

or just brushed him off. without a second thought.

“anyways, i was murdering a chicken the other day, and the fucker had the audacity to ribbit at me.”

to say he was confused was an understatement. he was terrified of the fact that a literal child held so much power and disinterest in things like their own life. so for the first few months, he avoided them.

but he had seen past that when it was around midnight on a weekday. tommy was hanging out with tubbo and ranboo in their village miles away from the area. wilbur was out drinking with schlatt, niki, and fundy, and phil was already asleep.

techno wasn’t too far behind, sitting in front of the fireplace and staring out of the window that showed the front yard. it was only then when he saw the flash of a familiar face and looked closer as the teen walked up to the house quietly. their head was down and they carried a small bag with them.

techno opened the front door with a long creak as they reached the porch steps. it was only when they jumped and looked up in surprise that techno had noticed a deep bruise on their left cheek in the moonlight.

despite the fact that he kept away from them, techno was very protective and territorial of tommy, phil, and wilbur. and since they were attached to the teen, he became protective of them as well.

so all the voices in his head went quiet for a second. before exploding into a mixture of screams and threats, all leading back to protecting the child in front of him.

without thinking, he reached forward and cupped their face for a better view of the bruise. at the warm and soft touch, tears slipped down the kid’s cheeks and they sniffed pathetically.

the voices quickly took a 180, all screaming to take care of them. make them feel better. so, techno led the kid inside and let them spend the night in his room, with them falling asleep on the bed and him falling asleep on the rocking chair in his room.

phil did not hesitate to officially declare himself as the teen’s official father, saying that their biological father was a “little bitch”

now somewhat living with the teen, techno found an appreciation for their quieter moments, when they were reading or simply daydreaming. it was cute, in his eyes. but he also grew to enjoy when they were absolutely feral, especially toward tommy.

his favorite moment with them was when they had gifted tommy a music disc for his birthday. it was sweet and sentimental and tommy just about burst into tears when he saw it.

all of the sappiness quickly vanished when tommy put it into a jukebox.

“FUCK THIS PUSSY, BOY, FUCK. FUCK IT RIGHT, BOY--”

tommy had let out the most terrified scream and it practically engrained itself into techno’s brain. it was the first time he ever laughed at something the teen had done and the teen felt proud of themselves.

and finally, tommy. he was already happy to call himself a friend of the teen’s. they were like peas in a pod, working together.

tommy came to them when his insecurity felt heavy and they came to him whenever their dad’s words got to them. they had a nice system of dependency on one another and neither of them would trade it for the world.

tommy’s favorite moment of being friends with them was during their first birthday living in phil’s house. it was a birthday befitting their personality, with brightly color streamers hung and confetti all over the floor. he knew that they enjoyed it severely and once the cake was cut, the kid turned to phil.

“phil, where’s the big tiddy strippers i requested?”

tommy was GONE

he all but choked on his slice of cake and walked away, shaking his head while trying to stifle his giggles. but when he heard phil’s scream of “WHAT”, he just lost it.

all in all, his friend had made a fine part of the sleepy boys. they were a happy face in an otherwise somewhat bleak and dangerous world. and all four men appreciated it.

[blackcoffeeandblankpagess]

Lil weekend recap, it’s been a sec!!

Friday I had my final trial for my trial practice class aka 1/5 classes done for the term! It was on zoom so we could have anyone we wanted play a witness so Jared got to join as a witness which was fun

After that I got the Explosion of Energy™️ that comes every time I finish an exam, etc. I deep cleaned the kitchen (desperately needed) and put up the xmas decorations and then took a lil walk to pick up pizza

Saturday my law school bestie and I met early for a run/walk. I’ve been having IT band issues since early October (advice welcome), been doing the PT exercises and I THOUGHT things were improving but Saturday was def a major setback :(

But still super nice to start the day outside with a friend, then we picked up coffees and parted ways

Spent the day GRINDING on a paper for my international sports law class (goal is to finish today and have another class wrapped up!). Honestly feeling so stoked about this paper. Last fall I had my Mental Breakdown while trying to write a 20 page paper and honestly writing has stressed me tf out ever since (and I’ve always loved writing, never had a mental block with it), so it feels SOOOOOO good to have crossed that mental barrier. And I’m stoked on the topic

Had a lil facetime with Jared + his parents to discuss plans to visit them over winter break and fun travel plans for next summer 👀

Sunday morning I volunteered with the same friend to hand out medals at a local race. It was a gorgeous morning but very very cold (for eugene). It was awesome to see so many familiar faces cross the finish line and seeing the winners of each race. Super cool.

Spent the rest of the day grinding yet again. Finals season fast approaches 😅

Monday I had classes and did a toooon of work and ran errands and TRIED to get my latest booster but when I showed up to my appointment (appointment! specifically for the booster!) they were like lolz yeah we dont have anymore and I was like neat neat good thing you did not let me know in advance!

But the good news was that I spontaneously got a little xmas shopping done and bought teeny tiny stocking for the cats to match mine and Jared’s. And I bought three books (I miss reading for fun much during school) and it turned out they were buy two get one so that was a score

Today is another big work day but tonight Jared and Allie (cat) fly in for a week!!!

[percygranate]

Update: 1 Moth after surgery

Lu had his surgery on September 10th. Today is October 11th.

Yesterday we took him to the animal hospital as he couldn't move, all four of his legs were like butter sliding away underneath him.

The day before we noticed that he was a little off his walking game but thought it was due to the weather. He also cried all night and I wondered if it were just like last week when he cried all night cause the weather got colder, as he always was a bit dramatic.

At the animal hospital the doctor and orthopedist checked him, drew blood, revisited the x-rays.

We already knew that Lu was starting to develop back problems due to being born with a natural misalignment of spine and his which made these two knee injuries happen in the first place, but now the case is that he relied too much on his back to carry himself and ruined his back.

Massive herniated disc right in the center of his back by the rips.

The doctor said we can't operate and have his legs heal fast enough to fix his back and he will rely on heavy-duty pain meds (morphine) to even exist and that will in the long term kill him.

His kidneys and liver are still okay although his kidneys are starting to get bad now.

The two knee surgeries would take us 1 year to heal, then he would need back surgery, and that would take ages to heal—Doctor was honest and called it a bottomless pit that will just cost us insane amounts of money and Lu will only be in pain without any life quality.

There is nothing we can do.

We started crying and the doctor gave Lu a chance to recover saying, “I would've suggested putting him down today, but he is so sweet and I feel so bad for him. I am so sorry,” and gave him two massive shots of drugs and gave us extra pain meds (making it 6.5 to 9 pills a day for Lu to take) and told us if he doesn't recover by Saturday we should “please just let him go.”

The shots were meant to help with all his pain within an hour. When we arrived an hour later at home, Lu managed to walk the tiniest bit by being mostly carried by my boyfriend. Then he lay down on his blankets, with our help, and that's where he stayed put.

He managed to sleep and in his dreams seems to be running like crazy, something he had been doing all night. He must be dreaming of running through fields.

Every time he woke up in between dream, or I woke him up as I don't like him barking and seemingly having bad dreams as he gets upset, he just looked in so much pain. So those two big shots that are heavy-duty aren't even helping much anymore.

My boyfriend and I talked a long while about what to do. We cried. We lay on the floor with Lu like we would do sometimes out of a whim or when he was sick or hurt.

We know we gotta let him go and its not fair.

I don't want to, but I don't wanna be selfish when he is in so much pain. I don't wanna force him to just lie there and exist just so I don't have to let him go.

We called the doctor again to set the appointment for today. There is no use of waiting another day. Unless a miracle happens that heals both his knees and back? This is it.

We arranged for Lu to be cremated as he is me fur baby and I have trauma from how easily pets were discarded when I was a kid. I wanna have him placed somewhere nice.

The creating will cost us up to 1k depending on all the extras we want, but its just half the price of his knee surgery, and funerals are expensive, right? Because that's what it is, a funeral. Im preparing.

On the way home Lu had his head on my lap and he kept looking at me like, “whats up? Why are you crying, mom?” and I tried to talk to him and not look upset so he wouldn't feel bad, but it just hurts. It hurts so bad.

When I went to bed Lu started crying cause he usually sleeps in my bedroom with me—when he was healthy he always slept in bed with me, but he lost his ability to jump three months ago when his knee problems started.

He forced himself up and ran after me to the bedroom and for a moment I was like, “Hey! We can turn this around!” but then I saw he walk, his legs numb and unable to really carry him. Then he fell, whimpered, and peed himself in pain.

He just looked so miserable, even an hour later. Just so so miserable.

He didn't move from that spot all night, peed himself some more times as he doesn't seem to really feel it.

Today when I woke up I didn't feel the pain of the loss for a moment. Everything was okay. Then I looked over my bed to check on him just to see he hadn't moved, just laid there flat and miserable.

I went to pet him and he looks partially apathetic and his nose is just so cold.

It all just adds to me knowing I cant do shit. I have tried grasping straws and making excuses of how Luhe will miraculously get better and maybe I can fix it, but I can't. I can't fix this.

I lay on the floor so often the last few hours and apologized. I am so sorry I can’t help Lu.

I kept hoping the bills would end at some point, but not like that. I just wanted him to get better. I thought I did well and cared well for him.

We tried to give him his meds today, as always wrapped in his favorite cold cuts. He usually loves that part of the day cause he loves the cold cuts like crazy—He didn't take them. Later we tried again and he ate one, but he is just too week to eat the rest.

Today at 3 PM is the appointment.

Hey, so I usually don't ever ask people for money, but I am kind of at the end of my abilities and cried too much today to care about it anymore:

My dog, who I rescued in Croatia in 2017 after he was found eating dirt in the forrest, Lu, is turning 8 years old next mont. He is the sweetest and softest fur baby, and look like an ice bear. He never ever has been in a fight with another animal and thinks everyone, no matter the species, is his best friend.

He is also my best friend, and I initially adopted him after starting therapy after moving out of home for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphobia, and C-PTSD, which had me not leave the house for years. He is my best friend in fur and helped me to get back out into the world again after it had been nothing but awful to me.

I fixed myself, fixing Lu, when nobody wanted him and nobody wanted me.

For two months now he has been dealing with severe hip and back issues. It started abruptly, with him no longer wanting to play and be on long walk, suddenly struggling to get up, and as something our vet called “just a little muscle inflammation” and a one-week medication treatment that cost us 150€.

Lu felt better for 1 1/2 weeks and even started playing a little again before the pain came back. This time, we paid 100€ for a milder medication as the vet did wanna put him again on those string monster pills he was on before as it would’ve damaged his system. I gave him those pills every day (he, by now, is such good boy at taking them) and he did again better for a 1/2 week without daily medication.

Again, he couldn't get up, started crying at night, is no longer is able to sleep in my bed, no longer lay on his back, and he only lays on the floor, trying not to get up and walk around as he is in pain, he no longer plays… So we went to the vet again.

This time, we paid 80€ for a few of the strong medications he got in the first place. Diagnosis: “Old boy. Arthritis. Inflamed hip.” We were meant to give him two of those pills on days he is struggling more than the by now basic.

Two days ago, I was on a walk with Lu, just leaving my apartment complex, when he collapsed for the first time and fell down in the middle of a crosswalk. There was no chance of him getting up. Car drivers hated us, and I bagged for minutes that he would try getting up.

After I nearly started crying, he finally forced himself up, walked a few meters, and fell again. It was like his hips just couldn't carry him anymore. Watching him to try forcing himself up but struggling so badly is something that kills me every time I see it, but I am used to it by now, sadly.

He finally got up after 30 minutes and we walked home. I gave him his pills and after a nap we ran around pretty well, even the next day he was doing so much better. I should've not thought this was over.

Today my boyfriend took him on a walk. The same thing happened, but this time Lu screamed out in pain first. This time there was no getting up. Even after my boyfriend called me and I ran over in my pajamas as Lu is known to be a mama’s boy.

We called our vet, who told us we needed to go to the animal hospital. The animal hospital told us they would charge us roughly 2500€ for an X-ray and have Lu there overnight and treated.

The secretary from the animal hospital told us we were not allowed to pay it back at monthly rates when we asked.

We asked why it was so expensive; she replied, “We are the only ones doing this in the city, so we can choose our prices as we see fit.”

We asked how other people could afford that, crying in the middle of the street as our dog still lay there, unable to walk or even get up, and she told us, “Everyone can afford that.”

When my boyfriend told her he needed to talk to me about it, she replied, “Yeah, sure. Just call us if you actually need and want our help.”

I am disabled, suffering from Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Sympton, am in the middle of getting a POTS diagnosis, and have Autism and ADHD. I am physically due to the chronic pain not able to work. I don't have that kind of money to just whip out like it is nothing.

For my boyfriend, this kind of money is more than his monthly loan.

There is no worse feeling than when your pet is in pain and needs to be medically treated, but you can't get them the help they need because YOU do not earn enough.

We cried and tried to get up Lu for an hour before calling my mother, who I am low contact with as she emotionally abused my for decates and is part of the reason I have C-PTSD. She drove us the a Animal Hospital outside the city, as they were the last suggestion our vet could give us and the told us they would charge less for the same kind of help and work.

There, we were prepared to pay the 300€ to have Lu no matter how, even if we needed to/manage to have my mother borrow it to us.

The vet was amazing, seeing the problem the moment Lu finally stood up and walked for the first time.

His hips are fucked, probably the back too, and he has Arthritis. But right now, they can't do any of the X-rays because first his fever and inflammation need to go down.

Today we paid 100€, Lu got a big shot, and for the first big pain and fever, starting tomorrow, he will regularly take two of those initially given strong pills once a day so he hopefully can have the x-rays next week.

My dog was mentally a puppy jumping around like a little deer until this started. He always wanted to play, always ran around and did something. This took all the joy in life for him.

I’m asking for help to pay for the X-ray and whatever treatment will follow for Lu after.

https://www.paypal.me/percygranate

UPDATE:

Today we had the X-Ray appointment and paid 352€

Hips and back are okay.

BOTH OF LU’S KNEES ARE FUCKED.

Cruciate Ligament Rupture & the knee joints are fucked.

The operation will be a two timer and cost us 4000€

I am currently not able to tell you how I am going to pay this. I barely managed to pay the X-rays today.

I amcurrently not even in possession of a life insurance that could help my dog if I kick it. /ifywim

Again:

I am BEGGING, if you have even a euro or dollar or whatever to spare, please help me.

https://www.paypal.me/percygranate

(paypal also uses my deadname, so please ignore that)