#yet here i am resorting back to ana to get me back to how i was.

[the-tinygiant]

met up with a guy i hadn’t seen in over 3 years. it literally felt like he was disappointed to see how much i had let myself go since then. i’ve gained like 50 pounds if not more since then and i’ve never felt more insecure about myself than now.

[marquez-junky8920]

can i get a Fabio Quatararo imagines that the reader was on a vacation with his family after the race was ended, and his niece and nephew meet you for the first time and they’re like you … 😅😅

We Are Family

(I love this picture of him. He's such a good uncle. 🥺🥺)

Opening your eyes, you looked over towards the window to see the sunlight peaking ever so slightly through the tops of the curtains. Looking over at the clock in the hotel room, it read 8 am. Turning over onto your side, you saw Fabio's bare back, his tattoo on the back of his neck peaking above the covers. You always found it amusing how he slept with the covers almost covering his entire head. Pulling them down slightly, you kissed his tattoo and around to his shoulder, then up to his neck. He stirred in his sleep and groaned.

"Time to wake up honey." you softly said, rubbing your hand through his blonde hair as he turned to face you. He buried his face in your neck and hugged you to him, groaning once more. "Five more minutes. I need my morning cuddles with my woman." he said, sleep still thick in his voice.

"Babe, we've got to meet your family at breakfast in an hour. Your niece and nephew want pictures with Mickey and Minnie." you said, giggling as he trapped you in his arms when you tried to get up.

"Exactly. An hour is not 5 minutes from now. Shhhh. Just let it happen." he laughed, not even opening his eyes yet.

"You are unbelievable." you gave up and laid back down, kissing his lips before he snuggled his face back into your neck. You took advantage of his closed eyes to admire his facial features. Eyes that held so much soul and love in them, a smile that lit up any room he walked into, lips that were so kissable, and a laugh that made everyone around him cackle along.

"I can feel you staring at me." he smiled to himself, opening his soulful brown eyes to look at you.

"I just can't help it. Especially since you're the newly crowned world champion." you smirked, leaning down to kiss his lips again, feeling his tongue peak through your lips ever so slightly.

"No, no. We're not doing that. We have to get up. Your 5 minutes are up." you laughed, pushing away from him as he pouted at the newly empty spot on the bed.

"C'mon lazy bones." you laughed, opening the curtains to let some natural light in and walking over to the bed to pull him out of bed. "My god you're heavy." you groaned.

"Did you just call me fat?" he shrieked, feigning offense to your comment.

"No. You're just heavy." you laughed, smacking his butt as he walked by you to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

"Can you believe we're finally here? I'm so excited!" you squealed, looking out the window at the resort you were staying at. Disney World was your favorite vacation spot, so you were stoked that his niece and nephew wanted to go here for a vacation after his big championship win.

"Me too! You've got to ride the Tower of Terror with me. No one else will." he said.

"Only if you'll agree for me to kick your ass on the Buzz Lightyear ride."

"You got yourself a deal." he laughed, shaking your hand as a bet.

"Alright, let's go." he said, grabbing the hotel keycards before walking out of the room to head to the restaurant for breakfast. His niece and nephew were both obsessed with Mickey and Minnie mouse, so of course Uncle Fabio had to book them with a breakfast to meet them and have the kids get autographs from them.

"Uncle Fabiooooo!"

"Mon amour!" he shouted, his niece running up to him and jumping into his arms as he picked her up.

"Hey champ, how are ya?" Fabio asked, ruffling his nephews hair while he knelt down on the ground to be eye level with them.

"Gooooood." He drew on, his eyes locking with yours.

"Hey buddy, how's it going?" Fabio's brother greeted him with a bro hug.

"Good! This is my girlfriend, Y/N." he introduced you.

"Nice to meet you! This is my wife, Ana." his brother introduced you to his wife.

"Hi Y/N! It's so nice to meet you finally. We've heard so much about you." she said, hugging you.

"All good things I hope!"

"Oh yes. Very good things." she smiled and looked down at her kids.

"Go say hi!" she said, ushering them over to you.

"Y/N! Yaaaayyyy!" they both screamed, running towards you as poor Fabio looked rejected.

"The children have spoken already." you joked, laughing at his pouty lip as he walked back over to you.

"How are you, little beans?" you asked, taking their hands as you walked to the restaurant with their parents.

"I'm so excited to meet Minnie!" his niece shouted, squealing in excitement.

"Mickey is better!" his nephew argued.

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"Hey, hey. They're both equally amazing, can we settle on that? Today is supposed to be fun, no bickering." you scolded lightly.

"Yes ma'am." they spoke in unison. Fabio looked at you in amazement at how you took over and had a natural mothering instinct.

"Who knew you had that in you?" he whispered in your ear as you walked the kids to the table.

"I love kids. Always have." you said, smiling at him before helping his niece into her chair, then his nephew.

"Good to know. I'll keep that in mind." he winked, pulling out your chair for you so that you could sit down.

Breakfast went well, aside from another small bickering fit that the kids had to be separated from. They enjoyed meeting all of the characters and getting their autographs, then got even more excited to go on a few rides after breakfast.

"You ready? Here we goooo!" you screamed, holding your hands up as the water ride plunged down the steep slope, water splashing you all. Squeals erupted quickly after from everyone because the water was so cold, but it soon turned to pure laughter.

"What's the next ride?" Fabio's nephew asked, jumping up and down as you walked.

"What's next on the agenda?" you asked their parents, Fabio standing behind you wringing out his shirt and still laughing.

"How about... The water rapids!" their mom said in an excited tone, the kids' faces lighting up as they ran to the ride.

"Hey, hey wait." Fabio said, catching them before they got too far.

"Last one to the ride is a rotten egg!" he shouted, tapping their backs as they raced each other, screams of excitement coming out along the way. As he watched them run, he waited for you to catch up to him and took your hand in his.

"They're so adorable honey. They're giving me baby fever, I swear." you said, smiling from ear to ear up at him.

"Now you see what I've been saying. I can't believe they chose you over me earlier! That hurt the pride a little bit." he laughed, putting his hand over his heart.

"Hey, I have that effect on people, what can I say?" you shrugged, earning a playful eyeroll from him as he scoffed.

"You're so full of it." he laughed, shaking his head as you finally caught up with the kids waiting in line.

You got on the raft and buckled yourself in. Soon after, the ride started and it was actually quite relaxing. Until the one slope in the ride came up. Whoever went down first got the most drenched.

"NO NO NO!" Fabio screamed as the water washed over him and sufficiently drenched him.

"Good lord that's cold!" he shivered, his niece and nephew laughing their belly laughs that he loved so much.

"Hey, don't laugh!" he scooped some of the water from the bottom of the raft over to them and they squealed and laughed, you along with them.

"You want some too, huh?" he challenged, playful eyes looking over at you with water already scooped into his hands.

"Fabio, I swear." you said, shrinking into your seat, but you knew it was inevitable at this point.

"Ahh! No that's cold!" you squealed, goosebumps rising on your skin as he laughed at you until he was red in the face.

After you got off the ride, the kids were getting tired already, so their parents took them back to the hotel to nap for a little while.

"You wanna go on more rides or head back to the hotel and nap while they rest?" Fabio asked you, holding your hands again.

"Let's go nap! We could use some rest after the jetlag we've got." you said, beginning to make your way back to the hotel.

You both stripped out of your soaked clothes and changed into some dry ones. Fabio followed shortly after you to get into the bed.

"I never knew you were so good with kids." he said, looking fondly at you as he rubbed his thumb on your cheek.

"It never came up in conversation, so I never thought to tell you." you shrugged, playing with the cross on his necklace.

"They love you already. That means so much to me, you have no idea." he whispered, kissing your forehead.

"They're so adorable." you cooed.

"Maybe we can make one of our own someday." he said, winking suggestively at you as you snorted out a laugh before turning your back to him so he could be the big spoon.

"One day honey. One day." you smiled as he kissed your neck before wrapping his arm around your waist and falling asleep. You loved this man and his family with all your heart.

END

[buddiewho]

Begrudgingly, I re-watched the date scene. Now that I was actually paying close attention...it was an alarm sound from an iPhone. Therefore, this means Eddie did set an alarm to remind himself of the promise to be home in time to put Christopher to bed. Yet, my brain still keeps questioning the entire thing. Okay, Eddie's having a tough time with the fourth grade math. It's math, personally, I don't blame him. Anyhow, Ana makes her cute joke about 2+2 still equals 4. Then I thought, if it were that easy then why are we making the equation so damn hard? So damn hard that it led to Christopher being mad enough to run away to Buck. Super hard to the point Ana even mentions "taking a break" because Christopher is at this breaking point already so should we even move forward? "I don't want you going anywhere..." juxtaposed to Buck saying to your son, “I’m not going anywhere.” Which adds another piece to this equation because Christopher felt that he’d lose Buck to his Dad dating...? *cracks knuckles* If the equation is so simple. If it's 2+2=4 (and yeah I know they're 3), but if it's 2+2=4 then it's easy. The outcome should eventually look like Future Tense (4x03), but maybe with kisses between out and proud boyfriends co-parenting Christopher.  Really it's so easy to manipulate the 4x08 equation because it could've gone like this (if we weren't doing a slow burn, I suppose) and of course, I took many liberties as to imply one of them is already aware of the feelings they caught: 

"Hey Buck, I need you to come over. We're going to help Christopher with his math homework." There was groan on the other end of the line. "Why me? I can't do math," Buck announces without hesitation. He really doesn't want to do math, but it's Eddie and it's Chris so of course he was going to end up dragging himself over to the house.

"Come on. I don't get understand it. I need your help more than him. Besides, we might end up goggling shit, when Christopher isn't looking because I don't want him getting into that habit to do his homework. So get over here. We'll order pizza and maybe by the end of the homework session, we could play video games or something."

"Sounds enticing, but it's still math," Buck said as he was getting his shoes on. "Who am I kidding? I'll be there." Eddie laughed and hung up. __

"Buck!" Christopher said from the couch as he entered. "Hey, little man, I hear you need help with some math homework." "Did my Dad really call you?" "Yes, he did so apparently it's that bad. Don't know how I'm going to help. I was terrible at math." "Well, if it's the three of us, I think we'll do just fine," Christopher said so nonchalantly, but it tortured Buck's heart a little bit. It was a heart wrenching pang of sweet sweet happiness at the sheer acceptance from Christopher.

__

Pizza plates surrounded a notebook and worksheets. The three of them sat back on the couch; Buck and Eddie next to each other, Chris on the other side of Eddie. They were about fed up with this one problem. "I don't get it, Dad." "Yeah, me too," added Buck. "Yeah, me three," Eddie sighed. "We're nearly there, I think. If not I'm looking up the answers and that'll have to do."

"Wouldn't that be cheating?" Christopher asked. "Sort of," Eddie loosely explained. "Think of it as calling on an expert, a math expert, or a teacher," Buck explained some more. "But we don't use it every time. Just as the last resort." Christopher thought on it and then just changed the subject, "Can we take a break? Let's play a game before I have to go to bed."

"Yeah, sure. Let's take a break. I don't think it's due for a couple days anyway." Eddie agreed. Buck leaned close, their shoulders now touching. "So what happened to not looking up answers in front of him?"

"This math problem pissed me off," Eddie said through gritted teeth. Then he softened. "Thanks for the save with that explanation." "It's all good. So Christopher are we playing the usual?" "Yeah, the pirate against the wolf that's the fighting game we always play." "Maybe the two of you should try different characters?" "No," they both said in unison and Eddie just laughed. He started to clean up their mess as Buck jumped up to help Christopher get the game turned on. Eddie came back and Buck was surprised when he sat directly next to him instead of putting Christopher in the middle. Buck wasn't going to complain. Then something shitty happened. Something really shitty. Eddie touches their shoulders again and then whispers, "You know how I told you I ran into Christopher's old teacher Ana Flores. I should call her? It's just you mentioned teacher earlier and I thought..." Eddie's voice trailed off and Buck tried not to press the controller buttons harder than needed. When Buck didn't immediately respond, Eddie seemed to forget what he said because he went on to loudly say, "Buck, you really should change your character. You never win as the pirate."

Buck chuckled. "I like the pirate. I'd be a pirate if I could." "Of course you would." "And I'd be a wolf," Christopher interjects. "Nice choice," Eddie tells his son. "What about you Dad? What would you be?" "Probably a ninja or something," Buck offers. "Maybe," Eddie muses. "But I was thinking a simple, clean, and efficient boxer." "Practical," Buck rolls his eyes. "Where's the imagination?" "Okay, pirate, I'll be your first mate then." Buck smirks, wondering if there were any implications beyond that statement. "No, you'd be part of the crew, swabbing the deck of my ship," he jokes. "I see how it is," Eddie bit his lip. "All right. Expect a mutiny led by me then."

"I win!" Christopher announces, pulling them out of their imaginary world. "Of course, you do." Buck smiles. Eddie looks at the time, not believing that much of it had passed. "How about a story before bed?" Eddie asks Chris. "Not from Buck." "Oh, yeah, I don't blame you," Eddie gently elbows Chris. "It's because of the kid in the rotisserie isn't it?" "Yup," said Chris. "Hey! That was a cautionary tale." "Yeah, okay," Eddie gave him a playful glare. "All right, let's get to bed." They were at Christopher's door when Buck stopped Eddie. Christopher shuffled inside towards his bed. "I got a story for tonight," Buck stated. "And what's that?" "Hansel and Gretel." Eddie's fist clenched and he contemplated playfully punching Buck's arm, but he didn't. He just looked him square in the face and crossed his arms. Buck lost it at the sort of scolding Dad face, "I'm kidding. I'm kidding. We'll read something light and fluffy. Like Little Red Riding Hood. It has a wolf."

"Buck!" "All right, all right, I'm done." Buck held up his hands. Christopher had sat on the edge of his bed, half-listening to them. "So pajamas. Then a story and bed." Eddie rattled off. "I'm kind of tired so maybe no story tonight," Christopher yawned. "Thanks for coming over to help with my homework." Buck smiles from the doorway. "I'll leave you two then. Goodnight, Christopher." "Goodnight, Buck," Eddie and Christopher say in unison, making each other laugh. Buck smiles at them and skips to the living room where he left his jacket. He trots to the door and then looks down the hallway. Part of him wanted to stay, but he didn't want to overstep so he takes his leave. As he climbed into his jeep and started it, Buck suddenly couldn't get one thought out of his mind, what if Eddie called that teacher, Ana Flores? What if tomorrow or the next day, he calls her instead? __

It's just Ana offers to come over and help Christopher with his homework. And I kept thinking we're really making this math equation truly difficult because NO MATTER how INCAPABLE they are at math, there's someone already AT HOME that could help Eddie with his son's homework. So they had one good date and then the second date was, "Oh wait I could use her "apparent" math skills to help my son with his homework. Don't forget to set the alarm to be back in time for bed. Oh shit there's construction, I'm going to be late. Wonder if Buck got him to bed? Christopher is probably being stubborn since I'm late." Then of course by bringing her over before Christopher gets to see Tia or Abuela or even Carla seems strange. What's going on? Especially when everything seems fine without forcing Ana into the equation. Can you force equations? Manipulate maybe, more like a chemical/science equation [exactly how Eddie is doing it by forcing himself into this role]? I don't know. Equations do take work. Like the fact that Buck has stayed over BEFORE either to watch Christopher and tell stories and/or stayed long enough after a game night to see Christopher off to sleep and that night he decided to tell a cautionary tale- in which Eddie was apprehensive, but it's Buck telling it and Eddie's there too, Chris would feel safe- until that night Christopher couldn't get to sleep for the next hour.

Equations are long, complicated work and one has already been laid out between Buck and Eddie. 

The rest (as we've already agreed) is up to the universe.

[hockeynascarfan91258]

A/N: Links to Chapter 1-3 posted at bottom of page!

Chapter 4

It had been a few days since Eden left Sids after they raped her.    She called out sick from work she couldn't face them.    The team was headed out to California and Eden asked if she could fly out and meet the team there.    They said that was fine.     Eden went out a day early and did some sight seeing.       It was nice.     The team arrived later that day.     She had just gotten finished eating when there was a knock at the door.    Eden goes and sees it was Sid.

"Eden please open the door." Sid says.

He had carnations her favorite in his hands and a stuffed Panda bear too.   Eden figured she might as well hear him out.    She opens the door.  

"What Sid?" Eden says.

"I am sorry for what I did to you the other day." Sid says.

"Oh you mean raping me when I said no." Eden replies snarky.

"Yes I am sorry baby.   It will never happen again.     Kris is sorry too these are from us." Sid says.

"Look let's just let by gones be bygones.   I  won't say anything about what happened.   I won't tell your secret." Eden says.

"Please baby.    Think about it.    We really do love you." Sid says.

"Okay I will think about it okay." Eden says.

"Good baby.    We love you and don't want to loose you." Sid says.

"I will think about it okay.   Now I just want to go lie down.   I am not feeling well." Eden says.

"Okay feel better." Sid says kissing her softly on the lips.

"Thanks Sid.   Goodnight I will see you at practice tomorrow." Eden replies.

"Okay baby." Sid says kissing her head.

Eden took the flowers and Panda and shut the door behind him.    She wasn't thinking about anything she was walking out of this and going to be with Chase.  

That was when her phone went off. It was Chase.

"Meet me down in the lobby." Chase texts.

"Wait you're here!" Eden texts back.

"Yup got a race here in Cali and then racing Phoenix and Vegas." Chase says.

"Let me change and I'll be right down." Eden says.

She throws on a pair of jeans and a black be brave shirt.    She then heads down to the lobby.

Chase was standing there waiting for her. She runs to him.

"Chase." Eden exclaims practically jumping on him.

"Hey princess." Chase says kissing her.

Eden kisses back not caring who was watching.

"I'm so happy you are here." Eden says.

"I am happy too I get too see my girl. Now let's go I have a special date planned just the two of us." Chase says.

They link hands and head out to them rental car. They both get in. Chase takes off towards San Diego.

"Where are we going?" Eden asks.

"You will see." Chase says smiling at her.

45 minutes later they arrive at the zoo.

"The San Diego Zoo!" Eden  says excitedly.

'Well I know how much you love animals especially pandas so I figured I needed to bring you." Chase  says.

They park. They then head to the entrance. Chase  pays for them them. They find out there was a bus called the Kangaroo Bus that would drop them off at various parts of the park. They get on the bus and it takes them to the first part of the zoo. The Australian Outback. Inside there they see the Australian Wander which was full of plants that come from down under, along with Camels, Koalas. Laughing Kookabura's, Tasmanian Devils and Wombats.

It was fun. They got to hold a koala, play with a kangaroo and ride a camel together.

Eden was taking all kinds of pictures.

From there they head into the Lost Forest exhibit,. There they see Bog Garden, Bonabo's , Fern Canyon, Flamingos, Ginger Garden, harpy eagels, Hawaiian pants, Hippo's, Mandrills, Monkey's, Okapi's, orangutans, Otter's and pygmy Hippos pygmy marmosets, Tapirs, terrace lagoon, and Tigers.

"I want a hippo for Christmas is one of my favorite Xmas songs so I love hippos." Eden says.

"They are intriguing animals." Chase says.

They continue on. They were holding hands and acting like a real couple and Eden was loving it. They then get on the Kangaroo bus and head to the nest spot for them. They then do the Panda Canyon, where they see Amur Leopard's, Giant Panda's red pandas and Takins.

"Pandas are my absolute favorite animal in the whole wide world." Eden says.

"I know now come with me." Chase says.

They head behind the habitat where they met a zookeeper. Chase paid extra for them to be able to play with one of the panda's. It was one of the Cubs born not that long ago. Also Eden was adopting it and could name it. Eden was having the time of her life. Chase had them take picture and a video. She ended up naming the bear Chase. Finally they leave.

"Thank you for doing that for me. I love it." Eden says.

"I am glad baby." Chase says.

That was when Eden ran to the trash can and threw up. Chase held her hair back. He also got her ginger Ale.

"Do you want to go home?" Chase asks.

"Nope I'm okay now." Eden says.

They then head to the Africa Rocks where they got to see and play with the penguins.

They head around the zoo seeing more different animals. They saved the best for last where Eden  got to see the polar bears another one of her favorites. It was neat to see them out playing. Eden  took more pictures.    Finally they headed to the gift shop and Eden got a few things. Chase got her a few things as well and they left.

"Thank you Clyde for a much needed fun day." Eden says.

"You are welcome Princes." Chase says.

"Our first official date." Eden says.

"And it's not over yet." Chase says.

They hop in the car and head back towards Los Angeles.    Chase heads to Disneyland and parks.

"Disneyland baby?" Eden asks.

"But of course. Have to take my Princess to the happiest place on earth." Chase replies.

"I love you." Eden says.

"I love you more princess." Chase replies kissing her hand.

He then gets out of the car and gets her door. Eden gets out and they head to Disneyland hand in hand. They head inside and   stop first at Sleeping Beauty's castle and have someone take a picture of them in front.   

They got a few different ones including of one of them kissing.   After that they head to start riding rides.   They  get on Alice and Wonderland, Astro Orbiter, Autopia, Big Thunder Mountain, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Casey Jr. Circus Train, Chip and Dale's tree house, the Disney Gallery, Disney Railroad, The Disneyland Story presenting Great moments with Mr. Lincoln, Donald's Boat, Enchanted Tiki Room, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Frontierland Shootin' Exposition, Gadget's Go Coaster, Goofy's playhouse, Indiana Jones adventure, It's a small world, Jungle Cruise, King Arthur's Carrousel, Mad Tea Party, Main Street Cinema, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Mark Twain Riverboat, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Mickey's house and meet Mickey, Minnie's house, Mr. Toads Wild Ride, Peter Pan's Flight, Pincchio's Darin Journey, Pirates Lair on Tom Sawyers Island, Pirates of the Caribbean, Roger Rabbits Car Toon Spin, Snow Whites Scary adventure, Space Mountain, Star Tours The Adventure continues, Star wars Launch Bay, Star Wars Path of the Jedi, Storybook land canal boats, Tarzan's treehouse, Dumbo the flying elephant, Haunted Mansion, Main street vehicles, Splash Mountain, Davey Crockett's Explorer canoes, and Sailing Ship Colombia.  

"I am hungry." Eden says after they finished riding the rides.

"Me too." Chase  replies.

"Let's  eat and then we can continue on." Eden  says.

"Sounds good.:" Chase  says.

They decide to eat at the Carnation Café.    They both get burgers and fries and milkshakes.    After they eat they head and do a few shows.   They do a Star Wars Character Experience and then they do Jedi Training.   That was fun they then meet fairy friends at Pixie Hallow and meet the Disney princess at Royal Hall. Chase took a few pictures of Eden. He got a her few things. He figured for Halloween she could be a princess and he would be a race car driver.

They  continue on and get on Animation Academy, Fliks Flyers, Francis Ladybug Boggie, Golden Zephyr, Goofy's sky school, Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout, Heimlich's chew chew train, it's tough to be a bug, Jumpin Jellyfish, King Triton's carousel, The Little Mermaid: Ariel's undersea adventure, Luigi's Rollickin Roadsters, Maters Junkyard Jamboree, Monsters Inc. Mike and Sully to the rescue, Princess Dot Puddle Park, Radiator Springs racers, Red car trolley, Silly Symphony Swings, Soarin around the world, Sorcerers workshop, Toy Story Midway Mania, Tuck and Rolls Drive em buggies, Turtle Talk with Crush, The Bakery Tour, California Screamin, Games of the Boardwalk, Grizzly River run, Mickey's Fun Wheel, Redwood Creek Challenge trail, Frozen at Disneyland resort, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Monsters after dark.

They then head and see Ana and Elsa's Royal Welcome, Frozen Live at Hyperion, Meet Olaf, and Meet the Residents of Radiator Springs in Cars land.

Finally, they head back to the car and head to Universal Studios.   They go inside and get on rides.   They ride on Harry Potter and the Forbidden journey, The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter, Flight of the Hippogrif, Fast and the Furious Supercharged, King Kong 360, The Walking Dead attraction, Despicable Me Minion Mayhem, Jurassic Park the ride, Transformers The ride, The Simpson Ride, Revenge of the Mummy Ride, Super Silly Fun Land, Sill Swirly Fun Ride, Special Effects show, Water World, Universal's animal actors, and Charter sightings.

They finish everything they wanted to do at the park before heading back to the car.

They then head back to the car and back to the track. Chase  had something special planned for them. He had it set up and ready to go.

"What's this?" Eden says seeing a table set up for two.

"Dinner for two baby." Chase says.

"Awww Clyde." Eden says kissing him.

Chase kisses back. He then helps her sit down.

He goes and heats up their food. He had made chicken parmigiana and noodles along with a salad. When it was done he sits it in the table and then takes his seat. They each take a piece of chicken and some noodles.   They then add a little bit more sauce to each before sprinkling it with parmesan cheese.   They put some salad in their salad bowls and add the dressing.   Chase pours them each a glass of wine.

Eden takes a bite of the food and then says

"Oh my god it tastes as good as it smells."

"Thanks.   The sauce is my mothers homemade recipe." Chase  says.

"Well it's good." Eden  says.

They eat and enjoy each others company.   Once they finished Eden helped Chase  clean up and put the leftovers away and load the dishwasher.

"The flowers are for you." Chase says to her.

"Thank you Clyde.  Carnations are my favorite flower and pink is my favorite color." Eden  says.

"I know baby." Chase says.

"So wha are we going to watch?" Eden  asks.

"Since  I know how much you love scary movies I have the Conjuring universe movies ready to go." Chase replies.

"Lead the way." Eden says.

Chase lead her to the game room.   They both sit on the couch as Chase turns on the Nun.   The movie starts.    Not even five minutes into it Chase jumps at a scary part.

"Damn." Chase says.

"You really hate scary movies don't you?" Eden asks.

"Yes I do.    But I will watch them because I know you like them." Chase says.

"Well I will keep you safe Clyde." Eden says.

"I know." Chase says as another scary part happens.

They movie went on.   Eden felt him get a little tense and knew he was scared so she leaned in a little closer trying to comfort him.   Chase puts his arm around her pulling her closer to him.  She leaned her head on his shoulder.  

It got to the part where the priest was buried A alive.    Chase started to shake.   That was one of his phobias being trapped someplace not being able to get out.   He was claustrophobic.

"Oh Chase." Eden says leaning in placing a soft kiss on his lips.

She would do anything at that moment to make him feel better.   She never experienced a man so vulnerable.

Chase kisses back putting his hands on each side of her cheeks.  Eden parts her lips slightly.   Chase deepens the kiss exploring her mouth with his tongue.

"Mmm." Chase moans deep in his throat.

"Mmm." Eden moans too.

"God Princess ." Chase says once they both come up for air.

"You are a good kisser Clyde." Eden says.

"So are you Princess." Chase replies.

  She looks deep into his eyes and sees a bunch of emotion swirling in them.

Chase leans in kissing her again pulling her all but into his lap.   His hands roam up the back of her shirt setting her skin on fire. 

"God Clyde take me to bed." Eden moans when he let her up for air again.

"God baby are you sure?" Chase asks.

"God yes." Eden says she wanted him so bad.

Chase picks her up carrying her into his bedroom.   He sits her on her feet closing the door.    Once the door was closed Eden pushes him up against it.

"Eden." Chase moans.

"I want you and I am going to take you." Eden says.

"I want you too." Chade says.

She starts to lift his shirt up placing soft kisses along his chest as she does.

"Fuck." Chase moans.

Once she gets the shirt up and and over his she throws it to the floor.

"You have the most amazing body Clyde." Eden says running her nails lightly down his chest to the band of his jeans.

"Thanks Princess oh god." Chase moans as she pops open the button and pulls the zipper down running her finger up his happy trail.

She works the jeans down his hips kissing his stomach with light fluttery kisses as she does.  Chase just moans.

She then works his boxer briefs down as well freeing his rock hard cock.   Eden licks her lips.  She places soft kisses on his stomach again before running her tongue down his happy trail.   She places soft kisses on each thigh before slowly taking his cock into her mouth.

"Fuck Eden." Chase moans running his fingers through her hair.

She sucks him in nice and slow running her tongue along the underside of his shaft.   She looks up locking eyes with him.   She keeps sucking him in and out of her mouth slowly.

"Fuck Eden that's it suck my dick baby." Chase moans gently pulling her hair as he starts to thrust.

Eden kept going slowly torturing him bringing him to the verge of cumming.

"God baby I am going to cum." Chase moans he didn't know what she wanted.

Eden gently starts to play with his balls never taking her eyes off him.

"Princess oh god." Chase moans as he cums hard down her throat.

Eden swallows every drop before slowly licking him clean.   She then slowly works her way back up his body pulling him in for a kiss.   She explores every inch of his mouth with her tongue letting him taste himself on her lips and tongue.   Chase slowly backs her towards the bed.  He breaks the kiss long enough to pull her shirt over her head tossing it.

"Jesus Eden that bra." Chase moans seeing it.

He pulls one strap down kissing her shoulder as he does.  Then kisses the other as he pulls that strap down.   He sucks and licks the tops of each breast peaking out from the cup.   He pulls the cups down taking one in his mouth running a circle around her nipple with his tongue before sucking on it gently nibbling on it bringing it to a peak.

"Clyde." Eden moans running her fingers in his hair.  

Chase moves to the other breast doing the same thing.   He slowly unclasps the bra pulling it off tossing it aside as well.    He then kisses softly down her stomach to the band of her jeans. 

He uses his teeth to pop open the button lightly nibbling on her belly as he slowly inches them down her hips and legs. Eden steps out of them kicking off her shoes.

"God baby those panties.  God so wet." Chase moans running his mouth over her pussy smelling her juices.

He then slowly works them down over her hips and down her legs.     Eden kicks them off.   He then slowly kisses his way up her legs placing a kiss on each thigh.   He blows cool breath across her mound as she slowly spreads her legs.   He runs his tongue up and down her slit before pushing inside starting to fuck her with his tongue. 

Not long after he started Eden gently pulls his hair pulling him away from her.

"Fuck me Clyde." Eden  says all but begging him.

"God okay baby."  Chase says kissing his way up her body.   He picks her up kissing her letting her taste her on his lips and tongue and gently lays her down on the bed.

"God please Clyde I need you inside me now." Eden moans.

"God baby." Chase moans as he gently pushes inside her.

"God yes." Eden moans as he starts to thrust gently at first.

He wanted to go slow letting her adjust to his size.   She was so tight and wet.

"Jesus Eden you feel so good.  Like a glove." Chase moans.

"God fuck me Clyde hard and fast." Eden moans digging her nails into his back.

Chase moves a little harder and faster.   Eden wraps her legs around his waist letting him go deeper inside her.

"Eden oh god." Chase moans going even harder.

"Clyde god that's it." Eden moans as he stretched her even further.

She throws her head back arching into him.  It felt so good.

"God baby I am not going to last." Chase moans

"Cum baby let me feel it." Eden monas.

"Eden sweet Eden." Chase moans looking deep into her eyes as he cums hard deep inside her.

"Clyde oh god." Eden moans shuttering as her orgasm rushes through her.

She cums with him feeling him coat her insides.   She just moans as her body shutters from the pleasure.

Chase kisses her gently on the lips and then the jaw and neck as they ride it out.   

"God Clyde again  I need you again." Eden moans.

She just wanted to feel that good again and not think about anything.

"Okay Eden but this time it will be nice and slow." Chase says.

"Please." Eden begs.

Chase starts to move again inside her taking it nice and slow.

"Eden god." Chase moans loving being inside her.

"Clyde god." Eden moans as he slowly builds her up.

"So close." Eden moans.

"Cum baby." Chase moans.

"Clyde." Eden moans as she cums.

"That's it baby milk my release." Chase moans as he cums again inside her.

They make love a few more times before Eden's eyelashes started to flutter.   Chase gets up.

"Where are you going?" Eden asks sleepily.

"Shhh baby I will be back." Chase says kissing her softly on the lips.

He goes into the bathroom grabbing a wash cloth wetting it with warm water.   He then comes over and gently wipes her down cleaning her.

He goes and tosses the rag in the hamper and then climbs into bed beside her.   She curls up to him laying her head on his chest.   Chase pulls the blanket up over them kissing her head as they both fall asleep.

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The next morning Eden and Chase woke up when the alarm went off.

"Good morning baby:" Chase says.

"Good morning, oh god." Eden says getting up and running to the bathroom.

She made it just in time to empty her stomach in the toilet. Chase was right behind her. She got her everything up. Chase then picks her up gently and carries her back to bed.

"Sorry baby." Eden says.

"For what?" Chase asks.

"Getting sick." Eden replies.

"It's okay." Chase replies.

"I need to go back. I have to change before I head to practice." Eden replies.

"Yeah I know. I am glad I was able to see you." Chase says.

"Me too I will try and make the race on Sunday." Eden adds.

Chase smiles. He gives her a few shirts from his collection. They then head to the car and head back to Eden's hotel.

"I will see you later princess. I love you." Chase says.

"I will see you later Clyde. I love you too." Eden replies.

They share a few more kisses not wanting to part ways. But finally Eden heads inside and up to her room. She showered and got dressed and then heads down to the bus. Once everyone was on they head to the arena. Eden goes and gets the exam room set up in case they would need it for anything. That was when she felt arms snake around her waist.

"Hey baby, I missed you last night." Sid says.

"Hi Sid. Sorry I was so tired. Still getting used to the time change." Eden replies lying.

She didn't know what he would do if he knew she was with Chase. She was scared of him. It sucked cus she had a contract and had to work with the Penguins until the end of the 2021 season. Even though she wanted to quit.

"I know it can take effect on you but you will get used to it." Sid says.

"I know. Don't you have practice?" Eden asks.

" I do but I wanted to know if you were doing anything after?" Sid asks.

"No I don't. Sunday I am going to the NASCAR race before the game that night. But nothing today." Eden replies.

"Okay maybe I can come to your room, we can order room service and watch movies." Sid says.

"Okay." Eden says.

"Good see you then." Sid replies.

"Is Kris coming too?" Eden asks.

"Nope just me this time." Sid says.

"Okay." Eden replies.

Sid kisses her and leaves to attend practice. Eden grabs a little something from the snack bar and goes and watches practice. Halfway through Kris took a high stick to the face and there was blood.

"I got it." Eden says.

Kris comes down the runway and into the exam room. Eden follows him in. Kris was sitting on the table.

"Damn that hurt like a son of a bitch." Kris says.

"Sorry Kris." Eden says dabbing the blood away with a towel.

"It's okay. Is it bad?" Kris asks.

"Yes going to need stitches but shouldn't keep you out of the game tomorrow." Eden says.

"Good." Kris says.

Eden stitches him up. Kris puts his hand over hers.

"Thank you. Sorry for the other day Eden. Are you okay?" Kris asks.

"Yeah I'm okay. And your welcome it's my job." Eden says.

"I know. Im still thankful for you." Kris says.

"I know. I don't know what's going to happen between us but I promise I won't tell anyone about you and Sid. I just don't think I can do this. It took me to moving away and being away from him to realize how much I love Chase." Eden says.

"I know I can tell. Look if you want out that is fine. I know you won't tell anyone about me and Sid but I don't know if Sid will let you go." Kris says.

"I know." Eden says.

"Did you ever love us?" Kris asks.

"I loved you Kris you never hurt me.   Sid in the other hand." Eden says looking down.

"I'm sorry he hurt you Eden." Kris says lifting her head up.

He leans in and kisses her.    Eden kisses back.

"God." Eden moans as she pulls away.

"Go lock the door." Kris says.

Eden goes and locks the door.     She comes back over and climbs into his lap.

"God." Eden moans as he shreds her panties.

"I like skirts." Kris says.

"God." Eden moans as Kris pushes up into her.

"Ride me pretty girl. You know you want to." Kris says.

"God Kris." Eden moans as she starts to move up and down.

"That's it pretty girl." Kris says grabbing her hips.

They needed to be faster. Kris took control of their movements. Eden bit her arm throwing her head back to keep from screaming out. Kris nips and sucks her neck as they move.

"Eden fuck." Kris calls out as he cums hard deep inside of her.

"Kris. "Eden moans out as she cums with him.

They ride it out and Kris picks her up off of him. He stands up and fixes himself.

Kris then kisses her head before walking out the door. Eden collected herself. She then cleans up the exam room and prepared it from the game tomorrow. She then heads out and gets on the bus.

Once all the boys were on board they all head back to the hotel. Eden goes up to her room. She changes into her new Chase Elliott shirt and a pair of lounge pants. She wasn't feeling the greatest. She was laying down when there was a knock at her door. She gets up and opens it. Sid was there with room service and flowers.

"Come in." Eden says letting him in.

"Thanks." Sid says kissing her cheek.

Eden shuts the door.

"What did you bring?" Eden asks.

"Chicken noodle soup and ginger ale. Because I know you said you weren't feeling good." Sid says.

"I am not." Eden replies.

"I am sorry. Well let's eat and then we can relax and watch something on Netflix or something." Sid says.

Eden nods her head yes. So far it was going okay and she wasn't afraid. This was the Sid she started dating. They ate the soup and Eden nibbled the saltines. She sipped the ginger ale. Finally they laid in bed and Eden turned on Netflix. She turned on Sweet Home Alabama one of her favorite movies. She started to think about Chase. This movie was the story of their lives. Sid started to kiss her. Eden kisses back closing her eyes. As they were making out Sid runs his hands down her body. He runs them down her pants and under wear rubbing her pussy before sticking a finger in.

"Hmm nice and wet for me pretty girl." Sid says.

"Yes." Eden moans. She was pretending it was Chase.

"Want me to fuck you pretty girl?" Sid asks.

"Please." Eden begs.

Sid slides her pants and panties off followed by his jeans and boxer briefs. He then hovers over her running his tip along her entrance.

"Soaking for daddy." Sid moans.

"God don't tease." Eden begs.

Sid pushes into her and starts to move thrusting hard and fast.

"Fuck baby." Sid moans as she moves with him.

She wrapped her legs around his waist letting him go deeper.

"God." Eden moans digging her nails into his back.

She still had her eyes closed pretending it was Chase fucking her.

"That's it pretty girl milk my cock baby get ready to take my cum." Sid moans.

"GOd." Eden moans she was almost there.

"Fuck Eden god." Sid moans as he cums hard pumping her pussy full of his cum.

"Clyde oh god Clyde." Eden calls out as she cums too.

"What the fuck did you just call me?" Sid shouts slapping her.

Eden's eyes flashed open and she realized that by her fantasizing about Chase she called out his name.

"Umm." Eden says.

"Did you call me Clyde? Were you thinking about another man while I was fucking you." Sid screams at her.

Eden was so scared she didn't know what to say.

"Answer me you ungrateful ass whore." Sid screams.

"Yes I am so disgusted by you and how you treat me that in order for me to even attempt to have sex I have to think about Chase so I can get off." Eden screams out pushing him off of her.

She gets up off the bed. She was going to hide in the bathroom or something. She had her cell phone.

"You fucking whore. Don't you ever push me again or I will rip your hair out and choke you with it." Sid yells grabbing her hair pulling her back to him.

"Ow you are hurting me." Eden says.

"You think I fucking care. I hope it hurts. Remeber I am the only guy besides Kris who can cum in your sweet pussy. We are the only ones who can fuck you." Sid says.

"Fuck off Sid. I want out of this. I can't stand you. I fucking hate you. Get out." Eden screams turning around wailing out on him.

"You want to hit me bitch. I am going to show you." Sid says.

He picks her up throwing her back into the mirror glass shattering. He bashes her head against it not caring that it busted her head open. He then throws her down onto the floor throwing the mirror down on top of her covering her in glass.

"I will kill you before I ever let you leave." Sid says.

"Please I need help." Eden cries out.

"Fuck that bleed for all I care. If I can't have you no one will." Sid says as he kicks her hard.

Eden whimpers. Sid then leaves the room door slamming behind him. Eden still had her cell phone. It took everything in her to dial his number.

"Hey Princess." Chase says answering on the first ring.

"Chase help. I am hurt." Eden says.

"Eden? Where are you?" Chase asks panicked.

"Hotel Chase. Hurry." Eden says before she blacked out.

"Hang tight princess. I am coming to get you." Chase says.

You ever love somebody so much

You can barely breathe, when you're with them, you meet

And neither one of you, even know what hit 'em

Got that warm fuzzy feeling, yeah them chills, used to get 'em

Now you're getting fucking sick, of looking at 'em

You swore you've never hit 'em, never do nothing to hurt 'em

Now you're in each other's face,

Spewing venom in your words, when you spit 'em

You push, pull each other's hair, scratch, claw, bit 'em

Throw 'em down, pin 'em, so lost in the moments, when you're in 'em

It's the rage that took over it controls you both

So they say it's best, to go your separate ways

Guess that they don't know ya 'cause today, that was yesterday

Yesterday is over, it's a different day

Sound like broken records, playin' over, but you promised her

Next time you'll show restraint

You don't get another chance

Life is no Nintendo game, but you lied again

Now you get to watch her leave

Out the window, guess that's why they call it window pane

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that's alright, because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that's alright, because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

[staytheb]

Like Oh 2.0 - English Class

Previous Chapter: Group Date Word Count: 4,257 Summary: Jinyoung, Youngjae, and Yugyeom survived the first day of class and they resort to asking their teacher aide for a ride home when their manager doesn’t answer their call when it’s over.

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here is the fourth chapter! another filler to develop the story and the characters. well, that’s what i think and what not. if you’re still around reading, thanks, if not, then it’s understandable. lol anyways, happy reading and kthxbai, Admin Lia~

"Hello everyone! Welcome to Beginner's English 1." Ana excitedly greeted the class in English as the students also responded with 'hello' in English. The younger woman looked about the room with a smile as she spotted Serena returning from the restroom. "Ah, Serena." Ana motioned for the older woman to join her in front of the class as Serena did so as all of the eyes of the students followed her. "I'm Miss Ana, your teacher, but Miss Serena here is my teacher's aide." Ana introduced in English before translating it into Korean as Serena waved silently at the twelve students before speaking again in Korean. "If there is any questions, please do not hesitate to ask either of us for help."

Ana then went on to explained the class and it's procedures while Serena passed out the syllabus to the students. Upon coming up to the idols, Serena just gave them a smile and went on her merry way. She and Ana agreed to treat them like regular people and not to announce their status as to not make it awkward or give any type of special treatment either. When Serena walked away, the three idols then whispered among themselves. "I thought the two teachers would have fangirl or something." Youngjae commented curiously as his eyes followed Serena before looking over at Ana. "They don't seem that old or that young. They seemed about the age range our fans usually are."

"Maybe they're just being professional." Yugyeom stated with a shrug while looking over at the older male. "Unlike you, Youngjae hyung." "Shh." Jinyoung hushed both of his members. "Just pay attention to the teachers." Before the two could remark, Ana began speaking again. "The syllabus is in both Korean and English, but I hope by the end of this course you all will be able to read it back to me in English for extra credit." Ana grinned then read the contents in both English and Korean so that her students could get used to how she would teach the class while Serena prepared the twelve name plates for the students to write their English name on. The older woman already made one for her and Ana.

"Miss Serena will now hand out a name plate for you guys to write your English names. If you don't have one prepare, then we can help you come up with one." Ana announced as Serena passed out the folded piece of paper along with a colored permanent marker to each student. "If you do not have one and would like help in coming up with one, then please raise your hand." A few students raised their armd. "Alright, Miss Serena and I will tend to you in a bit." She then looked at the others while holding up her name plate. "Like this, it says 'Ana' which is me. Miss Serena has one, too, but I'm sure you'll all memorize the both of us in no time." She then set the name plate on her desk next to Serena's.

"For those that do have one, you can go ahead and write it down. Don't worry if you misspell it, we have more paper for you to write it again." Ana smiled while Serena waved a few more of the name plates around. "Yeah, I have extras here if you do mess up and would like to start again." Ana nodded her head before looking at the students. "Alright, I'll give you guys a few minutes to write out your names as Miss Serena and I make our way around to help those with choosing their English names." She stated before she made her way to the table with the idols while Serena tended to the other group who actually had more people that needed help with choosing their English names and she couldn't wait to suggest some as she loved names of all types.

"What's your English name, hyung?" Youngjae asked Jinyoung as Yugyeom answered. "Browny." "I didn't ask you." Youngjae remarked as Yugyeom stuck his tongue out at him. "Yah!" Youngjae let out in a harsh whisper as Jinyoung patted the younger male. "Calm down before the teachers get mad at us." "I won't get mad." Ana commented with a smile as she was near them and spotted Yugyeom's name. "Nice name, but are you sure you want to be call Browny as your English name?" Yugyeom looked up at her a bit confused. "Is it wrong?" Ana shook her head with a soft smile. "No it isn't wrong, but it's not really an English name a person goes by unless it's a nickname, or a usual name for a pet."

"Oh." Yugyeom let out softly as Jinyoung and Youngjae tried to hold in their laughter while the youngest member shot them a look before looking at his teacher again. "If you want to go by Browny, then it's fine. There's nothing wrong with the name." Ana told him with a reassuring smile. "No, it's okay, Miss Ana. I want to change it in to something else. Just let me think. " Yugyeom told her as he thought about it for a few seconds. "Um, is Chris, okay?" Yugyeom asked Ana as she smiled at him with a nod. "Chris is fine." "Thank you, Miss Ana." "You're welcome." Ana smile at Yugyeom before looking over at the other two expectantly. "Are you two doing okay?" She asked them as the other two nodded their heads. "We're fine, Miss Ana."

"That's good to hear. Alright, just call for any help." She informed them before moving on to another student. "Anyways, Youngjae, mine's Justin." Jinyoung answered Youngjae's question from earlier. "As in Justin Timberlake?" Yugyeom asked curiously after writing his English name on the name plate with a green marker. "Yeah. Justin is a nice name. I think it fits me." Yugyeom only let out a few snickers not saying anything with Jinyoung just eyeing his younger group member. "Hmm, if Yugyeom is Chris, and hyung is Justin, then I'll go with Elliot like Elliot Yamin, My favorite singer." Youngjae nodded happily in agreement with himself as he used the blue marker to do so. "It's a nice name."

"It's a stupid name." Yugyeom let out teasingly as Youngjae just shot him a bored look. "You're not funny, maknae." "Unlike you, I'm naturally funny." Yugyeom continued the banter, but Jinyoung broke it up with a firm, yet soft scolding. "Kids, behave." The two younger ones settled down instantly, but not before rolling their eyes and making faces at one another. Jinyoung rolled his eyes as he continued to work on his name plate with a red marker while muttering to himself. "I should have taken another English course on my own instead of with these two." "You could of have just stayed behind at the dorms, hyung." Yugyeom remarked as Jinyoung glared at Yugyeom, but didn't do anything else after that.

Once all twelve students had their English names written down, Ana announced another activity. "Before we start with our actual lesson I have an activity that will help you know your classmates more and see how many English words you know." Ana held up a piece of paper as Serena passed out the same one to the other twelve bodies. "Alright, in each box you have to find someone that relates to it. Whoever fills out the paper first with each box signed in fifteen minutes will get a small reward which is just a chocolate bar." She chuckled before continuing. "The only tough part is that the word is written in English. You will have to figure out what represents that English word to you and how to get your classmate to sign in the box."

Ana looked at her students as all of their focus were on her. "I have already filled out one of the boxes for each of you, here." Ana showed them where it read 'teacher'. "See this word, Teacher. I am your teacher and so why I put my name in this box here." Ana looked at her students again who all seemed interested to begin the activity. "Also, you must have everyone's signature on your paper. So is everybody ready?" Ana looked at them a bit playfully as she knew this would be tough, but hope for all of them to be on good terms with their fellow classmates as Serena sat at an empty desk scanning the sheet of paper and nodding her head at how simple this should be.

"I'm going to win!" Youngjae exclaimed as he looked at one of the boxes so he could put his own name on it. "I want that reward." "I'm way better at English than you, hyung! Mark hyung taught me a lot when we went to L.A." Yugyeom boasted as he, too, scanned the boxes to sign his name in one of them. Jinyoung scoffed at the childishness of his members as he began to fill out majority of the boxes with his own name secretly wanting to beat out the younger ones. Jinyoung had filled out quite a few before he remembered that the teacher said he needed the others' names on it to win the award. "Oh, right. I still have a lot of boxes for the others to put their names in it."

The younger members peered over to look at his sheet. "What, hyung, you're cheating?!" Yugyeom accused him. "No, I'm not. The teacher said at least one name for each box. I'm just filling out the other boxes." Jinyoung explained coolly. "Like 'smile'. I have a great smile." He flashed the younger ones his usual smile. "And 'mother', because I'm the mother of the group for GOT7." "Whaa... Jinyoung hyung is smart." Youngjae let out impressed. "For once." Yugyeom muttered with a snort as he laughed at his own joke. Jinyoung cast a dark look in Yugyeom's direction and before he could say anything, Ana spoke up again. "Two minutes have passed. You have thirteen minutes left. I would like to see you all get moving, please!"

"Hey guys, sign one, please! Anyone you want to sign under." Youngjae panicked as he really wanted to win the activity for the chocolate bar. "No." Yugyeom replied in English before getting up to move about the classroom as Youngjae stared after the younger member in disbelief. "What?" "Here." Jinyoung said as he signed his name in the box under 'brother'. "That should work." "Thanks, hyung! Bye!" Youngjae grinned as he dashed off with Jinyoung shaking his head with a smile. Staring at his own paper before looking up to scan the rest of the classroom, he spotted the teacher's aide all by herself. With a sweet smile plastered on his face, Jinyoung made his way to Serena.

"Uh, hello, Miss Serena." Jinyoung greeted Serena in English as Serena looked up a bit alarmed. "Ah, yes. How may I help you?" She asked seeing the idol standing in front of her. "Could you sign your name in one of the boxes?" He asked switching to Korean as Serena scanned the paper he held out towards her. "Which one would you like me to sign?" "Uh..." Jinyoung trailed off as he turned the paper back to him so that he could look over the words as he had forgotten he had to know the words for the others to sign. "Um, this one." He pointed at 'girl' while showing Serena the paper again. "Girl." He said in English while explaining the meaning in Korean. "Because you're a female."

"That's right. Good job." Serena smiled at him as she took the paper and wrote her name with her own pen and gave the sheet back to Jinyoung. "Have fun." "Thank you." "You're welcome." Jinyoung gave her a smile, but continued to linger by her and the older woman just stared up at him curiously. "Do you need something else, Jinyoung-ssi?" "Uh, do, do you know who I am?" Jinyoung asked upon her saying his name, but realized that she was a teacher's aide and so probably already knew that. "Yes, I do." Serena smiled at him in a teasing sort of way. "You're Park Jinyoung. A student here at Seoul Community College." "Ah." Jinyoung spoke almost a bit disappointed, but masked the expression from Serena from seeing it. "Yes, that's right." He bowed to her before walking off to finish the activity as Serena smiled after him.

The students continued to go about the class to mingle as they were having a fun time until time was up. An older woman by the name of Sora who's English name was 'Shelly', won the bar of chocolate and even got all of the boxes signed. Youngjae was disappointed that he didn't win the chocolate bar and Yugyeom was just happy to have more boxes signed than the other two members. Ana started the class again after announcing the winner of the activity with having the students introducing one another and what box they had put their names under. The teacher then announced a fifteen minutes break after the students have been introduced so that they could stretch their limbs before actually starting on their first lesson. All the students went to go about their things as Ana came up to Serena while speaking English with her.

"Hey, Serena, I need to use the restroom, grab a snack while meeting up with another teacher about schedules or something, and then I'll be back before the fifteen minutes are up." "Okay. No worries." Serena gave her the O.K. sign. "Thanks, Serena. If not, then just tell them I'll be back soon and that they can mingle with each other some more before then." "Okay." "Anyways, thanks. Be back soon." "Welcome and see ya." Ana left as Serena went back to working on her Chinese homework. "Hm, this is a lot harder than I originally had thought, man." She sighed. "Maybe I should message Euncy or Jaycee for some extra help. It's not like it's cheating. Just a different sort of tutoring and studying." She giggled as she pulled out her phone from her bag.

She then noticed the messages from earlier from the group chat with her sister and the twins. "Oh yeah, I totally forgot about them. I need to reply back before I forget again and don't reply at all." She opend it up and read what the girls had sent. "Hmm, a group date. Sounds fun. Hope they get a boyfriend and can leave me alone. Just hope they don't bring anyone over is more like it although they haven't done so thus far. Anyways, who knows." She mused to herself while replying back to them before messaging her two Chinese-speaking friends and sending them pictures of her assignments. "There we go and I hope I can pass this class." She then eyed the three stacks of notebooks for Ana's students before a smile broke out onto her face. "I wonder what they'll write in these." She picked one up curiously.

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"Now that concludes our lesson for today, everyone." Ana announced as she wrapped up their lesson on colors. "I know that we did a lot today, but you have all of these worksheets as your class notes to help you study and practice until the semester ends. Next week we'll review them and start on forming sentences." Ana smiled at them encouragingly. "Anyways, there is one last activity that we'll do at the end of the class every time we meet." Serena passed out the twelve notebooks as Ana began to explain their usage. "You will record your thoughts about today's class in here. You can write in Korean or in English or maybe both if you're feeling like it. You can also draw, scribble, doodle, or whatever. You can make it short or long. Whatever you want to do just as long as you put something in it for today."

"Make sure to write the date for each day you will fill this out. Miss Serena will show you how to write it. So for today you will put," Serena moved to the board and wrote March 1, 2016 in English, "On the paper somewhere. After writing in the date, you will fill out the paper of your thoughts and feelings." Ana smiled at them. "After you're done, Miss Serena and I will collect them and write our own little note inside. Don't worry, it's not for grading or anything. It's just to encourage you." Ana cast them all a warm smile. "It's more of an assessment of the day to day analysis of how you started this class today, and how you progress over time. Think of it as more of a memory type of book." She informed her students. "Alright, just write your English name on the notebook so that I know which one belongs to who."

Ana walked to her desk where Serena was seated as she faced her students. "You have the rest of the class period to write. Once you're finish, just turn the notebook in by putting it on the desk and you're dismissed to go home." She smiled at them as they all nodded their heads in understanding. "Alright, so good luck and remember to have fun." She was about to sit down when she remembered something. "Oh, don't forget to say goodbye to your classmates when you leave." Ana smiled at them again as she sat down and began conversing with Serena leaving the students to their diaries. "So how did you think of today's first teaching lesson." Ana asked the older woman as Serena shrugged. "It's okay, but I didn't really do anything."

Serena put away the rest of her things. "Teaching isn't such a bad career, but it's not for me. I don't think I can do this." Ana laughed doing the same thing. "True, but it's a great experience. I get to travel at least since most countries hire English teachers from abroad and what not." "Yeah, I remember you telling me that. How many more years do you have here before moving on?" "Well, I have less than two years left, but I'll stick around since I really like Seoul a lot and pick up another teaching job somewhere else. Also, I get to attend all of those fan events and get them fan merch while being here. Same with just taking a flight to Japan every three weeks or so helps out, too." "True." Serena agreed as she glanced at the three GOT7 members. "It has it perks being here as a K-Pop fan, but there's much more to the culture itself if you step out of the fandom bit though." "I agree."

Soon enough, one by one, the students began to finish up their thoughts and feelings within the notebook and turned it in to the two teachers. They bid farewell to the rest of the class and the teachers expressing they couldn't wait until next week to learn more. The three GOT7 members waited until the other was done before turning in their notebooks together. It turned out they were the last ones since they got distracted in expressing themselves and asking one another for their opinions and what not as they were curious of what the other would write. "Thank you." Ana and Serena thanked them once they had put their notebooks onto the desk. "Have a good night. Take care." The two bid them farewell with a smile. "Goodbye, Miss Ana and Miss Serena. See you again next week." They bid goodbye in English with their own warm smile as they exited the classroom.

"Okay, do you want to be in charge of the notebooks, Serena?" Ana asked as she stacked up the books and put them all into a brown tote bag. "Since I'll be grading all the other things and worrying about their exams and tests, I think the notebooks won't be so bad for you to manage, yeah?" "Yeah, that's fine. I don't mind since you're practically doing everything else. I can help with the minor stuff." Serena agreed while taking the brown tote. "Do you want me to do anything else?" "Uh, nothing as of right now. But I'll let you know tomorrow or something before next Tuesday." "Okay, cool." "Alright and thank you. I need to get going. I need to catch the subway train to Sinchon before it gets super late. Bye, Serena." "Bye, Ana." The two friends bid one another goodbye as Ana made her way to the subway station while Serena made her way to the parking lot.

Upon coming to the parking lot Serena noticed three familiar-looking males standing around and couldn't help but overhear their conversations with Youngjae currently speaking. "Manager Seunghoon is at the company and he's not answering." "Well, no one else can drive, but Mark hyung, but he doesn't have his Korean driver's license." Jinyoung added while Youngjae grew worried. "We don't have any money for the bus or train fare either. What are we going to do?" "It's okay, Youngjae. I know we'll figure something out since we can get in contact with another staff member." Jinyoung reassured the male as Yugyeom joked. "I guess we'll just walk home and enjoy the scenery all the way there." "I don't want to walk all the way home, hyung. That is so far." Youngjae cried at Jinyoung who glared at Yugyeom while comforting his crying member.

Yugyeom shrugged indifferently as he scanned his surrounding. His eyes lit up as he suggested something upon spotting Serena walking closer and closer to them. "How about we ask Miss Serena for help?" "What?" Youngjae asked calming down from his little episode. "Yeah, I don't think we should bother, Miss Serena, Yugyeom." Jinyoung tried to reason, but Yugyeom disregarded him as he watched Serena getting closer. "Hi Miss Serena." Yugyeom called out to her in English while waving his arm to get her attention. The other two turned to watch as Serena neared them slowly. "Yeah, hi Miss Serena." Youngjae joined the younger male also speaking in English. "Hi." She responded softly before switching to Korean.

"Are you guys alright?" She asked stopping once she got within arm's length of them. Before Jinyoung could say that they were fine, Youngjae beat him to it. "We have no way home." "Oh?" Yugyeom added more before Jinyoung could speak. "Do you think you could drop us off?" "Well y-" Jinyoung interrupted Serena. "Ah, it's okay, Miss Serena. We don't want to impose." Serena just smiled at him. "I don't mind, Jinyoung-ssi. It's not big deal as I live in Cheongdam, too. So it's just on the way there." "Wait, you know who we are?" Youngjae asked curiously as Serena decided to either answer yes that they were idols, or that they were students, but went with the former as they didn't mention their location to her at all for her to mention Cheongdam.

"I do." She smiled at them. "We thought you didn't know who we were." Yugyeom admitted with a sheepish laugh as Jinyoung looked at the older woman a bit closely. Serena noticed his gaze. "Yes, Jinyoung-ssi?" "Um, it's nothing." He dismissed his thoughts although he was curious about their interaction from earlier. "We really don't want to impose, Miss Serena." "It's fine, really. I don't mind taking you guys home as it's on the way for me, too." Serena reassured them before speaking impulsively. "I could take you home at the end of class if you need to, too." "Oh, that would be great." Yugyeom smiled. "It'll save us a lot of trouble." "Yeah, and we can get to practice our English with you, too." Youngjae grinned as Serena smiled. "Yeah, we can do something like that."

She looked at them while pointing towards the parking lot. "Should we get going? It is getting pretty late." "Yeah, let's go." Youngjae agreed happily as Yugyeom exclaimed, "Shotgun", and ran off before the rest with Youngjae in tow. Serena shook her head at the two as Jinyoung stared at her. "How come you didn't say anything about us being idols earlier?" "Huh?" Serena faced him and then shrugged her shoulder while looking away. "Because in the classroom you guys are just students. Being idols is your career and job and you guys already get gawked at enough. So it didn't really matter to me." Serena explained as she looked up at him again. "Besides, you're more than just celebrities and dancing idols that perform onn TV and what not."

Serena walked off after saying that with Jinyoung tilting his head curiously at her retreating figure. He let out a wry laugh as he followed after her and caught up to Serena. "Thank you." He thanked her all of a sudden. "Um, for what exactly?" Serena asked the male although she didn't turn to face him while walking. "For treating us normaly." "You're welcome." Serena looked at him. "I wish a lot of people would do that." "Yeah, well, me too." Jinyoung's lips quirked up slightly and he was about to add something, but the other two interrupted him. "Um, Miss Serena. Which one is your car?" Serena hit the unlock button of her car which lighted up. "That one." The younger males scrambled to the passenger's side of the car as Jinyoung laughed. "Yeah, sorry about them." "It's fine. I'm used to it."

[velasnyx]

Emaziska 007 AU: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead Final Chapter

I walked into the kitchen the next morning. Everyone was there having breakfast. Everyone except Ema. “Where's Ema?”. “She's probably still sleeping,” mom said. I dunno. Something doesn't feel right. I walked toward her room. “Let her sleep, sweetie”. “Don't worry. Just going to check on her,” I said. I knocked on the door. No answer. I opened it a bit. “Ema?”. Nothing. I walked in. “Ema?”. Still no answer. I could see a figure under the covers but I still wasn't convinced. I pulled away the covers. She wasn't in the bed. It was pillows. I fucking knew it! I ran out. “She's not here,” I said. “What?”. “What do you mean she's not here? Where could she possibly be?” Miles asked. “Cheshire”.

I was ready to leave. “Be careful, Fran. Don't let him get the upper hand on you,” Miles said. “Noted”. He hugged me tight. Lena hugged me next. She didn't say much. I left a tug at my pants. I looked down to see Ana. She was supposed to be sleeping. She must have just woken up. I kneeled down. “Aunt Fran, where are you going?” she asked. I kneeled down. I thought about what Ema told me last night. “I have to go away for a while”. “Am I going to be able to see you again soon?” Ana asked. I frowned. “It might be a long time until you can see me again,” I said. If this goes the way I think it will, I hope it will be a long time until she can see me again. She looked sad. “I'll miss you”. I tried not to cry. “I'll miss you too, Ana”. She wrapped her arms around my neck in a tight embrace. She pulled away and went over to Lena. My mother tried not to show how much this was killing her inside. “I'll bring Ema back,” I said. She shook her head. “You don't have to sugar coat this for me”. I frowned. I was never afraid to die. I knew how dangerous my job was. But this… this makes it so much harder. I hugged her. “I love you,” mom said. “I love you too”.

I stopped the car and watched the house on the side of the mountain. I felt someone grab me. I tried to fight back but they pinned me to the wall. It was Franziska. She was not happy. “What the fuck are you doing here? Are you insane?” she hissed. I pushed her off. “I'm not repeating myself. You know why I'm here”. She groaned in annoyance. “I'll stay at a distance. I have my rifle set up. I'll keep watch. If this goes south, I'll help you in any way I can,” I said. She pondered the idea for a moment. “Fine. But help me only as a last resort. We can't let him know you're here,” she said. I nodded. “Take this earpiece,” I said. “He'll see it”. I shook my head. “Latest tech from our new quartermaster”. I placed mine in my ear and activated it, causing it to camouflage to my ear. “Voila”. She seemed impressed. I gave it her and she placed it in her ear. “Hello, 007,” Lana said over the comms. “Hello, L”. “You know what to do. If need be, call for backup. Ema will be watching your back,” she said. “Right”. “Good luck, you two,” Lana said. We'll need it.

I walked up to the door. I took a deep breath and walked in.  The house was exactly how we left it. I could smell a strong scent of gasoline. I never thought I'd be back here. I wanted to keep it that way. “Right on time, Franziska”. He was coming down the stairs. I glared at him. “What? No hug? We don't get a loving reunion?” he asked. He has the nerve. “I suppose you're wondering why. Why all the destruction? Why try to kill your mother? Why try to kill Lana's sister? Why come back after all these years?”. “Life was just fine with you dead,” I sneered. He grimaced. “So much work. So much blood, sweat, and tears I put into working for MI6 and they left me for dead. Us 00s, we're their pawns. They'll use us up and once they're done with us, they send us on a Goddamn suicide mission!” my father exclaimed. “I didn't come here to listen to you vent, old man,” I said. He laughed. “I know what you came for. And if you think I'll go down easy, you're a fool. I'm not going to hell alone”. “I could say the same to you,” I said. He pulled out a gun and fired. I dodged and got to cover. I pulled out my pistol.

I heard gunfire come from the house. I watched carefully through the sniper scope. The flash of rapid gunfire could be seen through the windows. He must've been using an automatic rifle. She only had a pistol. She said she remembers where he kept guns throughout the house but I can't help but feel she's still at a disadvantage. “008, what's going on so far?” Lana asked. “They're exchanging gunfire. I don't believe neither of them are wounded yet,” I replied. “Stay sharp, Ema. Make sure you come back alive,” she said. That wasn't L talking. It was rare but sometimes Lana could put aside the business part of this and be my sister. I could only imagine what's going through her head right now. Losing mom and dad was enough. I don't think she could handle losing me too.

I moved through the house avoiding the gunfire. My only shot at getting a hit on him is when he runs out of ammo. That's when I can strike. I heard the click of his gun and moved in. I aimed my gun and shot at him. He ducked behind cover. I ran at him and tackled him when he moved. I punched him but he was able to quickly recover and kick me away. I heard the lighting of a match. He dropped it to the ground and the flames started to engulf the house. I took out my knife and swung it at him. He dodged it. I aimed my gun and shot at him again. A bullet hit his shoulder. He let out a pained yell. He took a shotgun from under the floorboards and aimed at me. I escaped into another room. The shot blasted through the door frame. “You're a good shot. Looks like I didn't waste my time with you after all,” he said. I opened the secret compartment in the clock for the hunting rifle. I grabbed the ammo box and stuffed it in my pocket. “All this time I thought Miles would have been the one to take my place. You spent so much of your childhood being a disappointment. He had no trouble becoming the perfect future 00,” he said. I tried to ignore him. Everything he says is just another way to throw me off guard. I'm not falling for it. I'm not giving in.

The house was engulfed in flames. “Franziska, are you alright?” I asked, worried. “I'm fine. Don't move from there, alright?”  she said. I was uneasy about this. Something was telling me to go to her. But another part of me said not to. I can't risk messing this up. If something goes wrong, she'll die. I can't risk that. “Alright,” I answered. The gunfire continued. Then there was silence. I watched carefully, trying to spot them. I saw them crash through the window on the second floor. Manfred had tackled her into the window. They laid on the ground, struggling to recover from the impact. Manfred got to his feet first. He held a knife in his hand and was about to bring it down on her. “Franziska, I've got a shot,” I said. “Don't!” she said. She rolled over to avoid the attack. The knife plunged into the ground and she kicked him in the face.

My father fell to the ground, covering his face. I swing my leg at him. He grabbed it and pinned me to the ground. He took the knife and plunged it toward me. I pushed his arm away, causing the knife to stab my leg. I groaned in pain. I kicked him back. I grabbed the knife and yanked it out of my leg. I looked around for him. He was staggering to the cliff that overlooked the ocean. I went after him. “He's heading toward the cliff. Get in position,” I told Ema.

He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking at me. “You should've been better. You should've been like him. You never appreciated what I did for you,” he said. “You never appreciated me! I always tried to make you proud. All you did was overlook me. I was nothing to you,” I shot back. Everything from back then, all the anger, the abandonment, the sadness. It's all coming out now. I'll use it to take him down, once and for all.

They fought at the cliff. “What's happening?” L asked. “They're fighting at the cliff,” I answered. “Do you have a clear shot?”. “Negative. I could hit 007,” I said. Franziska had him in a chokehold. She must have tired him out.

This was it. I had the upper hand. “Do it. Just remember what I said. They'll get rid of you once you're all used up,” he said. “I don't need to listen to you. After all, you're just an old fool,” I said. I snapped his neck.

“Take the bloody shot!” Lana said. I pulled the trigger without thinking. It pierced through Manfred and hit Franziska. I watched in horror as they both fell from the cliff. I felt my stomach drop. “008. 008 come in,” Lana asked. “Agent down,” I said. “What?”. “Agent fucking down!” I exclaimed. Fuck! What have I done? What have I fucking done!? I'm supposed to make sure she comes back alive. How the fuck am I supposed to go back to her family now? I've fucking killed her. God dammit!

“Ema. Ema it's not your fault,” Lana said. “No, it's not. It's yours. You shouldn't have said anything. I should've made my own judgement for that shot,” I said. “We needed to make sure he was taken care of”. “007 had him in a fucking chokehold. She was going to fucking kill him!” I exclaimed. I should've never pulled that trigger. I knew she had him. I knew it was over. “She gave her life to protect England from a terrorist. It was not in vain,” Lana said. “Are you fucking serious?! Is that what you're going to tell her family? You think her family gives a shit whether or not it was in vain? She's fucking dead. They'll never see her again. Her mother has to bury her. How can you not be bothered by that?” I said. “I've seen death my entire life. I've had agents die. I've felt the pain. This is no different”. I looked at her, shocked by her words. My blood was boiling. How could she say something like that? “You wouldn't be saying that if it were me,” I said. “Ema, don't”. “No! You know I'm right. If it were me that died, you'd be raising hell”. She glared at me. “Fine, then. I'm sure her family will be just fine. They can get a flag to replace their dearly beloved family member. What an honor,” I said. “Put the blame on me all you want. Just remember you're the one who pulled the trigger,” Lana said. I stormed out.

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I know what you're thinking. How dare I do this? But get this:

There's a sequel.

And...

I've already started writing it.

And...

It's filled with angst.

[sombrasdatabase]

All's Fair in Love and War (Chapter 1)

Content/TW: Overwatch, Gangster AU, Pharah, Sombra, McCree, Domestic Abuse, Violence, Character Death.

The car slowed to a crawl as it turned down the dead end street just as the rain started to pick up. Houses were boarded up and broken down on either side of the pot hole ridden road. The driver's side window rolled down as the car parked outside a rundown looking house that was really no different from the others aside from the shouting coming from inside its walls. The red glow of a cherry lit up the woman's face as she pulled another drag from her cigarette. It was a nasty habit. She reached into the glove box and pulled her gun out, checking to make sure it was still loaded before she opened the door and stepped out of her car. She flicked the cigarette into the middle of the road before slipping her gun into the waistband of her jeans and pulling her jacket over it.

She made her way over the cracked sidewalk and up the walkway to the door. The street was relatively quiet except for the sounds of cars passing by in the distance, the pitter-patter of the rain, and the yelling of a man she once considered a friend until he'd started to short her on money for the product she'd given him to deal. She was trying to get her foot in the door here in Mexico, and he seemed like the kind of person she could trust given their history. She leaned her head against the door listening hard to what was going on inside. Whatever was going on in there certainly didn't sound like anything good.

Fareeha took a couple steps back before kicking the door in. There was a pause in the banging as they sound of the front door slamming back against the wall seemed to catch their attention. She walked in and slowly looked around. There was a trail of green glass shards leading out of the kitchen towards the steps with drops of crimson staining the steps. She reached for her gun before carefully making her way up the stairs. Judging by the hat and the poncho sitting on the back of the couch and the dirt crusted boots laying on the floor Jesse had to be home.

Her eyes followed the trail until she reached a broken door that was barely hanging on its hinges after someone had kicked it in. She glanced up when she heard a gruff grunt.

"Howdy kiddo." Jesse grinned running his fingers through his blood caked hair before holding his hands out in surrender when he noticed her gun. "You caught me at a bad time."

"What's going on Jesse? The house looks like a wreck." Fareeha questioned as she lowered her weapon.

"Oh don't worry about all that." He said with a shrug as he started to walk towards her. "Why don't you tell me why you're here? Aren't you supposed to be in Egypt with your mother?"

"I'm here on business. You still haven't coughed up the money yet." She stated watching him closely. He seemed a little under the influence, or maybe it was just the gash on his hairline making him act this way.

"Oh right. Well sorry to say kiddo, but I don't have it. The feds got a hold of it while my boys were out selling it." Her eyes narrowed at him when he called her by that nickname again. Too many people still saw her as nothing more than Ana Amari's daughter even now that she was running the family business.

"I'm not a kid anymore Jesse. I'm your boss, and you need to hand over the money or the product. You and I both know you wouldn't be pulling this shit if my mother was standing here."

"Relax Reeha-" He started, but a soft whimper caught their attention and her gaze shifted to the bathroom door he'd clearly been banging on judging by the bloody prints on the white wood before she'd interrupted him.

"Who's there?" Fareeha called out. She didn't need any of Jesse's one night stands overhearing their business. 

“It’s no one. Let’s go.” Jesse said taking Fareeha by arm starting to pull her out of the room, but she stood her ground as the bathroom door creaked open slowly. Her almond gaze fell on a the form of a short woman who was holding onto the door for support. There was a pool of blood smeared at her feet as she stared back at her with eyes that were practically begging her for help.

The sight shocked Fareeha to say the least. She never imagined that Jesse was the kind of man to get violent with his women, but the angered look that crossed his face when he saw the young woman was all the convincing she needed. She shrugged him off before making her way over to the bathroom door. It looked like she was getting more than she bargained for by coming here tonight, but she was a sucker for women in need. When McCree stepped to follow she held up her gun in his direction once more.

"Don't move Jesse." She ordered before turning her gaze back to the girl. "Did he do this to you?"

She nodded quickly. She seemed scared, and Fareeha didn't like how frail she looked. Whatever was going on it had clearly been going on for a while.

"You lying little bitch! You attacked me!" McCree bit out from where he stood by the door. Fareeha turned to shoot him a glare that instantly shut him up.

"Do you want to leave him? I can take you with me." She told her. She wanted to help her. Even if she had taken over her mother's empire, she still had a sense of justice instilled in her. She never hurt women or children when it came down to taking care of business.

"Si. I would like to leave." The smaller woman said. Her voice was hoarse from crying, but Fareeha could see the fire burning in her violet eyes.

"Then you'll come with me tonight until we can figure something out for you." Fareeha assured her before holding out her hand for her to take. “You’re not taking her anywhere Fareeha. She belongs to me. I bought her off her pimp.” McCree argued, taking another step towards them. “Then she will be my compensation for the drugs that you haven’t paid me back for. Unless of course you’d rather I take your life Jesse.” “You wouldn’t kill me. We have history. I’m practically family.” “You know my mother wouldn’t stand for this incompetence. She might not be here to deal with you herself, but I am and if you don’t step aside and let me take the girl I will do what I came here to do in the first place.” Fareeha stated with a glare. She needed men to respect her like they did her mother, and if she gave McCree any slack she knew he would take it a mile. “Now move.” The smaller woman was practically clinging to her free arm as they made their way past McCree. Fareeha could feel the trembles through the hold she had on her. She would have picked her up given the state of her feet, but she needed to keep McCree at bay with the threat of her gun.  Just as they were about to turn the corner of the door she felt the pressure on her arm disappear as Jesse yanked the woman back into the room. He was on her like a rabid dog, his hands tight around her throat. It was a split second decision before the sound of gunfire filled the room, and the woman’s eyes were wide with horror as she was covered in his blood when his body went limp on top of her. Fareeha pushed his body off of her before kneeling down to pick her up. She was light as a feather in her arms as she carried her down the blood stained stairs and out to her car. She handed her a blanket from her trunk after getting her settled into the back seat. She would have to get the interior detailed to get the blood from her clothes off the seat. “Before we go is there anything you need from the house?” “ Arturito. He’s on the bed.” She said softly. She seemed to be in a state of shock after what she’d experienced and Fareeha couldn’t really blame her. “I’ll be right back. Don’t move.” She told her before walking back up to the house while pulling her phone out to have her men clean up the mess, and dispose of McCree’s body. Her mother would be furious with her if she knew how much of a messy job she’d done tonight, but there were more pressing concerns. She shook her head as she stepped over McCree’s body. It was a shame she’d had to resort to killing him, but what other option did she have. He was more of a violent drunk than she’d expected and it wouldn’t surprise her if he’d been the one shooting up the drugs she’d given him to sell.  She lifted the pillows before finding a teddy bear stuffed beneath them. It looked old and worn. There were small stitches along the seams where someone had clearly repaired it over the years. She pocketed her phone before taking the bear back out to the car. She was a bit surprised to see that the woman hadn’t ran off at the first chance she had, but she was relieved to say the least. That woman didn’t look like she could survive a night on the streets. She handed her the bear before walking around the car and getting into the driver’s seat just as her men pulled up behind them to clean up the mess she’d made.  “Let’s get you home. I’ll have the cooks whip up something to eat for you and the maids will run you a bath.” Fareeha told her before starting up the car and driving off.

[apicturewithasmile]

LOST rewatch (season 6)

[follow the entire rewatch-tag here]

episode 1 & 2 – LA X:

Desmond looking good as always

I don’t like the “the island is underwater” sequence. Such an obvious red herring.

“Why didn’t he fight back? Why did he let me just kill him?”

“I’m sorry you had to see me like that.”

“We can go Dutch.”

Still not a fan of the Indiana Jones hippie temple

“I don’t like the way English tastes on my tongue.”

“You’re the monster.” – “Let’s not resort to name calling.”

STOP TALKING ABOUT MY BABY JOHN LIKE THAT!

episode 3 – What Kate Does:

GET CREEPY ETHAN OUT OF THERE!

It’s Claire Rousseau

episode 4 – The Substitute:

Okay this is when the real feels begin!

Helen, I love you!

I’d give a lot to be able to talk to Terry O’Quinn while he’s taking a bath tbh…

I feel for Richard

There it is… the weirdest damn funeral Frank Lapidus has ever been to

“John Locke was a believer, he was a man of faith, he was a much better man than I will ever be and I’m very sorry I murdered him.”

I cannot believe James just walked down this ladder of death

JOHN’S ABOUT TO MEET DR. LINUS!!!

“Tea? Now there’s a gentleman’s drink.”

episode 5 – Lighthouse:

Oh course…. Sideways Jack has a son, totally forgot that

I kinda… don’t give a frick about Jack and his son tbh – not that that’s a surprise

“That’s not John, this is my friend.”

episode 6 – Sundown:

Sideways Sayid looks sweet and cute whereas island Sayid just looks hot as fucking hell

Fucking Martin Keamy

Ben’s fucking terrified of Sayid

episode 7 – Dr. Linus:

Oh my God, it’s happening!

Dr. Linus is a beautiful human being

“It’s Dr. Linus, actually.”

“Taking care of the kids, that’s what’s important!”

I AM HERE FOR THE HIGHSCHOOL AU!!!

I love that sideways Ben can only fix up a microwave meal whereas island Ben cooks that mean ham

HIS GLASSES ARE SO SWEET, they make him look so kind and… not dangerous at all

Alex <3

A rare genuine smile from Benjamin friggin Linus!!!!

“Linus, you’re a real killer.”

Fuckin Smokey, stop using my children for your sick game!

Here’s comes the most emotional speech that’s ever happened on the entire show

“I watched my daughter Alex die in front of me and it was my fault. I had a chance to save her but I chose the island – over her. All in the name of Jacob. I sacrificed everything for him and he didn’t even care.”

“I don’t expect you to forgive me because I can never forgive myself.”

Ben offering his help to Sun and Sun accepting it – HELP!!!

episode 8 – Recon:

The shirt Sawyer’s wearing looks like Richard’s shirt

I feel like Josh Holloway is less buff now than he was at the beginning of the show and I absolutely dig it!

“puppy dog eyes and a sad sunflower”

episode 9 – Ab Aeterno:

Fun story: the first time I watched Ab Aeterno was on Netflix and for some reason the subtitles didn’t work so throughout the entire episode I thought we weren’t supposed to understand the stuff that’s in Spanish

Ilana: So, Richard, what do we do next? – Richard: lol

His backstory is so tragic I’m gonna cry

Anyway, I know I say this about a lot of guys on LOST but… objectively speaking Nestor Carbonell is the most beautiful man on the whole show

I wonder if they’ve always planned for Richard to have come on the Black Rock

“It’s good to see you out of these chains.”

Titus Welliver has similar facial expressions to Terry O’Quinn which makes him perfect for playing the og Smokey

episode 10 – The Package:

Sun, my lovely wife

What is it with her and bumping her head against trees?

BEN FINDS HER!!!! I need Ben and Sun to be friends!!!!

I am so here for a Sun and Ben friendship. Give it to me now!!

I just remembered that Ben will kill Widmore and now I cannot wait!!!

Have I ever noticed that this is actual Mikhail Bakunin in the sideways?!?!

episode 11 – Happily Ever After:

Des, my bebe!!!

Of course Desmond is Charles Widmore’s protégé in the sideways

I love how Desmond’s sideways mission is to reunite everyone with the love of their lives

episode 12 – Everybody Loves Hugo:

Oh, Michael, of course, totally forgot about that

LIBBY MY DARLING!

Bye bye Ilana

Ben’s loyalty to Richard kills me

Dr. Linus protecting John Locke <3

episode 13 – The Last Recruit:

“John Locke was the only one of us who believed in this place.”

Ben going to the hospital with John <3

Season 6 Jack is really attractive

Wait… where’s Ben??

Jack really leaving Claire behind?!?!

Sun and Jin are reunited <3

episode 14 – The Candidate:

Honestly tho… Jack looks 10 times better and it’s all just because of that slight change of his hair style

I feel like I don’t have that much to say about season 6 because nothing really happens, like.. the island plot can pretty much be summed up in one sentence and the sideways are just fluff. I like the fluff but… well… to put it simple: there ain’t enough Ben fluff so I’m not that interested tbh

episode 15 – Across The Sea:

You know… it gets really hard to sympathise with Jacob after this episode. Not that I ever sympathised with him but… he just seems like the annoying dudebro in your modern literature seminar that just won’t shut the fuck up

“One day you can make up your own game and then everyone else will have to follow your rules.”

Mother: I made it so you can never hurt each other. – Jacob: *kills his brother*

Mother and Jacob pretending to love Smokey yet they never even bothered to give him a fucking name?!??!

episode 16 – What They Died For:

Ben hasn’t been on screen for three fucking episodes, where’s my murder cactus???

There’s Ben my bebe! Protecting his island husband!

And there’s Cusick’s miss-calculated punch that landed straight in Emerson’s pretty face

I cannot believe Ben remembers because Desmond is punching him

I kinda want more story surrounding Richard, Miles and Ben

Dr. Linus in the nurse’s office and John being soooo impressed

“Why would somebody hurt you? You’re like the nicest guy ever.”

DANIELLE!!!

I ship sideways Ben and Danielle very very much!!!

“You’re the closest thing to a father she’s ever had.” KILL ME!!!

Ben killing Widmore HELL YES!!!!

“He doesn’t get to save his daughter.”

ANA LUCIA!

episode 17 – The End:

Was Widmore the last person Ben kills? I can’t remember but I hope it is.

“Christian Shephard? Seriously?”

“This would be so sweet if we weren’t all about to die.”

JULIET!

“In case you haven’t noticed – I’m a pilot.”

SHANNON!!! I’ve missed you so much!

“You’re not John Locke. You disrespect his memory by wearing his face.”

Ben saving Hugo from the tree <3

YES KATE!!! “I saved you a bullet.”

The moment when John remembers hits me with very intense #feels

“If the island’s going down I’m going down with it.”

They cannot just mirror a shot of Michael Emerson and expect no one will notice

“I don’t believe in a lot of things but I do believe in duct tape.”

Sawyer and Juliet <3

“Ricky boy”

I always wonder if Jack turns into the new Smokey…. But like… a friendly Smokey.

NOT THE BEN IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH SCENE!!!

“Hello Benjamin.” FUUUUUUCK!

“I’m very sorry for what I did to you, John.”

“Well, if it helps, Ben, I forgive you.”

HURLEY ASKING BEN FOR HELP!!!

“Everybody dies sometime, kiddo.”

Christian LITERALLY says that everything that’s ever happened was real and somehow people still think they were dead the whole time????

Okay the final scene is so awesome tho

The fact that Vincent isn’t in the church can only mean that he is immortal

epilogue – The New Man In Charge:

YAAAASSSS!!!

This is how all of season 6 should have been like!

BEN LOOKS SO FUCKING HOT!!!!

The fact they transferred all the Dharma videos to DVD fills me with joy

“I’m genuinely sorry about that but what’s done is done. I can’t change the past. I can only take responsibility for it.”

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! give me season 7 all about how Hurley, Ben and Walt run the island!!!!

[luzintheattic]

The Story of Ana and Ruben

It was Yom Kippur 1963. I was studying at la facultad de psicología and I had this friend, Irene Costa, who knew a place where we could do some testing practice, this town outside of Buenos Aires, called Tropezon, meaning tripping. So we went there and you know I was introduced to this young Doctor who worked there.

 It was called the blue cross of Tropezon. La cruza azul de Tropezon.

 Yes, right, how long had you been there?

 I was there about 3 months, working and us six guys had rented the place.

 Oh you rented it, you didn’t buy it.

 No, no we rented. We didn’t buy it, yes. And it was a clinic. It had dentists physicians, every day a different guy was on call. So my day was on a Saturday.

 Sit up straight.

 So, ehh, that day Ana came and she was, eh, a cute girl, but I had a pretty serious relationship with another lady for many, many years, so I was not ready to, I ended that relationship about two months prior, that relationship lasted about 4 or 5 years, long, long time, so ehm, so she came, and she introduced herself and eh, we started talking, what did she do, what did I do.

 And you thought I was attractive?

 Yes, but I had to make a house call. At that time from the clinic we made house calls. So I asked her if she wanted to come with me

 I think your speeding up the story Rueben

 Maybe that day was not Yom Kippur.

 La primera dia?

 I don’t remember. You tell it.

 Well I thought it was, but it doesn’t matter. Well there was this young doctor.

 Handsome?

 He was good looking, he was handsome to me, churro como dijeron en la Argentina. And ehm, pleasant, simpatico. So I like him. You know, he looked like Gregory Peck. And soon after that I developed this little crush on him. And I would be there once a week every Saturday, right, and I would ehm do testing, people they would make appointments, and I would do testing for poor people, they served me as subjects and then uh around noontime we would all get together, the different people, the staff that worked there and it was pleasant right? It was really nice. And eh you know as I had this crush I thought that maybe, maybe he also found me cute and that maybe I was expecting him to ask me to go on a date with him.We would talk, we would talk. Yeah and eh and it was I guess good vibes that’s it. But, um, he didn’t. So one week pass by, about five weeks pass by and nothing happened. So this last time I was there, it was on November 9th and I thought it would be the day, you know it was my last chance to make an impression and you know, this was a very nice place, so I brought flowers, I had gone to the beauty parlor. I lived in an apartment building that my father had built and there was a beauty parlor there so it wasn’t like I had to go and you know. At one point it was raining so he invite me to go see some patients that he would see

 I had to make house calls. We walked because it was a few blocks away.

 I saw he was very nice with the patients. I liked that about him. And then we came back. He was very nice. We had this umbrella, it was big but not that big, so we huddled together very close, and he held my shoulder. And then we went back to the clinic and maybe we had lunch and then perhaps I was hopeful that he would invite me to I don’t know to go someplace

 A date

 But I didn’t know about his history at that point. About how he wanted to come to United States, I didn’t know that he had a girlfriend for 5 years, I had no idea. But so we went back and at one point I was somewhere and I hear him talking to someone on the phone and he’s saying “Ok, so tonight we are all ready, we have it all planned, and we are going to Mar del Plata

 It’s a resort

 “We are going to a resort, we are going to meet some chicas there and whatever” So thought to myself: this is the end of my illusion. And that’s it. What happened with you Ruben?

 Well because I had broken up a long relationship with another girl. For five years, you know. So I was planning to come to United States.

 You were planning to come to United States with her right?

 Yes, this was November 9, on October 15, I think, I took the exam, the ECFMG, Education Certification for Foreign Medical Graduate in Buenos Aires and I was waiting for the results to come to the United States. To offer me a contract. But I didn’t know the results. In the meantime I went out with her to see the patients and she went back home.

 And I was very upset and I decided not to go to the clinic ever again, totally extricate him from my heart. And that’s it, no more. So I called the clinic and I spoke to him and I said “I would like you to erase my name from the schedule. From now on I am not going to come on Saturdays, it doesn’t work for me anymore, so I will go on Tuesdays” When I knew he wouldn’t be there. And then he said “Does that mean that I will not see you again?” and I said “Well if you ever want to see me you have my phone number” And that was it. You know, I was upset, I was hurt, I was miserable, I hated him with a passion.

 But you know, she was smart. You know, she threw the bait and I bit it. A couple hours later I called her.

 I don’t know, maybe he realized he was interested.

 And then I called her and said “So tell me, what are you doing tonight. You know because I am finishing my shift, at I don’t know, 8 o’clock or something like that” and she said “No, I have a birthday party” and I said “Well maybe don’t go to the party, so we can go out” and she said “Well, not yet, I have to make a phone call” and then she called later and said “I am free we can go out”. So I arranged to meet her at the corner of her house. Boyaca Paez.

 Yes, he made it easy, because the clinic was in Tropezon, which was in the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

 I had to take a train and a bus. I went straight. I had clothes, a shirt, a tie. At that time, the doctor dressed, with a shirt and a tie and a jacket. Very formal. I was there at around 10 o’clock, 10:15, 10:30, but she doesn’t show up. And the plans were for 10. I didn’t know what happened. I waited a little longer, and thought if she doesn’t show up, I’ll go home.

 And your home was not that close either.

 All of a sudden she comes walking, close to 11. So we went to this place called “Chez Moi”, my home, my little home, mi casita, a nightclub, but very small, just for couples and dancing. They played boleros and ehm american jazz, like Frank Sinatra and you know, you start late.

 Yeah, there, it was very common to come home at like 3,4,5 o’clock in the morning. In those days, here they didn’t.

 We walked back to her place, quite a bit, at like 2, 3 o’clock.

 My parents were in bed but awake, you know expecting my return. They always did, they always did, they always did. La nena. Mi papa, me acuerdo que me pregunto en ídisch como en inglés sería “So, how did it go” but in ídisch it was “Nu, como es?”. I showed him the picture, he had given me a picture on the first date, and I remember, either my mother or my father saying “Tiene una cara de bueno, que de bueno que tiene parece Juan 23 el papa” And from then on we saw each other.

 Almost every day. But I was waiting for the results of my test. The test came back that I passed.

 That was a big deal.

 Yes, so I had this cousin, Johnny, who came to the United States and also I was a resident in surgery in Buenos Aires in a big hospital called Ramos Mejía and the instructor was this guy of the name Terz, T, E, R, Z, cancer surgeon and he just came back from the United States and he said “You guys, you should try to go there, because the training is very, very intense.” The idea was to go, get the good training and return to Buenos Aires. It wasn’t so easy to be a jew and a doctor in Argentina in those times. Once, I was applying for a residency, and there was the first professor, and he asked me what do you want to do and I said to be a surgeon and he asked me where was I practicing, and at the time I was practicing at the jewish hospital in Buenos Aires, I said that I was on call one day a week. He then said that there were not too many vacancies and that I should try applying to the jewish hospital because I was jewish. You know if you were jewish, they tried to keep you in your place. And you know when I was in the military service, at the age of 20 all the men had to serve for one year in the military in Buenos Aires, it was mandatory, and I was assistant to the lieutenant, and the lieutenant was nice guy to me, but you have to go through basic training, and there was a sergeant, a really bad guy, he would kick me and hit me. “judío de mierda” me decía

 A vos? En serio?

 Si. So one day I told the lieutenant what happened. The next day the other guy was in jail. For seven days, they put him in the calabozo for abusing a soldier. After that he didn’t even talk to me.

 Yo no sabia eso. Nunca me contaste eso.

 Y bueno. Fuera antes de conocerte.

 Bueno en todo caso, cuando recibió la noticia, de qué pasó el test me cayó, como dicen en Argentina, como un balde de agua fría, mal. Never in my wildest dream had I thought of moving to the United States.

 Because she belonged to the lefty parties.

 No I didn’t. I didn’t. By then I didn’t. But I had this image, I guess part of a stereotype, of these men in, how do you call it, las musculosas?

 Wifebeaters

 Ok that they would be in those shirts, and they would have their beer and they would be in front of the tv. Like Marlon Brando in a Streetcar Named Desire. Or on the Waterfront. I have to be honest, young people in those days in Argentina, they didn’t have the best opinion of the United States or the CIA. But he would say, he promised that it was only for five years, only for five years, only for five years. That was the plan.

 No I would come here for one year, while she finished her career

 Right the original idea that Ruben had was that he would accept that residence for one year

 At Elmhurst

 No it was in Washington

 The original was in Washington but then I changed because of Leo. He was Ana’s mom’s first cousin. And he lived in New York. He had come there before the war, in the 1920s.

 But Ruben you’re moving a little too fast.

 Yes, so the first one was inWashington D.C.. The hospital was called the Washington Hospital Center were Reagan was taken when he was shot

 So he told me about this plan and he said that he wanted to go to the United States, go for a year and then come back and get me and when I finished with my degree because I was not yet finished with my degree and we would then come together. But the idea of him going by himself for a year, and for us not to see each other, it was 10,000 miles away, and we were only going out for four months something like that, I thought it was very risky to do that so that was the second time I did something pretty bold, I said “Listen if you want to go, you go but, ehm, then I don’t know what’s going to happen with us, I cannot promise anything, in a year people really can change, you could change, I could change, so you decide, but I cannot promise that I will wait for you.”

 So I postponed the trip. And one year later we got married.

 No, it was eleven months after we met.

 You’re right Ana, it was eleven months

[sibillascribbles08]

Distance

There was a post once with the hc of Jack having a tooth gap before the promotion and have I mentioned that I love it?

But then I started thinking about how Gabe would react when he suddenly lost it. So have this drabble. 

Gabriel exhaled as he stepped off the ship, taking in the view of the new HQ. He hardly recognized it, if he was honest. The size of it had doubled. The trees and flowers outside made it feel more like a resort and less military. In fact he’d almost swore a few of these people were touring the place rather than working there.

The most glaring difference, however, had to be the statue.

Gabriel walked around to get a closer look before heading in. He frowned, a whole slew of feelings rolling around in his head. His first reaction was why? Sure Jack was the new Strike Commander, but it seemed odd to give someone a statue for that. The more likely reason was some bullshit about heroic symbols.

Funny, as far as he remembered Jack didn’t end the Omnic Crisis.

Gabriel growled and shook his head. This was the whole reason he went on leave for a month, to clear his head of all this toxic crap. Jack didn’t make the call and there was no changing their minds now. Gabriel could only accept it and keep fighting.

His second response, as he studied it closer, was that it didn’t look like Jack at all. Maybe he just knew the man too well, but that stoic face didn’t suit him. Jack could play the role of golden boy, sure, but his behavior on the field was everything but. Rowdy, reckless, loving to improvise over following plans, it was a miracle Gabriel’s hair hadn’t gone grey.

He pocketed the idea of drawing a mustache on it later. Even if he got in trouble it’d be worth it. For now, he headed inside, dreading the look on the real Jack’s face. He hadn’t exactly given much notice before he took off.

They were going to have to talk about this.

He groaned at the thought, his bag almost sliding off his shoulder as he rubbed his face. As much as he didn’t want to, however, he would. Waiting any longer would just make it worse.

“Gabriel?”

That familiar and unbelievably deep voice almost made him jump. He moved his hand to see Jack standing at a doorway. Must have just left the room.

Gabriel couldn’t deny that uniform suited him. That striking blue was almost enough to compete with his eyes. The eyes that were studying him, disbelief written all over his face.

Gabriel waited for the glare, the frown, the one raised eyebrow of disappointment before crossing his arms and walking over. Instead Jack smiled, a small one that broke into an open mouth grin.

Now shock really ran though his system as he stared. Not because Jack was smiling, but because of how different it looked.

The gap in his teeth was gone.

He tried to not let it show on his face, and Jack didn’t seem to notice as he kept smiling as he almost ran over, jerking him into a hug.

“It’s good to see you.” He was still smiling as he pulled back, hiding his teeth this time. “I wasn’t sure if you’d uh... come back here.” He forced out a laugh, rubbing the back of his neck.

Gabriel knew he should say something, that the silence would only make Jack more nervous, but he couldn’t stop staring.

“Gabe? What’s wrong?” Jack rubbed his chin. “I didn’t forget to shave this morning did I?”

Gabriel’s answer was to grab his face, thumb pushing his lips up to get a closer look. The gap was certainly gone, and were his teeth whiter or was that just his imagination? Hell, even molar he’d lost when an omnic slammed him into the wall had been replaced.

“Whoa,” Gabriel frowned. “Who destroyed you?”

Jack snapped back, hand already over his mouth. “Does it look that bad?”

Gabriel couldn’t keep his own trap shut, make up some lie to smooth it over. “You look ridiculous, you should sue.”

Jack actually laughed at that before he slipped into nervousness again.

“The hell is all this? I didn’t know a promotion came with a whole cosmetic journey.”

“They just uh,” His hand moved from his neck up to his ear. “Better for PR, you know.”

Gabriel hissed through his teeth as he moved closer again, wanting Jack to look him in the eye. “What, and you let them?”

“What am I supposed to do Gabe? Tell them to shove it up their ass?”

“Yes?”

“I’d rather not get suspended on my first few weeks of the job. It’s not a huge deal anyway.” Jack ran his tongue over his teeth. “It’s just a gap.”

“Yeah but it was yours.” Gabriel crossed his arms. “It was yours. It was you. None of this...” He gestured up and down with one hand. “This isn’t you anymore.”

Jack sighed, arms falling to his side. “Trust me, I know.”

“Huh?”

“I know I’m not meant to be in this position, alright?”

“Whoa, hang on,” Gabriel held up his hands. “That is not what I meant.”

“I know that’s why you left.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“You were thinking the same as everyone else. Why didn’t they promote you?” Jack was getting irritated now, blue eyes turning cold. “It’s not like I haven’t figured it out. Pick the golden boy who refuses to let anyone down, a surefire plan to get along with the public.”

Gabriel had no idea what to say to that for a moment. Jack sighed again, moving closer to the wall as he leaned against it. Gabriel followed him, dropping his bag on the floor. He kept quiet for now, not wanting to make this mess worse than it already was. Christ, jesus, he never even took the time to see how Jack felt about all this before running off.

“Jack,” Gabriel turned to look at him. “Look, forgetting how shitty the higher ups are being, you deserve to be in a position like this just as much as I do.”

“Don’t lie to me Gabe.”

“I’m not. Even if you are a reckless little fucker sometimes your crazy schemes got us out of more fights than I care to count. People trusted you. Of course they would put you up here. You’re a smart soldier that gets along easy with people. I’m not.”

“Come on Gabe, as unapproachable as you seem you read people better than anyone.”

“Yeah, but that doesn’t mean they like me. I’m just telling you not to beat yourself up about it. And please, next time the higher ups ask you to have a make over tell them that I’m doing it.”

Genuine laughter followed that one. “No, god no, you always overdo the eyeliner.”

“Gotta make those eyes pop.”

“According to you they already do that.”

Gabriel glanced up at them, falling weak to them yet again. Even after all these years he never got bored of the shade of blue, the way his eyes would crease when he smiled.

But all to soon it fell and he glanced away again. “If you think all of that though, then why did you leave?”

Gabriel sighed, pushing his beanie forward so it covered his eyebrows. “Fine, I was pissed. They freaking blindsided us with that Jack, and I was pissed. It felt like all the work I had done had just been shoved into a record folder. But that doesn’t mean I was mad at you.” He grabbed Jack’s chin again to make sure the man was looking at him. “I didn’t want you feeling like that anger was directed at you, so I left. I know I should have called or some shit. Then at least I could have had some warning for... that.”

Jack rolled his eyes. “Does it really bother you that much?”

“It was cute.”

“To you, maybe.”

“Isn’t that what matters? Instead of a bunch of stiff suits and people you don’t even know?”

Jack looked at the floor.

“Just frustrating. I spent all that time trying to get you to actually laugh without hiding your face around me and then they go and do this. Just going to take some getting used to.” 

“Could always catch up, I’m pretty much free the rest of the day.”

Gabriel still hadn’t let go of Jack’s chin. By now his boyfriend had taken hold of his wrist, gently running a thumb over the cuff of Gabriel’s sleeve.

“That so?” Gabriel pulled him closer. “What does ‘pretty much free’ mean?”

“I just have a conference in the late afternoon. What about you?”

“Oh Jackie, don’t you know?” Gabriel kissed the corner of his mouth. “I still have three days of vacation left.” 

“Ah,” there was that blush, the one that started in his cheeks and moved down to his neck. Gabriel couldn’t hold back his laugh.

“Gabriel!”

Ana’s voice startled them both. Gabriel screamed as the both tore away from each other, pressing up against the wall.

She just laughed, before putting a hand on her cheek, shaking her head. “Honestly, you two should be more careful. Plenty of people use this hallway.”

“Right,” Jack mumbled, hand on his neck again. “Right.”

“Way to interrupt, Amari.” Gabriel crossed his arms and scowled.

“Good to see you too. Have a nice trip?”

“Was quiet.” 

“Lonely?” She moved closer and nudged his shoulder. He swatted her back, causing her to laugh more as she headed back down the hall. “I won’t waste your time. Come talk to us later, yes?”

The pair of them just watched her leave before Gabriel got his stuff off the ground. “So, where’s your new bunk at? They didn’t build you a whole suite did they? If so then I might actually be pissed.”

“No, Gabe,” Jack was smiling. “Although it at least has a kitchen and a table.”

“The real luxury.”

“And a full size bath.”

“Oh fuck off, a bath? Are you fucking serious?”

“Psh, don’t be jealous Gabe,” Jack leaned in close. “There’s room for two.”

Gabriel forced back the oncoming blush. “Jackass.”

His boyfriend just laughed, kissing his cheek and bumping their foreheads together.

“We’re still out in the hall you know.”

Jack just shrugged. “Didn’t you just tell me not to give a shit what people think?”

“Hm, true.” Gabriel hummed as he dragged him into a proper kiss. Even if he could no longer feel that gap against his lips he still missed this. “But I’d much rather be in that tub.”

Jack just laughed again. 

[megsblackfirewrites]

The Beginning of a Legacy: Chapter 8

Chapter 8

“Keep your head down!” John shouted. “Reyes, suppressive fire!”

“On it!” Reyes shouted. “Wong, get your scouts moving, woman!”

Laura bolted for cover, shouting at the men behind her to keep up. This was going to Hell faster than he had expected. He knew that pushing into Egypt, of all places, was going to be horrible. After breaking the siege in Europe with sheer brute force with the help of the Crusaders from Germany, John had been sent to quell the threat in Africa. The omnics here weren’t as organized, but they packed a larger punch. The Egyptian military was taking the brunt of the force in the northern part of the continent and were losing men faster than could be replaced.

John didn’t want the same thing happening with Overwatch. He was trying to be cautious, striking the omniniums only when he was certain that they could win, but it was proving to be harder than he had expected. The omnics were not letting him get the time he needed to put together a plan to minimize casualties. They hit hard and fast and he was scrambling to keep up.

“McCree, report!” John ordered as he twisted to fire on a line of Bastions advancing on them.

“Stuck in the middle of the fuckin’ plaza with a fuckton of fuckin’ omnics ready to chew my fuckin’ ass apart!” Joel snarled down the commline. “Fuckin’ hell, where do they keep comin’ from?!”

“That’s a colourful explanation,” Miyu teased. “Hold on, cowboy. I’m heading for you now.”

“It’s about fuckin’ time! I’m almost outta bullets!” Joel shouted. “Gunna resort to moonin’ them pretty soon!”

“That’s a mental image I didn’t need, Joel,” John shook his head, happily accepting the humor where he could get it. “Shimada, where’s your unit?”

“Already working on bringing the ominium down, Captain,” she replied. “I noticed that McCree wasn’t where he was supposed to be and went to investigate. Good to know my favourite cowboy isn’t dead yet.”

“Mighty kind of ya to notice,” Joel snorted. “Now hurry up!”

John popped a new clip into his rifle and touched his earpiece. “This is Captain Morrison. I want a sitrep, Captain Rahal.”

“We’ve almost got all of the civilians rounded up,” Captain Rahal replied. “I can’t thank you enough, Captain, for coming on such short notice.”

“This is what we’re here for, Rahal,” John chuckled in spite of himself. “You worry about getting your people to safety. We’ll handle the omnics.”

“Thank you,” Captain Rahal murmured. “Thank you.”

John nodded and signaled for his men to push forward. They hauled themselves over the market stalls they had been hiding behind and charged forward. The omnics were slow to respond, twisting towards them but blinking their red optics instead of attacking. The agents quickly took advantage of that, mowing through the omnics that had tried to kill them a few minutes earlier.

“McCree?”

“Moving’ with Shimada,” Joel replied. “Didn’t even lose a fingernail.”

“Glad to hear it. I’m going to do another sweep of the area. Reyes, get the unit over to the ominium and help Shimada’s unit however you can. Wilhelm, you’re with me.”

“Understood, sir,” Reyes nodded his head sharply. “Good luck.”

John jerked his head before he and Reinhardt hurried off. Reinhardt was panting heavily, but he was steadfast in keeping all of his armor on at all times while he was in the field. John wanted to tell the kid to take it off so he didn’t roast alive in there, but he knew that would only hurt his pride.

“Circle wide,” John ordered.

Reinhardt nodded and took the wide loop around the market square. John crept forward, rifle held close to his chest as he moved. He heard no sound, not even Reinhardt’s enormous footfalls. He paused at one of the corners of the market and reached up to touch his commlink.

“AMBUSH!” Reinhardt roared.

John bolted forward, rifle ready to start firing. He heard Reinhardt yelping and the sound of metal striking metal. He paused at the very human grunts underneath the cacophony and snorted in spite of himself. He hurried forward and found what he expected, to some degree.

Reinhardt had been jumped by a group of children and was being beaten with metal rods. It wasn’t doing anything to his armor, but it probably still sent painful vibrations through his skin.

“He’s not an omnic,” John laughed as he trotted forward. “Reinhardt, pull your helmet off.”

“I can’t lift my arms!” Reinhardt whined as two children clung to his wrists. “They’re captive!”

“Please,” John laughed as he stepped up and found the release mechanism for Reinhardt’s helmet. “My friend isn’t a threat.”

The children backed off immediately as Reinhardt’s sweaty face emerged from under the helmet. A few let out nervous giggles as Reinhardt shook his blond hair out and ran his fingers through it. He smiled and waved.

“Hello,” he greeted. “I am sorry for frightening you.”

“Why’re you dressed like an omnic?” one of the older children demanded.

John knew immediately that she was a forceful personality. Judging by the way the others immediately shifted behind her as she stepped forward, she was the ringleader of the little posse. She couldn’t have been much older than Thomas was, maybe twelve or thirteen and needed a bath to get the dust and grime off of her.

“I am not; I am wearing the armor of my order,” Reinhardt puffed his chest out. “We are the finest fighters in all of Germany! I was nominated to work with Captain Morrison and Overwatch.”

The girl’s eyes widened in awe. “You’re with Overwatch?” she whispered. “They’re heroes!”

John smiled. “Not quite. Just soldiers doing our job,” he said before he knelt down to be at her eye level. “Why are you and these other kids here, sweetheart? Shouldn’t you be at the evac point awaiting transport to Italy?”

The girl looked at him and frowned. “Please don’t call me ‘sweetheart’,” she grumbled before she tugged on her black braid. “And we’re not wanted here in Cairo. We didn’t think we’d be wanted in Italy either.”

John stared at her in horror before he held his arms out. “I am so sorry that you think that way, my friend,” he said. He hugged her close as she threw herself into his arms. “You are wanted in Italy, I promise. You’ll all be looked after and cared for. You’ll see.”

“You promise?” the girl whispered in his ear.

“Cross my heart,” he said. “My name’s John.”

“Ana,” she smiled shyly. “Ana Amari.”

“A beautiful name for a beautiful young lady,” Reinhardt said with a great big smile.

“You’re really cheesy,” Ana giggled and covered her nose and mouth.

John smiled before he got to his feet and carefully herded the children out of the marketplace. He touched his earpiece and got a hold of Captain Rahal. He explained that he had about ten kids with him that needed to be evacuated.

“Ten? I was told we’d gotten everyone,” Captain Rahal said.

“Street kids. Probably orphans and runaways,” John said.

Captain Rahal let out a long sigh. “Ah, that explains it. Thank you for finding them, Captain. I’ll have my men comb the city one more time after the ominium is dealt with.”

John gave his confirmation before he contacted Reyes. “Change of plans. Reinhardt and I have to escort some civilians to the evac point. Can you handle the ominium?”

“Already partially levelled,” Reyes replied. “You go play hero.”

“If there weren’t children around, I would tell you where to shove that attitude,” John said coldly. “Morrison out.”

He kept the children close as they headed for the edge of the city. Reinhardt carried a few of the children up on his shoulders, grinning as they played with his white-blond hair. Ana stayed close to John’s side, nervously holding onto his wrist as they approached the extraction sight.

Captain Rahal greeted him warmly, shaking John’s hand feverishly as the soldiers gently picked the kids up and carried them into the camp. Ana refused to leave John’s side, sticking her nose in the air. Stubborn ‘til the end; not a bad trait to have.

“I’m going with him,” she said.

“Ana,” he shook his head. “It’s safer if you stay with the Captain.”

“No! I’m going to fight!” she said, glaring up at him. “I know how to shoot a gun!”

“I don’t take child soldiers,” John said before he knelt down. “Ana, I know that you’re scared. That’s okay. This isn’t a situation that any child should have to go through. And before you say anything, yes, I know you’re a preteen. You’re still just a kid.”

“I can fight,” she said stubbornly.

“So you’ll just leave your friends behind?” he asked. “They probably feel much safer with you around.”

“We’re going to Italy; they’ll split us up,” she said as she reached up to rub at her brown eyes.

“I will ensure that you are all sent to the same village,” Captain Rahal promised. “You have all had a difficult life; you deserve some happiness.”

Ana glared at him, but nodded her head. She threw her arms around John’s neck and kissed his cheeks. John mimicked her, smiling as she turned to follow Captain Rahal. She stopped and turned around, setting her hands on her hips.

“You’d better come see me when this is done,” she said sternly. “I want to know what happened to my heroes.”

John laughed as he stood up. “We’ll see, Ana.”

She smiled and saluted before turning and trotting off after her friends.

“Hold still,” Miyu sighed as she tried to wrap Joel’s ribs. “You’re worse than a newborn.”

“Newborn ain’t got busted ribs from an omnic fallin’ on them,” Joel winced. “Not so tight.”

“Have to be tight to make sure your rib doesn’t heal crooked,” Miyu rolled her eyes.

Joel huffed as she set the bandages in place with a butterfly clasp. He wrapped an arm around his chest and groaned in pain as John walked into the makeshift medical tent. He didn’t feel bad about John coming and seeing him so long after the mission was completed. Man had his own things to worry about aside from an injured SIC that wasn’t at death’s door.

“Hey boss,” he greeted with a weak wave. “Missed the party.”

“Heard you were almost squashed,” John shook his head. “When will you learn, old man?”

“When I’m dead and in the ground,” Joel snorted. “‘Sides, Miyu was there to haul me out from under the omnic.”

“You’re a real piece of work,” John shook his head. “Glad you’re still in one piece. I’m going to send you back to the States while those ribs heal. Give you a chance to see your kids.”

Joel blinked at him before he grinned widely. “Well, that’s mighty kind of ya, sugar,” he teased. “Want me to bring Jack anythin’?”

“I have a few presents I’m sending back with you,” John smiled sadly. “I missed his birthday.”

Joel smiled and nodded knowingly. He was beyond ecstatic to be getting to see his kids again. They had been without communication for too long and he wanted nothing more than to sweep his kids into a backbreaking hug, kiss their faces, and promise that he was there for them. He wanted to see how big Jesse had gotten, see if Van could still wrestle Jack to the ground, and help Thomas put an engine together even though he didn’t know the fuel pump from the fuel injector. It would be good to see them and to see Jack.

There was a commotion outside and John turned. Laura came rushing into the tent and bent double, holding up a finger as she tried to catch her breath. She straightened up a few seconds later and saluted.

“There’s an omnic that wishes to speak with you, sir!” she panted. “Reyes wanted to shoot him, but he was holding an olive branch and I thought that would be in poor taste.”

“And how did you manage to convince him not to shoot the omnic?” John frowned.

“Jasper put him in a headlock,” she grinned.

Joel let out a snicker. Sergeant McGuire did have just as much pull as Reyes, in all technicalities. He thought it was hilarious that he had felt the need to put Reyes in a headlock in order to get him to listen. He’d reprimand him in private for attacking another soldier, but he fully supported the move. Reyes was just too uppity for his own britches.

“Well, I’d better go have a look,” John sighed.

“Hang on,” Joel groaned as he got to his feet and slapped his hat over his head. “You ain’t goin’ anywhere without yer SIC.”

John gave him a flat look, but didn’t bother arguing with him. He knew that Joel would just follow him anyways. They headed across the camp to the tent closest to the gates, nodding to the soldiers that were standing guard outside.

Inside the tiny tent was a slim omnic holding an olive branch against its chest as if it was the only thing keeping it alive. Considering Reyes and three other soldiers had their guns trained on it, it probably was. Poor thing. What a way to come seeking parlay and find hostility instead.

“Captain,” McGuire inclined his head.

“Captain Morrison,” the omnic said in a soft voice. “I...I wish to speak with you. Please, I am not a threat. I was not created with weapons. I was meant to help in the medical ward, not fight.”

“Stand down,” John ordered. “I’ll take their word for now.”

The soldiers lowered their guns, but Joel could tell that Reyes wanted to crack the omnic across the head with his rifle. Joel shifted forward and stood between the omnic and the trigger-happy soldier, giving Reyes a pointed look. Kid needed to stand the hell down; Joel was not in good enough condition to handle his particular level of bullheadedness right now.

“What did you want to talk to me about?” John asked.

“I wish to join your taskforce,” the omnic said. “I believe that I will be of great benefit to your cause.”

“You…,” John blinked at the omnic before he cocked his head to the side. “Seriously?”

“Yes,” the omnic let out a soft laugh. “I understand your disbelief. You have only encountered omnics that have wanted to kill you. Up until you destroyed the ominium, I might have. But now that my mind is free...I am scared.”

“Scared?” Joel lifted an eyebrow.

He knew the omnics were smart, but this was unbelievable. It was capable of experiencing emotions? That suddenly made their strikes very, very questionable. How many of the omnics that they had dismantled had been capable of processing emotions and thoughts? How many dreams had been snuffed out?

Well, he suddenly felt like a massive fucking jackass. More so than usual, anyways.

“Yes,” the omnic nodded. “I...I do not wish to be dismantled. If I were to return to my brethren, I would be offlined and my parts used to repair the battle-made omnics. I...I do not wish to die.”

John opened and closed his mouth several times before he set his hands on his hips. “And you say that you were supposed to help in medical wards?” he asked.

“You can’t be serious, Captain,” Reyes shouted.

“Shut it, kid,” Joel growled. “Not yer call ta make. I ain’t in the mood to be nice either, so shut it or I’ll shut it fer ya.”

Reyes glared at him, but he wasn’t stupid enough to start a fight. Even if Joel was standing bare-chested in the middle of a ring of armed men, Reyes knew that Joel would beat him senseless if he had to. It wouldn’t have been the first time he had to get physical with the kid and it wasn’t going to be the last. Some people just never learned.

“Yes,” the omnic nodded its head. “I helped the head physician at the Coptic Hospital here in Cairo. I can help keep your soldiers alive after they have returned from their missions. Please. It is all I ask. You can keep me in whatever cage you desire. Just please, please do not send me back!”

Joel looked at John and knew his answer. John was a softie under that frown of his; he wouldn’t turn away anyone that was seeking sanctuary.

“You can start by looking at my SIC,” John said. “He cracked his ribs during the mission. Might be some other problems we don’t know about. I would like a real medic to have a look and not just field medics.”

The omnic relaxed and got to their feet. “Of course, Captain! Thank you,” it bowed its head.

“You have a name?” Joel asked.

“MZ-201,” it replied.

“Not much of a name,” Joel smirked. “Don’t you worry, friend. We’ll get you kitted out with a proper one.”

“Thank you,” the omnic murmured. “I cannot thank you enough.”

John nodded his head and Joel led the omnic back towards the medical tent. This was going to be interesting. An omnic working as a medic in the Overwatch Strike Force. High command was going to shit themselves when they found out.