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𝓘𝐓 `𝐒 𝓜𝐘 𝓑𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘

𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝐵𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑇𝑜 𝑀𝑒

┊✧ 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟸𝟾𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚋 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢...

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑭𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑰𝒏 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝟏𝟔+

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

🩷. ┊ 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒇𝒇

💙. ┊ 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒕

❤️. ┊ 𝒔𝒎𝒖𝒕

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝙳𝙲 𝙴𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎

🩷. ┊ Cockroach: Orm Marius x OC

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍

💙. ┊ Hide Well, Little Sheep: Daikichi Karube x OC

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝚃𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚆𝚘𝚕𝚏

🩷. ┊ The Night We Met: Jordan Parrish x OC

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎

🩷. ┊ See You Again: Bernard the Elf x OC

🩷. ┊ Maybe the North Pole Isn't So Bad: Bernard the Elf x OC

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎

💙. ┊ The Second Sunday of April: Vance Hopper x OC

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚆𝚑𝚢

❤️. ┊ Feels Like the First Time: Cyrus Walker x OC

💙. ┊ Two Pink Lines: Marcus Cole x OC

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢

💙. ┊ Now or Never: Winston x OC

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎

🩷. ┊ Dog Days Are Over: Adam Warlock x OC

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒

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𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ

┊✧ 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 ,, 𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 -- 𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 ,, 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍 && 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎 🌈

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓒𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

✧. ┊ 𝒉𝒊 𝒂𝒍𝒍 !! 𝒔𝒐 ,, 𝒊 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒂 𝒌𝒐-𝒇𝒊 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 !! 𝒊 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒕𝒔𝒚 ,, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 !! 𝒊 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 ,, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 ,, 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 ,, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒔 ,, 𝒆𝒕𝒄 ...

✧. ┊ 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒙𝒙

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓘𝐓 `𝐒 𝓜𝐘 𝓑𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘

𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝐵𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑇𝑜 𝑀𝑒

┊✧ 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟸𝟽𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚋 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢...

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓗𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝓟𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄

𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ

┊✧ 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 ... 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 ,, 𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 -- 𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 ,, 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍 && 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎 🌈

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓗𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒

𝐼 𝑁𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑝 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝐴 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡

┊✧ 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚜. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 && 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝. 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍. 𝙼𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚡𝚡

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓐𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝓐𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋

𝐼 𝐴𝑚 𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 𝑂𝑓𝑓

┊✧ 𝙸 𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚣𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔. 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚡𝚡

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓒𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇

𝑂𝑟𝑚 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑥 𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟

❝ 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑂𝑟𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑢𝑥 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒. 𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑟... ❞

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 ?? 🚫🚫

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 💬💬

“So you think this was a good idea?” Adriana asked, glancing at Orm as the two watched Arthur combine both worlds.

“He knows what he's doing… Even if no one knows it yet…” Orm said, taking another bite of his cheeseburger before the girl let out a scoff.

“Are you softening up, Ocean Master?” She teased, gently kicking at Orm’s feet from under the table as the cool summer breeze blew past the two.

Land was different… of course Adriana had been up here a handful of times with Mera or Arthur, but actually living here… with Orm… trying to make it a normal, surface dweller life, it was new…

It was nice…

“Not at all.” He hummed, a bit of grease from his burger staining his lips and chin as he smirked causing the aquatic female to smile.

“Wipe your face, you're a mess.” Adriana said, handing Orm a napkin before reaching for her drink as a small cockroach crawled past her hand causing her to jump a bit.

Eyes widening, Orm reached out to grab the blattodea before lifting the top bun to his cheeseburger and setting the insect inside as the legs still crawled and wiggled in an attempt to escape.

Watching with awe and confusion, knowing Arthur absolutely had something to do with this, Adriana witnessed Orm bring the burger up to his mouth and take another bite before letting out a content sigh.

“What are you doing?” She asked, finally finding herself able to form words from the shock as Orm furrowed his brows.

“Hm? I'm eating. What are you doing?” He asked with a full mouth, chewed up mush of cockroach, meat and bread threatening to fall out the side of his mouth before Adriana shook her head.

Sure, a cockroach wasn't much different than a shrimp or crawfish, but she had been on land a few more times more than Orm to know they were not exactly the ideal burger topping.

“Apparently watching you eat a cockroach… why?” The girl laughed, still in disbelief as she reached out to lift up the top bun of Orm’s burger to see the roach now headless yet still wiggling.

“That's a bug. Not really food.” She told him, the aquatic man swallowing before shaking his head.

“No, Arthur told me it's shrimp or the land.” Orm defended, pulling out the roach before holding it out to Adriana. “Mhm, try it. It's really good.”

“Maybe if it wasn't just picked up off the ground?” She said, raising an eyebrow at the bug before looking back at Orm.

“I didn't pick it up off the ground, I picked it up off of the table.” He said, once again gesturing to the headless cockroach for his lover to take.

Hesitantly, Adriana reached forward and took the wiggling blattodea from Orm before examining it closely only for her eyes to once again lock on him.

“Have I ever lied to you?” He asked sweetly, Adriana scoffing at his words.

“Yes.” She retorted quickly before ultimately bringing the roach to her mouth and taking a bite.

Chewing for a few moments as the shell gave a bit of a crunch on her teeth, the innards mushing inside of her mouth, Adriana eventually hummed at the slightly metallic yet almost shrimp-like taste.

“Good, right?” Orm asked, his lips curling into a smile as he held out his hand expecting for Adriana to give the roach back to him before she nodded and finished the rest.

“Mhm…” she hummed, not even paying attention to the Atlantean as she licked her fingers clean causing Orm to slowly drop his hand and close his burger with an eye roll… Deep down, though, he couldn't help but smile at the girl sitting across from him eating the cockroach.

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓤𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝓖𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓜𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇

𝐴𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑑𝑜𝑚

┊✧ 𝙾𝚛𝚖 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚞𝚜 𝚡 𝙾𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 ✓

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓗𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝓦𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝓛𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝓢𝐄𝐄𝐏

𝐷𝑎𝑖𝑘𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑖 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑥 𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟

❝ 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝐴𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒... 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟...

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑥𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑡. ❞

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 ?? 🚫🚫

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 💬💬

"Arisu! You are a coward!" Karube shouted violently, swinging the ax against the tree as the sharpened end nearly hit Kaki.

Jumping back, she looked at the blonde before taking the weapon from his hand.

"Insulting him won't do anything!" She hissed, tossing the ax aside before stepping closer to her husband.

Not much was said, but Kaki gently trailed her shaky hands up Karube's chest before resting her fingers on the collar. She had accepted her fate the second the wolf was taken from her…

Looking down for a moment, Kaki allowed her hands to drop as she took a hold of Karube's before grazing her finger over his wedding ring.

"Sit with me?" She requested softly, guiding him to the fallen log before helping the blonde sit.

The sudden change in his expression only made it clear that Karube was beginning to accept his fate… If he lived, that would mean both Kaki and his child would die…

And if she lived, they both knew Kaki would let that Visa expire…

While his hand instantly moved to her abdomen, the slight movement of the life they had in the making caused his heart to wrench as Kaki laid next to the boy.

Using his lap as a pillow, Kaki didn't frown or cry… In fact, she smiled as she looked up at the man she had fallen in love with in preparation of him being the last thing she saw.

"Chota!!! Karube!!! Kaki!!!" Arisu could be heard in the distance, but his cries were drowned out by her thoughts.

"Akio…" Kaki said softly, moving her hand to rest on Karube's.

"Daikichi Akio was what I wanted to name him…" She informed Karube, feeling like he deserved to know after the constant begging.

"Akio…" he repeated, smiling slightly at the name…

"Karube!!" Arisu cried, this time his voice much louder causing the two to glance over at the frantic boy.

"Behind you…" Karube said, glancing down at Kaki as his eyes locked with hers.

Five…

"Arisu… Live on for us…" Chota's voice cracked through the headphones.

Four…

"You have the best chances…" Kaki said, not even looking in the direction of the boy as her eyes stayed locked with the teary yet relieved eyes of her husband.

Three…

"Arisu…" Karube began, a sigh passing his lips as he tightened his grip on Kaki.

Two…

"Thank you…" He added shortly after, only able to smile as he looked at Kaki.

One…

BANG!

The sound was deafening as Arisu was forced to witness two of his three friends fall lifeless in front of him.

Blood covered his face as Arisu stood there in absolute shock before falling to his knees. The feeling was unbearable, world crushing as he screamed…

The sound of Arisu's cries was the only thing that could be heard throughout the entire arena, echoing until his cried turned silent…

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓤𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝓖𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓕𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘

𝐴𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑

┊✧ 𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚒 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚎 𝚡 𝙾𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 ✓

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓣𝐇𝐄 𝓝𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝓦𝐄 𝓜𝐄𝐓

𝐽𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑥 𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟

❝ 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑀𝑅𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟'𝑠, 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ...

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑢𝑠𝑒. ❞

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 ?? 🚫🚫

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 💬💬

I sat alone at the oak wood bar that my father used to take Stiles and I to, my index finger tracing along the rim of my nearly empty glass of Sprite.

If he has it, I don't know what I'll do... I can't lose my brother the same way I lost my mom. Scott said he'd give Stiles the bite, but what if he reacts the same way I do? What if this whole phoenix thing runs in the family? Derek said it's genetic... The bite could kill him just as easily, right? If he's-

My thoughts were interrupted when a strawberry milkshake was placed in front of me, the bartender giving me a smile. "I didn't order this..." I told him with furrowed brows, sliding the glass back towards him only for the man to give me a grin and point behind me.

To say I was in awe is an understatement... He was fit, tall, with brown hair and green eyes.. I'm a sucker for green eyes. As I went to hand the milkshake off to him, the man finally spoke up.

"It's yours. You looked like you were having a rough night.. And I also noticed you weren't drinking any alcohol so I assumed a milkshake would be a safe bet." The man said as I felt myself at a loss for words. That's when he smiled... that damn smile.. with the white teeth and dimples, he was beyond handsome.

"Do you mind if I sit?" The man asked, a small chuckle passing his lips as it knocked me from my trance.

"Uh- Yeah.. yeah, please.." I told him before pulling the treat closer and taking a sip. "Thank you.. I, um.. I needed this." I said, allowing the awkward silence to sort of greet both of us before ultimately giving in and bringing my hand up to my mouth as my nails found their familiar place between my teeth. Before I knew it, I was chomping down on my nails to ease my nerves when the man gently took my wrist in his hand.

"You shouldn't do that, you know.. you'll end up hurting yourself." He said. "I used to bite my nails, too.. My dad doused my fingers in lemon juice to stop me." The man said with a small chuckle before taking a sip of his beer, ignoring the fact my wrist was still in his hand. My wrist was still in his hand...

"My name is Jordan by the way." He introduced himself, grazing his thumb over the top of my wrist as my heart fluttered. It was almost as if I couldn't speak as I watched his thumb gently trace the small freckles on my wrist before shaking my head and looking up at him.

"U-uh.. Hilde." I told him as my voice cracked slightly. There it was again.. that damn smile.. "Pretty name for a pretty girl." Jordan said, his green eyes flickering down towards my lips briefly.

"You think I'm pretty?" I scoffed slightly as he downed the rest of his beer.

"Gorgeous." Jordan said, scooting closer. Unsure if he was drunk or if he was genuinely flirting, part of me felt like I couldn't pass up this opportunity.

"Do you go to college? What are you studying?" He asked me.

Shit. I can lie, right? I've slept with older guys before...

"Um, law.. law enforcement." I told him, shifting in my seat slightly. That earned an intrigued look from Jordan before his eyes grazed along my body.

"I could see it." He said, his words making my heart skip a beat. "I'd like to learn more about you..." Jordan requested. It was almost like a magnet that pulled the two of us closer, my brown eyes locking on his green ones almost in a challenge.

"Then why don't you?" I asked before pulling him into a deep kiss.

I don't know how it happened, but before I knew it Jordan and I were at his apartment already tearing off each other's clothes before the door was even closed. "Sorry about the mess..." He panted, slipping off his jumper before wrapping his arms around me once more. "I didn't plan on bringing home a pretty girl..." He mumbled, trailing his lips down my neck.

For once my body didn't heat up like it often did, it almost stayed level with Jordan's before I cupped his cheeks and pulled him into another deep kiss.

"I want this..." I told him, making him pull away. There was a relieved and almost happy glint in his green eyes before I was tossed onto his makeshift couch bed, Jordan soon hovering over top of me.

"Good... I do, too." He agreed, delving down to return his lips to mine.

The next morning, I woke up with a pair of strong arms wrapped around my waist making me smile as I remembered the night. Turning around I pecked Jordan's lips before his eyes fluttered open.

"Morning..." I whispered, earning a tired and afterglow grin from him.

"Good morning..." He rasped, pulling me tighter into his grasp before pressing his lips to mine once more.

"Mm- I have work, but I could meet you for lunch if you want..?" Jordan offered, breaking the kiss but still leaving our lips close as his brushed against mine when he spoke.

"You mean like a date?" I teased, making him lean back with a chuckle only to then push me onto my back and hover over me once again.

"Yes, like a date." He grinned, brushing his nose against mine before his lips soon attached to my cheeks and neck causing me to laugh before pushing him off.

"Jordan!!" I squealed, finally releasing myself from his grip before giggling as I leaned over the couch to grab a notebook and paper to write down my phone number.

"Text me when and where." I said, handing him the paper only to receive a kiss in return before getting up to get dressed.

Lunch rolled around, and with a few silly texts from Jordan throughout the day Lydia has been on my back about who I've been talking to. I couldn't tell her though... I don't even know if it's going to go anywhere with Jordan.

"I'm going to bring my dad lunch and I'll meet with you guys later." I called out before leaving the loft, unlocking my Volkswagen and heading to pick up something for my dad.

Grabbing the bag from the passenger side, I walked inside the station before seeing Jordan, my heart sinking. It took everything in me not to drop the food as he spotted me, getting up and walking over.

Shit.

"Hey! I didn't think I told you where I worked, did I?" Jordan said, dressed in a full deputy's uniform. "How are you?" Jordan asked, about to press a kiss to my lips before my dad opened the door to his office making me snap out of my stunned expression and jump away from Jordan before he could.

Shit.

"Dad! Hey, I brought you lunch!" I said, seeing the color drain from Jordan's face.

"It's not salad, is it?" My dad asked, taking the bag from me.

"Open it up and find out." I teased, trying to lighten the tension as I glanced over at the obviously stressed out deputy.

"Hilde, have you met my new deputy Jordan Parrish?" My dad asked, pulling a fry from his bag before eating it.

"Yep." I said, glancing over at my father's newest employee to see his pure shocked expression. "Sure have..."

Shit.

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓗𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝓝𝐄𝐖 𝓨𝐄𝐀𝐑

✧. ┊ 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚

✧. ┊ 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙠 && 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚

✧. ┊ 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 ❤️

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

❃ ↷ ˊ- 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 ... 𝐚𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝 ,, 𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 && 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 ... 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 ,, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲 ,, 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 ,, 𝐢 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 ... 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 ,, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢`𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐰 && 𝐨𝐥𝐝 !! 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 ,, 𝐝𝐨𝐧`𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 ... 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥 && 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 ... 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 && 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐭 !!! 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐱𝐨𝐱𝐨

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 ✨

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

𝒙𝒐𝒙𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒐𝒊𝒎𝒉𝒆 💋

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓤𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝓖𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓙𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘

𝑇𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑙𝑓

┊✧ 𝙹𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚡 𝙾𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 ✓

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓢𝐄𝐄 𝓨𝐎𝐔 𝓐𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍

𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑙𝑓 𝑥 𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟

❝ 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎'𝑠 𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑛, 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑙𝑓. 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟.

𝑊𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠 🎄 ❞

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 ?? 🚫🚫

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 💬💬

“Can we go back just one more time?” My brother asked our father as he lowered us back to the ground, the sleigh crunching down the fresh snow as we landed.

“Not this time...” My father said regretfully, giving Charlie and I a hug and flying off once again. He knew, we all knew, that Santa had business he had to attend to...

“Our dad’s Santa...” Charlie sighed with content, his eyes glistening up at the red sleigh as it disappeared into the night.

Glancing back down at the small snow globe, Charlie smiled softly before walking back inside, though I stayed behind to look up at the cold Christmas sky.

“I’m sure you’ll get to see Bernard again someday...” Charlie said, having stopped when he realized I wasn't following him. I finally tore my gaze away from the snowy sky before looking at my younger brother, a soft smile on his face before his eyes widened with a gasp.

“Yeah...” I mumbled, looking down at the small footprints he left in the snow only for my attention to be caught by the sound of a soft jingle behind me.

“Miss me already, Quinn Elizabeth?” I heard. It was a voice I'd know anywhere as I turned around to see Bernard.

“More than you could ever imagine...” I admitted in a breathy tone, taking just a moment to glance back at Charlie as he gave me a reassuring nod. Taking that as his way of granting me permission, I looked back to a smiling Bernard looking at me... the twinkle in his eyes only making my heart flutter as I ran up to him and instantly jumping into his embrace.

"Oof.. Hey now.." Bernard said with a chuckle as he set me down. As much as I should've, I couldn't hold back any longer as my lips found his. It was a gentle kiss, Bernard's lips tasting like peppermint and hot cocoa..

They tasted like home.. and that's what Bernard was.. My heart belonged with a certain head elf in the North Pole..

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

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𝓜𝐀𝐘𝐁𝐄 𝓣𝐇𝐄 𝓝𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝓟𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝓘𝐒𝐍'𝐓 𝓢𝐎 𝓑𝐀𝐃

𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑙𝑓 𝑥 𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟

❝ 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡, ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠... 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑒... ❞

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 ?? 🚫🚫

𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 💬💬

“Stay in the sleigh, I’ll be right back.” My father said to my brother and I before he hopped down. It felt like some sort of odd dream, children dressed as elves all around me, flying through the sky in a magic sleigh with flying reindeer!

“Come on!” My little brother, Charlie, said as he hopped down.

“Charlie, dad said we have to stay in the sleigh!” I quickly reminded him, but he seemed to be on a mission.

“Quinn, we are in the NORTH POLE!! Our dad is SANTA!!” Charlie shouted back at me, turning with exaggeration from his excitement.

“Our dad killed a guy in a Santa costume..” I told my brother, unable to bring myself to believe that we were actually in Santa’s workshop.. It seemed too unreal.

“Come on! Come on!!” My little brother huffed before pulling me from the sleigh towards where our dad had walked towards.

“Can I get you something to drink?” We heard a voice call out as Charlie licked his lips slightly.

“I don’t want a drink...” My father huffed, Charlie only running a bit ahead of me when I stopped. It was the elf that my father was talking to, the one with dark curly hair and warm chocolate brown eyes.. I was taken aback by him only to be torn from my thoughts by Charlie.

“Thanks! Thanks a lot!” He said, now holding something in his hands as the dark haired elf looked up and met my glance.

“Holy night..” I heard him whisper, my father quickly taking note of this.

“Ben- Bern-” My dad mumbled, trying to remember the elf’s name.

“Yeah, that’s my name..” The elf said as he waved his hand dismissively, it was obvious his attention was set on me.

“His name is Bernard, dad..” Charlie whispered before looking between the elf and I.

“Bernard!” My father shouted causing him and I to both jump, the male elf quickly looking over at my dad.

“This is my daughter, Quinn.. And she’ll be going home. With me. Because I’m not Santa Claus.” He said sternly, Bernard quickly brought his attention fully back on my father, and Charlie swore he could see the hurt in the cute elf’s eyes.

“You put on the suit, right?” Bernard asked.

“It’s all in the Clause!” He huffed before leading my father away before I could get a word in.

“You like him!!” Charlie teased in a sing-song tone once Bernard and our father had walked away. All I could do was nudge my brother slightly before stealing one last glance at that cute elf only to catch him looking back at me.

Maybe living in the North Pole wouldn’t be so bad...

𝓢𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝓣𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝓕𝐎𝐑 𝓤𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 | 𝓜𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓