#ethan and silver are kind of both a wreck in this

[audweefics]

oh yeah i wrote that huntershipping soulmate au fic btw, i have about 1-2 chapters left! It'll probably only be about 4-5k words

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66467725/chapters/171394270#workskin

description:

Ethan always saw his Soul Words as potential for a romantic first meeting, and Silver assumed he was doomed to have a soulmate who hated him.

A huntershipping soulmate AU! Follows the main HGSS story with canon divergence at points, will split off into its own storyline later.

[ao3-writer]

Just imagine Teamiplier going to one of Ethan's gymnastics competitions, Ethan ends up winning and Tyler being a proud mama and starts crying

YESSSSS

~ At first, nobody tells Ethan they’re going and he gets kinda sad but puts it behind him because he needs to get In The Zone™.

~ Ethan freaking wrecks Floor and Uneven Bars. He takes Gold in both.

~ Amy and Mark acting like it’s some kinda intense sport and they’re shouting like maniacs but security asks them to either stfu or leave.

~ “Mark, you’re supposed to stay silent while they focus on their routine,” Tyler whispers. “What kind of sport is this. Every sport involves screaming. Even water polo involves intense screaming.”

~ When it comes to the overall podium, Ethan somehow takes first place and now everyone’s screaming excitedly for him.

~ Ethan waving at them shyly from the podium and everyone in the gym just stares at the five grown ass adults shouting and hugging each other as if Ethan just won the freaking Olympics.

~ Vv proud parents Tyler and Kathryn scooping Ethan into a giant hug.

~ Tyler starts tearing up and Ethan starts tearing up as they hug each other and everyone just ‘Aww’s

~ On the ride back home Mark is still complaining, “I’m just saying, for such a difficult sport, there should be at least to some extent screaming and shouts from the crow-”  “Mark, shut up.”

Bonus points: Ethan gives Mark and Amy his two silver medals, Ty and Kat his two gold medals, and he keeps the big one for himself.

[wings-of-life]

Chapter 34 - Parental Meetings

The talk with Toriel the next day went surprisingly well. I had feared she wouldn’t take me seriously or would get defence, or that I had just misunderstood, or anything along those lines. But, fortunately, she listened carefully to what I had to say, said she understood what I was saying and that she’d do her best to be more careful with her words. I had expected it all to be a lot more complicated or at least longer winded, but fortunately, I had been wrong. Unrealistic as it might have been, it gave me good hope for the other talk that was scheduled for the day.

Having tea with my ‘parents’ while being accompanied by my parents.

It had been Asgore’s idea. He hoped that we could reach at least get across the point that I was where I was by my own choice. I doubted if I could even get them to stop calling me Maya. I glanced over my shoulder back inside, exhaling the smoke from my cigarette. Toriel and Sans were talking with each other. I had the sneaking suspicion that I was the subject of their conversation. If my suspicion was correct, it was probably about the morning after the night he had brought me home from the nightclub. The part where he had lectured me for my behaviour to be exact. Here was to hope that it would be enough to not also have Toriel lecture me as well.

Inhaling deeply, I had just decided I had seen enough when I saw something that had me choking on the smoke. Trying to keep my coughing to a minimum, I stared, with watery eyes as Toriel straightened again and blue dusting coloured Sans’ cheekbones. He rubbed the back of his head and winked. Judging from Toriel’s shaking shoulders he must have told a pun. Deciding it was best to look away before they caught me staring I wiped the tears from my eyes.

Staring off into the distance I tried to place what I had just witnessed. Toriel had been friendly to Sans sure, but she was just a friendly person. She had never been friendly to the point where I would’ve guessed that there was more at play. A quick glance over my shoulder showed a scene I had seen so often before. Just the two of them chatting like friends. Was I jumping to conclusions or… Shaking my head I decided I should just ask either one of them before continuing with that line of thought.

That question had to wait though. On the other side of the thick hedge separating the back and the front part of the garden, I could hear their voices. The doorbell was rung and shortly after there was a knocking on the window behind. Looking over my shoulder I nodded at Toriel gestured for me to come inside. Reluctant as I was to come inside I did want this to just be over with. Blowing the last of my smoke off to the blue sky above I snuffed the ember in the ashtray next to the back door and went inside.

  The tension was nearly corporal. The human couple were almost opposites of each other. The man’s skin held the beautiful light sepia tone of those native to the East, his hair as black as ink and his fierce eyes a rich ebony. The woman’s skin was almost translucently pale, her hair a warm chestnut and her expressive eyes a silver grey. As much as I wish I didn’t I could recognise features of them in myself. The black of his hair, the expressiveness of her eyes, the heart shape of his face, the length of her fingers. It was a little unsettling.

Their yin-yang vibe carried on in their body language. The man, Ethan was sitting perfectly straight on the edge of the sofa, feet firm on the ground, shoulders square, elbows a bit wider than needed and his chin tilted upwards just a tad. The woman, Charlotte, on the other hand, was sitting just a tad too close to Ethan to be natural and as far back as she could. Legs crossed, arms crossed, shoulders hunched and her chin tilted downwards. It was an almost amusing sight to behold, especially how Asgore and Toriel on the opposite sofa were sitting normally, relaxed albeit a bit cautious. I was a bit of a mix of both of them, sitting in the armchair at the head of both sofas. I had wanted to sit with Asgore and Toriel, but they had thought it better if I would sit in a bit more ‘neutral’ position. My legs crossed, I leaned back into the chair, my hands folded around my teacup.

Neither Ethan nor Charlotte had even touched their cup. Toriel had been sipping it like normal and Asgore drank a bit faster than usual. A tell of his, he was picking up on their unease, which in turn made him uneasy. For what was supposed to be a talk it had been awfully quiet for quite some time now. I let out an annoyed sigh, the tension made me crave another cigarette. If only Asgore wasn’t so objective to me smoking inside.

“Are you people actually planning on talking or can I go for a smoke?”

That seemed to have made everybody realise that you could do more than just stare awkwardly at one another. Toriel gave me a disapproving look but didn’t say anything. Charlotte, on the other hand, gave me such a wide-eyed look you’d think I had asked for a blood sacrifice to summon a demon. And Ethan gave me an impressive shocked glare.

“No child of ours smokes!”

“Does that mean you agree that I am not your child anymore?”

“Angel!”

I had expected Toriel to chide me for that one, but it was worth it just to see him clench his jaw and take a deep annoyed breath. Charlotte in the meantime looked like she was about to cry. Letting out a deep sigh I decided that fifteen minutes of awkward silence had been enough and took matters into my own hands. I wanted this to be over with.

“What do you want?”

“For you to come home, Maya. Please, come back home so that we can be a family again.”

I raised my brows at Charlotte. Was she really this naïve? I looked over to Asgore and Toriel, checking to see if they wanted to contribute. They both looked at me, waiting for my reaction. Trying to be as political as possible I withheld myself from shooting them down immediately. If I wanted this to not end in a train wreck I needed to have them see the flaws in their ideas.

“Angel, I would very much prefer it if you would call me Angel. Also, please tell me why you believe me going with you is a good idea?”

From the corner of my eye, I could see Asgore looking a little proud. He probably assumed I had picked up my careful phrasing from him. Well, it was definitely a happier thought than having picked it up from gang negotiations.

“What kind of a question is that?! We are your parents. We know what is best for you!”

My jaw clenched and there was the soft clanking sound of porcelain accidentally hitting porcelain as Toriel picked up her cup from its saucer. I took a deep breath to calm myself and failed miserably. I shrugged off my cardigan, exposing my arms and with that the numerous scars that covered them. I heard Charlotte let out a soft gasp, but I wasn’t done yet. Next were my shades, I took them off and set them down next to my cup. After that I leaned forward and pushed up the hem of my skinny jeans as far as they’d go, showing that my ankles were ‘adorned’ with similar scars as my wrists. Having done all that I sat back up and folded my hands in front of me.

“Please do tell me how you know what is best for me. Because Doctor Daveed, my human psychiatrist who I see at least once a week, is still trying to figure out what is best for me. But please, do tell me how me being the outcome of a night of sex allows you to know what is best for me. How, despite not having had any contact with me for fifteen years, you know what is best for me. Even though you can’t even manage to call me by MY name.”

Charlotte started to sob mumbling stuff I couldn’t make out, not that I wanted to know. Ethan turned red in the face and jumped to his feet. His stance wide and his chest and arms out, pointing an accusing finger towards Asgore. It was an amusing sight to see how he tried to come across as big and intimidating even though the monster in front of him was sitting and still bigger than him.

“You’ve done this to her! You’ve poisoned her mind! You’ve turned her against not just her own family but her own species!”

“Actually, if you want to blame anyone for that blame the human that kidnapped and experimented upon me.”

Asgore let out a heavy sigh and Ethan turned his head towards me so fast that I was surprised he hadn’t given himself a whiplash. Anger and disbelieve oozed off of him and I suddenly realised that this wasn’t a man that was used to dealing with people talking back to him.

“Also, it wasn’t the police that found me. It was the guards, monsters, that succeeded in finding the illegal lab and saving me. A human poisoned my mind. Made me forget that I ever had a family. Made me fear my own species. Monsters are the ones that saved me then and it is monsters that are saving me now.”

[tialovestelevision]

A New Man

From a Kate episode to an Ethan episode. A New Man is the name. 1. Riley and Buffy are making out a lot. In a bed. Willow is at the science library all night. 2. Willow is back, instead. They have trouble in the rec room. Vampires don’t breathe fire. 3. Buffy has better things to do tonight than kill. 4. It’s a surprise party! 5. Riley’s in the credits. 6. Giles is being nice to Anya. 7. Buffy is introducing her boyfriend to her father. The library has gone downhill since Giles left. 8. Buffy wants Giles to meet Walsh. But Walsh is like 40. 9. Spike is moving out of Xander’s place. “That’s my radio!” “And you’re… what? Shocked and disappointed? I’m evil.” 10. “I’ve known corpses with a fresher smell. In fact, I’ve been one.” 11. “I don’t know why (Buffy) didn’t come.” “She has an appointment with someone who’s actually still scary.” Cut to Buffy telling Walsh about her Slayerdom. 12. Walsh is working on getting Buffy security clearance. Riley has killed or captured 17 hostile subterraneans. 13. “Oh. Wow. I mean that’s… seventeen.” 14. Giles has a book. He’s dusting but he stopped to stare at his book. He’s doing math on his fingers. Something is happening. “Oh, crap.” The Demon Prince Barvain is going to rise tonight. 15. Now Riley is being insecure about Buffy’s stories. Riley doesn’t want ice cream. “Now it turns out, I suddenly find myself… needing to know the plural of apocalypse.” 16. Riley: *insecure* Buffy: *seductive* Riley: *suddenly okay* 17. Giles is meeting Walsh. 18. Walsh is unimpressed with Giles. Which makes me unimpressed with Walsh. 19. Wow. Walsh is being awful to Giles. Utterly awful. 20. Giles, Willow, and Xander are hunting the demon. But the demon isn’t there. Willow and Xander know about the Initiative, but Giles doesn’t. Nobody told Giles. Spike knows, and Giles doesn’t. 21. Giles is upset, and sending Willow and Xander home while he waits for the demon. 22. Oh, great. Ethan’s there. He says something interesting is about to happen. Giles caught him. 23. “Ethan Raine. You have no idea how much thrashing you is going to improve my day.” 24. Ethan talked himself out of a beating, and now he and Giles are having drinks. This is a mistake. 25. “Something happening in the dark worlds. It’s only whispers and rumors. Something’s harming demons… and it’s not the Slayer.” Ethan, you’re a bit behind the times. 26. “Something called three-fourteen has them scared most of all.” Huh. That’s new information. 27. Buffy and Riley are sparring. Buffy is holding back. Riley is too. But less than Buffy is, by a lot. 28. Riley demanded Buffy go all out. He got kicked acros the room. Ouch. His precious, fragile masculinity is more wounded than his ribs, and his ribs are likely at least bruised. 29. Giles is drunk. With Ethan. This is a mistake. Ethan is joking about poisoning Giles’s drink. Pretty sure he enchanted it instead. “We’re still a couple of sorcerers. The night is still our time.” 30. Willow and Tara are doing magic together. Holding hands. Willow didn’t explain what they’re doing. They’re levitating a rose and plucking its feathers. They have to be in synchronicity. Not the Sting album. 31. Wind and rising rose. They lost control of the rise though. It’s zipping around the room. Petals kind of disintegrated. 32. Giles is in bed. Getting up. He’s a demon. Very demon. 33. He broke his wall. And his stairway. And his chair. He’s going to kill Ethan. He broke his phone He can’t get his shirt on without tearing it. He liked that shirt. He’s wearing a blanket instead. He broke his door. 34. Huh. Willow is lying about time with Tara. She specified that she was by herself. 35. Huh. Willow sensed some evil magic. Powerful evil magic. It broke her rose spell. Willow is sending Buffy to tell Giles about the evil magic. 36. Things with Riley are going well. 37. Willow is right about it not being right for Buffy to hold back. 38. Giles is in Xander’s basement. It’s 10:30 in the morning. Xander is still asleep. 39. Huh. Giles isn’t speaking English. He’s speaking a demon language and doesn’t know it. But he understands English. Xander is throwing cookware at him. 40. “Bloody humans!” 41. Now they’re at Giles’s house. Which he wrecked with his demon strength. Anya found the shirt and thinks the demon ate Giles. 42. Spike is measuring a crypt to move into and Giles found him. Spike can understand what Giles is saying. Giles is a Fyarl demon, and Spike speaks Fyarl. 43. “And I’m supposed to help you out of the evilness of my heart?” 44. Giles’s pride is wounded, so he doesn’t want Spike to get Buffy. That’s a mistake. They’re going to go find Ethan. 45. Riley’s at Giles’s. The Initiative gets 911 calls. 46. “He’d be great right now. Find himself in a second. Nobody is cooler in a crisis than Giles.” 47. Spike can’t drive stick. 48. Giles is terrorizing Maggie. That was mean of him. 49. Buffy knows what Fyarl demons are now. The mucus thing is real. He has paralyzing mucus. 50. You kill a Fyarl with silver. 51. “Why would a demon steal a car?” “Why would a demon steal THAT car?” 52. Buffy got Giles’s silver letter opener. 53. Huh. Spike and Giles know where Ethan is staying. 54. Riley has a master key to all the shops on Main. That’s… troubling. 55. Buffy knows Ethan is in town. Riley has a car too. Maggie doesn’t want Buffy to go when they engage the Fyarl, but Buffy’s going anyway. 56. The Initiative was chasing Giles and Spike, but Giles jumped out after offering Spike another hundred bucks to get them off his tail. So now they’re just chasing Spike. 57. Now Buffy is fighting Giles. And Spike is having a car chase with the Initiative in Giles’s car that he can’t drive. He crashed. 58. Buffy is fighitng Giles and Riley is fighting Ethan. 59. Buffy recogized Giles’s eyes after stabbing him with the letter opener. Now Riley is making Ethan turn Giles back. The letter opener wasn’t made of real silver. 60. “It’s the stay-and-gloat that gets me every time.” 61. Giles is wearing Ethan’s shirt. 62. The Initiative just arrested Ethan. He’s going to a secret detention facility. For sorcerers. Giles wants to watch him get manhandled. 63. Riley’s masculinity has recovered and he has accepted that Buffy is stronger than him. 64. Giles bought a new cordless phone. 65. Giles is worried about the Initiative. “Are you sure you’re not just saying this because you don’t like Riley’s boss?” “No.No, I’m not saying that at all. Though do I hate her quite a lot.” 66. Maggie is having a similar conversation with Riley. 67. Maggie went in a door. She’s at door 314. And episode end. Overall: I liked that one. Mr. Head is a great actor even in a ridiculous amount of prosthetic, Spike remains wonderfully funny, and it showcased the strength of both the Initiative as an organization and Buffy’s cleverness and instinct very well. This episode set out to accomplish things, and did so in a workmanlike fashion - not great, but good, and reliable.