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Interaction with my parents this morning

~4:45 AM

Me: Mother. Lin Manuel Miranda is the guy singing the Magic School Bus theme song.

Mother: *awake because of my dad's alarm* What?

Me: Look it up if you don't believe me!

Mother: *looked it up* That's amazing

Me: He's everywhere!!

Father: *sleeping through his last 20 minutes of alarms* Alright child let your mother go back to sleep.

Mother: They arent keeping me awake any more than your alarms.

*as I'm leaving*

Mother: Have you slept?

Me: Nope!

Mother: Lovely.

They've been married for 16 years btw

My mom's put up with his ONE AND A HALF HOURS of alarms for 16 years

If that's not love idk what is

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You Can't Go On Like This

Fandom: Varian and the 7 Kingdoms

Full fic on Ao3: here

Prompt: Unhealthy coping mechanisms

Hugo yawned as he watched the moon rise above the kingdom. The ornately painted grandfather clock in their lab, courtesy of Rapunzel, was broken, courtesy of Olivia and Ruddiger getting in there to play, but he had to guess it was nearing 10 PM. "Okay Goggles, I'm gonna turn in for the night, Liv's shut down for the night so that means it's time for us to do the same."

He picked up the small robot and Ruddiger followed at his feet when Hugo walked towards it to leave. The raccoon had taken a strong liking to him since him and Varian got together, and more recently engaged.

Said blue eyed alchemist had yet to respond to him so he spoke again, "Var, come on, it's late, we should go to bed."

Varian was still focused on the little piece of circuitry he was tinkering with, so Hugo tapped his shoulder and, for a third time said "Varian, put that down, it's time for bed."

The ravenette flinched and dropped whatever that thing was, and it broke into pieces of metal and wires and little gears and springs. "FUCK, HUGO!"

The blonde flinched a bit at Varian yelling at him but quickly regained his composure, "Sorry, but it's getting late, come on, it's time for bed."

"I'll be there later, I still have things to do and because of you startling me I have to fix that now." Irritation laced his tone.

Hugo clenched his jaw, Varian was starting to worry him, but after being yelled at and put on edge it was covered in a layer of frustration. "You've said that every night for the last week, yet every morning I find you in here, asleep on the table, in your clothes and I know you haven't been coming back to our room."

"Oh, I didn't know you were my dad now. I'm an adult, I can handle myself." Varian laughed. It was a bitter laugh though, not like his normal laugh.

"I never said you couldn't, but you're exhausting yourself, I'm worried."

"Please you're no better than me."

"At least I'm putting effort into changing my habits! You had so much progress and it's like it's all out the window!"

"Why is it such a big deal!? You eat like 2 times a day and I'm not on your ass about it!"

"I haven't even seen you eat today! And you're always on me about it! I'm just worried about you!"

"Gods will you just lay off!? You're stricter about my habits than the guards were when I was in prison! I'm a grown adult Hugo! I can manage myself! You are such a controlling hypocrite sometimes! I just-"

Varian was cut off by a hand connecting with his cheek.

Hugo's hand was still raised but it slowly lowered as his arm started to tremble.

He didn't say a word, just clenched his jaw and turned around to leave, Ruddiger following with him.

Varian sat back down and stared for a moment.

Did that really just happen?

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Hunter's Mortal Enemy. Doing the Dishes.

Fandom: The Owl House

Full fic on Ao3: here

Prompt: Doesn't Realize They've Been Injured

If there was one thing Hunter hated about his new life since living with the Noceda family and now Darius after the Day of Unity and Belos's defeat, it was doing the dishes.

Don't get him wrong, he loves helping with chores.

Helping make dinner, organizing messy spaces, vacuuming the floors, he loved feeling productive.

But dishes.

He hated the dishes more than anything else in all the realms.

Something about old food on plates, scrubbing stuck on food, water getting in his gloves halfway through working.

He. Hated. It.

But he'd do it anyway.

Because he wanted to show Darius, he was helpful.

Darius took him into his home, a needy and annoying 17-year-old. And had so far let him stay for 6 months.

So here he stood, at the sink, with gloves on, and a sponge in hand, washing the dishes from breakfast that morning because there was no time to wash them before Hunter had to go to school and Darius had to go to work, while Waffles was napping in his backpack on the kitchen table

He was running the sponge over a fruit knife; Darius had started getting crab apples to cut up and eat with his breakfast in the morning since he revealed he liked them.

"Hunter? Are you home already?" Darius's voice came from the other room, the sound of the front door closing following. Waffles chirped in response.

"Yeah! Willow has the common mold so we cancelled practice today!" he turned his head so he could direct his words to the door and make sure Darius heard him when something we got on his hand.

There was water in his glove.

There. Is. Water. In. His. Glove.

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When you spend so much time trying to make yourself look masculine but in the end you arrive at lesbian

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Some downsides to the demigods powers/just being a demigod in general

Quick TW, I advise you tread with caution because some of these can be darker than the rest

1. When Will heals he's literally putting a piece of his own health into someone's body, so if he goes too far he'll end up killing himself

2. All the Apollo kids have very very sensitive ears, which contributes to sensory issues, getting overwhelmed, and meltdowns

3. Hazel/the Hecate kids struggle separating reality from illusion sometimes and can be prone to psychosis and hallucinations

4. Hypnos kids very ironically have insomnia

5. Similarly, Poseidon kids are prone to dehydration

6. Zeus kids are obviously asthmatic

7. The Hades kids have hypermobility issues/hEDS

8. Any chthonic demigods also struggle with fainting disorders

9. Some Hermes kids have ironic navigation issues, and can never remember any directions they're given

10. Apollo kids can't lie even if their life is directly on the line

11. Aphrodite kids are prone to NPD and struggle to form relationships

12. Ares kids are just as prone to BPD or bipolar and struggle with vulnerability and letting people in

13. Rachel commonly dissociates and sometimes feels like her body isn't actually hers

14. Hazel has problems with stiff muscles and her body feeling like a rock itself

15. Frank sometimes forgets he's actually a person

16. Athena kids are prone to anxiety and panic disorders, paranoia, and agoraphobia

17. Reyna forgets she has an actual body of her own

18. Demigods in general are prone to POTS or autoimmune disorders

19. Leo is sensitive to any other kind of burn except fire (steamburns/carpetburn/sunburn/etc)

20. Nico is prone to hypothermia if he overuses his powers

21. Leo and Will are both prone to overheating from their powers

22. Iris kids are ironically either colorblind, or have the color perception a shrimp. There is no in between.

23. Dionysus kids often have ABS (Auto-Brewery Syndrome)

24. Hephaestus kids are prone to heat stroke/fevers

25. As well as issues with weakness and fragile bones/joints in their legs

26. Some Apollo kids can scream so loud they can burst eardrums or even stun those close enough, although this usually leaves them with raw, bleeding throats

27. Demeter kids are prone to scoliosis due to how frequently they need to bend down to garden

28. Hermes kids usually mask their real personalities with a "chaotic mask" so they usually forget what they're really like

29. Iris kids are very sensitive to light and often need to wear sunglasses just to be able to walk around because of retina sensitivity

30. Occasionally, Athena kids can experience degeneration in their optic nerves that can cause blindness and eventually spread to other areas of the body (bilateral optic neuropathy is what I believe it's called but feel free to correct me on that)

Add to this list as you please, and this was all just some silly things me an my gf thought of, I apologize if we upset anyone

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just letting you know you didn't post the link to your new toh fic! excited to read it :)

Oh crap I didn't even realize that, it should be fixed now

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I've Grown Tired of this Body

Fandom: The Owl House

Full thing on Ao3: here

Prompt: Forced out of the closet

Everyone keeps secrets.

Belos had a lot of secrets.

Luz has a lot of secrets.

Eda has a lot of secrets.

And Hunter is no different.

Hunter hoped they'd have forgotten to ask him about it after all the chaos of Halloween.

Luz was the only one who knew. And he wanted it to stay that way for now.

They'd finally saved the Isles.

And Hunter for one, was exhausted.

He was happy to have seen Darius again. He'd missed him so much while he was in the Human Realm.

Although he was a bit surprised when Darius offered to let him stay with him while they got the Isles sorted out, and he clearly needed the rest, and probably a meal, he hadn't eaten since Halloween. Or actually slept. And it had been what, 3 days? 4 days now maybe?

He wasn't sure.

He also probably needed to get his binder off. He hasn't taken it off since Halloween either.

Darius didn't know either though. So that would be a bit of a problem.

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In Which Things Got Slightly Better

Fandom: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms

Full fic on Ao3: here

Hugo and Varian just sat on the floor for a bit to be in each other's presence.

"We should probably let the others know we're okay, huh?" Hugo asked sheepishly.

"Probably." Varian muttered, almost asleep.

Hugo sighed and scooped Varian up, his muscles screaming in response and he wobbled a bit.

"I can walk Hugo."

"Yeah, you can tell yourself that, like hell I'm letting you put weight on that ankle." He just carried him outside. "Nuru? Yong? Are you guys out here still?" Hugo asked, looking around once they got outside.

"What took you guys so long!?" Nuru yelled, running from the trees where they parked the caravan, dragging Yong with her. "And what happened to both of you!?"

Yong looked up at them with concerned eyes.

Varian took a deep breath, still resting his head on Hugo's shoulder. "Well, that's a long story. We'll explain later."

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Some interactions I've had stuck in my head for a while

1

Will: I prefer guys who make small dick jokes about themselves over guys who make big dick jokes about themselves

Nico: Mine's a medium. It can talk to ghosts.

Will: …You're spending too much time with Leo

2

*Will and Nico eating popsicles*

Nico: *sucking on his popsicle like a normal person*

Will: *watching him and gets so flustered he starts glowing and accidentally melts his own popsicle all over his hand*

Leo: *from out of nowhere* DUDE YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS!?

3

Will: *on his 3rd energy drink of the day running into the room* Nico found out I pulled an all nighter again this week– help–

Kayla: *doesn't even look up from what she's doing* You're on your own dude

Nico: *drops down from the ceiling* William. Andrew. Solace. *drags him by his shirt collar to his cabin* We are going to cuddle. You are going to nap. AND EVERYONE IS GOING TO LEAVE US ALONE AND LET YOU SLEEP.

4

Leo: *in the infirmary with Will getting their hormone blockers* If their trans. Give them T. Trans people like T.

Will: *has to listen to him do this every time they do this* While that is true, if you do that one more time I'm going to strangle you.

5

*Will and Nico bickering*

Will: THAT'S IT. I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS ANYMORE.

Nico: Don't you dare.

Will: *takes his hearing aids off and continues cussing him out in sign language*

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I Thought You were The One Taking Me Out Not my Sinuses

Fandom: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms

Full fic on Ao3: here

Prompt: Pneumonia

It's not like Hugo wasn't used to feeling like shit.

As long as he could remember, his chest would just hurt, or he'd have times when he just couldn't breathe.

He'd had more colds and sinus infections than he could count.

He was used to working through them.

It had started a few days ago, it was getting colder, which usually meant Hugo could welcome a new flood of colds.

He'd started feeling a bit off, he was cold, no matter if he had a blanket or a jacket or both on, his chest hurt more than it usually did, and a cough started peppering its way into any conversation he had, cutting him off after a few sentences.

Varian had asked him about it, fussing a little more than he usually would, but Hugo brushed him off.

They were getting ready to go to Old Corona and stay with Varian's father for the holidays. Hugo had only met him twice before, shortly after the events of the library when him and Varian were getting their injuries treated at the castle, and a few weeks shortly after when Varian officially introduced him to Hugo as his boyfriend. He was a bit intimidating and seemed less than pleased that Hugo had been raised by Donella, but he was civil with him, he didn't seem to have any major objections after Varian assured him, he wasn't working for her anymore.

"As long as you can make sure he's happy, and... somewhat safe, I'll welcome you here." He'd said, putting a hand on Hugo's shoulder.

Hugo nodded.

And that puts them where they are now, sitting together in the back of a carriage, almost to Old Corona, when snow starts falling.

"Snow. Great." Hugo groaned, clearing his throat to try and get rid of the phlegm in the back of it. It didn't work.

Varian didn't say anything, he just leaned into Hugo's side.

Hugo knew Varian had a difficult relationship with snow and wrapped an arm around him. "You're warm. That's different." Varian said, feeling some heat radiating off Hugo when he pulls him closer to him, Hugo was usually freezing and liked to annoy Varian by putting his cold hands on the back of his neck.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Hugo deflected.

Varian sighed and just rested his head on his shoulder. He didn't have the mental capacity for this right now.

Hugo rested his head on top of Varian's. He was exhausted, surely, he could rest before they got to Old Corona.

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In Which Things Get a Lot Worse (and Slightly Better)

Fandom: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms

Full version on Ao3: here

Prompt: Possession

Hugo didn't know what to do.

This was something that scared Don.

How in the 7 kingdoms would he be able to handle this?

"He released Ulla..." were the last words he could make out from Don before she and Cyrus disappeared.

It was just him and Varian now.

Everything was fine.

Everything would be okay.

Varian's eyes were just glowing bright blue.

He could definitely handle this.

Right?

"Varian? Can you hear me?" He asked softly.

His lips curled upwards in a terrifying smirk.

Books started floating behind him.

Varian's feet lifted off the ground.

"I knew Donnie was never the maternal type. Not like me. She just doesn't understand what it takes to protect the one you most love. Not like I do. Not like you'll learn."

The voice coming out of his mouth wasn't Varian's. It was higher, more feminine.

Ulla's voice.

Hugo had never heard it but he was sure that's what it had to be.

"Varian–" he started.

"I'm afraid he's not here right now. You shouldn't even be talking to him. Not after what you did. You hurt him. And now you'll pay the price for it." Ulla's voice said, locking Varian's eyes onto him, the books that were floating around started circling him, closing him into a spinning cylinder of books.

Hugo's breath hitched. His ribs were sore, and he was tired. But clearly things weren't done yet.

"Varian please, you need to fight her! It'll all be okay, but we need to leave!"

"Oh, I'll definitely be leaving. Just as soon as you're eliminated from his life. And he won't bother fighting me. He let me in after all. All the pain in his heart, those painful memories of his life, he's been a hurt a lot. I'll make sure it never happens again. His mind is sharper than mine. I always knew he'd be great when he was older."

Tears started to well in his eyes. This wasn't Varian. He knew Varian had suffered a lot, and he'd now contributed to it, but he would never let something like this happen. It's just not something he would do.

Varian had always hated listening; there's no way in hell he'd stand for this.

"Varian please! I know I fucked up! But please! I know you're in there! Fight her!"

The books closed in around him.

He panicked, what does he do?

What should he say?

He took a deep breath

"I love you!" He screamed as loud as he could. And he didn't stop there, "I love you okay! I'm sorry! I never meant to hurt you I wanted to keep you safe from this! I really did! But I couldn't, and I fucked up, and you're hurting now, but please... please... just fight her Varian! Please! Please..." His voice cracked as he finished and sunk to the ground with a defeated sigh.

He expected an attack for that, surely Ulla wouldn't tolerate from him.

But... it never came.

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In Which Things Go to Shit

Fandom: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms

Full version on Ao3: here

Prompt: Betrayal

Over 10 months.

More than 304 days.

Almost 7,300 hours.

For 437,190 minutes.

16,231,454. Fucking. Seconds.

That's how long he'd known Hugo now.

And never, even at the very beginning of that time, would he have thought something like this would have happened.

Time had stopped around him almost.

Hugo was saying words but he couldn't hear them.

Nuru glared daggers at him while he tried explaining himself.

Yong looked up at Hugo from behind her, seeming torn between anger and sadness.

But Varian.

He just felt disappointed.

Not in Hugo.

But in himself.

For not being prepared for this.

Not expecting it.

He really should have.

After all the betrayals in his past you think he'd know how to tell when it was coming.

But no.

He got attached.

He fell in fucking love.

And it came back to hit him in the face.

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Fuck yeah

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Making pasta and garlic bread at almost 11 PM because the asexuality demands it

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Flare Days (And How they Lead to Lab Fires)

Fandom: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms

Full version on Ao3: here

Prompt: Chronic Illness

It was generally an okay day so far.

Varian woke up with a headache and his shoulders and ribs hurting, but when didn't he?

He probably shouldn't have laced his binder as tight as he did that day, but he was feeling more dysphoric than normal, he'll ask Hugo to help him put tape on later.

Hugo seemed quieter himself, and neither of them ate breakfast.

They were probably missing lunch too, they never really kept track of the time very well when they were working.

Ruddiger started pawing at Varian's pant leg and he looked down at the chubby little raccoon.

"What is it, Buddy?" Varian asked as Ruddiger continued pawing at him.

The sides of his vision started going cloudy and he shut his eyes tightly for a few seconds hoping that would fix it.

It did not fix it.

Everything was blurry when he opened his eyes back up and his ears started ringing. He braced himself on the table hoping it would just stay presyncope and he wouldn't collapse. They didn't really need that today.

Hugo seemed to have noticed him and the fact he'd gone into presyncope and crossed the room over to him.

"Var? You okay?" Hugo asked, bracing one arm around his shoulders and helping him to the floor to sit down.

He didn't get a response, and Varian just fell into his side once they were sitting down. Once glance at his face confirmed it wasn't just presyncope, and Varian had in fact passed out.

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Wrote a lil something during a breakdown yesterday

My body is made of popsicle sticks and craft glue

My mind is full of spiders

I am a broken and discarded doll

Left to rot in the bottom of the toy bin

I'll be found in about 20 years with mold in my cotton hair

And spiderwebs in my button eyes

I'm already rotting

My stitching's coming undone as my limbs slowly fall away from my body

The thin thread keeping me together slowly unravelling

"I'll never let that happen."

Says the little girl who plays with me

Tears glistening in her eyes like the sequins that decorate my clothing

But it already is

I've been forgotten behind a bush in a game of hide and seek

Left to the rain

And the insects

They slowly eat away at me

Until I'm found

And all that remains is my plastic eyeballs

And the frayed ends of my yarn hair

And who wants to play with that?

"You aren't a broken doll"

She says

"You are my doll"

But if I'm everything you say I am

Why was I thrown away

Why was I left to rot

Why was I left to fall apart until there's no remains of me

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Explosions are Loud. Who Knew?

Fandom: Varian and the Seven Kingdoms

Full version on Ao3: here

Prompt: Ears Ringing

Varian definitely knows how to exercise proper lab safety.

He's 20 years old. He's been doing this for well over 15 years now.

This has been his special interest since he was old enough to like anything.

He has the gloves. Which he makes and tested himself to work almost 100% percent of the time and be very difficult to get through with any nicks from tools or melt with accidental spills.

He has goggles which have lasted him well over a decade at this point. He just has to make new lenses every once in a while, if he accidentally cracks one. Or both. They were only last replaced because his dad got him new goggles for his 9th birthday because he was trying to be supportive on his son's hobby but also wanted him to be safe.

And he's careful. Most of the time. Like 85% of it.

And of course, his infamous spooky mask that he made when he was 7 at Quirin's insistence and that's the only way he was allowed to get some of the mor dangerous things he wanted to experiment with.

But he never wears earplugs. Or any form of ear protection for that matter.

Why, you may ask?

Because, in his words, "I don't like the feeling of stuff in or covering my ears."

So sensory issues.

And his hands over his ears in a split-second notice hardly works as protection.

So he's dealt with tinnitus for nearly 12 years at this point.

He was used to it. He learned sign language with Quirin (who still struggles with it sometimes but is just trying his best) in his early teenage years to communicate when it would sometimes get too loud to hear people talk. But it does come in handy when he's too overwhelmed to talk.

And that brings us to now. Varian, "carefully" conducting an experiment while Hugo left the room for 5 minutes to get them some snacks. (At Ruddiger's behest obviously)

"Okay Ruddiger, 3 drops should be enough..." Varian said to the raccoon, holding the eyedropper of orange liquid over the blue beaker they were heating over a Bunsen burner.

He carefully squeezed 1, 2, 3 drops into the beaker, and watched and the liquid swirled around and turned magenta instead of the muddy brown they were expecting.

The chubby little raccoon quickly darted to a little nook created in a bookcase by chewing it out, and hid there.

"Well that can't be go-" Varian started before the combustion of the beaker sent him into the wall behind him.

Note: I love the headcanon of deaf/HoH/tinnitus Varian so much and I toned down my original headcanon because it doesn't make sense to anyone outside of me and my girlfriend (and our cats who've heard it a million times)

But yeah.

This was me satisfying that little part of my brain at 3 in the morning