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chara-cat5 · 19 days ago

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lads college au

hanging out pre relationship

this is a college au in a normal modern universe (ours). theres no evols. trying to keep it gender neural but fem leaning. at the very least afab mc/reader.

before y'all are dating or even really romantically interested. just buds. for now 👀

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caleb- mc/reader is leans more tomboy, probably has one or two older brothers. caleb is obviously an older brother.

it had been ages since you had last been to an arcade, your older brothers often let you tag along with them. them and caleb. and now your back here with said boy, laughing happily as you looked around the colorful room. caleb hummed softly as he stopped next to you, tilting his head to the side.

"where are we starting, pipsqueak?"

your gaze paused on the claw machine before going back to him, another laugh already rumbling in his chest.

"you always did like the claw machine. come on."

a wide smile took over your lips as you raced over, already picking out the cutest stuffies to try for. shoving in a few tokens, you got to work, a look of concentration taking over your face as you moved the crane. caleb watched, tilting his head to the side as you stuck out your tongue.

"get the apple one. it's in the perfect position."

"but he looks so grumpy. not cute at all."

you huffed but followed his direction, picking up the red stuffed toy. he pulled it out of the shoot, holding it in front of your face, mimicking its expression.

"how could you not like this face."

you could only laugh, rolling your eyes at him.

"well, i might as well get the green apple to match while we're at it, huh?"

the green one was harder to get, the claw picking it up and letting it slip. you leaned this way and that, trying to get the angle right. caleb helped too, giving a few tips. he even held up up for a moment to get an over view, his hands around you waist as he held back snickers. it took three tries but it fell through the shoot. you scooped up the smaller toy, tracing your fingers over the expression.

"now this one is cute. a much sweeter expression."

you held the stuffed apple next to your face, pressing your cheek to it as you mimicked it's face, fluttering your eyes goofily. he laughed, reaching over and ruffling your hair.

"okay, pips. if you say so. now how about we play that racing game i always beat you in."

"you do not always beat me! watch- i'll win right now!"

you huffed, shoving off his hand and leading the way to the game. he only laughed, following along.

"you're on, pips."

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zayne- mc/reader is used to sharing because they have siblings (2-5). he isn't cause he living that only child life.

the peace offering worked too well and now you were out getting more treats to share. zayne hummed softly as he looked at the shelf, his gaze stoic as he observed his many options. you could barely hold back a snicker as he oh so seriously considered the wall of treats. he glanced over, tilting his head at you.

"what is it?"

you shook your head, stepping closer to the shelves and grabbing a pack of cookies.

"nothing nothing. do you see anything you want yet?"

he shook his head, pointing down the aisle.

"i want macaroons but they're in the freezer."

you tilted your head, your hands holding the cookies lowering.

"well... its not exactly like we have a freezer in the library..."

you perked up after a moment, putting the cookies back and grabbing his hand.

"but i know where we can get some."

you tugged him along out of the grocery store, leading the way to a little bakery. he didn't fight or pull his hand away, just blinking at you with startled eyes. the bell rang out and the girl behind the counter cheerfully welcomed you.

"hello, welcome to brookie's cookies, how can i help you?"

"hello! can we get a dozen macaroons and six of your cookies?"

she smiled, nodding as she got to work on packing the order while you looked back to zayne.

"i went here with one my sisters when i first moved for college. they have really good sweets."

he hummed softly, looking up at the menu before looking back to you.

"thank you for showing me. freshly made goods are always better then store bought."

you nodded with a smile, excited to share the treats with him.

"anytime, zayne."

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sylus- sylus is older brother for the twins.

the twins were actually sylus's younger brothers. they were goofy and actually pretty funny when they weren't being little shits. the four of you were walking home from class, the twins arguing about something far too ridiculous to keep up with. you and sylus were a few steps behind them, red eyes tracking their movements. you hummed softly, tilting your head up at him as you bumped your hip with his.

"syyyyyy-lus. just a question, but are they always like this?"

he let out a low chuckle, turning his gaze toward you instead of the twins.

"if they aren't, it means trouble. it's either arguing with each other or pulling some prank or trick."

you huffed, narrowing your eyes at the back of the redheaded boys.

"what about telling them apart? you always seem to know which one is luke and which one is kieran."

"that's partly because i practically raised them. but, an easy tell when they aren't wearing those mask is their little birthmarks. luke's is on the left and kieran's is on the right."

you nod, tilting your head as you watched them.

"... wait, you raised them?"

your eyes went back to sylus, your eyebrows raised in surprise.

"i've always watched over them. our parents... they were busy people. so i watched them. it was just what i had to do."

your expression softened and he rolled his eyes.

"don't look at me like that kitten. i-"

"are a great big brother."

he paused at that, his mouth shutting as his eyes locked on you. your own footsteps came to a halt just ahead of him.

"you gave up your childhood for theirs... i admire you. i don't pity you if thats what you are worried about."

a beat of silence passed before he let out a warm chuckle, falling back into step next to you.

"you always know how to do the unexpected, kitten."

"boss!"

"little boss!"

you look ahead to see the twins with their hands on their hips just ahead.

"enough flirting!"

"keep up, lovebirds!"

your cheeks flushed as you charged at them. sylus just chuckled, watching you scold and chase them, his hands slipping into his pockets.

"guess they're done arguing and back to mischief."

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xavier- he's also giving only child energy.

after the first hot pot together, xavier became your regular eating buddy, taking time after classes to get meals together. he was actually a pretty nice guy. he knew lots of good places to eat and you had formed a sort of bond over food. today, it was this small ramen shop. apparently the owner was a friend of his grandfather or something so he got a family friend's discount. as you left with a full warm belly, xavier yawned, almost always tired after a nice meal like this. you let out a huffed laugh, tilting your head at him.

"you know, with how much you sleep in class, you'd think you wouldn't ever be tired."

he let out a huff, stretching his arms over his head.

"i can't help it. i get a full stomach and its nap time."

you hummed, nodding your head.

"fine fine. but that shouldn't mean you stay up late playing video games again."

he narrowed his eyes, a small smile tugging his lips.

"you could play with me and then you can remind me to go to sleep at a reasonable time."

"i'll play minecraft with you but only for a little bit. not late."

"thats the point. you'd keep me from playing too late."

you let out a huff, rolling your eyes.

"so i'm just making sure you stick to your bedtime?"

"hmmm... yeah. but we'd be hanging out still."

you let out a snort, bumping your shoulder with his before starting back toward the dorms.

"fine fine, dork. lets get going then."

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rafayel- he didn't really get a normal childhood. (this universe, his parents are rich and pressured him a lot, not giving him an opportunity to just chill. or maybe he's the oldest of a bunch of kids. over compensates the silly now).

maybe it was childish the way you two were giggling right now, but who even cares. after class you two had been walking around, ending up at an empty playground. it was too late for kids to be out so you two had the swings to yourselves. it had started as just a seat while you talked about whatever, but turned into a contest of who could go higher.

"rafayel, if you don't quit you're gonna go all the way around."

he huffed, smirking as he kicked his legs. before he go all the way around, he flew off the swing, yelping as he hit the sand. you followed, landing on your feet and moving over to him.

"ow ow ow! it hurts! it's broken!"

you huffed softly, kneeling next to him.

"i doubt it's broken, let me see, drama queen."

he flopped to the ground, laying back with his arm over his forehead.

"no, no, i'm dying. tell my story!"

he went limp and you let out a snicker, reaching out to poke his shoulder.

"if thats the case, can i have your fancy paints?"

he gasped, his eyes shooting open and shooting you a glare.

"i die and you just want my stuff?!"

he grabbed you by the shoulders tugging you down. you yelped, laughing as you two wrestled playfully. you huffed as you laid on your back gazing up at him, his hands on your shoulder.

"it's not my fault you have the good stuff..."

he huffed, flopping next to you and staring at the sky.

"if you want fancy paints, just ask. you don't have to wait for me to kick the bucket."

"you don't have to buy me paints, i was just joking rafayel."

"puh-lease, cutie. i have plenty of funds to blow, i can get you paints."

you huffed, rolling your eyes as you reach towards the sky.

"you don't have to. i really was just teasing raf."

he looked over, his shoulders relaxing.

"alright. i'll let it go... but if you need something, don't hesitate, 'kay? we're friends."

you smiled, looking over, bumping his shoulder with yours.

" 'course. we're friends. you can do the same for me. if you need something i mean."

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i struggled with xavier. i feared that is just gonna be the case since he is my least favorite (sorry star baby). i'll make a list of headcannons for this au later. just to explain a few thoughts. i'll also make a masterlist/ directional thing.

-chara <3

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flipphone01st · 1 year ago

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PLEASE write the mafia 141 idea you posted🥺I'm in love with the idea so much already!!!

Mafia 141/Bartender reader- Part one

Johnny🧼

Mostly Johnny/reader in this fic, because ive decided to split this up into different parts that will focus on different characters Like part 2 could focus of Gaz/reader.

Warning: not proof read, bad joke, swearing, alcohol and smoking, Johnny is a lil shit, and pushy, poorly written accents, (if I forgot anything that could have a warning let me know )

this is literally my first time actually writing a full fic so it's probably mediocre, FEEDBACK AND CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. Other then that I hope you enjoy :)

Stupid uncle, stupid debt, stupid bar. You hated this, but you suppose its your own fault. If only you had just closed the door when your uncle showed up at your door begging for help because he had gained massive debt to one of the most infamous crime bosses in the city... Johnathan Price...if only you had just said no and didn't drive your ass down to Price's club and demand to speak with him, didn't try and bargain for your uncle...maybe then you wouldn't be forced to work for the bastard...

Two hours...thats how much longer you'd have to spend standing behind this bar. You swear to god, if other drunk yells at you you'll shove a jigger down their throat, and your 'coworkers', if you could even call them that, weren't making your life easier. If anything they were hellbent on making it worse. "Yer lookin' a bit peely wally." Johnny chuckles while cleaning a margarita glass, it was just him today, said Kyle was off doing something for Price, you didn't want to ask what.

You glance up at him, eyes narrowing in confusion and slight annoyance "..huh?"

"Means you look like shite." He clarifies.

You sigh and stand up, nudging an empty box away with your foot "thanks... asshole." You grumble. He chuckles and raises his hands in mock surrender, "Awe come on, I'm just funnin' with ya. You look fine, a wee bit red in the face, but that's it." He grins, you didn't hate him, he could actually be quite hilarious sometimes... sometimes...You roll your eyes. He laughs and takes out a cigarette, lighting it up. "Ya want one?" He offers.

"no...I thought price didn't like us smoking around the drinks.."

"Aye, he doesn't." He shrugs, taking a drag of his cigarette. "but what ol Pricey doesn't know won't kill em."

"mm.." your nose scrunches in disgust at the smell. you take a small step away, not wanting the smoke to settle on your clothes. He blows smoke out the side of his mouth, away from you "yer no fun ya know that?" You scoff, "pft..I can be fun.", while crossing your arms, and leaning back against the bar with your lips shaped into a slightly grumpy pout. "Oh?" He chuckles again, leaning back against the bar himself "can ya? Let's see, tell me a joke."

you think long and hard "uuuuuuuuuuuh..ok I got one. What do you call a fake noodle?" Johnny squints his eyes "...what?"

"....an impasta..."

"..."

"..." You're both silent, completely silent.... just staring at each other...

"..." Johnny sighs "that joke was dogshite."

Your shoulders slump forward in defeat "I know." He chuckles, "Well at least yer aware." before taking another drag of his cigarette. before looking at you with the most smug grin you've ever seen "but that also just proved my point...yer no fun, pipsqueak."

"Pipsqueak?" You raise an eyebrow as your eyes narrow

"Yeah, you heard me. Yer a wee'un." He teased, god you wanted to whip that stupid grin off his equally stupid face. "you're not even that much taller than me."

"I'm seven inches taller than you." He points out.

"...nuh uh.."

"Fuck ya mean, nuh uh?" His eyebrows furrowed as he tries not to laugh, on the other hand, your brows furrow in annoyance. "I mean, nuh uh."

Johnny chuckles, and places his hand on top of your head. He then leans down, the tip of his nose almost brushing yours "dena it alllll ya want..." His eyes were locked with yours, the faint smell of cigarette smoke almost making you recoil in disgust. he leans even closer, you try and lean back but you're stopped by the bar. "...yer still a pipsqueak!" then ruffles your hair aggressively.

You slap his hand away, glaring at him while fixing your hair. "Jerk! Don't do that again." you grumble, and to make matters even worse, you feel your cheeks heat up a bit. "Awe, someone's all hot and flustered now." He smirks, giving you a small jab with his elbow "c'mon now, I was just joking around, relax."

You groan softly and roll your eyes, pushing him away and walking to the other side of the bar, trying to find anything that you could use to ignore him. Johnny grins, quickly putting out his cigarette and following after you "see! that's exactly what I'm talking about. Such a grump...don't tell me yer so boring that ya don't even like a bit of harmless flirting?"

"go away, Johnny." You don't look up from the drink you were pouring for a costumer "Aww, c'mon. I'm just tryna lift yer spirits." He wraps his arm around your shoulder "you like me don't ya?" He grins, not expecting a positive answer.

Your eyes widen and you move out from under his arm "no." Was your immediate response, your voice stern. Johnny grins wider and moves to stand right in front of you, leaning right up and practically invading your personal space. "Don't lie to me now. I bet ya daydream about me, don't ya? About all of us? Me and the lads, hm?"

Your face goes red "what?" He grins, almost deviously "you think I haven't noticed the way ya seem to float off into lala land while staring at me or Kyle work? When Simon's gotta rough up some jackass? Or even when price is literally just in the room with ya? Don't try to dena it, pipsqueak...just can't keep us all out of yer fantasies eh?" His hands slide their way onto your hips, he didn't seem to care about the bar patrons laughing and ooing, some even getting annoyed that the two bartenders were flirting with each other instead of enabling their alcohol addiction.

Your brain felt like it was short circuiting, it had become uncomfortably warm. If you were a truther..you'd admit that despite hating these four men...they were kinda hot. But you're a god damn liar and you'll be one till the day you die! "i-i!..no..no way!.. you're crazy! There's no way in hell id ever like any of you like...that.."

"Mm...sure... I'm definitely crazy." He leans even closer, his voice a whisper as he presses his body into you, the two of you basically chest to chest "...crazy about you." He leans down to try and steal a kiss, you're eyes widen comically large but thankfully before you could even react the gruff voice of Simon makes Johnny freeze just before his lips could graze yours "That's enough, you two 'er supposed to be workin, not swapping spit." He glares at Johnny, you didn't notice it but there was a slight hint of jealousy in his dark eyes... you didn't notice, but Johnny sure as hell did.

Johnny quickly backs up from you, and then looks at Simon with a smug grin on his face "Jeez... Yer no fun either, Si. We were just messin' around." Simon stares him down, not breaking eye contact with Johnny for a good two minutes, until finally letting out a deep sigh "just keep it outside of work..." then glances at you, "Price said you're free to go for today.."

You nod "uh..thank you." You awkwardly stutter, still trying to process what just happened and understand how it made you feel... were you embarrassed? Very. Were you necessarily uncomfortable?... strangely enough...no, you weren't uncomfortable. Simon nods then walks off into his little office behind the bar, Johnny watches him go, then his gaze wanders back over to you "Sooo, ya gonna head off then?"

"yeah.." you answer, somewhat shyly. Johnny nods, a quick look of disappointment on his face before he masks it with a smile "alright, then...have a good night, pipsqueak." He shrugs playfully, and begins walking off to serve a poor bastard that had been trying to order a drink for the past five minutes. ".. you too, Johnny.." you mutter while walking out from behind the bar to towards the break room to get your stuff and finally leave....what a weird ass day...

END OF PART ONE. Please let me know what you thought

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genghisthebrain · 1 year ago

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#wait_no on ao3 #fanfiction #fandom polls #polls #tumblr polls #poll time #wenclair #glorbie #clexa #brittana #faberry #swanqueen #catradora #harlivy #villaneve #shoni #grumpy x sunshine #making this a week long because this is SCIENCE girlies

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kairiscorner · 2 years ago

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peter b. parker x short grumpy reader please and thank you 🤍

anon ily platonically YES I WILL MAKE THIS, THANK YOU <333

(reblogs are greatly appreciated, it helps get my content out there! if you guys like what you see, please reblog it too <:D)

also for this, i like to think this'd maybe be an alternate earth where everything is the same but peter b is not with mj (or you can think it's a diff mj, spider mj? whatever, it's just you) and he's not married.

so imagine,

summary: peter b was the only person at the spider society who didn't see you as just this grumpy mess of a person, he knew you were going through a lot of things, who wasn't? he was willing to hear you out for whatever it is you were facing, but maybe without you effortlessly carrying a big table as he hears you out and tries to help you.

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saying peter b loved you a whole lot was an understatement, he was practically at your beck and call whenever you needed him. there were times were it was as though he could read your mind, he'd prepare things for you if you needed them, especially without you having to ask. he did whatever you told him to without question, because he knew he'd make you happy if he did it. if it pleased you or made you happy, he'd do it, no questions asked.

but the thing about you was that you kind of, sort of had an attitude problem. you'd snap at anyone who'd get in your way, literally and figuratively. this is why everyone at the spider society flocked to peter b when you'd be around, hoping he'd act like a human (or spider) shield for them, just like that afternoon.

peter was enjoying his round of afternoon coffee by the cafeteria when a bunch of spider people rushed in and hid behind him. peter sighed and smiled as he looked at the spider people behind him. "ya did it again? when i specifically told you guys not to? ah, well, don't say i didn't warn ya." he said with a chuckle as he leaned against his chair, being held up by the frightened bodies of the spider people behind his chair.

he could hear the clangs against the walls outside and the storm of angry footprints as they drew nearer and nearer, signaling these poor spider people's imminent doom. peter laughed aloud. "aren't they just the cutest when they stomp their feet? i tell you, they're so squishable." peter beamed as he gazed at the cafeteria door, counting down the seconds in his head as he waited for you to storm in a 3... 2... 1...

a loud bang reverberated throughout the whole spider society's cafeteria, with a bunch of bystander spider people looking your way as you fumed. your eyebrows knitted together as you huffed and puffed angrily, your nostrils flared up as you gnashed your teeth together, looking for the spider people who provoked you earlier.

"where. are. they." you seethed, to which all the spider people pointed to the small crowd behind peter b, the lot of which were saying their prayers and hoping they'd get out of this one alive.

peter smiled at you and waved with a small blush across his face. "hey love!" he exclaimed, raising his mug at you. "coffee?" he offered, to which you ignored and rushed straight for the spider people behind peter. "you assholes." you muttered through gritted teeth as you practically became a wild beast that ravaged through the forests of unrelenting anger. "you wanna say that shit to me again? huh? what was that about me being a harmless, pretty little pipsqueak brat?" you seethed as you took a table and pulled it up from its bolts that fixed it in place.

you carried the table with ease and threatened to slam it over their heads. "go on, tell me how vulnerable i am again, i dare you, i dare you!" you shouted, and as you did, your voice rang throughout the whole room, causing everyone to shudder as you let your aggression get the best of you.

the spider people apologized to you, saying how they didn't mean it, but when you caught them making fun of your height, complain how easy it was to rile you up--you knew they meant it. every single word of it.

peter got up from the chair and stretched a little. "love..." he said as he extended his hands towards you. "we can talk about this before you cut their heads off." he said, half jokingly because he knew you were capable of it.

you grunted at that because you really, really wanted these guys to have a piece of your mind. you were breathing heavily, you wanted to scream, to get angry, anything! but you couldn't do it in front of peter, never him. it could be anyone else in the world, but you hated showing him this side of yourself, no matter how used to it he was.

"you don't have to get violent anymore, okay? i've got you. i've got you..." he said as he slowly approached you and placed his hands on your shoulders, smiling at you, gradually wrapping you in his embrace. his embrace was always sweet, you never felt like he forced it upon you or was forcing it upon him, you felt genuine, warm love from him every time he touched you. it was, to you, the most cathatic feeling in the world.

you set the table back down, it fell to its side since you kind of threw it rather than placed it down. you felt hot tears stinging the corners of your eyes, you tried blinking them away, but they just kept coming.

you sighed as you eased into his touch. "dammit," you said as you leaned into the crook of his neck. "i'm sorry, it's just... i felt like shit today. my mission went horrible, my teammates talked bad about me--i can barely look at myself right in the mirror without thinking about all the bad things i've been hearing about me." you whispered in a regretful voice into peter's ear as the onlookers of spider people glanced at the two of you and slowly left the cafeteria one by one, the band of spider people gathered behind peter running away quickly so as not to be in the cross hairs of your anger.

"pete, i'm... sorry you had to deal with me. they were just teasing, i shouldn't have given in to their..." you choked out as tears welled up in your eyes. "i just... i've had enough of people thinking they can say whatever they want about me because i'm... because i don't look like much." you said with a slightly irritated tone, more so towards yourself.

"hey, now... you're okay." peter said as he kissed your forehead and rubbed your back. "i know you're trying to be better, i can see that. i know... i know that comments like that can still hurt you. but you don't need to do that anymore, not while i'm here." peter said as he pulled away to look at you, with such softness and care in his eyes.

you may be grumpy, aggressive, and insecure about yourself and your height, but your hot-headedness cools down significantly when peter's with you.

"you're good enough already. and i'm happy you're working on your issues... i'm right here for you if you need me, i'll teach them a thing or two for you. i promise. and no, you are not vulnerable, weak, or a brat. you're better than that, you're strong, independent, and... so much more." he said as he kissed your forehead again.

"i love you, i always will. you're doing great already." he whispered as he held you close. "thank you..." you choked out as you clung on to peter, as he rubbed your back and kissed the top of your head, letting you let out all your frustrations about the day and about everyone else onto him.

you may have been an angry little gremlin, but you were his angry little gremlin, and he'd prove to you time and time again that no matter how bad your grumpiness and anger would get, no matter how insecure you were of your height, he saw you as just right for him and would defend you to the very end.

a/n: TBH I KEPT DELETING AND REDOING THIS, I'M SORRY IF IT SUCKS THIS WAS ONE IDEA OUT OF..... 6 OR SO AAAAA I HOPE IT WAS GOOD THOUGH, SORRY READER SEEMED MORE ANGRY THAN GRUMPY

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sarcasticsciencefictionwriter · 7 months ago

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“Trick or treat!”

Another trick or treater at my door! Welcome and come in, here is your treat, a chunk of Chapter 2 of my WIP "Hold My Hand (It's a Long Way Down)", an AU from baby Henry's points of view.

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But he likes Dr. Tesla the best.

Dr. Tesla isn't a real doctor, not like the others. Sometimes he'll give Henry a shot, if the other doctors are busy or have told him to, but Dr. Tesla makes most of the stuff they use in the labs and that is enough for Henry.

Dr. Tesla is cool for that fact alone.

He designs and builds all the weird and amazing and confusing stuff that Henry wants to look at and see how they work and so many other things that he's told he's too small for.

And he tells Henry about it, when they do have time together and Henry likes that, especially since he doesn't talk to him like he's stupid or anything like that. He just tells him stuff.

The only thing that he won't tell Henry about is the weird collar around his neck, made out of complicated looking bits of metal and other things that he doesn't know the name of. It's not interesting enough for Henry to ask more about it anyway.

Today, Dr. Tesla doesn't seem to be around, which is a little disappointing to Henry, because that means that he'll just get the needles and some not-very-interesting conversations. Maybe a rare lollipop, if it's Dr. Prescott and not Dr. Solamon.

Candy is good, but he wishes that he could talk to Dr. Tesla. He's nice and the Doc has been acting funny and he doesn't know why.

He knows that she doesn't like it here--Henry doesn't really know why, but he knows she doesn't--but she's been acting strangely since the last time she went to see the doctor and he really wants to know what that's about.

But since she won't tell him and has been acting grumpy, he thinks spending time with Tesla would be more fun.

Dr. [female] is the one that comes in and Henry perks up a little at this because at least he won't be creeped out and there's the chance of candy.

She smiles at him as she looks at the folder she came in carrying.

"How are you today, Henry?"

"Okay." he says, swinging his legs a little bit.

"That's good."

She gives him another smile and Henry tries not to fidget as she does everything that she usually does, taking his temperature, checking his eyes and ears and everything else.

Henry doesn't think that it's possible to get sick here, even though each doctor's visit includes him being asked if he's felt sick. He sees the doctor way too much to get sick.

Though the Doc has been feeling sick lately, even though she sees the doctors as much as he does.

That thought makes Henry frown and he doesn't even squirm when Dr. Prescott draws his blood into a few tubes and then leaves him alone, telling him to wait, his thoughts lingering on the Doc. What if she's sick? What if something is wrong with her and the doctors can't help her? Is that why she's been grumpy and keeping things from him?

He's upsetting himself just thinking about it, but is distracted when the door opens and a man wearing a lab coat enters. Henry perks up at once.

"Dr. Tesla!"

"Hello, Heinrich."

Henry scowls at the nickname, mostly because he doens't know why Dr. Tesla calls him that when no one else does.

"Are you giving me a shot?" he askes, eyeing the man's hands just in case.

"Nope. Just thought I'd come see you."

Henry grins and hops off the table, immediately trying to reach into the pockets of Dr. Tesla's coat, familiar with this pattern by now.

"Ah, ah, ah! Wait, pipsqueak. Patience is a virtue or has Helen not taught you that?"

Henry backs up a bit, but is still grinning as Dr. Tesla reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small object, intricate and made of metal.

The tall man crouches and balances it on his palm for Henry to see and Henry stares at it wide eyed, knowing better than to touch it without permission.

"What is it?" Henry breathes.

"Part of a device the overlords have me working on." Dr. Tesla always calls the leaders of the Cabal 'overlords' and Henry has no idea why. "Can you guess what it does?"

Henry stares at it eagerly, tilting his head, and picks it up with both hands when Dr. Tesla gives him a nod.

Turning it over carefully doesn't give him a better idea of what it's for, other than the obviousness that it's one of Dr. Tesla's inventions and that means it runs on electricity and does something that most people would never think of.

"No." Henry says, a tad mournful.

Dr. Tesla ruffles his hair with a grin of his own and takes it back, setting it properly on his own palm and letting Henry admire it further.

"This bit is going to power an EM shield around the entire compound."

"Wow!" Henry pauses. "What's an EM shield?"

Dr. Tesla smirks a little and tilts his head to the side and Henry knows that means he's thinking about how much he has to dumb what he's going to say down.

Henry once argued that he's not dumb and Dr. Tesla told him that of course he is, because he's four. Henry didn't like that and resolved not to talk to the man again, but that failed the next time they saw each other.

Dr. Tesla and the Doc are the nicest people in the compound and Henry loves them both, even when he gets mad at them. Or when they won't tell him things.

"An EM shield is like a bubble." Dr. Tesla says and Henry immediately interrupts.

"A bubble?"

"Yes. And when I'm done, this bubble will cover the entire compound."

"Why?"

"Because the overlords want it." "Why?"

"Because they do." "Why?"

Henry has been able to pester the Doc into answering questions this way, but Dr. Tesla clearly doesn't like it.

He sighs and pockets the little device again.

"Because they want to keep people out."

Whatever Henry had thought an EM shield was, it wasn't for keeping people out of a place.

"Why?"

"They don't want people coming in here."

"But I did!"

"And that's the problem."

Henry stares, because he's never heard that before. Yes, the people who caught him were irritated that he had gotten under the fence, but he's never heard them call it a problem. They were nice to him. They fed him and gave him a place to sleep.

Why is it a problem?

Dr. Tesla's expression changes and then he gives Henry a smile. Henry doesn't like it, because it looks like the smile the Doc gave him when she told him that he could go outside, but he had to go with someone else.

"Is it bad that I'm here?"

Dr. Tesla hesitates and Henry realizes that means yes.

His stomach lurches and he stares.

"Henry--"

"Why is it bad?!"

"Because…" Dr. Tesla mutters something that Henry can't understand and stands, wiping his hands on his pants. "You're too young to know."

"Am I bad?" Henry whispers, terrified.

He knows what the Doc said. That he isn't bad, that she isn't bad, that it's lies, but he doesn't know why. He doesn't know why Ms. Whitcomb would lie. She's always been nice to him.

"No, Henry. It….I--"

Dr. Tesla breaks off when the door opens and Dr. Prescott comes back in, holding more papers.

She looks surprised to see Dr. Tesla and looks at Henry, frowning slightly at him.

"Is Dr. Tesla upsetting you, Henry?"

"No." Henry says immediately, though he isn't sure that's true and lying is one of the things that makes you bad.

"Dr. Tesla?"

"We were just talking." Dr. Tesla says smoothly.

"Well, you can go back to work now, Henry is almost done here. Just have to give him a little shot and then something for being good."

"All right. Goodbye, Henry."

Dr. Tesla leaves without even looking at Henry again and that makes Henry feel very, very small and very bad.

#samabigailalan #i really hope you like this one #trick or treat!#henry foss #nikola tesla #sanctuary #my writing #my fanfiction #my fanfic

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stickcat07 · 1 month ago

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Complete Character List (As of Moon 53) (Intro) --- (PT.2) The entire list is in age order. Cats' age stops when they die, so some littermates will be separated - - - Branch'Flip, He/Him: The oldest cat in this island's history. If he were still alive, he'd be over 200 moons old. He's Lyre's father and the cat who introduced Dazzle and his friends to the concept of clan culture. COD: Alzheimer's Lyre, She/Her: A simple, happy she-cat who lived for quite a long while near the kittypet place. She experienced an unfortunate teen pregnancy, but was supported by her father. COD: Drowned Amber'Glare, He/Him: The first deputy of TumbleClan who had a HUGE one sided crush on Dazzle'Star. He was deputy for a very long time and was also a father, but his kits were long deceased upon TumbleClan's founding. Apprentices: Plume'Pelt, Moon'Noise, Ruxeve'Blaze COD: Bloodloss Dazzle'Star/Sight, He/Him: A very insecure tom and TumbleClan's founding leader. He had a false-crush on Thrush'Dash to cope with his sexuality struggles and essentially co-parented her first litter of kits from before Thrush'Dash had joined the clan. He later fell in love with Rat'Shore and adopted two kits with him. Apprentices: Heather'Eyes, Frozen'Wish, Rock'Fall, Sunny'Coop CODs: Both to drowning Rue, He/They: A mostly unknown tom born without front legs and the surrogate father of Bat'Kit and Bite'Kit, Pipsqueak and Plume'Pelt's second litter COD: Heart complications Rat'Star/Shore, He/Him: He started off as a barn cat who was the big brother figure of Mitzy Moo Moo and Cheesecake while they were there. He stayed behind to take care of his daughter, Mouse, but joined TumbleClan when she suddenly died from a mysterious chronic condition. He was the second ever deputy, second leader and Dazzle'Star's still alive mate Apprentice: Trap'Freckle Shortbread, She/Her: Lyre's daughter and Bren's mother. A peaceful cat that loves her mother and appreciates her greatly for the struggles she'd gone through as a single teen mother. When her grandfather died, she gifted her daughter his necklace, hoping it served as a token for long-living COD: Drowned Fire, She/Her: A very grumpy she-cat who looks just like her son, Scale'Feather. She never retired since she was young enough to do her duties. COD: Drowned

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bloodykora · 4 years ago

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POV: I Already Know Part 1

I wrote this a few months ago but have it now.

Part 2

You sat there, looking down on the mess of dead bodies and roots that littered the city. Nero had already lost his arm thanks to Vergil, Dante was defeated by the so called "Urizen", V saved the little boy in the store. You knew these events like the back of your hand. You don't know why or how but you're back here. Leaving subtle hints and clues that you knew what was to come. You know that Vergil comes back on June 15th, because of V. You had no clue what to do, but you knew you were angry. So here you sit on a ledge looking down and humming a tune to yourself.

"What's got your panties in a twist?" A voice from above asks, you knew it belonged to the demon bird that was one of V's familiars. "Just thinking about the past and what's to come." "Oh please don't tell me Shakespeare is rubbing off on you!" You snicker at his remark.

'I guess I have been more solemn and gloomy recently.' You think to yourself as Griffon swoops down and lands next to you. "Speaking of emo king, you're very careful around him. You treat him like he's glass. Hell even Shadow is more rough with him then you." He squawks at you, a wonder lingering in his dark eyes.

"Well, I just don't want him to get hurt. It would be a shame if we took out our number 1 player." Your gaze moves to him. "Aww you care for the little pipsqueak. Tell me are you in love with dark and brooding?" You look away from him, heartbreak falls upon your face.

"It's, a lot more complicated than that Griffon. Even if I am, I don't want to be." Seriousness in your tone along with the use of his name, he wasn't used to it from you. "A human not wanting to be in love? Now you must be crazy cause I ain't ever heard of that." He jokes trying to lighten the weighing mood that you had set. "I know things that I shouldn't, I know how this ends." You state simply.

"Did you see him naked?" You let out a loud snort, not quite expecting those words to come from him.

"Besides you should give Mr. Grumpy a chance, not all fairy tales end in death and decay. You both are always so miserable about what could or could not happen. Just take a chance!" He says and with that he stretches out his wings then takes off, leaving you alone in thought once again.

'If only he knew the truth, then again he would run his mouth off to V. Then who knows what would happen from there.' You think to yourself, so lost deep in thought you miss the footsteps approaching you.

"I hope that Griffon wasn't bothering you too much." You turn your head to see V standing a few feet behind you, the last few strands of light before night fall upon him. He almost looks like an angel, and if this was the first time then you would have believed he was. "Just some girl talk." You reply before turning back to look at the scene below.

"You seem to be lost in thought recently, anything troubling your mind that you would like to talk about?" He asks before leaning down and taking a seat next to you. Your eyes squint a bit before letting out a sigh and looking at him.

"What if you could change something but you know it could end in a great catastrophe?" It in all honesty is a non-revealing question. You could be talking about anything, romance, friendships, possibly even a recipe. His eyes fill with something that resembled pain and looked away from you. "That would have to depend on the situation, some things are more important than others." His voice full of wisdom but also disappointment.

'That doesn't help one bit. Do I save you, kill you? Let the future happen all over again? If I change it what will happen to Dante when he is supposed to close the portal? Will Nero go with him? Will Nero get his arm back?' Thoughts plagued your mind as the different realities rolled through like a movie.

"Am I supposed to be selfish? What if someone else dies because of my miscalculation?" You ask out loud, not sure if it was meant to be rhetorical or not. "Someone else?" He questions looking back to you. Your gaze falls into your lap where your hands are, picking at your cuticles. "I know a lot of things, and it's not just because I'm an observer." This puzzles V, not sure if you were talking about him or a whole other situation. He held his tongue not sure if you were going to continue. There was a silence in the air for a few moments before V let out a chuckle. You snapped your head to look at him in confusion and a little bit of anger, this was a serious topic and he was just laughing at it.

"Apologies for my laughter it's just that in everything I have done and said, you confuse me the most." Your cheeks heat up a little, in all the time you spent trying to confuse him all it took was talking about him. "I can be a very confusing person to some. It takes a lot to know what I'm thinking." You quietly let out.

"It is odd at times, you seem to know what I am about to do or say when I haven't even decided it. Almost like your in my head with me." You smile a bit. "Let's just say I have been around people like you, it takes time to break that shell but when you do. Everything starts to make sense, you can predict what that person would do. I told you I'm good at reading people, even the arrogant ones who only bring pain and suffering." You didn't mean to be sinister towards V's other half but after what you had been through you honestly deserved letting out some of that anger. "Here I thought I was the mysterious one."

#v dmc5 #v x reader #dmc v x reader #v vitale

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holylulusworld · 10 months ago

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Kinktober vs Flufftober 2024

Like in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, I will post a kinky, fluffy, angsty or scary one-shot from October 1st till October 31st, 2024.

Please consider none of the stories are available until the set release date. Titles may change (all titles are working titles until the release date.). The release date may change at any time.

ANGST/SMUT/FLUFF

October 1st: Forbidden Lust (3) sequel to Forbidden Lust & Forbidden Lust (2)

Pairing: CEO!Bucky Barnes x fem!Reader

Kink: Homewrecker kink

October 2nd: How deep is your love? sequel to Deepest love

Pairing: Dean Winchester x fem!Reader

Trope: Friends to lovers

Idea by: @elle14-blog1

October 3rd: Extreme tight places sequel to Cramped & Tight places & Very tight places

Pairing: Soulless!Sam x fem!Reader

Kink: Anal sex

October 4th: Colorful leaves sequel to Falling leaves

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader

Trope: Sunny vs grumpy

October 5th: Serve your Soldier (2) sequel to Serve your Soldier

Pairing: Soldier Boy x fem!Reader

Kink: Collars

October 6th: Snuggle and cuddle sequel to Snuggle time

Pairing: Lee Bodecker x Plussized!Reader

Trope: Huddling for warmth

October 7th: Good girls punch hard (1)

Pairing: Raymond Smith x fem!Reader

Kink: Lust at first sight

October 8th: A new life sequel to One autumn night

Pairing: Alpha!Dean Winchester x Omega!Reader

Trope: Nesting (a/b/o)

October 9th: The peach (2) sequel to The Peach

Pairing: Lloyd Hansen x Girlfriend!Reader

Kink: Spanking

October 10th: My car again? sequel to Not in my car

Pairing: Sam Winchester x fem!Reader

Trope: Cuddling & Snuggling

Requested by: @dawn-petrichor-world

October 11th: Breathlessness sequel to Breathless & Take My Breath Away

Pairing: CEO!Bucky Barnes x fem!Reader

Kink: Boss kink

October 12th: Death or date?

Pairing: Lloyd Hansen x fem!Reader

Trope/Kink: Enemies to lovers

October 13th: Pour me some love (1)

Pairing: Biker!Dean Winchester x Plussized!Reader

Trope: Love at first sight

Idea by: @elle14-blog1

October 14th: Ashtray (2) sequel to Ashtray

Pairing: Jax Teller x fem!Reader

Kink: angry sex

October 15th: My lawn, my rules sequel to Get off my lawn

Pairing: Alpha (Teacher) Bucky Barnes x Omega (Teacher) Reader

Trope: Mating

October 16th: Howl like a wolf (Prologue)

Pairing: Alpha!Anders Lassen x Omega!Reader

Kink: a/b/o

October 17th: Bucky & Ducky (1)

Pairing: Mobster!Bucky Barnes x fem!Reader

Side-pairing: Bucky x Ducky the duck

Trope: Best buddies

Idea by: @buckys-wintersoldier

October 18th: Pipsqueak & Grumpy (2) sequel to Pipsqueak & Grumpy

Pairing: Wolverine/Logan Howlett x Chubby(Short)!Reader

Trope: TBA

October 19th: Torn in two

Pairing: Mobster!Steve Rogers x fem!Reader

Trope: Unrequited Love

October 20th: Sweater weather sequel to Christmas Sweater

Pairing: Ransom Drysdale x fem!Reader

Trope: Sweater weather

October 21st: The cabin in the woods (2) sequel to The cabin in the woods

Pairing: Winter Soldier x fem!Reader

Trope: Captivity

October 22nd: Lunchtime Delight

Pairing: Beau Arlen x Girlfriend!Reader

Kink: Edging

Idea: by @elle14-blog1

October 23rd: My annoying sexy neighbor (2) sequel to My annoying sexy neighbor

Pairing: Neighbor!Bucky Barnes x fem!Reader

Kink: Semi-public sex

October 24th: Parallel Worlds (1)

Pairing: Negan Smith (TWD) x fem!Reader x John Winchester (SPN)

Trope: Daddy kink

October 25th: Unwanted mate (2) Bucky's version sequel to Unwanted Mate (Bucky's version)

Pairing: Alpha!Stucky x Omega!Reader

Trope: Triade

October 26th: Up his sleeve

Pairing: Mobster!Bucky Barnes x fem!Reader

Kink: Hand kink

Idea by: @buckys-wintersoldier

October 27th: Breakfast for...

Pairing: Lloyd Hansen x Wife!Reader

Kink: TBA

October 28th: Their bride (Snippet 1) sequel to Best bridesmaid ever

Pairing: fem!Reader x Nick Fowler, Ari Levinson, Lloyd Hansen, Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers

Trope: Post-Coitus moment

October 29th: His Bride (Prologue)

Pairing: Vampire!Bucky Barnes x fem!Reader

Trope: Vampire AU

October 30th: Bound Tight

Pairing: Gus March-Philipps x fem!Reader x Anders Lassen

Kink: Ropes

Halloween Specials: ANGST/SMUT/HORROR

October 31st: His little red riding hood sequel to Little Red Riding hood lost in the woods

Pairing: (Alpha) Werewolf!Bucky Barnes x Omega!Reader (LittleRedRidingHood)

Trope: Monster-fucking

Find all other Bingos and Special Events here: Special Events

#kinktober 2024 #flufftober 2024 #kinktober vs flufftober 2024 #dean winchester #bucky barnes #wolverine #sam winchester #lee bodecker #anders lassen #gus march phillips #smut

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im-tops-bottom · 6 years ago

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Steve breaks up with Tony after finding out Bucky is still alive.

Steve fights everyone to save a soldier that didn't want to return. Goes against the accords. Starts an argument with Tony after Tony fixes Bucky's arm up and puts him through BARF and then proceeds to be happy and smug as he is not only reunited with returned memories winter soldier but also with the love they once shared. After everything Steve and Bucky take down Tony in Hydras Siberian bunker.

After a month of thinking Tony just went off the grid, something doesn't sit well with the rogues so they return to the compound to find that there is a search and rescue operation for Tony. Even though everyone that sided with tony are pissed at they rogues they needed more hands on deck.

They visit the Siberian bunker which was the last place they saw Tony. The find the suit there but not the man. They find a kidnapped genius in the arms of Madame Hydra who relocated in Germany.

Turns out Hydra kidnapped him so they can make a time machine to go back in time and stop Captain America from destroying Red Skull and stopping his plan.

They fight tooth and nail to get Tony back. When they do Madame Hydra activates the time machine. Tony, Bucky and Steve make a run for her and managed to stop her from entering. Bucky had thrown her across the room. Bright light surrounds everyone in the room and the next thimg the 3 know is that they have gone back to the 40s.

Tony manages to find a hideout in an old abandoned building for the 3. He knows they will be there for awhile as he needs to gather together enough parts to make a somewhat descent time machine. He tells the two to stay put amd make sure they don't run into themselves while Tony is gone. He walks out ignoring Steve calling out to him.

It only takes a week for everything to fuck up. Tony gets beaten up in an alley and is saved by a short skinny Steve and a tall not too bulky but still muscular Bucky. A day later because he refused to seek treatment and gets sick, he accidentally blurts out how he is from the future and he has their older versions hiding out in a safehouse. While in his sick state he also flirts with Bucky.

Once he wakes up and finds he's not sick anymore, he looks up to find an annoyed Winter Soldier and Steve standing at rhe foot of a makeshift bed glaring down at him while a sheepish Steve and a smug Bucky stand by the doorway.

He groans as he let's out a "please tell me I did not just flirt with James Barnes. Please tell me it's just a dream."

"no can do princess"

"how did I get here?"

"in your sickly state you walked in the rain all the way here. Almost got lost but kept saying you needed to fix a soldiers arm. We followed you to make sure you were alright. We didn't believe you then but now I can say that i am officially creeped out."

"amd why am I laying here with two grumpy super soldiers staring at me like they want nothing more than to tie me down and make sure I never leave this place?"

"give Bucky half a chance and he just might do that"

"not now Stevie"

"fuck my life"

Tony sits up and accepts a glass of water and food from the younger Bucky before staring at all 4 of them.

"okay so stars and stripes is gonna be Cap, pipsqueak's is gonna be Rogers, 4 seasons is gonna be Bucky while his flirty self is gonna be James. How is this my life right now"

It takes 2 more weeks to find out that no, not only is this a time machine but it had sent them to a different universe. One where pipsqueak is in love and dating Peggy Carter, James is a playboy, Howard lost his sons Tony and arno a year ago and they are officially fucked.

While Bucky and his Winter counterpart that sits in the back of his mind trying to figure out what makes Tony so special that Steve still wants him back even though he said that he still loves Bucky and would do anything for him, Steve is trying to keep a flirty Tony away from an equally flirty James Barnes and it's not planning out well.

Bucky sees what Steve sees throughout an entire week. Tony even when angry still treats the super soldiers with respect and makes sure that Bucky is alright while sort of keeping away from Steve. He is careful with the pipsqueak Steve and makes a special inhaler that works twice as better for his asthma and always checks in with Steve when Peggy isn't there for him. Even though the younger Bucky hasn't gone through the Trauma the winter soldier has gone through, he always treads carefully around the other man while maintaining his flirty charm. Bucky sees that no matter what bad things happen, Tony gets back up after learning his lesson amd keeps on fighting. He's caring and thoughtful and holy cow Bucky thinks he might be falling in love.

Well not might be, he definitely has and oh boy is jealousy kicking up a fuss. After a day of working he hits the showers. Once done he hears noises and goes to check it out. The corridor that leads down to a bunch od empty rooms as well as Tony's because he wants to be left alone is lit up just enough for Bucky to see that Tony amd his younger self are arguing.

"no seriously you don't want to go there with me. I'm double your age fpr crying out loud. I have baggage among baggage of problems that i don't want to get into. Seriously James just no"

"what are you afraid of? That I would do exactly what your Steve did to you? Cuz I won't. Oh don't give me that look gorgeous, i just worked my charm and talked Steve into telling me everything about you. I know hr doesn't like me but he likes you enough tp go on an excited little journey."

"shut it tall, dark and handsome. You don't wanna open that can of worms"

"oh but I do because your Steve seems so inclined on trying to keep me away from you"

"he's what?"

"everyone knew. That's why my Stevie is always around. To make sure you or me don't get hurt"

"he doesn't like me like that. He thought he did but gave it up for your winter soldier look a like."

"well since you are so sure why don't you just let me in"

"ugh god you are annoying"

Bucky clenches his hand as he watches a chuckling smirking James Barnes corner Tony against the wall. James grabs Tonys hands and pushes them above Tony's head before leaning down.

"since Steve told me to stay away from you because your his, why don't we go amd break his rules. Let me have you Tony. All of you. Fuck Steve"

Bucky feels something in him shatter as he hears Tony breathe out a "your right. Fuck Steve" before letting James lean down and kiss him. It's not until clothes are off and Tony's legs are wrapped around James' waist is when Bucky turns around and walks away. He decides to that he is gonna tell Steve his new feelings and what he saw.

The next day onwards, Bucky and Steve do whatever they can to make sure Tony and James aren't alone. They don't trust little Stevie so they still stick around when he is there as well. This annoys Tony and James to no end.

One night, after everyone goes to sleep, Tony sneaks out and heads over to Steve and James's building. God Tony loves Brooklyn. He smiles as he knocks on the door. Peggy answers it and ushers Tony inside and sends him of to James's room. As soon as enters he's pushed up and against the door. In a matter of seconds all clothes are off and Tony is being pounded into by James. They go at it, making sure they keep quiet right up until the sun comes up. The two cuddle and fall asleep with smiles on their faces.

Tony is woken up hours later by a shouting match. He sits up as he notices james isn't next to him. After a minute or two, the door slams open and Tony groans as his Steve and Bucky barge in like they own the place....okay so they technically do but that's besides the point.

"Tony get up and get dressed. We are leaving"

"okay first of all I don't take orders from you Cap. Second of all why the fuck would i follow you?"

"we tracked down your father early this morning, explained the situation and not only does he want to meet you but he has already started building the machine you so reluctantly want to build"

Tony doesn't give a flying fuck that he is naked. He hops out of bed and glares at the soldiers.

"what in the actual fuck Steve! Going behind my back once again"

"like what you did to us last night?"

"fuck you winter wonderland!"

"fun's over. Tony get your clothes on. We are leaving right now"

Tony stares at James from behind them and they have a silent conversation. Afterwards James reluctantly nods and Tony sighs. They don't even notice that Steve and Bucky have been watching.

"god i hate you so much. Fine. Im getting dressed"

"shower first and then dressed"

Tony raises a brow at his Bucky in confusion. He goes with it anyway as he wonders why the soldier said that.

"fine. Shower first and then the clothes come on. Wait for me in the kitchen"

Tony watches Steve turn around and drag both Bucky's with him before he closes the door and heads to the bathroom for a shower.

After a couple of minutes he jolts as he feels hands on his hips. He raises his head amd a brow in question.

"I told your two stalkers that i had to grab some things for my Stevie and Peggy. I jumped through the bedroom window"

Tony giggles as he turns around amd brings James down for a kiss. Things get heated in the cold shower and James ends up fucking tony against the wall. Awhile later James puts on the clothes he wore before and headed out the window.

"wait"

James held himself up on the windowsill. Tony heads over and kisses James causing both of them to smile.

James says "we know where each other stays. We'll make it work" before winking and jumping out the window.

Tony let's out a content sigh before closing the window amd getting changed. He walks out smiling as he heads to the kitchen where he makes himself some shitty coffee and something to eat, ignoring the Soldiers questioning looks. Turns out that Tony was wearing one of James shirts and smiles a bit more as he eats.

When the 3 get back to the hideout, Bucky tells Tony to get changed into his own clothes and then pack. Tony glares and in retaliation packs his clothes amd keeps James' clothes on. He stomps outside placing his stuff in the old car they managed to steal amd sits in the back while tge soldiers pack everything else up. There's not much stuff that needs to be packed but it fills the boot and either side of Tony because he decides to sit In the middle that has no seatbelts. Steve just shakes his head and rides shotgun while a pissed Bucky starts the engine.

They head to Stark Manor and Tony makes sure to stay professional but he can't because Steve tells him there is plenty of security and Bucky says that they will know if tony leaves and he isn't allowed to see James or his friends again. Tony is down right pissed off but holds it in as he meets Howard and Maria Stark. A plan formulates in his head and he hides it behind a smile as he starts chatting away. He ignores Steve and Bucky's suspicious looks in favor of trying to get Howard on to his side which is fairly easy because this one is nothing lkke his real shitty father. This Howard even apologizes on behalf of his one which is a surprise because Howard never apologized.

A month of building the machine that will get him home, Tony tells Howard to group up a couple of people that he is happy to assist witj (becaise he knows exactly who they are) amd create a super solider serum that was used for a war ("how are you guys not in the middle of a war? I guess my universe is just stupid"). He even gives him names of 2 people who would benefit from this as well.

A week later Steve and Bucky are pissed when a smug Tony drags in their younger counterparts with Howard behind them. Howard tells the soldiers what he's gonna do and how the two along with Peggy are gonna be staying in the manor. The two soldiers groan as they once again have to keep Tony away from these guys which is hard because howard requires them as he wants to study their blood and run through some questions.

The next night Bucky heads to the kitchen to grab a drink when jealousy rears it's ugly head. He looks out a large window as a giggling Tony is being chased around by an equally giggly James in the rain while Steve and Peggy chat under some shelter. He growls as he sees James Catch Tony amd start tickling him. He feels and hears Steve's growly presence as they watch James pick a squealing Tony up and spin around. After a couple of spins Tony leans down and kisses James.

Steve slams his fist onto the bench. He tells Bucky to drag them inside before they get sick and heads down to the lab to see if he can talk Howard into building their machine faster.

It takes one more month before Howard and Tony create a machine to get the 3 lost warriors home and a machine to turn alt Steve and Bucky into Super Soldiers.

Steve and Bucky have it all planned out. They knew Tony wasn't going to tell them about the machine so they asked Howard. They tell Howard and his team to test the serum first. While the younger ones are in the machines set up for them and have been activated, steve nods towards Bucky. Ignoring everyones screams of shock, Bucky activates the time/universe jumping machine amd watches as Steve throws Tony over his shoulder amd they jump through the ! machine.

They are sent back to their time and universe which is great for Steve and Bucky. Not so great for the crying and screaming Tony that's mashed between the two. They hold Tony place as he screams out how he wants to go back. They don't let him.

2 years later Tony looks up in shock as a bright light surrounds him before disappearing, leaving a smirking buffed up James Barnes. James smiles happily before staring Tony directly in the eye.

"I finally found you. I've come to bring you home"

Within those two years the two original super soldiers have had no luck trying to win over Tony. They make sure that none kf Tony's dates comes back for more. They are protect amd possessive over him.

As they head down to Tony's workshop they become jealous angry people who are yelling at Tony to get back there and stay put. They don't grab Tony in time and see red as a smirking James drags Tony through the machine.

Tony's life becomes a cat and mouse from then on. He bounces around between both universes. 2 obsessive soldiers kidnap him and bring him back to his og universe while his boyfriend saves him and takes him back to where he wants to be. It's a hard life but for him it's totally worth it

#ex stony #stucky #stucky wants Stuckony #winteriron #this is a mess of a love triangle

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Here's a rare video of Mini being nice to Jason. She actually really seems to enjoy car rides so we took her out with us to play a bit of Pokemon Go this evening. She really enjoyed the ride and Mini's new favorite pokemon is igglybuff. Mini is back at our house because she's coming with us to the vet tomorrow. Our vet, @exoticvetclinic, is nearly 2 hours away, but Dr. Lennox is one of the top exotic vets in the world and amazing with small animal dentistry. Since we already go there once or twice a week we volunteered to just take Mini with us. She's basically an honorary Pipsqueak. Anyway, Mini's mom and primary vet decided she should go get checked out so tomorrow Mini will probably be extra grumpy. I mean no one likes going to the dentist. #rabbit #bunny #love #sheissoooperfect https://www.instagram.com/p/B0w7wU-nbCT/?igshid=1uqyup1e7puhu

#rabbit #bunny #love #sheissoooperfect

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lonestorm · 8 years ago

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The Inugami - Chapter 13

Summary: When Kagome Higurashi moved to the bad side of Chicago to help with her grandfather’s restaurant, she expected chaos. Being thrown into a fake gang, caught in the middle of a drug war and grudge that stretches centuries back in time, befriending a grumpy half demon along with a ragtag bunch of three other misfits… wasn’t exactly what she had in mind. High school AU. Inukag.

Rating: T (some language)

Pairings: Inukag, Mirsan

Chapters: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13

Shorts: 1. Sesshomaru | 2. Miroku | 3. Shippo

**Also on ff.net here.

When the Inugami finally arrived at the hotel, Kagome noticed first how everything was too quiet. Like the calm before the storm.

They’d seen the police cars parked about a block away, all out of sight of the hotel. Sesshomaru, however, parked right in the lot and strode up to them. There was another man in a police uniform that jogged after him, saying heatedly, “I can’t just evacuate this whole place because of a tip from a couple of kids and Wolves!”

Inuyasha growled at that, but Sesshomaru halted and turned to face the man once he was beside the Inugami. “Do you have any better leads, Commander Bauer?” Sesshomaru quipped.

Commander Bauer, hair graying and face tired, responded, “No, but this is hardly more to go on that anything we’ve had before. There are upper class people in that hotel; they’ll sue the hell out of us if we evacuate and end up finding nothing. Suppose they were fed false information! Wouldn’t be the first time.”

Kagome was at least impressed that the man didn’t cower under Sesshomaru’s glower. “Will that be any consolation when everyone in the hotel ends up dead?”

At this time, Koga finally bounded up to them with Ginta and Hakkaku panting behind him. Kagome’s eyes widened at the sight of Wolves emerging from the shadows of the night, grinning with shining, white fangs. There had to be nearly a hundred of them, all growling and practically glowing with energy and viciousness, ready to be set loose...

“Wolves reporting for duty, Commander Tashio,” Koga told him, tightening the band around his head.

Bauer sighed, grimacing at the sight of the demon gang, and pinched the bridge of his nose. “Take me along and give me proof. Then I’ll start the evacuation.”

“It could be too late by then!” Inuyasha shouted at him, but Sesshomaru silenced him by holding up a hand.

“Fine,” Sesshomaru said lightly. “Inugami, Alpha, come along; we’ll get him his damn proof.”

“Ginta, Hakkaku,” Koga ordered, gripping his friends’ shoulders. “I want you two to stay here and await my word to tell the others. Stay on guard and report any suspicious activity.”

“Yes, sir!”

“Thanks, guys. I’m going in.”

Biting her lip, Kagome hurried after the Tashio brothers’ and Koga’s long strides. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo caught up beside her, and the other Commander managed to get beside Sesshomaru.

“What if it really was false information?” Kagome muttered to Sango.

With a helpless shrug, Sango whispered back, “I guess we’re about to find out.”

The hotel was truly magnificent; tall and imposing, stretching past her vision. Inside was just as grand: shiny, white and black floors, statues of gold lining the halls, intricate glass chandeliers, and bright walls. The group marched right up to the front desk, where a brunette boy in a rumpled suit was snoring with his head on the counter.

His nap didn’t last much longer; Sesshomaru slammed his badge in front of the boy’s face, causing him to gasp and bolt upright. “O-oh! Sorry s-sir, I, em… Oh, police? Um, what can I do for you, officers?”

“You can direct us to the basement,” Sesshomaru demanded, and the boy stammered instructions right away.

Kagome’s heart was in her throat as she jogged after Inuyasha’s impatient steps. How exactly do you handle a moment you’ve been waiting for for over six months? She took a look at Inuyasha… his ears were flat. Like when he was angry. He wasn’t getting worried; he was getting angry, remembering everything that got all of them to this very point. His anger pushed him on… and Kagome was angry too. So she clenched her fists and focused on it, letting it fill her from the chest. A red lava that seemed to singe her veins and light her up. Maybe… maybe anger on behalf of those she loved was what could make her brave. Brave, like Inuyasha.

They took a right, two lefts, back down a long dark hall and through the back door… and then there was a teenage boy in a baseball cap, sitting outside a metal door while reading a book. And underneath his cap, holding back his brown hair, was a black and purple bandana.

Kagome cleared her throat as they made their way towards him. “Um, so shall we say the passwords or-?”

Inuyasha was there in an instant, grabbing the doorman boy by the shirt and slamming him against the wall. “Let us in, pipsqueak.”

“Inuyasha’s trying a different password, I suppose,” Miroku mumbled.

Once the boy saw the lamplight shine off of Inuyasha’s curling claws, he scrambled for the lock.

“No need to tell Naraku about intruders,” Sesshomaru told the Spider coldly as the boy grabbed a walkie-talkie from his belt. “He’ll know we are here soon enough.”

There was a set of stairs awaiting them, dark and cool. Kagome swallowed, mind flashing back to the first time they’d tried to take on Naraku… the night of the New Moon.

The group made their way down the passage, and Kagome was nervous about the lack of guards. Sesshomaru was right; this was far too easy. There had to be some sort of trap coming up. Maybe an empty room awaited them.

But as she reached the bottom with the rest, her jaw dropped; it was all here. A large space the size of a ballroom. The tanks filled with Shikon, pink liquid bubbling up and being fed into a metal machine that spat fire and looked to be producing blocks of shining Jewel. A lavish spread of seating and dining in the colors of white and gold, Spiders lounging and laughing, smoking and drinking. And on a couch far across the way, a sinister-eyed man running his hand down Kikyo’s arm. Her eyes looked dull and lifeless, pulling a pang of pity from Kagome’s heartstrings.

“This is it,” Koga snarled, baring his fangs. “Ginta, Hakkaku, Naraku is here; standby.”

“Yes, sir!” chorused the Wolves from Kagome’s earpiece.

“Behold your proof,” Sesshomaru sneered, gesturing toward Naraku at the other end of the room.

Commander Bauer’s eyes widened, and he pulled out a walkie talkie as he took off upstairs. Kagome could hear him shouting, “Evacuate the hotel immediately! Public enemy number one spotted!”

Of course, by then, all the Spiders had become silent at the new guests, and Naraku was watching them steadily with the most disconcerting smile. Kagome grimaced at its malevolent gleam.

“Hey, Naraku,” Inuyasha told him, drawing his gun from its holster. “Your escort to hell has arrived.”

“About time,” Naraku drawled, leaning his head back and tracing a lazy finger up Kikyo’s neck. “I was beginning to think you’d never show. Inugami. Sesshomaru. Alpha. Now we can finally release some steam.” He flicked a hand. “Spiders, it’s time. Go on.”

“I’ve got a bad feeling about this,” Sango said as she drew out her bladed boomerang and a gun.

Kagome nodded in agreement as she watched Spiders stand. Some looking viciously excited, some white-faced and horrified, but they all exited from doors on either side of the back wall in droves.

To her relief, Koga ordered, “Wolves! Spiders fleeing from back doors to the outside; surround and incapacitate! Don’t kill unless absolutely necessary in defense! Remember, American laws!”

“So, we can rip off their legs to incapacitate them?” Hakkaku clarified.

“No!”

“Oh, okay. But what if I think they’re gonna rip off my legs?”

“Then you can rip off their legs,” Koga amended.

Sesshomaru sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. “That is not really how it works.”

Koga put his face into his hands. “Just… just take them down and give them to the cops, okay? You don’t need to rip their legs off.”

Sesshomaru ignored this and regarded Naraku. “I suggest you come quietly, and then we won’t have to make a mess of this place. We have the full-blooded demon son of the demon king of the west, two humans here with spiritual powers, a demon slayer, a fox demon, an alpha wolf demon-”

“I have an army of demon energized Spiders and soulless demons awaiting my command,” Naraku offered, finally standing to face them.

Sesshomaru gestured to Inuyasha. “We’ve got a half dog demon with anger management issues and a ridiculously massive sword.” His guns were drawn. “Your drugged Spiders could hardly hope to stand against the full strength of the Central Wolf Demon Tribe and the 18th District Chicago Police station, with more stations on their way.”

Naraku leaned against a nearby pillar; Kikyo still sat, motionless, and Kagome mentally urged her to get up and run. “Do you honestly think,” Naraku asked silkily, “that I’m stupid enough, after all these years hiding, to simply go tell all of my Spiders this location and passcode?”

It was Shippo’s voice that spoke up, shaking at first, but then firm. “It’s reasonable that we’d think you’re kinda stupid,” he said, “when you’ve had about a minute to kill us already but instead you’re deciding to monolog and tell us your evil plans.”

“Shippo’s right. Fuck this talking; I’m gonna go cut his face off,” Inuyasha snarled, and then shouted, “Tessaiga!”

The gun stretched into a sword, and he ripped off its sheath. Tessaiga grew to a shining, thick blade with elegant fur circling the hilt.

Naraku’s eyes gleamed. “Oh, now there’s an old friend. Are you going to use that on me underneath a skyscraper, Inuyasha? Send the place crashing down?”

“Rather take this outside with your Spiders?” growled Inuyasha, leveling his sword with Naraku’s head.

Kagome’s heart fell when Naraku’s smile only grew. “Did I say they were going outside?”

Just then, Ginta’s voice came hesitantly in their ears. “Um, boss… no Spiders out here.”

“What?” Koga muttered, putting a hand to his ear.

“But there’s a lot of screaming coming from the hotel. What are you guys doing in there?” Hakkaku asked.

Sango’s eyes were round as they met Inuyasha’s. “They… they’re in the hotel.”

“Thought I’d let my Spiders have a little fun,” Naraku sighed. “The people in this city are mine anyway…”

“What are you talking about?” Sesshomaru droned, lowering his guns. “Hostages… you want us to leave and then you will not hurt the guests?”

“Oh, no need; I’m already hurting the guests.” Naraku waved this off. “Maybe they’ll be glad they died before they became puppets with the rest of the city.”

“What do you mean ‘puppets’?” Miroku said, eyes narrowing.

“Wolves!” Inuyasha said into the earpiece. “Get your asses in the hotel; Spiders have started to attack the humans. Protect the humans! Ginta, tell the 18th division commander what’s going on.”

“Yes… uh, boss? That cool with you?”

Koga gritted his teeth, glaring at Inuyasha. “Only the Betas and squad one of the Gammas go in the hotel; the rest of you hold your perimeter in case some more come out. Other than that, just… just do what the mutt said.”

“He’s whittling down our forces,” Shippo muttered, swishing his tail nervously.

“Addicted? Well…” Naraku looked at his black watch. “I’d say my Spiders set up at the roof of this building should be releasing the Shikon gas on my command in about five minutes. I could have done it a while ago, of course, but I wanted to make sure my special guests would be here to see it. So I do thank you for coming.”

A pause. Then, Miroku let out a sigh. “Well, shit.”

“We have to split up,” Inuyasha told them, striding forward. “I’m staying here. Shippo, you should float Sango and Miroku for brute strength and spiritual power up to the roof so they can take down that gas. Sesshomaru and Koga, you’re obviously needed to protect the city from Spiders. Kagome can stay with me. If she wants.”

“She does want,” Kagome clarified, and gripped the gun magazine in her pocket. She felt a stroke of pride accompanying the moment she held up her hands and let the reservoir of energy surge to her fingertips; Inuyasha wanted her help.

Sesshomaru locked his gaze on his brother. “You two against Naraku? I think not.”

“This piece of shit killed over a hundred of my pack!” Koga spat. “There is no way I’m leavin’.”

“Then help me get him outside!” Inuyasha barked.

Miroku also looked hesitant. “Don’t… don’t you need me here?”

Kagome turned to regard him, and was immediately disturbed by the foreign expression on his face. It was intense, hungry, eye shining in utter loathing. It was… lust. For blood. That look didn’t belong on Miroku’s face.

Inuyasha apparently saw it too. “Miroku,” Inuyasha said lowly, “are you suggesting Sango face the people on the roof without you?”

Miroku had his eyes still fixed on Naraku… and slowly, turned them to Sango. “I-I…” He swallowed, clenching his fists. “I… no.”

Sango’s gaze softened. “Miroku, I don’t need-”

“Let’s go, Sango.”

With a last look behind him, Shippo followed Miroku and Sango back up the stairs at a run. Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and Kagome were left facing Naraku, air between them still and thick.

“I have an idea,” Kagome muttered.

“What’s-Kagome!” Inuyasha called, but she was already running.

This seemed to surprise Naraku at least--she used that to run straight at him, thrusting out her hands to hit him with a bolt of pink light. Not enough to damage him much, but she’d only meant to shock him and get him out of the way for a moment. From there, she grabbed Kikyo by the wrist and dragged the startled girl towards the stairs that the Spiders had rushed out of. Kagome just kept running, not looking behind her; Kikyo wasn’t hard to pull along, seeming to have weakened by the drug over time.

“What are you doing?” Kikyo demanded, failing to tug her hand away.

“Just wait,” Kagome said through gritted teeth, pushing herself to go faster.

Sure enough, there was shouting and cursing behind her, and she heard the clattering footsteps of Naraku, Inuyasha, Koga, and Sesshomaru chasing after them.

Kagome practically threw herself through the door at the top of the stairs, bursting out into the lit hotel. Chaos reigned, the beautiful crystal chandeliers crashing down to the marble ground. Guests were running in nightclothes and screaming, chased by snarling demons. Kagome watched in horror as a Spider pounced on a fallen child. The little girl shrieked, and Kagome came to her senses, shooting a bolt of spiritual energy at the demon so that he was blasted off. But then the demon turned to her, growling, clad in black-

And tackled by a Wolf. The Wolf snarled and slashed his claws across the Spider’s face before kicking him into the stone. Wiping blood off his hands, it was Hakkaku that looked up, grinning at Kagome. “You okay, sis?”

In the middle of hell, Kagome managed a smile. “Yes. Thank you.”

The door behind her made a crashing sound. Kagome yelped, tightening her grip on Kikyo’s wrist before taking off again, dodging crystals and glass that smashed in from the windows. A shard slashed across her cheek and thigh, but she was too focused on running to register the pain.

“Look out!” Kikyo shouted once, and Kagome turned to see a Spider running at her from the left-

He was thrown away by a flash--Kikyo had her hand raised, pink light flickering around her fingertips.

Kagome was only able to stare at the other girl in shock for a second; a tentacle shot past their ear, making Kagome gasp and continue running through the front doors with Kikyo at her side.

Finally, they were in the street, surrounded by the flashing lights of police cars and sirens accompanied by the wail of ambulances and people clutching wounds with blood oozing through their fingers. Police were tackling one Spider to the ground to the left, while four Wolves were corralling three Spiders and locked in battle of teeth and claws to the right. And when she turned… Naraku.

Inuyasha followed soon after, slashing at Naraku’s back with Tessaiga with a yell. Naraku dodged, spinning to face the half demon with a hiss. Koga came from the other side, speeding up Naraku’s blind spot while Inuyasha occupied his front. Sesshomaru was supposedly in the building protecting the people. Kagome wanted to help, but then tuned into the chatter that had been going on in her earpiece from Sango, Miroku, and Shippo.

“Kohaku, please,” Sango’s voice was pleading. “Just stop. I know you don’t want to do this. Just… please come home.”

“Her brother,” Kagome gasped, staring up at the top of the impressive structure. She could make out lights and movement, but no more. “Miroku, what’s going on up there?”

Miroku’s panting voice came through faithfully, “Sango’s brother and ten other Spiders are up here defending the device. I’m holding a barrier around the device so that they can’t touch it, and Shippo and Sango are trying to take care of the rest. Sango is trying to talk Kohaku out of prepping the gas further; apparently, he’s in charge of them.”

Shippo added, after giving a curse in pain, “They can’t set it off without Naraku, even if Miroku’s barrier doesn’t last! Naraku has the launch button! Probably his watch! We’re holding our own up here fine; just take down Naraku!”

Kagome gave a firm nod, almost forgetting that her friends couldn’t see it. She scanned around until she saw the nearest Wolf, and then whistled at him. He looked over right away, and jogged over, frowning, when she gestured.

“Here,” Kagome said busily, pushing Kikyo towards the demon. “Keep her safe and away from the fighting. Naraku has used her for too long.”

The Wolf gave her a salute, curling a protective arm around a bewildered Kikyo. “Yes, sister!” With that, he swept Kikyo up from under her knees, causing her to shriek as he bounded away past the Wolves’ and police’s perimeter.

Kagome sighed. “I wish they’d stop calling me that. But it is kind of cute.” She shook her head. “Right. Middle of battle.”

So Kagome ran to the scene, Naraku leaping away from Koga and Inuyasha. None of the police had a clear shot; they could either hit a victim or ally with how fast Naraku was moving.

Naraku had a cut on his chest, ugly bruise forming in the light from the lobby, slashes across his back. But he was grinning. “I do hope you’re not out of shape, Inuyasha.”

“Judging from the blood all over my sword,” sneered Inuyasha, “I’d say I’m in pretty damn good shape, thanks.”

Then Naraku opened his jacket. Somehow, from his front burst monsters; demons of all shapes colors, sizes, and terrors. Kagome stumbled back along with the rest of the surrounding people, civilians shrieking and running in an even more crazed fashion. There had to have been fifty or more, all snarling and running at Inuyasha at full speed. Horns, teeth, claws, everything that had ever crawled out of her nightmares was suddenly in front of her, and Kagome felt her bones freeze in terror.

“Inuyasha!” she couldn’t help but call.

But he just held up his sword, gleaming a deadly sheen in the moonlight, with a determined expression and yelled, “Everyone who can hear me--RUN!”

And everyone did. Civilians, police, Wolves, and Spiders alike took off as far from the scene as possible. Kagome squeaked as strong arms whipped her up and then wind was flying against her. Before she knew it, she was over a hundred feet away in Koga’s grip. She looked back to where Inuyasha stood, crying out, “He needs help!”

“Tch.” For once, Koga shook his head and grinned grudgingly towards Inuyasha. “Darlin’, as much as I hate to admit it, he’s got those handled. Just watch.”

So she did. Inuyasha lifted his sword at the demons, and brought it down in a powerful arc while shouting, “Wind scar!”

A gale surged from the slice of Tessaiga, carving through the demon hoard. The hurricane of blood-splattering power swept through the entire group, leaving scars across the ground that stretched nearly a block.

Slowly, the Wolves, Spiders, and police approached again, gaping and muttering in awe for a few moments before remembering that they had a job to do. Spiders kept trying to wreck havoc as their master ordered, Wolves attempted to take down the Spiders as their master ordered, and police were running around trying to save lives while not dying. Which must’ve taken extreme skill.

“Impressive,” Naraku called, jumping back down from his cowardly hiding place above the main door. “But not impressive enough.”

“His lines get lamer every time,” Kagome muttered, running back with Koga to aid Inuyasha.

“Tell me about it,” Inuyasha snickered back once she arrived. “Ready to get serious, Kagome?”

“Do you have to ask?” she purred back, lifting her hands and reaching within herself until pink sparks crackled around her fingertips.

Koga sped up to their side. “My Wolves are injured. There’s a group of all demon Spiders breaking through the back perimeter. I need to give backup. Keep this idiot occupied until I get back to gut ‘im.”

“I’m gonna gut ‘im first!” Inuyasha shouted at Koga’s retreating back. “Keh. Wolf loser.”

Naraku charged.

Inuyasha slashed with Tessaiga, taking out a nearby lamppost, but Naraku dodged. Kagome shot a bolt at Naraku’s chest, only for it to get blocked by the tentacles that had burst from his back. He gave a wince in pain, but then snarled and knocked Tessaiga from Inuyasha’s hands, where it clattered back into a gun.

“No!” gasped Kagome as Inuyasha swore and was slammed back into the fountain so that some of the rock cracked.

Kagome scrambled after the gun, Sesshomaru’s words echoing in her mind: “...if he feels his life is in danger, he will transform into demon form. The form makes him a vicious beast that lusts for blood. If he enters this form too often, his soul will be lost. Only the sheath of Tessaiga can subdue that monster. He must keep Tessaiga against his body the entirety of the time he’s fighting Naraku, or the lives of even his allies will be in danger.”

She dodged one tentacle and dived over another, rolling to come up on her feet. Kagome kept running, throwing another pink bolt at Naraku to evade his grasping hand as she leapt and reached for the gun. Her fingers gripped it like a lifeline, and she turned to Inuyasha…

He’d risen from the fountain, and his eyes were red.

Kagome took a step back, eyes round. This wasn’t… Inuyasha. This was a beast that was growling and roaring, and had purple streaks across his cheeks that were the same shape as his elongated fangs.

Leaping over the edge of the fountain, Inuyasha snarled at the nearest demon Spider and slashed his claws across his chest. He spun and punched another Spider into the middle of the fountain, where Kagome heard a sickening crack of bone. From there, he lept upon a fleeing, civilian, raising his claws-

“Inuyasha, stop!” Kagome commanded.

His gaze snapped to her, and he slowly crawled off the woman. Inuyasha was watching her steadily, stopping before the fountain and continuing to growl. Kagome looked down at the gun in her hands, and back up at the one she loved. Naraku laughed behind her, saying, “Oh, the monster is unleashed! Well, go to him, little miko, and he’ll rip out your heart and crush it before your eyes.”

She felt a snarl on her own face. “You know what, Naraku?” she said, tilting up her chin. She was reminded of the first day she’d met Inuyasha, the fear she’d felt when she saw the Thunder Brothers and he told her there was no point in standing up to them. Kagome smirked. “Watch me.”

“Inuyasha!” she called, approaching him slowly. “Hey there… I know you can hear me. It’s Kagome. I know… I know you’re scared. But you’re gonna be okay, alright?”

He hiss, but let her inch closer on her dirty sneakers. His eyes travelled to her face, then to the gun in her hand.

Closer. She gave a light chuckle. “Oh, this? It’s empty. You always keep it empty. You know why?”

And closer. He lowered, as if preparing to pounce. “Because you really wouldn’t hurt anyone when you don’t have to, Inuyasha. You’re a kind man. Remember?”

Even closer. The growling had lessened, but eyes narrowed. Kagome swallowed, and tried for an unsteady smile. “Y-you help me with my English homework, teach me to fight for myself, keep me warm after a long day. You like a fan blowing and a pillow to hug when you sleep, you’ll eat miso ramen for every meal, and randomly hum lullabies without even realizing it throughout the day.”

She was right in front of him now, biting her lip as she slowly held the gun out in hopes to touch it to his skin. “C’mon, Inuyasha. You’re the toughest guy ever. Everyone thinks so, especially Shippo.” She felt tears prick her eyes at the thought, pain lancing through her chest at the snarl he was still making at her. It was as if he didn’t know her. “You know Shippo. He teases you but looks up to you like a big brother… Don’t look at me like that, please. I’m Kagome. You protect me and I protect you and we’ve been through so much-”

She gasped as he smacked the gun from her hand, sending it skittering off to the right on the crumbling brick. Her eyes snapped up to his red, raging eyes. His hand shot out, wrapping around her throat so that she panicked at the lack of air, grasping at his strong hand. Kagome could have used her spiritual powers to put up a barrier, but it would hurt him if he touched it and…

“I w-won’t hurt you,” she whispered, gasping. “E-even if it kills me, I won’t h-hurt you, Inuyasha. I l-love you and I-I w-won’t hurt you. Y-you hear m-me? I love you.”

Those words seemed to have been clawing to get out of her throat for so long, and now that they finally had… he didn’t seem to hear them.

He just… he had to.

So Kagome touched his cheek, leaned up through the pain of his hand, and kissed him.

It was desperate, imploring, begging. Inuyasha’s hand had released her in shock. He needed to know, and maybe this was her only way to tell him now.

Even if it got her heart ripped out.

The moon may have passed before she finally backed away, cracking her eyes open slowly. Daring to hope.

His eyes were closed, breaths shuddering. The purple marks still slashed across his face, but- “K...Kagome…”

“Inuyasha?” she said, eyes and smile widening.

“In control,” he muttered, squeezing his eyes shut tighter. “I-I can… control… I’m so… I’m sorry…”

“Don’t be,” she whispered, curling her hand around his. “I’m just happy you’re okay…”

His eyes opened for a moment, and she saw the red was gone. “Th-thank you… I-GAH!”

Kagome had the wind knocked out of her suddenly by a tentacle, sending her crashing down. Inuyasha was wrapped in another of Naraku’s limbs, gasping for air and struggling to retain control of himself. He was hard to see through the black spots in her vision that were blinking in and out. She had to set her hands against the brick for several moments, trying to get air back into her lungs and regain her ability to hear normally. Sounds had been muted, the screams and clashes and roars of battle all around her. Slowly, she stood.

Up. The tower, purple light, Miroku’s powers’ color, flashing along with dancing shadows. The stars were shrouded from the atmosphere.

Down. Blood splattering brick debris, victims, allies, and enemies lying on the ground, motionless or groaning in pain.

Forward. Demons slashing and biting and punching and kicking, cutting with knives or the occasional shot. There was still too much chaos for anyone to get a clean shot. At least… until her vision finally focused in front of her.

Naraku was holding Inuyasha, ignoring the rest of his surroundings in hatred of one half-demon, squeezing him in the grip of a black tentacle, snarling, “Finally found someone who will love even the monster in you, Inuyasha? Let’s see that stop me from squeezing the life out of you right here.”

“Inuyasha,” she muttered, stumbling in a daze. Naraku was going to kill him. Kill. No… no Inuyasha?

“No,” said Kagome, and looked down to where Tessaiga rested at her feet.

As if in a trance, she picked it up, took the magazine from her pocket, and snapped it into place. She pulled back the top, cocking the gun.

Bend your left arm slightly so that you can take the recoil.

Put your left hand on the bottom to hold it up and straight.

Now widen your feet.

Line up the center of the target with the notch in the back of the gun and the sight in the end of the barrel.

Kagome did this all automatically, and the gun was leveled at Naraku’s head.

“I promised,” Naraku told Inuyasha, as Inuyasha cried out in pain, “that I would break you.”

“And that was your mistake,” whispered Kagome.

Pink light swirled around the gun.

Bang!

For Inuyasha.

Bang!

For Sango.

Bang!

For Miroku.

Bang!

For Shippo.

Bang!

For me.

There was a silence, so empty and still that Kagome could hardly bear it. Her eyes were wide, steady hands lost as the gun shook from her grip and clattered to the ground with an echoing finality.

Naraku was like a statue, frozen before he fell, crumpling onto the brick lifelessly, blood coating what was left of his face. Inuyasha was dropped on his hands, coughing for all it was worth.

Every Spider had stopped, staring at the corpse of their master with utter disbelief plastered onto their faces. Wolves and police were gaping, civilians quieting in their cries, shocked simply at the notion of just how quickly a fight can be… unnecessary.

And Kagome fell to her knees, staring straight ahead. Mouth parted. And the first thing she said was, “N-no. I… I didn’t w-want…”

Inuyasha crawled to her across the rubble, that unearthly, silver hair reflecting the moonlight, his gold eyes pink around the edges from watering. Sweat dripped from his forehead, blood stuck his clothes to his body, and grime caked across his face. He was tragically beautiful. But he came to her, brought her to his shoulder.

“I d-didn’t want to…” Kagome gasped, air shuddering strangely through her body. “I-I n-never wanted t-to kill… to-to kill anyone. I d-didn’t mean to-”

And when Kagome realized that killing a man was exactly what she meant to do, she broke down into sobs, putting her face in her hands with a cry ripping from her throat. “I’m a monster!”

“Kagome! Kagome, hey, shh… hey, you’re not a monster… c’mere, Kagome…” Inuyasha pulled her into her lap, like that one night. A night they were cold and wet and windswept from the lake where he thanked God for her life. And Inuyasha held her, stroking her hair that was damp with blood and dust.

“What happened?” demanded Sesshomaru from the earpiece.

“What’s wrong with Kagome?” Shippo said fearfully.

“What’s going on?” Miroku pressed.

Koga ran around the hotel from the right, bloody and panting and skidding to a halt to witness the scene. His eyes only swept the place uncomprehendingly. “Oh my… Oh my… holy mother of…”

“Well?” Sango prompted.

Inuyasha swallowed. “Kagome… Kagome killed Naraku. He’s… dead.”

“Very dead,” Koga seconded.

Sesshomaru sounded impressed, but that only made Kagome wince. “How?”

“She shot him in the head with purified bullets,” Inuyasha muttered, staring at Tessaiga. “Five times.”

The words were like poison to her mind, and she buried her face back into Inuyasha’s jacket to try and slow the tears. Her body couldn’t seem to stop shaking.

“Oh Kagome,” Sango said, voice gentle. “It’ll be okay… It’s all over now… even up here, we won and no one is going to be a slave to the Shikon anymore.”

Kagome just shook her head. She refused to take her head away from Inuyasha's shoulder. She refused to look at that body from which she stole a life.

All around her, she could hear the sounds of the last of the Spiders either being handcuffed on the ground or fleeing in fear. News reporters had already started crowding around, ambulances wailing from other districts to take away injured police, civilians, and gang members. The sounds were overwhelming, flooding her senses, but even they didn’t keep out the sound of five shots that continued to echo in her screaming mind.

“I’m sorry,” Inuyasha whispered to her, arms so tight, anchoring her. “I’m so sorry, Kagome. You shouldn’t have had to… I’m so sorry. You were just protecting me… protecting everyone… You knew he would have killed me if you hadn’t done that. You aren’t a monster that just kills because you feel like it, okay? Farthest from it. You wanted to protect me, because that’s what Inugami does for each other. I’m sorry you were forced to… I never wanted you to have to… I’m so sorry...”

Kagome wanted to tell him he had nothing to be sorry for, that deep down, she knew she’d just been doing her best to protect him, that she wasn’t a monster and honestly, she would do it again…

But for now, she just cried.

Kagome stared dully ahead, loosely clutching the shock blanket around her.

A kind, softly smiling police man had handed her some hot chocolate that he’d gotten from who-knows-where. Wherever he’d gotten it, the gesture was so sweet that she’d nearly begun to cry again, but all her emotions seemed to have faded to near extinction.

Her cheek and leg had been patched up, and apparently she’d bruised some bones and muscles, but the pain was an ache that she could ignore. Kagome just closed her eyes, clutched her steaming cup as she sat on the edge of the once-grand fountain. Reporters had tried to ask her questions, but Inuyasha had snarled at them until they’d turned tail and ran. Shippo was snoring gently, sitting with his back to the fountain, head against one of Kagome’s knees, and one of Kagome’s hands occasionally played with his red hair.

Miroku and Sango had followed Kohaku to a police car. Kagome could see Sango hugging her brother, rocking him back and forth while Miroku stood at the ready for support. Sango finally released him, and lifted a hand to her face, likely to wipe away tears. They shared a nod, a wave goodbye, and he was gently led to the police car that would take him to rehabilitation with the others.

And speaking of the others… Kikyo was walked by, escorted by the Wolf Kagome had handed her off to and a police officer. She was going quietly, sullen as always. But when she saw Kagome and Inuyasha, she paused. The officer tried to tug her on, but Inuyasha spoke up, “Please… wait.”

The officer narrowed his eyes. “Listen, sir, I’m sorry, but I can’t take orders from-”

“You can take orders from me,” Sesshomaru interrupted, miraculously appearing behind them. For some reason, even after a battle, his damn hair was perfect. And for some reason, this just annoyed Kagome. Hers must be a disaster. “Give them a moment; I will supervise.”

“Yes, Commander.”

The officer and Wolf dispersed, leaving Kikyo with them. The girl glanced up, then back down. “Thank you…” she said eventually. “For saving me.”

Despite everything, Inuyasha’s eyes were soft. “I promised, didn’t I?”

“Yes, but I did some terrible things…”

Kagome swallowed, saying back tonelessly, “We all did. We’re glad you’re safe now, Kikyo.”

She gave a heavy sigh. “I’m going to get better… and then… I’m not coming back. I can’t be here. I need a new start.” Her sad eyes finally met Inuyasha’s. “I hope you can understand.”

Slowly, he nodded. “Yeah. I get it. I’m just glad we could get you free.”

“And I’ll always be thankful for that.” Kagome turned her head away when Kikyo took a step closer to Inuyasha. “I’m sorry it didn’t work between us, Inuyasha. But your friends… they’re right. You need something that I cannot give you. You deserve better.”

“Yeah,” he said again, and Kagome looked over to see him nod. “I think… I think I do, too.”

Kikyo gave him a small smile. She really was pretty when she smiled.

Inuyasha then said, “I really did love you. And I’m sorry that everything got so screwed up… that this happened to you.”

“I know. For what it’s worth… I thought I really loved you too.” After a moment of hesitation, she drew his head down to lay a kiss on his forehead. “I wish you the best, Inuyasha. Thank you.”

He pulled her into a long, gentle hug in return. “You too, Kikyo.”

And when Kagome watched… It didn’t hurt.

Kikyo let go, stepping back with her head low. She turned around, taking in a breath and letting it out. Looking ahead.

“Kikyo,” Kagome blurted, before the other girl could walk away, “Thank you for saving my life before. I really do hope you find happiness after all of this.”

Kikyo didn’t turn around, but Kagome did see a smile on the girl’s face. “And thank you for saving mine. Thank you and… take care of Inuyasha, will you? He has a silly habit of finding trouble or making it when there’s apparently not enough to satisfy him.”

Kagome’s mouth twitched upward. “I’ve caught on to that. Will do.”

And Kagome watched, Inuyasha’s hand on her shoulder, as Kikyo was led away, into a police car, and then off into the night.

She looked up at Inuyasha; his eyes, far away and brooding, were locked on where the police car had turned the corner.

An ugly, orange blanket like the one around Kagome’s shoulders was draped around Inuyasha. Inuyasha snapped out of his daze and looked up with Kagome to see Sesshomaru. His face was impassive as ever, but after he gave the blanket, he squeezed Inuyasha’s shoulder for one moment before striding away.

Despite her post-battle numbness, Kagome grinned. “You know, I really do think he cares about you.”

“Fat chance,” Inuyasha scoffed. “Listen, the day Sesshomaru says he cares about me is the day I’ll sing a love song to Koga.”

“For my sake, let’s hope that day never comes,” Koga’s voice mused behind them, and the alpha sauntered up with his hands in his pockets. Kagome noticed Inuyasha’s hand travel across her other shoulder to hold her to his side.

“Don’t you got some pack to lead back home?” Inuyasha sighed.

“I do,” Koga agreed. “And then… some of us are gonna be takin’ a little vacation.”

“Good for you,” Inuyasha said dully.

But Kagome caught on. “Might this vacation be to Japan to pay a visit to the North Wolf Demon Tribe?”

In the flashing blue, red, and white lights from the vehicles, she noticed a slight blush. “Yeah, you got me. You got me thinkin’, Kagome, and now that Naraku’s gone I… I’m gonna give talkin’ to Ayame a try.”

“I’m happy for you, Koga,” Kagome told him, and she meant it. “I wish you luck in winning her back, but you’re gonna have to be pretty smooth.”

“Well, you of all people would know how capable I am of that,” he purred, and lifted the hand she was petting Shippo with. He kissed the back of it. “You’re one hell of a woman, Kagome.”

“Damn straight she is,” Inuyasha huffed, arm tightening.

“Thank you,” Kagome said, rolling her eyes a last time. “Now go get the woman you really want.”

“You know, if the mutt doesn’t work out, my Wolf membership offer still stands. Could make you a beta no problem.”

“Koga,” Kagome chided, but she was smiling.

“You take care of Kagome, you hear?” Koga said to Inuyasha challengingly. His electric blue eyes narrowed. “I’m admittin’ you win this one, mutt, but you better be the best damn mate she could ever want.”

Kagome felt her cheeks heat. “No one said anything about mating.”

“You just watch, mangy wolf,” Inuyasha snapped back, despite her embarrassment. “I’m gonna respect her and take care of her a gazillion times better than you ever could.”

“That’s not a real number, Inuyasha.”

Koga ignored this, but gave her a skeptical look. “Was this guy for real before, though? Did he really kiss ya better than me?”

Though she groaned in annoyance and humiliation, she found herself shaking her head in exasperation and laughing out, “Yes, he did. But you weren’t bad. Now get going!”

With a final scoff and a grin, Koga was gone in a cloud of dust.

“Finally,” Inuyasha said in bliss. “So many bastards out of my life in just one night.”

There was a sigh, and Miroku and Sango walked up hand in hand. Sango was looking at the ground. Miroku was just looking tired, dark circles under his eyes, but a tiny smile intact.

“Such a strange feeling,” he noted, playing lightly with Sango’s fingers. “It’s as if… all I could see ahead of me was Naraku, and now everything is wide open. It’s rather disorienting.”

“I know what ya mean,” Inuyasha agreed, and Kagome raised her eyebrows at him.

“What’s more disorienting is you expressing a feeling in agreement to Miroku,” she giggled.

Sango started giggling too. Which was weird, considering the tear tracks on her face that matched Kagome’s. And then Miroku started chuckling. And then…

“Haha… yip! Hahahaha… yip!”

The four of them exploded into full on laughter, tears escaping down their cheeks and unable to breathe and loud and probably scaring everyone around them.

“That’s… that’s just so cute!” Kagome choked, hugging Inuyasha’s middle. “I-I’m s-so… I’m so tired! My f-family m-must be worried s-sick and I’ll be g-grounded forever and hahaha I just killed the worst gang and drug lord in history and I’m probably g-going to be s-stupidly depressed about it f-for the rest of my l-life! Hahaha!”

“I-I wanna g-go home a-and cry myself to sleep!” laughed Sango hysterically.

Miroku sucked in a breath only to let out more laughing. “I-haha-I hurt everywhere! I w-want to stay in bed f-for five y-years! Hahahaha! My life is a literal clusterfuck!”

“I-I actually wanna cry for n-no reason a-and I d-don’t--yip! haha, know why I’m laughing! I l-love you guys and I w-wanna punch somethin’ and p-pass out b-buried under--haha yip!--piles of blankets and p-pillows!” Inuyasha continued to laugh as well.

Shippo moaned and shifted on Kagome’s legs. “You guys… are ridiculous.”

Wiping her face of wetness and sighing, Kagome leaned over and planted a kiss on Shippo’s head. “Sorry we woke you, hon. Go back to sleep.”

“M’kay, Mom…”

Inuyasha settled into a seat next to her, and she rested her head on his shoulder with a heavy breath. Sango sat with her back to Kagome’s side, leaning on her friend. Miroku unceremoniously threw himself down and laid his head in Sango’s lap.

“We should go home,” Kagome muttered to the Inugami, eyes fluttering.

“Hmm. Yeah.” Inuyasha put his head on top of hers.

“I will when… someone… carries me,” Miroku said, and Kagome peeked over to see Sango sifting through his hair that was loose from its ponytail. Kagome smiled and snuggled back against Inuyasha.

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Every since I watched Abby hatch and raise her wee little Pipsqueak, I have been in love with the process of hens raising chicks. They learn so much more from their mothers and it’s nicer having them with the flock rather than needing to be in the brooder box.

So, when Rapunzel went broody right after Pavelle did, I jumped at the chance to let her raise Little Dude’s 4-H chicks. We even let her hatch some of them by hand.

It seemed to go well at first. We snuck the three who hatched from the incubator down to Rapunzel in the middle of the night and slipped them under her. She snuggled in and seemed content to sit on them.

They all seemed really happy together for the first week and I had a lovely set of Week 1 photos to show off… and then at about the week-and-a-half mark, that all changed.

Rapunzel, who had by this time, been broody for 5 weeks already while we waited for the special order eggs to come, decided that she wanted to take her broody outdoors and see the sunshine. They’d already been moving about the coop under her supervision and that didn’t seem like an unreasonable request.

However, at some point in time, she had begun pecking at the feet of some of the little ones. I noticed the first one on Friday night. Little ‘Cutie’ – one of the little gray ones we couldn’t identify – had bloody and swollen feet and as I watched, Rapunzel kept pecking at them. I removed the chick for the day, treated the feet with Vetricin and Scarlex Oil, and put her back under Rapunzel at night. By Saturday morning, a second chick – the Grumpy one -was also sporting bloody tootsies. I removed BOTH chicks, treated them again, and put them in the broody.

I spent a good part of that Saturday observing Rapunzel with the other chicks. She would sit on them, warming them, with no problems at all. Then, she would get up, go to scratch in the dirt, call for them to come see what she had found, and then forcefully pecked the feet of the first chicks to approach. She got Rocky (Little Dude’s Barred Rock) and the light Brahma chick a couple of times while I observed.

Sunday, Cutie and Grumpy were walking better and healing up some, so I risk putting them back with their family. Rapunzel accepted them under her, but during the day, the scene of ‘call them over and then peck’ repeated. She would target Cutie, Grumpy and now Rocky, who now had a wound forming on one foot. Now and again, she would go after the little Brahma, too, possibly because of his feathered feet.

She only did this when they were out playing and eating. If they were under her, she was a happy momma, bucking softly and talking to them.

I had the sinking suspicion that she would slowly work her way through all the chicks, pecking and maiming all their feet. So, in order to save them, I took them all away from her.

These pictures, below, are the last pictures of them as a happy family, before the blood bath began.

It was heart breaking to them away. You see? She wanted them. She wanted to sit on them and nurture them. She paced the coop for days, talking them through the walls even though she couldn’t see them and when she figured out where the brooder was in relation to the coop, she jumped up on the roost to peer over at them, making screeching noises at me to “get away and give me my babies back!”

They, in turn, called out for her, alarmed and upset and NOT happy in the brooder. Who can blame them? She was momma and it was a strange box with a red light.

Every morning, I put her in with them, thinking maybe she would forget about their toes (which were healing nicely) and that just maybe I would give them back to her.

Each time, she went to them, calling and bucking softly, sitting with them and letting them gather under her, and they’d be fine for about 10-15 minutes. Then she would get up, go to explore the brooder and scratch to show them things… call to them to come look… and yes, you guessed it – attack their toes again. Cutie, Grumpy, Rocky… then anyone else.

This happened thee days in a row.

I gave up trying to let her try.

I don’t know why she did it. She certainly acted like she wanted them. But I couldn’t let her ruin their feet. As it is, poor little Cutie has one toes that is now broken and misshapen. He/she can walk on it, but it will never be the same.

So I stopped letting her in to see them. This was still heart breaking. She would alternate between returning to the coop to look for them and following Pavelle and her chicks around like a forgotten nanny.

In the meantime, I had another dilemma to deal with. How to raise these chicks so that the flock -who had just started to get to know them – didn’t forget them? I want a seamless integration and with the last re-design of the coop, we can no longer split it down the middle.

During a string of hot days, hot enough that 2 week old chicks wouldn’t need a brooder lamp, we had the idea. DH built a little playpen for them. On the hot days, I can take them outdoors, for a couple hours at least, with water and food.

They get the sunlight, grass and bugs their one-time momma tried to introduce them to, and the other chickens get to socialize with them.

The babies in their new playpen. When I let them out on nice, warm days, the hens and Dots come other and say their hellos and then leave them alone, for the most part. Notice Rapunzel there on the left?

The first two days we used it, Rapunzel went to them and attempted to talk and call to them through the chicken wire. Only half the chicks would respond to her. They were starting to forget ‘momma’ even if momma was not ready to forget them.

I tried – once – to put her in with them outdoors… to the same, sad and heart wrenching conclusion as the other times.

It just isn’t meant to be.

I don’t know if 5 weeks broody was too much for her brain, or if she still thought they needed to be eggs, or if 7 was too many chicks for a new mother hen to take on. Or if broody hormones made her insane. I. Don’t. Know. Sometimes, the only answer is that ‘some hens don’t make good mothers.’

Which is sad, because as a Buff Orpington, she made a wonderful broody. She went quickly, stayed with the same next, was dedicated to her eggs.

But I don’t think I can risk giving her babies again. I could let her hatch and I could raise, maybe, but she couldn’t be trusted not to ruin their feet again. Could she?

As of the writing of this post, Rapunzel has gotten over the ‘baby thing’ entirely and gone back to Hen Things. She is pissed that Pip is gone. He was her chosen boyfriend and Luke does nothing for her.

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Goth Chick

CW, the Columbian Wyandotte

Rocky (the butt end) and Chipmunk

CW, Grumpy and Goth

Chipmunk and ??? I think that’s the Brahma

Chipmunk, whom I think is a girl. Google says if they still have their ‘mascara’ markings at 2 weeks, this is a hen

Goth Chick and Chipmunk

Rocky and Chipmunk

CW, Goth and Chipmunk

I need to get more pictures of Grumpy, Cutie, the light Brahma and Rocky. It’s harder in the brooder because they are quick and scared.

Chipmunk, Goth Chick and CW are all feathered out enough to start flying and they have been, as you can see from the pictures, coming out of the brooder to explore the world. These three adventurers are bonding with myself and Little Dude because they sit out there and talk to us while we do morning chores. Chipmunk is especially friendly.

By next week, they will be old enough to withstand 75-80 degree temps, so they should be outdoors, in their playpen, a little more often. Unless it rains. I have been bringing Pavelle’s chicks to say hello to them, in the hopes that they can be ‘cousins’ once I try to integrate. Eggy is terrified of them. That will be fun.

My Pet Chicken finally gave me an updated version of which breeds we have.

Chipmunk – still a Partridge Welsummer. Also, accorrding to this site, a little pullet. Because she still has her ‘mascara’ on her eyes.

CW – still a Columbian Wyandotte. Gender unknown.

Rocky – still a barred Plymouth Rock. Gender also unknown.

The little Brahma is still a little Brahma. Little Dude calls him/her ‘Rap’ and I don’t know why.

Goth Chick, the all black one, is no longer (or never was) a Svart Hona. Instead, according to the breeders, Goth Chick is one of My Pet Chicken’s ‘Mad Scientist’ chicks. They are calling them ‘customed crosses’ and did not tell me what when into the making of this chick. Possibly Svart Hona, possible Cemani? Possible God knows what? Supposedly, if it is a hen, it could lay green eggs.

Cutie and Grumpy are both different flavors of Rocks. One is a Silver Penciled Rock and the other is a light Barred Plymouth Rock…. so essentially, the same as Rocky only gray and white, not black and white. They both have barring on the wings now. I think they will look very similar, to be honest.

I’m going to end this post with some random pics from this week. We had a deer visit the pasture, and half the chickens were terrified. Pavelle chased it because it was too close to her babies. It was amusing.

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The deer in the Chicken Pasture

Notice how Dots is one of the ones hiding?

And that’s about it for this week. I am having surgery on Monday, the 26th, so if there aren’t updates for a while, this would be why. When I return, I promise pictures of the Brooder Babies, who should be more feathered out by then.

And This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things Every since I watched Abby hatch and raise her wee little Pipsqueak, I have been in love with the process of hens raising chicks.

#baby chicks #broody rapunzel #chickens #mother hens #rapunzel #whitetailed deer

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