#Titus and Hazel

[demigoddessqueens]

in the wood

Pairing - male satyr x human

Also here on ao3

Summary: before a tournament, you go to seek the attention of your lover

Writing prompts - “sometimes I worry about you too much” + “it’s never too late to spend time with you” + running thumb over other’s hand + hello/goodbye kiss

You knew every inch of your family’s villa, which is why it didn’t take you long to find him. Bastet’s children pounced about the garden to keep mice away. Making your way through to the tree where you two regularly met, you paused for a moment.

“Sometimes I worry about you too much.”

You smiled in familiarity at Titus’s voice. Turning to face him, your heart never ceased its beating at his kind smile.

Quickly closing the space between you two, you hugged him tightly along with a deep kiss. The nerves for tomorrow’s tournament subsided just for a bit as he held you.

When you pulled away for air, both of your hands were still joined. You cupped his handsome face with them, thumb reassuringly brushing against his hand.

“You have nothing to worry about. Fortune favors my odds tomorrow, and I will return to you a victor.”

“I know, but still—.”

A cheek kiss near the corner of his mouth that only silenced him for a moment.

The imploring look in those hazel eyes were enough to almost make you reconsider, but you remained adamant.

“Trust me, I will look for you first. It’s never too late in the day to celebrate with you.”

[speedydestinynacho]

 Name:

 Vikki

Alias:

Vikki - the name they got when they joined the vees a few years ago

Rikki - the name they got stuck with the moment they ended up in Hell 

Richard Axel Newson (or just Richard) - Their real name/ their name when they were alive 

Vik - Nickname given by Vox and Velvette 

Age:

24 yrs old 

Sexuality:

Omnisexual and Aroace

Gender:

Nonbinary (was closeted when they were alive) 

Pronouns:

They/Them/Their/They're 

Demon Class:

Overlord 

Demon species:

Axolotl Demon 

Demon species meaning:

° When they were a live their middle name was Axel

° Axolotl, a lot of x's (a play on words) ,when a demon is in it's demon form or just has an x on their body in general 

,it explains which part of their body was hit when they died or which body part was removed. Like for example when Alastor is in his demon form he has an x on his forehead because he died from a headshot or Vaggie has an x over one of her eyes sense Lute removed it

So whenever Vikki goes into their demon form they have x's all over their body sense they died getting shot multiple times. 

Birth town:

Las Vegas ,Fremont

Birthday & Death day: 

December 21st, 1480s -  Birth 

January 16th ,2480s - Death <----(Shot and burned alive)

Zodiac :

Sagittarius ♐ 

Voice claims: 

Talking - Lucio from Overwatch (but their voice kinda fried / scratchy because of how they died)

Singing - Titus Bergus (for now, I haven't decided on what their singing voice claim is yet)

Super Abilities: 

☆Music Bending - can control and bend music to their will ,can control the volume, and sound waves of it

☆ Chains  - they can summon dark turquoise chains to their will, said chains are usually connected to the demons whose souls that they, Vikki owns 

☆Underwater breathing - Vikki can breathe underwater without a struggle 

☆Transformation- Can shape shift and change into their demonic form 

☆ Brim hat - Vikki's brim hat floats over their head and not only acts like a disco ball and as a speaker, but it also amps up their powers similar to how Alastor's microphone cane amps up his 

☆Talking Cane- 

They have a purple disco ball cane that has a mind of it's own. The cane's name is Ritz , goes by He/Him pronouns, has a mind and personality of his own, he tends to be annoying petty sarcastic and blunt ,and Ritz tends to always either try to embarrass insult or tease Vikki (also my voice claim for him is Yago from Aladdin) 

Mental Disabilities that Vikki has: 

ADHD

Neutral form/Demon form(how they usually look): 

Vikki is an Axolotl Demon with hazel skin (w/ half their body chard thanks to how they died), the background of their eyes is a dark purple with them having light purple pupils that's shaped like music notes (specifically this 🎶), they have ocean blue hair that's in a pompidour hairstyle, they have sharp dark purple teeth , they're around 6’1 ft tall and is very chubby, they wear a black brim hat, they wear hot pink shutter sunglasses, they wear a black long sleeve 80s themed button up shirt w/ a blazer over it, one side of said blazer is dark purple w/ a long dark red sleeve and the other side is a dark turquoise w/ a long hot pink sleeve, they wear dress pants with one side being hot pink and the other violet purple ,and they wear white dress shoes 

Scary demonic form: 

They basically look the same but the inside of their tail starts look like a music note (specifically this 🎼) , their pupils look like this 🎵, they become a little bit taller , their teeth becomes ten times sharper, and they start drooling this dark purple substance uncontrollably 

Height : 

5'11 

Hobbies : 

•Dj-ing 

• Listening to electric music, pop music, house music, trap music, and Mashup and remix music (their favorite music genres) 

• Playing music on their turn tables

• Attending and Dj-ing for parties 

•Partying 

•Drinking (may be an alcoholic) 

• Making music Cds and cds of their djing playlists

• Drawing sketching and doodling all on paper 

• Stamp collecting 

• Music production 

Occupation/s: 

•One of the vees (apart of the VVV entertainment district along with Valentino, Vox, and Velvet) 

•Local Dj for big fancy parties the higher ups go to (such as the Morningstars like Lucifer Lilith and/or Charlie, the ars goetia, overlords, and the vees)

•The music overlord/ 80s overlord

Job/s: 

They work at the VVV entertainment district along with Valentino, Vox, and Velvet . While Valentino is in charge of all porn throughout Hell, Vox in charge of all electronics and media throughout Hell, and Velvet is in charge of all clothes and fashion throughout Hell; Vikki is in charge of all music throughout Hell 

Though he mostly prefers electric music, pop music, house music, trap music, and Mashup

Interest/s: 

•Dj-ing 

• Listening to electric music, pop music, house music, trap music, and Mashup and remix music (their favorite music genres) 

• Playing music on their turn tables

• Attending and Dj-ing for parties 

•Partying 

•Drinking (may be an alcoholic) 

• Making music Cds and cds of their djing playlists

• Drawing sketching and doodling all on paper 

• Stamp collecting 

• Music production 

Favorite food/s and/or drink/s: 

•Corndogs

•Chili 

•Meat lovers pizza 

• Pineapple pizza 

• Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream 

• Energy drinks (orange and/or mango flavor)

• Orange and mango flavored slushies 

• Slushies 

• Pina Coladas 

Loves:

•Dj-ing 

• Listening to electric music, pop music, house music, trap music, and Mashup and remix music (their favorite music genres) 

• Playing music on their turn tables

• Attending and Dj-ing for parties 

•Partying 

•Drinking (may be an alcoholic) 

• Making music Cds and cds of their djing playlists

• Drawing sketching and doodling all on paper 

• Stamp collecting 

• Music production 

•Corndogs

•Chili 

•Meat lovers pizza 

• Pineapple pizza 

• Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream 

• Energy drinks (orange and/or mango flavor)

• Orange and mango flavored slushies 

• Slushies 

• Pina Coladas 

•Fast food and/or junk food 

•Listening to music through their headphones 

•Their turn tables (they have turn tables in which they named Bolt Retro Newson, Bolt for short) 

•Air horns (owns a shit load of air horns)

•Making sound effects with either their turn tables or keyboard (they own a keyboard)

•Their keyboard 

Hates: 

•Slow Walkers 

• Hangovers 

• Feeling trapped ,helpless ,or vulnerable (because they feel as if it'll put them at risk at getting hurt ,manipulated, ridiculed, or killed) 

• Asking for help (too prideful, their head is stuck up their ass)

• Owing favors (too prideful, their head is stuck up their ass)

• Being judged 

• Valentino (loves Vox and Velvette more)

• Loud chewing 

• Silent rooms and atmospheres (silence leads to them over thinking = thinking back on childhood trauma /past trauma and inner turmoil ) 

• Both their mom and dad (has mommy and daddy issues) 

• Crying 

• Stupid people 

• Getting sick 

•When people take advantage of their kindness (those who does winds up either dead injured or traumatized)

Long language:

•Physical touch  (and vise versa) 

• Gifting  (and vise versa) 

•Words of affirmation  (and vise versa) 

•Validation (and vise versa) 

But only from people they trust the most 

Personality:

Vikki is a laid back and east going energetic overlord with a “cool dude” and “Go with the flow” demeanor and is known for being the fourth member of the vees /entertainment district and instead of being in charge of fashion like Velvet, the porn like Valentino, or the tech like Vox ,Vikki Is instead in charge of the music that goes around Hell. 

Vikki's demeanor is normally easygoing, calm, and carefree, no matter the crisis. However, they are generally impatient as they hate boredom,cannot hold still,and can be impulsive and short-tempered. Because of this, Vikki can be reckless and quick to act before thinking, throwing themselves into trouble without a second thought and regards for others' warnings, to the point that they acknowledged that their speed has gotten them in all kinds of conflicts. 

Their carefree nature could often lead to them being terrible at controlling the volume of their voice  , humming and or singing to themselves a lot, carrying air horns wherever they go and blowing them as either a stim ,excited, or just because  . 

Vikki is a loose-canon that's known for being extremely energetic, enthusiastic, easily distracted, fun loving, mischievous, cool (with a hint of insanity underneath) and ,creative . 

Vikki puts up a laid-back, fun-loving and musically adept public persona. However, beneath this collected, suave exterior is Vikki's true nature: a self-absorbed, superficial con man. Rarely thinking ahead, Viks largely coasts by on luck and social media buzz, and it's rare they put actual effort or thought into doing anything- they'll disregard or simply not listen to others' instructions, and they tend to put more work into flimflamming people.

Vikki is fond of gloating when they think they have the edge over their adversaries. Vikki also displays neurotic, perfectionistic personality traits, and they rapidly come unglued when things don't go exactly the way they want them to. 

While they are typically open-minded, it won’t seem as if they are when they’re being self-righteous about their views. Vikki can become reckless. They are impulsive and immature at times.

While they do have a kind and soft side, they rarely show it thanks to pride and the fear of being vulnerable, infact similar to the other vees and/or other demons in general they can be just as evil, deranged, malicious, and cynical!!

Also Vikki's vocabulary and/or what they usually say is things like ; bro, bruh, broski , rad, radical , eat my shorts, let's roll ,and ect. (Other 80s slang) in their speech and/or sentences!! 

Backstory/Background: 

 Childhood upbringing -

Grew up in Las Vegas in the 80s with their mom and dad and their older brother and sister (the two were twins) and their parents made the three child celebrities that has ended up acting and/or staring in a lot of commercials, PSAs, ads, shows, movies, and games and none of the ever liked it other than their parents 

Growing up - 

As Richard Axel Newson got older they left their TV fame behind to become a Dj and start dj-ing at parties ,those not being the only things he started doing but he became extremely impulsive and self destructive to the point it'll always leave them into trouble 

Adulthood - 

Their self destructive and impulsive behavior soon started to lead Richard to no only insanity but their relationships with people to start gradually but slowly fall a part ,even later on causing them to end up getting into an argument with their sister about their own health and safety 

Death - 

Months prior from that argument , no one has heard from Richard because they were in their bedroom all day with the door locked, only to one day for their siblings to come in check on them, only to find their door kicked in (hinting at a murder) and Richard on the floor with 15 bullet wounds in their body and their house on fire (the murderer must or been trying to burn the evidence) 

because turns out,he owned somebody money

Richard was soon pronounced dead in the hospital 

Trivia(headcanons/ fun facts about them): 

Tw: May include dark themes like eating disorders , alcohol abuse,and childhood abuse (read cautiously)

•They work at the VVV entertainment district along with Valentino, Vox, and Velvet . While Valentino is in charge of all porn throughout Hell, Vox in charge of all electronics and media throughout Hell, and Velvet is in charge of all clothes and fashion throughout Hell; Vikki is in charge of all music throughout Hell 

•Vikki's favorite kind of music genre is electric music, pop music, house music, trap music, and Mashup and remix music

•Vikki's brim hat floats over their head and not only acts like a disco ball and as a speaker, but it also amps up their powers similar to Alastor's microphone cane 

•Vikki has a pet bull frog they named Phrappachino or Phrappi for short (with an PH instead of F ) and Vikki spoils the shit out of her and really really loves and adores her,Phrappi is a female 

•Vikki's favorite foods is corndogs, chili ,meat lovers pizza ,pineapple pizza ,mint chocolate chip ice cream,and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream

• Vikki's favorite drinks is energy drinks (orange and/or mango flavor), Orange and mango flavored slushies , Slushies in general, and anything alcoholic but mostly cans of beer

•Vikki is a perfectionist and it's most likely because they're traumatized on how their parents used to helicopter parent them 

•Vikki is black coded, they were a black guy when they were a live 

•Vikki uses the 80s slang words Bro, Bruh, Home skillet, Whatever, Crunk, Sick, Eat my shorts, let's bounce, and ect In their vocabulary very often 

• Vikki isn't one to usually use their power and Status to intimidate others unless they're being provoked or actively being disrespected 

•Most people actually really really love Vikki and loves how chill and charming they are and while that's true they're also scared of them sense they're an overlord and stays on their good side because of it 

• Vikki owns a shit ton of souls but barely remembers and/or keeps count with any of them unless one of those demons that's soul is in Vikki's hands are described 

•Vikki has insomnia and barely gets some sleep ,but when they do get some sleep they're a heavy sleeper that snores really loud and drools in their sleep

• Vikki used to have a problem with eating disorders, bulimia nervosa when they were a teenager because back than (when they were alive and/or when they were a teenager) they were bullied relentlessly for their weight and their parents used to fat shame them and put them on strict diets 

•Vikki owns a pair of 80s themed headphones and turn tables they named ,Bolt and Deziray 

•I inspired Vikki off a mixture of Sonic the hedgehog, Swag Sans from the Sans au, Mark Beaks from 2017 Ducktales, and Sardonix from Steven Universe 

•DeerSwag-  Lafayette × Vikki , the two have like a slow burn queerplatonic enemies with benefits type of relationship (this is the relationship, Lafayette kept the longest with alternate motivations and he's keeping it that way) 

•Ritz (Vikki's cane) is supposed to be the embodiment of Vikki's inner turmoil, negative thoughts,and suppressed anger

•Sense it's Hell, Ritz (Vikki's cane) is supposed to be Vikki's punishment (which is unfortunate for both of them) but they slowly buy gradually start becoming closer and closer 

•Vikki sees the vees as a found family, but isn't as close to Valentino as they are to Vox and Velvette 

•Vikki can glow in the dark just like an actual Axolotl, they usually use it for show in parties they dj in too

•The parties Vikki usually djs at is those really rich parties and/or parties overlords and other higher ups go to

•Calls people “friend” when they're pissed at them

[neonbitemarks]

✶ ┊ 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑬𝑻

𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄. Brennan Patrick Holloway 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄. Bren 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒. Brennan McKenzie - Birth name 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐒. He/Him 𝐒𝐈𝐙𝐄. 6'4" 𝐀𝐆𝐄. 24 𝐙𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐂. Cancer 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒. English, a little bit of German, Spanish and French

✶ ┊ 𝑷𝑯𝒀𝑺𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑳 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑺

𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑. Brown, usually kept short for practical purposes 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒. Brown, leaning slightly hazel 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄. Slightly tanned most of the year from being outdoors a lot 𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄. Fit, muscular, built for strength 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄. Low, a touch gravelly, but surprisingly soft at times 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃. Left 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄. Slouched at times, tries to minimize his presence when uncomfortable 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐒. A few small ones here and there picked up in fights over the years, and some larger, more prominent ones on his back from having been lashed with a belt that had a silver buckle 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐒. None 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒. His size. Brennan's physically imposing, whether he likes it or not

✶ ┊ 𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑳𝑫𝑯𝑶𝑶𝑫

𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇. Madison, Wisconsin, though he spent the first 4 years of his life in Belfast, Ireland 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍. London, England 𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒. brothers: Atticus - Deceased, Coltrane, Pryce (Andy Williams) - Presumed Deceased, Cyrus, Titus, Holden, Ronan, Vaughn, Ezekiel, Everett, Chase sisters: Veronica - Adopted, Fallon, Merritt, Anastazia - Deceased, Elodie - Deceased, Jaelyn 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒. father: Aleister Mahlendorf biological mother: Tana McKenzie - Deceased adopted mother: Raquelle Holloway

✶ ┊ 𝑨𝑫𝑼𝑳𝑻 𝑳𝑰𝑭𝑬

𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. Verse dependent - Hunter by default 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄. Verse dependent - No Fixed Abode by default 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒. Verse dependent 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄. Yes 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃. Arrested for assault several times, but the charges were dropped 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒. Alcohol, cigarettes

✶ ┊ 𝑺𝑬𝑿 & 𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬

𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. Gay - somewhat closeted 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄. Bren's had a hard life. As a result, it takes time for him to get comfortable opening up emotionally, but he benefits greatly from having someone take care of him for once 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄. Top, position-wise, but he's still figuring the rest out 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐒. Abuse, manipulation, lies, arrogance 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍 𝐎𝐍𝐒. Someone who can get him out of his own head and relax a bit 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄. Touch, words of affirmation 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒. Initially, he shies away from emotional attachments, but if he's given patience and room to explore at his own pace, he softens right up.

✶ ┊ 𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑬𝑶𝑼𝑺

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄. Breaking The Habit - Linkin Park 𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄. Drinking beer and just getting a moment to himself to relax 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃. Right-brained 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋. Low due to how he's been treated for most of his life

𝙏𝘼𝙂𝙂��𝘿 𝘽𝙔: @heirofhermes 𝙏𝘼𝙂𝙂𝙄𝙉𝙂: Whoever hasn't been tagged already or who wants to steal it

[josephtrohman]

@amelies tagged me to post 10 songs i like with names in the title, thank you sweet hazel ilyyyy <3

she's my winona by fob

agnes by glass animals

franklin by paramore

kathleen by catfish and the bottlemen

titus was born by young the giant

anna sun by walk the moon

cath by death cab for cutie

oliver james by fleet foxes

allie by patrick stump

diane young by vampire weekend

i tag (no pressure!): @thekintsugikid @spirallingstarcases @prttyinpvnk @sunshinerptide @ftethanhawke or whoever wants to do it!!!

[fundieshaderoom]

Fundie Families and Adjacents I Follow: Trewhella

Matthew John Trewhella- August 12, 1960

Clara- June 16, 1963

The couple married on August 29, 1981 at ages 21 and 18. They now share 11 children, 8 children-in-law, 33 grandchildren, 1 grandson-in-law, and 1 great-grandchild.

Sara- May 21

Joshua

Jeremiah Stonewall- January 7, 1993

Crispian- July 27, 1996

Darby "Darbs- January 16, 1997

Isabel- July 15, 1998

Traolach "Trey"- 2000

Matthew Red Cloud- June 7, 2001

Rochelle- June 23, 2003

Priscilla- November 2005

Margaret "Maggie"- July 2, 2007

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Sara married Jason Storms (June 29, 1978) in September 28, 2002. They share 11 children.

Julia Ann- June 27, 2003

Aliana Mahalia- October 7

Jonathan Samuel- April 4, 2006

Elliot- May 10, 2008

Jhael Elizabeth Rose- May 2010

Clara- October 2012

Evelina- December 29

Boy- May/June 2017

Charlotte- 2020ish

Hazel-Lynn Grace- December 2021

Lilian Noelle- December 2023

Jonathan courted Andreanna Balken from April-December 2023.

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Joshua married Stephanie Laux on July 14, 2007. They share 4 children.

Sophia- June 8, 2006

Ryan- October 2008

Baby- April 2014

Cole Enoch- February 2016

Sophia married Maxwell Trego on September 10, 2023. They married when Sophia was 17. They share 1 child.

Baby- 2024

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Jeremiah is married to Angellea Grace Horien on April 13, 2013. They share 2 children.

Stefan- February 2014

Iyra Joan- August 21, 2016

Baby- 2024

Crispian married Marlissa "Marly" Muckerheide (October 6, 1996) on October 15, 2017. They share 3 children.

Titus Swampfox- July 2018

Cyrus- October 2020

Silas Emmanuel- Miscarriage- 2019

3. Sierra

Darbs is married to Isaiah Mitchell Muckerheide (June 12, 1990). They share 3 children.

Sylvia- August 2, 2018

Savannah- August 2, 2018

Wyatt Matthew- May 21, 2021

Eliza- May 2023

Isabel married Jacob Patrick "Jake" on December 3, 2016.

Jacob Aziel- February 27, 2018

Leia Raine- May 14, 2019

Haven- miscarriage- 2020

3. Noah Uel- January 30, 2021

4. Ila Light- November 30, 2022

5. Girl- 2024

Matthew married Talia Thorson in August 5, 2022. They share 1 child.

Girl- August 2023

Rochelle married Nick Proell (November 29, 2002) on October 2, 2022. They share 1 child.

Haven- June 2023

Baby- 2024

[pbjelly90art]

Spaceverse Phanos / Gaia sketches!

This features a lot of paineater characters hailing from Phanos, or folks that currently live there too, along with some characters who originally came from Gaia. This category has a lot of overlap with the tons of Faer sketches that are coming up, as a lot of characters have moved from one planet to the other over the course of the RP, and family ties stretch across both. Sketches that were already in a previous batch or saved for the Faer ones won't be included here for now.

In order, we have: Tarsus, Agneta aka Nettie, Thea, Titus, Kara, Diana (dating Al from Phanos), Cyrus, Kyra, Tigerlily (her mother Dahlia moved to Phanos and married Cyrus), Damon, Magnus, Fiona, Eamon, Cassian Ketos (from Faer, but just happened to be on this page), Rory, Divya (also a Faer character), Donovan, his daughter Hazel, older Hazel and Kara, Hazel with Kara again, Jean Paul (from Gaia), Helena, Titus, Adam with his kids Luisa, Dawa and Tiago (aka Tiggy), Adam with Tiggy, Adam solo, , Corrine, and Seamus.

Then we have some older sketches, including: Adam with his mom Athena (in previous verse, her name was Anna), his dad Tyran, Tarsus, Tyran and Adam using their powers, Anton, Dr. Dorian with his daughter Marta (Gaian but they later move to Phanos), Alex and Fabi Dionne (ditto), an older Alex, Kliff, Pauline, Jean Paul, Pauline, and Ernesto (in this verse, he's a phantasm from Illumina, but this is an older sketch of him from an older story.) These still need Spaceverse AU versions, but I wanted to archive these older drawings for reference.

Sakume owns a lot of these characters, including Tarsus, Titus, Kara, Cyrus, Tyran, Athena, and Damon, and I own the others here.

[universalfanfic]

Possible Luthor kid faceclaims:

William Moseley - "Ethan Luthor"

Would have been "The Next Lex Luthor" if not for the better parenting he got (reformed Lex/Peyton)

Smart, shrewd, can lean more towards ruthless but tempers it

Has possessive personality, but tries to channel it to be more positive, ie "his siblings, his sibling's dreams, he helps them achieve them. His community, he wants it to be its best, etc"

Will loosen up around people he trusts. Ethan understands the sort of legacy/wealth he comes from and is aware of how people perceive it

Once he commits himself he is 100% committed

Freya Mavor - "Lily Luthor"

Least concerned with family legacy out of all the kids and has no high aspirations

Wants to be 'an artist' and has dabbled in everything

Confident but laid back, not too much bothers her; but she will fight for her family

Thanks to art interest, also very into history and historical art; knows a lot of little facts that she'll talk too long about

Very friendly, but not 100% trusting of new people thanks to Ethan's influence

Jonathan Keltz - "Caelum/Titus? Luthor"

Baby Luthor kid, takes after Lionel in looks (dark hair/hazel eyes)

Super interested in cars and decent at working on them, likes to tinker

Shyest, but still most likely to get riled up out of all his siblings, has strong personal convictions and its hard to change his mind

Tries to throw his weight around in family to compensate for being the youngest; gets annoyed by Lily's ever changing interests/hobbies

Has a daring streak in terms of action: would be the first to explore an alien space ship/ investigate mystery that doesn't directly relate to him/etc.

[pinespittinink]

Hi inksap

When designing a blorbo's looks, do you do it before you write them? Do they come to you gradually? Do you ever change them mid-story? And do you have any repeat features? (I have a lot of dark curly-haired lads)

hi sleepy! i'm never getting notifications for these on mobile :/ but hey!

most of the time (read: nearly all the time) i figure out what the character looks like before i begin writing--their appearance will refine itself over time but i always know how they look at a glance from the beginning, and i'm obsessed with details about figure and face shape--even if it's not on the page, i know it all exactly. for minor characters i still know their appearances, but they can be a little cloudier depending on their importance and how strong a visual comes to me. but i never ever change how someone looks drastically, as in change my mind about it all, like a character name being replaced

i'm also a sucker for men with dark curly hair (dark haired men in general really--Victory, Emerson, Odyssey, Titus, Mateo, Daemyung, Montur, Lucrezia, Domini) and i write a lot of dark brown/hazel/green eyes

[maswartz]

My Rosegarden kids

From After Salem Maria Pine-Growing up Maria couldn’t help but feel like she was in the shadow of heroes and legends and as a result she grew insecure. Her desire to prove herself “worthy” eventually results in her being injured on a training mission. After that she admits her insecurity to her parents and her team who help her grow past it and see her own self worth. Like her father Maria can use magic. Appearance: 20 years old. 5ft 10in- Brown hair to shoulders Hazel eyes Outfit: Light red top with maroon corset. maroon shorts. Light red tights with green vine design, roses on knees. Maroon fingerless gloves up to elbows. Green vine design on gloves. Maroon boots. Half length version of Ruby’s cloak in maroon. Emblem: Three roses on a single stem, one white, one red and one maroon Emblem Location: Back of cloak Aura Color: Maroon Semblance: Stat Boost- Allows Maria to boost a single stat (speed, strength, stamina, etc) Weapon: Rose’s Thorn- Kusarigama with extending chain. Gun built into the end.  Partner: Nautica Waves Origin: Rose Red

Lyme Pine- Calm and caring he enjoys nature in all its forms. A love of plants lead him to study botany, he can even use plants and herbs to create medicine in a pinch. He acts as his team’s medic. Likes to call J.J “Big Guy”

Appearance: 18 years old - 5ft 4in. Short blackish hair, silver eyes. Slight tan from extended time outdoors. Outfit: Green overalls over a light green top. Brown gloves with floral pattern. Dark green boots. Emblem: A pinecone wrapped in vines Emblem Location: Front of overalls Aura Color: Lime Green Semblance: Aura Vines- Can create vines made out of his aura. These can be used for extending his reach or in combat. As his semblance grows he can add thorns to the vines. Weapon: Harvester- Pitchfork with guns built into the points. After it jammed during a training mission he has Harvester upgraded to a rail gun with two settings, small beam (the two middle prongs charge it) and large beam (all four prongs charge it) Partner: J.J Grayson Origin: Jack and the beanstalk

Sunny Pine- Sunny is serious and task orientated, always trying to think about the mission at hand. He often attempts to reign in Kiriko’s pranks and keep her focused.

Appearance: 15 years old, 5ft 3in. Dirty brown hair brown eyes. Outfit: Red toga with upper left of chest uncovered revealing gold top underneath. Red shorts with gold trim. Crimson gloves and boots. Crimson headband. Emblem: Stylized sun Emblem Location: Headband Aura Color: Crimson Semblance: Aura Sight- Can see aura, can also be used to detect Grimm by their lack of aura. Weapon: Solar Shields- Twin sun shaped shields which shoot disks of dust. Partner: Kiriko Bark Origin: Apollo

Luna Pine- Luna is kindhearted and gentle. Due to her semblance she is often uncomfortable in large groups and prefers to be alone or with smaller groups of friends.

Appearance: 15 years old. 5ft 3in. Dirty brown hair in ponytail, brown eyes. Outfit: Blue toga with upper right of chest uncovered revealing silver top underneath. Blue shorts with silver trim. Navy gloves and boots. Navy headband. Emblem: Stylized moon Emblem Location: Headband Aura Color: Navy Semblance: Reading Motion- Can read body movement. With practice she can predict an opponents next move. Weapon: Lunar Staff- Long handled double sickle which unfolds into longbow. Partner: Titus Pear Origin: Artemis

(In this setting the Academies accept younger students after Salem destroyed the smaller academies in her end game.

[parentsatcons]

Emily and Paul with Titus, Chester, Hazel, Emmett and Ari

First anime convention

Cosplay: 3 Spy Family and 3 My Hero Academia

Watch: Spy Family, MHA, Snow White with the Red Hair, The Last Airbender, Dragon Ball Z and Marvel

[thechaosmuses]

Below the cut is a list of all my original characters, from every fandom, organized by such. I figured I would go ahead and put this up, as well as a canon muse one, for my oc and canon starters so that way it's easier for y'all to see who is included without going to every separate muse list.

The Vampire Diaries

Elizabeth Haven Mikaelson Roman Ryker Mikaelson Erik Flynn Mikaelson Kareena Dawn Mikaelson Thyra Selene Mikaelson Karsyn Devyn Mikaelson Mateo Maxwell Mikaelson Serenity Faye Mikaelson Sawyer Finch Mikaelson Aurelia Nova Mikaelson Felix Ares Mikaelson Willow Luna Mikaelson Tobias Floyd Mikaelson Zephyr Raven Parker Zariyah Dove Parker Kennedy Taylor Parker Myles Zane Parker Mariana Joy Parker Paisley Juniper Parker Braeden Talia Salvatore Holden Atlas Salvatore Ezra Grant Salvatore Liberty Faye Salvatore Jensen Graham Gilbert Easton Reed Gilbert Jesse Jonathan Gilbert Elias Rhodes Gilbert Jazmyn Sophia Gilbert Atlas Rowan Petrova Titus Izaiah Petrova Kamen Maverick Pierce Natalie Adrianna Pierce Eleanor Marie Bennett Salem Elijah Bennett Gabriel Graham Gustin Belladonna Sharie Bennett Seraphina Rose Ward Theodore Joseph Brickenden Kaia Asherah Halloran Carter William Forbes Cameron Myles Lawrence Jameson Tyler Rosza Tatum Jaxson Lockwood Tatiana Jade Lockwood Taylor Jacob Lockwood Axel Madden Hughes Ashton Malik Hughes Sebastian Sawyer Sharpe Niall Nash Novak Montgomery Felix Langston Ophelia Esme Lovell Sapphire Lee McGuire Rami Calder McGuire Warren Jaxon Kingsley Jeremiah Michael Kenner Cecilia Jaklyn Labonair Rosemary Belle Whitlock Hadley Kamryn Fuller Kamryn Avery Marshall Lorella Diane St. John Andrew Kolton Rogers Blair Lilith Walsh Zachariah Cole Norwood Matthias Lucien Delacour Matias Camilo Garcia Cyrus Boyd Mikaelson (spn to tvdu) Harmony Iris Johnson (tw to tvdu) Chandler Matthew Rawlins (tw to tvdu)

Containment

Jubilee Fawn Ellison Carson Elijah Mayes Maddox Rhett Lancaster Malia Rayne Lancaster Makai Reid Lancaster Delilah Anne Malone Austin Blake Coleman Damian James Taylor

Teen Wolf

Aspen Bella Stilinski Adrian Archer Argent Addison Athena Argent Lyla Sage Martin Amaia Tala Alexander Malik Elias Hale Madelaine Emery Hale Isaiah Parker Lahey Amadora Constance Sharpe Callum Tate Raeken Dawson Cole Reynolds Jared Taylor Parrish Stephen Ezekiel Hemming

Supernatural

Amelia Mae Allen Melody Athena Hayes Lucilla Marie Nightstar Eden Faith Cruz Elijah Luke Cruz Valentina Rosalie Hart Adaliah Ember Darhk Alexandria Skye Earp Lillian Dahlia Campbell Adriel Xavier Grant Talon Colt Ashford Silas Kai Parker Josephina Jazmyn Walker Elyza Alice Pierson (tvdu to spn)

DC Comics

Kiera Jaylin Davis

Marvel

Kailee Elizabeth Holtz (hero and villain verse) Kaiden Edward Holtz (villain and hero verse) Camelia Waverly Maximoff Kaleb Jonas Barnes Maxine Josephine Rogers Melody Elizabeth Young Anastasia Sloane Lenkov Wren Nika Volkov Wynter Nadia Volkov Cordelia Ara Odinsdottir Amora Delphine Brantley Celeste Juliet Livingston Nikolai Nathaniel Novak (tvdu to mcu) Charmeine Ayla Hanlon (spn to mcu)

Stranger Things

Stella Blake Russell Scarlet Ember Ward Valerie Mae Henderson Mitchell Elliot Mayfield Meredith Eleanor Mayfield

Misc

Ambrosia Nyx Tartarus Acacius Nile Tartarus Duncan David Dalveron Damien Dawson Dalveron Brantley Cole Kline Rosalie Grace Anderson Rowena Greyson Andrews Ryker Grant Andrews Aviana Summer Archer Dylan Bryce Thatcher Sterling Atlas Ward

9-1-1

Evelyn June Buckley Ethan Jace Buckley Hazel Jayne Walker Hayes Jesse Walker Izaiah Edison Hendrix Waverly Chloe Hendrix Matilda Iris Monroe Fallon Pierce Richards

Book Babes

Cyra Lux Vespara Wilder Blaze Hawthorne Dion Ignis Vanserra Pyralis Jax Vanserra Warren Forrest Hayward Solana Aruna Meridian Anatole Cyrus Solari Althea Zaria Cadlawon Tynan Kerrell Visita Kirsi Gwyneira Nieves Lyall Colden Whittaker Caspian Calder Conway Maribelle Aelia Sommer

Zodiacs

Wyatt Keegan aka Aries Kianni Phoenix aka Sagittarius Leon Cyrus aka Leo River Mira aka Cancer Dylan Lucas aka Pisces Josephine Nova aka Scorpio Conrad Atlas aka Taurus Kailynn Amelia aka Capricorn Taron Sage aka Virgo Alice Skye aka Libra Aaron Micah aka Aquarius Adelaide June aka Gemini Arianna Rose aka Gemini

[yourcoolfriendwithallthecandy]

Magic and Miracles and BEYOND Chapter 5

Ahh, finally a good and proper chapter, by my standards anyway. Ok. so the middle picture on the left side is a picture of the interior of the ‘girl’s bus’ and the picture above Greg Blackford aka Luche Lazarus, is the bed’s for the girls bus where as the two pictures to the left of Miracle Laurie, aka Hazel Stevens are pictures of the boy’s bus because the Caelums have a thing for black edgelord while Sylva and the girls prefer white and lighter colors so day and night. ok and then then the necklace on the right of Luche is the necklace Sylva is letting Ada, the gorgeous red head in the middle wear and above that is Luche’s gun, note, neither of them know that they match but Sylva does because Sylva is the best game of life/chess player with people’s lives ever and she’s a BAMF and I love and adore her and want to be just like her when I grow up and again in my head she’s played by the gorgeous and charming Heather Grahm. Also Hazel is AMAZING and a BAMF too. I love and adore her as well. She has a gray morality to her character that I admire because her and Titus both have a ‘family comes first’ mentality. (*cough cough* HEARTH AND HOME *cough cough*) So now we start to see a divide based on loyalties. So seeing how that’s gonna play out and who picks which side is gonna be interesting to say the least. I’ve laid SOME GIANT ASS puzzle peices on the board this chapter, so hopefully everyone can put it together before it’s be a race to see who burns the puzzle table first, Cor or Gilgamesh. And if you look closely you’ll see references to Kingsglaive and FFXV all over the place. (Cor the Immortal Marshal, Luche the traitor) And getting Luche and Ada back together will bring back A LOT of early RaeLena vibes and paralells. SO MUCH PINING. SO CLOSE AND YET SO FFFAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR. (My Eyes Adored You by Frankie Valli reference)

@the-immortal-marshal enjoy, read carefully, I added a bunch of stuff. 

You can go here to AO3 or read below. 

Magic and Miracles and BEYOND

Chapter 5

The next day, Titus had the start of football tryouts and so Hazel went to the hospital, hoping Luche was in town again, since he didn’t seem like he was really with either Luna and her group or Noctis and his in the pictures both groups posted on Instagram or Facebook and knew that he seemed to be blooming into his role of Sylva’s right hand man and she knew Sylva was still in town for the moment so there was a good chance he was with her now.

“Hi, is Mr. Lazarus or Sylva in today?” Hazel asked Kathryn.

“Yes, both are in but Sylva is about to leave for vacation any minute.” Kathryn answered.

“I need to see Sylva then before she leaves.” Hazel insisted just as Sylva left her office.

“Hey!” Sylva greeted Hazel happily.

“Hey, I know you’re about to leave but could I walk you out?” Hazel asked.

“Yeah, sure, what’s up?” Sylva asked as Hazel left and walked with her to the elevator.

“Um, where are you going on vacation?” Hazel asked.

“Oh, Regis and I are going to tour wine country by train in California for a week then we’re going on a couple of cruises with the kids to Hawaii and then to Alaska why?” Sylva asked.

“Is there any possible way you can take Ada with you?” Hazel asked.

“I can offer but there’s no way Cor will agree to it.” Sylva answered as they stepped into the elevator.

“That’s just it, he needs to because he’s going to get her killed.” Hazel blurted before Sylva stopped the elevator.

“This is a secure elevator and you have my confidence, what’s going on?” Sylva asked as she put her bag down and turned her phone off to make sure this conversation stayed confidential as she turned to face Hazel completely and gave Hazel her undivided attention.  

“Ok, I’m breaking a cardinal rule by telling you this but you’re the only one who can help. So Cor got close, too close to Gilgamesh, Cor was talking about it over dinner last night in front of God and everyone like a god damn hot headed idiot and Gilgamesh has since taken notice of him and sent a warning, in the form of my sister Charlotte showing up at my door to give the message to Cor myself which I was able to pass off on someone else to try to stay clear of it from Cor’s perspective but Charlotte came to me while Titus was with me and even though I locked him in my bathroom with my 9/11, she referred to him by name which means that now Gilgamesh knows of Titus and he’s my new soft spot and he’s going to be held above my head to keep me in line and he’s in danger and I’m doing everything I can to protect him but Cor and his ego and his god damn mouth and his obsession with Gilgamesh are going to get us all killed. I’m safe because I’m Charlotte’s sister and I’ve been respectful in the past and I know the rules and usually never break them and I’m lawyer-ed up so I’m covered legally. Ada is young and innocent, she has no business in this and if she dies because she’s close to Cor, that’s on him. I can’t say anything to her directly because if I do, that’ll get her killed quicker because I’ve had a tail since college and I’ve just gotten used to the constant surveillance. But if push comes to shove, they will not hesitate to kill her just to send a message to him to back off and I know Gil and Charlie will make me choose between Titus or Ada and them and I can’t do that, I love Titus, I can’t loose him. I can’t go to the authorities because Gilgamesh has moles in everything and I’ll be dead before I can make a statement and it’s because of those moles that I’ve never had any charges and my legal cases have gotten dismissed and never put on my record and it’s why my record is as squeaky clean as it is. Is there any way we can get Luche and Ada back together any quicker? Because if she was back with Luche, she’d be ok because Luche would keep her away from this shit storm.” Hazel explained as Sylva just listened while her eyes got wide as her stomach dropped and knotted.

“If I have to take her kicking and screaming, I will.” Sylva swore.

“Thank God.” Hazel breathed in relief as she leaned on the railing.

“Is there anything that I can do to help you and Titus though?” Sylva asked.

“If push comes to shove, I’ll have to go WitchHazel to get Charlotte out of whatever bind she finds herself in. And I could use access to a helicopter.” Hazel answered.

“Witch hazel?” Sylva repeated.

“I’ve had a few former boyfriends who were Marines, Special Forces and Black Ops, they all died trying to free me of this before and I got to keep all their gear when they died and know how to use it because all of them trained me very well. WitchHazel is what Charlie likes to refer me turning into her one woman army when her regular army fails her. I hate doing it and it’s almost landed me jail time but the moles and my lawyer, who also works for Gil, have been very good at keeping me out of it...so far.” Hazel answered.  

“Absolutely. Whatever you need. You’re family and Titus is family too and a family takes care of itself and each other. I will have the best lawyers lined up- who aren’t entangled in this- if need be and I will make myself and all that I have available for your disposal if, like you said, push comes to shove, however that comes to transpire, I can fly a chopper too if you need me to. Charlotte saved Lunafreya’s life, I owe her myself.” Sylva offered and Hazel broke down crying again as the two women hugged each other tightly. Hazel feeling so much lighter now that she wasn’t carrying that burden alone.

“Thank you so much, please don’t say anything about this to anyone. Not even to Regis, please.” Hazel pleaded.

“Of course, every woman is entitled to their secrets and this will be ours and ours alone.” Sylva reassured her. “Thank you for trusting me with this. I will never betray this confidence, I swear on all my kids’ lives.” Sylva swore.

“I trust you.” Hazel laughed as she pulled herself back together. “I was about to go tell Luche to try to steal Ada back if you hadn’t been here.” Hazel admitted.

“Oh don’t bother, I’ll handle everything.” Sylva assured her as Hazel nodded in understanding. “Is there anything else or is that it?” Sylva asked.

“No that’s it.” Hazel shook her head no and quickly wiped her face as Sylva nodded and resumed the elevator and turned her phone back on and once back on, she found she had a missed call from Kathryn.

“Yes?” Sylva asked.

“Hey, if you’re still in the building, Cor Leonis is here.” Kathryn informed her.

“Great, what bay is he in?” Sylva sighed.

“He’s standing right in front of me at your office, he says it’s really urgent.” Kathryn answered.

“I’ll be right there.” Sylva said as she pressed the top floor again.

“I should get off here, I can’t chance being seen with him while he’s under the microscope like this.” Hazel insisted as she got off the elevator on a different floor to make a clean get away.

“Understood, if you ever need anything, text me or call me or do whatever you gotta do.” Sylva encouraged.

“Will do. Hey would you mind some company on that wine tour?” Hazel asked as she realized her opportunity to make sure Titus was clear of this too.

“Like you and Titus? Doesn’t he have football?” Sylva asked.

“He has an assistant coach.” Hazel shrugged nonchalantly.

“I will text you the particulars.” Sylva grinned mischievously. “And if you’re going to ask him sooner than later, like I suggest ASAP, might I suggest putting on nothing but a sports bra and booty shorts and do one lap around the track, making sure he watches you then go ask him.” Sylva advised before Hazel nodded solemnly to that before the elevator doors closed and Hazel quickly went to the shops down the street to quickly buy just that.

“Hey, funny seeing you up here, without being banged up first.” Sylva teased Cor when she got out of the elevator.

“Haha, very funny.” Cor groused. “Could we talk please? Privately?” Cor asked.

“Sure,” Sylva nodded as she went back into her office.

“Uh, you’re about to meet up with all your kids right?” Cor asked once the door was shut.

“Yeah. We’re supposed to be touring wine country in California by railroad and then meet up with the kids for the cruises to Hawaii then Alaska.” Sylva nodded.

“Could you please take Ada with you and make sure she meets up with Crowe and Libertus?” Cor asked and Sylva blinked in surprise, having thought she would have had to literally bend his arm for him to accept such an idea.

“Yeah, why?” Sylva felt compelled to ask as she eyed him wearily.

“Well I’m getting close to catching Gilgamesh and it’s going to get hot and I don’t want Ada around just in case it gets messy.” Cor explained.

“Uh, ok, yeah sure, how soon until she can get packed? Regis and I are leaving tomorrow morning.” Sylva said as she texted Hazel those particulars.

“When and where will you need her?” Cor asked.

“At my house, we should be leaving the house around 9, after breakfast.” Sylva answered.

“She’ll be there.” Cor promised.

“Does Ada even want to go? I feel I should be asking her that.” Sylva furthered.

“Yeah, she’ll love it.” Cor insisted.

“Alright.” Sylva nodded.

“Just um, could you try to keep Luche away from her?” Cor asked.

“I’ll do my best.” Sylva offered.

“Thanks, I owe you big.” Cor breathed in relief.

“You’re welcome, just don’t go getting yourself killed while we’re gone.” Sylva urged him.

“I’ll do my best. Thank you so much Sylva, I really appreciate it.” Cor nodded before he left, Luche jumping back into his office to avoid Cor seeing him before he poked his head out and narrowed his eyes at Cor’s retreating form.

Soon after Cor got on the elevator Luche felt safe to leave his office and walked down the hall to Sylva’s office to see her walking out of it with a determined look on her face.

“Everything ok Sly?” Luche asked.

“Yes, pack, up, we’re leaving, as soon as you can get ready to go, we need to do some last minute shopping.” Sylva insisted as Luche nodded in understanding as Sylva followed him into his office as he shut his computer down and started packing up for the night as she shut the door for privacy.    

“OK, so change of plans, Cor is up to his neck in something he has no business being in and we’re taking Ada with us tomorrow to get all of us out of the shit show that will most likely go down while we’re away. Hopefully Hazel and Titus will be joining us, you and Ada are going to join the band team, hopefully Titus and Hazel can join Regis and I for the wine tour, then all of us are going to go on the cruises, keep Ada safe. Make sure she stays with the group at all times. Whatever she wants or needs, buy it for her. Use my card, you can even buy her and Crowe things together so it’s not weird. Be friendly, be charming, be gentle and crazy super respectful and not intrusive and try not to actively win her over. Be subtle and she will be magnetically drawn to you. Take this journey over the next three weeks as her friend and confidant. That’s all she’ll want and all she’ll need from you. You have to reestablish the base, the foundation of your relationship and build up from there. But it has to be laid well first. Got it?” Sylva ordered.

“Got it.” Luche nodded.

“Now, you and me are going to do a little shopping, if she’s going to be touring with a rock band she should look the part. You know her sizes still right?” Sylva asked as Luche ducked his head as his cheeks chained cherry.

“Yes.” Luche admitted.

“Good, we’re going to use that. Come on.” Sylva ordered as she nodded towards the door as he finished up and grabbed all the files and put them on Kathryn’s desk.

“We’re both leaving now, see you again in a few weeks ladies.” Sylva bid Abby and Kathryn.

“Bye.” They waived off as Sylva and Luche immediately started shopping.

Meanwhile Hazel was in the backseat of her SUV the school parking lot getting dressed in Sylva’s prescribed outfit before she gave herself a pep talk and strut out towards the field. The other boys noticed her first before Titus followed their line of sight and his jaw dropped, his whistle dropping from his mouth as it hung open as he watched Hazel come closer before she did a little waive and started jogging around the field, causing a distraction for everyone, especially Titus as he watched her breasts bounce and her ass and thighs jiggle as she jogged and barely could handle both the teams exercises and watching her and doing his best not to get a hard on in his shorts and he had never had to think of his grandma in a nighty so much in life to achieve that. He couldn’t even bring himself get mad or irritated as his possessiveness surged so strongly, it nearly undid him.  

“Hi,” Hazel nearly giggled as she caught her breath as she finished her lap around the field, Titus literally turning in his spot so that she was still front and center in his field of vision.

“Hi.” Titus returned as she noticed the sweat bead all over her skin, especially on her heaving chest since the sportsbra was giving her magnificent cleavage.

“So I have a question for you.” Hazel began as she swayed a little in place. “Sylva invited us to tour wine country with her and Regis and I’d love to go, could maybe your assistant coach take over next week?” Hazel asked sweetly.

“Uh,” Titus stammered as his brain was short circuiting having her damn near naked next to him was sending every other thought but her and what he’d like to be doing with her right about now- out of his head.  

“Or if you don’t want to go, I could always come to work with you and keep jogging around the field since I don’t have classes for a while.” Hazel prompted and did her best not to grin too evilly when Titus’ eyes narrowed at the notion as she took his hand and wrapped it around her waist, even though she was sure she was dripping with sweat at the moment but she nearly had him. “Please Baby?” Hazel cooed and Titus was putty in her hands.

“When?” Titus asked as his mouth both watered yet felt incredibly dry at the same time, no other woman ever had this effect on him and he was still getting used to her taking his breath away on a regular basis.

“Tomorrow morning at 9.” Hazel beamed.

“Seems...kind of last minute...” Titus noted.

“I’m being encouraged to go.” Hazel whispered as she stood toe to toe with him and placed her hands on his chest as his arm tightened around her waist as she gave him a meaningful look.

“Oh, you could have just said...never-mind, yeah, we’ll go.” Titus immediately agreed.

“Great, I’ll see you at your place after tryouts.” Hazel winked before she kissed him with promise and pulled herself away and sauntered away, sashaying her hips entirely for Titus’ benefit, making Titus pull every anti-boner image into his brain to keep from reacting to her.

“John?” Titus began before John, the assistant coach came over to him as Titus pinched the bridge of his nose as he thought of how on earth he was going to pay for it all as well as try to pull reason back into his head instead of the onslaught of lust that currently filled it.

“Yeah?” John answered.

“You’re gonna, you’re gonna have to take over, for the next week or so. I gotta...I gotta take care of...something personal, for at least a week.” Titus told him as Titus fought to gather himself together and not run after Hazel to fuck her right then and there as John snorted a laugh.

“Yeah, you have fun with that, I gotcha covered.” John reassured him as he gave Titus a congratulatory pat on the back.

“Thanks.” Titus nodded before he refocused himself back to the training.

The moment Titus came home though, he knew she was already there because her SUV was in her spot in his driveway and came running into the house because he was going to fuck Hazel so hard she wouldn’t be able to walk afterwards, because the moment he dismissed his players and got back into his truck, his cock got so hard he could drill through concrete with it and it would not go down. He noticed her bags by the door, already to go before she came down the steps, his luggage in her hand as she had already been packing for him.

“Hi,” Hazel greeted happily before he grabbed his bag out of her hands, let it drop to the floor as he walked her over to the closest wall and immediately started stripping all her clothes off roughly while kissing her fiercely.

“Oh wow,” Hazel gasped as she responded in kind and started stripping him out of his clothes too before he picked her up and pinned her to the wall and impaled himself quickly and roughly into her, her own wetness and the river of precum dripping from his head making that feat easy and making her moan and cry out in ecstasy as he growled, moaned and hissed in pleasure before he started up an enthusiastic and vigorous pace, slamming into her so hard, her whole body was shaking and they were threatening to put a hole in the wall in the shape of Hazel’s upper body as her legs tried to wrap around his waist since she was already clinging to him with her arms around his neck and shoulders. “Oh my God.” Hazel whimpered as Titus bit and sucked on all of her hot spots as his hands dug into her luscious curves, his fingertips especially digging into her ass as he used his hold on her that way to keep her up while the rest of him pinned her to the wall. Her breasts smooshed up against his pecks and her amazing soft belly rubbing up against his as her whole body began to writhe from the pleasure he was giving her as her keens and whimpers grew more loud and desperate and her face flashed pain as he hurtled them both closer to release and once attained, they both simply clung to one another, their heads resting on the shoulders of the other as they caught their breath.

“The next time you pull a stunt like that again, I’m fucking you like this at the god damn school, I don’t even care who’s around.” Titus warned her as she giggled gleefully.

“Promise? Because you could of, I waited a whole five minutes in the car just in case.” Hazel wagged her eyebrows suggestively with a scheming grin and Titus was ready to fuck her through the God damn wall but right at that moment his body was screaming for a break.

“Come on Baby, go easy on me, the next time you want to do something spontaneous or whatever, all you have to do is ask, you don’t have to go through so much trouble.” Titus reminded her as he pressed his forehead to hers.

“Ok,” Hazel agreed before she kissed him meaningfully as he regripped her and went ahead and carried her upstairs for round 2.

Meanwhile, immediately after Cor had left Sylva’s office, he went to Theo and Stacy’s to tell Ada the news.

“Hey Love,” Ada greeted Cor when she saw him stride into the restaurant.

“Hey, you need to get out of here as soon as possible.” Cor insisted.

“What? Why? I have like three tables, and one of them just got sat, I can’t walk out.” Ada argued.

“Yes you can, you need to, you need to go home and pack.” Cor returned.

“Wait, what? Where are we going?” Ada asked, thinking Cor was perhaps about to tell her he was taking them on a surprise vacation or something romantic like that.

“You’re going to go spend the next three weeks with Crowe and all them.” Cor answered.

“Why? Weeks ago you said I couldn’t do that, that we couldn’t afford...” Ada started to argue.

“Sylva will be taking care of you.” Cor interrupted as Ada blinked in surprise.

“Again, weeks ago, you didn’t want her taking care of me at all, you insisted you needed to, what the fuck changed? Does this have something to do with what happened at the restaurant because you haven’t been yourself since then.” Ada demanded as Cor looked around to see if anyone was listening to them before he pulled them to a lonelier place in the restaurant.

“Ada, I’m this close to catching Gilgamesh but if the past is any indication it’s going to get ugly and I can’t have you around just in case it does, you’ll be better off being with your friends, you’ll be safer with them.” Cor revealed, his eyes and his facial expression pleading with her to take him seriously and to understand.

“Well then learn from the past! And keep it from getting ugly then! You said you were always going to keep me safe remember? I always thought and felt that the safest place will be right here with you.” Ada countered as her eyes began to water as her hand spread over his heart. “You said that before I came into your life how you were reckless and how do I know you won’t be reckless again without me here?” Ada asked as her tears started falling from her eyes.

“I swear on my life I will not be reckless but I have to do my job Love. If they try to make this personal, I could never forgive myself if anything happened to you. I can’t risk you Love, I just can’t. Thankfully we have friends who can help ok? You just need to trust me and do this. When it’s all over and Gilgamesh is behind bars and can’t hurt anyone ever again, it’ll be ok and I’ll never ask you to leave me ever again, I swear. Please Love, I know Sylva will take good care of you, she’s doing this as a favor to me, just until things get better.” Cor pleaded as he held her hands in his before Ada just crumbled and rested her head onto his chest before he pulled her into a hug.

“Fine,” Ada consented as she wiped her streaking eyeliner and mascara and left him to go hand her tables over to other waitresses as Cor told Theo and Stacy himself that Ada needed to go away for a while, which they understood as they quickly cashed her out and Ada left with Cor to go home and pack what she could before making love with Cor as much as she could before she left.

Meanwhile Sylva and Luche were still elbow deep in clothes from not just hot topic but every other store in the mall and beyond. Sylva using visual dimensions rather than actual clothing sizes to make sure she got everything she could for Ada, trying to anticipate Ada’s every need and want, from new clothes, to bras and underwear and makeup and toiletries and things, but Luche could tell she wasn’t buying things with joy because she wanted to, she was doing this because she needed to. She was on a mission and Luche really started to worry since Sylva was so intensely focused and her face was a scowl of determination and they had been shopping non stop since the moment they left the office in mid morning to now, which was now the late afternoon.

“Sly, you should get something to eat.” Luche worried as he felt himself grow famished and his arms grow heavy from carrying almost everything, thinking Sylva wasn’t going to stop until she bought Ada’s literal weight in stuff as he pinned the pile of clothes in his arms to the wall and had buried his face into them trying to catch a few moments of rest.

“Uh huh,” Sylva hummed as she tested the jean’s size in her hands, trying to make sure they would fit. A little big would be ok but she didn’t want to get anything too small.

“Mom! Food.” Luche said a little louder with a little more bite and that seemed to snap her out of her haze.

“Huh? Oh food, sorry Lu, you’re probably starving, yeah, let’s just get this and um, hopefully the food court will have something decent.” Sylva shook her head and blinked as she quickly grabbed all the things she wanted to buy and continued to grab things as she walked to the cash register before they gathered the rest of their bags and quickly walked to the food court in the mall and got something to eat.

“So I take it you can’t really tell me the specifics of why Ada is coming with us tomorrow.” Luche ventured.

“Nope,” Sylva shook her head no as she focused on her food.

“Her life is really in danger then.” Luche concluded as Sylva hesitated for the smallest moment.

“And that’s a fucking yes. Fuck.” Luche growled angrily, having grown quite adept at reading Sylva unusually well.

“Luche, listen to me very, very carefully.” Sylva began as she stopped eating and reached out to put her hand over his to prompt him to look up at her.

“Ada is old enough to know there’s risk. Right now she thinks that the reward of being with Cor is worth the risk of staying with him. Your job, if you really love her, is to show her that there is a life outside of him that she could be living and a life she would be enjoying to the full and better off choosing by leaving him and coming back to you but no one can force her or push her to make that decision, she has to choose that on her own without any prodding from anyone. Hopefully over the next three weeks, she’ll be distracted by Crowe and the baby and all her friends and having fun and you need to remind her to live in the moment because the present is all we have. No one’s future is certain. I know you will make sure she is always out of harm’s way and that she’s safe. Even if you have to come off as a little overprotective to everyone else. In a year or so, you’re both hopefully going to look back on the next three weeks fondly. Make sure you make only good, positive memories for you both. That’s all I can tell you right now.” Sylva urged.

“Should I be bringing a gun?” Luche asked pointedly.

“Just in case, yes, because I know Gladio, Iris and Craig already packed theirs and one more couldn’t hurt.” Sylva nodded.

“Ok, after we’re done eating, lets go get one.” Luche proposed and Sylva nodded yes before she quickly finished her plate.

The next morning, Titus, Hazel, Cor, Ada and Luche as well as Rose and Clarus met up at Sylva’s house as Cor talked with Clarus, Regis and Titus while Luche chatted with Hazel about his new gun as she gave him tips on how to use it best as she revealed her own that she always carried in her purse as Rose did the same with her own gun since Sylva had told both Rose and Hazel that she encouraged Luche to get a gun to protect Ada and they were both relieved to hear it and were impressed with his choice.

“Good morning sweetie, I’m so happy you could come with us.” Sylva greeted Ada sweetly as she hugged Ada tightly as Ada had come into the house, knowing Ada probably needed a mother figure right about now as smiled sadly when Ada hugged her back just as tightly.

“Thanks for having me Mrs...” Ada began to thank her as she fought not to cry again.

“Sylva or Mom sweetie, it’s ok. Now I hope you don’t mind, but I got you a few things to help you enjoy your vacation with all the girls ok?” Sylva informed her as she reached up and wiped a stray tear away from Ada’s eye and gave her an understanding look and encouraging smile.

“Oh you didn’t have to,” Ada shook her head as she sniffled and tried to pull herself back together.

“But I wanted to so I did. So I wanted to run something by you first. Now Luche will also be joining the band group as well and he has a joint credit card with me and I instructed him to buy you whatever you want or need since I won’t personally be with you the whole time whereas he will be and I told him to look after you and take care of you and protect you and I trust him to do that while still maintaining a respectful distance, so think of him like your body guard ok? Is that ok with you or would you prefer me to ask one of the other boys? I know Gladio will be abreast of what’s going on soon and I know he’ll gladly be your shadow too, all the boys should be looking out for you and the other girls.” Sylva put to Ada thoughtfully.

“No, that’s, that’s fine.” Ada nodded in agreement.

“OK, so just in case you’re not completely comfortable with Luche paying for every little thing, here’s a thousand dollars to start off with. Use it for whatever you want or need ok? Don’t worry about a thing and if you try to hand in change and receipts to me or Luche or anyone else I’ll be disappointed.” Sylva gently teased as Ada smiled bashfully as she took the envelope full of money from Sylva.

“I know this is going to be really hard on you, just try to enjoy yourself and have fun and stay in the moment. You are and will be surrounded by surrounded by friends who love you like family and a family takes care of each other. Cor is a big boy, he can handle himself and handle himself well, he’s practically immortal at this point, it’ll be ok, he’s just being protective and so am I ok? Also you have my number, use it if you need or want anything ok? Sky’s the limit. Also I’m sending you with plenty of birth control, not that you’ll need to use it, but it’s important to your health that you stay regular ok?” Sylva urged.

“Thank you, so much.” Ada breathed in relief as Sylva gestured to the luggage Sylva had already packed for Ada.

“Also, we’ll be going on two cruises and they’ll be formal nights and I didn’t know your exact dress size so again, let Luche buy you some formal dresses ok? Also, I packed a few jewelry items to wear for the formal nights on the cruises ok? So when we get back, just make sure to get them back to me ok? Otherwise everything else is all yours, including the luggage. Do you like them?” Sylva asked as she unzipped one of the small carry on size suitcases to reveal a few jewelry cases and showed them to Ada as Ada gasped in astonishment, it was by far the most beautiful jewelry she had ever seen in her life as Sylva smiled brightly, knowing Ada would fall head over heels with some of the last of her mother’s favorite jewelry. Also knowing that if Ada would choose to stay with Luche permanently and faithfully, she would have no trouble gifting these pieces to her as another ‘daughter’ to her.  

“Oh my God! Wow! I love them, thank you so much for letting me borrow them!” Ada thanked her as she carefully touched the pieces reverently and fell head over heels in love with them.

“You’re welcome, I just want you to have fun and look fabulous while doing it, that’s all.” Sylva insisted with a shrug but Ada both could feel and see that Sylva was being completely genuine and that meant the world to her too.

“I’ll do my best.” Ada promised.

“And that’s all anyone can ask of you or anyone else. Also I got you some jewelry for you to keep and it’s in this jewelry case here, so when you get on the bus and get a chance to look it over, let me know what you think. I hope you don’t mind but I had to have Luche help me with this because he knows you and your tastes and sizes better than I do and I apologize if that makes you uncomfortable.” Sylva informed her.

“No, that doesn’t make me uncomfortable, that’s fine, that works actually, I haven’t changed much taste wise or size wise since we’ve been together. I’m sure it will all be great.” Ada nodded.

“Well I didn’t let him pick out your more personal and private items so don’t worry about that ok? All he told me was a bra size and a panty size and I sent him packing to pick out shoes and a good pair of rocker combat boots and he never saw any of those items and I packed all these bags myself.” Sylva explained.

“Whew, ok, yeah, that’s perfect.” Ada smiled in relief.

“Good, come on, we should get some breakfast in us before we go.” Sylva insisted as everyone got breakfast then afterwards got going. Luche went ahead and put Ada’s new luggage in the van since they needed two vehicles to cart everyone and all their stuff while Ada and Cor were saying goodbye as Luche kept his back to them, not wanting to see Cor’s tongue down Ada’s throat as he got used to the weight of the gun on his hip before Rose and Clarus promised Ada that they would look after Cor while she was gone which was really reassuring to her too.

“You’re gonna be ok kid.” Titus offered as he sat between Ada and Hazel in the limo before Ada just hugged his arm and rested her head on his shoulder and practically curled up next to him, the way any little girl would to her father and Titus couldn’t help but be reminded of how young she still was and pet her head affectionately, feeling his fatherly instincts kick in as Hazel continued to talk with Luche.

Once on board Sylva gave Ada a mimosa since that’s what she and Hazel were drinking on the plane but Ada only sipped at it as she was still pretty down before Luche just huffed and went behind the bar and got Ada some of Regis’ favorite whiskey, which was the best whiskey on board the plane and put it into a coffee cup as her tea steeped in another before he simply handed both over to her and walked away again, not knowing if he should talk to her right now or not and wanted to be supportive yet not intrusive and he could see she was already feeling down and he found himself feeling powerless to help before Titus saw Luche’s gesture and could only shake his head as he smiled sadly, knowing full well that Luche still loved her and he felt himself become torn because while he was happy for Cor for having Ada, he wasn’t so sure Ada being with Cor was the best thing for her though so he and Regis went over to where Ada was and sat down on either side of her and told Ada about some of the hi-jinks Cor got into not so long ago which did brighten her up and got her to laugh and smile as Luche stayed with Hazel and Sylva to give Ada some space for the flight as Hazel and Sylva both continued to give him subtle yet very vital advise as he listened to their council attentively.  

When they landed, Noctis and his gang as well as Lunafreya and hers were already there, waiting on them, Crowe being the first to run and practically tackle Ada with a hug as the two started crying as they were cackling with laughter as Regis and Sylva pulled their kids aside and told them what was up and how important it was that they all look out for each other and to take care of each other while Luche loaded up Ada’s things onto the girl’s bus which he was not surprised in the least was the nicer bus, with actual potted plants, like aloe and herbs in the windows and loads of fresh fruit and vegetables and fresh flowers in vases and perfectly clean and tidy and had actual air fresheners, making it smell like a flower shop inside a spa, it even had a little mini lawn in the corner for the puppies to do their business while on the road which even that was immaculately clean and didn’t smell of dog mess at all before he went and put his stuff on the guys’ bus and wasn’t surprised to see the carpet stained and covered with dirt and crumbs, junk food and trash and beer cans, both empty and half full everywhere and the fridge crammed full of left overs while the air literally smelled like stale farts and he wanted to hurl and immediately jump ship and get on the girl’s bus. He wanted to take pictures and send them to Sylva, knowing she would bark at her kids to clean the fuck up.

‘Please spend two seconds checking out this stye of a bus that the boys have.’ Luche texted Sylva real quick.

“So let me see how you guys are doing on the bus!” Sylva insisted with forced happiness as she pushed past Noctis and Ignis and the rest of the guys who suddenly looked like deer caught in the headlights.

“Oh my God. Boys!” Sylva snapped angrily as they all hung their heads in shame as she looked it over before noticing at least in the back of the bus where Noctis’ and Ignis room was- was actually really clean and well taken care of, most likely Ignis’ doing.

“All the boys on the boys’ bus now!” Sylva yelled angrily as they all obeyed and got on, none of them looking her in the eye as they all blushed shamefully as Regis came on board and gasped in horror too before looking at his son and his friends harshly as they ducked their heads even lower.

“Really?” Sylva demanded as she didn’t even want to touch the filth as she put her shirt, that she had thankfully sprayed with perfume over her nose for a moment to get a break from the smell as Luche, Ravus and Nyx just shook their heads in the back of the group. Nyx and Ravus at least grateful they were in a group all their own and had kept the Escalade clean at least.

“Who has severe intestinal distress? Because this stench is not normal, did you boys actually drag your asses on the carpet like a cat instead of wiping?!” Sylva demanded as all the guys snickered a laugh before Regis cleared his throat which got all of them to stop immediately as all the girls had gathered at the entrance of the bus and started cackling at that analogy.

“Yes!” Crowe called out before giggling as Libertus glared at her through the window.

“Also, I realize that for most of you, this is your first time away from home and you want to enjoy the rock star life style but I am not hiring a maid for you guys and the girls will not be cleaning this either, you all will. I will be in constant contact with the girls to make sure they don’t have to pick up after you, you are adults, not toddlers and are perfectly capable of taking care of yourselves and each other. Every five minutes on the five minute mark I want to see progress in cleaning this bus and I will be texting all of you for pictures and all of you will be doing your part. I will work out a rotating cleaning schedule if I have to, or better yet, Ignis, since I’m sure you’re the reason yours and Noctis’ space at least is clean, you are in charge of assigning everyone rotating tasks so that everyone does a little bit of everything. Seriously, this is disgusting. And when was the last time all of you showered? Because I smell B.O. too, put on some God damn deodorant- I packed a literal case of it, where is it? Has anyone used any? You better start because all those girls deserve better than this.” Sylva growled before Regis stepped in.

“And how could they ever expect you to take care of them if you can’t take care of yourselves? You’re lucky I’m not taking pictures of all of this and sending them to your parents.” Regis threatened, shifting back into Principal mode.

“You know what?! Maybe we should.” Sylva said as she got her phone out to take pictures as Regis did the same before they all rushed to stop them.

“No, no, we’re sorry, we’ll clean up, we’ll clean up right now. We’re so sorry.” They all swore as they quickly got to work.

“Thank you. When I see you in a week I want to see this bus just as clean as the girl’s bus is. Because I know Yasmine refuses to put up with filth of any kind and they’ve already been sending me pictures of everything. Now, I’ll see you boys later, I love you all, be good.” Sylva insisted as she hugged them all before she left and took refuge on the girl’s bus as Regis stayed behind to supervise the boys.

“And who has been buying beer?” Regis demanded as he picked up an empty beer can as all the boys looked at each other but refused to look at Regis or answer his question as he narrowed his eyes as he noticed half the boys were now sporting quite a bit of facial hair and were groomed to look quite a bit older than they were. Tredd especially.

Meanwhile back on the girl’s bus. “Oh this is so nice! I love it.” Sylva praised as she looked everything over and noticed the fresh flowers and how there wasn’t a spec of dirt or dust in sight and their cleaning supply pantry was stuffed with cleaning supplies the same way the boy’s fridge was stuffed with leftovers while their own fridge had some leftovers too but mostly fresh fruits and vegetables and some really healthy food choices which she was really proud to see, including several bottles of wine which she didn’t mind one bit, knowing that Luna and Selena would have most likely shared the wine and bar supplies from her parent’s estate which she didn’t have an issue with.

“Actually a lot of the boys like to spend time on our bus because our bus is so nice.” Yasmine admitted.

“Figured they would.” Sylva nodded as she held Otis and Diana, each dog on each arm as the girls showed off their bus and how they had put their own personal touches to all their personal spaces as Sylva praised their decorating choices as Yasmine gave Ada the last slot in the safe for her jewelry and passport. “Goodness, you babies are so precious, makes me want to get a puppy.” Sylva cooed as Otis and Diana tried licking at her face.

“Ok, well you girls take care of each other ok? I have a train to catch. Love you, bye.” Sylva cooed to all the girls as she handed the dogs back and hugged them all before she turned to leave.    

“Oh, and as a reward for being good and responsible and making me so, so proud, here you go.” Sylva winked as she handed them a stack of hundreds. “Divide it evenly girls.” Sylva cooed before all the girls giggled and squealed in delight.

“Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a train to catch.” Sylva grinned as she walked off the bus and walked right back onto the boys bus.

“How are we doing in here?” Sylva asked as she poked her head into the bus to see all the boys with garbage bags and Clorox wipes while Regis took the cue as they both bid everyone goodbye and got off the bus as Luche was vacuuming and subtly mouthed ‘thank you’ to Sylva as Ignis did the same as she winked at them before Ignis and Luche looked at each other questioningly before Ignis pointed subtly to Luche who nodded.

‘Thank you.’ Ignis mouthed to Luche who nodded sagely at that and went back to vacuuming.

When Sylva got back on her plane and took off, Ada decided to pull all her bags out and actually go through them, curious and excited to see what was in them and noticed a lot of the clothes smelled like Luche and his cologne because he was the one to carry most of it and she may or may not have inhaled that scent deep into her lungs and welcomed the comfort that brought her. Happy and pleased that he chose so well for her.

Meanwhile back in the boy’s bus.

“Since when do you carry a gun?” Tredd asked Luche as he noticed it.

“Can’t be too careful.” Luche replied before Tredd frowned and looked at the other guys while Gladio had quickly finished his part and was on the phone with Cor, getting the real story over in a corner.

“Oh shit.” Gladio breathed before he went and got his own gun out of his bag and put it on.

“What the hell is going on?” Tredd demanded as he watched Gladio put only not only his own guns on but handed Iris hers as she came on board to get armored up too since she had just gotten off the phone with her mom as Gladio and Iris gave each other meaningful looks before Iris told Craig what was happening in Spanish before he went and got his too.

“Seriously! What the fuck is going on? Are we about to knock over Fort Knox?” Tredd asked.

“We can’t tell you cause you’ll run your mouth and ruin it,” Iris growled threateningly.

“Oh shit!” Tredd realized. “Ada’s in danger because Cor got close to someone he shouldn’t of didn’t he and she’s here with us to get away from the shit hitting the fan!” Tredd realized as he put all of that together before Luche pinned Tredd to the wall by the throat.

“If you run your mouth, you will get her and the rest of us killed do you understand?!” Luche roared.

“The guys we’re protecting ourselves and everyone else from have already killed thousands and thousands of people. We are easy targets. Just a bunch of kids against an army of very highly trained killers. How easy would it be to kill all of us? While we’re up on stage or at a gas station in the middle of nowhere? While the girls are selling merch or out shopping? How easy would it be for them to get snatched up? Or kidnapped? A million things can go wrong. So congratulations for figuring it out, now shut your mouth and don’t breathe a word of this to anyone or if we get caught I’m telling them to shoot you first.” Gladio snarled as he had Tredd pinned up against the wall too while Craig was holding Iris back from kicking the shit out of Tredd too.

“Ok, I got it, I got it, don’t choke me you bastard.” Tredd tapped on Luche’s hold on his throat before Luche let go as he and Gladio slowly backed away but stared daggers at him as did everyone else.

“Jesus,” Tredd coughed and just shrugged it off before Gladio held a meeting with all the guys on the bus.  

“Alright, in case you haven’t figured this out, Cor Leonis is about to nail one of the most notorious mobster boss and gangster that’s currently in the US right now. His name is Gilgamesh and no one knows what he looks like because he wears a freaky mask and this fucker has laid waste to entire police forces and swat teams before because they wear super advanced armor and only carry armor piercing rounds so they can kill everyone else while no one can touch them. He has an army of dozens of generals with thousands of foot soldiers under them. His right hand man is a woman, she’s simply known as the Empress and she’s just as lethal as he is and she has an ace up her own sleeve, someone known as WitchHazel, all one word, capital W, capital H or in Chinese it’s Jin Lu Mei, because she is either Chinese herself or knows Chinese as her mother tongue because the one account Cor has of her is the two of them talking to each other in perfectly fluent Chinese. When either another rival mob, or another rival gang or even another law enforcement force has cornered the Empress before, she makes one call or one text and within minutes WitchHazel comes and breaks her out of anything and everything and they slip away again and disappear, no one knows who she is, all we do know is that it is a she, but she’s clearly trained as special forces because she’s a sniper and takes out a building full of people with surgical precision, like she’s the Punisher and she is a one woman army. She’s trained with CDC and the best idea they have is that she’s a mercenary and she’s just as dangerous as Gilgamesh and the Empress. Now chances are, we’ll be cool because we personally don’t pose a threat to Gilgamesh and hopefully nothing will happen but we will be careful, the girls are counting on us and so is Cor. Everyone needs to look out for each other, no one goes off alone, especially the girls and especially Ada. Luche, Iris and myself will be on Ada duty but Luche is tasked with taking care of her for the most part because Cor asked Sylva to take care of Ada and when Sylva’s not around, Luche will be doing that for her. Iris, you’ll keep eyes on her while she’s on the girl’s bus. Guys, keep your girls close. We’ll just have to be the overprotective, possessive boyfriends until further notice.” Gladio ordered as all the guys nodded in agreement.

Once on the train, Hazel and Titus unpacked and relaxed and opened one of the bottles of wine already in their luxurious cabin.

“Where did all of this come from?” Titus asked as he grabbed her toiletry bag to put her toiletries away and saw fifty thousand dollars in it.

“The same people who encouraged me to get out of town.” Hazel answered as she took it and put the money in the little safe. “So I’m using it and splurging it on you and this trip and keeping you safe.” Hazel added.

“Those people wouldn’t be lead by a guy named Gilgamesh would they?” Titus asked as Hazel froze in fear so he put the bag down and gathered her in his arms. “Hey, no one is listening to us right now, no one is watching us, the curtains are closed, there’s no bugs in this room and I swear on my life whatever you tell me I will never repeat to another living soul, just...tell me, let me know what I’m up against. Please.” Titus pleaded with her as her eyes watered.

“It’s not Gilgamesh, or Gil as I know him, it’s Charlie.” Hazel finally admitted.

“Who’s Charlie?” Titus frowned.

“Charlie, short for Charlotte, Gilgamesh’s Empress, his right hand man that’s a woman, that’s my sister.” Hazel revealed as Titus’ eyes got wide as he looked at her in surprise, not having thought in a million years that Hazel was so close to the most dangerous criminal he had ever heard of. And knowing she wouldn’t be apart of this if she had a choice. She was trapped.

“...How? She’s not...” Titus tried to argue.

“White? No she isn’t. Her birth mother, is my adopted step mother who raised us side by side by twins because we were born on the same day, you know my mother is Chinese. She had an affair with an older black guy as a teenager and when her parents found out, they tried to force an abortion on her but she was too far along by the time they found out and had to drop out of school and brought shame on the family and they then tried to force her to give Charlotte up for adoption and she refused and my father, who was in the next room over and holding me while he grieved my mother because my birth mother died giving birth to me, he heard the commotion and came to my mother’s rescue and practically married her on the spot to save her from her own parents. When Charlotte was a little girl, we went to a family reunion and my uncle, my father’s brother, raped Charlotte, my dad killed him on the spot and it fucked Charlie up. Fucked all of us up. As a teenager she got in trouble and never, ever got out of it, just got into deeper and deeper trouble with increasingly more dangerous people. When Gilgamesh got a hold of her, he claimed he found his ‘Empress’ because he’s Chinese and obsessed with Imperial China and finding a beautiful blasian girl who was just as jaded and just as ruthless and cut throat as he is, but more importantly, was just as brilliant as he is, was all he wanted. Now that Gil and Charlie are together, they’re an unstoppable powerhouse. I’m safe from them and protected by them because I’m Charlie’s sister but you and everyone else is not. You can not tell Cor or anyone else any of this. No one can know any of this. If Cor were to find out and try to bring me in for questioning or use this against me, or them, it will cost him his life before he can enter the interrogation room. They’re not above mass murder, either civilians or an entire district of law enforcement, in fact I know they already have done both and they have moles in everything. I can’t go to the police, or sheriff’s office, I can’t go to the U.S. Marshals, I can’t go to the CIA or the FBI, definitely not congress because I’m pretty sure Gilgamesh has people in all of it, I don’t know who they are and thankfully I’ve never met them so even I couldn’t expose them even if I wanted to. I just know they’re there.” Hazel revealed as she expected Titus to withdraw from her but he stayed steady as ever as he listened with rapt attention.

“Ok. Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere. I love you.” Titus nodded in understanding before he just tightened his hold on her and hugged her as she hugged him tightly, feeling even better now that she told him and he didn’t run or withdraw or anything. She took a leap of faith telling him and he caught her and was keeping her and that’s all she wanted and all she could ever ask for.

“I love you too.” Hazel murmured as she clung to him.

“We’ll get through this, together. I promise.” Titus whispered and Hazel for the first time, allowed herself to really believe that and put real faith in that because he really meant it.

“Just don’t try to free me from all this ok? Everyone who has ever tried has died. I can’t loose you.” Hazel pleaded.

“Ok,” Titus agreed but he was already mentally trying to figure out exactly how he was going to be the first to succeed. Having the odds stacked against him wasn’t new. These were just different odds is all. Instead of a football game or his career, it was his life and the love of his life. He couldn’t screw this up. He waited his whole life for Hazel to come along and now that he had her, he was not going to let her go, ever. And he’ll be damned if she ever felt powerless or helpless or she was like a prisoner or slave to anyone’s will but her own ever again. He just had to bide his time and be smart about this. Maybe he needed to play some chess with Regis while they were on the train to really improve his tactical thinking skills.

Meanwhile back on the girl’s bus, Ada was still going through all of the things Sylva had bought for her and was putting on a fashion show for the rest of the girls which boosted her confidence and made her feel better too especially once she got into her makeup and all the girls helped her put it on and got her looking like a model. Helping take picture after picture of her to send to Cor and Sylva.

While back on the boy’s bus Luche had just settled into his bunk, being ever so grateful Sylva invested in some outrageously comfortable mattresses for both buses and he had already packed a sheet set for himself and his bunk, not knowing who had slept on his bunk before him and not wanting to know who or what had happened, he just Lysol-ed the bunk then Febreeze-ed it then put on his own sheet set and bedding before putting on his own pillows too. He still had a lot of think over and mentally figure out. He couldn’t be rash, he had to be smart. That one rile from Tredd had him ready to take his friend’s head off. He had to remember that Tredd wasn’t the enemy. Gilgamesh was, although Gilgamesh wouldn’t even be an issue if Cor wasn’t a factor in everyone’s lives. Maybe if Gilgamesh could just take Cor out before he got taken down so the rest of them would be ok and unharmed, that would be ok. Honestly that would be, in his mind, the most ideal situation. Because he could more easily catch Ada from such an emotional devastation. But then again if that happened Cor would die a golden boy hero and she’d be liable to go find another just like Cor. Ok, maybe that wasn’t the greatest idea. Maybe Sylva’s idea was the best after all, Ada just needed time and space away from Cor to gain some perspective of her life and to enjoy this time with her friends and away from him and then when she got back she’d see how much he was really lacking compared to himself. He just had to prove himself better and more superior to Cor. But he still needed to be true to himself, but also he needed to do right by her too. He needed to do her justice and he needed to win her over without- as Sylva put it- ‘actively’ win her over. She said to be subtle, he needed to do subtle but meaningful gestures.

“Fuck, give those mice in your head a break, I can hear their wheels turning a million miles an hour from here.” Tredd teased from the bunk across the aisle.  

“Fuck off dude.” Luche bit out.

“Seriously, I can hear you huffin and puffin from here like a little bitch.” Tredd snickered.

“How many times have you gotten punched so far on this trip?” Luche asked to which Tredd just laughed harder. “And how many times would you like to get shot?” Luche snapped.

“Ooh, so now you got a gun, you’re gonna shoot your bro just for ruffling your feathers a little?” Tredd taunted as he reached out and poked into the curtain.

“What part of fuck off do you not understand?” Luche swiped at the intruding finger before Tredd pulled Luche’s curtain back a little.

“Look, I got ideas to help bruh, do you want to hear them or not?” Tredd insisted.

“If I do, will you leave me the fuck alone?” Luche droned.

“No promises.” Tredd grinned.

“Fine,” Luche huffed as he rolled over to face Tredd and ripped his curtain back. “What?” Luche demanded.

“Bruh, you were ready to kill me the moment you thought Ada would get hurt, no guy gets that fired up and ready to go on the rampage unless he really loves the girl.” Tredd grinned victoriously as Luche narrowed his eyes and looked out to see if anyone was listening or paying attention to their conversation.

“Oh relax, no one gives a shit. Look, the way I see it, Sylva hired you to be Ada’s bodyguard right? To protect her from everything and take care of her right?” Tredd reasoned.

“She didn’t hire me to do it but yeah.” Luche bit out.

“Damn, I was hoping you had some extra cash on you then.” Tredd teased before Luche grabbed his curtain to pull it back closed.

“Wait, wait, wait, that wasn’t my point, don’t be so hasty.” Tredd stopped him.

“My point is, you get to be her bodyguard and caretaker right?” Tredd furthered.

“Yeah,” Luche confirmed.

“On Sylva’s dime.” Tredd furthered.

“It doesn’t matter who’s dime it is.” Luche shook his head no, not wanting Tredd to get any ideas.

“Well my point is, still, pull out all the stops, go whole hog on her, now’s your chance to really take her back man, take advantage of it and just lavish all the stupid shit on her you can. Spoil her rotten whether it’s your money or not. Prove that you can take better care of her than Cor ever could. We both know you win out financially at least. You two are still friends, it’ll grow into something more before you know it. Now all you gotta do is be the perfect prince charming you usually are minus the uptight traitorous prick for snitching on us about the bus and you’ll be good to go.” Tredd grinned victoriously.

“I’m not a traitorous prick.” Luche argued.

“Yeah but you are hella uptight and you need to loosen up and have fun too, none of us can cut loose if you’re still uptight and we all think that everything we do is going to be repeated and reported to the biggest mom of all. Even if she’s the hottest MILF ever.” Tredd pointed out.

“Fine,” Luche groaned.

“That’s my bruh, happy to have you with us.” Tredd held out his fist for Luche to fist bump it which Luche returned their own bro handshake that was still unique to the two of them.

[fanfiqueirodestorybrooke]

Lista de identificação

Hades/Sheol Von Strucker - Hugo Vianna

Perséfone/Dakota Aksoy - Patricia Aguillera

Tânatos/ Ender Kaya - Theodore Kaiser

Hercules/ Hector Bartosz - Harry Black

Mégara/ Narcisa Cromwell - Margarita Chaves Vianna

Athena Triton/ Maribel De La Cruz - Allison De La Cruz

Emily Van Dort/ Zoey Fischer - Emilia Fortune

Glinda/ Cornelia Altopiani - Glenda Alvez

Fiyero/ Fuego De La Mora - Francis D’Amour

Elphaba/ Nittha Bextiyar - Elena Briar

Oz/ Han Seo Joon - Oscar Kim

Amadora - Amarante Arcane

Chapeleiro maluco/ Edward Maddox - Edmund Mayfair

Alina/ Fedora Volkov - Alice Vasquez

Cheshire/ Lotus Lux - Camilo Lucero

Valete de copas/ Nathaniel Duke - Nicholas Doux

Rainha Iracebeth/ Queenley Cyrene - Isla Carmine

Henry Jekyll/ Callisto Elsher - Horacio Eckel

Edward Hyde/ Morpheus Elsher - Esteban Eckel

Lewis Robinson/ Cody Jefferson - Lucas Jones

Claude Frollo/ Damien Donadieu - Cesar Durand

Franny Robinson/ Filippa Demarco - Felicia Declan

Egeu/ Frederick Balthazar - Edgar Beaumont

Musa da música/ Liana Goldleaf - Larissa Green

Mula sem cabeça/ MC Muller - Maria Christina Moreira

Rita Malone/ Ruya Perihan - Rita Porter

Rosella/ Reyhan Durmaz - Renata Dias

Hawthorne/ Florencio Romanis - Helio Ruas

Rei Shiver/ Leo Herrera -  Silvio Herrera

Sugar Plum/ Sydney Taylor - Susan Thorne

Mãe ginger/ Jolene Turner - Gretel Taylor

Glimmer/ Ceyda Ozdemir - Giulia Orvalho

Wendy Darling/ Holly Moore - Willa Marshall

Gancho/ Kartal Bartosz - Kieran Black

Vidia/ Kitana Vega - Valesca Vesper

Nebula/ Eden Allard - Nicole Albuquerque 

Park Kitae - Kayn Lee

Havoc/ Pietro Ness - Heracles Newton

Lyria/ Regina Whisper - Luiza Woods

Peter Pan/ Reve Von Strucker - Pietro Vianna

Tinkerbell/ Tifanny Griffin - Tabitha Galahad 

Alana Triton/ Aethra Waller - Arabela Willson

Arista Triton/ Felicity Waller - Astoria Willson

Andrina Triton/ Fiora Waller - Alexis Willson

Adella Triton/ Kyra Waller - Amanda Willson

Attina Triton/ Rory Waller - Ananda Willson

Aquata Triton/ Star Waller - Aqua Willson

Ariel Triton/ Winter Waller - Anika Willson

Rei Tritão/ Titus Waller - Travis Willson

Romeu/ Alejandro Marino - Rodrigo Mattias

Aurora/ Alina Belenus - Amara Beau

Jafar/ Alvah Isra - Joel Isra

Sarah Sanderson/ Ashia Devlin - Sophia Scott/Amora Dupree

Mary Sanderson/Elizabeth Villiers - Madalena Scott/Eliza Valente

Winnifred Sanderson/ Circe Von Stein - Wanda Scott/Celia Verah

Adam/ August Duppont - Alastair Donavan

Belle French/ Ayla Andrews - Anne Arcane

Bloody Mary/ Barbara Harvey - Mary Harvey

Drácula/ Cain Dalbert - Dorian Diamandis 

Fada Madrinha(Corinne)/ Clio Cheong - Calliope Cardoso

Gato de botas/ David BOTZBERGER - Davi Borges

Dorian Grey/ Draven Mortimer - Diego Caixão (Quem pegou a referência pegou)

Diaval/ Dwayne O’riain - Derek Oswald

Hansel/ Eamon Karkaroff - João Karkaraoff

Espelho Mágico/ Elena & Elliot Kwon - Esther e Elijah Karter

Sophie Hatter/ Ellowyn Hwang - Sophia Heart

Malévola/ Evory Moreau - Marina Marinno

Rainha má/ Hazel Drozdova - Helia Dumont

Flynn Rider/ Isaac Rafiq - Fabricio Rafiq

Gaston/ Javert Allard - Javier Albuquerque 

Mushu/ Lorenz Kwang - Mario Kairos 

Tata/ Lorenzo Rodriguez - Tristan Roosevelt

Principe Kit/ Lucien Yoon - Kaio Yvess

Maurice French/ Mert Bayrak - Matheus Barreto

Marlye/ Nesrin De Vries - Matilda Valencia

Roxelana/ Roxanne Faualkner - Raissa Fagundes

Rasputin/ Ruzgar Olum - Richard “Dick” Ockerman

Celeana/ Sabrina Schneider - Catarina Schneider 

Caçador/ Anthony Mendez - Antonio Bandeiras 

Tarzan/ Tyrone Gallagher - Tyler Garden

Lobo Mau/ Vaughn Huang - Vitor Holland

Godric/ Viktor Burke - Goliath Brooke

Victor Frankenstein/ Vincent LEICHMANN - Vladmir Lensky

Sanderson Soneca/Silas D’Morgan - Scott Donald

Kozmotis Breuner/ Bruno D’Morgan - Kaique Donald

[duggardata]

The Next 6 Months:  April—September 2021

Here we go again...  It’s this month’s installment of the Next 6 Months!  Coming up—

What happened in March / Early April 2021?  Was it early, late, or what?

Did anyone miss a deadline in March?  Who?  For what?

What’s expected to happen from now through September 2021?

Latest Events—

Jed Duggar + Katey Nakatsu got married in Arkansas on April 3, 2021, after a short engagement, even by Duggar standards.  Sounds like they been together for ~1 Year, but their Courtposal Date isn’t known.

Denver Bontrager + Praise Helferich got married in Iowa on March 20, 2021.  They’d been courting since June 2020, engaged in November.

Jana Duggar + Stephen Wissmann are widely believed to be courting, or at least in some kind of relationship.  Neither Jana, Stephen, nor their families has confirmed this; however, there’s evidence that Stephen was at both Justin and Jed’s Weddings, and that Jana celebrated Christmas 2020 with Stephen’s Family.

Just Missed A Deadline—

Esther (Keller) + John Shrader were due to announce Pregnancy #13 on March 31, 2021, but they didn’t.  They are next due to announce on May 21, 2021 (+0.5 SD).

Already ‘late’ for Pregnancy #2, Si + Lauren (Swanson) Duggar didn’t announce on their +1.0 SD Date (March 26, 2021), either.  They’re now expected to announce on June 4, 2021 (+1.5 SDs).

Like Si + Lauren, Sierra + Mark Dominguez also missed another ‘due date’ on March 25, 2021, when they failed to announce Pregnancy #8.  They’re next due to announce on June 2, 2021 (+2.0 SDs).

What’s Next (April—September 2021)—

04–09–21   Jesse + Anna (Craig) Maxwell announce Pregnancy #1.  (0.5 SDs Late!)

04–23–21   Travis Clark proposes to Katie Bates.  (1.0 SD Late!)

04–26–21   Carlin (Bates) + Evan Stewart announce Pregnancy #2.  (1.5 SD Late!)

04–30–21   Mary Carol Maxwell starts courting.  (0.5 SD Late!)

05–17–21   Helferich #1 born to Allison (Bontrager) + Jeremiah Helferich.  (Note—This is extremely speculative.  Allison hasn’t shared much about her Due Date...  Not even which month it’s in.)

05–18–21   Kaylee Rodrigues starts courting.  (0.5 SD Late!)

05–19–21   Courtney + Christopher Rogers announce Pregnancy #12.

05–21–21   Esther (Keller) + John Shrader announce Pregnancy #13.  (0.5 SD Late!)

05–22–21   Caldwell #9 born to Paul + Christina (Hamrick) Caldwell.

05–29–21   Trace Bates starting courting.  (0.5 SD Late!)

05–29–21   Chelsy (Bontrager) + John Maxwell announce Pregnancy #3.

06–02–21   Sierra + Mark Dominguez announce Pregnancy #8.  (2.0 SDs Late!)

06–04–21   Josiah + Lauren (Swanson) Duggar announce Pregnancy #2.  (1.5 SDs Late!)

06–12–21   Smith #3 (Charlotte Raine) born to Tori (Bates) + Bobby Smith.

06–13–21   John + Abbie (Burnett) Duggar announce Pregnancy #2.

06–16–21   Nathan + Nurie (Rodrigues) Keller do a Sex Reveal for Keller–Rodrigues #1.

06–17–21   Stephen Wissmann proposes to Jana Duggar.  (Note—This is based on a Courtposal Date of Christmas 2020, which is just a very, very rough estimate.  We honestly have no idea when they started courting, if they indeed are courting.  Maybe they aren’t!  We don’t know!)

06–17–21   Kristen + Justin Young announce Pregnancy #4.

06–18–21   Bates–Perkins #4 (Jayden Carl) born to Zach + Whitney (Perkins) Bates.

06–18–21   Lauren Caldwell marries Titus Hall.  (Note—Since the families haven’t mentioned the pair in months, it’s pretty doubtful that his is going to happen, at this point.  But, who knows, right?)

06–22–21   Nathan Bates proposes to Esther Keyes.

06–22–21   Balka #2* (Hazel Sloane) born to Josie (Bates) + Kelton Balka.

07–07–21   Josh + Anna (Keller) Duggar announce Pregnancy #7.

07–15–21   Seewald #4* born to Jessa (Duggar) + Ben Seewald.  (Note—Again, this is pretty speculative.  She hasn’t revealed her due date.)

08–04–21   Meagan (Forsyth) + Bobby Ballinger announce Pregnancy #4.

08–06–21   Priscilla (Keller) + David Waller announce Pregnancy #6.

08–13–21   Joy (Duggar) + Austin Forsyth announce Pregnancy #3.

08–27–21   Katie Bates + Travis Clark get married.

08–28–21   Josh + Cassidy (Bowers) Bontrager announce Pregnancy #3.

08–31–21   Justin + Claire (Spivey) Duggar announce Pregnancy #1.

08–31–21   Renee Rodrigues starts courting.

09–03–21   Lauren (Caldwell) + Titus Hall announce Pregnancy #1.

09–09–21   Mary Carol Maxwell gets engaged.

09–17–21   Karissa + Mandrae Collins announce Pregnancy #10.

09–18–21   Jana Duggar marries Stephen Wissmann.  (Yes, really!)

09–22–21   Stewart #2 born to Carlin (Bates) + Evan Stewart.

Nothing New For—

Here’s the list of individuals and couples who are actively part of the Predictor, but nothing is forecast for the Next 6 Months—

Bateses   Lawson + Tiffany, Alyssa + John, Jackson to Jeb

Bontragers   Mitchell + Bryn, Carson + Carolina, Denver + Praise, Taylor to Rebecca

Caldwells   Kendra + Joe, Micah to Isaiah    

Duggars   JingJer, Joe + Kendra, Jed + Katey, Jer to James, Jackson to Josie

Kellers   Nathan + Nurie

Maxwells   Joseph + Elissa, Anna Elizabeth

Rodriguii   Nurie + Nathan, Timothy, Phillip to Janessa

... and, the following individuals or couples are not subject to active prediction for a variety of reasons from presumed infertility or non–marriage, to illness, to birth control use, to not being quiverfull (QF)—

Bateses   Gil + Kelly Jo, Michaela (Bates) + Brandon Keilen, Erin (Bates) + Chad Paine

Bontragers   Marlin + Becky

Duggars   Jim Bob + Michelle, Jill + Derick

Kellers   Mike + Suzette, Rebekah, Daniel, Susanna, David

Maxwells   Steve + Teri, Nathan + Melanie, Chris + Anna Marie, Sarah

Rodriguii   J–Rod + David

[xstellan]

hey! i’m ari and i’m so excited to be here!! one of my friends linked me to this rp, so here i am 💜 stellan is a muse i’ve had for well over three, maybe four years now?? he’s honestly just big 🤡 energy no lie sjkfnvjkfnvf if you wanna talk outside of tumblr my discord is 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯'𝘴  𝘩𝘰𝘦#2960!! enough abt me tho let’s get to this mess of a dude

is that herman tømmeraas on campus? oh no, that’s stellan alto. from stavanger, norway, the twenty one year old has come to study veterinary science. rumor has it he is energetic and adventurous, but reckless and spoiled, which is why he is known as the hedonist. he resides off campus and can’t wait to graduate.

basic stats ;

full name: stellan paolo alto nicknames: legit just stellan, if he likes you enough, maybe you can get away with calling him stellbells gender: cis male height: 5 ′ 8 age: 21 birthday / zodiac: january 23, 2001  ( aquarius sun , capricorn -  aquarius cusp, or the cusp of ‘mystery and imagination’, aries moon, libra ascendant ) right handed or left handed: left handed eye color: hazel, shooting more towards green hair color: light brown piercings and tattoos: no piercings, small aquarius symbol tattoo on his right ring finger sexuality / romantic orientation: homosexual / homoromantic  place of birth: sintra, portugal hometown: stavanger, norway languages spoken: norwegian, portuguese, spanish and english three things he likes: any type of animal ever, designer brands, traveling three things he dislikes: people thinking he’s incapable, warm beers, chipped nail polish five aesthetics: a peculiar accent you can’t quite pinpoint, perfectly painted nails, getting high, long drives without a specific destination, helicopter rides last four songs listened to: strawberry fields forever by the beatles, weight of love by the black keys, idfc by blackbear, teen romance by lil peep character inspo: titus andromedon from unbreakable kimmy schmidt ( mostly just personality wise ), eric effiong from sex education, gina linetti from brooklyn nine nine, david rose from schitt’s creek 

background story ;

!tws for domestic violence, toxic relationships, mental illness, drug abuse and neglect, proceed with caution!

so stellan was born to paolo and angelique alto in his father’s hometown, sintra, portugal. he was really only born there, as basically all of his childhood was lived in his mother’s birth and hometown, stavanger, norway

his family comes from money that originated in the early 1900′s. it all started with an idea for a clothing line, and a loan, given to his great great grandfather. much to his luck, his idea blew up. it started off with just clothes but soon expanded to other accessories like watches, glasses, wallets, all the things you can think of. soon, alto inc. expanded world wide, and to secure their wealth, the alto’s have bought into just about everything. gas and electric, furniture brands, even the gastronomy industry…. basically built an empire that will either never die, or live on for centuries

this kid? basically born with a golden spoon in his mouth. honestly has never heard the words no for anything money wise! spoiled little bitch, but it all came with a catch. his parents basically threw themselves into their work, traveling everywhere, leaving stellan with the best help money could buy. he grew up with nannies, butlers, cooks, personal drivers, all this boujee shit. he spent most of his time traveling and attended private boarding schools all around the world. he grew up speaking norwegian and portuguese, then later learned english and spanish

honestly, from the outside, his life truly looks enviable, and he’s not complaining about the money, since he’s rather materialistic, but he was basically neglected by his own parents since he could remember. not even neglect, they were just straight up absent. phrases like ‘we’re sorry we couldn’t make your birthday but we sent you money!’  or  ‘we swear we’ll make it next time’  were commonly thrown around. when he was younger, he would definitely believe them

however, as he got older, he started coming to terms with the fact that there wouldn’t be a next time, but there would be a next deposit, and as much as he repeatedly tells himself that he doesn’t care, that he’s happy having all these things and doing whatever he wants whenever he wants, he knew deep down, that there was this certain emptiness he could never seem to fill, no matter how many times he swiped that damn card

he grew up with fake friends, endless small talk, basically superficial shit with no deeper meaning. this is what he was used to

he did whatever he wanted though, often traveling to exotic places , staying at his parents’ pent house in california, doing whatever he felt like ( literally ). if he wanted to road trip, he would road trip. if he felt like staying somewhere foreign for months, simply because he was bored, he would do just that. again, never heard the word no. the truth is that his parents kind of felt guilty never being there for him, so they just gave him money, money, and more money, which really did nothing to teach him about the real world, but stellan didn’t care

maybe this is what led him to rio de janeiro in brazil. him and his friends had the idea to do an ayahuasca ritual in peru for the summer. stellan was going to do it, but after further researching the effects, he chickened out last minute. legit chickened the fuck out and just randomly ended up in brazil. he really had no intentions of staying either, but he really liked it. spoke the language ( even though his portuguese is from portugal but ) he got on. he’s rich, he’s foreign, and he’s a great time, so he made a lot of friends and he just decides to stay. this is probably one of the worst decisions he ends up making, but in his defense, he didn’t really know that at the time

basically met a guy he fell head over heels for. they were in the same social class, his name is thiago sousa and maybe this wouldn’t be so bad, if this guy wasn’t like, balls deep in the closet

stellan? has basically been out his entire life. he literally didn’t even really have to come out because people just knew. he swore to himself he would never in his entire life fuck with anyone who was closeted, but, as cheesy as it may sound, there was just something about this guy that he was drawn to. stellan really can’t even explain why he liked him so much? like to this day he dead ass has no idea why he was such a simp for this guy  –  he just was. is it because he’s never had a boyfriend before? because he doesn’t know what genuine love is because his parents were never around and never showed him any? because he always feels so lonely and doesn’t know what the fuck a healthy relationship even looks like? whatever it was, stellan couldn’t put into words what this guy made him feel. it was one of those relationships where you lose who you are, because this guy pretty much treated him like shit

!tws for internalized homophobia, toxic relationship / domestic violence for the next 6 bullets! they couldn’t hold hands in public or kiss, he didn’t want stellan standing so close to him, they couldn’t hang out whenever his friends were around because thiago was afraid his friends would think he was gay ( which he was, but that was besides the point ). stellan has always known he’s gay, and he’s always been very open about who he is despite people’s criticism towards him  –  he just didn’t care. it kind of just goes to show just how much he wanted to be loved by someone, even if that love was toxic

the excuse stellan gave himself, for a while, is that he couldn’t force him out. he held onto this false illusion that he would one day come out of the closet, kiss him in front of everyone and not care what anyone else thinks, but if you guessed it, that day never came, and things just progressively worsen instead

it starts off small really, some verbal abuse here and there that stellan doesn’t think much of because he knows he’s in denial. one day though, they get into a fight so bad, thiago throws his phone at stellan, and it lands right on his eye . this not only scares him, but leaves him with a torn iris and a bruise

just like most toxic and abusive behavior, it’s followed by endless apologies , ‘i’m so sorry i didn’t mean to hurt you’ ‘i swear, i meant to throw the phone against the wall, not at you’ ‘you know you’re my entire world’ ‘i would never do anything like that again’ ‘please forgive me, i’m so so in love with you’ basically… bullshit. at this point , stellan is so infatuated with this guy, he, unfortunately, forgives him, and he really thinks it would be the first and only time, but if you guessed it, it wasn’t

now when a relationship relationship gets to this point, you would expect him to just leave and never turn back. stellan always wondered how people got sucked into abusive, toxic relationships like that and stayed, always telling himself  ‘those people are so stupid, that’s never going to be me’. however, when his relationship actually turned into one of those? it was a completely different story. he soon came to realize why some people who are in these relationships stay for as long as they do, because really? he wasn’t sure how to leave. he wanted to, he was just scared

long story short, but stellan lets himself be manipulated and abused by this guy for well over a year, basically two, but the final straw had to be him ditching him in new years to hang out with his friends. he becomes so upset, he packs all his things, buys a plane ticket, and leaves. first goes to los angeles, then eventually san diego, and he’s been here ever since. he’s been in uni since he was twenty

pretty much no one knows what happened at all? he basically buried that shit. no one here knows his backstory, his previous toxic and abusive relationship, and most of his traumas and he likes it like that. he would rather have people think he’s a rich, stuck up snob rather than have them know even the slightest bit about his past, because honestly? he’s embarrassed by it. he’s embarrassed to know that he really stayed with someone so toxic for as long as he did because he was scared. it’s also traumatic for him to talk about, so he just doesn’t, and he probably never will

he’s also very good at shallow conversations, if that makes sense? like, you can have a four hour conversation with him, laughs, smiles, an all around good time, but when he gets up to leave, after he’s gone you’ll kind of realize ‘i kinda of don’t really know them?’, it’s all superficial shit. the second you ask about his personal life, he’ll discreetly turn the topic back to you, change the subject quickly, or just shut down completely and leave. he’s very good at small talk, but once the conversation becomes greater, he’s out

he can be very fake if he doesn’t like you. legit like that mean girls scene like ‘ oh, i love that skirt, where did you get it?’ but the second you leave dude is like ‘that is the ugliest effin skirt i’ve ever had the displeasure of seeing in my life’. he can be very real and deep, don’t get it twisted, but will anyone ever see that side of him? will he ever let someone in like that? get some therapy dude

stellan is also kind of flighty. he will hook up with just about any cute guy who is willing, no doubt about it, but he will literally leave the next morning before the person even wakes up. sex is easy for him, but the moment he see’s someone wants something more, he’ll ghost. he refuses to have any type of romantic relationship now, as his last one has left him scarred

on the contrary, if he does like you, he’s fiercely loyal. he’s a generally fun person to hang around. he’s funny, the enabler, there’s simply never a dull moment. he lives life to the fullest, basically a huge hedonist. don’t come to him if you wanna be talked out of doing something stupid because 10/10 he will encourage you to do the stupid thing, huge ‘ that’s so dumb hahaha…. do it !’ energy, the ‘you do you fam’ type of friend . huge hype up person and very supportive , very much ‘ i’m here for a good time not a long time ’ vibes, that one gay friend who will hold your hair back when you vomit but also enable the worst behavior. his weak spot is coke and unfortunately, he has the money to support this dirty habit

he has undiagnosed bipolar disorder, with a lot more manic episodes than anything . he’ll get very paranoid ( think ian gallagher or effy stonem? ) . if his manic episodes get really bad, he will feel like people are following him, plotting against him, etc, etc. the only thing is that he hasn’t had one of these in ages, as he’s constantly under the influence, and never really has time to let his mind process things. like you know what’s terrible for psychotic symptoms in manic episodes of bipolar disorder stellan? fucking coke 🤡

he will crash one day, but until then , his climb up will be just as exciting as his downfall. it’ll only be a matter of time before he loses it lbr

would actually rather drag his bare balls across blazing hot concrete than talk about his feelings, he said emotions? we don’t know them , we just get high instead ! 😗✌️

he has a huge love for animals, literally three dogs and a cat, loves pets more than actual people. he’s currently a vegetarian, but he’s borderline vegan, probably will become one real soon ( this is why he wants to be a vet too, loves animals )

i’m gonna end this here because this is already super long but below is his birth chart for some extra tea!

birthchart ;

[mischiefandspirits]

Six Eggs in the Nest

Bruce returns from his trip through time to discover that not only had his kids grown, but so had his family. An old face had reappeared in his absence.

Part of the Six for the Age of One AU

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“How are you feeling?”

…

“Come on, Bruce,” Clark sighed. “As subtle as it might be, your heart rate still changes when you wake up.”

Bruce grunted, not opening his eyes.

“Good to know your trip through time didn’t affect your language skills.”

“What did I miss?”

“Nothing of note on the League’s front,” J’onn reported and Bruce finally opened his eyes to see the martian was looking over Bruce’s vitals.

“Just business as usual,” Diana agreed from the doorway.

Bruce turned to Clark, who was sitting in a chair next to Bruce’s hospital bed. “Gotham?”

Clark gave a soft smile and answered the unasked question, “The kids are fine. They’d be here, but I guess Ivy and Freeze got into a fight just as they were about to leave and Penguin tried to use the distraction of the fight to move cargo or something.”

“I checked in with them just before you woke,” Diana said before Bruce could get worked up. “In Oracle’s words, I threw Harley at Ivy and Nightwing, Signal, and Corvid smashed Freeze’s helmet so that fight’s basically won. Batwoman reported that her team had taken down Penguin and were supervising the cargo’s transport to the evidence locker before heading in.”

Bruce nodded, relaxing. “I’d assume Batwoman is Stephanie. Nightwing… Dick?”

“Yeah,” Clark said, looking smug. “And Corvid is Damian. Tim’s going by Ghost Bat now.”

“When you disappeared, they all stepped up to become heroes worthy of your legacy,” Diana said. “You would be proud of how strong they’ve been.”

“I am proud.” He simply wished he’d been there to see them through the transition. “How long was I gone?”

“A year,” J’onn said, apologetically and Bruce nodded.

That was longer than it had been for him, but not by too much. A year though…

He’d missed most of the kids’ final year of high school. He’d missed their graduation. He’d missed helping them sign up for college.

Was Duke enjoying his literature studies? Did Stephanie go through with her plans to start the pre-med track or make good on her jokes about taking a year off? Was Damian able to decide between a business or veterinary medicine major? Had Tim figured out what he wanted to do? Did Dick change his mind about not continuing school?

And little Carrie was still so young. Would she even remember Bruce?

“What’s the cover story for Bruce Wayne’s disappearance? And Batman’s?” Bruce asked, pushing the rest down. “I’ll need to figure out how to spread out my appearances so no one becomes suspicious.”

The three shared a look and Bruce’s eyes narrowed.

“It’s not that simple,” Diana said slowly.

“I’ve been standing in for Bruce Wayne with Timothy’s help,” J’onn said. “It was Duke’s idea. Richard had taken up your mantle, but he wasn’t able to convince those who really knew Batman so I was going to pretend to be you until enough time had passed that we could fake your death without it being connected to the change in Batman. Then Timothy and Damian found evidence that you were alive so we’ve kept up the ruse.”

Bruce nodded. It was a good idea, even if Bruce didn’t exactly feel comfortable knowing the martian had been impersonating him for so long. Something else caught his mind, though. “If Dick is Batman, why is he also going by Nightwing?”

“Dick was Batman for a while, but… someone else is Batman now,” Clark said, uncertainly.

“Who?”

“We don’t know. The children won’t tell us,” Diana said. “They’re as stubborn and secretive as their father.”

“About six months ago Batman just… changed,” Clark explained. “We didn’t notice at first since Richard was still the one showing up for Justice League stuff, then Nightwing appeared in the news. It was pretty obvious Nightwing was Dick. We thought that maybe he was setting up his own hero for when you came back, but Batman was seen working with Nightwing and all the rest of the boys. He’s also more…”

“Vicious?” J’onn offered. “And dramatic, but in a grim way. His fighting style is firmer as well, in a way Dick couldn’t manage no matter how much he held himself back. His Batman is more genuine than Dick’s. To the point that, from what we’ve gathered, those who realized he had replaced you already think you’re back.”

“We tried asking Dick the next time he came up for a meeting, but all he’d say was that he wasn’t ready to see us,” Diana added. “Clark went to Gotham -”

Bruce glared at the kryptonian.

“I know, I know. Your kids caught me within minutes and Stephanie gave me a lecture you’d be proud of. And don’t act like you’re not burning with curiosity. Do you even have an idea who it could be?”

“Did you find out anything?” Bruce redirected and Clark shook his head.

“I couldn’t see much because the cowl is as lead-lined as you always had it and he got out of there fast once Stephanie intercepted me. He was tall and broad like you and what skin I saw was fair, so he couldn’t be any of the boys.”

That… didn’t add up. Who would the boys have trusted with Batman? “I need to get home.”

All three looked like they wanted to argue, but J’onn unhooked him from the monitors.

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The cave was empty when Bruce teleported in, though the still-warm cup of tea next to the Batcomputer’s keyboard and the lit-up screens showed that Alfred had recently been monitoring the comms before stepping out for a moment.

“- anything yet?” came Robin’s -- Nightwing’s -- voice when Bruce hit the button to unmute the main comm line.

“Wonder Woman said he was still unconscious when she checked in,” Oracle answered.

“Batman, Batwoman, and I will be at the cave in a minute. The two of us can head up immediately and report back,” Ghost Bat offered.

“Speak for yourself,” Batwoman huffed. “You can hang around Wonder Woman smelling like a sewer all you want, but I need a shower.”

“You will wait for us or I will give all your sweatshirts to Goliath as nesting materials, Ghost!” Corvid snapped.

“Nah, Goliath can do better than G’s hoodies. Besides, he’ll just go steal some from Metro. I’m pretty sure half the ones he’s got now are clone boy’s anyways,” laughed a voice Bruce didn’t recognize. Batman’s, he assumed. Something about it nagged at him, but he couldn’t place it. He was sure he knew the person though. Was he altering his voice for the suit like Bruce did? It didn’t have the growl, but maybe he was just making his voice deeper. If his voice was higher…

Bruce was torn out of his musings by a snarl. He turned to see a large groenendael stalking towards him. Behind the dog was a massive pillow with five other dogs atop it. A Great Dane was stretched out regally at one end, wagging his tail but otherwise not paying Bruce any attention. A lab and a pit bull were flopped over each other limply in the middle, fast asleep. A German shepherd was standing on the other end, just as alert as the groenendael without the aggression. A Chihuahua was similarly eyeing Bruce from her spot tucked under the Great Dane’s chin, kept quiet and still only by the larger dog’s presence.

Bruce wasn’t surprised the dogs had invaded the cave in his absence. He could only hope Goliath and Wiggles had continued to be cut off in their separate portions of the cave and Alfred the Cat hadn’t been allowed to torment the bats.

He knelt and held out his hand. “It’s alright, Jane. It’s just me.”

The groenendael quieted at his voice and continued approaching him. The closer she got, the more relaxed she became until she was close enough to cheerfully lick and nuzzle at his hand as an apology for growling.

“It’s okay, girl. You’re doing a good job protecting the cave while everyone’s out.”

Ace was at his side in an instant to sniff him over for injuries and nose his neck in a greeting Bruce easily returned. Titus yawned and turned away as things calmed down, which allowed Ami to leap to her feet. She gave two quick yaps at Bruce, then stomped over to curl up on a corner of the pillow. Haley and Hazel slept on.

A moment later the roar of an engine echoed through the cave, heralding the arrival of the Batmobile. Bruce’s spot was slightly hidden from the vehicle bay, so he had the chance to observe the three that climbed out.

Batwoman’s suit wasn’t too dissimilar to the one Barbara had donned during those two short years she’d held the mantle. All Stephanie had altered was swapping out the red on the bat, belt, cape lining, and wig for her signature eggplant.

Ghost Bat’s suit was black, sleeveless, and made from the same lightweight armor Tim and Dick always used. A grey bat was across the chest, the color matching his gauntlets. He wore a cape and cowl like Batwoman’s, though the cape lining and wig were grey. The wig was also cut short to match Tim’s chin-length locks instead of Stephanie’s chest-length curls.

Batman’s suit, at first glance, looked exactly like Bruce’s. On closer inspection, though, it appeared thinner, closer to the medium bulk armor Damian and Stephanie used. There were also knives hidden across the suit and the cape was shorter than Bruce kept it. His build appeared to be just as Clark described, but Bruce knew the suit enough to tell it was making him look broader in the shoulders and the boots’ soles were altered to make him look shorter. Bruce estimated him to be a few inches taller than himself and around Duke’s width. The visible portion of his face was a pale beige, distinctly different from Dick’s olive tone or the other boys’ darker skin colors.

“- soft and roomy!” Ghost was arguing. “It’s no different than you stealing Bruce’s!”

Batman shot him a perfect Bat-Glare, as the kids called it. “I don’t have any of his sweaters!”

“That’s because after you steal them, Alfred always washes them and puts them back in B’s closet,” Stephanie snorted, pulling down her cowl. She gave him a wink when he turned the glare on her. “Just because you only wear them to bed doesn’t mean we don’t notice. Also, Tim’s stolen horde isn’t just Kon’s. He also got some of mine, Cassie’s, Duke’s, Damian’s, and yours in there. Dick’s and Cissie’s aren’t baggy enough and Bart’s are scratchy. He’s also got one of Kori’s because he took it thinking it was Babs’ and now he’s too embarrassed to give it back.”

“STEPHANIE!” Ghost shouted as Batman snapped, “Is that where my green hoodie went?”

Stephanie snickered as she turned to head deeper into the cave. Her eyes caught Bruce’s and she froze.

“What’s wrong?” Batman asked and he and Ghost followed her gaze.

“Kids,” Bruce said after a moment of trying to figure out what to say.

Batman stiffened and Stephanie smiled. “Hey, B.”

Ghost shot forward, but stopped just before he reached Bruce, looking like he was barely holding back from throwing himself at Bruce.

Bruce took the decision away from him by pulling the boy into a hug. He pulled down the cowl to press a kiss to the top of Tim's head as the boy started to shake slightly with silent tears.

“So B’s here,” Stephanie said and he heard her voice echo through the comm in Tim’s ear.

“What!?”

“He’s supposed to be resting on the Watchtower.”

“Of course they couldn’t keep Father contained.”

“We’re on our way.”

“You’re here,” Tim whispered and Bruce pressed another kiss to his head.

“I am. I’m so sorry for being gone.”

“Tim’s the one who found you,” Stephanie said as she walked up. “Or, well, he’s the one who made it possible for the JL to find you.”

“I heard. I’m so proud.”

“Damian helped,” Tim muttered, burying his reddening face further into Bruce’s chest.

Bruce rubbed his back for a few seconds, then pulled away so Tim could pick up the Chihuahua nudging up against his ankle. He made sure Ami was helping Tim calm down before nodding at Stephanie. However, he soon found his gaze shifting back to the unknown factor.

Batman was still standing where he’d been the last time Bruce checked. He looked frozen in place, only his hand having shifted so that it could rest on Jane’s cheek. The groenendael was staring up at him as she licked and nuzzled at his wrist and hip in an effort to draw him back from wherever he was, though Bruce doubted he could feel it through the suit.

She must have realized it too as a moment later she stood up on her hind legs with her forepaws on Batman’s chest so she could lick at his chin instead, snapping him out of it enough that he looked away.

It was then that Stephanie glanced over her shoulder to see what Bruce was staring at. “Shoot.”

“What?” Tim asked, tucking Ami to his chest. He looked at Stephanie, then Batman, then his eyes shot to Bruce. “Oh. Crud. We really meant to do this slowly.”

“Are you two going to introduce me?” Bruce grunted.

His eyes were still on the stranger, but he could see both eighteen-year-olds open their mouths to respond. Before they could, Batman nudged Jane off and reached up to pull down his hood.

Bruce’s breath caught in his throat.

“Hey, Dad,” Jason said, running his fingers through his black and white hair.

Ace nudged Bruce’s side, just under his ribs.

He took a breath, then another.

“What part of do this slowly didn’t you get, Jay!”

“We all know he wasn’t going to rest until he figured out who I am. I’m just ripping off the band-aid.”

“This isn’t my Earth,” Bruce said.

The three shared a look and Tim pressed into Bruce’s other side. “It is.”

“My Jason is…”

“Dead?” Jason finished. “Yeah, it, uh, didn’t take. Sorry to disappoint.”

“Not the time, Jay!” Steph sighed. “Come on, Old Man. You look awful. We’ll explain once you’re sitting down.”

Bruce’s hands itched to grab Jason. To grab him and pull him close and never let him go again.

He kept his hands to himself as he followed the kids to the meeting table. They had just enough time to get settled when the elevator dinged and Alfred stepped out with a fussing Carrie in his arms.

The butler took in the group, then gave Bruce a pointed look. “You are meant to be resting.”

“I had to check on the kids.”

“Of course you did.” Alfred came forward to deposit Carrie into the arms of her honorary grandfather then set a hand on Bruce’s shoulder. “It’s good to have you back, Master Bruce. We’ve all missed you.”

Bruce nodded and looked down at the toddler.

She blinked up at him before smiling and poking his cheek. “Boosie back!”

“Yeah, Sweetheart, I’m back,” he said, voice hoarse.

Three motorcycles shot into the cave, the boys on them quickly jumping off. Bruce set Carrie on his knee as he took in his rapidly approaching sons.

Nightwing’s suit was similar to Ghost Bat’s, though his had sleeves and he had just a domino in place of the cape and cowl. The suit was black with a cobalt V across the chest that resembled a bird. The wings stretched all the way to the shoulders then ran down the sleeves to end at the tips of his middle and ring fingers. The blue color carried over to his domino mask and the trim of his boots. A pair of escrima sticks poked out from behind him and black pouches were connected to the waist of the suit like a built-in utility belt.

Corvid’s suit was black with a matching utility belt and carried the same moderate bulk Damian preferred. A long, hooded jacket sat over the suit, sleeveless and colored sapphire with white trim. It sat open, revealing the white outline of a bird stretched across his chest. The suit was finished off with a black domino mask with equally black lenses and tall emerald boots.

Signal’s suit looked the same as it had when Bruce was sent away, and Bruce took comfort in the fact that not everything had changed.

Stephanie ducked down for a quick hug, then removed her daughter from Bruce’s lap so she wasn’t crushed when Nightwing threw himself into it a second later.

“You’re so stupid for running off from the Watchtower, but I’m glad you’re back.”

“I’m fine,” Bruce said, holding the boy close with one arm as he reached out to grab his youngest’s hand.

Corvid squeezed back as he glanced over Bruce, then let go and left to take a seat.

After giving Bruce a quick hug around Nightwing, Signal went to grab his own seat as well. He pulled off his helmet and looked pointedly at Jason before turning back to Bruce. “Guess it’s storytime, huh?”

“You couldn’t even keep it a secret for five minutes?” Damian tisked after he’d removed his mask.

“He was ripping off the band-aid,” Tim mocked.

“We all know how obsessive B gets when someone puts a mystery in front of him,” Jason huffed, throwing his hands in the air.

“It is something you’ve all inherited from him,” Alfred hummed as he began to set cups of tea in front of everyone except Carrie, who got a sippy cup of warm milk.

Dick squirmed around so he could remove his mask and accept his cup of tea, then made himself comfortable in his father’s lap.

“You’re getting too old for this,” Bruce teased, wrapping his arms around the eighteen-year-old, and Dick shushed him.

“Where should we start?” Stephanie asked.