#atwow recs

[sabtanh1]

Avatar recs

☁︎ = fluff    ⚠︎ = smut    ❇ = angst    ☘ = au's    

☕︎︎ = slow burn    ✿ = series    ᰔ = blurb

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Neteyam

You- what? (☁︎)

My baby in you? (☁︎)

Your lips, my lips, apocalypse (☁︎)

I'm sorry I wasn't enough (❇)

Nobody else (⚠︎)

What Lo'ak doesn't know (⚠︎)

Kuru play (⚠︎)

Overworked (⚠︎)

Little tawtute (⚠︎)

Their little omega (⚠︎)

Baby fever (⚠︎)

I see you (⚠︎)

Inexperienced (⚠︎)

Never a burden (pt 1, pt 2) (☁︎, ❇)

How do I make you love me (❇, ☁︎)

Tuntutu (Crush) (❇, ☁︎)

The day of love (⚠︎, ☁︎)

Realize where u belong (⚠︎, ☁︎)

He's a ten but… he has a staring problem (☁︎, ᰔ)

Lo'ak

Do I wanna know (☁︎)

Make some room for me (☁︎)

Addicted to u (⚠︎)

Want, get, have (⚠︎)

Somnophilia (⚠︎)

What Lo'ak doesn't know (⚠︎)

Edging till he's crying (⚠︎)

Untouched (⚠︎)

A new name (⚠︎)

Giving him a show (⚠︎)

He's a ten but… he has a staring problem (☁︎, ᰔ)

Don't stop (☁︎, ☘)

Jake Sully

Heat (⚠︎)

Txasunu (⚠︎)

Little kitty (⚠︎)

Baby fever (⚠︎)

Ao'nung

His precious tawtute (☁︎)

My soul, u really took my soul (☁︎)

That one's mine (☁︎)

You missed (☁︎)

Their little omega (⚠︎)

Overworked (⚠︎)

He's a ten but... he has a staring problem (☁︎, ᰔ)

Best friends brother (❇, ☁︎)

Uh oh! I think you're holding the heart of mine - pt 1, (my heart is,) squeeze it apart it's fine - pt 2 (❇, ☁︎)

Spider

Got a secret (☁︎)

Little tawtute (⚠︎)

send me more fics to read! ₊˚⊹♡

Last updated: 8/7/24

[starkeysmoon]

୧ starkeysmoon’s avatar fic recs ׅ𖥔 ۫ ⋄ ᥫ᭡

includes (some of) the men of avatar — aonung, roxto, tonowari, and tsu’tey

rotxo !

lovely by @victoirey

preview: "be calm , y/n." he instructed, gently. you were meditating once again, with tsireya, lo'ak , and neteyam. you were doing good, so far — until rotxo placed his unbelievably soft hands onto your stomach to really get you to be calm. (one shot & fluff)

dating awa'atlu's resident soft boy by @jeojake

preview: rotxo takes a lot of pride in being reef na'vi—that's why he's assigned to teach the sully's despite not being tonowari's son. his abundance of knowledge and passion for his culture is invaluableand that's how the two of you meet (headcanons & fluff)

aonung !

a necklace by @neteyamslovrr

synopsis: y/n s not a well-known member of the metkayina, yet she yearns for the olo’eyktan’s son ao’nung, so she makes him a gift to show her affection towards the boy (one shot & fluff)

no ordinary love by @loakism

preview: "i love you so much that- that i'd- okay wait. let me restart. i lo-" you're rudely interrupted- far from the first or last time- by your clearly disrespectful boyfriend. his hand swats your own away from its resting place on top of his other hand.  (one shot & fluff)

i see you by @aonungobsession

synopsis: you overhear aonung and his friends picking on the sully kid, and give them a taste of their own medicine. (one shot & fluff)

tsu’tey !

"dada??" " do i look-” by @victoirey

synopsis: tsu'tey as a father figure. and how he would react to being your father figure. (one shot & fluff)

domestic life with tsu’tey by @atokirina-writings

preview: you and tsu’tey grew up together as young hunters. you would train with him, fly with him, and most importantly be his best friend. (drabble & fluff)

tsu’tey being courted by a human reader by @kiiyevame

preview: after everything was said and done, you’d found the linkpod right in omatikaya territory. the others there accepted you, they weren’t heartless, and frankly you were not much of a threat. (one shot & fluff)

tonowari !

tonowari general headcannons by @harvensukehiro

synopsis: tonowari headcannons on what it would be like dating him (headcanons & fluff)

[normspellsman]

masterlist ଘ♡𓏲﹒ॱ˖ ﹆

this is my new & improved masterlist page! links to my works will be posted on here as well as fic recommendations <3.

i really suck at summaries so whatever i put down as the little summary is not the entirety of it

♡ = fluff | ☹︎ = angst / no comfort | ✧ = comfort | ♢ = suggestive content | ♠︎ = other | ❦ = requested | ❀ = popular

here are my rules / my request info page! <3 (requests are closed!)

AVATAR (first film)

— none!

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

Neteyam

Imagines:

secret — ☹︎ | ♢

neteyam x fem!human!reader ➡︎ neteyam had a forbidden relationship with human!reader. but once he announces to the reader that is he arranged to be mated to another, their relationship comes to its inevitable end.

to the ends of pandora — ♡ | ☹︎ | ✧ | ❦

neteyam x fem!human!reader ➡︎ alternative ending / part two of the fic above! after months of being separated and ending on less than good terms, reader and neteyam are finally reunited.

this weight on my shoulders

she is mine + part two — ☹︎ | ♡ | ✧ | ♠︎

neteyam x fem!omatikaya!reader ➡︎ reader is with lo’ak and the rest of the sully children when they get caught by quaritch and his team. can neteyam make it in time to save reader?

this time, let me take care of you — ✧ | ♡ | ❦

neteyam x fem!human!reader ➡︎ reader is not happy with neteyam continuously putting himself on the line for his younger brother. she tends to his wounds while trying her best to be understanding.

Blurbs:

none!

Canons:

neteyam & human!reader as besties! — ❦

Lo’ak

Imagines:

deja vu + part two — ☹︎ | ✧

lo’ak x fem!tawkami!reader ➡︎ instead of seeking refuge within the metkayina clan, jake and his family seek it in the tawkami clan. due to this, it causes detrimental loss to the tawkami people and the potential downfall of lo’ak and reader’s relationship.

closure — ☹︎

lo’ak x sibling!reader ➡︎ following the death of reader, lo’ak finally visits the metkayina spirit tree and begins his journey of healing after a well needed trip down memory lane.

i believe you — ✧ | ♡ | ☹︎ | ❦

lo’ak x fem!older sister!reader ➡︎ after receiving a scolding from his parents about payakan, lo’ak is nowhere to be found. but no worries, reader always finds her littler brother and makes him feel better.

take me with her + part two — ☹︎ | ❀ | ♢ | ✧ | ♡ | ♠︎

lo’ak x fem!human!reader ➡︎ reader is taken along with spider by quaritch and his team. will lo’ak be able to get back his love? or will the time apart and their differences tear what they had apart?

from me to you

Blurbs:

none!

Canons:

fem!navi!reader being lo’ak’s mother!

Kiri

Imagines:

feels like we buried alive something that never died

Blurbs:

none!

Canons:

none!

Tuk (strictly platonic/familial)

Imagines:

time has moved forward but you’re still the same

Blurbs:

none!

Canons:

none!

Ao’nung

Imagines:

forever + part two + part three + part four — ☹︎ | ♡ | ♢ | ✧

ao’nung x fem!sully!reader ➡︎ when lo’ak catches reader and ao’nung cuddled up together one night, he expresses his distaste towards their relationship and nearly ruins his relationship with his twin sister. will lo’ak and reader be able to make up or will this put a dent in their bond forever?

hard for — ♢ | ✧ | ♡

ao’nung x fem!sully!reader ➡︎ upon hearing a rumor about ao’nung one night when reader is out with tsireya and kiri, she confronts her boyfriend about his true intentions with her.

Blurbs:

none!

Canons:

sports i think the metkayina trio + spider would play (modern au!)

Jake Sully

Imagines:

a lesson in pinky promises — ☹︎ | ✧ | ♡ | ❦

jake sully x fem!daughter!reader ➡︎ being the eldest sully child isn’t easy and the other clan kids make sure you know of your “alien blood” nearly every day. what happens when, after a bad beating, jake finds reader crying and trying to bandage herself up?

soft heart

Blurbs:

none!

Canons:

none!

Neytiri

Imagines:

none!

Blurbs:

none!

Canons:

none!

Sully Family (familial/platonic)

Imagines:

can only hope — ☹︎

sully family x familial!reader ➡︎ instead of neteyam dying, it is reader who takes his place.

the sea gives & the sea takes — ☹︎

sully family x familial!reader ➡︎ it’s time for the sully family to say goodbye to their eldest child in respects of the metkayina way.

Blurbs:

none!

Canons:

sports i think the sully children would do (modern!au)

Spider Socorro

Imagines:

a kiss, perhaps — ♡

spider socorro x fem!human!reader ➡︎ reader has explored every inch of the forest she called home. well, nearly every inch. spider knows that she hasn’t visited this one spot yet and plans to take her there as a surprise.

stay away from her

Blurbs:

none!

Canons:

sports i think the metkayina trio + spider would play (modern au!)

Fic Recommendations! <3

ATWOW:

Neteyam

anything by @teyamsatan !! she’s literally such a good writer & her works hit every time istg. more specifically tho, her cardigan saga/series. that shit fucked me up but also healed me & made me giggle + kick my feet at the same time. worth the read 100%

Dad!Jake

anything & everything by @peacelovepandora . love their works!! (night hunters is the first fic i read of theirs & it holds a special place in my heart 🥹)

+ more to be added as i’m revamping my page!

[space-blue]

I'm reading (and loving) @lanzzo's Frakrr Say fic... And how realistic (and pathetic) Lyle is in there. Ok that scene involved banshees, but I've adapted it for max pathetic Lyle + saving my sanity (and my ego)

[kaspavanlortsyal]

Quaritch/Recom FanFic Recs

Kaltxi! While I'm working on a fairytale AU project and procrastinating on Bridgehead Affairs, here are some of my recommendations for you to read! (I've basically just gone through my AO3 bookmarks and plopped them here, hehe.)

Left for Dead by @fictionramblings

daddy issues by makoodles

'anla by gardenofizabo

Don't Leave Me by @letsunity

A Trail of Crumbs by @bluedaddysgirl

A New Mission: Ash to Fire by @xenomorphee3

Let Me Fall by @beastlyblorbos

A Friendly Hand by @bluedaddysgirl

In The Middle by PoliteMenacePhD

Song of the Banshees by @letsunity

Five is an awful number by @bluedaddysgirl

Alas, It Ain't Kansas by Mistwalker97, SlyFoxTheBeast

Frakrr Say by @lanzzo

Bonus: Dark Fantasy AU!

Clipped Wings by @fictionramblings

Bonus: Spider Fic!

Storms of the Past by @yesthisismycurrenthyperfixation

[aoteyam]

Avatar | ATWOW : FIC RECOMMENDATIONS

This is for anyone else who is searching for certain avatar (wotw) fics; I’ve got you.

IMPORTANT NOTE: majority of these fics are nsfw so MINORS DNI. To Authors - You guys know exactly how to fulfil these dirty readers needs (I may or may not be part of them 👀) haha kidding *im not*

Remember to Support these authors and show some some love!! 🤍

**will keep updating this **

Main Library : ext blog (in progress)

First: QUARITCH FANFICS | Category: A-Z

• A •

A green dress @lolita-lollipop

• B •

Baby I'm yours @cautionworks

Being his ex lover @nervousd

Beautiful boy @sunkissedlucida

Betraying hearts : prologue @siberiascaravan

Bleeding hearts @lina-lovebug

• C •

Changes in the forest @hihhasotherfixations

Cold nights @chaili-1512

Colonels orders @whxre-bxby

col. quaritch + captive na'vi!reader hcs~ @/cuethediscoandthedrinks

D

• E •

Experiment 56 @byunpum

Eywa has decided @nieshiren

Eywas gift from hell @szagaloree

Eywas will @eywarian

F

G

• H •

His wife @/ szagaloree

Holiday celebration with Quaritch @/siberiascaravan

• I •

I’ll take care of it @/whxre-bxby

Imagines with Quaritch @ciaoteamo

I see you @/dejavu

J

• K •

Kinky things with the Recoms @tarrynightss

• L •

Lovers death @/tarrydnightss

Lucky interruption @blind0demon

• M •

Make the bond @ecriter

Mine @kittwen

Monster @abs-2020

My baby @salemssacrilege

My Command @/nieshiren

• N •

Need some help with that? @artificialstrawberry

NSFW Alphabet with my Quaritch @angelltheninth

• O •

Oral fixation @mj2606k

Orphic series @kxnxrki

outsider @mantiddysimp007

• P •

Peachy keen @sunnybeewriting

Period one shots @/whxre-bxby

phone sex w/ lyle @/tarrynights

poisonous flower @/chaili-1512

• Q •

Quaritch x reader (Fem recom) @sarasarami10

R

Redemption @/ciaoteamo

• S •

Semper Fi @robertoarts

Sinner and saint @justasimps-blog

• T •

That's some plant. 2~ Na'vi Miles Quaritch x Fem/Reader @fanfiction-blep

The lie of providence @plzfeedmebread

The new way @0ladyred0

U

V

• W •

We’ll teach you some manners @/whxre-bxby

Wedded bliss @horrorchicxoxo

X

• Y •

𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬 @bittertrade

You are mine @/lina-lovebug

You don’t deserve mercy @mist-see

Z

Special section:

@cuethediscoandthedrinks im just going to give you your own section here - Ya'll check their masterlist here you can find many of their Quaritch Master pieces!

# ~ 123 ~ untitled REQ:

Miles Quaritch x chubby f!Human reader!] @/0ladyred0

Na’vi!Quaritch with a Human!Gender Neutral!Reader Relationship Headcanons! @xandy-toady17

recom quaritch x f na’vi reader @mr-mandalorian

Na’vi!Quaritch SFW Alphabet @/ horrorchicxoxo

Na’vi!/Avatar!Quaritch x fem!human!reader NSFW ABC’s @/mantiddysimp007

Recon!Quaritch x human!reader @/mantiddysimp007

Recom!Quaritch x Scientist!Reader @shadowshart

Recom! Quaritch x Human! Reader @festering-obsession

Recom Quaritch x reader-insert drabble @callmeburgor

Quaritch smut @cumslut4avatar

Miles, Mansk, Lyle - meeting and pregnancy headcanons @/whxre-bxby

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of Quaritch fics and rereading them over and over again which is unhealthy for my brain. He be making me feel things … which are very unholy😭⚠️

BTW I think I’ve linked some incorrectly; but imma edit it again later on cause it’s like 1 in the morning 🙃

[naavispider]

Could you recommend some modern au's you like?

Yessss! 💞 Of course I can 💙✨ These are all Spider centric, no surprises there 😬 I love all of these fics so much and had the best time reading each one 😭💞💙

So close, yet a million worlds apart by @hyperfixatedfandomer: the first modern AU I ever read, and what got me hooked. I thought about the first chapter for weeks after reading it.

Custody by GobiBSide on AO3: Obsessed, literally. Quaritch has been in jail for many years and finally breaks out to find Spider. Outstanding characterisation, the tension is off the charts.

I Don't Think I've Changed by @spicymiilk: Incredible writing, I'm completely hooked and was sooooo happy to see this fic come up when searching the Spider tag 😭 I've been dying for a chapter 2 ✨

Cabin in the Woods by @dumbass-tumbler-cryptid: an absolute classic, the high angst and anxiety I felt for Spider the whole time was real! Also we stan multiple endings! I'm so excited!

Radiator by Quickbow on AO3: I guess I love fics where the stakes are so high! This one certainly fulfils that criteria! aNgsT

The Thunder Answered Back by @spicymiilk: Locorro centric, the characterisation is spot on, and the setting descriptions- 🤤😍

One that I haven't read yet but am dying to is Days Into Decades by @lost-girl-2021. I've been holding back because I didn't want to read something that seemed similar to mine while I was still writing it. But it's been hard to wait and I am soooo excited to finally get to it 🙌🏻

[backscratches]

Spider Socorro Angst fan fictions, drabbles etc pt2

Spider Socorro (Miles JR.) (Javier) writing media which mostly includes: Miles Quaritch, The Sully family, Paz Socorro and the recom team. Most is Angst and fluff. If I remember correctly, there should be no smut, at least not between Spider and some other character.

PT 1 here!!! means more fics this is by @goodbyetothenight request

Don't touch my child by @imeanwhynotbruv

Stolen Laughs by RoxyMae

The Captive by Future_Slap @futureslaps

Don't leave me by Anglotron

Mama's Boy by Dumbass_cryptid @dumbass-tumbler-cryptid

Days Into Decades by ReadingStuffNow

mom? by @eyrina-avatar

My Baby PT2 by @iwishiwas-anita

He Laughs Like You by @little-box-of-autism

When a boy earns his stripes by @merivalowrites

If Paz Socorro lived by @imeanwhynotbruv

An apple doesn't fall far from the tree by @hyperfixatedfandomer

Spider Headcanons birthday edition by @naavispider

I highly recommend any work from @naavispider on their tumblr and ao3 // And I also recommend @hyperfixatedfandomer s work

Please tell me if the links are wrong or dont work so I can fix them.

[25kitkat]

Ok what the fuck? No one told me Avatar: The Way of Water was going to have me full on crying at the end?!????

[raving-raven-writing]

Avatar WIP--Entertainer Spider

I was going to put up another snippet for my new Avatar fic WIP, but I think I would just like to list some songs that inspire the new work. -It Could Have Been Me by The Struts -For Your Entertainment by Adam Lambert -2 Minutes Notice from Helluva Boss -Government Hooker by Lady Gaga Also, I watched an episode of Trafficked, in which they focused on the black market and the selling of human organs---so think of that what you will, but that is in relation to some of the content in the story. And as of right now, the story is sitting at being five chapters in length, with maybe, an epilogue. The only real difficulty I am having is naming the WIP. I don't even have like a rough draft title, but right now, it is just listed as Avatar Fanfiction--Entertainer Spider If you have any ideas as to what the title should be, based off this info here, please feel free to leave a suggestion!

[sabtanh1]

๋࣭ ⭑⚝𝓝𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓰𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷๋࣭ ⭑⚝

ᴊᴀᴄᴋ ᴄʜᴀᴍᴘɪᴏɴ ʀᴇᴄꜱ

ᴀᴠᴀᴛᴀʀ ʀᴇᴄꜱ

ɢᴇɴꜱʜɪɴ ɪᴍᴘᴀᴄᴛ ʀᴇᴄꜱ (ᴍᴏɴᴅꜱᴛᴀᴅᴛ) (ʟɪʏᴜᴇ) (ɪɴᴀᴢᴜᴍᴀ) (ꜱᴜᴍᴇʀᴜ) (ꜰᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇ)

ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴇᴘꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ʀᴇᴄꜱ (ᴘᴀʀᴛ 1) (ᴘᴀʀᴛ 2)

ʜᴏɴᴋᴀɪ ꜱᴛᴀʀ ʀᴀɪʟ ʀᴇᴄꜱ (ᴀʙᴜɴᴅᴀɴᴄᴇ) (ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ) (ᴇʀᴜᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ) (ʜᴀʀᴍᴏɴʏ) (ʜᴜɴᴛ) (ɴɪʜɪʟɪᴛʏ) (ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ)

ᴡᴜᴛʜᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴡᴀᴠᴇꜱ ʀᴇᴄꜱ (ᴀᴇʀᴏ, ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏ, ꜰᴜꜱɪᴏɴ, ɢʟᴀᴄɪᴏ, ʜᴀᴠᴏᴄ, ꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛʀᴏ)

ᴏɴᴇ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇ ʀᴇᴄꜱ (ᴍᴏɴꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴛʀɪᴏ ᴘᴀʀᴛ 1, ᴘᴀʀᴛ 2)

ᴍᴏɴꜱᴛᴇʀ/ꜱʟᴀꜱʜᴇʀ/ʏᴀɴᴅᴇʀᴇ ʀᴇᴄꜱ

ᴋᴇɴ ꜱᴀᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴄꜱ

ꜱᴄᴇɴᴀʀɪᴏꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴜ

Send me more fics to read! (!'m also willing to read fics from other fandoms that r not included above <3)

Last updated: 13/7/24

[kayessbeebeebeee]

So... can anyone recommend me some OC Avatar fics? You know, without the Sully family? I just want to read stories about the other clans or what if’s if Jake wasn’t in the picture. Anything really, just oc’s.

[little-box-of-autism]

More Than My Body

More Than My Body (3926 words) by AlexiHollis Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Avatar (Cameron Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tsu'tey te Rongloa Ateyitan & Miles "Spider" Socorro, Miles "Spider" Socorro & Jake Sully, Miles "Spider" Socorro & Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at'ite Characters: Miles "Spider" Socorro, Tsu'tey te Rongloa Ateyitan, Jake Sully, Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at'ite, Kiri te Suli Kireysi'ite, Lo'ak te Suli Tsyeyk'itan, Neteyam te Suli Tsyeyk'itan, Omaticaya Clan - Character Additional Tags: Spirits, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Family, Eywa being Eywa, Miles "Spider" Socorro Needs a Hug, Miles "Spider" Socorro-centric, Tsu'tey te Rongloa Ateyitan Lives Summary: created in collaboration with @little-box-of-autism on Tumblr/Little_BoxofAutism on Ao3 The spirit songs say that Eywa crafts spirits from words. When you sing to yourself on a walk alone in the forest, or whisper stories down by the stream, or have a soft conversation with another, she takes bits and pieces of memory and emotion to carve out a new soul, waiting for a vessel to house her creation. Together, lovers whisper words of bravery and strength, their favorite characteristics of one another and their family members, in the hopes that Eywa will take those words to craft their child. Or In another life, Spider was born to Tsu'tey and Sylwanin. This is the solution Eywa took when Sylwanin died, but Tsu'tey survived.

I am super happy to be able to collaborate with @alexihollis on this fic, I would say more (I want to say more) but honestly, I'm at a loss for words to describe just how great it's been to work with them.

[wishuroses]

WAIT OMG ANON LOOKING FOR SPIDER FICS!! i read some really good ones recently, obviously your one was amazing and i loved it rina!! but @/just table has some and @/ang3lik has some cute ones and the other one i read was by @/only4reya! there’s also some good ones on ao3 🤍🩵

OMG THANK U LOTS!!! 💋💋 spider soccoro fic savior is here everyone! COME GET UR FOOD!

[anm3mi]

for anyone searching neteyam fanfictions, i really reccommend flower on the rise by grandgreengrapes on ao3!! it's an on-going neteyam x oc fanfic, with over 78k words for now :)) i just really like it and thought it'd be a good idea to share it with y'all lolol

[naavispider]

Ok HEAR ME OUT

Misguided ghosts by Paramore https://youtu.be/oGWeHPK3NC4

ITS AN INSANE SONG, it perfectly describes Spider’s life, his captivity in the rda, and how he feels about the recombinants. NOW-

Imagine he plays it on the ukulele, sitting up in a tree and looking at Polemius, and the lyrics just hits the recoms right into the heart. ESPECIALLY Miles, when he sings “So I can find, someone to rely on and run to them, to them..”

If you’re not taking this prompts it’s totally fine, I just got emotional over imagining Spider sing it lol

The lyrics are so perfect for when Spider was with Quaritch and the recoms, somebody should make an edit already 🙌🏻 Here are just SOME of the lyrics:

See I'm trying to find my place and it might not be here where I feel safe

Would someone care to classify our broken hearts and twisted minds, So I can find someone to rely on and run to them, Full speed ahead

The ones we trusted the most pushed us far away

We should not be the same, But I'm just a ghost and still they echo me

Hkhdskshf like,, yeah. @hyperfixatedfandomer

"What's that you're singing kid?" Quaritch asked, pulling Spider completely out of his reverie.

Immediately, he stopped fingering the ukulele and scooted further away from the recom into the firelight. A few of the other members of the squad were still awake, leaning against tree trunks or trying to find a comfortable position to lie in on the floor. No one was chatting anymore, leading Spider to believe that if they weren't interested in his noodling before, they definitely were now.

"Have you got nothing better to do than listen to my singing?" Spider bristled. He hadn't realised that anyone could hear him at this distance.

"Surprisingly, no," Quaritch retorted, which elicited a grumpy huff from the teenager.

"Some old Earth band. Why do you care?" He tried to make it clear how much he was not in the mood to discuss it.

Quaritch shrugged, eyeing Spider strangely.

Spider was just working his way through his repertoire, but weirdly enough that particular song was extremely fitting to the situation, he realised as he worked out the chords. It was just a shame that Quaritch seemed to take an interest. Immediately, he decided not to sing it again. That was the end of that conversation.

... Or so he thought.

Spider couldn't know, but Quaritch had been listening as closely as possible to his son's impromptu, one-man jam session. He couldn't know that the lyrics had resonated with Quaritch in a way that made the recom consider Spider's feelings more so than he'd ever done before. He couldn't know that Quaritch couldn't sleep that night, his son's soft voice echoing over and over in his brain. He couldn't know that Quaritch hadn't heard every line, but he'd heard every ounce of truth and hurt and pain behind the words. He couldn't know, because he shrugged the uke away from him and rolled over to go to sleep soon after, feeling resentful that his noodling had been so rudely interrupted.