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elfelt-valentine · 1 year
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"oooo tumblr is made for communication twitter is just a cesspool of trash and bad opinions" i made more connections on twitter in tf community than i do on tumblr To This Day cuz saying things to people is much easier and very much expected when tumblr has completely different etiquette you losers keep spouting about every other month. i know my experience isnt universal but it really always comes down to navigating your spaces but with tumblr while its easier to navigate them i do find it harder to connect with people in this community.
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areacodefan · 1 year
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Things I love and don’t love about the Austin Elvis fandom
Things I love:
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I love all my fandom besties. You all are so amazing. I really appreciate your posts, your heart, your creativity, your wacky sense of humor, your kindness! Some of you I haven’t seen in a bit, either because you have been on hiatus or maybe you write fanfic I don’t follow, but I love you all the same! I’m tagging some — but not all — of you here. @austinbutlermischief @troubleinapinksuit @girlnairb @ab4eva @burninlovebutler @vintagepresley @slowsweetlove @lindszeppelin @elvissbabygirl @generoustreemystic @klizzie93
I love that I can hyperfixate on Austin Butler and Elvis Presley and you all get it.
I love the conversations we get into about their work and dedication to fans.
I love seeing how much people support each other. I also love how some of you have connected IRL and have sent each other gifts and mail. It’s not my thing to connect that way but it’s SO sweet and I love seeing it.
Things I don’t love:
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People borderline or actually stalking Austin.
Fans thinking they KNOW anything truly substantive about Austin Butler the human being. Opinions are fair game. But thinking they KNOW something…They don’t.
Fans believing other fans who think they know anything truly substantive about Austin Butler. Same deal. They don’t.
People being bullied and harassed for their statements ON THEIR OWN BLOG.
People coming into other ppls DMs or asks and lying about Austin or Elvis, including stating one’s opinion as fact.
People trashing Priscilla, Elvis’s family, or anyone Elvis loved. He never trashed his ex wife or anyone he cared about and he wouldn’t appreciate a so-called “fan” doing it.
People not having the balls to level criticism OFF anon. Hiding behind anon is gross. Anon is great for folks too shy to approach someone they follow with a request etc. But if you just want to be an asshole and you’re using anon as cover, then you’re a coward and a bully and go fuck yourself.
And, finally, I actually don’t love how preoccupied I am with Austin’s private life. It’s absolutely none of my business and I know it. I don’t know him, I don’t know shit about what is really going on for him, and I don’t need to concern myself with it. But I do. It’s a nice distraction and he’s just so pretty. 😂 But I am WELL aware of the difference between my fan curiosity/obsession and the REALITY that he is a human who will never know if I live or die and, therefore, it’s important to keep it all in perspective.
Bottom line: I love this fandom and I prefer to stick with the folks who are having fun, benignly obsessed, and in touch with reality (most of the time at least 😂).
CARRY ON, MY LOVES!
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the-mad-starker · 3 years
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Starker Smut: Perks and Quirks of Being Tony Stark's Bestie
Based off this ask sent by @starkeristheendgame :
Are you even friends if you don't try to out-cum each other? (Could also be out-fuck)
Ty for sending that ask! It really got me inspired and motivated to write (which hasn't happened in so long so 😭💗) I feel like this fic is a bit odd but 🤷🤷 also, if the formatting's weird, sorry 😭 Tumblr fighting me on this
Notes: College AU, same age Starker, porn watching (some straight porn then gay porn), handjob, friends with benefits? Friends to lovers? (I also like to think Oblivious Idiots in love 😅)
WC: 3674 (AO3) 💗💗💗 There are certainly perks to being Tony Stark's best friend. Peter knows it well but he's never taken advantage. It's always been Tony that pushes him into accepting things or just drags him along for the ride. It'd been that way since they met in high school and while Peter got into MIT on his own merit, he never would've been able to afford the cozy two bedroom apartment five minutes away from campus on his own.
"As if I'd let my best friend stay in the dorms," Tony had scoffed with a roll of his eyes, "You'd think you'd know better by now, Petey baby. You're stuck with me so just shut up and say yes." There are certainly perks but then there's… other stuff. Tony's been called the genius of their generation but he also has a few weird quirks that Peter's not sure anyone else would understand. Or at least there'd be a few raised eyebrows if they knew.
When Peter walks into their apartment, he expects Tony to be furiously working on something in the kitchen or living room. If he's in the kitchen, whatever he's working on would definitely not be food.When Peter walks into their apartment, he expects Tony to be furiously working on something in the kitchen or living room. If he's in the kitchen, whatever he's working on would definitely not be food. He's not in either of the rooms so Peter pads over to Tony's bedroom. The door's unlocked and Peter unsuspectingly walks in. As expected, he finds Tony there and the other boy is sitting on his bed. Given the heat, it's not surprising that he's wearing a white tank top but little else. His pants are in a crumpled mess on the floor which leaves him in just his boxers. This is where most people would jump back or run away because Tony isn't just lazing around in bed. Nope, Tony has his headphones in and he's lazily jerking off, eyes fixed on the laptop screen in front of him. Peter's attention is caught by the slow, captivating strokes his friend makes as he plays with himself. It's only natural that that's where Peter's eyes go. The way Tony touches himself is almost hypnotic. His cock is flushed pink and Peter can see that swollen tip poke out whenever the other boy strokes downwards, squeezing along the length until he reaches the base. Peter enjoys the view because Tony makes an attractive sight. Neither of them are really into sports but Tony's body is still solid with hard earned muscles. While Peter has his hyped up metabolism to thank for his lean body, Tony's probably earned his from all the hands-on work he does fixing cars and engineering. Watching Tony like this… It has to be a pavlovian response because this isn't anything new. It's actually become a habit, someone walking in on the other and casually inviting the intruder for a jerk off porn session. Once he sees what Tony's doing, his own body quickly heats up in anticipation. Peter huffs and leans against the doorway, angling his body to hide the evidence away. His arms cross over his chest and he feels his heart beating in excitement. "Do you have any decency?" Peter quips, voice pitched loud enough to get Tony's attention. "Should I come back later?" The other boy pauses and pulls off one of his headphones. Instead of being embarrassed like a normal human being, he grins at Peter. He looks happy to see him which probably isn't the normal response someone should have when their jerkoff session gets interrupted. "Hey, Peter," Tony says and gives his cock a few slow tugs while he talks. "How was class?" He lets go of his cock and gives a nice, slow stretch as though he'd been in that position for a while. It bobs in the air, slick with lube and still achingly hard. Peter sympathizes because his own cock has taken an interest and it's now straining against his pants. Peter then notices the wad of tissues in the small trash can by the bed and his nose wrinkles. "It was alright," he answers. "How many times did you do it already?" Tony follows his gaze and it's only then that he ruefully smiles at Peter. "Do it? You mean, come?" He laughs a little, "You're so weird, Peter. Can't even say come?" Peter blushes but doesn't back down. "You're the one jerking off in front of me," he retaliates. "If it's more than five, I'm leaving." "No, no, don't go," Tony protests. "It was, hmm, twice?" He
shrugs, "You can still catch up." Twice. Tony has already jerked off two times. There's no rule that they have to wait for each other to start but Peter considers saying there should be. "I have homework," Peter hedges, a clumsy excuse because when do they not have homework? Tony rolls his eyes and pats the space next to him. "All the better to get it all out of your system. C'mon, sit down already," he says in an attempt to convince Peter. "Besides, I want your opinion on this vid." Peter pretends to consider it for a second but he's never needed much convincing. It's as he thought earlier, there are certainly perks to being Tony's best friend but then there's this… thing they have going on. Peter doesn't know what to classify it because it's not like they have sex with each other and they're definitely not dating. Tony's just like this, so carefree, curious, and wild. The older boy shows no hesitation when it comes to talking about porn or sex with Peter. It might just be Peter, though, because he's never caught Tony doing it with anyone else. Maybe mildly flirting but then, that's just Tony's personality. He likes to joke around, likes to flirt, and apparently likes to watch porn with Peter. Maybe Peter's the only one that isn't weird about this, about watching porn with a friend. He kind of likes that idea, that he's the only friend Tony does this with. "Okay, fine, fine," Peter says as he unbuttons his pants. Tony smirks at him once he sees how hard he is but Peter just rolls his eyes. What does Tony expect, really? It's pointless to try to hide it now. He does, however, nearly fold his pants and sets them aside because May taught him better. He moves closer and Tony scoots over to give him space. There's ample room on the bed, Tony has a king for some reason, but since they're watching the porno on Tony's laptop, Peter remains close enough that their knees touch. "Ready?" Tony asks but he immediately tugs the plugged headphones out. The telltale sounds of an adult film immediately spills into the room. High pitched moans and the dirty wet sounds of a mouth sucking on a cock. Tony's been on an oral fixation lately. The last two videos they've watched were blowjobs. They never really watch the same video twice because that defeats the purpose of Peter being there to critique it. He settles down in his spot, his left knee and elbow brushing Tony's while his right forearm rests on his thigh. His hand barely brushes against the bulge his erection makes in his boxers. "I'll give you a head start," Tony says to which Peter shushes him. The video that Tony's picked out today has a woman on her knees. She's working on her partner's cock, stroking whatever part of it that isn't in her mouth. Drool drips down her chin and her red lipstick is smeared on her face as she sucks her partner off. It's not exactly Peter's taste but he can tell the woman is Tony's type. Curly honey brown hair cut short to her shoulders. She reminds him of a girl next door type of person, someone he could bump into on the street and never realize she does these kinds of videos. He almost startles when he feels Tony nudge the bottle of lube against his arm. "Thanks," Peter says absentmindedly as he takes it. He's watching the video and his body is slowly starting to heat up. He only knows Tony's returned to jerking off because he feels the other boy's elbow bump against him. A glance to his side confirms it but when he looks up, a shock of heat sears through his body when their eyes meet. Tony doesn't look away so Peter has to. Heat blooms across his cheeks and crawls down his neck. He's always had a hard time looking Tony in the eye while they're doing this. The other boy's gaze is just always so intense like the subject to be investigated isn't the video but Peter. It's a silly thought though. "She's not as loud as the last one," Peter says to offset the awkwardness. His voice is calm and collected but inside, he's shivering from the memory of Tony's eyes on him. Peter squeezes his cock through his boxers. He's already so
hard that just touching himself like this has him trembling in pleasure. Without looking at his friend, he takes himself out. "Yeah," Tony agrees. He already sounds breathless and Peter dares to take a peek at him again. "It was a little distracting last time, all that moaning sounded really fake so I thought this might be better." Fortunately or unfortunately, Tony isn't looking at him this time. He's back to watching the screen, his hand curled around his erection and giving it the same slow teasing strokes as before. Maybe he's pacing himself since Peter still has to catch up. Peter hums in agreement and forces his eyes back to the video. It doesn't really keep his attention though and his mind wanders, eyes glazing over as he focuses more on the sounds filling the room. His mind seems more in tune with what's happening around him though and he zeros in on the sound of Tony's breathing as it turns into soft panting. His own breathing escalates to match his friend's and Peter jerks himself off to the sound of Tony's breathless panting, to the wet sound of flesh sliding against flesh next to him. He lets out a moan himself. It feels good to touch himself after a long day of classes and with Tony next to him, it feels even better. A sharp inhale next to him has Peter's back straightening as he looks at Tony who's biting down on his lip while watching the screen. Tony's eyes flicker to him and his white teeth press down on his bottom lip. "You better not come," Peter grits out even as he's holding back from releasing. "You– ah– You said you'd let me catch up." "Yeah, I won't," Tony grunts, "don't take too long though, I've been holding back for a while now." "Literally no one told you to," Peter says. His voice has lowered into a strained, breathy murmur. "I'm almost there so just– just wait, okay? You're distracting me." Tony rolls his eyes but ends up chuckling breathlessly. He stops stroking but starts massaging his balls. He lets out a moan as soon as he starts and that has Peter squeezing his eyes shut, his hips stuttering as he fucks his cock into his fist. His heart is going crazy and he stops fighting it. He spills right there, his load coming out hard and fast. It ends up getting over his stomach and he milks it out, squeezing the tip of the last few drops. When Peter finally finished, his nose wrinkles at the mess. "Should've taken your shirt off," Tony says, voice strained. Peter shoots him a friendly glare which softens when he finds that his friend is still holding back. Tony's face is flushed, his eyes bright with desperation. And yet, he hasn't come even when it's obvious he's ready to pop off. On the screen, the video is still playing but Tony grimaces. "Let's switch it up," he says while absentmindedly fondling his balls. "Sure." Tony leans forward a bit and uses the touchpad on his laptop to search around. Peter's trying his hardest not to stare at the other boy's erection. It doesn't soften in the least and Peter just wants to reach out and touch it. He wants to feel the warmth of Tony's skin, wants to hear what kind of noises Tony will make if he dares to do it. To touch Tony… "Okay, this'll be a little different," Tony says when he leans back into position. "But I don't think you'll mind. Tell me if you do and I'll find something else." A new video starts and Peter glances at it without much interest. Then he almost does a double take when he sees it's two men on the screen. Tony's never put in a gay porno before, he couldn't have chosen one now… Could he? "A threesome?" Peter says curiously. His heart is pounding and then it goes into overdrive when the two men start making out. "I can look for one next time if you want?" Tony offers. When Peter looks at him, the other boy has a lazy smirk. He's not bothered at all by the two men kissing on screen and Peter swallows down the spit in his mouth. "No, this is… this is good. It's fine," Peter says. He tears his eyes away and returns to the video. "You're hard again," Tony comments nonchalantly. Peter looks down and yeah…
Yeah, he's hard. He's watching a gay porno with his friend. Tony either picked up that this is more to Peter's preference or… Or this is Tony's preference, too. Either option makes Peter want to run away or hide under a blanket. He does neither because he's not going to make this weird. "You have good taste," Peter says, "They're both really hot." Tony chuckles beside him. "Damn right, I do." They both fall silent and they're both more engrossed in this film. Peter actually takes the time to invest in what's going on. Both men are attractive and hot as hell. They don't waste any time stripping each other off and the expanse of newly exposed skin has Peter squeezing his cock. Despite this, he can't help glancing at Tony. He can't help wondering. Their eyes keep meeting and this time, Peter doesn't look away. Neither does Tony. He greedily takes everything in, admiring the way Tony's hair, previously slicked back, is falling into his eyes. Tony's mouth is also slightly parted and a quick pink tongue flicks out to wet dry lips. Peter wants to bite at them. Something changes between them at this moment. They're watching both the film and each other. For Peter, his attention is clearly on Tony and it's Tony that's making his cock hard. But even if it feels like something's changed, Peter still toes the line of their friendship. "Are you getting close again?" Tony pants. He's struggling not to come. Peter can tell by how he's gently tugging on his balls in an attempt to hold off. Peter bites down on his lip cause he's not quite there yet but he wants to so badly. He wants to come with Tony watching him but he just can't seem to do it. "I don't think I can," Peter groans. "Ugh, Tony, I'm getting tired…" Something in his expression must give his frustration away because Tony shuffles closer which makes Peter's heart go berserk. Not only does Tony come closer but he moves behind Peter. His legs stretch out, bracketing Peter's body. Suddenly, Tony's so much closer. Too close for comfort because Peter had just said he couldn't come but like this, it'd be so easy. It fuels all sorts of dirty imaginations that he shouldn't be having about his friend but... "I got an idea," Tony says, pressed so close against Peter's back. Surely, he can feel Peter's heart thumping like crazy? "What do you– Oh…!" Peter's entire body would've basically jumped in the air if it isn't for Tony's arms around him. "It's not fun if I win all the time, so we should at least end this in a tie, right, Pete?" Tony says. "Lemme help, okay?" Peter's wide-eyed and his hips buck uncontrollably when Tony's hand settles over his own. There's no mistaking what Tony wants to do. He shudders when Tony grips his cock. Those sturdy fingers that Peter often admires press down on him causing him to tighten his grip on his cock. Tony's touching him… Tony's touching his cock. Tony wants to help jerk him off. Peter might just come right then and there. "Tony– You're… touching me…" The words come out as an embarrassing squeak but Peter can scarcely believe it. "Mhmm…" Tony murmurs, amusement in that one single hum. Peter had just started the obvious so of course, he'd be amused. In any other circumstances, maybe Peter would be too. Instead, he feels like he's dreaming. He's looking down at his body, specifically between his legs where Tony's tanned hand is curled around his. "C'mon, Pete, either move your hand or I'll move it for you," Tony says right into his ear. That gets Peter moving and he starts stroking again, clumsy with the added weight of another hand. It shouldn't feel good because their hands are bumping and Tony being pressed against him is making him so… so flustered. But it does feel good. it feels so good that Peter's fighting tooth and nail not to come right away. He doesn't want this to end yet. Eventually, Tony does take over. When he pulls Peter's hand off by the wrist, Peter just shudders and lets him. His hand falls to the side and he grabs the bed sheets just to have some sort of anchor. He squeaks when Tony adds more
lube. "Sorry. Here, I'll make you feel good…" Tony promises him and he keeps true to his word. He practices those smooth steady strokes on Peter's cock and Peter recognizes the motion. It turns him on so much, he's clenching his teeth to hold back all those embarrassing moans that want to escape. "Tony…" Peter gasps. "I-It feels..." "Too slow? Too soft?" Tony chuckles. "I got you, Pete. Relax and lemme take care of it." Peter squeezes his eyes shut as Tony increases his pace. His grip tightens a little but it's enough to have Peter gasping out his name again. It's exactly what Peter needs and he whimpers, hips twitching toward the delicious friction Tony's hand provides. His ears burn from the wet sounds Tony's hand makes while he's jerking him off, all those embarrassing squelches and not to mention the feeling… Tony's grilling him just right, giving him a warm, wet hole to thrust his cock into… How can something so simple as another person touching him feel so much better than his own hand? His hips continue to move, thrusting into his friend's tight grip. He's so aware of every point of contact between their bodies. "Isn't this weird?" Peter starts to babble, "The porn was one thing but Tony– You're touching my– Isn't this too much?" "Is it? I'm just trying to get you caught up," Tony says as though it's entirely reasonable. Then he chuckles and Peter shivers at the warmth of his breath fanning across his nape, "Are you even friends if you don't try to out-come each other?" It's so ridiculous that it makes Peter huff out a laugh even while his cock is now a leaking mess in Tony's fist. "You're ridiculous–" he gasps. "And you're about to cum," Tony says. Peter can hear the triumph in his voice. It's the last thought he has before Tony's hand squeezes him just right. He's coming before he even realizes it and the outpouring of pleasure has him arching his back, gasping and shuddering in ecstasy. Tony's arms keep him grounded, pressed as he is against the front of his friend's body. "Oh, fuck, yeah," Tony breathes. His head hangs between his shoulders and it's in the perfect position to see how his load comes spilling out of his cockhead, all messy and being milked out by his friend in gentle squeezes. He feels something hot and hard poke against his back. Oh, yeah… Tony still hasn't come. Despite having his orgasm milked out of him, Peter's body is still hot. Actually, it's even worse now because Tony's arms are still around him. Tony's face is still buried against his neck, his breath adding fuel to the heat inside him with every puff of warm air against his sensitive skin. The video has long since ended and Tony doesn't seem to care about putting another one on. It's just them now with no excuse for what they're doing. Peter leans back and he can feel Tony's cock rub against him, so hot and demanding. Tony grumbles when Peter pulls away but he doesn't get the chance to complain. Peter shoves him so he's lying flat on his back, those familiar brown eyes wide with surprise and arousal. "Since we're trying new things," Peter says, breathless and barely containing the urge to straddle Tony's hips. "Mind if I try something?" Tony's hands curl into loose fists before they relax and he gives Peter a look that he's never seen before. Bedroom eyes… Now Peter understands what those words mean. By the curve of his smart mouth and the dark, hungry look in his eyes, he's inviting Peter to do whatever he wants with him. "I'm always up for new things," he says then smirks, "Quite literally this time." The amused look on Tony's face quickly fades when Peter settles between his legs. He leans down, takes a hold of the other boy's cock by the base to steady it. It twitches in his hand and Tony's eyes are fixated on Peter's lips hovering over his tip. Peter loves the way Tony's watching him. "I don't mind if you win this time, Tones," he says, "so don't hold back, okay?" With that said, he closes the distance and takes Tony's cock into his mouth.
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tiny-maus-boots · 3 years
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Queen of Hearts pt 14
A/N: thank you as always to @chloes-yellow-cup for being my bestie and still doing all the things i hate to do. and a big thanks to @kimmania for your constant encouragement and supply of Legos. i love you awesome nerds. 
14.
“Hit me with your best shot…”
Aubrey’s long arm stretched out along the back of the dark leather of the modern style sofa she was settled on. For the most part she could tune out the dry croak from the desk, but…
“Why don’t you hit me with your best shot.”
This was the sixth time in an hour that she was hearing the song. She was going to have to remind Lilly to remove it from the jukebox after tonight.
“Hit me with your best shot…”
The rough warble across from her died down and she thought for a moment that the singer had finally drifted off asleep. Aubrey’s head turned to the screen that showed a live feed of the cameras around The Dirty Bird. Movement flickered though them as Stacie and the Doc walked between the tables and around the bar toward the back office. She turned her head to check on the figure standing but slumped over her desk only to find dark blue eyes watching and waiting for her attention. The small woman raised herself to her elbows from her slouch and belted out just as the door opened.
“FIRE AWAAAAYYYYY!!! Pew pew pew.”
Aubrey sighed as Detective Mitchell’s finger guns gave out on the click of her tongue and she collapsed back over the desk to cradle a half empty bottle of grappa, ass up where she stood. Stacie’s wide eyes panned slowly toward her, body bouncing lightly with barely restrained glee.
“Oh my God….” Chloe took one look at the Detective and pinned Aubrey with a glare. “How drunk is she?”
The blonde raised a shoulder as she considered. “She’s been worse.”
“Doc. Doooooocccc….I hurt. Right. Here.” Beca raised a hand and brought it back to point at her butt. Her finger wavered as she tried to locate the exact spot which caused the most pain and then pointed for emphasis with a little too much enthusiasm. “Right. OW. Here. OWIE.”
Stacie eased onto the sofa and settled in comfortably in Aubrey’s lap to watch Doc Beale work. The redhead moved behind Beca and settled her bag on the desk. She took a great steadying breath before wrestling away the grappa from the prone detective and snapping on a pair of gloves. Aubrey admired the way Doc Beale efficiently and deftly managed to get Beca’s jeans over her hips and halfway down her legs with practiced ease. Beca seemed to admire it too because she stirred enough to look blearily over her shoulder with a smile.
“If you wanted to check out my assetsssss Doc, you didn’t have to wait til I got stabbeded in it. Right. There. Ow.”
“Yes, I see. Please stop poking the wound in your ass cheek. How even….?”
“I was tailing my guy. My big fish. Fishy fishy fishy. That’s a fun word to say.” Chloe muttered something Aubrey couldn’t hear over Stacie’s soft chuckling. “I heard that! Plenty of people would be DE-FUCKING-lighted to spend their date night starin’ at a little of this action.”
Aubrey bit her lip to keep the laugh from breaking free as the detective wiggled her ass unmindful of the tight skinny jeans trapping her legs and toppled into a slide nearly off the desk before Chloe managed to grab and right her teetering form.
“Head down, ass up. Now tell me again how you managed to get stabbed in the butt cheek with glass?”
“You said that like you’re used to giving that order. I might be down for that, just be gentle with me.”
Beca gave her a leer that the doctor promptly ignored as she prepped her tools.
“Detective, remember that I have some very sharp instruments here that I am excellent with.”
Beca gave her a dubious look but obediently turned and bent over the desk again so the other woman could examine the wound. Chloe was utterly focused on the task of cleaning and debriding the punctures in a circular pattern. Aubrey had been sure it was going to require at least a few stitches from what she saw before she called for real medical help.
“I told you. I was following the big fish.”
“And you followed him into a bar I’m guessing.”
“Right, rule numero dos of detectivering. Don’t stick out like a sore thumb.”
Chloe blinked and looked up from her work to focus on Beca. “What’s numero uno?”
“That’s not a real number, Doc.”
“Solid rebuttal.”
“Did…did you just make pun of my rump? Oh my God I’m in love. I’d get down on one knee right now and propose. Except you’re feeling up my butt right now and that’s kinda nice.”
The doctor’s bright blue eyes narrowed and she jabbed the needle into the hunk of flesh she had just grabbed in preparation for the injection. She depressed the plunger quickly as her patient yelped and attempted to squirm away.
“HEATHEN! Oh God. I’m dying. Help. I’m dying, Dr. Kevorkian is killing me….my vision…I can’t see.”
“Open your eyes, idiot. That was just an antibiotic booster. Have you had a tetanus shot recently?”
“Pretend I said whatever answer will prevent you from being a literal pain in my ass.”
It was too much for Stacie and she turned her head to bury her laughter in Aubrey’s neck. The blonde tightened her grip on her fiancée and enjoyed a satisfying laugh at the detective’s expense. She hadn’t known what she’d find when she had gotten Beca’s distress call. They had all been on high alert since coming back to Los Angeles, trying to close ranks as best they could without being obvious about it. She had been waiting for an attack to come and her first thought when she had gotten the call was that it had finally begun. Each moment waiting in her office while Lilly retrieved the Detective from her hiding place in an abandoned warehouse building down at the port had been like a stone on her chest. She had needed this humor to ease the cold grip of fear on her heart.
Aubrey’s line of business didn’t lend itself to close relationships with members of law enforcement, at least not for long. What she and the Detective had was something altogether different than any of the other criminal-cop business agreements she had formed during her career. Beca was someone she trusted at her side, more…trusted at her back. The idea that someone would try to take her out was sobering and her laughter faded. Stacie sensed the change in her and cupped Aubrey’s face gently to bring their foreheads together. Words weren’t necessary for Stacie to understand what she was thinking and feeling. The blonde took a deep breath and straightened her spine. One hand came up to adjust and smooth her tie. If it had started…she wanted to know who was coming for her people.
“So, who’s the fish?”
Beca lifted her head from the desk and struggled to focus on Aubrey. It took her a few seconds to process the question. She seemed to have forgotten the conversation while Chloe worked silently to finish working on her wound.
“A security guard. He’s got bad taste in bars and also what I would loosely refer to as ladies.”
She couldn’t imagine where a security guard would fit in with Alice’s plans and frowned. Maybe this wasn’t about her. Beca had other cases she was working, maybe this was just another Tuesday night for the cop.
“A security guard? Sounds kind of small time for you.”
Denim blue eyes flashed to hers, some of the haze of alcohol burned away by intensity of her drive. The small brunette’s lips quirked into a smirk. Aubrey was suddenly very sure that nothing Beca did was small time or without a very good reason.
“It only takes a small stone in the right place to make a rockslide.”
Chloe slowed her movements as she finished her work. Something about what Beca said must have been interesting to the doctor because she kept her attention on the detective while she cleaned up the trash and peeled her gloves off to toss in the black plastic trash bag left there for that purpose. Aubrey guessed she was re-evaluating her previous estimations of the foul mouthed, perpetually smug, woman.
“You’re not wrong, Bec. So, what’s this small stone guarding?”
“Not what. Where. Dude works at the port.” She grunted and stood gingerly with a backward glance at her own butt. “Hm. Nice, think chicks will dig the scar?”
If Chloe had been considering there may be more to Beca than outrageous flirtation it was only a brief passing fantasy. She sighed and rolled her eyes then glared at Aubrey.
“18, Aubrey.” It was almost enough to make her face split into a grin and she had to turn her chuckle into a soft cough. Chloe tied up the bag and dropped it in the trashcan sure that it would be disposed of carefully. It wasn’t the first time she’d had to patch one of them up, they knew the drill by now. “You owe me so big.”
“I’m good for it. So, Detective, what about this dock rat?”
Beca stopped checking herself out long enough to pull her pants up and wink at Chloe before answering. Doc pretended not to notice but Aubrey could see her watching Beca from the corner of her eye while she played around with the tools in her bag.
“When I figure how he connects to Richie Rich, I’ll let you know.”
Stacie’s body tensed in her arms and Aubrey glanced at her curiously. Her girl chewed her lower lip in thought, a habit that Aubrey found adorable. “Something on your mind, Stace?”
“It’s probably nothing. Just something Edith said about someone I went to prom with. His dad got him a job down at the docks.” Stacie shrugged it off but Aubrey could tell she was still chewing on it. “Probably just coincidence.”
Aubrey and Beca exchanged a look. After a lifetime of double crosses and plot twists, neither of them believed in coincidences. The detective dug around in her pocket for her phone. She wasn’t quite sober yet but a hell of a lot steadier than a few moments ago. Aubrey snatched the phone easily out of the air when it was tossed her way and glanced at the screen.
It was a video and she angled it so Stacie could see too. Her fiancée pressed play and sighed. Beca could be heard in the background giving a lot of very specific direction to the two women practically fucking on a pool table in a disgusting looking rathole of a bar. Aubrey was pretty sure the women were hookers and the corner of her mouth quirked in amusement. Stacie took the phone out of her hand turned it to face back to the detective.
“Really Beca?”
“I thought it was pretty good for my directorial debut. But your gutter brain is making you miss the real show.”
Aubrey took the phone back and focused on the whole scene. Behind the women in a shadowed booth two men were clearly having an animated discussion. One was further into the shadow than the other but his gestures were strong and decisive. She watched as the other, younger seeming, man’s gestures became conciliatory and submissive the longer the conversation went on. In the foreground a flurry of noise and activity caused the camera to shake and wildly as if it were being swung around. There were glimpses of rough faces and snatches of shouts and curses. At one point there was a good stretch of scuffed flooring where she assumed Beca had been crawling away from the obvious brawl happening around her.
The camera came up again in time to catch the men leaving their booth in a hurry. Each of them caught in the neon blue glow from beer signs on the walls. Stacie snatched the phone out of her hand and hit pause. Long legs dropped down to the floor from the sofa and she stood in shock.
“Bree…this is Senator Grant. The guy he’s with is his son Kodie, we went to high school...Jesus Christ…”
“You know him?”
“Weston stole his money.”
They looked at each other then turned twin green-eyed gazes on Detective Mitchell. The small woman’s brow was furrowed in thought, her lower lip caught between her teeth as she worried it.
“The kid is on the videos.”
Mitchell didn’t have to say which videos, they all knew. Even Doc Beale. Stacie looked away from them, uncomfortable with the knowledge that she had been in some of those videos. Aubrey let out a long settling breath and stood. She gently took the phone from Stacie’s shaking hand and brought it to lips to brush a soft kiss over Stacie’s wrist. It gave her a wan smile but it was something. Stacie would be okay. Aubrey looked down at the phone and watched the video again. And again. And once more. She studied every gesture, every twitch of posture, every unconscious expression she could make out.
“I want the kid. He’s the weak link.”
Beca grunted and limped around the desk to grab her keys and helmet, ready to go back to work with a hole in her ass nearly as big as the one in her pants. It wasn’t going to happen that way and Aubrey reached out to snag both items from the sidebar and hand them to Stacie who easily placed them on a shelf far too high for Detective Mitchell to reach without finding a stand on.
“White she devil.”
“Sorry, Bec. Can’t have you half-assing anything.”
She didn’t like it and Aubrey could tell but Beca sighed and grunted. “Solid burn.”
Aubrey gave her a quick grin then turned to eye the Doctor who was watching them all curiously. Her gaze met Aubrey’s and a brow went up. Honestly, she almost felt a little bad about needing to have the Doc take Beca somewhere safe. She didn’t ask, she didn’t need to. Chloe knew what she was thinking and started to shake her head no until Beca tried to drag a chair over to the get her stuff.
“I really hate you, Aubrey Posen.”
“No, you don’t, Doc.”
“You WILL be making a very large donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.”
“Absolutely.”
“And vacation for my office girls. Two weeks!”
“I’ll buy the plane tickets myself.”
“And if she pisses me off just once I will trank her and leave her on a park bench.”
The last was a bluff but Aubrey treated the threat seriously. “Understood. Anything else?”
“….I’ll think of something!” Aubrey bit back another grin and nodded seriously. She slipped her hands into her pockets as the doctor steeled herself mentally to take on Beca. “Come one Detective, as much as this pains me to say…you’re coming home with me.”
Beca dropped the helmet she had finally just retrieved on the ground and left it like discarded trash to limp over to Chloe. “Okay.”
“God…you’re so easy.”
“You say that like it’s a bad thing, Doc.”
Chloe gave her a final glare and slung the detective’s arms over her shoulder to help her limp out of the office. Stacie settled the length of her body along Aubrey’s back, hands coming up to finger the buttons of her vest.
“How well do you know this Kodie, joker?”
Stacie hmmm thoughtfully. “Not as well as I did in high school. Edith told me he got caught up in some trouble recently. I think I know how we can get to him though.”
“How?”
“He likes cocaine and paying for his um let’s call them dates. I had Happy make some calls for you.”
The smile came to her face easily and she leaned into Stacie’s embrace. This wasn’t anything like what her mom and dad had. Her mother had never been this involved in what her father did for work. She had kept as distant from it as she could, turning her nose up at the family that protected them, running from the darkness of the business. Stacie would never do that to her. She knew it all way down to the bottom of soul. Aubrey turned in her arms and brought their heads together.
“You got more cards up your sleeve than a Vegas croupier, you know that?”
“Hmm. I learned from the best.”
Aubrey closed the distance, her brushing softly over Stacie’s. There were a lot of words she could say about how she felt about the woman in her arms. She could probably write pages on it, but words didn’t matter half as much as action did. She was going to marry this woman and spend her life giving her the best of everything. They were going to be happy and she didn’t care who she had to kill to make it happen.
“Let me take you home?”
“Aubrey…in your arms? I’m already there.”
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Roma Marinette pt. 1
Marinette's parents joined a traveling circus a year before Marinette was born. They make all the food that's sold as well as food for their fellow travelers.
Marinette is born in the circus. She is one of three kids. Only one year younger than Dick Grayson, Dickie as she grows up calling him, and five years younger than Johnny Grayson. Dick's nickname for Marinette is Marigold. Marinette takes to the Graysons she and Dick adore each other and all the Graysons love little Mari. With Tom and Sabine's permission they start training her along with Dick. Both kids fast learners with what seems like an ability to completely defy gravity and break its rules.
Dick and Marinette are stuck at the hip learning everything their circus family can teach them. Marinette is the one that decides that they should learn knife throwing and fire spinning. While Dick decides they are going to work out with the strong men and learn how to handle the animals. 
While they are still too young to join in on the trapeze they are allowed in the show. Together they wow crowds doing cartwheels, flips, and complicated floor routines together. Once they are 6 they are allowed to fly with the rest of them. Their shows garner more and more attention, everyone wanting to see the two youngest aerialists in the world.
Everything is perfect in their lives, until they go to Gotham for a show. Dick parents begin acting weirdly, hugging Dick more and more, while looking at him in a resigned manner. This causes both to worry a bit but they don't let it show. When Dick sees people messing with the trapeze both of them brush it off. Before the show they meet the young Drake family and take a picture together. Marinette and Dick are on one knee together with Tim sitting on their bent knees.
When the lines snap Marinette and Dick stand on the boards opposite of each other watching in horror as the lines snap. In minutes both are on the ground near the bodies, Dick crying silently holding his mother's bracelet while Marinette holds him tightly crying herself.
Bruce walks up and talks to the two and is slightly surprised to find that Marinette wasn't their daughter. Marinette smiles weakly telling them she was pretty damn close. Bruce comforts Dick before going to talk with the Commissioner and a Social Worker.
Before the end of the night Dick is packing up his stuff and getting ready to leave with the social worker. Bruce never leaves their sides. Marinette stops Dick from leaving and hands him her stuffed tiger named Sikhaya. Dick hugs it tightly before pulling out his elephant Zitka and giving it to her.
Marinette pulls him into a tight hug sniffling into his shoulder.
Mari- Don't you dare forget me Richard Grayson. We'll find each other again someday Dickie. So until then don't you dare forget me.
Dick- I could never forget you Bluejay. 
Two months later Marinette and her parents leave the circus and settle down in Paris. It breaks their hearts but after the Grayson's tragedy Tom and Sabine find it the best option.
Dick and Marinette don't see each other for a very long time, but they never forget the other.
Zitka is well loved and taken care of. The stuffed animal has a special place on Marinette's bed even when she is an adult. While Dick takes to putting Sikhaya on a shelf when his brothers come into the mix, not wanting it to be destroyed if they become destructive.
Dick grows up as Bruce's son becoming Robin when he turns nine. At thirteen he joins a team of young superheroes, at fifthteen he leaves behind Robin giving the mantle to his new brother Jason. He also begins dating Barbara. They break up a year later when Dick realizes he is continually comparing Barbara to Marinette. When he becomes seventeen he mourns the loss of his brother and nearly kills the Joker, only stopped by Batman. He takes a year break, taking counseling sessions with a reformed Harley Quinn. During his break he meets Tim Drake once again, he doesn't remember him however. He begins training Tim to find solace in acting as a brother again, he also digs up evidence on why the Drakes are terrible parents. Dick encourages Tim to become Robin, his first night out as Robin is Nightwing's return. When he turns 18 he goes to the police academy, and once he graduates he becomes part time and goes to college for business. He is 20 when Red Hood begins targeting the entire family. Jason was not prepared for how vicious Dick got when he shot Tim. Batman once again stops Dick in his anger, telling him once again that neither of his brothers would want him to kill. Jason uses this time to escape from the family and drops into hiding. He hacks into the Batcave and watches the caves videos and reading reports of what's happened since his death. When Jason finally comes back he is ashamed and is surprised when Dick simply hugs him crying. Things are tense between Bruce and Jason, but a few counseling sessions with Harley and their relationship is slowly rebuilding. Shortly after Damian comes into their lives. Dick is quick to knock Damian down when he attacks Tim. He tells Damian that he doesn't care who his mother is, or that he is Bruce's blood son. He slowly brings Damian into the family. While the boy is still distant and mean to the family they all notice he doesn't mean his insults anymore. When Dick is twenty-two he graduates college with a degree in business. He begins working at Wayne Enterprises as well, he mainly works from home and behind the scenes with Mr. Fox. No one outside the company knows he also works there, the entirety of Gotham believes he is just Officer Grayson.
Marinette grows up in Paris with absent parents. They love her but now that they have their own business they only have time for dinner with Marinette. While she is upset she joins gymnastics and aerial arts classes, quickly rising to the position of top student. She also begins going to regular school during her first day. She is so nervous she keeps tripping. The entire class soon begins to view her as clumsy, something that sticks. Even though Marinette only trips afterwards when someone does it on purpose, they choose to ignore the fact she catches herself quickly. While everyone believes she is just clumsy Marinette no one realizes that she is Paris's national champion in Gymnastics. Marinette is so good that they want her on Paris's Olympic team once she turns 16. When she turns ten she realizes she can sell her designs online. She pulls out all her notebooks pulling out her favorite designs and begins to make them all. Once done she creates a website under the name Marigold. On each outfit she hand stitches Mari in gold thread, for a signature marking. Marinette slowly makes friends outside her classmates, while they are nice they all stand by when Chloe attempts to bully Marinette and she doesn't like that. Especially when she sticks up for a few of them, she remains civil and polite to them although in her eyes she is clearly distant. When she is thirteen she becomes friends with Alya, the two girls slowly growing closer. She also develops a crush on Adrien that Alya blows way out of proportion wanting to help her new bestie. While Marinette likes Alya, Dick still holds the spot of best friend in her heart. Marinette also becomes Ladybug, she struggles at first but her years of training in flying helps her greatly and her aim has not deteriorated since leaving the circus. Marinette begins making less clothes and takes up karate classes as well four days go to gymnastics, two go to aerial arts and one to karate. Her three main instructors make the connection to her being Ladybug after a year, when Ladybug uses an aerial move that only she has ever used in front of them. 
Aerial Arts- Madeline Saint Cloud
Gymnastics- Tasha Buchanan 
Karate- Abraham Lebanon
Instead of confronting her the three get together and come up with a way to help Marinette. They start by deciding that Chat Noir either needs to get serious or get lost. One month later they all have solid examples of. why Marinette needs to bench him if he doesn't. It's at that time they confront her. Marinette attempts to lie saying that she isn't but stops when Madeline speaks up.
Madeline- My dear bird, you've never liked lying. You've rarely done it, and because of that you are truly terrible at lying
Marinette is dejected and apologizes to Tikki, but the Kwami just smiles telling Marinette that it wasn't the first time a Ladybug's mentor had found out.
Tikki- It's just never been three before!!
Marinette listens to her instructors carefully before telling them that she agrees. She tells them her partner looks through life with rose colored glasses. That while she does find him kind and silly she doesn't have a crush on him. That she doesn't find him as kind, caring, or as funny as Dick. She pauses after saying this, surprised that she hadn't said Adrien. Her instructors watch her as she closes in on herself taking a moment to sort through her thoughts. Once she is done a stray tear falls from her left eye.
Marinette- After all this time my thoughts still drift back to him…Chaton will never measure up to the person I truly love. His insistence and pushing do nothing more than cause stress on our partnership. I will look into having him either replaced or given one last chance.
That night she lays in bed hugging Zitka close to her chest as she stares out her open trap door at the stars. A few minutes go by and Marinette gets out of bed gently setting Zitka down. She walks over pulling the pictures of Adrien down, as well as his schedule tossing them all in the trash. Once done she climbs out onto her rooftop garden Tikki following her and sitting on Marinette's knee once the girl sits down.
Marinette- Adrien...Adrien Im sorry. I took your act of kindness and compared it to the kindness I use to have daily. Instead of seeing you, I saw Dickie. I thought I loved you, but I loved the kindness you showed me, that reminded me so much of him. I don't love you like that Adrien, instead of wanting to be your girlfriend. I just want to be your friend, so from this day on I will try harder to be that.
Two days later Ladybug tells Chat Noir to meet her on the Eiffel Tower that night after patrol. She tells him that she isn't in love with him and that she never will be. She knows she is coming off harsh and she tells him that, then explains that she needs to because after a year he is still acting like this. Chat is clearly saddened, this causes Ladybug to sigh and hug him.
Ladybug- I know it hurts, but you need to come to terms with this Chaton. You are my partner and you're like a brother to me. My heart is already taken, Chaton I have loved him since I was a child. Even if I was to date another right now I would just continue to compare them to my Robin.
Chat agrees to take things more seriously telling her that he still loves her, but he understands. He promises her that he will not let his feelings get in the way anymore. As the months pass the two become closer and closer. When Lila arrives Adrien already knows that she is lying and takes to avoiding her. When he spots Marinette getting put down by Alya and Nino for telling them Lila was lying he is quick to stand up for her. This causes a split among their classmates they don't want to be mean to Adrien, but he is always with Marinette. Lila is constantly telling the class that Marinette is bullying her and they want to do something but Adrien gets in their way. While Adrien and Marinette get closer they both realize one day that their partner in suits and civies is the same person. After them the two are rarely separate from each other. Gabriel finds Marinette very respectable despite Marinette being Roma, which would caused him to turn up his nose at first. He allows Adrien to spend more time with her, giving him permission to attend her gymnastics competitions. She is fifthteen when she becomes the new Guardian. By the time both are sixteen they have been outcast by their class and forced to the back. However they did not allow this to way down on them. Adrien had gained permission to model for Marinette along with their friends Luka and Kagami, and Jagged and Clara, two of Marinette's most famous clientele. Marigold was a very well known designer however no one knew what she looked like. Marinette never stepped out in public so the media didn't know the designer was a high school student. Marinette was also old enough to try for a spot on the Olympic team. She is sent an email the day of her birthday and Tasha laughs at the subtle begging in the email. Marinette is quick to agree and the four friends go out for dinner to celebrate. Only for it to be ruined when Lila shows up with Alya, Rose, and Alix claiming that they stole the table she reserved. Adrien was going to snap until Marinette placed a hand on his arm. She wiped her mouth standing up gracefully. She smiled politely at the four telling them not to worry the table was open now. The four walk away together not acknowledging Lila's glare. Marinette is seventeen when she participates in the Tokyo Olympics Adrien going with both her and Tasha. She uses Kaalki to get her and Adrien back to Paris for Akuma attacks. She loves her entire time in the Olympic Village. Marinette takes the gold for all four events. She is crying as she stands with her teammates four medals around her neck. Returning to Paris had been wonderful, she was greeted by the President and the Mayor and many fans. Adrien teased her relentlessly over the amount of fans she had. Once they returned to school the entire class demanded to know why Marinette never told them. Marinette simply sighs telling them she never kept it a secret. That she'd told them plenty of time she couldn't do something because of training. The class is really upset and they try to get Bustier on their side and the teacher just sighs softly wishing she never agreed with the Principal to teach Lila Rossi. Bustier knew she wasn't the best teacher but that girl destroyed her reputation by turning her class into the worst in the school. They are eighteen when they begin attending college Marinette for fashion and Adrien business. Marinette is nineteen when she and Adrien take down Hawkmoth only to discover Gabriel Agreste underneath. They hand him over to the cops before heading to the Eiffel tower together. Once there Adrien and Marinette de-transform and Adrien breaks down, Marinette pulls him into a tight hug tear of her own falling. Two months later Adrien sold off his father's company and the mansion. Moving into a cosy apartment with Marinette. Adrien takes the last name Dupain-Cheng and the announce it together on their way to the next Olympics when Marinette is twenty-one. She once again takes home all four gold medals, keeping her title for another four years. They graduate college together at twenty-two, and decide its time for the world to meet Marigold. Marinette reveals herself to the world as Marigold, and everyone in the fashion industry is talking about the young women who built her fashion empire before she was even 18. Adrien takes a job in her company head of PR. When they fully introduce themselves they become known as Marinette and Adrien D.C. The world is talking about the D.C. siblings, most of the conversations being around Adrien no longer going by Agreste. Together they travel the world, nothing changing in their lives until they visit Gotham, and Marigold receives an invitation to the Wayne Charity Event.
Marinette's first stop in Gotham is the place where the Graysons fell. Adrien goes with her hugging her gently as she softly cries. The next day she visits their graves alone, saying hello to the cold stone and asking if they remember her. She leaves flowers on the graves and a letter to each of them, including one to Dick. 
Marinette- Thank you for all you taught me and encouraged me to learn. I never thought I'd use my flying to save peoples lives when I returned to Paris.  Please continue watching over me and Dickie. I'm going to find him, I promise.
She leaves the graves feeling a lighter happy to have visited them once again
When the Charity Event arrived Marinette and Adrien D.C. couldn't wait to leave their mark on Gotham high society. Unknown to both of them that Dick Grayson had become Richard Grayson-Wayne.
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just sending some appreciation and good vibes to my people for the new year <3
kisses from me bc you all hold a very special place in my heart 💝
Also veryyy long post ahead I’m sorry I had to include everyone Aakklaksks 😭😭
@ominous-meme 🖤 sabah! You were my very first mutual on here I hope you know that! I can’t even begin on how excited I got when I found out you were a fellow desi girl and I will always appreciate you being there and advising me! <3 I love our street racing au! talks ! I’m glad I have someone to share ideas with <33
@weebsausage 🖤 dude omg!!! 😭😭😭 pls I literally forgot how we became moots I’m so sorry I have a tiny brain 😪 but I think we literally just messaged each other and started talking about free! ANYWAYS TYSM FOR PUTTING ME ON HXH I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU FOR THAT WTF ITS LIKE MY FAV ANIME EVER I HAVE BECOME HXH TRASH AJSJSJBS ❤️❤️ but other than that thank you for being a really great friend to me and I hope this year is nothing but good things for you <33
@dokifluffs 🖤 you were also one of my first moots on here! I honestly could not believe when you followed me back bc ur like my biggest inspo! 😭 you’re so precious omg I always look forward talking to you and get excited when I see a notif from you still! I hope the new year treats you well and brings good things in your life! Lots of love from me bae 🥰❤️
@syrenblubs 🖤 ah my most relatable person LOL. Omg syren ur my little bestie on here and I’m so glad we’re mutuals! I love our natsuya talks and OML THE C****** RAID! ALSJJSJSJSJJS AND DESI PARENTS AKSJJSNS. Just thank you for always interacting with me even tho I SUCK at responding 😭❤️❤️❤️ ilyyysmmmmmm
@linak 🖤 baby omg where do I even begin. Back when I had literally no one to talk to on here, you would be the one NEVER failing to send me a gm/gn message! You always bring a stupid smile to my face 😭 I’m so freaking glad that we are friends I literally cannot put into words!! Ty for always listening to me and letting me open up to you ❤️ love you always.
@croctears 🖤 vixxx ahhh!!! I’m so glad we became mutuals on this shitty app! You’re one of the highlights of my day and I love talking to you sm 😫 especially if it’s about Sou 😏😏 keep being amazing bae! Kisses mwuah mwuah 😽😽
@xakusa 🖤 Marty bby! 🥰 literally the only person I’m going to share my man natsu with 🙄 our conversations are always so RANDOM and out of nowhereeeee lollll but we also just go along with it and I love that! You are an angel and this year better be giving you what you deserve! Lots of love from my end 😽😽😽 kissies from me and natsuya <3
@cafelixie 🖤 I will keep saying this and I will never stop. YOU!!! ARE!!! THE!!! ACTUAL!!! DEFINITION!!! OF!!! PRECIOUS!!!! Need I say more? You’ve made my day countless times and I always look forward to seeing you in my messages/inbox!! Baby I freaking love you I really don’t know what else to say 😭❤️
@skippyskeppy 🖤 I will never forget the first time we interacted my Kisumi enthusiast 😙🤝 I love it sm whenever I see you pop into my inbox with a random hc about semi semi or Kisumi, Albert now too! You are an amazing person. A really amazing person. I hope you know that ❤️
@keeijiakaashi 🖤 I remember seeing your little comments under my posts before we became moots and OMGGGG YOU ARE SO CUTE AISJJSJSJS ALSO RIN ENTHUSIAST??? YES PLEASE!!! Tysm for always interacting with me and making yourself known as the ultimate sweetest person on my blog! Ilyyyyy ❤️❤️❤️
@animatedarchives 🖤 we have your fellow love of the kirishimas to thank for us becoming moots! You’re so cute soph omg 😫 I love how we literally have brainrots of the same characters LIKE MR GOJO LEECH SATORU!!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD OR PAY RENT!!! Ahh you’re irreplaceable soph! Never fail to make me smile like an idiot <33
@natsuya-enthusiast 🖤 how did we not become moots sooner wtf??? Do yk how alone I felt when I had no one to discuss my obsession of natsu with when I first made this blog 😪 AND THEN I REALIZED U WERE ONE OF MY FIRST FOLLOWERS???? ANYWAYS U ARE THE BIG SIS I NEVER HAD ALWAYS PULLING THROUGH W THAT LIFE ADVICE BAHAHAHA ilysm gaby wtf 😭😡😡😡❤️❤️❤️
@moonlitspring 🖤 do you even realize how happy I got when I realized there was another ACTIVE free! blog 😡😡 ajsjjsjs you are such an amazing writer and PERSON sky!!! You’ve been nothing but the sweetest and I hope we get to interact more this year and share our love of free! together <3
@ayumiko 🖤 laís you are such an angel! I absolutely adore both you and your edits/gifs smmm 🥰 you are so kind and I hope 2021 is also <333
@dalggina 🖤 omg??? YGO bae??? 😤😤 I thought literally everyone had forgotten ab it LOL THEN YOU CAME ALONG ❤️❤️ I’m really glad we interacted precious person! And I hope that you have a great year! ALSO YOU BETTER NOT STRESS YOURSELF OUT TOO MUCH FROM WORK OR IM MANIFESTING MR ATEM TO COME GET YOU 😡
@stormikujo 🖤 omg bby! We haven’t talked in awhile! I hope you are doing well! ❤️❤️❤️ ahhh I’m glad I got you into free otherwise we wouldn’t even have interacted 😫 I love talking to you stormi!! And I hope this year brings great things fro you! Lots of love ❤️❤️❤️
@aj-writes-here 🖤 omg hey girl 😼😼 you’re definitely one of the coolest people I’ve talked to on here for sure! Hope you’ve been enjoying hq and free! Your welcome for putting you on that simp train 😼 anyways, ilysm aj!! I really wish the best for you this year! Stay amazing as you always are, ily!! ❤️❤️
@attackonfics 🖤 wtf 😭😭 I don’t deserve you???? You’ve been nothing but the sweetest to me and also responsible for my unhealthy obsession with mr 5’2 angry gremlin >:(( jkjk but seriously, ty for the food 😌. ANYWAYS QUEEN I HOPE YOUVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND TREATING YOURSELF AS!!! YOU!!! SHOULD!!! VIRTUAL HUGS 😽😽 💝
@browsing-my-favourite-fandoms 🖤 Shizen! You are too good for this world! 😭 you are such a genuine person, you deserve nothing but happiness ❤️ I really hope that this year does that for you. I’ll keep checking in from time to time! Ilysm! ❤️
@inum4ki 🖤 sera...please...just invest in a personal guide or smth. Asksksknsjs n e wayzzz seeing you in my inbox is always so much fun! Sousuke really deserves more love and you are bringing it to the table hun 😤😤 also you’re a fellow inumaki enthusiast too??? Yes please. You deserve all the happy things in 2021 <3
@sneezefiction 🖤 Gracie!! I love how easy it is to get along with you! You are truly one of the best people I’ve met on this app and I’ll forever be grateful for our friendship <3 you give off such great vibes all the time omg giving you a huge virtual hug and here’s to more interactions this year! 🥰😽😽😽
@velvetfireworks 🖤 bbyyy!! 🥰 everytime we interact even if it’s not a whole lot, you’re always the sweetest what 😭 I love you and you’re writing so much omggg you are so talented!! I get super excited when I see myself get tagged in one of your stuff 😆 I hope we get to interact more in the future! Have a great New Years ❤️❤️❤️
@a8mine 🖤 stop being so mean to me 😡😡 !!!!!! ig ily anyways tho 🙄 you’re energy is honestly unmatched (in a good way!!) and it’s rare to meet people like that! You’re so funny omg and your random hcs and cursed discourses always have me dying 😭😭 you’re so cool hanna ily 😪✌️ <333
@giorvanna 🖤 ahh rena! Your blog and edits are *chefs kiss* I love our random semi brainrot sessions 🥰🥰 I hope we interact more in the future but in the meantime I’m sending you good vibes and lots of virtual hugs bc you deserve them queen ❤️❤️❤️
@seijohlogy 🖤 hey hey jaestar 🤩🤩 you are such a cool person??? Omg I’m so glad that we’re friends and randomly invade each other’s inboxes 😆 you are so kind! This year better be kind to you too or else 😡😡 I hope that after Ms rona decides to move her ass over, you get to go to Disneyland and take!! Me!!! With!! You!! Love you jae bae ❤️❤️
@prettysetterbaby 🖤 hey sexc 🤩🤩 no idea why you followed me but glad you did bc you are such a sweet and chaotic person!! I loveeeeee <333 I hope we get to interact more bc you are just genuinely such a fun person to interact with! Ilyyy
@datecho 🖤 yet another just genuinely sweet person! The world doesn’t deserve you! You’re so fun to interact with and a hottie??? omg shoto and kags better get off their asses rn and come get you or I will 🤩🤩 ly bae! have a great New Years! ❤️❤️
@miyasangel 🖤 we haven’t interacted much yet but ahaha talking about suna and sending my fanart to you is sm fun! Did I tell you that I also have a wip of Atsumu as a street racer? 😏 have a great year Arden bae! Kisses 😽
@aikk00 🖤 hi hi! We don’t interact on a daily or anything but when we do, omg!!! You are the most easy person to get along with 😭 you have such a good heart along with the talent???omg??? You are UNMATCHED babe! I hope this year brings you many more opportunities! Stay amazing love ❤️ ily and your art very much ❤️ I’m also still very embarrassed from fucking up the credits from last time. I’m so sorry bae 😭❤️❤️
@kurooskult 🖤 ma’am you might as well be the definition of bad bitch 😪🤝 ok but besides that, interacting with you is sm fun??? Like we don’t even have to be moots on your blog to feel just as included and loved! You are such a queen for that! Here’s to more mila x kuroo content in 2021 and he better be doing special for you as he should !!
It’s still the 31st here but THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING MY COUPLE OF MONTHS ON HERE BEARABLE!!! This sounds like a goodbye post Oml-
I love you all very much. I suck at words, but I hope you know that. ❤️
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Description: You accompany your friends on a day trip to Animal Kingdom Theme Park where you meet Scott Evans by chance. This one afternoon leads to a year long friendship with both Chris and Scott over text messages and phone calls.
Pairing: Chris Evans x Reader
Warning: Cursing
A/N: Here is chapter two! Cast members are what Disney calls its employees. Italics are internal thoughts. Tag list is open, please send an ask if you would like to be added. Likes, comments, and reblogs are wonderful.
Chapter 1
When he added you on Twitter, that was strange enough. You could reason it out that he saw your name spread through the tagged post and he did it on a whim. Or maybe he followed a lot of people. But that one was easily debunked after a quick glance at his profile showed he only followed about three hundred people. Maybe he was just friendly in that way. A quick add here and you’d be unfollowed by Thanksgiving. There was no chance he actually liked you as a person. Right?
You hit reply before you could overthink it more than you already had.
Y/N: I’m not always grumpy, I’ll have you know.
Y/N: Are you guys still on vacation or back home?
When he didn’t immediately reply, you decided to put your phone away and actually go to sleep. You’d be bringing Jana coffee in the morning which meant you actually had to get up before noon.
Your alarm sounded at eight which it hadn’t done in at least a year. Since you worked mainly on assignment, you rarely went into the office until well past noon. Some days you didn’t even go in. You were a night owl, so unless there was a morning meeting you slept in. Living alone also brought less interruptions to your schedule. You’d been in your sleepy vacation style home for the last two years. Your father regularly lectured you on the importance of homeowner ship. Paying rent wasn’t doing anything to build equity. Blah. Blah. Blah. He was only looking out for your future, but between lectures about settling down and having a family, the house stuff pushed you over the top. You still weren’t sure where you wanted to end up, so buying wasn’t on the top of your priority list.
Florida really was a mixed bag. Between the retires that lived in Florida during the winter months, the tourists, the general crazies that you heard about on the national and local news each night, and those like yourself that were just trying to live your life, you never officially settled in. The ocean called to you, but the pricey lifestyle and fear of evacuating each year due to a hurricane did not. Being fifteen minutes from both the Disney and Universal parks would also be nice, but the traffic and long lines at Target were not appealing. You were currently living in a cute two-bedroom home fifteen minutes outside the parks bubble where life was a little more affordable and groceries weren’t inflated. It was still technically a vacation rental, but the owner liked the idea of having a long-term leaser. The fact that it had its own pool that you didn’t have to maintain was just an added bonus. Driving into Orlando wasn’t great, but at least you missed the bulk of rush hour by sleeping in.
You texted Jana to let her know you just pulled in to the parking lot. Balancing your laptop bag, oversized purse, and two coffees through a busy office rotunda wasn’t easy. Thank goodness for stylish flats. If you had to navigate in heels every day, you’d probably never get out of bed. God bless Jana. How she handled it, you had no idea.
The security desk knew you by name, but due to protocol, Jana actually had to sign you in. After exchanging a few good mornings, you set both cups on the desk and waited. Most of the time she was already in the lobby when you walked through the double doors. No doubt this was a form of punishment for not telling her about meeting the two boys from Boston. Not that you looked that up or anything. You totally didn’t Google anything that night when you got home. And she calls you the brat. Ten minutes later her smiling face walks out of the elevator and up to the security desk. She signs you in while you stare her down.
“Let’s go pokey,” she says before turning away from you, leaving you to carry your bags and both of your coffees.
You huff but manage anyway, making it to the waiting elevator she holds open with her hand.
“Did you know Phil’s wife just had another baby?” She shakes her head no. “Yeah, it’s their third. These are things I wouldn’t know if you didn’t take your sweet time signing me in. Coffee’s cold by the way,” you add for good measure.
“I already had some, that’s fine,” she said, one eyebrow pointed daring you to complain.
When the elevator stops on the twelfth floor, Jana gracefully exits on three inch heels, swaying her hips in the tight and posh pencil skirt with matching blazer. You get it. It’s a well-established law firm full of sharks all trying to get ahead. She exudes confidence. There are whispers of her making partner in the next year. At least that’s what Brooks has told you. Jana’s mum on the subject, not wanting to jinx or tempt fate or whatever.
You drop her coffee in the trash bin just outside the elevator doors and hurry after.
“Y/N! Nice to see you gracing us with your presence.”
Jana turns around to see Ethan’s predatory stare. You don’t mind it. Ethan’s a sheep in wolf’s clothing and has been coming on to you for the better part of a year. He’s good looking with his sandy brown hair coiffed in the front and bright green eyes. He’s up for partner as well. You know this because he tells you this at least once a week. He’s harmless and always has a kind word for you.
“Well, good morning to you too. Any word on getting partner yet?” you practically whisper. You have to give him something.
“Soon. It’ll happen.” He looks behind you and then meets your eyes again. “Here by yourself? Come to see me?” he asked.
You gesture behind him. “Nope. Just here to see my bestie.” You move past him, but turn your head to him as you do. “Have a good day, Ethan,” you reply.
Jana enters her office and closes the door after you enter. You take a seat in front of her desk as she walks around to sit behind it.
“Are you ever going to throw him a bone? Not that I want to see you with him, but it’s hard to watch sometimes,” she says picking up her phone, fingers moving quickly before setting it back down.
“Am I here to talk about Ethan? I thought I was here to beg for your forgiveness and tell you what happened,” you asked.
“Grovel first. Ethan next week,” Jana says with a smile. She taps her desk in a ‘speak now’ fashion.
Taking a quick sip of your coffee before setting it on her desk, you take a deep breath and lick your lips.
“Okay, so I found a table at Nomad, which was packed by the way. The sever was apparently pulling double duty as Mickey as she just never showed up. You know me, I was impatient and probably drew attention to myself with excessive eyerolls or whatever.”
Jana mouths “no way.”
“Anyway. Scott Evans was sitting at a couch across the aisle from my table. I didn’t know it was him until later. Apparently, I caught his attention, so he bought us both a drink and sat at my table. We chatted for a while, did a shot, no big deal.” You smirk and shrug a shoulder. Jana’s mouth is hanging open. “He somehow drags me to Everest and because they had a cast member with them, we got ushered right to the front of the line where I end up sitting next to Chris. That’s when I knew who I was with. Had no idea before that because I hadn’t talked to Chris at the bar. I thought that was the end of it until you mentioned the photo of me last night. I still hate that ride by the way.”
You down the rest of your coffee because it’s cold, but damnit if you don’t need the caffeine.
“Well, fuck. Who would ever see that coming? It’s a fun story you can tell at parties or I don’t know, to your best friend,” she said.
“Oh, I planned to tell Brooks at work,” you said with a grin.
“Wow. I’m really hurt,” Jana said while clutching her chest.
“You love me.”
“Hmph. Maybe,” Jana added.
You don’t check your Twitter account again until you get home from work. You don’t even want to utter the word Twitter or have it on your screen in case someone sees it and starts asking how you were able to sit next to a celebrity on a ride. You didn’t think anyone would have seen it anyway. No one outwardly admitted to being a die-hard Chris Evans fan at the Sentinel. At least not in the circles you ran in.
Grabbing yourself a beer from the fridge, you made your way onto your lanai. The weather had just started to become reasonable at night with temps dropping into the mid seventies after dark. Still warm, but comfortable.
Opening your Twitter app, you did indeed have a message from Scott.
Scott: I’m pretty sure you’re always sassy.
Scott: Nope, in Boston for the next week. Left the other night.
Y/N: I Hope you all had a good trip.
I mean really, what do you say to someone you just met?
You took the time to go through your follow requests, deleting every one of them as you had no idea who they were. Most likely they were only adding your because they saw that you were tagged in the picture. On the positive, Jana was smart enough to tag your personal account rather than your work account. Your personal account was one you made up in college and did not include your actual name. As hard as it is to keep your anonymity in this day and age, some things you could still keep private.
Your mail notification lit up on the app again so you clicked into.
Scott: Oh my god she’s alive. That was like a full day for you to respond to me.
Oh boy.
Y/N: Sorry. I’m trying to lay low after my Twitter kind of blew up.
Scott: Yeah, sorry about that. Didn’t see that coming.
Y/N: Not like you released the picture. If anyone is to blame, it’s the tequila.
Scott: It’s always the tequila.
 Your new formed friendship continued like that. The two of you messaging each other at odd times of the day and taking several hours to respond to one another. Scott was back in LA, putting a three hour time difference between the two of you. It wasn’t uncommon for you to wake up to see you had a message that came in at three in the morning.
It was just before midnight when you noticed you had a message from Scott.
Scott: It’s been a shit day.
It was only sent about twenty minutes earlier, which was pretty much a record for the two of you in seeing the other’s messages.
Y/N: Do you want to call me?
Crap! Why did I type that? He probably doesn’t want me to have his number. Twitter is one thing. A telephone number is too personal.
You wanted to close the app and get ready for bed, but you were worried that you’d miss a message from Scott in case he did want to talk. Not necessarily on the phone, but in direct messages. You did the only thing that made since, you walked around your house with the phone in your hand and direct messages open. This was your life now. Apparently. If it ever got out that you spent thirty minutes with your phone in your hand while brushing your teeth, combing your hair, removing your makeup, changing into pajama shorts and a tee, and prepping the coffee maker for the morning, you’d blame it on lack of sleep and the neighbor’s dog. When you were about to call it quits and crawl into bed, a message came through.
Scott: What’s your number?
So, we’re doing this.
You replied back with your number and waited. Deciding to crawl into bed in case he didn’t actually call you tonight seemed like a wise choice. The air conditioning was blasting as it always was because you needed to sleep cold, so you pulled your warm flower comforter up to your elbows and waited for a call from your acquaintance that was maybe becoming a friend.
To your surprise your phone did ring with an out of state area code. Answering it on the second ring you heard him sigh when you answered with “Hello, this is Grumpy.”
“Really? I’m the grumpy one tonight, we both can’t be,” he whined out.
“Fine. Fine. Hello, this is Sassy,” you said.
“Better,” he muttered.
“You know, I’m just going to enter you as Grumpy in my phone contacts now,” you said.
“I expect nothing less. You’ll just have to wait to see what I’m adding you as.”
“Why? Are you making a return trip to Florida so soon?” you asked.
“Nah. Maybe Miami, but I’m good on Orlando for a while. Just don’t tell my brother that.”
“And here I was going to invite you to my wedding. One less mouth to feed,” you said, him chuckling at your response. “Was even going to let you get the steak.”
“Wait. Are you really getting married?” He sounded surprised which you weren’t sure how to take.
“Do I not seem the marrying type? I know this friendship is new, but dude.”
“No. No. No. Don’t start that. I just meant that you didn’t mention anyone while we chatted. Just that you were there with friends,” he explained.
“Single as a bird. Wait, that’s not right. Free as a bird?” you laughed out.
“Got it,” he chuckled. “When you do get married, I will be attending.”
“Perfect. You’re back on the short list for steak as your entrée. Now, tell my why you’re having a shit day,” you asked.
 Two weeks had passed with you and Scott exchanging short text conversations each day. You took to calling him before you went to bed once or twice a week if you had a funny story to tell him. Eleven at night your time seemed to be the right time to catch each other. Besides, it was nice to head to dreamland with a smile on your face because Scott always had a joke.
Jana picked up on your happier mood after a week.
“What’s going on with you? And don’t say it’s nothing,” she demanded.
Picking up your pint of beer, you took a mouthful of the amber liquid before addressing her.
“So, don’t get mad.” She shook her head, resting one palm on her forehead. “Scott and I have been chatting. He’s become a real friend.”
You knew she wouldn’t be upset about you having a new friend, but you were worried she would be because you hadn’t told her right away. First you didn’t mention meeting the Evans brothers, now you were corresponding with one on the regular.
“Just like that? You meet the guy one time and now you’re friends?” she questioned.
“He DM’d me on Twitter when that ride photo came out and we just started chatting. It’s like how you and I text every day. It’s similar except I don’t see him because he doesn’t live here. It’s just nice to have a new friend,” you said shrugging your shoulders.
She laid her slender arms on the table, resting her chin on her down facing palms. “Does this mean you are replacing me?” she says with her bottom lip jutting out.
“Of course not. Did you not catch that he doesn’t live here?” Some days you couldn’t help but be a huge smartass at the expense of your friends.
Her head slumped forward even more as she let of a groan.
“Babe. You know you’re my one and only. I lub you,” you said with your lips puckering out.
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“Cah’mon, that’s it. Can you put the damn phone down for two minutes?” Chris asked.
Scott shushed him, placing his fingers in front of his lips, but eyes still locked on the phone screen in his other hand. “Give me a second,” he said.
Chris sighed and sat further back against the couch cushion in his living room. His wide stretched legs kicked out further in front of him, hitting the coffee table before pulling his feet back a bit. “Fuck. Ouch,” he muttered to himself.
Scott chuckled to himself as he typed out something before setting the phone on the cushion beside him. “Now, what do you need big brother?”
“I don’t need anything. You just seem to be more involved with your phone than the person your visiting,” he spits out, hand wildly gesturing in front of his chest.
Scott puffs out a laugh and shakes his head. He straightens up a bit and turns his phone face down. “Sorry. Truly. How’ve you been?” he asks.
“How’ve I been? Pfft. Really?” Chris asks.
Scott shakes his head in all seriousness.
“I’m fine. Just bored out of my fahckin’ mind, but fine.” Chris says, running a hand through his hair before brushing it back down. “Look, I know I said I wanted a break before starting up another project, but I just thought I’d have more goin’ on. Seems like everyone’s so busy all of a sudden. I can only get drinks with Frankie so many times before I want to check into rehab,” he said.
Scott laughed at his brother’s tantrum. “I get it. Wish I was around more. Maybe go back to Mass. Or go to Disney! M’sure I could get Y/N to meet you at Magic Kingdom,” he said.
Chris tilted his head to the side and raised an eyebrow. “Who?” he asked.
“Y/N,” Scott said matter-of-factly. When the confusion didn’t wipe off Chris’ face, he closed his eyes and shook his head. “Y/N! The woman that you sat next to on Everest. The one in the ride photo.”
Realization struck Chris. “Excuse me. I didn’t remember her name,” he said.
“Ouch. I’ll have to remember not to tell her that,” he said picking up his phone to see a new message from you.
“What do you mean?” Chris asked.
Scott set his phone back down, turning his body to face Chris head on. “Huh?”
“You said you wouldn’t tell her that I didn’t remember her name,” Chris said.
Scott shrugged one shoulder, lifting up one hand in the process before plopping it back on his knee. “Yeah?”
“Wait a minute. Are you still talkin’ to her? How?” Chris asked, eyebrows furrowed.
“That picture. She got tagged in it and I happened to see it. Messaged her on there and now we talk. She’s frickin’ hilarious.”
Scott grabbed his phone again, scrolling a bit before flashing the screen to Chris. It was a picture of you with a woman next to you who had one of the overly large lollipops in her hand. Your mouth is wide open and your pretending to bite the large candy right out of her hand while she laughs in the picture.
A small smile curls up on Chris’ face but he shakes it away immediately. “Dude, you don’t know her. Ever think she’s just nice to you because of who you are?”
Scott rolls his eyes. “First off punk, she’s not like that. She’s pretty private. She didn’t know who any of us were until after you said your name on the ride. Secondly, she didn’t even ask for a photo nor did she try to keep hanging out with us after riding Everest.” Chris rolled his eyes this time. “Thirdly, I contacted her, not the other way around. And lastly, she’s a friend now, so just deal with it.”
Scott was right. You hadn’t behaved like most others would have.
“Fine. Whatever,” Chris said. “You can be friends with whoever you like.”
“Thanks, dad,” Scott said lamely. “Anyway, like I said, she’s great. Her Twitter blew up after that picture. She did a good job of locking her account down and ignoring comments. It’s hard to be pictured with the likes of you.” Chris chuckled and shook his head. “Smart that her handle isn’t actually her name. Crappy that her friend tagged her, but at least she didn’t tag her work one. Like I said, she’s a pretty private person, so she didn’t like the attention.”
Chris nodded his head. “Yeah. Glad it wasn’t worse for her. Think I should apologize?”
It was Scott’s turn to be shocked. His head whipping back and forth a couple of times eyeing his brother. “Okaaay. Not your fault, but maybe don’t add her on Twitter. That’ll just draw more attention. If you’re serious, I’ll give you her number,” Scott said.
“You know what? Never mind. Just tell her sorry for me.” Chris slapped his hands down on his jean clad legs before getting up and walking into the kitchen.
“Too late,” Scott called out. “I just texted you her number. Do what you want.”
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The Jonas Brothers’ concert was tomorrow night, so you were doing your best to get stuff done at the paper before heading home. You planned to sleep in extra late and get some errands done before heading to the venue. Your press pass got you into some reserved places at concerts, but it didn’t get you an interview. While you had been writing and covering entertainment for years, you were mostly known for theme park and tourism coverage in Florida. So, yes you could always land an interview with a Disney Parks or Universal Studios park executive, but other doors in entertainment weren’t flying open.
Grabbing your purse and zip file, you shut down your computer and pushed in your chair. Your phone dinged with a text message. It was probably Jana asking you to get her a t-shirt at the concert tomorrow. Fancy attorney or not, your friend loved a concert tee.
Once you arrived home, you put a frozen meal in the microwave and changed into a pair of sweats and a comfy t-shirt. Grabbing your phone out of your bag, you took a seat sat at your kitchen bar top to wait for your meal to be done. Opening your texts, you saw a new one from an unknown number.
Unknown Number: Hey Y/N, this is Chris. Scott gave me your number.
Unknown Number: Evans
Unknow Number: Should have typed that the first time. Just wanted to say I’m sorry that ride photo got out.
You dropped your phone out of your hand. It hit the quartz countertop hard which jolted you out of your daze.
“What?!” you yelled into your empty home.
It was crazy enough when Scott messaged you, but the fact that the two of you had drank together made this whole friendship make a tiny bit of sense. But Chris now? This was just not real. And it made you feel weird. On one hand it was nice that he reached out even though it wasn’t his fault at all. One the other hand, was this it? The one text and then you move on?
The microwave beeped at your harshly indicating your meal was done. Leaving your phone on the countertop, you moved to grab your food, picking up the hot plate with a potholder. You made your way into the living room, setting the potholder and plate on your lap. You picked up the remote for the TV, flipping through the channels and settling on The Golden Girls. Maybe a little Rose and Dorothy banter could settle your mind.
This was silly. You were going to text him back. Of course, you were going to text him back. You weren’t a rude person. This whole exchange didn’t have to mean anything. This would be a one and done conversation and to Chris you would go on being nothing more than Scott’s friend.
After scarfing down your cheese ravioli, you made your way back to the kitchen to clean up. You eyed the phone on the counter where you left it. You quickly scooped it up and plopped yourself back on the couch, opening Chris’ text again before you could change your mind.
Y/N: Thank you for reaching out, but that photo getting released was not your fault at all. I appreciate the gesture though.
You threw your head back against your couch cushion and groaned. Why am I responding like it’s a work e-mail?
You shot Jana a text to get your mind off of the message you just sent Chris.
Y/N: What size Jonas Brothers shirt am I picking up for you?
Your phone buzzed in your hand before you even had the chance to set it down, but it wasn’t Jana responding. Clicking the back arrow, you saw that Chris had responded.
Wait, he responded? Already? And at all?
Chris: I still feel bad that you were dragged into it.
Chris: Hope I’m not interrupting a Friday night out.
You chewed your bottom lip, trying to think of how to respond. Should you tell the truth that your life is pretty lame and you’re watching The Golden Girls? Did Scott talk about you to Chris? Maybe it was best not to lie.
Y/N: Just hanging out with my friends Dorothy, Blanche, and Rose.
Y/N: You’re actually saving me from another long drawn out story about Rose’s hometown of St. Olaf Minnesota.
Chris: I’m surprised your friend Blanche is home on a Friday night.
Y/N: Oh, you know Blanche? Is this going to become awkward?
Chris: 😂😂😂
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Share a Lair 15 || Shared Spaces
Henry and Max came in from their mission around 3 am, and even then, Charlotte rushed over to assess the damages, first hugging Max tightly and saying, “That one sounded rough,” then turning to Henry and wondering, “You okay? No injuries? Nothing I need to patch up?” She was still in Max’s arms when she was asking and Max was hunched over, with his face buried in her neck. Henry actually did have a few wounds, but working in the field with Max, they’d gotten closer and taking Charlotte away from him right now when he could tell from how he was holding her that Max needed her tonight, would weigh on his conscience.
“Nothing I can’t slap some liquid bandage on,” he said, smiling.
“Make sure you clean it properly, first!” Charlotte warned. Henry nodded and headed for the tower. “And, if Jasper is still awake, have him process those injuries in the system TONIGHT, before you forget what I have to check on in the morning.” He gave her two thumbs up as he walked backwards, trying to give her and Max their space and get out of dodge. “Also…”
“Char! I’m good. Okay? You two go love on each other, or whatever,” Henry said. He gave Max a salute, turned and disappeared through the double doors.
Charlotte scoffed, shook her head and complained, “It’s like he can do this stuff on his own now, or something!”
Max laughed a little, kissed her on the neck and told her, “He’s grown a lot.”
She sighed and nodded her head. It was weird how she felt - sort of how when parents described figuring out that their kids no longer needed them. But, that was some BS, because she’d always resented being the designated mom friend and she should be stoked that she didn’t have to, as much. But… “I have a couple of injuries, if it makes you feel better?” Max interrupted her thoughts.
“No, it doesn’t make me feel better!” She said, but rushed him back to his quarters so that she could tend to whatever needed it.
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While Henry and Max trained on the course, Charlotte and Jasper set the after training routine - the guys would stretch and cool down and walk back to the lair from the grounds, and Jasper and Charlotte will have already prepared the post workout snack, lounging outfits and set the tone in the bathrooms for their cool showers. Technically, it had been a thing that Charlotte did for Max that he casually mentioned, in anticipation to Henry on the walk back to the house one day and Henry wished he had something like that, so Jasper adopted it, too.
Jasper was going through something on his own, though. Whenever he and Henry talked about Henry going along with Max as his right hand in his next endeavor, one thing was clear to Jasper - Henry didn’t want him to follow him there. Sure, Henry had said that it wouldn’t be the same without him and that he would miss him, but he also said that he felt like Jasper should take some time to think about his life outside of Henry for a while and maybe focus more on his own goals instead of taking care of Henry all of the time. It sounded hauntingly like one of those, “It’s not you, it’s me” type break ups, except that they weren’t actually together and everything that Henry said felt like projection, to Jasper.
His life outside of Henry happened in the time that he spent away from Henry. He definitely had more of a life outside of Henry than Charlotte had before she got enraptured with Max. So, for him, his life outside of Henry had not only been just fine, but had been thriving and truth be told, he believed that if he did follow Henry to Russia, or anywhere else, he would be the one out of ALL of them, who would be able to adapt and immerse himself into his surroundings, the culture, and community of wherever they went! So, he felt not only dejected by his best friend’s “for your own good” “breakup,” but insulted by the “reasons.” Still, that didn’t mean that he was going to up and leave because of it. They were still besties, after all and he still felt responsible for making sure Henry was taken care of.
After the post training routine, Jasper would generally ask, “Need anything else before I jet?” And Henry generally declined (sometimes, he asked Jasper if he could rub some pain cream on his back or something), but usually, Jasper left after training and went to work at the Man Cave. Sometimes, if Max was going to go to sleep or something, he chilled with Charlotte.
She presumed the whole thing between her two best friends would blow over rather quickly and that at the end of it, someone would have needed to keep things in tact for their combined futures. As it stood, she took that on. For instance, when looking to book rental venues for possible visits, she kept all of her needs AND Jasper’s in mind throughout her research. When she ordered the groceries and such for the lair, she still factored Jasper in, like he was going to be staying over every night, whether or not he was doing so, at the moment. Jasper would comment on a daily basis, “I’m still pissed at him,” and she would nod in understanding and still move in favor of Jasper always being around.
Her Charlotte/Jasper time hadn’t really changed much, except for those moments when he’d have been in the tower with her during a mission, but was instead in the Man Cave for Captain Man… who they knew was definitely going through a transition period where he openly resented Henry for backing out of his job, instead of being happy for him that he was excelling, and also openly resenting Charlotte for putting Henry up to this, because she was the one who encouraged him to reach higher.
.
She came into the living room to see Max and Henry playing video games and trash talking each other, looked around, wondering where Jasper was, because they were all off of work and that meant that they were gonna lounge around here. “Where’s Jasper?” she asked.
Max was very into beating Henry in the game, and Henry was never much of a listener, so she rolled her eyes and checked the house scanner. He wasn’t in the tower. She texted him. Where R U?
Didn’t wanna be a third wheel, so I left. Chillin’ with Piper.
That didn’t make sense. How was he gonna be a third wheel when there were four of them? Of course, Charlotte came later, but there couldn’t have been more than a two hour wait for her. “Henry, did something happen with Jasper?” she asked.
Max finally answered, “I think he’s in the kitchen.”
She held out her arms, “I’M in the kitchen. Jasper left! Neither of you noticed?” They paused and looked over at her.
Max said, “I’m sorry… noticed what, now? Your shirt? It’s awesome!”
“That Jasper left the lair!” She fussed.
Henry squinted, “No, I think he went to the bathroom or something.” He checked his phone, “Oh, nope. He definitely left. He left like 30 minutes ago.” He looked confused. “Why would he just leave?” He asked himself more than anyone else.
“I have no idea. I’m still not convinced that he isn’t in that kitchen,” Max said. Charlotte folded her arms and raised an eyebrow. “Okay, I’m convinced, now.” He and Henry looked at each other and Max wondered, “Should we continue playing, or are we both in trouble?”
“Guys… I know that a 3 person dynamic is complicated, especially when everybody doesn’t have the same level of comfort with each other, but… it’s not cool to make people feel left out. Being on the receiving end of that sucks, and you aren’t in trouble, but I’m really disappointed that Jasper left and neither of you even noticed, especially you, Henry.”
Max sighed with relief and whispered, “Yes! You’re more in trouble than me.”
Henry scoffed, “I’m not worried about being in trouble with Charlotte. There are absolutely zero ramifications for that for me, so… business as usual.”
Charlotte came into the room, fussing, “You know, Henry, it’s not about ramifications so much as it is that YOU should care about how you make your best friends feel.”
He stood up and commented, “Well, the only reason that Jasper has been feeling some kind of way is because YOU made him feel like I was being dishonest with him about Russia.”
“The reason that I made him feel that way was because YOU weren’t being honest about Russia.”
“Maybe YOU shouldn’t have said ANYTHING to him about Russia!”
“Well, maybe YOU should have just TOLD him about Russia in the first place!”
“Well, I didn’t think YOU would be having conversations that weren’t really your business in the first place with him. YOU could have checked with ME before mentioning it!”
They had been moving towards each other fussing until Max stepped in the middle of them, facing Henry and said, “YOU, chill out. Go cool off.” Max gave him a couple of light slaps across the face and cupped his neck. Henry took a deep breath and nodded, then snatched his phone and left. Max turned around to Charlotte and offered her open arms. She folded her own. She didn’t want a hug. She wanted to punch Henry in the face. “Here,” Max said, raised his sleeve and flexed his arm muscles. She stepped closer and unfolded her arms, debating on whether she was this easily swayed by him, and then decided ultimately to rub on those muscles, but she kept her frown in tact, just so he knew that he wasn’t winning at getting her to lay off of Henry.
“Is that better?” Max asked, swooning over the way she fawned over his muscles. She really still was adorable when angry, even though he was not allowed to say that.
“No,” she lied, rubbing his chest, now. He moved his pecs a little for her entertainment and she finally broke into a smile, but changed the subject, “He always does this. Whenever somebody new and likable comes along, he makes all this room for them and bumps someone else aside. It wouldn’t be so bad if he weren’t about to leave for Russia. Like… I get that hero life is heavy and important, but like…” She bit her lip, “It makes the rest of us expendable…”
“No, it doesn’t.”
“Easy to leave behind, when everything else is life or death.”
“No. It’s not easy to leave anybody behind. Hero life makes that harder.”
“I just feel like… if he can so easily let Jasper slip through his fingers, what about me, you know?”She stared at him.
He tilted his head, trying to determine what she meant by that and by the way she was looking at him. It took him a moment to reply. “Don’t. Don’t… project whatever Henry’s doing onto us. Don’t project stuff he does onto me.” He reached for her pinky with his and hooked it, “I would never not notice you slipping away from me and I certainly wouldn’t push you away. Promise.” She hooked her pinky around his too and they smiled. “They’ve been together their entire lives, side by side, doing almost everything together. Sometimes, you just… want a little bit of space from that.” Now, he was projecting, but only a little bit. “I think that they’ll be even better friends by the end of all of it. So, don’t worry about your friends, and certainly don’t worry about us.”
Henry came back into the room and looked at them for a moment. Charlotte was leaning against Max’s chest looking up at him and he was looking at her and they barely noticed Henry return. “You wanna play still, or…?”
Max glanced at him, then looked at Charlotte. “Go ahead,” she said with a sigh. Max excitedly smiled, kissed her on the cheek, which she pressed harder into, then spun on the balls of his feet to get back to the video game date he and Henry had.
“You comin’?” Henry asked. “You can show us how to do a 3 person dynamic properly.”
“It’s different with this because I’m closely connected to both of… You know what forget it. She came in the living room and sat down. Maybe Max was right. Maybe Henry and Jasper could use a little time to breathe. But, it just didn’t feel right. It felt like Jasper took a little bit of her breath too. Or maybe that was just her projecting again. She’d have to work on it. There was no reason to believe that Max would distance himself from her.
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@stingslikeabee and an Anonymous Entity asked: Positivity for @thememcry​
POSITIVITY MEME (Send a URL and I’ll write positive things about them) 
Someone’s popular. 
So y’all want me to talk about Kay? Alright, I’ll talk about Kay. Let’s do another history lesson. Kay was another one of those people that I first ran across when I first joined the fandom and my lord when we got to know each other, I realised just how awesome and hilarious she actually is. If you want someone who’ll always send you funny stuff and will always support you? Kay’s your gal. She’s kind, funny and an absolute shitlord. She’s trash, I’m trash. Y’all should see the shit we send each other. A blessed human being (Who thirsts after a keeper of the dead with a pet snake and a cool top hat) 
In terms of roleplay, what can I say that most of you who follow me don’t already know? She portrays Aerith perfectly. The way she conducts Aerith like an orchestra, it’s a symphony in written form whenever I see her write Aerith on the dash, it just makes me smile. Her portrayal is Aerith and no one can tell me otherwise. And we haven’t even gotten to the OCs yet... 
Samira and Priest? Top fucking quality. Some of the best OC work around, both backstories equally tragic in a way with both characters offering something completely unique to each other. We’ve just got started writing with Priest and I’m so excited for the broship between Zwei and daddy Turk. I also have very fond memories writing with Samira on this blog (If you look up the NSFW Tag, I’m sure shit will pop up XD) and Samira has a very special place in my heart JUST LIKE YOU DO! 
Idk if I managed to get through everything, but I wanted to keep it short in case it got too big. I could write an essay about how much I adore Kay, but I’m just blessed that I’m able to write with someone so amazing and inspirational in terms of character work and writing while also being very much close friends with them. Truly my bestie. 
I love one Kay <3 
PS: I showed her some Mortal kombat 11 today and the character called Noob Saibot? Yeah, that’s us. 
CAN MY SNAKE WEAR THIS?
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Shared Spaces
This was never really following the cue of canon, though for the most part it is, so the end of the show and all of those things need not apply to where this story has been or is going, thanks!
Share-a-Lair 15
Henry and Max came in from their mission around 3 am, and even then, Charlotte rushed over to assess the damages, first hugging Max tightly and saying, “That one sounded rough,” then turning to Henry and wondering, “You okay? No injuries? Nothing I need to patch up?” She was still in Max’s arms when she was asking and Max was hunched over, with his face buried in her neck. Henry actually did have a few wounds, but working in the field with Max, they’d gotten closer and taking Charlotte away from him right now when he could tell from how he was holding her that Max needed her tonight, would weigh on his conscience.
“Nothing I can’t slap some liquid bandage on,” he said, smiling.
“Make sure you clean it properly, first!” Charlotte warned. Henry nodded and headed for the tower. “And, if Jasper is still awake, have him process those injuries in the system TONIGHT, before you forget what I have to check on in the morning.” He gave her two thumbs up as he walked backwards, trying to give her and Max their space and get out of dodge. “Also…”
“Char! I’m good. Okay? You two go love on each other, or whatever,” Henry said. He gave Max a salute, turned and disappeared through the double doors. 
Charlotte scoffed, shook her head and complained, “It’s like he can do this stuff on his own now, or something!” 
Max laughed a little, kissed her on the neck and told her, “He’s grown a lot.” 
She sighed and nodded her head. It was weird how she felt - sort of how when parents described figuring out that their kids no longer needed them. But, that was some BS, because she’d always resented being the designated mom friend and she should be stoked that she didn’t have to, as much. But... “I have a couple of injuries, if it makes you feel better?” Max interrupted her thoughts.
“No, it doesn’t make me feel better!” She said, but rushed him back to his quarters so that she could tend to whatever needed it.
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While Henry and Max trained on the course, Charlotte and Jasper set the after training routine - the guys would stretch and cool down and walk back to the lair from the grounds, and Jasper and Charlotte will have already prepared the post workout snack, lounging outfits and set the tone in the bathrooms for their cool showers. Technically, it had been a thing that Charlotte did for Max that he casually mentioned, in anticipation to Henry on the walk back to the house one day and Henry wished he had something like that, so Jasper adopted it, too. 
Jasper was going through something on his own, though. Whenever he and Henry talked about Henry going along with Max as his right hand in his next endeavor, one thing was clear to Jasper - Henry didn’t want him to follow him there. Sure, Henry had said that it wouldn’t be the same without him and that he would miss him, but he also said that he felt like Jasper should take some time to think about his life outside of Henry for a while and maybe focus more on his own goals instead of taking care of Henry all of the time. It sounded hauntingly like one of those, “It’s not you, it’s me” type break ups, except that they weren’t actually together and everything that Henry said felt like projection, to Jasper. 
His life outside of Henry happened in the time that he spent away from Henry. He definitely had more of a life outside of Henry than Charlotte had before she got enraptured with Max. So, for him, his life outside of Henry had not only been just fine, but had been thriving and truth be told, he believed that if he did follow Henry to Russia, or anywhere else, he would be the one out of ALL of them, who would be able to adapt and immerse himself into his surroundings, the culture, and community of wherever they went! So, he felt not only dejected by his best friend’s “for your own good” “breakup,” but insulted by the “reasons.” Still, that didn’t mean that he was going to up and leave because of it. They were still besties, after all and he still felt responsible for making sure Henry was taken care of. 
After the post training routine, Jasper would generally ask, “Need anything else before I jet?” And Henry generally declined (sometimes, he asked Jasper if he could rub some pain cream on his back or something), but usually, Jasper left after training and went to work at the Man Cave. Sometimes, if Max was going to go to sleep or something, he chilled with Charlotte.
She presumed the whole thing between her two best friends would blow over rather quickly and that at the end of it, someone would have needed to keep things in tact for their combined futures. As it stood, she took that on. For instance, when looking to book rental venues for possible visits, she kept all of her needs AND Jasper’s in mind throughout her research. When she ordered the groceries and such for the lair, she still factored Jasper in, like he was going to be staying over every night, whether or not he was doing so, at the moment. Jasper would comment on a daily basis, “I’m still pissed at him,” and she would nod in understanding and still move in favor of Jasper always being around.
Her Charlotte/Jasper time hadn’t really changed much, except for those moments when he’d have been in the tower with her during a mission, but was instead in the Man Cave for Captain Man… who they knew was definitely going through a transition period where he openly resented Henry for backing out of his job, instead of being happy for him that he was excelling, and also openly resenting Charlotte for putting Henry up to this, because she was the one who encouraged him to reach higher.
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She came into the living room to see Max and Henry playing video games and trash talking each other, looked around, wondering where Jasper was, because they were all off of work and that meant that they were gonna lounge around here. “Where’s Jasper?” she asked. 
Max was very into beating Henry in the game, and Henry was never much of a listener, so she rolled her eyes and checked the house scanner. He wasn’t in the tower. She texted him. Where R U? 
Didn’t wanna be a third wheel, so I left. Chillin’ with Piper.
That didn’t make sense. How was he gonna be a third wheel when there were four of them? Of course, Charlotte came later, but there couldn’t have been more than a two hour wait for her. “Henry, did something happen with Jasper?” she asked.
Max finally answered, “I think he’s in the kitchen.” 
She held out her arms, “I’M in the kitchen. Jasper left! Neither of you noticed?” They paused and looked over at her.
Max said, “I’m sorry… noticed what, now? Your shirt? It’s awesome!”
“That Jasper left the lair!” She fussed. 
Henry squinted, “No, I think he went to the bathroom or something.” He checked his phone, “Oh, nope. He definitely left. He left like 30 minutes ago.” He looked confused. “Why would he just leave?” He asked himself more than anyone else.
“I have no idea. I’m still not convinced that he isn’t in that kitchen,” Max said. Charlotte folded her arms and raised an eyebrow. “Okay, I’m convinced, now.” He and Henry looked at each other and Max wondered, “Should we continue playing, or are we both in trouble?”
“Guys… I know that a 3 person dynamic is complicated, especially when everybody doesn’t have the same level of comfort with each other, but… it’s not cool to make people feel left out. Being on the receiving end of that sucks, and you aren’t in trouble, but I’m really disappointed that Jasper left and neither of you even noticed, especially you, Henry.”
Max sighed with relief and whispered, “Yes! You’re more in trouble than me.”
Henry scoffed, “I’m not worried about being in trouble with Charlotte. There are absolutely zero ramifications for that for me, so… business as usual.”
Charlotte came into the room, fussing, “You know, Henry, it’s not about ramifications so much as it is that YOU should care about how you make your best friends feel.”
He stood up and commented, “Well, the only reason that Jasper has been feeling some kind of way is because YOU made him feel like I was being dishonest with him about Russia.”
“The reason that I made him feel that way was because YOU weren’t being honest about Russia.”
“Maybe YOU shouldn’t have said ANYTHING to him about Russia!”
“Well, maybe YOU should have just TOLD him about Russia in the first place!”
“Well, I didn’t think YOU would be having conversations that weren’t really your business in the first place with him. YOU could have checked with ME before mentioning it!” 
They had been moving towards each other fussing until Max stepped in the middle of them, facing Henry and said, “YOU, chill out. Go cool off.” Max gave him a couple of light slaps across the face and cupped his neck. Henry took a deep breath and nodded, then snatched his phone and left. Max turned around to Charlotte and offered her open arms. She folded her own. She didn’t want a hug. She wanted to punch Henry in the face. “Here,” Max said, raised his sleeve and flexed his arm muscles. She stepped closer and unfolded her arms, debating on whether she was this easily swayed by him, and then decided ultimately to rub on those muscles, but she kept her frown in tact, just so he knew that he wasn’t winning at getting her to lay off of Henry.
“Is that better?” Max asked, swooning over the way she fawned over his muscles. She really still was adorable when angry, even though he was not allowed to say that.
“No,” she lied, rubbing his chest, now. He moved his pecs a little for her entertainment and she finally broke into a smile, but changed the subject, “He always does this. Whenever somebody new and likable comes along, he makes all this room for them and bumps someone else aside. It wouldn’t be so bad if he weren’t about to leave for Russia. Like... I get that hero life is heavy and important, but like...” She bit her lip, “It makes the rest of us expendable...”
“No, it doesn’t.”
“Easy to leave behind, when everything else is life or death.”
“No. It’s not easy to leave anybody behind. Hero life makes that harder.”
“I just feel like... if he can so easily let Jasper slip through his fingers, what about me, you know?”She stared at him.
He tilted his head, trying to determine what she meant by that and by the way she was looking at him. It took him a moment to reply. “Don’t. Don’t... project whatever Henry’s doing onto us. Don’t project stuff he does onto me.” He reached for her pinky with his and hooked it, “I would never not notice you slipping away from me and I certainly wouldn’t push you away. Promise.” She hooked her pinky around his too and they smiled. “They’ve been together their entire lives, side by side, doing almost everything together. Sometimes, you just... want a little bit of space from that.” Now, he was projecting, but only a little bit. “I think that they’ll be even better friends by the end of all of it. So, don’t worry about your friends, and certainly don’t worry about us.”
Henry came back into the room and looked at them for a moment. Charlotte was leaning against Max’s chest looking up at him and he was looking at her and they barely noticed Henry return. “You wanna play still, or...?”
Max glanced at him, then looked at Charlotte. “Go ahead,” she said with a sigh. Max excitedly smiled, kissed her on the cheek, which she pressed harder into, then spun on the balls of his feet to get back to the video game date he and Henry had. 
“You comin’?” Henry asked. “You can show us how to do a 3 person dynamic properly.”
“It’s different with this because I’m closely connected to both of... You know what forget it. She came in the living room and sat down. Maybe Max was right. Maybe Henry and Jasper could use a little time to breathe. But, it just didn’t feel right. It felt like Jasper took a little bit of her breath too. Or maybe that was just her projecting again. She’d have to work on it. There was no reason to believe that Max would distance himself from her.
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Bond Between People & Pokémon Pt.3
Incineroar was on his own currently lay on the couch after he had kicked Duck Hunt Dog off the table. Wario, Waluigi, Dark Link, Nightmare & Sephiroth were all sent to bring back Incineroar to the League of Villains hideout.
Sephiroth: Now remember inferiors you are to bring back the cat alive. As such to keep his casualties to a minimum, Wario & Waluigi you deal with him.
Waluigi: Y-Yes sir!
Nightmare: Oh come on! Let me go instead it’d be so cool I could say something like “Dead or alive you’re coming with me” Cool right?
Dark Link: Not if we’ve literally just been asked to keep him alive.
Nightmare: … … …Fuck you!
Dark Link: Fuck you!
Sephiroth: Stop fucking each other! Honestly, how do we ever get anything done? Anyway it’s time to go you two.
Wario & Waluigi approach Incineroar carefully and quitely, being probably the weakest in the League meant the likelihood of beating Incineroar in a fight was 0% but it would result in less damage done to him. Perfectly balanced.
Wario: Now we must be extremley persuasive, otherwise we’ll be crushed like a twig.
Incineroar: What do you think your doing!?
It turned out Wario wasn’t paying attention to where he was going and was stood right in front of Incineroar. Incineroar picked him up by his collar and drew him closer.
Incineroar: Now give me one good reason why I shouldn’t punch you in your crooked ass face, you fat yellow midget!
Wario: Erm… Oh I’ve got one. You’re gorgeous!
Incineroar: Wrong answer human! (Clenches fist).
Wario was sent flying across the room from Incineroar’s punch.
Incineroar: Do you want some to you purple, lanky, bastard!?
Waluigi slowly backs away. Only to be grabbed by his moustache and dragged across the floor.
Sephiroth: Alright, that’s enough! As much as I’d love to see those two slimeballs get the snot beat out of them. I’d appreciate it if you came with us.
Incineroar: Tch. As if I’d ever trust a human! Especially, little sissies like yourself!
Nightmare: You are mistaken. He is part alien.
Incineroar: Huh? As if I’d believe that crap!
Sephiroth: No it is true. (“I can’t believe I’m about to say this”) And I am apart of an elite squadron, faced with the perilous task of destroying this world’s human inhabitants. Those two you’re pummeling are my decipels but we all work for a much greater force. Come with us and we’ll show you what we can do. (“I sounded like a cliche alien!…I disappoint myself”)
Incineroar: Hmm… … …Fine I’ll take a crack at it. Better be worth my time.
Sephiroth: Oh it will…Trust me.
-Earlier-
The kids were playing games in the living area. Toon Link was getting thrashed by Ness who was using PSI to play.
Toon Link: I lost again!? How are you winning!?
Ness: I dunno.
Dark Pit: Chill out Toony the obvious answer is right in front of ya. You suck balls.
Toon Link: You better watch what you say prick! I’ll mow you down!
Dark Pit: You wanna go!? Let’s go then little shit!
Leaf: Alright, calm down boys.
With everyone attention drawn to Dark Pit & Toon Link. Bonny Janet saw the opportunity to leave to find Incineroar, Red saw her leaving though.
Red: Oh, Bonny where are you going?
Bonny Janet: Oh! Aye were just aboot to-
Dark Pit: Wait let me guess, is it “catch” Incineroar? Come on can’t you see that with that one pokemon, which is weak to Incineroar may I add, you can’t beat him?
Bonny Janet: Fer tha’ last fookin’ tame! Aye can oonly tek one pokemon.
Dark Pit: Just take ‘em all!
Bonny Janet: Cor. One must go to the other trainer, being Stevie.
Stevie: That’s right mates! I picked Scorbunny.
Dark Pit: So the other is where?
Bonny Janet: Tha’ one must stey wit’ tha professor.
Dark Pit: Really?! Well for you to go into battle with nothing more but a weak creature sure takes a lot of determination I’ll give ya that. That makes me glad you’re Leaf’s bestie.
Bonny Janet: Well tha’ was an unnecessary displey of emotions honstly wha’ a sisseh. But, honestly yer are strong, kind, stubborn and kind of a knob head, but you are still a great friend. Mekes me glad tha’ yer Leaf’s Boy Toy (snorting).
Leaf: BONNY!
Bonny & Dark Pit burst out into laughter while everyone else watches.
Bonny Janet: Well, see ya la'er guys.
-Present Day-
Bonny Janet: Aye ey never seen dis place befer. Yer’d think a large fortress’d stick out lake a sore thumb! Wet a minute, Incineroar! 'E’s wit tha’ League of Lards!
She took refuge behind a large boulder left on the pathway.
Incineroar: Alright, then Sephiroth where is your leader?
Ganondorf: The leader of this organisation would be none other than I Ganondorf King of All Darkness.
Incineroar: I heard from your slave, that you are trying to exterminate humans. I know you are incapable of that so thanks for the time waster bye.
Ganondorf: I assure you I am wasting no ones time. Not like you’ll be doing anything anyway. Also what gave the impression Sephiroth was my slave.
Incineroar: … … …
Ganondorf: Not talking now huh? Sephiroth shares no resemblance to you you simply are just a worthless piece of flesh. However, a piece of trash sure would be helpful to be a major distraction wouldn’t you say. Still think this isn’t worth your time? We are well aware of your motives, with us that motive can be supported. So do you wish to join us?
Incineroar: … … …(Nods)
Ganondorf: ExcelIent! Welcome you to the League of Villains.
Hades: Just what ever you do, do not scratch the furniture I just had it changed.
Incineroar: …
Hades: I think we broke him.
Bonny was still behind the boulder, shielding her from villains’ sight.
Bonny Janet: Wha’ kind o’ fooked up ritualistic shit was that!? Dey took Incineroar! I shooldn’t goo! But me mind’s tellin’ me “no”, but me body, me body’s tellin’ me yes.
Bonny followed the villains deep into their hideout after finding they had taken in Incineroar.
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Before the Storm (Part 2)
Daniel/Fem!Reader Notes: Slight AU Warnings: None
Part 1 Part 2
This will probably be the final part to this story. Maybe I’ll make a two part “sequel” of after the game ends. --------- A few weeks had gone by since the incident at the park. You had mentioned it to Caroline, but she waved it off as people being people. You decided not to push further as she didn’t seem all that worried.
You still felt bad for what happened to Daniel. After all he was kind and took great care of Emma. He didn’t deserve to be treated with such cruelty.
Something in your relationship with Daniel had changed. Or at least you felt it had. You kept your distance with him when it came to physical contact. Sometimes when you would accidentally brush hands when reaching for the same thing while cooking, it would cause your heart to jump.
You realized you were acting like a child with your avoidance tactic, but you would rather avoid physical contact with Daniel than face the truth of why you were behaving in such a way. At least for now.
Currently you were wandering an outdoor shopping mall. You didn’t need anything, but you had nothing better to do as your work was winding down.
You paused as a bright sign labeled Android Zone caught you eye. You peeked into the store to see androids standing on displays. You had seen stores that sold androids before but never stopped to look.
The store wasn’t too large but it did hold a variety of androids. It was strange to see them just stand there as people looked at them. Just pausing for a few seconds caused one of the sales associates to come up to you. 
The man smiled brightly at you. “Hello! May I help you with anything?”
Trying to back yourself out of the store, you shook your head. “No, I’m just looking.”
Seeming to not want you to leave just yet, he stepped toward you. “I can show you our newest model. Please come this way!”
Before you could protest, he was already moving away. Not wanting to be rude, you slowly followed him deeper into the store. He stood in front of one of the androids.
“This,” he pointed to the android “is out newest model; the AP700.” The android was a female with dark skin and short black hair.
He continued, “They’re more advanced than our previous model, the PL600, and they can be customized to fit your personal tastes.”
Something the man said seemed to catch your attention. “What can she do?”
His smile widened a bit as he thought he had caught your interest. “The AP700 can cook, clean, take care of your children, and do every day tasks. They are also equipped to speak multiple languages.”
“...Daniel,” you found yourself muttering. The man’s brow creased in confusion. “M-my sister has an android that takes care of household chores as well as cares for her daughter. He’s been with them for about four years,” you explained.
“Ah, you must be talking about the PL600. That model was released in 2034, but it’s outdated. The AP700 is the newer and better predecessor. I’m sure your sister could use an upgrade.”
You frowned at his words. “Thank you, but I must be going,” You quickly left before he could say more.
As you walked out, you couldn’t help feel upset over the idea of replacing Daniel. Even if he was considered “outdated” to some, you felt he was more than just an android. He was Emma’s best friend, and someone you enjoyed being with.
A bad feeling settled in your stomach as you made your way to the bus stop. --------- Emma had wanted to go out on a picnic. Despite the cooler weather, the day was on the warmer side. Though she had originally wanted her parents to come, they were both busy with other commitments. Not wanting her to be upset, you decided to come with her.
You had set up a blanket under a tree in the park. Daniel had prepared a basket of food for you and Emma. The nine year old was happily taking pictures on her phone.
“Emma, come sit down and eat the food Daniel made,” you called to her. Quickly snapping a few more pictures, she came over and sat down.
“Here, Emma.” Daniel passed her a carefully wrapped sandwich.
“Thanks, Daniel!” She happily unwrapped her sandwich. “He always remembers to cut off the crust of the bread,” she informed you.
Nodding, you took the other sandwich offered to you by the android. “Thank you.”
The android settled down across from you two. “I wish mom and dad could come too. I’m glad you could make it, Auntie!”
Taking a bite of you food, you chuckled. “I wouldn’t miss spending time with my favorite niece for anything.”
She rolled her eyes. “I’m your only niece,” she pointed out.
“True, but you’re still my favorite.” You ruffled her hair with one hand.
Daniel was quiet as he listened to you two chatter. After finishing up, Emma went back to her picture taking.
You had settled into leaning your back against the base of the tree. Daniel had moved to sit beside you, so he could keep an eye on Emma.
“I’m going to miss this,” you mumbled. Taking his eyes off Emma, Daniel gave you a questioning look. “I have to move back to Canada in two months,” you explained.
He blinked a few times before a frown seemed to form on his face. “You’re...leaving?”
You nodded. “I’ve settled in the new company, so my job is done. I have to go back home for my work again.”
The blonde was silent. His eyebrows were creased together. “Something wrong, Daniel?”
His LED was flashing yellow. “I...” he paused, choosing his next words carefully “It will be different without you here. Emma will miss you.”
You gave him a sad smile. “I’ll miss Emma as well. She’s so bright and full of enthusiasm. We can do video chats, so it won’t be so different. I’ll miss the in-person meetings though.”
The two of you were silent for a while. “I’ll miss you’re company too, Daniel.” You met his gaze. “It was nice to get to know you.”
He leaned closer to you. His LED was now flashing an alarming red. “I...I don’t want you to go.”
Your eyes flickered away from his intense look. “Unfortunately I have to. I don’t want to leave, but my life is in Canada.”
Steeling your nerves, you brushed your hand against his. He jerked back as if shocked but settled his hand back down after a moment. Placing your hand over his so you fingers interlaced, you closed your eyes.
“Meeting you has been an experience, Daniel. I don’t know what it is, but I feel for you in a way I haven’t for any person besides my family.” You gave a wary chuckle. “Foolish of me to feel this way considering...” Your voice trailed off as you didn’t want to finish the thought.
“[First name], I-I will miss you,” he said, quietly.
Opening your eyes, you stared at him. His blue eyes were intense and trained solely on you. So many emotions swam in those eyes that you could not believe for one second that he was less than human.
“Daniel!” Emma’s voice cut through the fog that seemed to have fallen over you. You released Daniel’s hand and sat up straighter. The android turned his attention to the young girl.
She rushed over with her phone in hand. “Let’s record a video!”
“I can record it,” you offered. Taking her phone, you started the video recording.
Emma had her arm wrapped around Daniel, and he had one around her shoulder. She smiled brightly into the camera. “This is Daniel, the coolest android in the world! Say ‘hi’ Daniel.”
He smiled into the camera and waved. “Hello.”
“You’re my bestie! We’ll always be together!” she declared and gave him a warm squeeze.
You cut the video recording and handed the phone back to her. Emma was beaming ear to ear as she rewatched the video. 
“Let’s pack up and head home,” you said as you started picking up trash.
Your eyes wandered over to Daniel who was packing up the picnic basket. The bad feeling in your stomach from a few weeks ago churned. --------- Could you have changed how things turned out? What could you have done so none of the tragedy would have happened? There must of been something you could have done or said to prevent the events that unfolded.
You would often think over and over what you should have done on the night that the android from CyberLife arrived.
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My one follower recommended your page lol.I see your friends with lots of cool people and writers. how do you get to do that? Did you just talk to them? Im new on tumbler and love drarry. who are your biggest followers and friends? do they follow you by asking? who is good to follow? thank!
Hello there, Anon!I'm sorry I sat on your ask for a bit the real world got in my way and I didn't get a chance to get to it, plus I was mulling over how to answer for a bit, if I'm being completely honest (which if you decide to follow me, you'll see that I always am, sometimes to the point of brutality).
One follower??? How do you only have one follower? Come out from behind anon and say hello, I won’t bite! Well, you know, unless you’re into that sort of thing *rawrrrr*
How did I become friends with writers, you ask? Well, it was difficult for me. I was a lurker in the fandom for a long time. Meaning, I just read fics, and sometimes the comments, but I never had the nerve to comment myself. I didn't really know there was fandom activity on Tumblr until a few years ago(2014-ish), when I started looking for fic recs. So, I started following a bunch of Drarry Tumblr blogs, @goldentruth813 was one of the first authors and Drarry blogs I followed. She's great. From there I just started following other blogs, and authors who left their Tumblr links in their AO3 fic notes. 
But how did you get to talk to them, you ask??? Well, that's when I found out about the Drarry Discord chat from @carpemermaidtales! It's a good way for you to go and meet the authors,and other fandom people, because Tumblr is a terrible platform for actually having a conversation with people. I must warn you though,sometimes the chat can be very busy, and its hard to get a word in, and sometimes its very dead. It just really depends on your time zone, your working hours, your sleep habits, and whatnot. Also if may not be a good fit for you. It wasn't for me after a while. It can be overwhelming if you have social anxiety. Also,like any other place, it can be a bit cliquey. I don't think anyone does it on purpose. It's just how people are. Everyone is very nice, though. Hopefully me saying that out loud doesn't come back to bite me in the ass,but it probably will. 😬 Oh well, brutal honesty, right? Also, the Discord is great for you if you're working on writing yourself. They have all kinds of great helpful things there, activity rooms, production sprints, Brit picking, fest talk, beta help, and cool stuff like that. So, its a good place overall, really. Ok, biggest followers and friends-Well the friend I’ve had the longest here would be Dave, aka @pleasantlyhumongouspizza. We’ve been friends since I got on twitter in 2008 or so. He’s even on my Facebook (YIKES) so he really knows too much about me.My Tumblr daughter is @rose-grangerweasleyisbae. I scolded her about not doing homework or something on one of her drabbles, and I’ve been Tumblr Mom ever since.She’s a good daughter! And a fabulous writer! Her work is really coming along well. I’m uber proud of her, as if I were really her mom. I don’t mind being called Mom. I’m open for more youngins to come talk to me. I’ve since been adopted by a few more - @oolaan (vents to me very often. I try to give good advice.) & @chaoticbong (shes buckling down and studying hard on hiatus right now).Other good friends -Sam - @xx-thedarklord-xx Love her writing! It’s almost always fluffy. She does not do much angst or character death (like once and it STILL had a happy ending). And of course you can’t have Sam without Ren her bestie, @rmh8402, she ships Drarry, but also Frostiron (Tony Stark/Loki) so be warned, there. She works nights  here in the USA so can be hard to catch if you want to talk but usually has good stuff on her blog.Then there’s one of my favorite authors @lqtraintracks, who write fab fics, usually with amazing smut, and her girlfriend, @whipmyhairlikebangbang, who shares my love of Gal Gadot, and is a fic writer herself.Can’t forget @femmequixotic & @noeeon a couple who is definitely GOALS if there ever was. Love them both! And their Erised fic last year was AMAZE! OMG! Also if you’re not reading Tales From The Special Branch Series, then what are you doing?Another power couple I love would be @camael-fanart & @skarhead. I don’t talk to them as much as I’d like, unfortunately, but you definitely need to follow them if you aren’t.If you’re not following @llap115 then you are really missing out on a good fandom friend too. Amazing art, and very supportive.Another fab friend and artist is @scarlet47. Lover her, her art rocks. Also she posts kittens, lol...Then there’s my favorite kitten (*only I can call her that though mmmkay?) @parkkate. Lovely, gorgeous, friend, that I keep curled up in my pocket, safe and warm. Oh and she writes as well, lol....My lovely Aussies- @jadepresley who was the first fic writer to follow me back and I think I screamed out loud and startled my cat. @queenofthyme who has probably the best blog, and writes lovely fluffy works as well. @henrymercury, gorgeous Hannah who sings like an angel and rocks a fantastic suit, not to mention writes some great fics. Oh and follow @fleamontpotter for hilarious comics.Follow @bixgirl1 and for great writing as well - Lemme tell you, The Claiming of Grimmauld Place - I was trying to tell my son how funny Paul was, about him eating Bertie Bott’s and calling our boys “Fruckers”, watching them shag, lol... I about died laughing and he just looked at me like I was nuts. LOL.You really can’t have Bix and not have @l0vegl0wsinthedark. It’d be like popcorn and no butter or salt. Blegh. L0ve is an awesome writer too, and has a great blog. 
Okay from here I think I’ll just post other blogs I think you should follow because this post is really long, lol---
@staganddragon Love her, but we don’t talk enough anymore, and i miss her A LOT!! Same goes for @pukingpastilles @puking-pastilles. Follow @insufferable-git aka @scarheads-malfoy because Rachel is beautiful inside and out and her Draco is perfect. Follow @jesreally & @askdoratonks Because Jes is lovely and does amazing RP though we’ve never talked. If you want leftist political stuff (I DO) follow @eidheann, butshe posts other interesting things too, though if you follow me I usually just reblog her anyway, lol. Follow @magpiefngrl for more fab Drarry writing, as well as @callingdrarry and also because Gracie is hella funny, and I adore her to bits. If you like cool Aesthetic stuff as well as interesting HP rarepairs follow @untilourapathy, Gwen is fab tooo! I’ve probably left a bunch out and have made someone feel bad because I did and if so I’m sorry, but my brain is shit, because I don’t sleep. and it’s basically filled with song lyrics, and movie quotes, and other uselesstrash that nobody cares about. So anon, I REALLY hop that gives you a good idea about who to follow, because if not, then IDEKWTF to tell you, lol...
for now BUH BYE!
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who?: Wanna One’s Lai Guanlin 
genre: 🌸 
type: scenario 
word count: 2.9K
TW: blood the ‘W1’ clan 
BJY | HMH 
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vamp! AU 
Guanlin was dead even before you met him but maybe you brought him to life 
resurrecting this series so yAY! long after Halloween but I wrote this before Halloween and it’s still Autumn so…..technically…. thank you for requesting this anon! 💖
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“Are you sure you really, REALLY, can’t come? Please?” You begged, perching on the edge of your best friend’s bed, all dressed up in your Halloween costume. It was unusual for you to be so adamant about something, especially when it compromised on your friends’ health. Your actions sickened you to your stomach but the desperation was overpowering it. Yoo Seonho brushed his ruffed up hair out of his eyes, he was wrapped up in about twenty blankets yet he was still shivering - the fever was really eating him alive. His tired eyes met your own and you knew your answer. “I’m sorry Y/N. I’ll have to miss,” he croaked, throat sore from all the coughing. You nodded understandingly, sighing at your own stupidity. Seonho was already so sick yet you were being so insistent. The guilt washed over you like the way models washed their faces in facial cleansing commercials. “I’m sorry,” you apologised with sincerity. “I shouldn’t have pressured you so much.” Luckily, your best friend was a kind and forgiving type of guy. He brushed it off with a wave of his weak arm while muttering, “I know I know. You must feel outcasted now. I’m sorry about that. Never worry, my sickness will clear in a few days.” “How did you even get sick? I thought the supernatural never succumb to ‘minor illnesses you mortals suffer from’?” You teased, clasping his hand and running your thumb over it calmingly. Seonho was a vampire. A young vampire to be more specific. He was part of the 101, and a vampire who held a high rank and command despite being a juvenile - it scared some elders at times, really. Growing up with him, you had no qualms hanging out with a supernatural. In fact, you enjoyed basking in his presence more than some other humans. He kept you safe, cared for you and always made you feel warm. There were bound to be times when his powers were much more prominent. Like when a couple of families went on a ‘neighbourhood trip’ to the beach and he was the only kid sweating in his hoodie. At the time, he was too young to take potions of any sort, unlike his family who blended in like any other mortal. Regardless, you loved your best friend to death and beyond. Back to the present, you glanced at the clock and groaned when it read 6.26pm, it was nearly time for you to go. “Hey,” Seonho said, forcing a smile and showing off his gleaming fangs. “I guess some of us vampires do get affected but I’m sure this is something more -“ he paused to let out coughs. You quickly brought a glass of warm water sitting on his bedside table to his lips. “Thanks. Don’t worry bestie, I’ll be fine but I have to miss W1’s party, I’m sorry. You go have fun, okay? I’ll make sure my hyungs take good care of you.” Inhaling deeply, you let go of Seonho’s hand and stepped away from his bed. “Oh! By the way, I left your care pack over here.” You gestured to the bag that was packed with a pot of homemade soup, a bunch of cute sticky-notes which you hand wrote cute messages and you could never forget the packs of plasma juice in there. You did attempt to head to The Middleman - a popular blood bank among 101 members - but it was just too nauseating for a mere human, even if you grew up surrounded by vampires. Your ears picked up the sounds of the doorbell and the voice of a few people, mellow and low. “I’ll see you soon, Y/N. That must be Kenta hyung and Sanggyun hyung. My chick costume can wait another year,” Seonho whispered before his eyes fluttered shut. “Rest well. I’ll be back.” 
Takada Kenta and Kim Sanggyun seemed to be cheerful, lively friends of Seonho. You learned were in a subunit of 101 called JBJ, comprising of six members, the seventh was in discussion. “So, Y/N, what’s your costume for tonight?” Sanggyun asked, giving you a once over. He seemed to be dressed as…well, a stereotypical vampire, the kind you would see in movies Completed with a necktie and even dyed hair, your look for the night was inspired by BTS’ V from ‘Boy In Luv’. It was not the most obvious look though. Donghan scoffed teasingly. “Can’t you see. I’m sure it’s BTS Boy In Luv music video concept kind of thing,” he said, fanboy instincts kicking in. Donghan seemed to be rocking a half-face themed costume, there was a part of his face made up to look like muscular tissues. Hyunbin, who was seated in the front seat of the car looked up from his phone sulkily. “Donghan stole my costume idea.” “Yeah, you’re dressed as Joker and Taehyun hyung is Batman, be grateful. Uh, Yongguk is…a cat,” Kenta spoke up. “I guess I’m back to Teentop’s fanboy.” Kim Yongguk rearranged his cat ears hairband, frowning slightly. “Hyung, you never changed.” “Yah, guys, did you hear? Lai Guanlin flew in from Taiwan just for this party. I’m excited to see him again,” Noh Taehyun mentioned, turning the car around a corner and stopping outside a huge house. Correction: a mansion. 101 headquarters were no joke, you gaped in awe of the building that was filling up with guests and bursting with life. “Wanna One, the highest ranked members and pretty much the ones that get our shit together live here,” Hyunbin stated, sipping from a box of plasma fruit juice. “Take care of Y/N, guys. We need to look out for them.” “Lai Guanlin’s back, I’m sure everyone must be rejoicing. I need to get my Supreme hoodie back from him,” Sanggyun piped up, tossing his plasma juice box into the trash can as the seven of you stepped into the driveway. Lai Guanlin? “Oh! Y/N, Guanlin performed Boy In Luv at his high school showcase in Taiwan. He would know your costume for sure.” Yongguk led the way to the main door, pushing it open. You gulped, feeling the beads of sweat already starting to form in eagerness to meet whoever your new friends were talking about, partially the anxiety of entering your first Halloween party without Seonho. 
Lai Guanlin was not someone to blend into the crowd and his own party was no exception. He stuck out from the sea of faces like a model, like a handsome prince among common folk. He was the youngest of the Wanna One clique, however, he was definitely not one you would want to overlook. Guanlin looked menacing, eyes burning with flames deep within but in reality, he was probably one of the nicest vampires to ever live. Also one of the most powerful. It radiated from him, he was surrounded by an aura that made you want to hang your head, it was just too domineering. You tried to smile as you greeted him, just like the JBJ vamps, but they were his friends and you were a complete stranger. Better still, there was no vampire genetics coursing through your veins. Great, you thought anxiously. I stick out like a sore thumb. “Guanlin, please introduce yourself to new guests too,” Jisung instructed in a caring, motherly tone. His costume looked like an official Superman outfit he probably spent an arm and leg on. Guanlin held out a hand for you to shake, showing off his polished fangs and blood-red lips. “Hello, I’m Guanlin.” The deepness of his raspy voice sent shivers down your spine. Despite how scary he seemed, the fire that lined his eyes was one that only aimed to provide warmth on a cold day. You wanted to hold onto his soft palms forever even if they read a temperature much lower than your own - though, you had gotten used to the colder skin after the many years of clinging onto Seonho - and even if his longer, sharper nails did dig into your thin skin a little. Speaking of thin skin, Guanlin’s heightened sense of smell plucked out your scent from the hundreds of different fragrances, meaning he could also identify the sweet blood of yours. It was a real pain to prevent his eyes from glowing lucid red. “Here,” Jihoon hissed, slipping him a packet of plasma fruit. “Control yourself.” Guanlin nodded, although it was hard to take his hyung seriously when Jihoon was dressed in a pink sausage costume. He was the one who decided the duo needed to take their friendship to the next level. Guanlin was unsure as to whether Woojin and Jihoon were strengthening their bond or tearing it apart. “We’ll see you guys around. I think I see Jonghyun hyung over there.” Hyunbin started in the direction of the older boy whom he was very fond of. The rest of his friends began to head the same way, spotting some of their friends. “Hey V,” Guanlin called out just before you followed your group. “I like your costume.” His lips curved into a smirk as he brought the straw of the juice box closer to them. They seemed plush and velvety, almost beckoning for you to kiss them. But under it’s welcoming exterior disguised a set of lethal fangs you knew you needed to watch out for. 
Illuminated jack-o-lanterns lined the edge of the deserted balcony in a more quiet area of the Wanna One mansion. Chirps of crickets filled the silence, it sounded like a melody to you, to keep you in check, to make sure you were not drunk on soda. The whole evening, you had felt like extra baggage accompanying the boys, like an unneeded third-wheel. You introduced yourself to a handful of their friends but it was awkward being one of the only humans in that space. A human with few supernatural connections, unlike the rest. Sure, Kim Chungha and Choi Yoojung did their best to make you feel more welcomed but the fish out of the water feeling stuck to you like glue. So, finding the most believable excuse you could muster, you slipped off to the balcony to enjoy the night view peacefully, sipping ‘eyeball punch’ from your solo cup. Guess tonight really is a solo night. It’s so different without Seonho around. I hope he’s feeling better. Seonho was not the only person who plagued your mind in that moment, a Wanna One vampire by the name of Guanlin also occupied a significant amount of your thoughts. He was just so handsome, so charming, so intriguing. You desired to learn more about the mysterious vampire yet you were too afraid. Oh goodness, cue eye roll at your ridiculous thoughts. You were just sharing drinks with I.O.I vampires and you’re worried about others? Get yourself together, they’re all the same, no one can harm you. Autumn winds brushed by your sensitive skin, the cold cutting through even the fabric of your long sleeved button down. Yes, you were shuddering slightly but it was not enough to blow you back to the party scene. “The moon’s out tonight.” whatagoodconversationstarter A husky voice muttered, it’s owner moving to stand beside you, pressing his hands on the railings. Your heart began to beat faster, pumping more blood around your circulatory system - probably a bad idea around supernatural creatures. However, Guanlin was more in control than you thought, he had an array of powers mastered. “Um, yeah. It is,” your reply was barely audible to human ears but Guanlin heard your words crystal clear.  [ stan CLC you will never regret ] “You’re friends with Yoo Seonho, aren’t you?” He shifted in his spot, still looking up to the pitch black night sky. “Yeah, best friends.” You fought hard to keep your cool, ignoring the redness that filtered to your face and the irregular thumping of your heart. Guanlin let out a chuckle, bringing his cup to his lips for a sip of whatever his choice drink was. “Ahh, his heart is like a reed but we have a blood brother bond.” A smile appeared on your face just thinking about Seonho’s hobby of collecting hyungs. “I heard he’s targeting Hwang Minhyun now. He clings to me in school but right after, I know he’s bugging Minhyun,” you tell Guanlin and the two of you have a good laugh over it. After, a comforting silence fills the gap between both your figures. “Here,” Guanlin says as he shrugs off his suit jacket and drapes it over your shoulders. When you meet his eyes, mouth agape, he flushes pink. “I uh, noticed you were shivering quite a bit.” It was true. You could not tell if your face was coloured from the cold or if it was just you acting up around him. “No! Wouldn’t you be freezing?” You blurt out without giving it much thought. Your words elicit an amused laugh from the supernaturally handsome boy. “You’re so cute you know.” Ah yes, my embarrassment must be pretty freaking adorable. “Don’t worry about me. I thrive in the cold, it’s fine,” Guanlin assured, taking a step closer to you. “What’s your costume anyway?” His outfit was one that posed difficulty to decipher. It looked like he lived in suits, he should, he carried them well. “I’m dressed as Wooseok hyung from Pentagon,” he declared proudly, beaming like a true fanboy. “Why are you out here? The party is downstairs.” “Needed some air. It isn’t easy being one of the few without supernatural traits down there,” you revealed the simple reason. “Oh.” He took a step away from you, exhaling sharply while squeezing his eyes shut. “Sorry then.” “No! I-It’s fine! I’m okay!” You added urgently, a dreadful feeling bubbling in the pit of your stomach. “That’s not what I meant! I-I-“ To your surprise, the vampire just laughed and slipped closer, elbows nearly brushing. “I know, I know. It isn’t easy being around us but if you can put up with Seonho, I’m sure you can deal with me,” he joked, pointing out Seonho’s unquenchable thirst. “Oh come on, give him a break he’s just a child. But, he does finish an entire carton comprising of 24 boxes of plasma fruit juice whenever I’m around.” It was fun teasing your best friend with his blood bonded brother when he was absent. You just prayed he would not find out. Guanlin nearly doubled over in laughter, it was clearly his first time of hearing the extent of Seonho’s habits, they probably came as a shock as one box of plasma fruit juice was enough to keep a vampire full for at least a few hours “I don’t blame him though,” he mused, almost cautiously. You reached to tuck a stray lock of your hair behind your ear, exposing more of your prominent collarbones - again, probably a terrible idea in front of a creature that feasted on the substance flowing under your paper-thin skin. You did not realise Guanlin’s eyes starting to tint red, how he gripped the railing until his knuckles paled, or how he swallowed hard and tried not to allow his gaze to linger on your neck. He cleared his throat and took another swig of his drink. To him, you were a gift delivered right to his doorstep, especially with his jacket on you. You were sweet, funny and accepting, he was really drawn to you, as a person and not just because you had something he depended on for survival. Guanlin’s tongue swiped over his bottom lip, he was sick of plasma fruit juice but he would never drink from his friends. Besides, he liked the colour coordinated straws that blood bags from The Middleman came with. “Oh? Why don’t you?” Your honey-coated voice drew him out of whatever trance he was in. He hummed in response, changing his posture to lean his back against the railing such that your eyes had to lock. The vivid supernatural glow that bore into your eyes caused your breath to catch in your throat. “Because, sweetheart.” Every syllable that fell from his lips made butterflies roar to life inside of you. Sweetheart - such a loving term - was no exception. Additionally, there was no escaping his alluring scrutiny, redness underlying his orbs but you knew he had himself in check. “You,” he paused to draw closer, such that only your ears could hear his whispers. “are absolutely delicious.” With a smug smile tugging at his lips, Guanlin spun away, raising his glass for a toast before slipping back into the room. You were stunned that he left you so abruptly and so flustered, the feeling of his mouth pressed to your earlobes still very fresh. His pointy fangs hardly caressed them but they were very real, and very close to you indeed. It annoyed you that Guanlin had just disappeared like that but unbeknownst to you, if he stayed just a couple of seconds longer, you would have become his next snack. After that ‘incident’, that particular Pentagon fan was on your mind. You also really had to return his suit jacket, the material most likely cost your entire life savings. He wouldn’t have really bit me? Would he? Thoughts like those raced through your mind as you scoured the mansion for Guanlin. There was no way you were leaving the party without knowing if he would. You figured like any other vampire, instinct would probably overpower them and they would dip their fingers to have a taste, a nibble. Rumour has it that he has a lethal pair of fangs, one of the keenest. What if he actually did feed on me? Would it sting like hell? No worries though, if it was you, Guanlin would not hesitate if he got consent. He would bite, but for you, very gently, painless like a minuscule needle prick.
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Sue is Carly’s maid-of-honor and Sean is Darrin’s best man at their wedding.
Author Note: So, I said to myself I wasn’t going to write another Sean and Sue fic…but then my friend @beautifullyflawed25 and I were talking and next thing I knew I had another 2000 words. So, I hope you enjoy this. XOXO-katdvs
When Sue got the call from Carly on the rainy spring day, she had been shocked but also thrilled for her best friend. She gladly accepted the honor of being her maid of honor for her wedding. She was surprised that Carly was going to get married so soon, and she hadn’t talked too much about her boyfriend. Sue knew he was a few years older, he was good to Carly and she loved him. In the end that was all that mattered.
So, when she arrived back in Orson for the summer, ready to help her best friend with the wedding, along with working part-time at the quarry in the office she was surprised to find out that her best friend was marrying her ex-boyfriend Darrin, and that his best man was going to be his best friend Sean.
Sue and Carly worked through the last-minute arrangements for the wedding. Sue helped her to move as much of her stuff into the small house Darrin owned, and had expanded on a little bit. A few nights before the wedding, Sue’s curiosity couldn’t be held in any longer as she and Carly went over the seating chart with Brad.
“So, who is Sean bringing to the wedding?” Sue placed Brad at the table with her parents and Brick.
Brad watched knowing why Sue was fishing for information, but also aware that Carly had no idea of their bestie’s feelings for the future doctor.
Carly thought for a moment, “Um actually I don’t think he has a date. I know Axl is bringing Lexi.” She paused for a moment, “You and Brad are going together, right?”
“Um, yeah, I guess.” Sue went back to the chart surprised Sean didn’t have a date.
Later after Sue and Brad returned to her house he followed her to her room, “This is your chance, you don’t have a date and neither does Sean.”
“Brad, I don’t have a chance with Sean. I just need to let it go.” Sue shrugged as she hung up her maid of honor dress.
“What if you do?”
Sue turned to him, “I’m Axl’s little sister, that’s how Sean has always seen me, that’s how he always will.”
Brad knew he couldn’t boost his friend’s confidence, not on this. They gossiped for a while before he left.
“So,” Sean helped Axl and Darrin carry a long folding table across the lawn of Darrin’s backyard, “Who is Sue bringing to the wedding?”
Axl leaned the table over setting up the legs, “I think she and Brad are going together.”
“Oh” he shoved his hands in his pockets, of course she had a date, she always had a date.
“Who are you bringing?” Axl looked up, motioning for help setting the table right side up.
Sean shrugged as he helped with the table, “Don’t have a date. The girl I like is taken.” He felt his stomach clench, he had to get over her, she was never going to look at him that way. He would always be Axl’s friend, after all she’d already dated Darrin, why would she date his other best friend.
At the rehearsal, Sean couldn’t believe how beautiful Sue looked in her pale floral dress as she walked down the aisle. He felt his heart skip and jump as he wondered who the lucky man that got to marry her was.
Sue could feel the blush spread through her cheeks when she looked to Sean, she was for half a second convinced he was watching her. She was sure she would jump out of her skin when they walked up the aisle, when his hand gently brushed against the small of her back. Did he have any idea what kind of effect he had on her?
For dinner, they gathered for burgers and bowling. Sue and Sean ended up on the same lane with Brad who was paying attention to his friend and her interaction with her long-time crush, and what he saw gave him the hope and confidence he wished she had.
Sean helped Sue aim for a strike, trying to breathe in the moment and remember it for as long as possible.
Sue couldn’t help but love the feel of electricity she felt when Sean was near her. She just wished he could felt it as well.
At the end of the night, Brad was trying to think of a way to get Sean to drive Sue home but before he could put his plan into motion Lexi was dragging Sue outside as they followed behind Axl. Sean was putting the abandoned balls away.
“Hey Brad, this was fun, right?” Sean watched as Brad returned his ball before putting his own shoes back on.
“Yeah, you looked like you were having a lot of fun with Sue.”
“Well, how can you not have fun with Sue.” His cheeks flushed a little and his smile became just a little more honest.
Brad nodded, “Yeah Sue has that effect on people.”
“Brad, could I ask you something?” Sean sat up, his palms sweaty.
“Of course, go for it.”
“How come you’re Sue’s date tomorrow, shouldn’t her boyfriend be her date?”
Brad smiled, “She isn’t seeing someone.”
“Oh, I thought she had a boyfriend.” Hadn’t that been what Axl told him?
Brad stood up, “So yeah Sue is single and you’re single. You should save a dance for her. I’m sure she’d rather dance with you, than with me.”
“You think?”
“Yeah, at least one dance, besides you’re the best man, she’s the maid of honor. It would look good in the wedding album.”
“I know.” Brad smirked, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
The wedding was simple and beautiful, but as Sue listened to her best friend exchange vows she teared up. The union was unexpected to her, but after seeing them together it made sense, more sense than she and Darrin ever made.
As the wedding party moved up the aisle, Sean felt that electric shock whenever she was near. They posed for pictures, his smile more honest when she was near than when she wasn’t.
Throughout dinner Sue and Sean both caught glances at each other, always just missing the other watching.
As the DJ opened the dance floor to other couples, Sean tapped Sue on the shoulder, “Could I have this dance?”
She blushed, “Yeah, of course.”
Sean took her hand, leading her to the dancefloor as a new slow song began to play.
Sue felt his hand on the small of her back as he held her, with one hand holding hers.
“So, what happened to your boyfriend?” The silence between them had been comfortable in a scary way.
“I’ve been single for a while, since like March.” She looked away, afraid he would figure out she liked him.
“Huh” Sean huffed, “I mean I came by in April to see you and Axl answered the door, he said you had a boyfriend.”
She blinked several times, “You came to my apartment in April, why?”
He sighed, he’d opened this pandora’s box so he had to deal with the conseqences. “Yeah, I came to see you. I saw this snowglobe in a store window and it made me think of you.”
“Oh, that’s funny. I found a snowglobe in the hallway trash of my apartment and I don’t know something about it made me think of you.”
“You found it?”
“You threw it out?”
Sean nodded, feeling his stomach flip then flop, “I thought I lost my chance.”
“Lost your chance?” She tried to ignore the flutter in her stomach, the beating of her heart.
“Not that I ever had one.”
“Why would you say that?”
Sean sighed, pulling Sue in just a little closer to him, “I mean you probably could never see me as anything more than Axl’s best friend, like another brother.”
Sue was sure she would wake up at any moment as he held her closer, “See, I kind of thought you would always just see me as Axl’s little sister.”
“Suzy-Q that’s ridiculous, I’ve never thought of you as just Axl’s sister.”
“Oh, well I’ve never really thought of you as just Axl’s friend.”
He couldn’t help but smile, “So, do you think maybe, you could save another dance or two for me tonight?”
“I think so.” She blushed.
Throughout the rest of the night, anytime a slow song played Sue always found her way into Sean’s arms.
“Brad, what is going on with those two?” Lexi questioned as Axl got dragged out onto the dance floor with Frankie.
“I think they’re finally admitting they like each other.” Brad took a sip of his sprite. “Uh oh, I think your boyfriend just caught on.”
Lexi chuckled as she witnessed the expression on Axl’s face as he watched Sean and Sue. “Wait for it, Mrs. Heck is about realize what’s up, and there it is.”
Brad giggled as he saw the shocked expression on Frankie’s face, melt into an aww expression. “Wait for Mrs. Donahue, that will be a good one.”
“You think?”
“Oh yes.” Brad pointed her out, just as she looked up to Sean and Sue, the puzzled look shift to wide eyes, to the moment of clarity.
“Oh, that was good.” Lexi looked around, “So how long before they actually admit to liking each other, or are they going to keep dancing around it for a while?”
Brad watched the way Sue laughed at something Sean said, “I think they’ll be Facebook official in a week, engaged in a year or so, and married not long after we graduate. What do you think?”
“Sounds about right.” Lexi nodded as the song ended, “I better go grab Axl, before he ruins any chance of that happening.”
“Good idea, I think I’m going to ask Mrs. Heck to dance, you know keep her distracted.” Brad followed Lexi as Sean and Sue left the dance floor.
“So, you sticking around for the rest of the summer?” Sue was afraid to look at Sean as they walked around the yard, away from the dance floor and the crowd.
“Yeah, and then school in the fall.” He had his hands in his pockets, “I’m hoping that maybe we could hang out some, just you and me, maybe go to a movie.”
“I’d like that.” She told him.
“Then Monday night, they’ve got that new super hero movie playing.”
Sue stopped turning to him, “I’d like that very much.”
He smiled, reaching up to push a lock of hair behind her ear, feeling her lean into his touch without thought as her hand rose and held his.
She bit the inside of her cheek as they stared into each other’s eyes for a moment as they moved closer, no words spoken out loud before his lips pressed against hers.
Fireworks.
Rockets.
A Grand Slam in the World Series.
The winning miracle Field Goal in the Super Bowl.
None of that could compare to the way her heart was racing. To the way her body came alive the second he kissed her. It had never been like this with anyone else, did he feel it to?
Sean never wanted this moment to end, if he could live in this moment for the rest of his life he would. This was everything he’d heard about, everything he thought was just a myth. Sue’s lips against his was like a jolt that he’d never realized was missing until now.
Slowly they pulled apart, shyly looking around. “That was amazing.” He could smile for the rest of his life on that kiss alone.
“Yeah, it was, unlike anything else in this world.” Sue felt his hand slip around hers.
“I think a new song is starting, may I have this dance?”
“You may.” She gave his hand a gentle squeeze as they moved back to the dance floor, not realizing with each dance, more curious eyes began to fall upon them, including their mothers.
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[A/N] Enjoy all my BTS ‘His’ Series!
 "I suddenly regretted watching this series, it’s so good, it’s consuming me.“ You had nothing to say so you laughed. You set your laptop to two-screen mode, one on a video call with your bestie living three hours away and another on that drama you’ve watched before. The series is too good that you thought, a re-watching wouldn’t hurt. And it’ll be so much more better with your bestie watching it too. "Well, this is the only thing that distracts me from a horrible day at dance class today.” You sighed.
“Why. What happened? How dare you not tell me.” Bestie is getting impatient, but you could see she’s watching the drama, with the lights from her laptop shining on her face. “It’s really nothing. And you should turn on the lights in your room, you’ll hurt your eyes that way.” You told her so she slide her glasses down the bridge of her nose and peered at you through the screen. “It scares me when you do that, stop.” You lashed back at her. “Are you going to tell me or not?!” She roared back. You waved your hands to the camera, laying on your stomach. “You’re missing all the important points, focus, wife.” You scold her. You affectionate calls her wife when you’re mad at her. A lot of people don’t understand this, but you two are so single, you’ve considered to move into one house together or at least be each other neighbors, for the rest of your life.
But being a young adult and penniless, the plan is put on hold, for the mean time.
“It’s just.” You started and she was all ears although her eyes is on the drama. “…He was, fluidly good, and his movements are just, magical. And I don’t think I’ll be able to achieve that kind of talent even if I stay up and practice.” You finally said it. Your bestie paused the video and told you, sternly, to do the same. You start off with a sigh. “So, I came a little late. Like two… twenty minutes late.”
Actually, thirty minutes passed the starting time. And when you entered the entrance, everyone was already drenched in sweat, panting, hair plastered on the side of their face and Jimin, the other dance instructor specializing in modern ballet was smirking on his chair. His classs starts at 6pm, not until three hours later, so he looks good while scrolling down his phone, slouched in his seat and when he hovered his eyes up at you through his phone, he snickered. “You are so~ murdered, today.” He said and left you with no further explanation. Actually, you already expected that. You knew Hoseok can be straight up bitch about things, but you’d probably talk your way into leniency like you always do at your day job.
“Any tips on taming the beast?” You asked, giggly. Jimin passed your shoulders and a whiff of his perfume shot up your nostril, it’s flowery and kind of soothing, and you silently wished he was your dance instructor instead of Hoseok, the beast. “…Good luck; is all I could say to you.” Jimin was younger than you, in fact, so is Hoseok. So there’s no reason to be afraid. You entered a one to one dance studio, passed the room with a see-through glass, where most people are. This one was zumba classes, for those who wants an upbeat and to lose weight while keeping it fit. Your class, is somewhat, lonely, because apparently, as much as Hoseok seems approachable, not a lot of people stayed more than a week, in classes with him.
Why you took this dance class? It was a long-forgotten hobby. Your mother was traditional dancer, with hanbok and all those folded fan and knife dances, poised and slow movement, so you already had the basic footing and dare you brag, the body of a dancer. But as time passes, you didn’t like the fact that people look at you for your body so by the time you turned 15, you decided to fold the talent and melt back into the rest of the community. Be ordinary, you’d say. Your mom didn’t protest as strong as she did before, when you carefully taked her through about why you didn’t want to pursue this professionally.
Because A) Your skills are so-so.
And B) There’s no absolute need to make a hobby a big part of you.
Making money is more important. You learnt that the hard way when you see your mom selling her hanbok to make sure you have enough to pay for dance classes, but of course, you didn’t say this to your mom. “I don’t like guys staring at my body, and girls bully me because of my proportions. Danceing didn’t make me happy anymore.” Were your exact words. So why the sudden change?
Kim. Tae Woo. A.K.A. Kasper.
He’s so good looking, he made panties drops where ever he went. You saw him street dance once and you heard a few audience, fawning over him. But there was also a few that was gawking and mocking that his styles were similar to Hoseok. No, not Shin Hoseok. Jung Joseok from a well-known academy who has stunned everyone with his fluid style dancing and technique (all this you got to know, from an online extensive research). But Kim Taewoo, as a person is unique. He was so kind when you came to the academy he was representing, 1Million Dance Studio. By luck, you get to see him practice, and even though you didn’t have the guts to enter and cheer when he danced, he knew you were watching. When Kasper was done dancing, he made an impressive spin and stopped, then he smiled. He knew he nailed the choreography, and the roars that cam after, proved that.
Then Kasper looked out the glass wall where you stood, drooling. He waved. He walked out with a sweaty face and neck, and you took out a handkerchief. “Thanks…” he said. “You’ve been watching me…a lot.” He added. And you replied, “So are the others.” Your eyes glide to the room fullof people where he came out from. “Nah, they are always there to cheer, it’s a kind of tradition we have here…” He starts to move and with your eye on the handkerchief in his hands, you unknowingly followed him, “Have you decided which class you’d like to enroll in?” He asked, his voice raise a bit. “I um. Already enrolled.” You lied. “Cool, with who, may I ask?” he was so polite.
You tilt your head to the side, seeming uncomfortable with the sudden question. You’re also a bad liar so Kasper thought that you needed an explanation as to why, he needed to know that. “I mean, whoever had the honor to teach the daughter of an amazing dancer, deserve my respect.” Right, he knew you from your mother. His sister is your mother’s student for awhile, and when she’s succeed, she’ll return from overseas to greet your mom whenever she can, and she’ll bring Kasper along too. “Oh I wasn’t enrolled here, no. It’s another dance academy…there’s too many people here.” You let out a nervous chuckle, praying he won’t realize it. “Oh,” was that a disappointment in his voice? “Well, maybe I’ll pay you a visit some time and see your moves.” He took your handkerchief away with him and you extended your arm a little, “My handkerchief…”
Kasper spun to his side, “You didn’t think I’d return this handkerchief with all my sweat, did you?” He winks at you. “It would have been fine with me.” You blurted out. Kasper’s face contorted into a smirk, very childishly, “I’ll wash them and bring them to you when I go visit you later, so don’t forget to invite me to your show.” He clicked his tongue and went off.
And that’s how you end up underneath Hoseok’s nose.
“You call that a dance…?” He started, you close your legs together and fiddled your fingers. “Why are you even here, you don’t even take this lessons seriously.” He added, crossing his arm and circling you as you stood in the middle of the studio, the spotlight on you. “It’s just, I’m used to classical dance with slower steps. That’s why it’s being too boxy.” You defended. “Excuses!” Hoseok yelled, the hoarseness of his voice shuddered you and your hands fall to your side, balling. “Get out.” He pierced his gaze to you. “Get out!” He roared in your face, but you stood firm in place. You feel tears pooling in your eyes and before he said another word, you were grabbing your training bags and out the door. But you couldn’t bring yourself to exit the entrance so you brought your bag back through the hallway and to the toilet.
You twisted the faucet and let the water flow. Then you angrily washed your face.
With your face drenched, you stormed out of the toilet, re-enter the room where Hoseok was. He had his hands above his head, laced together but when you came, he was on-standby mode. You threw your bag to the side, and marched right to him. And you shoved him. Hoseok stumbles back. “You’re trying to make a popper out of me when I’m a fucking traditional dancer. You shout at me and completely disregard my efforts to turn myself into something I’m not. How dare you use me as your punching bag! No wonder no one would last more than a week with you. Your attitude is trash!” You pushed him with your chest, and Hoseok backs away, turning his gaze away from you.
“And how about you? You speak like you’re all perfect. Being veteran doesn’t mean anything here. And a veteran dancer means, you’ve never gave up on dancing, and you did, for seven years! Why after seven years, you decided, to come back? To prove what you once were? For self-confidence? Self re-assurance? Or. To impress a guy? To feel better?” Hoseok noticed you winced at the part where he said 'a guy’. He caught that, and he pursued it. “I was right…aren’t I? There’s a guy in the story.” You spun away from him, too angry to face him, too frustrated.
Or too afraid?
“Dancing is not to impress. Dancing is using yourself to embody an emotion, to lose yourself in spite of your strong core values, dancing is to make the music use you, not to make an impression to a pathetic guy!” Hoseok circled you once more. “If impressing a guy is all you’re interested in, then I feel sorry for you.”
“Don’t pity me!” You wanted to say, but your tongue froze. Those words sounded so familiar. They are the repetition of something from someone. No, those words read so familiar. Shortly after a dance show, you received a note, on a chocolate bar in your bag pack. It wrote, scraggly, “I heard you don’t want to dance anymore because some guy is moving away and won’t be able to watch you dance. If impressing a guy is all you’re interested in, then I feel sorry for you.” You leave the note in the trash can and ate the chocolate, that following night, you told your mother you wanted to stop dancing.
Hoseok’s voice echoed through your head and as you regained your memory, you pointed your finger at him, storming, “You! I noticed you! How dare you! When I was a dancer, you were nothing. And dare you raise your voice to me! Fuck you!” You ended the argument with the door behind you slammed. And you head home. Put your bestie on video call, and calmed down.
The bullet throttles through the barriers of the sea, as the criminals try to shoot the hero down. He was swimming in the river, underneath a hanging bridge made of steel, trying to grab his little brother’s hand. Failing to do so, he dip his entire body into the river, and by force of nature, those bullets missed him. A minute later, he heard a bomb and although deafened by the water surrounding him, hasn’t given up to rescue his brother, convulsing due to lack of oxygen. He was drowning.
Doorbell snaps you back into reality. But the vibration from your phone at the side of your laptop finally peeled your eyes from the screen. “Help me get the pizza, money’s on the dining table,  I’m pooping.” Your housemate surely has no sense of filter when it comes to this things. You blasted the front door open to see a young men in red cap. “How much?” You asked, shoving your hands in your back pocket, “Forty-six.” He answered and from that voice you look up. He was using his normal voice, and is slightly flirtatious for your own liking.
“Jung Hoseok?” You were surprised.
“Fuck.” He muttered under his breath. “You do deliveries too?” You shrieked and smiled.
“Why the pose?” You asked, questioning him. He was flipping his hair, and unzipping his delivery jacket for some reason. Hoseok lowered his cap to cover his eyes. “Forty-six, please.” He repeated. You swatted the beak of his cap away and sent it flying to the steps with a lingering smile. Hoseok see it flew and held curses in his tongue. “So it is you.” You peered up at him. “The hotshot motherfucker with a big mouth and no insurance. What’s good?” You asked, naughty smile on your lips.
“The requests that came along with the delivery is to: present the pizza sexually. So that’s what I did, now give me my forty-six so I could go.” Hoseok held his palm upwards. “But I don’t want you to go, I want to have fun with you, teacher…” You played with the flaps of his jacket as he back away. “Forget the forty-six.” He said leaving the pizza on the post box, trying to escape. He went off to his motorcycle and searched his pockets. You licked your bottom lip, and dangled the key in your fingers. “You’re so easily distracted though.” You grinned. “Please give me my keys, I’m gonna get fired.” He half-begged. You threw it behind your shoulders and it slide way deep into your house.
“Opps.” You puffed your cheeks.
“Just murder me already.” Hoseok groans. “What’s the most expensive dance teacher doing as a pizza delivery guy?” You dared to ask.
“You should have guessed it, when your students run away from you, you don’t earn much.” His shoulders rise and fall. “Besides, you are way to stiff to be a popper. You are fulid enough to execute most of the moves, I was making you suffer because I don’t want you to do this.” Hoseok said it. “Why not?” You crossed your arm. Hoseok walked over to your pavements and pick his cap up from the ground before putting it backwards, making him look more his age.
“Because your body aren’t made for popping. You’re made for classical dance. Don’t lose yourself, trying to be what someone else want you to be.” He said, casually. Although he said them in a way that’s more of a shrug than motivating, it stung you. Hard. “Your body is used to elegant movements, captivating in your own way… not for harsh moves. Your techniques is far more different. I can’t teach you that, I can’t teach you something I’m good at, knowing that you’re better at something else.” Hoseok said.
You paid him and never went to his classes anymore. You went back to your mother, and you performed with her. Not only that, you were given your solo stage because of the prestige your mother had and you executed the steps more beautiful than you ever did, in popping. The spotlight was on you, after a very long time. When you lift your majestic sword dance, the audience were at awe. Then the fan dance, where you spun elegantly to the floor, your expression was emotionally attached to the dance you almost forgot.
Your tears dropped to your cheek as you finish the routine, receiving a standing ovation to the enormous crows in the dance hall. Your mother was inconsolable, and all she did was clap, enthusiastically. Two young men stood up. Kasper and Hoseok both came. Kasper approached you first as you descend from the stage, Hoseok was watching in suits by the entrance. Kasper gushes at how you looked good and honestly, you kept glancing to Hoseok by the door sill, worried that he might not be there. Kasper said a number of things, but you weren’t focused at all. In your white hanbok, and your hair tied up in a tight bun, you looked at Kasper as he took out the handkerchief you gave him.
“I know you want this back. So here. I hope we can be more than friends.” Kasper said.
But it didn’t feel right, you stared and found yourself, confused. “This is all I ever wanted, all I ever thought I’d be, but the way you said it didn’t bring me butterflies like I thought it will…I.” You choked, glancing over Kasper’s shoulder, you watched Hoseok starts to move away, and never in your life did you want to end a conversation as quick as you can. “I’m sorry…” you gaze from Kasper’s hand holding yours to his dark brown eyes, he was as confused as you were, “I waited too long for you. Years. But I realized that you could have me back then but you’re more interested to me keep as an option.” Kasper’s expression changed. “But I really like you,” he said.
“No.It wasn’t liking…” you laughed slightly, but dryly, “It was pity…yes Kasper. You pitied me. You know what, we can talk about this more later but I have major things to attend to right now, so…” you rushed away before Kasper could anything in return and watched you dashed out of the hall and went after you.
“Jung Hoseok.” You called, urgently.
He turned around. You lift your dress and marched to him, pull him down by his tie and hook your fingers around his belt loop to feel his hip and lips at the same time. You were impatient, and for all the good reasons as well, because these few days of watching Hoseok train on his own in private, without him knowing, had finally taken it’s toll. But you could blame it all on Jimin and his convincing smile, “You know he’s only like that to you… bt when you’re not around or if you come a little late from usual, he’s all: 'Why is she not coming, had she call in sick, I wonder if something bad happen…yah Jimin-ah, you call her and ask,’ is all he’d be whining about.” Jimin crinkled his nose.
Hoseok had his eyes wide open to the sudden attack and when he glanced over your shoulder as you were kissing him, he saw Kasper and he felt triumph. He fluttered his eyes close and kissed you properly, by lifting you up by the waist.
“How did you know?” Hoseok asked you. You don’t want to embarrass him by telling him that Jimin exposed him, so all you said was, “I had a feeling. By your moves.”
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