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dulcectdecorum · 2 years
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mid morning, a few days post tower, a nice balcony at the back of the manor ( @theshcdowman​​. )
With the manor at least temporarily less than ideal as a safe, neutral meeting point with his brother, Dulce has been fretting over options of the best course of action regarding his brother and the target on his back since everyone (relatively) settled in his home after the Tower. The issue with that, besides being utterly stretched thin between playing house dad to four guests, making certain they’re safe and fed, but also not breaking anything in his home, and keeping the man-slash-robot who shot him twice under his control at all times until Dr. Green can come and figure out how the fuck to deprogram him or something, he doesn’t have a lot of brainpower for critical thinking. 
He’s exhausted, which is why, in the end, as it feels like time is growing thin to take care of this before Preston and his mysterious benefactor send someone after Claudius who will actually kill him, he settles on risking the meeting at the manor, and sucking it up to face White and her displeasure head on, should she find out he’s around and call him into a meeting before he can leave again.
And so they plan the meeting, knowing it’s best if Claudius comes separately, to continue keeping whoever might be watching off the trail that they’re not going to follow through on the list of names for the Shadow Man to kill he’s been given. He arrives early, of course, wanting to make certain they can have privacy––or as much privacy as is possible in a mansion full of eavesdroppers––and tea, knowing how deeply unpleasant Claudius is going to be able having to come here, a place he swore he’d never set foot in, after what it made their father into.
Dulce is already out on the balcony, tea and a very generous assortment of baked goods waiting for Claudius and Shadow thanks to Jay, when he turns to see the very same leading his brother out to him. He gives them a thank you, before stepping forward to meet Claudius. But, of course, the bastard doesn’t even offer a hello in greeting, launching into his complaints immediately, as he steps out onto the balcony.
“You know you owe me. Forcing me to stay with Mum for a week straight, and then asking me to come here. Really, Tiberius, if I didn’t know any better I’d think you were trying to send me to an early grave,” he hums, as he goes to sit at the table, clearly not impressed in the least with any of this.
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“Oh, I am,” he says blandly, rolling his eyes. “But I have a strong feeling what I’m trying to do for you in that regard is going to cancel that out. Eat a piece of coffee cake, it’ll calm you down. I don’t want you acting an arsehole when Shadow gets here; I happen to like having him around, and I’d rather you not make him regret choosing to spend his time with me.”
Claudius doesn’t look up as he pours himself a cup of tea. “I don’t like coffee cake. Too sweet,” he corrects. “What a way to meet your first boyfriend in fifteen years.”
“Then eat a bloody scone, Claudius,” Dulce hisses. He’s about to go on, object to the fifteen years part, and to remind Claudius this is serious, even if he knows full well his brother will stop with the theatrics once they get down to business, when the door opens again, and he looks up to see Shadow. He heaves a sigh of relief, and crosses to him. “Speak of the devil.”
He doesn’t bother tempering the need for touch here, even if he knows Claudius will, indeed, be a littler brother about it. But he needs the brief moment of contact, pressing a kiss to Shadow’s cheek, giving a small embrace. “I apologize in advanced for him. Our family has never been good at first impressions,” he mutters, as he pulls back, hands staying on his upper arms just for a second. He can practically hear the eye roll behind him. “Thank you, for doing this now. I know it’s still not a good time for any of us.”
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velvetcloxds · 3 years
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MEET THE MIKAELSONS| D.H.
Pairing: Derek x Fem! Reader, Teen Wolf x The Originals (requested) 
Word count: 1962 words
Warning: none, just fluff
Summary: Reader takes her friends and her boyfriend, Derek to visit her family home where they find out that she’s related to the infamous Mikaelson vampires.
“Just don’t touch anything,” I command calmly, Stiles pausing mid air as his hand hovers over one of Klaus’s paintings and everyone allows for a soft laugh, Derek kissing the side of my head as his hand remains inside my back pocket.
“This place is beautiful,” Lydia notes, looking around slowly as her eyes move over the various features of the compound.
“Yeah,” I say with a shrug, walking deeper into the compound as I mimic her actions, mentally comparing the way it looks to the pictures Rebekah sent me with her letters and I can’t help but smile when my eyes settle on the Mikaelson crest, fingers reaching out mindlessly as I trace the carved wall numbly.
“What does it stand for?” Derek asks, moving behind me where he wraps his hands around my waist, face resting on my shoulder. My smile grows due to the gesture, free hand finding one of his.
“Mikaelson,” I note softly, memories of our family suddenly speeding through my mind like a slideshow, things I’d told myself I’d forgotten completely proving to be embedded into my brain.
“Like the ancient vampire family?” Scott asks, having disappeared to the bathroom for a minute as soon as we got here.
“More vampires?” Stiles asks from behind me, and I nod.
“Yeah, they’re the first of their kind,” I explain, though my attention is far from this conversation, a feeling similar to the one I felt when I explained this to Derek, him being the only one knowing not only who I truly am and where I come from, but whom I was running from. “The Originals,” I add, and Derek gives me a slight squeeze, turning me around in his arms, probably picking up on my dazed state.
“Cool,” Is all Stiles offers as a reply, taking Lydia’s hand as Scott follows them to explore more of the house.
“You okay?” He whispers, leaning towards me. I nod in his hold, hands moving to his arms.
“Just a little weird being here, I guess.” I look up to him, smiling slightly when our eyes meet. “I thought that when I finally got to see this place in all its glory, they’d be here with me, waiting maybe,” Derek nods with understanding, smiling sympathetically.
“I’m sorry, sweetheart,” He loosens his grip, leaning back to get a better look at me. “We can leave if you’re not comfortable,” He offers sweetly and I shake my head with a smile, kissing his lips quickly.
“No,” I tell him though I can’t hide the slight rise in my tone, his brows furrowing as a result. “We need to let things cool down in Beacon Hills and no one will bother us here,” I pause, sighing softly as I move my hands over his bare arms. “Besides, there’s a literal coffin around here somewhere with my name on it.”
“Wait really?” Derek asks intrigued as he looks around the room pointlessly. I nod, not fighting against the smile on my lips.
“Yeah, a dagger too, but I doubt we’ll find that just laying around,” I pull away from him briefly, taking his hand in mine as I guide him towards the hallway by the staircase where Stiles’ is excitedly gesturing towards the wall.
“It’s her!” He announces loudly, eyes moving over the painting that Klaus painted of our family, and I subconsciously tighten my grip on Derek’s hand, his thumb moving up and down against my skin to soothe me.
“It’s not her,” Lydia argues with a roll of her eyes, arms folded as Scott simply watches the scene unfold. “It’s far more likely to be a relative that looks remarkably a lot like her,” She reasons and Derek bites back a grin at my side.
“She’s a vampire, right?” Stiles ask, looking to me for conformation and I nod, seeing no need for the question as he literally walked in on me sipping from a blood bag a few months ago. “And she’s been annoyingly vague about her family and her history, right?” He asks, question directed at Scott and Lydia this time, they both nod. “And she brought us to her family home, which has paintings of the Mikaelson family which Scott saw in the bestiary, where he also read that the Mikaelson family also have a long-lost hybrid sister who hasn’t been spotted in years…” Stiles nods eagerly as he waits for the pieces to fall together, Scott and Lydia looking to me as it does.
“Are you a Mikaelson?” Scott asks, hands in his pockets as he shifts on his feet, I release a shaky breath before offering a mere nod as reply, Stiles almost jumping up and down with the conformation of him being correct.
“Holy shit,” Stiles begins and turns to me, eyes sparkling with excitement. “That is so cool, like literally the coolest thing you’ve ever told us about yourself,” He informs me, and Derek shakes his head at my side, glaring at the boy as he continues to grow more excited.
“Why didn’t you tell us?” Scott asks hesitantly, ignoring Stiles who is fiddling with his jacket sleeves as he takes a closer look at my specific painting. “Didn’t you trust us?” He adds as well, and I shake my head quickly.
“Of course I trust you,” I begin, and Derek squeezes my hand again, reminding me to breathe as I think of the best way to explain this. “I wanted to tell you all, truly I did, but our family has enemies around every corner, and I didn’t want to bring you guys into that,” I look over all of them quickly before turning to meet Derek’s gaze. “I love you all too much to create unnecessary collateral damage.“
“So why tell us now?” Lydia questions with a raised brow and I notice the added heartbeats filling the room behind us before I could fathom a reply, the gushing wind of their entrance still swirling around us.
“Because you’re in need of our assistance,” A familiar voice explains, and I close my eyes for a second in preparation before turning to face my older brother.
“Elijah,” I whisper in acknowledgement, the words barely leaving my lips before he’s picking me up into his arms, twirling me around in a welcoming hug that causes a childlike giggle to erupt from my lips. “I’ve missed you too,” I confirm, hands on his shoulders as he sets my feet back on the ground and I take a moment to center myself. “And you,” I say when my eyes meet with Rebekah’s, happy tears tugging at her eyes and I release myself from Elijah’s presence to pull her into my arms, her arms folding around my neck as she holds me close.
“It has been far too long, Y/n ,” She whispers, laughing lightly through her tears. She squeezes me tightly before pulling away, hands moving to comb back the hair that’s been ruffled through our hug and her hands still on my cheeks as she takes me in. “My little sister, even more beautiful than I remember,” She notes, which earns a scoff from both my lips and Elijah’s.
“I look exactly the same, Bekah and you know it,” I muse, taking the handkerchief from Elijah’s hands to hold it out for Rebekah . “Though, I’d never turn down the compliment from the beauty of the family.”
“Oh, I take great offense by your insinuation, love, ” Klaus announces, and everyone turns to the entrance, where he leans against the wall, watching the interaction. “Welcome home, Y/n,” He notes with a large smile, and I know as far as greeting go, that’s quite the scene from the hybrid.
“Thank you, Niklaus,” I offer in the same and my cheeks practically hurt form the pure excitement rushing through me at seeing them all again, the nerves and discomfort from earlier slipping away almost completely, until Klaus’ eyes meet Derek’s and suddenly reality sinks back in. I take a few steps back, smiling up at Derek before rejoining our hands, my other hand snaking around his upper arm to keep him close. “I should introduce everyone,” I note with a nervous smile and Derek simply nods reassuringly.
“I’d begin with the creature you’re so eagerly latching onto,” Klaus announces, happy tone from earlier replaced with the all so familiar big brother voice.
“Play nice, Niklaus,” Elijah instructs, accepting my grateful smile before silently commanding me to continue.
“This is my boyfriend, Derek,” I begin, looking up at the man as he extends a hand towards Elijah inducing the longest handshake I’ve ever had to endure until Rebekah clears her throat, the two men pulling away from each other. “Then there’s Lydia, Stiles and Scott,” I add, releasing a small huff of air as I gesture to each of them individually.
“It’s good to meet all of,” Rebekah speaks up, catching my gaze with a warm smile before she looks to my guests. “We’re the Mikaelsons,” She explains, and I nod lightly. “Elijah, Klaus and I’m Y/n’s personal favorite, Rebekah,” She declares simply, mimicking my gesture until everyone has extended an acknowledging nod.
“We should talk business,” Klaus commands suddenly, standing from his leaning position to walk towards us. “You bunch are here for a reason, aren’t you?” He muses with a slight wink my way and I roll my eyes at the remark, knowing that only he would take this opportunity to take a jab at my decision to leave them.
“Don’t start, Niklaus,” Elijah offers with a tight tone and I would’ve laughed if the room wasn’t so tense, a sense of familiarity filling me at the little group dynamic that’s remained the same through all these years.
“I’m not starting anything, Elijah,” Klaus replies, hurriedly pulling his leather jacket straight. “I’m simply trying to remind our dear sister that she is here on what she called a family favor and that we wouldn’t want to waste her precious time,” I’m too late to stop the soft laugh that escapes my lips, Klaus turning towards be in slight shock.
"Honestly Klaus, it has been centuries and you're telling me that no one has yet to remove that stick from your ass?” I mock and Elijah steps forward, fully prepared to stop the interaction when a smile traces the hybrids lips.
“Little sister,” He muses and then shakes his head, pointing at me. “You have booked yourself a long dinner,” He announces and pats Elijah on the shoulder to invite him to leave the room with him. Elijah spares me a brief smile before following.
“That went better than expected,” Rebekah notes and I smile at her, nodding with relief as Klaus and Elijah begin discussing the diner plans on their climb up the stairs. “Why don’t I show you three your rooms,” she says and motions for Scott, Stiles and Lydia to follow them, pausing to give me a quick kiss on the cheek before leading them away as well. I turn to Derek with a smile, his eyes already waiting for mine as I do.
“You did good, sweetheart,” he tells me, making my heart swell as I lean into him. “I’m very proud of you,” He adds, and I feel a blush creeps onto my cheeks.
“I couldn’t have done it without you at my side,” I say simply, resting my chin against his chest as I look up at him. He hums lightly, shaking his head as he lifts his free hand to gently push the hair behind my ear.
“You definitely could have,” He muses and gently kisses my forehead, sending a welcome rush of pure bliss through my veins, I smile as he lingers close. “My brave girl.”
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heliads · 3 years
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Based on this request: “thomas x reader and one of the other people are being rude and they slap her and they get all worked up and mad? (maybe the person is making fun of her because she got attacked by a griever (she’s a runner) and minho had to help, but minho also stands up for her)”
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You’ve been running in the Maze for maybe an hour, maybe more. It’s not long enough. It’s funny how every morning, you wake up and manage to convince yourself that being a Runner is easier than you think, that you’ll be able to keep moving endlessly and never have a problem with it. You seem to forget how hard your job is overnight, but you’re reminded of it every single morning. To be honest, you’re not sure what you expected when you signed up to be a Runner in the first place, but the constant exhaustion is just one of the side effects.
That being said, you wouldn’t trade this job for anything. A slight grin appears on your face as you look around you, tilting your head up to feel the breeze whipping around the corners of the Maze. Your mind is turning, thinking of ways to remember every hall and corridor that you cross. Beside you, your running partner turns to you, eyebrows raised over your apparent delight. This causes Minho’s attention to be focused solely on you, which is why he doesn’t notice your boyfriend, Thomas, appearing down a nearby corridor.
Your eyes widen imperceptibly. Thomas isn’t supposed to be here, not at all. You joined the ranks of the Runners a long time ago, way before Thomas even showed up here and wanted to risk his neck with the rest of you. That meant that he would be a part of a different pair of runners, one that wasn’t you and Minho, and that he would be assigned a completely different part of the Maze to run for today. Ever since the Gladers discovered that different sectors of the Maze opened at different times, they carefully divided each sector into runnable routes that were parceled out to the various pairs of Runners. Basically, all of this means that you shouldn’t once see Thomas during the entirety of your daily run, yet here he is now.
You think you know why he’s here, though. Your theory is proven when Thomas stumbles to a halt mid-step after realizing that Minho is seconds away from discovering you, and quickly stumbles behind a wall of the Maze for cover. When he peeks out again, he’s got a smirk on his face that tells you that the added danger of getting caught is only making him more willing to risk discovery.
Why is he here, then? Well, it’s probably because you’re dating Thomas, or at least you have in secret. Once you showed up to the Glade and became the first girl to add to their numbers, Alby set in motion a rule that none of the boys could even come near you. They could be friends all they wanted, but the second they looked at you with a desire for something more, they’d be thrown in the Slammer before they could say ‘I escaped the friend zone’. 
You’ve been perfectly fine with this rule. There are enough gaping boys in the Glade that make you more than alright that Alby gives any flirting slintheads a death glare. However, when Thomas showed up, you just couldn’t stick to the plan. He was kind to you, and it seemed like he was the first one to truly listen to you for a very long time. When you spoke about anything, when you even so much as sat next to him, Thomas would look at you with this soft smile that made you want to reach over and kiss him right then and there.
You’d been afraid to do something, at first. What if you misread something and suddenly it was you crossing his boundaries as opposed to any one of the Gladers with you? Then, one night at the Bonfire, Thomas had been walking you back to the Homestead when he’d turned to you with this look in your eyes, one that made you shiver slightly despite the heat of the dark hour. He’d asked if he could kiss you, voice low and rumbling in the shadows, and you’d barely been able to nod your head yes from the thrill of it.
Ever since then, you’ve been happy enough to consider him your boyfriend. The problem is that Thomas still technically isn’t supposed to be seeing you, and the only way you can kiss him is if the two of you sneak out to the Deadheads or find time when nobody is around to reach over and wrap your arms around him. These come with an unsurprising rarity, as the Glade is practically overrun with shanks with little to no concept of personal space and privacy, so you have to make do with what you have.
This means that on days like today, when Thomas had been held back from seeing you even into the late hours of the night, he’s willing to stretch some rules and come find you himself. So, you turn to a still unsuspecting Minho, and gesture for him to go forward without you. “Tell you what, I’m going to fix my shoe. I think there’s something in it.” Minho starts to say something about how he’ll wait for you, but you hurriedly wave his concerns away. “I’ll be fine, don’t worry about me. You go ahead and I’ll catch up.”
Minho hesitates one last moment then shrugs, turning to keep running. You watch him go, afraid to make the slightest of motions towards the general area behind you where you spotted Thomas, lest your running partner suspect something and come back to you. Minho’s just disappeared around a corner when a pair of hands descend on your hips, spinning around to come face to face with Thomas, who’s wearing a particularly proud grin at the look of surprise on your face.
You reach forward to smack his arm. “Slinthead. I thought a Griever was sneaking up behind me.” Thomas just laughs. “I don’t think Grievers look this good.” You try to hold back a laugh of your own. “Good to know that your pride hasn’t been hurt by you bending the rules all the time. We could get caught, you know.” Thomas just lifts a shoulder in dismissal. “I’m dating the prettiest girl in the Glade. I’d say that’s worth going behind Alby’s back.”
You fight to keep heat from rising to your cheeks. “The prettiest girl in the Glade? Thomas, I’m the only girl in the Glade.” Thomas smirks. “Doesn’t mean it’s not true. Just accept the compliment, Y/N.” You open your mouth to protest, but you’re effectively silenced when Thomas leans forward to kiss you. Suddenly, all of your complaints are evaporating into the hot air of the Maze.
You allow yourself a few minutes of this before you reluctantly bid Thomas farewell. Despite being able to throw Minho off your tail for a little while, you can only ‘fix your shoe’ for so long before the boy starts to suspect something. When Thomas finally lets you go with a goodbye kiss and you jog down the labyrinthine corridors in search of your running partner, you do so with a smile. How’d you get this lucky?
You find Minho after a little while, who offers up a few joking criticisms about how long it takes you to tie your shoes. You bear these with a smile, knowing that your real reason for being late is something that far outweighs any of Minho’s sarcastic comments. The two of you run for a little longer before heading further into the center of the Maze. It is only there, once you’re as far away from the Glade as you could possibly be, that you realize that something is wrong. It feels as if you’re suddenly not alone, that you and Minho aren’t the only ones lurking in these corridors.
Seconds later, something heavy comes to an abrupt stop in front of you. You and Minho rear back in identical shock, staring at the Griever, the one that’s just jumped down from the walls of the Maze to land a few feet ahead of you. You gaze at it unthinkingly, unable to move a muscle despite all of your body screaming for you to run. “How is it here? I thought Grievers weren’t supposed to come out during the day!”
Minho gulps beside you. “They’re not, but this one’s here anyway. Run!” That’s all the incentive you need for your legs to start working again, and the two of you turn and sprint in unison. Your feet are pounding down the ground, your body focused on the sole goal of surviving. You thought you were tired before, but all of that exhaustion is gone now, replaced by an intense adrenaline rush that leaves you feeling as if you’ve got all the energy in the world.
You race around corners and down straightaways, your breath coming hard in your chest. Despite the fact that you’re running as fast as you can, you almost get the feeling that the Griever is toying with you, not going after you with as much force as it could truly muster. Indeed, once you’re almost to the final corridors separating you and the Glade, it seems to draw back, disappearing into the halls of the Maze once more.
You turn to Minho, gasping for breath after your abrupt sprint. “What was that about? Why did it stop?” Minho shrugs, hands on his knees for any kind of support. “I don’t know. Maybe it wanted to stop us from going too far. Maybe we were going to see something that it didn’t want us to see. All I know is that I’m pretty shucking happy that we’re still alive.” You manage to limp over to him, slapping him on the back. “You can say that again. Let’s go tell Alby that we’re the two unluckiest shanks in the Glade to stumble upon a Griever in the middle of the day.”
Alby is, unsurprisingly, stunned by this news. This contradicts everything you’ve thought of the Grievers and the Maze before today. No matter how strange your living situation in the Maze is, the rules have never changed- Grievers come out during the night, and the night only. No one has any idea what to think now that this has changed, and to be honest, no one really wants to think about what happened. In the end, Alby decides that there’s nothing you can do about it except tell everybody to be careful.
As a result of this, you see a lot of somber faces around the Glade that afternoon. Everyone’s clustered into tight groups, talking in hushed voices about obviously critical topics that no doubt revolve around your little Griever incident. When Thomas comes back from his run in the Maze, you see his face fall in an instant when he hears what happened. He starts to come your way, expression twisted with concern, but you shake your head once. Technically, you’re not supposed to know Thomas that well at all. Let Newt handle him- despite everything, you still can’t blow your cover and reveal to everyone that you’re dating.
Still, the anxious mood persists around the Gladers. Gally eventually gives in and asks Alby for a Bonfire Night, which the older boy approves. This is basically just an excuse to light things on fire and pass around Gally’s suspicious brew, but everyone’s so keyed up over what just happened that Alby decides everyone needs a night to have fun. Once the glasses of amber liquid start getting passed around, though, you begin to think that it might not have been such a good idea after all.
Once fear mixes with Gally’s concoction, people start getting louder, their friendly punches in the fighting ring less charming and more antagonistic. You decide to leave early, already tired of the signs pointing to the fact that this night will not be going well. However, you’re barely taken a few steps away from your seat before one of the more drunk Builders stops you in your tracks.
“Where are you going, Y/N? Running away again?” You raise an eyebrow. “Excuse me?” The Builder scoffs. “We all know what happened with the Griever. You saw it and ran away. Big bunch of nothing for someone who’s supposed to be one of the bravest Runners we’ve got.” You fold your arms over your chest incredulously. “Then feel free to take my job. I’m sure all of your experience stacking bricks will help you deal with a monster as tall as a house.”
The Builder’s smug smile drops. “Are you calling me a coward?” You snort. “I’m calling you weak. Get out of my way, I don’t want to deal with you tonight.” You move to walk past him, but the Builder just shifts to block your way again. “Like shuck. You don’t get to call me weak.” You stare back at him, feeling anger starting to rise up in your chest. “And you don’t get to call me a coward. You wouldn’t know bravery if it hit you over the head.”
This is probably a bad idea, you know that. This thought is proven correct when the Builder’s hand moves in a blur across your field of vision, and seconds later, your hand is coming away from your nose. There’s a streak of red across your fingers that tells you that he’s hit you hard, harder than he should have for what was supposed to be a friendly bonfire night.
Already, there are outraged shouts coming from around you, Gladers already starting to come to your defense. The loudest one, though, is from the boy who’s already by your side. Somehow, you’re not surprised that Thomas is already here. He probably would have punched the guy already, were it not for the fact that Minho and Newt both are holding him back. “Don’t you dare hit her. Don’t you dare.”
The Builder chuckles, although you can tell that he’s afraid. “What are you going to do? Hit me? We’ll just be together in the Slammer.” Thomas stops fighting against Minho and Newt, fixing the Builder with a death glare that makes the boy flinch. “You wish. Were it not for the fact that I actually give a damn about what’s supposed to happen around here, you’d be on the ground, trust me.”
The Builder raises an eyebrow, trying to add to his tough-guy demeanor in the hopes that it’ll cover up for the fact that he’s slowly trying to back away. “What do you care about what I do? This doesn’t concern you.” Thomas takes a step forward, and the Builder practically shrinks back. “Actually, it does. Y/N’s braver than you could ever dream of being. Do you know what it’s like to come face to face with a Griever? The fact that she’s not dead should tell you something about how tough she is. And yes, this does concern me, because she’s my girlfriend.”
Silence falls around the Bonfire at Thomas’ words. He glances over at you now, realizing what he’s said. “Surprise.” You laugh in spite of yourself. “Well, it was going to come out eventually.” You reach over, slinging your arm around his shoulder. “Come on, let’s let Alby deal with this slinthead. We’ve got better things to do.” Thomas allows himself a grin, moving away with you. “That we do.”
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ficsforeren · 2 years
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OKAY I FINISHED THE SECRETS BETWEEN US ON SUNDAY AND I HAVE SO MUCH I WANNA SAY
I KINDA REGRET NOT WAITING UNTIL TLS WAS OVER BECAUSE THE FLUFF IN THIS FIC WOULD’VE BEEN THE THERAPY I NEEDED
FIRST LET ME SHOW YOU MY MESSAGES WITH SANDRA BECAUSE SHE TRULY IS YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN FOR THIS FIC
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My apologies for flooding everyones dash with my ask, your followers probably hate me lmao.I bet everyone sees my long comments and asks and they’re just like “why is she this invested in a fan fic?”🤨 LOL
Also I was doing an essay while binging so I didn’t leave many comments while I was reading it, and you know I like leaving you my every thought in detail. I’m gonna skim each chapter again so I can tell you most of what I loved, I’ll try keeping it short though.
Lowkey kinda scared to tell Sandra this but I still love rockstar Eren more (It’s for personal reason, I’ve told both of you already, I’m just so attached to him) BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN I DONT LOVE EREN IN THIS FIC, HE IS ADORABLE I JUST LOVE HIM DIFFERENTLY
He is absolutely precious in this fic, I’m not gonna lie, i couldn't stop imagining him as the end of s3 Eren or Eren in the sunset scene in s4. That mid length hair was just so cute on him, and he’s so precious in this fic so it just felt fitting, but also I could see him with the man bun as the pretty knight in shining armour y’know?
I have so many favourite scenes in this story, I just loved the way he loved her despite knowing they couldn’t be in love, the forbidden love trope is one of my favourites. The way he longs for her and he gets so excited to see her is just the purest thing ever.
He’s such a delicate lover boy, oh my god, my heart was exploding throughout the whole thing. I feel like there’s so many moments I loved and I won’t remember to point them all out but I’ll tell you one I really liked, it honestly wasn’t that important, it was the moment they shared at the pond in the waterlilies chapter was one of my favourites. I feel like I could perfectly imagine him in that scene when you said you could practically see his tail wagging behind him. You know that moment you’re talking to someone and catch their interest in a conversation or they become passionate about something while speaking or and for a split second it’s like their eyes glow when they look at you? That’s how I imagined him when he got to ask his princess a question, it was just such a pure reaction. It was even cuter that he simply chose to ask about her favourite flower of all things. When he said “thank you for being my waterlily” my heart felt so warm, the symbolism behind the flower was so beautiful, but it was such a sweet way for him to tell her what she meant to him, implying that she’s his peace and enlightenment as you described the flower. Such a beautiful moment.
Also the part after she explained that it was unladylike to laugh which is why she would hide it and his response was “Such a shame.” I think I would die if someone expressed being sad that I covered my laugh. Then when he complimented her. “I like the way you laugh. The way you sound when you do…” His eyes slowly drifted to your lips. “The way your lips curve when you smile…” His eyes glazed as his voice turned into a whisper. “You’re beautiful.” Oof the way he pointed out the little details about the sound and the curve of her lips, I was melting, and the “If I keep it a secret between us, will you agree to laugh without hiding it when you’re with me?”UGH this baby, god I love him so much, it’s the little things that get me every time Kana.
I love how levi and Petra were like her parental figures in this. I wasn’t expecting Levi to be as laid back as he was, but I loved that he had a soft spot for the princess and was willing to keep secrets for her knowing he could get in a lot of trouble. And Petra being like a mother and best friend in one was so comforting, besides Petra she really had no one else to turn to when she really needed the comfort and support. Despite both Levi and Petra being against her relationship with Eren I’m glad that they wanted to put her happiness first and even tried their best to help Eren out to make her happy. I also liked Erens dynamic with them, it was really similar to hers since they both only really had Petra and Levi. Even though Petra didn’t express any liking towards Eren since their relationship could get everyone into trouble, I still saw her as a motherly figure for him as well and when Petra came around to him in the end and gave him affection I was just so happy for him. He really had no one to turn to and appreciated everyone’s support so strongly because he knew their relationship was hopeless but never wanted to give up on it.
I LOVE FATHER ERWIN, HES LITERALLY MY COMFORT CHARACTER IN THIS FIC. I’m so glad he didn’t get in the way of her happiness even though she was in a forbidden relationship that wouldn’t win in the end. I love that he chose to be supportive for the time she had left with Eren because he understood the significance of being in love and wanted to allow her to feel that instead of separating them. He even encouraged them to be together as much as he could just to see her happy even though he knew they would win in the end, which was really cute. Also that scene when he said “I wish in another life, I could have you as my son.” to Eren was the most precious moment in the whole story. I love how Erwin was so grateful that his daughter could be loved by Eren, even though he couldn’t keep them together.
The confession chapter, the moment they shared together dancing and just enjoying each other’s presence made my heart warm and when he accidentally kissed her I was like FINALLY. But my favourite part about this chapter was when he gave her the poem as a birthday gift. I know you could always tell they were in love at this point, but the way he was so nervous about giving it to her because it wasn’t for a princess made my heart hurt a little, but then she happily accepted it because it was coming from the man she loved and he could do no wrong in her eyes 😭 I love, love. I want what they have.
I ALREADY SAID THIS BUT THE WAY YOU WRITE “LOVE SEGGS” ITS MY FAVOURITE THING I COULD LITERALLY GO ON AND ON ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE IT. He’s just so gentle with her and I love the way he caters to her needs and worships her, it’s just so beautiful. There’s just so much passion between them. I’ve said sweet and precious a million times now but the way Eren gets flustered when they told Petra they made love is just so cute, he literally owns the words sweet and precious.
The irreplaceable chapter, I don’t even know where to begin with that one. It already started off tense because Armin came to see her, but it was so sad when they went back to the room and felt guilty touching each other affectionately even though they had just “made love” before Armin came. I was already sad enough that they didn’t feel comfortable together after making passionate love but when she “fell asleep” and he started talking about all of his hopes, dreams, and fantasies for their relationship, it absolutely broke me. My heart ached so bad for him. Every single detail about how he imagined they would’ve met if she was just a normal person made me so soft. How he would’ve protected her as children and she would give him bread from her family's bakery, how he would confess his love to her once they’ve gotten older and reassured her that it wouldn’t be a mistake to be together😭. The cottage by the lake, the kids, making love under the stars, akbsjejdjwjd SO CUTE. BUT THE FACT THAT HE KNOWS IT COULD NEVER BE THAT WAY HURTS. He deserves so much love🥺
I KNOW I'M ALWAYS HERE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST MINOR FLUFF MOMENTS WHEN YOU LITERALLY SPECIALISE IN SMUT, BUT I WANNA LET YOU KNOW I LOVE YOUR FILTHY SMUT TOO, I'M ALWAYS H WORD FOR HIM WHEN I READ YOUR SMUT I PROMISE!! That last smut scene was mouth watering. They were so close to resisting and it’s like something just snapped and they were both feral for each other.
Okay I guess I’m done for now, I’ll reread it after tls and make some more comments, I feel like most of this doesn’t even begin to explain how much I loved this story and I want you to know just how amazing it is. You’re absolutely amazing as always kana!💕
I hope this makes sense I’m falling asleep typing all of this.
EVERYTIME I GOT A MESSAGE FROM YOU JOLI I'M LIKE--
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OKAY BUT HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU BOTH SO CUTE?!?!??!?!?!? Like i am this close at making a group chat for the three of us just so we can scream at each other about eren 24/7 (i'm most likely gonna use it to scREAM MY LOVE FOR YOU AND SANDRA BECAUSE WTF???? YOU GUYS ARE SO PRECIOUS I'M ABOUT TO FUCKING COMBUST
i seriously don't know how to thank you enough, i feel like a broken record saying it again and again about how much i appreciate you guys. i mean like this is the reason why i write fanfics. messages like this keep me SO MOTIVATED I JUST FINISHED THE LAST HALF OF MY EPILOGUE FOR THE LAST SONG IN ONE SITTING!!! THAT'S HOW MUCH POWER YOUR MESSAGE HAS OVER ME JOLIIIIIIIII
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AND PLEASEEEE I LOVE LONG MESSAGEEEEES!!! don't ever apologize for sending me one. i'm sure my moots and other readers would love to hear your thoughts too! i feel like when they read your comments, they can understand my stories better lol 😂 and I THANK YOU FOR THAT
now let's get down to business
NO BUT I THINK I LOVE ROCKSTAR EREN MORE TOO???? i just love angsty boys lol. but if i'm ever gonna write part 2, there will be a lot of angst in that one 'cause we'll get to learn about his past. but honestly right now i don't know if i can do it 😅
and yes, that is correct!! this is the cute eren before he went to infiltrate marley. that's why i wrote him tying his hair up in a ponytail instead of a bun in the earlier chapters hehe
he's literally like a puppy in this fic, isn't he? 😍
AHHHH THIS WAS MY FAVORITE SCENE TOO!!!! It just felt so pure and innocent in my head. i just love writing them as a young couple who fell in love for the first time and for being secretive about it but not really 😂 it's a stark contrast to how rockstar eren and yn behaved during their fwb days lol
YES THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT!!! jesus christ joli you NEVER missed!!!! seriously i feel like you're living inside my brain. you take every word out of my mouth UGH THANK YOU
yeah they are basically their parents lol. in part 2 (again, if i have the energy to write it lol) levi and petra will play a major role in their relationship. i wish i could tell you but i'm not sure if i have everything planned out yet 😅
DUDEEEE SAMEEEEEE i had so much fun writing his scenes! erwin is so kind and smart and funny too (in my head anyway). he's the cool dad. a cool DILF if i may say. and yes, when eren broke down in front of him, that was such a vulnerable moment for both of them. i wish every king was as kind as erwin. oh speaking about that, you'd probably be surprised at what king armin's gonna do in part 2 😏
the dancing part UGH i was this close at making them kiss like COME ON BOY JUST FUCKING PUT YOUR TONGUE IN HER MOUTH ALREADY (now you know why i wrote TLS after this, i just have to write a lot of sex scenes to release my frustrations lol)
AAAHHHHH THANK YOU!!! I was worried that it was too long, like it was literally just 10k of sex (and then i wrote like 15k of kinky sex in TLS HAHAHAAH KILL ME)
THIS! THIS WAS MY FAVORITE SCENE EVER!!!! I LOVE MAKING THE LITTLE DETAILS!!!! and you'll see a similar scene like this in the epilogue for the last song 😏
OH THANK GOD I THOUGHT MY SMUT SCENES WERE JUST BLEH LOL honestly though i live for the fluff too. i might have to change my blog name to Fluff Fics for Eren Jaeger lol (or Angst Fics for Eren Jaeger, that seems about right)
personally, there are two scenes that i like the most, it's when eren protected her from lord roeg who tried to lay his hands on her, and when they made out in the library. i just love tender / aggressive knight eren like he can be sweet and nasty at the same time MMMmmmhHhhh YEAH that's my stuff right there
AAAHHH YOUR COMMENTS ARE JUST *CHEF'S KISS* THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING THIS SERIES JOLIIII I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUU
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Cheating!Haikyuu x Reader
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✧ Summary: Akaashi and Kuroo getting caught cheating and begging you for forgiveness ➳ A/N: Honestly, I don’t think ANY of the boys would ever even consider it. They’re all so loving in their own ways and for anyone to actually do this would be absolutely horrible to their partners. ➳  Masterlist 
But ask for angst and you shall receive. kuroo’s is funny and akaashi’s is not
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✧ Intro: 
You trusted your boyfriend of the past year explicitly. Your relationship was built on a mutual friendship, going from casual classmates to one day dating when he had asked you out. You were surprised to say the least, this was one of the members of the volleyball team. They were popular throughout school with the entire student body. And so for him to show interest in you? You honestly hadn’t believed it.
But as the months went on and a few became your everyday norm, along with even getting invited over his house to meet his family, you were sure that the man you were dating was the one.
You remembered the first time he kissed you, the first I love you that he ever whispered in your ears.
And so it broke your heart to find out that you were not the only one he was saying these words to.
The school you were attending was known to be a powerhouse regarding volleyball. You were proud of the national spotlight your boyfriend was fighting on. And you fully understood the times when he would be gone or busy for weeks at a time - whether it was for traveling far away for various training camps or just practicing long into the nights for upcoming tournaments.
You remembered the first time you saw it, the text that was very much not from you. The phone had vibrated while he was out of the room and you were not trying to be nosy - calling his name that he received a notification and glancing at it briefly through the motion.
I miss your lips on mine.
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You knew from the beginning that Akaashi always had a special connection to Bokuto. Even before you were close to the quiet setter, you admired how he always seemed to know how to lift Bokuto’s spirits. From the preliminary matches against Nekoma to just seeing the two in school, it made you want to foster such a close relationship with him yourself.
And on more than one occasion, you had to remind yourself they were just friends.
Your friends warned you ahead of time, that the two had a strong bond despite being separated by a year and not even attending the same junior high. You knew this and simply attributed it to his patience and overall ability to read people.
When you had once asked Akaashi about his relationship with the nationally acclaimed ace, he smiled and said, “He can be a lot to handle. But I love watching Bokuto-san play when he’s in the zone.” 
You took it a face value, instead relishing in the comfort knowing that your boyfriend was wrapping his arms around you.
Months later, with that insecurity pushed in the back of your mind, it all came swarming out at Bokuto-san’s text. There was no denying what you were reading or who it was from. It was even accompanied by owl emojis of all things - as if there was anything cute about your boyfriend’s affair.
Your attention was caught and you needed confirmation, scrolling up through their conversation and seeing similar words spanning the last few hours alone. Had he been texting Bokuto the entire time he was sitting here with you?
You threw his phone back on the couch and stood, moving before even thinking about how you looked. 
Why would Akaashi do this? Akaashi?? The kind, loving Akaashi Keiji who had the love of the whole school? Hadn’t he chosen you?
Standing in the middle of his family’s living room, you put a hand on your chest to steady your breathing. You felt the onset of panic gripping your chest, threatening to force tears to the corners of your eyes. There was nothing you could say, you just had to see if it was true.
How long had this been going on? Is it possible that this was before you were even dating? Why was Akaashi stringing along the both of you? Were any of the promises Akaashi told you true?
There was no denying the sudden jump of fear you had when Akaashi walked back in the room, a questioning look on his face as he saw you try to level your breathing.
“What’s wrong?” He asked.
As if he had no idea, no reason to truly think that he was the cause behind your unease.
You tried your best to feign a smile, but there was no point in hiding anything to someone as cunning as Akaashi, you figured. He was best at reading other people. Instead, you held your frown and motioned to your phone, “I got a bad text from my mom - I need to go home.”
Akaashi was already moving toward you, arms reaching out to steady you at the shoulders. He was such a comforting foundation for you. And yet now, his close proximity brought nothing but anxiety and anger.
He seemed to notice since Akaashi dropped his hands to his sides. “Alright, let me walk you home?”
You nodded in agreement, not trusting your voice. You worried that you were going to unintentionally spill out the word vomit - accusing words ready on the tip of your tongue. He still reached out to encase your hand in his own, silently walking side-by-side for the entire time.
Thankfully, you had different homerooms and could avoid him for the first initial hours of school the next day. Did you have a plan? Absolutely fucking not. But you knew that you had to see them together - see them in their element and see why. 
You needed to know the reason why Akaashi would throw away everything you built together.
You stayed silent to your friends, not even telling your best friend what happened. Not that you were afraid of Akaashi finding out that you knew somehow, but you wanted to see what was naturally between them, without anyone else’s interference.
Akaashi had thankfully given you your space, probably assuming that your family emergency from before was what was holding you down. It also helped that they had a practice match against Itachiyama at the end of the week, so he was called to practice especially more.
He always had such beautiful hands, despite the hours of practice he dedicated to his sport. It made you wonder what he did with them. There were a number of times before where Akaashi would text you late into the night, citing that Bokuto had demanded more practice with his spikes. 
Was Akaashi really setting a ball for five hours straight after your last mid-terms?
You had a million questions in your head as you sat in the stands with your friends, watching the game of Fukurōdani vs Itachiyama. Bokuto was at the top of his game today, none of his usual vices holding him down as he played against his rival, Sakusa. For you and the other students cheering on the team, it could have been easily seen as just another game.
But it wasn’t.
You watched how Akaashi’s gaze would sometimes linger on Bokuto, long legs guiding his stride to a spike. The ace seemed to fly above the net, passion for their shared sport radiating even up in the stands where you were sitting. The fond expression Akaashi had only brought up his earlier words to mind - I love watching him play.
The interaction was so strangely intimate and yet public for any spectator the game. The moment passed, time moving forward as you continued to analyze every smile Akaashi shot the ace. Bokuto’s raised an overjoyed fist in the air in his excitement over the single point. He yelled his usual, Hey! Hey! Hey! And while you found the action usually humorous, you could only stare in blank realization as Akaashi fondly smiled at the spiker’s words.
There was no rising panic this time, nothing inside you screaming at you that something was wrong. 
Your eyes kept following the scene, the game playing out while you stood stock-still among your friends. But your mind was already made up, long before the game ended. You thought about it a few times over the past few days, why Bokuto? Why you?
Why did Akaashi even approach you in the first place?
Thinking back to any conversations you had with Akaashi that surrounded volleyball. All their little volleyball antics - it was always about Bokuto. He got in trouble with the principal, got depressed during a game, even something as simple as being overly hungry before a match. And who was the one to always pick him up? 
Akaashi.
And this was not something that could be as simply waved off as teammates. Neither Haruki nor Konoha were like this with the ace and both of them knew Bokuto longer than Akaashi. Kaori had even joked to you once that Akaashi was capable of reading Bokuto’s mind.
You were a fool.
You hadn’t told Akaashi you were going to attend this practice match in the first place and you honestly had no intention of doing so.
Instead, you texted Bokuto during the game to meet you outside by the entrance stairs, alone. 
Most of the other students had already filled out of the gymnasium, out into the streets on their way home as you leaned against the cold railing. You could hear Bokuto’s quick steps around the corner before you even saw him.
“Hey, (L/N)-chan! What’s up?” He greeted you in a friendly manner, waving with one hand fully outstretched even though you were only a few feet away from each other.
You weren’t going to smile and pretend.
“Bokuto-san.” You stated, looking him in the eyes head-on.
Despite his amicable disposition, Bokuto had quite the intimidating disposition to outsiders. The tall spiker was built with muscles, arms and legs looking seemingly sculpted. And here you were, pointing a heavy glare with your chin held-high at a man who could very easily over-power you.
“Don’t smile at me like everything’s okay.” You started, “I know.”
His smile immediately squashed to a straight line, eyes hardening as they looked down at you. Bokuto crossed his arms, his athletic duffel pushed to the side of his body.
“I won’t apologize for being in love with him.” His voice rang through the calm outdoors, not a single soul to hear his confession other than you.
You scoffed, “How did I already know you’d say that?”
Bokuto kept your question rhetorical, for once staying uncharacteristically silent. His gaze never wavered off of yours, eyes boring right into you as you wordlessly sized each other up.
“I tried to let him go, once.” Bokuto continued, “When you first started dating, I tried and couldn’t.”
They were together before you were even in the picture.
You bit your lip, asking. “And you’re going to ask me not to make you do it again?”
Bokuto paused, uncrossing his arms and looking heavenward for the right answer. How could he? They were already on the road to love before you even really knew Akaashi. Why did he ask you out in the first place? Why progress this far in your relationship? 
None of this was right and you had every bone in your body screaming at you to beat the ever loving shit out of the two volleyball players. But there was one thing you needed to cut off now.
“I don’t need an answer to confirm what you’re thinking.” You stated, “Treat his heart kindly.”
Bokuto sputtered, raising his arms in defense. “Akaashi chose you - he asked you out!”
You almost snarled at the irony, “As if that matters! What’s a label against the fact that he’s been in love with you during that entire time?”
He recoiled, nothing to say against your true question. You were his girlfriend, but how could that possibly matter when his heart continually lingered on the ace in front of you. And, since the volleyball God’s hated you, it was no surprise when the setter turned the corner to your impassioned conversation.
“What’s happening here?” His voice rang out, meeting Bokuto’s worried expression and your hardened one. 
Akaashi stopped in his stride the moment he saw the both of you, not moving closer to you or Bokuto and simply guarding his expression from leaking any of his inner thoughts.
“I thought about this a million times over the past few days.” You said low, but voice strong enough for the others to hear. “How I would yell at you, curse you to your face... But now that I see you, you’re pathetic.”
Akaashi was the master of a blank expression, but now there was nothing but panic and hurt written all over his face. Whatever words he was going to say, to somehow excuse his behavior, died on his lips when you calmly raised your palm to stop him.
How dare he.
"I don’t want to know why you led me on for so long. Or why you decided stringing along Bokuto this whole time would be good to the people you claim to love.” 
Bokuto frowned, looking to the side away from the two of you, but said nothing to refute your statement.
“Don’t ever talk to me again.”
You walked away from Akaashi then, turning away and heading home without looking back. There was nothing left, no words that could ever explain or fix the situation, not that you wanted him to try either. Bokuto’s voice reached you mid-way through the steps, his words low but aimed toward Akaashi.
The words were low and you were surprised you were even able to hear them: She’s not wrong.
The next day at school neither of them were present.
You laid it all out to your best friends at lunch then, all of you sitting under the apple tree and quietly listening to your story. They offered you small condolences, never bringing up the volleyball team or practice matches around you ever again. Konoha shot you a wilted frown in passing, no words enough to even start that conversation.
You only saw Akaashi one more time. It was no surprise that Fukurōdani was progressing to the Spring Nationals and everyone at school were quick to congratulate various team members on their victory. You saw them, preening around the lunchroom as the student body wished them luck.
They were holding hands.
You lingered on the sight for a single second. But it was enough for Akaashi to notice your eyes, shooting a withered smile in your direction. 
There was nothing you wanted to do in response, nothing left for you to say and hope for when it came to the setter. And so you simply turned back to your friends, rejoining the conversation with thoughts of the volleyball team long behind you.
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You had to re-read the text three times, your mind whirling in circles to accept the fact that this was for your Tetsurō.
It was only when your hands flew to scroll upwards that you realized yes, this was really happening. It was all so quick - he had left the room to use the bathroom, or whatever, at this point you hadn’t even remembered why. Just his phone, which he always had on him, had vibrated away on your coffee table.
You grabbed it half-mindedly, original intention to bring it to him and maybe leave it at the door in case it was some type of volleyball-related emergency. He was the captain, after all. And so when the actual contents of the texts grabbed your attention, it was all over from there.
The profile picture was of the popular student body president, her shining face radiating even now. The other boys of the volleyball team had always complimented her and brought her up in conversation. Before you were even dating, you remembered that Kuroo particularly agreed with many of her features: long-hair, mild temper, and good grades even in college prep classes.
You were on the average scale of things - average grades in college prep, a member of photography club, but not particularly motivated - you were easily replaceable in the fast-paced world that Kuroo and others were constantly facing. And while you tried not to dwell on it too much, Kuroo was at the top of class with many of the female student body interested in him - there were times he had inadvertently made you felt small.
But Kuroo did try to wave those thoughts away, saying that you were the one he was in love with. It was only for you that he showed his soft side and only you were the recipient of his loving gestures.
And yet now you had in your hands evidence that none that was true.
You wanted to scream - reading all the affectionate phrases he had typed away to this woman.
Were you going to accuse him, then and there? What were you even going to say to him?
Kuroo made the choice for you.
“What are you doing with my phone?” He asked, voice promulgating the silent room.
You were sure that your eyes were glossy as you responded back quietly, “I was going to bring it to you when it kept ringing.”
“Thanks babe, just pass it over.” He said calmly, outstretching a palm in your direction.
You held the phone to your chest, there was no way you could feign a reaction now. This was no longer the simple interaction that you could pretend would pass over, the adulterous text was still open on the screen, open for both parties to quickly see.
His grey-eyes surveyed you silently, not a single word uttered, as if it would break this unmoving conversation. You always found his observant stare endearing, how his greatest weapon on the volleyball court was something he used on you to understand you better. 
And now, you could only imagine what he was truly thinking throughout your relationship.
Kuroo’s fond looks, those kind smiles, they were all calculated actions to keep you on his hook. They were not the loving terms of endearment you believed them to be. They were deliberate ways to sate your relationship, nothing more.
You frowned, handing him the phone and biting out coldly. “I want you to leave.”
“Listen babe, it’s not what you think.” Kuroo was reaching for you, taking steps to close the distance before you fled away entirely.
“Of course! What was I thinking?!” Your voice was raising with every word, anger seeping through toward the middle-blocker. “Some other girl texting you: I dream of waking up to you every day, could be some other context that what I’m too small-minded to know? Right?”
He followed behind you as you traversed through your empty house. You just wanted to get away from him, just the very image of Kuroo was enough to make you angry and inescapably hurt. There was so much you wanted to just yell at him, but at the same time you knew this was the man who held your heart.
And the same one who chose to break it.
What was there even to say to him? You’ve won? Congratulations? Get out of my house?
“Get out!” You settled on that and yelled behind you, your voice weak as you sucked in air between tears. Kuroo continued to follow behind you despite your loud command.
You pushed open the door to your bedroom and attempted to slam it behind you, but a simple kick of his foot and it stayed open. Instead, Kuroo closed it and locked it as he followed.
He had you cornered.
Would it be crazy if you jumped out the window?
Your eyes shot to the opening at the side-wall of your room, but it seemed his gaze followed your own path when he grabbed your elbow and pulled you to him.
Kuroo had his hands on your shoulders, trying to calm you down. “Please just listen to me.”
“Listen to what?” You were trying to push him away, but Kuroo refused to budge against you.
He leaned his chin against the top of your head, one of his arms going down to wrap around your waist. “Stop, you know I would never do anything to hurt you.”
“Then why...?”
“It looks bad. I know it does.” Kuroo started to explain, “But I can prove to you that this isn’t what you think.”
You sniffed, not saying anything as you waited for whatever bullshit response was already formulating on his lips.
What you hadn’t expected was for Kuroo to raise the phone to your ear, the ringing of the outgoing call blasting next to you.
What was he doing? Was he insane? 
You didn’t want to listen to her voice, listen to whatever she was going to say when she picked up the phone. Loving words, teasing innuendo’s, all of that you shared with Kuroo and now he was going to show-off what he had with another girl?
You twisted against him, ready to fight out of outrage of not only being cheated on, but also Kuroo doing the utmost stupid thing he could ever do and showing it off in front of you.
The voice that rang out froze you in your actions.
“Captain! Was my text really bad that you had to call?”
“... Yamamoto-san?” You near-whispered back in recognition.
You heard what was almost a yelp back. He stuttered over your name, before asking, “Ah, you and um. You and Kuroo-san are spending your day off together?”
Taking hold of the phone yourself, you looked at the screen and saw that it was indeed to the same student body president that the call was going through to. Same icon, same everything. So why was Yamamoto on the other side of the line? You looked up at Kuroo briefly, the middle-blocker staring at you right back. He urged the phone back to your ear, reminding you that Nekoma’s ace was still on the other side of the line.
“...Yeah.” You answered back weakly, remembering his initial question.
“... Was there something you needed?” He asked nervously.
“Um.” You bit your lip and looked at Kuroo, “Why is your name saved as our student body president in Kuroo’s phone?”
“Aasdfgh.” The strangled noise lasted for ten seconds before Kuroo cleared his throat next to you. “Captain! You’re there too!”
“Explain it, now.” Kuroo said flatly, his voice plain as his grip on your waist tightened. You put a hand on his chest in an attempt to keep him at a distance. You were still mad, admittedly also confused, but you didn’t want Kuroo to just hug the issue away.
Of course, he pushed your hand away and continued to hold you close.
“Please, don’t judge me (L/N)-san!”
Your confusion was only growing. “Um. What’s going on?”
“somycrushgavemehernumberbuticanttalktogirlsandididntwanttomessupsoiwaspracticingwhattosayonkurooandtherestandthentheygotmadsosometimesitextmyselffromtheirphonenumbersaspractice!” 
The words were so fast, you held the phone closer to your ear in an attempt to decipher anything that was just said.
“Wait, what?”
Yamamoto sighed loudly before exclaiming, “I can’t talk to my crush!”
You tilted your head in confusion, “... Kuroo’s your crush?”
The middle-blocker sighed above you, moving to flick your forehead while Yamamoto was near screaming in outrage on the line.
“No!! I.. I don’t have a lot of experience talking to girls! And then my crush gave me her number and she started texting me! And believe me, I tried practicing on otome games and even they dumped me!”
“Uhh...”
His loud voice kept going, explaining the strange tale, “And so I was begging the guys to help me practice and eventually they got sick of me too! She was really into me too and we were flirting and I wasn’t ready!! I don’t have anyyyy experience, (L/N)-san!!”
You shot a look up to Kuroo, his gaze locked on you without any other hints of an expression on. You were sure that your face was a mix of incredulous and worried, was this for real?
“And then she started texting me dirty things and I wanted to do it back, so Kuroo taught--”
“Skip it.” The middle-blocker stated harshly, cutting off the ace.
“Aasdafhauh.” Yamamoto outwardly struggled, remembering that both Kuroo and you, a female, were on the line. “I thought all was lost and then Kuroo let me practice texting myself and seeing how it looked from his phone!”
Oh.
lmao
“Wait, what?”
Kuroo summarized it plainly for you. “It means he was practicing sexting himself from my phone.”
“Ca-Captain!” His voice rang out.
You could not help your growing, amused smile. “Is it true?”
“I - well, yes...”
His voice trailed, but you held in your chuckle. “Ah, thanks for clearing that up.”
Yamamoto paused before asking, “Did my impassioned words led to a misunderstanding?”
“I’m sure your words are the least of your problems tomorrow at practice.”  Kuroo answered this time, earning an anguished exclamation before the middle-blocker hung-up and threw the phone away.
That was not what you were expecting.
Your mind was in a million places, not sure what to say and what you were just witness to. Kuroo pulled you along to your bed, near throwing you on top while you were distracted in your thoughts.
He hovered above you, placing a light kiss on your forehead and then trailing down the side of your face. You cupped his cheek, still trying to process what the hell just happened, but moved to slot his lips against yours and reassure yourself that this was real. 
Kuroo pulled away and whispered against your lips, “I know it looks crazy, but please trust in me - in us.”
You nodded silently, simply stating an okay when Kuroo continued to stare at you.
“I want this... more than just now in high school.” Kuroo looked to the side, before returning his gaze back to you.
Guiding his head back to yours, you pushed off your elbow to lean up to him. “Me too. I’m sorry for being so quick to accuse you.”
“Stop.” He murmured against your skin, small pecks following his wake. “I should’ve explained it to you before.”
“I mean, it does sound pretty crazy.” You joked, a fond smile growing on your face as Kuroo continued to shower your neck with small kisses. “To think you were flirting with Yamamoto of all people.”
“Oi.” A small scowl was already on his face.
You were ready to tease your poor boyfriend, “Sorry, you were sexting him.”
Kuroo rolled his eyes, a hand already sneaking its way under your shirt. “Why don’t I show you what I was teaching him?”
You felt your eyes comically widen at his boldness, any hint of your previous teasing falling away as your boyfriend’s sly smirk crawled further and further down your body.
The love you felt for Kuroo was undeniably mutual, but you had to learn to trust your boyfriend.
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oop lmao hope you enjoyed these short stories!
Come checkout some of the added-on endings to Cheater!Akaashi’s story: ➳  Masterlist 
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queenofallimagines · 4 years
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Ushijima with a foreigner manager s/o who gets there Japanese messed up a lot, but the only time they speak fluently is when they’re talking about volleyball because they’re a volleyball idiot just like him
I love his dumb ass so much like you have no idea- big dick dummy over here
 Ushijima:
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- when he hears an exchange student is coming halfway through the year he’s curious
- When you walk into the classroom he’s instantly sprung but Lowkey
- You’re so gorgeous and he can’t take his eyes off you
- But he’s so dense he doesn’t know what that means
- He just continues with his day with you living in his frontal lobe
- Throughout the day he notices you messing up on Japanese
- Mixing up conjugations and pronunciation
- *Probably the anxiety tbh talking in front of others sucks*
- You show up to practice and the coach introduces you as the new manager
- You stumble a little when you introduce yourself but everyone is respectful about it
- Tendou will get you mixed up for fun BC he likes teasing
- They’re mid practice when he spikes the ball and he notices you looking at him all starry eyed
- You run up to him and in perfect Japanese tell him how perfect his spike was
- He’s so confused and so is everyone else when your ranting about how amazing he is and how good the team is
- “Don’t even get me started on Tendo-sans blocks! How are you so good at guessing?”
- “You??? Can speak fluently?”
- You explain your passionate about volleyball
- It’s also Lowkey easy to remember the words associated with the things you like
- Ushiwaka over here is sprung but you’d never know it
- He’s stone face as ever
- But when you start complementing the team and go into how excited you are to be apart of the team that mask slips
- Reon and Tendo notice the subtle smile
- He’s not that slick to them
- Will talk about volleyball with you at all times
- Y’all both head empty- just volleyball 24/7
- Watching matches together in his dorm
- Will help you with your Japanese if you stumble on homework
- Very protective over you
- Not very self-aware so he won’t even notice he’s doing it
- Will death glare at anyone flirting with you and drag you into a conversation on volleyball
- Partly to get you to focus on him and partly because he wants to see your eyes light up again
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script-nef · 3 years
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An actual break | Gojou Satoru
Category: fluff
2.6k words; Beach date [4/6]
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You haven’t been to the beach in months. So a car trip for hours, where you can blank out and peer out of the window to enjoy the wonderful and ever-changing scenery is amazing. Dipping your feet in the water or eating from food vendors or enjoying the warm summer sun on your skin. Perhaps getting a tan if the weather is perfect. This would all be perfectly enjoyable and possible.
If it wasn’t for work.
“[Surname]-san, why are you coming with us? You said you can’t fight.” Itadori calls from the backseat, nestled not-so-comfortably between Fushiguro and Kugisaki. 
Wouldn’t it be better if Kugisaki is in the middle since she’s the smallest and the skinniest? The thought drifts into your head but you soon understand why. As soon as the words leave his mouth it’s met with a firm and resounding slap on the arm. Itadori’s yelp of pain is silenced under her hiss of “God, you’re so tactless! Now move over, it’s getting cramped with all of the bags.” Ah, she didn’t want to sit in the middle. And what bags? I didn’t bring any.
They keep their banter up and a quick glance to both Gojou and Fushiguro indicates that they have no intention of stopping it. Gojou is actually humming through the bickering. Why do I have to be the adult? He’s like, 5 years older than me. That’s literally what he said as the reason to drive instead of you. 
“It’s fine, Kugisaki-san. I’m coming along because there’s been a lot of cursed spirit activity around here and I need to see if something abnormal is happening. I’m not going to get in the way of the fight so you don’t need to worry.” You send Itadori a smile through the back mirror which he responds with a quick nod, then a confused look.
“Isn’t that Gojou-sensei’s responsibilities?” The mentioned adult laughs and smoothly makes a right turn. You want to slap him.
“Normally, yes, but he insists on being insufferable.” You turn to face them, leaning onto the seat with a scowl. “The report he made was nearly illegible and last time something like this happened, and I had to sit down with him for 3 hours to complete it. Even then, he was going off topic half the time and trying to distract me. Itadori-kun, Kugisaki-san, listen to me. If he doesn’t do his work, you have to practically force him.”
“Doesn’t work.” Fushiguro comments while looking out the window. Gojou has the audacity to laugh again.
“We had a great time! You were laughing your head off by the time we were done.” A light tug on your shirt makes you sit back properly. The scowl stays in place.
“I missed dinner! And I missed the last episode of Haikyuu thanks to that!”
“Fine, fine. I’ll take it up by buying you dinner, okay?” He must be kidding if that makes up for missing your favourite anime. Kuroo came and went thanks to him. The car comes to an abrupt stop just as you’re about to complain again. “We have arrived!”
Salt wafts in the air as the sea twinkles underneath the afternoon sun. It’s hot today, and humid enough to make your clothes stick to your skin, which is gross. Sunny and warm means a swim will be ideal, but you have to take care of the whole recurring curses thing first. Previous reports have said that they were all mid-level, so hopefully Gojou’s students won’t have that much of a problem taking care of them. That also means they, including you as well, might have the opportunity to relax for the rest of the day. 
The actual spot is somewhere in the nearby forest, filled thick with trees and so large that even if someone went missing it would take ages to search. An ideal hunting place since a lot of people visit there. Numbers dropped quite a bit after the fifth person “went missing”. 
The first task is to cover the place with a curtain. Since the place is so large and not encompassing the entire place was deemed too risky, large amounts of cursed energy is required. Hence Gojou’s efforts right now.
“[Name]-san.” Kugisaki calls you. “Are you coming in with us?” Her voice is tentative, like she doesn’t want to offend you. It’s kind of funny because she shows more respect for you than her actual teacher for some reason. Gojou complained about it before. She doesn’t know the extent, or more accurately the lack of, your powers and has a right to be worried. All she knows is that you can’t fight. 
“Ah, I am coming in, but I’ll stay far away from the fight. You don’t need to worry about me.”
“And I’ll be right by her side!” Gojou snaps into thin air, linking his arm with yours.  “Your personal bodyguard! But I’m sure you guys can handle this one.” Still humming a tune, he sends them along their way with a reassuring smile. You smile at Kugisaki and wish her good luck. Shooting Gojou a suspicious glare, she runs ahead to the two boys and starts whispering. They look back at the two of you and get into what seems to be an argument. A bad thing to do right before a possibly life-threatening mission.
You watch the group disappear deeper into the woods, fear gripping at your heart. This is actually the first time in the field after years of being tucked away in an office. Ken-chan specifically requested it due to your unique cursed energy situation. Apparently that was the first time he asked for a favour to the principle and he never asked for anything again. They can handle themselves, you’re sure, but Itadori already had a close call.
“Worried?” Gojou, on the other hand, sounds like he has no concerns in the world. Maybe that’s a testament to how much he trusts his students. It doesn’t alleviate your agitation. “It’s fine, we can just take a break here and if trouble comes, they can take care of it themselves.” You stare at him incredulously. “I’m kidding, I’m kidding! I’ll step in if something goes wrong. You’re all in safe hands.”
There is no one better than him in terms of fighting with cursed energy. How on earth someone like this gets imbued with endless power, you’ll never know. Sighing, you take a seat on a fallen log. The moss on them tickles your fingers. It feels nice, something to distract you from your brain being its usual bastard and thinking the worst case scenario. Gojou plops himself down right next to you. 
“We can go see them if you’re that worried, mother hen.” Nudging his leg shuts him up. Closing your eyes, you concentrate on reaching out for their cursed energy. Eight signals flicker from where they went, three blazing stronger than the others. One of them is nearly blinding. Sukuna is on a completely different level. If there’s that much of a difference in energy, they’ll finish soon and come back to have fun for the rest of the day. God knows they need it.
Your eyes flit open and come face to face with Gojou’s blindfold. It causes you to fall backwards and you brace for impact with a little yelp. But Gojou’s arm surrounds your abdomen, lifting you into the air and onto your feet. Heartbeats thud in your ears thanks to the sudden adrenaline boost.
“Did I scare you?” His laugh is cheeky. “I’m bored… Wanna play 20 questions?” As usual, his train of thought is impossible to even attempt to follow. A window of hundreds of tabs wrestling to be the first all the time is probably what the inside of his mind looks like.
“Sure, why not.”
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Fushiguro, Itadori and Kugisaki all perk up when they receive the news of a day off to enjoy the beach. Since it’s closed off to the civilians, it’ll be like a private party. Something to keep their mind off of another mission that’s bound to come soon.
While they run off to the beach, you go to talk to the park rangers for the paperwork. Gojou asks if you want company but someone needs to supervise the children. The process takes barely 10 minutes anyway.
When you come back to the beach, the trio is screaming in the sea while trying to fight each other. Even Fushiguro is laughing. Childlike innocence is beautiful and long overdue. Two huge parasols and towels are laid out nearby where they’re playing. Gojou is out of his usual attire and in a swimming trunk. His blindfold is still on. Is this what was in the bags?
Now that you look more closely at the students, they’re all in swimwear as well. Looks like you’re the only one that didn’t get a memo. 
“Heya! Done?”  
“No thanks to you, Mr The-Whole-Reason-I’m-Here-In-The-First-Place.” He laughs at the nickname. 
“You should change.”
“I didn’t bring a swimsuit. Nobody told me and I was just thinking of dipping my feet.”
“Nobara brought you one. It’s in the bag labelled ‘If you look inside I’m going to kill you.’” Laughter comes out at the absurdity.
“Why did Kugisaki—”
“Because she wants you to relax. Now come on! Let’s have fun!” he pushes you excitedly towards the car. It’s really weird how someone your senior has more energy than you and his three students combined. Sighing, you trek back and find the bag. It really is labelled that, in caps. Kugisaki is a good kid. 
There’s a bathroom nearby for you to change in. The wind is still pretty strong when you walk out but you’re saved thanks to the school jacket. There’s also a pair of flip-flops. Ken-chan must have helped since they all fit perfectly. 
Itadori is being half-drowned when you come back. Fushiguro and Kugisaki are merciless when it comes to fighting. Gojou smiles as you walk into his line of sight. Scooting over to let you into the shade, he lies back onto the towel and stretches his legs out into the sun with a slight groan. You stay sitting up, watching the three children absentmindedly. 
Sunlight tickles your feet. The sea breeze stops it from being too hot but it’s slowly getting stuffier under the jacket. Quickly discarding it, Gojou catches your eyes while you fold it up.
It’s impossible to tell if he’s awake or sleeping thanks to his signature blindfold, but this is the most relaxed you’ve seen him in years; hands folded behind his head and muscles completely loose. Small scars dot his body, probably gained from fights which he deemed insignificant enough to bother Shouko with or heal himself. In a way, it’s a reminder for all the battles he’s survived. Pretty easily too, you’re guessing. There’s a deep one on his stomach and your hand moves towards it for some reason.
Long fingers intercept your hand just before it touches the scratched skin, entwining themselves to you. One end of Gojou’s lips quirks up. 
“I’m going to be embarrassed if you keep looking at my body, you know.” You immediately attempt to rip your hand back but he’s got you locked tight. He’s not even using Infinity. Heat threatens to explode your face because he’s been awake all this time and you’re going to die from shame. “If you wanted to touch me then you could have just asked.” Your fingers graze against the skin on his stomach for a split second but he loosens his grip and you will be damned if you don’t take that chance. 
Gojou cackles, enjoying your flustered state, and he’s halfway to suffocation because he’s laughing too much. His instincts still allow him to move out of the way for your punch. Doesn’t stop him from laughing though. Even his students, who were screaming and playing like they didn’t have a care in the world, are looking at the two of you. God, where’s a hole for me to die in right now?
Eventually, his laughter dies off. He’s still chuckling though. His teeth glint in the light as he gives you a wide smile. A sense of foreboding washes over you. 
“Up we go!”
“What?” Two arms hook under your knees and back, lifting you effortlessly into the air. Your body bounces in his arms every time he takes a step closer to the sea.
“Wait Gojou, wait wait wait wait!” 
“Gojou-sensei wai—” 
The water is freezing. 
“Gojou Satoru, I’m going to kill you!”
“That’s admirable! I’m sure you can do it!” Fushiguro snickers as you swipe an arm at Gojou, who moves away effortlessly again. Hair is plastered to your face and this rage is not going to subside unless you rip the blindfold off his smirking face and dunk his head into the water. But he keeps dodging you, just barely, as if to taunt you further.
Exhaustion sets in quickly since moving around in water is a lot harder and anger eats away at your stamina. Just as you’re about to give up, Gojou’s face is slapped with a wave of water. Everyone looks to Kugisaki. She has the biggest smile you’ve ever seen.
“Pfft.” Fushiguro’s laughter breaks the silence. Itadori snickers at Gojou’s drooping hair. Soon everyone’s laughing. Then Gojou whips water that hits all three of them straight in the chest with a resounding smack. They immediately retaliate with a wave that you get caught up in. 
It somehow turns into a students vs adults fight. Delighted laughter echoes in the air as everyone yells and shrieks when assaulted with icy water. There’s an unspoken rule to not use cursed energy, which is why your side is being pushed back. There’s no beating three excited kids when they’re on a holiday high. 
Backtracking a bit to get away from the constant surges of water, you don’t realise you’re going deeper and deeper into the sea. A rock shifts underneath your feet and you’re plunged into the cold grips of the sea, not even given enough time to call for help. Panic overtakes your senses as you squeeze your eyes shut, hands scrambling for something to hold onto. 
“[Name]!” Warmth engulfs you as Gojou lifts you out of the murky depth, worry and dread weaved into his voice. You blink rapidly as he gently brushes the hair off your face, and you see his eyes without the blindfolds for the first time. “Look at me, are you alright?”
They’re… indescribably beautiful. It’s the purest and translucent blue you’ve seen in your life, able to beat the colour of the ocean or the sky on its clearest days. It could compete with even the most exquisite sapphire locked up in a vault underground. And they’re clouded with concern and fear because of you.
“[Surname]-san!” Bringing yourself up by hugging Gojou’s neck, you see the trio wading through the water to you, dread clear on their faces. Itadori reaches you and rapidly asks if you’re fine and that he can’t possibly describe how sorry he is. It looks like he’ll dig his head into the ocean floor if you ask him to do it. Like he’s waiting for you to reprimand him.
But all that comes out is laughter, bright and childlike. They all look at you like you’re crazy. You have no idea why you’re laughing either. Maybe you’ve finally gone insane.
But being in Gojou’s arms, seeing his and Itadori’s face relax, brings you so much happiness. Tightening your arms around Gojou’s neck, you rest your head on top of his as he calms them down. 
Maybe it’s the adrenaline from nearly drowning, maybe it’s something else, but your heart thumps rapidly into your ribcage, probably loud enough for him to feel.
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cloveroctobers · 3 years
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PLASTIC HEARTS — ALL
Synopsis: what the characters are like in the mornings since I’m currently writing this at midnight lol + I feel like ask memes are really underrated and they’re quick to write so I’m open to those too amongst the 100 of other things I have on my list/have yet to write (typical writing probs lol)
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Jordan: I feel like with Jordan is either 50/50 with him. If he has to be up pertaining to football then he’s up and determined! it might take him like 2-5 mins more extra in bed to fully get up if his parents (more so billy) don’t drag him out of bed but he still manages to get up and function somehow. If he’s partying the night before then that’s a different story, he’s always hungover and feeling that shit the next morning so he’ll move super slow and will be late to class/grumpy as hell. He’s either happy and functioning well making sure he’s getting a meal regardless if he’s in a good mood in the morning or not cause the boy likes to EAT (just like Michael’s ass) + if there’s no food at the house best believe he’s cruising to a cafe to get him a meal before heading to boredom high—I mean Beverly
If he’s in a crap mood then he’s mean to everyone in his path. It’s best to leave him alone and let him sulk in his corner until he’s out of his grumpy mood which he does get out of...eventually after arguing with someone or snapping on them, taking a nap in the back of class, or after football practice.
Olivia: I’m squinting as I’m thinking this over. I don’t really think she’s a morning person? but she sets her alarm for herself and can get up in the morning without the help of her parents unlike Jordan lol. She is the type to set her alarm ten minutes before she actually has to get up so she can get extra time in the comfort of her bed. It takes the girl some time to get ready in the morning okay? Have you seen her hair? It takes time to get it right for how she wants it and she always says she should pick her outfits the night before but she always seems to get side tracked so that never happens which also takes up more of her time. Eventually she almost always makes it downstairs before Jordan does. They DON’T ride to school together, hardly, unless one of them has a issue with their car or something but they’re usually doing their own thing but have some sort of conversation in the morning over breakfast—trying to build the closeness of their relationship back
Liv likes to be on time if she can or just right on time, either or. And if things come up, then she’s a little anxious which she normally is until she’s meeting up with someone she can hold a conversation with. Half of the time there’s no need to be anxious? It’s just there and she hates it despite the lonerism she found herself in
Spencer: I think Spencer can be a light sleeper since he’s used to some sort of noise going on in his house. Plus his room is in the center of where the noise will take place. If it’s too quiet, like it usual was at the baker’s he finds it a little hard to sleep all the way? There has to be something going on for him to fully sleep like the light noise of tv? Or a sound machine. James said he was the same way as a baby, always alert. So when he wakes up in the morning, he always lets out a soft sigh closing his eyes letting the alarm go off for a few more seconds before he smacking it off. He has to get in the shower to fully wake him up tho. If he doesn’t take a shower in the morning then he’s not fully up and if he doesn’t take a shower at night, he knows he’s not going to sleep well either.
If he has to walk Dillon to school, then he doesn’t mind being late. Now that Dillon is getting older he doesn’t mind walking on his own or with a friend or two but being the protector that Spencer is, he’s going to try his best to make time for Dillon no matter what and the boy secretly appreciates it but understands now if it can’t be all the time. Spencer doesn’t have his license so he’s either catching the bus (if he was still going to Beverly, Jordan or Liv would scoop him up ofc) or speed walking to school which he seems to make just in time?? Always.
Layla: I always view her as someone so chipper. She IS a morning person (unless the depression is hitting her hard, some of us have those days) and usually has it together. She’s a big planner and if she doesn’t continue with being a producer like her dad in the future, I can see her being a event planner big time. Anyways she’s usually very organized, outfits steamed and hung up for the week, weekly calendars and reminders in her phone. Alarm’s set since she’s the only one in the house and only has herself to depend on. I feel she does take a lot on her plate for a teenager so she tries her best to follow a routine/schedule most of the time. Wake up. Stretch. Slippers. Robe. She does not check her phone until after she is done taking care of herself! Brush teeth. Shower. Skincare. Get dressed. Does hair. Checks phone on her way downstairs to breakfast. Layla is a açaí bowl or oatmeal kinda girl, fight amongst yourselves. I see it. I manifest it. She always has to have her hands in something and when it comes to breakfast and baking, you can count on her to always make something. It became something she loved since her mom and her always did that together. And she often likes taking the long way to school and the long way back home.
Asher: not a morning person. Never on time unless it’s for football on Saturday mornings. he’s a cereal kinda guy since his dad can’t afford a professional chef anymore. His favorite cereal is probably Rice Krispies with strawberries and wh*le milk or cashew milk if he remembers to buy it from the grocery app. I feel like he would eventually have to get a job his senior year since it’s kind of a struggle with his dad settling into his new job. It’s a big adjustment with his parents divorced and although his mom still slips him money when he see’s her every other weekend, he’s more tired than he ever was before. He’s used to sleeping in cars if he’s not in a king sized bed but can pretty much sleep everywhere. He can sleep through anything and always has multiple loud ass alarms to wake him up since his dad is either gone before he wakes up like before or just about to leave for his new job. He never bothers to wake him anyways. Asher is a grumpy grouch in the mornings and is addicted to ice coffees and loves a good pastry if he can’t have himself some cereal in the morning.
He’s also annoyed if he doesn’t get his cartoon’s in too before school. Don’t bother him until mid-morning, early afternoon if you know what’s good for you.
Coop: if she’s something else when she’s angry what do you think she’s like in the mornings? Annoying either way? Probably lmao. She’s probably a talker in the morning expressing some wild ass dream she had or either how she had a sucky night and couldn’t sleep properly so she was up writing a new song or something. Since she’s dropping out of school, her mornings could probably start later around 11am? Unless her mother is still home and making her get out of bed to run errands with her or clean the house while she’s gone for the day? Either way she’s probably dancing, talking your head off, blasting music as she gets ready, or browsing Twitter as her form of “morning news”
Chris: I get night owl vibes from Chris. Which is more difficult to do in high school, whew! He has to use melatonin spray or cream to help him knock out and if it fully doesn’t help, he’s dragging the next morning once he fully crashes. Sometimes it can be a good morning or it can be a sucky one. Due to his injury, he gets occasional pain in his joints which he keeps a secret from mostly everyone from his team since they were only described as spasms from his doctor. He deals with it even if it freaks him out from time to time. If it’s a sucky morning, he has to wake himself up with a splash of water to the face and then tending to the pain in his joints before carrying on about his day.
I do think he’s on his phone a lot. Before bed, actually watching soothing videos to help him knock out—don’t tell anybody that and then checking his phone again when he wakes up. Which is apparently unhealthy for the mind but hey with technology continuing to take over, what can you do?
Patience: the girl doesn’t care if she’s late or early. All that matters is trying to get through the day. She’s not crazy about getting up early to sit in 7-8 classes a day but if she’s got to do it, then she’s going to take her time. She wasn’t named “Patience” for no reason okay? When it comes to her appearance, she’s going to make sure she puts in the effort because if she looks good then she feels good and can go about her day. Most of the time she takes a quick breakfast with her on her bus ride to school (thanks to her hair not doing what she wanted it to) and then if there’s time heads to the cafeteria to get whatever they’re serving for breakfast there. At least that’s better than the lunch they serve there.
JJ: total morning person! Or if he’s not? You can never tell. The guys always in the best mood. Even if he was out partying and doing too much the night before, the dude is never hungover. Everyone wants to know his secret. And when he tells them, they don’t believe it. He’s usually a slob of a eater but he also knows how to take care of his body and all about his protein shakes and juicing. He definitely has a meal plan that he takes the time to post on his Instagram stories. The guy loves Instagram and is always posting there. If you need positive words of affirmations, JJ is your guy. Check his stories or if you run into him in person he’s all hugs and uplifting you to get through the day. He’s the guy you need around if you need it. If you don’t want to be bothered? Make sure he doesn’t see you and keep your distance because he will tackle you down and turn into DJ Khaled on your ass.
Simone: she hates mornings and thinks it’s cruel to be up five days of the week for. If she physically feels like she can’t get up due to intense studying or up binge watching real housewives or whatever, she knows it the night before and puts her plan into motion the next morning. Her parents are usually always on her ass, especially her mom so it takes a lot of persuading to let her stay home. And it still doesn’t feel like a free day because her mom is checking up on her every hour on the dot from work. She makes it feel like Simone should have just went to school. If the answer is, “there’s nothing wrong with you, you’re going.” Then Simone is definitely in a sour mood. Her dad almost always drives her to school and she checks up on her son every day through socials if she doesn’t message his second mother. Simone’s also not much of a breakfast person but if her dad is making her eat they’re stopping somewhere before he drops her off or encouraging her to take some of whatever dish he made before they leave.
Now? If there’s something on her mind? Then she’s active and stressing over it before she’s talking to someone about it. She’s out getting a light jog on around her gated neighborhood (she’s getting her fitness game back up after deciding to take tennis seriously again) before showering and getting back into bed for at least thirty minutes to forty five before she has to be up for school. Worries erased for now.
Darnell: is a morning person even if he grumbles that he doesn’t care for it. He’s a sunset kinda guy not a sunrise. It’s not much of a issue for him to get up and start the day with a long exaggerated sigh. He’s not as talkative but get something in his belly and he’s bringing up some interesting facts or news about what’s going on with certain celebrities he keeps up with. I also feel like he knows how to cook and breakfast isn’t his speciality but lunch foods are? Grits, eggs, bacon, and jam on toast is his fav thing to eat for breakfast with apple juice. That’s right, apple juice over orange juice no matter what Spence and dil have to say.
His version of appetizers (which are too big of portions but to each their own) are his go to make for lunch. For breakfast if he can’t have his fav meal in the late morning, he always eats light since he says his stomach is too sensitive in the mornings which has been proven to be true...The James’ can vouch for that
Kia: again 50/50. Depends on her night. She’s also someone who is very active in clubs so it all depends when she gets home and how fast she can get things done at home before she can crash. Sometimes she takes a lot on as well but she thrives off it? It makes her feel productive but she also knows how to balance and have free time when she wants to. Her breakfast always consists of fruit, she loves her fruit. And even if she finds herself running late then she quickly adjusts and cuts out what needs to be cut out of her morning routine and get where she needs to be making herself have the time. Which can be good or bad, depends on how you look at it. Kia is great at handling whatever is thrown at her it seems!
Vanessa: Morning person after she’s fully awake lol. Hates how she looks in the morning, thinks her face is too puffy and definitely uses a jade roller no matter what to help. Her mom is always on her ass + she’s a coach so just imagine that on top while struggling to get up. However once she’s settled, she gets this burst of energy—coach montes believes it’s “the vitamins” and “always eating properly” but the small girl always seemed to get random bursts of energy throughout the day no matter the circumstance. loves a food bagel or pastry for breakfast with orange juice or water, either is fine. She especially loves sunny mornings in California, it just makes her feel better—as it should. She even thanks the sun when it greets her face. Which is something she used to do as a kid too.
Fin.
A/N: I apologize for any typos in advance. It’s now 2am, phones about to die and it’s surely time to crash. Goodnight/morning wherever you are in the world and I’ll fix what needs to be fixed later lol. Feel free to send me ask memes for this week if you want when I do have the energy to write. Toodles!
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A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?) Lucas can’t really go without affection. He needs a smooch at least before he leaves the house or when he says goodbye on dates. He wants to be reminded that their S/O loves him and that he loves them. It’s as easy as this.
B = Before (What were they like when they had a crush?) Dude would try to impress. With bad jokes. With flexing his guns. He would always ask his crush if they want to come with him and the guys to do whatever. And if they agree he wouldn’t really be able to hide his excitement. It would light a spark of pure joy in his eyes. It would be very obvious really.
C = Confession (What was their confession like?) Regardless of his looks and height Lucas still is a very childish man and he’s not that old either. I would honestly go that far and say that during his life he wasn’t the one confessing often. He usually got confessed to. So when it is actually his turn he would probably get all shy around his crush and he maybe asked Kun for advice as well on how to tell them and what to say since he is not the very best with words.
D = Date (What was the first official date they went on?) I am guessing something cheesy. Lucas may or may not be a romantic person but being all nervous about fulfilling expectations and doing a solid job he would take their S/O out to go an amusement park. He is a child really and his sometimes subtle playfulness is probably what attracts his S/O to him as well.
E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?) Please don’t come for me on this one but I recon he would choose a text. As I mentioned in section C = Confession I imagine him being this popular kid in school everyone had a crush on at least once a week. (We’ve all seen the pics he’s adorable.) That being said he maybe got too used to dumping people interested in him. I won’t say it is the same with his S/O as it was with high school sweethearts but he might just fall back into old patterns due to convenience. Breaking up would still hurt him and still be difficult.
F = Fights (What would fights look like? What are things that upset them?) Honestly: Fights with Lucas would be a pain mainly because he doesn’t see where he’s wrong or what the issue exactly is. He is a very loyal person once fully committed but maybe not the most understanding one.
G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?) His emotional way is very gentle. His physical way in terms of hugs and holding hands is too. Simple mind - Simple showings off affection other things we don’t discuss here it is SWF, please
H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?) Just like Johnny his arms are insanely long and wrapping them tightly around his S/O is just way to nice to not do it constantly.
I = Intimacy (What is their favorite form of intimacy? Do they have problems with it?) He knows why he’s in SM. He got casted off the streets for his looks. He also really radiates the vibes of only being there for the fun and the people only. Lucas is very confident in the way he looks and he is aware of how many thousand people find him insanely attractive. I am pretty sure there are close to no problems when it comes to intimacy but that is something very personal because we know that everyone has at least one issue with themselves which we sometimes could never tell.
J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?) He gets jealous. Not much but he does in general. I am not sure how exactly that would display or how he would show it but overall: Yes he does.
K = Kisses (Are they a good kisser? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?) I hope he is. Okay no honestly, hear me out lmao. Lucas ... is either very excellent at kissing or he isn’t. I just look at him and I really hope he is because that would be so grate and elevate him one step closer to being the complete package. He meets the height requirements. He has the hands to hold his S/O. He surely has the lips as well. Which is also where they like to kiss/be kissed the most.
L = Little ones (How are they around children?) Lucas is the perfect personality type for getting along well with kids. He is goofy enough to play around with them and fun and fool but he is also calm enough to not out-child them and keep an eye on them. He is guiding their playfulness in a way only a few people can.
M = Messages (How often do they text his S/O?) He texts them A LOT when he’s bored. During practice or some random meeting he would get distracted by his phone and text them about how bored he is. Also he would often take pictures or snaps of stupid little things he wants to show them but they’re not around. Speaking of SnapChat: Filters.
N = Night (How are nights spent with them?) Nights out in clubs are hot and fun. Nights out in bars (if they are dates) are hot. Nights out in movie theatre would be so much fun. He would totally get this slushies that turn your tongue in different Colors but would also hold his S/O during scary parts of the movie even though he’s scared himself. Acting all tough
O = Opinion (Would they ask for their S/O’s opinion a lot? How important is it in terms of decisions?) He would ask for their opinion but mainly because he thinks he has to or that they would want to be ask. If it’s about his personal matters. When it comes to mutual decisions it’s different because well of course he asks for his S/O opinion. What they say matters to him and he wants both of them to be comfortable. So when they say that sofa is ugly - it’s ugly.
P = Patience (How easily angered are they?) Getting on his nerves is quite hard I assume. He probably would be the one getting on his S/O’s nerves (most of the time by accident tho.) If it’s something about them that actually bothers him he will be patient and ask them to maybe change that behaviour for a long time before actually admitting how much it is bothering him and eventually raising his voice.
Q = Quizzes (How does a bar trivia night teamed up with them look like?) A complete mess. Lucas once admitted he is not the smartest one and I adore people who are aware of that and own it in their own way. He would still try his best to not let his S/O and maybe other teammates down. BUT he is still an important part of the team: The one who chugs everything for the sake of the cause. IDK I just see him being able to drink a lot. He radiates this frat boy energy help
R = Remember (How much do they remember about their S/O or their relaitonship in general?) Lucas does his best but he is forgetting a lot. He writes it down in his phone. For example there could be a list for his S/O's family member’s birthdays and all their important anniversaries. He may still forget them tho. When it comes to memory Lucas knows it’s not his forté but he is trying hard.
S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?) He is maybe one of the most protective boyfriends you will find in whole NCT. He shields his S/O from wind or rain, he corners them in crowded subways. He flags and gets in cabs first. He will shove between his S/O and other guys dancing at clubs casually so they don’t notice. He will tell people to fo k off if they are obviously bothering his S/O. He does it all.
T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?) He might be sloppy with everyday chores but he will rather often take his S/O on spontaneous coffee dates or bring home take out aka steal something from the dorm Kun cooked.
U = Unique (What makes them unique as a S/O?) What makes Lucas unique as a S/O is definitely his awareness of his ... stupidity? Now I can see people coming for me for saying this but he once said he is not very smart and he is probably correct about that. His abilities lay more in the practical and emotional/empathic area. So what makes him special is is ability to pull his S/O’s guard down. If they come home from work super stressed he will put their mind at ease by simply talking to them about not so heavy or challenging topic. He will be their save heaven. A place where they don’t need to pretend or to impress. Lucas loves his S/O 190% for their character or quirks and maybe even for their intellect as well but he doesn’t compete with it and is real about himself.
V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?) SO. MUHC. He has sloppy days tho but they will mostly never catch him with greasy hair or anything. And also he is in shape and plans to stay that way.
W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without their S/O?) He would. If he is not with them for a long time he can feel how he is losing his inner center or balance. Lucas would be fine on his own but honestly exactly just fine.
X = X-Ray (How transparent are they?) Lucas is an open book. He can’t hide anything and he is so easy to fool on like April 1st or some prank they want to play on him. If he’s feeling down they’ll see it. If he’s happy they’ll know it. if he truly loves them it will be on the local news.
Y = Yuck (Everyone has flaws. What is theirs?) Bruh okay. Well. He leaves his underwear everywhere. Or his socks. and he leaves the toilet seat up.
Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?) Being asleep he grabs everything and pulls it in close. There is no escape. And I feel like he will wander towards the mid of the bed so if their S/O is avoiding being hold custody they will have no where to go but the sofa or wake him up.
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 Being In a Poly relationship with Sam Uley, Paul Lahote, and Jacob Black would include: (Male! Cullen! Imprint! Reader)
Requested: Yes
(Your all in a relationship)
Everyone Knew they were in a relationship
They got a lot of strange looks and backhanded comments
But they were able to get through it together- luckily not many people had the guts to say it in front of there faces considering they were all tall buff men
It did get to them slightly, and it took them a long time to be public with there relationship but eventually the hiding got to them and they came out
The pack already knew of course, it would be hard to hide the longing looks they gave to each other normally, but since they can hear each others thoughts? They were outed very quickly
Embry and Jared nearly choke when they first hear a passing thought go through Jacob’s mind about an intimate moment they had shared- and everything quickly unraveled from there
You are the youngest of the Cullen children, mainly because you are human.
You had a rough childhood and were taken away for your family at a very young age
One day you had gotten hurt by and equally poor foster family
Carlisle was your doctor, he instantly noticed the signs of abuse and also realized just how wonderful of a kid you were
He followed procedure and reported the incident to CPS
You were taken away but then you were without a family once again, Carlisle tried not to think about you, knowing there were plenty of poor children in situations like yours and his home wouldn’t be safe for a human child
But when you come back in, this time with a broken arm, he discusses it with the family.
Him and Esme start the process of adoption and cross there fingers.
They’re accepted.
You’re only four so they panic and buy everything they can think of to childproof there house, and set up a room for you- which Alice and Rosalie take care of
You don’t trust them at first, your past foster families had been abusive and even though you were young you still associated the process with being hurt
Jasper keeps his distance from you but uses his powers to ease your stress
When you first go there your three favorite people are Esme, Rosalie, and Carlisle
You love Esme because she makes you your favorite foods and she reads you bed time stories every night- she also was the first person other then Carlisle you met
You love Carlisle because he was the first person who was nice to you in a long time, he was always nice to you and was the first real father figure you had, so of course you want to talk to him for two hours about cartoons and the cool bug you saw outside- although he’s a sucker for your ramblings
You loved Rosalie because she loved you, she babied you, played with you, dances with you, watches cartoons with you every Sunday morning while your still half asleep.
You soon warm up to the others though and over the years your close with them all
When they first told you about vampires they only confirmed a suspicion you had already had
“Wait, so I was right?”
“Yeah a bit...” Edward piped up awkwardly from the corner having forgotten to tell them about your theory on why they were all the same age as when you had met, never ate with you, and never slept
Your still all close, even closer in fact now that they don’t need to hide everything from you
So when they ask you to deliver a message to the wolf pack- who you had never met but were familiar with- you complied
Happily pulling up you grasped the note tightly- technically you knew what to say, just tell them when the training would take place- but that didn’t mean you weren’t nervous about forgetting
With three snaps of your wrist you knocked on the door, eyes low as you tried to keep your nerves at bay- just drop the note off, then leave. It’ll be simple
The door swung open and a stern looking woman opened the door
“Hello?”
“Uh hi, I’m supposed to drop this letter off with Sam Uley.”
“Ah so you’re the Leeches human.”
“Uhm- and you’re Leah the Female wolf?”
She mumbled a yeah and motioned for me to come inside, when you walk in you instantly recognize the wolf pack- mainly because of there tattoos but the fact that they were all shirtless was a large hint.
“Which one of you is Sam?” You asked looking at the four men sat at the table eating a variety of foods displayed on the table.
Two of the men- one you had recognized from Bella’s description as being Jacob black- stopped mid bite and stared at you, which made you shift nervously
little did you know Jacob and Paul were currently in the midst of there entire world shifting below there feet, and suddenly it wasn’t just there partners who mattered above all else, you were at the center of it all.
Right when you were contemplating turning around and leaving before you had the option to give them the letter, or to find out why they were staring at you so intensely, like they were a second away from jumping over the table and tackling you- someone cleared there throat from next to you
You nearly jumped out of your skin and quickly turned to look at the man who had scared you
He was tall, had a stern yet handsome face- and gave off an incredibly intimidating aura
His tightly knit brows instantly relaxed as we made eye contact- which made you think you might have something on your face considering everyone is staring at you
“Are you... Sam?” You asked, trying to put on your best smile despite the feeling of three men staring into your soul causing your skin to crawl
“Yes, and you are?” He spoke, gentler then you were expecting but his voice still carried a powerful undertone
“Y/N, Carlisle sent me to give you the detail on your whole training session.”
He paused for a moment, taking the letter from your hand and glancing at the others
“Your the Cullen’s human?” He asked but it came out more as a statement
“I prefer Y/N, but yes- I’m the Cullen token human.” You tried to lighten the suddenly serious moment, but when you were met with more confused stares and strangely longing gazes you let out a nervous laugh, “You know... I’m just gonna go...” You said sounding slightly more nervous intended
There was a few more moments of silent and Sam, Jacob, and mystery pack member shared a knowing but slightly panic looked.
“Hey, Why don’t you stay for lunch- since you’re already here and everything.” Jacob smiled from his seat at the table- repeatedly hitting the shoulder of another boy until he moved and then motioning at the free seat.
“Oh... I shouldn’t, I mean I’d hate to impose.” You waved your hand slightly, a small smile on your face. They seemed nice but the thought of being glared at for any longer made you want to die on the spot.
“Ah come on, we’d love to get to know the infamous vampire boy.”
You let out a slight sigh before admitting defeat- not wanting to seem rude at this point. “I guess I can stay for a bit- If you stop calling me Vampire boy.... or ‘the leech human’.” 
“Deal.” Mystery boy said before motioning his head to the now-free chair, “Now sit.”
You end up sitting down and are able to enjoy yourself, most of the pack other then Jacob, Paul, and Sam don’t talk to you to terribly much, other then introducing themselves.
“Oh, by the way, what’s your name again?”
“It’s Paul.” He practically beamed at your slight attention- you didn’t know it but the three men were all suddenly very desperate to get to know you and have your attention. Hence why they didn’t want you to leave.
Time flew by quicker then any of you would have liked, they all hung onto your every word as you talked, and you found yourself doing the same when they talked.
The rest of the pack quickly caught on and were either fighting back a laugh the entire time or dreading the drama that would likely ensue from not one, not two, but three werewolf’s imprinting on the human Cullen.
Speaking of which, none of the Cullen’s know until the training scene.
The whole day is put on pause for a few minutes as Edward quickly is able to read the thoughts of the pack and tells the others.
Your standing near Bella- confused on what exactly an imprint is but not asking because you had a suspicion it wasn’t good.
Carlisle and Esme are fairly calm, this wasn’t the kind of thing you could control and they were happy you would have three werewolf’s looking out for you- since they were known for being protective of there imprints
Jasper, Edward, and Emmett, had no idea how to feel.
The one time Jasper is stumped with emotions, he knows imprints are usually happiest with their imprinter- or imprinters. But how could he know you’d be safe with them? Alice wouldn’t be able to see if something was going to go wrong so anything could happen
Emmett was slightly confused but he guessed he was happy for you? But also upset that the mutts imprinted on his human
Edward was, just, couldn’t, wrap, his, head, around, it.
Rosalie and Alice were fuming
You were Rosalie’s kid, if they thought for one second they could have you they’d have to get through her
Alice did not like the mutts, especially when they were imprinted on her favorite human- her usually happy demeanor shifted and she held herself back but jasper was gently holding her hand to try and keep her calm
Rosalie however went off
“What do you mean they all imprinted on him! As if dealing with one of them wouldn’t be enough!” She hissed, grabbing your arm and pulling you behind her- which caused the three wolves to snap and growl slightly
“Uh- It’s okay Rose?” You tried to ignore your confusion and comfort her slightly
“No- It’s not Y/N!”
Everyone was very tense for the rest of the training session, you were mainly searching through your memories trying to remember what imprints were- when you did remember you let out a small “oh”
Although you didn’t know the relationship would move past being close friends
Which is exactly what you were for awhile.
Carlisle was able to convince Rosalie to let you go see the pack, not wanting to start a dispute by withholding you
She still gave you a pocket knife and a long rant on how if they try anything or you get slightly uncomfortable to leave immediately- and to listen to you instincts.
But your instincts tell you to completely trust the pack.
The first few meetings the four of you have after the training session were awkward at first but you quickly warmed up to them
You spend a lot of time on the beach and especially just hanging around Sam’s house
You four can just talk for hours enjoying eachothers company
Jacob likes to spend private time with you at the beach, he likes watching you collect seashells- you may have grown up in the area but you were never allowed to go to the beach so you’ve got almost a child-like excitement when you’re there.
Paul likes to take you places, any place you want to go- you got it- he likes seeing new movies with you, especially action films but you’ve dragged him to a few cheesy werewolf movies specifically so you could crack up at them and whisper in your ear, ‘So do you do that?’
Sam likes to have more chill time with you, he takes the brunt of patrolling and just being able to rest, and hang out with you knowing your safe is enough. Not that it’s boring though, he still finds different ways to fill the time but it’s much more relaxing things- one time you made him paint and he refused to show you his piece for days because it was ‘so bad’, you assured him it wasn’t although inside you both knew it was. When he tried to throw it away you stole it out of the trash and brought it home
When you all hang out your in for a fun day, your usually doing something specific because keeping four people entertained can be a hassle if your just hanging out- not that you don’t just hang out but things run more smoothly when your doing something
If they had a particularly long day patrolling you’ll let them just relax- always offering to leave if they need alone time since you do know they might just went to spend time with their partners, but they always insist you stay
They usually lay on the couch and you’ll make them dinner since they do have huge appetites, and Esme did give you cooking lessons so you know your way around the kitchen
Plus it’s nice to cook for someone else other then yourself
Jacob and Paul are always pumped when you cook for them- Sam always reminds you that you don’t need to cook for them, but is secretly just as excited because your an extremely good cook
Speaking of being a good cook- that’s something the entire pack appreciates your skill because you always conveniently make just enough for them as well- totally a coincidence if anyone asks you
Leah starts to warm up to you- she still doesn’t like being around Sam but she realizes your not a bad guy and she enjoys being able to be around you and only you so she can escape the other pack members thoughts but also have company
The rest of the pack loves you- partially because you make them food but also they think your fun to be around- although your rarely alone with anyone other then your three imprintee’s
None of you know when exactly you start having non-platonic feeling for each other
I mean Jasper does, which means Edward knows, and of course they had to tell Alice and Bella, so they all know way before you realize.
None of them are particularly bothered by you being gay, Jasper and Edward have known since you’d get crushes on the male cartoon characters on your shows, Alice didn’t mind you fell in love with a man-men- she just was hesitant about the men you fell for. And Bella always had a sneaking suspicion so it merely confirmed a suspicion she had- although it did go against her religious beliefs, so did being a vampire and she was able to accept that so you liking men? No big deal
Jacob is the first to realize of the three shifters- and since he is the first one to know he panics at the thought of the others not also liking you in the same way
However there is a Domino effect and almost within 24 hours they all realize they all feel the same way- but do you?
“The Cullen’s are going to kill us- not only imprinting on there son but this?”
Them slowly testing the waters to see how you feel is how you realize you like like them
Paul wrapped an arm around you when you shivered in the cold air, he couldn’t fight back the smug smile that painted his features when you leaned further into him
Sam mainly observes your behavior, not wanting to push you so he tries to read into all you slight movements.
Jacob mainly makes jokes under the same style ‘what if we all went on a date together... haha jk jk... unless?’
After five of those kinds of jokes you get suspicious- those paired with Jacob suddenly wanting to spend a lot more time with you and getting you small gifts- along with Sam becoming a lot more touchy feely and also giving you small gifts- you were suspicious the feeling were mutual.
All of you danced around your feeling.
Until you overheard a conversation.
“Jake, we have to take our time, we don’t want to push him.”
“Sam! We’ve been waiting for weeks, we should just tell him, lay all our cards out on the table.”
“Oh yeah, Jake just three shifters cornering you and saying ‘hey you know how we said imprints are sometimes completely platonic? Well this is not one of those times’.”
They had not realized you were standing on the front porch right next to the very open window
Your plan was simple- just back away and stay near your car for five minutes then come back and pretend you didn’t hear anything- simple right?
Not quite since you didn’t hear Jared walking up behind you- and of course he was very loud with his greeting
After a few moments you see Jacobs head stick out the window looking a tad panicked- “Oh Y/N I had no idea you were here!”
“Uh yeah... just got here an bumped into Jared.”
Jared only needed to pick something up and then he was gone and you were left alone with three men who were wondering if you had heard them.
An awkward silence was in the air before Sam finally sighed and asked “Did you here what we were talking about?”
Your face gave an answer before you could speak, but you tried none-the-less “psshhh.... nah I didn’t hear a single thing...”
“That’s obviously a lie.”
Jacob is happy you know and can make a decision if you’d like to stay merely friends or possibly become more, Paul is panicked your going to be completely put off by them all falling for you- they didn’t even know if you were gay so this could actually make you run back to the Cullen’s and never come back, and Sam is a mix of both- he doesn’t think you’ll run but he is worried if you don’t share there feeling your relationship will never be the same, although he was eager to hear what you have to say
“So... you all want... to date me?” You held your breath awaiting an answer.
“Basically..”
You let out a small ‘oh’ as a smile fights it’s way onto your features
They don’t know if your happy or if you’re making fun of them
Sam doesn’t beat around the bush and asks if you have feelings for them in a purely platonic sense, or not.
You lightly punch his shoulder and joke lightly “Not”
“What?”
“Not.” You said again,
“Y/N What the ever living fu-- OH YOU MEAN YOUR FEELINGS AREN’T PLATONIC!” Paul blurts out in confusion and then excitement
You just smile slightly and nod at him, having to many butterflies in your stomach to talk.
The day goes absolutely wonderfully after that- you were planning on just watching The AmittyVille Horror and having dinner, and that’s what you did
But even though none of them had officially asked you out, you all just unanimously agreed you were theirs now and they were yours
For the first time Sam wasn’t the only one helping you with dinner
You had to give Paul and Jacob easier jobs as they were absolutely terrible in the kitchen, Paul was in charge rubbing the seasoning-that same had mixed- on the meat and he was in charge of the playlist so you all had music to listen to- Jake was in charge of chopping, which he was slow and sloppy at but he did his best
You and Sam had already cooked many meals together so you moved smoothly through the kitchen preparing the rest of the food
You all ate together and then watched the movie, none of you were to particularly scared however you all enjoyed the movie
You went home that night very happy and Edward stopped you before you even got through the door
He unintentionally outed you- before you were ready. He hold’s the guilt of that for years- even after you forgive him.
No one really says much, Esme and Carlisle say they’re happy for you and then let you awkwardly walk right back out of the house
Carlisle is technically extremely religious but he knows that god loves all his creations and he knows the bible has been through many different phases, so he know’s it is not a literal guide book- he knows who you are and he loves you regardless
Esme has already known since you were a kid and you told her you secretly has a crush on a guy in your class- when you were in kindergarten- which you completely forgot but she’s always known and always loved you.
Rosalie is fuming- not because your gay, I mean she at one point questioned her own sexuality and she really doesn’t care what sexuality you are, but she does care that the MUTTS THINK THEY HAVE ANY CLAIM TO HER SON
they’ve already been stealing you every other day, but now? what if you move in with them, what if you start seeing them everyday, where will she be in your life? She’s mad and insecure, you end up telling her she’ll always be the best mom and that it doesn’t matter who your with, you’ll never leave her
Emmett is just flabbergasted, you get imprinted on by three wolves, you fall for all of them, they’re all men, they all fall for you. It’s a lot, he still loves you, but it’s a lot
You go right back to Sam’s house- you take a slight detour, you weren’t ready to come out to them so you need a minute
You knock and Sam’s door and only have to wait a second before it swings open- he heard you coming
“What happened?” He said when he saw your face- which you hadn’t realized must’ve looked upset
You just sighed and mumbled “I love them but sometimes living with vampires sucks ass.”
He chuckled lightly and pulled you inside, you didn’t see his eye twitch in agitation that the cullens upset you “You want to talk about it?”
“Not even slightly.”
“Well then, what would you like to do.”
You shrugged and plopped yourself on his couch “If you were doing something I can just chill here.”
“I was only going to clean and go to bed- I’d much rather spend time with you.”
He said plopping down on the couch with you, you ended up talking random things including the scary stories you believed in when you were small and debating what kind of pasta was the best
After awhile you both got pretty tired and you said you should probably go, with a sigh
“You don’t have to if you don’t want to- I mean I’ll sleep on the couch and you can take the bed if you’d like.”
You ended up agreeing with him but insisting you sleep on the couch- threatening to leave if he sleeps on it since he has patrols the next day
You two stay up a tad longer then he let’s you get some rest
It takes you awhile to fall asleep since you’ve never really stayed here over night
In the morning he’s in a bit of a rush but you spend a few mintutes together and then he’s out the door
When you go home all the cullens are hella worried
Takes you an hour to calm them down and convince them your alright you were just to tired to drive
They’re not exactly thrilled but they let it slide- just this once
It takes them awhile to get used to your relationship but once they see your happy and safe they accept it
Jacob drives you around on his bike a lot- sometimes if you need a lift but also just to be with you
Paul is the one most likely to tackle you- it’s actually how you have your first kiss- which is kinda romantic but he also scared the hell out of you
If you want to be technical your first kiss with Sam was a cheek kiss, which he did in the middle of making lunch which through you off
But your first lip kiss was almost just as random but a bit more romantic, he walked you to your car after you all had gone on a date and the others hanged back- he told them to in there minds but you didn’t know that- and kissed you before you got in your car
Jacob was a bit jealous he was the last to the party but he makes up for it in being really cute
Not-so-stealthy wraps a warm arm around you and pulls you close, your sitting on the cool beach so you cuddle into his warm chest, he calls your name quietly so you look up to him and  then he goes to kiss you- but his nose smashes into yours
He immediately apologizes while you die of laughter, unclinging from him and practically rolling in the sand
Defeated he grumpily crosses his arms and refuses to look at you
“Hey Jake~” You call, and now he’s the one turning to you and you steal a kiss
After that you instantly cuddle back up into his warm chest despite the fact your insane blush heated you up
They are always affectionate to each-other and if you think you escaped that- think again,
At least one of them is always touching you in some way- Jake loves to hold you hand, Paul likes to have a hand on your thigh/lower back- and Sam likes to wrap his arm around your shoulders
Sam is a big sucker for face kisses 
Paul looooves when you play with his hair but refuses to admit it
Jacob likes to just casually carry your around on his back/in his arms
It takes a good long while for all of you to get intimate
You mess around one on one with each other but it’s intimidating for three Tall Hunky werewolves to just take you
But they do regardless as long as you’re okay with it- Edward and Jasper are very uncomfortable with the new intimacy in your relationship
Whenever there is a supernatural threat you spend 95% of your time with them- the other 5% with the cullens
They will not let you out of you sights, you almost think your getting heatstroke at night when you’re surrounded by three bodies- two of which have arms around you- radiating heat
speaking of which in the winter you still don’t need blankets because they’re all more the willing to be your blanket
One time Paul lost control and shifted near you and your tackled by jacob so you don’t get hurt
Paul spends a weak apologizing
He always hates his temper but it’s been a lot better since you came along
They all become better people with you around- but not because you force them to be, because they want to be with you around
They love you wholeheartedly and that’s all that truly matters
You guys live a long happy life together and no one will ever tear you apart
Word count: 4,571
(sighs in having 20 drafts but ADHD brain won’t let you finish any, also I hope you like it ^^ @shamelessloverhairdopainter sorry I haven’t completed any of your other requests yet but trust me I’m trying to write every free chance I get, everyone have a good day and stay safe y’all)
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maadorii · 4 years
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Kuroo, Kenma, Atsumu & Osamu + a tall female s/o
request: Hello! Uhm i noticed that the request is open and this is kinda my first time to request something but, can i request a headcannon for Kuroo, Kenma, Atsumu and Osamu with their tall fem s/o who’s really boyish and carefree, please? <3
max.note’s: hi, thank you for sending this in! this sort of became self indulgent for me cause i sorta fit the description you sent in so i portrayed a lot of me into this haha ain’t that funny.  i hope i did justice and that you enjoy!! uwu
warnings/tags: tw: bullying, dealing w/ insecurities & fluff
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KUROO :;
- your in for a ride with this one
- the first time he met you, he was a bit starstruck. he didn’t know whether it was your height or the fact you were wearing the male uniform… he thinks it’s cute and honestly refreshing compared to majority of girls he interacts with on a daily basis. it takes a while for you to warm up to him but when you do, y’all just click… if that makes sense? he basically unlocks a new side to you that you really don’t show anyone and that’s when he falls in love (he’s in for the long run) you both love to joke around and just do dumb shit together liking pull pranks on his fellow teammates or your friends (unfortunate for kenma.) he’ll still tease you believe it or not, whether it’s the fact he’s still taller than you or just the fact he has that privilege to do so.
- kuroo believes you’re on of the stylish people he knows, which is kinda sad but at the same time sweet? the fact that majority of your closet is mostly male clothing, expect him to steal some of your clothes. shirts, pants, jackets and hoodies. you name it. and you’ll steal some of his clothes in return sense your basically the same size. he’ll also want to match outfits on occasions. like from the shoes to same hair accessories. 
- “tetsu, do we have to wear the same headband?”
- “uh yea! it is a very vital piece of our outfits.”
- he’s such a cutie pie :((( kuroo stans come take your man away before i do
Kenma
- he’ll never say it, but he loves the fact that you’re taller than him, your not too much taller than him but it’s still a noticeable difference between you two. he’s got his own personal body pillow, as you like to put it (much to his demise.) when’s he playing video games, either on a hand held or console, he’ll silently press his back to your chest with your arms wrapped around him. doesn’t say a single word at all, he just does it whenever. you’ll actually go in and join him when he plays (we get, y’all are cute asf.) but the funny thing is that you play all the opposite of what he normally plays. and what i mean by that: call of duty, mortal kombat, god of war, resident evil… yea the list goes on.
- “you really play these… violent games (y/n)?”
- “i mean, they’re a great way for me to release stress–– AW YOU SON OF A BITCH!! I COULD’VE GOTTEN THAT—”
- you may or may not have broken a few controllers… or gotten into a few arguments with kenma about the matter. like kuroo, he’ll steal your clothes too. but mostly your oversized hoodies and shirts for lounge wear. you think he looks absolutely adorable all swallowed up your clothes. and mostly, cuddles are a must! especially when he’s the little spoon. just being entangled with up brings him a sense of comfort
ATSUMU :;
- when you two first began talking, he didn’t take notice to your height or anything for the matter. he just found you really cool to hangout with whenever he could, considering how you had no problem joining along with his dumb antics and jokes. until he saw you outside the school uniform in your casual clothing.
- all atsumu ever saw you in before was the “dreaded” girl’s uniform everyday, the skirt just hanging mid-way up your thighs, adored in the prettiest tights, but now… jeans that looked like they gone threw a shredder more than enough times, hoodies, chains, chunky sneakers (ya know, those fila shoes that everybody wants to hate?) you’re the epitome of a tomboy “aesthetic” (i don’t understand how this is an aesthetic cause it’s more than just wearing guy clothes but whatever.) he was surprised at first but grew to like this new angle of you. later on, he eventually asks why you dress more like a guy rather than the opposite.
- “i’ve never really been… connected to my femininity. all the things girls do, i just didn’t feel right. you’ve seen what i look like, i’m almost as tall as you and osamu-kun! i just don’t feel very beautiful, so why make myself?” atsumu couldn’t stop the next sentence that came out of his mouth
- “shut yer mouth, so what you’re tall? so what you’re you like dressing like in men clothes? i think you’re beautiful just the way you are! you still a girl in my book, you got the bits to prove it too.”
- “t-tsumu, don’t say that!”
- goes out of his way to make feel comfortable in whatever way you want to express your femininity, cause he’s a good boy and he loves you just the way you are (and so do i!!)
OSAMU :;
the first time he mets you, it was in the inarizaki hallways after school. he happened to come across your path, seeing as you surrounded by a group of boys around the same height as you in conversation. he thought nothing of it and continued on his way to practice until he happened to catch a bit of the “conversation” you were having.
“are you sure you’re not one of… those guys? there’s no way a girl can be as tall as you.” and watched as you made yourself appear smaller in front of them, listening to them laugh. how you were on the verge of tears. that very sentence lit something in his stomach, he couldn’t just walk away.
after asking if you’re okay, even though you said you were, he decided to skip practice that day and took you out to eat ice cream (cause it’s my comfort food.) and even walked you home afterwards too, cause he’s a gentleman. you give him your number so you keep in touch. when he got home, atsumu was already home waiting for him on the couch all showered from practice.
“if ya were going to skip practice today, could’ve have said something ya know?”
“sorry, i had bussiness to handle.”
you guys began to talk regularly not long after the incident, whether it was him hanging out with you at lunch or he’ll walk you home before he has to leave for practice. eventually, he asked you out. which had caught you by surprise. you proceeded to ask him why, his answer shocked you.
“i don’t care that you’re tall or that you aren’t very girly either. i like you for you… hey, why are you crying?”
“o-osamu, that’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said to m-me! of course i’ll go out with you,” you wailed, gripping onto him for dear life.
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chelsfic · 4 years
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Leftovers - Part 11 - Nandor the Relentless x Reader Fanfic
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For Previous Parts: WWDITS Masterlist
Summary: Guillermo shows off some of his cool, new vampire powers and the reader tags along on a hunt. What could go wrong?
A/N: DON’T @ ME ABOUT THE PATRIOTS DIG! I’m from New England! It’s finnnnneee. Also, previously I said this might be the final chapter. It’s not. There’s one more to come after this.
Warnings: Peril!, Blood drinking
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“So...what’s it like!?”
You’re sprawled across your bed watching Guillermo stand in front of the full-length mirror amusing himself by picking up various knickknacks from your bureau and making them float in the reflection. He’s dressed as he usually is: a pair of khaki slacks, a button down shirt and a thick, striped sweater on top. The one adjustment he’s made to his wardrobe is the addition of a black leather duster that’s currently folded at the foot of your bed. Very Spike.
He turns to you with a wide grin, his newly minted fangs on full display.
“It’s...wonderful!” he gushes, coming to sit by you on the bed. “I can fly! I can turn into a bat! And did I tell you I worked out my special vampire power!?”
“Guillermo! Show me!” You sit up, bouncing the mattress excitedly.
“Okay, okay!” He glances around your room for a second, his eyes darting from your cluttered bureau to your overflowing closet to the floor that’s littered with laundry. He raises his hands and does a little flourish. Suddenly your discarded clothes are floating through the air, folding and neatly stacking themselves, the objects on your bureau are rearranging and tidying themselves and your closet is swallowing up the overflowing clutter. 
“Oh...my...g--” you stop yourself just in time and throw him an apologetic look. “--gosh! Your secret weapon is housekeeping!?”
Guillermo gives you a deadpan look as he corrects, “Telekinesis!”
“That’s...so...awesome! Guillermo! You’re like Matilda!” 
If he could, Guillermo would be blushing under your praise. As it is he’s smiling wide enough to dimple his cheeks. 
“Guillermo!” Nandor’s voice booms through the house. “Are you ready to come hunting with us?”
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Nandor grumbles about taking you along hunting. But when you hint that you don’t want to be left alone with just Colin Robinson for company--and Nandor spots Colin sneakily setting up his Scrabble board--he...relents. He’s been doing a lot of that lately and he’s secretly very worried about word getting round the vampire community. So, he pretends that it is his idea.
“Yes, we should take the human with us. For cammy flogs,” he nods knowingly into the camera.
“Cam...camouflage, master?” Guillermo suggests, his eyes narrowed in confusion. 
“As I said, Guillermo!” Nandor snaps, irritably. “Let us away to sate our dark appetites!”
With you tagging along the vampires are forced to walk to the park and there’s a good deal of complaining going on even from your steadfast booster, Nadja. 
“Sorry, guys,” you honestly do feel a little bad, especially since you can tell Guillermo is itching to stretch his wings, so to speak. “But, hey! Maybe you’ll run into someone on the way who looks good to eat?”
Nadja sniffs petulantly, “Now that we are forced to acquire our own meals every evening because Guillermo has shirked his duties!”
Even Nadja’s entitled griping can’t drag down Guillermo’s ecstatic mood. He’s almost floating with happiness--no, he’s actually floating, you note that his feet are several inches off the ground.
“I’m not a familiar anymore, Nadja!” Guillermo explains for the umpteenth time. “You guys are lucky I’m still doing so much of the cleaning with my special vampire power.”
Nandor stalks beside you, his long cape billowing out dramatically in his wake. He bares his fangs and interrupts, “Well...let’s not be too hasty, Guillermo. You’re still kind of my familiar...my servant...my...cool...vampiric...underling…”
He trails off as you dart a warning glance in his direction.
“What!?” he whines, shrugging his broad shoulders with a nervous grin. “Someone needs to do the dusting and help me with my hair!”
“Don’t worry, master,” Guillermo sighs, not without affection. “I’ll still take care of you. We’re a family now!”
You feel like your heart might burst and you clutch your hands together and gush over how sweet that is, even as your boyfriend hisses and grimaces in distaste. 
“Guillermo!” you skip over to him, tugging on the long leather coat and making grabby hands. “Piggy back ride!”
He nods with a laugh. You jump up onto his back, squealing in delight as he glides above the concrete. 
“Don’t go too high!” you whisper into his ear, fisting your hands into the leather of his jacket. 
“Hey, be careful there!” Nandor grouses. “Guillermo, control your baby vampire bloodlust! If you eat my girlfriend I’m going to be really annoyed!”
You roll your eyes but send a smile in Nandor’s direction all the same. As Guillermo would say, he has a funny way of showing he cares.
Guillermo’s still effortlessly lugging you around when you enter the darkened paths of the park. There are a few late night joggers about, some homeless people and couples walking arm in arm. Your group splits up, so as to attract less attention. Nadja and Laszlo go off together and Nandor sticks with you and his new fledgling. 
“Help me pick someone out who looks kind of...villainous…” Guillermo says to you over his shoulder. He’s still coming to terms with taking human life.
“Sure,” you chirp, scanning the park for a likely victim. This is part of the reason why you wanted to tag along tonight. Not just to see your newly vamped friend in action. But...to see if you can deal. “How ‘bout that guy? He’s wearing a Patriots jersey. He must be at least a little evil…”
Guillermo snorts, but his eyes track the fellow with a hungry gleam.
“His face is...really red,” he mutters under his breath, baring his fangs and practically drooling with blood lust.
“Human,” Nandor says, coming up behind you and lifting you off Guillermo’s back. “Time to get away from the hungry vampire now.”
He sets you down in front of him, wrapping his arms around you and shielding you from the chilly night air with his cape. You both watch as Guillermo transforms into a bat, gliding soundlessly over to the man and then taking his human form right behind him. He drags him behind a nearby bush. The whole thing takes seconds and they’re almost entirely obscured from view except for the man’s kicking legs. 
“Wow…” you whisper, suddenly feeling very frail and very human. “That was...so quick!”
Nandor tightens his arms around you and leans down to whisper in your ear, “Soon, my little human. Soon you will conquer the nights with us! In the blinks of the eye it will be your turn…”
He drifts off and you crane your neck around to see that his eyes are trained on the shuddering bush, his mouth open in hunger as he subconsciously reaches out. 
“Nandor… It’s okay if you want to go take a bite. I’ll be fine,” you offer, edging out of his arms. 
“Just a quick…” he mutters and then he’s flying forward faster than you track with your human eyes.
You creep closer to the bush, not willing to stand out in the open like a baby gazelle in a park that is apparently a vampire hunting ground. Guillermo and Nandor are hunched over on either side of their victim. The sound effects they’re making as they tear into the man’s throat are not...all together without their charm. Sure, the squelching, liquid suction of their feasting is kind of gross, but Nandor’s deep, feral growls stir something inside of you. You find yourself fantasizing about kissing those bloodstained lips…
“Hey, boo. Long time, no munch.”
The familiar voice comes out of nowhere. Faster than you can react--faster, even, than Nandor and Guillermo can pull away from their meal--you’re grabbed from behind and suddenly launched into the air, soaring into the night sky over the park. 
“What the shit!” Nandor shouts from below.
At first you flail your limbs out madly, shrieking and clawing at the hands on your shoulders. But when you finally catch a glimpse at the retreating ground below you, and realize how high up you are, your body goes slack. You desperately clutch the wrists of the vampire holding you and slam your eyes shut against the dizzying sight of your legs dangling, suspended hundreds of feet above the ground.
“She said she wanted to join the club--mile high! I said, that’s easy girl, I can fly! One quick thing, though, ur gonna die…”
The vampire twists you around until you’re front to front, but you keep your eyes stubbornly shut. Tears leak out as you whisper, “Don’t drop me, don’t drop me, don’t drop me…”
“Count fucking Rapula!” Nandor’s voice suddenly tears through the sky and you dare to open your eyes, craning your neck around to see him with Guillermo, Laszlo and Nadja all floating in mid-air behind you. 
Rapula--you guess that’s his name?--shifts your body around casually like you’re nothing more than a bag of potatoes. Now he’s holding you under only one arm so he can point dramatically at your vampires.You let out a whimper and cover your face with your hands to block out the view of the ground beneath you.
“Nandy? The...Remorseful? Is that it?”
Nandor growls and lunges forward but Laszlo puts out his forearm to keep him back.
“Careful there, old chap. He’s the only thing standing between our roller warrior and the ground below!” Laszlo turns to Rapula, “Now, I say, unhand our human thrall, Count Rapuleeeehh!”
There’s a beat of silence during which you hear nothing but the sound of the wind whipping around you. Rapula’s arm on you tenses momentarily as he answers, “Whatever you want, old-timer…”
And then you’re falling. 
And screaming.
And falling some more.
Until suddenly you’re not falling anymore. But instead of the solid, final impact you expect, you find yourself landing in a pair of outstretched arms. Nandor cradles you to his chest, his grip on you is borderline painful but you’re not about to ask him to loosen it. You snake your arms around his neck, burying your face into his shoulder and holding on like your life depends on it. Because, well...it does.
He says your name, softly at first and then more insistently, “Okay! Okay! You can stop shouting now! I’ve got you.”
You didn’t even realize you were shouting until his words break through and you snap your mouth closed, subsiding into tiny whimpers as he floats back up to join the other vampires. 
“WE’RE GOING TO RIP OFF YOUR DANGLY BITS AND SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ASSHOLE!”
You’ve never felt more appreciative of Nadja’s hyper aggression. Guillermo and Laszlo are restraining Rapula between them and Nadja hovers before them, clawing her nails down the leech’s face as she unleashes her unholy diatribe.
Rapula’s bravado has melted away and he’s begging in a soprano squeak, “I didn’t know she was under anybody’s protection! You shoulda put a label on her or somethin--”
Laszlo turns to Nandor with raised brows, “That is true, Nandor. You were meant to write your name and the date on her with the marker pens. We might have avoided a lot of bullshit if you’d followed your own rules for once.”
“Shut up, Laszlo!” Nandor, Nadja and Guillermo all cry out at once.
“Master, why don’t you take Smash home? We’ve got this situation in hand,” Guillermo suggests, he pats his leather duster and you spot the end of a sharp wooden stake sticking out of his pocket. Seems like a bit of a hazard for a vampire to be walking around with one of those…
Nandor scoffs, “No! I will be the one to do the avenging. Guillermo, fly home and fetch my head-ripping gloves!”
The other three vampires look skeptical and you peek up at Nandor with a pleading look.
“Please, Nandor. I just want to go back to the house. And the ground, back to the ground, please.”
Nandor looks from you to the group with an obvious frown. Finally, he sighs dramatically.
“Very well, human! Yeesh, you’re really ruining my reputation over here,” he complains but there’s no heat in the words. He turns back to the other vampires. “After everything that happened with the Council. I think it’s probably best if we refrain from killing him. Simply dismembering him and scattering the parts in the ocean will be sufficient, alright? I’ll see you all at home.”
With that matter-of-fact proclamation, Nandor tightens his arms around you and soars away, gradually descending into the park until he touches down smoothly into the grass. 
“We’re on the ground, my human,” he whispers, pressing a kiss to the top of your head. “Do you want to walk or you want to do the pig ride like you did with Guillermo?”
You huff a laugh and look up at him with a coy smile, “You’d really give me a piggyback ride? Even if it made you look silly?”
Nandor glances around at the empty park as if he expects a panel of judges on vampiric coolness to pop out from behind a tree. He looks back at you with an abashed grin. 
“I will do it. Although I never look silly. Now come on.”
He slings you onto his back and rises onto his toes until he’s gliding just above the ground.
“Wee!” you squeal, throttling his neck in your excitement. It’s...exhilarating to feel so safe and happy after nearly dying--again.
Nandor glides the whole way home, casually hypnotizing passersby so that they ignore the odd, floating man and the cackling girl straddling his back. When you finally make it back to the house he pauses at the door, depositing you onto your feet and looking down at you with a hesitant expression.
“My human,” he begins, drawing out the last syllable as he searches for words. “I know that you wanted to wait a while before your unholy transition. But I was thinking...maybe we better get it over with before you...accidentally get eaten or dropped from the sky or something.”
You snort at his wording before your face turns more serious and you admit, “You...might be right.”
“Is that a yes?” Nandor asks with a hopeful sparkle in his dark eyes.
You look up at him and for a moment your head spins as you contemplate how far you’ve come. You went from victim to thrall to roommate to lover to...well, what exactly will this mean for you two?
“Nandor...Nadja turned Laszlo into a vampire and now they’re married. Does that mean this is, like, a proposal?”
Nandor’s face blanches in surprise and his eyes go shifty as he answers, “A proposal to eat up all your yummy yummy blood and replace it with some of my own thereby turning you into an immortal vampire, yes.”
You shimmy back and forth on your feet playfully as you prod him further, “And then…? What comes next after that?”
“And then…” Nandor echoes, “we will see.”
You laugh at your goofy vampire and walk ahead of him into the house. 
“Alright...you make a good point. So...tomorrow night?”
Nandor’s mouth splits into a wide, vicious grin as he answers, “Tomorrow night.”
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A/N: There’s one more chapter to come! I thought this was going to be the final one but--the demons demanded otherwise!
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@festering-queen​ @kandomeresbitch​ @strangestdiary​ @glitterportrait​ @scuzmunkie​ @redwoodshadows​ @sarasxe​ @rileyomalley​
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thecrowskeep · 3 years
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Ch. 6 - The third option.
Kaz Brekker x OC
Words: 2.3k
Warnings: very small mention of blood?
A/N: I mean, I know I said I wouldn’t be updating as often, but here I am again. I’ve been avoiding all my responsibilities while writing this chapter, and I’ve decided I’m okay with that. Also! If it wasn’t very clear (which it definitely wasn’t), I’m writing this with all characters in their late teens/early 20s because thats kind of the age I see them, and in a sort of AU where the whole ice court thing never happened I guess??? Like, same place they started (physically - like Nina/Matthias aren’t with the group yet) and same stage of character progression as in the start of SoC, but just older... if that makes sense? I hope it does.
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It was closer to midday the next day when Aeyla was awoken by a knock at the door of the small room she’d spent the night in. She stood and stretched her arms. She didn’t recall when she had fallen asleep, but it was definitely closer to dawn. Aeyla took a few steps forward and opened the door. Inej stood holding a bundle of clothing, all dark coloured. She handed the pile to Aeyla, who realised she was still wearing the dark green dress, now torn and dirty at the hem.
“For you.” Inej said. “They’re mine, but I think they’ll fit you.”
“Thank you.” Inej gave her a small smile.
“You can relax for the afternoon, but don’t leave the Slat. Pekka Rollins will be looking for you. We can start your training tonight.” Aeyla blinked at the Suli girl, feeling as if things were moving rather quickly.
“Training?” She felt vulnerable asking. Aeyla knew she should have asked what she was getting herself into before she left the Emerald Palace, but the urge to escape had overtaken her rational thoughts.
“You’ll be a spider for the Dregs. Collect secrets.” Inej said, simply. “You’re small, and I’ve seen you dodge Rollins’ men in the markets. I think you’ll be good at it.”
“Like a spy?” Aeyla asked, and Inej truly smiled.
“Yes, like a spy. I’ll come find you tonight?” Aeyla nodded, giving Inej a small smile of her own. The Suli girl turned and left down the corridor, again leaving Aeyla’s door open for her to close when she was ready.
After Inej had taken her leave, Aeyla dressed in the dark gear she had been provided with. The dark breeches and tunic smelled like soap, a welcome change from the cloying perfume she was required to wear at the Emerald Palace. She pulled her red hair back into a tight and practical braid, and slipped on the pair of simple, thin-soled leather slippers. Inej had also provided her with a dark hooded cloak, which Aeyla folded and placed in the dresser, knowing she likely wouldn’t need it until the evening chill settled over the city. She could feel anticipation creeping up on her. Even through the fear and the pain, last night had been exhilarating. Aeyla was used to the rush of adrenaline she got from picking pockets, but it was nothing compared to what she felt climbing the Emerald Palace and the steady jog through the streets and back alleys in the heart of Ketterdam. After months holed up in a casino it was freeing. Aeyla was looking forward to the training with Inej. She found herself liking the other girl’s quiet manner. The evening wouldn’t come fast enough.
Aeyla spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the quieter areas of the Slat — as Inej had called the run down building. It was much quieter in the mid-afternoon that it had been in the early hours of the morning, and Aeyla figured that said a lot about the inhabitants of the place. The floor she had resided on for the night appeared to be mostly made up of more bedrooms and storage space. There were two floors above, the first mainly made up of what appeared to be bedrooms spanning down crooked hallways. The top floor of the house had only a single door at the top of the stairs. Aeyla had assumed it led to some kind of attic space, but had found the door locked when she’d tried the handle.
“I wouldn’t go in there, if I were you.” Aeyla spun on the spot, startled by the voice behind her. It was the Zemeni boy from the casino. He was leant on the banister of the stairway, picking at his nails. “Kaz doesn’t like his scheming time interrupted.” Jesper, Aeyla recalled. He squinted at her. “Hey, aren’t you one of Rollins’ girls?”
“No.” She moved to walk past the boy, who stepped into her path.
“Should you be here?” His tone was accusatory, and Aeyla didn’t appreciate it.
“Let me past.” Jesper scoffed at the request.
“Yeah, like that’s likely.” Sarcasm dripped from his tone, he was clearly still offended by what had happened at the Emerald Palace. He moved to grab hold of Aeyla’s arm, in the same way Eldar did. In her panic she went for the knife still strapped to her thigh and pushed the tip against his open hand, drawing a bead of blood.
“Don’t touch me.” The boy raised the hand, palm out, as if signalling he wouldn’t, but Aeyla hadn’t missed the fact that his other hand had moved toward the holster on his hip.
“Leave her alone, Jes.” Inej’s voice came from behind the boy. Aeyla hadn’t seen her arrive past the boy’s tall frame, and knew she wouldn’t’ve heard her either. Jesper turned around, his posture relaxing visibly as he registered the situation.
“Ah!” He clapped his hands together, weapon forgotten. “Kaz has finally let you have a protégé?” Inej nodded, looking past him at Aeyla.
“Ready to go?” She asked, and Aeyla realised she meant it was time to begin training. She nodded an ascent, stepping past Jesper, who’d moved to the side to let her pass.
“Y’know, I liked you better before you stole from me.” He said as she passed, matter-of-factly. Aeyla ignored the jab. Inej raised a challenging eyebrow at him, and he again raised his palms in defence, miming locking his mouth and dropping the imaginary key.
“You fight too…” Inej hesitated, thinking of the word. “Properly.”
“Oh.” Was all Aeyla could muster in her out of breath state. Her and Inej had been sparring on the roof of one of the taller buildings in the Barrel for the better part of an hour, and she was starting to wear out. Inej had bested her each time. It made sense, though. Aeyla had been trained to fight at the Little Palace, where fighting ‘properly’ was encouraged. Not that Inej knew that. She had asked where Aeyla had learnt, and Aeyla had lied and said she’d been taught by a friend who had been a soldier. Aeyla had never been the best while training at the Little Palace, though she was never the worst. She had been slightly above average, overall, but definitely one of the better healers when it came to hand-to-hand combat.
“Again.” Inej said, raising her hands in a defensive position. Aeyla stood up straighter, mimicking the stance. “You don’t have to fight so properly. Try not to think about it.” Inej suggested. Aeyla nodded, her eyes tracking the other girls movements as she took a wary step forward. Inej ducked quickly and swung a leg out, clearly meaning to sweep Aeyla’s feet out from underneath her. Aeyla jumped, reflexively, and threw a kick at Inej. It barely brushed the other girl’s side as she spun out of reach. Inej was taunting her, staying just out of reach of every blow, and getting in little jabs here and there at Aeyla’s body where she could. Aeyla was getting frustrated. She was exhausted and her hits weren’t landing like they did at the start of the night. Would Inej ever tire?
Aeyla’s tipping point came when Inej landed a particularly hard kick to the side of her shin, knocking the leg out from underneath her and sending her sprawling onto the concrete of the roof.
“You’re getting sloppy.” Inej said, stepping backwards to observe the girl.
“I’ll show you sloppy.” Growled Aeyla under her breath. She moved her hands underneath her body, pushing up from the ground to stand, and at the same time gathering a handful of small, pointed stones that had been poking her ribs into her fist. In the same swift movement in which Aeyla used to stand, she flung the fistful of stones at the other girl’s face. Inej, not expecting it the onslaught of pebbles, flinched, giving time for Aeyla to launch her full body at the other girl. Inej fell with a light ‘oof’ from the weight on top of her as they both hit the concrete. Aeyla rolled away to lay flat on her back, giving in to the exhaustion. Inej sat up and let out a short laugh.
“I wasn’t expecting that, that was good.” Aeyla just grunted in response, still needing a minute to catch her breath, but she realised she was smiling.
The pair rested for a while on the rooftop in silence before it was broken by the chiming of the city bells, indicating the late hour. Lying flat on the rooftop still, Aeyla gazed over at Inej who was facing the sky.
“How long have you been with the Dregs?” She couldn’t help but be curious about the Suli girl. Inej spoke, without looking at Aeyla.
“A few years now, I think.” Why? Aeyla wanted to ask, but Inej spoke again, answering the question without it being asked. “I was indentured at the Menagerie. Kaz thought I’d be useful to him, so he bought my indenture and trained me as a spider.” Aeyla recognised the Menagerie as the name of one of the pleasure houses on Ketterdam’s West Stave. It made sense. She was reminded of the way Inej tried to step forward when Pekka Rollins had grabbed her at the Emerald Palace.
“So, Kaz is the leader of the Dregs?” Inej laughed at the question, but also appeared relieved by the change of topic.
“Not officially. Per Haskell leads the Dregs, but he lets Kaz do all the dirty work while he drinks and gambles.”
“Is he always so…?” Aeyla scrunched her nose, thinking of a word to describe the boy.
“Abrasive?” Inej suggested. “Usually. You either like him or you don’t.” She said simply, with a smile and a shrug of her narrow shoulders.
“There’s no third option?” Aeyla asked, trying her hand at a joke. To her credit, Inej did give a short laugh before they both lapsed back into the comfortable silence for a few minutes more.
Inej stood first, brushing off her palms. Aeyla followed with a groan, her ribs still ached from the sparring practice and she was almost certain she had a bruise forming on her jawline. It had been satisfying, though. To use muscles she hadn’t worked in months.
“We should go back to the Slat.” Inej said, stretching her arms over her head. “You should rest tonight. Tomorrow night I’ll show you around Ketterdam. I’m guessing you haven’t seen much more than the markets at the East Stave?” Aeyla shook her head. She hadn’t had a chance to explore much of the city while she’d been indentured at the Emerald Palace, but she’d managed to gain a general understanding of Ketterdam’s layout from conversations she’d been a party to and exchanges she’d overheard. Inej shot Aeyla a sudden grin, as if she’d come up with the world’s most brilliant idea. “Try to keep up with me.”
Inej took a few steps backward, away from Aeyla, then took off at a sprint towards the edge of the roof. She leapt easily over the gap to a slightly lower but angled roof a few feet away, continuing the run. Aeyla hesitated for a second, surprised. It was long enough for Inej to gain a decent head start, before Aeyla took off after the other girl. The first leap was the most nerve wracking, being so high above the Ketterdam skyline. Upon landing on the angled roof, Aeyla’s foot skittered out from under her on the dew dampened tiling. Her heart skipped a beat, before it regained its rhythm as her foot found a hold. Aeyla didn’t know how she was managing to keep up with Inej, but she was. Though, she suspected the other girl had slowed her pace at certain points to make sure Aeyla was able to follow the path she was creating for them both. With every step Aeyla found herself becoming more comfortable in knowing her own body and testing the limitations of that knowledge. She was shocked, a little, at her own abilities. Though her ribs ached still from sparing at every sharp intake of breath, she couldn’t help but push herself faster and faster over rooftops and around obstacles, chasing Inej’s shadow. The adrenaline was intoxicating, and nothing like she’d ever felt before. And it felt like it was over before it had even really begin, as both girls arrived back at the Slat. They were on a nearby roof this time, rather than at the front door. Inej took a running leap across quite a significant gap, and swung through one of the Slat’s open upper windows using the window frame as leverage. Aeyla followed suit, landing with a much clumsier thud than Inej’s silent drop onto the hardwood flooring, but landing all the same. 
“I’ll see you tomorrow.” Inej said, with a smile and nod at the red-haired girl. Aeyla, still out of breath, just nodded back, a grin plastered on her wind-numbed cheeks. She was still buzzing with adrenaline as she took the route downstairs to her cramped bedroom.
It wasn’t hard to fall asleep after the excitement had started wearing off. Aeyla was exhausted, though thoughts still spun in her head as she drifted off, wrapped up in the blankets. Someone had left old clothes in her room that she’d changed into to sleep in. Aeyla found herself realising she was growing fond of the Suli girl, despite her wariness of the situation surrounding her new indenture with the Dregs. She just seemed so genuine. It didn’t fit with the picture of hardened gang thugs that Aeyla had created in her mind, and it was disorientating. And as much as she had been enjoying herself so far with the Dregs, working at the Emerald Palace had started off in the same way before it had devolved into a nightmare. Aeyla had to keep her guard up. 
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Summary: based off of this ask/answer from @christhebish​ and @himbohargreeves​
Warnings: mentions of blood, cops, guns, and knives
•••
You really didn’t mind being the night shift manager. Really. Sure, the cafe was in a sketchy part of town, and yeah, the odd drunk person threw up on the floor, but you and your crew could handle it.
After all, you handled Rex’s stalker situation, Lisa breaking her water mid-shift, AND the Espresso Machine Fire of ‘17. You could handle a lot, but apparently your mother couldn’t handle going to your cousin’s wedding alone, and insisted you go as her plus one to the wedding. That was in the Appalachian Mountains.
You lost a week of work (thankfully, Rex kept the place running but still), and when you finally trudged back to the cafe, you were just hoping that the floors had been recently mopped. You did not expect to see Rex leaning over the counter, making heart eyes at the guy in the corner booth. You bump shoulders with him in your way past.
“Where’s Kendra?”
Rex finally looks at you.
“Hello to you too. She’s making out with her girlfriend. Don’t worry, she still has like, 10 minutes of her break left. How was the wedding?”
You tie your apron around your waist, double checking to make sure all your stuff was still in the pockets.
“Glad to see things haven’t changed. And the cake was made of fondant.”
Rex scrunches his face as he grabs a spray bottle.
“Gross. And there has been a new change around here.”
You don’t look up from the clipboard in your hands, skimming the supply lists.
“Oh?”
There’s no answer from Rex, but the sound of footsteps approaching the register makes you look up.
The guy from the corner booth is standing at the counter, and he’s, well, you understand Rex’s heart eyes. He also has a nasty looking black eye, but it’s nothing you’ve never seen before. Rex has noticed him by now, and practically skips to take his order.
“What can I get you handsome?”
The guy clears his throat awkwardly.
“Can I, uh, get a coffee?”
You tune out the rest of the conversation, trying to figure out how your crew used a month’s supply of caffeine shots in a week. Did the university have surprise exams again?
You’re pulled out of your thoughts by Kendra’s voice.
“Welcome back. You’ve already seen Rex drooling over the new regular?”
She’s washing her hands as you turn to her.
“Yeah, now mind explaining to me how we’re down a months supply caffeine shots?”
Kendra grins, tightening her apron.
“Okay so remember that robotics contest? Well they suddenly moved their deadline back a week, so we had...”
•••
Things settled back into a routine pretty quickly. You poured coffee, served danishes, kicked out influencers, and generally just tried to make sure the place couldn’t be shut down by the health department. The only addition was the new regular.
Every night, without fail, the guy showed up, usually with a new cut, bruise, or bloodstain, and ordered a coffee. Then, he sat in the corner both, while Rex made lovesick sighs in his direction.
Two days in, you asked him why he didn’t talk to the guy. Rex takes the opportunity to drape himself dramatically over the display case.
“I did! I’ve flirted with him, did the Elle Woods bend n’ snap, I even offered him my number! Do you know what he did?”
You don’t even get to answer before Rex barrels on.
“He didn’t even notice! He told me his phone was broken!”
“And you believed him?”
“Lisa saw him toss a broken phone in the trash in his way in. She didn’t tell me until afterwards and now I’m too embarrassed to face him. Do you think I should transfer to the day shift?”
You roll your eyes, and hand Rex a mop.
“Don’t you dare. If you leave me by myself, I’ll throw away your comic books.”
Rex whines, but he takes the mop.
•••
Thankfully, the crush only lasts another week. Rex gets a glimpse of the new delivery man and has his number three days later.
The regular (no longer new) still comes in, battered and bloodied. But he never got any on the floor so you didn’t mind too much. You were curious, sure, but not enough to be creating theories like Kendra was.
Speaking of Kendra, her break was over 15 minutes ago. You step away from the counter to find her when the regular walks in. Well, limps in.
He looks surprised to see you at the register which is... fair. Usually it’s a fight between Rex and Kendra to take his order. Rex, so he could ogle on the clock, and Kendra, so she could try and confirm whatever theory she’s come up with this week. Thankfully, he doesn’t notice.
You’re staring, specifically at the growing bloodstain on his leg. It’s okay, he’s also staring at you. A beat passes before he clears his throat.
“Can I get a coffee?”
You nod.
“Yeah. That’ll be 3.50.”
He hands you a crumbled up five.
“Keep the change.”
“Thanks.”
Your voice is sarcastic, but his money is genuine, so he gets his coffee and settles himself into his usual booth with a pained grunt.
You, very kindly, ignore it, and go about hunting down your wayward crew member.
•••
You had JUST mopped the floors.
Which is not the best thought to be running through your head during a robbery but there it is. The people holding you and your crew at gunpoint had tracked crud all over the floor. The floor that you literally JUST mopped.
“Eyes on me!”
The gunman in front of you shouts for your attention. You stand in front of your crew, and straighten up. Gently, you move your hand out of Rex’s and untangle Kendra’s hand from your apron ties. They’re scared, and you are too, but this is your place, and you’re not about to let a guy wearing pantyhose over his face tell you what to do.
“Give me all the money in the register!”
You were expecting that, and move towards the register. The guy watches you, but his hands are shaking. His partner is no better, but he still has a gun pointed at your crew.
It’s still early in the shift, so the stack of cash you have for them is... tiny. When you place it on the counter, their jaws drop.
“That’s it?”
You nod.
“Day shift clears out their profits before we get here. This is all we’ve made.”
They don’t like that, and the guy closest to you levels his gun to your face. Your eyes cross trying to look at the barrel.
“Where’s the safe.”
Rex barks out a laugh, but quickly smothers it behind his hands. The gun, and the person holding it, comes closer, pressing against your forehead.
“Why’s he laughing?”
You ignore the cold metal, and focus on keeping the shakes you feel in your hands out of your voice.
“We don’t have a safe.”
You feel the gun press harder against your forehead when the sound of breaking glass draws everyone’s attention.
Before you can see who it was, a knife whizzes past and jabs itself into the arm that’s holding a gun to your forehead. The guy barely has time to scream before another one lands itself in his leg. He drops, and you take the opportunity to duck behind the counter with the rest of your crew.
There’s more screaming, and the sound of punches being thrown, but no gunshots. You peek above the counter, ignoring Kendra’s whispered protests.
A figure in black is grappling with one of two gunmen. The other is yelling and holding his leg... which is bleeding on your floor. Damn it. A grunt draws your attention and you see the person in black take an elbow to the gut. You wince in sympathy.
The other gunmen is attempting to get up now, and you see that your savior(?) has their back turned. You quickly reach for the tip jar, heavy with coins and made of hard plastic , and push it as hard as you can across the counter. Luckily, it rockets across and falls on the gunmen’s head, knocking him out. Even better, it doesn’t break.
The noise catches the attention of the person in black, and when you get a glimpse of his face you have to hold back a yelp. Because you recognize him. You frantically reach behind you and tap your crew.
“Come look, quickly!”
Lisa, the reasonable one, shakes her head and you notice that she’s typing frantically on her phone. Good.
Rex and Kendra squish up beside you, and peek over the counter with caution. Their eyes widen when they see what you’re talking about. There, in a tiny domino mask that does NOTHING to hide his identity, is the regular.
Rex groans, while Kendra cackles (quietly).
“You owe me ten bucks and a frappe!”
You pull them back behind the counter, and Lisa rolls her eyes at the three of you.
“I talked to the owner, and he said that we don’t have health insurance so we should try not to get shot.”
The whoop of a siren interrupts Lisa, and you all groan in unison. There’s the sound of glass crunching, and you peek over the counter and come face to face with the regular. He stares awkwardly, and the police lights shine over his face. You have to stop yourself from asking if he wants his usual. Instead, you smile at him.
“Thanks.”
The regular nods, and looks around. The way he came in now has cops, so you helpfully point to the back entrance.
Lisa taps you to get your attention, and when you look back, he’s gone.
•••
You’re back in business the next day, with plywood over the window and a floor cleaned by the day-shift.
The regular walks in, as usual, and comes up to the register. You’re glad Rex and Kendra took their breaks at the same time, because the regular looks like he’s trying super hard to be casual.
“Can I get a coffee?”
You nod. He pays, gets his coffee, and walks to his normal booth. It’s business as usual, except for the fact that you now know he runs around at night with knives.
You’re so lost in thought that you don’t notice that another person is at the register. They clear their throat and you look up to see them flashing a badge.
“Can I speak to the manager?”
You raise an eyebrow and look down at your name tag that clearly states ‘manager’.
“Speaking. Is this about last night?”
The cop?detective? nods and whips out photo from his pocket.
“We’ve apprehended the suspects but there’s evidence that there was a person of interest on the scene last night.”
You stare at him blankly, until he gives a frustrated huff and practically shoves the photo in your face.
“Have you seen this man?”
You look at the photo. It’s definitely the regular. Rex and Kendra come in while you’re looking, and you turn to them.
“He wants to know if we’ve seen this guy.”
They both look at the photo, and shake their heads. You turn back to him.
“No one’s seen that guy. But we were behind the counter for a bit.”
The man shoved the photo back in his pocket with his badge, red in the face.
“Someone from the station will be in touch.”
He storms out without a glance. Rex and Kendra go to wash their hands and clock back in. You make a cup of coffee, and walk towards the corner booth.
The regular looks up as you get closer. You set the coffee down in front of him.
“I didn’t pay for this.”
Shrugging, you turn to go back to the counter.
“I know. Consider it a thank you.”
You don’t see his reaction, but when you get back to the counter he’s still staring at the coffee in shock.
Heading to the back for your break, you bump shoulders with Rex.
“I told you, the night shift isn’t so bad.”
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Chapter 8 -- Perfect Harmony | Charlie Gillespie
Summary: Emily Fox is a talented 17-year-old with a passion for all things music. Her dream is to become a successful singer-songwriter one day. But to achieve that dream, she needs to get into one of the most prestigious music schools in her district – it’s all been part of her plan since she was six. Sadly enough, those schools cost a ton of money that her parents don’t want to invest. They don’t even want her to pursue her dream. So, now Emily’s hustling, working at the music store to save up to get into college. That’s until she meets Charlie, an annoying seventeen-year-old boy with the same dream as her. The only difference is, he’s just doing it. He doesn’t need a fancy college to pursue his dream to become famous with his band. He just writes his songs and books small gigs here, there and everywhere. Will meeting Charlie defer her from her dream college, or will he actually help her achieve the dream?
Pairing: Charlie Gillespie x OC (Emily Fox)
Warnings: mentions of death, sexual assault
Important note: the characters of Charlie, Owen, Jeremy and Madison are based on the characters they play on the show and i do not own their names, only OC are mine. The songs aren’t mine either, they’re all from the show except for one.
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Chapter eight
~|Charlie Gillespie|~
Emily called me Charlie and now I can’t stop thinking about it. “Hey dude! How you doing?” Jeremy asks when I walk into the garage for a band practice when I come back from the Music Store. I can’t hide the smile that’s tugging at my lips. “She called me Charlie.” Both Owen and Jeremy look at me, a little stumped. “I mean, that’s your name?” Owen fairly points out. “Yeah! But she always called me Charles, you know with that scowl on her face and the corners of her mouth curling up slightly because she doesn’t want to smile. But tonight she actually called me Charlie!” I can’t contain my excitement. I feel like bouncing off the walls, running a marathon, climbing the Kilimanjaro. All in one night. “Happy for you, bro, but can we rehearse now?” Owen asks, seemingly stressed out, “My parents are annoyed at me and need me home asap.” He rolls his eyes at the thought alone. I pat his shoulder and grab my electric guitar, so we can start rehearsing. “Let’s do Crooked Teeth?” I suggest, and both Jeremy and Owen agree. I can’t stop thinking about Emily though. She called me Charlie.
“Practice tonight?” Jeremy asks when we meet at school the following day. “Yeah, but after seven. I’m hanging out with Emily tonight.” Owen and Jeremy’s eyebrows raise simultaneously. “Like a date?” Jeremy wants to know. “No,” I reply faster than I wanted to. “No, I’m just going to hang out at the store, play my guitar while she cleans up.” My two best friends nod their heads in understanding. “You’re bringing your own guitar to the Music Store?” Owen questions. “No, uhm… There’s this one guitar I always play when I’m there and she called it mine last night, so…” Once again, I can’t withhold myself from smiling at the thought alone. “Is it that Fender CD-60 in black?” Owen asks. “Yeah, that one,” I reply. “That’s the one she was tuning when I went in the store to ask her about the Open Mic Night.” I raise an eyebrow at him. So it was her that tuned the instrument differently from how I did it last time I was there. “Might’ve been a coincidence though.” “Might be,” I say, nodding, not believing one thing. That was no coincidence. Either she did that to mess with me, or she wanted to play the guitar I always used because she missed hearing the sound while working. I’m kind of hoping for the latter, which also means she missed me. Kind of.
Emily hasn’t arrived at the Music Store yet. Only Ash is present, along with a dude I’ve never seen before. I wonder if he’s the other employee whenever Emily’s at school.
“Oh, hey! Charlie, right?” Ash approaches me when I’m about to grab my guitar.
“Yeah. Yeah, hi, Ash!” The woman is taller than me, her bright red hair cut into a pixie cut, and her eyeliner dark and defining. She looks really cool. “Emily not here yet?”
“I’m afraid not. She might’ve been just held up at school or something. She’ll be here soon.”
“Okay, good. I wanted to ask her something.”
“Like on a date?” Ash wiggles her eyebrows suggestively.
“What? No!” My answer sounds way too defensively. “I wanted to ask her something about music.” Now she has this face that just tells me she doesn’t believe one thing I’m saying. I wasn’t planning on asking Emily on a date. Not that I don’t want to. I just think it’s too soon. She’s just warming up to me, I’m not going to jeopardize that by asking her on a date.
“Ah, too bad. I think you’d be a great couple.” I manage to offer her a smile while my insides are heating up. “I actually wanted to ask you for a favor.”
“To ask Emily out?” I ask, totally confused and too focused on my body heating up.
“No, no!” she scoffs, “No, I wanted to ask if you would help me out and polish some of the guitars? Most of those are just there for display since we have the actual for sale ones in the back in stock, but they’re in dire need of a good polish and my new assistant is shit.” I widen my eyes, knowing he’s walking around here and heard that. “It’s my brother, I’m allowed to say that,” she whispers to me and winks, comforting me a little bit. “I don’t mind paying you for it?” The offer sounds compelling, but I’ve been playing their guitars for weeks without ever paying for anything except when I actually purchased something.
“Oh, no, it’s fine. I’ll do it for free. I’m here every day anyway.” Ash offers me a smile.
“Yeah, I know, that’s why I’m asking.” I open my mouth to say something else, but Ash has already turned back to her ‘shit assistant’. So, I close it and turn around to get to the guitars. I grab the one next to the black Fender, a mahogany Fender, when Ash brings me the polish to get to work. Which is also when the bell over the door rings, signaling a new client in the store. I look up to see if I’d recognize them from the neighborhood, and when I do, I can’t help the smile tugging at my lips. It’s Emily. And with the low sun shining through the large windows behind her, she almost looks like an angel. She already has the voice for it.
“Hey, Charlie,” she greets with a wave.
“H-Hi, E-Emily.” I’m not sure why my mouth can’t form the proper words, but I’m struggling.
“Is Ash exploiting you now?” She points at the polish and the guitar in my hands.
“I mean, I’m here all the time anyway, so…��� Emily raises an eyebrow before making her way to the cash register where Ash and her brother are fighting. Now I’m curious what she’s going to do since she didn’t really react to what I said.
“Are you exploiting kids for free now, Ashlynn?” She always uses full names when annoyed. Noted. Ash turns to face Emily, mid-conversation with her brother, her eyes wide.
“I didn’t pay you on Monday either because you told me you would do it for free, just as he said he’d do it for free. I’m just calling it a win-win situation,” she shrugs.
“He doesn’t work here though, I do. If I take non-paid hours, that’s my problem. He doesn’t work here. He has no contract. You know that brings both of you in trouble, right?” Ash’s eyes widen as if she’d forgotten about all of that since she’s been too busy with her brother. Deciding to hop into savior-mode, I hop off the bench I’m sitting on and rushing towards the girls. “I really don’t mind, Emily. If this means I get to spend time with you, I’d do anything.” Emily’s mouth curls up into a shy smile as her cheeks turn pink.
“Anything?” Ash asks with eyebrows raised.
“Don’t,” Emily says quickly, the tint in her cheeks not leaving, but the smile does, “even think about it. He’ll do the polishing while I clean up, but that’s it.” Ash wants to add something, but Emily gives her a sharp look that makes her shut up. “Now get your brother home.”
“Aye, aye, captain,” she salutes her employee before grabbing her brother by the sleeve and tugging him along through the store until they’re at the door. “Be good, you two!” she yells before shutting the door and leaving me and Emily alone.
“You really didn’t have to stand up for me to your manager like that,” I tell her while she gets behind the counter to sort things through. “Are you going to get in trouble?”
“No, I’m not going to get in trouble. Ash and I know each other very well and we talk shit to each other all the time. She told me I could always call her out on things I didn’t like,” she explains to me whilst sorting through some papers.
“Oh… okay!” I reply, not entirely sure what to say to that, “You still didn’t have to do that though. I don’t mind polishing guitars, especially if it means I get to spend time with you.” Emily’s face lights up again and I can see her looking at me through her lashes.
“That’s sweet, Charlie, but she still doesn’t get to just pick someone who comes here a lot and tell them to do something. Especially without a contract. You can get into a lot of trouble.” All I heard was “You’re sweet, Charlie”. I don’t really care what else she’d said. I’m sweet.
“Won’t you get into trouble for letting customers in after hours?” I ask instead.
“Do you
want
me to kick you out?” I shake my head vigorously, raising my hands in defense, lifting the guitar in the meantime.  
“I’m just gonna…” I nod to the bench I’d come from.
“Yeah,” she replies, that mischievous smile cracking through her tough façade again.
While she handles a few last customers, I admire her from afar while polishing up the guitars. I can’t help but notice how her smile comes and fades with every customer. It’s her customer-service-smile, I can tell. A smile far from the ones she gives me. I also notice how she strains herself, trying to keep from rolling her eyes too much at annoying customers. Or how her lashes flutter whenever she laughs at something someone has said, which I’m sure is a fake laugh too because it wasn’t that funny. Or how she rubs her nose when she’s concentrating.
“UGH!” she groans when turning the little board to tell customers the store has closed for tonight. “People are so dumb!”
“How have you not punched anyone yet?” I ask her, trying to lighten the mood, but it only lands me a sharp glare. The glare only lasts for a second though, as if it was a reaction to what I said but then she realized who said it and softened.
“I have almost punched someone,” she says with a smirk, “On several occasions. Mostly when they’re middle-aged women, thinking they know what they’re doing.” I can’t help but laugh. I would also nearly punch middle-aged know-it-all women if I punched women.
“I admire your willpower to withhold yourself,” I compliment, which earns me a smile. A real smile. None of her customer-service smiles.
“You can stop polishing now,” she tells me. I open my mouth to tell her I don’t mind, but she stops me. “Please, stop polishing the guitars and play one for me. My work gets done faster with your music in the background.” I can feel my lips curling up at that. Maybe she did miss me the other day when she tuned my guitar.
“I’m actually working on a song,” I say while placing the last polished guitar in its place and taking the black Fender instead. “Maybe you could help me on the parts I think suck?” She opens her mouth, and I know what she’s going to say, so I quickly add, “I know you can’t write with me, but I just want your honest opinion, okay?” Her mouth closes and changes into a smile instead, which then changes into a lip-bite. It nearly sends me.
I strum the guitar and begin playing the chords I’ve been working on for a while now, then I start singing the pre-chorus and the chorus I have so far.
“I wanna fly Come alive Watch me shine”
I watch Emily, who’s smiling while grabbing a broom to start sweeping up the place. I quicken the pace of the song a little.
“I got a spark in me Hands up if you can see And you're a part of me Hands up if you're with me”
Before I can continue with what I had, Emily chimes in with something better.
“Now 'til eternity Hands up if you believe Been so long and now we're finally free”
I stop playing to reach for my notebook in my backpack.
“That’s way better than what I had,” I tell her, causing her smile to grow.
“What else you got?” she asks, not taking her eyes off the floor as she sweeps, but I know she’s really interested. Otherwise she wouldn’t ask. Emily is the sort of person, I noticed, who would only ask further if interested. If it doesn’t interest her, the conversation is over.
I play the same chords again and sing the next verse, hoping she’d complete it.
“We're all bright now What a sight now Coming out like we're fireworks”
Her voice is a little soft and hesitant, but I still hear it perfectly.
“Marching on proud Turn it up loud Cause now we know what we're worth”
I nod my head excitedly whilst grabbing my notebook again and writing down her lyrics.
“You’re really talented, Emily,” I tell her honestly, then go back to softly stroking the strings of my guitar. “I can’t wait until you let your creative juices out in the world and, you know, write with me. Properly.”
“This is all because of you, Charlie. Your words… I don’t know… They just perfectly flow with what I create in my own mind.” I’m stumped by that response. That’s exactly how I feel too. We fit so well together, songwriting-wise. It’s a pity we can’t do this more often.
“How can I convince you to join our band?” I blurt out without thinking, and it startles her too. At first, I think she’s going to shut me out again, call me Charles again, give me that scowl. Instead, she halts her sweeping and slowly looks up at me.
“I’m not sure… I guess it wouldn’t hurt to think about it.” I don’t think I was this happy when finding out we got a gig, but I jump up from the bench, leave the guitar on it, and run up to her, picking her up into a tight hug.
“I didn’t say yes, Charlie,” she says, laughing loudly. I slowly put her back on the floor. Our faces are inches away from each other. “I didn’t say yes…” she repeats but this time in a whisper. I’ve never seen her from up close like this. Her eyes glimmer and I finally notice the faint freckles decorating her nose and cheeks. My heart thumps in my chest, but all I can do is hope she doesn’t hear or feel.
“I know,” I finally reply, “But thinking about it is a start.” She stares at me for a while like I’m the only person on this planet for her. I’ve never felt anything like this. This feeling of feeling wanted, of feeling seen.
My lips part a little, my lungs not getting enough oxygen through my nose, and as I glance from her eyes to her lips and back, I swear she’s leaning in too. My eyes flutter shut when I see her eyelashes fluttering too. Her breath tickles my lips. It’s almost—
Our lips brush slightly when the bell of the store rings through the entire shop. Emily and I both jump apart, startled, like deer caught in headlights. The redheaded Ash gives us a sheepish smile when she realizes what she’s interrupted.
“I’ve interrupted a special moment, haven’t I?” she hisses, “I’m so sorry!”
“No!” Emily says defensively, which makes me turn my head towards her to see what she has to be all defensive about. “No, you’re fine. Nothing was happening.” Oof, ouch. That hurts.
“Okay…” says Ash, clearly not believing a word Emily says. “I forgot my backpack in the back.” She points to the door behind the counter before actually moving to go and get it.
“You can go home, Charlie. I’ll lock up with Ash,” Emily orders sweetly, suddenly very absent and withdrawn. As if nothing just happened. Like she said.
“Don’t you want me to walk you home?” I suggest, hoping she’ll say yes.
“Uhm, no, that’s fine. I’ll ask Ash for a ride. Thanks though,” she gives me a smile that’s supposed to be comforting, but really isn’t.
“Okay…” I mumble and turn to grab my backpack and place the guitar in its place. “I’ll see you tomorrow?”
Please, say yes, please, say yes.
“Yeah. Yeah, definitely,” she replies, “I mean, you do have a lot of guitars left to polish.” She points at the wall of guitars, offering me a teasing smile this time. At least she’s not sick of me or doesn’t find it too awkward what just happened a couple seconds ago.
“Right, yeah!” I chuckle, “Yeah, see you tomorrow, Emily.” I raise my hand in a wave and leave the store, hearing her shout a “see you tomorrow, Charlie!” back.
I’ve got no clue what happened just then. But I wanted it to last longer. I wanted it to last forever.
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With The Rise of Skywalker touching on the Force Spirits (Force Ghosts), it’s interesting to go back over what we do and don’t know about them, which is both more and less than we might expect. What it takes to become a Force Spirit is that you must be selfless and compassionate (which are the things of the light side, it’s basically impossible for dark siders to become a Force Spirit unless they give up the dark and do something significant that’s entirely selfless) and special training to be able to do it. Jedi don’t automatically become Force Spirits, Qui-Gon Jinn had years of training and couldn’t complete it before his death, so he could only appear as a disembodied voice to Yoda.  He does briefly appear on the planet Mortis, where he describes the place as, “Unlike any other [place], [it is] a conduit through which the entire Force of the universe flows. This planet is both an amplifier and a magnet.”  We don’t know for sure this is the actual Qui-Gon Jinn (though, I tend to think it was), but we do know that his voice is able to speak to Yoda towards the end of the Clone War, telling him to go to Dagobah, which is “one of the purest planets” in the Force. Yoda later tells Anakin of this encounter, planting the seeds for the future acceptance (Dave Filoni and Leeland Chee confirmed that this conversation is what helped Anakin later), as well as Pablo Hidalgo once tweeted re: how Anakin became a Force Spirit was, “It’s been overheard that George said he had help.”, which implies that Obi-Wan and Yoda helped him at the last minute. The reference to Mortis and Dagobah being incredibly strong in the Force as planets is important, because I think that this is precisely what Ahch-To is as well (given that this is where the Jedi started, it makes sense that it would have been a place strong in the Force, enough to awaken that part of them), hence why Force Spirits can appear there and do things on that planet that I’m not convinced they could do elsewhere.  It’s the only place where we’ve seen the Force Spirits do these things. There’s a lot more involved in all this, like the Force Priestesses are the ones who taught Qui-Gon and Yoda directly, Yoda tells Obi-Wan during Revenge of the Sith that he’ll teach him how to commune with Qui-Gon, which implies that Qui-Gon then taught him, we see the process of Obi-Wan become a Force Spirit in Time of Death (it’s a painful process that flashes over instances of the moment of his death and the various moments of his life, until he finally gathers himself back up), etc. But the really interesting part is how the canon has also shown us this is not an easy process just to hear their voices in the first place.  Obi-Wan can speak to Luke a short while after his death, during the trench run on the Death Star, but it’s not until three years later that he appears visually, which is during a moment when Luke is getting closer and closer to the border between life and death.  How much of that is Obi-Wan learning the process of appearing and how much is Luke learning the process of being able to hear?  It’s unclear. During the ending scene of Return of the Jedi, we see that Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Anakin have all become Force Spirits and Luke can see them now--but, when Leia comes up next to him, she doesn’t seem to see them at all, to realize what Luke is looking at.  This is after the reveal that she’s Luke’s twin sister, after all the hints of her being Force-sensitive, we know she has the capability, yet she still doesn’t see them? Take it with context, though--Yoda specifically has to teach Obi-Wan how to hear Qui-Gon’s voice, not just Qui-Gon showing up and saying hi.  Even more clearly, in the Ahsoka novel, Obi-Wan struggles intensely with this process of learning to hear the Force Spirit:
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This is a very long, very difficult process, just to hear them.  There’s a lot of corners that can be cut when you bring extremely powerful Force-wielders into the equation, like Anakin probably straight up cheat-coded his way into becoming a Force Spirit (with Obi-Wan and Yoda’s help) because he was the Chosen One, and the book Legends of Luke Skywalker (in as much as you can take it as canon, as it’s stories within the story) implies that Luke “argued” (he says with a smile, indicating fondness) with his teachers for years after their deaths, showing that they could have taught him, as well as in The Last Jedi novelization, Luke hears a voice saying, “Let go, Luke.” and maybe it’s one of them, maybe it’s the Force, but it would fit if it was Obi-Wan, Yoda, or Anakin helping him over. This can then be applied to both Leia and Ben as well, that they may not have needed the same formal training, because they’re descended from the Chosen One himself (aka, the Force literally runs in their veins) and because I absolutely would believe they were all cheat-moding each other after death, something that’s only possible because they’re Skywalkers. All of this answers two important questions about The Rise of Skywalker: Why does Rey have such trouble getting through to the Force Spirits? Why did the Force Spirits never appear to Ben Solo? Because it’s hard to hear them, not just hard for the spirits to appear.  Rey had to practically be at the border between life and death herself to be able to hear them, it seems pretty consistent with what we saw of Obi-Wan’s difficulties, he literally had to “break through the wall of life and death” to hear Qui-Gon’s voice.  Luke was treading that same line on Hoth when he finally saw Obi-Wan’s spirit. Once you learn how to do it, it becomes easier, you can see them without having to get back to that place, but that’s why Rey has so much trouble connecting with them, even when she’s been trying for so long. And why don’t they appear to Ben Solo?  We’ve seen nothing of him training for this (possibly he might have when he was younger with Luke, while he was training to be a Jedi, but we haven’t seen anything of that yet, as well as he didn’t know Anakin Skywalker was Darth Vader until at least mid-20s or so, which makes me doubt how much Luke or Leia would have let him have contact with Anakin’s Force Spirit), but more importantly: We see in The Force Awakens, Ben was trying to reach the spirit of Darth Vader, not of Anakin Skywalker.  He’s trying to commune with Vader’s mask, of course he’s not going to hear Anakin trying to reach back to him.  If he’s not even trying to reach the real Force Spirits, they can’t just pop in unless he really focuses on hearing and seeing them. That’s part of why their lack of appearance fits for me in the movie, because Force Spirits popping up out of nowhere only happens when you’ve already learned how to commune with them.  And that process is hard as hell on both sides.
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