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purplerose244 · 3 years

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My thoughts on Seabound!!! 🌊🌊🌊 (3/4)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

Yep yep yep, I'm liking this season a lot! 😍 Although I hope we'll get into a more frantic situation now, like with more battles and more bonding moments (Nya and Maya hopefully, but with Bentho too 🦈🦈🦈)! We got half a season to go, I'M READY!! 😎😎

Alright, here we go!

GENERAL THOUGHTS

I do like the season a lot, maybe MoM was a little more cohesive? Idk but it's not a big complain, I still love it so far 😍

Also maybe I would've liked more interactions between Nya and Maya about how they've been apart for so long, they had a chit chat but I would've loved even more. Maybe with Nya saying that it was fine and she grew up only to realize she is still hurt by that, even though it wasn't Maya's fault. I still like how they did it, I wished there was more that's it 🤷‍♀️

While I do make sense to Maya's behavior, that while it seems a little different from Hands of Time it had its logic in my opinion, maybe Ray feels a little weird? He seems less courageous than before, and it was established that he is a hothead like his son so that came off as unusual 🤔🤔

But I do love the fact that he's here and he's bonding with his son, for real, I've been waiting for this for so long so I'm happy nonetheless 🤩

Maybe I'm just easy to please and I take all I can get idk 😅

THE STORM AMULET

Oh, are we gonna address the wind element? It feels like we haven't really seen a Morro reference since Hands of Time, that would be cool! 😍 I mean, why even mentioning the wind then 😅😅

Well what do you know, they tracked them, who saw that coming?... me, I saw that coming... we all did probably 🤷‍♀️

Jay took upon himself making a quick recap on how Ninjago will be destroyed this time, thanks Bluebell 👌

Yep nyeheh electricity makes Nya go crazy for sure ❤💙 ... wait it wasn't a Jaya pun?

Jay wear your seatbelt please, you risk you life enough 😅😅 Pff lol "are we there yet" and they are actually there, biggest plot twist I've ever heard of 😂

LEGO HUG 💜💜💜

And with someone who might as well join the League of Jay apparently 💙

I liked The Island yet it was not as exciting as I hoped for, but now understand the meaning of it. The ninja helped the keepers and they are all allies. Without The Island the moment where Mammatus gives Nya the amulet wouldn't be as meaningful

Is it just me or Nya looked even more gorgeous during that moment?... just me huh? Okay then 😂💕

Wait that's a fake? Wait... UNCLE POWERS?!? OMG THAT I ACTUALLY DIDN'T SEE COMING 🤯

Here I thought he was just messing around, he always makes things harder 😅 Or maybe better? I mean, they kinda missed a bullet on this one...

BENTHO IS SO SWEET AND COOL OMG HE IS ALREADY OUR FRIEND 💙🦈💙🦈

Jay somehow had his own TV show in the past and yet he's got that horrible acting skills wth 😂😂😂

Kalmaar is a very cool villain, like, deeply evil. Not only he's calculated and merciless, he stops at nothing to get what he wants. And the people that get in the way? He wants them to suffer because they had dared to confront him 😳

And yes the voice does help a lot, I'm sorry I'll keep saying it until the season is over 😂 (or even beyond? Please cast Giles again LEGO 🥺🥺🥺)

Awww Nya no my poor girl 😢 Jay wanted to hug her to comfort her he is so sweet my SHIP ❤💙❤💙

MOM PEP TALK MOM PEP TALK!!! 🤩🤩🤩 How cool was it?

Like, this isn't even Maya asking Nya to believe in herself, this is her saying that she KNOWS her daughter can do anything when she puts her mind into it. FINALLY SHE SEES HOW AMAZING WATER GODDESS IS 💜💜💜

MORE LEGO TEARS OMG THIS SEASON IS FILLED WITH TEARS 😱 Which... kinda makes sense considering it's a water based season 😂

Nice one, and now? NOW WE GO BACK TO KAI COLE AND RAY YAS!!! ❤🖤❤🖤

RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

That is... surprisingly Egypt theme like? It feels like a title coming from the Fire Chapter of season 11... well we got two fire elementals so 😍😍

SPARRING KAI AND RAY

I REPEAT SPARRING KAI AND RAY!!! SPARRING KAI AND RAY!!! ❤❤❤ Lol Ray got old, but how can someone blame him? He did touch death while aging in Hands of Time, I'm just happy he is alive 😂

Yep, master prankster Wu, that's what I love 👌👌 I always thought Wu had become a father figure for Kai at the beginning, so seeing Ray and Wu in the same picture feels very wholesome to me 😚

Ah, uncle Powers, I both love you and hate you so freaking much 😌😌 But you make cool slides nonetheless 😂

ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME WITH BEAUTIFUL SMITH INTERACTIONS??

BECAUSE I LIKE IT KEEP GOING 🤩

Oh no you guys are stranded on an island whatever are you going to do?? It's not like you had already before and managed to survive (Skybound) or you got stranded on a rock in a sea of sand filled with giant monsters (Fire Chapter) or you were on a freaking COMET in SPACE (Rebooted). Yeee, this is the worst yet 🙂

I'm starting to think these ninja are just a bunch of drama queens so no matter what happens, it's always hopeless 😂😂 I feel like I'm kinda right on this one honestly 😛

Whoa whoa WHOA WHO IS NYAD THIS SOUNDS VERY COOL???

Aww I like that, while Ray told his kids stories about dragons and how they traveled through the Underworld, Maya told them about Nya the first water master that could summon whales 💙❤💙❤

Pff imagine if it turned out Nya was the master of fire, carrying a very water based name? Lol

Maya: I would know if it was possible!

Nya: Yeah, like she knows that I can control a bit of ice because it's frozen water

Maya:...

Maya: YOU WHAT

I find both interesting and very annoying that this explorers club thinks so highly of themselves, to the point the deny to aid even the FREAKING SAVIORS OF THEIR FREAKING LAND 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Misako got good reflexes after all, Kai was probably ready to melt this guy's face 😅

Oh, so a trial by Sphinx is a challenge? A mental one? A cultural one? A physical one? Idk but Misako is actually taking charge and that is cool I guess 🤷‍♀️

Okay this is kind of weird, how is Ray so afraid? Is it because there's fire?... did he... did he grow afraid of fire for some reason? Because it feels a bit off for now, but if there is a deeper meaning that could be interesting 🤔

Wait is that the riddle from Decoded? That's fire right?

IT IS FIRE 🔥🔥🔥

Lol at least in this one Kai wasn't completely ignored 😂 I know my flame babe isn't the most rational person, but I do like that it was an answer connected to his element where he used his head!

Ah Clutch, you really got no backbone 😅 And apparently you're the only explorer who doesn't, dang look at the others go! I'm having a bit more respect for them now 😚

LOOK AT SENSEI GO FINALLY!!! 😍😍 FIGHTING SCENES HECK YES!!!

Kalmaar: I'm your conquerer

Wu: so after skeletons, the serpentine, nindroids, the Stone Army, Chen's army, ghosts, oni, more snakes but on fire and people from a game, that makes you the tenth. Have a free cookie

Kalmaar:...

Wu: you're not special

Is this a little throwback to Possession too? Nya seems to always control better water when she doesn't actually think about it. When her feelings are free, so are her powers 🌊🌊🌊

Also this opens up more possibilities! Creatures connected with other elements might get summoned too! I would love something like that 😍😍

This was NEAT, or maybe I just missed Kai that much ❤ What's next??

PAPERGIRL

ANTONIAAAAAAAA!!!! MY GIRL IS BACK!!! All my girls are back in this season, I'm so happy 😍😍😍 And if she is here, sweet little Nelson has to be around and I cannot wait! Bring in the purple ninja! 💜

Owww Antonia's last day as a papergirl? Nooo why??

She's got a job at the... DAIRY DRAGON??? OMG OMG OMG IT'S THE ICE CREAM PLACE BRAGI TOLD US ABOUT ON TWITTER!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I remember the post, he was asking about names for the place and ice cream flavors. Now I can't wait to see what did he choose 🍦🍦🍦

UNAGAMI BABY HI HONEY!!! 🙋‍♀️ I hope he's doing great 😘😘

This is so cool honestly, Antonia got her own character arc going on! Living in a chaotic city like Ninjago City must be pretty dang exhausting 😅

Was... was that Dareth in the garbage can? Am I wrong? Poor brown ninja 😅🤎😅

SPINJITZU SWIRL, BANANAKHAN, ORANGE SERPENTINE, I'M DYING 😂😂😂

Their friendship is so wholesome, I'm so happy they are still together no matter what happens 💕

I thought Kalmaar wasn't much of a fighter but DANG he's got skills! Also the fact that he uses tentacles makes the fight very cool to watch! 😚😚

RAY RUNNING IN AFTER KAI GOT HURT HECK YES ❤❤❤

Well at least you tried Ray 😅

Ah, little cameo of the original Weekend Whip, always nice to hear it again... AND DO THE WEEKEND WHIP!!! 🌪🌪🌪

EVEN NELSON GOT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT I'M SO PROUD 💜

I don't even know what is cooler, the kids being mad lads on their bikes, Kalmaar driving a TRUCK or Kai going full parkour on the buildings to follow them 🤯

I'm sorry... am I the only one that during the Kai and Kalmaar talk kinda thought of Jestro and Clay? I miss my boys from NK, they're even more at odds now 😭😭

KAI YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE OR EVEN TRY TO DIE GET BACK HERE AT ONCE 😱😱

Kalmaar just loves to make everyone feel inferior, gotta be his hobby 😶

Oh good Kai is back

OH NOT GOOD KAI IS NOT BREATHING?!? FLAME BABE I TOLD YOU YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE 😱😱😱

Antonia, Nelson, you guys are now my heroes. You saved my fave, I'll be forever in dept with you ❤❤❤ Am I being overdramatic? Most likely, but Kai is one of the few that didn't almost die or did die in a dramatic situation and he is also my absolute favorite character so that... kinda keeps my sanity in check in this show 🥴

I wonder... does he still not know how to swim? He saved Lloyd in Possession but I wonder if he was only trying to float on the surface... THAT'S TERRIFYING

This episode was so adorable, I love Antonia and Nelson so much 💜💕💜💕 It's nice to see what the other people of Ninjago do while everything goes mad 🤣

Wait hang on my Ninjajan is a little rusty

"Ninjago City. City that never sleeps" well if that ain't the truth 😂

MASTER OF THE SEA

Like Master of the Mountain? Wait are we going back to Shintaro?? VANYA?? ANOTHER BEST GIRL RETURNS??? 💛

Hey hey hey, we got a full Nyad backstory! I really like when they do these little drawn shots, they feel more like legends! And... the ending sounds terrifying? Like, they wouldn't let Nya sacrifice herself and die... again... right? 😱

Bentho: and the world was in balance, until now because of my brother

Lloyd: and the Overlord before of course

Bentho: the what now?

Lloyd: the evil one my grandpa the first Spinjitzu Master fought?

Bentho: YOUR WHAT NOW

Why do I like this offscreen "hiiiyaaa" that sensei Wu does before actually going into the scene? 😂😂

No matter if they come from the underground or the sea, these are all snake-like creature with the same intellect 😅 Kalmaar and Garmadon would have a lot to talk about, sea king dealing with his minions does remind me of Lord Garmadon in season 2 a lot 😂😂

KAI AND RAY FIGHTING TOGETHER KAI AND RAY FIGHTING TOGETHER ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤

OMG Kalmaar is such a brat and petty villain I love him so much 😂😂😂 Yes I didn't even mention his amazing voice!... AH DANG IT 😳😳

*Misako kicks Kalmaar and is actually useful* 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️

*Misako gets taken as hostage immediately after* 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

KAI LITERALLY JUST GOT SAVED FROM DROWNING WHY MUST YOU DO THIS TO HIM!!!... and Ray and Cole and Wu of course, I care okay 😅

OMG that face 🤣🤣🤣

That some meme material right there

Whoa Vincent that voice just got super up when the Unsinkable showed up, it kinda sounded like Jay's lol

NO NOT BENTHO!!! 😢😢😢

Kai: Nya talks to whales now? (I snorted so hard at this 😂😂)

HECK YES NYA GOT THE AMULET!! 😍😍😍 ... we got, like, four more episodes to go so something needs to happen in between... do I need to be scared? I feel like I need to be scared 😅

Jay starting a fire then blaming Kai?... this is so in character I got chills 😂😂

SHARK BOY IS STAYING TO THE MONASTERY THIS IS SO PRECIOUS!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I want all the shenanigans and we need to write fanfictions about more shenanigans and AAAAHHHHH 🦈🦈🦈

Bless these two fire idiots

They own my heart ❤🔥❤🔥 Also Vincent, this is supposed to be a fun little gag moment, your amazing voice acting is kinda distracting me 😭😭😭

ANOTHER LEGO HUG

YOU GUYS ARE SPOILING ME OVER HERE HECK YES 💙🌊💙🌊

Maya learned that her daughter is capable of everything, I love that. Nya simply understood that she doesn't have to give up when something gets difficult. She is AMAZING and can do anything she puts her mind into. She simply has to hold on until the end 💪💪💪

Omg Benthomaar playing billiard with the guys I already love this 😍😍

YES IT IS SHINTARO!!! THE UPPLY ARE HERE OMG!!! HI VANYA YOU LOOK AMAZING GIRL MISS YOU I HOPE YOU'RE DOING OKAY!!! 💛💛💛 ... I just really like Master of the Mountain okay 😅

I love how Vanya doesn't even question it. It comes from Cole and he said it needs to be protected? Done and done 👌

Wait what, did something fall?

IS THAT THE FAKE?!?!? WHAT HOW WHEN??? UNCLE POWERS??? OR KALMAAR DID SOMETHING??? SOMEONE??? I'M LEGIT CONFUSED AND EXCITED??? 🤯🤯🤯

Well dang, I didn't see that coming, now what Seabound? What do you have for me?

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katsukis-sad-angel · 3 years

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Based on a True Story

Summary: there's this boy who makes you super uncomfy and doesnt take a hit, but you're to sweet to tell him to back off. Katsuki Bakugou, the more blunt end of the friendship, is happy to tell him off and free you from that sorry bastard.

Pairing: Katsuki Bakugou x Fem!Reader

Warnings: possible tw, a lot of swearing and some pretty colorful insults, there are guys that are really fucking creepy, based on the actual events of February 7th, 2021 at around 10:30 pm

A/N: this was very very rushed, I just wanted to write myself some comfort real quick and go to bed last night and I didn't have time to properly edit! I'm really proud of some of the banter lmao, please enjoy and never be afraid to punt a ballsack! I'll add tags later🙄🙄🙄

A message popped up on your screen and your once neutral expression went sour. Slamming the face of your phone onto your pillow, you groaned angrily into your bedspread, catching the attention of a certain ash blonde sitting in your comfy desk chair a few feet away. Katsuki Bakugou, one of your best friends, gave a questioning glance but refused to meet his ember gaze

“What’s your deal?” He asked, not letting his genuine curiosity as to why there was such a pained look on your face, show.

You opened your mouth but paused.

Katsuki already knew about this boy and scolded you every time he saw his name pop up in your notifications, telling you to ‘fucking block him already’ for the umpteenth time. It wasn’t like you had feelings for the guy anymore, you were just too nice and polite to cut him off completely and tell him to go fuck himself.

The ash-blonde had already volunteered to do it for you, but you always said no because you knew he’d just find another way to contact you.

“It’s that piss baby again isn’t it?”

“Yeah…”

“Wow, did you just agree with one of my insults?”

“Suki, I’m about to take you up on your offer to tell him to go fuck himself.”

He snickered, “Now you’re talking sense. What the hell is that pansy bitching about now?”

You sigh and roll over on your back and Katsuki moves to sit on the edge of your bed.

“I cut him off for a while, I really did! It felt so good to be free of him, but then he got my number again and started bothering me a few days ago. I saw him at school yesterday and told him I wasn’t interested in dating at all and he was like whatever so I honestly thought he could keep it in his pants and we could just be friends but nooo! He calls me a simp for anime guys, I tell him to stop being a hypocrite because he used to simp for me and he was like “I still do. You’re the only one” yeah like I’m stupid enough to actually believe that!”

You paused to catch your breath, but before you could start speaking again Katsuki interjected, “Well, you are stupid…”

You socked him in the bicep and he hunched over laughing. You looked so fucking adorable when you got royally pissed at him.

“Oh go to hell.” You snapped, crossing your arms and continuing, “Anyway, this guy used to simp for my goddamn sister! Not only do I reject being a replacement for her, but if she rejected his sorry ass, that means he’s a huge piece of shit because she’s super picky.”

“I might’ve mentioned that once or twice-”

You punched him again to shut him up. “Plus he’s super creepy and gross and it always feels like he’s undressing me with his eyes and whenever he’s around I want to dive into a pool full of only chlorine and drink it. I’m just trying to coexist and just be nice to him but apparently, a female looking in his general direction means that they want dicked down by his micropenis. He’s so fucking dense too. Why can’t he see that I’m not interested, especially after I EXPLICITLY told him that?!”

By that point, you were on the verge of frustrated tears, bottom lip trembling just slightly with bottled up emotion.

Katsuki could see it.

You felt trapped in something you never signed up for and you’d do anything to get out. All of this frustration had been stored inside of you for so long and it just kept mounting and multiplying until you burst into tears.

“Goddammit, come here dumbass,” He growled, gathering you into a warm embrace, “You can’t keep all this bs inside okay?”

He let you sob into his shoulder, one calloused hand supporting the base of your neck and the other crossed firmly over your back so you’d feel safe and secure; away from the world full of horrible people and into a small one of just your best friend’s warmth and the sweet sweet scent of caramel.

“Why don’t you listen to me? You’re just too fucking nice to every shitty dickhead that sees you as an easy, fuckable target. Something really fucking bad is gonna happen to you if you don’t shape up and learn how to punt a dude’s excuse for a ballsack and tell him what you really think.”

You raised your head from the solace of his shoulder to look at him with big, reproachful doe eyes and whimpered, “I tried that!”

“Have you tried punting their fucking balls first?”

“No… that would hurt.”

“That’s the point.”

“But if I did it without reason I could get suspended or charged with aggravated assault!”

It was Katsuki’s turn to sigh.

“That’s not the point dumbass, the point is that you need to tell these bastards off when they start getting creepy. You know what? Why don’t you just fucking ignore their sorry asses in the first place!”

You sniffle and drag a hand over your cheek to dry your tears, then resume your position with your face in the crook of your best friend’s neck.

“I feel bad for them.”

“Well stop. I’m gonna call him now alright? After that, we’ll block his stupid ass on every fucking app, you hear me?”

You nod and hug him tighter as he leans forward to grab your phone and opens it with your passcode, swiftly finding his name in your contact list and pressing the call icon, then he tapped the speaker button and waited.

The call was picked up almost immediately and a voice on the other line said, “Hey cutie! I was just about to call and ask to see if you wanted to come over on-”

“She’s not here.” Katsuki cut him off with a dry snarl, “And last time I checked she wasn’t interested enough in your sorry ass for you to be calling her ‘cutie.’”

You could almost hear his lip curl in utter disgust.

“Who the fuck are you?” The voice asked, dropping its sickeningly sweet tone to something more appropriate in light of the previous insult.

“I’m her fucking boyfriend you dickwad-” You popped up from your haven in surprise, mouth open to sputter in protest but he put a finger to your lips and smirked, “who the fuck are you?”

“No fucking way that whore has a boyfriend-”

“Ex-fucking-scuse me? Shut your mouth, you mother fucking pussy, insult her one more time and I’ll fuck you up so bad you won’t be recognizable by the time you get to the hospital.” He snapped back, “She’s crying right now because you’re too dense to realize she doesn’t want any business with some horse-faced piss baby like you. Take the hint right fucking now you useless bastard so you don’t make the mistake of coming near her again because I. Will. Kill. You. Delete this number because she’s too sweet to block you herself, but I will.”

“Fuck man, I was just tryna get laid. She’s the one who started rubbing herself all over me-”

“I said delete this number. Damn, you are a dense piece of shit aren’t you?”

“Hey, I-”

Katsuki pressed ‘end call’ and blocked his contact, moving from Instagram to Snapchat, to any social app you had, and blocked him left and right until he was satisfied.

“Feel better?” He asked softly, tossing your phone aside and peeling you off.

You carded a shaky hand through your hair and wiped your eyes, giving him a watery smile and a nod.

“Why did you tell him that we were in a relationship?” You asked, voice on the edge of a taunt.

“To make him mad.”

“I mean, it worked, but is that the only reason?” You giggled.

“The hell are you insinuating?”

“Do you… possibly by chance… have feelings for me?”

You batted your eyes at him and he retched, but the smirk was still present on his handsome features.

“What’s it to you?”

You squirm a bit, but something pops into your head so you can stall a bit longer.

“I mean, you’re not THAT ugly-”

He responded with a simple, harsh flick to the forehead to make you whine and try to whack him, but he easily intercepted your fist and pushed you on your back, caging you in nothing short of a horizontal kabedon.

It was your turn to smirk, “Yenno ‘Suki, I could very easily… oh what was your phrasing? ‘Punt your fucking balls’ in this position…”

“Just shut up and tell me what the hell you want.” Katsuki snapped.

“You’re cute when you’re flustered.” You prod.

“You look like a pissed hamster when you’re mad.” He shot back.

“You smell like a fucking candy store after training.”

“You’re the dictionary definition of a dumbass.”

“You have a better hourglass figure than Yaomomo.”

“You're quickly becoming an extra.”

“Date me.”

“Fine.”

“Wait really?”

“It’s the only way I can kiss you, protect you, and keep you all to myself.” He shrugged, leaning in dangerously close, “You don’t fucking understand how hard it is to watch you prancing around with one failed abortion after another and watching you cry because they leave since you don’t want the one thing they’re after.”

“You’ve always been there for me ‘Suki… I guess I just took you for granted, and I’m really sorry.” You met his soft vermillion gaze with a meaningful and apologetic one and reached out to squeeze his hand.

“‘S okay. You’re mine now, right?”

You nod, smiling.

“So it doesn’t matter how dense you are anymore.” He smirked, laying down on your bed and dragging you down with him so you were tucked comfortably under his chin.

You grabbed the remote and flicked on the tv, preparing to turn on an anime you had in mind.

“What romance garbage are you inflicting on me this time?” Your new boyfriend groaned, burying his face in your hair.

“One that’s super sappy and romantic and sad just to piss you off.” You pouted, clicking on each letter to form the desired word in the search bar.

“Have fun with that.” Katsuki snarked, beginning to move away, but you stopped him by deftly pressing your lips to his.

You slowly pulled away, blushing furiously, but happy to feel strong forearms snaking around your front and crossing over your stomach.

“I certainly will.” You respond.

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bedbellyandbeyond · 4 years

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Christmas

(Story Post; ART AT END)

Christmas day, Köbi convinced Sydryn that they should visit Aoife and Reid. Aoife had gifted the dragon a batch of homemade pink cupcakes at work the week before so it was only fair to return the favour. They showed up to the apartment with gifts and wine, and they gathered in the living room for merriment. Syd didn't personally enjoy the idea of Christmas: too many people, too much noise, too much gingerbread. But in Aoife's apartment, it was just the five of them (Aoife, Reid, Samara, Syd and Köbi), they weren't a rowdy bunch, and no one had thought to get gingerbread. “Nathan sent you a gift,” Aoife was saying to Reid, placing a gift bag in his lap. “You should open it.”

Reid blinked and then focused on Aoife before looking down at the present in his lap. “Oh. Aye.” He straightened up in the chair and took the tissue paper out, rooting around. “Card first, right? Did he send one... Here we are.” Aoife sighed and sat back in her chair. Samara came around from the kitchen and handed her girlfriend a mug of hot chocolate with a kiss on the crown of her head. “Oh, look at that...” Reid said holding up the card. “It's got the twins on it in little red and green onesies. Um... Their names...” “Probably inside the card if you can't remember,” Samara suggested. “Right...” He opened the card. “‘Wishing you a relaxing holiday and a quick recovery. It's the season of miracles and I couldn't have had mine without you. Merry Christmas, Dr. Gardi, and a Happy New Year! Love Nathan, Dax, Grace and Gabriel’.” “There you go. That's really sweet of him,” Aoife said. “It is...” Reid said, placing the car back in its envelope and leaving it on the coffee table. “I still feel bad that I missed the birth.” “Wish I had,” Sydryn admitted. “You've never had to calm and sedate a labouring werewolf...” “I guess so...” Reid sighed. “Syd. Did you get my gift?” “Yes.” “And?” “I put it in my hoard.” “On display?” “Yes. It's with the other dragon statuettes I own.” “Nice. Is it the biggest one?” “No. Eat a cookie Reid.” Reid leaned forward and took one from the plate. “Samara, these are amazing.” “I already told you, Aoife made them,” Samara groaned. “Oh. Sorry...” Reid looked down and started nibbling at his cookie. “You can't just get mad at him for not remembering...” Köbi interjected. “It's part of the dissociation.” “It's okay, Köbi,” Reid said. “Samara has every right to be upset.” Samara frowned. “No. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be condescending...” “Reid's getting better,” Sydryn said. “You should only have to put up with it for a short while longer, hopefully. And you don't even live here, so technically the one who should be complaining is Aoife.” “I'm a nurse. I'm just doing my job,” Aoife said. “You say that like we're not even roommates,” Reid complained. “We hardly are. You haven't been home in months,” Aoife said. “I paid my share though.” “You did.” “Well, you say it like we're not even friends.” “We are, but now I have to see you 24/7. If I don't treat you as a patient, I might go mad too, and end up like you.” “I didn't go mad, I had a breakthrough,” Reid countered. “Well, you can't even tell us what the breakthrough is, so...” “I can! I um...” Reid tried to think hard. “...That's not really a nice way to talk to your patient. Learn some bedside manner.” Aoife sighed. “Do we want to watch a movie or something?” “I should head out...” Sydryn said, getting up from the couch. “Reid's doing well. I came to drop off gifts and check on him.” “You don't want to stay for dinner?” Köbi asked. “Not really, no.” “What if I want to stay for dinner?” “You can find your own way home.” Aoife crossed her arms. “Syd, you gotta stay for dinner. It's Christmas.” “You act like that means something to me.” “You brought gifts, didn't you? It must mean something to you.” “I brought gifts because I knew I'd be receiving gifts and I didn't want the guilt.” The dragon put their hands on their hips. “Köbi, you can stay. I have other places to visit so I'll pick you up after...” “Oh, okay. Thanks, Syd.” Köbi smiled. “Where are you off to?” “I have to go visit Camilo and Rheni. I have news for them.” “Not bad news. You can't deliver bad news on Christmas.” “It's just news. How they receive the information is up to them.” “Okay...” Köbi got up to see them out. “Drive safe. Yeah?” “Oh, Syd. Hold on.” Aoife grabbed some cookies and went to the kitchen for a baggie before heading back. “Give these to Camilo and Rheni. And, um, before he says anything, yes, I did tell Camilo you'd sit in on his pregnancy group.” “Are you mad?” Sydryn said, lowering their voice as Samara wasn't supposed to be privy to the knowledge of their pregnancy. “I'm not going to a pregnancy group. My condition is private.” “I only told him you could be beneficial as a doctor,” Aoife said. “You know how worried pregnant people can be. They'll spread home remedies and false information.” “Thank you for letting me know so I can tell Camilo myself that you were mistaken and I will not be attending.” “Syd. You should go.” “In what way would that benefit me?” Sydryn asked. “You’ll be able to learn to care,” Aoife said. “And I’ll stop nagging you about it.” Sydryn clenched their jaw. “I don’t want to.” “If you don’t, I’ll make you take Reid. He can live with you. His hair’s basically pink now. He’ll fit in. Köbi can be his nurse.” “Absolutely not.” “Then go to the group. Think about it. Sleep on it.” Sydryn groaned and just pulled on their coat. “You're a bully.” “If I have to be. Happy Christmas.” Sydryn rolled their eyes and just left.

A quick text to Camilo placed him at Fay's house as the dragon expected. He hadn't yet arranged for Rheni to move back in with him and while they were getting along, Camilo still didn't feel like he could forgive so easily. Sydryn supported Camilo's decision so long as he had the necessary support at home to help him navigate the world as a pregnant man. With Marcita around, it helped a lot. Pulling up, Sydryn immediately noticed a big bundled coat sitting out on the porch. When they approached, it became clear that the figure was Fay and he didn’t look too comfortable. Frowning, Sydryn feeling safe enough in this rural forested area, blew a flame into their palm and wrapped it into a ball, offering it to Fay. The merman took the ball of flame hesitantly, but it floated an inch off his fingers and only warmed, not burned. “Thanks…” “What are you doing out here?” the dragon asked. “Escaping Christmas…” “Ah.” “I don’t do Christmas. I don’t like Christmas. I’m not Christian. My religion is the sea and I’m barely practicing that…” “I’m not fond of it either. Christmas that is,” Sydryn stated. “Yeah. I assume it’s the people?” “Precisely.” “Dari’s not even a practicing Christian.” “It’s these North Americans… They’ve made it part of their culture, whether everyone likes it or not.” “I wish I’d banned TV as soon as Arianne was old enough to understand. Right now, it’s the only way any of them would’ve learned about Christmas, other than from Dari.” “Mm… Yes, perhaps that would’ve worked.” “I assume you’re here on business?” Fay suggested. “I came to speak to Camilo, yes.” “Well, good luck in there.” “Fay, you can’t stay out here. You’re not a cold-water fish.” “I know. Give me a bit more time.” “Alright.” Sydryn headed inside. Immediately commercial Christmas music blared throughout the house and there were lights and decorations everywhere. Siv was the first to appear and weaved between the dragon’s legs to hide behind them, but at the same time Arianne jumped into the hall and pointed right at him. “I see you!” she yelled. “You can’t hide!” “No!” Siv yelled. “Can’t see me!” “I can! You have to help me find Otter!” she yelled back. “Nooo!” Siv yelled again. Sydryn just moved on, removing their coat and boots and walking into the living room. The living room had a live white fir in the corner and stockings hanging over the fireplace as well as snacks on the table. A big garbage bag full of used wrapping paper and opened toy packaging was beside the tree and various toys, clothes and candy were strewn across the floor. Among it, Milo was sitting playing with Katia who looked to have received a new stuffed dolphin for Christmas. Not seeing who he was looking for, Sydryn moved into the kitchen. Dari was in the kitchen mashing potatoes with Zoe strapped to his back. He heard Sydryn come in. “Fay, I need your help with the—Oh, Jesus Christ! Syd!” Dari nearly jumped when he looked back. “Don't scare me... When did you get here?” “Just now,” Sydryn said. “I'm looking for Camilo.” “Upstairs with Rheni I think,” Dari reported. “You haven't seen my husband, have you? I can’t do this without him.” “Porch.” “Of course...” Dari sighed. “I don't know why he has to be such a scrooge. We agreed we'd do Christmas a long time ago.” “I bet that was before your numbers tripled.” “Still. He can't just mope about. I need help.” “I'm sure he'll be back in shortly,” Sydryn stated. “I only gave him a two minute flame.” “A what?” “Don't worry about it.” Syd headed towards the stairs. “Merry Christmas.” “Merry Christmas!” Upstairs, Sydryn found the light on in a room down the hall and figured it was their destination. As they drew near, they could hear chuckling and wet noises from the room with its door slightly ajar. They shivered in disgust and just reached out to knock without looking. “Hello?” “Ah, dios mio!” Camilo was heard startled. “Rheni, stop! Come in.” “I don’t think I want to,” the dragon hypothesised. “Syd?” Camilo came to the door, pulling a shirt down over his stomach which had purple kiss marks all over it. “Hey! You came over fast.” “You seem light spirited,” Sydryn observed. “Well, uh... Es Navidad,” he said blushing. Rheni appeared behind him, passing a hand over Camilo's back. “Hey, Syd! What's up dude?” I'm sorry this took so long, but I've had a lot of work to do in Gardi's wake, and your issue wasn't of high urgency. Anyway, I have your results for you,” they stated. Camilo blinked then looked at Rheni. “Wait... So is the baby Rheni's?” “I never doubted that he was the one to impregnate you,” Sydryn said. “It's the process that I find more interesting. But technically, no the child isn't Rheni's.” “What?” Rheni said, his arms dropping to his sides. “I'm not the father?” “You two don't seem to be listening. Go sit down,” Sydryn said. Camilo went back into the room and sat down on the bed. Rheni sat next to him but didn't touch him. “Good. Now...” Sydryn pulled out their rose-coloured work tablet. “I analysed the sample that you collected from Arrhenius. As I suspected, when performing sexual acts, Rheni's body is capable of producing human DNA completely different from the DNA in the cells that make up Rheni's body. Instead of simple slime gametes like your first pregnancy which were incompatible with Camilo's egg, human male gametes are produced with human DNA which successfully impregnated you with a human child.” “So, I am the father?” Rheni asked. “Well, the thing is, your body had to get the human DNA from somewhere,” Sydryn stated. “Your body is learning from it's environment. It wouldn't just create human DNA from nowhere. It would need to replicate DNA it has access too. But it has access to every human around you: Camilo, Marcita, Dari, etc. But we have record of their DNA and—” “You do?” Camilo interrupted. “Yes, of course,” Sydryn said. “Have to make sure the humans really are human. Also if you were wondering, you're very much human, Camilo.” “I mean, I figured.” “Anyway, the gametes provided to me did not match any of those records of those around you. But...” Sydryn turned over the tablet and showed them a picture. “It does match his.” The pair blinked and stared at the picture. It was an ID portrait of a young man with black hair, a soft face with a defined jaw. “Who's that?” Camilo asked. “That's missing person Michael Zhao,” Sydryn said. “He was attending post secondary school in BC when he was reported missing seven years ago.” They continued to stare at the picture then Rheni moved a hand up to his own face and touched his cheek. “...Is that...Is that me?” “It would be very difficult to conclude otherwise,” Sydryn said. “He is the father of Camilo's baby.” Camilo covered his mouth and tears started rolling down his face. “Oh god, Camilo...” Rheni started rubbing his back. “Are you okay?” “Am I okay?” Camilo sobbed. He pointed to the picture. “It's you!” He sniffled and wiped his eyes. “We found you!” Rheni started nodding quickly, tears coming to his eyes as well. “It is... I know it is...”

#lore #Sydryn #Köbi #Reid #Aoife #Samara #Fay #Dari #Camilo #Rheni #dragon #angel #Ennedi tiger #merman #slime man #mpreg

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Neighbors

Character: Harry (Spread) x OFC (Jenna)

Word Count: 6,724 (I couldn’t stop!)

Warnings: Um...none? Fluffy, blink-and-you-miss-it angst, I guess?

A/N: Look, Harry deserves more love than he gets, come on now. He was cute...and seriously better than Nikki, if you ask me (no one asked me but I don’t care, I’m telling you anyways, haha).

The sound of her phone startled her off the bed, squawking as she hit the floor, elbow jamming against the table. With a hard groan, Jenna rolled onto her stomach, curling into herself, and forcing herself to her feet, swatting her phone to shut it off, not caring who she was hanging up on. Sighing, and rubbing her arm, Jenna started for the small kitchen, pausing at the sound of loud voices outside. With a groan, she slid open the door to the balcony, and stepped out, glancing over to see a lanky man on the sidewalk, talking to the man on the balcony across the hall. Still half-asleep, she wasn’t sure what they were saying, but the tone was clear, the argument, and she lingered, enjoying the rare, comfortable breeze, before the man on the sidewalk left, and the man across the hall glanced over at her, hesitating at the sight of her.

“Sorry to wake you up,” he called, waving, before disappearing back inside. Jenna chuckled, and shook her head, padding back in to turn on her coffee pot.

Los Angeles was not the top of the list of places Jenna had ever planned to live, but now that she was here, despite the noise, and the rude people she encountered, and the weird smells on some of the side streets, she was pretty sure she didn’t ever want to leave. Her apartment was tiny compared to anything else she’d ever lived in - it was a bedroom, a bathroom, a closet, and half a kitchen, with a balcony to make it worth the cost. Honestly, living by herself, Jenna didn’t care - all her friends were hundreds of miles away, and she was sure as shit not about to invite her coworkers to that place (not because she was embarrassed, but because most of them sucked).

But the best part, she had to admit, was the brunette across the hall.

She’d only been living there a few months, though a quick look around her apartment would argue that considering she hadn’t finished unpacking yet, so she didn’t really know any of her neighbors. She’d seen several of them, in passing, or from her balcony as they left or arrived, but she hadn’t actually met them, she didn’t know anyone’s names. The guy waved at her, if they saw each other on the balcony, apologized if he was loud and she stumbled out in the early hours, or the late hours. But she still didn’t know his name.

(It didn’t stop her, that morning, from leaving early enough to grab a gift card from the donut shop around the corner, and coming back to tie it to his doorknob, before she knocked, and bolted, to make it to work on time.)

Friday night.

Jenna had been looking forward to Friday night, she was going to get off work, come home and change, and go out for the night to drink, to dance, to have fun. But then she didn’t get out of work until well after seven, grumbling and swearing the entire way out of the office building, as she maneuvered through weekend traffic (fuck, every day was weekend traffic, as far as she could tell), and pulled into her spot under her apartment. The mood to go out was gone as soon as she realized she’d be stuck late at work, so she was grateful for delivery as she slid off her shoes and headed upstairs, already tapping at her phone to put in an order for dinner.

By the time she was out of the shower, her food was there, and she settled in on her bed to watch something dumb, and mindless.

The sound of giggles and thumps on her door woke her a few hours later, and she sat up, brow furrowed. When they sounded again, she groaned, grabbing up her things and dumping them in the trash as she moved to the door. Through the peephole, she could see the guy from across the hall, grinning and blushing, as he wobbled in front of her door. Frowning, Jenna tugged it open, pushing her red hair off her face.

“Hey...what’s going on, you okay?” she asked, confused, as he giggled, and grinned at her so wide, his whole face scrunched up.

“Hey! Pretty lady! What’re you doin’ in my apartment?” he asked, as Jenna laughed softly, confused.

“I’m...in my apartment, you live across the hall.”

“What?” he asked, smile gone, brow knitted together. “Nooo. No, this is my apartment, I just can’t find my keeeys.”

Jenna knew it the second he grinned at her, he was so drunk. She considered, for a second, digging his keys out of his pockets for him, but, not wanting to make things weird, she instead just smiled, and reached for his hand.

“Come on in, let me get you some water.”

“Pretty lady nice,” he whispered, as Jenna blushed brightly, and shut the door behind him, leading him to sit on her bed. “This isn’t my bed...where’re my frogs?” he asked, swatting the end of her bed as she moved to the fridge.

“Probably in your apartment. This is my apartment, and I don’t have frogs,” Jenna replied. He tilted his head back, blue eyes surrounded by red as he blinked at her. “Drink this.”

“Pretty lady so nice.”

“You can call me Jenna...strange man who lives across the hall.” He took a swig of the cool water, moaning as it ran down his throat, before letting her take the bottle, and set it on the nightstand. For a moment, they were quiet, before she could see him blinking slowly. With a sheepish smile, Jenna took his hand, helping him stand up again.

“‘m tired, Pr-...Jenna...Pretty Jenna.” She blushed more, shaking her head.

“That’s why I’m gonna get you to lie down, but, I wanna ask you to take off your jacket and your shoes,” she replied, moving her blanket back, as he shimmied and bounced, giggling, until his jacket came off. The shoes were harder for him, fingers fumbling, until she caught his hands, and smiled. “I got it.

“Nice Jenna.”

“You are so drunk, I cannot wait until tomorrow,” she mumbled, shaking her head as she pulled his boots off, and maneuvered him until his head was on the pillow, feet tucked under her blanket. “I have a fan, do you want the fan on?” He scrunched up his face, before nodding a little, as she smiled, turning to click the small fan on her nightstand on. The second the cool air hit his face, he hummed, and wriggled down against her bed.

“So nice.”

“Get some sleep, handsome fella. I’ll put the trash can here if you need it.”

“Nice Jenna,” he mumbled as he shut his eyes. Jenna smiled at him, biting her lip, before she sighed, and stood upright.

After tucking his boots at the end of the bed, and setting the garbage can by the bed like she promised, Jenna put a bottle of aspirin by the water, and clicked off all the lights except for the nightlight in her bathroom, in case he got up in the night and didn’t know where he was or what was going on. With a shrug, she dug her sleeping back out of the closet, quietly unfurling it and snagging a spare pillow off the shelf in her closet, before she laid on the floor, and drifted off.

The balcony door was open a crack, Jenna standing outside to sip her coffee. The guy from across the hall was still asleep in her bed, but the bottles had been moved, and the bathroom door was partly shut, so she knew he’d gotten up and some point and gone right back to bed. It made her smile, that he wasn’t so freaked out that he bolted. She still didn’t want to wake him up, so she lingered outside, enjoying the knowledge that she didn’t have to work, as she sipped her steaming drink. Movement inside caught her eye, watching him shift and sit up, curling forward to rub his face. With a small smile, she stepped inside, holding up her hand and giggling as he jumped.

“It’s just me, don’t worry,” she chuckled, as he groaned, waving.

“...I am so fuckin’ sorry about last night, I hope I didn’t do anything stupid, I was so trashed.”

“Oh, yeah, no, I got that when you insisted this was your apartment, and kept calling me Pretty Lady.” His groan made her laugh again. “It was cute.” Lifting his head, he smiled a little, and rubbed his neck.

“You are pretty. You’re my neighbor, right?”

“Jenna.” He clicked his tongue, nodding, before patting his chest.

“I’m Harry, and I’m so sorry I threw myself at you last night.” Jenna laughed, putting her cup down, and pouring a second cup.

“Cream? Sugar?”

“Uh...splash of milk?” he said, twisting to face her. Jenna nodded, stirring it in, before she grabbed her cup, and moved to sit by him on the bed.

“You didn’t really throw yourself at me. I was gonna just let you into your place, but I didn’t want to cross a line by digging for your keys, so, I just brought you in here. Figured you’d feel better if you slept some.” Harry chuckled into his cup before sipping the dark liquid, groaning as it rushed across his tongue.

“Still.”

“Look, my night was going to be binge eating and marathoning something shitty on TV to make up for working two hours later than I wanted and pretty much wrecking my night...and sleeping, which I was doing but not intentionally when you showed up. You actually made my night a little more enjoyable.” Harry chuckled, taking another drink, before he sighed, and rubbed the back of his head.

“Still...I really appreciate you takin’ care of me last night, you didn’t have to. Not like we know each other.” Jenna hummed and shrugged, holding her cup between her hands, swirling the liquid along the bottom.

“No, but, we are neighbors. And I have been meaning to come introduce myself. Not like this, but,” she laughed, as Harry’s shoulders shook with his own laugh.

“Yeah, me too, same here,” he replied, shaking his head. “Still, Jenna, really.” She smiled over at him, and shrugged again. “You gave me water, meds, put me to bed? And coffee?”

“I’ve got stuff to make breakfast too, I just gotta find my skillet,” she laughed quietly, as Harry snickered, and shook his head.

“I’m not letting you cook breakfast,” Harry insisted, smiling. Jenna hesitated, swallowing the last drops in her cup, before she stood up to get a refill, hiding her blush from him. “But if you’ll let me, I’d like to treat.” The cup slipped in her fingers a bit as she put it on the small counter space, and she turned, curious.

“You wanna buy me breakfast?”

“It’s literally the least I could do. Is...can I do that?” Jenna blushed, but nodded, tucking her hair behind her ear. “You don’t have any other plans this morning?”

“Just unpacking,” she admitted, shaking her head. “I’ve still got a bunch of boxes in the closet, and in the corner, and hidden under the bed, I just...keep stopping to make room.”

Harry’s lips quirked up in a small smile as he nodded, and looked around. The place was similar to his own across the hall, but hers looks a bit more put together, cleaner, organized than his own. That was something he blamed on sharing his place with Nikki now and then, constantly having a roommate in and out of the small space, taking some of his stuff, bringing it back, over and over.

“It looks nice, though. My place looks like shit,” he admitted, grinning over at her at the startled laugh off her lips. “Look, lemme go clean up and change and feed my frogs-”

“Yeah, you mentioned your frogs last night...how many do you have?” she asked, curious, as Harry looked up at her.

“Three...two tree frogs and a bullfrog,” Harry replied, slowly smiling as she bit her lip. “...do you wanna see them?”

“...I...really?” Laughing quietly, Harry climbed to his feet, letting her take his empty cup as he looked around, and picked up his shoes, as Jenna picked up his jacket. “Where are your keys, by the way? You couldn’t find them last night.”

“Right here,” he told her sheepishly, pulling a small key ring from his jean pockets. Jenna’s laugh was sweet in his ear as he led her across the hall, pausing to unlock his door, before he pushed it open and led her inside. “Sorry about the state of the place.”

Jenna shuffled in behind him, glancing around quickly, and shrugged. Yeah, it looked a little messier, but not in a bad way. Just more lived in, like this was his home. Jenna smiled at him, and shook her head.

“It looks fine,” she insisted, leaning down next to the end of his bed to peer in the terrarium at the frogs. “Well, hey there.”

“My friend Nikki mocks ‘em. Does a good Kermit impression, but it’s exhausting.” Jenna chuckled, looking up.

“Is Nikki the one I keep seeing around? Tall, lanky, face I could slap?” Harry’s laugh was so full it made her blush, as he nodded his head.

“Yeah, yeah, that’s him. Honestly, he’s my best friend, but he’s a huge asshole sometimes.” Jenna snorted, shaking her head a bit as she looked back in at the frogs.

“Well, to mock your frogs, he’s gotta be. Frogs are cute. Pretty much if it’s not an arachnid and it’s not about to hurt me, it’s cute,” she admitted, shrugging, looking up at him again as she stood up.

“Don’t like spiders?” he asked, moving towards his closet to put his shoes and jacket away.

“Uh, pretty sure it’s not so much that I don’t like them, more like, I hate them with the white hot fire of a thousand suns and I’m petrified of them.” Harry’s laugh was perfect, head shaking as the sound bubbled from his chest, as he dug out a change of clothes.

“Well, don’t worry, I don’t have any spiders...and if I do, not for long,” he replied, as she glanced down at the frogs looking up at her. Smiling, Jenna pushed her hair off her face, and motioned to the door.

“I’ll...I’m gonna let you clean up and change, I’m gonna go change, too…” she told him, starting back to the door.

“Okay. I shouldn’t be long, I’ll come knock,” he promised, glancing over with a grin, as she waved, and closed the door behind her, heading back across the hall to her place.

When she answered the door, Jenna didn’t think twice about what it meant, really. She was just going to help Harry. But he was so nice, and he had the best smile, and he just made her feel comfortable. They went out for breakfast a few blocks away, a little hole in the wall with good bacon. Jenna really didn’t feel alone in the city anymore, after they headed back to their building, the way he grinned at her, and hugged her tight before letting her go.

“Thanks again, for last night…”

“Anytime,” Jenna promised, biting her lip. “I’d rather you drunkenly mistake my apartment for yours than fall down the steps or get hurt.” Harry smiled brightly, and nodded, chuckling.

“Still. Look, uh...I don’t have any plans tonight. You wanna catch a movie or something?” Jenna parted her lips, surprised, before he quickly held up his hand. “You don’t have to, it’s not, I mean, I just, you know, I figured it’d be fun to do something without me being trashed.”

“No, it’s, Harry, it’s okay,” she laughed, shaking her head, catching his hand. “You just surprised me, no, I...I don’t know what’s playing or anything, but a movie sounds good. But I have a shit ton of movies in my closet, we can always...I mean, I have a TV.” Harry laughed quietly, rubbing his neck as he nodded.

“Let’s do that. There’s a pizza place downtown, best pie, seriously. So...I’ll bring dinner?” Jenna grinned, nodding.

“Sounds good. Seven?”

“Sounds good!” he laughed, squeezing her hand before they headed into their apartments.

It was easy, after that. Jenna was happy to have a friend that was across the hall, not across the country, and Harry always seemed to have fun when they got together. It was usually for breakfast, or a beer over a shitty movie, at least once a week, but it was still friendship, and it still made her feel good about living in Los Angeles.

Several months after his first time knocking on her door, as Jenna was setting up for movie night, she heard a laugh outside before a knock, and, smiling, she padded over, pulling open the door. Harry grinned at her, before he looked over his shoulder.

“Hey, I know it’s movie night, but...hey, Nik, c’mere.” Jenna looked up, smile fading a little, at the sight of the friend that Harry had talked about, that she’d seen but never met. “Hey, Nikki, this is Jenna, Jenna, Nikki.” Biting her lip, she waved at him, looking back at Harry with an uncertain look. “Nikki’s plans fell through, so I was just gonna go with him to the bar...is...is that okay?” Jenna stared at him for a minute, brow furrowed, trying to figure out what he was telling her, before she cleared her throat to hide the way that weighed in her stomach.

“Oh...oh, yeah, no, that’s fine,” she finally said, forcing a small chuckle. “Uh...yeah. We’ll just...we’ll have movie night another time, no big deal,” Jenna told him, shrugging, hoping he couldn’t hear dinner cooking behind her. “You two have fun.”

“Thanks, Jen. You’re the best,” Harry chuckled, ducking in to hug her quickly, before turning to pat Nikki on the arm, jogging down the steps. Nikki glanced at her, but she ducked her head back into her apartment and shut the door, turning to look over at the stove. Chewing at her bottom lip, Jenna let her shoulders fall, and moved to the kitchen to shut everything off.

The laughs in the hallway were loud as she drifted in and out that night, but Jenna didn’t really register any of the noise until she heard one particularly loud cackle. Jerking upright, she held her breath, looking around, before she heard the noise outside. WIth a heavy sigh, rubbing her hands over her face, Jenna threw her blanket back, and padded towards the door, peering through the peephole to see Harry and Nikki by his door. He seemed to be patting his pockets, as though he couldn’t find his keys, and despite her urge to go back to bed, Jenna felt bad about leaving him in this state.

Forcing a breath through her nose, Jenna clicked on her light, and unlocked the door, peering out as Harry turned, cringing at the sight of her.

“Hey! Pretty lady!” She couldn’t help chuckling, and shaking her head, hoping she didn’t look as tired as she felt.

“Harry, did you lose your keys again?” she asked gently, as Harry shrugged, sheepish.

“Maaybe.” Nikki snorted beside him, as Jenna sighed, and stepped back, waving them in.

“Come on. You guys can share the bed.” Harry scrunched up his face, and stuck out his tongue, blowing a raspberry as they shuffled in.

“I don’t wanna share with him, he smells.”

“I don’t smell,” Nikki whined, pushing Harry as Jenna shut the door, rubbing her eyes. God, she was going to regret opening the door.

“Your breath smells, an’ you sleep with your mouth open,” Harry grumbled, the two stumbling towards the bed. Jenna sighed, caught him, and shook her head, sitting Harry down, before she dug her sleeping bag out of the closet.

“Okay, both of you stink right now, so shut up,” she told them, as Harry giggled, and scrunched up his face.

“I do not.”

“You smell like beer and smoke. It’s bad on him, but fine, you smell fine,” Jenna conceded, blushing a bit as she rolled out the sleeping back, and nudged Nikki, pointing. “You get the bag.”

“Camping!” Nikki laughed, toppling awkwardly down on the bag as Jenna rolled her eyes, and tossed him a pillow. With a shake of her head, she turned to Harry, helping him out of his shoes and his jacket, before flipping on the fan, and tucking him in.

“Nice Jenna.”

“I know, I’m nice,” she told him, disappearing from his sight and returning a moment later with medicine and water, both of which she set on the nightstand. “Now go to sleep. Both of you.”

“Nice Jenna.” She smiled, glancing down at Harry, before turning and stepping over Nikki to click the light off. As soon as the room went dark, her smile was gone, and Jenna quietly moved to the chair in the corner, curling up in it, hoping she could fall back to sleep in the silence of the room.

Softly whimpering, Jenna shifted, twisting around, as she curled up more, feeling herself slip between sleep and waking, before snuggling back into her pillow. For a few minutes, Jenna clung to sleep, fingers clenching at her blanket.

Until she realized she was in her bed.

Eyes opening, she furrowed her brow, and rolled carefully onto her back, glancing around her apartment. She could hear snoring from the floor, but after a moment, and blinking repeatedly, Jenna caught sight of Harry slipping back in from the balcony, pausing to flick the cigarette butt off the balcony, and wiping his hand on his shirt.

“...did you put me in my bed?” she asked softly, as he looked up, surprised.

“Oh...yeah...you seemed uncomfortable, and...he’s still sleeping on your other bed,” Harry replied, apologetically, as you glanced over, seeing Nikki snoring against your spare pillow. “Sorry about last night, Jen.”

“It’s okay,” Jenna replied, waving her hand, and sighing, glancing over at her clock. “Ugh. It’s still early, come back to bed.” Harry blinked at her, startled, as Jenna flopped back on the bed.

“...I can just...I can go home…”

“Nope,” she replied quickly. “He’s your friend, you can’t leave him here...but the bed’s big enough,” she insisted, adjusting her body closer to the side. “Come back to bed, too early to be up and about.”

“...you want me to share the bed with you?” he asked, and Jenna hesitated, brow furrowed at the uncertainty in his voice.

“...I...Harry, I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t okay,” Jenna replied quietly, shrugging, without looking over at him. “But I won’t make you, or anything. I just...didn’t think it was a big deal, considering we share the bed during movie night.”

Harry chuckled, knowing he had to give her that one, before he moved across the floor, and climbed onto the bed behind her, nestling down on top of the blanket. Jenna scrunched up her face, and shifted, pressing her face into her pillow to muffle her sigh as she let her eyes shut. Any chance she thought she had of falling back to sleep was gone, worried she’d been seeing more in their friendship than was actually there.

Even after being there almost a year, now, he was the only real friend she had in the city. Her coworkers were okay, they carried conversation well enough, but she wouldn’t call them friends, not really. It wasn’t like they hung out together, or invited her to join them after work or anything, and she was relatively okay with that. But she’d been so sure that there was more to the friendship she’d made with Harry, that he liked her - hell, the first time they met, he called her pretty lady, he didn’t stop flirting with her. But aside from him saying it the night before, he hadn’t brought it up since that first night.

Jenna wasn’t a stranger to being mistaken. She just didn’t like the way it felt.

When Nikki finally woke up, Harry nearly shoved him across the hall to his place, mainly so his friend didn’t get sick all over Jenna’s apartment. He flashed a grateful smile back at Jenna before closing her door, but as soon as it clicked in place, Jenna got up, digging out her laundry basket, and dumped her sleeping bag, pillow cases, and other bedding into it. After tucking her jar of laundry change into the corner of the basket, she tucked her feet into her shoes, grabbed her bag, and left, locking up behind her as she hurried to her car, desperate to get out of her apartment.

After doing the laundry, Jenna was reluctant to go home, and instead, she drove out to the beach, spending the rest of her day with her toes in the sand, taking a break to grab an ice cream and a water. She didn’t go in the water, but she tried to relax as best she could otherwise, watching the clouds roll across the sun. The breeze cooled down, small spats of rain landing on her skin, but Jenna didn’t mind, staying firm in the sand as she watched other people bolt like they’d been struck. It was a couple more hours before finally giving in to the rumbling of her stomach. With a sigh, Jenna got into her car, glancing out the windshield as the rain started to come down a little stronger. She paused to order pizza, before she headed back home, barely getting her door shut and her basket put down before she heard the knock on the door.

The box was half empty, Jenna curled up amongst her clean bedding as she watched the movie on her TV, chewing absentmindedly. The sudden plunge into darkness made her shriek, flailing a bit as she blinked rapidly. It took her a few seconds to realize it wasn’t her, it was the power, as she carefully climbed off the bed, patting around her night table for her small flashlight.

“Jenna?” Harry called through the door, as she blushed. “I heard you shout, you okay?” Carefully making her way across her room, Jenna tugged the door open, peering out at him as he moved his flashlight off her face. “Hey! You okay?”

“Yeah, I just...I was watching TV, it...it startled me,” she admitted, shaking her head. “Sorry.”

“No, it’s okay...do you have a flashlight?”

“Yeah, it’s on my nightstand,” she replied, leaving him at the door, and moving to dig it out of the drawer. As she clicked it on, she turned around to see him, squinting at his flashlight. “You know, it’s not all that late, I’m surprised your home.”

“It’s Saturday, I thought we could do movie night tonight,” Harry admitted, shrugging, as Jenna snorted, and shook her head.

“Yeah, uh...good luck?” Chuckling a bit, Harry shook his flashlight, and pointed behind him.

“We can take a drive, see if the theaters are still on?” he offered, smiling. “I owe you movie night.” Jenna turned away from his light, shining her flashlight on the bed as she picked up the pizza, and shrugged a bit as she moved to put it on the stove.

“I mean...you don’t have to.” Harry furrowed his brow, chuckling a bit.

“Is that you saying you don’t want to go? Or…?” Jenna considered it, before looking down at herself, and sighing.

“Let me change my clothes,” she finally agreed, smiling, and moving to grab something to change into before shutting herself in the bathroom.

The theater was running, but after seeing the thick line down the block, Jenna and Harry shared a look before driving on, moving aimlessly until he finally headed up to the cliffs overlooking the water. The rain grew heavier as he parked the car, chuckling a bit as he shut off the car, back windows cracked just enough for air.

“What were you watching before the power went out?” he asked, curious, as she snickered, and shook her head.

“Scream. It’s my favorite scary movie,” Jenna replied with a slight shrug. “Actually, it was just at the part where the principal sees the killer in his office when the power went out, which is part of why I shrieked,” she admitted, as he tossed his head with a laugh. “Don’t laugh at me.”

“I can’t help it, that’s awesome,” Harry replied, bumping his arm with hers. Jenna blushed, snickering, as she rolled her eyes. “I’m sorry, about last night,” he told her. Jenna glanced over, curious. “You know...bailing on you, and then waking you up.”

“Oh...yeah, don’t worry about it, it’s fine,” she answered, shaking her head. “I just ate some junk and fell asleep.”

Jenna didn’t want to add she’d only fallen asleep about an hour before he woke her up, because she couldn’t relax - she’d gotten so used to their movie nights helping her relax, that when he cancelled the night before, she had trouble readjusting.

Harry peered over at her, lips ticking up a bit.

“Still. Look, I’m actually gonna make it up to you, so we’re gonna do two movie nights this week, okay? You get to pick the movies.” Jenna laughed, shaking her head.

“You seriously don’t need to do that, Harry, it’s fine. This is nice,” she insisted, leaning back in her seat and looking out through the windshield.

“I know I don’t need to,” Harry chuckled, shaking his head. “I want to. It was kind of dick last night, dropping plans at the last minute. And I would’ve invited you,” he started, as Jenna scoffed.

“Harry…”

“But we went to a strip joint - not sure if you would’ve wanted to go? - and I’ve got a feeling you don’t like Nikki.” Jenna blushed then, rubbing her neck, before she laughed softly.

“I don’t...hate him? But he makes a lot of noise when he comes and goes, and when I hear him yammering on the balcony in the morning, he sounds like a jackass.” Harry snorted so hard, Jenna had to turn and look to make sure he was okay.

“He’s just really cocky. Like, absurdly confident. Spent a long time getting any girl he wanted.” Jenna grumbled, making Harry snicker as he leaned on the console towards her. “He, uh...yeah, he learned his lesson, at least as far as that goes. It was kind of like a sweet karma,” Harry promised, smirking, “so he’s actually better now than he used to be. Still kind of a jackass, though.” That made her laugh, the sound actually making Harry blush as he looked at her, not realizing until she leaned forward that the rain was easing up.

“Hey...I think it’s stopped...you wanna get out for a few?” she asked, turning her head to look at him, fingers catching her hair to tuck it behind her ear. With a soft smile, Harry nodded, climbing out with her, and pausing to grab one of his jackets out of the backseat to rest on the hood as he pulled her in, and sat with her.

For a few minutes, they were quiet, the rain barely even spitting now, nothing that bothered either of them, watching the waves crash on the shore. He felt her shift a few times before glancing over, biting his lip as she rubbed her arm. The temperature had dropped with the sudden storm, but Harry, sheepishly, hadn’t noticed she’d come out without her coat. Shrugging his shoulders, he pulled off his hoodie, looping it over her shoulders as she jumped, and glanced over.

“Oh...are you sure?”

“Yeah, I got this,” he smiled, tugging at the long sleeved plaid shirt he had underneath. Blushing, Jenna quietly thanked him, sliding her arms into the sleeves as she hugged the soft fabric to her body.

Their knees knocked together, the two sharing small smiles, and soft chuckles. Jenna felt nervous for the first time in a long time, not used to spending this kind of time with Harry. The time they were together was usually with terrible food, ridiculous movies, or beer (or all three), not leaning into each other on the hood of the car watching the water after a storm. It felt romantic, as she chewed at her bottom lip.

“...hey, Harry?” she asked, hoping she didn’t sound as anxious as she felt, as he bumped his arm against hers, and turned his head.

“Yeah?”

“I was...I wanted to talk to you...about something.” When he nodded, something she caught in her periphery, Jenna furrowed her brow, and cleared her throat. “...look, I...I really like you, Harry, and I don’t...I don’t mean as just a friend, kinda...kinda more than that?” she said, almost like she wasn’t sure, tilting her head in his direction. “I mean...I’m not...I’m not asking, I do...like you as more than a friend. I mean, you’ve been a great friend, I just...I really...I have a crush on you,” Jenna admitted, biting her lip, “and I was...I was wondering if maybe we could go out...on a...on an actual date...if you want?”

Harry didn’t say anything, or move, so at first, Jenna just figured he was trying to filter through her rapid fire speech, but after a moment, she lifted her head to look at him, heart thumping violently against her ribs as he just...stared at her. She wanted to press him, ask him to just say something, but whatever was hiding behind that surprised look was most likely something she didn’t want to hear.

The words were on her tongue, nevermind, and I’m sorry, just forget it, but before she could take a breath to get the strength to say them, the skies opened up again, the water not even starting easily, pouring down on them hard enough make her squeal, startled, the two darting back into the car. Harry bit his tongue, twisting the key in the ignition to start the car, glancing over at her as she curled up, almost as though she were hiding in his jacket. Sighing, Harry buckled his seatbelt, flipping on the wipers as he drove them back through the city to their building.

Harry had barely parked before Jenna unhooked her seatbelt, and opened the door, grabbing her bag from between her feet as she got out of the car, and started inside, tucking her bag under the jacket to keep it somewhat dry as the rest of her got soaked as she jogged up the steps. It had been such an uncomfortable ride, both of them silent as Jenna tried to figure out how to unsay what she’d told Harry. She just wanted to go inside.

Jingling her keys, Jenna huffed, trying to quickly find the one for her door, when she fumbled them, flinching as they clattered at her feet. Before she could pick them up, she felt a hand curl around her elbow, pulling at her.

“Harry,” she started, sighing, turning towards the pressure.

His other hand cupped her jaw, lips smashing against hers, before she could finish her thought, his cold, wet lips sealing over hers. For a second, Jenna stood still, eyes wide, before she let them fall shut, and curled her free hand around the back of his head, kissing him back almost carefully. The feeling of him pulling away made her whimper, panting softly as his forehead bumped hers.

“...what….” she started, at a loss for words, as he sighed, thumb rubbing across her cheek.

“Of course I wanna go on a real date with you, pretty lady,” he murmured, making her laugh, surprised.

“...really?” she asked, opening her eyes to see him, as he nodded, sliding his hand up her arm to cup her jaw in both hands. Jenna blushed, face warming against the chill of the storm, as she leaned in, brushing her lips against Harry’s again.

The door slammed against the frame as they stumbled into his apartment, her jacket and bag and his overshirt shrugged off and dropped to the floor, before she rucked up his t-shirt, moaning at the feeling of his warm abdomen twitching beneath her cold fingers. The giggle was soft in her throat as they stumbled onto his bed, one arm curling around her waist to haul her up far enough to keep her from kicking the end of the bed, and he leaned away from her, just long enough to drag his shirt over his head, arms falling to catch himself on the bed only to see she’d tossed her shirt too.

“Pretty lady,” he mumbled, making her blush, her hands curling around his head to pull him down as she kissed him softly, bumping her nose against his.

“Handsome fella,” she replied faintly against his lips.

As their lips slid together, the chill from the storm quickly disappearing under the warmth of their breath, Jenna dragged her fingers down his chest and abdomen until she plucked at his belt, the studs on the leather digging into her palms as she yanked it open, before plucking the button of his jeans, her hands slipping inside the dark, damp denim to warm his hips, and along the small of his back as she pulled him closer. Harry shifted his weight to one hand, dragging his other hand across her shoulder to pull down the strap on her bra, fingers trailing down her chest to cup her breast in his palm.

“Hey, man, you weren’t answerin’ your phone, so I was think-oh, come on dude!” Jenna scrambled for the blanket, yanking it over her as Harry pulled back and twisted around sharply, to see Nikki in the doorway, shaking his head but not leaving.

“Damnit, Nikki, I didn’t give you the key so you could walk in without fucking knocking, man,” Harry snapped, moving to cover Jenna, as he climbed to his feet. She groaned, rolling up into a ball away from the door, and swearing softly at herself, as Harry moved towards Nikki.

“Dude, I tried to reach you, you weren’t answering your phone, man.”

“Clearly, I was doing something better than entertaining you. Get out, go find someone else to take you wherever,” Harry ordered him, pushing him towards the door.

“Finally gettin’ the girl, eh, Harry? Nice, nice, okay, let me know how it goes, I’m gonna go to the bar.”

“Out!” Harry laughed, shoving Nikki into the hall as he shut the door and flipped the locks. With a sigh, he turned, blushing, to see Jenna fixing her bra, pushing the blanket off her as she moved for her shirt. “...Jen.”

“I should...I should go,” she said quietly, humming as Harry caught her around the waist, bumping his nose against hers as she looked up at him.

“Please stay...We don’t have to do anything, but...just ignore Nikki. He’s better than he used to be, but he still thinks the Main Mission is to have sex with whoever we want. That’s not how I think,” Harry promised. Jenna bit her lip as she looked up at him, before leaning up, lips brushing his.

“I really like you, Harry,” she admitted, voice low, as he reached up to brush her hair off her face.

“I really like you too, pretty lady.” Her laugh was sweet as she wrapped her arms around his waist, head resting on his shoulder as he hugged her back. “Stay?”

“...okay,” she agreed, laughing as he pulled her back onto the bed, and fumbled them around until their feet were tangled together, her head nestled in against his chest. “Harry?” she whispered, fingers playing lightly with the big silver ring on his pinky, as he tilted his head a bit against hers.

“Hm?”

“...you owe me breakfast in the morning.” The warm rush of his breath as he laughed into her hair made her blush, and grin, as he kissed the top of her head.

“Anywhere you wanna go, baby. Anywhere you wanna go.”

#harry x ofc #spread 2009 #sebby was a cutie in this ok #sebastian stan #harry (spread) x ofc #my fic

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