#but yeah Billy wants to idk. have a nice chat and dinner with her. Maybe a graveyard picnic.

[cannotgiveafuck]

Hhmmmm I have been inspired. Have a Constantine and Billy drabble.

“Hey, John, you there? John? Hello? Is the mirror on? Jooohhn! I can see you, ya know. C’mon turn around! C’moncmoncmon pleeeaaas--”

“Oh, for fuck’s sake!” Constantine threw the scrolls down on the desk and whipped around, snagging the cig from edge and glaring at the two-way mirror that sat innocently upon the bookshelf, right where he left it. Right where he could see and hear for whenever one trouble-prone Billy Batson could reach him. The little shit was lucky John deemed pants a worthy effort that day. “What?”

Billy grinned at him, all bright eyed and apple cheeked and very obviously up to no good. It was hardly a wonder why John liked the brat so much. “Do you know how I can get to the veil without actually going through it? I mean, how Marvel could?”

Sometimes, he also really hated how much he liked him. 

Through the steady stream of smoke as inhaled and exhaled, John squinted suspiciously at the kid as he tossed the words about in his head for a moment. “Why the fuck do you wanna go there? Not trying to bring someone back from the dead, are you? Cause necromancy is nasty shit, especially for the Big Cheese.”

“No! I am not doing necromancy. I just need to get to the... the midpoint. Not quite here, but not there yet.” And he said all that in a way John was sure Billy thought he was being rightly clever. That he could dance around saying outright what he wanted, using half truths and side steps, as if John Constantine wasn’t the fucking master of that particular game.

“You mean you wanna get to the Crossroads.” It wasn’t a question.

“Yes.”

Well, John had to give him that - he knew when to not bullshit the bullshitter.

“No.”

“John--!”

“Do you even know what the Crossroads are? Literally and figuratively and spiritually - do you?” 

“I mean--”

“No, no. Lemme finish.” He took a long drag just to give the kid time to pout and rethink whatever nonsense he wanted to get into. “The Crossroads aren’t for the likes of you nor me, got it. Because you know who resides?”

“Well, kinda--”

“The fuckin’ Fates, that’s who! And unless you’re going to them to tell personally and explicitly to fuck off, you’re not setting foot passed this plane of reality. Understood?”

Billy sighed loud and dramatic. A 50/50 on if John’s words got through. “I’m not trying to contact the Fates, John.”

Oh. Well, that was good. 

Still, woulda been a joy to hear about bright and shiny Champion of Magic telling Fates to shove it.

“Then, why the fuck- This isn’t another stupid fuckin’ game Klarion is trying to rope you into, is it? Or a sorry sob story some poor dead sop gave to you about not wanting to move on? Cause there is no goddamn reason you should be having any sort of business there.” And the more Billy delayed telling him the actual truth, the antsier John got. But he knew, deep in his rotted, wicked heart, he knew how to follow these steps. Knew the script Billy wrote by because that was how he lived this long - testing the waters before going head first. John appreciated every wary bone in that kid’s body. Something had to balance out the overwhelming sense of compassion.

This time when Billy sighed, it was more resigned. More coming to terms with the inevitable fact that he was the one that contacted John because he needed to know something, and no matter what, John would tell it to him straight. Wouldn’t tell him no on the sole basis of whatever bullshit the League of Goody Fucks would feed him. Constantine may still very well say no, but he at least gave a good damn reason, thanks.

Blue gaze right on John, “I have business there cause I need to contact the Goddess Hekate to invite her to dinner.”

Oh, for fucks sake.

“Oh, for fucks sake, kid.”

[halearp]

𝖐𝖊𝖊𝖕 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖆𝖗 𝖆𝖜𝖆𝖞 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝖒𝖊

okay so please go read the other requests i have up for hallie to kinda get a better picture of who she is and all of that~ but anyways!  this guy is going to come along and kinda..... not quite sweep her off her feet, but it’s gonna be a subtle slow burn of “hmm, maybe this is right” type thing.

pretty much, hallie has been dating one of her childhood best friends for the last year.  she was in love with him in her youth, so she jumped at the chance to actually date him, but now that time’s gone on, she realizes that it’s .. not quite what she thought it would be.  not that it’s bad, because honestly he’s a great boyfriend.  he just wants, like... marriage and babies and settling down.  and that’s totally not what hallie wants.

now, these two... he’s a few years older than her, so she’s never really talked to him or anything (he would be around the same age as her older siblings) and despite it being a small town, they’ve never really talked or associated much with each other, but they know of each other.  what i think is that they have some kind of encounter somewhere (we can figure out specifics, i just have vague ideas on this part) and it’s kinda chill and nice and verging on flirty but it doesn’t go past that.

fast forward a few weeks -- during that time, they kind of bump into each other places (that whole thing where once you buy a new car, you seem to see that new car everywhere you go!!!) and they probably do that social media stalk of each other, that sorta thing.  but THEN, hallie is essentially trespassing somewhere and the cops show up, and this dude just HAPPENS to be right there.  he stops on his motorcycle and hands over a helmet and telling her to hop on, and they make their way away from there.

they then stop somewhere in town at like a fast food place (”sorry, i’m starvin’” he says to her) and they go inside and grab a bite to eat and she asks him why he told her to get on when he barely knows her, and he says that the cops were coming and he wanted to help her escape -- cos even though she says that it’s not trespassing, it’s totally trespassing.  she laughs and is like “okay but you realize i’m dating one of the officers of the force” and instead of being embarrassed he’s like “.....ok well why did u get on the back of my bike then if you knew you weren’t gonna get in trouble??” and tbh her trespassing for a story (#journalistlife) has gotten her boyfriend in a rock and a hard place because he keeps saving her ass, and they got into few fights about it, etc etc.  but she doesn’t tell him that and just kinda shrugs and is like “i wanted the adventure.”

and then they start to fall in love.

he drops her off, they exchange cell phone numbers, and they just kinda.... start to chat more and more.  maybe go out and grab dinner or go to the movies or go explore under the guise of “research” and not “trespassing.”  his motorcycle’s always close by for their escape.

and this is the first time since hallie’s been home that she’s finally just kinda felt.... good.  and herself.  and not stifled by rio liga.  and while she does love her boyfriend (more platonically than anything), he’s .... well, not boring, but he’s predictible and just not what she wants out of life.

okay, this got..... A Lot longer than i meant to but i obviously have A Lot of feelings about these two???  we can figure out some more about them, but i love the idea that they don’t wanna admit that they’re falling for each other (i feel like he hates relationships, maybe comes from a shit family situation) and it’s just slow burn and angst and some fluff at times!!!

we can talk more about stuff and like, his personality and all (i imagine he’s a free spirit, does what he wants, “fuck the police” type of guy.  potentially artistic??? like i could just see that for him? idk. i have a lot of feels and would love to talk about him with u!!!! my discord is frank lundy#9407 and i would love it if you’d take him.

you can make him part of a family, to put him in other ads (might i suggest the greek gods plot, where my halsey is? because THAT picspam ugh ... u could put him as the dionysus!).  uuuuh yeah idk man.  i kinda need the face to be evan peters because i’m having an obsessive moment and i love him and billie together.  he should be 31-35 and his job n that type of shit is all up to you!! i have ideas tho so lemme help u! <3 

(sorry this is a mile long xoxoxo)