#college ej

[thelamb1429]

Soul Train

Eyeless Jack x GN! Reader

<3

This is part of a larger series i’m working on. For now i’m just gonna post lil snippets of the fanfic just to sort of get a feel for how i want the story to go.

This is also probably poorly written/has a lot of grammatical errors because i’m currently pretty sick right now so i’m writing with a scrambled brain atm. I’ll be back to spruce things up when i feel better!

STORY INFO/WARNINGS

Reader is gender neutral

This isn’t necessarily a oneshot, but i don’t know if i plan on posting chapters here on Tumblr when I should probably just post the whole story on another platform so that my art isn’t drowning under tons of stories lol

This part includes: Mentions of death, mentions of death regarding a parent, descriptions of panic, slight mentions of murder

Every single last ounce of oxygen seemed to be sucked from your burning lungs at full force, leaving you on your knees, coughing and retching while the silent vehicle raced down the tracks. Car after car flew over the metal just a few feet from where you knelt. The moment you could breathe enough for your vision to fade back in and your ears to slowly stop ringing, all you could see as far as your eyes traced down the railroad tracks was a never ending train. You sat there for about a minute, but it seemed like the train wasn’t ever going to end.

Nina looped an arm under yours to help you back onto your feet, and you were so out of it that you couldn’t even feel the pointy accessories on her arms and hands poke into your skin. Despite the train in front of you both not emitting a deafening whistle, the rustle of metal on metal was enough to block out any words she tried to get into your head. Everything in front of you moved in slow motion as the weight of the situation set in.

Jack was probably dead now.

You could have saved him.

He probably died thinking that you would get there in time to help.

Once again you went limp in your best friend’s arms, to which she stumbled and struggled to catch your weakened body. Nina eased the both of you onto the grass as the train finally passed and the red glare of the warning lights went dark. Her eyes looked past the tracks onto the dirt road beyond, as if to try and manifest the best case scenario. She wasn’t an optimist by any means, but she knew how much Jack meant to you. You two had been friends for years now, long before you went off to college. While the decked out girl holding onto you had never even met the guy, she felt a cold chill eat away at her spine as it rushed through her nerves, making the rapidly beating heart in her chest speed up with the anxiety caused by the both of you panicking.

But she'd known death much closer than you had. You had lost many loved ones, but her little hobby brought her up close and personal with it several times a week. For once, Nina felt a determination to lead that didn't scare her off. Calling the shots wasn't something that she liked to take charge of, but this was the perfect moment for her to take the lead, to do something helpful for you. She didn't have many friends, especially none that could understand her and handle her like you did.

Maybe helping you get to Jack could help you both strengthen the bond that was weakened by the argument from the week prior to the crisis at hand.

Determined to help, Nina once again hoisted you up and looked you in the eyes.

"[Name], I know that right now you're pissed at me. And I lied to you, I deserve your anger right now. But if we have any chance of getting into that forest and saving Jack, we have to get up and do it now. That cult— or whatever the hell they are— they're dangerous and Jack has no clue.

You love him, right? Then we need to get to him and get him back into your arms, safe and sound.

So take a deep breath and get up already! I can't find him on my own. I don't even know what he looks like!"

Nina pulled at your arms, groaning with the force of exertion she put out as you seemed to stay in place, frozen from the terror of losing the only man who you'd ever considered to have a shred of humanity in him. The only man who befriended you with no ulterior motives. The only man you knew who treated you as an equal.

You weren't gonna lose him. You had to stop mourning for a death you couldn't even confirm.

Much to your best friend's relief, you started running off past the cleared tracks, leading the way towards the countryside where the forest began. Cold, bitter air nipped at both of your bodies and filled your lungs, causing your throats to ache with the icy chill that seeped into you both as you inhaled air.

Contrary to popular belief, Nina was not good at running! She was used to cornering her victims in locations that allowed for her to easily escape and march back to her hidden little cabin in the woods at a leisurely pace. When she wanted to run, she ran pretty fast, but it was obvious that she wasn't used to running for so long. Since she was trying her best to help, you attempted to slow down just a bit so that she could catch up.

After five minutes of running down the road, Nina had to stop to breathe. She gasped for air as he chest heaved, trying to get more oxygen into her burning lungs. She looked up at you, taking in the panic evident on your face when she collapsed. Her mascara ran down her face just a little when her eyes watered from the excessive running.

"Go— you..you need to find him. I'll catch up, just go", she wheezed out as a cough wracked through her body.

The encouragement was all you needed to take off running once again.

Maybe it was the adrenaline in your body that kept you going, masking the ache in your chest and your legs from the constant sprinting you were doing. Maybe it was the fear that if you didn't suck it up and run, that it would be too late. Whatever it was, it caused you to keep running so fast that it felt as if you were gliding through the forest around you.

You had no idea where exactly he was. In fact, you were going in blind. But there was something deep within the core of your very being that seemed to yank you in one direction before leading you towards another.

All you could do was repeat a silent prayer that you hadn't said in years. Not since your mom died.

All you could do was pray to whatever higher being that could exist to let Jack still be alive when you find him.

Credits for the dividers i used go to poicelain and kgymz!! <3

[justasecretflower]

🥀- dating Eyeless Jack! Before! He was sacrificed

Synopsis- dating eyeless Jack when he was a human in college.

College! Au

~fluff

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- You guys met on the college campus, started talking and realized you couldn’t stop talking. So you exchanged numbers before you ran to your class:).

-You clicked immediately, he mainly listened to your stories and put in his two cents throughout the story, and some questions.

- eventually, he ended up opening up to you, and you’d call everyday. Even in silence while he studied and you took a short nap.

- he intertwines your fingers and kisses your knuckles🤍

- the way he looks as a human, deep blue eyes, chestnut brown hair medium ish length and ivory skin. He’s not too tall but not short, like 5’9.

- in the quiet of his dorm, while his roommates away partying or getting laid somewhere he holds you in his arms and kisses your forehead. Soaking in your soft embrace and your breathing synchronized.

- he gets you coffees in the morning with a little handwritten note with a heart or him complimenting you.

- he dreams about his future life with you, as cheesy as it sounds. A quiet, historical home near a small pond and the forest, a little garden and some little ones running around while you hold his hand with your huge diamond on your ring finger.

-of course, we all know what he ends up as but that’s not relevant.

- play with his hair😔

- “how was your day?” “Tell me everything” “tell me about that new video game you like.”

-he’s such a great listener.

- he teaches you some random medical facts just for fun, which ends up with him going on an hour long rant.

- tells his mom about you.

- whenever he looks at you his eyes visibly soften.

- stargazing dates.

- “love”

- actually so sarcastic it’s really funny.

- doesn’t get jealous easily. He doesn’t doubt your love or loyalty

- gives you his hoodies. They smell soft and clean.

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I love college boy Jack

I NEED REQUESTS😔💔

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[nicholasluvbot]

LOVE 119 !

SYNOPSIS — euijoo as your college boyfriend

GENRE — fluff, fluff, fluff >_<

NOTE — unrelated title but lets goo. and i watched this reel on ig and euijoo just looked so college boyfriend coded 😭 like i looked at nicholas only around twenty times ej had my whole attention

BACK TO MASTERLIST

• the softest boy ever </3

• used to be so shy when you two started dating with his soft deep voice and he would always talk to you so gently

• but a menace once he gets comfortable around you (just a little bit tho)

• teases you and playfights most of the time, like its his favorite thing to do

• he says something something silly and you try to get annoyed but just end up laughing because of how adorable he is

• but can also be very mature and gentle and understanding when he needs to be

• you always look forward to homework dates with him because you get work done and also get to spend time with him

• and explains stuff gently and patiently whenever you're having a hard time trying to understand something without making you feel stupid

• loves going on late night walks with you around campus, especially when both of you have been busy with classes all day and haven't talked much, talking about nothing and everything with your fingers interlocked as his his thumb gently draws circles on the back of your hand

• sneaks into your dorm when he can't sleep and needs cuddles. and doesn't leave until he gets his cuddles and a few kisses

• has almost got caught alot of times but still sneaks in because "his girlfriend is more important than the stupid rules"

• sometimes just sneaks in to give you a goodnight hug and kiss

• on some nights, you both sneak out for ramen dates and have been up all night talking on the banks of han river at many instances

• not very big on pda but when its just the two of you he turns into a big clingy puppy

• turns crimson whenever you peck his cheek or lips in front of his friends knowing that they're going to make fun of him for being a lovesick idiot but he doesn't mind at all cause he loves and adores you sm <3

• makes sure that you eat well all the time especially during exam season cause he knows you tend to get stressed and skip meals

• will spoon feed you while making airplanes if you're feeling tired or sleepy

• the sweetest bf ever and you couldn't ask for anything better <33

[dragons-and-princes]

EJ deserved so much better.

[carnalcvpid]

A couple ej and nina sketches ^^

Not the best but I fight burn out like that cocaine bear

[aesthetic-basicspam]

one of my favourite things about caswen is how ej can read ricky like a book.

he knows within seconds of meeting him that he’s not over nini simply by making eye contact.

he knows ricky is still falling for gina (and vice versa) the moment he interacts with him again at camp.

he knows that ricky wants his electric guitar just by hearing him talk about it (even though he was technically just saying anything to avoid the truth).

but he also knows that ricky won’t confront the truth without being pushed. so he pushes him.

basically this whole ramble is me saying that my favourite caswen headcanon (it’s a bit canon) is that ej sees through ricky’s delightful charm [snark] right away.

BONUS: i love how bewildered elton looks here, as if he thinks it’s ridiculous how richard doesn’t realise how goofy he sounds (and probably thinks richard is a little weird) and he looks like he’s wondering whether or not ricky notices he’s using humour as a distraction over the why are you here? question and the you’ve only come here because you have feelings for me my girlfriend, why the fuck are you talking to me? and touching me? question

[beeise]

toby guys its toby guys- ignore the art puberty i just went through i was bored :P

[litrallytyrus]

look i literally don’t go here but i peeked into the hsmtmts tag and you’re telling me ricky showed up to visit ej at his college? isn’t that a direct parallel to troy coming to see gabriella at stanford?

i’ve never even seen any of the high school musical movies but man that just speaks even more to the caswen tragedy ….. they have a fucking romcom set up every time they’re interacting with parallels to a canon couple and then disney still wants to slip in the ‘brother’ word ……… it’s like they’re making fun of us at this point

[haven-of-dusk]

Sometimes I lay awake and think about the fact that they confirmed EJ's full name to be Elton John and then not only never explained why his undoubtedly bigoted and abusive parents would pick that name, but even more importantly still expected us to see him as straight. When they named him after an OG gay icon. On top of the boatloads of queercoding they'd already laced him with.

Heteronormativity is a helluva drug.

[dorkydiaz]

2021 was a time 😭

a simpler time tbh

[akechi-if-he-slayed]

i finished hsmtmts. no notes i literally cried at the last episode this season was like actually the best i think.

[magicwithered]

In the perfect world season 5 would be like: Gina and Ricky (no problems. Domestic bliss). Carlos having a lead that’s focused just on him, and truly learning how to be comfortable in his body, Kourtney learning how to let go of how much she plans and plans and gets anxious with Jet, Jetney (I would die), EJ learning that he always had a support system in the wildcats, he just needed to learn to look for it (bonus points if it includes the wildcats showing up for a college theater production where he’s freaking out and needed the support) (bonus BONUS points if it’s the last episode), Nini cameo

[homingpigecns]

horrible personality trait i have is that moms LOVE me bc i ACT LIKE A CHILD

[sizzy-ling]

ej has more chemistry with ricky in ONE duet than he ever had with either one of his "leading ladies" and I don't know how I feel about that

[deetherusalka]

extremely funny to me that if I told average USA citizens about random trips and experiences I've got the privilege of live through as random European, they would think I'm from extremely rich background but my both parents are literally blue collar workers and I live in concrete ghetto in eastern europe

[comphyjost]

on the way to my last in-person final of undergrad and then my last one ever is monday AND graduation is on friday 🥺🥺