#especially since ive been kinda making gifs back and forth

[osleeplessflowero]

hi!! i JUST finished reading your cowboy!stretch x reader oneshot on ao3 and i absolutely loved it, would you mind making a continuation of it? probably with them riding a horse. thank you so much for writing that i love it so much!!! :D

// HII omg!! I'm so happy you liked the oneshot, that one was super fun to write! I'd be more than happy to write a continuation. Hopefully I do your request justice! (Especially considering it's my first one!!)

🧡You can find the first oneshot Here. :)🧡

❤️ Reader has They/Them pronouns, and their SOUL type is up to you! 🧡 Country AU! Cowboy skeletons my beloved.. 💛 This takes place in a Crossover universe, so common fandom nicknames will be used!

It's been a few weeks since you met that dashing skeleton, Stretch, at Grillby's. After taking a few days, you worked your hardest and finally managed to fix up that old barn. Now she looks good as new, and you..need to find something else to do.

You sit in your house, kicking your legs back and forth as you lie on your stomach on your couch. Some random show plays on the tv in front of it you recognize, but you're not really focusing on it since you're facing your left scrolling through your phone. Nothing really sticks out to you, searching for something of interest before you see a little notification pop down from someone. You miss it the first time, pulling down the top of your screen and realizing it's from Stretch.

You sit up abruptly on your knees, shifting to face the tv and letting your legs rest on the wood floor. It's always nice to see what he's up to.

honey enthusiast🍯 - now -> heya, what are you up to?

You - now <- nothing much, just watching tv and dying of boredom lol ive got nothing to do now that the barns all fixed

honey enthusiast🍯 - now -> you could come over to me and my bro's place, it's just us here today

You - now <- rsally? *really?

honey enthusiast🍯 - now -> rsally

You - now <- stfu

honey enthusiast🍯 - now -> lmaoo but yeah im fr could show you the animals and stuff

You - now <- bet uh idk where you live tho

honey enthusiast🍯 - now -> i'll send you the location or i could just come get u if u want

You - now <- i think ill drive there i wanna remember the way in case i come over again :)

honey enthusiast🍯 - now -> alr sounds good to me lol i'll wait at the front gate for you sent attachment

You hop up from your seat on the couch, petting one of your dogs who'd decided to lie down in front of the couch and walking into your room to change.

"Okay, he..he lives on a ranch?? Well, I guess I should've gotten that from the cowboy getup, huh? I should probably wear somethin' I'm okay with gettin' dirty.." You browse through your closet, picking out some casual clothes that'll keep you cool and comfortable in the summer heat.

"Time to go." You walk out of your room, playing some music from the stereo in your living room and giving your dogs some pets before bidding them goodbye. You walk out to your truck and climb inside, turning the key and beginning to drive to the location you set your GPS to. A few familiar songs play while you make your way down several sets of roads. You promptly bop your head to them, lip syncing some of the words.

You knew you were at the right place the moment you saw it. The house was huge based on what you could see from the gate as you drove up to it, plenty of land surrounding it with fences up to keep any unwanted visitors out. You see a familiar shade of orange pop up as the skeleton opens the gate, walking over to your window and leaning his arms on it.

"howdy. glad you could make it, didn't get lost did you?" "Nope, got here a-okay. This place is massive- are you guys loaded or something?" You ask, flabbergasted. He chuckles at that, looking back at the house. "well, it just kinda happened when we exchanged monster currency for human currency. so I guess you could say we are." "Jesus." "you can go ahead and pull up wherever, it doesn't matter." He stands on the step just below your door, holding on. You smile at the action, driving further in and parking in a spot next to someone else's car.

He jumps down onto the ground and lets you get out, closing the door behind yourself and locking it before jumping down too.

You hear a faint "Hello!" in the distance as someone runs over, grinning wide. A skeleton, a pretty large one at that yet shorter than Stretch. His attire is pretty similar to the former, only his is buttoned up much more neatly and is blue rather than orange. Stretch's top button is currently loose, exposing a little bit of his sternum. You also notice how the two stick to one color scheme, Stretch sticking with orange and this one sticking to blue specifically.

"you're in luck, they just got here." "Yes, I'm Not Late! Hello, There! I'm Stretch's Brother, Blue. We Live Together Close To Some Of Our Friends." "It's nice to meet you, Blue. I'm.." You tell him your name, and the two of you chat about this and that before Stretch steals you away to show you around. You both walk around different parts of the ranch before you decide to go and visit the animals, saying hello to each of them promptly.

"You have so many horses-" "like. ten of them." "JESUS-" You pause, looking towards one, before turning back to him with a smile.

"..what?" He raises a brow, smiling as well with crossed arms as he observes you. "..Can we ride one?" "..you want to ride one?" "Yes- please-" "i mean, yeah, i don't see why not. though, we'd probably have to ride together. are you okay with that? if not, i can figure something out." "I'm okay with that. Won't bother me." "alright, just gimme a sec."

You wait patiently as he goes to get a proper saddle, walking over to a few horses and letting them smell your hands so they know to trust you. One in particular takes a liking to you, a black horse with a stripe of white from its muzzle to its forehead. It nuzzles its nose against the side of your head until Stretch returns, smiling as he walks over.

"somebody's attached. no, you can't bring the horse home with you." "Aww-" You fake pout, before smiling and gently petting its head. "but, you can come back to visit." "You bet I will." A determined look crosses your face. "you wanna ride this one?" He points with his thumb. "Yes- if they are okay with that, of course."

He nods, and after a few seconds the horse is saddled and ready to go.

"so, you're gonna have to sit in front of me. is that alright?" "Yeah, that's fine." "alright, cool."

He helps you get up onto the horse first. It's a bit of a strange sensation at first, but you gradually get used to it. He then climbs up and sits comfortably behind you and the saddle, gently taking hold of the reins. Feeling his arms around your waist has you feeling a bit flushed, your face heating up a bit as you hope he doesn't notice.

"comfortable?" He speaks calmly so as to not spook the horse, his head just above your shoulder. A shiver goes down your spine accompanied by an anxious smile. "Y- ..Yeah, I'm all good." You mutter, cursing yourself internally for stuttering as you hear him chuckle behind you. You don't realize at first when the horse starts to move before you snap out of a daze, looking ahead with a smile.

You feel..safe with his arms around you, even as you're very flushed. You can just blame it on the heat if he asks. What you don't know, however, is that he seems to be fairly flushed himself..a bright shade of orange lightly making its way over his cheekbones. He keeps his lazy smile as he looks over you, making sure you're alright and comfortable.

Blue has a cheeky grin as he watches you both ride around the field, leaning his arms on one of the fences.

His hold on your waist tightens a little when the horse picks up its speed, causing your face to heat up even more before that feeling is overcome by excitement. You cheer as it runs, carrying you both around.

This continues for a little while before both the two of you and the horse become tired. Stretch slides off and helps you jump down, guiding the horse back to where it can rest.

"That was fun! I wouldn't mind doing it again." "..maybe you can, next time you come over." "Yeah." You avert your eyes, your face admittedly still a little flushed. You can't fully bring yourself to meet his gaze until he reaches up to get some grass out of your hair.

"i wouldn't mind." He smirks, his eyes relaxed as he looks at you. You clear your throat. "Yeah, uh..looking forward to it." You smile in return as Blue walks over to greet you both.

"Why Don't You Guys Come Inside? I'd Love For You To Stay For Dinner. We Can Talk More!" He suggests with a friendly smile. You look over briefly at Stretch for a moment before turning back to him.

"Yeah, I'm cool with that. I'd better get home before dark, though. I've got dogs waiting at home for me." "you have dogs?" Stretch perks up, curious. "Yeah, two." "i wanna pet 'em-" "Well, maybe you can visit me next."

He grins as Blue guides you both inside, gently closing the door behind him.

Part 3? Ao3 Link:

[dottores]

Hi Cat!👋 Having to come back and reread chapter 9 of LDA to get my initial thoughts out was so hard for this chapter. This one was so gut-wrenching and absolutely broke my heart you have no idea; I thought the previous chapter was sad this one was something else. 😥

I get that Ran's intense feelings for us gets in his way to comprehend the logical things we do but my god that fact this his first thought, no hesitation, is to get back to Rindou and us just makes me melt, and then I’m crying because he quickly corrects himself about how can he possibly rely on us. Not that I blame him considering we haven’t given him or Rin any reason to trust or rely on us in years but still. He tried so hard to convince himself at first that this was a scheme of ours to get him out but then doubted that and instead focused on “saving” us from what we have become since we have never given up on him in the past. The fact that he’s thinking about helping us when he’s literally in a life-or-death situation just speaks volumes about how much he loves and cares about us.

I really love the first flashback it was just so cute and wholesome, made me absolutely giddy 🥰. Ah and the back-and-forth banter, I know I mention every time but I just adore back and forth dialogue and you do it so well especially in the flashbacks to portray not only our ages but how close we’ve all become. Hehehe Ran’s a wimp and I totally believe it. Tbh I personally would be jealous of the girls always asking about them tho I wouldn’t show it but the assurance that they were ours just put the biggest grin on my face. 😊

But omg going back and forth between cute flashbacks and then back to Ran getting beaten just gave me absolute whiplash and he’s trying so hard to convince himself that we will be there to help him but there’s that little seed of doubt starting to show that’s winning. 😟

I loved the idea that we have a matching tattoo when you first mentioned it (in ch 2 I think) and I’m really happy that we get to see the flashback of them proposing the idea to us. So, getting confirmation that one of them would step back to try and allow the other the chance to get with us is nice to know I predicted it but I got it all wrong lmao I thought it would be Rindou the whole time. Though I guess he kinda does the same and they both just stand back waiting for someone to make the first move. In the past I feel that it would have to be us that made the move, it would have been kind of risky for either of them to take that chance for a number of reasons. Rindou getting shy about the design was hella cute and Ran having a battle in his head over his feelings and trying not to show them and make Rindou upset just got me all asdlkfjds inside lol.

God the flashback of us not following through with a promise is the catalyst for that seed of doubt and I can’t even blame Ran, I would have been livid to the point of hatred as well. It's just so heartbreaking to see all this from his point of view, from the present beating to the flashbacks of both good and bad times involving us. The fact that us abandoning them is the reason they joined Bonten tbh I don’t know how to feel about it. Sad that we pushed them into it so they could get their minds off us I guess, but as a reader happy just cause Bonten timeline is dope lol.

UGGHHHH😫 Ran’s “I knew you would come” fucking killed me cause in reality he didn’t, he really didn’t know he just hoped and could only hope cause the only other option for him was to die there.

This whole chapter had me all teary-eyed and it was hard to get through because of all the pain he showed and not just the physical beatings but emotionally through all the times he tried to take a step back from us or when we were slowly splitting from him and Rin. HNNNNGG it was so sad but so well written and portrayed you always do such an amazing job on each chapter I just can’t. 😩

IVE MISSED YOUR COMMENTARY SOBS SOBS SOBS SOBS I SMILED SO HARD WHEN I SAW THIS

dude :( ran loves us n rindou so much, we’re literally the only thing he thinks about/worries for. in his mind as long as the 2 of us are ok, nothing else matters

OMG I WAS SO HESITANT ON HOW TO STRUCTURE THIS CHAPTER BUT I GOT THIS IDEA AND I JUST HAD TO RUN WITH IT, IT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES TO WRITE BECAUSE OF IT, i think only chapter 7 and the latest chapter (12) top it

HAKSKKAKSSKS WHEN YOU KEPT SAYING RINDOU WOULD BACK OFF I WAS LIKE 🤭🤭🤭 chapter 13 flashback actually gets more into depth with that situation hint hint ;)

i actually wasn’t going to make ran having “given up” the reason they join bonten but then i was like 👀👀👀 yk what

dude i could not find the words to describe how ran felt the moment he realized we had come to save him.☹️☹️☹️ he was so ugh idk like it wasn’t just a relief from the torture but it was also confirmation that we still care of him, and we would still put our neck out on the line for him and god he needed that so bad