"I know someone who can"
(Part 3)
1610!Miles x Confused-Black-Fem!Reader
Genre: Friends-to-lovers, Fluff, lil bit of angst
Warnings: Cursing, Use of N-word, Google Translated Spanish, That's it I think lemme know if I missed sum 🤷🏾♀️
Songs that it's based on: 'Ivy' By Frank Ocean, 'I Wanna Be Yours' By Arctic Monkeys, 'Love Songs' By Kaash Paige
Summary: Jaleel is trippin', Miles is mad, and you gotta fill your bestie in. That's pretty much it!
Prev: "Mami, who's calling you?"
Miles asked with slightly swollen lips. You grabbed your purse and reached inside for your phone, an slightly audible gasp came from your mouth when you saw the Caller ID.
"It's Jaleel."
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Miles seems slightly taken aback by what you just said. His mind had many questions, the main one being why was Jaleel calling you? But, he put all these questions on hold once he saw your face. You were clearly in distress, pacing around the room as the phone made a constant buzz, waiting for someone to interact with the call. He couldn't just let you feel this way, you clearly didn't wanna answer the phone. But, someone had to, right? This obviously wasn't just because Miles wanted to flex being there for you when Jaleel couldn't, no that was not the case at all...
"Gimme the phone, mama."
Miles' calming tone broke you out of your infectious thoughts. You looked over at him and saw the sincerity in his eyes, knowing he was serious. You walked over to your phone hesitantly before grabbing the phone and throwing it to Miles, he caught it with one hand, not even looking due to his spidey-senses. Show off... He was staring you in the eyes the whole time, looking for any sign of discomfort in your eyes. When he saw none, he took the cue to answer the phone, but not before putting Jaleel on speaker.
"Hello?"
"H-hey, why are you on her phone? Where's Y/n at?"
"You don't gotta worry about that no more, lil bro. You fucked up your whole relationship with her, remember?"
"Nigga, that's none of your busine-"
"Nah, it is my business because she's my business. You were acting like an ass and she left you, you never deserved her anyway."
"Hol on, she never left me. What the fuck are you talking about, bro?"
"Well if she didn't, she's leaving you now. Lose her number, bye."
"Let me talk to he-"
*Click*
Miles jumped off his bed and walked over to you, hugging you from behind.
"There you go, now you'll never have to worry about him talking to you again."
You nod, and he kisses your temple.
"Lemme know if he tries to contact you again, I'll venom strike his phone."
This makes you chuckle, which causes Miles to smile. You two just stayed in the warm hug, not wanting to question the relationship yet. You know that you just kissed him, but you still don't know if you and Miles are dating! You felt it was best to just not address it right now since the moment that the two of you were having was so nice. That was until you got a text, the familiar buzz of your phone made you subconsciously reach for it, checking the notification seeing it was your mom.
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Mother Dearest 😒💞
It's almost your curfew, did you leave from that lil boy house yet?
9:21 pm
Omw rn. I left his btw, I'm at Miles'.
9:22 pm
Good, I never liked him and his nappy dreads anyway 😒
9:23 pm
😭😭 MOM
9:24 pm. Read.
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You clicked your phone off and placed it back into your purse, releasing yourself from the behind hug. You put your purse on and turned to face Miles.
"I gotta go, you wanna walk me home?"
"No, I wanna drive you home. We're in a New York winter right now, I'm not walking around outside when I have a choice not to!"
Miles said, animated. He looked at you like you were crazy and you shook your head, laughing.
"My bad."
You walked over to his doorway and put your shoes on, you began to open Miles' bedroom door but not without him gently removing your hand and placing it on your side. You looked over at him confused, until he opened the door and ushered you out, saying...
"Ladies first."
He smiled at you flirtatiously, before grabbing two jackets hanging on the coat rack. One was a black, north face puffer jacket, and the other was a gray, nike puffer jacket. You furrowed your eyebrows with confusion.
"I didn't bring a jacket."
"I know, but you need one."
He said before handing you the gray, nike puffer jacket. You smiled graciously from the affection that Miles was giving you.
"Thank you."
"Of course, mi preciosa."
(My precious)
You and Miles put on your jackets and he brought his hand down to yours, intertwining your fingers. You felt like a million butterflies were fluttering around in your stomach just from this small gesture. Why does he have this affect on me...? You thought. The jacket smelled just like the cologne Miles always wears. This made you smile a little bit, you felt safe in his essence. Miles led you over to the living room where his parents were sitting.
"Dad, can you give us a ride to Y/n's house?"
Miles asked. His parents turned around on the sofa and took notice of your guys' hands. Rio excitedly shook her husband's shoulders like a girl in middle school, telling her friends a secret. Jeff returned the excitement by turning to his wife, smiling extremely hard. Miles grimaced at his parent's immature actions.
"Guys, please don't make it weird! We just need a ride, please."
Miles said, sighing. Jeff got up excitedly, grabbing his coat.
"Yea, c'mon lovebirds. Let's go."
"Please don't call us that."
Miles said before shutting his front door, making you smile.
"I dunno, I think it has a nice ring to it."
You joked, making Miles groan. You 3 walked down the stairs of Miles' apartment complex. Once the two of you get into the car, Miles offers you an airpod. You excitedly accepted and relaxed to the calm, melodic tones of the song 'Ivy' By Frank Ocean. You two listened to about 5 more songs and you were finally at your house. You handed Miles his airpod and he told you to wait there as he got out of the car, at first you didn't know what he was doing but he came to your side and opened your car door.
"Bye, Mr. Morales!"
"Bye, hun. Don't forget to tell your Mom I said hi!"
Miles grabbed your hand and walked you to the doorstep of your house. You began to take off the jacket he provided until he stopped you with his voice.
"Keep it."
"You sure?"
"Of course I am, mami."
You chuckled a little bit.
"Hey, what's so funny?"
Miles said, playfully shoving you.
"I'm not laughing at you, dumbass. I'm just really happy that you care about me so much, I don't really get this type of treatment from guys a lot. Thanks."
You say, looking up into his eyes. He looked back into yours, noticing the light glare in them from the moonlight behind him. He thought he was gonna pass out from how beautiful your brown skin looked in the moonlight. It provided the most elegant contrasting of colors and light, only something a true artist like himself would notice. He also saw the way your lips were still slightly swollen from the previous makeout session, they also had a moisture to them. He didn't even notice that he was staring for so long until his dad ruined it.
*Beep*
"Will you two stop staring at each other and ring the doorbell? I'm freezing out here."
You two laughed at his dad's tone, Miles let go of your hand to ring your mom's doorbell. He had a sad puppy dog look on his face, already feeling like he was separated from you. He truly didn't want to leave, but he knew he had to once the door swung open to reveal your mom in her bonnet and pajamas.
"Oh, hey Miles. How's school going? You still doing your little art thing?"
Your mother said, trying to engage in small talk with the teenage boy in front of her. Miles smiled before answering enthusiastically.
"School's been alright, I keep my grades up so I can't complain. My art is still going good, I'm still in my AP classes."
"Oh, well that's good. I didn't know Y/n was gonna go to your house, I'm glad she prefers you over that other ugly lil boy. You two would look way better as a couple anyway, I can set you up if you want."
Your mother said as she winked at Miles.
"I'm literally right here."
Your mother chuckled and Miles grabbed your hand, kissing it before saying...
"Goodnight, Y/n."
He then walked away and got into his father's car. He left your mother squealing and giggling like a schoolgirl as you walked in the house. You playfully rolled your eyes, smirking.
"It's not that big of a deal, ma."
"Uh huh, sure. That boy wants to get with you! He's arguably better than Jaleel anyway."
"I agree with that, I broke up with him."
"Oh, so you finally listened to your mother, huh? It's about time. Y/n Morales has a better ring to it than Y/n Barker, Jaleel got a ugly last name."
You chuckled at your Mom's boldness.
"So, I know that's not the jacket you left my house with, is it Miles'?"
"Yes."
Your mom instantly grinned, before walking over to your fridge. Taking out a bottle of water for herself.
"Have fun with your new man."
She said teasingly. You playfully shook your head and began to walk down the hallway to your bedroom, still smiling from the previous events with Miles.
"Mr. Morales said hi, by the way."
You shouted from down the hall. You felt ready to end the day with it being 10 pm. You placed your Miles' jacket onto your coat hook on your bedroom door before closing it.
You walked over to your pajama drawer, pulling out an oversized white tee and some turquoise Perry the Platypus sleep shorts. You put them on and put the clothes you were previously wearing in the hamper. You plopped onto your bed and grapped your phone from your purse that was sitting on your nightstand. You saw a text notification from your best friend, K'Nyah. (Kuh-Ni-Yuh)
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Ny Ny 😝💞
Heyyy, baeeee 🤑
10:01 pm
Heyyyy!
10:02 pm
Im bored, u wanna ft?
10:03 pm
Yeaaaa, I got sum stuff to tell u anyway
10:04 pm. Read.
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You open your FaceTime app and click K'Nyah's contact. You open your airpod case and they automatically connect. You place one into your right ear and within 2 rings, K'Nyah answers.
"Hey, girl."
"Hey, so what u gotta tell me? It better be good, there's been a drama drought in 2024."
"You're literally a whole ass mess."
You chuckle.
"Yep, sure am. Now tell me what happened."
"So basically I had got into this little argument with Jaleel."
"Good, never liked his ass anyway. Go on."
"After we argued I was walking home and Miles saw me walking, he took me to his house and was tryna comfort me and then..."
"Then what?"
"We kinda kissed."
"WHAT?!"
"Yea, and it was really great. I feel like he cares about me like nobody else does and he gave me his coat since I didn't have one."
"You're fucking lying, show me right now."
You panned the camera over to your bedroom door with the gray jacket on the hook. You heard K'Nyah gasp.
"Yes, Finally! Bro when I'm telling you the whole ass friend group was waiting for yall to get together...I mean that. Like everybody talks about yall."
"Well that's the problem, I don't exactly know if we're together or not. I mean we kissed and it was like a whole makeout, girl. Plus he was hugging me and shit, and he kissed me goodnight in front of my mom!"
"So, where is this supposed to tell me that yall AREN'T dating?"
"I dunno, we never really established it. He answered a phone call from Jaleel and told him that I was his business but I just don’t know. That could mean anything."
"And you talking about me being a mess..."
"K'Nyah!"
"Ok, ok. My bad. But, you gotta talk to him tomorrow at school. When you do, fill me in after. I literally can't wait to give Jaleel the silent treatment tomorrow because you already know he gon' be asking me why you not talking to him."
She chuckled.
"You're so messy."
You laughed.
"Alright, well ima go to bed. See you tomorrow."
"See you."
*Click*
You sighed, putting your airpod back into it's case and placing your phone onto the charger. You put your bonnet on and grabbed your remote, turning on SpongeBob. You let the cartoon be a quiet lullaby as you laid down, dozing off into sleep. While you were laying down, one question plagued your mind...Are you and Miles dating?
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Dial Drunk
A Samuel Kiszka / Daniel Wagner fic
Tags: angst disguised as humor, drinking, getting arrested, sam-centric
Trigger Warnings: implied alcoholism
A/N: Hi guys I swear I'm alive. Good Omens just has me in a goddamn chokehold rn. Anyway, I recently became obsessed with Noah Kahan and so this is the result. Cover made by the incomparable @ofthecaravel (thank you, Karou <3). Title from Dial Drunk by Noah Kahan (once again, not required, but I highly encourage you listen to it). Enjoy!
Words: 4.5 k
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I'll dial drunk, I'll die a drunk, I'll die for you
Sam was sloshed. And wasn’t that just the understatement of the century. He’d stumbled into this bar after the other one had kicked him out yelling something about him needing to stop causing a ruckus. It didn’t matter.
What did matter was that the alcohol flowing through his veins was encouraging him to make the worst of decisions. His brain had long been soaked in tequila, taking close to ten plus shots over the course of the night.
“Another,” he slurred out, slamming his empty glass on the bar to alert the bartender. He realized that he couldn’t focus his eyes on the man and something in the back of his mind told him that was cause for concern. Another shot would shut it up.
“No, son. I’m cutting you off,” the bartender informed him sternly. At least, that’s what Sam thought he said.
“I don’ CARE. Gimme ANOTHER,” Sam yelled, slamming the empty glass so hard onto the bar that it made the ice inside fly out and onto the floor.
The bartender made for the glass, saying something about shattering it and getting Sam hurt. Sam, despite his sluggish brain, was able to yank it away and out of reach.
“NO!!”
The barman huffed and made another attempt at reaching for the glass Sam was holding. He pulled back even further to get out of the man’s reach only to find himself falling flat on his back onto the floor.
“Yeah, you’ve had enough,” the patron on Sam’s right had declared. She got up from her stool and plucked the glass from his hand, Sam too stunned to try and fight her.
The drunk slowly picked himself up off the floor, heavily relying on the arm the woman who took his glass offered. She was a burly woman, probably worked on the assembly line in the auto plant right down the road. She easily hoisted him up, Sam being about as heavy as a boiled noodle.
The young man slurred out what he thought was a thank you, but it came out as more of a “thaa-oo” than actual words.
Sam, still leaning on the woman without realizing it, locked eyes with the barman. “More.”
“No. You’re done. If you’d like me to pour you a glass of water, I’d be more than happy to.” The man lifted his chin up just a bit, crossing his arms over his chest.
It finally seemed to get through the sea of tequila that was Sam’s brain that he’d been cut off. Well, he understood that this gentleman was no longer serving him. And nothing as trivial as one person would stop him from getting what he wanted.
Finally, he pulled away from the woman he was leaning against and rounded the opening in the bar. Unfortunately for Sam, this particular barman had guessed that would be his next move the minute he formulated the plan in his mind. However, he wasn’t fast enough. Sam was able to round the bar, but ran right into the bartender. Sam was hardly fazed, making a reach for one of the bottles of tequila behind the man.
“If you don’t quit it, I will throw you out,” the bartender warned, pushing Sam’s arm down. He wouldn’t quit, trying to move past the annoying man to get his desired drink.
“C’mon, man!” Sam was rapidly becoming more frustrated, his attempts becoming increasingly more violent. He eventually planted both of his palms onto the man’s chest and shoved him back. He stumbled a step or two but was able to recover, using his forearm to pin Sam against the bar. It hurt as it pressed into the small of his back, his arms attempting to shove the unwanted touch off of him.
“Call 911 and tell them we’ve got a reckless drunk here,” the bartender ordered, looking at the woman who helped Sam to his feet. Sam was vaguely aware that his end goal was coming to fruition, but he was too preoccupied with screaming at the bartender to “get off me” and shoving his arm off.
It was within the blink of an eye that Sam was being yanked from his shirt off the bar. He came face to face with the man he recognized as the bouncer.
“Get a grip, man,” his deep voice growled out. Sam, whose brain was long past thinking through his actions, did probably the stupidest thing he could’ve.
“Get OFF!!” he roared before rearing back and punching the man in the face. He stumbled back a few steps, nursing his jaw. But most importantly, he released the grip he held on Sam’s shirt.
He took the opportunity and bolted for the door. Unfortunately for Sam, other patrons in the bar had begun to take notice of the massive disturbance he was causing. As he made for the exit, about four people took action and tackled him to the ground. He attempted fighting back, only to find himself completely pinned to the floor.
“Take him outside,” the bouncer ordered from somewhere behind Sam. He felt hands strongly grasp him by the shoulders and pinning his hands behind him as he was marched out the front door. He tried to thrash against the hold on him, but it was no use. He was completely restrained. When they reached it, Sam was pushed forward out the swinging door.
“Thanks, guys. I’ve got it from here,” the bouncer announced. The hands left his arms and shoulders. However, he wasn’t able to make an escape like he wished. Instead, he felt a tight grip on his shirt from behind him. He wasn’t getting anywhere.
Sam was forcefully sat down on the curb, that hand on his shirt never leaving. He attempted running a few times, but each time he was yanked back violently. After the third time, he’d given up when he scraped his elbow on the rain-slick concrete. Since when did he get woozy at the sight of blood?
“You ain’t going nowhere until the cops take you away for punching me, you son of a bitch,” the bouncer spat, using the hold on Sam to yank him back once more. He sat on the curb, the cold of the rain sinking through the thin material of his shirt and seeping into his skin. He had to keep wiping the rain off his face, droplets trickling down his skin. His breath ghosted out of his mouth with each exhale, a chill long since setting into his bones.
It wasn’t long until Sam saw the lights in the distance, the wailing of the sirens following quickly after. The cruiser with “sheriff” painted along the door pulled up right next to the entrance, an officer stepping out a moment later. That’s when the reality of the situation sunk in for him.
When he finally looked up into the face of the policeman - having difficulty with the bright lights burning his retinas - Sam groaned. Could his luck have been any worse?
“Samuel,” the officer greeted, a cold amusement in his tone. He had his arms crossed over his chest, a corner of his mouth twitched upwards. It was hard to see behind his large mustache, but right as rain, it was there.
“Deputy Russell,” Sam grumbled, a pained look on his face.
“How come when we got the call for a drunk and disorderly I knew you’d be the one waiting for me at the bar?” Deputy Russell towered over Sam from his involuntary seat on the curb, the latter having to crane his neck in order to look at him.
Sam buried his head in his hands, groaning loudly. He felt like a scolded toddler after breaking a window. Except, this was significantly worse.
“I don’t know. Maybe you’ve just got a crush on me, Alexander,” Sam managed to say relatively comprehensively. He even managed a pretty charming smile.
That earned him a laugh from the policeman, albeit a small one. Still, it gave Sam hope that he’d go easy on him.
“You’re not my type, Sam,” Russell lightly commented, his attention turning away from him to the bouncer, “Alright, tell me what he did this time.” He produced a small flipbook and pen from his brown rain jacket that had light brown piping along the arms and his badge embroidered onto the left breast pocket.
The bouncer launched into a lengthy account of the events of the night; how Sam became increasingly violent as people tried to stop him. He became a lot more animated when he got to the part where Sam socked him.
“...And that’s when we dragged his sorry, skinny ass outside. He tried making a break for it a few times, but he never got away,” the bouncer finished, his hand never leaving Sam’s shirt. It was probably going to be permanently stretched at that point. That’s not even mentioning the crimson staining the fabric from the injury on his elbow. Pity, Sam liked this shirt.
With a sigh, Deputy Russell finished taking his notes on the bouncer’s story. “Did he manage to hit anyone else?”
“You’d have to ask Jerry about that one. I only intervened when he went behind the bar,” the bouncer answered.
There was a deep-seated look of disappointment that had crept onto his face as the bouncer went further and further into his account of the night. The deputy scribbled something else down on his paper before flipping it closed.
“Arlight, Sam. You know the drill,” the deputy sighed in a resigned tone as he removed the cuffs from his belt.
He knew this part was coming. It was what he was hoping for.
“Breaking out the cuffs tonight? Awww, Alexander, what’s the occasion?” Sam teased. He rose up from his spot on the curb; or, at least, he tried to. The bouncer still had his hand fisted in Sam’s shirt and he ended up nearly falling onto his face if it weren’t for Deputy Russell’s lightning-fast reflex to grab Sam by the shoulders.
“You’ve proven that you can’t be trusted,” Russell grunted, righting Sam on his feet before twirling him around.
The metal of the cuffs was cold as they dug into the skin of his wrists. It didn’t help the chill that had nestled into his bones at all. The noise as they snapped into place was a unique one - a cross between a snap and a creak - and one that was not unfamiliar to Sam.
“Hope you rot in that cell,” the bouncer spat as he watched the young man get loaded into the back of the patrol car.
“And that shiner looks real cute on you. I can give you another one as soon as I’m out, sweetheart!”
“I didn’t hear that,” Deputy Russell firmly stated, accentuating his point with the slam of the car door. It wasn’t that he was trying to get Sam out of trouble, he just didn’t want to add another charge atop his mountains of assault paperwork he would have to file in the incident report.
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“Samuel Kiszka… I should’ve known it was you,” someone drawled from within the precinct. Sam knew that voice all too well.
“You owe me a twenty, Alice,” Deputy Russell yelled as he hauled Sam inside.
Sheriff Alice Langston was the best Sheriff the county had seen since 1967. She wasn’t a strict by-the-book woman, but knew when someone deserved some leeway and when they deserved the wrath of God. She was in her mid fifties, gray streaking her black hair that was always pulled back into a very professional bun. Smile lines had creased themselves besides her dark brown eyes along with the ridges in her forehead.
“You thought someone else was being an annoying drunk?? Alice, I am deeply hurt…” Sam joked, his face pulling into a look of fake offense. He was rather good at acting and perhaps in another life he would’ve pursued a life on the stage rather than attempting to break the local record of most arrests before 30 years of age.
“What can I say, I’m an optimist,” she replied to Sam before turning to her deputy, “what did he do this time?”
“The usual. Drank himself stupid until someone tried to stop him and got violent,” Deputy Russell recounted, a wariness in his voice that came with months of dealing with Sam’s tiring behavior.
Sheriff Langston put her hands on her hips and shook her head. A sigh that originated deep within her bones escaped her lips. “When is this going to stop, Sam?”
Sam just shrugged his shoulders. “When I’m dead, perhaps.”
The sheriff placed a hand on her forehead, her fingers rubbing at her temples. Sam knew how much of a pain he was to the local law enforcement and underneath all of his heartache, Sam was sorry for it. But, it was the only way he could have a valid excuse for calling him. So he wasn’t going to stop until Sam finally got his ex back.
“Lock him up,” Sheriff Langston ordered her deputy with a sigh.
“Wait, wait. Don’t I get my phone call first?” Sam frantically asked, his head whipping around back and forth in order to try and get a better look at Deputy Russell who was behind him. It made his head spin even more and increased his feeling of nausea, his stomach churning aggressively and making Sam want to keel over.
“Not this time, I’m afraid,” Langston informed as she made her way to her office.
“That’s not fair!! I want my one call!” Sam screamed, attempting to wriggle away from the deputy’s grasp on his arms. It wasn’t as effective as he hoped given the fact that he could hardly walk unassisted and was about one sharp movement away from vomiting all over the carpet of the precinct… again.
“And I want a million dollars. We don’t all get what we want, Kiszka,” Deputy Russell grunted as he moved Sam towards the holding cells.
Sam was uncuffed before he was pushed into a holding cell, the door slamming behind him with a resounding finality. It echoed off the walls of the holding area, making the pounding in Sam’s head worsen.
“Can I at least get a towel or something?? I’m gonna die of hypothermia at this rate,” Sam pleaded, his hands wrapped around the bars and pressing his face in the space between them.
With an eye roll dramatic enough to win him a Tony award, Deputy Russell turned on his heel and disappeared out of the hold cell area and down a hallway that Sam had never been down. A few minutes later, he reappeared with a beach towel in his hand.
“Thank y-” his gratitude was cut short with the towel being thrown in his face. Sam, in his drunken state, fumbled the folded cloth for a moment before he secured it in his hands. He was just thankful he managed to grab it before it touched the floor. He knew firsthand how fucking disgusting the floors of these cells were. And considering his shoes were sticking to the floor, he’d rather not let the thing he wanted to wipe his face with touch it.
He unfolded it without ceremony. He had to laugh at the fact that Ariel was featured prominently on it. The towel was probably one that came from Russell’s personal locker, one he probably took from home. He had a daughter who was now in her teens; Sam had seen pictures and heard stories from Russell about her. Sweet kid. Brilliant.
Sam threw the towel over his head and began scrubbing his hair, the droplets dripping off the strands and down the skin of his face and back had been driving him crazy since he was thrown in the patrol car. Next he patted his body down, knowing it was nearly futile as he was soaked to the bone. Once he was done with that, he threw his hair up into a towel tie, thankful the wretched stuff was off his neck. He liked how long his hair had grown - to the middle of his back - but it was certainly a pain to maintain.
“So. Just us again, huh?” Sam asked Deputy Russell after he’d finished toweling off.
“Yes, considering god hates me,” the officer grumbled under his breath.
“Awww, I’m not that bad."
The glare that the deputy threw at him was deadly. Maybe he wasn’t as much of a loveable nuisance as he’d thought.
“Tell you what. I’ll cut you a deal,” Sam began, his hands back around the bars as he got as close to the deputy as his enclosure would allow him.
“Because you’re in a position to negotiate,” Russell laughed, the sound bordering humorless. He’d taken his hat and rain jacket off at that point. One of his hands had come up to his face to fiddle with his mustache, a habit he tended to enact while he was idle.
“You give me my phone call and I’ll keep my mouth shut for the rest of the night,” Sam continued, ignoring the deputy’s comment.
“Not happening, Sam.” Deputy Russell’s voice was stern, the words a finality.
“I’ll praise the flag-”
“Nope.”
“I’ll kiss your badge-”
“No.”
“I’ll change my fucking faith-”
“Nice try.”
“Man, why?? Why the hell won’t you let me call anybody??” Sam whined, going so far as to stomp his foot like a toddler throwing a tantrum. Though, to be fair to the toddlers, they sounded far more mature than Sam just had.
“Because,” the deputy began slowly, his patience already wearing thin, “Sheriff Langston said so.”
With another frustrated stomp of his foot, Sam groaned petulantly. It wasn’t fair! He always got his phone call and all of the sudden they just cut him off??
“That’s not a valid reason and you know it, Alex!”
“It is fair.”
“How?? ‘Because I said so’ is the answer you give to a child!”
“Well,” the deputy leaned forward in his chair, hands clasped together as he rested his elbows on his knees, “maybe if you started to act like an adult, I’ll treat you like one.”
Sam groaned in frustration, hitting his head on one of the bars in front of him.
“You know I’m just going to keep asking until I get what I want.” It was very much a threat thinly veiled as a promise.
“Oh, I know.” The deputy turned his attention away from his prisoner and onto a book he just pulled out of one of the desk drawers. Sam only got a glimpse of the cover and in his drunken state it took him a lot longer to process the two word title: Good Omens.
Well, if Sam was anything, he was a man of his word.
Taking a deep breath, Sam began singing. “Baby shark, doo-doo-do-doo-doo-doo…”
This went on for about twenty minutes - Sam singing Baby Shark on loop - and he had to admit he was impressed. The deputy had put up a pretty good resistance, but Sam was nothing if not a stubborn bastard.
“FINE!! YOU WIN!!” Russell yelled, his hands unclamping from his ears to ball into fists onto the desk.
Sam ceased his singing, a victorious smile spreading across his lips. It didn’t fall in the slightest as he was yanked out of the cell and put back in handcuffs.
The deputy maneuvered the criminal towards the payphone that hung on the far wall of the precinct. It was an ancient thing, probably having not been replaced since the mid 70s. There were marks all over it in multiple colors of Sharpie, more than a few of them cursing out the police. Gouges and scratches littered the once proud, shiny, black plastic. A seat was placed just to the left of it, equally as trashed as the payphone itself.
Before Sam was set down in the seat, Deputy Russell removed a cuff off one of Sam’s wrists before moving his arms from behind his back to in front of him. He then snapped the cuff onto the arm of the chair after Sam sat in the dirty and ripped upholstery.
With his hand not holding the receiver, Russell snagged a quarter off one of the nearby desks and slid it into the coin slot. His finger poised to enter the number into the rotary.
“Who am I calling,” the officer tiredly asked, his head turning towards Sam as he brought the receiver to his ear.
“Daniel Jean Louise Marie Wagner, please and thank you,” Sammy answered, flashing a superficially sweet smile at the deputy.
“I don’t even know why I asked,” Alexander Russell muttered under his breath. He didn’t even need to access a computer to enter the number, having it memorized just from the sheer amount of times Sam has made Daniel his emergency phone call.
When it began ringing, he handed the phone off to Sam. He went to grab it with his cuffed hand at first, then made the quick adjustment to reach with his free hand.
It rang for a lot longer than Sam had hoped. He just about gave up and believed that it would go to voicemail when the line went quiet… then a brief amount of rustling on the other end.
“....Hello?” a bleary voice croaked out; Daniel’s voice.
“Daniel! Danny, baby, so uh… yeah…”
Sam hadn’t thought Daniel would actually respond so he had no idea what to say.
“Right, so I’m at the county lockup and-”
“Oh, for FUCKS-”
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Crestfallen, Sam slowly let the phone drop from his ear. His mouth fell agape as he felt his hand fall into his lap. He couldn’t believe it. After all that…
“What happened?” Russell asked, his stern demeanor softening slightly at the sight of his favorite troublemaker so dejected.
Sam opened his mouth to speak, but no sound would come out. Well, there was a sound, but it sounded like if you scuffed your shoe against a hardwood floor. So hardly word material.
“Did he hang up on you?”
All Sam could do was nod. He finally snapped his mouth shut, forcing himself to act like a human again. He slammed the receiver back onto its hook so hard it caused the bell inside the phone to jingle.
“Damn. That’s… That’s wrong. Son, why do you do this to yourself?”
It was a good question. Why did he continue to ruin his life for a man who clearly wanted nothing to do with him?
Sam didn’t respond. He just sullenly gazed down at the wretched linoleum as if it were to blame for Sam’s pathetic love life. Stupid fucking tile floor.
“Well, I can’t let you stay there. Let’s get you up.” Russell didn’t even bother to put the cuffs back on Sam. He knew the kid was too broken to try anything, not to mention stumbling drunk.
When Sam was back in his holding cell, all he did was sulk. He laid down on the uncomfortable and scratchy cot that was stuffed into the corner with his back against the wall. He wanted to get some rest, but every time he closed his eyes it felt like he was in a washing machine with the spin cycle on high. So he just let his head rest against the wall and stared up at the ceiling.
Deputy Russell made a few attempts at conversation, but Sam would only respond in these two word sentences. He wasn’t in the mood, frankly. He felt like an ass, but that happened more often than not these days. The pain would metastasize when the sun would peek over the horizon, leech into all of his bones and burn inside him with glowing shame and embarrassment for his actions the past night.
But that’s tomorrow.
Tonight was reserved for wallowing in his self pity and-
“Samuel?” It wasn’t Russell that asked, but Alice Langston.
The man in question snapped his eyes open and whipped his head forward. He moved too fast, his stomach churning and making him have to press his hand into it to keep the nausea at bay.
“Yeah,” he weakly responded, his eyes pinching shut to stop the room from spinning.
The cell door opened. That made Sam crack his eyes open.
Staring back at him with a rage and fury that could rival only the wrath of God Herself was none other than the man he wanted to see most in the entire world.
“Daniel,” Sam sighed, a smile spreading so wide across his face that he started to feel his cheeks hurt.
The frown on Danny’s face deepened and that’s when Sam noticed the dark bruises underneath his sunken eyes. He hadn’t slept. Or, rather, he had slept, but it was interrupted. The scowl on his face aged him about five years. Or maybe it had just been so long since the last time he’d seen Daniel. He wore a pair of ratty gray sweats, a maize and blue sweatshirt he got from his alma mater. He also had on a black rain jacket that was covered in droplets, grass sticking to his converse. So, it was still raining. That was also evident by the few strands of his curls that stuck to his forehead that had fallen out of the bun he had hastily thrown up. He had his hands shoved into the pockets of his coat, his shoulders tensed as his eyes bore into Sam’s very soul.
He’d never seen a more gorgeous sight in his whole life.
“You’re here.”
Daniel didn’t speak, just glared at him before turning on his heel and walking towards the front door. Sam, dumbfounded and a bit star struck, swung his gaze back and forth between the two officers of the law standing at the door to his cell.
“Your bond has been paid; you’re free to leave,” Langston informed him. Her voice was soft - well, soft for her.
Sam’s smile somehow brightened, doing the impossible. He jumped off the cot (having to rest his hand against the wall for a second to let his vision stop spinning) and followed after Danny.
“Daniel, wait,” he called as he tried his best to run after Danny, the guy having the advantage of both sobriety and longer legs. Damn him and his nice legs.
The man halted in his spot, his back ram-rod straight. Sam was close enough to hear the heavy sigh he let out as he did stop.
“Why did you… What are you doing here?”
Danny swiveled his head towards Sam, that death glare probably permanently fixed in Daniel's eyes as they beheld Sam. It made Sam stagger back a few steps, swallow down any words he might’ve had on his tongue.
“You will keep your mouth shut for the rest of the night, you understand me?” Daniel’s voice was cold, his finger pointed at Sam with an intense look fixed towards him.
Sam gulped. There was a mix of several emotions swirling around inside him that he was far too drunk to parse out. Despite that, he nodded his head and flashed a nervous smile.
As he turned away and made for the door, Sam swore he saw Danny’s face soften for a fraction of a second. It was enough.
For the rest of the ride, Sam couldn’t wipe the smile off his face. Daniel would act cold towards him all he’d like, but his actions spoke volumes louder than the message he was trying to convey to Sam.
It was a start. And that was enough for Sam.
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The Spreadsheet Digest - Fic Recs | Vol 4
Hi lovely followers! Here are all the fics I read this week with my attached notes!
As always, you can find the full spreadsheet here! This week I decided to keep my new fics separate from the list AND I added some fics from before I started doing the digest (these won't have notes because I didn't used to do that lol).
Remember to check warnings on all fics before proceeding! I read a wide range of ratings...
Begging a Dieter one shot by @absurdthirst
-> Subby Dieter is my favorite thing on the planet and this is just... so fucking good. The whimpering and whining and absurd bargaining? Gimme gimme.
KitKat in the Minibar a Dieter one shot by @sneetsnootyoit
-> Dieter eating pussy in various situations inspired by an ask I did for someone else!! It's so cool that someone saw an ask I did before I started writing and turned in into a fic.
Watch you watch him f*ck his wife a Javi G one shot by @toxicanonymity
-> What if Nicholas Cage actually watched you fuck Javi G? Why am i into this? Why is Nick into this? What is wrong with us collectively as a species? brb reading again
Left in Lincoln a Joel series by @toxicanonymity
-> I usually don't go for super innocent or virgin reader fics because I uh... cannot relate. But I am really really into Joel in this. I want him to teach me everything. Also Bill and Frank being your dads is so fun
The Things We Do For Love a Frankie one shot by @beskarberry
-> I am aggressively not a breeding kink girlie and can occasionally get a little freaked out by fics that discuss pregnancy.... BUT!!! Someone sent this to me and I saw that it was supposed to be a realistic and funny fic. Perfect for Frankie and I love funny sex... and I adored this. I kind of scrolled past or ignored all the baby talk, but the actual sex reminded me of ya know... actual sex. So breeding kink girlies this one's for you!
Cherry Flavoured a Dieter one shot by @pedrito-friskito
AH my favorite kind of Dieter! Pathetic druggie asshole. I wish I was kidding, I am so down bad for him. This would make an excellent series...
Satellite a Javi P one shot by @jksprincess10
-> You try not to fuck your boss Javi Peña and like obviously you fail at that. And it's really hot
Dressed For Revenge a Joel series by @jksprincess10
-> Listen I happen to know this fic is going to blow your fucking mind. So read the prologue + first chapter, follow, turn on post notifs, and wait to be obliterated.
A kiss before dying and in death we combine a Joel one shot by @oonajaeadira
-> Stumbled across this because someone reblogged it gushing and then obviously I reblogged it gushing. Major Character Death warning but if you're going to read a fic where it happens, this is the one. I sobbed in my bed at 3 am and it was WORTH IT
Good. Things. Take. Time. a Pedro ATS series by @oonajaeadira
-> A mutual sent this to me because they know I love Adira's work. I haven't even seen Calls, had to google what Pedro Across the Street was, etc. But as far as I know this is an AU? Idk it doesn't matter. I love a smut marathon. A smut marathon with a beautiful story arc and the smut never gets boring even though it's over 20 parts? sign me up.
Chest Press a Joel series by @toxicanonymity
-> Dark!Joel/personal trainer!Joel getting a little too handsy at the gym. You pretend you aren't into it but like... who are we kidding it's Joel Miller. You're into it. And he can tell.
Night Shift a Joel one shot by @beskarandblasters
-> Based on Nightshift by Lucy Dacus (of boygenius). This is so good. Sadness/Angst/Heartbreak for like a couple thousand words but you're rewarded with smut... and we all know I love angst anyway lmao
Tommy's Hard Day a Joel/Tommy one shot by @toxicanonymity
-> Tommy had a hard day, so Joel asks you to help him feel better... Let's take a trip to Paris babies
Red Lace a Javi P one shot by @jksprincess10
-> This is hitting on so many of my fantasies rn... we got bondage, thigh riding, office sex, dirty talk... and more. Kill me I could die happy
------- Fics that I read a while ago -------
All our candles are burned out a Dieter/Frankie one shot by @psychedelic-ink
The Ethics of Forging Masterpieces an Ezra one shot by @write-and-buried
Good Soldier a Frankie one shot by @mishasminion360
Reflective a Max Phillips one shot by @prolix-yuy
Palomino a Jack series by @fuckyeahdindjarin
Spent a Din one shot by @joelscruff
-------- My New Fics ---------
Burn Slowly / I Love You - a smutty and angsty Frankie (abandoned) series
Perfecta, mi amor - soft dom!Javi one shot
Thunder Buddies - a fluffy joel one shot
Anything for you, babe - a smutty Frankie one shot
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