#god fucking damnit i forgot to feed the fish

[residentsocialfailure]

My favorite part about the romantic cutscene with Garrus at the end of ME2, is that I couldn't even focus on it because all I could see were the dead fish I forgot to feed in the background.

[isabearies]

Instability — D:BH [04]

Pairing: Connor x Reader

Word Count: 1054

Warnings: Cursing, mostly just fluff

Author’s Note: Okay, this one I tried to just make really sweet for the holiday season! It’s New Year’s Eve and I just thought everyone needs to relax a little ;) Hope you enjoy!!

Summary: Connor has just been assigned to the deviant case with you and Hank. You have a history with androids, but he just wants a partner. You want androids to be heard, but you’re still terrified of them.

Chapter 4: Just Ask

November 6, 2038

The sky was darker and the rain was the same. Drops of water pitter-pattered onto the car as Hank and Connor sat up front and you sat in the back. You preferred the back, since you got a bit carsick. You sat in back whenever you could.

You pulled up the road that sat adjacent to an elevated freeway, a building to your left that read “CHICKEN feed” in bright neon lights. Hank said nothing as he exited the car. You steeled yourself, you were a detective damnit, why couldn’t you just apologize to an android.

Oh right, because you were a doofus with social anxiety. You always braved the tough cop act, dawning it especially around Gavin (prick). Everyone knew not to mess with you, and you liked it that way. You had a saying that your grandmother used to tell you: “If they can’t love me at my worst, then they can’t love me at my best.” You might have taken this a bit too literally, though, because sometimes you would purposefully act like a total bitch to drive people away. It wasn’t a conscious decision really, it just happened. You would be talking, saying something mildly to severely harmful, and then if they stayed then that was it. You knew it wasn’t healthy, but you were scared to get help. Yeah yeah, it’s 2038 and you shouldn’t be scared to get help but people are stuck in their ways and you were people.

Hank stayed, Gavin stayed, Fowler stayed, and that was it, until now. It was odd, Connor had not left yet. He was never harsh with you, he never even asked to leave, he just...stayed. You yelled at him, threatened him for god’s sakes and still he did not leave. Maybe he wasn’t so bad after all. You shifted in your seat and Connor prepared to follow after Hank.

“Connor,” you sounded pleading, which was not your goal, “Um, I—” You stumbled on your words.

Fuck.

“Yes, Detective (l/n)?” He sounded interested, but just mildly cold. Maybe that’s just his voice?

“Uh, I just wanted to say,” you thought on your words for a moment, “I’m sorry.” Connor was audibly taken aback by your apology. He turned back to look at you. His confusion was visible in his expression; his brows were furrowed, head at a slight tilt, and big brown eyes mirrored his thoughts.

“Why are you sorry?” He was genuinely curious, maybe he forgot about what happened?

Androids don’t forget, dummy.

“I yelled at you, in the bar. You were just asking if I was okay and it wasn’t appropriate. I’m sorry.”

Connor opened his mouth and shut it again. His brown eyes pandered down to your fidgeting hands and back up to your darting eyes. He noticed your face was flushed a dark pink. Wondering if you were sick, he checked your vitals, only to find an increasing amount of cortisol in your system.

“Connor?” He had been staring too long. The silence got a little exhausting. Finally, you managed to get something out.

“You could just ask you know.”

“Ask what?” Again, he was confused. That seemed to be a habit when he was around you.

“Ask if I’m okay, without looking me up or scanning my vitals. It’s better that way,” your voice was not quite patient, but close enough. It was the best you could do.

“Oh.” He looked down, considering you request. It puzzled him. He was an android, he was supposed to scan people. Why would he negate this privilege and ask someone if they were okay?

“Because it’s polite.” Startled, he looked to your face again. How did you know what he was thinking? It seemed implausible. “It’s the human thing to do.”

“Miss (l/n), I am not human,” The answer was obvious. He was not alive. How was he expected to do human things when he was so much different than them.

“You want to work with us, right? Live alongside us. Sometimes it’s better to just ask.” The more you explained it, the more you puzzled him. Even when you yelled at him, you did this one thing he didn’t expect from you. Despite your apparent grudge against him, not once did you treat him like just an android. Yeah, you were stubborn about androids “not getting in your way,” but you never demeaned him for being an android.

Connor looked how your hair fell slightly across your face, your gaze entertained with his. You had stopped fidgeting and looked a little more concerned. Your lips were quite red, probably a lip stain. You were slightly biting the lower corner of your lips. Your cheeks seemed to have deepened in color. Even in this gloomy weather, Connor thought you seemed to glow.

^ software instability ^

“Okay,” he agreed, “But how do I ask?” The question took a second for your to process. To you, it seemed obvious. You just do? Your eyes went down to your feet and back up again.

“Try it out on me. I’ll tell you how you do.”

“H-How are you, Miss (l/n)?” His eyes darted down.

Is he...flustered?

“I’m fine, Connor. Thank you for asking.” The sheepish smile you put on wasn’t forced. It’s the first real smile he had ever seen on you. It amazed him, and he couldn’t help but watch. The faint glow that radiated off you seemed to become blinding. He suddenly felt something odd in his thorium pump. Running diagnostics, he found nothing abnormal in his system. Odd.

A small silence emulated around the car once again, but it felt right. You felt comfortable in the silence, and it almost felt understanding. You both just sat in the car appreciating it.

“We should go out to meet the Lieutenant,” Connor quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and exited the car.

Well that was short-lived.

You sat still in the car for only a second, and in that split second, you could have sworn you felt something. It was a weird little thing, barely noticeable to anybody. Like a small fishing line reaching from one part of the car to the other. It wasn’t there, per se, more like a minuscule connection. But it was there, and you saw it.

And it startled you.

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[wackapedia]

Five Nights at Freddie’s

"Come on, darling. its only for a week! five days at least!" Freddie kept pestering you about a favor to look after his house and his darling cats while he's away with Jim.

"But Freddie I have a job! I work all day 'till six at Jeff's, you know that" you protested.

"Well you can come after your work hours! Brian can take care of the herd on mornings and you can stay at night. Come on y/n do it for your darling Freddie.." Freddie spoke. Persuasive as ever. You know how he's dangling the bait by mentioning Brian's name while asking you a favor. He knew of your apparent crush on his bandmate, Brian May, and couldn't restrain himself from teasing you about it everytime he can.

"ughh fine" You gave in. He placed his arm around you and kissed your cheeks. You were still pouting.

"Aw, wipe that pout off your face! I know you’re looking forward to playing Mummy and Daddy with Brian!" he teased, poking your sides."oh my gosh-" Embarrassment crept to your cheeks as you grabbed Roger's drumstick to beat Freddie with it. 

"Freddie come back in here!" but he has left the room yelling "Thank you, Y/n!! I'll see you soon!!"

It was Monday morning when your telephone rang. You were still in bed, half-asleep as you answered it. It was Freddie. "Rise and shine, Cupcake!" you winced as he yelled over the phone. 

"wha-?"

"Listen, i'm leaving in a couple of hours and the house will be unlocked since your dear Brian will be staying here until you arrive, isn't that sweet? Now you know where everything is, right? feel free to take the guest rooms if you want to but please don’t do it in my kitchen, alright!" You were very confused at the influx of information from Freddie at 5:28 am over the phone.

"Freddie I'm-"

"I know, darling, you’re ecstatic. I have to go now, are you gonna wish me a safe trip?"

"Freddie, I-"

"Thank you, dear! Goodbye!" the line went dead.

"ughhhhh" you exclaimed as your alarm clock went off.

It was an uneventful day at work. A part of you tried not to think about your new night shift duty for Freddie but the other part of you felt excited. Six o'clock rolled and you found yourself heading to Freddie's house. 

You knocked at the door and was welcomed by Brian almost immediately. "Hey y/n!"

"Hey Bri" you said as you entered the place, taking off your jacket."I made some dinner because I figured you'd be here straight from work." Brian walked to the kitchen. You couldn't help but think 'wow that’s husband material right there' but immediately reprimanded yourself. He's a rockstar for pete's sake.

Brian was looking at you and for a second, you thought you said it out loud."What?" You asked while following him into the kitchen."I said I hope you're hungry for some fish?" He repeated his statement which you didn't hear the first time. You nodded your head and crouched to greet Oscar, Freddie's ginger cat."I’ve already fed them dinner so maybe they can have a midnight snack tonight." Brian said, referring to the cats."They'll get some treats if they're nice tonight" you winked at Delilah who was perched on the kitchen counter.

"Are you staying the night?" You asked while Brian prepared your dinner. He suddenly looked tense and you hoped you didn't sound too eager.

"Well.." He started, your fingers crossed under the table in front of you

"Its fine. I'm kidding." You cut him off. An awkward second passed before you exhaled a laugh and looked at him in the eye. That was so uncomfortable. He laughed too. Of course he's not staying the night. You heard from Roger that he's seeing some girl. 

Whatever.

"Wow this is great" you complemented the food Brian made, hoping to change the subject. The air was still thick with some awkward gas slowly choking both of you. Brian probably couldn't take it anymore.

"Well not that you guys are now fed.." Gesturing to you and the cats, "that’s my cue to leave. I'll see you in the morning then" Brian spoke as he quickly left the kitchen to gather his things. You decided against seeing him out and instead yelled an "alright, thank you for the dinner, see you tomorrow" just as the front door shut.

Tiffany climbed up the table, eloquently sat in front of you, placing her fluffy tail gently in front of her as if saying "well?"

"Well what?" You answered. She looked away from you, her way of rolling her eyes and heaving a sigh of exasperation.

You cleaned up after dinner and decided to watch some television and later fed the cats with some treats before heading to bed. As you entered the bathroom to freshen yourself up, you caught Goliath sleeping in the lavatory. You didn't want to disturb him so you went to another bathroom.

While you brushed your teeth, you had an unobscured view of the door to your guestroom through the mirror. You were sure that you saw the door slowly swing a little wider. You turned to look at it directly to find that the door had actually opened wider. You looked back to your reflection wide-eyed and slightly paler. You never thought Freddie's house to be haunted as parties were always held here. You rinsed your mouth and quickly went into your room. Looks like you'll be sleeping with the lights on tonight.

"Y/n?" You heard someone call your name. "Why are you still here? And why are the lights on?" You woke up with a jolt when you felt the blanket being pulled away from you.

"What is the fucking time" you asked at Brian

"Its 15 minutes to 7" he looked at his wristwatch.You hopped out of bed to quickly fix yourself and get dressed.You arrived at work ten minutes late but Jeff was forgiving about it.

Brian was left at the house, worried that you didn't eat your breakfast. Maybe next time he can come earlier and make you some pancakes, he thought to himself. "Right. Breakfast." He said upon seeing the cats gathered by their food bowls. "You guys should've woke her up" Brian told them while filling their food bowls. Miko looked up with his yellow angry eyes to Brian: "why didn't you wake her up?"

After work and decided to buy some dinner for two, hoping Brian was still at home. You caught yourself sounding like a couple. Nope, not gonna happen. That thought is cancelled.

The sun had set a while ago but you wondered why the house was dark. You entered the house and called out to Brian.

No answer.

Okay he left.You turned on the lights in kitchen to unpack the food you bought when you spot Delilah sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor.

"Hey Dels" you spoke to her but she ignored you. She was intently looking at something in the dark hallway. You felt creeped out by the fact that Delilah could be seeing something in the hallway so you walked over and turned the lights on. There was nothing.

Delilah meowed once from behind you. You felt like you were being watched.

You were startled by a voice from behind you saying "hey is this dinner?"

"Fuck!" You screamed. It was Brian. "You scared me!"

"I'm sorry. I was sleeping in the couch when you came in." So that explains the bed head. Brian started unpacking the food.You looked back to the empty hallway.

"So how was your day?" Brian asked. He seriously needs to stop being 100% boyfriend material.

"Its fine. Came in a few minutes late but Jeff's fine about it." You answered as you ate dinner.

"Why didn't you wake up early?"

"Well, I forgot to set my alarm and there wasn't an alarm clock" you answered, slightly embarrassed with your carelessness.

"Why were you sleeping with the lights on?" He asked. You stopped chewing and scooted closer to the dinner table.

"Has it ever occurred to you that this house might be haunted?" You asked, keeping your voice low.

"Freddie's house? Haunted? Now, why would you say that?" He laughed. You shouldn't have asked.

"Last night I saw my door swing wide open. There wasn't any wind." You explained, feeling silly. "Sorry, never mind that. Its stupid"

"No its not stupid. Although I don't believe that this place is haunted." He spoke gently. 

"Tell you what, I'm gonna stay here tonight so you wont have to be scared. What do you say?"

"No you don't have to! I don't want to ruin your plans tonight!" You quickly answered, feeling nervous at the thought.

"Its fine I don't have plans for tonight anyway" Brian answered.

"Really? No...dates?" You asked. Wow. So much for being subtle.

"Date?! No! Did Roger tell you about that?" He asked. You nodded.

"Roger just made that up. Don't listen to him" he spoke sternly, like a father telling his kid off. 'Like a what now?' Your mind said, arguing with itself.

Brian helped you put away some leftovers and fed Freddie's cats before watching tv with you. It was a series marathon of some american futuristic sci-fi show that you couldn't wrap your mind with. You ended up falling asleep on the couch. Brian noticed you snoring softly and decided to move you to the guest bedroom.

In the morning, you were being woken up by Brian who was sitting at the edge of the bed. "Oh my god am i gonna be late again?" You quickly sat up. You realized you were in your guestroom.

"No, its still 5:30. Go take a shower. I made you some pancakes." He said upon leaving you to get dressed. In the shower, you thought about how Brian is always feeding you well. Damnit, husband material.

You arrive at the kitchen and ate your breakfast carefully. Brian smiled as he sat in front of you. "How is it?" He asked.

"Bri, these are phenomenal." You said as you shoved a large slice into your mouth. He laughed.

"I packed a sandwich for you." He said, placing a paper bag beside you. You stopped chewing. 

"Bri, you didn't have to."

"But I want to. Did you have a good sleep last night?"

"Yeah I did. Thank you." You answered, feeling nervous at how Brian is treating you.You were distracted the entire time at work. Brian was feeding you dinner, breakfast and made you a sandwich, carried you to bed, and made sure you woke up on time for work. Not to mention he stayed the night because you had a silly scare on your first night. Is he just being nice to you? 'Yeah he probably is.' You answered yourself.

Because you were distracted at work, you earned a lecturing from your boss. You also had to work for another two hours because you had to get your work done. You decided to call Freddie's house. Brian answered.

"Hey Bri, its me. I'll be working until eight tonight I hope I'm not ruining plans for you.." You made a face after you spoke.

"No, no its fine. Rog and Deaky are here anyway."

"Oh. Okay."

"Do you want me to pick you up?"

"No its-"

"I'll be there at around 7:30 okay?"

"...okay" you whispered. "Thanks, Bri."

"Anything, sweetheart." Your eyes widened at the nickname. You slammed the phone back before letting out a squeal. "What is he trying to do?!" You asked yourself.

You found yourself rushing to leave your workplace to find Brian in all his glory waiting for you. He asked you how your day was like the good boyfriend that he is.

What?

 No! he’s a housemate! He's a great housemate.

The rest of the trip home consisted of Brian talking about catching up with Deaky and Roger. You were quiet while still trying to sort your feelings out.Upon entering Freddie's home, you can hear Roger cackling and John giggling.

"Oh hey y/n!" John looked up and handed you a drink. Roger still hasn’t finished laughing.

"Hi Deaks." You reached for the drink he handed you. You then looked to Roger saying "Hey, grease gun!" Roger immediately stopped laughing to give you a stern look.

The night drifted through and before you knew you were feeling slightly tipsy from the drinks Roger and John brought. They've said their goodbyes about an hour ago, leaving you in the house with Brian. And the cats.You were petting Oscar while Brian was cleaning up. You were still confused with everything between the two of you so you decided that now is the perfect time to ask him about it.

"Hey Bri?"

"hmm?"

"what are you doing?"

"I'm... cleaning?"

"No, silly. I mean what are you doing with me?" you giggled. Brian's confusion evident. you decided to explain further but you were cut off by Brian."y/n, I know youre drunk-"

"tipsy!" you corrected.

"Tipsy. you have work tomorrow right? you don’t want your boss to be mad at you so you'd better head to bed." Brian sat on the floor, looking at you lying in the sofa.Your clouded brain took this as a warning that you've misread all of Brian's kindness. You clamped your mouth shut as you got up and headed straight to your bed. You didn’t mind turning the lights on as you lied on the bed and felt your tears on your face. You closed your eyes and let sleep take over you.

In the morning you were startled by the sound of an alarm clock on your bedside. Brian might've placed it there. You continued your morning routine since spending them in Freddie's. As soon as you walked out of your room, you were greeted by Tiffany, meowing at you.

"What do you want?" she continued meowing until you reached the kitchen where the rest of the cat squad greeted you for their breakfast. You filled their food bowls but Tiffany kept meowing at you.

"I'm sorry I don’t speak cat. If this is about Brian again, he only sees me as a friend and that’s that." The cat remained quiet and tilted her head. You sighed. "Yeah he kinda hinted it last night. Oscar was there, you can ask him." She remained quiet. "Oh don't burden yourself about it! I'm done crying about it and its time to finally move on." You smiled.

"Move on from what?" Brian suddenly appeared behind you.

"Were you-? Did you spend the night here?" you felt all color drain from your face.

"No, I left after I set your alarm clock last night." He smirked, dropping a subtle reminder to thank him for that. But that didn’t stop you from giving him a stern tone.

"Thank you. But don’t sneak up on me again, you know how easily I get startled." He nodded.

"Well I gotta go now, see you, bye!" you practically gobbled up the words as you hurriedly left the house.

Work was kind to you today. When you left, you decided to eat dinner before going to Freddie's. Also, so that you wont have to be fed by Brian.

When you arrived, you went to the sofa to wake Brian up and to tell him that he can leave because you’re now here. You froze in your steps when you saw him lying on the sofa, his face smushed against the cushion, snoring softly. You couldn't bring yourself to disturb him sleeping peacefully.

So someone else did.

Miko and Tiffany decided to sit on Brian's face, irritating his nose. His eyes shot open to see you standing in front of him. He immediately sat up.

Great. Now you look like a creep.

"Hi I'm here now so you can go home and take a real nap."

"What? no its fine I can stay."

"No, You should go home and take a proper nap on your bed." He remained quiet. You contemplated that the tone you used was probably too harsh. He spoke after a few beats.

"Have you had some dinner?"

"Yep."

"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Tomorrow." you repeated as you saw him out the door.

"Don't forget to set your alarm, alright?"

"I wont. Bye!" you shut the door and turned back to look at the cats.

"Whose side are you on?" you asked them.

You spent your night talking to a friend over the phone. It was late when you finally ended the conversation. you were too lazy to move out of the sofa so you decided to just take a nap there and move to your bed when your neck begins to hurt. You didn’t want to leave the sofa because it was warm and it smelled like Brian. 

Uhh nope. you didn’t wan to leave the couch because it was warm and you were lazy.

You woke up in the middle of the night with a killer pain on your neck all the way to your back. It was worse than you've expected. You sat up on the sofa, looked around the dark room to find two glowy orbs across you. Your heart raced as your mind imagined all sorts of whatnots. behind it, another pair of glowy orbs showed up. Now you were panicking. You stood up and ran to your room, where it was bright. You immediately shut the door and tried to calm your breathing. You hear scrambling from outside your room. Small, minute noises that indicate movement. Suddenly one of the cats screamed a spine-chilling meow.

You reached the bedside phone and dialed Brian with shaky hands. He immediately answered.

"Brian its me"

"y/n?"

"Brian there’s something in the house please come over" Your breath was shaking, causing Brian to panic as well.

"I'll be there. Stay in your room and lock the door and don’t open until I tell you to, okay?" You nodded and the line went dead.Thankfully, Brian arrived almost immediately. He knocked at your door announcing himself. 

"Y/n? its Brian. Its safe now." You ran to the door to reveal a disheveled Brian. Before you could stop yourself, you hugged him.

"What happened? I checked around but nothing was out of place.."

"well I fell asleep at the sofa and when I woke up in the middle of the night I saw two glowing eyes staring at me and then another pair of eyes behind it so I ran to my room and..." You stopped yourself and stepped away from Brian upon realizing the whole ordeal was stupid.

"God, I thought someone had broken in or something." Brian exhaled. You felt extremely guilty.

"Bri,I'm-"

"Don't apologize."You bit your lip. Was he angry? It didn't sound like it but you've never seen Brian angry. This could be the first.

"I was so scared that something could’ve happened to you, you know?" He spoke softly.

"Bri, I'm okay. I just get easily scared and my imagination likes to run wild-" you were rambling

"Well I got scared too! because if something happens to you it would be on me." Brian raised his voice. You stiffened. He sighed and spoke again after a few beats."I know you don’t care about me and I know you’re probably oblivious to everything I do or you see it as a plain friendly gesture but I care about you, y/n. I care about you loads. And when you called, I was scared that I wouldn't have the chance to tell you how I feel." you were shocked by this revelation at 3am by a disheveled Brian Harold May. You took in a shaky breath but before you could speak, Brian spoke."Please don't apologize. I know you don't feel the same and I-" You grabbed Brian's collar to bring his face closer to yours as you stood on your tiptoes to kiss him. He was shocked at first but he wrapped his arm around your waist and held your face with his hand.You were finally kissing Brian.

You were interrupted by Goliath, rubbing against your leg. You both broke apart from the kiss to look at the cat."Has it ever occurred to you, y/n, that the pair of eyes you saw earlier were cat eyes?" Brian said while picking up Goliath.You had no words to express your shame. He's right.

"Or did you just call me because you missed me?" Brian was very smug about it.You turned your back to him and walked towards the door and was about to close it in his face when he stopped it with his foot.

"Aww y/n don't be like that I was just kidding!"You couldn't help but smile.

In the morning you woke up in the arms of Brian. You were in the guest bedroom, wrapped in each other. You forgot to set your alarm clock but you didn't mind. You'll just call in sick for today. You were looking at Brian sleeping peacefully beside you. Damn, he is so beautiful.

Suddenly, you hear the cats outside making a ruckus.

"Brian, wake up!" You sat up.He stirred.

"Brian, listen! The cats outside are doing it again!" Brian's eyes were wide open now, indicating that he heard it.The thumping outside became louder and louder and stopped in front of your door. The door clicked open and slowly revealed what was behind it.

The cats started flowing in, and the door finally reveals Freddie, carrying Oscar and Tiffany.

"Are you decent? I hope you guys used protection!" Freddie teased.

"Freddie!"​

[variablejabberwocky]

“her hate lives on in you”

oh wow. thats why he was trying to feed blood to his “mother”

the one person who ever cared for his existence and he thinks its because she wants him to murder as many people as possible

fuck

and fuck you Uncle Asshole 

both for giving him that idea in the first place and for fucking him up so much later

i...i did NOT remember shukaku being this fucking hilarious

also hilarious: realizing that naruto uzumaki basically translates to Spiral McSpiralson

and them calling him “small fry” or “shrimp” gets an extra layer of hilarity since naruto are fucking fish cakes and that makes it a pun

naruto’s sage outfit during the pain fight is...oddly intriging

like its not really any colors i like, in fact i actually tend to hate warm colors, but it works and its appealing and i don’t know why but good on whoever the fuck designed that

sidenote: rage!naruto banging pain over the head with a block of stone is simultaneously badass and hilarious. its like hammering in a particularly uncooperative nail that you just got through stepping on that also murdered your whole village

dawww babby!gai sensei was adorable

also so much like lee that i forgot who i was watching for a second and got super confused when he was actually able to do ANY kind of clone, even a shitty one

but i gotta say, are we SURE they aren’t related?

cause gai looks a lot like his dad and lee looks even more like gai than that

like i get not a father/son thing but like cousins? clone grown in a lab? something’s going on there

again, why the fuck are any of these people trusted with the care and safety of these kids?

i mean guy/gai and what he did about lee is just...damn. like what jesse said about dance instructors but turned up to 11. and the 3rd hokage isn’t really any better

i mean i can kind of see the 4th’s thinking a little bit, and when you have a “whoops im dying better act fast” situation its a lot more excusable, but damn

out of all of them i think kakashi maybe has the best grip on actually caring for the needs of his students and man that was a hard lesson for him to learn

GOD DAMNIT FUCK!

there’s a fucking canon AU spinoff dream thing where naruto got to keep his mom and his dad and sasuke is still a little asshole about everything but he gets to keep his family and holy shit OKAY I CAN HANDLE THIS

I DIDN’T NEED THAT HEART ANYWAY