#i can't believe this is the second or third song in her set list these days

[fruitcage]

She said, "There's not much hope for a red dirt girl Somewhere out there is a great big world That's where I'm bound And the stars might fall on Alabama But one of these days I'm going to swing My hammer down Away from this red dirt town I'm going to make a joyful sound"

[nameless-ghoul-trash]

Hi, I’m new here! I’m not sure if requests are open or if you’re currently writing for ghost, but could we have a scenario where there is a new female ghoul and they’re trying to figure out where they fit in the hierarchy. She’s bratty and challenges sodo, but he’s having none of it and it gets a bit smutty/suggestive and has her submitting. Thank you and my apologies if you don’t write anything like this!

Hello! You got the honor of being my first request! I hope this meets your expectations! I tried my best!

Sodo x F!Ghoul!Reader

2.5k words

Minors DNI

Lightly proofread

Warnings: choking, degradation, male receiving oral, spanking, cussing. (Let me know if I miss any)

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  You walk down one of the many halls of the abbey. It was time for your third practice with the rest of the band today. You were still fairly new, only having been summoned a little over a month ago. You didn't entirely have everything figured out yet. Everyone was nice enough to you. All except for one. Sodo. Brought in to be a second rhythm guitar and backup vocals, he didn't believe they needed you. Not that you were here to appease him. You first impression on each other had exactly been great either. You had pushed you luck with all of them. Getting away with most of it, much to your enjoyment.

   Coming up to the practice room, you note everyone was already there, save for Swiss and Sodo. Making your way over to your guitar case, you begin pulling everything out. Tuning and securing your guitar, you take a seat on one of the risers. You messing with your finger while waiting on the other two to show when you note a pair of feet stop in front of you, you glance up. Papa smiles down at you. "Hey, are you doing, little one?" He says to you. "I am fine, Papa. Thank you for asking." You politely respond. Out of the corner of your eye, you notice Swiss saunter into the room. "Good. Are you adjusting to life in the ministry well?"  To that, you shrug, not giving a verbal response. Placing his hand on your shoulder, he gives a quick squeeze. "Well, if you are ever in need, you can come to me." He reassures, going to step away. 10 minutes pass, and you start to grow irritated. Sodo had still not shown up. Swiss and Phantom were wrestling around trying to pass the time while everyone else just lounged around.

   Not paying attention, Phantom took a step back and landed right on your tail. You immediately let out a hiss, ears flattening. The moment he lifted his foot, you wrapped your tail around yourself. Turning to look at him, you glare. "Watch what you're fucking doing!" You seethed. "Jeez, I'm sorry." He grumbled throwing his hands up in mock surrender. Sodo finally decided to make his entrance when you turn back around, a lazy grin on his face. Scoffing you stand. "Nice of you to finally show up." His grin falters slightly, eyes narrowing in on you. "If you have a problem with me, write it on a piece of paper, fold it and stick it up your ass." He spat back. You hear someone try and stiffle a snort. You roll your eyes as he moves to get ready and stand in his spot.  Papa moves to stand infront of everyone. "Okay let's start at the beginning of the set list and make our way through. Yes?" With no objections he instructs you all to start. You muddle through the first 5 song with only having a few noticeable mistakes. You were now on Cirice. You make it through the first half of the intro, but completely mess up the timing for the second half. You hadn't had much time to memorize every song yet, struggling with most of them still. Papa waved his hand to stop everyone. You immediately feel you face heat, wishing you had your helmet right about now.  "How about we start from the beginning again." Papa asks. Letting out a frustrated sigh you prepared to begin. The first half goes fine, but when you get the same spot, you can't seem to play it right. Papa stops everyone for the second time. "Let's take a breather. Pick up where we left off in about 10 minutes." A couple groans could be heard at Papa's announcement, causing your frustration and embarrassment to grow. Phantom and Papa both move towards you. Phantom showing you the tabs and Papa helping you with timing. The three of you running through it together, only for you to still not get it quite right. After your third time, you finally get it right. With some praise from Papa, everyone returns to their spots. "Okay, from the top."  

   Making it thought the rest of practice without any more major hickups, you thank Satan. Wrapping up, you walk over to where you keep your guitar. You had noticed your strings needed to be replaced during practice. Placing your guitar down, you start to pull out all the necessary equipment. Feeling someone's eyes on you, you half tun to find Sodo staring at you a few steps away from the door, waiting for the other guys. You roll your eyes, flip him off, and continue what you were originally doing. Once you finish restringing your guitar, you turn around and realize you were alone. Sighing you, look at the clock on the wall 4:28pm. Deciding to use this time to get in a little more practice without the pressure everyone being there, you get comfortable. You would have to do it all over again tomorrow.

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   In the same predicament as yesterday, everyone was waiting on Sodo. You sat quietly, strumming some cords. After about 20 minutes, Sodo finally made his presence know. He stops beside you and grabs his guitar, throwing the strap over his shoulder. "You know, for someone who's in such an important role, it seems to me like you sure don't like to be here." You mumbles loud enough for him to catch it. He pauses  looking at you. "I don't remember asking for your input." He bit back at you. You stand up, so you are toe to toe. The tension in the room was palpable. "Hey, how about we get started." Papa tried and failed to get either of your attention. The others were watching the interaction closely. "I'm just saying! Maybe that's why they brought me in. To cover for you late ass. Maybe I'll end up as your replacement. Can't preform if you don't show the fuck up. Maybe I'll end up better then you." You jab a finger in his chest, making him tense. You were pushing on a sensitive subject and you knew it. You could see his face contort in to one of anger, ears pinned back, and tail violently cutting through the air. "I'll show you exactly what you fucking are, you little bitch." The vemon in his voice threatening. You growl in a challenging manner and glare the moment the words left his mouth. Before he even made a move for you the others sprung into action. Rain getting to the two of you first, he shoved his way between, pushing the hot-headed ghoul back, baring his teeth, trying to get Sodos attention on him. Phantom going behind, he grabbed Sodos' raised arm. Sodo did not take to kindly to this, turning his angry gaze to him and ripping his arm out of his hands. "That is enough!" Papa bellowed out. Voice packed with authority. At his words, everyone froze. It startled you he had never spoken in such a way around you before. "I will not have you guys fighting. You have a job to do now fucking do it."  Slowly everyone moved to their respective places, Sodo's eyes tracking your movements. You stood your ground and held your head high, not letting him win.

   Practice went relatively smoothly. The room remained tense. Not many words spoken aside from Papa giving instructions. At the end, you were quick to put everything away and try to leave.  Meeting you at the door, Swiss offers a smile. "I'll walk back with you." Shrugging, you walk out to into the hall. "You know that took some real balls. Going toe to toe with our residential gremlin like that."  You give a snort. "Well, if he didn't waste my time, I wouldn't have done it." A lie. You probably still would find a reason to make a smart-ass remark one way or another. He chuckles a bit. "I think you should be careful, though. He can be a bit unpredictable at times."  You shake your head with a light chuckle. "Thanks for the warning, I guess. I'm sure I could handle myself, though. Plus, you guys can just save me again!" You say jokingly, giving a small smile. The rest of the way, you guys are in a comfortable silence. Getting back to the ghouls den you b-line straight for the kitchen. "Thanks for walking with me." You call back to swiss. "No problem." Grabbing a snack, you make your way to your room, locking the door. You typically avoid eating supper with the rest of the band, choosing to instead stay in your room. Normally, you wait for everyone to go where they would be staying for the night before leaving your room. 

   You decide tonight you would watch some TV in the common room once it was empty. Putting your snack of choice on your bedside table, you strip. Throwing on a tank top and a pair of sleep shorts, you burrow into your nest of blankets and open the book you've been working on to pass the time.

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   Around 11:30, you had finally curled up on the couch, eating leftovers. Flipping through different shows, you finally pick a movie. Putting the remote down, you sink back into the couch and focus on the screen. Finishing your food, you pause the movie and head to the kitchen. You try to wash your dishes as quietly as possible. Putting the now clean dishes away, you walk back to the couch. Before you can sit back down, you hear a voice come from behind you. "So it does come out of its room."  Spinning around you face the unexpected presence "What the fuck do you want? And dont call me an it, asshat." Sodo snickers at you. "You know that attitude of yours, it's going to land you in more trouble then I think you realize." He warned.

   You take him in for a second. He was in a tee-shirt and a loose-fitting pair of sweatpants. His long hair flowing over his shoulders. His eyes are zeroed in on you. Slowly, he walks around the couch to stand in front of you. "And what are you going to do about?" You challenge stepping closer so your noses are barely 4 inches apart. His eyes darken. "I'll do exactly what I told you I would."  In one fluid motion, he grabs onto your right knee and drags it up to his waist, his other hand pushing you down to the couch by your neck simultaneously. You let out a surprised cry as your back lands on the couch, Sodos body above you. Hand still on your throat, he pushes your body to be completely on the couch and leans down. "I'm going to show you exactly what you are, and no one's here to save you this time." He whispered in your ear before chuckling darkly and nipping at the shell of your ear. Shivers trail down your spin, a pool of heat forming in your belly. His grip on your neck tightens, but not to the point that it would hurt you too much. His tail comes up the wrap tightly around the ankle of the leg he has pinned to his side so he could let go. Leaning back up, he looks you dead in the eye. "I suggest you be a very good girl." He pushed your shorts aside and runs a finger through your wet folds. His words and actions cause you to swallow a moan. You couldn't get your thoughts in order, just staring up at him. "Are you going to be a good girl for me? Or am i going to fuck that attitude right out of you." He questioned dragging his finger over your clit, pulling a gasp from you. You stare at him for just a minute longer before narrowing your eyes. "I don't think you could, I heard that your dicks about as short as your temper." You provoke him, trying to push his buttons. You must have pushed the right button because before you knew it he was getting off you and manhandled you so you were laying across his lap.

   Grabbing your tail with one hand to keep it out of the way, he slides your shorts down to expose your ass. "Count" was the only warning you got before a resounding smack rang through the room. The impact on you ass left a burning sting, making you gasp. He waited a moment, rubbing the now tender spot. When he didn't hear a word from you, he growled. "I said count." Smack. Gasping out a strangled one, he sounded pleased. He rubbed the spot again before landing another blow. Smack. "Two." Smack. "Three." Smack. "Four." By the fourth, you had tears rolling down your face. Letting go of your tail, he set you up he  and wiped them away. "Are you okay?" He asked softy, forehead touching yours. You nodded. "Can you keep going?" Another nod. "I need words." He pressed. You finally let out a small "Yes." To which he grinned, his kind and caring demeanor for a few seconds ago completely changed. "Good. Get on your knees in front of me." His voice full of authority. Looking at him, your eyes widen. "What?" He gave you a dark look. "I said, get on you fucking knees." Sinking onto the floor you do as he says.

   Lifting his hips he pushes his pants down, releasing his fully hard cock from its confines. He was anything but small. Studying him for a minute, you let out an unsteady breath. The head was a flushed, angry pink. The body of his cock had a slight curve and the perfect amount of veins running the length of it. Making eye contact you reach for it. "Be a good little slut. Suck it." He taunts. Taking it in your hands, you pump it a few times before bringing it to your lips. His body shudders under your touch, his eyes closing. Suckling on the head a bit, you continue to watch him, gauging his reactions.  Eventually, you sink down to take as much it to your mouth as you could manage. Bringing lips back up to the tip, you begin to bob up and down. Sodo's let's out a strangled moan. His hand reaches for you, entangling in your (h/c) hair, and presses you down harder. "You like that, don't you? You like chocking on my cock like the whore you are?" You moan on his dick at the question. Opening his eyes, listening to the sounds you make. He starts thrusts into your mouth a couple of times. "Your a little slut. A little slut who likes sucking on my cock. You dirty little whore." He then pushes to the back of your throat and stills. You suck hard as you drag up to the tip, ripping a groan out of him. Sliding back down as far as you can manage, you do it three more times.  With tight grip on your hair, he pulls you off his dick, saliva still connecting your lips to it. "You keep doing that your going to make me cum." Sodo pants, smiling. "That was the plan." You smile back. "How about we finish this in my room?" Sodo releases his grip on your hair and helps you up.

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The next day, everybody was sitting in the practice room, waiting for Sodo. You had your insults locked and loaded but for different reasons now. You knew there would be consequences, and you were going to enjoy every minute of it.

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[missmultipleaffairs]

I'm going to regret this but I'm doing it for my Tumblr Swifties. Surprisingly there's a lot of you lmao. My favorite song from every album, of course featuring TTPD. Taylor and TøP are the only full music catalogs I know. That's it. I refuse to do this again 🤣

Alright let's go!

Debut: Should've Said No. I WANT DEBUT TV SO BAD IT'S NO EVEN FUNNY. She deserves better 😭. This song is so fucking great and the attention it gets is beautiful to me. Special mentions to Stay Beautiful and The Outside for being underrated as fuck tracks.

Fearless (TV): Forever & Always. Also an underrated masterpiece. You Belong With Me has moved up in my ranking since actually listening to it again because I initially slandered my poor baby for being so overplayed. I feel bad, I really do. Fearless and Jump Then Fall also have my strong love an attention. As an album, I'm honestly not a huge fan of Fearless but I'm honestly glad it got TV treatment first and we got Mr. Perfectly Fine so there's a lot I respect it for. One more thing, Hey Stephen is underrated as hell and I want my baby to have more love pls 🙏

Speak Now (TV): Timeless. WHY ARE WE SLEEPING ON THIS SONG IT IS SO CUTE AND PRETTY AND GORGEOUS AND GOOD AND AAAAAHHHHHH. People need to respect the final track on this album I swear. This isn't fair to Timeless. I Can See You follows as a close second and I can't believe I never noticed that Joey King was in the music video. Mine and Sparks Fly are obviously getting love from me because I love my sweet love songs. Rest in peace to Long Live and her spot on the Eras Tour set list. You'll be missed my darling. The rest of you better stop sleeping on Timeless, it's underrated as fuck and I will not hear any arguing about that. Respect my child.

Red (TV): Treacherous. I know we're not still sleeping on this one after she played it mashed up with The Alchemy. If you are, you have no taste. One her best bridges and it gets so slept on. I beg you, love Treacherous in all her sweet and pretty glory. Message in a Bottle and The Very First Night are also getting extra love as the underrated as FUCK vault tracks. Seriously, listen to Treacherous and appreciate her, we love her here.

1989 (TV): Style. You Are in Love holds second place with an almost super close tie. Yall can't argue with Style easily being the best song on the album. Even my dad, who doesn't like Taylor Swift, says it's the best one. It just is. I'm sorry. You Are in Love I've found new appreciation for after I SLANDERED the poor song in a 1989 ranking on CapCut. I'm redoing all of those because some of those rankings were just unfair. This Love gets a special mention as second best song on 1989, just not my favorite to listen to most of the time. I already have bias towards 1989 because that was the first Taylor album I heard in full capacity. TTPD is my favorite album overall, but 1989 holds a nostalgic place in my heart. One more thing, if you're sleeping on I Know Places, I need you to listen to it again. It's so amazing and needs to be appreciated for the gem it is.

Reputation: I Did Something Bad. I did some reflection on Repuation. I Did Something Bad used to hold my number 3 spot, now I'm not so sure. I think it's easily one of my favorite Tay songs ever. Maybe. This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things and Call it What You Want get second and third place here. I love both songs to death. I love Rep as a whole, Endgame just weighs it down so much. It feels so out of place in Taylor's entire catalog and everything feels like it doesn't exist. It's also just a god awful song I'm sorry 😭

Lover: Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince. I'm not a fan of Lover. I love a lot of the songs on it, but there's so much that holds it back in my eyes. Again, I'm sorry. However, we need to talk about the opening song in the Eras Tour because OH MY GOD IT IS AMAZING. I'm mesmerized by this track, it's just so pretty and the high school fairy tale told in the story is so fucking good and honestly has probably happened in my school, though I've never heard of something like that happening.Anyway, honorable mentions because that's tradition here. I Think He Knows and I Forgot That You Existed. Both are super fucking underrated. I Think He Knows espexlcially. I Forgot That You Existed is so slept on why do yall do this to my heart. Lover and Cruel Summer are the two overplayed songs that hold my attention, holy shit. I play Lover likes it's fucking drugs. As for Cruel Summer, Swifties just have fucking TASTE. Thank you for streaming the shit out of that song. Now all I ask is that you stream Lovers opening track because I've never heard such a good Taylor Swift song so slept on by Swiftie society

Folklore: Invisible String. I will never forgive Taylor for removing The 1 and TLGAD from the set list. My soul is broken from that. My initial favorite was Mirrorball, but I think I'm going back on that too, maybe as my number 2 or 3 song. I do think Folklore is her best written album. With that said, I also don't like it that much. Indie music is something I've come to enjoy and appreciate, but Folklore isn't for me. Invisible String and Mirrorball are my underrated as fuck track picks for Folklore, I love them both so much and seeing them slept on hurts my soul a little. Also, didn't she play Invisible String the other night? And I missed it? I'm sad about it. Trust.

Evermore: No Body, No Crime. EVERMORE IS HER MOST UNDERRATED ALBUM. And I know I'm not supposed to be capitalizing shit from Folklore and Evermore, but I'm a fucking perfectionist who capitalizes everything. I've never felt so attacked by an underrated album in my life. Holy shit. Stream Evermore wayyyy more than you already do. Beautiful music. No Body, No Crime DESERVES number one for making me fucking shiver at it. Ffs why are we sleeping on this? Also, Long Story Short and Ivy are getting appreciation from me. My babies, I love them. Obviously I also think Willow and Champagne Problems are also superior songwriting. I will seriously fight with people about Evermore. I became a different person after listening to this album. It's so much better than Folklore in a lot of areas. Please please please give her more love

Midnights: Midnight Rain. Here's my thing with Midnights. Or even with Red, I need to talk about Red again for a second. Red is my least favorite album. I'm sorry, it has a lot of songs that I love with all my heart, and songs that I will occasionally listen to and enjoy. But there's so many songs that drag it so far down for me. I genuinely can't listen to it without feeling disappointed in some of these songs. I'm sorry to break your hearts. Now, Midnights, also kind of falls under the same problem for me. I don't know how I feel about Midnights despite listening to it multiple times already and trying to form an opinion. I actually have an opinion on Red. Now, back to Midnight Rain. One of my favorite on stage outfit changes ever. I'm not even holding back on that at all. I'll say it until I'm dead. Obviously the TTPD sets change into I Can Do it With a Broken Heart is EONS better. I think this song is GORGEOUS. That and Lavender Haze hold the key to my heart I swear 😫. The Great War is honestly my underrated track here. I'm calling it underrated because I feel like it, leave my alone on that opinion pls 😭.

The Tortured Poets Department: So High School. We don't deserve Taylor. I love this song so fucking much and I can't believe I slandered it on first listen. I can't even respect my own opinions anymore. TTPD is an emotional rollercoaster and I didn't even think twice before I stanned Fortnight so hard. I just thought it was impressive that the song was actually good. I still need to listen to the remixes that came out. I haven't heard good things about them tho. I'm giving extra love to Cassandra and The Prophecy. I will carry these two Anthology tracks to my grave with me for people to just appreciate these masterpieces. This album makes my heart soar in ways I can't even describe. Also, the Vivienne Westwood dress on the Eras Tour? Favorite thing ever. I adore that dress and I want it.

Double Bonus: Album ranking and favorite Eras Tour fits from each set. I'm having too much fun I wanna give yall more content because I'm nice. Sorry for all the reading you'll have to do

Album Ranking:

11. Red

10. Fearless (I'M SORRY 😭)

9. Folklore

8. Lover

7. Midnights

6. Debut (like I said, underrated as fuck album)

5. Reputation

4. Evermore

3. Speak Now

2. 1989

TTPD

Eras Tour Outfits:

Lover: Pink Bodysuit. I could go on for hours with how BEAUTIFUL that bodysuit is. I love seeing it.

Fearless: Movie Outfit. I feel like that's obvious, but it's just so cute and so fun when she's bouncing around in it. I know all the Fearless outfits all kind of do that, but I just think it's so iconic and cute

Evermore: I'm treating Folkmore as a separate entity here because I need to pop off about the bronze dress. I can't believe it's gone. She was gorgeous, I miss her and I need her.

Repuation: I mean... I can't really choose can I? There's only one. Honestly I prefer a lot more of the fits on the Rep Tour but this bodysuit is great. I also like the snake on her microphone during this era

Speak Now: NEW PURPLE MILAN DRESS MY BELOVED YOU ARE SO PRETTY I LOVE YOU. Also the other Enchanted dress that's basically the dress from the Speak Now Tour with way more flare. Listen, shut up I need both pls let me have both they're so pretty 😭😍

Red: Who's Travis Kelce Anyway? Ew. I can't it's so iconic and hilarious Taylor I love you 🤣. I think the new Red suit is also cute but listen. The shirts are what matter here. I love that shirt I think it's fucking hilarious to witness. And obviously I need to mention A Lot Going On At The Moment because ofc I do. These shirts are everything to me I can't 🤣🤣🤣

Folklore: MAGENTA DRESS EVERONE ELSE JUST SHUT UP FOR A MINUTE. THAT DRESS IS BEAUTIFUL AND I NEED IT. I'm not letting my biased ass pick the green one, the magenta dress has all my love, I will not shut up about it ever

1989: The green and purple combo. My two favorite colors made it into my nostalgia albums set list. I felt like I was 7 again just seeing the first combo of it. I almost cried I'm not even kidding. I watched a video of her performing Style in that exact outfit and I damn near lost it. I know this sounds stupid but listen, my two favorite colors present in the 1989 set is amazing. I know Folklore also had both colors, but 1989 somehow makes it more iconic in my mind

TTPD: Um... Vivienne Westwood dress. Duh. Like I said, I want one, I need one, it's amazing. I also think the black two piece with the gold blazer for ICDIWABH is also really great. Its just... that damn dress... I adore it with all my heart.

Acoustic Set: Green dress from previous tour, and current pink dress in Europe. I'm letting my biased ass pick the green dress her. I thinks it's very pretty and it's also green and I love green leave me alone with my green. I also LOVE the new pink dress. She's so gorgeous, I love looking at her.

Midnights: Movie Bodysuit. The way she shimmers OH MY GOD SHE'S BEAUTIFUL. I love the matching Karma jacket too. Seriously, I'm in love. Help she's lovely. I wish I could actually see the Eras Tour with the hope of getting that bodysuit and actually getting to look at it in person. I love her, I need her, I wish I was confident enough to wear her 😭

So yeah, those are my thoughts. Kind of biased kind of not. Thought I'm scared some Swifties her might get mad at me for some opinions. Just my opinion guys I'm not changing it to please anyone. Sorry.

[archiveoftara]

Fictional

Inspired from the song fictional by Khloe Rose. My mate @hufflepuff1619 suggested this amazing song and came up with the beautiful idea for this fic.

I hope you like it!!

Summary: Reader has gone through multiple heartbreaks and finds comfort in fictional characters (cuz same!) but this time her crush doesn't crush her feelings...you know what? Just read the fic. Bye

"Please, I can explain."

"What's there left to explain?"

"It's not what it looks like-"

"Please" I held my hand. "It's over. Thanks for showing me the truth."

I left the flat, eyes filled with hot tears. I can't believe he cheated on me with my best friend. I feel extremely disgusted and betrayed, without realising I found myself sitting inside a random train to London.

All I wish was to get out of this place, to escape the memories, The pain.

All my life, I've been the second option or the third wheel. Whenever I think I can give love a chance it just ends with a slap on the tits.

I will never go back.

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It's been almost a year since I've moved to London. I work at a small bookstore. It's peaceful. My job is to stack up the books and take care of the back office.

It may sound boring but I find it fun. I get to read amazing books. Getting lost in a world where I am loved back.

It's a bright morning, still early for business. I just flipped the sign to "open" and went on with my business of cleaning up the shelves, when I heard a jingle of the door opening.

"Welcome to Lavender bookstore. How can I hel-"

My gaze got stuck on a set of warm brown eyes, he's got long eyelashes. His eyes sparkled under the sunlight. It felt so foreign.

"I..I.. How can I help you, sir?" The last bit came out in a high pitch.

"I'm looking for these books." Handing me the list.

"I have to check. Give me a moment, sir."

"Lockwood's fine."

Lockwood sounds great. Hot infact. He's gorgeous. Don't fall for him, don't fall for him. Be careful love He might be your next heartbreak.

I came back with the books and made the bill. "That will be twelve pounds, Lockwood."

"Here you go. Thank you, ms?" He asked.

"Y/n y/l/n." I beamed.

"Nice to meet you y/n. I'm Anthony Lockwood from Lockwood and Co. I'll see you around." He handed me his card and left the store.

Guess I got a new crush.

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This is the third time I run into Lockwood. Is it a mere coincidence or is this fate?

Better not get my hopes high as per my record I have bad luck in love.

I Remember the time when I had a crush on this guy back in highschool, the one I mustered up the courage to confess but he made fun of me in front of the whole school.

I also remember that time when a guy in University, I fancied so much, came with a bouquet in our dorm, I thought it was for me and he's gonna ask me out but he turned to ask my roommate instead.

"Um..y/n, are you okay?" Lockwood's voice echoed into my head.

"Sorry. What were you saying?"

"So when did you come to London?" He said while looking at me intently.

"A year ago. So what's your talent?" I changed the subject.

"Sight's my thing. How about you?"

"I don't have one. You're lucky." I pout.

"Not really but the risk is worth taking." He looked deeply in my eyes, I think my heart skipped a beat.

Shit

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It's the weekend, me and Lockwood planned to hangout (it's strictly not a date) in Hyde park. As we both came to know we got things in common so he thought to have a nice (friendly) chat under the sunny sky. I dressed up in a floral summer dress and made my way to the park.

I think I have a friend now. When I reached the park I saw families who were playing with their children, couples under the trees , friends having a lovely picnic. I looked at my watch, we still got time. I pulled up a book and started reading where I left off.

It's been two hours, the sun was setting down, people slowly began to leave the park. I finished my book long time ago but Lockwood didn't show up.

I hope he's okay.

With a heavy heart, I made my way to my flat. My flat was near my workplace, I was absent mindedly walking when my eyes fell on the store. A familiar man in white shirt and black hair was sitting across a really pretty girl.

I hear something shatter.

Oh, it's my heart. How stupid of me to think that a guy like him will ever like me back?

I see Lockwood smiling at the girl. The girl lightly hit his arms and laughed. Before his eyes met mine, I ran away.

Well, I guess the third time's not a charm

Nursing a three times broken heart~~

It's been almost couple of months since I last saw Lockwood with that girl. I kept my distance with him. Whenever he dropped by the store I would hide in the back office or if he catches me off guard I would finish the conversation in one word.

I tried my best to avoid him but fate had other plans.

"Y/n?"

I was on my way home when I heard someone calling my name.

"Hi..?" I whispered.

"I wanted to apologise for that day. When I showed up at the park you already left, I had this important case-" Lockwood rambled.

"It's ok. I got it." I turned around.

"Wait. Y/n please talk to me."

"What's there to talk about?" Trying my best not to cry.

"Please tell me what happened? I tried to talk to you but you're avoiding me. Atleast, tell me what did I do wrong? I'll fix it."

"YOU CAN'T FIX IT." I felt stream of tears running down my face. "It's.. I saw you that day, in the bookstore, with that girl. Laughing and talking and I'm so. I feel like a loser Lockwood."

"Y/n listen-"

"What's there to listen? I saw it with my own eyes. You know I came to London because my boyfriend cheated on me with my best friend. I wanted to start fresh. Forget the pain. I was doing just fine till you walked through that door with your beautiful eyes and eye blinding smile. There I was falling yet again just to break."

"I am such a fool."

"y/n"

"I forgot I'm not build for love, no matter how much I try because someone has to come and stomp on my heart just for fun.

"Y/n listen"

"No you Listen to me Lockwood, I'm not gonna get hurt this time. Yes I did fell for you and yes it is unrequited but I don't care long as I have my books with me-"

I felt a pair of soft lips against mine. My eyes widened for a second before kissing him back. I melted under his arms. He pulled me closer, I felt everything going blank inside my head.

"Sorry..I couldn't find any other way to shut you up" he gasped for air.

"Does..does this mean?" I asked.

"I love you idiot. I really really do. From the moment I first met you." He blushed. "And that girl, her name is Lucy. She's my new associate, we were working on a case when you saw us in the bookstore. I was pulling her leg, She was talking about her new crush. Y/n, she's a sister to me." 

"Oh…shit."

"I'm sorry, Lockwood."

"It's ok you can make up for it with another kiss." He smirked. I playfully hit his arm in response.

"Will you do the honour to be my girlfriend?" He held my hand.

"I will."

*Bonus*

It's so crazy we run into each other so much, do you think it's fate?"

I blushed in response.

"Now dear, you'll turn into a tomato if you don't stop blushing."

"Shut up Lockwood."

[twotangledsisters]

🔮, 📺, and 🌙 for the ask game?

🔮- Something you wish had happened in the series?

This I could write suuuch a long list for!

So, without going too deep into stuff that I wish had happened to fix other mistakes... I wish we'd had an episode digging into Eugene's past.

I know we got extra backstory in regards to the Dark Kingdom but honestly, first time watching I thought it was stupid, felt like they wanted Eugene to be a prince for the sake of prince and princess because they never did enough with it for it to be worth it for me.

Now, I love it a lot more now but because of what the fandom did with it and not what the show did.

But I wanted an orphanage backstory! I wanted to know about orphan Eugene! I wanted to see a little Eugene and understand what had led him to become Flynn Rider. We got so many 'to survive on the street' and similar quotes, but I wanted to see it! I wanted to know!

I just feel like so much of Eugene's backstory we're guessing and that seems like such a shame when we got a three season show, so much time to give us more!

Honestly, there are other characters I wished we got more backstory for too but, Eugene and Lance I definitely was wishing for the most!

📺- Another show you’d like to see have a cross over with Tangled?

This one I've never ever thought about... What Disney shows are there?

You know what, Little Mermaid!

But not Ariel, some other side characters! Mermaids are confirmed in tangled, so why not? The Little Mermaid animated show holds a special place in my heart, show us some random character from that show only a handful of people would recognize and not believe their eyes. It'd be great!

🌙- Favorite Moon Character? (E.g Cass, Varian, Eugene.)

Well, boring as it may be, Cass is my fave for moon characters, Eugene coming in at a close second! And then Rapunzel in AUs third.

Although I'm not a fan of all the writing choices behind Cass' villain arc, her being the 'moon' holds a special place in my heart. Even when acquiring so much power, she's still second to the sun, still only shining with the light she reflects off the sun... The symbolism is soooo good! And she just gets so happy bouncing around with the stones. I can't help but enjoy that. Crossing the line is a song I hold close to my heart after 'waiting in the wings' tried its best to break it.

But of course, Eugene close second because the sun and moon imagery with New Dream! Plus, all Moon-Eugene fics have such amazing explorations of Dark Kingdom stuff and the drama! No matter what the reason he acquired it I can assure you there is one type of drama or other.

And Rapunzel in an AU setting, mostly just the aesthetic but there's also something very appealing about Rapunzel's gentle upbeat personality holding the power of destruction, you know?

Anyway, hope these answers were satisfactory! They were a lot of fun to think about so thanks a ton for the ask!

[nah-fr]

a night at ÑBA LEATHER/how i became a boldy believer [an article]

On a breezy afternoon at 4 PM young fans waited in line for the third installment held in San Francisco of what was about to be the greatest, hardest, unifying, and most smoked out concert of the year (so far). When announced mid December most if not all fans (including some homies and I) were buying tickets at lighting speeds and getting ready to lose vocal cords for the main event. Some fans came in with memorabilia from previous eras others came in with their love of the artists in some form. Overall it was gonna be a long night...

Once doors opened around 8 with two separate lines across from each other wrapped around two city blocks time was only ticking before the artists hit the stage. Walking there was three different merch tables for each is own. The 1st table had a mix of earl sweatshirt merch ( a brown hoodie with his character on the front and tour dates in red on the back, a SICK long sleeve , a SICK tshirt, and a NBA leather shirt featuring the iconic Kobe championship jacket on the front with tour dates following on the back ) , 2nd table contained a combo of F**K that's delicious merch with various NBA Leather logo shirts, and last but not least the alchemist & Boldy James merch table featuring multiple 80s cult classic themed logo shirts.

So for the people who've never been The Warfield I need you to understand how small The Warfield is especially for as close to 5 city blocks of people where taken up just to get into the theater. I was lucky enough to get barrier and hold my space the whole night. First act of the night was the illustrious alchemist & all star quarterback Boldy James, who I'm not gonna lie to y'all, never heard of him before that night so trust & believe when I say this will make you a full believer in him before he even gets into the third song in his set. From DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS into the winter BRICKMILE TO MONTANA Boldy's lyricism mixed with the alchemist melodic production makes it a pair to be reckon with following a requested encore from the audience.

Then Earl & BlackNoi$e came in for the second half of the event. He was everything I dreamed of just with a lot more morbid realist energy. Basically just typical Earl shit. From instant hits off of SICK! which dropped last month into unreleased tracks not even heard of by most of the audience Earl set was truly superb. For real I really can't even back track all the songs he preformed, I think it was after preforming E Coli where I zoned out and was transported into autopilot vibes mode. Thankfully I witnessed a hilarious moments where Earl rejected touching someones prosthetic leg for Coronavirus reasons. Then threw a girls phone back to her after throwing it in the middle of the stage barely missing him.

Last but not least briefly seen doing reps or push-ups (either way ready to tear shit up) early during Boldy & Alchemist set twas Mr baklava himself, Action Bronson.

Since dropping Only for Dolphins September of 2020, then releasing his book "F*ck it, I'll start tomorrow" last year it was only a matter of time before Bronson came out the cave for a all star tour like this. Coming out swinging with Daringer the heavy hitter Dmtri you can feel the unity of the crowd once "Knock em out the box bronson" comes up. I've honestly never quite seen a energy like that, especially from a audience mixed of people who drove up and down the coast to catch this legendary concert. Honestly sobered me right the fuck on up only to get me faded off the pure joy of knowing I actually got to see some of my favorite artists off my top ten list before i die or at least before I turn old and get tinnitus. Low key everything else is a blur after he signed my shirt on stage.

[BTW shout out to the guy next to me who got his Palo Santo signed he was the one who passed my shirt up to him.] During his set he preformed classics like Baby Blue , Golden Eye then what the crowd thought to be the final song preformed which was Terry only then swapped out for the late Mac Miller's song featuring Bronson Red Dot Music.

All in all if you miss out on this tour then you are officially missing one of the greatest nights of your life.

Check us out Sunday for a new episode only on nah fr. - Ant

Photo creds belong to nah fr inc.

[souichieatr]

wanna be yours, ch2

suna x freader , foxy boy

where in which two opposites fall in love

a/n: for everyone who commented on the posts youve been added sorry i cant reply <//3 if you're interested in being in the taglist send me an ask, i was thinking of making a playlist for the au would anyone be interested? lmk !! sorry if there are any mistakes or if its bad this is my first writing <3

ch1. this voice im hearing rn? , hey bestie

word count: 2,090

the first song- The Ghost of You- my chemical romance

second song- I Bet on Losing dogs- mitski

third song- Crybaby- destroy boys

pocketing her phone after reading tendous message, she opens the door waving to a couple friends and offers friendly smile taking her seat. a pair of pale green eyes follow her. after yesterday suna did a little research about her y/n y/l/n the bassist and youngest in the band called 4u, she has quite a big following on twitter, she's really nice and interacts with the fans. looking at her now you can't imagine her on stage suna thought. breaking away from his thoughts as the teacher walks in. spouting for about what feels like hours and the students taking notes, finally lunch approaches. y/n jumps from her seat grabbing her case she walks to the third year hallway. waving to her friends they walk to her, tendou wrapping his arms around her “y/n!!!!!! i missed you” laughing as she hugged him back “tendou!!! i missed you toooo.” she turns to the grey haired male, “semisemi!!” she says giving him a hug, he rolls his eyes and hugs her back “and ushi!!” she turns to the brunette to which he pats her head “good afternoon y/n.” as they go to the lunch room to grab their lunch, they walk to one of the music rooms they usually occupy. a beep from her phone grabs her attention seeing her friend atsumu asking if him his twin and their friend can join for lunch, “hey guys you dont mind if atsumu and his friends come join us?” she says setting down her case against the wall. “nah you can invite them, atsumu is our biggest hype man” tendou says, grabbing his drum sticks from his back pocket. texting him its cool she goes to unzip her bass. “oh ms lady ive missed you” she says hugging the instrument, “i can't believe you two and always wanting to play, dont yall have any other hobby?” semi says, grabbing the schools given guitar setting the speaker up for y/n. tendou gives a scoff “semisemi dont act like you hate hearing us play i see you listening to our covers alllll the timeeeee” he says “yeah semi besides we have a concert soon and it wouldnt be bad to have an audience” y/n says walking to semi to connect her bass to the speaker when the door opens, entering is atsumu in the middle, osamu on his left, and a mystery guy in the back. setting her bass down running up to the blond “tsumu!!” giving him a hug “y/n!!” he hugs her back, she waves to osamu, who shes met on an occasion. looking towards the dark haired guy she walks up to him, noticing shes seen him somewhere. “youre suna right? we're in the same class?” she says giving him a hand and a awkward smile, nodding at her words. “hope its okay im here” he says taking her hand giving a slight shake. “nah dont worry its nice to have a different face, seeing tsumu is getting boring” turning around to the male. “what she means to say is we could use practice in front of new people” the grey haired male says giving a small laugh when tendou scoffs at him, both guys walking towards the small group. “this is semi and this is tendou” she says introducing them. when the introductions are over the two males go back to setting up, y/n walks the newcomers to the sitting area “here you guys can sit, im sure you all know ushijima” on hearing his name he looks up from his name giving a small head bow. they all sit “any recommendations tsumu?” y/n says walking to her bass making sure everything was good, looking towards the small group. “y/n you know my favorites” atsumu says stealing one of his brothers onigiri. y/n laughs and rolls her eyes, turning to tendou “anything you wanna try tori?” tendou looks at her with a smile “y/n lets show semi whatweve been working on” hearing this semi looked at them “what do you guys mean? what did you two do” y/n chuckles at the grey hairs doubtful expression “mr semisemi you know your favorite mcr song” when she sees him nod she continues “me and tori learned it” she says pushing him lightly. semi looked at her with wide eyes then at tendou, looking at semi tendou flicked his drum stick between his fingers with a nod. “wow semi cant believe you, we spent so much hours perfecting a my chemical romance for your sap self and he doesn't believe us y/nie i might

” tendou says fake sniffing. the little group in the back beyond confused, atsumu clearing his throat “have you three forgotten us already, wheres our show” ushijima nodding his head “yeah why are you guys being so vague” tendou snickers “dont worry you three and wakatoshi we have decided to play a new song or well cover i should say” “yeah and its semi’s favorite band you know the one that he wears on his shirts?” ushijima looking towards the girl after hearing her statement he nods. “okay can we play now ive been waiting to show my skills and get our lovely semi's opinion” y/n says removing her pick, both boys giving a ‘yeah’. finally tendou does the countdown. suna looks at all three of them with slight excitement in his stomach, ‘is this a new song im going to hear?’ before he could think of anything else, semi started playing a few chords by himself and y/n starting to add her own strums then tendou adding drums. sunas eyes widen at how well all the sounds blended together, freezing in his spot when semi started singing, when hitting the chorus y/n joins him. suna looking at her, he felt like he had been put in a trance, feeling like theres a spotlight on her when she starts nodding her head seeing her tongue sticking out when stringing the instrument. towards the end you can see y/n lose focus and her eye twitches, ending the song she sighs. “hey sorry about the end” waving to the guys to her left with a frown. hearing applause from the group the frown doesnt last long. “WHOOO!!!!! THAT WAS MY BESTIES GO SEMI! GO TENDOU! GO Y/N!!” atsumu gets up and yells. “that was so good what the hell that was yer first time too?” he says going up to the group, high-fiving y/n. “i mean me and tendou practiced together but semi basically has every song by them memorized but together? yeah our first.” tendou getting up to get his water that was next to ushijima. semi joining the fake blond and the girl, patting her on her back “that was a good first for us i can tell you and tendou worked hard, we're definitely adding it to the set list.” getting a laugh from both of them semi walks to the small group. “hey man that was really good, you have a nice voice” suna says as semi approaches, semi turned to him surprised “oh thank you im glad you enjoyed, do you listen to our stuff?” he says taking a seat next to him. “ive recently just started, i hope that doesnt sound too weird” the dark haired suddenly getting a little embarrassed, chuckling “its not weird i promise, well its good you listen to us or im sure it would've been awkward to just be here” nodding along to what he said. tendou going back to the drums “are you cowards tapping out now?” “COWARDS?!?!” y/n yells back turning around “i am no coward tendou satori i'll make you eat those words semi get over here” she said grabbing semis attention and shooing atsumu back to his seat. chuckling as he sat back down, turning to suna “howd ya like em? theyre good huh?” suna rolling his eyes “im not going to help inflate your ego tsumu” “yeah tsumu yer big ego is not cute” gasping to their remarks “you guys are so mean to me, i introduce you to nice music and even the artists and this is the thanks i get” before any could respond tendou starts clicking his sticks. starting this one is tendou with a slower sound, y/n entering second then semi with vocals. y/n leans down to mess with something by her foot turning a notch noises like static come out adding to the music, coming up fast she starts adding her vocals complimenting semis. pressing on the box she leans down as more noises come out. atsumu leans over to sunas ear “thats a pedal that holds other sounds and can help stretch other sounds” suna giving him a nod. towards the end y/n reaches down to the pedal again adding a distorted sound before adding her last bit of ‘oohs’ before the song ends. everyone clapping as the members stay still for s bit before y/n dramatically bows “youre so welcome lovely audience” she says blowing kisses to them, laughing at her atsumu jumps up and down pretending to be a crazy fan “oh y/n you were so go

od i love you y/n!!!” y/n laughing at him. “hey atsumu what about me!” tendou asks swinging his hand “howd i do?” “oh tendou you were so good, i love you too tendou!!!” he says swinging his arm back. tendou satisfied with his response nods his head, “and with that lets play one more i still want time to actually eat before we play again later.” “yeah lets try ‘crybaby’ we haven't done that in awhile” semi says getting in position.“remember y/n you do the verses” y/n nods clearing her throat “go tori” she says and tendou starts the counting again. starting the counting fast he gets one beat then y/n starts off with singing, swinging her bass back she grabs the mic. suna cracks a smile nodding his head a little as he remembers this song on their youtube, atsumu whistling when y/n dips down her mic as she sings, letting the boys have a solo in between verses she bobs her head. the last few seconds of the song she swings the instrument back as she steps on the pedal creating feedback, as semi goes to vocals she starts getting a solo with tendou playing, y/n leans forward and her and semi sing the rest of the song. after the last note they all look out of breath. clapping for them again letting them catch their breath, y/n starts laughing “i forget how hard that song is towards the end” laughing with her tendou nods “its literally the last 50 seconds that get the hardest” “alright lets clean up” semi says laughing at both of their bored looks they send him. finishing up they all go to the group whove are talking among themselves. sighing as she sits y/n takes the seat next to suna, “so howd you like the songs?” she says with a smile “they were good though i only recognized the last one” he replies, “tsumu told me you started listening to us recently so i thought or well semi thought wed show off a bit with our best song being that” she says with a smile grabbing her bottle. a small smile appears on his face “oh hey tsumu told me youre like really good in your classes and i really need help in history and since we have that group project coming up do you wanna pair up?” she says setting her bottle down grabbing a bag of chips. “yeah i dont mind as long as you actually do something and i can help you study if your grade is that bad” he says. “thatd actually help me out a lot i really appreciate it” she lets a breath out. after that the two spent all lunch just talking, the conversation coming easy for both of them. hearing the bell ring y/n hugs her friends and walks with suna to their class, pairing up in the project the teacher had given them in their period. after class before y/n rushed out she passed him her number with a wink “text me for the deets foxy boy.” ‘foxy boy? suna thought to himself shaking his head texting her with a simple ‘hey its suna’ and heading home.

facts !

during lunch when suna and y/n we're talking the followed each other on twitter

semi was really touched they learned the mcr song

the 4u concert is at a small venue but no one really cares about the other groups going there

osamu and atsumu almost started fighting over the onigiri until suna said something about ushijima being right there

atsumu was watching suna and y/n talking

osamu actually really enjoyed being there during lunch

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[chris-evans-indian-fanfic]

Lifetimes

Chapter 1

Description- Chris wakes you up at night to escape, or so you think. 

This one-shot is for the second weekly challenge set by @donutloverxo and her friends! For this week, the fic is inspired by the prompt - “Let’s get out of here.” Check out the list of prompts here

Warning - Horror, mutilation, Dark!Steve

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You saw Chris' message flash across the screen- Still at the party. Will be late. Go to sleep baby. I will join you later 😉

Keeping the phone on the bedside table, you sighed. You were hoping to cuddle Chris as you slept, especially since the last few nights had been strange… to say the least.

Chris was the last person on earth to believe in paranormal activity, but you were sure something weird was going on in the house. It started with you spotting fleeting shadows across the rooms which made you feel uneasy. Then, lately, you had started feeling as if someone was dragging you away from Chris as you both slept together. One night, you swore you felt a hand creep up on your waist, pulling you towards the edge of the bed. At first, you had frozen with fear, but then, you had screamed and flailed your limbs, waking up Chris. Even though he had managed to calm you down, he had dismissed your concerns, simply stating, "It was a nightmare baby."

As you settled in for the night, you sent a silent prayer to the lord above to keep you safe till Chris' return. Closing your eyes, you hoped for sleep to come early.

...

"Honey," you heard the slightest whisper of your despised nickname, "wake up. We gotta go." You groan in response, your head still filled with sleep. "C'mon wake up. Let's go," urged your boyfriend's voice. 

"Chris can't this wait?" you grumbled, irritated. "No honey it can't," he whispered back. "Stop calling me that. You know I hate that nickname," you huffed waking up. Rubbing your eyes, you tried to find your mobile in the dim light of the room. As you reached for the light switch, Chris' pale, cold hand held yours, "We don't need the light."

"But I need my phone, and to find it I..." "You don't need your mobile," Chris interrupted you, "Let's get out of here," he whispered, his tone urgent.

"What's going on Chris? You sound upset," voicing your concern, you stood up, raising your hands as if to hug him. He jerked backwards, then headed for the door, "You were right. There's something unusual going on here. We have to escape. Now."

You noted the urgency in his voice as a dull, heavy weight settled in your stomach. Unwilling to further question him, you donned your jacket and followed him. 

Chris was already in the garage as you tried to keep up with him. Before you left the house, you heard the soft buzzing of your mobile from somewhere nearby. That's strange, you had kept your phone on the bedside table before going to sleep. Shuffling a few cushions around, you saw your mobile hidden deep in the crack between the sofa cushions. 

honk honk "C'MON! LET'S GO!" You jumped at Chris's loud exclamation. "But my phone…" you tried to tell him weakly. "FUCK YOUR GODDAMN PHONE. LET'S JUST FUCKING GET OUT OF HERE!"

Your entire body started shaking uncontrollably. You had seen Chris in bad moods, but none as hysterical as now. Luckily, your fingers pried the device free just in time as you heard his car door shut with a slam. 

Hiding the mobile in your pyjama pocket, you half ran, half stumbled towards the garage in the darkness. You could make out Chris' fuming outline next to the car as you tried to find the door he held open for you. Strangely enough, he wanted you to sit behind the driver's seat, instead of besides him as usual. But again, you chose not to question him.

The car's engine came to life as he started driving. After a while, you gathered enough courage to ask him, "Wh-what happened Chris?" He didn't reply, instead, he increased the speed of the car to almost 100/kmph.

You tried again, "Chris pl-please, tell me wh-what's going o-on? I-I am sc-scared... Pl-please." Still no reaction. Sobbing, you kept your hand on his shoulder, seeking comfort. With a soft gasp, you withdrew your hand as soon as it had touched him. Chris' shoulder was ice-cold. "Ch-chris?" "Shut-up and keep your head down," came the harsh command.

A warning bell rang at the back of your mind. Chris' voice sounded… different. It was strained, cracked, almost as if he was faking it. But this was your Chris, right? He seemed familiar. As you tried to see his reflection, his voice boomed in the car again, "I TOLD YOU TO KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN!!" You jumped on your seat, your heart beating in your throat as you followed his instruction, praying for this nightmare to end soon.

Long, agonising moments later, the car finally came to a stop. "Do you see the edge of that cliff? Go there and wait for me." You nodded and stepped out of the car. Before you could turn to take a look at him, Chris had already sped up ahead.

You pulled your jacket closer as you stepped towards the edge, the chilly midnight air nipping at your skin. You looked down, seeing nothing but the smooth stone of the cliff disappearing right beneath you. Glancing around the isolated mountain road, you hoped to catch a glimpse of Chris. Soon, you saw headlights facing the edge of the road. Clouds cleared in the sky and light from the full moon bounced off the asphalt road as you watched on. You could make out the faint outline of the car as it neared the edge, coming too close. Before you could utter a word, the car went over the threshold and down the cliff. The sound of crashing metal deafening in your ears. 

You placed a hand on your mouth, swallowing your scream, too afraid to make a sound in the still night.

The buzzing phone in your pocket demanded your attention. Maybe you could call for help? With trembling hands, you fished the device from your pocket, and saw Chris' face on the screen. Accepting the video call, your heart sank as you saw Chris, still at the party. "I am so so sorry babe! The party is still going on. I promise you I will come… Where are you babe? Why aren't you at home?" your boyfriend stared at you in confusion. "Ch-chris, he-help m-me," you stammered.

His eyes widened at your terrified state, "Baby where are you? Tell me. I will come and pick you up right now. Baby? Talk to me." 

"He-help," you could only manage between sobs. Even though your mind willed you to move, to speak, you were frozen on the spot. You knew it was too late.

"Honey?" That same cracked voice spoke, he spoke. 

"Who's that behind you? Baby talk to me. Who's tha… Holy fuck! Run y/n!! Y/N! Are you listening to me? RUN!"

He grabbed your phone and crushed it in his palm. Chris' last words hung in the air as you finally looked at your kidnapper.

His electric-blue eyes were wide with lunacy as the corner of his lips turned upwards in a sneer. The dirty blonde hair and muscular physique just added to his terrifying persona. But it was the gruesome, deep scar that ran across his sunken left cheek, that made your blood curdle with fear. 

Instinctively, you tried to take a step back, almost losing your balance at the edge of the cliff.

"Wh-who a-are…?" you tried to ask, but your trembling body failed you.

"Who am I? What am I doing here? What do I want? That's what you want to know right?" he asked in a mocking tone, shifting his weight from one leg to another, "WHO AM I? WHAT AM I DOING HERE? WHAT DO I WANT?!" 

You flinched as he suddenly raised his voice.

"Ooooooo you think I am unstable now don't you?!" his sing-song voice was back, "Eh? DON'T YOU?!!!"  

Tears spilled on your cheeks. You didn't want to die, not right now, not like this. 

"Aawww don't cry. Don't cry. Honey shouldn't cry. We love honey don't we? Don't cry. I SAID DON'T CRY!!" 

A squeak escaped your lips at the sudden change in his tone. 

"Centuries! It's been centuries now! Everytime I get the same reaction. Every. Fucking. Time! Do I deserve it? No! Never did. Look at this," he pointed towards the scar on his cheek, "You gave this to me in 1933. Same thing then. Didn't love me. Wanted me to leave. Honey forgets me every time. Every time," he said slowly, looking down, shaking his head.

1933? You weren't even born then. Bringing your jacket closer, you tried to control your sobs and reason with him. "I-I can g-get he-help for y-you. Pl-please mis-mister just let m-me g-go. I pr-promise I..."

"YOU PROMISE?!" his voice boomed, "You promised me immortality, and look where it got me!"

Bringing his fingers together, he slouched his shoulders and tried to imitate in a girlish voice, "Your Highness Steve, please trust me. Drink this elixir and you will become immortal forever. Think of all the kingdoms you can rule. You will be the sole emperor of the world! Noting will kill you! I promise."

Regaining his posture, he screamed at her, "I LOST EVERYTHING! MY KINGDOM, MY WEALTH, MY PEOPLE!! EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. THING! AND YOU," he held her by her throat, "You, my honey, had the privilege to die in every single lifetime."

You tried to feebly fight him as he tightened his grip on your throat and lifted you off the ground, "So now tell me, my Queen, my honey, can you make me mortal?"

Your eyes widened in response. "No? Hhmmm. I guessed as much," he tossed you aside as if suddenly uninterested, "Then it's time to join your ranks."

You tried to scurry away, but the sight in front of you stopped you dead in your tracks. You saw hands reaching above, from the other side of the cliff. Multiple sets of hands came into view as they gripped the edge of the cliff, with women hauling themselves onto the ground. These women were neither dead, nor alive, but all of them sported horrible injuries on their bodies. Some had their heads bashed in, others had their limbs cut off, a few were stabbed or shot, but all of them looked at you with fierce intensity. As they stumbled to form a circle around you and Steve, you realised that these women looked a lot like you, only they wore clothes from different eras in time. 

You felt numb, there was no way you would escape this. 

Looking at Steve, you tried to plead with him one last time, "I am so-sorry. Pl-please forgive me."

He laughed humorlessly, "You always end up apologising." 

Crouching besides you, he tucked a strand of hair behind your ears, the action sending a chill up your spine. "I like your face in this lifetime, maybe I will keep it for myself… hhmmm… Must keep Honey's face for myself. All for us. Only for me…" He kept muttering to himself as he unsheathed his knife. 

To your horror, he cut a deep cut right before your ears and started peeling your skin with his knife. 

The full moon stood witness to your pain as you finally breathed your last, and joined the ranks.

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Chapter 2