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dawnatlas · 21 days
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"Stitch by stitch, tape and gauze, Jean had done his best to keep the wayward child moving. The helpless anger—why the fuck did he get caught—had been mitigated by a more foolish what-if—what if he stays?"
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morroodle · 1 year
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the birb strikes again!
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I dont really have a full story for this funky lil dude but I do have some information about him!
Hes real short and overall just small because flying. Idk the exact height but im thinking around 4ft
He has naturally silent flight like an owl. Very convenient for being a ninja
His leggies get tired pretty quick from standing and walking but he can perch for hours, often even sleeping like that
Speaking of perching: he loves to perch. He will perch on anything and it's actually more comfortable for him than standing on flat surfaces. Favorite things to perch on: rafters, the outer walls of the monastery, the dragon head and sails of the bounty, people
Favorite people to perch on: Zane and Cole. Zane because he's sturdy, balanced and dosent complain about his claws (being made of metal has its perks). Cole because big comfy and barely notices his weight and he never mentions it. Both of them because tall.
He perches on Wu too but that's more an emotional thing than him actually being a good perch. Perching on Wus shoulder makes him feel safe because dad <3
At least Wu and potentially all the ninja have falconry gauntlets that they wear almost all the time. Morros talons are very sharp
Ears move with emotion. Why? Because I said so. Same reason for why the tail looks like that, it's just fun
He absolutely has funky bird instincts
His bed (nest) is a complete mess of blankets and pillows and things he stole and it is very comfy so long as you know where he hid the emergency knives
Goes mama bird mode on Lloyd sometimes. If his baby cousin has a nightmare he takes him to his nest and sleeps on top of him. Gotta keep the chick safe. His wings make good blankets <3
When he's comfortable with the ninja he likes to preen them. He won't admit that's what he's doing but they all know. He's actually really good at styling hair as a result. Hates kais hair gelled abomination with a burning passion
Very rare for him to allow others to preen him though, have to ask first and pretty much only Wu and Lloyd. Sometimes Zane but thats just cause he's good at it
Related note: he likes to look pretty. He puts effort into his appearance and takes very good care of himself, he likes accessories. Pretty bird <3
Don't call him pretty bird. He will kill you
Bird noises. Squawks, chips, coos and screeches. He sings sometimes too but only when he thinks he's alone
NO. TOUCH. TAIL. Or feets.
Will never admit it but he loves ear scritches
That's all I've got right now, I have some parts of a story and some lore but I don't wanna share until I have more. Should note that as of this point he is not a ghost, just a funky bird. I'm not sold on his design colors yet, especially his clothes and hair so that might change soon. Might also draw some versions with different colored feathers just for fun
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cosmica-galaxy · 2 years
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hmmmm so we got the main boys,phobos,sheriff,tricky and jeb as a dad
what about our boi auditor? Im very curious how would he act as one...👀👀
HHHNNNN PAPA AUDI!! YES!!
+Reader has fem parts but is gender neutral +Set in Salty’s Self Aware AU
The Auditor was quick to take notice of the sudden change in your attitude and behavior. Regardless of how much you tried to play it off that you were okay, you were getting hot flashes on the regular, much more so than would occur normally. You were also suffering periodically from small feverish episodes here and there, which worried the Auditor to an uncomfortable extent.
So, to settle his nerves more than anything, he takes you to get you checked out by the local medical staff in the AAHW HQ where he is currently stationed. Then, much to his great joy and surprise, the news is given to you both that you were pregnant with the Auditor’s youngling.
The moment you both are alone again to soak in the news, his flames dance about in a happy way as he holds his player close to his body. He trills at his player in a positive manner as he couldn’t have been happier at that moment in time.
He never even thought that your races would even be able to produce offspring, let alone make a crossbreed. Especially since you were from a higher plane of power, but maybe there was a universal exception that allowed for higher gods to breed with lesser gods like him? Regardless, after months of secretly trying to make the player carry a successful child, his efforts have been realized and the fruits of his labor are starting to come into reality.
The SQ’s worst nightmare.
An employer with powers of the higher gods would be born and they would successfully snuff out any remaining resistance in Nevada and finally deal with that bothersome grunt, Hank J. Wimbleton. The Auditor merely holds his player close as his body surrounds theirs in a protective way. A silent promise to protect his player and unborn young from all that threatened them.
During the first trimester, the Auditor is in a surprisingly good mood most of the time. He reserves his happiest expressions for when he’s with his player and soon-to-be-born child as he works just like he did before. But that doesn’t mean he’s distant or estranged from his player. He’s already gaining a protective streak as his player is assigned 2 MAG agents to accompany them at all times, with prime directives to make sure that his player doesn’t come to harm and is without protection.
This doesn’t just extend to protective MAG agents, though. As the moment the Auditor suspects that Hank is around, he moves locations, taking his player with him.
He would sooner die than let Hank get anywhere close to his player, he wouldn’t allow it. He’s fully aware that Hank and the others are your ‘other vessels’, but you don't need them anymore. You chose him above all else and as a fellow god, it was a logical decision to stay with him and the other employers. You don’t have to deal with mortal scum like the members of SQ anymore. Especially now that you were carrying a new employer.
So, the Auditor decides to begin construction on a new place for you all to call your own. A ‘home’ in fact. So, he gets to work with the location of the new abode. He thought about making it in hell or his hell or even the other place…but those places might not be too comfortable for you or his developing child, so they’re scrapped completely. Then, he decides to build a new base in a hard-to-reach area.
Scoping out the potential places in Nevada, he finds the large cliffs in a particular location to be the perfect nesting site for him and his player. So, the site is picked and construction begins immediately. The AAHW is hard at work on making the new base and the Auditor begins to draw up the plans for the base to be built by. His imagination goes wild as his clawed shadowy hand draws out the rooms and the multiple levels of what the base would have.
No…this wouldn’t be a base. This would be his precious player’s home. Taking inspiration from the other world, he designs the ‘base’ with a much more…human-home look. Similar to the way he saw your room in the other world and what it looked like. Painted walls…carpeted floors…wall decor…and anything else he could think of that would make the base look more like a human abode. Something you would be happier living in.
By the time your midterm stages rolled around, the base was completed and the Auditor showed you what it looked like with a strong sense of pride. Less to say that you loved it from the way your eyes sparkled and lit up when you took in the much more colorful walls, carpeted floors, and similar patterns that you had in your home dimension. The Auditor also receives a deep and long-lasting kiss where his lips would be as he leans into it and soaks up your affection like a sponge.
The Auditor keeps his promise of making sure you were comfortable by providing furnishings and homestead decorations. Like a large bed for you both to sleep in together, a closet for your clothes, a luxurious bath for you to clean yourself in, a clean kitchen, a large living area, various floors for the place to actually ‘count’ as a base and finally the youngling’s room.
The child’s room was decorated with a shadowy and crimson crib, a changing station, a bookshelf, a play area, and even a little entertainment center in the corner. It had a toned-down regal vibe to it, but it was clear that the Auditor has a specific taste for decor. As most of the items in the home have either a black, red, or rich type of look to it. You could only be happy that you wouldn’t have to live amongst concrete and gray lifeless walls. Especially if you could live in a ‘base’ that looked just like the home you used to have.
Now that the homestead issue was resolved, the Auditor focused on your well being much more as your pregnancy carried on. With regular checkups with the medical staff every 2 weeks being a must. Nothing can go wrong with his little godling, he wouldn’t allow the room for error to develop if he could help it. He also had to make sure that you had an appropriate diet and were well-fed enough to care for you and the child both. That didn’t stop your cravings from throwing him through a loop from time to time, however.
I mean, really? You REALLY want to eat a sandwich with THAT much spiced meat and vinegar on it and top it off with marshmallows and pickled ONIONS of all things? Sure thing player. Anything for you. Whatever you desire, he’ll do. No questions asked.
It was not only the food issue he had to deal with, he also had to make sure that you didn’t overheat during one of your intense hot flashes. He’s had to set you down in a tub with lukewarm water just to help you cool down from some of the sudden hot flashes you would experience. The medical staff merely assumed it was because of the Auditor’s fire-like genes that might be affecting the pregnancy by making the player’s body temperature spike in response to the developing employer inside of them. The Auditor takes their assumption…for now.
By the time your due date begins to arrive, the Auditor is a STRESSED MESS. He’s balancing his employer duties, the AAHW, and becoming a new father on top of it all. To make things worse, the other employers are becoming eager to meet his little one, to which he would snap at them that the child wasn’t even born yet and they were already circling his family like vultures. It was needlessly bothersome to him and he didn’t like it one bit.
But the moment he comes to the base to see you, the woes of all his responsibilities melt away as you embrace him lovingly. Giving him kisses and light massages to help him cope with his stressful duties. He appreciates the affectionate gestures and purrs in response to your kneading hands that sink into his shadowy form to try and pull and push the pain away from his body.
Even during Nevada’s night cycle, you two cuddle in bed with one another. His fiery body provides your more human-one with warmth and comfort as you snuggle into his chest as he holds you close. Once more wrapping his shadowy form around your body in a protective manner, just as he has done every night since you became the carrier of his child. Feeling his lover so close, as well as the subtle warmth that radiated from within your belly, made the Auditor relax as he drifted into a deep and comfortable sleep fit for the higher gods.
Then, the big day arrives.
The Auditor was at his desk when his email began to ping like crazy. The moment he opened his email and read that it was from the medical staff that was stationed at the base his player was stationed at, the Auditor tossed everything aside and abandoned his post without question. His shadowy form slips into the floor in a heartbeat as he races back to the base to reunite with his player.
The moment he finishes emerging from the floor in the hospital wing of the base, he becomes aware of his player laid out on a gurney, taking deep breaths as they were in the beginning stages of labor. The Auditor hurries to their side as the medical staff rush around the room to collect what would be needed to deliver he new employer into the world of Nevada.
The Auditor is there every moment of the delivery process, even enduring your bone-crushing grip as you screech and pant in an effort to deliver his child. Then, the room is illuminated by a new glowing light as the medical staff finish the delivery. The Auditor watches as the staff shares a brief glance with one another, then they wrap up the new arrival in a black blanket. The auditor feels your grip weaken as you release his hand from your vice grip, as you relax that the process is finally over, allowing him to move close to the staff members who hold out the little bundle to him.
He takes it and hisses at the rest of the grunts to leave and the lot don’t need to be told twice, they all flee the room, leaving just the Auditor and his player with their new arrival. The auditor looks down at the black blanket in anticipation before finally pulling the cover away, revealing the child underneath.
Instead of having a typical coloration of an employer, the child was a striking bright glowing white with the player’s iridescent colors mixed into their flames and form. The Auditor was surprised with the coloration as he held the child close to his chest in awe. They were so beautiful…so otherworldly stunning…like a glowing nova. The Auditor feels pride bubble up inside of his chest as he nuzzles their cheek and speaks to them with a trill from deep within his throat, stirring the little one from their slumber.
Unlike his form, the baby employer was gifted with both eyes and a mouth. To which they yawn and he noticed it also changed colors just like their flames. Then their colorful eyes opened to take a look at their father. A curious gaze greets him as he chirps at the little one, getting a soft squeaky trill in return. He nuzzles them again, enticing another small purr out of his infant as the Auditor looks over to his player. Seeing them watching him greet his offspring with a smile on their face. He wastes no time in walking over and giving your lips a loving kiss as he shows you the young one.
“Look…a little flame that will one day grow into a powerful ruler…” He says, his voice laced with adoration as he strokes the child lovingly as his player nods in agreement.
He gives his player another deep kiss.
“Good work, my dearest player.” He purrs in praise as you let out a soft laugh in response to his affectionate actions.
Then, the doors to the medbay suddenly swing open, startling you both nearly out of your skins. You both look over to the entrance, revealing that the other employers had decided to come visit.
“Hey Audi!! We have come to see the baby!!” They all say in unison.
“GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY BASE!!” The Auditor yells at the lot. As a parent, Audi has to stay with his work and projects most of the time. Which makes him a bit distant, despite it being primarily unwilling. But he’s a stern father who tries to make their child view themselves above everyone else, I mean...they’re a literal god-child, no demi-god blood to be found in them. However, you don’t want a little supremacist for a child, so you make sure to re-temper the child and keep their mind open to other things and people of various backgrounds, not just the other employers or themselves. One way to make sure that Audi doesn’t corrupt them with his arrogant ideals is by letting them play with the agents and MAGS that guard their home. Torture is a favorite to the child, as they seek him out whenever they know he’s visiting and Torture is a loyal guardian to the little one as they hang out with one another. The player can only look on as their little child makes friends with ‘lesser beings’ and broadens their understanding of their world. You even tell them of your home world and that you desired to take them to visit it one day. You and Audi may not see eye-to-eye on a lot of things that regard raising the young employer, but at the end of the day, you all snuggle together and just relax in your shared embrace with your little one nestled in between you two. Audi is a regretfully distant parent, but loves his child and player very much.
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bunnakit · 7 months
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oh oh this is difficult bc i really kinda want some "the secret" spoilers but im too curious about what "that demon, fear" is about? 👀
WIP SNIPPETS GAME🌸
aahh anna!! that demon, fear is my bigchan nobody dies wip that's up on ao3 but i've kinda put on pause bc i lost the inspo for it. i don't have anything new but i'll share my favorite part of it so far!
He didn’t know if he was lost in his thoughts or if the approach had just been that silent, but he jumped nonetheless as a voice spoke from the doorway. “Chan, I’d like to have a word.” He was on his feet with practiced ease despite the raging, snarling, screaming demon beating against his ribs and gnawing on the valves of his heart. “Of course, Khun Korn.” He moved to take a step forward, assuming they’d adjourn in Korn’s study, outside in the garden, anywhere but here. The demon screeched and thrashed as Korn instead stepped further into the room and shut the door with an echoing click. “I’ve heard you’ve been spending quite some time here.” His tone was conversational as it always was, an illusion of ease and camaraderie. Chan knew better. “Yes, Sir. When my duties are fulfilled I do prefer to spend my time here.” He knew his work had not suffered for it, knew he’d still been in top form. He’d been sure of it, knowing any perceived mistake would draw attention to his free time. “I’ve never known you to spend so much time by a subordinate’s hospital bed.” Korn stood beside Big’s bed, watching the rhythmic drip of his IV. Chan hated the way his eyes lingered on the injection port. It was a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, but Chan had seen it. He felt the demon in his chest extend a hand and scoot aside, clawed hand reaching for something he fought to suppress. “I wonder, Chan, what will happen if he doesn’t wake up? How long do you intend to check on his progress?” Questions were never questions with Korn. It was a dance Chan had seen a thousand times, though it had been decades since he’d been on this end of the routine. “He’ll wake up.” He was toeing a careful line, he knew, and Fear screamed again as Korn’s fingers gently ran over the delicate cannula that ushered oxygen to the bearer of his heart. “Mm. Perhaps.” Korn nodded slowly and turned back towards the door, hands tucked at his back and a serene smile on his face. “I’ll see you at breakfast.” He departed as quickly and as quietly as he had come. When silence echoed in the halls Chan felt Fear’s extended claws wrap around another. A volatile force burst into the limited confines of his sternum and ignited his bones in a white-hot inferno that forced him to collapse into the chair behind him. This new resident was no stranger to him. Fear had beckoned forth an old friend to nest within the limited confines of his being; Wrath was a demon Chan had forged a pact with long ago.
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revenant-coining · 2 years
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ooo what would you say is the farthest youve went ?? and how much energy would you say you have . but ooo thats so cool its like you have an infinite source because you can cause chaos wherever you go !!
fate sounds like a lovely being ^__^ do you ever wonder if youll be able to see her again ?? and it kinda sucks how most beings in that dimension only dislike you just because of who you are you cant control that :P im glad you at least had some friends though !! 
ooo i dont know anything about politics but was the system corrupt  ?? did things works out the way they were ?? how many jobs could one person have ?? what would happen if you didnt have a job how would you live in the world ??
ooo tendrils sound very useful !! were there any other uses for it ?? i wanna draw a character with tendrils now eee /pos
wait so there were mortals in your dimension ?? is there anything else about your dimension that you havent mentioned yet or isnt related to heaven or hell ?? but ooo minecraft is so much fun im glad they have it both here and over there !! i love looking at the builds personally , im planning on making a side blog just for my interests !!
hehe being a menace is fun though !! my headmates tell me im not one though im too sweet and... theyre right FKDJLSJ TwT what kinds of problems would you cause ?? any specific tricks or tomfoolery that stand out to you ?? thats good you didnt care what others thought of you i bet you are very swag then and even now i think youre swag wee :D 
DETROIT DJFLSKFJKSDL thats so random /pos
oh my god wait i actually really love learning about your dimension ?? like i love learning about it either way but JFKDJFLFJ that. the sin and virtue system is one of my FAVORITES idk if thats offensive or not lemme know though /gen but that is soo interesting !!
ooo thats good to hear !! im glad and i hope things are still doing well !! do you think youll ever be able to go back ?? if youre the god of chaos and they banished you i wonder how its like there now , do you think the balance has been thrown off because of the lack of chaos managing ?? but YES YES YES if and when you can please do draw it id love to see your interpretation of everything !! /nf
chewies check out list : mlp and hilda (when goop has the time ofc)
dude nesting is one of the autismal things ive learnt being human its just ... yes nest for me and my little creechure brain /pos did you teddy have a name ?? and do you nest right now in this realm ?? 
ooo why was magic and potion making big ?? what were the plants like ?? what do you think brought the beginning of how your economy works out ?? economy ive never thought id be so interested in before !!
ooo that dimensions sounds interesting its like theyre trying to prepare to not have any mystical beings but it is very interesting how they were able to push you out i wonder how :O do you give dimensions names ?? do the other gods have the power to open portals ??
we experience dpdr as a symptom of being a system so we know what thats like though we never really put a name to it i like how you have a zombie ai and ghost coping link though !!
ramble anon
the only way to measure how far I've gone is how long it takes me to get my energy back (assuming I'm getting a constant stream of chaos energy). but time works differently in different dimensions. the longest i was in a different dimension is 2 years i think? but when i got back to my dimension only a month had past in hell and heaven (a week had past in my dimension's mortal plane, hell/heaven and the mortal plane had different time flow, a month in hell was a week in the mortal plane)
Fate was very lovely :]
I kinda understand why they didn't like me, cause i didn't need to cause problems on purpose, but i did anyway. and i might not have memories of most of my friends but i have positive emotions associated with them :]
despite running in politics i don't think i knew anything about them, I'm pretty sure my friend was doing most of the thinking and i was just along for the ride. i don't recall any big corrupt controversy so i don't if anything happened /gen. most people if they had a job dedicated their lives to it, but nothing was stopping them from having multiple or changing careers. money wasn't nearly as important as it is in the mortal realm (or this universe for that matter). you could trade for goods or do random chores/quests to get stuff.
i mainly used my tendrils to grab stuff i couldn't reach and carry heavy things, since no weight seemed too much for them. also they were nice for like, grounding exercises. i could wrap one around my leg or torso and be chilling
yeah there were mortals. in my universe earth was real and i'd visit sometimes (mainly to learn about music) humans were a thing along with a bunch of humanoid species (like siren/mermaids, hybrids, etc.) there were portals to and from earth, heaven, and hell so it was common for heaven and hell beings to be on earth.
another thing i haven't mentioned is the Red Dimension (a sub-dimension with my "parent" dimension, which is quite literally a dimension where everything inside wants to kill you. the entire dimension and everything in is was some shade of red. it looks kinda cool but is not a fun place to be.
and Fate lived in her own dimension, basically, an infinite space for archiving what has and what will happen, lots and lots of filling cabinets filled with records of everything. inside said dimension is the. waiting line i guess for getting souls into an afterlife if they believed in one.
minecraft builds are very cool, my (this dimension) older brother is real big on building things. and i highly recommend a side blog for your interest :]
when it comes to being a menace and getting chaos energy, chaos, destruction, and absurdity work well on getting said energy. i avoid causing destruction, but sometimes Fate would tell me that something (like a natural disaster) is going to happen so i could be ready for the influx of energy (excess energy makes me hyper). my favorite way to be chaotic was biting people, it works very well on getting energy and is just very fun to do. throwing myself around with my tendrils worked as well. if i could find something to do that would shock people in a absurdity kinda way i'd end up doing it.
the sin and virtue system IS really cool, and don't worry it's not offensive to say that /gen. I'm glad you like learning about my dimension! I really enjoy talking about it :]
I have no clue if I'll be able to go home while in this body since I don't have access to any of my magic, so I guess I'm waiting to see if some powerful being from this dimension or my own gets me home? I don't know how I ended up in this body in the first place /gen. I haven't even thought about how the balance is back home, I hope the other powerful beings have figured out at least a temporary solution.
I'm on my way home right now so when I answer you're next ask I'll have the drawings done and show you :]
I love nesting SO much. comfy objects is what it's all about. I don't recall the name of my teddy bear, and I nest in this dimension as well (not being able to purr lowkey sucks)
magic is very big in my dimension, even mortals use it. so it was used for a lot of stuff, and he'll had lots of resources for magic and potions. magic and potions are important cause of the fact that lots of creatures that are deadlier then the one's in this dimension exist, so mortals have to be able to protect themselves. The plants looked pretty funky /pos and I remember how a few of them look. (I'll show you art of the plants in my answer to your next ask!)
I think the economy started before I was made, which means it's REALLY old, I've been around for a while but it's been around longer.
I've named a couple dimensions (like afterlife but it's Detroit) but they're more like nicknames. Even the Red Dimension has a official name (which I think is just a bunch of numbers and letters?) but we call the Red Dimension cause it's. very red in there.
most powerful beings can open portals or teleport, it's the main way of transportation (especially between earth, heaven, and hell so people don't have to walk to the natural portals.)
my copinglinks are very close to my heart <3 they help a lot with making dpdr less distressing /gen
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adorerdraco · 4 years
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Not My Type (Like You) ✧ Draco x Reader
Request: you should like do a one shot or even another mini series about amortentia/love potions in general. i’d soooo read that
AU SEVENTH YEAR WHERE VOLDY NEVER CAME BACK <3 f**k that mf !
italics are for flashbacks <3 i love them if you couldn’t tell 
Warnings: mean!draco, cursing, more mature themes/ideas, little bit of spice towards the end teehee but not too much bc idk how to write smut to save my life
Words: 4.5K
A/N: I saw a tiktok that kinda inspired this and i couldn’t get the idea out of my heaaaad if anyone knows which one im talking ab send it my way so i can show !!!! ALSO I LOVE THIS ONESHOT I LOVE DRACO AND I AM IN MY FEELINGS this might be my new favoriteeeee
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Draco Malfoy was insufferable.
The Prince of Slytherin was unbearable for many reasons, things you've been taking notice of since your first year at Hogwarts when you accidentally had the ”pleasure” of interacting with him when he called you stupid in a class for reciting a spell incorrectly. That day, a hostility blossomed. A hostility that ensued nothing but teasing, mocking, and criticizing that would sometimes go too far and you'd both have to be pulled away from each other by your friends’ before either of you said anything excessively harsh that had no return.
You often felt like Malfoy sought you out to bother you and only for that. You could be sitting in the Quad with friends, conversing and laughing like nothing in the world mattered, and a few minutes later you'd be hurling insults towards the blond across the courtyard after he would yell something infuriating to you with that smug smirk on his face and his goons laughing wildly beside him as if he just said the most hilarious thing they've ever heard. 
On the days you’d ignore him, not having the patience or the energy to deal with him, he would still somehow find a way to push your buttons. Little things here and there like passing you in the corridors and tugging at the ends of your hair gingerly like a child but enough to tick you off or sending you notes from across the class in the form a small fluttering bird with a lousy drawing of you usually with a message along the lines of, “Y/L/N, hopefully, this note finds itself in the nest of hair you have today xx DM.”
In all honesty, there wasn’t a day you didn’t encounter Draco and it’s been that way for seven long years. Neither of you ever gotten tired of mildly or spitefully bullying each other and neither of you ever dreamed of stopping. He was one of the few constants in your daily life, and you in his. It was like you both lived on annoying the other, and in the midst of all the chaos that you brought to one another; there was a small, teeny, tiny acquaintance - not that either of you would ever admit it. You may have noticed it the time you bet each other ten galleons for who would win in the Triwizard Tournament your fourth year and he bet on Viktor Krum while you on Cedric Diggory. (he’s very much alive i refuse to think otherwise.)
“So you’re telling me, your mother is the reason why you’re not at Durmstrang,” you scoffed. “This whole time I could have been saved four years of headaches.”
“You’re just jealous some of us have more opportunities than others,” he snarks back pompously. “Unlike you, I hardly believe you would be graceful enough to even be considered admission into Beauxbatons.”
You had gone to see the last task of the competition just like the rest of the schools, all packed tightly onto the stands and watching carefully the exit of the maze. Naturally, you had arrived with your own friend groups, but somewhere during the time of sitting there and even being a few rows behind the blond and his minions, the two of you had met in the middle bench after he was trying to prove something wrong to you. 
When Cedric appeared back in front of the stands with the glowing Triwizard cup held high over his head in victory and every Hogwarts student loudly celebrating, you had jumped up from your seat and shook wildly an irked Draco beside you. He roughly shrugged your hands off his stiff shoulder, looking up at you with a sneer that you met with a bright beaming smile.
“Pay up, Malfoy!” You held out your hand towards him, opening and closing your fingers to receive the bet money. “I believe it was ten galleons you owe me.”
He begrudgingly reached into his coat pocket and fished out the coins, counting them defeatedly before tossing them into your palm. “What a waste of galleons.”
“Hey, you made the bet,” you reminded him with a still very bright smile. You shoved the money into your pockets, keeping one of the gold coins in between your fingers, and gave him a small hair ruffle that he harshly recoiled from before you turned to jump back up towards the level of stands your friends were originally sitting at.
“Were you really sitting with Malfoy this whole time?” One of your friends questioned when you reached them, a goading smirk on his face.
“Ooooh, she definitely was,” another friend piped up, wiggling her eyebrows. “They’re obsessed with each other.”
“Shut up,” you smack her arm casually, showing the pair the one gold galleon you were holding. “We are not. I was only sitting with him to get my bet money.”
“Sure,” they drawled in unison, sniggering when you threw your head back in annoyance.
You looked down the rows to see the mop of white hair you just sent into disarray. He was slowly descending the stairs of the stands with Crabbe and Goyle following closely behind him. Almost as if he felt your eyes on his back, he turned back to look at you, his cold gray eyes gazing into yours. It was like everything around you went quiet, the only thing in your focus was him and all you could do was stare back. It wasn’t until your friends started stifling laughter and whispering “aww’s” that you snapped out of the short-lived and odd few second trance you were in. He waited for you to do something before he turned back around, and you did - by holding up both hands; the one golden galleon on your left and your middle finger on your right, grinning to yourself when he rolled his eyes throwing you the finger right back before he finally disappeared into the mob of people below.
You were briskly walking down the corridors, books held tightly to your chest with your friend at your side while you made your way to Advanced Potions with Slughorn after Snape finally made his way into the DADA position. It was an easy class, potions being something you had a knack for and it gave you enough leisure to mess with your “favorite” Slytherin who shared it with you. 
“Look there goes your boyfriend,” your friend teases, elbowing your upper arm roughly and nodding her head down towards the hall to the tall blond appearing around the corner and entering swiftly into the class.
“He’s not my boyfriend,” you hiss. “I’m tired of everyone saying that. I hate him and he hates me, end of story.”
“You know when you say you hate him, it just sounds like the opposite,” she says tauntingly. “Besides, hate is a strong word and very misplaced. Maybe, it’s just years of built-up tension that both of you have been too nervous to do anything about.”
“Tension? Yeah, I want to strangle him,” you laugh to yourself at the thought.
“Not that tension, idiot,” she shakes her head, “I mean sexual tension...clearly.”
You gave her a horrified look mixed between being disgusted and being offended. You held your hand over your mouth and pretended to gag as dramatically as you could. “I am appalled that you would even say that. I would rather be locked in a room with Filch and Peeves and hear them argue and fight all day than to be with Malfoy like that.”
“Come on, think about it,” she encourages, stopping the two of you a little ways away from the classroom. “You guys 'hate' each other?” She finger quotes the hate, looking at you with a raised eyebrow. “When you hate someone, you don’t go out of your way to talk to them every day.”
“It’s not like that,” you wave a hand dismissively. “Also, this isn’t a cliche, this is real life. We hate each other, that is all there is to it.”
You picked up the walk again, your friend to following behind you while letting out a deep and exhausted sigh. You couldn’t help but think about what she said, sure, perhaps at one point you thought Draco was attractive with his bright silver hair, his glittering gray eyes, his little button nose that he would crinkle up every other word he spoke in his charming haughty voice, or the way he’d tower over you in the middle of a conversation gone wrong and he’d be talking lowly to you but all you’d be able to focus on was the sweet scent of apples and cologne that radiated off of him.
“No,” you whispered almost silently to yourself, forcing yourself out of your thoughts and shaking your head from side to side as if it was going to get the image out of your head. He was mean, disrespectful, arrogant, and insulted you daily - even if you both laughed about it or gave props for the perfect jabs.
The first thing your eyes landed on when you walked into the dingy Potions classroom was Draco, his focus trained on the ceiling as if he was deep in thought. Just as his eyes were about to flicker down towards you, and sensing that he was about to, you quickly avoided his gaze and concentrated onto Slughorn who was waiting patiently by his desk with a bubbling cauldron for you and your friend to join the crowd in front of him.
“Great! Now that we’re all here,” Slughorn began excitedly, fixing the sleeves of his robes as he grabbed the ladle in the cauldron and began stirring it while continuing his lecture. 
You were trying to listen, capturing only the professor’s last sentence as he called on someone who raised their hand. All attention was thrown out the window when you realized Draco was standing near said classmate, a look of annoyance suddenly clouding his features when his pale eyes met yours.
“What?” He mouthed. You ignored him, trying to turn your concentration back onto Slughorn but nothing he was saying made sense, and right as you caught a word you did understand, a shuffling and an abrupt arm knocking into yours threw you right back out of the loop.
“Watch it,” you snap hushedly when you notice who it is. “Why are you over here?”
“I can’t say hello to my number one fan?” He whispers back, snickering slightly when you scoffed quietly.
“Fan? Says the one who shoved his way through the crowd to come over here,” you grumble, crossing your arms. 
“I hardly shoved,” he mutters. “I only moved because I couldn’t see Slughorn from where I was standing. Not everything’s about you.”
“Really? Because to me, it seemed like you came over here for my attention.”
He let out a breathy chuckle, a patronizing smile making its way onto his face. The type of typical boy smile where his mouth is half agape with his tongue smoothing over his teeth as he stared off across the room with his fingertips rubbing thoughtfully against his jawline as he thought of what to say. You stood still as he bent down, nearing his mouth towards your ear and whispering hotly, “you wish, darling.”
Slughorn sent everyone to their paired tables, and as everyone began moving and Draco sauntered off away from you, you stood stuck there, shocked with the lingering chills that were sent down your spine from your archnemesis’ comment.
“I told you, you’re into each other,” your friend sang expectantly from behind you, grabbing onto your sleeve and directing the two of you towards your table. 
You were working peacefully at your workspace, cutting up, peeling, and crushing the ingredients that your friend was sliding across the surface to you. In the table behind you was where Draco was working annoyingly quiet, tossing the stripped stems of the roses at you that you had to peel, tiny thorns pricking at your ankles through your socks since the bigger thorns had been taken off for the potion. As payback, you would throw back loose extra pearl dust you ground up, giggling tauntingly when he would frown at you for getting the coarse white powder all over his Italian leather shoes and most definitely inside of them as well.
When you, and seemingly the rest of the class, had finally thrown in all the ingredients and the potion promptly finished brewing, beautiful clouds of white and pink smoke began rising from the cauldrons, each one having a lovely scent of first; freshly pressed high-priced linens, then a faint smell of a brand new racing broom out of a box with a freshly polished wood handle that then quickly transformed into a sweet harvest of apples, green specifically, and finally...
“Ugh, gross,” you pinched your nostrils closed, turning your body around and sending a scowl towards Draco’s way. “Malfoy, we get it, your cologne is expensive, now stop spraying it. I was smelling all these wonderful things and you ruined it.”
He arched an eyebrow at you, looking at you as if you were crazy. “Are you mad? I didn’t spray anything, I think you’ve finally lost it.”
“Well you laid it on too heavy this morning then, it reeks in here.”
“You’re one to talk, Y/L/N. Did you bathe yourself in that dreadful perfume you wear just now? And that ghastly lip shiner thing you use,” He sneers, crinkling up his nose. “I can’t even think straight, I might vomit.”
“Lip shiner? It’s called lip balm, you prat,” you retort, crossing your arms angrily. “Either way, I haven’t used or sprayed anything either so-”
“For Merlin’s sake!” Your friend suddenly exasperated loudly from beside you making you briskly whirl around to look at her, a look of pure annoyance etched onto her face. “Are you two really that daft? Honestly? Have you been paying attention to anything other than each other? For instance, the potion we just made?”
This gained the attention of your classmates around you in the surrounding tables, turning their heads slightly but not obviously with small knowing smirks on their faces while they snickered quietly and listened. It was soundless as you reached towards the book in front of your friend, pulling it painstakingly slow towards you in fear of the words that were written on the open page.
“Amortentia,” you muttered glumly as you read the page, pushing it away from you dejectedly as everything began to click.
“The reason you’re both smelling each other is because you’re what the other desires and is attracted to. Wow, what a revelation! As if the whole school didn’t already know.”
You were afraid to turn around. You could feel the cold and hard pair of eyes burning holes onto your back and the immediate amount of whispers and giggles of the people around you. Luckily, Slughorn was busy at the other end of the room, working diligently with another pair of students who managed to mess up their potion. 
“That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard,” Draco announces finally.
“What’s so ridiculous about it?” You questioned, your heart falling to the pit of your stomach when you turned again and took notice of the way his lips were curling upwards as if it was the most disgusting thing he could have ever heard.
“Think about it, Y/L/N,” he deadpans. “Why would I ever desire someone like you?”
There had been occasions over the years when you were in this situation. None as drastic and as revealing, but there would be times when friends and others would poke fun and say the exact same thing your friend told you earlier. The usual, “they got the hots for each other!” and you would always brush it off and joke about how you could never, and he’d do the same. It was always amongst laughs and jokes, but as you looked at the Slytherin in front of you - there wasn’t a hint of amusement on his hardened face.
“Piss off, Malfoy,” you seethed, biting down hard on your lip to refrain from lashing out either in tears or in insults, you couldn’t decide. “If I’m so revolting, leave me alone from now on, I mean it.”
“I never said that,” he argues. “You’re just simply not my type.”
For some eerie, awful reason, the words tore into you like a sharpened knife going easily through butter. You were used to his insults, his mocking, his comments about your appearances - but this hurt, and you couldn’t explain why. You thought, for a second, possibly, that maybe your friend was right. Maybe there was a hidden attraction you had for the platinum blond that you buried deep away and one that he had for you. There was no way that was the case now, not at all. 
And for the first time in your life, you couldn’t be more sure of a simple little fact.
You hated him.
✧・゚: *✧・゚:* 
You don’t know how long you spent sitting in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom, back against the cold tiled wall with your knees brought up to your chest. Your friends had tried to console you after the public rejection and humiliation, but their words only made you feel worse. You felt silly for being so bothered about being rejected by Malfoy, he wasn’t exactly someone you fancied, to begin with.
After dinner, you went off the grid and found yourself where you’re now sitting. The ghostly girl flew restlessly around you, popping out of her stall now and then to chat but then going back into her abyss of nothing when she learned you were still upset. You noticed it made her a little too pleased, considering the fact it was always her who was miserably wailing about her problems in the bathroom. She tried to hide it and let you talk to her about how you felt, but she gave terrible advice most of the time. 
“Well, if it was me, I would have never started fancying someone who was mean to me,” she mumbled. “Like when Paul Wighorn made fun of my hair for a whole year and laughed when I cried. I hated his guts then and I still do now.”
She had a point, but she was also Myrtle. Nothing about the overly dramatic ghost made sense.
“I don’t fancy him, It’s just weird,” you trail off. “I can’t imagine a day without him, even if he is a complete arse. We always joked about how we hated each other, but I didn’t think he actually meant it, I guess.”
“I think you do fancy him, though,” she whispers knowingly in your ear, making you flinch from her cold draft. “Stop denying it, it’ll only keep making you feel worse. Amortentia doesn’t lie, silly. Maybe when you drink it, but before that, all real feelings are there, whether you know it or not.”
You sat quietly, taking in her words before something came crashing down onto you like a wall of bricks.
“I suppose that means he’ll have to stop denying it too,” she adds thoughtfully. 
“Myrtle,” you rush to get up, smoothing your hair down profusely and fixing the wrinkles in your clothes. “You’re a genius.”
“I am?” She asks excitedly. “What did I say?”
You waved her off, giving her another thank you before rushing out of the bathroom and into the empty corridors. You were trying to go back to your dorm to sleep, hoping that when tomorrow came you would be bold enough to confront the Slytherin Prince but it was thirty minutes past curfew, something you didn’t notice until you were bustling down the steps in a rush and came face to face with the man of the hour himself doing his Prefect patrolling duties.
“Go to your dorm, Y/L/N,” he sneers. “I’ll take away house points, don’t test me,”
“I don’t believe you.”
“That I’ll take away house points? Watch me. Five-”
“No, you twat,” you groan, swatting his arm with your hand. “I don’t believe that I’m not your type.”
He stayed wordless for a moment, biting the inside of his cheeks and clenching his jaw as he peered down at you from his lanky height. “Why not?”
“Because I didn’t think you were my type until the amortentia made me aware of it,” you answer quietly. “Actually, my friend had a hand in it, but it was mostly the potion.”
Silence, again. Still and deadly. You could hear the large clocks around the school tick and tock, the hundreds of paintings snoring peacefully or chattering quietly. You avoided looking up at the boy in front of you, all of a sudden feeling small under his gaze until you felt cold fingers brush against your cheekbone and then softly through your hair causing you to finally look up into the soft wandering almost blue eyes. 
“I didn’t find out with the amortentia,” he muttered almost reluctantly as if it was the most difficult thing he had to reveal. “I’ve known I’ve liked you for a while.”
“How long is a while?” You curiously wonder aloud.
“I’m not telling,” he smirks. “Perhaps you’ll figure it out one day.”
Both hands came up to rest on your cheeks, slightly cold but soft and tender. It sent chills throughout your body as he took a step closer to you and then closer, backing you carefully into the diagonally ascending stone wall that went in the direction of the stairs. Your breathing was getting uneven, you noticed the way you accidentally switched to manually forcing yourself to inhale and exhale normally when he leaned down with his face now being mere centimeters from yours. It was torture, having your eyes closed and feeling the way his nose was brushing against yours, minty breath warm against your lips as he ghosted over them with his. He was so close, you smelt everything that was in the damn potion that got you here. It sent flutters of warmth down your body, trickling down and seeping deeply into every bone in your body as if this is was the remedy its been needing. This is what you’ve been missing.
When you finally felt a soft pair of lips being pressed into yours, it felt almost unreal that you were there. It was awkward the first couple of seconds, both of you wondering how in the world had you gotten yourselves in this position, but after you relaxed and he found his Prince of Slytherin confidence - it was magic. His lips moved languidly against yours, affectionately and full of longing. He kept his hands on your cheeks, still timid to move anywhere else while you kept yours resting lightly on his sides. It scared you a little, how fast and how easily you melted into each other, like if this was something you’ve been doing with him for years rather than torment the other for laughs. 
You hated the feeling when he pulled away, a gust of freezing castle air passing through the space between you and cooling your lips and face from his contact. His hands dropped down to his sides and he looked down at you with a small smile, a teeny bit smug, but happy. You wanted to feel the same way, but a question still loomed over your head, overpowering the giddiness you were vividly feeling.
“Why did you lie earlier?” You question softly, directing your gaze to the floor. “In class, I mean.”
He thought about his answer for a second, sighing deeply when he realized he had to uncover more truths about himself to you. You took a mental observation at that, he didn’t like to talk about feelings. “You didn’t say anything. Didn’t even look at me. I thought I’d beat you to it and reject you before you could reject me.”
“What made you think I’d reject you?” You coaxed. “Other than the fact that I made you a sworn enemy at eleven.”
“Exactly that,” he laughed lightly. “You’re unpredictable, Y/N.”
You smiled to yourself at the realization that he finally used your first name. “So are you, Draco.”
“Not really,” he grins. “Like in just a few moments, for example, I’m going to start snogging you.”
You opened your mouth to encourage him but shut it quickly when he closed the space between the two of you again, this time much closer than he was before. He was flush against you, and when you say you could feel everything; you could feel everything. You were almost begging for him to lean down and kiss you again by the time you felt his hands on you again, running delicately around the exposed skin of your hips when your shirt hiked up an inch on accident. He leaned down again, and with the advantage of his lowered height, you let your hands slide up his arms, biceps, and ultimately the nape of his neck where your fingers continued up into his hair. The breathiest gasp escaped his throat as you tugged at the ends gently, smirking to yourself when he closed his eyes in delight at the touch.
His lips came down onto your fast this time and hastily, pressing himself impossibly closer into you. You could feel his grip tighten against your hips, his hold moving upwards onto your waist as he continued to kiss you fervently. His teeth bit down softly on your bottom lip and you wasted no time in parting them slightly for his tongue to meet yours. You tugged at the platinum strands of hair again, feeling triumphant when a low groaning sound emitted from his throat at the sensation as he tilted his head to deepen the kiss further.
You knew you were done for when one of his hands slowly slid up your upper body, stopping first at your collarbones with warm fingertips fluttering over the skin, before he moved it upwards completely and he now had his large hand wrapped comfortably around your neck. You gasped in delight into the kiss, a swarm of butterflies going directly to your lower stomach as he squeezed against the artery in your neck meticulously, the coldness from his Malfoy family crest ring only adding fuel to the fire. He tore his mouth away from yours with his hand still clutched firmly around your throat and you were almost sent into orbit with the look he was giving you. A look filled with desire, adoration, and intensity - his pale gray eyes were much darker, almost a dark blue that resembled the starry night sky on a summer night.
Lips reattached themselves roughly and feverishly against your jawline, peppering long and tender kisses all the way towards your ear and then down towards your collarbones where he was beginning to undo the rest of the top buttons of your school dress shirt. You felt him smile against your hot skin when you’d writhe underneath him, emitting weak whimpers that you couldn’t hold back that he ended up having to clasp a free hand over your mouth as he whispered into your ear to stay quiet.
It didn’t matter that you were in the middle of a poorly lit corridor where anyone could walk past and see the frenzy that was unfolding, nor did it matter to Draco that his Prefect duties were long forgotten. Your friend was right, and everyone else for that matter; it wasn’t hate you felt for the blond at all, it was years and years of a craving and a hidden yearning packed with displaced tension.
And now, you were both exactly where you wanted to be; together.
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Request for anon: Omega angst???
Omega angst 😌
• It was Katsukis fault really
• well- sorta
• you already had the fear of being too overbearing and because of that you held most people at an arms length
• and you fought yourself so hard
• you desperately wanted to be comfortable in front of your friends- your pack- you wanted to proceed with your semi clingy antics and stupid bullshit you did with those you really trusted.
• But you didn't want them to leave- you didn't want to be called clingy, or crazy, or dependent.
• So you kept that arms length- for a really long time.
• your 'omega' rarely showed
• but the inevitable happened and you DID get comfortable.
• and new territory came with that.
• you were more open, you were more affectionate, you didn't particularly mind when your 'omega' showed itself- the Alphas, omegas, and Betas in your group didn't seem to particularly mind either.
• your fear lingered- sure- sometimes someone acted 'wrong' and you got scared you did something, you panic quietly and deal with it yourself or ask for quiet reassurance
• and they learned how to deal with it efficiently soon enough
• But then it happened.
• You just wanted attention
• You weren't having the best day and you just wanted someone to hug
• and Katsuki was there
• So you hugged him from behind and he seemed fine with that
• until he had to move
• but you weren't ready to let go- not yet. You needed to calm down, you didn't want to let go.
• He grumbles something and gently moves you off, "You're such a clingy fucking omega." He picks up his phone from the counter.
"Oh. Sorry," you give him a sheepish smile- one thats definitely fake, but it convinces him.
"If I'd known you were so damn needy.." he mumbles to himself as he walks out if the kitchen.
• He didn't mean it of course, you shoukd've known. He had somewhere to go. And you wouldn't let him go.
• but he made no effort to clarify that afterwards- not that you told him it bothered you, how would he know?
• but you were in your head- already having been struggling with the fact that maybe you /were/ too much- just like you'd been told your whole life
• You should've kept them at an arms length.
• You kinda shut down after that
• and they took notice almost immediately
• and it fucking scared them when you started to pull away.
• You rejected scenting, hugs, compliments and voices concerns
• it was stressing Denki out too- the groups second omega who heavily relied on your affection.
• He relied on the way you held him, how you scented him and how you kissed his cheeks
• He relied on the way you ran your thumbs across his cheekbones and counted his freckles
• he relied on your smell-
• and now he didn't have it. Any of it.
• But what really scared them was two weeks later, when your heat approached and you hadn't asked for any of their things
• they'd known you for years- and you always asked for at LEAST one thing from each member
• and you usually wore someones jacket until it hit
• but you hadn't asked for a single damn thing. And you wore a jacket- your own and you refused to let anyone scent it.
• Kirishima had tried- and you were temptedn so fucking temoted to give in. God thats all you really wanted, your friends things- their scents- their noses rubbing along your neck
• but Katsukis words rang through your head again, 'clingy omega,' and that was something you didn't want to be
• so after slightly leaning into the redhead you snapped at him, shoving him off and stroming out of the room.
• they send mina next- well- she goes on her own accord.
• You tell her nothing.
• Then, Denki decides to step in. He misses you- he misses you so much and he can't figure out why you pulled away. You smell different now- not like you usually do. Theres a bitter undertone that never fails to make him wrinkle his nose
• "I mean- do you want anything..? Some shirts, jackets maybe?"
"I don't need them." You say.
"Oh do you already have some?"
"No, I'm not building a nest for this heat."
His eyes widen. "You're- what? Why not?"
"I don't need it. I don't need the groups clothes or help to take care of my stuff. I'll be okay," you give him a soft smile
• When Denki see's the group that night- he immediately goes for Bakugou, grabbing his shirt and shoving him back. "What did you do?" He growls. "What did you fucking say!"
"Hey hey, Kaminari, calm down. Whats going on?"
"She said she's not building a nest. She said she doesn't need us when it comes to her problems." His gaze never left Katsuki. "We worked hard to make her feel okay with us- what did you fucking say!"
Mina and Sero were quiet, eyes training on the blonde.
"I mean I called her clingy awhile ago- but I thought she knew I wasn't being serious, she never said anything to me afterwards so it must not have been a big deal-"
"Not a big deal? You know how paranoid she is!"
"Has she already left?"
Denki nodded. "Fix it."
He smelled sour now, bitter overtook the room- even Sero was affected by it, and the beta was rarely affected by smell.
• That heat was absolute hell for you
• You had no comfort
• You just writhed in your own discomfort- slick pooling down your thighs
• The toys you had brought some comfort- but that was it.
• You didn't have Kirishimas hoodie or Bakugous Favorite shirt.
• Seros jacket or Minas tank top.
• Denkis favorite pair of PJ bottoms, you were alone.
• You had this Heat Buddy that Denki got you, it was a teddy bear and stored scent packets- ones that would he comforting to omegas but it wasn't nearly the same, you decided as you buried your face into the cloth animals stomach
• Youre omega screamed and clawed and cried of the lack of comfort. No familiar smells, no pieces, no staying in touch- no help.
• Your omega kept you on edge the entire week if your heat, not once letting you rest.
• That heat took everything out of you, all your strength, energy, motivation- you almost felt worse coming out of it than you did going in
• Probably had something to do with the lack of comfort, the lack of smell and submission.
• But when you return, you look exhausted and everyone takes notes of it
• They can smell you through the scent patches and its not pleasant.
• You're snappy, on edge and irritable. Constantly on the verge of tears the whole day and /extremely/ protective of yourself.
• Bakusquad is waiting in your fucking dorm room when you get up there
• You don't even have the energy to snarl at them- you just whine.
• Your pack is in the room- and they smell so nice, but they're worried. So so worried.
• The tears threaten to spill over and you drop your keys
• You don't hear exactly whats said, you just know you're sinking to the floor the next minute, head in your hands.
• You're crying and arms wrap around you, ones you immediately recognize to be Katsuki
• You lean into him, apologizing weakly. You didn't mean to be a shitty Omega, you didn't mean to be clingy, you didn't mean it.
• he moves a hand to your cheek.
"It's okay," he murmurs. "You're okay. You didn't do anything wrong. I'm sorry, as shouldn't have been so harsh. You're not really clingy,"
"I should've told you it bothered me. Don't apologize."
"No, im definitely in the position too."
• Once you've calmed down, you look half asleep. Katsuki softly noses at your neck and youre more than content with it, finally, /finally/ giving into your omega urges.
• Katsuki carries you do the bed, and your pack surrounds you, smiling gently when he touch you.
• Denki lays his head on your shoulder and you gently rake a hand through his hair before returning it to Seros hand.
• Mina nuzzles your neck, your scent patches long gone
• Kirishima is gently rubbing circles into your wrist before he rubs his own wrist against yours.
• Soon you're asleep, mouth slightly parted, head leaning against Denki, back against Katsukis chest
• Theyre thankful it worked out
• You start wearing their hoodies again. You snuggle into their blankets, you fall asleep in their rooms
• And come your next heat, you're ruffling through draws to find/exactly/ what you want for your nest
• And they let you.
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six ways to tell you I love you
Hello lovelies! This fic is a result of the lovely @NotYourBitch playing the little challenge I had going (and still do have going) on my previous fic (my handprint on her ass cheek) and winning one of the two fic prizes I had! Thank you for the prompt my sweet and I hope you enjoy this. It was genuinely so much fun <3 also I know I said the prize was a drabble but lmao this got a little out of hand
And I am once again asking that we all pretend this is edited and ignore the fact that it most definitely isn't thank you I heart you
Also I have no idea what's happening with the spacing right now tumblr is literally falling apart. Reading on ao3 may be easier and more peaceful but if you choose tumblrs hell ish violence cheers to that bro
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Percy is on to them. He’s been onto them for weeks. And he is enjoying himself immensely.
Seduction Attempt #1: make him his favourite breakfast food (pancakes with blueberries and too much syrup) in bed
—Rachel, because between the two of them she’s the only one who can cook.
—Completion Status: 10%
Percy has thought about retaliating, so to speak, but so far he’s enjoying their back and forth. Rachel does something and Annabeth gets that gleam in her eye that tells him they’re all in for a show when she thinks up her next trick. A few days later Annabeth does something and Rachel stares so long Percy can practically see the drawing outlines she’s trying to make of her next idea. They've been friends for six years and still they never fail to surprise or amuse him.
Seduction Attempt #2: take him to the stone castle on the hillside near the sea so he can feel like a princess overlooking his kingdom
—Annabeth, because she could use the ‘im interested in the architecture’ cover
—Completion status: 25%
Percy strikes the last dummy down, and pockets Riptide with a small grin. Hardly anything satisfies him more than a successful sparring session with his favourite straw opponents. Sweat drips down his temple, tickling at his skin. Collapsing against the padded wall of the training room he tugs at the edge of his shirt and swipes it across his face, adding to the dark patches already decorating it. The sun is just setting, casting burnt orange glows across the wood floors. If he had the camera his parents bought him three birthdays ago he would have used up far too much film capturing this exact moment. He guzzles down water, lets it soothe his aching muscles and tired eyes. Sleep is on the come and go, and while he is not always exhausted the way he used to be, tiredness still clings to him like dew on glass. He wonders if he makes it look half as pretty as the morning is.
“Only if you did something you think you should be in trouble for?” She matches his expression.
“Only if you did something you think you should be in trouble for?” She matches his expression.
“Only if you did something you think you should be in trouble for?” She matches his expression.
“Then I'm not in trouble, mom.”
She sits down next to him, bumping his shoulder with her own.
“What did you need me for?”
She pulls her knees up to her chest, rests her chin on them. Like this she looks like a baby bird waiting to fly the nest. Both eager and nervous, excited for the big blue world and scared for what’s in it.
“It’s your birthday tomorrow,” She starts.
He can’t help but tease. “Yes, been having them for twenty one years so i’m pretty used to them by now.”
“Shut up,” She laughs, “Annabeth and I want to do something for you, with you.” And there’s so much vulnerability in her forest green eyes as she turns to look at him. “If you’d let us. If you’d like that.”
Seduction Attempt #3: Aquarium
—Annabeth and Rachel, so he wouldn’t get suspicious about what they were trying to achieve (spoiler alert he was suspicious two attempts ago)
—Completion Status: 50%
“Mhmm,” He frowns, “Let me think: spend my birthday with my two favourite people, or spend it doing who knows what at camp?”
She shoves him gently again, this time falling with him so by the time he rights himself she’s pressed into his side. The fire warmth to his ocean cool and Annabeth’s even stone.
“What do you two have planned?”
“Can’t say. Big surprises.”
He turns to stare at her, eyes wider than comical. “The last time you guys surprised me we ended up with pastry dough in the plug sockets.”
“I promise no cooking or baking of any kind from either of us.”
Their laughter melts into the sunlight, and by the time he goes to bed that evening he is glowing with a warmth nothing but happiness can carve. Maybe in another life, he’ll become an honorary child of Hestia. Maybe in another life he will inherit her place at the Hearth. For he is sure, this feeling. This ethereal, gentle light that sits deep within him is what makes up the goddess of home.
Seduction Attempt #4: Orange picking in the Citrus Groves
—Rachel, because oranges are her favourite fruit, and orange blossoms remind him of his mom
—Completion Status: 65%
The first thing he smells is burning wax, tinged with a slightly sweet scent… like frosting. Percy Jackson opens his eyes, and sees a bright grey gaze and a blue, honey-glazed cupcake.
“Happy Birthday Seaweed Brain!” She jumps on him, settling her legs on either side of his hips. “Are you ready for the greatest adventure of your life?”
“Thought that was the week you told me we were going to Six Flags and you ended up taking us to Vegas instead?”
“That was fun,” She pouts, memories flashing across her face. “But this doesn't compare to that so be prepared.”
“Is it a good kind of be prepared?” He bites into the cupcake, failing to keep the groan in as it melts on his tongue. “Or a ‘Scar is singing his villain song’ be prepared?”
“Special order from the Aphrodite cabin,” She nods at the cake, curls bouncing. “And it's the best kind of prepared.”
“What should I wear?” He smiles up at her.
"Your outfit is hanging next to your basin. Be ready in twenty. We leave after breakfast." And with a peck to his forehead and another whispered “Happy Birthday Pers” she's gone.
Seduction Attempt #5: Road trip listening to the mixtapes he used to make
—Annabeth, because she's the only one who can stay awake during car rides
—Completion Status: 80%
Percy gets ready in ten minutes and then spends the next on an iris message with his family. Sally and Paul had insisted he stay at camp till after the summer was over. He knows they're onto whatever his girls have planned. Estelle blows a lot of bubbles at him– she's obsessively happy about her new toy, the Bubble Wand That Never Fails– and then gives him a toothy grin before running away. Her little pigtails bounce, making them lopsided and it's everything in him not to reach through the rainbow and fix it.
“Enjoy the day Percy,” His mom says, ocean blue eyes twinkling at him. Oh they definitely know.
“Take lots of pictures!” Paul’s wink makes him laugh.
“See you guys in a few weeks.”
The bell for breakfast rings out across the camp just as he swipes a hand through the rainbow. With a final glance at his outfit— blue crop top, fading jeans, sneakers, Annabeth's Yankees cap, and Riptide— he's both extremely curious and only slightly nervous for what the day holds.
Breakfast is a fanfare of birthday wishes and far too much cake. The dining pavillion had been decorated in blue streamers and little ocean themed confetti, water dissolvable and the exact colours of his eyes in different lighting. It never fails to amaze him how much people are willing to do for him, to celebrate him. He's met with hugs and laughter and a lot of hair ruffling. For once nobody sits at their assigned cabin tables. Everyone is enjoying the Percy Specials that come with his breakfast and excitedly telling stories about the adventures they'd been on together.
His sadness comes in waves, flooding him. It feels cool to the touch. And relieving. Every year, his birthday is tinged with this blue. Like clear springs. Layering and lapping at every moment in the day. Collecting stones labelled “I'm growing up”/ “I wish the people I lost were here to celebrate with me”/ “another year of my life goes by, did I do enough?”
“Pers,” Rachel and Annabeth saddle up to him, twin grins on their freckled faces. “You ready?”
“Take me away, my lieges.” He holds out his hands and they each grab one.
“Thanks for breakfast everyone!” He shouts over the din of the pavilion. There's cheers and holler in response and then he's practically sprinting towards the woods, laughing as warm hands tug him along. Curls in ash blonde and fire red flying behind them. The three of them together make the blaze.
Rachel with her inferno, Annabeth with her wispy end, and him with his pitch charr aftermath.
“You guys are certainly in a rush,”
“We have an itinerary planned we can't be late.”
They eventually stop in an clearing surrounded by juniper trees. He can feel the nymphs have made themselves scare. The earth is not humming the way it usually does when they are here.
“Alright,” Rachel turns to him, “Put this on and when we say look you can take it off and behold!”
He takes the soft green sash from her, letting the material run through his fingers, catching it before it can fall away entirely.
"Is this necessary?" Amusement tugs at the corners of his mouth.
"Yes," Annabeth nods firmly, "We worked really hard on this so you just gotta trust us.”
“I do.” His voice is softer now, but there's an edge to it that only exists in hard truths. They must never doubt that.
"We know," Rachel smiles gently. "Now on, and no peeking.”
He hears shuffling and some whispering. He swears he hears Nico but brushes it aside when a not even thirty seconds later hands take his own.
“Ready?” Annabeth asks.
“Of course.” He squeezes the hands in his.
Suddenly his body is being pulled out of itself. Tingling sensations running up his spine like marathon winners. His legs are four years in front of him and his shoulders are still being born. He feels like melting butter. And then everything stops. And he is one and the same again. Hands are still in his and the ground is still below him.
“What just happened?”
“We shadow traveled.” Annabeth speaks up.
“So Nico was here.”
“Very briefly but yes.” It's Rachel this time. “Okay Pers.” He can hear their inhales. Deeper, more grounding than normal. He knows they glance at each other. Can feel it in the way their bodies turn towards him, towards one another.
“You can take off the blindfold.”
He pulls at the knot behind his head and let's the green silk slip off his eyes into his palm. The light change overwhelms him for a second before he blinks into focus. And what he sees makes his lungs collapse.
Seduction Attempt #6: take him to the planetarium and manipulate the stars into a new constellation that reads, “will you be ours?”
—Annabeth and Rachel, because they love him across space and time. Across universes. Forever.
—Completion Status: 100%
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jubilantwriter · 4 years
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Heart Shaped like Sea Glass
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Part 4 - Distinctions Made to be Forgotten
Summary:  Daniel has to remind himself constantly where he stands in this strange relationship he’s found himself in, less he forgets who they truly are and questions the choices he’s made.
im just.  really living for this au.  wowzers.  this is probably the most prolific i’ve been for a story.  anyway i hope you enjoyed that goofy fic last time because that’s gonna be the only nice, fun treat y’all be getting for a while
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Humans are strange creatures.  They experience loss, succumb to their desires, and die in various ways that may or may not feed him.  They have a strange relationship with the ocean, some hating it, some loving it.  Daniel isn't very envious of them - they live such short lives, after all, and they make for filling meals that can last him for days.
So of course he doesn't know much about them.  After all, they're all food to him.  But this human, the one he feeds every day now, is stranger than most he encounters.
The man doesn't protest much when Daniel barges into his home (to which the human tells him is called a "shack"), and he shares his meals with Daniel without a word (after Daniel takes the time to catch him the fish of the day, of course).  He has never met a human more willing and more aware of the fact that he is, in fact, Daniel's next meal.  
The more he provides for the human’s meals, the more he finds himself… feeling this strange tightness in his chest.  It's not that it's off-putting, he thinks.  No no, it must be that... it's too easy.  Yes, that must be it.
It's too easy, sharing meals with this human, sharing conversation, and having the human accept his presence as though Daniel were nothing more than a-
Hm.  Well, there's no fun in a meal that is too easy to hunt.
(He tells himself this over and over.  It is the only reason, correct?  Why he feels this unease, this unnerving feeling when the human's eyes still continue to look dull, like the broken shards he sometimes finds washed up in the sand, before the ocean carries away the debris from shipwrecks past and present.)
That's why he should be ecstatic when the human refuses to eat one day.  He should be ecstatic, the human is being more impossible than usual, and that should make things exciting, right?
...Right?
"Human."  He shakes the human's shoulder again, trying to rouse him out of his fake sleep.  "Get up."  
The human makes no sound, instead pulling the thin, worn cloth over his body some more and refusing to show his face.  Daniel growls, frustrated because- well, it's because his prey is trying to starve himself!  And starved prey never tastes good.  Prey flavored with a proper diet taste the best, and they taste even better when they feel that rush of happiness, of pleasure, of joy, and all those positive emotions that make them taste so much like a sublime fillet of the most richest tasting salmon, or of that meaty, hearty taste of tuna.  And all his efforts will be for naught if this human refuses to eat.
"You need to eat."  Half a day has passed, and the human still refuses to answer Daniel.  He curses himself, shaking the human more roughly as he remembers noticing the distant look in the human's eyes, how he gave Daniel more and more of his cooked fishes, how he grew more quiet, talked less, responded less, looked at Daniel less-
He doesn't know humans.  He can't read the signs.  But he chest squeezes and his face heats up as he realizes belatedly that he should have noticed.  That probably wasn't normal human behavior, right?  Oh but he doesn't know, he doesn't know!  And now this human won't get up and eat, won't acknowledge him, won't speak to him-
The stench of rot almost makes him gag as he stumbles back from the human.  
He's getting worse.
And Daniel doesn't know what to do.
He runs his talons through his hair, pacing around the human's abode as he thinks, and thinks, and thinks-
His song.
If.  If he can't get the human to eat normally then-
Well.  This is how he was always meant to hunt, right?  He's a predator.  Predators hunt.  They kill.  They lure and trap and chase after their prey and refuse to let up.  Predators don't care for their prey as though they're little chicks in need of hand-holding, nor do predators feel... emotions when they see their prey struggling.
(Predators don't pace and fret and worry over their prey.  Predators don't try to make them feel better.  Predators find the weakest one, the sickest one, the most injured, the weakest, the youngest- and they strike without remorse.  Because food.  Is food.
Food.  Is.  Food.)
Daniel clears his throat.  It's been a while since he's sung.  He inhales deeply of the human's scent, ignores the rotting, and focuses on that deep-seated desire of his.
It smells like the ache of sprouts stuck under the shade of trees, unable to grow to their fullest potential.  It smells a bit like bittersweet citrus, of fruits that bite at the tongue despite how desired they are.  It smells like the trees on the mountains he's flown over every winter, the scent strong and overpowering and inescapable if he chooses to fly lower to the treeline.
They weave together into a song as his feathers fluff up, and an ancient power quietly fills his chest up as easily as a single breath of air.  
"Cherished beloved, come lay in my arms.  I swear to you, there'll be no charms.  No more visions of death and harm.  Come to me, and together we'll rest.  From here on out, I promise the best."
The human jolts in his bed before sitting upright quickly.  He turns to look at Daniel with eyes clouded over, (eyes wide and hurt and broken and pained and the stench strengthens and makes him gag) and he utters a soft, "Davey?"
The name of his lost love.  He has no idea how he looks to the human, but he can see the tears pooling in the corner of his eyes as his breathing staggers and he stumbles out of his nest.  Daniel opens his arms in a welcoming manner as he backs out of the shack.  A broken sob escapes the human as he struggles to his feet.
"No- don't, don't go!  It's dangerous, please, come back, I-"
Dangerous?  Daniel quickly stops his train of thought as he continues to sing.  "Follow me, my sweetest heart, and together at last, we'll make a new start."  
"Davey!"  The human lurches forward and tries to grab Daniel, but he quickly leaps back and puts more distance between them.  The sand sifts between his toes as the wind begins to pick up.  Idly, he realizes that a storm is on its way.  The human flinches as a gust of wind hits him, and he stares wild-eyed and desperate as he reaches for Daniel.  "Davey, Davey, come back please, I'll protect you- please, come back here,  I don't need anything else, I don't want anything else, so please, please-!"
Daniel keeps stepping back, and the waves crash against the back of his legs as the human freezes in place.
(He's used to the ocean's angry whispers by now.  That's what he tells himself, as the waves threaten to pull back further and further until they crash over him like a tidal wave.  Except- except, there's something else in the whispers now too.  A bitterness that he doesn't expect.  A bitterness that borders on... dismay?)
"...Don't."  The whispered word leaves the human like a strangled gasp.  He reaches for Daniel again as his eyes widen in a vision that Daniel can't see.  "Don't go in."
In?  Daniel looks behind him.  The ocean is agitated, true, but it won't be for a few more minutes before the waves grow tall enough to sweep and pull him away from the beach.  A wave crashes over his feet, pulling the sand out from under him as he adjusts his position to stay upright.  But the movement is enough to elicit a scream from the human, and before he knows it, hands are grabbing his arm and he's being yanked forward and into something warm.
When did the human-!
They both stumble as the human falls backwards onto his ass, Daniel's face pressed flush against his chest as he braces himself with his hands on the wet sand.  Daniel barely has a moment to lift his face away from the human when the brunette’s hands bury themselves in Daniel's hair and clothes.  He's pressed tight and flush against the human as warm tears splash against his shoulder.  
This... feels familiar.
"Don't go in," the human whimpers out, "the forest is dangerous."
Forest?
The human keeps Daniel in his protective grip, nearly folding the siren into his arms as he curls over the blonde.  "Please, I can't lose you again...!"
Rain begins to pour heavily from the heavens.  Daniel looks down to where his talons can easily dig into the human's back.  How he can sink his fangs into the human's neck and rip out a chunk of flesh that would leave the human's voice garbled and choking.
Daniel is a predator.
He is a predator.
And predators hunt the weakest of the group.
His mouth draws closer to the human's neck as the rain makes their bodies slick with moisture.  The human clings to him tighter, exposing the junction between neck and shoulder to Daniel at a laughably tempting angle.
All he has to do is bite down.
That's all it takes to end his prey's life.
(...That's all it takes to end it all.)
"I love you," the human breathes against his shoulder, "I'm sorry.  I won't let it happen again."  The human's arm slides up the space between Daniel's wings and presses Daniel's head closer to his shoulder.  "I swear it.  I'll protect you this time."
Rain continues to pour around them.  It soaks them to their core, the water sliding off his wings as they continue to sit on the rain soaked beach.  Neither of them move as Daniel slowly brings his hands up to the human's shoulders.  He doesn't push away, nor does he pull closer.  Instead, his voice keeps up the illusion, despite the loss of that melodic beat he's been clinging to for his songs.
"...Let's get inside."
"...Okay."
Slowly, they untangle, but the human keeps a firm grip on Daniel's wrist as he leads them back into the shack.  Once inside, the human leads him towards the fireplace and sits him down in front of it.  A fire is started as the human wanders off, only to return with a single, thick fabric.  Quietly, he uses it to dry Daniel's hair before draping it over his shoulders.
The brunette doesn't get one for himself.
Neither of them speak for a moment as the human sits down next to him.  
Neither of them move as the fire continues to fill the silence between with crackles and pops.
And neither of them acknowledge the lack of haze in the human's eyes.
Instead, they drown in the silence of their voices, the thought of food forgotten.
(The stench of rot fills the air, and he ignores the clenching in his chest as the human hunches forward.  He looks up towards the roof of the shack.  Rain drips through a sizable crack.  
A leak.  
He focuses on the plip of the rain dripping through the crack.
And ignores the plip of the salty tears dripping loudly onto the floor.
It's the least he can do after what he's managed to do.
...It's the least he can do after what he's failed to do.)
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bruh-haikyuu · 4 years
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Yohoo~! Can i request a scenario where s/o is akaashi’s long time crush and v popular in their school, always smiling to people left and right but she’s suicidal and depressed when no one’s around and akaashi discover it one day? I hope you understand what im saying haha, thank you~!
A/N: I hope you enjoy anon! For anyone who feels this way, it’s always better to talk it out rather than bottle it in, I learned this the hard way :’) // I’ve made the reader female, if that’s alright with you!
P.S: next request is a sequel everyone’s been waiting for ;)) can you guess?
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tacenda. | akāshi keiji
word count: 1804
warnings: depressive and suicidal themes!
(n.) things better left unsaid; matters to be passed over in silence
16 years old and Akaashi had never seen you cry. Not even once.
He recalled it from the moment he’d known you. From the lengthy days in grade school up until the wee hours in high school. Not a single tear had left the premises of your face.
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When the both of you were in first grade, he had watched you stumble and roll onto the coarse surface of a gravel road. Your knee had gotten helplessly scratched, the injury pulsing with deep, crimson liquid. At the sight of the open wound, your friends had cried and cried, whining about how the indomitable L/N Y/N had been overpowered by a simple road.
Akaashi had watched you from afar that day, the cacophonous cries of your volatile friends pulling his attention away from the family of stag beetles nesting in a tree.
Girls will cry at just about everything, he had thought, the shrillness of your friends’ lament boring into his head. I think Y/N’s going to cry too. I should probably go look for Kaneko-sensei—
“Hey, hey. I’m fine, see? You guys are such crybabies, Rui, Akarin.”
Akaashi’s face had whitened like a blank sheet, unable to correctly register the tone of your voice. Even your friends had stopped crying at your lukewarm reaction.
Your knee had been oozing out blood like a spilled bottle of ketchup, yet there you were, completely impervious to the obvious pain that your wound displayed, laughing and smiling like you always did.
It was from that day that Akaashi realized you were much harder to crack than you seemed to be.
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Ten years into the present, Akaashi Keiji still hasn’t had you solved.
Ten years into the present, you were still the well-liked, striking L/N Y/N he had known since he was six. In fact, you were even somewhat more dazzling each day. It didn’t dismiss the thought that you were an indomitable puzzle he was raring to decipher.
“If you ask me, L/N-senpai’s way cooler than any of the boys. Yesterday, she saved me from a speeding car on the way to school!”
“That’s so lucky, Mayumi-chan! Oh man, I would do anything to trade places with you.”
“When she spoke to me, I felt my insides tingle and everything… is that what it’s like to be in the presence of a deity?”
Lunch time was the only tolerating hour for Akaashi to eavesdrop on any of the school’s ongoing sensations without having to be called out for it. Like any other day, one of today’s hot topics was you.
Ears growing bigger by the second, he caught bits and pieces of the astonished first-year girls’ conversation. As they walked off into a corner, he managed to hear something along the lines of ‘beautiful’, ‘goddess’ and ‘confess’—but even that wasn’t new to his ears.
Yes, you were charming, kind-hearted and an absolute delight to be around but that didn’t even bring him closer to the truth behind your impossible perfection. His acquaintance with you from childhood didn’t do him any favors either, which was a downright pain-in-the-ass.
After all, Akaashi figured, if he was finally going to officially proclaim his feelings to you, he’d have to have at least a tiny grain of yours.
“Hey, Akaashi. You’re awfully quiet today. You good, man?” the captain of the volleyball club poked at him, stuffing his face with his second loaf of yakisoba-pan.
Sighing, Akaashi recollected his composure. “I’m alright, Bokuto-san… and please don’t eat while talking, you’ll choke yourself if you do.”
Bokuto said something, mouth full of yakisoba, bread and variants of sauce, but it all fell deaf on Akaashi’s ears because he had already picked up another conversation about you…
“Man, L/N’s trying out for a student council position again this year, right? That girl’s got a mad stamina when it comes to volunteer work.”
“Yeah…”
The conversation seemed to stray into the usual topics, but there was a malicious undertone that kept Akaashi’s ears on guard.
“…But don’t you think she’s just a desperate try-hard? Sometimes, she seems kind of shallow to me…”
‘Shallow’. That was definitely new. It was new, but it was irrefutably wrong.
Akaashi felt acid rising to his head. His teeth bit into his bottom lip, hard enough to possibly draw blood. He wanted to get up. He wanted to get up and beat the crap out of that guy.
But sitting in the spectator’s seat like always, Akaashi could only frown and watch. You were the star of the show and he was your closet fanatic—his abilities limited to throwing you congratulatory roses at every occasion. He would kill to share that spotlight with you.
The cafeteria began to clear up and Akaashi recollected his thoughts before returning to class. Class 2-6 had Modern Literature for last period—Akaashi wondered if his day could get any worse.
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Practice ran late again with Bokuto’s persistent pleas for him to set for his ‘new’ variant of a cross spike.
Bokuto-san just wanted to do a cross spike while shouting ‘Hadouken’. Akaashi thought. What’s the difference from his usual spikes? I don’t get it…
Akaashi felt a wrinkle settling on his forehead as he double locked the clubroom for good measure. The captain’s insistence had prevented him from submitting the form for a school bus reservation—in fact, it had been Bokuto’s job in the first place. Akaashi couldn’t blame him though; Bokuto’s image didn’t exactly line up very well with paperwork and the Student Council (unless, of course, if it involved trumpeting about himself in front of its female members).
To his relief, the Student Council office was always open until 8:30 pm. It was now 8:15 pm. It would take him only a couple of minutes to drop off their form in the inbox bin. Then, Akaashi could finally sink himself in the warm clutches of his bathtub, surrounded by steam and the maybe that aromatic bath oil his aunt gifted him from Okinawa…
However, upon noticing the light streaming out of the rectangular, translucent window of the office accompanied with a faint sniffle from within, Akaashi felt his blood run cold.
It’s only 8 pm. It’s impossible. Ghosts don’t roam around student council offices, right…? I hardly think they’d come to this high school either… Oh no. How did that prayer Grandmother taught me go again?
Swallowing sharply, Akaashi’s fingers took the shape of the door handle and he pushed, eye screwed tight against whatever was going to greet him. “S-sorry for the i-intrusion.”
“Akaashi-kun?”
Akaashi let out a guttural noise inside his throat, teeth pinned to a grimace. Pupils adjusting to your slouched figure, he sighed, relieved that you weren’t any form of a Yuki Onna. However, your eyes were bloodshot, hair sticking up in various places. Any traces of your “perfect” appearance had been washed away with the tears that scarred your cheeks.
Looking at you in this state shattered Akaashi.
“I’m sorry.”
Meeting your darkened gaze, Akaashi murmured, “What?”
“I’m a selfish person for saying this, but I don’t want any of it anymore.”
Akaashi didn’t know how he didn’t notice the glint of a silver blade encircled by your fist until you pointed its tip at the upside of your wrist. He didn’t even think by then. He didn’t even think about the reservation form he dropped on the floor. He didn’t even count the steps he took to bound over the meeting table. He didn’t even think about how roughly he yanked your wrist away, knocking the cutter into a dark corner of the room.
He didn’t even think when he shouted, “Don’t!”
You furrowed your brows, palms clenching in resistance to his iron grip. “Are you stupid?!”
Akaashi’s hold on your arms slackened at your words, but he knew better than to let you go.
“I can’t take it anymore. It’s all too much!” more tears clump at your eyes, threatening to spill on Akaashi’s uniform slacks. “I tried! I tried to make everyone happy, but all they did was hurt me. It’s all my fault I’m like this. Please let me go, Akaashi-san…”
Your voice grew soft as your cries receded into gentle hiccups swaying in the windless room.
“Please let me end this…”
Akaashi felt the same acid from this afternoon bubble in his throat again, but this time he made sure it spewed. “Are you stupid, L/N-san? You can’t make others’ happy unless you’re happy yourself. Everyone knows that, you idiot!”
Akaashi felt his insides crumble as soon as his head registered the fact that he had called you, the most popular second-year at Fukuroudani, an idiot. But at least his words had stunned you so deeply you fell silent.
“Do things that make you happy, L/N-san,” he spilled, filter for words dissolved into nothingness. “It’s okay to take breaks and say no. Talk it out with someone you’re comfortable with. I’m even more positive that your friends will be happier if you were honest with them about your feelings. But doing things like…”
Akaashi’s attention caught the teasing shine of the cutter next to a potted plant.
“…this, would just make them miserable, won’t it? You may not see it, but everyone admires you. I admire you too. I would give anything to be like you. Kind, patient and all the more charming… You may not see it, but a lot of people are already happy just with your existence. That was you, L/N-san. You made them happy.”
Your gaze turned to that of a defeated puppy. A stray tear rolling down your cheek, you slid your arms down to take Akaashi’s hands in yours. In the midst of all the tension, his hands really felt like a warm bowl of miso soup. You really wanted to drink it all up to a finish.
“I’m really sorry for all the trouble I caused you, Akaashi-san.”
“It’s alright. Sorry for calling you an ‘idiot’,” saying more things than necessary really tired him out, but his energy really knew no bounds when it came to you.
“I-I’m really sorry, ‘Kaashi-san…’M really s-sorry…”
The hiccups returned and the dam to the waterworks burst at the linger of your voice. Despite all your trembling, Akaashi made it a point to hold you like he was never going to let go. If he had known from long ago, he’d tell you every day that he loved you, regardless if the feeling was mutual or not.
But he didn’t say a word for the length of the evening that he held you. His embrace seemed loud as it already was.
Akaashi Keji was 16 years old when he first saw you cry. And he was only 16 years old when he promised he was never going to let you feel that way ever again.
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chaoticdazefire-new · 3 years
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Morning guys! Today I'm finally getring back to posting my It Lives fics. (Sorry for the delay) Im posting 2 parts today since the first one is kind of short and its been a while. In todays chapter, its the morning after you and your friends performed the ritual that finally brought Noah back, and you just get a call with a new lead on stopping the Power. But before you go to get some answers, you take the time to catch up with an old friend. You can go to part 16 here. @it-lives-in-westchester @anxietyismyspiritanimal @ouleye I hope y'all enjoy it!
    The following morning, you rub your eyes wearily as the suns rays shine through your window and hit your face. You check your phone to see it's only 8:30 and groan. Given you only got roughly four hours of sleep last night, you're not ready to greet the outside world just yet. Just then, Luna stretches at the foot of your bed and walks up to you, gently headbutting your arm and purring. You scratch her head for a few minutes until you're interrupted by a phone call from Connor.
     You answer the phone still half asleep. "Hello?"
     "Woah, sorry, did I wake you up?" He asks. You chuckle a little bit and sigh. "No, I actually just woke up. What's up?"
     You can hear muffled voices in the background, one sounding like Jocelyns. "I'm pulling a shift at the hardware store right now, but Joss just came in here with some pretty solid information about the um... Situation."
     "Really?" You ask, "like what?"
     "She said she found-" Connor suddenly stops mid sentence and you can hear the phone drop, and in the distance you can hear Connor yell "put that back Joss it's just a display!" You pinch the bridge of your nose, and after a minute of more muffled talking, Connor picks the phone back up.
     "Heh, sorry about that."
     "Are you sure Jocelyn is the one who found actual information?" 
     You hear Connor give a small chuckle over the phone. "I'm sure. It's pretty busy here today, so maybe it's best if you just come here."
     You flop your head back down on your pillow and scoff. "But I don't want to get up yet."
     "Well, when you are ready to get up, you know where we'll be."
     "Yeah yeah, I'll be there soon."
     You hang up the phone and lay down a little longer, cherishing the comfort of your bed before getting up and running around for the rest of the day.
     Before leaving, you make sure to take care of Luna, then head to the shed to check on Russel. As you step into the backyard, you take a long look at how destroyed it is. Branches from your tree have been broken off and scattered throughout your yard, dirt has been picked up and tossed around, not to mention the tire tracks in the grass leading up from your driveway to the tree where Connor slammed the vine bear.
     Well, this is a mess.
     Surprisingly, despite a few cracks and loosened boards, your shed still remained intact. You step inside and spot Russel nestled up in his nest, easily startled at the sound of the door creaking open. He puffs his feathers and caws, but once he realizes its you, he giddily jumps up and hops along the table as you approach.
     "Looks like someone is happy to see me." You hold out your arm and he quickly leaps onto it, cawing with excitment. You gently stroke the feathers along his wings for a moment, until he suddenly puffs up and caws aggressively at the door. You feel your heart race as you carefully set him back in his nest, not taking your eyes off the door. You grab your bat and grip it tightly as you slowly approach the door.
     You take a deep breath and place your foot between the door and the frame, then YANK it open! You charge out of the shed with your bat held high ready to swing- but no one is there. You look around skeptically but see no one around, and slowly lower your bat. You look back at Russel, who is still cawing from his nest, and then you hear a strange sound coming from your pond. You raise your bat once more and begin to cautiously advance towards the pond.
     As you slowly approach the pond, you can see a torrent of bubbles shooting to the top of the water, and you feel your heart pounding in your ears. You can feel your legs begin to go numb as you are only a few feet away, but you keep on moving.
     Then, as you finally stand right before the pond, the bubbles disappear in an instant. Bewildered, you cautiously look into the water and only see your reflection. Just as you are about to look away, you spot a face appear right behind you in your reflection. A face that you've only seen in a drawing you discovered at Coras: Redfield.
     Immediately, you spin around and swing your bat as hard as you can, and see the figure just dodge it by a mere inch, their long brown hair brushing in the wind. "Hey!-"
    "Noah?!" You drop your bat and feel your entire body shake as your heart drops like an anchor at the sight of him, relief washing over you. "Jeez, you want me gone again that bad already?" He asks, his arms still covering his face like a shield.
     You roll your eyes and he grins. A small smile tugs at the corner of your mouth and you pull him into hug. After hesitating for a split second, he wraps his arms around you as well. "What are you doing here Noah?" You ask, still locked into a hug. "Trying to get my head taken off apparently."
     "No, seriously," you say strictly as you pull away. "It's not even 9 o'clock yet, how did you even know I was in the backyard?" He shrugs and puts his hands in his pockets. "Well, I knocked on your door first but you didn't answer. Then I heard your bird in there making all sorts of noise, so I figured I'd come out back to see if you were out here. And then you tried Lucilling me."
     You can't help but shake your head and laugh. "You scared the hell out of me. I thought you were-" you cut yourself off, thinking back to the face in the water. He raises an eyebrow at you as you remain silent. "Thought I was... what?" You shake the thought off and look back at him. "I thought you were something else."
     He looks at you, eyes wide. "Something that involved using that?" He points to your bat lying by your feet, and you pick it up. "I...I just thought it was something from the woods."
     "Hey, look around." He scans your entire yard with his hand and looks back at you. "There's nothing here now. Its just us." You look around yourself without seeing a hint of anything suspicious. "Yeah, you're right."
     But I know what I saw...
     You take a long skeptical look back at the pond, then turn back to him. "Connor actually called not too long ago. He said him and Jocelyn might have found something new about the Power but they're stuck at the hardware store. Want to take a walk there with me?"
     He shrugs his shoulders nonchalantly. "I might as well, since you clearly need a bodyguard." He grins as you playfully punch him in the arm. You set your bat back in the shed and you and Noah head out into town. But as you're walking away, you swear you can feel something watching you from the trees. Something that makes your blood run cold.
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    The walk into town is long and quiet, giving you and Noah time to catch up.
     "So, how does it feel?" He looks at you with a raised eyebrow.  "How does what feel?" You lightly nudge him in the arm. "You know, to be back. To be you again."
     He looks down and stares at the ground as he walks, thinking before answering you. "I'm not sure how to feel about it honestly. For three years I was trapped as some shadow monster, now all of a sudden I'm back," he looks at his hands, studying them. "And it's like I never was that monster."
     You walk in silence for a minute as you take in his words, and think of how to respond. "I wouldn't necessarily say you were a monster." He looks at you as if baffled. "Then what was I?"
     You shrug your shoulders. "You were just... You. Just with a new look." He scoffs, but with the hint of a smile on his face. "And telekinetic powers? And the ability to go through walls? Not to mention a terrible speech problem."
     You both burst out into laughter, the first time you've seen him laugh in years. You can't help but stare at the smile on his face, the happiness he hasn't felt in so long, even if it's just for a moment.
     You look forward as you can just see the town in the distance. You look over to say something to him, but realize hes no longer walking next to you. You turn around to see he's stopped a little ways back, staring down a long street. You make your way back to him and follow his gaze, and you know exactly what he's looking at:
     His house.
     You look at his face and see the pained expression, the joy he had just felt disappeared, as if it were never there.
     "Do you... Want to go? And see her?" He doesn't speak, nor does he look at you, his entire focus still locked on his house. "Noah?" He shakes his head as if coming out of a trance, and looks at the ground. "No. I can't." He kicks a pebble by his feet and watches it skip into the grass. "I'm not ready for that. Not yet. And I don't think she is either. Not after thinking I've been dead this whole time."
     You put a hand on his back and rub it soothingly. "Hey, there's no rush. You've been through so much. Just take it all one step at a time, okay?" He still doesn't meet your gaze, but nods his head.
     "Now come on, the town is just up ahead." He slowly starts walking with you, taking one last look at his street, guilt stricken across his face.
  When you finally reach town, you notice him looking all around, at all the people, all the buildings, even the birds flying above. "Enjoying the scenery I see?" You say jokingly. He gives a small smile, still looking around. "Just taking in what I've missed the past few years."
     You smile and look forward, and see the hardware store in the distance. You keep walking until he suddenly puts an arm in front of you, stopping you in your tracks.
     "Hey-"
     "Do you have to be there right away?" He asks. "I'm not necessarily on a schedule, why?" He nods his head and you notice he's stopped you in front of the cafe you sat down at the day he followed you from school, where he told you the story about when Jane chased after him when he ran away as a kid.
     You look at him grinning from ear to hear as he meets your gaze. "It's been a long time since I've sat down and had a blueberry muffin." Rolling your eyes with a smile, you both walk inside.
     "Go ahead and find a place to sit, I'll get us something to eat." You look at him with a sarcastic smile. "You're treating both of us to blueberry muffins?" He smiles. "Technically, Dan is treating us." He pulls out a ten dollar bill from his pocket and walks in line as you find a seat by the window. After a few minutes, he sits in the chair across from you and hands you a muffin. You take small bites from it like a mouse while he scarfs his down.
     "So, you still never told me why you were at my house at 8:30 in the morning." He looks up at you with a mouth full of muffin, and holds up an index finger while he finishes eating.
     "I assumed you'd want to play 21 questions with me about everything, so I figured we might as well sit down somewhere and talk about it." He picks up whats left of his food and admires it before finishing it. "Plus, I really wanted a muffin."
     You raise a mischevious eyebrow at him and grin. "So, you wanted to take me out on a date is what I'm hearing?" As soon as the words leave your mouth, he nearly coughs on his food. "What? No! Nothing like that-"
     "Noah, I'm kidding."
     He eases up and sits back in his chair. "Oh, good." He looks out the window, his cheeks a shade pinker. You both sit in silence for a minute and he clears his throat. "So um, what do you want to know?" You gaze out the window, so many questions racing through your mind, deciding what to ask first.
"How much do you remember? From being like that?" He huffs and looks at you, "all of it." He looks out the window, watching as people walk by. "I remember floating through the woods night after night, day after day, just feeling lost. Like I had no idea who I was. I remember being alone for so long, just thinking to myself how much I deserved it." You look at him, pained as you take in his words, and then he looks at you, his eyes lighting up a little bit. "And I remember the day someone I thought hated me came barging right into those ruins calling my name like she had no fear." He smiles at you and you smile back.
"Well, I wouldn't say she hated you. But she did have a little fear running up in there." You go to take another bite of your muffin and you can still feel his eyes on you. You look back up at him to see his smile has faded. "What?"
"...Why?" He asks. You tilt your head at him. "Why what?"
"Why did you come for me that day? At all? After what I did?" He swallows hard, and you can see the guilt across his face.
"I had a dream. That you were at the ruins, begging me to come help you. You told me I could save you." He looks at you, confused. "So, a dream made you go out there, where I could have killed you for all you knew?" You shrug your shoulders at him. "I knew the risks I was taking."
He looks at you as if struck. "You were really willing to do that? Even after I-" You cut him off before he has time to finish. "It doesn't matter what you did or didn't do that night Noah. You didnt deserve what happened to you. I promised you before I wasn't going to pull away again, and I'm sorry it took me two years to keep that promise."
A small smile spreads across his face, and you smile back. After smiling at each other for what feels like too long, he clears his throat. "So um, we should probably get to the hardware store and see what Connor and Joss picked up."
     "Oh, right, of course." You wipe your mouths with a napkin and toss out your trash before heading out. But as you're heading out the door, you get a weird feeling in your gut.
     You look around the cafe and see everyone is paying no mind to you, yet you can't help but feel like someone- or something- is nearby, watching you.
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damagedsmile · 4 years
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//Hullo hullo everyone, just flying in here with an update & I apologise for taking so long about it.
So its been a tough time for everyone with C-19. Ireland is going into another lock down. I hope yall are taking care & regardless of your opinion on the matter, I hope yall are being respectful & safe.
Life has been abit topsy-turvy for me. Im learning that grief is just a series of moments where, when you least expect it, you spontaneously combust with tears. Ive had good days but a lot of days where it do be just hanging on by your nails & wondering when the rabbithole ends. So basically I'm at a point where I really don't know how I'm going to feel the next hour, the next day... yanno. I've had moments where I feel ready to return here & do something small but that feeling always changes to the opposite; I'm being careful with discerning what is a manic whim & what is real. I think that's a very important skill for anyone in this position or with mental health issues to learn, so im learning something new this past while.
I have not been able to write anything or draw for months now. Its very frustrating & depressing in itself as I am a creative person & often feel smothered when unable to create. I just have no energy or ideas & am very resentful of myself for feeling things that disrupt my hobbies. But I know i need to feel & go through this so am not pressuring myself. I'm focusing on keeping myself clean & fed & practicing good sleep hygiene; once I can master these three fundamentals, I can focus on other things.
Its funny, I think, that life experiences can alter you so much that you forget how to be human in that you find yourself forgetting to eat & unable to perform daily self-care routines & unable to show love towards those you know you love dearly. To sum it up, I think its fair to say this is the lowest point of my life & its been both horrible & eye-opening. I feel like a burn victim, without skin, everything hurting & tiresome & feeling seperate from myself & my former life. In that same perverse way, that part of me is abit thankful for c-19 because it means I don't have people coming close to me & hugging me & generally being sympathetic: I find im loathing that behaviour now. I don't want to be the person whom suffered a great loss that everyone needs to comfort, I just want to be a person that people treat like normal.
I opened the door the other day to a Traveller woman trying to sell me bedsheets & she said "ah take that, it'd be a grand present for your ma" to which I said, "my ma's dead". It was easier to say than I thought it would be & it was actually a relief to say it & receive a fumbling apology, "I'm sorry, my ma's dead too." I appreciated that more than receiving a hug or a pat on the back. Not that a stranger would do such things, but yanno. We had a moment like saluting each other & I bought pillows off her, the end.
I hope I'm making sense. I hope no one takes offence to this. This is just my feelings, my journey. I've been calling myself a child of grief, making this journey to a port in a storm where i can start a new life on that port & begin anew once I've shed this old skin thats dried out from salty tears.
I've been playing TS4. I started the Asylum Challenge on medium difficulty. I have Joker there ofc with 6 others. I did have 8 Sims but Jared Leto died in the pool (he went for a swim instead of sleeping ffs). We've had 1 Asylum baby that was adopted away for obvious reasons. Currently Enoby Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way is trying to get with Rob Zombie's creepy twin, Bob Zombie. Joker is hitting it off with my Sim whose aesthetic is inspired by Emilie Autumn. I called her Kathryn Wheel cuz of the torture device/HIM song.
I got two rat kittens for Valentines Day (not sure if I've told you before). They're Fancy Rats but with blue colouring, which I've never seen before in breeds. I called them MizPah & BoBoBetty. The Precious got a new snake, a BEL he calls Helvita but i call her Boo.
I got my hands tattooed a wee while ago which wasn't as painful as my neck but painful enough that I'm relieved theyre done & healed up. I'll try remember to post pics whenever. My memorys been a bit scatty with meds. Im also working on losing weight again so I've been very tired & grumpy when I'm not huddling in a nest of blankets growling at The Precious when he enters my space. The only way he earns my trust each eve is to give me coffee & tell me im being very good. Is this a joke? YOU be the judge...
Anyway. Im alive & still working on myself. I thank yall for your patience & support, it means a lot to me knowing my friends on here are rooting for me. I'm toasting yall rn with my iced coffee (still trying to perfect the recipe but im getting there). I hope yall are doing well & are happy, safe, & healthy. Remember I love yall & wish you all the very best, even if I'm not present or feeling sociable. We'll all get through this, i promise you. Remember that you only really see light when things are very dark 💜
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daisydaisybilly · 4 years
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Hard to Love
title- Hard to Love part 1 
Pairing- Sam x Reader (female)
word count- 3.2k
warnings- swearing, fluff, hinted death and mention of blood
summary-  Y/N meets the Winchesters after saving them from a witch, she takes a liking to Sam right away. After getting a call from Sam for help on a solo hunt, they both realised there’s more going on than they think. 
a/n- first part to a mini series! probably would be super long but im look forward to getting it all out there! Let me know what you think. All mistakes are mine so look out for them.   *gif not mine* i change to writing in second person in part 3, and will edit this to that when i’m free 
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The first time I met Sam and Dean Winchester, I saved them. Obviously  I had heard of the Winchesters while hunting but they were nothing like i had imagined. While watching a witch on a case, I saw two guys walk right into the witches home. The home in question would have been covered in traps.
Sighing and rolling my eyes, jumping out of my aston martin to save the helpless pair. As i got closer to the house, i could hear shouting and bangs.
Looking through the window to see what was happening and spotting one of the guys  lay across the floor probably knocked out. And the other being held up against a wall by a spell.
Opening the door as quietly as i could so the witch wouldn't hear me, and began walking into the room. The one against the wall spotted me, to stop him from saying anything i put a figure to my lips.
"I know he's a looker but I'm sure there are easier ways than this" i smiled holding my gun to the back of the witches head, putting the trigger before she could make another move she fell to the ground.
With the witch being dead her spell was too, I waited to thanked but he ran over to his friend instead. "Dean?!". I watch how he shook 'dean' till he woke up.
He drowsily sat up and looked from the dead witch to me, watching them. "What happened and who is she Sammy?" he asked 'Sammy'.
I smiled my best smile and took this as my time to speak. "I'm Y/N, and I just saved you from that witch", pointing toward the ground where she lay. "I'm guessing you're Dean and Sammy"
Sammy looked really shy and looked down to the floor, he even had his hand on the back of his neck, "It's actually just Sam. Dean's the only one who calls me that".
Mouth open wide i rethink the situation, "Oh god. Are you two together? " i pointed to each of them in turn. "Awww, a hunting couple. That's so sweet".
They pulled apart from each other and stood up. "No! We are brothers! Dean and Sam Winchester" Dean said.
Breaking out in a smile and laughing, "So the big bad Winchester can't handle a witch on their own? And by the way, this was my case. Had to go for drink with the chief of police for information".
Sam walk to where  his brother stood. "Well thank you for saving us but we would of been find" Sam smiled to hopefully calm things down.
Now that was a smile that could get any girl he wanted. "Well why don’t' we find another witch and see how it goes?"
"Okay, you two need to stop flirting and help clean this place up" Dean said as he made his way over to you.
"Oh sweetheart. I haven't even started yet" i said stepping aside letting him deal with the body. Leaving them to put everything in order as I typed something on my phone.
"Aren't you going to help?" Dean called from the other room, while Sam was in the same room as me.
"I did the kill so you do the clean up." i walked around the room to make sure everything was good. "besides I have places to be and people to be with". Picking up a pen that was on a nearly by  desk in the room, walking up to Sam. "speaking of." i took one of Sam's big hands in mine and wrote my number.
Sam watched as I wrote then met my Y/E/C eyes with his hazel when I had finished. "Call me if you need some help or if you just want some fun". dropping the pen into his still open hand and left him shocked.                                                                                                         ///
In took 2 months before i heard from them again, after a 3 day long hunt I was resting at a motel when my phone started to ring.
"Hello" i called checking my nails as i wait for an answer.
"Is this Y/N?" a familiar voice said. I knew it but not where from.
"Well, you have my number so take a guess" i said moving to stand now. "Look if you need help tell me and I'll do what I can".
"It's Sam Winchester. You gave me your number" He said awkwardly.
Grinning i continue, "Sammy. So tell me is this call for business  or pleasure" playing with the lose hairs that had fallen from the bun I wore on lazy days.
"Kind of both" He laugh as the sound of a car went by in the background. "I'm on this case alone and need some help but I promise there's a drink in it for you".
"What about your brother? Aren't you two the golden boys?" I ask confused.
"something happened and I can't work with him anymore"  he explain, sounding like he didn't want to talk about it anymore.
I started to pack my things, "Okay, send me the address and I'll be there as soon as I can". Hanging up I  walked out of my motel room and headed to Sam.
After a 6 hour drive i arrived at the motel Sam was staying in.  He stood outside, against the hood of a car. "Well if it isn't Sammy Winchester!" i called cheerful to get his attention.
He laughed and shook his head, watching as you lock your car. "Thanks for coming Y/N" he sounded like he meant it too.
"Well I miss that face of yours" laughing, "So I should probably go and get a room, if you're staying here". Pointing to the main office.
"If you want you can share mine" i smirked at the offer, the joke was cut off when Sam started again. "Not like that! I have two beds and it'll be easier anyway". He smiled lightly having cleared up the situation.
Shrugging i followed Sam into his room. Just like he said they were two beds both made, didn't even look slept in. "Haven't you slept recently? You did call me pretty late last night".
Sam sat on the edge of the nearest bed, putting his head in his hands. A wave of sadness went through me,  the meaningless  flirting i had been throwing his way  would be wrong here. Sitting next to him, i placed a hand on his back. "Just a lot has happen since the last time we saw each other" he said into his hands.
"Do you want to talk about it? We've all been through stuff, we've all lost people. How else do we get into this life?" rubbing his back while i spoke. Under his shirt I could feel how tight he held himself, just how much he held inside.
Feeling some for the pain loosen, he picked his head up to face mine. "It's a long story" he said quietly.
"I have all the time you need" I  smile sweetly as i continue to run my figures across his back. It felt like he was beginning to melt into my touch but then suddenly realized what was happening.
"emm. We should talk about the case" clearing his throat he moved as far as he could from me. My hand still in the position it had been in. Watching him walk around the room picking up his laptop and coming back over to where I still sat.
"Yeah we sure." watching him closely as he pulled up the right pages. "so what was so bad that you needed me?" I laugh but it didn't sound like my normal one. Thanking god that Sam didn’t  know me well enough to notices.
"Vampires, a whole lot of them" he said as he pulled up a name of vics. "3 deaths happened at the same time, caught on camera and everything".
"Not smart are they? So you got a locate on the nest or are we drawing them out?" I asked reading through the files.
Sam went still for a second, "I need your help luring them out, the last 3 vics have been young girls, probably drunk" Sam explained while you waited for the 'I'm joking'.
"You called me all the way here to use me as bait? Do you think I have nothing better to do?"  angry began to rise in me. "You know I'm good right?! Not just get by good, I'm great! And I don’t need  the Winchester stamp of approval" . I jumped up from the bed and slammed the door shut after I left the room.
I pulled open the door to my car, getting in and lent back until my breathing evened out. The door on my other side opened, Sam come and sat in the car. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that" Sam spoke before I  could tell him to fuck off.
"I don't want any special treatment just because I'm a girl. Like I said before, we have all been through stuff and lost people. Just remember that" the seriousness in my voice was a shock even to myself.
"I won't do it again, I promise" he took note of the seriousness and the lack of the smile that I never let drop.
Sam pov
The rage that burnt inside Y/N had took him back. From the first time he met her, the day she saved his and Dean's asses. He couldn't get you off his mind, even after all the shit he had been through. He had called her just to see her again and maybe have some light back into his messed up life.
It felt good to have someone who didn’t know about everything he had been through and to have someone who was so open and free.
"If I have too and it’s a big if, I will help lure the vamps out. But it's gonna cost you more than one drink" some of the seriousness had turned to a joke but her eyes stayed the same.
"whatever you want" he said smiling a little, she was truly beautiful, she always held him in awe, he hardly knew her but he liked her more than he thought was possible.
You both went back into the motel and went over the play, you weren't to happy with it but agreed if you got unlimited drink whenever you two met up and he owned you no matter how big the ask was.
Reader pov
I sat at the bar with my second drink in front of me, Sam was somewhere in the back watching for anyone watching me. Faking my alcohol intolerance was the hard bit, normal two drinks were nothing but this time I had to act like I was losing focuses.
With a  machete on your back, hidden by my jacket I slowly made my way from the bar. Stopping Sam and giving him the single. I stopped half way and held on to the wall to act like I couldn't walk.
The cold air outside felt welcoming on my face, maybe the alcohol had gotten to me more that I had like. "How you doing, pretty girl" someone whistled from behind the bar.
I tuned to face the person with a large grin and waved, the voice belong to a 30 odd looking man, he didn't look too bad either. "Hey, I'm just heading home" I struggled  to pull my keys from my pocket. "I'm still good to drive-" I laughed then continued "I hope anyway".
I tripped, the guy caught me. He moved to fast to be human. I held on to him and even lent in. Giving him the idea I was some dumb drunk girl.
I bit my lip and pulled away, my hand reaching to my back where my  machete lay. He seemed to believe that I was out of it enough to let his cover drop.  
His teeth were out in seconds, "you have no idea what I have in mind for you" he grinned, I tried to moved away but two bodies stopped me. "I have some friends with me this time, Hunter" he spat out the hunter part.
I dropped the acted then, "look you got me, lets make this easy for the both of us" I pulled my   machete from back and swung of the two behind, both fell to the floor. Their blood pooled at my feet, just as much covered my neck and face.
"Now tell me are you alone or is their more?" I swung my machete around.
"you bitch" he yelled and slapped you to the ground, I wiped away some blood that had come from a spilt lip.
"I think she asked you a question" Sam said from behind the vampire, I smiled as Sam got closer.
"Did I mention I had my own friend with me?" I stood up while Sam held the vamp in place. "So tell me are you alone or are there more of you?" I put my machete to his throat.
After not much of a fight he admitted he was the last now, after Sam had used his own  machete on him we worked on clear up. It was pure good luck no one else had left the bar and that it was too cheap for cameras of any kind.  
We threw the bodies in the boot of Sam's car and headed to the woods. The fire burnt fast in front of you both.
"So what are you gonna do now?" I asked Sam.
" I have no idea. Being with you on this hunt has made me see I hate being alone" Sam face frown as he watched the fire.
"I bet your brother misses you, I don't know what happened but don't let it get to the point where it can't be fixed" I said pulling his attention to me.
"How can you be so sure? Somethings  just can't be fixed" he said weakly.
I smiled and went to hold his hand, "You can tell me anything, if you regret it then you never have to speak to me again".
"I think I'll take you up on at" he held my hand back and smiled. His smiles were these rare things that overtook everything.
 Sam pov Y/N was great at acting her part even if she did hate it, she didn't truly shine until she took two vamp's heads off in one movement. The blood at hit her face and neck didn't bother her one bits.
When the vamp slapper to the floor he stepped forward. She smiled when she saw him, her Y/E/C shone brightly. The eyes and smile made his heart stop for a moment, the pure bliss he felt of that moment.
They dealt with the vampire rare fast then headed to burn the bodies.                                                 ////// Reader pov
The car ride back was quite but it felt good. Watching as the trees turned into homes and shops. The small motel you were staying in my decent for a night stop but nothing more than that.
I was dying to have a shower and wash away the sweat and vampire blood from my skin. I pulled my hair from the tight bun that had been in for what felt like days.
"I'm going to fall asleep in that shower" I laughed throwing my jacket onto the bed. "I have hardly slept in 4 days" I laughed heading to the bathroom.
Sam's eyes watch as I walked across the room, I turned and winked at him, "Always room for two" I joked lightly but somewhat hoped he would.
I didn't stay to see his face or if he was thinking about it. The bathroom light was low and didn't do me any favors. I ran the water till it ran hot before stripping down.
The red water flowed down the drain as you stood under the warmth the shower gave me, as the day went out the more I wanted to crawl into bed.
The split on my lip strung as the water hit it, give it a few days and it would be gone it wouldn't leave a scar. My hand ran over the lager scar that ran down the length of my tight. Scars were the only memory I had of times in my life and the people in it.
I noticed then I hadn't brought in a change of clothes, I had two opinions go out in nothing but a towel or just use my under wear which happened to be lace, my best pair.
I chose to go with the opinion that meant I was wearing something, even if it was just underwear.
Slowly I opened the door to see what Sam was doing, he was shirtless. Crap. Sat on his bed reading something. "Sam" I called out from the small crack.
He looked confused then remembered I was in the bathroom. "Y/N? is everything okay?" he asked.
"I forgot to bring something to change into- can you dig through my bag and find my night shirt" I ask watching him, look around the room for your bag.
"I don't see it but have one of mine" he walked to his bag to find a shirt. Knowing I hid for a reason he passed the shirt in to small gap. "Only for tonight right?" his hazel eyes shone bright.
"yes" I breathed out, what else was there to say. All the flame had burnt out and once again he left me feeling breathless around Sam.
His shirt smelt like him, like fresh air and trees, from all the time spent outside and travelling with the windows down.
He went back to reading whatever his book was, while I threw myself into bed. 4 days for little sleep hit me intently and it didn't take long until I was asleep with the smell of Sam surrounding me.
Sam pov
He woke up at what he guessed was mid day, the afternoon light shone across the floor. He rolled over in bed to face Y/N, she had on some jeans and his shirt from last night. She was reading a book, she bit her lip while she read.
Feeling his grazes on her, she stopped reading and looked at him, "Morning Sammy, or should I say afternoon?" she closed her book and placed it on the bed.
"Why didn't you wake me up?" he asked sitting up in his own bed.
"You looked so cute and I could tell you hadn't slept in days" she said giving him a small smile. "If you don't have anywhere to be, I thought we could hang out today and get that drink you promised me" she pulled her hair down and let in surround her.
For a moment he lost his breath, Y/N had this ability of being so free and not caring but now and then she held herself back. Like the night before when she had jokingly invited him to join her in shower but then hid inside until she had something to wear.
"I have a day or two free" he say then smiled when she broke into a wide grin. He knew he was falling but he didn't care, this wild girl would change everything.
part two
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sheilarice1 · 4 years
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(Silver Death - Part 4)
Ew. I’m old:
"Holy shit."
"What? They aren't that bad. Besides, it was my own damned fault that I got them."
"That are very bad Lady of Silver. Only a great worrier could have walked away from battle with these wounds and survive."
"I'm going to agree with Thor. When I did this, it should have killed you."
"Nah. Hulk did it, not you. Besides I found a medic quick. I am fine. Oh and Thor. I'm no warrior. I am a cold blooded killer, nothing else."
With everyone staring I push back my chair and go back outside. While crossing the yard I can hear them trying to find out how I survived.
The answer is simple really. HYDRA messed with me and gave me serums and shots. I am way to strong for my own good and can heal quicker than most people. Even the famous Captain America.
Allowing my feet to take me where they wish I once again end up in my shed, not working just sitting in the rafters that hold the bay doors up. I have my own little nest up there.
My nest is basically where four joists meet with boards laying around them to make a platform. There are a few books and some blankets and a pillow up there. It's practically the only place I will sleep. Unless Winter is here. He'd have a fit if he new I slept out here.
Without realizing it I start to drift off until I hear voices coming down the ladder shaft.
"She needs an elevator. No wonder she has such great legs."
"Stark that's disgusting. And not everyone can afford to get an elevator."
"I agree with Nat. Don't be looking at her legs like that."
"Steve do you have a crush?!"
"No Tony! I don't even know her!"
"I'm pretty sure that Bucky wouldn't approve of your crush anyway. It's a good idea to keep it hidden."
"Not you to Natasha!"
"Sorry. I'm at the bottom!!"
Took them long enough. Why wouldn't they just slide down? It's so much faster.
Watching them from above they start walking around my shed looking at what I have. There are 4 doors leading off of the main area. That they notice.
Behind the doors are:
A bathroom/laundry room
A parts room
A computer/hacking room
And my armoury
They go to the bathroom, muttering about how small it is (Stark) and how nice the lighting is(Widow). When they go into the armoury and don't come out for 5 minutes I start to get curious. As I am about to jump from my platform they walk out.
Walking to the computer room I start to wonder what I have left running and what is easy to hack. I mean in their group of three-no five, Winter and Scarlett just came down- has Tony Stark an extraordinary computer expert and Black Widow an ex-assassin who hacked into SHEILD.
I'm screwed. They are going to find me out what I have been trying to figure out.
Who am I?
I know that my name is Jessica Rice, from my HYDRA file that I stole one day. It was like I never existed. It makes my job- figuring out who the hell I was- a lot harder.
Either they are going to find my scans for that or the files that I have from when I hacked HYDRA a few weeks back; they were mostly on Winter, and the doctor dude that did shit to us.
Jumping from my platform I turn myself invisible and land gracefully in a roll. By gracefully I mean I land on the heels of my feet creating a loud clapping noise that echoes through the shed.
Hopefully they assume I have dropped something while repairing the jet.
Never mind.
Widow walked out of the computer room with her gun in her hands looking for where the noise originated. Scarlett is trying to find out if anyone else is in the shed by doing her magic stuff.
One of her ribbon things gets a little to close for comfort and I simply side step towards the jet while trying to make absolutely no sound.
Success.
Walking out of the jet in plain sight -with earbuds in so they would assume that I hadn't heard them come in- I stop and look at them.
"Hi,"
"You weren't in there before. Like 10 minutes ago when we were looking for you."
"I was on top. By the way why are there dents on top of the jet?"
"Because Clint likes barrel roles."
"Okay. Anyway how long have you been down here? And what time is it?"
"Well darling-"
"Do. Not. Darling. Me. Stark."
"Okay. Fine, don't need to be such a grouch about it. We've been down here for like 15 minutes."
"What Tony is trying to say is we were looking for you because we were planing on heading into town to get some supplies."
"Thank you for the better explanation Scarlett. Winter why are you glaring at America?"
"Reasons."
"Whatever. Need a ride or are you planing on going on your own?"
"Well I am not sure what is in your town but Natasha was planing on coming with me."
"Okay. Well I can come if you want me to show you around."
"That would be lovely."
Now, why did I do that? She's been trying to get in my head since she got here and even with the failures she won't give up.
"Okay. Stark where'd you wander off to? I don't want you in here unsupervised."
"I'm a professional adult!" Whining now "Why can't I stay?"
"Because I don't want you breaking anything or snooping threw my files, blueprints or trying to hack my computer."
"Harsh. And how did you know that we found your computer?"
Shit. Um. Uh. Drawing a blank. This can't be good. Raise an eyebrow and roll your eyes.
Nodding towards the now closed door that hides the computer room
"I saw you go in there before I hopped down from the roof."
"Ah"
"But you were in there. I'm gonna make sure you didn't mess with anything."
Walking past him I go into my computer room.
My computer room is a dimly lit room that has 5 screens, a TV, a couple speakers and multiple different bits of a computer I took apart on the bench against the side wall. It's nothing special but it is helpful when hacking different places.
Checking the damage he has done is simple. He has barely even touched my computer that gets used the least. And even then only for music.
Rolling my eyes I leave and lock the door. A finger print scanner that is attached to a 5 digit key pad.
"No one answered my second question."
"What was is Silver?"
"What time is it Winter?"
"It was about 11:00am when Wanda and I came down."
I was in my nest for almost 2 hours. Wow. I guess it was more then drifting off.
Nodding towards the ladder they all file in. Stark, America, Scarlett, Widow, Myself then Winter. He is the only one I trust completely out of this whole group so far. But I am hoping to warm up to Hawkeye and Widow, they seem like people I could get along with.
While climbing I allow my mind to drift because they are so slow. Well, Stark is and he's first. My mind goes to the only memory I have as a child.
**flash back thing**
"Mommy look!"
"Jessica where did you find that? It should be locked away."
"The lock is broken mommy."
"Well. For a 4 year old you are pretty smart."
"Yup! 5x5 is 25!
"Who taught you that?"
"Uncle."
"Jessica. You don't have an uncle. Who taught you that?"
"The man with the smart son."
"Do you mean Mr. Howard? My boss?"
"Yes mommy."
"Okay. I'm going to take that and put it back and we are going to pretend hat the lock is not broken okay?"
"Okay! I like the pretend game. I am very good at it!"
"That you are Hun. What do you want to eat for supper?"
"Hmmm. Sgetti!"
"Spaghetti?"
"Yah!"
"Okay. Im gonna go put this away and then we are going to make spaghetti and our special sauce!!"
"Yay!"
I watched my mothers back as she walked dow the hallway to her room. I had picked the lock on mommy safe and was going to show her. But the worried sound in her voice told me not to let her know I picked the lock. But to make up a quick pretend.
**flash back thing over**
"The man with the smart son? You new Tony's dad?"
With Tony just reaching the top he started yelling
"Who new my dad? And I am smart!!"
"Silver new him. She called him her Uncle."
"I was little. He was my mothers boss. She often took me to work and left me with Howard. He enjoyed kids. And Scarlett please stay out of my head. That's practically the only memory that isn't violent and gruesome."
"How old are you?? My dad died in 1991. You said you were 24. The math doesn't add up."
"No. I should be 24. I don't think I was ever put in cryo freeze."
"You. Um. You were in Cryo a few times Silver. Only for about a year or eight each time but. You should be 48." Winter looks nervous while telling me this.
"Ew. I'm old."
With that everyone starts laughing.
"Shut up! Ugh. Are you girls ready for town? I wanna get away from these three."
"No we need to change."
Realizing they were still in the clothes that I gave them when they first arrived I feel guilty.
"You two coulda grabbed anything outta my closet or dresser. Or I shoulda realized you hadn't changed."
"Meh. On missions we don't change very often Silver."
"Are you sure Scarlett?"
"Yes. And so is Natasha."
"Well still sorry."
Making it into the house I send them into my room to pick out their outfits and would Winter aside.
"Don't let Any one into my lab shed thing. Especially Stark."
"Why?"
"I have files on HYDRA that they don't have. That I don't want them to have."
"What are the files on?"
"Me. My death count doubles you and Widows combined. I don't want them to know that."
"Silver. You can trust this team. They will understand."
"No they won't. Not once they see some of the names that are in there. I killed some of their friends and family James. They would hate me if they knew."
"Tony forgives me for killing his parents. The rest would forgive you."
"I doubt it."
With that I walk away and go to my truck. It has bullet proof with tinted windows. When the girls come out of the house they look happy and comfortable.
When they get in Widow sits in the front seat and Scarlett gets into the back. Their smiles disappear quickly.
This was gonna be a fun day.
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scaryscarecrows · 4 years
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Opportunities
AN: I don’t know how we got here and I don’t care.
* * *
“I feel like I should make a bird joke,” Jim says, leaning against his car and digging his cigarettes out of his jacket. Robin sneezes and wedges himself a little further under Dove’s wing-er. Arm.
“Fuck off, Jim,” Dove tells him. “Kid takes a trip into the river and you’re gonna make fun of him? Wow.”
“Yeah, commish,” Robin croaks. “I coulda drowned.”
Jim fishes his cigarettes out of his coat and corrects, “I’m not making fun of Robin.”
She gives him a flat look and says again, “Fuck off, Jim.”
Though come to think of it, Robin does indeed resemble a baby bird that fell out of the nest. Not a bald one, but a scraggly, screeching one that can sort of glide from a tree stump to the ground. He’s a wet, bedraggled mess and truth be told, he’s damn lucky he didn’t get dragged into the bay because of that stupid cape. Does it detach? It should. If it doesn’t, Batman should fix that.
Robin cackles before convulsing in another sneeze and pulling the towel into a hood. Jim sighs, because what is he, fourteen? He shouldn’t be out here. There’s nothing he can do about it, but he’s always been skittish about the idea of Robin.
“That wasn’t smart, kid.”
Robin flashes him a cocky grin from behind his styrofoam cup.
“But I got ‘im,” he says, voice stiff in an effort to force it through chattering teeth. “Was th-the—”
“Less talking, more drinking,” Dove says, and he takes a sip, pulls his knees up to his chest. “Thank you.” She leans away and the noise the kid makes before he catches himself is absolute distress. Jim won’t make a bird joke. But it’s tempting. “Hold still, I’m gonna try and—”
The distressed noise returns when she gets her fingers pressed into the towel on his head and starts scrubbing. But he holds still-well, as still as he can, given the rough treatment-with one hand curled protectively over the cup lid.
“It’s something,” she says at last, and when she pulls her hands away Robin burrows miserably against her side again. “Drink.”
The kid draws his cup under his chin and rasps, “I’m gonna die.”
“Don’t be a dumbass.”
“I am. I think I swallowed something squishy.”
Jim grimaces. Given the state of Gotham’s waters, that’s…that’s not unlikely.
“You know what they say, kiddo,” Dove tells him. “Couldn’t swim, couldn’t float…”
“I’m serious!”
“If it hasn’t killed you by now, you’ll be fine,” she says smoothly, but she adjusts the shock blanket so it’s a little snugger around his shoulders. “Finish that, it’ll help dilute whatever you swallowed.”
Or, at the very least, inspire him to puke it out. Jim’s sympathetic. He’s taken his share of impromptu swims, and even barring the recent concern of Croc, they’re never pleasant.
Fifteen minutes later, Robin’s asleep in what looks like the most uncomfortable position possible; he’s pressed as close to Dove as he can get, but his shoulders are up around his ears and one hand’s clasping the blanket closed at his neck.
“Well, now I’m really tempted to make that joke.”
Dove looks like she’s going to give him the finger, but refrains. And he thinks it’s because she doesn’t want to disturb Robin, until—
“Commissioner.”
GODDAMMIT, BATMAN.
“You saw him,” he accuses, and Dove grins at him, just a little too sharp, a little too close to Penguin for his liking.
“Mm-hm.”
Humph.
“He’s fine,” he tells Batman. “Just worn out from his swim.”
“Hn.”
Ahh. So verbose, is Batman.
The man steps around him and then Robin is cradled in his arms. The movement wakes him, just enough to crack his eyes open and mumble, “T’anks for th’ hot choc’l’te.”
“Sure, hon. Go back to sleep.”
“An’ for th’ warm.”
“Sure, kid.”
“Night, commish.”
He has to. He’s a father and he has to. Batman will appreciate this, he’s sure.
“Dove.”
“What.”
“What do you give a sick bird?”
Robin sneezes. He’s always been a helpful sort.
“Jim.”
“Tweetment.”
Batman doesn’t really do anything, but Jim knows he’s laughing on the inside. Robin laughs on the outside, for all of two seconds before he sneezes again and curls miserably into Batman’s arms, pressing his forehead against the chest plating. Jim wonders how that’s comfortable. Robins are weird. The first one used to do handstands...on Batman.
(That Batman didn’t even seem to notice was nothing short of hysterical.)
Dove bites back a laugh and Jim should let it go, he knows he should let it go, but…
“There, see? Birds of a feather--”
“Fuck off, Jim.”
THE END
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samphonsrilaa · 4 years
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they both sat next to each other, both exchanging looks with the beauty of nature in-front of them.
not one shuffle or stir, only the calm breeze and procrastination of the little birds building their nests was heard.
he gets up, reaching out for her hand to aid. a few paces down the path came a recognisable spot to them both.
the land was high up, it had an opening from the trees that lead to a shear drop but a beautiful outlook onto the little village within the distance. the small working village was edged next to the ocean and surrounded by large patches of field.
within the opening was a small bench made only of wood. god knows how old this bench stood for, but the age of it gave a sense of belonging. even for the days it stood for, the bench had strength, covered in a emerald green moss on its legs and finely sanded back and bottom panels. a sign of true craftsmanship.
the craftsman also appreciated the placement of his project. a view fit for the wandering minds, or those seeking for some moments for their own.
she had thought of all this in her mind, and he saw in her eyes. his eyes never left hers once they got up here. and she was completely oblivious.
his hands was still locked into his pockets of his old, rugged jacket of different shades of brown, which was accompanied by a pair of his favourite straight cut dark blue denim jeans. he himself was quite unbalanced, clothing never matched, his thoughts just as similar. he never rushed, nor was late. he loved right and never too much. he would ask questions, but only when its needed. he never sighs, which is quite scary for a man of his nature; his endurance was immense.
he moves his left hand out of this pocket and softly found her right hand, interlocked, she looked into his eyes.
she was as elegant as she could be. dainty in features, short shoulder length cut hair. blonde with a few lighter highlights at the front. her eyes held a blueish-grey galaxy you get lost in and her voice, how often she would sing. honey to the ears. but whenever she spoke she would find difficulty in being heard. for the moment where their eyes connected, with the all too beautiful surroundings, a light rose grew on soft skin cheek. for once, everything feels like how it should be. for all the pain, and thoughts, the weight, stress had finally found a place to live within the man. for he had held no beauty in him but rather a beast.
the wind started to shift, a colder slice of air now. the man reached into his back pocket to find a half empty pack of Marlboro which neatly inserted was a lighter. he took the butt of a cigarette to his mouth and lit the other end. this was part of his masculine scent. old fumes and a light smell of aftershave that she had given him last year as a present for saying goodbye. how ironic that he’s stood here wearing it. almost a smug act but she knew he never meant too. after a few breaths the ember found it self on the ground being trampled dim.
he starts to exclaim something, and she never knew that it would effect her as much as it did.
“you know i never meant to come back. theres nothing here left for me, no life, no family, no relations. but i didnt care about all that crap, i knew i never had them.”
she thought to herself as he spoke, what about me? a lump found itself in her throat but she forcefully pushed it down.
“but one thing i had was always this spot, where i come and find an inner peace for a few minutes or hours. i would sit here and look at all the drawings being made in the fields. and watch the people work within the village. and which they work for a purpose which im so jealous of.”
she still kept thinking, what about me? how did i not mean anything to you?
he continued exclaiming.
“i never loved or found love. i’ve never made love nor been someones. until you. for once my head doesnt hurt, and my body isnt numb. and somehow you give me energy. but im so scared to say the words. for those are the needs i want to feel. but for love isnt a need. love is a seed to grow new possibilities. love is giving while a need is taking.”
she wanted to scream to him how wrong he is for lying to himself, but deep down she knew he spoke what his heart wanted. he takes out another cigarette and places it into his mouth and lighting.
“for darling, i have been in love with you from the moments you made me feel needed.”
her eyes started to well up but she stood firm and didn’t break the eye contact. she wished ever so to never hear those words again but she did.
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