#jay in his head oh it feels weird hearing him call me jay . i will refuse to elaborate on why . just weird .

[filmbyjy]

MINESTREAM

SYPNOSIS > Wanting to start a new stream series with his best friends, Jay had a bright idea of playing some simple Minecraft with them. Everything was normal, until he realises there is another person in the call with them. He quickly learns that it was ni-ki’s older sister, (name). Watch how streaming a simple game of Minecraft can dig up some interesting feelings between the main leads.

EIGHT – asscrack

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a/n: the inspiration behind jake’s little world naming…that was the first word that popped into my head. don’t ask why. I’d like to know too.

finally after so long with multiple technical issues on jay’s end, the minecraft series could officially start. he could hear jake and ni-ki just chatting about the free online soccer game they found on steam. his eyes gazed the mute button right beside your username. the other boys had turned on their cameras in discord while you and angel(Yvette) didn’t.

he hasn’t once heard your voice. well, he could barely hear your voice since he shut ni-ki’s stream off earlier due to the boys attempting to catch something. he only heard your giggle once and that was it. nonetheless, in that short moment he thought you sounded adorable. his heart drumming in his chest, wondering how your voice would sound like.

he shook his head and clicked on the stream button. as per usual, he puts on a waiting screen to tell the viewers that ‘hey, we’re going to play soon. please wait.’

he unmutes in the discord, “hey, everything has been set up. I just wanna ask what should the server name be?”

“asscrack.” jake suggests as he looks up from his computer and directly into the camera.

“what?” heeseung speaks up as he was caught off guard by the weird name.

“I don’t know, don’t ask me. I’m shit at giving names to things.” jake shrugs. the other boys deadpanned at him.

“let’s name it…sunoo and the boys.” sunoo suggests.

“as if. just put the default ‘My World’ that’s the easiest. not a single hassle to the world.” jungwon adds.

“Alphas.” sunghoon voices out.

“uhh, have you forgotten there are two girls here?” ni-ki says.

“well, who cares about that. Women can be dominant too.” sunghoon shrugs.

jay sighs, “I’m just going to call it MineStream.”

“lame ass name.” jake says. jay turns on his camera on discord and zooms in the camera to his face. he gave jake a death stare and so jake awkwardly laughs it off.

“okay, you scare me. I’m sorry.” jake pouts.

as for you, the moment jay opened his facecam. your eyes widened, a tiny gasp left your throat. since no one could see/hear your reaction due to you being muted and your camera was turned off, you were basically in shock. that man is most beautiful man you’ve ever seen.

the way his eyebrow raises as the rectangle glasses suited his face. he was just in a simple black shirt and his jet black hair was parted prettily. good lord. you were going to play with him? you were going to play with all these pretty boys?? oh lord.

“okay, the world is loading so wanna do the intro when we all load into the world?” jay asks.

“yeah, we should. we have new guests here and we have to introduce the fans too!” sunghoon says.

“alright, I’ve already loaded in. I sent the world invite into the discord. by the way, there are mods that I added to make the game more interesting.” jay says.

“the only interesting thing we should try to do is do hardcore mode or like a ‘if one person dies, everyone dies’ kinda thing.” sunoo suggests.

“we could do that for another time.”

you had clicked on the link and waited to load into the world. since ni-ki helped to create your account, you could easily go in and of course he was your first friend in the game. you had finally clicked turned on the camera in discord and so everyone could see you. you weren’t exactly streaming but you were recording for a video since ni-ki suggested that putting up videos onto YouTube also generates money. once everything was settled, jungwon claps his hand and starts off with the intro.

“hello everyone, today we are-” ni-ki’s character punches jungwon’s as he was talking. “ni-ki!”

“whoops misclick.” ni-ki says. jungwon rolls his eyes.

“today we are playing minecraft! woo!!”

“the premise of how this started. jay hyung wanted to do a series together that was nostalgic and so we decided to go with minecraft because who doesn’t love minecraft!” sunoo says.

“besides our normal friend group, we have two other people on here! let’s welcome angel and (name)!”

“hello hello.” angel says. her little vtuber character moves and tracks her movement.

“woah, cool character, angel. it’s really pretty.” sunoo says.

“oh, thank you.” angel smiles. everyone’s attention was now on you.

“oh umm, hi. I’m (name). I’m ni-ki’s older sister.” you waved towards the camera. everyone was mesmerised (excluding heeseung and ni-ki), you were beautiful.

“good god.” jake says.

“you have a very sexy voice. would love to hear that all night-” sunghoon gets cut off.

“sunghoon hyung, i will find a way to ban you from this server.” ni-ki warns him.

you giggled and jay’s heart melts. god, he’s a simp but he can’t show that…his facecam was turned on. jay turns to read a couple of his comments. most of them were simping for you. kinda made him jealous, not going to lie. plus, it didn’t help that jay had this overlay thing where whoever talked, it would display the person’s facecam (if turned on) from discord to his livestream.

— “she’s so pretty.”

— “wow, she’s so…no wonder she’s ni-ki’s older sister. the family genes are so strong.”

“let’s just start playing. gather resources everyone.” jay says.

and so everyone does. each of them collected wood, from the trees. you sat there looking clueless and so jay comes up to you in game.

“something wrong?” he asks.

“oh, sorry. this is my first time playing minecraft so I have zero clue how to do things.”

“want me to guide you?”

“sure.”

jay happily guides you on how to play the game, from punching wood to making crafting benches and finally making tools. jay turns to read the comments for a bit,

— “woah, what is this visual couple going on?”

— “yoooo, they would look cute together! like wow.”

jay was satisfied by the comments. he can’t help but look at your facecam, your concentrated face as you mined for stone and attempted to make stone weapons.

“hyung!” jungwon whacks jay’s character. it causes him to turn around.

“did you have to hit me.” jay deadpans.

“whoops, anyways. ni-ki and sunoo found a cave. I don’t remember minecraft caves being fucking huge.”

“there was a huge update I believe 1-2 years ago so yes, huge cave.”

“they also found a mob spawner with saddles in the chest and jake hyung stole them to try and get horses.”

jay sighs, “can’t say I’m not surprised.”

“are you and (name) noona flirting?” jungwon suddenly asks. it causes you and jay and to look at each other in game before turning to jungwon.

“no? he’s just teaching me how to play minecraft.”

“yeah, she doesn’t know much about the game so what better way then to teach her?”

“don’t believe it one bit. next thing you know, we will have a couple in a minecraft server who share a house together, sleep together and have cats and dogs together.”

— “oooo, jungwon is onto something.”

“the comments are agreeing with me.” jungwon smirks.

“shut the fuck up, my friend.” jay shoos jungwon away. the younger boy runs off to find sunghoon, who wants currently getting chased by a creeper.

jay sticks by you throughout the whole thing, he gives you tips and even hands you some stuff.

“we are making a community.” heeseung says.

“and why?”

“because with 9 people on this server, all the resources are going to be sucked up. also I am not sharing a house with any of you. especially, (name). she’ll make the house with pink wood.”

“there’s pink wood?” you say.

“there is, you just need to find a cherry blossom biome.” jay explains.

“why are you helping her?” heeseung asks.

“because she doesn’t know how to play and I’m just being a gentleman since you guys aren’t helping her, clearly.”

jake bursts out laughing, “I’m sorry but this is the first time I see you being so gentlemanly to a woman.”

“do you want me to set myself into creative so I can blow up your shit dirt house.” jay threatens.

“go ahead, I feel like renovating it anyways. just let me move my stuff first-”

sunoo quietly hands jay some tnt and a flint and steel. before jake could even grabbing his things from the chest. jay covers his base with the tnt and ignites it. it hisses.

“(name), I suggest you run if you don’t wanna blow up.” jay warns.

“oh.” you quickly dashed out of the way and the explosion was massive. it causes sunghoon to yell.

“I had a pet dog in there…” jake says.

“too bad, mess with me again and I’ll burn your next house.” jay says.

jake definitely learnt his lesson of not teasing jay during this session.

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[satansindexfinger]

Can you do the Brothers and Undateables reacting to an MC who called God sky daddy?

Author's note: ahsjdjdkf this is hilarious, thank you for requesting! It feels so weird putting the fancy banners and everything for something this silly lmao

Warnings: none

Crack; gn!mc

Everyone's Reaction To You Calling God 'Sky Daddy'

Lucifer

"... Pardon?"

He knows for a fact you did not just call his father sky daddy of all things. It takes him a moment to process it.

He visably cringes and rubs his temples, annoyance evident, "Please, for the love of everything, do not refer to him that way ever again."

What would even posess you to do that? You humans really are an enigma Lucifer can't decipher.

He couldn't look more disgusted if he tried.

Mammon

"Huh? W-who are ya callin' that?!"

Relax, Mammon. God isn't their side-hoe. It's not the type of daddy you're picturing. It's a joke.

"Damn, why didn't ya just call him by his name... yer really weird, yknow that?"

Now he's jealous. Why does God get a goofy nickname and he doesn't?!

Leviathan

"LMAOOOOO"

Thinks it's hilarious. So what if it's his dad? That was a good one, MC!

Boy is well-versed in obscure internet slang so nothing can surprise him on that front. Won't dare to use it himself but... okay, maybe when it's just you two.

He really wants to fit in okay? Probably has his own fair share of memes relating to The Lord (tm) and will send you every last one.

Satan

"Thank who?"

Did he hear you right? Is this some weird type of human word play? Even his big brain needs a second to connect the dots.

"Huh, I've never heard that alias of his before. Well, he is on the upper realm, and he is technically the father of all things... I suppouse it makes sense."

Doesn't pay any mind to it after analyzing the connection. He thinks it's a weird way of saying it but you do you, MC.

I lied. He so keeps that in the back of his mind to use when Lucifer is around just to piss him off.

Asmodeous

"Oh, MC! I didn't know you had quite the mouth on you! How blasphemous!"

Gasps like the drama queen he is.

Good job, you've turned his cringy flirt mode on. Now he won't leave you alone.

You might want to reconsider your word usage around this bitch next time.

Beelzebub

Whomst? What?? Sky who?

Doesn't get it, doesn't ask about it. He thinks he didn't hear you clearly over the sound of his munching.

Will look at you like a confused dog and cock his head, hoping you'd explain. If you do he will just nod. Like it's the most normal thing he's heard all day.

"Ah, you mean Father." Whatever. Back to your guys' scheduled sixth meal of the day.

Belphegor

"Sky daddy? Really? Could you be any weirder about him?"

If you pay close attention you can hear his subtle snicker. Come off it Belphie, you think it's hilarious.

Would absolutely call his maker sky daddy if they ever met again. Shame he's probably permanently banned from the celestial realm.

Look me in the eyes and tell me he hasn't attempted to call God weird ass names to his face before.

Joins Satan in his quest to piss Lucifer off by calling their father that.

Diavolo

Congrats, you've stumped the demon lord himself! .. For a split second. Then he lets out a laugh like he's just watched the funniest stand up on Netflix.

"You're just full of surprises, aren't you, MC? What an odd nickname!"

Thinks it's charming for some reason. You little humans and your interesting choice of words! How cute!

"Does that make me ground daddy?"

Diavolo please.

Barbatos

Ignores you. No reaction from this killjoy right here.

Okay, maybe he finds it just a tad amusing. Won't show it though. He might mention it in passing while he's having tea with Diavolo and chuckle a bit about the blatant disrespect you have the balls to show, but that's about it.

Or so you think. Motherfucker will drop it in conversation when you least expect it.

"It's a good thing we heard the timer on the oven this time. I suppouse we can thank Sky Daddy for this?"

It sounds illegal coming out of his mouth.

Solomon

"Daddy Jay-Z really has blessed us today."

Will play along with it. Man gives zero shits. Remember, this is the same dude who wanted to call Michael Mike.

He already knows he's going to hell shall he become mortal again so why not drag his favourite MC down with him?

"May the cloud son-in-law and holy poltergeist help us one day too."

You two are a walking menace.

Simeon

(Let me upload the banner you piece of shit site)

Look absolutely scandalized. You might as well have murdered Luke right infront of his eyes.

"M-MC!! That is highly disrespectful! Please watch your language, especially if Luke is around."

Knows you were probably trying to be funny but mans is whipped for holiness. Relax, he knows you probably didn't know any better so he isn't mad.

Just a bit dissappointed.

Won't lecture you further but will sigh and look disapprovingly if you ever did it again.

[liyawritesss]

I don’t know if you’ll do this. But I was wondering if you have any dating headcanons for Crow Hogan?

ʟᴏᴠɪɴɢ ᴄʀᴏᴡ ʜᴏɢᴀɴ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇ...

-> synopsis: what would it be like to love the Satellite’s most prolific Black Winged Duelist, Crow Hogan?

-> pairing: crow hogan + black!gn!reader

-> from: yu-gi-oh! 5ds

-> contains: maybe some cursing, heavy pining (crow is so down bad for you bestie), miscommunication, 2nd person ('you', 'your', 'yours')

-> a/n: AAAAHHHHHH MY HOMEBOOOYYYYYYY 🗣 Crow is like a brother to me, so this was so fun to write as I genuinely love him and wanna see more love for him. I hope you enjoy lovely‼️

-> join my taglist!

-> tags: @mbakuetshurisprincess @shuriszn @writingintheshadowsforever @cafehyunji @niyahwrites @marsfunzon22 @briology @asensitivecookie @moon-bo-young @flo-milli-shit-hoe @romiantic @shuinami @badass-dora-milaje @uranometrias @elvenxwarrior @insomniac-jay @nesting-dreams

-> CROW HOGAN who you met after he got you out of a tight jam with sector security. he saw you running away from a pursuit runner and intervened, leading the officers away from you and allowing you time to escape. he rounds back to the area to see if he can find you; and he does, alongside a pair of kids who you were protecting from the cops.

-> CROW HOGAN who takes you to his hideout, his 'nest' for protection. He gets the kids settled in, the other children immediately flocking to them to make friends and welcome them, while gesturing for you to step aside with him. He wants to know your story - why was Sector Security chasing you? Why were those kids involved? Whatever the case may be, He assures you that those kids are safe with him, and that if you choose to stick around, you will too.

-> CROW HOGAN who wouldn't know he's got a crush if it weren't for his kids. They notice the little changes in his behavior slowly but surely the more you come around. He seems to be more antsy and skittish, more talkative than usual, puffing his chest out and trying to be more manly. At first they think he's sick or something, but once they realize his weirdness only starts up when you get in the picture, they make it their mission to get Crow to make a move.

-> CROW HOGAN who doesn't know why he feels this way towards you; a couple months ago you were just someone he happened to come across on a card scourge and saved from Sector Security. Yet he can't help when his body turns rigid when he hears your voice from no where, how his heart skips beats and his palms get sweaty, and he starts talking more to overcompensate. Even the immense desire to protect you shocks him sometimes, which may lead to some petty fights where he resorts to calling you 'stubborn' and 'reckless' for heading out on your own, which he immediately regrets afterwards. You've got his head so wound up and confused, the poor guy can't even sleep sometimes because he's so consumed with thoughts of you!

-> CROW HOGAN who let's his frustrations get the better of him so much due to his unidentified love for you that he ends up hurting you. And he pretty much wants to hit himself because what was his deal? How could he hurt you, someone who'd stuck by him and the kids and who'd only ever wanted to help. For a while he muddles in his own sadness and frustration, but his kids get him into shape real quick - "you can't sit around here moping all day," they tell him, "go apologize and get them back!" And while their all but childish solution is easier said than done, if the little birds in his nest tell him to do something, then he's got more than an obligation to follow through.

-> CROW HOGAN who apologizes all serious and somber-like, which is completely unlike him. But he's trying to show you that he didn't mean to be a jerk - he's got a lot of emotions bubbling around and doesn't know what to do with them most of the time. He just knows that he likes having you around, like, a lot, and that you make life a little bit better for him. He wants to keep you around, as more than a friend, but doesn't really know how to say that without sounding like a doofus, much less how to say it at all. He promises that he won't act like a jerk any more and will work on better articulating his words, if you agree to come back and give him a second chance and come back to the nest with him. "The kids miss you....and I do too!"

-> CROW HOGAN who makes due on his promise and actually communicates with you. No more of those nervous babbles and overcompensating conversations (well, more like they just die down a bit - he's still a very talkative guy, but its more comfortable now). Being in love with him makes him act like a kid again; he's always trying to be up under you, messing and teasing and toying with you, joking around and making up for lost time. He does it out if love, though, and always reassures you with a cheeky little "hey...you know I love ya, right?" accompanied another that killer smile of his - and you have no choice but to accept it.

-> CROW HOGAN who slips up calling you 'mama bird' in front of the kids, and they immediately run with him. He tries to get them to stop - frankly because that's HIS name for you and the little tikes shouldn't what he came up with, but also, who's to say how you actually feel about it. They quickly start to call the pair of you "mama bird" and "papa bird" to tease the two of you, which earns you a very flushed and embarrassed Crow.

-> CROW HOGAN who's love languages is making decks, so he scours every junkyard in the satellite to build you the best deck he possibly can. He spends months working on it, filling it with intriguing combos, tough monsters, and even tougher spells and traps. Then with the help of the kids, dresses it up real pretty in newspaper wrapping and a bow and presents it to you with a sheepish, boyish grin, pink staining his cheeks and his hand clammy. "Took me a while to make it...hope ya like it!"

-> CROW HOGAN who proudly introduces you to his friends as his partner, both in crime and in life. Yusei is first - he trusts the raven haired man not to be a jerk during the first meeting, and is esctatic when you two hit it off. With Jack, he gives the tall blonde the evil eye, watching him closely to make sure he's keeping things quaint. Though if Jack says something remotely out of pocket, hands are being thrown. Crow doesn't play around with his, not even when it comes to his brothers.

-> CROW HOGAN who encourages you to sit with him while he works on his runner - he sees it as a sort of bonding time with you. You'll be sitting across from him, handing him tools and parts when he asks for them, asking questions about what he's doing, and he's more than happy to answer them. And when he's done, you take a test drive with him, which leads to many impromptu date nights riding around the Satellite under the smokey starry night.

-> CROW HOGAN who can finally rest easy at night, knowing you're right next to him in bed, sound asleep and in his arms where he needs you to be. Knowing that you're not going anywhere, and that he can proudly call you his, makes this bird finally feel like he's truly found a home.

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[hailsatanacab]

Are you still doing the wip ask game? If so, can i ask about number 5?

I love this one and I'm so embarrassed that it's still a wip oh no!!!! This should have been completed a long time ago to celebrate hitting 1,000 followers but uh... it sorta snowballed into way more than I thought it would and this cute little oneshot is now way more than that. Whoops.

It started as a @stealingyourbones prompt that I added on to, which you can read here! Then I posted a wee little wip wednesday sneak peek, and this snippet (is it still a snippet if it's over 1k words?) carries on from there :)

👻🦇👻

Danny doesn’t join him for what is, unexpectedly, a pretty great meal.

“Holy shit, you guys,” he murmurs, wiping his mouth with a napkin. "You’re missing out.”

“Come on, Jay, it can’t be as good as the Big Bat Deluxe.” Dick whines in his ear. “You love those.”

“No, I love the Red Hot Hood Bites. That’s all I get at Bat Burger, and don’t let me hear you telling the others that I get anything else.”

“Please, Jason, don’t think we don’t have everyone’s BB order on file, who do you think you’re talking to?”

“Fuck off, Timbits. Go eat at Red Robin.”

“Hey, fuck you!”

Jason elects to tune out the ensuing list of threats in favour of finishing his burger. He’s heard them all before and he’s like 80% sure that Tim won’t actually hide his body in a Red Robin—if only because it wouldn’t take the World’s Greatest Detective to figure out who did it and he'd be so deep in the fucking shit that he may as well join Jason.

Aside from the food (seriously, that sauce! He’s going to need to rustle up a copycat or something, he can’t leave here without a recipe), the Nasty Burger is a pretty sad affair.

It’s a little run down, the vinyl covers on the seats peeling and suspiciously sticky, and incredibly quiet. The only other people around are the two teens behind the counter, bored and on their phones, and two kids, probably around Danny’s age, sitting in the corner quietly arguing amongst themselves. There’s an ungodly amount of food in front of them, but only the guy seems to be eating.

Jason sighs and looks at the rapidly cooling Supremely Nasty Meal meant for Danny. Taking a few of the fries won’t hurt, will it?

He peels the paper bag away from the greasy mess and digs in. Huh, they really skimped on his lot, there’s only like half a carton in here.

“So, you gonna bring us back something or are we going to have to starve?”

“Haven’t decided yet.”

“What a shame,” Timbo starts, with a theatrical air, “for I am still trying to decide whether or not to tell you everything I’ve learnt about the Fentons. Perhaps we could come to some sort of arrangement?”

“You finally made yourself useful and got through those firewalls?”

“Yeah, once I managed to get my hands on a native laptop. It’s weird, but whatever was keeping out my tech lets anything bought directly from Amity in. Having such localised security—to the point where even my stuff can’t penetrate?— is beyond strange. I don’t like it.”

Jason leans back, and reaches for Danny’s milkshake, finding it surprisingly light when he lifts it up. Seriously, what is with the half portions here? He turns round and glares at the spotty teen behind the counter, who doesn’t look up from his phone. Whatever. It's not like Danny’s going to drink it anyway.

Looks like the two kids in the corner have made up, if their stifled laughter is anything to go by. Most of their own food is gone now, too, so perhaps the real reason it’s called the Nasty Burger is because they stiff you on the food.

“This place is weird.” says Dick, in a rare case of being right.

“You don’t know the half of it…” Tim sighs but doesn’t offer up anything else.

Jason’s been trying his best to ignore it.

The weirdness, that is.

There’s an electrical charge in the air so strong it almost feels like he’s swimming through static. Each breath makes his steps bounce like he’s walking on the moon. If he turns too quickly, if he stands up too fast, his head spins like he's breathing too much oxygen.

No matter what Tim thinks he knows, it’s not the full weirdness of Amity Park, Jason's sure about that. Being here itches under his skin, and he resolves not to delve any deeper into it. Not with the way the green swims on the edges of his vision. 

The sooner they figure out what’s happening here, the better.

“What’s your price?” 

“Two Supremes and a six pack of Nasty Nuggies. Cake shake with two shots of espresso.”

Jason rolls his eyes as Dick splutters in concern.

“Shake and espresso? Tim, you have a problem.”

“It’s just a frappuccino. There’s no difference.”

“Then get a frappuccino.”

“I want a shake.”

“Then there's a difference! And the difference is that Alfred will kill us for enabling you!”

“As riveting as watching Timberly’s mental and physical wellbeing disappear before our very eyes is, what’s your info?”

“The same for me, please!” Dick butts in, yet again. “Except with a coke instead, because I’m normal.”

Both Tim and Jason snort. 

“Yeah, not gonna touch that. Tim, info, come on.”

“Alright, alright. Hey, so, what’s your favourite thing about being adopted?”

“Tim, I swear to God, if you don’t get to the point right now, I’ll—”

“You’re right! It’s that none of us are actually related to you.”

“And yet somehow, I’m still stuck with you all. Point, Tim, get to it.”

He grabs the burger meant for Danny and begins to unwrap it. If he has to listen to Tim being all smug about whatever he’s found out, he’s doing it with a burger in hand.

“Did you know that Willis Todd’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather was a Nightingale?”

“What’s a Nightingale? Aside from the obvious.”

“A Nightingale is about two generations away from becoming a Fenton.”

“Oh, what the fuck? You cannot be serious!”

“Serious as a cake shake with two espressos in it.”

“No, my… Someone ate my other fucking burger!”

Danny’s burger has a huge, bite-sized chunk taken out of it. Literal teeth marks in the bun. A slice of tomato slops limply onto the table, painting his shirt with splatters of weak tomato juice, the red half moon taunting him. Sauce dribbles out mournfully.

The two kids in the corner are staring openly now, faces red with how hard they’re laughing.

Jason sinks into his chair with a groan.

This fucking town. 

Is this how they treat outsiders? Take bites of their burgers while they laugh on—but then why only do it to his spare and not both meals? The teenagers behind the counter aren't even paying any attention, so why bother pulling a prank like this if you're not going to—

Danny.

Jason whips his head around as if he can catch the invisible little shit, but just like on the street, there's no sign of him.

Has he been here the whole time, invisibly eating the food Jason offered him? Except the packaging was still perfectly wrapped, the sticker still attached, how in the hell had he managed to eat the burger without damaging it? Did he get to it in the kitchen? Or does he—

“Wait, hold up. What the fuck did you just say?”

[toad-bread]

Ways Enhypen Does When They’re In Love ♥︎

Paring: ot7 x Female Reader warnings:fluff, bit on angst, short, mentions of insecurity about F!Reader, mentions of being harassed. Tell me if I’m missing smth (not that happy with Jungwon’s and Niki’s one because it’s short) wc:1468

Jungwon- things that reminds him of his partner

“What are you doing?” Niki said while raising a brow at Jungwon. “I’m going to Y/n’s house, why?” Jungwon replied while packing items in a bag. Niki rolled his eyes and picked up a trinket, “No, what are you doing with this— weird stuff?” Jungwon looked up and glared at Niki, snatching it from Niki he huffed. “They’re not for you, they’re for Y/n.” “What? That thing is for Y/n?” Niki laughed. “Don’t laugh, it reminds me of them and I don’t care what you think.” Jungwon quickly packed his things to head over to your place before Niki banters more. “Geez, sorry didn’t mean to make you mad.” Niki cackled. Jungwon just scoffed and walked towards the door. “I’m not paying for your food this week!” 

Heesung- Hearing a song that reminds them of their partner

“Babe!” Heesung’s voice echoed in your apartment. Hearing the voice you stood up to head over to the noise. “You called?” Heesung smiled from your bed and patted next to him to motion you to sit down. “Here, listen to this.” Sitting down you saw Heesung press the play button. Hearing the melody you closed your eyes and lay your head on his shoulder. Moments when the song ended you hummed in acknowledgment. “So?” Heesung voice brought you back to reality. Opening your eyes, looking up at him you smiled softly and traced your fingers against his hands. “It’s lovely.” Heesung was delighted, his bambi eyes wide open bore into yours with love. “I’m glad you like it.” Humming to him you lifted your head and kissed his forehead. “It reminds me of you. So when I’m away I can listen to my playlist that reminds me of you.” You laughed at him, your eyes filled with love. “Aw how adorable.” “Anything for you.”

Jay- making meals for you

Jay takes care of his members by cooking for them. This doesn’t change for you, but it’s different. Jay will cook for you anytime while he would only cook for his members when he feels like it. 

Walking in the kitchen, you saw your partner cutting vegetables for dinner. Padding your feet across the floor, you wrapped your arms around his waist. “Hello handsome, what are you cooking?” Jay hummed, “___, why?” Squeezing his waist a bit you replied, “Isn’t that dish hard to make?” Jay laughed, “Yeah, but for you I can cook this even if it might take hours or even lose a finger making this dish.” You gasped and unwrapped your arms around him to smack his arm. “Don’t say that! You are not losing a finger to just cook for me.” Jay stopped cutting the vegetables and turned around to face you and held your face in his hands. “I’ll only sacrifice my everything to make you happy, do you understand?” Looking at I’m wide eyed you just nodded. Jay smiled at you and kissed your lips before continuing to cook. 

Jake- being with him makes him smile and basically be himself

Some people might think it’s weird but Jake absolutely loves your laugh. It doesn’t matter how stupid you laugh, he loves that he is the one who can make you laugh to the point you are crying and your stomach is hurting. 

“How much did you drink?” You laughed at him. Jake looked at you and squinted his eyes. “Who are you?” “Your partner, Jake.” “Oh Y/n!!!! It’s you! I missed you!” Deadpanning at him you sighed. “Jake, I was with you the whole time.” “Oh,” Jake blinked at you. “Let’s go home-” “We are home.” “Oh.” You smiled at Jake’s confusing state. 

Pulling him to the bedroom is when a kid refuses to go to the dentist. “No I don’t wanna go!” “We are just going to the bedroom, you big baby.” You huffed, gosh it felt like you were lifting weights. “I’m sleepy.” Jake tiredly said while yawning. “That’s what I’m trying to do, bringing you to the bedroom.” You said. Turning away from Jake you grabbed his clothes for him to change into. “Jake, here’s your clothes.” “……” “Jake?” Turning around when you didn’t hear a voice you groaned to yourself. Jake was laying on the bed with drool coming out of his mouth.

“Where the hell am I?” Jake groaned from the huge headache he got from the hangover. “In bed Jake, here take the medication and water. Jake simply nodded and took them without hesitation. “Thanks for taking care of me babe.” You nodded, before speaking up, “How much did you drink?” Repeating the question again. Jake hummed, “4 bottles, why? I don’t think I was that drunk.” “Jake, I had to go home 40 minutes in the party because you were throwing up.”

“Well, I still have my pants on, so I'm not that drunk.” “Those aren’t your pants.”

Sunghoon- Standing up for their partner/Protecting them

You had a date with your boyfriend Sunghoon, but you had trouble going to the cafe you and Sunghoon planned.

“You’re really close right now.” You angrily  said. “Cmon, a pretty girl like you shouldn’t be here alone.” You gulped and stared at the guy in front of you. “I have a boyfriend and I don’t need your attention.”  The man touched your hair, twirling them around his fingers. “I know how to please a woman.” You rolled your eyes and pushed him. “Then please leave me alone.” Turning around, you started to walk away from him. Before you can walk a couple of paces the man grabbed your arm and pulled you. “Hey! Let me go you shit head!” “Not until you come with me-” “Get your hands off her right now!” You never whipped your head so fast to the familiar voice you love. “Who the hell are you doing to her?” Sunghoon stomped over to the man and grabbed your arm away from him. “I can break your nose!” Sunghoon yelled. The man raised his hands and backed away. “Sorry man, didn’t know she was yours.” “You shouldn’t do that to anyone in the first place shit head.” The man grunted and ran away from you two. Sunghoon immediately cupped your face and started to look around for any injuries. “I’m sorry you had to go through that.” You smiled at him. “It’s ok, you came in at the right time.” 

Sunoo- remembers /loves details about his partner

You had a rough day, it started when you entered a grocery store and a group of people started to mummer about your looks. The rest of the remaining day was you feeling insecure about your body.

“Baby! Welcome home- what happened today?” Sunoo immediately noticed your change of yourself. Looking at him you gave him a weary smile and that’s what it took for you to break down. Sunoo gasped and ran to you, embracing you in a hug. “My pretty baby, it’s going to be okay.” You nodded while tears started to spill out your eyes. “Do you love me?” You suddenly said while Sunoo was wiping your makeup off. Sunoo stopped what he was doing and gave you a crazy look. “Whose mind are you in to think that I don’t love you? I love every single detail on you, like the scars on your knees.” Looking down at your knees you face him with a smile. “You noticed that, that’s random.” He nodded while pulling out a face mask out of a drawer. “People were talking bad about me, and they are right.” You murmured the last part. Sunoo looked at your face and started kissing you everywhere on your face. Your eyelids, nose, forehead, cheeks, any details on your face, and a kiss on your lips.

“So what? You’re still my Y/n. I don’t care about what they say!”

Niki- watching favorite shows/movies their partner picks even if they don’t really like it

“Got the popcorn?” You said while turning off the lights. Niki nodded and placed the bowl on the table. “Thanks for watching this movie with me, I wanted to watch this for so long!” You excitedly said while plopping down on the couch next to Niki. “Yeah, me too.” He smiled. Moments into the movie, you started to cling onto him, starting at the screen in awe. He couldn’t focus on the movie when he has you to stare at for hours. “Niki, you alright?” Your voice startled him, locking his eyes into yours. He just brushed your hairs away from your face and pecked your lips before looking back at the movie with a flustered partner beside him. He didn’t really want to watch the movie but if he gets to watch a movie next to you, he would gladly stay for hours just to be right beside you.

[algea]

A Little Ghoulin'.

Prompt: You go to a highly aggressive location with Zak and the GAC and you get attacked by a malicious ghost.

Pairing: Zak Bagans x !female Reader

Warnings: girl idk, the GAC being themselves? also vomit

You were at another investigation with Zak and the crew. Everyone knew that you and Zak had something for each other, but the both of you were oblivious to it. This particular location had highly aggressive entities towards women. There were even accounts of demons attacking the women that’ve entered the building. Zak was already nervous bringing you as it was, but with this information, he was not having it. But of course, you insisted on going, even if it meant going against him.

“Are you SURE you’re alright going in there by yourself, Y/N?” Zak asked, gazing down at your face with a very worried look. 

You rested a hand on Zak’s chest and sighed,

“I’m fine Zak, really, I’ll call for you immediately if I run into trouble.” 

He sucked in a deep breath and muttered something too low for you to hear, probably irrelevant to you anyway. You drew your hand from his chest and rested on his cheek, softly stroking it with your thumb. His hazy, blue eyes met yours and the both of you shared and unknown contract, one that you would soon find out.

“I…You know I’m really against you going in there, right? I can’t let you get hurt like I would myself.” Zak sighed, his captive gaze holding yours. You only gave him a soft smile and ran your thumb slowly over his bottom lip. Zak’s lips ghosted a smile, but only before you heard a camera click and various noises of happy cheering.

“Dude! I knew it was gonna be here! Pay up, Billy!” Aaron exclaimed, still holding his phone in the position he took the picture in. Both you and Zak’s heads snapped over to him, only to see Aaron holding out his hand as Billy handed him a 20 dollar bill, and Jay snickering in the background.

“Shut up, Aaron.” Billy sighed, looking over at you and winking knowingly. You rolled your eyes at your best friend and dropped your hand from Zak’s face. 

“You two BETTED on when something like this would happen?” Zak questioned, his eyebrows raised and his head tilting towards them angrily. 

“Oh I am SO beating your ass after we get done here.” He added. All Aaron, Billy, and Jay did was laugh and crack jokes about you two. You snatched your personal camera up and turned it on before saying,

“Well fuckers, I’m heading inside.” 

You started to the door, which was on the opposite side of the large building. Zak followed you to make sure that you got in ok, as well as to be close by if you get in any danger. You stopped in front of the door and took a deep breath. Zak placed his hand on your shoulder, leaned down and said,

“Don’t have too much fun without me.”

You smiled and reached up to place a kiss on his cheek. You then opened the door of the building and entered.

—————

The energy in there was like a hurricane, you felt so off every time you took a step.

“Whoa guys, I feel really off. Like every step I take man. Shit’s weird as hell.” You say as you walk further.

“You’re doing good, Y/N, just keep it up.” Zak’s voice said through the walkie-talkie. You went and sat down on a chair. You pulled out a spirit box and flicked it on, letting the static fill the electrified air. 

“Is there anyone with me right now?” You asked, looking around the almost pitch black room. You thought you could make out a tall black figure standing in the doorway of a room.

“Evil.” A woman’s voice came through, startling you.

“Zak, just as I said ‘is there anyone with me’ I saw a very tall black figure in the doorway of a room, then the voice came in and said ‘evil!’” You yelled, eyes looking at the X camera watching you. 

“Holy shit! We thought it said ‘evil’ too!” Aaron came in.

Just then, a voice came in and said,

“Demon…LEAVE!…”

But before you could say anything, something grabbed your hair and lifted you up off the ground. You shrieked and kicked, but to no avail because your feet were no longer touching the ground.

“ZAK! ZAK! IT’S FUCKING HOLDING ME IN THE AIR! HELP! HELP! GET ME OUT OF HERE!” You screaming, tears streaking down your face. 

You felt like your limbs were getting pulled apart from all directions.

“FUCKING HURRY ZAK, PLEASE!” You shrieked, choking on the vomit that was bubbling up through your chest. The vomit spewed out of your mouth. Zak slammed through the door and sprinted towards you. 

You crumpled to the floor in a crying heap. He didn’t care about the vomit on the floor, or the ugly crying that continued to come from you, he only cared about YOU. Zak’s hands grabbed your shoulders and pulled you into him, his muscular arms clinging to you like a small child to its mother. 

“I’m here, I’ve got you, I’m right here, shhhh…” Zak muttered into your ear softly, rocking you back and forth in an attempt to calm you down.

“Holy shit, Y/N!” Billy yelled, sliding onto the floor and grabbing your shoulders from behind.

You shook from your sobs, and Billy did his best to calm you down. Zak was silent, his mind at work. 

“Cmon Bill, let’s pick her up and carry her outside.” Zak suddenly said, wrapping an arm around the small of your back. Billy did the same, and they carried you outside. Aaron and Jay rushed over to you, giving you a warm embrace. 

“Dude that was insane! The evidence we just captured was awesome!!!” Aaron exclaimed, withdrawing from the hug.

“Aaron, shut the hell up, it’s not about the evidence right now, it’s about Y/N.” Zak snapped, turning his head and glaring at him. Aaron sighed and nodded his head in agreement after a moment of thinking.

“Aaron, you and Billy go back in there and take some Full Spectrum Camera photos. Jay, you watch them in case something else happens, I’m going to help Y/N clean up.” Zak said, handing the Full Spectrum Camera to Billy. All three reluctantly trudged to their destinations, knowing that leaving you two alone could be very dangerous. Zak took you over to a couple steps and sat you down, holding you worriedly.

“Are you ok?” Zak asked, one of his hands traveling up to cup your face. The tears that rolled down your face slithered down his thumb, which was gently brushing over your cheekbone. You didn’t say anything, you just let the tears keep falling as he examined you further. Zak was muttering something, but you paid no attention to him, you were so mesmerized by him. As he was talking, you just couldn’t stop the urge to lean in and kiss him. 

“Do you need anything? I can get you something if you want, we’ve got plenty of stuff and it’s no-“ Zak rambled, but was cut short by you leaning in and softly pressing your lips against his. Zak’s eyes widened and his other hand flew up to cup your other cheek. He leaned into the kiss, letting himself do all the work, he just couldn’t resist you. Your hand rested on his shoulder, and the other trailing down to the small of Zak’s back. 

It was like the world stopped as you kissed him, everything freezing in place for a moment. Everything felt right, like this was the way it was supposed to be. You were the first to lean away, gasping for air as you rested your forehead against his. You heard the familiar click of a camera and snapped your head to Jay, who was grinning like an idiot. 

“Just wait until the boys see this, this’ll be GOLD.” Jay exclaimed, scurrying away after Zak lunged at him, trying to snatch the photo.

“Oh. Shit.” Is all Zak said, but you only smiled at him, knowing that it’d be fine, just like your spirit guides told you.

[multifandomworldsposts]

Our Little Secret - JJ Maybank

(credits to owner of the gif)

A/N: I hope you guys love this, I thought this story is good but please give me positive feedback!

Pairing: JJ Maybank x Kook!Reader 

Warning: smut, protected sex (pls be careful), oral (m&f), swearing, Smoking/Vaping, & fingering.

Summary: you're a kook secretly dating a pogue and you don’t want your family and friends to know. 

My family including my friends don’t even know that I’m dating a Pogue, if anyone found out, JJ would say, ‘Fuck them, you make me happy and I make you happy, it’s none of they’re fucking business.’ and also, I’m a Kook. I always make up a lie every time I go see JJ or his friends.

I go to John B’s house and instantly see JJ outside Vaping, of course, I walk up behind him and hug him behind and he turns around and hugs me back. The best feeling in the world.

“Hey Princess.”

“Hi Jay.”

We let go of each other.

“How’s things back home?” JJ says grabbing my face making he close to him.

“Well, my parents are making a winery and my asshole of a friends, you know, the kooks,”

JJ nods and makes a mm-hmm, “They invited me to a party at Topper’s house.”

“You going?” Kiara says behind us.

“Oh god no!” I let go of JJ to go inside.

“Then why are you friends with them?” Kiara sits down on the couch in the indoor porch.

“My family and their families have been friends for years.” I sit next to Kiara.

“And hey I heard your parents and making Wine!” Pope enters the conversation by walking in the indoor porch.

“And that’s all you heard from JJ’s and Y/N’s conversation outside.”

“Yep.” Pope sits on a chair. I scoff. 

“Hey JJ and Pope!” John B came out with no shirt. 

“Want to help me with the outside chores?” 

“Why us?” JJ says.

 “One of the chores involve cutting up wood and I really need the help.” 

“Fine.” JJ says lazily.

 “JJ, help him alright.” I grabbed JJ’s left wrist, JJ looks at me and looks at John B and says, “Okay, I will.” John B, Pope, and JJ goes outside and getting the supplies that they need while Kiara and I watch them getting ready.

“Hey, how’s things with you and JJ?” Kiara lightly touches my right arm.

“It’s going great actually, but we have to sneak around a lot.” I look at her.

“All because of your family and friends.”

“Yeah.” I look down at my lap and look up at the boys working outside.

“I mean I haven’t seen JJ this happy since, he tried weed the first time.” I giggle while looking down.

“God that kid, really weird but charming.” I smile.

“Wanna get some music on?” Kiara says getting her phone out.

“Yeah sure but at least have actual good music.”

“My music is good.” I get up from the couch and look at her and says, “You don’t even have old music.”

“Yes I do.” Kiara walks up to me.

“Name one song from Fleetwood Mac, not the famous songs.”

“I hate you. Alright, um, Silver Springs.”

“See, you know old music.” I put my hands on her shoulders.

“What songs do you want to listen to?” She says.

“Let see, ‘Whenever I Call You “Friend”’ by Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks.”

“Fine.” Kiara puts the song on and we start to dance and singing along with the lyrics.

‘I’m every moment there’s a reason to carry on.’

Kiara and I dance to the lyrics and we hear the boys coming in and joining us and sang the next lyrics to the song.

‘Sweet love flowin’ almost every night, I know forever we’ll be doin’ it right.

I feel JJ swaying my hips from behind me and I put my head on his left shoulder and look at him, he looks at me, it feels like we were the only ones in the room.

Friday, June 26th 01:30 am

I wake up and found myself on a sofa with JJ sleeping, the most cutest thing I’ve seen. I look around and see John B sleeping on the floor, I wish he could sleep on the sofa, he looks uncomfortable. I feel JJ wake up and I look at him and see his face looking a little bit tired.

“What time is it?” JJ yawns.

“It’s, 1:30 am Jay.” I look at his watch.

“Should you be leaving by now?” JJ looks at me.

“No, I wanna stay here baby.” JJ gives me a smile.

He rarely smiles at his friends.

“You wanna go somewhere more comfortable?” He said touching my waist.

I nod.

He takes me to John B’s room, I walk to the edge of the bed, which feels comfortable, and I see JJ closing the door and locking it. He walks up to me and starts kissing me, I pull him on me so he could be on top of me. He grabs my body and takes me to the end of the bed and took his shirt off, holy shit, he starts to giggle.

“What?” I looked at him.

“You can touch me y’know.” I don’t know why but I get nervous when he gets shirtless.

I start to touch his lower chest and once again I get nervous. I feel his hand going to vagina and look at him but he looks at me and says, “Do you want me to do this?” 

“Yes JJ please.” He starts fingering me and I gasp, the best feeling I’ve ever gotten from anyone. I put my right hand on back of JJ’s neck and pull him to my face and start kissing him, we were like this and it felt like for hours. JJ stops kissing me and stops fingering me and goes to John B’s night stand and grabs a condom and rips the wrapper apart to get the condom out and lays next to me and puts it on his dick. He gets on me and gets his covered dick at my entrance and starts to go in and out and it felt so good.

We start to breath heavily, JJ puts his forehead against mine, “I love you JJ.” 

“I love you to Y/N/N.” I put a strand of his hair away from his face and I could see him sweating. We start kissing again and I still feel him inside me. 

JJ and I stop and he gets out of my vagina and gets the condom off of him, puts it in the trash and lays next to me. 

“You know your family is going to know about us Y/N.” 

“I know but your friends make me feel what I don’t feel like when I’m with the Kooks.” JJ looks at me and says, 

“What do you mean?” 

“When I’m with my friends I don’t get the feeling you guys give me.”

I mess with the sheets and look at JJ and say, “I’m happy when I’m with you but when I’m with my friends, I get an off feeling like, I just want to leave and get out of the situation and go to you.” 

“Do you really mean that?” 

“I do Jay, you make me happy it’s so hard to explain it.” I put my right hand on his cheek and see his left hand come up to my right and lightly rub it.

JJ starts kissing my lips lightly and puts his forehead against mine. 

“This is our little secret you know that Y/N/N?”

 “I know JJ, but not to your friends Jay, we’re not a secret to them, we’r-.” JJ interrupts me by putting a finger on his lips and says, “We’re a secret to the Kooks.” 

[ghostiewriter]

can you do stoner!jj au with jj comforting kie, like maybe she's high and really paranoid and he just cuddles her and gives her loads of little pecks on the face

this actually makes me so soft, its not even funny🥹my wee heart i fucking love this au more than i can explain

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JJ knew he should have picked up on her mood earlier.

He should have picked up on her mood and he definitely shouldn’t have left her alone for the twenty minutes it took him to go pick up the pizza, but he did. 

It just seemed like every other Friday when he waited by his truck, sitting at the back with his earphones plugged in and his fingers aimlessly tapping along the metal side as he waited for Kiara’s cheer practice to come to an end. Not that he really minded, he tended to just chill out for the extra hour and a bit after school ended. 

When he noticed Kiara approaching, he didn’t seem to pick up on the way she was practically dragging her feet to the car or the way she just seemed more eager to get away from the school. He just assumed one of the girls at practice had pissed her off, and how could he deny his girl that? 

Plus the cheer team were a pack of vultures, each with claws sharper than the last, that was nothing new to either of them. 

But JJ also failed to notice the way she kept quiet during the ride to his place, letting the radio and JJ fill the silence as they drove through the streets of Kildare. And he failed to notice the way she muttered she would take a quick shower before they hung out. And he failed to notice the small plea in her voice as she asked him to roll a few joints for them. 

He knew she had been wanting to practise her own rolling skills, but he just assumed she was too tired to sit there and nimbly work her fingers for an extra twenty minutes than what it would take JJ to do the same thing. 

The moral of the story was that JJ Maybank failed to notice far too much for anyone’s fucking good. 

“I’m just gonna go grab the pizza,” JJ murmured as he shuffled off the bed, now no longer beside her as he pulled on his boots. “I’ll be quick.”

“Oh,” Kiara murmured as she reached for one of the joints he had rolled, sitting by his bedside table. “You don’t mind, do you?” 

His grin was feline. “Of course not, baby, just don’t have too much fun without me.” 

With a quick kiss placed on her lips as he passed her the lighter, JJ was out the door and making the short drive towards Benny’s Pizza Parlour on the other side of town to grab their dinner, unaware and fucking oblivious to everything that was going on with his girl. 

The first thing JJ noted as he walked through the door was just how silent it was. With a frown, he shut the door behind him with a kick of his boot and made his way deeper into the house with the pizza boxes in hand. 

“Kie?” he called out but there was no answer. 

He made his way towards his bedroom where he had left her, at least expecting to hear some music or trashy show playing for some background music like she usually preferred when she smoked, but once again he was met with silence. 

Pushing the door open to his bedroom, it took his eyes a few moments to adjust to the lack of light in the room before he even managed to make out the huddled figure on the bed. His frown deepened as he stepped further into the room, placing the pizza boxes on his desk and slowly making his way closer to the bed. 

Crouching down, he caught the wide eyed look on her face and noticed the way her chest was heaving slightly. 

“Kie?” His voice was soft and quiet but it still made her head snap around in shock. 

“I-I don’t—” she cut herself off, shaking her head slightly. “Jay, I don’t like it.” 

His eyebrows furrowed together. “What don’t you like?” 

“Make it stop,” she whispered to him, his gut twisting at the soft plea in her voice. “It feels weird, I don’t like it.” 

His eyes glanced over to the half-smoked joint in the ashtray beside his bed, and his brain quickly counted the remaining joints to realise she had already finished one beforehand. His eyes softened as he moved slow enough not to scare her, easing into the bed and taking the spot behind her so her back was pressed against his chest.

“Oh, baby,” he murmured as he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close and gently taking her grasped fists in his own until their fingers were intertwined. He could feel her body relax against his own, seeking him out as she tried to cuddle closer. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have let you smoke like this.”

“Did I smoke something bad?” she asked, her voice so small and un-Kiara like that he hated the way it made his chest tighten. 

“No, no,” JJ quickly reassured her, pressing a kiss to the side of her face and feeling her tense body relax once again. “It’s just…not the best experience.” 

“Oh,” was all she was able to say. 

JJ didn’t let her go for a long time after that. He kept his arms wrapped around her, pulling her to his chest even when she shifted around and laid her head against his shoulder. He whispered random stories to her to distract her, soft and gentle kisses placed on her cheeks and the bridge of her nose. And when she felt better, he kissed her lips too. 

The pizza was cold by the time they ate it, but neither of them cared as the buzz of some trashy old sitcom played in the background.

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[saltielena]

ok this post may be lost to time because i cant FUCKING see the text im writing but okay look at me uhhh jrwi disabiliry / mental condition hcs because im normal. actually i should use colors to make sure i can see. itll also TRAP YOU into looking at my hcs

pd. uhhh ashe has POTS. ambulatory wheelchair user i think. will has EDS and spent a lot of time in deadwood fucking destroying her own bones and it is NOT kind to her after death. needs a damn cane. dakota is HOH and as we know like autistic+. and i think. weird thought. vyncent has synesthesia. yeah. it just feels right. also he has hypermobility in his hands. and theyre ALL autistic btw. will also had ocd adhd and bpd. i am liking plurality vynce hcs more and more as time goes on too. dakota has dyslexia and dyscalcula. i cant spell it. fuck me man. uhhh is that all i had to say. OH ashe has c-ptsd and bpd too </3

riptiiiide baby. uhhm. jay has scoliosis and has an extrenal spine prosthetic. its like stegosaurus scales but theyre gold and magicy. jay is Absolutely at LEAST hard of hearing bc she uses guns all day. jays also a little colorblind. and has dyslexia too. chip obviously has phantom pain from his pinky. chip cant recognize faces that well i forgot what its called but he does have that. hes also pretty nearsighted. chip needs a cane but never uses it SOMEONE get him some tension wraps please. compression is NEEDED on this boy. gill has several balance issues that didnt present when he was undersea because of the obvious differences in gravity. gill hs tics i think.. tourettes boy… clearly autism i mean look at him. but also bpd. he definitely has varying muscle spasms hes just ignored his whole fucking life too. and yeah theyre all autistic yada yada yada

blood in the bayouu baby. blood in the bayou more like what thE FUCK kian stone has very thin blood. and autism and adhd but the weed calms her. maybe did too i havent decided. rand absolutely has ocd do not even try me and add and autism sorry theyre all audhd maybe not rolan hes too weird. rolan has ocd too and keeps every thought in his head in his own brain no matter what it is . i dont know if thats a thing but it is in this case okay. kians like half blind at this point mostly because she looked at the sun as a kid but also because her genes decided to fuck round and find out. rolan has lowkey audio processing issues fr… i dont actually have too many hcs in terms of bitb bc its so little content :(( make me sad

hokay its apotheosis time now look me in the eyes look at me look at me did/osdd rumi. umm . also bpd. peter.. w crutches.. makes me happy. no idea if i can make a warforged have phantom pain but i feel like its only fair to m babygirl thanny. love him.. peters clearly autistic.. also he has aphantasia because i SAID SO!!! (i have that)

ok i think my rant is over. umm. i cant wait for vampires to come out i cant wait i cant wait!!!!

[lizzie-and-chip-swap-au]

11. Back Again, Back Again.

Ao3 Link || Part Ten • Part Twelve • Fic Masterpost ><><>< Chip sat, for the second time in 24 hours, staring at a stranger. Elizabeth looked down at him through the bars of the ship’s cell… only, she wasn’t Elizabeth. He could see that now. This was some weird, tired, adult with scars burned into her hands and coal in her eyes instead of wild sparks. This was “Lizzie,” with her new crew and new family, and new twisted ideas about the world.

He averted his eyes to the door that Gillion and Jay had just closed. He sneered at it, jealousy spiking as he imagined the two intruders huddled on the other side. Prying bastards.

Lizzie walked over to the cell door. She hesitated before opening it, her eyes flashing to Chip in alert calculation. It was such a small moment, a minuscule splinter of dithering, but it tore through his ego; all the elation he’d been filled with soured into sores. He’d been wanting this, hadn’t he? A chance to talk to her again, to make her listen, to apologize, even. But now she was in front of him and he had nothing to say. He couldn’t stand to look at her, much less convince her of anything. In just that split second of fear from Lizzie, his silver tongue had completely rusted.

  Lizzie stood rigid and awkward over him, looming despite her placating expression. Several moments passed with nothing but the creek of the ship. Chip determinedly stared at a patch of the floor.

  “Chip… I—“

  “WHY?” He burst out before she could finish.  

  Lizzie just looked at him. He couldn’t read her expression.  

  Chip tried his best to hold his tongue, to throw up his mask and smirk and act like everything was fine, but the dam had already burst. His face twisted against his will into sincere emotional cascade. “Why are you doing this?” He was asking the world itself more than he was Lizzie. Her stupid crew was on the other side of the door, they could probably hear him stating to cry.

  Holy shit, A detached part of him thought to himself, somewhat amazed. How long has it been since I’ve cried?

  “I don’t understand it,” he rabbled on without acknowledging Lizzie’s confused face. “Why do I want to hate you? Why can’t I hate you? I was so close, it would have been so much easier, but then I saw you again. The real you. MY you. I’ve been looking for it ever since we met again but you just weren’t there but then… When you laughed with them, when you called them idiots with nothing but fondness on your face, it was like ‘oh, there she is.’ But you looked at me and you turned into a complete stranger. Why can’t I have you back? Why are you only yourself for them?”

  “Chip—“

  “NO.” He covered his ears like a child. “Don’t you call me that! This isn’t real. I don’t want it to be real.”

  The truth of the words stung like nettles in his mouth. Did he actually wish Elizabeth had died? No. No of course not, he just wished he’d never met her. He wished still had plausible deniability.  Tears were streaming down his face now. He could feel something inky boiling in his empty socket. He wanted to run. He needed to run far away from here—from her —as possible.

  “Why are you the one they would have wanted? How can you be someone Arlin would be proud of? Why did you have to come back? Why did you have to make me care again? Why are you so...” he growled, shoving his face into his hands. His head pounded from a mixed assault of hangover and indescribable emotion. “Why are you so squeaky and shiny and PERFECT?”

  “CHIP!” Lizzie grabbed his hands, yanking them away from his head and holding them up in hers. “I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING.”

  Chip looked up. His eyes were met with a suddenly familiar face; not Elizabeth’s, but his own. A reflection of worry, stress, and the unknown he’d buried deep long ago stared into him. There was something else inside that he'd forgotten about, courage. 

  Not apathy, not acting, not detachment, but real and honest bravery.

  She was still here. He was still here. He knew how to keep going. No matter what hit him, he'd always keep going. And to be here today, to meet him, she must have too.

  A small giggle spilled out of his lips, eyes still stinging. "Can I tell you a secret?" He whispered, looking down at his hands in hers. "Neither do I."

  “What does that matter?” Lizzie asked. “You aren’t supposed to know anything. You’re just out here having fun, living your life.”

  “Is that jealousy?”

  “Yes,” Lizzie said flatly. Then she looked surprised as if she had just barely heard her own words. “You know what? Yeah! I am jealous. I’m tired, Chip.”  Her voice was getting louder and stronger like she was excited to be saying this. “I don’t want to be squeaky or perfect. I wanna be a kid again. I wanna be a bastard!” She laughed and shook her head. “I can’t though. I won’t. You’ve somehow made that easier and harder.”

  Chip’s faint smile slipped from his lips. he pulled away from her, his eyes once again finding the ground. “Arlin would be proud of you. The Captain, too.”

  “You know, I have to thank you. I’ve spent so long beating myself up, panicking,  spiraling, but I could’ve been so much worse.”

  She nudged him as if she was playing, but her tone was stretched taut, like the sting of a bow that was aching to fire.

  He frowned, not breaking away from her sharp eyes. “I’m sorry,” he strained out. 

  “I bet you are.” Lizzie shook her head. She laughed to herself. Then she dropped it into her hands. “Man. What am I gonna do?”

  There was silence for a moment

  “I hate you,” she muttered.

  Chip stayed silent. He pulled his legs in closer, pushing his eyes against his knees as if the darkness would comfort him.

  “I think I actually hate you.” She laughed again.

  Why do you say that like you’re surprised? Despite himself, Chip found some bittersweetness in the caustic words. Were you really holding out for me this whole time?

  He snuck a peak. Lizzie had her face buried as well, her shoulders were shaking.

  “I don’t know why!” She was still laughing. “And I don’t know why not. How could you, Chip? HOW?”

  He swallowed hard; it was like downing a lump of nettles. “I-I don’t know…”

  A creek and shuffle brought his face fully from his knees. Lizzie had abruptly stood up. She was turned away from him, facing the wall with her arms folded. “Lofinlot,” she said. “For starters.”

  It was like a match had been dropped. Chip’s whole face ignited in a bright and burning sensation. He couldn’t recognize the feeling at first, it had been so long since he cared. He was soaked head to toe in feverish, genuine shame.

  “The worst parts aren’t even the things you’ve done, you know that? It’s who you ARE. It’s what you enjoy, what you want. All I can think to ask myself is, how could you end up like this?” BAMN. Lizzie punched the wall. She whirled back around, her face as red as his.  “DAMN IT, CHIP. HOW?”

  Chip flinched backward. He’d seen Lizzie go through every emotion in the past few days; she’d been relieved, ecstatic, downright forlorn, and ashamed. The layers had been peeled back slowly like hard candy. Now they were at the center: fury.

 Chip’s eyes shot back to hers. His mouth was open, but words stalled on his tongue. “I…”

  “You what?”

  Chip’s throat was dry as a desert. He tried to swallow again but only rasped down air. “Ar—“ was all he managed to get out. He took a breath and tried again, “Arlin…”

  “Don’t,“ Lizzie began quietly, but Chip shook his head.

  He closed his eyes, trying to stable himself against the floodgates he’d opened. It had to come out eventually, might as well be here and now. Might as well be with Elizabeth.

  “When the Midnight Rose went down and those things were after us, everything was shaking. It was like the whole world was turning sideways. I remember getting knocked off my feet and then, there was the railing and the ocean and my skin was stinging and my head was spinning—“ he stopped before he lost himself completely in the memory. “And then Arlin had me. He could’ve pulled himself up but—“

 “But he didn’t.” 

Chip slowly shook his head. “No, of course, he didn’t.”

There was silence. 

“I know why. Obviously, I know why he saved me instead of himself, but I can’t… I can’t think of it as the right choice, no matter how hard I try. I used to hate him for it, just a little. Now I’m only angry. At least, I think I’m angry. I mean, what was I supposed to do? I was 12! I couldn’t save anyone. I couldn’t do anything but hang on… I just wanted to feel good about myself again. I survived! I had everything figured out! It was all, I don’t know, justified somehow. Because that’s just how the world worked. I was HAPPY, Elizabeth. I was so sure I was happy being free and then you… then met you again I realized… I-I have no idea where I was going with this. I’m sorry.”

  Lizzie still didn’t make a noise. Chip huddled further into himself, the quiet hanging over him like a guillotine. He needed to get out of here. He needed to go back to his cowardly, blissful ignorance. He needed this whole 48 hours to have never happened. He found himself standing. “I’ll stay out of your way,” he mumbled. “I promise.”

  “Wait.” Lizzie grabbed his sleeve before he could open the gate. He looked back. Something unreadable was swimming in her eyes. “Chip, I need you to know that I’m glad you’re alive.” 

She pulled herself to her feet, still holding his wrist, leaning over him at her full height. She wrapped her arms around him. 

It made him feel small. He thought he was so big, so tough, so strong—and he was—but here his big sister was, still bigger than him. You’re nineteen. Her words slipped into his head. 

 It was a gentle embrace, nothing like the excited grip they shared yesterday when he squeezed her like she was going to disappear into thin air. This time, it was soft and real. Something about it felt mature. They weren’t those kids from the Black Rose Pirates reuniting, they were the Millennium Captain and Lizzie the rebellion leader meeting each other for the first time. It felt good, to be real with her. 

“I’m glad you’re alive too, Lizzie.”

  “Heh. Feels weird to have you call me that.”

“Bad weird?”

“No,” she pulled away, rubbing at the leftover emotion splotches on her face. “No, it doesn’t feel bad at all."

>< Outside, Jay and Gillion waited by the door. At first, they had both anxiously huddled close to the wood, ready to jump into action at a moment's call, but as time went on they mellowed out. They couldn’t make out what was being said but the timbre of the conversation was clearly extremely personal.

It was Gillion who first decided that it was not their place to know exactly what was being said. Jay had remained impelled to keep listening but gave into the truth of Gillion’s philosophy, accepting that any information she gleaned wouldn’t feel good to have. 

So, the two sat in the hall by the steps, waiting. 

“GUYS!” John came barreling down the steps of the ship, moving like a human cannonball. Gillion stood up immediately, ready and attentive, while Jay finally tore her eyes from the jail room door.

“Guys,” he panted, barely able to stop in time before running into the wall. “I need Lizzie. And you. All of you. I think Ollie’s run away.”

[the-void-writes]

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I’m so sorry these Spotify asks have been sitting in limbo 😅 but thanks to you guys, I found the best inspo for this particular one!

So this one’s just a fun AU with Angel Jason and Demon Rio. It doesn’t go into much detail, but it’s still kind of cute and I love picturing them both to this song 💖

Warning: 18+ for suggestive content

“All my life, I’ve never seen an angel with black wings.”

Rio stroked the feathers, which were softer than anything back in Paradise. They slid between his fingers as he combed through the plumage. Jason giggled to himself, melting under Rio’s gentle touch.

“It’s not really something to brag about,” he said.

“Are you kidding me? They’re fucking gorgeous.”

Jason hid his face. “Rio, please, they’re not that special.”

“Just because the idiots upstairs think it’s a bad omen? Call me crazy, but their words don’t hold much value to me.”

“Keep your voice down, love. You don’t want them to smite you.”

Rio chuckled. “They’d smite me anyway if they saw us like this.”

Jason smiled shyly. Yes, if his fellow angels could see him— sitting in the lap of a demon, letting him touch his wings, wearing nothing but the sheet that covered his waist— he would never hear the end of it. He wouldn’t dream of apologizing for it, though, not when Rio made him feel such incredible things. His hands on his back, his lips on his neck, like little jolts of electricity… Jason had never felt more alive.

As a passing train briefly lit up the dark bedroom, Jason retracted his wings to their natural, “tattooed” state. Rio pretended to pout.

“I thought you were enjoying it.”

“I did enjoy it, Rio. I’m just afraid of all the things I’ll break if I leave my wings out.”

Rio smirked at him. “Oh, I’d love to see you break some furniture.”

Jason rolled his eyes and pulled Rio’s head to his neck. “I can always sleep somewhere else, darling.”

“Aww, don’t leave. I can be good to you, I swear.”

Rio rolled over so Jason was laying on the mattress. His one good eye glowed like copper in a fireplace as he took Jason’s right leg and raised it to his lips. He kissed every inch down his thigh and up to his ankle, completely smitten by his angel’s soft skin. Jason shuddered and sighed happily.

“Can I tell you something?” he whispered. “It might seem weird, but I want you to hear it.”

“Shoot, Jay.”

“I’m glad you were cast out. Just like I’m glad I came down here. This— right here— this is better than heaven itself.”

Rio snickered. “A poorly-lit apartment is better than eternal bliss to you?”

“This is bliss, Rio. Being here with you. I never want to go back to a time before this.”

Rio smiled and peppered some more kisses up to Jason’s knee, then his chest, all the way up to his lips.

“Neither do I.”

Another train light brightened the room for a bit as Jason started kissing Rio’s neck. He could hear the low growls that rumbled in the demon’s chest— it was music to his ears. Rio placed his hands on Jason’s hips and whispered into his ear.

“You’re my heaven, Jay. I’ll worship you for as long as I live.”

Jason smiled at him. “You’re too soft to be a demon, you know?”

“I don’t care what I am, as long as I’m yours.”

He kissed Rio’s cheek. “Only if I’m yours, too.”

“Of course, you are… my sweet angel.”

[that-was-anticlimactic]

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hi bestie!!! you're getting a ninjago wip that i will probably never finished that is quite literally called "that depressing crap for those depressing days" that i started when i was a junior in high school in 2017-2018 🤩

so, it's a five times fic... idk if there would Be a +1??? the premise is five times cole almost died because of water like when he was a ghost because besties there is No Way there weren't accidents like. they were all chilling and then it started raining like. there's no way that didn't happen.

i finished the first part which is... very shortly after cole becomes a ghost and s5 ends but it's been long enough that cole has gotten more or less adjusted. so like. the team is out and chilling and it starts raining just a tiny bit and it's from zane's pov and he's like "hmmmmm i feel like this is Bad but idk why" and them it hits him when cole like whines in pain because a drop fell on him and he's like "cole move NOW" bit cole is so freaked out that he just Froze and can't move and the only reason he didn't died is because zane literally leapt and pushed him under an awning that was luckily nearby right before the down pour

then i started the second one and it's awful and i hate it but it's basically the team is fighting some guys and it starts raining so like. cole has to get under something but the people he's fighting (they all got split up) decide to act on this opportunity and like. try and push him out into the rain. and he's still new enough to being a ghost that his whole being something people can touch thing is all wacky so cole keeps flickering from being something people can touch and something that can't be touched. anyways, this one is from lloyd's pov and when it rains, he is like "uh oh gotta find cole" so he runs around and finally hears something weird and sees these guys trying to force cole out and they got his legs out so his legs are like... a weird configured goop and lloyd rages and gets cole to safety and they both panic a bit but he's fine

then the third one was form nya's pov and she and cole are alone and sparing and in a moment of panic because cole's about to win. she instinctively sprays him with water and it hits his hand before she realized and stopped (so it wasn't Bad but he didn't have a hand for a day or two) and nya feels really guilty and. y eah.

i had a section started for kai but i hate it and like little seventeen year old me may like it, but twenty-one year old me does Not so. but there'll be a part with kai and a part for jay iuhgfcfguiugfcdfg

this also relies on my headcanon that water to the heart or head or neck kills cole, but if it's not there, it's more like... idk he starts melting kind of??? and the more of him that's gets hit by water the closer he is to death. i mean, if he's fully submerged in water he's dead, but like. rain is drops and stuff ya know iuygfcguioiugfcghui so anyways, that's one of my very abandoned wips which is kind of sad because i liked the idea and just checked and i have 4k written but i hate most of it lol <3

[asahicore]

Hello um im SO sorry that this will be long but please eodhk its been a whole night and i cant stop thinking about your work moonlight . Every time i hear someone say "baby" my mind zoooms back to your work. Gosh..to have baby as your nickname [head in my hands] but yohr writing was soooo incredible like each and every scene was packed with flavour and fun and not once did the writing stray or feel like a filler ahh i would love to eat moonlight <3. Also i have never seen the movie because my parents never let me as a kid so i dove into the au really excited and NOW I WANT TO WATCH THE MOVIE SOK BADD. But i'd lije to share certain thoughts as scenes i love. First of all...baby's whole personality (she's MY baby shes my sweet meow i love her) and every description of sunghoon made me feel soo many things but that scene where baby's in the staff area and he motions her closer (phew i get you baby i get it) and the part where she presses closer so she can lean far back and trust him to not let go is SO important because its got gorge visuals, they already trust each other (somewhat) and foreshadowingkedjk. Jake my sweet baby he was soo silly and goofy throughout. Im really glad chaewon was safe and it was so natural of her to be hostile to baby at first ah but HEESUNG?? GOD I DISLIKED HIM SO MUCH HE WAS A FREAK!! Especially the way his personality switched (but the scene where sunghoon jumps over the banister to punch him..crowd cheering) but he was such a hypcrite that heesung boy..he aint right. And also i really hate myself for being somewhat attracted to jay even though he was written to be a real sly mean person but what if red is my fav colour? 🤨 that stupid joke of his the what makes me diff from all the boys at yale..why was i laughing and twirling my hair MOVE BABY its my turn..um anyway i hated max so much nit kidding lije how can you allow bunglow bunnies to do whatever they want with YOUR staff and then get mad at your staff for finding peace and love? Like arent they already involving themselves with the guests?? Poor sunghoon my heart broke when those cougar women pulled their old school moves on him like come on youre married and thats soo creepy sighhh. I was soo worried that doc might nevr find iut what heesung did but im glad seeun was safe as well even thoigh..she didnt tell doc oh this boy aint right i dont want him..andthat scene where they practise the lift..im getting light headed wheres MY SUMMER DANCING FUN AT A FANCY RICH RESORT WHERE I MEET A HANDSOME MAN WHO TEACHES ME HOW TI DANCE (head in my hands 2x). When baby said fight back harder..and she hid sunghoon from doc i was sobbing in my head like baby girk wear your man like a badge be proud of him. Thank you sm for focusing on his dimples really 😭😭💘. And that scene where ms jung drops all the wallets was so well hidden in the plot somethinf so small byt meaningful i really took it as a "rich people are weird" motif until the wallet part bur argh..max getting mad at sunghoon for ""stealing"" instead of listening to baby (a woman in that era God forbid women know things that men dont) but then STILL firing him and sunghoon accepting defeat but the scene where BABY accepts the loss and sunghoon almost breaks (head in my hands sobbing 3x). Thank you so much foe this wonderfuk work filled with agony and fun and pure romantic love and softness waa ..im calling myself 😵‍💫 anon for now...i mighr drop by again..sorry for the length 😭😭💘💖 thank you love you

oh my gosh anon😭😭😭😭 pls dont apologize for sending a long ask this literally my whole day week month year life... its so amazing to receive something like this thank u so so much 😭😭😭😭💗💗 Im SOOOOO happy that u enjoyed moonlight this much, "each and every scene was packed with flavour and fun and not once did the writing stray or feel like a filler ahh i would love to eat moonlight" THIS IS EVERYTHING ARE U KIDDING... i would smooch u on the face if i could rn tysm !!! U NEED TO WATCH THE MOVIE im ngl like i copied every plot point off of it, all i did was write it down and slightly change the characters but other than that the movie did everything lmaooo im sure the makers of dirty dancing could sue me atp BUT YEAH i wanted to make sunghoons character as insane and attractive as possible bc in the movie hes wheeeww like patrick swayze back in the day was.. yeah WATCH THE MOVIE and heeseung bahahhahaha yeah his character is horrible no redemption for him but jay's character in the movie is really terrible i tried to make him better in the fic 😭😭 cz i dont think hes an actually bad person like heeseung hes just an entitled rich kid lol and yes max is pretty bad too AND IKKK I WANT THIS SUMMER TOO COULD U IMAGINE anonnn ur too amzing thank u so much for this ask i love u more...💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[ampasmen]

Here by I present a DIgiwave shipping fanfic (benthomaar x scott)

Wave and bolts

Everything feels weird when Scott wakes up, his body is sore, he has this weird headache as he feels like a drunk person after waking up from a terrible hangover.

"Shit my head… what happen" he said while rubbing his temple, trying to regain what happened yesterday. He only remembered he was at an after party that the ninja hosted for celebrating the victory after defeating the overlord. And after that everything is a blur from there.

But the thing after the party he was sure he was somehow still in the party, he didn't remember how he got into bed. Moreover he didn't even know who's bed he was in. Maybe he was tired when he was in a drunken state and he got himself into bed, but that can't be right. How can a drunk person be in their right state of mind to go by themself?

Also who brings him to the bedroom? That was the one question he wanted to ask, is it Jay? But that was impossible since Jay was hanging out with his team all night yesterday, and even having a make out session with Cole and Griffin, who were both trying to win his heart, so that was really impossible to do. Then who is the mysterious person that willingly accompanies him, he really need to thank them, whoever they are.

But the thing he noticed is the bedroom. How the theme was like he was underwater or like some kind of aquatic scenery. "Oh, you've already awake! I was wondering when you will wake up from your sleep" said the stranger as they opened the door to the bedroom. Which revealed was none other than the prince of merlopians– I mean king of merlopians, benthomaar himself. The king then smiled at Scott who stared at him cautiously but then soon began to relieve knowing it's just the king.

"What? Who are you? How did I…"

"You were drunk yesterday at the party after the drinking game, and not long after you fell asleep," Bentho explained as he entered the room while sitting on one of the sofas in the room. Smiling at the human as he observes him from afar "I suggest you to rest some more to soothe the pain in your head for a few minutes" he suggests, observing Scott whose face becomes more tense as the king glances at him more.

"And how was I supposed to be calm after that incident and not to mention some stranger just brought me to their home without my consent?" The mechanic said bitterly in his voice, clearly didn't look so happy about this. Plus he didn't even know the guy, the only thing he knew was that the man in front of him was the king of the sea kingdom. "Right, sorry for that.. but I have my reason to do that" the king then apologized to Scott who was still annoyed that a stranger completely kidnapped him to this underwater kingdom.

"I guess that's fine… consider you didn't tell this to Jay or blazey about how I was drunk" Scott said forgiving him but with one condition. "You're one of Jay's friends?" Bentho then asked him, "uh yeah? He's my friend, why do you ask?" Hearing that makes bentho relieved, hearing he was one of Jay's friends from the land.

Bentho then introduces himself again to Scott to regain his memory about yesterday's event, "well that's a relief, the name king benthomaar. King of merlopians, but you can call me bentho for short, i'm also one of Jay's friend" with that sentence, Scott then remembered something "bentho… don't tell me– you're the one Jay's introduced to me for a blind date?!" He yelled at him, face a little bit warm remembering yesterday stuff happened.

"Oh about that huh? Uhh yes, he did tell me about that information. He was saying there's another friend of his that needs some dating or advice? Why's that?" Bentho asks him with a slight puzzlement in his face, at this rate Scott only could just grumble some few curses. Maybe he shouldn't tell Jay about his dilemma about not having a special someone in his life, he really regrets it somehow.

"Fsm Jay… you little shit"

"Is there something on your mind? Is it because you're hungover again? I could bring some water to you if you like" the king said with a concern filled him, but then Scott then told him not to worry about himself. "No, it's alright. Just some thoughts that I shouldn't tell to a certain someone" he said with a grit, still annoyed that Jay ofcourse would recommend him to date someone or blind date him.

Benthomaar then nodded as he stood there quietly, and truth to be told it was kind of awkward and the silence was really unbearable. But then suddenly Scott's phone was ringing loudly and he soon picked it up seeing who the caller was. Turns out it was Jay, with a heavy sigh he then answered the call. "What?"

"Good morning Scott. Hope you didn't mind if I was searching a date for you yesterday"

"Yeah? Well I do mind, and regrets it real bad"

"Hahaha yeah sorry about that, but you really should try find a date by now since y'know free and all"

"I know that, but what's the matter with a guy who just wants a simple life without any distraction?"

On the other call Jay just chuckled at his friend antics

"Ok that's true. But anyway, how was yesterday? I didn't see you after the drinking game, the last thing I saw was that you were leaning into bentho"

Wait, he was leaning into bentho when he was drunk? Oh shit this can't be ended good

"What do you mean?"

"Well, yesterday I did introduce you to him. As y'know blind date as such. But you were too overly cautious and bitter at him. It could hurt his feelings"

Oh yeah he remembers that part, he was being his usual self and when Jay introduced him to benthomaar he was being really annoyed but somehow he found that bentho presence was oddly curious and calm, but he can't help but to feel bitter at him.

"You did. And we didn't know each other, just casual talk and such" he explained while looking over at benthomaar who was smiling at him, he somehow could feel his face begin to warm at that smile. For the love of fsm these two just barely met yesterday, and he already feels this weird already?

"Oh yeah I forgot to ask, where are you right now? I was about to go to your apartment but you were not there, did something happen?"

Shit what should he say to him? He couldn't just say 'oh I was drunk and somehow this giant fish brought me to his kingdom and room to stay' , he cannot. What would Jay think of him?!

"Oh uh… it's nothing personal just small work stuff"

"But wasn't your workplace still closed? Considering about this last few days incident"

Jay really knew that stuff too well, how should he lie to him now?

"Uhh.. yeah but there's someone needed help by now"

"Really? But I heard from blazey said that you were drunk last night, and now you were nowhere to be seen after that"

Now his lie is out, there's no way he could hold the lie much more longer

"Your highness, our meeting is about to get started with the kingdom of shintaro. I must suggest that you and the guest rise from bed" one of the guards say to bentho who was still in the room with Scott from the beginning.

"Oh. OH! you're at merlopian I see, should I pick you up in about… 30 minutes?"

With a sigh and flustered face, Scott then nodded and answer the question, "please i would like to go home"

"Haha okay, don't have too much fun there, byeeee"

"It's not like— Jay? Great. Now I have so much explaining to do now" he said as he rubbed his temple with a sigh, while bentho glanced at him With concern. "Are you alright? Maybe I should leave you here till Jay can pick you up?" The sea king said as he awkwardly walked to the front door but he was stopped by Scott himself.

"N-no that's alright, I was really bored here too and my body is alright now.. just a small headache I guess" Scott said as he walked past bentho with a small smile, well he should maybe wait for Jay to pick him up in a few minutes. "You sure? I could just accompany you and wait until the meeting"

Well knowing he has a meeting with vania, he is sure that she won't mind at all. Since he and vania are friends now and maybe they have a few chats about something else. "Yeah I'm sure, besides we're never going to speak of this again. And not even Jay can know about this" the smaller one said to clear the state of his words. It's not like they both have a one night stand right? Besides, nothing happened between them last night after that drinking game incident.

Hearing that statement, it doesn't quite sound right to his ear or mind. With a forced smile he then nodded, somehow those words stung to his heart. But he didn't want to think about it, for now he just had to wait for the right time.

As time goes by, not long after Jay then picks him up from there with a little greeting with bentho and vania who are just going to start their meetings. "Hello you two, great to see you two here" Jay greeted as he was just about to pick Scott from there. "Jay! Great to see you too, we were just about to start our meetings now" vania said with a warm smile waving at the blue ninja from afar.

Just as he waves at her, Scott then appears and approaches Jay as he hurriedly tells him to start to go. "C'mon Jay, we better hurry." But before he and Jay hop to their vehicle, Scott then stop and say his goodbye to benthomaar, "thank you for your home service, maybe I could payback to you someday"

After that he and Jay then began to drive away in they're vehicle to the surface. Meanwhile the king himself can only stare at them from afar as they drive away, "soo… how was last night? I could tell it didn't go well then?" Vania ask to him As he still staring at nothing but the scenery in front of them

"After yesterday's event I was about to make a friendly conversation with him but he already slept through the way we were here. And I supposed he didn't remember our small incident last night…" he said, still thinking about what Scott said that morning about them forgetting this thing.

Truth to be told there is something that he didn't want to tell the mechanic about how drunk he was and they might have shared a kiss or two and maybe some secrets, he guessed that was just a fling or hookups then. Nothing more than that.

"Maybe it was just one night stand thing, that's what the surface people called" he said with a sigh as he walked past the queen of shintaro as they entered the kingdom.

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"So I guessed yesterday night you weren't doing anything with benthomaar?"

"No Jay, I don't even remember what happened after I got drunk. Heck my head is having a migraine thinking about it" Scott said while looking out the window as they were just arriving on land.

"Huh, guess my matchmaking for you is failing then" Jay said a bit disappointed, he only wanted to help his friend to find love but guessed that's a total messed up. "But do you remember how you ended up at Merlopians in the first place? Since you need to breath under water and such" He asked again a bit curious how did Scott ended up there with benthomaar

Well Scott can't say he didn't remember about it, but he could only tell that he only know that after he got drunk, he was in a guest room and before he could entirely passed out he can only remember that he whisper something or doing something before that, but he can't entirely sure what is that.

But he sure could feel something lingering In his lips, it feels like he has kissed someone. Maybe that was his mind playing with him right now, the more he thinks about it the more his headaches are worse than before.

"You're thinking again, is it about last night?"

"You could say that… I just can't have my mind right for now. I know there is something about yesterday when I was at the guest room, but I don't even remember what it was"

As both of them walk out and pass through the people in the street, Scott can't really help but try to remember those fuzzy memories. Maybe he needs to refresh his memory again, but now he really needs to open the workshop. Works are going normal again after the crystal king incident.

Oh well, better make some money for living again and being a productive society.

.

.

.

Nope. Scott can't focus on his work after those incidents. Somehow he always messed with his works these days and can only thinking about the king of merlopians, all he can think now is about benthomaar all over now, whenever Jay mentioned him or even bentho himself go to his place thanks to Jay, now he can't really help to focused on him all now.

Cursed of being stupid in love.

"I guess I'm in love…"

"Are you just realizing now?" Lloyd said as he accompany the mechanic with the repairment of the vehicle they have

"Yes, I did. And I just didn't realized that any sooner"

"Who's the man?"

"The prince…"

"Benthomaar? I didn't know you two are friends"

And Scott then falls silent as he thinks again, they weren't even friends in the first place. It's just some coincidence that they interact at the party and maybe get drunk after. But being friends? Most likely not

"We're… not actually friends, I suppose?"

"Really?? I thought.. Jay said–"

"Yeah, well he could even be wrong. It's just happen that I have some feelings for the prince"

Lloyd then turned silent after hearing Scott rant, but then he was curious about that so he asked, "what do you like about him? And since when did you actually like 'like' him?"

Somehow Scott's face was now turning red after hearing that, "well… I don't know either but I guess he wasn't a bad person, even though his appearance kinda intimidating me but he's still a good person. His personality is very endearing to say the least, he's kind and caring even though we're not really close with each other. He's a gentle person too considering he looks intimidating from the start but actually he is… cute? And a big teddy bear I guess"

Lloyd can't help but to smile at that and wanting to tease him now, "so, big teddy bear huh? Interesting, so you like how he is and big he is" he snicker can't help to see how in love Scott is.

"No, forget what I said earlier! I didn't even say about his big appearance or his heights, yes he might be bigger than me and tall, but it's just that" Scott defended himself as he pouted at how Lloyd's words hit him right.

"Oh? That's actually cute? I don't know, I never feel like that, so you like the height difference type, that's cool. But I'm curious, have you met him before, I mean before our celebration party like have you met him first before this?" Lloyd ask curious if Scott have ever met bentho before

That made Scott thinking, have he met bentho somewhere else before that day? He didn't even know him, and he wasn't quite sure either, "I guess I never thought about that… maybe? I don't know either, not quite remember" he said, not sure about his answer.

"That's fair then, but since when did you fall for him?"

"I guess after the party? No I guess it was when I was in his kingdom"

"Wait what? How did you end up in his castle?" Well Lloyd didn't even know that story might as well to tell him

"That's a long story but short story I got drunk and somehow he tried to help and decide to bring me to his castle, we didn't do anything so don't even think something weird" he said sternly at the young green ninja as he look at him With curious glances

"At first I want to ask why he brought you to his castle but on second thought I would like to not question that" he said, already knowing that it was going to be useless to ask the mechanic about that. "So what are you going to do now? Since this whole one night fiasco turned into a love thing?" Lloyd then asks him, still looking a little bit curious.

Scott then fell silent and thought about what will happen next since something happened already at that time. "Jay said he had set me up a blind date with the king, and nothing happened. And I'm sure something happened after I passed out or maybe before that, yeah it's pretty confusing" he said, still not sure if he should just talk to the king again or let it be ignored until he forgot about it.

"Oh yeah that's quite confusing. But does that mean about that date–"

"No we haven't got to date, the party didn't count as a date because that's how we met" Scott explained before anything happened or misunderstanding happened. "But if he wants to give it a try, I don't see why not? It's not like I want to date him and give it a go" he said with a face a little bit red, and he surely annoyed hearing Lloyd grinning like an idiot now.

"Also stop grinning like that" he said annoyed at the green ninja face, "grinning like what?" There's a new voice and he sure it wasn't the green ninja

"Oh bentho, didn't see you were going to come here!" Lloyd then smiled at his friends clearly amused by how this thing will be going. "The other said that you would be here and so that's why I'm here, did something happen before I arrived?" He asked the youngest one, and then he looked around and saw Scott with Lloyd and he waved and smiled at him With a bright smile on his face, making Scott blush a little and avoiding his glance.

"Nope, we were just talking about this broken vehicle. It can be used for something in the future tho, might be useful" he said as he motioned to the broken vehicle that Scott repaired. "Well that really can be used for something else…" bentho mumbling as he fascinated by Scott work

Seeing it somehow makes Scott's stomach feel filled with butterflies all of the sudden, and he sure wants that feeling to go away. "Thanks… I suppose, what are you even doing here anyway?" He ask trying to hide his blush while avoiding the prince gaze

"I can't visit and hang around here with my friends?? That's hurt me" The prince said with a playfully smile, being dramatic he is. Which made Scott scoff and annoyed at it, "no one said you can't, I asked why are you here?"

"I was curious, and I didn't even know you were here either," the prince said, still smiling at the mechanic as the one in front of him stared at him, not believing his words. "Lie. I heard from the others you were going in here before that" he said with a little cautiousness, clearly didn't like this at all. Not even his feelings helped him a little bit.

Lloyd, who seemingly feels like being a third wheel was feeling uncomfortable by bystanding there, "seems like this is a you guys problem. Don't want to interfere so I will just go right now" he told them and left them as soon as possible from the tension.

The atmosphere in the room then suddenly became more tight than before, not to mention the tension between them. "Why are you even here? I never told you or others I was always here, well except Jay and Lloyd" Scott said as he back to repairing the vehicle not wanting to look at the prince directly

"I was wondering if we could talk about that night? The one where you got drunk" bentho said as he saw a glimpse of Scott face as he froze in place for a while, "if anything about that time, please let's just forget about that" Scott said before the prince could say anything "no, I want to talk about that night about what really happened" he said as he reached the mechanic hand and grips his hand not intended to let it go.

Scott then stares at bentho as he looks through his eyes, telling him the thing he needed to say, and then he sighs in defeat really he can't win with those types of eyes staring at him like a puppy. "Fine. But don't expect me to not leave after we talked about this" he said while trying to free his own hands from the strong grip that bentho has.

Bentho then smiled as he then soon released the mechanic's hand, and then he began to talk to him. "Right, so remember that night when Jay introduced us to each other? Yeah that wasn't our first meeting, " he confessed, telling the truth about their first meeting. "What? You're saying we have met before? Bullshit" Scott scoffed at the words.

"Uhm.. it's more like how I met you before that" bentho said and then cleared his throat as he continued his talking, "that started after nya's sacrifice. I was swimming in the ocean and got bored by the kingdom work, so I got up to the surface and somehow accidentally stumble upon your workplace and seeing you work there"

"And what's the correlation with how we met?"

"Oh uh… we might have interacted before, maybe you didn't remember but you were kinda busy with your work and I am kind of curious with humans like you are. We have talked one or two words"

"What? You mean when I thought I was alone you were there the whole time?" He asked the prince a little bit annoyed about it but he can get that because he could get how alone that time.

"Well… yes? Uhm are you mad about that?"

Scott then sighed as he shook his head, "no I wasn't mad at you, just a little upset"

"Oh alright, and about that party night. You were drunk I mean"

Oh shit here it comes, he really mentions how he was drunk that night. "Look I was caught up in the mood to play a drinking game and I didn't mean to be a nuisance to you or even do some stupid shit to you– did I do something when I was drunk??" Scott asked, a panicked expression showed, clearly didn't want to make things awkward to bentho.

"Besides your drunk talk? I guess not, well except the fact that you being clingy after a few drinks that is" bentho said as he muffled his laugh with his large hands, meanwhile Scott face was red by now feeling embarrassed about it. Well that was a truth beside bentho didn't want to tell him about the drunk kiss they have that night, it will only remain be secret. "I am not that clingy when I'm drunk! Besides after that I didn't do stupid shit, right?" He ask worried something stupid might be happen and he didn't know.

"Oh, you did say something when you're drunk, well that was something I never knew you did" bentho teases him as Scott became more red by the second. "Oh please it was the alcohol, there's no way I would say some stupid words.." He huffed as he looked at the other direction, not wanting to look at bentho now

"You did say "I'm feeling lonely, why is no one want to date me?!" And "I want someone to be my boyfriend and love me and spoiled me with their affection~" you did say that and after that you were passed out" bentho said explaining how drunk was Scott is

By now Scott could feel his face become more red and by the time he was already tomato red, feeling embarrassed. "Ughh… I want to bury myself now" he said as he hide his face in his hands. This makes bentho laugh at him and Scott can't help but to peak and look at his face and admired those smile and laugh, which making him blushing even more.

"It wasn't that bad tho… I admit that was cute– I mean at least you didn't do something else" bentho admit to him, almost get caught him saying that. Well he admit that the boy is sure cute and interesting to him. And he didn't want to admit that the two share some interesting moments they did.

"Doing what?" Scott the asked now this is making him curious and scared because: 1. He was drunk at that time, 2. He has a crush on the prince in front of him and scared that he might be making him uncomfortable, and 3. He doesn't want to admit or letting his feelings to be revealed to him. "Nothing much… we just talk, talking about life. You talked about your work, how you wanted a relationship but afraid of it at the sametime"

Shit his feelings did overwhelming him when he was drunken.

"Anything else?" He ask still burying his face onto his hands

"You talked about how you love your work and you were rant about how you were lonely at the time you were stuck in prime empire" the prince said looking at him, and walk to his side.

"And you didn't mind with how I rant?"

"Not at all, I know how that feels like.. being alone and feeling lonely and lost" bentho said as he comfort the guy beside him who now slowly open his hand and looking at the prince directly to the eyes. Staring at him, how the prince know his deepest feelings all that time. "You knew?" Scott then asked him curious with his answer, he didn't know that the prince had the same fate as him.

"Yes, I knew the feeling. I have been there… that is until a miracle happens" he said while smiling, remembering some nice memories after he met some new people, especially the ninja, and Scott himself. But, bentho can't tell him that.

Scott then nodded and understood what he meant, a small smile appeared on his face "I see, so we both had that similar experience then…"

Then there's a pause between them, and Scott then asks again. "So what happens after the talk? Did I do something else?" Bentho then pauses, a small hint of blush then appears on his face and the tip of his fin, still remembering those drunk kisses.

"What happened after that?"

"I— we uhm… it was my foolish self letting you do that" he said still blushing, can't find the right words to be told which made Scott even more curious by now.

"Just spit the words out, what did we do?" Scott asked, clearly wanting to know the answer immediately.

With a deep breath, bentho then braving himself and said "we kissed after that–"

"What? You're kidding"

"No, listen. We were caught up in the mood, and somehow because you were drunk at that time you decided to kiss me all of the sudden…" the prince then explained to Scott as he saw how red his face was, "and you didn't even stop me from that?!" He yelled at him for being careless and truth to be told, Scott did enjoy that kiss.

"I didn't know! And you were deep into the kiss, and maybe I did kissing you back—"

"W-what? Why?!"

The prince then paused and didn't have the right answer to say, he didn't even know. He did like the man that was right beside him, but he really shouldn't let his stupid act overcome him and took over.

"I can't say the reason…"

"What— you can't be serious about it! Why did you let me kiss you?" Scott yelled at him, angry because the prince didn't even push him or simply reject him, but he just simply let Scott kiss him.

"Because I didn't want to make things worse for the both of us, it's simple"

"Well that's not fucking simple for me. Just give me the answer, why did you kiss me back?" Scott said still persisting to make the prince tell him the truth, but it just made it more difficult for bentho.

Bentho even avoided the look that Scott gave him, not wanting to answer or looking in his direction. "If I did tell you, I'm pretty sure you would not like how you react or even the answer itself" bentho told him with a sigh and escaped his lips. "Well I would like to know the answer whether you like it or not!" Scott said as he grabbed bentho's face and making him to look at him right in the eyes. Making both of them staring at eachothers now.

"What do you think you're doing right now?! Let go of my face, Scott!" Bentho said as his face began to turn dark blue color, blushing as he can't really avoid his glance from the smaller man in front of him. "Not until you give me the answer!" He yelled at the prince for being stubborn as he didn't let go of his face. Both of them then stare at eachothers for a solid minutes, until Scott then give up and letting go of bentho's face and walk away feeling it's no use to continuing this.

"Why the sudden—"

"It's no use to make you answer my questions" he said walking away from the prince, bentho who was watching him about to walk away from him then suddenly grab his arm, "Wait don't go, you said you want to know, right?" He ask Scott who still waiting for his answer

"Fine, I'm sorry for this. I'll regret this sooner or later" Bentho said as he grabbed Scott and pinned him to the nearest surface. Which making Scott blushing because of the sudden change in him, "what are you—"

Suddenly bentho then slammed his hand near his head, surprising the smaller man beneath him. "You said to yourself you want to know why I kissed you back? That's simple, I like you" he said almost like whispering to Scott ear, making him blush even more than before.

"Huh?"

"I like you… I know we haven't knew eachother that long, but I guess I already like you since the first time I met you" bentho confessed as his gils became stiff, dark blue blush appears on his face. Making him and Scott both embarrassed, "maybe this is a bad idea.. I will leave it here" the prince said as he distancing himself from there

But Scott then pulled the prince closer to him, making the prince facing him again, their lips almost crashing against one another. "After that? That's a fat chance, to be fair I like you too. Glad that clear some things for us then"

"So.. what do you want to do now?" The prince giggles as he and Scott stay like that for a while. Both then looking at eachother, giggles and laughter erupt between them until it died down and Scott then replies, "you decide?"

"Well if that's what you want, may I kiss you?"

Scott then snickers as he smiles at him, "yes. You may kiss me" he said, as both of them then leaned towards one another, until their lips met and kissed passionately. This was better than when Scott was drunk, the kiss. Ofcourse when he's drunk he can be reckless and can't remember anything, but this is real and he loves it every second of it. Both of them continue to deepen the kiss as bentho's slip his tongue into Scott's mouth as their tongue tries to fight for dominance of eachother, with the prince easily dominating him. As his tongue explored his partner's mouth, Scott could feel his head begin to feel a little bit dizzy from the kiss itself and made himself become more weak by the minutes.

Realizing this, benthomaar then let go of the kiss and took a breath, making him and Scott stand there with both faces blushing2 from the intense kissing. "That was something…" Scott said, still taking a breath from that, making benthomaar worry, "is it a bad thing?" He asks worried thinking something might be wrong

"No, in fact I love it. Every single one of it, I like the kiss…" he said as he smiled at him and leaned into him again, while whispering something to his fins. "I'm glad for this"

Benthomaar smiles as he hugs the smaller man, reciprocating his feelings for him. "Then I'm happy to say, I'm feeling the same too" he said as he leaned for the second time as they kissed again. "Maybe we should continue this somewhere else, don't want to make the others hear us" Scott said as he let go of the kiss, not wanting to make the others eavesdrop on them having a moment.

"Yeah, maybe we should" he said grinning at him like a prey.

[evandarya]

Inflatable Unicorn Surprise

{Read on AO3}

"'Come to the beach, they said. 'It'll be fun they said." Danny grumbled as he stomped down the hotel hallway. "Yeah, NOT!" Danny's parents had been invited to an engineering conference in Florida, and Danny had been forced to come along. After spending all morning helping his parents set up their booth he was finally freed to go to the beach. He let himself into the hotel room, changed into his swim trunks, and grabbed his towel before heading back out.

Danny hit the elevator call button and waited as it made its way down. When the doors opened he was met with an inflatable unicorn. 

"Um." The unicorn shifted and Danny could see the person holding it, a tall man with black hair and dark shades. Next to him was a shorter teen, also with black hair and dark glasses pushed up on his head. Danny felt his breath catch in his throat. This guy was hot!

"Oh, sorry!" The man said, pushing the unicorn into the corner of the elevator, leaving just enough room for Danny to get in. 

"I told you to have Jay carry it down the stairs." The teen said, typing on his phone. 

"He barely agreed to come, I didn't want to piss him off." The man said before turning to Danny. "Are you headed to the beach?" 

"Yeah, I need to work on my tan," Danny said, holding out his arm. He knew he was paler than most. The man laughed and nudged the teen beside him.

"Look, Timmy. He's as pale as you." 

Timmy looked up from his phone and paused for a moment before putting his phone away and holding his arm up beside Danny's. Danny compared their arms and blinked.

"How are you paler than me? I didn't know that was possible." Danny said.

Timmy huffed a laugh. "That's what's called a 'pro gamer move.'"

Danny couldn’t help it, he laughed. “You’ll have to teach me your ways sometime,” he said just as the elevator doors opened. Danny stepped out of the elevator followed by the other two.

“There you guys are. I’ve been waiting here for ten minutes.” Danny turned toward the rough voice and paused for just a second. There was something slightly off about the man. Not just the patch in his hair that looked a bit too white, or the green in his eyes that was just a bit too vivid to be natural. No, something about this man caused Danny’s core to shudder with a sense of wrongness.

“It’s been five minutes, tops, Jay” Timmy was saying, but Danny didn’t stick around to hear it. He needed to get away from ‘Jay’.

***

“There you are! Did mom and dad keep you busy?” Jazz asked, setting her book aside when Danny flopped down next to her under the umbrella. 

“Like you wouldn’t believe. I didn’t think I’d ever get out of there.” Danny scanned the beach, spotting Dani out in the water. She had been so excited to hunt for sand dollars that he wasn’t sure how they would get her out of the ocean. “See anything interesting?”

“Not really, just the normal beach stuff,” Jazz said. “Except, that kid has been here as long as I have by himself.” She pointed to a kid, probably Dani’s age, sitting by himself under an umbrella. “I’ve been keeping an eye on him, just to make sure nothing happens.” 

“Looks like his family made it,” Danny said. The boy had gotten up to wave down… “Oh, ancients.”

“What, what is it?” Jaz said. 

“Those guys, with the inflatable unicorn?” Jazz looked around until she spotted them and nodded. “They were on the elevator. Something is weird with the guy with white in his hair.” 

“Weird like Amity weird?” 

“Yeah, like Amity weird. I just get a bad feeling about him.”

“Is he a ghost?”

“No, not a ghost, but something liminal for sure.” 

“We’ll just avoid them, then.” Jazz said. Danny agreed. Even though Timmy was hot and Danny wouldn’t mind getting to know him better. Something was off with Jay.

***

“Something is off with that kid,” Jason said, patting more sand into the bucket. He'd never actually made a sandcastle before, something that Dick had seen as a grave oversight. Jason didn’t care, but if making the stupid castle would get him off his back he was willing to do it. 

“Off how?” Dick asked, digging out a moat. 

“I don’t know. Something…” He didn’t know how to explain it, but when he saw the kid the pit surged in a way it hadn’t done for years. But not with anger. “It feels like when I’m on patrol and I see a kid who needs help.” 

“Jay, that’s a whole teenager. He was flirting with Timmy in the elevator. I don’t think he needs help.” Jason just hummed, unconvinced. Dick sighed. “If it makes you feel better, we can go talk to them, but just to make sure they are safe. We are on vacation, so no working. That  means you, too, Tim.” 

“I’m not working, I’m texting Kon,” Tim said, from his perch on the ridiculous unicorn Dick had bought. “Barbara geo-locked me out of everything else.” 

“I, for one, do not require downtime,” Damian said. “I was trained-”

“Since you were three to perform perfectly on no sleep. Yes, we know.” Tim said, stuffing his phone back into his pocket. Damian leveled a glare at him but Tim ignored it. Jason sighed. He had missed their more violent meetings, but from what he has heard those two will be at each other’s throats until the end of time. 

“The only question is how are we going to get closer to them without raising suspicions?” Dick asked. Tim launched into some convoluted plan that Jason was not listening to at all. Instead, he got up and started digging in their beach bag until he found the deflated beach ball. It only took a minute to blow it up. That done he took it over to where Dick was still sitting by the castle. 

Jason tossed the ball into the air, took careful aim, and- “Heads up!” The ball soared and landed smack dab in the middle of the two, exactly where he wanted it to go. 

“That works, too,” Tim said, getting up off the unicorn and following him. 

“I’m sorry about that.” He said, eyeing the girl holding his ball. She had startling teal eyes and long red hair and he wondered if it was as soft as it looked. He took the ball back from her. “Are you two alright?” Jason asked. 

“We’re fine, thanks for asking,” she said, standing and brushing sand from her legs. 

"Hey, you're that kid from the elevator. We didn't get to meet properly before. I'm Jason, and these are my brothers Dick, Tim, and Damian." He said, gesturing to them. 

The boy stood, giving him a wary look before saying. "I'm Danny, this is my sister, Jazz."

"Is it just the two of you here?" Dick asked with a smile.

"Our other sister is out there, looking for sand dollars." Jazz said, pointing out to the ocean. Jason could just make out a head bobbing with the waves. 

"Sand dollars?" Damian wondered aloud. "Those shells they sell at the gift shops?"

"Yeah," Danny said. "Dani had never heard of them before and when she learned they were animals she wanted to see a live one." 

"Drake, give me your phone. I need to see these creatures." Damian said, snatching Tim's phone from him.

"I thought you were Danny?" Tim asked, he was grappling with Damian for his phone back.

"I'm Danny-with-a-y, she's Dani-with-an-i," Danny said with a grin. Jason would bet they kept their names similar on purpose, just to confuse people.

"Your parents named you both Danny?" Dick asked.

Danny snorted. "Says the man who willingly goes by 'Dick'."

Jazz smacked her brother on the back of the head, and Jason hid his smile. He was liking these two more and more.

"Drake," Damian said from his place in the sand. "I need to go hunt these creatures. They can't really look like this."

Tim looked at the phone screen and wrinkled his nose. "How is that not an alien?"

"That is what I want to figure out," Damian said, handing the phone back to Tim and heading toward the water.

"Tim, go with him. Make sure he doesn't try to bring anything home." Dick said.

Tim groaned. "Fine, but I'm taking the unicorn." 

"I'll come, too. Dani's probably got a bag full of shells by now." Danny said, trailing after Tim. 

"I'm going to go get some snacks," Dick said before running off. 

"We've been abandoned." Jazz said, sitting down again and picking up her book. Jason sat down next to her.

"Rude of them."

"'Is not general incivility the very essence of love?'"

"Pride and Prejudice?" Jason asked.

"It's my favorite book." Jazz said, showing him the cover of a well-loved copy.

"No shit? Mine too!"

***

"Your brother, Jason," Danny started, "He wouldn't happen to have a motorcycle, would he?" 

Tim glanced at the boy over his shades. Danny was hanging off the unicorn float, presumably keeping them from floating out to sea, while Tim lay on the float.

"Yeah, actually. Why?"

"Jazz is a goner, then. She can't resist a man with scars and a motorcycle." 

Tim hummed. "What about you?"

"What? What kind of man can't I resist?" Danny asked with a grin. "I don't know."

"Danny likes feral rat boys!" Dani called from a few feet away. Danny responded by splashing his little sister, but she ducked under the waves. 

"If you intend to court Drake," Damian chimed in, "you should be aware that he is more of a domesticated raccoon than a feral rat."

"Danny hasn't gotten any since his boyfriend broke up with him two months ago. I don't think he's picky." Dani said. 

Tim saw a dangerous look pass over Danny's face before he disappeared silently beneath the surface. 

"Where'd he go?" Dani scanned the waves, turning around on the spot. There was no warning before she suddenly went under with a curse. Danny came up first, grinning and shaking the water from his hair, and Dani followed a second later, coughing and sputtering. "Jerk!" She exclaimed, splashing him. 

"Can you get Damian next? I owe him for that raccoon comment." Tim said, grinning. Danny flashed a sharp grin and sunk into the water again.

[haleyboook]

Past mistakes pt.1

prompt: your past mistakes seem to keep catching up to you.

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I look in my side mirrors as I continue driving with the feeling of sadness lingering over me.

It’s the anniversary since I abandoned my life in Boston. Leaving at 22.

I look to everything that I piled into my car. God I have so much shit.

I sigh as my phone rings in the middle of my drive.

Pressing the answer button and leaving it on speaker I say “Yes?”

“Hey kiddo. Where are you right now?”

“…Why?” I question my father.

“Because you're my daughter and I’m curious.”

In the background I hear my mother say quietly “find out if she’s suicidal or something. Like driving off a cliff.”

Wow.

She’s too much.

“Mom I’m completely fine.”

“Why did your boyfriend call us telling us you took off in the middle of the night?”

“I told him last night I was traveling today. I don’t know why he’s freaking out.”

Mom sighs saying “You get weird on this day. I just wanted to make sure you weren’t doing anything rash.”

I shake my head as the grip around my steering wheel tightens. I say “I’ll stay away from cliffs. Goodbye.”

I hang up and continue making my way to Boston, Massachusetts.

To find someone. A past someone.

Who you may ask?

That’ll be explained later. Let’s explain why I’m even on this little road trip I suppose.

2 days earlier -

"will you just turn around already?"

I turn around, leaving my pasta dish on the stove. My eyes widen as I see Pete, my long time boyfriend down on one knee.

What the actual fuck is he doing??

He smiles saying "What'ya say?"

I stare at the ring and my throat tightens. I nod and he quickly lifts me up laughing and smiling. I chuckle as he says "Oh my mom will be so excited!"

Quickly he sets me down, kisses me and slides the ring on my finger.

Why is it a ring feels heavier than a block of cement?

Present day -

I stare at the ring as I grip the steering wheel tighter and my phone rings again loudly.

I huff and ignore it as I press down on the gas. Growing tired of driving. I should've gotten a plane ticket. New York to Boston is literally the worst drive ever.

I stare at the yellow enveloped file beside me and then back to the road. I pull up to the boston gas station. Stepping out of my car and filling my car with gas. I stretch my legs and look around as there's only like 2 other people here on a sunday morning at 4:30 am.

As soon as I fill the tank I head inside the gas station, needing to go to the bathroom. I approach the cashier saying "Bathroom key?"

She says "Paying customers only."

I grumble and say "I just purchased 50 bucks worth of gas. Give me the god damn key."

She looks to me saying "In store customers."

I glare at her and reach my hand out grabbing the closest magazine. I slam it down and slide it to her. I am going to pee my pants.

She shakes her head saying "Fine, didn't know you were into celebrity gossip though."

I look down and freeze up.

The headline throwing me off guard

Chris Evans and Jenny Slate are even more serious than before! Possible baby and engagement on the way?

I glare at the headline and yank the magazine from her hands. I throw it back into the basket of magazines and grab one with Kim Kardashian on the cover of.

She nods saying "4.95."

"That's a fucking rip off." I slide her the five dollar bill and she hands me the bathroom key.

I quickly walk to the bathroom that irritatedly has no toilet paper. Only paper towels.

God I hate Boston for so many reasons.

Approaching the house I stare at it as I park. Home sweet... home.

Entering the house I hear arguing.

Shocker...

"Mom! Dad!"

"y/n?!"

My dad rounds the corner quickly hugging me and saying "Hi honey!"

My brother says "she's home?"

"You still live here?" I question jokingly

"Very funny. Not everyone get's Grandpa Jay to pay for their apartment."

I smile and say "Hi James."

Mom quickly hugs me and Jamie says "Holy shit! What's with that?" He motions to my ring and I say "Forgot to take it off. Surprise... I'm engaged."

All three of them stare at me wide eyed and don't respond. James says "With that Matt dude?"

"His name is Peter. You know that, Jamie."

He shrugs and says "I thought it was Matt. He should consider changing it to Matt. Suits him better."

I look to them and my parents just continue to look at me surprised. James says "So that's why you came back? To tell us you're engaged?"

I nod and say "And to tie up some loose ends."

Dad gives me a suspicious look saying "What kind of loose ends?"

"Like.... finalizing my divorce."

"You never finalized it!?"

"noooo. please don't yell."

"Y/N.... Evans!"

"nnnooo don't call me that!"

"Until you get divorced, that's what I'm calling you!"

I grumble towards my mom and James says "He isn't even in Boston lately." I look to Jamie saying "What?"

"y'know, your husband."

I sigh saying "And where is he?"

Jamie says "Do you even have a tv? Or internet? He's filming in Atlanta. There's a new marvel movie in the works."

I nod and say "Oh. Peachy.."

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