#just bein cute while doing tech support

[thatblondeperson]

Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.

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[welcome-to-octo-space]

good day yo kai watch tumblr. today i bring my ramblings about aesthetics i think fit each of the bbq trio and why, please enjoy. (im so normal im so normal im so normal im so normal im so normal im so normal) (all images here taken from pinterest,)

starting of with Nate

one of the main aesthetics i see fitting him is Dark Academia

generally it has blacks grey browns and other dark colors such as reds and some shades of blue. i feel like him with dark academia with pops of red in like jewelry or other accessories really fit him.

fill to a more down to earth probs in a coffee shop having a surprisingly sweet or black like his soul coffee while studying English or something.

classic, red, autumn, and light academia do also fit him.

falling into the autumn aesthetic makes me think he would genuinely enjoy pumpkin spice lattes and learn the make them as home with one of those fancy coffee and espresso makers because he wishes it wasn't seasonal.

another aesthetic i feel works is the whole lofi aesthetic, this one fits even if you see him with bight and cheerfull or dark and moody colors like i do. mabyes it just the idea of him working on a laptop he got for school on a cold winters day while listening to fresh lofi beats for the spiritual and then jibanyan just sits on his laptop, but whatever.

also want to mention like ANYTHING WITH STARS, like that fucker probably has stars on basically everything he owns so it would be wrong of me to not mention him and his star supremacy.

honorable mentions to Lolita (specifically the more prince style but we still support nate in dresses here), grunge, and y2k.

now onto inaho...

HOOOOO BOY. this girl has probably been through so many phase. and is constantly changing up her aesthetic each day like jesus christ. so im just gona fast round these with hopefully small explanations.

Pastel Goth

dark and spooky yet colorful and kawaii i think perfectly fits her. her base fit is already kinda pastel yet less soft so ye. and if she had to go through a goth phase itd be this.

yami kawaii

which translate to sickly cute is basically yume kawaii with more emphasis on dark themes and color. i think a good example of this is internet overdose. its in a similar vein to pastel goth with her. just more medical.

weird/dreamcore

commonly associated with stuff like object heads, the backrooms, its one i dont feel like needs and explanation. shes simply just weird. another aesthetic in a same enough bein is glitchcore which as a lot of neon colors swirled together and ofc glitchyness.

another one is webcore.

so think like old windows lawn background, old internet, and general retro tech. its and inspo for vaporwave which is another aesthetic that fits inaho.

lastly bard core, honestly all i really have to say for this is, she would just be a rizzless bard in DnD.

others mentions to hyperpop, cryptic core, arcadecore, gamer core, indie, and decora.

and finally that buck boy

so lets get this out the way,

KIDCORE IS MY NUMBER 1 AESTHETIC FOR HIM,

bright rainbow colors, just, yes. and a lot of kidcore fashion i see includes overalls so it just, fits.

in a softer sense cottage core also fits,

i mean, i think he'd be the kid whod get those fake vines and put them up in his room to feel like a woodland creature. and he'd absolutely get a mushroom hat and nobody can change my mind. also elf ears, i tihkn that falls in with cottagecore and similar aesthetics.

lastly for buck ill go over skater aesthetic

the fashion kinda falls into grunge i think but honestly buck would skate or i guess try and skate. he thinks its cool and will make nate think he's even color so he tries to learn.

but in general i think the idea of him with really baggy pants and big graphic tees just pleases my mind.

and to finish off here are some honorable aesthetics for buck:

hipster core, moss core, web core, cabin core, those woodland creature aesthetics, cryptic core, alien core, and just anything with sunflowers.

[practicingbushiho]

Doma Art Party 2023 Afterword

So, I think maybe it might be corny for me to do something like a thank you or an open letter or an afterword so to speak for an art party. And normally, I think I'd have not bothered. But considering this was my first ever attempt at hosting one, and that it was for a deeply important experience in my life...I believe it to be warranted here.

I am happy to say that the art party was to my eyes, a wonderful success. It was nice to experiment with the idea of having a more activity-oriented art party, and I have a good idea of what to do next time to improve on the formula without feeling overwhelming; after all, art parties are ultimately for vibing and hanging out; and boy were we.

And yes, many kisses were had, and the goodbyes were bittersweet; but not sad. And thus, I will give thanks. More below.

Thank you to everyone that helped me celebrate something very important to me. This last year has been a whirlwind for me, in mostly rather wonderful ways. I finally managed to finally let go of some of the things that were haunting me, I was more easily able to reconcile with, accept, and grow from my past. I picked up the pieces of a lot of parts of my life I didn't feel I had agency in, and it was all because of what I felt playing through Hien Rijin's story arc in FFXIV Stormblood. It was great fun to organize, and It was really nice to be able to celebrate that in some way with all of you-- some of which I'd never even met beforehand. I am just. So floored that people wanted to hang out and chat; thank you for handling my tech clumsiness and multi-tasking fails with such grace.

Thank you to everyone that WANTED to be there but couldn't for some reason or another. Thank you to my friend Bri (twt @tenchijins) who helped me craft prizes and coordinate during parts of the event (the shout chats were SO helpful)-- and for being a wonderful rp partner. You are so fucking smart and cool and you love birds so basically you're an angel. Thank you for everything the last couple months. You helped me better understand a part of my identity that I feared facing for so long, and because of it I am happier than I'd ever been about it all.

Thank you to @findenyan and @itsmeowlee for being so active in twitch chat and bein' cute an' funny catboys it was nice to see. Thank you also to @windup-dragoon for hanging out with us on day one (all the kisses to u my friend), Kiri is always a treasure to witness, and @dareva for being so insanely supportive of both my XIV works AND my original comic progress. I hope you are around for years to come.

Thank you to my roommate Cobalt who is the only reason I could even do this, because he was the one that helped me afford to renew my sub, which I didn't realize expired that day before the event. Oh, and also because he has literally been the sole reason i've been able to afford to survive the last couple of years. Hope to be free of it soon, brother! hahaha~

Thank you to @mythiclings for always showing me love, you were one of the biggest reasons I got the courage to start posting my Hien fanworks. And I am so glad that I did.

(Speaking of that, we did this cute little doodle together a little while back that I now have permission to post :'3 Look at these silly guys!!)

Ahem. And then thank you to my roommate aka ShandeeDay. If it weren't for you, i'd have never been able to play FFXIV from the first-- not even to consider all the times you've saved me from the street in my 20s. I love you, man. You saved my life. I would take a bullet for you.

Finally, to all of the people both old and new who have shared my work, shared their work with me, made things with me and just in general showed their support in my presence-- I thank you. Also some of you write some hilariously cute shit in tags. I adore you.

Sorry this was so long. But it was definitely worth writing. I plan to do another next year around the Lunar New Year in March 2024, provided I have no cons to attend. I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN!! 0/

Love and Peace, and to tomorrow. - Shane (and the four other idiots piloting his brain)

[sanchoyoscribbles]

It's been a while, but have another oc for my lil ygo fanseries! This is Yawaraka, he's Yunori's coworker at Chronocorp and Kind of but Not Exactly the main villain? (is it ygo without a possession situation...) full bio and backstory under the cut :)

⏳ Yawaraka Hitsuji ⏳

⏳Age 24

⏳Deck theme: Extremely Soft/cute Monsters. More specifically, his deck is a spellcaster/fairy hybrid...lots of cute girl cards :p His ace is a card called Hourglass Magi, a princessy looking pretty lady card themed around time. ...The thing is, he actually plays with TWO decks. the other one is still cutesty cards, but...considerably weaker and less cohesive. He...gets nervous in duels so has a 'bad' deck so he can lose the duel on purpose. because he feels BAD if he wins and prefers to be considered a loser or bad at the game if it means boosting someone else's mood. Yes, he's a SWEET DORK. yes, the main charas take mild offense to this bc they take it as not real wins and they bully him into trying his best. friendship :)

⏳ He applied to work at ChronoCorp a few months before Yunori and is still kinda a newbie like Yunori is. They bond over both bein the new kids on the job so to speak. They're in different departments (Yawaraka's in IT, Yunori is a horologist, that's why their uniforms have diff colored accents, to denote their departments) but they still get lunch together :)

⏳He's more reserved than Yunori, and less of a history otaku than she is, but he likes listening to her ramble on. And he loves tech! And she listens to him and doesn't just write him off! They're both pretty anxious people so they kinda bond over being nerds lol, and when her sidereal ring gets messed up, he can fix it…He's SUPER supportive of her. On the other hand, he's lowkey scared of Majo…

⏳Oh, yeah, while Yunori is going on Time Adventures, he mostly is the one covering for her (he does join on occasion, but mostly he's the guy in the chair holding the fort back at ChronoCorp) he finds himself moving up in the ranks VERY quickly and the boss (who no one has SEEN btw) giving him very Special Treatment, or certain things are forgiven when he does lil tasks to get Yunori out of trouble… even tho he's kinda the type of guy to do the bare minimum at work? he's not overly Passionate about this particular job over any other tech job, and he thinks, you know, 'I'm just some Guy they hired off the streets, why would I be Moving Up So fast??'

⏳And as it turns out, the boss is Him From the Future who's hellbent on becoming immortal through the power of ChronoCorp (or, time travel as a means to possess his younger self repeatedly so he won't age. He…came back to the past to establish ChronoCorp in the first place, too, implying he's kind of stuck in a time loop himself??) to further the research on the sidereal jewellery, (which is a set of earrings (belonging to Koeru now) the ring (belonging to Yunori) and the necklace (with him) the jewellery originated from a Godess of Time (who of course is a duel monster spirit…) who's power is on the level of like, the god cards…) he's harmed a LOT of people (koeru being the prime example, her grudge against him is JUSTIFIED)

⏳but. Yawaraka from the present is just a bumbling unaware guy and is like ??? when Koeru tries to kill him of course. he is never AWARE when he gets possessed by future!yawaraka, lol. he has to have the situation explained to him AFTER they beat future!yawaraka the first time, and hes like '??? I wouldnt do that wtf im so sorry T_T' poor guy. and uh. future!yawaraka just Keeps hoppin into his body whenever, which Sucks

⏳It's heavily implied future!Yawaraka's goal was originally to try and prevent EVERY major tragedy in history with an army of time traveling duelists once he'd learned enough about the sidereal jewellery. But along the way he got…sidetracked and had a power trip. He justifies all of this by saying any damage he does he can time travel and undo…(not the case with people like Koeru, either)

⏳ Our Yawaraka completely rejects this ofc and tells Yunori she's his bestie and he'd NEVER become evil, he Promises. and he remains helpful and faithful to helping her in any way he can, becoming the proper CEO of ChronoCorp at the end of the series with a little guidance from Majo, (since future him did technically…create the company in the past, it's His…) and he vows to do away with the Sketchy Stuff, and asks Yunori to help him if even just on a consultant basis bc shes obv SO passionate about it.

⏳Koeru never really Forgives him (even tho it wasn't present Yawaraka's fault exactly and she was the one who ends up beating future him in a 3 on one duel, with Yunori and Majo vs him) but he tries VERY hard to at least make sure she can live comfortably and tries to take accountability… at the end of the series the entire jewellery set is given to Yunori bc he rly does start to get Tempted to Use it :')

⏳ Since the main chara of SR! is a girl I figured it was only fitting to make the sort of bestie cheerleader character be a dude. and also the villain bc that's fun. B)

[himbo-kuto]

i saw this screencap from the manga and knew IMMEDIATELY that i would have to write a lil headcanon of aone and his turtle. he is literally the most precious person who deserves the whole entire world.

i hope you enjoy reading it as much as i did writing it!

genre: fluff, wholesomeness, a whole baked bean, college!au pairing: aone x gn!reader word count: 2k warning: language

okay so you ended up being roommates with aone, futakuchi, and mai when you ended up transferring colleges last minute and needed housing

you saw that they had an empty spot and with time not being on your side, you decided to take the opportunity!! apt 205 squad!!

at first you kind of felt left out since they all knew each other from date tech but you soon warmed up to futakuchi since you had a few classes with him and mai because well-- you guys shared a room

HOWEVER!! one person you couldn’t seem to get close to was a man by the name of takanobu aone-- lemme tell u sumn about this Baked Bean

whenever you tried to interact with him, all he would do is 👁 👄 👁  or just Grunt in response

you were a bit discouraged because you thought he didn’t like you so you shied away from talking to him again :(

but futakuchi was quick to ensure you that was just his way of communicating and that he was actually really engaged in the conversation 

“oh yeah, he’s a great listener-- i talk to him for hours and he just sits and listens”

“ok futakuchi-san, but have you considered that you talk Too much for your own good?”

he gave you the finger for that one

but omg the first time aone Spoke to you????? rocked ur mf world-- what the Heck!!

you were in the mood to bake some cookies and were looking for the big mixing bowls but you just remembered that futakuchi used it to try and make a baking soda volcano 

why??? who knows but all you do know is that he put it ALL the way on the top shelf-- and for what????

but u know-- bein dumb as dirt u tried to use a swivel chair to try and reach for them

and of course it was all the way in the back like wtf curse these tall men-- 

and so you got on your tippy toes and right as you were about to reach it, Of Course the chair decided to turn 

and u were 🤏🏼 this close to eating shit but thanks to the one-- the only-- tol angel baby aone, he stopped the chair dead in its tracks just in time for you to regain your balance

“are you okay?”

you were so shook (one from almost breaking your face and two-- AONE JUST SPOKE AND SAVED YOU!!!) 

at first you just stood there blinking down at him with the bowls in your arms like hinata season 4, episode 15 - 15:37

he held up his arms to you and you blushed so hard because was he really about to carry you down????

but before your mind had anytime to roam, he pointed to the bowls and you realized with your real eyes that you were not the one to whom he was referring to 

it wasn’t long until you got over your initial iron wall with aone (…. 😏)  and he actually ended up being someone you hung out with on a regular basis

mai was always out studying for her practicals in the library while futakuchi… well.. who even knows what the heck that man is up to..

but ANYWAYS!! you guys would hang out mostly in the living room to watch TV, do homework and eat meals-- he always helped you with your math homework and you helped him with his architecture models!! 

you didn’t really know what he liked to watch but he didn’t seem to oppose whatever you had on-- however, you Did notice that whenever you put on volleyball he stared very intensely at the TV only stopping when commercials came on

aone Always ate your home cooked meals without fail

literally such a sweet and appreciative boy as opposed to futakuchi who would complain but one time aone gave him That Look™️ and he shut right the fuck up

that day forward futakuchi ate all your meals like a good boy

aone has also become very protective of you-- in high school, he may have locked onto the aces of the other teams, but in college he locked onto his close friends to make sure they were safe

one time you guys got onto a cramped bus to go grocery shopping and all it took was this creepo man to just Look at you the wrong way for aone to stand right in front of you and shoot this man a death glare that said “if you even think about touching her i’ll put you into the ground” 

HE MAY HAVE A HEART OF GOLD BUT DONT MESS WITH THE PEOPLE HE CARES ABOUT OR ELSE IT’S HANDS 

but know this ladies, gents and my non-binary friends, we MOST DEFINITELY sit next to aone on the bus and engage in the best of conversations because tHATS WHAT THIS MAN DESERVES!!!!!!!!! 

not to mention all the times he has saved you due to your clumsiness and overall single brain cell fueled activities 

one fateful day you were sitting in the living room as you saw aone come home with a whole bag of groceries

he didn’t put them into the communal fridge so you were a bit confused as to why he took them straight into his room

you weren’t one to just bust in there to try and find out so later when you guys were eating dinner you asked him what he bought at the store

he listed off a bunch of produce and then said that they were for his turtle!!!!

you were all !!?!?!??? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 TURTLE?????? WHERE??? HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN HERE??? CAN I SEE THEM?

he goes on to tell you that he’s had the turtle ever since they all moved in!! but it never came up in conversation so you never knew until now

him and futakuchi rescued the turtle but when they tried to let them go, they didn’t go anywhere so they kept them!! 

so after dinner you both quickly washed the dishes, and he brought you into their room to show you his turtle

you were honestly a bit nervous going into their room-- like what were you to expect??? was it going to be messy?? stinky?? clean??? were there any secrets????

but to your surprise it was fairly clean and simple-- even futakuchi’s side (which you assumed was aone’s doing)

you looked around his room to find all these old pictures of date tech on the wall, many of them with futakuchi and mai

there was even a photo of all the third years clinging to aone like koalas on a tree and though his expression was faint, you could tell that he was happy

it warmed your heart to see that he got along with his teammates and held these memories close to him-- they accepted him for who he was and that was more than enough for you

he also had plethora of architecture books on his shelves which made you wonder why he picked that major in the first place

but you shrugged it off as you looked over to his desk

there was a table next to it with an enclosure and a cute little turtle sunbathing underneath a lamp inside

you scurried over to the tank, getting down on your knees to get eye level with the animal while you slowly brought your face to the glass  

the turtle was half curled into its shell, looking up at you as he gave you a slow blink

you could’ve sworn you felt your heart explode and melt all at once in that Exact moment

you looked up at aone with 🥺 eyes before looking back to reptile to see them poking their head out to fully greet you 

you squealed internally as you wiggled your finger as your salutations

“do they have a name?” 🥺 

“ichigo-desu...” (strawberry)

you thought your heart exploded before?????????????

oh bitch you felt like you were about to go into full blown cARDIAC ARREST MY G O D!!!!!!

“did futakuchi name them?”

“no i did…”

you literally hunched over, and leaned onto the desk for support as your heart was filled with his soft boy energy because there was no wAY!!! DID AONE JUST NAME THIS TURTLE ICHHHIGOOOO BITCHHH AHHH

but lowkey aone was also being filled with your soft energy and got all blushy-- but thank god you were too occupied by his turtle to notice

“do you want to feed him a strawberry? it’s his dinner time too”

you could not have said yes faster to this man 

he went into his personal fridge and there you saw all the groceries he had earlier that day!! he pulled out a single strawberry before handing it over to you

he walked over to the tank and cautiously pulled out ichigo before placing them on the ground

HOWEVERRRRRR!! what came next you didn’t expect at all

he walked around so that he was behind you, gingerly reached for your hand and guided you to hold the strawberry out for ichigo 

ichigo craned their neck in the sight of the fruit and started chowing down

and by God you hoped that aone could not hear your loud ass heartbeat and see your red ass face-- (you were surprised that ichigo wasn’t going after you since your face might as well have been a strawberry)

you two sat in a comfortable silence as you watched the little reptile enjoy his dinner 

as ichigo drew closer to the leafy bit, you wanted to ask aone if he was allowed to eat that part 

so you turned your head to the side to speak but immediately closed your mouth as aone’s face was only centimeters away from yours 

you thought you were red back then???? bitch buckle up cause we’re reaching a new LEVEL of red

at that moment you were no think, no thought, head EMPTY as you just stared at his profile 

all of his features were strong... the bridge of his nose, his jawline, his expression-- he himself was a strong man and you just wondered how all this soft, fluffy, wholesomeness was packed into this 192cm man

and just as you relaxed into this position

FUTAKUCHI BUSTS THROUGH THE DOOR WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING JUST TALKIN OUT OF HIS ASS 

at first he’s so absorbed into his own conversation that he doesn’t even notice you guys in that position

but when he does??? it’s like those moments in animes where you’re all chibitized and you just have circle eyes and a blank expression o_o

you IMMEDIATELY come to your senses, releasing the rest of the strawberry and aone’s hand

if you could peace fade in this moment, you would’ve definitely flashed futakuchi a duces

but alas, you could not..

so you scrambled to your feet-- but not before thanking aone for letting you meet his turtle-- and RAN out TF of that room heart a BEEATTINN

from that day on, you visited aone and his turtle a lot more-- even going so far as buying things for ichigo!!

“hey aone-san, did ichigo like the squash i cooked?”

“mm.”

“hey aone-san, does ichigo like the new hide?”

“mm.”

“look aone-san! he can’t grip onto the cherry tomato!! it keeps rolling around!”

“mm.”

many of your conversations went along like that and he always appreciated the amount of effort you put into them

he wasn’t a man of many words but did his best to make sure you knew that he was listening and engaged

at one point mai and futakuchi said that “he has spoken more words to you in these past few months than he has with us in 3 years”

you were surprised but also flattered by the fact that aone was comfortable enough to open up and have conversation with you 

although it was a bit of a rough patch in the beginning, you were glad that you became a part of the 205 squad! it was you, aone, futakuchi, mai and ichigo against the world!!

[authenticaussie]

P X (i loooved that mas soulmate ficlet, by the ay!!!!

aWWWWW thank you!!!! (for a minute I thought u meant Sparks and I was like eyyy that’s a bit long ago but STILL thanks!! but no I bet u meant the New One w/ ace bein’ his usual angsty self at least i’m hoping you did omg ///sweats) THANKS REGARDLESS IM SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT ;u;

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

l o l okay like Fandom Specifics are always helpful for these otherwise I’ll just do w/e im thinking atm which is usually one piece haha so not a big deal when half of my followers are here for that OP content //sweats

but atm it’s a danny phantom / static shock crossover that I thought up y e a r s ago and just re-remembered/rethought of a few days prior when DP blew up again and like???????? Richard Foley?????? Tucker Foley???

Related mcnerd sidekick dudes is what I’m saying. And like !!!! fam dudes for a family reunion and DP / SS team up and ghost huntin and Static accidentally frying all of Tucker’s stuff and being dorky teenagers together and Richie and Virgil telling each other ghost stories and having the time of their lives in amity park bc omfg???? it’s a huge game to them???? bc they found discarded ghost tech and richie’s a genius he’s Got This and they’re not dumb (debatable, guys, debatable) they know those Hero Signs and are little SHIT S to Tucker and tease tucker and make it seem like they Know he’s a sidekick / that he knows phantom but aren’t being very subtle with their own identities and what I’m saying is basically tucker’s like MAYBE TRY AND BE MORE SUBTLE DANNY and danny’s like n a h no-one’s spotted me yet!

dumbass

d u m b a s s 

the other one was married couple / old couple richie/virgil and accidental science / magic kid tucker foley and they’re still not subtle about their secret identities (imagine parents flirting trope but then imagine parents flirting trope where they compliment their s/o’s alter ego and come up with more and more ludicrous / ridiculous things for each other). BEING SUPER GOOD DADS!!! BEING SUPPORTIVE AND WAITING FOR TUCKER TO COME TO THEM ABOUT BEING SUPPORT FOR THE HERO OF AMITY PARK!!!! SUBTLY HELPING TUCKER WITH THINGS LIKE SELF DEFENSE AND FITNESS AND STEALTH AND STUDYING SO THAT HE CAN HELP HIS FRIEND AND STILL BE HEALTHY AND O K A Y 

Richie being the support system that he wished he and Virgil had had back when they’d been teen heroes.

(of course tho, a side helping of Teasing bc they can’t believe their son hasn’t figured out that they totally know he’s helping out Phantom, and they totally know who Phantom is because SERIOUSLY. Looks exactly like danny??????/ danny of the ghost hunting parents???? danny who starts looking as sleep deprived and stressed as they did, back when they first started)

Virgil subtly telling danny / tucker how to study while working out / doing other things (aka listening to tracks with notes while on patrol so that they could study,) the best times for sleep (aka how to Survive on 3 hours a night when ghost attacks won’t stop for two weeks). The best things for energy that won’t leave you crashing later. Healthy food recipes packed w/ what they might need; iron and magnesium because of the lack of sleep they’re getting, vitamen c to prevent them from getting sick bc of their lower immune systems…..It’s just. Super Cute.   

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.

SECRET MOTHERFUCKIN IDENTITIES 

SECRET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IDENTITIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look okay man superhero aus are my thing I love them i love them i l o v e them. And like ???? in tropes?????/ pinning. Pinning and slowbuild make my heart a c h e I love it i love it i love it.

Plus i mean polyamoury has my heart ofc but. in absence of polyamoury. I will totally live for the silly love triangles that come with secret identities omg theyre the BEST. also HERO RESCUES!!! VILLAIN SCHEMES!!! A H HHHH hero aus are so good!! ;u;

[ashdownbloodline]

We Need You For Something...

Part 3: Training And Broken Things

This is my first fanfic, I hope you all like it. I need to thank @dammn-dean for all her help! She has really helped me through all this. If you haven’t, go check her out. Let me know what you guys think of it.

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Original Character (Yauna), other OC’s and Avengers pairings later.  

Words: About 3k

Warnings: Adult Themes, Language, Eventual Smut, PTSD, motions of Torture, Fluff, Death

Summary: Yauna just wants to be normal and Tony recruits her as his head engineer. Her past catches up and shit goes crazy.

(gif isn’t mine again)

The next morning, Bucky woke up first, looking down at her face. Her eyes were still slightly puffy, but she looked at peace. There was a soft knock at the door, he untangled himself from Yauna and got up to answer the door. Looking at the time, it was 7:47 am. Shit, I missed our run. 

He hurried to the door and flung it open to see a surprised Steve. “Hey Y-Wait, Bucky. What the?” Bucky froze for a second, then Sam popped his head out from behind Steve. “Bucky, What are you doing in Yauna’s room?” Sam put on a smug grin, insinuating that he had charmed his way into Yauna already.

Steve looked at Sam and immediately thought the same thing. “What did you do?” The anger in his voice scared the shit out of both the boys. “If you did something, I swear I will put you through hell.” Steve’s voiced raised, “Hey, hey, calm down. Don’t wake her up please. Steve, I didn’t do anything. Damn, I thought you were my best friend.” Bucky laughed nervously, hoping to defuse Steve’s anger. 

 “Yes, but she has become like a little sister and I want to make sure she’s safe.” Bucky gave Steve an offended look, Sam doing the same. “Wow, thanks for the support.” Bucky laughed again, then he heard the bedroom door open. All three of the boy’s faces snapped to Yauna, who rubbed her eyes then jolted with surprise at them. “Hi?” She started toward them, “What are you guys doing here?” She gestured to Sam and Steve.

“I wanted to see if you wanted to come train today, so I could evaluate what you know. Sam is here because I couldn’t find Bucky, since he missed our run this morning. I was going to have you and Sam spar. What are you doing here Bucky?” Yauna nodded and Bucky looked at Steve and froze again. 

Yauna smiled and piped up, “That’s my fault, I’m sorry. I had a nightmare last night and Bucky helped me with it and I asked him to stay.” Steve felt a relief wash over him and Bucky relaxed. Yauna laughed, “I would love to go train. Just give me 15 minutes to get ready.” Steve nodded and Yauna pushed all three of them out the door.

As the three walked down the hall, Bucky hung his head low. He knew Steve was about to lecture him. “I know you’re going to chew me out. Just do it already.”

Steve sighed, “I’m not going to yell at you. I’m actually happy you helped.” There was a long pause, Bucky could hear the ‘but’ coming from a mile away.

“I don’t want anyone hurt, I feel protective over her I guess. Like a big brother. We talked the whole way from Brighton here. I think that’s what makes me feel protective, all the stuff she told me.” Steve smiled to himself before continuing, “She is very honest with everyone, confident and brutally honest.”

Bucky laughed and Sam just rolled his eyes, all of them agreeing they liked her.

Yauna pulled on her black tights, sports bra, and her favorite long sleeve. She tied up her hair in a messy bun, then went to check the results in the mirror. She forgot how revealing this top was, it showed the start of so many scars and it seemed to highlight the one that braceletted her neck. 

I could put a masking ward on them, the Team doesn’t need to know, she thought. She wanted to be as honest as possible right now, and the war inside herself started raging. Deciding against it and shaking the thoughts out of her head, Yauna began her journey to the gym.

Bucky and Steve were standing in the sparring area of the gym, “I’m not going to fight her, Steve. I might hurt her.” Bucky was reluctant to fight anyone, but he was definitely not going to fight a girl who didn’t know the first thing about fighting. 

“Please? I need to evaluate how much she know. You’re our best fighter and you’re the only one available right now.” Steve was practically begging him, he couldn’t say no to his best friend. “Fine. But, I’m going to go easy on her. We don’t need her hurt.” Just as he said that, Steve’s face went red and his eyes widened at something behind Bucky.

“Don’t need who hurt?” Her voice was soft like lavender and cheerful like thistle. Bucky wiped around, “U-Um...well...we were...um-” He was tripping over his own words and Steve could see he was nervous, he couldn’t let his friend drown like this. 

“We were talking about some S.H.I.E.L.D techs that Fury wanted us to train. I asked Buck here to help.” Yauna nodded suspiciously and laughed, kicking off her canvas shoes by the benches and headed toward the mats. She stood in the center with her hands on her hips, “Come one t’en. And you don’t have to worry about hurting me. Worry about me hurting you.” 

She wasn’t upset that they thought she was going to get hurt, she thought it was cute actually. Steve elbowed Bucky in the side with a small laugh, “You heard her, get in there.” Bucky rolled his eyes and joined her on the mats. “Don’t go easy either, I can handle myself. I’m sure as hell not goin’ easy on you.” She smiled, Bucky was surprised by her words. She was so confident for someone who looked so gentle and soft.

She didn’t bother with a stance, all she needed was her senses. Bucky got into stance and they circled the each other on the mat. He was surprised when she just began to walk, she was completely exposed and Steve thought the same thing. He took the first swing, throwing a fist toward her body. 

Quickly she evaded, countering with an elbow to his bicep that throw his muscle into a cramp. He cupped his arm, massaging the muscle and shaking out the pain. The next swing he throw was more calculated, he pushed his fist out in hopes of distracting her. When it seemed to, he swung his leg out to trip her but she was about fifteen steps ahead. 

She stepped around him, so when he came back to a standing position she was right behind him. Another calculated move from Bucky, he grabbed her wrist with his metal hand and tried to pull her forward so he could trip her onto her back. Instead, she used her right hand to keep leverage on his left. She pulled it between his shoulder blades and pushed him faced down onto the floor.

Successfully pinned, she stood up off of him to let the sparring continue. Punch after punch from Bucky and evade after counter from Yauna began to frustrate Bucky, not a lot just enough to make him try harder. That’s what she wanted, a true challenge. 

The swings and moves became faster and harder, neither of them were scared of the other. Steve looked on in awe, she might actually bet him, he thought. In one swift take down, Bucky was on the floor again under Yauna and with no place to go. His arms pinned above his head, he didn’t dare use his arm to his advantage. 

That wouldn’t be fair, he thought and she didn’t use Artemis either. Her muscles were tight in every place; her shins pressed against his knees so they didn’t move, her knees planted on either side of him keeping him in place, and her elbows locked pushing his wrists against the floor.

He couldn’t escape, but truly he didn’t want to. He was so close to her, he could see the fire behind her eyes that made them glow a soft amber gold. The short strands of hair that stuck to her neck and forehead with sweat. How she breathed in through her mouth and out her nose, which he found oddly cute. 

How her chest heaved, but slowed the longer they sat there. She was truly beautiful, in every way. Her smile fell on him moments later, warming him to the very bone and made a smile bubble to his lips. Her face softened when she smiled, making all her worry lines disappear.

She moved off of him and he immediately missed her closeness, she held out her hand to help him up. He took it and she heaved him to his feet, Steve still looked stunned with his mouth a gap. “Damn good job, Doll. You’re really good at fighting.” Bucky said, trying to pull Steve from is haze. 

He snapped out of it, “Yeah, wow. That was amazing!” Steve said enthusiastically, then questions started to swirl in his brain. “Why didn’t you start in a stance? You were completely vulnerable.” He continued, Yauna softly laughed and smiled while looking at the ground. “Where I come from, we are taught from a young age how to fight and not lose. We learn to rely on our senses, we are taught to fight for our lives every single time. Not bein’ in’a stance helps me sense the entire field.”

“Who the hell teaches kids to fight for their lives?” Steve asks in disbelief. Thank God he said it, I didn’t want to ask that question, Bucky thought to himself. Yauna laughed heartier this time, “They are fecked up people really, they don’t like to interact with society if they can avoid it.” Steve and Bucky could feel the tension building, so they left that subject alone for now. 

“Okay, well good job. That’s all for today. I’ll figure out a training schedule for you, but only if you want more training, not that you need it.” He laughed and Yauna nodded, confirming she wanted the schedule. “You guys go clean up, I have some stuff to do today. See ya!” Steve strolled off out of the gym. 

Yauna and Bucky said their goodbyes and parted, Yauna heading for a shower and Bucky heading to do the same. Shit, I might have feelings for her. No, she’s my coworker, no. But, I really like her. He argued with himself as he walked to his room.  

After her shower, Yauna elected to go work on some projects and weapons in her lab. That was still weird to her, the thought that she had her own ‘lab’ around other people was foreign to her. She had always worked alone, even in college she worked without a partner and away from everyone else. It was her choice, she usually didn’t mind it but sometimes it was lonely. Being around everyone was new and weird, but a good weird, she could get used to.

She started most of the machines up and spread out her tools, she started printing replacement parts for weapons people requested she fix. While those printed, she started sketches and dimensioned drawings for new weapons and gear. She pushed a metal table into the sort of middle of the room. Setting her supplies on it, she climbed on and started working. She hated sitting in chairs, they restricted movement and didn’t allow for experimental sitting positions much.

There was a small, light knock on her door making her look up from her sketchpad and scattered parts. Bucky’s eyes landed on her as he walked in, she sat on a table a pencil in her mouth and her hair tied back with strands floating out. She clearly had ran her hands through it enough to pull a lot of the hair out, it made her even cuter.

Her hands were full of parts for something he didn’t understand and there were water bottles and coffee cups with tea bags strewn around the entire room. She looks so adorable, he thought and a smile spread across his lips before he could stop it. “Hey, are you busy?” He asked hesitantly, shifting his eyes to the ground and didn’t venture in further.

“No, whatcha needn’?” She motioned for him to come in and stuck her foot out to caught the arm of a rolling chair, pulling it toward her. She patted her foot on the seat telling him to sit down, he obliged looking up at her face where she sat, still on the table, only for a moment. 

“Um, I don’t know what happened. My arm stopped working. Can you fix it?” He asked shyly, he was just walking and it completely locked up. Maybe it was the Fate’s saying he needed to go see her again. “Sure dear, lemme see it.” She scooted closer to him and patted her leg, for him to set his arm on her. She didn’t seem scared, that completely baffled him. Everyone was scared of his arm, everyone but her.

He was too busy getting his ass kicked earlier to realize what she was wearing. Though now it was different, it was similar to her work out clothes. The scars peeking out of the neck of her sweater pulled his eyes. He only stared for a moment, but just long enough to Yauna to notice. His face didn’t read like the others’, he was curious and not sad or terrified. She smiled at the thought that he wasn’t disgusted by the white and pink marks.   

He laid his arm on her thigh, she was wearing leggings and a sweater which drove him crazy. She was a thicker girl, curvy in every way that made him think of the wrong things. Her thighs were big and muscular, his arm lay on top of her right on causing it to dip slightly. She pulled a cloth with small tools over to her, popping a screwdriver into her mouth. It looked like it was out of habit, so natural to her and yet she was so unaware of it. With one smooth motion she opened the metal panels to his arm all the way up to his elbow.

Yauna could feel his gaze on her, she didn’t mind it though. Every now and then she would steal a glance at him. She was handsome; his eyes were so icy blue, like they could cut a stone in half but they were also soft and gentle. She watched his face as he tried to understand what she was doing, he was so cute how focused he was. Shit, don’t think that way. That’s bad. She thought to herself, scolding every thought that followed about him. His expression didn’t change, she felt sympathetic. 

Someone was working on his limb and he didn’t even know what they were doing. She wanted to change that, “These are the circuit components.” She pointed to the small hubs next to the circuit boards. “They help with your senses, feeding the info that the circuit boards pick up back to your nerves. They connect, here, to your sensory mesh on the plates, here.”

She pointed out each part to him, explaining what each does in simple terms. No one else ever did that for him, everyone tried but they would get too frustrated with his lack of understanding and just give up. She didn’t get frustrated, she didn’t expect anything from him. 

“Ah, here be the little bugger!” She said excitedly, a smile across her face as she pulled out the broken part. “Just a fried connector, luckily. These fuckers can ruin your day and they are so important. They allow two opposing parts to come together in a common ground.” She moved the bad part to the side and motioned for him to move his arm. After he did, she jumped down and went searching for the part she needed. He watched her roamed around the room, looking in drawers, tubes and baskets.

She ended on the floor, looking on the bottom shelf of a case full of tubes. Bucky just smiled and let out an amused laugh, watching her bend and struggle for the basket she needed. God, her ass looks great!  The little voice inside his head said, which he scolded quickly before he heard her speak. 

“What are you laughing at?” She yelled from the other side of the room, a small chuckle following her words laced with fake irritation. “Nothing, promise.” Bucky said, holding his hand up in defense as she walked back over with a hand full of components. She laughed and hopped back up onto the table, Bucky returned his arm to her leg and she continued working. “So James, tell me aboutcha self.”

Steve introduced him as James not the usual Bucky, he flinched at the name. She pulled her hands away from him, “I’m sorry, are you okay? Did I do somethin’?” Her eyes were filled with hope and concern, there was never fear around him. “No, just not used to my actual name. You can call me Bucky, if you want.” She shot him a smile and resumed repairing, “Okay, Bucky, what are you like?”

They sat there talking and repairing, well mostly talking for a while. Learning more about each other and telling corny jokes, which were Yauna’s favorite. And lucky for her, Bucky knew way too many. Her laugh was beautiful, he could sit there and listen to it forever. When she leaned her head back to laugh, his eyes traveled down her neck and caught the scars leading into her sweater. Who would hurt someone so sweet? He felt anger bubble in his gut, he wanted to hurt whoever did that just as bad, okay maybe worse.

After she got his arm working, it was time for dinner. Neither had realized they had spent all that time together, but neither regretted a single moment. Maybe this will be nice, I like it here. She thought as her and Bucky walked to the common room, following the smell of food that made their stomachs rumble.

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