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cottondo · 5 months

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BUTTERCUP | master shake x reader

— 6. | an ego thing

a/n : I haven’t proof read it enough times yet so I’m sorry I’m advance if there’s errors lmao

"What you did was irresponsible, rude, and quite frankly, a little immoral!"

"Well, what did you expect me to do! You should've known better than to put me in charge. It's anything, it's your fault for not being home!"

"I didn't! I put y/n in charge of the house, and you messed everything up and pissed off meatwad." Frylock crossed his arms, an eye narrowing on Shake.

Yeesh, you really didn't wanna listen to their arguing at your job.

You cringe inwardly, glancing around the small diner to see the few people's gazes starting to focus on your roommate's argument.

"Kay- can we like, not do this here?" You speak up, a little look of annoyance starting to flood your features. "You're gonna get me fired."

"So what? What's a job good for, anyway! You're workin' for the man, and not yourself." Shake looks back to your pleading face.

"Yeah, well, thats how I get to buy things, and live with a roof over my head." You respond, going back to filling up meatwad's glass of orange juice.

Shake looks away. "Pft. Who needs that?"

"Your sorry ass, when he kicks you out!" You gesture towards frylock, who was glaring at shake.

Shake huffs, crossing his arms. He clearly forgot about the situation at hand. "He can't survive without me there. I'm the one that holds that house together, if you hadn't noticed."

Frylock scoffs, and you place the cup of juice back down on the countertop with a little eye roll.

"Right— the minute you leave, is the day I finally get some peace and quiet." Frylock sighs, dulling his eyes.

"You love havin me around!" Shake argues.

Frylock carefully picks up the steaming mug of coffee, and sips it. "Keep it up, Shake. One more slip up, and I'm not gonna feel sorry when your ass ends up on Carl's lawn."

Frylock's tone sounded so done with shake. And rightfully so.

Meatwad side eyed Shake with a little knowing smirk hidden on his face. He took another bite of the chicken tender from his plate.

The look clearly didn't go unnoticed, and shake glares the boy's way. "The hell are you lookin' at?" He asks, leaning over into Frylock's personal space in order to scare Meatwad with a death glare.

Okay, this was going on for too long now.

From under the counter, you dip your fingers in the melted corner of the ice case, and flick it at Shake's face with a little smirk.

He flinches, shooting upward and looking towards you with a look of, 'what the hell was that'.

"Hey!" Shake starts to retort, but you grab his plate and slide it towards you. Oh, he did not like that.

"Leave him alone, and shut up. Eat your food, before I have to take it away." You push it back, leaving him with wide eyes of amusement at your behavior.

Just as he was about to retort, frylock came to the rescue.

He sighs, wiping his face with a napkin, and gives you a thoughtful expression. After all, they were causing a scene at your job. "Everyone, just- - try to behave. It's rude."

"Whatever." Shake shuts up, and meatwad goes back to eating the rest of his meal in a guilty silence.

"Y/N, what time do you get off your shift?" Frylock asks through an audibly tired voice. He tries to change the conversation, and honestly, you were kinda grateful for it. There was just only so much you could tolerate in one sitting.

"I just gotta finish up those two tables over there, but it won't take me long at all." You respond, a gentle smile on your face.

"I was thinking maybe we should go shopping for some groceries later. It has been a while.." you saw the embarrassment creasing into Frylock's face, so you nod along with a soft smile of reassurance.

Things happen, and life gets in the way. You totally understand how that goes, and choose to empathize with him.

"Sure, yeah. We can do that." You turn your attention to shake and lean your elbows on the counter. "What do you guys want us to pick up from the store?"

Shake smirks a bit, stealing a slight glance down the front of your uniform shirt. It was within seconds that you noticed. "I know what I want, baby—"

"I bet you do." You play along with a light curl of your lip, now earning frylock and meatwad's attention in shock.

"But right now, we need to know what you guys wanna eat for meals and stuff."

You think the last thing that shake was expecting, was for you to enable that situation. He prolly figured you'd just get pissed off, and swat him away. But, his attention was starting to grow on you now, so that wasn't necessarily the case anymore. Why not just let this roll?

Frylock clears his throat, awkwardly, seeing the shocked expression on Shake's face.

He was totally noticing what was up now.

A thought came to Shake as you notice the way his smiles stretches. "Lasagna~! Quattro formaggio," shake makes Italian gestures with his hands. Meatwad grins with amusement, looking up at the male beside him.

"Italian food!"

"I've gotta admit, shake can make a really good lasagna dish." Frylock smiles weakly, holding his cheek in his hand with a tired expression.

"Hell yeah, I do." Shake smiles proudly, eyes drifting up to meet yours. With his arms crossed over his chest, you notice the smug little look of pride he had.

"Carl likes it too. Which is half the reason I make it."

Amused, you crack up a little grin. "You make it for Carl?"

That didn't sound like the Shake you knew. He never did anything for anybody.

Frylock shakes his head. "Don't get the wrong idea. Shake likes to mess with Carl's head. He doesn't actually let him eat any of it."

Confused, you turn to shake for answers.

Shake grins, "I just put that shit on a leash, and let him run. Sometimes he breaks his neck, sometimes he lets me swim in his pool." He shrugs innocently, "It's a win win either way!"

Damn, he was really fucked up for that. But how could you not love that about him—?

"That's messed up," you snicker, taking all three of their empty plates and walking them to the dirty buss pan. "But I'm so here for it."

Shake smiles widely at your response; clearly you piqued his interest. Not just anybody would laugh at the cruel pranks he liked to pull. But you did.

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You peer over Shake's shoulder, an intensifying grin creeping up on your face, as you noticed the little annoyances you've been causing him.

Shake was making up that lasagna dish; something you could only believe if you saw it with your own eyes.

"Do you mind? I'm trying to put together my masterpiece, here!"

You only smirk in a retort. "Shut up, you love it."

"I am pretty hard to stay away from. That's why they call me the chick magnet." He shrugs you off with a nervous smile, and focuses his eyes back down on the sauce he was using. "Now listen- I know that only I can make this taste good, but I'm gonna let you put the cheese on it." He takes a step back, eyeing you. "Since you wanna be apart of this plan."

Wow, he was letting you help him? How thoughtful.

"Don't mess it up! It's a delicacy," His shouting made your ears ring.

"Okay, I got it, Fuck." You snap back. Of course, this only made him glare harder, but whatever.

Shake was so dramatic, fuck.

Rolling your eyes was the only other proper bodily response you could give, before bumping him aside to place yourself in front of the half prepared lasagna dish. It did look pretty good..

Reaching your hand into the bag of cheese, you begin to sprinkle it around the pasta.

Then, he hands you the other cheeses to put into the pan. "Okay, good. Not as good as what I'd do, but it'll probably be fine." He mumbles, standing over your shoulder.

Dangerously close, you noted.

You turn your head over your shoulder to deadpan him with a look of annoyance, but you couldn't help that butterfly feeling that kept trying to crawl up your throat. Shit.

You caught the feels.

You inhale a soft breath, and look back down to the pasta dish. Just try to ignore him! That was super easy- - right—?

Even though now his hand was reaching in front of you to grab the other cheese— oh shit, his shoulder is totally bumping into yours because he doesn't know personal space even if it whacked him in the face.

"Kay, now what?" You break the silent tension you felt, looking to him. Shake grabs the dish, and throws some seasoning throughout it. "We bake it, then the fun can happen." The smirk was bright and cheery on his face.

"Cool," you chortle.

Shake tosses the pan in the oven, and sets a timer for it. His eyes then set on you, narrowing a little.

You frown, looking up at him. What was he looking at?

"What," Your tone came out a little sour, and you didn't mean for it to. He didn't seem to mind, though.

His gloved hand reaches out, and soon enough, you feel his thumb brushing at your cheek. "You've got sauce on your face, dumbass."

Welp, that's embarrassing.

You can feel the heat in your face rise as he wipes off your cheek, not so gently, and sticks his tongue out with disgust.

"Gee, thanks." You turn away, brushing your cheek off with the back of your arm.

Then, a thought floods it's way back into your head suddenly.

Weren't you supposed to be doing something..?

"Oh!" You rub your cheek, hoping there wasn't any stain still left on your skin. "I was supposed to post you making that," you pout a bit, gesturing to the fact that he was still supposed to be your fake boyfriend. How could you forget?

He looks at you with a questioning expression. "Huh?"

"Y'know- - My boyfriend made me lasagna," you tease, pulling out the phone from your pocket.

Now it came back to him.

He nods slowly, "Riiight. Right!" Shake smirks proudly, opening up the oven door to crack it. "It's not too late." Heat blows out, and you look inside the crack to see the pan sitting there, trying to bake.

You angle your phone camera on it, but you feel your other hand being grabbed.

What was he doing—?

"C'mere," Looking down, shake forces your hand on the oven door handle, and guides you to grab it. He then puts his hand on top of yours, and holds it. "Come on, take the picture already!"

Your cheeks did that weird thing again where they got all hot and clammy. Shit shit shit.

Oh, and now your heart is speeding up a little? What the fuuuuuck.

You take the picture of your hands on the handle, and smile up at him, though it felt pressured now. "Got it,"

He shuts the door, and suddenly his face was flared up, too. Damn, was he sweating?

"Cool, great, good!" He laughs out, but it sounded awkward. "I bet that asshole thinks I'm sexier than him. Like— what were you even thinking? Going for a guy like that," shake laughs at you. Of course, it was just him turning the situation around onto you again, because why wouldn't he be a narcissist?

You let yourself frown slightly.

"You're too good for him, obviously." Shake then adds onto the statement, though his voice grew a bit more honest. There's another smile lingering in his features when he says that.

Your frown turns upward at him slightly. "Yeah . . I know." Your voice is light; not even defensive, because you knew how shitty you let that guy treat you.

"I know you know!" He says, "If there's one thing I know- it's women. And women want me."

Welp, that ruined the moment.

The smirk on his face was enough to make you laugh at him. In all the time that you've known each other, you didn't see a single girl trying to talk to him. Ever.

If anything, you were the first. And that . . Well, that's saying something.

"Yeah?" You ask through a chortle, "Where are they, then."

Shake quickly frowns with annoyance, and crosses his arms. "Well, obviously they can't come around, if they see you next to me." He defends himself poorly. You shrug in response and laugh a little again.

"Riiight. That makes sense," sarcastically, you nod along to tease him. Does he know you're just teasing him? You weren't sure.

"It does! How else can a hot babe come up to me if I already have one next to me? They'd get jealous, obviously!" Shake rolls his eyes. "And, I don't need any more girl drama. Which is why I keep telling them not to come around anymore,"

His voice was so casual when lying, that it was almost kinda insane.

The other thing insane about that story though, was Shake just called you hot.

Score.

Not that you didn't know that already.

"I knew I was hot," you tease, looking over at him with a little smirk. "Girl drama is literally ridiculous though. You're better off with just me."

His eyes widen a little at your comment. Obviously he took it in the way you meant it.

"Yeah, I probably would be. But y'know, there's still plenty of me to go around." He points his thumbs towards himself, and gives off a cocky smirk.

"Shut up, cup." You laugh him off with a light shove on the shoulder, letting his nickname slip from your mouth. It was something you've picked up from Carl over the years of hangin' around the boys. It never seemed to bother him too much, but you knew he'd prefer a less demeaning name.

"You gotta make me," Shake's smile is innocently bright, and all you can do is stare back with a challenging grin.

Ooh, that was it- -

To your right on the counter, you notice the bowl of pudding Meatwad had left out. When you and Frylock went shopping earlier, you should've expected the two ding bats to go on a binge fest of junk food, because they totally did. They left food out all over the place.

The evil grin on your face was enough to show Shake that you had tricks up your own sleeve.

Not even bothering to care how sticky and slimy it was on your fingers, you dipped your hand into the bowl and quickly smacked the pudding to his face.

The challenge was so on.

His eyes widen, shock taking over his body as the chocolate pudding smears across his cheek and mouth. That was not at all what he expected from you when he meant for you to shut him up.

"Y/N! What the hell!"

You laugh loudly, crouching down in a defense stance as he wipes the chocolate from his face.

"I'll kill you," Without a second thought, Shake lunges towards your laughing figure, hands grabbing yours playfully, and soon you find yourself backed into and trapped against the counter.

With your backside to the cabinets, you look up at him with a pleading smile, still finding it absolutely hilarious that you caught him off his game like that.

"I'm sorry! Shake— I'm sorry, I swear," you wheeze out through laughter, hands up and still being tightly held by Shake's.

"Shoulda thought about that sooner!" His one hand let go of yours, and with one swift movement, snatched the glass of water from the countertop, and splashed it at you with a wild grin.

"Hey!" You squeal out and tense up as the water quickly runs down your cheek and neck.

Game on, bitch.

You push him back as he chuckles under his breath.

"Asshole," There wasn't much time to think it through anymore, so you grab the closest food item to you, and smash it at him. Shake dodged, but it ended up still managing to hit his body anyway.

The two of you now wrestled a bit with each other; hands locked, and push and shoving each other playfully.

Actually, it was probably the most fun you and Shake had together in a long time.

"I swear- - Y/N, if I wasn't letting you win, I'd beat your ass," shake glares up at you from the hold you had on him. You now currently had him pinned down to the floor of the kitchen, food everywhere, sitting on his back. The smirk you had on your face was beaming with amusement as your tilt your head down at him.

"Oh, I'm sorry, letting me win? I own your ass right now."

He grunts, dulling his irritated eyes up at you. "I'm only going easy on you because you're a broad!"

"Pfft— yeah, right. You couldn't beat me if you tr—" the wind almost gets knocked out of you when you suddenly find yourself being flipped over with your back to the floor. Shake smirks, and now holds you down by sitting on you.

"Ugh, oh my god, fatass, get off me!" You wheeze out, glaring up at him. His prideful smile was enough to let you know that, okay, maybe he was sorta letting you win earlier.

"It's muscle weight! And don't smack me with pudding, then maybe I would!" He declares, eyes narrowing now as the pressure of his gloved hands holds your arms down to the floor at shoulder height.

"I'm sorry," You pout playfully up at him, wiggling your wrists out of his grasp, but not to much use.

"Not good enough!" He says. "I think it's time you learned not to mess with the master~!" Shake was totally not bluffing anymore, and you knew he was unhinged enough to actually hit you, or throw more food at your face- which you didn't want.

So, you flinch, wincing up at him.

"Truce!"

Managing to speak with half of his body weight sitting on top of you was actually so hard to do.

"Wait— Is this the part where I kiss you?" He asks, in the dumbest, most casual way only shake could manage.

"Oh my god," you groan. With some thought behind it, you manage to flip yourself to your side, and kick him off you. Shake lands beside you on the floor, and you remember not to take breathing for granted.

You slowly rise up to a sitting position, and glare look at him. "Lose some weight."

Shake glares up at you, and switches to a sitting position as well. "I can't help that my muscles are too big! You're just too weak to handle the weight." The narcissism rolls off his tongue so smoothly. Shake was always good at turning situations or facts around on other people. It was sort of like a really fucked up gift.

You stand to your feet, brushing off any leftover food that clung to you.

"Want me to pin you to the floor again?" Your threat only made his smile grow, and you could imagine why.

"No, because I'm always on top!" His smile stretched, and you roll your eyes at him. "Haha! Boom! Someone should be writing these down,"

The timer on the oven dings, alerting the both of you.

Whoops, you totally forgot all about the lasagna in the oven during all this play fighting.

"Come on, honey, let's go offer our neighbor some food~" you stand to your feet, and hold out a hand for him. Shake stares at it before locking eyes with you, and smirking.

His hand grabs yours, and stands to his feet.

Pulling you into him, shake wraps an arm around your shoulder and smiles. "A little taste of Italy, right to his door. He should be paying us!"

You lean into his hold and find yourself smiling up at him. "Once we get to use his pool, it'll all be worth it!"

Shake laughs and let you go. "As long as I get to see you in a hot bikini, babe."

#master shake #athf shake #athf #frylock #meatwad #athf frylock #aqua teen hunger force #carl brutananadilewski #aqua teen forever #master shake x reader #shake x reader

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trashnotfound · 2 months

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Time for my usual run down of the season , didn’t do it how I usually do because honestly I had not very nice things to say about the first 5 episodes 💀

Dr s2 pt2 spoielrs ahead

- jay? Jay!?! JAY!? Hello what was THAT- IT Was a COP out honestly, all the hype and build up for a shit ass reveal and a boring fight between him and nya, only for him to LEAVE 5 minutes later. I wanted more of him being evil, it was so rushed and just usless. Like they could have just made nya find him or something, he didn’t have to be evil, Because they did literally NOTHING with it. I know they probably realise they need a whole season to build up to jay but maybe if they didn’t focus on Lloyd all the time they could??

-It was nice to see some old characters again, like tox and Mr pale! Finally some old rep 😭 I just wish they we’re actually utilised properly. I didn’t want just cameos I wanted actual character arcs or something. I know I’m asking for a lot and “should be greatful to even get to see them” but s4 showed all the old elemental master so well, and they all at least got a little moment to shine even if just for one fight, then they added to that with season 9. It just felt like a *here’s your old characters now shut up*

-People may think I’m being too picky with this, but the random panning to Geo and other characters with jayas fight TOOK ME OUT!? Like we just had this super emotional revels and now jay and nya gotta fight, oh okay we’re just gonna show a purple goblin mid scene ?? Like it just took me out the moment and was also so random. Like he doesn’t even know nya that well, why are we seeing his reaction more then the ninjas. Same for the audience. Like they don’t know these people WHY ARE THEY HERE

- wyldfyre and Roby! What can’t I say about them. Saved the season for me honestly. I like how wyldfyre actually got a break this season and got to be goofy and silly. We really saw more of her personality shine! Her being the comic relief was really refreshing to see. Plus her and Roby instantly hitting it off, just like Kailor did was such a cute nod to them. The fact that their just so sweet and full of puppy love, they couldn’t be more different then eachother but that isn’t mentioned ONCE (I like that) wyldfyre takes on all of Roby words, and him roaring for her to show he loves her too. I just adore how they take on eachother characteristics and embrace how their different. Plus the blatant flirting 😭🤚🏻 made giggle

- ERIN LOW KEY TURNING EVIL HELLO!? I was kinda expecting someone to turn on the ninja, honestly shocked it was Erin. Him and sora fighting broke my heart :( I can 100% understand his point of view, it’s been over a year since he met Lloyd and he’s still no closer to his parents. It does suck and I wish it was prioritised too, but Lloyd can’t help that all the danger they have been facing is world ending. Someone just needs to give him and hug. But I also think he needs to learn he can’t have everything in life. He wanted to be a ninja and he got that! I know he lots his parents but so did sora. I just think he needs a good hug and some support

- cole and zane we so pushed aside this season. I know they aren’t the main focus anymore, but for cole especially just doesn’t feel like a character anymore? He hasn’t since 13 honestly. I don’t think it helps that I’m still getting used to Andrew voicing him ( no fault of his own the writers won’t give him enough material to work with) so it genuinely feels like a new character to me. Plus his lack of interest in the ninja. Zane could have been used so much this season to analyse their opponents and help train sora, but they just cast him aside. Like hello he had an entire episode DEDICATED TO HIM BEING A DETECTIVE? Why didn’t they let him help Erin figure out the murders ( yes it was to do those flashbacks of his parents but that didn’t really add much)

- Kai coming back was so underwhelming, I honestly would have liked if they waited till next season to do that. We didn’t get a proper reunion of him and wyldfyre or nya :(

- ep 11-20 did not feel like a part 2, they felt like an entire different season. The separate parts really don’t merge well on my opinion. We’re following 2 completely different story lines and fighting 2 different villains. Their isn’t really an over arching storyline aside from Ras and his gang. Who don’t even turn out to be the main villains 💀 this part just felt like a re do of seaosn 4 but a lot more boring. I really couldn’t get into the story until at least episode 5. It was just way to repetitive with no real danger being shown.

I think that’s everything I wanna talk about for now, there’s others but they more small critiques or details I liked. Not my favourite season ( you can probably tell lol) definitely the worst of all 4 parts so far in my opinion. But I’m hoping season 3 is better since we hopefully have an actual evil ninja ( Erin) and jaya to look forward too

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msfbgraves · 6 months

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The first Godfather movie is on Y*utube for free now! I rewatched it and it was just as great as I remember, so on to Part 2. But then I went on redd*t to check out some Godfather threads, and was disappointed to see so much discourse on who was hotter, Apollonia or Kay. And why there is so much hate against Kay, mainly because she is “too feminist” and “educated”, doesn’t “obey or support” Michael, and that she’s not as beautiful as Apollonia. All in all a disappointing experience. I didn’t see any male characters reduced to how handsome they were or were not : /

Let me help you there, then, Nonnie - of course Michael was destined to become the new Don - he is far prettier than Fredo, Sonny or Connie. And Vito was prettier than Don Fanucci all along! 😎

All this "Kay isn't good enough for Michael" discourse - he pursued her. Both in film 1 and 3. And the only time I felt Kay was weak, was when she said yes when he returned. Imagine, here is your war hero boyfriend who says he wants a clean American life... and then he shoots two people, leaves the country, ghosts you for a year, tells you he has become a career criminal and then proposes marriage. She should have said no, she really isn't open to this, but is this man, who she knows has people killed with no repercussions, a man she can refuse? As little as Vitelli could really refuse Michael's request to court Apollonia. The first thing Michael says to him is: "If you don't do what I want, I will kill you, and what I want is meet your daughter."

But alright maybe love isn't rational. Maybe they loved each other still. Kay really wasn't suited to mob life and that is on Michael. He knew who she was and it didn't matter, he wanted her. He had barely a clue who Apollonia was, her with no English and he with broken Italian. It didn't matter, he wanted her. Kay would have been perfect for Michael Corleone, aspiring senator, which is what he was when they met. But he didn't care Kay was not suited for who he was now. Why didn't he grieve Apollonia and find another mob wife? Why didn't he remarry after their divorce? Even when he proposes Kay is already reluctant and Michael pushes and pushes and pushes. She must represent something he actually does want, still.

But it's always the woman's fault when relationships don't work out, isn't it? No Kay wasn't a good mob wife. She didn't want to be one. She got out with her children - that is something Michael never managed. And Apollonia is something many men imagine they want, but when they have it, they get bored. I am not saying Apollonia wasn't intelligent, but if you get told to completely erase yourself into motherhood, which means you can't offer more than comfort and sex - that's not enough for a lot of people. And it's not like these women wouldn't have had more to offer but everytime they try they get shut down. And what you get then is Carmella, which may have suited Vito - that man who craved domesticity above all else - but even Sonny and Michael needed more input from her than she could give. So Michael fell for the total opposite. And maybe Apollonia was a fierce presence who might have become to Michael what Connie became, but we can't know. We don't know what she and Michael talked about. We know she was very beautiful and made Michael laugh, and she may or may not have had a slight independent streak. That's it.

I feel that they might have worked because they clicked emotionally and Apollonia knew the life. But Michael didn't look for someone like her again. He looked for Kay, again and again and again.

If she doesn't suit him - and no, she doesn't suit a Don - Michael should try to figure out what itch he was trying to scratch with her. Oh, and that obedience shit - in my experience, boys who go on about that are deeply insecure about something. They couldn't get a well trained dog to obey them, let alone a person!

All these men who think they're owed power while being unwilling to do what they'd have to to obtain it, always want women to fawn. Men who have what it takes to gain power, should they aspire to, usually spend time honing a skill. They rarely throw their weight around putting others down. No matter where they start, the bottom or the top - they put the work in. Michael did, Sonny did, and Fredo mostly complained. As much as we see anyway. If Fredo had done a good job with what he was given, or would have found himself an opportunity, he would have won Michael's respect. Not position,but respect, like Tom. Instead Fredo demanded respect for his position as an older brother.

That's the type of man who whines about having women obey him.

#the godfather #michael corleone #kay adams #Apollonia Vitelli #fredo corleone

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x-v0id-x · 4 months

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yaho! just discovered ur blog and omg i love ur sillies already heuhehheuheuheuehheee im so normal

what if ur ocs and darling go out in public, and when someone tries to flirt with them and darling just waltzes up to then all like "babe!! can we leave? i think we've finished everything we need to take care of here~" whilst giving the flirt a death stare teehee

Hihi!! Oh my goodness I’m super glad!! (n˘v˘•)¬ Being normal is in fact my favorite activity. But this is a great idea oh my gosh >w<

Also I love your Shizuku pfp!!

<3 This is so silly considering Milo and Kai are very aware of their surroundings nearly at all times.

<3 Milo loves fashion, so they’d especially love going on shopping trips with you, which is exactly why you two were out together. But honestly they’d find any reason to get you to spend time with them (*-ω-)

<3 Honestly? They had seen that wretched person from a mile away. The second they got too close to you for Milo’s liking they were already thinking of all the different ways to make sure no one would find that body. However Milo doesn’t want to make their intent obvious, and of course they don’t want to scare you! Well at least not right now.

<3 But then you completely dismiss the person! Not saying a word to them! Milo was only watching from the corner of their eye, so when they finally looked over, there you were in front of him!

<3 “Dear, I think we’re done here. Let’s leave, okay?~” Your voice made Milo melt every single time.

<3 To say Milo was happy would be an understatement. Seeing you look at that person like the disgusting filth they were would honestly make them so giddy. You almost looked scary, if it wasn’t for how cute you were to them (つ∀<●) Though the thought of you being scary to him too made Milo go all pink in the face ♡

<3 They’d scoop you up and kiss you from your face to your neck, making sure to be as loving as possible in front of the person. I mean, it is their fault for flirting with you. They should’ve known better.

<3 “Oh, of course, darling~ I’d want nothing more.” (ෆ’∀’ෆ)

<3 He’d carry you all the way to the car, gushing about how sweet you were and how happy he was to have you, once you’re home they’re practically all over you for the rest of the night ><

<3 Such simple things coming from you make Milo so happy（*’∀’人）♥

<3 Now Kaito on the other hand isn’t afraid to show this person what they’re messing with.

<3 Kai isn’t one for going out often, but some new merchandise from a brand you really like came out, so of course he wouldn’t refuse going with you to check it out.

<3 From the moment that idiot started to stare at you, Kai was already right behind you, constantly glaring back at the person. Though either they were too stupid to notice or too stupid to care. Either way it was not about to end well (^_^;

<3 But lucky them, you turned around, totally disregarding the person and now facing Kai. It was enough to make him pause and focus his attention on you.

<3 “Babe!! We should go, I already checked out everything I wanted to see~” And you looked at the idiot with the meanest look Kai’s ever witnessed you have.

<3 Kai had mixed feelings. On one hand he loved that you were shoving it in this bastard’s face that you were clearly with him. On the other hand, you focusing on that other person and not him was bothering him (❁≧_≦)

<3 You felt Kai’s hand on your chin, redirecting your head to look back at him, his expression the same as always. But there was a glint of pride in his eyes. You grinned back at him, leaning into his hand.

<3 “Whatever. Not buyin’ anything right?” You shook your head in response, and with that Kai grabbed your hand and began leading the way out.

<3 Kai isn’t a fan of pda, but just before you left he made sure that fucker was watching as he kissed you against the wall of the store right before leaving (⺣◡⺣)♡*

<3 Once your guys were home, he wouldn’t let you out of his line of reach. You stayed in his lap the rest of the night while he held you close, his hands sometimes wandering below the waist (〃ω〃) But he wouldn’t do anything too big.

<3 Not unless you asked nicely ♡

#void writes #kaito posting #milo posting #yandere oc #yandere #original character #ocs #yanderecore #yandere male #yandere x reader #yancore #yandere x you

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"mornings with you"

written for day 29/30 of september for @jegulus-microfic with the prompts "permanent/draw"

565 words

Regulus had already gotten up by the time James had awoken. His side of the bed was cold and made, just like typical Reg.

Feet quietly sounding on the hardwood floor, James walked out of the bedroom and into the kitchen where he knew that Reg would be. He came up behind him and hugged his hands around Regulus' waist, fingers brushing the James tattooed right above his waistline, in between his hips. It was another permanent, not so subtle reminder that he was James’ and nobody else's.

A while ago, Regulus had asked James to draw his name out for him on a little piece of paper. James didn’t question it, happily complying with whatever his husband wanted. But later, when Regulus came home with a new tattoo, James probably should have. Seeing James in black ink in that perfect sight had James drooling.

It was all that James could do to shag him right then and there in their living room with Teddy, who they were babysitting for the afternoon, napping in the guest bedroom. However, James had enough self-control to wait until Sirius and Remus came and picked Teds up and they had left the driveway. Then, it was all over for him.

“Good morning love,” James drawled, voice heavy with sleep. It was a noise that made Regulus weak in the knees.

“‘Morning.” Regulus replied. He handed one cup of coffee to James, loaded with creamer and then kept the other one for himself, black. “Hey, Sirius called earlier this morning and he needs to watch Teddy again today. He should be over to drop him off in a couple hours. I already set up his crib, we just need to Teddy-proof the rest of the house.”

James laughed. “”Kay love. And you're not gonna come home after work with another surprise like you did last time right?” He added, referring to the tattoo.

It was Regulus’ turn to laugh. “Not unless you want me too, love.”

James smirked. “Well, if you make any plans on a whim, call Sirius and Remus to pick Teddy up when you're done, so that way I don’t have to wait.”

“Wait for what exactly?” Regulus asked, feigning innocence.

Rolling his eyes, James said with total confidence, “Wait to fuck you upon every surface of this house. You don’t know how fuckable you looked with that tattoo. With my name, right there, just begging, pleading, for something. I think I’d take you first on the couch, start soft, then move-”

“James.” Regulus cut through his sex fantasy with a stern look. “Don’t start that this morning. I have to get to work and I really don’t want to be late because you're acting like a teenager who can’t control himself.”

“It’s not my fault that you look like, well you, every day.”

Regulus smiled and left to go to take a shower and get to work. Just as he was leaving the kitchen he called out to James. “Jamie! Teddy-proof the house while I’m getting ready please!”

“I can’t join you today?”

Of course James would want to join Regulus in the shower, even though he just got onto him for not having self control. But alas, Regulus wasn't going to complain if James wasn’t.

“Fine. But only because I love you.”

James hurried after Regulus, not wanting to waste any moment of his time.

well well, its the end of the month and the last day of september microfics! we made (i missed a couple days whoops, but i have a life lol) hope you guys enjoyed reading these!! i enjoyed writing them! i wont stick to any one specific ship next month, it'll be a whenever i want to type of thing lol. have a great rest of your saturday lovelies, take care. <33

-a.s.

#regulus black #james potter #jegulus #starchaser #sunseeker #jeggy #regulus x james #james x regulus #married jegulus #jegulus fluff #jegulus fic #jegulus microfic #draw #permanent #addisonstars

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gryfflepuffinthetardis · 7 months

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Hyperactive Little Rascal -- Campbell Bain

Summary: Reader comes home to find two hyperactive little rascals--a puppy... and her boyfriend, Campbell Bain.

Warning: Fluff, Campbell Being Childish

(Post-Asylum; May be connected to “Sweet Jane” or read alone; If you decided to include this in Sweet Jane, this takes place between the ending of the series and the epilogue written by me.)

1995 (Ten months since the events of Takin’ Over the Asylum)

"Nobody can fully understnad the meaning of love unless he's owned a dog."

Y/n was unlocking the door when she heard a soft overagressive growling sound... like a dog.

"Oh, no, he didn't." She groaned. She opened the door, she heard her boyfriend squeak and shush the obvious puppy as he tried to run and meet the new person who didn't understand the concept of shushing.

"Campbell David Bain." She said, closing the door and standing over her boyfriend like a parent.

"Yes, my love?" He asked, inncoently with an obvious squirming object under his hoodie, trying to get out of the darkness so she could find his tail.

"Don't be innocent with me! Don't try and be cute."

"But love... I can't help it." He teased.

"Campbell, did you get a puppy?"

"No." He lied... badly and then the puppy started to bark.

Y/n put down her stuff and coruched in front of her boyfriend, lifting his hoodie, revealing a furry black and white puppy with bright blue eyes who jumped at Y/n, greeting their new person.

"Maybe..." He changed his answer. "But... it's not my fault. Look at these eyes!" He held up the puppy to Y/n's face like she wasn't already aware of the puppy's presence and the puppy started to give her dozens of kisses. Campbell then frowned and grew jealous, he pulled the puppy away, "Okay, puppy, that's enough. That's my girlfriend. The only puppy you gets to kiss her is me!"

"Campbell." Y/n gave her boyfriend a look.

"Okay, so I may have gone to the park and there was a pet adoption and I looked into this puppy's eyes and suddenly I had him in a carrier."

Y/n sighed, shaking her head. "I guess, it's lucky, you only adopted one."

"So we can keep him!?"

"Well, you adopted him so..."

"Yes! I love you! I love you! I love you!" Campbell shrieked, tackling his girlfriend, straddling her and hugging her, the puppy was confused by the suddenly energy but joined in their celebrations.

Campbell was jealous. Y/n had barley paid any attention to him. All to the puppy.

Good job, Campbell. You lost her to a puppy!

"Campbell, what should we call..." she trailed off to see her boyfriend obviously jealous as his arms were crossing and he was grumbling to himself. She placed the puppy down who immediately got up and trotted along with her. She walked to her boyfriend and stood on her toes and kissed him, heavily, he wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed back.

"Don't worry, you'll always be my number one puppy." She giggled.

He grinned goofily as her, he wrapped his arms around her and brought her on the couch with him, kissing her before the puppy shoved his head inbetween the two, apparently trying to see if they were fighting over any food.

"My two hyperactive little rascals." She giggled.

"Little? I am over six feet tall!" Campbell complained.

"Rascal. That's why we should name him." She grinned.

Campbell pouted, "But I'm your rascal."

"Yeah, you are." She said, pulling him in for another kiss.

Rascal is based off my puppies--they are Australian Shepherd-Poodle Mixes. (I will not show pictures of them though... I might later but not now) Others could be these dark-furred blue-eyed dogs I just Googled: a Siberian Husky, Border Collie, Alaskan Klee Kai, Dalmation, Cathahoula Leopard Dog, etc. But you can suggest your own dog breeds.

Rascal was originally a girl but male dogs are more hyperactive and highlights Campbell's jealousy.

I have an angst one in the works but I think I'll do a wisdom teeth one (with the reader getting her wisdom teeth out), I just got my wisdom teeth out yesterday/two days ago since it was one-thirty in the morning, and I am miserable. I am more miserable in the way I can eat or drink what I want sort of way. Apparently for days after you get your wisdom teeth out you can’t have hot drinks which includes hot chocolate which I try to drink once a day (it’s one thing if I don’t drink it because I just forgot or I meant to and then suddenly it was too late to make one but actually being told I can’t makes it be on my mind all the time.) My mom refused to let me have the wisdom teeth surgery where they put you under anesthesia when they do it (because she’s a paranoid parent and didn’t want to risk the risks. Also because of when I was sedated when I was a baby, I’ll tell that story on the wisdom teeth one) so I was just numbed but I think the reader will have it so Campbell can take care of her while she's still high from the drugs so kind of parallel the one where he was drunk.

I love dogs, I love cats too (but most of my family are allergic and don’t like them. I refuse to admit I might be allergic, I am allergic to pollen so I say it’s that. It just makes my eyes itch and even if I am, which I refuse to admit, I don’t blame the cats for that) My first dog was a male Boykin Spaniel (I miss him), then a Boykin Spaniel mix (I miss them both) Now, I have a black-and-white female four-year-old Aussie-Doodle with one ice blue eye and one brown eyes named Gizmo after the Mogwai from Gremlins, and a whiteish two-year-old male Aussie-Doodle named Sherlock after Sherlock Holmes. He’s… I think he’s smarter than my brother and mom think, I think he acts doofy because he knows it makes us laugh.

I cannot watch dog movies like Marley and Me, or A Dog’s Purpose, (I mean I did watch them both when I was younger) but I can’t. It just makes me think of my dogs and how I want them to live forever. I want my dogs to live longer than me! And I will not write about dealing with a dog’s death. I already have depression and ADHD (not a fun mix) where I can be totally fine (for me) and then suddenly I spiral and then I just hate everything and am sadder than sad.

My family is primarily a dog family, my nana has had a few dogs though her favorite breed are Scottish Terriers (and her favorite animal is a Fox which is my second favorite after a Tasmanian Devil). My favorite dog breed other than the ones I have are Beagle. I don't know why but I've always had this sort of love for beagles.*

Austrian Shepherds are considered “Einstein dogs” from their high intelligence and Gizmo has a glint in her heterochromatic eyes that are just filled with so much love and intelligence.

They are quite playful, I was actually afraid when we went to get Sherlock that Gizmo wouldn't like him (we drove six hours to get him from a barn and then it took even longer to drive back because he kept getting car sick and throwing up, of course now, he'll eat anything, he has a stomach of steel and is now what we (and the vet) call "thick" (because he scarfed his food down like he was being raced and then tried to eat Gizmo's food. Though, she's possessive so she would wait for him to come to her food before botling to her food or snapping at him.)

Now they're just buddies, Gizmo's like his Mama, they play with each other, they wrestle, they play tug a war with the dog toys we buy before we have to throw them away because they tore them away and sometimes when they have the same toy, they walk in unison. They're both very possessive, they don't like it when we leave or when they think we're leaving. Gizmo barks and barks and Sherlock tries to calm her down by jumping on her and grabbing at the fur on her back so she is occasionally temporarily distracted by him pulling at her fur. Gizmo doesn't want to eat or a treat unless he wants it. She'll be occasionally aggressive with him because she's bigger (and his Mama). Sometimes he'll whine and we'll shout at her to stop and sometimes he'll fight back.

Austrlian Sherpherd usually have their tails cut off, surprisingly, Gizmo didn't though and it's just beautiful and she thinks so too, Remy and Lulu never chased their tails or at least I didn't see them but I've never seen a dog love their own tail so much, she'll be doing something one second and then literally start chasing her tail the next. She'll lay down with her tail in her mouth, she'll continue walking in circles with her tail in her mouth and sometimes she'll put her paw on her tail like she's trying to pull at it, and sometimes she'll walk to another room while walking in cicrlces as she moves because she has her tail in her mouth. It's hilarious! 🤣🤣

Sherlock doesn't, he has a little nub of a tail but he seems like he still has a phantom tail because he wiggles his butt when he's excited. He's kind of like Meatlug from How to Train Your Dragon (combined with Hookfang and the two-headed dragon).

#the eccedentiast #david tennant characters #takin' over the asylum #campbell bain #campbell bain x reader #Dogs #Dog fic #Puppy #Blue eyed puppy

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where-them-kinomiya-at · 1 year

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G-Revolution Rant

If you’re a huge fan of g-revolution, I’d suggest you don’t read this post because in no way do I have any intentions of offending any fans. This is basically a critique.

I was thinking a lot about this today and I had to vent a little. I’m only going to list one of the very many problems I have with g-rev ore else it’s going be a long ass list.

Alright let’s begin. So apart from the two major problems of:

1) the awful dub censorship (trust me, the previous two seasons did not nearly have a censorship this bad)

and

2) the nerfing of every character (+a million other stuff),

I have another issue with this season regarding the entire concept of Tyson being the ‘world champ’. As someone who’s favourite is Tyson, this shouldn’t offend any of his fans because this is entirely the fault of the PLOT and has nothing to do with his overall character.

G-Revolution gives us this awful perception of Tyson being the exclusive ‘world champ’ when he’s literally not. If they changed that concept to him being something like the ‘strongest rival/ ultimate rival’ etc, it would’ve made everything so much better.

When Tyson is confronting Ray and Max about leaving the team, he says something like ‘I’ve won the championships twice in a row and now you want your turn’. I hoped that the Japanese version would have a different dialogue but that wasn’t the case.

I think the creators forgot that both Max and Tyson were tag-team champions last year. Sure, Max’s performance wasn’t that good in the 2002 finals, but that does not exclusively make Tyson the ‘world champ’. Also what about Ray? The creators forgot how essential Ray’s victory against Bryan was in the 2001 finals.

Ray and Tyson were the ones who brought the victory to the team, but it’s not like they both were exclusively the world champs. V-Force did not do this bullshit of only Tyson being the world champ. In that season, each and every one of the BBA team faced the pressure of being the world champions. But G-Revolution ruined this entirely.

Episodes 20 and 21 of G-Revolution focus on Tyson’s pressure of being a ‘world champion’ which in my opinion should have been changed to something like ‘the pressure of being an overly STRONG opponent’. That’s what V-Force was about, where everyone was in desire of the power of the BBA team and they ALL faced the some or the other pressure in different ways. An example for Tyson:

This example speaking about Tyson’s insecurities was a much better one that what G-Revolution used.

In the dubbed version of the 25th episode of G-Revolution, Max says, ‘You’ve always underestimated me Tyson and now you’re going to pay the price for that.’ On one hand it sounds believable but then you realize that Tyson was literally the biggest supporter of Max in V-Force and even yelled at Ray and Kai for doubting him once. Ultimately, it’s the audience that underestimates him and the show itself makes Max look like a weak link when he really isn’t. I believe there was no such dialogue in the original Japanese version, but it’s kinda obvious that Tyson slightly underestimated him before and during the match when compared to Ray and Kai. Or perhaps it might have looked like that because Tyson had no particular beef with Max like he did with Ray and Kai, so the friendliness might have appeared like underestimation.

This one particularly had nothing to do with that concept but I just wanted to put it in there, because Max’s contributions last year were completely neglected and there was a major downfall in Max and Tyson’s friendship. It saddens me how the friendship went down the drain but it was bound to happen, given that it’s nothing but the repercussions of the world championships. I hope they we got to see more of the them in the second half but it just wasn’t enough.

This is the best way I could put my finger on the issue because my brain seriously malfunctions and I cannot focus on one thing at a time so I hope it all made sense.

#tyson granger #takao kinomiya #ray kon #rei kon #max tate #max mizuhara #beyblade g revolution #bakuten shoot beyblade

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cosmicanemoia · 3 months

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Homecoming

Amelia Shepherd x Reader

(ex-lovers turn to friends)

Amelia Shepherd x Kai Bartley

(lovers breaking up)

Love Me Till You Leave Me part 17

Note: I want to try something other than the red string of fate for bringing them back together, hence the science (earthquake) references.

Amelia and Kai knew that there's a cracking in their relationship. They didn't know how or when it happened. This said cracks are beginning to grow at a fast rate, and they both know the reason.

Amelia jumps too fast into another relationship, not letting herself fully move on.

Kai went back to her because they didn't like the job they left her for.

A metaphorical crack became a fault, and it started to part rather faster. One of them on the opposite sides, wherever this quake might lead, it's for sure not going to end for them to be together.

Their diversion will somehow lead to her's and your's diversion.

Someone had offered Kai a job, far from where they currently recide. They were going to talk with Amelia about it, but it turned into a fight, and eventually, their break up.

Amelia found a letter on the coffee table when she went home. She read who it was addressed and saw Kai's name. Seeing that it was already opened, she decided to read it. It was the letter offering Kai a job, somewhere far. Her mind suddenly starts to fog, and she starts to play scenarios in her mind. She starts to doubt Kai.

When Kai went home, Amelia greeted them with a question, "What's this?" She said while holding the letter on her hand, waving it to Kai. "You're going to leave and take this job again. I'm such an idiot!" She accused them. "What are you talking about? I was going to discuss it with you--" Kai defended, but Amelia quickly cuts them off, "Oh. So, you're actually considering it. " "What?!" Kai asked, their starting to get annoyed.

A: GO! Leave, like everybody else has-- the only one who never left me is Y/N, and I was dumb enough to leave her, just ao I can be with you.

K: Oh. Y/N, the great and perfect y/n, of course. Are you even going to admit that you're still in love with her? All this time?

A: Do not put this on me.

K: For fucks sake, Amelia stop bullshiting me.

Amelia and Kai's eyes start to water. Their word stinging each other.

A: I'm going home.

K: But you are home

A: I'm going home

K: What are you talking abo-- *walks up to Amelia and scans her face* Did you use again? Are you high?

A: *felt like a truck hit her out of nowhere* OH MY GOD. --I can't believe you'd think that, and even have the nerve to say it out loud. I AM NOT HIGH. I'm actually more sober than I'd ever been.

They were quiet for a moment, tears running down their faces.

K: I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I just--

A: Can you stop explaining yourself for once and just own your mistake?

K: I'm sorry, I really am.

They look into each other eyes.

A: This was never going to last, is it?

K: I guess not.

Amelia hugged Kai as if it's going to be the last. "We need to break up before we kill each other," Amelia said, which made Kai sigh and chuckle. "I'm going home." Amelia said once more.

Amelia held Kai's hand and looked into their eyes and said:

"You're like a drug

I'm always gonna want you

Cause I'm an addict

Even though you're not good for me

You had this hold on me

That keeps me wanting more

Even if it hurts

But I want to sober up

I want to be free of you

So, I'm going to get help

And I'm going home."

She let's go of Kai's hand and left the house they lived in together.

Then she went to you. Her home.

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Someone was knocking at your door, very late at night. When you got to the door, you slightly opened it to see who was on the other side. It was Amelia. You can tell she's been crying because her eyes are red and puff, you fully open the door, "Hey, Ames. What's up? Are you okay? Please, come in. " A voice inside the house called your name and asked if it was the pizza. Amelia scoffs, "You're with someone-- Sorry, I shouldn't have come here." Amelia ran off, and you're left confused.

Amelia kept walking. She wasn't even looking left and right when she crossed the street. She was so lost in her own thoughts that she didn't even realise someone was following her. She didn't see that the light was green, so she just kept walking. She didn't notice the car coming at her until it's too late for her to make a move, she's paralysed. Just when she's about to get hit by the car, someone had pulled her up and saved her life.

It was you. She was drowning, and you pulled her out of the abyss.

You check if she's okay. "Ames, are you okay?"

"Y/N" was all Amelia could say.

"What were you thinking?" You stated and concern evident in your tone and in your eyes 'that you don't love me anymore,' she thinks to herself. "Are you alright?" You inquired again. "I am now. You just saved my life... in more ways than one, " she assured you.

You asked her to come home and spend the night in your house.

When you got there, she looked around and did a quick scan of the house. The voice she had heard earlier was not present anymore. It was your sister and you asked her to leave. She didn't question who it was, though, and left it on her mind to ask in the morning.

You let her sleep in your bed, as you can see that she needs it more than you.

In the morning, she wakes up first and cooks for you, just like old times, but not exactly like old times.

You wake up to the smell of breakfast and to the sound someone was making in the kitchen. You stood up and walked to see who it was. It was Amelia. Her hair tied up in a messy bun, wearing your clothes that you'd lend her last night, you smile and ache at the same time by the domesticity of it all.

#amelia shepherd x reader #amelia shepherd x you #amelia shepherd x y/n #amelia shepherd #amelia shepherd x kai bartley #kai bartley x amelia shepherd #kai bartley #nonbinary #x reader #sapphic #wlw #lesbian #grey's anatomy #amelia shepherd x femreader #angst #with kai #fluff?#with reader #love me till you leave me part 17

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crystallizabethine · 9 months

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Bad Luck: A Tiny Lloyd Centric Oneshot

Happy Holidays to all who celebrate! I got the privilege of writing for the @ninjago-calendar again! I was assigned the month of March, and the theme for that month was Clover.

Summary: Lloyd's training goes awry when he is plagued with internal voices of doubt and something even more sinister. . .

(5,073 words)

AO3 version HERE

Lloyd was training in the Dojo. His eyes were closed, and he was concentrating on sending his powers out to gather around him and hit a training dummy. He could sense the others around him watching, waiting to see what he’d do. He looked within himself like Wu told him and tried to call out to the power inside him. There was something, but it was still small.

“Come on,” he whispered, coaxing the energy to emerge through his body. He had been making so much progress before, he had even gotten the lightbulb to glow without breaking! So why was today so hard?

You know why, a tiny voice whispered in his mind. Lloyd ignored it.

“Concentrate, Lloyd,” Zane encouraged, “You can do this!”

No you can’t.

“Shut up,” Lloyd muttered to the voice.

“Hey!” Cole scolded,” that’s no way to talk to Zane! He was just trying to hype you up!”

Lloyd grimaced, trying desperately to capture the flicker inside again. The people talking were not helping his concentration, and now there was this misunderstanding. “I wasn’t—”

“It’s alright, Cole, Lloyd is under a lot of stress at the moment.” Zane assured.

Cole huffed, “Well he shouldn’t take it out on you.”

“Yeah, he should’ve taken it out on Jay!” Kai added in.

“Tch, rude,” Jay retorted.

Lloyd could feel sweat running down his forehead as he tried not to focus on the noise. All he’d said was shut up, and even if he had meant it at them, it wasn’t that big a deal. He heard them say it to each other all the time! It was probably one of those ‘only older kids can say that’ kind of nonsense. Lloyd smirked, they should’ve heard the kids at Darkley’s; they said stuff on the daily that would make Uncle Wu’s beard curl. . . wait a minute, what was he doing? Oh yeah, he was supposed to be training!

Lloyd reached again, felt a flicker of his power, but then a sudden crashing noise startled him, and it faded. Frustrated, he opened his eyes to see that Kai and Jay were in the midst of a tussle and had just knocked over Dareth’s trophies (again).

Lloyd didn’t know why but the noise combined with his failure made him angry.

“Why can’t you guys just leave me alone? I was so close to getting it that time, but you guys distracted me!”

The others looked uncomfortable.

Kai shifted to be sitting on Jay, who squawked in protest. “Relax, Lloyd, we were just screwing around, we’re not actually mad at each other.”

Lloyd couldn’t believe his ears. “Calm down? Calm DOWN? My dad is still out there causing trouble!” He turned to look out the window. “And since it’s apparently MY job to fix it, every person he hurts till then is my fault because I haven’t trained enough! And you aren’t helping at all! Aren’t you guys supposed to be training me?”

“Um, Lloyd?” Jay said nervously.

“NO!” Lloyd interrupted, heat flooding him. “I’m sick of not getting better. I was doing so good! You guys are so powerful so when is it my turn? I just want to be USEFUL!”

“LLOYD STOP PLEASE!”

Lloyd turned back around to see everyone suspended in midair, with green energy keeping them from moving. They all looked at him, terrified.

“Woah—oh no!” Lloyd cried. He waved his hands around, trying to make it stop, but it accidentally slammed them into the wall.”

“Yowch! Hey, watch it, Lloyd!” Cole called out.

“Whatever we did, we’re sorry!” Jay screamed, “Just put us down!”

“I’m trying!” Lloyd said, panicked, and still flailing his arms, “I don’t know how!”

“Your powers seem to be agitated due to your frustration with us,” Zane said, “Perhaps thinking of something more pleasant—”

“Think about candy, Lloyd!” Cole shouted.

Kai glared at him, “Candy? Seriously?”

“What? He likes candy! And I’m feeling stressed which makes me hungry!”

“What is the meaning of this??” an old voice asked sharply.

Startled, Lloyd’s attention shifted, and his powers stopped. The four ninja fell to the ground with painful thuds.

“Ouch, Jay get your blue butt off of me!”

“Ha! Payback for earlier, Fire Boi!”

“Enough!” Wu sounded stern as he looked over them all. His gaze met Lloyd’s who looked away in shame. “Lloyd, would you care to explain to me why you were attacking your brothers with your newfound abilities?”

“I—um—” Lloyd could feel his ears flushing bright red as he looked down at the carpet. “I got angry, Sensei. I lost control and—but It wasn’t my fault! The guys were being really annoying and distracted me from my training!”

“Maybe so, but anger is not an excuse for reckless violence. You must rise above those emotions in order to truly reach your potential as a protector of Ninjago.” The others nodded sagely behind Wu, and Lloyd resisted the urge to stick his tongue out at them.

“But Sensei, I couldn’t help it! It’s not like I was trying to hurt them, it just—happened.”

Lloyd was only half listening as Wu told him to apologize, as an ugly feeling started growing inside Lloyd’s chest. Why hadn’t he been able to stop himself?

Because you’re Garmadon’s son, hurting others is in your nature. . . in your blood!

“NO!” Lloyd started to run out of the room, but Cole stopped him with one arm.

“Dude, come on, just apologize! You can’t deny that you banged us around. It really hurt!”

“Yeah!” Jay chimed in, “I’m pretty sure my bruises have bruises!”

“Even I feel slightly dented in places,” Zane added.

See? You hurt those you care most about. How can you save the world from your father when you can’t even save your friends from yourself?

Lloyd struggled against Cole’s strong arm. He had to get away. He had to hide from that voice.

“Lloyd, what’s gotten into you?” Wu asked reproachfully.

Something that has been here the whole time!

“Stop it!” Lloyd bit Cole without thinking and raced off down the hall and out of the dojo. He ran through the crowded city, bumping into people, and disregarding road traffic in his rush to escape. Eventually, though, he ran out of breath and had to stop. Luckily there was an old bridge to his left that he was able to go hide under. He sat on a small ledge and tried to calm his breathing.

“This is all so stupid!” He muttered.

A bubbling noise distracted him from his thoughts. Out of the water in front of him rose a red something with glowing slit-pupiled eyes. It hissed at Lloyd and his blood ran cold.

A serpentine!

“Are you lost, little boy?” it said in a rattly voice. Water dripped off its scales as it loomed closer to Lloyd. And it wasn’t alone.

There were three of them from what Lloyd could see; all fangpyres. Two stared down at him, fangs exposed in horribly pleased grins, while a third snuck up behind him and pinned his arms behind his back. Lloyd struggled against the snake person’s hold, but their grip was too tight.

“Hey, let go of me!” He cried out. “I’m the son of Lord Garmadon and he’ll be super angry if you snakes hurt me!”

“Oh we know who you are,” one of them chuckled, “How fortunate that we happened to be passing by! Our master is sure to be pleased!”

Lloyd continued to struggle. “If you boneheads don’t release me, I’ll be forced to use my green ninja powers on your scaley butts!” Lloyd didn’t even know if snakes had butts, but he didn’t really have time to care about accuracy.

The two snakes looked doubtful, and slightly afraid, but the one holding him tightened its grip.

“He’s bluffing, you idiots!” It snarled, “Last I heard he couldn’t even power a lightbulb!”

“I can too!” Lloyd shot back with indignance. “Anyways the ninja will be out looking for me so they’ll be able to kick whatever’s left when I’m through with y—” A dirty cloth was stuffed in Lloyd’s mouth, cutting him off.

Alright, how had he used his powers before? He’d been pissed at the other ninja and it had triggered something. Luckily, he was pretty pissed off right now too. He’d just wanted some alone time and now he was getting kidnapped by people he’d literally helped free from imprisonment? It wasn’t fair! Lloyd felt the spark flare back up in his chest.

Yes! He cheered himself on.

Indeed, feel the anger! Feed it! Let it consume you and spill out in glorious carnage!

Wait, what? Lloyd shook his head at the dark urge that had overtaken his thoughts, feeling disturbed. He tried to concentrate again but the spark was gone.

Lloyd let out a frustrated, defeated groan as he was led through deserted alleyways and onto a green bus by the trio of Serpentine.

* * *

“Your Eminence, I have brought you a gift!” The serpentine told the figure facing the opposite way. He had his mega weapon in two of his hands and was speaking with the Serpentine generals, who all glared at the new arrivals for interrupting.

“If it’s not a McRonald’s Shamrock shake or a solid plan to defeat the ninja, I don’t want it.” Garmadon growled without turning.

Lloyd had spent the whole bus ride working the gag out of his mouth and finally was able to spit it out. “Daaaaad, make him let me go!” he demanded.

With a start, Garmadon whipped around. “Lloyd? Why is my son here?” He addressed his minion.

“I figured he could be useful to you, sire.”

“Fool!” Garmadon shouted, “Don’t you know that a premature interaction with him could start our final battle before its time?”

The serpentine hid behind Lloyd. “I—I wasn’t aware of that, no.”

“Obviously not!” Garmadon replied. “Take him back right now, and if you even think about hurting him, you will never see the light of the sun again when I’m through with you!”

Lloyd grinned at the snake, who looked terrified out of his mind now.

“Garmadon, If I may, might I suggest we keep the boy for now?” Skales suggested, “We could use him as bait to trap the ninja.”

Garmadon pondered Skales’s words for a minute, then looked Lloyd in the eyes. Lloyd saw his father’s red eyes soften slightly, then go hard again.

“Very well, but you will treat him with respect or there will be dire consequences. Are we clear?” He glared at the serpentine who had brought Lloyd.

Shivering in fear, the snake answered, “Yes, my lord.” He started to lead Lloyd away, but Lloyd realized, This could be my chance to convince him to be good!

“Wait, stop! I don’t wanna go! Let me stay here with you!” He cried out,

Garmadon sighed, “Lloyd, didn’t I just say that we shouldn’t see each other lest the final battle start too early before I—you are ready?”

Lloyd paused, “Well, I’m already here. . . and I don’t really feel like fighting you today, and I know you don’t wanna fight me, so let’s just have a truce for now. Deal?”

After a moment, Garmadon responded, “Alright.” He then turned to his serpentine companions, “Leave us.”

Skales made a sound of annoyance but left anyways,along with the other generals. He gave Lloyd a contemptful look as he passed him. Lloyd stuck his tongue out at him.

And then there were two. Lloyd didn’t say anything at first, he just studied his father’s face. Garmadon’s red eyes avoided his, instead lowered to look at the giant golden megaweapon. His expression was unreadable besides that.

Eventually the silence was broken by Garmadon.

“So, I assume you’re still training with my brother.”

“Yeah, it’s um. . . “Lloyd pushed away the memory of how that day’s session had ended, “. . .it’s going pretty great!

“Hmm.” Garmadon mused, “Well it will not matter in the end, because you can’t defeat me. You are not strong enough.”

Lloyd bristled, “What’s that s’posed to mean? I’m plenty strong enough! Well, maybe not right now, but I’m gonna be the most powerful ninja real soon, and then I can finally stop you from your evildoings forever!”

The corners of Garmadon’s mouth twitched slightly upward in amusement. “You won’t be able to finish me. You’re too soft—too good. It weakens you.”

Ha, good? You? What a joke!

Lloyd frowned at the words of his mind and his father.

With a sigh, Garmadon continued, “If I’m being honest, I would not wish anything more for you—being good I mean. It’s what I was never able to have. I was always burdened with the knowledge that in the end, no matter how hard I tried, the evil in my blood would prevail in the end.

“You fought it till the end though, right?” Lloyd asked, wide eyed.

Garmadon huffed, “Oh I fought all right. But it would slip into my daily life in places I was blind to, and eventually, it was too strong. Evil overcame good that day, just like it will again when the Final Battle concludes.

“But what if you tried fighting the evil again?” Lloyd insisted.

“It’s too late for me.” Garmadon responded with a sad smile. He ruffled Lloyd’s hair and turned away. “Now I must be alone. Guards!”

The doors opened once again and a hypnobrai and constrictai hustled in.

“Yes, my lord?” they said in unison.

“Take my son to one of your more comfortable homes and keep him there until the ninja arrive for him. Don’t let him leave but give him plenty of food and water if he wishes for it.” Garmadon looked at Lloyd, “I wish things could be different, son, but destiny cannot be changed.”

Lloyd tried to bite the constrictai that grabbed his left arm, but the scales were too thick, and the two serpentine half guided half dragged him out of the room.

“Dad, wait, no! Please let me stay!” Lloyd cried after him, but his father did not look back at him as he was taken away.

* * *

Garmadon stared at the megaweapon. “What am I going to do with him? I can’t fight him, he’s just a small boy! If only he wasn’t so pressured into his destiny by Wu and his pathetic ninja! I wish I knew a way to lead him astray, lose his way from me! If we never saw each other again, then the ultimate battle would just not happen!” The megaweapon glowed suddenly and Garmadon realized too late that it had heard his wish. He doubled over in pain as the weapon tore his energy from his body. Suddenly, loud cracking sounds and screams could be heard from outside.

Oh no.

Garmadon rushed outside. A few yards away, he saw a mess of plants that hadn’t been there before. They were twisting and growing, and in the midst of them he saw. . .

“Lloyd, no!” Garmadon screamed and rushed after his son, who cried out for him before being swallowed by the growth. The plants continued to grow and spread until suddenly they stopped, and the sand settled to reveal a large portion of the desert had been covered in trees.

“Son! Are you alright?” Garmadon called out, but there was no answer.

A voice from behind startled him, “Brother, what have you done?”

* * *

Lloyd had no idea where he was. One minute he was being taken away from his father, and then the next, he was surrounded by giant plants. A mixture of twisty dead trees and living trees covered in thorny vines were all around him as far as he could see. Lloyd’s arms stung from where some of the vine’s thorns had scratched him during their growth. Amidst the trees and vines were all kinds of clover as well. There was normal sized clover covering the ground where there had been sand moments before, and giant mega clover with leaves that loomed over Lloyd’s head, making him feel small. He reached out to touch one of the giant shamrock leaves, and was startled when his hand left a glowy green mark on it.

“Dad?” He called out amongst the foliage, “Dad where’d you go? What happened? Where am I? What did you do?” There was no answer. The forest was deathly silent. Anxiety started to grow inside of Lloyd.

“O-kay, this is is. . . this is fine.” He told himself. “I just gotta find my way out. I mean, how hard could it be, it’s just a bunch of plants! Clovers are green, and I’m the green ninja, so maybe if I follow them I’ll find my way out of here!” Lloyd took a deep breath. “I am going to be okay.”

Just then there was a crack of branches behind him. Startled by the sudden noise, Lloyd screamed and bolted off into the forest. Foliage stung his face as he tore through the plant life. After he’d gotten a ways away, Lloyd stopped to catch his breath. From what he could see, there was nothing following him. Lloyd was relieved that the others weren’t there to see what had just happened.

“I gotta get ahold of myself!” he resolved. “No more scaredy Lloyd. I’m a ninja for First Master’s sake! I’m not afraid of a little noise! I’m not afraid of anything!”

How adorable.

“Ah, who’s there?” Lloyd jumped into a fighting stance.

A chorus of sinister whispers that he couldn’t understand crept into his head, and shadows began to move around him in unnatural ways. Lloyd stood still in confusion and rising fear as the shadows gathered together and formed a single entity. It’s aura was unfriendly and Lloyd stumbled backwards. The shadow stared at him with two glowing, menacing eyes, and said only one thing.

Join me.

Lloyd did not join it. He ran away.

* * *

“What do you mean you trapped him in that giant forest??” Kai asked, with fury, “He’s your own son, why would you do that?”

Cole snorted, “Um, cause he’s evil? When are you going to stop being surprised by this guy?”

“I may be evil, but I never wanted any harm to come to Lloyd! I swear it!” Garmadon explained in earnest. “I wasn’t even trying to use the megaweapon that time!”

Jay hummed a doubtful note.

Wu put his hand on Garmadon’s shoulder, “Whatever was intended is no longer important, as long as we move forward with the intent to rectify our mistakes. Come, we must retrieve my nephew!” He motioned for his students to follow him. They entered the only gap in the twisted wall of trees. Garmadon tried to follow, but the trees closed behind the others and would not let him pass through.

The ninja were startled by the noise of the trees closing, and Kai started banging on the trunks.

“Garmadon, what the heck? Open it back up!”

“I—I didn’t do that!” Garmadon’s voice was muffled. “It must not want me to get near Lloyd since I wished for him to lose his way from me.”

“Ha-ha, that’s just great!” Jay exclaimed, “We’re stuck here in an evil plant maze filled with unknown horrors, and the bad guy who made it doesn’t even know how to open it back up! We are so screwed guys!”

Zane patted Jay on the back in sympathy.

Cole turned to face the path ahead. “Well, whatever is in there we’ll face it together. Come on guys, we’re getting our problem child back!”

* * *

Said problem child was extremely lost. It was getting dark and Lloyd didn’t know how long he’d been there. Had it been an hour? Several hours? Days? All Lloyd knew was that he was hungry, and he had to outrun the voices in his head and the shadow that pursued him. Although he was starting to think they were the same thing. There seemed to be no end to the maze.

“I don’t want to do this anymore!” He shouted.

You do not have to, there is an easier way. Surrender to the darkness within! Join your father and you can reshape the world together!

Lloyd stiffened; the shadow was back! It perched atop one of the giant clovers, nothing but darkness and thoe red eyes that leered at him from above.

Enough running, Lloyd. You cannot escape your destiny. You cannot run. . . from who you are! The shadow moved in towards Lloyd, who was frozen in terror as the thing approached. It began to take a more solid form and Lloyd was horrified to be faced with a darker, shadowy version of himself. This version of him had glowing red eyes, just like his father’s, and two pointed horns poking out of his skull.

“No! You are not me! You’re just a shadow!” Lloyd screamed and tried to run again.

He hadn’t gone far before he felt something cold grab onto his ankle and yank him backward and up. He was suspended by tendrils of darkness, and the source, this “anti-Lloyd”, brought him to its eye level and bared its wicked fangs at him.

I am your future, Lloyd! The shadow hissed in his face. Its breath was icy and Lloyd shivered. Whether you win or lose against Garmadon doesn’t matter. His blood is your blood, and therefore the evil that flows through it is also yours! I am in your blood!

The tendrils enveloped Lloyd, restraining him in a dark cocoon. Lloyd couldn’t see anything or hear anything except blood rushing to his head. He felt like he was being stuffed with freezing cotton.

And then

He was back on his feet, in the forest, with the shadow nowhere in sight. Instead, a taller individual stood in its place. The air was pleasantly warm, and stars twinkled through the canopy above them both. Lloyd stared up at the person in front of him and was hit with the sense of looking in a funhouse mirror. Much taller than he was, even fluffier blond hair ruffled by the slight breeze, a green ninja gi that didn’t have the sleeves rolled up so it could be worn by a kid, bright green eyes that patiently stared into his own. . . Lloyd couldn’t believe it.

“Hey, there, Lloyd!” the person greeted with a smile.

“Who are you?” Lloyd asked, though he figured he knew the answer.

“I’m you! Well, who you will be soon I mean.” This older version of Lloyd’s voice was deeper than his own, but still had a youthful ring to it.

Lloyd gasped, “Are you from the future?”

“I’m. . . from a possible future. A future where you keep your resolve to always do good and stand up to evil.”

“That’s awesome!!” Relief flooded Lloyd for a second, then was replaced by the reminder of what he had seen a few minutes ago. “But um,” He lowered his eyes and shifted in discomfort.

“Yes?”

Lloyd took a breath, “What about that thing out there? The shadow? It said I’m destined to give in to the evil that’s inside me. Wh—what if you’re wrong and it’s right?” Lloyd’s throat felt tight. “What if I. . . what if I’m not strong enough? I don’t wanna let everyone down but I’m so stressed ab—about fai—ling them—m!” Hot tears streamed down Lloyd’s cheeks and he tried to wipe them away but they just kept coming.

He then felt himself being wrapped in an embrace that felt so different from the shadow’s. Instead of being cold and suffocating, this one was warm and safe. Lloyd sobbed into his older self’s shoulder for a while. Older Lloyd held him close until he had calmed down slightly.

“I’m so sorry Lloyd.”

Confused, Lloyd looked up at his older self. “Why are you sorry? I’m the one who’s a weak—”

“You are not weak!” His counterpart interrupted, “You are so very strong, but you’re also just a kid, and I—we should never have had to deal with all this responsibility. It wasn’t fair.” Older Lloyd’s eyes were sad. “We deserved better.”

“How did you do it?” Lloyd tried scrubbing the wet off his cheeks.

Older Lloyd’s smile returned, “I realized I couldn’t do it alone. . . that I didn’t have to be the only protector. Our friends were there to help! And they will always be there for us.” He picked one of the clovers from the ground and spun it around between his fingers until it transformed into a small green ball of energy.

“What if I hurt my friends?”

“They’ll always be there,“ Older Lloyd repeated, “Even at your worst, or when it feels like they’re gone for good, they’re still here.” He put his now glowing hand over Lloyd’s heart.

Warmth erupted in Lloyd’s chest at the touch, and there was green energy sparking out of his hands. The blanket of doubt that had been smothering him had lifted, and he felt like he could take out a hundred training dummies. Lloyd looked up once again in awe of his future self.

“How—?”

His future self only winked at him. “You got this, buddy. I’m proud of you!”

That last sentence echoed in Lloyd’s mind as he was yoinked back to reality. He was still in the cocoon, but his new energy boost served as protection from the smothering cold. His green glow lit up the small space.

“Okay, let’s try this again,” he said, “Concentrate!” The energy that flowed through him was like nothing he had ever felt before, and it felt good. The light burst through the shadowy prison, breaking it apart and freeing him. Lloyd dropped to the ground and fell with a soft thud in the carpet of clover, which were now all lit up with the green glow from before.

What? The shadow form shrieked, How?? You should be infused with darkness by now!

“Here’s the thing,” Lloyd said as he stood up to face his shadow demon, “You keep saying that it’s my destiny to become evil, but it’s not even your choice is it? It’s mine!”

Anti-Lloyd’s red eyes narrowed, What?

Lloyd’s eyes flashed bright green as he readied his attack, “Well I choose good! Not evil! Never evil! I will always oppose darkness!”

The shadow let out a pained shriek and lunged for Lloyd.

Lloyd steadied himself as it got closer, “You are not my future!” He shouted and blasted the demon with every ounce of power he had. The thing vaporized instantly, without any time to even cry out in rage at its loss.

The forest was quiet once again. Little glowing specks floated through the air in wake of the exorcism. Lloyd reached out and tried to catch one but when he opened his hands it was gone. The glow from the clover around him was also starting to fade. Lloyd picked one of the small ones and twirled it between his fingers, like his future self had done. “Thank you.” He whispered. Suddenly the clover turned to sand in his palm, and trickled off his hand to the ground. Lloyd blinked, confused.

There was a sudden rumble of the earth that landed Lloyd on his butt. Then he was rising through the plants—no wait, they were sinking back into the ground! As more and more of the plants descended, Lloyd saw the ninja and his uncle a bit away from him. They appeared to be tangled in some vines, but the vines turned into sand and they fell to the ground as he had done. The sand settled slightly, and all was still again.

Lloyd got up, hastily. “Hey, guys! Uncle Wu! Over here!” He ran towards him, nearly tripping on sand a few times.

“Lloyd! You’re okay!” Kai shouted, and ran to pick him up and twirl him around.

Lloyd giggled as he was spun. “Yeah I’m okay.”

Wu came over and looked him in the eye. “Are you hurt, Lloyd? Was the forest unkind to you?”

“I’ve got a few scratches but that’s it.” Lloyd answered. “Ooh, but I also got to fight an evil shadowy demon version of myself that tried to drown me in this weird cloud, but then this awesome super cool other me showed up from the future and gave me a magic clover that got inside me somehow, and helped me kick that shadow demon’s butt! It was so cool!”

The others were quiet for a second, then Jay said, “That. . . sounds like it was a whole lot of heavy stuff.”

“Yeah, are you sure you’re okay, Bud?” Cole added.

Lloyd recalled the shadow’s cold grip and shivered, but then remembered that he was safe, in Kai’s warm arms, and smiled at everyone. “Yep! I’m pretty hungry though. Can we stop at McRonald’s?”

Everyone laughed in relief.

“Yes, Lloyd.” Wu responded, taking his nephew’s small hands in his old, wrinkled ones.

“I’m buying.” Garmadon said from behind.

Everyone jumped and turned to see Garmadon standing sheepishly. He looked at Lloyd. “Lloyd, I am so sorry, I never meant for you to be trapped and treated in such a way. I wasn’t thinking clearly when I made the wish to keep you from me.”

Lloyd figured he should be furious with his father, but he looked so pitifully sad. Besides, there’d be time later for negative emotions. Right now, all Lloyd wanted was a six-piece nugget kid’s meal with a Fritz Donnegan toy. And maybe a shamrock shake.

“It’s okay, Dad, I forgive you this time. But don’t do it again. Also can I get nuggets?”

Garmadon smiled, “Of course you can.”

“Yeah, free food!” Cole and Jay shouted.

“I’m not getting you anything you fruity idiots!” Garmadon snapped at them. “This is me making up for nearly getting my son killed before our destinies decide our true fate.”

“It was worth a shot,” Cole commented. “Don’t pull anything funny on the kid though, we’ll be watching you, Garmadon.”

“Whatever. Come on, Lloyd.”

Everyone headed back towards the city of Ouroboros.

“Hey, Dad, I defeated a shadow demon today!” Lloyd said in excitement.

“Oh, did you?” Garmadon responded, intrigued.

“Yeah, I told it I’m never gonna give up my resolve to do good. And the same goes for us. I’m gonna give it my all when we battle. But. . . I hope that doesn’t happen for a long time.”

Garmadon tousled Lloyd’s mop of blond hair. “Me too, son, me too.”

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Notes: Previously...

So... Yeah. This was supposed to be a Christmas thing from the poll... I am so sorry. I got writer's block again, the end of the year was insane... Anyway.

Thank you for the love and patience. I hope you enjoy this.

Also, I am aware that Will and Baelish are played by the same actor, but we'll all pretend it's not the case XD

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Chapter 7

Arthur was downright chipper the next morning as he walked down the keep’s hallways. He’d left his chamber early, because he wasn’t convinced his wife wouldn’t smother him with a pillow.

Although he didn’t think that was much Sansa’s style.

She looked more like the type to poison his mead.

That was progress the night before, right? She’d allowed him a kiss -a damn good one, if he could say so -and she’d enjoyed it.

She had, right?

For a moment, the night before, he’d feared he’d pushed her too far. And when she’d said he could just do whatever he wanted…

Arthur had no illusions about how women were treated. He grew up in a brothel, he knew better than anyone how men considered women property at best, and objects at worst.

He’d grown up seeing strangers coming in and slapping the women around, all the while the owner of the house did nothing.

As soon as he was strong enough, Arthur killed the owner and took over the house. It wasn’t only a brothel after that, even though it was what most people thought it was. Many people and many products passed through there.

However, the women’s safety was Arthur’s top priority. There were no more slaps, no more violence. There was a choice.

The fact that Sansa believed she didn’t have one with him gutted him.

He’d been fun and lighthearted so far, because he thought it was just a case of him having to charm his wife and redo the mistakes of their wedding night.

The fact that Sansa was more than ready to just lay down and think of the North while he did whatever he wanted to her made his stomach churn.

Arthur had never been that kind of man, but his wife thought he might be.

And now he wondered if this was exclusively his fault -for the mess he’d done on their wedding night- or if there was something else.

“Morning, lads.” He grumbled as he entered the hall and found his men -his friends -around the table.

Losing Back Lack had been a fucking hard. He’d almost quit the whole thing just then.

However, Jon Snow hadn’t let him give up. While everyone else was fighting for that fucking ugly throne, Jon had kept only one thing in his mind: the Others. Jon didn’t care for crown or country, not when they could all die soon.

He’d only kept going because he believed in Snow, even if he believed in nothing else at that point.

Three years of war had been difficult, to say the least. However, Kay had also been right: this wasn’t a competition, and Sansa had certainly faced her own challenges.

The question then was… How bad had it been?

“I need a word with you, Goose Fat.”

The man gave him a look. Arthur guessed the nickname had worn thin after a while. “Yes?”

He cleared his throat. He trusted those men with his life, but he wasn’t sure if he should be discussing his wife in front of all of them. So Arthur indicated a corner of the hall with his head.

Bill said nothing as he got up and followed him.

When they took Camelot back from his uncle, Arthur left Bill there to receive Sansa and take care of things while he was out.

Bill had been there for a long time, enough that he’d know if something had happened.

“Yes?” Bill asked again.

“I know you have sent me letters and kept me posted on most things…” Arthur sighed. “But I need to ask you a question.”

Bill arched an eyebrow. “About?”

“My wife.”

Bill frowned. “What about Lady Pendragon?”

“I was away for a long time…” Bill’s frown got even deeper. “And Sansa was without protection, and she is very beautiful…”

“Arthur…”

“Has anyone tried to take advantage of her while I was away?”

It was clearly not what Bill had been expecting. “For fuck’s sake.” He let out a long sigh. “I thought you were about to suggest your wife had been improper. Then I would have to hit you.”

That actually made Arthur smirk. “Oh, you were about to defend her honor.” He was amused.

“Lady Pendragon is a singular woman.” Bill said. “She is resilient, hard-working and smart, but also extremely kind. She is a good one.”

“It never crossed my mind that Sansa might have found a lover while I was away.” Arthur assured him, quite seriously. “My concern is whether someone came along who did not care about her opinion on the subject.”

Bill sighed. “I had promised her not to tell you this unless you asked me.”

“What?” Arthur demanded.

“Remember when I wrote you a letter, telling you about an execution?”

“Petyr Baelish?”

“Yes.” Bill confirmed.

Arthur did remember this. Bill had told him about Arya Stark coming out of nowhere and appearing in Camelot, and how she and Sansa executed a man by the name of Petyr Baelish for treason.

The details were unclear to him at the time, since he knew very little about the man, but Will had explained to him it had something to do with Sansa’s parents.

“So what exactly have you been hiding from me?” He arched an eyebrow.

“I did not hide anything.” Will, slippery as always, was quick to say. “I told you the truth, but one aspect of it I did conceal, because Lady Pendragon asked me to.”

Arthur snorted. “Out with it.”

“That Baelish… He was interested in her.” Will admitted.

“Excuse me?” Arthur crossed his arms.

“It was something really… Wrong. He was looking for Cat Stark’s shadow in Sansa.”

Arthur’s nose crinkled in disgust. “Did she know?”

“He came to Camelot as soon as she did.” Will said. “And at first I think she really thought he was trying to help, but it soon became clear he was not.”

“Did he do anything to her?” Arthur demanded.

“Not that I know of.” Will said. “I did have everyone here keeping an eye on him, and nobody reported anything. I had guards posted in front of Lady Pendragon’s chambers while he was around. As far as I know, what he did do was trying to poison her against you, her sister and anyone that came in between him and her.”

Arthur rubbed her temples. “Why did she ask you not to tell me about that part?”

“Well…” Will scratched his chin. “It was around that time when you were all marching up to Winterfell to fight against the walkers. Remember? We offered to let people camp here and you said no?”

Arthur had to think about that one for a minute. After all that time, many events started to get jumbled in his head. Honestly, he had no idea of dates or details for any of the many battles he’d fought since that mess started.

He finally nodded. “Yes, I remember. Snow convinced Queen Daenerys to fight the white walkers. We did not stop here because it did not make sense. We would have to go out of our way, and it was simpler to just keep going.”

Will hummed. “It was not how your wife saw it.”

“What do you mean?”

“She offered shelter, she offered to come to you and you said no.” Will arched an eyebrow. “Can you guess what she understood from that?”

Arthur groaned. “I did not mean it like that.”

“You two did not know each other.” Will’s tone was devoid of judgment. “And you did not correspond for the whole time you were away. Lady Pendragon had no way of knowing you or your motives, so… She chose to believe you did not care.”

“Fuck.” Arthur grunted.

“And since you did not care, you did not need to know, since it was settled.” Will concluded. “At least… That was what she told me.”

Arthur groaned once again. “Being married is difficult.”

Will snorted. “You have not seen anything yet, lad.” He eyed Arthur. “Have you tried talking to your wife?”

“No, never crossed my mind.” Arthur replied dryly. “Sansa is… Guarded.”

Will put a hand on Arthur’s shoulder. “Arthur, I have seen you entering this very room with your arms wide open and tell your uncle to ‘fuck off’. You are not scared of your wife now, are you?”

“Of course not.”

Arthur wasn’t afraid of Sansa. He was afraid she’d never give him a chance, and his bluff from earlier might be true: he’d fall in love like an idiot and she wouldn’t meet him halfway.

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