#making her mama proud but also worried because just be careful okay??

[caitlynmeow]

she’s so lesbian i love her

[ashisill]

Stay a while

Warnings: crying, overstimulation, contemplating use of safe word, panic, degradation, praise, penetration, and mention of alcohol.

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“You ready mama?” Josh asked, lining himself up with your entrance.

“Please Josh” you whimpered.

“Relax for me okay darling” You took a deep breath letting your whole body fall limp for him. “Good girl. You listen so well” as he spoke to you he began sliding himself inside.

“Josh” you said in a whisper wrapping your arms around his neck.

“I’m right here mama” he set a slow and steady pace.

“Josh it- it feels so good” you buried yourself in the crook of his neck.

“I know it does pretty girl. Don’t hide from me”. You let your head fall back. He brushed away the hairs that laid against your forehead. “Such a good girl”. He babied you, placing soft kisses against your neck, and cheeks.

He slid himself all the way out to the tip, and slammed back inside. Over and over. Each time he nudged against your g spot. He reached down and started rubbing slow circles on your clit. Building your orgasm up slowly.

“You really gonna put up with that?” Jake's voice boomed into the room. He stood in the door frame, the moonlight from the window casting a ghostly shadow.

“Josh?” You questioned him. A smirk played out on his face. “Josh?”

“I know what you want, baby. You told me, remember?”

“Josh I was drunk”

“Drunk words, sober thoughts. Gonna let me in or make me watch?” Jake said.

Josh pulled out and sat beside you as Jake took a seat on the bed. You grabbed the covers, and pulled them up around you for comfort. “What’s the matter baby? You look scared. You scared of me babydoll?” Jake questioned.

You shook your head slowly. “Words” he raised his voice.

“No! … no I’m not” you looked away from his gaze. You knew Josh was your safety. If it got to be too much he’d have you in his arms in seconds. Jake? Not so much. You worried a bit, but your desire burned deep in your core. Josh had always babied you during sex. I mean sure there’s been a few times you had some rough makeup sex after an argument. But Josh isn’t rough. Josh is sweet and gentle. Josh brings you to tears all because it feels too good. He builds your orgasms up so slowly it explodes out of you. Always quick to remind you how proud he is, and how good you're doing. However Jake, and gently don’t even belong in the same sentence. Did you accidentally admit to Josh you wondered what his brother was like in bed? Maybe. Did you mean it? Also maybe. But you’ve gotten used to being treated so gentle. What if you couldn’t handle his darker half?

“Yes or no darling?” Josh asked softly.

You nodded your head not taking your eyes off Josh.

“What did I fucking say about using your words? I wanna hear that pretty voice doll” Jake said, his hand now gripping your throat. Josh didn’t like that at all, and grabbed Jake's wrist.

“Okay ground rules” Josh pulled Jake's hand off your neck. “No bruises, no hickies, no bitting, no choking, no pain, no fucking marks on her. If you hurt her I’ll fucking kill you. One mark Jake, and it’s over”.

He turned to you, and took your hand in his. “And for you my love”. Instantly changing his tone to talk to you. “safeword is still the same. I will still continuously ask for your color. you don’t want to say it then tap my arm. Three times remember? Everything is still the same. If you want to stop you know how to. Tap my arms, say your safeword, or say your color. Everything comes to a stop I promise baby”

“Are you done yet?” Jake asked climbing on top of you. Josh knew deep down Jake would never hurt you. He knew Jake was taking these rules to heart even though he acted like he didn’t care.

“I suppose Jacob” he nodded his head slightly, giving Jake the go ahead.

“Okay Joshua” he rolled his eyes, and crashed his lips against yours. His hand found his way to your neck again. Josh could have smacked him until he realized. Jake's grip was just barely around your neck. His finger laid against your throat rather than gripping it. “On your stomach. Now”

You listened immediately, and hurried to flip over for him. You laid flat on your stomach exactly how he said too. He gripped your waist, and pulled your hips up. His hand landed against your ass with a loud crack. You hissed out as it began to sting.

“Strike one” Josh thought to himself.

Josh laid down beside you laying his arm in front of you. Shakily, and almost panicked, you reached for his arm. “It’s okay, pretty mama. Your safe”

“Color?” Jake asked, lining himself up.

“Green”

Without a single warning he shoved himself inside of you, and landed another hit against you. Completely down to the hilt. His hips pressed against your ass. You cried out to Josh, and pressed your nails into his arm. He gave you no time to adjust before he was thrusting into you at an unforgiving pace. You gasped out tears filling your eyes. Again and again his hips slammed into you making a loud clapping sound.

Josh watched, afraid of how you were acting. You gripped his arm, unable to make noise. “Baby? Are you okay?”. You couldn't respond. You had the right words, but they wouldn’t leave your mouth. A string of whimpers and moans left you as you tried desperately to speak. “Talk to me darling. Is it too much?”. You shook your head no as fast as you could.

“That a girl. She can take me. Can’t she?” Jake's hand left your hip, and tangled in your hair. He gripped your hair, shoving you down into the pillow. With one hand in your hair, and the other on your waist Josh began to step in. You still had Josh’s arm in your hands. Digging your nails deeply into his skin. Josh moved down, not even attempting to move his arm from your clutch. Once he found his placement his fingers found you, and danced around your skin. He rubbed slow and gentle circles on your clit. Trying not to overstimulate you more than you already were. You tried to lift your head, but Jake's force was too much. You gasped for air, and panic set in. You thought about using your safeword, and tried to remind yourself that you're okay. Josh noticed your struggle immediately, and went to stop it.

“Strike two” he thought again.

“Jake let go”

“She’s fine” he ignored him.

“She can’t breathe Jake. Let go”. Josh sat up pulling his arm away from you making you cry out for him. He pushed Jake, making him mess up his rhythm. “what did I fucking say Jake”. Jake pulled you up away from the pillow by your hair. You dropped your arms down holding yourself up.

Josh moved in front of you cupping your face. “Hey sweet girl. What's your color?”

“Y-yel-yellow” you managed to speak. Jake slowed his pace while Josh took care of you. You collapsed into Josh unable to hold yourself up now.

“Good job baby. I’ve got you my darling”. You threw your arms around his neck, and he wrapped his arms around your upper back. He held you up making eye contact with his twin.

“Your okay pretty girl” Jake said.

Jake's pace picked up again. You cried out tears falling off your cheek “shh I’m right here. Your safe”

“Listen to Josh doll. I’d never hurt you I promise. He’s right, you're safe. So fucking safe. Now feel it angel. Can you feel it? Can you feel me?”

“Jake I- I” you stopped getting choked up on your words. “Jake I’m gonna-”

“You gonna cum pretty for me? Give it to us sweetheart”

Give it to us

That’s all it took. Us. You never would have guessed the both of them would make you finish so easy. You were screaming their names in Josh’s arms as you came around Jake. “Such a good fucking girl. Gonna take me till I cum you little slut?” Praise mixed with degradation had a stronger effect on you than you realized.

“I can’t. I can’t” you cried.

“I know I know love. Take a breath”

“Josh I can’t do it”

“Yes you can-

“Yes you fucking can. Look at you. You can take it. I’m almost there. Fucking .. Take … It” each time he paused he slammed into you. He pulled out quickly cumming against your back. You fell into Josh he laid back, letting your body rest against his. Josh whispered sweetly to you, as you calmed down. Jake left quickly to get a towel to clean you up, and a warm washcloth for you as well. He cleaned you up, and laid you on your back. He placed the washcloth against your sore heat. “You'll thank me later for that” he said as he laid it against you.

“Thank you” you said it now rather than later.

He laughed softly “your welcome baby. Tried?” You didn’t have to words to answer, you'd hope he’d understand. You nodded your head yes, and he looked over at Josh. “Let him take good care of you okay? My times up”

“Are you leaving?” you sat up in a panic. “But you-”. You felt like a child again afraid of your parents leaving after they put you to bed. That nostalgic feeling rushing back to you made tears form in your eyes.

“He doesn’t have to leave mama” Josh always knows how to stop a break down. Josh pulled the covers back up around the two of you.

“I should though. She’s yours. Like I said, my times up. You don’t need me angel. Josh’s got you "Jake turned to leave.

“You can’t leave her like this. She does needs you Jake. Just stay a while longer”

“Please” you said, lifting the covers on the other side of you. Inviting him in the bed once more. He sighed and laid down beside you.

“Sleep now darling. We’re here”

[the-guilty-writer]

No one asked for this but it's too late now.

disabled/mentally ill/chronically ill child and which BAU parent would be the most accomodating.

(of course all of them would be supportive and do their best but some of them would be naturally more accomodating for certain things. Just trust me.)

Some of these are really specific and others are more general be kind please it was 2 am when I thought of this

Spencer- absolutely the best dad an autistic kid could ask for. He knows the signs before a meltdown and exactly what to do. If you're non verbal he learns sign language to help you, gets you stim toys based on what motor function you find the most soothing, and this man would be the biggest supporter of your special interests (really this needs no explaination. I could go on for hours about this)

JJ- a learning disability. Not only is she mama bear who will fight a teacher that critisized you but her whole job revolved around communicating well. She knows how to adjust and break things down and go slow. She would figure out the best way to accomodate you and follow through every time. You never have to worry about her losing her patience with you, she knows you need breaks, and she doesn't care what grade you get- she's just proud that you tried your hardest and got through it.

Penelope- Depression. Not only is this woman nearly impossible to be sad around, but Garcia understands sadness and grief and darkness. She doesn't like it, but she understands it and how awful it feels. She also understand that sometimes you just have to feel the feelings and not try to fix them right away. She's all sunshine and rainbows, but she knows you have to weather the storm first. She helps you get through it, slow and steady, but once it's time to get up and going she knows how to do that too.

Morgan- Any physical disabilty. This man would find the best house possible and then restore it and fit it with any ramp, handles, resizing, etc. you need. Would totally redo your dining room to be a first floor bedroom if you needed it and outfit it with an accessible shower. He finds a way to modify just about any sport you want to try so you can play. Can and will fight buisnesses over their lack of following of accessible laws.

Emily- Ambulatory wheenchair user/dynamic physical disability. She makes sure you have any mobility aids, modifications to the living space, and will fight people if they don't follow accessible laws. But she also makes you feel badass- she points out that canes and crutches make great weapons (talk shit get hit) and using your wheelchair is a power move she always encourages you to take if you need it. If you need bravery, she'd let you borrow hers. Would cut a death glare to anyone who questioned your validity.

Hotch- emotion and mood disorders. Hotch is so steady when it comes to his mood and emotions and he's great at not taking things personally. So it doesn't matter how high or low you are or if you blow up at him and say things you don't mean because he knows it's not always in your control. You can depend on him to be okay when you aren't and make descision when you don't trust that you're in the right state of mind. He's your rock- always stable and consistent and reliable, even when you can't be.

Rossi- disordered eating. HEAR ME OUT OKAY. A lot of people who restrict have one special dish/snack that has significant and GOOD meaning to it and a lot of times it plays a really big role in recovery and Rossi would make sure you have that whenever you want. If you have more selective tendencies he's sure to get the exact thing you like every time because no child of his is going to eat generic we all know the brand name is better. Rossi believes that a relationship with food should be one of love and he helps foster that in the most sensitive and kind way possible

[starsurface]

May I please have mk1 cg sindel headcannons

Yes of course!! :D

(Also I got the other message, don't you worry, the Readers a Babyspace Regressor <3)

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

CG Sindel w/ Babyspace Regressor Hcs

💜 Such a good Momma 🥺

💜 She absolutely adores you

💜 Your so tiny and cute, how could she not?

💜 Really likes baby regressors, especially because she can snuggle up and cuddle you

💜 And dress you up in cute onesies 👀

💜 She was a mom to baby twins once, she knows what she's doing

💜 Sindel isn't weak, but she'll normally pick you up with her hair

💜 It's just more convenient, and she can do stuff with her hands

💜 However, that doesn't mean she won't hip carry you, your her baby after all

💜 Will try her hardest to push some of her royal duties onto someone else so she can care for you

💜 If she can't watch you because of some important meeting, she'll have one of her daughters watch you (they love you)

💜 If it's after MK1, Li Mei is one of your go to babysitters <3

💜 You. Are. So. Spoiled.

💜 Whatever regression item you want, it's yours

💜 She's empress, she has power and money, don't you worry about a thing

💜 You have a thousand and one stuffies and will continue to get more

💜 However, only a handful get to stay in your (her) bed :(

💜 Don't worry, she bought a really nice stuffie holder for all your other friends so they're okay

💜 Will laugh if you try to chew on her fingers, but will lead you to your paci or something similar

💜 Finds tummy time really fun and adorable

💜 Your just laying there on your belly, showing her some toy or plushie of yours

💜 Tummy time with you laying on her is more just cuddling, but she'll laugh if you try to eat her nose

💜 Is really good and really fast at changing diapers if you need them

💜 Unfortunately, you can't be a very naughty baby because she won't let you >:(

💜 Your constantly in her reach, whether she picks you up or uses her hair

💜 And that means that whenever you do something naughty, she'll pick you up and gently scold you

💜 If it was an accident, it'll be more of a silly scold though, accidents happen sometimes

💜 Favorite cg nicknames are Mama, Mommy, and ‘Della (it's close to Sindel, but mostly only used when your bigger)

💜 Very good with babblers

💜 She'll have a full blown conversation with you as you babble and giggle away

💜 Also knows what you want when your fussy (mom instinct)

💜 Very good when you get fussy or have a hissy fit

💜 She'll gently shush you and let you babble about what's wrong

💜 Likes calling you Sweetie, Princess/Prince/Royalty, Sweetheart, Munchkin

💜 She'll dress you up in the cutest onesies and you don't get much of a choice <3

💜 Like, you do, but why would you ever say no to the onesies she got you? They're so cute, soft, and silky 🥺

💜 A suckered for good pouty face (but also puts her foot down a lot because she's a big meanie)

💜 Since your more tiny, she's more cautious with you playing with her hair

💜 Not that she doesn't trust you!! She just doesn't want it pulled

💜 Adores doing your hair though <3

💜 . . . Would probably make you look like a pineapple if you had short hair by making a ponytail on top of your hair 😒

💜 Make sure to send her to timeout because she's mean >:(

💜 One of her favorite activities is you on her hip while you walk through the gardens, passing by interesting Outworld flowers and people training

💜 Very proud Mama, anyone that speaks ill of you gets to speak with her personally <3

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I know this is about MK1 Sindel, but MK11 Sindel is so pretty. <3.

I really like MK1 Sindel too, sorry if this is shorter than others though. :(

[lost-girl-2021]

Adopted Spider Part 3 (Final Part)

I think Spider would be really confused when the truth comes out. Because, he doesn’t know who to believe anymore. His dad— his real dad, Jake —always told him that Paz was a good woman, was someone he should be proud to be the son of. But, Quaritch told him that his mom died because of Jake, that she (and Quaritch) died in the Great Battle, leaving Spider an orphan. I think the boat scene would go differently too, because Quaritch and Jake would both be trying to get Spider to come to them and Spider just doesn’t know what to do.

“Spider, baby, it’s okay. It’s okay, just take a breath.” Dad soothed, reaching towards him. Spider had missed his dad so much, had missed his voice and his hugs and—

“He said you lied.” Spider cried. “He— he said Paz was a part of the RDA. That you killed her! He . . . he said he’s my real dad.”

“I’m your dad. I’m the one who taught you to walk and hunt and fish— “

“Because I never got the chance!” Quaritch shouted from Spider’s other side. “Your mother never got the chance.”

“Spider, we can talk about everything tomorrow, I promise. But, ‘Teyam’s hurt and your Mama needs you— I need you. You need to come home.”

“You left me.” He whimpered. “You left the forest.”

“We were always going to come for you— “

“They didn’t.” Quaritch snapped. “I was the one who protected you from the general. I was the one who took care of you— “

“He stole you. Tuk and your mama haven’t stopped crying since that day.”

I do think Spider would go with Jake and I imagine one of his siblings waiting off the edge of the boat and zipping away with his brother as soon as they have him. They don’t stay to watch the fight, but Older Sibling drops Spider off with their family and then Lo’ak and Kiri head back to the shipwreck, worried about their dad. Neytiri is with Neteyam, who is asleep but stable (Neteyam lives in everything I write at this point, lol). And Tuk, who was pressed against her mother’s side, launches herself at Spider as soon as she sees him. Neytiri does the same, fawning over him and holding him and— well, I don’t think anyone would let him out of their sight for a while after reuniting.

I think that no matter how Spider and Quaritch’s relationship was, he’d feel bittersweet when the man dies. Especially since it was Jake who killed him. I also feel like after they were reunited, there would be an adjustment period for everyone.

For Spider, he’s grown and changed in his time away from his family. He learned how to sharpen his own knives and knows a lot of English swear words now. His hair is worse for wear, but when he lets his mom take him to wash it, he ends up crying. Because, he missed her so much. And he had almost forgotten how nice it felt to have his mom hold him.

He can keep up with his siblings a bit better out of the water and excels under the water, since he doesn’t need to take breaks to breathe. He tires out faster, given his smaller body and how unused his muscles are to so much time underwater. But, he can stay under a lot longer and he learns how to use their weapons fairly quickly.

His siblings probably try to go back into their old dynamics, but some of the jokes just aren’t funny anymore and none of them know how to talk about Spider’s time with the RDA. He has nightmares now, more than he ever had before.

This ended up being a whole ass fanfic idea, but IDK how it would end. With angst, probably. Might make into a fic eventually, I never know where I’m going when I start having ideas, lol.

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

You can look at Nanoha's first reaction to Vivio being "we need to find this kid's real mom" / "but I'll look after her meanwhile" / "but we still need to find her ACTUAL mom"

compared to Fate's history with Caro and Erio of

"I'm not old enough to adopt them so my adopted mom will sign the paperwork until I can be their legal guardian" and Vvio "legally I'm just Nanoha's friend but I am also the 'fate-mama' to our newly adopted daughter" and then with former enemy Lutecia "so her mother is still out of commission and that means I'll be her guardian until things get better"

you could say, that's just Fate being kind softhearted Fate, and Nanoha being stubborn like usual, but the thing is, it tracks so well with both their experiences AS children WITH their families

Nanoha's childhood was lonely sure, but never because her birth family didn't love her or try their best to care for and support her. She values the way she was raised- repeats it with Vivio later on, giving her freedom and responsibility, focusing on teaching Vivio how to stand up on her own after getting hurt, letting her have the tools and chances to make dangerous mistakes and learn from them. Even (spoilers for Vivid) even when her kid has a completely messed up leg after fighting in a tournament for FUN, Nanoha says she's proud of her for that, for Vivio following through and putting in her all, and helping her new friends and competitors grow as people along the way

All of that Nanoha got from her parents and her family, the ones she was born into.

So when she first meets lost and abandoned Vivio, she thinks, where is this girl's family? It takes a while for Nanoha to sink into the idea of Vivio not being born into a family that cares or can care for her. It takes time for Nanoha to decide, actually, maybe SHE could be Vivio's family now. Maybe she already is

And Fate- it's easy to joke about her running around adopting every kid she sees- but a lot of people I know who WERE happily adopted later in life are like that too. It's not universal. Still for people who know what the difference can be and how GOOD it can be, some of them end up like Fate, they end up repeating what their own adopted family did (Lindy her mother, and Chrono her big brother, looking after Fate while she was still facing trial, asking her very gently if they could all be a family together) and when Fate sees other kids being abandoned or locked away she also repeats what her family taught her by immediately reaching out. She offers to be there for Erio and Caro and deals with figuring out HOW to do that afterwards, accepts making that her job to study up on and get advice about while already knowing that it can work. She's been living proof that a family that's made by choice can be wonderful- just as good or better than the one she lost before.

But she also knows how much a parent can hurt a child, even without whips involved. Fate is soft with her kids, worried about them and for them and how they feel about her, never wanting them to think for a moment that she doesn't care or would be okay with them being hurt, and it's a reaction to her birth mom Precia, sure- (her memories of how a kind mother could be be so cruel to a child she didn't love)-

it's also just as much a repeat of Lindy's gentleness with Fate, too. Lindy who signed that paperwork so her teenage daughter could split time between her new career and two different kids who needed her. Fate wanted to be there for children who had no one, and Lindy made it work.

So when Nanoha finally decides to try being Vivio's mom, even though she wasn't Vivio "real" mother- Fate is already settled into them all being a family. She's there and ready to make this work.

I just always really like the writing in that. How you start off with these nine year old magical girls, and when you check back in with them 10-15 years later, everything they lived through at age nine has shaped them into the people and parents they end up being together today.

It's very sweet. I love that for them, for all of them.

[rainmustfallts4]

Hello guys! I'm here to showcase a house I made that I'm quite proud of c: This is the first house I'm showing off like this so I hope you like it! This is a no CC build and I think I covered everything needed for a baby challenge c: Oh and did I mention you can download this lot off the gallery for FREE? No early access needed!

My gallery ID is: Annoyingtiger888

Here is the listing on the gallery:

And the description:

For those insane enough to tackle the 400 Baby Achievement (Baby Boom) and who aren't a big stickler for rules, I have created a mansion around raising a whole cart load of kids as quickly as possible! Featuring stunning blues, questionable carpet choices, and plenty of entertainment, this mansion is perfect for challenges that make you lose your sanity! :)

Without further ado, let's step into my office and tour your future home!

I promise the trees are much more beautiful when they have leaves <3 I added several cherry trees and a Japanese maple.

Outside, you have access to a hot tub with a roof (for if it rains) so if you keep your doors locked, you can easily woo someone outside ;)

The entrance features lovely bamboo and square bushes.

The living room is quite simple with an entertainment center, smart speaker, and a very comfy sofa!

There's even an aquarium to fill with the prettiest of blue fish.

Across from that is a lovely, tall bookcase to house all your favorite reads. It even comes with a ladder for those short people like me!

Next up is the kitchen. As a soon-to-be mother of 400, you probably won't have a lot of time to cook. Therefore, you have a lovely tea kettle, a slow cooker and a microwave! Easy, fast meals (because who cares about being healthy?)

Next is the main bathroom. It features a bathtub/shower combo on the off chance you decide to clean up those stinky youngins! Look at those cute whales~

The main feature of this house is, of course, your bedroom! The largest room in the home by far, you can lock yourself away in here and play around on the computer or get some much needed rest. Don't worry, I'm sure the brats will be okay!

Next, we head upstairs. There's a lovely desk to be used by the children for their homework. There's also a seance table so you can call in Bonehilda (and lock her inside so she stops running away to get pregnant with twins with that prick from Willow Creek.)

I've added a treadmill in case you're like me and dislike the way heavyset sims looks. Your mama can keep her weight in check!

Child room one is for infants and toddlers, complete with a changing station and trash can! There's even a night light to prevent monsters. (I realize now I forgot to add a basinet but that's an easy fix when you move in <3)

Child room 2 is all for the kids, featuring 2 sets of bunk beds and 2 desks so they can get their homework done quickly. It also has a light to protect from monsters. The best part? Those tree branches wrap around them while they're sleeping and protect them as they sleep (read: prevent them from getting up and bothering you.)

Finally, child room 3 is all about the teens. It is literally just beds but, hey, at least they have sheer curtains on them to give them some privacy!

The upstairs bathroom is where you can potty train your toddlers while also washing clothes.

The long room at the front of the house is a play room, build to help your little ones build skills quickly so you can kick them out ASAP!

The second floor balcony has really lovely couches and a painting easel so you can make easy money!

Out back, we have a lovely pool for you, a kiddy pool for the brats, a wishing well if you decide this world is too much for you to bear and a lovely swing set! There's even a water sprout and a money drinking boba :D

On the first floor balcony out back, you have a beautiful Patchyman to help around the house and with the gardening! You can also look at the stars, I guess.

On the side of the house, there's plenty of planters, covered by the roof, so you don't have to worry about those pesky season requirements! There's also a lovely couch for you to lounge on should you choose to make your kids garden instead.

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Thanks again for visiting Rainmustfallts4 realty, serving the community since yesterday morning!

(no refunds, all sales final, tiger is not responsible for any thieving foxes, failed challenges or children being taken by grim. nor is she responsible if bonehilda runs away and comes back pregnant with twins. as this is a blood oath, a demon may come to collect your soul one day but he's probably nice and kind and just wants a friend.)

for real, though, I hope you guys like this build. I am NOT a builder, I'm just an idiot with strange ideas. I'm not good at the little details or making things look normal/match/decent. I just use whatever looks cool, honestly lol I did spend many hours on this so, hopefully, you all consider it decent at the very least.

[spikedsoul]

maid's worst nightmare - ch 23

in which we learn a few surprising facts from wendy about a certain princess...

previous chapters

@sovereign-of-succ

"Okay," Wendy said with a firm nod, "almost done. How're you feeling, Maidie?"

"Like a clown," you admitted, but quickly explained before Wendy could get mad, "I mean, I'm just not used to wearing a full face of makeup. I'm sure you've made me look wonderful."

Wendy rolled her eyes as she smiled at you. "Of course I did. Just because you feel like a clown doesn't mean I made you look like one. Now, are you ready for the results?"

You nodded. "Yeah, I think so."

Wendy nodded back and jumped off the counter so that she wasn't obstructing your reflection anymore, a proud grin on her snout. You smiled down at her before finally looking yourself in the eye.

Holy shit, was that really you?

You stared at yourself in shock - Wendy had been right, you didn't recognize yourself. She had (unsurprisingly) done an absolutely stellar job. The eye shadow, the liner, the lipstick… it was nearly beyond your imagining, or perhaps just beyond what you thought you could look like. And to think she was just a kid…

"Can I ask you something?" you murmured, slowly turning your face this way and that as you admired her work. You couldn't even see the redness from the mild frostbite you'd gotten.

"Of course," she nodded.

"Have you ever wanted to do this professionally when you grow up?"

You glanced down at her in time to see her head tilt to the side. She was looking up at you like you held the secrets to the universe and you weren't sure if that was a good thing or not - it sort of seemed like common sense wasn't so common among this family. Either that, or she had never considered herself good enough to potentially make a profession out of it.

"Do you really think I could…?" she asked slowly, her tone softer than you'd heard it so far, like she was unsure. Despite that, her tail was slowly starting to flick behind her.

You smiled and held your arms out in the offer of a hug. “Of course I do. You made me look utterly amazing - I really could easily pretend I’m a princess,” you murmured.

With much more willingness than you would’ve thought, Wendy scrambled up into your lap and hugged you tightly, stubby tail wagging wildly. Although her spikes were dull compared to Bowser’s, you were still careful about where you wrapped your arms, but gave her a good hug for as long as she wanted it. It was vaguely worrying how long she clung to you but she did eventually let go and climb down, looking a little emotional.

“Sorry,” she sniffed, “there’s just something different about having a woman tell me I’m good at it versus my dad. Don’t tell my brothers about this, though! They won’t let me hear the end of it!” She grabbed a tissue off the counter and dabbed at the corners of her eyes carefully.

“Promise,” you smiled gently. Poor kid… but wait, you felt like even if she wouldn’t let Wendy do a makeover that Princess Peach would be the sort to encourage her to not follow Bowser’s footsteps. “Does Princess Peach really not interact with you much?”

Wendy shook her head 'no' vehemently. “She barely talks to us when she’s here. She’ll go off on dad about how he needs to change his ways and set a good example for us, but then won’t hardly talk to us. I don’t know why Junior still insists on calling her ‘mama’ like he does.”

A frown pulled the corners of your mouth down as you listened. That really didn’t sound like the woman you knew, but then you hardly knew her in the first place. Maybe Peach really wasn’t who you thought she was?

“Seems like you two could bond over fashion.” You would’ve thought it would be a relief for Peach to have someone like Wendy around during abductions…

“Yeah, you’d think,” Wendy muttered bitterly. “But whatever. You’re a lot better than she is, so who cares? Also, don’t you have to go check on my siblings? Get going, Maidie. And don’t you dare get emotional or else I’ll have to redo your whole face!” And just like that, you were getting pushed toward her door.

You chuckled softly and let her shove you out, but she didn’t close the door immediately, giving you time to turn back to her. “Yes?”

“One: I’ll send makeup wipes to dad’s room. Be sure to actually wash your face once it’s all off, and put more lotion on,” she instructed. You nodded. “And two… thanks, Maidie. Sometimes it gets really lonely in a family full of boys… I dunno if you’re usually into fashion and shit, but thank you for letting me doll you up like this. It was a whole lot of fun.”

Damn, that hit your heart harder than it needed to. “As long as I’m here, you can always call me for girl time,” you promised. She nodded, waved, and closed her door, signaling you were free to go.

Wendy certainly had given you a lot to think about, between the fact that Peach wasn’t shaping up to be who she presented as and Wendy not having another female figure in her life to bond with. It sounded like Bowser was also encouraging her to pursue makeup when she was older, but you couldn’t blame her for being skeptical - sometimes parents seemed a little too supportive of kids just to be a good parent.

But you didn’t have much time to think. If you could find at least one more kid before lunch you’d call it successful, and just let Bowser know you got caught up with Wendy, just like you did with Ludwig yesterday. Speaking of Ludwig, you remembered his room to be in this hallway, too, so you started to head down it in search of his door. You passed several doors on the way that had to belong to some of the other kids, so you took note of that, but since you knew they weren’t there at the moment you didn’t bother knocking.

Finally, you arrived at Ludwig’s room and knocked. There was no answer; you couldn’t blame the kid for not wanting to sit around until he got checked up on. So you moved to the door just past his, which was obviously Junior’s - as evident by the same fangy mouth drawn on it that his bandana had. But there was no answer there either. And, since you had no idea which room was Morton’s, that meant you’d still have to wait to meet him.

It also meant you were already headed back to Bowser’s room. A deep sigh left you and you barely restrained yourself from rubbing your face. Wendy had worked too hard on your makeup to ruin it just like that.

“Alright,” you sighed to yourself. Hopefully Bowser wouldn’t flip his shit too hard when he saw you. You turned around and meandered your way back toward his room; it was anyone’s guess how he’d actually react, given just seeing you in a dress had made him speechless. Would he try to joke his feelings away? Get huffy because he didn’t know how to handle himself? Something else…? Your stomach twisted into little knots as you made your way ever closer to the door. The anxiety was a little surprising, but then again, the last time you felt genuinely pretty was before you ever officially met Rodney.

Hopefully Bowser would just… see it and go about his day.

Oh sweet deity.

Why the fuck were you so nervous about this?

[artanddaddyissues]

The M6 with their children <3

IM SOBBING THIS IS SO CUTE

Heads up: MC text is yellow, PURE fluff, they/them pronouns for the kiddos, the Li's partners have fem pronouns <3

If you want some more baby content, go here! I will fuel your baby fever 😩

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- EXTREMELY loving parent <3

- if you thought Asra was caring and worried towards you, just imagine them with your kid.

- "You SCRAPED your KNEE? MC! OUR CHILD IS DYING!" "Asra no-"

- frantic healing spells and healing magic are always on the ready, since your child is very, very curious.

- constantly checking up on their child, making sure that kid is living their best life.

- Asra raises them with magic and holds back tears when they nail a new spell.

- "Yes! I'm so proud of you, that was perfect!" "Can I try another? "Oh my- I could cry." "But you are crying-"

- Absolutely IN AWE with the life he helped to create

- Doesn't believe that somebody as... messy... as himself, could create something so perfect.

- "Look at that! they've got my eyes."

- Julian is the proudest, of proud dads. he will take any chance he gets to boast about his kid

- "MC! GET OVER HERE THEY'RE STANDING UP!"

- Records everything in a notebook, filling it with drawings and pages and pages of notes, studying behaviour and keeping memories.

- Since the baby, he's put himself on strict schedule. He gave himself tasks and laid out everything he'll do with the kid up until the age of 16.

- "Hey papa, can we buy a dog?" "Well, your mama will probably say no." "So, then we dont buy one?" "You're right, we steal one!" "ILYA."

- MOTHER NADIA >

- Ultimate nurturer

- She will spoil this kid rotten and you have no say in this.

- She will put them in the best schools in all of Vesuvia

- Will teach them how to ride horses

- Will teach them how to create their own magical gate while you teach them magic

- When the baby was born, she secretly started planning all their birthday gifts up until they were an adult and began a photo album

- Nadia would take her kid on many royal engagements, to show them what it takes to be a good leader

- "But mom..." "I'm not hearing it now dear, we're already on the road. Plus, these nobles frustrate me so later, we can talk about them over tea." "Okay, that doesn't sound so bad now."

- “hey kid come here” “Dad I have a name-” “yeah but kid is easier. Want to go bother mom?” “Absolutely I do.”

- They are your worst enemies. Some Godforsaken tag team of dueling in the halls, painting on the empty walls, pranking the staff, swimming in the fountain and so, so much more.

- This kid grows up half you and half Lucio

- He doesn't waste a minute to start teaching the kid how to survive in the wild, like his mother did.

- Many people, including yourself thought that Lucio would be careless and teach his kid how to party first but it turns out that something in him changed with a kid.

- "My mama told me to never run from musk bears but they smell awful so take it from me and run." "Oka-" "Always find out which way the wind is blowing, it might mess up your shots." "Alrigh-" "when you're in the cold, don't stop moving. Keep moving, keep your hands close to you, make sure you maintain a-" "Dad please... It's literally summer."

- The equivalent of mother nature to her child.

- As soon as the baby was born, Portia got another cat for the baby and soon enough they became best friends.

- She teaches her kid about the seas, the stars, and gardening. Especially gardening.

- Your kid is feisty and very, very manipulative.

"But-" "Just because they're cute, doesn't mean they can have-" "M/C LOOK AT THEM."

- Portia adores her little baby and carries them around on her back in a scarf / sash

- She wastes no time in teaching them how to read and write.

- 100% would make flashcards and sit down with the baby for hours

- Trips to Nevivon skyrocket because Portia is such a proud mama.

- She also needs help taking care of a baby because she only knows cats and plants

- "What does it mean when they constantly brings me gifts?" "They hang out with their cat a lot.” "Oh-"

- Portia is the body positive queen <3 this baby will grow up so confident because of the constant love of their mamas <3

- Lowkey a millennial mom. Very protective over her kid

- "M/C what do i do?"

- Muriel is very nurturing and patient

- Lets the baby roll around in dirt, play with sticks, ride Inanna like a pony

- The fun / protective dad

- Muriel will do anything to protect his baby

- He loves to hold his kid

- "Muriel, they're 10-" "Still small enough for me to carry."

- By the time the kid is 12, they can survive completely off the grid. no questions asked.

- Muriel's weakness is his child's smile. Anytime this kid smiles or laughs, he gives in.

- Very much the, "I don't need it, they do." type of dad

- His child is very curious and always wants to take him on little trips and adventures through the city. As much as Muriel complains, he secretly loves it.

[sugamamacustard]

Feed Me

Pairing: Alpha! Keiji Akaashi X Omega! Reader, Alpha! Wakatoshi Ushijima x Omega! Reader, Alpha! Rintaro Suna x Omega! Reader

Genre: Fluff

Request: Ooooo what about when Alphas 🐘 ( maybe akaashi, ushijima, rin and kuroo) find out that their omega has not been eating enough like (their only eating little things like granola bars or fruit) so their upset that they had to find out through someone else and they scold them for that but then their told that they have gain some weight and that gets them even more upset because they think their perfect etc.

Summary: Some times, people do things because it’s what they think is best. You don’t tell your alpha about some weight gain you’ve noticed, and try taking care of it yourself because of this.

Author’s Note: Hey, you. Yeah you. The beautiful person reading this? You are perfect. You are worth it. Your feelings are valid and you shouldn’t feel bad about having them. You are so amazing, and even if I don’t know you, I am so proud of you. You are so strong for making it so far. Keep going. Never change. :) Also your nice comments? Literally my dose of serotonin

did I mention my OC one or twice? Yes. Am I sorry? No. Also, idk if anyone is curious, but Yuka doesn't actually go to Shiritorizawa but whatever.

Requests: Closed!

Buy me a coffee?

Trigger Warning: Mentions of (Semi?) Starvation.

Keiji Akaashi

➵Now, Keiji is pretty on top of omega and significant other care.

➵ Like, weirdly so. It's honestly kind of creepy?

➵ In an endearing way.

➵ He always says 'Bokuto-Kun prepared me in a way.'

➵ Honestly, he loves doing this for you too!

➵He loves caring for you so much.

➵ Like I firmly believe Akaashi's love language is acts of service.

➵ So things like bringing you food, leaving sweet notes in your locker, helping you with your homework.

➵ He lives for doing these things.

➵ Especially feeding you snacks and things.

➵ It made his inner alpha purr because that meant he was caring for you. Providing for you.

➵ Being the very thing that made him worthy of an alpha.

➵ Prove that he could continue being the alpha you needed and wanted.

➵ Unfortunately, there were downsides.

➵ Your hips had the beginnings of small love handles, a little more chub on you tummy, thighs a little squishier.

➵ Let's not lie, Keiji absolutely adored this, by the way.

➵ I also think one of his biggest kinks is praise

➵ He makes sure you know how loved and how perfect you are.

➵ It's sometimes hard to believe him though.

___

"Y/N?"

You hummed an acknowledgment at Keiji's call, typing the final words to your essay before turning to look at your beautiful alpha- Sometimes you questioned how you hooked him. His gorgeous emerald eyes shining with love and adoration.

"I'm gonna go run and pick up some supper, what would you like beloved?" He came up to squeeze and massage your shoulders, leaning down as he pressed a small peck to your temple, your purr a sweet melody to his ears.

You swallowed behind your purr, trying to hide the small panic in your eyes. Your mind instantly flashed to your reflection this morning, how you pinched your hips with a frown. You already had been slowing down on the snacks, and fast food made you shiver.

"I-I'm okay for now, Keiji. Thank you though." You smiled, nonetheless, holding Keiji's cheek in your hand. He quirked a brow, frowning slightly before nodding lowly. Another peck was pressed to your cheek before he left, ordering your favorite from the diner he took you to for your first date.

-

"Beloved, I'm back." Keiji called, once more tearing you away from your essay; you were always thankful for the distraction though. He set down the take out bag, taking out the top box and handing it to you before shrugging off his jacket.

"Keiji? I said I was okay-"

"I didn't believe you. Now come on, you need to take a break and I'm touch starved." The raven didn't even look behind at you before pulling out his own box, dragging your rolley-chair to the bed. He pulled his sweater over his head, handing that to you as well before giving you a sweet peck.

His eyes locked with yours. Your breath hitched. So many silent words swam in his eyes, asking you, demanding you, to tell you what was wrong.

"I just- I've gained a little weight lately and-"

"And? My love, you are just as gorgeous as the day I met you. Nothing is wrong with a little weight, even if I think you're foolish to think you've gained weight. Never think otherwise. Even if you do, let me know, my job as your alpha and boyfriend is to make sure you feel as good as possible no matter what."

He slipped the sweater over your head, rehanding you your meal that he took from you momentarily, running a hand through your hair.

"Your my beautiful omega. Nothing should keep you from your happiness."

Wakatoshi Ushijima

➵Unlike Akaashi, Wakatoshi is little more...Hesitant (In a way) when it comes to omegan care.

➵ He never really learned how to? Ya know?

➵ Both his parents were alphas, and he was never around omegas consistently enough to learn.

➵and it's not like you were a volleyball that he could use the same techniques to up-keep.

➵ He also couldn't ask his team.

➵ Well, he could, but only one other person on his team had an omega. (It was Satori and his advice, though helpful, could only go so far.)

➵ He was doing good though, especially with you holding his hand through the entire thing.

➵ The first time he noticed something was up was when you didn't show up to lunch-- texting him a picture of you in the library, tongue poking out as you held up a peace sign to assure him you were okay.

➵ When he brought it up to Satori, who had his own omega (A small, but fiery brunette named Yuka) leaning on his side as she played some sort of phone game on his phone (Mama's slusheria? He thinks?) .

➵He explained he didn't know what was going on with you while Satori listened with a hum before giving him a sad smile. "Sorry I can't help you further Ushi-waka, but as you can see-" He slid his unfinished lunch towards Yuka, who popped one of the Dango skewers into her mouth without looking up. "I'm not very familiar with the problem."

➵ He offered his help as much as he could nonetheless.

➵ He slowly began to pick up on smaller things, locking them in his steel trap.

➵ Like a good boy :)

➵ He put hours of research into omegas after this (not that he hadn't previously). Keeping strenuous notes beside him.

➵ They were colorful and highlighted :)

➵ And he followed the advice that 'Mommy Luna-boo' posted on the blog he found like a goddamn Mantra. ('Sometimes Omegas need a little more love! Their bodies, especially during high school years, will change a lot! They may feel a little down! As an alpha, make sure you remind them how beautiful they are!')

➵She was mother Theresa and he was her follower.

➵ Well after he followed you.

➵and after he made sure you were feeling better

___

"Omega?"

"Toshi."

Walking into your dorm room, Wakatoshi set down a small bag filled with goodies. He set it down on your bed as he sat down as well, watching you carefully.

When you gave him a small smile with a quirked brow, he took a deep breath, remembering everything Tendou had coached him through.

"Have you been eating enough lately?"

You sucked your tongue at the question, shuffling your shoulders. Truth be told you had been missing out on a few lunches after noting a few extra pounds you hadn't noticed earlier. You never meant to worry him, that was never your intention, but it seemed the world was working against you. You had no clue where to go from here. If you told him the truth that would do nothing but worry him, but lying was never good in any form of relationship.

Your hesitance to tell him was more than enough though, as his larger lands encased your own, holding them tightly.

"Why?" His tone wasn't accusatory nor was it angry in the slightest. Genuine curious if anything. If he could get to the bottom of the root of the problem, he could prevent it from happening in the future. Right?

"I- I just...Noticed a few extra pounds and-"

"That's it?"

You looked up to him with a tilted head, like a lost puppy. "What do you mean that's it?"

Pulling you closer, Wakatoshi effortlessly pulled you onto his lap, using one hand to dig through the bag beside him while the other wrapped around your hips. He pulled out a few of your favorite snacks laying them out in front of you.

"That's, in my opinion, a silly thing to worry about. If you feel that's a big problem, I can offer my services to you in any way you wish-- whether it be support or as help, it is my job to be there for you." He nuzzled your scent gland, voice rumbling against your shoulders.

You purred in response, leaning back onto your alpha.

Rintaro Suna

➵ Suna is a lot like Akaashi in the sense that he has incredible observational skills as an alpha.

➵ His eyes are like sniper scopes.

➵ The minute something is wrong, he's on it.

➵ Like he looks aloof but he's not.

➵ He had notes.

➵ So hiding something from him is not easy at all.

➵ But you two most likely ended up together because you gave him a run for his money.

➵ You made him work at being an alpha.

➵ And he loved you for that.

➵ It did come back to bite him in the ass though.

➵ The only reason he heard about this was because the betas at Inarizaki were loud mouths.

➵ Honestly he learned so much tea from them.

➵ Like this third year was sleeping with a first year because she planned on baby trapping him and-

➵ It was wild.

➵Though most times it was nothing more than a source of entertainment for you and him to laugh about.

➵This time the gossip was actually useful.

➵ He wasn't thrilled they were talking about you, but provided some very useful information.

➵ And he was set into action.

➵ typing a few things onto his phone he set out to find you.

___

"Rin, I said I'm not hungry-"

"I know and I'm making the executive decision to ignore you."

He squinted his eyes at the carefully written instructions in front of him, sending a silent thanks to Atsumu's mate Haruka. (;)) She had written a step by step instruction sheet to making Onigiri while also dropping off all the ingredients (Pre-prepped). The only reason she didn't make it was because Suna's alpha, no matter how much he trusted her, wouldn't have let it near you.

"Rintato-"

"Look, Y/N. I love you, you know that. You know a lot of things, you're my smart little omega. So you must also know this isn't good, right?" Sliding a plate of, albeit mediocre, onigiri towards you, Rintaro focused his gaze on you.

"You know this, eh?"

You swallowed before grabbing one of the triangles, nibbling on the top in an attempt to appease your alpha. His sharp gaze still focused on you, making you shiver as he rounded around the counter. He turned you around so you were facing him, his hands holding your hips.

"You know this."

You wilted under his expectant gaze, knowing what he wanted from you. "I know this."

He smirked, leaning to take bite from your snack, licking his lips as he did. "Good omega."

"Rintaro that's mine!"

[euphoricimagination]

Part 27: Domestic life with Dad! Kenma while preparing and celebrating his birthday. The end of the the series

Part 26 - Part 27 [the end]

From the beginning

The beginning of the year passes quickly, and so does the Olympics. Since people weren’t allowed to leave the village, you were seriously considering in just not participating, not wanting to leave Nina alone for too many days; as much as she loves Kenma, it was going to be impossible that a year old can be without her mom for days. But being the local team let you have a few advantages, so after a lot of work asking for a permission, Nina and Kenma were allowed to go there.

In the Olympics you saw Oikawa again, who was playing for Argentina, and despite them winning against your team in the quarter finals, you couldn’t help to be terribly proud that he was getting the recognition he deserved. Not only he let you -and Nina- use his bronze medal, but he also mentioned you in his interviews, thanking you for supporting him from the beginning. Now every time he comes to Japan, he promised that he will come by to hang out and see his niece.

Now it’s the 15th of October, a day away from Kenma’s birthday. Normally he streams the day before so his birthday is off, so he’s getting ready for it after helping you wash the dishes and clean up a little the dining room.

"You sure you can do the stream for that long? I know that it's special, but you’re a little sick" you say while entering the living room, where Nina was ‘drawing’ with some crayons in her book

"I feel better, don’t worry. Plus, we hit 21 million, so I want to do it for longer to celebrate" says back hugging you "I’ll accept some cuddles afterwards though"

"Sure, but if I get sick, you’ll take care of everything"

"I'll take the consequences. I'm going to set up the stuff"

"Sure. Nina, want to give dada a good luck kiss?" You say to the girl, who looks up at you with a smile in her face

"No!" says shaking her head smiling, making Kenma squints his eyes at her playfully

"Are you sure? We are not going to see dada in a few hours" you add making her pout, standing up

"Dada, kiss" says coming to you and making Kenma lean down to her height so she can smack her lips into his face and hug him

"Thank you, princess" says with a smile on his face "be a good girl with mama, ok?"

"Okay dada" says going back to scribbling

"You know that she barely give us problems. In fact, we are going to bake something today, so ignore the smell"

"Sure, I wonder what it will be" says sarcastically

"Who knows? It's not like it's someone's birthday tomorrow" you kiss him "Good luck, have fun"

"Thanks, I'll text you if I play a calmer game so you two can watch"

The afternoon starts with Nina’s naptime, leaving you with 1.5 hours free to relax alone. After she woke up, you dress her in one of the t-shirt gifted by Bokuto -that reads ‘apparently I love volleyball'- and went to the yard so she could play with her many toys. She particularly loves the swing, slide and playing with her mini’s volleyballs, because of course, having many professional volleyball player uncles meant that she would have many volleyball related toys.

Later in the afternoon you two make an apple pie for Kenma’s birthday, Nina helping you with really basic stuff. After that you watch Kenma play Animal Crossing, well having it as a low background noise while she plays with the stuffed toys the guys gave her

"Ok Nina, it’s time to go to bed" you say to her at 8 pm, taking her upstairs to her bedroom

"Dada" says when we passed his gaming room, faint noises coming out

"Want to say bye-bye to dada?" You ask her, making her nod "lets see if he can, ok princess?"

‘Thank you @Bokutolefttit for the 100 subs, what an…interesting name haha. Everyone’s doing fine and yeah, Nina is a really calm and intelligent baby, she’s growing up beautifully'

"Dada!" says rubbing her eyes sleepily, his eyes immediately goes to you, softening at the sight

"Sorry, she’s going to sleep and wanted to say bye to you"

"It’s okay love, give me a few second guys" says taking his headphones off "what happened, princess?"

"Dada bye-bye" she says when he comes closer, clutching his shirt to hug him without letting you go. He just chuckles at the action, hugging you both.

"Bye-bye princess, have a good night" he kisses her cheek "I love you both"

"‘ove dada"

"We love dada too, right Nina? Now let’s get you to sleep" you say to her as she lays down on your shoulder "how much more are you staying up?"

"A few hours more, you can sleep if you’re tired"

"Nah, I’m fine, just wanted to know. See you later" you kiss him before leaving the room

After you put her to sleep, you go to your bed with your switch to pass time, having Kenma stream as a background noise while you play.

"What are you doing?" Asks Kenma while entering the room a few hours later, immediately coming to where you were to lay down in your chest

"I was talking to Tsumu, he told me that he has an offer to join a Poland team" you say letting go of my phone to play with his hair

"Cool, is he taking it?"

"So far, no. Supposedly, he doesn’t want to leave the country. It will be good for him, but he has to decide that"

"I see…How was it today?"

"It was good, some small tantrums here and there but nothing that I couldn’t deal with…"

"She doesn’t have as many tantrums as my mom told us she would… you know, I could smell the apple pie from my room" says looking at you, small smile appearing while you caress his cheek

"You better not take any yet, it’s for tomorrow morning"

"But it smelled so good, your apple pie is the best" he moves up to lay on the crock of your neck "And it’s not like Nina is going to notice if a piece is gone, or like we are falling asleep any time soon"

"You can be so annoying when you want to" you say as you look at the clock "fine, we can get some apple pie. Happy birthday love"

"Thank you, love"

"Any wish?"

"With you and Nina I have everything that I could ask for, honestly"

"Well, I still got you something, but that has to wait for tomorrow so she can give it to you…Now let’s go and eat some apple pie, shall we?"

"I just love you too much"

"Because I let you eat apple pie at night?"

"No, because you’re amazing. I’m really lucky to have you"

"So cheesy" you roll your eyes, yet smiling at his words "lets go"

The next morning starts with Nina waking up at 7:30. Since you and Kenma stayed up until 3:30 in the morning, you were obviously tired, but seeing Nina look so excited was an adorable sight. You dress her up and take her to take a slice of apple pie before heading back to your room

"Dada!" She yells, going to him and trying to climb the bed. Kenma, despite barely being awake, stretches his arm quickly to help her go up, taking her in his arms

"Morning princess, morning love" says smiling tiredly as you sit on the other side of the bed

"Morning love. Nina, come here" you call her passing her a paper bag "give this to dada, with a big hug, ok?" she nods going back to him doing what you told her

"Thank you princess, wanna help me?" says to her as she takes one of the papers out and moves to start playing on her own. He chuckles and continues to take the papers out, eyes widening slightly at the present "Seriously? A Lady Dimitrescu mousepad and figurine?"

"Don’t act like you didn’t simp for her, we all did. I was going to get you a body pillow, but it was +18 and I wanted Nina to give it to you"

"You’re unbelievable, but thank you" says smiling to you before taking Nina in his arms, so you move to cuddle him

"Of course babe. Anything you want to do today? I can call Rin or Tsumu to take care of her" you ask while playing with her hands

"Just a lazy day, the two of us playing games together while eating junk food, we haven’t done that in a while...Will Nina be okay though?"

"You’re talking as she doesn’t love Rin. I’m sure she loves him just as much as she loves us…Nina, want to spend time with uncle Rin?"

"Uncle ‘in!" says excitedly as she moves up and down in his chest

"I’ll take that as a yes. I’ll call him later, he's not going to be awake now"

"Dada! 'ead book" she smacks his chest before laying her head on him

"I hear you princess, I’ll read you your book" says kissing her forehead

You spend the morning playing and cuddling with her before Suna arrives to take her to his apartment. He was one of the few people that Nina trusts just as much as us, and since he has a little sister, he knows how to take care of her.

"Babe, the six leg monster is following me!" You exclaim playing in his computer while he's sitting on his ps4

"And what do you want me to do about it? Just cross the river" says holding back a smile while eating a bite of his pie

"But I need the logs! How am I supposed to build the house without them?"

"We have some logs on this side, and we don't really need to have a house, you know"

"Just come and help me you asshole"

"I’m going, I’m going" says straight up laughing now "you know, we need to go and kill them at some point to finish the game"

"OR we could just continue building this beautiful camp and not finish the game. Who needs to find that kid anyway, it’s not mine"

"But that’s boring though, and it’s my birthday"

"You just want to see me suffer, don’t you? "

"You’re just so cute when you’re scared" says making you roll your eyes. He pauses his games before pulling the chair to his side

"You’re lucky it’s your birthday"

"You love me" says, now pulling you to his lap to hug me

"Way too much" you put the pieces of his hair behind his ear before kissing him "let’s go to those stupid caves, but you better help me build that house after"

"Deal"

And just like that you and Kenma spend his birthday exactly like he wanted, playing together his many games, napping, basically just like you used to do before Nina came into your lives. It was a day full of laughs and relaxation, something really simple, yet so special for both of you. Despite being together for so many years, neither of you seemed to get tired of just being with each other whenever you could.

Now, late at night, you two are outside in the small balcony looking at the sky, a comfortable silence in the chilly night. Suna arrived with Nina at around 8 pm with her already sleeping happily. The plan was to bring her back earlier, but she didn’t seem to want to leave him any time soon.

"Hope you had a great birthday today, love"

"I did, thank you for today. I love Nina with all of me, but I missed these kind of days. Just the two of us"

"I know, I missed them too. It was a nice break, especially since she doesn’t really understand what a birthday is yet"

"Yeah…Sorry we couldn’t do something like this for yours though"

"We were finishing a tournament; it was almost impossible to do it…Let’s take it as a celebration for both of us" you lay your head on his shoulder

"Sure...Thank you for being with me for the past 9 years, I hope you still love me for the rest of our lives, cause I certainly will" says now looking at you with a small smile; his eyes are still full of love, the look that hasn't disappear ever since you started dating back in high school

"Of course I will, as cheesy as it sounds, you're the love of my life. And I wouldn't want it any other way"

"I love you, both of you. My little family" says taking your face between his hands

"I love you, both of you too" you say as you close the space between you, kissing under the stars

You were so incredibly lucky that your father got that opportunity in Japan 10 years ago. You went to Inarizaki, where not only gained 3 idiots best friends -aka Atsumu, Osamu and Suba- and a whole team of friends, but it also introduced you to the volleyball world. Then you had to move to Nekoma, in where you somehow gained even more friends and met Kenma. Later in life you became a coach in a pro-team with your friends and then became part of the National team with most of them.

Now not only are you married to the love of your life, but also have a beautiful daughter with him, even if it was earlier than expected. How lucky you were. And who knows what the future holds up.

[The end]

[thebluesideofmyworld]

A Good Guy - A Solangelo One-Shot

Summary: Will might be a lot of things. And among those things, Will would dare to say that he’s a good guy. But when it came to Nico di Angelo, would he ever be good enough, though?

Word count: 3900 words || Rating: Teenage and Up Audiences || Read on AO3

Notes:

1. Based on the song "good guys" by LANY 2. My contribution for @after-everything-pjo-zine project. Check out other fics (each fic is accompanied by great fanart so you just HAVE to check it out) in the zine here.

***

Will might be a lot of things. And among those things, Will would dare to say that he’s a good guy. And he would proudly say that it’s because his family raised him to be one. His Mama made sure that he never forgot to say please, sorry and thank you, and his grandma taught him to respect people. Even though Apollo wasn’t around to be an ideal father as Will was growing up in Tennessee, his grandpa showed him how to be a Southern gentleman.

So yeah, he might come across as a young man who with a sassy attitude. But heck, Will knew that he was a good guy. And he’s proud of that.

But here’s the thing. Here’s a thing about being a good guy. Being a good guy might sound like it’s a good thing to do. But being a good guy also sometimes meant that you’re almost as invisible as a wallflower. Because even though you’re good, there were always be better guys. And one thing that Will learned about being a good guy? Good guys never win.

***

“It’s been almost two weeks, you know,” Will said as he kept his eyes at the monthly medical report that he (pretended) to be reading.

“Two weeks since what?” Kayla asked, but didn't bother to pretend that she's actually interested.

“Since Nico went for that quest, remember? Something about Persephone’s parrot or something?” Will said, still trying to keep his eyes at the notes. Because he knew that Kayla might still see the worry in Will’s eyes. (Sometimes it’s almost scary, how his siblings knew him too well).

“Oh? Really? Has it been two weeks yet?”

“Almost,” Will said, decided to leave the detail that it’s actually has been 11 days and since Nico had left the camp early in the morning and now it was almost dinner, it’s been almost twelve freaking days since Nico left the camp for that stupid quest.

“I mean, of course, it might be nothing but well, I thought it was supposed to be a short, simple quest?” Will continued. “Usually if it’s just this small quest, it never took him this long before. Usually it would just be like, three days, five, at the most, and like, a week if he took a detour to impulsively do something unnecessary, but never this long.”

Will lifted his head and turned to look at Kayla, who didn’t seem to share the same worry as Will. Her eyes were still fixed on the glossy pictures of the magazine that she was looking at. A non-committal hum coming from her was the only sign that she was (kind of) listening.

Will tried to focus on the lines of writing in front of him, but the letters were all jumbled and he couldn’t make himself try to read anything. His mind was too busy thinking about different reasons and scenarios of why Nico wasn’t back yet from the quest.

“Do you think I should ask Chiron about it? Probably he’s heard from Nico, y’know. Like, maybe something came up and I don’t know, maybe Chiron knew or maybe even Rachel got a vision or something, or-“

“Or you could have just contacted me, Solace. Pretty sure that it doesn't hurt to try IM me”

Will stood up and spun to face the direction where the voice was coming from. He did it so fast, he got dizzy because of it. It took him two seconds before his eyes could fully focus on Nico di Angelo, who was staring at him. His face looked nonchalant, but his eyes glinted with amusement.

“Uh, hey,” Will greeted, gripping the desk as he suddenly needed to get a hold of himself. “You’re back.”

Nico gave him a single nod, brushing away some strands of hair from covering his eyes. “Yep. I just got back.” He shrugged his shoulders before continuing. “Thought I’d drop by here before I report to Chiron.”

Will tightened his grip on the desk, trying his best to hold himself from closing the distance between him and Nico just to pull Nico into his arms.

“And uh… What brings you here?”

The emotional part of him wished that he was the reason why Nico came straight to the infirmary after the quest. But the rational part of him shushed him. That damned rational part of him told him that hey, it was him who wanted to see Nico, not the other way around.

Nico kept his eyes at Will and there was something in those dark eyes that Will couldn’t really put his fingers on.

“I thought you wanted me to have a check-up every time I got back from a quest?”

Of course.

Will tried to ease the dull pain in his heart by giving Nico a small smile. “Yeah. Of course. Need to make sure that you won’t fade into the shadows again, huh?” Will let out a nervous chuckle. “I mean, I am your doctor, and a doctor only wants the best for his patients.”

This time Nico stayed silent as he nodded. Will gestured to a nearby cot with his chin.

“Now, if you could just sit down over there, please?”

Still saying nothing, Nico strode to the cot and quickly sat there. Will took a deep breath, mentally telling himself to be professional, and let it out in a long exhale. He made his way to where Nico was waiting for him.

The check-up was a regular one. And there was nothing new about how touching Nico made stupid butterflies do some stupid dancing in his stomach. He ached to ask Nico questions about what happened in the quest and why it took so long. He wanted to know whether Nico ever thought of him while he was on the quest the way Will kept on thinking about him while he was away. He wanted to listen to Nico talk to him, with that slight accent that made his voice so melodious, almost like he was singing.

But it would only scare Nico away.

So he kept his eyes at the board where he jotted down the notes about Nico’s vitals.

“So, uhm… This quest was a bit longer than usual, huh?” Will asked, almost proud of himself that his voice sounded normal.

Nico hummed as he put his jacket back on. “Yeah, we had an unexpected encounter with some empousai. Luckily, David is unexpectedly good at fighting.”

At the mention of the name, Will lifted his head up. “David? You mean the new camper? That Athena kid?”

Nico nodded. “Yeah. For someone who never held a sword before, I have to say that I’m impressed.”

A strange, nauseating heat flared inside Will’s stomach. “Really?”

“Yup. In fact, I promised to give him an extra lesson in sword-fighting tomorrow.”

That strange heat swirled even more inside Will. He stretched his lips into a lame attempt to smile at Nico.

“Oh,” Will said. “Nice.”

“In one way, he strangely reminded me of Percy, you know? The way he held his sword.” And Nico continued talking for a while about that stupid new guy. Will listened, humming every now and then just to show Nico that he’s listening.

Half of his mind wished that the harpies would find that David kid to be a nice target for their dinner. The other half of his mind scowled at him for having that kind of evil wish.

“Okay. Everything looks good. Just make sure that you drink enough water,” Will said as he wrote the date and signed his name on the bottom part of the report.

“So I can go now?”

Will nodded. “Yeah, you’re free to go now,” he answered as he walked back to his desk to put the record in the folder.

“And you’re not even offering to walk me back to my Cabin like a good Southern gentleman?”

Will spun on his heel quickly. He stared at Nico with wide eyes, thinking that he might have been hallucinating.

“What?”

Nico snorted and slid down from the cot. “Never mind. I need to report to Chiron first anyway.”

Will blinked, and it took him a full two seconds before he had his voice again.

“Nico-“

But Nico was already one step away from the door. He stopped and looked at Will over his shoulder. The left tip of his lips curled up, just slightly, forming a ghost of a smile. He gave a two-finger salute to Will.

“I’ll see you around, Solace.”

Not waiting for Will to answer him, Nico stepped away. And just like that, he’s out of sight.

Will stared at the open door. There is this hollowness inside his heart that he couldn't explain. Like he just missed a chance.

He always thought that he’s a good guy. Or at least, he’s trying to.

But would he ever be good enough, though?

***

“What are you doing here?”

Lou Ellen’s voice startled Will.

“Me? Uh…” Will scrambled to pick up the book that he just dropped and showed it to Lou, like he was trying to prove something. “I was reading!”

Lou Ellen stared at him with a glint of amusement in her eyes as she gave Will the Look. The ‘don’t-give-me-bullshit’ Look.

“What, am I not allowed to read in peace?” Will said, a bit defensively.

“Hey, it’s cool dude,” Lou said. “In fact, it was nice to see you somewhere else aside from the infirmary,” she added.

Will relaxed a bit, going back to lean his back on the tree.

“I can see why you choose this spot. It’s much quieter than the infirmary on your busy days,” Lou said.

Will hummed.  His eyes flickered to the far left, to the clearing a few yards away, just for a split second before he opened his book.

“And the view from here is also… decent.”

Lou Ellen’s tone made Will quickly look up again at the daughter of Hecate. She’s now grinning at him, like she just figured something out.

“How long have you been spying on those two?” Lou asked, gesturing with her chin to two demigods in the clearing who seemed to just finished sparring.

Will gaped at her. He blinked and quickly shook his head. “What? No! I’ve told you, I was reading here!”

But Lou Ellen didn’t seem to care about Will’s reaction as she waved at the demigods in the clearing.

“Hey, Nico! David!”

Will’s eyes widened in horror this time as he turned his head around, only to see that Nico and the new Athena kid walked towards them.

“Lou!” he hissed in annoyance.

Lou Ellen just gave him a teasing smirk. “What?”

Will groaned and quickly stood up, his book abandoned on the grass as he unconsciously ran a hand over his wild locks.

“Hey,” Nico greeted. “What’s up?”

Nothing’s up aside from his heartbeat, Will would like to answer. But of course, he kept it to himself as he tried his best to school his face into a relaxed, nonchalant, I’m-just-chilling-here expression.

“Nothing much,” Lou Ellen shrugged her shoulders. “You two are sparring together here? Why? Is the arena too mainstream for you?”

The new Athena kid gave a half-smile as he brushed off some hair from covering his eyes. “It was my request, actually,” he said. “I just want to have a...” he waved his right in a vague circular motion, like trying to find the exact word to say. “A more… realistic view when fighting a monster?”

That didn’t really make sense to Will. But it seemed to be an acceptable reason for Lou Ellen as she nodded at him.

“And has Nico been a good teacher for you?” Lou Ellen asked.

Will didn’t miss the way Lou gave him a quick glance.

David’s half-smile turned into a full one. “He is!” He turned his head to Nico and smiled at him, like he was pleased at Nico. “Thanks for teaching me, Nico. You are very good at sword-fighting.”

Nico returned David’s smile with one of his small smiles. A smile that could have filled Will’s chest with warm air. But since he’s not at the receiving end of that smile, it turned Will’s chest into lead instead.

“Anytime. It was a pleasure.”

“You will teach me more, yes? And ah… We also need to talk more. About football.”

This was the first time for Will to really listen to David talking, and he couldn’t help but notice how David’s voice had quite an accent. Especially when he pronounced football, the way he stretched some syllables.

Nico’s face lit up. “Yeah! We should! I know that Cecil played football! Right?” His eyes darted from Will to Lou Ellen, like asking for confirmation.

“Cecil? He does. I can take you to talk to him. Come on,” Lou Ellen quickly pulled the sleeve of David’s shirt and led him away from the other two demigods.

Will watched the backs of Lou Ellen and David who were walking away from them. He could feel nervousness starting to creep in on him as their voices slowly faded away, as he realized that he’s now alone with Nico.

Not that he hated to be with Nico. It’s just… this wasn’t his plan. He wasn’t prepared. And Will hated it when things didn’t go as he planned. He hated it when he was unprepared.

“David played football,” Nico said just when David and Lou Ellen disappeared from their sight.

Will angled his neck to look at Nico. “And when you said football, did you mean soccer?”

“I mean football,” Nico answered, turning on his heels a little so now he was facing Will. “The real football.”

Will snorted and slid down to sit on the grass. “They’re the same,” he said, leaning his back on the tree.

Nico followed Will, sitting on the grass. “It will always be football for me,” he said. There was a melancholic tone lacing his voice. And it made Will wonder, maybe it’s something that Nico used to play. In the streets in Venice, when he was just a kid who had no idea that Greek gods and goddesses were real.

“We, David and I, we were talking about playing here. I mean, it would be great, you know? David said he played midfield. I’m usually,” Nico paused, but quickly continued. “I mean, I used to play as a striker. If we can connect well, that would be really cool.”

Will closed his eyes while his stomach churned with a strange, unpleasant feeling. So, not only was this David kid good in sword-fighting, he’s good in soccer too?

“Do you play too? I mean, you can be the goal keeper. I guess you would be great. I mean, you’re tall and it would be a great asset for a goalkeeper.”

Will huffed. Stuck between the goalposts while watching Nico and David scoring goals? Yeah. No, thank you.

“We’ll see about that,” Will said, still with his eyes closed.

For a while, none of them said anything. Will opened his eyes when he heard Nico sighed. He turned his head, watching Nico stand up. Nico brushed his pants, and gave Will a small smile.

“I’ll see you around, Solace.”

Will wondered why that smile looked a bit strained, but returned it anyway. “Yeah. I’ll see you around.”

He watched as Nico walked away.

Someone would be a good guy for Nico, he thought. And even though Will was a good guy, maybe he just wasn’t good enough. So of course, someone would be a good guy for Nico. Someone else. Not Will.

***

Will didn’t even know why he was here, standing awkwardly near the table where the food and drinks were.

Oh, yes. Because Cecil and Lou Ellen practically dragged him here, to this stupid Halloween party organized by the Aphrodite Cabin.

It’s not that Will disliked Halloween. And it wasn’t like he hated Halloween parties either. What he didn’t like, was seeing Nico talking with David at the other corner of the room. Just looking at the sight made a strange, nauseating fire flame inside of him.

“Pining over di Angelo again?” Lou Ellen nudged him on his shoulder.

“Yeah. How long are you going to act like this Will? Playing it cool while we all know how you wish you’re the one talking to di Angelo instead of David?” Cecil joined Lou Ellen in interrogating Will.

Will only rolled his eyes. “I don’t know what you guys are talking about,” he mumbled, and took another sip of Coke from his cup. He tried to watch the campers who were dancing in the middle of the floor. Some kids from the Hermes cabin somehow got a hold of speakers. And of course, with a little help from the Hephaestus kids, the party had a cool sound system that was now playing pop music.

Lou Ellen sighed. Will stole another glance at where Nico was standing. David was leaning a little to whisper something at Nico. The proximity between those two made it a little bit harder for Will to breathe. He wondered what it was that David was telling Nico. But then Nico turned his head to Will. And no matter how cliché it might sound, Will’s heart skipped a beat when their eyes met. Will quickly looked down to the floor.

Next to him, Lou Ellen clicked her tongue.

“You know what? I can’t take this anymore. It’s been MONTHS. This has got to end tonight,” she said. Ignoring Will’s protest, she grabbed Will’s wrist and pulled him along with her, walking towards Nico and David.

A few seconds later, Will was standing with a flustered face in front of Nico and David.

“Hey, Nico, David! You guys enjoying the party?”

David gave that half-smile again. “Ah, yes. The party is nice.” He angled his neck just a bit so now he was looking right at Will. The half-smile subtly transformed into a knowing smirk. “And you? You… You are the healer, yes? Will?”

Will forced himself to smile politely at David. “Yeah. That’s me.”

David gave a single nod. “Nico talked a lot about you. A lot of good things.”

Will blinked. His eyes darted to Nico, but the raven-haired boy looked away from him. Still, his cheeks were a dark shade of red.

“Is that Cecil over there? I think I want to talk to him,” David suddenly said as he pointed at Cecil with his chin. “Lou Ellen? Come with me?”

Lou Ellen grinned as she nodded and made a 90-degree turn on her heels. “Yeah, come on, David. Let's leave these two idiots.”

And just like that, they left Will again, standing awkwardly less than two feet away from Nico.

“Uh… I didn’t expect to see you here,” Will said.

Nico turned his head at Will, an eyebrow slightly raised up. “Oh? I thought you were the one saying that I need to work on my social skill.”

Will gave Nico a small smile. “Yeah. So. Good to see you here, then. I mean, for your social skills and all.”

Nico stared at Will. And there was just something behind those dark eyes. Something that Will couldn’t put into words. Something that made him unable to look away.

“Aren’t you going to ask me to dance, Solace?”

The question got Will off-guard. Of all the questions in the world, it’s probably the most unexpected one.

“Huh?”

Nico held his eyes at Will’s for another second, but then he looked away. “Never mind,” he said, half-mumbling. His cheeks blushed again into dark cherry color.

“But… do you want to, though?”

Nico’s head turned back to Will. “Want to do what?”

“Dance? Do you…want to?”

Nico bit his lower lip and he looked down for a second. When he looked up back at Will, his charcoal eyes were soft.

“Depends.”

“On what?”

“On who’s asking me to.”

Will’s heart started to jump around in his chest.

“What if it’s me asking you?”

The eyes that were staring back at him were now smiling.

“Then I guess, it depends on the song, then.”

Will’s heart was probably doing some crazy somersaults right now, but his lips curled up without him even thinking about it.

“Well, it’s my favorite song that they’re playing right now. I hope it suits you?” he asked, carefully offering his hand.

Nico’s smile was as soft as the look in his eyes. And the moment their fingertips touched, Will’s heart soared high and suddenly his chest was filled with warm, light air.

As Will led Nico to the floor, he thought about how long he has been wanting to do this, to hold Nico’s hand in his.

They swayed along with the music. Nico’s left hand felt perfect in his right hand. Will’s left hand rested on Nico’s hip and Will couldn’t care less about the other people dancing around them.

“Your dancing is better than your singing,” Nico said, a playful smile on his lips.

Will chuckled. “My grandma said a real Southern gentleman must know how to dance. And I remember my Mama dancing with me when I was a kid.”

“Your Mam raised you well, I have to say.”

Will hummed. “I’m a good mama’s boy, I can promise you that.”

“I can see that, Will. Everyone can see that.”

“See what?”

“That you’re a good guy.”

This time Will held his eyes at Nico. “I try to be,” he said. “But… Would I ever be good enough for you?”

Nico huffed. “And you said I was the dense one.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean…” Nico stopped, but his feet kept on moving. He sighed. “Gods, do I really have to spell it out to you?” He asked, sounding exasperated as he looked away from Will.

Hope bloomed inside of Will and he grinned and oh, how he wanted to shout and laugh. He took his hand off Nico’s hip so he could gently cup Nico’s cheek, guiding him to face him back.

“Do you mean you like me?” Will asked.

“Well, do you like me?”

Will chuckled and he could feel a stupid smile creeping in. “Why do you even have to ask?”

Nico shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know. Because you’re nice to me but you’re also nice to everyone? Because you don’t seem to care even if I talk about someone else? Because you…” Nico stopped again and shook his head. “I don’t know. Maybe because I just…don’t know?”

Will squeezed Nico’s hand just a bit tighter. “I was just… I was just afraid that I’m not good enough for you.”

Nico rolled his eyes. But his lips twitched, like he tried to hold back a smile.

“You’re a good guy, Will. You’re a good guy to everyone. But sometimes I hope that you can be my good guy.”

It’s like a thousand birds were singing inside of Will now as he felt like he was floating in this bubble of happiness.

“Then I’ll be yours, Death Boy.”

Will wrapped his arms around Nico, and pulled him into his embrace.

“I’ll be your good guy, then. I’ll be your everything.”

Nico pulled himself a little away from Will. He looked up at Will and the light in his eyes was like the most beautiful star in a dark night.

“Everything?”

“Everything. Anything you need.”

***

Additional Author's Notes: Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed it :). Reblogs, replies or any other feedbacks are much appreciated. Also please don't forget to check out the zine!!!

[blackypanther9]

Part 11 - He knows and they need a bigger space

A/N: Updates will be very slow, because of all the work I have right now. I will try my best to upload as soon as I can.

“Papa ?”, Bruno asked softly.

“Yes, mi hijo ?(My son)”

Bruno covered his mouth in utter shock and sobbed.

“You’ve been here all this time… I-I….I AM SO SORRY !”

Bruno fell on his knees and started to cry.

Pedro quickly stood up and was in front of him, looking at him worried.

“What are you sorry for ? You didn’t do anything wrong.”, he told his son.

“I hurt everyone around me ! I told my own Mother that I wished I was dead and I bet you stood next to her too ! I tried to take my own life many times ! I made you watch what a failure I am !”

At that Heiko was awake and looked at the whole chaos.

“What the frick happened ?”

“Pedro revealed himself to Bruno and he is apologizing for all the things he did. He is in a mantra.”

Bruno cried the whole time he was sorry.

“Hey it’s alri-“

“I told Mama that I don’t want to be a Madrigal anymore ! I AM SO SORRY !”

Heiko sighed and went next to Pedro on the floor.

“I allow you to possess me and calm your son down. You can also shape shift into your own look.”, he told him.

Pedro looked at him for a while then nodded and took possession over Heiko again. In seconds he transformed into his old original look and then hugged his son tightly and William turned off the radio. He rubbed Bruno’s back and gently shushed him. Bruno gripped tightly onto Pedro and hiccupped, hiding his face in his chest.

“It’s okay, Brunito. Yes I saw and heard everything, yes it hurt to see you like this, but at the same time I am very proud that you stayed so strong. You had to make hard decisions and you lived through it. I am very proud of you. You aren’t a failure and I don’t hate you. You are my son and I love you for who you are. Shhhh….”

“I-I love you Papa….”, Bruno whispered into his chest.

Pedro squeezed him softly and kissed the top of his head softly. A few minutes later Bruno was asleep and Pedro lifted him up and put him to Heiko’s bed, stroking his hair softly.

“That was very emotional…”, William said.

“Brunito was always a very emotional boy. But it doesn’t really bother me. What bothered me was his breakdown. It sounded like he always wanted to tell me that. I understand why he did and said what he did. Alma drove everyone, mostly Bruno on the edge and then you just snap and say something you didn’t want to say or let them know. I admit I saw everything and yes it hurt as he said he wished he was dead, seeing him cut and trying to take his own life more than once, but can you blame him ? Alma only loved him for his gift and after it was so broken and was only used for the village and it only showed bad things, Alma started to hate her child instead of the gift. I understood his pain.”

“The more you tell me about this, the more I think Alma is like Oliver…”, William growled.

“I mean she almost is, I guess… I understand that she never had given herself the time to grief my death and to move on fully, but this abuse und blindness is NOT an excuse what she has done.”

“She never grieved ?”

“Nope. She had to raise 3 kids and take care of a whole village, but still this is no excuse of how she treated everyone. Yes my death was a trauma she never fully recovered from, but hurting her new Family and still thinking she didn’t hurt anyone that much, is unacceptable.”

“I like how you neither protect her, nor fully blame her. Always so reasonable.”

“Oh I do blame her. But not as hard as others would.”

“Hmm. Such a reasonable husband you are.”

“Ex – husband.”

“Eeehhh ???”

“For all the abuse she did and still does, like we saw at the table, I have decided this was it. Like I said before, the final nail in my coffin. Until she didn’t change visibly for the better, I will not accept to be married to her. Like I said, I still blame her and I am pissed at her.”

“So…you are an Afton now officially or what ?”

“For now, yes. Don’t party too hard.”, Pedro joked lightly.

“Vincent and I have another Brother.”, William cheered silently.

“I will make your lives hell.”, he joked.

“Damn…”

With one last chuckle he carefully left Heiko’s body and stood next to him. He groaned slightly in pain as his body transformed back to his own looks.

“Damn that hurt….”

“Sorry.”, Pedro apologized.

“ ‘s fine…”

“I hope you do know that we will need a much bigger space for all the things we create, Pedro. This room is perfect for now, but we need a very big space for what will be filling it.”, William said quietly so Bruno won’t wake up.

“Well I couldn’t make it even bigger. And a new door won’t cut your needs, I fear.”, Pedro said in thoughts.

“We need an underground workshop with a lot of space.”, Heiko said then.

“Are you mad ? You and I already can’t dig dirt because of our knees and the Springlocks and Michael can’t dig in the burning sun. He would rot even with Ennard inside him. And the family Madrigal won’t help us.”, William hissed at Heiko quietly.

“Also it would have to be very deep in the dirt… As much as I know you plan to build way more than just 7 to 10 feet tall things. It would take months to dig that deep.”, Pedro said.

“Ped, don’t pretend like Pepa can make it rain, but can’t undo it. And when someone undoes the wet weather, the rain is reversed and instead of falling it flies back up and with it the dirt would. The more water sinks into the dirt, the more she could help us dig faster. Antonio can talk to animals he could ask every animal to help us dig, with enough food and water they would probably help us gladly. We would have that underground facility in like…10 days if it all works.”, Heiko explained.

“And who will cable and connect everything ? How will we get out of it ? We have no electricity here. This is bound to fail…”, William argued back.

“No it isn’t. I took over Afton Robotics, did you forget ? I can make your industry create everything out of nothing, even parts for a power generator. Thanks to Pepa, who makes it always shine or even windy, we can produce electricity with it. I can program the Industry to craft us everything we would need for that. The cables will be a problem for another day.”

Pedro rubbed his stubbled chin in thoughts.

“This…could work. With Antonio’s gift it actually could work. And now that Bruno is the head of the Family household, he can easily decide what they will do. And because it will be for the protection of the whole Encanto he would probably say that they will help.”, he said.

“And because he knows now that you trust us and are your friends.”, William added.

“Then it is decided. We ask Bruno tomorrow and now I will carry him to his own bed in his own room. Today was exhausting enough. Time to sleep and get some proper rest for all of us.”, Heiko said and went over to Bruno’s sleeping form.

“Don’t you dare to try and fool me, Heiko.”, Pedro threatened him.

“What should I fool you with Ped ?”

“I know you crushed on my son. I am not as blind as you think I am.”

“I have no idea what you are talking about.”, Heiko denied.

Pedro and William gave him a ‘We know the opposite’ look and Heiko sighed.

“Fine, fine you caught me… Doesn’t mean I will bed him in his sleep. Eww. Way to unmanly.” With that Heiko carried Bruno bridal style out of their room and into his own, luckily his family was already sleeping. He put Bruno down and then pulled the blanket over him, smiled and left his room to return to his own Family’s room. As he was there William and Pedro were gone. He sighed and laid down in bed, changing his clothes with a wave of his hand and fell asleep.

MASTERLIST HERE !

[redheadsinmybed]

Play dates and roller skates

Wanda x Reader

Description: Wanda and Y/N have been in a little big relationship for a week now, what happens when Y/N has her first playdate???

Notes: Hi! So I’m gonna post all my stories from AO3 onto here so I get a larger audience. This is my second fanfic that I ever wrote and it’s the second part to the series ’Loving a little’ I hope you enjoy if you haven’t already read it!!!

Having Wanda as your caregiver is the best thing you could ever ask for. She knows you so well and loves you beyond anything you could have ever imagined. Having Wanda as your mama is like a dream come true.

Currently you were big, just talking over stuff with Wanda while watching a sitcom in the living room. It was about 8:45 p.m. and you were tired.

“Okay so today Pepper, Bucky, and Laura asked me if you would like to play with Tony, Steve, and Clint tomorrow. Natasha and Thor will be there too,” Wanda said looking at you.

Two days after you had showed everyone about you, you had turned back to big. You haven’t been little in a week now and it was really starting to take its toll on you. You want to slip back into your little state, but you’ve been fighting it, wanting to spend girlfriend time with Wanda.

Wanda was worried about you, since everyone knew about you she thought you’d feel comfortable switching regularly. She also knows being big for too long isn’t good for littles.

“Hey, what’s wrong?” Wanda asks, reaching out for your hand to get your attention. It’s not that anything is wrong per say it’s just that you want to be little again and you're tired of trying to fight it.

“I-,” you stop not knowing how to say what you want to say.

“I want to spend time with you just as girlfriends, but it’s hard because I can feel myself slipping, but I just don’t want you to feel like you are taking care of me all the time,” you finally say after thinking about it.

“Baby that’s what I’m here for, not just as your mama but as your girlfriend too. I want you to feel comfortable switching between the two. You will never make me mad by switching, I promise. Now, baby girl, do you want to be little? I can go get Bunny for you.” Wanda suggests as she gets off the couch when she sees you nodding.

“Okay baby girl, mama will be right back” she kisses your forehead and makes her way to your bedroom where your stuffed animal koala named Bunny was.

When Wanda comes back she sees you switched when you make grabby hands at Bunny.

“Here you go baby girl” Wanda says as she hands you the koala and sits back down. You hold Bunny close to your chest and snuggle up against Wandas.

“So baby, do you want to play with Tony, Steve, and Clint tomorrow?” Wanda asks as she strokes your hair. You look up at your mama thoughtfully.

“Tasha be dare?” You ask with hope in your voice.

“Yes baby Nat will be there.”

“Otay. Do you fink dey know hows to woller skate?” You ask her. You had just recently turned 3 in your little state. Steve, Tony, and Clint were all 4 so they had a year on you, give or take. So you hoped someone would be able to teach you.

“Maybe baby, if not mama can help teach you” Wanda said assuringly.

“Mama know how to skate?!” You look at her with big doe eyes not being able to believe that your mama knows how to skate, and better yet can teach you how.

“If mama know how to skate and baby girl know how to skate, den mama an baby girl can skate togetder!!” You say happily with excitement. Wanda laughs at how adorable you are when you speak little talk.

“Yes baby, you and I can skate together,” Mama says to you. You look up at her happily ready to hang out with everyone and stake.

You yawn and snuggle closer into Wanda's chest ready to let the beating of her heart send you to sleep. Wanda sees you struggle to keep your eyes open.

“Close your eyes baby girl,” Mama says. That’s all the convincing that you need before your eyelids drop close.

When you wake up your head is still against mama's chest and she has her arms around you, but you see that you are no longer on the couch in the living room. Your in Wanda’s room- no your in your shared room with Wanda.

After you dropped, Wanda and you decided it was best to move in together. Even though you were just one door over. But you liked sharing a room with Wanda. You got to cuddle with her every night and wake up to her every morning.

You didn’t have a lot of stuff to move into Wanda's room so the move was easy. Most of your clothes were already in Wanda’s room since you spent nights with her so frequently, and the few things you do have are small.

You are still a bit tired and Wanda is still sleeping so you fall back asleep. When Wanda wakes up she is in the same position as when she went to sleep. You on top of her with your head on her chest, legs tangled together and her arms around you.

You don’t weigh enough to crush Wanda when you sleep on top of her, just enough to create a comfortable weight. You are like Wanda's weighted blanket. Keeping her warm at night and adding weight on top of her.

Seeing that it was 10:30 a.m. Wanda decided to wake you up as your play date with everyone was around lunch time.

“Baby girl,” Wanda says as she shakes you awake. You fuss for a minute not wanting to be pulled from your slumber, but when you see Wanda looking at you with love you suddenly forget all about sleep.

“Mama!!” you chirp happily. Wanda chuckles and kisses your cheeks.

“Morning, baby. Are you ready for today?” Wanda asks.

“Yay, can’t waits” You say back.

Wanda starts to untangle herself from you to your displeasure. You whine and pull on her arm.

“Baby we have to get up and ready if we want to play with everyone and roller skate”

“Woller skate!!!” You say cheerfully as you jump out of bed.

Wanda helps you get ready and by 11:30 you guys are ready to go. You put your shoes on, proud that you didn’t need mama's help, that is until she stops you.

“Hey baby, you got your shoes on the wrong feet,” Mama says as she crouches down to help you put them on the right way.

“There you go,” she says as she slips on your left splatter print croc on. She holds out her hand for you to take as you both walk down the hall.

Everyone is waiting in the common room in the compound. Steve, Tony, and Clint are already little and are playing with various toys. Tony is playing with an Iron Man action figure, Steve is playing with hot wheels, and Clint is playing with lego’s. Pepper, Bucky, Laura, Natasha, and Thor were all on the couch talking.

You spot Bunny on the couch that you and Wanda were on yesterday night. You tug Wanda towards Bunny not wanting to let go of her hand. You pick up Bunny and hug her to your chest.

“Hey Y/N,” Clint says, “Do you want to play lego’s with me?”

“No play with me Y/N” Tony insists.

“She doesn't want to play with you Tony, she wants to play with me!” Clint says, raising his voice.

“Why would she want to play with you? She doesn’t even like you” Tony says matter of factly.

“Boys” Pepper warns them.

“Y/N can play with anyone she wants, just let her choose. You don’t need to fight about it.” Laura says. You look between the two.

Letting go of mama's hand you walk toward Tony and he sticks his tongue out at Clint.

“Haha told you she wanted to play with-” Tony stops mid sentence as you walk right past him and walk over to Steve.

Pepper and Wanda just laugh and Bucky smiles.

“Guess she didn’t want to play with you guys since you were too busy fighting,” Laura says to the boys. Tony and Clint pout and look at Steve and you.

“Hi, can I pway wit you?” You ask Steve.

“Yeah, you can pick your favorite car,” Steve says pointing at the various cars scattered around him.

You spot a 2009 green Honda CR-V and instantly choose it. It reminds you of your mama’s eyes.

“I wike dis one. Mama, mama wook! It wook wike your eyes,” you exclaim. Wanda over at you and smiles while nodding her head.

You and Steve play cars for a while racing them on the floor, until lunch time. There’s hot dogs, chips, fruits, and veggies.

After Wanda fixes your plate for you everyone sits at the table. Wanda places your plate next to hers and you look up at her with big eyes, wanting to sit on her lap.

“Mama,” you say quietly, looking down as you ask her “can I sit on your lap?”

“Of course baby,” Wanda says. When she sits down you climb up on her lap with a smile on your face. You eat your hot dog and chips in a comfortable silence.

“Mama?” You ask as you eat your last chip.

“Yes baby girl?”

“Can we woller skate now?” You ask as you look up at her.

“Yes, baby we can roller skate now,” Wamda says

“OOO mommy can I roller skate with Y/N too?” Tony asks Pepper.

“Yeah I want to too,” Clint says.

“How bout we all go out and roller skate?” Wanda suggests getting cheers and noises of approval. Bucky and Pepper get skates out of the training room. Why they have a bunch of roller skates just sitting around nobody knows.

Outside the avengers compound littles and their caregivers were putting on their skates. Learning from this morning you put your skates on the right feet, but you need help tying them up. Wanda ties up your laces and stands up.

You try to stand up but can’t by yourself. You frown and try again, but the back wheels on our heels keep turning.

Wanda sees you struggle and holds out her hands for you. You grab onto your mama's hands as she helps you stand.

When you finally get off the ground you start to slowly roll forward. Luckily Wanda is still holding your hands so you don’t get far.

“You ready, baby?” Wanda asks you. You nod your head still a little unsteady, but you know mama will catch you before you fall.

“Yes mama I’m red-ready” you say as you wobble back and forth. You start to move forward when Wanda starts to move.

Wanda moves forward with ease. And your eyes go wide.

“Wooooooow you can woller skate,” you say in awe.

“Every won wook! My mama can skate!” You say pointing to your mama. Your mama smiles at you as everyone looks at her. She lets go of your arms and skates around everyone. All the littles look at her with unbelieving expressions.

When Wanda skates back to you she sees that you had tried to follow her. While trying to follow her your front left wheel hits a rock you didn’t see. The sudden stop makes you lose your balance. About to fall face first into the cement you brace for impact.

You wait. Except it never comes. When you open your eyes you see that mama used her powers to stop you from eating some cement, and stopped a big meltdown in front of everyone.

Red wisps of magic gently bring you back to her. Only once her hand is safely collapsed around yours do her eyes stop glowing red.

“You okay baby?” She asks you worried that she didn’t stop you in time. You hug her tight thanking her for not letting you fall.

Wanda shows you how to move your feet to move forward. You struggle for a bit, but Wanda helps you until you finally move forward on your own.

“Wook mama!! I’m doin it!” You say as your mama smiles and cheers you on. You look back behind you and see Pepper helping Tony skate for the first time. Clint and Steve were racing against each other already knowing how to skate.You skate slowly back to mama and hug her.

“I love you mama,” you say, and everyone around you lets out ‘awws’. Wanda looks a little shocked. You've told her that when you were big, but never when you were little.

Wanda can feel the tears brimming at her eyes.

“I love you too baby girl.”

Here in this moment, surrounded by your family, by mama, you feel the most loved.

After roller skating for a while you went back inside where mama and Tasha cuddled you on the couch until you started feeling sleepy.

“You ready to go baby girl?” Wanda asks you.

“Go where?” You ask curiously.

“Back to our room so you can sleep baby.”

“Otay,” you say sleepily. Wanda stood up and held her hand out for you. But you were too tired to walk all the way down the hall to your bedroom.

“Mama, can you carry me, pwease?” Wanda picks you up and sets you on her hip. You wrap your arms and legs around her.

“You’re like a koala baby,” she says. Which reminds you of something.

“Wait, mama, Bunny,” you say pointing to the stuffed koala. Nat is sitting by the koala and hands it to you.

“Fanks Tasha,” you say.

“Can I get a hug before you go?” Nat asks smiling, and you shake your head yes. Wanda smiles as you hug Nat. She is glad that you have found comfort in being little around people.

Wanda carries you back to your shared room and sits you down on your bed. You close your eyes ready to fall asleep, until Wanda says something.

“Baby you need to take a bath before we can go to bed.” You whine because you’re tired and you just want to snuggle up with mama until you fall asleep.

“How about mama joins you baby?” She said hoping to convince you.

You had done a lot today, after roller skating you played outside for a while before you came back inside. Tony, Steve, Clint, and you made mud cakes for everyone so you really needed a bath.

You agree to take one when you realize you can cuddle with mama in the tub. Wanda goes into the bathroom to get the water running.

When she’s done she comes out to find you half asleep, sucking on your thumb while you hold Bunny. She sighs but picks you up and carries you to the bathroom. She helps you undress and into the tub.

When she undresses she gets in the tub behind you and pulls you to her chest. She washes the dirt off your body and whispers to you about how good you were today.

“You’re such a sweet little girl for mama,” you hear her say as she finishes washing you off. You snuggle closer to her and just listen to her heartbeat.

“You ready to get out baby?” She asks you after a while. You nod your head ready to go to bed with her. Wanda helps you get out of the tub and drys you off. She helps you put on your pajamas.

She tucks you into bed with Bunny and follows soon after. When she's under the covers she wraps her arms around you. You shift as close as you can to her.

“I love you,” you say to her before closing your eyes. Wanda’s heart swells with love at your words.

“I love you too,” she says as you two drift off into sleep.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

raven-san, can we please have a wedding crashing where jade needs to marry this girl from another crime family to consolidate power and become the next head of the leech mob :)) but floyd's like I'M BORED and annoyed that his brother's being snatched up by a random chick, so he asks basketball bros, and azul, to help save jade?

This one is super long, so I added some extra sections and placed the rest of the wedding crashing below the cut!

***Spoilers for Jamil and Floyd’s Unique Magic!!***

"I object to this wedding...!"

Pre-Wedding Jitters

A call comes for the twins in the dead of night, without warning. It’s their parents with exciting news: they’re naming Jade as the next Don Leech. The catch? The Leech mob’s in the middle of a merger with the Worm mob, and he’ll have to marry Don Worm’s daughter to secure the deal.

Jade, ever the dutiful son, is honored by his future title and calmly agrees to the arrangement. On the other hand, Floyd’s annoyed by the idea, and can’t keep quiet about his irritation. He calls out to his twin in the darkness.

“... Ne, Jade.”

“Ee, Floyd?”

“Are you really okay with going through with this? You’re just gonna do what they said? Even though you don’t know the Worms at all? Even if you’ve never met that girl before?”

“It is a request coming directly from father and mother. How could I refuse them? And, furthermore... If I do not undertake this task, then it would fall to you, the next choice to inherit the title of Don Leech. I cannot allow that to come to pass--fufu. You do so enjoy your freedom, yes?”

“... Jade, you’re so dumb sometimes. What’ll happen to your freedom, then? Will you get so busy with being the big boss and being married... that you won’t have time to play anymore?”

“... Perhaps. But that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.”

That thought doesn’t sit well with Floyd--not at all.

“I trust that you will make your own fun of the situation,” Jade reassures him. “You always do.”

As the weeks pass, Floyd sees less and less of Jade around, since he has to prepare for the wedding. Jade reassures him that he’s doing just fine, but Floyd can see right through his lies. He can tell that Jade’s more frazzled than usual--there’s a lingering to his words, and a longing in his eyes, savoring every last bit of autonomy he has before his fate is forever sealed.

Floyd hates it. He hates being lied to by his own brother, and he hates feeling powerless to stop the wedding. Floyd’s so angry that he develops this murderous aura in the weeks leading up to the wedding, which makes everyone around him shy away.

One day, he gets sick of being in the water--it’s a reminder of the wedding to come--so Floyd plays basketball on land to vent. He ends up chomping down so hard that he deflates a ball, then dunks another basketball so hard, he breaks the net.

He sprawls out on the ground and angrily shouts at the sky. His basketball bonks him on the head... and that’s when an idea hits him: maybe he can’t stop the wedding alone, but no one said he couldn’t phone some friends.

Assembling the Dream Team

Floyd first dials up Azul, who agrees to help after some whining and signing a contract agreeing to pay Azul handsomely for his services (... although truthfully, the octopus does want to help Jade, but doesn't immediately agree to do it because of his pride as a businessman).

Floyd also calls his old basketball buddies for help! Jamil and Ace are much more adamant than Azul, but Floyd strongarms them into pitching in. ("Umihebi-kun, Kani-chan, if you don't help me rescue Jade, I'll get suuuper mad, you know? I don't think you'll like me when I get mad. Moray eels are strong hunters, so I don’t think it’ll be a problem for me to track you guys down and give you a good squeeze~" "OKAY, OKAY, WE'LL DO IT!!")

Together, the four boys meet up to scheme of a way to disrupt the wedding without jeopardizing the Leech mob's future. Floyd actively leads the discussion, allowing his hidden genius to come to the surface.

Ace doesn’t contribute much to the strategy (laid out by Azul), but he does keep the spirit up with some jokes. Meanwhile, Jamil provides snacks for them when they work late into the night (though he keeps passing semi-glares to Azul whenever the octopus compliments him or tries to be friendly).

In preparation for the crashing, Azul brews some potions to give Jamil and Ace so they can take on temporary merforms. After all, the wedding will be underwater, in the Coral Sea, and they’ll need tail fins.

The date of destiny draws ever closer... and Floyd's never been so excited to cause chaos in his whole life.

The Crashing - Team Azul & Jamil

They split into two pairs on the day of the wedding—Azul and Jamil, and Floyd and Ace. Floyd uses his position as the future son-in-law to Don Worm to arrange a meeting between himself and the don... except Azul and Jamil will show up instead.

Don Worm shows up to the meeting in his finest clothes (which is very little, given that he’s a merman), sounding a bit annoyed the sudden summoning. “Make this quick, I’ve got to go see my baby girl’s big day... Wait. You fellas aren’t the F. Leech boy.”

“No, we aren’t, sir. We are his representatives... Proxies, if you will,” Azul insists, giving his warmest and most welcoming smile. He uses a tentacle to tug on Jamil’s tail, forcing him to smile too. “You see, there is an important business matter we needed to discuss with you on behalf of Floyd.”

“Hoh? And what would that be?”

“I believe my business associate would be better off explaining the matter than myself.” Azul gestures to Jamil, who has his head down.

“Oi, what’s with you? Don’t you know who I am, boy? It’s rude to not look your elders in the eye when they are speaking to you!! Show me the respect I deserve, from one professional to another!!”

“My apologies, sir.” Jamil looks up, locking eyes with the mob boss. “... Is this better?”

“Yes, that’s...”

“Snake Whisper.”

Don Worm suddenly goes glassy-eyed and slack-jawed. Azul claps at the sight, showering his partner with compliments. “As expected of the talented Jamil-san! Even one look from you can bring a mafia lord to his downfall. Truly, your Unique Magic is most impressive!”

“Save your flattery for later.”

Azul’s lips curl into a smirk as he whips out a golden contract from his briefcase and offers it to the don. “Now then, if you wouldn’t mind, sir... sign on the dotted line.”

The Crashing - Team Floyd & Ace

Ace and Floyd rush to the wedding venue, their tails cutting through the water like knives as they swim at a breakneck pace. Ace can barely keep up with Floyd, who surges far ahead.

“H-Hey, should we really be barging in like this?! Don’t mob families have weapons and other dangerous stuff? Is there a backdoor we can take instead? Hello?! Floyd-senpai, are you listening to me?!” (He isn’t.)

The open, underwater comes into view, and Floyd barrels in without any hesitation, tearing right through some decorations and knocking over the wedding cake with his tail. A loud CRASH! echoes through the waters, drawing eyes to him.

Jade stares at his brother from the altar—wide eyed, but a mirthful smile on his lips. Floyd waves to him, and then to his mom and dad in the crowd of guests. “Hiii, Jade! I’m here to pick you up now.”

The Worm girl starts sobbing, wailing something about how her special day’s been ruined, and where is her papa to put an end to this? At her signal, security guards, and some of the rougher looking guests—Worm family associates—lunge at Floyd, claws and teeth out. A few of them have produced wands, and what seem to be guns—loaded with harpoons.

“Bind the Heart!” Objects and stray magic go flying in all directions, hitting both people and wedding decorations. Cloth tears, columns crumble—but it’s one man against many, and he can only bind so many hearts before the blot starts to stack.

Ace makes it just in time, sending their foes and their weapons hurtling through the water with a blast of wind. “This is why I said to be careful, dammit! Your Unique Magic’s such a crapshoot—don’t just use it whenever, or you’ll be sushi!!!”

“Ahahahah! Kani-chan’s being all heroic today! That’s so cute. Don’t worry, I can play my part, too...!!”

Using his tail, Floyd hooks around a drifting merman and chucks him straight into another. They collide with a CRACK!—but Floyd barely registers it. He’s already bolting off, grabbing heads and smashing them together, slicing through others like a knife through butter.

There’s a crazed, frenzied look to him, gleeful laughter cutting through the waters and mixing with the Worm bride’s screeching. I forgot how scary Floyd-senpai can be, Ace realizes. (Jade and Floyd’s parents are cheering for him from their seats.)

Jade looks quite proud of his brother, even laughing along to the brutal slaughterfest. His bride stares at him incredulously. “Stop that brute! He’s ruining MY special day!!”

“No,” Jade replies calmly. “I don’t think I will. This is far too amusing to let it end so soon.”

She lets out a frustrated scream and launches herself at her groom, hands going for his throat. The Worm girl is slammed back with a strong hit to her gut, courtesy of Jade’s tail.

She flies back, slamming into a column—and feels a tail wrapping around her and squeezing tight. Constricting her to the point where it was difficult to breathe. A livid mermaid glares down at her, teeth bared in a snarl.

“No one lays a hand on my children,” Mama Leech declares. “No one.”

From the corner of her eye, the Worm girl can see that Jade has cast off his bow tie and flitted over to Floyd, embracing happily in a battlefield adorned with red ribbons trailing through the water. Her vision is abruptly blocked off by a broad-shouldered merman wearing a grimace.

“Now then, what shall we do with this one?” Papa Leech wonders aloud—though from his tone of voice, he has nothing good in store.

The Aftermath

“You’re all fish bait when daddy hears about this...!” the Worm girl warns, her words raspy. “Th-The merger won’t go through...! There’ll be war between the Leeches and the Worms...!”

A loud throat clearing comes from behind. “Fortunately, that won’t be happening.”

Azul and Jamil make their appearance, the octopus merman smugly showcasing a contract. “Ashengrotto—Azul Ashengrotto, legal and business extraordinaire at your service, Don Leech and Lady Leech.”

Papa Leech grunts. “What’s that you’ve got there?”

“This?” Azul’s smirk widens. “Why, it’s a prenuptial stating that, in the case that an act of violence is enacted by the bride toward the groom, the marriage is considered null and void... and the bride’s family assets are to be claimed by the groom. Signed by Don Worm himself.”

“Wh-What?! Impossible!! How did you get daddy to sign such a stupid deal?!”

“Oh,” Jamil says nonchalantly, “we have our ways.”

“So... Uh, Jade-senpai’s still gonna be the next Don Leech?! And he’s gonna be in charge of an even bigger and richer family... How is that any better than the situation before?! You’re just giving him more resources for committing crimes!”

At that moment, two hands come down on Ace’s shoulders, causing him to freeze up.

“Kani-chaaaaan! Everyone!! Thanks so much for your help~”

“Yes, you have my sincerest thanks, Ace-san, Jamil-san... Azul.”

“It is my pleasure to assist such VIP clients. Ah, but there remains the matter of my promised payment—” (Jamil and Ace internally groan at Azul’s words.)

“Payment?” Don Leech scoffs. “After the ballsy operation you boys pulled off today... I’m more inclined to give you job offers instead of a one time sum. How do you lads feel about being hired as the Leech family’s personal lawyer, interrogator, and... well, whatever the heart one is good at.”

“My, my! Such a generous and lucrative offer—“

“There is no way I’m accepting that, especially if that means working with Azul.”

“Oi, I’ll have you know I’m good at lots of stuff!! I’m the one that saved Floyd’s tail fins, is no one gonna acknowledge that?!”

“You did amazing, sweetie!!” Mama Leech chirps—her tail grip tightening until the Worm girl passes out. Ace leaps back in fright. “As a reward, why don’t you let me give you a hug?”

“S-STAY BACK!!”

“Ahahahah! Everyone’s getting along so well, Jade. Isn’t this fun? You wouldn’t be able to enjoy this if you had gone to get hitched.”

“Fufufu. You are correct, Floyd. How sad it would have been if I were to miss out on touching moments such as this. From the bottom of my heart... I thank you for thinking of me, and for rushing to my aid. I could not have asked for a better brother.”

... What Floyd doesn’t know is that this was all according to keikaku Jade’s own machinations. He would never take the order to marry lying down—but he couldn’t outright defy it without immediate consequences, either.

Thank the Great Seven Jade has reliable puppets friends to help him out of a pinch. I’ll be certain to put the additional funds we have gained to good use... Perhaps to start a little mushroom farm.

[biaswreckingfics]

To Be Replaced: Part 2

Pairing: Baekhyun x Reader

Genre: Angst

Word Count: 3.4k

Previous Chapter

For the next few days, every time you see Baekhyun, his face is buried in his phone. He spent the majority of his free time working on his line, setting up meetings with investors, and doing everything he could to make sure his and Maya’s designs were perfect. You were proud of him but also worried about his health. His lack of sleep and self-care concerned you, so you were relieved when you finally got him to agree to having a relaxing day together.

You thought the two of you would spend the day being lazy around the house, binge some shows, and either cook or order takeout. You figured it would be a good way for the two of you to relax together... Of course, you didn’t expect Baekhyun to completely ignore his phone during the day either. He had calls and emails to answer, and you expected that… What you didn’t expect was for him to have his face buried in his phone the entire day.

Finally, you sigh and pause the show he had wanted to watch and ask who he’s texting. You give him a little bit to respond, and when he doesn’t, you turn your body towards him and watch him type away on his phone. You ask a second time, and it’s like he doesn’t even hear you. You weren’t even sure he knew you were in the same room as him at this point.

You turn your head and glance around the room, trying to decide if it was worth it to keep asking or if you should just let it go. Debating, you knew it would bug you for days if you let him get away with ignoring you during the time you were supposed to be spending together, so you know you have to say something.

You turn back to him and poke his cheek, finally getting his attention. “I’ve been talking to you… Who are you texting so furiously?”

“Oh, it’s Maya. There was a problem with one of our fabrics, but she figured it out.”

Ah… That would make sense why he was so invested in his phone. Letting it go, you let him finish what he needs to do and go inspect the food you had in the kitchen. You didn’t really want to cook, and it looks like you didn’t have enough ingredients to make something delicious anyways, so you leave the kitchen and head back to the living room.

“Hey, do you want to get takeout instead? We don’t really have anything to eat.”

Baekhyun pauses mid text and looks over at you with a slightly guilty look on his face. “Didn’t I tell you Maya and I were going to go get dinner?”

You blink a few times, almost sure you were in a sudden state of shock. “No?”

He hums in thought for a moment. “I swore I did… Well, I want to thank her for fixing the fabric mix-up.”

“Wait a minute… You made the plans today? Even though we already had plans together?” you feel annoyance quickly filling you at the thought of him ending your day together halfway through it. Also, he couldn’t remember if he told you something that he literally just decided to do not even five minutes ago?

“I figured you’d be okay with it… We can have dinner tomorrow.” Baekhyun says as he shrugs like it’s not a big deal.

You try not to let it show, but you are hurt by his actions and the lack of care towards your plans… However, you knew this was important to him, so you would let it go, just like everything else.

“…Oh…okay.”

He walks up to you with a smile and gives you a quick peck on the lips. “I’m gonna go get ready for dinner. You should order yourself some food, though. It’s not good to skip meals.”

You silently watch as he walks toward your bedroom with a noticeable spring in his step. Suddenly, you didn’t feel hungry at all, but you pick up your phone and text Sehun to come over for dinner, anyway. Baekhyun was right. You shouldn’t skip meals.

You hang out on the couch and listen to Baekhyun hum as he gets ready. You try to ignore the hurt you were feeling about the sudden change in plans and how happy he seemed at the thought of getting dinner with Maya. Whether to celebrate a fabric mishap or not.

After what feels like forever, you hear the sound of your apartment door opening, and you glance up to see Sehun entering with bags of food. You quickly jump up to help him carry everything, completely used to him walking into your apartment unannounced.

“Thanks for coming over…” you say as you set the bags on your kitchen counter.

“Yeah, it’s no…”

When Sehun trails off, you look up at your friend’s face and see him staring over your shoulder in confusion before he glances back down at you with a questioning gaze. You turn to look at what had caught his attention and see Baekhyun grabbing his keys and wallet from the table before looking around the room to see if he had everything.

It wasn’t his actions that Sehun thought were weird. It was his appearance. Baekhyun was… decked out to put it slightly. He had on an all-black suit with matching dress shoes, and his hair was tousled artfully like you’ve seen on him a million times… He looked like he was going to an award show, not a dinner with a… business partner? …Now, you understood why it had taken him so long to get ready.

“Did you have a schedule today?” Sehun asks in a weird tone.

Baekhyun pauses his actions, finally taking in the fact that Sehun was here and the two of you were standing there watching him.

“No. I just have some business for Prive to attend to.” Baekhyun decides he has everything he needs before coming over to you and giving you a quick kiss on the cheek. “I don’t know when I’ll be home, so don’t stay up and wait for me.”

With those words, Baekhyun quickly takes off towards the front door and leaves without so much as a goodbye to the two of you. You look over at Sehun to see him glancing around the apartment in confusion.

“Am I in the twilight zone? Why does it look like he’s going to MAMA, and what does he mean don’t stay up late? It’s 6 pm. How much work does he have to do?”

You turn away from the apartment door and lean your elbows on the counter with a sigh. “He’s going to dinner with Maya. She apparently fixed a mistake with fabric… I don’t really know to be honest…”

“Okay… but why is he dressed up like that, and why are they going to dinner over fabric? Also, how long does dinner take?”

You take in Sehun’s questioning state. You were curious about all those things too, very curious in fact, but why was Sehun so worked up about it?

“What’s wrong with you?”

Sehun looks at you in surprise. “You’re not curious about all of that?”

“Well, yeah, I am… but you seem even more worried about it than I do.”

Sehun sighs and turns to begin unpacking the food he brought over. “I just… They kept pulling this shit on tour too. Always going to dinner, always staying out late, and working on Prive. You would think this was a project they were launching from the ground, but it’s not. Baekhyun already has all these connections, so why does it seem like they are doing so much?”

You chew on your lower lip as you take in Sehun’s words. Hearing how much time Baekhyun and Maya spent together and knowing Sehun sees it enough to pay attention to it was bothering you, but you didn’t want it to. You didn’t want to question Baekhyun because he had never ever given you a reason to doubt him before. However, you didn’t see the need to go to dinner over something small like fabric being fixed, and you certainly didn’t see why he had to dress so nicely for it.

“They’ve been texting each other constantly… and today, the two of us were supposed to spend time together, but he… Well, you know…” you trail off and indicate everything that just happened with a wave of your arm.

Sehun hums in thought while he searches your face. A moment later, he shakes his head. “She’s harmless. Ignore me. I’m just making something out of nothing. I’ve only ever heard them talk about designs and other fashion crap, so don’t worry about them.” He holds a food container up in front of your face to distract you. “Here, I got your favorite noodles.”

You grab the container from Sehun, but your mind is still with Baekhyun and Maya. You hadn’t realized how much the two communicated, and it surprised you it was enough that Sehun took notice of it. That Sehun was questioning it…

Over the next week, your communication with Baekhyun drops to nearly zero. Usually, when Baekhyun was at work, he was constantly texting you every chance he could, but now it was just short one-word answers he would reply with. When he’s at home, it’s no different. He spends most of his time coming up with designs or being busy on the phone with Maya.

You try not to let it bother you and to be the supportive girlfriend he deserves, but you can’t help it. It definitely bothers you. You couldn’t even remember the last time you and Baekhyun had a conversation that wasn’t interrupted by or about Maya. Not only that, but you were worried about him. It was like he was being consumed by this new line.

You glance towards the second bedroom that Baekhyun had dubbed his office and come up with an idea, or a reattempt at an old idea. Getting up from the couch you were currently sitting on, you make a beeline for Baekhyun’s office and feel grateful that he left the door wide open.

You peek into the room and find the man in question with his head down on his desk. You knew he wasn’t sleeping from the way he was sighing to himself, so you tiptoe until your behind his chair and slowly let your hands fall onto his back. He jumps at the sudden contact but relaxes once he figures out it’s you.

You slowly rub his back until he sits up, and you begin to work on his shoulders. His head falls forward as you give him a much-needed massage.

“Babe… I think it’s time you take a break… You seem exhausted.”

“I’ll do whatever you want as long as you don’t stop what you’re doing.” He mumbles in a daze.

You knead a little harder as you already plot a way for this to be an advantage to you. “Anything I want, huh?”

He lets out a soft laugh once he hears your tone. “Whatever you desire, love.”

“So many things come to mind when you say that… but I already know what I want.”

“What’s that?” he asks lightly. From the sound of his voice, you can tell he’s almost zoned out from the conversation.

“Take the night off from work, and let’s have a little date night at home…”

You feel him tense up, and you know he wants to protest, so you stop him before he can. “Please, Baek… You’ve been working nonstop since you came home from tour. You’ve barely even had time to rest… One night. That’s all I’m asking.”

He sighs before nodding. “You’re right. I need a break…”

He straightens up and turns his chair around to face you. Wrapping his arms around your waist, he rests his chin on your stomach to look up at you. “Plus, I’ve missed you…”

You run a hand softly down the side of his face with a smile. “I’ve missed you too…”

You get Baekhyun to follow you to the kitchen, and the two of you search for a good meal to make. Once you’re both satisfied with what you find, you begin prepping the meal and get ready to cook.

At least, that’s how it started out. In the middle of chopping up some vegetables, you glance over at Baekhyun and see him smiling at his phone. You ignore it the first time, even the third time, but once you notice Baekhyun has completely stopped helping you make dinner and is instead smiling at his phone, your heart drops.

You were sure it wasn’t work because you’ve never seen him smile at his phone for work. You didn’t think it was the EXO group chat or his friends because he never would stay glued to his phone when the two of you were together for them. Which could only mean one thing… He was talking to Maya.

Baekhyun suddenly lets out a loud laugh, startling you and making you knock some carrots to the ground. You sigh and bend down to pick them up, trying to decide if you even want to try to keep his attention right now.

“What’s so funny?”

He looks over at you in confusion before he remembers where he is.

“Maya sent me a pubg meme.” He tells you before waving his hand. “You wouldn’t get it, or else I’d show it to you.”

Feeling your shoulders drop, you bite your lips at his words. Baekhyun loved showing you stupid memes, especially about what he was interested in… Apparently, now he has someone else to share them with?

“I thought you and Maya only talked about fashion stuff?”

He shakes his head and looks back down at his phone. “We talk about everything. We actually have a lot in common. She’s a really cool girl.”

You ignore the twinge his words cause in your heart, but before you can say anything, his next words have you completely shutting down.

“She’s happy you’re making me take a break, and she thinks your little date night idea is cute.”

Your little date night idea… You mentally scoff. Why did the words sound so condescending all of a sudden?

“Right… Do you think you could actually help me with that little date night idea?”

Your eyes fall to the meat he has yet to season, and his own follow your stare. He jumps once he realizes he hasn’t done a single thing to help you and gives you a sheepish smile before muttering a small apology.

The next half an hour is filled with Baekhyun joking with you, filling you in on his past week, and overall, remembering you were still in the room with him. (Yes, you were being bitter.) He did his best to ignore his phone through cooking and even through dinner, but his eyes slid to it every time there was a ding… and there were a lot of dings.

Once it’s time to settle down and watch a movie, you choose a movie that you and Baekhyun had both been wanting to watch and settle down on the couch next to him. You lay your head against his shoulder and begin watching the movie, but it doesn’t take long for you to feel slight movement beneath your head.

You look over at Baekhyun’s other side and see him responding to a text from Maya. You mentally sigh and sit up, putting your focus back on the movie in front of you. Though, now your attention is derailed because you keep seeing Baekhyun texting from the corner of your eye.

“Wow. That was crazy.” You suddenly say, pretending you’re talking about something that happened in the movie. When he doesn’t even hear you, you try again. “I can’t believe the sister did that.”

“Hmm? Oh, yeah.” He mumbles in agreement, even though what you’re saying has no relevance to the movie whatsoever.

Hurt and disbelief flow through you once you realize Maya has somehow come in between your date night again. That Baekhyun couldn’t even give you a couple of hours of his attention…

“Baek…” you wait until he acknowledges you. “Are you even gonna watch this movie?”

He looks up at you and blinks before looking at the tv. “Oh, I already watched this.”

You open and close your mouth a few times in a complete loss of words. What did he mean he already watched this? When? …Why? The two of you talked about watching it together when it came out…

“You’ve already seen it?”

“Mhmm. Maya and I needed a break the other day, and we both wanted to see it, so we watched it… but you can keep watching it. I don’t mind.”

You bite the inside of your cheek and try to keep the anger you feel in check. All you can do is laugh in disbelief and frustration. Of course. Of course, he watched it with her.

After the anger comes the sadness and hurt. The two of you were supposed to watch it together. He wasn’t supposed to go and watch it with someone else… It felt like Baekhyun was totally disregarding your feelings. Not just about the movie, but about everything at this point.

You sit in silence for another ten minutes before you get up. Your interest in the movie or watching Baekhyun continue to text Maya was long gone. You walk away from the couch without a single word to Baekhyun, and if you were honest, you don’t even think he noticed.

You trek into your shared bedroom and immediately start getting yourself ready for bed. You didn’t care how early it was or that you didn’t say anything to Baekhyun. You were just completely done with the day and wanted nothing more than to crawl under your covers and hibernate, so that’s exactly what you do.

You lay there and try to slip into a different reality, but your mind can’t escape from Baekhyun or Maya. It was like you wanted to torture yourself and replay every word and moment over and over again. This goes on for 20 minutes, and the only reason you can escape the continuous hell is because you hear the doorknob to the bedroom door turn.

You hold your breath and open your eyes to see Baekhyun slowly opening the bedroom door. He creeps in, taking in your covered form with a frown.

“Why did you leave?”

“I’m just tired, that’s all.”

He studies your face for a moment before crawling into bed with you. A part of you wants to turn away as a small form of punishment, but the other part of you just wanted attention from your boyfriend.

He wraps his arm around your back and drags your body toward him without any help from you. He pulls you close until your face is buried in his chest, and he brings his chin down on top of your head. You feel him adjust to kiss the top of your head before settling back down again.

“I’m sorry… I should’ve waited to watch the movie with you.”

You sigh. “Baekhyun, it’s not just about the movie… I’ve hardly seen or spoken to you in a week, and your face is always buried in your phone… That’s not okay…”

“You’re right. I’m sorry.” He immediately says while squeezing you tight. “I should’ve given you more attention, especially tonight when you tried so hard to give me a relaxing day… Do you forgive me?”

You ignore him because you aren’t entirely sure if you’re ready to forgive him yet, but Baekhyun knew how to always get his way. He nuzzles into your neck, and you feel his lips brush against your skin.

“Do you forgive me?”

“Okay, I’ll forgive you…” you quickly relent before he goes for a ticklish area, though the words seem meaningless at the moment.

You feel him smirk against your skin before he suggestively says, “Good… because you can have all of my attention right now if you want…”

“Baek…” you whine, definitely not wanting to give in with how he’s been acting lately.

He pushes you onto your back and crawls on top of you, pushing his legs in between yours. “Let me make it up to you, baby…”

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