#maybe this is why i accidentally traumatized my friends by talking about this au
Chris is gonna be dying a bunch in this au.
Most of the time the versions of him that's getting killed off are fake versions of him created by the three gatekeepers, but he does actually die once himself at the start, so there is that.
It'll be at least 3 or 4 times in total, if not more.
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if that number continues to grow as I keep working on developing this au. My main goal as a writer in this situation is to make Martin suffer as much as possible during these trials, so it wouldn't be that big of a shock if I end up coming up with more ways to kill Chris off, lol.
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Time After Time: could you talk a bit about "Perhaps the World Will End at the Kitchen Table", before the fic starts? How do Kaz and Inej work through the original betrayal (and/or when do they realize they want to bring Jesper home?)
Thank you for asking about my unnecessarily elaborate backstory!! In general I want my modern AUs to echo canon, and the âbetrayalâ is adapting Jesperâs accidental blabbing about the Ice Court heist.
So, setting the scene. The trio, pre-âbetrayalâ, were like moderately radical squatters similarly to most of my other modern AUs. Similar backstories too (though itâs just the three of them), so Jesper was a really bright middle class kid who went to uni very early and then got fucked hard by no support for undiagnosed ADHD and addiction, Inej went on scholarship to a sports boarding school, was sexually abused and ran away, and when Kazâs big brother died in foster care he just *could not* anymore, and after some time unhoused and some time in Haskellâs gang meets Jesper and then he meets Inej. Inej actually cares about justice for everyone and is the driver for everyone getting involved in environmentalist activism.
The thing about even nonviolent environmentalist activism is that thereâs a *lot* of cruel, immoral state surveillance. Undercover cops have had children with women who they lied to for the entire duration of year-long relationships. (https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/20/undercover-police-children-activists). And that is basically what happens. 19-yo Jesper meets a woman called Angela at a protest and they hit it off. Kaz hates her from the start, but everyone just thinks thatâs down to jealousy. Maybe Kaz doesnât want his friends to lead lives that donât involve him. Kaz actually holds back from doing anything about her *because* heâs jealous, and heâs in love with Inej and turned Jesper down years ago because he was scared and heâs not *meant to* still be hung up on Jesper. And Jesper does love Angela, and anyway, her politics are solid, sheâs in the same circles of squatters and part-time crooks and activists.
Protests donât do much, though. Carbon emissions are still going up. Climate disasters are getting worse. So what do you do? What Inej moves towards as a tactic is property destruction. And because her and Kaz are over-achievers, their ideas both escalate to power plants and pipelines real quickly and they are meticulous, workable, something the police decide they need to stop NOW. They have the evidence of that plot. They have the location of Kaz and Inej.
Angela actually tries to keep Jesper out of it. Thatâs why she ties him up. She cares about him, she just isnât able to look beyond her own perspective and see that sheâs committing rape by deception, using Jesper to attack his best friends and that she is traumatizing him for the rest of his life.
Kaz isnât where he was supposed to be for the police raid, though. He loaned Jesper a book, impulsively decided he needed it right now, picked the locked door of Jesperâs roomâand then he sees Jesper naked and tied up and gagged and absolutely panicking, cuts him loose because of course and heâs already mentally murdering Angela when Jesper tells him sheâs a cop. So theyâre off desperately trying to find Inej, and they do. Sheâs already handcuffed, as are a few more of their friends, with one cop to guard them while the others sweep the squatted house. Kaz drives the knife he's still holding into that copâs neck.
Theyâre running ever since.
And they have lost all trust in a state that utterly betrayed them.
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The fact that Jesper thinks of what happened as âthe betrayalâ is down to his issues more than the truth. *He* put his friends in danger. *He* should have known. *He* didnât. *He* was too careless, too blind, just inattentive reckless stupid Jesper all over again and so he keeps picking through every single thing he does ever for mistakes. Because Jesper should have known, right? He got kicked out of uni for being stupid. That should have taught him, and it fucking didnât because heâs not even that decent a person and so he destroyed his friends too. He never tells anybody about these thoughts because he figures, he got more than he deserved by getting to stay in their lives. None of his self-hatred is news. Itâs just obvious fact, and Inej and Kaz already know.
Kaz blows up at Jesper, right after it happens, when theyâre all three terrified and grieving the safety they didnât even know they used to believe in. Jesper was closest to Angela, he should have noticed something, anything, Inej tried to jump to her death and was wrestled to the floor by the cops! But he does know it wasnât a betrayal. The safety precautions he does take afterwards and that he keeps reminding Jesper specifically about arenât, to Kaz, because of the âbetrayalâ but because their situation fundamentally changed now theyâre wanted murder and accessories and because Jesper does talk too much when drunk or on accident, itâs just a thing that heâs careless sometimes, and Kaz is helping by reminding him.
Inej is horrified knowing that Angela was a cop and using Jesper. To know the state greenlit rape by deception against her friend and it happened under her nose for a yearâfuck, sheâs angry, and she hasnât yet learned the Jesper part of what happened, the gagged and terrified for his friends part. Kaz doesnât talk about that. Jesper doesnât.
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Kaz and Inej were in love before the cops attacked, and they just kept dancing around each other afterwards, coming closer, closer, closer. To them, at first, the intra-trio relationship didnât actually change in any unexpected ways and they would both have been horrified to know Jesper increasingly sees himself as a superfluous add-on. When youâre basically honeymooning, the fact that someoneâs giving you space isnât that weird, and besides Jesper just had the traumatic-est breakup, he probably needs time to process it.
Neither of them actually knows how Jesper is parsing this whole situation. They think theyâre all fine.
They just thinkâJesper just did an actual infiltration job, pretending to work for Kirigan to get him out of office, and itâs the first time theyâve been apart from Jesper this long in years. Itâs much easier to notice how much you miss someone when theyâre away. Life is dangerous. Life is short. And so Kaz and Inej talked about how weird it was to just be the two of them, how like a missing limb, and when Inej noticed that Kaz was weighing his words oddly she told him, âItâs okay. I already know.â and also gently mocked him for hypocrisy because Inej and Jes and Kaz and former friends had *discussions* about marriage as coercive tools of patriarchy and free love and relationship anarchy and all that jazz and they were all very serious and radical about it but here Kaz is, not daring to look at her because he wants Jesper as well. âJust ask him. If you donât at noon tomorrow, Kaz, then I will. For you.â And then she kisses him.
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I think you should go into detail about the AU
Well, if the co-creator and father of Yammet is asking~ : 3c
The best simple summary I can think of is "What's better than one Yandere with Trauma? Two Yanderes with Trauma! Who desperately love each other and help each other recover from their traumas." Welcome to the Yan4Yan AU~
This is so long help, take a read more
The two main players here are my precious son who I love, YanEmmet, and Tomb's poor baby boy FtW Bad End Ingo, redubbed YanIngo for AU purposes. They've had whole existences before they meet so I'll get into those a bit before we get to the main part of the AU.
YanEmmet loved his brother and confessed to him as much. He said he would be patient and wait for his answer. Unfortunately that answer didn't come, as Ingo was soon eeby deebied back to Hisui with no memories and leaving a very distraught Emmet behind. In the back of his mind, Emmet had convinced himself that Ingo would have accepted him had he not been taken away. Of course that's not the only reason he worked tirelessly to try and get him back. He still loved his brother dearly as a brother and he just had to figure out how to get him home. With the help of a befriended Blacephalon, Emmet does manage to reconnect with Ingo! He's so happy to have his brother back! And Ingo remembers him and remembers their lives and surely he would remember his confession and they could be happy together! And Ingo does remember the confession, but he, guiltily, rejects him. He still cares for him deeply, but not like that and he wouldn't lie to Emmet about it because that wouldn't make him happy. That's... Okay that's not how Emmet imagined it going. But its okay! He still has his brother back and they can at least go back to the lives they had! But. Ingo wants to stay in Hisui. He may remember his life back in Nimbasa, but he feels like what he is doing in Hisui is important, especially if it will impact the future in some way.
Rejected, and worse, abandoned, Emmet makes his way back home to try and figure out what to do next. His whole life the past while had been trying to get Ingo home to go back to how life used to be, and now all of it was for nothing. Yes he has a way to talk with Ingo again, but he wanted him home. And in some way, the idea occured to him that he still was friends with the deranged balloon clown, he could still travel through time and space and dimensions. Surely if he had been abandoned like this, somewhere he would be able to find an Ingo who would want to stay with him! Maybe even love him! He hoped he would love him. Leaving his pokemon behind because he didn't know how long this trip would be or how dangerous, Emmet sets out to go Dimension Hopping, eager now to find an Ingo of his own. Early in his two-year-long travels, he gets into an altercation with an Emmet and accidentally kills him. YanEmmet is traumatized by what he's done, but not as much as when, in his despair, the Ingo kills himself right in front of him. Fully shaken, YanEmmet has decided that he needs to be more careful how he approaches things.
Still, that just went to show how dedicated Ingo could be. In all the worlds he visited, hundreds until he lost count, the Ingos would never leave their Emmet. Even if the Emmets didn't love them the way they wanted. Even if they didn't love their Emmets that way. So why was he the exception? There was nothing to do but keep moving forward, and he would continue to do so until he found an Ingo to love him or die trying. Not very good for his health to keep pushing himself, but it would be Fine.
He finally ends up outside a not-so-abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. He has a bad feeling, but Ingo is nearby, he knows that much. He'll just have to find him.
Now for poor Ingo. Since this is based off Tomb's Forced to Watch AU and it's Bad End, you can get more details there. But the jist of it is early on in their train boy careers, the twins get kidnapped and the leader, Cassian, said they Only Needed One and threatened to kill Emmet. To which Ingo begged and promised to do Anything if his brother was spared. Well, his brother was spared and Ingo went through a lot under Cassian's cruel and obsessive whims. A pet, treated less than human but certainly not poor enough to let him die. Emmet tried to come and rescue Ingo, but in his hesitation to kill, he gets killed and Ingo has to watch him die. That breaks his mind and his spirit more than anything else. He loved his brother, and though it wasn't mutual, the devastation of losing him is too much.
And here's where my boy comes in! Entering the house YanIngo is being held in, YanEmmet finds him and tells him he loves him and asks Ingo to love him too. Ingo until this point has been met with illusions of his brother so intially he didn't respond, but hearing a voice and touching his face and noticing the vague differences from the brother he remembered, he promises to love him, please just get him out of here. He has an ankle cuff that makes it difficult, but once Emmet rips it free from the wall, he takes Ingo back to a hotel to rest while he goes off to end Cassian's life for all that he put Ingo through. YanEmmet is already thoroughly in love with YanIngo, he didn't need much he just needed to be told he was loved. And YanIngo was rescued and now loved by an Emmet, not his own but that doesn't matter. They head back home to YanEmmet's original dimension, YanIngo finding and insisting he gets to bring his brother's yamask with them. YanEmmet agrees and now Yammet gets to stay with his brother but deal with what a gay he is with his lover that is another version of himself.
Back at his home Dimension, YanEmmet tried to figure out how to tell YanIngo he doesnt want him to ever leave the house without possibly triggering something. He loves Ingo dearly, so much, with all his heart, the last thing he would want to do is scare or hurt him! But luckily YanIngo does away with all that concern when he expresses his guilt and regret about not wanting to go outside and just stay at home. YanEmmet is ecstatic! Now he doesn't have to ask it himself and risk scaring Ingo!
But though YanIngo doesn't want to go outside, YanEmmet still needs to go to work as a Subway Boss, the only one since his original Ingo disappeared and decided to not come home. But leaving YanIngo alone at home isn't ideal either. So, he gives him his schedule, tells him he can call or message him at any point and he will answer. YanIngo knows when YanEmmet has lunch and they can talk freely during that time. YanEmmet lets YanIngo know if he'll be home even a minute later than usual. He wants him to feel like he knows what to expect so he has some form of control when he has had nothing of the sort for so long.
Of course, YanIngo isn't in the best state physically after everything he's been through, so YanEmmet adopts an Audino who used to work at a Pokemon Center until she couldn't keep up with the fast paced environment anymore. And now she can spend her time taking care of One Person and making him feel safe and making sure he takes any medication he needs and uses healing moves if he's in pain and helps YanEmmet when he does the physical therapy he learned with YanIngo. Yammet is also there to help Audino with taking care of YanIngo. If he can still help his brother in some way, he is happy to do it.
Also HisuiIngo is aware of the situation. Initially he was disturbed and mortified that Emmet had gone to such length as to steal an Ingo from another dimension. But its not stealing, he willingly came! They love each other they're good for each other! And HisuiIngo can see that Emmet is the happiest he's ever seen him and the other Ingo seems very happy too, so he can't actually oppose it, even if he thinks it's weird.
There are other things going on and it is a very smut filled AU because of Course it is, but these poor boys have been through so much individually and are so good for each other to heal and recover from their pains and trauma. And poor Yammet has to watch.
Side note; Blacephalon stays with them because he's YanEmmet's bestie now, but it has to learn to stop spontaneously exploding its head. Its messy and startles everyone when it happens and might scare outsiders. Also it and the Audino are in love and Yammet has to deal with lovey dovey shit from all sides. Sorry Yammet-
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idk if you still do au ideas but what if delores was a real person in the apocalypse? how it woul dbe done i have no idea but i love all your aus and thought it would be cool
okay okay I don't tend to go for real!Dolores aus admittedly because I find her much more compelling as what she is: a reflection of five himself and a symptom of his crushing loneliness
but i started thinking about it and you know what?? i think five deserves a little socialization, as a treat
so say like, 0.5% of the population is resistant to abilities. Allison would really struggle to rumor them, Five wouldn't be able to jump with them, and, most importantly, whatever the fuck Vanya's ability does has like, reduced damage or something
and the og apocalypse isn't the moon apocalypse, so let's say that it was pure waves of Vanya's powers that fucked over the earth
so 0.5% of the population survives the apocalypse. though, let's be honestly, the real number is a lot smaller than that. People who might have survived Vanya's initial power wave (miraculously) did not survive buildings crushing them or survive the car/plane/bus/train/other transportation crashes or survive being left alone when they are too young to reliably look after themselves, or the variety of other problems that come with 99.5% of the population dying at once
So, Five arrives in the apocalypse and is met with ruin and fire and a whole lot of dead people. He finds his siblings, but it doesn't matter. They're dead. He doesn't even recognize them at first, these strange grown-ups who he identifies not by their faces but by the umbrellas on their wrists that match his own
As he realizes the full impact of his situation, he hears a voice that says, very succinctly, "holy shit!"
It's a girl a few years older than Five himself, maybe 15 or 16, and she is very excited to see another survivor.
And here's where I u-turn this au around bc i'm not all that interested in real!Dolores, but I would be down to talk about Five meeting survivors in the apocalypse, because if Dolores is real I don't buy no one else survived.
So Dolores shows up and see a Literal Child crying over the corpses of his family and assumes that Five is a fellow survivor, and she immediately grabs him up. Five is incoherent with grief at this point anyway, so he doesn't even protest when she basically hauls him away from the bodies. She's babbling at him, but he doesn't really hear anything she's saying
And then she takes him to her dad
(Why not, let's have the 1% potentially be a heritable thing)
and her dad, let's call him just some dad name. like Rick. it has been a fucking WEEK for him, okay. he had his daughter with him, his ex-wife is on the other coast for her work, and by some miracle he survived the apocalypse and so did his child, and he's been wracking his brains trying to figure out what the fuck to do next
and then his daughter shows up with a traumatized thirteen-year-old in tow
now rick is a good dude. he's a dad. they get out of five that his name is five ("what the fuck" dolores mouths to him over five's shoulder and rick can't help but agree) and the bodies he found were his siblings ("Dad and Ben and Vanya weren't there though," this child cries desperately and rick feels his own heart clench in response, "They might still be alive!")
"We can look for them." Rick assures his new adopted child, because he is an adult in a fresh apocalypse and this kid has presumably lost everything he's ever known (more than rick even knows at the time)
and they do. They each get wagons and they go out and find supplies and look for other survivors. Five is... surprisingly helpful and also surprisingly docile as he is able to rely on Someone Else to give orders while he attempts to (dissociate) process what the fuck has happened
and here's the thing: Five prides himself on being independent, sort of. He's independent for a child soldier, but he's used to taking orders from a male authority figure and Rick happens to be just that
The first time that Five does something dangerous and Rick yells is a revelation
(Rick isn't sure if he hopes that Five's dad is alive or not, because if they find that man alive then Rick might just kill the jackass himself. Also like, Five is bizarrely knowledgeable out survival skills, like way too knowledgeable about it, which is helpful for them but also very concerning)
they find a newspaper and Five finds the article that mentions his father's recent death ("Huh. Heart attack." Five says, and there is no emotion in his voice)
(Years later, years later, Five and Rick talk. "I don't think I wanted to find him, either." Five admits, softly because Dolores is asleep, "I think I was more scared of finding him alive than I was of finding his body. He would've been so mad at me, I think.")
this newspaper is how Rick and Dolores find out about Five being Number Five, Umbrella Academy Missing Person
"Dude, what the fuck." Dolores says, wide eyes, "You're like, thirty?"
"I'm thirteen." Five says, and then checks the date on the newspaper again, "Also I think I would technically be 29 if I lived through all of it, 'cause it's April and my birthday is in October."
"You... time travelled?" Rick asks, which is honestly the more relevant question, "Can you go back?"
And Five just,,, crumples on himself. Because he tried, he tried really hard. It didn't work. "I'm gonna figure it out. I'm gonna go back, I'm going to save them."
That, Rick thinks, is a lot of weight to put on one person's shoulders, but especially the shoulders of a child.
"Alright." Rick says, because what else can he say after finding out his new child has superpowers and is from like, 2004? "What do you need?"
("Oh my god I have so many memes to teach you." Dolores says later, reverently. Five blinks in confusion and Rick mentally prepares himself for the recitation of so many vines)
And it's easier, somehow. Five sometimes feels like it's a betrayal, but he settles into apocalypse life with an ease that surprises him.
He lets Rick fuss over him and help tie his scarf securely around his head every morning before he sets off on supply runs with Dolores. And they're kids! Five has never had a friend before, and Dolores is funny and smart and she's struggling just as much as he is.
"I don't know if my mom's alive." She says to him, in solidarity when he checks the face of every corpse to see if they're Vanya.
Five is practical in the way only a child soldier can be. He's economical with the room in their wagons, carefully examining what might and what might not be useful.
Dolores, on the other hand, constantly takes up space with what Five sees as useless shit.
"Excuse you," Dolores says, shoving a game of monopoly, the entire discworld series, and a pack of glitter gel pens into her wagon, "These are absolutely vital apocalypse supplies."
She challenges him, plays with him in a way no one ever has. "I bet you I can find more batteries today than you can," She grins at him, "Winner gets to pick dinner first?"
"You're on." Five says, directly before Dolores pulls two packs of 24 AA batteries from behind her back, like a cheat.
Dolores makes him take a ten minute break when they find a playground that has been mostly not-destroyed. They rummage around kids backpacks and mother's handbags for some good loot, too numb to corpses to even be bothered all that badly about the corpses they belong to.
"I'm getting on the swings." Dolores says when Five starts making noises about moving on, "I haven't been on a swingset in ages."
"What's the point?" Five grumps.
"Don't be sour because you can't swing as high as I can!" Dolores laughs, getting higher and higher as the swings creak ominously.
Five grumpily gets into the other swing and grudgingly kicks himself back and forth until Dolores takes pity on him and teaches him how to properly move his legs and body to get higher and higher.
Dolores jumps from the swing seat and lands with a flourish and smile. Five jumps out of his seat and then jumps, warping right in front of Dolores and making her yell and hit at him in outrage. Five smiles the widest he has all week.
This is how Five grows up in the apocalypse, with Dolores teasing him into taking breaks and leaning over his shoulder to look at his math and scandalizing him by stating that she'd only just started on matrices in her own high school math class.
Every night they huddle around Rick while he picks up whatever book Dolores picked out that day because it is a travesty that Five has never read hunger games or whatever, and then they read together because it would be a genuine blood bath if they all took turns. The first time Five accidentally mentioned a spoiler and Dolores genuinely considered murder was the birthday of this tradition
Some days the air is too smoky or there are dust storms or it's just plain too dangerous to go out, and they all stay in. Dolores regales Five with stories about public school, and Five tells them about his siblings.
Then they all cry
"I shouldn't be crying." Five sobs.
"Shut the fuck up," Dolores sobs back, "You literally watched me lose my shit over remembering my shitty eighth grade dance and listened to me sob-sing toxic for like four hours."
"In fairness I also wished you would shut up then."
"Let me hug you or I will start singing songs that I only remember the chorus for again you absolute fucker."
"I could always sing some -"
"No, Rick/Dad."
And Five grows up. Rick shows him how to shave very carefully in front of cracked mirrors. Dolores teases him every time his voice cracks. Rick tells Five in no uncertain terms that he loves and cares for him, and that Reginald was a little bitch. There are a lot of heartfelt conversations around that, honestly. Rick telling Five that he and the siblings deserved better, that they were children and deserved to have a childhood.
And that he has faith in Five. Rick and Dolores both do, they bring him back paper and pens and pencils and chalk and anything Five can use to write equations. They poke around any libraries for books on theoretical mathematics and quantum physics. Rick and Dolores go out scouting for food while Five stays home and can work longer.
They also make him take breaks, make sure that he's looking after himself.
They're a little better off than OG!Five when it comes to food, because some animals survive. Enough that Rick figures out how to hunt. Five is the first one to each bugs, and even though Dolores makes faces they all start eating bugs as well.
"Pretty sure there's loads of cultures that eat bugs." Rick says grudgingly, wondering if he should try stirfry the cockroaches and if that would improve the taste. "There's even, uh, cricket flour or whatever, right?"
"Plus you eat like, five spiders a year when you're asleep." Dolores says cheerfully, just to watch her dad's face scrunch up in displeasure.
"That doesn't sound true, but I don't know enough about spiders to dispute it." Five mutters, and Dolores gives him such a proud look that it makes him roll his eyes.
They're in their thirties when Rick dies. He's out foraging and hunting, and the rubble he's standing on gives way and he ends up with a gash in his leg. He manages to stop the bleeding, but the world is filthy and they don't have any antibiotics.
He gets an infection.
"It's okay." He tells both of his kids, "It's okay. I'm just so glad that you guys have each other, y'hear? I'm so glad."
"It's not okay." Five says, voice thick and choked, "It's not."
"Yeah, well, you're going to figure out how to go back, right? Go back in time and save everyone. Then I'll have never died, right?" Rick smiles, "And even if you don't, I'll be waiting for you on the other side and we'll see each other again anyway."
"I'm going to fix it."
"I know. I have faith in you, Five." Ricks says honestly, and that's more than Reginald ever said.
They sit quietly together while Dolores is out scavenging. They've been taking turns sitting with Rick.
"I won't remember you, in the past, will I?" Rick says rhetorically, but Five answers anyway.
"I don't think so."
Rick hums, "Well, doesn't matter. If you need help in the past, you come to me, y'hear?"
"You won't remember me."
"Doesn't matter. You come find me, and you tell me your crazy story until I believe you, and then I'll help you." Rick says firmly, "You're family. You're my son. Timelines? Don't matter. If you need help, with anything, even if it's just with - with filling out a bowling team or something -"
"I have never been bowling in my life and you know it." Five interrupts, but it makes him laugh just a little bit which was clearly Rick's intention.
"Well who knows what you'll get up to in the past! You'll be able to go bowling, you know. Get to wear those uncomfortable shoes. Hey, you go far enough back maybe you can go to Dolores's tenth birthday party and put me out of my misery."
"Was she bad at bowling?"
"Oh, she was wiping the floor with me. No contest."
"Honestly, that sounds absolutely accurate."
"Shut up, bowling just wasn't my sport. Regardless, the point was that I'm giving you a free pass to come and get me. Because I know you, I know how you think." Rick brings up his hand to tap his finger against Five's forehead, "You get it into your head that you need to go it alone, take it all on your shoulders. I'm telling you that if you do that I'll somehow manifest my memories and come smack you over the head for being stupid, you hear?"
"I'm not dragging you into anything." Five says firmly, "I'll have my siblings."
"Who were also children." Rick points out. "And dragging? Dragging is such a strong word for a volunteer."
"A volunteer who won't remember volunteering." Five shoots back.
Rick just shrugs, and then winces when the movement jolts his bad leg. "Five, I'm going to be honest with you here. And sappy. Can you handle a bit of sappiness for a minute?"
"No."
"Well too bad. Can't leave a dying man, you'd feel too bad. So you're stuck with me. But you listen good, okay? Because you aren't dragging me into anything. Whatever life you have, I want to have a part of that. Because you're my son. Wherever you are, whatever you do, I want to help because you're family. What you'd be doing by leaving me out of it is depriving me of someone I love, depriving me of knowing one of the best kids I've ever known."
"Shut up." Five says, choked.
"Nope, it's sappy time." Rick states, "Maybe asking you to come find me is selfish, but I don't care. No matter what version of me exists, I want to be in your life."
"My life is a walking joke, why would you want any part of that?"
"It has been my privilege to watch you grow up. To help you. To be here for you. Of course I'd want to be there to watch you grow up the rest of the way."
"But -"
"Shut up, just let me tell you that I am so proud of you. You never give up, and your heart is so big. You love so much and so loudly, and it's been the highest honor of my life to be included in your family."
Five pauses for a moment to collect himself before simply saying - "You're the best dad I've ever had."
Rick snorts, "Considering my competition, I'd sure hope so. That bar was so low old Reggie was practically limbo dancing with the devil. Now get over here and give an old man a hug."
They don't bury Rick, when he dies. They don't have time and the ground is too hard and they don't have the heart to move him. Instead the pack everything up and seal him in the shelter they'd lived in.
Dolores pulls out a bottle of ancient nail polish and painstakingly writes Rick's name on the wall with his birth year and an approximate current year. They aren't 100% sure though, since time blends together out in the apocalypse, but it's something.
They continue by themselves. They get older.
Dolores jokingly calls him her husband because the way his face scrunches up makes her cackle. They see other people very occasionally, usually passing through. Usually groups. Dolores and Five get to flex their hosting skills, though more than one group declines their cockroach stirfry.
("It's a family recipe." Five says with amusement in his eyes that usually manages to drown out old grief.)
"Jeeze, that kid couldn't have been older'n twenty-three." Dolores complains, "Makes me feels positively ancient."
"They wouldn't have known any world 'cept for the apocalypse." Five muses, pouring some boiled water into wine glasses because they might be living in the apocalypse but they can be fancy.
"Do you ever think about that?" Dolores asks, turning to him with no judgement, just curiosity. "When you go back, you'll be like, erasing them from existence."
Five shrugs, "Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe this place will just split off into an alternate timeline."
"Maybe none of this is real." Dolores says, amusement coloring her voice. "Maybe you aren't talking to a real person at all. Maybe this is just a symbol of your insanity and cracked mind."
"Dolores, I literally have a scar where you stabbed me. Did I somehow manage to stab myself in the back?"
"Scraped you, I scraped you. By accident."
"So you maintain." Five says haughtily, swirling his water in his wine glass like a pretentious prick.
"I could totally be fake. You don't know my life."
"I know way too much about you, Dolores. Like, way way too much." Five scoffs, because Dolores and him have literally no secrets from one another at this point. Five even knows the truth behind what happened at Janet Scranton's thirteenth birthday party. Like, he said, way too much.
"Maybe you made it up. Maybe that's why you know so much."
"Dolores, I'm going to be honest with you right now." Five presses the tips of his fingers to his chin, "If you were a figment of my imagination, you would be so much better at math."
"Hey!" Dolores squawks indignantly, "I didn't even get to finish high school you pretentious prick!"
"Neither did I!"
"You didn't even go to high school, you brat."
"I'm fifty-two I think I've outgrown 'brat.'"
"Tell that to your attitude." Dolores says haughtily, "You're still younger than me."
"Won't be when I go back in time." Five says cheerfully, completely ignoring Dolores's venomous look.
"That's cheating."
"Sucks to suck." Five says loftily, taking another sip of his water.
Sometimes they talk about The Plan, with capital letters. What Five is going to do when he goes back in time, depending on when he pops out. Is he going to adopt his siblings? What about Reginald?
"You don't think I could kill Reginald?" Five says, holding a hand to his chest in mock offense.
"I think you should let me do it. I'll even give you control of tonight's music if you do."
"What are you doing to do? Bite his ankles? What if you're like, seven or something?"
"All the better to get away with it since I'll be too young to convict or whatever."
"Pretty sure that's not how the law works."
"How would you know? Just for that I'm playing Istanbul on repeat again."
"I don't know why you think that's a threat. That song slaps."
It takes a few more years before Five is close enough that the Commission comes to interfere. Because that's what I think happened - Five was getting too close and they stepped in because they might as well distract the man as much as they can with missions, right?
So the Handler shows up. And she offers Five a job, telling him that they have the ability to travel through time. And Five - hesitates.
"Give me some time?" Five asks, and the Handler graciously gives him 24 hours.
And he and Dolores talk it over, because now that his goal is more in sight than it has ever been and Five is scared.
"What are you waiting for? You have the chance to see your siblings again." Dolores says patiently.
"Yeah," Five says, and what he doesn't say is clear. But I won't see you.
"Five." Dolores says, and she cradles his face between her palms like he is something precious, "I have had so much time with you already. More than I would have ever. We have been so lucky, to have this time. How can I demand more than what we have already been given?"
"When have you ever not demanded the world, Dolores?" Five asks, his own hand coming up to cover Dolores's own.
"We've had decades together, Five. We're getting old. I was always going to lose you, one way or another. Nothing lasts forever."
"I don't want to lose you."
"I know. But if I had to choose a way, if I could decide where our story ends, this would be it. Letting you go, because this way you get to live. You get to see your family again. You get to save the world. I could ask for nothing more than for you to get your happy ending."
Five removes Dolores's hand from his cheek so that he can cradle it between them, "I'm happy here with you. I've never been happier. Isn't that silly? That I was happier in the apocalypse?"
"I bet killing Reggie would make you happy." Dolores laughs rustily.
"One day you're going to see the mysterious disappearance of a famous billionaire in the paper and feel a twinge of satisfaction and now have a clue why." Five laughs as well, shaking his head.
Dolores pats Five's hands, "Five, look at me. We've had our time. And you're going to give me even more of it. More time with my father. More time with my mother. I'll never know it, but you'll have saved me."
"What if this is - what if this is an alternate reality? What if I leave you here alone?"
"Then you'll be saving a 15-year-old girl from the same fate as me. Because as much as I love you, as much as I have loved this time we have had together, this is still an apocalypse. This should never have happened, and if you have a chance to go back and prevent it, then I want you to take that chance with both hands."
"Even if it means leaving you alone?"
Dolores smiles at him, "I'm not going to be alone. Far too many creepy crawlies in the apocalypse for that."
"Shut up, I'm being serious."
"Hmm." Dolores hums consideringly, "Maybe I'll head North, to that new settlement that last group said they'd heard word of. Sure they'd find some use for an old woman who's survived this long in the wilderness."
"You can have my half of the record collection." Five says, pulling her against him into a hug that she easily returns.
"As if I wouldn't have stolen them as soon as you left." She scoffs, but it's a little wet, and Five pretends his own eyes aren't leaking tears.
When The Handler comes back, Dolores gives him another hug. She also slips something into his pocket - some photos. They'd taken it a year into the apocalypse, when Dolores had found an ancient looking polaroid camera and towed it home despite Five's protests about practicality. The photos are worn and faded at the edges, but the smiles on Five's little apocalypse family's faces are undeniable.
"You'll have to see if they magically fade when you change the timeline." Dolores whispers to him with a grin, "Like in the movies."
"Okay." Five whispers back.
"You have the list of movies to watch, right?" Dolores says. Five rolls his eyes and nods because he wrote the list last night into his Vanya-book while Dolores hovered over his shoulder and critiqued his handwriting.
"And you promise to try a proper non-expired twinkie at some point?"
"That I do not promise. I think even looking at one would make me lose my lunch. I have twinkie-trauma."
"Shut up and get going." Dolores says, because the Handler is starting to tap her foot impatiently.
And off Five goes to become an assassin. Though - he's much more gentle this time. He's careful, he doesn't kill children and he usually takes jobs that don't require killing at all. He distracts and manipulates events as much as he can without killing.
He's actually much more well socialized, thanks to Rick and Dolores. Less feral child and more determined man on a mission.
Which is why he's so frustrated when he finally, finally manages to get the equations to work and falls through and falls - directly back into his stupid thirteen-year-old body.
"Shit." Five says, loudly, and revels in the surprised look on his siblings faces.
He strides into the kitchen, and they all follow him like ducklings. They look exactly the way they did when they died.
"Wow this is actually way harder than I thought it would be." Five muses, looking at their dead faces. But as Dolores would say, life is hard but you have to keep on trucking sometimes. "Whatever, what's the date?"
"Five, where have you been?" Diego demands, looking irritated. It makes Five snort in amusement.
"The future. The past. If you want like, an exact list of dates you'll have to hold your horses. I spent like, two weeks in Peru once. No souvenirs though, unfortunately."
They look taken aback, like they didn't expect Five to have quite this much sass. Oops. That is definitely Dolores's influence. Or maybe he was always a little asshole. In fairness, what teenagers aren't tiny assholes? He has an excuse.
"What the fuck does that mean?" Diego's eyebrows are furrowed in anger. It kind of takes Five aback for a second, because he remembers a Diego who stutters when he argued.
"When did you learn the fuck-word?" Five asks, raising an eyebrow before her can help it, "Grace ought to wash your mouth out with soap."
Diego immediately goes red, "Shut up!"
"Wow you're so easy to rile up. Aren't you like, twenty-something? Actually, I could figure out for myself how old you are if you gave me the date."
"I'm twenty-nine." Diego growls, like that was the point.
"Haunting!" Five says cheerfully, because that means there is way less time than he would like, narrowing his time down to a six month window.
It's extremely funny how his cheer makes all of them make faces.
It's Klaus who leans forward, "Why do you need to know?"
Klaus's face is open and curious and - (looks exactly like he did when Five found him all those years ago) - and Five can't help but answer him. "The world end on April 1st, 2019. No it isn't an April Fools joke, yes I have heard that joke like a million different times. I just want to know how close I landed so I can, you know, start working on how to fix that."
"Woah woah woah, roll it back." Allison says, holding a hand up, "What?"
"The apocalypse occurs on April 1st, 2019." Five says, slowly. "I have traveled from afar to prevent this from happening, because like, everyone dies."
"Everyone?" Vanya says weakly from the side.
She's clearly expecting to be ignored, so Five turns his head to address her directly by wiggling his hand back and forth a little. "Sort of. Like, not too many people survive at all. A handful of the human population, you know."
"But you survived?" Diego recovers admirably, if bitingly.
"Well, no." Five says rolling his eyes, "Wouldn't you just know it, Klaus here has managed to figure out a new ability!"
Everyone turns to look at Klaus, who immediately holds up his hands like he's being arrested or something, "I did not!"
"Wonderful! Now that we've established that I'm alive -"
"Why should we trust a word you say?" Luther says for the first time, looking pensive.
Five blinks, genuinely taken aback. "Because... I'm your brother? Because I can clearly and obviously time travel? Like, yeah, it would have been more convenient if I'd arrived in like, my old-body for proof-purposes, but like. I mean. Thirteen is still a pretty convincing age to be to prove time travel considering if I hadn't, I would be like, almost thirty."
"Roll it back again." Allison says firmly, "What do you mean by 'old body'?"
"Great question!" Five says pointing at Allison and smiling. Everyone looks at him weird again, and Five takes a moment to wonder if they've ever experienced positive reinforcement. Knowing Reginald, probably not. "Wait! Is Reggie alive? Wait, no, answer that in a second. Uh. When I time traveled I fucked up my body I guess, I was like, old. White hair and wrinkles-type old from spending decades in the apocalypse. But I fucked up the calculations and got booted back to my thirteen-year-old body, I guess. How, I have no idea."
"What?" Vanya says, still equally weakly.
"You have no idea how fucked up time travel is." Five whispers conspiratorially to Vanya, loud enough for the whole table to hear, "There are so many ways to die. Or permanently tear a hold in space time. But like, with life as we know if ending soon-ish, I figured I couldn't possibly fuck it up worse than it already was, y'know? Speaking of, anyone have the date again?"
"Wait, what was that about dad?" Luther asks, very focused.
"Oh, you still call him dad? Big oof." Five says automatically, because apparently his verbal filter is shot to hell after living with Dolores. It does make Klaus bark out a too-loud laugh.
"What does that mean?" Luther asks aggressively.
"It means Reginald sucks and doesn't deserve the title of 'dad,' what did you think I meant?" Five asks, and now both Diego and Vanya and both cracking smiles, though Vanya is covering hers with a hand.
"Have some respect for the dead." Luther growls, standing up and looking very large and threatening.
Five sways back, craning his head up, "Woah there big buy, sit down before I injure my poor growing spine looking up at you. Jeeze, did Reggie force feed you steroids or something? I wouldn't put it past him but like, I just want to know he at least went over the side effects of the drug with you. Also like, thanks for narrowing it down. Also terrifying! Seriously though, exact date please because if I have less than 24 hours I am going to break down crying and that is a threat."
"I love this Five." Klaus says reverently.
"March 21st." Vanya offers, finally.
"Wow! Terrifying!" Five says, clapping his hands together, "Hate that. Ten days, huh? Well, who wants to get on board the save-the-world express?"
Klaus immediately flings his hand in the air, Five points at his brother appreciatively. "Yes, excellent! I'll take the volunteer in the lovely skirt as my first team member. Any other volunteers?"
"Danke!" Klaus simpers, grinning widely like this is the vest entertainment he's had in weeks.
"I'm not just going to stand here and listen to you badmouth dad and boss us around." Luther slams his hands on the table.
"Well not with that attitude." Five snarks.
Diego raises his hand, "I would like to join team fuck dad as well."
"We can certainly debate team names later." Five says, nodding wisely as Luther gives some sort of scandalized gasp.
"Honestly, I just want to see where this is going." Klaus confesses.
Five shrugs, because he doesn't really care about the reason. "Don't you want to prove me wrong them? Prove what a well-adjusted young man Reginald Hargreeves raised?"
"Shut up." Luther grinds out, looking a moment away from throwing a punch.
"If this is all true, I have to get home." Allison cuts in, looking concerned, "I have - I have a daughter."
"I mean, if you want to give Claire a world to live in then I'd stick around, but that's just me." Five shrugs.
"You know her name?" Allison asks, obviously taken aback.
Five is almost offended, "Uh, yeah. I have her photo as well. Y'all get on like, a bizarre number of gossip magazine covers did you know that?"
Allison manages to outdo herself in terms of being taken aback once more.
There's a beat of silence, and then Five turns, "Vanya? You in?"
"Me?" Vanya blinks, looking shocked. "What can I do?"
"Yeah, what can she do?" Diego asks, crossing his arms and suddenly looking grumpy.
It baffles Five, who scrunches his nose, "Uh, like, a lot? I assume? I mean. I'm going to be honest here, just looking at y'all right now is a lot. In more ways than one! Hashtag trauma and all that, but like, name a single one of you that wouldn't be the most obvious person in the room as soon as you walked into it. Except Vanya, who somehow manages to look like a well adjusted adult, by some miracle."
"Did you just verbally say the word hashtag?" Allison asks, looking so deeply confused.
"More concerned about the trauma he tacked onto there, but y'know, to each their own." Klaus immediately cuts in.
"You think I'm well-adjusted?" Vanya asks, looking oddly touched.
"I would like to direct your attention to Diego's leather pants-scowl combo and Luther's general aura of daddy-issues." Five says pointedly, "I can practically smell the tragic comic book backstory in this room. If I'd jumped back a decade earlier this would have been Batman's wet dream of orphan selection."
"Alright! Game plan!" Five says, waving Diego's knife in his hand.
Diego's hands immediately go to his weird harness looking thing, "Hey!"
"Give me just one moment to get the tracker out." Five rolls his eyes, "Then I'll give it back, I promise. Also if someone could ask Grace for like, some antibiotics that would be good."
"What?" Allison asks, directly before Five stabs himself and there is suddenly panic at the table.
"Relax!" Five says, allowing Diego to remove the knife from his hands. He doesn't need it anyway and his hand immediately drops down to root in the wound.
"Five what the fuck!" Diego yells, but Five just pulls up bloody fingers and waves the tracker into Diego's stupefied face.
"What the fuck is that, Five?" Allison demands, looking very shaken.
"I literally just said it was a tracker." Five points out, "Now, I think our first team activity should be voting on whether we destroy it or take it out to bumfuck nowhere and ditch it to confuse the Commission."
"What the fuck is the Commission?" Diego barks.
"Man. Maybe I should just hit up Rick." Five muses, "This is going to take so much explaining."
"Who is Rick."
"So much explaining."
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â” Stray Kids: Jisung x fem. reader / one shot, college AU, frenemies to lovers AU / fluff
â” warnings: slight cursing, mentions of alcohol/drinking, a teeny tiny bit sexual suggestiveness (nothing explicit)
â” word count: 6k
Itâs not even 8am, and your eyes feel as dry as sandpaper while your head is pounding with a slight migraine. Youâre currently getting everything ready for the crowd of caffeine addicts that will soon arrive at the cafĂ© you work at. Itâs way too early to deal with the horde of zombies called students, but you got stuck with the worst shift of the day - starting at 7.30am which, in your opinion, is just inhuman. Stupid Minho and his stupid luck whenever it comes to drawing straws. For some reason, you always end up getting the shortest one. At least youâll be done with work before most people your age have even made it out of bed. Still, right now youâd give almost everything to be back in your blanket burrito. Earning money is hard and annoying. If youâve ever wondered if working at a cafĂ© could ruin the beauty of coffee⊠the answer is yes. Because capitalism destroys everything, leaving no survivors. Â
âGood morning, Y/N!â, your co-worker and the other unlucky one having drawn one of the shorter straws chirps when she enters the cafĂ©, and you grimace - Sanaâs voice is way too cheerful so early in the morning. You only give her a curt nod of your head, not in the mood to talk right now. Youâre not really in the mood to do anything, if youâre being honest. Ugh, you hate the morning shift. Youâre currently 80% tired, but 20% also tired - you donât even remember what itâs like to not be tired anymore. College is great!Â
Sana doesnât seem to mind your grumpiness though, being the sweetheart that she simply is, and begins to wipe the counter while humming a cheery song under her breath. Itâs only her second week at work, but so far sheâs proven to be a better and more reliable part-timer than the last three who had worked here. Jun is usually a nice and caring boss, but he has some strict rules - always be on time, no drinking coffee while youâre working, donât take more breaks than necessary, and donât give out free drinks to your friends. The last three part-timers had broken at least one of these rules, so Jun had let them go again. Sana is doing well so far, and you think that Jun has maybe even taken a liking to her - not that you can blame him, sheâs not only super nice and a general sunshine, but also incredibly beautiful and funny. Youâre always happy whenever you work a shift with her. Sheâs a student like yourself, and wants to become a kindergarten teacher. Youâd never let your children near her though, too scared theyâd like her more than you - not that you could actually blame them. âShall I put on some music?â, Sana asks after sheâs finished with wiping everything down, and you just nod, finally being done with prepping the giant coffee machines. Just seconds later, smooth lounge music fills the cozy space of the cafĂ©, and you inhale deeply.Â
Maybe you lied earlier. Capitalism did not destroy coffee for you, you still very much love the scent, taste, and especially the effect of it. You check the time, noticing you still have about 15 minutes left before you have to open the cafĂ© - meaning you have more than enough time to enjoy a nice cup of coffee with Sana. She immediately agrees to drink a cappuccino with you, and just minutes later, you bask in the fresh scent of grounded coffee beans. Sana sighs deeply after having taken the first sip, and gives you a bright smile. âHeavenly. You truly make the best coffee out of all of us, Y/N!â, she compliments you, and you tilt your head to one side. Thanks to the caffeine in your system, youâre finally ready to talk to her now. âWell, if my academic brilliance proves futile, I can always become the best barista in the world, I guess. And by the way, donât let Minho hear you say that, or heâll force you to taste all the coffee he makes, resulting in you overdosing on caffeine. You know what heâs like.â, you answer, and Sana giggles. âWell, I stand with what I said, and Iâll even say it to his face. He needs to learn that he canât always be the best at everything.â You raise one eyebrow, lips twitching. âNo offense, but I donât think heâs ever been the best at anything so far, heâs just very good at pretending. He basically invented the phrase âfake it till you make itâ.âÂ
Before Sana can reply, thereâs a knock against one of the cafĂ©âs windows. Surprised, you look up, and groan when you see a familiar face staring back at you. âWhat is he doing here?!â, you grumble, and place your mug on the counter, not moving a single muscle. But Sana, being her nice and angelic self, is already walking towards the door of the cafĂ©, and before you can protest, sheâs already unlocked it. Jisung jumps over the threshold, sporting a bright grin. He greets Sana with a hug, before sliding his giant headphones off his ears. âMoooorning.â, he says, with at least five Os. Youâre already annoyed. Youâve known Jisung for⊠well. For a long time. Too long, some would say (you, for example). Your moms have been close friends since their own college years, and while they thankfully didnât move into the same neighborhood, they ended up living quite close to each other. Meaning Jisung had been there for pretty much you entire childhood and teenage years - at every single one of your birthday parties, at most Christmases, and sometimes even at Easter (even though neither of your families really celebrated Easter). Youâve also gone on hiking trips together, and on wildlife expeditions, and on holidays by the seaside⊠In almost all your memories, thereâs Jisung.Â
âUgh, why are you so obsessed with me?â, you whine when he leans over the counter to grab your mug and take a sip of your coffee, âThere are literally hundreds of colleges and you had to go choose the one Iâm attending?!â He grins, puffing out his stupidly adorable hamster cheeks. âIâd never be so cruel and rid you of my pleasant company, my dearest Y/N.â, he answers, dark eyes sparkling with humor. You just huff and turn around. âThe usual?â, you ask in a flat voice, and he hums in confirmation. To say you hate Jisung would be a severe overstatement, you just often strongly... dislike him. And feel annoyed whenever heâs around. Mostly because heâs a walking disaster, who kinda thinks the world revolves around him (you blame him being an only child for that). One of your most vivid and probably also traumatic childhood memories is of your sixth birthday party: you had gotten a brand new, soft green bicycle, falling in love with it as soon as you laid eyes on it. Naturally, you had wanted to take it around the block for a little test drive, but all of the sudden, Jisung had thrown a big tantrum until your mom had made you give him the bike first. And being the clumsy child that he simply was (and kinda still is), he had crashed your beautiful new bike into a tree. The tree had won that battle, the handle bar completely bent, same with the front wheel. So you and your bike had been a very short love story with a tragic ending. Romeo and Juliet had nothing on you. And this instance has only been one of many - Jisung had also accidentally sat on your birthday cake once (till this day, you have no idea how heâd even managed to do that). He had also ruined one of your favorite jumpers by dumping ink all over it, had tipped over the canoe when youâd been happily paddling on a lake one summer day, and had given you a black eye when you went mini golfing for your eleventh birthday.
So Han Jisung has always been - and probably will always be - a walking disaster. Being his friend means you have a âWhy is he like thatâ moment at least five times a day. Your biggest fear at the moment is that heâs accidentally going to sit on your brand new laptop and break it, the one you had been saving up for for over two years. And then youâll just have to kill him which will probably make his very nice mom very sad. But as the bible clearly states: an eye for an eye, a life for a laptop. Or maybe heâs just going to set your whole apartment on fire - heâs truly a mess inside the kitchen, you sadly know that from experience (note to self: never try to bake cookies with Jisung ever again). Your old dorm kitchen will probably never recover from that one particular incident that ended with half the building having to be evacuated. This is one of the reasons why Jisung hasnât been at your new place yet. The second one being that you also only just moved into it a few weeks ago. Ever since moving, heâs been pestering you though, asking you to have a movie night with him at your new place. Like you said, heâs kinda obsessed with you. He also literally spends every morning at the cafĂ© you work at - or well, you just assume itâs every morning. As youâre a part timer, you donât actually have to work every single morning, but heâs definitely always here when you have drawn one of the short straws again.
You quickly busy yourself with making a flat white for Jisung, his preferred drink of choice, while he continues to chat with Sana. They know each other thanks to a mutual friend of theirs, Chan - heâs one of Jisungâs roommates as well as Sanaâs best friend. Everyone on campus knows Chan: heâs on the student council, he plays for the baseball team, and heâs one of the most promising music majors youâve ever seen (or well, heard), already being scouted by different labels even though heâs not even a senior yet. And heâs also just so nice and down to earth, truly a prime example of a man. Jisung should really take a leaf out of Chanâs book.Â
âHere you go.â, you say while sliding Jisungâs finished order his way, taking your own mug out of his hands while doing so. You quickly shake your head when he wants to hand you his credit card, and he shoots you a happy smile. Jun would probably fire you instantly if he knew about this, but not once have you let Jisung pay for his coffee - and youâve been working here for almost four months now. You try to ignore the way your stomach jolts when Jisung locks eyes with you, but fail miserably. So maybe he has the most beautiful smile in the whole world, and maybe his eyes hold entire galaxies in them, but what about it? Itâs not like you even really like him, right?
You turn around and pretend to wipe down the coffee machine, but in reality, you just donât want to look at Jisungâs cute hamster cheeks anymore, because they just make you want to squish them. And you have a reputation to lose. âWell, Iâm off to my lecture now - I hope your day will be pleasant, ladies!â, Jisung finally says, and you turn around, catching him giving you a mock salute and mischievous wink. You just wave at him, while Sana wishes him a good day as well. As soon as the door falls close behind him again, you exhale. You really need to get a grip on yourself.
Itâs Friday night, and thereâs a party at Jisungâs frat house. At first, you donât want to go, but your roommate Amber basically drags you with her. You know sheâs only going because she has the biggest crush on Chan, and you honestly canât even blame her - half the girls on campus have a crush on him after all, and at least a third of the guys. But while Amber and Chan are good friends, nothing more has ever been going on between them - not yet, that is. Who knows, maybe tonightâs finally the night.
Youâre currently sipping on some stale beer Seungmin - one of Jisungâs roommates - had handed you the second you stepped over the threshold of the frat house, scanning the room for people you know. Amber is off to greet some friends from her architecture class, so youâre on your own for now. Which is fine, you donât really mind just standing in the corner to observe the other guests, itâs actually highly entertaining. For example, thereâs one guy twerking like crazy to some BeyoncĂ© song. You think his name is Kevin and heâs in your calc class. A friend of his is currently hyping him up like crazy, while another one with green dyed hair is clearly wishing he was somewhere entirely else. You honestly canât blame him, the secondhand-embarrassment way too real. A few seconds later, Sana enters the room with a group of girls, and she happily waves at you as soon as she spots you. You simply return her smile, before continuing to watch Kevin.Â
âEnjoying the show?â, someone beside you suddenly asks, and you jump, dumping some of your beer over your shirt. âOh fuck you!â, you yelp, and turn around to glare at Minhoâs shit-eating grin, âYou definitely scared me on purpose!â âFuck... me? Absolutely, just name the time and place, babe.â, he answers, and you smack his chest. âNot even in your wildest dreams, Lee.â, you reply, and narrow your eyes at him. He pouts playfully. âI just think weâd make a really great couple.â, he argues, and you shake your head. âWell, society should be able to limit what some people are allowed to think, then.â, you retort, voice flat, and he ruffles your hair. âYou know what I love about you? Youâre kinda mean and annoying, but unapologetically so.â, he says, and you raise one eyebrow. âI might be kinda mean and annoying, but at least my lock screen isnât a selfie.â At this, Minho gasps dramatically, and protectively clutches his phone to his chest. âI mean, I could always change it to one of your selfies, you know?â, he then suggests, making you groan. Heâs clearly drunk already or else he wouldnât be flirting like this. If this sad attempt can even be considered flirting, itâs probably just him being his annoying and arrogant Scorpio self. Minho sighs deeply. âWhen will you finally accept my eternal love for you, Y/N?â, he asks, and tries to grab one of your hands, but you just smack him again. âMaybe when you finally stop cheating at drawing straws! I have the Monday morning shift again!â, you hiss, and he smirks. âYouâll never know my secret.â, he says smugly, and empties his cup in one single gulp.Â
You begin to pout and take a sip from your own cup, eyes wandering towards where Kevin is still throwing it back on the dance floor. âIf I ever do something remotely like that, just take me out, and instantly.â, you say, an exasperated expression on your face. âOn a date or with a sniper?â, a familiar voice on your other side suddenly asks, and you sigh internally. âHan.â, you greet your favorite frenemy, and Jisung grins while wrapping one arm around your shoulder. âNice to see you accepted my invite.â, he says, and you quickly duck out of his embrace, trying to ignore your racing heart. Minho just wiggles his eyebrows at you, before flashing you a shit-eating grin and disappearing from view. Traitor.Â
âI only came because Amber asked me to.â, you explain, and stand on your tiptoes to look for your friend. Seriously, where did she even go?! Itâs been at least 15 minutes since she left you on your own. âYou can just admit that you missed my handsome face, you know.â, Jisung says, and you snort. âYeah, whatever you say, hamster boy.â He groans, ruffling his hair with one hand and making it stand on end. You desperately suppress the need to flatten it again, and quickly take another sip of your beer. âDonât you get tired of using that old nickname? Plus, my cheeks arenât as chubby anymore! I have finally lost all my baby fat, the glow up weâve all been desperately waiting for!â, he says, and you suppress a smile, looking him up and down. âI guess some people would agree that you donât look bad.â, you finally reply, and ignore the way your heart flutters when he shoots you a wide grin. âAww, you old softie, I knew you actually liked me.â, he says, lovingly punching your shoulder. You grimace, rubbing the spot he hit - you know he and Chan have started to work out recently, and apparently, Jisung doesnât know his own strength anymore. âNow donât get all sappy on me, just because I might have erased your name out of my death note.â, you reply, quickly draining your cup to hide your blush, and mumble something about getting a new drink before basically running away from him. When you enter the kitchen, you exhale deeply. Your hands are shaking, your heart is racing and you know the blush is still very prominent on your cheeks.Â
So yeah, maybe youâre kinda a bit in love with Han Jisung. He might be a complete mess, but heâs also funny, hard-working, intelligent and something close to a musical genius. And yeah, maybe you absolutely adore his stupid hamster cheeks, bright smile and beautiful dark chocolate eyes. You close your eyes for a few seconds, groaning internally. You donât want to be in love with Han Jisung! There is literally no other person you want to be less in love with. Okay, except for Lee Minho, simply because you just couldnât bring yourself to ever date a Scorpio, no offense. But Han Jisung is at least a close second!Â
You canât even say when you first began to develop these kinds of feelings for him. After graduating high school, you had finally realized how much youâd actually miss Jisungâs constant presence once you had to go off to different colleges. Youâre almost embarrassed to admit how your heart had leaped when he told you heâd actually be going to the same college as you. Maybe you had truly just always kind of loved him - him and his weird antics. Heâs always been himself, and unapologetically so. In the modern world of snapchat filters, snow apps and facetune, heâs always felt real to you.
You shake your head, trying to get rid of these thoughts, and groan again. After youâve refilled your red party cup, you drown it in a few gulps, repeating the process a few times. Drowning your feelings might not be the responsible thing to do just now, but well, youâre only in your early twenties, so you still have lots of time to become a more responsible adult in the future.
Half an hour later, you have probably drunk way too much beer and are also still trying to figure out where Amber has gone. So you finally decide to go search for her, noticing that for some reason, the floor seems to tilt a bit with every step you take. âWeeeeird.â, you mumble, squinting your eyes, âThatâs new.â Just then, you manage to walk into someone, soaking their entire backside with your beer. The person yelps loudly, before turning around to glare at you. Your brain needs a few seconds to recognizes the handsome face, and when it finally does, you give him a bright smile while slurring âHyunjiiiiiin.â, squishing his face between your hands. The boy turns from annoyed to alarmed, and pries your hands from his face while narrowing his eyes at you. âOkay, what and how much did you drink, Y/N?!â Your smile gets even wider. âOnly the best kind of alcohol, which is a lot!â Hyunjin just groans and begins to look around for someone. âWhere is Han when you need him?!â With that, he wraps one arm around your waist to pull you with him and through the crowd. You hold onto him like your life depends on it - and the way the floor is swaying from side to side right now, it truly just might. You make a disgusted sound when your hand touches Hyunjinâs soaked shirt. âYouâre wet, do you know that?â, you mumble, head lulling around until Hyunjin gently guides it to rest against his shoulder. âYeah, surprisingly I do.â, he says, but in your current state, his sarcasm gets totally lost on you. âYou should change, itâs freezing outside, and we donât want you to catch a cold!â, you tell him off, and he groans, half amused, half exasperated. âI promise I will change as soon as Iâve found Han.âÂ
You raise both eyebrows at that. âWhy do you need to find Jisung? Does he have clothes for you?â Just then, Hyunjin seems to find the desired person, sighing in relief. âHey, Han! I think your girlfriend has had a little bit too much to drink tonight.â, he yells over the music, and you frown. âHis girlfriend? Since when does Jisung have a girlfriend?! And why hasnât he told me about her?! Iâm his oldest friend! Like, not old in the sense of actually being old, but in the sense of time spent toge-â, before you can ramble on, Hyunjin basically shoves you into Jisungâs outstretched arms. âHere, sheâs your responsibility now! Take her home or whatever. Iâm gonna go change.â, he says curtly, before turning around and marching off. You wave at his retreating backside, before you look up at Jisung, who sports a very confused expression. âUh, what exactly happened?â, he asks, taking in your glossy eyes, flushed cheeks and lopsided smile, âShit, are you drunk?! I donât think Iâve ever seen you drunk!â He actually looks amazed, and you canât help but ruffle his dark hair. It feels silky when it slips through your fingers, and you giggle to yourself. âNice.â, you murmur, before you glare at him, âSo, you have a girlfriend and didnât tell me about her?! Thatâs rather rude, you know? Weâre friends, after all! The oldest friends ever! I tell you almost everything.â Jisung just blinks a few times, before he shakes his head in disbelief. âUh, okay, maybe I should bring you home.â, he murmurs, and wraps his arms even tighter around your waist, âWhereâs your stuff?â You shrug while snuggling closer to him to bury your face in the crook of his neck. He yelps, and freezes for a few seconds, before he sighs and drags you towards one of the sofas. âWait here, okay? Iâll be back in a second.â, he murmurs softly, and tugs some of you hair behind your ear. You lean into his touch, and close your eyes while nodding. The last thing you hear is his low chuckle.
Bright sunlight greets you the second you try to open your eyes. You groan and decide itâs better to just close them again. Seeing is overrated anyway, especially when your head is pounding like crazy. Mh, maybe you did drink a little bit too much yesterday.
âAre you alive? Groan once for yes, twice for no.â
You truly love your roommate, but right now, youâre prepared to throw her out the window as her voice cuts through your hazy state like a knife. Still, you manage to groan once.
âOkay, good. Thereâs water on your bedside table, and some aspirin. Take it.âÂ
For the second time this morning (or midday, you honestly have no idea what time it is), you try to open your eyes, just a teeny tiny bit. Still half blind, you carefully fumble for said things on your bedside table. After taking the aspirin and drinking some water, you sigh in relief and fall back into your pillows. âYou were really out of it yesterday, huh? Any reason for drinking for at least three people?â, Amber asks, her voice laced with quiet humor. You just grumble something unintelligible, and she chuckles. âDo you remember who brought you home?â
You finally turn around to look at her, raising one eyebrow. â... You?â, you guess, and she presses her lips together to try and stifle her shit-eating grin - she fails though. âNope. I was kinda busy.â, she just answers, a smug expression on her face. You finally manage to sit up, ruffling your messy bed hair. âBusy doing what? Now that I think of it, I remember you were gone from my side the second we stepped foot inside the frat house. Talk about loyalty.â You try not to sound too offended, but while you donât remember much from last night, you do remember that you spent some time looking for it, but in vain. âChan.â, Amber just answers, and you squeal - regretting it a split second later when a sharp pain shoots through your head. âRemind me to never make that noise again while Iâm nursing a hangover.â, you say, holding your head between your hands, and Amber giggles. âNoted. But yeah, Chan and I⊠well. Letâs just say we had a good night.â She wiggles her eyebrows at you, and you return her grin. âWell, congrats, then! You snatched the Bang Chan, props to you.â Her smile softens, and she sighs dreamily. âHe even asked me on a date afterwards. So weâre going out to get some pasta tonight.â, she tells you, and your smile gets even bigger. âIâm so happy for you, Amber. Heâs a really great guy, and you deserve a really great guy.â, you say gently, and she nods. âDamn right I do. But speaking of a really great guy - Jisung was actually the one to bring you home last night.â, she explains, grinning smugly when she sees your shocked expression. âHe did what now?!â, you ask, not ready to believe her, at least not yet. Amber leans back on her elbows, obviously enjoying this way too much. âWell, after you drank about half the alcohol the boys bought for the party, you decided to give Hyunjin a beer shower, who immediately realized it was definitely time to get you home, so he went searching for Jisung who then brought you to our apartment. No idea what happened after you left the frat house though, I only got to know about this because Hyunjin told Chan who told me.â
You bury your face in your pillow and let out a long, miserable noise. You sound a bit like a dying whale which makes Amber laugh. âAh, come on, itâs not that bad. You and Jisung are friends after all, Iâm sure he saw you drunk lots of times already!â
You shake your head.
âWait, he hasnât?!â
âNope. I very rarely get drunk, and itâs not like Jisung and I are actual friends like that - friends who take care of each other and so on, you know?â, you try to explain, and Amber frowns. âWhat do you mean? Y/N, you and Jisung have known each other since forever, you hang out constantly, and you always talk about him with endless adoration - well, and a bit of annoyance too, to be fair. But what do you mean youâre not friends âlike thatâ?!â You blink at her, surprise written all over your face. âI donât talk about him with endless adoration!â, you disagree. Amber just gives you a very long, hard look, and you begin gnawing at your lip. âI⊠do?â, you ask in a small voice, and she nods. âYou talk to him every day, Y/N, and you talk about him even more. It would be annoying if it werenât also extremely cute.â, she replies, and begins filing her nails, lips twitching while she watches you trying to digest what sheâs just told you. âI guess⊠I should at least message him to thank him for bringing me home.â
âAnd for tucking you into bed.â
You groan and throw your pillow at Amber. She catches it and laughs. âWhat, you looked very cozy and all snuggled up when I came home! And I doubt you yourself did that, at least if Hyunjin told the truth about the amount of alcohol you consumed yesterday.â
You look yourself up and down, noticing that youâre not wearing your clothes from last night anymore, but your favorite pjâs, the ones with little succulents on it. âDoes this meanâŠâ, you whisper, but shake your head, âNope, not even going there. Iâm way too sleep-deprived and hangover to deal with any of that right now.â Amber grins and shrugs. âJust go ask Jisung, Iâm sure he can fill you in on everything.â You groan again, and fall back onto your bed. âIâll have to take a shower first.â, you mumble, and close your eyes again. âYes, please do, you reek of stale beer.â And with that, your roommate throws your pillow back at you.
Itâs already about to get dark again when you arrive at the frat house, nervously bouncing on your feet for a few seconds before you finally gather the courage to knock on the front door. You quickly stuff your hands back into the pockets of your leather jacket, gnawing at your lower lip while waiting for someone to open the door. Just a few minutes later, Hyunjinâs tired face greets you. He raises both eyebrows when he lays eyes on you, immediately noticing your nervous expression. âHi.â, you say, and give him a small smile. He leans against the doorframe, and crosses both arms over his chest. âHi yourself. You actually look less zombie-like than expected.â You roll your eyes. âThanks, todayâs look is inspired by sleep deprivation and a mean hangover. Water and aspirin helped though, or else I could have auditioned for The Walking Dead.â, you grumble, âAnd uh⊠Thanks for yesterday, by the way. Iâm really sorry about your shirt, I heard I dumped beer all over it.â Hyunjin cracks a smile at that, and shrugs. âYeah, but itâs fine. The washing machine will take care of that. Wanna come in?â, he asks, and you nod, quickly following him inside the warmth of the parlor.Â
Surprisingly, the house looks clean and tidy again - the guys must have spent the entire day getting rid of last nightâs mess. Youâre actually impressed. âHan is in his room.â, Hyunjin says, before you even have the chance to ask, and you gulp nervously. âO-okayâŠâ, you mumble, and are just about to walk up the stairs, when Hyunjin tugs on your sleeve. You turn around to face him again, expression questioning. The boy gnaws at his lip, looking nervous. âJust⊠Finally tell him, okay? Iâm like, literally begging you.â, he then says, and you narrow your eyes at him. âTell him what, exactly?â, you inquire, but Hyunjin only gives you an exasperated gaze. âYou know exactly what. Weâre all tired of you guys pining after each other but not actually doing anything about your feelings. Quick reminder: this is not a cheesy rom-com where you have to wait until one of you guys leaves the country so you can finally declare your love at the airport or some big, stupid gesture like that. Just do it now, in his stuffy frat room and get it over with.â Before youâre able to reply, he gives you a mock salute and retreats into the kitchen. You huff, surprised at the audacity of his words, and turn around to finally go up the stairs and towards Jisungâs room.Â
You take in a few deep breaths before knocking on his door, trying to steady yourself. Then, you wait - but after a few seconds have passed and the door has not yet been opened, you simply turn the doorknob and let yourself in. Jisung sits at his desk, giant headphones covering his ears while he hums along to the music heâs listening to. Well, that explains why he didnât hear you knocking. You quickly cross the room, and tap his shoulder. He screams, and whips around, almost ripping his headphones off in the process. You giggle at his shocked expression, dark eyes almost comically big in his face. âWhen did you arrive!?â, he almost yells, and you slide the headphones off his ears, brushing some of his hair back while doing so. His eyelids flutter for a few seconds, before he raises one eyebrow. âYou donât look that shitty, which is surprising considering the amount of beer you drank last night.â, he says after looking you up and down, and you defensively cross your arms over your chest. âWow, thanks. Always the charmer, huh?â, you huff in mock offense, and he grins up at you. âNo need to charm when I know your heart is already mine.â You almost choke on your own spit, and beg the blush creeping on your cheeks to just not do that right now. Truly not the time nor place. âI came to thank you, actually. For last night - I heard you were the one to bring me home.â, you finally admit, nervously shifting from one foot to the other.Â
Jisung just stares at you for a few seconds, before giving you a soft smile. âWell, yeah. I couldnât just let anyone take you home - and Amber was kinda busy, I heard.â You nod. âTrue, Iâm glad you didnât interrupt whatever she was doing. So, uh, yeah, thanks, youâre⊠a good friend, I guess.â Almost immediately, embarrassment washes over you, and you groan at your own words. Jisungâs lips begin to twitch. âA good friend, huh?â, he repeats and crosses both hands behind his head, still looking at you with an unreadable expression on his face. You blink a few times, before slowly beginning to nod. âY-yeahâŠ?â âFor someone so smart, youâre really fucking oblivious sometimes, you know that?â, Jisung suddenly states, and you huff. âExcuse me?! Who do you call obliv-â But before you can tell him off, he pulls you onto his lap and then, his lips are on yours. You yelp, freezing for a few seconds, before basically melting against him. He hums appreciatively, and wraps both arms around you to pull you even closer towards him, deepening the kiss. You bury your hands in his soft hair, gently tugging on it, and he groans against your lips. You use the chance to slide your tongue into his mouth while his hands wander lower to grab your ass. You shift on top of him, and he moans when you brush against his crotch.Â
When you draw back to catch your breaths, you simply stare at each other, cheeks flushed and lips swollen. Then, Jisung begins to smile at you, and your heart flutters. Twenty years of seeing his smile, but youâll apparently never get used to it. âAbout fucking time.â, he then murmurs against your lips, voice pleased, and you roll your eyes at him. âIâm not oblivious, by the way! Youâre the oblivious one - I never give anyone free coffee, because it could literally cost me my job, and yet you always get a flat white on the house!â, you tell him, and he smirks. âOh, baby, the oblivious one is definitely you - or do you really think I just happen to have a lecture every morning you got the early shift again?â, he replies, a smug expression on his face. You just stare at him. âYou-â, but before you can say anything else, Jisung quickly presses his lips against yours again. You immediately lean into his embrace, and close your eyes, losing yourself to his touch - so familiar, yet also so new and exciting.
Yes, maybe youâve truly always been in love with Han Jisung - but at least he seems to feel the exact same way.Â
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Before anything, I want you to know that your stories are amazing and unique. I've read all of them and love each one so, so much! Would you write a Soulmate AU with either Tom or Peter? Maybe like same tattoo in the same place, and they only found out because one of them accidentally saw the others naked đ
Mockingbird
Pairing: Soulmate!AU Tom Holland x Reader
Synopsis: a mixup in the bathroom leads you to accidentally seeing Toms soulmate tattoo
Warnings: nudity? Nothing is described but the word âbuttâ is used so
Authors note: thank you @clara-licht ! This inspired me so much that I wrote it all in one sitting and Iâm really proud of it. I hope you like it and thank you for reading my work!
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Dating didnât really exist in a world where soulmates were born with matching tattoos. It was seen as taboo to date anyone else before you found your soulmate. You always respected the rules and kept as eye out for the tattoo that matched yours, but even the impracticality of it all couldnât stop you from developing a crush on your best friend, Tom Holland.
You never asked where his tattoo was or what it looked like, partially out of respect and partially out of fear that it wouldnât match yours. The fear didnât keep you from wondering what his was. Youâd seen him shirtless plenty of times, so you knew it wasnât anywhere on his top half. Youâd seen him in shorts as well, so it couldnât be in his legs. Youâd been friends with Tom long enough to feel like you wouldâve at least caught a glimpse of it, but you never did.
Until one day.
You and Tom had gone swimming in your pool and he told you he was gonna shower before you grabbed something to eat. Assuming heâd be in your bathroom for a while, you picked up your copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and sat on the couch to read it. After around twenty minutes, the lemonade youâd been drinking hit you and you really had to pee. You put your book down and went to the nearest bathroom.
As soon as you opened the door, your eyes landed on your naked best friend facing away from you. More importantly, they landed on the small tattoo of a bird on his left, uh, cheek.
âAh! Naked!â You screamed, completely forgetting that Tom said he was gonna be in the shower.
âAh! Y/n!â Tom whipped around with his hands covering himself.
âAh! Leaving!â You shut the door in a haste and pressed your back against it. You clamped a hand over your mouth as you slid down the door, hot tears spilling onto your cheeks. You never put much thought into what or where Toms soulmate tattoo was, but the jarring and unexpected discovery of it made your heart shatter for one reason:
It didnât match yours.
He had a bird, and you didnât. That meant there was some girl out there with the exact same tattoo that was going to end up with the man you loved. You buried your face in your hands as silent sobs left your body. It caught you so off guard that you couldnât move from in front of the door. After a while, you heard the shower turn off and you scrambled to your feet. You ran back into the living room and picked up your book, pretending to read as you waiting for Tom to come in. You ended up staring at the same page for seven minutes until Tom walked into the room with an awkward clearing of his throat.
âHey, champ.â He addressed you.
âHi, sport.â You said without looking up from the book. He sat down on the opposite side of the couch and the room went silent.
âHow are you?â He said to break the silence.
âA little traumatized, but otherwise Iâm doing all right.â You replied, never looking at him. You held the book up a little higher so he couldnât see the tears threatening to fall.
âYou didnât see the old web shooter, right?â He blurted after another beat of silence and you shut the book with a hard thud.
âNo.â You stared straight ahead.
âOr my jat?â He asked. This time, you looked at him. His curls were damp and his face was red, two things youâd normally find adorable. But Tom didnât look the same to you. He went from being someone who could potentially be your soulmate to someone who you knew wasnât your soulmate, and that changed how you viewed him. Unable to look at him any longer without crying, you looked away.
âYour what?â You asked quietly.
âMy jat.â He repeated.
âWhatâs a jat?â You asked as you pretended to look at your nails.
âItâs slang.â He shrugged.
âFor?â You asked.
âFat ass.â He mumbled as if he were ashamed. You would normally laugh, but you felt numb at that point.
âNo. I didnât see that either. Most likely because you donât have one.â You tried to act normal. Tom cracked a smile, having noticed your indifference.
âTumblr would disagree.â He said a little too proudly.
âWell they havenât seen you like I have.â You practically snapped at him. You felt bad, especially since he had no idea why you were upset.
âAre you okay?â He finally asked and you wanted to scream.
âFine.â You said coldly, picking the book back up.
âAre you hungry?â He tried to change the subject.
âNo.â You muttered.
âNow I know somethingâs wrong.â He half heartedly laughed.
âNothing wrong, Tom.â Your anger began to rise.
âYouâre not even looking at me.â He said, a little hurt.
âIâve seen enough of you today.â You replied.
âY/n.â He said, leaning forward and placing a hand on your knee.
âTom.â You stared him right in the eye as you pushed his hand off.
âYouâre acting off. Are you sure youâre okay?â He looked you up and down, wishing youâd tell him what was upsetting you so he could fix it.
âIâm fine.â You repeated, flipping to the next page dramatically even though you didnât read anything.
âAnd you didnât see anything?â He inquired.
âNo.â You said firmly as your throat tightened. âI didnât see anything.â
You avoided Tom for the next few weeks. You gave him lame excuses that you had work or school to get out of seeing him. You knew it wasnât fair just as much as you knew it wasnât his fault, but you couldnât bear to face him. You could not bear the reality that he wasnât your soulmate. If he wasnât, then what was the point? Why give him all your time and energy if he was destined to be with another girl? You spent the four weeks apart crying and trying to fall out of love with him. He was never yours to lose, but it still hurt like hell. Your beating heart was replaced by a dull ache. You didnât want a different soulmate. You didnât want to someday attend the wedding of Tom and his. Even if the universe intended for you two to end up with different people, you still yearned for him. It was unfathomable to you that your heart was made to beat for someone other than Tom. You didnât want it too.
Maybe the universe was wrong.
After four weeks of not seeing each other, he pulled up to your house, unannounced. When he didnât get out of the car, you went outside to see him. With your heart in your throat, you knocked on his window. He rolled it down and stared at you stone faced.
âHey.â You said awkwardly.
âI wasnât even sure if you still lived here.â He replied in a flat tone.
âI do.â You offered weakly.
âYouâve been avoiding me.â He stated as he looked at you sadly in the eyes.
âIâve been busy.â You lied.
âYouâve been avoiding me.â He repeated in a more final tone. You didnât say anything for a while and he sighed.
âGet in the car.â He nodded towards the passenger seat.
âWhere are we going?â You asked.
âI donât know.â He said sincerely. âPlease, just get in.â
You got in and drove silently to an empty park. Tom parked the car in an open area where you could see the stars. He didnât ask you why you were avoiding him. He instead began to tell you about how heâd been the past four weeks and about his next project. The conversation was normal, and you slowly warned up to him and spoke like everything was normal. You sat in the car and just talked for hours, until the sun started to rise.
âTruth or dare?â He continued your ongoing game.
âLets go dare.â You shrugged sleepily.
âI dare you to wear my jacket for the rest of our time together.â He said as if itâd been something he had been thinking about for a while.
âWhat? Why?â You asked at the absurd request.
âBecause I dared you too.â He replied as he handed you his jacket.
âOkay.â You said skeptically as you slid his jacket on over your tank top. âTruth or dare?â
âTruth.â He nodded.
âWhats your biggest secret?â You asked as you took a sip of his water bottle.
âOof. I donât know if I can tell you.â He laughed to himself.
âYou canât tell me? We tell each other everything.â You shoved him a little.
âBut this is embarrassing.â He told you.
âPlease?â You tilted your head to the side. He stared at you for a moment, as if decided what he should do, then shook his head.
âNo, I canât. No one can ever know. Only Haz knows right now and I plan on keeping it that way.â He said definitely.
âWhat? That makes me want to know even more.â You whined.
âNo, because if I tell you, then I have to show you. And Iâm not showing you. No way.â Tom shook his head.
âShow me what?â You inquired.
âMy tattoo.â He said.
âI already know about the one on your foot.â You answered, disappointed that the secret was something you already knew about.
âNo. Itâs a different one.â He said to your surprise.
âYou have another secret tattoo?â You sat up in your seat. âNow you have to show me.â
âI canât. I physically canât.â He stressed.
âWhy not?â Now you were really curious.
âBecause itâs on my asscheek!â Tom shouted. âThere! Are you happy? I have a tattoo on my butt. Thatâs it. Thatâs the secret.â
âYou have a tattoo on your butt.â You repeated as the gears in your head began to turn.
âYes, weâve established that.â Tom said, a little annoyed.
âOf a bird.â You continued.
âYes, weâve established th-â Tom cut himself off and looked at you incredulously. âHow did you know that?â
âRemember that one time I walked in on you in the bathroom and said I didnât see you naked?â You asked as your heart began to race, the fire of hope returning.
âYeah.â Tom remembered.
âI saw you naked.â You admitted. Tom was silent for a moment as the shock of your confession went through him.
âShould I apologize? I feel like I should apologize.â He broke the silence.
âYou donât have too. It was my fault.â You told him.
âIs that why youâve been acting different? Because you saw my juicy dumper- ah I mean, butt?â He tried to lighten the mood and you laughed a little.
âYeah. I mean, no. Itâs not that I saw your butt.â You sighed, not ready for the impending conversation. âItâs that I saw your tattoo.â
âAnd that made you distance yourself from me?â Tom asked in confusion.
âYes.â You nodded, feeling guilty that he noticed your purposeful avoidance.
âWhy?â He asked sadly.
âBecause I donât have the same one.â You choked out as you looked him tearfully in the eyes. âI canât imagine loving someone else the way I love you. Since the beginning, I thought itâd be us. I thought it would be you and I in the long run. But when I saw your soulmate tattoo and realized I didnât have the same one, I couldnât face you anymore. I couldnât act like it didnât kill me that my soulmate is someone other than you. Or that thereâs a girl out there with a bird on her butt, and she gets to end up with you. I couldnât do that.â
âDarling.â Tom said softly and put a hand on your knee.
âDonât. Thereâs nothing you can say right now.â You pushed his hand off and stared out the window.
âIt kills me too.â He said after a few minutes of silence. You looked back at him and saw that he was crying.
âWhat?â You asked.
âIt kills me too. Why do you think I made you put on my jacket? Do you know how hard it is to be around you when you wear things like that? Sleeveless shirts that show off that lotus tattoo on your arm?â He said in a quivering voice. âI despise that tattoo. It kills me to see it.â
âWhy?â You inquired.
âBecause I donât have it.â Toms voice broke as he yelled. âAnd itâs a painful reminder that I will never be with you every time I see it.â
The car went silent for a while as Tom let out a fear tears.
âItâs a mockingbird, by the way.â He said between sniffles.
âWhat?â You asked.
âMy tattoo. We were hanging out one night a few years ago and you took your jacket off, you just had a tank top on underneath. I got sick to my stomach when I saw that tattoo for the first time.â Tom shook his head with disdain. âI left your house and got drunk at some bar because I couldnât handle the fact that you were gonna end up with somebody that wasnât me. The upstairs doubled as a tattoo parlor and Haz dared me to get one and I agreed. I couldnât think of anything to get, but then I thought of you and your smell and your smile and your favorite book-â
â-To Kill a Mockingbird.â You interjected.
âYeah. So I got that. A mockingbird. I didnât want it to affect my career so I got it in a place no one could see. I just needed to feel a different kind of pain that night than the one I was already feeling.â He said in the most heartbreaking tome youâd ever heard him use.
âThatâs not your soulmate tattoo?â You whispered in disbelief. Youâd been torn apart over it for weeks just to find out heâd gotten the tattoo done himself.
âNo. Itâs not.â Tom said as he stared out the window. You could see tears rolled down his eyes in the reflection.
âThatâs not mine either.â You said, suddenly desperate for him to know the truth.
âWhat?â He turned around to face you, a flicking gleam of hope in his eyes.
âI got the lotus for my eighteenth birthday because itâs my moms favorite flower. I forget itâs there so I never talk about it.â You told him. âAnd you never asked.â
âI tried my hardest to forget about it. I couldnât be around you otherwise.â Tom admitted as he subconsciously examined all your exposed skin for your actual soulmate tattoo.
âThatâs exactly why I havenât been able to be around you recently.â You told him the truth and he looked at you with a distinct sadness.
âI had no idea.â He said apologetically.
âMe either.â You said, half relieved and half dreading the next question. âThen what is your soulmate tattoo?â
âWhat if it doesnât match yours?â Tom knew what you were really looking for. Now that your feelings for each other were admitted, there was so much more at stake.
âWhat if it does?â You touched his face with light fingertips.
âAre you still gonna love me if Iâm promised to someone else?â He practically begged.
âIâm always gonna love you.â You leaned in closer and said with determination. Tom cracked a smile that quickly faded.
âIt could be written in the stars that I belong with another girl.â He feared.
âThen we make our own constellation.â You promised him. That was enough to convince him as he gave you a swift nod.
âAre you sure?â He asked one last time.
âJust tell me.â You said, ready to accept whatever your fate was.
âItâs a little tree on my inner thigh.â He said slowly.
âAn olive tree?â You asked.
âYea, how did youâŠâ Tom trailed off as you lifted your skirt to reveal a delicate olive tree on your inner thigh. Tom stared at the tattoo for a minute before looking up at you. Your chest heaved with nervous breaths as you met his tear filled eyes. Without another word, you lunged for each other and kissed with sweet devotion.
After you fell sleep that night, Tom snuck into the bathroom with a sharpie. He skillfully drew a little olive tree on his inner thigh and made a mental note to get it tattooed there for real. The day youâd gone swimming, also known as the day you saw Toms tattoo, Tom had seen the little olive tree on your inner thigh. Even though it crushed him that his soulmate tattoo was a mockingbird and didnât match yours, he wasnât going to let it stop him from being with you.
Maybe the universe got it wrong.
He was so sure his soulmate was you, why else would his tattoo be a reference to your favorite book? So he decided to lie. Heâd tell you the mockingbird tattoo was a drunk mistake. Heâd tell you he also had an olive tree. Heâd tell you you were his soulmate. Heâd tell you anything to make sure you never found out the truth. And most of all, heâd hope and pray he never came across a girl with a mockingbird tattoo.
Part two
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PAIRING: the Flash! chwe vernon x reader
GENRE: fluff, humor, angst, friends-to-lovers, superhero! au
WC: 4.4k
NOTES: mentions of violence, trauma, FIRE, injury, nothing major (when Vernon is acting as the Flash, his voice is altered to protect his identity (duh) so thatâs why y/n is obviously not able to tell who he is ^^ )
SUMMARY: it started with cookies. thatâs all you wanted, really. but you got a bonus with it, except you wouldnât really call it a bonus- just a... lovely addition that happened to steal your heart in a flash, whether you knew it or not.
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âDonât touch that!â you whisper exasperatedly to your little cousin. You were exhausted. How did parents do it? You planned on going to the mall to get some cookies from the best bakery youâve ever gone to, and your aunt conveniently wanted her kids to see Santa at the mall. So you offered to take them there with you, to give her a break because you knew a four-year-old and a six-year-old were a l o t of work.Â
You were waiting in the line for Santa, your little cousins bouncing and messing with the decorations. You stared ahead, counting the number of people in front of you. You sighed. One more kid until I can get my cookies.Â
You loved your cousins, really, little Camden and Hana. But the E N E R G Y. You frowned, were you like that when you were young? As soon as you finish that thought, the line moves up, and youâre at the front! Camden looks up at you. âHow much longer?â he whines. You smile. âWeâre almost there. Just wait a little more, alright?â Hana pouts, and you grab her tiny baby hands and swing them, hoping to cheer her up.
As she giggles, one of the worker elves calls out, âNext!â You look at them with a bright expression, gesturing them forward before being interrupted by a loud CRASH and BOOM.Â
You immediately look around, hearing screams and chaos. Youâre frozen, until a strange whiz! passes by you, hair blowing back from the speed. You recoil before remembering the kids(!!) and look down. Camdenâs near you, ears plugged, and you sigh in relief. Then suddenly, the image of Hana pops into your mind, and you inhale.Â
Head whirling, you search the place. You hear more screams, and is that the smell of burning? Where is she???? She wasnât standing next to you, and you have absolutely no idea where she went. You feel a wave of fear course through you. You bend down to Camden, grabbing his shoulders. You donât notice your hands shaking. âListen, Camden. Wait here and do not move. I promise Iâll be back soon ok?â He nods, hands plugging his ears as you leave. You run around the central plaza where Santa was sitting. Â
You see flames, hearing the roar and shiver, still frantically scanning the area. People are disappearing, probably escaping as they should be, but you canât leave Hana. You run around the circle until you hear a familiar whimper. Your eyes zero in on a miniature house that was a part of the Christmas decorations. You squint, and you think you see a little girlâs body huddled inside the house. You hear the roars and crackling growing louder, but you ignore it.Â
Running to the house, you crouch and look it through the window holes. Hanaâs inside, huddled and whimpering. Youâve never felt such relief run through you before. âOh god. Hana...â you murmur. She looks up at you, tears at the corners of her eyes. It almost causes you to tear up as well. Voice shaky, you call her name. You feel waves of heat from behind you, but you focus your attention on her. âHana, please come out. We need to get out of here.â She shakes her head. âIâm scared... itâs really hot in here..â âI know,â you look back, seeing flames surrounding the area, causing your heart to clench. âBut you need to get out. Then weâll be safe, alright?â You slowly open the door to the house and hold out your arms. Hana slowly creeps forward, and you immediately take her into your embrace.Â
Turning around, you see the fire encasing you two. Letting out a shaky breath, you just hold Hana tighter, squeezing your eyes shut and thinking, âIs this it? Oh no.. I left Camden alone. What kind of person am I? How-â You donât get to finish as you feel a gust of wind and maybe a hand around your waist.Â
You open your eyes and suddenly, itâs like youâve been teleported outside. Glancing down, Hanaâs still in your arms, staring at you. Sighing in relief, you bury your face in her hair, letting out muffled thank godâs and weâre safe.Â
You hear a noise and look up, mouth opening in surprise. The Flash?! He looks down at you two, eyes widening in shock. He coughs before asking, âAre you two alright?â You can only slowly nod, processing everything. Heâs about to leave when you grab his hand. Sucking in a breath, you look him in the eyes. A familiar warmness to them. âI- just, thank you. You have no idea how indebted I am to you.â The Flash nods. âItâs no problem. Itâs my duty.â He looks around before mentioning, âDidnât you have uh- a little boy with you two?â It didnât dawn on you how he knew, but you were distracted with what he said.Â
Shooting up, you immediately think of Camden. Shoot. You spot him with his parents, crying as they comfort him. Once he sees you and Hana coming over, he runs into your embrace. You tightly hug him and Hana, looking back at the Flash with a small smile on your face. He returns the smile before disappearing in a second.Â
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Your friends rush to hug you, all talking about the âUnexpected explosion at the Westpointe Mall.â You laugh, âIâm fine. It was honestly scary, and Iâm a little traumatized, but everyoneâs okay.â âThanks to the Flash,â your friend adds. âI owe my life to him,â you say, eyes sparkling as you imagine him saving you. Your friends let out an ooooh, and you groan before denying anything. You chat with them for a little before receiving a text.Â
Itâs from Vernon. You quickly tell your friends you have to go, them all teasing you about your âdateâ (that you dismiss with an eye roll).Â
Walking out, you spot him, and he quickly brings you into his arms. You didnât exactly know what your relationship with him was.  You always denied it, saying the classic, weâre just friends, but anyone could tell you two definitely had something more.Â
You inhale, smelling his comforting scent. âI heard about what happened,â he mumbles into your hair. You just nod, enjoying his comforting embrace.
You pull back, and he leads you to his car. Settling inside, Vernon plays some cringy old love songs, and you giggle, the both of you singing along. When you arrive at the cafe, you both order before finding a seat. âSo,â Vernon starts. âWhat, uh, is the whole story?â You swallow before recounting the whole incident.Â
âAnd then the Flash suddenly comes in! I owe everything to him, he saved Hana and me. He was so cool and brave..â You realize youâre rambling before looking back at him. His ears are red, and heâs smiling slightly, you note. âWow. Well, uh-I guess he seems like a nice guy ?â Vernon replies awkwardly. You raise an eyebrow. âWhy are you acting so weird all of a sudden?â He chokes on his drink. âWhat? ha, whaddya mean?âÂ
You narrow your eyes at him. Then it hits you. Your eyes widen, and you snap your fingers. âI know what it is. Youâre-â Vernon suddenly reaches up and covers your mouth with his hand, youâve never seen him so panicked before. In the process of doing so, he accidentally knocks your fork, but quickly catches it with his other hand. Your eyebrows raise in shock at his incredibly fast reflexes, then you remove his hand from your mouth. Leaning in, you speak in a hushed voice, âVernon... itâs okay to be jealous. Itâs not a big deal. Besides, Iâve known you for years and only met the Flash once. Of course, I would choose you over him, dummy.âÂ
Vernon dramatically sinks back into the seat in relief, placing his hand over his face before sitting up and returning to you. âYeah sure, youâre right. I shouldnât be jealous..â You laugh and place your hand over his comfortingly, not removing it until you two leave the cafe.
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â-crime rates are rising. Be careful when you go out, people! Especially in places with large gatherings! Well, that was your-â you shut off the TV. It's been getting more dangerous recently, you think. There have been more and more bombing attacks going off, and the Flash has been rescuing the people from all of them. You shiver, remembering the heat. Flames flickering over you. Hanaâs cries. Your respect for the superhero grows. You shake your head, getting into bed.Â
You didnât tell anyone so they didnât worry, but you had been having recurring nightmares after the event at the mall. Sometimes it was just flames burning you or you not being able to save Hana and Camden. But whenever you woke up, there was always a bitter, smoky aftertaste in your mouth. It got really bad sometimes, so you would either watch social media and eventually pass out or stay up the night, unable to fall back asleep.Â
Today was unfortunately one of the latter nights. You throw off all the blankets, it was wintertime, but you could only feel the heat. The images flash in your head again. Bright. Loud. Pain. You exhale shakily. Your first instinct is to reach for your phone and call Vernon.Â
ây/n??â you hear his raspy voice. Your whole body sweating, you reply in a small voice, âCan you please come over, now?â Thereâs a pause before he responds, âOn my way.â
All you say to him when he arrives is, âI canât sleep..â and he guides you to your bed, going in after you. He wraps his arms around you, probably already drifting off. It was really hot before, but Vernonâs heat was comforting and tranquil. You slip off before you know it.Â
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Youâre walking to the grocery store when youâre stopped by the sound of police sirens and disorder. Another bombing, you overhear. âThere are so many bombings. Whatâs really going on?â you wonder. Your curiosity gets to the best of you, and you walk over to the commotion. There are police talking to huddled people, obviously traumatized.Â
And then you see him. The Flash. He was talking to a policewoman, and you continue to stare at him. He seems so familiar to you, but you canât place where and when you might've seen him before, excluding the one time he saved you. He mustâve noticed because he says goodbye to the police and walks over to you.Â
Youâre surprised. You didnât think a superhero had time to talk to a normal person like you. He stops in front of you. You look up at him curiously, admiring his suit. âSo howâre the kids?â Youâre confused for a moment, but then you laugh. âTheyâre fine, I think. Luckily you saved them so hopefully, there are no scars,â unlike me. He smiles. âWhere are you going? Uh, just to be safe. Donât want someone walking at night by themselves.â You allow a small smile to form. âI can take care of myself, but thanks anyway. Iâm just going to the mart. Donât you have other things to do?â He shrugs as you two continue walking down the street. âNot unless thereâs another bombing.âÂ
When you arrive at the front of the mart, the Flash awkwardly shifts from foot to foot. You glance at him, confused. âI, um, shouldnât go inside there, you know. My suit and all.â You laugh. âThatâs what youâre worried about? The suit? I would expect the fan girls rushing to take a picture with you, but donât worry, I won't ask, mr. superhero.â He grins. âIâll wait for you here then.âÂ
You donât actually expect the Flash to be there when you exit the store, things in hand, but heâs there. He spots you. âFinally, it was getting weird standing here alone. Luckily no one asked for a picture.â You smile, before shuffling through your bags, âI bought some snacks as thanks for you, but the only place I think is open at this time is my place. We could go there to eat if you have time, that is..â You donât know why your cheeks feel hot. He pauses for a minute, before shrugging. âSure.â
You open the door, saying, âPlease excuse the mess,â as you let the Flash into your apartment. You might be internally freaking out. He walks in as if heâs been here a thousand times before. âOh, nice place?â You smile. âThanks. We can go to my balcony and eat. Itâs pretty tonight.âÂ
Leading him out, you show the snacks you bought. It was mostly snacks that Vernon forced you to try and were now your favorites. You look at him nervously. âI hope these are okay?â He seems pleasantly surprised. âYeah, these are fine.âÂ
You two chat about your life, his superhero stuff. It was surprisingly refreshing as you gaze at the night, clear and stars shining bright. You turn to look at him and find him already looking at you. Your breath hitches. It suddenly feels a lot warmer. You think heâs leaning in, maybe youâre leaning in until a sudden breeze blows past and you shiver. The Flash inhales. âYou should uh, get inside. Itâs cold and getting late..â âRight,â you said, breaking out of your trance.Â
But before you go in, you look back. âWill I see you again?â He only smiles. âTake care.â And then heâs gone in an instant. You fall asleep that night, no nightmares.Â
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You do see the Flash again. Around two weeks later, he comes crashing into your apartment. Â âOh my god, you-â He groans, collapsing on your couch. âWhat happened??â He coughs. âAnother bombing. Got everyone out in time but barely.â His suit is all scorched and red. You wince at the burns.Â
Hesitantly, you ask, âCan you remove your suit? T-to treat the burns?â He can only nod. Grabbing your med-kit, you sit on the ground next to him. âI wonât mess with your mask..â you softly murmur, âbut if itâs bad, Iâll promise not to look, cause youâre in no shape to do it yourself.âÂ
You assist him in taking off the top part of his suit. You remind yourself to focus and not get distracted. The burns are red and harsh, and you shudder at the thought that you couldâve been through that if it wasnât for the Flash. Taking the burn ointment, you warn him before softly rubbing it on top. He groans in pain, and you try your best to soothe him, gripping his hand tightly with your free one.Â
It goes on for the rest of the night, and he passes out on your couch. The next morning, heâs gone with a simple scrawly thank you written on a notepad. You wonder how he found it because it was in a drawer that he did not know about, or at least you thought. Your thought is momentarily forgotten as you remember to text Vernon.Â
Recently, Vernon had been busy and wasnât texting you often, which you understood. But today, you were supposed to meet up later with him, just to hang out because you felt like you havenât seen him in so long.Â
Once you get there, heâs sitting down, anxiously bouncing his knee. You immediately brighten. âVernon! I missed you.. Whatâve you been up to thatâs been taking you from me?â you pout. He nervously smiles. âJust school and work ya know??â You frown, but mumble âAlright..â You two catch up, and you tell him about the Flash, recounting that one night under the stars. You leave out the ending, though. Vernonâs eyebrows raise comically. âGeez, thatâs cool. A superhero hung out with you? Iâm jealous..â You nod excitedly. You decide not to tell him about the one night with the Flashâs unexpected visit. It didnât seem right.Â
As you two get up to leave, you notice Vernon limping. âVernon?â you ask. He looks back at you. âWhatâs up?â You examine his body. Heâs slightly hunched over like heâs injured. âWhy are you limping??â He freezes. âI-well- I didnât want to tell you.., but someone spilled their hot water over my legs... and yeah.â You open your mouth, but Vernon stops you. âIt was an accident, alright? No need to get angry.â âI just care about you a lot,â you huff. He assures you by enlacing your hands together. You sigh but decide to let it go.Â
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The Flash shows up at your place several times. By that, you mean at least once a week. The bombings are getting more and more frequent, and youâre not sure why. All the attacks are random, and the CIA still havenât found any information on the bombers yet, so itâs up to the Flash to save them. Each time, he comes back with more and more injuries.Â
Around the ninth(?) time he shows up, you frown in disapproval. âListen, this is too much. There are so many bombings going on, and everyone expects you to save them all. You canât keep doing this by yourself. Where are the police and security?â He just shrugs in defeat. âItâs my duty to help the city. This is my job, and if I have to save people from bombs daily, then I will.â You pout. âItâs not fair. Why canât I be a superhero too so I can help you?â He laughs before wincing in pain.Â
You tend to his injuries once more. Yes, he had accelerated healing, but constantly getting burned and hurt was taking a toll on him. Plus, you could tell he was just physically and mentally exhausted. Once you were done, you stare at him. His eyes were closed, so you assumed he had fallen asleep, but suddenly they flicker open. Thatâs when you notice the dark eye circles underneath them, even with the mask on.Â
He just stares back at you, before softly muttering, âIâm so tired..â Youâre about to respond, but he grabs your arm and pulls you forth, so your face is a lot closer to his than before. Frozen, you open your mouth to say something, but he leans up and places his lips on yours. Your eyes instinctively close. Youâre not sure how long it lasts, but youâre finally able to pull back. Heâs already half-asleep, exhausted. You quietly turn off the lights and leave him to rest.Â
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Vernon was drained. Balancing his superhero life and normal life was getting difficult recently. With all the attacks, he was constantly stopping by your place as the Flash, then zooming back to his place to be Vernon again. His life was getting extremely hectic and busy, but he knew it came with being the cityâs hero.
 He doesnât know why he started stopping by your place, especially risking his identity being exposed. Maybe it was just the exhaustion or wanting to see you. It was really difficult to hide his identity from his friends, especially you. He was so busy and had no time to hang out with anyone, constantly saving lives and then going to classes and work immediately after.Â
Finally having some free time to do his schoolwork, Vernon types away on his computer. He needed to take full advantage and catch up, because well, his grades werenât doing too well. A notification catches his attention. Itâs an email from... the CIA?Â
The CIA contacted him? Theyâre the only ones who knew Vernonâs identity and promised to keep it a secret in return for working alongside them. Â Heâs shocked when he reads the email. Itâs simple. Meet up at a restaurant today. 3 pm sharp.Â
Once he gets there, he sees an officer waiting for him, beckoning. After he sits, the officer leans in. âWe were able to track the bombers down and find the whereabouts of their next attack.â His eyes widen. They tracked the attackers down? The officer continues, âThe next bombing is tomorrow, 7 PM at the Art Galleria. Get the bomb before they can set it off. Weâre gonna be closing it but get all surrounding people out if necessary, and weâll take care of the rest.â Vernon nods, processing the information. The officer gives him a last, donât be late, and sets off, leaving Vernon to sit alone.Â
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The next morning, youâre texting Vernon, telling him about your exams in the afternoon and asking if he wanted to go see âPicassoâs artâ with you around dinner time after you finish. He texts back a small, âNo sorry Iâm busy later :/â thinking about his âplansâ for that evening. You respond with âawww, itâs ok. Iâll go by myself and Iâll be safe! Promise! Also- donât text me during my exams, my phone will be off!â Vernon smiles, putting his phone away in his pocket.Â
He carries on with his day until around six-thirty. Heâs visualizing the plans thatâll happen in about thirty minutes while also thinking about how he can make it up to you for not being able to go.Â
Then it hits him. Picassoâs art? Thatâs at the art galleria. Which meant you were going to the art galleria later today. Around dinner time. The next bombing was in thirty minutes. Shit, he thinks, hand reaching for his phone before remembering your text.Â
Your phone is off. Youâre probably concentrating on your exams, then going to the art galleria without knowing anything. He sighs, running his hand through his hair. Itâs fine. Heâll just somehow find you before you get there and move you to a safer place.Â
He ignores what you said and texts you anyway. He types, âY/n, donât go to the galleria, no matter what. Just listen to me please.â Vernon also texts your friends, hoping one of them will catch you and give the message.Â
Groaning frustratedly, he decides to put on his suit and go look for you. Making up an excuse in his head, Vernon runs around the art galleria, passing by everyone with a gust. But he canât find you. Vernon was getting annoyed. It was getting closer to seven, and he needed to find the bomb. Where were you?Â
He spots the police. Theyâre surrounding the whole place, getting ready to help people once he gets them out and preparing to arrest the bad guys. Vernon searches, but youâre nowhere to be found. He can only hope youâre not here. He zooms past the guards, going in and flying through the whole place. He grabs every person in sight and moves them out in 5 minutes. Now to find the bomb.Â
He frowns. Why are there so many people at the galleria today? He just wanted to know where you are. He dashes into one of the exhibits, filled with paintings. He immediately stops.Â
Itâs you. Youâre held by a hooded man, three other dark figures in the room next to what he figures is the bomb.Â
Vernonâs heart plummets. How did he not catch you before? He can only look as the man laughs, holding you close with his arm tightly over your chest. Vernon canât read the expression on your face, but youâre rigid, and your hands and feet are tied. The man grips you harsher. âWell, if it isnât the little Flash. Move one inch and the bomb goes, along with the girl.âÂ
Internally, Vernon scoffs. He could take this whole group out in two seconds flat. But he was worried about you. He contemplated his chances, before lunging forward. He deals a few blows to the man before moving to you, undoing your arms and legs. Then he wrangles everyone and brings them out front to the police, everyone in slow motion.Â
Strolling back into the galleria, he smashes the bomb with his foot. All in a few seconds. You gasp when you see suddenly him by your side, huddled over you. âAre you alright?â You couldâve gotten seriously hurt,â anger seeping through his voice. You frown. âIâm fine. I said I could take care of myself.â Raising his voice, he snaps, âYou couldâve died! How did you even get in here? I went through the whole place, and you were the only person I wasnât able to get.âÂ
You sigh. âWhy do you care so much? Is it because youâre actually one of my closest friends?â He freezes. What?Â
âVernon,â your voice cracks. âWhy didnât you tell me?â His eyes slowly land on you. Youâre sitting on the ground, arms around your knees, and staring at the ground like a hurt child.Â
Vernon tried to respond, but nothing comes out. You stand up, shaky, but manage to take a couple of steps before he grabs your arm. âY/n... I-â but you interrupt him. âDo you like me? Like actually like me?â you ask softly, trying to catch his eye. He finally looks at you, swallowing. âYeah.. and no. I love you Y/n. And Iâm sorry for not telling you, no one knows except for the CIA. I just wanted you to be safe, and especially after today, I canât lose you.â
You think you feel tears form in your eyes as you throw your arms around him. He relaxes, relishing in your warmth. Youâre about to release him, but he tightens his arms around you. You look up, and Vernon leans down to capture your lips with his. It feels warm and you ignore the fluttering in your stomach.Â
Breaking the kiss, Vernon realizes something. âWait.... how did you know I was the Flash?â You roll your eyes, a grin on your face. âIt was so obvious, whenever I brought it up you acted soo awkward.â He squeezes your waist playfully, letting out an oh my goddd. You look at him in amusement. âBut really, it was after the Flash-I mean you- kissed me that one night. I dunno, it felt like I was kissing you.. and then after that, it just kinda clicked.â
Vernon thoughtfully nods before saying, âYou know, weâre literally just standing in the middle of an exhibit. We should probably get out of here. Iâm thinking Chinese tonight?â You smile widely. âWhatever you want, mr. flash-whoâs-also-my-boyfriend-now?â He grins before picking you up in his arms, zooming off into the night.
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You think itâs pretty cool to have a superhero boyfriend. Especially one that can take you to get cookies at your favorite bakery in exactly 2.4 seconds (yes, you timed it).Â
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Do you think one of the reasons so many see dean as a bottom has to do with how they relate so much to dean and they are bottoms that they transfer that? I understand that because Iâve done it with other ships myself but I guess I just find it weird that some fans can be so hostile towards bottom cas. (For the record I think all interpretations are valid) I donât relate to either of them but if I had to pick one it would be dean but my interpretation of his character from the text is that heâd have a hard time with it all. I just canât see him ever bottoming at first. It would be major vulnerability. Because of this I have a preference for bottom cas. I wonât say there arenât more things like aesthetically pleasing but those are minor in to how I see them. Cas is so accommodating I donât think he would care he just wants to be with Dean. So if Dean wanted to top 100% of the time Cas would be more than fine with it, he doesnât have hang ups. Because this show went on for so long I can see so many interpretations of these characters and of course AU is a completely different ballgame since they didnât have the same things happen in those universes. Im much more likely to accept bottom dean in AUs but even then itâs hard for me to accept a characterization that is too off from how I see him. Heâs such a prickly one lol Iâm sure youâve talked about this before so no need to rehash, but if you could link me to those posts Iâd appreciate it.
(I wrote a nice little essay in response to this, but accidentally closed the window. Wah.)
Iâm sure projection has a lot to do with how we interpret characters and develop preferences for fic we want to read (including how we would see/ imagine characters having sex). And maybe when we project strongly, any deviation from that projection feels like an affront? Still no reason to hate on bottom Cas of course (or bottom Dean of course).
But there are a lot of other reasons for why people prefer what they prefer; some might simply enjoy the idea of taking this somewhat macho seeming dude and have him bottom because it might act like a subversion to the persona. Others just like the visuals and some probably donât care and decide who gets to bottom by tossing a coin or what flows better in the fic.
(Generally speaking, I think the constant mocking of bottom Cas is ridiculous.)
I agree with your interpretation of Dean. Dean grew up in a certain time and place in a certain community (if you can call hunters a community). An endless string of seedy motels and seedier bars along Americaâs roads and monster related crime scenes doesnât seem like the most inviting place to learn and figure out your sexuality.
Does anyone, when they think of American hunters in the 90s and 00s as a concept, imagine them to be open minded people? How much nonsense about what it means âto be a manâ did Dean soak up being in the presence of angry, traumatized men, who solved their problems by shooting at them, drinking and dying young? The fact that Dean was a teen and young adult in the 90s and 00s should also be considered. Itâs probably difficult to unlearn things that he has picked up or the way he sees himself and how he sees and uses sex and sexual innuendo. (Deanâs subjected to physical and verbal violence that is sexualized frequently. He is being insulted for being âprettyâ, he is called a girl or a princess for perceived weakness or displaying emotions, not even only from villains, but from family too. He casually insults Sam too for interests and actions Dean considers âunmanlyâ. And Sam observes, early on, that people think Dean is gay because heâs kinda butch and probably overcompensating. So in a normal, everyday setting outside of hunter haunts, Dean sticks out as well exactly for adopting this macho attitude that gets him respect - in theory - from the crowd that surrounded him growing up.)
On top of that, the Dean Cas first met is a repressed, traumatized, angry bastard. I can imagine that sex that doesnât happen within Deanâs usual âsafeâ parameters (women picked up in bars, no strings attached, just for fun) would make him feel vulnerable. It doesnât even have to come as far as bottoming. And on top of that Cas is a monster shaped like a dude. The monster fucking might be even more of a problem than the dude fucking. Even if nobody knew about it, Dean knows that this would provide a target for attack and while Dean might grin it off, those blows still land.
I think... if you take Dean later in life, with a better network of friends and actual support in his life that goes beyond his brother (who might be more open minded, but is still his fatherâs son and also couldnât escape the background radiation of the hunter lifestyle) thereâs a better chance of him unlearning harmful impulses and relearning and rediscovering his identity.
I also agree with your take on Cas. Personally, I donât think about what Cas wants out of sex with Dean as much. He did not grow up in a human society, he doesnât have the same concepts about sex, gender and identity that Dean has. He only learns about it by mimicking Dean. Sex is boring to him as an angel, he is indifferent to other peopleâs sexual orientation, still he does typical âheterosexual dudeâ things when written by Buckleming heâs human. In pretty much every instance where sex or kissing are touched upon, Cas reacts to someone else initiating. So thatâs how I think Cas is. He would follow Deanâs lead and pine endlessly if Dean doesnât initiate anything. (Which is why I donât really dig Cas being too pushy when it gets to sexual things if weâre in a canon compliant setting.)
I should probably save and post this before I delete it again. If people want to share input or discuss their takes, be my guest! (Just remember that weâre talking about fictional people and fictional sex and that sex can have narrative implications in fiction that it doesnât have IRL...)
I have a tag for discussions like this but Iâm not sure what exactly Iâve already talked about.
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Hi, i hope I don't bother you! I just read about your jedi!palatine Au idea and honestly it sounds amazing! Can you write a bit more about it/ elaborate it? Thanks! :D
You donât bother me at all!!! Honestly, I love getting asks and talking about ideas! Everyone is always welcome in my inbox :D
And yeah, Iâve actually written the first scene of how Iâd start the story? Here we go!
Luke had never been good at hating people. It took effort for him to actively hate somebody, to want to destroy them no matter the cost. Ben said it made him a good Jedi, Leia thought it meant he had a bleeding heart.
The only person Luke might have truly hated was the Emperor. So much suffering, so much death were his fault. There wasnât a single person whose life hadnât been ruined by him. It must be hate, Luke was sure.
But now he could only feel pity.
âTheyâre dead,â the child cried. âHe killed them. He- he-.â
The boy couldnât be much older than twelve, maybe even younger. His clothes were covered in his familyâs blood and his throat quickly turning blue from the abuse heâd suffered.
Luke could end it now. Prevent so much useless pain and death with just one hit with his lightsaber. Cut down the source of almost a century of pain as easily as he had slayed his Master and yet-
âYouâre safe now,â Luke said.
He crouched down and turned off his lightsaber. He had dealt with enough scared children since heâd joined the Alliance, the New Republic.
âHe cannot hurt you anymore.â
The boy looked up at him with watery brown eyes.
âWho- Who are you?â
âLuke Skywalker-â Kriff, should he have gone with a code name? Too late for that now. â-Iâm a Jedi.â
Jedi, still known as peacekeepers, diplomats, teachers and mentors. They didnât have a reputation as terrifying one-man armies yet. If Luke had anything to say about it, they also never would.
Regardless, the boy knew that Jedi were supposed to be good. As soon as the words had left Lukeâs mouth, the boy flung himself into his arms, and started to cry terribly.
âItâll be alright,â Luke tried to sooth him and stood up.
He ensured that the boyâs face was hidden in Lukeâs robes, that he wouldnât see his parentsâ or their killersâ body. He had suffered enough.
Luke left the Palpatine estate behind, the child still clinging to his robes, almost 80 years in a past that would never come to be now.
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So thatâs what I wrote! The idea behind that is fairly simple actually? I looked through Wookiepedia for background info on Palpatineâs early life and Iâll be honest, it didnât make much sense to me. He had not much family to speak of and wasnât trained. It just seemed strange that despite being from a prominent family, and apparently so Force-sensitive that Plagueis was like âI want thatâ the Jedi werenât familiar with him? So I figured, it would have made more sense if Plagueis abducted him and then I got thinking âwait. what if I fix thatâ. So Luke travels back in time - accidentally - kills Plagueis and figures good parenting can go a long while.
So Luke shows up at the Jedi temple after travelling with Sheev for a while like âyes, Iâm totally a Jedi and this is my Padawanâ and makes it his goal to annoy the Council into fixing their relationship with a Senate. He might have only experienced like 2 years of the New Republic before he was brought to the past, but Leia and he had made plans about how the Jedi should be treated.
So Luke tries his best at politics while teaching his Padawan. And, you know, some Force abilities are just innate in general. Used for the dark or light - doesnât matter. And Sheev is a genius at mind tricks - and it worries Luke. He knows what he could become and he does his best not just to prevent it, but to teach him better. So he decides he has to teach his dear Padawan how to use those powers responsibly and to show him what it means for someone to be without control.
So, by accident, he creates the Senate and Jedi Councilâs biggest headache: Jedi Master Sheev âI will personally eradicate slaveryâ Palpatine, second only to equally âsorry what are rules I follow the firstâ Qui-Gon Jinn. Did you know they are the same age? I didnât. Theyâd probs be the kind of friends who also hate each other. Either way:
Because turns out showing a teenager who had a nice childhood, got traumatizes terribly, and then a nice Jedi Master that slavery exists and is horrible makes him find his capital P Purpose.
(Luke is proud but also can understand how one man managed to trick everyone. Seeing a seventeen year old talk somebody out of owning slaves opens your eyes.)
And Sheev then gets a reputation for leaving the Jedi Temple with a couple thousand credits and coming back with dozens of newly freed slaves. He has a knack for picking up force sensitive people.
Luke is An Old Man, 80ish and not on the council anymore because âIâm too oldâ *side eyes Yoda*, but helps out in the crĂšche. He teaches maybe one or two other Padawans, or spends a lot of his days seeking out other Force traditions and learning from them. He brings back his own grandpadawan from such a trip. Sheev and Maul make the strangest pair together but they work.
But yeah, one day while Luke is teaching a class and Sheev just decides crash the lesson asking âMaster, didnât you say your family was from Tatooine?â
âYes, why?â
âDid you have any siblings by chance?â
âSheev, Whatâs going on.â
âI just freed a mother and her son, both are highly Force sensitive.â
And then Luke gets to meet small three-year-old Anakin Skywalker and the weight heâs been holding for decades finally lifts from his shoulders as he figures that he has actually done it.
And idk maybe out of sheer spite or the Force what do I know, Luke manages to get old enough to see his younger self and sister be born and he dies peacefully, knowing that all is well.
Nothing Bad Ever Happens.
The End.
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Because I am trying to actually post my art again. Also I need to stop watching dc shows since this is getting out of hand.
Enjoy my random OC I created after rewatching young Justice and Titans. In whatever multiverse she lives in, Greyson is still robin but older (think junior/senior in high school pre-fallout with Batman). And most members of the team are young justice versions. She is a scholarship student at Gotham Academy and is roommates with the daughter of a former ambassadorâs to bealya who does not like talking about her mum (spoiler not Queen Bee).
Personality: sarcastic with trust issues galore; she tend to lean into anger and humor as a defense. Despite her parentage (presumably because she never knew her parents), she has a strong moral code despite being able to quickly befriend villains. She likes to call out the heroâs when they are being self righteous picks (especially if she is saving their butts or saving an innocent). Prickly, but overall good.
Episode one: Diamonds are not a Girls Best Friend.
Opening- one year ago
You meet Gwen in school being harassed for her scholarship status and bored as hell. Use this scene to establish personality. Next meet her bubbly roommate who starts talking about being jealous of the Wayne Scholarship dinner that will be held at the Manor, clothing etc. makes Gwen borrow a nice dress because otherwise Gwen would go in casual black jeans (which is all wrong for a cocktail event per the roommate).
Next major scene is in the limo with the other scholarship kids (only 1-3 per grade). Easter egg with atriums. Alfred and Greyson greet the kids at the door, and Greyson leads the group in a tour of the manor. During the tour near the entryway, they pass a large jewel that perfectly matches Gwenâs eyes and seems to slightly glow. Close up of Gwens schooled face looking like she saw a ghost. She asking dick about the gem as if disinterested and asking why it was in the Manor. Dick explaining someone had stole it last year from local gallery, and that Batman had just recently recovered it and handed it over to the galleryâs owner. Who in turn asked Bruce, an old friend, to secure it while the galleryâs security is being upgraded. Next scene is a vaguely uncomfortable dinner scene where Bruce has to leave within 5 minutes of being introduced to the group. He tells Dick to stay. While leaving Gwen realizes she left her phone at the table and leaves the limo to retrieve. She stares again at the jewel and tells herself âit is a coincidence.â She grabs her phone. The limo has already left. Dick finds her at the door and seems annoyed (and like he is in a rush). They call a cab and wait awkwardly in the entryway. Suddenly the windows burst. Smoke bombs and knockout gas are thrown in side. Blurry men in full tactical gear bust in as Gwen collapses. When she wakes up she tried up in a chair next to dick (also tied up and seemingly unconscious though a few panels will show his eyes partially open). Gwen struggles only to hear a familiar laugh. âIsnât life funny, last we were all together,â motions to himself and and the stone (still in its glass case though the other masked men are trying to break in), âI killed youâ. She looks up with disgust. âMissed you too sweetieâ. The man lifts up his mask to reveal a teenage boy. And Gwen spits at him. Fun dialog show that they at least dated and she had something to do with the original theft. They finally get the stone and start to leave. âOh right. lose endsâ he aims a gun at her and it clicks. The barrel was empty. Laughing to himself the leader then tells one of the other men to get her up. Smiling. She is coming with us. One of the masked men speak. He sounds older and more mature. âThat is an unnecessary risk. Leave her or kill her.â The leader throws a tantrum yelling that he hired the men. âJust shut up and do what you are fucking toldâ. Gwen has her hands tried behind her back and is forced up the stairs to the roof. She looks over her shoulder at Dick who looks asleep and cooperates.
Next Panel in the background his chair is empty. Gwen is on the roof watching a helicopter come closer. Suddenly one of the men is pulled backwards into the dark. Traditional Batman style fight with henchmen. Only the leader remains. He pulls Gwen to him and holds a knife to her throat. âCome any closer, you fucker, and I kill her!â Gwen smiles. âIâd like to see to see you try.â Suddenly she stomps on leaderâs foot, and spins away unscathed. Notably, in the struggle the knife slashed Gwen but there was no blood, only blue sparks. She stands before the leader, her dress cut across the middle (clearly showing her skin ⊠with no cuts). Leader pulls out a gun and Robinâs voice emerges from the shadows telling his to drop the gun⊠and likely making a joke. The leader starts firing at the shadows. We heard robin curse as if hit. Gwen jumps in and says his fight is with her. She walks slowly towards him and he fires repeatedly. The bullets bounce off with a flash of blue light. Her eyes are glowing. âYou!!â He screams âIt chose you!!â Gwen clocks him across the face and the leader collapses to the ground. She turns over her shoulder to ask the boy in the shadows if he is ok. He comes out. Intrigued. His leg is bleeding but he promises it was only a graze. She looks down at her dress. âWell this sucks.â Jokes about dry cleaners and coverups. Gwen mentions the Wayne ward passed out inside. And sees her cab coming towards the house. Thanks robin and jumps off the roof. We see her land and walk towards the cab.
Next scene is her getting a package early in the morning with a new dress the perfectly matches her roommates and her phone. And a joking note from robin. She see dick in a nearby classroom and asks how he is doing. He says fine but is clearly in pain. She can see some blood seeping through his pantâs leg where robin had been grazed. She says nothing. And the las scene just says ânow. â Showing robin and Gwen soaring on a roof.
Sad Origin or Juliet should have just Stayed Home: (Notably all covered in one issue as background info to avoid romanticizing pain and trauma) first thing to notice in the first panel. Gwen has brown eyes instead of the normal eerie blue). She thinks she is an orphan being raised by a loving aunt, only to have her home blown up by faulty gas lines (spoilers was not the gas lines). She ends up in the Narrows living in a group home with a hot boy (he is the leader that tried to steal the gem in the earlier episode). She is alone, without a safety net and traumatized. He starts dating her. And is a manipulative and emotionally abusive asshole. He tells her the mob has his missing birth father and will kill him if he does not get a certain stone (that just happens to be on display as of that morning in her dead AU ants gallery). The gem had been brought over by an anonymous buyer who what deemed in breach of the purchase agreement and lot rights to the gem. The auntâs co-owner/ girlfriend had reviewed the jewel and set it up as displayed in the old 15th century painting, weird writing and all. While stealing the gem, Gwen cuts her hand as her boyfriend fucks around and reads the weird script. This accidentally starts an old ritual. After a clean get away, the boyfriend kisses her and pushes off a roof to her death. She accidentally grabs the gem while grabbing for something to safe her life. She wakes up two days later on the street where her body had landed after the fall, with blood stains in her clothing from nonexistent injuries. She feels strange and disconnected from her past as if looking at her entire history through water. She assumes it is shocks and sneaks back into the group home. She uses her aunts oversized jacket hide the blood. Her roommate tryâs to get Gwen to fess up where she has been thinking it was a romantic runway. Gwen turns to go to the restroom and roommate says she likes the new contact lenses. Gwen looks up and realizes that her brown eyes have turned an unnatural blue. last panel "what the hell"
Bullet point of storyline notes:
The Halloween special issue. âNever Trust a Cat.â Gwen has her noticing Dicks Gymnastics and being forced by her roommate to go to a Halloween party. She dresses up as a cat. Roommate is kidnapped by guys in tactical gear and has something injected into her. Gwen runs after and with Dickâs help saves the roommate. Only to realize she has been injected with some neurotoxin that slowly makes her susceptible to suggestion that the JL has recently learned about. Obviously created by the light. He says the antidote is in the bat cave and he will take care of the roommate. âIf you think Iâm leaving her side, Dick Greyson, you are dumber than you look.â Dick tries to deflect. Gwen says fine. He awkwardly holds the roommate while racing through the street on his bike. He looks over his shoulder at Gwen who has not moved. A blue flash is in the sky. He goes through the waterfall. And administers the cure. Suddenly from behind âso this is what the bat cave looks likeâŠ. Iâll be honest. I did no expect the giant penny.âGwen is floating in cloud of blue light that dissipates as she lands.
Batman started avoiding Gwen after only a few sessions
In the same episodes she learns her mother is alive and abandoned her for a life of crime, she learns that her aunt faked her death and left. Apparently, the aunt killed some guy that had been hitting her. He was part of the mob. âItâs not safe for youâ crap.
Finds out mum is alive after seeing a picture of cat woman on the bat computer. Turns out Batman had only even given her the maybe scholarship after learning he could be her dad. He grew distant when he learned who was the dad. Oh the abandon meant issues and trust issues I mentioned above.
Turns out robin knew about her parents and had been lying to her for over year. He is also the only person to know her secret so she feel especially betrayed. Needless to say the budding relationship is crushed after their first kiss. She is pissed.
Mum is cat woman. Who had an unwanted pregnancy and gave birth under a fake name. She faked her death in a car accident. And never appeared to look back.
Gwens auburn hair is from her dads side of the family. Thatâs right cat woman and lex hate fucked after a successful mission. Lex doesnât know about Gwen.
When Gwen learns who her father is and that Batman and robin have known since testing her DNA (without her consent) a few weeks after meeting her. She is pissed. So she gets drunk underage. Kidnapped by none other than her ex. He had hired Icicle Jr. to guard her. She just wants to avoid the bats at all costs and know she is off the grid. So she spends the next few hours joking with Jr and bonding.robin breaks in. As other henchmen are being beat up, Gwen asks jr if he wants to make a deal. Give me a place off the grid to crash and I will get you out of here. Screams. Jr shrugs and says the money wasnât that good anyway. Gwen blasts the ceiling creating a hole and grabs jr to fly out. They crash at one of his hideouts and get take out. At some point a group of his friends (probably Easter eggs) come to try to get Jr to come partying. A little bit later. Gwen is at a club in central city with a bunch of villains and having the time of her life. She is flirting with one of the guys that came to Jrâs. And jr is dancing with his own man (is apparently gay in this universe go with it). Gwen is joking and being extremely vague about her âco-workersâ. Suddenly green arrow and Artemis crash the party. Artemis says to put down the shot glass. Gwen stays she is just drinking and to chill (she is dealing with some shit and may not be perfectly sober). Artemis fires an arrow that breaks the glass. Small fight and Jr drags Gwen out. They arrive at the apartment laughing. A panel showing days of the week and then hanging out (video games, baseball, etc. just friend shit). Later the same friends at before some over with Jrs new man. They are all hanging out when the others start talking shop. Namely Batman has been captured and will be killed on live tv. They are laughing at how the heroâs wonât find him despite him being just a few bloating away. Gwen excuses herself. And leaves a note to jr thanking and apologizing to jr. she saves Batman. Fight scene. And tells him to never contact her again. Itâs snowing when she leaves.
One of the Episodes right after robins betrayal. âLetâs Get Ready to Rumbleâ. Bus of kids with Gwen on it gets highjacked. Before highjacked, see a football player ruin gwens chem book. The kidnappers make their demands and decide to wait it out at there bossâs placeâŠ. Which also happens to host an illegal fighting league. The men joke that they will make someone fight. If you win the whole ransom amount we will let you go. Gwen volunteers. The men laugh. A football player volunteers and gather his friends money to place the bet. He gets knocked out in record time. The b Gwen worked on her school projects volunteers her money up so long as it gwen in the ring. The rules are simple. Step out of the ring, you lose. Get knocked out, you lose. Die, you lose. Gwen first fight is against a larger guy who comes swinging. She dodges and trips him. He lands out of the ring. She wins without throwing a punch. She sees lex in the box. She wins several rounds of increased difficulty. This includes a two on one and blockbuster. Gwen next fight is against bizaro.When he is flying she asks if that counts after stepping out of the ring. No, you have to touch the ground. Gwen does not want people to see her powers. Instead she tumble and flip jumps off the ring tops to reach the lowing rafters. She proceeds to fight and dodge bizaro before jumping on mercy greaves shoulders and asking Lexi if he could spare what he had hidden in his ring. Curious and intrigued he gives her the sliver of kryptonite, which she slide under Bizaroâs skin when she tackles his form. He collapsed in the ring. Comedic scene of her dragging her out of the ring slowly since he is so heavy but technically still awake. She removes the kryptonite as soon as his hand touches the ground outside the ring. Itâs the final fight. Makes a joke how she has definitely repaid the ransoms after this this. At this point the kidnappers are impressed and joking with her. She jokes about chem book. They promise to give her 300 bucks for a new one if she beats the next guy. A cage comes down on the ring. A guy smaller than most she has fought is tried up with a hood covering his face. Kids wonder what monster could be worse than Bizaro. The announcer starts going on about this interloper trying to shut the fights down. Itâs robin duh. Gwen turns to the kidnappers. âIâm supposed to fight robin. Funâ robin is half to see Gwen and tells her they just need to fake the fight for bit since KG and his other new teammate are there. Gwen says not a problem and punch the lying sidekick across the face and into the bars. She makes a cryptic joke how this will be over In a flash. Just give her five minutes. Cue fight. Robin is good at dodging. But gwen is coming for him. Crowd comments that she seems way more into this fight. Robin ends up tied up and hanging from the top of the cage like a Christmas turkey with one shoulder dislocated (but nothing permanent). He struggles and Gwen asks if he was looking for these. And pulls out his batarangs. Chaos occurs as the young heroâs make their move. An arrow is fired but Gwen blocks it with a batarang saying she still has 20 seconds on the clock. She waits as she counts down then jumps out of the ring as KF comes up. âWhat they hellâ Gwen smirks. âWe both know he deserved worse. After I didnât cause any permanent damage.â She starts walking away. âBy the way, donât worry about taking me home with other hostages. I will find my own ride.â See her ride off on a bike. Artemis walks over to KF âisnât that Robinâs bikeâ. âYepâ. Next scene Gwen in bat cave returning the bike when Alfred walks in. âI did not expect to see you here again for a while.â âI needed to return something after all. Iâm not a thief.â Alfred looks at the bike and notices some stu wires. He raises an eyebrow. âYou found the trackersâ Gwen smiles âso will robin. I left them in some interesting placesâ. Alfred asks if she needs a ride home. She says she fine and has a few errands to run. A chem book to buyâ â miss Kyle, I believe most book stores will be closed at this hour.â
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r!Pacifica tricks Dipper into running a booth at a TwinCon. He comes across an r!Mabel and an r!Henry who meet at his booth. (Also, brownie points if itâs a Mizcor booth)They both talk about how much they love Alcor and want to date him, and Dipper helps them realize that the traits theyâre projecting onto âAlcorâ are actually traits they can find in each other. SO WOODZAR HAS BLOSSOMED IN THE PLACE OF MIZCOR
Mod F got really excited about this and ended up writing a thing! (Here it is on AO3 too)
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Dipper looked toward the entrance of the convention center, at the large banner proudly proclaiming âWELCOME TO TWINCON 2896âł, and slammed his head face-first onto the table.
Damn Aubrey. Damn her to the deepest pits of the Nightmare Realm for making him run a booth at TwinCon. He couldnât believe heâd let himself get taken in by her evil tricks and wily ways; couldnât believe he made a bet with her and lost. That was the last time he trusted Pacificaâs soul. And he totally meant it this time! Way more than the last eight times Aubrey had tricked him. He definitely wasnât going to immediately go back to being friends with her. This was the last straw.
A loud creak announced the opening of the main con doors, and the room was quickly filled with a flurry of excitement. Dipper picked his head off the table with a sigh and prepared himself for a long day of peddling garbage. He considered how he must look â a sad demon sitting under a sign reading âMICOR MEMORABILIAâ and surrounded by perverse figurines, body pillows, and graphic novels.
And then his curiosity got the better of him. He conjured a mirror in his hand and immediately noticed his top hat was askew, so he reached up to straighten it out. Perfect. He actually looked pretty good that day if he did say so himself. His hair was fluffy, his suit was pressed, his teeth looked sharp. Nice and presentable. He was so busy making faces in the mirror that he almost forgot he was at a convention, until -
âExcuse me, sir?â
âAck!â Dipper yelped in surprise, his hat shooting high into the air. Despite this, he didnât take his eyes off the mirror. âWhat do you want?â
âI hope I didnât frighten you! Youâve got some lovely merch here. I was just wondering how much this comic would cost.â
âCheck the price tag,â he responded gruffly.
âI- I tried, but it doesnât look like there is one.â
Groaning, Dipper flicked his eyes away from his own beautiful reflection so he could see exactly what depraved nonsense the voice wanted to purchase, and -
Mizar smiled sweetly back at him.
The mirror shattered in his hand. Oh no. Oh no no no no no. This wasnât happening. Why was she here? What was going on?
âIâve heard about this series before,â he suddenly realized Mizar was saying, âbut I never had the chance to check it out before. Itâs a coffee shop AU, right? Itâs so inspiring that fans can take the framework of Twin Souls and make even more beautiful stories based off of it.â
Dipperâs head was too filled with buzzing to really make much sense of what she was saying. All he could think about was how his sisterâs soul was apparently a fan of the worst book series in the universe. It didnât even seem like she was doing it as a gag like Mabel did â the girl in front of him was radiating nothing but enthusiasm and sincerity in her aura.
âOh, Iâve read that!â another voice piped in. âItâs dope as fuck, although the first volumeâs got a bit of a Woodzar focus. But if you can power through that, itâs high key Micor there on out.â
Okay okay okay. He could do something about this. Maybe heâd take Mizar aside and have a talk with her about why being a Twin Souls fan was a sin of the highest calibre. Dipper tore his eyes away from her for a moment to tell the newcomer to go away, but no sooner did he get a good look at them than he felt all the air kicked out of his imaginary lungs.
âDonât get me wrong, man,â Henryâs soul continued, a sly look on her face. âWoodzar is a fine ship. Thereâs a lot of good Woodzar fic out there and I donât fault anyone for writing it. But if weâre gonna be honest with ourselves, itâs pretty obvious that Alcor and Mizar belong together. Their romantic chemistry is off the goddamn charts. Remember when they finally kissed in the first novel? Oh, fuckinâ heart palpitations, man.â
The blood drained from Dipperâs face. What in the world was happening? Why were Mizar and Henry both Twinners? What was the universe punishing him for this time??
âI know, right?â Mizar replied with a giggle. âMy nameâs Minty, by the way. Itâs nice to meet you.â
Henryâs soul grinned back. âHalley. Nice to meet you too. I knew coming to this con would be a good idea â itâs the perfect place to find like minded people.â
âWhat about you?â Minty asked, and it took Dipper a minute â so embroidered was he in querying his omniscience to see exactly what traumatizing thing had happened to Minty and Halley that made them turn out this way â to realize that she was talking to him.
âI, uh, Iâm⊠not a⊠Micor is bad,â he said finally.
Halley frowned. âWhat, donât you love Alcor too? Youâre running a booth at TwinCon and your cosplay is on-point! That suit mustâve been expensive, and the wings look almost real!â
Puffs of steam shot out from Dipperâs ears and he flared his wings. âItâs not a cosplay, I just look like this! And Iâll have you know that I wouldâve never in a million years gone to a TwinCon if my friend Aubrey hadnât pretended to be really bad at hula hooping and then made a bet with me that she could beat me in a hula hoop contest and then absolutely kicked my ass into the stratosphere with her nutty good hooping! Graggh!â He slammed his forehead into the table again.
âAwwww,â Minty cooed. âStage fright is the worst. I know I sure was nervous the first time I went to a con in full cosplay. That was awful nice of your friend to convince you to go anyway!â
Dipperâs head shot up and he stared slack-jawed at the two of them just as Halley nodded. âYouâve got this man, you know? Like I said, your outfit kicks ass. And hey, thanks for opening up to us. That canât have been easy.â
âB- but I- you WHAT-â Dipper stammered.
Minty squeaked and clapped her hands together. âYeah! I feel like Iâve made some great friends at this con already.â
âIâm- n- no youâre WILDLY mistaken- this isnât-â
Both Halley and Minty turned their backs to the increasingly flustered demon and leaned against the stall, looking off into the rest of the hall with pensive expressions. âFriends are nice,â Halley murmured, âbut what I wouldnât give to meet Alcor at this convention. Heâs everything I want in a partner. And then I wouldnât be so lonely anymore.â
Minty put her hand on Halleyâs shoulder. âI know what you mean! Heâs so confident and protective. Loyal to a fault. If Alcor was here, Iâd ask him on a date!â
âWhat makes you think Alcor wants to date any of you humans?â Dipper grumbled. âOr anyone at all?â
âDonât be such a pessimist, man!â Halley responded. She patted Dipper on the back, surprising him into coughing out a little cloud of yellow sparkles. âAlcor is real and heâs out there. As long as thereâs the smallest spark of hope that he might love me back, Iâll follow him to the ends of the Earth!â
Minty slapped her forehead, startling Dipper out of the silent terror written all over his face. âOh, duh! Heâs cosplaying as Alcor because heâs here to find his Miiiizar! Thatâs why heâs not interested in Alcorâs love! I connected the dots!â
âNo, you havenât connected anything!â Dipper tried to cut in, terror returning in full force because the situation was spiralling rapidly out of control, but Minty kept going.
âAh, if only I was Mizar,â she trilled as Dipper watched her soul dance traitorously in her chest. âThen itâd only be a matter of time before Alcor came to ask me out. Weâd go to the coffee shop he works at and someone would cover his shift. Iâd get a hot chocolate; he, an iced latte.â She sat on the table, sending a set of Mizar action figures toppling over onto Dipperâs lap. âIâd tell him all about how art schoolâs going and heâd confide in me some dark secrets about how the 2801 moon landing was faked because giant aliens were playing golf with the planets and accidentally knocked the moon into a black hole. And then, finally, heâd give me a dainty kiss on the cheek, and Iâd make a little squeaky noise, yknow, and heâd blush and ask me if it was alright for him to do that, and then Iâd say Iâd rather you kiss me on the lips instead. And then -â
âOkay, I think Iâve heard enough of your fanfiction!â Dipper shouted, cheeks going completely scarlet, claws making deep gashes in the table from how tightly he was gripping it. âI didnât- Iâve never- No one needed to hear that, itâs- I feel lightheaded.â
âI know what you mean, man,â Halley spoke up, an obvious wobble to her tone. Dipper and Minty looked up to see her staring off into the distance, eyes red and puffy, hands crossed over her heart. âIâm feeling it too. That was so beautiful, Minty, you sure as hell have got a way with words. And yknow, I- I work in a coffee shop, actually. Iâd totally take Alcor there. Weâd talk and laugh â damn, heâs gotta just have the most heartwarming laugh in the world â and Iâd straight up offer right there on the spot to be his Mizar. I wanna protect the world, but I also wanna protect him, I know heâs got a sensitive side, I just know it. Iâd chew steel for him.â
No no no no. This had to stop. Mind racing, Dipper struggled to find something theyâd said to latch onto. âHey, uh, Minty!â he interrupted. âYou like coffee shops, right? Halley⊠works in one! You should go there with her. Instead of being here.â
âThatâs a great idea!â Minty squealed. âWe should all meet up for coffee after the convention!â
âNo!â Dipper blurted. âI meant, you two should go. Together. Without me.â All he got in return was blank stares. He ran his hand through his bangs nervously. âListen, Minty, Alcor doesnât work at a coffee shop, because no one in the country will hire him. His claws make awful screeching noises on the mugs, and also heâs a demon. But Halley does work at a coffee shop. Maybe⊠thereâs something there?â
Minty and Halley traded glances. âI donât understand,â the former finally said.
Dipper facepalmed. âOkay. How about⊠Halley, you want to protect Alcor. Thatâs ridiculous, he doesnât need protecting, he has so much magic. But Minty goes to art school, she probably needs someone to, I dunno, support her during tight deadlines. Thatâs like⊠mental health protection.â
Minty shrugged. âI guess that sounds niceâŠâ
âAnd, uh, Minty, you want someone whoâs loyal, which sounds to me like what you really need is a dog, not a romantic partner, and Iâm not- Alcor is not a dog. Also, again, heâs a demon, heâs only loyal to himself. But if youâre really set on getting that kind of loyalty and trust from a sentient creature, well, Halleyâs offered to chew steel for love.â
âHey man, donât put words in my mouth, I said Iâd chew steel for Alcor,â Halley countered, putting her hands on her hips and staring Dipper down. After a moment, though, she looked back at Minty, who had a starstruck look on her face, and drew back. âI- I mean, donât get me wrong, I like you Minty. I just donât want to be alone anymore. How can I trust someone other than Alcor not to get tired of me?â
âKinda toxic, but also big mood,â Dipper muttered. âTrust isnât something you can or even should have for people you donât know. Not just for romance â in any kind of relationship, trust is something you build up through getting to know someone. I should know; thereâve been so many times when I made the mistake of trusting someone â say, not to snuggle body pillows with half naked pictures of me on them â without even knowing them, just because of my preconceived notions about who those people are. Relationships are always a risk, but theyâre worth it when they work out. Youâll miss out if youâre too afraid to take that risk.â
He beamed at them, extremely proud of his little speech heâd managed to pull together. Minty and Halley stared back, mouths agape, probably blown away by his emotional maturity.
Then they launched themselves at each other and started furiously making out.
âOh my stars!â Dipper yelled, recoiling from the mass of flailing limbs. âYou literally just met each other! Go get a coffee or something first, holy shit!â
They broke apart, faces red but grinning. âWow,â Minty breathed.
âYeah. Wow,â Halley echoed. âUm, would you maybe want to walk around the convention with me? And maybe go get some coffee together afterward? I do work at a coffee shop nearby.â
Minty squealed again and grabbed Halleyâs hands. âThat sounds wonderful!â
âYo, dude,â Halley said to Dipper, who was clutching his chest and hyperventilating. âThanks for the advice. Youâve got some dope emotional maturity. Your friends are lucky to know you.â
Dipper, still trying to calm down, opened his mouth to make some words and only managed to emit a weak gurgle. He settled for giving them a nod.
The two of them started to walk away, but Minty paused and turned back. âOh wait. We never got your name.â
âIâm Alcor the Dreambender,â Dipper grunted without a secondâs pause. âGo away.â
Halley laughed. âSure you are. Youâre really committed to the character, I love it! Maybe weâll see you around.â
Dipper gave them a strangled half-smile and waved them off, to which they finally made their departure. Finally alone, he collapsed onto the table out of exhaustion. He was relieved that heâd managed to turn Mabel and Henryâs souls away from being Micor shippers, but after a few minutes of lying there the reality of what heâd just done started to sink in.
âOh stars, I just shipped my sister and her husband,â he moaned. âWhat is my life. Please, universe, let me get through the rest of the day without anything else happening. Please.â
Naturally, someone immediately started talking to him. âYo, sleeping guy, wake up.â
âWhatever it is, please just use the credit card swiper and move on,â he responded.
âDude, what swiper. Help me out.â
With a groan, Dipper picked his head up, and then he froze, his every hair standing on end like a terrified cat.
âThis body pillow rocks,â Soosâs soul said, hugging one of the models that had both Alcor and Mizar on it, half naked and blushing. âYou gotta hook me up.â
âOhhhh, I have that pillow! You wonât regret it!â came another voice, and Dipper looked over to see Melodyâs soul walking up to the table. âYouâve got good taste. Micor forever, am I right? Bro, thereâs some really good smutfic I could recommend you if youâre interested.â
Dipper slid out of his chair and curled up into a ball under the table. âDamn you Aubrey,â he whispered. âIâll fucking get you back for making me do this.â
(As it turned out, giving Aubrey a dream about being stuck at a convention where everyone was attracted to her did not adequately âget backâ at her, and it was a full week before she stopped laughing about it.)
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another one of those aus where alex has been an alien the whole time:
"Okay," Michael says as soon as Alex parks the truck in front of the pharmacy. "You'll need to get several bottles of nail polish remover along with the bandages for my hand, okay?"
Alex blinks at him, "Why nail polish remover?"
"Acetone. It'll help with the pain," Michael says, and then hisses in pain, hunching over in his seat.
Alex doesn't understand, but that seems to be the theme of the night. He'll just have to trust that Michael knows what he's talking about.
âOkay,â Alex says nodding his head and getting out of the truck. He looks back at Michael through the window, and heâs leaning down with his head pressed to the dashboard, breathing heavily.
Alex nods his head to himself and walks fast into the pharmacy.
Alex gets gauze and splints and a sling and bottles of hydrogen peroxide along with several bottles of acetone. His head is still killing him, so he also gets a bottle of store brand pain relievers.
He pays for everything in cash, thankful that the cashier is around his age and looks to be really high and not really paying attention to the things Alex is buying.
Alex walks quickly out of the pharmacy and into the truck. Michael is still leaning against the dashboard.Â
He only moves when Alex slides the bags towards the center of the bench seat before he gets in and closes the door behind himself.
He turns to Michael and watches in complete shock as Michael uncaps a bottle of acetone and downs the whole thing before Alex can tell him not to.
âGuerin!â Alex says and takes the mostly empty bottle from his mouth.Â
Michael blinks rapidly, gasping, and licking his lips as he looks at Alex.
Alex waits a beat, and Michael exhales roughly. âWeâre aliens,ïżœïżœïżœ he says, and Alex just stares at him. âAcetone works kind of like morphine.â
Alex just keeps staring at him. Michael licks his lips again. âIt will help with that headache you probably still have.â
Alex looks at the bottle he has in his hand, there is barely a mouthful left. If Michael is wrong about this, then that little bit shouldn't be enough to kill him.
"You paint your nails," Michael says, and he reaches for another bottle. "Haven't you ever thought that nail polish remover smells good enough to drink?"
Alex has, if he's being honest, but everyone has thoughts like that about things they shouldn't be putting into their mouths.
Michael just uncaps the other bottle and Alex stares as he downs the whole thing, and then leans forward again gasping, but it sounds less like pain and more like pleasure.
Alex looks back at the bottle in his hand, and he feels a sharp spike at the back of his head.
He's seen his hands glowing red, and he's sure that you only make up things about a traumatic event after the fact, when you're trying to understand what's happening to you logically.
Michael hasn't keeled over dead yet, so he inhales deeply, and drinks the rest of the acetone in the bottle.
Alex expects it to be nasty and make him gag or throw up from the times he's accidentally put his fingers in his mouth after taking his polish off. But it's almost tasteless, bitter and just a little bit fruity.
It goes down cool, and Alex can feel it right in the back of his throat and in his nose.
The pain in his head dulls to nothingness, and Alex looks at Michael with wide eyes.
Michael is holding a new bottle of acetone in his hand, looking at Alex.Â
"Aliens?" Alex asks feeling like maybe this is all a dream he's having.
Michael opens his mouth to answer, and then he bends forward, gasping in pain again, holding a hand up to his head.Â
Alex reaches for him startled and then gasps, as he feels a pressure in his head and a sharp high pitched ringing, and then a quick flash of someone with blonde hair on the ground.
Isobel, the name flashes through his head, and then he's back in the car, and Michael is gasping as he leans his head on the dashboard again.Â
"Isobel, trouble," he says, and Alex just nods his head, turning in the seat to start the truck back up.
He knows exactly where he needs to go. He's not sure how he knows, but he thinks it has more to do with Michael than Isobel.
"The Mines," Michael gasps, reaching towards Alex as though he intends to drive himself. "We have-"
"I know," Alex says, cutting him off as he puts the truck in drive. "I'm going to get us there, but you need to splint your fingers before they start to heal wrong."
"Max can heal them," Michael says, and Alex darts a look at him out of the corner of his eye as he pulls out of the parking lot and into the main road, pushing the truck past the speed limit immediately.
"Well," Alex says, fingers tightening against the steering wheel. "That's all well and good, but what if he can't?"
Michael expels a breath, "It wouldn't be the first time he healed a broken bone of mine."
Alex's fingers go even tighter on the wheel.
"Guerin," Alex says, and his voice sounds brittle, like it might break at any second, and the last thing he needs right now is to break. "Just, please at least wrap gauze tight enough so that it's immobilized."
Michael doesn't say anything, but Alex hears it when he starts looking through the plastic bags for the rest of the things that Alex bought.
He sighs in relief and pushes down harder on the gas, hearing the truck protesting lightly, but Michael doesnât say anything to stop him. He just hisses and gasps in pain, and Alex keeps his eyes on the road so that he doesnât get distracted. He feels a slight tingling in his own left hand, and he tightens his fingers around the steering wheel.
Alex opens his mouth to see if he can get Michael to give him more clarification on the whole, alien thing, but Michael cuts him off.
âAfter we figure out whatâs going on with Isobel,â he says. âIâll tell you everything that I know.â
Alex canât help but look at him to see that heâs carefully wrapping his hand in the gauze, gaze intent on his hand, brow furrowed.
Alex swallows hard and looks back at the road.
They drive in silence for a few long minutes the only sounds coming from Michael downing another bottle of acetone after he finishes with his head, until Michael tells him to turn, and he startles a little but starts driving the truck off the trail until they spot a car in the darkness.Â
Alex blinks at it a few times as he twists the key in the ignition but leaves the lights on. âIsnât that Rosaâs car?â he asks in a low voice.Â
Michael doesnât answer as he stumbles out of the truck, and leaving the door open as he runs towards something only he can see.
Alex turns the lights off and follows after him, and stops short when he sees two bodies lying on the ground one with long blonde hair, the same person that had made him think Isobel earlier. But that wasnât Isobel, it was Kate Long and the person beside her was Jasmine Frederick.
They were both unmoving, not breathing, and Alex stares for a long second before he hears Michaelâs voice, âIsobel!â
He hears running, and then a grunt and a pained hiss that sounds familiar, and he runs towards where he saw Michael go, and finds him getting up from the floor.Â
âWhat happened?â Alex asks as he helps him to his feet.Â
Michael shakes him off without a word and runs to the entrance of a cave.
Alex follows after him, and runs straight into him where heâs frozen right at the opening of a cavern. Alex looks over his shoulder to see that Isobel is holding on to Rosa, whispering something in her ear, and he sees the way that her hand starts glowing red, and he doesnât think about it, he just reacts.
He pushes past Michael andÂ
--Rosa and Isobel are unconscious, Michael asks what did you do? Max walks in and reacts, Michael stands between Alex and Max and starts to explain what he saw.
--They talk about the dead girls outside, Alex tells them that he's seen Isobel leave the school to hang out with Rosa plenty of times and he knows that she used to deal with the two dead girls and that they got mad because Rosa wouldn't get them drugs and Rosa had thought they were friends. "People think that just because I'm wearing headphones I'm not paying attention, but I am."
--Michael says they need help, adult help, Max says that they can't, if Isobel killed them, they can't just turn her in, Michael opens his mouth to say something and Alex cuts them off, saying they can't tell anyone or trust anyone in this town. "If the cops come here, they're going to see two white girls dead, the sweet Evans kids, the Master Sergeant's son, and a homeless teenager who doesn't have anyone to fight for him, and they're going to make it out like he was the one that did it, and is that what you want, for Michael to take the blame?"
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Taking into consideration the tension between some of the members of the gang (like Matt and Mike or Jess and Emily), I gotta ask your opinion on how much do they care about each other. I mean they don't seem really close, more like those friends you have fun with but don't really talk about serious stuff. And about this, what pairs of friend do you have in mind? I mean, Chris and Josh are good friends. Other than that, how do you headcanon their gang? Cause I guess they also have other good, maybe better friends to spend time with. Do they actually look forward to spending time together? And do they spend time together after the events on the mountain? sorry for this amount of questions, I like your headcanons and points of view ^^
Oh wow a UD question. Its been so long, I miss this lovely fanbase. Basically how I see it is that they are all apart of different friend groups but are all at least friends of friends with each other. This got long so I put it under a cut. Im so sorry.
For example, I think Chris, Ash, Josh are all super tight. The chaos trio defiantly. I think Josh and Chris were childhood friends that never grew apart, and Ashley is a rather new addition that they met in high school (and Chris was in love with her and Josh started inviting her to hang out with them cause Chris was too chickenshit to).Â
Sam and Matt were probably closer to Hannah and Ashley and Matt bonded while hanging out at the Washingtons' place (cause if you look at Ashleyâs stats it shows sheâs pretty close with Matt even though they interact like ONCE in the game).Â
But Sam and Matt (though not close with each other) were closer to Hannah. (which is why Matt was the only Hannah mentions when she realizes she's been pranked). I think Sam only got close with Josh after Hannah and Beth died, but I like to think Josh had the biggest crush on her before all that.
Jess, Emily, and Mike are a bit strange, we don't know a ton about Beth so a lot of it is just fanon!Beth content, I for one, love my version of Beth and could not see her being super close with these three, only just super gay for jess and/or Emily. But the likely conclusion is that Beth was friends with Jess and Emily, and Emily brought Mike around and that's how Hannah fell for him.
But fuck that, I tend to headcanon Beth as being more a loner and only really making friends through her siblings having friends. So I imagine that Josh is KNOWN for throwing wild fucking parties (being the rich boy that he is) and so naturally party girl Jess is DOWN for THAT, and the most popular couple in school, the valedictorian Emily and her Class Pres bf Mike Munroe are GOING to be there. and Emily and Jess were Best friends, which is why Jess eventually dating Mike (whom I think Emily still loves at the point of the game) caused them to hate each other.
So yeah, they aren't friends with Chris or Ashley, so much as they are another group of friends who Josh has. (to be clear everyone still gets along with each other even if they aren't all friends, they had too, or else I don't think they would have all been invited to the Cabin in the prologue).
(I also live for the step siblings AU me and @starchildsteven made so long ago. Basically, itâs that Jess and Chris are step-siblings with is why they have a playfully antagonistic relationship.)
It is also important to remember that a lot of the reason why their relationships are so strained and antagonistic in the game is that they are all traumatized by Hannah and Beth dying only a year ago. That and petty relationships drama (I like to think part of the reason Mike and Em broke up was in part because of that night). But I think that's really why they don't seem like they actually are friends in the game. it all just kinda fell apart after their stupid prank lead to the accidental deaths of Beth and Hannah.Â
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Mystery Meat - dprewatch2021
I promised myself Iâd start today so start I shall! Screencaps and reactions will be under the cut, todayâs ep is number 1, Mystery Meat!
(sidenote I was too lazy to take apart my computer today so we are dealing with substandard screenshots sorry pham)
Fuck Iâm not ready for this I can already hear the musical stings and season one awkwardness thereâs a reason I skip to like episode 4
Oh, mood.
âIt releases ghosts into our world whether I want it to or not.â Yeah you just summed up the whole show there buddy.
Awe they think theyâre traumatized now! Cute!
Side note- Jack canonically lived through a war and was forced to eat horse meat! I donât know where to file this information :)
Hello Danny my old friend Iâve done this to myself again.
(Theme is still absolutely a bop so that much hasnât changed)
He just wants some cereal let this poor boy eat.
Maddie says âTwo more days, and itâs done!â And when Jack says very loudly âDID YOU SAY ITâS DONE?!â she does NOTHING to tell him otherwise, she just... smiles at him.Â
Is it any wonder these two have one complete body count between them?
From left to right you have ???, trapezoid, breadstick. Iâd say at least there are diverse body types but Maddie is the exception, not the rule.
I will never forgive her for interrupting him when he was going to come clean on season ONE
I mean I get it, the house is a mess, but wrong time to point it out.
I get it, sheâs standing up for her brother to diss her parents, weâve all been there, just learn to read the room.
Everyone in this show but Tucker has parent issues. But also your goth phase is not comparable to your friend literally half dying, stay on task here Sam.Â
âYour powers make you unique, unique is good, which is how Iâm going to turn this back around to talk about me!â
I donât hate Sam, I hate the writers for making Sam a realistic vegan, okay?
Okay, sidenote, it PISSES me off that they were like, how can we make her seem more EXTRA and they just renamed Vegan to âUltra-Recyclo-Vegetarianâ She doesnât eat animals or animal byproducts, sheâs a fucking vegan fuck off.
Tucker can tell what Danny ate yesterday just by smelling him. Heâs a fucking werewolf. Your AUâs are correct.
FUCK YOU
âMaybe this isnât the best idea.â She says, about ambushing her own daughter.Â
Iâm sorry but how are these children still in their custody?
âWhat if we accidentally hurt her?â
*looks into the camera like Iâm in the office*
âThe all steak buffetâ Iâm sorry, this is so laughable had BH ever been in a school? The school board might try a new diet for students (if it costed less) but they wouldnât piss on a teacher if they were on fire.
I kinda prefer this exorcist vibe to the the little small wisp of ghost sense that happens through the rest of the series tbh
I like how this is just chill like, there are adults around but hey beat each other up I guess.
Tucker just deadass rats her out to a ghost, huh?
Hi this is terrifying, why canât they lean more into this?
Danny: Get behind me!
Sam, sarcastically: Wow, I feel safe.
She has her moments, Iâll give her that.
I always forget he doesnât have a symbol till season two. It looks weird...
âI... command you to... go away!â Oh Danny, you sweet summer child.
Suddenly Iâm reminded of that one phic of the children... was that PoT? I think that was PoT. Pop.
Glowing, translucent, ghost food is canon, just gonna file that one away.
âHey! It worked!â Oh my god you actual baby
He just slides in like this. My god.
âRepeated loitering by the girlâs locker roomâ well this aged like a glass of warm milk.
Also Lancer says that Dash made some touchdowns so heâs above the rules. Fuck Lancer.Â
Hey look, the old Tucker/Danny ship name. I donât know what the new one was but thereâs the old one.
Meat
Trail
Dude has temper issues. Dude shouldnât be a teacher.
Fuck Lancer.
âHow is it I have the ghost powers and youâre the weird kid?âÂ
Itâs because they decided his two attributes would be meat and perv. Donât worry Danny, theyâll retcon you to be a perv along with your symbol.
Danny âIâll knock your fucking block offâ Fenton
God I love how fucked up the powerset in this show is.
When ur friend passes out before you at the sleepover so you just stay up doing nothing because this isnât your house.
The fact that this doesnât raise alarm bells again tells me Jack and Maddie really need to not be parents.
Jesus just leave him alone this is such a stupid plot and the boy is about to cry
He transforms like this
And thatâs how Danny died the rest of the way.
Danny, falls through the ground in front of his ghost hunting parents: THANKSFORTHETHERMOS
Dannyâs patents:Â
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Stormfront Chapter One
words: 2.9K
warnings: none really, one swear word, implied alcohol being consumed by underage people but not shown.
I finally bring the long awaited first chapter of Stormfront, my Ninjago Next Gen AU fic.Â
One: Not Without Risk
Zane walked out of the hide out and down the street, drawing the hood of the plain blue hoodie over his head. He knew he was being followed. If he made it to the prop apartment, he'd be clear. With his connections offline still, he had no signal to upload the information he had gathered on this impromptu meeting, having been lucky to even have been in the building when the meeting was called. For convenience, they allowed him to sit in before he left. They hadn't wanted to hold him up, but insisted he listened.
It had given him confirmation of his biggest theory: Harumi was building a network, one that spanned the entire continent of Ninjago, and one of her contacts had found something she was looking for. Something that would be in the city in the next two weeks.
Zane's hands itched at the thought. If she had already gathered contacts in every corner of the continent, who was to say this wasn't some sort of playâa ruse to throw him off. They could easily know he was infiltrating but choosing not to apprehend himâŠ
But why?
Zane's mind and heart were racing at equal speeds. It was a lot to take in.
They knew where everyone lived. It was pinned out on a map of the city and surrounding suburbs, and they couldn't do anything about it. If they moved, they'd just be found again, and there was no evidence to suggest they wouldn't also reveal they knew what Zane was doing, breaking in and slipping among their ranks sporadically under another new fake name each time.
He crossed the street, glancing over his shoulder. In the alleyway behind him, a figure sat on a motorbike, ready to go at a moment's notice. Their visor was too dark for him to make out any details before he turned his head back to focus on the sidewalk in front of him. Distantly, he heard the engine rev before fading, driving away.
He had been followed. He was likely still being followed if he had to guess. He didn't want to be right this time.
It was taking a chance, but he needed to do it. He internally switched on every communication signal. As soon as he connected to the network, he uploaded the information to the coded file, encrypting it as he did. He called in to Pixal.
It didn't even ring once before she answered. "Are you safe? This call is early. You are not at the safe apartment yet." Zane could hear the worry in her voice, the strain of trying to stay calm. After over twenty years together, it wasn't shocking that he knew her this well.
"I am on my way home now, honey. I think we need to have a family gathering soon. Work is getting busy." His words, even out loud and inconspicuous to any passing ears, were coded.
I am on my way to the safe house. I think I am being followed. We need to gather the others. I have information. It is urgent.
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Gigi Walker liked to think that as first alternate for the debate team that meant she was incredibly skilled at last minute arguments and persuasion. She had, after all, talked her way into first alternate from third alternate.
Which, of course, is why she found herself standing between her father and the front door of their apartment, arms crossed. "Come on, I just want to go on patrol once with Uncle Kai-I really don't think I'm asking for all that much! Enver's been on patrol!"
Jay raised an eyebrow at his daughter, grabbing his phone from the charger. "Enver is two years older than you, and not my kid. Kai's house, Kai's rules. My house-which you live in last I checked, by the way-my rules. This isn't up for debate Gigabyte, Your mom and I both said you're not going on patrol until you're older when you and Grant turned ten and started training-which you already started earlier than we wanted, if you remember!" He crossed his arms as well.
Jay walked towards the dresser next to the door, opening a drawer to grab his keys. "And Kai is starting patrol later tonight than normal, and you have school in the morning. Which, if I remember right, you've been almost late every day this week because you've been oversleeping!" He reached out to touch his daughter's shoulder. He had a sad smile on his face. "Stop trying to grow up so fast, trust me on this one. You're gonna miss this once you become a full time ninja-when you're nineteen at the earliest." He pulled his hand away from his stunned daughter, moving past her towards the door.
Gigi's mouth dropped open and she twirled on the spot, grabbing her dad's arm. "Nineteen? Last week your only condition was I had to be an adult!"
A small snicker came from behind. "Don't make him push it to thirty." Down the hallway, holding a laundry basket, was an auburn teen, smiling wryly at his twin sister. "And next to uncle Kai, no one holds a grudge like dad."
"You left your uncle Lloyd out of this, he holds a grudge worse than any of us and you know it. Remember when you accidentally broke his nose, kid?"
Grant groaned, head dipping back dramatically. "He still won't let me live it down or feel good about the fact it was the first time I landed a hit on him in a spar!"
Gigi giggled, and Jay looked back at her. "I've gotta get going-I hope I'm not making a mistake by leaving you and your brother here to do your homework-it's not too late for me to take you to Lloyd's so Aya can watch you two."
With a huff, Grant lifted the laundry basket. "I've got chores to keep me busy, plus Gigi and I still have to study for precalculus tonight. Big test tomorrow, and if I don't keep her on track it's not getting done before you and mom are home."
Jay smiled and nodded, pointing a finger at Gigi. "Doors locked, no friends over, got it?"
"Got it." She sighed, watching as her dad left before turning to look at her brother, skipping down the hall past him. "You've got me covered for the evening then?"
Grant shook his head, and sighed. "This is a terrible idea, Gigi."
"If this was a terrible idea, then they'd have hidden the files harder than that."
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Lloyd looked at Zane, who looked just as pristine as usual, though his clothes suggested otherwise. He seemed scuffed up and anxious. "So, we're all here. Rip the bandage off, what did you learn this time?"
Zane looked around the secure room and the familiar faces around him. His team, his family, everyone actively working on this mission. Except for Enver, though he was going to be working on it soon, Zane supposed. "I do not have much, but something is arriving in the next two weeks-something big. Something they've been looking for."
The air in the room was still, stiff. Zane continued on. "She didn't say what it was over the phone, but Lex, the woman who has been training me for guard detail-she vouched for me personally, saying that they'd be stupid to waste my firearm skills on meaningless turf battles-said that this item is integral to their plan, and that things will fall into place once it's in Harumi's hands."
Lloyd made a face at the mention of their greatest enemy.
Harumi had spent the better part of the last two decades underground, but in the last few years signs had come back that she wasn't done trying to destroy Ninjago by starting with them. Her last big move had been...traumatic to their team at best. Lloyd looked away, hand moving to his side. Even through his clothes, he knew the size and shape of the scar that was there.
It had been luck that he lived at all.
"I also have gained confirmation of Harumi's code name being the Spider, not the princess. This means that there is an individual being called the princess that is not Harumi. Logically, I would assume this to be some sort of child of hers, or someone she is appointing as heir of the cause for unknown reasons, just in case."
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Gigi pulled her hood down as she walked into the party, grinning under the black lights which picked up the swirls of white makeup she had drawn on her face for the event.
The room was hot, packed wall to wall with people who swarmed around the makeshift stage in the abandoned warehouse. Maybe it wasn't as abandoned as she previously believed though, knowing now that these parties across the warehouse district were tied as recruitment events for the Oni's Curse as they called themselves now, rebranding from the Sons of Garmadon they originally were. It showed a few shifts. The movement no longer hinged on Garmadon as their leader, which...arguably might be worse for Ninjago in some ways. Gigi had only ever heard stories, but it sounded like Harumi could be even worse on her own. It even-
Someone slammed into Gigi's back and she shouted, barely heard over the music in the warehouse. A hand grabbed her wrist, steadying her before she could faceplant into the small gap in the flooring.
"Careful!" A girl yelled, muffled by the music and the mask she wore. Gigi could tell she was smiling behind it though. "Get's a little hectic here, ya know?" She started dancing, still holding onto Gigi's wrist. Gigi started to dance with her. "First time?"
The song started to wind down and Gigi nodded, reaching into her pocket to put her ear protection in. "Yeah, didn't know these were so popular!" She looked around, taking it all in. "Especially on a school night!"
The girl laughed. "That's half the fun-who cares if we have school tomorrow, tonight we live!" She tipped her head back and laughed harder. After a moment she looked back at Gigi. "What's your name, twinkle toes?" She asked with a nod at Gigi's shining shoes. She hadn't expected the black lights to make the glitter so radiant-it was just glitter!
Gigi smiled, holding out her hand. "Gigi!"
The girl took hers, giving a loose shake. "Everyone calls me Ruka around here." The girl-Ruka-looked around, pushing her dark bangs out of her face. "Let's get something to drink before some idiot spikes everything." She looked at Gigi, her dark eyes bright in the party lights. "You down to hang, first timer?"
"Uh..." Gigi faltered. She needed to be alert for the mission-if she found some kind of proof maybe she could get some intel about the initiation process that they didn't already know about. Sticking with someone who knew the place was a good idea. "Sure. I could go for a pop can right now."
Ruka laughed again, grabbing Gigi's hand to pull her through the crowd. "Pop can, you really are a newbie aren't you?"
Gigi shrugged, sticking close to her newfound guide. "Parents aren't usually out at night together, it's kinda new to be able to slip out of the house unnoticed." Gigi could feel the beat of the music in her bones as they passed a set of speakers, rocking her body at its very core. Grant would hate it here.
She so owed him for the cover up.
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Before she knew it, Ruka was pushing an unopened can of soda into her hand and pulling her once again around the makeshift dance floor. Gigi thought she heard her say something about a quieter place to hang around at in the party, but she wasn't sure. Even with ear protection in, her ears were ringing, and she was sure she'd feel unsteady from the sounds for hours after leaving the party.
"You were right," Gigi said as she leaned against the railing, popping the can of soda open. "It is quieter back here." She took a sip of the soda as she watched the people dancing below. Ruka leaned against the railing next to her, and Gigi smiled at her. "How did you get involved in coming to these parties?"
"Long story, but basically...my cousins." Ruka pulled off her mask, putting her hand through the elastics to keep it on herself. "They like the party scene, I...can tolerate it with the right people." She winked and as the strobe lighting passed over her face, Gigi could have sworn her eyes were red. Like fire red, but the next second they were back in the dark. "What about you, first timer?"
Gigi chewed on her lip, looking down at the party below. "I heard there's a little more than just a party going on, probably just a rumor."
"What, like drugs?" Ruka sounded irritated. "This isn't the place for that, Gigi. They're pretty strict about drugs."
That caught her attention. Gigi turned again. "What? No, that's not what I mean."
A loud voice cut through across the music. "Hey, hey, Rukaaaa!" Gigi looked left at where it came from. A girl with a high, neon streaked ponytail was sauntering over. Her combat boots made the metal catwalk clang loudly with each stomping step. The teen seemed cut from stone, all angles and neon paint, like a walking piece of graffiti. She eyed Gigi as Gigi did the same. "Who is this poppet?" Her face was intricately painted, streaks of white crossing over her lips in an upwards curve, and bright pink smeared around her eyes.
"Raz, this is Data. Data, Raz. My cousin I was telling you about." Ruka's voice was tight. It confused Gigi why she was calling her Data when she clearly remembered her name was Gigi just moments ago. "We were just talking about why we came out here tonight, told her you were big on the party scene."
Raz threw an arm around Gigi, pulling her close. "Data huh? Alias? Or do your parents really hate you that much?"
Gigi gave an awkward laugh. "Nickname." The two looked nothing alike. Then again, maybe they were cousins the same way she and Lark were cousins, cousins because their parents were so close they were practically family, but with no resemblance. "Pretty awesome party!" Gigi took a sip of her soda. Something about Raz made her uneasy.
Raz grinned wide, eyeing the soda. "Surprised no punch, Data. You and Ruka seem like punch girls-well, I know Ruka is."
"Her parents would notice if she accidentally got spiked punch. Said her brother is covering for her." Gigi looked at Ruka, who was undoing her buns-how had she not noticed they were purple before now? Ruka combed through her hair, pulling it into a ponytail. "And it's her first time here, I'm showing her the ropes. How things run, stuff like that."
Raz nodded, her grin still present. "Well then, I'll leave you to it." She squeezed Gigi's shoulder, and through her jacket Gigi could feel her sharp nails. "Don't let her give you too much hell, Data."
Gigi gave another awkward laugh, nodding before taking a sip of her soda. Raz slunk off, sauntering across the crosswalk towards a group of equally painted individuals. Gigi wrapped both hands around the can, and listened to the music for a minute before speaking. "Your cousin is...a lot."
"Tell me about it."
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Grant was practically pacing the floor when he heard a knock at his window. His parents were on the way home and as he pulled open the curtain, sure enough his sister was on the fire escape outside. He unlocked his window, pulling her in. "Go get changed, if they see you-why do you smell like smoke? Were you smoking? Oh man you were smoking-if mom gets a whiff of you we're both going to be grounded so badly-"
"Relax! It's from the train stop. Some ass wouldn't stop smoking and I couldn't get away from them. I'm gonna go shower, cover for me with mom and dad until I'm done?" Gigi shut the window behind herself, and sat down on the ledge to take her boots off. "I made a friend tonight, she's just so...she's amazing, Grant, she really really is."
"Okay, that's great. Does she know anything about the OC?"
Gigi faltered. "I don't think so. I think her cousin does though, so I'm gonna have to go back a few times to get some more intel-and you're right, you would absolutely hate it there. It's so loud and you can feel the music constantly and-"
Grant pulled his now shoeless sister off his floor, shepherding her towards the door. "You. Shower. Now. We can talk about it later!"
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Dear Hurt Comfort Exchange creator
My Letter for the 2021 Hurt Comfort Exchange
My AO3 profile: sidewinder
Thank you for writing for me! I know Iâll be thrilled with whatever you come up with for any of my requests. (And if I babble on or have more prompts for one request than another, donât take that as any kind of preference. Iâd love receiving any of these equally; some are just newer ships for me so I may have a lot of unfulfilled ideas.)
Please consider the requested tags all the âpromptâ you need if so inspired, if none of my suggested scenarios and ideas inspire you. Also, of course, feel free to combine them or use only one as you see fit!
Overall/General Do Not Wants:
A/B/O dynamics, mating heats
animal abuse/death
anything related to pregnancy/childbirth/kidfic
formalized BDSM relationships
non-canon gender identities and/or sexual orientations except gay/bi/pan for requested ships/charactersÂ
scat/watersports
unrequested alternative-universe scenarios such as high school/mundane/genderswap/coffee shop/etc (however, canon-divergent AUs completely fine!)
Supernatural
I'm a fairly new SPN fan so I am still in the phase of discovering all the joy (and pain and angst) this ship/fandom can bring me. So I have a LOT of requests, varying based on who is hurt & who needs comforting.
As far as general fandom/universe likes, I'm also a big fan of Bobby, Charlie, Sam, Gabriel and Balthazar - so feel free to include them in any form or fashion that might fit. I can go with either human or still-angel Cas as endgame if it applies. Similarly, either feel free to ignore the finale (everything 15.18-15.20) or give me plenty of angst "fixing" it/expanding on it so that it's not...such...ugh.
My only fandom-specific DNW is any suggestion/inclusion of Wincest.
Castiel/Dean Winchester (hurt Castiel)
Wingfic - injured wingsÂ
Wingfic - Grooming Wings to Comfort Winged Character
I have a serious fixation on Cas's wings and any scenario where Dean can actually see/feel them. Dean tending to Cas's weakened/broken wings after the Angels' fall (or, earlier in canon if somehow injured). Maybe post-finale/rescue/etc his wings start to heal but he needs Dean to help groom them during the healing/regrowth process.
Sharing a bed with hurt character while mutually piningÂ
Being bathed while mutually piningÂ
Comforter drapes their coat over hurt character's shouldersÂ
Character A gently bathes hurt B (turns sexual)Â
Guilt over past actionsÂ
Cathartic Crying
Character A has been crying and tries to hide it but Character B still notices it
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
Character feels comforted by wearing loved one's clothes
Keeping Sick Characters Warm
Falling Asleep As A Sign Of Trust
I'd love human!Cas for these (Season 9, AU where Cas stays at the bunker? Or post-canon if coming back from The Empty meant giving up his grace.) He's struggling with adapting to his human condition/getting hurt, maybe just overwhelmed by human emotions and sensations? Dean is there to help, of course, and Things Happen. (With a side note that I love stories that don't forget that Cas is/was a bad-ass captain, leader and fighter among angels - so he's not and never should be a total woobie. But maybe that makes it harder for him to accept when he DOES need help and comforting because it's not something he's ever been used to needing - or receiving - in the past.)
Aftermath of ResurrectionÂ
attempted self-sacrifice is thwarted by people who do not agree character is expendableÂ
Big Damn Rescue (with comfort)
A rescues B from the underworld or afterlifeÂ
Fix-it - Character survives canonical deathÂ
Recovering from traumatic resurrectionÂ
Touch-StarvedÂ
Touch-Starved Character gets their hair stroked & gets other kind gentle touches & cuddles
Character doesn't believe they deserve to be saved at such a cost; loved one disagreesÂ
Dreamworld featuring worst memories/fears
Resurrection - came back wrong
Rescue
These are all suggestions for any kind of fix-it to 15x18 and getting Cas back from The Empty. Just...go wild with the angst and h/c here. Maybe it's taken some time to get Cas back and he's not sure how to deal with being back. It's been so long that he's been isolated in his dreams/regrets/nightmares that he's starved for (Dean's) touch, but it's almost overwhelming to be near him again (or he's having a hard time telling reality from just another dream.) Or, for "Resurrection - came back wrong" - Cas is back but Dean senses something isn't right about him or the entire situation. What can he do to fix it, if anything?
Character overuses powers/magic/etc to protect a loved oneÂ
Forced to watch other character's traumaÂ
Torture - Tortured While Loved Ones Were Forced To Watch
Pretty much what the tags say, nothing really to add but bring on the angst and comfort after the hurt!
Castiel/Dean Winchester (hurt Dean)
Character A hurts Character B accidentally during sexÂ
Losing Control Over Magic/PowersÂ
Character A doesn't know their own strength and hurts B by mistake
What it says on the tin, basically. Cas gets overwhelmed when having sex with Dean (or when triggered by something else, a perceived threat/danger) and accidentally injures him? Healing may take some time due to the severity (or limited powers in the aftermath), or Cas just feels extreme guilt over having hurt the one he loves so badly.
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)Â
Character(s) ashamed of their sexual desiresÂ
Character A takes Character B on a road trip to avoid dealing with current bad situation
Boys being stupid with their feelings and not talking to each other, but a h/c scenario forces the truth to come out.
Aftermath of ResurrectionÂ
Aftermath of torture that broke characterÂ
Aftermath of TortureÂ
Past Torture
I need more angst/actual dealing with what it did to Dean to spend 40 years in Hell. This feels like it was so glossed over in canon compared to the fact that, truly, it means he spent more time in Hell than alive on Earth literally up until almost the time of his (finale) death. (I mean I get this is SPN and they all went through stuff, but, SERIOUSLY! Why did it seem like a year in Purgatory affected him more than so much time in Hell?) So any story with Cas (or Cas and other characters), trying to help him with that. Comforting him through nightmares or panic attack, getting him to finally talk about it (could even be post-finale canon-compliant, residual anger that his life was cut so short after all the torture he went through in Hell?)
Character A gets angry at Character B's tendency to self-sacrificeÂ
attempted self-sacrifice is thwarted by people who do not agree character is expendableÂ
attempted self-sacrificeÂ
Bedside VigilsÂ
Fix-it - Character survives canonical deathÂ
Character resigned to their death survives; doesn't know how to copeÂ
Waking from coma or deep sleep and realizing the beloved caretaker is near
Any kind of fix-it to Dean's death by rebar; I can't get enough of them. Maybe Dean doesn't die in the finale, but he is severely wounded/in a coma. He's trapped in his (dream) visions of Heaven; can Cas help him come back? I could really use Cas (and other friends/family) trying to convince Dean he can actually have happiness for himself, too, that he doesn't have to keep laying down his life for everyone else.
Gentle acts of caretakingÂ
Gently coaxing out-of-it sick/hurt character back to bed
Character ordered to rest tries to work anywayÂ
Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Caring for hurt character by cooking for them or getting them their favourite food
Character cooks for sick/injured character(s)
Sick/hurt character falls asleep on comforter
Back rubs/hair stroking to help a character sleep
Sleepy Cuddles
Awkward Comforter
Watching Hurt Character Sleep
Wingfic - Using Wings to Hug Another Character
Just...any kind of sweet comfort fic where Cas gives Dean what he needs after an exhausting hunt or when not feeling well. Maybe when/if Cas is human so he no longer has his angelic healing powers to fall back on, so he tries to do whatever else he can to make Dean feel better? Even if it's bad cooking, awkward cuddles, misguided attempts at human âcomfortâ he doesnât quite understand.
Crossover Fandom
Ezekiel Stone (Brimstone) & Castiel (SPN) (hurt Castiel)
Ezekiel Stone (Brimstone) & Dean Winchester (SPN) (hurt Dean)
Ezekiel Stone (Brimstone) & Dean Winchester (SPN) (hurt Ezekiel)
Aftermath of TortureÂ
Aftermath of ViolenceÂ
Character is beaten up and left for deadÂ
Talking about their traumasÂ
characters help each other cope with griefÂ
Character with high pain tolerance is in too much pain to hide it having to hide while injuredÂ
poisoned woundÂ
Trapped Together During Gunfire/FightingÂ
Character's been pulled to alternate dimension where everything's weird and they need an allyÂ
Character A comforts Character B about their shared misfortuneÂ
Magical Ailment/DiseaseÂ
trapped in an isolated place togetherÂ
Road Trip - To Undo the ApocalypseÂ
Both Captured - Forced to Work Together to EscapeÂ
A used to mistreatment from others unsure if B will help them
I'm fascinated by the idea of crossing over these two canons. Even if there's some conflict in their approach to Hell/Lucifer/demons, there's still a lot in common. Dean & Ezekiel having both put in their time in Hell and being demon Hunters, for instance, and their complicated relationships with (fallen) angels. I'd love to see them bonding over their experiences (Maybe they even meet in Hell? Time DOES work differently there...) Maybe somehow after Ezekiel completed his mission for the Devil, he did get his second chance at "life on Earth"...but the devil's trick is that it's not HIS Earth, it's in a different dimension (Supernatural's). I'm also curious how Ezekiel might respond to Castiel as an angel--perhaps he mistakes Cas for a demon at first, with his powers, but then they realize they are in fact hunting the same demon? Cas is stuck in an alternative dimension and recognizes Ezekiel as a similar soul to Dean's, and seeks out his help?
Basically I'd love some kind of casefic/demon hunt here, with the characters bonding over their shared/similar past traumas, taking care of each other when/if injured on a hunt, and/or perhaps helping them sort out their complicated feelings for another (ie, background Cas/Dean and/or Zeke/the Devil are TOTALLY welcome here, as I ship both of those ships.)
Law & Order: SVU
John Munch/Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (hurt Fin)
John Munch/Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (hurt John)
Gentle acts of caretakingÂ
Comfort FoodÂ
making comfort food for emotionally distressed characterÂ
Caring for hurt character by cooking for them or getting them their favourite foodÂ
Aftermath of ViolenceÂ
Emotional Hurt/ComfortÂ
Bedside VigilsÂ
Overworking Character ordered to rest tries to work anywayÂ
Character is Exhausted From OverworkÂ
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSDÂ
Fights with family member - Helps them feel better in some shape or formÂ
Worrying over the safety of family membersÂ
Trapped Together During Gunfire/FightingÂ
trapped in an isolated place togetherÂ
Character A holds Character B as they fall asleep after bad day
Characters live together while one recovers from hurtÂ
Watching TV Together After a Stressful Mission/Quest
Caring for pet as self-care
Hangover
A presumed dead; B refuses to believe A diedÂ
Presumed Dead
Munch/Fin is a forever OTP for me. I love any story that features some kind of gentle caretaking between them, small gestures of affection, love, and concern that say so much without the words that they may (still) struggle to speak. So my prompts for them are mostly of the soft and emotional kind of hurt/comfort revolving around their jobs and what they have to process involving that. Making sure a character gets enough rest/eats when pushing too hard to solve a case. Providing a shoulder to cry on/being someone to vent at when a case doesn't go their way/they can't save every victim. Not slowing down enough when injured/needing to recuperate because a case matters too much to them. Munch perhaps musing/worried about getting older and not being physically strong enough, any longer, to be able to protect Fin in the field (is that why he finally goes for the sergeant promotion, and/or eventually retires?)
Worrying about/dealing with a family member who might be in danger is another thing I'd love to see â Fin worried over Ken, Alejandro and their baby. Or perhaps Munch gets a call from his brother and thereâs some kind of trouble with his family in Baltimore?
Anything along those lines (whether an episode expansion/missing scene or a completely original casefic) would leave me extremely happy. I'd also LOVE to read an angsty presumed dead fic, which has been so hard to find for this ship.
The Orville
Ed Mercer/Gordon Malloy (both hurt)
On the Run - TogetherÂ
Fight to Survive - Post-ApocalypticÂ
trapped in an isolated place togetherÂ
Permanently Stranded on Another World/PlanetÂ
stranded in hostile environment with injuryÂ
stranded in spaceÂ
Trapped In Liminal SpaceÂ
Apocalypse - Survivors find comfort with each otherÂ
Trapped with someone in need of medical careÂ
characters help each other cope with griefÂ
aftermath of near death experienceÂ
desperate love confession after near-death experience
Casual/Unromantic Sex Leads to Unwanted FeelingsÂ
Character Tries to Convince Themselves They're Fine With Casual Sex; They're Not
This very silly show still manages to give me a lot of deep feels, and I really love Ed and Gordon's friendship, the history that's clearly there between them. This is definitely a friends-to-lovers ship for me, or maybe a casual sex-relationship turned-more-serious.
I'd love a story set in the alternative universe/timeline we glimpsed in the second season finale, "The Road Not Taken"âwhere the Kaylons have destroyed life on earth and the remaining Orville crew members are trying to survive in a loose resistance. In that we saw Ed and Gordon on the run together, so that's what I would love to see more of. Their day-to-day survival, grief over what was lost, hiding out or trapped somewhere together knowing no one is out there who can rescue them.
Otherwise, any kind of mission gone wrong where they end up stranded in space/stuck on an alien world together with no way to get back to the ship/crew. How would they cope with losing everything they once had and knew?
Homicide: Life on the Street
Kay Howard/John Munch (hurt Kay)
Kay Howard/John Munch (hurt John)
Kay Howard/John Munch (both hurt)
Kay/John is another one of my longtime comfort OTPs; I just love them both so much and the fun contrast they present. Honestly H:LOTS is one of my all-time favorite television series, period, and I'm always happy to see more fic for it!
I don't have any specific fandom DNWs here, go wild, include any other/all characters from the canon universe who might fit. I basically love them all.
Trapped with someone in need of medical careÂ
Trapped Together During Gunfire/FightingÂ
trapped in an isolated place togetherÂ
Love confession to/from sick/hurt character who is out of itÂ
Character A Confesses Feelings Because They Think Character B is UnconsciousÂ
Humor as way of dealing with pain/traumaÂ
Driving with a mildly sick/injured character in the passenger seatÂ
Driving with a severely sick/injured character in the passenger seat
For these I'd love any kind of case-fic/action-type scenario where one or both of them is injured or in danger. The stress of the situation leads to a confession of or acting on feelings.
Emotional Hurt/ComfortÂ
characters help each other cope with griefÂ
Dealing w the loss of loved ones/friends/acquaintances/familiar faces as time marches on
aftermath of near death experienceÂ
Aftermath of ViolenceÂ
Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
Survivor Guilt
I'm thinking of these as episode codas or episode-related scenarios. Mourning Al's death after the events in the HLOTS movie, perhaps. Or the aftermath of the events in Season 3 with the Gordon Pratt incidentâKay, Bolander and Felton all being gravely injured and John being the only one who was left standing. I'm always keen on exploring his feelings of helplessness and guilt there, with nearly losing Kay and the others. Also how Kay recovered and felt after coming so close to death.
Gentle acts of caretaking
Comfort Food
Caring for hurt character by cooking for them or getting them their favourite foodÂ
Character cooks for sick/injured character(s)Â
Hangover
Again, I love characters cooking for each other as a way of showing love and comfort. I tend to see Munch as someone who has a secret knack for being a good cook, so maybe he makes something special for Kay when she's sick/recovering from something and it reveals a side of John she never knew or saw before.
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