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the-lark-ascending69 · 1 year ago
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I need to think of a proper name for the comphet robin au because it has too much lore now. Anyway have some more monster hunting lore:
Monster hunting is a tradition transmited from generation to generation. It has nothing to do with inherited powers and habilities, and everything to do with knowledge.
There are two monster hunter families in Hawkins, though some think soon it will be only one.
Joyce comes from a long line of monster hunters. She left it behind when she met Lonnie, never really caring much for that lifestyle, but she did tell her boys some things about it, just in case. When her son Will went missing, she went back into action like in her youth, now accompanied by her eldest son and his friend, Nancy.
Nancy became a monster hunter through the Byers when Barb went missing. It's rare but not unheard of for monster hunters to "adopt" someone else into their tradition, and that is what Joyce did, acting as a kind of godmother. Despite not being related to the Byers in any conventional way, Nancy is considered a Byers monster hunter. The name she usually gives to other monster hunters outside of Hawkins is Ruth Byers, to indicate her afiliation while protecting her true identity.
The other family consists on Jim Hopper and his adopted daughter, El Jane Hopper, another case of a non-hunter becoming a hunter. Both El and Will were being terrorized by the same monster - El for much, much longer - so when they found Will, they rescued El as well, and Jim officially adopted her. She's a Hopper monster hunter.
Monster hunters keep their mission secret. Monsters are everywhere and you can never know how smart they are or whether or not they can hear you. Airing out the truth will just draw danger to themselves and the people around them.
Monster hunting knowledge includes knowledge of the Upside Down - a secret world in the woods, sometimes with portals and sometimes without them - knowledge of weapons and their use, and of monsters around their area. The Upside Down, Vecna and the Mind Flayer are the biggest threats, but they also handle vampires, werewolves, haunted houses, ghosts, not-deer creatures, etc.
Ever since the 50s, the Hoppers have been keeping an eye on a curse that seems to affect Hawkins specifically. They call it Vecna's curse. Every now and then, this spirit from the Upside Down will choose a person and cause them one of three afflictions:
First, they may have spontaneous visions of the Upside Down. This curse is a Type 1 curse. It's physically harmless, meant to cause panic, but it can become quite a problem if knowledge of this spreads. The only known treatment is music and leaving Hawkins. Sometimes, this curse goes away on its own. The other two outcomes are a) a stable persistence of the curse through the victim's life, or b) progress into Type 2. This curse is common for those who have survived the Upside Down. Often read as PTSD or schizophrenia by psychiatrists. Known victims: Will Byers, El Jane Hopper. Suspected victims: Nancy Wheeler.
Sometimes, a Type 1 curse will morph into a Type 2 curse, what we know as being flayed. This includes a slow infection of the victims mind as Vecna slowly overpowers them, to the point the person is lost entirely. The process can last up to 18 months, allowing Vecna's presence to go unnoticed for moths, even by the victim and their loved ones, but it can also be as quick as two weeks. Vecna does this in order to confuse people, create and control monsters, and have spies. Thankfully, there is a relatively easy treatment for this if detected early enough. It includes raising the temperature around the victim until Vecna releases their mind. A lot of the times the victim dies during this process. Known victims: Will Byers (cured), Billy Hargrove (†), Heather Holloway (†), Doris Driscoll (†).
The Type 3 curse is the worst and most dangerous one. It is preceded by nightmares and headaches, and it consists on hallucinations involving the victim's deepest fears, which makes it hard for hunters to detect on time since the visions are often so shameful that the victim will refuse to talk about it. Victims often report thinking they're going crazy. This type of curse is the most dangerous for both the victim and those around them, since it always results in the victim's death and the opening of a gate through it. It usually takes between one and two years for the curse to complete its cycle. The first victim Nancy saw with her own eyes was Max, who was the first person to ever survive one of Vecna's attack, though now she's in a coma with little hope of waking up. The hunters thought music would help - and it did, for a time, but it wasn't enough and now they're back to square 1. Currently, investigating, finding a cure and taking care of new victims has been assigned as Nancy and Jonathan's task. Known victims: Victor Creel, Chrissy Cunningham, Fred Benson, Patrick McKinney, Max Mayfield, Barbara Holland. Suspected victims: Robin Buckley.
The Hopper family has been keeping a written record of every supernatural thing that has happened in Hawkins for the past 40 years, though many statements and files are incomplete, or they're minor vampire or werewolf sightings, or they lead to dead ends. Plus Jim hasn't been taking care of it at all and now it's a disaster. Jonathan and Nancy spend a lot of time trying to fix that.
Will is currently being instructed by his mother in the tradition of monster hunting.
Will's friends have been trying to convince Joyce to let them become monster hunters too, but Joyce doesn't think it's a good idea. Nancy hates the idea of Mike becoming one, specifically.
Monster hunters don't go anywhere without at least a gun and a knife. Robin hates it when Nancy shows up to her house with weapons, because her parents hate guns and she's kinda uncomfortable with them.
Traditionally, monster hunters used to work with dogs and horses a lot. Dogs were useful to track down monsters, and they could fight or distract them, while horses allowed hunters to move quickly through the forest. Nowadays, Nancy, Jonathan and Jim Hopper, the most active hunters in Hawkins, prefer cars.
El and Will, being the youngest hunters, are often relegated to administrative work in Hopper's archive. Joyce can fight, but she's generally better with research and logistics. She's pretty much the leader of both the Byers AND the Hoppers, with Nancy being her right hand man.
Nancy often goes on small hunts alone. It's her way of channeling her anger.
Monster hunters get a (pretty miserable) earning from the oldest and wealthiest hunter families in the country, so they can dedicate themselves to hunting full-time. It's not much, and often more than one member will need to have a job on the side to maintain a full family, but it's something.
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I survived Danganronpa and all I got was this hoodie...
he got one (1): hoodie and one (1): unimaginable amount of survivior's guilt.
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rosetheocto · 16 days ago
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Hey guys here’s my totally original Mario OCs that I definitely did NOT steal for myself from an old-ish obscure Minecraft series I watched when I was like 10 that I’m now rewriting in my head for fun hahaha
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This all isn’t final since it’s my first time drawing them and everything with their lore is very much subject to change but YEAAA the duo!! :D
character/lore yapping under the cut cuz screw it, i gotta feed the like two other Nintendo Fun House fans somehow LMAO
These two are Tyler Busybee and Gilliford “Gill” McAllister! This dynamic duo met each other in early childhood, and became inseparable ever since! They used to also be in a trio with a Toady named Four-Eyes (don’t ask why he’s named that), but that friendship… unfortunately didn’t go as planned. That’s okay though, because they recently befriended Bowser Jr. himself!! He was surprisingly nice to the two of them, never in a million years would they expect to click with literal Koopa royalty as well as they did, but life is always full of surprises!!
Tyler might seem like a typical dudebro jock at first, but there’s a lot more to him than just that! He’s very obsessed with comics and especially superheroes, and his presence and high-energy definitely helps lift the spirits of others when it’s needed! Despite being a Hammer Bro, he doesn’t really put any focus on hammers or throwing things at all, opting for a more showing-off kind of battle strategy. He lost his birth parents when he was young, but was found and taken in by Stingby triplets that he considers his closest family! He occasionally helps in their delivery work too, though after moving out of their place he’s had less opportunities to do so. Tyler is probably the most impulsive and risk-taking out of the Fun House Trio, tied with Junior, and also has a deep sense of loyalty to his friends, which makes betrayal feel all the more personal to him. He has a confident and energetic demeanor, and while he isn’t exactly faking that, he does try to hide bits of the more “uncool” parts of his personality, along with the trauma he deals with later on from all the stuff that goes down in this story. Tyler wants to be the one to help others, not the one that needs rescuing, and he tends to shut people out a bit if he is greatly embarrassed about something that makes him feel weak or pathetic to those around him. He does have an interest in sports/athletics too, and could be pretty dang talented at them, but that is far from his main thing! At the end of the day though, he loves his friends, and his friends love him!
The way most people would describe Gill would probably be something like “the nerdiest nerd to ever nerd”, meaning that he’s very antisocial at times, very into science and history, and generally not as much of a risk-taker as his friends are, preferring to stay in his own safe little bubble. When the Shy Guy was a kid, Tyler was one of the only people that Gill would actually talk to for more than a minute, and a lot of the relations Gill had are most likely connected to Ty as well in some way. Maybe the Gifted Kid treatment he’s gotten throughout his life had something to do with that, Gill never really had the time to make other friends on his own with how many academic expectations he’s had to uphold… hopefully now that he’s graduated from school and is able to move out of his parents’ place, maybe he’ll get that chance with Junior and the rest of the Fun House Crew! Although, another problem Gill has regarding friendships is the fear of being “replaceable” to people. Even if the gang don’t mean anything hurtful, from time to time Gill would end up feeling like a bit of an outsider with his more introverted personality and interests. Oh yeah, and that bag he has? It’s like a bag of holding, there’s tons of gadgets and other random stuff, mainly used for more episodic shenanigans!
#Jack Tripolar must’ve like spiritually connected with me or something today cuz he made a new NFH vid apparently?? not the OG series tho#the OG series ended years ago. Jack’s been trying to do like a dozen reboots ever since the finale movie. so much for ‘‘growing up’’ :P#(​I’m still and always will be PETTY about that finale movie bruhh he made the most interesting antagonist cis and a literal self insert 😓)#the way I see my NFH rewrite is like. yeah I’m adding some bits here and there from the original Mario canon but also keeping some of the#Tripolar Charm that the original series has#not everyone is gonna be characterized like how they are in the Nintendo canon.. or even the Tripolarverse canon for that matter#(​even though the Tripolarverse canon is held together with tape and elmer’s glue. that universe has more retcons than coherent plots /hj)#this rewrite is SO self indulgent and idk how much of it I’ll post rn (cuz there’s still bits I need to work on and all and ofc making it#all actually make sense)#but yea if there’s any other classic NFH fans out there… idc how long it’s been since I’ve made this post. talk to me PLEASE#also I’m like just about to post this but I found out like 2 mins ago that Tyler’s last name (in the reboot(s?) at least) is Shellshock :0#dunno if that was said in the original series or not but like it isn’t a bad last name so I’ll take notes for his rewrite AU backstory#also for those out of the loop with Tyler’s character and why he’s bee themed here: his superhero alter ego in canon is bee themed#Bumblebee Basketball Man is mostly deleted here but the bee theming for Ty was something I loved so I figured out a way to keep it in#also yes Hammer Bros do have hair under their helmets. Tyler just doesn’t wear one cuz He Doesn’t Think He Needs To#also once again saying that any NFHposting I do is for the first series he started in 2016 that has around 450 — 500-something episodes#btw Gill/Tyler/Junior here are like 16-17 years old when the rewrite series first begins#ok dude I NEED to stop tag yapping anyway TIME TO PUT THE ACTUAL TAGS RAAAAHHGG#Tripolar#Tripolar Minecraft#Minecraft Tripolar#Nintendo Fun House#Tripolar Nintendo Fun House#Rose’s Super Epic and Cool Art#and yknow what? I’m maintagging too. screw it.#super mario bros#super mario#hammer bro#shy guy
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mbat · 10 months ago
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of all things in my au im putting mrs gleeful in a prominent role? so thats how my life is going
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hasnomoxxie · 11 months ago
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PLEASE SHOW US AUTHOR MABEL FROM LEVITY RISES PLEASE
Okay!
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My inbox is flooded with messages like these, fun fact- when I started the designs I actually didn't know what to do with her- BUT NOW IK (at least some) OF WHAT I WANNA DO WITH HER.
Still trying to figure out what I wanna do with the design and lore of the bill replacement though- Still a heavy wip!
MABEL ⇆ STANFORD
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Mabel takes the role of Stanford in this au! Fun loving and enthusiastic since birth, Mabel was once a budding young photographer who eventually found her way as a newspaper journalist for Levity Rises. She quickly began to notice some of the strange things happening in the town, taking pictures and objects to create her own scrapbooks. She didn't think much of it at the time, but she was certain her brother would've liked the scrapbooks. Maybe if she'd done something earlier, she wouldn't have accidentally ended up in another dimension for 30 years- oh well- at least she knows how to kick ass across 7 different dimensions. Not sure how the identity theft is gonna work yet-
OK REFRESHER ON THE OLD CAST and added Grauntie Mabel too! One of my friends suggested to call Ford 'Sixer' the same way Dipper is named, so that's what's gonna happen going forward just cause it's a cool lil detail (plus in this au Six hides his hands in a similar way to Dipper hiding his birthmark so I think it works). Notes as per usual :]
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Also yeah, I put my ussy into that logo, you're gonna see it a bit
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I'll still keep thinking of stuff for this au! I have a few screenshot edits planned :D
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hbatfam98 · 3 months ago
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AU where none of the JL know about the batkids for a while. But they recently have found out that  Bruce Wayne is the batman. So honestly... none of them are that surpised when they realise just how many batkids there are because ... Bruce Wayne gets around yk? Might have been cruel of him to force all his kids to be vigilantes with him but it's the Batman what are u going to do?
The batkids realise that the JL thinks they are all Bruce Wayne's bastard (/polite) children. And all of them (except Damien) are so happy to play along with it
Dick: *casually walking into a JL meeting with a sword impaled into him* Bruce, Damien is trying to kill me for the inheritance!
Bruce: ... medbay. Now.
Jason answering some of the question the JL had about them: yeah so he just hides us until he gets annoyed enough with the current Robin. Then he kicks them out and starts over with the younger sibling. *everyone turns to look at Batman in horror*
Bruce: That's  not -
Jason: and he only acknowledges you as his child again after you do something impressive enough. ... it took me becoming a crime lord for him to un-disinherit me.. :(
Bruce: No-
Jason: Why else do u think i have a grave at Wayne Manor? He said I was dead to him until I buck up.. :'(
Bruce: *walking away. Cannot handle this.*
Steph: Oh why do we all look so different? Did you really think Brucie would limit himself to a single type??
JL: ... checks out. Yeah
JL: *getting very concerned now* Hey kid, so.. Where's ur mom *surely she will be the safer choice*
Tim: Dead. *walks away no explanation*
JL: *are all their mothers? Does Batman? ... are we ok with teaming up with a mom murderer just because he's Batman?*
JL: *still not fully convinced. walking up to Oracle doing cool Oracle tingz (also slightly illegal tingz, so she's slightly worried they're here to tell her to stop)* ... so Batman's not ur dad right?
Barbara: *fully aware of where this is going and finds it hilarious so just for the jokes says:* yes he is.
JL: but we thought-
Barbara: *who was the one to teach Dick to be the absolute Drama Queen he is, has tears welling up in her eyes at will, sniffling* why would you say he isn't? You think just because I was never a Robin he doesn't want me as much-
JL: No no *oh god they made Batman's kid cry* But ur last name is Gordon?! As in Commissioner Gordon??
Barbara: .. yeah? He's also my dad? You got a problem with that? ... I'm gonna tell Bruce. Rainbow Batman is gonna kick ur ass. *switches on comms with Batman who is fighting an alien rn* Bruce, you've got to hear what ur friends are saying
Cass: ... *wants to be a part of the joke but the JL is still too afraid of her to approach her*
JL: ...
Cass: *walks up to them* Batman is not dad.
JL: oh?
Cass: He's mom. *walks away. High fives Tim*
JL: *Trying their luck again because one of these kids has to have a mom right?* Hey kid, so is ur mom still u know..
Duke:...
JL: is she still alive?
Duke: yeah of course she's alive
JL: *collective sigh of relief* oh so where is she?
Duke: in a mental asylum. *walks away*
...
Finally, they have to come clean when someone in the JL sees DickxBabs or StephxCass PDA (well it probably wasn't meant to be public) and freaks out because that's your half-sibling!?!
...
JL: So Robin, what happened to ur parents to make Bruce adopt u?Damien: he didn't have to. *kind of smug* I am his blood son
JL: oh cmon kid, they already told us about the joke ok? U don't have keep it up
Damien: Wha- No, I'm not lying!! They were but I'm not! I am a Wayne!JL: .. sure kid sure..
Also yes in this hc it's all of the JL just going as group from one kid to the next trying to figure this shit out
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hangesfavles · 4 months ago
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Cowboy Hange headcanons
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6.5K WORDS HOLY SCHMOLY!!!!! NB Hange x afab reader ^_^ <3 i tried keeping it genny nooch but i think hange refers to reader as cowgirl once sorry :(
Summary: i sorta stole the beginning of stardew valley as the intro to this fic helpp ... i also leaned into the idea of sheriff hange bc they’re the 14th commander and allat so i think its cute to imagine them as a sheriff in this au. i love this idea tho i think its so fun save a horse ride hange zoe 
Warnings: brief mention of guns bc Hange is a sheriff, shmuuuuttttt under the border, hair pulling, strap riding B) aka MINORS DNI!!!!!!!!! #hangebackshots
a/n: HIIIIIII THIS IS MY FIRST REQUEST OH EM GEE SO EXCITED TO WRITE FOR IT FDSADFGHJHGFD I HOPE U LIKE IT ANON!! Also i'm sorry i feel like this is more like a baby between a full length fic and hcs but it sorta came out like a story, I hope that's ok tho ;( If you guys want more cowboy hange content... i'm gonna shamelessly promote my friend, you can read both southern skies and runaway horses on ao3! I had been actually helping that friend revise southern skies bc i loved the story sm when i first read it. <3 <3 <3 @meetmeinmontauuk
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❥Cowboy! Hange was definitely on the fence about you when you first moved into town. The only reason for their suspicion is their previous experience with who they call “city folk.” Their previous encounters with them had been a bit rocky, since life in town was very traditional. Not in a discriminatory way, they just preferred having a hospitable, close-knit community. 
They’re used to city folk coming with an unfriendly attitude towards strangers. They dislike how they tend to prioritize individualism and a faster pace of life. For a while, their wariness seemed deeply ingrained, as if every newcomer carried the same weight of expectation. They sort of felt obligated to be concerned about you as the town’s sheriff. 
❥When the opportunity arose for you to move out of the overwhelming city, out of the shitty studio you pay way too much money for, you practically ran for the hills. 
Despite the things you hated about city life, it’s what you were used to and you know that moving directly into a town this small was going to be a culture shock for you. You found a quaint job as a librarian in a town named Shiganshina, where the headcount barely exceeds triple digits. 
You felt that suited you now that you’re getting older. You’re not as excitable and extroverted as you used to be, now you’re at an age where you’d like to settle down and find a place to spend the rest of your life- which you’ve long decided is not in the bustling city that never sleeps. 
You were happy to find a quiet job where you won’t have to talk to people very often, where the bulk of your day is spent with headphones on as you place books back on their rightful spot on the shelves.  
Now that you have all of your belongings tucked away, all that's left to do is actually commute to your brand new city. It took a draining few hours, but now you’re finally headed into Shiganshina. However, your GPS’ directions are starting to confuse you, leaving you circling the same area about 3 times. 
From what you’ve seen so far, the town seems very cozy. As you drive past the same village you’ve found yourself trapped in, you're only now noticing the comforting scent of freshly baked bread wafting from the local bakery. This town in general smells far better than the smells of the big city you had been previously living in. 
This small southern town holds a charm that's as warm and cozy as the sun-soaked streets that remind you of your childhood days spent playing in the park with whoever you met there that day. 
As you’re making your 4th loop around this same block, you spot a figure in the distance. As you grow closer, you squint your eyes, and- Holy fuck is that person riding a horse in the middle of the street????
This person seems equally confused by your car as you do by their horse. However, you notice their horse trotting towards your car from a distance, causing you to slow down next to them and roll down your window. 
“Hiya. It’s been a while since I’ve seen someone use a car ‘round these parts.” They start with an airy chuckle, their ever so slight southern accent rolling off their tongue with grace. It's the kind of accent that leaves a warm feeling inside you, effortlessly expressing their friendliness and filling you with a sense of belonging, even if you were only passing through. 
This stranger’s face doesn’t really match their tone. Their physical appearance reminds you of the bitter taste of medicine, but their voice is similar to the spoonful of honey used as a chaser to sweeten the former. 
You give them a quick glance up and down, your eyes scanning their outfit consisting of blue jeans and an open flannel, a tank top underneath that defines their lean build. More interestingly, you catch a buckled belt with a holstered pistol attached. “So, you're a fresh face ain’tcha?” 
Despite their weathered features and the weariness etched into every line on their face, their upbeat tone flows with a kind tenderness that catches you off guard. You aren’t going to lie and say you weren’t slightly skeptical after noticing that this person is fully armed. 
“Are you tryna pass through, or are you lookin’ for somethin’ in particular?” They look down at you from their elevated position on their horse. You look up at them with obvious hesitation. 
“Aha... Yeah, I’m supposed to be moving in today, but I’ve been up and down this same block for the past 15 minutes...” You avert your eyes back to your GPS. “Um... Do you happen to know where 93 Willow Lane is?” 
They chuckle at your question, though you’re not sure why. “Yeah, I know my way ‘round town. You’re not gonna find Willow Lane in your car.” They tilt their cowboy hat, having their horse take a step back. They point in front of them, and you stick your head out of the window to see. They’re pointing toward a dirt path in the grass that’s littered with a few stepping stones. 
“You’ll find 93 down that way. Not many people drive in town, we usually prefer walkin’ or biking. Or horse ridin’, in my case. You can’t park right outside, but on the bright side, you should’ve passed the parkin’ garage when you were lost. It’s right around the corner, real close by.” They explain to you with a shining smile. “Go on and park your car. I can help you carry your things inside.”  
❥Cowboy! Hange does exactly that. They carry about 3-4 of your boxes at one time, which helps get the job done a lot faster than you can, since you can only hold the weight of 2 at a time. 
The last trip the two of you make to your car, all you have left to carry in is a small backpack filled with your laptop and some chargers. Hange hops back onto their horse with ease, looking down at you. “You ever ride a horse before? I’ll give you a ride over to your place on ol’ Sawney.” They say, stroking their horses mane affectionately. 
They notice how nervous you seem as you shift on the balls of your feet. “Not really, no... The only non-domestic animals I’ve ever seen are rats... and pigeons.” You say, shifting your eyes from glancing up at Hange to down at Sawney. Your previous life in the city had conditioned you to be wary of animals. One thing you learn quickly is that you should never get too close to an animal, no less touch one. 
They can read the emotions on your face like a book. Not that it was particularly hard to tell that you were nervous. “Aw, c’mon! Sawney won’t hurt’cha. He’s sweet as a peach.” They sing playfully leaning down closer to your height. “I’m not sure I can-” You attempt to create an excuse so that you don’t have to get on the back of this creature, but Hange cuts you off quickly, hopping back down from the animal. “Trust me, of course you can! I’ll even help ya get on. Plus, I’ll be the one steering him behind ya.” 
❥Cowboy! Hange demonstrates to you how to properly get on the horse, stepping into the stirrup and swinging their body over with relative ease. They can tell you’re still nervous, so they get off and hold your waist for support, hoisting you up. Sawney doesn’t seem to be affected at all by your inexperience. “Now look at that! You did just fine. I told you there was nothin’ to worry ‘bout.” They say, patting your shoulder roughly. Despite the way their praise makes your stomach fill with butterflies, you can’t fully appreciate their words due to the anxiety that takes priority over your emotions. You’re shaking like a leaf on top of Sawney, and you have to hold back an embarrassing yelp as they rest their hand on your shoulder.
❥Cowboy! Hange hops on Sawney behind you, as promised. You nervously lean back against their chest as their arms hold the reins in front of you, unintentionally surrounding you. Their chest is pressed up against your back, their thighs on either side of your body. 
For the first few minutes of riding, your hands nervously clutch at their jeans for stability. But the longer you sit atop Sawney- practically cuddled up in this attractive stranger's arms- the anxiety that clouded over your other emotions starts to clear, allowing you to feel embarrassed and meek.
❥Cowboy! Hange notices your discomfort and chuckles softly. "You’re doin’ just fine. Sawney’s a smooth rider. You’ll get used to ridin’ real quick." Their voice is calm and reassuring, and you find yourself gradually relaxing in their presence. The gentle sway of the horse’s movements, combined with the warmth of Hange's body against yours starts to feel oddly soothing for someone you’ve only just met. 
As you travel down the dirt path, the scenery changes from the small town center to more rustic surroundings. The field of vibrant green grass littered with mixed wildflowers stretches far beyond where the small settling of houses reside, making the space seem almost uncanny, but also dreamlike. 
Hange rides right up to the front of your new house with ease, getting themself off the horse first in order to help you get down. After successfully making sure you don’t fall off of Sawney, you thank them. They grab the rim of their hat and give you a slight nod. “Anytime.” They say with an award winning smile. 
You play with your fingers, picking at your fingernails as you work up the courage to ask them a question. “Um... The house is pretty empty, but would you like to come in for a while?” You ask them, looking up from your fingers to give them a smile in return. “Sure, why the hell not?” They shrug their shoulders, their lighthearted demeanor contradicting everything you originally assumed about them.
❥Cowboy! Hange inquires about your life before moving here. You tell them all about how you grew up in the city, what life there is like, and how you felt like you had to get out. In turn, Hange tells you about what life was like growing up on a farm in the same town you’ve just moved into. How they used to play in the dirt, throwing worms at other kids and going out at night to try and grab frogs. 
The two of you made yourselves comfortable on the small couch in your living room; regardless of the fact that the house came with little furniture, you already feel yourself falling in love with the place.
❥Cowboy! Hange truly enjoys the conversation you share, despite their reservations about people from out of town. They find you to be much kinder and soft spoken in comparison to the others they’ve met. They aren’t sure why, but they feel drawn to you in a unique way. However, they’ll chalk it up to the fact the two of you are getting along quickly and they make a note to stop by again to have another chat.
"Welcome to Shiganshina," Hange says, their smile as warm as the sunlight streaming through the windows. "If you need help movin’ in or anything, don’t hesitate to holler. We’re a tight-knit community here, so if you can’t find me, I’m sure someone else’ll come runnin’. I have a feelin’ you’ll fit right in." 
❥Cowboy! Hange tends to stroll around in town on their horse when the days are warm. They don’t technically need to, the station would simply call them if they were needed, but it’s something they enjoy regardless of their position as sheriff. 
On a particularly warm day with the sun hanging bright in the sky, you decided to use your day off to spend some time outside and hopefully get your vitamin d levels up. So, you decided to take a stroll through the local park. You’ve seen it in passing, and it’s full of life and shrubbery and flowers you hadn’t gotten the chance to see or appreciate in the city. 
A short while after you enter the park, you see a few groups of people already there. It starts to make you feel self conscious that everyone here showed up with a friend, family member or partner, but you had no one alongside you. Lucky for you, Hange also seized the opportunity to stroll around outdoors.
Hange sees you from afar as their other horse Bean trots along the sidewalk. They had an inner debate with themself over if they should approach you, but their insecurities were tossed aside when they noticed that your form is rigid and you’re picking at your fingers nervously. 
They smile to themself because they understand why you would feel uncomfortable in a situation like your own, moving into a small town out of the blue where everyone already knows each other. They’re familiar with the feeling of awkwardness, even if they’ve lived here their whole life. 
Despite having been raised in Shiganshina, they also sometimes feel out of place compared to other residents. For a while now, they’ve been feeling out of place with all of the budding romance in town. It feels to them that everyone they know is in a serious relationship or married, but they haven’t even been interested in anyone for what feels like forever.
It’s not that they never wanted or expected to fall in love, it was just something that hadn’t happened for them yet. After being alone for so long, they had kind of gotten used to it. Hange had resigned themself to the idea that maybe they were meant to be alone. But now, seeing you standing there with a nervous demeanor, butterflies stirred within their stomach, only confirming the feelings of affection already forming for you. 
Once they get closer to you, they tap your shoulder. “Howdy, sugar. You’re stickin’ out like a sore thumb.” They say, giving you a smile and reaching for your wrist. They lead you and Bean towards a free bench, closeby to a lake. You can’t help but chuckle at how quickly they saved you from your own embarrassment. In a moment of confidence, you slip your wrist out of their grip, instead opting to hold their hand. 
The sound of the keys jangling from their carabiner as their legs move catches your attention. You’d never thought the clanging of metal would sound so much like home. Maybe you’re just romanticizing the situation, but it sounds musical, like wind chimes in a storm. As they sit next to you, you’re hit with the smell of freshly cut grass with hints of amber that you can enjoy even over the earthy smell of the lake in front of you. 
They lean forward on the bench, their knees spread apart and their arms resting against their thighs. They tilt their head your way. “So, how’s the town been treatin’ you so far? Ya like it?” Their kindness and concern makes your heart warm. You smile, the corners of your mouth curving upward. “It's been a big adjustment, obviously. But everyone’s been kind so far. It's... peaceful, quiet. Different from what I'm used to, but in a good way.”
You can see the smile reflecting in their eyes without even looking at their lips. Their crows feet are prominent whenever their lips upturn. "I can only ‘magine. But you seem to be holdin’ up just fine."
You glance at the murky lake in front of you, the water about as clear as the cup of coffee you had this morning. Despite this, the surface glimmers faintly under the sun all the same, giving the scene the feel of a landscape painting. 
“I think everyone already has grown on me. The few I’ve met at least. My neighbor even brought by some fresh cookies and bread.” You say, recalling the surprise you felt. The lady that dropped by can hardly even be considered your neighbor, as there’s at least a 3 minute walk between your houses. “This place is charming. It's starting to feel homey, though I still get lost sometimes.” You chuckle lightly, raising your hand to cover your smile. 
“Yeah, Shiganshina's got that effect on folks. It ain't fast-paced like the city, but there's plenty’a heart here. I'm glad you're feelin' welcomed.”
You take a deep breath, trying to ignore the buzzing of your nerves as you attempt to hold this conversation. “And you? You seem to know everyone around here. Must be nice.”
Hange chuckles softly, a hint of thoughtfulness in their eyes. They lightly shake their head in disagreement. “Ain't always easy, bein' the sheriff. Knowin' everyone means knowin' their business, the good, bad, and ugly. But it's home, ya know? Can't imagine bein' anywhere else.”
You chuckle lightly at their response, “I can’t imagine you being anywhere else either.” You tease, giving them a coy smile, to which they give you a playfully disapproving look in response. “I understand that, though. I felt like that for a while too before I actually moved. Since I grew up in the city, I was used to the lifestyle and never wanted to deal with a big change.” 
Hange's expression softens from their previous one. "Yeah, I ain’t a big fan of it either," they admit, their tone contemplative and thoughtful. “I’m not an adventurous type. But sometimes a big change can end up being the best for us.”
You look at them with a certain tenderness while you process their wise words. You feel like you have to agree. Moving to Shiganshina had seemed daunting at first, but it brought you a fresh perspective on life. 
Their tight-knit community was beginning to offer you a sense of belonging and you never knew how much you would enjoy it. The slower pace of Shiganshina allowed for more meaningful connections between everyone you knew. At this point, you’ve known Hange for less than a month, and you feel like you’ve had significantly more meaningful conversations with them in comparison to most of your old friends.
Hange interrupts your train of thought as they continue with their sentence. “I hope this move was the best for you. I don't usually warm up quickly to people I've just met.” As you look up to meet their eyes, you swear that they have a certain sparkle. “So, what I’m sayin’ is that there’s somethin’ I like about you. It's not every day that I meet someone like you. It's... nice.” 
At the moment, you’re not exactly sure how to respond to their abrupt vulnerability. Not because you’re uncomfortable- it’s exactly the opposite. You understand what they mean because you feel the same. 
They clear their throat awkwardly, realizing that they might’ve left you feeling at a loss for words. “I just hope we get to know each other better ‘nd all.” They add in a rushed tone. “Oh, would you look at that,” You start to smile due to how fast they try to change the topic, but refrain from laughing. 
“Bean’s gettin’ antsy for some exercise!” They chuckle nervously, getting up from the bench and patting Bean’s backside. They expertly avoid eye contact with you as you follow their actions, getting up from your seat as well. You part your lips to say something to fill the air, but you hear the clearing of Hange’s throat before any sounds come out. “How about you try ridin’ again? By yourself this time.” Their eyes find your own when they ask, making it your turn to dodge eye contact. “Ahhh... Um, I dunno.” You scratch at the back of your neck awkwardly. “I don’t think I’m ready to do it by myself...” 
“Psssh. Nonsense.” That was the last thing you heard before you felt Hange’s strong hands take hold of your waist, lifting you up on Bean with ease. 
You start defensively stuttering “H-Hold on, wait, I-” you scramble. Before you know it, you’re on top of another horse against your wishes. Hange laughs at your skittishness, patting your back similarly to the first time you hopped on Sawney. “You’ll be fine, Bean is a good boy. His rides are a bit more shakey than Sawney, though. But don’t worry, if anything goes wrong I’ll be there to catch’ya. Promise.” They say, looking up at you with such a sweet smile… Fuck, you just can’t deny them when they’re so charming. 
❥You and Cowboy! Hange spent a few hours together at the park. You rode on their horse for what felt like forever but was actually only 45 minutes. Hange insists that you’re a natural but you’re positive that you’re performing lower than the average person, they’re just too nice to say anything about it. 
You two also spent time walking around the perimeter of the lake, watching the owners that let their dogs run free, and best of all, just talking to each other. Being so close to them and watching their facial expressions shift was comforting. You try your best to commit this day to memory by combing all of their features with your eyes over and over.
❥Cowboy! Hange walks you back to your house, Bean strolling at their side. When you both finally reach your front door, you suddenly don’t know what to say. Neither of you truly wants to leave, you can both feel the strings of fate pulling you together, but the night is slipping away, and the reality weighs on both of you. 
Hange shifts on their feet, glancing at you with that familiar sparkle in their eyes, as if they too are searching for the right words. You chuckle, rubbing the back of your neck. “Guess this is goodnight, huh?” Hange grins, but there’s an unspoken promise to be found within it. “For now,” they say, lingering just a moment longer before turning to hop on Bean. 
You watch them, nibbling on the inside of your cheek. Just when you’re about to retreat into your home, their voice causes you to turn your head back to them. “Um… Would it be alright if I stopped by tomorrow? ‘Round this time?” They ask hopefully, bashfully averting their eyes from their reigns to your face. You smile broadly, trying to hide it but inevitably failing. “Yeah, of course. I’ll be here.” You say, trying not to sound too giddy. 
You can’t tell how well you mask your emotions, because you feel like a dog that’s just been told it’s going for a walk. Thank god you don’t have a tail, or it would be wagging wildly. 
Parting ways with them didn’t feel nearly as bad when the promise of reconvening was stuck in your mind like a song that you can’t stop listening to.
❥Cowboy! Hange has a plan. They had an inkling from your first interaction- sitting on your couch and chattering away- that they had a fondness for you. Your run-in at the park only reinforced the feelings that were already present. They knew they wanted to do something special for the next time they’d come by your house.
❥Cowboy! Hange woke up bright and early before their shift at the station to buy a small bundle of flowers from a small shop downtown. The shop was run by a girl with brown hair, tied up into a ponytail with a heavy accent, even more so than them. They think her name was Sasha, if they’re remembering correctly. Hange had a good chuckle from the girl nearly jumping out of her seat as they walked in, a loaf of bread between her jaws whilst ringing them up.
You can’t help but anticipate and daydream of Hange’s arrival from the moment your eyes open until you’re released from your shift at the library. You feel embarrassed by how eagerly you listen to any noise that might be slightly akin to a knock upon the door. You feel like the embodiment of a schoolgirl doodling hearts and initials over their notes. 
When you finally hear the soft rapping of their knuckles against the door, you nearly open the door within the same 5 seconds. You stare at the doorknob for a bit, to avoid seeming like you were waiting for them… Even though you were.
You’re not disappointed when you finally turn the lock and twist the knob. 
❥Cowboy! Hange becomes hyper aware of the dampness settling in their palms as they hear the distinct click of the lock and subtle creak from the door. Their face is partially obscured by the flowers they’re holding up as an attempt to hide their blush. They clear their throat, still peeking from above the bundle of flowers. “So, um… I did some thinking. I figured, why beat around the bush?” They say, practically thrusting the flowers into your hands. “Whaddya say we head out for dinner tonight?” Their lopsided grin charming you more than you thought possible. 
❥Dating Cowboy! Hange is nothing short of a dream. For someone with such little experience with romance and lovey-dovey affections, they are oddly suave. 
Like the town you both live in, they tend to be traditional in the ways in which they treat you. They always have to be the one to pay. They always walk you to your door, all the way. They’re always trying to be chivalrous. They bring you flowers and gifts routinely. They kill bugs for you. 
But of course that’s nothing to look down upon, how could you not be absolutely swooning over them? 
❥Cowboy! Hange decided to fully commit to the idea of teaching you how to ride a horse on your own.
It took plenty of getting used to. At least by the time you two actually started dating you already had some experience.
Warm days were spent atop Sawney or Bean, the horses moving at a relaxed pace, smooth and unhurried around the large open field surrounding your house.
After riding on your own more than a few times, you finally decided you were ready to venture away from your yard and onto actual roads. They were proud of you, you had gone from being absolutely horrified even standing next to their horses, and now you’re riding them on the open road.
You two decided to head to Hange’s house, since you had realized that you hadn’t been there yet by pure coincidence. It had always been easy for Hange to ride over to your house quickly for surprise visits, dinner dates, movie nights, and any other times you two just wanted to see each other.
Once you two arrived, Hange got off their horse first, stepping down to help you dismount as well. Even though your skills were rapidly growing, the one thing you had trouble with was properly getting off. You think too hard about startling the horse that you always trip and inelegantly wobble on your feet to find balance.
Hange strides over to you, hands beginning to lift in order to dismount you, but before they can you decide to try your luck at impressing them by dismounting on your own. You remind yourself that confidence is what you need, hopping off quickly is easier than trying to slowly climb down.
You hop down with ease, landing flat on your feet without stumbling. Their eyes light up with surprise, their open mouth turning up into a smile. Still, before they say anything, you snatch the hat from on top of their head, gracefully placing it atop your hair. “Looks like I’m a real cowboy now. Or do I need to lasso a bull first for the full cowboy certification?” You say with a cheeky smirk gracing your face. 
They weren’t prepared for the sight in front of them, their cheeks warming up at your display of ego. “Well look at that,” Hange drawls, eyes twinkling. They can’t help the swarm of less than pure thoughts that fly through their mind. “You know what they say, cowgirl. If you wear a cowboy's hat, you have to ride the cowboy.” 
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Of course, everything Hange does has to have an air of tenderness, and of adoration.
They take your hand as they lead you inside, kissing it before letting go. With the swiftness and ease of ink flowing from a pen, they lift you up as if you weigh nothing. And naturally, they navigate your body as if they had written it themself. 
However, once they have you in their arms they toss you onto their bed unceremoniously, as if you’re nothing more than something to conquer. The hat flies off of your head and in a random direction that you don’t currently care to take note of.
In an instant, their lips are trailing along your neck, a soft sigh of joy passing through your lips. Having them on top of you makes you feel all-consumed by them and their affections.
Their hands are placed on your hips, slowly sliding up beneath your shirt, bunching it up as their hands continue moving. They glance up at you, making sure it’s alright to continue.
You give them a soft smile, grabbing one of their hands and continuing to pull them upwards. This causes them to chuckle at your eagerness and proceed to remove your shirt, leaving you in just your bra.
They decide not to remove your bra, enjoying the idea of being half dressed. With your blanket permission, they also strip your bottom half of your pants. You can’t help but feel a bit shy since you’re the only one undressed.
Hange starts to back up on the bed, starting to kiss you again, this time on your stomach and hips. You softly lock your fingers in their hair, carefully pulling away their ponytail.
Their hair tickles your stomach as it drops to frame their face. They are undeterred by this, even as you bring your dominant hand back towards their head to hold on to a patch of hair.
Once they get their fill of kissing you, they move their attention to your clothed pussy. They lightly brush their tongue up your slit, not bothering to move your underwear. 
They’re nothing if not slow and teasing. Their tongue is going at a painfully slow pace and pressure. They keep teasing your slit up and down, purposely leaving your clit ignored. It’s fucking torture and they know it. 
Once you start to get teary eyed and squirmy, they finally drag their tongue over your clothed clit ever so slowly. After finally having the stimulation you need, your leg muscles twitch beside their head, barely restraining yourself from pushing your hips against them as much as possible. 
You thought you were now free from their torturous teasing. You thought. It couldn���t have been any longer than 2 minutes before they pulled back, getting up from the bed entirely. You almost allow the tears building in your eyes to fall, until you see them start to remove their own clothes. 
Your eyes are fully glued to their form as they undress. Their chest is relatively small and perky, so they didn’t feel a need to wear a bra or binder today. This means you’re quickly met with their bare skin. 
They look towards you, feeling your eyes practically burning a hole through them. They chuckle at your focus on them. “Impatient?” They say with a grin playing on their face. In response to their question, you roll your eyes before giving them an unamused look. “…A’right.” They say, getting the message that if they keep teasing you that you would probably burst into flames…
With a quicker pace, they pull on their harness over their boxers, securing their strap into it.
Their strap is pretty standard definition. It’s average sized for a dildo, about 7 inches. A solid black color. Veiny and phallic shaped. 
When they head back over to you, they press their lips into your own. Lovingly at first, but quickly it turns heated and fervent. 
Their hands travel to your lower back, lifting you up by it and flipping you backwards.
Once their strap begins to settle inside you, you realize why they had been so kind before. Because they won’t be so forgiving now.
They grab a handful of your hair as they start to thrust into you more, having been prepped by their tongue prior. 
They aren’t too cruel, they start slow as to not hurt you, but within the blink of an eye your neck is craning backwards from their hold on your hair, their hips roughly bumping against your ass.
Fuck. It hurts, but it’s better than any pain you can imagine. The feeling of them inside of you, reaching deeper than you’re used to… you’re surprised you’re not seeing stars. 
Hange cranes your neck just a bit more so that they can lean in to whisper into your ear. You’re sure that they said something, but you’re not coherent enough to truly process it. The slight feeling of pain from your hair tugging at your head paired with the pace of their hips is making you delirious.
Their free hand slides across your hip, slinking around your stomach to circle your clit. Because of this you’re panting hard and crying out their name weakly and it doesn’t take much longer for you to cum. 
They slow their pace as you ride out your orgasm, changing from rough and fast to slow and more deep. They release their hold on your hair and you realize your arms feel weak, causing you to nose dive into the pillow below you.
They giggle softly at you and carefully pull their strap out and turn you over. You look up at them with a smile, wrapping your arms around their shoulders and pulling them closer. 
They smile as well as they hover over you. “I didn’t hurt’cha, right?” They ask with slight nervousness. With a teasing look you say “Not too badly, at least.”
“Ahh, you’ve got jokes.” They tease, dipping their head to kiss your neck. That shuts you up quickly. 
It’s your turn to run your fingers in their hair, which you do, tilting your head up so they have more skin to take advantage of.
And they don’t let the opportunity pass them by. Their lips travel to your collarbone, sucking a mark in a modest area. They may have the libido of a teen boy, but they don’t want to bring that type of embarrassment to either of you.
They continue to wind you up as slowly and teasingly as possible. Your patience is running thinner than paper, so you wrap your leg around their side, pushing them under you. 
Their expression of slight shock and pure wonder is priceless. “This was technically the deal, wasn’t it? Riding the cowboy.” You chuckle. 
They stare up at you owlishly, their hands grazing your thighs and sliding to your hips. They guide you back on their strap slowly. 
You didn’t expect to feel so full in this position. Your fingers dig into their shoulders as you use your legs to move up and down. You also didn’t realize how strenuous this would be. Shit, maybe it’s time to hit the gym.
You don’t let the burn in your legs deter you, especially not when Hange is below you, looking at you as if you crafted the earth and heavens just for them. 
Thankfully it becomes easier to ignore when the burning in your stomach outweighs the sensation in your legs. 
You feel like a ghost of yourself, watching distantly as a ragdoll shaped like you tries to chase release. The only thing keeping you grounded at the moment is the visibility of Hange’s enjoyment. It’s surprisingly motivating.
Their hands are everywhere. On your hips, thighs, back, chest, shoulders… They can’t get enough of your soft skin paired with your undivided attention. “Fuck…” They mumble with a chuckle under their breath. 
You’re so close, and hearing their soft curse only brings you closer. The heat in your center is almost unbearable as you sigh and moan tiredly. 
They notice your lethargy and decide to help you out. They get a strong hold on your waist and start thrusting upwards to give your legs a bit of a break.
“You look so good like this, sugar. Keep going.” They say as they pull you closer in their hold, their chin resting on your chest as they gaze straight up at you.
With their encouragement and aid of their hips, you cum hard. Your head lolls back as you continue to ride out your orgasm on their lap. They keep their hands on your hips as they fuck their strap into you, their grip tight and slightly bruising. “That’s it… just like that.” They mumble to you. You lift yourself off of their lap, slumping down beside them tiredly. 
They pull off their harness, flopping beside you in bed. Their arms pull you into their warm, comforting embrace, their head resting against your own. They whisper praises in your ear until you drift off to sleep.
You’re a bit disoriented when you wake up. You sit up and realize you aren’t in your own bed, the memory of events invading your mind seconds after. Only problem is that you don’t see Hange. You’re sure they’re still here, it is their house after all, but you still feel a bit sad that their presence wasn’t beside you. 
You step out of bed and feel the weakness in your legs immediately. You grab your discarded clothes before carefully wobbling out of their room at a slow pace, as if you’re learning how to walk for the first time again. You definitely need to hit the StairMaster after this. 
When you step out of their bedroom, you see them attempting to cook you dinner. It’s nothing particularly special, just a panini and some french fries, but you can see how concentrated they are as they try their best to ensure the panini won’t burn. 
They hear the pattering of your bare feet against the floor, which causes them to look over their shoulder. “Hi darlin’. I’m making dinner, you should head back to bed to rest. I’m sorry if I went a little too rough.” 
(Almost) always the gentleman. You walk over and wrap your arms around their waist, leaning against their broad chest. “It’s alright. It was worth the soreness.” You assure them quietly. Their arms drape over your shoulders, one hand stroking your hair while the other rubs your back lightly.
“If you say so.” They say, kissing your forehead. You stay like this for a while, listening to the thumping of their heart as you rest against them. Everything about their presence is soothing, whether they’re touching you or not. And when they add touch to the equation? Forget about it. You could probably fall asleep standing up. 
You only lift your head from their chest as you feel a tingle in your nose. You sniff a few times before looking up at them. “Do you smell that?” You ask.
Hange stiffens in your hold, turning around to see smoke coming from the sandwich they were making you. The sight of the grey puffs trailing up to the ceiling causes them to spring into action, to remove the sandwich before a fire starts. “Shit!-”
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<3 i’m sorry this took literally like 10 months to come out i’ve been busy with work and college since i’m nearing the end of my undergrad degree…. what da hail. i hope it was worth the wait cus im pretty happy with how this turned out!!!!
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devil wears Prada part 1
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Dark!lottie Matthews x reader x dark!shauna shipman x dark!jackie taylor x dark!natalie scatorcio
Businesswomen/devil wears Prada au
Devil wears Prada with a bit of a twist and a toxic love polygon
This is only loosely inspired by devil wears Prada so not gonna be the same storyline or anything but similar vibes
Literally don’t ask about the job roles cause I’m lowkey making this company up as I go along and cba to work out the logistics of this fake ass company
Readers getting a magical promotion next part so she’s gonna actually get to interact with the girls I swear (even if its lowkey fleeting)
Warnings:
Dark characters, power imbalance, toxic workplace, mental health problems, fat shaming, beauty standards, ect (more in later parts)
Matthew’s tower was certainly an impressive building. One of the tallest in the city and home to your dream job. 
Ok maybe not your dream job. You didn’t really dream of working a front desk and fetching drinks for snooty big wigs who wouldn’t so much as learn your name. but it was the right path.
A year here, maybe even less, and you could get a job working anywhere you wanted. Maybe, just maybe, if you did well enough and didn’t completely hate it, you could continue at Mathews designs. With the right promotion of course.
It was terrifying really. Walking through the massive cold foyer. You felt like a tiny speck compared to the tall walls and wide room, and the walk to the other end of it felt like it took a million years. Each step your heeled feet took on the hard floors echoing around you.
An incredibly stylish looking woman greeted you when you finally reached the desk. In fact, all three of the young girls sat before you looked straight out of a fashion magazine.
Pretty, young and stick thin.
You’d tried to dress up for your interview. Youd worn one of your nicest formal dressed, though now it felt pretty frumpy looking. It was hard to wear something that seemed both appropriate, as well as up to the standards of the impressive company you were applying for. Especially given most of your work wear was plain and black, never needed to wear anything any more impressive.
You were also wearing your nicest heels, albeit they weren’t very worn in, and giving you blisters, having only ever left your wardrobe for a handful of weddings over the years. 
“Um hiya, I’m here for an interview with miss Ibarra?” you told the blonde girl nervously, who looked up at you with complete disinterest in response.
She stared at you for a moment, before tapping away at her keyboard, leaving you to stand there, anxiously fidgeting, unsure what to do.
“Yes, she’s upstairs on the 15th level” she finally responded, looking back up at you, “I’ll tap you in, the elevators are down there, shell be waiting for you”
You blinked at her, gathering all the information before quickly realising you must look stupid just standing there, “oh of course thank you! Um…what room am I-“
“she’ll be at the front desk of the 15th floor” the woman interrupted, looking back to her computer now, obviously done with the conversation. She taps something and the sliding doors to the right of the desks slide open for you.
You rush over to them, shooting her another ‘thank you’ as you hurry through them, eager to get upstairs and into the interview before you throw up from nerves.
You had only spoken to Miss Ibarra over the phone once, as well as a handful of emails. Marianna Ibarra was the head of so and so at the company. And, if you got the job, would likely be your immediate boss. 
She seemed quit intimidating, according to your google search and quick social media stalk (of which you did for most of the important people in the company that you were likely to be working with) you had found out she was 26, and freshly engaged. 
Most of the people you had googled from the company were quite young for their job roles. The CEO, Lottie Matthews was 27, though her young age made sense, given her father owned the company. 
The other however, were around the same ages, and all seemed to be quite close to the Matthews woman. A lot of them going to the same fancy universities 
and colleges you couldn’t even dream of attending.
There was Jackie taylor who had known the Mathews since childhood, having grown up in a lot of similar rich people circles. Then there was Shauna shipman, who had known Jackie for years, who was clearly who later introduced the pair, getting her a job working in the company.
Finally, there was Natalie scatorccio. The most unlikely of the 4. While Lottie and Jackie grew up in privilege and the three of them attended fancy universities. Natalie scatorcio, as far as you could find, grew up completely differently.
You were curious how she ended up where she was now. Of course, you don’t have to go to posh schools and have rich friends to end up with a nice job. But to do so, so young, being 27 like the others, well that was certainly impressive.
When you finally reached the 15th floor, you held your breath, greeted immediately by a beautiful noirette woman as the elevator doors opened.
“Miss y/l/n?” she asked straight away, not allowing you to so much as step out the elevator doors before she spoke up.
“Oh um, y-yes hi I’m y/n” you stuttered out, stepping forward to shake her hand as she offered you a polite smile, her face then quickly returning to one of neutrality.
“I’m Mariana Ibarra, you can call me Mari” she says simply, gesturing her hand towards one of the hallways after your hands separated, “if you’ll follow me, we can have a chat in my office and then I can give you a short tour”
You quickly follow after her, trying desperately to breath calmly and keep your cool. 
“Please…have a seat” the woman told you calmly, gesturing to one of the chairs opposite her own as she walked towards it. 
“As you know miss y/l/n, we’re down the last two candidates for the job position, you and another girl.” She started as you listened intently, picking at your nails under the desk, “I’m going to be honest with you, she’s far more experienced…”
Your heart dropped.
“However, I must say I think you might be a better…fit” she continued.
She must have sensed your confusion at her words, taking in your furrowed brows and heads slight tilt. You suppose you were happy she thought you were a better fit, but her words were confusing.
“Can I be honest with you miss y/l/n?” she asks.
“Yes of course…” you agree, somewhat hesitantly.
“The other candidate, she was lovely…she’s been working office jobs half her life and only had to stop at her previous job to help her husband recover from a hip replacement” Mari told you, “She’s got plenty of experience, hell she’s got more experience than half the girls that work here right now.”
“But you see, were a fashion company” she states simply, bluntly continuing, “and the other candidate…well she’s nearly 60 and can barely fit into any of the clothes we make, shed stand out like a sore thumb, she’s not the kind of woman we hire here…”
Your eyes widened at her words, not expecting her to be so blunt, and certainly not this rude about another applicant to your face.
“I don’t mean to be harsh but looks matter here” she speaks, not letting you have too long to think over her words, “you’re pretty and young, the higher ups would love you and while you’re not as experienced as Mrs smith, I think you’ll do well enough at the job”
You should probably be more alarmed by what she was telling you than you were if you truly thought it all through, but as you sat in the office you couldn’t stop a small smile come to your lips.
“Thank you?” you told her after a pause, though it came out more a question.
She ignored your words, choosing instead to give you a critical once over, making you blush at her grimace.
“However, I must be frank with you miss y/l/n, if I was to give you the position here at Matthews designs, you’d need to…dress the part so to speak” she told me, voice never wavering, “a pretty face is nice enough but we’re a fashion company, and those…clothes, they won’t cut it” 
You didn’t think your face could get any redder after she said that…
Despite your embarrassment, you nodded quickly, “of course, I’d be more than happy to dress however the company requires”
“good” the older woman responded finally with a quick smile, “well then I’d love to offer you the position”
You couldn’t stop thew wide smile from donning your face. You were sure she probably thought you looked ridiculous, getting so excited over a job as a glorified runner, but you simply couldn’t help it.
“Oh, thank you so much!” you said happily.
“Shall we?” she spoke, standing up from her desk and practically ignoring your words, walking towards the door and leaving you to rush after her.
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i need more dad James 🫣🫣🫣🫣
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James comes home from a trip to the farm supply store with a wild surprise — dad!farmer!james x mom!reader fluff
warnings: a little bit of fighting but it's absolutely not angsty, some parental nervousness ig
words: 1.3k
a/n: I need more of him too lol (I'm gonna use this ask to test out my new au tho so I hope you're ok with that <3)
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James came home right when you were starting to prepare dinner, much to the joy of you and both your children. You scooped up your baby girl from her play mat on the ground, then right on cue, your toddler showed up at your side, rushing to the front door with you. 
“I guess you heard the door too, Haz?” You asked your son, holding out your hand for him to take.
As he looked up at you and nodded, he took your free hand so that the three of you were all going together to see James. 
Once you saw your husband at the door, all you felt were the butterflies in your stomach that still hadn’t flown away even after all these years. But then, you noticed how he was leaving very little space between him and the door as he closed it, and how he was covered in little strands of fur even though he was just running a few quick errands. 
Before you could even ask him about it, he wrapped his strong arm around your waist and pressed his lips against yours. It took you a bit of time to register what was even happening, but as soon as you started to melt into the kiss, James pulled away and flashed you a sweet smile. 
He then bent down to greet both Ivy on your hip and Harry standing beside you. 
“I have a surprise for you and the kids.” James said, mostly excited with a hint of guilt. 
You raised an eyebrow at your husband. “What are you talking about?”
He shrugged and touched the door handle, ready to open it. “I can’t really tell you. It’s better if I show you.”
He opened the front door to reveal a ridiculously small horse standing fifteen feet away from you and tied up to the bannister outside. 
It was half your size and incredibly fluffy. You had to resist going over to pet it just because you were so in shock at the fact that your husband came home from the farm supply store and surprised you with a whole horse—or maybe just a third of a horse, based on its size.
A thousand and one thoughts raced through your head but before you could make sense of any of them, Harry giggled loudly and began to run towards the horse in front of you all. 
Panicking, you called your son back and walked him back to the porch. You used your free hand to hold him tightly against your thigh so he wouldn’t run back the animal James just surprised you with. 
“You bought a pony on a whim?” You asked your husband. 
“No, of course not.” He shook his head. “She’s a miniature horse. They’re totally different. The guy I bought it from told me all about them!”
Of course. Now that the horse’s title is settled, everything is fine. 
“James, we need to speak in private. Stay here.” 
His face flushed. He knew you were mad because you almost never called him by anything other than your various pet names for him unless you were upset. 
You then ushered Harry back inside the house to the living room, where you set Ivy back down on her play mat. 
“Play with your sister for a minute, Haz. If she gets fussy at all, you can come get me outside, okay?”
He smiled and nodded, sitting down next to the one year-old. “Can we play with the pony soon?”
You exhaled, unsure of how to respond. “Your dad says it’s a miniature horse, not a pony. And maybe, if you’re good.”
The boy seemed satisfied with that, so you pressed a kiss to the top of his head and walked back outside, where you found your husband looking extremely guilty as he awaited your return. 
Once you closed the door behind you, he immediately tried to make the situation better. 
“Lovie, I knew you’d be reluctant about all of this, but I swear I can explain—”
“You bought a horse, James! You were only supposed to be going out for a new shovel and some paint, then you come back with a horse?!”
 “Well, I got the other stuff, too, it’s just in the truck. I just got to talking with a man at the supply store and he said he was selling some of those cuties right out of his horse trailer in the parking lot.”
You sighed and crossed your arms. “How much did it cost?”
“Not much at all! The guy was selling them for bottom dollar ‘cause he’s moving soon and needs ‘em gone!” James rested his hand on your upper arm and stroked lightly. His voice softened, and so did his expression. “Believe me, I wouldn’t have bought her if we couldn’t afford her. I’m always thinking about our family.”
You were trying real hard not to look into your husband’s pretty eyes because you knew the second you did, you would have no choice but to give in. You stared at the porch swing, the miniature horse, the chicken coop, anything but James. 
And he could clearly tell you weren’t convinced just yet, so he kept going.
“Look, I know we got rid of most of the animals before Harry was born, but those were the more unstable ones, and that was back when we were nervous about everything. Now we’re more experienced, and she’s just the sweetest thing.”
You exhaled, peeking through the window to check on Harry and Ivy playing on the living room carpet. 
“They’re just babies, Jamie.” 
He bit back a smile at the use of his nickname, letting him know you were warming up to the idea. 
“Harry’s already three, love.” He removed his hand from your arm and gestured at himself. “I was just barely older than him when I started riding the real horses, and now look at me!”
He smiled and posed with open arms, which in turn made you smile. 
“I love looking at you.” You said sincerely. “You’re the best.”
“Your words, not mine.”
You giggled, then pulled him in for a kiss. And not just one to distract like when he first came home. A real kiss, and a good one too.
When you pulled away, you left your hands where they were and caressed softly. 
“Next time you want to do something extravagant for the kids like this, talk to me about it first, okay? If you kiss me enough, I’ll say yes to anything.” 
James raised an eyebrow, insinuating things that made you glad the kids were inside. 
Your jaw dropped in mock stun. “Not like that, Jamie! What do you take me for?!” 
The two of you both laughed, and he pulled you in for a sweet hug. “My wife, the mother of my incredible kids, the love of my life. I could go on.”
You would have claimed he was just flattering you as an apology for buying the horse, but you had already told him he could keep it. Plus, he says things like that far more than he had ever bought something crazy and needed forgiveness. 
“So I can go introduce the kids to the horse for real now?” 
Your gaze moved over to the animal a few feet away from you, and you nodded as a response to your husband’s question. 
“As long as you have a saddle for that thing.”
He grinned, then kissed your nose quickly before darting away. “Thank you! It’s in the truck! I love you!”
You laughed to yourself, and shook your head amusedly while you walked towards the miniature horse that you now owned. 
“Hi there, sweetheart.” You greeted, brushing her mane with your fingers. “Welcome to the family. James there can be a bit daft, but I think you’ll like it here.”
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hereforuconnwbb · 5 months ago
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Unexpected Halt - CHAPTER 3
paige x azzi (pazzi)
au fic!
~paige plays for uconn and azzi plays for stanford~
word count: 6.5k
warning: suggestive
hey yall heres chap 3 ! lemme know what u guys think of this chapter and what else u guys would like to see !!
also a side note i forgot to mention when i first started writing is that i dont write smut 🥴
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The past few weeks had been… different.
At first, it had just been the occasional text. A good luck before a game, a did you land okay? after a flight. Normal things. Casual things.
But then the texts got longer. More frequent.
Late-night calls became routine—what started as quick check-ins turned into hours of talking about everything and nothing, voices growing softer as exhaustion crept in, neither one wanting to hang up first.
Paige found herself waiting for Azzi’s name to pop up on her screen, heart jumping just a little every time it did.
Azzi, on the other hand, had completely abandoned the idea of pretending she wasn’t always hoping for Paige’s name to appear in her notifications.
It wasn’t just that they talked. It was how they talked. The way they let each other in, the way they never ran out of things to say. The way silence between them never felt awkward, only comfortable.
And even though they hadn’t seen each other in person since that day, neither of them could deny it—
Something was happening between them.
Something that neither of them had put a name to yet, but neither of them wanted to stop.
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Paige didn’t even bother hiding her grin as she read the message on her phone.
Azzi: sooo technically you never answered my question last night
Paige: hmm? what question?
Azzi: don’t act like you don’t know.
Azzi: do u miss me or not?
Paige bit her lip, pretending to think before typing her response.
Paige: idk tbh… kinda hard to miss someone when u talk to them 24/7
Azzi: paige.
Paige: ok fine maybe just a little
Azzi: just a little? wow.
Paige: ok ok a lot whatever
“Dude. You’re literally the worst at hiding your feelings.”
Paige jumped, locking her phone as KK plopped down beside her on the couch.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Paige said, far too quickly.
KK snorted. “Oh, come on. You’ve been texting her all morning.”
Paige sighed, running a hand over her face. “I hate that you’re observant.”
KK smirked. “So. You gonna finally admit you’re down bad or…?”
Paige shot her a glare, but KK just wiggled her eyebrows.
“…Okay. Maybe I miss her.”
KK gasped dramatically. “Oh my gosh, growth.”
Paige rolled her eyes, but the small smile on her face never left
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Azzi wasn’t trying to stare at her phone.
But when it lit up with another message, she barely heard a word of what Caroline was saying.
Caroline sighed. “You didn’t hear any of that, did you?”
Azzi blinked. “What?”
Caroline just looked at her.
Azzi groaned. “I was listening.”
Caroline tilted her head. “Okay. Then what did I just say?”
Azzi opened her mouth—then shut it when she realized she had no idea.
Caroline smirked. “Exactly.”
Azzi slumped back in her chair. “…Okay, fine. I might’ve been a little distracted.”
Caroline laughed. “Yeah, no kidding. I swear, you and Paige are, like, the sappiest long-distance situationship I’ve ever witnessed.”
Azzi groaned, burying her face in her hands. “Please never say that again.”
Caroline grinned. “Okay, okay. But for real—when are you seeing her again?”
Azzi paused, thumb hovering over her phone.
“…I don’t know,” she admitted.
Caroline raised an eyebrow. “You guys haven’t talked about it?”
Azzi hesitated. “Not really. We kind of just… talk. Every night. About anything and everything.”
Caroline gave her a look. “And yet somehow not about when you’ll see each other next?”
Azzi sighed. “It’s just—” She bit her lip. “I guess I don’t want to rush it.”
Caroline softened. “That makes sense.”
Azzi nodded, glancing at her phone again.
Paige: be honest, how much do u miss me?
Azzi smiled.
Azzi: ...maybe just a little.
Paige: wow crazy i was thinking the same thing
Azzi shook her head, biting back a grin.
Maybe they hadn’t figured out the when yet, but one thing was for sure—
She really couldn’t wait to see her again.
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Azzi hated games like this.
The ones where every mistake clung to her skin, heavy and suffocating. The ones where no matter how hard she tried, it never felt like enough.
She had wanted this win—badly. Maybe that was the worst part. Knowing how much she wanted it and still walking away empty-handed.
The locker room had been quiet. Coach had spoken, but Azzi barely processed the words. Her teammates had tried to lift each other up, but all she could do was sit there, staring at the floor, jaw clenched so tightly it ached.
She showered quickly, letting the water scald her skin, as if that could wash away the frustration bubbling under the surface.
By the time she was back in her sweats, hood pulled over her head, she had one goal: make it to her hotel room without talking to anyone.
She kept her head down through the lobby, barely noticing the scattered groups of players from other teams lingering near the elevators. Her chest tightened at the laughter and easy conversations she caught in passing.
That could’ve been us.
Once she finally reached her room, she shut the door behind her, exhaling slowly. The silence settled around her, thick and unmoving.
She kicked off her slides, sat on the edge of the bed, and—for the first time all night—glanced at her phone.
Her stomach twisted.
17 notifications.
All from Paige.
She hesitated before unlocking the screen.
Paige: damn tough game out there.
Paige: hello?
Missed call from Paige
Paige: yo, you good?
Paige: Az?
Missed call from Paige
Paige: game was rough ik but answer me smh
2 Missed calls from Paige
Paige: lowkey stressing me out here
2 Missed calls from Paige
Paige: just let me know ur alive damn
Missed call from Paige
Paige: AZZI.
Missed call from Paige
Paige: istg if you don’t answer in the next 5 min i’m facetiming you
Azzi swallowed. She hadn’t meant to ignore her. She just… hadn’t wanted to talk to anyone.
But Paige wasn’t just anyone.
Before she could overthink it, she opened their chat.
Azzi: sorry.
Azzi: im alive.
Paige: about damn time
Paige: u okay?
Azzi hesitated. Her thumb hovered over the keyboard. She could brush it off, say she was fine, pretend like this game wasn’t eating her alive.
Instead—
Azzi: not really.
Paige’s reply was instant.
Paige: call me?
Azzi closed her eyes for a second, exhaled, and pressed the button.
Paige picked up after the first ring.
“Hey,” she said, voice softer than before. “There you are.”
Azzi swallowed. “…Yeah.”
“You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to,” Paige said. “But I’m here. Just so you know.”
Azzi let out a breath she hadn’t realized she was holding.
And finally, finally, she let herself lean into it.
The moment Azzi let herself relax, the exhaustion hit her all at once. She sank back against the headboard, gripping the phone a little tighter.
Paige stayed quiet, giving her time to breathe. The steady sound of her breathing on the other end of the line was grounding, a reminder that she wasn’t alone, no matter how much tonight made her feel like she was.
“I just—” Azzi finally started, then exhaled. “It sucked.”
Paige hummed in understanding. “Yeah.”
Azzi shut her eyes. “I felt off the whole game. Like I was a step behind, no matter what I did.”
“Azzi, you’re one of the hardest-working people I know,” Paige said. “One game isn’t gonna change that.”
Azzi swallowed. The words were comforting, but they didn’t shake the weight in her chest. “I know, but—”
“But it doesn’t feel that way right now,” Paige finished for her.
Azzi exhaled a small laugh, humorless but appreciative. “Yeah.”
There was a beat of silence before Paige spoke again, her voice softer now. “I watched.”
Azzi’s stomach flipped.
Paige had been watching her games for a while now, but something about hearing it out loud made her heart squeeze.
“You did?” she asked, voice quieter than before.
“Of course,” Paige said like it was obvious. “And I saw everything you’re mad at yourself for. The missed shots, the turnovers.” A slight pause. “But I also saw you fight through it. You didn’t quit. You still hit that pull-up late in the fourth, still got that steal when they were pressing. It wasn’t perfect, but you kept going. That’s what matters.”
Azzi’s throat tightened.
She tilted her head back against the pillow, staring at the ceiling, letting Paige’s words settle into the spaces self-doubt had tried to fill.
“I just—” Azzi hesitated, then admitted, “I hate feeling like I let everyone down.”
Paige was quiet for a second, then said, “Okay, I’m gonna say something, and I need you to really hear me.”
Azzi let out a small, tired laugh. “That serious, huh?”
“Yes,” Paige said. “Listen to me. You didn’t let anyone down. One game doesn’t define you. You know that.”
Azzi’s fingers curled into the blanket. She did know that. But sometimes, knowing wasn’t enough.
She heard Paige sigh on the other end. “I get it, though,” she admitted. “The whole feeling like you have to be perfect thing.”
Azzi blinked. “You do?”
Paige let out a soft, humorless laugh. “Uh, yeah. You ever met me?”
That pulled an actual laugh from Azzi, small but real. “Fair point.”
“Look,” Paige continued, “I could sit here all night and tell you how amazing you are, but I know that’s not gonna make this feeling go away. So, instead, I’m gonna ask: what do you need right now?”
Azzi hesitated.
What did she need?
She wasn’t sure. The loss still stung, but the tightness in her chest had loosened just a little.
She wasn’t okay yet, but she didn’t feel like she was drowning anymore.
“…Can we just stay on the phone?” Azzi finally asked.
Paige smiled through the line. “Yeah, Az. We can do that.”
Azzi exhaled, finally letting the tension drain from her shoulders.
She curled into her pillow, closing her eyes as Paige started talking about something random—probably trying to distract her.
And as the night stretched on, Azzi let herself get lost in the sound of her voice.
She shifted onto her back, staring up at the ceiling. The exhaustion was still there, but sleep wouldn’t come. Not yet.
Paige was still on the other end of the call, her breathing steady, unhurried. It was comforting, the way she stayed—even when Azzi didn’t know what to say, even when she felt like nothing could pull her out of the mess in her own head.
“You still with me?” Paige asked after a beat, voice softer now.
Azzi nodded before realizing Paige couldn’t see her. “Yeah.”
A pause. “Wanna FaceTime?” Paige’s voice was casual, but there was something underneath it—like she wasn’t sure if Azzi would say yes.
Azzi hesitated. The thought of Paige seeing her like this, all quiet and worn down, made her stomach twist. But at the same time, there was a part of her that wanted it.
Wanted to see her.
“…Yeah,” she said finally.
Paige didn’t hesitate. Seconds later, Azzi’s phone buzzed with an incoming FaceTime call. She inhaled once before accepting.
And then there she was.
Paige was lying on her side, her head resting against her arm, hair a little messy from running her hand through it too many times. Her expression softened the second their eyes met through the screen.
“Hey,” Paige murmured.
Azzi swallowed. “Hey.”
Neither of them spoke for a second. The silence wasn’t awkward, just… charged.
Paige’s gaze flickered over Azzi’s face, like she was searching for something. “You okay?”
Azzi let out a quiet breath. “I will be.”
Paige smiled, just a little. “That’s all I need to hear.”
Another beat of silence.
Then Paige shifted, propping herself up on her elbow. “So,” she said, a teasing edge creeping into her tone. “How many edits of me have you watched tonight?”
Azzi groaned, dragging a hand down her face. “I knew you were gonna bring that up.”
Paige grinned. “I had to. It’s my favorite thing about you.”
Azzi narrowed her eyes. “Your favorite thing?”
“Yup.” Paige’s expression was entirely too smug. “You, Azzi Fudd, secretly watching thirst edits of me.”
Azzi groaned again, rolling onto her side. “I regret ever telling you that.”
“No you don’t.” Paige’s voice was warm, teasing, but then it softened just slightly. “But seriously… I’m glad you told me. I like knowing the little things about you.”
Azzi felt her heart skip.
Paige’s gaze held hers, the teasing edge fading into something gentler. More sincere.
Azzi swallowed, suddenly feeling too warm. “You’re ridiculous.”
Paige grinned. “And yet, you love talking to me.”
Azzi sighed, rolling onto her back again. “Unfortunately.”
Paige let out a soft laugh. “Wanna know something?”
Azzi turned her head slightly. “What?”
“I was gonna text you tonight even if you hadn’t answered.” Paige exhaled through her nose. “Just… to check in.”
Azzi’s chest tightened.
She didn’t respond right away, just let the warmth of that truth settle in her ribs.
“Paige?” she murmured after a moment.
Paige hummed in question.
“…Thanks for staying up with me.”
Paige’s lips curled into something softer, smaller. “Always.”
Azzi pressed her lips together, glancing away for a second before meeting Paige’s gaze again.
It was quiet for a while after that. Neither of them spoke, but neither of them hung up, either.
And even though Azzi had felt lost just an hour ago, she wasn’t anymore.
Because Paige was still here.
Azzi shifted on her bed, adjusting the angle of her phone as she settled onto her side. Paige was still on the other end of the FaceTime call, lying on her stomach now, chin propped up on her forearm.
The glow from her screen made her eyes look softer, warmer. It was the kind of thing Azzi shouldn’t be noticing—but she did anyway.
Paige was watching her.
She always did.
“You’re staring,” Azzi murmured, voice quieter than she intended.
Paige didn’t even try to deny it. “Maybe.”
Azzi felt her pulse pick up.
The silence stretched between them, but it wasn’t empty. It lingered, like something unspoken was sitting between them, waiting to tip over.
Paige was still watching her, her gaze slow and unhurried as it traced over Azzi’s face.
Azzi swallowed. “What?”
Paige’s lips twitched, like she was debating saying something. “You look cute.”
Azzi blinked, caught completely off guard.
“I—” Her brain short-circuited for a second, her fingers tightening around her phone. “Paige.”
Paige grinned at her reaction. “What?”
Azzi narrowed her eyes. “You’re messing with me.”
“I’m not,” Paige defended, but her voice had that teasing lilt that made Azzi suspect otherwise.
Still.
There was something in her eyes, something that made Azzi’s stomach flip—like maybe she wasn’t just teasing. Like maybe she meant it.
Azzi exhaled through her nose, trying to ignore the warmth creeping up her neck. “You’re impossible.”
Paige smirked. “And yet, you keep answering my calls.”
Azzi rolled her eyes, but she didn’t deny it.
She couldn’t.
Not when Paige was looking at her like that.
Another pause.
Then Paige shifted again, adjusting the phone so she was lying on her back, looking up at the ceiling before turning back to Azzi.
“I wish I was there,” she murmured.
Azzi’s breath caught.
She didn’t know why that sentence hit different than all the other things Paige had said tonight. Maybe it was the way her voice had dropped slightly, or the way she meant it.
“…Yeah?” Azzi found herself asking.
Paige hummed. “Yeah.”
Azzi’s fingers curled into her sheets.
She wasn’t sure what to say to that.
Because part of her wished the same thing.
She had spent the whole night feeling frustrated, disappointed, like nothing could pull her out of it. And yet here she was, feeling okay just because Paige was on the other side of the screen.
Azzi pressed her lips together, her pulse a little too loud in her ears.
Paige watched her, waiting, like she was giving her the space to say something.
Azzi hesitated—then took a breath.
“…I wish you were, too.”
The shift was slow—so slow it was almost unnoticeable.
But then Paige stretched, arms reaching above her head, hoodie riding up just enough to expose the toned lines of her stomach.
Azzi froze.
Her fingers tightened around her phone as her gaze betrayed her, flickering down for just a second too long before she forced herself to look away.
Paige smirked. She saw that.
“You okay over there?” Paige teased, her voice laced with amusement.
Azzi swallowed hard, shifting against her pillows. “Yeah. Fine.”
Paige hummed, rolling onto her side now, head propped up on her hand. Her hoodie was still askew, still exposing just enough to be distracting.
“You sure?” Paige pressed, lips twitching.
Azzi exhaled sharply, dragging a hand down her face. “I hate you.”
Paige chuckled, fingers toying absently with the hem of her hoodie. “No, you don’t.”
Azzi refused to look at her, because if she did, she knew Paige’s gaze would already be locked onto hers, teasing, taunting—daring her to admit exactly what she was thinking.
She should end the call.
She should.
But Paige was still watching her, waiting, her smirk fading into something deeper, something more dangerous.
Azzi’s pulse skipped.
“Tell me what’s on your mind,” Paige murmured, her voice lower now.
Azzi wet her lips, hesitating.
She shouldn’t.
She couldn’t.
“…I don’t think you wanna know.”
Paige’s eyes flickered. The challenge was clear.
She shifted again, stretching just slightly, her hoodie inching up even more before she finally let it settle back down.
Azzi clenched her jaw, dragging her gaze away.
Paige definitely noticed. Her smirk deepened.
“Try me.”
Azzi exhaled, closing her eyes for a second. She could still see Paige behind her eyelids, still picture the way she was lying there, teasing, tempting, waiting.
“…You’re doing this on purpose,” Azzi muttered.
Paige raised an eyebrow. “Doing what?”
Azzi inhaled sharply. “You know what.”
Paige’s fingers trailed lazily along her exposed skin before she let her hoodie fall back into place.
Azzi felt hot.
Paige’s voice dropped an octave. “…Maybe.”
The word sent something sharp and electric straight down Azzi’s spine.
For a moment, neither of them spoke.
Then Paige exhaled, rolling onto her back again, her fingers tapping idly against her stomach. “You should go to bed.”
Azzi almost laughed. “You’re the one keeping me up.”
Paige grinned. “I tend to have that effect.”
Azzi shook her head, but her stomach was still tight, her pulse still racing.
Neither of them hung up.
Neither of them wanted to.
And maybe that was the real problem.
The silence between them wasn’t empty. It was thick—charged, almost dangerous.
Azzi shifted against her pillows, gripping her phone a little tighter. She was trying to focus on anything else, but Paige wasn’t making it easy.
Not when she was lying there like that, fingers still resting against the exposed skin on her stomach, like she knew exactly what she was doing.
Like she was waiting for Azzi to break.
Paige sighed dramatically, stretching again, her hoodie riding up even higher this time. The defined lines of her stomach flexed for just a moment before the fabric settled back down.
Azzi swallowed hard.
Paige definitely noticed.
The corner of her lips curled. “Something wrong?”
Azzi’s jaw tensed. “You’re so annoying.”
Paige smirked, rolling onto her side again, head propped up on her palm. “Am I?”
Azzi inhaled sharply, willing herself to look anywhere else. “Yes.”
Paige’s voice dropped just slightly. “Then why haven’t you hung up?”
Azzi’s pulse stuttered.
She couldn’t answer that.
Paige’s smirk deepened, her fingers absentmindedly tracing the hem of her hoodie. “That’s what I thought.”
Azzi exhaled, shaking her head. “You love hearing yourself talk, don’t you?”
Paige hummed, stretching again just for the hell of it. “Not as much as I love getting you flustered.”
Azzi knew she should end the call.
She should.
But her fingers stayed still.
And Paige kept pushing.
“Bet you’re all warm right now,” Paige mused, eyes flickering over Azzi’s face. “All worked up over nothing.”
Azzi’s stomach tightened. “Shut up.”
Paige grinned. “Make me.”
Azzi clenched her jaw.
Paige’s fingers traced absently over her stomach again. “Didn’t think so.”
Azzi inhaled through her nose. “You really need to go to sleep.”
Paige exhaled dramatically. “You really need to stop pretending you don’t like this.”
Azzi froze.
Paige saw it.
Her smirk softened, but her eyes? Darker now.
“…Tell me I’m wrong.”
Azzi couldn’t.
Her throat went dry, her entire body way too hot under the weight of Paige’s stare.
The silence stretched, thick with something neither of them wanted to name.
Then Paige exhaled, softer this time.
“…Once again, I wish I was there.”
Azzi’s fingers curled against her sheets.
She hesitated.
She shouldn’t say it.
She really shouldn’t.
But her voice betrayed her anyway.
“…Same P.”
Azzi wasn’t sure who was breathing harder, her or Paige, but she felt the shift, felt the weight of Paige’s words settling over her skin.
"Once again, I wish I was there."
Her fingers curled into her sheets, her heart thudding in her chest.
She shouldn’t have said it.
She shouldn’t have admitted she wanted Paige there too.
But she had.
And now there was no taking it back.
Paige’s eyes flickered through the screen, searching, waiting, her fingers still resting just under the hem of her hoodie, teasing—taunting.
Azzi swallowed hard.
“You’re quiet,” Paige murmured, her voice lower now, softer, but no less dangerous.
Azzi wet her lips. “So are you.”
Paige smirked, shifting onto her back again, the motion making her hoodie ride up just a little more, exposing another inch of skin.
Azzi felt the heat creep up her neck.
Paige noticed.
“Bet you’d be touching me if I was there,” Paige mused, her voice dripping with amusement.
Azzi’s stomach tightened.
Paige’s smirk deepened. “Wouldn’t you?”
Azzi exhaled, dragging a hand down her face. “You’re so full of yourself.”
Paige only grinned, fingers tracing along her own stomach in slow, lazy patterns. “You didn’t say no.”
Azzi squeezed her eyes shut for a second, her body too warm, her thoughts too loud.
This was dangerous.
Paige was dangerous.
And the worst part?
Azzi liked it.
“Why are you even like this?” Azzi muttered, voice barely above a whisper.
Paige chuckled, her smirk softening just slightly. “Only with you.”
Azzi swore she felt that deep in her chest.
Her breath hitched.
Paige saw. The teasing faded—just a little.
Because this wasn’t just a game.
This was something else.
Something more.
Paige inhaled, slow, deliberate. “…Wish I could see you right now.”
Azzi’s fingers twitched against her blanket. “You are seeing me.”
Paige shook her head, her smirk turning into something softer. “Not like that.”
Azzi’s pulse skipped.
Paige didn’t elaborate.
She didn’t have to.
Because Azzi knew.
And suddenly, the space between them—the distance—felt unbearable.
Paige’s fingers were still absently tracing over the hem of her hoodie, her voice dropping just enough to make Azzi’s stomach flip.
“If I was there…” she started, voice slow, deliberate, watching Azzi carefully. “I wouldn’t just be looking at you through a screen.”
Azzi’s breath hitched.
Paige noticed.
“I’d be right next to you,” Paige continued, stretching lazily before shifting onto her side again, head propped up on her hand. “Close enough to touch.”
Azzi’s fingers curled even tighter against her blanket.
Paige’s smirk deepened. “Close enough to hear every little breath you take.”
Azzi swore her whole body tensed.
Paige’s voice softened, but the weight of it still pressed down on her. “I’d be able to feel how warm you get when I’m near.”
Azzi’s stomach tightened.
Paige let the silence stretch, eyes flickering over Azzi’s face like she was committing everything to memory.
Then, barely above a whisper—
“I’d have you right where I want you.”
Azzi inhaled sharply, her heart hammering in her chest.
Paige saw the way her lips parted, saw the way her fingers gripped at her blanket, and God, she loved it.
“What’s wrong?” Paige murmured, feigning innocence. “Cat got your tongue?”
Azzi clenched her jaw. “You’re—”
Paige raised a brow. “I’m what?”
Azzi exhaled sharply, dragging a hand through her hair. “You know what.”
Paige grinned, shifting again, her hoodie riding up even more. “Say it.”
Azzi glared.
Paige’s voice dropped even lower. “Or do I have to come there and make you?”
Azzi’s breath hitched.
And Paige?
Paige was thriving.
“Bet you’d let me,” Paige mused, dragging a lazy finger along her exposed stomach. “Bet you’d want me to.”
Azzi squeezed her eyes shut for a second, way too aware of how warm her face felt, how warm her whole body felt.
Paige chuckled. “You’re not saying no.”
Azzi’s voice barely worked. “Paige.”
Paige smirked, loving the way her name sounded like that—desperate, pleading, like Azzi was barely holding it together.
“Yeah, baby?” she whispered.
Azzi’s breath caught.
And Paige knew she had her.
Azzi’s pulse was pounding, but if Paige thought she could keep all the control, she had another thing coming.
Azzi inhaled slowly, steadying herself before tilting her head, her eyes trailing down Paige’s sprawled-out frame. The hoodie bunched up, teasing a strip of toned stomach. The way she lounged there, completely unbothered, so damn confident.
Fine. Two could play this game.
Azzi let her voice drop, smooth and sultry. Intentional. “You talk a lot, Bueckers.” Her fingers skimmed along the thin strap of her tank top, dragging slowly. “But I don’t think you could actually handle me.”
Paige froze.
For the first time since this whole thing started, Azzi saw her fluster. It was subtle—the slight hitch in her breath, the way her fingers twitched against her stomach.
Azzi smirked. “What’s wrong?” She leaned in slightly, letting the strap slip just a little off her shoulder. “Cat got your tongue?”
Paige’s jaw clenched, her pupils blown.
Then she exhaled, slow and measured. “Azzi.”
It wasn’t a plea.
It was a warning.
Azzi only smiled, eyes dark. “Yes, baby?”
Paige swore. Low. Under her breath.
Then she moved, shifting up onto her elbow, hoodie slipping back down like she was finally regaining control.
Azzi wasn’t done.
She dragged a finger absently over her collarbone, tracing patterns along her skin, watching as Paige’s eyes followed the movement—hungry, locked in. “What’s the matter?” she mused, voice dripping with amusement. “Didn’t think I had it in me?”
Paige let out a quiet laugh, but it was strained, the sound tight.
Azzi loved it.
“You,” Paige exhaled, shaking her head. “Are so damn dangerous.”
Azzi licked her lips, leaning back. “You like it.”
Paige dragged a hand down her face, inhaling sharply. “I should not be watching you do that right now.”
Azzi arched a brow, her smirk widening. “Oh? And what should you be doing, then?”
Paige’s eyes flickered over her face, her lips, lower.
Then, barely above a whisper—
“Getting on a flight to come see you.”
Azzi’s breath hitched.
Paige saw it.
And just like that, the heat between them boiled over.
Azzi leaned back against her pillows, letting the strap of her tank top slide further down her shoulder, the fabric barely hanging on. She knew exactly what she was doing.
Her fingers played with the hem, teasing, dragging it up just slightly, revealing more of her toned stomach before letting it fall again. Paige’s eyes followed every movement, dark and hungry.
Azzi smirked. Easy.
“You’re quiet, Bueckers.” Her voice was smooth, slow—intentional. She let her fingers trail over her collarbone, brushing against the delicate skin like she wasn’t aware of the effect it had.Paige exhaled sharply, shifting where she lay, her hoodie now feeling way too hot for her own good.
“You think you’re funny,” Paige muttered, her voice slightly strained.
Azzi tilted her head, her smirk deepening. “I think you like watching.”
Paige’s jaw clenched, her fingers gripping the edge of her hoodie like she was physically stopping herself from doing something.
Azzi bit her lip. Oh, this was fun.
She exhaled, stretching her arms above her head, letting her tank top rise just enough to expose more of her stomach, the muscles there flexing slightly with the motion.
Paige swore under her breath.
Azzi hummed in satisfaction. “Something wrong?” she mused, her voice laced with amusement.
Paige dragged a hand down her face, inhaling deeply. “You’re a menace,” she muttered.
Azzi laughed softly, dragging her fingers down her own stomach, barely skimming the skin before settling just above the waistband of her shorts. “I don’t know what you mean.”
Paige’s eyes darkened.
“You’re lucky I’m not there right now,” she murmured, voice dropping low, controlled—dangerous.
Azzi’s stomach tightened.
She swallowed, but refused to let Paige win so easily. “Oh?” She dragged the strap of her tank top down further, her bare shoulder now fully exposed. “And what would you do if you were?”
Paige didn’t answer at first.
She stared.
Long, intense, like she was imagining it. Like she was holding herself back.
Then she exhaled, voice gravelly, thick with something heavier.
“I’d make you regret teasing me like this.”
Azzi’s breath hitched.
Paige saw it.
And that smirk—dangerous, cocky—spread across her lips.
Azzi was in trouble.
Her fingers stilled against her stomach, her breath catching at the heat in Paige’s voice. She swallowed, shifting slightly against the pillows, suddenly very aware of how much Paige was watching her.
But she wasn’t about to back down.
Her lips curled into something playful, challenging. “Oh yeah?” she murmured, voice just above a whisper, letting her fingers drift just a little lower, teasing the waistband of her shorts. “How, exactly?”
Paige exhaled sharply, jaw tightening.
Azzi smirked, tilting her head, running a slow hand up her exposed shoulder, tracing her own skin lightly—almost like she was imagining Paige’s hands instead.
“I mean,” she continued, dragging out her words, “I’m just lying here, all alone…” She let the sentence linger, her smirk growing as Paige shifted on her bed, visibly tense. “And you’re all the way over there.” She sighed dramatically. “Seems like a waste.”
Paige sat up a little, leaning toward the camera now, her gaze locked onto Azzi’s every move.
“You’re pushing it, Fudd,” Paige muttered, voice thick, dark.
Azzi loved this. She ran a hand through her hair, letting it fall slightly messier over her shoulder. “Oh, I know,” she whispered, fingers playing with the strap of her top again.
Paige groaned, rubbing a hand down her face like she was physically restraining herself. “You really wanna know what I’d do?” she muttered, voice edged with something dangerous.
Azzi swallowed, pulse pounding.
She nodded slowly.
Paige’s smirk returned—deadly.
“I’d start by pulling that little top right off of you,” Paige murmured, her voice low, controlled. “Since you clearly don’t know what to do with it.”
Azzi’s breath hitched.
Her fingers twitched at the hem of her shirt, a warmth spreading through her body she couldn’t ignore.
Paige saw it.
She grinned.
“Then,” Paige continued, “I’d pin you to that bed and make you pay for teasing me all night.”
Azzi’s stomach tightened, heat pooling low. She shifted against the pillows, her breathing suddenly uneven.
Paige laughed, slow and knowing.
“Oh, now you’re quiet?” Paige teased, voice dripping with amusement. “Where’d all that confidence go?”
Azzi glared, but it had no heat.
Paige chuckled again, watching her, taking in every little reaction, thriving off it. “I’d have you under me in seconds, Fudd,” she murmured, eyes hooded. “And you know it.”
Azzi let out a shaky breath, pulse hammering against her ribs.
She hated that Paige was winning.
So she took a breath, composed herself, and flipped the script.
She dragged a slow finger down her own stomach, teasing just beneath the waistband of her shorts. “That’s cute, Bueckers,” she purred, voice smooth, playful. “But I think you’re the one struggling here.”
Paige went silent.
Azzi smirked, victorious.
Then Paige leaned in, eyes dark, voice dropping into something that sent a shiver down Azzi’s spine.
“Don’t start something you can’t finish.”
Azzi’s breath caught, her teasing smirk faltering for just a second.
Paige’s lips curled.
Azzi’s breath was uneven, her fingers still lightly brushing over her stomach as Paige’s words settled in the air between them. The tension was thick, suffocating, stretching between them like an invisible pull that neither of them wanted to break.
Paige’s gaze was locked onto her, eyes dark and filled with something that made Azzi’s stomach twist. She wasn’t just playing around anymore—there was something real in the way she was looking at her, like she was imagining everything she wanted to do if she were there.
Azzi swallowed, forcing herself to keep control. She shifted slightly, letting her tank top slip further down her shoulder, just enough to tease, just enough to make Paige’s eyes flicker downward before dragging back up.
Paige exhaled slowly. Controlled. Barely.
“You’re dangerous,” Paige muttered, voice rough, thick.
Azzi smirked, her fingers ghosting over the strap of her top again. “You like it.”
Paige laughed, but it wasn’t light—it was dark, amused, edged with something that sent a spark straight through Azzi’s body.
“I do,” Paige admitted, leaning forward slightly. “A little too much.”
Azzi’s stomach tightened.
She shifted again, fingers lightly toying with the fabric of her shorts. “So, what are you gonna do about it?” she murmured, voice smooth, teasing.
Paige stilled.
Azzi swore she saw something flicker in her expression, something like restraint breaking, like she was right there, one second away from saying something that would completely wreck her.
And then—
BANG BANG BANG!
Azzi flinched, her entire body tensing as a loud knock slammed against her door.
“Azzi, are you awake?”
Caroline.
Azzi’s eyes widened.
She scrambled upright, yanking her tank top strap back onto her shoulder as if Caroline could somehow see her through the door.
Paige burst out laughing.
Azzi glared at the screen. “Shut up,” she hissed, her face burning.
Paige was grinning, smug, clearly thriving off the fact that Azzi had been just as affected. “Go on, Fudd,” she teased, voice still thick with amusement. “Your girl’s waiting.”
Azzi rolled her eyes, groaning under her breath before clearing her throat. “Yeah, I’m up,” she called toward the door, trying to sound normal.
“Oh alright,” Caroline replied. “We have an early lift in the morning, don’t stay up too late.”
Azzi clenched her jaw, nodding even though Caroline couldn’t see her. “Got it.”
Paige smirked through the screen. “Guess that’s my cue,” she murmured, voice still carrying a teasing lilt.
Azzi exhaled, shaking her head. “You’re so annoying.”
Paige just grinned. “You love it.”
Azzi didn’t respond.
Because she did.
Azzi sighed, running a hand down her face as she waited, listening for Caroline’s footsteps to fade away.
Paige, of course, was thriving off the whole situation, still smirking like she’d just won some unspoken battle. “Damn, Fudd,” she teased, tilting her head. “You looked real guilty just now.”
Azzi glared, though the heat in her cheeks refused to fade. “Because you were saying things you shouldn’t be saying,” she shot back, voice still a little breathless.
Paige leaned in slightly, her voice dropping again, teasing, but still carrying that edge that made Azzi shiver. “I wasn’t saying anything untrue, though.”
Azzi hated how fast her stomach flipped.
She rolled her eyes instead, trying to ignore the way her entire body still felt warm, charged from everything that had just happened.
“Anyway,” Azzi muttered, shifting under the covers and finally trying to relax, “I should sleep before someone else ruins my life.”
Paige chuckled, softer this time. “Fine, fine. I’ll let you off the hook.”
Azzi quirked a brow. “You’ll let me off the hook?”
Paige grinned. “Yeah, you were struggling there at the end.”
Azzi scoffed, opening her mouth to argue—
But then Paige yawned, stretching her arms above her head, her hoodie riding up just enough to expose her toned stomach.
Azzi froze.
It was so unfair.
Paige, completely unaware, sighed as she settled back against her pillows, rubbing her eyes sleepily. “Alright, Fudd,” she murmured, her voice softer now, heavier with exhaustion. “Get some sleep.”
Azzi swallowed, forcing herself to breathe and not stare at Paige’s abs like an idiot.
“Yeah,” she said, shifting under her covers, trying to focus on literally anything else. “You too.”
Paige smiled, soft, warm, the kind that made something ache in Azzi’s chest.
“Night, Az.”
Azzi hesitated, then smiled back. “Night, P.”
The call ended.
Azzi stared at the blank screen for a second, still feeling the lingering warmth of Paige’s voice, of everything they’d just said, almost said, wanted to say.
She exhaled, pressing her phone to her chest.
Yeah.
She was screwed.
Azzi lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling, phone still pressed to her chest.
Her heart was still beating too fast, her skin still warm from—all of it. From the way Paige had looked at her, from the things she had said, from the way the air between them had shifted so suddenly.
One second, she was curled up, stressed, overwhelmed, the weight of the game pressing down on her. And then Paige had been there, steady, comforting, pulling her back up like she always did.
But then—
Azzi swallowed.
Then something changed.
It wasn’t just comfort anymore. It wasn’t just reassurance.
It was Paige looking at her like that.
It was her teasing back, pushing to see how far they’d go.
It was Paige’s voice, dipping lower, her words leaving heat in their wake.
Azzi curled into her pillow, exhaling sharply.
It wasn’t just a crush anymore. She didn’t know what it was, but it wasn’t just that.
And that terrified her.
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Paige on the other hand tossed her phone onto the nightstand and flopped onto her back, staring at the ceiling. 
She ran a hand through her hair, exhaling slowly, trying to steady the way her stomach was still twisting.
She hadn’t planned for that to happen. She’d called Azzi to comfort her. To check in. To make sure she wasn’t spiraling after the game.
Not to—
Paige groaned, rubbing a hand down her face.
Azzi had been so cute at first, all quiet and unsure, curled up under the covers. And Paige had been ready to just be there for her, to be soft, to say whatever Azzi needed to hear.
But then Azzi had teased back.
And it had flipped something in Paige’s brain, something she hadn’t been able to shut off.
Azzi, pushing her buttons. Azzi, letting her tank top slip just a little lower. Azzi, toying with her, testing her, waiting to see how far Paige would go.
Paige let out a shaky breath.
She had been so close to saying something reckless. To taking it too far.
And the worst part?
She wanted to.
She wanted more.
She had no idea where they were headed, but whatever this thing between them was?
It wasn’t slowing down.
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I’m always motivated when I have a assignment:
Au in which everyone is alive but it’s still kinda creepy. (NOT IN A BADWAY- as in I feel as though the Yamazaki mansion would be hella eerie) oh and OOC.(btw- I gave the two deceased brothers names and personalities within the clan. You know the two Shingen sons…….Gun’s brothers- They’re alive , yay)
Yamazaki family x child platonic reader:
You looked up at the traditional manor and back at your dad nervously. Him smoking all nonchalant as he recalled his childhood meanwhile you just couldn’t stand how eerie this place felt. The metaphorical frost of death surrounded this place and you found yourself clinging to your dad’s sleeve. The manor looking like it’ll come alive and swallow you whole………the blossom tree fooled no one. As pinky and pretty it was, it fooled NO ONE.
“I’m uncomfortable.”
He sighed and looked down at you.
“You and me both.”
You blinked hopefully.
“Can we leave then? I don’t like it…..I feel cold.”
He sighed and dropped the cigarette before crushing it under his shoe and kneeled to your level.
“Hey, it’s just one week. One week, and then we’re out. All you gotta do is keep to yourself and don’t over react. Don’t huff at grandma, bow before granddad and…………be careful around your grand uncle. You went over the rules right?”
You nod and he pats your head.
“Don’t forget them.”
He stood and holds your hand before heading in.
“And take off your shoes when you enter the house.”
Your heart breaks.
“But my sneake-“
“No shoes.”
“Louie Vuit-“
“None.”
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You and your dad bowed before a behemoth of a man who matched your dad’s face perfectly. Expect his was smooth, clean of scars and long hair. The elder’s gaze settles on you and you step behind your father’s chunky leg before peeking out. Gun sighed and patted your head.
“They’re shy”
Shingen couldn’t help but let a minuscule smile grace his elder face.
“….thats ok.”
His gruff voice was a lot softer for a demon head. You blinked in confusion as the elder’s softened eyes gazed back into yours.
“There’s no need to be afraid little one.”
Once again he sweetly calls out to you and Gun sighed before pulling you out from behind his leg.
“Go. Meet your granddad.”
You scowl back at him. Traitor.
You step forward while playing with your hands. Your eyes flick up to meet your granddad’s again- oh biscuits- you bow from remembering your dad’s speech and Shingen let out a deep chuckle. That sounded like a purr of a giant cat.
You felt a big hand pat your head and you stand straight to see the soft smile of Shingen as he kneeled before you to match your height, even though he was still three heads taller then you- seriously- were you gonna inherit this?
“Welcome to the family home, Y/N. We’ve been expecting you.”
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Inside the manor was colder than outside, but Shingen smiled softly at you enough to rest your nerves. However the gaze of your grandma was only encouraging you to play with the ends of your kimono out of nerves. Gun’s hand gently placed ontop of yours to ease you before you looked up at him with an internal whine and he gave the strict eyes.You settle and Somi spoke up.
“My! You’re truly my son’s child! You look so much alike. Truly beautiful.”
You smile awkwardly.
“…..thank you.”
She smiles softly.
“I’m Somi park, Your father’s mother. Your grandmother, please don’t refrain from coming to me with anything.”
She smiled warmly and you smiled back out of courtesy before she turned to Gun.
“They’re quiet.”
Gun blinked and spoke.
“They take after me.”
Somi laughed softly, all modestly.
“None sense! You were a talkative child.”
You pressed your head on Gun’s arm. You both felt equally as uncomfortable…….
“…..where’s grandad?”
“….no idea.”
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“Ha ha ha, truly identical. Their perfect Gun!”
A beautiful man with the most luscious locks and pearly white smile you’d ever seen complimented you as he closed his book to meet you.
“Forgive my manners, my name is Haruto. I’m your uncle. When I heard you were coming here I just had to have the manor up to perfection.”
He seemed lively……in a nice way. You reciprocate a smile.
“Thank you….uncle…?”
He smiled and patted your head for the up-tenth time.
“Ofcourse. Anything you need and you come to me. Never feel shy, your family. We’re here for you ok?”
His voice as a soft melody as he gently patted your head once more. You felt a warm feeling of a sweet honey stir in your gut from the comfort he rained on you, hiding sweets in your fists and reassuring you of the manor’s strictness, even gently walking you around the koi ponds………safe to say Haruto was nice.
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To think THIS was Haruto’s dad? You shrunk under his strict bespectacled stare as he stood before you after you had finished using the bathroom. You gulp and take in the strictness of his demeanour before bowing her so slowly and awkwardly.
You hear a low grunt.
“At least you’ve been taught some manners.”
You stand up straight.
“…….mhm.”
His soulless eyes stare back at yours.
“The Yamazaki don’t mumble or shy away. Stand strong child.”
You blink confused before straightening your posture and blinking again. He sighed.
“Look me in the eye and show your strength.”
You look into his soulless eyes and blink again.
“…….”
He took you in. The future of the clan. Needed some work but you were a Yamazaki, you’d get there. He sighed and spoke once more.
“Name?”
You swallow and answer confidently.
“Y/n..”
He hummed in acknowledgment before walking past you. You took that cue to use your Yamazaki genes to run to your dad and Haruto.
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The sun rolled on and you were supposed to be in your own personal quarters for the night.
“Father, why is your family strange?”
Gun sighed as he dried his hair after a shower, making eye contact with you in the mirror.
“That’s just how they are.”
You nod.
“Will I be like them?”
Gun sighed again.
“I don’t know.”
You swing your legs on the drawer you sat on and took in his room.
“All the rooms look the same. Can I play with the sword-“
“No.”
You sigh this time before speaking again.
“Grand uncle Shintaro is creepy.”
Gun turned to look at you.
“He’s not creepy he’s strict. You bowed before him right?”
You nod.
“Good. Just stay out his way and don’t say anything that you think of saying unless he asks got it.”
You blink.
“Is no one allowed to talk to hi-“
“No.”
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The next day in the pretty summer of Japan you meet your dad’s other brothers. A cheerful looking one pulled your youthful cheeks and the other simply watched this like it was inconvenient.
“Kiryu, this is high unnecess-“
“Kenji cmonnnn~ look at them! They’re adorable~”
He cooed at you and just like your dad, You stoically made do. Gun was behind you with his Hands in his pockets before pulling one out and patting your head.
“You’re making them uncomfortable.”
Kiryu sighed and stepped back.
“They take after you huh? No affection.”
Gun stiffened and you turn to look at him. He had that distant look in his eye and you turn to glare at Kiryu.
“Don’t talk to father that way.”
Both Kiryu and Kenji were taken back by your stern words.
“Be mean to him again and I’ll tell grandpa.”
Gun held your hand and walked off before you started fighting men 20 years older than you. However a warm caress soothed his heart and a tiny smile graced his lips.
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2 more days passed and you played jenga with Shingen. Your behemoth grandfather took out a block in the most risky place possible and placed it at the top.
You glared.
“That’s cheating.”
He smiled smugly.
“It’s call strategy child. Risks come in play to your benefit.”
You huff.
“I don’t even know what the means….”
you focus on pulling out a block and the tower shook before you gasped and Shingen watched in smug anticipation. You gently pulled it out before tentatively putting it on the to-
CRASH.
You both stood there like children as the jenga tower crashed into a small glass table and it broke….
You looked up at him shook and he looked down at you shook.
Footsteps boomed down the hallway and Shingen scooped you up before bolting off to hide as Somi chased him with a broom-
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You sat with Haruto and Gun as they sipped on coffee while you blew on your hot chocolate. You looked up at Shintaro opposite you three as he focused on yet another Yamazaki guide of rules or some kind of documentation regarding business.
He sips his coffee and you almost burst out laughing before Gun slapped a hand over your mouth as he and Haruto looked off to the side while restraining their smiles.
Shintaro was too focused on the paper to notice how the rascals infront of him had laced the top of his mug in ink to create a moustache on his upper lip.
“Hitle-“
“Shhhhhhhhh-“
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Somi took it upon herself to show you around the gardens and koi ponds. You held her slim hand as she practically moved with grace while giving the illusion of floating and you followed her in awe.
She stops you and points into the koi ponds.
“They tend to come out more in the summer.”
You watched the pretty fish dance around in the green waters, a smile tugging up your face.
“They’re pretty.”
“Just like you dear.”
You smiled smugly now and she mocked it before you two giggled and skipped off to see the Venus fly traps.
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Both you and Haruto played hide and seek, you being the new favourite hid in a dark Japanese styled room. The behemoth who worked on reading a rule book remained still and serious as Haruto pokes his pretty head in to catch you.
“Father have you seen Y/N?”
Shintaro looked up unamused.
“No.”
Haruto nodded and left before respectfully closing the door.
Shintaro turned to you.
“We had a deal. You deliver.”
You hand over the rest of the shortbreads you bribed him with earlier.
“Thank you.”
“Get out my office.”
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The day was rainy, Gun’s favourite type of day as he smoked under the roof of the engawa. The serene smell of moss and wet grass and nature washed peace over him, the sound of his child being tossed up by her grandfather only left him feeling safe.
You giggled and squealed as Shingen tossed you up, his smooth face smiling bright and his big hands catching you every time. Somi stood with Gun’s shiro Oni umbrella, watching you two play as she laughed and stroked Gun’s head.
The week was passing quickly, however Gun was just happy that his child got to be loved within the residence of stoicism and discipline.
His child was the warmth this place needed.
You giggle and wrap your arms around Shingen’s neck as he laughed out when you proceeded to retaliate by blowing a raspberry in his neck.
Gun smirked as his cigarette’s smoke swirled around him in a wet fog, his child and father both enjoying themselves, like a real family made him feel like maybe there was an impending future of……..normalcy, happiness……warmth….life….within the Yamazaki clan.
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You and your uncle Kiryu areas the instructions off the cook book.
“Melt the butter.”
He nodded and proceeded to melt the butter.
“You know, back in my day, we never made cakes, we’d steal them off the elder’s side of the kitchen because we were deprived little critters-“
“Uncle….”
“We’d gobble them down and go to town!” Lets out a hearty and sweet laugh before continuing-
“When I tell you, your grand father was so mad why he realised I gained 6 pounds-“
“UNCLE! BUTTER!”
The whole pan caught fire.
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It was a day before leaving that you had a big game of hide and seek planned, the room you hid in happened to be a darker and more secluded room, filled with emptiness and just one chair, you sat on the chair and just spun.
The door slid open before a head popped in, you stopped the chair, the head popped out.
You spun again. This time the shoji door leading to the garden opens and you stopped. The figure closed the door.
You spun again before someone popped in once more but you stilled. They left.
This went on for 29 seconds before the chair was lifted off the ground and Gun caught you.
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Dinner that night was somber, you take in your extended family’s faces and expressions. Your grandfather all unreadable, your grandma serene and elegant, grand uncle stern, uncle Haruto calm, Kenji and Kiryu both in their own worlds and your dad as silent as ever. You lean into his side and close your eyes. Wanting this image to sear into her your eyelids. A big and happy family. Not just you and dad. But everyone.
…….meanwhile Kiryu and Kenji played thumb war under the table and went aggressive before knocking over a jug of water into Shintaro’s lap and the old man pulled out a sword-
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So far the Yamazaki estate was fun. Grandpa Shingen was sweet, Grandma Somi was loving, Grand uncle Shintaro was scary, Uncle Haruto was effortlessly kind, all your uncles were strange but nonetheless, you had fun.
When the week came to an end, you packed miserably. Sluggishly folding clothes and putting them away slowly, buying as much time for yourself in the beauty of the Yamazaki house and family.
Your eyes grazed over the wooden architecture and smiled. A certain feeling of always being welcome swirled in your mind and heart before your bag was zipped up, you turned and saw Gun zipping up the bag due to your turtle pace.
“For god sake, come on. Our flight leaves soon.”
You blink.
“Do we have to leave?”
Gun froze and sighed.
“…..yeah. We don’t live here. We’ll be back next holidays, Ok?”
A dejected blink only left you to nod. After all you had your fun, you could stay in contact and uncle Haruto often comes to Korea he said. And grandpa Shingen promised to always come as well. You smile to yourself that you had these memories to cherish and looked forward to making more.
“…..hm.”
Gun sighed and turned to crouch before you.
“They loved you here. They won’t be forgetting to see you all the time. Trust me. No need to feel upset.”
You nod and breathe out calmly.
“Ok.”
A few minutes pass and Gun’s held your hand and you two walk out the manor and you run forward to hug you’re family bye as they stood outside in a crowd. The biggest hug when to Grandp Shingen and uncle Haruto. And grandma Somi. You bowed before Shintaro and shook hands with uncles Kiryu and Kenji.
Gun watched the interactions and sighed softly.
Maybe.
Just maybe.
Healing was possible for all of them.
(Honestly. I don’t even know. Have fun. Happy new years, and late merry crisis.)
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goomyloid · 11 days ago
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Crazy how I found you from your Snowgrave art, and you became my favorite snow grave artist- then I started tracking down this fascinating art of an UTY AU with Kanako and how utterly bittersweet it was I kept wanting to read more. And it turns out you made both. Keep it up!
eheheh yup i forgot about my UTY au… well i didnt, i just decided that i wasn’t gonna actively work on it anymore till i felt like it. i had an entire story planned out, with all the different loops going a specific way (and associative flowers for each one)
for those unfamiliar, i had a UTY au where kanako was never injected with the serum and got to grow up normally. (post one) (post two)
since i may not end up finishing it at all, im ok with sharing what would’ve happened:
after the loop where everything was perfect with clover, kanako wakes up at the start again, and this time around, clover is inexplicably doing a no mercy run. ceroba instructs her to evacuate but she slips away at the last second, determined to face clover, because there’s no way they can really be killing everyone, right?
well, they were. and unlike a lot of no mercy boss battles you see, kanako has nothing special up her sleeve. she tries to fight them, and only holds out for a little while before she succumbs. she’s completely taken aback by their huge shift in attitude; not only is clover cold, but they’re cruel, merciless. it almost made kanako angry. this WASN’T clover. they were incredibly misguided, obsessed with their own sense of justice. kanako was hurt, even though she knew clover couldn’t remember her. it wasn’t fair.
so, as she dies, she knows she’ll just wake up again like nothing happened. who knows what the next clover will be like? will they be good or evil? it doesnt really matter. all she says as she turns to dust is,
* S-sorry, Clover…
* You didn’t… really think I’d be all that strong, did you?
* But you fought me, you… you LOOKED at me like I was the scum of the earth.
* …
* That’s so mean, Clover…
* You’re so mean…
* …
* I-it’s okay, though.
* I’ll be okay.
* Next time… I’ll show you that… you can’t just do whatever you want. I won’t let you throw it all away…
* Even if I have to hurt you.
* See you soon, Clover.
and then the timeline ends.
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(before / after)
kanako wakes up again. in her bed, like normal. the next clover could be good, they could be bad. they could stay with her, they could leave her. they could live with her, they could kill her. she can't take anymore. just once. just this once, she'd like to be the one in control. in control of what happens to her, what happens to clover.
so she gets out of bed, heads to her father's lab, and grabs the serum that ceroba had been developing for years.
when clover finally shows up, they look... normal. this could be another perfectly fine loop. they approach her, and she looks at them sadly;
* ... Oh.
* Hi, Clover.
* ... You look surprised.
* You're surprised that I already know your name.
* ...
* I know a lot about you.
* I know what kind of gun you use. I know how good you are at all the arcade games. I know what time you like to wake up in the morning.
* I know there's a side of you
* That deeply hates monsters and wants to destroy them.
* ...
* Haha. Now you look even more surprised.
* Am I completely wrong? Or does it scare you that I'm right?
* It's okay. I don't really care about an answer this time.
(She holds out the syringe.)
* I don't care if you're good or bad.
* I don't care if you've helped everyone or killed everyone.
* Because right now
* Your choices don't matter.
* So let's have some fun
* On my terms this time, okay?
She injects the serum and transforms. it's vastly different from what it was years ago; instead of a haphazard containment of determination, it was refined and repurposed by ceroba after strenuous research. that being said, it's still not necessarily done yet. kanako knows this.
the serum gives her a monstrous new form that clover has to fight against (i never got around to designing this.... i still want to....). she's strong, incredibly strong, and clearly the serum is much better this time around. but still, she drips. slowly but surely, she drips.
she eventually kills clover, and then still dies herself, her body unable to contain the power of determination. thus, the loop ends.
AND THEN. there's one last loop. one last time. after all the Horrors that have happened, it's just kanako finally accepting the clover was never meant to stay with her. she collapses at their feet, sobbing apologies for things she technically never even did. clover is sympathetic, sure, but at the end of the day, they must go. they always must go.
but this time, as they leave, clover finally looks back at her -- maybe her tears touched them, the two of them finally able to have a simple, genuine interaction. they turn to her and say:
"I'll see you again, okay?"
it didn't really matter if it was true or not. kanako knew it very well may not be true. but she wanted to believe. that some time, some day -- not in a loop, but in honest time moving forward -- she would see them again, but she has to let them go. she needs to have faith in them, to find hope in her heart. to let go of that desperation as the primrose wilts, and anemones bloom in its place.
oh yeah each ending had flowers associated with them. i went back and found my doc, untouched since january...
First ending (Sweet Pea)
Nothing ending(s) (Camellia)
Fire ending (Primrose)
Sunshine ending (Sunflower) 
Destruction ending (Alstroemeria)
??? (Freesia)
True ending (Anemone)
but yep that's pretty much it. i like how flawed kanako is here, i think its more interesting than her being the perfect child that ceroba remembered her as. i wish i could've properly finished it but im FAR too deep in the kriselle trenches at the moment sigh. im glad you found it interesting though! oh and uhhh the snowgrave stuff too
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sergeantbarnessdoll · 1 year ago
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hiiiiiii how are you? big fan of your work
i would like to make a request.
modern royal au with prince!bucky who is mean to reader bc of their arranged marriage but she is too sweet and lovely with him
angst angst but maybe fluffy happy ending?
thanks!!! xoxo ❤️❤️❤️
Forgive Me » Bucky Barnes (AU)
Pairings: Husband/Prince!Bucky Barnes x Wife!Reader
Summary: Bucky has been mean to you because of yours and his arranged marriage, but he comes to realization about the way he’s been treating you and he hopes that you’ll forgive him.
Warnings: Angst, Fluff ending, language, mean!Bucky, arranged marriage, insults, crying, kissing, pet names
A/N: Thank you to the lovely anonymous person who requested this🩵 also, I imagined Bucky as Jack Benjamin for this. I hope it’s what you imagined🩷
Written on my phone. I’m sorry for any mistakes.
Header made by @buckys-wintersoldier
GIF IS NOT MINE! Credit goes to the creators. I found it on Pinterest.
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“Can you hurry up?” Bucky asks annoyed.
“I don’t know which dress to choose.” You walked out of the closet. “Which one should I wear? The red one or the blue one?” You asked, holding the two dresses in front of you for Bucky to see.
“Does it matter? Just pick one and put it on before we’re late.” He says.
You hummed to yourself and looked at the two dresses.
“I think I’m going to wear this one.” You say, laying the red dress on the bed.
“Great. Now put it on and let’s go.” He says.
You put the blue dress back in the closet and put the red one on. You stood in front of the full body mirror, rubbing your hands over the material to smooth it out.
“I’m ready.” You tell him.
“Finally. Let’s go.” He says.
You and Bucky walk in the building hand in hand, but he shows you no emotion or attention. He smiled at people as you two walked by them.
“I’m gonna find Steve.” Bucky says, pulling his hand out of your hold.
“Ok. I’ll see you later.” You say with a smile, kissing his cheek.
Bucky didn’t say anything. He just walked away, looking for Steve. You went to the bar and got something to drink.
“Y/N!” You heard a familiar voice from behind you.
You turned around to see Bucky’s sister. You smiled and gave her a hug.
“You look absolutely beautiful tonight. Your dress is beautiful as well.” Rebecca compliments.
“Thank you!” You smiled. “You look beautiful too.” You complimented her.
“Where’s my brother?” She asks.
“Talking to Steve.” You tell her.
“Oh.” She frowns. “I thought you’d be by his side tonight.” She says.
“He probably needs some guy time with Steve. He’s been a little grumpy lately.” You tell her.
Bucky glanced at you from the other side of the room. He could tell that you were gossiping with his sister. Every time you and Rebecca see each other, you two catch up with each other. He excused himself from his conversation with Steve and made his way to the other side of the room, where you and Rebecca are.
“Oh hi, James!” Rebecca hugs her brother. “We were just talking about you.” She says.
“I bet you two were. I’m gonna steal my wife from you for a moment.” Bucky says.
Rebecca caught the way Bucky grabbed your arm and pulled you away from the conversation you were having with her. Bucky practically dragged you to an empty hallway.
“I have to make an appearance since I’m the prince and you have to be by my side since you’re my wife.” Bucky explains. “Be on your best behavior.” He says.
“Will do, honey.” You say with a smile.
Bucky cringed when you called him honey, but you didn’t catch it. He held his arm out for you. You linked your arm with his and the two of you walked back out to the main room. Everyone’s attention was turned to you and Bucky. They smiled and applauded the two of you. For the sake of the cameras flashing, Bucky kissed you on the lips. It wasn’t a sweet kiss or anything. There was no spark in it either. It was just a bland kiss with no emotion. People talked to Bucky almost all night. Some people talked to you too, but Bucky did the talking for you before you could open your mouth.
“I had fun tonight.” You say, getting in bed next to your husband.
“Yea.” Bucky says.
“Did you have fun?” You asked.
“Yea.” He says again. “Can we go to bed without playing 20 questions?” He asks, leaning over to shut the lamp off.
You could tell he was tired. He laid down on his back. You laid down next to him, snuggling yourself against his side and laying your head on his chest. He didn’t even wrap his arm around you to hold you.
“Goodnight, sweetie. I love you.” You say softly, leaning up to kiss his cheek.
Bucky didn’t say goodnight to you. He just went to sleep. The next morning, you turned over to wrap your arms around your husband, only to find out that he wasn’t in bed. You lifted your head and looked around the bedroom and pouted. You stretched and rubbed your eyes before getting out of bed to get ready for the day. You smiled when you walked in the living room to see Bucky. You walked up behind the couch, putting your hands on his chest from behind and gave him a cheek.
“You weren’t in bed when I woke up.” You say with a playful pout.
“I’m busy.” Is all he says and moves your hands off of his chest and walked out of the living room.
There was a knock on the door. You opened it and seen Rebecca. You smiled and greeted her with a hug.
“It’s nice to see you again.” You smiled, steeping aside to let her inside. “Do you want some coffee?” You asked her.
“Yes. That would be nice.” Rebecca says with a smile.
You poured two cups of coffee and handed on of them to Rebecca as you sat down at the kitchen table.
“Can I ask you something?” Rebecca asks you.
“Of course. What is it?” You asked, taking a sip of your coffee.
“Why do you let my brother treat you like he did last night?” She asks.
“What do you mean?” You asked confused.
“He’s always mean to you.” She says.
“Bucky isn’t mean to me.” You say with a smile.
“Y/N, I’m your sister in law. You can tell me.” She says.
“I just did, silly.” You say with a giggle.
Little did the two of you know that Bucky was in the hallway listening to your conversation with Rebecca. He scoffed before entering the kitchen.
“Y/N, I need to talk to you. It’s important.” Bucky says.
He grabbed your arm and pulled you up from your seat, not giving you time to excuse yourself from your conversation with Rebecca. He pulled you out in the hallway. Anger was displayed on his face.
“What the hell did you say to my sister?” He asks.
“What do you mean, honey?” You asked, furrowing your eyebrows in confusion.
“Don’t play dumb. You know exactly what I’m talking about.” His jaw clenches. “You were talking about the way I treat you to Rebecca.” He says.
“No, I-” You got interrupted.
“Don’t even try to make up an excuse. You were blabbing your stupid mouth and now I have to clear up what you said to her.” He says.
He walked away, but stopped in his tracks.
“Just keep your mouth shut before you say something stupid.” He says.
Bucky walked in the kitchen to see a shocked look on his sister’s face. She heard every word he said to you.
“Why do you talk to her like that?” Rebecca asks her brother.
“The way I talk to my wife isn’t your concern.” Bucky says.
“It kinda is. If you and Y/N are having marriage problems, you can tell me.” She says.
“My marriage is none of your concern.” He says.
Rebecca just scoffs, not able to get through to Bucky.
“Y/N is the sweetest person ever and yet you treat her like she’s nothing. You’re always mean to her. I’m surprised that she hasn’t left you yet.” She says.
“I didn’t ask for anything of this! I didn’t want to marry her in the first place.” Bucky shouts.
Little did Bucky know that you were still in the hallway. Your bottom lip quivered and tears started to roll down your cheeks. You ran to yours and Bucky’s shared bedroom and cried in your pillow.
Bucky spent the rest of the day thinking about the way he’s been treating you. He was never really happy about his arranged marriage with you, but he’ll admit that you’re the sweetest person he’s ever met. Guilty filled Bucky. He went to yours and his bedroom to see you in bed and reading a book. He gave you a little more space and got ready for bed. He got in bed next to you.
“Can I talk to you?” Bucky asks, his voice is soft.
You bookmarked the page you’re on in your book and put it on the nightstand before turning your attention to him.
“I’m sorry for the way I’ve been treating you. I guess that I’m not used to being married.” He says.
“I heard what you said, Bucky. You didn’t want to marry me. If that’s how you really feel, then I’ll talk to the lawyers.” You say.
“No.” He moved himself in front of you. “I didn’t mean for you to hear that. I don’t want to lose you. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean a word I said. Please forgive me.” He says in a pleading tone.
You just looked at him without saying anything.
“I’ll do anything to make it up to you.” He starts. “We can go on that tropical vacation you’ve been telling me about.” He says.
You took a moment to think about it. You really do love Bucky and you don’t want to leave him.
“I want a baby.” You tell him.
“We can have a baby.” He says with a smile, leaning in to kiss you.
“I still want to go on that tropical vacation.” You say against his lips.
“We can do both, sweetheart.” He says with a smile.
You two kissed once more before shutting the lights off and got comfortable in bed. For the first time, Bucky wrapped his arms around you and held you close to him.
“I really am sorry.” He says.
“I know you are, sweetie.” You say.
“I love you so much, sweetheart.” He says softly.
“I love you more.” You say in almost a whisper.
🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
-Bucky’s Doll
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asmogorna · 8 months ago
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Ok so for the last couple days ive been ill in the head about The Black Parade as mcr's alter ego/characters and i wanted to share some thoughts i had so far :3
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It doesnt align with the canon lore that we have (i didnt really use it for reference at least) so it can be viewed as some sort of an au
I dont know if im gonna give them new names that just sound similar to the names of mcr themselves, so for now i will be referring to them by the names of the band members
So far I've been thinking about the typical "chosen by fate" scenario, where the characters lives lead them through a path for a specific cause
So
Post WW2 England
5 kids under their own circumstances witness a big parade (I will be doing some research and see if it could be some kind of victory celebration parade? It's just that I'm not sure if England had those. Not that I'm aiming for historical accuracy atp it's simple curiosity)
The kids get heavily impacted by that event and carry on (ha) that memory throughout their life
Now to the specifics of the characters cus by God they all gave me a headache
Heads up: they're all british orphans lol
Frank and Bob are students/residents in a Christian orphan school, and later on in life are priests in the town church
The reason why is that they both have badges on their uniform with crosses that could be associated with christianity
(I couldn't find any info about what exactly certain design details could be referencing, so ig it's up to interpretation)
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The military theme in Gerard and Mikey's costumes will be explored on later (Mikey's medal could be either The Victoria Cross or The Distinguished Flying Cross, and the symbol on Gerard's shoulder is most likely the Order Of The Garter star)
And I couldn't figure out what to do w Ray, because I'm not sure if his uniform design details reference anything specific 🤷🏾🤷🏾🤷🏾
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Now, Gerard and Mikey lost their father to war, and their mother passed away when they were both very young
And after that they ended up in the same orphanage as Ray, befriending him and finding out about their shared passion for music
This doodle was made abt that specifically <3
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Later on in early adulthood they decide to start a cabaret band, in which Frank and Bob both join them later, deciding to leave their priest lives behind (partially because iirc both of them kinda fanboyed their way into the band irl lol)
After receiving little recognition, the band decides to take a train to America, to try their luck there. With a lot of hope and determination
That, sadly, doesn't last for long, for the train crushes with no survivors on board
The group crawls out of the collapsed train in their no longer physical forms. Yet, even after their death, they still have a desire to move forward. And that desire, though thoughtlessly, forces them to go forward. The souls of all the other people who lost their lives to the train accident follow them, through the landscape that no longer feels like earth
They then reach the end
Walking in one by one people disappear, finding their own peace and meeting their own finish line
After it's done, The Black Parade now have officially made themselves into what they're supposed to be. Gaining a new purpose and a new sort of life
I got too poetic for my own good here I fear .. anyway
Their job now is to lead the lost and the forgotten to the afterlife
They could be referred to as some kind of a grim reaper, I guess
I'm still thinking about adding more to the story, and maybe I will change some things, but so far this is all I can share really !! I hope if you've read this far you found this entertaining .. this is all for the satisfaction of my urges so I might or might not have too much fun w it in the future :3
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The story was mainly inspired by this specific post from Gerard himself, because i liked the concept a lot ..
Also
She's gonna be here as a separate character too probably...... Cus I'm self indulgent and I love the ideas bubbling in my brain
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Paid Internship (Part 2)(Prison AU)
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Author's Note: This is a Prison AU that the viewers of my blog seem to be pretty fond of. The main focuses for the romance parts will differ depending on the part. The reader is gender neutral and uses She/He stuff, but sometimes depending on what's going on I'll use stuff like Tits. Also, Sully will be in the fic, but I won't use his name. Pay attention to how Liu talks.
Author's Note 2: If you wanna be tagged for part three, leave a comment, or reblog.
Series Summary: Welcome to your paid internship at Roosevelt Federal Prison. After being seen for your potential and skills by your instructor at the Academy, he decided to give you opportunity of working in the US' most dangerous prison despite the disapproval and rejection from the higher ups. However, due to miscommunication and faulty paperwork, you're gonna up working with some of America's most danger serial killers for the semester.
Warnings: Implied Non-con, Murder, Lying, Deception, Descriptions of crimes, Perversion, Manipulation, Gaslighting, Gore, Sadism, Violence, Implied Nudity, Mocking, Humilation, Threats, Mood Swings, PTSD, Alcohol, Mental Illness, Dealings, Attempted Murder, Cursing, Sleep Deprived Workers, Stress, Agression, and More. This AU is not for the faint of heart.
Links: {Part 1} {Masterlist} {Series Concept}
"Oh god, what would Gibbons think of me if he saw me doing this," You said, rubbing you eyes as you stood infront of the door separating you from the inmates.
Liu didn't even tell you what Jeff stole from him, for all you know this could be some sick set up to get you hurt. However, you were slowly growing desperate. Toby's implication that Abbie Grace was still alive was filling you up with concern, she could be alive and out there, terrified, alone, probably hurt. Liu promised to tell you what he knew about Abbie if you gave him whatever Jeff stole.
Getting into solitary wasn't going to be easy. When you were first brought in, you saw a large line of men running into the ward. Based on this, your best assumption was that mostly security personnel were allowed in the ward, and if officers were let in, it was most likely with some kind of clearance. (A clearance you didn't have.)
"Ok Y/N, think, think. What are the pros of doing this... you get info from Liu, but he's already on your roster, meaning you'll be interviewing him some time down the road. But, he seems stubborn, so he won't tell me anything easily. You get to explore solitary! But, there's an extremely high risk that you'll get caught, expelled from the academy, fired from your internship, and most likely get charges placed against you."
You almost took back the deal. Almost.
"But if you don't fuck up, if you do everything right, if you solve this case, you'll be legend. You'll...get praise from Gibbons, from mom, from...," You paused, looking up with a shine in your eyes. "From...dad. I'm doing this."
Walking away from the inmates quarters, you made your way back to the little office Mandel assigned you. Closing the door as you entered, you looked at the little map posted up against the wall, looking for any security storage rooms.
Your plan may seem crazy, but it could work. Your plan was to somehow sneak into a security room, put on a uniform, grab some gear, find a keycard, and get into solitary. You'd be lucky if you even found the security room. The map was hard to understand, nothing was written in words, instead they used symbols as labels for rooms. You assumed that the orange coat for a symbol for some kind of inmate section.
"What would a symbol for the security room look like?" You asked yourself as you looked at the map.
Suddenly, you flinched at the sound of knocking coming from your door.
"INTERN! YOU IN THERE?" A masculine voice yelled from the other side.
Taking a deep breath, you made your way to the door. You couldn't but admit that you were a little on edge. What if they caught you sneaking into the inmate quarters through the cameras (But now do you think about it, where there any cameras to begin with?). That idea sent you into a panic, but you did your best to keep a neutral composure.
Opening the door, you were greeted by a large man. If you had the guess, he was probably was around 6'3, 6'4. You didn't take note of his appearance however, because you were more distracted by the large gun in his hand, and the large word "SECURITY" written on his chest.
"Um, can I help you?"
"Do you have a TV in here? We're checking all offices and rooms."
"...Yeah, why you ask?"
Without saying another word, the man pushed you to the side and grabbed the large TV from the corner.
"Hey! Dude! I need that," You stated, Marching towards the man as he lifted up the TV.
"Don't know if you got the news, intern, but any technology is strictly forbidden on prison grounds."
"...A prison...with no tech? How the hell is this legal, hell, how is this safe?"
The guard didn't say another word, walking off with the TV as you chased after him.
"If it's not allowed, why did I get it in the first place, hm?"
"From some dumbass I bet. Now, leave me alone; I have more bullshit I gotta deal with for the night."
Giving up on trying to get information from the security guard, you watched as he walked off into the distance. But, what he failed to notice was the fact that you were able to steal his keycard from his pocket. One of you cousins was a notorious thief back where you grew up, and he taught you a thing or two about pickpocketing.
"Never knew that dumbass' methods would work," You joked to yourself before quickly making your way to your office.
Opening the door, you took one last look at the map. After a few seconds of quick skimming, you saw the security room wasn't too far from the inmates quarters. It was a few doors down from the entrance to solitary, a pretty smart and convenient spot to hold the room.
Doing a quick check of your surroundings, you locked the door to your office and casually made your way to the security desk. You learned from when you snuck into the inmates' quarters. Even though you were an intern, looking scared and nervous drew attention, making you look suspicious, but if you kept a casual and calm expression, no one would suspect a thing!
"Just stay calm. Stay. Calm," You mumbled to yourself as you used the stolen keycard to open the door leading to the office area you saw when you first walked into the pasta section of the prison.
Taking a left, you did another skim of your surroundings before opening the security door and quietly making your way in. However, the first thing you were met with was the strong smell of sweat and iron.
"Shit...it smells like a high school locker room," You groaned as you pinched your nose. "Jesus...never heard of deodorant."
The security room was set up like a locker room. A few random uniforms were hanged against the wall with various numbers indicating their sizes placed above them. Some were hanged neatly, while others looked like they were placed in a rush. On the opposite side of the room, locked up in a glass container, where various guns, cuffs, shields, and batons. Even though the weapons were placed behind, hopefully, bullet proof glass, you couldn't help but feel like the glass wasn't going to prevent anything from being stolen. One thing you didn't notice at first was how dim the lighting in the room was. It wasn't so dark you couldn't see, but it was dark enough for some things to be barley noticeable. The last thing you cared enough to note was on the wall directly infront of you, a few lockers had their locks still open, meaning either someone was going to be back soon to get something, or someone forgot to close it, either way, you didn't want to stay long enough to find out.
Grabbing the uniform that looked like it would fit you best, you quickly changed into the security uniform. Looking at yourself in the mirror, the uniform was practically riot gear. Using the keycard to open the glass, you grabbed one of the guns from off the wall.
Walking out of the room, you took a deep breath before quickly making your way to solitary.
Opening the door, you instantly felt a shift in the atmosphere. Outside of solitary, there was always some kind of noise. May it be the sound of people walking, the noise the lights made, or just random white noise, there was always something. But here, here it was dead quiet, so quiet you could hear a pin drop. For some reason, you felt terrified to even make a single noise, to take a single step, hell, to even take a single breath. You felt regret hit you like a bus, you could feel your body begging you to go back, to take off the uniform, to figure out Abby'a case without Liu's advice, to do anything but fucking continue in solitary, but the idea of getting praise from Gibbons for solving such a hard cause, the idea of making your parents proud, the idea to prove to everyone at the Academy that you were capable of handling this internship blinded you from your body's judgment. So, as if your body went on autopilot, you started your journey down the halls.
The sound of the heavy boots of the uniform echoed throughout the hallway. Solitary was very bright and clean, walls perfectly white, and the lights lacked the ugly yellow tint the other parts of the prison had. It was such a breath of fresh air compared to the rest of the prison. Not only that, but you haven't seen a single prisoner yet. All the rooms you walked past were either empty or locked, none of them had a single sign of life in there. So, it left you wondering, was anyone even supervising the prisoners? None of the rooms were labeled, none of them. No signs telling you were to go, nothing. So, if someone found you wondering around like a duckling without its mother, you'd be caught red handed.
"Hey! You!"
Flinching at the loud and sudden noise, you slowly turned around as you saw a woman dressed as a nurse power walking towards you.
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to dealing with Jeffery."
"Jeffery?"
"Yes! Ever since he's came back from his interview with that intern he's been out of control. He bit a chunk out of Elisa's arm when she tried to give him his medication. And his behavior starting to get...Ben relied up, and we can't have that! I refuse to deal with that fucking freak again."
"Oh shit... Where's Jeffery right now?"
"In his room left of here, just follow the noise."
"Ok."
"Thanks. Now I have to deal with a few injured prisoners in the normal section, have Goosemen radio me if things get bad."
As the nurse walked off, or more so ran off, you quickly took a left and followed the faint noise of screams and laughter.
What you saw made a chill go down your spine.
Jeff was running around his room with three security personnel chasing him as a nurse yelled for Jeff to calm down. Unlike earlier, Jeff's mouth was bleeding, his shirt tied around his waist as he ran around, revealing the fresh scratches all around his arm and chest, and for a quick second, you saw the flash of something shiny on his back.
"Jeffery! Please sit down and take you medicine! Afterwards you'll be left alone for the night, ok!?" The nurse yelled as she waved a bottle a pill in the air. "We've been at this for hours...tasers don't work, pepper spray don't work, and we can't shoot him nor use fear..."
"Is this common?" You asked, catching the nurse's attention.
"When he first got here it was, but he hasn't acted like this in years. Even when he didn't take his medicine, he wouldn't act like this."
"Maybe he's getting bored," A guard commented, causing the nurse to nod her head in consideration.
"Maybe, or maybe it was that intern. I don't know what happened when they spoke, but maybe they said something to cause him to act like this," The nurse said, a look of annoyance written on her face.
The nurse's statement made your blood run cold. After all the events that happened in the past few hours, you were starting to accept the fact you weren't the most liked by the staff.
"What did I even do?" You thought, a look of hurt and confusion in your eyes. "They don't even know what I look like!"
"I'm going to talk to Mandel about getting them off this case, or even out of this section in general. I don't know what Gibbons sees in them, but things where running as smoothly as they can run until they showed up, and now all the prisoners are acting up."
"Fresh meat," The guard added, causing the nurse to chuckle.
"Fresh meat in deed, sharks they are."
"Hey, it's their first day, give the kid some slack. Once the prisoners get used to their presence they'll simmer down," You said, shifting your gaze over to the various cells in the hallway.
"I hope you're right."
As you looked at the various cells, one cell in particular stood out. It was at the very end of the hallway, the light right above it flickering rapidly. Not only was it locked with a different kind of door, instead having the ones with a simple hole with a few metal bars to peek through and a small hole to slide food in, the entire thing was closed, no one could peek in or out. It was also kept shut with a wheel, and alongside the wheel was a bunch of chains, each tie holding a different lock. Whatever the hell was in there, nobody wanted it getting out.
Suddenly, the sound of a large thump drew your attention away from the door. Lying down on the floor, Jeff was being pinned down by the three guards that were chasing him previously.
"Ugh...I'm tired," Jeff said as he let out a yawn.
Taking out the knife from the back of Jeff's waistband, one of the guards slide it over to the guard you were talking to prior, who then placed it in a zip lock bag.
"OK Jeff, just take these and we'll be done," The nurse said softly, trying her best to hide her agitation.
Based on the nurse's appearance, she was exhausted, not only physically, but mentally as well. Her eyes had dark purple bags, her hair was a mess, and her uniform as practically in shambles.
"Fine," Jeff mumbled before swallowing the two pills.
"Finally," The nurse said under her breath. "OK boys, get out."
As everyone cleared out the room, you made sure to be the very last person to leave. Once everyone turned the corner, you quickly made your way back to Jeff's cell. Peeking through the small section of bars, you watched as Jeff spat out the pills he just "swallowed."
"Airheaded bitch," Jeff joked as he let out a chuckle.
"Jeff," You whisper-yelled, causing Jeff to turn his head.
"Awww, you missed me," Jeff teased before making his ways to the bars.
"No. You got something of Liu's, give it."
"Took him long enough."
"Huh?"
"I took that idiot's scarf a week ago and now he wants it back? Is he slow?"
Walking over to his bed, Jeff lifted up the mattress and pulled out a black and grey scarf.
"Here, and tell him that he owes me big time," Jeff said before hitting the door two times, causing the sound to echo throughout the halls.
"Ok."
As you walked off, you heard Jeff burst into laughter.
"How crazy is he?" You thought.
Howver, you froze in your tracks at the sound of chains hitting the floor. Turning around ever so slowly, you saw a pile of chains and locks sitting infront of the door at the end of the hall.
You knew not to go knew it, your brain was sending you all the alarms.
"Leave it be," "Go back," "It has nothing to do with you."
Those words rung in your head over and over again, but your body started to move on its own. It was as if the door had a magnetic field to it that caused you to get closer and closer, your mind was begging for you to go back, but your body was consumed with curiosity.
Every day you wish you never took a step near that fucking door.
Picking up the chains, you examined the material. Pretty standard chains, amazing quality, but still standard.
As you looked up at the door, you felt your mind begin to fog up. As if you were a puppet on strings, your hands reached towards the wheel, and before you could process what was happening, the door was already open.
There was a single light bulb in the room, dangling from the ceiling. As the light bulb flashed, you could make out the figure of someone tied to a chair. However, the moment your body took a step into the room, closing the door behind you, the lights stilled, and you could control your body once more.
"What...?" You said, turning behind you.
Sitting in the chair was a man, couldn't be older than 25. His head was facing the floor, his blonde hair hiding his features, but it couldn't hide his pointed ears. Heavy chains were keeping him bound to the chair. There was no bed, no sink, no toilet, no trays, nothing. The room was completely bare, the only things taking up space was you, the chair, and him.
As if he could sense your fear, the man slowly lifted his head, his head remaining tilted to side as he looked at you. His bright green eyes bored into your soul. The chill that went down your spine was indescribable. And that smile. It was something you could never forget. The dilated pupils, his wide, sinister smile, and the crazed look on his face. It still gives you nightmares.
"What...are you."
You didn't even think about your words. Whoever he was, he wasn't human.
CRACK!
You flinched as the sound of chains hit the floor once more. He broke off his chains.
Gibbons never trained you for a situation like this, saying that they would teach you once you got a job in a prison. So, all you could do was stare, pushing yourself as far back against the wall as you could.
As he made his way towards you, you felt your life flash before your eyes. The only thing you could think about was never being able to show your parents your certificate from the academy, how they'd never see you walk across the stage, and the sight of them seeing you body in a casket.
As he stared down at you, all you could do was cry. But then, all you heard was...
Laughter?
Looking up, all you saw was him throwing his head back in laughter, clapping his hands as he did.
"YOU SHOULD SEE YOUR FACE!" The man yelled as he sat down in front of you, holding his stomach.
All fear you had was traded with confusion.
"...What?"
"You're, you're that intern, right?"
"Uh, no?"
"Liar," The man said before booking your nose. "You're hot for an intern."
"..."
Standing up, the man reached his hand out towards you. "Name's Ben."
You swore you had heard that name before, but you couldn't place your hands on where.
Taking his hand, Ben pulled you up with a suprising amount of strength. Due to the how hard he pulled you, you ended up stumbling into his arms, causing his to wrap his arms around your waist.
You knew better than to think this, but you couldn't ignore how attractive, or more so how cute he was. Despite being in prison, his hair was relatively neat, and his smile and freckles were adorable.
If only you knew...
"I, uh... I didn't mean to come in here."
"I know!"
"...How?"
"You got a phone in your, left, no, right back pocket, along with a keycard that you stole," Ben said before leaning in, a teasing but flirtous look in his eyes, "Pretty illegal Little Miss/Mr. Intern."
Oh my god you could die right now. You were never one to fall so easily for someone's advances, but the way he spoke, the look in his eyes, and the way his arms wrapped around your waist made you melt.
"Can I see your phone?"
"O-Ok."
You didn't even think twice.
What was he doing to you? You were always reasonable, you rarely allowed yourself to fall into such emotions.
It didn't matter how he made you feel or react, he's a criminal, and if his room was this this locked up, that meant he was dangerous from the rest. Despite how fogged up your mind was, that was the one thing that you could think straightly about.
While you were distracted by your conflicting emotions, Ben was quickly slipped your phone into the pockets of his pants.
"Why don't we take this off," Ben said before pulling the helmet off your head.
Now that he had a good look at your face, Ben could feel his smile only growing wider. Thoughts raced through his head as he looked at you.
Disgusting.
Suddenly, he kissed you. You wanted to push him away, tell him that you couldn't put this opportunity at risk, but you just couldn't. Instead, you leaned into it, your body moving on its own.
"No, no we can't...I can't lose this," You said as you pulled away from the kiss.
"No one's going go find out " Ben responded, pulling you closer. "No one comes in here anyways."
You shouldn't believe his words, he's a criminal, you know better. Don't let every Gibbons taught you be all for nothing.
"...ok."
As Ben kissed you again, much rougher this time, you felt your mind go blank. As his tongue slipped into your mouth, his hands taking off the guard uniform, your hands made their way under his shirt.
Stop. Stop now. Go back. Leave.
The two of you then sunk to the floor, you straddling his hips as he gripped your hair.
As his hands pulled down your pants, you felt as if none of this mattered. The internship you worked months to get. It just, didn't matter anymore. Your mind was blank.
The room then went black, the only thing you could see was his eyes. All you could feel was his hands roaming your body touching every last bit of you. All you could remember was you straddling his lap, one of his hands holding your arms back as his other gripped your hair, forcing you into a kiss. You felt everything. And it all felt sooooo...painfully good.
"M-Mh fuck baby~ I ain't ever gonna stop..."
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You never hated yourself more.
The entire event was a blur. Your mind and body weren't even on the same page, hell, they weren't even reading the same book. You didn't even feel like yourself during the whole endevour, it felt as if someone was wearing your skin, acting as you while you watched from the outside.
You had the power to stop it, you were an officer afterall. But the look he gave you, the touches, the words of reassurance, it was all intoxicating and so painfully mind numbing.
Did you even want it? You didn't even know. Moments before, when you felt in control of yourself, all you could feel was fear. He wasn't safe, he wanted to hurt you, but why didn't he? You were right there.
You didn't want to see him again, not at all. He was fucking with your head. You can't trust him, but anytime he's around it's as if all logic and sense leaves your body. You were completely at his will and he barely had to try.
But, something about him made him addicting. The way he's making you feel isn't normal, the way you so blindly opened the door wasn't normal, the patchy memories weren't normal. HE WASN'T NORMAL. He's doing this to you, but how?
"Y/N!"
Shooting up, you were no longer in solitary, but instead you were back in your office. Liu's scarf was placed neatly on you lap, and on your desk was you phone.
Standing at the desk was a very tired, but concerned Mandel.
"Ma'am?"
"I came in to check on you two hours ago, but you weren't here. Came back an hour ago, still not here. Came back five minutes ago, still not here. But when I come back now, FAST ASLEEP. Where. Were. You."
"...I was...I... I was trying to get my TV back from a guard..."
"One, for two hours? And two, who gave you one to begin with?"
"Um...Yeah, and I don't know..." "...Ugh...Wait, why the hell do you have a phone?" "Why wouldn't I?"
"Our prison doesn't allow tech due to a certain inmate."
"Why?" You asked, your blood going cold.
"He's able to control any kind of technology in a twenty-five mile radius. He's able to travel from tech to tech, he's one of our nonhuman inmates."
"What is he?"
Mandel looked around in the hallway before fully entering the room.
"We're not allowed to talk about him...but I'll tell you," Mandel said before taking a seat in front of you. "I won't say names, but he's a ghost. He was sacraficed by a cult, and came back as a vengeful spirt. He died relatively young based off what he told us, but he seems to be aging even as ghost. The longer we keep him, the harder it is to keep him under control. Not only that, but he's getting stronger too."
"...Will I be interacting with him at all?"
"What?! No! Are you crazy? You may be handling the Abbie Grace case, but he is far too dangerous for you. He's already on death row, Y/N, have you noticed that no one else is despite their crimes? I want you to focus on this case and nothing else. I don't want you interacting with inmates outside of the ones I assign you," Mandel said before leaning into your face, her eyes glaring into yours. "And I'll know if you do."
"...Y-Yes ma'am."
Picking up a file on the table, Mandel skimmed through the folder before speaking to you. "How did Toby's interview go?"
"Ma'am, have any of you guys thought of the possibility that Abbie still might be alive?"
Mandel's posture immediately straightened as she looked up at you, the atmosphere of the room changing into a more serious tone. Lowering the file, Mandel spoke, "What happened?"
"Getting Tobias to talk was a challenge. He kept teasing and refused to corporate. I asked him a few questions just to get a rough idea on his personality and patterns, just to get to know him better," You replied, sitting up straight as you played with the hair tie that was wrapped around your wrist. "When I bought up Jeff he finally started talking. Gibbons taught me to look into the way someone spoke, and when Tobias was talking about Abbie, he was talking about her in the present tense. When I asked him if she was dead, he said that he never said she wasn't."
Mandel's eyes widened in shock after you spoke. You neve saw Mandel so expressive due to her face being caught in constant exhaustion. "Never... We never found her body so we assumed she was dead. But, I'm not sure if we can take his word for it."
"How so?"
"He may not look like it, but Toby is a pretty good liar, anything he says we take with a grain of salt."
"Who else if involved in the case?"
"Jeff, Toby, and this Boss character from what we know."
"What if we get someone besides Toby to tell us if she's dead or not?"
"Hm... Jeff might, but his awnsers really depends on his mood."
"What about this Boss guy?"
"Here's the thing, we don't know who he is."
"What? What do you mean?"
"We've caught every pasta we know of, except for the guy they call Boss. But, there's also the possibility that the Boss isn't just one guy. Based off what we know about the proxies, one of their bosses is a man known as Slenderman, but we don't even know if he's real. He's only a legend, there's no picture of him, nor has he committed any acts himself. But, when Timothy and Brian first got here, they heavily implied that there way another boss. They didn't say any names, but that's what they implied. We also don't know if they're all working for the same boss. When Jeff calls someone the Boss, he can be talking about a completely different person than Toby," Mandel stated before hiding her face in her hands. "This case in so confusing..."
"Tell me about it," You said before looking up at Mandel. "So, what should we do?"
"Hm?"
"I mean, if Toby's right, this changes how we'll go about the case. It wouldn't be a murder case anymore but instead a missing person's."
"How we'll go about it isn't much of your concern. As you have interviews with the suspects, we're also having interviews with them as well, just to compare and contrast statements and behaviors. Keep in mind, you're still in training, and this is an internship afterall. Don't get ahead of yourself."
"I knowww, but this is such an exciting experience! I've been trusted to work with the worst criminals in the country, it's truly an honor."
"It's an honor til your working 22 hour shifts," Mandel stated bluntly before opening a redbull that she pulled out of her pockets. "I'm going to leave you to your devices."
"Is their anything you want me to do in particular?"
"Hmmm... Ask Chief Salloum for some evidence we collected on Abbie's case, I want you to look into and see if there's one, any clues on where she can be if she's still alive, and two, just look for anything you think is important. In the mean time, I'll try to get you an interview with Jeffery by the end of the week."
"OK Ma'am. Also, um, where can I find Chief Salloum?'
"Salloum is next to Banklin's Office. Salloum is leading the investigation while Banklin is handling the officers, he might have some information, but I'm not entirely sure," Mandel stated as she opened the door, "Good luck, Kiddo."
As the door closes after Mandel, you didn't even notice how long you were holding your breath for. What Mandel said about this ghost inmate really sent your mind into a frenzy. Whoever he was, they clearly wanted to keep him a secret.
"OK. Should I meet up with Liu or Salloum?" You asked yourself as you looked down at Liu's scarf.
After interacting wuth the Woods brothers, you couldn't help but notice how different they were from each other. Jeff was loud, perverted, sadistic, playful, and emotional, while Liu was more quiet and reserved, but his behavior was flipping. When you first met Liu, he was playful and painfully teasing, but when you met with him again at the cells, he was quiet and acted like he didn't want to speak with you at all. To be honest, you didn't know what was scarier, Jeff's weird unapologetic personality, or Liu's bipolar one.
"Liu."
Standing up from your desk, you wasted no time as you made your way back to the inmate quarters.
Checking the time in your phone, you noticed that it was 2AM. When you got here with Gibbons, it was around 6 or 7, and based on the waiver and contract Gibbons had you sign, you wouldn't be let out til 7AM.
As you walked towards the door of the quarters, you flinched at the sound of banging on the glass. Turning your head, you felt yourself ease up as you made eye contact with a pair of dark green eyes.
Raising up the scarf, you could feel Liu smile from beyond the glass. Liu's smile was different from everyone else's, it was soft, it was genuine.
Entering the quarters, Liu was waiting for you on the other side. Handing him the scarf, he stared at it for a bit before putting it on.
"Fucking asshole."
"Sorry it took so long, stuff came up."
Liu only glanced at you before rolling his eyes.
"This isn't even all of it," Liu said bluntly.
"What? This is all Jeff gave me. What else does he have"
"My gun."
"...oh... So uh, deals off?"
Liu didn't say another word as he grabbed your wrist, dragging you towards a cell.
"...ugh," A voice from the top bunk said.
Looking up, all you saw was the top half of Toby's body dangling from the top bunk.
"Are you drunk?" Liu asked honestly, poking at the man's face.
"Maybeeeee," Toby said before reaching out to Liu, making kissing noises as he did.
"Go to bed, Tobias," Liu said, pushing Toby's body back onto his bed. "Got any more?"
"Under the desk," Toby said as he face planted into his pillow.
Picking up the bottle, Liu sat down on the bed as he opened it. "What do you want to know?"
"Everything you know."
"Pretty vague to be honest."
"Alright then... What did you do to Abbie?"
"Even more vague."
"How?!"
"Cause I said so," Liu said before taking a sip of his alcohol, hiding his amusement as Toby giggled.
"He ain't telling you shit!" Toby yelled before bursting out into laughter.
"Shut up, Ticci," Liu said.
"Don't call me that," Toby slurred.
"Whatever."
"Enough! I don't have time for this. Where is Abbie?"
"I don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know."
"I wasn't the last one to have her."
"Last one?! How many people was she with?"
"Too vague."
This man was going to be the death of you.
Groaning into your hands, you thought about your most important question.
"Is he awake?" You asked, pointing to Toby.
Peeking over the bunk, Toby was sound asleep, snoring into his pillow as he did.
"No."
"...Is Abbie Grace alive?"
That was the first time you saw a reaction from Liu. The best you could describe his face was stumped.
"Why you ask?"
"Just awnser the question."
Liu's face went back to his numb expression before glancing upwards.
Without saying another word, Liu nodded his head. That was all the conformation you needed.
"Where is she, Liu."
"I don't know, and this isn't an interview, so I have no obligation to anwser."
"How would you feel if I told the head of this side that you have a gun in your possession?"
"One, you don't even know who that is, two, I don't have it, Jeff does, and three, how would you feel if I told Mandel that not only did you sneak into here, did a favor for a prisoner, but you also slept with one as well?" Liu said, leaning in so close to your face that your noses were just barely touching. "That's pretty punishable."
You felt your blood run cold, and he could see it on your face.
"Yeah, that's what I thought," Liu said before pushing himself against the wall. "Don't talk all big when your small, sweetie."
"How did you know..."
"Know what?"
"W-What you just said."
"I didn't say anything."
Both of you knew what he said; you could see the amusement in his eyes.
"Ooooo, what'll happen if Banklin finds out that the intern slept with dear old Benjamin...Intership go bye bye," Liu joked, waving his hand before laughing. "Don't worry, I won't tell if you don't. Secret safe."
You never thought you'd be blackmailed by a prisoner, but today was already full of surprises.
"Now, is that all, princess/princie?"
"...Yeah."
"Don't be so sad," Liu said before grabbing your face with his hands, his touch being painfully soft. "You're the only one."
You felt sick to your stomach.
Standing up as fast as you could, you quickly made your way out of the room; Liu's giggles echoing throughout the halls.
You were so dumb.
You were supposed to logical, practical, and you normally were, but ever since you stepped into to this hell hole it was as if a switch was flipped in your head. You would never be making these many mistakes. Gibbons would kill you if he found out, but you just wanted to make him proud, he's worked his ass off to get you here, you didn't want to waste it.
"What's wrong with me?"
"OW!"
You were so caught up in your train of thought that you failed to notice the man in front of you.
"Oh I, I'm sorry. Let me help you," You said, quickly bending down to help the man pick up his files.
Pushing up his glasses, the man revealed a soft smile.
"No no, it's ok. You're the intern, correct?"
"Um, yes!"
"What's your name, kiddo?" The man asked as he started to walk towards the offices.
"Y/N L/N, sir."
"Call me Salloum. I'm one of the leaders of the case we're having you look into. How is that going?"
"It's been a Rollercoaster to say the least."
Salloum pulled a key out of his pocket as he opened the door to his office. "Hm... How so?"
"I thought I had the case figured out. But, when I was interviewing Tobias he said something interesting. "
Sitting down at his desk, Salloum pulled out a small notebook as he leaned back into his chair, placing his feet on desk in the process. His tired, empty eyes stared into your young, stressed ones as he looked at you and his notebook. "I'm listening."
"He implied that Abbie Grace is still alive."
"I'm sorry, what?"
"He implied-"
"No I know I know! It's just. Fuck! How could we miss that, how could we overlook that? How could I overlook that?"
"Um, Salloum..."
"Not now kid, just. Ugh. Thank you for bring this to my attention, but I need you to leave now. There's a lot of stuff I need to get done."
"Yes, yes, of course, of course."
Once you got back to your office, all you did was sit down and think. It was all so overwhelming.
However, all you could feel were hands roaming all of your body as you zoned out entirely. Faded whispered slowly growing louder and louder as your body went limp.
You don't even know.
Such a good girl/boy you are.
You're mine now...
My perfect little whore.
You're so pathetic.
Stupid.
Dumbass.
Useless.
Useless..
Useless...
USELESS!
What did he do to you. It wasn't natural. You weren't in control. You were a puppet. He controlled you. But why? Why you? For what reason? Why does he have your phone? Should you tell Mandel? Why are you crying? Why are you shaking? Why is the world spinning?
BEN. The most dangerous inmate in the entire prison. His power: technological manipulation.
You were so stupid. Did you really forget, or did his control fog your mind? But if he did control you, how?
You couldn't take it anymore. You needed to go home for the night. Now. You needed to leave now. He couldn’t reach you if you left, right? He couldn't touch you again, he couldn’t control you again, he can't hurt you again if you leave. You'll come back tomorrow with a fresh mind and be ready for work. Yes. Yes. Just, leave.
"Miss," You said as you walked into Mandel's office.
"Yes?" Mandel responded, not looking up from her paperwork.
"I need to go home."
"What? Now? Your shift isn't even..."
As Mandel looked up at you, her words froze. You looked tired. Traumatized. Souless. You looked done.
"Kid what happen?" Mandel asked, standing up as she made your way towards you.
"I need to go home for the night."
"Look at me kid, what happened."
"...home... I want to go home," You stuttered out as you burst out into tears. "I'll be back tomorrow I promise but I need to go home."
Mandel just stared at you before nodding in approval. She got you an Uber and you were able to get a ride back to your dormitory at the Academy.
"Hey! You're back early, how'd it go?" Your roommate asked as you walked in.
However, you just walked past them, closing the door to your room as you plopped down onto your bed.
You were exhausted to say the least. You didn't even notice you fell asleep. But, for some reason you woke up in the middle of the night. You were still kind of sleepy so you weren't fully aware of your surroundings, but after some complicating of whether or not you should get out of bed, you slowly became aware to the sound of a TV.
Looking at your clock you saw that it was 4:45 AM.
"Lillian's never up this late," You grumbled as you stood up.
Your position on the bed was kind of awkward. Your upper body was laying on the bed while your legs dangled onto the floor.
"Lillian, can you turn it down please?" You asked as you rubbed your eyes, standing infront of your door as you faced the TV.
But, much to your suprise, no one was there. The TV was the only source of light in the entire room, and playing on it was just static.
"...I'm too tired for this," You mumbled before grabbing the remote.
But, the TV wouldn't turn off. No matter how many times you slammed down on the button the static would just continue.
"Are the batteries dead or something?" You asked yourself as you examined the remote.
In the back of your head you knew something was wrong. But, all you wanted was to get a normal night's rest and in the morning you could go back to work like nothing happened.
In what little time you were at the prison for you were able to deduce one thing. That place was full of secrets. Secrets that everyone knew but were never brave enough to discuss. Everyone you interacted with just held this vibe of uncertainty, anxiety, fear. It was like everyone knew that this place wasn't secure, and it didn't look like it either. What kind of prison doesn't have cameras? Or evenbetter, what kind of prison holds some of Americas most dangerous serial killers all in the same prison, in the block, knowing damn well that all of them are acquainted with one another.
If you were any other intern you would've just quit the moment this happened, but you were just any other intern. There was a reason on why there were here, a deeper reason. A reason that surpassed even government control. Maybe you were better off being a detective. Maybe you wouldn't be where you are now.
Rotting away. With Mom and Pa staring at you from the other side.
I should've quit.
"Nope, nothing wrong with the remote," You said before setting it back down. "Imma just put my headphones in."
But, as you turned around, you felt your blood run cold as you heard an all too familiar voice come from the TV.
"Baby~"
That glitchy, raunchy, mocking voice. You didn't dare turn around.
"Awwww, don't be scared."
Footsteps.
How? How the hell did he get here? How did he escape without anyone noticing?
Hands....hands. You felt his arms wrap around your waist as you leaned onto you. It felt as if he was towering over you.
"I ain't gonna hurt you," Ben said before placing something in your hand. "Just wanted to return this."
Your phone. A part of you just wanted to throw it out of your dorm window, something about it just didn't feel right, but, you stopped yourself. You didn't have the money to just buy a new one, and this was the only way you can communicate with your parents.
"How'd you get out...?" You asked.
"Oh, I'm not here. You see, I can travel a little bit of my soul to anywhere I want within my technological reach. I'm like a little hallucination while my body remains in my cell. I could come here right now if you want."
That voice. That feeling. Your world started spinning.
Not again.
"Have a little fun," Ben whispered, rubbing your arm as he talked. "We could do way more here than out there... You'll be fucking screaming."
Stop.
Your mind and body was fogged up. You couldn't think, you couldn't move.
But suddenly, you felt normal again. All of a sudden you came back to your senses and pushed him off you.
"No! I don't want any of this. Go back before I file a report that you escaped."
"What is that going to do? I can just report that you had sex with an inmate. That's pretty immoral, Y/N."
He wasn't wrong. But, Liu told you this wasn't the first time something like this happened, so maybe you'd have a chance at saving your career.
"I'm not the immoral one. Go. I don't want to see you again, you hear me?"
All he did was laugh. That glitchy, high pitched laugh...
"Loud and clear!"
You watched as Ben floated back into the TV, causing it to shut off completely.
Exhausted, you made your way back to your bed. As you laid down in your bed all you could think about was Abbie. Despite the Rollercoaster you had today all you could think about was her. She was out there somewhere. Sad, scared, alone. You had to look into it more tomorrow. You had to get a sit down with Toby and break him. Maybe you could look more into his file and figure out some weaknesses you could exploit. Out of everyone you talked to, he seemed like he'd be the most easy to crack. Jeff is too violent, trying to crack him would probably leave you with a cracked skull. Liu is way too unpredictable. Sometimes he's wacky, sometimes he's quiet, sometimes he's cold, sometimes he's compliant, sometimes he wants to just fuck with you point blank.
Plus, Toby was pretty interesting to talk to. A little manic, a little unhinged, but he had a surprising amount of life and personality to him. Charming? No. Chaotic and fun? Definitely. Maybe a talk with him can lighten up your mood. You still had to figure out how to talk to him. He was the inmate you wanted to have a bond with. An inmate who trusted you and would be honest with you. An inmate you could rely on.
You made up your mind. You were going to talk with Toby.
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"Feeling better, kid?" Mandel asked as you walked into her office.
"Much better," You said as you sat down in front of her. "Ma'am, I'd like to have a meeting with Toby today."
"Why?"
"I talked it over with Salloum and I'm pretty sure I got the go to dig into deeper."
"You sure?"
"Positive."
No you were not.
"OK, I'll have him ready by 10."
You knew lying to Mandel was going to bite you in the ass later, but you had to do what you had to do. Some of the best officers are considered the best because they did things differently, or at least that's what Gibbons taught you.
You spent the next three hours analyzing your interview with Toby. You analyzed his awnsers and behavior in order to come up with a solid approach.
You were able to come up with a series of questions that weren't too obvious in showing your motives. One thing you learned about Toby was that he was stubborn, and you had to navigate through that. Was it going to be easy, of course not! This man is the definition of a maniac.
Back to room 111.
You sat there anxiously as you heard footsteps slowly approaching.
"Don't make me regret this, don't make me regret this," You mumbled to yourself.
Rule number 1.
As the door opened, your breath hitched as you met the manic gaze of Tobias Erin Rogers. As he eagerly took a seat in front of you, you watched as the door closed behind you.
Now it was just you and Toby.
Always take what Toby says with a grain of salt.
"How are you doing Toby?" You asked, organizing your question paper as he talked.
"Pretty shitty *WOWIE* until I heard I was talking to you today," He said with grin on his face, leaning into the palm of his hand as he looked at you with admiration.
Hell, don't even consider it.
"That's good I suppose. Now, you want to get straight to it or would you like to talk about your night first?"
"...Straight to it."
No matter how believable he seems.
"OK, so."
Because he's always five steps ahead.
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18+ minors dni
tags: fem reader, penetrative sex, mentions of oral sex, deception, dubcon, slight perversion
my au where i create timelines and this makes sense ok
geto suguru was always gentle with you in every sense of the word. he never raised his voice at you, always holding a soft tone even in argument. he never snapped at you, never chose a reason to fight, and never found a reason to be upset with you.
suguru was gentle in bed too. when your lips were wrapped around his cock, he never pushed you enough to choke you. instead, he’d softly hold the head of hair you had, never guiding, but holding it there in assurance. when you rode him, he’d help you when your thighs began to burn and you got tired, hands lifting you up and down his length until you found your own sweet pleasure. and when he was overtop of you? he was pressing gentle kisses to your chest despite the way he’d fuck you to the point in which you wouldn’t have a single thought to worry about
suguru was a really good boyfriend.
when he had people to meet that took him into the late hours of the night, he’d be quiet when walking into your bedroom, a small grin leaving his lips as he sees the lights turned off. the only light in the room was coming from the screen of your phone that you were laid in bed, scrolling through.
he changed into pajamas, something he usually wouldn’t do, but he had a long day. finding comfort in a soft pair of pants that you’d bought for him, deciding on a plain black t-shirt to accompany it.
and before you knew it, he was sliding into bed, big arm wrapping around your waist, pulling you into him while he kisses the back of your neck.
"missed you," suguru says, hand hesitating a moment before creeping under your shirt to rub your tummy, trying to get a touch of every inch of skin he was able to on your abdomen.
and you felt it from the moment his body made contact with yours, he was hard and you let out a laugh. "i can tell," you speak, and suguru let’s out a deep laugh, continuing to kiss the outline of your neck until he’s pressing kisses across your shoulder.
the man knew your body like the back of his hand, knowing where to kiss, where to touch, and how to get you a begging mess in a matter of seconds. but he didn’t want that now, he only wanted to lull you into sleep, fuck you till your brain is only begging for sleep and your eyes, to close.
the soft moans that creep their way between your lips in the quiet hours of night are music to his ears. giving him a green light that he was doing things right, that his hand was allowed to find the waist band of your pajama shorts and that he was allowed to pull them down your thighs.
"gonna make you sleep good, how does that sound, pretty thing?" he says, sliding down his own pants and then moving to find your entrance. your soft moan of approval against your pillow case makes suguru smile. you really were pretty.
his hand moved to find your wetness, running a finger from your clit and down to your entrance, moving back to rub circles into the bud that has your legs trembling. suguru appreciated how sensitive you were for him. though, he couldn’t tell if you were sensitive, or he just knew how to reach all the right spots.
he was still learning.
the rough, calloused pad of his finger tip continues rubbing soft and slow circles, aided by the wetness he collected from your heat. and once he hears you moaning out his name, he retracts his hand to take hold of his cock.
he gives a few teasing rubs of his tip against your slit, running it back and forth while it grabs some of your slickness. then in one fluid motion, he’s pushing himself into your hole. slowly, painfully you can feel his head push you open, slow enough that you can feel every inch of his entering your gushy walls that accept him with some effort.
god, suguru loved the sound of your voice. the voice that grew an octave higher, a tone louder as he pushed further and further inside of your tight entrance. it was something that he’d make sure to never forget, bottoming out finally, and sitting there for a second.
his palm holds the skin of your hip that’s exposed from clothing, but still under thick blankets. he allows you to warm his cock, to get a good feeling of his size and length as if it was the first time you’d felt the man in his entirety.
but, whether he was doing it for your pleasure or his, he couldn’t exactly figure out.
"how does that feel, hm? could just sleep like this, baby. let you fall asleep all pretty on my cock, huh? how does that sound," he whispers, lips moving against your earlobe before biting it softly. "squeezing me so good, could fall asleep and dream of that pretty pussy," he says, though it sounds more like a growl from the depth of his voice.
half awake as is, your hand drops your phone against your sheets as you whimper softly at the feeling of your lover bottoming out inside of you. reaching that sweet depth that suguru doesn't have to try to touch, the weight of it as light as a feather as he touches it, the tightness in your stomach coiling as he presses deeply within you.
"need more," you moan out, moving your hips against suguru's backside in an attempt to grind against the man. while the thought of cockwarming the man to sleep didn't seem awful, your tired body was begging for release.
the release that suguru wanted as well as he began lazily fucking himself in your pussy, pulling out and pushing back in without quickness. he wasn't in a hurry, loving the way your heat sucked against his walls.
and even in his slow and pacing movements, the way your pussy pulled his length inwards made wet sounds underneath covers, and the man behind you can only laugh against the soft skin of your neck. "you look so pretty," he kisses your neck, though he hasn't caught an actual glimpse of your face once. only tracing the silhouette of it that the moon was helping illuminate.
and when you begin to turn to face the man, his hand is quick to move from your hip to your jaw, making you face the wall that you had been. "finish first, honey. then you can kiss me all you want," he teases, holding your jaw until your resistance falters with a nod. "close," you whisper as he continues fucking your cunt.
suguru had the ability of finishing as soon as he entered you, the feeling sweet enough for him to fill you with his seed. but he wanted to finish with you.
the hand that holds your jaw moves downwards, sliding under your shirt to squeeze at your breasts, pinching your nipple which elicits groans from you and the clenching of you walls against him. suguru smirks.
"that's my girl," he says. and you appreciate the way he's being more verbal than other times you'd had sex. usually keeping his voice at a minimum to hear you. but, you weren't complaining against the words he breathed into your skin.
his hand moves to your other nipple that hadn't received attention, pinching it before flicking it, and that's when you're pulling all of suguru's seed with your pussy, a mixture of cum filling your pussy. your eyes close, grinding against his length to ride out your high, your hand moving behind you to find suguru's thigh, holding it as your finished your high, coming down and grounding yourself with help of skin that you'd grown accustomed to.
the skin that wasn’t soft, but wasn’t rough. skin that you’d love feeling in intimacy and in public, holding hands and arms.
both of you took breaths, coming down from your high with eyes closed as tired and calmness settled over your bodies.
you’d begun to turn around, chest rising as falling in attempt to catch your breath. grin still spreading across your lips as you turn to face your lover. he was good at what he did, making love to you the sweetest way he knew how to, putting your eyes at rest as they fell half lidded, eager to be filled with sleep instead of him.
it’s only when you’re fully turned, facing suguru that your eyes widen. the moonlight that fell into your room shining on the face you had grown to love, the face you’d pressed kisses to hundreds of times. the face that you fell in love with, the one that was destined to you for life.
the face that had a new scar resting on the forehead of the man you’d called yours. a scar stretching the horizontal expanse of his forehead, a scar that told you one thing and one thing alone.
suguru hadn’t made love to you.
but, kenjaku couldn’t help himself when he had read suguru’s soul. couldn’t help but flash through memories with the pretty lady that had caught both his and suguru’s eyes, apparently. couldn’t help but examine the body you held underneath those pajamas you currently wore.
he couldn’t help himself but to envision you on top of him, the countless times you had fucked yourself against your lover. couldn’t help but to watch all the perverse images that didn’t belong to him.
kenjaku couldn’t help himself when he’d decided to touch you on his own time, as a sort of tribute to the body he was in. the one who’s no longer able to touch you the way it had before.
the body that wasn’t his, capabilities near endless. especially when he’s already got you in front of him.
"what’s wrong, pretty thing? i’m still me."
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